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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1918 COPPER WHO SAW HUBBY BEAT MAN CALLED COWARD Sirs. Lela Pressman Answers Divorce Petition Today. She Says Traffic Cop Watched Pressman Hit Her. 'DENIES NEW YEAR'S KISS Clerk's Wife Tells of Her Bui fish Episode. Husband Told Her To Get $25 From "Friend." Mrs. Lela Pressman calls on Major House to discharge George Brown, a patrolman, for cowardice displayed by the officer when he stood by and watched her husband beat her and at the same time administer a whipping to a man by the name of Buifish. The demand for Brown's dlscharite is made in a cross petition filed by Mrs. Press man in answer to a petition filed by her husband. Charles Pressman. In her petition. Mrs. Pressman al leges that Brown stood by on New Year's eve in a Kansas avenue room ins house with a drawn revolver while Pressman slruck her and gave Buifish a beating. The officer, she states, had 'been employed by Pressman to pro tect him. "No American with red blood run ning in his veins would stand by and watch a man beat a defenseless wo man in such a manner," reads the cross petition. Advice to Detective.' Then. Mrs. Pressman points out to the mayor that his detectives might bettei employ themselves in chasing d wn a bunch of poker players said to be operating in Topeka than in doing "shadow ' work for a jealous husband. In h'er cross petition, Mrs. Pressman states ;hat her 'husband is a gambler, who belongs to a club of poker players operating in the city. The original charge made by Press man that she came home with Buifish on New Year's eve after going to a roomin ; house with him is denied by Mrs. Pressman. instea'1, she states, that her husband went out to a dance and lert her with instructions to en tertain Buifish and, if possible, to get J-'i from him c,ven if she had to dis grace herself in so doing. Mrs. Pressman says she didn't spend the evening with Buifish but went to a picture show instead, returning home about 1 1 o'clock and it happen ed,, that Buifish came up the stairs shortly after she did. There they found the husband and policeman waiting. Mrs. Pressman states' that Press man was so jealous that he wasn't cwntent to have detectives on her trail. He disguised himself in a fur overcoat and goggles and followed her to pic ture shows to satisfy himself that she was behaving, Mrs. Pressman alleges ki her petition. Pressman is a clerk he the Hub clothing store. Mrs. Press man's parents live in Shorey. is mIssgriest again Wife of Klias Counts Given a Iivorcc Here Today. "'Elias Counts may be in Halifax, he njay be in the army or he may be Whittling away on store boxes at Val ley Falls for all his wife knows. She hasn't seen him excepting to wave a hand at him since four months after their marriage in 1908. Mrs. Counts told Judge Whltcomb today. After their marriage Counts and his bride went to live on her father's stock farm near Valley Falls, she told the judge. Everyone liked to W-Ork out there, except her husband. sWe testified. They didn't get along Very well and one day he went to Valley Falls and hasn't put in an ap pearance since. The next day Mrs. Counts asked her friends to call her Rachael Griest and as Raeha.M Griest she has been known since. Her parents are wealthy and own a Jefferson county farm and land in New Mexico. Mrs. Counts was granted a divorce decree' and was le gally restored to her maiden name of Kachael Griest. ANXIOUS TO "DESERT Armed German Soldicis lCncounlcr Fight Trying to I loach Holland. Amsterdam, Jan. 19. How armed German deserters accompanying Bel gian workmen attempted to escape into Holland was told in a vivid nar rative reaching here today. The Ger ma . deserters were approached by the German border guard and a desperate fight en&ued in which the mutineers killed one and wounded several. They tried to cut the electric wires guarding the frontier bu. were finally driven off by the guards. One Belgian, who escaped across into Holland, said the deserters were frnr.t the Russian front. Do Not Let The Government Call in Vain For Your Help Stenographers arc In great de mand and with a few days practice jou can conic io 11k? cull of jour country. We Will ftrnt to You the Machine You Iesire All Makes All Prices Ite pairing a Specialty Crane & Company Phone 'if 'for Service CAR SHORTAGE SERIOUS, W. H. IMES, TOPEKA MOTOR CAR ' - DEALER, RECEIVES DODGE CARS SHIPPED BY EXPRESS For weeks the freight car shortage has been growing more and more critical. Unable fto get cars and with his j customers demanding deliveries, W. H. Imes, a Topeka motor car dealer, wired the Dodge Bros, factory to send ; along a car of automobiles by express. That was some time ago and since that time Imes has received several ex press carloads of machines. . Everything considered, it costs about 34 a car more to ship from the Dodge factory to Topeka by express. .The I scene above was taken during the unloading of one of the express cars used at the Santa Fe depot. Imes believes he has solved the car shortage problem insofar as he is concerned. Five more cars by express! will be received by him in a few days. ' I TOPEKANS CLASSIFIED The following registrants were classfied as to order of military service by the two draft boards since Thurs day afternoon: TOPEKA BOARD NO. S. Claia 1.. (i'orge Jacobs. 