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TH TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, lio NEW WAR BASIS Two Bills Up To Centralize Control of War Program. One for Director of Munitions, Other for a War Council. MUST OVERRULE PRESIDENT lie Opposes Them and Hot Fight in Congress Is Due. Will Speed Up Purchasing. Sys tem and Eliminate Confusion. KY L. C. MARTIN. Washinston. Jan. 21. "Centralize control to conquer the kaiser." is the slogan to e dinned into the ears of congress. Senator Chamberlain has complet ed plans to piesH this week for imme diate action on two bills summing up the results to date of the investigation of the war department. Those imasures are (1) a bill cre Htir.R a director of munitions to be Biven control of purchases everywhere needed to arm or equip the army, navy, shipping board and allies and 11' I a Mil creating a war council of from three to five members, who next to the president will have supreme control of the war program. The director of munitions bill al ready has been reported to the senate and the war council measure is ex pected to go In Monday. Having launched these measures, the committee plants to continue its Investigation, taking up cantonment construction, aviation and the medical Corps. Many Reasons for Plan. The purpose of the two bills is to Itminate competition among various war making agencies; to co-ordinate all purchases; to end delays due to conflicting authority: to provide a su preme central authority which can an ticipate needs and plan ahead for them; to organize and adapt the country's industrial resources to war needs, without unduly straining those resources. If the committee's plan is adopted. the war organization will work this way: The war cabinet will be com posed of Secretary of War Baker. Sec retary of the Navy Daniels and from one to three others, preferably civil ians of the highest business training and experience. This council, responsible to no one but the president, will settle all ques tions of priority between government departments needing the same sup plies. It will survey the industrial field and decide where expansion should be used and where usually miking one product should be con verted to make another more vital to the war. It will look ahead and try to prepare for coming needs. lis Kullng To Be Final. The munitions director will put all disputes up to the war council. Its rulings will be final. The director will get certain spe cific work, delegated to him by the president, but will not take over at As does Li You are conserving' when you eat Grape-Niits once the entire purchasing machin ery. For instance, if there Is a short age of steel, the president is empow ered, under the bill, to authorize the director to take over steel purchas ing. Thereafter no government agency can buy steel except thru the munitions director. The housing problem, growing more acute daily for all departments, is ex pected to be handled for all by the director, instead of letting the ship ping board build its houses and com pete for lumber, plumbing, labor, etc., with the war department, which, un der the present arrangement, is build ing the houses. Will Overrule Administration. Tho the strongest opposition the ad ministration can bring to bear is ex pected. Senator Chamberlain and other committee members declare the munitions director bill is certain to pass the senate easily. There is general agreement among men of both parties that the centralization of con trol is needed. There is some doubt about the senate's readiness to ac cept the war council, however. The house, it is believed, will be harder to swing to the centralization idea, tho it is steadily gaining there. RED CROSS REPORT Good Account of Work Done by To peka Chapter This Season. Morp than 20.016 garments, 2,235 knitted articles. 7,206 bandages. 2.000 different articles for the comfort of fighting men and 32,306 surgical dress ings have been sent the soldiers in France and in camp by the Topeka Ued Cross on January 1. 