The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 18, 1915

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HOME EDITION THURSDAY EVENING- TOPEKA. KANSAS: fEBKUABY 18, 1915. THURSDAY EVENING Tllia EDITION 2 CZNTB HUNDRED GERMAN FIGHTERS Submarines Keadj to Carry Out English Blockade. This Is Day of Action on Su premacy of the Seas. fi;;ds enguo undisturbed Day of the Inauguration of Ger many's Threat Dawns. Cold, Wet and Gloomy Through out the British Isles. SUPREME CONFIDENCE FELT That British Nary Will Afford Adequate Protection. French and British Keep Pa trol Along the Coast. BULLETIN. Txniclon. Feb. 18. Insurance wasN placed at Lloyds today at 20 guineas per cent on policies covering the, holder against war Lctwecn the United State and Germany within six months. One month ago the premium for this same risk and period of time was 5 guineas per cent. No 17. S. Warships. Washington, Feb, 18. No American warsliips will be sent at present to Germany's "death ssoue" around the Hritish Isles. Secretary of the Navy laniels made it clear today that he would not consider using them, either for convoying merchantmen or for general protection outside the zone. London, Feb. 18. "Der Tag" dawn ed cold, wet and gloomy throughout the British Isles. A driving rain j Fwept over the various harbors ana checked outside dock labor but there ..wa no halting of sailings anywhere. ,.iUviti-h iro;arturbabillty. was utUrt unaffected by the inauguration of the (ierman submarine blockade. English- men told one another that there would be losses. But they will be re ceived as "all in the game," and there is the most supreme confidence that the British navy will prevent any in terference with the big liners or the food ships. There is a minority of Britishers who believe that the entire affair is a RiKantic bluff and that Germany will do no more in the future than she har in the past with her submarines. Private advice from Berlin, from very dependable sources, say that Germany has not less than one hun dred submarines for service in the war zone. Kver since last August the public and private yards have been working day and night adding to the mihmarine flotilla. All of the new craft are of the fleet type capacity of remaining away from the base for three or four weeks at. a time, and equipped for phenomenal long trips. H'untinued on HaeTwo.) TURKEY GIVES UP Yields to the Demands of Greece for Satisfaction. Apologizes for Insult to a Greek 'aval Attache. London. Feb. 18. Turkey has yielded to the demand for satisfac tion made by Greece because of the insult offered an attache of the Greek legation at Constantinople. The director general of police of Constantinople, it is officially an nounced, has visited the Greek lega tion in that city and formally ex pressed his regret at the insult offered the Greek naval attache. He prom ised an official communication to this effect would be published in the press. The incident is now regarded as closed. The Greek minister to Turkey left Constantinople the latter part of last week, leaving his secretary of lega tion In charge, because the porte was slow in carrying out its agreement to give satisfaction for an insult offered th Greek naval attache. The diffi culty was not regarded as serious. BATHE DESPITE DANGER. Berlin, Feb. IS. A German offi cer's letter tells how his men "Jumped for joy" at the opening of a bath house rigged up in the base ment of a building partly destroyed by the artillery. Two bath tubs found under the ruins of another house were Installed and in addi tion a large swimming basin was built, with connection to a wind mill pump about two miles distant. "But there is one drawback to our fine establishment," he says. "The shells of the enemy continually roar and explode around it. But we have grown so bold that we do not Vet this check our Impulse to get clean. We must have .our pleas ure in these tubs even though the French shells crash and explode around us. Every man in my com pany is happy on his bath day, al though he knows that death and destruction threaten him while bathing." JITKEY WAR IS 0.1 BETWEEN two TOPEKA co:.:poes L. M. Crawford and Raymond Wells In Motor Bos Conflict. Each Operating Cars From Kansas Avenue to Outskirts. CITY JITNEY ORDINANCE Commissioners Will Require License Tags on Each Automobile. Scores or Kickd-Wheelers Appeared on Streets Today. t A jitney war In Topeka! Two different companies are operat ing In Topeka today. The flght be tween the two concerns is growing bitter. L. M. Crawford Is at the head of one; Raymond Wells, the other. The trouble began a day or two ago when Crawford and Wells' dis solved partnership. The jitney bus company started in Topeka Monday, With Wells, the orielnator. at tha head with offices at the Grand theater. This morning Mr. Crawford put out fifteen new Fords, nurchaxeri WeAno. day, and his company is doing busi ness ana with the assurance of a per manent institution. Ravmnnd W.lla with V. nn r temporarily at the Tnroop hotel, had ccYcmi uuiuuiuuues out uus morning ouins Dusiness in opposition to Craw ford. And fnrth that within ten days he will have more oranu new louring cars ror his serv ice than his competitor. "I have interested a lot of Topeka capital," said Wells today, "and am Continued on Pa ice Two. HINDUS jNREVOLT Japanese and French Marines Land at Singapore. They Speedily Pat an End to the Mutiny. Tokio, Feb. 18. A revolt has bro ken out among the Hindu soldiers at Singapore, one of the Straits Settle ments belonging to Great Britain, ac cording to news dispatches received here today from the Malay archi pelago. Marines were landed at Singapore from Japanese and French warships and some fighting has taken place between the mutineers and the men from the war vessels. The Hindu mutineers numbered 800, but later half of the number is reported &Jiav surrendered- a-d the revolt is sard to be subsiding. FORMOHF CITY Central Civic Committee Or ganized to Improve Topeka. Several Organizations in Plan for General Betterment. A central committee composed of representatives of the leading civic organizations of Topeka will be per fected at a meeting to be held at the Commercial club Friday noon. Dr. J. E. Kirkpatrick. of Washburn college, is the temporary president, and G. H. I Griggs, temporary secretary. The committee will investigate questions I of general municipal interest and will I announce programs for the general I improvement of the city. It is not the j intention of the organization to enter into politics. Kach organization will be represented on the committee by I on person and will have but one vote, j The organizations that are taking "an interest in the committee are: j Good Government club, Shawnee Po j litical Science club, Sorosis club, To I peka Federation of Women, The In dustrial Union of the Trades Council, Topeka Commercial club, Washburn I Political Science club. South Side Civic Improvement club. North Side Civic Improvement club, the Forestry club, an4 the Nautilus club. NO EXTRA SESSION. The President. Finally, Has Definite ly Decided the Question. Washington, Feb. 18. President Wilson has virtually decided not to call an extra session of congress on March 5, no matter what the fate 'of the ship bill. No official announce ment was made but in congressional quarters it is well understood. Work was begun today on mapping out the details of the president's trip to the San Francisco exposition. That was taken as added evidence that there will be no extra session. It was reiterated at the White House that he still was hopeful of getting' the ship bill through at the present session. TO SUPREME COURT. Henry Euler Claims Antl-COmmlsslon Supporters Will Fight. According to Henry Euler, who has been active in the movement for the holding -of a special election to vote on whether Topeka shall go back to the council plan of city government, mandamus proceedings will be insti tuted in the supreme court of the state next week to compel the city commissioners to call an flection. Euler claims the petitions asking ior me election are valid. Iowa to Be Dry. Tien Mnin.a E-K it t-i t 4 UTT UOT house of representatives today passed in- iarson diu, wnicn repeals the Mulct law, effective January 1. lsls. by a vote of 79 to 2. The measure aireaay nas passed the senate and will i-nrz suveruur, wno nas in- .Mil DlBIHUg it Under its provisions Iowa will return m naw-wiu. sui.u.ory proniDluon. BITTER FIGHT If! HOUSE TODAY For More Than Hour Body Deadlocked In House Call. Gilman Bill on Primaries Won by the Administration. SR.IT 0::G FfiOGuESSIYES i Only a Crack Saved Day for Legislative-Mad Republicans. Vote Stood 60 to 60 for Nearly Sixty Minutes Today. In the most bitter fight of the legis lative session, the house tpday passed the Gilman bill permitting candidates MISS for office to enter the primaries either by petition or payment of an admis sion fee. For more than an hour the lower branch of the legislature was deadlocked in a call of the house and the administration whip was cracked repeatedly in an effort to hold the line. Every Democrat voted against the bill.. A crack in the Progressive vote saved the fight for the Republicans when Holderman of Butler followed Lindley and Rogler and voted with, the administration. Not since the session opened nearly fContlnuvd on Pus 't'wo. WHY. SURELY NOT! Representative Brewer Charges Wine Dinners in Topeka. Says Naughty "Interests'' Serve Anything and Everything. Writing for his own paper at Pitts burg. Representative George D. Brew er, editor of the Workers' Chronicle, declares that frequent ,wlne suppers have been served by various interests for the benefit of members of the leg islature, and deplores that such meas ures should be taken, or that mem bers should permit themselves to be- lnhhvlnt. mot. come the guests of lobbyists, no mat ter how innocent they might be. "It has been distinctly understood, so they tell me, that these dinners have not been given for the purpose of influencing votes but merely for the entertainment of visitors," Mr. Brewer said, talking of the matter today. "But nevertheless a man who has been a guest at one of these dinners could not be prevailed upon to vote against the wishes of his hosts, if he knew it. Such dinners are worth more, and make more impression on the mem bers than the gift of a hundred dollars would be. "I have heard that turkey and dressing, cranberry sauce and all the accompaniments that go with them are served at these dinners, and that the legislators who have been in at tendance have been urged to make themselves at home. "Then there followed a course of alcoholic stimulants almost anything a person might wish, and I understand some of the members hardly knew, or cared, who they were after the enter tainment was over." Some of the members, at least, Mr. Brewer says, have been perfectly in nocent in accepting the hospitality of the "Interests, fU'tff carte 0vmke UnWl TO MY LAND OF ilmim It DE IIAFY, tlADY! House Committee" Has Killed That Horded Pare Complexion BUI. Get out your powder rags, your face cream, your rouge, your earrings -anything you can find of complexion value women of Kansas, and cele brate the great victory in the state house of representatives today. THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HYGIENE HAS KILLED THE McGINNIS BILL PROHIBITING THE USE OF BEAUTIFIER8! That bill, that horried measure,' that product of the scalawag from Gree ley, county it is only a nightmare after ail. Tou can) go right along in your old primpy path and daub from ear to ear Just'thte same and with just as much freedom as does the neighbor from Nebraska or Missouri or the cousin from Chi and Noo Yawk. i Whew, it was a. close call, wasn't it? Representative. McGinnis didn't cry over the defeat of his measure to day. He just laughed about It. You know, he didn't introduce it in seri ousness he Just did it for fun. But, o-o-oh, howj he has suffered The meanest, nastiest letters a worn- COLUMBIA WANTS TO KNOW an ever wrote a man have been de livered to his desk from all parts of the United States. Newspapers have published his photograph broadcast he has been heralded as the woman hater of Kansas. But, really, he is just about the jolliest little representative you could imagine. He is a doctor, too didyu know that? Yep, he's a doctor and has a good practice. He wouldn't think of supporting such a bill and Mrs. McGinnis she was dead against it from the very outset. Mrs. McGinnis came clear to Topeka from her home to oppose that meas ure and her husband was aware of it, too. But it's all over now no damage done. DAMP AND GLOOMY. Probability of Rain Tonight Lower Temperatures. and This has been a day of dampness and gloom, and while the minimum temperature of 40 was 19 degrees above the normal low temperature, the mercury failed to rise rapidly and the atmosphere had a chilly tinge. The forecast calls for partly cloudy weather and suggests the possibility of rain tonight in the eastern portion of the state. A slight drop in temper ature is scheduled. The hourly readings: 1 J "I" 8 O Clock 4112 O Clock 41 9 o'clock 10 o'clock .411 1 o'clock 39 2 o'clock 40 -42 WILL GUILD HERE Masons of Kansas Vote Topeka $50,000 Strnctore. New Office Building at Eighth and Harrison. Topeka will get a $50,000 Masonic office building, according to a tele gram received late this afternoon from Wichita by E. C Copeland. The Grand Lodge. A. F. and A. M., is in session in Wichita. The present building is at Eighth and Harrison streets. The new build ing will probably be constructed tbis year on the same site. O. J- Wood, of Topeka. was named grand senior deacon. The 1916 meet ing will be held in Topeka, MOM TELLS STORYON STAND Sensational Topeka Assault Case Before Court Today. Mrs. Mamie Broughton In Suit Against Dr. Moore. OFFERED UUV SHE SAYS Then Made. Proposals Against Her Will, Is Declaration. Details of Alleged Incident in the Physician's Office. Owing to the failure of the county attorney to file information on the Broughton-Moore case, the proceed- ings were annulled late this afternoon and the jury was discharged. The evidence of the morning procedure, following out the statements made In the original complaint and in a for mer hearing, is printed below. Another hearing may be conducted next month. There is a chance, too, on account of the technicality, that the matter never will be brought to trial. With the charge of an attempted statutory assault on Mrs. Mamie A. Broughton, 1245 Clay street, against the defendant, the trial of Dr. O. O. Moore, a Topeka physician with of fices at 729 Kansas avenue, began to day in the second division of the Shawnee county district court before Judge Whitcomb. It is. alleged that the attempt oc curred November 27, the day follow ing Thanksgiving, at the offices of Moore. Mrs. Broughton, complaining witness against Moore, on the stand today told her side of the story of the alleged attempt, with considerable de tail. She is the wife of T. D. Brough ton, who is employed by a local en graving company. Considerable detail was also exer- IComlnued m Pas Twm TO FURNISH GUARD Allies' Swift Destroyers Will Meet Threatened Steamships And Escort Them Into Forts of France and England. New Terk. Feb 18. ---Swift British and French destrcyers will meet all threatened steamships flying flags of the allies and escort them into port, accord ina to cable messages received by officials of steamship companies with offices in this city. The receipt of these messages, officials of British and French lines announced today, made them confident that the German sea decree which went into effect to day would have little effect on ship ping to and from ports in England and France. Inquiry at the big steam ship lines brought forth the statement that there was no intention of change ing routes or sailing aates. The White Star liner Adriatic, from this port with many prominent pas sengers, is due at Liverpool about noon Friday. The officials of the line say that she will undoubtedly be con voyed by war vessels through the war FOJTEOTFOISPTE Ff.i Er.:.:riY to u.s. Kaiser-Land Bepttcs to Acthm Take toy America. Cannot Abandon the Position Forced on Her by England. SEND AMERICAN WARSHIPS To Guard Our Merchantmen, Suggestion. Is Her And Endeavor to Induce Great .Britain to Observe the Law. Berlin. Feb. 18. The reply of Ger many to the protest of the United States against a blockade of British waters is couched in the most friend ly terms, but firmly maintains the position ofGermany as already an-nounced-PThe answer, which is a lengthyKocument, was converted into code Jit the United States embassy direction of Ambassador rd and has been transmitted In Washington. The note explains that Germany s oposed action is rendered necessary by Great Britain's policy of attempt ina- to cut off the food supply for the German civil population by a method never recognised in international law, England's course in ordering mer chantmen to fly neutral flags, equip ping them with artillery, witn oraers to destroy submarines, the German reply contends, renders nugatory the right of search, thus giving Germany the right to attack English shipping. Germany holds that sne can not Continued on Page Two. ZEPPELIN ON FIRE Reaches Earth Before She Ex plodes; Crew Is Saved. Monster Airship, 550 Feet Long, One of Largest In Use. London, Feb. 18. Fourteen mem bers of the crew of the Zeppelin diri gible which was destroyed by an ex plosion, on Fance island, were rescued and will be interned .by the Danish authorities, says a- dispatch from Copenhagen to Reuters Telegram company. The Zeppelin was cruising over the island with another dirigible when it caught fire and was compelled to descend, landing before the explo sion took place. The destroyer Zeppelin was the L-S, one of the largest in commission. She ww oai plated -lu-laX4 and. vtaa 650 feet long and had a diameter, of 1 feet. She was supplied -with four motors with a total power' of 720, and had a speed of 40 knots; Commander Prins-says the situation when the fire broke out Was critical. He feared that the bombs on the airship would be exploded before be could get to the ground. AIRGRAFTFORUAR Bleriot, Famous Birdma'n, Says Zeppelins Are Doomed But Aeroplanes Have Already Demonstrated Usefulness. Paris. Feb. 18. 'The much-vaunt ed Zeppelins are utterly worthless for purposes of war. They are certain soon to disappear entirely as a factor in aerial navigation of any sort. It was Louis Bleriot. inventor of the monoplane, who was talking. And he had been carefully reading the United Press interview with Count von Zep pelin, in which the German Inventor declared his great dirigibles would be material factors in ending the war. Bleriot, the first man to fly the English channel in a heavier than air machine, is F ice's chief consulting expert in matters aerial. His big shops, just outside of Paris,' are work ing night and day turning out ma chines for the French army. And in them he is incorporating many things which, after the war, will assure the future as a commercial vehicle of the aeroplane. Zeppelins Must Go. "This war nas killed the Zeppelin," he continued. "They are bound to disappear entirely because they are impracticable. They are too bulky, too light, too frail for stern work and are entirely at the mercy of the ele ments. The very fact that they re quire a small army of attendants and the inability to provide the necessary bases for them near the front, with monster sheds which are imperative to protect them against the weather, is a handicap that cannot be overcome. "So far as military results are con cerned, submarines are far more dan gerous than Zeppelins ever could be. We must watch under the sea far more carefully than we must the air.' "Then you cpnsider the aeroplane a far more potent weapon of warfare than the Zeppelin?" I asked. "Very much to." Future of Aeroplanes. "What effect has the war had on the construction and equipment of aeroplanes?" "Actual practice has led to many changes, just as Pegoud's upside down flights did, but the changes- that have been made must, of course, remain secret until the war is over. There is no doubt, however, that the aeroplane is a distinct acquisition, whereas the dirigible must fly by night and drop its bombs blindly, wrecking buildings indiscriminately and killing women and children. "How about the claim of Count Zen- pelm that one of his aircraft will be the first to cross tne Atlantic 7 "Utterly absurd. An aeroplane will be the first to cross, although I will not attain my ambition to be the man to pilot one. xou Know, one soon loses the knack of flying, and for my self, I only take to the air now to test out new inventions. Weather Forecast for Kansas. Partly cloudy in west part of state; probably rain in east portion tonight; iFridajr colder. i COMPUTE The Kaiser Himself Says the Russians Are Beaten. Declares Prussia Is Free From the Enemy. jwstt!::;s mi kcloi After J wo Days of Hard Fight ing-Vienna Reports. Petrograd Tells a Different Story of the Situation. Berlin. Feb. 18. The president of the province of East Prussia at Koenigsburg has received the follow ing telegram from Emperor William, who has been on the eastern battle front: "The Russians are completely beat en. Our beloved East Prussia Is free from the enemy." They Saved the Bridge. Vienna, Feb. IS. Official report given out in Vienna say that after two days of hard fighting the Austrians have occunied the town of Kalomaa in Bukpwina. "This success was achieved by means of a general attack on the Rus sian positions. the report says. "We drove the enemy, in spite of mb nuDDum resistance, out ox aim last positions in front of Kolomea, thus reaching the town at one operation. We prevented the Russians from blowing up the bridge over the River Pruth. The town, clear of retreating Russians, was 'occupied by us. We captured 2,000 prisoners and several machine guns and light cannon. "In the Carpathian section, as far as Vischkoff, the fighting continues with great ferocity. Four thousand additional p-r i s onera have, been brought in."j.. Boaafam Side of H. Petrograd, Feb. 18. The general staff of the Russian army has issued a report on the progress of. the fight ing as follows: 'On the right bank of the Vistula uu nan-ma iih ueen awnai- on attr moat in the same tooattttes with great ferocity in certain sections; In the yContinnoa on PaeTwo.l KEDDYCAPPER Governor Appoints Six In Mili tary Department Today. Second List Within a Week Sent to State Senate. New Capper Appointees. Brigadier general, Charles 8. Huff man, Columbus. Judge advocate general. William 3. Watson, Pittsburg. Paymaster general, Jerry C. Spring- stead, Topeka. Aides-de-camp to the governor. Frank L. Travis, Iola; Earl W. Rich ert, Wichita, and L. M. Penwell, To peka. Governor Capper today sent to the senate the above appointments in the military department of the state. In the list of six appointments an nounced by the governor, but two changes are made. Both are in the selection of his official aides. L. M. Penwell, named as a member of Gov ernor Hodges's official staff two years ago. is retained by Governor Capper. The appointees announced today are the second list announced by the neW governor within a week. There will be but few other appointments to made at this session or the legisla ture, unless arbitrary changes should be made in some of the departments now in control of Democrats. Such changes are hardly expected, even by Republicans. Governor Capper has thus far de clined to make material changes in offices where efficient service has been rendered and where heads of de partments have been named and con firmed for terms not expiring at this time. It is hardly probable that changes will be made at this session of the legislature. In appointments announced last week, changes were made only in one of the three places on the utilities commission and in the office of state live stock sanitary commissioner. In neither office was a change made un til the expiration of the term of the retiring official. TRADE DESPITE THE WAR. Copenhagen. Feb. 18. While the commercial blockade between Eng land and Germany Is maintained rigorously, there appears to be no particularly strong feeling against trading between Germany and Rus sia. Business men from the two countries continue to deal with each other, and commercial travelers from Germany are said to have booked orders for Russia, after meeting' their customers by ap pointment in Denmark or Sweden. Russian manufacturers established in the Scandinavian countries have supplied large quantities of shoes to Austria, the shipments being made via Germany. German holders of Russian bonds have managed to cash their interest coupons through middlemen here. France watches the' commercial situation with a keen eye and Is as careful a Eng land to avoid all trading with Germans.