544 L.urcli. J. K. Hess. 11-1 Kust Kightb. 1.. L. l;rouies, l:;i:; North .lacksou. Henry Truekwell, ZAK Kust Fourth. Carol ,1. Walker, Kansas City, Jkio. V.. V. Seliaffer, 515 Mudlsou. John Itee Williams. North Tyler. L. B. Kershuer. 511 Vau Ituren. ltalliu Lewis Ntnut. Ills West Fifth. It. C. I'ribble. TiiO Topeka avenue. W. W. Uenumler. J04 Chaniller. Wm. J. lierraml. Tyler. t'lyle Joaes. 4J1! lnkp. s. c Moodv. 5.'h Harrison. Albert K. Lytic. Ill West Fourth. I'Uvton Lee tirlffith. lis North Clay. J. i. Truinhle. TOO Chestnut. William Honk. 505 inland. t hus. 1. Cuthbert. -IS Clay. A. A. Neville. :iia Kust Sixth. Chas. K. Wallace. Klelu. Walter (liuae. Kast St. Louis. F.lmer K. Kruinm. 717 Topeka. Arthur Larson, 71tl Lawrence. Ilalph Jones. Il.'t Fast Fourth. Hugh Allen Smith. Jtr Quinton. lioy Lee I jams. 711 Locust. Chas. Messinger. "04 Monroe. W. K. Buhn, 710 Western aveuue. Class 2. (irover C. Webster. :il! Chandler. Fred Arthur Fisher. 72:! Topeka. tico. Franklin Harris. 1'09 Adams. Veruon Helstroin. 121:! Seward. Ilurrv K. JohuHoii. l'-'tv; Kinmett. C. K. Ble.lsoe. !t.'il North Topeka. 1. L. I'atterson. 7J2 Western. Karl Raymond Smith, Sau lternarilino, Cal. .1. S. Itosen. 521 Inland. Fred Wheat, 42: West Curtis. Aoton F.tzel, 210 Itranner. J. I,. S. Harris. '-OS Hancock. Archie A. Kay. 0:t5 Lime. Chas. F. Heitman. l:i'Jl North Morris. James H. Mooney. X'M Buchanan. Paul J. Brandt. 410 West Fourth. Harry V. Orr, 11 Central. . Class 3. rticharil S. Walker. TM Lincoln. Fk. T. Phillips. 500 Lawrence. Peter J. Weigel, 9i:i North Monroe. Class 4. S. A. Puckett. 125 Harrison. John Kobert Meek, 804 Kast Klghth. ltleharcl - W. Hobson. Chicago. Koscoe Conkliug Harris, 008 Kansas. Adam J. llesch, 100U Fast Kleveuth. Mlltou B. Suddarth. 1501 Logau. S. It. Ituubley. 418 Lincoln. F. C. Itessig, :i(7 Polk. C. P. Wilson, IC!2 Branner. Jess C. Atkinson. Junction City. W. P. Lyman. 514 Topeka aveuue. Clifford Simmons, 31'J Lafayette, (ieorpp. Christian, 4.'o Iteno. K. Clifford Henry Booker,, 220 Monroe. Walter K. Harrold. 918 West Kighth. Warren Cooksou. jr.. 202 Branner. W. C. Noll. 2:10 Hancock. Otis V. McClenny. 1305 Kast Fourth, (i. J. Schmidt. 120 Van Buren. W. F. Williams. 017 Monroe. Clarence A. Hunter, 508 Quincy. Clvde W. Bowlen, S17 I'ier. Harry Hoch. jr.. 413 Scotland. Wm. Weslev Luke, 224 North Locust. Joseph Richmond. 131 torth Locust. Manuel Iel Hierro. 127 Branner. Clinton Trosper, 2X4 Quincy. Fred H. Morse, 128 llavtes. Fred W. Raemer, 612 Tyler. Stanlev A. Swan, 213 Kast Seventh. Chas. 'l. Snvder, 204 Fillmore. August Brinker. 524 Quincy. Jacob Bauer. 217 Kline. O. K. Lungstrom. :'OS Leland. Paul Simms. Topeka. Arthur T. Onpermann. 723 Topeka avenue. F. C. Joseph Cronin, 514 Scotland. Class 5. tiuv J. Axe. 212 West Eighth. In service. Jake Kaberline. 601 N. Monroe. In service. Jose Kocna. 213 K. Curtis. Resident alien. Walter F. J6hnson, 1122 N. Van Buren. In service. Maurice J. Kimes, 1135 N. Kansas. In service. Jos Schiefelbein, 210 E. Gordon. Resident alien. Karl M. Gibbs. 527 Monroe. In service. C. E. Sams. 1401 Tyler. In service. Anselno Terrones, 407 K. Laurent. Resi dent alien. C. L. Smith. 211 West Sixth. In service. James W. Wail. 315 Leland. In service. Ariolph Haarfalntner. 729 Jefferson. Resi dent alien. Claude Cecil Harkina, 300 East Fourth. Physically unfit. TOPEKA BOARD NO. 1. Glass 1. William Isaac Brown. 103!) Garfield. Robert It. Crlchton. 1272 Mulvane. G. E. Nettels 1337 ltu'-hanan. Oliver C. Thatcher, 1720 Kansas, ltavmond K. Wise, 1322 Kansas. Ho'ward P. C. Carua, 1401 Jackson. John Henry Hoehner, l:tOO Plaas. John W. Carrwell. Eminence, Kan. J. Jav Hill. 817 Lincoln. CharleV Llovd Smith. 1510 Vetern. Herbert Miller. 301 Roosevelt. Roscoe M. Graves. Fort Riley. Kan. Ion K. Little, .130T Mulvane. Thomas Steele. Ull Kast Twelfth. Ralph C. (ialletly. 1020 Madison. Fdwin A. Shannon. 1024 Van Buren. Joe Swauson. 2208 Buchanan. Lewis Costelle Wright, 1025 Clay. Harry B. Rogers. 1028 West. T. B. Gall. 7:S5 Home. J. C. Pruessner. 1180 Brooks. Charles L. Davis, 1012 Tolk. William Heiidon Bates, 12:(4 l.an. John K. Haggtirt. M Buchanan. Frank M. Brain. 