The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
March 20, 1917

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miutt fpHE Topcka c.ty cnmpiiifin has roafhed the stage whore politics is brushing aside real issues. TyEATHER FORECAST for Kansas: Vnsettled, probably rain tonight or Wednesday; not much change in temperature. HOME EDITION TOPKKA, KANSAS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 TEN PAGES THREE CENTS U. S. WILL JOIN ANGLO-FRENCH IN SAFETY LANE Navies of 3 Nations to Main tain Cross-Atlantic Route. ASK CONGRESS FOR INCREASE IN RAIL RATES Claim It Can Fix Rates if It Can Regulate Wages. STRATEGY BACK OF WITHDRAWAL PUZZLES ALLIES Berlin Says Von Hindenburg Is Recoiling for Big Smash. RAILROADS PLAN REAL 8-HR. DAY FOR EMPLOYES DOES ADAMSON THE DECIDING BATTLE LAW PUT STOP TO RAILSTRIKES Change Terminals So as to Pre Brotherhoods Xot Altogether Tent Faying OTertirae. Pleased With Decision. United States Speeds Up Build ing of U-Boat Chasers. TO CONFISCATE ARMS PLANTS Consider Mobilization of En tire American Army. avy Undertakes to Add 27,000 3fen at Once. Washington, March 20. The United States. Great Britain and France will join in guarding the transatlantic ship lanes against German U-boats, if present government plans materialize. The administration expected to be gin today the work of informal ne gotiating with these nations. This probably will be undertaken thru the state department and the British and French embassies here. With its proposed big fleet of pa trol and chaser boats, plus larger navy vessels, the United States will be in a positon to offer protect lion to com merce off the American coast while Great Britain and France will be ex pected to reciprocate in the barred zone. Fear a V-Rout Attack. Navy men believe that the subma rine menace may be brought directly home; that feats such as the U-53 performed off Nantucket last summer will be repeated. Na vy and army departments are buzzing with preparations. The navy bears thf brunt of the work, but un der the surface the army has shaped its plans whereby it can call out the national guard anew and also provide sufficient otiicers for the training of a half million men. The New York navy yard began work today on forty submarine chas ers, hastily ordered, while tomorrow bids will be opened for 200 or more 3 10 foot speed boats, available for coast patrols and submarine chasers. Nothing to Stand tn Way. Nothing will be permitted to stand in the way o hastening navy pre paredness. The eight-hour law has been cast aside and if commandeering Is needed, it will be undertaken. Mobilization of the Atlantic fleet and of the naval militia has been con sidered for two weeks or more and it may be necessary to accomplish this before long. The tenseness of international af fairs has spurred both army and navy recruiting. The navy now has 66,600 men, tho it still must raise about 27,000 more. Early graduation of two Annapolis classes will provide officers for the un trained TO TESTNEW LAW Constitutionality of City Man ager Act Attacked in Wichita. Mandamus Proceedings Filed in the Supreme Court Today. Suit was filed in the state supreme court today to test the constitutional ity of the new city manager law. The action directly affects the city man ager program at Wichita. Mandamus proceedings filed before the court will decide the validity of the 1917 enact ment sometime next week. S. M. Brewster, as attorney general, today loaned the name of the state to a suit which will determine the constitutionality of the reform act. The law is being tested on mandamus proceedings directed against Mayor Bentley. members of the city commis sion and the city clerk of Wichita. An order from' the court is sought to com pel the printing of the election bal lots in Wichita without respect for the city manager measure. The Alleged Flaws. It is alleged in proceedings prepar ed by Chester I. Long, former United States senator, that the law is uncon stitutional for several reasons. First, the petition alleges that the law wili not hold water because it does not specifically establish a salary of re muneration for the city manager or provide a restriction as to the amount w :ich the supposed expert may be paid. Second, it is charged that dis crimination is provided in the law in that certain cities may adopt its pro visions within fifteen days while other cities are allowed sixty days in which to consider the reform. Following the filing of the suit the supreme court made the writ return able Tuesday. March 2 7. A special opinion will probably be written in the case and a decision rendered in time to meet spring election emergencies. Wichita, Eldorado and several other Kansas towns have adopted provi sions of the city manager law, enact ed by the 1917 legislature. FINDS HIS BROTHER ONLY TO LOSEHIM BY DEATH Junction City, Kan., March 20. After a search of forty-rive years, George Sanderson of this city found his missing brother, John, a month ago. only to lose him by death. During the yers he was missing John became wealthy and his prop erty, in addition to his share in the big Sanderson estate here, is left to George, who was with him in El Paso at the time of his death. Railroads to Seek Reimburse ments at Extra Session. BEGIN R. R. INVESTIGATION Commission Created hy Adam son Law Can Act Xow. To Weigh Big 1916 Profits Against Larger Payroll. Washington, March 20. Congress, at the coming extra session, will be asked to pass a law granting increased freight and passenger rates to the railroads to re-imburse them for in creased wages they will be compelled to pay under the Adamson 8-hour law prominert railroad heads and officials of the Interstate Commerce commis sion told the United Press today. "Since the supreme court has de cided that congress has the plenary power to fix wages for the trainmen, then applying the same rule, it has the right to legislate railroad rates," a prominent government official said. The fact that congress can dispose of the increased rate problem in a more speedy and satisfactory manner than the interstate commerce commis sion, is said to be the reason why the matter will be put up to congress. Commission Gathers Data. The eight-hour commission created by the Adamson act to investigate the effect of the eight-hour law on the railroads is powerless to grant in creased rates. The only power this commission has is to determine how much the railroads will have to pay out in increased wages and the gen eral effect that it will have on the roads. This commission, consisting of Gen eral Goethals, George B. Kublee and Edgar Clark, the latter a member of the interstate commerce commission, has been actively at work since the first of January when the Adamson law became effective, but as operation of the law was interfered with as a re sult of the injunction the commission was not able to gather such informa tion regarding the effect of the law. Now, they have laid their plans so that they will be able to begin work at once. Their preliminary plans have been mapriea out so they will be ready to submit information at the reconvening of congress if called upon to do so. Irofits Increased 20O Million. Les Moines. Ia., March 20. "The granting of an eight-hour day to the railway employes will result in a move by the railroads within the next thirty days to secure a general ad vance in freight rates." said Clifford Thorne, former chairman of the Iowa state railroad commission today. "The public should reserve their decision on this matter. The tendency of the av erage person will be to say 'give them an advance. It is costing them more for operation.' 4'But the public should remember that last year the gross profits of the railroads was $9,000,000 a day, or a total of $3,000,000,000. The net profit was $200,000,000 more in 1916 than any previous year." SOCIALISTS DIVIDED Patriotism and Pacifism Expected to Clossi at National Meeting. Chicago, March 20. Call for an emergency anti-war convention to de termine the attitude that will be tak en by the Socialists of the United States in case war is declared, has been issued by the Nationalist Social ist party. The convention i will he held in St. Louis the second week in April. The question of whether or not the So cialists shall refuse to bear arms also will be discussed. Under the terms of the caJl each state will name its delegates. More than 225 are expected to attend. In tense .rivalry between patriotic and pacifists factions is anticipated. EXPECTED GREECE AID Churchill Planned That Greek Army Would Pave Way in Dardanelles. London, March 20. Winston Churchill, when first lord of the Brit ish admiralty, planed the Dardanelles campaign to start in a seizure of the Gallipoli peninsula by a Greek army which would permit the British fleet to enter the sea of Marmora, accord ing to further sections of the report of the Dardanelles investigating com mission made public in the house of commons today. The new matter wasthat which had been excised from the report when it was first presented. The house of commons had asked for a report on the excised sections. ORDER SUB CHASERS Build 4 at New Orleans, 60 at New York and 400 In All. Washington. March 20. The New Orleans navy yard was today ordered to build at once four submarine chasers. The New York yard yester day was ordered to build sixty. The department has called upon all navy yards fitted to undertake small boat construction, to submit estimates as to the number of submarine chasers thev can turn out quickly. Bremerton. Mare Island. Ports mouth, Boston, Charleston and other yards probably will be designated to construction of chasers, to the full ex tent of their capacity. It is possible that the construction of the 150 or 200 chasers may be provided for in this way in addition to 200 or more to be ordered tomorrow from private builders. The chasers are designed to do 35 knots an hour and will be equipped with triple propellers and a fuel capacity for long cruising radius. Steady Retreat of Teutons Con tinues Fast but Orderly. MOVE RELEASES 150,000 MEN Believe Germany Intends Using Them in Giant Thrust. But Where Also Is Mystery to French and British. Eerlin, March 20. The morning newspapers today gave the German public its first news of the big events at the front in France. All military experts explain the movement as part of the strategical plan of the general staff for a decision on the western front and a master stroke to vitiate the preparations of the entente for an offensive, giving a decided advantage to the Germans. These writers are unanimous in expressing the fullest confidence in Field Marshal von Hin denburg. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung says: 'This is not the first strategic re treat von Hindenburg has executed in this war. It is necessary only to re member his great retreat from before Warsaw and the partial evacuation of Transylvania. Thus far. these re treats of von Hindenburg always have borne fruit a hundred fold, so that we may face the new measure of our highest military command with well founded confidence and the fullest as surance that it furnishes the prelimi nary to new German successes." Full of Confidence at Berlin. The Morgen Post says: "The German people can and must have the fullest confidence in their leaders, especially von Hindenburg and his able counsellor and assistant, von Ludendorff. Developments may be awaited with calm confidence." Retreat Xot Yet Halted. French troops, pushing hard on the heels of the retreating Germans are today within striking distance of the "Hindenburg line," the supposed goal of their retiring foes. The milestones on this line are the historic towns of Lille, Cambrai, St. Quentin, Laon and Lafere. The troops of General Kivelle were rushing towards St. Quentin yes terday at a rate almost unprecedented in the present world war and had reached a point within five miles of the city. Unless some unheralded factor has entered the situation the French have by this time either en tered St. Quentin or the German re treat has halted. In the meantime, to the north, the British are doggedly pushing forward toward Cambrai and are apparently within striking distance of that town, the heart of the Lille-La Fere line and tamous since the days of the Romans. The British are advancing more slowly than the French, but nothing in the official reports from Paris or London, or the unofficial stories of newspapers correspondents at the front indicate that either army has yet come in con tact with the main German forces. Theories on German Move. The theory that the Germans pro pose to halt their retreat on the Hin denburg line has been put forward by military critics in the allied capitals but there has been no intima tion from Berlin of the plans of the German general staff and the purpose and meaning of the dramatic retreat of the invaders of France remain clothed in considerable mystery. French military observers estimate that the German retirement has al ready released 150,000 to 200.000 troops who are available for a long predicted counter offensive to be launched the allied lines at some speculative points. The Paris news papers regard some such move on the part of Von Hindenburg as almost certain and discuss the possibility of another tremendous drive to smash a way thru to Calais. In the meantime the only indica tion of a German attempt to assume the initiative is in the apparently sporadic fighting in the Champagne district and on the Verdun front. Nothing has developed in either of these directions to indicate an offen sive on a scale great enough to offset the sensational evacuation of a thou sand or more square miles in Picardy. LOOK FOR SHOWERS! Spring In All Her Glory and Wetness Promised by Mr. Flora. Hourly temperature readings for the day, reported by the local office of the United States weather bureau: 7 o'clock 37 8 o'clock 42 9 o'clock 45 10 o'clock 50 11 o'clock 50 12 o'clock 49 1 o'clock 49 2 o'clock 48 One of the predicted showers hit Topeka at 1:50 this afternoon. Only a sprinkle, but a real spring shower. The rest will be heavier and Just about as warm, according to Mr. Flora. To morrow morning Topekans will wake and will see spring as scheduled by the calendar. It may look different and it may not. Mr. Flora predicts no great change. The wind was blow ing at twelve miles an hour this aft ernoon at 2 o'clock and will remain fairly steady all night and tomorrow. The temperature averaged just nor mal for the day. Showers! It's really spring! For the first time this year Meteorologist Flora spoke of "showers." Once or twice he said "rain" but not "showers." Wichita had a slow spring shower Monday night but no other points in Kansas have reported such blessings in the last twenty-four hours. The forecast, as offered by Flora, this morning, was unsettled weather with probable showers tonight or Wednes day, no marked change in tempera ture. The shippers' forecast for the sec ond time this year reads to protect 36-hour shipments against more than j freezing temperature in all directions. J The lowest temperature Monday OPEN WAY FOR WOMEN TO JOItCi THE JU NAVY Secretary Daniels Announces Plan for Enlisting Them. 3Vo, Maude, You Can't Train for Expert Gunner. TO EMPLOY THEM IN OFFICES But Training Camp Qualifica tion Is To Be Recognized. Difficulty in Obtaining Men Clerks Thus Overcome. Washington, March 20. Secretary Daniels' today ordered naval com mandants at shore stations and all re cruiting offices to be prepared to en list women in actual naval service, in case of an emergency. While it is no intended to place women aboard ships, they may be utilized for shore duty in connection with coast defense work. The judge advocate general has ruled that women can be enlisted un der the laws regulating recruiting. Grades corresponding to the Yeoman class will be given to those qualify ing as stenographers, clerks, typists, or similar positions. Training in camps, a number of which have been 'organized under the auspices of the Navy league also will be recognized by navy officials as a factor in choosing the women recruits. Another grade of work for which they may be de signated is that of radio telegraphy and other combination divisions. Difficulty of obtaining men steno graphers and clerks for the navy from among the regular enlisted personnel caused the question of women's em ployment to be taken up. By filling the positions on shore with women, the department expects in time of emergency to use the men for fleet service and sea duty. 3 SLAYERS ESCAPE Politician Who Slew Judge Lawler Breaks From Alabama Jail. Birmingham. Ala., March 20. David Overton, former clerk of the Madison county circuit court, con victed last fall of having murdered Judge W. T. Lawler. escaped early today from the Jefferson county jail. Overton is said to have escaped with six other prisoners, two under sen tence of death after they had over powered the warden. The fugitives are believed to have gone north. night was 36. At 9 o'clock this morn ing the mercury registered 46 and will probably go to 50 before evening. Tomorrow will be practically a dupli cate of today, an east wind, clouds and showers. The only cold weather reported in United States is in the north, around St. Paul, where they have a 32-inch snow and 15 degree weather. Other sections of the country are enjoying the same weather as Topeka has had for the last two days. The lowest temperature on record for this date is 5 in 1906, and the (Continued oQ Page Two) SHERLOCK HOLMES FINDS 'FLAPPERS' TOO NUMEROUS London, March 'SO.- A. Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, has convinced 1 London that there are too irany flappers on the streets for the entertainment of soldiers and he has engineered the estab lishment of a number of "Bring-Your-Girl" clubs where the soldiers and their flappers can go and have a good time. Lady Betty Balfour conceived the plan and a number of clubs have been organized. Lady Em met t was first to respond, equipping two club houses. Each has a girls club room, a men's smoking room, a billiard room and two recreation rooms. HOLD UPJREIGHT Bandit Gang Captures Crews and Loots Many Cars. Like Robbery in Same Vicinity Year Ago of $50,000 Silk. Buffalo, N. T., March 20. Armed bandits early today held up a west bound New York Central fast freight at Athol Springs, 22 miles from here, drove the crew away at the point of shotguns and looted the cars. The freight train was out of Buffa lo, bound for St. Louis, Mo. Three of the robbers appeared at the caboose and covered the crew. The trainmen filed out and were led down the track by one of the robbers. The engine was detached from the train. The trainmaster's officers here reported that no estimate of the amount of merchandise stolen had been obtained. The train later was reported on its way west. About a year ago a similar holdup was staged in western style near Niagara Falls. At that time $50,000 worth of silks was stolen. BOMBS "ON ACCOUNT" As Reprisal for Burning Bapaume French Raid Frank fort -on -the-Main, Amsterdam, March 20. A telegram received here from Frankfort-on-the-Main says that on March 16, a hostile airplane flew over the town and dropped six small bombs, one of which slightly damaged th roof of a house. The others fell in the river or in fields and caused no damage. The airplane was fired on by anti-aircraft guns. The French war office announced on Saturday that Frankfort -on-the-Main has been bombarded by a French airplane in reprisal for the setting afire of Bapaume. PUPILS OF AVIATOR DROP FLOWERS ON HIS GRAVE FROM AIR New York, March 2,0. Twelve pu pils of Peter Carl Millman, one of the government's most capable aviator In structors, will fly over his grave to morrow and drop flowers at the con clusion of Millman's funeral. Millman died Sunday night of pneumonia after five years experience t& an aviator and rnanj spectacular flights without a serious accident- He was 22 years old. BRING WAR HERE Effects of Break With Germany To Be Felt in Topeka. State ExecutiTe Council Ar ranges for Protection. WILL GUARD ALL BUILDINGS Soldier Patrol to Prevent Bod ily Harm to Officials. Additional Guard to Keep Eyes on State House. Withhe prospect for open hostil ities in the break with Germany, it is probable that the state executive coun cil will arrange for additional pro tection for all state property. The plan was advanced by S. M. Brewster, attorney general, and will probably re ceive the sanction of the executive council before the end of the week. Several million dollars worth of state property in Topeka is practically unguarded. In event of actual war fare, state officials fear that dangers to public property would be greatly multiplied. It is to patrol and protect this property that the state officials may direct the placing of special guards especially at the state house and probably at other state buildings. No intimations have been received indicating possible dangers. Yet there is a decided tendency not to take chances. Not only i- the state prop erty endangered in event of war, but lives of public officials are endangered should efforts be made to destroy pub lic buildings in this country. Patrol State House. "I believe the state should take steps to safeguard its property," Gen eral Brewster told Charles Sessions, secretary to Governor Capper. "In my opinion extra guards should be as signed to patrol the state house. It is a safeguard that should be taken In view of present international condi tions." In event an extra guard is ordered to protect state property, it is quite probable that Charles I. Martin, adju tant general, may be asked to assign members of the Kansas National Guards. FARM PALACE BURNS J. C. Robison, Noted Horse Man, Burned Saving Children. Towanda, Kan., March 20. J. C. Robison, widely known as a breeder of registered horses, was dangerously burned at 3 o'clock this morning when his $10,000 residence four miles north west of this town was struck by light ning and destroyed. Mr. Robison went thru the flames barefoot in his night clothes to save their two chil dren who were sleeping upstairs. The residence, furnishings and personal ef fects were a total loss. TOO MUCH DECOLLETE Illinois Solon Wants Legislature to Regulate 'Nursery Scenery. Springfield. 111., March 20. The state senate, today, tabled an amend ment offered by Senator Boehm of Chicago, to forbid .the appearance In any public hall of women whose gowns should be lower than permitted by a straight line drawn from shoul der tip to shoulder tip. Men Fear a Boomerang in the Strike Settlement. PLANS MAY BENEFIT TOPEKA Roads Can Save Millions by Employing Few More Men. It Will Take Months, However, to Work Out Plans. The supreme court's decision of the eight-hour law and the terms agreed upon in the national defense commis sion settlement of the railway strike controversy, regarded Monday as a great victory for the trainmen, proved a boomerang today when it became known the railroads are perfecting Plans to eliminate overtime. Sched ules and terminals will be changed to enable the railroads to put into ef fect a straight eight-hour day for the men. Under this arrangement the only pay increase gained by the train men will be a 25 per cent increase in pay, whereas it was at first believed the pro rata increase in overtime with a shorter basic day would enable the latter to pile up overtime rapidly. The move today on the part of the railroads is causing considerable mis givings among the ranks of the train men who have been given a fleeting glimpse only of great chances for overtime. On the other hand things are growing brighter for the railroads and the 1..000.000 a week, which it has cost the railroads since January 1, because of the agreement Monday automatically becoming effective at that date, promises to be cut, possibly in half. Employ Few More Men. Railway officials stated today that the plan now being worked on will not necessitate hiring more train men, except in a few cases. The plan can be put in effect on all railroads except in a few instances, it is said. The Santa Fe is among the roads upon which it can be placed in effect the easiest. It is believed that the ter minals on the Santa Fe would not re quire much changing with the excep tion of possibly the run between Kan sas City and Emporia by way of the Topeka line. Changes, if any are made, might re sult in Topeka receiving some addi tional terminal facilities. Tho Rock Island and Unitn Pacific may be forced to change several freight ter minals as would the Union Pacific. Such a move on the part of the rail roads would result in the transfer of the Rock Island freight terminal at Herington to McFarland, it is said. Few Passenger Changes. Passenger schedules and terminals will require the least changing. Providing the plans of the railroads are found practical they will be grad ually worked out. This will take months, it is pointed out But the ulti mate will be, according to all indica tions today, that trainmen's pay checks will be only a little larger than now. THREATEN KAISER Enfranchisement of Prussia Demanded in the Reichstag. Socialist Member Pictures Dis aster Unless Emperor Acts. Berlin, March 20. Philipp Cheide man, Socialist leader in the relchstag, says in the Socialist newspaper Voer waerts: "It does not require many words to explain why almost the whole world is arraigned against us. The answer is given quickly. The whole world sees among our enemies more or less de veloped forms of democracy, and in us it sees only Prussians. "We have always answered by re ferring to the absolutism of Russia, but now czarism has gone and tho emperor's successor is to accept the throne only j the representatives of the people agree. These representa tives are to be elected on the basis of universal, equal, direct and secret suf frage. '"In Asia the empire of the man darins opposed to every reform. They desired an emperor with absolute pow er, as long as he did their will and thereby undermined the monarchy and laid the foundation of a republic. In the European central empire similar spirits seek to build similar Chinese walls and hinder evry reform. The clock shows five minutes to twelve. They imagine they hold up the time when they move back the hands to eleven. Russia Waited Too Long. "Why does the chancellor shrink back now from unconditional neces sity? Always the hesitator. the pro crastinator, Bethmann-Hollweg wants to begin to cure Prussia after the war. Russia also promised all reforms after the war, but the war lasted too long for the Russians. Why postpone till tomorrow what is absolutely necessary today, what even the king himself declared years ago was one of the most urgent matters of the business of the state. Now is the time for decisive action. The difficulties which might arise if the government adopts the relchstag system of elections for Prussian elections are as a feather weight compared with the difficulties which will come if it does not do this. The chancellor should not delay one day. The Prussian people, as well as the other German states, will stand at his side if he acts decisively." Establishes Right by Congress to Protect Public Interest. WHO PAYS $50,000,000 EXTRA Increase Freight Rates xt Step Contemplated by Lines. Committees of Both Camps In Final Conference Today. New York, March 20. The Adam son law decision clearly establishes the right of the government to pre vent strikes, railroad managers con tended in a statement issued today. A sharp cleavage of opinion has devel oped over this question, brotherhood chiefs contending that the ruling of the supreme court does not give the government suth power. The Switchmen's Union of North America, which was awarded ten-hour pay for a nine-hour day by an arbi tration board recently, "will be taken care of" when their present contract, signed for one yt-ar, expires, according to another statement from the man agers' office. Establishes Power Beyond Doubt. An official spokesman, for the na tional conference committee of rail road managers authorized the follow ing statement: "The chief thing that the country has gained out of this decision is that it establishes beyond doubt that the government thru congress has full power to prevent railroad strikes. The opinion as read by Chi-?f Justice White makes it plain that employes of in terstate carriers, because of the public character of the railroads are affect ed with a public interest and that they have no more right to strike and tie up the commerce, of the country than have soldiers and sailors. "This same opinion was recently ex pressed by Judge Clements a mem ber of the Interstate commerce com mission, when he said that railroad employes are affected with a public interest that they can no more Ignore than can the carriers. President Expressed Same Idea. 'The same idea was expressed by President Wilson In a public speech he made at Shadow Lawn during the campaign when he said: 'America is never going to say to any individual 'you must work wheth er you want to or not,' but it is privi leged to say to an organization of persons 'you must not interrupt tho national life without consulting us.' "It is understood that Secretary Lane who was chiefly instrumental in bringing about the settlement believes that this broad opinion from the court as to the public duties of the em ployes is the most important thinff gained." New York, March 20. With the possibility of a railroad strike defi nitely averted, both railway managers and brotherhood chiefs turned their efforts today towards a more minute study of the situation they have brought about. The railways have surrendered and the brotherhoods are undisputed vic tors, but both camps are today trying to salvage as much as possible from the work of the past few days. Increased freight rates seem sure to be demanded by the railroads to compensate them for the 1 50,000,000 a year increased wages. Expert esti mates have shown by bowing to the will of the employes the railroad! must expend this sum annually to meet the revised pay roll. Study Court Decision. In the other camp the brother hood chiefs action is directed at the best possible application of the Adam son eight-hour law and one that will prevent the law from legislating out strikes of employes in "a business of public interest." The brotherhood chiefs and their counsel sat late into the night study ing the law the supreme court de clared constitutional. The brother hoods are not altogether pleased wit the court's decision. One part of the law specifically states the right possessed by employes of "a business charged with a public interest, and as to which the power to regulate commerce by congress ap plied," is "necessarily subject to limi tations." Don't Believe It Stops Strikes.' W. G. Lee, trainman chief, declared he does not believe this Bectlon pro hibits strikes. "We are public servants." he said. "But we are not government em ployes. Therefore I see nothing in the supreme courts decision that would prevent striking." Eight hundred separate agreements are to be effected today. The brother hood chiefs are to meet the railway managers conference committee in Grand Central terminal today to take up this work. W. S. Carter, head of the engineers, is en route back to St. Louis, where he left his dying daughter to attend the conference here. A telegram late last night summoned him back. Compute Back I -ay. It is estimated that the employes will receive between 1 2.000,000 and $13,000,000. There was some talk of leaving the computat'on to the eight hour commission headed by Major General G. W. Goethals. Freight serviee on all trunk lines has been more or less deranged by embargoes declared in anticipation of a strike. Nearly all the railroads lifted their embargoes yesterday as soon as they heard of the settlement. A re turn to normal conditions on some lines was delayed by the necessity of making reciprocal arrangements with connecting roads.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 .7AI1T0N RAZING OF VILLAGES BY FLEEING TEUTONS Mjles and Miles of Kuins Black and Bomb-Torn. CIt j" Streets Mined and Blown Up? Buildings Collapse. VAST TERRITORY REPATRIATED Wreak Final Vengeance by mashing Home Interiors. City of Roye, Largest Taken by German, Literally Blown Up. With the French. Armies Advancing from Roye, March 20. One hundred arid sixteen square miles of territory, burned black and rent with wanton explosions has been the prize wrench ed from the Germans by the French in the one little district from around Chaulnes to the Oise. It is merely i ,part of a' vast territory repatriated bv the French troops, after hot pur suit of a German retirement that for precipitate haste resembles the retreat from the Marne. This 116 miles how ever, is typical of German ruthless ness In retreat. It has been a retirement by the Germans marked by wanton destruc tion and devastation exceeding even that of the original German invasion. 1 Groat Craters In Streets. !The city looks as tho it had been stricken by an earthquake. The Ger mans before leaving mined the street corners In such manner as to not only cause a great crater when the explosives were touched off. thus blocking the streets, but also caused the collapse of all buildings on the fuur corners. The whole city of Roye was thus mined to impede the French advance. Rut ths date which the German com manders had fixed for their evacua tion had not arrived before French forces rushed in. Their sudden and unexpected appearance caused the Germans to touch off their mines at 4 o'clock Saturday morning and without any warning to the civil popu lation. Inhabitants of the village were hurled from their beds; great craters forty feet wide and some thirty feet j in .ueptn were oiown in me principal streets. Into these great holes tumbled the principal buildings of the city. The magnificent town hall with a score of others is a mass of ruins. The quick arrival of the French enabled cutting of wires connecting mines which had been laid under whole streets of the city bo that some buildings were saved. .At the moment of their departure the Germans wreaked final vengeance on the city by enterlnpr houses and smashing the furniture, tlishes-r every thing breakable. Pennine a Pitiful Ruin. (From a ytaff correspondent of the Associated Press.) British Headquarters in France, March 19. via London, March 20. fhe deliberate character of the de struction wrought b-ys the Germans before their withdrawal from Peronne is- painfully evident in the beautiful avenue leading to the railway station. j.The correspondent of the Associated adorned the great square had been taken away by the Germans and a gaudily clad dummy left in its place. The railway station was completely wrecked, including the tracks and crossing bridges. Germans signs had been substituted thruout the station and on a bulletin board was a time table of trains for Lille, Munich and other points within the German lines. Wanton Wrecking; of Homes. The, Germans left many relics to show their occupancy of the French military barracks. In some of the rooms Christmas trees gaily decorated with tinsel were still standing. It was strange to find in some of the shelter ed and partly burned houses remnants of children's toys, including doll car riages and bits of dolls themselves. These had been left behind with all other household belongings when the French inhabitants first fled before the German Invaders. In some of the finer residences, the libraries had been wrecked, the books torn to pieces and scattered in the streets. The Germans had left several foot-bridges across the Somme which were apparently in tact, but on close examination showed that false sections had been inserted that gave way at the first foot pres sure. The correspondent investigating one of these bridges too closely had an icy bath in the Somme. On the blank walls of the city there were many printed proclamations to the soldiers. Had -Germanized the City. The invaders had Germanized the city during their occupancy or at least had attempted it. All the streets have been renamed after such army heroes and generals as HindenburS, Mackensen and others. But the townspeople themselves were far from Germanized. Twenty four hours after the Germans evacu ated Roye. the eight hundred remain ing of the city's, civil population had unearthed long hidden French flags. The tri-color was waving everywhere when the French troops entered. Americans Feed Populace. All is movement and yet so meth odically is it executed that beyond Roye the Parisian newspapers were being distributed to the soldiers today with the same regularity as in Paris itself. l' Thruout the German evacuation and the French occupation of Roye, the American bureau which has been feeding the civil population continued its work uninterruptedly. The Hindenburg Defense IJne. Therefore the Germans began con struction of a new line of retreat now known a3 the Jlindenburg line. It runs south from Arras, past San Quentin and rejoins the old front in the vicinity of Soissons. On these new defenses, the Germans forced the French civil population to work many days. Returning refugees who were forced by tha Teutons to work on the new de fenses on the "Hir.flenDurg line statea today that the Germans hoped by shortening their lines on the western front to release thirty divisions of men for strategy elsewhere. Thirty divi sions is approximately 600.000 men. LOOK FOR SHOWERS! (Continued from Pge One.) ond time rthis'year reads to protect 36-hour shipments against more than freezing temperature in all directions. The lowest temperature Monday night was 36. At 9 o'clock this morn ing the mercury registered 46 and will probably go to 50 before evening. Tomorrow will be practically a dupli cate of today, an east wind, clouds and showers. The only cold weather reported in United States is in the north, around St. Paul, where they have a 32-inch snow and 15 degree weather. Other sections of the country are enjoying IN A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS, MISS FAY TINGHERHEROINE Reporter Described Her Bub bling OTer With Happiness. In Fact, She Was on the Verge of Hysteria Attack. IN TOPEKA TO BURY HER SISTER iToDAYbAMuSEMtHTSi jTURNS IT DOWN Actress Still III From Effects of an Operation. She Was fobbing When Report er Thought Her Laughing. The lowest temperature on record for this date is 5 in 1906, and the highest 83, in 1916. x The wind was blowing 12 miles an hour from the east this morning at 9 o'clock. DAILY WEATHER BLl'ORT. Furnish!, by the weather bureau office, Topefea. Ktin- for the twnty-four bourn (HHln? ni t n. in. i iipsuay. Stations. Itoston. Mass. Kiiffnlo, N. V Caltjnry, Alb Chicago, III CltH-imiflti, O Concordia, Kan.... Corpus Curtail Denver, Colo lcs Moines, la lxxtge City. Kan.. lmluili. Minn Ki 1'oso. Tex Fort Worth. Tex. :tilvestoii. Tex Havre, Mont Jacksonville, Fla. Kansaa City, Mo. l,tttle Hock. Ark... I,os Angeles. Cal., New Orlenus. La. New York, N. Y. I'latte, Neb.... Oklahoma, Okla. l'hoenix, Ariz Pittsburg, Pa ortluiul, ore. Htfcli. Ltiw, I're.Wther. the same weather as Topeka has had ri i-i'v'iiuvj ni ""V for the last two days. Frss was amons the first visitors to I Th lowest tmnrr Peronne ;n the wake of the English troops who have now swept well be yond that plare. It was necessary to pass thru half a score t ruined vil lages which only a few. days ago were Within the zon of intense artillery ilte before reaching the banks of the Spmme. Peronne v.-as reached over a road that had been reconstructed within twenty-fotir hours over suc ceeding rowa of Gorman trenches and thru recurring masses of ruated barbed wire. nome of these being at least six feet in height and fifty f e t in width. In the outskirts of the city, English Tommies were encountered wearing derman ".pickle" helmets --and grin ning from ear to ear. liven the Church Pillaged. In the great square of Peronne, .which is surrounded by melancholy ruins was the British lieutenant who led the first patrol into the city. He was mounted on a splendid little Ger man pony he had captured with its full equipment. There was ghostly Kilence in most sections of the city. No- sound of war was to be heard, ex cept once when a prying German air plane scudded over in the shelter of the high clouds and the anti-aircraft puna opened up driving him to quick retre.ni. Hnusn orricers poinieu out st Joseph, Mo.. UUllUlIIK ItUrl UUIllIMIK WllrJie l ci 1 St. LiOUlS, MO entiy t tie total damage nnd resulted, from interior explosions. Walla facing nwuy from the line of British and Krench fire had great squares blown thru them, differing strikingly from Chief mourners at funerals have been described in a hundred different fashions. All flights of imagination, however, were distanced today when a morning paper reporter described Fay Tincher, movie star, here to at tend her sister's funeral as follows: "From her room on the same floor penetrated delicious little bubbles of laughter evidently at the interview er's plight. Then came another burst of laughter, such a childish tinkle of mirth, that the interviewer was quite able to conjure up with the aid of his memory of certain Keystone films, an adorable little miss, just 6 feet, 2 Inches high, with brilliant color, coal black hair and eyes and an expressive little mouth." The truth of the matter is that Fay Tincher never felt worse in her life. She was on the verge of hysteria. Re covering from a serious operation at a hospital at Los Angeles, she was in formed last week that a younger sis ter. Mary Tincher. had died suddenly at El Paso. Fay Tincher was hardly able to make the trip to Topeka to attend burial services and upon her arrival here Monday night was on the verge of nervous prostration. At the home of her cousins. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Finer. 211 Edgewood avenue. Fay Tincher was asleep this morning. Mrs. Figg statea mat sne had been up all night with Fay and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Tincher. "I have a message for all news nanpr reporters frofn Fay," said Mrs. Figg. "She says to tell you that she knows business is business but that if you had a sister and felt as badly as she does, you wouldn't want to talk either and she would rather not be interviewed. Now I am sure you are not offended." Sister Died Suddenly. Then, the story of the sudden death of Marv Tincher at El Paso was tola. The younger sister had been ill only a week." Fay xincner, ner.iwo sisters, Ruth, of El Paso, and Mrs. Julia Dick, of New York, and her mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Tincher. of El Paso, are all in Topeka attending the burial service of Mary Tincher at Topeka cemetery this afternoon. Fay Tincher will leave tomorrow for Los Angeles to enter Fox comedies, providing her health im proves. The popular movie actress- left To peka twelve years ago to enter a the atrical school at Chicago. She hoped to play in drama but instead she en tered comedy and vaudeville, first ap pearing in The Prince of Pusen, Later she tried vaudeville and made a hit both in the east and in Europe. She's in the movies now, and is most popular in comedy altho she made a hit in the original 'vampire role in "The Battle of the Sexes." COZT Max Linder in "Max Comes Across." Is on the program for to day and tomorrow. "Mutiny," a Blue Bird production is also part of the entertainment. GEM William A. Brady presents Ethel Clayton in "A Man's Wom an," also a comedy film. IRIS "Great Expectations," adapt ed from one of Dickens's famous novels, featuring Louise Huff and Jack Pickford The fifth episode of "Patria," with Mrs. Vernon Castle. NOVELTY Five acts of vaudeville and the fifth episode of "Pearl of the Army." ORPHEUM Clara Kimball Young in "The Foolish Virgin," also a new Mack Sennett comedy, "The Nick of ime," featuring "Teddy," the famous dance dog. For details, prices, etc., see aner- tisement on page 1Q of the State Journal, HARK, YE THIRSTY! Montgomery Explains Asser tions About Bone Dry Law. President Wilson Politely Re- jects Carranza Peace Pack Says Embargo to Allies Would Be an "Unneutral Act." Officers Likely to Continue to Search Grips and Homes. BANK SHORT $20,000? I.oie Business Mothods Responsible for Closing Niotae Institution. St. Paul. Minn.... Suit Lake. Utah... San Francisco. Cal. Sanlt Ste. Marie Seattle. -Wash....--. Sheridan, Wyft....' tiie round holes made by shells. The I Spokane. Wash lieautitul old sixteentn century cnurcn of Saint Jean was a pitiful mass of ruins bnt one of its oil paintings still hung on a bit of wall-In the transept and was miracuously untouched. The Sas. Swift Current, Tainpa, Fla Toledo. Ohio TOPEKA. KAN... Washington. D. C. AVirliita. Kan statue of Catherine Devoix, which had Winnipeg, Miia 20 IS 0 Cloudy 38 24 n Cloudy 22 O Fair 46 Si: 0 Clear 4ti 40 o Clear oo 32 0 Fair 60 l 0 Cloudy 54 28 0 Olear 52 31 O Clear 60 30 O Fair-- 22 14 0 Clear 7(1 50 0 Clear 70 OO o cloudy 70 66 o Rain 40 20 o Clear 2 54 O Cloudy 42 o Cloudv 58 4S B Cloudy 48 O Cloudy 60 00 0 Cloudy 30 22 n Fair 52 M O Clear 70 50 o Fair 7S 44 0 Clear :tll 30 o Fair 40 38 .12 Fair 04 ,".4 o Fair 00 44 O Cloudy 38 22 0 Cloudy 42 ;a 0 Clear 00 40 0 Clear 24 22 T Cloudy 40 .10 0 Cloudy 40 22 O Fair :SN 28 T Clear 30 14 .0 Cloudy 74 54 0 Clear 38 34 0 Clear 0!) .10 o Cloudy 40 SO 0 Cloudy 08 40 .02 Katai 26 18 0 Clear The Quinine That, Does Not Cause Nervousness or Ringing In Head Because of it Tonic and Laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE can be taken by anyone without causing nervousness or ringing in the head. It removes the cause of Colds, Grip and Headache. Used whenever Quinine is needed. but remember there Is Only One "Uromo Quinine" That is the Original Laxative Uromo Quinine This Signature on Every Box vmrm m vara fs In Onm Omy. B 9 Shortages of F. J. Erhart. cashier of the Niotaze State bank may aggre gate $20,000. according to statements in Topeka today by Examiner Hemp hill, who has been in chance of the Chautauqua county bank since its doors were closed here last week, Krhart has not been arrested. He has turned over to the state bank exam iner property sufficient to cover all losses, it is believed. Loose methods of bookkeeping and handling banking accounts may have been responsible for the shortages of the bank. The leaks have been grow ing almost since the establishment of the bank eight years ago. A speciil examination last week showed that the bank was insolvent, "I don't believe Erhart has profited a dollar by the shortages," said Hemp hill. "It was just a loose sysem in a one man bank and I don't think he realized the leaks." Erhart's records and the books of the bank failed to tally. It was found thru an examination by Hemphill that the ba'ilk had nearly $30,000 in de posits. Records by the cashier, tho, showed about $9,000 in deposits. It is probable that a. receiver, will be ap pointed for the bank. The institution is no under the bank guaranty act. rroperiy turnea over to tne state however, is expected to meet all short ages and to pay the despositors in full. BOMBS "ON ACCOUNT" As Reprisal for Burning Bapaume t rencu rtaia TanKrort-on-uie-JMain. Amsterdam, March 20. A telegram received here from Krankfort-on-the- Main says that on March 16, a hostile airplane flew over the town and dropped six small bombs, one of which slightly damaged th roof of a house. The others fell in the river or in fields and caused no damage. The airplane was fired on by anti-aircraft guns. The French war office announced m Saturday that Frankfort-on-the-Main has been bombarded by a French airplane in reprisal for. the setting afire of Bapaume. j The bono dry law is a sacred insti tution and will be upheld. That is the statement today from the attorney general's office. While the promis cuous searching of grips and houses is not permissible under the law and the search and seizure measure does not apply Just as printed in the State Journal the state legal department today asserted there is sufficient law on the statute books to enforce the measure. t was W. P. Montgomery who told of the loopholes in the law. His state ment was not made for the purpose or providing a loop-hole for law viola tors. Neither did Montgomery know that newspaper reporters were listen ing to his remarks with the intention of quoting his stateWent. So today Montgomery explained? He stated that after a man is once under arrest there is nothing to prevent a search of his person or belongings and fur ther pointed out that resisting an officer is a serious offense. But the law does not give a peace officer the power to go and to do as he desires. All of which means that the state ment by the State Journal of the legal phase of the bone dry law was absolutely correct. Montgomery Explains. A formal statement by Montgom ery today is as follows: "The-statement in Monday night's State Journal was not an authorized interview or an indication of the course this office would follow in en forcing or advising sheriff or police oflicers in the enforcement of the new bone dry law. While it is true that the new law makes no provision for a search and seizure warrant for unlaw ful possession of liquor, the inferences drawn from that emission are incor rect. Any officer without any warrant can arrest any person engaged in the commission of any offense, and there is nothing to prevent a search of the clothing or personal effects of a man under arrest. An officer can use reasonable force if necessary in mak ing an arrest or a search. Resistance to arrest or to a lawful search is t serious offense and a person so re' sisting can be prosecuted even if he is not violating the bone dry law. "Any vehicle, or any house or any other place where liquor is kept, may be searched under the provisions of the nuisance law and if liquor is found, or other evidence of possession se cured, a prosecution may be had un der either the nuisance law or the bone dry law. If liquor is found there no escape from conviction, and a second offense is a felony, for which penitentiary sentence is imposed. "There is plenty of legal machinery to enforce the bone dry law, and it will all be used. Residences and suit cases can be searched and they will be searched whenever necessary." ERROR OF A CLERK Washington, March 20. While re jecting General Carranza's peace plan and proposal for an embargo on ship ments to the allies. President Wilson in his note to Mexico made "public to day, renews his suggestion for co operation among neutrals for halting the war. "The president regrets that how ever desirous he may be for co-operating with General Carranza," says the note, "in finding a solution of the world problem that is intruding itself upon all countries, he i3 unable at the present time to direct his energies to ward the accomplishment of the lofty purposes of president-elect (of Mexi co) in the way suggested by his pro posals." Cites Germany's Intrieue. The refusal was based, first on the apparent hopelessness of peace at the present time as shown in the futility I many's attempts to embroil Mexico and Japan in war with this country and in the belief that any restriction of commerce with the belligerents would in effect be an unneutral discrimination. "Nevertheless," the-note concludes, "the president would not be under stood as- desiring to impede the prog ress of a movement leading- to the re sumption of peaceful relations be tween all the belligerents and would not therefore wish the Mexicans to feel that his inability to act in the present state of affairs should in any way militate against the i itainment of the high ideals of Carranza by the co operation of other neutral govern ments in the use of their good offices and friendly mediation to bring about the end of the terrible war." The note mentions the "careful and sympathetic consideration" which the United States has given to the pro posal, refers to the new vigor of the warfare and goes oivto say: "To render the situation still more acute, the government of the United States has unearthed a plot made by the government dominating the cen tral powers to embroil not only the government and' people of Mexico, but also the government and people of Japan in war with the United States. According- to International law. At the time this plot was conceived the United States was at peace with the government and people of the Ger man empire and German officials and German subjects were not only enjoy ing, but abusing the liberties and priv ileges freely accorded to them on American soil and under American protection." The note then takes up the proposal to cut off commercial relations with the belligerent nations and refers to the American note to Austria-Hungary to show the policy of this government in declining to stop munition ship ments. "Believing that this position of the United States is based upon sound principles of international law," the note, in conclusion, says 'and is con sonant with the established practice of nations, the president cannot tiring himself to consider such a modifica tion of these principles or of this prac tice as compliance with General Car ranza's proposal to suspend commer cial relations with the warring na tions would entail." Come Looking for Great Bar gains All This Week. THIS WEEK WE CONTINUE OUR We Have Con tracted to close Out Stocks Be fore April 10. Great Clean-Sweep Remodeling Sale! JUST A FEW DAYS MORE OF FAST AND FURIOUS SELLING TO MAKE ROOM FOR WORKMEN REMODELING ROOMS ENTIRE MEN'S SPRING AND WINTER SUIT STOCK AT REDUCTIONS OF AND Vz 250 Men's $15 All-Wool Suits; newest styles and ?oart!en!s.,.......