The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 21, 1917

Page 1

k yyEATKER tURECAST 'or 1sns: Partly cloudy tonight, Saturday. Not much cbansc In temperature. JJOX'T fum about delayed mail. Let the soldier be served first! V it v. r HOME EDITION STOCKHOLDERS FLEECED OUT OF $3,600,000 FUND Tackers Conniyed To Take Over Company and Split Surplus. Dummy Board, Controlled by Prince; Manipulated Deal. HENEY CHAR8ES'BiG STEAL" Swift Co. Reject Gov't's Re quest for Company Records. Stockyards Official, "111 and Or dered South," Can't Testify. WashlnRton, Dec. St. As Francis J. f'eney todny tried to show fleecing of :.6;h' "00 from stockholders in the eld Chicago Stock Yards Co., packers niad their first open move to block the federal trade commission's food p.obe. Swift fc Co. refused to permit fed eial agents to examine private files, Ileney stated. Should the company continue this pol.cy, the courts will Li- appealed to, Heney said. Iler.ey biouKht out from Vr N. Wailiien, ex-treasurer of the old Chi cko Junction Railway and Union Sun k Yards Co., that V. H. Prince, its president, secretly agreed with J. Og ilen Armour to form the Maine hold ing coi po.ation. Stockholders in the 1. 1 iner lost 3,6U0,ou in accrued sur plus by tins deal, Heney charged. Old liiwrits Tell Talcs. Tattered sheets of foolscap traced Hi-rosi- w.th laded shorthand notes revealed the cutting of the melon Kiuong thf promoters of the new con cern. Wauden recognized the notes, iis dictated to him by Prince in 1910, conclud.ng "leaving J3. t00. 000 in sur plus, accruing to promoters of the new company, our share to be In pro poition to our holdings." Heney attempted to show that the entire management of the yards had been corrupt; had fleeced stockhold ers of millions in dividends and had worked in close collusion with the packers. Armour Co.; Heney developed, put up J7U0.U00 toward buying in the Mock from holders in the parent com pany. The packers and the control ling clique in the old company con spiied to transfer the property to the l.ew concern, Heney sousht to show. The directors of the old company, Heney Crew from tadden, were rierely a "dummy" i I'd controlled by Prince. lcnh'd Rtofy to Xewspnpcrs. These directors, Wadden admitted, 1 uti been selected by Wadden, who en-tnif-ted to them ten shares of stock each to give them the status of stock holders. A cable from Prince to Wadden showed that half the expense "or all" of engineering the transfer of stock .o the new Maine company was to be borne by the packers. A talc of how Armour Co. threw off the scent Chicago reporters who In is 11 got wind of the deal was then told. "We. of course, denied all knowl ffle of the matter in speaking with reporters," F. W. I 'roll, confidential secretary to J. Ogden Armour, wrote I 'i ir.ee. ('roll, en route to Washing ton, was to appear at this afternoon's bearing. riothfr line connecting the present J.inl.V management with the big 1 -ckers was traced when Heney estab lished that Wadden, Prince, Armour I tul other packers are joint owners in i" I. linkers' Realty cor.tpany, I'.oston (Tokcmge house. Were ICefused Information. It was said when the commission's investigators went to Chicago they re ceived only evasive replies from the officers of Swift Co. and that direct o.-m.ind for the records had been re fused. To obtain the papers, which relate to the ownership of the Chicago Hock yards and other details of the meat industry the commission will go Into a federal court and ask an order compelling the company to produce them. .Mr. Heney also announced re ceipt of u telegram saying that C. C. Chase of Chicago, auditor of the 1 nion stock Yards Transit com l'iiny. was ill and could not answer the commission's subpoena. The telegram .-aid Mr. Chase has been ordered south for an indefinite time" Mr. Heney added: "I desire to inform the commission that we have enough evidence without Mr. Chase's testimony to make a pr.ma facie case and then the pack ers can do what explaining they think necessary." show I'p Packers' Pool. Francis J. Heney, special counsel, today continued his efforts m .Ka. that the packers are closely allied, J Unit, while outwardly competing, they "ti op prices, pooled rebates and lion uses and considered not the con SLln,''nK Public, but their own purposes The commission s purpose in mak lng these disclosures years after the alleged offense occurred, is to throw the bght of pitiless publiicty on food control in the United States. KANSAS IN THELEAD Wli-hita Kurm Loan Bunk IxmkIs Fn tlre Nation. Washington. Dec. 21. Loans aggre gating $v.ji824,iioo have been made to farmers by the twelve federal land banks In the six months since the farm loan system has been in full operation according to the monthly report of file federal farm Innn Imanl .lay. In addition, J75.000.000 of loans .v niiiiu.rii ano. win oe ne gotiated at the old five per cent In terest rate when funds are made avail able thru sale of farm loan bonds privately, or to the United States treas ury under the pending plan to have congress appropriate $100,000,000 a year for the purchase. The greatest volume of loans Mu.uiiO, have been made by the Wich ita, Kan., bank, which covers Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mex ico, and 344 loan associations have been chartered in this district. OmCHAL WAR STATEMENTS American Pally la ParU. Paris. Dec. 21. The London Pally Mail yesterday bepan the publication of an American edition from the office of its Paris edition. The new editions will be for Americans in France and will curry special cables and a page of mail news. STUBBS MAY RUN He Considers Getting Into the Senatorial Race. Many Friends Encouraging Him To Do So. Walter Roscoe Stubbs, former gov ernor, is still watching the spots on the Republican senatorial moon. In Topeka today Stubbs told friends he was considering the senatorial matter and would probabTy determine his final action at an early date. "Until the last week I haven't given the matter much thought, but so many people have urged me to enter the race that I am really considering the mat ter," Stubbs said. "I don't want to get my friends into something uncer tain, but the manner in which the matter has been presented, has caused me to give the senatorship considera tion. It is quite probable that at a very early date I will decide either to get in or keep out. But the encour agement which has come to me has really been surprising." In Topeka today Stubbs talked with a number of his old followers. He is also said to have received much en cauragement from sources formerly hostile to his candidacy. Since his defeat in the Democrat landslide of 1912, Stubbs has displayed little activ ity in politics. Now, with the pres ent situation in senatorial affairs, there is a growing belief in state po litical circles that the "Red Fox" may be induced to enter the running. PERSHING MAKESG00D Gets Approval of British and French for Executive Ability. Washington, Dec. 21. Direct as surances of the confidence of both British and French commanders in General Pershing's ability and their satisfaction with the breadth and soundness of his preparations to make American arms effective on the west ern front have reached Washington with the return from Europe of Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, former chief-of-staff, who was in conference today with Secretary Baker and other war deportment officials. Fighting M Confident. "There is no iressixuisiit an to the outV come of the war in the fighting lines," Uetieral Sfeott found. The armies of the allies lire cool and confident The confi dence of victory among the .fighting men he found, became grenter, the closer the observers got to the trout. There were no doubts iu the trenches. Such pessimism us there may be among the British appears to be confined to the uninformed in Lou don. It is not reflected in the army. General Scott now personally has in spected three fighting fronts, the Hus sion, French -and ltritih. It appears prob able that be Is to command a division of the American army, nltho no direct state ment of the place designed for him by Secretury Maker has been made. CALL FOR ASSISTANCE Legal Advisory Draft Board Unable to Handle Heavy Work. Appeals for clerical help were made today by the l'?gal advisory board as sisting registered men in filling out questionnaires. As the questionnaires sent out from the local boards increase in number attorneys assisting the men in filling out their questions find themselves swamped with work. At first, only Jue Dana's court room was used. Now his private of fice, the county attorney's private of fice and the judge's desk are being used. White men, negroes and Mexi cans sit side by side in the room. In many instances a white wife sits be side a colored wife, both ready to swear to dependency claims entered by their n us ban as. FETE SERBIA MISSION President Reeeives Knvoys Given Letter From King Peter. Washington. Iec. 21. Serbia military mission was received here today with mm b ceremony. Ksrorts tf caVulry and a party of American officials headed by .Secretary causing met ine commissioners. Later the mission was received by Presi dent Wilson anil presented an autograph letter from King Peter. Tonight the presi dent will entertain the mission at a state dinner. NO EMBARGO ON CAMP Report Railroad Won't Sell Tickets to lKnipIian Declared I" n true. Kansas City, Dec. 2T. The report from Wichita that an embargo had been placed upon the sale of railroad tickets to Fort Sill. Okla., because of an epidemic of measles at Camp Don iphan, is untrue, officials of the Chi cago, Rock Island Pacific railroad here announced today. $2,000,000 toTFaly American Red Cross Responds Gener ously to Relief Work There. Rome. Iter. 21. "The American Fed Cross has spent to date 11.000,000 lire. ($-.010,000) to aid refugees and tnvsli.is in Itnlian territory." said Major Orayaon IV Murphy, head of the American Ked Cross commission to Knrope, today. Last Survivor Dies. San Antonio, Dec. 21. Enrique Esparsa, the last survivor of the Alamo, is dead. When on March 6, 1S36. the Mexican general, Santa Anna, stormed in the final and suc cessful assault the chapel where a handful of Americans fought to their death surrounded by piles of Mexican dead, the victors found a group of Mexican women in a barricaded sec tion of the front of the building. Among them was an 8-year-old lad, Enrique Esparsa. who died at his home here last night, aged 89. TOPEKA. KANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1917 RUSSO-GERMAH PEACE COUNCIL ENDS SUDDENLY Offer of Slavs Rejected by Kaiser Delegates, Is Report. Bolshevikl Envoys Have Been Recalled to Petrograd. MAY RENEW PEACE POWWOW Armistice Calls for at Least Month Cessation of tVar. Huns Balk on Evacuation of Captured Kuss Territory. London, Dec. 21.- An Exchange Telegraph -dispatch from Fetrograd asserted, it was unofficially reported.. that the Germans had refused the Russian peace terms and that the Bol I sheviki delegation had been recalled I to Petrograd. The decision, if accurately reported. I does not mean resumption of hostili- ties on the Russian front at once, as complete stoppage of all fighting for i a month, has already been agreed upon by terms of the armistice. I If the Germans have refused to S agree to the Bolsheviki terms, it was j believed here they did so in full con sciousness of their strength with i which to extort enormous concessions from the Russians. The original Bol sheviki requests were for German withdrawal from occupied islands in Riga bay and relinquishment of other Russian territory held by the Teutons. Austros o to Petrograd. Amsterdam, Dec. 21. An Austro Hungarian delegation, representing all branches of the government and head ed by an officer of the foreign office. Doctor von Hempel, left for Petrograd yesterday to arrange further armistice details, a dispatch from Vienna stated today. They will meet a commission of Russians. WEATHER IS IN A RUT Little Change in Temperature Tonight or Tomorrow Rain at Doniphan. Temperatures for the day furnished by the local office of the United States weather bureau: 7 o'clock 34 il 1 o'clock 38 8 o'clock 3512 o'clock 38 9 o'clock 36 1 o'clock 40 16 o'clock 37 2 o'clock 42 The afternoon temperatures aver aged ST degrees above the normal for this date. The wind was blowing five miles an hour from the east. A temperature of 34 degrees froze the announcements of the latest Hun treachery to the papers this morning. j While the temperature part of the statement is 14 degrees above the nor mal night temperature, yet the latest exposure is entirely normal and right in line with the disclosures of other German intrigues in South America. The scheduled drop in temperature to night to 32 degrees will in some small way indicate another dose of cold air thrown on the kaiser's hopes, and the (Continued on Page' Two. I WIDOW DISAPPEARS Meanwhile Experts Hunt for Poison in Dead Millionaire's Body. Toledo, O., Dec. 21. A post mor tem examination of the body of Lu cius B. Berdan, Toledo millionaire, who died in a Chicago hospital last week, will be made here today by Cor oner Harlung. Permission to hold the post mortem was given last night by C. T. Lewis, attorney representing the Berdan fam ily, following a conference with Cor oner Harlung. The body will be re moved from a cemetery vault where it now lies and will be examined by the coroner and two expert chemists. The widow of the dead man has not been found but her attorney stated today that she was neither in Toledo, Chicago or Cleveland, where it was reported she had gone. 3 KILLED ON CROSSING I Kansas Soldier Among Injured When Train Hit Auto Bus. I Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 21. Three persons were instantly killed and five others seriously injured when an auto bus, operated between this city and Camp Custer, was struck by the "Ca j nadian. Flyer" at a crossing of the Michigan Central railroad here last night. Among the injured Robert Y. An derson, top sergeant Company 27. 160th depot brigade, head cut, hip in jured. Home address Hartford. Kan. RED CROSS VICTORIOUS Many Cities Already Have Exceeded Quotas and Set Higher Goals. Washington, Dec. 21. Mobilized Red Cross workers engaged in the Christmas drive for ten million new members are obtaining heavy enroll ment in every section of the country, reports received at national head quarters here today indicate. The quotas assigned to many cities have been exceeded in the first three days of the campaign and workers have set higher figures for objectives. ANXIOUS TO BEDCILED Ex-Czar Desires All Royal Family Be Permitted to Leave Russia. Petrograd, Dec. 21. ,(via London, Dec. 21.) Former Czar Nicholas and his family are to be permitted to seek haven in some other country than Russia. It was authoritatively stated today that a decree -would be issued Thurs day allowing members of the imperial family including those at Tobolsk, to go abroad, in compliance with their J request. The action of the Bolsheviki i is due to insistence of Germans in the armistice negotiations. SANTA FE GENERAL OFFICE RED CROSS RECORD'CADM RDnnilPTO cLJ T ft -.."y'jffl One of the best exhibitions of the Topeka this week is the loyalty andpatriotism shown by the army of Santa Fe employes. In the shops and in the general offices the men are rallying almost to a man to the banner of humanity. The picture above shows the enviable service banner hanging in rront or the Jackson street general omce building, with 1,430 stars attached. This is more than 100 per cent "effi ciency" for many of the departments inside this structure. Much of the credit of the Santa Fe's showing is due to the organization and the activity of W. B. Collinson of the general manager's offices. EXPOSEJIS PLOT Luxburg Jfotes a Revelation of Plans of the Kaiser. Sought To Antagonize South Against North Ameriea. Washington, Dec. 21. Declaration of war against Germany by Argentina was regarded as almost certain in Latin-Ameejean diplomatic circles to day as the result of new evidences of German trickery disclosed simultane ously in Washington and' Buenos Airei last night by publication of anothr series of telegrams between the no torious Count Luxburg of "spurloa versenkt" (sink without trace) lame, and the Berlin foreign omce. Luxburg, former German charge in Buenos Aires, in a message dated Au gust 1, last, informed his foreign of fice that President Irigoyen of Argen tina had at last made up his mind to negotiate a secret agreement with Chile and Bolivia tor protection against North America. Another tele gram intimated an attempt would be made to include Peru and the plan was to be perfected, according to Luxburg's communication of August 1, "before the conference idea is taken up again.'" "The conference idea" is assumed to be the proposed JLatin-American neutrality conference advocated by President Carranza and widely dis cussed in South America. The secret agreement referred to may explain re cent South American reports of Presi dent lrigoyen's proposals for a league of South American nations. Give Uie Lie to Luxburg. 'The messages, forty in number, were made public by the state depart ment thru an agreement with the Ar gentine government and were accom panied by a statement by -Foreign Minister Puerreydon, in which he says the "inaccuracies" of the German charge's report are so surprising that no epithet will fit them. 1 he messages were sent to Argen tina soon after the state departmi gave out the first series in which Lux burg advised his government to sink Argentine ships without trace, but heretofore demands for their publi cation have been in vain. The first series were transmitted thru the Swed ish legation at Buenos Aires but the means of communication used for the latest batch sent during July, August and September as not disclosed, ex cept that some of the first series of telegrams were included in ones made public last night- EX-DIPLOMAT "DIES Col. Hicks, 71, Was Foreign Minister Under Harrison and Roosevelt. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 21. Col. John Hicks, 71, former diplomat, and owner of the Oshkosh, Wis., North western, died suddenly at his apart ments here last evening after only 24 hours' illness. Death was ascribed to heart affection. Under President Harrison, Colonel Hicks was minister to Peru and dur ing the Roosevelt administration served four years as minister to Chile. He had been in San Antonio six weeks and until his illness was actively en gaged in writing his biography. Present arrangements contemplate sending the body to Oshkosh for burial SLAVS TO FIGHT ON Authorize Forming Czech-Slovak Army In Franco- Already 80,000. Paris, Dec. 20. A decree authoriz ing the formation of a Czech-Slovak army in France appears in the official journal today. One such army num bering 80.000 men already has been formed in Russia. It will be attached to the French army, which is daily be ing swelled by the arrival of fresh re cruits from America.- The entire army will be placed un der the political control of nationals of the Czech-Slovak countries. The headquarters will be Paris. J "A Photo by Wolcott. spirit of the Red Cross campaign in RUSS CIVIL WARS Opposition to Bolsheviki Re- gime Is Growing Hourly. Only Raiding Attempts Report d on Western Front. London, Dec. 20. The correspond ents in Russia continue to emphasize the growth of the opposition to the Maximalists In parts of -the country and consequent spread of civil war. The rejection of the. Bolsheviki de mand on the Ukrainian presumably adds, the resources of the entire Uk- raine tnr the forces 'Combating the Bolsheviki rule. The position of General Kaledines, hetman of the Don Cossacks, is re ported to have become very much stronger and his close association with the Ukraine is generally conced ed. A dispatch from Petrograd con firms the previous reports that Ros-tov-on-the-Don is in the hands of the Cossacks and that the entire anti Bolshevikl movement is causing seri ous anxiety to the Bolsheviki commis sioners. German and Austrian .officers re leased from Russian prisons are re ported to have led the Bolsheviki in overpowering their opponents in Tash kent, the capital of Russian Turkestan, while other released enemy prisoners, said to be two army corps, are near Petrograd. Officers of the central powers are said to be active in Petro grad, altho this is denied by the Bolsheviki, who claim that the con stitutional democrats are trying to put Russia under German control. To Vindicate Her Honor. Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, simulatntously with the pub lication of German peace feelers, de clared that the allies must defeat mil itarism and that a league of nations including the Prussian autocracy would be a farce. The Teutons must restore territory and repay losses. Great Britain entered the war to vin dicate her honor and not to make an nexations. The British premier sees trjing mo.Uhs ahead but the anti submarine campaign is becomine- more effective and America's help will bring huce results. Apparently untlauuted by the heavy f tuves the enemy haw 4eeit tisinp iu at tempting to break the Itrenta-i'iuve line the ItuiiunH are making counter attacks In an attempt to rvs:nni Monte AMoione JSo far Berliu nay they have been unsuc cessful. On other e r on this front, the Italians have repulsed with Ios strong Austro-Werinan counter attack. Kaidlng tuffajfemeuts occupy the oppos ing forces ou the northern end of the western front while the artillery con tinues active in the Ypres ami Cambrai sec tors. In Lorraine, the Krem u hare re pulsed a heavy ierman attack north of KeiiioD. about eipht miles south of the iiuuje'.uarue runai, wnere the tiermans raided au Aimrh-Hn trench last month. T. R. HERETHIS WINTER Promise That He'll Be a Guest Topeka Press Club. of Theodore Roosevelt will not come tn Tnrtolrn unfit nftur t ho hiliHiix p Practical assurances have been eiven. however, that he will be a guest of the Topeka Press club some time dur ing the winter. A date for his west ern trip is at this time indefinite. Some time in the next couple of months, Roosevelt will visit Kansas City, in connection with his work as a special writer for the Kansas City Star. In connection with his trip to Kansas City, Colonel Roosevelt wili visit To peka to talk to Topeka and Kansas newspaper men. Colonel Roosevelt will not be asked to make a set speech to the news writers. In fact, he will be given a free rein and will be per mitted to direct his own censorship. It is quite probable he will talk war issues and will be invited to "go as far as he likes" in a discussion o the world war problems. Hundreds of requests for reserva tions for the Roosevelt dinner have been received by Topeka Press club members. It is practically certain, however, that the dinner will be some what limited as to guests. Tickets will probably be allotted to active and associate members and in this manner the club will be able to retain control of the .meeting and at the same time accommodate-several hundred persons who desire to attend. TWELVE PAGES rnniti i nuuuuio IN KANSAS BREAK. ALL BIG RECORDS Value for 1917 Is $507,22S,4&S; Greatest in Stat History, This Is 131 Millions Larger Than Previous High Mark. LIVESTOCK BRINGS 352 MILLION This Brings Kansas Returns to More Than 859 Millions. Tremendous Wealth Despite Decided Slump in '17 Yield. Vields and Values.' The yields and values of this year's crops ana proaucis are as iouuo. Value. Winter and spring wheat, bus Corn, bns Oats, bus Kye. bus Barley, bus Kminer (sjwltz), bus. Irish, sw pots., bus. t'owpeus, tons Flax, bus liroom corn, lbs. Millet, tons Sugar beets, tons..." Sorghum, syrup, gls. 41.SrtW R5.fiT9.211 lMtUlKi.517 12ll.M0.411 0().ill,Wi iai"..:i"l 4,010.M10 r,ii4 3,3!2.2:!1 S.575 nr7.u4:i 18,571.l5 lii.41! 10K.HH9 4-J2.UK 11.81H.215 ;i..iLT.:!-J9, l,7JO,37 :ili.(ili.77(i 2.3Ci.o21 4,ni:!.l:i 3,4tS; B,1S:!.229 .17.200 is V4.01B a,45. 1.2K0.M1 (514,754 2ii.4K3 Ki.w)'..:l7s 4,7.-vf.:!!H 2.4S1.44.S Kafir, bus. Milo. bus. 1'eterita, bus Sorghum huy, forage and stover, tons. 4,802,380 27,080.475 Sai-charine sorghum for seed, bus Jerusalem corn, tons Sudan grass, tons... Alfalfa, tons Tmiie- hay exclu sive of alfalfa), tons Prairie, hay. tons Wool clip, lbs Cheese, lbs, Butter lbs. Condensed milk, lbs. Milk sold, other than for butter and cheese Animals slaughtered or sold for slaugh ter Poultry and eggs sold 59S.235 a..-i07 02.0)15 0fi.2t-4 2.r.9:i 574.0HX 5U.570,8:S 486,174 1.0.11.980 3t.S37 4.(t5 4.1,Si:i.4.-4 10,749,003 7.890.851 14.782.475 101.O40 8,4lio 13,823,S75 044,076 1,054,962 81.2S9.411 14,159,909 2,251,434 Horticultural prod ucts Honey and bees wax, lbs 1,250,836 Wood marketed 227.921 92,470 Total value of all farm products $507,225,488 Numbers and Values of Live 8tek. Number Value. $125,847,901) :i.lil9.290 4:i..-a5,75 110.879.000 Horses l.((48.73S 7i -u MuleB and Asses f xniic cows- 5xo,2i:l other Cattle 2,:-'7.52 Kl.eeo 180.877 1.1W.UH7 Bwiue 1,350,703 27,812,411 Total value of live stock .$.K2,4T883 Product of li16. Kansas farms products for 1917 were worth $507,225,488, or 1 3 lx mil lion dollars more than the previous high record of the state. In p report today J. C. Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture, not only shows the state's farm crops were worth more than a half billion dollars, but he adds $352,664,883 for live stock, bringing the state's return to $859, 890,371. The state exceeded last year's crop valuations by more than 136 million dollars. Live stock valuation are more than 1 1 H million above last year, the record previous year. He turns are made in spite of a decided slump in the state's yield of the two most important crops wheat and corn. Bushel Crop Was Poor. First official figures were made available by Mohler as to the Kansas bushel crop yield. The wheat crop, considered in bushels, was one of the poorest the Stat has known. Secre tary Mohlcr's reporters found but 41,479,464 bushels of 1917 wheat. Last year the state produced 99 mil lion bushels of wheat. In 1915 the yield was 126 million bushels and in 1914 it was 181 million bushels nearly four and one-half times tha yield for this year. Corn yields totaled 106,166.517 bushels, as against 62.127,191 bushels last year. But Mohler's correspond ents reported only 55 per cent of the corn crop marketable. The remain ing 45 per cent is "soft' or immature. Kansas iroke all records in the pro duction of oats. The crop is reported at 60,611,849 bushels as against 29, 177,688 last year. The price is ?he highest since the Civil war. In fipite of the slump in gross yields of Lne iwo most important Kansas crops, tne state is tar ahead of any former record to cash rofiiftia This is the first year the state has been in the half billion dollar class for crop valuations. Report in Detail. Mohler's report in detail is as fol lows: The farm value of the agricultural prod ucts of Kansas iu Hi7 amounted to the sum of SiOou. Tula Is nearlv $i:tl -OOO.UOO more than the states next bext record, In 1!14. and exceeds the. m,. f I ,tl. D $L"iti,0tf7.ui0. stock on the farms ia $..ft:.titir.uuO, the largest ever reported, exceeding the best prior year 191u by $11,14 000. Considering the state as a whole, the outstanding features of the year a in ventory are: disappointing: yield of prin cipal crops and the greatly increased prices for all farm product. Wheat was far short of a normal aggregate output. Corn was below the state's average in acre yield, and alfalfa and prairie hay were u nder their standards of prod uction. Wheat, however, brought $2.06 a bushel, or 5 cents more than the previous record year of 1MH( and 71 cents more than last year. The value of corn, given as $1.13 a bushel, is an increase of .'10 cent over last year, and ranks second highest, the average of $1.37 in 1G4 only exceeding It. Prices of alfalfa and prairie hay are above those recorded by the board for anv pre vious year, and have more than doub'ed in the jmst twelve months, and the values of livestock have never been reported so high as now. Farmers of Kansas, responding nobly to their country's call for maximum op erations, devoted a larper h rqa to crops this year than at any prwioiiN time in the state's history. The tofal acreage in field crops in Kansas in 1017 amounted to 2, 252.lrJ0 acres as against 21.Mil.I5 a-re in liUo" and l."4i,GK a-res iu IMS. Jo fact, the more thao 22 million acres reported this year does not represent in full the area actually seeded, for the reason that approximately 5,000,000 acres of land on GRANT'S GREAT GRANDSON MADE CORPORAL IN ARMY Spartanburg, S, C, Dec. 21 Following in the footsteps of his great grandfather, U. S. Grant IV. has von a corporal's stripes. He was driving an army truck, when told he had been promoted. WOULD SECEDE! Quebec Fears It May Be Obsta cle to Canadian Progress. Was Only Province That Voted j Recently Against Conscription.' Quebec, Dec. 21. A proposal that the province of Quebec secede from the confederation of Canadian prov inces was expressed in a motion in troduced into the provincial legislative assembly today by J. N. Francoeur, deputy for Lotbiniere. Quebec is the only province which voted against conscription at the recent election. The motion will be debated Janu ary 8. It follows: "That this house is of the opinion that the province of Quebec would be disposed to accept the rupture of the federation pact of 1867 if, in the opin ion of the other provinces, it is be lieved that the said province is an obstacle to the union and the progress of Canada." WHO GETS SIBERIA? Japan Anxious to Intercept German Domination of Russian Province. Washington, Dec. 21. Japan is anxious to strike at Germany by oc cupying Siberia, according to advices reaching here today. This informa tion, coupled with Russian publication of an alleged Russo-Japanese agree ment to pounce on any nation at tempting supremacy in China, created a profound impression in official and diplomatic quarters. Some allied diplomats were said to favor the Siberian move iu view of the poHsi bility of Teuton domination of alf the Itussias, even the east. They pointed out that the American consul at Vladivostok hud said there is need for troops at that port. Confirmation of the Kusso-Japanese pact wus not immediately obtaiuable here. However, It was stated that Insofar as China is now concerned, the Japs are dis couraging large military preparations In that uation and that official feelers have been put forward with u view to American Japauese co-operation in China's military, economic aud financial problem. President Wilson, it was suggested, will be the determining factor In the decision an to whether Japanese troops rshall in vest Vladivostok, provided that is the actual wish of Japan as reported, OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION Australia Piles Up Big Majority Against Army Draft. Sydney, Iec. XI. Unless the soldier vote on the various fronts which has not been counted, offsets the vote In Australia, the government's conscription scheme has been defeated in a referendum by u majority of about 150.000. This is believed to be hardly likely, however, on account of the heavy vote against conscription in New South Wules, which gave a majority of 115,000 against the proposal. Those favorable to conscription were surprised by the result in Victoria which reversed last year's favorable vote by giv ing a majority of 1,500 against conscrip tion this year. GIVEN BRIBE MONEY Aunt of Mrs. Watte Receives $7,400 Give to Undertaker. New York, Dec. 21. Miss Kather ine Peck, aged aunt of Mrs. Arthur Warren Waite. whose husband was electrocuted for the murder of his father-in-law, John C. Peck, has been given an prder for the $7,400 bribe money held as evidence in the case by the police. The bribe money, paid to Under taker Eugene Kane to swear he used arsenic in embalming Peck's body, was part of $60,000 given by Miss Peck to Doctor Waite to invest for her. which wheat failed were replanted to oats, corn, the sorghums and other crops. The value of the field crops of 1917 amounted to $302,871,000. More than 80 Ir ceut of this is credited to four crops: t orn. $120,540,000: wheat. $Js5.51,000 hay, $7O.0O0,OUU. of which $50,571,000 was for al falfa, and oats. $30.01.1,000. The year's oats crop of 60.ni,ft4! bushels Is the largest ever reported, more tliau twice the yield of last year, and is worth more per bt'isbel than In any neawon since is5. In addition to oats, other crops that exceed last year's aggregate production are corn, rye and all the RorghumslncliidinK broom corn. Those under last year's outputs are wheat, barley, potatoes, alfalfa and prairie hay. There is an increase of approximately $U;,000.000 in the value of animal products, more than $12,000,000 of which ia accounted for in the onp item of aulmals sold for slaughter, whi'h amounts to $,S1.2S0,411, compared to $M.7G2.30 in lftlfl. The in crease from poultry is $1.44.000 and the value of dairy products ia greater by about $1,750,000. Winter Wheat. Winter Wheat Final threonine returns indicate that the state's production of win ter wheat thin yenr amounted to 41.470.-ir bushels, or an average yield wr acre on the area harvested of 11.72 bushels. Last year's production was 00.000.000 bushels, with an average yield of 12.7 bushels to the acre. I reporters estimate that 9.101,700 bushels, or 22.7 per cent of this year's crop was -in IthA growers hands Ieceurer 1. Corn Yield in 1017, lOii.Hi0.517 bus he's, or lli busswls to the acre; In l!in, 02.127, 101 bushels, or under 9 bushels to the i acre. Correspondents report that 55.5 per I cent is of a merchantable quality, the re mainder presuraamy oeing sozt or im mature. Alfalfa Yield In 1M7, 3.003.54S tons, or 2.71 tons to the acre; lost year. 3,51.201 to us, or slightly more thau 3 tons to the "rralrie Hay Yield In 1117. l.tftl.DW tons, or about 0-10 of a ton to the acre: last year. 1 .11.355 tons, or 1.05 tons per a-re. Oats Yield In 1917, 00.011.M0 bushels, or 2fi.7 busheis to the a-re last year, 20.177, OsH bushels, or uner 20 bushels to the ar-re. Kafirs-Yield of grain in 117. 11.S1H.215 bushels, or about fls bushels per acre: last year. 5.095,052 brsheis. or 5 bnnhe!a lr a-re, A grat deal of the kafir did not mature rain this year, owing to retarded growth and early frost. Potatoes Yield this year, ,3m,341 bosh els, or nearly 53 bushels per acre; last year. 4.301.0tJ3 busheis. or 74.5 busbela to the acre. Livestock There have been decreases In (Continued on I'age Two.) THREE CENTS DEATH BED RALLY BEHIND CLAIM OF BESSIE STEWART Woman, Dying With Tubercu-" losis, Tells of Grubbs Affair. Vividly She Describes Scene Mght Before the Wedding. ATE MEALS IN HER ROOMS Depositions Tell of Endearing References to the Future. Mrs. GeneTieve Manning Says She Saw Good-Sight Kiss. Facing death, doubtful whether sh will live until Christmas, Mrs. Gene vieve Manning, 610 Fillmore street, has rallied to the support of Bessie Stewart, Topeka milliner, who is suing' Loehr Grubbs, son of one of Topeka'a most prominent families, for $10,000 for breach of promise. Bessie Stewart lived at the Manning home for months Depositions given by Mrs. Manning were filed today in the office of Mrs. Mary Chapin, clerk of the district court. "The doctors tell me that I'll hav a hard time to live until Christmas." says Mrs. Manning in her deposition 'I have tuberculosis of the lungs In her deposition the frail woman recounts the wooing of Loehr Grubbs for the Topeka milliner. She de scribes remarks made by Grubbs o his approaching marriage to Bessie. -Goodnight Scene. Vividly she describes a goodnight scene at her home the Monday night of the week Loehr Grubbs went to Lawrence and married Luclle Mulvan Nicholson, a prominent Topeka girl Not only doe Mrs. Manning swear that she saw Grubbs kiss Bessie Stew art goodnight. She testifies to hear ing him say: "Bessie, don't worry." Meals In Her Room. Another scene in her home on Wednesday night of the same week l depicted by Mrs. Grubbs. She tells of Grubbs calling at her house, of his going to Bessie's room and eating supper, cooked and prepared by Bes sie on an oil stove in her room. Sup' pers cooked and prepared for Grubbs by Bessie Stewart innumerable times are deseribed by Mrs. Manning. Mrs. Manning then tells of the news of the Grubbs-Nicholson marriage. She told of Bessie Stewart's heart an guish and her subsequent illness, which resulted in Miss Stewart going to St. Francis hospital. Mrs. Manning mentioned Bessie Stewart's work in sewing towels, house dresses and expense she went to In having a lady make her "some beauti-' ful lace for her table "It Is for Our Table." "And he seemed to be very much interested said Mrs. Manning. "One time she put her arm around his neck, and she said to him: It is for our table "And he didn't say but what it was,; continued Mrs. Manning. Again Mrs. Manning describes an. Incident where she charges Grubbs. himself made mention of marriage. "Miss Stewart was making a winter coat." recounted Mrs. Manning. "She asked him which one he liked best' and he said: t "When We Are Married Oh, you can do so many things; when we are married you will have? to have a sewing machine and every thing because it seems like you can do most everything "Then continued Mra. Manning. "Miss Stewart made the coat and she sold it and ho hnncht haw a km, I one." 1 Did yon ever see him bestow upon her any caresses or any manifestations of re fection?" Mrs. Manning was asked. "Yes. on the Monday night before be1 was married he had her out car riding.-' When they returned Mr. Manning and f met them. He had ber In his arms and be kissed her good-night and he said 'ltessie. don't worry Cooked Uls Supper. f mo came out that Wednesday night,' too,' him In and he had suiimf with hr aha cooked dinner for him in her little room,' and she would get Just what be wanted and prepared It In the way he liked it." An open register over the sitting roora: connecting it with Miss Stewart's room was described by Mrs. Manning. It waa customary, she stated, for Grubbs to ba ushered into the sitting room and latr he and Miss Stewart would go to the girl's room. Mrs. Manning always built a big fire In a fireplace and Miss Stewart would open the- register to permit the heat to enter her room, there being no stove In Miss Stewart s room. Mrs. Manning state that she. would sit by the fireside and easily heard the conversations. At the time Miss Stewart lived at the Manning home, the Mannings were living at 510. Tyler street. Most of Mrs. Manninsr a i testimony concerned incidents occurring itr 1 Marb, 1017. a month prior to the mar riage or Orubbs and Luclle Muivane Nich olson. KIRK ROWLEY IS DEAD Former Topeka DnnnrlBt Waa Well. Known Among "Old Timers." Another Toyieka pioneer hftn rtartM to the Great Bevond, according to word received here by ielati'en of Kirk Rowley. Kirk Rowley wan 7T. years old at the tioe of h!n death !n Oa'veston. Tex. The telegram con veyed no details other than that h died of old age Kirk Rowley, with his brothers Jame and Kmmrtt." founded the Rowlev Drue company In Topeka in 1869 and in 1R?7 was ap pointed city treasurer, eei-vine tha j cifv in this office for several years j Bhortlv after leavlnar this office he" 'became city ticket aeent for the A. T. S. F. railroad. A fr-v veary later j he was transferred to Paris. Tex., in the same capacltv. and then about I 1907 removed to Galveston, where h was neent In the union station. Ha e-as holding: this la-t position a thfc time of his death. He is survived by a w". two dnuehter and one son s'l of whom reside in Galveston.. Mr. Rowley was well koown among tha "old timers" In Topeka.

