The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 25, 1916

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J THK Imtfle of Itfc. Cite victor is wMura oim' whwise ammunition make tht mont noise. IVHIM' Ihe city and eonntr Split over thp care of the sick, what tieooines of Ilie victims? HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1916 FOURTEEN PAGES THIS EDITION 2 CENTS GERMANS WITHIN 5 MILES OF m FORT Take 7,000 More Prisoners; Brings Total to 10,000. Today Occupy Six Towns Be fore Verdun. FRENCH GUNS CHECK DRIYE l'ause Temporary as Teutons Defend Sew Position. Joffre Now at Front to Meet Enemy War Lord. CONSTANT BATTLING IN AIR Aeroplane Fleets Clash Fierce ly Above Field. Paris Confident Enemy Cannot! Penetrate Defenses. London, Feb. 25. By a bat- tering assault, the Germans nave mn ,Vn.l ti-ov frmx7nrr rn an smashed their w ay torwara on an eight mile front, capturing 8ix i -r villages ana xarms norm oi v ei run and taking thousands of prisoners, Berlin reported this afternoon Not only the French wings but the French center has been hurl- ed back to within six miles of j Verdun, the German war office reported. The crown prince has. stormed and taken the heights of Champ Neuville, barely five miles from Verdun, in a bend of the Meuse river. The fiermans today claim capture of Champ Neuville, Cotellette, Marmont, Beaumont, Chambrette and Ornea, vil lager or croups of farms extending in a line east from the Meuse and leas than two miles from the Verdun forts. The French center. Berlin reported. I auvemont. and the wings crippled under heavy German attacks. lrenrh leady for 'Eni. The offlcoal statement from the French war office, while claiming that the German Verdun offensive is being halted, practically admits the capture of Champ Neuville, Beaumont. Ornes and villages and farms between them. "We are organizing new positions behind Keaumont on the heights of ChRITlD N'eUS'ille and SOUtb, of OniPl'' reported the French war office, with- Topeka and Lawrence, Kan.; Cleve out specifically admitting the loss of j ,and Toledo, Columbus. Cincinnati, these villages. Louisville. Indianapolis, Chicago, Mil- Berlin reported that French prison- waukee- Minneapolis, St. Paul, Des era have now increased to 10.000 and jjn, Omaha, Kansas City, Mo., and tnat tne r reni n lusseM, uuuer 1110 crown prince s onslaughts, have been very heavy. Two War lords Meet. In answer to the French claims that the Germans have suffered enormous losses, theGerman war office declared that the French losses thus far have been extraordinarily severe. Berlin also reported the capture of immense quantities of supplies, the exact amount having not yet been compiled. The two war lords of Furope are now directing the operations in the great battle for Verdun. Paris dis patches this afternoon reported that General Joffre has arrived at the French front and is personally direct ing the defense of the fortress. The news has created great enthusiasm in Paris. Lull In Battle. Across the battlefront the kaiser, surrounded by his ablest staff officers and the crown prince, are planning the blow being Btruck in the greatest Ger man offensive since the defeat of the Marne. Though there is an apparent con tradiction between the Berlin and French official statements, the latter reporting a lull of infantry action, it is believed the Paris official report cov ers later operations. It appears prob able that the operations mentioned by Berlin occurred early last evening and that following these reported ad vances, there was little or no infantry fighting on the Verdun front, as Paris claims, this afternoon. Chock Only Temporary. The check reported to have been administered to the advancing Ger mans may be only temporary. All Paris dispatches today agreed that the titanic struggle tn the Meuse woods mark the beginning of the greatest German offensive blow since the drive on Paris was defeated at the Marne early in the war. Dis patch quoted from what purported to be an order of the day issued by a German corps commander, in- (Coutlnued on Page f'lxj CHAMPION LOST CANINE HAS STRAYED 168 TIMES Cleveland. O.. Feb. 25. A. R. Rtimsey. clvef commisn'oner of the Lake Carriers' association, is look ing for his dog Perry again. Kum ey s-iys his dog is the champion lost canine of the United States. "Perry has been lost 168 times in 14 years" said Kumsey today. "It has coat me an average of $500 a vear to get him back." Princess is Glad f ise fiain American "Mrs." Once More New York, Feb. 26. -It is good to be an American again. Good, plain American 'Mrs.' is the best title I ev?r hope to hold. My divorce has made me happier than I have been for many, many months." Mo the Princess Evelyn Engaliicheff declared today. Her divorce, granting full separation from her husband rtrince has been made absolute. All day today there was a sort of cele bration going on in the princess' apartments. "Very soon now I shall bring my boy to this country," she said. "I want him educated as American boys always are. My children are to be Americans." KAN. OIL RATE UP Railroads Increase Freight Rate 3 Cents a Hundred. Refiners of Kansas and Okla homa Seek Court Restrained Chicago, Feb. 25.' Oil refiners of ioklahoma and Kansas wiu asu r eaerai I Judge Carpenter today to restrain I several railroads from effecting a pro posed freight rate increase of 3 cents a hundred pounds to Nebraska points. I George P. Boyle, former attorney for the interstate commerce commis sion. and Oavid Stansbury, a former assistant district attorney, will present the plea of the refiners the National Refining company of Ohio, and the i Consumers' Refining company of Chi- cago. A year ago the interstate commerce commission expressed an opinion that the increase was justifiable. It is said no order was ever entered, but the railroads immediately announced an r,M .1 ,;tl be the first attempt ever made in the courts, it is said, seeking an injunction of a Jiropo9ed advance rate after the matter had been passed upon by the interstate commerce commission. LADY WAR MEET

iiflnffiitpr of Late J. P. 3Ioreran r K a Delegate. Topeka to Send Envoy to Pre- paredness Council. St. LouiH, Feb. 25. Miss Anne Mor gan, daughter of the late John Pier pont Morgan, will be a delegate to the conference of mayors on national de fense, which will begin here March 3. Word to this effect was received here today by Mrs. Philip N. Moore, pres ident of the National Crtuncil or wo ch nV?L"ZZ g.inizations that will be represented at the conference. Mrs. Moore said that on Sunday. March 5, a women's mass meeting would be held here to "clinch the sen timent of the women of the country in the effort to prepare the nation to de I fend Itself successfully If attacked." i William B. Brewster, secretary of j the committee of mayors that called I rh. fnnfor.nr. aniri tmlav tbnt Vie Hart ,m. f rileirHni from Kansas City, Kan. PANIC ON FAKE RUMOR Chicago Board of Trade to Investigate Slump in Wheat Price. Chicago. Feb. 25. A rumor, which was dented, but which, while it was current on the board of trade near the close yesterday, sent the price of wheat down seven cents, will be investigated by a committtee of the board, it was stated today. The rumor was to the effect that the German ambassador had been hand ed his passports. It began circulating about fifteen minutes before the close and denial of its truth came too to chock the decline. It is estimated roughly that bull leaders dumped six million bushels overboard and forced other holders in this and outside mar kets to follow suit. WHEAT MARKKT KECVIRATKS Opens Higher Today and Panicky Symptoms of Yesterday disappear. Chicago. Feb. 25. Instead of show ing a fresh break in values the wheat markets today surprised many trad ers by opening at an advance. Open ing quotations Jl 18 to $1.194 for May and $l.14i to $1.15 for July, were to 1 higher than yesterday s finish. The reason for the upturn seemed to be a reaction of the semi panicky felling of yesterday and op timism on the part of a majority cf dealers that some practical way cut of the difficulty with Germany would v t be found. Despite considerable nervoutmess that was shown by a series of rapid fluctuations, the market kept within a normal range today, the difference be tween highest and lowest prices being less than 3 cents. Closing prices were firm at lc net advance, with May $1.18 and July $1.15T. DEADlNE NOfCRONES Newark, N. J., Suicide Isn't Chicago Anarchist Soup Poisoner. Xew York, Feb. 25. The man who committed suicide yesterday in New ark, X. J., was not Jean Crones, ihe cht f who attempted to poison Arch bishop Mundelein and 300 gues's tt a banquet in Chicago, the police said Loday. A patrolman who had known Crones personally said that while the suicide resembled the missing chef in many respects he was a much larger man. KANSAS NEGROES The Total Number in the State Placed at 51,854 In a Report by J. C. 3IohIer, Secretary of Agriculture. WYANDOTTECOUNTY LEADS Shawnee Is Second With a Population of 5,32$. Six Counties Have More Than 2,000 Negroes Each. Kansas has a negro population of 51,8 54 and an Indian and Chinese population of 903, according: to a re port by J. C. Mohler, sepretary of the state, board of agriculture. The fig ures are taken from the recent decen nial census returns and show Shaw nee county second in negro population of the state. Jackson county leads in the number of Indians. The Mohler record shows six coun ties' with more than 2,000 negroes each,, .while eleven counties have a negro population of more than 1,000 each. Wyandotte county leads in the number of negroes, the record for the county showing a total of 11,724. Shawnee county is second with a col ored population of 5,328. Montgom ery Is third with 2,993, Sedgwick is fourth with 2,590. Douglas county fifth with 2,370 and Atchison sixth with 2,178. In all of the six larger negro counties, excepting Atchison, the female population is greater than the 'male. Yet the record for the state shows more males than females. The report for the state gives a population of 26,030 negro males and 25,824 ne gro females. The Mohler record showing Indians and Chinese contains reports of Indian or Chinese population in 28 of the 105 counties of the state. Jackson coun ty, which includes the large Pottawat omie reservation, shows an Indian population of 493. Reports from oth er counties show: Atchison, 2; Bar ber, 2; Brown, 78; Chautauqua, 14; Clay, 7 Cowley, 8 Doniphan, SI Douglas, 37; Ford, 5; Franklin, 46: (Continued on 1'age 2.) CITY HALL LYNCH Mob Hangs egro in Front of Municipal Building. Woman He Attacked Shot Him During' Struggle. Cartersville, Ga.f Feb. 25. Jesi-e McCarkle. a negro about 30 years old, was taken from jail here early today by a mob of some 40 or 50 men Piid boys and hanged to a tree in front oi the city hall. His body was riddled with bullets. The negro was arrested last night charged with having broken into the nome of Mrs. A. T. Heath, near here, and attacking her. He was caught still bleeding from a wound m the wrist where the woman had shot him and with her pistol in his pocket. Threats of lynching were made but Sheriff W. W. Callaway, who led the posse that caught the negro, succeeded In taking him to jail. The sheriff left the negro in charge of the night jailer here. About 4 o clock this morning a mob went to the jail. One man, apparently the leader, called the jailer, who said later he thought a city policeman wanted to put a prisoner in jail. When he opened the door several men seized him and took his keys. Others rushed in and got the negro. The mob then went to the city hall, near the center cf town, and hanged the negro to a tree. A vollev of shots then were fired at the body. Mrs. Heath is said to be in a serious condition. PUT BOMB ON SHIP German Merchant Involved In Alleged Plot Which Killed Three. Rio Janeiro, Feb. 25. A Bahia newspaper says that a box containing bomb was put on board the Lam- and Holt line steamship, Tenny son, at Bahia, at the request of a Ger man merchant by a person whose identity has been discovered. The authorities have started an investiga tion. It was announced on February 22 that the Tennyson on the previous day had put into port at Maranhao badly damaged as the result of an explosion believed by some to have Ceen caused by an infernal machine and as a re sult of which three of the crew, one an American, were killed. Serb War Hero Iead. Marseilles. Feb. 25. (via PariF, Feb. 24. The Serbian colonel, Yosan CugTinovitch, has died in the military hospital here after a month's iilness. In 1913 he was the first to enter Adrianopte at the head of his regiment end it was he who captured the Turk ish commander. Buy Fly Paper Invention for $1 Now He Is Rich Portia, Ore., Feb. 25. The man who introduced sticKy fly paper into the United States runs a restaurant in Portland and uses screen doors and electric fans to keep the flies away. His name Is Henry Scheuffler. He learned to make sticky fly paper in Stuttgart, Germany, then came to America and started a bakery at Grand Kapids. I'ich. He made a little of the fly paper to use in his windows. One day another German named Thum gave Scheuffler a dollar to learn how to make the sticky stuff. Thum patented it and started a fac tory. The big corporation of Thum brothers is the result. Scheuffler spent his dollar and came west. SHE ASKED FOR S5 Pearl Higginbottom Tells Request From Man. of Story of Visits to the Rooms of Charles Smith. PUT HIS ARM AvtQUND HER When She Objected He Slapped Her, Pearl Says. Preliminary Hearing in Statu tory Offense Case. Telling a simple story of the alleged attempt of Charles Smith, a one-armed piano player, to commit a statutory offense against her, Pearl Higginbot tom, 13 years old and pretty, went on the stand in the court of Topka this morning as the principal -witness against Smith. When the preliminary hearing came up before Judge Rich er, Rad Lee, deputy county attorney, submitted to the court an amended complaint charging an attempted stat utory offense. Smith was arrestetl on warrant charging the actual com mission of the crime. The amendment was allowed by Judge Fisher and tes timony or the girl and her motner was taken. D. D. Mote, who witn in Rooney, is representing Smith, waived testimony for defense. Then W. 13. Atchison, county attorney, appeared in the court room and asked that the complaint be amended again to read as originally charging the commission of the crime. Mote objected as the defendant had been tried on the charge of attempting the offense. Judge Fisher adjourned court until afternoon at 2 o'clock when the mat ter was threshed out. Owing to the nature of the case, the court room was cleared during the preliminary by Judge Fisher. The room was pp.cked with spectators in expectancy of racy testimony when Judge Fisher made tne oraer. inar hhal Frost cleared the rooms and al though tho crowd was orderly in fil ing out protests of dissatisfaction were heard among the would-be listeners after they were once outside. Her Motlier Testifies. Mrs. L,. B. Higginbottom. mother of the girl, was the first to take the stand. She testified that her daugh ter was 13 years old. Until a few days ago Mrs. Higginbottom was em ployed as cashier and a musician at the Best theater, she said. She said Smith asked her once about the age of her daughter. She said she saw her daughter and Smith talking to gether at the Best. Then the girl took the stand. Rad T.e hecan the direct examination. Kko, testified that before she rant awav to Grove, Kan., where she wasl found with Hazel Gardner, age li, dressed In hovs clothes she was a pu pil in the Fifth grade at Harrison school. "Do you know Smith?" asked Lee. "Yes." "How long?" "Since before last Christmas, when mother worked at the Best as cashier and piano player. "You went there?" "Yes, about once a week." "When did you first meet Smith?" Met Him Before Christmas. "Quite a while before Christmas." "You talked to him?" "TPS." Who would start the conversa tions? "Mr. Smith." "Ever go anywhere with Smith?" "No." "Ever go any place where he was?" "Yes, to his room on West Sixth." "Why did you go?" "He told me he had something to show me." "The first tinre you went there, who was there?" "The landlady and Smith." "After she left after you came In. was there anyone besides you and Smith there?" "No." "What did Smith do and say then?" "He put his arm around nre and told me how nice I was." "Was there anything offensive then?" "No." "Did you go again?" "Yes, a few days after that." "Who was with you?" Others Were There. "Susie Zelington." "Anyone else there?" "Ed Delaney." The girl- stated that Smith indirect ly proposed improper acts. "I told him no," she testified. "And then I left." "Did you go again?" "Yes, three or four davs later." "Why?" "He said he was sorry and prom ised not to act that way again." "There was another girl with me when I went the third time," explained the witness. "When we got to Mr. Smith's room she combed her hair and went out. I went behind the door." It was then the girl said Smith came in and made the attempt to commit improper acts. She claimed to have struggled but made no outcry. "I refused," she said, "and he slapped me." D. D. Mote then took the witness for cross-examination. Under Mote's questioning the girl stated "that Smith asked the other girl In the room to go out." "Why did you go up to Smith's room asked Mote. "Because I cared for him." "Did you ever ask him for money?" Asked Him for Money. "Afterwards I told him I had ought to have $5." "Didn't you accuse him and threat en to tell on him if he didn't give you money." "I told him I would tell." "Whom were you going to tell?" "1 don't know." "What did you want with the money?" "To go away." (The girl stated that the demand was made a short time be fore the Grove escapade.) "Did you ever tell on him?" "I never told anyone except Haze! Gardner and she told mother." i (Continued on Face SiiO KAISER TO YIELD? Report IndieatesGermanj-Would Not Break With U. S. Latest Reply Asks Definition of Offensive Armament. UPSETS BRITISH FORECAST Document Will Reach Wash ington In 48 Hours. Germans Won't Defy U. S. by More Sub Warfare. London, Feb. 25. Germany, in her reply to the latest representation