The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
March 4, 1916

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stale 'JMtERE m something suspicious susp- -ivc, too, about this low gas prcssiuc at this time of the year. ARCH came in like a lion, But 'tvas I who made the ronr. When I heara the postman's whistle. And found ray hills at the door. Xels Y ingle. HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1916 TWENTY PAGES THIS EDITION 2 CENTS M 1 U-BOATS DESTROY 3 MORE ENEMIES Berlin Reports Sinking of Two French Cruisers. British Patrol Boat Also a Plunger Victim. 3,130 DOWN ON LA PROVENCE Transport May Xot Be Included in List of Three. French Steamship Sinks Same Day It Leaves Port. Berlin, March 4. (By Wireless to Sayville.) The sinking of two French auxiliary cruisers and one British pa trol boot by German submarines is announced by the admiralty. Tho announcement also says that from Paris is reported the sinking of the transport La Provence which car ried 1,800 men, of whom only 090 were rescued. La Provence was listed as an aux iliary cruiser but the wording of the Berlin dispatch does not make it clear whether she was one of the two said to have been destroyed. Official .-e-ports from Paris indicated that about 3,130 went down with her. The French admiralty said no sign of a submarine was observed before or after the sinking. six Men Drown. La Rochelle, France, March 4. The French steamship Lakeme of Dun kirk. 3,11" tons gross, which sailed from La Rochelle on Tuesday was sunk on the same day in the Bay of Biscay, six miles northwest of 113 d'Yeu. She Is believed to have struck a mine. Six of the 22 men of the crew were lost. Paris, March 4. The French .nin istry of marines has issued an official statement denying a German report that two French cruisers had been sunk off Havre by German subma rines. The German report did not reach the United States until today. The French report admits fhe' Prov ence carried 4,000 men. WAR WITO U. S.? Nothing Doing. Comments Member of Reichstag. America Could Finance Europe Allies Indefinitely. Copenhagen. March 4. Herr Nau mann. member of the relchstag contributes an article entitled "Will America Join the Allies.' to the Schleswig newspaper. Heindal, the or gan of the Schleswig Danes in which he says: "Our wish that the United States preserve its neutrality is easily com prehensible. We already have suffi cient enemies and it is a great delu sion to think, as some profess to do, that on? more can make no difference. America's Naval Strength, "Declaration of war against the United States would result in a fleet numbering in 1913, 169 units with 1,531 guns, plat ing itself on the side of Great Britain and thereby increas ing the possibility of an absolutely ef fective blockade. In addition there is the American army which it is true at present only numbers 90,000. which could be augmented quickly by gen eral recruiting for which the existing militia forms an excellent basis.. With in six months the United States would have a formidable army. "Our ships in American harbors and the daily increasing financial power Of the United states would mean an Incalculable prolongation of the war because America would finance all her allies for an unlimited period. The Germans have learned to assume sup erhuman burdens during the war but we cannot shut our eyes to the end less sacrifices which war with the XTnited States would demand." NAT'L G.AJ. AT K. C. ESsped 25.000 Visitors for Kncaiiip mcnt. Beginning August 29. Kansas City, March 4. The nation al encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held in Kansas City from August 2.9 to September 1 next, it was announced here today. The dates were decided upon at a meeting attended by G. A. R. nation al officers and the local entertain ment committee. Twenty to twenty five thousand veterans are expected to attend the encampment. WIFE BURNS CATALOG; OH! IT'S HUBBY'S BANK; HE MOURNS LOSS $2,650 Decatur, TIL, March 4. Noah Lundy, a farmer living: near Ar eola, today is mourning the ioss of $2,650 in crisp United States cur rency. Lundy had secreted hese bills in a mail order company's catalogue and while away "rem home his wife burned the -to k along with other waste papers. England Honors First U. 5. Nurse To Die at Front London. March 4. The Rev. R. J. Campbell, describing visit he paid recently to hospitals on the British front, says: "An American nurse died while I was there, the first to give her life in our cause, and her funeral was a sight to see. Every medical officer and nurse that could be spared from duty and every sol dier, too, wounded and not wounded, that could walk behind the coffin, did so. "The coffin itself was covered with the 'Stars and Stripes and the grave where it lies is still a bower of blossoms. SUFFS WAGE WAR Twenty-Five Chicago Women Organizations Unite. Aroused by Petticoat Graft, They Start Reform. Chicago. March 4. Twenty-five women organizations representing various interests, will hold a joint meeting March IS as an outgrowth of the charges brought by. Mrs. E'age Waller Eaton against her superior Mrs. Louise Osborn Rowe. superin tendent of the bureau of public wel fare, hearing of which closed before the civil service commission yester day. The object of the meeting as out lined today is for non-partisan discus sion on the "Needs of the City." SENDS OUTS. 0. S. Brazilian Steamship in Colli sion 60 Miles From N. Y. Later Flashes "All's Well'- British Cruiser to Rescue. Now York. March 4. The Rergipe, a Brazilian steamship which left this port yesterday afternoon for South American ports, collided with another vessel early today about 60 miles south of New York. An hour after she had sent out an S. O. S. call, the wireless operator on the Sergipe sent word that his ship was safe and con tinuing her voyage. Conditions for wireless transmission were bad this morning and the shore station; could not decipher the name of the ship with which the Sergipe collided. The collision temporarily disabled the Brazilian ship's wirelebs apparatus. The first to answer the Sergipe s call for help was a British auxiliary cruiser believed to be the Caronia. The Sergipe asked the cruiser to "'stand by" but later sig nalled '"Ail's well." It was reported that the Caronia was the ship which struck the Sergipe but wireless mess ages picked up by nearby stations did not confirm this. The Sergipe is a steel vessel 'J SO feet long, gross tonnage 1,859. She is owned by Lloyd Brazileiro. Liner Aground But Safe. Old Point Comfort, Va., March 4. Chesapeake line steamer City of Bal timore which went aground on Hamp ton bar last night during a snowstorm was still fast today. It was hoped the steamer could be floated at high tide, fhe was said to be in no dan ger. The steamer was bound from Norfolk to Baltimore and had a large number of passengers aboard. Liner Aground But Safe. Norfolk. Va March 4. The steam er City of Baltimore, was floated early early today, undamaged, and proceed ed for Baltimore. OIL HITS NEW RECORD Kansas and Oklahoma Crude to SI. -40 and Premiums Offered. Tulsa, March 4. The price of Okla homa and Kansas crude oil advanced to $1.40 a barrel here this morning, thus setting a new high record. The increase of ten cents was an nounced by the Prairie Oil Gas com pany in addition to the posted price. Many buyers are reported to be pay ing premiums between 25 and 40 cents a barrel. 15-Cenl Premium on Crude. Pittsburg, Pa., March 4. So strong was the crude oil market here today that producers expected an advance by the purchasing agencies when the news came from Tulsa of a further advance in the Mid-Continent field. But no advancement was made here, although it was stated on the highest authority that premiums of five and ten cents over the posted price of $2.40 a barrel for Pennsylvania crude were being offered by refiners. From the West Virginia district came the information that the pre mium had gone to 15 cents a barrel, an advance of five cents since Thurs day. More than a million barrels of crude oil are said to be held in West Virginia waiting for higher prices which producers declare are sure to come. I LEIPZIG FAIR MONDAY Attendance Nearly Double last Year's I'oreifjn Toy Buyers Attend. r.erlin, March 4. The spring fair at Lreipsic will open March 6. The num ber of buyers who have applied for the reduced railroad fares is 23,0'O as compared with 15,700 last year. Notwithstanding the difficulties of crossing the frontier, the number of buyers from neutral countries 's larg er than on ihe occasions of the for mer fairs at Leipsic during the war. The larcept numoer comes from the 1 "nited States. These buyers are in terested principally in toys. others come from Switzerland. HollanJ, Aus- t nn-H'.nparv and Scandinavia. The j number f exhibitors is 2,500, com 1 pared with ".200 ast falL HOUSE VOTE ON U-BOAT CRISIS FINISHES FIGHT Complete Victory for Adminis tration Is Expected. Agree to Postpone Balloting Until Tuesday. COMMITTEE FLOPPED, 17 TO 2 Complete Change of Front on Warning Issue. Despite Leaders, Both Parties at First Were "Antis." Washington, March 4. The next I step in President Wilson's fight to dis pose of the armed ship agitation in congress has been postponed until Tuesday. j At an early conference today ad i ministration leaders in the house de- cided r.ot to insist on a vote today. This afternoon the rules committee will meet to frame a rule to table th McLemcre resolution to warn Ameri I cans off the armed ships of the Euro pean belligerents. The rub will be i brought in the first business Monday when the administration force plan to j dispose of it by a substantial majority. Committee Is Agreed. The foreign affairs committee al- ready has agreed on the resolution. Administration forces plan that the action in the house shall give no room for doubts of the decisive character of the sentiment in congress. They plan that the action to table the McLemore resolution will Include a decla ration that the president shall handle I diplomatic affairs without congres sional interference. The leaders are confident they have I the votes to make their victory com i plete and undisputed. They explained i that the postponement was agreed upon because of the absence of so I many members on week-end trips. Many left yesterday under the impres sion it was said that the house session 'today, which began at 10 o'clock, was !"fo end at noon and would consider i only claim bills. Expect Prompt Action. Wilson's fight to end agitation in congress handicapping the administra I tion in its submarine negotiations with j Germany was transferred back to tho (Continued on Page 2.) BLASTjULLS 20 Reserve Dropped Case of Gren ades in Paris Fort. Stores of Munitions Blowup and Fire Follows. Paris. March 4. Twenty persons were killed and a large number in jured in the explosion near St. Den's, in the suburbs of Paris this morning The explosion occurred near the fort called Double Couronne at Courneuve. near St. Denis. Part of the ramparts east of the fort were blown up. j A quan ty of explosives, including hand grenades, was stored in this po sition. Fire followed and there were farther explosions, although of less severity. The Temps says 30 persons were killed and 150 wounded, j Fires broke out at several points as a result of the explosion, which was caused by the accidental dropping of a case of grenades by soldiers of the re serve. HIRED TO SHOOT GUARD Suspect Confesses. Declaring Cnion Officials Offered $100 for Job. New York. March 4. William Sherwood, arrested for the shooting of Bennie Welnstein, a guard employ i ed by I. Kaplan Sons, shirt waist j manufacturers, confessed today, ac cording to the police, that he was em- ployed to do the shooting by a shirt j waist makers' union, the members of which are now on a strike. Inspector Cray, head of the detec tive bureau, says Sherwood stated he i was offered "a contract" by the union under which he was to receive $100 and to be put on the pay roll at 25 'a week in return for his services in shooting up the Kaplan guards. According to Inspector Cray, Sher j wood aomitted he had hired other men I to aid him in his "contract." Weather Forecast for Kansas. Generally fair tonight and Sunday; warmer in the southeastern part of the state tonight. Hands Out 1000 Loaves of Bread As Church Ads Chicago, March 4. One thou sand loaves of bread will be giv en away at the services of the im manuel Baptist church here today as a part of an advertising cam paign to attract persons to the church, the Rev. Johnstone vty ers, the pastor, announced. Dr. Myers said the following quota tion will be printed on a label at tached t i each leaf: "Jesus said unto them I am the read of life, he Osi comet h unto me shall never liuntrer." Dr. Myers said he believes a church sh'uld advertise just as a mercantile concern does and that he obtained his idea at SB advertising convention. Evelyn Ignores The Divorce Suit of Harry Thaw Pittsburg. Pa., March 4. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's resolve not to content the divorce action of Harry Kendall Thaw was fulfilled at the first hear ing on his petition held Friday. Mrs. Thaw did not even answer the notice sent her. Evidence was heard on charges of desertion and other offenses. The name of Jack Clifford, Mrs. Thaw's dancing partner, is mentioned. There is hardly a question that the divorce will bo granted. BRYAN TO CAPITAL What Has Visit to Do With U-Boat Crisis? German Reply on Armed Ships Comes Tomorrow. on board the steamship Rotterdam. Lansing announced today that the ap pendices to the German memorandum regarding armed merchant ships were on boar dthe steamship Rotterdam, due tomorrow in New York. Secretary Lansing's announcement was based on a cablegram from Am bassador Page at London. The ap pendices contain photographic copies of what the German government con tends are confidential instructions to commanders of British merchant ships armed for defensive purposes to at tack submarines. Upon this instruc tion Germany based the declaration of intentions to treat as warships armed merchant ships of her enemies. The attitude of the state department toward the German declaration will be definitely determined after offi cials have studied the appendices. William J. Bryan came to town to day to fulfill a lecture engagement here tonight. Administration leaders speculated widely over whether Mr. Bryan's coming had anything to do with the delay on voting on the armed ship issue in the house and the deci sion of the leaders there to postpone action until Tuesday at least. Mr. Bryan said his coming here had nothing to do with the armed ship fight now in progress between con gress and the president. "I expect to leave tonight for New York. My lecture was arranged for weeks ago. I have no engagements to see any congressmen and do not expect to see any." DESERT TO DIAZ Two Thousand Carranza Forces Join New Revolution. Old Generals Flock to Stand-! ard of New Leader. New Orleans, March 4. Victories won in the first skirmishes by the forces of General Felix Diaz in Lower Mexico have been followed by the re- inforcement of the victor's forces bv two thousand Carranzistas who are said to have deserted to the Diaz colors, according to messages which reached Colonel Rodolfo Basail, of General Diaz's staff at New Orleans. The messages which brought news ot cne reiniorcemenr also stated tnat j iour oiaz generats, an or ine oiu reg ular Mexican army, have joined the main force with reinforcements. DE LA BARRA IX REVOLT. Former Provisional President Also Reported Organizing Revolution. New York, March 4 Francisco De La Barra, former provisional president of Mexico and ambassador to the United States, has come to this coun try to organize another revolution in Mexico to depose Carranza, according to advices sent to Carranza's ambassa dor designate, Eliseo Arredondo, at Washington, by Dr. Alfredo Caturegli, Mexican consul general here. "I have officially informed Ambas sador Designate Arredondo that I have sufficient evidence to prove that Francisco De La Barra has come to the United States to take an active part in stirring up another revolution to overthrow Carranza," said Doctor Caturegli Friday night, "and an ef- rort win oe mane to nave tne unitea okiics guv mifiii anw mm, as waa done with Huerta.' Heirs Get Old Estate. Mexico City, March 4. Porfirio Diaz's residence in Second Calle Capu chinas. formerly No. 8 Cadena street, which was confiscated by the constitutionalists, has been returned to Armando Santa Cruz, representa tive here of the Diaz heirs, by the order of the department of finance i President Diaz passed his winters in that house for more than 20 years. In the summer he resided at Chapul- tepeo. THEY SET A PRICE froperty tmners Keaoy to sen !na for Auditorium. Definite action on the remodeled auditorium tiroiert is exnected Mon day after a meeting of the auditorium- committee and the city commissioners. A meeting of the auditorium commit- I itee was held this noon at the Commer- cial club and following the meeting announcement was made of the Mon- day meeting with the city commission ens. Members of the auditorium commit tee have been working quietly for the last week and a number of very inter- i esting sessions have been held with property owners affected by an en largement of the auditorium. It was Billion lirssl today that all the property owners had finally placed a price on their property but the committee has not decided to accept the prices de- manded. r- Tuys Silve Lima, Peru, March 4. The govern ment has contracted with a German bank for the purchase in New York of 145,000 ounces of silver for coin age, in addition to its previous purchases. ARMY AND NAVY READY FOR WAR WITHGERMANY Plans Are All Made if Worst Comes to the Worst. Hall Million Troops to Europe the First Thing. FURNISH ALLIES MUNITIONS Torpedo Boats Would Be Sent to Clean Out Plungers. War College Has Even Solved Transportation Problem. Washington, March 4. Navy and war department experts are discussing the chances of war with Germany and the manner in which the fleet and army could be utilized to assist the al lies. The war college has, as one of its duties, the work of making plans cov ering attacks by the United States on any foreign power. Members of the college say they have not been asked to prepare any new plans. It is known, however, that members of the college and other experts have given consideration to the question of possi ble war with Germany. Nearly al army and navy officers of importance think it is absurd to suppose that the projection of the United Slates into the war could pos sibly end the conflict by next summer. They believe, however, that the end would be brought nearer by the en trance of the United States into the conflict, but they believe also that with the United States as an active ally of England and France, the war would still be drawn out, unless Ger many, to save her face, should give up the fight, as they believe she might well do against such heavy odds. Our First Moves. The consensus of opinion is that two i things would be done immediately if the United States went to war with Germany. First, the torpedo boats of the United States would be sent to the English channel and the Mediter ranean to assist in clearing the seas of submarines. Second, the United States would send at or.ee 500,000 rifles for dis tribution among English, French and Russian recruits. The Unit ed States now has 500,000 rifles to spare and it is known these rifles are the one great need in the camps of the allies. This would be followed as soon as pos sible by another 500,000 rifles. The United States would then begin I to raise and equip an expeditionary force of from 400,000 to 500,000 men. It is asserted it would be impossible to get this force ready for any kind of campaign within less than six months, As the first expeditionary force would be only a small part of the (Continued on Page 2.) SLAVS PRESS ON Russian Army's Appetite for Turkey Is Unrelenting. W ith TWO Captured, No Chance for Third to Escape. London, March 4. Two Turkish di visions, reinforced by troops that had fled from Erzerum are the forces that had been operating against the Rus sians on the line running through Mush, Bitlis and Van, according to Reuter's Petrograd correspondent. With the occupation of Bitlis, the cor respondent points out, the entire Van region passed under the control of the Russians, while the Russian success separates the two Turkish forces oper ating in the regions of Mush and Lake 'rriirnih rpcnpriivplv with the loss of Ritlis. it ant.ears Turkish reinforcements coming from Mesopotamia would be compelled to travel by roundabout routes in order to reach the third Turkish army. SHOT UP THE VATICAN I Swiss Guard Creates Sensation Resist- Ing Arrest in Home Palace. Rome. March 4. An incident among the Swiss guards at the Vatican in which the guard. Joseph Manze. dis i charged his firearms has been magni- jlied by certain Italian newspapers into 7Tan international matter involving Ital- ian papal and Swiss jurisdiction. In reality, the guard resisting arrest for some offense first barricaded himself in a room and later left the Vatican palace. He was conducted by the Ital- ian police to the Swis frontier under an order of expulsion. KING TEDDY ARRIVES But, Wearing No Brass Buttons. In dies Xatives Are Disappointed. New York. March 4. The standing army of the Dominica Island. West In- dies, twenty strong, turned out in dress parade to meet "King Roosevelt of America" when he visited Rosean, the capital. Febiuary 20, according to ad 1 vices received here. The negro inhabitants were wildly excited over the visit of the ex-presi- dent and thought they were going to see a king until otherwise informed, it was stated. They were bitterly disap pointed to see that the colonel was I not dressed even as brilliantly as the j native police chief. "MAKE TEXAS DRY," ANTI-SALOON SLOGAN EN LONE STAR STATE; BRYAN IN FIGHT mzzzz Showing areas in Texas wrested from Demon Rum. A campaign to make Texas dry is among the possibilities of the near future in the Lone Star state. William Jennings Bryan will address the annual convention of the Texas Anti-Saloon League this month, and it is believed he will urge a constitutional amendment banishing the saloon from the state. At the convention the question of ''submission" will be decided. WHERE IS THE GAS The Greatest Shortage Experi enced in Topeka in Years. o Accident to Pipe Line Has Been Reported. Why gas users were unable to ob tain sufficient gas yesterday or to day to warm coffee for breakfast or the baby's bath in the afternoon is still unexplained. Several guesses have been offered but they are widely divergent. Here is L. G. Treleaven's, manager of the Consumer's Light, Heat and Power company Due to recent mild weather, the late season and the promise of the weather man that spring weather was here persons who had been depending on coal for heat earlier In the winter j were caught unawares. Confident that j the cold spell would be of short dura- j tion thev returned to gas and conse- quently the demands were greater proportionally on the supply than at any time during the winter. Mr. Treleaven declared this morn ing that he had received no report from the Kansas Natural Gas com pany, which supplies the local com pany with gas of any trouble. Hence his theory of the heavier demands. No definite information regarding an in creased demand can be obtained how ever, until after the meters are read, Mr. Treleaven says. From the half starved and near frozen consumer comes another theory. Mixed with the sulphurous re gards that are paid the company are implications that frigid zone tem peratures are clinching arguments for 36 cent gas. Belief that gas is being withheld from consumers until the price is advanced was heard frequent ly during the day. At any event, it is the worst short age in years. WARMING UP AGAIN A Rise in Temperature Sot in at 8 O'clock Last Kfgnt. A general warming up is following the cold snap and the snow disappear ed today. A southwest wind brought the mercury up rapidly, the rise be ginning after 8 o'clock last night. A fairly good Sunday is in prospect with warm weather, but some chance for clouds. The temperature tonight is expected barely to touch freezing at Topeka. The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Sunday; warmer In the southeastern part of the state tonight. The shippers forecast indi cates temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees for 36-hour shipments north and west; east and south, 20 to 25 degrees. The lowest temperature last night was 19 degrees at 8 o'clock. From that time onward the rise was steady, the mercury crossing the freezing line at 7:30 or lock this morning. By 10 o'clock it was up to 40 degrees. At no time after this date in the 23 years that the local records have been kept has the mercury gone below zero. The lowest temperature on record for March 4 is 1 degree below in 1891. The high record. 81 degrees, was set in 1910. The Kaw river is still Calling, the stage this morning being 7.1 feet. The river has finally reached the point where it can be forgotten about until the spring rains begin. Temperatures today averaged 1 de gree above normal. The wind is blow ing at the rate of 12 miles an hour from the southwest. Following art hourly temperature readings furnished by the weather bureau: 7 o'clock 31 j 11 o'clock 42 8 o'clock 33 I 12 o'clock 44 9 o'clock 36 t 1 o'clock 49 10 o'clock 40 I 2 o'clock 53 3 o'clock 53 BASKETBALL INJURIES FATAL TO H. S. PLAYER Pittsburg, Pa.. March 4. As the result of an injury sustained in a basketball game two weeks ago. Charles "McLaughlin, aged 20, a membor of one of the local high school teams, died Friday night. McLaughlin severely bruised his ankle from which blood poisoning developed. YEGS WRECK BANK Charge Blowing Open Safe De molishes Building. Secure $7,001 and Make Good Escape on Handcar. Tulsa. Okla.. March 4. Kank rob bers blew open the safe and wrecked the bank at Moundw, Okla., early to day and escaped with between $7,utM) and $8,000 in currency. Twelve explosions were resorted to in forcing the pafe, according to state ments of people who were awakened by the noise. One of these was suffi cient to Ftop the clock in the bank and the explosion which filially, opened the money chamber burned the currency until it is thought thai It will be iden tified with ease wherever the robbers attempt to pass it. Three men took the handcar belong ing to the section foreman of the St. Louis and San Francisco and escaped in the direction of Kiefer immediate ly after the robbery. They have not been located. MILLIONTO HETTIE Mrs. Green Sells Famous "Old Eureka' Gold Mine. Extinct Since 77 Said to Have Yielded 20.000.000. San Francisco, March 4. The pur chase from Mrs. Kettle Green, the New York capitalist, of the "Old F.u reka'' gold mine at Sutter Creek, Amador county, California, by a syn dicate of eastern millionaires was an nounced here today. The price was said to have beer, more than $1,000, 000. Among the purchasers, according to the announcement were William K. Corey, steel magnate, John L. Ryan and Tom Cole, of the Anaconda group, and Ambrose Monell of the Interna tional Nickel company. The mine long known as "Hettle Creen's pet kitten," was opened for a brief period in the early seventies and was reputed to have produced $20,000,000. In 1877 Mrs. Green closed the mine down and caused it to be flooded with water. The ex planation for her action given at the time was that she thought rivals were attempting to force her to sell it. Walter Deam. a Denver mining en gineer arrived here today to purchase machinery to be used in pumping out the old shafts and tunnels and to pre pare the mine for new operations. MOWED DOWN IN HEAPS Machine Gun Operator Writes Home of German Slaughter at Vcrdnn. Paris. March 4. A machine gun operator says in a letter to hin fam ily, written from the Verdun battle field on February 27: "The German dead lie in heaps around us. It has been thus for sev eral days. At times we are obliged to move our machine guns back twen ty to thirty yards as the German dead were piled o hiph as to interfere with our fire. We shot them down as they jumped over their comrade' bodies. We are now resting but are always ready to begin again to show the Ger mans that the French soldiers are their masters." VOTE OF CONFIDENCE Italian Chamber of Deputies Indorses Government, 278 to 40. Rome, March 4. The chamber of deputies today gave Signor Salandra's government a vote of confidence of 27 8 to 40 on the occasion of a motion by the Socialist leader Turati to open a discussion on the whole conduct of the war and on the governmnet's for eign policy. SECOND LULL IN VERDUN ATTACK Village of Douaumont Now Is Key to Verdun Drive. Uiant Armies in Death Grapple for Seetor. GERMANS CAPTURE MANY GUNS Occupy Town, but French Gain in Fierce Counter. Germans Repulsed in liloody Duel for Heights. London. March 4. The driv ing: German assault on Verdun has halted for the second time m the Douaumont sector north east of Verdun, on this occasion in the face of a formidable counter-attack by the French in an effort. to retake Douaumont vil lage, just captured by the Ger mans. Paris last night declared that the counter attack had enabled the French to regain ground in the immediate vicinity of thV vil lage, but did not claim its recap ture. Today's official statement from Berlin announces that the French attack on the village and the German lines adjoining it was "repulsed partly in close range fiffhting." Heavy Proodl Losses. The cUsh of the opposing itrmios at this point ha.s evidently been of the most desperate character. Berlin mentions heavv losses sustained by the French and the capture if more than one thousand prihoners. The number of cannon taken by the Germans since Kct.ruarv 22, ha reached a total of 11B. with 161 marhii.e sun3. The Douaumont f.eetor is pointed out by French militao Titics as a key position essential to the German pur pose of takinK the fortress. The importance of the German -tivitioE in other sectors is not over tooked, however. There have been advances on both tho French flanks and indications are furnished of con templated thrusts at vital points In the lines about the curving front, such an on the northwest line, where the dom inating height of Le Mort Homme ha been under the fire of German heavy guns. Halt 41' Drive. London. March 4.