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State Administration r Awaits Ontcome of Big Conference. Committee Hay End In a Dead lock, Is Rumor Today. WARFARE HAS EEEN DECLARED Appropriation Trouble Causes Differences Between Houses. Governor Capper May Act In Case of Lack of Harmony. r This is a day of anxiety for the state administration. Today appropri ations in the neighborhood of three million dollars hang in the balance and await the Judgment of a half doz en conference committees. The result of the reports of these committees will doubtless determine actual interfer ence in legislative affairs by Governor Capper and the sending of a special economy message both to thehouse and senate. Leaders in both houses today admit that actual warfare has been declared and that there is an excellent chance for a deadlock over appropriations. The house has trimmed two-thirds of a million dollars from appropriation items sent to that body from the sen ate. The senate has Just as promptly and just as curtly refused to concur in the reductions. In fact the senate asked for conferees with such haste that it almost made the house leaders dizzy. Today the trouble is in the hands of the conference committees. House Will Stand Pat. House leaders declare they will stay With the reports and recommendations of their committee. The senate is Just as obstinate. If the house Republi cans are willing that the appropriation bills be tied up in conference, senate Democrats make haste to reply that they have not the least objections. Unless the Democrats of that body change their minds and there has been no evidence of a change of heart the state administration may wait for the big spring thaw before expect ing a senate back-up. That is the situation today. Gov ernor Capper is watching the progress or lack of progress of the confer ence committees and may act if the situation is not cleared up before the end of the week. While Governor Capper has made no public statement to the effect that he would send a special message to the legislature if the appropriation difficulties were not adjusted, he has done anything but indicate that he will not interfere. Former Executive Interference. All of which may add new and un expected complications. Executive in terference with appropriations has been tried in former sessions. Once that was in the 1911 session Gov ernor Stubbs sent a message to the legislature asking them to use the pruning knife. Not only did Stubbs ask for retrenchments, but he de manded them. And this was what happened. The senate sent back a eu.-t, right to the point, written by Price of Clark reply to the effect that If the auburn haired governor wanted a few items removed from the appro priation bills, would he kindly en lighten the legislature with a state ment of the items to be removed. There is nothing in the senate 'reord to show that Governor Stubbs ever sent a reply to that message. Maybe the. same thing will happen this year. The house has stuck to its ways and means committee as loyally is a sailor to a sinking ship. The sen ate has passed its appropriations for state charities and a few miscella neous institutions and departments and has shown no indication that it desires to reduce the amounts. Should the conferees succeed in get ting together on a few of the appro priation items now at issue, one or both branches of the legislature may refuse to concur. An increase In its appropriations will test the sincerity of house Republicans. A decrease in their appropriations will test the loy alty of the Democratic senate. Re fusal of either house to change their original course will check the ques tion squarely up to Governor Capper. A xpeciul message to the legislature will probably be the first step toward a solution of the present muddle. And conference committees and special messages failing in their pur pose, a beautiful opportunity for a deadlock is visible on the legislative horizon. jitney War is on. Conftnuei1 From Page One. going to put out a practical jitney service on the lines I originally planned. We have several cars run ning today and within a week, pos sibly two. our jitney concern will have one of the largest equipments of new automobiles in the west." If any rumor has gained headway that Wells was going to leave Topeka, he wants it quickly dispelled. "I am here to stay," he said with emphasis. May Incorporate. Both Jitney companies will probably file papers of incorporation. And ap parently today, ootn are making mon ey. During the rush hours this morn ing and noon, the cars of Crawford and Wells were crowded. Mr. Crawford is satisfied with the result of the day's business. So is Wells. It looks as if the conflict be. tween these two parties over the pa tronage of Topeka jitney riders will be warm. All of the Crawford busses stop at the Grand. Wells said today tnat ne will open up a permanent of fice on upper Kansas avenue in a short time. Jitney Ordinance. A Jitney ordinance was given first reading by the city commission today. It requires that tags bearing the city license tax numbers be displayed on eacn automobile engaged in the haul' ing of passengers for hire, r "When the present license tax ordt nance was revised a few months ago. we knew nothing about jitney and had no idea that anything like the present number of automobiles would be engaged in the business of hauling passengers, and for this reason over looked a provision to require the dis playing of license tags," explained Roy L. Bone, city commissioner of finance. 1 "Now there are more jitneys than the license collector can keep track of without the. aid ox the tags.' Two Licenses for Crawford. Monday morning- licenses for twen ty Jitney cars were issued to Raymond Wells. The licenses' cost, more than 170. This money was paid by L. M. Crawford, who gavvs instructions that the licenses be Issued in the name of Raymond Wells. A disagreement be tween Wells and Crawford is report ed to have taken place. The city commissioners today de cided that in view of the fact that Crawford had instructed the licenses to be issued to Wells that so far as the city is concerned Wells is the rightful owner of them, and that the tags to be issued by the city should go to Wells. Apparently Crawford is out the $70 be paid for licenses for another person. Crawford's Plans. A novelty in the jitney business was announced today by the management. On Sundays, the service will not be so complete and many of the cars will be put on special duty. Any person wanting to rent an automobile can do so Sunday for $1 an hour. This will enable many families to take "joy rides" on a pleasant Sabbath after noon or evening. A driver will be furnished. Homer Baltzell is manager of the jitneys, with headquarters at the Grand. TRY NO JWNPLAN Convention of Dentists Exhibits Use of New Methods. Tried Conductive Anaesthesia Out on Man in Chair. A discussion of what is said to be the one and only process of painless dentistry "Conductive Anaesthesia" occupied a prominent part in the sixth semi-annual meeting of the First District Kansas State Dental associa tion which closed late today. Dr. Monte Gants of Cawker City and Dr. C. N. Mertz of Topeka read papers on the new process at a ban quet held at the Mills tea room Wednesday evening, at which Dr. E. E. Carpenter of Topeka, acting presi dent, officiated as toastmaster. This morning Dr. Gants and Dr. Mertz gave a clinic that demonstrated the success of "Conductive Anaesthe sia." A preparation, "Novocaine," is injected at the back of the jaw and this deadens the nerve that supplies the teeth on one side of the jaw. A tooth was extracted this morning and the man in the dental chair said that he felt no pain. Preparatory work was done for fillings without causing pain. Early this afternoon sentiment fa vored naming Dr. E. E. Carpenter of Topeka president. Late today it looked as though Dr. C. H. Van De venter of Kansas City, who has been acting as secretary, would be urged to take the position. GERMAN FIGHTERS. IContlnued from Pugs One-1 These vessels are expected to oper ate off the Irish coast and at the entrance to the channel. Patrol of Warships. All navigable waters about the Brit ish Isles are today being patrolled by the greatest fleet of war craft that ever was placed in active service. De stroyer and torpedo boat flotillas, augmented by heavily armed, mer chantmen and hundreds of trawlers and mine sweepers are steaming to and fro among the shipping lanes watching for the top of a periscope to appear above the water. Substantial rewards have been of fered by the various shipping associa tions to the officers and crew of mer chant ships or trawlers not in the government service that sink sub marines. Many of the trawlers have had- their bows reinforced in order that they may ram a hostile subma rine on sight. A great. French patrol is also on duty along the French coast. All French coast towns are under control of the military and unusual precau tions are being taken. It is believed that either an aerial raid or an inva sion may be among the possibilities or tne German action. The only in stance of sailors "funking" on account of the German threat was when five members of the crew of the steamship Lanwing refused to sail for Amster dam unless the captain agree to raise their wages and pay their widows 250 pounds in case they should lose their lives. The captain had them arrested and in court each was fined fifteen shillings. A competent naval authority, in dis cussing the blockade, told the United Press that it would require not less than 400 submarines on constant duty to make the blockade effective. "BALIE" AND "VIIIT." Two State Line Senators Favor Re moving "Cross River" Toll Charges. Senators Balie Waggener of Atchi son and Vinton Sailings of Leaven worth got on the wagon and rode when the senate started consideration of the Lambertson concurrent resolu tion directing the public utilities com mission to take steps to abolish the toll charges over railroad bridges which cross the state line. The Lam bertson resolution referred to the bridge between Elwood, Kan., and St. Joseph, Mo., where the custom is to charge railroad passengers 25 cents extra for tolls while a pedestrian can go across lor a nickel. The same practice exists at Atchi son and Leavenworth. "If there is anything good going around I want to be in on it." de clared Senator Waggener as he arose to amend the resolution by putting Atcnison in it. "I also should like to amend the resolution," announced Sailings of Leavenworth. On motion of Waggener the resolu tion lays over while it is put in legal rorm. xne utilities commission is in structed to take the matter up with the Interstate commerce commission. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT In. A. D. Gray Injured la Skidding of Dr. Madur Car oa Csllftca Aveaae. Dr. and Mrs. W. 8. Llndsav and Mrs. A. D. Gray figured in on automobile accident a i noon toaay in wnicn Mrs. urav re- reived a cut lip and a braised bead, and me macnine was nauiy oamagea. The car was being driven north on Col lege avenue. At Fifteenth street Dr. Llhday attempted to slow down to pass street car son tn Donna, stopping to let pas sengrrs off. Tbe motor car skidded, tarn ed completely around, crushed Into the front or tbe street car and continued snln nlng until the front end climbed over tbe curb at the east side of the street. A front wheel was broken, one fender partly wrenrneu on anu tne winaanieia i smashed. PUSH HIED AHEAD 0 .SSSBBBBBBSSBVSSB Administration Forces Loading Hous Calendar. Bills Favored by Capper Placed on General Orders. OTHERS' FEKSIOI TC3AY Bird Measure Is Up for Spe cial Consideration. Field Day on Prohibitory Law Set for Next Tuesday. Local measures will be forced to the foot of the calendar and bills in which the state administration feels an in terest will be hastened to early con sideration in the next week under a program being outlined by the house steering committee. After working nearly three days on bills close to the heart of the administration, the steer ing committee has loaded the bouse calendar with bills under special or ders that will keep the lower branch of the legislature busy for several days. While the house is waiting lor a re port from the conference committees on appropriation bills, it will give the right of way to bills which the Capper forces desire enacted into laws. To day's calendar was loaded with a dozen measures of importance and every member on the Republican side of the house was advised as to tne nlan of camDaien outlined by the steering 'committee and approved by the governor, Speaker Stone and Whip Travis. Carrying over a long list of election bills irom weanes day's special order, the house this morning resumed consideration oi these measures. Some ol tne Dins are desired by the administration. Oth ers are marked for slaughter. This afternoon the house will' con sider under special order two bills ad vocated by Governor Capper in his re cent campaign. One of these meas ures is the bill by Speaker Stone for the creation of an industrial welfare commission for women, learners, ap prentices and minors. This commis sion will carry the burden of working out of a minimum wage scale and studying labor and welfare conditions among women. The agitation for' a minimum wage law, so mucn in evi dence in the session of two years ago, has gone out of style. Instead the ad vocates of the reform are reconciled to a suspension of Judgment and are willing to solve the wage question through investigations of a commis sion. Mothers' Pensions. The Bird bill for a mothers' pen sion law is also on special orders for this afternoon. A similar bill by sen ator Troutman went through the up per house earlier in the week, but was badly damaged when it emerged from the committee of the whole. For Friday's special order, the house will take up consideration of the re Deal of the barber board law. reduc tion committee bill for the repeal of the abolition of the irrigation board. Saturday the Caudlll bill to regulate the sale of commercial feeding stuffs will be up under a special order. For next Tuesday the house steer ing committee has advertised a field day on the prohibitory liquor law. A number of amendments to the present prohibitory law will be considered at the session Tuesday morning. Among measures for consideration are the Stone bill making common carriers law violators in the carrying of intox icating liquor from a wet state to dry territory, the Shuey bill extending in quisition powers to municipal officials. a bill by the house temperance com mittee to extend provisions of the act concerning persistent liquor sellers and the Jocelyn registered pharmacy bill. BITTER FIGHT III HOUSE fContlnued froni- Page One.) six weeks ago has either branch of the state legislature seen sucn a Dattie roval as was staged today in the ef fort of tne administration to put across tne unman Din. uoaaea oy four defeats in less than a week and with a knowledge that several mem bers would refuse to respond under the whip. Republican floor leaders made the fight of their Uvea A mo tion to strike out the enacting clause brought a split among the Democrats and the bill was saved to a final vote. But on that vote the Democrats stood pat. Allmon and Moyer voting for the bill and later cnanging to tne nega tive. The split in the Republican ranks and the absence of Farr, Ferrell, Haw- kinson and Paul, left the administra tion badly crippled. When the roll call was completed, 60 votes had been registered against the bill and 59 for its passage. Then Worley, Republi can, changed irom aye to nay ana Allmon and Moyer, Democrats, went across to join a solid minority opposi tion. Drummond. Laing, McDougall and Pettit were registered in the nega tive. For nearly an hour the vote stood 60-60. The three votes needed to pass the bill might as well have been a million. Democrats Gathered Hope. Then the Democrats gathered hope. Drummond, who had just entered the hall, voted against the bill and Resler of Neosho bolted steering committee instructions and voted in the negative. The vote was 62 nays to 58 ayes. In an effort to drive Republican members to cover Bird of Shawnee moved that warrants be issued for absentees. But his' motion lacked enough votes to adopt. A dozen Dem ocrats wanted the call lifted, but the Republican side of the house promptly voted down motions to go to luncn- and lose the fight. A member moved a special dispen sation for the. ladies that would per mit the gentle visitors to go to luncn. The motion was adopted. But it was a wasted courtesy, .xne women na not want to go to lunch. They were interested in the fight and insisted on staying. r Opened Barrel or Apples. Then a barrel of apples was opened and the pages were busy distributing a light lunch while the leaders of the majority and minority fought for votes. But the members were stand ing firm. In sheer desperation. Whip Travis changed his vote from aye to nay. ad mittine immediate defeat and stating that he changed for the purpose of later moving a reconsideration. This gave the administration opposition 63 votes a -clear defeat of the bill. Speaker Stone announced that the call was lifted. But before be could an- nounce the vote, Travis changed his mind and cbanared hack to the affirm ative and moved another call. Imme- aiateiy the fight was resumed. Began AO Over Again. Then the change of votes began all over again. This time the administra tion gradually won back its lost ground. The vote was 1 ayes and 60 nays as the clerk verified the count. Resler changed back to the RenubU- cans. McDougall changed from no to yes. Then Holderman of Butler, Pro gressive, switched from a negative to an affirmative vote and the fight was won for the administration. un iinai roll ealLLaing and Pettlt, Republicans, voted-against the bill, as did Goodier, Lamb of Dickinson, Lonnbera and wvmu. PmrpMshu. Brewer. Socialist, alsn voted Tin progressives voting for the bilL on iuuu rou can were Glbbens, Holder man, Lindley and Rogler. The Gilman hill. iihitiiitH tnr i Troutman bill .in the house, permits candidates ror office to enter the pri maries either by filing petitions un der the present system or by payment of an entrance fee. The entrance fee is 1 per cent of the first year's salary for offices which pay more than si.uuu salary a year. For other of fices, a stipulated fee is provided. GERMAN VICTORY, Continued from Page One.1 region of the Niemen river we have found only patrols of the enemy." "On the left bank of the Vistula there has been no change. "In Gallcia we repulsed an attack on the Khava-Vikorotsch front with great losses to the enemy. Further to the east the enemy endeavored to at tack us in the region of Loubne-Stou-denne but without success, in repell ing this attack we made prisoners of ten oiricers and 400 soldiers and cap- turea tnree guns. "On the front from Koziouska to Moukvyschkoff the Germans delivered a series of determined and spirited at tacks, rorclng themselves vigorously in tne direction of Mount Vysckoff. All these advances were repulsed with neavy losses to the enemy. Almost an entire battalion was put to the bayo net; tne rest or tne Germans were made prisoners.. "There is no change in Bukowina," WOMAN TELLS STORY CContlnued from Page One. cised in examining the jury for the case by both the state and the de tense. Efforts were today made by the state to show that Moore had been the family physician of the Broughtons for a number of months; that on the day following last Thanksgiving when Mrs. Broughton went to Moore's office to consult with him the physician at first offered her a drink of whisky. when, upon her refusal, be made an indecent proposal to her, which she also refused, and then Moore forcibly seized her. Mrs. Broughton on the stand gave a detailed account of the alleged inci dent. When questioned by Robert Garver. assistant county attorney, she said that she called for Moore to come to her residence on the Wednesday be fore Thanksgiving and treat her four year old boy. Moore, she came, came to her home and' after examining the child asked her about a trouble for which he had previously treated her. "He told me to come to his office on the next day or so for further treatment,'.' said Mrs. Broughton. Called Her on Telephone. She then stated that Moore called her over the telephone on November 27 and told her that he had some calls to make about S o'clock, which was the time that she had previously call ed at his office with her husband, and asked her to call about 4 o'clock. Mrs. Broughton testified that- she went to Dr. Moore's office and waited for a few minutes in the reception room until he dismissed another pa tient who was in his private office. 'After the patient was dismissed. she said, "he called me into the office and locked the door." She stated that he then asked her how she felt and she told him that she was not feeling good and told him that she supposed too much Thanksgiving was the cause of it. Offered Drink of; Whisky, She Said. "He offered meia drink of whisky,' said the witness. "I refused it. I told him that I didn t think it necessary for me to come down that day. He then told me that he wanted me to come alone. "He then made an indecent pro posal which I refused and told him that he had no right to talk to me in such a manner as I had never given him cause to. "He then seized my arms," contin ued Mrs. Broughton, "and said, 'darn you, you will.' Mrs. Broughton then told of the al leged struggle. "During the struggle," said the wit ness, "there was a knock at the door. I told him to answer the knock." Moore at first refused to answer the knock but later answered it, ac cording to her testimony, and he kept her at the office for ten minutes dar- ing her to say anything about the in cident. "I got out of the room as soon he would let me," said the witness. 