$7.50 400 Men's $16.50 All-Wool Suits; newest styles and latest models $10.50 350 Men's $22.50 Hand-Tailored Suits; son's newest styles and patterns All-Wool, this sea- $14.75 TOO MUCH DECOLLETE Illinois Solon Wants ICgislaturc to Jtcgulate Nursery Scenery." Springfield, 111., March 20. The state senate, today, tabled an amend ment offered by Senator Boehm of Chicago, to forbid the appearance in any public hall of women whose gowns should be lower than permitted by a straight line drawn from shoul der tip to shoulder ttp. TODAY'S 'MARKET -REPORTS Chicago, March 20. WHEAT Notwith standing that profit taking by numerous holders pave the whent market a material setback today, the effect was only trans ient. Purchases for strong houses soon tfwtlc thf aI nek nut of the mnrket and Governor Capper Says Telephone Pass carried quotations up grade. war preparations oy me united states CLEAN SWEEP OF MEN'S WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S FURNISHINGS Men's $1.50 Indigo Blue Bib Overalls $1.19 Men's 35c and 50c Suspenders, for 23 Men's Work Sox 6 Men's $1.25 Khaki Over alls and Jackets $1.00 Men's Cottonade Pants.. 98 Men's 75c Leather Gauntlet Work Gloves 50 Men's 50c Neckties 390 Men's Cotton Flannel Gloves, for 60 Women's $1.25 House Dresses 98! Children's 75c Gingham Dresses 39 Women's Muslin Night- gowns 590 New Spring Waists and Middy Blouses .x 5O0 up to- $1.50 MEN'S PANTS All $1.50 Pants .'980 All $2.00 Pants $1.48 All Wool, Hand-Tailored Pants $3.48 300 Men's $3.00 Felt Hats choice $1.95 All $2.50 Felt Hats $1.50 Men's 65c Indigo Blue Work Shirts i..390 Men's 75c and $1.00 Dress Shirts 650 Clothing' Co. 431-433 Kansas Ave. THOUSANDS OF PAIRS OF MEN'S, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SHOES AT SAVINGS OF $1 TO $2 A PAIR. Men's $3.50 Gunmetal Dress Shoes, button or lace $2.48 Men's $4.00 Goodyear Welt Work Shoes $2.98 Women's $3.50 newest style Dress Shoes and Oxfords, for $2.48 Girls' and Boys" Serviceable School Shoes $1.98 up to $2.48 Men's $4.50 Black and Tan Dress Shoes $3.48 Women's $3.50 Shoes and Ox fords, broken sizes r980 Women's Comfort Shoes, for $1.69 and .$1.89 Children's Shoes .$1.39 and ..$1.69 Boys $3.25 Shoes $2.48 as reported at Liverpool, were i.6M,000 bushels, compared with 9.212.000 bushels In the previous week and IS.402,000 buh els a year afco. Shipment from America were 5,094,000 bUBhelB. including 1.7S2.0O0 koi. Aiiatrnlla shinned 200.000 bush els, Australia 5K0.000 bushels atad Argentina l,7(M,ouo DUBneia. Klevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City decreased :175.015. bushels last week and n,w amniint to fi.:t77.02-t bushels: corn, 410.627 bushels, decrease 51.2S0 bushels: oats. 2,0rv.i,4-S misueis, ufcreuse oiu.mr. i,,,.hui. kfir 7d:ii4 bushels, decrease SW bn'shels: rve. 75.D3A bushels, decrease 5X.771 bushels: barley, SS.001 bUBhels. de crease i.4oi bushels. A year igu biwhb were 6.900.455 bushels of wheat, 6.178,0:14 bushels of corn aud 716,668 bushels of oats. Kanua City Grain Market. (The range of prices for grain futures on The Kansas City Board of Trade as re ported by Empire Commlsaiou Co- 401 New England Bldg.l Kansas City, March 20. Close Open High Low Today Yes. WHEAT- Mav ..ISO l6Vi Jnlv -.154 1554 Sept. ..141 143Vi 141 CO UN May ..110 lWfa 11"- 1844 l&4"i 1R5 lKfi 154V 154 109 STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City We Also Have Our Own Offices at Chicago. Bo. St. Joseph, So. Omaha. Denver, Sioux City. So. St. Paul. E. Buffalo. E. St. Louis, Fort Worth and El Paso. I "Joker" Was Only a Mistake. That Joker In the anti-pass law was due to an error in enrolling the bill. The statement was made today by Governor Capper, based on an investi gation of the history of the bill by Charles Sessions, secretary to the gov ernor. Under the joker In the bill, railroads might have granted passes to tele phone employes. That the error in the bill might not be effective Gov ernor Capner will ask all railroads to refuse to observe its provisions. If passes are grantea, tne state will then onng suit to annul the to annul the 1917 enact. ment. When the joker was found in the mK 14c off to c up. values underwent moderate sag ana men acureu general irovernment bad a tendency to encoura the bulls, and so. too. had administration efforts to eliminate as far as possible the dangers to American shipping. Opening prices, which ranged from V.C decline to V,c advance, with May at S1.S7H to .88Vii and July at $1.58 to $1.58 were followed by a sharp general break and then a rise all around to yesterday's finish or con siderably above. Subsequently bearlslr crop reports from the southwest acted as a depressing ele ment and there was word from Minneapolis of liberal offerings of Canadian wheat. The close was unsettled, c to c net lower, with May at $1.R6 to $1.86 and July at $1.57 to $1.57-. COHN In corn as in wheat, realizing sales were quietly absorbed. Demand proved sufficiently active to lift the mar ket to a new high price record. After open- anti-pass bill, newspaper men recall ed a statement by S. J. Bear, a Bell telephone company employe. Bear had told newspaper men that "some thing had got by them and been sign ed by the governor." Finding of the mistake brought Bear into the lime light. He visited the governor's of fice and told Governor Capper that he OATS Oats showed independent strength. Commission houses were the best buvers. PROVISIONS New top-notch quota tions of bogs lifted provisions. Packers supported the advance. July ..108 100 MR lOUtt 10Srj k, una -mu:iz. mils. iih. inr,. O, J, I n'T f, Chicago Grain and Pork Market Chicago. March 20. WHEAT Cloae: Mav, $1.80ru,l.Sfl July, $1.671.57 September. 1.44Vlftil.44. CORN Mav. $1.1-Va I.l2l4 July, $1.10; September. $1.0Rri 1.00. OATS May, 58fe58c; July, 56 g D6'(c. vnnKMnv. $.14.27: Jnlv. $:!."..40. LAUD May, $10.70: July. $19.07SW-70. UIBS May, $18.02; July, $18.12. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas Cltv. March 20. WHEAT-Close: 1,. tn l.l.rhor "d 2 hurri. 1 Olftf) 2 01; No. S, $1.92161.99; No. 2 red, $l.U34i 2.00: No 3. $1.90rgl.9R. ri CORN-Market lc to 2c higher. No. 2 j mixed, $l.i:iV4M1.14i4: No. 3, $l.l--V-f 1.14 No. 2 white. $1.14(fjl.l5: No. 3, $1.13H 1.14 No. 2 vellow, $1,160 l.lOVa No. 3, $1.15. OATS Market unchanged to lAc higher. No. 2 white, OS63Vje; No. 2 uixed. 61SJI 02c. KYB $1.54(51.58. KAFIK AND MILO MAIZE $2.ul&2.70. HAY Prairie, $13.50; other hay un changed. Bit AN $1.85(31.87. SHORTS $1.98fti 2.05: WHEAT Keceipta 4 cars. ItT'TTEK Market unchanged. l'OI'LTRY Market unchanged. K4JS FirstB. 27c. CLOSE: WHEAT May. $1.84; July, $1.54V: September. $1.41(5 1.41Vi. CORN May, $1.10; July, $1.09 ;Septem ber, $1.00. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, March 20. BUTTElt Market higher. Creamery. 32S40c. r;.WM MarKet uncuangeo. POTATOES Market unchanged. POULTIIY Alive, unchanged. heavy, $14.50(i?'15 -20 f rollglr, $14.50(ai4.71K pigs, $10.(!0(-al3.50. CATTLE Receipts 2.000. Market strong.' Native beef cattle, $9.25fti,12.65; stockers and feeders, $.70t9.S0: cows aud heifers, $5.75 ft 10.85: calves. $10.25(6 14.50. SHEEP Receipts 10,000. Market firm. Wethers, $11.2012.70 lambs, $1'J1515.10. Kansaa City Un Stock antes. (The following saica were made this morn ing at th Stock Yard, Kansas City, and reported over long distance telephone dl. rect to the State Journal -by Clay Hobln son CoH live stock commission mer chants.) Kansas City, March 20.- CATTLR Re ceipts 4,000 head. Market 10gl5e higher. HOflS Receipts 7.000 head. Market Bra 10c higher. Bulk of sales, $14.35(UU.9d; top. $15.00. SHEEP Receipts 10.000 head. Market slow steady. 1.1L,L,1U KllittltM. No. Wt. Price. No. Wt. Price. 40 1043 $10.35 16 1018 $10.35 20 1267 11.50 25 1193 11.35 J 40 1411 1200 00 1028 10.40 I 00 J335 12.00 60 943 10.00 25 1200 11.00 20 1264 11.00 I 25 1365 11.60 61 1019 9.75 110 1151 11.10 IS 1387 11.65 24 960 10.05 53 1188 11.90 27 871! 9.00 30 1123 10.55 19 1210 11.35 44 1170 10.75 44 1100 10.75 20 1096 9.85 46 977 10.15 :'.7 1252 11.23 62 1106 10.75 88V.... 1113 10.75 18 9S7 10.25 COWS ANI HEIFERS. 1 11S0 8.50 900 9.50 18 603 10.50 3 1260 9..'H 4 m-,0 8.75 23.... .1130 10.00 STOCKED ANI FKEUKUS. 127 975 9.80 IS 1043 10.50 16 8S1 9.50 22 1104 9.75 64 890 9.75 26..... b75 8.75 CALVES. l 120 io.5o I iso 11.no U 240 11.73 I 3 410 10.00 BULLS. 1 1200 9.00 3 1160 R.50 4 990 7.75 6 1054 8.45 HOGS. 30 218 14.60 164 14.20 j 99 189 14.50 85 227 15.00 69 25H 15.00 39 156 14.40 73 225 14.85 v stock steersup tlSlO tb.Wy.'JeefsTffiio? Killers bid on all fleshy feeders, and coun try buyers have paid pu to $10.70 lii the last week. HOGS. Early prices were highest today, sales lip to $15, bulk of sales $14.40 to $174 90. Railroad embargoes interrupted shipping' orders, and fewer hogs went to order buy-, ers today as a result. Receipts are not sufficient for the needs of killers, nit. I packers here are shipping In a great many nogs bought at Omaha, Sioux City anil Fort Worth. The general belief is that the market will work higher, tho not as rapid ly as in the hist few weeks. SHEEP AND LAMBS. After some depression ou iambs iniddlej of last week the market has recovered, -sales 10c to 15e higher today, and the tnp: only 5 cents under extreme top of the season, reached first of last week. The rood Iambs sold at $14.75 and $14.80 todav. some folr to good lambs around $14.50, and heavy Iambs worth around $14.2. Prime ewes sre worth $12.25, some Mexi can wethers at $12 todav. 70 lba. average. ciiiiB iniuuN R.H ai i.i.:a-to 14, shear ing lambs slightly more. J. A. IIICKART. Market Correspondent. TOPEKA MARKET REPORT Tattle nnd flora (Prices furnished by Wolff Packing Co.) WHEAT CROP SHORT Washington, March 20. Production of wheat in Argentina, Australia and New Zealand for 1916-17 was 30 per cent below normal, according to a cable to the bureau of crop estimates from the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome toda. The production of wheat in the countries mentioned, for that period, was 226.274,000 bushels. This amount is 17.7 per cent below the five year average. Plies Cnred In to 14 Days. Druggists refund money If PAZO OINT MENT fails to cure Itching. Blind. Bleed ing or Protruding Piles. First auplicatioa gives relief. 50c. Adv. PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS Ask Your Doctor About C DRUGS AND TOILET GOODS The Modern Drug Store CUT-RATE 500 Wet lOth. Telephone 450. Free Delivery ported by Empire Commission toM Jul New England Bids.) Chicago, March 20. uion 159 146 11274 10914 Open High WHEAT May .I8814 18K4 July ..10SV1 Sept. ..145 CORN May ..112V4 July ..110 Sept. ..108 OATS May 5914-895! 'i July 5714-145714 PORK May ..34.65 July ..33.90 LARD May ..19.85 July ..19.83 BIBS May ..18.20 July ..18.25 Low Today Yes. Chicago Grain nnd Pork Market welcomed nnd risaird r, n (The range of prices for rrale futures on ,u j ;C- J,,. The Chicago Board of Trad report aosotves rsear or wrong doing; in the enrolling of the bill. j "It seems clear from the investiga tion by Mr. Sessions that the joker in the anti-pass law was due to a cleri cal error in enrolling the bill," said Governor Capper. Bear has protested that he did not .have the pass law in mind when he talked to newspaper men regarding the Joker. "I didn't know about it until I read It In the newspapers," said: Bear. "Then I went to Governor Capper and" asked for a full investigation." 186 156 14414 11114 100 107 58 56 186 157 14414 112 110 iss- 15814 146- 111 110- 108- 108 5R-58 56-57. 34.65 33.90 34.00 34.00 34.40 33.25 33.00 33.80 19.85 19.82 18.20 18.25 il. 66-19.62 17.02 18.07 19.70 19.67 18.02 18.12 19.55 10.55 17.97 18.02 Grain Gossip. (Furnished by Kiupire Oonimlasloa Co., 301 New England Bldg. Minneapolis wheat stocks have decreased 70,000 bushels the past three days. World's shipments of oats' last week were 2.010,000 bushels. Including 1,724,000 bushels from America. Exports from the United States and Can ada yesterday were 927.000 bus)- !s of wheat; uo flour, and 279,000 bushels of corn. World's shipments of corn last week were 2,494.000 bushels compared with 1. 910.000 bnahela iu the previous week and 2.177,000 bnsbeis a year ago. America shipped 1,782.000 bushels. World's shipments of wheat last week. Kansas City Live Stock Market. Kansas City, March 20 HOGS Recei ts 17.000. Market 5c to lot higher. Bulk of j sales, $14.5015.00: heavy. $14.90(15115; Tim-L-iini ti1 tiutchora si 4 75(fi 15 OO llfrhl. i.trv, uir. MMI 1 i i r.i -iwa. net l4.jOf 14. U; lgS, lU.OOri ltf.OU. New York Produce Market barely steady. Creamery higher than ex tras. 4J143C. E1XJS Market steady. Fresh gathered extra nrsts, -!4c. CATTLE Receipts 4.000. including 1O0 southerns. Market strong to 10c higher. Prime fed steers. $11.75Cff'12.25 dressed beef toari CO 3ilf 1 1 (Vl n-.Gtpni atMiri SO OOftf, inHr.&i1 Aiaraec irregular, stare neia u.ou southern steers. $s..i 10.50 cows specials, 27St27,c. POULTRY Dressed, steady. New York soctr Market New York, March 20. SUGAR Raw, firm; centrifugal, 5.39; molasses. 4.52: re fined, steady fine granulated, 7.00&8.00. New York Stock Market Wall St.. New York. March 20. STOCKS $6.00110.00; heifers, $8.00411.00 stockers and feeders, $7.50(U10.50; bulls, $7.009.50; calves, $7.00(il2.00. SHEEP Receipts 1.000. Market strong to 10c higher. Lambs, $14.2541 14.90: year lings. $13.00(813.75; wethers, $11.50ftil2.5O; ewes. $10.50(12.25; stockers and feeders. $7.00Cg,14.00. Kansas 'City Stock Yards, March 20.- The spirited movement of the first half Embargoes on live stock shipments held hour gathered fresh momentum, sales of receipts down todav, tho there was a f ilr the forenoon being estimated at about 700,- rnll ,,f cattle here, 6.500 bead. The market 000 shares. Of this United Statea Steel was strong to 15c higher, best steers here yielded its advance to 11614 contributed fattened on beet pulp, selling at $11.75, a fully 20 per cent. Bethlehem Steel, new record price for that clans of cattle. Hnge and old. increaaed their lead to and 8 today 4 O00. market 15e higher at the atart, points with 2 and 4 points for popular top 13. Sheep and lambs sold 10c to 10c equipments. International Nickel, (ienera! higher, receipts 6.500, top lambs $14.80. Motors and Oils. Shippings also bounded BEEF CATTLE, forward. Marine preferred showing a gain i The price limit ou prime steers has not of 5 points and Coppers averaged ad- been determined here recently, but it is vanees of lVj. Bails more than held their gomewhere around $12.50 for the right early advantagea. especially Union Pacific kind. Medium kinds at $10.25 to $11.25, and Baltimore and Ohio. amj gteers brought $10 today to killers Bonds were firm. verv iStrle hetter than stock cattle. Pulp Further advances were made in today's steers made new high records today at early dealings. Stocks in which initial $11.75. weights 1234 lba., a drove of 66 gains ran to a point or better Include! head bringing that price, with other sales such specials as Union Pacific. St. Paul, 1 of that elass at $10.85 to $11.65, and some Chicago N. western end Reading. N. Y. i plain and rough pulp steers at $9 65 to Central, Mexican Petroleum. Central 1 io.35. Two cars pulp, fed bulls sold at leather and American and Baldwin Loco motives. Uulted Statea Steel opened with a block of 5.000 shares at 115 of a point up: thia soon extended. Bethlehem Steel, new stock. Crucible Steel, Republic Iron and leading metals were higher by 1 to 2 points with 2 for General Electric. Chicago Live Stork Market Chlcntro Mnrch 20. HOfiS Kecelnta 7. non lrkr firm. 5? to 10c above veater- the close was a Quarter lower. day's average. Bulk of sales, $14.80(615.10; j Is back to normal today, and the market light, $U.2U4jl5.00; mixed. (14-55gi.15.15; is as high as Wednesday of lat week. $9.10 today, 1511 lbs. average. One car of Oklahoma steers aud heifers sold in" the quarantine division today at $10.35, 2J lbs. average, a record price for that class. Cows and belfera and bulls were strong today, veal calves 25c higher, up to $12. STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. Prices ruled 10c to 15c higher first half of last week, but after the strike began to look threatening demand fell of. and Uemantl Topeka. K MIXED AND BUTCHER HEAVY LIGHT PIGS Steers Good to choice Fair to good Cows Good to choice. Fair to good Common to fair........... Heifers Good, to choice............ Fair to' good Common Bulls Fleshy Medium Veal calves rrlme fat Medium-good Fair Sheep and lambs Fat wethers Fat' ewes v Fat Iambi Goats Shorn lambs aud sheep price j. (Positively cannot nse unless fat.) an.. March 20. S S12.otxtrl4.no 12.00CU 14.55 11.09ft 14.35 T.OOHf V. IX) ..$7.50 to 8.50 6.50 to 7.2.1 ..$50 to T.50 5.50 10 4.00 to 5.00 $7.00 to 8.SO fl.OO to 7.00 4.50 to S.U) .,...$6 50 to T.TS 6.00 to 6.75 .'....$8.50 to SM 8.50 to ft. on 4.00 to 0.00 .....$8 00 to .on 7.00 to 800 ..i. 9.00 to 11.00 $4.00 to 6.00 3c under above sheep or lambs Topeka GraHt Market (Furnished by j. B. Blllard, corner Kansas 'Ave. and Curtis 8t.) Topeka, WHEAT 1.75fil.80. COR N $1.05. OAT S 55(& 60c Kan., March 20. Ratter and F.ggs. iFurulshed by the Beatrice Creamery Caw Topeka. Kan.) Topeka. Kan., March Ml CHICAGO KGGS 26V.C. NEW YORK KGS 2il428c CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 40e; New York, 41i42c; Elgin, 40c; Topeka wholesale, 39c I Poultry nnd Rggs. (FurnUbed by the Topeka Packing Com-1-any. corner Laurent aud Madison.) Topeka, Kan.. March 20 HENS 3 lbs. snd over, lie; under 314 'bs., 14c: springs, over 2 lbs., 17c aucks, 10c; geese. 8c: broilers. 2 lbs and under. 18c: old rooaters. 9c; stagey louus rooslers. 11c. E;GS 25c. Eggs are retailing In Toneka 27-n. dozen. Butter from 35c to 40c. Topeka Bay Market.' (Furnished by T A. Beck 112-214 E. 6tk. PRAHIE HAY $11.00. ALFALFA $17.00. i eta)! Hay. PR ARIE 10 0012 00. ALFALFA $15.004117.00.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY -STATE JOURNAL -TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 PLATTSBURG MADE WITH THE NEW REINFORCED EDS EL IS g? EACH 6 FOR 800 Collars SOLD BT Men's Apparel Gil Kansas Ave. Our Specialty PRESCRIPTIONS PRESCRIBED Personally Compounded by FLAD OR MARSH I UKE DKI.IVFJU ALWAYS Phone 4 1. COT Kansas Ave. t Originality of Design Exclusive Styles Reasonable Prices Are Home cf the advantages e off it. We have proven our work to other. Let ui prove it to you. NYDER The Photographer. 7 K an mi f A v e. L ill PENWELL Funeral Director Ri'I'.KRT STEKLK. Assistant J' ft otic 1U2 508-510 Qulncy St VOTE hfion Ur OUWtT BR Aft ifiiiiti GifY 1 W. H. WASSON For Commissioner of Finance and Revenue "One good term de serves another." He has had actual and practical experience in this office and deserves a second term. No business concern desires to dis miss its tried and effi cient employes why not apply this rule to munici pal affairs? He is a taxpayer a conservative business man and will guard well the interests and finances of the city. His re-election will be an indorsement and a de served tribute to a worthy, faithful servant of the people. Political Up to th9 "Minute SportinqNews From Everywhere. NEED MORE HALS If Reds Had Them, Mathewson Would Not Worry Much. Chase One of Three Premier First Sackers of Present Day. BY JACK VEIOCK. New Tork, March 20 Christy Mat hewson would not have a worry in the world if the Reds were a team of Hal Chases. In that event those Red ville lads would probably gum up the National league race by clinching the pennant about the last of August. Hal Chase is somewhat of a lum inary in his field, for he ranks as the best first sacker in the National league, if not the best in baseball, and a team of players with Chase's ability would be a world beater. Chase can do anything that is de j manded of a first baseman. He can j field, throw and hit and he is not'a slouch on the base lines, either. Last year he led the National league in j batting ith an average of .U39, and I his chances of holding on to his j laurels both as a first sacker and a I batsman are very bright indeed. There are two first sackers in the majors who are compared with Chase and they are both in the American I league Yes. you guessed it off the reel Stuffy Mclnnis, of the Athletics, 1 and George Sisler, of the Browns. Sweet performers? Well, rather. And it appeals that unless Fielder Jones uncovers some one who can shine as a portunity to use the versatile Sisler elsewhere that George will do reg j ular duty on the initial sack this year. Mclnnis has his job sewed up tight as a drum. j They Are the Big Three. Take these three initial baggers, line them up against the rest, and they i stand out in a class by themselves. 1 (Jandil, Burns, Pipp, HoblitzeL Foui nier, Hoike, Daubert, Merkle, Luderus. j Konetchy and Ness are all good first basemen. But they don't -ank with the Chase-Sisler-Mclnnia set by a j whole lot. i Kvery year when the major leaguers (hike for the cotton belt to bask in the soft, southern sunshine at least 30 per cent of the managers have first base recruits in tow. And 1917 is no excep i tion. Many of the big league clubs are 1 .looking over first sackers this spring, and of the lot three stand out as lads who have the makings. Two of these three wound up the season of 1915 jwith the majors. "Hawk" Holke, of (the Giants, is one and Louis Guisto, 1 of the Cleveland Indians, is the other. Both have apparently made good. Mc Graw is depending altogether on Holke to deliver the goods, and when Cleveland sold Chick Gandil to the White Sox it was apparent that Guisto was being counted on to fill the shoes FOR A letter written by Jus tice Judson S. West of the Supreme Court Topeka, Kan., March 10, 1917. Dear Voter: I notice that Hon. W. IT. Was son. Commissioner of Finance and Kevenue, is a candidate for re election. I take pleasure in stat ing that I have known Mr. Was son almost from boyhood and have watched his work as an -educator, business man and city official and he has always proven himself judi cious, honest and efficient. He has made a fine record In his present position and deserves a sec ond term. The city's finances were never in better condition and he has shown in their management the same business sagacity and integ rity that have made him so success ful in his own affairs. I am glad to say this in ,beha)f of my long time friend and hope you can give him your support. Uespectfullv, (Signed) JUDSON S. WEST. Advertisement TT"C1,UG"J of the departing player. John Mc Graw is so enthusiastic over youns Holke that he can talk libi aries full of "info'" about him. Jawn figures that he will' be the leading first sack erino in the National league this year. So Chase has a rival, and in all jus tice to Holke he looks like the goods. Guisto, who was a stellar fielder and a .286 bingler with Portland, has a mail's sized job on his hands if he makes Cleveland forget Gandil. Chick wasn't a wonder with the stick last year, hitting only .259, but he fielded .995, just five points away from a perfect average in 146 games. Paulette a Coiner. Fielder Jones, so St. Louis scribes tell us, is delighted with the way Gene iaulette. his new first sacker, is snow ing up this year. But Paulette must make good witha terrible wallop if he persuades Jones that he can afford to use him at first base and move Stellar to some other position. Miller Huggins thinks he has dis covered a second Chase in Dave Will iams, a youngster from Charleston, of the South Atlantic league. He takes all the pegs, high, low, wide or in different, with perfect ease. But can he hit big league pitching? That's the question. Besides, Roger Horns by bids fair to prove to the baseball world that he is almost as versatile as George Sisler, and Huggins still has Jack Miller. Clark Griffith is going to experi ment with Judge. Shanks and prob ably one or two others at first base. But Griff hasn't anything in the Chase-Sisler-Mclnnis line. Chick Gandil will probably start the season at first base for the White Sox, and slick there, which will mean that Jack Ness will be on his way to some other club. Rowland will probably keep Fournier. Of the first sackers not mentioned so far, the following are sure of jobs this year: Burns, with Detroit; Pipp. with New York; Hoblitzel, with Bos ton; Daubert. with Brooklyn; Luderus, with Philadelphia, and Konetchy, with the Braves. Other clubs may make switches, for Washington, Pittsburg, the Cardinals and Cubs are experi menting with the first base problem. MUST PAYTHE PRICE Social Lions Can't Hope to Win Laurels on the Athletic Field. Columbus, O., March 20. Fox trot ing, keeping late party hours and general college social lit is ruinous to athletics, in the opinion of Robert S. Nevin, captain of the 1917 track team at Ohio state university. Kevin declares that athletes cannot -hope to be "social lions" if they expect to harvest a crop of laurels on the cinder path or field. Participation in social activities should be discouraged in the interest of producing better teams, he believes. "If such a circumstance should ex ist," he said, "the coaches would have less trouble in keeping the men in proper condition and the men would have less desire to break training; It is up to the student body of Ohio state to protect her athletic laurels and thereby assure her future in the Western conference. "Athletes, to be in the best pos sible condition, must sacrifice the en tire social side of their college life. When we learn to support our ath letics in the right way, we will have more winning teams." Kevin doubts whether Ohio can have a better track team until a bet- j ter gymnasium is constructed. n; very institution in tne isig iine has a better and biger gymnasium than Ohio state," he added, "if we expect to compete in better company, we must have better facilities." "If our accommodations were ade quate, better material would be forth coming, and we could be Western conference champions in track as well as football." AT BIG LEAGUE GAMPS Corpus Christi, Texas. With the sacks loaded Ernie Koob was as tight as the proverbial hard boiled egg. The Brownies nicked the Texans, 9 to 5, tho outhit. Fielder Jones smiled really; they've got photographic proof. Hot Wells. Texas. Bunny Pierce, ex-Cub, pushed his pen across a Cardi nal contract Monday night. Bill Doak took in the movies, hence missed signT i ing his document. Huggins lost a couple checker games Monday night j and was driving the boys hard today. Hot Springs, Ark. r"It's been a fizzle in other camps," was one ex planation the Dodgers gae here to day after having turned down a plan for military drill. It also was pointed out that maneuvers for defense prob ably would interfere with physical conditioning. Sioux City Signs Up Two. Sioux City, la., March 20. The Sioux City club of the Western league has received signed contracts from Grover Gilmore, outfielder; Don Du gan, catcher, and Meloe Tedisco, a semi-professional pitcher. SQUARED CIRCLE NEWS Philadelphia, Pa., March 20. Johnny Kilbane. featherweight cham pion, defeated Eddie Shannon of San Francisco, in a six-round bout here. In the third round Shannon was drop ped for a count of nine. Kilbane was the aggressor thruout. Columbus, O., March 20. Joe Riv ers of Los Angeles, gave John O'Leary of Buffalo, a terrific lacing thru ten rounds of their scheduled twelve-round bout here. O'Leary's seconds threw in the sponge in the eleventh round. Both men were over the 135-pound limit agreed upon. St. Paul. Minn., March 20. Billy Miske, with a swollen paw, reached his home here today, several thousand dollars poorer because he was forced to cancel training several bouts in the east last week. Miske says he will lose tlO.OOO to $15,000 in ring earn ings because of the injury. He is suffering from an old injury which was made worse in a recent scrap with Battling Levinsky. Cubs Let Two Players Go. Los Angeles, CaL, March 20. Peta Standridee. pitcher, and Emil Mues- i sel, outfielder, have been turned over i to the Los Angeles Pacific Coast league 4em by the Chicago Nationals. 'ADDITIONAL SPORT WILL BE FOITXD ON OTHER PAGES FIRST REAL DOPE Big League Clubs Begin to Show What They Can Do. Critics Agree Giants and White Sox Look Dangerous. New York. March 20. With the axes beginning to swing in training camps thruout the country, fans are today able to get a tiny glimpse at what may be expected when the Na tional and American leagues plunge into their annual flag chases. There is little change from the -preseason dope that emanated from the stove league. The National league has its strong teams, the American has its. A matter of careful conditioning, free dom from injuries when season starts and the natural things that go to make up a baseball season will settle the issue, as always. In the American league, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and New York stand out as the best balanced teams. Many experts are favoring Chicago to win a pennant this year. They bank on the comebacks of the Comiskey hurl ing corps, at one time as good as they grew. Jim Scott is said to be show ing better than he has for several years and Reb Russell, it is persistent ly declared, is having success in his efforts to iron the kinks out of his left flipper. It has been positively stated there will be no experimenting with Chicago's south side team this year. Veterans, tried and true, will be found filling all the holes wherever possible. There are apparently two holes, -good sized ones on that club one at first base and one at short stop. Gandil Best Bet. 1 Chick Gandil may fool the multi tude and prove himself to be just the man the White Sox have been looking for. Any way, it is certain that neither Jack Ness nor Fournier is cap able of doing a major league day's work. Ness will not be among those present when the season opens. There are several recruit first sackers among the Sox who may be able to do something. The presence of either Terry or Ris berg at shortstop looks rather bad for the Sox, when the -trouble is taken to gaze back over the sterling efforts of Buck Weaver. Weaver will be at third base. Detroit will start the season in the same fix as formerly a lack of an adequate hurling staff. New ones must be developed or the old ones must im prove if the rest of the league con tinues at the old gait. Boston's chances lie in Jack Barry and his ability to keep the old ma chine from rusting. He will get the same start as was given Bill Carrigan a year ago. New York, a young team, full of pep. punch and speed, may prove the dark horse of the race. Bill Donovan has assembled a fine outlay of men for the Yankees and is bound to cut a big figure in the fighting. -Connie Mack Hopeful. Connie Mack is sending out optimis tic signals from his Florida training camp and it may be that the former demon world's series winner will get a running start for more fame (and glory. He has some excellent material from which to build. The National league seems to be all New York, with a remarkable infield defense and a slugging outfield to back it up. McGraw's hurlers are not the best in the league, but his hitters will spoil many a dinner for the other pitchers. The Braves appear to be the most dangerous opponents of the Giants, with the Phillies and Dodgers running in the order named. Claims District Title. Emporia, Kan., March 20, The Emporia high school basketball team laid claim to the Fourth congression al district championship upon defeat ing the Michigan Valley highs, 26 to 16. AGREE ON A LOCATION U. P. Offers Lease on Site for Public Storage Elevator. All obstacles in the way of the erec tion of a 250,000-bushel public storage elevator in North Topeka were re moved late Monday afternoon when Topeka railroads agreed upon a loca tion and thru officials said they would provide switching facilities. The Union Pacific offered a 20-year lease on. a site along its right of way in North Topeka. The Rock Islandand Santa Fe agreed to build switch tracks to the location. The solution of the problem which threatened for a little while to -block this much needed improvement re sulted from a conference held in the office of E. J. Smiley, secretary for the grain dealers' association. J. F. Jones of the Rock Island, E. J. Carey of the Union Pacific and Edward Raymond of the Santa Fe were the railroad men present. Bids for construction of the elevator will be asked shortly. The structure will cost, approximately, $75,000. K. IT. Gets a Ford Free. Lawrence, Kan., March 20. The Ford Motor company will install a Ford motor car in the mechanical en gineering department of the Univer sity of Kansas for experimental and demonstration work for the students in that department. The engine comes to the department as a loan for the remainder of the school year. At the end of the year the motor will be sent back to the company. The Ford com pany promises the engineering school a motor for such use every year. WHITE I! W f C V TAN f J HAS NEW CABINET Premier Breaks Record Or ganizes It in 4S Hurs. Political Upheaval Mere Ripple Briand Refuses Job. Paris, March 20. The ministerial crisis was so completely overshadowed by other events that there has been little comment on the new cabinet. It was well founded and is considered adequate for the task but probably never before did a political event of such importance leave the public so indifferent. Alexandre Ribot in setting up the cabinet in forty-eight hours is under stood to have beaten all speed rec ords, and his task was not an easy one as many persons appointed by him refused, while others accepted at first, but later withdrew. Premier Ribot asked former Premier Briand to remain as foreign minister but M. Briand pointed out that, having had to deal with the allies with the double title of premier and foreign .minister, he would not have the -same weight in diplomatic affairs with only the latter title. He also thought that in view of th hostility of certain groups it would be preferrable to keep him out of the combination. Leon Bourgeois former premier was then approached but refused on the ground that his health precluded his undertaking a labor of such magni tude but he agreed to take the port folio of labor. The premier himself assumed the portfolio of foreign affairs. All sec tions of republican opinion are repre sented in the new cabinet. Premier Ribot belongs to the republican union; Albert Thomas minister of munitions, to the unified group; Ren Viena, the minister of justice; Paul Painleve, the minister of war, and Maurice Violette, the minister of subsistence, to the so cialistic republicans. LOOKING TO KANSAS Prairie Schooner Graduates Asked to Join Uncle Sam's Navy. The navy wants recruits. It will comb Kansas for them. R. L. Bill ings, chief gunner's mate in charge of tho local recruiting station, left for Kansas City today and from there will conduct a state-wide campaign. He will travel over the state by automobile and will cover all the highways and byways and attempt to interest young men in the navy. Following him about two weeks will be a party of sailors who will add to the work he has already done. Billings is suc ceeded in the Topeka station by James Provence, chief gunner's mate, for merly connected with the Kansas City recruiting office. WILSON PLAYS GOLF AGAIN Sufficiently Recovered to Get Out on Links With Doctor's Permission. Washington, March 20. The presi dent's condition was so much further improved today that his physician. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, permitted his second golf game in two days. The president went to the links before LAUNDRY BY MAIL Also Eats From Home I'ntil Manhat tan Postoffiee Is Swamped. Manhattan, Kan., March 20. Economical students at tho Kansas State Agricultural college here, make it necessary for Postmaster John Win ter to make almost quarterly explana tions to the postal department at Washington as to why it is that so much extra help has to be employed in the Manhattan postoffiee. Nearly every time he is making up his quarterly report. Postmaster Win ter receives a letter from one of the assistant postmaster generals at Wash ington, D. C, telling him to include in his report an explanation for the employment of so many substitutes in the parcel post division of the Man hattan office, and calling the atten tion of the Manhattan postmaster to the fact that more funds are expended for extra help than the size of the town warrants. Has to Explain to Washington. In every instance Winter has had to tell the officials at Washington that Manhattan is the location of the Kan sas State Agricultural college and that there are two thousand, and often more, students here all the '.ime,. In other words, Manhattan has an extra population that does not appear on the government records. "The college here is a poor man's college," Winter raid. "A large per centage of the students coming here have to save every cent they can and many cook most of their own meals. To help them in this, the folks back home are all the time sending them eatables of one sort or another. Hard ly a day passes but one parcel post wagon carries out dressed chickens, buckets of lard, sacks of vegetables and enough of such articles to almost resemble a wagon from the grocery stores. Laundry Home in Suit Case. "Then, foo, it would surprise a good many people to learn how many of the students here send their laundry home to 'mother. There are some suit cases that make two trips each week, one in and another out of the city, carrying the soiled linen home and the clean clothing back to the tudent. "The majority of those who send their soiled clothes home for 'mother do' are girls. I guess the boys Strike Has Been Averted I so lay aside that worry over possible business depression. Buy That Watch You've Been Wanting aiinoiiisfe. E Mm:mw$$ n The one watch that' a "Guaranteed for Life" guaranteed to pass Santa Fe Inspection; adjusted to positions, temperature, Isochron ism. Thin model, either 12 or 16 sizes. New reversible bracelet watch for the ladies. fSSf On These Remarkable Terms CASES Have you ever seen anything to equal the beauty of the "Santa Fe Special" cases No America's most talented de signers and engravers are steadily developing the most dis tinctive cases ever conceived. Your monogram in 3 colors, your name inlaid, your lodge or organization emblem done in colors or engraved. They're marvelous. See them in our windows. Come in and examine them. EASY PAYMENTS TO SUIT YOU. Get In On These Terms Before the Offer Is Withdrawn 821 Kansas Ave. Topeka, Kan. Write for FREE Watch Book If Out of the City. would rather have their collars done by the steam laundries." ROAD BOOMS HAYS CITY New Line Responsible for Landing of Grand Lodge A. O. I'. W. Meeting. Pratt. Kan., March 20. The An thony Southern railway was the primary incentive that gave Hays City the next session of the Grand Lodge of the A. O. U. W. of Kansas. This new road will soon be operating trains into Hays City and it crosses and connects with every east and west road that traverses the central and southern parts of Kansas. This road promised the Hays City delegation special trains for this occasion and this will give them the best of service into the city. 1 The motor car that has been planned for the new road made its first trip Monday. It was driven to Kinsley so that it might leave that place on schedule time. It leaves Kinsley at 7 a. m. connects with the Lamed train at Trousdale and arrives at Pratt at 11 a.m. Leaving Pratt at 3 p. m. it arrives at Kinsley at 6 p. m. making direct connections with the Lamed afternoon train at Trousdale. This gives the best of passenger service for the new road. DON'T FEED FERTILIZER. Most Kansas Soil Rich Enough to Grow Fruit Without It. Manhattan, Kan., March 20. The application of fertilizers is one of the. least important iactors in iruit grow ing in Kansas, in the opinion of F. S. Merrill, assistant professor of horticul ture in the Kansas State Agricultural college. "Some soils in the state are so ex tremely fertile that orchards planted on them have a tendency to make an excessive wood growth," said Mr. Mer rill. "This abnormal growth of wood tends to cut down the size of the fruit crop. On sucn lertiie soil the use of fertilizers is a detriment. "In a sandy soil where clean cultiva tion is practiced there may be a lack of humus and organic matter. On such soil it is well to use a fertilizer." K. TTAlnmnl Rennlon at K. C. Kansas City, Mo., March 20. The j annual banquet of the Kansas City alumni of the University of Kansas will be held at 6:30 o'clock Saturday MORE WATCHES TO BE SOLD PAY YOUR RENT as a payment on a loan and save 40 of the payment by allowing it to pay for the place you buy. You are paying $11.00 a month rent. Loan of $1,200 cost3 $13.32 a month, thus paying the $1,200 and interest in 144 months. Should we offer to give you $4.80 at the end of each month if you would give us $2.32 the first of each month would you take us up? Ycu can handle, your own finances thus if you will buy and pay monthly figure it out, or come in and we will show you. Capitol Building Loan Ass'n 534 KANSAS AVE. night, March 24, at the University club. Some of the speakers are: Sen- ator Borah of Idaho, Dean H. E. j Higgs of the engineering school of the i University of Michigan; and Col. Wilder S. Metcalf of Lawrence, Kan. His Hay Was "Spiked." Pittsburg, Kan., March 20. Con stable Otis Close suspected that John Hibar's wagon was carrying more than a "jag" of hay and arrested Hibar. Five sacks and one keg of beer and a jug of whisky were found under the hay. Hibar was an old offender. Style Comfort Economy That is what our clothes mean to you Schmidt Abmeyer TAILORS CO? Kan mm Ayr.. 2nd Floor. Give a quick lasting shine and preserve x nn it MK l ...-w iiiiriiminMinn i i r the leather F.F. DALLEY CO. 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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 j Ail Independent Newspaper. BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN, Knterefi aeuonil-claaa wall matter. VOLUME XXXIX .No. 6S OFFICIAL STATE PAPER. OFFICIAL. PAPEK CITSf OP TOPEKA. .j 6ubacriptlon Kates. Bt mall lo advance, one year M.SO i BV mail In ailvauce. all montha... 2.4IJ L By null In advance, three month. X.M f. liy mall In advance, one month., f Rate by Carrier. j One week centa i Two weeka for a Quarter.... 25 centa Four weeka J-t Telephone!: 3530. I Eaatvrn offices: Panl Block, repreaenta I' tlve. 250 Fifth arenoe. New York: Mailers building, Chicago; 201 Devonablre street, tl'oaton: Kreeite building. Detroit. f; Member: Aaaoclatert Preaa. American 1 Newavaper 1'ubllaliera' Asaoclatiou. Audit ttureaUffClrctilatloii. The decision of the United States I Supreme court, upholding the Adam- son law, came too late to be of mate rial benefit to the country or the parties to the controversy. If it had been handed down a little earlier it would have saved the railroads from the humiliation of an utter rout at the hands of organized labor. It mav serve the purpose of creating a bet ter feeling all around, by placing con gress in the position of sharing the responsibility for what has taken place. It also may be of importance extending far beyond the case in ques tion. It establishes a precedent which labor unions and the public will not be slow to take advantage of. The people stand to become the greatest gainers, if future 'disputes between public service corporations and their employes shall be settled by congress. N'iiw that we have accumulated a lat-Re part of the world's supply of jrolil it would be just like Germany to try to induce the olher countries to demonetize il. Th? most familiar headline: "Amer ican steamer sunk by Germans." u longer should our neighbor on the cast tie referred to as 'poor old Missouri." Her legislature has passed a law nholishinp hanging. The Germans continue to do their bent to justify General Sherman's de scription of war. What they did not destroy when they entered France is crumbling before the torch as they retreat. Moving picture men want a 15-cent piece struck off hy the mint for the convenience of their 15-cent patrons. 3n view of the steady advance in prices the ten cent stores probably would welcome the innovation. The Chinese think they have found a new way to pay old debts. By en tering: the war they hope to escape the payment of the Boxer indemnities. At that they probably would not save any money. The Rochester Democrat's idea of a competent submarine destroyer Is one of those big, chisel-nosed St. Law rence motorboats, which makes forty miles an hour and can cut thru the unarmored undersea boat as a knife goes thru cheese, without jarring its carbureters. Here is a chance to put our young millionaires to some use. The demand for the oils suitable for salad dressings and general food pur poses has increased so rapidly in re cent years that, according to an article In the 1916 Yearbook of the United States department of agriculture, tho consumption is now many times great er than the production of olive oil. which formerly was the chief product used for this purpose. In the United states cottonseed, cocoanut. and pea nut oils are being used extensively. Corn oil is beginning to appear in the retail market and it is probable that sooner or later numerous other oils in more or less general use In foreign countries, such as the sun flower, the soy bean, poppy seed, and sesame will become more common in this country. The Rockefeller foundation an nounces appropriations made during the year ended December 31, 1916 amounting to $8,249,088.96. The larg est appropriations of the year were for war relief, amounting to $2,590, 000.00. The total amount appropriated for war relief since the beginning of the war is $4,181,952.64. To the in ternational board, a subsidiary organi zation, the foundation during the year appropriated $611,557.16. As sprinters the Turks in Asia are only excelled by the Hermans in France. The flow of gold into the United States since the beginning of the war Is calculated to make one wonder where ft all comes from. The world's gold output a century ago averaged about $7,300,000 annually, the bulk of which was derived from workings In the Ural mountains. Gradually other sources of supply came to be added to the Russian production and large in creases occurred. Such gains were especially marked in the late forties and early fifties of last century, con sequent on the discoveries made it California and Australia. Th greatest discovery so far has been that of the Witwatersrand. In 1886 the Rand was proclaimed a gold field, produc tion commenced, and by 1899 the out put was at the rate of $97,300,000 a year. For 1016 the production was the record one of $192,200,000. and at present the Rand alone produces 41 per cent of the total gold output of the world, while the whole of Africa contributes over 47 per cent- HOW PEACE MAST COSIE. Peace among nations under inter national law, says Colonel Roosevelt in the Metropolitan, can only come as, ages ago, peace came among in dividuals under municipal law. Con tinuing he declares: "The first vital step toward securing peace within tha community was taken when people by actual deed showed themselves willing to interfere against the wrong doer in quarrels which, were not their own. Until this was done each fam ily had to protect its own members under penalty of destruction. N- mere tribal opinion was of the slight est avail until it was backed by force; until that time, the strong barbarian disregarded it with a contempt as great as that which Gorman militarists have shown for American 'pacifists. The advance was made only when, for the sake of the common good, men were willing and able to render service at risk to their own lives. Peace was won only by the use of force in the interest of justice. "The marauder baron cared nothing for either the fear or the ill will of unarmed peasants and towns-folk; and the outcome of violence between himself and a rival marauder was oi interest only to themselves. Unarmed righteousness was useless and armed unrighteousness hurtful. Progress came only when those who desired the peace of justice translated their desires into action and with prepared strength smote the marauder. "Wh-n, in the interest of justice, men armed themselves and fought in quarrels not immediately their own, the reign of the peace of fair dealing was at hand. Even so will it be with nations. The peace of international justice will come only when just na tions with prepared strength stand ready to put force behind right We of the United States arrived on earth too late. Geologists havo discovered that a few million years ago the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific were united at Panama. Vol canic action closed up the channel and entailed a tremendous expense on this country to open it again. SIGN'S OF WEAKNESS. War is still the prime factor in both business and political affairs. Signs of increasing weakness among the Cen tral Powers are multiplying. The fall of Bagdad, the retreat on the Somme. the cessation of Zeppelin raids and the less vigorous submarine campaign all point to failing energies. The Teutons may be able to keep I up the struggle longer than their an- j