Page 2

J THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL .FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 21, 1917 g JUST 3 MORE BARGAIN BUYING DAYS igygjte 'J Hundreds of Practical Gift Suggestions for MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN the sort that are useful and appre ciated. You can buy them here during our Clearance Sale at savings of l$ to Vfe Our Cash Guarantee to Every Customer Our cash guarantee goes with every purchase. Our guarantee is the Final Clearance Of Our Entire Stock of Men's Suits and Overcoats XOTE GREAT &AVIXU strongest evidence that our customer receives 100 per cent value for every dollar he spends here in our store, as the cash he pays us is his until the merchandise proves satisf actory. That is the guarantee that our merchan dise is right. Be sure to keep your saleschecks, and if you have reason to return the merchandise and wish your money back, you will get it quickly, or if you want to exchange it 'for other merchandise, you will be promptly served. Final Clearance Men's, Women's and Children's SHOES -i a te lL& 8: i ......iiiiiwwwmiMiTiimiiiiaw f S S SS. Is i Boys Suits and Overcoats $4.95 $3.48 $2.98 All t7.50 Malta and Ovroat All 44.50 Suits mid Overcofttn All 4 OO Null and Oiercoatft tl5.00 nil-wool Hull and Overcoat; new est style; acme, woroceaa U: 1 II Fill XV w and raHimeren $12.50 Wool Overcoat. mrnt uf new pattfrni and fabric. A food ansort- $7.50 IO.r(l all-wool Knltn and Overcot. fanry styles, worwted. and fl" O ftfk rasHim.rr. pXA.Jf Clothing" Co. -l 1-123 KANSAS AVEM'K $22.00 Suit, this era son's ewt styles, suits tailored by "Htudcnt t'raft" manufacturers. 1.4S $14 75 Extra Fifty Men's $16.50 astrakhan large collar Overcoats CI OAK clearance of V1'"1" Men's and Boys' Mackinaws $4.48 ...$5.50 $7.50 $1.69 $2.98 Men's 5.00 Mackinaw Men's air-wool $8.50 Mackinaws Men's all-wool 910.00 Mackinaws Boys 92.30 Mackinaws Boys S4.00 Mackinaw Men's 75c Yarn 8 k at In for 50c Christmas Hosiery and Suspenders 50c 39c Men's' and Boys Gloveg and Mittens Men's 75c Ieather MUtens Men's Sue Yarn (.loves Men' 75c Leather Mittens 48c 23c 50c Men's and Boys' Caps A Full Assortment of ewet Styles and Patterns All JL00 Caps 75c All 15c C'apa All 50c Caps 50c 35c Men's Pants' All 92.00 Pants All 91.50 Pants All-wool, Hand Tailored 94.00 Pants AU-wonl Hand Tailored 95.00 and 96.00 Fa nts $1.48 ..98c $2.98 $3.98 Corduroy Pants, Coats and DuckCoats ,$3.48 $2.48 $2.98 ..$4.45 $2.48 All 94.00 Lined Duck Coats All 93.00 Duck Coats Men's 93.50 Corduroy Pants, guaranteed. Men's 94.00 Corduroy Coats Men's 93.00 Corduroy Pants Christmas Neckwear for lIen 100 dosen beautiful 50c open-end Neck ties in neat Christmas boxes. QOf your choice OIV Xmas Shirts Special 50c doc. Dress Shirts for men. Choice 75c Women's "New Fall Dress Shoes in Patent, Ylci and Dull Leathers 9.48 up to..., .$3,481 All $1.15 Met All $1.60 bets Cap and Scarf Sets .98c.W54...$1.98 .$1.25 ls,:.w-.00... $2.48 50 dozen Women's and Children's Sample Trot.TT.':.... 10c t"p 50c W omen's 91.25 Union Suits for Children's S5c Union butts for Women's 91.00 Shirts or Drawers Children's Sweaters, 91.00 and Women's 94.00 Wool Sweaters Women's $ft all-wool Sweaters Women's Fleece Lined Hose Women's 25c Hose Children's S5c Hose ....98c ...79c ...49c $1.48 $2.95 .$3.48 ...15c ...19c ...19c Men's 85c Shirts nd 65c Drawers. Men's 20e Jer sey 1 fc Gloves Bovs 65c t.nion suits for Men's 10c Cot ton Oloves for "ot- Men's $1.75 fast Men's $1.50 Men's $1.50 Men's 25c Wool 7c -'-,,,$1.45 95c t"",98c iT....,.c Men's $3.50 wool slunr..-$2.48 l2ssVrVw: Boys' Shoes Boys' heavy gunmetal School Shoes, nailed or sewed soles, strong und durable $1.98 to $2.98 Men's $3.50 Work CO QQ l.intl Dress Shot A.O OVERSHOES Men's $2.00 Over- jJ Men's $2.50 Overshoes. Women's $1.25 Overshoes $1.95 98c Men's $4.O0 Gunmctal Uress Shoes, button or lace, BQ Jfi t"-" w Kiitrlish last. Men's $4.00 Heavy Work Shoes for $2.98 .tjssau. Misses' and Children's SCHOOL. SHOES Vicl, patent and Kunmotal, cloth or leadiPr tons; strong, servlee able shoos for dress or school wear98c-, $1.48, $1.98' RUBBERS Men's four-buckle Arctics Women's $1.00 Rubbers, for All Hubber Goods Guaranteed $2.98 89c Clothing Co. 4;(i-l;S:t KANSAS AVKM'E I Jl '1! SHISIUI isjasx- -l filsslas'llili liillf I 18 years of "know-liow" Bogle Printing Co. "Good Printing Plus" 5th and Jackton Phonm 778 WRECK KILLS 47 Death Toll Swelled as Fatally Injured Succumb. Worst Disaster in History of Louisville Nashville B. B. m m I m m 0. m Gift Giving Made Easy With useful Gifts pur chased here down in the 500 Block. Ill IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH llll We can save you Money Nifty Neckwear 50c to $1 Shirts, all colors, guaran teed, $1, $1.25 $1.50 Mufflers.. .50c to $2.00 Suspenders, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs and Collar Bags. v All of which make a season able and reasonable Xmas Gift. And don't forftet that we are still making our ALL WOOL Suits and Overcoats ut THE SAMK OLD VIUCB 'M j 5 TOH V. lOWE3X 532 Kansas Ave. I I i I Hi I i I I HAM PER RED CROSS Investigate Supposed German Propa ganda Against Campaign in N. Y. FARM PRODUCTS (Continued from Taee One.y hops rpave strenpth to provisions. The mosc ftlve biflUinp was for ribs. .Kuying, asrribpfl to parkers kept the mar. ket -most of the time omthe uppraUe. Shepherdsville, Ky., Dec. 21. The death toll taken last night when Louisville Nashville passenger tram. No. 7. from Cincinnati to New Or leans crashed into the rear end of the Louisville, Bardstown Springfield combination train a few hundred feet south of the railroad station here, naa reached forty-seven today. The wreck, which is said to be the worst in the history of the Louisville Nashville, occurred just after the local train had pulled out from the station here. It had gone only a short v. im ntvtoT train came into sight traveling at a high rate of speed. Before it could be halted it had crashed into the slower moving train ahead, and made kindling wood of the two wooden passenger coaches it carried. Blame for the disaster seems to hinge on whether the fast train had been given a clear diock or nui. aiuj of the injured were so badly hurt that it is feared the death list will be in creased even further. No one aboard the passenger train, made up of steel coaches, is believed to have ben injured. The accom modation train consisted of the two wooden passenger coaches, which were splintered. The locomotive of the passenger train was demolished and the steel coaches thrown from the track. Thirteen persons today were added to the list of Identified dead. The In jured number seventy. .fenca Villa OIX. V. I 1 1 1 1 1 1 "bp entire family of Marshal John Philip or jarasiown, ivy., nis wiie and child, were killed. Others killed were Rev. Father Eugene Bertoilo. Chapaze, Ky., and Nat Muir, president of the Wilson-Muir bank at Bards town, Ky., and his wife, and Mrs. Emily Sturgeon of Zanesville, O. Several of those killed were so bad ly disfigured that it was impossible to identify them. Two children, thrown into a snowdrift when the crash came, were found alive and were cared for by people here. One of them, an 11-year-old girl, was so stutined by the shock of the collision that she has lost her memory. The other, a 4-year-old girl, was asleep in the snow when picked up. New York. Dec. 21. Managers of the American Red Cross membership campaign announced today that the federal department of justice has been j asked to investigate reports of pro- l German efforts to interfere with the i drive to obtain 500,000 members in this city. Impersonation of Red Cross officials seems to be the favorite method of the pro-German agents, according to Prank Presbrey, publicity director of the campaign. WEATHER -IS IN A RUT (Continued from Page One.) fhlcaan Grain and Provision Market. (The range of prices on gram futures on Mr, "Make your money work for you, but do not set it a dangerous task. Do not try to make it bring more than it can earn, for then you are putting it in such peril that it may be lost. Neither let it be idle because being unemployed it will waste way." Ask for our booklet, "FARM MORT GAr.ES AS IXVESTMENTS." THE FARM 5IORTGAGK CO. Torefca. Kansas. sunshine that was expected this after noon would not serve to alleviate the pair, of discovery that the United States permits no measly German dip lomat to estrange the two Americas. Tomorrow will get about the same weather conditions as today. The boys at Doniphan are probably slipping and sliding thru a muddy night in the night maneuvers that take up part of the time of a soldier's education. It was raining at Oklaho ma City this morning and the trend of the storm was west. S. TX Flora said that if it was not already rain ing at Doniphan at 9 o'clock tnis morning it was in all probability pre paring to. and that forthwith. The highest temperature ever re corded in Topeka on this date was 60 degrees in 18 96. The lowest on rec ord was 6 below just one year ago to day. It will be partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with not much change in temperature. This is the official weather forecast by Meteorologist Flora this morning. Perishable goods due for thirty-six hour journeys north and west are in danger of a temperature of 24 degrees unless properly protected. East and south the temperature will be barely freezing. 32 degrees, for the same pe riod of time. the number of all kinfls of live stock ex cept other cnttle, which ure more by IJlTt- IUU1 V....... -Lf1Uo am ho or, mm al.oon by 000, ami bops by nenrly 2'JO.OOO head. CWo Hoard of Trade as repbrtetl by Under a new classification rowprebending 1 -vx r; umg.i only cows kept for milk production. th Chicago, Dec. 21. number of milk cows is reported by assns-rt-, t Closed sors as 5M),21 this year, as against 1,077."- i Open Hieh Low Today Hes. mrT x-uur i a. i n nil .lflirv Btrw-lr wM i CORN included under the heading "Milk cows." j 1- J27; Manifestly the old method was misleading,! y ..1-.114 1 and to correct it. as well as to avoid pos- A n"!ilna 1- sible duplications in returns, the change u1 Sr was made. Inlry stock not kept estVlu- ,!fty X,t 74 sivelv for milk is now reported tinder L.t ib 8' "other1 cattTc." In values horses have 1 1 Native steers, $7.25f?-14.35; western uteers, ?i!.;.C( li,75 stockers and feeders. i.'lTtdi: 10rrows and heifera, $5.10 11.0 jealves, SHKKr Receipts 9.000. Market weak, wethers, C9.00& 13.00; lambs, $1U.501G.50. iSSSs Sj? Ssfi 5? fAWfVt NkW-a Pstir-f 7ttW Z&.xYrm aKr-a NiiAe 1414 1274 7U 127V4 135 7S 744 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. Famished by the weather bureau office Topeka, Kan., for the 24 hoars ending at 7 a. m. Friday. High- Low. Prec. Wther. SB Stations. Boston, M.iss 38 Buffalo. N. y 44 Calgary, Alb Chicago, 111 r2 Cincinnati, 0 50 Concordia, Kan. 02 Corpus ;hristi H leuver. Colo J0 les Moines. Ia 54 lodge City, Kan.. 70 Puluth. Minn :t0 El Paso, Tes H Fort WorthL Tex.. IW (Galveston. Tex. 68 Havre, Mont 34 Jacksonville. Fla... 48 Kansas City, Ho... 541 Little UocK, Ark... 02 Los Angeles. Cal... 80 New Orleans, La.. t4 New York, N. V.... 40 N. Platte, Neb 50 Oklahoma. Okla. i2 Phoenix, Arie 70 Pittsburg. Pa. 50 Portland. Ore 44 St. Joseph, Mo 58 St. Louis, Mo.. i... 5tf St. Paul, Minn.... 3(1 Salt Lake. Ctah.. 52 San Francisco. Cal. 02 Snult Ste. Marie 34 Seattle, Wash 44 Sheridan, Wyo. as Spokane. Wash. :16 Swift Current, Raa. 2-S Tampa, Fla 04 Toledo. Ohio 44 TOPEKA. KAN... 00 Washington, I. C. 42 Wichita. Kan 00 Winnipeg, Man 2 38 S S4 44 30 20 34 40 50 24 :w 36 40 60 44 28 22 HO 38 42 40 32 40 14 .32 40 24 40 24 30 12 50 40 34 28 32 0 Cloudy Cloudy Fair 0 Cloudy 0 Cloudy 0 Cloudy r-OKgy 0 Fair 0 Clear 0 Clear .18 Cloudy 0 Clear T liam Fair Clear Foggy Cloudy Cloudy Clear roggy Foggy Cloudy Kaln 0 Clear 0 Cloudy Kain Cloudy Cloudy .ui eiear 0 Clear 0 Foggy o Cloudy .40 Cloudy t air Cloudy Clear Fair Cloudy Cloudy Fair Cloudy 0 T 0 0 0 0 o 0 o o o o T T 0 0 .04 0 0 0 0 o o o mules 10. milk cows $11. other cattle 7,1 kAl!I sheep 4.75. and hogs SXi0. ,an- Not All Profit. j The fact that the value of Kansas farm j Jan. products this year is greater than the j May vaiue in any previous year snnuia not ne construed as meaning' that the net profits from fnrm'ng have been greater. For.. as a matter of fact, in some sections of the state, from the standpoint of net profits, 1017 ranks among the poorest of years. In those sections where a happy combination of high yields and prices of grain crops prevailed, it is trne that satisfactory re turns were obtained. On the other hand, vast area of crops In other sections, failed absolutely or in part, and resulted in proportionately heavy losses. For in stance, almost two-thirds of tlie winter wheat area was wholly abandoned, because -.45.05 40. SO 45.05 46.20 45.75 ..24.50 ..24.70 ..24.25 .24.55 24.50 24.70 24.42 24.80 24.25 24.45 24.15 24.50 4.53 24.37 24 .-25 24.40- 24.07 24.52 24.70 24.42 Kansas City Grain Market. (The range of f.rices on grain utnres on Kansas City Boa.-d of Trade as reported by Thos. J. Myers. 301 N K Bide.) Kansas City, lec. 21. Closed Open Lllgb Lo Today Yes. CORN Iec. ..128 128 128 128 128 i May ..124 12414 12.: 124 12i Chicago Grain and Pork Market.' Chicago. Pec. 21. CORN Close; Decem- of winter-killing. Furthermore, 'the high l1"", l-27: January, $1.24. 1.24 May, nrices of farm crons hnve in sections f crnn $1.22-4 'i'l 1.22T4. OATi hi PORK Jan.. 40.20; Mav. $45.80. LAUD Jan.. $24.45; May. $24.05. HOUT RIBS Jan., $24.40; May, $24.77. failure placed an added burden upon the farmer, because he has been for-ed to go into the open market and buy feedstnffs for the livestock which he must continue to retain on his farm, a thing he ordinar ily does not have to do. The scarcitv and consequent high prh-e of farm labor, the greatly increased cost of all supplies that must be constantly bought for the farm, are also to be considered. Hence, althn the 1017 Kansas farm products have won-1.70; No. 3. $1.03; No. 2 yellow, $1.0Se(,1.70; derfully increased in value, there should No. 3, nominal. ne no mistaKe about a similarly wonder- OA! s Atarket steady. No. 2 white, 70 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Dec. 21. CORN Cash: Market 3 cents lower. No. 2 mixed, $1.01ft 1.115; No. 3. $l.(Kjil.r.l: No. 2 white, $l.8f-( Kansaa City ZJve Stock Market. (The following sales were mffde this morn- lug at the Stock Yards. Kansas City, and reported over long distance telephone di- 1 rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin son Co.i live stock commission mcr- j chants.) I Kansas Cltv, Pec. 21 CATTLE Receipts 2,000 hea l. Market steady. HOGS Receipts 0.000 head. Market 10c higher. Bulk of sales, $15.85 10.50; top, (li'..55. SHEEP Receipts 4,000. head. Market steady. KILLINO RTtERS. No. Wt Priee.lNo. Wt. Price. 18 1004 $10 15 I 21 904 $0..!5 12 840 8.50 COWS AND HEIFERS. 5. 830 0.00 I 12 1004 8.15 31...... M9 7.!)0 S'KICKEll'l AND FEEDERS. 8 884 50 I 3 702 8.25 38 004 7.75 I CALVES. 3 120 11.50 I 8 247 8.00 2 405 7.50 I HULLS. 1 1000 0.00 I 5 710 0.25 3 820 7.00 1 1420 7.25 noos. 33 170 15.15 I 22 110 15.85 GO 215 10.55 j 71 24S 10.40 00 245 10.43 I Xmas Shoppers H Reduced Prices Is On Every Xmas Article lH In Our Store, Beginning Today This means Amns grifts at a saving. Don't over look It. House of Kup penheimcr ki r ii ful increase in rost of production, brinjr inpr about lu many inntances au actual loss. 13 BOXERS ARE ACQITTTED. New York Mncistrale TIHnks New igstk-; No. 2 mixeU, TSVitTDc. -ki i.u. KAFIK AND MILO MAIZE $3.20fg3.2S. HAY MarkPt nndmnir,!. S H t UTS $1 .IK. (ft J.()0. UK A N $l.TSi l.M). WHKAT Keceipta ;t5 cars. ItrTTEK-Creamery, 4:.Vc; firsts, 41 c; sHonlfl, ;t!v,c: packinp, KiHiH Firsts. 4Hc: eccomls. WMflXic I'dt'LTKY Ileus, air; roosters. 15c; .04 Snow The QuIdId That Does Not Affect ffead Because of Its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE K.UOMO QUININE can betaken by anyone without caasinjr nervousness or ringing in the head. There Is only one "Bromo Quinine."' E. W. GKOVK'S sifiUii ture is on !ox. SOc. Adv. Grip Follows The Snow LAXATIVE BROMO QUINT NE Tablets taken in time wi'l Prevent Grip. E. W. UKOVE'S signature on box. 30c. Adv. Ring Law Vn constitutional. New York, Dc. 21. Sixteen men nil of al ,rVi -...it V. ..i 1 ing .New lorks anti-prize fight laW coitN'lT.sei'pwmber, 1.28; Jannary, are free today, following the first j fi.2ij,sjl.20'i May, $1.24. favorable action for boxing since the j Frawley law went out of existence in r Chicago Produce Market. New York. Cliicogo, Dec. 21. HITTER Market un-. Magistrate Corrigan had two negro K-ttlc'.. Crnnmery. 30i4:k-. boxers for special sessions but said it-' BUS Market lower, rirsts. 47e: orrtl- h8. ia L'S l,..1f,orbiddinB ?F41ra!A- mm MARKET REPORTS Chicajro. Dec. '21. COHN Corn showed a tendency to react from yesterday's bulge. Buyers were somewhat scarce, ami the at tention of the trade seemed to center on advices that eastern roads had .been order- Knhsas City Live 8toclc Market. Kansas City, Ic 21. HOGS Receipts 6.000. Market 15c t U0c higher. .nlk of sales, $15.7.Vyl.i.40; heavy. fl0.001t.r0; i mckers and butchers. $li5.ti0ilti.45; ligiit, io.rOfrti(i.20: pigs. $ij.oO(3H4x. CATTLE Heceii.tfi 2.0(l. Market steady. Prime fed steers. 11.5014.70; dressed beef steers, .Sll.OOfri 12.30 western steers, Jj8.75f! 10.ro: southern steers. $7.O0ftf 9.00 rows, .j.rx)((ie.(H: heifers. WOOfo 10.50; sfockors and teeders. $7.00tVi 10.00 bulls, $G.00rS.00; calves. $i;.00fd i::.0. KI1KE1' iieceipts --,000. Market steady. Lnmbs, $nMniil5.rA: yearlings, $12.00 i:?.50; wethers, 11.0012.50: ewes. $0.004 1X..I&; stockers and feeders. 7.00 13.O0. TOPEKA MARKET REPORT. POTATOES Market higher. Wis.-onsiu. Michigan and MiuneiKita bulk, $1.75i l.!M; 4itto sacks, lfl.h5ftil.IM. New York Cotton Market. New York, Iec. 21. COTTON-Spot, quiet; middling ujilands, IIl.lO. New York Produce Msrket. New York. Iec. 21. Kt'TTKH Market ed to return to the west n total to date of steady. Creamery higher than extras On 14 17.0j()0 einptv box cars. Clear cold weather &51c. likely to improve ti e quality of the crop j EGGS Market unsettled. Fresh gathered helped also to ease the market. Opening extras. iiOfiile. prices, which ranged from the same as CHEESE Market irregular. State whole yesterday's finish to c lower, with Jan- jmiik, flats, fresh specials. 2.'.y(.fr23c. parv 1.24 to $125. and Mav 1.23 to POlLTKY Alive, firm: chickens, 24o; $1.2:114 were followed by a moderate decline Uowli, 2tif& 2c; turkeys, 3.V: dressed, irreg all around. ular chickens, 'Z(4Zk: fowls, llH&2b-; Subsequently depression resulted from turiteys, tibc. reports that the liftirg of the railroad em bargo east of Chicago had failed to stimu late shipping demand. The close was un settled, hic to lmv net lower with January $1.24 to $1.24 and May fl-22 to 1.&2! OATS- ats paralleled the action of corn. Signs of a renewal of export demand from the gulf, however, operated as a check on the bears. PROVISIONS Hijrher qnotstions on PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS Ask Your Donor A boot Us DRUGS AND TQILET GOODS The Modern irru Stor CXT-RATE 500 West lOtli. New York Stock Market. Wall St., New York, Dec. 21 STOCKS Prominent stocks vieided 1 to 2 points In today's early dealings, fresh selling result ing from over night advices which suffjrst ed further heavy war financing and attend ant trade restrictions. Steels, shipping and active rails led the decline with equipments and oils. The few gains included Baltimore and Ohio. American Tobacco Company. In spiration. Copper, Studebaker and Pullman. Liberty bonds were steady. Prices .allied brisk.y soon after the open ine. the murovement beine coincident with 1 reports of a rapture in the negotiations net ween itnssia anu me centra 1 powers. Trading broadened on extensive short cov ering, many issues participating in the rise which extended from 1 to I! points among leaders to 2 to 4 among specialties. The further .-ecovery in International bonds was another stimulating feature. Domestic bonds also hardened. Liberty 4'a sold at 07. Ob to 7.04 and the "14 '9 at 9S.S4 to 98.10. Chicago Utc Stock Market Chicago, Iec. 2L HOOS Receipts 27.000. tomorrow 22,000. Market strong. 15c to 2Uc above yesterday's average. Bulk of sales, $lti.lfwai.i0; light, fl.V3O01A.53; mixed, $15 iXi lti-70; heavy. $15.J(b 16.70; rough, $15.WW(7 1A.09 pigs. $11.004. 14.25. CATTLK Iteoeipts 7,000. Market steady. Topeka Uve Htock Market. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 21. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $14.(NMf 15.15 MIXED AND KUTCliEKS $H.OO0i 15.M HEAVY 14.0tK,il5.!M LI OUT Vi.tkm 15 m No stock received after 12 o'clock ou S;'tiirday. PIUS ows (lood to choice Fair to good.............. Common to fair l-'nir to -?ooJ Common STEKftS Good t,o choice.., Fair to good HULLS Fleshy Medium K II K EP Fs t wethers Fat ewes Fat lumbfl Goats VEAL CALVES Prime fat Oood to eboice Medium good Fair Shorn lambs and sheep 3c under above prices. Positively cannot use sheep or lambs unless fat. 7.00$f 10.00 .no5? 7.S5 5.0ff4 (t,(0 4.0(14 5.0O GJKHJ C, 7, 4.00 5.00 7.00Yi H 00 O.OOffi. 7.0.1 i 6.00 7.00 5.0UU 0.00 6"i0fl R00 O.'KKu 7.30 8.00fti 11. 5i 3.00fSTT; 5.00 S.OftSi 0 00 7.O1 t v.no tf.O0C(t T.X How a Pipeline Climbs a Bluff WEATHER REPORT. I WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas: Partly Houdy tonight, Saturday. ot much cliause In teinirature. Besides water hazards, there are many others Just as tormenting to the gas pipeline builders now working on the 43-mile stretch between Cambridge, Kansas, and theBlackwell Held. There are so many rock hazards concerning which the term "worst" might be used, that it is hard to pick the hardest. Perhaps the Silver Creek bluff south of Burden, Kansas, presented as many difficulties in the rock line as any. The SiPv-er Creek bluff stands forty feet straight up out of Silver Creek. It is solid limestone. More than a month ago a small gang was put to work on the bluff far In advance of the other workers on the line. When the pipe gangs arrived, a ditch was shot out ready for the pipe. It Is estimated that two tons of dynamite was used in the blast ing process. Pipeline cannot be stood on end without great danger of future trouble. It therefore, was necessary to have the ditch blasted deeper at the top than at the bottom, so that the pipe might have a slant. The face of the bluff at the top was Indented with a ditch thirty feet deep ir solid rock. The pipe in this ditch was all welded with expansion sleeves on each side to relieve it of much strain in the deep cut. KANSAS NATURAL GAS CO. Poultry and Egg-. (Fnmished by the TnpJ;a Paf-kin? Com pany, comer Luuri'Ut and Madison.) Topeka. Kan.. Dec. 21. HENS 314 lbs. and over, lUc; under lbs., lt'tc springs ovr '1 lbs., lKVae roosters, l'Jc: stafrvy young roosters, 15c; broilers, 2 lbs. and under. 23c. Kggrs nre retailing in Topeka, 50c 15 L' XT Kl lSija Sue. Krtj.lt HV. (Furnished by W. A. Gileurlst, C20 Qulncy street.; Topeka, Kan., Dec. 21. PRAlriE nAY--20.W. ALFALFA $25.00. Topeka Grain Market. (Furnished by J. It. Ititlnrd, corner Kansas it. uuu 11 1 1 ,a L- j Topeka, Kan.. Pec. 21. 1 OATS IVm 70c. NEW COUN 1.30. Superior Service--All-Steel Trains To KANSAS CITY DOUBLE TRACK t,w. Topeka -r. Kan. City 4 15 a. aa. S :!S a. m. ft :&S a. m. 7 :4J a- m. :l0 a. m. m. :13 p. m. 5:19 p.m. i S:.ip. m. fttlSp. m. t:Sdp. in. 7:.r.m. I I.Htp.tm, S :0 p. a. 10 :4 p. m. NO STOPS C. E. BASCOM. C. P. A. rhon. 4034 L. Kan. City 1 :M a. m. 10:26 a. m. I:SS a. m. ll:O0a. m. :30 p. m. 7 :4, p. m. 10:00 p. m. 11:4(1 p. m. Ar. Tii.k. :4S a. m. It:zri p. m. It :4A p. m. 15 :M) p. nt. S:15 p. aa. :c. p. m. II :S p. m. I :M .,m. Topeka Hay Market. Topeka, Kan., Dec 2i PRAIRIE HAT (li'-UO. ALFALFA 2U.00. y STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City tf Also Hre Our Oim office, at Chicago. Ko. St. Jownh k Omaha. Dcnrcr. Slou, City. So. St. PaoL E. Puffalo. E. St. F ort Wo-th and El Paso. HHila. 4. A 2Sk