1918, accord ing to the annual report of the as sociation of mercy made public by T. L. Hanimatt, secretary. The report is lengthy and deals with the work of the Topeka chapter in de tail The local organization has a full roster of officers and has twelve acting standing committees. Auxiliar ies are located in every rural com munity and adjacent town in the county. Work rooms are established at Crosby Bros., Warren M. Crosby's and the Pelletier stores. Korty-one working units have been organized and are active among local churches and clubs. A plan to help dependents of soldiers in service has been worked out and put into opera-, tion. Finances are in good shape, as the Topeka society had a balance of $18,496.81 in the bank at the close of tho year. AUSTRIANS PROTEST Newspapers Violently Denounce Ger man Annexation "Peace" Terms. Zurich. Jan. 21. Violent objection to the militarist views expressed at I the Brest-Litovsk peace conference by 1 General Hoffman of the German del j egation, was voiced in copies of the Vienna newspaper Die Zeit received I here today. I The newspaper protested against Hoffman's annexationist views and I against his "appearance at Brest- I..itovsk in a general's uniform, strik i ing his fist on the table and declar 1 ing: 'My might is right" ' We of Austria." the editorial con cluded, "do not agree." The Pesterlloyd, most influential Of the Budapest newspapers, flatly . as serted : "General Hoffman went too- far." What Other Food Helps lrtmip Saves Wheat made partly of barley. Saves Sugar - Saves Fuel Saves Time from the package. Saves Milk requires less than ordinary cereal. Saves Waste eatable to the last IT" HAS AJ1G WORK K. U. Professor One of Six Army Psychology Experts. He Has Been Given a Lieuten ant's Commission. AWAY FOR PERIOD OF WAR . ew Work Will Be Picking Offi cers for Special Tasks. Methods Used by Big Business To Be Adopted. Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 21. Only six men in the United States are fitted to carr on the advanced psychological tests required in the aviation branch of the American army. Dr. C. F. Dock eray, associate professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, one of these six, has been released for the period of the war, and this in face of the fact that this one department has sent two men into the service. The department will have to curtail classes materially for the rest of the year for lack of instructors. Doctor Dockeray has been ap pointed a first lieutenant, and will leave Lawrence for a large eastern aviation camp as soon as his commis sion and orders arrive. A few months ago Prof. W. "S. Hun ter, head of the department of psychology, was appointed first lieu tenant in the army a3 an examiner in the aviation section. Shortly after ward. Prof. D. G. Paterson was also called into the army service. Bride Takes Classes. When Doctor Hunter left his class room for the nation's service, his bride, who is teacher of psychology, took his classes, but the work has been so heavy she will give it- up at the end of this semester. With the going of the three men from the department, specialized courses in psychology will be dropped from the curriculum. Only the classes in general and experi mental psychology will be continued by the two instructors remaining. The army has developed &. secret and highly technical system of psy chological tests for picking officers and men for specialized service , re quiring peculiar abilities. These tests are said to be copied somewhat after the tests used by large American cor porations in picking men. BUREAU HEADSDUBS! Senator Chamberlain Places Blame for "Industrial Confusion. New York, Jan. 21. Uncle Sam's entire military establishment almost stopped running recently because of inefficiency of directing heads, de clared Senator Chamberlain of Oregon today, addessing a National Security league lunchecjn here. Chamberlain laid the blame for the country's entire industrial confusion at the door of incompetent bureau heads in Washington. To Conserve contains its own sugar from its own grains. fully baked. ready to serve direct Up to fVJ SALT FROM EVERYWHERE. BY-CI.U&- MUST MOW HUG New Manager Refuses To Be lieve Yanks Rotten Club. He Will Not Be the Easy Boss Donovan Was. By Jack V clock. New York. Jan. 21. Miller Huggins, like all folk from Missouri, has to be shown. When he was appointed manager of the Yankees and baseball critics in some quarters offered condolences