from America, asks the United States to de fine offensive armament, according to unconfirmed Amsterdam dispatches received here today. The German foreign office, accord ing to the Amsterdam report, asks the United States to specify what size of a gun it deems necessary for defen sive purposes. In this manner, Am sterdam reported, Germany hopes to force from the American state depart ment an exact definition of offensive and defensive armament that may prov embarrassing to owners of bel ligerent ships, which have, been en tering American ports with guns of comparatively large calibers. Keep Issue Open. It is believed too, that Germany hopes in this manner to prolong the negotiations until srntiment in both countries over the new armed mer chantmen crisis has subsided, when German diplomats will find an agree able way of extricating themselves from an awkward position. The report has naturally upset Eng land's forecast of the kaiser's plans. Previously, it was believed Germany had completed a new flotilla of sub marines and had trained new crews. intending to defy America by a re newal of submarine operations until th latest submarine flotilla had been destroyed by allied war craft. The reply, it was stated, is on the way to Washington and should be de livered to the American state depart ment within forty-eight hours and possibly within twenty-four hours. Of ficial circles here said the report ie an indication that Germany does not want to break, with. America and is preparing to yield MAYTUlWGAS City Refuses to Pay Bill Pre sented by Company. Terms or franchise tall for a Free Supply. Will the Consumers Light Heat Power company treat the city like any ordinary gas consumer and cut off its gas because it refuses to pay its cur rent bill? The city refuses and it is up to the gas company. The department of public buildings received the first gas bill ever made out to it today and Commissioner W L. Porter declared it would not be paid. It is for about $20. When the city gave the gas com pany a franchise authorizing it to lay its mains in the streets and alleys it secured a contract which provides that the city shall nave rr-?e gas dur ing the life of the franchise. The franchise is still alive but the gas company holds that the contract a corpse. The public utilities commission in granting an increase in the price of gas attempted to annul all existing franchise contiacts under wnicn cities were receiving their gas for nothing. Several of the cities have concluded that the commission overstepped its authority and have brought suit to set aside the order of the commission. Suits were brought by Atchison, Law rence, and Topeka in the district court and were removed from there to the federal court where they are pending. In the meantime Commissioner Por ter proposes to stand on the old fran chise agreement and refuses to O. K.. the MIL. COLDEST IN 10 DAYS The Temperature SUU Is 4 Above Normal. Degrees The temperature remains above normal and a continuation of the March variety of weather is predicted The mercury went down to 27 degrees at 7:30 o'clock this morning, the low est of the twenty-four hours. The wind has veered around to the west and the mercury is climbing. The Kaw river is still falling slowly. Fair weather with not much change in temperature is the forecast. Tem peratures of 25 degrees are predicted for 36-hour shipments In all directions by the shippers' forecast. The lowesi reading this morning, 27 degrees, is 4 degrees above normal for this date. The time when extreme temperatures might occur is rapidly passing, and nothing in the ay of severe weather is In sight. The read ing this morning was the lowest in the past ten days. On this date in 1896 the highest temperature on record, 74 degrees, oc curred. The low record is degrees, established in 1913. The Kaw rivet fell three-tenths of a foot since Thurs day morning, making the stage today 9 feet. Temperatures today averaged 5 de grees above normal. The wind is in the northwest, blowing at the rate of 12 miles an hour. Following are hour ly temperature readings furnished by the weather bureau o'clock 28 11 12 1 2 o'clock 38 o'clock. ...41 o'clock 47 o'clock 4 8 8 o'clock 2 8 9 o'clock 30 10 o'clock 34 Weather Forecast for Kansas. Fair tonight and Saturday; much change in temperature. OREGON TO DEDICATE HIGHGWAY JUNE 7; CROWNED HEADS INVITED TO ATTEND P353U 1 I -.TV ")',i"lf-t-' &--ff" war- -w Columbia Hirer Highway winding through gorge. The beautiful Columbia River Highway in Oregon is to receive its dedi cation on June 7, and the crowned heads of Europe, as well as the president of the United States, have been invited to attend the ceremonies. The high way leads out of Portland and extends through the gorge of the Columbia river. The first forty miles was built at a cost of $50,000 per mile. GET S, 0. S. SIGNAL All Passengers Rescued Offi Liner After Collision. Steamer and Coast Guard Pick Up Distress Message. Norfolk, Va Feb. 25. All of the passengers aboard the Merchants and Miners' liner Cretan, which was dam aged in collision with a schooner early today, 14 miles from Cape Hat teras, were safely transferred to the steamer Dorothy several hours later, according to a radio message received at the local office of the Merchants' and Miners' company. The Cretan, with her captain and crew aboard and convoyed by the Dorothy, is slowly making her way to Norfolk. Her bow is stove in and she is otherwise damaged. The condition of the schooner was not known here The steamer San Jacinto of the Mai lory line, and the coast guard cutter Onondaga, hurried to the scene after picking up the "S. O. S." wireless sig nals. The messages gave no further par ticulars. The Cretan is a vessel of 2,350 tons belonging to the Merchants' and Miners Transportation company and hailing from Baltimore, Md. She was built at Chester, Pa., in 1882, and is 267 feet long. She has been en gaged in service between Philadelphia and Jacksonville. 2 HOLD UP TRAIN Express Safe Withstood Five Charges of Dynamite. Bandits Loot Registered 3Iail and Escape on Engine. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 25. Two ban dits, heavily armed, held up the Northern Pacific's eastbound North Coast limited train near Covington, 25 miles east of Seattle, last night and after uncoupling the baggage and mall cars, which they ran a short dis tance up the track, stole five pouches of registered mail which had just been received from the Orient and was be ing forwarded to New York. The bandits used five charges Of dynamite in an attempt to blow open the express safe but the reports re ceived shortly before midnight said the safe had withstood the effects of the explosion. Officials of the North ern Express company said the safe contained nothing but company re ports being forwarded to St. Paul. After robbing the mail car and fail ing to blow open the express safe, the robbers uncoupled the engine which they ran two miles up the track to within a mile of Ravensdale, where they abandoned the engine and es caped. Four of the registered mail pouches were found on the floor of the engine cab. The pouches faad been cut open and letters and pack ages rifled. Post office officials were unable to make even a guess as to the value of the loot obtained by the rob bers. AGED COUPLE DIE SAME HOUR; MARRIED 68 YEARS Brookfield, Mo., Feb. 25. James Campbell and his wife, both ninety years old, who were stricken with grip at the same time a week ago, died at almost the same hour to day. They hau been married sixty eight years. BIG SANTA FE GAIN Increase of $6,700,000 in Last Seven Months. Operating Expense in Same Period, $3,200,000. ChIeagro Feb.' 25. An increase In the gross operating revenue of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railway system of J6.700, 000 during the. last seven months of the fiscal year of 1915, over a similar period in the pre ceding year is shown in a report is sued today. Operating expenses during the same period increased J3. 200,000. The gross operating revenue f"r January, 1916, showed an increase of J800.000 over that of January. 1915, and the operating expenses during the same period increased $649,000. TO FREE POLAND Germans Offer Independence to Long Oppressed People. In Return They Ask an Army of Half a Million. Petrograd, Feb. 25. A striking fea- i ture of the debate in the duma is tne revelation of a German plan o win over the Poles by promise of an in dependent Polish &tate. The scheme, as disclosed by a Pol ish correspondent, M. Miliukot', would provide for the Incorporation cf Posen and Lithunia, the new state to furnish in return a Polish army half a million strong to fight Ger many's battles. The writer avers that Germany is prepared to cede Posen to the Poles in lieu of the Baltic provinces. It is also proposed to annex Lithunia and Bielostok to the Polish state. While agreeing with Foreign Min ister Sazanoff that the Poles will never thus betray Russia, M. Mlliukoff in sisted that in the present circum stances a mere reiteration of prom ises is insufficient and it behooves the Russian authorities to decide before hand the policy to be adopted when the Russian armies reconquer Poland. THAT'S IT, BLAME US! Entire Suffrage Cause ots Brunt of Cliicagn Petticoat Graft Scandal. Chicago, Feb. 25. Fear that the charges of "split salary" made by Mrs. Pa?e Kntnn against her superior, Mrs! Louise Osborne Rowe. head of the mu nicipal department of public wel fare. would cast reflections on suffrage was voiced by prominent suffrage leaders today. "If any woman does anything wrong in any way it is an argu ment against suffrage." said Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch, a leader in the Illinois suffrage movement. "There is no Henying it. there's no logic in it. TTle whole coun try is looking at Chicago. We have to be on our good behavior. It must be rLil, however, that neither of the women involved were backed by suffrage organi zation. But even so, we shall be judged by the conduct of two wo men." Mrs. Katon today repeated her story that she was forced to pay one-third of her $3,000 salary to aid Mrs. Margaret- E. Mivelaz. sister-in-law of Mayor Thompson, before the civil service commission. BRYAN WIRES CONGRESS TO BEATWILSON Urges Members to Issue Warn ing to Americans. In Direct Opposition to Policy Advocated by Wilson. BUT W00DR0W IS UNSWERYED Is Told House Is Two to One Against His Flan. Leaders Leave White House De claring Situation Grave. GERMANY POSTPONES THREAT 'ew U-Boat Raid on Merchant men Deferred a Month. Maintain Americans' Rights on Sea Is Executive's Demand. Washington, Feb. 25. Tele grams to congressmen from Wil liam Jennings Bryan supporting the movement for warning Americans off armed ships be gan arriving today. Represen tative Bailey of Pennsylvania re ceived one and planned to read it from the floor. Representative Bailey, after a con. ference with Majority Leader Kitchin, however, simply made public the tele gram, wheh follows: "I honestly hope that congress will speedily announce legislation rofusiug passports to Americans traveling on belligerent ships, or still better, refus ing clearance to belligerent ships car rying American passengers. Refuse Clearance Papers. "No owner of belligerent ship will claim that he has the right to safe guard a contraband cargo with Ameri can lives and no citizen should be per mitted to endanger th peace of tha nation at a time like this. Ours la the greatest of the neutral nations and will probably be the mediator when the time comes for mediation. It would be a crime against civilization as w-11 as against our own people to become involved in this war and thus loan our army and navy to a European inoa. arch to use In settling his quarrels. "If congress has the right to declare war it certainly has the right to pro mote peace by restraining citizen from taking unnecessary risks. A mayor keeps the people of his city out of the danger zone during a riot. Can our government afford to do lesa when the world is in riot?" "That is right," Representative Bailey quoted Mr. Kitchin aa saying; when he read the telegram. Confers With Leaders. President Wilson reiterated his op position to any action In congress warning Americans off armed ships in a conference early today with Speaker Clark, Majority Leader Kitchin and Chairman Flood of the house foreign affairs committee. They in turn tuld the president that if such a resolution were brought to a vote in the house at this time it would be passed by a maioritv of two to one. I The president was unshaken in his position that congress should take no i action embarrassing his contention j that the rights of Americans on the seas must be upheld at any cost and repeated what he had written butt night to Senator Stone. The house leader told the president nothing would be done today, but they ven i tured no predictions for the future, i They admitted that the situation was 1 serious and could not forecast how far i the sentiment In congress would be (swayed by the publication of the I president's views in his letter to Sea- ator Stone. Postpone Raid Law. When the conference was over Speaker Clark said there waa a rumor that Germany would postpone i the beginning of the new submarine I campaign until April 1 or the middle i of March. He would not say whether i he got his information from the presi dent. "The sum and substance of the con i ference," Speaker Clark said, "out side of an explanation made as to the temper of the house regarding the di plomatic situation with Germany and some argument on both sides. Is fully set out in Senator Stone's letter to the president and the president's let ter to Senator Stone. "We explained to the president how the house felt, in our judgment. I told the president that this warning reso lution would carry two to one if their ever got a chance for a vote. "At the conclusion of the confer ence it was very clear to all that tha president stands on his letter to Stone. "We told the president that in the event of such a postponement all ac tion Jn congress certainly would be Continued on Page Six. DIVORCE MAKES DEBUT IN NEW BRAZIL CODE Rio de Janeiro. Feb. 25. TM vorce hitherto absolutely prohibit ed, hes driven the entering wedge into the laws of Brazil. In the new civil code, a more than six years' work of the fetieral congress com mission and signed by President Wenceslau Braa last week, absolute divorce is permitted by the unhap pily murricd out they cannot marry again-

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2 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1916 TAKE FIRST STEP 4 Good Itoads Boosters to uin ber of 250 Meet. Organize the Kaw Valley Im proved Highway Association. ARE GUESTS OF LAWRENCE II. S. Putney of Topeka Is Elected President. IV ill 3feet Again in Kansas City, Kan. Mareh 23. Two hundred and fifty men from twenty-fK'e Kaw Valley towns, ffuests of the Merchants' and Farmers asso ciation at Lawrence last nitfht, or ganized the Kaw Valley Improved Highway association, the first real 8tp toward building a hard surface road between the threa cities, To ltia, Ir wrince and Kans.is City. H. S. Iut!iey. residpnt of the Topeka A nptomoliilo association, wj'K elected vreiucnt of the njw association, and I. MontRomeiy, assistant attorney funeral, temporary secretiry. y H. S. lhiiiMw, sKlif-U-d President of the Xcw Kaw Valley Improved Hish wuy As!4uciutioii ut Laurt'iico IjHst Representatives from hnlf a dozen different towns in the valley on both Hides of the river were chosen to act i,s vice presidents, 'choose their own committer's and feel out sentiment amont; the farmer.-;. On March 23 another mooting will be held at Kan sas t'ity Kan. M ear lime the vice presidents will appoint committees, romp rising interested farmers and townsmen, who will talk Good itonds on both sides of the river, and arrive in Kansas City with definite knowledge re Ka.iv.intf the temper and desires of the most interested persons in the move ment, those who must foot the bill. Facts About Kansas. Time, and agratn the dozen or more speakers brought out deplorable facts concerning Kansas and her royals, brought home so clearly in a Good Koads article appearing the day be fore in the Kansas City Star and 1 1 1 r t i n k statements made by Frank P. MacLennan in a recent editorial ap pearing in the Topeka State Journal. Some of the statements quoted were: Kansas Annually raise a wheat crop worth more than ail tne old and silver, nranttes. lemons and grapefruits of California. Has the greatest per capita wealth of pny s;tte in the Nation $1,725. Hss sufficient motor cars so a mem br of every family in the, state could take a ride at the same time. Hits no saloons to filch its surplus or weaken its abilities. lias low taxes. Kansas has no city of 3 00,000 popu lation. Travelers avoid it. Arkansas is more progressive in 8om ways. of noble attainments, it plays the pauper. licc-ln Kltrtit Now. A 11 speakers agreed that the only time to begin the hard surface road prop osition is right now. Highways are Vieing built throughout the country, traffic pach day is being diverted ever better roads, and this section of he country necessarily suffers. The ileakers included W. V. Webb, president of the Topeka Commercial club; J. Will Kelley. secretary; Karl Akers. J. Frank Smith, Plcasnr.ton; Whitsed Laming, Tonganoxie; Judcre C A. Smart. Ottawa; W. P. Montgom ery. J. W. Waters, Bonner Spring.: Albert Mebus, president of Rotary rlnb, Kansas City, Kan. Represents roads question was discussed. But there is much more to learn. Yet, meantime the pulse beat of those hold ing the purses must be felt and iroy er enthusiasm stirred among the farm ers. Farmers Not Up-to-Date. 