tagonists expect, says Henry Clews in nis financial review, out ine sooner i their people recognize the inevitable. I the less disastrous the consequences L and the more favorable the terms of j peace will be. There are evident signs of 'widespread distress among their people, particularly among the poorer classes who cannot afford to pay fam ine prices for food; and there is no doubt that in spite of a splendid ex hibition of patriotic resistance the people are in sore straits, with no pros pects whatever of relief. Could they only be brought to understand the spirit of the American people; also that the Allies do not seek to destroy Germany, but simply to subdue the military autocracy, it Is probable that, peace would come more promptly. Germany has not lost all friends in this country, and these look forward with apprehension to the internal con sequences of disillusionment which must ultimately be faced. Thus far this country has not been drawn into the struggle, altho the impression that we eventually will be grows daily, and there is an immense volume of public indignation over submarine out rages that may explode under con tinued provocation and precipitate us into the conflict. Apparently nothing can avert such a step, unless Germany changes her submarine policy, whic'.; is not likely so long as she clings to the delusion that her submarines will prove the undoing of England. Submarines have undoubtedly In flicted serious damage to the British merchant marine, but not sufficient materially to endanger her food supply or to threaten her maritime suprem acy. The loss of merchant tonnage will be quickly made up. Means of largely counteracting submarine ac tivity have evidently been devised, and the British fleet still maintains its silent grip, against which submarines seem almost impotent. The placing of guns upon American ships is simply In accordance with the inherent right of self-protection when attacked. If Germany commits the "overt act" upon an armed vessel of the United States, she will be the ag gressor; and the responsibility for dragging this country into the war must fall solely where It belongs, up on the German government. The par tial failure of the submarine campaign of frightfulness lessens, but does not remove the danger of collision between the United States and Germany. 'Tight-Wads" Needed. "Tightwad"' has crept into collo quial slang: it is even included in the dictionary and its meaning is obvious and well-known. The man who can afford to spend money liberally and will not, though his companions set him the example, is scornfully referr ed to by that name. In the popular acceptance it is a synonym for mean ness. To be economical, or at least to re fuse to spend when others are spend ing just to be "a good fellow," is equivalent In many minds to being a tightwad. And yet, many a man has surprised the community in which he lived by a great charity or public gift, of lasting benefit to others, made possible by what his neighbors term ed his "closefistedness." The truth is, we need more tight wads. We need more men. and wo- men. too, who can say No to the foolish and unnecessary expenditure, and mean it. Tightwads are needed in our civic and national affairs. With a deficit of $300,000,000 at Washing ton and a prospect of increased local taxes this year we need to tight en up on the public purse strings. Franklin's old saw. "Always taking out and never putting in soon comes to the bottom of the. tub," is being exemplified in many cities Detroit Free Press. OM SHTO OF TEIS MOMENT BY ROY MOCLTON. More Frirhtfulness. Many are the faded wheezes. Many are the jests that pall. How a timeworn chortle teases! How an old one stirs the gall! liut there's one the worst of all. One that always woos the frown; If a thing should drop or fall, Someone snickers, "Going down There is much in life that's bitter. 'here is much that grabs the goat. But that one half-witted titter! Oh, to thrust it down the throat Of all idiots that dote On that jest of 111 renown. Oh. to smite them once (or smote) As they giggle, "Going down!" Jokes a many one could mention That ore terriDie. out men, Let ua call to your attention (May we do it once again?) Out that la the curse of men. One that brings the frantic frown. When a thing is dropped and when Someone giggles, "Goiug down There are lots of amateur optimists who think because they have no wor ries that they wouldn't worry if they did. A sober- lad s Bei-tie Bona Arui "So Kx? ace is zSCsy loriD. Hxs-" Miot-cU? are. always skorlt iir- Happy Thought. If you've nothing; else to be cheer ful about, at least be cheerful about your office. The Nose. There is only half as much in life to smell as chere is to look at or listen to and for this reason the noses on the average faces are but one in numhpr Knn0 nnsea are En irritntinn- to see that one sometimes wonders if it wouldn't be better if there was nothing in life to smell at all. The spac,e P the face ?P'ed by the nose would be useless for any other pur- poge Aside from itB native function tne nose has several interesting uses and may be fingered reflectively. talked thru, pulled or peeled. Some people regard the nose as an organ of speech whe others regard jt jJJ as an organ. And give a recital all thru the night From the Atchison Globe. Dogs would be nil right If they were not so wayward. Some men imagine thev are !nsnired when they are really crazy. A woman is apt to think her hus- Dand snouid be more economical. It may have occurred to vou that a watch dog sees a good deal that isn't there. Neither did the notion that the goose Is a foolish bird originate with a hunter. Still, the church attendance seems fairly large to the heathen who doesn't attend. Don't talk too much; the owl ac quired its reputation for wisdom by looKing mat way. A person who aspires to be musical 2nd isn't mi-sical. is the most pitiful spectacle in tne world. After purchasing a suitable monu ment, a widow feels she has earned the rest of the life insurance. Evidently the moving picture pro moters feel that no case is sensational unless there is a woman in i. The brakemen are becoming a little more classical while calling names. One of them referred to a fellow brakeman as a "swamp-rooted, thin- nairea nonentity today. DINNER STORIES Henry's wife is musical. Occa sionally she drags Henry with her to a concert. The other night it was to hear a famous Russian quartet. When the program was about half finished she whispered: "Henry, you must admit it is won derful. Why, those men have been playing together for eight years." A look of incredulity relieved the c?fved-in-stone expression on Henry's face. "Eight years." he repeated. "Surely we've been here longer than that!" "I once wrote on a blackboard," says a Philadelphia teacher, "these words: 'That toast was drank tn al ienee', and then asked my class, 'Can any one tell me what the mistake In this sentence is?' "The pupil pondered. Then a lit tle girl held up her hand, and at a nod from me went to the board and-l wrote the following correction: "The toast was ate in silence.' The parishioner had confided to the rector his exact opinion of the man liext door: "Bat we are 'commanded to love our neighbors as ourselves." answered the vicar gently. "Maybe so." was the retort, "but v en that command was given neighbors- lived further off than the other side of the, fo j LOBE SMTS j Dorothy Dix Says BY DOROTHY DIX World's Hlfjheat Paid Woman Writer HniTen alone know, how the Idea ever originated that women are not to be truated to handle money. A conservative and substantial bond house, with a large clientele, has opened an investment department for women that is In charge of a woman. This announcement is of Interest because It shows that women have arrived in business that women are beginning to be a factor In the world j of higher finance a well as in the working world. In a wor4. it Is a public recognition of the fact that women not only know how to make money but how to Invest it, and that their accounts are cburted instead of scorned as they used to be. Heretofore a superstition has exist ed that woman and finance were as antagonistic to each other as oil and water, and that there was some cur ious and inexplicable quirk in the fem inine brain that prevented it from trasDlne the idea that you could do anything "else with money except to go shopping with it. That theory has been the excuse that millions of tightwad husbands have offered for never giving their wives an allowance, and for forcing the poor creatures to do the humble mendicant act for every cent on which they ran the house and cloth ed themselves and their children. Women haven't got any ousiness sense; you can never mane a woman understand the simplest Dusmess proposition, has likewise been the reason given by thousands of other men for never telling their wives a word about their affairs, thus leaving the women to flounder along blindly in the dark, not knowing when they were extravagant or thrifty, because they did not know the extent of their husband's income, and who were left utterly, ignorant and helpless, and at the mercy or wnoever wouna up ineii husband's estate, when their hus bands died. Heaven alone knows how the idea ever orlarinated that women are In capable of comprehending anything pertaining to nnance ana are nut lo be trusted to handle money. Certain ly we don't get it from our daily ex perience and observation. In ninety-nine iamines ouv oi a. hundred it is the wife and not the husband who is the economist, and every ordinary, commonplace nine woman who runs a nat, ciotnes ana feeds her husband and children, and keeus the bill collector away from thA floor nn eighteen or twenty aoi- lars a week, performs prodigies or financiering that would make a wan Street stock juggler green witn envy. It is a practical tribute to woman as a financier and economist mat me bargain sale exists. Men would not bother with it for the sake or saving the penny or two on things that are marked down from two dollars to one ninety-seven. When a man wants a thing, and has the price or. it, ne walks in to the handiest shop and buys it regardless of what It costs, but a woman scours the town until she finds the thing she wants at the least possible price. Any woman can make a dollar go farther than a man can. and it is significant that in business houses where the men and women get an equal wage, or even where the women get a smaller wage, the women ars not constantly borrowing as the men are, and a far greater proportion of women then men have savings bank accounts. If the ordinary domestic woman, who has never had the handling of any money seems stupid when a man tries to explain to her the intricacies of banking or stock transactions or the difference between first and sec ond mortgages, it is because she has never been taught anything about the handling of money. The men of her family have not even talked to her. or before her. about financial problems. Understanding them is a matter of teaching, and not a proof of native intelligence, and she's not a whit more stupid in grasp ing the fine points than Mr. Morgan or Mr. Rockefeller would be if some woman undertook suddenly to explain to him the mysteries of the Batten burg stitch in embroidery or how to make a lace trimmed boudoir cap. Indeed, so far from women having no turn for business, most of them display a singular aptitude for it and take to it like ducks to water when they get a chance. More than that, they love it, and I have yet to meet the woman, no matter how well off she was, who hasn't expressed a wish that she could do something that made money,, not wholly for the sake of the money, but because the great American game lured her and called to her. And that is instinctive. Biologists tell us that daughters inherit more directly from their fathers than they do from their mothers, and so it is perfectly natural that the daughters of keen, alert, hustling American busi ness men should feel in their own veins not only the same urge that sent their fathers up the financial ladder from office boys to heads of the firm, but that they should have a lot of the inherited talent for money making that made their fathers millionaires. What Hetty Green and Mrs. Harri man have done has passed Into finan cial history. One of the most success ful department store merchants in Chi cago is a woman. New Orleans has a woman who took the wreck of a lumber business that her husband had reduced to bankruptcy and made it one of the leading lumber concerns of the south. Every town and village has a bimilar story of some woman who has shown extraordinary business abil ity, and it is quite within the bounds of possibility that when women go gen erally into business the trust magnates of the future will wear petticoats in stead of trousers. Women have four talents for busi ness that should put them far along tne roaa lo success. i ney nave thrift. They are conservative. They have initiative, and they have a world long training in details, in doing patiently over, day by day, little things. You will hardly ever find a woman knowingly living beyond her income, because women, as a class, are death ly afraid of debt. You find very few women plungers. xney are more satisfied than men to be slowly but surely. And when it comes to sensing things that cannot be proved, to have a hunch whether a certain move in business is good or bad. and taking a nymg leap in tne darn en it and land ing squarely on both feet, whv, a wo man can beat a man hollow at it every time. And this is what makes a good business woman a mascot as a part ner. In private life men have recognized this, and most of the men that we call self-made have been wife-made. Many a man owes his start to the little nest egg that his wife, thriftier than he, saved by a cheese pearing housekeep ing that no man would have had the patience and endurance to even un dertake, and many another man, no ted for his financial acumen in the business world, never makes a trade or goes into a deal until he has sub mitted the proposition to the acid test of his wife's intuition and judgment. Any husband who refuses to discuss his business affairs with his wife and have her turn upon his problems the strange, queer, half psychic illumi nation of the- feminine -nind, is de priving himself of one of the most po tent helps he will ever hay.e to suc cess. One of the greatest wastes apt the world has been the waste of energy and intelligence that women have had to fool away on useless employment in knitting miles of crochet trimming and punching holes in cloth to fill up with intricate stitches in order to find ennloyment for their idle hands. When this great flood of strength and industry, of brain and brawn, is turn ed to some profitable work, it will make industry hum and women them selves happy and contented. So all hail the business woman! (Copyright. 1917, Syndicate, Inc.) by The Wheeler n-rsrnntm0 Shadow of Georgie Bird. (By Jane Osborn.) The girl who sat before the roll-top desk in the little room next to the di rector's office of the Star Motion Pic ture company had signed the name "Georgie Bird" so very much oftener than she had Ann Evans that she sometimes was half convinced that she was Georgie Bird a sort of shadow or second nature of Georgie Bird and that Ann Evans had been lost in the scuffle. And it had been a scuffle for Ann. She had come to the city with aspirations and here she was at 22, still pounding the typewriter- working for $15 a week as Georgie Bird's letter answerer. You couldn't have called her Georgie's secretary. for she seldon. saw the radiant Georgie and almost never talked to her. She just absorbed her nature and temperament as best she could from a careful study of the reels in which Georgie starred, and thought about her till she could write a letter that had more of Georgie's radiance and loveliness in it than Georgie could possibly have put in it herself. Georgie, you know, was at the height of her stardom. leisured folk at Palm Beach no less than lumbermen in the frozen woods of the north waited im patiently for the release of every one of Georgie's films. Of course, among those who ad mired the brilliant little actress there were always many who wrote, and to answer these letters with heart-to-heart enthusiasm was the best sort of advertisement for Georgie. That is why It was worth while to pay Ann $15 a week. When the writers asked for advice she gave it wisely; when thej? asked for sympathy Ann poured Outlier own heart to them in ail sin cerity. If they wanted Georgie's pho tograph she sent one she had a pile of hundreds always on hand for that emergency and scrawled "with love from Georgie" across the lower cor ner in just the sort of handwriting that any one would have supposed Georgie to possess. Often there were proposals for Georgie in her pictures had none of the haughty beauty that filled her be holders with awe as well a crimina tion. As you watched them the eyes of Georgia seemed to seek you out from all the spectators, and smile winsomely. frankly, lovingly out to you. Usually, the proposals came from men who, never having thought or heard much about the life or importance of a popular moving pic ture actress fancied that she was in reality just what she usually appear ed to be in the picture, a simple, ap pealing, hard-working little girl. "I know you girls that work in the movies have a real hard life," wrote o suitor. "It's a hard life for any woman to lead, and if there aren't any city fellows willing to step in and help you and give you a home, why just let me tell you there is one out here In the wilds that will I've made quite a pile at mines, at cattle and one thing or another. I guess it's close to $100,000. And just the sort of a girl I'm looking for is a nice little homebodylike you without any lugs or style or smart manners. So what I'm getting at is this. I'm not going to spend any of my horde till I find a girl Just like you to share it with. I'm sending you a picture of myself so you 11 see what I look like. I guess you would say that it would break 1" e moving pictpre machine to get me In because they i 11 say I'm a hustler. Well, maybe I am. And Just you say the word and I'll hustle right across country to your city and get you. I'll meet you any place you say. I got your address from the man that runs our movie place out here. He said to send the letter to the boss of your concern and he guessed maybe you'd get it. Just let me know and I'll take the next train E ist. A pal of mine that made good out here is in your burg and he'll vouch for me. We'll look him up first thing I get there. Ann sighed as she finished reading the letter, and poked it In a pigeon hole in the desk marked "Proposals. Later that afternoon Ann did some thing that was a waste of time. She re read the letter carefully, and spent five minutes staring at the face of the photograph that came with it. "Perhaps he has got the right idea," she suggested to herself. "Perhaps Georgie would be much better off. Ann knew that most of the men who knew the real Georgie would have been quite incapable of opening their hearts to her, just in deference to her superior bankroll and overtowering success. First Ann wrote the letter that was to be sent, very much like all the other rejection letters; and then and that was where she was wasting time she wrote the sort of letter that Georgie might have written "just for fun," as she told herself. And in that letter Ann, who was beat en down and stifled, Ann. the country girl, sick to death of the city, dis couraged and disappointed, wrote from her own heart. For the first time in working hours in months she forgot Georgie and remembered Ann. And that waa all she remembered about the day's work very distinctly. The rest was routine folding tne let ters in their envelopes, sealing and stamping them, closing the desk anil locking it, donning hat and coat and going to her boarding house. She had done it so often before that it took no initial effort, and hence was forgottei It was not till a week later that Ann discovered what she had really done. The manager strutted in. "How many proposals n the last two weeks, since the last reel has been running?" he asked. He had come to take the num ber of these declarations as an index of the heart appeal that Georgie was making. Mechanically Ami put her hand to the pigeonhole marked "Pro posals" and counted them. "Thirty nine," she answered, and her eyes caught sight of something that made her blanch. "Thirty-nine." muttered the man ager and strutted out. Ann looked at tne caienaar mi hung over her desk. Yes, it was the 20th. The wrong letter the 20th the Central station at 6:45 when the western express came in. The words of the letter she had written and had sent by mistake came to her. A dozen wild schemes went thru her mind. She might of course It was out of the question but the thought presented it self she might ask Georgie Bird to keep the promise she had made for her. For after all the stranger was good to look at. unspoiled by the city. Then she thought of running away somewhere where no one would ever find her and blame her for the foolish thing she had done. Then she deter mined to meet the stranger any way and to explain and ask his forgive ness. Then another thought flashed thru her mind. It yet lacked a quarter of an hour of 6, her usual closing time, but un observed by the manager she locked her desk and hurried to the boarding house. It was not till she saw her own flushed face in her mirror that she was really determined to do what she did. Yes, she, too, had eyes that flashed and looked soft and appealing. She, too, had hair that waved affec tionately over her brow; she, too, had lips that were young and sensitive and she had no "lugs or style or smart manners" that was sure enough. With what simple finery she had she arrayed herself. And the curls that were as soft as Georgie's and needed no maid to coax them, she arranged and allowed to hang down her back. tied with a wide bow of ribbon in the way that Georgie affected on the screen, but never anywhere else. Then she hurried from the boarding house, lest any one she knew there should see the hanging curls and wonder. She stood at the gate where those who meet friends from the West watch and peer expectantly every night at 6:45 as the western express draws near. "Shall I or shan't I?" she was debat ing. "Of course, he will know at a glance and then I'll have to explain. Perhaps he won't come And then he did come thru the gate, and she felt herself almost totter as he stepped quickly toward her and the big, boyish man was shaking hands with her and telling her that he would have known her anywhere. "Only you are a hundred times sweet er than the original." he aaid with the sincerity and effectiveness of a man who does not know the practice of flattery. "But I am really afraid," Ann be gan as her conscience pricked her re peatedly. She tried to edge in her ex planation of her deception. But so intent waa the stranger on his plans that she got no further. And. besides being Georgie Bird had come to be second nature. "It isn't I that he is saying these things to." she assured herself. "It's Georgie Bird and I'm still the same old Ann that sits at the desk and answers the letters." When the explanation finally did come it was after dinner at the sta tion restaurant, on the way to the apartment of the friend who was going to vouch for the stranger. The stranger was planning for Georgie In the letter had agreed to such a plan to be married within the week if what the friend said of the stranger waa satisfactory. And then they would go right back out West. Ann got in her explanation. But he hardly heeded it. He had forgotten the girl In the pic tures for the girl that had written the letter and the letter for the girl that walked so confidently beside him. (Copyright. 1917, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Haiti has a cigaret factory. THE SECOND FIDDLE Bedtime Stories BY HOWARD B. GARIS Uncle Wlgsily and the Platter. "Oh, Uncle Wiggily! Are you go ing?" asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrr t lady housekeeper, as she saw the bunny gentleman walking up the front steps of nis hollow stump bungalow one day. "Are you going?" "No, Janio, I'm coming home," he said, and there was just the least little smile around his pink, twinkling nose. "I am coming home from having been out looking for an adventure, and not finding one," said Mr. Longears. "Oh. 1 didn't mean it that way!" cried the muskrat housekeeper. "You are always Joking! I meant are' you going to the party which Teddy Sharp nose, the little fox boy,- is going to give tonight? Here Is a letter asking us to come." "Then of course we'll go," said the rabbit gentleman, as he looked at the Invitation, which was written on white birch bark, with a burned stick for a pencil. And that night Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane got ready to go to the party which the little fox boy was go ing to give. As the rabbit gentleman put on his fur overcoat (for it was cold tho it was almost spring) Nurse Jane saw him take from the pantry the largest wooden platter in the hol low stump bungalow. "What in the world are you going to do with that?" the muskrat lady wanted to know. "You aren't going to give any polite table lessons tonight, you know. This is a party." "I know It!" laughed Uncle Wlff- gily, apd his pink nose twinkled faster than ever. "But this platter will come j ln very useful at the party Just the same. "How?" asked Nurse Jane, sort of wondering like. "Why, when they want to play that game of Spin the Platter" they can use i mis Dig one," Uncle Wigslly said, and he held up the large one, almost as i tall as himself. "Oh. you dear, foolish bunny rab j bit!" laughed the muskrat lady. "That i platter is fan, too big to play the game witiv it would trip and tangle up all the animal children." "All the more fun!' laughed Uncle Wiggily. "That's why I'm taking it. When I SDin this nl&tter ln the mirlrllA j of the floor, and Sammie Littletail. or Jennie Chipmunk, tries to .n hold of it before it stops spinning there'll be a Jolly time." j "Oh, you are a queer rabbit!" said j Nurse Jane, smiling. I So off she and the bunny went to the fox boy's party. It hed been snowing, but now had stopped, and the moon was shining from a clear sky. "Hurray! Here's Uncle Wiggtly!" cried Mr. Sharpnose, the fox gentle man, as he opened the door and let Nurse Jane and the bunny rabbit in to the party. And all the animal boys and girls cried: "Hurray!" as loudly as they could, and clapped their paws. And then such fun as they had! They played games and ate popcorn, candy, peanuts and cake. Then they ployed more games, until some one said "Let's spin the platter!'" "I'll get one," said Mrs. Sharpnose. and she brought in one not much larger than breakfast plate. "Oh, that will never do!" laughed Uncle Wiggily. "I'll bring In a right proper platter," and in he brought the big wooden one ne had taken from his hollow stump bungalow, but which he had left outside when he went in to the party. "Oh. what big platter!" cried every one. "Such a fine game as, you can have with that!" cried, Mr. Sharpnose. "Such a game!" And indeed, the animal children did have fun spinning Uncle Wiggily's j platter. i It was so large that it took Sammie J Littletail. Johnnie Bushytall and 'Jackie Bow Wow, all three of them. lo start it spinning, and It took Susie Littletail, Alice and Lulu Wibble wobble, Jillie Longtail and Jennie Chipmunk to stop it from going round. But, for all that, the animal chil dren had fun spinning Uncle Wiggily's big wooden platter for their game. The party was going on as merrily as a hand organ when, all of a sudden, Squeaky-Eeky, the little cousin mouse, who was eating a popcorn ball, be gan to choke. A bit of corn had gone down her wrong, or Sunday, throat. Oh, how she coughed and strangled! "Pat her on the Back! Give her some water to drink! Hold her by her heels with her head to the floor!" cried the animal ladles. But all this did no good, and poor Squeak-Eeky was almost choked ,to death when Uncle Wiggily cried out: "Here! Give her to me." "Where are you going to take her? asked Mrs. Longtail, the mouse lady. "To Dr. Possum, answered the bunny gentleman. "But he is a long, long way from here, and before you can get Squeaky Eeky to him she'll be choked!" said Mrs. Sharpnose. "Not the way I'm going!" cried Un cle Wiggily. "I am going to coast down the snowy hill from here to Dr. Possum's house so he can quickly cure Squeaky!" "But there are no sleds'" said Mrs. Sharpnose. "Teddy's is broken, again." "I'll use my big wooden platter!" cried the bunny uncle. "Squeaky Eeky and I can ride down hill on that as well as on a sled!" Taking the little cousin mouse, still coughing and choking, with him, Un cle Wiggily sat down on the wooden platter at the top of the hill. Johnnie and Billie Bushytall, the squirrels, gave him a push. Down ths hill slid Uncle Wipg;ly and Squeaky-Eeky on the plattev. Whizz! In about a second they were at Dr. Possum's, and he soon took the I piece of popcorn ball out of the throat of the little cousin mouse and she was all well. Then Uncle Wiggily went back to the party with her, and they all had lots of fun. But it was a good thing he took the big platter, and if the puppy dog doesn't take the doll's hair ribbon to make a bow for his collar. I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and the spring. (Copyright, 1917, by McClure's Newspaper Syndicate.) HOUSEHOLD HINTS Keeping Maple Syrup. To prevent maple syrup from sug aring, pour into granite kettle, place over slow fire and bring to boiling point, but do not allow to boil. Pour at once into pint or half-pint glass jars, and seal securely. You will then have syrup ready to use in small quan titles which will not sugar or turn sour. To Renew Apple Butter. To Renew Old Apple Butter after it has become thick by standing Prepare apples by first washing; quarter, core, but do not pare; coolc until soft, then put thru colander. j While apples are cooking, set crock of apple butter on back of stove to i soften up. Now put apples and apple ibutter together, having about th same amount of each. Stir and cook until well mixed and free from lumps. reason witn a little more cinnamon. You have double the amount and al most like new. The Tabic. Italian Macaroni Take any left over meat, two onions, one pepper; put thru grinder. Add one can to matoes, tablespoon chili powder, salt to taste. Cook some macaroni, mix. meat, tomatoes, chill po der and salt together. Then put a layer of meat, a layer of macaroni, then layer of meat. Bake in oven. Scalloped Potatoes With Rice Slice potatoes, put layer in baking dish, add salt, pepper, small pieces butter, a little flonr. then put in layer of cooked rice, season same way; then a layer of potatoes, and so en till dlsb is full. Cover with milk and bake. The rice makes the potatoes go twloa as far, and is delicious in this combination.