- French troopa under General Petain have completely blocked the German attempts to cap ture Pepper Heights, north of Verdun, by a flan attack, according to Paris dispatches today. Driven out of Douaumont villas. Petain is makiio; a" stand around the strong redoubt less than a mile south east of Douaumont. Here the French have repulsei. with heavy losses suc cessive charges y the Teutons, who hope to penetrate the French front and cu off the de."endcrs of Pepper Heights. The battle for Verdun has now been resumed. Fighting is as fierce as in the early days of the crown prince'e drive. The Germans are wasting llvee lavishly, regiment after regiment be ing rolled up and wiped out. Teutons Hold Village. Latest dispatches from Paris today admitted that the Germans now hold practically all of Douaumont villager but report desperate fighting on ita northern outskirts. The Teutons have renewed their at. tack on the village of Vaux. prelimi nary to a grand assault on Fort De Vaux. just south of the village. The French were driven out of Douatsmont village after desperat fighting that began Wednesday night anl continued foi more than 24 hours. Probably no mere furious struggle ha been ranged in the history of the war than for possession of a little Kroup of less than 75 houses. The town's Im portance lay in the fact that it wael the intersecting point of three high ways. Pombs Illuminate Field. After an all oay bombardment, tho gray column of Germans cam through the ravine northwest of Douaumont Just at dusk. At the samo time another gray column advanced along a little brook. French illuminating bombs cai-t a ghastly light upon the advancing Ger mans. The French artillery shattered their lines and the Germans fell back. During the night the Germans brought up masses of reserves. t dawn, Mrandenberg and Pomerinian regiments renewed the assault against Douaumont The Germans succeeded in reach inT the Frerch barbed wire, but so furi ous was the machine gun and -ifle fire that the gray columns simply melted away. WOMAN ELECTROCUTED BY BATHTUB CHARGED FROM AJBROKEN LAMP Toledo. O.. March 4. Mrs. Bert ram Bellows, wife of a real estate dealer, was killed by electricity in her bath tub tiKtay when she tried to remove a portable electric lamp which had fallen into the tub. The lamp was smashed, causing the wiring to come in contact with the metaj tub.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 191b KAISER AT BAY niAiA mn ii i MdlVd Hid ALL IN HUGE DRIVE erdun Attack His Last Des perate Gambler's Throw. French Minister Predicts End of Prussian Dynasty. I fO SAVE HIS OWN FACE Emperor Leads His People to a Supreme Massacre. r GET OUT OR GET UNDER!" Hut Final Blow Had To Be De livered Now or Never. BY GABRIEL HAXOTAtX. P'ornu-r French Minister of Foreign Affairs. I Paris, March 4. With their Verdun Offensive, the Germans are taking up heir campaign against France just rhere they left off at the battle of She Marr.e. f Verdun is the apex of thos? east prn citadels which have always phackleil the German offensive through Belgium, and until that opex a smashed, any attack towards the nterior of France is exposed to beins fcltten off by our eastern jaws. Any Ettack on Paris' Is taken in the rear my our armies about those fortresses. last German Drive. I I do not know whether it is true ihat General von DeimlinK told the fifteenth corps this was to be the ast a.m-French offensive, but, true ir untrue, the assertion expresses an ixact verity. (Germany has arrived at that point rhere she Is hound to make up her nind to use her remaining resources, learn from the most reliable source hat during the last visit of the king (fit Saxony to his troops the officers feurrounded him and told him he war nust be quickly finished and that the Boldiers would be unable to undertake Ki new cntrpaign. Prussians Suffer Most. 1 It is noteworthy that the troops who made the greatest sacrifice at ll'erdun were Prussians. Pomeranian, feilesian and Rhenish soldiers fell by phousands The- Prussians are nat ai rally the supreme champions of prussi:m militarism. Verdun has fcapital importance regarded from the (viewpoint of the whole situation. Speaking in the duma in the pres ence of the czar, Foregin Minister Sazanoff said the allies would con tinue the war until the hegemony ex jercised by Germany through Prus sian militarism was broken. For the yirst time, the allies objective is Sdearly defined and the German fury St gainst Sazanoff can easily be under Sstood. The Kaiser at Bay. Conservative organs in Germany ftire clamoring for the displacement of Von Bolhmann-Hollweg and the ap pointment of a chancellor belonging in the militarist party such as Von .tUndenburg or Von Tirpitz. German FIGHT ON AGAIN Mandamus Proceedings in Wanamaker Bond Issue. Allege Judge Denied Vote to Qualified Electors. WILD RIDE TO SERVE PAPERS Action Brought by 0. B. Eddy in Court. Bow Is Oyer $7,500 Bond Elec tion for School House. that this is the last offensive, I will add the statement recently made to me by one of our greatest leaders: "It is better so. Let them attack. We are ready for them." CAPPER SPOKE AT K. C. Governor Gave Graduating Address at the Night High School. to defend ftitf lf v.ilh its own men. TvThe kaiser is at bay and has to the- country and himseli. At a ecent Potsdam council he obtained he opinions of Von Hindenburg, Von ackensen. Haesseler and von Uenn- pg on the situation. The Corman chiefs saw the Russian ront consolidated, the czar's armies j toconstituted and assuming a vic jiorious offensive at different points. German effort in this theater would lead nowhere. Many months would j save to pass before a decision against 4he Russians could be obtained. Turkey a Dead Weight. In the Balkans, Germany would be only working for the benefit of the Bulgarifins who are unable to make a Jrrsh effort for themselves. Saloniki iftvas seen to be impregnable. Greece ivaa veering and Rumania was no longer sure. Tn the direction of Egypt and Asia ih game was up. Through the cap ture of Knerum, Turkey had already 'become a dead weight. Thus Ger jfnany was forced to look towards W ranee. True, ihe republican army was pow I prful, valorous and resolved to die Where it stood rather than give up the Ftruggle. Its artillery and arr.muni- 1 were a hundred times superior to I Br hat they were when it repulsed the j furious German attacks at the Yser. fiTheHC considerations militated against 1 the mad blow. Had to Strike. J But the blow had to be delivered somewhere before spring should bring the new Russian and British armie3 Into line, before the Austro-German fcowers should undergo further de ipHne, before the people should lose Ifcourage and the spirit of resistance efore the allies should really begin to mash Prussian militarism. The king of Saxony reported to the aiser the pressure which his own roops were bringing to bear upon im. The confederate states were eginning to get restless. Therefore, 5 the kaiser ordered an offensive on the French fror.t. Back Where He Started. The emperor visited his son, called round him all his old Prussian gen- rals, all that remained of the un- reakable iron phalanx and resumed he desperate hammering at Verdun Uh which he opened the war. Kvery hour, every minute decides he result of this last. desperate sram- 3 filer's throw. The kaiser stands in volved, not only before history, but jfcefore his own people. He continues to lead his people to butchery. To pave himself, he orders a supreme t piassacre. j But the hour has struck. Verdun tarings no luck to the Prussian dyn I It st y H To Von Diemling's alleged assertion Kansas City, Kan., March 4. Gov ernor Arthur Capper addressed the graduating class of the night high school here Friday night. He gave some advice to fathers and employers I in the course of his talk. "The father," he said, "should not feel that his full duty toward his son has ended when he has provided him with food, clothing and an education. He must make him feel that he is his Close friend and adviser. The employ er, or the man who has men working under his direction, must be to them a sort of 'father.' If he would suc ceed, his men must love him and have confidence in him. He must be will ing to give them advice on their per sonal matters and not walk stiffly through his factory with an air of su periority. The man who numbers among his friends his employees, who sympathizes with them in their mis fortunes, and rejoices with them in their god luck, and, above all, who makes his good fortune theirs, is sure to succeed and he employee of such a man is sure to be a good and con tented citizen." The governor also spoke on the need of giving every child a good ed ucation in the common branches in the grade schools and in manual train ing. "In the penitentiary at Lansing there is not a man who has learned a trade," he said. RUSS SWEEP ALL IN ASIA MINOR; TURKS IN FLIGHT Rolling Advances of Slavs on All Three Fronts; Crescents Wait at Sivas. Petrograd, March 4. The Russian advance in Asia Minor, radiating along three main lines from Erzerum toward Trebizond, Sivas and Bitlis, is meeting with equal success in all three direc tions. As there has been no serious Turkish resistance since the fall of Erzerum, however there is little to record except the continued forward sweep of the Russian armies retarded, according to a report from the front i only by the rugged country and the severity of the weather. In their retreat the Turks appear to have been mainly occupied with at tempts to save their guns and equip ment, in which they were only partly successful as the Russians report an increasing toll of abandoned cannon. The Turks are said to be strengthen ing the fortifications of Sivas, 200 miles west of Erzerum, the only point considered here as likely to be a ser ious obstruction to the westward prog ress of the Russians and it is believed impossible that Turks will attempt to make a stand until Sivas is reached. Turkish reinforcements are pouring daily into this center. In their north and south advancing the Russians are closing upon Trebi sond and Bitless respectively and occu pation of both cities is momentarily expected. HOUSE VOTE, U-BOAT (CoDtlnqed from JPaeOn. tion was called to the story appearing in certain papers that the president had resigned or was considering re signing, he said: 'An American newspaper that would publish a story of that kind in a situation like the one which now confronts America dishonors itself.' BRAVO FOR FRANCE Italian Chambers Send Message of Praise for Troops at Verdun. Paris, March 4. When the cham ber of deputies assembled today, Paul Deschanel, ita president, read a tele gram from Giuseppe Marcora, presi dent of the Italian chamber, con gratulating Prance, in the name of "the Italian parliament, for the valor displayed by her troops in the battle of Verdun and for their having so successfully beaten back the German assault. The deputies rose to their feet and cheered. M. Deschanel closed the stirring scene by requesting General Gallieni, minister of war, to transmit the Italian message to the French army. General Gallieni replied that he would gladly do so because he said the cause which our soldiers defend is that of "liberty and right." AO vi V A MHiOALi BY THE PRESIDENT; mm CONDENSED NEWS England Sells XT. S. Mechandise. London. March 4. The enormous number of parcels of merchandise seized from the parcels post while en route from the United States are being disposed of as rapidly as possible by the British authorities. Parcels con sidered innocent, after a preliminary examination, are sent on to their desti nations, while others of origin or des tination which are subject to sus picion must pass through the usual prize court procedure. Death of Isaac Rogers. Galesburg, Mich.. March 4. Isaac Rogers, 73 years of age. a newspaper man who was nationally known as "The Galesburg Liar," died at his home here today- Rogers' whimsical stories, which he good naturedly in sisted were "news" were reprinted by newspapers throughout the United States Villa Flees From Ca&as Gra tides. El Paso, March 4. Francisco Villa, the outlaw chieftain, is fleeing north west from Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, according to official dispatches re ceived today by General Gabriel Ga vira at Juarez. Carranza officials ex pressed uncertainty whether Villa was headed for the United States border or for Sonora. German Seaplane Down. London, March 4. A German sea plane returning from England was yesterday picked up by the French three miles north of Middelkerke bank, off the Belgian coast, it was announced in an official statement is sued this evening. SEE THE KIMBALL Before You Buy a Piano Not After Write if You Cannot Call fiS" 822 KANSAS AVE. '-"32528 house today with everything pointing to prompt and decisive action there Yesterday's vote in the senate killing. 68 to 14, the Gore resolution warning Americans off armed belligerent ships is regarded as having practically set tied the issue on that side of the cap itol. House leaders arranged early today for their test. The rules committu went to work on a special rule to pro vide immediate consideration for a re port adopted last night by the foreign affairs committee recommending that the McLemore warning resolution be tabled and setting forth that the pres ident should be permitted to exercise his constitutional right to conduct the nation's diplomatic affairs without congressional interference. Senate Vote a Criterion. When it became apparent last night that the fight was over in the senate the house adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock this morning instead of noon as usual, so as to dispose of pending matters of routine business. The action of the foreign affair.s committee taken by a vote of 17 to 2 after many of its members had been insisting for two days that no resolu tion would be reported out, was re garded as the beginning of the. end of opposition to complying with the pres ident's request. Administration whips had reported that a large majority of the rank and file of the house Republicans as well as Democrats stood ready tr support the president if the issue could be brought to a vote. But the controlling spirits both in the committee and in the house itself personally favored a warning resolution and at first resisted all pressure for a report. House Holds Key. Administration officials said today that practically all senators who voter, yesterday to table the Gore resolutior were voting for the president's policy, and that should the house fail to vote to uphold the president in decisive form the fight might be carried back to the senate for a direct vote to defeat the McCumber resolution warning I Americans off armed ships of belliger ent nations. They expressed confi dence that complete victory would fol- low such a course. Wilson Resignation False. Aroused by the publication of re ports yesterday that President Wilson, ecause of the strain of the foreign situation, was considering resigning .rom office, the White House today is- sued this formal statement: j "When Secretary Tumulty's atten- Miss Ina M. Lawrence. I i The Wanamaker school row, over the erection of a new $7,500 school house in the district west of the city, broke out anew this morning when attorneys made a spectacular dash in to the district court with application for peremptory writ of mandamus. George McDermott, a local attorney; filed the application for the writ which is brought by O. B. Eddy and made the allegations that judges of the election, which is being held to day to vote bonds for erection of the building, were refusing to let qualified electors vote. J. S. Scherman, A. N. Smith and O. M. Blanchard, Judges of the election, and Mrs. Harry Forbes and Miss Bess Eddy, clerks are named as defendants in the application. Mc Dermott rushed the application through the procedure in the clerk's office to Judge Dana, who was on tne bench. Judge Dana issued the per emptory writ immediately. The writ instructed the judges that parsons appearing at the Wanamaker school house, where the election is be ing held, and after challenge swear ing that they are qualified electors of the district should be allowed to cast their ballot, the judges marking the ballot "sworn to." In this manner the ballot can be identified if meas ures are introduced into court to en join the election. Attorneys say this will be done if the bond issue carries. McDermott. in his application this morning, alleged that the defendant judges refused to permit the persons desiring to vote to cast their ballot after the would-be voters had agreed to establish rights. Makes Run on Three Tires. After the order was issued it was rushed by McDermott to the sheriff's office. L. L. Kiene set out to serve the writs. A taxi was called and then one of the most tedious if not one of the wildest rides made by peace or fietrs to serve papers for some time ensued. McDermott was in a hurry and told the driver so. With cut-out open the taxi a Ford tore out West Sixth street until Gage park was reached. A blowout delayed the ex pedition only long enough for the driver to tear the tire from the wheel. From that time on the machine ran with three tires. Cut-out open, steam pouring from the radiator, the tireless rear wheel pounding the earth, the little car bucked its way through seas of mud and leng sticky stretches of At the sehoolhouse all was quiet when the sheriff and McDermott ar rived at their destination. Two or three men on the outside appeared to be waiting. Kiene walked into the building and served the writ on the defendants, other occupants of the hiiiMintr crowding around. All the judges except Scherman had nothing to say other than a casual re mark. McDermott started to tell Scherman what the writ meant when the latter asked why a copy of the statute governing such an election was not included in the writ. Votes Are Accepted. "That is an order of the court,' snapped McDermott. "It is up to you to follow it out. If you don t I wil have you before the court, for con tempt this afternoon." Thomas A. Lee, an attorney repre senting the defendants, or part of them, interceded and told Scherman to challenge the would-be voters, let them vote and that the votes would afterwards be contested in court. A man and two or three women crowded their way up, to the judge's by the writ after swearing that they were qualified electors of the district. According to Attorney Lee the judges claimed that the men and women were not residents of the district and there fore not entitled to vote. It was stat ed by attorneys this morning that the clerks in the election. Mrs. Forbes and Miss Eddy, are made defendants sim ply as a matter of form in the appli cation. Miss Eddy. McDermott says, is the plaintiff's sister. On the heels of the court procedure this morning Thomas Lee, represent ing the Lee estate, announced that he would give an acre of land from either corner of his land on West Tenth street for the erection of a new school building. A tract of land In the center of the Lee estate has been condemned in the legal way for the erection of the building. Lee says he doesn't want his land cut in the middle and offers to donate the required amount from eith er corner. This is not the firrt time the Wana maker affair has been in the courts. A suit over the election wherein it was voted to construct a new building went to the supreme court and back about six months ago. One faction in the neighborhood is fighting the is suance of the bonds on the grounds that the issue is too large. Eddy, it is said by attorneys, -is leading the fighr for the issuance of the $7,500 worth of bonds. Oddities Culled From Day's News Kansas City, Mo. Despite the fact that gasoline is selling at 17.8 cents, the jitneys are coming out in droves here along with the first signs of spring. One Detroit manufacturer has eady deliv ered two new improved busses. New York For beaning people with sugar bowls and pointing his funny toes east and west. Charlie Chaplin will get $670,000 of real money this year, according to his press agent. Greenwich, Conn. Society women cleaned up a tidy sum by fining mere male offenders against leap year customs at the Field clubs leapyear dance- Ask ing for a dance was a grave of fence committed frequently. Chicago A deserted babe, found by a milkman, was thought dead, removed to a morgue, rescuscitated by an undertaker, cried loudly and was christened Billy Sunday. Chicago North Shore society girls have organized a feminine troop and are drilling in a na tional guard armory. Washington Senator Lane of Oregon is besieging Vice President Marshall with requests to be re lieved of "my onerous duties as a member of the committee on the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments." Washington Representative Webb of North Carolina, chair man of the house judiciary com mittee is an expert neostyle oper ator and spends spare moments grinding crank. ARMY-NAVY READY iContinnPd from Pa One. Manitoba. 14s SM-d; No. 3, 14s 3d: No. 2 hard winter gulf. 12s 9U No. 2 red western winter. 13s. CORN Spot American mixed new, lis. Chicago Urate Market (The rjir.ge of pru-ea for jrran; ruiurea on The Chicago Board of Trade as reported by Thoa. J Myers. Broker Columbiao tilde 1 Chicago, March 4. with minor recessions in some of the stan dard rails. I'nited States Steel, which led yesterday s late rally, eased off after mak ing slight improvement. Later the sagging tendency became more marked, most im portant stocks falling under yesterday final quotations. Open High L,o Today Yea. XV TTKAT Mav ..111 1144 112 118)4- 11 July ..HlVi Hli 110 110 111 OKN- Mav 74'- 74 74 74- 74Vj- July 74 74 C 74 74 74- ATS Mav 43 43 4.! Ott 43V, ujly 43y. 41 41 41- 43V. FO US May ..21.42 21.fi0 21.45 21.57 21.42 July ..21.40 21.52 21.40 21.50 21.40 New lor Stock Market. i tope of prices for the loading stock The New York Stock Exchange as w ported by Thos. J Myers. Broker. Cola bian Blug.J Kansas City iiraiu Market fThe range of prices for grain futures on The Kansas City Boardo f Trade as re ported by Thoa. Myers. Broker Coium bian Bldg. Kansas Cty, March 4. Close Open High Low Today Yes. W H RAT May ..105 105 104 104 105 July ..104 104 103V, 103-v 104 Sept .103 103 1021,. 102- 103 ORN Mav 68 0S 68 8- 60 July 70 70 60 70- 70 ttept. 70 70 70 70 70- grand total eventually necessary, it is evident, therefore, experts say, that ending the war in the summer can be eliminated even as a theory. The first force to be sent and a proportion of all other forces would be divided between French ports and Saloniki. The armies of the United States would be of little use elsewhere. Transportation Easy. Experts point out that the trans portation question would not be seri ous, as the seas are clear and Great Britain and France would furnish transports that would be necessary to supplement those that could be ob tained on short notice in the United States. There would be no difficulty in get ting vast stores of ammunition and supplies, experts say, through the ar rangement which the war department has made with manufacturers to work first for the United States.. This would be supplementary to the amount the arsenals, gun factories, pewder plants and navy yards can turn out on double time. Experts believe the United States would have to concern itself almost solely with infantry at the outset and rely for the near future at least on the artillery of the allies. The navy is already on a war basis, officials said Thursday night. The navy department experts say that in addition to sending the torpedo de stroyer fleet, all of the smaller craft, gunboats and small cruisers wxmld soon be sent. Official opinion is that the dread naughts and battleships of the pre dreadnai;ght type would not be need ed, as they believe the war is to be decided on land. In case, however, the allies decided to force the German fleet into the open, the United States would send its quota of warships for the attack. Today's Dun's Review. New York, March 4. Dun's Review today says: All speculative markets have under gone reaction, but commercial enter prise moves steadily forward. Influ ences which affect stock, grain and cotton failed to alter the even course of money and exchange nor is the solid foundation of business confidence shaken. Rapidly rising prices of ma terials and products, howrever, cause increasing uncertainty, though in most cases stimulating rather than curtail ing consumption. Many buyers, an ticipating continued advances are prompted to provide for future require ments at current levels, yet experi enced greater difficulty in further ex tending committments. Manufacturers, already covered for months to come and in instances far ahead in 1916, re in Independent position and instead of seeking new contracts endeavor to work orders off their books and thus relieve the pres sure upon productive forces. Notwith standing claims of improved condi tions, transporting facilities continue inadequate and the freight congestion adds to the burdens of producers and consumers alike, besides accelerating the rise in commodities'. Difficulties in oversea shipping are still a drawback, yet in spite of this merchandise exports in January were exceeded only by the colossal outgo In December while imports surpassed all previous records. Weekly bank clearings $4,276,64 9,-867. Grain Gossip. By special wire to I J Myers, Columbian Building.) Minneapolis wheat stocks increased 300, 000 bushels this week. The Argentiua government has issued a statement that much damage has resulted to corn from drought and locusts. Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City have decreased 256,928 bushels thus far this week and corn stocks increased 132, 207 bushels. Exports from the United States and Can ada yesterday were 347,000 bushels of wheat. 51.000 barrels of flour. 80.000 bush els of corn and 401.000 bushels of oats wheat and flour combined, 577.000 bushels. Exports of wheat and flour from the United States and Canada this week, ac cording to Bradstreet's were 8,199.000 cora- Sared with 8.77S.0O0 bushels last week and ,432.000 bushels a year ago. Shipments of corn 469,000 bushels. Argentina exported 2.864.000 bushels of wheat this week, compared with 2.900,000 bushels iast week and 5,103,000 bushels a year ago. Shipments since January 1 ag gregate 8,980,000 bushels; a year ago, 16. 425,000 bushels. Corn shipments this week were 664,000 bushels against 1,054,000 bushels last week and 1.242,000 bushels a year ago. Total corn shipments elnee Jan uary 1 are 16.5WJ.000 bushels; a year ago, 24.078,000 bushels. Oats exports this week were 690,000. Shipments of wheat included 1,440,000 bushels to the United Kingdom. 994,000 bushels to the Continent and 430. 000 bushels to ex-European countries; corn all went to the Continent of Europe. Am. Beet Sugar Am. Can, c Am. Car Fdry Am. Locomotive, c Am. S. 11.. c Am.' S. K.. p Am Sugar Hef Am. Tel. T Am. Tobacco, C Anaconda Mining A.. T. S. P., c A.. T. S. F., p Raid win Locomotive Baltimore Ohio Beth. Steel Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chesapeake Ohio Chicago N- w C, M. St. P., c C. It. I. P Chino Copper Col. Kuel Iron Crucible Steel Erie, e 5euerai Electric Great Northern, p Great Northern Ore Illinois Central Inspiration K. C. Southern, c Lackawanna Steel Lehigh Valley Maxwell Motors National Lead Nev. Con. Copper N. Y. Central N. Y N. K H Norfolk Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Railroad Ray Con. Copper Reading, e Southern Pacific Southern Uy, c Studebaker Tennessee Copper Union Pacific, c u. s. steel, c U. S. Steel, p Utah Copper Western Union Westinghouse Electric York, March 4. Close Today Ves. 67 58 66 7 112 110 127 199 85 102 67 59 66 69 9S 100 127 101 86 !i5ii 52 60 93 17 56 41 35 167 120 41 102 54 25 M 59 66 14 16 104 67 115 112 56 24L. 81 96 20 137 54 iiS 81 115 H4 88 62 85 102 101 102 86 468 166 53 61 120 93 Is 30 laoii