'The townsmen know the benefit of good roads to farm land and mer chants," said several speakers, "but many of the farmers have not awak- i ened to it' The Lawrence association enter tained royally. The Topeka men who went there in a special car were met at the depot, taken to the association rooms, where buttons bearing their names had been prepared. These .were distributed and then all sat down to an excellent dinner. A Live Organization. Lawrence has a live commercial or ganization which recently raised $200,000 to build a bridge across the river. The membership is increasing all the time and a graduated scale of dues is used. Traveling men and oth er who do not reap so many bene fits, probably, are not charged as much as the big merchants an" bank ers. The greatest attainment of the organization, in the mind of Charlie Finch of the Lawrence Gazette, is its work in barring all fake advertising schemes. In a ITarnet's Xest. Karl Akers stepped right into a hor net's nest when he proposed that the meeting be held on the Missouri side. I The Kansas City, Kan., delegation jumped to their feet and yelled until Akers admitted his mistake and with drew his motion. The vice presidents named were: C. M. Pierce. Wyandotte county; Albert Mebus, Kansas City; J. D. Waters, Bonner Springs; K. O. Perkins. Law rence; A. G. Harmon. Cedar Junction; B. S. Taylor. Le Soto; J. C. Blevins, Linwood; E. C. McNerney, Tonga noxie; J. W. Colby. Perry; G. M. Con nell. Lecompton; Senator Ben Wilson, Williamstown; H. S. Putney for To peka. Topeka us There. Those from Topeka who made the trip Y. K. Whitney, Frank Organ, H. M. Harris, Luther C. Bailey, W. W. Webb, Kurtz H. Kellam. T. E. Sheard. Albert Xagle, J. S. Warner, Robert Billard. J. C. Gresser, Y. W. Mills, H. J. Brockman, K. Webb", F. S. South wick, A. B. Klrkpatrick. W. G. Tandy, X. Coover. Lr. F. J. Ernest, W. F. Schoch, W. L. Fulton. W. P. Mont gomery, Charles H. Trapp, p. C. Powell. W. H. Wasson, J. Will Kelley, Karl Akers, Wvlie Cooke, J. C. Shimer, W. C. Carswell. Harry B. Wright. H. S. Putney. T. C. Whiteker. II. W. Mc Afee. W. F. Axtetl. T. A. Dana, G. VV. Stansfield, Pete Wellington and Bert Harris. BOXING BOUT IS FATAL TO 14-YEAR-OLD YOUTH WATCH YOUR FLUE State Fire Marshal Issues a Winter Warning. Defective Chimneys Cause Fires in Jannary. 5S LIGHTNING IN MIDWINTER! Two Blazes Caused by Freak of at ure in Kansas. Total Loss of $247,141 in All Counties in State. Boy Knocked lo Karth; Dies Many Ohio School Children Watch. "Watch your flues," Is the warning from the state fire marshal's office, following: the report showing: January losses. Defective chimneys and flues caused 58 of the 246 fires in Kansas in Jan uary and resulted in a loss of $61,723 according to a report today by I T. Hussey, state fire marshal. The num ber of fires caused by defective flues were nearly one-fourth of the total, while the lose was in excess of one fifth of fhe total from all causes. In addition to tho troubles of Kan sans who have failed to repair their flues and chimneys, the sorrows con cerning defective stoves, furnaces and pipes were a matter of much concern. The January report Ehows that stoves, furnaces and pipes were responsible for two fires. Incendiarism was re sponsible for ten fires, the report shows. Common winter neglect, the sum mary shows, was responsible for vir tually the entire fire loss of the state. The record for the month shows 246 fires and a total loss of 1247,141. Of the entire loss, 57.33 per cent was cov ered by insurance. Los on buildings during the month amounted to $149, 615, while loss of contents was $97, 526. Record for January. The month's fire record was as fol lows: Cause Chimneys, flues, etc Electricity Explosions Exposure GjtS Hot ashes and coals Hot grease, etc Incendiarism Lightning Bldgs. not rod Mutches Miscellaneous Open fires Ojwn lights Gasoline Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 25. During a friendly sparring bout between Wil liam HiUiebrandt and August Naisel, both 14 years of age, at school here, Hildebrandt was struck on the jaw and died a few minutes later. The bout was witnessed by many school chil dren. The coroner is investigating. CONDENSED NEWS I'pliold War Emergency Act. Philadelphia. Feb. 25. Judge Dick inson in the United States court has upheld the constitutionality of the act of congress of October 22, 1914, known as the "war emergency act," in re fusing to remove a non suit he en tered in. the claim of the Real Estate Title Insurance and Trust company of this city for a return of a portion of tuxes paid under the act. Black Handers Threaten Judge, Cleveland. Feb. 25. Black hand threats caused Judge John H. Clarke presiding in the U. S. district court here today to withdraw from the trial of cases of four men charged with de stroying the postoffice at East Youngstown druing the recent strike riots there. Judge John B. Killits of Toledo will come here Monday for the trial. The threat was in the form of a letter sent to the owners of the Youngstown vindicator at Youngstown in which Judge Clark is a large stock holder. The life of President J. A. Campbell of the Youngstown sheet and tube company which was involved In the strike was also threatened. Mauretinla Keleased. London. Feb. 25. The government has decided that the steamship Maure tania can be released from hospital duty and returned to her owners, Thos. J. MacNamara, financial undersecre tary of the admiralty, announced to day. Buttle Over War Supplies. Tacoma, Wash.. Feb. 25. A Great Northern freight train loaded with Rubbish and litter Smoking Sparks from combustion. Sparks on roof Spontaneous combustion.. stoves, furnaces, tneir pij Unknown Total No. LOSS. OS 61,723 2 325 3 .1,470 S 1S.GOS 6 0,057 4 70 2 380 10 8,310 2 75 10 3,379 IS 13 :i iOtt 4 7117 11 4.075 2 102 2 4.224 3 2,030 17 5,750 4 48.010 3:t 20.731 41 00,113 .246 $247,141 SOCIALISTS SOLID German Party Wants War to Continue to Victory. Reichstag 31 embers to Stick to Government to the End. lin for -congressional investigation of alleged manipulation of cotton mar kets are being: urged. "Although gov ernment reports showed that the cotton- acreage and visible supply is bJ Ing reduced, the cotton gamblers de liberately forced down the price of cotton," declared Representative Hef lin today. That the cotton gamblers ore in control of the market, although Eng land's reserve supply is known to be almost at bedrock and Germany's cut off, with more than 3,000,000 bales used in .manufacturing war supplies since the war begun, is asserted by Representative Hefhn. THE NAVY'S PRIDE "Old Ironsides" Banks First; to Last Foreyer. 80,000 Visitors on Frigate An nually in Boston Yard. Boston, Feb. 25. Commandant Rush of the Charlestown navy yard has put at rest all worry over the fate of the "Constitution," the gallant old frigate which lies at anchor there. In an Interview Captain Rush said he was greatly surprised to have been quoted as saying that "Old Ironsides" must be moved to make room for oth er and more modern vessels. "In my opinion," said the command ant, "the Constitution comes first. All other ships here must take second place. I regard her as symbolic of the constitution of the United States and I would as soon destroy one as .h-. other. So long as she lasts, which, with adequate repairs should be for ever. Old Ironsides shall have her place in the yard. "I understand I have been cuoted as saying we needed the space now oc cupied in the yard by the frigate, but this i3 absolutely untrue. The Con stitution rides at anchor at the safest spot in the Charlestown yard, pro tected against fire in every way. She is within -a few hundred feet of the place where she was launched over 100 years ago, and each year over 80,000 visitors go aboard and roam up and down the aged hulk, a remind er of the days when the United States swet t all before her on the seas." KANSAS NEGROES ("Continued from Page One.) (Jeary, 2; Harper, 7; Labette, 15; Lyon, 1 Montgomery, 5 0 Nemaha, 1; Osage, 3; Pottawatomie, 21; Reno. 1; Rice, 5; Sedgwick, 11; Seward, 3; Shawnee, 18; Stafford, 1; Sumner, 2 Wyandotte, 37. Total, 903. Record by Counties. The record of colored population in the state, both male and fftmaio ttv C. M. Pierce. AVyandottn county; t automobiles and war supplies for ehip- K. O. Perkins, Lawrence, secretary of the State Good Roads association; C. B. Floyd, Kudora. V. V. Well. in his address urged that the next legislature approve u li mit ting to the people an amendment to the present state constitution so that Kansas can participate in federal appropriations now being made. Tf Kansjis were in a position to meet the requirements of the law. her nhare would be something like S400.000 of tho $25.00.000 appropriation, now be fore concrress. Smith, Principal Speaker, However, J. Frank Smith of Plens flilton. the Jefferson highway man. was the principal speaker. He not only urged a Topeka-Lawrenco-Kansas ment to Russia was attacked here in the union freight yards by a half doz en or more men. A pitched battle between the attackers and the train men occurred. Two of the men who were arrested said they were Aus trians. Burn $9,000 In Feathers. Houston, Feb. 25. Nearly a thou sand bird of paradise feathers val ued at $9,000 which the government recovered at Laredo after making -a charge of smuggling against Abra ham Kallman of New York, will be dwestroyed -District Attorney Green said today. Kallman was released Tuesday on $5,000 bond after a hear- Berlin, Feb. 25. Philipp Scheide mann, leader of the socialist demo cratic party, and a prominent mem ber of the reichstag, declared tocbay the socialists are determined to carry on the war until Germany has won a victory. "Reports concerning alleged rup tures in the socialistic democratic party, as published in the American press, are absolutely without founda tion," he said. "Further, there is no possibility of a split in the party. We adhere to the principle laid down in the historic meeting of the reichstag on August 4, 1914, when we gave our support to all the measures of the im perial government to repel the unpro voked attack of the entente powers. "Today we are just as determined on this stand as we ever were, and will maintain It until the war ends victoriously for Germany. "Twenty deputies, composing a mi nority, who voted against an exten sion of war credits on December 21, expressly declared at the time that they had no intention of attempting any disrupture of the party. "Socialists individually and in as semblages throughout the country took decisive action against this small minority, nor will the party be dis rupted after the war. "There may be several persons on the extreme right or left political sections of the reichstag) who will not agree with the party in all things, but the party itself will set at work with vigor to perform its tasks, which the end of the war will bring. And it gives me satisfaction that all differ ences between America and German) are settled. I believe every one else in Germany has the same feeling." MOTOR SMASH FATAL One Dead and One Dying, Result of Wreck at Wichita. shows: County Allon Anderson Atchison Barber liarton Bourbon Brown Butler Chase Chautauqua Cherokee Cheyenne Clark Clay Cloud Coffey Comanche Cowley Crawford Decatur Dickinson Doniphan Douglas Kd wards Elk Ellis Ellsworth Finney Ford Franklin Geary Gove Graham Grant Gray Greeley Greenwood Hamilton Harper Harvey Haskell Hodgeman Jackson Jefferson Jewell Johnson Kearny Kingman Kiowa Labette Lam Male. 3T.2 ft 1,100 M 170 22 1UO 54 54 tj 517

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:i 7 2S 1 .121) 827 1 :si l,2(lo 32 3 26 03 70 H3 24S loti 13 214 9 1 15 8 15 2; HUMAN FLESH IDEAL FOOD, SAYS EDUCATOR Wisconsin ITwiversity Instructor Says Cannibalism Short .'Road to Health. Madison, Feb. 25. From a pure ly physiological standpoint cannibal ism would be the best way to pro vide tho human body with protein, said Dr. H. C. Bradley before a class in heakh and disease at the Univer sity of Wisconsin today. "Human flesh is the ideal food be cause its constituents such that the digesting system would not have to break down elements in proportion with other proteins before tissue structure could be started. Every animal has protein particular to it self and the more in proportion it is with the animal consuming it. Ws could live on meat protein alone but it would not be economical." TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago Feb. 21. WHEAT Notwith standing disclosures of the critical staus of American relations with Germany the wheat market today showed a degree of comparative strength that was much in coutrast with yesterday's collapse. The market however appeared more unsettled than usual and fluctuated rapidly Jn re sponse to anv lame aelliitur or hnTlnfr. All other influences except developments touch ing me suumuriue issue were virtually lost sight of. On the whole the trade as a rule seemed to have concluded that yes terday's rush to sell had been overdone. Opening prices which ranged from mc to lVjc higher with May at $1.18 to M.19 and July at L14 to 1.154 were followed by a reaction to about lic under yesterday's finish but then a substantial rally. Export sales and bullish domestic crop advices tended subsequently to Increase the upward swing of the market Quota tions closed firm at lc net advance, with May at $1.18 and July at fl.lo. CORN Corn took the Same course as wheat. Changes, however were confined to a narrower range. After opening a shade off to i-i up the market hardened somewhat then underwent a moderate sag and later made a fresh upturn. The advance of prices became more pro nounced later owing somewhat to the fact that receipts were light. The close was steady at fde to lc net advance. OATS Oats had no independent action. Prices swayed with other grain. PROVISIONS Absence of any selling pressure allowed provisions to score gains. All offerings were readily taken by speculators. Chicago Grain Market. fThe range of prices for grain futnres on The Chicago Board of Trade as reported by Thos, J. Myers, Broker. Columbian ildg.l Open WHEAT May ..110H July .115!; t' (UN May July OATS May July ro UK- Slav ..20.G5 July ..20.67 77 45 43 High U84 llSts 77 45H 43 20.77 20.67 Chicago, Feb. 25 Close Low Today Yes. iias 113' 76 769s 42s 20.65 20.57 118 1151s 77-77 45-43V4- 117 114 7 76l 44 42 20.70 20.65 20.07 20.60 Kansas City Grain Market. The range of prices for grain futures on The Kansas City Boardo f Trade as re ported by Thos. J. Myers. Broker Col u in Diau Bldg. Open WHEAT May ..109 1 July ..107V. Sept. ..105 56 249 1 320 "ii l 907 1 Leavenworth 803 City hisrhway but a hard surface sy- before th e United States com tem of roads throughout the coun'y "'"wuuer m ureoo. and bond issues, which are nut a plight tax In rich counties like Stiaw- ne and Douglas. That s what they r? doine; in other parts of the state and that's what they'll have to do in the Kaw valley or take their Keats as back numbers. Mr. Smith declared. In fact, every phase of the good Fire Destroys Purdue Arms. Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 25. Tfle three inch field guns of battery B. of Pur due university, 1.200 rifles and 7.000 rounds of ammunition of the Purdue cadet corps, were destroyed by fire when the Purdue armory was bu.-ned. SEE THE Ll3 Before You Buy a Piano Not After Wris If You Cannot Call 822 KANSAS AVE. '''"SSi Wichita, Kan., Peb. 25. One man is dead and another is dying, as a re sult of the driver of an automobile at tempting to change hands on the steering wheel on a business street here early this morning. Charles Dean, a hunchback butcher, was in stantly killed when the machine veered into a light pole. Hugo Clem ents, 23 years old, a barber, is dying at a local hospital. H. W. Dean, the driver, escaped uninjured. JOLT FORlreCUlATORS Law Being Drafted to Overcome "Price Conspiracy" in Cotton Trade. Lincoln Linn Logan Lyon Marion Marshall McE'herson Meade Miami Mitchell Montgomery Morris Morton Nemaha Neosho Ness Norton Osae Osborne Ottawa Pawnee Phillips Pottawatomie Pratt Rawlins Reno Republic lire Iiiley Rooks Rush Russell Saline Scott Sedgwick Seward Shawnee Sheridan Sherman Smith Stafford Stanton Stevens Sumner Thomas Trego Wabaunsee Wallace Washington Wichita Wilson Woodson Wyandotte Totals for the state i Washington, Feb. 25. Southern i congressmen today are drafting a declaration of war on cotton gamblers. An indignation meeting of house. members from the cotton states will bo held tonight at the capitol to dis cuss the alleged "conspiracy of cot ton exchanges to depress ihc price -of cotton." Representative Heflin of Alabama presided at last night's meet ing. The call was joined by Represen tative Chandler, of Mississippi, and Jacoway of Arkansas. Measures to regulate cotton exchanges were dis cussed. i Resolution of Representative Hef- 2 173 106 3.S3 81 "is 340 1 1.488 141 6 6G 273 '"s 197 24 23 62 2 56 120 '454 5 54 108 52 3 28 256 2 1,293 2 2,578 6 4 2 54 8 70 166 20 274 t 5 1 G6 7 5,808 ..26,030 25,824 B7 214 1 314 "ii 1 950 1,673 1 1