'and went to the transfer station and waited for my husband. I did not tell him about the incident that night for fear he would kill Moore." She told her husband the next morn ing and the next Tuesday following the alleged attempt the complaint against the physician was sworn out. she testified. It is not expected that the case will last more than two days, as there are few witnesses to be cross-examined. OLD KEN RETIRED. Toons Officers Are Promoted In tbe French Army. Paris. Feb. 18. Fourteen generals of brigade have been transferred to the reserve list by General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief. In addi tion to nine generals of division. The vacancies in brigade commands will be filled by younger men. Among those promoted is Count Edouardde MacMahon, son of tne former presi dent of France, who baa been a colo nel of Infantry. She Sank Four Buenos Aires. Feb. 18. The Ger man steamer Holger, which has ar rived here, brings news that during the months of January and February the German auxiliary cruiser Crown Prince Wilhelm, operating on the northern coast of Brazil, sank the British steamer Hemisphere, the Brit ish steamer Potaro, the sailing ship Sumatra, and the sailing ship Wilfred The crews of these vessels are on board the Holger. COT HER FAULT Great Britain Denies Responsi bility for Trade Depression. Dne to Germany and Inade quate Shipping Facilities. Washington. Feb. 18. Great Brit ain's second and complete reply to tne American note ol protest, wnicn on December 28. last, asked for an early improvement in the 'treatment of American -commerce by the British fleet, has been made public by mu tual agreement between the state de partment and the British foreign of- nce. The note, addressed to Ambassador Page- by Secretary Grey, under date of February 10, denies that the depres sion in American industries is due to the activity of the British fleet, and suggests, among 'other causes,., the shortage of shipping facilities. the-4 consequent diminution of the cotton trade and the destruction by sub marine mines- "laid, by the enemy, in discriminately" of many neutral ves sels. After giving a lengthy and detailed answer to the charge that American ships and cargoes were being unduly detained, the communication contains in its. concluding paragraph the an nouncement tnat oreat Britain in tenas to take retaliatory measures against the German submarine cam- paign against enemy ships, but does nor reveal tneir nature. Conceding that foodstuffs Intsmditri for the civil population of a country are not coniraoana,-tne-British gov ernment points out that "in anv coun. try in which there exists such tremen dous organization for war as now ob tains in Germany there is no clear di vision between those whom the gov ernment is responsible lor feeding and those whom it is not." "It will still be our endeavor." savs the final paragraph, "to avoid injury ana loss to neutrals, but the an nouncement by ,the German govern ment of their intention to sink mer chant vessels and their cargoes with out verification of their nationality or character and without making any provision for the safety of noncom- batant crews or giving them a chance of saving their lives has made it necessary for his majesty's govern ment to consider what measures thev should adopt to protect their interests. it is impossible for one belligerent to depart from rules and precedents and for tbe other to remain bound by tnem." FOUTE RUT FIRM. tContlnuoo from Page Ona.1 abandon that right under the stress which England has forced upon her. since uermany must compel tne na tions with which Bhe is at war to re turn to the recognized principles of international law and restore the freedom of the seas, she argues that the stand she has taken is necessary. The note recommends that the United States government send war ships to England to convoy merchant vessels through the danger zone as security against attack with the un derstanding that vessels thus guarded shall .carry no war supplies. Hope is expressed that the, American govern ment-will understand the position in which Germany has been placed and appreciate tbe reasons tor its course. The reply closes with an expres sion of the hope that the United States may prevail upon Great Britain "to return to the principles of interna tional law recognized prior to the out break of the war," and in particular obtain the observance of the London declaration by the belligerents op posed to Germany. If this were done, the note explains, Germany would be enabled to import food supplies and raw. materials. Germany recognizes in this, an invaluable service toward a more humane conduct of the war and would act in accordance with the new situation thus created. Only Beer for Soldiers. -Berlin, Feb. 18. While the propri etors of large cafes are pleading for an extension until two o'clock of the recent one o clock closing order on the ground that they are facing ruin, the police are reported to be serious ly considering the advisability, of for bidding all afternoon cabarets and vaudeville teas. 'Falling to obtain satisfactory results merely by mak ing appeals, the police have issued an order which becomes operative Friday fonblddlng the sale to soldiers of all heavy Intoxicants. Virtually every thing but beer is placed under tht ban. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. Druggists refund money If It fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is oa each boa 25c. Adv. TODAY'S KrURXET REP03T Chicago, Feb. 18. WHEAT Increased perils, to Transatlantic shipping were promptly reflected today by a big drop in wheat values. Heavy liquidating sales be gan as soon as the market opened and many stop-loss' orders from holders were quickly being executed. The fact that prices at Liverpool were strong gave no assurance to owners on this side, and was even Interpreted as baring a bearish sig nificance nere, as inaicanng recognition or greater difficulty of safely landing anp- ues in ureat Britain alter opening ic to iAc lower, the market here fell as mnch as 3T4c to 4c under last night before be ginning to rany. Snbaearjentlr active export baying and assertions that continued exports from the United States at a voyage rate of one mil lion bushels a day would place this coun try oa tbe most acute famine basis ever Known, neipeo io nit me mum. a ne ex port sales today were estimated aas high as three million bushels. Closing prices were strong at le to lc above last last nignr. CORN General selling carried down corn as well as wheat. Hedging on ac count of fresh receipts from tbe county added to the burden from the big stocks In store. ine opening, wnicn was an cbanged to lc down was followed by a decided setback al around and then a mod erate reaction. Big sales here to seaboard exporters served later to prop np the market. The close was firm at an advance of 34e to 4c net OATa oata weaaenea wiin outer g raim. Them waa an active demand for oats, how ever, on the break. PAUVlsiuns www IIKCT HW "Wgl started provisions down grade. Heavi ness of cereal, led afterward, to an un usual sharp decent. Kaaaaa City Gralat MaHrat The range of prices for grain fntoies oa rjW MBIU v Dorted by xnoa. J. amyen onwrr v- lumblao Bldg.l Kansas City, Feb. 18. High Low Today Yea Open WHKAT May ..150 153H Jnly ..125 127 Sep. ..115 llStf CO UN May 75 73 J sly 76)6 Tl 149 122 114V& 152 126 117 75 Tt 127 11 73' 76 am of nrlr. of prices for grain, tnturm Tb ChlMn lhari TmHa mm iuihM by TboeT. Myers. Broker, celaaabian BlOg.J ..v..,;: v. Chicago, Feb. 18. ran Open High Low Today Tea. WHEAT May ..16 Julv ..1111 lJi 157 161ft 13SH 128K 133$ 160 132 CO SuS a S3: OATS May JH 60 8844 50 Julr CSV? I 6SK BUT fiSt?. rona. May ..18.75 18,62 18.43 18.62 18.82 July ..19.15 ltt.OT 18.87 W.07 1V-2S Mvnsaal Grain Macks. r.1nrannl I'.h ID WDirp CA Va 1 Manitoba, 13s 8d; No. 2, 13a Hd Ne 8, 13 6dj So. 2 bard winter, 13?sfcd. CORN Spot, quiet; American mixed, new, 8s lfed American mixed, 8a 3d Feb ruary, vs ta; Marco, :1 Chlcaa-a Ormla-Marks. FltiMmamm CW o nr r m m 'v i eifc Ja-.1TJ1UX VMM May, rcmisgy.m' rretic; July, to OATS May, 5OT40Oc; July,' 65c. PORK May, flS.tti; inly. il9.0T. Kl May, 1057 July. 810.7ft. izviv a nu-ajjr, aui.u j my, $10.37. Furnished by special wire to T. J. Myers Mlnneanella wheat itivVi h,M k.M, 64O000 bushels thus far this week. Tbe wheat crop of Chile is officially esti mated at 24 million bushels. comDared with 12 million bosheta last year. Elevator stocks of .wheat in Kansas City have decreased 10H.211 hnGhl, thn. tmr this week mad corn stocks increased 207,333 ExDOrta frnm tha fTnltjMl tSatM. and fan. da yesterday were 456,000 bushels of wneai. i.uuu barrel, or flour. 107.000 nnan- els of corn and 1,000 bushels of oats. a Hole irom nnii.nn nava ravoranie weather has enabled sowing of wheat to be done under excellent-conditions, and germination has already taken place reg olary. Aereage is about tbe same as laat year. A report from Denmark say a ger mination of recently sown wheat and rye is satisfactory, wheat acreage is 3 per ceo larger insa. nut year; rye, iv pei cent larger. a caoie irom Uvernool reada as follows "There is an unusual demand for foreign flour In all European centers.- Italy and Scandinavia are bidding freely. Abnormal consumption owing to the war makes it certain that supplies of foreign 'flour will nna a reaay marvel, as it la airricmi ana in miMi cases lmnossiDie ror miiia co ou erate at anything like their normal capac ity. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City. Feb. 18. WHEAT Cash Market lc to 2c lower. No. 2 hard, SL54 i.&iyi no. a, si-oa; xno. 2 tea, sum; mo. 3, 81.5291-53. CORN Market unchanged to Vic higher. No. 2 mixed. 71ic: No. 3. 706)70Vic: No. 2 white, 74c; No. 3, 73c; No. 2 yellow, 72c; No. 3, 70ic. OATS Market nnchana-ed. No. 2 white. "rouiAsuc no. z nuxea, aanasMrc.- RYE fl.25. HAY Market unchanged. WHEAT Receipts 60 cars. BUTTER Market unchanged. EGGS Market unchanged. POULTRY Market unchanged. CLOSE WHEAT May, 81.53; July, Bepremoer, suu. lvkm May, TOc; July, 77c; septem- ber, 77c Chleaga Chicago, Feb. Prod oca Maekas. 18. BUTEE Market un- cnangea. EGGS Market higher. At mark, cases Included. 2227c; ordinary firsts, 2520c; firsts, 20 27c. POTATOES Market lower. Michigan and Wisconsin red, S740c; ditto white, 38 POULTRY Alive, lower; springs, 14c fowls, 13c New Tork Pmeaee Market. New steady. 3044c. York, Feb. 18. BUTTER Market Creamery extras (92 score), 30 EGGS Market firm. J-'resb leathered .ex tras. 28V,2c: extra finite. 2RC CHEESE: Market steady. State whole milk, held specials, 1717c; ditto aver age lancy. loaoiic. POULTRY Alive, firm: western chick ens. 151A)16c: fowls. 15a)16c: turkevs. l(S18c; fresh, quiet; western roasting chickens, lTWJic; iresn iowis, igisc turkeys, I422c York ana New York, Feb. 18. SUGAR Raw, nom lnal; molasses, 3.74; centrifugal, 4.51; re fined, steady. New York Cotton Market. New York.Feb. 18 COTON Spot, quiet middling uplands, 0.00. no saies. New York Money Market. New York, Feb. 18. MONEY Mercantile paper, 34 per cent. Sterling exchange, strong; 60 day bills, 4.80.60; for rabies, caDies, .Bz; lor aemana, .ri.tw. liar au ver, 48c; Mexican dollars, 37c. Govern ment bonds, steady railroad oonns, neav: Time loans, steady; 00 days, days, 23; inontns, Cal money, steady; high, 2; low, 14; ruling rate, 2; last loan, 2; closing bid 1: offered at 2. New York Stock Market. Wall St., New York, Feb. 18 STOCKS Standard shares, including Pacifies, Read ing, United States Steel' and Amalgamated Copper fell fractionally nnder yesterday's lowest quotation iu un tuni uuur. v n upward tendencies as the specialties and the further concern evinced over the for eign situation. Minneapolis and St. Louis issues declined 1 10 1 points ou uemoi u Canada railway Interests of any Intention to acquire that property. Ecliange on Lon don manifested Increasing firmness, con tinental rates moving up in aympainy. RnmnMn offerina-a caused recurrent de- Sression in Investment bonds, tore than ordinary interest attached to the opening 01 today a atoca maraei m- cause of the increased tension aoroaa. London, however, showed some nrmness in the American list and- Initial prices here, while somewhat lregular. Indicated a degree of support, leading tsaues ad vancing a fraction over yesterday's close. The feature of the special group was Mexican Petroleum which was heavily traded In at further declines. The stock's feverish movement suggestea precipitate liquidation. Texas Company, another on property, also was weak Wh-hitI.lvo Stack Market. Wichita. Feb. 18. HOGS Receipts l..ri00. Market lower. Top, 86.70; bulk of sales, 36.556.65 CATTLE Receipts 100. Market higher. nil? wirrrr i, fu.wi;i.n t-vffsj auu uvrir-i mt 84.757.00; bulls, S5.0066.00; calves, 86.000 9.50. 8t. Jeaeak Live 8tck Market. -1 St. Joseph, Feb. 18. HOGS Receipts 12,000. Market 5il0c lower. Top, 86.60; bulk of sales, M. CATTLE Receipts 1,000. Market 10(9 15c higher. Steers, 80.50 8.25 rows and heifers, f4.004.75; calves, 86.008.75. SHEDr Keceipta o,uuu. ataraer. siow. Lambs, 87.75 8.40. Kaaaaa City Live Stack Market. Kansas City. Feb. 18. HOGS Receipts 12.000. Market 10c lower. Balk of aalea. S&507.00; heavy, 86.506.60; packers and butcDera.wj.wnso.iKt; ugni, o.9uqd.hj; pigs, H.:ei.u. CATTLE Receipts 3,000. Market steady to strong. Prime fed steers, 87.7568.25; dressed oeef steers, 86l607.75; western steers, S6.50?.T5; southern steers, 80.79 I Toe ran r STOCK SSfflPPESS To Wsre Yuuiislf Best Roaas Cosmos to CLAY, K0BINS0N 5 CO. Lhra Stocks W( 8KPBectottt slew; K7K2fao: atockers and feeders. ewes, So.70J(a.r fA6028.1B. te Bulk of aalea, f! 86.3uaS6; "ix& Dlati: 86.20Q&55; rough, 84.J0, page. da: heavr. CATLB-ReeelpU 5.000. Hrtt5 Natlvi steers, .28: western, f4.e 7.20; cows and Hellers, SHEEP Receipts 10.wju. S75b: Sheep, 86. T.ou; luriiniH wmwm, lambs, 87. 8.25. Cttv Live Stack IThe folowlng sales wer saaae inis 1 log at the Stock Tarda. Kansss City, and reported over long uww Set to the Stat j Journal by Clay, Bobln- aoa IX nve stack toiuu.. cbants, with offices at all markets. Kansas City.' Feb. 18. CATTUB Be- celpta 3,000 head. Market slow. dOOS-Beceipts ,00 head. Msrketwen 510c lower. Bulk of sales, 86.0O6.7. fnrp Rjwelnr 8.000 bead. Market steady and slow. ambs. 88.40, No. Wt. PricalNo. Wt. 8. 7.60 6.05 4.80 7.10 3d no SI.1U I 6 1070 7.25 40 1275 65 UH0 6.00 I 30... ..1110 90 1000 O-OO J.. jr J 18.. ...1033 ,6.80 I 15..., .875 83 1230 7.40 I 17..... 10 K1W I I 950 4.80 6.00 5.00 6.00 8.50 10.50 10.50 6.00 1..... WW 1..... 080 1.....1130 5.50 1.,... tflO 5.00 I 1...-.U80 5.50 11.... .1320 CALVES. 9.15 I 4 110 8.50 8 157 10.50 J 1 100 BULLS. 5.25 I 1.....1830 4.00 HOGS a 75 I 68 197 .65 190 356 140 12.. ...1800 1 750 83. 62. 186 258 670 Tnneka Market. I Furnished by Chaa Wolff Packing Ce. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18. firm. MIXED AND BUTCHERS...... 86.1026.25 HEAVY 6.106.20 ROUGH -AND HEAVY O.WKBU.WI LIGHT 6.0 TOTrekn Grain Market. Furnished by J. B. BUlard. corner, Kan ssse Ave. and curtta bij Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18. CORN 70072c. OATS K54c. WHEAT iL80ttl.3B. Butter and Eggs, Furnished by The Contlnetal wo., -xepeaa. rvan. j Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18. CHICAGO EGGS 24c NEW YORK EGGS 24Uc. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago. S9Uj) 30c; New York, 31c; Elgin. 80c; Topeka wholesale. 31c Topeka Butter, Kggs and Poaltry. Furnished by the Topeka Packing Cons -any. corner Laurent and Madiaoa, Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18. POULTRY Hans, all sizes, 11a; springs and broilers, 10c; stagg young roosters, to; old roosters, 7c: ducks. Be; geese, to; hens and young Tom turkeys, 14o; old Torn turkeys, 12c EGGS 18c Wholesale Fruit ana Produce. Furnished by 8. E. Lux. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18. NAVEL ORANGES Per box, 82.5002.65. FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT Per box, 82.3032.65. BANANAS Per lb.. H4c ALMERIA GRAPES Per bbl 85.0001 LEMONS Per box. 83.00C4 00.' APPLES Jonathan. per box, 81.75; Mammoth Black Twig, per box, 81.55; Wlneaaps, per box, 81.50 Gano, per box, 81.25; Ben Davis, per box, 81.20; Roman Beauties, per box, 81.50. C11ANBERR1E8 Per -bl 85.50: per lb, 5e. SWEET POTATOES Per bu.. 81.10. LETTUCE Per 6-lb. basket, 80c HOLLAND CABBAGE Crated, per lb.. lc. RUTABAGAS Per lb.. le. SPANISH ONTONS-Per crate. Sl.Ot RED GLOBE ONIONS Per bu., 8L2B. ONION SETS Red, per bu., 8L85: yel low, per bu., 81.85; white, per bu., 82.00. RADISHES Per do., 40c. GREEN ONIONS Per dos., 30c. CAULIFLOWER Per crate. 88.25. MINNESOTA BURBANK POTATOES Per bo- 70c. CELERY Per bunch, 80c. OYSTERS 363C0e per can; 81.SO02.O8 per 'HEESB-Per lb.,' 1819c Wheat Market. f Furnished f Shawnee MflttnT Co Topeka, Kan., Feb. IS. WHEAT No. 2 hard. 81.40. WHEAT No. 3 hard. 81.38. WHEAT No. 2 soft. 81.4ft Topeka Hay Market. Furnished by T. A Beck ri?-2l f! h,J Topeka, Kan., Feb. 18. PRAIRIE HAY 110 ALFAT.F4 -I1Z.0 Q Vcek Epd Spechb U S Cat Fish, per lb. 1SvT X Trout, per lb. .w 15 g dffalibut, per lb. .ISf V Q :Gjrape Fruit, 80 size, for.tSc 'X Y Q Orape Fruit, 46 size. 2 for. lie1 J V Lemons. 360 size, dozen 10 J D Oranges. 218 size, dozen, ,15c' t ;Fresh Spare Ribs. lb. o' J f Santa Clara Prunes, 60-80 T size, pound, ioe P il4rf Carnatlbn Milk. 2 J a'i ',:n' .v-!. i..... 18a' v Milk Is higher buy how. -V Freslt Country Eggs. doz.zSc 1 JnwTaoned Creamer V Cjl ter, lh.-. v,:.' I Fresp. Millr, qt, .V; i,;SS; V V .Beet is lower. We give you -V V the benefit. y We have made arrange- i ments to have hot Rolls. O t Bread nd Doughnuts every ti afternoon from 4:80 to 6-30 O commencing Friday after- fir .mm, noon. Wei. Grcca &Scn o Quality Cash Grocer P fy 813 Ivan-as Ave. Jj MgMigock Yswdt, Kan. Ctey aaual1Bc2taSsT t'Taabi

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4 III TIP-TOP SHAPE Jack Carle j Says Johnson Has Been Training Hard. He Will Be Well Primed When He Reaches Juares. MOST IMPORTANT CASES IN FED- O. B. TROUBLE STILL UNDECIDED There Are ALWAYS Barini (U Crodtft llonse Committee Would Pro hibit Sale of Certain Drags. El Paso. Tex., Feb. 18. Jack John ton will arrive in Juarez next Monday and the day he arrives he will be in shape to step into the ring with Jess Willard, according; to Jack Curley, promoter of the fight. Johnson, ac cording to Curley, is today close to the Mexican coast. Where he will land and what route he will take to reach Juarez, Curley now has, and says he will continue to keep absolute ly secret. All he will say is that John son has touched at Cuba and is now on the ocean. "Both Johnson and Willard will step into the ring on March 6," said Curley today. "There is no possibility of the tight being postponed. John son, since he left England, has had three trainers with him. He has been in constant training while on ship board and will arrive in Juarez almost ready to enter the ring the hour he arrives. He will not ask any post ponement for training." Johnson when he arrives in Juarez will be more elaborately guarded than General Pancho Villa. In a state ment made to Curley a brother of Villa stated lie had arranged for a personal guard of ten picked men, who would constantly be with the big negro. Quartern Reserved. A large house in Juarez next to the one in which Villa lives when he is in Juarez, which is the same house, by the way. in which the Englishman, William S. Benton, waa murdered, has been reserved for the champion. The extra precautions are being taken, ac cording to the Juarez military author ities, to prevent Johnson's being kid naped. Under no circumstances will the big fisrhter be turned over to Vnited States authorities.- This state ment is made on authority of General Villa's brother, who says he is au thorized hy the general and the mili tary and municipal authorities of Juarez. Work on '.ho big arena for the fight, which is to be located on the course if the Juarez race track, will begin ten days before the fight. The plans for the seats have been drawn and the contract for the erection of the arena let. Construction will not be gin until as late as possible as races are being run daily at the track. Willard is in splendid shape for the fight and his condition is rapidly shortening the odds that at first all favored the negro. Willard is guard ed night and day at his camp and for weeks has been putting in regular gruelling training. When he first ar rived the high altitude bothered him and his training was cut short but he ha now become entirely acclimated and is in the best of trim. Many who hud heavily backed the negro when Willard first began training are now hedging. Missouri University 21; K. S. A. C. 19. Manhattan, Kan., Feb. 18. The Missouri university won its fourth consecutive Missouri valley confer ence game at basketball here Wed nesUay night by defeating K. S. A. Ct 21 to 19. The game was close throughout, being won only by a free throw In the last two minutes of play. Another Star Quits Baseball. New York.. Feb. 18. Arthur Shafer, former third baseman of the New YoYk National League team, Wednes day informed President Hempstead he was through with professional baseball for all time. He said the rumors that he would manage a Fed eral league team were unfounded. Left to right: Hal Chase. Armando Marsans mod George (Chief) John- iTnree most interestinj and most important cases in the trouble between the Feds and organized baseball are those of Hal Chase. Armando Marsans and George (Chief) Johnson. It happens that each one of those players was taken or came from organized baseball while the playing season was under way and each was taken ivtc ccirt In none of .ihem r-as a final dcision beon yet made. SPORT WHEEZES Being Purloined Dog Meat. Fran PlM. Lemon sandwiches, Ete. By Clug.) Stay Vigorous at Seventy Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers Re vive 1 Vitality in Men and Women When Life's Sun Begins to Set. SOc BOX FREE What you AUK, not what you WTRE Is what counts In the game of life. It's up to men and women to be "live ones" and not slow down too soon. Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers keep jour vital energy aglow drive wm mad Power, fa lath Eqmml la Nam F Aajr of tha Rials away s.l gloominess and peevishness, and trengtuen your petered -out nerves. When ambition deserts you and vitality sag down near zero: when vou're fassed out in brain and body and your nerves lack vim the Kellogg's Sanitone Wafers ginger" you up to concert pitch, put ".be punch" In your muscles, and make you tingle all over with health. Send coupon below today for a free SOc inai dox of itcuogg's sanitone Wafers. The regular 81.00 size of Kellora's Sani tone Wafers Is for sale in Topeka at Campbell Drug Co., 821 Kansas are.; Arnold Drug Co.: A. W. Lacey. 131 N. Kansas ave.; O. W. Stansflcld. 632 Kansas ave. Lrunt Drug Co., 43a Kansas ave.; Hex Pharmacy. 1001 Kansas ave. Now it is rumored that Mr. Savage, the new owner of the Topeka baseball club. Is having trouble in retaining the lease on the grounds. This is another skeleton of an unsuccessful past com ing to light. However, it is to be sup posed that Mr. Savage realized he would have a number of skeletons to contend with when he took over the team. Skeletons are among the things that are always unlisted on the in voice sheets, but they are among the most permanent and longest lived of all the assets.