210 Stephens. Carl S. Maguussen. 820 Boswell. Carl Vesper. 1420 Washington. F. L. Ilutton. 1522 West Sixth. Roberts J. Weggele. 100:1 Fillmore. Kov Abbott. 113 Kast Twentieth. Archie Oliver Hossfeld. 1227 Western, o. C. Bryant. 2215 Cnlon. Ross Francis Clinton. 1110 Polk. Pete Vlahns. 415 East Eighth. James II. MrAilninl. 1028 Harrises. 101 ge Kdwsrd Gorman. 1322 Kansas. Ionanl Alfred Yost. 1202 Kansas. John A. Crow. 410 Buchanan. , Blaine S. Batley. 400 Van Buren. ! Paul B. Van Ness. 1700 N. Kansas avenne. 1 Hoy 1. Chase. 303 Tyler. I. Mi-Gee Harris. Memnlils. llenn. 1 John F. Grannon. 022 Jefferson. Wm. C. Boon. 018 Fillmore. N. M. Hefner. 222 Lake. A. G. H. Wolf. 307 Harrison. Harlan Tt. Strader. Knrlimart. Cal. E. N. Hall. Macomb. 111. r. O. Holrmelater. 300 Chandler. J:imes Harris. ft20 North Polk. Fk. H. Thompson. 213 Knnnii avenue. Leslie VUpo- i?on North Mai'.lson. '. S. Harris. 711 Oulncv. . E. Fr'ibee. 2.V1S IMIlmore. Malcom Smith. l:wv vi'est Sixth. 'has. E Serine. 110 Fl'imore. Walter McMillan. 22n North Madison -turn Schoenfelilt. Mi North Harrison. I Joseph Poloueck, 1310 East Crans. ! A. .L. Fotb. 911 East Sixth. I H. i. Wudleigh. 480 Freeman. ; Tbos. J. Urenuau. .300 Tyler. Albert 4. Arueer. 704 Kansas. ; Noel Albert Lodge. 015 Lake. 1. li. Klswlck. Kansas City, Mo. "Thos. B. Clark, 310 Jefferson. ', F. C. Dickenson. St. 1'aul. Minn. !C 1. Hood. Kansas City. Mo. j W. A. Abrahamson. 522 Commerre Bldg. I (feoree W. Hamilton, 1110 West Tenth. c. A. . Helligstedt. 111X1 Garfield. 1 George W. Ziegler. 1273 Van Bureu. j James Kenneth Lytle. Tulsa, Okla. : Karl A. Beam, Holton. Kan. I Louis H. Spencer, 1018 ltue. I J. K. Duke, 1221 Buchsnan. Willis j. cornweii, 312 west xweitui. Ralph W'yss. V. M. C. A. Everett W. Vaugh. 1311 Jackson. Boyd A. Bayly, 1028 Fillmore. Airy F. Moore, 0O3 Madison. W. O. Whlttow. 1015 Jefferson. Frank Leidy White, 210 Newman street. Jacksonville. Fla. Alter SUkener. 811 Lincoln. Albert Bert Searles. 14130 Quincy. C. IE. Fuller. 1017 Buchanan. Charles L. Maze, 1287 Garfield. Asa- NaT Roush, 1503 Van Buren. Foster Redmond Brailfleld. 1729 Euclid. Arthur Homer Hlggers. 820 East Twelfth. Ernest Allen Olander, 707 Garfield. Daniel Edward Cain, 010 West Tenth. Jesse Davies. lt!07 Central Park. Hermann William von Langen, 523 West Fourteenth. - .Tarrett Edwards. 1024 Buchanan. Silas Ellis. 215 The Drive. Andria Finney. 2070 Santa Fe. H. E. Woolverton, 301 Belmont, Manhat tan. Kan. Paul T. Caliban. 1510 Topeka. JuU Hardisty. 223 Kat Eighth. Hugh V. Dickerson. 1312 College. Charles Floyd Teeplo, n(H Lawrence. Arthur Harrison Hendricks, 17:10 Topeka. Frank Brandon. 1017 Washington. George N. Lotts, KiS Morris. Clwa 2. Horatio Kites Snencer. 1711 Iark. James Albright Davis. 131.1 Van Buren. (Jeorge W. Axtell, 1810 Clay. Richard E. Marling. 1505 Tyler. Charley Butler Talmer. 1037 South C street. Arkansas City, Kan. Obed Miller. 807 East Twelfth. James C. Haler, ll5 Tyler. Henry Peter Colberg, l-"o:i Madison. Bernard D. McMown. Lawton Okla. Fred C. Migliarfo. 1020 Lane Lew Green, 1032 Van Buren. Will H. Stelnknhler. Topeka. Michael A. Hefner. 805 Branner. Dan Clvde Cloud. 217 East Eighth. R. D. Johnson, 1413 West Fifth. Class 3. C. Clyde Chalmers, V. M. C. A. Camp Fun ston. v Oscar W. Bolton. 211 Elmwood. Harry H. Spauldiug. 1313 Tyler. L. E. Brooks. 810 West. Norman Anderson, 3i:f East Twelfth. Isaak S. Galltzky. 820 Kansas. Claude Albert Dargitz, 1004 Polk. (iershorn T. Greening. 1525 Clay. LeRoy Moore. 02a Jefferson. Pete Charnwhas. 918 Madison. N. V. Wood, Topeka Buick company. Columbus C. Neul. 1225 Monroe. R. T. Wlllette, 1000 Polk. Roland J. West. :!8 Oakland. Roy Francis Bunds. 427 Larch. Rollie Harris. 12 Park Pla4. Chas. W. Jones. 812 West Fifth. Arthur nines. Chlllirothe. Mo. Samuel J. Swearlngen. 1421 East Sixth. Otis H. Hill. 025 Quincy. Ed. T. Crattj, 538 German. Frank E. Bernard, 210 East Seventh. Clifford Baker Tew. 114 East Sixth. Earl Tucker. 1716 East Sixth. G. W. Husband. 1313 East Seventh. D. B. Duskin. Oklahoma City Okla. Forrest B. Smith, 010 Kansas avenue. Class 3. Daniel D. Waidelick, 1515 Tyler. Carl S. Johnson, 197 Grattan. ' Class 4. Frentz Edward Dickerson. Tecumaeh. Kan Charles Ernest Crcggett. 1416 W. Twelfth. William Floyd Gentry. 1190 Lane. Carl W.i Barnes. 820 Moro street, Manhat tan. Kan. Raymond Bennett. 18:15 Kansas. F. F. Schrlver. 1710 Lincoln. J. Laurence Thatcher, Richland. Kan. .Ionian W. Batcbeller. Jr.. Kansas City, Mo. Hollis Hlckerson Sullivan, 1012 Quincy Clifford Arthur Muck, 340 West Huden. Pocatello. Idaho. Albert F. Klopfstein, Santa Fe office build ing. Charles Montgomery, 433 Clay. Donald Wesley Shineall. 1411 Madison. George Gordon Clary, 630 Morris. Samuel E. Lux. Jr.. Junction Citv. Kan. Thomas William Walker. 