Page 3

THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 21, 1917 3 SHOW THE 'OLD CLASS Topeks Reds Retain Their Volleyball Title Urn-. PELLETIER'S I. anch ami Dirw la the Tea KMni 5tfa floor The "Topeka. Reds"" retained t their title of volley ball champions 'when; ay defeated a picket! team, from the Monday and Thursday class at the Y. M. C. A., winning two oat of three arns by scores of t3-li. 15-3, and j L.S-l.i. The "Topeka Reds' were rep-, rent:n the Tuesday and Friday class p- which, ail the members belong A: r-hnlTense was issued Laat week by the i M-miiajT and Thursday cLa.as for a march this week, which was very in-1 t-r?tirvjr and some good yoUey bail! wris played. A srrat deal of rivalry ha existed r Lh. past three years between these 'o e.4.-si3 relative t their ability aa caii piayera and marches have li psu.v1 from time to tim Th "T-jpeka Reds' Wednesday r'.if'I the same tam. that has been t l-iv!rir stumps with teinu from other -riura and has played toeether for., -nree or four years wirh the exception 1 one man. Joe Pe Frees. of last -ar team havtnsr enlisted in the trrr.y. Ralph Jermka played with the r-am in his place. Two other mem bers of the Tuesday and Friday eiaas are now in the army: oiw, Captain Ierriro, with the Washburn ambiance corps at Camp Pike, Aric, and Captain. tr,-:kier. at Fort Leavenworth. The! Reds" did not play as strong a grm l Wednesday as they will later. The tine up: M. A T. Class Man ley Snyder Bolton Corliss, Cape Williams "Topeka Reds'" K-tier Starr Mai ho Hand Thompson. Capt. Jen cits CORNER MILK BOTTLES Thieves ta SB Louis Get itA-OO ud M-lkmen Are Short. St Louis Dec 21- The operation' cf a tars i of mirk bottle tMeves and tne tnaoility of local dairy men to pur- chae more bottles has made probable the distribution of milk in St. Louis in 1 bill's. It is estimated that the 550 milk wia drivers in the city have lost approximately 245,700 bottles durinjrj t past month, a similar condition ex- Latins for several months preceding. OPEN "PEACE" BUREAU: Cermaa -Chancellor Breads Dept. to St. isly Questions Relating to Peace, j Amsterdam, Dec. 21. A German! government bureau for "studying questions relating ta peace1 has been opened In Eeriin. Dr. Karl Heiffrich. j farmer vice chanfrellor, is at the head of the bureau Wrth Privy Councilor Albert, the former commissioner to i thse Panama-Pacific expositicn, as his ELL-ANS Absolutely Removes i Indigestion. Drug-gist3 refund money if it fails. 25c Say "Nope"! to your Grocerman n nn if ie tries to put over on v-mi aometh i rig "just as Had Cross Ball Blea In the woris of the immortal Josh E.T" ;ni3 'Taere aint no aica thing. There is positively nothmir u go?i s. or eqisai to RF,T CBOsd RT r. LCE &r producing eiTtii of sniih. white parity sa bnn a bltia5j to new fallen dnow. Try It Prove If 5 Cents Everywhere Xmas Candy Sale Save money by buying your Xmas Candies here. Delicious, Fresh, Homemade Candies put up in nice Xmas boxes. The Topeka Candy Kitchen t)3 West U Afenoe 9J Service first w Baggage Transfer 226 Phones 711 Hurry-Up Co. Quality first Servic next McCaH's Patterns f OPEN TONIGHT Mansing Underwear1 Satisfaction &r jut Free Art XewiJrwwfc dasaes evgyy ateraioB 2mi floor PELLETIER'S ore rii ft nstmas sales, more gi nristmas news ror oa Come, early Jar the oar gains ojjerea in it f rr wonderful this Saturday Vz price Apparel Sale Cerxaia sroaps of Suits, Waists. Skirts and Dresses in a quick clears way Sat urday at just half priced Dresses lA price A splendid lot of womerCs Dresses of ta.Teta, serge and Georgette formerly price-ill to J3S your 1 y choice Saturday l. La and all other Dresses at a fourth, to a third off. Skirts XA price Women's Skirts of light wool plaids, suitable for Spring, and also taffeta and un-a. wooi Kjrts; some etra sizes in th lot. uriinii prices ranjs 13.? to 9 -j ii 5"our choice Saturday. ALL SUITS 1-2 2 price Without exception and without reserve, all Suits stock are nq,w ou sale at exactly 1-2 Blouses Vi price A of Gor?etite crepe and Crene de Chine -Biouses in white. Besh. navy and biack reg-alar iZ.O; to $1 75 1 r values Saturday. J ALL COATS off Appar.1 3rd Slnwr Prllptier Atoi1 the crowds mSlSLi. ft Early! few I i m m suggestions, more merry turday shoppers f Slippers sure of a mast hearty "Thank you9 Women' Feft Juliets with flexible leather soles: brawn and biack X,25 Kid Boudoir Slirprs; pink,, blue, brown, lavender, red and black --$1.50 Comfy Slippers with padded solesr gray and brown $1.30 Women- carriage osr A i to of black velvet with qailted sat in Uninss $0.00 Girls and Children's Pictuns- Comfy iipiers of rl or blue- feit; aiae 5 to II are SiiiV: sizes It1 to 2 are Bootees o reii fvHTt with euffa and leather soles; to Men's 91.23 pict'ire ?1.3 Teathr S1.5G Elat k t o t SliptM r with oiea Comfy Sflpwfs: of xray fe;r wit padded soles $J.63 F vrrette yle Slippers; of t.m or black kid f20 !tttie and !Iipte turf F1r A pessimist Whoever fears That this" Christmas isn't Going to be a A merry Christmas Let him walk Through this Humming store And get the Surhine of it Into his heart! Thank vou. the one gift that is always acc.ptable SouTeretsa Frean'i Kid Glover: plain., black, mode, tan and whit, and white with biack. stitching 2 If jam am not swre as to size, nd siiaale, cive Clime Bood IVi-Hn T1- Ones of all Freirf Kil Ctores; white, black, tan. brown, sray and champagne, plain and with contract embmider- in? $2.25 $2.50 Washahlc Rid Gloves: the 1-clasp at3 le in white, tan, mode and ivory 223-2.75 and Neckwear A piece er two of Neckwear ha quite an oat-G!'-the-ordiaa.ry gift and one thaE h mire to be very much appreciated- Here are Collars and Sets of sheer organdy. Geenrette and wash satin piain and lace trimmed dozens and dozens of styles to choose from. .7te to S3J4 Stock aad Jabots of plain net, filet and Oriental ia.ce and of hem- stitched Georgette crepe &jc to $-4 Ajoot Stocks of pique, satin and fancy piaid satin and madras; many styles. StH to S2.09 SCaia Floor PeHetier' Offering dozens and dozens of the most practical gifts for men and ivomen, this sale of Leather Goods Vz price Haners Jewel Esm oIlar Ran Writing Kplios Mi? Ro41 TnTeliii( Cases Military Bridies, ami the Eke AH the pieces left from the b'.jr aampla line en sale some time ao. and a number of odd pieces from regular atoclt will f be closed out Saturday at.... 2 All leather handbags at Vs off AH JI.94 Handbags .67 All, 1. 5ft Handbags l.OO AH 2.00 Handbag 1.33 AH I.S Handbags 1.67 AH 3.90 Handbaia 2.0O AH 3.S9 Handbags 2-33 AH 5.9 Handbags 3.33 AH the -very newest styles and shapes: all sizes aad all leathers. We've entirely too many leather Handbags, and to quickly re duce the stock we offer your unrestricted choice of the np to $3. 9ft Leather f f Ull -J Handbags T.eather Cwd Ufaia I7wwt' yTettrrw Wonderful Christmas ribbon Christmas wouldn't be quite complete without the fin is Mr, g touches of ribbons. And nowhere else in all of Kansas will yoa find such a wonderful stack, such dainty made-of -ribbon rave-lues and such intelligent, helpful service. v 25c Ribbons -19c I 35c Ribbons -25c A line lot o 4 and 5-inch Hair Bow Ribbons; good, firm quality that will not muss and crash; plain colors and fancies reru lar 15c ones Saturday for 19c Hish ciasa Hair Brw Rihhona. front 5 to; S inches) widec fancies) and plain moires aad taffetas of exKra good, firm quality resilmr 3ao ones on saie Oj" Saturday JC AST K3NT OF BOWS TIED FREE BibiMXia for- tying Christmas packages 10c ta 25a a bolt Toilet. Sets Vz price A lot of highest class Taiiet Seta and Military Easi Sets; of old ivory, art gold and fancy rnetaL. Oriiruil prices range from Jti.5) to $25.80 your choice SaX- urday at exactiir Jewelry ICain FIn Inasmuch as the store and Tea Room will he closed Tuesday, ice' ue decided to have our Christmas Turkey Dinner Saturday Evening 75c from 5:20 to 8:00 o'clock Clam Eouillon with Whipped Cream and Wafers Roast Turkey wtth Celery Dressing and creamed Gibiet Gravy Cranberry- Jelly witix English Wainats Candied fiwee-t Potatoes Hot Biscuits and Butter t-ettuc Salad with French. Dressing ilince Pie with Cheese Tea Room Co2fe? Ray Hall's Orchestra -5:45 to 7:45 TABLES MAT BE RESERVED PHOJTE ZTjfiQ Feiletier's Tea HUxtm ."th lnr PeGecier's The store will be open 'til 9 this evening ami tomonrmc and Monday evening too. Novelties in the Gift Shop on sale at Vz price A big table of novelties ootrof-the-ordinary gift things of all kinds Japanese Novelties, Baskets. Pottery, Bags, Cre tonne pieces, etc., worth from 20c to $5.00 your j choice of the lot, Saturday 2 I The t,ift SlMp in ft Floe WIetir, When in doubt, give Handkerchiefs for no one ever heard of a man or woman, girl or boy who had too. many handkerchiefs. fTl!Mrn'a ver? so, serviceable little Hand- v,llliul a kerchiefs with Mother Goose. Ted dy Bear and otiier jarvinUe desisna in the porner; three in at box 25c to 5c ffln8 pliin white Handkerchief of cambric, a at 3c l 2e; of pure linen. 30c to Si.M. Men'a initial EVndkerchiefs; of fine chambric at lOe anil 15e. and at pure hnen at 20c to 5c each. TlTrtTj.i' bo t Handkerchiefs? of Shamrock v vllilCl S lawn and pure linen with embroid ered comers, pla. u white and with color embroid ering three in a bos .-.50e, 73e. S1.0O, St. IS Women's pure JSien nandkerchiefs with embroid ered initials 1 3c to 3Tc Women's Shtmrtck lawn Handkerchiefs with em broidered corners aad hemstitched and scalloped edges tftc to 2.c each. Madeira hand ecibroidered and Armeniaa hand made lace Handkerchiefs Sfle to S3.5W each. Brass Goods Vz price Our entire stock of novelty Brass Goods: Letter Hacks. Ink Wells, Calendars. Card Cases, Pea Trays, Book Ends, Desk Blotters. Paper Weights, and the Bite, rang ing in prica from 23c ta on sals Saturday J exactly. Z 3 $7.'50 Mackinaws on sale $4.75 A fine lot of boys' oiz, mi m Mackinaws with large pockets and self lined collars; handsome blue, red. brown, blue and green plaids in sizes to 14 years boy's rei?ular 7 ia Mackinaws on sale, while they last. Sat- J "7 C urday 5ti- J $2.00 Wash Suits $1.(X1 A special lot of Wash Suit3 for little boys of 2 'tz to years; excellent aertrnent of stales in light and dark colors up to JJ.OO PI jA values, Saturday J1.UU Boy Scout Suits Complete Bay Scoot outfits for boys of 4 to 1!) years; coat. Ions pants. lei?3in3, 9 A 7C hat and knapsack of O. D. khaki 4)X- i J Plenty of Union Suits Plenty of the comfortable. serviceable ETinsinsf Cnion Suits for boys of 3 to 1A years; wool and part wool Boys' Clnttiiflg lnl Floe Pelletier It's hard to go wrong on silk hose in the ca-se of a gift for a woman, since most women, never have enough, of them. uRalniwr'T snk Hcteer white, black Looc How: white, black nd most all colors T3? Pore threiMl Si lie j oe Knit" Hoa-1 with Iiaie garter tops and reinforced feet; good weight; white and black. $1.00 Hvavy weutbfi "STaye Kait black diiii ifose; beautiful quality, and very moderately priced $X6o Fancr SiSs iET-jo new designs in ciocited effects. ?itripes. embroid ered, and iace effects $2 to $0 Hosiery Mai Flnor PtMltJ-rr Women's Bath Robes $3.95 the third shipment We ere afraid they weren't a:o ins to get here in time for Chnst mai. hut yesterday's express brought another fine his lot. You can judge of their popufar ity b y the fac t that this ia the third hipmetit. Wo mn'3 full slTe, wa rm, co m fortable Bath Robea; of 3oft, fleecy bath robe blanketing in handsome tioral and Indian patterns with sarin trimmed or cord bound col lars and girdle, cords at the waists very special valaes At. 3.95 Hoar Picture Frames Reduced A ;ot of hand carved, gilt Pic ture Frames; on standards and swinging frames, ail sizes. $t.S0. x 5 inches tl.l 12. Do. Till Lichee 1.3 i.S4, Tx inches t. other gift things l p to 19c Japanese tasaett Plc- tmn's; qnite a variety ef sub jects to. choose from --lOe 33c rsory-fliu.diMi Jardinirew: the and 7 -inch choice.. 5e Candle Sticks of solid mahog any each. 59e 23c Sated BoiVW the 8-inch Size in doua decorations X94f t.3 Coaster Sets: a I-inch Tray and st.t class Coasters. .QSc I p to Se Bread and Batter P1nt. hand painted each Z9c A bathrobe or a house coat are "giftie' things that most men like. Ho use Coats of soft-finished woolens, beauti fully tailored and finished on sale Saturday at special prices The s4.0 Howe Coats tVOO The ;.3 House Goaa SO-aA Blanket Bath Robes in greatest variety of pat terns and colorings. Customers tell ns that our ?4."5 Bath Robes are the same ones most other rtores are selling for 13. 00. Silk Mufflers aad Beefen are mry popular r. nd wry etreptabl So mt men. Of ilk popiin. Itoit ittik and some ery !iaoifHme effert in importeil combed ilk a'h pw In a iiuauoaue girt box i5 ta SG.Otl Pleckties are t&e most popular of all ChrtMna ffir for men. for tit very siinpln reasm chat no man ever bad eaongls --kri. Ac yon can cboowe from (Uhkai aad losn of different pattenut and -ttorlntr! of wide. Cowtnur end F i r -tn Ha n 1 TUea titers are tin bearter, fiaex ailks at 75e and $lmh A great store tuithin a store gUmr-1 retletoer't Two more big lots off those fine sample towels and Towels always make such very acceptable Christmas gifts, too. 23c ta 33c Huefc and Both Towels; good size, good! wa-ght Huck Towels wah. Jacqnard borders, witbi red borders and with shernstitched borders; and iarze size, heavy weig-ht Turkish Towela. some with fruiijed ends and some plain hemmed while they las Saturda.y, each i Ja 5 SOc to 3c Turkish Towel? r extra big, extra heavy ones witK soft, cioseiy woven nap; very absorbent and serviceable; such Towels as any one wooM be mLghty glad to receive as a Christinas 2TT gift your choice 9 a w Fi2ecier'it Barxati& BimbcbL Here are four fine lots of blankets at special prices oaetiii in weight "iy or tan with tt wfi'd.rra n:ia on special Q"5 Blansfcptj bin, nuils. ran aai; xray; w-ts- z ac for siiirht irraiii- raj in riie they w-'Hl-t a. ;T tor $J1 they'r 3.95 kef; :oiy woven Hia wi:a long, soft suap estm gfxl ai!ie at tne fall rHgm.-!r pru-e and 4 nere they are for. WLxtrm feinre. extr hmvy C 4t Blafrakti ia lun.'t aoaae piaid aad biaiuar piirxerus: gray, gin's, and bin? mt eifep- A CfT tura.il vaioes ac "mJ i Warm flannelette wear at bargain prices Women's St.25 ami st.3o 6ow; samples and small tots; fail size, well made Gowns of sort. warm. rintc and blue striped outing flannel tt m on special sale. t JL ss Chfldren'a 73c N'urbt Gawm; heavy, warm, service aijie ones of very suoerior auaiitr flannelette jape- 1 EE j tia lea ere?s tlis "amrriiiiiitloii" tfiat will make arauaisr Mais wutmv atyrday the biggest day of m Here's tmdoabtedly the most interesting lot of -money-saving news the Bargain Basement has had the pieasiye of printing in a good, long while j-special, very special offerings from every sec tion of this big bustling store. Read it, read every item, read every line 'twill be well worth your while. And then come tomorrow, and take full advantage of these many opportunities to save on staple Winter merchan dise on Christmas gifts! 59c 48c eially priced foe the Chrisunas Sale. Women.' Hjtit FctxknMttSv warm and comfortable: all sues in ail colors. Because of a slight defect here and there we are able to offer those siigrht aec- anda" of 75c and l-Uvi Knit Skirt3 for. Peileticr'a BnrgMB Wiimini nt Men's $10 and $12.50 Overcoats and Raincoats $7.69 There are eonsenrarrr model Overcoats of gray and brown mrLxriires with aeLf or yeiTet collars; plaon black Overcosita with black Telnet collara and com ox nation Raiii-iid--0ercoats; plenty of all sizea regular lid and $12.5 values, while they i&su Saturdar--. 7.69 A $aaIc liw of Mm's jiwrsim some are pretty weU ilel aad some are aardiy maaed. Ihey'tw of arw. &eay thread yaraa. ma le with, roil eei lara warm a ml aerwrpea -ble mea' Tv: rn wwrtn tad a few "TTk ufZi;3v wiiii they ist-tJV Mem WlHt aeavy btan&et ciwtli in riea red plairi wtcii hia-a roil eailars; warm and JT srT-i-f :ibe &a aaie' m Wrfc Sltirtat. f .inneirte wca nt becrer aad is lKS wsroser taaa ciiaiofemy. Hre a a of exi-eriens qTiarry gray flasoeierw worit ?3nr m all retrnmr rerim-ed to The yard goods most in demand now at money-saving prices 13c Waite Sbakcr tlaawi: a very fine. lima, eioeely woven quality, snow-white bleached, with a salt warm nap this great Christmas Sale. yd-12Vs 32-tack Striped Ooxijie liiniel; a. quality you can well afford to spena your time is making up; very firm, cioseiy woven with, a king, soV nais yard. 19t Batft RoMnar: a fine variety of Indian, floral and conventional patterns on gray, brown, and tan groundsi fine Quality, soft and fleecy yd PeOtnr in. Wimiiimii hi Women's and children's underwear all kinds at special prices WawkCW'a ST-tm Cum r tiie medium wiirtic. rib?vi coexoa wis light tieecin; Birn r iw nee ua sr. Z38 87c eiaX aaie 5ac- ortiay Ima, its of gii wetzikC oiw-w-tiit cuttsot wixh. it nft. warTH fleeein 1 air ryiea and all 1 1Q xa7 3J rm WotH prauB cif-: Hiti and iw Be.a ati a?xe ij ate &afttTiay CliiMreWa Hfvry VUtC"l Im I tii iiitl; fine nboed wirlt soft, warm 1 yer specially CfL, Boys' $5.00 to $6.00 Corduroy Suits on sale Saturday $4.65 A maker's surplus stock. Just here by express from New Tors. Heavy weight gray, browa and biack mixtures and "Wear-Like-Iroa' Corduroys; somo witn two pairs of pants, and some with., one: plenty of all sizes from to 19, to begin with a fine new tot of boys' regular to I. 59 Salts on special sale Saturday 4.65 BwT M-Mr 3akSwwsw LS5 it ad a pair of adits free wtta eaJix sue ortjffar sbiny reii mm with juscabJe trtrmpa These are tH)C. k e a v y, warm biankec MacKinaw is tne aanfiaome red-aad--tiarlc and T -af browa piaids t&at boT-i Lisa a weii regular ones ai ipe- ciai rnrna sac urvtay A Swaatw A ay IWy will be raijrliqr Jplaii t have, for wtra or p:ay araa home: of pita jmy yarn. cUeiy kntc, warm a a 4 rmtrTa( rutuiar JTI-j eoti .4.95 Byir BMirr wpsxy te taimt 9ut wixa a 'ft. warm fi tile kia-l m;iay ttorw are- at-trmr aad LiM f 'r a4xM ay u l'i yea ra ar y very Irrw pri'ie ItyV BvHtf Km fKyte Jkia-cav-ra ex eiiwat wear ta. :ie. "TinaiT woven farlE auxrar s wit lifr and wite b a 1 1 a frao'is bTw' riraar ST aad .2?t a:iiwi C? paara f-r wit tsy Taw -tW Cap knit ef a-e y yaraa: plta jrrar. and fed. ami efmtetaai&; wans and srvif-eabiis rearalaoc Q 50c R-ait Ca9afimr.w7C A bis sale of girls apparel save dollars, Saturday! 2 Foar new atylea of Coats for wtrm of fl tt 14-yHf rearalai f 7.3 values oo apeciai, sale. C while they laat, Saturday. WtflW9 LITTLE v5TRL FTES; muff aad aarf of Imirartoa wbtte Anm-a or tier Coney ry ateioai. tyj a value GIRLS WASH DRESSES LA RGER OIULS I! PETS; Hinr? aad tiirer Cooy a CnnjKiaa gift that would de- SQ U.tit any gifr-Miy .dwO variety of styles; of gmghama, c ham brays and rep a in size g to 14 years up to $3.48 vaiaea on aaie.. 1.93 CIBLS RAf CTAT witli eaf and vac ta siatt: a rv fiet-Jai vuluea OrBX S RAt!f CAPES: b; le and rwi oaes) wsry pmAt- nJ Cbriauaaa o Oft A fine lot of men's $2.50 to $3.00 Hats on sale $1.69 A Sa new lot ef men's Hats; newest style an 4 shape of plain felt an J veioar-ffnitshed material m green, irray. navy, brown and biacit; plenty cf all wtzm to beia wl-th men's Hata worth 4 $2-51 and 3-0 oa special aaie. 1 very 6eit quality f nx iaij fiaaciel extra aeavy. 1.19 (Vr own vtto wora 'ut 4r of plain gray ent tm. irii extra hvy. Wift wurm ri' -e.miortao:e. riixratw aad very low pcti-ed anTv v41oi mtc f white r rrn -r .-rnn writh a tte'iC flei tiniair: of.Kbe wiicus; and rbe warmru mof men rf-r for W Inter wear T-ry ie'tai 1 C of the .1.69 ciai ttc a at 3.3-aTJM tSmth tihn If ji iurerid n gn vraw aula a B-Jti, Raise for hrmr;nn. here lis sai; eceilent 'haiww aav Mn Bar ii RfltkM nf hn ry. warm, ft. fleeey h!.iTi jrlT,ff u3a(ti! fa dja .esi(fa ii rteft rrJ oriaera xt& ta $7J5 M f ooea oa aaie.

