The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
April 2, 1917

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Staff "CALL TO THE COLOns" doesn't lply onl to men who arc able to tar urniM. "YyKATHKR FORECAST for Kansas: Fair and warmer today and to morrow. HOME EDITION TOPEKA. KANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1917 TEN PAGES- THREE CENTS COME Champ Clark Elected Speaker Senator Lodge Upes Fists in Fight Wilson Goes Before Congress WAR DECLARATIONS EEFORF TODAY CHAMP CLARK RE-ELECTED AS HOUSESPEAKER Got 217 Votes Against Con gressman Mann's 205. Mlssourlan Got Practically All Independent Votes. BALLOTING OPENED SESSION Gillett and Lenroot, "ot Nomi nated, Got 2 Votes Each. Politics Sot an Issue Sow, Says Clark, Addressing House. Washington, April 2. Speaker Clark was re-elected today by a vote of 217 to 205 over his republican opponent Rep. .Mann, as the first step in or ganization of the house the necessary preliminary to the delivery of Presi dent Wilson's war address. The vote stood: Clark 217: Mann 205; Gillett 2; Lenroot 2. Two mem bers voted present. Blind Repre sentative Schall. Minnesota, indepen dent, who, it had been thought, might vote for Mann as speaker, stirred the house when he nominated Clark. His Patriotic Duty In normal times, he said, he would ote for Mann. Today.'' Schall said, "there should be Just one party and that party the American party. There is no better vay of standing by the president than by returning his party's organization oi the house." chall declared: "I wculd be of Mtlc use on the battlefield with my hiiihUeiw yea." but added he would do hiii duty in the organization "with liltht that God gives me." Representative Greene of Massachu setts nominated Representative Mann as the 'iepublican cane date for .pe:ikrr, decliirins? "the Republican party has never failed in its duty." l.enrool, who had been slated in opposition to Mann, seconded the mo tion. AH of the Democrats present and lour o f the so-called independents. Mat tin, ProKressive-protec onist of Louisiana; Schall, Progressive of Min nesota; London. Socialist, of New York, and Randall. Prohibitionist, of California, voted for Clark. One Republican for lark. Two Republicans. Gardner ana Fuller. Massaschuetts. voted for Rep resentative Lenroot, Wisconsin; Rep resentatives Dallinger. Massachusetts, nnd Gray, New Jersey, voted for Rep resentative Gillett, Massach- setts, and Representatives James. Michigan, and Haskell, New York, Republicans, vote-! present. The speaker was scorted to the chair by a committee of which Repre sentative Mann was the chairman. He was greeted with loud applause as he spoke as follows: "I fully appreciate the fact that it will be exceedingly difficult to dis charge the duties of the speakership in this house. It will be almost im possible to do without the hearty co operation of the members without re gard to party affiliations. I will use my utmost endeavor to be absolutely fair and I invoke the aid of all the members in doing so. "It is absolutely unnecessary and superfluous to lecture the membership on patriotism. We are all patriots, as are the people who elected us. We iContimieu on Page Eight.) YOU SHOULD KNOW! This week, probably, is a time for the greatest history making i event in the history of the Unit ed States. This country is en tering; into its most serious bat tle of existence. What do you know about these events Every line, every expression, every utterance is of vital im portance to you and to the na tion. You are living- in an epoch an historical epoch. Are you fully informed? Are your eyes open to its meaning to yourself and family? Your answer will be in the af firmative if you will make it a point now to watch for every is sue of the State Journal. No newspaper in Kansas receives the telegraph news that is sent daily to the State Journal. A full leasad wire of the Associated Press, the greatest of news gath ering organizations, supplement ed by another all day news service requiring an additional telegraph operator all day long, keep the State Journal to the front in all world events. If you are not reading every national and international move as reported by the State Journal, it i3 your loss. WILSON ADDRESS TO CONGRESS AT 8 THISEVENING Expect House To Be Ready for Message Then. Has Kept Contents of It Strict ly to Himself. PRAYERS FOR PATRIOTISM Chaplains of Senate and House Invoke Divine Guidance. Senate in Session Only Ten Minutes Upon Reconvening. Washington, April 2. President Wilson will go before congress in joint session at eight o'clock tonight to de liver his war message. This was officially announced at the White House after Representative Kitchen, Democratic floor leader had recommended the plan, in view of the delay in the organization of the House. Thruout the day the president re mained in his study waiting for the house organization to become com pleted. When Kitchen's suggestion was giv en him by Secretary Tumulty, the p resident immediately expressed his willingness to comply. .Majority Leader Martin announced to the senate that house leaders had informed him the organization would certainly be complete by 5:30 o'clock. Anxious to Speak Today. Immediately after the speaker's election new members were sworn in and balloting was begun on the minor offices of the house organization. At first it was thought that oigaBizati. could -be perfected ctuickly and that everything might be ready to hear the president soon after 3 o'clock. The Republicans however, suddenly inter posed obstacles to speedy disposition of the business by demanding separate roll calls on each office and it ap peared that perfection of the house organization might run late into the afternoon. President Wilson, however. was eager to deliver his address today and waiting at the White House received frequent reports of the progress in the house. Refers to Friendships. The president in his address it is understood will refer to the tradition al friendship between the American people and the German people and will dilterentiate between the German gov ernment and the people it rules. He also will recount his effort to restore peace to Europe and to maintain peace with Germany. Before going to congress the president did not take even members of his cabinet into his confidence on the exact terms of his address. From information he has tailed for. and general discussions at cabinet meetings they know that he has concluded that war with Germany seems inevitable. President Wilson's address imme diately will be sent to all the foreign embassies and legations here and will be telegraphed to American diplomats abroad. It was acknowledged today that foreign governments on receipt of it may interpret it as they think best even to assume that it so closely approximates recognition of a state of war, as to necessitate the issuing of neutrality proclamations. The house session opened with Clerk South Trimble presiding until organ ization was perfected. The chaplain included in his prayer a plea for pa triotism. Prayers Go Into Politics. "Diplomacy has failed." he prayed. "Moral suasion has failed. Appeals to reason and justice have been swept aside. "We abhor war and love peace, but if war has been or shall be forced upon us, we pray that the heart of every American citizen may throb with patriotic feeling and that a unit ed people may rally around our presi dent to hold up his hand in every measure deemed necessary to protect the lives of American ciitzens and safeguard our inheritance." Nearly the entire senate member ship was present when Vice President Marshall called for order. After the invocation the president's proclama tion calling the extra session was read. In the senate the .chaplain also re ferred to the problems confronting congress. "Amid the cor.fusion and violence of the world today we cannot know the things that may shortly come to pass." he prayed. "Lead us, oh, God, thru the darkness until the day dawns and shadows flee away. Grant us courage to defend the truth. At this critical time in the history of our country lead these Thy servants in a plain path and inspire them with lofty prin ciples." Johnson Sworn In. Senator Johnson of California, was sworn in. The senate after being in session about ten minutes recessed to await organization of the house. Senators Martin and GaHinger. the two party leaders, were appointed to act with a house committee in notifying Wilson that congress is ready to receive a communication from him. In moving for a recess until 3 p. m.. Senator Mar tin said: "I understand there is a strong probability that the house will perfect its organization by 3 o'clock and then TRY Tb FORCE GARRANZA-TO ATTACK U. S. A. 3Iexican Army leaders Hope a Invade United States. -V 16 Leaders Tlireaten Eevolt Unless First Chief Consents. V RECRUITING 3,000 GERMANS H r' Internal Affairs .Tense Over U. S.-Gerinau Situation. i 1 Carranza Confronted ly Pro and Anti-U. S. Factions.. I Laredo. April 2. THterntfT'ipetiMsu;?', used as a levr in an effort to regu" iate Mexiccfsf course iln international affairs, havf brought ibout a situation i. u of the utm(Jst2gravity The repuT)I1(S44jjjr respective, ytews of Impending according tj 3 travelers jusl arriveu from the Jexjcan capita These travelers sayhe constitution-i alist party, new holding the reins of government ia divideA inta a so-called "civil" groin? and a ijM!rry'parf !'n, bracing rriany of the chief of the army. Treanetidous preuurej -.bcing brought tobear on fGeneral Carraram by each paftyi but the president-eleet so lar has hoc definitely aliened him self with tHe Tolicyof either, altho it is known ha desire to tfr arnivt t ic e ti J ties of the i-military, according to re cent arrivals. 5 ck In V Favors AUa iiited States. The civilian) pty. these men say, was stronJy ppsed to any alliance with Gerpiafiy jiisainst the United States andis taiding for a policy of neutrality .In pvpnt r.f thp entrv iqf tfcft, United ftatea into the uro- cording tov these stories, is strongly pro-Germna arid advocates the entry of Mexico info hostilities against its northern neighbor with all that such, entry implies. The reports brought from Mexico City assert that German infantry and money have been active among cer tain of the military party and that certain members have in contempla tion and preparation plans for an extra active invasion of the border states after the United States has been goaded into making the first active hostile move. It is also asserted that these plans contemplate the foment ing of a revolutionary movement in Guatemala and the burning of the oil wells in the Tampico district from which the large part of the British naval fuel supply is drawn. Organizing German Army There The story has been brought to the border that General Maximillian Klaus. a German-Mexican com mander, has begun the recruiting of a brigade of 3,000 Germans whose duty it will be to force hostilities with the United States in Chihuahua and Sonora. General Klaus now is be lieved to be in Guadalajara. It is alleged by the travelers that they were informed before leaving Mexico City that sixteen generals closely allied with General Obregon, minister of war, called on Carranza and demanded that he withdraw hissupport from the civil Con t inn ed o n Pa ge T wo SENASESSIONSHORT Reconvenes and Adjourns Until Later to Hear President. Washington, April 2. The senate when it reconvened recessed again un til 3 p. m:, to wait for the house to perfect organization. President Wil son, it was said, was expected to speak as late as 8 o'clock. For the president's speech see State Journal Postscript edition on sale on the streets by newsboys about 8:00 o'clock three cents. POSTSCRIPT AT 8 TONIGHT President Wilson goes before congress with his historical war message at 8 o'clock tonight. Eight o'clock in Washington is 7 o'clock in Topeka. The presi dent's speech is the message to the world behind which the 100 million souls of the United States of America must stand as one. Every word of this utter ance of the nation's executive is the law of the future to the citi zens of this republic. The Post script edition ef the S.tate Jour nal, containing the president's address, should be on the streets before 8 o'clock. the president -Brill be pleased to ad dress a joint session as soon as it is complete." The president'3 epoch making ad dress will appear in tonight's State Journal Postscript edition, on sale by newsboys at three cents, about 8 o'clock tonight. PACIFISTS AND -i PATRIOTS VIE IN? CAPITAL TODAY Street I 'a fade Prohil)itW.Tliey iJIarch on" SidewaUu, trr PatriotiVFertor ninsTtrated b 1 FJaars Everj-wlieTo., y v' Stampede'v of Both Faction to r Impress VTaf Congress. Demonstration Seldom JfjXfer LqualerUn Washlngtoa- teaiiir.-rTfl-,-A.turW"Jfe-Paaflwt and ami-ociiL pilgrims besiegedof1ViilMV Washington t6daj"4n an eleventh hour i ffnrt trv Influence. conirreB'owra war V. 1 1 11 I r w ::i lii, oihu-l tuiiui,& was denied both by pu1TceriVfleT"tJ Uie .program of each called for un-or- A "4wlt:oro1eiicns to th capitoU where senators and 'tmpvomfti? tattvea might be canvassed for their 'TSstce or war ideas. s Thonantfcfceifiim3: from, all narts of the country pouretVvin tvpon the capita.1 and White House "ettte pr?i!te -jftMrv-pcce or urging drastic to uphold Amcisaiv rights and nonor. H-Q.i.nn fVom houses in theYartdantial Fectlona- a&d all automobiles carriea.rrrftan4t oiue Danners. Men and women woro flags on their coats and children car ried them to school The day was marked by a show of patriotic fervor seldom equalled in Washington even on Independence day. Most pacifists cam.fr Jiere fro,m York and other cities under the, di rection of the Kmergency Peace Fed eration. They arranged a meeting this afternoon to act on resolutions and petitions, and a mass meeting for to night. The anti-pacifists calling them selves "Pilgrims of Patriotism" came from a number of eastern cities, mar shalled by a New York citizens com mittee to neutralize the effect of the anti-war forces. Poliee Disperse Pacifists. About 1.000 pacifists assembled on the steps of the main entrance at the capitol and became so active that squads of police drove them to the broad plaza while small delegations of the pilgrims jeered and hooted. The (ContinnedoirPage Two.) WAR RESOLUTIONS Rep. Gardner of 3Iassachusetts Wants War Declared. Flood's Bill Authorized Presi dent to Wage War. Washington, April 2. A vigorously phrased resolution calling for an im mediate war declaration against Ger many was introduced in the house to day by Representative A. P. Gardner, Republican, Massachusetts. Gardner dropped his resolution in the "reso lutions basket" before the house met. It read as follows: Whereas the triumph of Germany would destroy the liberty of the world and. "Whereas the grandeur of the United States should not permit its share of burden of war to be borne by other nations, and, "Whereas after repeated warnings, in defiance of the laws of God and man, Germany has continued to de stroy American ships and to take American lives; "Be it resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress as sembled, that war be and the same is hereby declared between the German empire and the United States of America and that the president is au thorized and directed to use the whole land and naval forces of the United States against the said German empire, its subjects and dependencies." Chairman Flood's Bill. Washington, April 2. A resolution declaring that a state of war exists be tween the United States and Germany was prepared today for submission to the house by Representative Flood, chairman of the foreign affairs com mittee. It would authorize the presi dent to carry on war against Germany. The resolution follows: "Whereas the recent course of the imperial German government is in fact nothing less than war against the gov ernment and people of the United States. 'Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, that the state of belligerency between the United States and the imperial German government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is here by formally declared and. "That the president be and he is hereby authorized to take immediate steps not only to put the country in thoro state of defense, but also to exert all of its power and employ all of its resources to carry on war againsi the imperial German government and to bring the conflict to a successful termination. TRMOADS FBO'OEW f Grllf AOSFIST STRUCK FIBST ELGVtPLANS COVER WHOLE. STATE CALLED COWARD, SENATOR KNOCKS PACIFIST DOWN Despite His 67 Years, Lodge Re- tallateS-With Force. ixnp in Corridor of -'Capitol Sensation of Pay. ttfi'irls Later Take ly Battel s Later Taken to Jail, Bad- Battered Up.... Senator's Friends Jumped Into Fray With Vigor, V rsisii' iton, April Z.A personal 1ievween enator Ixdge of Massachusetts naj AUaianAer Bann- wart of Dorchester. Mass., in wh!eH ),B6 6enator .knocked his opponent i Qowik'OCClirrea W&r in u cumwu J the capltol. arnmwartriih the Bev. Paul Harris Drake of Christ ehurchf TJor Cesferiid several other men and wo men -of paciftof fletestioris called -Kenator Lodge to the door of his cc-ra-niittec joom and asked him to rote "against a declaration, of war with Ger many. Senator Lodge replied that if rres sucn a docia- frotUn ho -Artuinlu wnnllt wuiixirfit; 'ration he certainly woixltf '-Bttilofi'?tl aCtaai.iA cowardice retorted ein of the group Hits SciHrtorvta:i "National degeneracy is worse than cowardice," replied the Massachusetts senator. "You are a coward," said Bann wart. "Tou are a liar,'. retorted Senator Lodire. Bamvwart advanced and struck the sonRior, when then, despite his 60 odd years, launched a blow that sent Bannwart sprawling on the hard tiles ox the corridor. Bannwart and several of his friends wert taken in charge by the capitol police. House to Organize by 4 or 5 O'clock. Washington, April 2. Representa tive Kitchin, Democrat floor leader, expressed the belief at 10 o'clock today that the i:ouse could not organize be fore 4 or 5 o'clock. The senate, how ever, probably will be kept in session at least until 3 o'clock in hope that the house may be ready for a joint ses sion by that hour. Bannwart told the capitol police that Senator Lodge struck the first blow. The senator is 6 7 years old. After Senator Lodge finished with the pacifist, David B. Herman, a tele graph operator, of this city, stepped in and according to spectators pum melled Bannwart, cutting several gashes in his forehead and spreading blood over his face. Bannwart was taken to a police station with direction that a charge of assault on Senator Lodge be preferred against him. The others in the group with him were allowed to go. Senator Lodge, appeared on the floor when the senate met and ap parently was no worse for his en counter. Scores of senators went over to the senator's desk and shook his hand. Pacifists Give "Official Story." Pacifist headquarters gave out a statement about the affair, which in part was as follows: "A group of Massachusetts dele- 6 fnt. ceived by Senator Lodge, a plea geace Was presented and re Senator Lodge. On some further talk v i .1 ti i-t ii F I 'riI ii n nn; American and saidy to be of Swiss de scent, the senator suddenly called 'You are a liar.' the Massachusetts man re plied. 'I must call you one,' or words to that effect. On this. Senator Lodste struck Bannwart in the face. The Boston man struck back, knocking the senator down. Thereupon a proup of young men came out of the sena tor's office and began severely to pum mel and beat Bannwart. striking also, whether or not accidentally, a young lady among the delegates who was trying to explain." It's 1 Jemcd by I.odsre. The version of the affair at the cap itol was much to the contrary. It was said there that it was Bannwart who was knocked down, not the sen ator, and that Bannwart was the ag gressor with the first blow. Senator Lodge's formal statement of the encounter was as follows: 'I was trying to get away from them. They were violent. I said: Well, we mast agree to differ." "Then this man whom I afterward learned was Bannwart. said: 'You are a coward,' addressing me personally. I went forward, close flp to him and said: 'You are a liar." He struck me and I struck him. Then the whole party rushed at me and pushed me against the wall. "A young man from Arizona who was in the corridor, my secretaries and Senator Stone's messenger inter vened for mv protection and drove them off." Bond for Bannwart. Senator Lodge declared that the (Contlnufd on Page Eight.) See first Postscript, on sale at 5 o'clock, with big war news. ORDERS ISSUED TO ORGANIZE A HOME GUARD INKANSAS All Recrutiing Officers in State Notified toUet Busy. Recruit Companies to Full Peace Strength Immediately. Every County Is Expected to Respond at Once. Men Who Enlist to Get the Reg- v. nlar Serrice. Pay. Orders, were issued this afternoon from th office of Charles I. Martin, adjutant general, for organization.-! home guard companies in this state; Non -commissioned officers and two privates for each company are, to be organised at once and each company recruited to full peace, strength,, The orders were sent from Topeka this afternoon by Col. Tt. Nelll Kahn. act iug adjutant general. Plans- for. the .organization of home guard companies In Kansas were out lined a week ago In a story carried by 4 the State Journal. Full and final organization :thin were outlined in today's order. The order was sent to Topeka by General Martin who will return Tuesday from New Yorfc,- where he -t,ecently'ttended the na tional defense Conferences gram means-that local troops, com posed in the main of meiMur no-cra.n not qualify for active service, will be en listed in practically every town and counly in the state.. Copies of the or der were sent to all recruiting officers in Kansas. n Allow Service Pay. -"Upon receipt of this order, or ganization commanders will detail one non-commissioned officer and two pri vates for recruiting duty," says the order. "Active service pay will be al lowed enlisted men for this detail, and the enlisted men so detailed will re main on recruiting duty until further orders or until such time as the or ganization is recruited to the enlisted strength as set out below." Based on this order, recruiting in Kansas was given a new impetus. The order means a special detail from the regular service for enlistment of home guard recruits. Later the work will be assigned to men enlisted in the home guard Orders sent from Washington and Chicago for a temporary suspension of enlistments for national guard serv ice, had not been received this after noon by the adjutant general's office in Topeka. The order, however, will not interfere with the immediate en listment of all men who desire to serve in home guard companies. Strength of ComjMinies. Under the order from the adjutant general's office, home guard com panies will be recruited to the fol lowing strength: Infantry Headquar ters company, 58 men: machine gun company, 53 men: supply company, 37 men; letter company, 100 men. Field artillery Battery, 217 men. Cavalry Troop, 70 men. Signal corps Wire company, 75 men. Sanitary troops Field hospital, 43 men; ambulance company, 53 men. It is believed that the state adjutant enerals office will direct the organ ization of home gruard troops in every the', state. Plans, as out- w nf ,i ,,hiin hiirt. 