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THE TOPFKA DAILY STATE JOITP1 AL TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 fuinnn uuuuvl $4.25 PER THOUSAND New roofing materials may come and go but the Five to Two Clear Red Cedar Shingles, properly laid, will give you a light weight, satisfactory roof that will last for years without any expense for upkeep or repairs. Come in and ask to see our Phoenix Brand of air dried Clear Red Cedar Shingles and let us give you a few pointers on how to lay them. DONT FORGET OUR FREE PLAN SERVICE W. I. MILLER LUMBER COMPANY Phone No. 204 213 East 6th St. THEY FACED RUIN Small Publisher Hard Hit in Paper Problem. J CRUMITJS HERE Well Known Vaudeville Star Is Visiting Roy Tope. 3Ianj Topekans Remember His Stage Appearance Here. Indiscriminate ainsinpr with a bunch of fellows does much to make many men infamous. But it was that sort of ringing with a band of Phi Delta Theta fraternity men that was the first lap in the road of fame for Frank I'rumit, vaudeville player, who, with his wife, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jioy Cope, 16 19 Lincoln street. Krank Crumif's last thought when he was attending Ohio university was ;i career on the stase. He had won honors as a football player, as a base ball Vila ye r and as a trade man and was a member of the university glee Hub and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, one day with a bunch of fraternity men, "rumlt was si rising at random as a bunch of follows do. It was near ins the end of his senior year. A theatrical man heard his voice, was impressed with it and induced him to try vaudeville. From the day he made his first ap pearance on the stase until the pres ent time. Crumit appearing as the "One Man Glee flub" has made a hit. He's about as high in the vaudeville business as a man can get. He plays the Keith circuit in the east, the orpheum circuit in the west and the Intersiate circuit In the south. After Mrs. Crumit go to Dallas where he will week spent with the Popes, Mr. and TURKS CRIPPLED BY BRITISH VICTORIES AS INVADERS PLAN NEW MOVE ON MOSUL Hardin. CHa VP Amir With the Turks apparently completely routed and disorganized la Mesopotamia and with General Maude in full possession of Bagdad and re porting he is entirely satisfied with his provisioning and supply facilities. British war observers believe that the military power of the Ottoman empire in the near east has been seriously crippled if not destroyed. General Maude is now preparing, with Bagdad as a base, to move against Msoul. 250 miles up the Tigris. Grippy weather this. Better get a box of cascaraBquinine The old family remedy in tablet form safe, sure, easy to take. No opiates no unpleasant after effects. Cures colds in 24 hours Grip in 3 days. Money back if it fails. Get the genuine box with Red Top and Mr. Hill's picture on it 25 cents. At Any Drue Stars appear on the Interstate circuit. Crumit comes on the stage dressed as a college lad, a guitar in his hand. He tells funny Htories. sings and plays the guitar. Since the ukelele has made its debut Crumit on his sec ond appearance comes out with a ukele in his hand, introducing: it to his audience an the "grandson of the guitar." Press notices from the east state that Cr limit's introduction of the ukelele is one of the big hits of his act. SI ns Old -Time Songs. During the last year, Crumit in ap pearing for encores has deviated from the well beaten path of popular music. Instead, he plays and sings an old-fashioned song1 and this, too, is making a hit in the east, according to press dispatches. Roy Crawford last year brought an Orpheum act to Topeka. Crumit ap peared on the bill and a bunch of Washburn Phi Delta Theta men occu pied the front seats and sang a num ber of songs with him. TESTIMONY IS RISQUE Mothers' Consross I'rjrcs Judge to 'iXKk Out Spectators at Smith Trial, Denver, Colo.. March 20. Judge J. W. Kheafor has indicated that he will exclude spectators and the court room doors probably will be locked to all fcut court attaches and those actually concerned in the trial of Mrs. Stella Newton Moore Smith Thursday, when tho defendant takes the stand in her own behalf. Forecast by her attorneys, that Mrs. Smith would offer unprintable testi mony In an effort to Justify the killing of her husband, resulted in- a protest against a public trial by the Denver Mothers congress. A committee has asked that the public be excluded ana while the judge refused to promise definitely, it is understood he will exclude spectators when Mrs. Smith and her 12-year-old daugher, Mildred, testify. TENNIS The popular Summer Sport More tennis this season than ever. A wonderful line from which to select. Rackets every weight and quality. 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Reels, Markers, Tennis Hats In fact everything you can think of for the game. WB.l.f XHJl.'WM'J.f-l.L Jill JMI j II ju i" 713 Kansas Ave. i;kke delivery Phone 1325 Secretary of Agriculture Issues His Statement. FEDERAL COMMISSION'S WORK Relief Has Been Offered to Newspapers Over U. S. This Country Depends on Can ada for Its Supply. Washington, March 20. The secre tary of agriculture, D. F. Houston, has issued the following statement: "Conditions in the paper industry have constituted one of the most seri ous of our domestic problems during the last year. Due to tho exorbitant prices charged for news print, the profits of the great dailies were either wiped out entirely or else reduced to a minfmum, while the small publishers were brought face to face with sus pension and even absolute ruin. Peri odical publishers have fared no less badly( the profits of book publishers have ohanered to losses in many cases. and the price of paper of every kind has risen by leaps and bounds. "The federal trade commission has brought some measure of relief to the newsoaDer publishers. Competition has been freed from restraint, prices have been made to bear a closer relation to the cost of production, and a more equitable system of distribution has been devised so that the 'little fellows will get their fair share of the manu factured product. But, wniie tne in niiirv of the commission developed artificial control, it developed also that there is almost an equal Daiance oe tween supply and demand in the pa per industry. Increase in Demand, "in 1914 we used about 5,000 tons of news print every day. Our present .i hB reached 6.000 tons a day and the demand appears to be increasing at the rate of 10 per cent a year, ma terially faster than tne increase m population. To supply our presses with news m-int requires annually about 3,000,000 co(ds of pulp wood. To meet our requirements for maga zine and book paper, stationery and business papers of all forms, wrap ping papers, wall papers, cardboard, fiber board and the like, 4,000,000 cords more of pulp wood are con sumed annually. Production barely keeps pace wit,h this consumption. For Instance, the estimated demand for news print for the first six months of 1917 is 888,000 tons. Against this is placed an estimated supply of 930, 000 tons. -Depend Upon Canada. "As if this close balance was' not peril enough, there is the added fact that the United States depends upon Canada for a third of its news-print paper, either in the form of finished product or raw material. This pro portion is increasing rapidly. The pressure of economic,., conditions and lack of foresight in cutting the forests hare so depleted the available private supply of pulp woods in many of the paper manufacturing states that there is not enough left to last more than ten or fifteen years. As a con sequence. Canada is more and more called upon for pulp woods, and Amer ican manufacturers are showing an increasing disposition to slip across the border into the virgin forests of the Dominion. "It is th's condition of dependence that should be ended. Changes in Canadian policy might at any time cut off our newspapers from this source of supply or make it available only at excessive cost. On the other hand, our own forest resources are ample to meet all the paper require ments of the country. Aside from the waste materials produced in the manufacture of lumber and the pos sible growth on 65,000.000 or 70. 000,000 acres of cut-over forest lands in the northern states, the publicly owned national forests contain enough pulp wood to supply the entire paper needs of the United States for the next eighty years. Cut intelligently, it constitutes virtually an inexhaust ible supply for all time. Pulp Wood Supply. "The forest service has estimated the pulp wood in the national forests at 300,000,000.000 feet. This means 600,000,000 cords, and for all paper of all kinds we use but 7,000,000 cords a year. There are other large supplies of pulp wood on privately owned lands in the west. These western raw ma terials are much cheaper than the woods now used by paper mills in the northeast. While pulp-wood stump- BRITISH HOLD ON TO BAGDAD AND DRIVE FLEEING TURKS UP TIGRIS j I IS? I I RsESPwrl 1 A rlew of ancient Bagdad. The British forces about Bagdad are so firmly entrenched that there appears no likelihood of the city's being recaptured by the Turks. The Sultan's army is in full retreat, with the British in pursuit. There is talk in England of holding on to Bagdad and the surrounding Mesopotamian country after the war is ever. PRESS A BUTTON AND LIGHT ANY ROOM You Don't Stumble 'Round in the Dark Hunting a Match If Your House Is Electrified Telephone 4080 and ask to have an il lumination engineer call and explain the Edison Easy Payment Plan and show you how quickly and neatly your house can be wired. This does not obligate you in any way. The Topeka Edison Co. 808 Kansas Ave. Telephone 4080 THE EASY WAY THE EDISON EASY PAYMENT PLAN For Front Porches I 1 sj Epson Mazda Lamps j I Good Old Home-Made Family Cough Remedy Mack Better than th Xteadr Kade KId Easily and Cheaply Prepared. If tou combined the curative proper ties of every known "ready-made" couftra remedy, you would hardly have in them all the curative power that lies in this simple "home-made" cough syrup which takes onlv a few minutes to prepare. Get from any drusrsist 2Vfc ounces of Pinex (60 cents worth), pour it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated supar syrup. The total cost is about 54 cents and gives you a full pint of really better cough syrup than you could buy ready-made for $2.5X Tastes pleasant and never spoils. This Pinex and sugar syrup prepara- tinn ricrht the cause of a couch land gives almost immediate relief. It loosens the phlegm, stops the nasty throat tickle and heals the sore, irri tated membranes that line the throat, chest and bronchial tubes, so gently and easily that it is really astonishing. A day's use will usually overcome the ordinary cough and for bronchitis, croup, whooping? cough and bronchial asthma, there is nothing better. Pinex is a most valuable concentrated compound of penuine Norway pine ex tract, combined with guaiacol and has been used for generations to break up severe coughs. To avoid disappointment, be sure to a sic your druggist for "2a ounces of Pinex" with full directions, and don't accept anvthing else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction or money prompt ly refunded, goes with this preparation. The Pinex Co, Ft. Wayne, lad. (Advertisement.) &ge in the northern states costs from $2 to $5 per cord standing in the f or est, first class western timbers are available at prices ranging from 25 cents to $1.50 per cord. Long-distance transportation and the large In vestments tied up in paper plants necessarily will retard the westward expansion or migration of this Indus try; but unquestionably it should af ford one means of increasing the pro duction of paper to keep pace with current demands. "Experts of the forest service re port that It is entirely practicable to manufacture news print in Alaska and deliver it to New York thru the Pana ma canal at a cost of not more than $35 a ton. When it is considered that recent prices have ranged from $60 a ton upward, it is evident that an ex cellent competitive basis exists for the introduction of Western papers. Development In West. "The development of private paper plants in the west might be supple mented by the erection of mills by the federal government itself. It is esti mated that a mill with a capacity of 100 tons of news print a day can be built in Alaska for $2,500,000. Even if the output of the mill was confinea to the needs of the government alone, it is probable that such a mill would pay for itself in no great length of time, while adding something to the paper supply of the nation. "The fundamental problem is to build up paper production in the United States to keep pace with a growing demand and afford a suffi cient supply at all times to hold prices at reasonable levels. To the extent that private enterprise will do this, it would appear unnecessary for the government to undertake it, particu larly if the publicly-owned forests can be utilized for the purpose under con ditions which give the public control of industrial organizations. In the event that private capital can not be enlisted, however, to meet the needs of a larsrer paper supply, available at fair prices, it may well be that the federal government should enter the industry as a direct method of con trolling the situation. Waste in This Country. "These are the larger aspects of the situation. There are certain direct and simple approaches, however, that call for nothing more than greater econ omy. The waste which now occurs in the manufacture of lumber is esti mated by the forest service at some thing over 60,000,000 cords annually. At least 40,000,000 cords c6nsist of coniferous woods, a part of which is suitable for the manufacture of var ious grades of paper, altho the cost of assembling it in sufficient quantities to support a paper plant is often prohibi tive. Experiments at the forests pro ducts laboratory show that much of this waste can be utilized for the manufacture of kraft wrapping papers, fiber board and other pulp products. In the case of saw mills that cut up spruce, hemlock, etc., the waste can often be gathered and shipped with profit to news-print mills. "The use for pulp of waste material left after lumbering recently has been introduced in lumbering operations in Pennsylvania and parts of the south. Hemlock tops and broken, defective logs are peeled in some Pennsylvania lumber camps, cut into five-foot lengths, and sold for pulp wood. From 250,000 to 260,000 cords of slab wood and other mill waste are now con sumed every year for pulp. In 1908, hemlock formed 41 per cent of the saw mill waste used, and its average value was $4.07 per cord, about two thirds that of hemlock cord wood in the round. In Wisconsin, saw mills often seil their hemlock slabs to paper mills for from $2 to $3 per cord. This i is a form of conservation that should be given speed aijd drive." ARTISTIC SPANKING O. K. FOR WIFE WHO SMOKES CIGARETS BLOCKADEA BLUFF? Ships Arriving and Leaving Exceed Number in Peace Times. London, March 20. A visit around the harbors and docks of London, Liverpool and Manchester undertaken with a view to observing how the Ger man submarine blockade has affected them ehows that "business as usual" is the rule in the British ports. There has been no apparent slacken ing of trade at any point and the slight holding up of neutral shipping has not yet had any reflection in the weekly tonnage and trade reports of the port authorities. In each of the three ports visited, the figures of ar rivals and departures make a favor able comparison with the figures of three months or a year ago and in each of these ports the stocks of food stuffs and other merchandise stand at better than a peace time basis. Cease to Worry About 'Em. There is plenty of evidence, how ever, that the British admiralty is taking up the submarine question with the greatest- energy. "We have practically ceased to worry about submarines." remarked the superintendent of one of the big London docks. "As far as the shipping people are concerned there is no ap parent difference between the subma rine toll of ships and what it was be fore the great declaration of Febru ary 1. Our opinion has been that the Germans were 'getting' all the ships they could before and that the whole blockade declaration was a bluff." Knox, Hats for Spring $5 Enough styles for any man to find two or three to his liking owning a CHANGE OF HATS is the thing in these days of right clothes for right occasions. The Knox Spring Derby and the Knox Soft Hats are JC found exclusively here I)0 Stetson Hats $3.50 to $15 Dozens of these smart styled Hats shown here. The "Stetson Special" is a wonderful hat at $5. All the colors for Spring. maMxiZ8iiU $3 IT IT VW, KNOX HATS e If you want a moderate priced hat, we recommend a Mallory Cravenette in all the new smart shapes and colors styles that the young fellows will like Knox "Breslin" AiierbachSCuettd CLOTHING Cils DUMA VOTE UNANIMOUS Not Dissenting Vote to Overthrowing Czar 15 Wanted Republic at Once. Petrograd, March 20. The Grand Duke Nicholas cemented his alliance with the people In the Russian revolu tion and added to his popularity today when it became known that it was he who had really induced Czar Nicholas to abdicate. It was revealed that- the grand duke held a lengthy audience with the em peror and urged this step upon him prior to the visit of the revolutionary committee bearing the abdication dec laration. One other bit of history made public today was that the action of the Rus sian duma in resolving to overthrow the autocratic government was unan imous with the exception of 15 mem bers who stood out for immediate es tablishment of a republic, without waiting for a popular vote and with out the temporary duma committee form now governing. Elizabeth, N. J., March 20. Ciga rette smoking fraus may be soundly and artistically spanked, according to a decision by Police Judge Mahon here. The jurist reached the decision after Elizabeth Durka, 23, charged her 56-year-old husband with causing her "mental anguish md physical discom fiture by administering a spanking." "She smokes four packages of cigarettes a day," Durka defended himself. "She deserved a spanking," quoted Judge Mahon. Durka went home to his pipe. In every home Sloan's Lini ment has earned its place in the medicine chest as a relief from pains and aches. Quickly penefrafes ivUhoui rob bing and 6oothes the soreness. Cleaner and more effective than mussy plasters or ointments, it does not stain the skin. For rheumatism, neuralgia, gout, lum bago, spraint and strains use Sloan's Lini ment. At all druggists, 25c. 50c. $1.00. Governor Capper tried hard to get a fair settlement of the gas question. He failed. The Public Utilities Commission brought all the legal machinery of the state to bear upon it. The Utilities Commission failed to accomplish anything. The Attorney General tried to find a way out. He couldn't do it. Do you honestly believe any can didate for mayor could have done anything? Jay E. House Candidate for a Second Term N. B. Don't pay too much at tention to big talk. It doesn't amount to anything. (Advertisement. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE Kansas Reserve State Bank at Topeka, State of Kansas, at the close of business on the 15th day of March, 1917. RESOURCES Loans and discounts $455,988.46 Loans on real estate 21,300.00 Furniture and Fixtures 13,224.08 Other bonds and warrants 1,300.00 Cash items and clearing-house item3 2,697.20 Cash and sight exchange, legal reserve 511,827.60 Total $1,006,337.34 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 200,000.00 Surplus fund 50,000.00 Less current expenses, -interest and taxes paid 572.76 Individual deposits, subject to check .$300,895.26 Cashier'a checks outstanding 3,905.84 Banks' and bankers' deposits 435,217.06 Certificates of deposit due on or after 30 days 15,746.42 Total Deposits 755,764.58 Total $1,006,337.34 State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss. I, Earl Akera. Cashier, of said bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true: that said bank has no liabilities, and is not indorser on any note or obliga tion, other than shown on the above statement, to the best of my knowledge and belief. So help me God. EARL AKERS. Cashier. (Seal) Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19th day of March, 1917 F. C. THOMPSON, Notary Public (Commission expires on the 11th day of October, 120.) Correct Attest: TO. W. F. BENSON, Bank Commissioner, Topeka. Kan. F. C. KATHfl. F. A. ANTON, J. A. STEINMETER, KRANK P. MAC LENNAK, GEO. GODFREY MOORE, C. E. ELDRIDGE, E. C. WINTERS, Directors. Read the Topeka State Journal.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 QFFICIALRECORD rily Commissioners Stand on Their Action. Illiterate Letters Printed Below Discredit Torson. The "row" at the meeting of the city om mission Monday and a paragraph in a political advertisement, have brought up one of the few subjects in the city campaign with which the voters of Topeka are not thoroly fa miliar. The "row" was the heated argument precipitated at the city hall when H. C. Root, an attorney, filed a claim with the city commission, which was not sworn to. In which he demanded a refund of $107 on the ground that he had paid that sum in taxes over and above that which he would have paid had the contract for the sewer In District No. 46, been let to a lower bidder, whether that bidder was re sponsible or able to qualify or not. He was accused by City Attorney Hayden of "playing politics" in filing an un official claim and was advised if he was not tryins to "play politics" to go to court to recover the money he claimed. Mayor House said today: "The paragraph in the political ad vertisement appeared in the advertise ment of L. L. Kione. a candidate for thV nomination for mayor, and read: Yfcr Topeka as against contractors who make dishonest bids for sewer contracts and other public work.' "These political innuendos. made for the purpose of befuddling the voters nnd in hopes of casting reflections on the administration of Mayor J. E. Horse, and the commissioners, make nothing clear to the voters. There fore the official records and state ments of the transactions leading up tothe awarding of the contract for Sewer District No. 4 6 and subsequent events, will be of interest to the voters." j The Official Record. Jhe records at the city hall show the following: City Engineer A. R. oung submit ted, an estimate for the construction o'Sthe East side sewer to the city commission. Engineer Young's esti mate on the cost of the sewer was $19 834 98. The city commission called for bids on this work. The bids ware received and opened July a. lSTo, and were as iuuuo. Cdmmercial Construction Ja&es" A.' Pringle! T.M. Torson 105,715.73 jfhe minutes of the meetings of the cits commission are the next docu ments of Interest on the subject. The part of the minutes referring to the sewer contract at the next meeting are as follows: "Commission Chamber, Topeka, Kan sas, Monday. July 26. 1915. "The matter of the sewer bids on sewer district No. 46, which were opened July 22, 1915. came up for re port from the committee appointed to Investigate, and at the request of Mayor House. City Attorney Hayden made the following verbal report: "The committee appointed went to Kansas City Saturday and investigat ed. Mr, Torson's record in Kansas City In the building of sewers, and we found that Mr. Torson has built a con siderable number of sewers in Kansas City. Kan., in the last eight or ten years on smaller contracts than the one we have, the largest contract there was something like $45,000. We found that Mr. Torson has a very good reputation down there as to honesty, Integrity and ability to do sewer work, and I think the committee, after in vestigating matters in Kansas City, came to the conclusion that if Mr. Torson furnishes a good bond, that there is nothing about his record in Kansas City why this contract should not be let to him.' "After further deliberation, it was suggested by Mayor House that Mr. Torson be given until Thursday to give a good and sufficient bond or show that he could give one, whereupon Commissioner Tandy moved that ac tion on the letting of the contract for the construction of sewers in Sewer District No. 46 be deferred until Thursday, July 29, 1915, 9:30 a. m., w,hlch motion prevailed." A Vnlquc Letter Verbatim. The committee referred to in the foregoing minutes was made up of Mayor House. Commissioner Tandy and City Attorney Hayden. On July 29, being the Thursday that Torson was given to file his bond, the follow ing letter was received from Mr. Tor son: July 28-1915 To Honorable Mayor and Comm. Tnjiekn, Kas. Gentlemen in going over My flgurs very carfully anil going over the grouiHl More in Detail 1 find I ovurlooked Severlal items that Make conclileruble change in my Tigers t feel It my Duty to Mayor and comui and all concerned that you permit me to with draw My Hid. thanking you very kindly for all fnvori. (Signed) T. M. Torson. The letter was presented to the city commission at its meeting and the minutes of the meeting regarding the letter and the contract are as fol lows: "Commission Chamber. Topeka, Kansas. Thursday. July 29, 1915. "Commission from T. M. Torson asking to withdraw his bid on the con- stcuction of sewers in Sewer District Nc. 46, owing to certain discrepancies In the same, was presented and read. I "Mayor House' then gave an oppor tunity to Mr. Torson or his represen tative to be heard. Mr. F. E. Whitney, representing the bonding company and Mr. Torson. appeared before the com mission and said, in sum and sub stance, that Mr. Torson was unable to- furnish bond. Mr. Torson confirmed Mr. Whitney's statement." :The minutes refer to Mr. P. E. Whit ney, representing the bonding com pany. Mr. vVhitney is In charge of the bonding department of Stephenson Webb. The following letter confirms a telegram received by Whitney on the same day that he and Torson ap peared before the commission and an nounced that bond could not be given: GLOBE INDEMNITY COMPANY NKW YORK. i New York. July SO. 1915. Messrs. Stephenson Webb, 609 Kansas ave.. Topeka, Kan. 4ontlemen ;Re: T. M. Torson Topeka Sewer Con tract. AVe euclose confirmation copy of our wire of the 29th advising that after careful consideration of the above contract, we peefer not to execute the bond. lAfcer receiving your letter of the 2ft th Inst, and also your wire of the 27th, this matter was again gone Into very carefully ad our position is the same at this time as explained to you in our letter of the 27th inst. .w We regret that we cannot handle the bond for you. Yours very truly, K. It. OWEN, Superintendent Fidelity Surety Dept. Other Interesting Letters. As Torson was unable to comply with the requirements and give a bond that would assure the completion of the contract and protect the city in all events, the contract -was awarded to the next lowest bidder who was abi? to qualify and give bond and that was James A. Pringle, who "built the sewer. On January 11, 1916, Mayor House received a letter from M. G. Torson. son of T. M. Torson. The letter fol lows: Kansas Holiness, Coledge. 215 K. 4th St.. Hutchinson. Kansas. To the Mayor Commissioners of To peka Gentlemen I am writing to make clear any thing concerning the Topeka Sewer Job that could not stand the light of God's Holiness upon it wheu we shall all appear before the Great White Throne. After hnviiic- bored the sewer Job I found much water In the south end of the sewer and told my Father by telephone that we would have to throw the Job up. This was the main cause for letting it go. 1 make this confession to be clear in God's Bight. And we also agreed with Mr. Pringle for him to pay us $3,000 to let him have the job, which we were going to let go ana way. I am making tills open confession now ask your forgiveness for this sin against those concerned. Kvery thing done in secret shall be brought to light at that day and if we have not a clean pure heart we cannot en ter heaven. Bead this letter before all the commis sioners. I beseech you my dear brothers to flee from the Wrath of God which is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness Sin ful men. The Love of Money is the root of every evil. If there is any thing In your lives brothers that would not stand Gods Holv light upon I plead with you to get right with God while it is called to-day. Popularity, Pride, Money will your souls In forever. Take heed to this warning boys as God will hold you accountable at that day. Kxcept you become as a little child be converted you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. m If there is sin written on your hearts you will be cast into the, place where slu 1b and that is everlasting Don't reject Jesus just for the sake of a name here on earth. It is better to suffer the reproach of Christ than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. 1 (God says be sure your sin will tinu yon out.) 1 warn you to flee from the Wrath to come. Yours most faithfully, (Signed) M. (5. TORSON. p. S. If you desire more or are in doubt Just write and I will explain it. Let this be made openly and publicly before all.) A week later Mayor House received a letter from T. M. Torson, father of M. G. Torson, which reads as fol lows: T. M. TORSON SONS. General Contractors 302 South 10th Street. Kansas City, Kansas, 1-18-1010. Mr. Mayor Topeka, Kas Dear Sir i understand My Son Martin Torson Has Written you a letter concerning Some transaction between Me and Mr Princie beg to advise you My son about five years ago Decome christian anu l was very mutch nleased. but as time went by He changed from one Denomation to another and Has to our Deap sorrow Decome lie llgousley insane. i Have Never Had Sutrh Dealings With Mr. Pringle as 1 understand He Has Written you in a letter and i slnserley Hone vou will not make Knvthlng out of It when He Is in this condition. 1 Have talked with Him since and He cant re member of Writing It l am very sorry tnis tnin; FORGE INTO ROOM Wife Charges Her Husband With Extreme Cruelty. TO SPLIT UP WORK Santa Fe Will Enlarge Its Me chanical Dept. April 1. Says He Imprisoned Her, Beat and Choked Her. Increase in Business Makes This Expansion Necessary. THREATENED TO BE A SUICIDE Claims He Would Lay the Blame on His Wife.