because Hug was going to inherit a poor ball club, Hug said: "How do. I know it is a bad ball club? "Tis true I have never seen the Yankees play, but I know from the reputations of a number of play ers on the team that I will have the nucleus for a winner. They've got to show me that the Yanks are a bad club. vWhen we start spring training at Macon every player is going to start out on an even basis insofar as get ting chances to hold down any regu lar job is -concerned. I'm going to study every player and I am not worrying" about the results." Donovan Too Easy. With all due respect ta Wild Bill Donovan, it seems timely to say that Huggins, aggressive, scrappy and base ball wise as he is, should get much better results out of the Yanks than am wiia iu. Donovan was too easy with his ball players. . He was too much of a pal . and had too much of that care-free spirit. Just for, that the players cer-j tain ones of themlaid down at times J when they should have been on their j toes fighting tooth and nail to win. j , With Huggins in the saddle the j Yankees are going to be ridden hard on the field of play. They are going ' to get some new lessons in tactics and they are going to get a taste of dis- cipline. Hug knows what a bail ; player should do, because he is one of the best jadges of players in the big I leagues. He may surprise everybody 1 with the 1918 Yanks. HOLD MIDWINTER SHOOT ! Kansas City "Will Invite 1,600 to Big Trap Tournament. Kansas City. Mo., Jan. 21. Plans for Kansas City's annual midwinter shooting tournament are being made and more than 1,600 programs of the event will be sent to trapshooters thru out Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ne braska. Illinois. Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, according to an announcement made I shoot. The tournament will start the sec ond week in February and will be held on the Blue River grounds. ;,-; ft ID the bit. the Minute BALL PLAYERS MUST GIVE SOME OF THEIR LUXURIES For a good many years the ball players of the big leagues have traveled like princes on the rood. Thev've always had the best of everything palatial Pullmans, luxurious diners and club, cars, and many long jumps have been made enjoyable for them because of the fact that they have always traveled ifirst class. But the luxuries of railroad travel at least a' good many of them will be missing by the time the season of 1918 opens. Club and observation cars are to be taken off of nearly every railroad train which will run on a regular schedule thru big league territory, and wartime economy will make it impossible for the ball player to enjoy many of his favorite dishes on the din ers. LIKE BEARG'S WORK Topekan Makes a Hit as a Referee at St. Mary's. St. Marys. Kan.. Jan. 21. The St. Mary's college basketball five re trieved their defeat of early in Janu ary at McPherson, when they gained a 27 to 19 victory over the same team here. The former game's score was 20 to 24. The last game was charac terized by much fast floor work on both sides, with a greater scoring re sult on the side of the home team. McPherson 1 scored nine points on fouls. Masner and Klrke did most of the scoring for St. Mary's, but Burns twice registered with beautiful throws from mid-field. Coach Bearg. of the Topeka high school, refereed the game with n touch that is seldom found in officials. Both sides were repeatedly called for fouls, but no exception was taken to any de cision in any way. Players, manage ments and crowd were pleased St. Mary's plays sixteen conference games this season, and five outside the conference; it has a more representa tive schedule than ever before.. As there is not a weak team on the list, a very interesting season is assured. The remaining games are as follows: January 22, Bethany: January 25, Hays; February 2, Haskell; February 4. Ottawa: February 11, Kansas Wea leyan; February 12s St: Louis univer sity; February 18, Baker; February 22, Rockhurst; February 27. College of Emporia; February 28, Pittsburg; March 4, Midland. NEW LEAGUE FORMED Oklahoma-Arkansas Cities Are Not Afraid of War Times. Tulsa, Okla., Jan 21. The Arkonrn baseball league, composed of Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Muskogee and Ard