1 ings, property or public service cor porations and patrol of bridges, depots and highways. COLD SNAP IS GONE Mercury Asain Steadily Climbing to the Late Spring Mark. Hourly temperature readings for the day, reported by the local office of the United States weather bureau: 7 oclock 8 o'clock 9 o'clock 10 o'clock .33 .39 .42 .46 1 1 o'clock l' o'clock 1 o'clock 2 o'clock 49 53 54 56 The average temperature today is 4 degrees below normal. The wind was blowing from the southwest with a velocity of 13 miles an hour at 2 o'clock. The promised showers fell by the wayside. Topeka missed out but in their place came a cold snap that dragged overcoats from the closet and stopped the increasing sale of moth balls. The mercury fell to freezing Sunday night and a heavy frost cov- fContinued on Paee Two.) FAVOR "STATE OF WAR" Administration I'rges "Conservative Declaration' Only. Washington, April 2. The adminis tration war resolution will recognize a "state of war" exists between this country and Germany. Chairman Flood of the house for eign affairs committee announced that definitely today, saying that it will not declare war against Germany. Recognition of a "state of war" serves to place the responsibility on Germany without altering In any way the real facts that real war is on. GOLF, PRESIDENT'S NERVE TONIC; PRESAGES CRISIS Washington, April 2. The surest sign that a crisis is at hand came when President Wilson left tho White House early today for the golf links for a game with Doctor Grayson. STOP RECRUITING Enough Guards Under Arms in Central States. War Dep't Calls Va. and W. Ya. v Troops for Police Duty. Chicago, April 2. On orders from Washington. CJeneral Barry, command ing the central department United States Army totiay instructed that a temporary halt be called in recruit ing for National. Ouard regiments. V Kansas City April 2. The receipt of instructions specifying that all re cruiting "benspetided until further order waa announced here today -by Col. P. J,, Kealy commanding the Third Missouri' Infantry, which was called ""Into service- last week. The order received rbnv! the central de partment, headquarter at Chicago was directed also to other guard organ izations here tharegimental adjutant said. 4 Catl" Out More Guards "Washington, Aprlf t. The war de partment today called1 into the federal service the fiiiowing National Guard t-orgmntsatlons for police purposes: Second West Virginia, infantry; b ourth Virginia infantrjandsiiattery 1, field artillery VArefnia. -J CfeHimet, Micfe. Vpril 2. Four military units embracing cavalry, auto mobile, motorcycle artd hospital corps 'were "organized here last night at a mass meeting. Military training of citizens is toJregin at once. Member ship In the organization is expected to number more than a thousand. PLEAD FOR PEACE Thousands of Kansans Are Showing Pacifist Colors, Topeka Church Urges ation to Keinain Neutral. Pacifist voices of Kansas were heard today when telegraph offices in To peka, Wichita, Hutchinson, Leaven worth and Kansas City and scores of otHer cities and towns were deluged with telegrams urging against war and addressed to President Wilson and congressmen and senators in Washing ton from this state. Hundreds weie sent today and Sunday from telegraph offices in this city. Senders include prominent church women, business men, lay citizens, churches and other organizations. While those in charge of the local telegraph offices here refused to give out the names of senders, information obtained from other sources was to the effect that some of the telegrams were signed by "some of the most prominent residents of Topeka." Among churches wiring the presi dent and others in Washington and urging against war Sunday was the St. John's Lutheran church which has a congregation made up mostly of nat uralized Americans of Gen an descent. The church is at Second and' Van Buren streets. The Rev. Peter D. Mueller, pastor, said this morning that the telegrams were sent to President Wilson and congressmen and senators from Kansas. They were short abuot forty-eight words he said, and sim ply urged against war on general principles. "We take the attitude," said the Rev. Mr. Mueller, "that the UnUod States has nothing to do with the European war and for humanity's sake should keep out." Mr. Mueller said the telegrams were Figned by the president and secretary of his church, representing 380 com municant, naturalized American mem bers. Advertising Aroused People. The deluge of telegrams, thrown on Kansas telegraph offices, is regarded as an answer to an extensive adver tising campaign waged thru display advertising in the newspapers by the Emergency Petce federaticn. In its advertising the federation is urging those in the middle west to write or wire the president and their congress men and urge against war. so the re cipients would get them when con gress convened today to take up the matter of declaring open war against Germany. The most of the telegrams sent from Topeka today did not contain the vord "Germany" but simply "urged against war." For several days the Emergency Peace federation has had a full page advertisement daily in all Topeka papers. A report that 240 Topekans. includ ing many members of the Christian Science faith, are framing a petition against war to be sent to President Wilson and Kansas senators and con- pressmen was verified this afternoon I thru W. D. McKinstry, connected with I the Christian Science Monitor. Mr. j McKinstry said a telegram announcing the petition's coming was ent to I Washington this morning. The pe j lltion will be sent this afternoon. Dr. McKinstry said the Christian Science j churches here took no official action j in the matter and declared the signers I of the petition acted as individuals. DAY OF "PASSING ON" PARTIES FOR BOURBONS HERE Many Democrats Step Aside From State Pie Counter. Republicans Replace Holdovers at State House Today. SHORTAGE OF OFFICE ROOMS State Highway Commission Is Seeking: Place Under Dome. Two New Department Heads Have Gone Into Office. NEW STATE OFFICIALS. Bunk Commissioner Walter K. Wiicm. Washington. w-' Assistant Rnnk Commissioner C A. Johnson, Sharon Springs. fill Inspector Ben S. ranlen, Fredonla. Members Suite Highway Commission K. H. Moses, Great llelul K. S. Xieruan. Kort S otL Secretary Board of Control Wylle VT.' Cook, Kiinsas City. Live Stock Commissioner J. II. Meroer. Cottouwoo.l Falls. Member Welfare Commission Mrs. A. C. Mitchell, JLawrence. This is moving day in several state departments. Effects of April 1 pass, ing on parties were felt today in the offices of the state bank commissioner, oil inspector, the state board of con trol. In the office of the state live stock sanitary commissioner, J. Mercer succeeded himself. The new state highway commission came into existence today and is now looking for a place to hang its hat and coat and locate a desk under the dome of the state house. In all of the three departments where changes were made today. Democrats who came to Topek on the wave of Bourbon success of 1912, step ped aside to give places to Republicans who reclaimed the state in 191. Two new department heads took office tor four year terms Senator Walter K. Wilson of Washington, as state bank commissioner and Senator Ben S. Paulen of Fredonia, as state oil In spector. Senator Wilson succeeded W. F. Benson of Eldorado, former state senator and an appointee of Gov ernor Hodges, following the resigna tion of Charles M. Sawyer of Norton, as bank commissioner.' Senator Paul en steps into the office filled by Frank Cumiskey of Pittsburg, since Cumiskey was appointed in 1913, to succeed Joe Longshore. L. A. Johnson, a well known Sharon Springs banker, and a member of the house of representatives during the 1915-17 sessions, succeeds J. C. Foulks of Eldorado, as assistant bank com missioner. Detailed appointments to subordinate places in the office have not been announced by Senator Wil son. Detailed changes In the office of the state oil inspector will be worked out in a few days by Senator Paulen. On the shoulders of Senator Paulen will fall the responsibility for en forcement of the provisions of the new oil inspection act. He has conferred with S. M. Brewster, attorney general, concerning the provisions of the new law and the department will today be gin new Inspection methods. Inciden tally the new three-cent Inspection rate becomes effective today. IxK)klng for Offices. While shifts are being made In'the various departments, the state house custodian will look for offices for the new state highway commission. The commission was created last winter and is regarded as one of the most Im portant acts of the legislative session. Governor Capper recently appointed E. R. Moses of Great Bend and R. S. Tier nan of Fort Scott as members of board. The governor is ex-officio chairman of the board and will meet with the new members Tuesday when they for mally organize and outline their work. A state highway engine will probably be elected at a very early date. The commission will have supervision over road and bridge building thruout the state and must approve plans for all bridges and culverts constructed at a Cost OI more man iuu. In the office of the board of crm. trol Wylie W. Cook of Kansas City, succeeds J. W. Howe of Abilene, as secretary. The board will cease busi ness'July 1 when the new stnte board of administration Is born. Cook was assistant under Earl Akers during his administration as state treasurer, was a candidate for the Republican nomi nation in ism hiiu uuruiK uie recent legislative session was chief clerk to Speaker Keene. Howe was state sen ator from the Dickinson-Clay county aisinct uuring me ivia-iv legislative sessions. APRIL HISTORIC MONTH IN U. S. WAR ANNALS April 19, 1775 Revolutionary war started by Battle of Lexington, Mane. April 13, 1860 Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, bombarded, be ginning the Civil war. Aril 9, 18fi5 Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox to General Grant, ending the Civil war. April 25, 1898 President Mc Kinley, In a message to congress, declared a state of war with Spain existed.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, 2 UEAVESVIENNA 1 S. Ambassador Quits Aus v trla; Expects to Return. Trip 3Iay Pertain to Peace Offer" by Austrian Official. Vienna, March 31. American Am bassador Frederick C. Fenfield, con firmed today the impression here that h expects to return to Vienna, aa quickly aa possible from his forth coming vigil to Washington. He said ho might be gone for three months. Hta residence here will be kept open. The ambassador and Mrs. Penfield, will depart on Wednesday or Thurs day. The news of Mr. Penfield'a impend ing departure made a great stir here but the first impression was offset by a statement from the ambassador to the press that his trip to Washington was to be made on account of Presi dent Wilson's wish to consult him in regard to the general situation in Europe. The state department's message to Mr. Penfield says that during his ab sence Joseph C. Grew, counsellor of the embassy will be in charge. Mr. Grew is well acquainted with the situ ation in Vienna where he has many friends in diplomatic circles. At the foreinn office it was loarned thSt no significance was attached to Mr. Penfield'a visit to Washington oth er than that given by the ambassador himself. Mr. Penfield has not ben in tht? best of health recently as he is suffering from the strain of the work incident to representing most of the entente powers here. May 15c on a Peaoe Mission. Amsterdam, April H. "Almost a peace offer," is the way the Berlin So cialist newspaper Vorwaerts today --viewed the pacifists interview recently granted by Foreign Minister 'zernin of Austi o-Hungary. According to Cerman dispatches today nearly all ierman newspapers approve Czernin's sentiments thnt the entente can con clude honorable peace at any time and that the central powers' peace offer s ttl7 open. The Vorwaerts expressed the belief that departure of American Ambassa dor Penfield is connected in some way with the Czernin interview and sup ports the theory of a peace offer. The Muenchener Neste Nachricten fltforially emphasized today that the Ventral powers are ready at any time to enter into any practical course leaa ing to an honorable and lasting peace. VISITS SCHOOL ARMIES Inspection Trip to Include Military Organizations ill Kansas. j Chicago. April 2. Colonel Julius A. Jl'enn today began his annual inspec tion of j.iilitary organizations in edu rational institutions under the juris j diction of the central division of the j war department. 1 Aiin.iiK the schools to be visited and J dates are: April .Ulsiwoun muiiiiry Bcauemj', Mexico. Mo.; April 3, University of Miwuri, Columbia. Mo.; April 14, Kemper Military school, Boonville, My.; April 5, Wentworth Military J academy, Lexington, Mo.; April 6, 'Jvenworth high school, Leaven 'wurth. Kan.; April 9, Kansas State Agricultural college. Manhattan, Kan.; April 23. Morgan i'ark academy. Mor ean l'ark. III.; April 24, Western Military academy. Alton. 111.; April 5, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. SUPPORTS NEW GOVT t.iauil Duchess Severed 'Ties" With Royalty Over Rasputin Scandal. t-rondon, April 2. Grand Duchess KHzaneth has telegraphed to the Rus iun premier. Prince Lvoff, announc ing that she recosnized the provision al government and asking that she be allowed to continue her philanthropic work at Moscow, where she is the abbess of a convent, says a Keuter dis patch from Fetroprad today. The grand duchess odds that her severance with the court was due to the Rnsputin scandal. 'men Soaps at cut prices, buy a box. Best yellow Iaundry large bars, 10 for 30c 100 bar box $2.75 Snowflake and Pearl White Laundry, 10-5c bars. .34c 100 bar box $3.35 Laundry Queen White Soap 10-uc liars 28o 100 bar box $2.65 Golden Rod Washing Pow der 10-&C pks 31c Toilet Koaps Peroxide. Rose (Jeranlnm. dayman's and Palm Olive, 4-10c bars 30c Sunbrite Cleanser, can....5; vm 'id 8 tsi Premium Stamps Free 20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips. 2Dc pkg- 20c fc'ambo Buckwheat and Wheat Pancake Flour, l'lc size, 3 pk(js. for 30c Lee's Soups, all varieties. can too Campbells', all varieties, can lie Pallas Green String and Golden Wax Beans, loc quality, 3 for 35c Finest quality Pure Sorghum No. 1 'J can loc No. 2U ca n 1 8c No 5 can 87o X -tea .m-M Faster Kjsrs: Dyes, pkgr 5c Fresh Vanilla Marshmallows, lb 15c largest Grocery ItiiNineiw in Kansas There's a ltcuson. ECONOMY CASH MARKETS MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT MEETS WITH SUFFRAGE LEADERS TO DISCUSS WAYS AND MEANS OF USING ONE MILLION DOLLARS is. j &-ytig7 ...rC -rxA The first meeting of the Lslie wo man suffrage commission was held a will of Mrs. Frank Leslie, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt receives a fortune of the promotion of the suffrage cause. For the handling of the fund Mrs. Catt of her suffraue co-workers. She is chairman of the commission and Miss (1 DON'T WANT WAR i Pottawatomie Citizens Send a J Protest to President. i Action Sanctioned by Big Du- luth ?Iass Jleeting. Onaga. Ivan.. April 2. The citizen, of Pottawatomie county want Presi dent Wilson to distinctly understand that they are opposed to the United States mixing in the family quarrel, of the Kuropean notions, and as a re sult of a mass meeting held at Ouluth. a teieprram has been sent to the presi dent which is claimed to be represen tative of the sentiment of Wheat on, Neuchatel, Onasa. Duluth and Arispo. The telegram is signed by a number of prominent citizens and a copy of it has been sent to Congressman Doo little. The telegram is as follows: President Woodrov Wilson, Wash ington, D. C. Authorized by a mass meeting of citizens held at Duluth, Kan., in this community. Lest you should construe our silence as an acquiescence in the clamor for war by the press we beg to j inform you: Firct That as we deem a declara tion of war at this stage a crime against humanity and the best inter eats of the United States, we are op posed to war. Second That if war cannot ba avoided let it be for defense only. Third That by all that is sacred to every citizen of tl's land we appeal to you not to join hands with any Kuro pean nation in this war. Fourth The meaning- of this dis patch is not to be construed as a disloyalty against our own flag, but a protest against entry into war at this time. Copy to Dudley Doolittle. (Signed.) H. F. Kufahl, Wheaton and vicinity; J. F Winters, Neuchatel and yicinity; Alice Bonjour, Onaga and vicinity; Frank JColterman, Duluth and vicinity; A. T. Teake, Arispo and vicinity. PACIFISTS AND (Continued from Page One.) pacifists shouted replies and there was no mistaking foreign accents in the words of some of the shouters. There were a few clashes between the two parties but no serious disorder. David Starr Jordan, one of the lead- ing pacifists made an effort to see' President Wilson this morning, but the president was busy. Calls Tlicm Kaiscr'w Allies. Some of those in the crowd persist ed in breaking thru the police line1 1 and mounting the steps. Police re serves were called and the pacifists were forced back a considerable dis tance on the plaza. Then some of them began to leave, scattering about the city. One or two were seen to remove their arm bands and "We want peace Pennsylvania" sashes and stuff them in their pockets be fore departing. Four or five hundred, however, remained. The police in the capltol grounds kept all persons wear ing pacifist insignia on the move. Senator Pomerene of Ohio, indig nant over arguments of an Ohio pa cifist delegation visiting him. told them: "You are the best allies the kaiser has.' Senator Martin, Democratic leader. received petitions demanding the ous- ter oc senator stone as chairman of the foreign relations committee be cause of his attitude on the armed ship bill. Must Crush the Kaiser. Xew York. April 2. Several thou sand militants and nearly a thousand pacifists filled a number of special trains for Washington which left New York today, beginning shortly after midnight. Alt ho the advocates of peace were outnumbered, they got away first, eight hours in advance of the first train bearing those who styled themselves "patriotic pilgrims'' and who favor war. "Why should patriots go to Wash ington now," begins a statement issued by the committee in charge of the war pilgrims. It continues: "The hour has struck to end the Prussian oligarchy and the house of Hohenzol iern. There can be no peace or de mocracy in the world until these ene mies of democracy bite the dust." Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war, and Frederick R. Coudert left Xew York yesterday on a speaking tour thru the middle west and the northwest in behalf of universal mili tary training and service. The war crisis furnished a subject for sermons yeserday in churches thruout the city. The most notable peace sermon was ONLY ONE NEW MEMBER IN KANSAS'S DELEGATION Kansas s representatives in the "war congress" which convenes in Washington today are: First district, D. U. Anthony, jr., Republican. Second district. K. C. Little. Re publican, defeated former Congress man Joseph Taggart, Democrat. Third district, Philip P. Camp bell. Republican. Fourth district, Dudley Doolit tle, Democrat. Fifth district. Guy T. Helverins, Democrat. Sixth district, John R. Connelly, Democrat. Seventh district, Jouett Shouse, Democrat. Eighth district, W. A. Ayers, Democrat. Col. Little is the only stranger among the Kansas delegation, the other seven having represented Kansas in the national congress just closed. There is no change in the Kan sas representation in the senate Charles Curtis. Republican, of To peka. and William H. Thompson, Democrat, of Gardeu City. delivered ly Dr. John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Church of the Messiah. At the close Doctor Holmes offered to tender his resignation if the congre- gation desired it. The trustees of the church met last right but made nj public announcement. White Band Their Kiilltloin. The delegations of pacifists assem bled at the headquarters of the emer gence peace federation and were fur nished with white arm bands bearing in largo black letters the inscription: "Keep out of war." They were supplied also with cards to admit them to the business and mass meetings, and the ci'y addresses of their senators and representatives. The delegates were instructed to spend the morning calling up"n their legis lative representatives and urging them to take no acti(Tn that vould lead to hostility. The instruction list handed to each delegate called attention to the fact that both houses would con vene at noon and that they "might be t interested in witnessing the opening. i This was taken to mean that the pa cifists were expected to be at the cap itol at 12 o'clock. Anti-pacifists said they also wuul'i be at the capitol whenever the pacifists planned to be there. They had instructions similar to those of the pacifists and long be fore the time set for the opening of congress, the telephone bells of sen ators and representatives in their office were tinkling with calls from both factions. To Kmbarrass War Ijiiit. Louis P. Lochner. was directing the activities of the pacifists. "If we should fail to prevent 'war." ho said, "we will continue to work for peace just as certain people in I-'ngland have done, all during this war in Kurope." TO ADD 000 GUARDS A. U. Helps Kpcruit Men for State Troops in Iowa. Des Moines, April Z. Officers and men of the Iowa National Guard headed by Adjutant General Lnpan to day bepan a campaign to add 4,000 names to the muster rolls of the state militia organization. Co-operatins with the officers are the Grand Army of the Republic, the j Spanibh war veterans, Sons of Vet- erans. Daughters of the American Revolution and other civic and polit- j icai organization. I At the present the guard is several hundred men short of minimum peace strength. USE SEIZED STEAMER Former German cmp1 Now in Service of Portugal. New York. April '1. A former Ger man passenger ship, the Buelow of 8.935 tons gross, arrived here today under the name of Tras-Os-Montes, and will be placed in trade between the United States and Bermuda under charter by the Portuguese government to the Quebec ship committee. The vessel--- was detained at Lisbon when the war started and was seized by Portugal when hostilities began be tween that country and Germany. The ship was formerly of the North German-Lloyd line and made both trans- Atlantic and trans-Pacific voyages. (c) Underwood Underwood few days ago in New York. By the over a million dollars to be used in has named a commission of fifteen ratia (Roller is secretary and treasurer. Todays Amusements NOVELTY Vaudeville and "Pearl of the Army." ORPHEl'M Robert Warwick in "The Argyle Case." IRIS Mae Murray in "On Record." GEM Carlyle Blackwell in "The Social Leper." UBST "The White Trail" or "The Perils of Our Oirl Reporters" COZY M me. Petrova in "The Black Butterfly." For detalln. prices, et.. ee eler- tiseraents ou tuia page of the State Journal. TRY TO FORCE (Continued from Page One.l faction, stating that if he did not do I so they would cease to support his adminstration. They also are alleged I to have asked that any foreigner speaking ill of the army be deported from' the coun'trjvunder article S3CUf the constitution. I SupprcsK Two Newspapers. According lo the sources mentioned previously, Germany is alleged to have rromised the Mexican military chiefs Texas, Arizona and New Mexico in the event the proposed alliance should be successful and also British Honduras, bordering on Yucatan. As evidence of the tenseness of the situation in Mexico City, those arriv- ing here instance the suppression m two prominent newspapers, El Na- cionale, an alter publication, and El LTniversal,,a morning paper. Oonzalo de La Parra, editor of El Nacionale, recently published a signed editorial pretesting against the misuse of authority by miltiary men and the abuse of civilians by officers. This was printed the next morning by Fe lix Palavicini, editor of Kl Universal. who commented favorably upon its tone. Denounces Civil Party. Uen. Benjamin Hill, military com mander of the city, called at the na tional palace to see Carranza regard ing the editorials and when toid It was impossible for Carranza to see him then, is said to have loudly de nounced the civil party and the post tion of I.uis Cabrera finance minister, whom he designated as the tool of the United Siutes. Hill, it is said, then left and im mediately ordered the suppression of both papers and the arrest of Palavi cini and De La Parra. Doors of the buildings of both papers were closed, presses sealed and an armed guard placed in front of the buildings. Pala vicini was arrested in his office and confined incommunicado in the peni- I tentiary. De J-a, Parra learned of the order for his arrest, went into biding and has not yet been found. Friends of Palavicini say they fear for his life. He formerly was minister of public instruction ajtd is closely associated with carranza. All troops in the cap ital are under command of Obregon and Hill, but outside the city within reaching distance are other troops un der Pablo Gonzales, who with certain other military chiefs it is believed by those coming from the capital is loyal to Carranza and would support him in event of any break with the mi lita r y pa r t y. Germany Funds in Mexico. According to the stories brought here, Carranza has ordered a million cartridges issued to these outside troops. According to one story told, Cabrera on his return to Mexico from Wash ington brought with him evidence of the influence exercised by Germany on certain Mexican leaders and proof of the disbursement of funds by Ger many to gain her ends. It is asserted that men in close touch with official circles are authority for the statement that the pressure brought to bear upon Pastor Kouaix. formerly minister of Fomento by the military party was the cause of his resignation last week. The military men it is said attempted to induce Rouaix to declare void numerous con cessions owned by citizens of countries hostile to Germany. NOMINATE MANN llliuo: Congressman Chosen Speaker at G. O. 1. Caucus. Washington. April t. James R. M.