77 77ii Mi's fiO 10H KM lis' 112 Vi p aw lss 54 KaDMK City Produop Market. Pausas City. Mo.. March 4. BUTTER Creamery, :13c firsts, 32c seconds, 2Vc packing, 20c. EGGS First, 18c: seconds, not Quoted. POULTRY Hens, 15c; turkeys, 20c; springs, 18e. WHEAT Cash Marke unchanged to le higher. No. 2 hard, $1.05lgl.l0; No. 3. $l.a! Co 1.09; No. red, $1.051.10; No. 3, tl-01 1.06. CORN Market unchanged to Vj" higher. No. 2 mixed. 6UJaCafi7c; No. 3, 865c; No. 2 white, HHc; No. 3. Ct69c No. 2 yellow, 69ffl89c No. 3, 67V288i4c. OATS Market V,c higher to 3c lower. No. 2 white, 44tt&t5H; No. 2 mixed, 40 43c. RYE Sfi87c. HAT Marke unchanged.' Pafir No. 3 white, 91c. WHEAT Receips 93 cars. CLOSE: Wheat May, $1.04; July, $1.03. CORN May, 868c; July, 70c. New Orleans Cotton Market. New Orleans. March 4. COTTON Spot, firm, 12 points up middling, 11.25. CbicaKO Produce Market. Chicago, March 4. BUTTER Market higher. Creamery, 26235c. BOOS Market lower. Firsts, 19?ifri2(k ordinary firsts, 19c. At mark, cases includ ed. 19i20c. POTATOES Market higher. Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota and Dakota wnite, B098c; Minnesota and Dakota Ohios, 87 92c. POULTRY Aliye unchanged. New York Produce Market. New York, March 4. BUTTER Market firm. Creamery extras. 92 score M037c. EGOS Market unsettled. Fresh gather ed extras. 24(?i25c. CHEESE Market firmer. State whole milk, flats held colored specials. 18e. POULTRY AUye.steady; dresseu, quiet. 11 844 88V4 63 Kansas City Live stock Market. Kansas City. March HOGS Receipt 800. Market Sc to 10c higher. Bulk of sales. $K.7fi.00: heavy. $s.!Ki.lo pack era anil butchers. MRMjW; light, s.00i! 8.90 pigs. $7.25 8.00. CATTLE Receipts 200. Market steady. I Prime fed steers. $S.75io 9.40 dressed beef steers, $7.75(i 8.05 western steers. $7.40 s.s."i southern steers ML8MML2S; cows, $5.004j 7.30 heifers. 6.7St.0U; stoekera and feeders. $0.50(8.50; bulls $5.50y7.00; SHEEP Receipts 500. Market steady. Lambs $10.H0L 11.10 yearlings. 10.251 10.00; wethera, t7.7fxg8.40; ewes. $7.25a 8.00; stockers and feeders, $6.00&10.60. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago, March 4. HOGS Receipts 13, 000. Market strong 5c to 10c above yes terday's average. Bulk of sales, $8.95 9.10; light. $S.709.15; mixed, $8.769.20 heavy, $8.70419.10; rough, $8.70(8.85; piga, $i .55&t8.40. CATTLE RecelptB 200. Market steady. Native beef steers, $7.25frii9.70 western cat tle. $i 104i8.25; stockers and feeders. $5.75 07.85 cows and heifers, $3.45Sj8. 45 calves, $.x.fwro 11. 'J5. SHEEP Reecipts 1.000. Market steady. Wethers, $8.20(iS.S0 lamba, $9.40U.4O. TODeka. Marks. (Prices furnlsnea bj Wolff Packing Co.1 Topeka, Kan.. March 4. CATTLE AND HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS 775ifi8(i0 HEAVY 7.S0&U.B5 LIGHT 6.50W.S.5D STEERS. j v.ood to choice (coin fed) .L.rw i.uo I Fair to good 6.254i5.75 COWS. I (lood to choice (corn fed) ts.snffrc, oo Fair to good 4.25(35.00 ommou to fair 3.004(1.1) HEIFERS. Good to choice (corn fed) $".00620.50 Fair to good 8.00(35.50 1 ommon 3.5044.24 BULL8. Fleshy $4.754a.2S afflssWf mnipnjs VEAL CALEB. Prime fat $7.007.S Medium good 6.0 4t 7. 00 Fair 6.00(S00 (Positively cannot use sheep or iamb unless fat.) New York Cotton Market. New York March 4 COTTON Spot, quiet; mddling uplads. 11.53. No sales. Elgin Butter Market. Elgin. 111. March 4. BUTTER 35 cents bid. No sales. New York Sugar Market. New York. March 4 SUGAR Raw, firm; molasses, 4.50; ceutrfugal, 5.27; re fined, firm. New York Money Market. New York, March 4. MONEY Mercan tile paper, Srg.'iVi per cent. Sterling, 00 dav bills. 4.71 Vi demand, 4.70 7-10 cables. 4,77. Francs, demand 5.88V6; cables 5.87. Marks demand 7-".; cables 73 7 16. Kronen, demand. 13V4 cables, 13. Guilders, demand. 42 cables, 42. Lires, demand, 0.09: cables. 0.08. Rubles, demand, 31: cables. ML Bar ailver. 56e; Mexican dollars, 43c. Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, steady. Poultry. Km Butter. Kurnishetl .,y the Topeka Packing Cora pan corner Laurent and Madlaon.) Topeka, Kan., March 4. POULTRY Hens, all sizes, 13c; springs over 2 lbs., 12c; ducks, 9c: geese, 7c: springs over 2 lbs., 12c; ataga, 11c. HUNS AND YOUNG lull IbUKEYS 14c, old totna. 12c. EGGS 16c. INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS 8c Batter and Egg. itrurnta ed by the Beatrice Creamery Caw Topeka. Kan. Topeka, Kan., March 4. CHICAGO EGGS 204J21c. NEW YORK EGGS 24 V, 4? 25c. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago. 33Vie: New Yrk. KrftflMe; Elgin. 3'c; Topek wholesale. 30c. ALLIES' HAY ON FIRE Loss Approximated $35,000 Can't Tell How It Started. Miss Ina M. Lawrence, a Washing ton high school girl, is one of the few persons who can boast of hav ing been decorated by President Wilson. Here she is shown wearing a medal pinned to her dress at the Washington Birthday celebration of the capital, and in her hand is the essay that won the medal. It was on "The Campaign Against Quebec Un der General Richard Montgomery, 1775." Galveston, March 4. Firemen are today fighting flames in hay stored in one of the compartments of Pier and it is expected that they vill be forced to continue the struggle for many hours more. The fire was dis covered last night by a watchman. As the pier is constructed of reinforced concrete and is provided with strong fire walls, it has been possible to pre sent the spread of flames. About 8.599 tons of hay are stored n the other compartments of the pier. Tt is estimated that the loss will ap iroximate $35,000. The burning hay g the property of Steger Company nd was intended for export to the ntonte allies. The origin of the fire has not been lefmitely determined but it :s be- lieved to have been the result of spon- taneous combustion. TODAY'S MIRTH" REPORT. Chicago, March 4. WHEAT Predictions that the forthcoming government crop re- i port wonld show large reserve of wheat to j be still in the hands of producers tended today to weaken the market for that cereal, i In this connection it was said English buy- ers were not disposed to follow advances i in price, and that reliance was being placed i on continued liberal arrivals at Liverpool. A reason given for this confidence was the statement that the British admiralty was operating 1,800- requisition vessels. After opening V4C off to c up, with May at $1.13 to $1.14 and July at $1.11 to $1.11U the market here underwent a material sag all around. Rallies that ensued failed to hold. Tern- porarily. export demand seemed to have 1 dried up. The close was steady but j He to c net lower, with May at tUWfi 1.1963. and July at $1.10. CORN Corn cased off on account of i favorable weather for the movement of i the crop. There were also reports of needed rains having fallen in Argentine. Opening i prices, which varied from fiffec decline j to k a shade advance, were followed by a I moderate general setback. Improved eastern demand operated later !n favor of the bulls. The close was firm at c off to a sixteenth up, as compared with yesterday's finish. OATS Oats appeared to lack support. The majority of floor traders showed a leaning to the bear side of the market. t PROVISIONS Higher prices of hogs 1 gave a little firmness to provisions. Ad vances, however, brought into dny stand- j ing orner to sen. New York stork Market. Wall St.. New York. March 4. STOCKS Dullness and indecision wen the chief characteristics of today's short session, j the market remaining under the restraints I Imposed bv the complicated situation at K Washington. Dealings were so profession- I al cs to deprive them of actual signifi cance. There were gains of moderate propor- tious at the outset, and these were added 1 to in the speculative group later Petrol eums a few Coppers. American Car, In dustrial Alcohol, United Fruit and some of the Tobacco rose to 4 points, while Cuban -American Sugar advanced almost :t points. In the meantime, rails and other representative stocks eased fractionally. The closing was irregular. Bonds were steady. Although (tains were in excess of losses at the outset of today's trading the mar ket failed to manifest any very definite trend. Dealings were light and changes either wsv were mostly fractional. Spec ialties, including the Munitions and Motors were under moderate presusrc lopehn i. rain Market. rushed by J B. Bit lard corner Kan sas Ave and urtla St. Topeka, Kan., March 4 HATS 30432r-. WHEAT IKlcSl.00. CORN 65c. ropeka Hay Market. rtitsueu by T Heck 212-14 tt. flth.l 'UAIRIK HA Topeka, Kan., March 4. Wbeat Marks. F'rnia!et Dy Snawnee Mllllns Co.. .kilt! and Kansas Ave. Topeka, Kan., March 4. WHEAT --No. t. 95c. wtTr- AT No tirm Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists. HIDES AND FURS Oreeti Salt Cored Hides. No.l ITc Grwn Salt dire! Hides. No. 2 16c Horse Hides (s to slite), No: I 1.00 to K.VOO Horse Hides ns to size), No. 2 S? 00 to S4 00 Returns made promptly on rerelpt of ship ments. Write for price list and shipping tags. T. J. BROWN !26 Xo. Kan. Ave. Topeka, Kan. Chicago Grain Market Chicago Mnrch 4. WHEAT Close May, fl.l.-M4ei.l3i: July. $1.10V4. CO UN Mat 7474l.W: July. 7414c OATS Mav. 4.1V,c: July. 413c. PORK Mar $2157: July. 21.50. LARD May, 10.70: July. S10.90. SHORT RIBS May. $11.08: July. 11.90. Liverpool Oram Market lyerpool. March 4. WHEAT Spot No. 1 i STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Lire Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City We Also Hare Otir tXvn Offices at Chleaso. So. St. Joseph. So. Omaha Denver. Sion City. So. St. Paul. E. Buffalo. E. St. Louis. Fort Worth and El Paso.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 191b IN NORTH TOPEKA Railroads Refuse Tars for Ship ment of Hay. Weighmaster on the North Side Has Little to Do. LOOKING FOR THE INTERURBAN Surveyors Laying Out a Route North of the River. Work Has Been Completed as Far as Perry. e weighmaster in North TopoUa today is not the busy man that he was five years ago. Five years ago hJV was bought in and weighed, then tak en to the market: today a farmer win hold his hay until he has a sale lor it, then weitth it ind deliver :t. .'n account of the in. ease in the num ber of automobiles the amount .'f hay yold now has decreased at leist uJ Vcr cc t. The hay market in Kansas is flooded and the railroads Ari l not accept orders for cars to snip hay. Most of the weighing, which i in -in- dne at the North side office is that of potatoes belonging to whole sale men and distributed to the retail grocers in the city. Entertains Gn-1 PHends. Miss Irene Graft entertained the fol lowing girl friends Friday with a parly celebrating Her thirteenth birthday: Miss Nannie Lindamood. Miss IUW Marolt. Miss Dorothy Browning. Miss Kyrtle Browning, Miss Violet Brown las Miss Luetic htrturn. Miss Al beri.i Davis. Miss Helen Sherbnrn, Miss Fav Bachelor Miss Uillinr. .Sherliurn, I.liss Thelma Pulincr. Miss Mamie Fetree. .Miss Lirene Zimmerman. Surveying forth Side Itoutc. There is a rumoi circu.ated in r'erry to the effec: that the proposed inter -jrhan which is to run between Law rence and Topeka will soon be a re ality. A surveying squad of the com pany finished the route between Law rence ind Perry and now the -ount-y between Perry and Tcpeka will be surveyed by the men who are under the direction of Koy Filkins. Mr. Kilkins refuser' to make any .tat.3- nent n regard to the proposed route through North Topeka but did say that he plans of the company are not com pleted. Miss Davidson F.nterluins. Miss Anna Davidson entertained a number of friends at her home on Mon roe street. Thursday evening. Pho guests were: Miss Daisy Rogers. Miss Haael Rugger. Miss Alta Urooms. Miss Myrtle Coats. Miss Flora shore. Miss Kunit Hugger. Mr. Herbert tarter, Ctyte l.oA.ey. Jean Meflure. Fran Maze. Ralph Kitterell. Clarence Ked- i;ian. A. C'bui-cli Notices. At the evening service of the North Topeka Congregational church the Second Presbvteriau church will join in union service-. The morning serv ice is as follows: Sunday school 9:oS; at 11 the pastor, the Itev. C. H. An drews will talk on "The Discouraged Servant:" voting people's service at 6:30 followed by the evening service Canon Gcisel will conduct Holy com munion at the Church of the Good Shepherd at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn ing in the absence of the pastor. Mr. l'etrie. who will take the morning service in the church of St. James the Less, at Ilerington. then going to AVIchita where he will assist in the evening services at the church in that city. Mr. Petrie will conduct the Ash Wednesday services at Independence. Kansas. Notes and Personal. Miss Ksther Pratt, who is a student in the university at Lawrence, is spending the weekend with the J. D. I'ratt family. 833 North Jackso- rtreet. J. T. McFarland leaves today f-r Chicago, where he will spend a week with relative!:. Blue post No. -DO O. A. It. will as sist in escorting the national com-ii- ind"r and his staff to Memorial hall v here he will give an address this t vening. A. M. Petro, Druggist. Adv. Tracey Doane left Friday afternoon for a short visit to his mother. Mrs. Claude Doane, who lives in Kansas City. Ike Penjamin leaves this evening for chit ago to buy his spring stock of goods. J. V. Priddy has gone to St. Joseph, Mo., to visit his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Small. EAST SIDE NOTES MrniM for th! .lepii rtmfnt mav b phord to 3915 or State Journal office. j Mrs. v. M. Buxton entertained the members of the Suburban club last Thursday afternoon at her home in Norton street. The guests were Mrs. .1. C. Howe, Mrj. Minnie Dolstrum. Mrs. Bd Pierson. .Mrs. C. .1. Ban aren. Mi s. M. I .loses son. .Mrs. A. T. olson. Mrs. C. Wai-kley. Mrs. C. II. Peterson. Mrs. .1. II. Fetherstein and Mrs. liurton. The nest meeting will be held March El with Mrs. J. C. Howe. 1333 Central avenue. Mrs. IS. V. Hrown will entertain the members of the Dorcas society of the Third Christian church next Thursday afternoon at her home in I-afayette street. An all day quilting of the Mizpali society of the Third Presbyterian hurch will be held Wednesday, March IB, at the church. W. P. Baird and B. W. Baird of Thomas county. Kan., who have been isiting relatives in .loliet. 111., spent a short time this week with their uncle. B. K. Baird and family in Highland at enuv. A social dance for the members of the Royal Highlanders and their friends will be given next Monday night at Bates hall, corner Sixth and Jackson streets. A j-urprise party wais given Friday night at the R. C. Wallac? home in lielvnir. honoring Mrs. Stogs.lale and Mrs. Wei.. The company included Mrs. Stngsdale, Mrs. Weil. Miss Flora West. Miss Nanon Rummey. Miss Fave Whitehead. Miss Jessie Mann. Alias Opal Stogsdale, Miss Myrtle Price. Ml;a Dora Fink. Miss Dora Newvll. Miss Helta Fink, Miss Rebecca West, Miss Clarr. WTeil. Miss Lois Griggs, Mr. Noel Mann. Mr. Edw. Price. Air. Edw. Kummey. Mr. Harry Mann, Mr. Chas. Padgttt Mr Pat OrifgS, Mr. Mitchell. Mrs. M. Reid. Mrs. W. Brown. Mr. C. A. Wallace, Mrs. G. Fink. Mrs. Gar rison of Oregon. Mr. and Airs. Po korny, Air. and Airs. Taylor, Mr. an J Airs. Wallace. The Westminster circle of the Third Presbyterian Sunday school held their regular meeting this afternoon with Alias Eva Flintham. The members of the Indies' Aid so ciety of the East Side AI. E. church in attendance at the all-day meeting at the church last Wednesday were: Airs. Russell Harris, Mrs. Aliles Stevens, Aire. L. C Slagel, Mrs. Gertrude Rhodes, Airs. R. A. Manuel. Alrsj.Ino. Lowe. Airs. J. Wilmot, Airs. Ada Jloan, Airs. S. Cunningham, Airs. E. Resse. j Mrs. Henry Winfield. Airs. E. McBride. Miss Cornelia Hiee. Airs. A. Darr, Airs. c. K. Navlor, Mrs. A. -lames and Mrs. Stevens; vice president. .Mrs. Sloan; secretary, Mrs. S. Cunningham, and treasurer. Mrs. Wilmot. OAKLAND NOTES litems for this department may be phoned to 3915 or State Journal office. Miss Helen Potter entertained the members of the Delta Alpha class of the Oakland Presbyterian church Thursday evening- at her home in Win field avenue. Miss Bernice Mead and Miss Helen Graham were guests. The members present were: Mrs. C. S. Ash. teacher; Miss Irene Oakley. Miss Iva Caruthers, Mrs. Hazel Keesee, Miss Violet Comfort, Miss Amy Boro vick, Miss Virginia Munson, Miss Nonavee Herschel, Miss Gladys Herschel, Miss Potter. The meeting for the month of April will be held with Mr;. Ash in Arter avenue. The regular monthly business social meeting of the Loyal Women's class of the Oakland Christian church will be held next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. R. EL Leeson in Forest avenue. Rev. G. G. Horn of Ohanute, Kan., will have charge of the services Sun day at the Oakland Christian church. Comrade and Mrs. Thomas Busby will entertain the members of the Oak land Veteran club at their regular monthly business meeting next Mon day night. Mrs. George Steen entertained the members of the Priscilla club Friday afternoon. Those who attended were: Mrs. C. S. Ash, Mrs. L. Bisco, Mrs. Freeman Bell, Mrs. Harold Lepper, Mrs. M. T. Kelsey. Mrs. W. G. Shaw, Mrs. Frank Jordan, Mrs. W. F. Shaw, Mrs. William Swearengen. Mrs. Henry Shuler, Mr?. Reese Van Sant, Mrs. J. R. Woodhull and Mrs. Nannie Miller. The next meeting in two weeks will be held with Mrs. F. J. Bell, 418 West Sixteenth street. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Missionary society of the Oakland M. K. church was held Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Philip Stachelbach in Wabash avenue. Those in attendance were: Mrs. L. K. Bannon. Mrs. Kffie McCaslin. Mrs. Fred Bechtel, Mrs. A. Hall, Mrs. Dora Dressier, Mrs. A. E. Peterson, Mrs. A. J. Warner. Mrs. C. H. Burl;. Mrs. G. H. Ensign, Mrs. Guy Pepper. Mrs. Minnie Push. Mrs. Walter Hamill, Mrs. F. J. Harris, Mrs. George Lewie, Mrs. J. L. Mayer. Mrs. George Leery and Mrs. Stachelbach. The following "thank offering" committee was ap pointed: Mrs. Fred Bechtel, Mrs. A.J. Warner and Mrs. Walter Hamill. Mrs. William Vanorsdol has returned from Silver Lake, where she spent a few days this week with relatives. The members of the Ladies' Aid so ciety of the Oakland Presbyterian church were delightfully entertained last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. James A. Jessop in Arter ave nue. The quests were: Mrs. George Keesee, Mrs. Frank Dawson. Mrs. J. C. Lingo. Mrs. J. W. Thorn pson, Mrs. George Carother Mrs. Charles S. Ash, Mrs. Elizabeth Lee, Mrs. James Horton and Mrs. Jessop. FREE SUNDAY CONCERT Organ Program Wliicli Dean White house Will Play Sunday. The program for, the second of the free municipal organ recitals by Dean Horace Whitehouse at the auditorium has been announced. The concert will be at 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Last Sunday over a thousand persons at tended and it is expected that more will attend this Sunday Owing to the fact that the city has made no pro vision for compensation as yet fo- the municipal organ 1st free will offerings may be left at the door. The program will be: Sonata in D flat Rheinbertrer Fantasy Saint-Saens' Lamentation Guilmant Iargo from Opera of Xerxes.. .Handel Symphony Pathetique. Tchaikowsky Andante. Allero Graziozo, Release American Ship. London. March 4. The Ameriran steamship Camino. which was de tained by the admiralty fur examina t ion, has been released. Suspicions entertained asainst the vessel appar- ently have bren explained salisfac- 1 toril v. U. S. WAR DEPARTMENT TRAINING BOYS FOR Washington boys learning the art of war. The school boys of Washington have taken up the study of national defense and keen "war games" art being waged weekly between opposing teams of the high schools. This is a picture of one of these "war games" being fought under the observation of Lieut. E. Z. Steever, U. S. A., attached to the general staff, who has been detailed to this work by the war department- Lieut. Steever has four classes a week in military maneuvers with the boys and they march, countermarch and hurl their armies at each other just as the vet rans do in the war councils. The boys are from fourteen to eighteen years of age. FATE OF CULTURE WORKS FOR GIRLS Advance of Education Starred Dr. Anna Brown, National See hy Suicide Increase. retary of the Y. W. C. A. Japanese Sage Analyzes Self- Destruction Problem. SPRIG IS ITS OPEN SEASON Love, Debt and Educated Fail ures Are Cause. Increase In 3Iikado's Domain Causes Intense Alarm Tokio, March 4. L'nconsum mated love, debt and the failure of men of education to earn a sufficient living are given by a writer in the well known Chuo Koron review as the three chief causes of suicide in Japan, the increase of which in recent years has caused medical experts consider able anxiety. The writer expressed the opinion that the number of suicides is larger than appears in the press and is struck by the fact that the number of cases of self-destruction seems to have increased with the development of western civilization. He says: "Late spring and early summer seem to furnish the greater number of victims, so that heat has evidently an irritating effect on the mind, producing the melancholy that leads to suicide. In spite of the fact that the habit is regarded as evil, many look to it as the only relief from misery. Though suicide is condemned by both Christianity and Moham medanism, many Japanese regard it as sometimes a means toward a higher end. The evil is due to a more insist ent spirit of pessimism following the wave of materialism in evidence after the wars with Russia and China. Lack of imagination and deep thinking which fail to find solace in material forces and knows no other source of relief, naturally leaves the victim in fatal despair." Society in State of (.loom. The writer is pessimistic as to the future for he finds that for not many years has Japanese society been in such a state of stagnancy and gloom. Statistics show that the greater number of suicides are among the young and that the favored methods of seeking death arc by throwing themselves in front of railroad trains and by casting themselves over water falls. So many people jumped to death over the Kegon waterfall preci pice at Chuzenji in late years that the authorities built a high wall to deter would-be suicides. The waterfall is one of the most beautiful in Japan. It carries off the overflow from the lake which itself is noted as the summer home of the foreign diplomats ac credited to Tokio. TO SING HIAWATHA Arrangements for Spring Musical Fes tival Are Completed. Plans for the Topeka Spring Fes tival have finally ben completed ac cording to Scott Hopkins, president of the Musical Art society. Arrange ments with the Minneapolis Symphony have been made for the orchestra to play three concerts, one Monday night, April 17, and an afternoon and an eve ning concert on Tut lay, April IS. Dean Whitehouse is already drilling the Topeka Musical Art society on Coleridge-Taylor' 3 cantata "Hiawa tha," which will be givea with the accompaniment of the Minneapolis or chestra Tuesday evening. "Hiawatha" is one of the master pieces in modern music by the English-African compost r Coleridge Tav lor. It will be its first rendition in Kansas. Dog Rescues Puppies Kroni Fire. During the excitement caused by a big fire which destroyed three large barns on the outskirts of Hartford, Conn., before the fire department could get sufficient water, the big St. Bernard dog belonging to William Murray, owner of the barns, trotted into one of the blazing structures, and a few moments later reappeared car rying a puppy in her teeth. Depositing it in a place of safety the mother dog, to the amazement of onlookers, again ran into the barn and brought out another puppy. She re peated the rescue work until she had carried to safety, one by one, all of her litter of seven, the last one being out only a short time before the roof and sides of the barn fell in. Washington Post. -iL-. 