M'GOFF TO FORT MADISON Topekan Made Superintendent of Newly Created District. Mrs. Goldie Graves Appeals to Officers for Relief. I. C. Hicks of San Bernardino Is Coming Here. Happened on Mr Prinple its i knew How Hp fpnla about It and Mr Mn.vor I bee of too not to consider this letter He Hns j Written to you When He is in this auffull coudition Yours Verv triielr (Signed) T. M. TORSON. I S. Was verv thnnkfull to you for Releas ing me from My Bid as 1 would of lost Money on the contract The next chapter in the Torson sewer story comes nearly a year later and the scene changes to Larned, Kan sas, where the contract for a sewer was let last week. The records of the city council of Lamed show that the Torsons went thru the same perfor mance there, of submitting a low bid and then withdrawing the bid and failing to qualify. L. D. Burgess, city clerk of Lamed, has made the fol lowing authoritative statement regard ing the bids on the Lamed sewer; Larned, Knns. March 19, 1017. I certify that the following- is a correct copy of the bids received on Sanitary Sewer letting in this city on Feb. 2G, 1917 and also of the Engineer's Estimate: Koehler Const. Co $41tlflfW Inter Mountain Bridge Const. Co 3S113..15 C. M. Gray Co :W021.14 A. A. Dobson Co .17:172.00 O'Neil Const.. Co :t70":t.20 Kansas Pavinjr Const. Co :EXl,.,0 Everett Burt 3tWH2.S0 E. D. Reed .Vt.154.9r McCoy Taylor :t4!."W.4o lorson const, in Ittuuo.yu Engineer's Estimate. Work awarded to MrCov T.jvlor. (Signed) L. D. BUKGESS, (Seal.) City Clerk. City Clerk Burgess, of Larned. has also made the following certified copy of the request of Torson to withdraw his bid: CITY OF LARNED Office of The Clerk. Larned, Kan., 2-20-17. To the Hon. Mnyor and Council of the City of Larned, Kan. I request to withdraw our bid on ac count of signer of bid being a minor and having received a square deal from the council. TORSON CONST. CO. Bv Chas M. Torson. I certify that the above is a true copy o( statement filed with the City Council by ChaB. M. Torson. (Signed) L. D. BURGESS. (Seal.) City Clerk. W. L. Karl, president of the city council of Larned, has written to Mayor House concerning the Torson bid on the Larned sewer. Mr. Earl's letter follows: FARMERS STATE BANK Larned, Kansas. March 19th 1917. Hon. J. k. House, Mayor of Topeka. Topeka, Kansas. Pear Sir: A friend of mine hns finked me to outline something of the condition of the C. M. Torson contractor, bid on the city ?eptic ewer here let in February, and will say that Mr. Torson wag in round numbers $10,000.00 below the engineers es timate of the work, when we questioned him as to Bond, and the responsibility of the firm he said that he was a nlner and that his check was no good, and that his father wan away sick and did not know that he was here hence he wanted his check back, also that he omitted something of about $9,000.00 of the items to be bid on. One Bonding Co. was present by repre sentation and said that he did not think they could make a bond on the financial condition that he was able at that time to get from the hry, so after Mr. Torson signed a statement for the Clerks record, (copy can be had at the city clerks office) we gave him his check back and allowed him to withdraw his bid. Mr. Torson came to me personally before the letting and wanted assurance 'that he wonld pet a square deal and that the con tract would b let to the lowest bidder, after being assured of this he put in his bid as above which was disposed of ac cording to the preceding. tie seems io ne n verv peculiar renow. not sure of himself and his figures at any time, thin element was a large factor In allowing him to withdraw his bid. Very Respectfnllv. (Signed) w. L. EARL. Pres. Council. Forced into a room at 513 "Van Buren and held for two hours against her will, choked and beaten while she watched intermittent gun play and lis tened to wild threats of suicide by the husband from whom she is seeking a divorce, is the story told to the coun ty attorney today by Mrs. Goldie Graves. When she filed her petition for a divorce she also asked for a restrain ing order enjoining Paul H. Graves from molestine: her pending nnai ac tion in the case and because of her story he was cited for contempt ioi lowing the recital of her two-hour ex perience. Graves was lnstruciea 10 rtnv to n nnpnr before Judge G. H. Whltflomb in the second division of the district court and .explain his lack of regard for court orders. Graves lives at 513 van euren ana att fimvps lives with her parents at 425 Van Buren. Since she applied for a divorce she has been aiding in her own support by collecting ana sne was so engaged Monday afternoon when she met her husband. 'TTe tnld me." she told Hugh Fish er. assistant county attorney today, "thnt ii mother was in Topeka and wanted to see me badly. He said she was at the Rex hotel. I was doubtful about it and called the hotel. The Mrir snid she was registered all right." Brassed Her in House. Than Mra cim -ft tnld how she and her husband went to the hotel and r.niTM went to find his mother, re porting that she had gone to his room on Van Buren street. Mr. and Mrs. firavfis went to the Van Buren street address but Mrs. Graves refused to "I was suspicious," she said, "and told him to go in and get his mother r.H hrini? her out to me. He went in and returned, saying his mother was in tho hnthmom and couldn t come. knew then his mother was not there. He grabbed me and dragged me into the house and to nis room. That tuati n t 7:30 o'clock last night .rnnrriinir to Mrs. Graves, and she did not escape until almost 9 o'clock. In tho mnre than two hours she passed thru an experience from which she sr.e had not recovered: toaay. In his efforts to get her to dismiss the case, she says her husband beat h.i- nnd choked her. that he -drew a should of I revolver and threatened to Kin mm nolf in the room "Ho did not threaten to kill me, she said, "but he said he would snoot himself and that under the circum ctanoea overvone would think I killed him. We stayed there Hour alter nour it seemed to me. 1 couian l get away. Ho mistreated me snamciuny ana couldn't prevent it. His mother was not in town and it was all a scneme 10 lure me to his room. I was willing to see and talk with his mother but I wanted nothing to do witn mm Mrs. Graves intimated that some one at the Rex hotel who answered her question as to whether or not his mother was registered mere was rjartv to tho plot. Mrs. Graves is young and so is her husband. She is attractive and her story appealed to county officials. Within ten minutes after it had been told the sheriff had orders to pro duce Graves in court. Her husband has been arrested twice since her di vorce action was filed, according to officials, once on the charge of pass ing bogus check and once upon an "investigation" charge. In' one in stance he brought suit for damages against his wife's father for $2,500 charging false imprisonment. URGES ANEW LINE Randolph Man Places Plans Before Chamber of Commerce. Would Sun Line Thru Potta watomie and Riley Counties. AT HOME NEWS TOPEKA IS URGED TO HELP Road Would Tap Territory Railroads Do Not Serve. Effective April 1-S the mechanical department of t he Santa Fe railway's eastern lines will be divided. The an nouncement was made today by Fred C. Pox, general manager here. Ex tension of the department is being made because of the general expan sion of traffic. Several similar en largements in Topeka railway offices have been made in the last two years. Mr. Fox also announced the ap pointments for the two positions. J. H. McGoff, present mechanical super intendent with headquarters in To peka, has been appointed1 mechanical superintendent of the eastern district of eastern lines with headquarters at Foi-t Madiscn. His territory will em brace the Illinois and Missouri "divi sions and the Chicago and Kansas City terminals. Hicks to Topeka. I. C. Hicks, master mechanic in San Bernardino, will come to Topeka as mechanical superintendent of the western district of the eastern lines. Mr. Hicks' territory will consist of the Eastern', Southern Kansas, Middle and Oklahoma divisions. Etter's office is at Newton and Raymond's Is at Topeka. The reorganization of the depart ment brings a promotion to both the men-appointed today. Mr. Hicks will arrive in Topeka in a day or two and with Mr. McGoff will work out details of tho new move. Mr. McGoff will leave Topeka shortly. GERMANS REVOLT Figures Cited to Show Project Would Be a Success. Revolution in Fatherland Rumor in London. Is Duma Committee Tenders Pow er to New Cabinet. DRILL IN RIVER BED Arkansas City Promoters Want To Prospect For OH On State Iand. Kansas state officials who sup pressed their sorrow when the legis lature broke all appropriation rec ords, are now dreaming of oil- royal ties that will meet some of the ex penses of the eleven million dollar legislature. Cowley county citizens have applied to the state for oil leases on the bed of the Arkansas river. Un der the lease proposal, the state will collect one-eighth royalty a3 well as a lease fee In event oil is found in the bed of the stream. W. L. Cun ningham, an Arkansas City lawyer, has presented the lease plan to state officials and the matter will be con sidered in a few days by the state executive council. London. March 20. An unconfirm ed rumor was spread in financial cir cles here this afternoon of a revolu tion in Germany. The same rumor of a revolution in Germany has been persistently in cir culation in the United States for the past two days. Today it went so far as to carry the suggestion that some thing had happened to the kaiser. None of the rumors could be traced to a definite source, but all were ap parently founded on recent reports indicating unrest in Germany and the possibility that the success of the democratic movement in Russia re cently might result in German demo crats overthrowing the autocratic Ger man military aristocracy. The United Press received inquiries concerning various rumors about German revolution from such widely separated cities as Philadelphia, Cleveland, Montreal and Chicago. The rumors were spread, like those report ed in London, in financial circles. SUCCESSOR TO SAPP Democrats Will Meet Here to Name New Committeeman March 31. The Democrat state central commit tee will meet in special session in To peka Saturday March 31, to select a successor to the late col. w. jr. luiil) Sapp, of Galena, national committee man for Kansas. A call for a special meeting of the state committee was issued today by Hubert Lardner, of Fort Scott, chairman of the state com- mittee. It is believed that W. F. Benson, state bank commissioner and former state senator, will be elected to the position held by Sapp. He has a most positive following among members of the state committee and is regarded as one of the strongest and most able men in the Bourbon ranks in this state. Benson Is a positive candidate for the place. Efforts have been made to launch a movement for J. W. Orr, of Atchi son and for Sam Amidon of Wichita. The state committee is composed of the chairmen of the Democrat county committees in the 105 counties of the state. They will meet at the Throop hotel". Democrat headquarters, at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, March 31. under the call of the state chair man. Step Ladders at Forbe's Hwd. Co. Adv. Building a 100-mile trolley" line from Topeka, thru Pottawatomie and Riley counties to Randolph, was pro posed to the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce today by Eldon C. Newby, a Randolph newspaper man. Mr. Newby urged the Chamber of Commerce to make arrangements for financing a $5,000 survey of the proposed trolley territory by a well known NewYork engineer, whom he declares has made surveys for the J. Pierpont Morgan interests, the Car negie Interests and, who, when Pres ident Wilson was governor of New Jersey, was sent to Europe on a sur vey for the New Jersey governor. If this engineer makes a favorable report on the survey, I can assure you," said Mr. Newby, "that brokers will have no difficulty in disposing of the bonds. It is questionable if the engineer will recommend that we merely extend the line to the Central Branch territory. It may be that he will urge the road be extended into the Burlington territory in Washing ton county. Mr. Newby told the directors that the proposed trolley would go into counties having 50.000 population, outside of Topeka and would touch Randolph and other towns, where shippers are crippled on account of railroad facilities. He quoted E. P. Ripley, president of the Santa Fe railroad system, who stated that a railroad could make money in any ter ritory In Kansas where it had a field without competition three miles on each side of its tracks. He Quotes Figures. Such a state of affairs would exist in the territory, Mr. Newby proposes to build a trolley line in, and he furth er quoted figures of passenger and freight revenues in other territories, similar to the proposed one,- to prove that the proposition will make money. if it materializes. He read agricultural statistics to prove the productiveness of the three counties and told of the large number of banks in the territory as proof of the prosperity of the peo ple who would be served by the trol ley. Mr. Newby has been in correspon dence with a large and apparently re liable brokerage firm in Chicago, which guarantees the sale of bonds should the survey of the New York en gineer be favorable to the building of a trolley. The proposition was re ferred to Luther C. Bailey with in structions to report back to the direc tors the result of an investigation of the proposition to be made. Aid Farm Bureau. Topeka bankers will be given an op portunity to subscribe $800 towards establishment of a Shawnee county farm bureau. W. E. Davis and C. B. Merriam were appointed a. rrrrfhittee of two to present the proposition to members of the Topeka clearing house at their next meeting. H. H. Wallace appeared before the board of directors and asked the Chamber of Commerce to get behind a subscription campaign to raise the $800. The remainder of the money will be subscribed from money do nated, under the law, by the board of county commissioners and the State Agricultural college at Manhattan. The $S00 is needed only the first year for purposes of establishing the bu reau. Mr. Wallace reported that a sufficient number of members, 250, hr.d subscribed. They must pay $1 a year membership and this will be added to the yearly subscriptions of the county commissioners and agrii cultural college in maintaining the bureau. "In other counties the money was raised by the banks," said Mr. Wal lace. "That is merely a suggestion." SUES FOR $5,463.50 John Foley Says Wifo Das Perma nently Injured in Fair Accident. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. ELIZABETH D. LEWIS, age 87, died Monday at her home, at 614 North Topeka avenue. She was a member of Benevolent lodge. No. 3, and of Patterson Temple, No. 28. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. ELIZABETH PETTIT, age 27, died Monday at her home, at 1332 College avenue. Funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning from the Holy Name church. Burial in Mt. Hope cemetery. SIRINA HANSON, age 86, died Sun day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Lungren, at 309 Western avenue. Funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the resi dence. Burial in Topeka cemetery. The funeral of George McPherson, who died at Dallas, Tex., will be held at 10 o'clock from Shellabargers chapel. Burial in Rochester ceme tery. Word was received of the death of Dennis Smith of Tecumseh. The fu neral will be held Wednesday after noon at 3 o'clock. Burial in Topeka cemetery. LOCAL J. C. Emahizer returned last night from a trip through the South. A marriage license was Issued Mon day to Clyde R. Parish and Marie Rogers, of Topeka. Mrs. Kate Seiler will entertain the Catholic Ladies' club Wednesday af ternoon, at her home, 1201 College avenue.. Henry Heide. worker in the oil pumping department of the Santa Fe has been awarded judgment against the road for $100 for the loss of the little finger of his. right hand. A contract for the extension of the water main on Boillee avenue,- from Eighteenth to Nineteenth streets was let to the residents of that district by the city commissioners. Each resident in the block is to pay $40 a year for two years for the water main. Tau Delta Pi, honorary scholastic fraternity at Washburn elected mem bers this week. Among their new members are: John Warner, Miss Mabel Cook, Miss Lois Segar and Miss Kathcrine Hand, all of Topeka, and Hazel Jones, of Wakeeney, and Irma Erickson, of Virgil. Earl Dinsmore refutes the charges made against him by his wife, Bessie Dinsmore, in her divorce petition. He has always defrayed the household expenses and has provided for her as best he could, according to his state ment in court. He had no objection to her getting a divorce. The contract for the men's bathing pavilion to be built at Gage park thia year has been let by the city commis sioners to George Senne. Work will commence at once. The plans as made by Charles Cuthbert. architect, call for a stucco exi-ior and concrete floors. It will be fitted with 100 in dividual lockers and four dressing rooms. W. W. Bowman, secretary of the Kansas Bankers' association left today to attend the sixth annual convention of secretaries and presidents of the bankers association of fourteen states. The meeting will be held in Chicago, Wednesday ana Thursday of this Week. He will deliver a lecture Thursday morning on "The Educational Fea tures of Bankers' Association Work." A series ot concerts have been an nounced by the Washburn quartet for this season. They sang last Friday night at Dover and will again start on their tour next week. Their program includes Goodland, Oberlin, Smith Center and Manhattan. Several en gagements have been received for the spring for Topeka work. April 24 the w quartet will assist Mar shall's band in a concert to be giv-n at the city auditorium. Frank P MacLennan, who spent yesterday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with Rotarians from Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, returned home at noon to day, xne Topeka Rotarians are greatly pleased with their reception and entertainment at the wonderful Oklahoma town. Today there was given over to automobile rides and sight-seeing about the citv and an in spection of oil wells. The other Rotar ians will return in their special car iuiiiuiiw iiiurning. Mrs. Mabel C. Woodcox of 1328 Western avenue was Granted an ab solute divorce by Judge G. H. Whit comb today from Homer E. Woodcox. The court also restored her to her maiden name. Mr. and Mrs. Woodcox have been married for nine years. In her petition she charged extreme cruelty and the divorce was granted on that ground. She was granted the divorce, the household goods and ali mony to the amount of $40 a month. Mr Woodcox is in the automobile business. They have been residents of Topeka for ten years. Charging that he kicked her out of bed when she was sick and injured her spine permanently, Julia E. Han ley filed suit for a divorce from Ed ward M. Hanley in the district1 court today. She states that they were married August 22, 1910, at Kansas City, and that they have been Jiving at 1219 East Tenth street. Besides kicking her out of bed she charges that he has threatened to kill her many times, declaring he would get rid of her without divorce proceedings. Her maiden name of Julia E. Payne was restored to her by the court. CONVICT MRS. ANDREWS SIN STATE OF WAR i Cabinet Discusses Defense Problem This Afternoon. U. S. May Drift In Without Formal Declaration. COOK WILL GET IT Kansas City Man To Be Secre tary Board of Control. Slated to Succeed J. W. Howe, Democrat, of Abilene. Iron Pumps at Forbe's Hwd. Adv. Co.- Lord's Flowers Satisfy. Adv. Tel. 827. New Orlesna Cotton Market New Orlenns. March 20. COTTON Spot, firm, 2a points up; middling, 18.19. For the second year the Washburn class of 1917 was declared champions in the basketball interclass league. They defeated the freshmen team Tuesday in the last game of the sea son. Freshmen put up a stiff fight but were finally downed by a walk away in the second half, the score be ing 2 to 15. Manhattan Cleaners. Phone 1769. Adv. Topeka Auto Livery. Phone 698 or 3737, 116 W. 5th. Open day and night. Adv. F. A. Koester. D. D. S.. 710 Mills Bldg. Special attention given to pyor rhea and oral prophylaxis. Adv. Jess Metzger, garage man at Meri den, drove a new 'Ford car home from Kansas City Monday night, put it in the garage and this .morning it was gone. It was stolen before he had a chance to put a 3tate license tag upon it. He reported his loss to the Topeka police today and they have been watching for the car. Safety razor blades sharpened bet ter than new. 25c-35c doz. Brunt Martin Drug Co. Adv. The best to be had is served at the Cremerie. Follow the crowd. You won't go wrong. Cafeteria one flight up. Adv. Suit for $5,468.50 damages Was brought against the Georgia Casualty company and the Topeka State Fair association in the district court today by John Foley, of 424 Grant street. The case grows out of the accident at the automobile races at the fair grounds in 1915 when the Kilpatrick racer crashed thru the fence. Mrs. Foley was struck by the car, her hus band alleges, and injured permanently. Foley states in his petition, filed by A. M. Harvey, that his wife, Charlotte Foley, was walking from one part of the fair grounds to another when the automobile crashed thru the fence and struck her. He alleges that her hips were crushed and that stifi was in the hospital for weeks, also that she has required medical attention ever since she left the hospital. The $463.50 is the Amount Mr. Foley states that he has spent for hospital and medical services. The $5,000 asked for is asked on the ground that Mrs. Foley is per manently injured. The Georgia Casualty company, of Macon, Ga., is "made a party to the. suit for the reason that the Fair as sociation was indemnified in that company. TO HOLD TRIAL HERE Alleged Irug Law Violators Will Be Prosecuted In Topeka. J. H. and U. S. 'J. Hughes, foririer operators of a s nitariu m at Rose dale, near Kansas City, will be tried on the charge of violating- the federal drugs act in Topeka at the term of the federal court. J)eginning April S. The case is expected to be the most important to be heard at the next term of court More than 100 w itnesses have been subpoenaed by the. government in the attempt to convict tie brothers of vio lating the Harrison anti-narcotic act. They were indict in the federal court at Kansas ":ty. Kan., last fall. Garden Tools at Forbe's Hdw. Co. Adv. Woman Who "Worked" In, Topeka Caught In Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., March 20.Mra. Anna Andrews has been sentenced to two years in the Jefferson City jjeni- tentiary after being convicted ot ths theft of silverware, cut glass, furni ture and other house loot, which she had obtained in Kansas City. Topeka, Chicago, St. Louis and Salt Lake City are other, cities where she is said to have operated. Mrs. Andrews looted the home of Dr. Martha Bacon. 4134 Hyde Park avenue, after she had been placed in charge as housekeeper. The Bacons gr.ve her charge of the house because "she seemed so refined, and talked of butter days, and because she wanted to rear her son Paul in an atmosphere of refinement and culture." Mrs. Andrews came to Topeka as Mrs. Thomas, in October. Mrs. Mabel Akers rented her home at 806 West Eighth street to Mrs. Thomas when she told her she wanted to raaka her home here because of the educational advantages it offered for the culture of her son. Mrs. Andrews disappeared, taking with her a number of the household effects belonging to the owner of the house. Washington, March 20. Certain members of President Wilson's cabi net when they arrived at the White House for the cabinet meeting this aft ernoon, were outspoken in their view that a state of war now exists with Germany. While saying they believed a declar ation of war unnecessary at this time, they were firm in their stand for preparation for hostilities. They indicated that when the presi dent next addresses congress be wouKl say. a state of war had existed with Germany since last Wednesday when the American steamer Algonquin was sunk. The United States will gain an im- j mense advantage in coping with sub- 1 marines if it can "drift" into a state of active warfare without formal dec- laration of war, military men tiere held today. They. have so told White rfbusc officials. Under such a condition this conn- try, they pointed out, could engage in an industrial co-operation with the al- ie-s which, it is believed would soon break the back of the Central Pow ers. Munitions and gold could then be poured across the Atlantic be tween the allies and United States warships. Would Keep Munitions at Home. Should the United States, however, declare formal war, public opinion here would demand an immediate ces sation of shipments of war materials abroad until the country accumulated sufficient supplies to care for itself. it would tnen be America first with the public insistent that Ameri can resources be conserved, at least until the country is on an adequate war footing. As has been the case since all offi cial Washington acknowledged that a state or war practically exists between the United Slates and Germany, there is a wide range of speculation on the precise action President Wilson con templates, but there is no official ground for any forecast. it was learned definitely today be fore" the cabinet meeting that the president, while considering deliber ately all phases of the situation, had not finally made up his mind on any forward step beyond the active prep aration of the navy for any eventu ality. For the present President Wilson is taking the position that at all events the nation must be placed in a better etate cf preparedness because he be lieves that from a practical standpoint Germany is making war on this coun try. Will Address Congress on It While the situation now facing the nation has been anticipated by the president ever since- the submarine question between the United States and Germany became acute he is con sidering it again now from all angles because of the far reaching questions involved in active entrance of the United States into the war. The presi dent is known to believe that the ob jects he has in mind the establish ment of a league to preserve future peace has been set far forward by the revolution in Russia. The mur muring against autocracy in Germany are also being considered. No doubt now remains !n the minds of most officials that unless there is some unlooked for change before con gress meets the president will open the extra session with an address making clear the new position into which he feels the United States has been forced by Germany's ruthless disregard of American rights. Admin istration officials bc-lieve the nation is already virtually in a state of war with Germany and the only question undecided is whether there shall be any immediate announcement of that status thru a new call for congress or otherwise. FARM LOANS IN DEMAND Paper Totaling $100,000,000 Will Be Issued the Coming Year., Washington. March 20. Approxi mately f luu.uou.uuu will be used in iarm loan bonds during .the next twelve months, according to estimates made by the farm loan board on the number of applications received. Applications are pouring in from every section of the country and the first bonds may be issued within tut: next ten days. Wylie W. Cook of "Kansas City, Kan., former assistant state treasurer, is to be appointed as secretary of the state board of control, according to reports today in state house circles. Cook's appointment will be made this week, it is asserted. The appointment of Cook will be made by the newly organized control board, which serves until the new state board of administration takes charge of state Institutions July 1. Cook will be appointed to succeed J. W. Howe of Abilene, Democrat, anu former state senator from the Dlckin-Bon-Clay county district. Howe was appointed in 1913. When W. K. Brooks of Fort Scott, cnairman ck mo board, resigned recently to become mayor of his home town, the vacancy was filled by W. K. Davis of Dodge City, former state auditor. This ac tion gave the Republicans-a majority on the board and Howe's services were m-actlcally automatically enaea. The change in the secretaryship may be made at once. Cook is a progressive Republican. He was a candidate -for the Repub lican nomination lor stato treasurer in 11 and was chief clerk to Speaker Keene of the house during the recent legislative session. His appointment on the board will be for the short term ending July 1. Howe, who retires, is a well known Fifth district newspaper man. He is editor of the Dickinson County News and was in charge of the Hodges pub licity bureau during the 1912 gover norship campaign. MISSING MEN SAFE No Uvea tost When the City of Mem phis Was Torpedoed. New York. March 20. No lives were lost in the sinking of the Ameri can steamship City of Memphis in the German submarine zone. The boat which was missing, containing Cap tain Borum and seven men. has reach ed Glasglow safely, according to a dispatch received here from the cap tain today by the owners The Ocean Steamship company. BANK STATEMENTS (First?TnT)nnie7in The Topeka State Journal March 20, 1917.) RECOGNITION OF U. S. Uncle Sam Preparing to Send Greet ings to Russians. Washington. March 20. The United States government is preparing to rec ognize the new rule established by the Russian revolution, it was learned to day. As soon as the new Russian regime definitely formulates itself, the United States will send greetings. The Russian army and navy support the new government. Ambassador Francis reported to the state depart ment today. France Recognizes New Gov't. London. March 20. France has en tered into busine:i relations withthe Russian provisional government, ac cording to announcement 'made here today. Such action rorecasts early rormai recognition of the new regime. Comedian On Operatinsc Table. Chicago, March 20. A serious ab- studebuker domjial operation was performed at the Iresbyterian hospital today on Dave Montgomery, the comedian. The operation was pronounced a suc cess and it was said that the patient had an excellent chance of recovering. Electric Co. Adv. Washers at Forbe's Hdw. Mew York Money Market New York, March 20. MONEY Mercan tile paper, 4644 jwr cent. Sterling, (io day bills. 4.71; commercial, 60 iluy bills on banks. 4.71: commercial, GO (lay bills.4.70 demand, 4.7o cables, 4.i( i-lo. prams, demand, 5.84 cables,' 5.J4')4. Marks. le nmnd. 09: cables, ti9. Kronen, demand. 11.2.S: cables. Il.:t0. Guilders, demand, 40 5-1B; cables. 40. Llres. demand. 7.N0; cables, 7.79. Hubles. demand, 2-si cables. 2h. Har silver. 72c: Mexican dollars, 55c. (Government bonds, steady railroad bonds, strong. Time loans, steady 00 and 90 days, 'J1.-j(ti' per cent; 6 montbs 3i per cent. Call money, steady: bigh. 2Ms per cent; low, 24 per cent: rullnir rate, 24 per cent; last loan. 2 per cent losing bid 2V4 per cent; offered at 24 per cent. Snr York Stock Market. Wall St.. New York. March 20. STOCKS Further short covering and a moderate revival of public interest accelerated to day's additional advances In which L'nlted States Steel and other industrials were most conspicuous. Sales were estimated at 1,250,000 shares. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OP THE FINANCIAL CONDITION of the s flTIZRNS STATE BANK. nt Topeka, State of Kaunas, at the close of business on the 15th day of March, 1917: KKSOUKCES. Loans and discounts. Loaus on rail estate.. Overdrafts, secured Other bonds ana war rants Guaranty fund with state 'lreas.. oonus.. Caah items and clear ing house Items Cash and sight ex change, legal reserve $n(ll.(MR..TO 124.7SO.OO 609.22 28,8.. 79 2,000.00 378,171.71 Total $898,1K9.S0 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In.. 50,000.00 surplus tunu zo.uuu.uu Undivided profits 1.071.30 Interest 5,7:.X1 Exchange 22.4 6,827.10 Less current expenses, Interest and taxes paid 2,135.00 lMvldend declared but not paid Individual dep o s 1 1 s subject to check $512,567.88 Banks' and bankers' doposlts 55,410.53 Certificates of deposit due od or after 30 days 250,468.99 4,002.10 818,467.40 Total $898,189.50 State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss. I, K. S. Gresner. Cashier of said bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true; that said bank has no lia bilities, and Is not lndorser on any note or obligation, other than shown on the above statement, to the best of my knowl edge and belief.. So help me God. E. S. GKESKElt. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19th day of March, 1917. II. C. McKINLEY, (Seal.) Notary Public. (Commission expires on the 20th day of August. 1920.) Correct Attest: S. 8. OTT. F. O. MORNS, I. M. KIBBLE. J. N. STEWART, M. F. SOUTHWICK, Directors. To W. F. Benson, Bank Commissioner, Topeka. Kan. (Flrat published In The Tooeka Journal, March 20, 1917. State New York Cotton Market New York, March 20. COTTON Spot, steady. New York Stock Market. (Closing prices for the leading stocks on the New York Stock Exchange as re ported by' Empire Commission Co., 301 New England Bldg.) New York, March 20. Am. Beet Sugar Auuconda Mining A. T. S. F.. c Baltimore Ohio Central leather Chesapeake 4c Ohio C. M. ft St. I'., v Chino Copiier Colorado Fuel Ac Iron Great Northern, P Inspiration Kelin. Corner Maimi Coper Missouri 1'sciflc l'eun. Railroad Heading. Stiiriehtfk Southern Pnclflc I'niou Pacific c 1'. S. Steel, c 1'tah Copper White Motors CI Today 9::

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...1411 ...117 ...1154 50 OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE NAISCIAL CONDITION of the STATE SAVINGS BANK. At Topeka. State of Kansas, at the clos of business on the 15th day of March, 1917. RESOURCES. Cash on hand nnd In banks 574,010.93 Cash Items and checks on other banks 8.76.2 United States bonds at par 11,000.00 ('nllnteral loans and discounts. 4,938.11 First mortgage loans on real estate 788.103.SS Kansas municipal bonds 377.260.90 Guaranty fund with State Treasurer 7.000.00 Furniture and fixtures.. l.inn.00 Expense S..V5.tr7 Interest paid 7.407.42 Total $1,805,031.07 LIABILITIES. Capital stock Surplus Interest received from loans.... Exchange, etc. In.llvl.lu.il deposits. $850,642.04 Certificates of de posit 705.745.34 Bsnk deposits 40.4O8.K1 Cashier's checks 9.862.07 100.000 0 34.MdO.00 22.121.0t 251.91 1.708.658.68 Fencing and Steel Posts at Forbe's Hwd. Co. Adv. Ves I Total M.8B5.031.6T 92 State of Ksnsns. Connty of Shawnee; so. I. J. I. (iossctr. Cashier of said bank, do 104 solemnly swenr thst the above statement Is true; that said bank has no liabilities, and u is not hidorser on any note or obligation. other than shown on the above statement, 84 I to the best of liij knowledge and belief. V2? So help uk God. i. I. GOSSETT. Cashier. 1 1 Subscribed and sworu to before me. thia ViS i loth day of March, 1917. r.V ISeal.l D. I'. WILSON. Notarv Iuhll (Commission expires on the Llth day of Julv. 1918.) Correct Attest: WM. MACFEIt RAN, A. A. GODAKD, Y. M. STAHL. N. P. UAKUETSON, M. A. LOW. T. F. GAltVER. I I rectors To W. F. Benson, Bank Commissioner, Topeka. Kau. 51 nr. 105 l:eVi 114li my