-inn and Champ Clark are the Ke li:b!ica;i and Democrat candidates for speaker -i the Sixty-fifth house leperescr-tatives."1 l:uiawas formally nominated this afttrncon at a Republican caucus which at times was stormy. IT'S ALLWAR TALK City Candidates Unable to Cre ate Much Interest. Polls Open at Six, Close Seven Tomorrow. at Mayor. Jay E. House. L. L. Kiene. Commissioner of Pinauc. V. H. Wesson. Jonathan D. Norton. Commissioner of Water. Frank M. Newland. George K. Burnam. Commissioner of Streets. W. O. Tandy. L. K. Lane. Commissioner of Parks. W. L. Porter. J. A. ltamsay. Board of Education. James B. Mullin. A. Bwendson. L. M. JoneB. Frank B. Brown. P. W. Urifc-us. Frank Curry. Tomorrow might be any ordinary, plus Tuesday, instead of election day from all the excitement the event la causing. No one excepting candidates and their close friends are taking any great amount of interest in the day. There is too much war talk. That lack of interest is causing ap prehension among all candidates and may cause the defeat of men, other wise assured of election. It is feared that friends of candidates apparently certain of election will fail to turn out at the polls while other candidates taking advantage of their lethargy will rush their supporters to the elec tion booths. Kxcepting for this one danger, fol lowers of the present city administra tion have little fear of defeat. The mayor and all commissioners appar ently have little apprehension as to the outcome of the election. Polls will open at 6 o'clock in the mornjng and will close at 7 o'clock in the evening. The same Judges and clerks who nerved at the primary elec tion will be pressed Into service tomor row. There will be no change in the location of polls. American flags will fly in the winds in front of every polling place in the city. COLD SNAP isTONE 'Continued on Page Two) ered this part of the state. The frost, however, came too soon for the fruit crop, and no damage was reported. The forecast for today promised fair weather today and Tuesday, slightly warmer tonight and tomor row. The temperature at nine o'clock this morning had climbed to 45 and will probably reach the 60 mark this afternoon. Tomorrow it will go still higher. The wind switched again to the southwest and was blowing 8 miles an hour at 9 o'clock this morning. The highest temperature ott record for this date is 90 in 1899, and the lowest, 22, in 1908. The first reading of the river was taken this morning. The stage re corded was 4.6 feet. WEATHER TABLE. Furnished by the weather bureau offii, Topeka, Kanstis, for the twenty-four hours eniling at 7 a. m. Monday. Boston, Mass. 44 :M O Clear Buffalo. N. V 50 42 Ualu lgry. Alb 44 Ki u Clear Cliiiago. Ill 40 ID .'J4 Itaiu Clminuatl. 0 114 4(i 1.7 Main Corpus Christi, l'i SS HO 0 Pt Cly Denver. Colo 24 o Clear les Moines, la.... 44 -Jti o Cleur Duluth, Minn 44 2-J O Clear F.I Paso. Tex liJ U Clear Fort Worth, Tex.. iW 4J 0 Clear Unlveston. Tex.... 7l oK .0'.' Cloudy H.ivre. Mont :W 24 O Cloudy Jacksonville, Fla.. M) V 0 Pt Cly Little Kork, Ark.. 72 44 .20 Cloudy Los Angeles, Cal.. tin 50 O Clear Xew Orleans. La.. K2 ls .24 Clear New York, N. V... W) 40 0 Cloudy -V. Platte. Neb 4H 24 II Clear Oklahoma Okla... 50 :12 U Clear Omaha. .Veb 50 T Clear Pittsburg, Pa 74 SN .02 Kain Portland. Ore 4H 38 .02 Ft Civ St. Louts. Mo !2 38 .40 Cloudy St. Paul. Minn 4 2H 0 Clear Suit Lake. Utah... 42 ::2 0 Cloudy San FrnnHsro, Cal 54 40 0 Cloudy Sault Ste. Marie 40 :S2 .02 cloudy I'oenlx, Ariz 72 :tS o Clear Seattle. Wash 4H Sli .32 Kain Sheridan. Wyo...... .IS 22 0 Cloudy Sfyokane Wash...'.. 40 r.t; .32 Main Swift Current, Sas. .T2 ill 0 Clear Tampa. Fla S4 2 o Clear Toledo. Ohio 54 3N .SK Cloudy Washington. L. C. S2 62 0 Clear Winnipeg. Man...... 30 lti 0 Clear SEIZE GERMAN SHIPS t s. Government Completes Plans to Take 90 Interned Vessels. wasmngton, April 2. flans were completed by the government today to take over approximately ninety of the German merchant ships interned in American ports immediately a state of war is declared to exist by con gress. To Prevent the Crip. Colds Cause Grip Laxative Browo Quinine removes cause, i uere is oniy one dUUMU Ql lNINK." E. V. Grove's signature on box. Adv. TODAY'S MMETIePOBTS Chicago. April 2. Failure of expected general rains iu the west and southwest Jed to active buying of wheat today, and did good deal to brine about nnhrn advance in pri-ps. HuIHhIi crop estimates tended alao to lift the market, one author ity declaring the condition of winter wheat as a wuoie to oe n.i as against a tea year average of 87. The bears were fur ther handicapped br the prospect of vleor- mis war measures likely to facilitate grain shipments to Kurope. Owning quotations, which ranged from the same as Saturday's rtuinn to 14 mguer. were followed by de cided unturns all around. New top figures Jl.tW-H, were reached by May wheat us a result of demand from cash houses and those, with eastern con nections. At Omaha $2AiQ was paid. The close was atrong. to 4c net higher wun mht at i.ir:'8 to si-Wr. ana July Absem-e c.f selling pressure allowed corn to aseeud to a new high price revcru for the season. insetting nouses were -on. sHouous purchasers. After opening nn rhangeil to 1H- hipher, the market scored a hie eeneral advance. Smulluess of re-elpts hsd a bullish in. fluent and number 2 Tellow In the sem ple uisrket sold as btgb ss $1.25 s bushel. The close was strong at 3Vc to 4e net advance. OATS Oats developed strength with oth er cereals. Commission firms were nearly all on the buviu? side. PROVISIONS Provisions rallied owing to the rise of grain values. At first, the market bad reflected declines in the price of hogs. Chicago t.rain and Pork Market. Chicago. April 2. CLOSE:: WHEAT Mar. $l.!Wi6S; July, $1.7; Sept.. 1.544(fii... t'OUN May. 1.226Vi; July, $1.20)fe; Sept.. lACa.. OATS May, 63T&64c; July, 50c; Sept.. ."vlt,c. PORK May. 34.TS; July, $-14.00. LARD May, $20.27; July, $20.10; Sept, $20.52. SHORT BIBS May. $18.40; July. $18.57. Chicago Grata aaa Park Market. tThe range of prices for grain futures on The Chicago Board of Trade aa report- ed by Empire Commission Co., England Bldg. 201 $ew Chicago, April 2. Close- Open High Low Today Hat. WHEAT May ..inul 199 15& July .lti4fe- HJsj 14 1S7T- 1U4h Sept. .101 155 101H 154-151 CO K X May ,1191j- 122i 11K 1224- 11S- July .117 1M 11TH 12Crts- 117- Sepu .UliYi 11S"4 113Ki 11814- 114 OATS May GS- C414 04- 62H- July D 00 5!t 59J 5.ST4 S)t. 5a M Xi'i &i M POKK- May ..34.67 Sf.DO 34.75 34. 87 34. B2 July ..3. 35 4.00 33.55 34.00 33.00 LA HO May ..20.20 20.30 20.20 20.27 20.12 July ..20.35 20.47 20.12 20.42 20.22 EI US May ..IS. 25 18.42 18.20 18.40 IS. 32 July ..18.05 18.02 18.45 18.57 18.55 Kansas City Grain Market. (The ransre of prWa for grain futurpa on l dp iiansaa city Board of Trade aa re ported by Empire Commission Co., 301 New England Bldg. Kansas City, April Onen Hizh Low Today fcat. WHEAT .May ..194 19714 July ..1H114 Sept. .150 153- 104 102 150 117Tg n 113 Wfi 152 1204 118 114 19314 1021 1404 117 115 112- C UN- May ..1171 1204 July ..HBVi 1194 ept. .112 114 Grain Gossip. (Furnished by Empire Commission Co., 3U1 Ken ui;land Hide.) Elevator storks of -wheat in Kansas City bave -decreased 007.3-'!3 bushels last week and corn atocks depressed 5,937 bushels. The Oklahoma state crop bulletin reports the condition of wheat .70. compared with 71 a month auo. .07 a rear iso and .01 last July. winter wheat in Montana is in eoon eoudition. according to reports received Friday. Seeding of aprlng- wheat has started iu Minnesota aud will be general over the three states by April 10. r.xports from tne i.uiten states ana Can ada Saturday were 100.000 bushels of wheat. 1.000 barrela of flour. 240.000 bush- ela of corn, 17.000 bushels of onts: wheat aud flour combined, 113,000 buahels. Kansas City Pradnre Market. Kansas City. April 2. CASH WHEAT Close 2e to 3e higher. No. 2 hard, 2.U ft! 2.10; No. 3, S2.07S2.14; No. 2 red, $2.08 412.13; No. 8, $2.04&2.10. COKN lM&24r higher. No. 2 mixed, $1.21fa4; No. 3, 1.20..(a 1.21 No. 2 white, Sl.236il.24; No. 3, f 1.224; No. 2 yellow, $1.21481.22: No. 3. 1.20M,ai.31. OATH IfffiVjC higher. Jo. X while, obc: No. 2 mixed, 66&67C. HVK fl.03. KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE $2.G3& 2.80. HAY Unchanged. Hit AN S1.80fa 1.91. SHOUTS 2.05&2.10. Heceipts wheat 158 cars. BUTTER Creamery. 43c: firsts. 40c; seconds. 39c; packing, 30c. fJli r irsts. zwc. POULTRY Hens. 21c: roosters, 14ic; turkeys. 244c. CLOSE: -WHEAT May, tl.06 July. $1.05,; Sept.. Sl.521. i'iik May. ci.zou juiy. si.iu'; nept.. fl.14fel.15. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago. April 2. HUTTER Market higher. Creamery, 3Gfr43c. EGGS Market lower. Firsts. SOftJSOMc. Ordinary firsts. 29fe'294c at mark cases included. 27a3uc. VI iTATOKs Market unchanged. POULTRY Alive higher. Fowls, 24c; springs, 24c. New York Produce Market. New York, April 2. BUTTER Market firrm. Creamery higher than extras, 45&fc 45c. KGi-Markei nrm. r resu gaiuerea ex tras. .'!4ato.35c. CHEESE irregular, state held specials. 2727c. DKr;ssr;iF imuitl Aiaraei strong. LIVE POULTRY Market unsettled. New York Sugar Market. New York, April 2. SUGAR Haw autrar firm. Centrtfupal, $5.ft9; umlasfieB, $Tk12; refined firm rut loaf. $s.40; crushed. $S.J5; mould A. $7.75; rubes, $7.75: powdered. $7.40; powdered. $7.M0 fine frranuluted. $7.1:0 to xm.uu; mamoon a. couieci- New York Stock Market. Wall St.. New York. April 2. STOCKS Dealings durinir the dull forenoon reflect ed the attitude of traders toward impend- ing; developments at usmngmn. 1 ue tone was more hesitant iu the first hour but became strong later. Bonds were ir regular. Hepreseiitntivt? stocks were relatively neg. lerted on the resumption of trading todtiy. the moderate dealings at irreirulur price changes beinjr largely restricted to special ties ana issues 01 minor importance. I'nlted States steel, the accepted loader, rose and fell within a fractional radius and rails inclined to lower levels. Canad ian Pacific yielding; a point. Shippings, central leather and general motors were included among the backward shares with trains of 1 to l1 points for Ohio teas. Mexican petroleum, American woo leu aud Yil80u packing. Kansas City Live Stork Sales. The following sales were made this morn ing at the Stock Yard, Kansas City, and reported over lonp distance telephone di rect to the State Journal by Clay Kobin son Co., live stock commission mer chants. Kansas City. April 2. CATTLE Re ceipts 20,000 head. Market slow. HOGS Receipts 11.000 head. Market fie to 10c lower. Bulk of sales, $14.65j 13.25. Top. $15.:t0. SHEEP Receipts 12,000 head. Market weak, 10c lower. KILLING STEERS. No. Wt Priee.INo- Wt Prlc a n:;o fio.ss I :t4 lotto fio.7" 1140 11.25 I 24 1050 10.50 20 1100 9.50 COWS AND HEIFKRb. rt.. l.. ,..12S0 ...1120 ...1060 9.fi0 4 10.10 8 10 11.50 B.S3 10.00 10.25 5.75. 7.50 2i Birr SO... 40... 1... !41 9 S 1130 STOCKEHS ANT FEKJiKRS. 88 9.25 I M. 820 9r CIO 146 ISO .lino .111(0 7.00 28... t'ALVKS. 12.50 1... 10.50 3... BULLS. 7.50 I 4... 7.H5 I HOOK. 15.M I 711... 15.20 75... 15.00 I eO... 14.95 9.50 11.75 9.50 675 8.50 15.25 1.1.20 15.00 100 230 1... 1... ..1090 .1240 2.-S5 250 210 240 27 -'14 1!K 40 7S 15 Kansas City Lin fltoek Market. Kansas City. April 2. HOOS ltecelpls 11.0IH). Market 10- lower. Bulk. 14.70!a 15.25: heavy. S15.15Z'I5.-10: packers n.l Ibut. hers. 15.00a 15.25; ligbt, 14.5Cxa 15.00; J I's- iV'S0 J.3-73: t'AXTLE-Keceipts 20.000 including 200 southerns. Market steady to 10c lower. Prime fed steers. $11.75i 12.50: dressed beef steers, $w.75rtl 11.50; western steers. $9.00 12.O0: southern steers. $K50-q 11.25 cows, $6.009 10.5": heifers. $.0011.50: stockers and feeders, $7.7511.50; bulls. $7.5041 10.00: cslves. $.00fq l.'t.OO. SHEEP Receipts 12,000. Market strong. Lambs. $12.00(0 15.00 yearlings, twnnot 13.K3; wethers. $11.50Ca 12.75; ewes. $10.5ja 12.50; stockers and feeders, $7.0014.00. Chicago tive Stork Market. Chicago. April 2. HOOS Receipts 62, 000. Market slow, generally 10c under Sat urday's average. Bulk. $l..lo2l,Y30; light. $14.50(3 15.S0 mixed, $14.75i 15..'!5 heavy, $14.o4i.l5.40; rough, $14-oli.75 pigs, $14 10. CATTLE Receipts 17.000. Market weak. Native beef cattle. .10(&12.W: stockers and feeders. $7.00ia9.so: cows and heifers. $5.5010.75; cslves. SO( 14.00. SHEEP Receipts 20.000. Market weak. Wethers. $10.4Ofe 12.85 lambs, 12.UKa 10.UO. Poultry anal Eggs. (Furnished by the Toka Packing Com pany, corner Laurent and Madison.) Topeka, AfrMl 5. HENS lbs. and over.- We nnder atj lbs, ljc; Siirints. over 2 lba, 17c; under I 18c; old roosters, 10c; staggy -young roost ers. 14c. EGGS 25c. Kggs are retailing in Topeka 2729e dozeu. Butter from 35c to 40c. TOPEKA UAKSET REPORT Cattle aad Regs (Prices furnished by Wolff Packing Co. Topeka. April 2. MIXED AND HUTCHERS $12.00fil 14.80 HEAVY r 12.00' U.S.") light r n.oo'(ji4.rr PIGS 7.0U4J1 9.00 Steers-. Goon to r'-olce .f 7 SO to .Sn Fair to. good 6.Q0 to 7.33 Cows- Good to choice.......... KSI to 7.M Fair to good 5.50 to S-5 Common to fair 4.00 to 5.0U Heifers Good to choice I7.on to so Fair to good 00 to 7.00 Common 4.&0 to 6. OK Bulls Fleshy ffi.50 to 7.TI Medium 6.00 to B.75 Veal calves- Prime fat n to iw Medium good .50 to 8.00 Fair 4.00 to f.00 Sheep and lambs Fat wethers ...f8.no to 0.00 Fat ewes 7.00 to 8.00 Fat lambs .0O to 11.00 Goats $4.00 to 6.00 Shorn lambs and sheep 2e under above prices. (Positively cannot use sheep or lambs uuless fat.) Topekv flay Market. (Furnished by T. A. Beck. 212-214 E. 6th.) Topeka, April 2. PRAIRIE HAY $11.00. ALFALFA $17.00. Butter and Eggs. (Furnished by the Beatrice Creamery Co., Topeka, Kau.) Topeka, April 2. CHICAGO EGGS 27(ii 'JKc. NEW YORK EGGS 204i30e. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 40c; New York, 42c; Elgin, 40c; Topeka whole sale, 39c. Retail Hay. Topeta, April 2. PRAIRI E J 10.00r, 1 2.00. ALFALFA f 15.0041 17.50. Topeka Grain Market. (Furnished by j. B. Blllard. corner Kansas Ave. and Curtis St.) Topeka, April 2. WHEAT fl.S0fel.S5. CORN $1.15 OATS Wfti 00c. MAIN SHINE PARLOR SHOES FIXED Tacked Soles 75 Rubber Heels 40 Leather Heels 25c Shoes Cleaned, all colors 10i Shoes Dyed, all colors. .25$ Shine every day 5 5264 KANSAS AVENIE Sc GEM 10c BOS Kansas Ave. TONIGHT AND TOMORROW Wm. A. BRADY in Association with World Film Corporation presents CARLYLE BLACKWELL in "THE SOCIAL LEPER" An extraordinary photoplay told In an unusual manner. Our orches tra music it a feature itself. 5 Matinee ORPHEUM 10c TODAY. TOMORROW MATINEE 2:3U ONK SHOW only. Robert Warwick Ninety Minutes of Excitement g "THE ARGYLE CASE" AH the elements that make a wonderful Kntertainment. Also 2-part New Mark Sennet Comedy "MArrir'c cidct caicc You've Jn the New Comedies This One Is Even Better More Fun. More Artion. tiood Photography. ORrilKI'M ORCHKHTR.l JIST THINK OF IT! MNE-PAKT TIME. GRAND 3 NIGHTS MATINEE William Elliott. F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest Present THE MOST WONDER FUL PLAY IN AMERICA 9 Months in New York 7 Months in Chicago 5 Months in Boston 10 BIG SCENES COMPANY OF 83 A Lova Story of Youth. His Trial as& Tamptauoaa passion mil. o hum, 1.1 wmiaw-vm. jml aSaaafisaaasMiiiiasstf Sirjaasaisaaai f ?i5S'S?4t lOU.tV-:. 5i4.i. k:U i M AT. IQr. MliHTK 10-0-BOc. y iissiilsaaMiaaiiasiisnissaaaapvjta'JMsaw 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 orrim at Chicago. Ko. fit. Jowph. Set. Omaha. Denver, Sioux City. So. St, Paul, K. Buffalo. E. St. Louia, Fort Worth and El Paso. TELEPHONE 1845 The Letter Shop for multigraphed let ters that will be in keeping with your standard of business correspondence but at a fraction of the cost of typewriting. 100 or 10.000 each as perfect as a type written letter PHIL EASTMAN PUBLICITY- 17-414 Central National Bank ButMlnfl TOPEKA- KANSAS IOC I O C SC pmiii! K 1 Oiniiniji STnth and Qulncr TODAY-TOMORROW EE MAE MURRAY "On Record" A story of the Aviation Field. Police Court and "4oO" S5 And the 7th episode of Tatria," S3 with Mrs. Vernon Caatle 7 Matinees, 1:15. S:4S. S SS Nichts, 7:15, 8:45, 10:15. siiiiKiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifs COZY TODAY ONLY The Darling or the Screen DAINTY ELLA HALL in Her Soul's Inspiration It's a Blue Bird" TOMORROW Harry Carey in "The Ilfihting iirlngoes," a Red blooded Drama of American Grit, Try State Journal Want. Evening 15c and WEDKKHDAT EVEXINU 7 and ctcd" PROGRAM AND Ml'SIC ALL THE COM. SAT. APRIL 5 THE IDKAI, LENTEN ATTRACTION NOT "A MOVING PICTURE But the emphatic success of the spoken drama of our generation. Commended by Catholic clergy and laymen. Indorsed by Protestant min isters and rabbis of the He brew faith. Drama, music, singing, dancing, pathos, fashion, laughter and pageantry. Pt-iroc Floor $2.00. Balcony mces .so.ji.yse GalSOc Saturday Matinee Floor $1.50. Balcony $l-75c Gallery 50c. MAIL ORDERS NOW SEATS TUESDAY AT ROWLEY'S. VAUDEVILLE TIIK ENTERTAINIXn KIND and tha 7th Episode sf PEARL, the ARMY 1

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, o THE biggest room in the world is room for im provement. But when Nature's best pipe tobacco into Velvet, that room am t so big aiter an. S3 Our experience in com pounding Prescriptions is an absolute assur ance that your pre scription will be ex actly right if you bring them here. Two registered pharmacists double check every pre scription filled here. Geo. W. Stansfield R:?2 Kansas Ave. Phone 2S L M. PENWELL Funeral Director ROBERT STEELE. Assistant I'lioiic 192 508-510 Qtilncj- St. Up to the Minute SfofttingNews From Everywhere. EVERS NOT THRU Famous Little Keystoner Ex pects a Great Season. This May Be His Last Year in Grand Old Game. r 0lA m storage in I STORAGE BATTERY Service Station AI.I. MAKES OK BATTERIES RECHARGED Machinists Electric Co. 108 W. 8th I'hone 634 Superior Service All-Steel Trains To KANSAS CITY DOIBLF. TRACK gSgp?SwW XO STOpS Toeh Ar. Kan. City I CJiKjJt Lt. Kan. Cltr Ar. Topeha 4 t a. ir :25 a. m. 1 3 L lall II L 7 :55 a- m 0:4ft a. m. 6:.1U.m. 7:4.1a.m. Ofi tXLil-LL? l 10:Oa.m. U:0 p.m. 7 rn a. nt. a. m. '-f$pmM!!$jABtg g 10:35 a. m. 12 :40 p. m. 5 l. p. m. S 10 p. m. fc .a3 ysjfe-cQ j 11 ;00 a. m. 12 :60 p. m. S;'" p. in. 5:15 p nu 6:30 p.m. 8:15 p. m. ST. n. m. 7:8. m. c E. BASCOM, C. P. A. 7 :4"' P- m- P- m 7:. p. m. :M p. m. ,Mm 10:00 p. m. 11:5 p. m, H.-.Op. m. 10-40 p.m. Phoie 4031 11:40 p.m. 1 :M a. m. BY JACK VEIOCK. New York, April 2. The Boston Braves have somewhat of a reputa tion as a fightin ball club. The Braves are fighters on the field of play, and in this year's campaign they may be counted upon to make a hot fight for the rag. But whatever may be said of those Braves, one thing stands out as an unusual feature: They have more temperament and nervous energy anchored around sec ond base than any club in the two big leagues. With the veteran Johnny Kvers on second and -that little pepper box, Walter Maranville. at short, it can be truthfully said that there is more en ergy and fighting spirit to the square inch represented by these joint guard ians of the keystone cushion than any other club can boast of. Kvers in Fine Fettle. Evers is entering upon his sixteenth year in baseball, and he hopes to make 1917 one of the best seasons of his long career. Nervous temperament on the field of play is a characteristic of Evers, and no doubt his high-strung nerves have helped to keep him in the game this long, altho last season a breakdown threatened to put an end to his career. Maranville is a little cyclone of energy. He is the ranking shortstop per of his league when it comes to all-around ability, and like Evers he will fight for a point at the drop of a hat on the field of play. If Evers has a good season his pres ence in the Braves lineup oay in and day out will mean much to Boston. It will also mean much to "Maranville, for with Evers on second the little Rabbit is said to play a snappier brand of ball because they work to gether with machinelike preciseness. lie's Last of Old Trio. During the winter Evers attended the National league meeting and at that time he looked to be in good health. He said he had high hopes of a banner year, and if he succeed in keeping his health all season he may make this his last year in the majors. Evers is 'he last of the grand old Cub infield. He stands alone as a landmark of one of the greatest in field combinations ever gotten togeth er, for Tinker, Chance and Steinfelut have passed. Evers and Frank Schulte are the only members of the Cub champions of 1908 who played in the memorable game in which Fred Merkle pulled his famous boner in New York by forget- n Notice of Advance in Prices ANNOUNCEMENT is hereby made of an ad vance in prices to Dealers and Consumers effective April 2, 1917 on Pneumatic Auto mobile Tire Casings and Motorcycle Tire Casings and on Pneumatic Tubes and Motor Truck Tires. Specific information as to the new price schedule may be had from any Goodyear Service Station Dealer. The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company AKron, Ohio Goodyear Tires, Heavy Tourist Tubes and Tire Saver" Accessories are easy to get from Goodyear Service Station Dealers Everywhere. The Sign of the Goodyear Smrvicm Slattern Dealer ting to touch second. Evers's presence of mind in that game marked him, as a brainy player and today there is no smarter man in baseball than the lit tle Trojan. FULTON MEETS MORRIS Big Heavies Scheduled for a 10-Round Bout Tliis Week. New York, April 2. Fred Fulton doubtless will find out this week if he is good enough for a shot at Jess Wil lard's title. He will take on the vet eran white hope, Carl Morris, here in a scheduled ten-round bout. Fulton and Morris have met before and the record shows a victory for Morris on a foul. Morris himself claims credit for a knockout while Fulton says he was counted out so fast he didn't have time to rise after hav ing been floored. He concedes victory in the first meeting to Morris. Morris is one of the toughest spots in Fulton's climb to the top. If he can dispose of the Oklahoma giant, he will be acclaimed as ready to try the issue with Willard. If he finishes off Morris, he probably will be sent right out again to whip Jim Coffey and Frank Moran. There is no shirking in the Fulton camp. His willingness to start against all tough boys and brush them out of the way in order to try his hand at knocking crowns off, entitles him to quite a bit of consideration. K. S. A. C. SPRING DATES. Baseball and Track Schedules of Farmer Teams Are Announced. Manhattan, Kan., April 2. The Kansas State Agricultural college has announced the following 1917 baseball and track schedules: Baseball April 9 and 10, Missouri university at Manhattan; April 16, Emporia Norma1! at Emporia; April 20, Bethany college at Manhattan; April 27 and 28, Nebraska at Manhat tan; May 2 and 3; Missouri at Colum bia; May 4, Missouri Normals at War rensburg; May 10, St. Marys at Man hattan; May 16 and 17, Nebraska at Lincoln; May 21, Emporia Normals St. Marys at St. Marys; Jui.e 1 and 2, Kansas at Manhattan. Track April 25. Baker at Manhat tan; May 4, Kansas at Lawrence; May 11. Emporia Normals at Manhattan; May 25 and 26, Missouri Valley Con ference track meet at Ames, Iowa. DRUMMERS WIN A GAME. St. Joe Western Leaguers Defeat Tulsa By 3 to 1 Score. Tulsa, Okla., April 2. Playing in a chill wind, the St. Joseph Western league club defeated the Tulsa team of the Western association, 3 to 1, here. Babe Adams, former Pirate star, pitched the first three innings for the Western leaguers. The. score: R H E St. Joseph ...3 11 1 Tulsa ."dl-i 1 Batteries: "Adams, Davis", Spqwell and Moore; Poison. Richardson Ma pel and Jeffies, Fredette. INTER-LEAGUE GAMES. At Dallas R H E Giants 8 12 1 Detroit 6 9'1 At New Orleans R H K Pittsburgh 1 7 1 Cleveland 4 4 3 At St. Louis R H K Cardinals 0 4 0 Browns 0 2 1 Called 6th- rain. At Kansas City Boston-Brooklyn game called off; cold weather. At Cincinnati Washington-Cincinnati game called off; rain. Ty Cobb Stay on the Job. Dallas, Texas, April 2. Ty Cobb has decided to remain and assist Giants and Tigers in their exhibition series. He had threatened to leave the team following his battle with Charley Her zog, but said he would stay, when it was pointed out his absence would ne cessitate calling off the series. Leonard Is a "Prune King." Boston, Mass., April 2. Reaping dividends through the sale of prunes, seems to be a big fide line for "Dutch" Leondard, star pitcher of the Boston Americans. Leonard has