444 01 96 1 12 383 4 1,505 119 6 76 232 166 17 13 45 20 43 108 -4S3 3 58 12 53 3 19 272 1.297 3 2,750 6 1 49 7 33 100 1 13 237 16 5 "56 r, 5,916 CORN May July Sept. 72. Kansas City, Feb. 25. High Low Today Yes. 1084 107 ft 105 Grand Wind-Up rices omasnedi Out They Go! All Short and Broken Lines Two great stocks combined to make this the sale of the season. Hundreds of worth while bargains for the thrifty, economical cash buyer. Final cut prices go in effect this morning. n Men's Furnishings Men's 25c Suspenders 150 Men's Work Shirts 29? Children's Hose 9 Men's $1.00 Union Suits 586 Men's Neckties 25 Men's White Handkerchiefs 2 Men's Sox, all colors 50 Men's Dress Shirts 350 Men's $1.00 Overalls 790 Men's $1.50 Sweaters 980 Men's 15c Hose 70 Men's Pants Men's $1.50 Pants 980 Men's $2.50 Pants $1.48 Men's $3.00 Pants. $1.98 Boys' Pants 470 S8S SHOES One Great Lot Men's and Women's Shoes Boys' Gunmetal School Shoes One Lot of Ladies' Shoes, samples Men's and Women's Sample Shoes Men's Work and Dress Shoes Men's $4.00 Shoes $2.95 Men's Rub bers Children's Shoes 75c 75c Women's Rubbers T aH'ifs? 9 Hose 98c $1.39 $1.47 $1.98 $2.15 69c 15c 109 1071V. 100 109 loo 107 104J 107 72 71 72 7,-iV 72 73- 74 72 74 71 72 73 Chicago Grain Market. Chicago Feb. 2o. WHEAT Closet Mav. $1.1; July. $1-15. UUI May, TTfa-iTe; Juiv, 77c. OATS May, 45f45e': July. 43&43c I'ORK May. $lu.33; July, $10.52. SHOUT KlliS May, $11,42; July, $11-52. Liverpool Grain Market. Liverpool, Feb. 25. WHEAT-Spot No. 3 red western winter, 14s 7d; No. 2 hard winter, gulf. 13a (M No, 2 hard winter, new and choice, nominal. COKN Spot, American mixed, lis 3d. Grain Gossip. (By special wire to T. J. Myers, Columbian Building. Minneapolis wheat stocks hare decreased 120.000 bushels thus far this week. Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City have decreased 39.039 bushels thus far this week and corn stocks increased 105,577 bushels Kxports from the United States and Can ada yesterday were 700.000 bushels of wheat. 3,000 barrels of flour, 210,000 bushels of cor and 110,000 bushels of oats; wheat ad flour combined, 671,000 bushels. The estimated shipments from Argen tina of wheat this week are 1,900,000 bush els, compared with 2,444.000 bushels ship ped last week and 3,;"tl2.000 bushels a year atro. Estimated cor shipments are 1,200,000 bushels. A foreign crop summarv continued the following: "United Kingdom Weather is fairly seasonable and some wheat sowiug is reported. Foreign arrivals are moderat and consumption large France Official re ports covering up to February 1 indicate a winter wheat condition of .70, compared with .68 a year ago; rye, .72, the same as a year ago; oats, .73, against .70 last year. It Is hoped that the government will fur nish sufficient labor for a large spring area. Russia Snow covering is thin and weather is very cold in parts. Officials be lieve that crops are all right, but private reports are unfavorable. Rumania Crop outlook is satisfactory. Australia Some rain has fallen, but will not materially benefit the corn, as it is too far advanced. Wheat offers ot-ntinue moderate. India It Is reported that crop prospects have im proved. Shippers now estimate the wheat surplus at 3ti million bushels. North Afri caGood rains have fallen and benefitted crops.' Choice of Any Overcoat in the House $7.50 500 Men's Suits at ONE-HALF PRICE! MEN'S ALL WOOL SUITS for MEN'S ALL WOOL SUITS for $2.95 $8.50 MEN'S ALL WOOL SUITS for MEN'S ALL WOOL SUITS for ..$4.95 $10.50 Clement Clothing Company Stock Atchison Clothing" Co. 4 31-433 KANSAS iAVENUE Gibbs Clothing Company Stock Topeka ELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Onepackage nrOVeSlt ?5rt all rTnirrorisfp of a probable postponement by Germany of its latest submarine policy. Before midday various gains which fully obliterated yes terday's losses were esfnblished Bonds were steady with a marked reduc tion of dealings in Anglo-French fives. Further moderate recovery from yester day's heavy trend was recorded at today's nnsnlnv hut- traHIno- una iniof ami saii tious. Latest advices from Washington were more reassuring and these were sun- STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City Wo Also Have Our Own Offlms at rtil-ao. So. St. Joseph, So. Omaha.-Drn vcr. Sioux City. So. St. Paul. E. Buffalo. E. St. Louis, Fort Worth and El Paso. plemented by favorable trade development" of Jales- tV,? btr&esiF!a?u Much 'Wheat Is Killed. Springtield. 111.. Feb. 25. Fully one-third of th wheat crop of Illinois has been Killed this winter by frost n and floods, according to a statement made public today by B. M. Davidson, secretary of the state board of agriculture. Derby Lads Air Service. London, Feb. 25. Lord Derby's ceptance of the chairmanship of a Joint naval and military board to con trol the British air service was an nounced in the house of commons this afternoon by Asquith. The position is i.ot a salaried one. To Core A Cold In Oae Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab lets. Im?gistB refund money if it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's aignature od eacu box. 25c. Adv. Kansas City- Produce Market. Kansas City. Feb. E. WHEAT Cash: Market unchanged to lc lower. No. 2 hard, $1.10&l.lo; No. 3, $l.(Xal.l4; So. 2 red. l.llfal.l4; No. 3, Sl.00gl.ll. CORN Market unchanfred to Uc lower. No. 2 mixed, 6tie: No. 67fa0iic: No. 2 white. 70c: No. 3, 6ff tSiVjC No. 2 yel low. TlMiCaTSc: No. 3. t!9ico(0c. OATS Market unchanged. No. 2 white, 47(48c; No. 2 mixed, 44te45c. KYE 9(&0c. HAY Market steady; nnohanged. KAFIR No. 3 white. SOtoSlc WHEAT Receipts 119 cars. BUTTER Creamery. 32c; firsts, seconds, lisc packig, 19c. EGGS Firsts. 24c seconds, 21c. POULTRY Hens, iac; turkeys, SDrincs. ltic. CLOSE: WHEAT May, S1.09T4 July. $109. CORN May, 72c; July, 73(g73Vic. Chicae-o Produce Market. Chlcapo Feb. 25. BUTTER Market 31c; 20c; cipher. Creamery 241A4j33c. r.vHiw -Miiraec utgner. Firsts 22lic: or- At mark cases fnclud- dluary firsts 21ic. POTATOES Market unchanged. POULTRY Alive, unchanged New York Sugar Market. New York. Feb. 25. SUGAR Raw, nom inal centrifugal, 5.024a5.O5 molasses, 4.25 fe4.28. New York Stock Market. Wall St., New Yrk. Feb. 23. STOCKS Additional gains were made during the dull first hour on buying of leading rails, notably the-Coalers, Union Pacific. C. P. and St. Paul, while various specialties and coppers made moderate upward progress. Trading was light on the rise, however, and rails lost some of their advance. Later the entire list rose in spirited fashion, the movement being concurrent with reports bian Bhlg.J American Wooolen yesterday onlv stron feature added another point to its advance and a few of the coppers, California Pe troleum, Crucible Steel and Industrial al cohol, were higher by fractions to a point. Texas Company was lower by 2 points and General Motors declined a point with heaviness in r.rle nrst preferred. Repre sentative shares Bhowed no material change New for: Stock Market. Close of prices for the leading stocks oo The New Y'ork Stock Exchange as re ported by Thos. J. Myers, Broker. Colum New York. Feb. 25. Close Today. Yes. i9 62 4, H K9VJ 99t 112 11J14 127 195 l(ti4 107 S7 Am. Beet Sugar Am. Can. c Am. Car Fndy Am. Locomotive Ain. S. K., c Am. S. i R., p Am. Rngar Itef Am. Tel. T Am. Tobacco, c..... Anaconda Mining A. T. S. F.. c Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore Ohio Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn It. T Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chesapeake Ohio Chicago Northwestern C. M St. P.. c C. R. I. P Chiuo Copper Colorado Fuel Iron Crucible Steel Krie. c General Electric Great Northern, p.... Great Northern Ore... Illinois Central Inspiration K C. Southern, c Lackawanna Steel Lehigh Valley Maxwell Motors., M. K. T., c Missouri Pacific National Lead Nev. Con Copper N. Y Central N. N. H. H Norfolk A Western... Northern Pacific Penn. Railroad Reading, c. Southern Pacific Southern Railway, c. Ctu debater Tenn. Copier Union Pacific, c. U. 8. Steel, c U. S. SteeL p Utah Copuer Western Union Westinghouse Electric Ex-llv. Am. it.. i. ;i .1L'7 r.t 57V, 44 79 V, 3i-H ...170 ...1201-i 4:i 45i 'M 7.S 77 C"ii 5 5 W!'4 lo1 ...104vs 7 ...117 ...113 571,4 77 W J0i4 ...145 '.'.'.i:nVt ttii, ...iij 3 K 5i 9 0V, 68 100 112 II214 127 M, 194 Xl 1071, H6 470 Htl KiVVi 53 Vi ttl 12ttk 9:iV" lSVi 57H 8 120, 43 V 102 V. 45 01 i, Wt 10" 10 VB 11B 112 57 77 99 Vd 20 1 144 57 l.TtU. K!Vj llliil 84H Kansas City Live stork Market. Kansas City. Feb. 25. HOGS Receipts 4.5UO. Market 10c lower quality poor. Bulk packers and butchers. 7.95g8.20; light. $7.75(J S.15 pigs, .50ftt7.40. CATTLE Receipts 700. Market steady. Prime fed steers. $X.50rt9.00 dressed beef steers, $7.401 S..35 western steers. fT.OOftv 8.50: southern steers. $H.2.Vrt7.5U; rows, $4.50(d7.00: heifers. $.5(Wi .00 sfockers and feders. $tt.25fc&8.35; bulls, $5.25fti.00; calves. $6.9V 11.00 SHEEP Receipts 2.000 Market steady, active. Lambs. 10.30(il0.!Kl yearlings. $9.2567 10.00; wethers, .$7.75fa8.25 ewes. $7.00f&7.75; Blockers and feeders, $5.50ffl 10.25. Kansas City lAvm Stock Sales. The folltwlng sales were made this morn ing at the Stock Yards. Kansas City, and reported over long distance telephone di rect to the State Journal by Clay, Robin son ft Co live stock commission mer chants.) Kansns City. Feb. 25. CATTLE Re ceipts 700 head. Market steady. UOGS Receipts 4.500 head. Market 5tli ilk' lower. BOlk of sales, $7.75(n,8.25 top, s 'to SHEEPReceipts 1,000 head. Market steady. KILLING STEERS. No wt. I'ricelNo. Wt Pries 3- 107K $X"0 I 22 KI0 $7 50 10 MO 7.50 1 1 J130 7.H5 UOWS AIWJ tli-ar i-.ua. 11. 1. 1.. 14.,. 94" ..12S5 Hll WW fi7 ..104 X25 ..1430 S90 ..II-"-! HSO 7.00 i-5 s.oo fl.25 7.73 0.50 4.40 (1.25 5.10 ..1200 Tt 900 M ..1120 990 H95 ..1095 K50 .100O 7411 STOCKEItS AND FEEDFHS. 833 ..1120 U04 110 191) 350 210 ..1130 919 -.14.10 ..1000 7.50 7.00 7.00 I CALVES. 14 4... a... 1... .50 7.25 8.00 10.OO I'.ULI.H. 5.5U I 1 5IIO 1... B.00 1... 4.75 I 1... HOGS. S.JOI 8.30 03... 8.20 I 46... 910 630 .11110 .11W) .Jiri .1070 197 234 lot; 0.50 0.75 3.50 8.15 5.511 5.511 4.25 7.15 4.40 5.75 0.95 7.15 7.33 8.13 .0 8.50 4.85 5.25 5.00 5.75 8.13 8.25 7.95 44..... 23d 77 28 S7 211 Cbicaa-o Live Htock Market. Chicago. Feb. 25 HOGS Receipts 28. 000. Market slow at a shade under yes terday's average. Bulk of sales. Xft.2.Vt 8.50; light 7.!.4S: mixed. .I0a85O; heavy. Sb.054jo.5o; rough, tb.(Arib.M pigs, $0.51X87.50. fATTLE Receipts 3.000. Market weak. Native beef steers. $S..85$48.0 western steers. $d.75ffi.20; stoekers and feeders, $5.05fti7.7O: cows and hetfers,$3.25i 8.25 calves. $8.50ra 11.25. SHEEP Receipts 10.000. Msrket steady. Wethers. $S.0Oi&s.4O; lambs, $.23 11.35. Topeka Market. 1 Prices fnrnlsned by Wolff Packing Co. I Topeka, Kan., Feb. CATTLE AND HOGS. MIXEO AND BUTCHERS HEAVY LIGHT STEERS. Good to choice (corn fed) Fair io good COWS. Good 10 choice (corn fed) Fair to good Common to (sir ETEIFETiS. Good to cbolce (corn fed)...... Fair to good. Common BULLS. Flesh T il900' VEAL CALEB. Prime fat Medium good Fair i Positively cannot ass sheep unless fat. .$7.25(f7 80 7.0tKa7.8S 6.6Ofsj7.70 .$fl25inJ7.00 5.25l 5. 73 .srs vv?c no 4.253R O0 S.&0tt4.i0 .$(t.oi!a.5 BOOias.50 .$4.75(5.20 mnipan .7.007.7S 6.0 a7.oo 6.00A00 or lambf Bntter ss4 Rggs. I Fnrnls ed by the Beatrice Creamery Caw Topeka. Kan.) 2B. Topeka. Kai:., Feb. till r.iiun M.C. NEW YORK EGGS24c. CKKAMKKV BUTTER Chicago 3'U.c- New York K4(435c; Elgin, 33c; Topeka wholesale. 33c. Topeka drain Market. 1 Furnished by 3. B. tillisrd corner Kan sas Ave. and Curtis St. Topeka, Kan., .MTS 332c. WHEAT 90CI&S1.00. CORN 05c. Feb. 3a, Tsneka Hay Market. iFarulsheu oy A. lie. 212-14 K. eth. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 28. PUAIRIR HAY t no Poultry, haa- and Butler. I Furnished .i the Topeka Packing Com pany, corner Laurent and liaduoo. Topeka. Kan., Feb 'J5 POULTRY Hens, onrter 3 lbs 11c- ",ndwOT'J 1301 f2n ""d Lrollers. 12c: ducks. c: geese. 7c: spring! over i lbs.. 12c: stags, 10c. HENS AN! YOUNG TOM 14c oin toms. 120. EGGS lAc. INDIAN RUNNER DUCK 8 8c CTbsat Market. rnrillabed By Snawnee Milling Co 'hlr and Kansas WHEAT-NO. 3SS?eka- WHEAT No. 1 $1.00. TO II KEYS

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 25, 1916 IPS HAD ENOUGH The store of courtesy and service Order by phone The store is open until 9:30 Saturday evenings Order by mail Die best merchandise at the lowest prices No 31 ore 3Iacadam Inside City Limits W. G. Tandy. Th quality an owest pricesalways f City Repair Department Load ed Down With Work. highest the There will be no more rock or ma- I cadfim roads built inside the city lim- its with the consent or approval of V. i. l iinny. commissioner oi buccib and allpys. His experience with that kind of street paving last winter and this winter has convinced him that it will not stand heavy traffic and that it gos to pieces under changing weather conditions. The whole street repair depart ment is deluded now with orders fo repairs on the small stretches of ma cadam inside the city. St. John street in North Topeka is a wreck. It was the pride of the people in that section of the city last fall. "After we finished the repairs on it last fall." said Tandy today, "people said to me that that was the kind of a road to build; that when work was done like that it was bound to last. I expressed the hope at the time that it would last and I did expect it to last longer than it has. But it is a wreck now. Thj work must be done ail iiver awuin if it is to be traveled this summer." In the opinion of Mr. Tandy brick paving gives the best results for the investment in Topeka. However, he stated that he did not mean by that that brick is the best paving in every locality. "But here i;i Topeka, he said, "close to a brick supply where we do nt have to pay an enormous price because of freight rates, I believe brick gives the best service for the money. 1 don't insist upon brick when petitioners want something else b.it on streets where there is heavy traffic it is the best and cheapest paving we can put down." Mr. Tandy is so strong a believer In brick that he states it would pay better dividends on country roads than macadam. Not for Kansas. "Macadam is all right for some parts of the country," he said, "but not for Kansas. There is too much change in temperature, too much ice and snow. The rock road between Tpeka and Silver Lake gues to pieces every winter and it is necessary to spend a lot of money on it for re pairs. "To build a brick road the regula tion width for country roads would cost in the neighborhood of $17,000 a mile and it would be as near a per manent road as we have in these days, ivople in the country think that pric3 is tcrri fie although the price would be pnid by every one within a mile of the road. Here in Topeka property n mil,' pvpr;il timp thnt irir( r a piece of paving atul the cost is borne by those living within half a block of the paving." The macadam and rock road con struction will be kept in repair by Mr. Tandy's department because it in necessary, not because he thinks any thing of that kind of road bed. There a re svt ra 1 st retches of it inside the city limits. One is on St. John street in North Topeka. another str.et.ch through Little Russia, one on Vast Tenth s; ret opposite the cemetery, one on Kast Sixth street and one east of the fair grounds. They are all in bad shape and must undergo exten sive repairs this spring. chanWtoIavTcash Allojs May 15c lmcd With Cheaper Material Next Year. The increase in the number of auto mobiles in Topeka has made necessary thn paving of numerous alleys in the residential districts and some kind of cheHper paving is required, according to V. O. Tandy, commissioner of streets and alleys. This year the petitioners for alley paving will be per mitted to petition for concrete paving which will cut the cost almost in half. "All over the city people are asking for paving in the alleys," sa id Com missioner Ta ndy today. "The auto mobiles are responsible for it. In some of the alleys there is scarcely any traf fic except an occasional load of coal and the incoming and outgoing of au tomobiles kept in garages on the al leys. Heavy and expensive paving is not needed in such alleys and 1 will favor this year giving the property owners a chance to use cheaper pav ing. "We could put down concrete paving for about 90 cents a yard, as against $1.60 a yard for most ordinary alley paving. A cut of that kind would mean a big reduction in all the alley paving I expect to have requests for this year. I believe it would give just as good service in such alleys as a more expensive paving.' The paving Mr. Tandy has in mind would be something like a street be fore the asphaltic covering is put on, except that it would be smoother. Mr. Tandy stated that instead of using the bo ft crushed rock now used the city would specify a hard chat and that the surface would be smoothed over in Htead of being left rough. The con crete for an asphalt cover is left rough in order to give the asphalt a chance to take hold. (OMMKHCi; (LI B AT PKKRY. Business Men anil Farmers Organize to Promote Their Town. Terry, Kan.. Feb. 25. The Perry I Commercial club, composed of farmers j and business men. was organized at a. meeting held in Lee's hall. The club I is the outgrowth of the interest of the j farmers in a central organization, and iids fair to be a success. Officers elected were, K. L. Raines, i resident Charles Gramse. vice resi- j dent I. K. Tarshall. secret ary-treas- 1 urer. and It. B. Griffith, corresonding j secretary. An executive committee, composed of K. Haines. I. K. l'arshall. A. V. Debacker. J. F. True and Arthur Haines, was elected. j The next meeting of the club will be held next Thursday when each char- ter member has agreed to bring a new member. Opossum farming is an Australian? Industry. i castoria! For In-Vnt and Children 9' In use Fo over Tears Always bear A store of the people all the people In the higher class mer chandise, the finer apparel, fabrics, trimmings and nov elties, the choicest products of the world's master man ufacturers are here for you to choose from. The popular, or medium, price lines have been widened and broadened qualities are better and assortments are la riser. And the moderately priced lines in the Basement (a complete store in itself) offer a standard of value giving never before known in Topeka. Yes, Pcllcticr's is a store of the people of the people. New silver plated novelties Among this week's arri-als in the silverware section were silver plated Sueur tongs Tea fnf users Birthday wots Homino sugar racks Salt and popKT sets Jam and mustard jars prices are from 35c to $1-00 (Silverware main floor) A special sale of hair preperations 50c Weyth's Sage and Sulphur. .45c 50c Newbro's Herpicide 43c $1.00 Newbro's Herpicide 89c 25c Danderine 19c 50c Danderine 43c $1.00 Danderine 89c 50c Seven Sutherland Sisters. .45c Wanous Shampoo Bags. .3 for 25c 50c Canthrox Shampoo 45c 50c Packer's Tar Soap Shampoo 43c other toilet goods 25c Woodbury's Facial Soap. .20c Solid perfumes and rogue for Dorin boxes new line at. .25c 50c Payne's imported Perfumes; choice of ten odors, oz 25c 50c Hind's Honey and Almond Cream l:!c Jetum, makes old hats new.... 25c (Toilet goods main floor) Newest neckwear And how a crisp, new collar, vestee or set freshens up one's Winter suit or dress Ready for your inspection Saturday will be-a charming va riety of newest style neckwear; collars, sets, vestees and the like this week's novelties forwarded by our New York office for Saturday selling and Sunday wearing 25 to $1.00 Camisole materials very new White and flesh color Crepe de Chine trimmed with the dain tiest of laces all you have to do is sew on the shoulder straps (usually of ribbon) and there you are. .