Page 4

THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURN AL-KRIDA Y EVENING. DEGEMBFP 21. '1017 ..4 Ztrpekn tntt 3Jauroal An Independent Newspaper rtY niAK P. MAC I.ENNAN. lrVrpreil a second-class mall mo'hr vcbTume XXXIX No. 304 71 OFFICIAL STATE P.V1 ER. OFFICIAL PAPKlt CITY OK TOPEKA Subscription Rate. Wmfili In advance, one year 4 o 1 mail In advnn-e. ix month. IO mntl In artran-e. three month 1 By ni.ill In advance, one month.. BO Rate by Carrier. rr week 1? Tfn for a ultarter 2" 'fit' I-ir weeks ent Telephone r".''rf) riv-n nrf1r-e Paul lln-V. r"nr-nts-ffve. .1J Fifth avenue. New York: Mnllera t-cP,J'nz '-hlrri:n Dro'wiiro street. Bortjon: Kreape buiMlng. Detroit. Member: Associated Presa. American Nertnt'er Pn hi lsi-er-- Association. Audit P.i:-,mi o? Circulation. UvtylKK OF THK ASSOCIATKO PRKSS. r'jf Associated Press is etelnslvely n tltltjd to the use for republication of al. nn dispatches credited to it or not Jer wleV credited In this paper and also the locrfl news pnbllvhed herein. lll UKVKR VOJ WANT TO KNOW." Elie Topeka State Journal Information P.tirMiu at Washington furnislii'v readers, free 'of- charge, accurate and authoritative answers to questions on any nun all sub jects concern in a which information can be hHt from the unparalleled resources of the yi"Vtiis federal -'.vernment departments and ,llie creat library of rnner A 3 cenl stntnn for return postnpe must ac roiripnny each Inquiry. State clearly the tnroVmatlon wanted, write plainly and ad- T1I TOPEKA STATE .TOITRNAL IN KOHMATION I'.ritEAU. Washington. I. C. j'r. Inqtilrers should be careful to ob erf's' two points: Enclose a 3-eent stamp anit "address their letters to Washington. Bs Ithove. rind hot to Topeka. otherwise de lay and needless expense are incurred 6 measure the government has tatdeji for the protection and welfare of rs soldiers and sailors has proven to iU more popular than the system of life insurance set up by congress. Ap plications for government insurance received by the military and naval di vision of the bureau of war-risk insur ance have passed the $2,000,000,000 maik. lTp to The close of business las? Friday, 238.924 applications, rep resenting $2,073,728,500 of insurance, hat- been: received. i The average amount applied for per man is $8,679. This individual average has been BteadUy increasing. The maximum fixJ by law is $10,000 and the mini murn $1,000. The totals reached to date represent less than two months' full, operation of the law. First in surance reports from France indicate trm the American expeditionary forces are enthusiastic about the gov ernment system. An official trans Hcrit of the first 151 applications made, by American soldiers in France shs a total of $1,503,000 of insurant-. The average amount of insur ance applied for per man is $9,452. Th$ -applications are from all ranks, from privates to the highest officers. AnUuig them is .the application of Gen. Johjrl J. Pershing for the full $10, 0n( Only sixteen of the first 159 ap pliotftions received were Tor less than ffl flO, and only nineteen for less than $11(000. 4. Amiral Peary and others continue to jpi-edict German air raids on Ps-ew Yorlt and other Atlantic coast cities. It tp, possible, of course; but It would hanHy be worth while, except as a demonstration of futile Teutonic ra&e. Th .bombing of New York or Boston, or K'en of Washington, would serve no Essential military purpose while thorcaction would be a flaming anger against the Hun which would stimu late American aggressiveness to a de pre which the Potsam council would hartTly wish to contemplate. The war will fot be brought to our shores be caufcte we are going to carry the war overseas.