invested most of his money in plum orchards in California, and it is said the in vestment is a good one. Fight in Denver Tonight. Denver, Colo., April 2. Ottawa Wallace. Milwaukee lightweight, is scheduled to fight fifteen rounds with Sailor Kirke of California tonight at the National Athletic club. Food for Fans BY GEO. E. PHAIR. (Copyright.) Alibi. Trepare now to liear that old alibi tune: "On account of the war.' When athletes are canned in the warm days of June "On account of the war." Full many an athlete will pack up and beat His way to the minors and calmly repeat; "I was forced to conduct a strategic re treat On account of the war." The Cubs went down 460 feet to in spect the bottom of a copper mine. This is sort of early in the year to look for a soft spot in the basement. There is plenty of courage and forti tude left in this nation. It stood the postponement of the Welsh-Leonard bout without a murmur. Georges Carpentier, according to various reports from the front, is one of the most versatile young men in France. He boxes for charity while running a motor car with one hand and an aeroplane with the other. One of these days Georges will become an officer in the submarine cavalry. Persons In St. Paul evidently have a grudge against Frank Moran. They want to match him with Fred Fulton. We agree with experts who predict that the Giants can't help winning the National league pennant. We fail to see how any ball team could help win ning the National league pennant. "I am pleased with the way the men are doing," comments Fred Mitchell, showing that he is a good-natured oil scout. ADDITIONAL- SPORT WILL BE FOUND ON OTHER PAGES FLAG WEARING STYLE Topekans Decorate Themselves With Old Glory in Unique Ways. Where do ;,ou wear your flag? That exact location is distinctly individual, or at least it seems so. Every pedes trian has chosen a different spot of his or her apparel on which to pin the stripes. Some carry kerchiefs, with a patriotic hem. Others carry out the idea with a diminutive banner em broidered in one corner. Then there is the man who chucks It in his hat band like a railroad receipt. Along comes a messenger boy with two silken flags stuck in his cap, before and aft, in steamboat fashion. Lapels, too, have proved a favorite haunt for the em blems, some in enamel and others of the silken variety. Then, what size is it? Patriotic per sons have adopted every size imagin able, from the flag of front porch di mensions to the small bead like enam eled pin. This morning the landlady had a dirty banner shaking from her topknot and then the grocery boy car ried one in his white cap. The post man had one on his sleeve and the milk man he came too early. From these to the society belle. A blouse without a flag in its folds is not to be thought of. Some stick it in sidewise, others pin it straight up and then there are others who cross two flags like guns. One petite little maiden tacked a small silken banner just below her naval chevron on her left sleeve. And then another made military shoulder pieces. The motto seems to be a flag." And everyone in Topeka is shouting it but each in a different tone. FUNDS FOR DESTITUTE Topeka Will Raise Money for Sufferers in Armenia and Syria. Tuesday noon at the Chamber of Commerce the Topeka committee of Armenian and Syrian Relief commit tee will meet to launch a new cam paign to raise funds for the assist ance of the destitute and suffering people of the near east. Members of the executive branch of the local com mittee are O h. White, chairman, and Scott Hopkins, S. S. Estey, Arthur Capper and D. O. Coe. The local organization is a branch of the national committee, with head quarters in New York and numbering among its members the most promi nent men in public life today. At present there are 2,144,000 women and children in Armenia to day who are totally destitute and de pendent upon what they receive from relief workers. According to reports constantly being received, the suffer ing passes all description. The Topeka committee intends to make a thoro canvass in the effort to raise a substantial sum for. the relief work. According to O. H. White, chairman, it is hoped to find at least five hundred people here who will contribute from a dollar a week to a dollar a month to the work. The character of the work in the stricken area requires a constant and steady stream of supplies. A small periodic payment is more acceptable to the committee than a cash sum. WORST IS NOT KNOWN E. J. Smiley Reports Thousands of Acres of Wheat Abandoned. "Have driven from Ellsworth to Salina this morning. Not to exceed half dozen fields make any prospects. Am now convinced that five out of nine million acres sown to wheat last fall will be abandoned." The above is a copy of the tele gram received today at the Board of Trade from E. J. Smiley, secretary of the Kansas Grain Dealers' association. Mr. Smiley lef; Topeka the first of the week to make a personal investigation of stories from the wheat belt to the effect that a large percentage of the fall wheat acreage had been aban doned. In no quarter has Mr. Smiley been able to make an optimistic report on conditions governing fall wheat. 2,500 Miners Get Big Raise. Charleston, W. Va., April 22. A new wage scaled which increased the pay of 2,500 bituminous coal miners in the Cabin Creek district from ap proximately 13 to 274 per cent over the old agreement went into effect to day. The operators in the agreement refused to grant the men's demands for a closed shop, but agreed that no objection would be made to the men Joining the United Mine Workers of America. The Bears Lose First Game. Denver, Coio.. April 2: Eight hun dred of the faithful shivered in the grandstand while the Cub rookies trounced the Denver Bears, 10 to 0, in the opener here Sunday. 408 residents of Kansas registered at Hotel Astor during the past year. Single Room, without bath. $2.50 and $3 00 Double: $3.50 and $4.00 Single Rooms, with bath. $3.50 to $6.00 Double $4.60 to $7.00 Parlor, Bedroom and bath. $10.00 to $14.00 Times Square At Broadway, 44th to 45th Streets the center of New York's social and business activities. In close proximity to all railway terminals. GRAND TS mssm WEEK COM. MONDAY APRIL 9T1I MATINEE DAILY 25c NIGHTS S5C-50O Order by Phone CaU 3500 This More "Opens at 8:30 and closes at 6:00 Order by Mail Delivery Prepaid In perfect readiness for Easter There's a fine, fresh look about every department, an all-comprehensive variety of styles, and a distinctiveness, too, that tell better than, words how well each sec tion understands the importance of these last days before Easter. The time of the Sewing Contest is extended to April 26tK giving those who have not yet entered, plenty of time to make most any kind of a garment they wish. $215.00 in cash prizes will be awarded to those making the best dresses, waists, skirts, coats and children's dresses. Get rules and list of prizes at the Silks and Dress Goods Section. Main Floor Pelletier's For Easter Sunday and for Spring wear, Wee maids want new coats, too! Dainty wee things of cashmere, albatross, poplin silk and bedford cord, hand scalloped and hand em broidered. The long ones for the tiniest babies olten have capes and the short ones have little collars, many with smocking and they are all such Coats as will delight hearts of mothers. Sizes from infants to 2 years $2.50 to $11.50 Second Floor Pelletler'a ST 4 "They certainly are good looking" thus exclaim the women over these New Spring Petticoats You'll need a new Petticoat to wear with your Spring suit or dress and here is the best and the most complete assort ment in Topeka. Dainty new flounce ideas In the perfect fitting "Klosfit" Petticoats Wonderful silk taffeta and silk jersey Petticoats in decid edly new effects; all the new Spring shades. 4 i SPECIAL Petticoats of "Broadway taffeta." a lustrous fabric that look i very much like silk an exceptionally hand some Petticoat in all colors 2.98 Extra size petticoats unusual values Worthy of special mention in our line of extra-size coats are a lot of black taffetas very special values at Apparel Section 3rd Floor Pellrtier' Petti- .$5 Hour specials for Tuesday morning 9 to 10 ,10 to 11 11 to 12 Jap Rose, one of the most popular of the bath and toilet Soaps regular 10c cakes on sale from 9 to 10 o'clock, Tuesday OC Zion City Val. Laces and cot ton Torchona two of our most popular and best selling, regular 5c Laces on sale from 9 to 10, Tuesday 2c Women's Fibre Silk Hose in white and colors "seconds" of regular 35c ones on sale from 10 to 11 o'clock I C Tuesday morning IOC Men's Shirts of excellent per cales in neat patterns and col ors; all sizes our regular $1.00 ones on sale from 10 to CQ 11, Tuesday 0C Heavy cotton Cluny lace edges- -and bands; for finishing cur- tains, for fancy work and the like up to 75c values, 1 per yard lUv Women's Neckwear, Collars etc., in a great variety of styles -J up to 50c values on sale fromr 11 o'clock until noon iCri' tomorrow lOU The loveliest things! these New colored handkerchiefs Here are the finest, sheerest of mulls with striped and plaid bor ders and all-over designs; here are Crepe de Chines in every conceiv able color and combination and the daintiest of Jap silk handker chiefs, 25c to 50c ready and wait ing to brighten Easter costumes! Main Floor Pelletier's An exceptionally fine lot of to 50c Ribbons 29c yd. Ribbons for Easter at practi cally half price! Here are good, heavy, firm Taf fetas and Moires from 5 to 6 inches wide in all the popular col ors and shades for hair bows and sashes; and floral and Persian pat terns in all colors and combina tions an exceptionally fine lot of up to 50c Ribbons on sale, OQ per yard CtiJVi Main Floor Pelletier' Answering one oj Fashion's latest calls, here are Ostrich boas in colors to match and to contrast with the most popular shades for Easter; gold, taupe, sand, black, purple, black-and-white, electric blue, etc SJ.50 to 912.00 Main Floor Prlletler'a Like all true works of art, The new parasols must be seen to be appreciated In general, they are entirely and absolutely different charmingly so. The shapes are entirely new, the handles are short and many of them have heavy silk cords run through. Every color and shade and every combination never have Parasols beenso pretty and so at tractive. Prices range $3.00 to $12.50. Main Floor Pl!etirr' Gay and fantastic, this 4 New Jap. and Hawaiian jewelry giving just the correct finishing touch of color to the Easter cos tume. Hawaiian and Japanese Necklaces and Earrings to match. and coral, cherry red, royal purple and amber beads 50c to 920 Main Floor Pelletier's Long cloth at special prices. $1.35 bolts for .$119 1.75 bolts for i 1.45 1.90 bolts for. 1,G9 2.00 bolts for;; l!T& 2.25 bolU for......; '108 30-inch white Plisse Crepe fir underwear lSf 36-inch Pajama Checks for underwear and children dresses and aprons. 121 Main Floor Pelletier's ITWTUaVLlf.UBll I IllillSi n 7. 1 ft II I l-JtlUV JAU 7S Save on notions and yard goods and hosiery! 10c nnd 12c Apron Check Glne linms; the standard quality, fast color in all sizes and Q colors per yard 15c Dress Ginghams and other fast color Ginghams in plain colors, stripes, plaids and checks l O- per yard Xfciw 25c Sport Stripe Suiting; white grounds with wide black, blue, green, lavender and pink stripes; ideal for suits or separate 1 Q skirts LmJii 65c Sport Stripe Suiting in hand some Khaki Kool patterns and colorings; one of the season's most popular fabrics IQr on special sale OUu New Spring coats for women a special under-priee purchase by our Xew York office of a lot of Spring Coats worth up to $10.00 on sale in one big lot $5.95 A most remarkable bargain. In deed; three-quarter and sport length Coats in an excellent as sortment of new Spring colors and styles. $1.00 Paisley Silks; the wonderful patterns and coloring we used to see in our grandmothers' shawls just a third less than fi7f regular UIC Silk Thread 50-yard spools In all colors; standard size P. and test JC White Buttons, a dozen on card slight "seconds" of 5c ones 2 cards OC Safety Pins; good, strong ones in sizes 1, 2 and 3 a dozen A on a card 10c Stickeric Braid; 6-yard bolts in all colors on 7f special sale I C 10c Snap Fasteners; good, reliable ones guaranteed not to rust 9c 10c Bety Ross Crochet Cotton; full yardage, standard 71 ft size, fast colors I 2C Carpet Warp; for crocheting, tying comforts, and the like; all colors LmOlj Large Cakes of Toilet Soap; gly cerine, mottled castile, cream, etc. per cake OC Barrain Basement Pelletier's m Fibre Silk Boot Hone; white, bloapc and colors, plain and fancy neatly mended "seconds" OrT" of 50c ones for..... .CL$ Women's Out-Size Hose of light weight lisle thread in white siM black neatly mended "seconds' of regular 50e ones AA on sale 3 pairs l.Vi' Women's Gauze Vests of fia thread cotton, full size and -ftnl length, comfortable and service able very special 1 A values lUu Children's School Stockings; .ge ribbed, fast black cotton with double heels and toes "see onds" of regular 19c 0 1 ones for It zTJ rz s Weanesaay 'A big sale of J; embroidery Embroideries of all kinds frdm the daintiest of little edges for hAr hies clothes up to fine, wide flounc ing for petticoats and Summi!4 dresses at prices that average from less than regular remember, onj sale Wednesday. j Barsala Basement Pelletier's L

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TH. TOPF.KA DAILY STATE JOURNT.-MONDAY EVENING, tZtrptkn tate Jloirrttal Au Independent Newspaper. BY FRANK P. MAC I.KNNAN. KntpriNl aa ari-ool-iiaaa mail matter. VOLUME XXXIX. OKI1CIAL. 6T4TE H4PEB. orriCIAI. PAPER CITY OP TOFEKA. bubarrlptlos Rata. H, mall In advam-e. one year 14. HO Ky mall lo advauce. six montba... 2.10 Br mall lo advance, tbree montba. 1-20 lij wail in advance, one montu.. m Ratea or Carrier. On- week 12Vi cents Two weeks for a qnarter.... 23 centa Four weeks 60 cents Xelepbonea: 3030. Kaaf.m nfflcea: Paul Block, repreaenta tlre, 230 Fifth arenue. New York: Maliera bulldlnc. Chicago: 201 Devotabire street. I niton: Kreage building. Detroit. Member: Associated Preea. AnMrlcuo Nf.Mi-.aper PubllBhere' Association. Audit bureau of Circulation. During the past week two women to every man have applied for enlistment la the United Stales marine corps, ac cording to Captain Frank E. Evans, officer in charge of recruiting, at the New York station. One woman in sisted upon being assigned to duty on a battleship. A recent ruling of Sec retary Daniels provides for the enlist ment of women to fill clerical posi tions, only, in case of war. This has encouraged many patriotic daughters of America, who prefer machine guns to typewriters, to offer their services as actual combatants. Impatient over the delay of his gov ernment in affording him an oppor tunity to fight under the stars and stripes, Austin Hoy, whose mother and sister were victims of German ruthlessness. has enlisted in th"j Brit ish army. Former president Taft, head of an organization to promote peace, has en listed in the home guards. There are paclfirts and pacifists. Hogs have reached the unprece dented figure of $16.50 on the Chicago nia:-'i;et. There seems to be no stop ping place. On the proposition to give a billion dollars to France, there does not ap pear to be a dissenting voice. Ten years ago Japan possessed 4, 000 factories using power machinery, with an agjregate of 120,000 horse pofcfr1.' In July. 1907. the total net tonnage xf Japan's commercial fleet was 679,000. A recent investigation BhqfWs Japan to have now 16.000 fac tories, employing 1.500.000 hands, and with a total horsepower of 1.125,000; thi tonnage of her commercial fleet beifig 1:169,105. "the value of the crude rubber im ported :nto the United States in 1916 wak 1160,000.000, an", of other gums untsu as ni to feoo, 000. of rubber i used as substitute for rubber about This total of $165,000,000 and substitutes imported is greter than that of any preceding yeiir, despite the fact "that the import price per pound of 1916 was but little moire than one-ha.f that of certain earlier years. The customary spring alarm about tha crops is being sounde-1 in Kan sas) Reports of ruined wheat. fields are being sent broadcast. These doubtless will have the desired effect of ivingXmpetus to already high and steidiiy advancing prices. Crop scares araj of annual occurrence, but Kansas alays comes up smiling in the sum met and fall with an abundance. Not withstanding the damaged wheat fieltls, we may confidently expect soon to Bear the usual complaint of a short age, of harvest hands. Destruction of the-wheat in Kansas comes as regular ly jis does the killing of the peach crob in Georgia. The unfortunate feature of the situation is that many pei'Vons, both at home and abroad believe these stories. That they are later refuted by the facts seems to make no difference. They bob up the next year just the same. During the war between the states much waa heard about the Mason and Uittn line. Now the news is mostly r.b$it the Hindenburg line. he German reichstag seems to hafe taken a lesson from the Ameri can;;' congress. A demand for democ rat Station was made on the Teutonic legislative body and it has appointed a committee to investigate. For post poning aotion on a matter of public concern, there is nothing that equals the'lnvestlgating committee. Passover, or the Feast of Unleav ened Bread, begins this year Friday evening, April 6, at sunset, and con tinues for seven days. Orthodox Jews celebrate it for eight days, that is, untjj aunset Saturday, April 14. The feast commemorates chiefly the de llvance of the Children of Israel frojj their slavery to the Egyptians. andV so most of the ceremonial and rltiml of Passover is Intended to be renJJnisccnt of the events and circum stances of that ancient deliverance. ThijK in the Temnle at Jerusalem, Pahal lambs were sacrificed to re niiiBJ the people of the lamb sacrificed by Jheir ancestors at the command of Motes before they departed from Es."?pl; because the Children of Israel In their haste to leave the land of 'boittUge did not have time to permit thej- bread to leaven, it is the law to thievery day, that, during the entire Eeaat of Passover, nothing but un leavened bread (Mazzoth) may be eaten. On the seventh day of the feast the jpcriptifVal portion read In the syna fiiK; is the song of triumph sung by iheSpeopie at the Red Sea, because thi-iilay Is considered to be the anni versary of the dividing of the Red Sea EFFICIENCY, OR POLITICS? The morning paper today has a pertinent editorial comment on the city election which will take place to morrow, inwhich it says: Mr. Kietie, who la seeking the mayoralty against Mr. House, haa nosed as au anti corporation candidate and attempted to make it appear that Mr. House waa in some way under the domination of the street railway and electric light company and the evening paper, but the wind waa-Tather taken out of that argument by the light company admitting the city's clutm against It waa correct and arranging to make pay ment of the money. .'-a to the evening paper. If It be true that Ita support of the administration is due to the fact that the new bank, of which ita proprietor la vice president, has the city money on deposit, it is at least to the credit of tbe administration that the city is gettin third more Interest than baa been cusromary on its dally balances. Aa a matter of fact, there is not much point to elrl.er of tbeae contentions of Mr. Houae'a opponent, while It is distinctly to tbe mayor's credit that he bas had a part in securing the better Interest rate for :be city ami "In effecting a settlement of the city's differences with tbe Topeka Kdlson company. This is very good, but the Capital understated the benefit to th city in its sentence: "It is at least to the credit of the administration that the city is getting a third more interest than has been customary on its daily balances." Instead of getting a "third" more the city is getting a "half more for the interest on city balances; was 2 per cent, now 3 per cent, which, of course, is a half more than 2 per cent. In a political announcement printed in the Capital Sunday morning signed by L. L. Kiene, candidate for -mayor, lie says: "I am running for Mayor, not being run in the intereat of the Street Car Company, the as Company, the Edison Company or of the Editor of tbe State Journal or his bank. Inasmuch as the State Journal and the new bank helped to secure for Mayor House's administration 50 per cent more interest on the city bal ances, the editor of this paper is at a loss to understand why he or the State Journal are under obligation to the mayor. It would seem as if the mayor and the city were under obligations to the paper and the bank and to the editor of this parser, or all three, rath er than any one or two or three or all of the three just 'named were under obligations to the mayor and city. But why should Mr. Kiene drag any bank into his political policies? In regard to the city funds, the Kansas Reserve State bank has on de posit at the present time of the city's money $100,000 upon which it is pay ing 3 per cent interest or an equivalent to $250 per month. Under, the old rate the city would receive for this amount of money $167, or $83 a month less. Furthermore, other banks In this city have three times as much of this city money as the Kansas Re serve bank has and are paying 3 per cent on what they have. The State Journal and the bank had no desire that all of the $400,000 on deposit by the city upon which the city is re ceiving 3 per cent should all be placed in the Kansas Reserve State Bank. Their main contention was that the city was entitled to 3 per cent and that all of' the banks paying 3 per cent should have a share of the city's money. We trust that this is clear. Neither the State Journal nor the Kan sas Reserve State Bank has a chip on its shoulders; they simply advo cated a square deal and the banks themselves now happily are giving the city a square deal and nearly every body but Kiene seems satisfied. The bank clearances of Topeka have increased wonderfully and the banks have been strengthened and all of their deposits have been Increased. One institution advocating thrift deposits encourages thrift upon the part of the depositors in all the banks of the city. The new bank has helped other To peka banks. It is also difficult to understand why Mayor House is running in the interest of the Edison company when he has just induced the Edison company to pay over $18,000 which the present administration claims was due the city and which the Edison company now admits it owed the city. In the same political advertisement Mr. Kiene In his signed statement says: "I believe in suing the Edison company for the $18,000 which, as tbe Mayor says, haa been owing the City for aix years, and getting a Judgment against them just the name as He did against the county (which Is ail tbe people of the city) theu you can collect tbe balance after election not loan tbe Edlaon Co. (12,000 at 9 per cent inter est." This sort of a statement seems child ish. Why should the city sue the Edi son company for something it has al ready secured (torn the Edison com pany, without expensive litigation, uncertainty and delay: $6,000 down, $12,000 in deferred payments at 5 per cent interest. If Mr. Kiene would "not loan the Edison company," $12,000 at E per cent, what would he do with the mon ey? Wou.d he put it In the banks at 2 cr 3 per cent Interest when the Edison company offers the city 6 per cent interest? The city. It would seem, is better off until it needs the money to get 5 per cnt interest on the $12,000 than it would to receive $12, 000 in cash which it would have to put oui in some form cf interest bear ing money. If the mayor and the other four commissioners, all of whom have made a creditable showing and each of whom has accomplished something to the credit and for the welfare of the city, should not be re-elected, it is certainly discouraging for any ener getic, able man in the city to under take to give his services to Topeka In the capacity of mayor or other com missioner. If It is no credit s to accomplish something, or such accomplishments are not appreciated, what is the in centive for any good man or woman to undertake to give service to the city?" Mr. Kiene made a good sheriff; he served two years In the fattest office Shawnee county has to give. He was rc-!ected for two more years to this same fat office. The county re-elected him on the strength of his record and it wtJuld have been ungrateful bad it not re-elected him. The fact that the office is a fat one is no fault of Mr. Kiene; Kiene is a fat man; the people of the county, thru the laws govern