1 1 Ml II jf' Is Here for Final Celebration of Jubilee Month. "The girl who can paddle a canoe, win a tennis match, howl, skate on ice, play basketball, and do other physical 'stunts' is the girl who works harder, plays fairer, and is more help to her family, her friends and employer and her community than her sister whose idea of exercise is to walk home from a shopping tour or to dance till two in the morning," said Dr. Anna Brown, national secretary of the Y. W. C. A., who arrived today for the final cele bration or l. W. C. A. Jubilee month Dr. Anna L. Brown, national secretary Y. who will speak Sunday after noon. at the First Presbyterian church to morrow afternoon. To be responsible nationally for promoting tho right kind of physical education and recreation among girls is the particular province of Dr. Brown and so well has she performed her work that .she has gained an in ternational reputation. This is Dr. Brown's first visit to Topeka and local Y. W. enthusiasts are doing their best to make it a big event. A special program has been arranged for to morrow afternoon and a big attend ance is expected. Dr. Brown has been with the Y. W. for years. Since being with the asso ciation it has expanded to the point where there are 191 gymnasiums and over three hundred thousand mem bers. Last year according to Dr. Brown has seen an Increase of over 18,000 members. Ten years ago the associations had no swimming pools. Now under the promotion of Dr. Brown there are fifty-foui. Since her connection with the association hundreds of summer camps have been organized. To Join With Y. M. C. A. A new feature of association work, said Dr. Brown, is tho proposed co operation with the Y. M. C. A. in nome of the recreation features. "I dace the highest ethical value on comrade ship in recreation," she said. "The social problems will never be adjusted in the lecture room but in the frank free intelligent comradeship of the two sexes." Dr. Brown will talk on "Fifty Years of Y. W. C. A." The meeting begins at 4 o'clock. The program follows: Processional. Hymn, "Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart" College and High school Y. W. C. A. choirs Invocation Mrs. A. A. Godard, president of Topeka Y. W. C. A. Responsive Reading Miss Frances Perry, president Washburn Y. W. Prayer of Praise Miss Perry Address Dr. Anna L. Brown Prayer of Consecration. Offering for Memorial Fund of Grace H. Dodge. Recessional Choir There will be several other special musical numbers. CITY ADOPTS A BABY Father Requests Des Moines thiol to Kill His Child. Des Moines. March 3. Yesterday nobody wanted the defective 2 months old baby daughter of Charles Cleve land. Today the city of Des Moines a the "official mother" of the little child. Acting on the advice of the mayor and city physician, Mrs. M. M. Mc chael. the City Mother, today tootc charpe of the baby and removed it to hospital where every effort will In; NATIONAL DEFENSE NOT FORJRISTOW It Is Reported That Head of Utilities Commission Has Decided to Forego a Place on the Big 4. MIGHT PROVE EMBARRASSING Both to Himself and to the State Administration. A Precedent Was Established by Henderson S. Martin. It is probable that Joseph I Bris tow, chairman of the public utilities commission, will not be a candidate for delegate at large to the Republi can national convention in Chicago. Close friends of the former United States senator believe that Bristow's desire to observe most rigidly the spirit of the utilities act will not permit him to allow the use of his name before the state convention. The letter and spirit of the utilities act does not take kindly to political members of the commission. For that reason Bristow's friends have launched the story that he will not run. When the 1911 legislature enacted the public utilities law. it safeguardec against charges that members of the commission would play politics. In order to surround the law with safe guards, the legislature made a sweep ing provision that no member, attorney or secretary of the commission should hold any other political job of profit or trust or any appointment under any political party. It is known in Topeka that Chairman Bristow is very sensi tive concerning criticism that he has on certain occasions played politics while a member of the utilities com mission. In order to put at rest any charge that he is promoting his can didacy for the United States senate in 1918, it is claimed that Brietow will keep safely within the letter and spirit of the law. Might Cause Criticism. Friends of the state administration feel that Bristow's candidacy for a place on the "Big Four" would not only embarrass the administration, but would occasion criticism of Bris tow and other members of the com mission. It is to avoid this possible criticism, it is stated, that Bristow may decline to permit the use of his name. The utilities act seems quite clear that members shall not mix in politics After reciting that no member, attor ney or secretary shall own stock or oonds in any public utility, the lid is clamped on politics. Section 8, page 420 session laws 1911, continues: "Nor shall such commissioner, at torney or secretary hold any office of profit or any position under any com mittee of any political party, or hold any other position of honor, profit or trust, under or by virtue of the laws of tho United States or the state of Kansas." Wliy Martin Resigned. It was because of this provision in tho law that Henderson S. Martin, Democrat, resigned as chairman of the Democratic state committee after be ing appointed by Governor Hodges to tho position now held by Bristow. Of course the law didn't just say that Martin couldn't hold the job. But Martii; knew that it was connected with politics, called for the drawing of political lines and occasioned political criticism. So Martin resigned from the state committee. The exact letter of the law doesn't say that Joseph L. Bristow shall not be a delegate to the national conven tion. It merely mentions that a.iy member, attorney or secretary of the commission shall not hold a political place of honor or trust. Delegate to The national convention is purely a job of "honor and trust." It calls for a considerable outlay of cash, but the place is one desired by men with po litical ambitions. The place on toe Kansas delegation might even help Bristow m his fight for the United States senate two years-hence. But that is not all. Election to a place on the Kansas delegation to Chi cago might occasion criticism of Bris tow, the utilities commission and the state administration. It would also be a violation of the spirit and intent of the state law. So persons close in Bristow's counsel have launched the story that the utilities commission chairman has refused to subject tfce commission to criticism and will re fuse to be a candidate before the Re publican state convention. MONlfif tighter New York Bankers Look for Higher Interest Rates Soon. Little Railroad Construction Expected Within Year. New York. March 4. The largest financial ins-titutions in New York have begun to hold on to their money. The leading bankers expect higher in terest rates. Not only has the country's total business greatly increased. but the cost of doing business has risen. The demand for credit facilities is broad- enin at such a rate that higher money j is believed to be inevitable. The flotation of new securities has been resumed on a large scare. The output of bonds, notes and stocks by American corporations since January 1 has approached $500,000,000, or at the record rate of almost $3,000,000, 000 per annum. The total for last month was $216,105,000. an increase of $9,748,000 over February, 1915. For the first two months of the cur rent year domestic flotations have ag gregated $479,498,000, an increase of $58,183,000. Kailroad borrowing continues very light. Notwithstanding the phe I nomenal gain in railroad earnings during recent months, there is little j or no disposition to embark upon rail- j road extensions or avoidable develop 1 ments of any kind. Investors continue to prefer indus j trial securities, especially those sup j posed to possess speculative attractions j at reductions. For example, total railroad issues last month were only $68,731,000, con trusted with industrial and misce I Ianeous corporate financing of $147,- 374.000. Railroad offerings were less than half the total of a year ago and industrial issuf.'1 more than doubled. ITnless a change occurs, railroad I construction this year will not be so j very much in excess of last year's, i which was the poorest since the civil i I war. j After Open until 9:30 tonight The -from 7 to 15c talcum powder 7c Williams' Talcum Powder; and smooth; violet and rose 25c hosiery 12c Women's fine, sheer cotton stockings; sizes 9 and 9 Vz in both white and black. 15c ribbon 7Vfcc yard An excellent quality of 3 H -inch taffeta rib bon white, black and colors. 50c four-in-hands 25c Wide, flowing end four-in-hands; plain col ors, stripes and figures. Salted peanuts 5c Fine, big, rich peanuts; freshly salted with the best of creamery butter. 50c chocolate cherries 29c Lucious cherries, cordialed in syrup and en closed in a shell of purest chocolate. 69c morning sets 25c Skirt and jacket of good quality percale, neatly trimmed; most remarkable bargains. Standard 6 -cord thread; full yard age; all sizes in white and black, per spool Silk thread; 100-yard spools in white, black and the best colors per spool Mens 5c handkerchiefs; full size, plain white, soft finished on sale u 7V" ON THEAST LAP Committees Will Start Next Week to Complete The Fund of $50,000 for Fin ishing Grace Cathedral. Special soliciting committees will start out Monday and devote the entire week in an effort to finish the Grace cathedral campaign fund, which now amounts to a little over $35,000. Only $14,000 is needed to bring the total subscriptions up to the $50,000 it is desired to raise. As soon as this work is completed next week, con tracts will be let and the work of completing the cathedral will be be gun not much later than the first of April. Six months will be required to complete the building. A meeting of the soliciting commit tee was held last night with Dean Kaye at the deanery, and the work that has been done was gone over. Ad ditional committees were appointed for next week and there will be no let up from Monday morning until Sat urday night. The city was divided into sections and a committee will work each section. Dean Kaye is optimistic over the prospect of completing the cathedral and feels sure next week will see tho finishing up of the work. "By that time." he said, "I believe we will have the sum needed pledged. The people have responded very generously and we are obliged to them. Many of them haven't been sen but they will be called upon next week. We are un daunted in spirit and are determined to succeed. I don't think there is much chance of our not doinr so. It Is our purpose to begin work right away and we have already had a num ber of meetings of the building com mittee with the contractor and our architect. Mr. Root of Kansas City, will be here in a few days. We have already had up several of the impor tant matters, such as the heating plant, carpets, etc., but of course no definite steps can be taken until we see a little further. We hope to have the work well under way by Easter, and it will be pushed through without de lay when it starts. It will take six months to finish the building. "I hope all citizens will help swell our fund next week. We need their assistance and as we are building a cathedral that will be the finest in all this section of the west, and that will be one of the city's show places, our appeal, we think, deserves everybody's encouragement." Family Washing 8e TO 6 LB. Washings received Friday P. M. and Saturday, returned Mon day and Tuesday A. M. Suits Dry Cleaned 75c Topeka Laundry Co. Thirtieth Year Phone 3ffo3 Second and Quincy supper this evening at Successors to Mills Dry Goods Co. No phone orders filled 8 Toilet goods very fine, soft odors. 20c pillow 10c individual towels 5c Excellent individual Topeka's Economy Center Children's 10c crochet cotton: all sizes white, pink, blue, laven der and red per spool 7c 10c gas mantles; fine thread, closely woven; upright and inverted style 4 for Special Announcement GEM THEATRE Tonight we close our house preparatory to open in our new theatre, 508 Kansas Ave. We take this method of thanking our many friends and patrons who have patronized and made it po sible to build a strictly modern fireproof theatre. Watch For Oo-ning Date. SANTA FE NOTES iWi for tfals department mar be phoned to SVIZ or State Journal offica. H. O. Castor, state attorney fur ibe j public utilities commission, will speak at the men's gospel meeting Sunday afternoon at the R. R. Y. M. C. A. at 3 o'clock. R. A. Dickerson, traveling passenger agent for the Kansas City Southern railway has returned east after a short business trip here. L. L. Quell, clerk in the ticket auditor's office, and Mrs. Quell are spending the weekend with relatives in Lathrop, Mo. Miss Elma Wilbur, clerk in I lie auditor of disbursement's office, who was called to Los Angeles, Cal., last i week by the death of a relative, has resigned her position and will remain I in the west. Mrs. Cooper, wife of Machinist George Cooper, who has been critically j 111 the past week, is reported clight'.y improved. i General Superintendent R. J. Parker returned today from Chicago, where he has been on company business the j past few days. W. J. Curtis, district passenger i agent for the Santa Fe. will accom pany the G. A. R. special car from Kansas City here tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Max Drer.non of Cha nute, Kan., are weekend guests at the j W. C. Keiser home here. Mrs. George D. McKee will enter- tain the members of the ladies' o clety of the B. of L. F. and E. next Wednesday afternoon at their regular monthly meeting. Miss Ellen 'Goodman of the auditor of disbursement's office has resigned her position, j M. E. Sannon of the division su perintendent's office at Marcelin, Mo., has been appointed traveling account ant with the dislrursrmcnt office. Miss Inez Samuelson of the freight auditor's office has the sympathy of her many Santa Fe friends in the re- cent loss of her mother. Fireman P. G. P-aird has been tem- porarily assigned to trains N'os. 107 and 108 between Topeka and St. Jos eph. The regular meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the S. V. of X. A. wa3 held Friday afternoon at the home of i Airs. J kelson. The members pres ent were Mrs. R. P. Summers, Mrs. Frank Deppe. Mrs Pert Finnic Mrs. William Schmidt. Mrs. Georgia Tlem Ing and Mrs. Nelson. An all d:iy meeting will be h?ld next Thursday with Mrs. Frank Deppe, 1211 North j Topeka avenue. K. G. N'orris. traveling :arfsengc-r l fcgent for the Missouri Pacific has re turned to Kansas City, after a short i business trip here. j Belgium Creates Commerce Uept. Havre, March 4. The Belgian gov ernment has decided uj croJ sl rain- specials Open until 9:30 tonight from 7 to 9 specials 10c Palm Olive soap 7c 35c buffers with removable chamois. .lot' Pullman hair brushes; stiff bristles. Iflc cases 15c 45x36-inch pillow cases of good quality bleached casing, with hemstitched hems. quality, good weight plain white huck towels with hemmed ends. coats $1.49 Coats for girls of 6 to 12 years: mostly S:;.49 and $4.00 values, a few were $2.49. 10c outing flannel 5Vc Good weight, excellent quality lleeced out ing flannel; pink and blue stripes. $1.75 comforts 95c Full size comforts filled with soft, fluffy cotton and covered with fancy silkollne. Hn(k towels: closely woven, ser viceable ones with red Q borders each 5c barber towels: very fine and soft; excellent for face OQr towels dozen 25c table oilcloth: the full width in plain white, tile and Q,, marble patterns lOL Warning! America in Danger Gordon Will Discuss v "PREPAREDNESS" First Baptist Church Sunday 7:30 p. m. SUBJECT JusticeThen Peace" Fine Music MRS. ARZA J. CLARK Organist and Director istry of commerce and Count (ioblm d'Alviella, a senator of the Li J party, has been chosen as head of thi new department. His duties, H ft stated, will be especially concerned with the organization of economic re latlons with the allies in view of th numerous problems that are to be md i when the war is ended. To Cmcnt Ally Feeling. I-ondon. March 4. The British gov ernment it was learned today has rat l ceived a formal invitation from th j French government to participate it the conference to be held for the puii pose of bringing about a closer ec9f nomic co-operation among tb uitetf t powers.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1916 4 Now Located at 604 Kansas Ave. mSm E. G. OSBORN WATCH MAKER successor to C. K. Buhre. Mr. Osborn was formerly asso ciated with the NNTA n: WATCH CO. as their special watch adjuster. However, his intentions had always been to ro into business for him self and he only awaited the right opportunity to do so. That opportunity arrived with the death of Mr. E. Kuhre. who conducted a Jewelry and watch re pairing business at 6(14 Kansas He is now established at 604 Kansas avenue and is ready and competent to satisfactorily take care of trade. He invites all of Mr. Maine's customers to come in and set acquainted and to his own friends he extends the same invita tion. Mr. Osborn is one of the best watch makers In Kansas. He has been at the business over 25 years, he is a graduate of the Parsons Horolofiical Institute, now the Hor olopical Department of the Bradley Polytechnic Institute of Peoria. 111., which is affiliated with the Chicago University. While in the watch-making busi ness Mr. Osborn says he has re paired thousands and thousands of watches of all descriptions. If there is a watch that he can't re pair, he would like the pleasure of seeing It. Tell your friends, your family and everybody else that he is now at their service. He knows that if they will try him once in his line that he will have no trouble what soever in holding their trade. Tils past experience puts him in a position that he is proud of worklug for these large watch and Jewelry concerns a man must be capable of doing first-class work in order to hold his position. His new location is handy. WThile you are down town bring in your watch and let him tell you what the trouble is and also let him fix it. A watch that fails to keep the time rieht is worse than no watch at all. Don't forget the location. An Idle Word Unless Proven Service" March 2nd an act for the Novelty Theatre ar rived late. Checks tor 5 trunks given to Trans fer Company at 3:10 p. m. baggage in theatre at 3:25. Show not delayed. We Did It Hurry Up Transfer Co. 226 Phones 711 Has the Doctor prescribed for you or your family this win ter? You pay good mon ey for his services, why not be sure his instruc tions are properly car ried out? Our Double Checking System Insures you of just what he prescribes. Geo. W. Stansfield DRUGGIST 632 Kansas Ave. J SKY ISJjLEARING Security Paying Company Is Making a Good Showing. It May Receive Contract for Asphalt Paving Monday. WOULD STOP ALL LITIGATION Brick Paving Certain to Go to Zeigler Brothers. Both Contracts Probably Go to Outside Parties. E. E. Trowbridge of Kansas City, who is to bo president and general nanager of the Security Paving c m- pany, low bidder on Topeka's asphaltic paving, was in conference with the city commission for an hour this morning. Mr. Trowbridge was giving he commission information about his proposed company and the men who will be connected with it. Incidentally he stated positively that there is no connection between his company and the Cleveland Trinidad Paving com pany which has brought mandamus proceedings against the city commis sion. When the bids on asphaltic paving were opened at Tuesday's meeting the bid of the Security Paving company was found to be lowest. The bid of tin- Cleveland Trinidad company was second, it developed later, but before it was read the commission voted to return il. to the representative of '-he company without reading. It refused to consider it because of previous re lations between the city and the com pany. The bid of the Kaw Paving company of Topeka was third. The Security Paving company was unknown to the city commission and in order to give time for investigation the commission held up its bid and .hot ,.f th Kaw Paving company. George P. Havden, city attorney, has been investigating the Security com pany and the conference this morn ing was a part of the investigation. "Mr. Trowbridge told a mighty clear f.nd straightforward story about his affairs," said George Hayden, follow ing the conference. "Coupl-'d with the information we already had he made an excellent showing." However, members of the commis sion declined to say today what ac tion it would take with reference to the letting of the contract. I'nder the injunction proceedings instituted by the Cleveland Trinidad company the commission is enjoined from letting the contract Monday to any company whose bid was higher than that of toe plaintiff company. But the bid f the Security company was lower hence if the commission wishes to give the contract to the Security company the injunction proceedings will not apply. Has Applied for Charter. The Security company has made application at Jefferson City for a charter. It will be incorporated for $40,000. Mr. Trowbridge will be the heaviest stockholder and expects to become president and general mana ger of the company. Charles Ramsey, who has done contracting in Topeka, is to hold at least one share. The re maining stock is to be held by Ritchie Bros, of Topeka. That is the lineup of stockholders given to the city com mission today by Mr. Trowbridge. Mr. Trowbridge assured the com mission that he could furnish a bond in the American Surety company, one of the companies acceptable to the city. It is understood that the com pany, when formed, will be able to show assets of $100,000. It is possible, on the showing made by Mr. Trowbridge, that the city com mission will let the contract for the asphalt pavement Monday to the Se curity Paving company. The under standing now is that that can be done without violating the writ of mandam us issued by Judge G. H. Whitcomb. second division of the district court, Friday. However, commissioners de clined to discuss that feature of the matter today. It is fairly certain that the contract for the brick paving will be let at Monday'3 meeting as originally planned. The writ of mandamus does not apply to that. Zeigler Bros, of Junction City were the lowest bidders on that class of work and the investi gation of that company by the city at torney has developed nothing except go.d reports. The conference this morning was held in the office of Mayor J. E. House. The meeting for the letting of con tracts will be held Monday at eleven o'clock in the council chamber. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS H. S. Putney Wants Men to Boost for Good Roads. Twenty Topeka citizens will meet at the Commercial club rooms Mon day noon at the request of H. S. Put ney, president of the new Kaw Valley Improved Highway association. They will be asked to volunteer their ser vices during the coming month and canvass practically every farm home in Shawnee county on any of the pro posed hard surface routes on the To-peka-Lawrence-Kansas City highway. "If they can't do the work we don't want them on our committee," said Mr. Putney today. "I realize that some will find it impossible to make the canvass but we want to know in advance and thus not be disappointed when they don't show up for work." Those to be present at the meeting are: George Stansfield. Thomas Whiteker. E. H. Crosby. John Tomp kins, J. R. Burrow. S. E. Cobb, Earl Akers. J. B. Billard, Robert Billard, Phil Billard, Herbert West, Stanley Medlicott, I. O. Coe. D. P. Paxton, Joe Longshore. Charts Crews W. I. Miller, T. A. Beck, Joe Radcliff and William Axtell. ARMED, HE RUNS AMUCK Believed Insane Kills One Shooting at AU Who Pass House. Philadelphia, March 4. Anthonio Prongo, believed to be insane, today stood in the doorway of his home in the southern section of the city and with a repeating rifle killed one man and wounded two men and two wom en before he was overpowered. Without any warning he shot at everyone who came within range. One of his victims was a blind peddler. Bust of Gen. Caldwell by Merrill Gage, Which May Be Bought for Mem orial Hall. MAY BUY HIS BUST Topekans Plan to Preserve the Mem ory of General Caldwell. Is Memorial hall to have the statue of General Caldwell, by Merrill Gage, now on exhibition at the city library? A movement hag been started by sev eral Topekans, including Mrs. L. D. Whittemore, Mr. Scott Hopkins anc Mrs. George Whitcomb, to purchase the bust and give it to the State His torical society. General Caldwell is one of the best known men who have ever lived in Topeka. At the time of his death he was the only surviving major general of the Civil war. He commanded a division at Gettysburg. He was for years in the diplomatic service. General Caldwell was known tc hundreds of Topekans and had many friends. He was a man of remarkable learning and culture. Capt. J. G. Waters said of him: "To talk with him was like opening a useful book. He was informed on everything." He was a great student of history and philosophy and it is in this aspect that Gage has modeled him. The bust is one of Gage's earliest considerable works but shows no weakness and is distinguished by great Insight according to friends of the general. A bronze permanent bust would be made which would cost about $300. General Caldwell died a few yeas ago at his home in Topeka. DINNER STORIES Two exceedingly homely men were arguing about which was the uglier, when they met a Chinaman. They agreed to let him be the judge be tween them. They laid their case be fore the Chinaman in simple English, then they posed and waited. The Chinaman took a long time to come to a decision. He considered the two men from every angle. Finally he gave his verdict in calm tones: "Both are worse," he said. Two suburban gardeners were swearing vengeance on cats. "It appears to me," one said, "that they seem to pick out your choicest plants to scratch out of the ground." "There's a big yellow tomcat," the other said, "that fetches my plants out and then sits and actually defies me." "Why don't you hurl a brick at j him?" asked the first speaker. "That's what makes me mad," was j the reply. "I can't. He gets on top of my greenhouse to defy me." "My dear," said Mr. Hemmandhaw, "I hope you are not planning to buy a lot of new furniture." "I am not," replied Mrs. Hemmand haw, "and I don't know what gives you the idea," "This shopping list gives me the idea." "What shopping list?" "On thus paper which I just picked up off the floor is written 'wash stand, parlor chairs, dining room table, writing desk, refrigerator, tabouret, piano stool, pedestal, step-ladder, cedar chest, music cabinet and gar bage can. "Oh, that is just a record I was keeping of the things the baby has fallen from this week." Judge. After a little dinner party, when all the guests were gathered in the draw ing room, it was suggested that every lady should state the gift she most coveted. With prompt acquiescence each announced her choice. Mrs. Cowlton wished for the most exquisite jewels extant, Mrs. Keenson desired to be the best dressed woman in society, Mrs. Houlton preferred to own the handsomest turnouts, while Mrs. Risby craved popularity. Suddenly a tactless man exclaimed: "Heavens! don't any of you care for beauty?" "Ban!" exclaimed the commuter in disgust, throwing down the magazine he had been reading. "There's no such thing as good fiction nowadays." "Oh, yes, there is," said the man across the aisle, "if you only know where to look for it. Just cast your eye over this oil well prospectus." "I understand Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith are going in partnership in the j millinery business." "They were going to, but they've given up the idea." "What's the trouble? Couldn't they raise the necessary capital?" t "Oh, they raised that all right, but when it came to drawing up the part i nership papers neither of them would j stand for being called the senior part ner." Harry, five years old, was sent by his mother to bring her shoes. There were two pairs of shoes there. Harry took the first two he got hold of, which happened to he one lace and one button shoe, and brought them to his mother. His mother called his attention to the fact that the shoes did not match, and asked him why he did not bring a pair. He replied: "There was no pair there. The ones I left don't match, neither." She Why do you refuse Ethel's i hand to Mr. Nocoyne- Don't you want your daughter married off? He Yes; what I am trying to avoid is having a son-in-law married on. The commanding officer of a cer tain regiment was much troubled t about the persistent untidineas of one I of his men. Reprimand and puniah ment were unavailing. Then a brilliant idea struck tihe i colonel. Why not march him up and down i the whole line of the regiment and shame him into decency? It was done. The untidy warrior, who hailed from the Emerald Isle. I was ordered to exhibit himself and 1 march up and down the entire regi ment, and the men were told to have a good look at him. After the ordeal was over the un abashed son of Erin halted, saluted the colonel and said, in the hearing of the whole corps: "Dirtiest regiment I iver inspected, son." The young couple were dawdling over a late breakfast after an ultra smart party. There had been a railway collision near a country town and a shrewd lawyer had hurried to the scene of the disaster. He noticed an old colored man with a badly injured head, and hurried up to him where he lay moan ing on the ground. "How about damages?" began the lawyer. "G'way, boss, g'way," he said. "I never hit de train. I never done sich a thing in all mah life, so hlp me Gawd! Yo' can't git no damages out en me." "Was it you I kissed in the con servatory last night?" inquired hubby. She looked at him reminiscently. "About what time was it Her eyes were not exactly straight and some one commented upon it and asked Long if he had noticed it. "Noticed it, man!" he replied. "Why, she is so cross-eyed that, re cently when I sat next to her at din ner she ate off my plate." 