more, Okla., and Fort Smith, Ark., all former members of the Western asso ciation, was formed Sunday at Tulsa. The promoter hope to add three more towns to the league. Charles J. Brill, sporting editor of The Tulsa World and for three years secretary of -the Western association, was named president and secretary. Karl RadclifFe, sporting editor of The Daily Oklahoman, and B. A. Bridge water, managing editor of The Mus kogee Times-Democrat, were elected vice president. Carl W. Held, city editor of The Fort Smith Times Record, was chosen secretary. H. C. Smith, of Fort Smith, J. T. Loughey and Lou Duffy were named trustees. SAFE FROM TOE HOLD Kansas Wrestler Has "Gotch's De light" Shot Off While Hunting-. Morland, Kan., Jan. 21. Irve Mitchell shot and seriously wounded his son-in-law, Frank Farr, former champion wrestler, while the two were out hunting near here last night. Farr was shot in the foot, one toe being shot off and the foot badly torn. Mitchell's gun was accidentally dis charged while he was attempting to load it. Farr is improving. Food for Fans BY GEO. E. PHA1B. (Copyright.) Di! It was a winter evening. Old Knsper's work was done. "Not on your life!" remarked bis wife, "Your work Iihh just begin." For heavy snowdrifts by the score Were piled before bis cottage door. Alfredo do Orn retained the three rushion championship by one point. Also by reason of the fact that Willie Moppe U too busy to play him. The Federal League, we understand, !s about to die for the last time. It was born dead, but never realized it. The WinterSammer. He stands upon the frigid strand Where fier-e the temest8 beat And plunges in the freezing waves . Amid the ice and sleet. At home be stamps upon the floor With larjre and heavy feet , And bawls the janitor because There isn't any heat. Italian aviator claims to have Invented a combination flyir.g machine and sub marine. Wonder If he ever saw a tarpon on the eotl of a line? Tat Moran saj'S he iopfs to offset 'Alex ander's pitching with Cy Williams', batting. This constitutes a world's record for long distance hoping. In spite of the war there is stlK a heavy demand for ball players and other luxuries. Mr. Hoover can help relieve the baseball situation by placing a top price of one jitney per bag on peanuts. Consider, however, the predicament of the baseball fun who subsists on red hot a. What will be do on meatless days? The Holdout. The holdout in the days of yore. By all the gods a bore he swore That he would play the same no more. And cause the world to rue it. Tho holdout season borers near The holdout's voice we seldom bear. . He is not quitting now for fear The game will beat him to it. ' There is nothing like s game of golf to bring out the real character of the player Nothing, except poker, football. Tuesday will be 25c day in the Basement A day of great money-saving: possibilities. A day jwhen the buying power of a quarter will be, in many cases, doubled and, in some cases, tripled. ... Read the following items, read them carefully. Turn them over in your mind ; see how many you need right now and how many you will need soon. And then be here bright and early in the morning prepared to buy and to SAVE! " ... Morning Specials' on sale from 9 to 11 i MEN'S SHIRTS: regular 75c Dress Shirts, slightly sotled. and a lot of good weight blue chambray Work Shirts; 'most every size from 146 to 16 14 to begin with while they last, from 9. to 11 4 g o'clock Tuesday morning. aMJ C ROBE CLOTH; closely woven, soft, warmly fleeced Robe Cloth for bath robes, couch covers, and the like; gray, tan, blue and lavender the ( regular 50c quality, per yard saai3C BLACK KID GLOVES: sizes 6 to 6. They're "sec onds" and are sold "as are" and. for that reason, cannot be returned the last of them to be closed out between 9 and 11 o'clock Tuesday 4J (J morning 4bbij3 C COTTON BATTS; our "Special 12c" Batts of, pure white cotton, soft and fluffy; useful for many pur poses while five hundred iast from 9 to 1 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, we're going to 4 1" sell 3 for dC9C Men's Men's 50c to 73c Mufflers; soft, mercerized ones in black-and-white stripes and plain gray, tan and black Tues- f day for Jy 10c to 19c Handkercliiefs: white and cream color, plain and with initials with narrow and me dium hems on sale 25c Tuesday 3 for 13c Canvas Work Gloves; pood, heavy ones with knit wrists; will give the best of service on sale Tues- CS. day.... 2 pairs 9C 12c Cotton Socks; the soft, mixed gray and tan ones, lots of wear and comfort on sale Tues day 3 pairs. 