Bortural does not bulk large among thej kllied nations at war with Ger may; but she is none too small to at tract the attention of the Teutonic pniaganda. A revolution has brought about a new government at Lisbon, and "at its head is the former Portu iruee minister at Berlin. Thus, from the. .Neva to the Tagus, the insidious traH" of the German propagandist Is tprad over the map of Europe. The capitals on the Thames and on the Pofcrfrnac rppear to he the only ones whfcre the German spy system has not emerged into the open with its plana. III, one of the popular operas there is scene in which a man condemned to 4?atn ia Placed in a vault having a btobe door which slowly descends, searing the tomb forever. This scene illustrates the position of Germany. The- power of the civilized world is fcloVljy but surely encompassing her defeat. When the fateful day nrrivej whi will put an end to her power to Jirm other nations, it will be for all lime. 1 "is easy for the investor in Thrift Certificates to visualize the course of hisJiSollar. First, it goes to the gov ernment as a loan for the war; second. it ul'expended by the government for fooJ clothing and ammunition which go directly to a soldier or sailor, whose figliftng st rencth Is kept up by the foj whose body is kept warm by the clothing, and whose enemy Is hit by theammunition. In five years it re turyj, with compound interest added.' TMe Russian Red Cross is an enoi- mom orginization, more or less bu reaetcratic in its administration, for merly supported by the royal family, anV"ow receiving aid from the gov ernment, says Dr. Frank Billings In Cartoons Magazines. It is not fike our Reel Cross, supported by contributions of fhe whole people. It- vast store h iJtTjes are stocked with supplies far beyrmd anything we have 'n America. ThJ have utilized tl elr factories for the manufacture of cotton goods, and In 'one storehouse in PetrograJ "e' found 50.000.000 meters" of gauze. They had 5.000.000 suits of underwear for their soldiers. They run their hos pitals quite as well as the sanitary de partment of the army. In the Winter Palace were 500 beds of a Red Cross hospital, its lofty ceilings and big rooms splendidly ventilated and splendidly-administered. A FLAG IX EVERY HOME. The Red Cross wants ten million new members. It ought to have them. and without great effort. The appeal cannot and must not go unneeaea. Once more Kansas has the opportun ity to play its part in the fuller mobil ization of the American spirit. It will not disregard the call. In every h.ime on Christmas eve a Red Cross service flag, bearing a cross for every mem ber of the family, should proclaim again to the world that we are in this war to "the last man, the last gun and the last dollar." Behind the Red Cross membership campaign is an impelling force much greater than the mere necessity of more funds to carry on a vast humani tarian work. The Red Cross needs money, but it needs quite as much that intimate co-operation which can come only as a result of having every eli gible American enrolled in its list of members. The people must feel that the organization is their organization, and appreciate the fact that whatever it does for the soldier it does for them. This is not the time to plead that the many and insistent past demands have sapped our resources. To say that is to confess failure where other nations have succeeded. For us the war has hardly begun. It cannot be continued without the aid which the Red Cross renders to our forces in the field and the succor it gives to sufferers at home. No one who is at all familiar with the history of the last three and a half years needs to have his duty pointed out to him at this time. -He will count it a privilege to perform it to the best of his ability. Willingly and cheerfully he will pay his dollar for a membership button. SAD BUT TRIE. The State Journal is in receipt of the following communication: Mnnhntnn, Kan., Dec. 10.' Kdftor State .Tourniil, Topeka. Kan. lear Sir: In your iasue of Decem ber 7 there ap:enred this Btntement "On the Spur of the Moment" column: "The finny and navy bazaar in New York, held to buy romfort kits for the fighting men took it $78,475. After expenses of promoters were paid there was $7o4 left fr soldiers." This is being used ajrainst onr Red Crons membership campaign here and we would like to know if the story is true and w-hy nothing was done with the grafters. An answer will oblige Yours reT etfnllv K W. SMITH, Chairman, Manhattan Chapter A. It. C. The story, unfortunately, true and New York was duly scandalized when It was msMe public. But there appears to have been no evidence of graft. The promoters turned tlte business over, to- hired helpers, who spent nearly all the receipts on the enterprise. Anybody who subscribes directly to the Red Cross can rest as sured that every cent will go where it is intended to go. Not a cent will be used for salaries nor will'any of it be wasted. 1 WASTING THE IiAXD. There are those who hold that fhe man whose needs are insufficiently supplied should, instead of practicing economy, increase his income. The rule might and probably would. In most cases, fail in practice. But the principle is worthy of consideration by the government. The people are being urged to prac tice food conservation thru wheat less and meatless days, that there may be enough for ourselves and our allies over seas. Yet census figures show that nearly half of the cultivable ag ricultural land In the United States is lying idle. In New York state 3T per cent of the agricultural land isj un farmed, while in New England ulone there are 30,000,000 idle acres, accord ing to United States Senator Warren G. Harding. The United States public health ser vice reported in 1916 that nearly half of our adult male wage earners have annual incomes too small to maintain a family in decency and cor.-fort. Since then prices have Increased faster than wages. I In his annual report just made pub lic, Secretary McAdoo asserts that greater economy is necessary if we are to win the war. The poor must spend less and save -money to lend to the government, according to Mr. McAdoo. Is there not some way by wh ich the government can bring ill paid, under fed workmen Into connection with all this idle land so that not only they but all the world would be benefited? There Is no greater waste than this waste of land. i There have been those not many. but noisy, says The Public who have shouted in the market place jthat this is not a people's war, not a popular war. But it was these same frlk of mti ait?H i little faith who stated long ago that congress would not put the country on a selective service basis, but it did who Mid that .i t nt.iuii would not register for military service, but they did-, who said that draft riots would be the answer to the attempt to gather them into camps, bul it wasn't; wht said that rebellion would follow the attempt to place American troops on foreign shores behold, they have gone singing, and those who remain are fighting to follow! Just as a preliminary to a, full state ment of his war aims, the kaiser might let it be known whether when the war ends he will favor the restoration of Palestine to the Turks or t? the Jews. J T. Maltc-Iil's Message to Men Today. For December 23 is "Preparation for the Messiah." :Malachi 3:1-12. "Preparedness" is the great word of modein times. In newspapers, magazines,-books, on the hustings, in legislative- halls, in the pulpit, that word men s ears. T. i'Q nr Wnr,i tr Rut find was the first to speak it. Trace the word "prepare" thru the Bible and an illuminating study, will be the result. Goti has prepared His kingdom ("Inherit the kingdom prepared for you," Matt. 25:34). and in that king dom "a city whose Architect and Builder is God," and in that city a mansion, "In my Father's house are man; mansions," and for that man sion a feast ("behold, I have prepared my "dinner," Matt. 22:4.) "Thy salvation which thou hast pre pared," Luke speaks of, and this sal vation was wrought out for the world thri the Messiah's divinely prepared, human body ("a body hast thou pre pared me." Heb. 10:&) and in the les son of today the word prepare occurs yet again in the message of the last of the Old Testament prophets, Mala chi, "Behold, I will send my messen ger, and he shall prepare the way be fore me." I An Authority on Messengers. Messengers have a vital mission In God's preparedness plans. The name of the writer of the book from which this lesson is taken, Malachi, means "My messenger." As the last of the Old Testament prophets he was in an especial sense God's messenger, leav ing a word of hope from God that v. us to tide over heaven's silence to a formal, covetous, God-forgetting Is rael, a- silence that was to be un broken for 400 years and his name is suggestive of the mission of the long line of the prophets that preceded hum. Malachi, the messenger, seems to be divine authority on messen gers, for he foretells the coming of three other messengers: John the Bap tist, Elijah, and our Lord himself. A right and proper message, in the divine economy, is evidently an im portant thing. May we not be re minded by all this that we have an unusual opportunity today to send messages of cheer to the soldiers and tailors who are offering their lives today in defense of their country? In the terrible environment of the world war, a letter from the home land, from parents, sweetheart, friend. means more than words can express. A worker among the soldiers in Eu rope said that a French mail carrier was so touched with pity over the never satisfied desire of a soldier to get a letter from somebody, somewhere, that he, the mail carrier, forged a let ter once a fortnight and delivered it to the desperately expectant trooper. Are you writing to your friends at the front, and are you remembering what an unusual opportunity this offers, to include in your letter a message of eternal hope by pointing the soldier to Christ? Messenger for 4StoiievalI J nek son. God did raise up a wonderful mes senger to "prepare the way" for His Son. Jesus said of John the Baptist. "Among them ..that are born of wom en there hath .not risen a greater." A trust-worthy messenger is a treas ure. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson real ized this when at the beginning of the Civil war he chose for his chief of staff a preacher of the Gospel, the Rev. R. L. Dabney. The seemingly eccentric choice fully justified itself. Mr. Dabney's alertness as a messenger probably won one of the great battles of the war for Jackson. Dr. Dabney told the story for the first time in his last public lecture at Davidson college, North Carolina, years ago. The battle had been raging for Some time, and was coming to a crisis. Jackson, determined to throw in his reserves, turned to his chief of staff and said: "Ride down the line and order every reserve brigade to charge immediately." Noticing, how ever, that his aide was pale and ill, he said, "Major Dabney, you are too ill to deliver this message. I will send someone else." And so he did. But Dabney followed the messenger, and found that he had misunderstood his orders. So, sick as he was, he rode down the five-mile line and told each brigadier that Jackson had ordered an immediate charge. One general was inclined to protest. "I have just re- ceived comtrarv ordersj he said. The chief of staff explained the situation "Major Dabney, what would you do in my place?" asked this commander. "I would charge- as soon ,as I could give the order," was the reply. "I will do so then." Soon afterward ihe long line of re serves were flung into the fighting, and the wavering battle became a confederate victory. "I rode up to Jackson immediately after the battle to tell him the story," said Dr. Dab ney, "but his first comment to me was, 'Major Dabney, I am worn out. Find me a place to sleep!' And I did not get a chance to tell him until months afterwards." Are we equally as zealous as am bassadors for God in passing on the nicoaai;; iu tx iubi worm mat liOa IS reconciled to sinful man thru Christ? The Christian world is celebrating now the four hundredth anniversary of a faithful messenger of God the leader of the Reformation, Martin Luther. "Wherein," Seven Times. Malachi was a contempoTy of Nehemiah. and the prophecy gives God s moral judgment on the Jews returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity under Ezra and Nehemiah and who, in spite of the restored temple were offering a for mal and Insincere worship. Malachi was so modest, and so utterly sub merged himself In his message, that we know scarcely anything about him. Both the first and second advents of Christ were in the vision of the j prophet as he wrote, but he does not Lllw 'v,lvKrioa t "ie n oetween. As usual tne prophet's message was not popular in the age in which he j lived. j Kev, Dr. G. Campbell Morgan has 1 written probacy the best modern in- I tprnrptntinn nf thA npnnhPv an va finds- the keynote to be the word. Wherein." -"Which is the title of Dr. Morgan's book and which occurs seven times? in the prophecy. Each time it is a skeptical denial by Israel j of tod s accusations against Israel. I have- loved you, said the iJord Yet ye ssy. Wherein hast thou loved us? Chapter 1, verse 2. A son honoreth his father and a servant his master: if then I be a Father, where is mine honor? and if I be a Master, where is my fear, and ye say. Wherein have we dispised thy name? Chapter 1, verse 6. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ve sav. Wherein have we polluted thee? Chapter 1, verse 7. ie have wearied the Lord with ST ELLHS your words. Yet ye say. Wherein have we wearied him? Chapter 2. verse 17. Return unto me. and I will return unto you, said the Lord of Hosts. But ye said. Wherein shall we. re turn? Chapter 3, verse 7. Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say. Wherein have we robbed Thee? Chapter 3, 1 verse 8. me. saith the Lord. Yet ye say.Vi.Te"rnessage of the manger Wherein have we spoken so much against Thee? Chapter 3, verse 13.. There is a message in Malachi to the men of today. Israel was not then in open rebellion against God, but In the midst of restoration and prOsper-i ity, was in heart rebellion. In ask ing God to bring peace to this warring world should we not confess to the very sins of Malachi's age? Give God the Chance. The lesson speaks of the Christ whose coming Malachi foretold as "a refiner and purifier." Let us submit as a nation and as individuals to His refining process, which are among us today, as our soldier boys are about to die on battlefield or in hospital. It is a terrible crucible, this world war, but God must know the world needed it. And as God began in purifying "the sons of Levi," so ought our self-judgment begin today, in the house of God. Are we faithful in our church work "Is it right and reverent to keep tab on God?" asked an earnest young Christian girl. "Should we go so much into minute detail as to keep a prayer list, and check off the answers1 when they come?" An answer to that question is found in the concluding verses of this lesson. God says to His people, "Prove me now herewith." Our God, who gives us in His Word so many precious promises, loves to be put to the test.; James H. .McConkey says: In a great city telegraph office scores of instruments were ousily clicking away. Presently, in the midst of the din and clatter, the eoor opened, and in walked a young man a stranger. He was tall and rather awkward, with a linen duster reaching yearly to his heels. In response to his request for employment the chief operator mo tioned him to a chair. By and by an other, instrument began to click. The most important work of the day was on hand. The press dispatches were ready at a distant city. And by his table in that city sat one of the swift est writers and most skillful operators in the service, waiting to begin his rapid sending. The chief motioned to the tall Toiing man to take his seat at the table at which the press news was to be received. And there he sat hour after hour. Without a break, without a halt; writ ing a hand like a copper-plate in its clearness and beauty, he tossed off sheet after sheet of copy to the wait ing messenger boy, while all the office stared in astonished admiration. When the work was finished, the position was his without any farther question. When asked his name, he replied fc.dison. It was the beginning of his world-wide fame. All he wanted was a chance. And when he got k he did marvels. i rf And is riot this the homely expres sion of the real thought in the verse from Malachi, cited above? "Bring ye all th-3 tithes. V'. Prove me now. if I will n.ot Open the windows of heaven." What is Cod saying here but this? My child. I still have win dows in heaven. 'They are yet in ser vice. The bolts slide as easily as of old. The hinges have not grown rusty. I would rather fling them open, and pour forth, than keep them shut and hold back. I opened them to Moses, and the and Jordan rolled back. I opened them for Gideon, and the hosts fled. I will open, them for you if you will oniy lei me. un tnis side or the win- uuws- heaven is tne same rich store-1 e same rich store- The fountains and The treasure rooms nouse as or old. streams overflow. still are bursting with gifts. The lack is not on My side. It is on yours. I am waiting. Prove me now. Fulfill the conditions on your part. Bring in the tithes. Give Ale a chance. How can we give God the chance He wishes with us? By trusting, for it is faith that opens the soul to God; by praying, for Christ said. "If ye ask I will do": by yielding, for otherwise we keen the K!nire-n to '.hm against God's out-pouring floods of blessing. Ciifts in Hie Christmas Spirit. Terse Comments on the Uniform Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young People's Societies Christian En deavor, etc. for December 23: Christmas Giving." Matt. 2:1-12. Christ himself came, "Not to be min:sterr-d 'into but to minister;" ami He puts the same spirit into the hearts of His iloyal followers. Not get, but give, is the royal law. Today the world ia filled with a shining company of men and' women who are following in the train of Jesus, and spending them selves, as best they know how. in la bor for the welfare of their fellowmen. Rvery "Red Cross stamp" that ap pears on a Christmas letter is but ex pression of this spirit. So are all the thousands of Christmas dinners that will be given to the poor. So are the wide-reaching ministrations of for eign missions, and the gifts to the sol diers. So are the multitude of altru istic activities which, tho they are not labeled with the name of Christ, are yet born of His. Spirit. An alert minister, discerning the tendencies of the times, should preach a valuable sermon upon "The Social izing Value of Christmas." After elaborating upon the world-wide spread of the socialized spirit the recognition of the claims of number two against number one he could show that Christmas introduced the gift-giving spirit: the era of otherism. the day of brotherhood. From its be e-inning until now Christmas has stood for the recognition of other people. At this time, if at no other, men get out of themselves long enough to think of those to whom they, should make gifts. Thought of others is the essence of genuine socialism. To give, is to live according to the Christmas program. Every ChristJmas giver is himself a Christmas gift. Whoso eats his Christmas morsel alone, misses bavins Christ for his guest. There in no more humanizing and mellowing experience than to take j thought of the children. When a man begins to thiiVk of the little ones hie i heart warms to all life. Love of chil- dren is a gate thru which all the no- i oier impulses una easy accesa. Tho world is at its best when it gathers yearly about the manger of the Babe. The Wise Men brought gifts. That was- a sign of their wisdom. The highest expression of character is to rive. The greater the giving the i greater the living. History's brightest names are of the men and women wno gave most lavishly. At the head of I0",81 BtSvef'Z I all the world. Our King is worthy ot our best sifts that is the Wise Men's Christmas message. Christmas is the children's day. And how it has transformed childhood wherever it is celebrated! We hear echoing thru the Christmas songs tne i savjour's "Butter nine emiaren. is a TT4sfte rf RPlf-Racrifice. unnst found the lowly stable as fitting a rlwelllntr nlace as the throne of h-aven. welling place as ine inroneoi n iveu The disciple wilt be imitating C"s?'y jr""", "V-, "Vnendmint the governor :13 The imnwli from the op the royal example of his Master every j .?f "JT ?i Ji JS I erett will K ti. swell tin- school fund. time he enters a manger ot hum"ty,( self-surrender and service. "To the Babe in His lowliness Wise Men brought precious gifts And shall we not be as. wise as they "in bringing ta th Kins in His exaltation the peer- eU Sf f Jovt an?serV?ce andPsac- -if!- .nuratinn i One loval Heart hulhblv offered, is more highly (fstejemed Cy Christ than a gift of all iw mid frankincense and myrrh of i W0W--i-,y i EVENING STOOT The $16.45 Suit. (By Vincent G. Perry-) The window of the "Leading Gents' Furnishing Store" of the city present ed a display that gladdened the hearts of bargain hunters. David Laird could not be classed as a bargain hunter, but Just the same he stopped in front of the window and looked over the suits displayed. They were all marked down to $16.45. They looked very well on the dummies and appeared worth the price. It was for a new suit he had come downtown and these were new suits so that was all he cared, and he went in to purchase one. Walter Mitchell, manager of the store and a personal friend of David's, got away from the bargain hunter, who had been debating for over an hour on which, suit would wear long est and which would fade soonest, and made for Dave. 