Sailor Carroll, the California heavy weight who trained here before Christmas for a bout with Carl Mor ris in St. Joe and who lost the bout on a foul after he had out-fought the Oklahoman, is back in Topeka train ing under Topeka Jack Johnson for his match with Al Norton in Kansas City on Washington's birthday. Carroll is made out of the kind of "stuff" that produces big men. and a few favorable breaks should give him a good send-off; His disappointment over losing the St. Joe bout on a technicality naturally took some of the pep out of his punch because he had worked hard for it and had built up a lot of self confidence. But. he is still working hard, and now his hope of getting another clack at Morris de pends upon his ability to lick Norton. Carroll works out each afternoon at Johnson's gymnasium and extends an invitation to everyone to call and watch him. Every little chicken has a craw of its own, but the craw doesn't count near as much as the sand inside it. The fact that the football rules committee unanimously urged and recommended the numbering of play ers at its meeting last week is caus ing gridiron enthusiasts genuine sat isfaction. Last season Percy Haugh ton, the Harvard coach, was opposed to this measure, claiming that it would lend a commercial effect to the game. It is believed that this rec ommendation was made possible by the acquiescence of the rest of the committeemen to the rule which states that a forward pass will here after be incomplete when it goes out of bounds, a rule to which' Haughton had favorably committed himself be fore the committee went into session. There was a play made during the 1914 Federal League season that ought to live in history of freak plays in baseball; one that got caught in Cliff Carroll's shirt pocket and lost a game, with Isbell's drive that struck on a wire nail at the top of a fence and decided a game; with the ball that rolled into a tomato can on the Boston grounds and almost cost Bos ton a pennant. The freak play happened at Buffalo in the ninth inning of a game between Indianapolis and Buffalo. The score was tied, each team having made four runs, when Hanford drove a fly to left. Kaiser sprinted over and, while running at full speed, got both hands on the ball. Just as he wan making the catch he bumped the fence, the ball bounded out of his hands and went over the fence, turning the catch into a home run that gave Buffalo a 6 to 4 victory. ENCOURAGE BASECALL. Kansas Legislature Would Pass Bill Permitting Support of Clubs. FREE 50c BOX COUPON F. J. KELLOGG CO.. 2751 Hoflmaster Block, Battle Creek, Mich. Send me by return mall, a SO cent trial box of the wonderful discovery for nerves. Kellogg's Sanitone Wa fers. I enclose cents In stamps to help pay postage and packing. Name.. Street K. F. D. jlty State If the state can appropriate money for the benefit of state or other fairs, why not either appropriate money, or Dermit cities of the first class to ap propriate money, for the support of baseball clubs in such cities. Is question a number of members of the legislature discussed at a luncheon Wednesday. And at its close. the mem' bers agreed that, if it can be done, a bill at least nermitting cities to ap propriate money for the support of baseball clubs, win be presentee through some committee before the session closes. It was the consensus of opinion that baseball should be encouraged, and that it is the finest, cleanest sport of general interest there is. The measure will, at least, receive the hearty support of baseball fans. BEGIXXINGTO TURN. REGULAR HURRICANE IS KID WILLIAMS, THE ONLY CHAMP WHO'S A REAL FIGHTER "SsSSsjg, V A GREAT' Packs a tucneK I vH'' rui. Punch for mat If 4 Vv, I Kid William. Kid Williams, bantamweight champion, is m regular hurricane in the (ring. He prefers to win bouts by hard hitting rather than by clever box ing despite his remarkable skill. Williams is the only champion today who 'is doing any real fighting worth mentioning. Ilablt-Tormlas; Prescriptions Woald Be Placed Under Ban. A "dope" bill that will really accom plish something; will be recommended as a committee substitute for all bills introduced on the subject in the house by the committee on hygiene and public health, according to members of that committee. All the details of the measure have not yet been work ed out, and it may be tomorrow be fore the report is made. The impor tant changes proposed include the re peal of the former exemption aa ap plied to veterinarians and dentists and' repealing the exemption as applied to physicians insofar as it permits such physicians to issue prescriptions at random for habit forming drugs. The new bill makes it a felony for druggists to sell habit forming drugs except on the prescription of physi cians, and prohibits veterinarians and dentists from issuing such prescrip tions. It also prohibits physicians from giving such prescriptions, or using such drugs except in case of necessity, and prohibits them from furnishing either drugs or prescrip tions to habitual users of drugs. It is the most drastic anti-dope legislation ever offered, and the committee be lieves strikes at the root of the pres ent evil. The penalty for violation is severe, the new bill making all viola tions felonies. HE IS NOT GUILTY Jury Acquits John Collins of Black Hand Charges. Verdict at 9 O'clock Wednesday Mght 8-Day TriaL trated by the unconditional release of Tommy Leach, outfielder for the Chi cago Cubs. It is almost a cinch that Leach will not be taken up by a ma jor league club and Federal league magnates declare positively that the league will have none of him. Leach, prior to the 1914 strife, dickered with the Federals and made few bones about it. But instead of ac cepting their offers he used them merely as a. jimmy with which to pry an extra thousand dollars out of the Cub management for 1914. The black listing of Leach by both majors and Federals seems to leave him beyond the pale of the big shows. The ball, player who gets as much CASCARETS CURE HEADACHE. COLDS, CONSTIPATION ronight! Clean Your Bowels and Stop Headache, Colds, Sour Stomach. Baaeban Worm Shows Reversed Atti tudo Leach's Release Proves. New York, Feb. 1 8. That the base ball worm, as represented by the mag nates, is beginning to turn. Is illus- Get a 10-cent box. Take a Cascaret tonight to cleans your Liver. Stomach and Bowels, and you will surely feel great by morning, lou men and women who have head ache, coated tongue, a bi.d cold, are bilious, nervous, upset, bothered with a sick, gassy, disordered stomach, or have backache and feel all worn out. Are you keeping your bowels clean with Cas carets or merely forcing a passageway every few days with salts, cathartic pills or castor oil? Cascarets immediately cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the sour. undigested and fermenting rood ana foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the constipated waste matter and poison from the bowels. Remember, a Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning. A 10-cent box from ytur druggist means healthy bowel action: 'a clear head and cheerfulness for months. Don't forget the children. Adv. as $2,000 in a minor league club will be a lucky person this year. There' fore Tommy's alleged holdup or hold' out will cost him around $3,000 this year, 15,000 being what he is under stood to have drawn from the Cubs last year.- WANTS TO COME BACK Jack Johnson Inquires What U. S. Government Would Do With Him. Chicago. 111., Feb. 18. United States District Attorney Charles F. dyne Wednesday received information from an emissary of Jack Johnson, world's champion heavyweight pugilist, that Johnson, who left America while un der sentence for violation of the Mann act, desired to know the attitude of the government regarding his return. Mr. Ciyne refused to say what the government would do if Johnson re turned voluntarily or if he were brought back. He could be tried on two pending charges or resentenced under the former conviction, it was said. On Lookout for Him. Galveston, Tex., Feb. 18. Immigra tion authorities here were notified Wednesday by the department of jus tice to be on the lookout for Jack Johnson. They were instructed to scan closely members of the crews and passengers on all steamships ar riving from the south. Similar in structions have been received hy offi cials at otner gun porta. INFTELDERS AND PITCHERS. Wichita Draws Another Two Pair From St. Louis Browns. Wichita, Kan., Feb. 18. Infielders Ritter and Hollander and Pitchers Cochran and Southern were released today by the St. Louis Browns to the Wichita Western league club. Uoch ran played with the Charleston team in the 8outh Atlantic league last year and had just been bougnt by St. Louis. Infielder "Rabbit" Ochs waa sold for a cash consideration by the WIch ita Western league club to Youngs- town, Ohio. After a little more than an hour's deliberation, a jury composed of eleven men and one woman returned a ver dict of not guilty at 9 o'clock Wednes day night for John Collins, defend ant in the Hammatt-Collins case, which for the last eight days was heard in the second division of the Shawnee county district court. Collins was tried on a charge of at tempting to obtain $15,000 from Theo dore I lam matt, a Topeka milter, with the use of black hand letters. When the jury returned to the court room to hand down their verdict Collins was surrounded by friends and relatives who more than half filled the court room. The members of the jury were smil ing when they took their seats in the Court room. Don Wellman, court stenographer, read the verdict, and Collins and his pretty wife, who, dur ing the eight days of the triak sat on. the right side of her husband in the court room, and their friends and rel atives thanked the jurors. The Hammatt black hand letters were received by Hammatt on Sep tember 21 and 22. On the. night of September 23 county officials ana city officials attempted to capture a man thought to be waiting for the money on the Topeka avenue road. A Kan sas City detective named West, who failed to appear at the trial, jimmed the works. Collins was arrested Oc tober 1. The verdict by the jurors clears the defendant of all charges placed against' him by officials. The jurors who returned the verdict of not guilty: S. C. Coblentx. Mrs. E. V. Eden, S. W. Rice. John Kesler, W. F. Denison, II. M. Zirkle. W. A. Hamp shire, George Dickhut, S. J. Rice. W. L. Retter, O. W. Case and J. N. Willard. W. E. Atchison and Robert Car ver were attorneys for the state J. J. Schenck and J. C. Ensminger .were at torneys for the defense. ASK HIGHER RATES. Jitney Railroad Now Applies to Kan sas Utilities Commission. The Colorado, Kansas St Oklahoma railroad has made application to the public utilities commission for an In crease in passenger rates from, S cents to 6 cents per mile. A bill is now before the legislature, introduced by Charles Kelson of Scott county and passed by the house to allow the in crease in rates, but the road is not going to wait for the law if the utili ties commission has the power to grant the advance. The road is about 50 miles long and is in a part of the state so thinly set tled that there is not enough business to support it at the present rate. It is claimed by the officials that the sys tem has been losing over $5,000 a month.- The citizens in the part of the coun try tributary to this road want the road to stay, and, according to the men who are trying to get the bill through the legislature are willing to pay the higher rate to get the service. The measure passed the house Tues day by a vote of 78 to 22. but it is held up on a motion to reconsider. The utilities commission holds that it has the power to grant the advance if it so decides but the men who are interested in the passage of the bill insist that it has not that right. The date for a hearing has not yet been set by the commission. drag Qairfr TUKsf-naal Cos v Sottias to Txf. I'. "...U'V1 m'Zwr mm Pyramid Pile 'Remedy gives quick relief, stops itching, bleeding or pro truding piles, hemorrhoids a fid an rec tal troubles, in the privacy of your own home. 50c a box at all druggists. A single box often cures. Free namphi for trial with booklet, mailed free, in plain wfpper, on request to Pyramid Drug Co sic Pyramid Blds Mar shall. Mich. Darcains Gathered at Random' From Crockett' Stocks t for FRIDAY s SATURDAY If we could induce you to give some of the bargains we mention the attention they really deserve from a money saving standpoint, we are positive that yon would become a regular customer at Crockett's for many of the things you buy. .v As we always sell for cash only, we are enabled to make our prices lower than you usually find. But we would rather leave it to you. can tell you. You can SEE what we mean better than we $1.25 and $1.C3 Pajamas for CCc These are odda and ends of Women's Outing Flannel Pajamas that sold from $1.25 to $1.98, and which we have placed In one lot to close out. Your choice for 88c Women's Combination Suits for 50c We have piled all these combinations on one table. They are made of sheer muslins and long clo ths, all prettily trimmed with laces, embroidery and ribbon. Some worth several times the Mo we ask. Infants' and Children's Undsnsus!h3 An assortment of Infants and Children's Skirts, Gowns Drawers, divided into two lots for quick selling as follows; 25c values 10 Worth 50c and up Hew Waists the kind that we are becoming not" for. Jap Silks, etc Choice 98c 3 Sets of Few some we don't want to carry Were $40 to $50 Choice of the three $9.95- Nednrcsr Dainty and sheer creations in the newest styles and shapes. Priced at A Few Stiits Left at 05.00 Some Were Up to $45.00 Of course there is not an assortment to choose from, but if you can find your size in the lot for $5.00, you'll be getting an extra ordinary bargain. Come in and see about them. Bungalow Aprons 50c A new lot of the kind that women are always., asking for here. Ginghams and 'percales. Cut full length, roomy and either front or back buttoning styles. 25c Wool Hom 10c A dime never bought a big ger, better stocking value than this. They are ladles black wool hose that have been good values all along at 25c. Poplin See Our Beautiful New Silk at 50c Yard Our south window gives you an idea of the unusual beauty of these new spring weaves. In all there are 18 different shades' and designs, some of them being printed with dainty Small figures. See thern Every bright spring shade repre sented. rv 629 Kansas Avenue. The Cost of Living and the Cost of Electric Lighting Got a 'match? Why, .certainly. Thanks. How -often this dialogue occurs in a day in Topeka, and yet. at a nickel a box, the PRICE OF 25 MATCHES will pay for the current used to burn a 26-watt Masda Lamp ONE MINUTE. In other words, when you have switched your IS-Watt Masda Ught on 25 TIMES the SAVING IN MATCHES Will PAT FOR THE LIGHT ONE MINUTE. It takes $120 to buy the commodities now that $100 would purchase in 181-2. One dollar will pay for as much electric illumination Bow mm $10 would In 181-2. The time when electric service was thought to be EXPENSIVE and only for the WEALTHY is PAST. EVERTBODT should use electric light on the score of ECONOMY. Considering the saving in re-papering, re painting and re-decorating and YOU CAN NOT AFFORD ANY OTHER LIGHT. ON OUR NEW WRINKLE HOTJSE WIRING PLAN you can have electric service in your home for as little as $10.00, including an iron. Payments in sht months. REMEMBER. MR. LANDLORD. THE FOR RENT SIGN COMES OUT WHERE ELECTRIC SERVICE GOES IN. Phone 4080 and let our sales department explain. Topeka son 808 Kansas Ave. Co. T.lcney to Loan THE SHAWNEE BUILDING ND LOAN ASSOCIATION offers an easy way to buy a piece of property or build a hone and pay for It monthly, just like paying rent. When you are down town, call at 115 West Sixth Street and ask them to explain their plan. It is simple as a one.word primer. Financial Inztitaticxs of Topeka S. P. Slaughter, President W. A. Smith. V. P. as The Farm Mcrts: Company Read St- rinuJ V.