ing the sheriff's office, undertake to make it a fat one. If Mr. Kiene himself should "be elected mayor tomorrow and should make as good a mayor as Mr. House has made during the past two years, the city would certainly show ingrati tude and a lack of appreciation of men who make good, if it fail to re elect him two years hence. THE CHAMBERLAIN BILL. Closely following the assembling of congress in extraordinary session, it is probable that the Chamberlain bill providing for universal military serv ice will be pressed for passage. It may not be the best possible measure, but as a working basis It doubtless will lead to some action looking to placing the country in a reasonable condition of preparedness. The ne cessity of some action in this direc tion was never more apparent than It is today. The official outline of this universal training plan is in part as follows: Purpose a reasonable measure of defense of the United States from suc cessful invasion requires a large num ber of trained, equipped and organ ized men. It is the purpose of this plan to distribute the burden equally over the whole population. v Training and service training in peace. It is proposed to call out all able-bodied male citizens in their nineteenth year for eleven months continuous training, to be followed by two repetition courses of two weeks each, one in their twentieth year and one in their twenty-first year. It is proposed that only the. fol lowing classes should be exempted from such training: "Those permanently physically or mentally unfit for service of any kind. Those temporarily physically or. mentally unfit. Such men will be tem porarily rejected, but will be re-examined each year until they reach the age of ,2 5 years, when they are per manently assigned to the unorganized reserves. If in any year during this period they are found fit for service, they will be called out for training. Those who are the sole supports of destitute dependents will be exempted from year to year until they reach the age ,of 25, when their liability to training ceases. If they should cease to be the sole supports of destitute dependents during any year before they reach the age of 25 years, they will be called out for training. In case of actual or threatened war the first and second reserves will be called out In the order named. There after other men required for war serv ice would be called out from the unor ganized reserves by classes according to age, beginning with the youngest. Only men permanently physically or mentally unfit would be permanently excused. Those tern orarily unfit will be called out as soon as their disabil ities have disappeared. Exemptions from war service will be in the nature of postponement of liability, and whenever the causes up on which they were based have be come non-existent the exemptions will cease and the persons concerned called out for sen-ice. The following will be temporarily exempted 'from service in war: Those who are the sole supports of destitute dependents. Those whose civil official positions are Indispensably necessary for the conduct of the federal and state gov ernments and for the prosecution of the war. NEED OF MILITARY TRAINING. These are times when opinions ad vance with the moving of events and changing of conditions. In the early period of the European war the domi nating spirit of the German govern ment and its aggressive conduct in at tacking neighboring nations without justifiable cause, and for the selfish purpose of extending its power over the rights -of others, was often attri buted to its policy of universal mili tary training and the readiness tt all the trained force to be called into service at need. This, says the New York Journal of Commerce, was a case of confusing cause and effect. The dominating policy derived from the old Prussian autocratic rule was the cause of making the universal training' so thoro and complete and the call to service so imperative' and irresistible. It had Its effect upon the character of the peopK, but did not create it. Nations like France and Switzerland, with a strong desire for establishing and perpetuating peace, but a necessity of .being prepared for defense, also had a universal service policy which had a stimulating and strengthening effect upon the char acter of their citizenship. In this country. In all the early stages of the war, there was a sense of remoteness and security, with an aversion to being drawn into it for the protectiQn of any rights or interests o our own. As a result there was little thought of special preparation for de fense and still less of being drawn into the actual conflict on either side. But never. in the world's history has there been such a happening of the unexpected. Our people have been awakened by a series of extraordinary events to the fact that even the peace ful United States, with ita wide Intel -ests over a vast continent, and widen ing relations with the rest of the world, needs to be in a state of prep aration to use its full strength to de fend and maintain its rights so long as there Is a chance that they may be invaded. Its honor and pride as a na tion require the possession of the power which would afford the. besut assurance, the only real assurance, that it would not have to be actually used. Its existence would be a deterrent of any unjust attack or any disregard of rights. Today sentiment is tending strongly in' favor of what as called universal military service, which means in ef fect universal training and discipline "of our manhood in its youthful days to give it readiness and usefulness for such service in case of need. It does not imply any change in the desire for universal peace and Justice, but a recognition of what may be necessary for some time to come to secure the basis of It and insure its continued ex istence. It does not mean war In the future where it can be honorably avoided, but the prevention of the causes of war. Then there is a certain benefit in the training and discipline and the stim ulus to a sense of honor and a spirit of manhood which is not generally ap preciated, but is -being strikingly dis played abroad. It is calculated to give energy and elevation to character, which may be applied in the pursuits of peace to the great Increase of its fruits and rewards. It will correct the tendency to laxity, to wasted effort and wasteful Indulgence. It will add to the power of a nation in the rivalry for peaceful progress and advancing civilization. Former President Taft has become a modern "Peter the Hermit." He is touring the country, not on foot, but on railroad trains i preaching war wherever he goes. He seems imbued with much the same spirit as those who led the crusades for the rescue of the Koly sepulchre. He would res cue liberty and democracy from thrall dom. GLOBE SIKS1TS From the Atchison Glebe. The trouble is one can't catch fish with hookworms. You probably aren't privately what you are publicly. The rule is that if a man smokes, he smokes too much. Don't let your hobby destroy your usefulness to the community. "What has become of the old fash ioned man who ordered a case? Prices are so high that nearly all the financiers belong1 to the frenzied variety. This is the time of year to begin swatting the fly, although no flies are in sight. The meanest man is the one who takes his grouch home to try it on the family. Some of the new spring hals are funny, all right, but it is no joke to pay for them. The average man who knows the combination of a, safe is inclined to be quite proud about it. While a corset' may be a workjpt art, it doesn't look it while hanging over the back of a chair. Although this state has numerous laws, none of them prevent a man from making an ass of himself. As a general rule "No" pays the biggest dividends of any word in the language, especially for women. Ever since Adam ate that Ben Davis apple in the park, the Ultimate Con sumers have been struggling against odds. Man is a curious animal. If he makes a little easy money he kicks because he didn't realize twice as much. )HDE TALES BY RUTH CAMERON. Cross- Purposes. Is there anything more exasperat ing than to do something you don't want to do, because you think some one else wants 'to do it, and then to find out afterwards that someone else did not want to do it and onlv did it because he or she thought you -wanted to? x The other afternoon when a group of five of us had planned to go for a walk, a friend called us up and asked if we didn't want to go out in the machine. He had to make a brief trip and he had room for four people. As there were five -of us each one Immediately insisted on being the fifth who was not to go. Then someone suggested we decline the invitation and all go on our pro jected walk. "But wouldn't that hurt Mr. M.3 feelings and it was so good of him to ask us?" suggested someone. "And perhaps he would hav to g'j alt alone. He iiaid his wife had an other engagement," contribut d some one else. "And we could go to walk any day." "And T (the town to which he was going) is such a pretty place." And so we finally yielded "to L."s particularly pressing protestations that she be the or. to stay at home, and accepted Mr. M.'s kind invitation. Then, as the walk was to have in cluded a call on a friend, we had to make our postponement by telephone. Much to our surprise she took it ill. having had particular reasons (of which- we had no hint) for wanting us to come that day. And cs it was then too late to retract, that injected a decided flavor of discomfort into the situation. Anyhow we went, and it was a cold drive, and we didn't get home until after dark. All of this took place a week ago. Since then I have become possessed of the following facts: That all four would really have pre ferred to walk but each thought the other would like the ride and each one didn't want to hurt M.'s feelings. That Mr. M. himself had invited us for the sake of something we had once done for him, tho his wife had wished him to take some friends of hers. That Louise, the girl who had final ly prevailed on us to let her stay home is the only one who is really passion ately fond of auto riding, for riding's sake. Such is life. Politeness, they say, is the oil of the machinery of living. Too much oil sometimes gums up the works. There are times when a. little more sincerity would be useful. Gosh! One. seldom bas the slightest eae For such as Newton Knight; His morals are so very loose. He's always getting tight I BOY K. MOCLTOX" EVEHHNG STORY Homesick. By Schuyler Terrill.) "I'm homesick for the west and for him." For a moment Dora Trisdale buried her curly head' among the faded cushfons of the narrow couch. Mary Myers, sitting opposite, gazed upon her wonderingly "I didn't know you felt that way about it," she said finally. "I thought you likea it here." Dora sat up, her black eyes gleam ing resentfully. "Like it?" she burst forth. "I hate every minute of every day here In Sew York." Mary smiled grimly. "Why did you come, then?" she asked. "Because I didn't know any bet ter." A hint of tears bordered the other's girl's eyes. "I I only wish that I could go back again." "Why don t you "I can't.' "Why?" For a long two minutes Dora was silent. Fhe seemed to have forgotten the shabby room with its meager fur nishings Her eyes looked oft into the distance,- visioning something of which her companion was not a part. "I never told you why I came here, did I?" she asked finally. "Xo, except that you wanted to go on the stage." "You know about Jim, don't you?" A little." "Well, I was engaged to marry him once," Dora continued. "He is only a farmer a big rube, we'd call him here but he was about the only fel low I'd ever known, and we grew up together." "Did he have, any money?" "He wasn't any millionaire, bat he owned a big farm and could have given me a good home. When my mother died he wanted me to marry him and settle down, but ma had some life insurance, and I thought I'd take that and see New York." "How much?" "Five hundred dollars. Jim said that I ought to put it away so I'd be independent, and I had almost agreed with him when a show cai..e to tJlen dale and I went to see it. The com pany held a reception afterward, and one of the actresses told me that I could make good on the stage. I be lieved her, and in spite of all that Jim could do I decided to come to New York and get a Job." "You didn't need a job with all that money in your purse." Dora smiled wryly. "I didn't have it long," she ex plained. "I hired a room in a board ing house up on Sixth avenue and then went around the stores to do some shopping. I bought a couple of things, but when I got back to the boarding house the money was gone." "Where'd it go to?" "Pickpockets, I guess." "Humph!" "After that I went arour.d to the theaters until I got taken on in this chorus. I've been here for six weeks now, and I'm sick and tired of the whole thing." i "Udoh't .wonder. If you'd only come out withme once in a while and pick up"a stage Johnny, you wouldn't find things so slow." Dora shook her head stubbornly. "That kind of stuff doesn't appeal to me," she answered. "I'm not used to it. I want the west. Mary; it's tho only thing that counts." Fortt moment the other girl eyed her wonderingly. "And you're still in love with the rube?" she asked. "Yes." "Why dont you write and ask him to come' and get you?" "He wouldn't do it. He's stubborn, and he told me that if I once came here he was thru." "Oh.I see!" Mary Myers, wise in the rways of the world, smiled grimly. She was really fond of her strange little roommate, and she had noted with concern the paling cheeks and the lusterless eyes. She had guessed of the love affair at home and its tragic ending. Such tales were by no means new to her. v "Well, you go to bed. honey," Bhe said soothingly. "And maybe things will come out all right." After Dora's deep breathing had signified forgetfulness of the hall bed room and everything connected with it, the other girl took a rather scratchy pen from the center table and addressed a letter to Mr. Jim Black, Glendale, Colo. A week passed, and the strange liKht in Dora's eyes grew brighter. Mary developed the habit of going home directly alter the evening s per formance. She encouraged Dora to talk of Glendale, and of Jim, and she listened indulgently to the long stories of mountains and hills where the air was clean and the sunsets worth while. i "If Jim would only come to me." Dora said one evening, "I'd tell him how homesick I am." t It was after midnight, and the two girls had just come home from the "show." The open window brought to the room myriad sounds of the city; the honking of an auto horn, the rattle of the elevated trains, the dim pounding of many feet on the hard pavement below. Suddenly the doorbell rang shrilly. Dora leaped to her feet. "Some one's forgotten his key again," she exclamed irritably. "Oh, how I hate this place." From the lower hall they could hear the sound of voices. Then footsteps ascended the stairs and a knock sounded on their door. "Come in," Mary called. The door opened 'and the landlady stood before them. "There's a man down stairs wants, to see Mary," she announced. "It's a fine time to have visitors, I must say, waking the house up at this ungainly hour." "That's, all right, Mrs. Murphy. I'll go right down." Mary shot a look at Dora. "One of the Johnnies wanting me to go to a party, I guess," she ex plained. But at the foot of the stairs she met a man she had never seen. He towered over her, and in his eyes was an anxious light. "Are you Miss Myers?" he asked abruptly. "Yes." "You wrote to me?" Into Mary's face came the light of a sudden understanding. "Are you Jim?" she asked. "Yes," he answered in a voice that was marvelously soft. "I'm Jim." "Come with me." Mary led the way up the darkened stairway and stood for a moment be fore the door of her room. "Dora's in there." she whispered finally. "She don't know you're com ing." As the man pushed open the door the girl, sitting in the corner, leaped to her feet. For a moment she gazed wonderingly at the visitor, then her lips trembled. "Jim!" she said. The big man framed in the doorway held out his arms. "Dora," he whispered huskily. "I've come to take you home." Copyright, 117, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) ON SBTO OF TEIE MOMENT BX ROY K. MOCLTOS. Hen sad Jasper. I like the way of Henry Hyde, He lives bis life quite at his ease; Whste'er befall, whate'er betide. Is sure to please. All life to Hen is gay and fair, AH men to him are honest, true. He finds bis fun most anywhere, He's never blue. Consider now, old Jasper Jones. ac vice ana wicKeaness ne rails; He thinks about life's cares-and moans. He sighs and wails. The world abounds In sin, says he. Injustice. Greed and Watit are rife; So many miseries there be In this sad life. And Jasper Jones is hiph of brow. He's studied much since early youth. Wise men who hear bis views allow He sees the truth. Hen's views are seldom sought, in sooth. Why, they're as simple as a boy's. Old Jaser aeea In life the Truth. Hen sees the Joys. He Banished It. "My dear." said Mrs. Pjones to her lawful spouse, "I wish you would speak to the cook, Bettina. I fear she has been drinking." Mr. Fjones giggled in a suspicious fashion. "My dear," sez he, "I will look Into this matter. But first be it agreed, that if she can say, 'Susie's sewing socks for soldiers' if she can say that, then your fears are unwarrant ed." To this, oddly enough, Mrs. Pjones was agreed.' With her hus band. "If liquor has entered this home. I." said Mr. Pjones with stress on the "I," "I shall be the one to banish it." This, with indignation. Mr. Pjones then hastened to the kitchen. Bettina's bower and refec tory. A few moments elapse in the ac tion of the piece. Mr. Pjones is now seen to be descending the stairs, hav ing made a detour, and in a rather vacillating manner. "M" dear." he says, "Bettina said 'Shoosies showing shock you know, what I said. See shays It per fectly!" Happy Thought. Traveling salesmen say that wool is getting scarce. But they'll always have plenty of yarns. Getting Rid of a Pest. By Brainsey Hazzenteny. Time and Place Most any. Characters You, A reader; Abe Ookagent, A book agent. Properties A large book, a custard nie. one Pelesian flea. (Enter Abe, breezily", book under arm.) Abe I have here a work that should be In every home. If you will give me just a moment of your at ten You Shut your mouth! Abe Seriously, this book, to a man of your intellectu You (singing harsh falsetto) "There's someone more lonesome than you 1 Abe Your name on the dotted line You Pooh, pooh! Pooh, pooh! Abe Small weekly payment You Get out of here! Abe (faintly) In addition, abso lutely free You (rising, seizes pie and besmears Abe's face and vicinity Now that you know the way, come often! PeMtoian Flea (leaving hurriedly with Abe) Coward! The fact that corpuscles are among the first of our daily necessities has apparently beeil disregarded by the enterprising speculators. The num ber of corpuscles in daily use in this city alone, dds up to something like a great many indeed, and the number in use throughout the country would be, figuring roughly, quite a greatl many more. Obviously, a small fee of say, three cents yearly, placed on the use of each corpuscle would total ap proximately, many, many millions. To day corpuscles are within the reach of all. Someday we'll be glad to pay for them and take what we can get wheth er they're tbe right shape or not. A Fable for Pacifists. In time of General War among the Insect Tribes, the Bees remained at Peace. That they might conduct their Pursuits unhampered, the Honey-Bees chose as their leaders cer' .in Stine; Bees of Courage and Prowess to guard their Interests, their Lives and their Honor. To these Guardians came Slayers from among me Tribes of Ruthless Spiders, saying: "Henceforth the Air is forbidden to your Wings. For there afa Spread our Webs for our F.nmies." "But the Air iji our proper Pro vince," protested the Chosen Leaders of the Bee3. "Shut out from It how shall we continue to exist in Prosper ity and Honor?" "That is nothing to Us," replied the Ruthless Spiders. "Whoso disobeys our Orders we will destroy. Be warned." Iow, though the Ruthless Spiders were terrible in War and had destroy ed nanv "Victims, vet the Bees were unafraid, being a Great and a Free People. "This thing we will not En- 'a. dure," said their Chosen Leaders, and Over every hole and tear Uncle Wlg they set about spreading their Wings gily pasted court platter until the um- and Sharpening their Stings Tor Com- f bat. I Kut as tney preparea to rignt mere Arose from among; the Mass of Hon ey-Bees a Clamor of Pacifist Buzzers, crying; out in many Voices (some of which Echoed the Spider Accent.) It is not the Will of the Tribe that j wo go to War. Make no movement until opportunity is Given for all to Vote uDon the Question." i So the Chosen Leaders, were bound to Inaction, awaiting; the Vote of the Honey-Bees, whose Interest and Lives and Honor they guarded. When, in the Course of Tribal Events, the Vote had been Registered, the Pacifist Buzzers were overthrown by the Resentment of an angered Tribe and the word went out to the Chosen Leaders: "Our Honor has been assailed. Our will is for War. Go forth and Fight." But the Chosen Leaders did not fight. They could not. They were dead. The Ruthless Spiders had killed them. And when the Bee Tribe, late and leaderless, took the Air they were En tangled in the webs of the Ruthless Spiders and utterly destroyed. Moral When Honor is assailed, the Initiative Is Mightier than, the Refer endum. Samuel Hopkins Adams. V Bedtime Stories r BY HOWARD K. GaKIS Uncle Wljtgily and the Rain. Uncle Wiggily Lon gears, the rabbit gentleman, was out walking in the woods one day, looking for an adven ture, when, as he passed atx-old hol low log, where once 'Neddie Stubtail, the littlj bear boy,' lived, the bunny saw a sign which read: WOODLAND RESTAURANT. COME IN AND EAT. "Ha!" cried Uncle Wiggily. "Tha looks good to me. I believe I am hun gry. I never knew before that a res taurant was here." He looked in the window, where there were carrot and lettuce sand wiches, such as he liked, and also a Jcherry pie, of which Mr. Longears was especially rond, ana men. siuupms low down, so as not to knock off his tall silk hat, or bend is long ears, into the restaurant went the bunny. He found many other animal friends eating there, a.nd putting in a corner, near his table, his red, white and blue striped rheumati m crutch, end his umbrella. Uncle Wiggily or dered some frozen turnip soup and began to eat. He looked up and saw a sign which read: WATCH YOUR HAT, OVERCOAT AND UMBRELLA. "Why should I do that?" asked Uncle Wiggily of Grandpa Goosey Gander, who sat at the same table with him. "I had rather eat my lunch than watch my hat, overcoat and urn- hi-olln Thev can t do any tncKs: "No, but you should watch them so no one will take them," said the goose gentleman. "Sometimes one takes the wrong umbrella in mistake, and as it is now April, when we may expect rain showers any hour, it is a good thing to have an umbrella. I brought ""'"So did I," said Uncle Wiggily. "and I'll watch it to make sure no one takes it. As you say, it may rain soon." Uncle Wiggily meant to watch his umbrella, but he was so hungry, and he talked so much to Grandpa Goosey Gander, before that winged-and-web-footed-gentleman got up tc go out, that the bunny forgot all about watch ing his umbrella. Art when Uncle Wiggily had fin ished his meal and was ready to leave the hollow log restaurant well, he found that some one had taken his nice umbrella, leaving an old one in its place! .4... Oh, dear! That's too bad!" cried Old Mother Hubbard, who kept the restaurant. "The idea ot leaving rUncle Wiggily an old, worn-out urn broils' Onen it and see it it will keen oft the rain in case it should shower. Mr. Long-jars." Uncle Wiggily opened the old um brella. Alas It was run oi noies. thru which the rain would easily sift if the drops should fall from the sKy. Oh. you U eet soaking wet: saia I Mother Hubbard. "Oh, dear Never mind." said Jolly Uncle Wig gily. "It may not rain, and, if it does, whoever took my good umbrella mav need it more than I. Let them have' it." Then, tucking the old, ragged, full- of-holes-umbrella under his paw, on- started Uncle Wiggily, having had good lunch, and hoping he would have an adventure He had not gone very far thru the woods before he heard a voice sort of singing: "Court plaster to sell! Court plas ter to sell! Oh, who will buy my sticky court plaster, to make their cuts all well?" "Ha!