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL-rTUESD AY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 HIT HARD SAYS T.R. "Words Are Wasted on Ger many," Colonel Asserts. Sinking of Ships Demands Pro tection of Our Honor. YEAR OF MURDER AGAINST U.S. As 3Iany Americans Killed as at Lexington, Bunker Hill. l'ro-tiermans Here Are ow Traitors to This Country. New York. Itfareh 20. "The news of the sinking of three of our ships, with loss of American lives, makes it imperative that every self respecting American should speak out and de mand that we hit hard and effectively in return." said Col. Theodore Roose velt in a statement issued at Oyster iiav. "Words are wasted upon Germany. What is needed is effective and thoro going action. "Seven weeks have passed since r.ormany renewed with the utmost ruthlessne.ss her never wholly aban doned submarine war againwt neutrals and non-combatants. fe'he then noti fied our government of her intention. This notification itself was a declara tion of war and should have been treated as such. "During the seven weeks that have since elapsed she has steadily waged war upon us. It has been a war of murder. She has killed American women and children, as well as Amer ican men, upon the high seas. She has sunk our ships: our ports have been put under blockade. Death of Americans. "She has asked Mexico and Japan to join with hr in dismembering this country. If these are not overt acts of war, then Lexington and Bunker Hill were not overt acts of war. It is well to remember that during the last two years the Germans have killed as many, or almost as many, Americans as were slain at Lexington and Bunker Hill, rnd. whereas the British in open conflict slew armed American fighting men, the Americans whom the Germans have slain were women and children and unarmed men going peacefully about their law ful business. No Germans Are Traitors. "Such are the conditions. Any American citizen who is now pro-German is a traitor to this country as much a traitor as any Tory who up held the British cause against Wash ington. As for the pacifists, they stand on a level with the copperheads who in 1864 denounced and assailed Abraham Lincoln. "Seven weeks ago we broke rela tions with Germany. This was emi nently proper. But it amounted to nothing; it was an empty gesture, un less followed by vigorous and efficient action. Yet during the seven weeks (a time as long as the entire duration of the war between Prussia and Aus tria in 3 866) we have done. .nothing. We have-not even prepared. We have spent our time discussing the pro posal to' pay Colombia 25 million dol lars blackmail, to atone for having refused to pay her 10 million dollars hlackmr.il fourteen years ago. In the Wednesday Special Men's Blue Amos keasj Chambray SHIRTS, made with soft or laundry collar attached; also with two separate collars. Guaranteed fast col or; full size. A reg ular 75c seller. Re modeling Sale Price. Leave the. Balance in Your Pocket Special Tomorrow Morning. 20c fancy Comb Money He 30c fancy Butterine 25c Fancy White Potatoes, bus. $2.64 12 He new Evaporated Peaches, lb. 10c Large loaf Graham Bread, P.. M. .10c Our fine Bread, 3 for, loc 5c and 9c Scores of Cut Prices Every Day lO STORES IDIMENT KI.KIN R 602 Kansas Ave. 5 fill na esi m m. Eil Kit 521 Sr?l ?X MR. PIOUS THrVT NoTe or Mine, is Due ToMaMtoW AMb 1 OWT ?)Y IT EVERYTHING W6NT WRONG- with this ooifTfwcT-There. WAS A STRIKE )NC WHEN l got That settled we WTO ft CAVE IN ON TH6. Construction work, ano That cost we pn-e. OF money "THrVr'NoTc is Owe Tomorrow and if Vov DON'T fWY IT m flTTrtCH Your ouTfyt- (Sooo rW days when this republic prized man hood, a favorite motto was, 'Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute. Apparently our present motto is, 'Twenty-five millions for tribute, but not a cent for defense.' A Timid War. "Under existing conditions, armed neutrality is only another name for timid war, and Germany despises timidity, as she despises all other forms of feebleness. She does not wage timid war herself and she neither respects nor understands it in others. Seemingly her submarine warfare has failed and is less menacing now than it was seven weeks ago. We are profiting and shall profit by Its failure. "But we have done nothing to bring it about. It has been done solely by the efficiency of the British navy. We have done nothing to help ourselves. We have done nothing to secure our own safely or to' vindicate our own honor. We have been content to shel ter ourselves behind the fleet of a foreign power. There's Going to Be War. "Such a position is intolerable to all self respecting Americans, who are proud of the great heritage hande 1 down to them by their fathers am! their fathers' father. Let us dare to look truth in the face. Lut us dare to use our own strength in our own de fense and strike hard for our national interest and honor. "There is no question about 'going to war.' Germany is already at war with us. The only question for us to decide is whether we shall make war nobly or ignobly. Let us face the ac complished fact, admit that Germany is at war with us. and in turn wage war on Germany with all our energy and courage and regain the right to look the whole world in the eyes with out flinching." adrTft twoTdays American Consul Confirms Yiffilaneia Was Sunk Without Warning. London. March 20. Report from the American consul today confirmed the fact that the American steamer Vigilancia was not warned before being sunk by a- German submarine. The survivors were adrift from Friday morning1 until Sunday afternoon. EAST SIDE NOTES Notes and personnls from East Side by Frances Jones, 211 G rattan street. Telephone between 8 and 10 a. m., 3530; other boura, 4751 K-2. The family on East Tenth street that lost its laundry off the clothes line last sum mer has again been suffering from the efforts of a too sealous citizen. The other evening on hearing a disturbing noise iu the direction of the coal bin, the Lady of the House, found upon investigation, a colored man sacking up the coal. When asked what he was doing there be vol unteered the reply, "I'ae Jes' a walkin' aroun'." The Lady of the House is hoping that in the future the colored citizen will take his evening exercise on the thoro fares laid out by the city for the use of Itedestrians, instead of confining his ac tivities to her yard, as coal, well, te aay the least is more expensive than it used to be. The Belview Literary society will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. James Bear, Eleventh and Republican arenuee. Mrs. Mary Hicham and sons who have spent a number of weeks in Atchison, vis iting Mm. Bipham's daughter, Mrs. R. A. Link are expected to return to their home. Oak street, soon. Mr. B. F. Mitchell has returned from Wabaunsee, where she was called a week ago by the Illness of her mother, who has now recovered. Wednesday afternoon at the Third Pres byterian church, the Mizpah society will i iioia an lmnortant tm sines s meeting. A week of preparation is being held at l ine itura inristinn ennrcn. aionuay even s Jug was junior night at the services, Tues I day evening will be Sabbath school. Wed- nesday Christian Endeavor. Thursday, C. i W. B. M. and Friday evening, the church I will have rhyrirp nt the services. Miss Mary Hurst Is ill at her home, 322 Lawrence street, j The Plus Ultra class of the Third Pres- byterian church will be entertained Tues day evening, by Miss Jane Peterson Chandler street. The Golden Sunbeam lass of the Sec ond United Brethren church will meet Friday evening, for study at Miss Gladys Richardson's borne, 720 Leland street. Little four-year-old Margaret Saylor after pushing a peanut into her ear Mon day morning, remarked when It began to hurt Monday afternoon, I think I must have a peanut in my ear." It was removed by an operation. Little Miss Saylor Is re covering, at tho home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Saylor, 323 Klein street. Howi rd. William and Ma rca ret, the three Iittl children of Mr. and Mrs. George Christonher. 519 Locust street are quite ill at their home with a combined attack of uucuuionia aud measles. WELL, THAT SQUARES IT IF YoyYu GIVE ME AMoTHtR. MONTH I CH MflKC'lt we are sTorTins- Hone men ThAT Hflve eeet ruineo in business -and propose t help them bock. oh -TnR FEET GERMANS ESCAPE Ten Out of 14 Make Getaway From Interned Ship. Find Evidence of Help From Outside; 2 Reported Drowned. Philadelphia, March 20. Ten Ger man sailors from the interned German boats in the League Island navy yard, are today at large, according to the belief of police here. The belief is expressed that Lieutenant Chorth, leader of the plot and Machinist's Mate H, Schroeder were drowned. By patching up conflicting stories of four recaptured men, the police were led to the belief that fourteen tried to swim their way to liberty in icy waters last night. Police here believe the attempt to get away was not confined to the men themselves, nor even to the cap tains of the crews, hut that it was part of a general movement on the part of the scores or .pmiaaeipnia Germans or German sympathizers to liberate the men. This belief is supported by the fact that a number of names were found on the four men who were captured and who are detained in the barracks of the navy yard today, suffering from exposure. Find Names of Accomplices. The name of Richard Stein was found on one of the captured sailors. The names of five other Philadel phians. five German -Americans in Jersey City and nine in Hotaoken were also found on the captured men. It is believed by local officers that these addresses were given the would-be fugitives to indicate places of reuge. These names and addresses, kept se cret by the navy yard officials, will be turned over to government agents, who will investigate the suspects. An investigation is also being made today of the cutting of a trolley feed wire near the navy yard. This was done shortly after the men made their escape. The broken wire prevented trolleys from League Island moving. A feed wire which furnished light to a restaurart just outside the navy yard was also mysteriously cut. MORE RUSS RAILROADS Extensive Construction Plan. Aggre gating 60,000 Miles, Approved. Washington, March 20. Extensive railway construction in Russia during the next ten years, aggregating almost 60,000 miles, recommended by a spe cial commission has been approved by the Russian council of ministers. A report to the department of com- HAVE DARK HAIR AND LOOK YOUNG Don't stay gray! Nobody can tell when you darken gray, faded hair with Sago Tea and Sulphur. Grandmother kept her hair beauti fully darkened, glossy and attractive wtth a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance, this simple mixture was applied with won derful effect. By asking at any drug etore for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound," you will get a large bot tle of this old-time recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients, all ready to use, for about 50 cents. This simple mixture can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair. A lL'.i n-nf-nnrn rlI1(-"jt says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and j Sulphur Compound now, because ii darkens so naturally and evenly thafc nobody can tell it has been applied it's so easy to use, too. You simply dampen a comb or soft brush and draw it through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears: after another application or two. it is restored to its natural color and looks glossy, soft and beautiful. This preparation is a delightful toilet requisite. It is not intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease. Ad" I'M RUINEO f You WONT exTenb "THfeTiMfe ONE. ploRE MONTH" CClClrVNLY-lVL OUT -9 CHECK. T6WrtWT? YOUNG POLAR BEAR KILLS NOTED ANIMAL TRAINER Los Angeles, Cal., March 20. Capt. Jack Bonavita, one of the world's most noted animal trainers, was so badly mauled and clawed by a young polar bear at Bostock's arena, late Monday afternoon that he died at the Angelus hospital. Bonavita was attacked by the bear immediately after he entered its cage and before help could be sum moned he had received fatal in juries, merce says that about $300,000,000 will be the cost of 51 projected lines4' aggregating 20,779 miles recqm.-. mended for construction .during trv period 1917-1922. It is recommended that other lines totalling 30,000 miles be built between 1922 and 1927. FLY SWATTINGTlME m I J Every One Killed Now Means a Huni-". dred Less This Summer. A fly swatted today will save the swatting of a hundred in the summer, because flies are much like guinea pigs in matters of propagation accord ing to Dr. Herbert L. Clark, city phy sician. Dr. Clark today is sending let ters to all restaurant and hotel keep ers urging them to open a campaign on flies immediately. "Also, I would urge that all house wives who have lost their swatters during the winter purchase new ones immediately," said Dr. Clark. "The flies are Just beginning to make their presence known and this is the proper time to begin a fight against them." EXTRA SESSION IN GA. Atlanta. March 20. Bills designed to make Georgia a "bone dry" state were ready for both houses of the Georgia general assembly when it convened in extra session here today. The measure would bar liquor abso lutely from the state except for sacra-, mental and medical purposes and make its possession a crime. FIRST AIR MINISTER IN WORLD'S HISTORY- Lord Cowdray. Lord Cowdray, better known as Sir Weetman Pearson, is at the head of Great Britain's ministry of the air, and is the first air minister in the world's history. At present aeronautical supply is the sole work of this branch of jrovernment. Lord Cowdray won fame and fortune as an engineer, and made millions in oil operations in Mexico btick ill ROTARIANS LOYAL McDermott Arouses Their Pa triotism at Tulsa Convention. War Resolutions Adopted Fol lowing Speech of Topekan. BEHIND PRESIDENT ALWAYS Hutchinson Probably Will Get Sext District Sleeting. Convention Closes With Big Banquet There Tonight. Tulsa, Okla., March 20. Appealing o the dominant patriotism of Rotar- ians from Missouri, Kansas and Okla homa, attending the district conven tion, George T. McDermott, Topeka Rotarian, aroused great enthusiasm in a five-minutes address. The discus sion had been along the lines of mu nicipal farms and other subjects of uplift. McDermott brought the entire body to its feet when he urged that the Rotarians of America bend all their efforts in support' of the gov ernment at Washington in the face of the international crisis. No sooner had McDermott conclud ed his address than the audience arose and cheer after cheer echoed thru the hall. Someone began singing "Th? Star Spangled Banner," and all voices joined. Then they all sang, "My Country 'Tis of Thee." When they had finished singing someone moved that a resolution be prepared outlining the sentiments ex pressed by Mr. McDermott and for warded to President Wilson. This was done. The resolution follows: The Resolution. "Whereas. On this 19th dav of March, 1917, this country is horrified by the news that the war lords of a great empire have shot down the American flag on the high seas, while that flag was protecting legitimate and peaceful commerce; and it seems inevitable that this nation shall be plunged into the cataclysm of war, which has stunned the conscience of the world; therefore, be it "Resolved, By the Eleventh Dis trict of Rotarians, in conference as sembled, that In event the American nation becomes engaged in world war now being waged across the seas, that each club of the district give its un divided and enthusiastic support to the administration of the government, and that, laying aside all other things, the first and best endeavors of each club here assembled shall be directed to the achievement of industrial and military efficiency, and by precept and example, encourage that rigid econ omy necessary to such achievement and to offer to the president of the United States the assistance of such blubs 'thruout the struggle all- t6 the end that the civilization, which has come to us from the cross of Calvary thaU not perish from the earth. "Be it further resolved, that a copy ot- this resolution be transmitted to th. president of the United States and to each member of congress from the states of Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas!" Stone's Tribute to Flag. Robert Stone, governor of the eleventh district, likewise brought the audiencV to its feet earlier in the day, as noted in this report Monday, when he paid a glowing tribute to the Amer ican flag, always present at a Rotary convention. Governor Stone spoke of the spirit of Rotary, likening it to the precepts laid down in the teachings of Christ. Fully 85 per cent of the Ro tarians arose to their feet when he asked all to stand who were affiliated with some church. J "Tulsa." asked Governor Stone, "are you not proud to entertain such an assemblage of men?" Hutchinson probably will be the meeting place of the convention. A resolution was adopted unanimously recommending to the international convention, at Atlanta, Ga., in June, to select Hutchinson as tho next meet ing place. The national convention usually acts favorably ujon recom nitniiations of district conventions. Resolutions also were adopted bv ac clamation urging the selection of Kan sas City for the next meeting place of the international convention in 1918. Fred Voiland, president of the To peka Rotary clul,, this afternoon ad dressed the convention, which closes toni-tht with a big dinner at the Hotel Tulsa. NOW TO SPEED VICTORY Immense Problems Confixmt New Russian Government. Petrograd. March 20. "The pi visional government which today holds Russia's destiny In its hands, will use every energy with the unanimous con sent of the nation and will effect a speedy victory," declared Foreign Minister Miliukoff today. "Russia overturned in a few hours a power detested by everybody. This feeble, but tyrannical power, which was incapable of securing food for the people or of organizing for the future and which was using all the country s strength to vanquish the enemy now occupying our territory, no longer exists. "The problems now confronting Russia are immense. She will have to rebuild the whole political edifice and in so doing she will enormously strengthen her moral forces to organ ize and obtain a victory."" H JUMBO Butter-Nut BREAD THE BIG 15c LOAF Treat yourself right ge the big loaf and real satis action in bread. You set more bread 1 as well as better bread and it really costs you nothing extra to be good to yourself. AT YOUR GROCER'S MADE BY THE IDEAL BAKERY! The Thrift Idea teaches the principles of Wise Saving Wise Spending Wise Investing The Thrift Idea is encouraged at our Bank by the sale of Thrift Certificates of Deposit. They pay 4 interest. The Kansas Reserve F. C. KATHS, President. Laugh When People j Step On Your Feet Try this yourself then It along to others. It works! pass Ouch This kind of rough talk will be heard less here in town it people troubled with corns will follow the simple advice of this Cincinnati authority, who claims that a few drops of a drug called freezone when applied to a tender, aching corn stops sore ness at once, ahd soon the corn dries up and lifts right out without pain. He says freezone is an ether com pound which dries immediately and never inflames or even irritates the surrounding tissue or skin. A quarter of an ounce of freezone will cost very little at any drug store, but is suffi icent to remove every hard or soft cron or callus from one's feet. Millions of American women will welcome this announcement since the inauguration of the high heels.- Advertisement. North Side News For the last week workmen have been engaged in excavating the old stone pier at the north end of the Melan bridge. The malerial In the pier is being removed to a point west of town where it is being employed to strengthen the jetties and protect the riverbank from the cutting of the current. The ground under the Melan bridge will be plowed up, that the current of the river may wash away the accumulated soil and debris. The North Topeka drainage board intends to invest about S00 in im proving the bed of Indian creek. Light levees will be built and the channel cleaned out and widened in several places. The engineers have set the stakes and it is expected that work will begin Wednesday. One new chan nel may be cut on Indian creek. The board will examine the channel of Soldier creek this week and deter mine on needed improvements. Sev eral levees will be erected, and it is thought, according to J. B. Billard, president of the board, that new chan nels will be necessary to shorten the course of the stream in places. From $S00 to $1,000 may be spent on Sol dier creek. The work will commence as soon as the necessary changes are decided on, and can be completed In two or three weeks. V. R. Parkhurst is the engineer in charge of the work, and T. t. Camp bell, a contractor, will do the con struction on Indian creek. He is equipped with special machinery for this type of work. Amateur photographers are reviving their enthusiasm for "snapping" them selves and other picturesque bits of scenery- The coming of spring has thawed- out the camera lenses, and the business of the man who finishes pic tures is picking up. Why people evince a greater enthusiasm for see ing themselves "in still life," In warm weather, than during the winter months, is a question in psychology beyond the picture man. Social and Personal. Wednesday evening Marie Finch and Margaret Conwell will entertain the Gleaners class of the Second Presby terian church. Miss Elizabeth Camp bell is the teacher of the class. The affair will be given at the home of Miss Conwell. 1029 North Quincy. Mrs. T. D. Joseph entertains her sewing club this afternoon at her home, 1008 North Jackson. Bert Ellis, 416 East Paramore street, has returned after spending the winter with relatives in the neigh borhood of Junction City. Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 holds its regul-ir meeting Thursday evening at the hall. 911 North Kansas avenue. The Ladies' Aid society of the Sec ond Presbyterian church will hold an all-day meeting Wednesday with Mrs. Chas. Suit of North Jackson street. A. M. Petro, druggist, Adv. There will be a meeting of the deacons of the Kans&s Avenue Metho dist church tonight at 8 o'clock, at the church. The Christian Endeavors of the Sec ond Presbyterian church will give a so cial Friday evening at the home of the pastor, J. P. Hicks of 1517 Harrison street. Come one, come all. to see.' "The Turn of the Tide," Lukens 'opera house. Friday evening,. March 23. Tickets 15c. Adv. PORKERS COME BACK Tollovr Recent Slump With Phenom enal Price of $13.20 Today. Chicago, March 20. After the re- icent slump hog prices came back with a new high record today $15.20 for choice heavy. Receipts were 10,000 less than had been expected. Capital and Surplus, $250,000.00 Announcement Topeka Sporting Goods Co. Phone 1313. OUCH! LUMBAGO! RUB PAINS FROM SORE, LAME BACK Rub Backache away with small trial bottle of old, ictictratinK "St. Jacob's Oil." Back hurt you Can't straighten up without feeling suaaen pains, sharp aches and twinges Now listen! Tnat's lumbago, sciatic or rnaybe from a strain, and you'll get relief the moment you rub your back with sooth ing, penetrating "t. Jacob's Oil.' Nothing; else takes out sorer ess, lame ness and stiffness so quickly. You simply rub it on your hack and out comes the pain. It is harmless and doesn't burn the skin. Limber up! Don't suffer! Get a small trial bottle of old, honest "St. Jacob's Oil" from any drua: store, and after using It just once, you'll forget that you ever had backache, lumbago or sciatica, because your back ill never hurt or cause any more misery. It. never disappoints and has been rec ommended for 60 years. Adv. Says Poisons Cause Headache Dizziness Coated Tongue and Myriad Ail ments in the Spring. Grandma's Remedy Now Sold in Tablet Sulpherb Tablets. Many men, women and children need a Spring Blood Purifier. "The blood becomes thick with poisons through the winter-.ponths. When spring comes serious ailments like typhoid, scarlet lever, coughs, colds, catarrh, neuralgia, rheumatic pains, loss of appetite and a sluggish all-in feeling prevails. The bowels, the liver and the kid neys need help. The blood needs thinning and purifying if pimples and boils are present. Sulpherb Tablets quickly relieve constipation and kid ney inactivity and elimination of poi sons takes place and you are made strong and nt for spring and summer. Grandma gave sulphur and cream of tartar in molasses. Now you take them in tablets with laxative purify ing herbs a better medicine, easy and pleasant to take. Druggists sell them in 50c sealed tubes. Every package guaranteed satisfactory or money back. Get Sulpherb Tablets (not sul phur tablets). FINLAND GOV'S RESIGN Xo Resistance to Revolution Govern ment Prisons Thrown Open. j London. March 20. Nearly all the district governors and officials in Fin- j land voluntarily resigned when- they heard of the revolution and little op- I position was shown anywhere toward the new order of things, according to j a Copenhagen dispatch, to Reuters J quoting the Berlingske Tidende. M. Roditcheff b appointment as the new governor of Finland is said to j have proved popular, as he is known as a staunch advocate of Finnish aspirktions. The prisoners in the fortress at Uleaborg have been liberated and the j governor and. police dismissed. I Governor Arthur Capper on Thrift and Saving "Industry, thrift, self-reliance bring sure rewards in health, happiness and char acter. Make them your life partners. You will never re gret it." In Y. M. C. A. As sociation Men. State Bank? EA1SL AKEKS, Cashier. We wish to announce to the people of Topeka and surrounding country that we have opened the Topeka Sporting Goods Co. 125 West 7th St. Where we will carry a complete line of Bicycles. Guns, Tennis equipment, Flash lights, etc. Our Repair Department Mr. Robert Scott, the well known lock smith of Topeka, will be in charge and will repair bicycles, guns, make keys, gTind knives, scissors and lawnmowers. Wo Call for and Deliver Your Lawumowcr Free of Charge. 125 W. Seventh St. MOVIE ACTRESSES AND THEIR HAIR Did it evei; occur to you that every movie actress you have seen has love ly hair, while the most popular count their curls as their chief beauty? In fact, many are leading ladies just be cause of their attractive locks. In quiry among them discloses the fact that they bring out all the natural beauty of their hair by careful sham pooing, not with any soap or make shift, but with a simple mixture by putting a teaspoonful of canthrox (which they get from the druggist) in a cup of hot water and applying this Instead of soap. This full cup of shampoo liquid is enough so It Is easy to apply It to all the hair Instead of just the top of the head. After it use, the hair dries rapidly with uni form color. Dandruff, excess oil and dirt are dissolved and entirely dlsap- pear. The hair is so fluffy that it looks much heavier than it is, while iia iuie tiiiu soilness is aeiigntful. Advertisement, "TIZ" FOR SORE, TIRED FEET-AHI ;'Tiz" is grand for aching, swol len, tender, calloused feet or corns. Ah! what relief. No more tired feet; no more burning feet; no more swollen, aching, tender, sweaty feet. No more soreness in corns, callouses, bunions. No matter what ails vour feet or what under the sun you've tried with out getting relief, Just use "Tiz." "Tiz" is the only remedy that draws out all the poisonous exudations which, puff up the feet. "Tiz" cures your foot 1 trouble so you'll never limp or draw up your face in pain. Your shoes won't seem tight and your feet will never, never hurt or get sore and swollen. Think of it, no more foot misery, no more agony from corns, callouses or bunions. Get a 25-cent box at any drug store or department store and get instant ..Itaf TUTaam .,....,11.,.. ..1 1 once try "Tiz." Get a whole year's foot comfort for only 25 cents. Think of it. Advertisement. f N i Its just as important to have yoi.r prescription filled correctly as to have a phy sician prescribe for you. Correct prescriptions alone af ford "just what the doctor or dered." Our use of pure, fresh drugs, double checking system, no substitutions, and expert pre scription clerks assure you of the best possible prescription service. Geo. W. Stansfield DRUGGIST, 632 Kansas Avenue

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 8 By BUD FISHER! MUTT JEFF Naturally the President Needs Advice Sometimes Drawn for the Topeka State Jourr- fCojiTrleht. 1M. bv H. C. Fiihir. Trade M.rk liee d. S Pat. OfO cold wve syPF WT a 4MB I coco ee t rwiti I fliiN awws I i P fflP l Pxejs ue m? mSw -wt Co.Tiee, wirtMow Iser. Sjnch J P'ji I I I uiTTte gui J sC I S !I fivA this. would N 1 ee I"v oONNA XOWM TMeF W6-WV.IUT ItOlill ill1 J ifT XI1P V r ir-rW KW ft Bill m M TAKE A FeC6 VOUR. AW'Cfi on J a I IbtK cmntiu. hit. a. c. ru- The Varsity Dancing club will gi, its t'frirnal party Friday evenin Wmvh

Mrs. Arthur Miller entertained her j embroidery club this afternoon at her j home, luti Van Huren street. Mem bers present were: Miss Bess Scheetz., Mis- Haze Bnasl. Mrs. J. W. McCart-i-ey. Mrs. Jesse Shaw Mrs. F. J. Ross, .Mrs. it. Cant, Mrs. K. A. Stanley, Mrs. f'uul Heinz, Mrs. F. M. Forbes, Wrs. (.loo. Kshe and Mrs. C. Gabriel. Guestd of th ciub were: Mrs. Olof Ekberg. Alias Marion McAfee and Mrs. Irwin I iSnuttinger. X -A- The T-a me DucU Dancing club will t have their fortnightly party next Mon- clay at the Country club, instead of at the Chocolate Shop, as formerly an- nounced.

The D. 1. Whist club met Monday j afternoon with Mrs. V. L. Trump. -X- Mrs. W. K. Atchison entertained the Eiwell club today at her home, at bridge luncheon. The guests, besides the members were: Mrs. A. M. Harvey, Mrs. W. E. McVey. Mrs. A. T. Lucas, Mrs. Maurice SchlegeL Mrs. O. C. Xe is w endtr. M r s. F. A. K oeste r and Mrs. C. J. Marshall.

Mrs. Barton Phelps entertained Miss a rol?ne Dow, of New Yor k, at luncheon today. Covers were laid for Miss Dow, Miss Clara Armstrong, Miss Anne SwppI and Mrs. Phelns. Miss Dow Is dean of the national training hyp tern of the Y. YV. C. A. Mrs. Phelps is urHfluatp nf tbe trininer srhrrnl in New York, and was engaged in Y. W.I t A. work for some time before her marriage.

A meeting- of the Minerva club was held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Fred S Jackson. The assist ing hostesses were Mrs. C. D. Wellman and Mrs. E. G. Hughes. Ouests fr the afternoon, besides the members, were: Mrs. Otis Benton of berlin. Mrs. I,. X. SiUiman of Cedar Point. Iowa; Mrs. F. G. Weston of Waterloo, Iowa Mrs. Seltzer of Moitnn, Mrs. O. H. White, Mrs. L. 1 Kiene. Mrs. J. K. Caton, Mrs. E. E. Marshall. Mrs. P. P. Womer, Mrs. F. 3... Campbell, Mrs. S. B. Alderson, Mrs. W. E. Bullis, Mrs. H. W. Putnam. Mrs. C. J. WiUon. Mrs. R. C. Gordon of Galesbursf, 111.: Mrs. J. A. Nichols, Mrs. E. G. Wagner, Mrs. C. A. Moore, Mrs. J. R. tihelton. Mrs. Robert Arm strong. Mrs. A. X. McCabe, Mrs. Beryl Johnson, Mrs. E. -D. Schonberger, Mrs. J.egg, Mrs. I. Feltenstein, Miss Carmie Wolfe. Miss Marguerite Gohlke, Miss Myrtle Kadcliffe. Miss Ethel Coover, 1 iss Mildred Coover, Miss Susie Shackleford. Miss Bertha Hempstead r.nti Eleanor Feltenstein. The suhiect for the afternoon was Indian music and oetry, both East i.nd West India. Mrs. j. K. Rankin Kan a Hindu song by Bamberg. Miss Marguerite Gohlke gave "Song of 1 ndia." She wore a Hindu costume of white and rose Oriental linen, bor dered with gold embroidery. The cos tume belonged with some4 East Indian lelics which Mrs. P. P. Womer Looking Backward In State f TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Mrs. C. F. Mennhiger invited a number nf lmlU'fa to sitfinl Wtilnpa;iv afternoon with u-r tind listen to the reading of some of Kugene Field's poems by Mr. J. H. MArthr who is a representative of the Scribuer rublishing rouipniiy. Sou veniers. onsisting of small photographs of Kugene Field, mounted ou cards and containing o.uotutioiis from his poems, were given to the guests. Those present were: Mrs. J. W. Nowera, Mrs. M. M. Miller, Mrs. livroti lavls, Mrs. S. H. Brett, Mrs. J. 1. Vnlker, Mrs. W. S. Cbnrles, Mrs. J. J. Hiower, Mrs. Frizell, Mrs. Jeorge H. WUitfomb. Mrs. A. T. Waggoner. Mrs. A. Latham, Mrs. Frank Crane, Mrs. J. L. 'onataut. Mrs. James Moore. Mrs. Kunz, Mrs. K. G. Foster. Mrs. A. Marburg, Mrs. Ueorge Manning, Mrs. J. Y. Hardt, Mrs. K. J. Wliitaker, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. H. H. Arthur, Mrs. J. B. La rimer. Mrs. C. G. Colburn, Mrs. Frank Sim, Miss Freeman, Miss Murphy, Miss Trontman, Miss Elliott, Miss Duzeuberg. Miss Tutnam. otic leader, an historical investigator, a singer and composer, and able edi tor, and r.bove all, the poet of love. At the age of thirty this great poet has found himself and his career as a true artist has begun. He has done for the average reader what Bergson and Eucken are doing for scholars. He makes us feel that )ife is a worth while adventure. The patrons and patronesses, for the operetta, Little Tycoon," to be given March 29, at the high school, are: Governor and Mrs. Arthur Cap per, Mayor and Mrs. J. E. House, brought with her to the club, and which were brought to this country by a friend of Doctor and Mrs. Womer. Miss Radcliffe placed Miss jGohlke'd piano accompaniment. Miss B:thel Coover sang a group of American Indian- songs, called Dove Lyrics, which were written by Amy Woodford Finden. Her accompanist was Mrs. Fred Munson. Miss EtheJ Grant played a piano number, Kreis lerianna. No. 2, by Schumann. A feature of the afternoon's pro gram was dancing by little Eleanor Feltenstein. Her numbers included some dances of the east: an Egyptian number, a snake dance, '"The Vision of Salome," a gypsy dance, a Spanish dance, and two modern western dances, "The Fountain" and "Drowsey Dempsey." The literary part of the program was furnished by Mrs. P. P. Womer, who read a paper on Tagore, the Hindu poet and philosopher. Tagore was once a winner of the Nobel prize, and he has lately returned to his own land after a visit to the United States. "In studying Tagore," Mrs. Womer paid, "we must remember that poetry is a part of the daily life of India. The alphabet is so taught, rules of grammar, chemistry and logic are all given in verse. Tagore belongs to a family that has been at the fore front of the intellectual Renaissance that has been going on in Bengal. His father was called the great sage. He was devoted to the cause of socia reform. He was thf son of a prince.' but turned his vast estates to his fathers creditors and become a pau per. The creditors then left some of the property to the youthful ceer. who has proven to be one of his country's great spiritual leaders. Tagore is famous in India both for his poetry and his beauty. He was a lover of nature, and began writing during a trip with his father to the Himalayas. He disliked school, and his educa tion was of a desultory nature both in India and in London. Tagore is a philosopher, a spiritual and patri- r Watch, for Baby Days' Lectures, Souvenirs, Helps and Demonstrations March 24-26-27 We desire to announce for our Infants' Wear Department our semiannual Baby Days March 24th, 26th and 27th there will be special demon strations, lectures, souvenirs for the tots' etc. We Never Cease Our Efforts For Better Babies One of the Colonial characters in the operetta, "Utile Tycoon." Mr. and Mrs. Arza Clark. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Beggs, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Albrecht Mar burg, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parkhurst, Mr. and Mrs. Warwick Updegraff, Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. MacLennan, Miss Mary MaeLennan, Judge and Mrs. Wm. A. Johnston, Judge and Mrs. Silas Porter Mr. and Mrs. C. F!. Cros by, Mr. Scott Hopkins, Miss- Edna Hopkins. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie1 Guild, Miss Ethel Grant, Judge and Mrs. Geo. M. Whitcomb, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weidling, Dean and Mrs. Horace Whitehouse, Miss Jennie Blinn, Miss Annie M. P. Bundy, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harsh barger. Miss Ethelyn Harrison, Mr. D. O. Muller, Miss Myrtle Radcliff, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. L.. I. Whittemore, Supt. and Mrs. W. D. Ross. Mr. David Bowie, Mrs. E. D. Clithero, Miss Gladys Gaw, Mrs. Jonathan Thomas. Miss Caroline Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Garvey, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Adams, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. L,. T. Hussey. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bow man, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Voiland, Mr. and Mrs. John Kinkle, Dean andHIrs. D. E. McEachron, Dr. and Mrs. P. P. Womer, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Merriam, Mrs. Noble Prentis, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Kobert Garver, Mr. and Mrs. Glenwood Jones, Dr. and Mrs. W. A. McCarter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Reid.

Mrs. P. P. Womer will entertain the Woman's Rota club at dinner Wednes day evening. A program will be given after the dinner. i The Portia club will meet Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. C. H. Searle. Mrs". W. C. Jones will entertain the T. G. F. club Friday afternoon at her home, 1164 Clay street. Mrs. O. E. Walker will entertain friends at luncheon Wednesday for Mrs. Claude Hoover- of Cleveland. O.. who is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. S. i Estey. j One of the men who went to Kan sas City to spend Sunday last week- end, was certainly in hard luck. He I had an appointment to meet a friend in the lobby of one of the fashionable j hotels. The two were to have lunch- j eo together, and later occupy box I seats at the theater, and- then a little j automobile ride was to finish off the afternoon. I The friend somehow missed the ap pointment, and our Topeka man, at about 1:30 o'clock, disconsolately dragged himself off to a cafe. He decid- ed that when the joys of friendship failed him, at least a plate of meat and potatoes could be relied upon to i cheer his flagging spirits. At the i cafe, everyone but himself was just j finishing the dessert. He sent in -a j whale of an order, and the waiter j came with a tray of steaming steak, rolls, and other viands right off from I the big range and ready to gladden j the old "tummy" that was suffering from a gnawing feeling no less un comfortable than the disappointment in the heart. He advanced and made his attack on the smoking plate. The first taste sharpened the appetite, and just then the orchestra ground out the first notes of our favorite patriotic song. The diners, most of them fully satisfied from the "flesh pots of Egypt," rose in a body. Our hero got up, too. Just how much he really loved the stars and stripes at that moment, no one but a seer could tell. Then the multitude in that dining' room began to applaud the orchestra. They were full of beefsteak, and na tionalism and "America First" and all that stuff was surging in their bosoms. They encored the band for twenty minutes, while a hungry, man stood and watched his dinner cool to blood heat and then to stone cold. Finally it- occurred to him that what was being played was nothing on earth but "God Save the King," and why should he die of starvation while a set of maniacs cheered for that? The happy thought came too late. The dinner was a failure, Kansas City a bleak point on a desert island, the show half over, and himself a lonesome and hungry man whose only consolation was the memory of his noble sacrificial patriotism. Just how great was the blow to this hero can only be realized when you sej. him eat undisturbed. Mr. and. Mrs. Fernley Clinger en tertained a few friends at cards for Mrs. Roland West of Chicago, who is visiting her parents, Mr. .and Mrs. J. L. Moneypenny. The Fortnightly club danced Mon day night at the Chocolate Shop. The members are: Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Baker, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Buck, Dr. and Mrs. Flavius Buck, Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Billings, Mr. and Mrs. Fernley Clinger, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dillon. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dillon, Mr. and airs. D. E. Huddleston, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. March, Mr. and Mrs. George Godfrey Moore, Mr. ai Mrs. H. L. Peppmeyer, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rhoads, Prof, and Mrs. E. D. Schonberger. Mr. and Mrs. Wistar P. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Win ters, Mr. and Mrs. M. Z. Woods, Mr. George Allen, Mr. Hugh Dickerson and Mr. Warren Fehlman. Miss Lucile Bomgardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bomgardner, has been initiated into the Chi Omega sorority at Manhattan, where she is a student in the State Agricultural college.