1019 Garfield Cleaver Bert Campbell. 1337 Garfield. Charles Jaeschke. l:t25 Kansas. Earl David Miller. Bellevue, Kau Sincair Ttllson. 1326 Kansas. Paul Rankin. Knowlton. 509 East Eighth. Samuel H. 8tebbings. 1825 Lincoln. James Leroy Lewis. 315 Park. Frank Nathanson, Richmond. Cal. William Edward Bower, 103R Lawrence. Linden W. Greene. 1513 Western. Peter T. Johns. 1001 Washington. Maurice Edward Balrd. 1173 Clav Frank B. McFarland. latil Folk." Jesse Swager. 815 Chandler. Owen J. Klopper. 707 East Tenth. Robert E. Williamson. 432 East Seventeenth John Felix Hughes. 1817 Fillmore. Charles A. Holllss. 1239 Washburn. J. Gail Huggins, 1115 Grand. Henry H. Huynes. 510 West Tenth. John S. .Lannou. 609 Huntoon. Marvin Elliott Colvin, 2123 Huntoon. Clifford Ferne Dandredge, 703 East Eighth. Frank Eldridge, 208 Kast Twenty-first. Class 3. John Wesley Cook, 1500 Van Buren, ' Fred C. Allen. Springfield, ill. Benjamin Phillips. 127 West Gordon. Walter K. Wombles, Omaha, Neb. tieorge K. White. I025 East Fifth. Dallas Smith. 941 North Western. F. P. Maths. 202 Burr. Orville M. Ballard. 325 Clav. O. S. Price. 407 Monroe. ' Oscar R. Humbert. 508 West Seventh. Harry Lee Anderson. 1234 North Monroe. Peter Holzmeister, 301 North Lake. Grover R. Krp. R. R. No. 2. Karl G. Spangler. 815 North Harrison. Mike Seitz. 541 German. Walter Pler-e. 234 Madison. Albert Jos. Strnub. 520 Quincy. Wm H. Eastmsn. 50 Oak street. Laundering of Every Description Dry Cleaning Dyeing Hat Renovating Out-of-Town Work Solicited. TOPEKA LAUNDRY GO. 37tU Year. Benjamin Harrison Lane, 320 Chickasaw. Frank Albert Cleaver, 119 E. Fourteenth. Charles L. J. Fox. 114U BrtH.ks. Clifford I. Purintou, Osawatomie. Kan.' C. G. (ill more, 2 Clay. O. It. Boll. 2024 Buchanan. David W. Perkins, 1312 Jackson. O. M. Carter, 1429 Polk. Walter H. Weidling, 812 West Eleventh. . William VIckland. 1112 Brooks. Harry Gale Tuttle. 1520 Buchanan. George E. Blair, Km Lindeuwood. John W. Goyett, lott! Summit, Kansas City. Earl Wayne Beck, 1504 Tyler. Lester T. Clawsey, 1822 Buchanan. 11 IHIIil ionium. nrt Duiuuuuii, .William B. Wolfe, 1320 Mulvane. ' , (George Walker Vale. 1125 Madison. narry r. inaruu, -:ox r.awi :rpinrLiu. Robert C March. 142:! Sunt street, Chi cago. HI. Thomas Raymond Snvder. 200 E. Euclid. H. O. White. 2U2H Lincoln. George E. Shldeler. 816 Wood. George Valentine Denton. 212 East Ninth. 1 l. li. Cameron, i-hn v est r.iecuiu. 1 James Patrick Halloran, 1105 Madison. i Charles F. Baer. 1117 Euclid. 1 Charles I. Makepeace. 1117 Ar. ! Edward Bravlnali, 1900 Lane. 1 Benjamin Harrison Neil, 420 Monroe. I E. Nicholes, 1923 Clay. Henrv Carlton Howe. 1S30 Kansas I Thomas W. Williamson, 1334 Boswell. i Thomas J. O'Mara, 310 Kast Seventh. Rov David Legler, 3324 Olive street, Kan- Reuben Elmer Fitch, 509 W. Sixteenth. H. E. Horsfeld, 1H12 West. Stephen Colfax. 805 Kast Kleventh. Harry B. Kurtz, 2 West Seventeenth. David McBrlde, 1000 Topeka. Charles S. Brown. 1015 Woodward. Charles J. Maunsell. 222 East Kuclid. Irwin Minor Handerson. 719 Waluut. It M. Coulson. 710 West. Thomas W. Martin, 825 Jefferson. Martin Van Buren Sheafor, Los Angeles. i Harry Benjamin At well. 223 Elmwood. Clarence nanen i"i 1,1 " Richard B. Porter. 403 Huntoou. LeRoy Noyes. 1228 Louisiana. Lawrence. C L. 'Fuller. 1107 Van Buren. Houghton S. Albaugh. 1331 Harrison. C D. Wahle. 1509 Clay. Brvant Barnes. 1202 Wayne. Ro'bt E. Ferguson. 1322 N. Jackson. 3. M. Mullory. 500 Fillmore. Harry G. Anderson. 408 Western. XG. Schefelbein. 411 Clay. LeRov C. Wood, 1210 Ixgan. torge '. StonebMch. 227 Harrison. Chas V. Mvers. 8a8 N. Monroe. Fred E. Bowman 137 Kmmett. Chas F. Shields. 527 Scotland. Robt. D. Carls. 1210 N. ';"".,.. William H. Springstead. 130CI N. Quincy. Geo. 1. Viller, 717 Brunner. F M. Miller. Helen N. M. Richard G. Stewart. 420 Adams. J F. Massey, Topeka. Eugene Matz. 212 Jefferson. James W. Kinsley. 124 Jefferson. H O Butler. 430 Cedar. Geo K. Thomas. 432 Buchannn. Elevander Lois. 1116 W. Fourth. E T Cattv, 538 German. Julian Her'nadez, 400 Van Hut-en. Resident C.aMn'williams, 318 Branner. In service C. M. Morris. 404 Van Buren. In service. Mellton Chalez. Canadiun, Tex. Resident Oeo.leL.' Stan'ton. 404 Van Buren. In service Francisco Candillo, No. 20 Kaw. Resident JohneE. Samnelson. 015 Topeka. In service. Anastacin Fransto, Ull East Crane. Resi- Macnrio Hednandez. 105 Adam. Resident M.alsenMurlllo, 719 East Second. Resident NickeIStadel, 1429 East' Crane. Resident Thos!nk. O'Connor. 204 West Eighth. Min- WUUanDiser. 