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. "Court plaster Is a good thing to have. 1 must buy some." He saw, ampins along, a poor old rat gentle man, who, as soon as he saw the bun ny, began to sa", most sorrowfully: "Oh, please buy my court plaster! I haven' srld any today, and not a bit of cheese or crackers have I tasted in nearly a week' Buy a little court plaster, please." "I'll buy all you have!" said Uncle Wiggily. generous like. "What I don't use I can give away." So he bought 227 little packages of court plaster to stick on any cuts he might have, or get later. So, with the money, which Uncle Wiggily gave him, the rat gentleman ran to buy some cheese, and the bunny hopped on, wondering what sort of adventure he would hive next. "What in the world have you there?" asked Uncle Butter, the goat gentleman, as he saw the rabbit com ing along, shortly afterward. "Oh, I bought some court plaster," said Uncle Wiggily. 'Here, have a bit." and he gave Uncle Butter a pack et of the stickum stuff. "Why, you have enough there for a football team!" said the goat. "You'll never use all that never!" "Oh, maybe," said Uncle Wiggily. "Anyhow, by buying it, I helped the nnnr n 1 rl Viiintrv rat Am4 Vi i ..11 r a sudden. It began to rain! Oh. how hard it rained a regular April show- er. "Ha! I must raise my umbrella!" cried Uncle Wiggily, but when he hoisted it (forgetting it was the old one left at the restaurant in place of his good one), down through the holes in it splashed the rain drops. "Oh, my! .I'm getting all wet!" cried Uncle Wiggily. "This umbrella leaks dreadfully! What shall I do?" Then he happened to think of all the court plaster he had bought. Quickly he hopped under a tree. and. takine out the sticky plaster, he wet It In the rain and stuck many many pieces of it j all over the holes In his open umbrel 25 YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA From thm column of THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL April t. WZ. The wlsd HI frnn flft.ouo to flo.OOO dam- 1 Se in topeka last nibt "lo.!s of shinfclPR. like florks of birds, torts off the rink livery stable arj ftyiug about on SeTcntb street. Boys hare commenced to play "ooe old er':" in Uie racaot lota. Tbe bead waiter at tbe Throop hotel is tbe best dreased man in Topeka. A pollf-eniat) bad to lead a little girl across Eighth street this morning to keep tbe win! from blowing her away. Dr. W. 8. Lindsay who was anminoned aa an exnert In a case of Insanity at Marion was on the stanri for six hours In Judge loater's court yesterday. Frd Bonebrake, one of the best of the mandolin players In the H'niveralty Banjo rlub which played here lant nibt la tbe son of I'. I. Bone brake of this city. Ktigene Qulnton fa in Washington attend ing to bnatneaa before the United State supreme court. Mrs, Vols. ton is with biuu brella looked as though a nutmeg grater had been sliding down" hill on it. "But the old umbrella doesn t lpak droD." said the bunny, happy like. as he went out in the rain with it. And neither it did. So, with the court plaster mended rain shield Uncle Wig gily went on safely to his bungalow, not getting a bit wet, and the next day some one brought his own um brella to him. So. you see. it is sometimes a good thing to have plenty of court plaster, and if the milkman doesn't upst the bottle -of molasses, so it -tnakes the doormat stick to the mosquito screen. I 11 tell you next about Uncle w ig gily and the cow. (Copyright. 1917, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate). HOUSEHOLD HINTS Orange Marmalade. This orange marmalade is not bit ter, strong nor dark. Select four large sweet naval oranges and two seedless lemons. Scrub them with a vegetable brush in warm water, then quarter them, cut out the bitter naval end and mid dle core. Now cut the quarters in strips (crosswise with a scissors) about one-fourth inch wide, pulp and rind. Measure fruit and add three cups cold water to each cup of fruit. Put in a crock, cover closely and let stand over night. In the morning put on fire and let boil uncovered till rina Is tender. Set away to cool. Next morning measure three-fourths cup sugar to each cup Juice and boil till it Jells. Never cook over six cups of juics at one time if you want it light col ored and not strong. In measuring the juice try to get the same amount of rind in each cup. Let the juice boil twenty minutes before putting in the sugar. It will jell in a few minutes after sugar is added. This never fails. Simple Home Remedies. Cold in the Head may be cured by taking one ounce each of fine table salt, borax and camphor; mix thoroly and use as a snuff. It should be used, every three or four hours till cold is relieved. To Amuse the Children and at the same time prepare a valuable house hold remedy, get three cents' worth or more of lump alum and let the chil dren burn it by placing the lumps on top of cook stove. After it has melted it will remain in one place and con tinue boiling a long time according to amount used in one place. When al most dry it will go up and down, per forming queer antics like some living thir.g, much to the amusement of chil dren. Do not stir it, but when dry on one side turn over and let it remain a while longer. After It Is dry and white, pulverize fine and put away for future use. It is a fine remedy fur cankerous sore mouth or throat, for burning out proud flesh, for clearing the eyes of horses that have sore and weak eyes or moon eye. to stop n tick ling cough: also makes en excellent wash for the breast of expectant or nursir.g mothers, when a small amount is placed in a little tUcchol. The Table. Rice With Chicken One cup rice washed and put in stone crock. Cover two inches with stock dipped off chicken Salt and cook slowly until dry. Do not stir or add more stock. Dip with Ia,rge spoon, arrange around platter with chicken, in center. Pour gravy over all or serve separate ly. Sandwich Pudding One and one half cups flour, one cup sugar, one egg, butter size of egg, one-half cup milk, one teaspoon cream of tartar, one-half teaspoon soda. Have quart pudding dish lined half full of sliced apples and pour batter over them. Bake one hour. To be eaten wi;h sugar- sauce. dinner'stories The great specialist appraised his prospective patient with a glance. "You must take a trin to a warmer climate for your health," he advised. "Ten oollars. consultation lee. please." "You can take a trip to a still warmer climate for your money," came the answer as the man walked out. Old Crabton is particularly severs uPn wife ln argument. During a-recent passage-at-arms between the two hU wife managed to interpose witn: "My dear, I winh you wouldn't be so very positive about everything. Re member, there are always two sides to every question." Whereupon Old Crabton roared back at her: "Well, that's no reason whyx you should always be on the wrong side!" "Are you an advocate of prohibi tion?" asked the lady with the Bry anesque chin. "Yes, ma'am," replied the Individual with the irrigated. Carmine-colored eyes, "I advocate prohibition, in its proper place." "In its proper place? What do you mean, sir?" she demanded suspic iously. I mean, ma'am," he answered, "at least twenty miles from any human habitation, ma'am." APRIL. WEATHER. Birds on tbe bough before tbe bnda Begin to burst In the spring. Bonding their heads to the April flood a. Too uiucb out of breath to aiug! They chirp. "Hey-day! How the rain cornea down Com ra dea cu d d le together. Cling to -the bark aa rough and brown, Y'jf tbla la April weatber. "Oh, the warm, beautiful, drenching rain I I 'don't mind It, do you? Soon will tbe sky be clear again, Hmlllug and fresh and blue. 'Sweet and sparkling Is every drop That slides from the soft, gray clouds; Blossoms will blush to tl e very top Of tbe bare old trees In crowds. "Ob. the warm, delirious, hopeful ralnl Let na be glad together. Summer comes fiylng ln beanty again. Thru the fitfnl April weather." :klia thaxter. Toda y's Sneer. Sometimes when girls marry they get ahead and sometimes they get a fathead. nor K. MOLLTON.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2,1917' WHEAT LOOKS BAD Poorest in Kansas in Years, Says Secretary 3IohIer. Tlie Prolonged Dry Spell Has Caused Heavy Losses. URGE ACREAGE OF Oats, Sorsrhom nd Barley, Too, To Be Well Planted Here. Western Two-Thirds of State CoTered In Report. Wheat conditions, perhaps the poor est In Kansas in years, were Indictated t' cay In a special report by J. C. Mih- th.- .tni. Harri rt the stale board or secretary of Kt -culture. Th report is not an f.cal document from the state board of agriculture, out is based on ?oi;di-ti.-n. as rerWirted to Mhler by .crr taries of agricultural societies in twen ty-seven counties, compris some off the largest wheat proQucins counties I of the state. Conditions in the west- ern two-thirds of the state the bis whent belt are decidedly unfavc r- j sh. with more flatierine reuorts from southeastern court tips which, however, report small acreage. Henvy los!e:-t have been suffered by whewt prrwfM as a result of a pro longed dry spell. In man of the bi wheHt counties a larjre per cent of th crop has been wlowed up. fields have been nbnndoned and in some instances communities have suffered almost complete loss. Mohler will issue an official report for the entire stato about April Reports received by Secretary Moh lr indicate a lartre acreage f oats, corn, ?rghum and barley. I Icport in Full. Wheat conditions, as reported to Mnhler. are as follows: Allen County Wheat lock'n? fine, condi tion SO r i-'nr. ats are about ail sown and rawr of them are U and a pood atnnd. There Is a I.irjre areaKe sown. t'.nrton County Whe.it is in b;id shape nud iloea not a)tiear o improve. The pres ent prospe-m are for about L'5 per i-eiit of a -rop. KnrnKTs are sowing oats and bar ley mid will Inter plant rorn uu mu-h of the w heat jrround. There are a few fly wh-re the wheat is large enough to afford them rrlV. I'-rown County The lnt old spell we hail in February kilted about tiO per cent of the wliertt us there w:ts no snow to pro- ii. ohih re aooiiT au sown, mostly where the wheat was killed. put iu Clay 'ounty Wheat 7r r ent winter killed. "0 per cent will te plowed up or sown to oars. Ieep freezinc hits put soil In best of shape for nring working Larjre n.-reajre wnn tn ots in pood shape, but 6 need rain. Corn ground is helntr prepnred and pljuiflntr will tecin earlier than usual. Clark County Condition of wheat 'JO per cert, alfalfa 0 per ent. Cloud County Wheat In Cloud county in a total failure. Ueports from .-onserva-tive farmers over the coiintT show that leM than per cent of tlie wheat in this ounty will be allowed to stand. About 2i per cent of the wheat p round has been put to oats. Ah. ijt tio per tvnt Wf be pat to orn snd the remainder to kafir. feterita and other feeds. Co ma iK he County Wheat proaperrs slim Tnkime county over wnnld show 40 to rtn Pt '-ent in p rowing- eondition. Oats and bar.ey belnjr seeded lu ground with small amount of moisture. Kilt County Winter whent jrood. Oata oM sown. Some corn beinir planter. Kord County Fifty per cent of wheat area will plowed up. Very little farm work done to date. To- dry to plow Ssoiiie oars and barter sown. Franklin County Wheat is a surprise. It Is coming on fine, fields that looked to be Tuesday 85c Spading Fork 9c 35c Garden Hoe v .23c J "yM.HII I 'I'l l 7 IS Kinsaa Ave. PRKE Ml- I AM OPPOSKD TO Corporation dictation of any kind Giving the garbage of Topeka to a stranger when our own people need it! and can use it. Giving contracts to favorite bidders. Secret meetings to transact public business. My opponent has had his two terms. Opposition vot s at Primary His vote at Primary Majority for opposing candidates The opposition vote is nniteil on my behalf, primary and get other to vote with you. Advertisement an irreenir.g "P nicely. wl" make 4 1 r tent of a crop. aol 2 per cent re wira to oat. One hundred per cent or an oat crop in tue erouiiu. Ideal soil con ditions. (ireenwooil County No insects damaging crops. Small acreajre of wheat KariHT County Wheat condition 3o-per -ent. With a (food rain soon will be bet ter. Itatbt-r dry but wheal not suffering .....Lit... .1 tiittri n If. .TefferiN.n louuty Winter wheat Is In fnirlv gi-oii nbape. only It Is very backward i L Souk- of It is dead, but with rain tbere'will be enough to make a fiilr stand. Some ot tne iiems n- su inc up. with brown 8ols here and there. :..i,. i. .hunt done. A Inree acre- i sown. The around is in tiue condi tion for working. LabetM t'ouuty W heat and oats are looking pretty well. Very shirt on ac count of drought. Some corn planted. Lincoln County Wheat M per cent. ii nx- Linn t'onnty Wheat though a small ..-r..e 1. tonkin? eood since the rains during the mi. Idle of the month, oats are up and looking fine. (Iround is in good .haie for putting In the corn. I.ogan Countv The weather ha been very windv ami dry the last month, and w-hile we still have a fair Know for wheat, ratti Is Mrtle needed. Farmer rapart BMM wheat blown out. There are BO inserts bothering the grain as yet. Mcl'hern Ctunt.y lry weather and hiirh winds have been very damaging to the winter wheat. Many fields are being sown In oats. The early sown wheat to Imve tWn pretty badly infested (f ny (in(, mU(,h klUfttl by tn, inserts. Meade County All wheat eac-?t a very small a-njire nlnnred on sod. is deaii. and the wheat -"armer- almost to a man say "Meade u!iiify will have no wheat." What ni-peared even two weeks ago to be alive now jieein-tlead. Montgomery iVmiify J'het condition irod. Corn proimd fine. XSoine ilamiug. tJnrs cxd. In rcc arii ee. ss County A preiit deal of the wheat is now itflst refovery and but a few fields look like they mitcht m;ike wheat, tanners re lieirinulu? to (.repare jrrmiml for oats vattwj. v' tii jr round i very dry. Norton County Wheat N neediinr'Tain rerv badly. We have had but little moist ure" durinjr the month. Fully 5 per eent of the wheat will lie listed up. Farmers are birtnninjr to pet in sliat-e for sprinc plantwiir. There is quite a larjre acreas of barley being put out this Spring, more than common. Ottawa County Wheat the nearest a 'nuipiete failure ever known at this season of the year, with favorable weather from now on. not over i per cent of a crop -oii id be raised. Thousands of acres have a 1 r-a d y ben put into oa t s and a rood portion of the balan-e of the wheat will be planted to com later. Pawnee County Wheat badly dam-aped. Kstimnted SO per cent is winter killed and condition of balance Is poor. Snrface of fr round very dry. Some wheat beinff plow ed up for oats and barley. Some farmers expect to summer fallow part of their wheat pround. How much wheat pround will po into corn depends on weather con ditions next few week. riiillips County Wheat is hanpinjr on In spite of cold aud dry weather. The pround is still fairly moist, and easily worked for planrinp oats and barley of which consid ers. Me is binp sown. Pratt County A preat deal f wheat In north part of th '-ounty will be plowed up on account of wind and lack of rain. In south part of county the wheat is still alive but very small. Reno County The month of March will po into the history as one of the driest and w moiesi. t ui'xu tiiiijjnt- una "tu (lout?. especially to pro win jr wheat. This county has suffered a :u per cent loss of acre ape, with a balance proroisinp at this time not over flu per cent of the ten-year aver ape. Oats acres pe is somewhat increased, and is now comlnp ap with a fair promise. Alfalfa fields are lookinp green and fiue as a general rule. The corn area will be verv much increased and planting will start in s few day. Rooks County The condition of winter wheat is not to exceed 10 per cent of gen- eral averape. There will be a large In- crease of onrs and barlev. Ground is In I pood condition for seeding these crops J Farmers Jire musing inrpe preparsr-ons tor planting the wheat ground to corn. Rush fmmty Wheat- TJ) per vcent. two ln-t,e hr snow tn Marcn. Russell County Wheat badlv damaged by drouth and wind, probably 50 er cent lots now. Find Infant's Body in Park I-ake. Milwaukee. Wis.. April 2 The body of a child two days old, tied in a ack. was fuund floating in a park lake. Folice are today hunting for the mother. Specials 85c 5-ft. Step Ladder. .69c $5.00 Gas Heater S3.9S OIL COOK STOVES Pleasant in snmmcr. Kcliable in winter. 3 Burner Perfection (ii r n With I.ons Blue Fnnncl X,DV 3 Burner Mohawk With Short Burner and Cl 1 CA close up flame V v 2 Burner Mohawk Specially Priced $7.98 I. LI. L Jill i n w DELIVERY Phone 1322 J.A.Ramsey Candidate for Commissioner of Parks and Public Property I AM IX F.WOR OF Municipal ownership of all public utilities. Lower tele phone rates in Topeka. A better supply of Gas at a reasonable rate. Parks as playgrounds ana recreation centers. Clean and decent city offices and officers. To peka money to Topeka work men. Organized labor to combat corporate greed.. 4.971 4.793 17S Vote as you did at the EVERYBODY RIDES Kansas Will Register 150,000 Automobiles This Year. Butler Countj Dealers Now Are Selling 30 Cars a Day. SEDGWICK CO. IS IN LEAD Reno Comity Is Second and Shawnee a Close Third. This Year's Registration In crease Estimated at 61,000. Kansas this year will register 150, 000 automobiles, an increast of more than 61,000 over last year. That the opinion of Curtis Myers, in charge of the automobile department in the office of J. T. Botkin, secretary of state. With three months f the fiscal year remaining for registration, the record now shows 131.802 tags. It believed that a record of 150,000 cars will be registered July 1, as against a. registration of S8.223 last year. All winter records have been broken In the heavy registration which came to the department since January 1. The registration fee since January 1 has been Ji50 for the remainder of the year, as against a license fee of for 411 applications prior to January" 1 and subsequent to July 1. Due per haps to the open winter and the rec ord demand for cars, the state may show an increase of more than 80 per cent in cars for the twelve months period. The big increase in cars is coming more steadily from the new southern Kansas oil fields. The daily record from Augusta-Butler county district shows a decided leaning toward auto mobiles. This leaning is also toward .iigh powered, expensive machines. Buy Thirty Cars m Day. The record from Butl r county hows practically thirty new cars a day.. W. F. Miller, a special inspec tor, has been senc into the field and rounding up the oil men who brought their machines from other states and have failed to bvy Kansas license tags. As a result of the cam paign in the oil district,, many Mis souri. Oklahoma. Illinois cars have discarded their native statj tags and now travel the Butler county field under Kansas tags. As a result of the growth in the southern Kansas oil fields. Butler county is now running a close race with Wyandotte county ior fourth place in the number of automobiles. It is believed that before the end of the fiscal year the county will register more cars than the haughty border town with its record population. Shawnee county now ranks third in the number of automobiles. Sedg wick county leads the state with 6.413 cars. Reno county is second with 3,- 778 and Shaw nee county is in third place and fighting for second with a registration of 3.546 automobiles. The race between Rutler and Wyandotte county for fourth place is close. But ler county has registered 2.977 curs, while Wyandotte county leads by just 27 machines', its record to date being 3.023 cars. Montgomery county, has re ported 2.824 machines. Cowley county 2.305 and Cloud county 1,989. HE DIED AT HIS DESK David Hurley Was One of the Santa Fe's Veterans in TopcUa. While sitting at his desk Saturday afternoon, shortly after 2 o'clock, i David Hurley, freight car foreman of the Santa Fe shops, succumbed to an 1 attack of heart disease. He had been ill for nearly two years, but was still able to carry on his work. He was a i brother of J. E. Hurley, formerly gen- eral manager of the Santa Fe system. David Hurley entered the railroad business some thirty years ago as a car repairer for the Santa Fe in Raton. New Mexico. Later he went to the Colorado Southern and then to the Denver Rio Grande. In 1011, he came to Topeka and was general freight car foreman of the Santa Fe. Mr. Hurley was 63 years old and is survived by his wife, a son. Harry j Hurley, of Topeka. and two daugh ters, Mrs. A. C. Walsh, of Arkansas I City, and Miss Hatti Hurley, of To peka. The funeral will be held Tues I day afternoon at 2 o'clock frojn the r irst jiietnoaist cnurcn. hi una I will be in Topeka cemetery. He was a member of the Elks lodge and of the Masonic order. NOT AFRAID OF RAIN Pacifists Stand In Downpour Rather Than Meet in Armory. Cleveland. O., Apral 2. Five hun dred Socialists and Pacifists, refused the use of Gray's armory for the pur pose of holding an anti-war meeting, gathered in public square and during a steady downpour of rain, listened to Pacifists pleas to refrain from enlist ing in the United States ariy should war be declared upon Germany. Government secret service opera tives, plain clothes men and a number of policemen were scattered thru the crowd to prevent the utterance of re marks tending toward sedition. Xo arrests were made, however. The speakers denied that the meet ing was a pro-German affair. "The working class has nothing to lose and all to gain by opposing war under all circumstances." one of the speakers said. TENDER THROATS readily yield to the healing influence of scdwnrs It soothes the inflamed mem branes and makes richer blood to repair the affected tissues to help prevent tonsilitas or laryngitis. SCOTT'S is worth insisting upon. ODDITIES CULLED FROM DAY'S NEWS Ann Arbor, Mich. While Miss Rowena Bastin. co-ed. wan urging classmates to "cut" soldier sweet hearts, she learned that her fiance, Kenneth Bennett, was enlisting in the I. N. G. He learned of her speech the same time. Their letters crossed. Both had changed their minds. Chicago Eight union labels, one on each article of clothing, must be shown by candidates who would serve as union delegate the Chicago Fed eration of Labor has decided. Women delegates were not mentioned In the resolution. South Norwalk. Conn. Somj of the neighbors said "quack" when George Rubey reported that two double yolk and three soft shelled eggs were laid in one day by his anti-high cost of living duck. Xew York Two thousard boys IS to 19 are under arms, 230.000 are sub ject to compulsory military raining and 52.000 will be under arms by Sep tember in the state of New York, un der the new training law. Detroit, Mich. Two young men strutted up to Captain Richardson of the .navy recruiting station and an nounced they wanted to join the "out fit". Richardson looked them over, found they were in good physical con dition and of moral habits, then asked their ages. One said "six" the other "seven." Detroit. Mich.--Police raids resulted in fifty-six arrests for violation of the liquor and gambling laws Sunday. St. Paul, Minn. To remain beauti ful, eat an onion, half pound of cab bage or spinach, half a grated turnip and a handful of cranberries daily, Mrs. Anna Peterson, domestic science lecturer told club women here. Minneapolis, Minn. Co-eds at the University of Minnesota will not do a Hawiian dance in bare legs. A dele gation of shocked mammas saw the grass skirts and ordered stockings. Minneapolis, Minn. House movers rolled Max Brodow's dwelling out in the street and struck for more money. Brodow appealed for police protection until the movers came back to work. COULDN'T TAKE JOKE Man Kills Youth and Wounds 3 Others Over April Fool Pranks. Elyria. O., April 2. One youth was killed, his step-father is dying and two others, one of them a policeman, were wounded as a result of an April fool's dead Benjamin Muske. tne vnnth nnrl bii sister fooled their stepfather. Antone Lester. The latter became enraged and drew a re volver, and in the struggle which fol lowed Benjamin was shot thru the head and his mother. Mm. Lester, re-; cei'ed a bullet wound in the wrist. When the police arrived. Lester, barricaded in the house, fired upon them, wounding two men. He then shot himself and is not expected to re cover. STOP DALLYINGI--OKLA: O.OOO Patriots at Mass Meeting Send Message to Congress. Oklahoma City. Okla., April 2. Six thousand "wildly enthusiastic men, women and children gathered at the auditorium yesterday, afternoon in patriotic demonstration, shouted an "unanimous aye" as the following res olution was adopted: I! Itk., nf Oklahoma be representatives of Oklahoma Dem Resolved, that the senators ana structed to say to the president and to congress that the time for temporizing is done and that :ne time tor action is here; and that what the president and congress do'to further that action will meet with the patriotic approval of every map and woman in Okla homa." MOVIE BOARD TO K. C. State Censors Finally Decide to Leave Topeka to Aid Film Men. The movie censor board will go to Kansas City. In spite of the fight which members of the board made when the review board was assigned a place with the horses and fire en gines in the Kansas City fire station, the move will be made. Information from Kansas City indi cates that the room assigned to the board has been overhauled and is in proper condition for work. Mrs. J. M. Miller of Council Grove, a member of the board, visited the inspection rooms and stated she was pleased with the new quarters. 