'I want a suit, Walt." Davis an nounced, after he had been welcomed by -Mitchell. "(Come right upstairs to our fitting department. We have some splendid new cloth in, and our tailors can have a suit made up in record time-when they know it is for you. You are the best advertisement they have." Mitchell started to lead the way, but Dave put a restraining hand on" his shoulder. "No, Walt; I want ready-made suit ne or tnose 16.4& ones In the window, he said. "What?" Mitchell asked in sur- to the nine counties of the fifth cam prise. "A sixteen-forty-five suit for paign district was ,38,700 new mem yow? You're joking!" bers. "incomplete reports from the Kt Dave assured him he was not. AVeIL T )a V- vrwi alnmir. Viovo. theVname of being the best-dressed man -at tne club, and the most paf. ticttia-r. What will Miss Forsythe sayJ ua appearing in a cneap suit?' Mitchell Was not OUite Pnnvinpprl -n-f J Dave's sincerity. It won t make anv differnn tr wester.. Why should it? You didn't see meat her house last night, did you?" Dave's injured tone showed where the contention lay. "No, but I thought you were out of town. I didn't think it possible that Hester and you could ever become as angry at one another as all that Your little quarrels always seem to patch up quicker and easier than any one else's." "Well, there is no sign of this otie patching up, and I hope it never does. riester nas gone too far this time," rave Bail decidedly. "How about trie SU1'7"' Wave did not take long in choosing ,"e une n? triea 1 ne oraerea it sent i to .aprfm,r nt: After he had gone j out Mltchel! oked after him. per- ."u e uruerea n sent plexed. "Whatever has gofr into Dave Laird to wear a cheap suit. I don't know. Gad. tho, even it looked good on i mm. he said to himself. "I'll bet this; quarrel is the cause of the whole thing. I've heard of fellows going to the dogs just over a quarrel witi some girl, and this is about the first step down for Dave." Dave arrived at his apartment be- f ore the suit. It was not from neces- sity he had bought the suit, but from force of habit. It had been his cus- torn to buy a new suit the first of every month, and he was going to find the habit hard to break. "I'm never going to be extravagant again." he said to himself as he went thru his wardrobe. "I'll send all these clothes to the Old People's Home-. Heavens, wouldn't some old man look great in this pinch-back; it cost $65, and doesn't look much at that!'' The idea of the old man in his Fmart suit appealed to Dave's sense of humor and he laughed for the Qrst time in two days. MitcheK surmised correctly when he thought Hester was the cause of Dave cheap purchase. Dave had al wa 'i had more money than he knew how to make himself really miser- able. Changing his appearance and "going on the rocks," he thought, would be the most terrible things that could happen to him end would af fect Hester most. But as he, sat down and thought it over it crossed his mind that perhaps after all he wasn't reaching the desired end. think' I'll be a hermit." he said aloud. Buster, his pet Boston terrier, came over to h!m at the sound of his voice. "Nobody loves me now." The dog licked his hand by way af con tradiction. Dave laughed a little more cheerily. A knock on the door at the foot of his stairs announced the arrival of the suit. Dave opened the parcel and took out the suit. It wasn't so bad, he de cided, but It was certainly different from the class of clothes he was ac customed to wearing. What would clothes matter, anyway, when there was no one to admire them He would not care how he looked, and he would give all his money to charities, and be a martyr in the true sense of the.word. The morehe looked at the suit the more he thought of what Hester would think of It cropped up in his mind. It didn't look bad from a distance, but a close inspection showed the poor quality of the goods, he saw when he tried it on. It wouldn't be likely that Hester would eWr get close enough to him to see its defects. That was the worst of it. He could not help stopping to ad mire his stalwart figure as it appeared in the mirror. The thought crept into his mind mat it would not be so hard to find a girl to take Hester's place. but he quickly dispelled, it. No. no SOUND THEM OUT Capper Will Ask Legislators for Special Session Ideas. Possible That Two Houses Will Meet This Winter. Governor Capper will this afternoon sound the individual members of the legislature as to a special session, ac cording to an authentic report rn state house circles. The governor will out line various reasons for immediate state legislation and will ask for opinions-- of the individual members. Since the, passage of the national prohibition amendment, it has been reported that Governor Capper has, .considered seriously tne question oi a i T.in t r".v!f r rVrT i .1, V I laf.'.re into special session. A,t least it Is Known he will not act on his own iiuiiii. xue removal to the uew io.-dtiou motion. Should a definite sentiment;"" completed fF a special session exist in the -state. -John t. Neely, who for the pnst six tho, it is probable the legislature IU XXJ"" "I S canea to 1opeKa mis winter. In his letter to the legislators. G'.v ernor Capper will outline various measures in contemplation. These 'Will uuuo doubtless include taxation, appro I r riations Rt.it p lnw tr rnnfnrm wlfh I nnrinnoi D iAVi,ioinn v, 1 State and local dfene nrn-aniyntlnns oh rJlo derense organizations land means of financing these projects, land also the ratification of the j amendment fo.r national nrohibition. No one of these various measures are l-1"!?" I" that place. considered by Governor Capper to 'ri Tlie Kast Imlinnola Parent-Teachers' a themseives warrant the calling of the 80'iution ,w,in "old it regular meetiug at lciiatiifa vt w i 'the schiMl house this evening at S o clock, v.. SiUf-iiSl2 extraordinary session. The 81eaker of the e-ening will be Sunt. Yet. considered as a whole, there is a h. It, Wilson of the Topeku avium's. One belief thrt the governor regards the i of tire lie.! Cross four-minute meu will situation of sufficient importance to'deiier a lrie address to close the activ- justify action. It is believed, tho, he win oe guuiea largely by the individ ual opinions of the members of the two houses. SHAWNEE IN LEAD f 1 This County Sets Pace in Dis trict Red Cross Drive. Ahead of Nearest Competitor by 10,000, Report Shows. Reports up to this noon on the progress of the Red Cross-membership drive in the nine counties comprising the fifth campaign district gave .Shaw nee county a lead of nearly 10,0u0 over its nearest competitor, and this Shawnee county report docs not cover anything outside of the business dis trict of Topeka itself. All the reports from. the rural districts and the rest- i dence district of Topeka are yet to come in, The ouota of new members assigned counties show a membership subscrip tion to date of 34,000. According to CJeofe-e 3odfrev Moore. chairman of the district campaign, the quota is ex- pected to bfe oversubscribed nearly lwo I per cent. i Vieioinllv o-nri wnrb In th rtiRtript 1 drive has been accomplished by E. C. l Amirlpv nf t Marv-s in pharep of WahaiinspA pnnntv Ouieiev venorterl th.s morning that ten memberships had been placed in one family anC that two other families had subsrribe.J for nine memberships each, Quigley is already 150 per cent over h'? quota. Miss Martha M. Heck, a uewsj.aper woman in charge of the Jackson coun ty campaign, is also to be compliment ed for her efficient work in the cam paign. The incomplete reports from the nine counties to date; I WabHfsee""!I!"'"!""""--"----- :,7 I Osutre j1"! Marshall Shawnee it.-w 1.S00 I i,,o; I i4,ttiwatonile i i 1..0I girl could ever take Hester's place. Unconsciously his hand Went into the wide pocket of the coat. His fingers touched a stiff piece of paper and he brought out an envelope. Very un concernedly he looked at it. His name, was written on it. He opened it quick ly for it was Hester's writing. He took out the short note and read it hurriedly: "Dave Dear I am sorry. It was all I my fault a.nd 1 can't do without you. When I said you couldn't come to the partv I didn't mean it at all, and I'll be heart broken if you don't come. With, kisses, "Hester." Dave glanced at the date hurriedly. It was two days old. She had written it the day before the party. He hur ried to the telephone and was talking to Hester before he had time to think twice. "Hester, will you ever forgive me? I just got your note," he said. "Just got it now, Dave how can that be? Why. it was posted two days ago. L can't forgive you. You made me so miserable that my party was a failure. The girls all noticed your absence and whispered about it. I Yu did it just to punish me didn't doubting tone that had been the cause of most of their quarrels, but Dave didn't notice it. "I'm coming right up." lie said, and hung op the receiver before she had an opportunity to refuse him the priv ilege. Hester was at the door to meet him. "I know it all now," were the words she greeted him with after they got inside. "But how did you get that letter? Did Walter Mitchell find It and give it to you I gave the note to fa ther's new secretary to post for me. He remembered that he left it in che suit of clothes he was wearing at the time, and has since returned the suit to Mitchell's because it was a poor fit. Walter found it?" "But Walter didn't find it," laughed Dave. "I found t In the pocket of this 8Uit a $16.45 one. How do you like it?" "It's the one dad's secretary had," she gasped. "What in the world are you doing in a $16.45 suit?" "Do you think I look terrible in it?" he asked with a smile. "You look nice in anything," she smiled back; "but I hope they'll take it back, for you look better in your other ones." "Well, before I do I think I had bet ter empty the pockets. The first tiring I'll take out. will be this marriage li cense. I secured it on the way here. We had "better not wait Bnuch longer. Goodness knows what our next quar rel will lead to!" She looked over the license, then looked up with a smile and said: "I'm through with quarrels." (Copyright, 1917. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) SNAP SHOTS if. 0. ARMY TOILS AT BOMtt SBWU Topeka Legion No. Loyal Order of Moose, will give the annual banquet to- J night at the rsntinnaJ hotel. A cantata, "Tl:- Messnjce of the Anjrela," will be given at the Westminster i'naby- teriHii -uur-u ou huiiday my lit by a cuorus oi 25 voices. i ne usual Monday night meet in ps or ue nrreuf loinc c ub lme teeu noatnoueu i till after the unli(lnys. The club meets at j the Central V. M. C. A. Nearly fifty encats nrp pxneeted to ntteml he uinuer giyn bv the accents fif the i-rmientitii Lire insurance contpituy ac me central 1. M. i A. tomorrow uipht. Fire, quickly put out, resulted I n trifling 1 da m Hire to the hotsc at 12 First street. (KTHliifd hV K;lwi:-il T;ivi Tli hlnx Wild ctHiseu by V Mfitlve flue. The houae- is the property f William Forbes, K ghfy students' of Mourw srhool will s iiorse nun Jam i.mn m the U.irU Siliooi .iH.lm.rimn toniisht t The Walra Advertlsine nrentv has been iTO! t wt l.rm ari in t!-e old stiiinl 'n the Ktiussis Unserve Knult i engineer, for The George A. uller Con Baut tioif comiui4. of am Fuuntou can tonment, leaves tonight tor the ea.-t, where he ha accepted a iosUiou iu govern me ut construction, work. The local nruiv recrultlnfr off!c will hp closed from Kiturtlay mght till Wedm-ailay luomiliir a lid the men In chnrire of recruit iu for tue ariy 1U -'lt.v have all been ,,,,1 fr;0ngh3 fur the time mentioned, t Sergeaut Kolin. senior non-com. in charge of the local office, will leave for Kansas t City Siitimlay night to stay out bis fur- neu i roi-a campaign in tne ii8?ncr. nay 1'alniatier; of Toieka. ia on the program with ae vera 1 m U a r. u m bers. In spite of the federal fuel adminis trator's kmler for lightless Thursday and Sunday t nights, and the agitation tor Its support. u few business houses failed to turn otf their lights Thuisday night. Among the irlucea where lights were burn U.g and electric signs were uot switched off were tiovernor ('upper's newspaper plant, the Hoyul bakery, Itoehr'a music bture and two or three garagtB. I hat there are l.iiii m-rsons living in Shawuee county suhjert to the new in come tnx is an estiuuite inane by V. H.. I'epperell, internal revenue collector. In a coimuuni. at.oii from the revenue office at Wichita, it is stated that u revenue of ficer will be iu Topeka from January 3 to February 211. He will in:iiniaiu an office in the government building for the sole purpose of aiding thoae subject to the tax in Tuieka. Carl Linder. a white boy, was found guilty -of stealing two uuiomobile tires from a North 'lopeka uiau. He was sen tenced to thirty tliiya In the county Juil by Judge liad Lee. Liuder was placed ou trial two wcids ago and contended that he inertly sold the tires for another boy. lie was given two weeks to find the "fellow higher up." Since "hat time A- der hus been arrested ou a forgery i-harg. A marriage license was issued today to Wiiliain M. Jacksnn, 21. aud Gertrude L. Gayer, IS. both of Topeka. The board of directors nd the entertain ment coinmitlee of the Chamber of Com mence will be hosis of the city in the Chuinber of Commerce rooms ou Nw Year's day. The Clmmber 4f Comm. rce will hold open house and the citiw.'nry of me city is gskcu to siiow up at some nine during the afternoon and get acquainted Arrangements -were completed h' the Chamber of Conmi-n-e this noon for the holding of a regular monthly m.-etinfr of brunch No. 10 of the National Association of Letter Carriers. The meeMnifs will be I held at the Chamber of Coiinncnp on ik wnd Tuesday in en-h month. The pur- I utems-B rihe letter c .rriersTnd to devise ways LUI means of bettering the service to the public. I'lans are nlreatly hehitf laM by the Ake-l'nta for Hie IioMIiie "f their linnoul Ake-Pot musnm raile ball. No definite -lute hag been selei-teil. but if will bp giveu some time soon. Tin- Ake-I'ota leaire to in ke their orgnnl-iat'on r well ami favor.. bly known :'S-tho f.iniona.Miirdi Jras celebra tion ut New One-ins. REMEMBER THE POOR School Children GM Potatoes to the Kulvhtkm Army. Nearly every, small boy in town came to school this morning with one of his pockets bulging with a big po tato to be placed in the Salvation Army food basket. Superintendent Wilson said this morning that the Salvation Army had come to him and asked permission to place these food and potato baskets in the halls of the grade echpols of the city. Students were notified Thursday that they would-be given this chancj to contrib ute to the poor of the city whose Christmcs might otherwise be entirely potatoless. The potato-basket plan was used in the schools last year with marked success, about thirty bushels of spuda being secured. It is expect ed that the donation this year wil ex ceed last year's record. At the high school the potatn-biiHket was abandoned thix yer for a 'liHstm;iK tree to provide torn for the children us well an the food. Tub morning tlte floor around the big tree iu the untln hull of the high -hoo! was littered with gift of all ,ie-tteriptioiiK,- doll t hairs from the teu-eent Htores, fuzzy little dog, grinntue teddy bear and dolls of all siz And nations. For the boys, dnimn and other racket pro ducing ioKtrnmcntM predominated, altho thre wmh an ahmidnn-e of the chea-ier mechanical toys In evidence. Taking it all in all the twy and cfrN attending the pnblic ao!s in Tojrpku have more than dope their part in the wur-'hristmas. SAMMSESCAMP "DRY" Pershing Pnt Kisid Ban ou All Drinks Except Berr ai-d Light Wines. 1 With the American Army inFrance, Dec. 21 (By the Associated Press). All alcoholic beverages except light wines and beers are denied to mem bers of the American expeditionary forces in France by General Pershing in general orders issued today. Extraordinary measures are being taken to insure sobriety and a hit;h moral standard in the army and the officers have been informed they will be held to -strict accountability for Hie fullest ccmplianc-e sith the orders. t ITALIAN. liome, Iiec. 21. ".it Aso'one nnl earn of tin- Hrenta we ilepriveil the eut'uiv ut considerable iwtrtiou of his Tin e ilays KiiiDS," declared today's off.ciul tatcment. New York Money Market. New ork, lec. Zl. M'lN K V M r antMe paiH-r, aVai-"- St-rinn?. 0 di.y oil la. 4.71 4 i-omoiervial. ho day Wl' 0:1 bauks. 4.71: coirim-l-i-ia!. 00 d:ty bH", 4.71'V, .(in, mand, 4.754; eablefl 4.7l 7-10. PraiK. de- iBNUd, 5.T4 eablea. 5.71". iitiUdi-Ts. de-J maml, 4. ib!e. 4i. JLir. detain lr ejibl s, .::i. lfnb:rs. dumm). 1 i trilbies. 1". Iiir sliver. M ex bun dollars, ONie: iovernme!it bonds, firm ruLnrnd dwiu!. strmift. Tuie lounf. strong tKI rtnys, $H days nnd 6 months. 5, Call money, ntruug- Itijrh. 6- low, C; ml inp rate. 6; cioning bid 5; offered at 6; last loiOi. 300,000 Now "HarYesting" An nual Christmas Rush, j Officials Claim It's Blgest in History of U. S. IMOEER WHOLE TRAINS i 1 997 Tons, of Parcel Post Thru Chicago Office in 12 Hours. TA.Ainv Mn lO I AUU O VW A" fc v J -.19,000 Railway Mail Clerks. BY GliOBCiK MARTIN. Washington, Dec. 20. Three hun dred thousand postmen are tolling night and iay to delivf r Americas holiday mail the biggest In history by Christmas eve. "And if they .succeed," said Assist ant Postmaster General Otto Praeger todav.-"it will be because America did its Christmas mailing early. Mail movement records have been shattered .since mid-November. -Pjae-ger said. Billions of tons of bundles, boxes, packages and letters have been whisked to their destinations, despite war time obstacles. Whole trains of cars, units of tne carefully worked out mail transpor tation program, have been command eered by tne government. A ten-car train was grabbed by the war depart ment at New York within the last 24 hours. Kjprcss Companies Swamped. Merchants have over-burdened tho parcel post by breaking up large ex press suipments on account of express congestion. Tons upon tons of government war mail have been added to the postal buruen. "And yet." said Praeger, "reports from all fifteen postal divisions in the country show there is no conges tion anywhere so far. Unless public and merchants are holding back on us, there will be no congestion." As showing the enormity of the task accomplished, Praeger declared America s postot'nees have handled every uay since November 15, a vol ume of mail equal to the peak load of Christmas week last year, which was the greatest ever handled by the de partment. "A telegram from the Chicago post master touay," said Praeger, "tells us that on the night of December 17, between i p. m. and 6 a.- m., 97 tons of parcel post packages alone passed thru that office. That is one hundred full carloads of mail. It does not include the day's- run. That is the situation ev. rywhere." Fill -SI lips With Mail. To get away with this unprecedent ed job, the government added three thousand men to its force of 19,000 railway mail clerks. It has used thru mail trains "from coast to coast. It has relieved congestion in transfer centers by Tilling last coastwise ships with mail-and shooting them from one end of the United states to the other on both coasts,..' thus saving transfer centers from two; to seven cars a day each evef since- December 12. 1 i "We are in the -midst tf -the final spurt now. We will hit the, heaviest gorge about tomorrow, and unless something goes amiss, all America's Christmas mail will be at its front door by Christmas eve," Praeger said TO OPEN UP MINES Operation Immediately Osage County District. in Appeal Sent Out for 340 Miners in the Fields. Operators and miners in the Osage county district will begin immediate operation of all mines in that district, according to announcement made to Governor Capper this afternoon by T. J. O'Neil, fuel administrator for Osage county. O'Neil told the governor that 340 miners were needed to meet the labor shortage. In the field and .insure capacity operation of all mines. Conditions in the district, the gov ernor was advised, are now better than at any timen the last couple qf years. As soon nBthe labor situation can be properly met all mines are to be op erated at capacity. Both the operators f and the miners are satisfied with the present situation. There is no tend ency. O'Neil said, to oppose the pres ent federal regulation as affecting wages and the price of coal to the producers. All of the mines in tne Burlingame. Fostoria, Scranton and Osage City dis trict are to be immediately opened, the local administrator declared. At pres ent, 190 additional men are needed in the Osage City mines and 150 men are needed in the Scranton-Berling-atne mines. Armonr Remains Silent. Chicago, Dec. 21. J. Ogden Ar mour today adhered to yesterday's policy of silence regarding testimony taken at the Washington investigation "You may say that Mr. Armour feels thai all information on the subject in view of the fact that a formal inquiry is in progress, should develop thru that incfuiry," said his secretary. ew York Htork Market. Wall St.. Xpw York. l-c. at. KTf K'KS Technical! conditions inflnenccd the further strength of the r.tock ninrket todav tli short interest eovertiFg extensively on thl more uoM-fui forvign .ml doin-stl.- advices! Siiles Hpiiroxlmateil 4i.M;.oon fttutres llilfh.-r quotations were r.-ifisioreil In the last hour but further profit Inking in rail, and steels was gain In evidence Thl closing wa strong. Liberty 4's sold at UT.Ob to IIT.OM and the 3u,s at ImH to 96.1(1. New Vi-k Htnrk Market. (Furnished by T. J. Myers. 301 X. E. B'dg.i New York. !ee. 21. Closed. Mr Y Am. Beet Kngar Allncourl.-t Mining A T. S. c Baltimore Ohio.... Central Leatht r Cb'-Bulieake at OUlo. M. tc St. 1'., c It. I P I 4"-"4 M M P -gl? l((l S-JZ TV- Chlno Copper

Jt::v, m4

U os-; 44H TsiA ..104 4 71 .".IAi i Co nrndo t tie! dI Irou. i Great Northern, p. i I'if.pirnt:o i Kemi. V)iter ML-nni i.per M'ponr. -:f'.c I'enn. It itirod Head-iijr. Step ieb ker South rn Pnelflc 1 t'ninn THfic, c... y. H, Rfoel U'tali Cnprer ...4 j White Motors 1 Wabash