'Good cooks ask such high wages now that few people can afford to keep one." "I have one of the besi. in town, and I don't pay her any wages, either, nor give her a sinpio day off." "How do you manage it?" "I married her." 1 She Do you remember that you j once proposed to me and that I re- fused you He Yes; that is one of life's most beautiful memories. A well-known actor., who has made his name as a comedian, has always i been anxious to play the part of Ham 1 let. So finally he collected a com S pany, and went on tour, i At the end of two weeks he was back in London, looking very de i lected. "Hallo, old chap," asked a friend who met him. "What's wrong? You look awfully hipped. Didn't they like your Hamlet?" "They didn't seem to," replied the comedian shortly. "Fancy that!" commented the oth er, with a grin. "Didn't they give y ju any encouragement call you before the curtain, and that sort of thing?" "Call me before the curtain!" said the actor furiously. "Man, they dared me to come! PARADEOF G. A. R. Veterans Will Honor Their Na tional Commander Tonight. He Will Deliver an Address at Memorial Hall. Nearly 1,000 veterans of the G. A. R. and members of the auxiliary or ganizations will march in parade from the National hotel to Memorial hall in honor of the visit of Ellas G. Mont fort of Cincinnati, national comman der of the G. A. R. Several Topeka members of the G. A. R., including Captain P. H. Coney, I who is a member of the commander's i staff, went to Kansas City this morn- i ing to meet him and his party. He has been holding patriotic receptions ill Kansas City for the past two days, i Commander Montfort will arrive i over the Santa Fe this evening. With him will be a Topeka reception com mittee, Mrs. DeLacey Roche, national president of the Ladies of the D. A. R. Mrs. Carrie Alexander Bahren berg, national president of the Wom en's Relief Corps, and Adj. Gen. John M. Adams, The parade will form at the National hotel at 8 o'clock and will march to Memorial hall under the direction of Adjutant General Brassdeld. Captain Montfort will then speak in Memorial hall. Elias Montfort of Cincinnati, Ohio, na tional commander of the G. A. R., who speaks tonight in Memorial hall. Commander Montfort is one of the most interesting speakers and person alities in the G. A. R. He is one of the prominent citizens of Cincinnati and was for a long time the postmas ter there. He fs rather a "dark horse" nationally in the G. A. R., for while he has always been a faithful member he has never been a candidate for any national preferment until the last ejection. His personality is such, how ever, that he was unanimously elected to the commandership at the national encampment of the G. A. R. last sum mer. His visit to Topeka tonight marks one of the biggest events in local G. A. R. history. The meeting tonieht is open to the public. In the parade will be the band, the I fife and drum corps, the Sons of Vet- I erans escorting Commander Monfort i and party, the G. A. R. camps, Lincoln 1 rusi, rsiue .rost 2bu, Topeka Post 71 Fort Pillo Post 321, the W. R. C Blue corps No. 5 and Topeka corps No. 94 of the W. R. C, Lincoln Cir cle, Ladies of the G. A. R., and the Auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans. CALLS ON GIBBONS Billy Sunday Makes Visit to Catholic Cardinal. Noted Church Men Have "Sure Enough Fanning Bee." Baltimore, Mil., March 4. Cardinal Gibbons received Billy Sunday r.t the archiepiscopal residence Friday. The visit of the noted evangelist was purely social. It was arranged by Dr. How ard Kelly, the noted surgeon, who ac companied Sunday to the cardinal's home. "Ma" Sunday was also in the party. Sunday and the cardinal chiefly dis cussed the difficulty of speaking to large audiences. TJiroat Not Ailing. "I don't see how to manage to make all those persons hear you," smiled the cardinal after the informal introduction was done. "I remember one time when I had to address a great multitude in the open air. The meet ing was in a kind of public square and oh, it was very difficult making my self heard to all those persons. "How is your throat getting on. Mr. Sunday?" he asked. "I understand Humphreys Seventy-seven For Colds, Influenza, GRIP It takes a very skillful physician to tell the difference between the Grip and a bad Cold, so don't bother yonr bead about the name, ir your bones ache, with pains and soreness in the head, chest and back, cough, sore throat and influenza, or any of these, take "Seventy-seven." To get the best results, take six pellets at the first sneeze or shiver. If you wait till your bones ache, it may take longer. 25c. or $1.00, at all druggists or mailed. Humphrey's Homeo. Medicine Co. 156 William Street. New York. Advertisement, i EARL LOBACH MENU Rexall at the Fountain Chicken Sandwich 10c Pimento Cheese Sandwich 10c Ham Sandwich 10c Peanut Butter Sandwich 10c Tongue Sandwich 10c Coffee 5c Hot Chocolate with Wafers. .10c Cocoa 10c Beef Bouillon 10c Tomato Bouillon 10c Chicken Bouillon 10c Tully-McFarland DRUG CO. Topeka's Rexall Store .Ninth and Kansas Are. OPEN TODAY The Main Line Shining Parlor 526K Kansas Ave. ALL SHINES Every Day Every Day By same management as parlors at 801 Vi and 525 Kansas avenue. Remember Same Price Every Day. Couctis and Colds Are Dangerous. Few of us realize the danger of Coughs and Colds. We consider them common and harmless aliments. However statis tics tell ua every third person dies of a lung ailment. Dangerous Bronchial and Lung diseases follow a neglected cold. As your body struggles against cold germs no better aid can be had than Dr. Kings New Discovery. Its merit has been tested bv old and young. In use over 43 rears. Get a bottle today. Avoid the risk of serious Lung ailments. Druggists. Ad vertisemen t. from the newspapers that you have had laryngitis." "Yes." answered the evangelist, "but Dr. Kelly here," arid he waved his hand toward the surgeon, "and Mrs. Sunday are taking care of me." "I'm delighted to hear it," the cardinal responded. Talk Baseball. Sunday's baseball experiences were spoken of by the cardinal, who is him self a rather ardent fan. The cardinal asked Sunday if he had ever played baseball in Baltimore. Sunday said he hadn't, but wished he had. He should have, the cardinal said. He said that this was a town that used to be worth playing ball in. They talked of Anson, of McGraw, of Jennings and of the famous Oriole "champs" of 20 years ago. Both were pretty well agreed that Anson was the king of first sackers. McGraw and Jennings, it was evident, had a warm spot in the hearts of both. The cardinal referred to the former Oriole shortstop as "Hughey." "The good old days of baseball are gone," said the cardinal, and Sunday yielded a ready assent. "I enjoyed meeting Mr. Sunday very much and wished him Godspeed." said the cardinal later. And Billy Sunday declared: "I'd never met the cardinal and wanted to." GOLD ON EAST COAST Storm Reaches New England; low Temperatures in Florida. Washington, March 4. Low tem peratures prevailed along the Atlantic coast as far south as Florida today. The weather bureau forecast prom ised, however, that the weather would 5c I Extend You a Personal Invitation To Visit My Scotch The Where I Have d New and Complete line of Gent's Furnishings At Popular Prices Specializing on Men s $1.50 and $2.00 Hats 532 Kansas Avenue With Tom Powell Suit to Order at the Scotch Woolen Mills $15 and up 6 FIRST MORTGAGES On Improver Kansas Farms Subject to Prior Sale Loan No. 10483, $1,000.00, 6S interest, payable annually, term of loan five years. The security in this loan is 80 acres of land in Butler county, Kansas. Our examiner reports the property worth $2,400.00. The borrower owns land adjoining, and has Just bought this place re cently. The security is ample and the loan is desirable. The assessed valuation of the property for taxation is $2,015.00. Loan No. 10435, $1,300.00, 6 interest, payable semi-annually, term of loan five years. The security in this loan is 80 acres of land in Kingman county, Kansas, and is all in cultivation. It is located 1 miles from a small town and is assessed for taxation at $1,994.00. Our examiner's valuation of the property is $3,200.00. We Are in the Market for FARM LOANS in Eastern and Central Kansas LOWEST CURRENT RATES MONEY READY NO DELAY EFFICIENT SERVICE Write or Call for Full Particulars Further Kansas and Oklahoma Lists and Full Particulars Upon Request The Pioneer Mortgage Co. MULVANE BUILDING TOPEKA, KANSAS r KEEP THIS AD IT IS WORTH $1.00 TO YOU Any new patients presenting this ad will receive $1.00 worth of dental work KUKK. This places you under no obligation to have more than the U:Jar s worth of work. My prices are so reasonable for first-class dental work that it will pay vou to travel miles to patronize me. My reason for making this inducement is to demonstrate my FAiNLICSS method. DO YOLK TEETH NEED CLEANING If so all you need to do Is to bring this ad and get It done BEMEMBEK THE NAME AND LOCAT N PAINLESS ROMINE CARPETS M5 RUGS Have you carpets that need cleaning? Have you carpets that are worn out? Don't throw them away. Call McCormick. We Clean, Refit, Sew, Size. Scour. Lay Them, or make Them Into RUGS. It isn't expensive and It's better done by McCormick Rug Factory itLfWS Phone 421 Money to Loan on Real Estate Repayable Monthly Come and talk it over with us. CAPITOL Building Loan Ass'n. moderate tonight and Sunday. The storm, which was central yesterday over North Carolina, moved northeast ward rapidly, increasing greatly in in tensity and its center today was off the New Kngland coast. Gal ?s wen reported all along the coast as far south as Jacksonville. During the night the wind attained a velocity of 56 miiee an hour off Cape Hatterait New Store Does your door check work right. We repair door checks of all kino's. Call us. W irlve special atten tion to repair and job work, alflo weather stripping. Cook Sons Contractors and Builders. 110 West eth Ave. Shop Phone 823. Res. Ph. 2957-K1 Dept. .1 784 Kansas At.. Topeka, Kan. Hours 8 to 0; Suuday 10 to 12 822 Van Burcn St. aa Buckwheat Flour You'll need some more Pennsylvania Buckwheat D. O. COE Wholesale and Retail 119 E. 6th St. J L. M. PENWELL Undertaker and Embalmer THOMAS E JONES, Assistant Phone 12 508-510 Quincy St. FREE I I

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1916 5 The Question of Preparedness Q. K. Lard The Superior Produdt for the Particular Housewife No bad odor with O. K. LARD, as you will in variably find when using cheap substitutes or oils for cooking and baking. O. K. LARD is made from pure leaf. It is rendered in open kettles, it is carefully strained and i3 packed in dust-proof, air-tight pails for your protection. Made in the Cleanest Packing House in America Ask Your Grocer for O. K. Lard and Watch the Improvement in Your Baking The Chas. Wolff Packing Company Topeka, Kansas MORE Seems like we will never quit in creasing our outqut of All that's necessary is to make MORE BETTER BREAD and put it out to the grocers 30 they can supply the demand. The people who want Good Bread use it! We are putting more and MORE real food into College Hill and Kleon Maid Breads. That, as we understand it. ia what you want. FVjr other lines of merchandise you will go to the Ugitlmate dealers. THAT IS NOTHING MORE THAN FAIR TO THE HOME MERCHANTS G. L. Jordan's College Hill Bakery G. L. JORDAN, Proprietor. 15 th and Lane. Free Estimates on Packing and Storage We have an experienced estimator who will be glad to tell you the exact cost of packing your goods, cost of moving them to the warehouse, amount of room required and the cost of storage. This service is free for the asking. Topekc Transfer St PHONE 3556. orage Co. When Applied to Your Office Stationery and Printed Matter Can Best Solved by Calling on JONES BIRCH 923 Kansas Avenue Telephone 861 AT HOME I WISH MINE D'D: 1 x i m f 1 itK a.po'ogies t& WOOL SOAR "AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM" ARE values in our community SHRINKING? Is our neighboring- town getting AHEAD faster than ours? Are we making a POOR bargain? Have WE cause to WISH we had done differ ently? Then this old familiar picture (one of the best known in the world) may start us thinking on the right track. HOME val ues are bound to SHRINK, if our policy of trading is WRONG. We only need to borrow the wisdom of a child to appreciate the value of trading at home. Patronize the Home Merchant. Just Look at It holds the mat tress in place Keeps it from spreading The bed always "makes up" so neatly It's the delight of the housewife that Edge THE SPRING IS "SO" COMFORTABLE It is made from the highest grade steel wire, is guaranteed for 25 years and covered by a free fire insurance policy THE McENTIRE "NEW WRINKLE" EDGE Is the ONLY one on any coil spring which will hold the mattress in place Ask. Your Furniture Dealer to Show It to Yon. Planning to BUILD A Home Let us figure with you on the whole job of CONSTRUCTION If your contract is already let, give us a chance on the MILL WORK IF WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY AND ASSURE YOU BEST WORK, You're Inter ested Are You Not? All Home Work! The Topeka Planing Mill 225 Jackson St. J. M. READ, Proprietor T. G. SMITH SON Topeka Boosters Who Deserve Your Patronage TILE FLOORS AND WAINSCOTING OUR SPECIALTY TILE AND WOOD MANTELS 931 KANSAS AVENUE T. G. SMITH TEL. 1261 L. C. SMITH Meadow Gold Butter is Made From Purest Pasteurized Cream Made in Topeka Pasteurized cream compar ed purity with unpasteurized cream, is as distilled to undis tilled water. Because of this Meadow Gold excels in flavor and keep ing qualities. Made Right, Sealed Tight You risk nothing when you order Meadow Gold. It's al ways satisfactory and palatable to the last particle. 1 uofm Ask Your Grocer for The Beatrice Creamery Co., Topeka

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6 ENORMOUS ARMY PRnuincn tm in i hub iwtrtV a i-.r i an SENATE MEASURE first Prepared aeM Bill Is In- trodueed in Congress Today. rovides Standing Army of I 178,004) and Reserves. -EDERALIZE NATIONAL GUARD .ar'c Federal Volunteer Army A No Is Planned. Lost Comprehensive Prepared- t ness Measure Kver Uravui. I I Washington, March 4. The senate fcrmv bill was. introduced today by Chairman Chamberlain of the military omn.ittee. It proposes the most fhni:ii!h measures of military pre-mparedn- s ever presented to congress Xri peace times, anil is the fir-t of the national defense dills urged by Presi pcr.it Wilson to be completed and in fcri uluced. The measure proposes to increase ihe peace strength of the army Hi S78.UUO men of all arms, to federalize he national guard with a peacj Strength of 271.(100 men. to create a ederal volunteer army, comparable Mo the continental army proposed by lormoi' .Secretary Garrison of the war Ilipart ment, to provide adequate re- d erve systems of the regulars an uardsm'ii under short term enlist- anents with the colors, to create a far ftpreadlng reserve of engineers, doc- Cons, mechanics and all other civilian Supporters with fighting troops and mo prim. le an OIKlcers reserve corps vith defii ibligalioiM the Federalize S. a UndM- the nen&te plan, federaliza tion of the National Guard is pro posed nrdcr a military pay hill, ana Ihe authority of the national govern nent over the body in times of peace hr war, widely extended to secure atte nuate training and discipline. "It is the most comprehensive rneas e in the way of preparedness ever rrv"nted to eiiher houve ol congress. roniiM'ir Chamberlain said. "The esssnt Lai features comprise a Auf f ii lent increase of the regular army fto enable the mobile fore? to be or ganized in divisions and brigades, and So provide a sufficient corps of coast aumbry to man wi;:1 tug and approve I Ajicw batteries. The new mobile army Swill compri.se sixty -four r giments of j nfantry organized Into seven divi- 1 Ions- twenty-five regiments of cav- airv, rrt;anizeu nun two uiisioiik t i a in a tin- nemamiuu reflnments atiacneo infantrv divisions: twenty-one regi- i ments of field artillery and seven regi- frnents of engineers. This will give 1 1 r, m i i'-.nit.iiii i f i i 't 1 1:1 n in nn.wnii jpi'd (ho PhTiippfnes and provide four infnntrv and two cavalry division -aa i 1 1 i i.uitfji st:its Volunteer Forces. W "llkaldjtior to the reor uiixation ?bf 1 Up sj jfu)a r a rrny. pre vision is madi Bfor .lA'- -;orgu nization of -olunteer fjor'-e's ia each congressional d i strict. JMoip liberal appropriations tor tho Satlonal mtard and other features In tended to build up that force are i -liided. The volunteer force author ized will be a btrictly federal force. l'ri u-ion i.- made for an officeQ resere corps and for a reserve -offi cers training enrps, iiuendt-Li t em- race st udents al ollcges and otlior military inslruc- flions. t "A short enlistment is provided to unduce men of the regular army to Center the reserve and a payment of U24 per annum will be made-to insure (their connection with the war depart- r .V.L'1 Jgani.ution of the army is continued. I but the minimum strength of organi sations is not so low as at present, no porganiza i ion I ng required to absorb I more than one-third of its- war I Strang) h of reservists or recruits In Te ent of war. a "Th is gives a peace strength f ZRbortl i:."0.000. which, with thn federal Kvcdunteers and naiional guard, should j e en tu ally provide a much better I Mate of defense than at present. Sum-! m till mij im nit) in- in 1 1 n- ui 1 amer camps of instructions will be pro i i' 1 for those wlm do not find from entefit to attach themselves to any of the forces authorized permanently." IANKS BREAK RECORD Clearing-; In hicag Tim it Ece Before. ll Chicag March 4. 'hlcago bank Clearings 'his week surpassed all pre vious records by reaching a total of 9451 .1 5 7, 4 24. The previous high mark vas $402.920. 7f 8, made for the week 9t January 8, 1 1 1 New i k. March 4. The statement Eof the act uul condition of clearing khouse banks and triiFt companiea for Ihe week shows that they hold JUT.. W20.000 reserve in excess of legal re- inlrenients. his js an increase of i$2,521,tju0 over last week. FIND BODY IN CANAL Uhlcagu Drainage River .i- Iiody of Rich Liquor Dealer. Chicago, March 4. Discovci v rthc biidy "f Charlen hlotchkiss, u well Eto-do retired liqu,,r dealer, in a drain- lure canal mi tin- si uth .-iilc. puzzled Chicago police today. .Tfo.tchl?r--.s disappeared two weeks -iro. There were no .signs of violence on the Lody except a slight scratch .mtvr th- right eye which physicians "said could not have caused death. The Ebody apparently had been in the water Caliout three days. MILITARY SHIRKERS MAY LOSE PROPERTY IN FRANCE parte, March 4. A bill propos ing confiscation of the property of persons who have evaded m0n&ry only oy flight or residence nbroad will be introduced in. the chamber of deputies by M. Jcnouvrier. flfeaKBHSW LgBsissSh'-LsWiWBjl High School Orchestra. "Hejst in State," which will play tonight in the annual High Sehoul Musical concert at High School Auditorium. Music is on the boom at the High School. In the two years, since the installation of Sherrill Smith, ns directory of music it has jumped to the rank of the most popular student activity outside of athletics. He has developed a 1 "-piece orrhestra, a hoys' glee club, a girls' glee club ami a colored band of Jubilee singers. At the state musical, contest at Kmporia last year Topeka Hish school carried av.ay most of the first prizes and they anticipate doing the Hunt next month. The annual musical concert of the High School will be given tonight in the high school auditorium. A tine program of numbers by the orchestra, the boys' glee club, the girls' glee club and the Jubi les singers has been arranged anl citizens of Topeka will have an opportunity to hear public school music in its highest development. The( proceeds of the concert will go towards the purchase of a grand piano for the High school auditorium. The members of the orchestra are: First violin, Wayland Dunham. Paul McKee, Boyd Shref fer; seeond violins, Mabel Suit, Harold Naylor, Karl Wood, Gearge Greenwood, Seymour Harpet. Clyde Smalley; first cornet, Kmmett Shumway: second cornets. Joseph Hicks and Curtis First; clarinet. Frank Holloway; horn. M;it hew Kendall; trombone. Roy Nay lor; eello. William C. Menninger; piano, Ruth tJafehe. WIDE PROSPERITY Week's Market Shows Healthy Domestic Conditions. Political (Situation lias Baneful! Effect on Stocks. New York. March 4. Stocks were under the depressing influence engen dered by political conditions for the greater part of the week but recov ered much of their loss later, when the fluffed States senate voted to sus tain the attitude of the administration in the matter of the submarine coptry- versy with Germany. During the tu a majority of the club members, and attitudes but made no objections to his midweek when liquidation and short I f ne finds 1 45 suits most of them examination because he had been re selUng were mcst pronounced, vari- Pt ln(- meeting? will be held at that quested by both parents to take the us issues repeated or went unuer ao low levels registered the latter part of January. The action ot the market uuring mis trying period once more cuniirnied i what had been suspected, that techni- i ci cunuuions weie eAunnrij 'J reason of a continuance of the over j exienoeu uuu pocmon. T s-peeuiaii t- hwoubm cie uirywn iim i "ctiin hivu urncrs in i in the many orders that

weita as prices yielded but y substantial these WW partly offset buying. ron-ign x-uihk 1 1 1 uilukciiioi uiuumuic im t vestment do man would have been 1 more potent a- this juncture mit fori ilalost aucressiotis of the Teutonic forces in the western nrena of ti war. Foreign selling was moderate, ci'ndition attributed to England's bet control of its inohiiixeu Am.Ti.an-f securities here was lurther heavy rading. n "A-evcr, :n which niadt Anglo-rnrhf war t.onns an actual new nuniniu m of I:;1- and naturally bore upon the i.,..nch.,n ,tf MM) fiiriirn -rodits Xe- gotiaUonil fr the placing of tag Phil Billard has the accident iusur smn loan in the form 'f f,,an iance buR since Mb brother. Robert, has ,ceptances arc in process of coin pie- D drawing: S82.50 a week from ae- uon ano n m Meinmi in i i-e4trl do ii.-V.iir advices wan i-a'r i ,.r 7.1. ,-f ,mor mc. cased ailwav and industrial earning larger divi- end." maintenance of bank clearings and the comprehensive trade r vi-w I k..,h r ;r fresh proof of widespread prosperity DEATHS AND FUNERALS MILS MARTHA A I K MAN JOHN- SON. widow of Colonel Thomas John son. died Friday evening at the homo i of her daughter. Mrs. J. N. Strickler. in Kansas City. Mo. She is survived bv Mrs. Strickler and a son. T. A. I Clements of Kansas City. lrs. John son came to Topeka in 1871 from 'Washington. Ind. She lived here un it t m six years ago, w nen sne went iu iv with her (i.umnin'. l ne nooy win ot.- tak n to Washington, ir.d.. where ser s will be held Sunday. vie MRS. BERTHA FORD, who com mitted suicide at her home in Carbon dale Thursday, will he buried Sunday in Carbond:: le cemetery. She is sur vived by one brother. Charles Holton, two sisters. Mrs. Mary Stinger of Bur- hngamo and .Mrs. i om reene or v ar- "in dale. and several relatives in To peka. MILS. .IKNNIK GLADWIN, mother of Mrs. George Stansfield. who died in Boston, will be buried in Topeka. Mrs. Gladwin was 69 years old. Arrange ments for the funeral will be madt I later. MRS. A NG BLINK M'CANNA. age 78. died Fi id;.y night at her home. 1188 c lav street. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon j ;it the residence. Interment in Mounl Hope cem.'tery. lOSKl'H BABCOCK. who died Feb ruary US in Denver, will le buried in Mount Hope cemetcrv Mondav after Up I noon. Services wili be held at the home of his daughter. Mrs. H. C. Stev ena 6U Morris avenue, at 2:30 o'clock Mundi.y. 4 1. .Iie:l Vri- The body was j day at a local hospital, taken to Reserve. Kan.. for interment. UBS. I i .1 .i.A HOWARD, age 5$, died Friday at her home. 103 North Van Buren street. Arrangements for the funeral will he made later. ,n-t. v. WRIGHT, who was killed j at Lansing, Kan.. Thursday, will be buried Sunday afternoon in Rochester cemetery. Services will be held in the Kansas Avenue Methodist church J at 2 o'clock Sunday. MRS. SOPHIA SAMUELSON. The i funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning at Penwell's chapei. I The body will be taken to Oiage City i for interment. JEREMIAH K DL'MM KR. The i funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Sun j day morning at i'enwell's chapel. In 1 terment in Lecomptoti cemetery. THE TOPEKA DAILY HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA TABLE TALK AT THE COMMERCIAL CLUB From fifty to one hundred women of the Federated clubs are expected to be present at the "Clearing Hou?e of Ideas'' at the Commercial club Mon day afternoon. At that time Dr. Charles M. Sheldon will give a lecture on "Civic Improvements in Foreign Cities." George Guild of the Central National bank would like to have the "Clear ing House of Ideas" meetings held al 11!:45 o'clock instead of 1 o'clock. President Webb is willing to hold the inceting at the time most satisfactory time Not only does President Wel4 go nn.iiTiH urwl tai momhpr t,t a,trft mnA attend meetines but he ear- r;Pfi in ..hairs and mmtm tn the telenhone and urges tardy members to hurry up an be present at "Clearing House of Ideaar meetings and at committee meetings, as well. J. Will Kelley. secretary of the Com-! mercial club, and a committee on Merchants' week have met and sea li ned a list of merchants and jobbers who might aid in the big celebration. C. '-eeley of the West Motor Car, j company, if a new member of the; Commercial club. K. K. KarBBdall, u Ottawa, called on j g-jsk KeUey seafetary of he. Com- niercial club, today to make arrange ments for the annua! convention of h Kansas Comrriercial Omanteation st B (limi,ontl,in held at Salina on March 11. ddent policies held at the time he fr .ctured an arm. However, all acd-'ml de,lt insurance companies insist on'.ysteni. With the appointment of Mr. waving the aviation part of Phil s life. schaffer, a new system of watch in- j i, ,M Phil Kastman "a their heads close together today, and promised that .something new on v..- oiaic mil i 11 i'- ill--ii w'-ui'l Le l r j me inspection OI ail Wdlinf." I given out in a short time. Mr. Pen-! carried by emplovees on the two di well recently returned from a big i visions of the coast lines, known as dance at Abdallah Temple. Leaven- I the desert divisions. Mr. ."-'chaffer's worth, which he says was one of the territory extends from Albuquerque, finest affairs he ever attended. I p. M.. to Mojave, Cat, a distance of I 81S miles. In the divisions. 506 cn- C. B. Merriam. as chaiman of the i gineers. conductors, yardniasters and union depot committee, has chosen the engine foremen are employed who men he wishes U. serve on the commit- carry standard watches. tee. They arc: J. K. Burrow. David i For vears the -time service depart Bowie and H. A. Auerbach. j ment of the Santa Fe has been at- l tempting to evolve a satisfactory sys The Co-Ops will hold their weekly I tem of watch inspection on the desert dinner at Pelletier s Tuesday noon. divisions. Heretofore, it has been im MUNITIONS IN A WELL Suspect (ierman Obtained Cartridges to Aid 1 prising in India. Shanghai, March 4. The police have discovered four cases of artillery j iti nt tnfc bottom of well in the gard.n ached to the resi dence of the Ge man who was said to i have been th insMgator of a plan to Bend war munitions secretly to India, j A dispa'ch fron Shanghai last Oc tober sah three Chinese had been placed on trial there charged with having in th-ir possession 1 30 pistols i and 20.0f( cartridges and that It was one in each division of the Shawnee testified a German had delivered them county district court. In the first d,i to the Chinese with instructions to vision Ethelene F. Jordan was granted fP to India hidden in special- ly const,-. 'Ucd packagee. for the pur- pose of aiding: an uprising against the British. ORANGE DAY IN CHICAGO W iiuly tlly to Hold California Fruit Celebration March 18. Chicago. 111.. March 4. Chicago will eat its fill of oranges on March 18. eat 119 1111 OI OrailKCW Oil .Udi n jl o e,,J I.,. h w ,fi,.iiK- ot r.irfo 5 i,v Mav.r Thr,Tnr,..n as "Orange day by Mayor rnompson in grocery and fruit stores will take on a golden hue in elaborate exhibits of the fruit. The mayor issued the proclamation at the request of J. E- Byrnes. Chicago representative of the California Fruit Growers' association. Mr. Byrnes an nounced that elaborate preparations were being made to observe the day throughout the country. Mayor William Hale Thompson's proclamation says Chicago uses S 1 000.000 worth of California oranges each year. That the mayor will lead in the celebration was assured by the fact that the first box of the California fruit to arrive here has1 been ordered by Mr. Byrnes sent to the chief execu- tive home STATE JOURNAL 1 BABY SHALL LIVE Dorothy Cleveland May Become Pretty Young Woman. Dr. Haiselden Examines Mouth less Des Moines Infant Des Moines, Mart h 4. Dr. Harry J. Haiselde.i. Chicatro ohvsician. ex amined the defective baby. Dorothy t Cleveland, it Methoc'ist hospital today ,nd ruled thai she could live "She is bright," he said, snapping his fingers in hr face, while local physicians stood about in unfriendly case. 1 think the facial deformities caat be .corrected by. an operation so that she H1RV lie CVCIl a UrettV Wl'ITliUI. Baby Cleveland should live if she can. and I think she has a fair chance jf 1 K recovery from nor nresent iiiirieui convulsions and rral-mtt riiim Dr. Haiseldcn considers his conn- lion with the case closed with his in- advance was made after dusk by fresh spection and will return to Chicago I Prussian brigades who had replaced tonight accompanied fcy his sistrf I the troops engaged in the morning Mrs. Jennie Rutherford, who was with and afternoon attacks. After desper him today. t ate fighting thev managed to get a Dr. Haiselden said that Des M nines fpotinj5 on the extreme edge of the had better operators than he and tie L plateau whence they pushed forward case jjg better left in their "c;-. j Into the houses on the Xorth side of SCHAFFER IS .jr. j till Ke Tiaeliiie Watch Iiwpertor on