535 East Gordon. "A. P." NOMINATIONS Associated Ires8 Committee Names Candidates for Directors. New Orleans. La.. Jan. 19. The nominating committee of The Asso ciated Press, at its meeting here to day, nominated candidates for mem bers of the board of directors to suc ceed members whose terms expire In 1918. The nominations were os fol lows: Eastern division Oswald Garrison Villard, Now York Evening Post, (in cumbent): Benjamin H. Anthony, New Bedford (Mass.) Standard. , Central division Victor Lawson, Chicago (111.) News, (incumbent): J. I. Sturtevant, Wausau (Wis.) Record Herald. Southern division D. E. Towne, Luuisville (Ky.) Herald, (incumbent); Victor H. Hanson, Birmingham (Aia.) News; R. M. Johnston. Houston (Texas) Post, .(incumbent); John Stewart Bryan, Richmond (Va.) News-Leader. Western division W. H. Cowles. Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review, (incumbent): I. N. Stevens. Pueblo (Colo. ) Chieftain. IN SCHOOL CAMPAIGN Thrift Stamp Workers Will Talk to Students Next Week. Following a meeting: of the Shaw nee county Thrift stamp committee at the Chamber of Commerce this noon, the announcement was made that the active campaign in the schools of the .city in behalf of the thrift ing at 10 o'clock. At that time in I every school in the city the school children will be addressed on the sub ject of war-saving and the duty of a child in the financing of the war. The bankers and the prominent business men of the city have volunteered their services and'time in carrying the mes sage of the thrift stamp to the school children in their class rooms. Postmaster W. O. Rigby reported at the meeting this noon that more than $75,000 worth of thrift stamps and war-saving certificates have been sold in Shawnee county since the opening day of the sa1e a Httle over a month ago. It was further stated that P. W. Goebel of Kansas City, in charge of the campaign in this sec tion of the country, is well pleased with the way the people of Shawnee county are purchasing these savings certificates and thrift stamps. TAG YOUR SHOVEL Wednesday, January 30, Is Des ignated In Topeka. People Asked To Aid , in Con- ' serving Fuel Then. IT IS CHILDREN'S DRAFT DAY i Matter Is Taken Up Thru the Schools of the City. "Little Missionaries of Thrift'' Is Their Title New. "Tag-your-shovel day January 30," it is the latest effor of the United State3 fuel administration in its effort to teach the people ol this country the vital need for saving every possible bit of fuel. There have been tag" days and tag days but this tag day is to be a day when the people will not be ask ed to give anything at all,but will, on the other hand, be urged to save. Also, this tag-day campaign will be strictly in the hands of the school chil dren of Topeka, each one of whom is expected on that day, January 30, to tie to the handle of his home coal shovet a manila tag fuvnished by the United States fuel administration thru he teachers inthe schools. The idea is that when the family coal shoveler starts to throw that ex tra shovelful of coal into the furnace he will be reminded of the need of the nation lor fuel and will therefore refrain Irom throwing ,the extra into the maw of the furnace. "Missionaries of Thrift." In announcing the i4tag-your-shovel day" the fuel administration says: "Tag-your-shovel" day, January 30, becomes the children's, draft day, the day of their enlistment in the world war in defense of childhood, the day 4 of their partnership in national ideals and in national duties. The government is placing a trust in the handfe of the school boys and the school girls. It is relying upon them, as an arm of the service, to be come little missionaries of thrift, to, carry to their own homes the message "save coal" and to be the consecrators of the lamily coal shovel to the world wide cause of humanity. N. Y. BANK STATEMENT New York. Jan. 19. The actual condition of clearing: house banks and trust companies for the, week shows that they hold $67.676,2.10 reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of $10,896,780 from last week. The statement follows: Actual Condition. Loans, discounts, etc., $4,034,919,000; de crease. $.'!2.&4.1.0K). Casb in .wn vaults, members of the fed eral reserve hanks (a), $110,010,000; de crease, 7.J).0)0. Heaerve in federal reserve banks or mem ber banks. $37,05,300; decrease, $21,50(1, 000. Iteserve in own vaults, state banks and trust companies (b), $19,K86,000; decrease. $532,000. Iteserve in depositaries, state banks and trust companies, $9,718,000; increase. $1.- 117.000. Net demnnd deposits, $3,6(i6,7t,000 ; de crease, $77,5S0.000. Net time deposits, $198,739,000; Increase, $1.K(6.000. Circulation. $34,070,000; decrease, $4,000. Specie, included in (a) and (b), $S5.417. 