$1 and $1.25 yd. 25c handkerchiefs 19c A special under-price purchase of women's fine pure linen handkerchiefs with hand embroidered designs in the corner and to 1-inch hems regular 25c handkerchiefs q on special sale Saturday X5C (Handkerchiefs and nwkwear main floor) Millinery ribbons There never has been a season when rib bons were as profusely used in trimming hats. Some hats are trimmed entirely with ribbons, some with flowers and fol iage in combination with ribbon and even the so-called flower hats usually have a ribbon bow or two to finish them. Newest style millinery bows tied free Ready here at Pelletier's is a complete stock of ribbons for millinery trimmings; figured and plain failles, satins and moires in every width and in every color arA shade and at the very lowest prices. A special value An excellent quality of 6-inch moire rib bon in white, black and a full line n(" of colors a very special value at OC (Ribbon section main floor) Boy's $5.00 suits$3.75 with 2 pairs of trousers Staunch, serviceable, sturdy suits; Just the thing for school wear. The coats are made with large patch pockets and both pairs of trousers are lined; broken line of sizes from 6 to 16 years a small lot oi ooys regular $5.00 suits on sale C"5 "rC Saturday P Overcoats and Balmacaans $2.25 Full lined overcoats and Balmacaans; grays, blues, browns and tans in a broken line of sizes from 4 to 14 years CJO OC on sale Saturday p..t Blouses Boys' blouses of light and dark color ma terials; made with full yokes, military col lars and open cuffs; 6 to 15 25c years rare bargains at A special lot of new blouses with "Buster Brown" collars: 4 to 8 years 50c extra values at A lot of slightly soiled regular $1.00 K K blouses, sizes 6 to 14 years, "JKf on special sale Saturday 50c night shirts! 35c4 liovs night shirts of light pattern striped tennis flannel: most all sizes "r regular 50c night shirts (Boys' clothing 2nd floor) CB lace front corsets $1.00 Medium bustlong hip models; all sizes. 2nd floor Successars to The Mills Dry Goods Co. Open front brassieres 39c r e g u 1 a r SOc ones of checked batiste. '2nd floor A special lot of $3.98 waists on sale $1.79 If you have planned to pay ?2.98, $3.50 or $3.98 for a pretty Spring waist, here is your oppor tunity to save an opportunity well worth your most careful consideration for such bargains as these, especially right at the very beginning of the season are indeed rare. These are all new 8irlng style waists; Orepe de Chines, plaid silk, taffetas and tub silks and what a variety of styles there Is to choose from! Some are very simple, plain tailored models and some are elaborately trimmed and embroidered. Some have low necks, some have high necks and some have 2-ln-l collars. And as for colors, there are white, flesh, black, green, navy, gray, brown, etc. there Is no question bnt that yon will find a style that pleases and in the color you prefer. There is not a waist in the lot that would sell regularly for less than $2.48, there are lots of regular $2.98 and $3.50 numbers and there are quite a few that would be $3.98, ordinarily and with the opening of the store Saturday morning they all go on sale in C 1 7Q one big. lot at b 1 5 :ome early and get first choice (Women's and Children's apparel 3rd floor) Spring suits $25 that set a new high standard of value giving a new high standard in style, in material and in tailoring. The very newest styles and effects just arrived from New York for Saturday selling and Sunday wearing. There are Combination taffeta suits Suits that ripple and flare Suits with the new box coats Suits that are plain tailored The materials include Poiret twills, shepherd checks, serges, poplins and gabardines in a full line of the new Spring colors; coral, peach, green, black, navy, Copenhagen and black-and- white effects every suit a most exceptional value at. r $25 A not-to-be-equaled line of girls dresses and the dresses themselves will more than bear out the state ment. Saturday is the only day that girls can get down town to help with the choosing of their dresses, etc., and so we are going to make a display tomorrow of the new Spring styles for their especial benefit. There is a charming variety of new styles of ginghams, percales and reps In every wanted color and combina tion; Middy, bolted and peplum effects, entirely new and refreshingly different from any thing ever shown be foreand at most any price one wishes to pay, from $1.00 to $5.98 And there is almost an infinite variety of white dresses, from lawns at $1.00 up to the most elaborate party frocks at $12.60. (Women's and children's apparel 3rd floor) Our enlarged shoe section offers the newest styles in both high and low shoes for early Spring More room, more convenience, the newest styles, and lots of them, and a careful fitting service that is what our enlarged shoe section offers. 9-inch boots Cousins' 14-button, 9-inch boots of fin est glazed French kid without a seam up the button fly, plain toes, flexible welt soles and 2-inch Spanish heels fljfi CO and very moderately priced. .P'" Low shoes Oxfords, pumps and low cuts are com ing in every day. Worthy of special men tion are two numbers especially desir able for early Spring. Food Sale by the Philatha class 1st Christian Church (Main Floor) 5-button Vienna Oxfords of matt kid with medium toes, welt soles and Cuban heels an CJC AA exceptional value at iPOMJ 5-eyclet Oxfords of glazed kid or patent, with long vamps, tipped toes, light welt soles and 1 inch military heels a perfect combination of style AA and comfort iJO.UU Children's shoe; highest qualities lowest prices and a careful fitting service that insures the correct size and width so the little feet will have plenty of room to grow as Nature intended they should. Roman sandals are very pretty and very popular for early Spring. Here is a 5 -strap model of patent with broad toes and turned soles; stylish and comfortable Sizes 8H to 11 S2.50 Sizes 11 to 2 3.00 "Foot Form" shoes of patent with cloth, kid or white calf tops, broad toes and turned soles, one of our best and most popular dress siloes for children. Sizes ZVz to 5 $1.00 to $1.75 Sizes 5 i to S J.35 to 2.00 In accordance with the request of dozens and dozens of our patrons we take pleasure in announcing for Saturday evening Turkey Dinner 75c Roast trukey with oyster dressing Cranberry sauce Glazed sweet potatoes Vienna rolls Chilled tomatoes with mayonnaise Ice cream and assorted cakes Coffee la carte service, too Ray Hall's Orchestra 6:00 to 7:30 (Tea room 5th floor) Trimmed hats $5 one of the permanent features of our millinery section Our showing of trimmed hats at $5.00 sets a naw high standard of value giv ing offers the very newest styles at a vt-ry moderate price. For Saturday there are close fitting turbans snd sailers, charming effects in.. Corday droops and the new high sloping crowns with narrow brims. Some are strictly tailored, some are trimmed with flowers and foliage and some with large flaring bows every one a very A special valut at P3 (Millinery section 3rd lloor) it n i im 'ill I .a i wf IJvil rfj t j 9 wfl s 1 R Topeka's Economy Center Up to $1.00 waists-49c t A variety of styles of crepe, voile and organdy waists; most all sizes in the lot, as a whole. All of the small lots of 75c and $1.00 waists and all that are mussed or soiled will be jdQf closed out Saturday at Up to $1.50 waists 69 This is a manufacturer's sam ple line and small lots of $1.00. $1.25 and $1.50 waists: new. Spring styles of organdies, voiles and crepes on AQr sale Saturday Wi7C White coats $2.98 There are five white corduroys and one diagonal Chinchilla; sizes far misses and women; just the thing for Spring wear the last of our regular $6.50 (really worth $10.00) white coats on sale (TO CO Saturday $4mVO Winter coats $3.95 Good, stylish coats of rich fancy mixtures; ideal coats for present wear and they'll come in mighty handy next Fall and Winter. Some were $8.98 and some were $9.89 Saturday they QQ will be ipO.VO $1.00 corsets 69? A corset with all the style and comfort of one costing three times as much. Medium bust, long hip models with non-rustable boning and good hose supporters attached; all sizes regular $100 fiQf corsets on sale Reducing: corsets 98 A corset designed especially for stout figures; straps on the sides keep the figure in perfect propor tion and with perfect comfort. Strong hose supporters at- Qftf tached rare bargains at JOC 50c aprons 39? House dress style, cover-all aprons; the side buttoning style of good quality striped gingham; full length and neatly trimmed regu lar 60c cover-all aprons OQ Saturday for OJC Girls dresses 49? Dresses for little girls of 2 to 6 years. Of pre-shrunk, fast color gingham in a varietly of neat AOs styles rare bargains at 7C Girls dresses 59? Dresses for girls of 6 to 14 years. The materials are best quality, ab solutely fast color ginghams and the styles are all new; good, wide skirts and neatly trimmed waists, collars and sleeves. And at just a little more than y price, Saturday regular $1.00 dresses Q for OVK, New Middies 95 Sizes for misses and small wom en; either the long, loose waist style or the gathered blouse effect; white with blue, red or old rose collars and cuffs Qf extra values at VOx, Girls' coats $1.49 Choice of any girls coat in the Basement; values up to $4.00. Neat, serviceable coats that will do for Spring wear and be fine to start the Fall with. Your choice of any girl's coat in the (?1 AQ Basement Saturday iplii 25c ribbons 19 An excellent quality -of closely woven sash and hair bow ribbon; beautiful floral patterns in all the most wanted shades the regular 25c quality on sale 1 Qf Saturday l u Boys caps 39 A variety of styles and shapes of boys' caps of medium weight ma terials in neat checked and plaid patterns a lot of up to 75c iQf caps on sale Saturday Boys 75c pants 49 Boys' Knickerbocker style trous ers of good, serviceable materials in neat mixed patterns that will not show the dirt boys' regular Toe trousers on sale AQ Saturday HJt Little boys $5.00 suits $3.98 Little boys Russian and Norfolk style suits; a variety of styles, some with white vestees; sizes 2 to years a sample line of little boys' i suits on sale (PO QQ Saturday $O.UO Boys overalls 49 Blue denim overalls, "just Iik dad's" save a whole lot of wear -on regular clothes; r.Il ACkg izes Stetson hats Vi price The regular retail price is stamped In every Stetson at the factory and it's very seldom one has the chance to buy them for less. There are both derby and soft styles in black and colors regular $3.60 to $10.00 Stetson hats on sale here at Pelletiers, Saturday 2 50c-$1.00 shirts 38f Men's coat style shirts of good quality percales in neat light color -patterns; slightly soiled from dis play a lot of men's regular 60c, 75c and $1.00 dress shirts on )Q sale Saturday OOC Mixed socks 5 Men's medium weight, mixed gray cotton socks; can't be beat for T wear rare bargains at fT, Saturday's price of Work gloves 7! Fleeced cotton flannel gloves with knit wrists; excellent for work. around the house and yard 'Jl p i Saturday, per pair 2 Shoes for the whole family at money-saving prices What a busy place this Bargain Basement shoe section is people were quick to take advantage of the opportunity to buy the very best and most serviceable shoes at less than regular,. prices bring the family down tomorrow and share in the, savings. Women's shoes $1.95 Women's patent vamp shoes with mat kid tops, tipped tops and mili tary heels: Rood, comfortable shoes that will (rive lots of service -on special sale Pf Q T Saturday Boys' shoes Boys' button or blucher lace shoes of strictly solid leather; every pair guaranteed to cive satisfac tory service un-eiualed values at $1.95 and $2.33 (Bargain Basement) Infants' shoes Infants' black kid shoes -with whit-a kid tops: all sizes regular $1.25 values on special 'PI "1 Q sale Saturday J)A.iJ Men's shoes A full line of men's shoes for either dress or work wear every thing from chrome tanned calf skin ehos with single or double soles at SI. 95 up to finest vici kid drew rhoes with flexible soles at 2.98. (Bargain Basement) (Women's and children's shoes 2nd floor) Signature f

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1915 'IS Zapeha $tntr 3Iironral 1 An Independent Newspaper. By HUNK T. MAC LEXNAN. 1 fKntered July 1. 1S7S a aecond-cla-s i matter at the nostoffice at Topeka. Kan. under the act of congress.) .No. 48 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. t zr 2 TKKMS OP SmSCRIPTION. I rllv edition, delivered by carrier, 10 1 reina a week to any part of Topeka or 1 i l. il,. ...no nrlfP In H II V K Jlll- 1 rim town where the paper has a carrier xvateni. im m l! limit, one Tear ?-v" B'v mail, nix months 1.H0 1.00 By mall. 1U0 calendar daya. TELEPHONES. Private hranrh exchange. Tall 35.10 and f sk tiie State Journal operator for peraon lor department desired J Topeka State Journal bnildlng. fon. 802 and Hit Kansas avenue, corner kigntn. i New York Office, 250 Fifth aveiine. Paul Work, manager. i rhlragn Office. Mailers building. Block manner 4 Detroit Office. Kresge building. IHock. manager. 4 rtonton office. 201 Devonshire Paul Paul street. i Pa.il Hlock. manacer. rc i.1, I.KASFT) WIRE REPORT OF TIIE ASSOCIATED PKKSS. t The Stnte .TonrnnI la a member of the 5 oclnted Preaa and receives the full day i trlegraph report of that great news or t gantzntlon. for the exclusive afternoon a publication in Topeka. 5 The news is received In The State Jonr X nal building over wires for this sole pnr j pc.e. I MEMBER: Associated Press. Audit nnreau of Circulations. American Newspaper Association. Publishers' No doubt the strong-arm enthusiasts Tin this country will point to the j prompt dispatch of a fleet of Japanese t. warships to the Suez canal as the only proper kind of an answer to the sub- marining by the Teutons of a couple of Japanese vessels in me ranean. But it might be well to re- f remember that Japan t party to the war. is an active ResKidless of his political prefer ment. Cole Blease is still in the ring I and announces his candidacy for the next Democratic gubernatorial nomi J nation in South Carolina. And what, by tthe way. has become of Bill Sulzer, of New York. Oh. yes, ne is now crusad ttng for prohibition, and with his usual j irresponsible and illogical methods. He would wipe out the liquor evil by having the government tax distilled f alcoholic beverages at $1,000 a gallon. As L. T. Hussey, the state fire marshal, observed in his recent address i,t Peal.ody, neatly all fires are Pie-i i ver.table And it is reasonible to sug- 3 gest that if the people of Kansas de I voted as much time and care :n guard ing apainst fires as they have begun I to In swatting the flies it wouldn't be lorg before the state's fire loss was I cut down in a most material manner. i Miss Topeka, shake hands with Miss S Memphis! She now has a newspaper man for mayor. What a cruel monster war is! Eng- land is suggesting that her leisure class give up their pleasure motoring i and do their own house work so as to liberate the domestic labor thus en SI gaged for war purposes. Washington is hearing reports to S the effect that the government of Car J ranza is on. its last legs, which also happen to be Its first legs and also 3 unusually short and feeble ones, if these reports be true. t A mighty fine work is being done in I this city by the Younff Women's Chrls tian Association and its efforts to have 1 Topekans subscribe by Saturday night 5 the $3,800 it needs to make both ends meet for the year should be easily t successful. Another sideline of the great war is the competition between the Teu tonic allies and the Entente Powers as to which will obtain the larger I share of the surplus grain products of Rumania. Fortunately for Ru j mania, though, this grain is secured jby purchase and not by the more ac Icepted methods of belligerents In J grabbing everything they are strong lenough to take. 1 J France s physicians and surgeons lso Heem to be doing their share for Th e Allies' cause and in a handsome fashion. An estimate has it that fully 5 60 per cent of the wounded in-the 'French army return to the firing line I Much of the talk about perfect J husbands has subsided, says the To- ledo Blade. Probably because one animal of that kind in a generation is I an average. 1