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An Independeat He By FRANK P. MAO LzUCNAW. (Entered July 1. Wi. as second-elsss saattar at tbe postofOce at Topeka. Kaaw under the act of congress-l .VOLUME XXXVII... ..No. 42 OCflctat State Paper.' Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OP BTJBSCMPTXOIf. Dally edition, delivered by carrier, 10 eanta a waek to any part of Topeka or euburba. or at tba aaraa price la any Kan. aaa town whar tba papar baa a carrier system. By mall, ana year By mall, six month By mall. 100 calendar days TELEPHONES. Private branch exchange. Call MM and ask tba State Journal operator for poraon Or dapartmant dealrad. Topaka Stale Journal building, an and MM Kanaaa avenue, corner Eighth. Now York Offin, 2M Fifth .avenue. Paul Block, tttt Tif a"r Chicago Office. Mallera Trailding. Paul Block manager. Detroit Office. Kresge building. Paul ntlnitlf mafieerar. Boaton Office. SB. Devonshire Paul Block, manager. yrrtj, ixuavm WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATES) PRESS. Tba Stat Journal la a member of tba Aaaoelated preaa and iscolvas the rail day aaliaiapb report of that great new. or ranwiaMon. for the exclusive afternoon pubUeatloa ta leeeka. Tbe newa la raoerea is i-mw owa wm- wires xer cans awe pw- Maybe the Topeka police pay little tor bo attention to the maneuvering of tba automobiles because the latter either smoke cigarettes nor praetlca bootlegging. And the many folk who are keen to borrow trouble -are not enjoying the April weather that prevails because ef their fears that it may mean Feb ruary weather in April. Kansas legislators may not accom plish much work during the first four or five weeks of a session, but it has taken the bunch in the Illinois house a full six weeks to choose a speaker and thereby get ready for business. Just why Turkey should be exceed ingly enthusiastic over the war, as Talaat Bey, one of her more or less distinguished statesmen, asserts is an other mystery. So far, Turkish arms have met with nothing but reverses. The Colonial Dames and the Sons and Daughters of the American Rev olution must needs look to their laurels. The cowboys of the good old days have perfected an organisation that answers to the name of "The Old Time Cattle Trail Men's association." Some substantial proof that money isn't everything to everybody in this country. The Electro Steel company of Pittsburg, Pa., lias turned down a contract for $4,000,000 worth of drop forge shells for one of the European, belligerents "for humanitarian rea sons." By the time the New Tork probe Into the price of flour is concluded, the speculative wheat bubble will have burst in aM probability, and more rea sonable flour prices will prevail. This is certainly a great little country for locking the stable after the horse has disappeared. Playing the part of a neutral to a war of the proportions and ramifica tions of the European conflict seems to be as much of a producer of gray hair as active participation ln.it is. Uncle Sam's locks are apt to be snow White before the present struggle abroad is ended. Nor must the important fact, be overlooked that the United States is not alone in its protests against the naval war zone plan of Germany that is fraught with such dangers to le gitimate neutral shipping. Italy, Den mark, Norway and Sweden have made similar representations. More evidence that the Democratic majority in the house of renreaenta tivea is like so much clay in the hands or president Wilson. His comnromiae ship purchase bill slid through it with tne same facility that a greased pig makes its way through a bunch of awkward yokels at a country picnic These reports from Berlin about the significant German victories that have been won in East Prussia are un doubtedly founded on facts. Petro grad is as silent as a clam just now. But maybe the famous Russian press agent there is busilv enaaaed with magnus opus that will demonstrate, to the Russian mind at least, that the German successes in question are of absolutely no importance. How the w.ork of a legislature would be facilitated and Improved if it consisted of a single body. Scarcely a day passes in the present session of the Kansas legislature that either the house or the senate does not make im portant changes in measures passed by the other. This means either the eventual death of such legislation or compromises that weaken its struc ture or destroy its purposes. "My dear Watson, you've been walk ing in mud." "Marvelous, Sherlock Tour powers of deduction are amu ing. Will you tell me how you know I have been walking- in mud?" "Cer tainiy, my mena, certainty. I see some on your shoes." After an ex tended and searching inquiry, Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the federal in dustnai relations commission, an' nounces that the foundation created by John D. Rockefeller, sr., and sup ported by him. Is under bis domina- COLDS. People who have colds, according to the United States public health service, are suffering from an attack of germs which they carry m their own mouths or throats. These have been permitted to reside there in a state of armed neutrality between the germs and the body defenses, until fatigue, emotion, intemperance, over exertion, or sudden chill, temporarily reduces the integrity, of the body's de fensive agents. This' produces tbe ag gregation of symptoms known as a cold. Colds are really very serious matters, and should never be treated lightly. If the body's resistance to one kind of disease germ is lowered, it Is quite easy for other germs to gain a foothold and spring Into activity at such a time. The infection which has produced a cold may extend to other parts of the body, and middle-ear dis ease and deafness may ensue, or a re mote Joint may be Infected, thus caus ing a lowered efficiency throughout life. Many of the cases which are di agnosed as rheumatism are merely chronio poisoning which results from the continued growth of the same germs which produce colds. .Since colds are induced by a lowering of the bodily efficiency, it to seen that they may be avoided by the maintenance of the bodily processes in a good condi tion. This means the observance of the rules of hygiene, adequate food, avoidance of excesses, the securing of sufficient sleep and the like. Above all, the teeth should be kept in good con dition and the mouth kept clean. It la the duty of persons who have colds to take every precaution against transmitting them to others. Tbe agency in the transmission of colds from one person to another is the sputum and this transference may occur directly by sneesing, coughing or expectorating. Someone has called the cold the strap-hanger's disease be cause of the frequency with which it Is contracted in overcrowded street a The common handkerchief is a great transmitter of disease. People with colds should either destroy the handkerchiefs which they use or ster ilise them by boiling them. If you do not want to give your cold to some body else, hold your handkerchief or your hand over your face when you cough or sneeze, and do not indulge in promiscuous spitting. If you do not wish to contract a cold from a person who has one, avoid Intimate personal contact with him. In the old days they used to hang a bag of asa- fetida around the schoolboy's neck in order to protect him against colds and this did to a certain extent perform the function for which it was de signed, because the odor of asafetida is such as to discourage close personal contact. A little cold is a dangerous thing. Many a case of tuberculosis is dated from a neglected cold. Keep up your bodily defenses and avoid the careless person who is acting aa a chronio distributor of colds. PRKVKNTIVE FARM MEDICINE. Preventive medicine is not confined to the field of the physician. The up-to-date farmer usee it likewise, de clares the Kansas Industrialist. Take soil depletion,- for example. While in some of the older states ac tive efforts are In progress for the restoration of fertility to depleted soils, up-to-date farmers in the mid dle west are following out plans, in cluding crop rotation and live stock raising, to prevent the soils from los ing their present fertility. The man who starts an orchard today employs spraying and all the other modern methods of preventing loss through insect depredations. The land owner In a region where soils blow does not wait in any season until the blowing begins, but adopts the necessary meas ures early enough 4o prevent serious difficulty. Where you see a farm that has been prosperous for a series of years, you will usually find on it an advocate of prevention rather than cure. "THE ARRIVAL OP THE FIT." It has been aptly said that while Darwin's theory of natural selection may account for the survival of the fittest, it does not account for the ar rival of the fittest, writes John Bur roughs, in the February number of the North American Review. The ar rival- of the fittest, sooner or later, seems in some way guaranteed by ten dencies that are beyond the hit-and- miss method of natural selection. Yet one hesitates to appeal to any teleological principle. It is hard to believe that the course of organic evolution would have eventuated in man and the other higher forms of life without some guiding principle; yet it is equally dif ficult to believe that the course of any guiding Intelligence down the ages would have been strewn with so 'many failures and monstrosities,' so much waste and suffering and delay. Man has not been specially favored by one force or element in nature. Behold the enemies that beset him without and. within, and -that are armed for his destruction t The. intelligence that appears to pervade the organic world and that reaches its conscious expression in the brain of man is Just as manifest in all the forms of ani mals and plants that are inimical to him in all his natural enemies venomous snakes and beasts of prey, and insect pests as in anything else. Nature is as wise and solicitous for rats and mice as for men. There are harmony and co-operation among the elemental forces, as well as strife and antagonism. Life gets on, for all the groping and blundering. There is the inherent variability of living forms to begin with the Primordial push toward the develop ment from within which, so far as we can see. is not fortuitous, but ..pre destined. The essence of life Is in adapta bility; it goes into partnership with the forces and conditions that sur round It. It IS the trait which leads the teleological' philosopher to cele brate the fitness of the environment when its fitness is a foregone con' elusion. Shall we praise the fitness of the air for breathing, or of the wa- ter for drinking, or of the winds for filling our sails? If we cannot. say ex plicitly, without giving too much rein to our anthropomorphism .that there Is a guiding Intelligence in the evolu tion of living forma, we can at least say,-1 think, that the struggle tor life is favored by the very constitution, of the universe and that man in some In-' scrutable way was -potential In the fiery nebula itself. Journal Entries Many obstinate people have the idea that they are merely firm. -Bric-a-brac is nothing more than a fancy characterisation 'or junk. As a general thing,- people have Just as good or bad. reputations as they A few folk keep silent, not because they're so wise, but to conceal their ignorance. a e.-. Almost every man also fools him self into thinking that he is an excel lent Judge of human nature. Jayhawker Jots As the Marquette Tribune says: A dissatisfied customer is the. best little business destroyer in the world. It will soon be that every little Mex ican will have a president all his own, thinks the Minneapolis Messenger. The Wichita Beacon thinks there is a fragment of consolation in the fact that the price of flour remains sta tionary a few hours at a time. All sorts of agents, selling the peo ple all sorts of stuff that they did not need, have been numerous tbe past week, reports the Americus Greeting. Some repartee, as recounted in the high school notes in the Sabetha Star: Sophomore Don't yell "hey" at me, I'm no horse. Wise Freshle Oh! I know that, your ears are too long. Some people are born small, points out the Minneapolis Better Way, oth ers acquire smallness through their own deeds, but it is rare, indeed. where anyone has smallness thrust upon him. Says Dave Leahy, in the ElDorado Republican: The growing tendency of public officers in Kansas to run for re-election "on their records" is one of the reasons so few of them get a second term. An Emporia man thirty years old married a woman of f if tar summers, notes the Pea body Herald, and. it adds: In passing we might say she is worth $500,000. What's marrying a woman old enough to be your mother if each excess year carries with it $25,000? According to the station agent at Fiat, a helpful hen comes into the depot office every day and lays an egg in his waste basket. If he happens to be out and the door is shut so she can't get In, she patiently lingers near till he appears and lets her in, when she at once gets busy and does right. Presumably, Gltck Fockele of the LeRoy Reporter is the proud posses sor of a hero medal, or one for good behavior that he annexed when he was a Sunday school scholar. He writes: There is considerable face tious comment because heroes wear their medals. What, we desire to ask, is a medal for If not to wear? A man 1& Vlncennes, Ind., spent $24 to talk to his wife, who was passing through the Katy station at Parsons, Friday, en route to a visit to Okla homa. The telephone girl refuses to tell what the husband asked his wife; but we know what he asked her. He asked her where on earth she put those stockings she was darning for him the first of the week. What is your guess? Emporia Gazette. Globe Sights BT THE ATCHISON GLOBE. gC There are always two towns to pet her, one for the living and one for the deao. There should be a peace and equity league in every family of more than four. It is almost as hard to start a new undertaking business as it is a new newspaper. Opportunity to get Into trouble comes much more frequently than the other variety. Occasionally there is an Irate Sub scriber who mistakes an editor's "sanc tum for an arena. Supporting one .wife Is such a chore that it's wonderful how the Mormon church has grown. If you should refer to yourself aa one of the "Common Peepul" it might make the C. P. sore. There is some consolation in the fact that a lot of people who marry for money don t get it. In a country community, the wealthy farmers are apt to regard forty dollars a month as big pay. The loalna- side in a debate doesn't have a very high opinion ox tne inter ligence of the honorable Judges. Ab Adkins says his son-in-law has the trusting nature of one who ex pects the Boy scouts to save tne. na tion. You aren't really expected to love your enemies, but don't let hating them interfere wttb .you? regular work. There are plenty-of reckless devils. but the gent who. tangles up with a mall order wire is taxing tne mosi chances. Neither can1 vou convince the de jected financier who has had a set of fours beaten, that there is- no suea thing as luck. The Lancaster Literary society will soon take up this discussion: "Which is the hardest to do. quitting boose or leaving a pimple alone 7" i POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago Newa Public opinion is never tongue tied. Some coming events oast their shad owa in all directions. To have a good time ia .easy if you have a vivid Imagination. But one-half the -world knows ex actly how to work the other half. The young doctor's profession Is usually better than his practice. You can't Judge a woman's religion by the bonnet she wears, to. enarch. Some people will never be popular and there's no reason why. they should be. Probably a new born .babe cries be cause It discovers the mistake it made in getting born. Woman has an advantage over man in buying hats. When she 'finds a shape to suit her ah can arrange her nair to fit It. On the, Spar of the Moment BY ROY K. sfOTjLTON. Tbe fmv. Wave.'. XJWKSC ABUT H a plan for peace right head. Rr He' im nia pians in print. the champion world-peace schemer, An But It's very sad 'to aay We have not yet reached the day When the instinct of tbe savage w mi ana ravage. Ku wait there's -loot and there la pillage ay will try to prove that might M mlv thin. r wuc ui every 'village, in Uncle Andy, it's, a riddle. ii in tne dook or Fate That you've simply got to wait --J wkkvm vam water Have not tired yet of slaughter. i. "T your woriu-piece. noon Many hundred years too soon. .iMkias far a- Hushes. Tne mayor or a northers Michigan city has received the following letter of inquiry from an eastern resident: Kind and resfeectxl CNr? I aee In a paper that a mau named Jobn Btpea was atacted and et up by a, bare whose cubs be was trying to git when tbe she bare came np and stopped him by eatiu him up near your town, what I want la did It kill him or was he-only partly et up and is be from this place and all about the bare. I don't know but what he is a distant husbsad of mine. My first husband, was of that name and I suppose he was killed in the war but the name of the man tbe bare et being. tbe same I thought it might be bun after all and I ought to know if .be wasn't killed either in the War or by the bare for I have oeeu mamea rwue' since ana mere oagns to be divorce papers got out by him or me. He sings base and baa a spread eagle tattoed oa bis front cheat and a ankor oa his right arm which you wlH know him by if the bare did not eat up these sines of its being him. If alive don't tell him I am married to Joe White, for he never liked Joe. Mebbe you'd better let on as if I'm ded but find out all vou can about him without his knowing annything what it Is ior. ion is ii we nare. uiu not eat un all up. If it did I don't see as you can do anything and you needn't take no trou ble. My respecks to your family and please ancer back. P. S. Was tbe bare killed? Also- was ne married aaaht and did be leave any property, wuth me lay ing claim to?" The Bay's Newa, The air is full of bunk and con. Tbe senate filibuster's on. They utilise their speaking powers And shoot the bull for hours and hours. These senatorial overlords Io wrench and tear their vocal cords. Asd Time they would sssassinate. It is tueir way to save tne state. From early morn to dewy eve They argufy or make believe Ana men irom eve im arena oi uay Klglit merrily they bang away. Big guns tbey roar and roar again. Sounds like the battle of the Atone. When one, exhausted, quits the race, Another's there to take his place. "rwas leit to tne its mortal unroot In this great conversational toot To break the record for long talks And mystify the Jays and gawks. The people do appiaua ana snout And wonder what it's, all about. Cearge Wash. Wouldn't Georre Washine-ton have a siacnermg oia un kiiue cue exjaci mm, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in this day and age! When a letter with an Isinglass front came to tbe bouse, Mar tha would aay: "What's in that letter. Won 111 henra-a reil- "That's s bill from h.n i- inv!itrton noise in tbe cellar and rush down to fr the furnace? It'a a nnMflnll. isn't ft? Of course, you win Understand, Martha has not received any flowers from George, and that makes ttf situation a great deal more difficult thaaf it might be otherwise. But those were t fte good out aays. 1 ne genius who intenud the peek-a-boo letter wltn tne nrm t nnepe ip an tpe wnur mui not yet appeared' i 'Si,' '1 Ueorge couioszuve 10 -nia wiie over tne phone, for the! simple reason that there wasn't any phone. It sounds logics! when you think of it.. .4 Evening Chat BY RUTH CAMERON. The Middle of the Night. Molly, the-little stenographer-lady. was worrying about a piece ox worn which was coming into the office the next week. It isn't like Molly to worry, but there had been sickness In her home. She had lost much sleep. anw with it, as most of us do, ner sense of Dro portion. The Laay-wno-aiways-Bnows-some- how looked up from her knitting socks for the Belgians, of course and smiled at Molly. It's the middle of the nlgnt, isn't it, my dear?" she said. Molly drew the little stooi on wnicn she was sitting before the fire closer to the Lady s cnalr. That means something, doesn t it. Big Sister? Tell .me what. "Yea" said' the Lady, "it does. You see, once upon a time when I was a girl like you 1 was going away ior a very special visit in a specuu new gown and hat. In the middle of the night before I was to go I waked up and the wind was blowing a gale and it waa snowing very hard. It was ear ly in March, I remember. I sat right up in Dea reaay to oura. mio uaus. Perhaps I couldn't go tomorrow. Our horse had been a- little lame the night before and he might be worse, i naa meant to walk but I knew mother woudln't let me walk tnrougn tne snow drifts. Then, likely aa not. the snow would stop' the trains. And my new gown! I surely wouwn t be snow ed to wear that. I lay awake at least two hours, planning ana worrying ana fretting. I had made up my mind that I would simply defy mother and walk to the station if the horse couldn't go, and that I would carry my new gown in a box and get the station master's wife to let me put It on at her house, when I finally fell asleep. t i suppose you can guess tne rest. Whan t wok 11 n the sun was shining and there wasn't a bit of snow on the ground. It was a beauuiui aay ana you could smell spring in the air. Dob bin's foot was better and I wore my new gown and rode to the station in tate." The Lady dropped her knitting needles for a moment and sat smiling into th fire. t wnow it doesn't sound like very much," she said picking up her knit ting again. But it maae a great im pression on me. When I get to tret ting over things that are coming In the future I remember that night and think to myself. 