000. I'nited States deposits deducted, $139, 930.000. Affgreffnte reserve. $.W,.809.000. Excess reserve, $07,670,230; decrease $10, 891.7Xt!. Summary of state banks and trust com panies in (Ireater New York not included lu clenrinir house statement: Loans, discounts, etc., $S21 ,252,100 ; in crense. $lN.20t!.7(X). Specie. $17.S25.700: Incrense. $070,700. I-eRsl tenders, $74,878,800; decrease,$2,911. 400. Total deposits, 989,636.000; Increase. $4,- 323.2IX!. - Hanks cash In vsnlt. 1$2.003.700 Trust companies cash. In vault. $ljp,620,500. DEATHS AND FUNERALS Word has been received in Topeka of the death of Itert Claudius Dawson. 34 years old. at (vleuheller. Canada. Dawson vbi a member of the Royal mail servh-e. and met nis ueatn accidentally in performance of his duty. The buriHl will be held In Concordia, Kan., on .lanuary 17. Dawson's wife was the daughter of F. J. Sheaffer, who died ut Kuusus City las: Sunday. The funeral of A. J. Staffer, whn.riied Friday In Kansas City, will be held Sun day from Penwell's Chapel. Burial in To peka cemetery. The funeral of David Jenkins. 35 yeirs old. who died In Kansas City Tuesdny. will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Second Baptist church. Burial in Mt. Auburn cemetery. MltS. MAKTIIA BROWN. 62 years old. diecr Thursday at her home. 1013 West Tenth street. The funeral will he held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Primitive Baptist church. Burial in Mt. Auburn cemetery. JOHANNA M. BOSKN. 77 rears old died this morning at her home. 306 Topeka avenne. She was born in Sweden In 1K40 and came to Topeka In 180B. The funeral will he held from the residence at 3 p. m. Monday. Lord's Flowers Satisfy.. Tel 27 Adv. MARRIAGE LICENSES FolIowinpr re mn triage license issued today by Probate Jmljre Kalpb H. Gaw: Percy E. Lnhman, Topeka Flo M. Herron, Topeka fieorjre W. Carson. Topeka Bernive Pelsma IMtmnrs. Topeka. . Wedding rings, 18-K gold, Harris-Goar Co. inQ-4 K th ..2-r ..19 .21 ..19 $4 up. Adv. Sons and Daughters of Justice PRESENT for your approval "FRUIT OF FOLLY"" 'directed by MISS MILDRED COOVER HIGH SCHOOL U3T0RIUM Monday Evening January 21, 1918 Tickets, 25 Tlie net proceeds from this en tertainment fro to the War Benefit Kund of Topeka Council, No. 5. V OJFnOAL WAR STATEMENTS FRENCH. Paris. Jan. 19. "During the night." says today's war office report, "the artillery was rather active in the Champagne, in the region of Auberive and on the right bank of the Meuse. north of Bezouvaux." BRITISH. London. Jan. 19. "There is nothing of interest to report on the British front." says today's official communi cation. ITALIAN. " Rome. Jan. 19. The enemy attacked along a wide front on the lower Mave on Thursday night. Todav's official statement says he was arrested. NEWLAND WILL SPEAK Water Commissioner to Discuss Situ-, ation Before Monday Lunch Club. y Commissioner Newland, of water service fame, is announced as the speaker of the day at the meeting of the Monday lunch club next Monday noon at the Chamber of Commerce. This meeting; is to be primarily for the members of the Monday Lunch club, but all and every one in the city is invited to attend and hear Commis sioner Newland give his explanation of the present condition of Topeka's water service. The Monday lunch club is composed of a membership recruited for the most part among the fire insurance men of the city, the class of men most interested in water service. Among those men who are expect- BIRTHS REPORTED Tbe,r.,fol,low.lnB blrtis ere reported to City Clerk Covell during the week : l-.Uwurd J. Axhtou and wife, 504 Jeffer son M.. Dec. 2S, boy John Edward. , .eu.nftn Frederick Burnett and wife, lb2o Western Ave., Jan. 9, girl Harriet Josephine. C. C. Campbell and wife. 108 W. 12th St., Jan. 19, boy. - Fred Harris and wife, 23rd and Adams St., Dec. 30, girl Wllletta. Arthur J. Murrav and wife 3AJ1 R ftth St., Dec. 27, girl Marjorie. John B. Marshall and a-ifn jot nntnw St., Jan. 6. girl Jean Berutce. Krvln Nixon and wife, Klinont, Kansas, Jan. 1, boy Charles It. Gilbert I 'en rod and wife, 2424 Kansas Ave., Jan. 14, girl Grace. Joe Planner and wife, 1107 Jefferson St., Jan. 9, girl Kosie. Wm. G. Skuggs and wife, 904 Wier St., Jan. 10. girl. Vgnacio Yanez and wife, 510 W. Rail road St., Jan. 13. boy.- Walton1 Geo. Houser and wife, 1318 N. Monroe St., Jan. In, girl. Geo. Daniel Souder and wife, 216 Lake St., Jan. 10, boy. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Having; discontinued the Automobile business, we take this opportunity of informing; our mapy Friends and Patrons of the fact and, at the same time, thanking them for the liberal patronage extended during all the years we have served them. In retiring from the Automobile business we tried to do so in ta manner that would meet the approval of The Willys Overland Inc., and our many Friends and Customers. Below we publish our letter notifying the Company of our intention and their reply : ' f OUR LETTER Jan. 4th, 1918. Mr. E. M. Lied. Branch Manager, Willys-Overland Inc.:, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Sir: ' After due consideration have decided to not ask you to renew my Overland contract for 1918 as I feel quite certain that the Agency will not interest me under the new territory plan. If it is your desire that we do so, we will take care of the Overland repair business until such time as your new Agent is prepared to do so. We have quite a lot of Overland new parts on hand, which, if satisfactory to you, we will in voice and return for credit as soon as we are through with the repair business, which we trust will be soon as we have other matters on hand which should have our undivided attention. Another thing that would suit us would be a prompt settlement with the Overland Company of all unsettled business. Our 'business relations with the Willys-Over- land Inc., for the past nine years have been pleas ant and it with some regret, of course, that we part company with "Our first love in Automo . biles." Wishing you the compliments of the Season; a Prosperous and a Happy New Year. I remain, . Yours very truly. Signed, J. S. WARNER.' y expedition and the greatest degree of satisfaction to all concerned. Let us extend to you our very best wishes for your future success. With the writer's personal regards, we remain, . Very truly yours, . ' Signed. E. M. LIED. Branch Manager. In this connection we wish to call the attention of our old friends and patrons and the general public to the fact that we have not gone out of business: only dropped one line of goods to take up another. We can still be found at our old stand, 819-821-823 Quincy Street or 121-123 North Kansas Avenue, ready to serve you with Goodyear tires, where you are cordially invited to -come to be served. "' TO OVERLAND OWNERS 9 Messrs. Hayes and Constable, who have been in our employ as mechanics, have opened up a place of business at 926 Kansas Avenue, where they invite Overland Owners to bring their cars for adjustment and repairs. ' We take pleasure In recommending thase gentlemen: They have served us and the public faithfully and courteously while in our employ. ANNOUNCING OUR NEW LINE Undor the name of the CAPITAL CITY OIL COMPANY, the undersigned will engage in a wholesale and retail business in Gasoline, Lubricating Oils and Grease; have purchased ground at 10th and Adams Sts.. wkre we will erect tanks, warehouses, unloading docks, etc; also will put in a tilling station in front of our office at 823 Quincy St., and a filling station at our place of business on lower Kansas Ave nue. We shall endeavor, by fair' dealmg, to merit the confidence of the public and will take pleasure in waiting on our old friends and customers. - ' Mr. D. J. Sphar, wno for the past four years has been" manager of the Topeka Branch of the Uncle Sam Oil Company1, will have charge of the wholesale end Of the business, where he will be pleased to we!, come his old customers and give them the same. square deal and courteous treatment in the new com pany, that has contributed so largely to his success in the .past. Mr. Sphar's -olflce and headquarters will be at 823 Quincy St. . . " ' . ( Mr. F. W. Mills, who as manager of the Overland Company has made hosts of friends, will be in charge of the retail sales and will continue to serve his many friends and customers in the same court eous manner as In the past. Mr. Mills has made a specialty of Goodyear Tires and will continue the agency with a more complete stock than ever. And. owing to the large number t.; trucks In the city using solid tires het has added them to his line and will Install a tire press for putting them on. Mr. L. W. Warner will be in charge of the office and filling station on lower Kansas Avenue and will carry a stock of Goodyear Tires. Oils and Greases at his place of business. Mr. Warner Is courteous and obliging and will be pleased to serve his friends and the public ' ; J J. S. Warner Phone 429 HE WOULDN'T TALK n 'That Is Complaint Wife Makes Against Husband. Says He Would Sit at Table and Eat in Silence. ' GOOD LOOKING AND WEALTHY These Two' Luxuries Didn't Seem To Appeal to Him. 3Irs. Olcott W. Sage Is Granted a Divorce Today. - A good looking wife with an eighty acre farm added didn't make Olcott W. Sage a happy man, his wife tola Judge Whitcomb today prior to re ceiving a divorce decree. "My father deeded an eighty-acre farm to him and put a house on it," said Mrs. Sage in the district court to day. "He called it a rock pile and wouldn't live on it or live in the house." , Sage's parents are wealthy farmers living near Berryton. Mrs. Sage's maiden name was Anna Blanche Shir