Those slides in the Panama canal Jmay prove far more expensive to TTn cle Sam than was first thought. Na Ival experts are insisting that the canal J has failed to solve the problem of de fending both our Atlantic and Pacific coasts with one major fleet of war ships. Hence, they demand two such fleets, one for each coast. t fKKSl0SirHIJTY OF SOLDIEIIS. The question of the civil and crimi nal responsibility of soldiers and mili tiamen for acts done in the course of their military duties in obedience to the orders of their lawfully constituted jsuperior officers, writes William W. Ackerly in the February Case and Comment, is one worthy of the thoughtful consideration of every citi zen of military age and physique. The .opinion has been expressed by some courts that a man who becomes a sol dier is none the less a citizen, and that his duty as a soldier will not justify an unlawful act. A man, however, who becomes a judge or a legislator is like wiffe none the less a citizen, yet he enjova immunity for certain wrongs done in the course of his official duties which are only lawful because the public service demands that there should be no legal responsibility in such instances. Are not the demands of the public service great enough to entitle the soldier and militiaman to absolute immunity from civil ai. criminal responsibility for acts done in obedience to the orders of a superior officer? One court, at least, appears to have thought so. To so protect the soWier would not leave the injured party Without remedy, for. as has al ready been said, he may still have a right of action against the officer who j gave the command, and, if that rem edy is considered inadequate, provision may be made for a claim against the state which assumed the selection of the offending superior. Germany and Austria are expected to declare war immediately against Portugal because of the action of ;he latter In- seizing some ships belonging to the Teutons that have been interned in. Portuguese waters. But how will Germany and Austria go about it to lake a swipe at Portugal? PRESIDENTIAIi M1IXIXG. When the Republican national con vention meets there will be no dearth of avowed candidates for the presi dential honor Senator LaFollette's entrance in the ring has been quicMy followed by formal announcements from former Senator Burton of Ohio, and from Senator Cummins of Iowa. In other words a number of "favorite" sons will enter the convention with backing from their home folk and more or less from their neighbors. But so far the sentiment of the Republican voters has crystallized, it appears to be strongly in favor of an unavowed candidate. Justice Hughes. Then, too, there is Colonel Roosevelt, who can scarcely be classed now as among the candidates for the Republi can presidential nomination, but who is considered a possibility in not a few quarters. f za j weather usually Inasmuch as the averages things up pretty well, these March days of the delectable variety which have put in an appearance dur ing the last of February may mean a string -isteful February days in March. CONTROL OF INVESTMENTS. In the realm of governmental con trol and regulation, Australia appears i to be .going the limit these days. Wil- poria Normal professor has started a liam C. Downs, the United States com- move to regulate movie music and mercial attache at Melbourne, reports t perhaps the next step will be to con that in pursuance to -the extraordinary fro- the individuals who insist on tell iimi in i""""" n everybody what is going to happen powers granted to the government un- j ilext. der the war precautions acts, the I Ellis Clarke of the Ottawa Herald .:t r Australia T-enentiv jgsred a notice that in. order to safe I guard the financial position of the commonwealth, it was considered nec essary to exercise some control over the issues of fresh capital; that be fore any new flotations of companies or increases the capital of exist-J ing companies would be allowed the proposea jioiaiiun-i ur imirascs '"ul be referred to the treasurer of the j commonwealth and his permission se-. curecj; and that It would be neces sary in the future to furnish the treas urer with full particulars of any pro posed new companies, and, In the case of existing companies, the reasons for the nroposed increase of capital. A further extension of power over ex- isting corporations was assumed by the Australian government on Janu ary 14 by the announcement that companies incorporated in Australia, having dti their share lists the names of persons of enemy nationality or origin, would be allowed a period of three months from that date within which the holding of shares in such companies by such persons must he discontinued; that this ruling would apply also to naturalized persons, and no exceptions would be allowed with out the permission of the attorney gen eral. No future transfer of shares to persons of enemy nationality or origin will be permitted. And the Crown Prince of Germany, whom rumor deposed from his com mand a little while ago because' of his incapacity, has just staged the big gest success that the Germans have achieved in the western war zone since the famous battle of Tpres. He has overcome a considerable portion of the outer defenses of Verdun which the French have had a year and a half to make impregnable. IjOXGIXG FOR WAR'S KXI. AH the neutral world is longing for peace and speculating on the probable duration of the war, writes Martin Marshall in Ieslie's; only the belliger ents go grimly on, each side deter mined that there shall be no peace tmtll it has been victorious and their experts almost unanimously say that the war will be a long one, or that it will come to a speedy end only through the "submission of the enemy. We know that the British casualties1 aver age about 80,000 a month. It is obvious that the Germans cannot have more than four times as many men in the war as ha Britain; therefore 120,000 casualties a month would be a liberal estimate. Of these, according to aver ages pretty well established, the deaths in battle and from sickness would not be more than, one-fourth; or 30.000. To this number must be added those who die of wounds or are permanently disabled. The Germans claim that of all their wounded who live to reach hospitals less than three per cent die and of the remainder 80 per cent are returned to active service. This would give us, in round numbers, another 20,000 a month permanently removed from military activities, or a total wastage of 60,000 a month an ap palling number to be sure, but against which 40,000 young boys reach mili tary age each month. The British, who of all the warring nations were the last to grasp the full import of the war, are now the least given to com forting themselves with false hopes based upon the imaginary weakness of their enemies. They well know that the war has only fairly begun and that no man can foresee the end. All his tory shows the improbability of any erf the belligerents being forced to-stop fighting by economic distress while the will to fight exists-. How strong-this will is on all sides we neutrals cannot, perhaps, realize despite all the evi dence that we have. Even the men in the trenches have no thought of stop ping, while clever readers of public sentiment like Lord Northcliffe in England know how far from the thoughts of the people at home are any wishes for an inconclusive 'peace. Lord Northcliffe declared recently that any one who attempted to talk peace in any public place in England would be mobbed. He added that the war will Jast a very long time. Journal Entries Hopes play a big part in making the world move on. Most women can throw straight when it comes to glances with their eyes. Too many people labor under the delusion that they are getting the worst of it. Few are the men who are not ob sessed with an exaggerated idea of their own importance. Jayhawker Jots If you must knock, advises the Win field Free Press, get out in the mid dle of a forty-acre field before you swing your hammer. Those "good old days" in Kansas, as indicated by this item in the Fifty Years Ao column of the Atchison Champion: There seems to be trouble in the state treasury. State scrip is down to 75 cents. Willie Wise of the Leavenworth Post has discovered why a girl is called miss. It's because she seldom hita anything she throws at. But, asks tne Wichita Eagle, has Willie noticed a mart's heart. One has to conclude, reasons the Lawrence Journal-World, that there is nothing in a name after consider ing that Professor Nutt is the prin cipal and Miss Battey the head teach er in the thoroughly up-to-date and excellently managed Oread Training School. State censorship of films having been such a flattering success, ob- limericks as follows: 'ihpr wa A. vminc wnman nnmeri Trim, Whose notiens of life were so prim When she sang in th choir She'd nearly expire 'Cause she had to consort with, a hymn. A Great Bond movie mystery, as reported by the Great Bend .Tribune: w no is tne woman wno dropped a fair of dainty bloomers in the Echo? Silk bloomers are all the rage now and are even more popular than Teddy Bears. Some woman who attended liic jvjihj iobi iiiiil rviuciiiijr uiuii t have them fastened very well. The mystery is how they ever dropped off her feet without her noticing them. The bloomers are a dainty baby blue in color and decorated with pink rib bons. They have strong elastic rub ber about the top and bottom to keep tnem in Place Globe Sights BY THE ATCHISON OIOBE. Some men never have anything but j steady employment. j The information bureau in the aver age neighborhood is a woman. The average farmer worries as much as a girl does about a pimple. It is not a matter of record that an anarchist ever died of overwork. WThat "he said" is a formidable part of the conversation of the young things. A square deal won't satisfy, because the best of it is what people are look ing for. Poverty sometimes seems to cause folks to economize on soap more than anything else. A man can't become efficient by spending all of his working hours talk ing about efficiency. When It is said of a man that "he means well," that is an indication that he isn't doing very well. Short skirts also reveal that there are a number of girls who aren't prop erly built to wear them. The number of unemployed would be less if there weren't so many men In search of light employment. It is the hardest work in the world to look pleasant when you feel mad enough to bite a nail in two. Do your work as well as possible, and remember that is the way the bushers break into the big league. An optimist may be described as a person who believes that a wolf is going to be captured during a big wolf nunt. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Mighty few promise? come with a I guarantee against breakage. The cobbler should not only stick to his last, but he should put his whole sole into his work. Many a man is so honest that he wouldn't take a train unless he was sure it was his. Kxaggeration may be a feminine trait, but the average woman hesitates to apply it to her age. No, Maude, dear, we shouldn't ad vise you to go to the postoffice for the stamp of approval. This would be- a happier world if it were as easy to make light of our own troubles as of other people's. Even the fellow who is his own best friend may occasionally feel that his best friend has gone back on him. Hoax "A lovers quarrel always re minds me of a crazy quilt." Joax "I'll bite." Hoax "It's generally patched up." "Ah! I have the world at my feet," proudly exclaimed the s mbitious young man. "Well, be mighty careful your foot doesn't slip," cautioned the pessimist. Wigg "I have pleaded with Guz zler to cut out the booze, but he won't listen to me." Wagg "Yes; I have noticed that Guzzler is always deaf to entreaties, but never to a treat.' International Sunday School Lesson BY W. T. ELLIS. For February 27 is "The Seven Harpers" Acts ch. 6. Putting Efficiency Into the Church. When men and religion "experts" flew about the land with their slogan of "efficiency" they .were hailed as a. new force and as bearers of a new message. As a matter of fact, they really only illustrated the truth that Christians have to get back to the New Testament to be "up to date," for a better program of efficiency than theirs was laid down for itsekf by the early church in Jerusalem, as suc cinctly told in the seven verses from the sixth chapter of the Acts, which constitute this Sunday school hesson. "Now in these days, when the number of disciples was multi plying, there arose a murmuring? of the G reel at-. Jews against the? Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily min-' istration. And the twelve caelled the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said. It is not fit that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables. Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good re-7, port, full of the Spirit and of wis-, dom, whom we may appoint over' this business. But we will con-; tinue steadfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Ste--phen. a man full of faith, and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and; Prochorus, and "Nicanor, and Ti-, mon, and Parmenas, and Nico-: laus, a prose-lyte of Antioch; whom they set before the apos-; ties; and when they had prayed,' they laid their hands upon' them. T "And the word of God in creased; and the number of the; disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly, and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith." Some timorous souls are disturbed by the discontent evident in the Apos tolic church. Wherever there is life there is movement and unrest. All progress is a series of adjustments. The one place of perfect placidity is the graveyard, and often the city's advance causes that to be dug up and built over. A big hint is hidden, not very deeply, ir this New Testament episode, to the effect that the form and usage of the Christian church is not a fixed and rigid thing, to which all generations should conform, but an adaptation to th? changing needs and conditions of every century. I pity the pastor of a local congregation who is dominated by a few "conservative" members who wa'nt things done in the good old way. The message and mission of the church are eternally unchanged; but her methods may vary from year to year. Some one has said that the two angels of progress are the angel of birth and the angel of death: both bring changes. In this instance it was growth that caused the church to modify her methods. That growth, as Dr. Torrey points out. was not bv addition, but by multiplication. Such an accession of new life made changes inevitable. An old-new evil seems to have de veloped early in the Jerusalem church: too lew men had too much responsi bility. The whole load was on the shoulders of the apostles. They were the busiest men In the city. No man can do efficiently as many kinds of work as were required of them. I talked with a layman recently who had been, until his day of self-emancipation, a member of twenty-eight boards, committees and societies. Obviously, no one man could do effective work in so many different capacities. Even the apostles, trained in the presence of i cnrist tumseir, were not equal to the j burdens laid on them by the 'rapidly j growing church. f One -Man, One .fob. I "We must save ourselves for our highest work," said the apostles. That is a good life rule for everybody. We must confess that even the apostles were not a success at work for which they were not suited. "To every man his work" is a Scripture that needs often to be preached upon. If the churches today would adopt the motto, "One man, one job" there would be a swift increase in efficiency. The notion that a certain few "leading men" must hold most of the offices. in a congregation is a grave mistake. It cuts In several directions. Tne busy good men do not put their whole pow ers into any one task, so that the work suffers. Others, who might do the work, are kept therefrom, to the loss of themselves and the church. That is a. wise fashion which is growing in many churches of adopting the rotary system of office-bearing, with a com pulsory year of retirement between terms. The plan promotes efficiency as well as democracy. Our dearth of Christian leaders is partly due to the unwise concentration of offices in a few men. A golden word, fit to be embossed and kept on his desk by every minis ter of the- gospel, was spoken by the apostles when they declared, "It is not fit that we should leave the word of God and serve tables." Let all the congregation cry "Amen!" Back to your books and to your prayer-closet, brother pastor. The church of today is suffering from intellectual and spiritual barrenness in the pulpits. We have raised up a breed of minstrel committeemen and managers and er rand boys and social ornaments and after dinner speakers. All the while the people are groaning for more of power in the sermon and prayer and family visitation. A famous English man once told a committee of parish ioners: "Here are my feet and here is my head: chose which end of me you will have." They chose pulpit power, and got a fair share of pas toral work besides. This present Sun day School Lesson is one that should be studied in very theological semi nary and preachers meeting in the land; for its principal point is "Shoe maker, stick to your last: and Preach er, put your first work first." Spiritual Conservation, When a bit of business was to be done efficiently in the Apostolic Church they did not seek out the men who had the highest rating in the Jerusalem Bradstreet, or who ran the biggest businesses in the city. The wiodern notion that only commercial efficiency is needed on the board of trustees had not arisen to plague those early saints For the somewhat tem poral work of the deacons, the apos tles said, "Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. Spiritual power for somewhat sec ular service: that is the idea. The trustees and deacons and ushers and i sexton all need to be men of spiritual force. I was stirred to see a fine tablet on the wall of a leading Hous ton Tex., church commemorating the long and faithful and Christian service of a sexton. In the fashionable Church of the Covenant, Washington, the sex ton is a member of the diaconate. In deed it takes more grace to run the secular affairs of some churches than to preach the sermon. A crown worn forever by the laity is that it was a layman, one of these seven deacons of the Jerusalem Church, who was the first Christian- martyr. Any work done for God is sacred. Ministry to tables is not less holy than ministry of the word if it be one's duty. Dr. Washington Glad den finely, says: "O Master, let me walk with Thee In lowly paths of service free; Tell me Thy secret: help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care. "Help me, the slow' of heart to move By some clear winning word of love; Teach me the wayward feet to stav. And guide them In the homeward wav. Teach me Thy patience; still with Thee, In closer, dearer company. In work that keeps faith sweet and strong. In trust that triumphs over wrong. "In hope that sendn a shining ray Far down the future's broadening way; In peace that only Thou canst give. With Thee, O Master, let me live." The Deacons and the Revival. What gentlemen those early Chris tians were. In this true democracy, those in official position were quickly responsive to the wishes of the bro therhood. When a faint murmuring arose not a modern church quarrel, thank God! that the Grecian Chris tians were not as well looked after as the Jews a national condition, owing to their being strangers the apostles quickly took action. They did not hesi tate to assume all the blame them selves, and to recognize that an in justice had unwittingly been done. More than that. The fine spirit of the Church appears in the fact that all the seven deacons elected had Gre cian names. This was "in honor pre ferring one another." The generous implication was: We shall make sure that our sisters from afar are cared for by appointing men who know them; and we have all confidence that the welfare of our Jewish Christians may be committed to the hands of the seven. We Jews are a majority. It is true, but these Grecian Christians are our brethren, and