Page 5

THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRID A V fvfntNG. DECEMBER 21, 1917 0 No Powder Puff For This Beauty How Stuart's Calcium Wafers Clear the Face. Neck and Arms of Pimples, Blackheads and Such Skin Eruptions. SKND FOB FltKK TRIAL. PACKAGE. JL py. y JT'" WARN FARMERS! Bare I. ww. Plot for .Whole sale Poisoning of Cattle. Stuart's CalHum Wafer? for me, No Mrnt ireay Kacc C reams. The action of Stuart'a Calcium Vaf rs in the skin is so direct and natural that pimples, blackheaus. and in eruption:, such as acne and ''7,pnia. disappear utterly. They 'imply ennnot remain. Their redness n ml itrhin? are n neutralized that r -v bluod forms new Mkin all over the body The dead skin flakes off u r"i passes away in the natural per n tion Kvtn blackhadrt disappear and the km hcr mes firm, deaf and of that i 1 u i e here the color sparkles and (i.incvs tf your smiles and emotion. Fl:iin food and Stuart's Calcium WitVrs will surely take the place of your creams and lotions and you nn't nerd your powder puTf. Got a "''''"it box of Stu-irt's Calcium Waf, rs today at any druj? store. And ii yr.u wish a free trial package mail 'ip'm below. Free Trial Ccupon F. A. Ktuart Co., 4S7 Rtuurt Bid.. Mitrhal1. Mich.. Semi tne at nni'f. by r1 1 v. rn innil. it fre trial package of Stuart's Calcium Wafer. ;i me Street :'Ut State Designed as Revenge for Gov't Prosecution of Members, j St. Louis. Dec. 21. Heads of ev-: eral railroads here have instructions today from the food administration at Washington to warn farmers and stock j grrowers of the southwest arainst an alleged I. V. W. propaganda invoiv- ins a wholesale poisoning of cattle j and hoes in this section of the coun- j try. The government, so the food ad ministration declares, has been in- 1 formed that the I. W. W. planned this destruction as a reprisal for the fed- eral prosecution of its members. j It was said poison was to be mixed with the rock salt fed to cattle and-, the bran fed to hops, the former pro- ducinif an illness similar to the hoof and mouth disease and the latter a disease which might easily be mis taken for cholera. It was pointed out that had the plot succeeded, meat supplies both for domestic and for- eign consumption would have been seriously hampered. CHARGE NEAR TREASON i Allege Frem-li Depnty Endeavored to j Disrupt France War Alliances. j Paris. Dec. 20. The chamber of deputies will hold a special session Saturday to discuss Deputy Paisant's report on the decision of the commit tee of eleven to suspend the immunity of former Premier Caillaux and Dep uty Loustalot. It is understood that M. Caillaux is preparing a three-hour speech in which he will expound and defend his entire policy before and during the war. M. Paisant's report concludes with the following words: -From the foregoing facts there are sufficiently grave presumptions against Deputy Caillaux as a result of his havir.s during the war worked for the destruction of our alliances, thus aiding the enemy's progress, which is a crime under articles 76 to 79 of the penal code." RUMANIA NOT QUITTER Armistice Military Necessity. Her Front Being Enclosed in Ruse. Front. A STHMA There is no "cure" but relief is often brought fa; Paris. Dec. 21. VI Antonesco the Rumanian minister here, has issued ttre following statement concerning the situation on the Rumanian front: "The armistice was simply a meas ure of military order imposed on as thru the Rumanian front being entire ly enclosed within the Russian Jrontv It would be a mistake to make a po litical deduction from it. Rumania in tends to remain faithful to her al liances and to work until the end with the allies." a E i China and Art Novelties LnJ The Out-of-the-Ordinary Gifts That May Be Found at TGEUaftT-WOT. 120 West 8th. Phone 1937 Katherine Lindsey Perkins Marie Witwer BDO YOUR BITI Two Bits buys a THRIFT STAMP Buy one for your child and put the stamp of success on him. Start him out THRIFTY Stamps 25c Baby Bonds $4.12 War Saving's Committee. 5S War Saving's Committee. I I 3 TYPEWRITERS iyJPtiSlyJI ,ALE RENT 3C7!'r NEW AND FACTORY TJT RI II T See the "National Portable." It is super ior to others and sells for less. The Best Mechanical Department in the country. Wo can sell foe less. Topeka Typewriter Exchange II. C. PARKER, 507 Kan. Ave. Phone 802 I eave Topeka 4 4 am dm am 7 4 am 1.15 pm 3 ul p m S" pUl f co pm KM pm To and from Kansas City and Chicago Arrive Kansas City Chicago t ot) am 9 45 am 3.10 pm f.V). pm 7 pm 9.56 pm 9 en pm 12 mm 7 4t am 7 am 9 IS am 11.15 am 11.13 am Leave Chicago 9 To am 9 30 am 0o pm 8. 0f pm 10. pm 2-15 am 1100 pm Leaie Kansas City 9.41 pm ln.sn pm 8.10 am li'ou'am 4.3) pm 7. -to am Arrive Topeka 11.-J5 pm Hon pm ll.or, am 10J50 am 12.55 pm 6 40 pm 10.15 am J-et Vs Help Yon Plan Vonr Next Trip Through r. strR.E. c. r. t. a. Free reclining Meepers rhmw!. Chair cars Men's Mahojrany Sterling Calfskin shoes, season's latest Knglish shapes worth $3. specially priced. t i i J Calfskin shoes, season's jF ij V latest English shapes f j worth $S, specially priced, f "T'tjfe't I Cloth and i -VV -r Mmy-c Th Biggest Neckwear -fs rmk mr Sa!e Ever-Held i v' !i 1 Siy P.e. New York makers VVr iT" 9v ft?liiirl end-yrdae surplus, made Tv w far t int0 ilnest and largest S.4 -rrVtt JV llr $125 ar.d Jl. 50 large OC ft(ffcSS I J'kJ' beautiiul silk Scai-fs. OOU Vr-eSti I Af y'NS :-nd J2.23 full shaped T J1J jTjXl,, 7 ?-:f!Uis-ite Scarfs flj-l C A 1 iaTr I -7 many imported ....9XV j 11 E"-, V' 7s jf)! if J2.50 and $3 rich silk Scarfs silks f5j Jk O jr5lii" Y jfAy III Imported f.om Como. Italy CI CC H Vy)L I very beautiful 9XUO '&ri' tv'IfSX VA I 1 1 I I 3'000 beautiful silk Scarfs, big onen fff 2 V?JSa?73 ;AilIll end hapes. of finest quality silk, C(n L ggaPVMJJ 65c- 75c and 1 values .OUb J Kl' Shirts jFfi&t Hft Wants A-f Wf isLj Evpit imn4 nhirrCnc fahrlc I lil"S V. X T y jXEffl w F Rhnwn." finest silW Ore.no rto I (HiW'i RSSL V$Vk Silk and'oMxtur'esT'lnf- I V .V A,SJv 7- norted Madras. Poolina antl 1 AM w.Sl ih tlar fzh Earner percales. Including the Pi J J&f&tijj IQ ti ,yyJ highest eotor effects to the neat II1 i Por dress and street-? use in i e If f''lj JrV5SS2 Capes, Mochas and Lambskins. The AV VV i iJ r' t$$ EotTV 1? new tans, greys, putty and chamois J iJvr ff P gliv j plain and embroidered back t-c S Ly JL ff I to $3.50 CFJ'SJ ff 1 'V ar and Auto Sloves, short and J&J vf lly long gacntlets, lined or unlined. I a1' -T? &ST II" T 'Fine for the cold days $5 tO 15 U V I i I W Knitted Gloves for the stormy I fei-, rl 1 I 2f days, various weaves in blacks, I if "TiaayhA. i "'r grey and heather mixtures l s.yi our 10 x.ovj i ot- at if A Hat or rGtp for Christmas Always the useful, appropriate and accept- X jQzz able gift. rT Knox oft and fttiff Hats extra quality 8.0 tllt. John B. Stetson Sofl and Stiff Hats 9, $5, t g'O-i' gfsr' Stetaon Velours and Beaver Hata 6 to 20 V?fc. ij Crofut Knapp Hata 3.30. $4, $S, -A Palace Special Hata S M tZyim- 'fj Fur and Sealskin Caps -3 to $2 ?5'If' Auerbach Guettel This Christmas, More Than Ever, Men Will Appreciate the More Useful and Serviceable Things "'HIS Southwest's greatest Men's and Boy s Store is brimming o'er with useful gifts for father, brother, son or friend at home, in traininor or at the front never have such, assortments of thoroughly practical, useful gifts been presented by this store--never before such splendid facilities for handling great crowds, as this splendid efficient store offers. Keep steadfastly in mind that the "Auerbach Guettel" label in your gifts assures him of its quality; it's a compliment to your good taste and judgment. The whofe store permeated by a spirit of willing' helpful service is saying to SER OCR BAGS AND sriT CASES. you today COME. House Coats Save His Clothes Economy and com fort are combined. Made in plain colors and two-tone plaid iac insrs on collars and cuffs. Every shade. Also silk and velvet coats, in unusual styles. $5 to$lS Mufflers Always Useful Biggest stocks and largest assortments shown here in the mot exclusive styles; many foreign weaves; every muffler idea to be had. silk or knitted ci i en C9cm n liflilfVa IV lfAV vt nCV Handkerchiefs PC IP Daily necessities Handsome silks or linens, plain and figured design, also all ini tials lu &iik or liueu 25c,, 50c, $1 Underwear Specials Always Useful as Gifts Heavy Wool Un ion Suits. In natural grey and tan, flat and ribbed weaves; perfect fitting, also puofold double knit $3 Heavy mixed Un ion Suits, natural color, special 51.50 aim Bath Robes A Necessity A special sho winar in various desigu never shown before, good blanket robes. Specially price d 3.95 Very superior Blanket Robes in Oriental designs. b.igh roll collars $5 Heavy weight Blanket Robes, handsome deep bor der at bottom and cuffs. silk g-trdle $6.95 Thick soft downy Robes, silk bound and silk cord edge, belted t r e n c h style $10 SWEATERS Always useful Rope Knit Sweat ers, oxford and silver grey, large sh a w I collars. All izes, very special $2.95 Medium and heavy weight Sweat ers, every color and style. Sample line, mostly one of a kind. Special .,.....$5 Women's Sweaters The newest weaves direct from the MhH nette mill. The very nmartPKt Is dies' Sweat ers in Topeka. Buy ber one for -Oiristmss. Women's Shoes and Slippers ll will ka rinKaKf witb a new pair of ultra stylish shoes. She knows onr mafcs are the best. Some rery viuiiy priced at Men's Hose Neyer Eaoa(li Interwoven and other makes By the box of three or six paira. or singly: Interwoven hose sold by us exclusive ly. None better. Popular grades pair 25c, 35c, 50c to $1.50 Toilet Cases If HeJrarcb Put up In com pact leather or wa terproof rolls or cam Every essen tial article included. Some with safety ra- ll50, $3.50, $5 to $15 Umbrellas f or Men and Womea Every style of handle; long or short handles with cord or strap for la dles: new crook handles for men, plain and silver mountinirs: also folding suitcase urn- breilas $1, $1.50, $3.00 to $10.00 '$10.00 Kid Boudoir Sllpiera, ia ali colors Sijso Far and ribbon Trim med Felt Slippers. SI. 15 and lp Women's Hosiery A very exclusive line of ladies' plain and fancy Silk Hose. Every shade. All the newest stripe and plaid effects not shown elsewhere. 65c, $1, $1.50 to $5 UR customers do our best advertising; the satisfaction they sret here is worth talking about; and if one doesnt get it, money cheerfully refunded. o Come for These Hart Schaf fner Marx Extra-value Suits and Over coats in a Great Holiday Offering at' TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY OP PORTUNITY to buy a late mid-winter style in a Hart Schaf fner Marx suit or overcoat, at less than its present market value. Suits in the newest 2, 3, and 4-button models, plain and belted Styles, single and double breasted; Overcoats in every popular modeL including the much demanded belted styles, smart trim fitting overcoats and the long full cut storm ulsters in short a complete range of styles and sizes for men and young men of every taste and of every possible proportion. We anticipated the present high prices in buying these goods and all of the benefit we gained is passed along to our custom ers. You'll be doing yourself a good turn by buying one of these suits or overcoats or, as a gift, nothing would be more acceptable for father, son, hus band or brother. They're values of an extreme nature at Duymg one or T p hV Best Overcoats in America We're daily demonstrating our supremacy in this depart ment London-mada overcoats rich Scotch fleeces of the Montagnac type, Carr meltons, Irish duffles and friezes. A beautiful showing of fur collared and fur lined overcoats otter, beaver, Persian lamb, Hudson seal all very high grade gar ments. Ulsters, Chesterfields, motor coats, belt coats, double breasted coats. $20, $25, $30, $35, S40, $50, $60, $75 CwU Bart Sahasaer Kin Sui's and Overcoats Special at $17.50 You' should see these if the price i3 in teresting we're sure the values in these suits and overcoats will be. Pure wooL. Sr!!.8.. ..$17.50 Trousers from very fine suit fabrics; tweeds, worsteds, serges, silk mixtures; you may match your suit great J f values. All sizes only p7e)U Big Stocks of Boys' Useful Xmas Gifts Parents will be sure of finding exactly what the boy wants in our wonaeraii stocks, most comprehensive assortments and the lowest possible prices. Boy: s' Finest O'Coats and 2-pants Suits JT E call particular atten- don to our big;- Christmas displays of boys' finest made clothes. Suits of beautiful fast color weaves: Scotches, tweeds, worsteds, homespuns, fine twill blue serges, in. smartest Norfolk, trench and belted models, and we in clude an extra pair of pants to match every suit. Over coats in newest models, made of good.' warm overcoatinirs. in a variety of weaves. Sizes S to 18 years. You can't buy any thing more practical for your boy this Xmas than one, of these suits, with extra pants, or over coats we are featuring at $15,$12.50,$10 $7.50, $5.95, $5 Smart Holiday Styles in Little Tots' Sails and 0'Coats VI OTHERS seeking something usef,,l for little tots 2 "4 to 10 years old will be delighted with our smart new styles and extra values in Juvenile clothes. Overcoats In smart trench models, belted back and belted-ail-around models, in verted pleat and convertible collar styles; single and double breasted; latest novel ties in Suits and popular Buddy Tucker, Middy and Junior Norfolk models. See the special values we are featuring for Christmas at $10, $7.50, $5f$3.95 Roy th Boys These Warm Mackinaw Coats pOR skating, errands, school, or play, every boy wants a Mackinaw. He liken them because they keep him "a warm as toa-t" in the coldest weather, and he has tree le? action. We have hundreds. We bought them early, before prices advanced. We have them in all the popular styles and alK sizes 6 to 17 years. Get your boy one for Xmas. 'You'll make him happy and you'll save money by buying at our special value prices of $10, $7.50, $5 Useful Gifts for the Kiddies Boy- Weol Sweater Coats, lUiiroon, oxford and tUTf, big sbawl collar OP ind pockets $4&0 Sanwy jr. Military Salt for little boys 2 to 10 yar, Ueiil kum1 f rcn of -fleers' uniforms, made of heavy ktiaki. luaiirtiUa a collar. TUe new atyle 1 r?aa jnit for tQ Qff little fellows. $dVO Boy md C. I rla Timvnjm "Bath Babea." warm lua- teriala. aiik cord vr and rop auab, 2 to 14 years. Little IMrliBs; Keta; Cost. IflCkiuffa and cap Angora W ih1 and knitted auwa 2 to v years. fecial vaiuea is aud tpXUU Bya' sad Tout ha Jersey Sweater, ro 1 1 co 11 a r. pull over style; plain colors or in atripe combinations ail sia-a. hie-liil al- ffr ut-l r-OU and XmiO Boya' a;Jo. wans Tihim piato cm lorn and combiiia tiun of colors; apeciat t,i1 oea for CA- Xdim at ,.vvrv Boys etaid cirla bnrt srd -Ulark 'f lloae; itetn and menarn wetkt: aiza to lu; apeciai, OA- a pair. w7 Boy a ml bather FW-lt. blacks and tans; Bm-iu.i values for 'Xiaaa OfT nt ZOk and efaOC Boys Far ilova. large gauntlet sty Ira; special Tallica, $4.oo. 9o o p0 Boys ffl warn WlaCer spa; mn rt hs. new est coloring's, special Rai nes, t.OO. CA- 75c and cIVV Boys- XrHwar. rich silk four-ia-banda made of milt en-is of nwn'a finr pradrs: wond-rfal "rt meat. se-tl values Oft-m for XmiR, 50c au J. 4-t)C Boys' Bloaaea; hlffh. fold eollnrs: pmi.es aud tun dras: stw A to 15 years: special value at 59c a Jl

Page 6

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 7

THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENLNG. DECEMBER 21. Si m m 5S ft m m m m if; M

a rf.