ley and her parents are wealthy farm er's living near Granlville. Sage is well known in Topeka and. at one time lived in the city. They were married in 1914. Shortly after their marriage Sage became sullen and morose and would not speak to her excepting in profane terms, Mrs. Sage told Judge Whit comb. He never furnished her with a home', she testified, and ever since their marriage until their separation Sage and his wife had lived at the Shirley hon,e. Shedid everything in her power to make him happy with out avail, rhe told the court. Mrs. Sage's mother took the stand. She testified to Sage's moroseness and the few words he wasted on his wife. Mrs. Shirley stated that often for two weeks Sage would sit beside his wife at the table without speaking a word to her. ' "I've heard him say she wasn't the kind of woman he admired," testified Mrs. Shirley. "He was a Queer man," commented Judge Whitcomb. , . "He's certainly not as good a man as I've got," retorted Mrs Shirley. . Shirley, who was seated in the court room, blushed furiously. The Judge granted the decree Recently Mrs. Sage has been obliged to go to New Mexico for her health. F.W.Mills 819, TO BUY R. C. MATERIAL Topeka Business Men Pledge Monthly , Sum to Cauac of Mercy. . J t Petitions are now being circulated 'in the city, principally in the business district, asking that the business men of Topeka subscribe a certain amoant for each of the next four months for the purpose of furnishing work in the Red Cross rooms for -women of the city who are in dire straits for want of remunerative labor. : i (- This movement is distinctly not a part of the Red Cross but is an inde pendent movement among a number . of prominent men of the city to relieve in a small measure the home service section of the Red Cross and the Prov ident association of some of the in numerable demands made upon them. The treasurer of the new movement is Judge L. S. Ferry, a prominent To peka attorney. Before the petitions were hardly started a number of subscriptions have been made in amounts arranging from il for each of the four months to 112.60 for each month. The plan was originated by Charles S. Locknane. of 416 New England building, because he felt that the business men of Topeka were more than willing to help the poor women of Topeka and at the same time boost along the work of the Re I Cross. GOOD YEAR FOR Y. W. !o-.plU 1 nusual Activities, Association Cared for All Necessities. On the program at the annual meet ing of the members of the Y. W. C. A. Friday night were Miss Winifred Wy gal with a talk on the war work of the association at, Camp Funs ton; Miss Carrie Young, a traveling auditor of the National Y. ' W. C. A. from New York city, and Miss Mary Proctor, a cafeteria specialist from New York. The annual reports submitted at the meeting showed that 1S17 was a year without parallel in successful achieve ments of the association in spite of the unusual demands made on the asso ciation. The member of the board of directors elected at the meeting are: rhirln 1. Mitchell.-Mrs. R. T. ! Merrick, Mrs. G. O. Smith, Mrs. F. E. Vest, Mrs. H. L, Shirer. Mrs raui Walker, and Mrs. Robert Herrick for a term of three years, and Miss Edith Durant and Miss Daisy Neil for a term of two yea rs. jouTnoc CLOSK IN, two connecting rooms, bouse keeping, furnace heat. -12 E. 9th. . REPLY Kansas City, Mo.. Jan. 8th, ISIS. Mr. J. S. Warner, Topeka, Kan. Dear Sir: This will acknowledge your letter of the 4th inst. and in view of our inability to this year as sign to you the same territory as in the contract which just expired, there remains nothing for us to do but respect your wishes. We recognize the fact that this .means the termination of a long and pleasant business asso ciation, something that under the circumstances naturally is accompanied with no little regret. You certainly have our most cordial good will and if at any time the opportunity affords we shall be glad to be of any possible service. Your ofTer to continue, pending the appointing of your successor, to care for the needs of Over land owners in your territory is indeed appreci ated. Nothing could be fairer nor more directly convey to us your broad and liberal views than to carry out such Intentions. You may rest as sured that we shall be obliged for anything in this connection that you may do. We shall take step to see that quickly as possi ble our account with you Is adjusted and proper settlement made. Any parts that you have on hand that are properly returnable, we shall be pleased to accept if sent back to us in the regular manner and allow 'you credit. In bringingto an end our business relations we reciprocate your desire that It be with the utmost D.J. Sphar 821, 823 Quincy Street