25c 15c and 17c Socks; white cotton ones with double heels and toes; comfortable and very ser viceableon special sale Tuesday. 2 pairs 25c Mixed Wool Socks; the popular light gray color, or the cash mere finish in tan color many stores get 35c and 50c for them here, Tuesday, for Boys' and Men's 59c Caps: very i. neat shape of rough, heavy. plaid cloth -with warm pull downs on special sale Tuesday bC9C Boys' 59c Flannel Shirts with mil itary collars; closely woven, warm and serviceable: broken line of sizes the last 4 of them to go at ... . w Notions 5c Machine Thread; the 6-cord. white and black in all sizes: for hand or machine sew 25c ing Tuesday 7 spools 5c Crochet Cotton: the highly mercerized finish in plain colors and variegated on 4 sale Tuesday . 7 spools 4fa 3 C PELLETIKRS obess. auction, pinochle and several tbou suud other games. Boxing experts has discovered that Georgps Carpentier is NOT coming to America. Gosh ! What a remarkable dis covery I Saturday Basketball Games. K. S. A. C. 33. Iowa Aggies 7. Kansas Wesleyan 52, McPherson 16. Camp Funston 43, Neb. Wesley an 15. MAJ. ELLISON IS BACK Topekan Who Has Been In France Says Allies WiU Win. Washington, Jan. 21. Maj. Fred A Klli8on. who has just returned from France to become war department representative in the council of na tional defense, reports that the morale n T the ti-nnna li.it H in ea fn rva flnd ttt the front could not be better and that I the discipline that is being maintained is little short of wonderful. Major Klliscn was sant to France especially to .observe the method of training men abroad and he visited every training camp in both Kngland and France. He says there can be no doubt about the outcome of the war and thpt German militarism will be crushed completely before the allies lay down their arms. He hopes to re turn to France for active service in the spring. Major Ellison is a former Topekan, having been reared in this city. He went to Washington in 1905 and worked as a stenographer in the war department. Promotion came to him rapidly and he came into prominence when he was appointed private secre tary to General Ashire when the latter was quartermaster general of the United States. Later he was commis sioned a major and was sent to Europe with a military mission. SCHOOLS' GOOD WORK T-opcka's Educational System Ieads State In War Activities. Topeka as a whole went over the top in every war campaign that has yet been undertaken in the city, but it remained for the schools of Topeka to lead all of the other schools of the state in the war work in that section. This fact was brought out at the meeting; of the school activities section of the war council when W. E. Ross, state superintendent, read the report of H. B. Wilson, city superintendent, on the work done by the schools of Topeka in all of the war campaigns and in other ways for conservation. In the report it said that the grade schools of the city - have adopted Afternoon Specials on sale from 2 to 4 BOYS' SLKEPERS; of good weight, soft, warm, fleecy flannelette in neat pink and blue riped pat terns, comfortable and durable; sizes 2 to 6 regu lar 59c ones on special sale from 2 to 4 (? o'clock Tuesday afternoon mCm9 BABY BLANKETS: good size, nice weight, soft and warm; dainty pinks and blues with white flowers and figures regular 50c ones at just half price, from 2 to o'clrfck Tuesday afternoon 4a9 w CHILDREN'S UNION SUITS: they're the medium weight cotton that so many folks prefer for Winter wear, well made regular 50c ones 4 MEN'S SOCKS; and here's some rare bargain, too just think of buying black cotton Socks for a nickle a pair! They're the medium weight, fine thread closely woven; all sizes from 9 to 11 regular 10c ones for Ww Announcement To co-operate with the Fuel Administration, be ginning: today and until further notice, this store will open at 9 o'clock and close at 5 o'clock daily. 