Xotes and Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smithmeyer and their son, of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Hale Cook of Kansas City, who visited tnem, motored to Lawrence. to visit Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Smith meyer. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pribble are ex pected to return home the last of this week from a trip to California. Mr. Pribble is in the west on business. Miss Maude Hawley of Herington is visiting the girls at the Kanna Alpha Theta house." and she is also visiung ner sister, Mrs. A. J. Carruth, Jr. Mrs. George E. Hutson of Inde pendence, is visiting her father, Mr. j. w. Howara ana his tamily, 320 To peka avenue. Miss Marie Gibbons, who is at tending the state universitv. has r. turned to Lawrence, after a visit to ner auni. Airs. w. ti. Mitchell, 1253 Clay street. Mr. C. H. Searle is spending the u..v in ivansas jity on business. Miss Helen Collins of Meyersdale i-a., went to Wichita today to visit 'AEROPLANE HAT" AT FLORIDA RESORT GIRLS! TRY IT! HAVE THICK, WAVY, BEAUTIFUL HAIR Every particle of dandruff dis appears and hair stops coming out. fc .T W 4m H Mrs. Frank C. Henderson at Palm Beach. Mrs. Frank C. Henderson of New J York showed society folk at Palm I Beach a few new creations which may soon become popular at the great winter resort. The. "aeroplane" bon net wih at ribbon tied tastefully around and the beautiful handbag, flower-basket shaped, handsomely embroidered, caused many glances of admiration ta fall Mrs. Henderson's way. Her gown also was distinctive. The large embroidered Mowers made the dress a picturesque affair. ter in Chicago. Newspaper critics compared them to Mme. UalU-Curci, who is the reigning idol of the hour among Chicago opera players and is. incidentally, to be heard in Kansas City shortly. I "But you must understand that while we are new to vaudeville, we t have jiad considerable experience on the concert stage," said Miss Nellie, j "A year and a half," explained Miss bar a. "We love vaudeville," went on Miss Nellie. "It isn't anything at all what we were led to believe it was going to be. We were told it would be hor rid." "Our Uncle Bennie." added Miss Sara, "came all the way from Texas to-persuade us not to go into the 'two a day.' "He's an orthodox Methodist," laughed Miss Nellie. "He thinks it shocking merely to go to a theater, much less to act on the stage." "And then some of the things that our friends themselves told us," said Miss Sara. "We were prepared to find vaudeville dreadful." "But it's really delightful," finished Miss Nellie. "So methodical," declared Miss Sara. "You don't dare be a minute late." "Then you're soon thru," said Miss Nellie. "That is, we would soon be thru if we knew anything about make up. You know, to keep from looking ghastly in the glare of the footlights you have to do more than just powder your nose." "Gracious, yes!" exclaimed Miss Sara. "We're novices yet with grease paint and it takes us longer to get ready to sing than it does to sing." "But that's not the worst," said Miss Nellie. "We don't know anything about making gestures, either." 'Not a thing." agreed Miss Sara. "In concert wre just stood still, but in vaudeville you have to 'sjceep moving. The audiences demand action." The Misses Kouns received their musical education at Munich. "We sang often at the court of Ba varia," said Miss Nellie. "We were presented to the crown prince and to all of the other notables. It was very interesting." "We read about some of our Bavar ian acquaintances every now and then in the war news," remarked Miss Sara. "Poor fellows, I don't doubt that many of them have fallen in bat tle." So now the press agent, if he reads this, will know that there are other interesting facts concerning the Kouns sisters besides the one that they cer tainly can sing. SANTA FE NOTES to his sebool work at tbe Kansas State Agricultural college. Oboir practice of the Oakland Christian eiiurrb will be held Thursday eveuiug at tbe H. V. Leeson home. Mrs. P. J. Berry ma ii and children Lyle and Jean have returned to their home in Chicago after visiting Mrs. ferryman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Islington. Mrs. Iterrymnn was accompanied by her sister. Miss Itnth Ludiugtou who will visit her until April 1. The Sunflower Art club will he enter tained Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. E. S. Wallace at her home. 151 Arter avenue. Mrs. A. Strait has returned to her home. Reno avenue, nftr spending two weeks in Ottawa and Williamsburg, visiting rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Stachelbeck. Wabash avenue, have recently purchased a new Buiek roadster. Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Milliman will be host and hostess Tuesday evening to the mem bers of the Gilt Edge Card club. Mies Joy Campbell has returned to her home in Waverly, Kan., after visiting at the H. Hs Manker home, lo3 Winfield ave nue. The condition of Harold Smith. Kellani avenue, who underwent a surgical opera tion last week at a local hospital, is improving. For the Brides of Spring fTT We have asnembled s Til a choice collection of the best in eiloer. It it with warranted pride that we invite you to inspect oar Reed Barton line and compare our values. 41T Many of the designs Til ore en'irely new, and the variety is excellent. RALPH R. PETERSON 106 We. I 8th "Service First" Hurry-Up Co. Baggage and Transfer 226 Phones 711 erkwn(3'rc&. 707 KANSAS AVENUE Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Mo. rj, The House j1he1sIv of Courtesy Charming Blouses of Georgette Crepe 3: Notes and personals from Santa Fe by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street. Telephone bteween i aud 10 a. in., &ttu; other hours. 451 K-2. George Thomas of the freight auditor's office has returned from Kansas City where he spent the week end with his sis ter, who has been receiving treatment in a local hospital In that city. Mrs. T. O. Jones, Mrs. Evan Thomas, Mrs. Fred Davis and Mrs. (ieorge Metzger, spent the day recently in Buriingame. John Langsou, blacksmith, is absent from work on account of illness. .T. S. Bostwick, traveling passenger agent fnr the New York Ceutral lines. was a business visitor at tbe depot re- Miss Bernice Beachy. She will return to Toneka to resume her visit to her sister. Mrs. Frank Burrow, for a few rtontiv days before leaving for her home. Frank White, helper la the blacksmith Mrs. E. C, Winters is visiting hei department at the "bops, is absent from mother, Mrs. J. F. Cummins, of Kan sas City ill M 1 ss 1 BOBS Easter cornea early and thus a greater need to see the novel thmgm among the blouses. Special suggestion comes easily with reference to these Cieorjsette Crepe refined utmost piquancy, sports styles of a new gorgeousness, styles of a superb correctness for Spring. Hand embroidered and bead-trimmed colors are gold, bisque, coral, tea rose, China blue. Chart reuse, apple green, Nile, maize, flesh and white. New collars, pretty f ril Is, wonderf u lly attracti ve sleeve effects, specially priced Draw a moist cloth through hair and double its beauty at once. Tour hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and at pears as soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girl's after a "Oanderine hair cleanse." Just try this moisten a sloth with a little Danderine and care fully draw it through your hair, tak ing one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil and in just a few mo ments you have doubled the beauty of your hair. d Bes.des beautifying the hair at once, Dand rine dissolves every par ticle of dandruff; cleanres. purifies and invigorates the scalp, forever stopping itching and failing hair. Buf"what will please you most wU be after a few weeks' use when you will actually see new hair fine an I downy ut first yes but reallf new hair growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair and lots of it surely get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug gist or toilet counter, and just try it Save your hair! Beautify it! You will say this was the best 25 cents you ever spent, Advertisement. -nrt on ncciillllt' of HlllfSS. Mrs. Charles Berry, wife of Engineer Charles Berry, of Argentine, spent the week end in the city on business. John, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. James Gibson, who has been receiving treatment at a local hospital, has returned to his home. Mr. James Gibson is con nected with the paint shops. ,Hov Linn, machinist apprentice at Em poria, has returned after spending tbe week end with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. Iinn.- T. L. King, traveling passenger agent for the company, left today for Fort Worth, Texas, on a business trip. OAKLAND NOTES Miss Harriet Witcher of Olney. 111.. is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. KitcheU. Miss Susie Sweet has gone for a short trip to Leavenworth. Mrs. T. C. Sawyer of McPherson, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Cyrus Mon roe. Mrs. Warren Crumbine and her son, Warren, of Geneva, Ohio, are visiting Dr. and Mrs. S. J. Crumbine. Mrs. H. H. Welty has returned from Abilene, where she attended the funeral of her mother, Mrs. A. W. Rice. Mrs. R. C. Gordon of Galesburg, 111., is visiting Mrs. F. L. Campbell. The Gamma Sigma Literary society of Washburn college gave the follow ing extemporaneous program at its meeting Saturday night: SOiig Society. Current events Don Shaffer and Kay Martin. I. ri tvi 'a' the Kelsey borne tbe past four weeks More Benefit to Humanity Than the of 8,.aI.1(,t fpvr aIld returned Dos. Affirmative Woodward j 8mith, Dan Hopson; negative Rod-j 1 ger Kauffman, David Cowgill. Open debate Eldon Shoup and Fran cis Curry. Ex-oration: "The Moon" Lloyd Buck. Critic's report Frank Kissinger. Business. In speaking of the Kouns sisters at The Ladies" Aid goeietv of the Oakland Christian i-Uurrh will quilt oil (lay Thurs day at the home of Mrs. C. M. Keaugh, 29:: Winfield avenue. Mr. aud Mrs. V. KailapJter of Ofljre Tark district were Sunday quests of Mr. and Mis. H. J. Carper, 2S Oakland avenue. The Vesta elnb will be entertained Fri day afternoon by Mrs. A. Y. Snider, 45G Wabash avenue. Chester Kelsey 1g ill of ncarlet fever at the home of his nareuts. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Kelsey. James Stark who has been ill Alkali Makes Soap Bad For Washing Hair Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain loo much alkali, which is very the Orpheum in- Kansas City this j injurious, as it dries the scalp and week, the, Kansas City Journal says: makes the. hair brittle. The principal tning l Know about h best thin to use is 1ust Daln the Kouns sisters," explained the press agent to the reporter, "is that they certainly can sing. mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most expensive inis miormation was amply norm; VtP':" set' this" at an? drug or?. where theTaS' featured this we'r ,ast th ole quickly developed in the ensuing in- family for montns. terview, however, that while the press Simply moisten the hair with water agent was right as far as he went, he J and rub it in, about a teaspoonf ul is did not go far enough. all that is required. It makes an The Kouns sisters Sara and Nellie abundance of rich, creamy lather, are daughter of the late C. W. i cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out Koun3 of Topeka, who was at the j easily. The hair dries quickly and time of his death last fall the general i evenly, and is soft, fresh looking, manager of the eastern lines of the j bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to Santa Fe railroad. They are now in j handle. Besides, it loosens and takes their second week in vaudeville. Their! out every particle of dust, dirt and debut was made at the Majestic thea- dandruff. Adv. $5 y 53! IN BUSINESS FOR MYSELF I have severed my connection with the Boeger Studio and have opened a First Class Studio at 621 Kansas Ave., over Kresge's. Your Patronage Is Solicited At my new location I will be pre pared to give you artistic and highly commendable work in Portraiture, a3 I have nothing but f modern equipment throughout my plant. A Special Service Our film developing and printing department la absolutely better equipped than any plant Jn Topeka We guarantee to give your pictures the highly desirable, artistic touch a finish inimitable and they are dpne free of blemishes. THE PHOTO SHOP GEORGE BOEGER, Prop. 621 Kansas Ave. m I Mi

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9 BRINGING. UP. THER (Copyright, 1917. International News Service.! DRAWN FOR THE STATE JOURNAL BY GORGE M'MANUS V L HAVE TOU ON CLE. OF NUME LEFT fE A FORTUNE MSD HVb NEVER -bEEN WELL. THM HANE THE HONOR. OF TAKING XOUR DMXHTER to THE OPERA W TICKETS? FDR 1T- 1 ME! irousers to finish that coat with. I am selling Mesco Pants at Vs to Off Very good assortment to choose from. THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 Hurry f! Into My g.rfeL An Extra-: VM Pair .?cl of HOW "WOULD XOO I'M SO.'SNMIOU Lk UK TO -bee "tHE. To T" I'OvTH OOERft, with MF- EVErH 0 J ANT AND MSOELLANiEGUS A2BS ADVERTISING KATES. The rate for inserting TV'anr Ad in The Topeka Stat Journal Is ouc cent a word each insertion, minimum 10 ceucs; oy tbe week 5 cents a word, minimum 50 cents. OUT OF TOWN advertisements roust be accompanied with- cash cr cheek in full fiayment of the same. Note the foregoing ns.ructlons about countirg ttv words anil tbe rate per word for The Topeka State Journal. COUNT THF WORTHS of yonr ad Includ ing four words for State .Tournnl sd.1res when address Is used count each "initial" letter and ea--h uumber or comblnatic.r. oi figures jis one word. CLOSING KOtTR Want Ads to be classified properly must he In The State Journal office, before 12:20 o'clock. Want ads received after 12:20 till 1:15 p. in. will inserted under the bead: "Too Late to Classify." HKAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Real Estate Transfers. J. Spetter and others to W. Schmidt nnd wife, ti. u lot 04 Madison st.. North Topeka $1,250 L. It. Snwver to J. W. Rurkhart. pt. .ts 307-5-::-l Sixth are. E., I'ark dale ndd 1 W. M. Forbes and others to E. J. LtMjrren. lot 11, Elmwood ave.. Edge wood udd.. lots 313-15 Sixth ave. E., Pnrkdale. lots 1H-2H Madison st.. Crane's add., lots 437-0-41-3 Taylor St.. Mirtdaugh's 2nd sub., also lots 4:1.. pt. 31 Polk st., Higgluboth- am's add Snnie to same, lot 12 Wood St.. lots 20 to 3d Eleventh st. East, Park add.. It. Johnson and others to M. C. Sn viler. of iiw. 1; 22-11-14 13,000 Shawnee 1 nv lot 210 s. J 2nd add. 'o to E. Crouch. !s Horne st.. Homes t -M i A T Be r rl d ge and w if e t o H. M. Bainer. lot 511 pt. 5i:J Western ave.; Tliroop's add rr" J. Law rfiice'Trt-M.' "Hftll fit. lot 05 (Jnincj. St., First ward .1 i Howii rd to F. Anderson mul wife, lots S2l-H-;;0 OHmore ave., Irving IMa e 100,4 LOFT AND FOUND. REWARD $25 for information leading to the address or whereabouts of one little girl. 10 years old: name Ethel Rabeock. Think she is in or near Atchison. Write W. V. Hill. Emporia, Kaiu, Route 4. ST IE A VEI Bav mare," 4 years old, weight 11 50. 24:::; n-4. Li S7 A gold chain, value to owner as kpsake. Plcnse 1702. Reward. WANTED M-LK HELP WANTKD 25 farm hands: dairyhands: 11, married farm ouples white and col ored laborers in town 2h hr; stone quarry hi borers bridge carpenters to ship col ored men for railroad work in Nebr. $1.75 day oal, stoves, and bunk cars furnished free; free transportation: wood choppers, kiti hen help, cooks, etc. Furman Employ- nient oftiie, loo VestMh. MEN our illustrated catalogue explains bow we tea u the barber trade quickly, mrfiled free. Molcr Barber College. Kansas Uity.Mo. CAN PLA E fiie pood salesman. Call Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon be tween 2 and 0 p. 111. at 110 E. 5th. Ask for Mr. Buck. FlREMENi RRAKFMEN. bpginners $125 monthly positions guaranteed. Railway, -tiro Journal. yoi'N'i MAN WANTS room mate of good, Hejni habits. 101s Topeka ave. WANT EI Night fireman. Apply Engi- U"cr, Niitionnl hotel. MAN wanted to work in livery barn, single iiiHii preferred. 715 Quincy. WANTED -A first class job pressman. Vesper Printing 'o., (S05 Jackson St. GROCER RETIRES WITH A MILLION Michael Dwyer. Back in 1870 Michael Dwyer, who had been working as a laborer, de cided to embark in business. Ra chose groceries as his line and open ed a store on Webster avenue, Pitts burgh, Pa. A few days ago he put on his hat and coat and hade farewell to the trrocery business forever. He had amassed a fortune of JLOOO (ui 1 ,s iSfc, WANTKD FEMALE HELP. I WANTED Dinii g room and lunch counter gins; women cooks; women ror country homes; house keepers; chamber maids; ex-' iwrienced family help arm waitresses, $S wk; kitchen help; store clerk; man and wife for farm without children. Fur-man Employment Office. 10i West Sth. WANTED White woman 2nd cook $30 mo. board and room: arm waitresses SS wk: dishwasher week; dining' room Rirls. Fl'rman fmployment Office, lt)U West jSth. WANTED A woman to care for old lady and assist with housework, at Ingleside. lteference. Call iu person. WANTED Middle-aged woman to help with house work on farm. Address Mrs. It. F. Neiet Mullinville, Kan. WANTED iirl who ran use typewriter Apply Mrs. Trapp, Kansas Clipping Ser vice. ll.T East Mb. EX I' EH I EN 'ED woman for mending and dar ulng. Mutual L aundry Co. WANTED White gfrT to a"Sslst night nurse. Mrs.ji'hasWolff. 701 Wet10th. WANTED' April 1st. Experienced cook and second girl. white. -1273 TopekaAve. WHITE jjirl for disliwashing and ironing. Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Phone "214. WANTED SITUATIONS WANTED Position on farm, to work for Jerman, English, Catholic, old maids, widows, single; good references. R. o2, care of Journal. WANTED TO BUTE j WANTED Old false teeth. Don't matter If broken. I pay $1.00 to $5.00 per set. I Mail to Jj. MAZER. 2007 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pa, Will send cash by re, j turn mail. 1 I SECOND-HAND furniture bought sold best, crade of furniture and sold best grade of furniture nrk-es 1 i reasonable. Kent B. Logan, 322 Kansas j ave. Phone .".1K2. WANTED TO RENT MVMJWMVVVW WANTED tlentlemen want fnrnisheil .first class. B. care Journal. Vf WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. ncjiarntMiflw. r iitvi.-(T, Plaitings of all kinds. Buttons made. i.Maii orders receive prompt, careful atten tion. Mrs. Mercersuo ropeka. WANTED Watch repairing. Main "springs! 75c cleaned, 75c. All work guaranteed, Armstrong Jewelry Co., 429 Kansas ave. GOOD milk cows, fat cattle and veal fairest W. C. A. Leitzow. Tel. 257. C iUpET" and. rug weaving." 1030 Garfieldt I'hone 25SK Blue. 10S2 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS. BUSINESS CHANCES SACRIFICE lOO.OOO shares t"nle Sam Oil for $205, to help drill a well. In Miami county, Kansas, the best shallow sand oil territory In the world.-T. J; Coughlin, Edgerton, Kanw. JOB 'PRBHTON SHOP, Nearly new and up-to-date, cost S2.W0. I'OR SALE Violin, Paolo Mnffglnt ,?',ke-Bargain- if aoM at onc-e. j Will sacrifice to Belt. Phone 2So4 Red. MARION SHEHBN. 501 Jackson.' Phone 1278. WANTED Partner for eood naviner husi- i lies, witu 1,000, si.jOO. Can show big profits. W. C. Journal. HAVE POSITION for competent atennVT rapher who can Invest $500 to $1,000. A. ,T care State Journal. UNCLE SAM OIL-" 10.000 shares at sacrifice price. Coiip-hlin, Kdperton, Kan. T. J. FOR RENT ROOMS FOIt RENT Three unfurnished Iljtht housekeeping? rooms, close in. Phone 1!1S2 BIack after 5 ::i0. ONE. OK TWO rooms for rent. 1251To peka ave. lVr 2 iTN'KUKNISHED rooms, 118"ET4tirl i'hone wi K z. I TWO unfurnished rooms, first floor. 630 Madison. No children. FOR RENT FCRMSHED ROOMS. FOR ONE or two gentlemen, nice large modern room .'ith, good board. 1018 Topeka ave. is ICE modern furnished room in private family, with or without board. 124S Lane. Rhone H7:i4. 1015 VAN IU'REN ST. Furnished rooms Single or en suite, in private modern. home. I FOR RENT Nice farge modern room, close in. Phone 4858 Blue. 1249 Polk. ONE modern furnished room. Orpheum uing, ijoruon iros. iUi. I MODERN rurntshri front room, 314-Hun" j toon. 1174 evenings. S5de-ra hoBse- 420 MONROE Furnished keeping rooms. Also large barn. LARGE front room.,-modern house, close in. I'hone 4740 White. n HOTEL VICTORIA. IIS West 6th. SOc.", European. ..Special niontulyrates. EIISON steam heated desirable- rooms with board. The Burnett-,-212 West Sth. FOR RENT OFFICE ROOMS SUITE of modern offices for rent. Kansas avenue. Phone 16. BOARD AND ROOMS MODERN rooms with board, 1 day, SS per week. Topeka Hotel. 122 WW 6tn. h roii REXT STORE BUILDINGS. TWO story building, all new, first floor 79 feet deep with cement floor, upper floor 50 feet t'eep; suitable for garage or machine shop. Inquire 506 Jackson. i none FOR RENT STORE ROOMS STORE ROOM, 404 East 4th avenue, suit able for living in rear half; good location for small hardware, notion store or shoe shop. Call at 601 East 4th avenue or phone 610. FOR RENT FARMS FOnRNTSmise and f7ares?l80 house and 5 acres. James Murphy. Te- cumseh. FOR RENT 3 acre tract, well improved", close to Gage park. Chas. T. Nichols. m H FOR RENT HOUSES tOK KENT House. 5 rooms, bath, mod f cru except fifrnace. 1011 West 12th. Pbque littiT M A I H SON ST., ;0near 4 t ha Veil ueT5 I rooms, gaa and electric lights. Call at C01 East 4th avenue or phone 010 or HiOl. 16-HOOM modern except furnace, house and barn. 1205 Ciay. TeIeihone 2200 lllue. FIVE room strictly modern" hojise. large I sleeping porch. Intiuire 501 Taylor. MODERN G room house. 205 Western ave. I Phone 2417 Blue, $20. FOIt KENT ti-room house; reasonable. 25 FOR RENT 4 room house and barn, water. 720 Lake. Phone 524. FOU KENT 7 room modern house. Call ut 012 West 12th or phone 20S. FOK RENT 5-room house. Ivi4 Harrison, cement walks, cistern, gas. Phone 1580. FOR REXT G ARAGES. GARAGE, 1270 Topeka ave., cement floor, paved alley, easily entered. Call phone 10O1. FOr rXCHAXGE. Two good residences, Waverly, Kan., $4,200, clear, for Topeka property. 50 acres 10 miles east of Topeka, $3,000, for city property. HAVE ALL KIND OF EXCHANGES. MARION SHELDEN. 501 Jackson. PJjone 127S. THREE rooms, 200 ft. ground, in 'Bonuer Springs. Kan. Price $1,200. Will pay $1.000 to $1,800 difference, on West side, To peka home. Cottrell Co., 107 E. 7th. Tel. 550, 3 iP. FtMt EXCHAN;E Will exchange my equitv in West side home for a car. Phone 3240. FOR SALE SEED. FOR SALS KAffTHR COIN Per 100 lbs. $5.00 024-520 North KansBB Ave. TOPEKA, KANSAS. FOR SALE AUTOMOBILES. FOR SALE Here is your chance for ja. Stafford touring car. A motor equal to the best for economy, strength and durabil ity. Highest offer gets it. Excellent condi tion. Inquire of owner, 511 Lane. Tel. JS02 or Frisbie Auto Co. Tel. 1722. FOR SALE (Treat Smith 5 passenger tour ing car, good condition. Exceptional bar gain for one who wants quality instead of style. 514Kansos. FOR SALE Metz "roadster, good running order. 1014 Kansas ave. MUSICAL IXTRIMEXTS. FOR SALE LIVESTOCK FOR SALE Cheap phone 879. 2!rd two driving ponies, and Lincoln. H. A Moege. FOR SALE A very good ail horse, cheap. 108 East fith. FOR SALE POULTRY E5GS For sale, pure bred Barred Kock, 75c per setting:. I'hone ;I881K2. FORSALF. Baby chicks. Call 4623 K-l. FOR SALE HOUSEHOLD GOOOi Highest Prices paid for your 1F0RNITDRB And-we sell it right too. Topeka's Bargain Store CHEAP JACK rhone S749. 109East 0th. FOR SALE Household goods, including baby carriage. I'hone 020. 1218 West 6th FOR SALE iARAGES. GARAGE FOR SALE. This Is a county seat, cement building, 40x00, onlv garage in town. SHEIBLEV KLAGES, Russell Springs, Kansas. FOR SALE: PIANOS FOR SALE Will sacrifice genuine Hobart t m Cflhle nlano. cnean. used 4 months. i AddxessH. C care Journal 1 JJM PLAi EK "lANO, rolls, bench and arf: must sell within the next week. j Atlliress P., care Journal. tun ortiiij ubu) "mini iiibuu, aiuioat. new. Phone 20.16 White. FOR SALE Piano at 413 Kansas ave. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE Gas and oil tank, suitable for grocery store. Thompson Sou, 100 E. 4th. $130 OF FURNITURE, wagon, garden tools, plow at half price. East Hill, 707 Highland avenue FOR SALE Good mare; set of single har ness. 306 West 8th FOR SALE Good modern house to be moved off. Phone 1434. 1082 HASTY AUTO 'EXPRESS. for sale real estate. icasaTateT'so rooms, fine condition, barn and garage, cement driveway, newly painted, close in, good neighborhood. Great bargain if sold at once. This should be a fine investment. Part cash, balance time or small monthly j payments. Call at 601 E. 4th ave., or TAYLOR AND 12TH 7 very large rooms. thoroughly modern, 2 lots, one block of Polk school, near 12th and Taylor, $3,.o0. Terms. Phone 1606. Garlinghouse Realty Co. FOR SALE 40x20r. garden, building lot, facing on Elmwood avenue, adjoining twin school, $750. Rhodes, Tel. 3213. FOR SALE Property, good condition. In quire 323 Tyler st, FOR SAI.E RKAIi ESTATE. EEMWOO West side, close in addition, all the city advantages, 12 blocks from Kansas Avenue, adjoins Potwin on the east, Potwin school district, offers exceptional advantages as a residential location, within easy walking distance of the business district north of Fifth and Kansas Avenues. We will be glad to show you over the addition. Car and salesmen at your tHaposal. UN VESTMENT CO. 534 Kansas Ave. Phone 5050. AC1EAP-MME- in 200 block on Polk st., a six room house, all in nice shape, nicely papered, city wa ter, gas, barn, chicken house, 2 east front lots, pavement paid out. Price $l,4tX). Terms. INVESTMENT. Three bouses on Van Buren. 2 rented for $ft each 1 for $0: houses all in nice shape. Price for all $2,000. Snaps at Qui vera Heights, one of 5 acres, one of 10 acres. C J. R. E. E. C0, PHONE 262. Bargain, good as new, 5 room cottage, 3 piece oath, sleeping porch, cement floored basement, furnace, house finished in oak. elegantly decorated, light fixtures, garage, IVi lots, located on West side, in splendid neighborhood. Owner has $3,500 invested, property not three years old and in excel lent condition. Can be bought for $3,200 and bandied on terms. This is a bar gain. Stf AWNSE INVESTMENTCa 534 Kansas Ave. Phone 5050.? OAELAME) CAR LWE Five lots, variety bearing fruit and ber ries, well-finished cottage, f rooms, closets, porches, gas, el. light, bath, furnace, ce ment cellar aud'walks. cistern, well, sew-er. good barn, poultry houses aud yard, shrub bery and shade. Buildings nearly new. P good condition. A nice home now offered at a bargain price fur immediate sale. $3, 750. Terms. No trade. J. E. TOKRINGTON, 100. W. Gtb. Tel. 228. SPMHG Hi MERE Do you ever wish a little land 'all your own where you can raise a few vegetables to help along? Here you are, 22nd and Quincy streets, new 5 room home, 4 lots, well, a beautiful place and cozy home. Let us show you SHAWKEE ENVESTMENT C. 534 Kansas Ave. Phone 5030 $1,299 Six rooms. up and 3 down, paper all in good condition, cellar under 2 rooms, elec tric lights, gas, sewer connections. 1 east front lots, on cement pa veil street, old shade, half block of street car. choice location, near Elmhurst, eRsy payments, assessed about $47iO higher. COTTRELL CO., 107 K 7th. Tel550-340S. Seven room house, bath, electric lights, built 8 years ago. Has a rental value of $25 per mont. Notice the terms, $:!00 cash, balance $25 per month for 10 years; no in terest, and the property is vonrs. This is a splendid bargain. J. ,T. BELL, 735 Fill more, advisor to buyers of real estate. I'hone 914. SALE WE WANT THE CASH 70 Acres. Good Improvements, 2 miles from town, 0 miles from Topeka, Kansas. Here is a nice little home for some one and the price is right. See me personally, (i. W. BRADLEY, 632 Kans. Ave., Topeka, Kans. FIVE room modem h'ouse, nice wment cel lar; full two story. Facing Central Park. TOPEKA REAL ESTATE CO. Phone 1812. 433 Kansas Ave. FOR SALE! 2 fine east front lots on Bos well ave.. Elmhurst Addition, $1,000. Own er wants an offer in cash. A. L. Furman, Topeka, Kan.. 100 West Pth. FLORISTS HAYES FLOWER S1SIOP for fresh flowers, wddlng and funerais a specialty. Our -stocks always fresh. Grown In our own greenhouses. 819 Kan ss ave. Phone R77. MOVING FENIMORE MOVING AND STORAGE. Your furniture wrapped for storsgw FREE, expert packers. Phone 4341. UNDERTAKING L. M. PEN""ELL. funeral director and einbalmer. First- class service. 60S-51W Quincy st. Telephone 19Z 0. HAWLEY .CO., undertakers, en bnlmtnir 11 F. sth Ave. Phone 27 FARM LOANS FARM LOANS, 5 and 6 per cent. See Nichol Realty Co.. 529 Kan. Ave. TeL AUCTIONEERS. C. O. ANSEL. General Auctioneer. Res. Phone. 2251 Red. Office 46. At your service at all times. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 2061 Lincoln Street." Tooeka. Kans. MONEY FARM LOANS WANTED. This company has an unlimited amount of funds to lend on Eastern and Central Kansas Farms at 5 with a reasonable commission. Our representative is at your service if vou want information. THE FARM MORTGAGE COMPANY. Crawford Building. Topeka, Kansas. Phone 3338. MONET TO LOAN on FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY. WALTER ASEITON SMTTIEI 531-2 N. E. Bldg. Phone 403. In the market for notes and mort- ga ges. Xlo.NK JO LOAN ou city antt irui property, any amount, low interest rates and most liberal terms. Call or write fr our plan W M. Forbes A Co. LOANS made on any kind of personal se curity. L. Biscoe, 523 Kansas Ave. TYPEWRITERS ALL MAKES for sale or rent. Best me chancal department in tbe coantrj. CRANE CO. Topeka. Kan. 47 Years In Business 200 NEW and second hand typewriters, $15.00 up. Sale or rent. Topeka Type- writer Exchange. 5Q7 Kansas ave.

POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES Z- ,t FOR SALE Billiar.. tables, new, carrom and pocket, with complete outfit, la0.uu second Oand tables at re uuceu prices; oowi- Ing alley supplies; easy payments. Cigar store fixtures, a sneclnltv. Send for cats loguc. THE B RUNS WICK -BALK E-COL-LENDER CO., 1329-1331 Maiu st.r Kansas City, Mo. BANK STATEMENTS Published in Tbe Topeka State Journal, March 20, 1917. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE NANCIAL CONDITION of the BANK OF RICHLAND. (Private Rank. Albert Neese, Owner. At Richland. State of Kansas, at the close of business on the loth day of ttuuiu, KKSULKLtb. Loans and discounts 9., 241.40 Overdrafts li..4 Cash and sight exchange, legal reserve 3.j,4oS.-8 Total $130,697.42 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in KMXXI.oo Surplus fund 10,000.00 Interest $l,G5fi.00 Exchange 40.00 $1,702.09 Less current expenses, in terest and taxes paid 2S2.27 $1,419.82 Individual deposits subject to check $47,059.75 Certificates of de posit, due in less than 30 days 2,217.83 $109,277.00 Total $130,697.42 State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss. I. Albert Neese. owner of said bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement in true; that said bank has no liabilities, and is not In dorse r ou any note or obliga tion, other than shown ou the above state ment, to the bst of my kuow ledge and belief. So help me God. ALBERT NEESE. Owner. Subscribed and sworn to before ine this 19th dav of March, 1917. Seal. WALLACE TIBBITTS, Notary Public. (Commission expires on the 14th day of January, 1921.) To W. F. Benson, Bank Commissioner, Topeka. Kan. LEGAL. Published In The Topeka State Journal March 20, 1917. STATE OF KANSAS. Governor's Office. CLEAN-UP WEEK PROCLAMATION During a normal year fire destroys over three million dollars' worth of Kansas property. When the cost of carrying on the insurance business of the state and the expense of maintaining fire depart ments and other, fire-fighting equipment is added to this sum the total ost to the state of Kansas is found to be nearly ten million dollars per yearv That by far the greater portion of this tremendous fire waste is altogether unnec essary is now recognized by all. Much of tbe damage results from accumulations ef refuse, such as old clothes, rags, papers, rubbish and other waste material in and about buildings of all kinds. Such ac cumulations are most common during the winter months, and now with summer approaching it is a good time to clean up anil put all buildings aud premises in a safe and sanitary condition. The same condltions.that breed fire breed disease. House waste attracts flies, vermin and rats. Empty cans and bottles afford a breeding place for mosquitos. De caying stable manure and the unflyproofed outside toilet are the favorite breeding places for the typhoid fly. Thus are the ways and .means afforded for the trans mission of disease and the creation of health and fire hazards. In order to bring about a concerted ef fort all over the state for fire prevention, the improvement of sanitary conditions, the prevention of disease and the beautifying of streets and homes, I, Arthur Capper. Governor, do hereby designate the week of April 16 to 21. inclusive, as clean-up week in tbe state of Kansas, and urge that every resident of Kansas, whether he be a private citizen or a public official, de vote whatever time is necessary to the work of cleaning up streets, alleys, back yards, yards about farmhouses and bams, basements and attics of al! buildings, public or private, and removing there from every possible cause of fire. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my came and caused to be affixed tbe great seal of the state of Done at Topeka, Kansas, this 19th day of March. A. D.. 1017. ARTHUR CAPPER. Governor. I Seal. 1 Attest J. T. BOTKIN. Secretary of State. Bj E. A. CORNELL, Asst. Secretajr of State. LEGAL. Published in The Topeka State Journal March 20. 1017. SENATE BILL NO. 087. AN ACT concerning state oil inspection, the grading, inspection aud testing of ker osene, gasoline and benzine and provid ing for the appointment of deputies, pay ment of the salaries and expenses, pro viding for inspection fees creating a revolving fund with which to pay the expenses of the department, providing for penalties for violation of the pro visions thereof and repealing sections 5013, 5010, 5017, 501H, 5020. 5032 and 5034 of the General Statutes of 1015. Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas Section 1. That the state oil inspector is hereby authorized to appoint and assign for duty a sufficient number of deputy oil inspectors, m as to provide a thorough and practical inspection as required and provided for under the laws of the state of Kansas covering inspection of oil, the number of deputies may be increased or decreased from time to time as conditions may arise, provided that before the state oil inspector shall increase or decrease the number of deputy inspectors he shall pro cure the permission, approval and consent of the governor, but no more deputies shall be employed than is absolutely necessary for tke actual inspection .required. Sec. 2. The state inspector or; his dep uties are entitled to demand and receive from the owner of any anil all oils or fluids inspected the sum of three cents (3c) per barrel, fifty (50) gallons to be oou- sidered and counted a barrel: provided, however, that when it appears to the state i oil inspector and the governor that said I charge of three cents (3c) per barrel creates ia "V1 m,wre than sufficient to pay the actual and necessary expense of the said dP1artteilt ihn th tute oil i"le torf ueju uuu iu Bu-iiiu, mui oa lx .2, I luirc which, together with the revolving fund. shall be sufficient to pay the expense of inspection of ul! oils and fluids. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the state inspector and each deputy to keep an ac curate record of all oils or fluids tested by him, which record tdiall state the day of inspection." the .number of gallons con tained in each package, caste or barrel, the name of the person or company for whom Inspected, and the um of money received j for such inspection, and such record shali FI- be open to examination by all persons iu te rested; if That on the 10th day of each and every j month each deputy inspector shall for I ward to the state inspector a true copy of uch record, ana hsll remit all moneys received by him for such inspection to the state inspector. The state Inspector shall on or before i tbe ot tlay of e&vh anrt tvery month, nn- ,ler oath, make a report of all oils or fluids j inspected by himself, or his deputies and transmit the same to the auditor of state. stating the full amount of fees collected for the preceding month, stating therein nis own ano nis uepwties salaries ana proper expense accounts, and said insftec tor shall, at the time of making his report. nay t" the state treasurer ail moneys re ceived by him or his deputies as fees for the inspection of oils and fluids for the preceding month, whb-h money shall be c redited to the state oil inspection depart- i ment. revolving fund hereinnfter created. I It is hereby made the duty of the state treasurer to carry a separate account upon the bwks of his office of the said re volving fund and to be so known. All moneys so entered in said fund shall at all tiutes, on and after July 1st. 1017, be available for the use of the department, subject only to the constitutional provis ions of reappropriation of said revolving fund by the legislature at each regular session. Sec. 4. Tlinre Is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the state oil inspection department revolving fund, and Is hereby appropriated to such fund all fees of the department belonging to the state, accruing on and after the first of the month next following the publication of this act, in the- official state paper, also all interest received by the state treasurer on such fund, which be shall report monthly to the state oil in spector, and the state oil inspector is here by authorized to draw and disburse said fund, as hereinafter provided as the same may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act. All payment out of said revolving fund shall be drawn upon warrants of the state auditor, drawn upon vouchers verified by the state oil inspector, and in no event shall the total expenses of the department exceed the total amount received as fees belonging to the state. Sec 5. The state oil Inspector shall re ceive an annual salary of twenty-five hun dred dollars $2500 and all necessary trav eling expenses, together with off fee ex penses and such other excuses actual and ne-essary in the performance of his duties as state oil inspector. The deputy oil in spectors shall each receive an annual sal ary of fifteen hundred dollars $15)0 per year and the necessary traveling expenses In performing the duties of deputy oil in spectors. The state oil inspectors shall employ a stenographer and bookkeeper, who shall be one and the same person, who shall keep the books of the department, together with an account of the business of said office and who shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars 4$120O) per year. All salaries provided for in this section, together with tbe expenses of the office, shall be paid monthly; pro vided, that no person shall be appointed to or hold any place or position, or be employed in any department of tbe ser vice herein provided for, who is related by blood or marriage to such state oil in spector, deputy oil inspector, or either or any of them. Sec. 6. In testing by said inspector or his deputies of all kerosene oils for Illum inating purposes they shall reject all sch oils as will emit combustive vapor at a temperature of less than 110 degrees Fah renheit. Tbe oil tester known as "The Foster Automatic Cup" shall be used in the making of these tests, and the- oil shall not be heated faster than two de grees per minute. All kerosene oils for illuminating pnrposes shall not show a lower flash point than the 110 degrees Fah renheit above mentioned. All gasoline that is used for beating, illuminating and power purposes shall be tented and graded, and all said gasoline used for beating, illum inating, and power purposes shall be sub jected to tbe following test: Said gaso line shall -be of water white color, sweet and free from obnoxious odors, and shall be weighed by hydrometer of Tagliabnes, or some other standard and reliable weight of hydrometer (the temperature at a line of test 60 degrees Fahrenheit). All gasoline graded and tested offeted for sale in Kan sas shall not be heavier than 58 degrees Beaume, at CO degrees temperature; and shall show by a fractional distillation tet LEGAL. an initial boiling point not to exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and an end point (or dry point) of not more than 410 degrees Fahrenheit, with no gaps, anrt all gaso line or fluid sold as such not meeting with tbe test above prescribed shall be known and sold as "gasoline under-test." Sec. 7- All benzine shall have a grav ity of Dot liss than 43.5 Beaume gravity aud it shall be unlawful for any dealer, vendor or refiner to sell or offer for sale any kerosene, gasoline or benzine which does not comply with the test specified in this net and any person, firm or cor poration violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor and subject t- a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than fiv-i hundred ($500) for each and every offense. Sec. 8. Every vendor or denier who shall blend any oil. gasoline or benzine, or aUil terate the same by mixing shall, before offering the same for sale, have the same inspected, and the state oil inspector and his deputies shall, whenever practical. ln stiect nil such oils and fluids of vendors mid dealers of the same, and every vendor of gasoline, kerosene or benzine shall dis play in a conspicuous plnce where said gasoline or fluid is kept for sale, a sign. 24 inches long and 18 indies In width with letters and figures of not less than 3 inches in size giving the exact test of all gasoline. Kerosene or nenzme onereo ior sa ie. Sec. 9. Every person, firm or corpora tion in this state selling or in any manner dealing in oil or fluids required to be in spected by the provisions of this act shall report In full and in detail all receipts and invoices of said oil or other fluids on or before the 10th day or every moutn at the office of the state oil inspector, and the state oil Inspector shall, on or before the 25th day of December of each year, make and deliver to the governor of the state a consolidated report of the inspec tions made bv himself and deputies during the preceding caleudar year and every per- i son, firm or corporation who shall neglect or fHil to nrovlde witli. or comuiv who i any of the provisions of this act shall be i deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty ($50). nor more than five hundred dollars j ($500) for eacn ana every otrense. Sec. 10. That sections 5013, 5016. 5017, 501H, 5029. 5032 and 5034 of the Geueral Statutes of the state of Kansas for the year 1915 be and the same are hereby re pealed. Sec 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval, passage and publication in the official state t" hereby certify that the abovelll origi nated in the Senate, and passed that body February 26. 1917, Senate adopted conference committee re port March 3, 1917, W. Y. MORGAN, President of the Senate. E. T. GEORGE, Secretary of the Senate. Passed the House March 3, 1917, House adopted conference committee re port March 3, 1917, A. M. KERNE, Speaker of the House. CLARENCE W. MILLER, Chief Clerk of the House. Annroved March 7. 1917. ARTHUR CAPPER, Governor. r State of Kansas. Office of SECRETARY OF STATE. I...7. T. BOTKIN, Secretary of State of the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Is a correct copy of the original enrolled bill now ou file in my offb-e. N 'il'.Sll.Mn.M 1 Mir.ui 1 uit TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have I hereunto subscribed my name Seal. and affixed my official seal this Sth dy of March, 1917. J. T. BOTKIN, Secretary of State. By E. A. CORNELL. Asst. Secretary of State. Published in The Topeka State Journal March 20, 1917.J HOUSE BILL NO. 7S0. AN ACT amending section 9004 of the Gen eral StatStes of 1015 relating to the State Tubercular Sanatorium at Norton and re pealing said original section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. Section 9t'4 of the Gen eral Statutes of 1015 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section AMHJ4. The state board having charge of the said State Tubercular Sanatorium is hereby given power and authority to receive therein patients who have no ability to pay, but 110 person shall be admitted to the hos pital who has not been a citizen of tins state for at least one year. Every per son desiring free treatment In such hos pital Fhall apply to the local authorities of his or her county having charge of the relief of the poor, who Hhall thereupon issue a written request to the superintend ent of such state sanatorium for the ad mission of such iersons. Snch request shall state in writing whether the person is able to pay for his or her care and treatment while at the hospital, which request or statement shall be kept on file by the superintendent of the hospital. Such re quest shall be filed by the superintendent in a book kept for that purpose, in the order of their receipt oy mm. v nenever there are vacancies caused by death, or removal, said superintendent shall there upon issue a request to au examining phy sician, appointed an provided for In sec tion one, in the same city or county, and if there be no such examining physician in said city or county, then to the nearest examining physician, for the examina tion by him of said patient. Upon tbe request of such superintendent said exam ining physician shtiJl examine all persons applying for free admission and treat ment in said institution and determine whether such persons applying are suffer ing from incipient pulmonary tuberculo sis. No person shall be admitted as a patient in said institution without the certificate OI one 01 wen ruamuniis pn.v enlosis, an.rtf .011 fh rw-pption of a person In tue Min nopual. u is lonno ujr nip auiu-Miu cot suffering trom lntnpient pulmonary tuberculosis, or is suffering from pnlmon ary tuberIosi in su-tt an advanced state as to prevent bis reviving any benefit from the care and treatment In said hos pital, he or she can be returned to tbe place of bis residence, and the expense of transportation to and from said hospital shall be paid bv the county sending such natient. Admission to said Itosrdtal shall be made in tbe order 1n which the namw FRAMIIio, regildlng, mat making, mount Of the applicants appear upon the npptf- ng done v J, D Siilllvsn. 122-124 W. MHu cation dook to ne Kept as tmov? provuteo by the suirintndnt of said hospital, in j so far as mch applicants re subsequently eertified by such examininc: physicians to i be suffering from incipient pulmonary tuberculosis. Every person who is ad- mltted as and who Is a county charge at y yfrr tTTc new -"g?- I. S. GAITTZKY. LEGAL. the time of making his or hr application shall be transpoited to and from the hos pital ut the expense of said county, and cared for and treated at the expense of such count v, which would otherwise be chargeable with the support, of indigent persons. jnd the expense of transporta tion, treatment and maintenance, and the actual cost of -articles of slothing fur nished by the hospital to such poor or in digent peison, tdiHll be ft charge against smh com;tv. And the state board. In charge of the said State Tubercular San atorium, shall fix the price of mainte nance in such institution, for county pa tients, and the different counties having county patients contained therein- will be liable for the maintenance cost as. ttxedt by such state board not to exceed one dollar per day. Sec. 2. Original section 906 of the Gen eral Statutes of 1915 Is hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in The official state paper. I heiebv certify that the above Bill orig inated in the House, aad passed that body Februpry 27, 1917. House coWurred In Senate Amendment March 8, 1917. A. M. KKENE, speaker of the House. CLARENCE W. MILLER, Chief Clerk of the House. Passed the Senate Mnrch 6, 1917. W. Y. MORGAN, President of the Senate, E. D. GEORGE, Secretary of the Senate. Approved March 32, J917. ARTHUR CAPPER, Governor. State of Kansas. STATE OF KANSAS. Office of Secretary of State. I, J. T. BOTK1N, Secretary of State o the State of Kansas, do hereby certify thai the ahove and foreolr. Is a correct conv of the original enrolled bill now on file to niv offie. in TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have hereunto subscribed my name Seal. and affixed my official seal this i-stb uay or M3rch, J'.nt. J. T. FOTKIN, Secretary of State. By E. A. CORNELL, Asst. Secretary of Stne. Published In The Topeka State Journal, March 20, 1917. HOUSE BILL NO. 105. AN ACT relating to negotiable Instru ments, amending section 525S of the General Statutes of 1909, and repealing said original section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Urn State of Kansas: Section 1. That section 5258 of the Gen eral Statutes of 1909 be amended so as to read as follows: Section 5258. An In strument which contains an order or prom ise to do any act In addition to the pay ment of money is not negotiable, lint tbe negotiable character of an instrument oth erwise negotiable is not affected by a provision whieh (1) authorixes the sale of collateral security In case the Instru ment Is not paid nt maturity, or In case the security should deprecWte In value, r in case the holder for reasonable cause deems himself insecure: or 2) authorizes a confession of judgment If the Instrument be not paid at maturity: or (3) waives the benefit of any law Intended for the ad- f th. no...PP Bn -lotion ren'uire om(.t!lfn(f to be done In lieu of payment of nioney or (5. provisions or agreements jD (.oncurreut writings or mortgages given t to secure pavinent of such instruments, but nfthin(. in this section ahull validate any provision or stipulation otherwise illegal. Sec. 2. That section 5258 of the General Statutes of 1909 be and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effoct and be in force from and after its publication in the official state paper. I hereby certify that the above Bill origi nated in the House, and passed that body January 24, 1917, A. M. KEENE, f Speaker of the House. CLARENCE W. MILLER. Chief Clerk of the House.' Passed the Senate Manh 8, 1917, W. Y. MORGAN. President of the Jjeuate. D. GEORGE. Secretary of the Senate, Approved March 13. 1917. ARTHUR CAPPER. Governor. State of Kansas Office of Secretary of State. I. ,T. T. BOTKIN. Secretary of Stt -t the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Is a correct cooy of the original enrolled bill now on file In mv office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hare hereunto subscribed my uame and afftxed my official seL SeaU this 10th day of Man-Nt 1017. 4 -T T. BOTKIN. i Secretary of State, t By E. A. CORNELL, j Asst. Secretary of State. First published In The Topesa -tat Journal, Wednesday. Feb. 28, 1917. ELECTION PROCLAMATION. Mayor's Olfice, Oakland Kansas. February 27, 1917. f I, F. A. Brigham, mayor of the citv of Oakland, Shawnee county, Kansas, do here by proclaim, give notice and make known that the regular city election In the city of Oakland, will be held on Monday, Aprfc 2nd. 1017, for the purpose of electing thf following officers, to wit: Mayor. Police judge. Five councillors. Said election will be held and conducted under tbe general election -.laws of tbs) State of Kansas. The polls will be opened at eight o'clock a. m. of said day, and will be closed at six (6) o'clock p. m. of sa4 dav. The Totine Place -will be the east roonl i,i .,..in. Ti. i.0b,.rt K. 1 cl,lg 0 M. KMt and liobfrt Krene 1 Witni,. i,h,.,mr. 1 bare h.rvunto j m- b-atl nd the 0mt.ial ,eai of t, Clr of Oakland, Kansas, this 27th day of Feb ruary, 117. F. A. BRIGHAM. Mayor. ISeaLI Attest: H. A. LFPPED, City Clerk. PICTURE FRAMING j i m UPHOLSTERING j J. F. PETRICK SONS, upbohrtertng ani j manufacturers of parlor furniture. 1009 Kansas avenue. Phone 642.

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10 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALr-TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1917 TO MEETTONIGHT Six-Day 31. E. Conference of Kansas Begins. Many 3Iinisters and Delegates Are Already in the City. BISHOP SHEPARD TO PRESIDE JIc Will Discuss Progress of Church in Opening Address. Dr. Locke Slated to Succeed Himself as Secretary. The Kansas conference of Methodist Episcopal church will start this eve ning with a reception at the First Aleihodist Kpiscopal church in honor of Bishop o. .Shepard, who will preside at the meetings. Many minis ters and laymen and their wives have already arrived for the session and hundreds more are expected on the late afternoon trains. "Is Methodism -n the wane or is it on the increase?" will be one of the main points of discussion at the con Children Cry The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa ture of Chas. II. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you In this. Counterfeits, Imitations and '.Just-as-good" are but experiments, and endanger the health of Children Experience against Experiment. i What is CASTOR I A Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare jroric, IJrops and Soothing Syrups. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. For more than thirty years it has been In constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and. by regulating the Stomach and Dowels, aids the as similation of Food giving: healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The .Mother's Friend, The Kind You Have Always Bought SI Bears the In Use For Over 30 Years tmc ctmNOMNm nnvroRK enr. Kansas' Famous FLOUR Hard, winter, "turkey red" is the flour wheat supreme. Given the advantage of I-H modern milling, this fine raw product becomes a superfine food I-H Flour, the aristocrat of every grocery. Ismert-Hincke Milling Co. Topeka, Kans. QUALITY and --SERVICE-- ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SUCCESSFUL PRINTING PLANT JONES BIRCH ference. Figures show a decrease n the benevolences of the 1916 confer ence of $20,775. One hundred and eighty-seven thousand new members to Methodism were enrolled in the United States in the last twelve months, but the Kansas roll showed only an increase of 1,166 names of those fully entered into membership. The "probationary membership" de creased 505 members in the last year. The "probationary membership" ia made up of young people and is the recruiting grounds of the church. Dr. Edwin Locke, will most prob ably succeed himself as secretary of the organization. He has been in this office for nearly 30 years and also secretary of the quadrennial confer ence of America. Rev. C. B. Zook, of Iola, is logical candidate for treas urer, an office which he has filled for many years. Business sessions will be held Thurs day and Friday and Saturday. The financial condition of each church in the conference and the membership rolls will be examined. After this examinations the placing of the min isters for the next year will occupy the organization. Last year more than 100 ministers were changed as a result of the conference. It is understood that two Topeka ministers will be transferred at this conference. Following is a complete program for the six-day conference: Tuesday, 8 p. m. Reception to Bishop and Mrs. Shepard by laymen of Topeka, church auditorium. Wednesday. 9 a. m. Sacrament of the Lord's for Fletcher's U Signature of Wheat Makes ssssssssssa supper, administered by Bishop Shep ard. Organization of conference im mediately following. 3 p. m. Anti-Saloon league rally. Address by W. J. Herwig. superinten dent Kansas State Anti-Saloon league. 3:45 p. m. Institute on rural church and evangelism, conducted by Dr. Paul Voght of Philadelphia. 7:45 p. m. Anniversary of Ep worth league, C. W. Jaggard, president of conference Epworth league, pre siding. Address by Dan Brummitt, editor of Epworth Herald. Anniver sary of Freedman's Aid society. Thursday. 8:30 a. m. Devotional services. 9:00 a. m. Business session of the conference. 2:30 p. m. Missionary sermon, preached by the Rev. John W. Wal dron of Galena. 3:45 p. m. Institutes on rural churches and evangelism. 8.00 p. m. Lecture by the Rev. M. S. Rice, D. D., pastor of Woodward Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Detroit, Mich. Friday. 8:30 a. m. Devotional services. 9:00 a. m. Business session of the conference. 10:30 a. m. Memorial services. 2:30 p. m. Anniversary of the Women's Foreign Missionary society. Address by Dr. John Harmon, presi dent of Salina Wesleyan college. 3:45 p. m. Institutes on rural church and evangelism. 5:30 p. m. Banquet of Baker uni versity and alumni and alumnae. 7:45 p. m. Anniversary of board of education, Pres. W. N. Mason, of Baker university, presiding. Address by J. Franklin Raeme. Anniversary of board of Sunday schools. Address by M. J. Trenery. LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF KAN SAS CONFERENCE. Sessions In First Congregational church. Seventh and Harrison streets. 10:00 a m. Business session. 2:00 p. m. Business session. Saturday. 8:30 a. m. Devotional services. 9:00 a. m. Business session of the conference. 2:00 p. m. Anniversary of Wom an's Home Missionary society. 3:45 p. m. Institutes on rural church and evangelism. 7:45 p. m. Anniversary of church temperance board. Address, "The Battle of Booze Run," by Ernest Dailey Smith. Anniversary of board of foreign missions. LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF KAN SAS CONFERENCE. Sessions in First Congregational church. Seventh and Harrison streets. 9:00 a. m. Business session. 2:00 p. m. Business session and final adjournment. PREACHERS' WIVES ASSOCIATION 10:30 a. m. Business session. 4 p. m. Reception at parsonage of First Methodist Episcopal church, 500 Topeka avenue. Wives of pastors of Topeka churches, hostesses. 6:00 p. m. Banquet of preachers' wives at First Methodist Episcopal church. .Sunday. 9:00 a. m. Conference love feast. 9:30 a. m. First Methodist Epis copal church Sunday school. 10:30 a. m. Sermon by Bishop Wil liam O. Shepard. 3:00 p. m. Ordination services of deacons and elders. 7:30 p. m. Anniversary of board of conference claimants. Address by E. C. Clemans. Anniversary of board of home missions and church extension. Address by George J. Dean. Monday. I S:30 a. m. Devotional services. 9:00 a, m. Business session of the conference. 2:30 p. m. Business session of the conference. MOBILIZE IN KANSAS Fort Riley May Be Used as Central Army Point If War Conies. Troops from a number of western states may be mobilized at Fort Riley, according to reports received from Washington. The war department has already sought information con cerning the number of men who might be cared for at the Kansas fort. Fol lowing announcement that mobiliza tion grounds in several states were inadequate, it is believed the govern ment may use Riley as a central point. No orders have been received by Charles 1. Martin, adjutant general, indicating an immediate order for mobilization of the Kansas guards men. Yet everything is in readiness for immediate action. Every guard officer has his men ready and 'in scores of cases in the state guards men are wearing their uniforms in anticipation of a hurry call. Clorks and stenographers in the ad jutant general's office have been busy with the distribution of funds for the guardsmen. A special act of the state legislature appropriated $172,000 to members of the national guards in this state as extra pay for their serv I ices on the Mexican border. In addi tion to the distribution of this fund, employes in General Martin's office are caring for the many shipments of additional equipment. More than $100,000 worth of new equipment is to be received by the state guard offi cers this week. HE'S GOOD SPORT Doherty, However, Don't Think K. C. Is Treating Him Bight. City Wants to Penalize -Him for Doing His Best. GAS PROBLEM STILL UNSOLVED New York Magnate Has Gone to Toledo, Ohio, Now. Attorney Left Behind TVith Power to Act for Him. Kansas City, Mo.. March 20. "I will eo over to the hotel with Mr. R. A. Brown and outline to him what sort of a plan I consider essential If the city is to have an increased gas sup ply next winter." was the ultimatum delivered by H. L. Doherty of the Kan Bas Natural Gas company at the con clusion of a stormy session held at the city hall to review the tentative agree ment made on the previous day. Mr. Doherty charged that the agree ment drawn by tne city a i.j .,nonrritten form had been juggled. He said new stipulations had been added oi which ne wMvh he could not accept, He asserted that it looked to him as if the city were practically openiue door to new negotiations. "Now with onlv two hours left be fore I leave for Toledo to look after the details of a street car franchise you hand me a plan which is exactly opposite to my understanding of the case," said Mr. Doherty. Mayor Edwards and City Counselor Harzfeld called upon Doherty to point out the objectionable features.. "I understood that new rates agreed to were to go lnio eiieci imuiwiaic.j, onlierl Mr Dohertv. "You have said constantly that what the city wanted was gas. and my reply was that the rates should be in pro portion to restrict the use of the gas. I can't promise you service if the date for the new rates does not become operative until next beptemoer. i can not approve or tnis pian. Objects to Wording. "You said you did not approve of the plan, but you finally gave your consent to it. I inferred from what vou said." observed City Attorney Smith of Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Doherty next remonstrated to the wording of the agreement relat ing to the penalty of $2,000 a day he must pay it the gas fails to keep up a pressure of tel. ounces at the receiv ing gates at Thirty-ninth and Twenty fifth streets "We agreed that the penalty was to be taken from my share of impound ed money created by all revenues from gas in excess of 30 cents. You say in this agreement that the city may de duct the penalty from any money due or becoming due to the Kansas Nat ural Gas company." Mr. Edwards confessed to being re sponsible for the change, as he be lieved it to be entirely proper. "I didn't know either that we had discussed or agreed that the consum er would have a right to deduct from his bill one-thirtieth part of his monthly bill for each day that the pressure at any measuring stations established by the city is below two inches -continually for more than one hour in one day," added Mr. Doherty. "Why, of course we did," shouted some of the conferees. "Hold on." interrupted Mayor Ed wards, "Mr. Doherty is absolutely right in his contention. We started to discuss the pressure, but before we agreed to it we got off on to the amount of penalty Mr. Doherty should pay if the pressure varied from ten ounces at the receiving gates. How ever, I feel that the small consumer should have some protection accorded him if he does not get the gas for which he is charged." Doherty Cood Sport. "I'm willing to be a good sport, and go ahead and spend $2,000,000 to bring gas to Kansas City, and I want the city to deal with me in the same spirit I have dealt with you. Instead of helping me you undertake to penal ITS YOUR LIVER! YOU'RE BILIOUS HEADACHY, SICK! Don't stay constipated with breath bad, stomach sour or a cold. Enjoy life Liven your liver and bowels to-night and feel fine. Tonight sure! Remove the liver and bowel, poison which is keeping your head dizzy, your tongue coated, breath offensive and stomach sour. Don't stay bilious, sick, headachy, constipated and full of cold. Why don't you get a box of Cascarets from the drug store now? Eat one or two tonight and enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever ex perienced. You will wake up feeling fit and fine. Cascarets never gripe or bother you all the next day like calo mel, salts and pills. They act gently but thoroughly. Mothers should give cross, sick bilious or feverish children a whole Cascaret any time. They are harmless and children love them. IS! ize hie in three different ways. Be sides penalizing me you are practical ly starting new negotiations. I have done everything I agreed to do, and more. I have consented to pay a pen alty of $2,000 a day if I fail to sup ply a stated amount of gas." City Counselor Harzfeld reminded him that the penalty comes from money impounded from all gas sold in excess of the present rate of 30 cents. "The agreement reads differently. It says the penalty can be paid from money in the hands of the city due or becoming due to either of the gas companies. You agree to one thing and do Just the opposite," said Mr. Do herty. Mr. Doherty scanned the agreement. "How am I to proceed to get pos session of the property of the Kansas Natural Gas company?" he asked. "Go to the courts," answered Mr. Harzfeld. "You don't so set forth in this agreement. Before I can make a move I must get possession of the property, and I must have help." "We'll help you," volunteered May or Edwards. "Wre will say to the court that we desire this agreement." "I think that before we en tn thA Montgomery county, Kansas, circuit I court ana ask ror the dismissal of the state receivers of the company we should find out from Judge Booth of the federal court if he will administer the property," said Mr. fDoherty. Reverting to the pressure penalties, Mr. Doherty claimed that the amount of money impounded from the excess rate would not pay the penalties if every consumer was to make deduc tions in his bills and he undertook to prove his assertion by basing the pos sible penalties to be paid on the pres ent supply of gas. Willing to Quit. "If you are not going to give us more gas than we have now, let's quit," said Mayor Edwards. "Let's quit, then," said Mr. Doherty, if it is proposed to load me with pen alties for my efforts to give the peo ple gas." "The clause you complain of is not an ultimatum," said Mr. Harzfeld. "You have started a new set of negotiations." was Doherty's retort, starting to put on his hat and over coat. "Will you accept the agreement if we eliminate that part relative to per mitting consumers to make deductions in their monthly bills on account of lack of pressure?" asked Mayor Green or Kansas City, Kan. "Mr. Brown will be back' with an outline of my plan," was the reply. Mr. Brown is a lawyer from St. Joseph. He was introduced to the conference as the agent of Mr. Do- nerty. Will Mr. Brown have nower tn art for you while you are in Toledo?" Mr. Doherty was asked. Yes, because my plan will set forth thoroly what I will accept." was the answer. W. F. Douthert, vice president and seneral counsel for the United Gas Improvement company, reported that he and Mr. Doherty had reached an agreement as to the part the United Gas company has in the creditors' agreement now before the Montgom ery county. Kansas, court. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

President Dean of Chamber of Com- J meree Names Helpers. Seventeen committee chairmen of the Chamber of Commerce have been appointed by J. S. Dean, president. The chairmen- are: J. C. Mohler, agriculture, .fie or eg Oodfrev Moore, conventions ami ientertainbient. R. D. Blaine, immigration. W. W. Webb, municipal legislation. -H. H. Pugh, trade extension. Arthur J. Carruth, jr., publicity. Horace L. Hall, public welfare. H. S. Putney, roads and bridges. W. C. Carswell, street lighting. .Phil Eastman, state and national egislation. Philip S. Hasty, schools and educa tion. E. H. Hogueland, public utilities. F. 1. Lindemuth, transportation. B. B. Eitelman, house committee. W. F. Axtell, ways and means. George P. McEntire, promotion. M. A. Low, parks and playgrounds. HAVE CLEAN-UP WEEK Governor Issues Proclamation Desig nating Dates of April 16 to 21. Governor Capper has issued a proc lamation declaring the week of April 16-21 as "clean-up" Vv-eek. Civic organizations, women's clubs, fire de partments, local officials and citizens interested in the campaign of fire pre vention have been urged to co-operate in the work. Kansas suffers an annual fire loss of three million dollars, the governor states in his proclamation. Added to this loss, is an additional expense for Insurance and purchase of fire-fighting equipment which represents a state expense of ten million dollars annually. A thoro, systematic annual clean-up, the governor declares, would greatly reduce the year's fire loss and might some day take a few nickels from the insurance rates. All civic organizations in the state have been asked to support the clean-up move ment. NO SAVAGES GO CRAZY Dr. Biddle Says That Insanity Ia a Child of Civilization. "Insanity is the child of civilization," said Dr. T. C. Biddle. superintendent of the state hospital for the insane, in his talk last night before the Cur rent Topic club. Indians were never insane and none of the savages in Africa are afflicted. Even in the days of slavery Insanity waa practically un known to the negro. However, Mr. Biddle points out, at the present time there are aa many insane Indians in Oklahoma as there are white people. This he attributes to attempted -civilization. According to figures from the last census, Mr. Biddle found that in sanity is on the increase. To look after patients after they aro discharged from the hospitals is the sole purpose of many organizations in the more progressive states. This plan, Mr. Biddle thinks, is the most modern step taken by organized bodies. He also explained the "psycho pathic hospitals" which take the af flicted in charge before insanity has developed and a cure .is attempted. Many patients are discharged from these institutions each year that would ordinarily be condemned to an asylum. There are three such hospitals in the United States at present, one at Ann Arbor. Michigan; another at Baltimore and the third at Boston. Before Dr. Biddle gave his talk, Sid ney Smith sang a solo, "A Fleeting Hour." His accompaniment was played by Theodore Mueller. Bri?i es Let Frank furnish your home with quality Fur niture at lower prices It is Frank's Buying Power which enables him to offer the Furniture Buying Pub lic this extraordinary Bargain. Don't miss Jhe hundreds of other exceptional bar gains offered you during our March Furniture Sale. r This3-Piece ft ft fl WFX SuitC 3.UlTjpM KROEHLER DU0F0LD SUITE $1.00 a IN DASH TOR LIBERTY Seven Interned Germans Kseapc But Are Soon Recaptured. Philadelphia, March 20. A dash for liberty by seven members of the crews of the German auxiliary cruis ers Kronprinz "VVil helm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich interned at the Phila delphia navy yard was frustrated last night by marines and policemen guarding the yard. Four of the Ger mans were captured while attempt ing to swim the back channel while the other three were caught in the meadows ater swimming the icy wat ers of the channel. The attempted escape was discover ed b a sentry on duty near the in terned raiders. He immediately fired a warning shot and detachments of marines were hurried to all parts of the government reservation. Calls were sent to the police authorities for assistance and every police station was notified to arrest all men found in wet clothing. Meanwhile powerful searchlights from the cruiser Salem were turned u..on the channel and revealed the fugitives swimming desperately for freedom. Several shots were fired over their heads. Four of them turned and swam back to the sea wall, surrender-in- without resistance. The other three managed to reach the marshes and were captured a few minutes later by mounted police. More than $500 in United States currency was found on two of the Germans cap tured by the police. Orders have been issued by the gov ernment for the transfer of the 750 men comprising the crews of the in terned ships to Forts Oglethorpe and McPherson. The transfer is expected later this week. AT THE milium IRIS All Seat, iihiiiii 2 Seventh and Qutncy SS TODAY TONIGHT. EE Famous Players Present 35 LOUISE HUFF and JACK PICKFORD in "Great Expectations" An Adaptation of the Ole- SS i brated ovel by Charles S3 Dickens. j And Also the 5th Episode of S3 1 "Patria," with Mrs. Vernon 35 1 Castle, America's Most Popular 53 35 JfJ-unu-y.?m 35 8CHEDILK 5SS 1:16-3:43, 7:15-8:45-10:15 5 simmmimiiimimiiiiiiimmii! iiiin? COZYlx "A DIME ALWAYS." MAX LINDER "The Funniest Man In the World" In "Max Comes Across" 1,000 Hearty Laogha 1,000 SO mlnutea of clean cat hilarity EXTRA The; Blue Bird Photoplays Preeent "MUTINY" A. wonderful tale of adventure by land and sea. in five reels The best film of ferine this year TOMORROW THE INCOMPARABLE CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG "TheRiseof Susan" EXTRA The Famous Comedian CHARLIE CHAPLIN la The Revised Edition of "Carmen" IX FOIB KEKL8 A HsMive Doable Program of Nine Keels Shows: 11-1-3-S-V-O "BE OX BAND EARLY" i 626 Kansas Avenue Week OLD-TIME COLD CURE-DRINK TEAI uet -t small package of Hamburg Breast Tea, or as the German folks call it. "Hamburger Brust Thee," at any pharmacy. Take a tableapoonful of the tea, put a cup of boiling water upon it, pour through a sieve and drink a teacup full at any time. It is the most effective way to break a cold and cure grip, as it opens the pores, relieving congestion. Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking a cold at once. It is inexpensive and entirely vege table, therefore harmless.- Advertise ment. GEM --Today jfP 508 Kansas Ave. few m WM. A. BRADY Presents I ETHEL CLAYTON in I I 'Man's Woman' i 11 ACTS ALSO A C03IEDY i SHOWS A?5 3i3 9 o:4o, :io, a:45 r 10 Matinee J pOTnMiwM.tn.n.M,.,,.,.., mM ORPHEUM TODAY TOMORROW SPECIAL. NOTICE Thru a mi take In ship pin if orders the CLARA KIMBALL YOtNfi feature and the MACK-SENNETT comedy failed to reach us In time for Monday's performance. The films are now here and our complete program will be shown as advertised below. We res-ret disappointing our patrons yesterday but the fault was not In any way our own and we suffered a heavy loss because of the delay. CLARA MBALL YOUNG In a Film Story of Romance and Reality "The Foolish Virgin" Also New Mark-Sennett Comedy "Stars and Bars" Shows: 1:30. 3:00. 7:00 and 9:00 OKFHEIM ORCHESTRA sSiBB The END the WORLD L55 a i 5 ACTS OF REAL VAUDEVILLE And the Fifth Episode of Pearl of the Army' S LAST WORDS IN TAl'DE'ILI.E Today S p. m. lue Ni(th 7:45-9:15 10c. ?r. and 30e GRAND MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 26 IMfsTF" Th'8 will be the same company that is playing llUlCi at the fchubert theater, Kansas City, this week Cohan and Harris Present GEO. M. COHAN'S LATEST LAUGH SENSATION "Hit-the-Trail Holliday" Mall Orders Now. Prices St. 50 We urge you to take advantage of our liberal Credit Plan Here's a real bargain whole room of furniture. This 3 piece $65.00 Golden or Fumed Oak, uphol stered in Spanish Mor- Duofold Suite $45.00 "The John McCormack of Baritones" IS COMING TO TOPEKA TO SING He is America's "master song interpreter." He has the most wonderfully musical voice of all baritones, and a mind that creates- moods and spells which are unequalled. He is Percy Hemus AT THE "FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH March 27th, 8 P. M. Management of The Daniel Mill lcr School of Music 15 Evenings GRAND MAR CH 21 AL. G. FIELD GREATER MINSTRELS SI YEARS OF PROGRESS 71 MINSTRELSY up-to-the-minute Prices c to l.O0 Seats Today With FRANK OTTO LOLA MERRILL to SOc. Seats Friday at Rowley's