'Walt until the morn ing; leave your worries -until then and you may not have eny. "I know. Big Sister." aaid Molly, "that's very sweet, bat -troubles don't always go away in the anornlng. Some times it's still snowta."; I "Yea" admitted the Lady. 1 know that. But even if it is. things are eas ier to deal with in the morning. They never seem so Appalling as In the middle of the nrht- You are tired and downhearted, now. It's the middle of the night. ad- everything looks blacker than It really te. Wait until morning. Little Sister, and perhaps it won't be so bad after alL And any way I'm sure It won't seem so bad." Molly turned to seise the '-gentle hand that was stroking her hair. In both of hers. "Of course it won't. Big Sister. she said.-. "In fact, I think it'a stopped snowing already." LADY LATJSI Where your feet are dancing Sparkling of the snnsbiae.. shimmer of tbe dear BQU1 1 m nen tne enss, aura sane. Ab. my Lady Laughter, Bow shall I be sad When, a golden bubble, You turn sorrow glad; BippHng of a river, Barging ef a sea Kinglets on tbe Bbtsja-geld. Dimples ea your knee. Ah, my Lady Laughter, Spring Is in the lane; Silver in tbe sunbesm. Shower on the psne; Bugling of a bird's note, Rapturing of a stream Fairies In tbe front yard Bringing home a dream. An, my Lady Laughter, After you-the spell. Morning oa the hilltop. Blossoms In tba dell Butterflies on light wings Clover top to clover Suddenly the eight sings. Then the whole thing over! Baltimore Sua. The Evening Story Phllanthropto Philip. (By Dorothy Douglas.) Sally Van Camp came home in a state of complete exhaustion from re hearsal. Since the losing of the en velope with her salary in -it she had been forced to go about, her strenuous days with scarcely enough 100a to nourish a canary and to sing and give forth her vitality as 11 tne lacx ox food were a thing of no consequence. The pitifully small salary she drew for singing every night and two afternoons a week in a big musical comedy chorus waa all she possessed In the way of financial support, isacn penny of it was carefully meted out to snatch what she could of life, while body and soul seemed ever ready to oart so great waa the struggle. took her every penny to spread out over the week, so that at the end 01 those seven days Sally would have starved save for the fact that another nay day arrived. The wolf, ever prowling about Sal- lay s ballroom door, threatened an en trance during the days following the loss of her pay envelope. Already Sally had fainted once at the theater from iaclc of proper food ana a curt hint from the manager had warned her that a second performance of that kind would rob her of her meager pay. Sally dared not faint again, and she gritted her teeth and wondered if body and soul could possibly hang together while a whole week passed.. However, three days had been got through. Had Sally not -spent fifty cents on an advertisement in the lost and found column after she had dropped her pay envelope In the sub way she could have had some lunch for five days.. As it was, she had to fight the pangs of hunger and won der if any one finding her money would ever return It. Philip Turner, who had read the advertisement, pondered long and speculatively over it. He, surrounded by every luxury and the manager of a successful restaurant where people dined and wined and listened to cab aret music, felt strangely upset that some poor working girl had lost a trifling sum -of $8 and that it was her all. Perhaps Philip Turner was half philanthropic Certainly he was curi ous .to see if the girl who had tost her salary In a white envelope was honest.' Turner's hobby, if hobby it could be called, was to test human nature. If he found it wanting he only shrugged his massive shoulders and forgot the weakling. If the character under his observation proved worthy it was Philip's habit to swing the arm of friendship around that person and perform his part of the bargain. Philip's friends were legion. Those whom- he had succored worshiped him. x "I will send S. V. C. a white en velope with $8 in it and teU her I found it in the subway." he decided as a conclusion to his speculations re garding .Sally's advertisement. It was the fourth day of Sally's enforced fast when the letter from Philip Turner arrived with the en velope inclosed. She had come home at 11:30 from the theater so weary that the stairs leading to her attic room and haunted her all the way home as a task quite beyond her power of accomplishment. Upon seeing the letter addressed to herself Sally opened it apathetically. She was far too tired to enthuse or to realize that it might be an answer to her advertisement. The sight of the money unnerved her for a sec ond and her slim hand was obliged to seek support for her body. Sally knew instantly that the money was not that which she had lost. The envelope and the bills were not her own. She did not for the moment doubt that tbe envelope had been found and sent to her as supposedly the one she had lost. Across the street a midnight shop flaunted its blase of light into Sally's half-starved face. "Turkey sandwich" was the Illuminated sign that goaded her into using the money as her own. Had Sally been In her right senses she would not for a second have coun tenanced the action she was perpe trating. It was nothing more or less than theft, but Sally's weary faculties were too far spent to comprehend that. She had a rehearsal on the following day.' at 10 o'clock, and without food to eat before' retiring she well knew that the theater would net see her. Her position would go and. with that what not? Sally did not ask her self those appalling questions.: but went to tbe shop across the way and when she arrived in her room again she was faint but not so faint but that 'the turkey-, sandwich set her on her feet ana; made a sleepy ana contented girl of her. In the light of day and with clearer reasoning faculties Bally felt her posi tion keenly. She had deliberately .used the money of some other person and she would not be able to repay that money until three days biter, and then it would have to be done in small installments saved from her -already overtaxed salary. Should her own money be -found, then of course she could go immediately to Philip Turner and acquaint him with facta. It was a very wan but strictly straightforward Sally that found her Way to the home of Philip -Turner. Luckily he was in. His servant led Sally through sumptuous halls until she was shown into the library where in Philip did his dreaming. Tba breadth of him when he arose at Sally's entrance quite startled her, and it was wide open eyes of deepest blue that met Philip's during his first gUmpee of Sally Van Camp. He smiled at her timidity, and Sally be came herself. She smiled half wistfully as she handed bask the-envelope. "I took this and used some of the money." she told him. "It la not the envelope I lost, but I was starving and had to rehearse today. I want to pay back what I have used when X earn." She spoke brokenly, foe the peM-f-rly enveloping Hght toe PLiiip frurnwr's eyes played havee with- her net sea. When she had told him la detail all that he demanded of her he took her to the big drawing room, and himself sat down at the ptano. "Now sing, he said, laughingly. 1 tat to see what you can- do." He struck a Tew chorda so as to give Sal ly .a breathing space-while she eon- staerea a song tnat would suit mm. "If yon please me." be added. "I can give you an engagement to sing In my restaurant for 1 50 a week. Sally's slim hand sought support even as it had when she had seen the money in her letter. She smiled, how ever, and Philip watched the dawning happiness that he was one day to bring into his own and Sally's life. Neither of them knew for the second that love was weaving them into its net, but Sally did know that she was going to sing as she had-never sung for anyone else. When she had finished Philip sat silently looking at her. That his char acter study had led him into wonder ful places, and that Sally had not proved wanting in any of tne attri butes of perfect being, as well as bis discovery of a most appealing voice, held him silent. "I could easily make it a hundred." he said finally, "but you might only sine a few weeks for me and go off to 'the continent or something like that," he ended laughingly, for Sally was very near to tears. "There is no use in my trying to thank you." she said, softly. Philip did not tell her until long after they were married that he had wanted to teat her character. Even so Sally only moved nearer him and dropped her head on his massive shoulder. (Copyright. 11S, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From; the Philadelphia' Record. It takes a certain amount of cold cash to generate a hot old time. Any man with a comb and brush ought to be able to take his own part. The man is a mighty poor sort of master who can t even master him self. When some people don't know which way to turn, they always turn back. Would you say of a man with a oold in his head that he has no scents of right and wrong. It all depends on the point of view, The sailor, for instance, feels all at sea when he s ashore. Some men go around looking for temptation" simply to 'show .what strong resisting powers they have. The world is full of opportunities. especially -for the fellow who is deter mined to make a fool of himself. Sillicus "Do you believe marriages are made in heaven?" Cynicus "If they are, heaven must have a lot of misfits to work off. "Misery loves company." quoted the Wise Guy. "Then you can't very well blame the company for packing up and going home." 'added, the Simple Mug. Nell "Did Mr. Closefist ever show you a good time?" Belle "Humph! His idea of showing a girl a good time is to take her into a jewelry store and let her look at the watches." BY OLD WOGGLEYE'S HISTORY. Old Woggleye lived at the edge of the village, and all alone kept the little shanty, where, as long as any one could remember, he had cooked his meals and slept. They called him Woggleye because he had a curious lervous trouble with one of his eyes which made it move whether he wanted it to or not, and when he looked at you this eye would move in the most disturbing manner. Some of the larger boys often tried to plague the old man by throwing things at his shanty after it was dark and he could not see who did it, and they called him names; and cried saucy things to him. But he never answered them and bore their taunts and abuse without complaining. "yoa &y. v-r The village was so small that scarce ly anything that happened in it was not known to everybody, and when Kara Sampson was taken ill with a dis ease which the doctor said was 'very unusual, so unusual that he had never seen a case of it before, everybody In the town knew about it before night fall. Bara's father and mother were ter ribly frightened because he wss so ill, and tbey were especially alarmed be cause the doctor said that he could not tell hew his illness was going to end. Now Kara had been one of the boys who had done much to make the life of -old Woggleye uncomfortable. Therefore Ekra's father and mother were surprised on the night when Ezra was most critically ill to hear a knock at the door and on opening it to find old Woggleye standing outside. '-May I come in," he said. "I have heard that your boy Esra Is UI with a strange disease. The doctor told me as he pasesd my door and I asked him If I might not come up and see him DOCK 8HOOTWO. The federal law ia tense to shoot irUgratory MrdsdurtolT certain seasons went in effee Jan- .irirf tint tt t now a viola tion of law to kill wild dukt There is no state law on the subject and why congress ever unaenooa l" "tT on the Lubject Is hard to understand. That the states and the states alone have the right to determine what are game birds and what protection these birds are entitled to has never been disputed. The ablest lawyers in the country have insisted that the r fed eral game law Is unconstitutional. Unr leas It could be shown that a wild duok that had been killed had 'come from another state the federal court would have no Jurisdiction of the ease and how could this fact be proved? Mr. EL F. Swinney, presi dent of the First National bank of Knntr- City, Mo., shot ducks out of season and advised the proper offi cials of the department of Justice) In order that he might be made the sub ject of a test case in the courts but no action was taken In the matter. Of ficials of the department of Justice know that the law Is unconstitutional and are unwilling to attempt fte en forcement against defendants able to defend themselves. .The result is that rich sportsmen pay no attention to the law while the poor fellow that cannot afford the expense of testing: the law is compelled to observe it. The law should be repealed and the question of game protection left to tbe respective states where it belongs. Belolt Ga zette. From Other Pens JAPAN FEELING ITS OATS. Whether Japan's participation in the present war Is making It "feel Its oats." certain It la that Chinese oirr- cials have been disquieted by political and territorial demands made by Japan upon China, following the Jap anese occupation of Kiao-Chau. These demands, twenty-one in number, were communicated to the Chinese govern ment, on Jan. 2 by the Japanese min ister. They Insist among other things that China turn over to Japan all existing German and Austrian conces sions; that China pledge herself not to give concessions in the future 'to any country except Japan; that Japan receive permission to build a special territorial railway,' and that mining privileges be granted to Japan in Shantung and Fu-Kten provinces in Manchuria, in eastern Mongolia,- and in the Yangtse valley. It is felt in Peking that the granting of these de mands would be equivalent to turning over to Japan all the regions In ques tion as "spheres of Influence" to the detriment of the treaty rights of other nations. These demands should make interesting subjects of speculation at our own state department In connec tion with the Japanese agreement when the German islands in the Pa cific were seized as to the ultimate dis position of them at the close of the war. Army and Navy Journal. MRS. EAX&LKER and do what I could to help him." Esra's father and old Woggleye went upstairs to where Ezra lay on the bed looking, oh! so white and ill and so weak that he could scarcely move his hand.. The old man looked at him for a moment, laid his hand softly on his forehead, touched his wrist lightly as he felt his pulse, and then, turning to Ezra's father, he said: "I think I can save his life If you are willing to trust him in my hands." "Certainly we are willing," said Ezra's father; "this is the only hope left for us." The old man rummaged in his pocket and brought out three such as Ezra's father remembered hav ing seen an 01a aocior nave wnen ne was a boy. The old man asked for hot water, and when it had been brought he dropped liquid from .wo of the bot tles Into one- glass and from one of the bottles into another. Esra's father, worn with his long valrti. Inv Aown in nn w j Mvt.avr t,ura ail u old Woggleye sat by Ezra's bedside un- u mus- nour oy nour ne gave him the medicine he had prepared. and hour tv hnu,. .1. 1 ..u m, viit; mann ing symptoms of the illness disappear. wubi. uuura aayoreaK ne saw Ezra drop Into a quiet .sleep, and then he knew, that rh 1 tmam 1 u uvch con quered and that he was going to get mima nui u ri in men tnat he went and Sailed Esra's father. iour ooy will get well." he aald- "the cruris haa h,n j i .11 .w. 7 vmtu, ana all that he heeds now is care and nuraina- tn mv. hi 77. w-jii ne ever. The doctor will understand, it aU when t""". ana mere will be no need for me TO Rt.v an. In.... a -"..c. Ana uien. Just as he waa leaving, he said: "It HJJi'JbL? wel1- PerhP"' If you do not r me wnen ne awakens, for he might feel that he owed me an especial debt.": "!T And then old Woggleye went out of the bouse as he had come In, without telling anything of himself or why he CH-TYI A S-eTeh nail m Buna iar xrotTl the house, however, when he met thedoc tor, who asked about Esra, and when Woggleye told him how much better he was he was much pleased n. asked him how he had knownVnat to iiim, Tftuu inen ior tns ftrM ani wrVLV tTi his health v.7 l nervous disease which affected his eye. but thitlse had never lost interest In his nrofes! bhTbook on .k"' "nisnea reading a which -ease .-with im aocior thank. ea nun ror his help and went nn 7. the house to see bo was'atta. The doctor knew of how tha twin Plagued old Woggleye. sidwhen Ear? gew?eWh WW-M. far his Esra told the doctor that the first h wottl when hi was ?ble to be out was to the ahantv TUt H anything again to annoy hhLcoi2? right. IMS. by he McClureNewinI Syndicate, New York Ci T pap4

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They are shown in stripes "7C of blue and black at, yard OC Embroidered Voiles Colored designs, embroidered on white very new. 40 inches wide, yard 95c to Chiffon de Chine, 3 Inches wide A light weight, woven crepe new designs and color combinations a yard Silk Shirting and Walstings in attractive stripes. 32 inches wide a yard 38-Inch White Voiles, with stripes and figures of black a yard Polret La re Fabrics in printed tri-color designs. 40 inches wide yard SO-rach Windsor PHsse 25e A 'beautiful collection of new designs and colorings a yard Costume linens in natural and in all colors widths f, tZf range from 30 to 48 inches prices from 25c to $1.50 .35c ..50c .25c 39c ...25c BUTTERICKS ARE SHOWING MAST NEW MODELS FOR THE NEW EMBROIDERED COTTON FABRICS IN COMBINATION WITH THE PLAIN Beautiful Collection, New Yfcite Cotton Fabrics Do not overlook this showing, because, if not interested now you will be later. Dame Fashion says: "White cottons will be worn this season more than ever before." Our price range is complete; yard ,10c ap to $2.25. For Dressmakers and Others Special Sale of Notions .Sc A big opportunity for you to save on the many little things necessary for the sewing; basket. Threads' and Darning: Cotton Coats Thread. 200-yd. spools; dozen spools. 30c Sewing Silk. 100-yard spools; staple shades, spool 5c Basting Thread. 500-yd. spools. 50 and 0, spool .Sc Geneva Silk Finish Thread, 600-yd. spools; spool 12c Kerr's Luster Twist, SOO-yd. spools; spool. 9c Marshall's Linen Thread, 200-yd. spools; spool 8c Ball Mercerised Mending Cotton. 7 5 -yd. spool; all shades; spool Sc Ball Darning Cotton, 4 5 -yd. spools; white fndJan;. spool." 1C Ball Clark's Darning Cotton, 45-yd. spools; all shades; 3 spools 5c Hooks, Eyes and Dress Fasteners Revol Dress Fasteners, all sizes, black and white; dozen on card. 3 cards 5c Koh-I-Noor Dress Fasteners, card 8c Revol Dress Fastener Tape; black and white, yard.... 15c Hooks and Eyes; black and white; 0. 1, 2, 3, 4; card... 4c Among: the Dress Shields Diamond White Silk Covered Shields, sizes 2, 3 and 4; pair. lc Our Own Brand. 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Tou will find Miss Mitchell In the notion department on the main floor, where she has on display, a most complete line of imported human hair goods. All the new switches and transformations needed for the present styles of hairdressing are shown in every shade and at D rices ranzinr frnm as K nn i -uc, uu ..vie we tvuuwwi specials; S2.00 Human Hair Switch. 20 inches long! soft rtt- and wavy, specially priced during this demonstration. "IJC S3.00 Human Hair Switches, 22 in. long, soft and ware specially priced during this 1, "r demonstration 1 85.0O Human Hair Switches, 24 in. long, soft and wavy specially priced during this s0 All demonstration 86.OO Human Hair Switches, 2 In. long, soft and win specially priced during this an n demonstration 9wtf 810 Human Hah Switches. 