Meat Market 110 E. 6th St. Phone 747 This Covers All of Your Difficulties Rib Roast 15f Chuck Roast 15? Veal Roast 15? Pork Loin Roast .25? Plate Roast lSVa Veal Stew 12V2e Pu!k Sausag-e 20? Hamburger 15i Spare Ribs .20? Teck Bones 10? Pig Tails i7? Pig Ears 12 V2? Pig Feet 10? Fresh Brains 1 Liver 12 V2? Wolff Bacon ...30? Sugar Cured Ham 29? Calif. Ham 24? Facon Squares 33? Compound 23? Pure Hog Lard 30 O. K. Lard 31? Meadow Gold Butter. .49? Plain Wrap Butter 47? Country Butter 45? Watch our Christmas Ad Saturday -on all kinds of Poultry, Fresh Oysters, etc. wur oroc 'tntllirSi'' liilJiFilitl iiirii; M Three More Shopping Days Till Christmas kof Gruen W atches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Cut Glass, Athenic Bronze, Toilet Articles, Novelties and Reed Barton Silverware In Sterling and Sheffield Plate is so complete and carefully se lected that late shopping will be made a pleasure and the after Christmas satisfaction will be en joyed if your selections are made at the GIFT SHOP Ralph R. Peterson it 106 West 8th HER HEART INTO IT Topeka Resigns Herself to Suc cess of the Ked Cross. y i fected the poorer districts of the city before Thursday received a rebate of districts- where workers expecxea z 3 -per cent. It was optional whether meagre retarnsbv Hundreds of women t the taxes were- paid iri full, or liv half. have called headquarters and team Those who paid one-half their assess- Contagion of Movement Evi dent in All Parts of City. MEMBERSHIP TO 20,000 HERE Already Qnota of 9,542 New Members Has Been Passed, Big Kally"at C. of C. Completes Week's Work Saturday. Topeka is putting her real heart throbs into the Red Cross campaign today. The contagion of the move ment is evident in every section of the city. There is no longer doubt that the city and county will go more than 100 per cent beyond tne quota, wun the campaign in its fifth day. Chair man Morton Albaueh was today bus- ilv directing workers who are add.ing women hundreds of names to the membership t Shawnee county across mils of love and charity. With a quota of 9.542 independent of original memberships, there were today assurances that the final U&tf will go above 13.000. It may pass 20,000. The Christmas spirit is being extended in a wonderful manner to include the -workers and the fighting forces on the field of battle. Topeka is taking her dollars from the family Christmas funds and putting them captains and lieutenants to tell them of waiting dollars dollars that will go overseas to give comfort and care to allied soldiers wounded on the field of battle In the colored sections of the city the response has been most surpris ing. Some of the workers in these districts have made wonderful reports; With more than 12,500 member ships reported to Chairman Albaugh.. returns are yet to be received from the women's organizations and the country districts, including Oakland. It is known that when these returns are received the county's membership will jump to nearly 2Q,00v. "I am absolutely certain of more tha n 19,000 memberships for the county," said Chairman Albaugh. Won't Overlook Anyone. Yet with the confidence of this re markable showing, the work never stops or lags. "We don't want to over look anyone. We want to give every one a chance. And that seems" ail anyone wants. I never saw anything like it. People not only want mem berships, but they have their dollars waiting when teams arrive." The big rally and noonday luncheon for workers will be held Saturday noon at the Chamber of Commerce. The luncheon will be for the men and who have put Topeka and the spec- ments before Thursday and pay the i other half before June 0 are not pen- alized. Neither do they get the bene fit of the rebate. ttacular campaign. Precinct lieuten ants? precinct captains and the war vice chairmen will be the guests. Nor is the expense of the luncheon coming from the iove fund which Topeka gives the cause. Monday night's Christmas carols has been abandoned in view of the face that hundreds of Topeka children have enrolled for Christmas eve church programs and home entertain WHY NOT an Anscor Camera for that Christmas present? It Is an easy way to solve your troubles as to what to give. We have a large line to choose from. For beginners in the Photo Art we suggest the Box Camera. $2.50 Vp. yal Quality Draf Store 607 Kansas Ave. Phone 44 v Hot Point IRONS 3"-CT -J v -J With the New Thumb Rest that takes the strain off 4 the fingers. New flexible cord socket prevents cord wearing out. A REALLY APPRECIATED GIFT Standard 5 lb. size$5.0O. Heavy 6-lb. $5.00 713 Kansas A.s. 7 iM:lAVfllH!MJ.I:,;tgBBg 3r Tautm, JO. 4.W. &.0O where they will help to win the war ments. Red Cross workers decided and maintain the morale of the na- not to carry out their original tional army. Ninety-five per cent of Topeka is in the spirit of the war and this work," declared the enthusiastic and tireless chairman. "We are already well over the quota with more than 12,500 memberships. But the work isn't slowing up one bit. We will so over 1 9.000. We know it. I don't know how much further we will go. The team work, the spirit behind the campaign, is simply wonderful. There has never been anything like it in To peka. The absense of a Red Cross flag in a home is so noticeable as to attract attention. Attho the city seems honeycombed with Red Cross flags today, the store boeths and the organization at the Chamber of Commerce are adding scores of. new names. Kiddies Wear Buttons. Topeka kiddies are wearing Red Cross buttons. The campaign has in ula n for the evening and the children will not be called upon to sing the carols. Every member of the Topeka fire i nd police departments has joined the Red Cross, North Side News Items for this column a. ay be left at Petro's Drug Store, or phoned 3T.31 after. 2 p. ui. othe hours plume 3533. Good Books for Christ mas Juvenile Books Boy Allies Series, each 33c Hoy Scout Series, each Pabbrey Twins Series, each. .35c Tom Swift Series, each j .35c fciurgess Boots, af Animal .iGe each T'. 60c BurRess Books ''of AnimalUfe, eacft-. i-w 40c Vanguard of the Plains By Margaret Hill McCarter. Price $1.40 MICHAEL O'HALLORAN Porter GOe BIBLES Special Sale Friday and Satur day, Dec. 21-22. ALL BIBLES REDUCED -fc- Fountain Pens Waterman SelfFiffingr: Sheaffer Self Filling. Conklin Self Filling. All Styles of Points.. EVERY PEN GUARANTEED The Road to Understanding By Eleanor H. Porter; $1.10 Her Latest and Best Book. Zercher Book Stationery Co. 521 Kansas Avenue Place an ad in the State Journal Want Column for Quick Returns. THIS STORE WILL, REMAIN OPEN EVERY NIGHT U'TrL. XMAS We are not selling Gold Dollars for -50c, but we are offering for Tomorrow Parle Tan Military Boots, $6.50 to $8.00 values, at Black Calf English, with White Xeolin soles and heels; reeular ly sold for 6.00 ffO cr Tomorrow $O.OJ 833 Kansas Aye. m m m m m 5E-- m m m The Progressive class of tbe Second Presbyteriau c-burcb. of wbUh Mrs. J. L. frubasto is the teacher, have made most exeelleut showing iu subscribing- to i xoe various tunas, as may oe seen irom the following list Christmas Ked Cross membershiiK SI.OO: Bible fuad. S1.00: Ar menian relief, $X.O0; jood Fellows. $2.00. j itie memoers of the class are: Miss Jes sie Kiacb. Miss Augusta Hardt, Miss Vern Cooper. Miss Nellie Woodford. Miss Mat- tie lteers, Miss Nellie Priddy, Miss Lila Walker and Miss Maude Waychoff. After toe holidays the class membership will ftv I devote their time exclusively to Red Cross wort. The next meeting will be Thnrs- JRr day. rexember 27, at Mrs. Probasco's, 931 t r" j Van- Buren street, at which time plans ftrv far taking np the Ked Cross work will be f completed. The Sunday s-hool of tbe East Jndtan ola eomHauuity church. Congregational, and the East Indianola school will unite in the 'hristmn s en tertain men t. wh ich will be sriven Christmas eve at the rschool house. The pupils of Miss Palmatier's and Miss i Wilson's rooms will give a cantata, which will be followed by Dicken s Christmas I Carol, dramatized and presented by the older puirtls of the ohool. The Christmas treHt will be furnished by the Sunday j school. TL B. WiTson. superintendent of the To- peka schools, will speak this evening at 8 j o'clock at the meeting of tbe Parent Teachers association of the East Indianola school. Ked Cross workers have been delegated to teil of tbe work of the Ked t Cross. Srecial music will be furnished by Kay Palinatier. This Big Christmas Neckwear Sale lasts only two days more It's the biggest thing this town has seen in years. $1.50 Neckwear $1.15 $2.00 Neckwear $1.65 $2.50 Neckwear $1.95 $3.00 Neckwear $2.35 Compare these values with those seen elsewhere and we feel confident that you'll buy here. Come in tonight and see Bath Robes, H. o use Cos Mufflers, Sweaters, Fur Caps and Everything in Furnishings. OPEN EVENINGS Visitors t' the Boys' Industrial school may notice a Service flag displayed in the main building. It contains seventy-stars, representing sixty-ix boys and four em ployes in the United States service. Of the four employes. Mr. Iellinger is "some wjiere in France.' Mr. I Domingo at Camp Ioninhan. Mr. Chamber'afn at Camp Pik and Mr. Kobs is battalion mesa sergeant at Camp Funston. Notes and Personals. Freda Myers is sick with scarlet fever at her home, lLS Van Kuren street. Mrs. Lydia Miller and children, Mabel and t ran el a. 01 Liiray, Kansas, are spenti- -f ing the holidays with Mrs. Miller s father, Mr. Urban. VJtH East Sixth street. Mr. and Mrs. L. IK Scott of i:U Quincy street, are the parents of a baby girl, born. Thursday evening:. Miss Mrace Koot of K29 Quincy street leave tonight for Shawnee. Kau., wheae.t she will visit over tue hoiilays. Mra. W. C. l!eers and daughters. Jose phiue and Molly, of 214 West Gordou street, left today for Kearney. Neb., wbere they will be the guests of Mrs. Beer's mother, Mrs. Snydr. for ten days. Frank Conwell, who has been seriously sick for the past week at his home. lii'JS Quincy street, passed a comfortable night i ast nighr. Miss Gladys Pratt, who ts attending te 1 State Normal school at Emporia, arrived today to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. i John Pratt, 633 Jackson street, until after the holidays. f Mrs. Charles Unrnn, who has been visit- ing relatives and friends in Topeka, left Buy a Fine Roast For Your Xmas Dinner Saturday and Monday Christinas Special Whole Lamb Hindquarters, lb. No. 10 pail, Pure d0 f( Hog Lard ?JUU Fancy Native Chuck Roast, lb Prime Rib Roast, lb Plate Roast, lb Fresh Pig Hams, lb Fresh Pork Shoul ders, lb Fresh Side Pork, lb Veal Stew, lb Sirloin Steak, lb Select 18c Spare Ribs, lb. 14c 15c 12c 28c 25c 36c 12k 20c Pork Loin Roast, lb Breakfast Bacon, lb Veal Roast, lb Meadow Gold But ter, lb Plain Wrapped But ter, lb Parkdale Process, lb Butterine, 2-lb. roll. .480 ib?0:25c28c32c 20c 25c 38c 15c 49c 48c 43c Oysters, quart 60 Open until 10 Monday evening. .Closed All Day Criiistmas. White House Meat Market 423 Kansas Avenue JBoys I JBoys I JIT YOUR CHANCE OF A LIFETIME. tvucio 40 discount till Saturday night $1.00 Seta'-...; $0.60 $2.00 Seta $1.20 $3.00 Seta $1.80 $4.00 Seta $2.40 $10.00 Seta $6.00 t $20.00 Seta $12.00 Parcel Post paid anywhere in Kansas Burrow's Parlor Pool and Billiards for the home. Portable Table Lamps, $3.00 up, Half Off. Indian Moccasins for all the family. UrTLT A E jnC 716 Kansas Avenue 11 KJ W 11J J Open Evenings till Xmas yesieruay urr rt. -c i join r. ruim, j 1 who is eniploved there in one of the- mills. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin formerly lived in North Toneka. leavinc last summer for V Manhattan, and recently going to Hutch- I iiison, from which place Mr. Griffin, was f transferred to St. Joe. 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hann and little daughter, Lois Vivian, of I0O6 Quincy 1 street, expect to lene Saturday for Pond Creek. Okla., to spend Christmas ad a part of the holiday season with Mr. Ilaun s parents and brother. I Am selling holidav poods at the old i price. Lacey'a Drug Store. Adv. j Victor Council o. 4. K. and L. of S., srave an old fashioned Christmas ntertain- i inent last ni?ht at their hall. 1000 Kansas j avenue. A Christmas tree held (rifts for i every one, besides horns of plenty," eon- 1 tainingr candy and fruits. A Santa Claus I was present to see that no one was missed. 'Additional entertainment was furnished by the following vounjr people: Miss ldckie and Miss Gladys Kuff. piano solos; Misses Dickie, Thelma Cueehner, Thelma Kobin- s son and Marparet Taylor, readings, j Pine line of Christmas novelties, booklets. toys, seals, postcards, etc., at Lacey's irug store. Adv. E. A. CAMPBELL BUSY

Tax Money Received in Every Mail by County Treasurer. f With taxpaying season over E. A. Campbell, county treasurer, finds himself the recipient of several thou sand unopened letters containing tax i statements and checks covering the statements. It will take several weeks to open the mail, enter the payments and send receipts, Mr. Campbell an nounced today. "Until this mail is opened we will be unable to make any estimate on the amount of taxes paid, said Camp bell today. The cash payments, received for the I most part from taxpayers in person, i amount to approximately 9600,000. The exact amount of county money t- on daily balances in Topeka and Shawnee county banks today was 9599,074.37. Those who paid nothing on their taxes before Thursday, December 20, are liable to a 5 per cent penalty, while those D&yins their taxes in full sw When you settle down for the last "smoke" of the even ing, then is your pleasure made complete with a cool and sparkling bottle of Edelweiss Cereal Beverage. Its delicious flavor will soothe your tired nerves and send you calm, untroubled sleep, and morning will find you refreshed and invigorated. Have a case in the- home always. Order it today. R. F. HOLLINGSWORTH, Distributor 116 East 5th Street Topeka, Kansas 1 J 'Mil mi n iff H v '0. I i

Page 8

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 9

THF TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 01 1917 VOULDJUYNCH HIM Posses Trail Farmer Who Beat His Son to Death. Stepmother of Child Returns to Parents at Edna, Kan Montrose. Col., Dec. 21. While feeling against him ran high in this community, posses of farmers, cow boys and deputy sheriffs continue to scour the canyons running up into the L'ncompahgre plateau in hope of find fcng- John O. Bush, accused of beating to death his 11-year-old son. Ira, and dismembering the body. Meanwhile Bush's mother, Mrs. J. Bush, is in the county jail at Delta, where today she repudiated a statement given a coroner's jury that she had killed her son and treated him as he had done the child. A man whom farm ers beli eved to hare been Bush was seen early today walking" alonir an irrigation canal. Posses tracked this man three miles into the Uncompahgre "ountry, but lowt trace of him.. Threats of lynch ing have been made. Bush's wife, stepmother to the boy Mrs. Bush says was slain. left today for the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Stanner, Edna, Kan. 1 La bette county). BIDS FOR WORKMEN Washington. Dec. 21. The aimrsft fac tory at tbe Philadelphia navy yard now in operation needs Immediately 2.000 skilled workmen to bring it no to ca par try pro duction. There are places for machinists of ail grnl, sheet metal workers, wire workers, wood workers and many women can find employment. The nayy depart ment nrired that skilled workmen of all kimls register with the board of labor im provement at the yard. OPEN EVENINGS S0ST TILL CHRISTMAS Pg&5w kmpw iVJr m JD M JvX Music r Jenkins' SjL e&T 'Soul the lg& m of Mr? 4 best m KM the h'TnU expression W& J true i2fjtt f' M? Christmas M Vv that m Spirit HJfSC W Spirit r m Give a Piano M Jjftnrj will bay a Kiomnn Nnrii. A full- p C?f A wU1 BnT fIne ol1 Kurtzmann: pS&fcdL $)UJ ness of vjiltie iinii a surprisingly low V'-A rJ ptaa(r with 07 years of splendid 4l3ss .TTTl prt-e. cmi!ire It wirti ocaer pianos- O reputation. kSTSs fA-J imtins TjO to lcH more. p CQfift will buy a new Vmr, the jroort de- AXjc 4nrVV $0JJ pendable borne piano. rTTck kFJv CO 1 E will bny a new Elbura. a piano owned aw-v will buva new S'Mnwav UDricht. cLMi Wxl ...prUtt by thousands of X $OO0 -ft,., T ,ne UTr a wa" 3 fct?-" plense.1 owners. a Steioway is slt. M JOCT will buy a new S.haeffar. This piano CfiO-I wi" bur m new Steinway Grand. 3fi&T Ti pteQJ in sold in some parts of the country A 0.J The Steinway is the best piano in fewr Cjt rejfUJarly at g the world. jffiP? AND MANY OTHERS PRICES AS LOW AS $145 M Getl. "Everything i s "r r. i Pertaininff figszH rfeL rSraeS children mandolin- -M teg&Z j( i and up. tii &tSWT 77MO thlS HAWAIIAN STEELj This i the LllTlSUTlaS j2rrla if U Victrota viii. -TOY DRUMS 30'gggC A-fc-Oi S and up lOt'W They'll have a jolly time with it and thijirj parents will enjoy it too. There are special Victor Records fof children that will delight the little ones. And with all the ntUr wnnrrhil varifV of Victor ITlUSiC at VOUr command, it is easy for you to develop the musical Castes of the children. "Everything Pertaining to Music" VIOLINS ?4.50 and up. MANDOLIN $3.25 and up. HAWAIIAN STEEL1 GUITARS $3.7.CJ and up. TOY DRUMS 30' and up BAND and ORCHES TRA DRUMS $6.50 and up. MUSIC CABINETS $11.50 and up. MUSIC ROLLS and SATCHELS 60c and up. W r bTOFVG these days of tm.y. raarr seiectioa of (rift artarlps, it is oar aim to keep our Mocks as full and fresh as posKibie and will much added help to atvc prompt serrlce. One fesuare of irift sciectioa here which we wish to Impress apoa tbe minds of oar patrons is that even tboogh articies may be chosen hnrriedly, the parcbaser may feel certsiin that quality and honest values ro with i y item. Our store will be open tomorrow nutht and Monday nijrlht antil mine o'riork. Daring the few snort hoars between now and Monday ereming, may we serve yon? December Silk Sale Sils make ideal Christmas sifts, and enr assortment is the best we hawe erer offereiL Ail silks displayed on tables are naar&ed at reduced prices. Jl M will buy NoTelty Silts that were S1.SO and $1.73 wfll buy Novelty Sitka that were C ll and S2.25 rj.00 will buy Novelty Hiits that were Z1.M and V..0D Tub Shirting Silks We have the Merest variety at qualities snd eolnrinrs in the city for. mens snirts and women's waists, perfect washing quaatiea. 1.00 for tbe kind J1.19 for the $1.50 kind $1.30 for the $1.75 kind SiOO for the $i50 kind 1 2 Kimono Silk Patterns $7.50 The choicest silks of the sen son. They are printed Pussy Willow Silks and printed Radium Silks, and come in 4-yard patterns. 40 inches wide, worth $:i.U0 per yard. Your Choice $7.50 a Pattern Cedar Chests Make very acceptable Gifts afade of genuine Tennessee Red cedar, finished in the nat ural color in styles that am new snd very at tractive, earn $up to $30 Small R n .t s of irery tze and quaiitr. inclo.l iag T a p e 9 t ry, xminater. Wil ton anl Ameri can Oriental at special prices $1 up to $18 A few lines offered at very special prices" One Day Only Saturday H EefuUr prk-va, Alt FrawrJ Pteturv H ft miirlced y rw-e. Rdlna- Uiliips and Floor lamp V tU Alt novels and ehil- dKB I Y mft. 10 per rpm off oa all rwITa. For example: 5r dolls 4Tsc $2.i)t fiolia S.OO dolla ST .20 Diarnnt$ thrcvajchotjt tbe en tire aa.k of doUa accordiuajly. Gloves for Christmas Toadies doable silk Olores in black, whit- and frray. plain and contrast fabrtrs, the pair 9UO Ladies eoede Hnsl Silk and Chamotsetts lovpa in black and white, alf aisea, pair ILU Ladies' fleeced licod Mrxtaa Gloves ri-5S aad 4 Ladies' fleece lined Kid !orps, fur top S&0 aad 94.39 Men's Gloves' for an to and dress, blacaC, tbe pair, 9&a mmd S3.M. All-wool vTrar GIovps for gen--eral wear, ntl sizes, the pair. .5c A new shipment Lsdien 2 -Wasp Oiftmoisette (iLnws, colors creem, gray, and ktiaidU pair 91.33 Here's a Dandy Gift $2 Ladies White Silk Hose $1.25 LaHvT pure white Silk Hose, Onyx qsuiluy. extra .heavy weipht in the lisle hem or the pare silk hem. waven with double top. double foot with Pointex heel. $2.00 values for, pnir $1.50 valov-a for. pair SI. IS Puzzled What to Select? Too may feel that yoo shonM send m gift to sotse lovl one vet the immediate needs are an known. Or yon may be pnssltna; over the particular quality, variety, sise or stiie other feature of a gift yom would give. Let ua stis-ffpst the solution of this qnesrlon. Send a Mer riuadlM CertlflMte for any amount. Tbe certificate will be made out-o the person to whom yon wish to send the irirt and the recipient may select any article of merchandise from our storks to the extent of the certificate. These certificates are Issued at the office below- we repro dttce a Merchandise Certificate. Warren M. Crosby Co. lOBCHAXDHI CERTIFICATE THIS CERTIFIES, That there has been de posited to the credit of the bearer. ..DOLLARS. good for the purchase of Merrhandise for the sum indicated. WA1KI5 M. CllOSBT CO. So. Per Cashier. Linens For Gifte Easv to select, sure to fce scceptable. Linens solve the problem for the hnsband. the father, the brother who wish to select a rift for the mother, the wife, the sinter. Ion are per fectly safe in bnvtns; linens, tin woman with the cares of the household can have too many pieces of fine linea- The values are standartl. re-inch all-Linen Damask, assorted patterns, a yard l-5 np ItaawMk 'apklns. all linen, a doaen (3.0 and np. Iamask Pattern Cloths, in a variety of sizes and patterns, each as.ua an.l un. Ow lot of AO-Inch all-Linew IJW.k. a ynril 9e. namaitk and Hack. all-Linen Towels, t Tired each SOe and up. A Xsslital aasailanal J asms Pastry Usaa at V orf resaimr pricea. Art Novelties For Giits "These Include embroidered pieces, center pieces, table run ners and scores of other dainty, beautiful srticles. novelty tie racks, fancy baskets, sewing boxes, urnt leather novelties, leather pillows, leather table covers. SELECT CISTS HERE AT prices mo VI 25c to $5.00 (In Art Department, rirst Floor, right aisle.) Childs Rocker $1.25 Solid oak, stronaly made aad nicely finished. Here is a splendid rift for the little one. See them, 3rd Floor. The Daintiest Gifts of All useful, practical gifts that are at tha same time dainty,-graceful and beautiful. Here are feminine needs and vanities instantly separable from the "gifts of custom," for they carry with them the appeal of beautiful things, the true sentiment which attaches to Christmas gift-giving. Here are gifts that will carry joy straight to the heart of any woman gifts that will make her eyes sparkle and draw from her lips a cry of delighted surprise. This year we should confine ourselves more than ever before to useful gifts. The articles mentioned below are all useful and practical, yet have the added charm of beauty a quality that is appreciated by all women. Come in and let us show you some of these pretty tilings. You. will be perfectly safe in making your selec tions, for we will gladly exchange, after Christmas, any article that ia not perfectly satisfactory. ONL Y 2 MORE SHOPPING DA YS ScvsVIOsic Co. 833 Kansas Avenue aA -7 m3 n Ca? nrs? r,.., rlft'wM &5k r nfU scr ..-1 rp- "Butterfly Waists These infinitely dainty and graceful gar ments fashioned out of flawless materials and finished with painstaking care make charming and splendidly appropriate gifts. Their superb styles are designed by high salaried French and American designers. They fit perfectly and their striking beau ty appeals to all women of good taste and refinement. Here is a gift that is certain to be appre ciated for women know that "Butterfly Waists" are the best thatrmoney can buy. There are hundreds of the latest styles here for you to choose from, in Christmas boxes ready for presentation at from $3.9-5 to $25 each. Select yours tomorrow. We will gladly exchange it if it isn't right Dainty White Lingerie Waist? .39 Each (In Christmas Boxes) Over t-0 styles in the daintiest white waists im aginable whach we are able to offer at the above price because- we bought a large quantity of them. All sizes, pecked in attrac tive Christina boxes ready for presentation 1.39 B Gift Suggestions Dainty White Aprons. 3o to $1.95 Japanese" Silk Quilted. Jketa 1.25 to 2.50 Cap and Scarf Seta. $l.iiS to $3.50 Crocheti-d Haej-Me-Tlehtfi. $1.9,:, to $2.95 Silk Sweaters, $8.50 to $25 Wool Sweatees. $3-50 to $25 Knitted Pettkwats, 500 to $20 sak Petticoats here indeed is a gift that will be appre ciated. Every woman wants and need3 a good silk petticoat. Our showing is tne largest in Topeka embracing the newest styles developed in rich lustrous taffetas, soft shimmering messalines, and rich, heavy silk jerseys. We can show you nearly any color you can name in either plain or changeable ef fects, in all lengths and sizes at $4.85, $5.00, $5.95 up to $12.50 each. We-also show a most complete assort ment of cotton petticoats in black and col ors priced at $1.25, $1.50, $1.95 up to $2.95. Philippine Hand Emb'dered Underwear A eft of thia bewitehinfr "intimate wear" really conveys a most delicate and acceptable eompliment for it is appre ciated only by women of good tajte and refinement. This underwear is really made in the Philippine Islands by the native women aitd their work ia second to none as you'll have to admit when you see it- The garments are made entirely by hand there is not one singte machine stitch n them. t j Some of the hitrher priced modeia are trimmed with xquisite hand made Filet and Irish Crochet lace. Here is a gift entirely out of the ordinary a gift that woman will prize above all others. Prices range as follows Envelop Chemise $2.50 to $6.50 1 w Gowns 82.95 trrSSJSO All hand einhroiiloretl Hiukrwrmr will be pnt in attractive Christmas boxen at your reqapst and -cbaned willingly after ChrisMma If it isn't right. Christmas Sp scials in Underwear made of good qujtllty tab silk trimmed with wide band of Val. lace around top; all sixes in Christmas DOX i)l,39 tlk F nvclopp O ie-use $1.95, made of gooi qual ity tub silk and "Society" satin, lace trimmed, alt sizes, in Christmas boxs $135 Silt raznteolr. J:39 made of splendid taiailty crepe de chine trimmed around top with widei band of Venise lace, ail siaea, in attractive Christmas tois SP9 TTie Very Daintiest of Silk Underwear Is here for m to aeisct from. Silk nnder we&r ia always in great demand for gifts becansw It bs certain to be appreciated no woman baa too much of it. Then too. -it ia comparatively inexpensive. You can buy the dainties of corset covers in Christmas boxes at $1.39 and $239 Or envelope chemise at $1.95, $2JSO Of conrse we carry more expensive garments 1ip to 50 cash, but the items we mention ar dainty of excellent quality and make welcome and particularly appropriate giita. Ail silk; underwear will be put in attractive Christmas boxes at your request and will be ex changed willingly after Christmas if It iant right. Prices as follows: Silk Camiaolea. 59 to $2.95 Silk Envelope Chemise $1.95 to $5.95 Silk Gowna $2.95 to $12.50 f w See Oar Splendid Assortment of Wool Sweaters 1 kg! f

Page 10

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 11

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 12

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.