In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek." Immediately after the record of this business meeting, and the putting of the laymen to work, we read, "And the word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith." The revival that followed was a great one, reaching even to the temple and winning many of the priests. The connection between the way a church is operated and its spiritual gains is closer than we may think. What do you say to a revival by wav of the board of trustees and the deacons? That would be according to the New Testament pattern. Little Glimpse of a Great Rattle. Terse Comments on the Uniform Prayer Meetinir Topic of the Young People's Societiesj Christian En deavor, etc. for February 27 "Exterminate the Saloon! Whv? How?" Hab. 2:1-14 The social and moral welfare of th3 people ha become a national pas sion. Whatever promises to .make the lot of jriankind freer, easier tnd hap pier, can get a majority vote now adays. In his era of innr(rpnr.v Lhoary traditions and established in- wiuuLiuns. nave small consideration when they come into conflict with the common weal,1 Within the pa.st gen eration there has grown up a convic tion in the-' minds -of a great many persons, and not. all of them total abstainers and "temperance cranks," cither, that the liquor saloon is a baneful influence in the? nation's life. The institution has lost "face." It has everywhere been put on the defensive; and in many places it has been driven entirely out of business. The verdict of the people, it may in all fairness be written, has come to be that the saloon is a factor that hurts, and not a factor that helps, in our modern social life. The saloon is a mother of crimes and the silent partner of every ex isting social evil. Extravagances are taught in the school kept by the saloon keeper. Men spend their money without return; the foolish and vicious "treating hab it" is a real evil, learned at the bar, and it has led many men into careless practices that have spelled disaster. Even the most biased opponent of the saloon will scarcely claim that it is a social center worthy of the com mon level of American life. Ad mittedly, the man who seeks his social intercourse in the saloon, steps down from his proper sphere. The Brewers' Convention itself would scarcely care to offer to he world, a3 typical of the American standard of society ind fel lowship, the average saloon. The vlciousness of the saloon aside, it is a prolific source of dissipated time. The eveningj spent there are profitless, and reveal a debased con ception of what constitutes a good time. The conversation and serif 1 ideals of this "poor man's club" are low; they do not make for culture, pa triotism or righteousness. Home life in our time has many enemies; and one of the worst of thern is the saloon. It steals the time and interest and money of a man which belong to his wifo and children. Every drunkard means a spoiled man. mis signifies mor than that there is one man less in the commu nity. It represents a blow struck at tho welfare of the state. It subtracts from the power and the purity of the race. We cannot Injure or sacrifice i individual manhood without serious 1 hurt to all mankind. The coming of the kingdom means the going of the saloon. The end of the saloon will be the beginning of the safety of our youth. Every boy pledged to total absti nence is a vital blow at the saloon. The good fighter must know how to wait. H's should be the faith which should bide its time indefinitely, knowing that the end is sure. He should not expect victory in a day, but he should expect it ultimately. In patience he should win his soul, and a triumph over his adversary as well. The church's war against the saloon and it is no small victory that prac tically the whole church is at war against it calls for long, hard fighting and much weary waiting. But the outcome is as certain as the stars in their courses. Ours is the winning side, because it is the side of purity, of pity, of justice, of suffering mankind, and of a long-suffering God. Cuba in 1914 sent $1,203,421 worth of pineapples weekly to the United States. The Evening Story A Short Cut to Acquaintance. (By Catherine Cranmer.) "Good morning, family!" was JIol lie's cheery greeting as she entered the breakfast room where her father was scanning the market repo.-ts in the morning paper and her mother was giving a final touch to the table already laid in faultless order by a capable maid. In a bluish-lavender morning gown with creamy lace at the throat, Mollie's radiant face and au burn hair were even more dazzling than usual, and her blue eyes held a cark winkle of mischief.. "Mother o mine, let's go awiy for a month. You know it will rain all -through March,, and rain makes me weep more than" the clouds." "MollnvAainsworth! Of all the short sighted creatures, you are the most hopeless!" Her mother looked discon solately at the girl as she spoke. "With the most eligible man in town ready to drop at your feet and with the two most attractive debutantes nnflin? trios to Palm Beach and Aiken for fear you'll capture him while they're gone, you want to go away to escape the March rains. John Ainswortn turneu uuwn pi of the morning paper, and looked out over his glasses ai nis wne. rectness had rather taken his breath. Mollie threw back her pretty head with a jerk that caused her merry iaugh to end In a slight strangle. "Bah! Grapefruit has no sense or humor." she exclaimed. "Tries to keep me from laughing at the funniest thing I've heard in a blue moon. "Funny?" disgustedly. "Why, its anvthing but funny." "Now, mother, dear you re a jealous, painstaking mother for a debutante, and you're on the job every minute. But come on, family, let s all take a vacation from our several profes- S1She included her mother and father in a wheedling glance. "As for that eligible man otherwise knowr as Leslie Morehouse he s al ready proposed and I've told him cS too sudden, and that since people who marry spend so much less time at balls and golf games than th 'y do at less formal affairs I really feel I d have to know him in society ,ive or ten vears before I'd be really and truly acquainted with him." "Are you telling the truth, Mollie? gasped her mother. "Cross my heart. said Mollie sol- "And as sure as you live one of those other girls will catch Leslie Morehouse on the rebound. Oh, I know men! "They'll have to catch him on the run instead of on the rebound I'm thinking," laughed Mollie, as he is leaving today for parts unannounced on a hunting trip." "Would you mind telling me what you mean by turning down the catch of the season?" asked her mother, with mock calmness. "I mean just what I told him, though I softened it a bit, for when I saw him witn nis R'tmj and his heart manners on. he did seem prettv nice." Molly blushed a bit, but added: "But don't look so solemn, mother. I'm still "one and twenty with beauty aplenty And, HaHHv throw down your paper and let's all plan out some nice trip for fun instead of for form. Aiken and Palm Beach are disqualified, for what we need is some secluded spot where we can talk common sense with each other and with our souls and come back home better acquainted." "That does sound like common sense, and I've got a suggestion to make about where to go." Her father was suddenly enthusiastic. "Oofi of my clients has been after me for years to go out and enjoy the big fireplaces and armchairs and first editions and mountain scenery of his ancestral home that he occupies only about two months in the year." "Ugh!" shivered Mrs. Ainswortn, "I can smell mustiness now." "Oh, no pure imagination. The chief attraction of the place is that it is in charge of an excellent couple who have taken care of it for ten years and have a professional pride in having it always in perfect order. Roberts, who owns the place, is in South America, and I have permission to get tne Keys from his agent any time. Shall we go out for a week, and, as Mollie says, get acquainted with each other?" A. few days later they made the pro- IF HE'D ONLY CHOKE I posed 'trip, and although Mrs. Ains worth undertook it with set teeth, as i one undertakes any necessary but un j pleasant task, she relaxed and frankly admitted her pleasure atter their nrst evening before a wood fire in a huge fireplace, where all of the family grew reminiscent and sympathtic, and fhe evening ended with Mollie playing softly on the big piano while all of them joined in singing old folk songs. As for Mollie. she reveled in the many delights of the big house, tpe wonderful view from its broad win dows and the quaint caretakers. She did not even mind when a drizzly day came. In the afternoon, she put on a long corduroy coat and a fuzzy yel low scarf and cap and went out for a walk. As she descended .a hill toward .the tumbling mountain stream she caught a glimpse, through an opening in the trees, of some wild ducks on the wa ter. Very cautiously she went down toward the river bank, but the elu sive ducks had sailed around a bend, and to widen her vision she stepped out on the edge of a wet and slip pery rock. At sight of her, the ducks first huddled and then rose in grace ful flight, but suddenly scattered in confusion as rifle shots cracked from a clump of shrubbery farther up the stream. Mollie gave a start of surprise at i th (irst shot ,oat her baance- and with a friphtened scream, fell into the water. In her heavy long coat she was unable to make a Kood stroke, and promptly went under. She came up still more frightened as she felt the strong force of the current. She lost consciousness as she went under the second time without noticing that two men were running toward her from where the rifle shots had been heard. When she regained consciousness she was being carried up the hill by a big, strong man, whose face was not visible to her until, in response to her tired exclamation, he bent over her and she recognized Leslie More house. "Mollie, dear," he whispered, and Mollie replied with a long sigh of con tentment. A half hour later oth of them were in dry clothes and sitting before the big fireplace. Mr. and Mrs. Ains worth left the room to give orders for an early supper and a big fire in the dining room fireplace, and Morehouse got up and stood behind the high, wing-backed tapestry armchair in which Mollie sat. Then he leaned over and looked into her face, speaking very softly to her. "Hasn't this condensed our ac quaintance enough to put us nearer the time when you will give me the answer you withheld the other day?" "Ye-es. came Mollie s answer, "and I believe that whatever of our society veneer was not washed away by that cold water has been melted by this darling fire." (Copyright. 1916, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) On the Spur of the Moment BY ROY K. MOLLTON. Only One of Ills Kind. I mpt a moRt iiecullur man, (if manner ftoinewliHt and; Uis style seeuieil on a different plan From wuat we utliers Lad. "Good air." quoth I, "come forth pran'e Whore inuaic makes a row. Join in the pleaaures of the dance!" lie said. "I don't know bow." 'Perchance you play or maybe sing. Or toy with cards or dii-e. Said he, "I never do a thing That hint, of petty vice. "From every foible I am free. Yet. moping. I complain; It ia a. lonely thing to be Completely safe and sane!" Perliaps Yon've CJot It. When you wheeze And you sneeze. And you shiver In the breeze. And you shake. And you quake Like a chicken with the pip; When your turn Is on the bum And you're yearning For the rum. And you're dizzy Listen, Lizzie, You are going to have the grip. Evening Chat BY RL'TH CAMERON. Tlie Kindest Tiling. When anyone starts to tell you a story or a personal anecdote which 4 he has told you before, is It kinder to v warn him of that fact or to let him go on? That subject came up for oiscussion before the open fire the other night. What do you think about it, reader friends? Personally, I would much. rather be wof-ned .Rtxnee, Jut I don't lhnK'ne can "rigidly1 -'apply the1 fi&o1aeti- itule here. beca.use other people don't al ways want the same thing one wants one's self. I suppose ft is a matter which de pends somewhat on circumstances your degree of intimacy with the ra conteur, the stage the story has reached before you recognize it, and your own ability as an actor or actress. If one knows the raconteur only slightly, one might not feel like do ing such an intimate thing as warn ing him. Again, if the story has been half told before you recognize it, what use to warn him? You add all the embarrassment of feeling he has bored you to all the discomfort of be ing interrupted and robbed of his cli max. And yet again, if you aren't a good enough actor to appear in. terested and amused at the proper points, better speak out frankly than leave the raconteur to suspect his mis take from your manner. If there is anything I dislike it' la to be allowed to tell a story and then to be assailed with the suspicion that I have told it before. A somewhat similar dilemma oc- -curs when one is called up on the telephone by a friend, when one has guests or is about to go out, or at the moment when one Is in the middle of some task which cannot be left. And yet, on second thoughts, I should hardly call this a dilemma at all. because, to my mind at least. It admits of jus one course of action. Kxplain to the telephone caller that It isn't convenient to talk at just that moment and that you will call her up a little later. But make your ex planations immediately thus taklntr any sting out of the situation. No body likes -:o have the truth leak out in the middle rf the conversation that the other party didn't want to con verse and has been doing it under t duress. At times it is difficult to warn the telephone caller without making one's gutsts feel embarrassed. For this sit uation, my telephone friends and I have invented a little -formula of warning. Kither on who wants to warn the other inquiries, "How is So ana so?': (a mythical personage). The inquiry is a code expression for "I can't talk Just now." Tha other un derstands and promptly rings-off.- These are suggestions of my own preferences, but no one will go far astray in any of these matters who trios to regulate his conduct by the old definition of politenesi, "to do or say the kindest thing In the kindest way." (Protected by The Adams Newspaper Bervice.) POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. A woman's head is usually stronger than her arm. Beware of the girl whose heart is as cold as a dog's nose. When a young man fails In love It nearly always knocks him silly. Put a man under the X-ray machine if you would find out what is in him. Many a self-made man ought to be ashamed to admit it who never is. While you are waiting and hoping the undertaker comes along and gets Sometimes a .man becomes famous through the efforts of others to prova that he isn't. For each agreeable thing you hear of others you win hear forty-seven dis agreeable ones. Rather than stand up for their prin ciples some mon will mt down on cushion and let their money talk Every man thinks he's a student of human nature, but few would be abbs to pass an examination on the sub?ecu I -Ti

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-f- K-"-f TtPS THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1916 5 FIE TO PACIFISTS Flying Squadron of State Lead ers to Visit Cities. A Shirt Sale Final Cut of the Season! ONLY Claim Capper Does Sot Speak Kansas Language. STATE IS FOR PREPAREDNESS Tru'krtt, Harvey and Allen Or ganizers of Movement. IMass .Meeting at Kansas City, Kan. March 4. Major A. M. Harvey of Topeka. is one of the chief actors in the orgmii:a tion of a flying squadron to visit the larger cities of Kansas in the interest of peace at the price of preparedness. The leaders of the state are eager o send th- word bark east that 'Sover nor Capper and the pacifists do nt speak the Kansas language on the cur rent national issue. The organization of the flying squadron is practically assured. W. Trickett, a Kansas City, Kan., attorney is the father of the move ment, the Muspestion coming :o him after he had written a communication to u newspaper, bitterly assailin.; he pacifist;' talk as foreign to Kansas. A letter from Henry J. Allen states he is willing to join any movement to Jet the east know Kansas is solid for paredness and to crystallize the sen timent of the people buck home for the benefit of any wavering congress man from the eight Kansas district?. Major Harvey has written the fallow ing letter to Mr. Trickett assuring h;m of hia co-opt-ration Harvey's Letter. "If the next generation should bring a war. our boys are sure to be in it. I want them to have the best jtui.s and equipment and to be supported by the best artillery and the best navy the greatest nation on earth can pro duce. I would like to see this brought about by a training of all our citizen ship, incljding men and women, so our voung men may know how to handle tironrms. to live in camp, to takj care of themselves in the open, and .o do those things that a soldier might hrtve to ..lo. "By the same token young -.vomn should be trained in physical doveloo nient for rugged life. They should be taught something of the use of medi cine, care of the sick and wounded n nd the many other services 'lwy might render if needed." Organ!.? by April 1. The pt:in is for organization of the flying squadron by April 1 It will visit any city in Kansas where a cit izen or group of citizens, church, om mercial club or any body desires to undertake arrangements for a me t ;ng. The members of the squadron will pay their own expense. A preliminary mass meeting is plan ned for Kansas City, Kan.. March 4. All the state leaders in teres te 3 wl'l be invited to attend. GALL MARRIED MEN, TOO Iriti!-Fi laotci'timciit to Knlist Bene dicts Behiniiic April 29. Lononn, rYb. 25. All the p roups of married men who attested for serv ice in t ho army under Lord Derby's scheme will be called for service in batches accot ding to the Central News. Beginning April L'9 with the ynunjr er groups the men of 1M to 33 yesrs f age, will be called out ami sub sequently the men will be summoned os follows: May 13. men of 34 to 36 years; May 27, men 37 lo 3D; June 1 U, men 40 to !2, and .Mine 24, men aged 4 3 to 4'j. The oldest group men 4H years of age, will be culled on July 8. Tin-He arrangements are provisional. Not a Pimple Anywhere in Sight And A ny una u May Become Free lYom All HlcmJshes or Face or skin by IXnjr Stuart Calcium Wafers. nc of the grca test blessings a T.