5c Hair Pia Cablm-ts: big boxes of wire Hair Pins, straight and crimped in various g lengths Tues.. 7 fora3C 5c Safety Pins; strong spring, nickel plated: small, medium and large sizes on 4 sale Tuesday. 7 dozen C 10c Toilet Articles; Talcum. Toi let Water, Shampo. etc.- your ehoice, Tues- day 4 for C 25c Hair 'Ornaments; shell and amber color Barrettes, fancy Pins and. Ornaments your choice ( Tuesday 4 for aC9C $7.50 black coney fur, muffs $2.98 just for Tuesday only A special lot of full size Muffs of fine. soft, glossy black Coney fur lined with satin the last of a lot of regular 97. B0 ones to be closed CCfe out Tuesday at. . . .m aC9 Pelletter's Bar-rain Basement BARGAIN BASEMENT A GREAT STORE Back Again in Ready to MUTUAL SERVICE Quick Service on Laundry The Mutual Phone Gl DR. CEO. PORT ASHTON Death M. W. Car. Stta mad Xiim Aft. PboM in President M. t'en wall Pbona 775 eee'y-Treaa. Pbona 31 THE L M. PENWELL rMIERTARIN CO. f0-ton-5l Qfitney rttreet ftin 11 seventeen French orphans, have bought 1.117 Red Cross memberships, and that 750 children have purchased $24,993 worth of thrift stamps and baby bonds. This latter sum repre sents nearly one-third of all the baby bonds and thrift staYnps sold in the county. In addition to these items, amounting to 926,730.50. the grade school children of Topeka have cut out a considerable amount of chewing gum and candy, are saving all the old paper they can get hold ef. and num bers of them have enlisted in the clean plate clubs. In the high school, the report shows that a total of $2,296.07 has been raised to swell the funds of the Y. W. C. A. and the V. M. C. A. war work funds and that in addition a majority of the pupils in the school have be come members of the Red Cross and have taken a leading part in conserva tion work of ali kinds. 4 Beginning at 10 o'clock this morn ing prominent Topeka bankers and business men of the city are appear ing in all the school of the city making short .Jipeeoheal in support of the long drive for the sale of baby bonds and thrift stamps among the children. All the teachers of the city have been imp plied with - the thrift cards and the stamps and it is thought U w J and serviceaoie; 'Sizes z to in- on sale from 2 to 25 c Yard Goods 15c and 17c Curtain Scrim; fine quality in white, cream and ecru; choice of floral or plain drawn border -on . sale Tuesday.. a yds ak9C 15c ami' 17c Apron Ginghams: the standard width, fast color blue-and-white checks; a good, firm quality specially priced for Tues- day 2 yards 3 C Part Linen Toweling: there's enough linen fn it to make it very durable; soft and absorb ent on special sale Tuesday.. '1 yds t9C ' 15e Turkish Towels; good size. closely woven, plain white ones with long, soft, absorbent nap Tuesday they'll I be on sale.... 2 for Miscellaneous 50c Muslin Indcrwcar; women's Corset Covers and Drawers and scores of children's garments such as Petticoats, Gowns. Waists and Drawers a big lot to choose from ri Tuesday 50c BrasHiers; good fitting ones with neat lace and embroidery trimming; slightly .soiled and Jherefore exactly half 4 price Tuesday stfai3C tilrfct' 35c Bloomers of good weight black sateen with wide top bands and double stitched seams; broken line of sizes to be closed out 4 Tuesday at afa3 C 35c and 50c Aprons; of fine, sheer white lawns and batistes trim med with the daintiest of laces and embroideries the lart of a sample line to be closed out Tuesday. Children's 50c Knit Caps and Hoods; fine for girls' and boys' school and play wear just half price 4JF - Tuesday 4&a9C WITHIN A STOKE Our Own Plant give you the "MUTUAL WAY" Washing, or Dry Cleaning Laundry Co. C. II. MATTHEWS, Mgr. Carpets and Rugs Hare you carpeta that need clean-ing-? Have yoo carpets that are worn at? Lon't throw them away. Tall Mt- ' f'ornilrlc. We t'lean. Refit, Sew. Wre. .Sour, Lay Them, or Make Them into Rues. It imn't expensive and It's better done by McCormick Rug Factory & Carpet Cleaning Works Phone 431 S23 Van Burrs SC U quality of uour work AT No matter how hue your ft reputation as a quafihj printer ICappec "Enqravirvqs will improve that quality l CaPPXaNGBJSVIKG CO. I CAWXZn MIILCMM MMM M that the sale of the 2S-cent etamjvi will become exceedingly heavy In tb schools for the remainder of the yeac mi ITS