2 in. long, soft anrl ww BflKMlJl pimU UU1IHS DC1HOD8U1UOD A J $5.95 $5.00 Human Hair transformation, an exceptionally good vaiue, sunni mis aemonsiration $2.95 FRFF SOAP OFFER ZSESi ML new toilet preparation manufactured by the makers of Orona Household Cleaner, we are going to give away a limited amount to our customers. Orona Lily Cream Soap comes in a collapsible tube with screw top: making it easy to handle and absolutely sanitary and waste less. Will quickly remove all grime and stains without injury to the most delicate skin. Just the soap for autoists. machinists, engineers and others. If you are going on a trip throw a tube in your suit case and avoid using soap that may be unsanitary. If used according to directions will also restore laces yellowed by age to their natural colors. For a short time we will give a large 15c tube with each pur- cnase 01 tnree iuc cans 01 urona Household Cleaner, op an til for Honsefurnbihlng Dept. Third Floor. Lunches and Hot Drinks on Annex Bridjj: SNAP SHOTS AT HOatB NKW3, The banks of Topeka win be closed next Monday Washington's birthday. The next meeting of the Kansas State Dental association win ba held in Topeka April 27-28. It wilt be van to keep an 'umbrella handy in the naat 24 hours. There la likely to be damp, chilly weather. Topeka house wives will be glad when the city announces "Tin Can Day." It win soon be time tor a gen eral clean up. C. D. Skinner win erect a modern five room bungalow on East Thir teenth street a half block east of Kan sas avenue. The Kaw is mostly river now. A majority of the sandbars have disap peared. The stage was T.3 feet to day. Normal for February is CO feet. "Breaks That Cost" is the subject upon which W. P. Lembertson. sena tor from Brown county, will speak Sunday afternoon in GemmeU hall at 4:30 o'clock. Archie Powell and Jock and A. Ms Bride, Topeka soccer football stars, will help the Schmelxers of Kansas City out a week from Monday in a game against the fast K. C. Tigers. Thirty-six blocks, the amount of paving to be done in Topeka this year, is considerably less than was done in 1914. Paving specifications will be ready for contractors in a few days. Topeka coal dealers complain that business has been extremely slack this month. There are many Topeka fam ilies that are hoping to make their coal pilea last until the end of the season. The West Side W. C. T. V. will bold a Frances Willard memorial meeting Friday afternoon at 2:30. at the home of Mrs. F. H. Pitcher, 304 Wood lawn avenue. The meeting will be in charge of Mrs. John Marshall. A large number of Topekans have already caught the garden fever. The warm weather turned the trick. Busi ness has picked up with focal seeds men. There has been a good sale for grass and sweet pea seeds. If every man who is reported to have been "urged by his friends" should become a candidate for office, the plan to assess 1 per cent of .the first year's salary as a nomination fee might be a revenue producer. The. Shawnee county Pomona grange will meet Saturday morning. February 20, at 10:30 o'clock at the T. W. C. A. building for the purpose of installing officers The fifth degree will be conferred in the afternoon. At the Washington's birthday social to be given at the German Methodist parsonage a program of patriotic songs and addresses will be given. Addresses will be given by Repre sentatives Zutavern and Tlmken and Senator Arthur KinkeL There are a good many Topeka business men who insist upon having the walk swept in front of th-ir re spective establishments after 8 o'clock in the morning, much to the annoy ance of pedestrians. Theie is an or dinance against this practice. Since the article appeared in the State Journal last Saturday telling about "Kite day" that has been planned by W. P. McLean, director of education for the public school, for next April, hundreds of Topeka boys have been making kites of all kinds. The Kansas City Tigers are sched uled to clash with Tom Powell's soc cer football aggregation at the base ball park at 2:30 o'clock Sunday after noon, March 14. The Tigers won the Spalding cup in the Kansas City soc cer league and the game should be unusually fast. The labor situation in Topeka has "eased ud a bit." The Provident as sociation has not so many demands for work as was the case a few weeks ago. However, there are stilt those who are in need of employment, and the aaso ctation would be glad to know of any one who has work to be done. Topeka's civil service board which examined ten applicants for city posi tions Monday, forgot to certify the re sult of the examinations to the city clerk. Think of a "civil service" board whose idea is to promote efficiency "forgetting!" Only half of the appli cants successfully passed the exam inations. Clinics were the order of things this morning at the meeting of the First District Kansas State Dental associa tion at the Commercial club quarters. Many of these were given by Topekans according to the schedule announced in Wednesday's issue of the State Journal. There was a discussion of clinics this afternoon. The feature Wednesday evening was a banquet. A number of the persons who were caught in the dormitory rooms of the Provident association when a small pox case was discovered and the building quarantined, have been re leased. There are still IS persons in the rooms. The offices of the Provi dent building were fumigated some time ago and are open for business. The dormitory rooms are in another portion of the building. W. p. McLean, director of physical education for the public schools, ex pressed himself as being 01 tne opin ion that the Topeka high school should h,v one of the strongest basketball teams in "this neck of the woods" next season. The new team this year is a good one and practically all .of the material will be avauaoie nexi season. And next year the team will practice in the nne new "gym" at tne highu school building. The "Reds," the defeated member ship team of the class of business men of the First Methodist church, served an oyster supper for the winners; the "Blues," Wednesday night. There were several members of the legisla ture at the supper as special guests. Miss Doras McCal lister gave a read ing. O. E. Hunt rendered a vocal solo and Mrs. E. S. Pettyjohn sang an old song composed -by her father. Dr. E. 8L Pettyjohn is leader of the clasa L. A. Oillett is president and S. H. Pitch er is secretary. The publicity committee of the To peka Commercial club has decided to send out a thousand letters to as many Topeka housewives in the Interest of the campaign which the Commercial Club Bulletin baa been waging for many months with the idea of pro moting the purchase of "Topeka made" goods. These housewives will be asked to serve as "mssBloaaries in the Interest of the cause. Letterheads will be printed, on the back of which will be a list of the Topeka manufac turing firms. H. R. NachtigaL manager of Berk son Brothers, gave the first qf a series of addresses on salesmanship this morning before 2T5 students of the high school business department. His subject was: "Courtesy. Enthusiasm and Patience in Salesmanship.' Ad dresses will be given each Thursday morning. Arrangements will be made to have several of these .talks given miakw. Next before the entire the auditorium fa Thursday meramg J. W. by store wild speak. A six weeks contest .for beet at tendance between the -men aad women of the Rev. O. L. Cook's Bible class of the First Christina eh arch resulted, last night. In a most unusual and en joyable evening. The men. who lost, were called upon to provide enter tainment and refreshments, a mock wedding was given, solemnising the nuptials of Miss I noise Salamander Jenkins and Mr. Robert Reginald MontmorencL. Mr. Robert Cunning ham as the blushing bride was a regal beauty, but Mr. Frederick Belts as the little flower girl won the hearts of everybody present. Mr. Blaine Smith endured the agents of the bridegroom, Mr. Robert- Steele offi ciated as beat man aad Mr. C. D. Tet ter quite overawed the crowd with his ministerial pomposity in the role of the parson who tied the knot. The guests were entertained throughout the reception by a short program, vlsw a vocal selection by Mrs. Robert Cun ningham, a comet solo by Mr. N. P. McComaav several delightful readings by Miss Nanon Herren. and a piano number by Mra Margaret V. Lenoir. Immediately after the reception the guests sat down to a delicious repast, prepared and served entirely by the gentlemen. The ladies earn eased their appreciation with three rousing cheers for the evening's splendid en tertainment. Seen Frca lis GsHay Going down the principal pike of Topeaa yesterday was a Ford auto, and on the front of same was a sign which read thus: "This is no JITNEY." The idea being that it required some' alibi. Willum Allum White referred to the Kansas legislature of 1915 as a Jitney legislature. Unless said legislature.! improves witnm tne next lew days, it will be part of the doorkeepers', duties to hang out the sign each day: "This AIXT no Jitney." Tom Moxcey, one of the repre sentatives from Atchison, is a bard working young lawyer with a Mission. This mission is to swat anything that does not appeal to him, or looks like it might not be good for the pee-puL Hence his activities in swatting at the jitney railroad of the far west. The far-westers wanted the Jitney short line to collect five centimes the mile for transportation, but Mr. Moxcey, Mr. Moxcey, Saver of the "Pee-paL whose bailiwick is about as far from the Jitney iine as it is possible to get without leaving the confines of the state, saw danger in the precedent, and made his throat sore in a noble effort to talk the Jit bill to death. Tvoby sure his effort to save these fur-westers the extra fare was wast ed, but he left no one in doubt as to his sentiments, and the careful talk inspectors who examined his speech, od string of speecehs, were unable to locate the underlying idea. Legisla tive talk inspectors go on the theory that there is a roach in every biscuit, a bug under every chip, but unless the vague suspicion that Mr. Moxcey de- CURE YOUR COLD 01 A FCT HOURS AND FEEL FKIE "Pape's Cold Compound opens clogged nose aad head aad ends grippe. Relief comes Instantly. A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head, cheat, body of limbs. It promptly opens clogged-up nostrils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, re lieves sick headache, dullness, feverlah ness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stuff ed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Ease your throbbing head! Nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief aa "Pape's Cold Compound." which costs only 25 cents at say drug store. It sets without assistance, tastes nice, causes no in convenience. Be sure you get the genuine Adv. "red to tan tmm far-westers hiraasi tey meeaeyed with some of his local Wtstatioa is correct, the answer is sua concealed. In nearhr everv si Inn an Isssurt. member introduces a bin that nnssi u nrnr witn alarm, at a rule they are successful in removing the wish boa from these bills before they become law. bat this session a committee bfll revising the worksaan's compensation act. has all the ear marks of a winner. It provides that the lawyer can frisk his client for but 10 per cent of what he gets as compensation for a physical injury. Frinstance, when a workman loses his favorite leg aad his employer pays him 32,500 for the Joss, the attorney would not be permitted to take the $2,500 and a chattel mortgage oa the injured man's meerschaum pips for the balance of his fee. As this bill was drawn by a com mittee, it is not suspected of contain ing any teeth or Jokers, end looks like a reasonable plan to permit an in jured person to speed at least part of the money he recovers in the way of damages. Several noble efforts have been made to pass seme legislation that would take care of ancient school teachers, but the swatters have swat ted these bills as fast as they appear ed. To pension a soldier is consid ered right and, proper; the soldier fought from one 'o four years: the school ma'am fights about 40 years and then goes to the discard without a pension. The theory may be that it serves her right for becoming a school ma'am in the first place. GSFEPJllE nASlTIS ay to Ostracise Chiseao to Cow- serve Her Food Sepply. Copenhagen, Feb. IS. Because of the scarcity of food the German gov ernment intends to demand that five million German civilians who have certain incomes shall leave the father land for neutral countries and stay there as tourists. It is planned to send 3.000.000 to Scandinavia, one million to Holland and one million to Switzerland. "How do you feel about this political contest?" "First rate," replied Senator Sorghum. "I save a great advantage." "Bat rdu havea't refuted the charges made against you." "There lies my advantage. I have let tbesa exhaust their political argameata and salne areat a bit tired." Washington Star. POT STOMACH IN FINE CONDITION Says Indigestion Results from aa Ex cess of Hydrochloric Acid. Undigested food delayed in the stomach decays, or rather, ferments the same as food left In the open air. says a noted authority. He also tells us that indigestion is caused by hyper acidity, meaning, there is an excess of hydro-chrolic acid in the stomach which prevents complete digestion and starts food fermentation. Thus every thing eaten sours in the stomach much like garbage sours in a can, forming acrtd .fluids and- gases which inflate the stomach like a toy balloon. Then feel a heavy, lumpy misery In the chest, we belch up gas, we eructate sour food or have heartburn, flatulence, water-brash or nausea. He tells us to lay aside all digestive aids and instead, get from any phar macy four ounces of Jad Salts and take a tablespoonful in a glass of wa ter before breakfast and drink while it is effervescing and furthermore, to continue this for a "week. While re lief follows the first dose, it is im portant to neutralize the acidity, re move the gas-making mass, and thus promote a free flow of pure digestive Juices. Jads Salts is inexpensive and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lithia and sodium phosphate. This harmless salts is used by thousands of people for stomach trouble with excellent re sults. Adv. 5q Aurora 5c TONIGHT ONXX Three Big Features for 8 Cents HELEJf GARDNER in the Moon Shine Maid and the Man "Bunny'o Little Brother" with John Beany sad Jay Dwiggins Tfcs Greater Love" Dorothy KeOy aad Ja CSANO OrtRA HOUSE Cose GSSamra Cesser Filamj. Fee. seta. ""lT' ""VlS Euwil'ln Friiixr! Get Yc -fl':Gj Bays Estra Fine Hart Schsffner IZux 02O to CSO Suits asd Overcoat all new 1914-15 styles. A Suit or Overcoat to fit every man and young- man. i erases ?j12ajrM FUSS' Sgsrl sr gssen Swiss SM gaserler tJnssa Sett. wtoss 1 wsbv1w wsa'.,;.".,.'.'. t-.ci.75 11 Dop' $4 T7o C)) Pent Sto 7 VaUJ A a kljr Suit DeUan f i Coys in Town! MOTHERS: Come and choose from Me Boys atam suns, winch oar New vera: owyer mg price reoncuoa. Jsade of and cheviots, m teas wtater's iy of them are Just right for spring wear. in tne popular uaiun norrota saoaei EVERT COAT HAS TWO FAIRS OF FMUM! FTT TUfG KNICKERBOCKER PANTS TO HATCH; Salt la aa exesaea az vales, taw extra pair ef sascsses see Sl. TWi aa a seewatawy in sTssaaa treat w It SHIRT AND BLOUSE SALE Boys' 26c Blouse Waists, in light sad dark collars; all styles; slsea 1 15 years. Friday sw Boys' fiue Shirts aad Blouses, cellars attached, in light aad dark enters. All sisea Friday Boys 75c Shirts sad Bio est s. plate white and fancy colors, collar at tached, or with one separate fv collar. All slsrs w4 Boys' 1 and tl.15 Finest Shirts and Blouses, imported and domestic fab rics. Your choice Friday bmX FRIDAY KNICKER SALE Btys 5c Knickers, full cut. every seam taped, belt strap, made ACL. in newt dark mtrorea. Friday Boys' 91 aad US all-wool Knicker bockers, in dark aad fancy mixtures, including all-wool serges; fall lined Sixes to Id years. as. Friday ODC Boys' Z1-50 snd l-96 Knickers, fun lined, full peg; made of good, heavy, stanch wearing fabrics; many from suit fabrics that sold for S, 97.90. S10 and 912.50: sixes 6 to U years. Well worth 1.5 and $1.96. a mm Friday l.iO REDPATH LYCEUM. COUHSS John Be Ratto, Impersonator EVENT NO. 19. Sat,F Prices 15c and 20c with MembasJup Ticket. Extra Atraction Today and ORPHEUM Wm. Fox. Announces the Ameri can Debut of Betty Nansen The World's Greatest Trage dienne in Josg Ecbegarays The World and Hie Wife or The Celebrated Scandal Five Inunease Parts, also a acts Pantajcs Vaudeville Matinee, AD Seats Evenings, Best Seats v jinHipwk mm ..Sc .IOC PARAMOUNT PICTURES Floor lac; Balcony Sc TODAY AND TONIGHT. John Emerson "The Bachelor's Roiriancei" FRIDAY AND SATURDAY "The Mew Wixard of Ox" Jooraal Ads Get Results. New Sample Shoe Stare Offer IVcre Great Carcaixss For Friday and Saturday Vpzlzhn Orcr Iarcr-s 5- end 10-Cest Store (Gsreaii OsaraEce Sale Choice 1 great lot Shoes, values ap to JK choice.. All Men's 94.5 sad Dress Shoes sad rO C Work Shoes w Any Lad tee Shoes in -f OA store, value ap to 9S.99 ?AaO All Beys' and Girls $1X5 AH Mea's Ut Sheea," CI .."M'mmn 7 GRAND 2 DAYS CsaBsaeartag Friday. Feb. IS. Isatlaea rJeSarday IjYriAJlH.Hor.VE r 1 Bias lias exclusive i U.S.NAVY or is l a Tift 9tinWIHIItS ri'ST TSA'aSJSSlSrin cnnuzjT6? GRAND TUESDAY, FEB. S3 M (f orn' Prices SSc ta Sl.; bsxea S3SS NOVELTY Tea THrBSBAY raiDAT KATIBDAT wast Mar- tO racBKASB nr raica. Rooflxia Cement ,t Is being used by most prop erty owners when instant relief from leaky roofs la re quired, as it win stop the leaks in any roof even while raining. For fait Infmmallna JOHN L. CUTE, Czi CUte Jaw-sad TJcx

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Prices on syjrf Flower C J J lSji Pots GIVE THEIR IDEAS Topeka Women Submit to In terviews of "Powder Bill." They Didn't Worry a Bit About Its Outcome. tThtn atorv was wrlttpn tliii morning by the 'lailv-rennrter." Slie hn lieen all workf.l up over the McUluulu inre-coiu- plrxion bill and he Jut Hail to nay nonie thinK in print. So she obtained the Inter viewM printed below. Late this afternoon the house killed the bill. It would be a shame-to throw away all these iierfectly irooil exprenwions from prominent lo jiekaiiM no here noes. 'l'ne Boss. Mrs. Mason. Apparently the women are not afraid of the bill. "It is a joke." Mrs. Henry F. Mason, the wife of a su preme court justice, says of the meas ure. "The men in the house are only having a little fun about it." Mr. Watson. Mrs. F. W. Watson says: "I have no doubt it is a piece of fun making, but it is pretty hard on Kansas when she is always a laughing stock any how. The story of it goes all over the country, and people elsewhere will take it -seriously. When I go out of the state hereafter I expect that when I say I am from. Kansas, people will exclaim: O, yes, that is the place where paint and powder and earrings are not allowed!" Mrs. Gault. Mrs. C. K. Gault, one of the fash ionable society women, said when asked about the bill: "I am not wor ried that it will pass, but if it does ret through, believe me. I intend to stand on my personal property rights." Another oromincnt woman and wnmnn nnd woman uj,M former president of the Topeka Fed eration of Women. Mrs. A. Marburg, said: "That bill is the silliest thing 1 ever heard of. It is every woman's privilege to look just as well as she can. and to dress the best she can afford. If she doesn't well, some other woman will make off with the prizes. And if a little powder helps to take the shine off one's nose, then let her use it. even if she isn't close to fifty years old." Mrs. Johnston. Mrs. W. A. Johnston, wife of the chief justice of the supreme court, was asked: "What do you think of Itctllnnts?" "McOlnty. McGinty?" she queried. 'I understood, he was long ago down with the seaweed." "No. not McGinty, but .McGinnis, and not seaweed, but hayseed." "Oh, you mean the freak bill! That Is too silly to talk about. Are you coming to my party Friday?" Miss Kouns. Miss Nell Kouns. the daughter of the general manager of the Santa Fe railway, and one of the prettiest of the society buds, was 'asked how she regarded the bill. "Of course,"- she said, "we can't give up the things this bill forbids. I suppose if the bill passes we shall have to conduct the beautifying process on the sly." Mrs, Adams. "I can visualize the man who intro duced the bill," Mrs. P. H. Adams say. "I venture to say that he has hairs in his ears, because nature put them there and it would be deceiving the public to remove them Such a bill as that would drive all the women out of the state, and leuve it as a hab itation of bearded goats." Mrs. Dorter. M.-s. Frank Doster, the wife of a former chief justice of the supreme court, was asked how she regarded the bill. "It seems to me," she an swered, "that the legislature is wast ing a lot of time Otherwise the bill works no hardship on me." Miss Horrcn. Mi ms Nanon Herren, editor and own er of the Legal News and a dramatic reader, was asked for her opinion. The fight on that bill." she answered, "is the druggists' affair. No woman ever arrives at the age of 45. She will forsake the powder box, the rouge can, lip stick, and the court plaster-roll all the rest of her days, and the druggist and Jeweler must stand the loss. For me. if I leave off the dope on the stage. I would be hooted off for look- lng ghastly; if I acknowledged 45 years of life. I would still be undone. Still it must be admitted -that a good many women plaster their faces thick mem 2nrakfta Rub Omega OH gently over the ach ing nerves; then cover with flannel soaked in the Oil Put a piece of dry flannel over this and bind tightly against the face. This simple treat ment has brought' peaceful rest to people who have suffered agonies, mi S. s

.ComMnettc fake picture. Regu lar 0c valuer complete with RQa bail v and Hd.'. Bowls and Pitchers to match cothblhette; also'SOc value. Priced special for this sate, for Qo both pieces. Chambers to match, for this cale,. complete .with coyer;!:- IAa -15c; -without cover.;. .xv' Stoneware We have just re ceived a large shipment of Jars, Crocks, Churns' and' Bowls of all sizes. For this sale Jars priced, per gallon, Vc; Crocks, per gallon,; 8c and 6c; Butter Bowls and But ter Jars are priced, Ogm each 4c and enough, to tempt a man to offer such a law." Mrs. Monroe. "I am heartily in favor of the bill," Mrs. Lilla Day Monroe says, "only I want to insert an amendment, on rath er an addition. I do not believe that the women should have all the legis lation to themselves. Hence, 1 favor a clause forbidding the men to shave in the state of Kansas. A shaven man often has the appearance of being a dimpled, soft faced cherub, whereas he should wear a long, untrimmed beard and look the animal thaWnature made him. Practicing deception is wearing on the morals of men as well as the morals of women. Moreover, I suggest a clause in the' bill compell ing every married man to wear a wed ding ring, and if he puts his hands back of him or in his pockets, with the intent to deceive, then let him be fined." Arthur Mills. Mr. Arthur Mills of the Mills com pany, who sells powder, rouge, lip sticks, etc., was asked what he thought the bill would do to his beauty counter. He opined that the bill could not be passed; that he had no uneasiness about it and that the women need not worry, as the meas ure would be painlessly killed in the committee. i Darwin Bradley. Mr. Darwin Bradley, singer and all around good fellow, when asked for his opinion. said: "I am afraid I don't know much about this bill. At least I have not attended any indig nation meetings that it may have caused.. But I see no objection to let ting the women use beautifiers if they want to. I am sure there is no sen timent among the men that would sup port a bill that kept the girls from doing anything they want to do. As for me, I'm for 'um." Karle Williams. Mr. Karle Williams, of Crosby Bro thers, as having an interest in the ta- boo goods, was asked his opinion.