-oman can have is to be possessed of a hue fa ir sk in on face, neck and arms. A little attention now a nd then to ihc blood conditions makes t h is possible. Women are gre-it suf ferers from blood disorders and hence their complexions are marred because of this fact. A Beautiful Complexion Always Is a Center of Admiring Gaze." Stuart's Calcium Wafers, which are as pleasant to take as a peppermint, give in an exceedingly short time a complexion that will rival the ideals of an artist to produce. They act in such a natural wi-y, ny cleaning out the pores, throwing off all skin dis eolomtions and blood impurities, that they do their work of beauty build ing almost before you can believe it possible for them to act at all. Y j may obtain a box of these de lightful wafers from any druggist anywhere. Price, 30 cents. Free Trial Coupon K. A. St an rt Co. 322 St iia rt Rid Marnbnll, Mich. SptkI nip at onre, by return mail, a fne trial package of Stunrt'M Calcium Wafers. Nnme Street 'br. VJ For Men Who tT L 'tS&fl Want to Save I P WeGuarnnt.enoneUnWl$l $1.50, $2f less than 01 Shirts I Ztlh rl e B and mostly $1.50 5 rk bhlrtS IOr lx and $2 one3 in this 1 1 ifiL'Liir lj 11 None 11 Shirts less than $1.00 but mostly $1.50 V and $2 Shirts NOW CZAR WANTS SHIPS Russia Would Buy Vessels Japan Captured From Her. Negotiations for Purchase He ported To Be Under Way. Tokio. Fe'. 25. Russian nesotia lioi for tha purchase from Jap:in of T-ar3hips which v.ere captured in tin-Husso-Japanese war are reported to be proceeding satisfactorily. The buyi, the Tanso and Sagami are stated to le the vessels which Russia desi3 tj purchase. Russia would have bougl-.t warships from Japan at the outbreak of the war in order to take part in the bombardment of Tsiix- Tso, the seaport on the Chinese const in tlie German territory of Kiao-fhan, but the negotiations which were then un dertaken fell through. The Tango an'l the Sagami are Ta panese battleships and the Soya a pro tected cruiser. The Tango, formerly the Kussim war.-.hip Pollava. was sunk at Port Arthur and afterwards raised and re paired. She is of 11.000 Ions. ;s 2..0 feet Ions. 69 feet beam and has a com plement of T50 men. Her armament includes four 12 inch suns, tw ive 6 inch cuns and sixteen 3 pounder3. She has two IS inch submerged torpedo tubes. The Paeann. like the Tanco. was. built at Peirograd and is of 13.;.' tons with a complement of 732 men. She is 424 feet long and 72 feet beam and is aimed with four 10 inch suns, ten 6 ineh Runs, sixteen 12 pounders and a number of small puns. The Suva was built at Philadelphia in 1901. was funk it Chemulpo in 1904 and raised and repaired in 190.i. She has u displacement of S.500 t""s is 416 feet Ions and 52 feet wide, sh.' carries twelve 6 inch suns, twelve 1 pounders and six 3 pounders. JURYlDRAPRIL'TERM One Woman Ts Included in the Venire Brawn. Onlv one woman was drawn as a Juror for th- April term of the Shaw nee county district court when venire men for the two divisions were drawn. Those for the first division are: P. H. Zehner. Monmouth: Mrs. J. Bigger. Topeka; Robert Carr, 316 Klein street; W. H. Xiccum. Topeka; Charles H. Buck, 420 Sumner street; H. U. Vesper, 1420 Washington street; C. L Markley., 1333 Lincoln street; H. A. Kingsley, 1200 Taylor street; J. M. Bayne, 1012 North Kansas avenue; W. A Archer. 201 Fillmore street; C. H. Seep. Soldier; J. A. Hercules. 1208 Quincy street; J. D. Phillips, Mission; C. C. Booher. 1218 Jackson street; L. C. Hammond, 407 Madison street; Harry Harmel, Minion; Fred Kelley, 416 West Second street; A. Hokanson, 910 North Kansas avenue: George Bomhoff. 841 S North Kansas avenue; J D Diehl, 613 Buchanan street; H. B. Iantz. li4 riumore sircei, jouu Sargent. 225 Clay street; J. W. Reames. sliver j-iKe; ueorge Aiuriusc Kansas avenue; S. H. Tarbell, 201 Jackson street; C. A. Aldeer. 1008 West Fourth street; Theo. Stockmor, Ross ville: J. J. Pate, 737 Lake street: G. K. Seybold, 1015 Kansas avenue; H. S. Halterman. 1327 Polk street; J. W. Owen, Topeka; R. Schelrigan. Topeka; L. F. Geen, 1 608 Harrison; Li. F. Detlor. 913 North Jackson street; Stewart Boyd, 813 Madison street; H. t aiarKnam, imii wncum suefi. Mrs. J. W. Bigger's husband is a dairyman, living east of Topeka. Those drawn for the jury panel in the second division are: George Ty son, 400 Lake street; G. T. Lawrence, 834 Fillmore street: A. F. Tuer. 210 Clay street; Matt Burghart, 1006 North i Monroe street; John Bradbury, Meno jken; J. L. Combs, 610 West Fourth street; Heister Schlegel. 422 Lane street: J. H. Calvin. 1522 Western ave- i nue; J. B. Armstrong, 521 Kansas Sale Starts 8 A. M. !S2EB. ANY TIME you can buy $1.00 Shirts at the Palace for 79c you know it's a first water bargain. In this sale we not alone give you $1.00 Shirts, but $1.50 and $2.00 Shirts for 79-. The values are away and beyond any shirts we have ever sold at this very low price, therefore, it behooves you if you are a money saver to be early tomorrow morning. (J qUs Our Advice Don't Hesitate! Don't Delay! PAPE'S D1APEPSIN FOR DYSPEPSIA, GAS, OR UPSET STOM Indigestion Goes Instantly! and all Stomach Misery-No Do some foods you eat hit back i taste good, but work badly; ferment I into stubborn lumps and cause a sick, I sour, gassy stomach Now, Air. or Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down; Pape's Diapepsin digests everything, leaving nothing to sour and upset you. There never was anything so safely quick, so certainly effective. No difference how badly your stomach is disordered you will get happy relief in five minutes, but what pleases you most is that it strengthens and regulates your stom ach, so you can eat your favorite foods without fear. Most remedies give you relief some times they are slow, but not sure. "Pape's Diapepsin" is quick, positive and puts your stomach in a healthy avenue: Ira W. Baker, 631 Lane street: B. O. Simpson. 1211 West Fifth street; W. J. Handley, 316 West Lau rent street; George H. Brayles, 1213 Wept street; C. A. Neiswender. 1200 Kansas avenue; J. F. Doane. Topeka; Frank Kresie. Dover: J. C. Brown. 3 225 North Van Buren street; John Rains. Topeka; P. H. Say re, 1411 Wert Kighth street: Lawrence Ellis. 1020 Washington street; J. M. Newell, 400 East Locust street: W. N. Breen. 613 West Kighth street; E. C. Warpel. 1735 Lincoln street: J. E. Morris, 729 Jef ferson street; G. F. Penfield, 409 Hun toon street: J- WT. Shoemate. Dover; Fred Oberer, 1508 East Sixth street. An Easy Way To Get Fat And Be Strong The trouble with most thin folks who wish to jralu weight is that they insist on ilrushic their stomach or stuffing it with prPHsy foods ruhbinp on useless 'fl"li o renins." or following some foolish physical ruiture stunt, while the real ra use ni thi tmess (Toes n n tom-heil. You ra n not pet f m t un til your digestive t ratt assimilates the food you eat. There is n preparation known to re liable drupjrlsts almost everywhere whirh seemingly embodies the missing elements needed by the digestive organs to help them convert fond into rich, fat-laden blood. This modem treatment is railed Ssrgol nml has been termed the greatest of flesh-builders. Snrgol aims through regenerative, re-construrtive powers to coax tl.e stomach and Intestines to liter ally soak up the fattening elements of yoiir food and pass them into the blood, where they are carried to the starved, broken-down cells and tissues of your body. You can readily picture whnt re sult this nniHzing transformation should produce an with increased weight the cheeks fill out. hollows about neck, shoulders nnd bust disappear and from ID to HO pminds of solid, healthy flesh is added to the body. SargoJ is absolutely harmless, inexpensive, efficient. Arnold Irug Co. ami other leading druggists of this vicinity have it and will refund your money if you are not satisfied, as er the guarantee found in every package. N TK isurgol is recommended only as a flesh bnilder and while excellent results in crises of nervous indigestion, ?tc, have been reported core should be taken about using it unless a. galu of weight is desired. Advertisement. Six for $4.50 Your money back if dissatisfied Auerbachf Guette! Ends Sourness, Acidity Waiting-Get Some! condition so the misery won't come back. You feel different as soon as '"Pape's Diapepsin" comes in contact with the stomach distress just vanishes your stomach gets sweet, no gases, no belching, no eructations of undigested food, your head clears and you feel tine. Go now, make the best investment you ever made, by getting a large fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how needless it is to suf fer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disorder. Don't be talked in to something else "just as good. Get the genuine, no imitation. Ad vertisement. FIGHT CENTERS ON EBY Kcpulilieans Are Lining l"l Against a I Fifth Term in Office. The first real fiht in the Shawnee county political campaign among the Republican candidates opened today with a bang. John F. Kby, county superintendent of schools, who it was said today on good authority would soon declare his candidacy for a fifth term in his present capacity, is the brunt of the row. The fight is staged on the time honored an ti -third term Republican plank. When Eby's present term expires he will have finished his fourth consecu tive term. Republicans in county politics who standpat against a third term in any public office as a Repub lican custom pointed this out. That wasn't all. They also pointed out that i Eby made an ironclad promise 10 I teachers and voters over the county that if they would work for him at the last election he would not again ask for the office. Eby thip morning S admitted he was not sure whether he would stay out of the race but slated i he had reached no stage of the game where he would make an announce ment. William Vanordel of Oakland is one of Eby's opponents in the fight. Van orsdel stated today that he did not like to make any statement of his attitude toward Eby's expected candidacy as he was an opposing candidate, but did state that Eby made the general promise that he would not run again. "Eby said he wanted a chance at the increased salary of $600 a year which was given his office by the last j legislature, and then he was through." Mr. Vanorsdel paid. It is known that several candidates for offices other than Eby'? are opposed to his run- ning for a fifth term. Although the I county superintendent election is wholly confined to rural precincts this year, Topeka politicians will take a prominent part in the row to override Eby. New Jersey has 1,000,000 acres of idle lands. CLOTHING COlS wo The Final Cut Is Now On

30,$28,$25i JUU5 clflU Overcoats GOAT... 1VIEN in every condition and in every walk of life are at- -tending this sale. They recognize the wisdom of buying, while they can, fine HART SCHAFFNER MARX $25, $28 and $30 clothes at $1 7. Men who need suits men who need overcoats men who don't need either now, but are looking ahead a bit, are losing no time coming to this sale. The forces governing the woolen industry in America and abroad are now involved in a most serious "woolen panic" and prices are going "sky high." We could make money carrying them over 'till next season, but our policy is to clear away all goods at the end of each season. The sale is complete in all good styles, fabrics, colors and patterns the clothes are extra fine in every particular. Here's your BIG oppor tunity, grasp it NOW! Another Sale That's Cutting a Wide Swath With Money-Saving $15, $17.50, $20 SUITS&O'COATS Now Go AT CECOND only m importance to the great $1 7 sale is this big money-saving sale at $1 2.50. Scores of enthusiastic buyers are pouring in, but the assortments are so generous that you can come tomorrow and find the suit cr overcoat you want. Such fine clothes as these were never before sold at this price they were extraordinary values at $15, $17.50 and $20 and, with the woolen market advancing by leaps and bounds, you'll not be able to duplicate the values next winter, even at l'egular prices. Our policy is to sell all suits and overcoats in the season for which they were made and, as Spring goods are fast rolling in, quick action is necessary! You'll make a big mistake not to profit by this great sale at $12.50. y The Savings Offered in Our Dep'ts Means It'll Pay to Buy for Next Year No Bank Can Pay as Big Dividends Boys' $7.50 Suits and Overcoats $5.00 Odds and ends of our $7.50 "Sam peck" and "Wooly Boy" Suits and Ov ercoats go at this price. All new fab rics and patterns in novelty Norfolk models. Every mother should save $2.50 on these high grade clothes at this Special Price of $5.00 Sale of Boys' $5.00 Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws in all the J0 A best styles and materials ipO.rO Another $2.00 Suit sale today, knick er suits with two pairs full cut pants. Serviceable patterns in Norfolk styles. Values to $3.50 at fQ this Special Price Pd& CHEESE HIS DOWNFALL On Kvldciire of Burglar's Appetite, Detectives Trail Him Successfully. Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 25. For nearly a month Kansas City detectives have been looking for a young man who has two front teeth missing and DRUGS AND TOILET GOODS The Modern Drug Store CUT-RATE 500 West 10th. Telephone 450. l"ee Delivery For Indigestion and Dyspepsia Pa pes 50c Diapepsin, 45c s.f.1.. 85c Kodol, 50c size .Kodol Tab 45c 4oc Stuart's Dyspep- rrs: 85c Stuart's Dyspep sia Tablets, 50c size lets, 50c size Fairchild's E s -nence Pep- QAp sin. $1 size. ,uv Caldwell's Syrup Stuart's Calcium 45c Wafers, 50c size JtJepsin, 1 size Caldwell's Pepsin, 50c size 85c Johnson's Diges tive Tablets. Q0 Johnson's Diges tive Tablets, AKn 00c size Syrup 45c Syrupof Fies, sec 45c size It pays to advertise. Money-Saving Price on Hart Don't Wait People Is This Offer at Final Shoe Sales All of the season's remaining styles in men's shoes; Boyden, Banister and Nettleton makes; $7.00 to $9.00 selling now gjjojgg $4.85 LADIES' SHOES WASHBURN MAKE $3 to $4 &0 AC values now. 3).iO Auerbach Guettel has a ravenous appetite for Swiss cheese. A young man answering that description broke into a grocery' store the night of February 2. The young man, besides stealing about $25 worth of merchandise, consumed a large quantity of cheese while in the store. The young man had first bitten a soft piece of cream cheese, thinking it was Swiss. He discovered his mistake, but the print of hie teeth was left in the soft cheese. The two front ones were missing. Working from this clew, the detec tives started out. They also got a description of the young man from persons who had seen him near the place earlier in the evening. late today they found him. He was in a restaurant on East Independence avenue and he was eating -a Swiss cheese sandwich. When he paid the cashrer for the meal he smiled. The two front teeth were gone. The de tectives arrested him. At police head quarters he confessed to the robbery. He gave the name of .Lester W. S ha wen. Socialists Want Mediation Congress. Washington, Feb. 25. Representa tives of Socialists, labor unions. So ciety of Friends, the wcRien's peace party and of many nationalities, spoke today before the house foieign affairs committee for Representative Lon don's resolution calling on the presi dent to convene a congress of iMfrutral nations to offer mediation to the Eu ropean belligerents. Morris Hillqurt of New York told the committee there was not the slightest indication of a break in the war. "The attitude of the United States," he said, "is that of vultures, fattening on corpses. The war means many millions to the wealthy classes of the United State. and jobs to the poor clW ales Satiirclay Schaffner Don't Delay It's a Sale For Men and Young Men Spring Stetsons Are Here A few minute3 spent in our store will convince you that Stetsons thi3 spring have more 7 Daily Trains TO KANSAS CITY DOTTBLE TRACK ffffpiF? KO STOPS I.T. T.pelut Ar. Kan. City 1 JjJiljSU'- I j Lt- Kmm. Cttj Ar. T.pks 4:15 a.m. :!5a.n. f( Kl P II P I 7:55 a. m. :Sa.m 8:55 a. m. 1 :4 a. m. I? ?W-r I 10:IHa. m. It :ftO p. m. :25 a.m. I te-ayyg'Vysi I lIMi.n. l?:Mp. 8:15 p.m. 6:10 p.m. 6:211 p. m. S:l'Jp. m. 5:20 p.m. V10p.au C. E. BA8COM. C. P. A. 7:45p.m. 1:40 p.m. 7:45p.m. p. ra. Ph.ae 4056 l:O0p.m. 11:55p.m. :66 p.m. 10:40 p.m. 'Pullman Hlaepers Only 11:40 p.m. 1:60 a.m. NOSTRILS AND HEAD STOPPED UP FROM COLD? TRY MY CATARRH BALM Instantly Clears Air Passage; You I Breathe Freely; Dull Headache j Cioes; Nasty Catarrhal Discharge j Stops. Try "Ely's Cream Balm." j Get a small bottle anyway, just to try it Apply a little In the nostrils j and instantly your clogged nose and stopped-up air passages of the head I j will open; you will breathe freely; 1 dullness and headache disappear. By i (morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or t catarrhal sore throat will be gone. j I End such misery now! Get the I Ismail bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" (at any drug utore. This sweet, fragrant I Read the State JoumaLJournal Ads Get Results Marx Clothes But Come $12.50 than ever set the style in hats. Let us show you today the hat that fits not only your head but your phy sique and personality $3.50, $4.00, $5.00 See Another Ad About Great Sale of Fine Shirts for 79c balm dissolves by the heat of ihe nostrils; penetrates and heals the in flamed, swollen membrane which lines the nose, head and throat; clears the air pasages; stops nasty dis charges and a feeling of cleansing, soothing relief comes immediately. Don't lay awake tonight struggling for breath, with head stuffed; nostrUs closed, hawking and blowing. Ca tarrh or a cold, with Its running nose, foul mucuous dropping into the throat, and raw dryness is distressing but truly needless. Put your faith just once In "Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh will surely disappear. Advertisement.

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