Sanla i-'e Coast lauc. Effective March 15. F. K. Schaffer. who for several years has been a traveling- clock inspector for the Santa Fe. will become traveling watch in spector for the coaet lines of the road, according to an announcement this morniQ hv H. a. .Montgomery, gen wn trh inspector for the Santa Fe spection On Ihe coast lines becomes effective, The duties of the traveling watch ini,ect.,r a newlv 'created uosition possible to inspect the r,il6 watches I every seven days a? is done on other divisions of the sustem. because of the scarcity of watchmakers in that section of the country. At Albu querque. Call up, Winslow, Kingman and Needles the company has resid-n inspectors. At Williams. Ash Fork. Seligman." Cadta, Bagdad. Flagstaff. Goffs. Barstow and Mojave. however, no" inspectors 'nave been maintained. Train crews- are stationed at all of the point, however. No announcement has been made .of the appointment of a traveling clock inspector to succeed Mr. Schaffer. TocAiTioir Two divorces were granted today. a ivorce from George M Jordan, and in the second division Lulu H. Brewer was granted a divorce from Leon J. Brewer. K A. Koester. D. D. S.. 710 Mills Bldg. Special attention srivon to pyor rhea and oral prophylaxis. Adv. Economy Exp.-ess Co. Adv. I Phone 1060. The newly appointed officers of bat tery A will be mr.de to show their ig norance or knowleree tonierht tit thr

officers mcetmp in the armory. A searching blackboard drill on tec techni cal and practical problems will be con- dufd by Cap;ain John, M. Hite. wh has beer, "bonini on the subject for sever&l months. Safety razor modes sbarjieiiefl better thna new. 3e-35e loz. Brunt Drug Co. Adv. Glass, Glaring and Paint. Miller Gillespie. 833 K A. Phone 355. Adv. A state wide financial campaiga was launched today noon at the Ceu- i tral Y. M. C. A. by members of the boprd of the stae Y. M. organization. From March 12 to 18 all of the secre- j Laries of K i organizations will turn their attention to soliciting funis j for the state association. The stare association budget is dependent Ofl voluntary subscriptions and amounts to $21,000 SATURDAY EVENING, 14 FUTILE ATTACKS I Freneli Minister of Var Re views Verdun Assault. riaiins Frpnrh Still Dominate Douauuiont From Heights. FIERCE BATTLE CENTER THERE Grav Letrions .Melted Away Be-! w fore Maelllne Guns. Encounter Wire Entanglements in Hail of Bullets. I n (-,u, faisT oTwar. Vs'oTdthe'm-' mission on military affairs of the chamber of deputies that he is ..at's- :neet at i o clock this evening at tPe fkd with i he situation at Verdun. He National hotel to escort Elms R. ..Ion gave details of the reserves of men fort, national commanderer-in-cn'ef. and stocks of ammunition now avail- and staff to Memorial hall, able. Military writers say it was in j The Monday Tourist club will hold keeping with all the precedents Uiat a guest day meeting Monday at the the Germans should attempt to re- home of Mrs. C E. Neil at 617 Taylor, duce the pillar of Douaumont plateau j VIK aq ik sassdisou. juujsissc otu. for this key must be won bef far Beach. Mrs Day. Mrs. Carnahan and thcr progress can be maae. Mrs. Welty. The attack began after a long pre- Tonight the Gem theater at 508 hminary bombardment on Wednesd iv Kansas avenue will close for the con German columns started to deploy tractors to tear away the old building from Hardamount wood on the nphi atlf rebuild a new modern, up to date and at the same time advanced on Lhe fireproof theater. The Gem will be village ot mix. ihe latter atiaeK i failed with heavy losses to the Ger (mans. The French artillery fire was so fier.e that the Germans were un able to p sh the attack on any j.oint of the Douaumont plateau. h:.' profited on the night, however. oy bringing up masses of reserves rtiid the fighting began with renewed fary on Thursday. During the morning and the afternoon the desperate on slaughts were made by Pomeranian j .nd Krandenburg regiments. Charge I'ntil None Are Left. In the first and second attacks the assailants, w ho fought with Broai 1 bravery, reached the French barbed wire but so fierce was the hail of bul lots from the machine guns and riflea that the gray coated legions mel.cd awav. The officers rallied them aain and again until no more were l ft to rally The third attack began about o'clock In the afternoon it was even more violent than those which have Li receded. For more than an hour the Germans came on in serried ranks. hurling" themselves regardless of cost against the ridges held by the French men. At last the defenders line wav ered at two points but only momentar ily and the counter attack driven home with the bayonet, drove the Ger mans bat k to the shelter of the cham- brettes of the Hardaumont ravines The Ccrmaiif, then resumed the; bombs roment. ploughing up the ground and pulverizing the rocks with 'hundreds ot bie shells. The fourth tno vi iiage The Germans now hold Douaumont village but the French dominate them from (omnianding heights. As the sides are very evenly matched it is Hkely that the jllage will change Vt'tmlu iititro Vii nni-r lidfiii-d 1 lijt tie eiit.s. in- experts say mai oer- man possession of it is only tempor- ary and that the technical advantage remains with the French, whose lines continue unbroken. The Stalest of Kgss. Some workmen on an ostrich farm in South Africa one day found a live Fhell left by some artillerymen who had been at target practice plains a few days before N. on the Not know ing it was loaded they whitewashed it and placed it in an ostrich's nest, thinking to play a joke upon the bops. The next morning one of the hands, an Irishman, came around to look for eggs, and finding, as he thought, a large one. he seized on it at once. Tn his -..st.misbment at finding it so heavv he dropped it. with the result that it exploded with direful effect. Pat was hurled several yards away. but. strangely enough, beyond lying stunned for a few minutes, he was unhurt. "Whew, boys!' he murmured, when he recovered his speech, "bedad. that egg Was ihe stalest I lver knocked acrofs!" -Chicago News "Th" liiwyer next lnnr luis been forced Into Imnkrnpi'-y with big liabilities but no :tf.sets to sppftk of." "Why. a lawyer's pacta are his nubilities." Ha It I more American. SOCIETY GIRL TO DRIVE AMBULANCE IN BLOODY FRANCE Miss Mary Eyrt. California is to send one of its best known society women to France, who will take and actually drive a motor supply ambulance in aid of the French wounded in the war. Miss Mary Eyre of San Francisco, who has volunteered for this exciting and highly dangerous mission, intends leaving for France the lattei part of April. MARCH 4, 1916 SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS. 1 5 arso Morrow will attend a pub Ushers' meeting at Omaha next week Take a ride in the new Dort, $650 lit will please you. Motor Service Co. 113-115 West Tenth. Adv The Tope.;a W. C. T. U. will hold its institute Monday at the Y. W. C. A. buildings, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. and lasting all day. A special young people's service will be held at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Swedish Bethel Mis- church. The Rev. x. a. Tegneii WH1 aeliVer an aaaress. Mrs. Menninser's Bible class will meet Monday afternoon at 2:30. The hostesses will be Mrs. J. D. Klein. Mrs. Richard Thomas. Mrs. J. E. Thomas and Airs. Frank Campbell. "Application of Jesus's Teachings to Economic Life" will be the subject of Dr. Arthur S. Henderson's lecture to his Bible class Sunday morning at the Congregational church, Blue Post No. 2?0. O. A. 1!.. will closed about a month. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Winant of 716 Madison street have gone for a trip to 1 the east. They will be gone six weeks and will visit New York. Chicago, Bos ton, Philadelphia. Cincinnati, Minne apolis and Washington. William D. Fisher, of Alliance, Neb., arrived Friday to visit Judge and Mrs. Hugh T. Fisher. Mr. Fisher is sec retary of the Alliance, Neb., Commer cial club and was formerly connected with the Topeka Commercial club. Fred Voiland will be the speaker at the Young Men's club at the Y. M. C A. tomorrow afternoon on the sub ject "And So Forth." At the Cur rent Topic club Monday night W. H. Wasson, city commissioner of finance, will discuss our cities' finances. A reception will be given in honor of Fred Siegel of Emporia at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siegel. 233 Buchanan street. A meet ing of the Epworth league of the Ger man M. E. church, of which he was formerly a member will take place.be- for the reception lleging that phe was hurt $o,000 worth in a street car accident of No vember 3, 1915, Mrs. Matilda Gold smith has filed suit for the amount in the district court against the street railwa1- company. Mrs. Goldsmith says sne was on an East Sixth street car when it crashed into another car. i Another fire due to burning soot on the roof was extinguished by the fire j department this morning at 913 West j Fourth street. The two story frame residence is the property of Mrs. L. A. Kddy and was occupied by E. A. Cox. I The damage was very small. The j alarm was turned in at 10:2S o'clock; this morning. "Barnacles" is the subject of the ad- dress lor the Sunday afternoon service if thp rivrnn -T i ln-L- ovanoclietip i camoaien Leinsr conducted at the First j rj. P. church, corner of Twelfth and Quincy. The imuortance of testimonv was the subject of Evangelist Clark's; address last night. Following the ser- i, -1.1 s 1 winch several conversions were an i mmnced. Nine hams and a slab of salt pork were found when nine Mexicans, head ed by Thomas Valencia, were arrested by the police at 126 Madison street Friday night. The raid on the house followed the burglarizing of Thomas Horsfield's grocery store at Second and Monroe street?. Several hams were taken from the store. The bur glars in entering broke a hole in the window glass. A large audience listened last night to the lecture given by Dr. Chas. M. Sheldon at the First Congregation la church, for the benefit of the build ing fund of the Swedish Bethel Mis- sion cnurcn on tne subject. rne ai- ue of a Human Being.'' Two quartet I numbers were given by Mrs. J. W. 1 Johnson, Mrs. Gust Johnson. Mrs. 3ust Johnson. Mrs. John W. Nygren and Miss Ituth Xygren. How a healthy man made himself into a cripple by a simple twist of the wrist was demonstrated to the police Friday evening, officials say. Charles OueJey, arrested for walking away from the Schrinopskie pawn shop with a suit of clothes has been playing the game in Topeka, Chief Parsons say. Ousley sometimes gives his arm a twist and distrot? it in order to arouse sympathy, the police claim. Judge John c. Pollock of the fed eral court has just returned to Kansas after spending lobr weeks at Aubu querque holding court for Judge W. H. Pope, judge of that district, who has been sick. He crowded two terms of co u rt i nto the f ou r weeks and has been under somewhat of a strain. He has only a few days in which to re cuperate before opening court at Wichita. The term there convenes, March 1Z. "She needn't think I am going to do all the honeying up.' So reported Walter James to Rad Lee of the coun ty attorney's office in speaking of his domestic troubles. Late Friday after noon James filed euit for divorce against his wife, Emma James. For cause of action. James says his wife once caused his arrest for wife deser tion without reason. Rad Lee. divorce proctor, is attempting to thresh out the domestic troubles. In the dual contest last night be tween Washburn and Manhattan co eds Wash burn won hot h ends by a two to one decisions. The Washburn girls who debated here were Flora Harrington, Kathryn Al baugh and Mabel Jones. The girls who went to Manhattan were Avis Clayton, captain. Audrie Myers and Antoinette Iean. The Aggies team consisted of Wilma Burtis, Madge Thompson and Louise Villet. The debate was on the aban donment of the Monroe doctrine. Fifteen thousand dollars will be spent this spring in remodeling the building at 931 Kansas avenue now occupied by the Avalon bakery. Each of the three floors will be made fire I roof and a new front of brick and stone will be erected. Ctithbert Son, contractors, will do the work. The upper floors will be used for office rooms. W. H. Kienlz. manager of the Avalon bakery, announced today that he would vacate the building about April 1. It is- not known where he will move. The building is owned by A. Fassler. A program for th Knou-Vour-T'.wn dinner to held at t he Com mercial club Ttesday evening v. ns rs rouneed today by Marco Morrr.w, ijiali I .WHi of the publicity comm.tfe. Talks will be made by Edward XL Brackett of the Brackett Stripping Machine company; John B. Nicholson of the Kaw Milling company, and Charles Mathews otf the Mutual Laun dry company. Mu ic will be furnished by the Y. M. C. A. quartet and B. 1. Bartlett. Charles Dillon will give some monologue selections. W. W. Webb, preside;;- f tne Commercial club, will preside in the absence of Mr. Morrow. Announcement has been received by the Washburn Dramatic club that they have been admitted to member ship in the American Dramatic league. This is a big honor to the local club as only high class dramatic organiza tions are permitted membership. The league keeps track of all plays being produced and tends reviews and opin ions of them to its member organiza tions. The dramatic league is one of the most potent factors in modern dramatic production. As an example of its power it made Margaret lUing ton a success n "Kindling." aftr evory Broadway manager had de -nounced the play as a failure. Launch Largest Destroyer. Quincy. Mass.. March 4. The Unit ed States torpedo boat destroyer Sampson, named for the late Rear Ad miral Willia mT .Sampson. S, S. N., was launched from the yards of the Fore River Ship Building corporation today. The Sampson is one of the largest desrtoyers in the navy, with an over-all length of 315 feet. GO INSANE IN PRISON Two Women To Be Sent From Leav enworth to Washington. Oi T. Wood, United States marshal, has received instructions from the de partment of justice, to transport two insane prisoners from the Kansas t:tate penitentiary to the federal in sane hospital at Washington. They are Margaret Berkinshaw. a former newspaper reporter, and Louisa Pow ell The Berkinshaw woman is fifty-one years of age and .-s violent and vicious. She was sentenced to the penitentiary from Illinois January 17. J916, on the chs rge of misuse of the mails. She was sentenced to serve a year and a day. Louisa Powell was sent to the peni tentiary from the District of Columbia on the charge of murder In the second degree. She was sentenced November 30, 1912, for twenty years. She is 29 j years of age and her occupation be fore her sentence was that of house wife. Both women became insane aft- er being placed in the penitentiarv. U.S. ROME CONSUL DEAD Bryan's Former Private Secretary a Victim of Heart Disease. Rome. March 4. William F Kelley. the American consul here, was found dead in a chair shortly before break fast hour today. Death was probably due to heart disease. Consul Kelley's home was at Lin coln, Neb., where he ha d practiced law 22 years before entering the gov ernment service as private secretary to Secretary Bryan in October, 1913. He was made assistant solicitor of the state department in August, 1914. and in June last year ha was made a cojk sul. being assigned to Rome. He is a native of Fremont. Ohio, and was 51 years old. HEIR DISPUTE FATAL Soranton Man Shot Brother in FUSS I Over $80,000 Estate. j Scranton, Pa,, March 4. Gustave C. Brenneinan. of this city, was killed by his brother. Charles D. Brenneman, j of Factoryville. Pa., near here, in the law office or Charles soper today, ine brothers have been disputing over the J80.000 esti-te of their father. Daniel Brenneman. an iron manufacturer here. tThey met at the attorney's of fice to sign an agreement and they pulled revolvers simultaneously. MAKES PLANS FOR MARDI GRAS BALL Marian Bankhead. Miss Marian Bankhead, grand daughter of Senator anU Mrs. John Eankhead, of Alabama, is one of the principal workers in the plans for the Sons of Confederate Veterans' ar.r.ual Mardi Gras ball to be held ia Washington March 7. This is one of the big social affairs of the whiter. Miss Bankhead is chairman of the ladies' committee for the ball. PLUNGESJO FEET Two Dead and Eight Injured in K. R. Wreck. Train Goes Through Bridge in South Dakota. Watertown. S. D March 4. Two poisons were killed and eight injured three seriously when a southbound passenger train on the South Dakota Central, for Sioux K:ills plur.ged sixty feet through a bridce about ten miles south of here. The dead: DAVID LOVEJOY, Watertown, a passenger. F. E. DOOIiNO, Denver, passenger. The weakening of the bridge- by firs is believed to have been the cause of the accident. The engine and a mixed mail and express car passed over safely but the three coaches behind plunged through the weakened structure. F. E. Dooling of Denver, Oolo.. a traveling man, was pinned in th wreck ami burned alive. As he flames crept near him he begcred the other passengers who were trying to save him to shoot him. The mail car was pulled down ihrough Ihe breach in the bridge by the falling coaches, but the engine rolled to the side down the embank ment Fire soon broke out in the 'tiled up coaches below the bridge. FOLEY IN THE LEAD Mulvane Gets a Biff oBost in the Par sons Primaries Mulvane stock in the Third district took a big jump today when returns from Parsons showed that P. T. Foley had controlled three of the four city wards of Parsons during the Republi can caucuses and would control the Labette county convention in Oswego Monday. The Foley victory over John Madden, backed by Progressive Re publicans, gave D. W. Mulvane of To peka a strong entrenchment in the national committeemanship fight in the Third district. For a week anti-Mulvane workers have directed their fire against Foley. As soon as the Sedgwick county fight was out of the way. a Kansas City newspaper sent a special representa tive to Parsons to write stories con cerning the things Parsons and La bette county would do to Foley. When the caucuses were held, the most bit ter fight in the city was directed against Foley in his own ward. Of the 124 votes in Foley's home ward cau cus, he received 75 as against 48 for Madden. The returns indicate that virtually the entire Parsons delegation will be behind Foley in the Oswego convention and that Labette county will support Mulvane delegates in the state and congressional conventions. Political interest today centers in the big fight in Wyandotte county. Should Mulvane supporters win in the county the county's voting strength in the Ottawa convention March 14, will virtually insure the Second district to Mulvane- This afternoon Ford county Repub licans will select delegates to the state convention and the congressional con vention at Hutchinson. It is probable ht the vounty will ehowse district delegates favorable to the Candida cy of L. J. Pettyjohn of Dodge City for delegate to the national coiiventio,-,. HABEAS CORPUS FAILS The Court Doc-ided That William Klllott Must Remain In Jail. Attorneys for William Elliott, the youth charged with a statutory crime a;iinsr. Tillie Patterson, the 15-year-okl Xorth Toeka girl, lost their fight for Klliott's removal from the county Jail through habeas corpus proceedi ngs in the district court today. Klliott was arrested Thursday night on war rant issued from the county attorney's office. He was committed to the county jail and Herbert Jamison and J. H. Jenson were appointed by Judp-e Hugh Kisher to defend him. The attorneys, claiming that the boy was less than 16 years of age. filed habeas corpus proceedings to get their clint removed from the county Jail. Following the hearing this morning before Judge Whitcoinb the removal was deied by the court. Klliott's mother and other relatives took the stand and testified that the boy would be 16 years of age next week. George I.onman. a youth who said he had known Klliott. took the stand and testified that Elliott told him a year or so ago that he was 19 years old. Attorneys for Klliott stated this morning that they would appeal to the supreme court late this after- BIRTHS REPORTED Eight births were recorded with th city clerk today as follows: To H. O. SWAN and wife. 1425 .North Kansaa avenue, February "1 a. gin. To M. H. BRAY and wife, 2141 Quincy. February 81, a gii I To DONALD KotJA.V and wife. 9-9 Madison. March 2 a girl. To WJ.yL.lAti HER HEKT and wife, -jl I nion, February 26. a girl To CHARLES F. liROW.X and wife 93. college, February 14, a box To WILLIAM H. 'LARK and wife. 101'4 Lime, January 11, a boy To C. G. MURPHY and wife. 400 Chandler. February 29. a boy To J. W. SHELDON and wife. -Vhite Oak Grove. February 9. a girl. FRINT PAPER INCREASE I. C. C. Apprincs Advance in Freight Rate on News nlllisin alii. Washington, March 4. Increased freight rates on news print paper rrom New England snt northern New York to points west of Pittsburg and Buffalo, east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio river were ap proved today Ky the Interstate Com- A rate of twenty cents a hundred pounds was pronounced reasonable SWEDENWARNS PEOPLE AGAINST SEA RAIDERS Stockholm. March 4. The forM.n office informs The Associated PreV that a warning against embarking on armed merchantmen has been issued to Swedish citizens. ea 1