3,500 BUILDERS STRIKE; Trades Demand Raise Bricklayers Want S a Day in Des Moines. Des Moines, la., April t. Union bu'lding trades workmen went on strike here today when the Master Builders association failed to meet de- i mands for increased pay. Carpenters ask 65 cent's an hour; brick layers $7 a day: laborers 37 H cents an hour, and engineers 60 cents an hour. About 3.500 man quit work on construction Jobs thruout the city. ONE DIES BY ACCIDENT Kansas Xearly Free From Motor Car Deatbs tn March. Jut one death from an automobile accident occurred in Kansas during March last year showed five deaths. Ten persons were seriously injured in motor cars accidents. Frank Blankenship of Atchison, was killed in an automobile accident March 27, while returning with a bridal party from his own wedding. The machine turned turtle and rolled down an em bankment. STILL OFF RESERVATION Gronna of X. One of "Willfuls" Cleaves to Anti-War Ideas. St. Paul. Minn.. April 2. Senator Gronna of North Dakota, is speeding toward Washington today prepared to cast his vote against any measure which would involve the United States in war. Senator Gronna. one of the "willful twelve" declared here last night that he had not changed his attitude re garding arming of American ihips and that he would oppose any effort to de clare war of to declare that a state of M. W. A. PREPARED Big Fraternal Order Can Fur nish 100,000 Trained Men. Gen. Saxon of Topeka Says Lodge Will Rally to Flag. NO ORDERS YET ISSUED National Council May Take Some Action This M eek. 7,000 Well Drilled Members Are Citizens of Kansas. Chicago, April One hundred thoasand meo. fully t rn i nv-A iu mill- tary tactics, will be offered to Pres ident Wilson in cawe of war by the Modern Woodmen of Ameritt. This itnnounement was made here Snnday by Major General Saxon of Tojeka who command the forester division. Chicago. April 'J. Nearly 100.000 Forester memlers of the drill teams of the Modern Woodmen of AmerU-m will help in case of war. according to Major eneral M. W. Saxon, of To peka, Kan., who commands the For ester division. General Saxon said at a meeting of the organization here that there are tiirttOO men now en roiled and about STkOOO bare belonged to drill teams in the past. The men are drilled in military tactics. That the foregoing interviews, car ried into Topeka today by two differ ent news associations, was given out in Chicago Sunday by the purported authority was denied here by Major Oeneral M. W. Saxon, national com mander of the forester division of the Modern Woodmen of America. Gen eral Saxon verified the report that there are 100,000 Forester members in his command who are drilled in military tactics sufficiently to enter the army. As to their being offered, in a body, for service in case of war. Gen eral Saxon said he has not been au thorized by the national council or commander in chief of the order -to make such a statement. AH Well Drilled. "In case of war," said General Sax- fcton, "the forester division will un- doubtedly do its share as volunteer or in the national guard. A large num- ber of them are already members of the latter. j "They are all young men and finely drilled in military tactics and with a short time in the regular army would be ready to go to the front. This di- I vision played a great part in the Span- I ish-American war and will undoubted- i ly do so in future wars. If there is j war- 'l s my personal opinion the most i General Saxon said the' proposition I of offering the services of the For-! esters to the country would probably j be taken up at the meeting of the I national council in Illinois this week. I He will attend the meeting. The Foresters are rated as bein2 one of the finest drilled and disciplined bodies of men in any fraternal or- ganization. Of the 100. 000 in the Unitea states more than 7,000 are in Kansas. Mr. Saxon said. ADMIT STORE THEFT Sam Williams and Clarence Anderson Plead Guilty In District Court. Pleas of guilty were entered by two defendants in the lirst criminal case on the April docket in the first division of the district court. Sam Williams and Clarence Ander son pleaded guilty to grand larceny, and, unless there is intervention in in-im form, will be sentenced to the

penitentiary for terms of from five to fifteen years. They were charged with robbing the Edelblute drug store at 505 West street in January. They were charged with takilfg from it 112 worth of "dope." Hugh Larimer, sheriff, heard them in the store and captured Anderson as he ran out the back door. Williams got away then but Larimer arrested

and the case was ready today when the two defendants weakened and of fered to plead guilty. f Chicago Negroes Patriotic Chicago, April 2. A mass meeting rtf PhicaffO negroes held Sit Rethnl church yesterday adopted resolutions urging the president and congress to be unwavering in dealing with Ger many and promising the support of all negro citizens of Chicago. At every mention of the word war. the audience stood and cheered and waved flags. $3000 Prize Comes To Topeka BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBI aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBI BBBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB) BBBBBBBBBBB. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHBBBBBBB1 We have information which leads us to be lieve that one of the lucky cortestants in the recent Ever-Ready-Flash-Light name contest lives in Topeka. Three parties have sent in the same name and each will receive $3000 in gold. Perhaps you are the winner. Over 800,000 people contested for this prize. Think what it means to land this prize in Topeka. Watch Our Display Windows For This Announcement Thursday, April 5th .s As we have told you before our well assorted slock and Zip Service combine to make our store worthy- of your attention. Call and be convinced. W. A. L. Thompson Hardware Co. 511 Kansas Avenue WIS- I Ml M fill tJ At THE "COME-BACK1 n The "Come-back" man was really never down-and-out. His weakened condition because of over-work, lack of exercise. Improper eating and liv- in8- demands stimulation to satisfiy tne crv 'r health-giving appetite an tne refreshing sleep essential to strengtn. goid MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, the National Remedy of Holland, will do the work. They are wonderful! Three of these capsulesJ each day will put a man on his feet before he knows it; whether his trou- j ble comes from uric acid poisoning, the kidneys, gravel or stone lit the j bladder, stomach derangement or oth- er ailments that- befall the over-zeal- ous American. Don't wait until you are entirely down-and-out, but take them today. Your druggist will glad ly refund your money if they do not help you. 25c, 50c and $1.00 per box. Accept no substitutes. Look for the j name GOLD MEDAL on every box. They are the pure, original, imported Haarlem Oil Capsules. Advertiae- Haarlem ment. To Overcome Eczema Never mind how often you have tried and failed, von can stoo burnin&r. itchine- quickly by applying a little zemo t ttiniichrri fur anv rfrarffitf t rf sir t. tra large bottle, Sl.uu. Healing begins j the moment zemo is applied. In a short j time usually every trace of eczema, tet- j ter, pimples, rash, black heads and sim-! i ilar skin diseases will be removed. For clearing the skin and making if eoroustv healthy, always use zemo. the j vigorously healthy, always use zemo, the oenetratine. antiseptic liquid. It is not a greasy salve and it does not stain. When others fail it is the one dependable treat-1 ment for skin troubles of all kinds. The C TV. Itoe Co.. ClsvvUad. O. j A4vertineniplr.) youthful (knejr demands. we supply Make Your Easter Clothes Preparations Early This Week A "State of Preparedness" exists throughout this entire store "prepar edness" in anticipating your require ments in perceiving what is correct, in providing what our customers want and in pricing it on a popular basis. No other Easter has found us so well pre pared in all these respects and this in spite of the unusual market conditions. We're now ready for you as never be fore but our advice is to come early this week avoid the rush of the few days just before Easter. Every Price, Your Money's Worth Auerbachg i a a CLOTHING CCL New Hart Schaffner Marx Clothes New Knox, Stetson, Crofut Knapp Hats New Manhattan, Star, E. W. Shirts. New Shoe3 and Oxfords for Men and Women PLANT Trees and Shrubs NOW! They Add Beauty to the Home They Increase Its Value They Add to the Joys of Living We have a large stock of hardy trees and shrubs and offer you a choice selection. Special as Long as Tbejr Last 1.400 Climbing Roses, Doro thy Perkins and White Dorothy Perkins. Large f" field grown plants (one pink and one white) I0 IOC Regular price of these plants 25c each. Phone Us Your Order We Will Deliver Promptly. J. H. Skinner Co. MUSERYMEN' 423 Quincy Street For Quick Returns Try Guettel Phone Sits a Journal Want Ad. T.I t war exists.

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Tire TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL -MONDAY EVENING, 2 Palm Beach Suits J 2 I ocientiricaliy (.leaned Men-. I.adira' J.aaic Sl.oo ami up J i These we thoroughly wash in !ry 2 2 InentH sometimes require nn sritll-. z tlomil Vtt ('leiiiilnjr. In which ease 5 a e do nt't guiiranteu umtluxt sbriuk- 2 Z Topeka Laundry Co. Phono SK:t. e Dorit be discour aged! Heal your kick skirvwitk esmoj n the past twenty years Resinol Oint mtnt h:is made thousands of sick skins wf 11. In the jre.-t majority of the cases, it stopped the itching, burning and smarting at once, and quickly drove the unsightly eruption away. To appreciate howmuch n;ood Resinof Ointment really does, you should try it on yotir own skin trouble at our expense,' il Vtm seWfr-MthmiiH all druggists Rrinol Ointment, we will gladly Bend a iree sample. Write to Dent Resinol. Baltimore. Md. si" This Store Sells Garments made by YounpAftbmenfe Coat Dd Suit Makers Prompt delivery of Your Pre-Easter Wooltex coat or suit From Century addition do Luxe of Raemaekcr't Cartoon. Copyright Century Co., A JT, UXCLE SAM: "I know this iob. I've done it before" II 1 1 !U QUALITY PRODUCTS i Banquet Ham banquet Breakfast Bacon J O. K. Lard Kaw Valley Mince Meat !rhc Purest Food Products in tlie World Mule in the rfeant-st imCking Iioiihc in America. WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE CARE OF ALL ORDERS FOR MEATS Chas. Wolff Packing Co. TocUii. KajisuH. MAF SHOT! AT HOME NEWS Personal to the Kaiser! Yon didn't intend to make war on us. of course such a thing was iilisurd. 'Twas only a joke when you made a pledge. And immediately broke your word. Yon didn't intend to mnke war on us. You are sinking our ships for fun. Yet you say we are forcing you into war, As soon as VK fire a gun. You didn't intend to make war on us. When you set your net of spies. To ferret out our weakest spot, In Trieudly relations guise. You didn't Intend to make war on us, Nay! what did you mean to do? I'd like to know what you would do, If we'd done those things to you. Nels Y ingle. The Central Civic council will meet Monday evening at 6 o'clock at the Y. M. C A. A committee will report .Journal Ads Get Results ASK FOR and GET Horlick's The Original malted Milk Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price. High Man at the Primary My oiMMtueut insists mi tethiig the nubile in bin "arts' nhout. mv extensive experience in public affairs. MANY THANKS. MR. OPPONENT! Just such ex perience us I have had is what has materially made me efficient for the duties of Commissioner of Finance. It would be an asset to any man. Yet he com plains of the experience that I enjoy. 1 have met the approval of the people of Topeka as It evidenced hr my car rying every ward in the city and losing but three precinct at last" Monday's primary. Let us make the victory complete Tuesday. "One good term deserves another.' W. H. WA S S O N Caniliclulg for Commissioner or Finance for a Second Term. Advertisement Leave Topeka 4.4." urn ti.tm am 7-40 am 1.15 im :t.nr pin Ji OO U s.oo pm To and from Kansas City and Chicago Arrive Arrive Kansas City Chicago 7.00 am 7.."rf am 1.4." am :i.:m pih pin 7 (Hi pm V.55 pm 00 pm il.Ofl pm 7.'J." am 7.4:t am 7.J5 am 0.1. am 11.15 am 11.13 am I-cave Chicago 9.50 am 9.S0 am 6.00 pm 8.06 pm in to pm 'J am O iXI pm Icave Kansas t itv 9 40 pm ln.OO pm 9.10 am 11.00 am 4 .(0 pm 7.45 am Arrive Topeka 11.-5 pra ll.Sn pm 11.05 am 10.50 am 1.55 pm ti.40 pm 10.15 am Through Sleepers r. i.. sti bgks, c. r. T. A. Phone Mitt. Free reclining Chair cars on the lishtins and heating rate made by the Kdison company. Dr. Harding's office, 728 Kansas Ave. Adv. Bell Telephone directory goes to press April 5. Call Number 33. Adv. A district convention of the Degree of Honor lodges will be held Wednes day afternoon and evening at the K. of P. hall. C F. Ludington, fuel supervisor of the Santa Fe. who resigned two weeks ago. left today for Parsons to take up his duties in the same' position for the Missouri. Kansas Texas railroad. Harry Streeter, a 16-year-old boy of North Topeka. was arrested Satur day and charged with belonging to the gang that robbed the store of W. M. Overton at 923 West Gordon street, last month. Confessions of Streeter's brother, John, and his cousin, Clyde, implicated Harry as the instigator of the kid robbery. "The grub in the navy is fine," de clared Ray F. Mclain. seaman of the second class, who has just returned to Topeka from the Great Lakes training school on a ten-day furlough. "I am going to get my chums to join," he said, "and get them fat like me." His parents state that he has gained fif teen pounds and looks better than ever;-' lie. -4s Visiting his parents, Mr. ancb "MrsjP. J.,McJ.ath,, at 331 Kline street. A light Maxwell"' touring car and a heavy Stutz roadster collided Sunday afternoon at the corner of Fifth anil Kansas avenue. The Stutz belonged to Robert Billard. The Maxwell was driven by Fred McClure, a chauffeur. The Maxwell was going east on Fifth street and the Stutz, south on Kansas avenue. ine cars met at the south I west corner and the Maxwell was swung completely around until it was headed south. Neither driver was in jured. Another arrest on the hone dry books. John Thomas, a negro, and according to Frank i'arcell, a boot legger, loafer and janitor, was found near the stock yard office of the Wolff Packing company, evidently under the influence of alcohol. He carried a concoction of "white mule" of which he had freely imbibed and incidentally had given a little to a friend. It was thru the friend that his arrest was made. Thomas will probably be turned over to the county authorities. The new horseshoe courts of North Topeka, in Garfield park, have been finished and they are pronounced "fine." The pegs are set in a clay base, so that they are nearly im movable. According to Commissioner Porter, match games will probably be held again this summer and more in terest will probably be displayed than in the baseball fields. The tennis courts of Garfield park will be start ed as soon as we get a rain and the ground is softened up. The "W." quartette; will start on a musical trip this week, according to plans just completed by Howard Cox. manager. A second trip is planned for the1 Easter vacation. Performan ces will be given this week in Hor ton and in Holton. The eastern trip will take the quartette thru Good land, Smith Center, Belleville and Manhattan, opening April 9 at Good land. The members of the quartette are Harrison Becker, first tenor; Or ville Veatch, second tenor: Ralph Pet tis, baritone: and Howard Cox, bass. RUSSIAN PLOT FOILED Royalty Planned to Proclaim Grand Duke Nicholas Czar. Petrograd, April 2. Following the discovery of a plot to proclaim Grand Duke Nicholas emperor of Russia, the provisional government ordered the transfer to the fortress of SS. Peter and Paul of all nobles and other mem bers of the former czar's entourage, now imprisoned in Tsarkoe-Seio pal ace. The former czar and czarina, it is stated, will be kept under guard in the paiace. Grand Duke Nicholas is now in the Crimea and it is not known here as to whether he had any part in toe plot. The plot was discovered thru the arrest of Grand Duchess Marie Pav lovna. a cousin of the deposed czar. She is the divorced wife of Prince William of Sweden. Involved in the plot with the duchess it is stated, are two grand dukes and several mem bers of the entourage of Grand Duke Boris. V Grand Duke at Ahipka. Yalta, The- Crimea, April 2. The Grand Duke Nicholas has arrived at his estate At Aluka near here. He was accompanied by two government com- THOUGHT DEAD BUT SENDS FOR HIS GOLF STICKS AND IS FOUND CATCH HERAT LAST Purse PBrloiner Arrested Taking PoiketlKHjk lYora Man In Alley. -5T r" H mJl 'K0,J Chicago, April 2. Believed dead for seven months, Harry S. Lapook was back at his home here today. His j clothes were found on the beach here j last August, and it was thought he i had drowned. Some time later his j mother received a letter signed "Par t ker,'. asking that Lapook's golf sticks j be sent to an address in St. Louis. She employed detectives. They found i Lapook working in St. Louis under the name of Parker. SAYS HE FOUND WATCH Negro Points Out Tree Under Wliich He Picked It Up. Court was dismissed in the second division today while "Bill" Bills, a ne' i gro, took the county attorney and the sheriff up on Eighth street and show ed them the tree under which he al leged he, found the watch he is charg ed with stealing. There are lots of trees on Eighth street. There are old trees, young trees, big trees, little trees, elm trees, maple trees and various other varie ties. But Bill picked out a tree and designated it as the one upon which the watch grew, or at least undet which he picked it up. With trees all around him Bill didn't even hesitate. He just picked out a tree and pointed his finger at it. There was no one to dispute him. Bills is charged with stealing the watch from a vest while the vest was hanging in a toilet room in the state house basement. .1. T. Rogers hung the vest in the toilet at two o'clock one afternoon and fifteen minutes later when he looked for the watch it was missing. Bills says he found the watch under a tree near the city library on the state house grounds at four o'clock the same afternoon. The watch, if it was where Billy says he- found it, was in plain sight of the people who passed along the sidewalk for two hours. AWARD W. C. T. U. PRIZES Winners or Essay Contests Will He Announced April 13. Prizes will be awarded by the W. C. T. U. April 13, for the winners of the essay contest put on this year among the high school students. One stu dent from each class in the Topeka high school and the junior high school will be awarded a prize of Jl and a $5 prize will he given for the best paper entered in the contest. The following eleven students were awarded $1 prizes by the committee of judges: Louise Horn, George Walk er. Olin Block. John Cox, Aletta Fisher, from the Topeka high 'school; Myrtle Carlson and Harold Marple. from Quincy junior high school: Mina Wil !ton. Carl Luthey, Charles Waddle and C. W. Bailey of Oakland high school. The winner of the $5 prize will be announced later this week. The police have been watching Car rie Brackeen, a negro woman, for months and have arrested her on an average of twice a week for different offenses. She has been charged time after time with lifting pocketbooks off of white men in alleys but there has never been a first class case. She has always got away with a $10 fine or if it has been more than that she has appealed to the district court and beaten the case there. Sunday night, as usual. Officers lie I Cnvom nd Alba were keeninc an eve on Carrie. They saw her meet a man on West Second street between Jack son and Van' Buren. They watched them head for an alley. They waited patiently then rushed the couple. Car rie had the man's pocketbook in her hand and it had been done so care fully that the man was astonished. She was -arrested and is in the city jaii charged, with "larceny from the per son." HORSE THREW GIRL Leona Williams, 18, Hurt on West j Sixth Avenue. With Easter Sunday so very near and this matter of spring clothes not yet settled by many women, we feel that this Pre-Easter showing of new Wooltex coats and suits is particular ly timely. Quick delivery to you of one of these stunning coats or suits is pos- A try-on will be a pleasure and incurs no obligation. We promise to deliver before Easter Sunday. sible only because of their exception al tailoring. Very little or no altera tion will be necessary. Those models illustrated here are authentic in style, superior in mate rials and are unusually becoming to most figures. Miss Leona Williams, eighteen-year-old daughter of W. R. Williams on Route 8, was badly injured about 11 Q'clock today when a horse she was riding threw her on West Sixth avenue, near the Thomas Page residence. She was rushed to St. Francis hospital in an unconscious condition and at 2 o'clock this afternoon had not re gained consciousness. However, it was stated by physicians that her injuries were not necessarily fatal. Miss Williams rode to town from the farm this morning upon a horse she frequently rides to and from music lessons in Topeka. She was using a man's saddle. If anyone saw the ac cident he has not volunteered any in formation as to how it happened. It is not known whether the horse be came frightened and bolted or merely pitched her of. But she was thrown. Her parents were notified and they came to Topeka to the hospital where the girl is making a fight for life. TheW TA e Sfi op IJMUKI I mm ills Company For (entlewom en v 815 Kansas Avenue 815 V M r.Taxpayer: Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our relatives, friends and neighbors for their kind n,ess and help in our bereavement. "We also express our appreciation of the beautiful floral offerings. MRS. GE6. WIND AND FAMILY. Advertisement. Strongly Recommended "Pain is no respecter of persons, says Dr. B. L. Abogado. "It knows no distinc tion of race, creed or wealth. The pain of the man of millions with bis gouty foot Is lust as excruciating as Is that of the most lowly citizen nursing his Jaw in a frenzy of neuralgia. For the time being the one thought uppermost In the minds of both is that they would gladly give their all to get rid of the pain. "The prominent symptoms of most dis eases are pain and fever and I have found that anti-kamnla tablets are equally as effective as fever reducers as they are as pain relievers. Therefore, In any diseases where pala or fever exist either separately or together, anti-kamnla tablets have their proper use. for instance, 1 have used them with most gratifying results In the treat ment of all kinds of headaches, migraine, cory Eft. la grippe, and Its after effects; as a sedative In indigestion, gastralgfa, dys pepsia, hysteria and Insomnia; as an anti pyretic in intermittent, puerperal and malaria fevers, bronchitis, pleurisy, etc.; and In acute and chronic neuralgias, ear ache, toothache, and the pains of sciatica, rheumatism and gout.' Antl-kamnia tablets will quickly give you the desired re I ret. Obtainable 1n any quan tity desired. Ask for A-K Tablets, Advertisement.? Do you know that Topeka pays a higher school tax than any other large city in the state? f Higher Than Kansas City Higher Than Wichita Do you know that Topeka pays its super intendent of schools more than any other city in the state? Look Here! Kansas City -..population 8.3,000; pays sup't $3,300 Wichita population 65,000; pays sup't $3,200 Topeka population 45,000; pays sup't $4,800 WHY SHOULD TOPEKA PAY SO MUCH MORE THAN OTHER CITIES? If you want more efficiency in our schools for less money, vote for TAKE SALTS IF YOUR BACK HURTS SAYS DRUGS EXCITE THE KIDNEYS Salts harmless to flush Kidneys and neutralize uric acid, thus ending; Bladder trouble. URSlOUAl-S. y When your kidneys hurt and your i back feels sore, don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with j a lot of drugs that excite the kidneyn I and irritate the entire urinary tract. i Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, oy riusning tnem with a mild, harmless salts which re moves the body's urinous waste and stimulates them to their normal activ ity. The function of the kidneys is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain from it 600 grains of acid and waste, so we can readily understand the vital importance of keeping the kidneys act" Drnk lots of water you can't drinJ too much; also get from any pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morn ing for a few days and your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the -cid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with hthia. and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in jure; makes a delightful effervescen; lithia-water drinli which every one should take now and then to keep their kidneys clean and active. Try this, also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney trouble and backache. Advertisement. (Signed) Frank B. Brown, Frank Curry and S. A. Swendson (Political Advertisement) GRAND rvCT m JfTOHTS I 23o-50c j i li i No inretment irlve the lnvtor leu Mmn or rrfr. thronrtiout It. term tban the FA KM MORTGAGE LOAN m nrjr"ti.t-l by m rep. ntabfo farm ivaort kmc. bank ing hue. Think It nvr. THE FA KM MORTGAGE CO. Tnpekn Kansas 3D Read the State Journal Q E LOOKS If yon flu-are little yoa will we the Mvinr Is great enouih to Interest Any one. SAVING MONEY INTEREST TOC? Oar 93 order y.tem Is the most ef fective way to SAVE In LIVING EXPENSE. 16 lbs. Sugar $1 with 94 order of other roods OR 48 lbs. Flour $2.40 Your rtaolra Bla 4. I-H. Perfection, Banquet, White Loaf. No cheap brands of flour, yoar stand ard Instead. MUSTARD, 10-oz. Jar, r CELERT RELISH, pint lite SALAD DRESSING. RIlTex Leaf Brand, medium size bottle, SOc; large size SOr. ORANGE jriCE. bottled in Califor nia: abort quart. 5(V' size, eah s.v Khort pint, m alee, each Ifr small bottle, 10c size, earb 7c COFFEE Fresh "toasted Santos. .TOc value, lb., z&ci 6-lb. lot $1.15 PAVCAKE FLOl'R 5-lb. bag Z3e GRAHAM FI.OIR 7-lb. bug S3c PREPARED BICK WHEAT FLOl'R Sambo, pkg sc CREAM Or RICE l.V pkjr. earb 10c PRCNES Nice quality; lb. 12 Vic and 16c EVAPORATED PEACHES Bright fruit, a Iba isc DILL PICKLES. Ubby. large can..lHc CAULIFLOWER, frcab. lb c PEANUT BITTER extra fine quality. 2 lba 25c TOMATOES Fancy. Turnstile brnn.l Large cans. 2 for s.tc CORN Extra standard, can 12c RICE Fancy whole grain, 4 lbs. for Lie HOMINY 3 large cans .t.v SALMON Tall can. pink Uc red BEANS, can 10c j dozen fl.l.l FIGS Imported, lb 13c APPLE BUTTER Full quart Jars. fancy "Farmhouse" brand. eacb..S5r ORANGES Fancy Navels, medium size, dozen w. lsY LIMA BEANS No, I cans, small sized beans, can I.v VINEGAR neat cider, gallon .v CHILI BEANS Fancy, lb 12Vtc EXTRACT Lemon or Vanilla, bottle R, GINGER SNAPS Fresh baked. lb. lOc MEATS. HERRING. Holland 3 for lee RIB ROAST, boned and rolled. choice, lb XSe BAMBERGER, fresh, lb BONELESS CHUCK ROAST, lb.. X SMALL HEARTS, lb Me BEEF TONGUES, lb lc LARD Lb. f-r COMPOUND 10 lb lots 1.7 BUTTEBINE Swift's Premium or Majestic, lb Ze 8. B asm aMi,i,am.j.in juisy son in l r im lil sw fnona