from," he asked, "and does he shave and wear a collar? I could not give you an interview, because my opinion of the bill would not be printable." Further affiant sayeth not. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Following is a list cf marriage li censes today issued from the office of Hugh MacFarland, probate judge: Nelson G. Logan, over 2 1. Beloit, and Esther Cooke, over SO. Topeka. Oliver Warner, age 28, Burlingame, and. Kf fie Phelton, age, 25, Scranton. Leonard A. Niles, age 22, Bur lingame. and Viola Warner, age 20, Burlingame.- Ben Taylor, age 42, and. Bertie Woods, age 29, both of Topeka. Clifford B. Tew, age 21, Topeka, and Mabel E. King, age 18, Topeka. Frank J. Elliott, age 28, Dodge City, and Laura Walker, age 23, Cresco. Ia. James E. Mettz, age 52. Falls City, Neb., and Theodora Richards, age 43, Falls City, Neb. Charles R. Sare. age 37, and Dorcas C. Mosher, age 28. both of Republic, Kansas. Fred Hemingway, age 25, Great Bend, and Grace D. Dewolld, age 19, Emmett. LOCAL JENTION. F. I. Smith of Denver, a brother of Mrs. George H. Hoyes of Topeka, was in the city a few hours today on his return to Denver from Canton, 111.. where he and Mrs. Hoyea attended the funeral of their sister, Mrs. E. W. agent for the Seaboard Air Line. F. A. Knester, 1"). D. 8.. 818 Kansas ave. Special attention given to pyorrhea and oral prophylaxis. Adv. George D. Brewer, the Socialist representative, will speak at Lincoln Post hall. East Sixth street. Monday evening at 8 o'clock. There will be no admission fee. Rev. C. A. Aldeen will begin a se ries of lectures on the "Lives of the Apostles" this evening-at th-a First Swedish Baptist church. The audi ence will 'have the privilege of choos ing the apostle they wish to hear about first. Special music will be rendered at the service tonight by the choir, the girls' choir and the young ladies' sex tette. Mr Aldeen returned home Wednesday from Kansas City, Kan., where he has been conducting a se ries of successful revival; meetings at the Swedish Baptist church. For Sale Plate' glass show cases. Addis Jewelry Store, 817 Kansas ave. Adv. Nathan Long was bound over in the district court after a preliminary hearing in the court of Topeka before Judge Hugh Fisher, on a charge of embezzling 44.Z5 worth of goods from the C. F. Adams company, today. Safety raTor blades sharpened better than new. Bc-3dc dos. Brunt Drug Co. Ad. Civil suit for luda-ment against the defendent for possession of one-half interest in real estate consisting of lots 221. 223 and 225 on Winter street in Auburndaie haa been filed in the Shawnee county district court against Haran A. Curtis by Charles P. Bolmar. The plaintiff claims that the defend ent is unlawfully keeping the property out oi tne possession or the puunurc. i it: Cut Stcbewajre- One counter full of White Enam- el ware, for this sale, priced special, lOPerCeiitOff Aluminum Ware All aluminum ware for this sale V 1..J.V 10 Per Cent Off Aluminum Percolators Regu lar $1.50 value.'.; Priced special 7Q for this sale. Imported Enamelware Solid blue outside and pure white inside; 4-coated. For this sale, 1 ff special. 4 V,1A Small stws Chambers, without C covers, on sale, each.,........0' POLICE JOTTINGS Little Kitten Imprisoned in City Jail Partitions. Plaintive Voice of Feline Heard Doomed to Die Bing, bang, bug, Kitty in the jug. A kitten is dying a slow death from starvation in the partitions of the city jail. Its crjt was first discovered three days ago and has beeen getting fainter and fainter since that time. Unless the police officials take defi nite action and get the kitten out, they will have a feline corpse forever resting in- their midst. During the recent work in remodel ing the plumbing system of the build ing, the kitten crawled into the open ing made in a partition. In some man ner the little animal made its way up to the second floor between the walls and there it stayed. It is there yet and its plaintive voice can be heard in Judge Huron's office and in the wo men's ward of the jail. The death of a kitten is in. itself nothing of great importance and would probably not cause much dis turbance. But at the same time hu mane officers and others might inter est themeselves and get -"kitty" out. The officers spoke this morning of cutting a hole in the wall and rescu ing the kitten. Up to noon, however, the animal seemed doomed to remain. The city jail is at last being remod, eled. The jailor's office will be re moved to the big, and now vacant, south room. Partitions will be taken out, the reception room for prisoners will be. made larger and it will be a much more roomy headtjnarters for the police officials. The "bull pen" is undergoing a state of repair which has been badly needed for several years. Its sani tary conditions -will doubtless be in better shape than ever. By next week the changes will be all completed. At the present time there is considerable disorder in the. jail owing to the work of the carpen ters and masons. 1 Charles Stevens was 'arrested' Wednesday afternoon by Officer Won derly and .fined $50 in police court this morning on a vagrancy charge. Officers Cook and .Bryant raided the home of Margaret Hand last night and arrested her on the charge of keeping and maintaining a nuisance. Helen -Dailey, J. A. Kerr and To'm Asher were also taken into custody on the charge of being found in the place. Pat Bran nan was arrested last night by Officers Cook and Brush and is booked on the police blotter on a drunk charge. Arrests- in the "wee small hours" this morning were as follows: Teresa Douglas, by Officer Cook, investiga tion; Howard Goggins, Officers Cook and Garrett, charge, assault; Josie Durant and Lena Shepherd, Officers Cook and Garrett, investigation. Most of those arrested were able to furnish bond and were released from the mu nicipal menagerie. QUARANTINE OFF SOON Foot sad Month Blockade Will Be Lifted 1m Few Days. In answer to a rumor today that the live stock., quarantine In the four southern counties bad been raised, state officials to day said there were no new developments on the situation. Taylor Kiddie, live stock sanitary com missioner, is in southern Kansas making a farm to farm survey of condi tions. Should no new cases of the disease appear, which state officials say is not likely, the .quarantine will be raised in a rew aays. ACLEARCORIPLEXION Roddy Checks Sparkling 1 Eyes Most Women Can Have Says Dr. Edwards, a Well Known Ohio '1 Physician, v Dr. F. M. Edwards for 17 years treated scores of women for liver and bowel-. ailments, r During these years he gave to his patients a prescription made of a few well known vegetable ingredients mixed with olive oil, nam ing them Dr. E-lwards Olive Tablets, you will know them by their olive color. These 'tablets are wonder-workers on the liver and bowels, which cause a normal action, carrying off the waste and poisonous matter -that one's sys tem collects. if you have a pale face, sallow look, dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out of sorts., inactive bowels, you take one of Dr. Edwards Olive Tab lets nightly for h. time and note the DleasinK results. Thousands of women, as ..well -as men. take Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets now and then just to keep In .the pink of condition. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the suc cessful substitute for calomel rise and 2ac per box. AH druggists. The Olive TabK-t Company. Colum- i ous, onio. aqv. OLROPIS SAFE Senate Sa-eu Kansas Hotel In spection Job." 1 Friends of Democrat Woaldnt Bemore Him From OSce. The senate this morning, endorsed the Kansas hotel inspection law as it stands by refusing to knock out the hotel commission. A vote of 25 to 12 approved a substitute bill written by Senator Porter which amends without changing in any important way the existing hotel inspection law. The Porter substitute will be spread upon the statute book as the Davis bill a fact at which the senator from Bour bon county made voluble protest as the upper house put the finishing touches upon the complete bill. The morning session was filled with acrimonious discussion. In its course a vituperative attack was made upon Miles Mulroy, state hotel commission er, by Senator Noah L. Bowman of Anderson county, who accused him of "brazenly sitting on the floor of the senate, advising its 'members as to their action." "For weeks," ne declared, "this man has been lobbying with members of this body in violation of all the rules of the senate and to the neglect of the duties of his own office, if he has any. The bare fact that he has time to de vote himself constantly to the defeat of legislation is the best argument that the job he occupies ought to be abolished." Senators Porter, Nighswonger, Howe and others rose to Mulroy's de fense. The hotel commissioner had been seated by Senator Porter when Bowman's attack was made. Porter arose to a question of personal privi lege and declared Mulroy occupied the seat as a guest and at his expressed invitation. The other senators de clared .he had never discussed the bill with them. Mulroy held his place. The Porter amendments to the present law merely change the busi ness year of the hotel commission from the calendar year to the fiscal year, June 30,. and correct the lan guage of the -law where, due te some previous careless amending, it de clares that all hotel carpets and fur niture, as well as walls and ceiling, must be kept carefully plastered. The Davis bill, which was displaced by this amendment, provided for the abolishment of the hotel inspector and tne Direction or inspection work by the state board of health, the- actual inspections to be made by sheriffs, marshals and police officers. AT THE THEATERS. At the Grand. Secretary of the navy. Mr. Daniels. with the object of impressing upon the minds of the American people the might and magnitude of Our new navy, as represented by our latest floating fortresses and life aboard them, conceded special courtesies to Lyman H. Howe to reproduce on films all the innumerable scenes, incidents. duties, activities, etc., of life in our navy. The film will be presented by Mr. Howe at the Grand Friday and Saturday, matinee Saturday, and can never be, seen at any other exhibition. A Pair of Sixes. "A Pair alf; allcesr". which, drew full houses of safcgsue. sat the Longaere theater. New York City, for nearly a year, is to be oceseSitedibv H. H. F ra zee at the Grand for oie perform ance only, Tuesday, February 23. H. rl. jf razee, producer of many suc cesses, has in "A Pair of Sixes" the funniest comedy in twenty-five years and it would seem that success begets success, for Mn Frazee has never yet had a failure. "A Pair of Sixes" is without doubt something entirely dif ferent in farce, for it tells a logical story, without -resorting to slap stick methods and the action as well as the dialogue is thoughtfully worked out, so that the plot is cumulative and ex cites continued .interest until the drop of the final curtain Quo Vadis at Hip. Some authorities accuse Nero of deliberately firing the city of Rome because of his well Known and often expressed ambition to rebuild it, but whether this is a fact or not is open to debate. Tacitus, the great histor ian, does not attempt to convey the impresson that Nero originated the fire or the rumor that the Christians had started it. Many able critics in sist that the course ne took in per mitting the Christians to assume the responsibility was forced upon him and that he adopted it with reluc tance. That he permitted the Chris tians to be tortured and threw them to the lipns is true, but other Roman emperors followed his example and, curiously enough, the best of them were most hostile to the spread of Christianity because they believed that its teaching would result in upsetting the empire. John Emerson at Iris. i The matinee and evening perform ances today will conclude the engage ment of John I. Emerson in "The Bachelor's Romance." The peculiarities of David Holmes, the role' portrayed by Mr. Emerson, are many. His great love of books is only equaled by his intense hatred of the fair sex, and it is this aversion that prompts him to send his niece, left in his care on- the death of his brother, to the country, where she re mains until she is a girl of twenty. The rest of the' story is fascinating and most interesting. At the Novelty. The r versatility of musicians was never 'more thoroughly exemplified than by the artistic manner in which exquisite melodies, are rendered on various instruments, both mechanical and stand era. by the Four Musical Kings. The blending of the tones, the harmony and every detail stamps the entertainment of the Four Kings as one of refinement and excellence. As a big musical novelty, nothing can compare -with the specialty of these four young, musicians. They are ac tive members of Tom Powell's Peer less Minstrels, being one of the fea ture acts of this excellent company. Topeka people" will have an oppor tunity of seeing them today, tomorrow and Saturday at the Novelty theater. At the Aurora. Helen Gardner in "The Moonshine Maid and the Man" heads an unusual ly strong bill at. the Aurora theater to night. "Bunny's Little Brother." fea turing John Bunny and Jay Dwiggins. is another reel which It is safe to say will please all1 who see it. Dorothy Kelly and James Morrison in "The Greater Love" is another picture story, rounding out one of the best moving picture programs offered in some time. These pictures will be shown in Topeka only one night and that night is tonight. The Aurora is featuring the bill as one of, the very i best.: FEIT EiTCVHl Mothers' BUI Is SHU in Fight ing Trim. There is evidence that the fight for an unrestricted mothers' pension bin at this .session of the legislature is not yet tever. Protests -against the sen ate's action in inserting a "referen dum" clause in the Judiciary commit tee bill when it was reported, (lying counties of Kuntutm local notion in the adoption of the pension, have been pouring in to senators from all over the state Since the senate's action' was announced. The bill Is yet to come np on third reading. It is probable that Price of Lyons, whose own bill was defeated, will renew his fight upon the objec tionable features of the Judiciary bill at that time. Other 'senators profess to be waiting its reappearance for an opportunity to put a knife Into the "referendum" feature with the declara tion that they had rather see the whole proposition killed than put on the statute books in an emasculated form. SENATOR AT HEAD? McMillan;' Howe, Carney and Waggo ner Mentioned for President. -It haa beti minnnnpil fhat TAhn w Atwond wilt lm An nf hA the Democratic banquet to be given on Washington's birthday, Febru ary 22. Several prominent Democrats "in. Kansas have been mentioned for president or the Kansas Democratic club, among them being Senator Harry McMillan, A. A. Doerr, Senator B. P. Waararener. Senator A R Oamas a ator J. W. Howe, Jasper KJncaid and it a. moxcey. The speakers will be Congressman Elect Jouett ShousA of KinHUttr atui will talk on "What of the Future." .coi. red J. Close of Kansas City, Kan., will have as his subject. "Sol diers Have Been Rnfiti o a r-m..,. racy Has Succeeded." Mrs. R. C. Lay man oi fiuicmneon win make an ad dress at the banana rtu Woman's Political Ideal." Miss Eliz abeth Alderson of Tnuini win n a vocal solo at the affair. The sale Of tickets is nrnirrlnr well. POSTPONE GRADUATION High School Exercises Delayed by Unfinished Condition of Auditoriuan. It will be impossible to have the graduation exercises of the "January. '15," class of the high school March 5. It is now certain that the audi torium will not be ready by that time, and the city auditorium is not avail able because of the Topeka "movies." The Peabody Furniture company was awarded the contract for chairs with the stipulation that they were to be shipped within three weeks. The three week period is up, and the school authorities have been notified that the seats will not be shipped be fore March 5. The contract would likely have been awarded to another firm had the members, of the school board known of this -delay; A. J.' Stout, principal -of the high school, stated today that the graduation exercises will be held in the city auditorium, but the date had not been set. DEATHS im FUXEfttLS. The funeral of Harvey Jay Whit comb, claim attorney for the Rock Island, who died last night, will be held from the home, 200 Woodlawn, Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The body will lie In state from J to 9 o'clock tonight at Bomgardner's chapel. The pallbearers will be -Paul Walker, Elmer Strain. L. L. Collins. George B. Hetherington, C. E. Ba scorn and Luther Burns. The body will be taken to Hubbardsville, N. T.,' for burial. Charles C. Henshaw. 57, died at. his home. 411 Tyler street, Wednesday afternoon. He received a stroke of paralysis last .year. For 25 years he has held a position in the Santa -Fe freight auditing department. He IS survived by his wife. The funeral will be held from the Church of the As sumption Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Interment in Mount Calvary cemetery. Friends are invited to attend the serv ices. The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Clarke, who died at a local hospital Wednes day, was held this afternoon from Bomgardner's chapel. The body Was taken to Caldwell, Kan., for burial. For the past six years. Mrs. Clarke has been living with her daughter, Mrs. M. F. Banghart, 611 West Thir teenth street. The funeral of Mrs. E. M. Stark will be held from Penwell's chapel, Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Inter ment in Topeka cemetery. The funeral of Thomas L. Brainard will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Central Avenue Christian church in North Topeka, Interment in Topeka cemetery. -Mrs. Louisa E. Heym, 76. died at 1 o'clock this morning at her home, 318 Taylor street. The funeral will be held from Penwell's chapel Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. v t The Day in Congress. Washington. Feb. 18. Senate lead 4 ers conferred on some plan for con sidering the appropriation measures and the administration bill. The com mittee investigating charges of Influ ence against the ship bill continued taking testimony.- House debate was continued on the pension appropria tion bill. The fortifications bill, car rying more than six million dollars exclusive of the Panama canal, was reported to the house for action. SPECIAL NOTICE TO TOPEKA FOLKS We wish to announce we are ex clusive Topeka agents for the sim ple mixture of buckthorn bark, glycer ine, etc.. known as Adler-1-ka. This remedy, used successfully for appen dicitis. Is the most THOROUGH bowel cleanser we ever sold. It is so pow erful that ONE SPOONFUL relievos almost ANT CASE of constipation, sour or gassy stomach. Adler-l-ka never gripes, is safe to use and the INSTANT action is surprising. Geo. W. Stansfleld. druggist. 683 Kan. ave. Ken's Z,na Ka tiiXr. $1.50 White nS nw Braad Chamois, f C Colors, Ex- TTtlte Kid, I C42s. Perrins' J 25e yafcc GSras dur-1 this ttte n Men! Mv Annua! One-Day Shirt Sals is Tomorrow I' v Kxood Dressers, Shrewd Bayers know what this mean, ureater, Better, Bigger than ever! So Come Friday Men's Silk Shirts worth up 1 CffV to ;S.Cv, Opeciag Sale, Choice lotif Hallmark. Arrow Brand, McDonald and Powell Shirts, worth np to $2.00. ExceHo Shirts, Crest Shirts, Richardson Shirts, up to $3.00... Wilson Bros. Shirts White Stiff Bosom Dress Shirts Overland Dress Shirts valnes'up to $1.00. np Choice e&DC Special Notice Men, Look! During This Sale We Wffl Offer- President and other 50c Suspenders for Suspenders, Hose Suporters fancy box ..v. Suspenders, Arm Bands and Ties to Match q a Gold and Silver Plated Buckles, $2.50 values. 37C Men's Fine Fancy Dress Vests assorted styles values up to $5.00, for this sale. Choice Calumet Shirts, $2.00 values, now 1 French Flannel Shirts, values up to $2.50. Choice 620-622 Kansas Avenue THE WEATHER RECORD. Following are observations ef fha Onlted States weather bureau for the twenty-four hours ending at 1 o'clock this morning: Rain or Stations Hleh.' l.ow. anow. Araaiillo, Tex........ 70 ,3 .0 Boston. Mass 40 .20 .0 Buffalo, N. V 28 20 .0 Charleston, S. C 40 36 .0 Chicago, 111 38 32 .0 Cincinnati, Ohio...... 44 28 .0 Concordia, Kan, 54 40 .O Denver, Colo 5H 32 .0 IK-a Moines, la 50 38 .02 s Dodge City, Kan.... 6o 3 .0 Duluth, Minn. 28 28 .0 El Paao, Tex 60 46 .02 OalTeaton. Tex. 54 62 .O .Helena, Mont.... 50 34 .0 Huron, 8. D... 88 24 .0 Jacksonville, Fla 52 .38 .38 Kansas City, Mo..,.. 58 40 T Ldttle Rook. Ark 54 40 .0 Jam Angeles, Cal.... 00 52 .08 New York, N. V .38 i 22 .0 North Platte, Neb.... 5ft 28 .0 Oklahoma. Okla 00 54 -0 Omaha, Neb 50 40 .12 Phoenix, Artr. 08 46 .0 Pittsburg, Pa 36 22 .0' -Portland. Ore.....;.. 68 42: .O St. Louis. Mo........ 52 34 .0 St. Paul, Minn 42 24 .01 Ran Francisco, Cal.. 00 50 ..10 Seattle, Wash.- 48 36 .Oi Sheridan, Wyo 46 23 .0 Toledo, Ohio 34 24 .0 TOPEKA. KAN...... 55 40 .01 Washington, D. C. 42 20 .O Wichita. Kan..;. 64 38 .10 Wheat Prices SUU Shrink. Chicago, Feb. 1 8. Wheat prices shrank 4 cents a bushel in conse quence of the beginning of the at tempted blockade of Great Britain. The May delivery here sold as low as f 1.55, as against II. SO at the close last night. The July option showed a loss of nearly 4 cents at $1.284. Win Volleyball Games. Team 2 of the Central T. M. C. A. Senior Volleyball League defeated team 8 Wednesday night by, taking two out of three games. New Vork stock Market. (Close of prices for the leading stocks on the New York Stock Exchauge as re- E?rti.b.T 7- J- Myers, broker. Colum lan Bldg.J New York, Feb. 18. Am. Beet Sugar..... Am. Can. c Am. Car 4c Fhdy......, AmaL Copper Am. Loco., c Am. R e Am. 8. A R- d Am. Sugar Bef Am. Tel. A T. Am. Tobacco, e..... Anaconda Mining........ A. T. A 8. V., c... A. T. A 8. F., p.... Ilnlimore A Ohio Brooklyn K. T Canadian Pacific. Central Leaher. Chesapeake A Ohio:.....'. CM. St. V., e......... CblcaaTO A orth western. hino Conner Colorado. Fuel and Iron., Brie, c lreat Northers, p..'-.-... toKfiinim K- C. Southern, c. Lohlrt Valley Liouisriue nasnvuie. Today Yes. 381, 3814 27 27 '."'A 53$ 52 :::::-8ir-5 10014 100 .....10214 I02i( 118, 118 22. .....2014 214 (Sg "I" oiii; SO 86 ......17 154 i i.-.. 85 tag 124 125 2414 25 J ......81 27! 22 .--132 VKl" I 114 .115 59c 75c 25c and Arm Bands in

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