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 191b ROAD SCRAP IS ON Many Routes Proposed for Hard Surface Highway. Topeka Should Be on First Cross Country Line. S. F. TRAIL MENACE TO CITY Ottawa, Emporia and Osage City Would Beat Us. Petitions Probably Circulated on Red Line Route First. Reports received by the Topeka Au tomobile association indicate that a spirited cortest is in progress rli?ht now among residents on the various proposed routes of the Topeka-Law-rence-Kansas City hard surface road. Vast importance is attached to secur ing the first good road built west of Kansas City before the Hanta Fe trail cities such as Ottawa, Osage City end Emporia obtain such a road. By stepping forward and building the fit3t road, Topeka will be plated on the main line east and weat through the United States. Many To peka business men, in view of the promised development of automobile traffic, consider it fully as important as a main line railway. The first route along whicii peti tions for the road will be circulated is the Red Line. It runs past Topeka cemetery to a point three miles east of Kansas avenue, then south two miles, where it joins a road running two miles east from Highland ark. Then the road runs east another mile, south two miles, and east through Watson five miles to the Douglas county line. From there the road runs esst into Lawrence. Another proposal is to build the road throuerh Highland Park instead of F.L-srt To peka. Other Possible Routes. Other possible routes are east on Sixth or Tenth streets to Tecumseh and to a point two miles further east, then southeast one and a half miles. Immediate Deliveries TI7E are now accepting orders for immediate VV delivery of Velie Model 22. You are invited to inspect this beautiful car at our salesroom. Traditional Velie Quality is maintained throughout at a remarkable price. Such things, for instance, as the Velie-Continental 40-h.p. motor. Multiple dry disc clutch. Automatic ignition. Spiral gears in rear axle. Roomy Streamline body. Genuine leather upholstery, filled with curled hair. Finish 20 operations deep. Compare Velie Values with the ordinary. With the Velie Detachable Winter Top, it affords all thecomfortand lux ury of the closed car. Car with winter top complete $1240. Demonstration on request. Capital Auto Supply Co. Supplies, Storage, Repairs 117-121 E. 7th St. Phone 162 $1065 W SSisL CJSi. F.O.B.MOUNE DODGE BROS. CAR WINS HILL CLIMB Negotiates Steep Pinnacle at Montrose, Colo., With Nine Passengers At a recent hill-climbing contest at Montrose, Colo., a Dodge Brothers car performed a feat never before at tempted on a hil! near the town by climbing to the top with nine passengers weighting a total of 1760 pounds. The contest was started for cars carrying their seating load and the Dodge Brothers car won easily. A seven-passenger car that had stalled requested permission to cut its load to five and it then was successful". But to demonstrate its superior power, the Dodge Brothers car was loaded with four men in addition to its first passengers and easily made the top. The hill was but 200 feet long, but it was crooked and the average grade was 26.6 per cent the steepest portion having a grade of 4..22 per cent and the most level part a grade of only 7 per cent. There were originally a number of cars scheduled to try the climb, but when starting time arrived only three would complete. W. H. IMES CO. 91S-20 Kansas Ave. Phone 3071 Automobile Accessories Motorcycle Supplies Automobile and Carriage Painting and Repairing. Rubber Tires a Specialty T. F. LANNAN Phone 930W South east Corner 5th and Jackson St AUTO TOPS Top repairs, dust hods. slip covers and trimming BlackBmUhing. woodworking, painting. Foredoora built for any make or model. Wheels built or repaired. Special bodlea built for commercial cars. Rubber tires applied. REHKOPF BROS., 205-207-209 West Sixth Street HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES 1016 Models on Display SHAWNEE CYCLE CO. 117 Kast Seventh St. Topeka. Kan. ERWIX KKTXER, Mgr. Phone 1446 AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING Spring Work a Specialty. We build bodies and tops for Mercantile Cars. 326-28 Jackson St. GEO. J. GRAVES Phone 1144 then cast two miles to the county line. This route is known as the White Line, and is nearly the same as the old California trail of seventy years ago. It goes through the village of Big Springs and within two miles of Lecompton, from which a lateral road could be built. The other possible route is the Golden Belt road, on the north side of the river through Grantville, Perry and Williamstown. East of Lawrence the road may go south of the river through Eudora. Desota and Hollidr.y. from which point a road into Kansas City, Kansas, is already petitioned for. Other routes from Lawrence are on the north side of the Kansas river through Linwood and Bonner Springs, which is now joined to Kansas City I by a rock road, or from Lawrence to Tongancxie, ana tnen east into tva sas City A concrete road is already petitioned for from Tonganoxie to the T i i i ii .ii.l, -..L- ma H iiiif of K't nw-iq City and a petition is half completed i for the road from Lawrence to Ton- ganoxi?. East of Lawrence a tnroe cornered fight is in progress between DeSoto, on the south side and Bonner Springs and Tonganoxie north of the river, for the first paved road from Lawrence. West of Lawrence the fight is between the south side route and Grantville, Perry and Williams town. Southern Route Favored. Topeka men appear to favor the southern route to Lawrence for the rea son that it will serve a territory farth est from a railroad and in much great er need of a hard surfaced road. It will greatly enlarge Topeka's retail trade territory and work a great in crease in land values. The Hodges law. which is the only statute under which this road can be constructed, provides that sixty per cent of the property owners who own fifty per cent of the land in the pro oosed district may petition for the improvement of the road. When the road is built one-fourth of the cost is taxed to the township through which the road passes and the remain der to the property in the benefit dis trict. The county commissioners may pay part of the cost if the road is of general utility. The Shawnee county board has promised to pay one-fourth of the cost of such roads. This leaves but half of the cost to be paid by the benefit district. Cost Would Be Light. On a road such as this the district could extend from one to two mile3 on each side of the road, and the cost be apportioned according to the dis tance from the road. With a two mile district paying for a road costing ten thousand dollars per mile in ten year payments, as the law provides, the first half mile would pay 44 cents per acre, the second half mile 33 cents per acre, the third half mile 22 cents per acre, and the fourth half mile 11 cents per acre. This amounts to but little more than the usual county and town ship road taxes. The proposed Red Line route passes through Topeka, Tecumseh and Monmouth townships thus dividing the cost of the road equitably. Heart and Beauty Problems Written for the State Journal By Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson. Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am going with a fellow four years my senior. He has very nice ways and no bad habits, but I have heard rumors of his being subject to fits. I have been go ing with him for about a year and his intentions are to marry me. Please tell me whether to accept him or not. He has a good position, but is very stingy with his money. He comes and spends an evening, but never of fers to take me anywhere. Any good advice will be accepted. HESSIKIAH. Insist upon his having a thorough examination from a reputable doctor. If the doctor gives him a certificate showing that there is nothing the mat ter or at least nothing serious it will be safe to marry him. Unless you love the man enough to put up with his stinginess don"t marry him. There is nothing more trying in a man than stinginess Dear Mrs. Thompson: (1) We are two girls to whom a conductor is very attentive. Should we flirt with him? (2) If not, why? (3) Should girls of fifteen or six teen go home with boys of the church from Endeavor or any church func tion? WORRIED. u No. 2 You would cheapen yourselves and lose his respect. (3) If they want to take you home it is better to let them than to go alone. Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are chums seventeen and eighteen years old. My girl friend boards at our house. Her steady friend comes to see her about twice a week. Every night about nine o'clock my mother comes into the room and winds the clock, which makes it very embar rassing for both my friend and me. I have spoken to her several times about this, but she still insists upon doing it. What would you advise me to do? BABY DOLL. As long as your mother insists up on winding the clock you may as well put up with it as gracefully as possible. I can see that it would be annoying. Why don't you ask her to permit your friend to wind the clock? Dear Mrs. Thompson: (1) One of my boy friends was visiting me and I took a puff of his cigaret. Did I do wrong (2) How late should boys stay in the evening when they call on a girl fourteen years old? 3 I have received a letter from a negro boy. This boy is very popu lar among the people of his town and goes with many of the white girls. I met him at a high school party and had one dance with him. Shall I an swer his letter 4 Is it proper to correspond with a boy two years older than oneself? STOUT AND SLIM. 1 It was a silly thing to do, and didn't show any particular amount of intelligence. 2 Xine o'clock is late enough. (3) I think that people of the negro and white races are happier when tltey stick to their own people. Don't answer the letter or give him reason to think you are interested in him. (4) Yes. Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am cro cheting some little nut baskets and would like to know how or what I can do them up with? MRS. D. L. S. Put them in a flat box as you would a set of doll's dishes. pear Mrs. Thompson: 1) I met a young man at a party here a few months ago, and thinking to teare the other fellow I was with I asked th young man to call me up. Since th-i this young man has treated me ver. coldly. How coi-Id I tell him that it was only a joke? (2) I have blue eyes, golden hai! and a light complexion. Everybody tells me I'd be pretty if I had rosy cheeks. I have used rouge, but I heard it spoils the complexion. I would like to know something else to use. (3) What would be a nice Christ mas gift for a young man? BLUE-EYED BLOND. (1) A girl should not ask a boy to call her up. To try to explain things would only make matters worse and so you better let them stand as they are. You must have cheapened your j self in the eyes of both, the man you were with and the one you asked to call you up J (2) A pale complexion is often very pretty and always prettier than an f artificial one. Don't use anything1 but I a good cold cream and powder, j 3) A girl should not give a boy a Christmas gift unless she is en gaged to him. j Dear Mrs. Thompson: My hands are red and ugly all the time. My fingers swell up and then crack open, j My face is broken out. Please tell i me what to do. M. C. S. Consult a physician. Dear Mrs. Thompson: (1) Will you please tell me what to do to get thin? I am fifteen years old and weigh a hundred and twenty-five pounds and I am five feet two inches tall. Will you please tell me what to eat that will not make me fat? (2) (Concerning treatments to re duce flesh.) FATTY. (1) Get as much exercise as you can, and if you give up sweets, all foods that contain fats, and stop drinking water with your mealsf I think you will get thin enough. You are not very much too fat now. Fruits, except bananas, would be good to eat, but no sugar should be used with them. Apples and prunes are espe cially desirable. Thin soups and gravies are good Lean meats are all right and eggs and fish are excellent. 2 The treatments you mention would be harmful to the health. Dear Mrs. Thompson: (1)1 am sis teen years of age. Do you think it is right for me to go out with boy friends? (2) How late in the evening should a girl of my age stay out? (3) I have a boy friend who speaks to me when we meet. Lately he made an appointment with me and I disap pointed him. He is still friendly to me. Would it be all right for me i to buy a Christmas present some I simple remembrance? (4) Name a few things 1 could give a girl friend for Christmas some- thing she could make use of but are not too expensive? DIMPLES, j (1) It is all right to go some, but I a girl of sixteen should not go more than once or twice a week. (2) It depends upon circumstances. Let your mother decide. (J) Send him a Christmas greeting j if you want to, but don't give him a present. (4) Stationery, gloves, handker j chiefs or a slipper bag. Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a steno I grapher for two married men. They have asked me several times what I want for Christmas. If they should happen to give me something should I accept it? ELIZABETH, j A great many men give presents to girls who work for them. It is all i right to accept the presents in most instances. Dear Mrs. Thompson: (1) When a boy takes you home for the first time and you do not know him very well, should you ask him to call some time I or what should you say? I do not r want to appear forward. t2) There is a certain boy I like in i high school. How can I make hnn like me? BRUNETTE. (1) Ask mm to call sometime, but do not set the date. This will not make you appear forward. (2) Don't try to make him. Such an attempt might make you seem for i ward. j Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am invited to a neighborhood dance, and all I have to wear is a white crepe de chine dress that I had for graduation last year. I have never gone to a dance j with a boy before and I don't know whether this dress will be all right or not. The girls did not dress up much where I went to dancing school. 1 I really cannot afford to get a new dress and would like to wear the white one if it will do. Do you think it will? DOUBTFUL. I certainly think your white dress will do. Dear Mrs. Thompson: I correspond ed with a boy for two years and then we stopped. For over two months I have not heard from him at all and before that time we wrote about once or twice a month. The boy and I were just good friends and nothing more. When he moved away from this town he was very lonely and my letters seemed to cheer him up. Of course he is well acquainted now and does not need them any more. Do you think it would be ail right for me to send him a Christmas card this year, although he owes me a letter? Un derstand we were never sweethearts just neighbors. BETTY. In your case it will be all right to send th rnrd. ASKS WARRANT FOR FIANCE WHO 'STOLE ENGAGEMENT RING Ww j Miss Hilda Fries. Miss Hilda Fries, pretty nineteen-year-old San Francisco girl, tried to fet a warrant for the arrest of her ormer fiance, who, she complained, "stole" her engagement ring from her after she had broken her en gagement. The warrant was refused Internationa! Motor Trucks Over 13,000 in Daily Use In Practically Every Line of Business No other motor truck built enjoys the popularity of the International Motor Truck. 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TRUCKS The Truck for Light or Heavy Hauling This well known line of trucks are made in trikr $1090 14 -ton trucks SI fiftf) Worm Drive low 1 -ton trucks CI QAA Worm Drive vA'"" 2-ton trucks 477 Worm Drive q-0 I 3Vi-ton trucks CQQAft Worm Drive 5-tnn trucks CQfiA Worm Drive OOtfU Agent for Seven Counties Write for Agency We can build on short notice any special style of body that a truck buyer may demand. We guarantee service on any of these trucks that no other truck agent can offer. We don't handle pleasure cars and our over well equipped service sta tion is devoted exclusively to the care of Motor Trucks that we sell. Consider this feature when buying a truck. PHONE 994 REHKOPF BROS. 212-14 West Sixth St. I J2 Be Careful l Jj I m it CreLm Don't tinker with your electric starting E lShIi ent2 lighting system. Storage batteries A jjjljpF JSfjfilfcjf such things are our specialty. We SaSSP KEELE ELECTRICAL CO. K J 706 Jackson St. Phone 3970 A Free inspection of any battery at any time 2 7 Daily Trains TO KANSAS CITY DOCBLK TRACK Lf. Topeka iAt. Ku. City 4:U a. m. S-.Sli .m. 7 0 a. m. 3:13 p. m. 5 :20 p. m. 1 43 p. m. S :58 p.m. :ts m. I S:SS a. I 3 M p. I 1 IS p. i 0:35 p. f 10:4 p. I NO STOPS c. k. BAsroM. c. r. a. Fboae 403S Pullman Sleepers Only L. Kaa. City Ar. Topeka T :SS a. 1 a. I 11:00 a. i MKp.i :4S p. I 19:60 p. 11:40 p. I a. i It p. 1 12 :S3 p. 1 .pi S 40 p. I 11:35 p. 1 1:50 a. I

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DON'T BE A TIDEWAD I AUVr.i Ii IHt HUULL Have you got enny think to sell or swap? Do you want to buy nn ihink? THEN TRY A AD WITH US. Biggest and only ncwipeper in thia end of the Co. Advertising rates furnished with jreat cheer. Sirculashion "rooks open to nobuddv. YOULL HAFT TO 0 PSTEeS OOli UT6LLI6EWT SCHOOL TEECHEK HA-S vloiNEO THE 5oir.e of re Bwcuiae c hurch DAj was vaioiced up later BY PALUWC OFFfV THE CWAR OlV f?P OF THE CAT. TAKE OUR WORD FOR n 1 A avwfuu belt alongside the sa hikt to wpais to fre.s jggk NGVILLE BUGLE THE BI1VILIE BUGLB The Leading Paper of the County Bright. Breezy, Bellicose. Bustling How doth the hnsy t!tt!e Improre each chlnf ng hoar By fathering lvney a 1 1 the day From eery opening flour. The cheapest advertising medlaaa in the county. If you believe In advertising, come and tee For further Information call on or address he editor. EDDYTORIUL ON MARCH. Tliere is a saying hereabouts that if ".March comes in like a lamb she will go out like a lion," and vice versy. Well, for this reason Bingville folks was up brite early last Wesnday morning to ascertain if possibil how March was a coming: in this yr. like a lion or a lamb so as they could govern theirselfs ac cording. In fackt ole Dad Hen derson who claims to be Bingvilles most expert wether profet give out last Tuesday evg down to Hen Weathersbys store that being as March 1 begins at one mmnit after midnight Wensday morning instid of at daylight and being as what the wether was then would deside how March would go out, he was a going to set up haff the nite and take observashions jest after the clock struck 12. Well, about 8 p. m. Dads wife said she was a going to bed and told Dad he was a fool to set up and lose his rest jest to see how March was a coming in she tuk the candle in her hand and started up stairs. Dad he bid her goodnite and after he thort she had had time to git to sleep Dad tuk the lantern and went down cellar and drawd a pitcher full of good old hard cider from a barl whitch he keeps on hand for jest sitch emer gencies as this and brung it up stairs and hilt up a big fire and set tliere toastin his shins and drtnkin hard cider outen a tincup and smokin to pass the time away until midnite should arrive. Dad calkilates he must of dozed off becuz he was wotted up later by falling offen his chair on top of the cat who was lyin asleep on the floor and let out a turrible squall and skratched his fase for him. After Dad got onto his feet and realised w here he w as and what he was there for he lookt at the clock and found it was a. m. and when lie found he had overslep he was maddern a wet hen and went off to bed jest for spite in deep disgust I without lookin outside to see what kind of wether it was. Dad diddent git outen bed next morning until nearly noon and when he riz he said he had a hedake on him whitch he wouldnt wish on a snake. Them as was up early reports unanimous so far as we can lern that March come in as meek and Jfcs V 3VT3SX77-T01r Copyrighted, 1916, by gentle as a kitten and on this grounds they perdickt that we'll pay for it before the munth is over. Lem Peters says that sinst March come in so soft and easy he calki lates its a goto out like the ole Scratch hisself so Lem is stuff in extry waddin around the edges of the doors winders and patchin up the chinks all over the house w here the cold air is likely to git in. March is a awful trecherus munth and aint to be depended on a tall. You cant tell what mmnit the sky will cloud over and the wind come up and breeze hard enuff to blow the fethers offen the hens backs. For this reason it be hoofs us to be alw ays reddy pre pared tor we dont know what a day will bring forth during March. Country Correspondence ZIOX CROSSROADS Mrs. Hester Doolittle has had on her hands for a wk. or two a ole hen who j wanted to set and Hester diddent want her to set, hut Hester intorms us that at last she found a way to break that lien from settin. Hester cookt the hen for dinner last Sunday. In our opin yun this method would break most enny hen from wantin to set. Lafe Henderson of this place made a trip on bizness pleashure to the co. seat last Satterday and remained over night, arriving home Sunday about noon. This is the 1st time Lafe has staid away from home over night for 30 yrs. he probly wouldn't of did so in this case if he haddent been so much under the wether that he couldn't git home. I.afe skeercely ever imbibes to this extent. With this soft weather and meltin snow the roads is almost impassable hereabouts being as they are mud up to the hubs, but along the side walks where a person has to walk ther is only about six or 8 inches of mud and slush and we ort to be thankful it aint any worse. Mrs. Jane Truman was a going to stew a jar of tomatoze tother day but she couldnt git the jar open, so she raid Jake her husband to open it for her. Jake worked on the jar a spell without sucksess until he got mad and strong and give a rench and the jar busted the tomatoze flying into Jed's fase eyes wasting most of cm. Heck Parker. Jabe Parker's big. gawky son has been turrible sweet on Miss Lindy Perkins for a spell back. Tother c-vg. at singin school Heck he spunked up enuff to escort Miss Lindy home. Heck is gittin turrible brave and bold for a boy only 21 yrs. old. Ben Wade has been lame in one foot to sitch a degree that he limps. Ben says he aint lookt to see what the trou ble is but he calkilates it must be a in growing nail. FOXES RIDGE Mi-s Jessica Hines Saturdayed at the co. seat. Sundayed with her married sister at Pea Ridge and Mondayed at Hardscrabble. Miss Jessica is more'n flyin around lately. There is considerable snow in our midst at the present writing and has been ever sinst last fall for that mat ter so there aint nothink new about it. Sim Hooker chopped some wood last Monday and also one foot clean through his hoot. The axe slipt. Wade Slocombs ole alderny cow per sented Wade with a red and white caff last wk. whitch don't resembel its moth er a tall. Mrs. Sarah Hobbs burnt her finger on a hot iron last Sunday. That's what Sarah gits for ironing on the Sabbath. lahe Hooper is thinkin of buying a horse if he can git a good one for about $25 part cash and part note. Ja!e's horse died on him last wk. j The bluebirds has came. Mclchizadek 3VT3I: W KIRK A. flrwlir Potts says he seen a whole mess of cm in his orchard last Sunday. These is the 1st bluebirds we have heerd of in this parts. Sure they wassent chicka dees, Mel? PAXSY. On the Outs Ben Skinner and Miss Emily Dew berry who has been keepin company it was thorL they was a going to be married is on the outs at the present writing. Tother evg. Ben Emily went on a straw ride in a bobsled with a crowd of other yung folks and Ben tried to kiss Emily in the sled right in front of tvery buddy and Emily slapt his fase for him turrible hard and wouldn't speak to him all the rest of the ride and when they returned to Bingville she wouldn't let Ben even eskort her to her door. Ben says he's kissed Emily menny a time in private, but this is the 1st time she ever slapt his fase and that she ortent to be ashamed to kiss him before other folks being as he aint. Our Mistake Miss Samantha Deevers who has been on the sicklist for the past sev eral yrs. and expects to be for the rest of her days complained to us tother day that there was three ishues of the Bingville Bugle during the past yr. that made no mentchion of her being on the sick list and she was put out a good cal about it too. We explained to Samantha that we alius aimed to mentchion the fackt that she is on the sicklist in these collums knowing how mutch she enjo3'S poor helth and likes us to say so in the Bu gle and we are sorry we mist saying so three times during the yr., but will endeavor not to let it happen agin. We take this ockashion to say with great cheer that Samantha is on the sick list. Constubble Dewberry Called Seth Dewberry our lion hearted town constubble was cald by the nabers to quell a disturbance in the home of Mr. and Mrs. bmde Petersby tother after noon. Tt seems that Snide had jest greased his boots and then like a blamed fool he put em on and traipsed all over the house leavin greasy tracks wherever he went. When Mrs. Petersby discuvered how Snide had messed up the house she grabd up a broom and begin to wallop Snide over the head with same. Snide hollerd "Help!" and "Murder!" until some of the nabers went for Seth who was down to Hen Weathersby's store playing chekkers with Cy Hos kins. Seth had his badge on but he diddent have his six shooter on his person and was therefore unarmed so he had to run home for that and by the time he had rubbed up his badge and arrived at Snides the lite was still a going on. Seth busted into the house and when he seen Mrs. Petersby beatin Snide over the head who was crouched in a corner and hollering for help, Seth he walkt up to her and told her if she did dent desist he Would haft to a rest her for a salt and battery. Mrs. Petersby turned around, and when she seen Seth she hauled off with the broom and hit him a awful belt alongside the ear makin him see stars and knockin off his hat. She hit Seth twict more between where he stood and the front piazzer and Seth newer stopt runnin until he arrived home and when he sot inside the door he locked it after him. As for his hat he aint got j that back yet and calkilates he never i will being as it's a good hat and jest 1 about the size Snide wears, j Seth says that hereafter when there I is enny ruckshiuns betwixt man and wife in Bingville he calkilates they'll haft to settle their own dispoots being as he would rather fase a roaring lion or a desprit criminal than a ragin woman. Back Copies for Sale We have a lot of back copies of the Bugle on hand whitch we will sell at the ridickltts price of two copies for 5 cts. while they last. They are useful to spread on shelves or to wrap things in or to bild tires with. We per soom these Buggies wil go like hot cakes and we would advise you to come early and avoid the rush. They are also useful to refresh your memry on things that has happened hereabouts in the past. .First tome, first served. EDITOR BUGLE. Pertinent Personals Seth Wilkins one of our most re speckted townsmen is turrible glum and down in the mouth and is a wander ing around town like as if he haddent a friend in the world. Seth says he drawd off the last drink of hard cider from his barl last Tuesday whereas he thort there was at least haff a barl of same left. This is a awful blow to Seth when he thort he had enuff hard cider to cheer him up until late in the spring. Seth thinks it must of leaked out. Ham Wilson purchased the last plug of tobacko Hen Weathersby had on hand in the store tother day and sinst then there has been a tobacko famine in Bingville. Hen says he diddent real ise he was that neer outen tobacko and dont know when he'll get some more in being as the roads is so bad. Some of our most respecktcd cittizens has took to chewin and smokin dried erbs but they're a poor substitoot. Zeke Holmes who moved from here over into Pottowassie co. five yrs. ago was a Bingville visitter last wk. Zeke left here under rather pecooliar circum stantces being as there had been a good eal of chikken stealing going on whitch all ceased after Zeke moved away. Of course we aint calling no names in the matter, but our readers can draw their own conclooshions. Jed Peters our intelligent school teacher has joined the quire of the Bingville Church and sung for the 1st time in it last Sunday. Jed's voice is loud enuff goodness knows, but there aint mutch musick in it. Deacon An drews said after the service that Jed had a awful good voice to drive a yoke of oxes with, but not for singin in a quire. Mrs. Hester Whittleby of Snake Bend is the gest of her sister of here who is Mrs. Lem Brown. Hester was widderd about a yr. ago and they do say that she is fixing her cap for a certain Bing ville batchelor who we could name. If Hester can catch Rule Slocomb she'll do well, being as Rufe is turrible sly and as tite as the bark to a tree. We calkilate Rufe has the 1st doller he ever crnt and we also calkilate he wont squander his money in matrimony. Lokal Squibs Some of the members of the Bing ville church says they think it's about time for Rev. Sam!. Moore our be loved paster to open his barl of ser mons and begin on em over agin, being as the past few Sundays his preachiu aint been up to the scratch. How can the church members expeck Rev. Moore to be up to the scratch when he's back nearly three yrs. on his salery? Why don't you subscribe for the Bu gle this spring and pay us cash in ad vance for same. If youd do that youd do us a turrible faver and would also do a faver to your nabers from who you have been borrying the Bugle every wk. in the past after they have read it. Don't be a titewad and a dead beet. Ranse Hines purchased a new hat last wk. at the co. seat and wore it the lt Pay up your back subscription Buele thus fill a long-felt want n y f part. We Can t rtun a rirss v.ib iicw. Wf Air anil CrAA Potaoze. poi p. S. If we are not in leaye the money with our wire next door. i. j u -iTirnrrr .r.r, time; after that he went sparkin Miss Lucy Pease. Ranse inadvertently put his hat down on a chair and blamed if Lucy diddent axidentally set down on it and smash it flattern a pancake. Lucy weighs over 200 lbs. and when she sets down on eunythink she squashes it. Hen Weathersby prop, of our gen eral store says it serves Ranse right being as when he bought a hat he ought to of bought it of him and thus patcr nize home trade. Jase Tucker chief of our fire bri gade says that when spring conies lie is i going to purchase a red shirt to wear to fires being as he has read soine wheres that all fire chiefs wears red shirts and he aint a going to be behint the times. Jase wil! look awfnl brave in a red shirt, but he'll haft to look out for Sim Wilkins' old cross bull when he's got it on. Ras Slocomb one of Bingville's most rcspeckted batchelors says he's so dog nashion tired of cookin his own meels and doing his own sowing patchin that he believes he'd marry almost any woman who would have him take chanses on marriage being a failyure whitch it couldn't be enny more of failyure than livin all soul alone. WARNING TO HOR SES HUMANS! Is your horses shoes sharp? If noc he is liable to slip this icy weather and break a leg or slide down a hill and break your neck? It aint safe to ride a horse or drive one neither on roads whitch is as icy as the roads is around Bingville at the present time. There aint no danger though if you keep your horses shoes sharpt up. Its my bizness to do that. Bring your horse to my blacksmith shop and I will sharp him up so he wont slip. Some folks keeps their horses in the barn all winter and lets em eat their blamed heads offen their shoulders ruthern take em out and run a risk of havin em slip and fall. Thats ridicklus. A horse wont slip so long as his shoes is sharpt up. Until further notis I will agree to sharp your horses shoes up for you all four shoes for the small sum of 25 cts. Thats almost six cents per shoe if I have tiggcred rite. SPESH IAL NOTIS Horses that kicks, speshial high rates. I also make heel plates to be put on the boots and shoes of humans to keep em from slipping on the ice. Them as have tried my heel plates to keep from slipping on the ice has found them worth their wait in gold. Dont take a chanst of falling and breaking a bone and paying Doc Liver more S10 or $15 of a dockter bill when I will sell you a pair of ice creepers for only 25 cts. 1 have made up a hole lot of these creepers and I can fassen em on your boots while you wait perviding I aint too bizzy with some other customer. In that case youll laft to put em on for yourself. "Safety First" ort to be your mot to. My motto is "Money First," and after that He sharp your horses shoes or put anty-slippers on your boots with great cheer. Yours for bizness, BILL HEPBLRV Artistick Blacksmith. Bingville. to the on our M -C

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1916 9 MUTT JEFF Jeff Is Certainly An Optimist. Drawn for the Topeka State Journal (Copyright, 1916, by H. C. Filier, Trade iUrk Reg. C. S. Pat. Off. By BUD FISHER iiaSsaB. V? ON ON? NMU.IOM B0lt-iSfcV 7 J WS. I On the battlefield Peace would reign they all wore Shoes sold by Paynes Up to the Minute SpofttingNews From Everywhere. CARROLL TO FARM Young Topeka Pitcher Decides to Quit Baseball. s UST IKE A KID 1 JESS gets Ready for moran battle BYCl.UOJ I ONLY TWO PLAYING MANAGERS ARE LEFT Champion Romps About All Over Little Old jr. Y. Savage Places Him on Suspend ed List With Clunn. Pitcher Carroll, one of the young twirlers upon whom John Savage has been depending for the coming season is now officially in the suspended class with pecti mule A 'Lefty" Clunn. And the pros ire that he will spend his sum rking the gee line on a Maud in an Illinois cornfield, nntract was sent to Carroll at his homo in Atwood. UL, when the regular batch of contracts was sent out. but after taking ample time to deliberate he wrote Savage that he had made up his mind to stay on the old home farm and give up baseball. He aid he hoped Topeka would set th teKue on "fire and win the pennant In a walk, but that it would take more money than the club could afford to pay to induce him to give up his rural ambitions this year. Put Him on Shelf. And. as is customary in such cases. Savage has placed him on the sus pended list and will leave him there until he decides to change his mind or becomes too old to return to the game. Carroll came to Topeka the latter part of last season, and in the few games he worked In showed promise of displaying some real ability in tim The pitchers Savage now expects to have here when the training seasop opens are (3 rover, Dashner, Lakn f:' Hall. Hugeins, Sanders, La m bet h West, Larsen and Osborne. Hall air Sanders have not yet sent in signc contracts, but it is thought they will do so. Hall has been trying to get more for his services but indicated in a recent letter that he probably would come around even if he didn't suc ceed. Sanders has not been heard from since his contract was mailed to him. but inasmuch as he drew good pay for polishing benches last season, it is not thought he has any intention of hold ing out, or of refusing to report. Jess Can't Do His Appetite Jus tice These Days. WANT I Ml AC TICK GAME. Bender's Aggies sek opening Football Date With Kansas Team. Manhattan, Kan., March 4. Ath letic Director Bender, of the Kansas Aggies, is making strenuous efforts to land a football gam on November, 30, 1916. with one of the Kansas confer ence college teams. Correspondence has been going on for some time and It looks as though Baker university of Baldwin. Kan., would open the season at Manhattan on September SO. Bender saye: "We realize that play ing a game on September 30 with any of the strong Kansas1 colleges will put us at a disadvantage, inasmuch as our Missouri Valley conference rules do not permit us to begin practice before September 13. Then our students often return late to school and we will be caught at a considerable disadvantage. The reason for playing a game on September 30 is to afford us a better means of eliminating our material and getting our team in better shape before we hit the husky Cornhuskers on Octo ber 14. A game of this kind will also be an incentive to make our boys re turn earlier to school." Bin Carrlgaa Herxoff, Jha playing manager in the big leagues is becoming almost extinct. Only two such remain Bill Carri gan of the Boston Red Sox, and Buck Bacsog tf the Crnrinnnti Bed, WASHBURN LOST THE LAST. BY JKSS WTLXiARD. New York, March 4. 'Twas about 15 minutes after 6 yesterday morning when I peeked over the blankets and through the window of my big room saw the old snowf lakes dropping. While I was lying there all huddled up there was a rap on my door that sounded as if somebody was breaking in. In a moment Walter Monahan popped in and hollered: "Get up right away." When Monahan hollers "Get up' it's a good thing to obey. If you don't, you will freeze, for Walter has the habit of dragging all the clothes off you. I certainly hated to part with the old bedstead, but Walter was right there watching me, so there was no cboice. When 1 was all ready, Walter said, "Come on," and Hemple and I fallowed. I guess it was about 7 o'clock when we entered Central park. The ground was covered with snow and the at mosphere seemed to stir us up. We started off on a slow jog and before we knew it, we were tearing away like school kids. We were three big men da&hing along and slipping back in great fashion and not one felt a day older than 12 years. Hemple fell back a few steps as if he were tired. A second later I felt the thud of a snowball on my neck. I grabbed up a handful of snow and let Mr. Hemple have It on his nose. Snowball Battle. That started something, for the next minute Monahan, Hemple and I were indulging in a regular snowball bat tle. I think we would still be there pegging away like a trio of kids if Monahan hadn't shoved me into the snow and started off on a trot. I kept chasing him but Walter kept just a few paces ahead until we came back to the hotel. It was the best morning workout I have had in the past six days. It was about half past 7 when we strolled into the lobby of th'j hotel, acting like a lot of kids. Up to the room we shot and then I enjoyed a nice hot bath and a good rub. This used up a little over three-quarters jf an hour and then we came down stairs ar.d tackled the food. I don't know when I had such an appetite Tf Sport Wheezes BY CLUG The Wichita ball player who has forgotten to claim the inheritance left him is not a regular ball player. He's only a semi-pro. Some hogs will wallow in their slop And whip it with their tail; But never did a regular Pro. Forget to grab his kale. The baseball magnates want to make their diamonds more uniform, but the average uniform wearer is only interested In making more dia monds. John Savage says he does not expect Frank Zehrung, the new Western league president, to visit Topeka until after the 10th of the month. When he does come it is probable that he will be entertained by both the Rotary and Commercial clubs If you happen to be connected with a soap factory it might interest you to know that; Anton O'Sickey was ac claimed the International skate cham- plon at an indoor meet held in Cleve land, Ohio, this week. Practically everybody seems to be ready for the beginning of baseball ac tivities, for golf playing and fishing that is everybody except the weather manipulator. Billy Fox, former member of the Des Moines and St. Joe clubs, will at tempt to hold down a Job with Jimmy Jackson's Wolves this year, it Is an nounced In Wichita papers, "Art" Wolf, who holds the record score at the Stag bowling alleys of 297, will be a big favorite in the champion ship race that will begin next week. Jess WiUard Sparring with Walter Monahan. The above shows Willard training with his sparring partner in New York for his coming match with Moran. The photo was taken the first of this week, and it does not show the champion as fat as some writers have pictured him. have eaten everything in sight. Cut Walter thought of my water gulping and cried a halt on the food. About 9 o'clock the meal was over and I was resting comfortably when Monahan and Hemple invited me to take a stroll. I fell in and we strolled Monahan had allowed me, I would all over Riverside drive and up around The Heart of a Hannibal In This Savage Youngster St. Marys Defeated the Ichabods Fri day by 27 to 23 Score. St. Marys, Kan., March 4. In a slow but exciting game Friday after noon St. Marys defeated Washburn college 27 to 23. The locals jpened the game In a hurry, Henry caging the ball after a neat piece of team work. Washburn spurted during th last few minutes of the period, basketing six shots, the naif ending Washburn 15; St. Marys 10. The Blue and White stormed the Ichabods' defense all during the sec ond period quickly tying and over coming their lead. In the last five minutes of play Washburn again braced but to no avail. Captain Rigale and O'Toole were St. Man's' Mellar lights while Newell and Nelson bore the brunt of the fray for Washburn. IjOST game hy i point. Topekn Hich School Five Nosed Out of Victory by Fort Scott. Dwight Ream's Fort Scott high school basketball team defeated the Topeka high school here Friday after noon In a close game that was not de cided until the last minute of play. The final score was 21 to 20. An extra period of play was avoided In the last 30 seconds when a Topeka player made a foul, and the Fort Scott free thrower bagged the deciding point. After the free throw the game ended before play could be resumed. Holcomb, at guard, played the most consistent game for the Topekans. Miner officiated at the contest. Iamar Hoover Becomes a Coach. Wichita, Kan., March 4. Lamar Hoover of Baldwin, Kan., former Baker university athletic star and of- r tor and coach at Fairmount ollege in the place of Harry Buck, resigned, it was reported here. Agfries 29: Washington TJ. 20. St. Louis, Mo., March 4. Kansas Agricultural college basketball team beat Washington university here Fri day night with a score of 29 to 20. Pmokft lh. nAm Wol. Ch.tl ni..,, I Adv. Basketball Tourney Hesults. Independence, Kan., March 4. The results of the Southeast Kansas Bas ketball tournament games Friday were as follows: Boys Parsons 22, Buffalo 19; Chanute 22, Erie 44: Montgomery County High school 25, Caney 12; Edna 24, Altamont 39. Girls Parsons 23. Chanute 20; Weir 30, Thayer 36; Independence 13, Altamont 14. Ask f the FREE souvenir with 25c worth of the new Half Shell cigars, made fresh every minute. J- TO BOWL FOR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF TOPEKA Next Tuesday night an elimina tion bowling tournament will be gin on the Stag alleys to determine who is the best individual bowler in Topeka. Thirty-two pin busters will be allowed to qualify, and every one will bowl until three games are lost, and the man who remains after the other 31 have been eliminated will be awarded a medal signifying that he is the champion of Topeka. Outfielder Weidell Ex pects to Make Good in Topeka. When Hannibal conceived the idea of crossing the Alps, historians tell us. he bought an Alpine post card and dashed off a note to the folks back home in Carthage that read something like this: "Dear Folks: I have made up my mind to cross the big hills that stand between me and Rome. And, believe my story, I'm going to cross 'em. I don't Intend to be a failure, why should I? Ain't I Hannibal?" And history records that the old boy did just what he said he would do, even if he didn't last very long after he got there. Tou have probably enjoyed reading all this stuff, and if you have found it interesting you might find it still more interesting to watch the career of a young ball player, one Josephus Wei dell, who is coming to Topjka this spring and who is like Hannibal in that he has the same kind of a strong heart and uses a similar phraseology in his correspondence. When Weidell put his John Henry Hancock to a Savage contract a short time ago he also took time to write a short note to John Savage, which he sent along with the document. The note reads something like this: 'Dear Mr. Savage: I have made up my mind to come to Topeka. I've got to get to the big show before the fall frosts and via To peka looks like the best route. I know I will make good if you give me a trial. I do not intend to be a failure. Why should I?" And John Savage believes that this lad with the heart of a Hannibal will do what he sets his head to. The con fidence expressed in his note is one indication, and his past record is a still better one. Weidell began his career in Roches ter. Minn., in the lucky year of 1913, and in 40 games he piled up a bat ting average of .329. And at the end of the season he made his first ad- Joe Weidell, Nebraska State Leaguer Who Doesn't Expect To Be a Failure Here. vance towards the big show, going to the Virginia club of the Northern league. In the Northern league he started out like a sensation, and was all but sold to Pittsburg when he took sick and lost his big chance. He was compelled to play the remainder of the season despite the fact that he was not physically fit, and, in the face of it all. ended up with a batting average of 255. Last season be started out with the Nebraska State league and at the time the league blew up his batting average was .348. This waa a better average than Mcose Brown v a j able to get in the Corr.huskcr circuit, and alt local fans know hov .cod Brown wa&. Weidell is an outfielder, and one of his best recommendations comes from the president of th" Nebrrka league, who should know as much about him as any one. Grant's tomb and back. Before we knew it. noon time was on us. Hem ple and Monahan started for th din ing room. I was only two steps behind. I didn't do my appetite full justice, for I knew there was quite some work in store for me. Wild to Get Slammed. Around 2 o'clock we packed into our auto and rolled down to the Pioneer club. I felt 100 per cent better than I did the day before. I was just wild to put on the gloves and slam and get slammed. I felt like a kid on a Sat urday afternoon. The best thing of this afternoon's training was that Bob Williams show ed up to lengthen my boxing stunts. So, instead of four rounds, I waded through six periods. Right now I wish to say that T felt stronger, better and my eyes seemed quicker while going through the three sparring exhibitions. The old zip I felt rushing through my blood in the early morning seemed to stick and I went all through my different exercises feeling different than ever before. It was a grand work out. Williams was rather careful, probably because it was his first day of work. But I told him later that I want him to swing as hard as he can, for we don't intend to hold any pink teas as far as this bout is concerned. After finishing boxing. I did a little of that strenuous work of lifting your self up while lying on a chair. This appears simple enough, but if you're not feeling good, don't try it. Take a tip from me. I laid off stopping the medicine ball with my stomach, pre ferring to wait another day. Getting through with this work finished the training for the day and I skipped up to my dressing room. Monahan and Hemple then started to get even on me for walloping them by giving me a hard dry rub. From that I flopped into the hot bati and then laid on the table for a good rub down. It was about I o'clock when I bade farewell to the club and hustled for the hotel and eats. That over, I rushed home. One day Jess Willard takes a dose of castor oil, and the next he indulges In a snowball'battle. Some diversions for a man who is preparing for a big fight, eh? Tremendous improvement In the game of baseball is predicted by the magnates as a result of radical legis lation since peace was declared with a view of correcting past evils, says an exchange. Which, where, how, why? OBERER GETS HIGH SCORE. The Stags Defeat Motive Powers in Friday Night Bowling. In the Friday night games of the Stag Bowling league the Stag team defeated the Motives Powers, winning two out of the three games. J. Oberer, of the M. P.b, made high score and high average. The scores: Stags 1st. A. Wolfe 225 A. Katoliff 156 H. Shlnn 153 i. Smith 186 E. Nichols 176 Motive Powers 1st, J. Oberer 206 B. Higgs 164 D. Stamm 161 F. Fuller 156 Dr. Grin die 148 Members of the league are display ing much interest in the city cham pionship medal tourney that will be gin next week for the purpose of de termining who is the best bowler in the city. 2nd. 173 120 180 166 189 2nd. 187 1.17 190 147 146 FREE BASE BALLS and MARBLES Next Saturday, March 11th at Howard's Sporting Goods Store 716 Kansas Avenue at 9 A. M. A free toss up for all comers under sixteen years of age. Also call now any day until then and guess on the marbles in the jar and get an "Official D. M. $1.25 n 1 11 T71 s it f i caseuaii rree. une given to tne iirsi nearest correct guess. See our new line in Spring and bummer Athletics for boys and girls. PA H. B. Howard Company 716 Kansas Avenue Tel. 1377 xHonisfc ates A Tickc IRISH CHAMPION' EAST. Joe Steelier Throws Pat Connolly in Straight Falls at Butte Butte, Mont.. March 4. Joe Stech er, of Nebraska, heavyweight wrestler, defeated Pat Conolly, the Irish cham pion, here Friday nigfit in two straight falls, the first in IB minutes and the second in 6 minutes and 35 seconds. Stecher won botn falls with the body scissors and arm lock. It was announced that the Copper City Ath letic club has offered Gotch and Stecher a purse of J40.000 to settle the world's championship in Butte, Mont. LOG FALLS ON HOME RUN BAKER, MASHING HIS HAND Annapolis, Md.. March 4. J. Franklin Baker, home run hitter of Trappe, Md., who is visiting Annap olis, said that he would join the Yankees on Saturday, but he ex hibited an injured right hand which will prevent him from bein active' around the diamond for some time to come. The index and middle fingers on Baker's hand are crush ed slightly, and the whole hand is swathed in bandages. He said that a log fell on his hand a few days ago while he was with some friends on his place near Trappe. State Journals Win Again. The State Journal team in the auto matic baseball league defeated the Merchant's National team Friday night by the score of 712 to 649. Ses sions carried off the individual honors of the evening. The score: State Journal Merchants Nationfils. west ion Iionebrake Dixon 122 Rlene V. Porter l'W Pro I'adgett 14; Lewis Tickets on sale daily Murcii as fo April i Topeka $32.50 This rte applies to nearly points inRrizon., Cdifomifc.Ores'on.Kid Washington. Liberal stojMJversalkwe Upto date PnllmaTi Tourist Sleepers and free reclining cliwr cars to California daily. Personally conducted Tourist- Sleepers three times o. week. i for particulars write or call Fred Harvey meals T L. KING C- x. A- Best a.nd safest route. Phone 3682 Hoffman Defeated sajulou. In the North Topeka wrestling match Friday niRht between Lewis Hoffman and the Kansas City S&ndow. Hoffman addesi another victory to his strine, defeating his opponent two out of three falls. The first fall went to Hoffman at the end of 23 minutes. Sandow won the second in 3 minutes and Hoffman the. last in 5. 125 139 11S ...119 Porter 156 Sessions 15-1 Win Iowa State Championship. Cedar Falls, la.. March Iowa State Teachers college won the Hawk eye conference basketball champion ship Friday night by defeating Du buque college. 15 to 13. Ottawa 34; Haskell 24. Ottawa, Kan., March 4. Ottawa university basketball team Friday night defeated the five of the H isk il Indians. 34 to 24. Cassidy secured 14 po:nts for the winners. The Half Shell riear. made fresh. every cigar is a good one. Adv. Ha -e hiii i Cornish Meets Today. Cincinnati, o., March 4 ".Final ac tion on questions not settled when the Federal league peace affreement'r was signed are expected to be disposed of at a meeting of the national baseball commission here today. OFFICIAL Watch Ina OF THE Santa Fe RaHroad Th most skillful Watch Adjust ing Service In the city. A full ar.d oomplete line St High grade Watches, Diamonds. Jewelry. Repairing a Specialty. R. H. MOREHOUSE Holiday Place, Opposite BuU Fe Depot $32,500 for Bowlers. Toledo, O.. March 4. With an entry lint totaling1 736 five-men team?, 2.753 two-men teams and 1,540 individuals?, in? e i ic hiii unci uuiioimi luurnrirm'iii of the American Bowling congress opens here tonight. The prize list ap proximates $32,500. Tho new Half Shell cigar, fresh made every minute, of Porto Kican to bacco. Adv. 'Tommy, yoa should not fight with thnt Jlmpffon boy." ""I know it. ma." "That's right. "Mut 1 Mil know It before I i Lit Mm. Birmiogbam Age-Herald. 1 Financial Institutions of Topeka J. P. Slaughter. President W. A. Smith, V. P. and Trees. The Farm Mortgage Company Ivoan money for banks and Indi viduals on Kansas farms.

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SATURDAY H?f eureka tatr journal. MAKCH 4, 1916 MRS. TRUBBELL (Copyright, 1916, International News Service.) BY T. E. POWERS hovj PoNau .LIKE IT BOIS n'5 THE LATE ST LWANTToET )HE OF THOSE IE. VS SHORT SKI RT5 "sure; r dear I Think ill I BU7 A JHoftY SKfRT EVER.1 BODV IS WCARlNq THEM IX. Tou Would )l 1 r, f 7 I W W ZS ii1 mm m M m I HELPFUL WIFE. Now, hubby. I want to be helpful. Bless my little wife! So if you have ;ny coupons to be clipped you may turn that work over to me. NAME FOR IT. "Vot's become off dot Big League litcher namedt 'Salmon' T" "Him? Oh, I guess they 'canned' Urn!" WOUNDED SOLDIER. "Say, doc" "Yefe. my brave man? Td like to trade two duchesses for All ordinary nurse." Bit "I don't see how the belligerentj stand it in the trenches during th winter." "Neither do L Why. I wouldn't ven get into an argument in front of a war bulletin In this weather." Corrrctly Defined. Willie Willis What is a "condemn ed building." pa? Papa Willis A building in which the owner employs twice as many girls as the law allows, in order to et as much work as possible done before it burns. Life. THE FURNACE. "Shakespeare, I believe, uses term 'sighing; like a furnace.1 "I believe so. Why?" "Mine has a sort of a wheeaa." th OPINIONS. Rich Mao Poverty is no disgrace. Poor Man No, but that's about all the good you can say for It. I UK I BAD LOT. "TDobbs brans a lot about his an cestors." "Tea. They're the only members of Ms family In some time that hare bean worth boasting of." r t o n Mil 1 fl MA'S TOO BUSY. Everybody's sick at your house T Tea, with the grip, excepting moth er. She hasn't time to have H. Got to wait on all the rest of 'em. 1f BOUND TO OCCUR. "And no use has ever been found for the Sahara dosertT" "No; but It Is only a question of time when some enthnstaat will come along and lay it in golf links." WHAT HE IS SURE OF. Do you think preparedness results ts war? I don't know. But I am sure that marriage is the forerunner of divorce POSSIBLY. Why are the women walking wltl a slump or a slouch? It may be they are trying to maki those short skirts come a trifle nearei the eronnd. DOINGS OF THE VAN LOONS CAN IT BE THAT GRACE IS JEALOUS? BY F. LEIPZIGER to eJ THAT SON-IN-LAW OF PA'S THE DUKE WAS PARTICULAR -BY WELLINGTON S T WW, MOTHAVv, Ifc-U'D SbYtAw CkpAY. A j NEW BALUGCfWM AT ONCE' I SEE HEAH f THAT THE JUKE ISTCXfNfe A BAM c-' NVHAS 'AT? TH JXlkG 5plN'T'c5-IVE A PAR"TV?erUE9STP BETTER (SET tTf -SOUp-ANP-pH plxtu UP A LuTLE. late, fry Unipipw Patur rvie. hM. QrHl Britain rlghtm rBrvcd 1 PONT THIrK "THAT WILL BE nEC,E3SARY, PA.AS VOU CAN HAFJDUT EXPECT AN INVTATION? THKs BE A MOSTECl-USlV6 AFmiR.AMDTHE DUkE Vlli. tS VfcKt TOKllvuu(i TO VMHOM HE INVITES. Si-A ffe lNvltfeO? S PHlHti HI. I r"' "ri.rTC.,,,CJ.f-1 1, Mt I Iflll t-flH X A I I In, mi.iiiii,,J V ri WfrmI rm v Mill -X LEFT i TVr PUKE Ol DUBSHIRE'S VAUET, MUM OH, ITS THE NVTATrOH- BUT-ER-ITS ADPRESSEP BUT-ER-INCLUOE DIDN'T THE INVITATION" CEPRIC AND 1, IT Dili NOT' T ffUESS TH' puke vs pur?ry pakti- CUUftR. AS T WHO HE r Mil!hllinllllll,'i!ii!illlll!lil)lllllllllll CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S COMIC CAPERS (Copyright, 1916. by the Chicago Her ald. By arrangements with Essaney.) HE TRIED TO KILL HIM, ANYWAY "Queer how some women munuge to get husband.. oLok at that frump over there with a face that could .top a clock. What boob do you Hiiiipose ever fell for a front ispiece like that?" "I did. That', my wife." Baltimore American. p IB' HE YOU toOOO MORNING MR GOLD Roiks HOW'S YOUR HEALTH PEELING? 2T I15ont 1TSSS57N: tav J" pit uotioi HfY CHARLIE THE RUG&EST SAVS j 5 Gotta Ii II M RDfc H Tf R R I RLE .YOU PEA HERO. WHAT, H fUTX

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(HUfffiAjjl MR .VAN loon WILL PR03ABLY BE LAID UP ABOUT THRBE ft p I' Saturday Evening, march 4, 1916. 1 O YES, FATHER GOT "yVEXX. ENTIRE ITT TOO QUICK O 7S THERE. SOME FEVER.', f o s 'M But it's onl a KsiCN AWFUL! OH, J HEAVY C101.D AND T?f) fl MY -BACK, OH ,N SHORT T?of EVERN I t TIME-', j iJbh. IT'5 AVMFUL -Ton MERE V BE SICK. 5.UCH AC14E.S f DRINK. THIS N I SvJCt4 -P M 5 -5CCH PA, AND H J jPT (x don't wanna?) (donT you knov yAw po i Ty iigk 111 liT'5 ABout timf rt-tAr tA ciYcn mV WARDROBE, so I BRokc,'Ut rH-E TOOL-Sr NNHN ,a RAND MA I CON'T VOW KNOW V IHA r PA is r t i I CSJS. N. 5AKE DON'T SIT JOWM EXX. Nv l TO SIN Gr ANb PLAy,' J j t WANT PAPA TO READX V THE FUNNN WPER fo"R ME, I Fr N1' DOLL-V AND BUILD J a VyNiTH- W BlocKS y vol can'd come irKAXELA HfflQnf I Your fadder. iss -sick! J f I'M io, You p. kiNDi s CLAP.If COMSltS-cSTSNTIOrsI AND I PA J Lmi, THcubteul Actions have. Be- 111 acted as medicine to j cau$e-jjghm ME,' AND MAKES ME j-- Ct on EE.L AS WEU. 4l A AS EVR J what!s tbat Some. one. even RI-SIN4 THE FUHIVACe.,1 U rg t WANT YOU to Clean up; tmej CELLAR, STARRY OUT THE ASHES AND dUT UP SOME: OJ THAT V WOOD lES AN& I WANT VOU TO C HANCE--nCi. IN MV Room 1 n... i v Will r t0 N'T "K ro f in MY WARD CL jk X By F. LEIPZIGRI? HELLO TJOCTDR CoM& UP TO VAN LOONS QUICK MR. VAN LOOM HAS HAD A RE. LAPSE j; v S. WANT MR. VAN LOON'' Ss. ga BUS. X.ESR. S.HTr,VC .Wpe J C 1

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