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALS-MONDAY EVENING, J The time for the opening ol the Country ciub season approaches, and the formal opening will be held some time in the latter part of May. Pre vious to the opening a series of three dances will be Riven for the members and their families. The first party of the series will be given Monday night. April 9: the second, Monday night. April 30, and the third. Thursday night. May 10. Dancing willTiegin at these parties at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Simmons of Hutchinson, have announced the en gorgement of their daughter. Miss Adda .Simmons, to Mr. Kklon Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Smith, also of Hutch inson. The marriage will take place about the middle of April. The engagement is of some local In terest. Inasmuch as Mrs. Simmons is a club woman known thruout the state. She is a member of the Kansas Coun cil of Women, which is made up of presidents and past presidents of state organizations of women. She fre iuntly comes to Topeka and has a circle of friends in this citv. Her da.iEhter was a student in K. V. -X Miss Lenore Monroe and Miss Cyn thia Monroe have returned from Chi cago, where they spent a week. They were met in Chicago by their sister. Ml-s Daisy Monroe-, of Columbia uni versity. New York city. Mies Daisy SIcnroe returned to Topeka with them, ant! will remain with her parents. Judge and Mrs. Lop Monroe, until mid summer. In July she will return to New York, where sh. is a teacher In Columbia' university. Miss Cynthia -Monroe, who hat been ill with throat trouble this winter, was in consultation with some specialists in Chicago, to whom she was sent by her home physician, and who verified his opinion that it will not be neces sary for her to have an operation. Her frit mis will be glad to know that her recovery without an operation may be expected. It is whispered by visitors to Kansas ity tnat a man of that town, formerly f Toprka. is contemplating matri-tiom- .XV content with being the I TO REMOVE DANDRUFF j ft a ;i-cent bottle of Danaeriiie it r ny drug store, pour a lltt'e into your l and nnd rub wll into the gcalp with the finger tips. By morning Most, if rot all. t.t this iwful scurf will have J(.r.ii.-(i io or mree applica tions will Mestroy pvry bit of dand luff: stop scalp' itching and falling liair. Advertisement. RID STOMACH OF GASES, SOURNESS, AND INDIGESTION "I'ape'sr Diapepsin' T relieves stomach distress in five .minutes. You dun t want a slow remedy v.-her. your stomach is bad or an un f ertiiin one or .x ha mful one your j-toniMch is too valuable; you mustn't injure it with drastic drugs. Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its i-peeil in sivins relief; its harmless upsi; Its certain unfailing- action (n '?fUiIat1nK sick, sour, Raspy stomachs. Ha quick relief in indigestion, dyspep-j-ia and gastritis when caused by acid ity has made it famous the world over. Keep this wonderful stomach f wee tenr in your home; keep it landy get a !arye fifty-rent case from y drug .store and then if any one should eat something which doesn't aree with them; if what they cat lays like lead, ferments and sours ii nd forms gas: causes headache, diz ziness and nausea; eructations of acid and undigested food remember as hoon as Pape's Dia pepsin comes in contact with the stomach it helps to neutralize the excessive acidity, thon all the stomach distress caused by it disappears. Its promptness, certainty and ease in overcoming such stomach disorders is a revelation ty those who ry it. Advertisement. EASTER is just "around the corner." Imagination is the well spring of style. $3.50 to $17.50 appeal at once to the uni versal desire of femininity to be "different." Let us show them to you today. ;VfcrrenM.(fosfey- 31 Mm Looking Backward In State Journal Society Column I TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY" Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wetherefl en tertained the Saturday Evening danc ing club last evening at their hall. Those present were: Misses Emily King. Jeannette Lord, Sue Sharitt, Hila Hinckley. Grace Collins, Harriet Jones. Peal Jones. Helen Wilson, Anna Jones, Jessie Stults, Lottie Parkhurst, Isabel Thompson, Nellie Anthony, Ethel Hammond. Edna Crane. Mary Moon. Willa Rodgers, Bessie Speer, Bessie Hayden, Lois Teft, Edna McClintock: Messrs. Dick Rogers, Ed Martin, Oillie Updegraff. Everett Dallas. Will Wikidal. Warren Akers, Will Trapp. John Collins, Guilford Dudley. Seth Chase. Bradford John son. Ben Johnson, Harry Seabrook. Tom Frost. Webb Wilder, Jack Dil lon, Earl McDowell. Reuben Spivey, W. S. McClintock. Dorr Norton, David Sibley. David Lakin, Dan Hammatt, Julius Weidling. Ted Thacher, Albert Patten. J. E. Morgan. Kurtz Kellam, Tom King. Leslie Guild, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. King, Mr. ancLMrs. George Sharitt and Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Nipps. The Chaldean club will give a ban quet Tuesday evening at the W. W. Mills home in Topeka avenue., Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Torrence will give a card party Tuesday evening. owner of more silk shirts than a Chi nese Mandarin, Bert Reed is supposed to be getting reaJy to "step out." For a long time he occupied in our town an enviable place as one of the best lookiiiR and best dressed eligibles of the place. He went off to Kansas City to set up in a business which occasion- j ally brings him back here for an ex I elusive showing of men's styles, but he has chosen his lady, so they say, from I the Kansas City assortment of good looking women. We a$ told that the I one he chose is both beautiful and 1 amiable.- I I notice that a woman of the Mis souri College of Agriculture has fig ured it out that a farm woman can dress on a little less than $90 a war, and can get her clothes for $71.22 by doing her own sewing. She is to do this by wearing a good many oi nor dresses two years, planning them a year in advance, choosing staple col ors and putting the garments together at odd times while she rests. The recommendation sounds very plausi ble, and it is quite to be expected of a city adviser of country women fhat she will tell them that the new styles in cut and color need not matter to them. Two hats for street wear, each usable for two years, a farm hat. life one year, and a woolen cap replaced each twelve months, appear in the list of necessaries. Other items in the list are: Coats. 4-ravenetetl. 1; woolen, 1 Aprons: muslin, oil cloth, 2. ihoeHi' Htgli.brown. 1 pair; high black. I pair; "Tow brack, 1 pair r low- white, 1 lalr. Stocklnits. brown. 4 pairs; black, 4 pairs; blnk silk. 1 pair: white, S pairs. Underwear: combination suits, crepe or nnislin. 0; kuitted suits, t); winter union suits. 4. Petticoats: gingham, 2; white, 2; sateen, Tights, (black cotton) 1 pair. Nijrlitffowns summer. 4: winter, 3. Sundries: (gloves, handkerchiefs, collars, etc).

Miss Gladys Pratt, Miss Lois Fer guson, Miss Grace Robins, Miss Gladys Norton arfd Miss Barbara Jar- rell, all Topeka girls, who attended the Y. W. C A. conference in Em poria this fall, spent the day today with the six Lawrence members who attended the conference. They were entertained at luncheon at Miss Raymond's tea room and' aft erwards at an informal party at the home of Miss Edith Mattoon. The hostesses were Miss Elma Hun zicker. Miss Catherine Oder. Miss Lucile Cole, Miss Jessie Martindate. Miss Ruth Boyles, Miss Ruth Spotts and Miss Edith Mattoon. Lawrence Journal-Wcrld. The Child Conservation league will give a silver tea Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. G. Hathaway, 1323 College avenue. The members are Inviting guests for the party. Mrs. O. W. Kelley of 730 Topeka avenue will entertain her bridge club Wednesday of this week. Miss Betty Bonebrake entertained the following guests at dinner Satur day night: Miss Belle Barton, Miss Isabel Crawford, Miss Mary Rogers, Miss Marguerite Stewart, Miss Dor othy Hetherington, Miss Frances I Hammatt and Miss Babby Gault. I I Mrs. J. R. Page of Stoughton, Wis., j is visiting her son, Mr. 11. Ward Page. She was a guest at a small party given Saturday afternoon by Mrs. H. I Ward Page.

Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Free man at a box party at the Grand Fri day night were: Mr. and Mrs. D. i W. Mulvane. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Quin I ton and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Mor i Ban. Another theatre part had for its members: Mr. and Mrs. Tom Frost. I Mr. and Mrs. Guilford Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Catlin, Mr. and Mrs Chester Woodward. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Mohler. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dillon, Mr. i and Mrs. Clyde Miller.' and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott Davis, j The high school Junior class will I give a "prom" in the high school gym nasium next Saturday evening. The party will be in charge of a committee on entertainment, the members of which are: Miss Dorothy Christian, j Miss Dorothy Leeper. Mr. Gerald Tas i ker. Mr. Robert Embleton and Mr. i Robert Stone. Dancing and dramatic features will furnish the entertain ment. The Pi Alumnae chapter of Kappa i Alpha Theta will have an evening meeting Saturday at the home of Miss Louise McN'eal. The chapter usually j has its meetings in the afternoon, but j two or three times a year the meet I ings are held in the evening so that j the members who are busy during the day, can attend.s I i THERE'S A WOMAN IX OUR TOWN I Who spent nearly a whole day in i house cleaning lima in -1 p, m ii... w ucrii her husband returned home in the eve ning he act up a search far her and finallv fill I ,1 H :n V .aw- a I t, 't iwsi. lie asked why she had been up there all A GARDEN GOWN 1 V fi'J'xi-- A garden gown of filet net and lace over chiffon drop, with blue rib bon and flower garniture. Garden hat of blue spray of tulips and (Streamers cf narrow green groagrain ribbon. day. "Reading: some of your old love letters," she told him, "and I have culled out some of the richest morsels for your supper." He consented to look them over, and as he read from those gems composed in his forgrotten "salad days," he chuckled". "If that stuff was not over my own signature I could never believe that I ever wrote such drivel." Mrs. Julian Dick of New York city, formerly Miss Bess Tincher of tiiis ctty, is spending Tuesday and Wed nesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Figs, at 211 Ederewood avenue. The Art club met this afternoon with Mrs. A. W. Dana. The subject for the afternoon was "Rome," and the lecture was given by Mfs. L. D. Whit temore. 5. Notes and Ve-rsonai Mehtlonr" Dr. Sara 'Greenfield Is ill with diph theria, at her home, 1105 West Tenth avenue. Miss Gladys West returned today from Kansas City, where she yisited Miss Helen Getty. Mr. Paul Moneypenny, of Newton, is ppending a few days in Topeka with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Money penny. Mrs. M. E. Holcraft and her daugh ter, Mj. Fred Brenner, have been in Chicago for the past week. Miss Florence Davis returned today to Washington, D. C, where she is a student in the National Park semi nary. She has been spending her mid term vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis. Mrs. Frank Griggs and Mrs. W. P. Montgomery visited Mrs. Montgom ery's sister. Miss Lotta Johnston, of Olathe, Saturday, and from Olathe went to Kansas City for a short time. Mrs. Harold T. Chase will return the last of this week from California, where she spent the past month. Her sister, Mrs. J. C. Gafford, expects to return home in May. Mrs. R. F. Thompson will go to I-os Angeles, Cal., to visit her daugh ter, Mrs. George Merrill. Another daughter, Mrs. Albert Searle, has re turned to Neodesha, after a visit to Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. H. F. Norris and her children, of Sioux City. Iowa, will arrive this week to visit Mrs. J. B. Walker. Mrs. H. Q. Houghton of Indiana, Is The Health Habit (By" Dr. L. C. BoweVs.) The late Elbejrt Hubbard once said: "Most people go thru life on a short allowance ol good air and oxygen and too much food. Life is combustion. The digestive tract is the boiler. The value of exercise in fhe open air lies in the fact of getting a goodly draft of oxygen thru your system and this forced draft is both eliminating refuse and burning up slag." Breathe deeply when in the open air. Sleep in a room with windows open wide. Drink six or eight glasses of pure water daily, and keep well. But if one has been shut up within doors during the cold winter months, has eaten and drunk things which he should not, if he or she has over worked in stale air, that person needs a general tonic and housecleaning. Especially is this so at this time of the year. For a tonic that will freshen up the blood, clean the digestive tract and put new force and vim into you, I know of nothing better than an alter ative extract with glycerine, made from Golden Seal root, Oregon Grape root. Blood root. Stone root and Queen's root and it contains no al cohol or narcotic so is perfectly safe to take. This tonic has been sold for nearly fifty -years in the form of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It can be had now in tablet a well as liquid form at most drug stti-es. 1 When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead, when your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full -of sediment, or you are obliged to seek relief two- or three times during the night, when you suffer with sick headache, or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheumatism when the weather, is bad. ask your' druggist for Anuric, double strength. I have found in practice that Anuric is more potent than lithia .and in most cases it will dissolve the uric acid as hot waVer does sugar. Advertisement. visiting her sister. Mrs. Morton Al ba ugh, stopping on Topeka on her re turn home from California. Mr. T. S. Stevens has returned from a business trip to Dallas, Texas. .Mrs. La Hue Royce has returned to her home in Salina. after a visit to her parents, Justice and Mrs. Rousseau A. Burch. Miss Marguerite Dolan has returned home, after spending a few days at Hot Springs. Arkansas. Miss Annie Laurie Close is out again, after a serious illness of a few months. Miss Irene Miller, who is a student in the National Park Seminary, Forest Park, Maryland, xwiil go to Philadel phia to spend a part of the Kaster vacation with Miss Edith Connell. who is a student in Ogontz. From Phila delphia, she will go to New York to visit Miss Hester Barber. Mrs. Walter Brown and her two children left today for St. Paul. Minn., to visit Mr. Brown's mother. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Brown. Miss Mabel Moseley has returned from the western part of the state and will spend the summer in Topeka. She has been pianist with the North Broth ers Stock-company all season. Mrs. C. E. Foote of Kansas City has returned home after a short visit to Mrs. Luther Burns. Miss Helen Collins has returned from Wichita, where she visited Miss Bernice Beachy, and is with her sis ter, Mrs. Frank Burrow, to resume her visit to her before returning to her home in Pennsylvania. Dr. D. E. Esterly has returned from Chicago, where he spent the past two weeks. Mr. George Staebler, who has been in Toledo. O.. has returned home. Miss- Mary Harrison has returned from Kansas City, where she visited her mother, Mrs. T. W. Harrison, over Sunday. SANTA FE NOTES Notes and personals from Santa re by Frances Jones, 211 UratUn street, telephone bteween and 10 a. m., 3S3U: other hours. 751 K-2. The ticket auditor's offi.-e hua gicen a stunt night, the stores department gave a iei-lal Mtunt night, and Wednesday even ing the lo.omc.tive department will give HU exceptional Htuut, in the auditorium of the Kallroau "V. Mrs. S. Crem-r. wife of S. Cremenof the stores department, has returned from Col orado fcprings, where she spent last week. Miss t lara l'etersou has resigned her position in the freight auditor's office, aft er five years of service. John lriee, formerly machine foreman in the locomotive shops, bus been appoint ed supervisor of schedules iu the tonus department. Mrs. John Armstrong nnd children Jean and John, wife and children of John Arm strong, general erecting foreman in the machine shops, have gone to St. Joseph, Mo., to spend the week visiting relatives. Ihey will be joined later In the week by Mr. Armstrong. Walter I)als. formerly foreman in the brass room has been appointed machine foreman In the loeomotive shops Machinist liny I'inney who is absent rrom work because of au Injury to a finger on his right hand. Is slowly improving Hie membership committee will hold an important meeting at the Itailroad "1" Mednesday evening, at 0:30. Arrange ments will be made for a membership con test to be heW the latter part of April. Mr. H. S W ise will romltu-t the noon meeting held Tuesday noon-In the old mill. OAKLAND NOTES NotP and personals from Oakland. Telephone between 8 and 10 a. m.. 353!); by Frances Jones 2U Grcttau tUsBU other hours. 4751 K-2. a T. Haney. who was 111 at his- home, 403 w infield avenue, a few days of last week has returned to work. The (Jilt Kdge card club will be enter tained Tuesday evening, bv Mr. and Mrs. Ira Orner, nt their home, 301 Chester av enue. The monthly business meeting of the Oakland Veterans club will be held Monday evening at the home of Comrade and Mrs. Charles Cole, Oakland avenue. There will be an all day meeting of the Holiness association. Wednesday at the Wesleyan church, corner of Third and Jef ferson streets. Garden Tools, Reeds. Varnishes and Paints at Nussbeck's, 1U20 Seward. Phone 12K5. AUv W. S. I'nte has returned to his home "in Walnut, Kans., after spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cole. The meeting of the Sunflower Art club to have been held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. O. C. Willsey, Forest avenue, has been postponed, and will be held April IS. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Boursaw, Mrs. O. M. Keats nnd Mr. Fred Miller of Tecumseh motored to Itossrille, Sunday, returning In the evening. Mrs. A. Wadley of St. Joseph. Mo., will arrive In a few days to visit her sister, Mrs. B. S. Wallace, Arter avenue. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Boursaw. 344 Kel lam avenue, have returned after spending a few days at their former home in Big Spring. Kans. Chester Kelsey, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Mell Kelsey, who has been ill with scarlet fever has recovered. EAST SIDE NOTES Notes and personals from East Side by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street. Telephone between 8 and 10 a. m., 3530; other hours. 4751 K-2. George Adamnon has returned to bis home, Klein Htreet after a short business trip to St. treorge, Kans. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haag, East Sixth avenue, bad as dinner guests Sunday, Mr.' and Mrs. liny 1'iuney and Mr. Frauk Craw ford. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Chalmers, of May ettn. were weefc-flud puests of Mrs. Chal mers parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Fetrson, Grattou street. Carl Johnson, an instructor in chemistry rtt the State University, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Johnson. Fassion week will be observed at the Seward avenue M. E. church April 1 to 8. The subject for the Monday evening sen-Ice will be "Tiie Day of Authoritv." The ttev. J. B. Meredith, East Twelfth street who underwent a surgical operation Saturday morning at Stormout hospital is improving. The members of the Lotus club and their families were entertained at an April Fool party, Saturday evening, by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris, Ueno avenue. Cards were played during the evening, the honors be ing awarded Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Scu g ra ves. Mr. and M rs. H S. S ieucer a re credited with having won the consolation prize. The guests of the evening included: Mr. and Mrs. Seagraves. Mr. and Mrs. Spener, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cole, Mr. and Mrsl George D. X'illee. Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. James Briz end inc. Mr. and M rs. Harley Bn rues, M r. and Mrs. J. S. Gilbert aud Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Balrd. The "bristian Endeavor society of the Third Fresbyterian church, will meet for its regular monthly business session, Tues day evening at the home of Miss La, Verne McGaffin, 4 Elliott avenue. There was a large attendance Sunday ev ening at the revival meetings being held at the First T'nited Brethren cbnn-h. The Uev. F. M. Testerman, of Lawrence, will preach each evening. One convert was se cured last evening. Mrs. G. M. Smith has returned to br home. 213 Klein street, after a month's treatment at a local hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sardon and son, Charles. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John Isaacson, Miss Amanda Isaacson and Mr. John Isaac son motored to their homes last evening after spending the day in Ottawa. The L. S. C. club will be entertained Tnesday afternoon at tbe borne of Mrs. id.' T. Jorgeson, 108 Ohio avenue. K. Link has returned to his borne 1n Atchison, after speading Saturday in tbe c-ity. Mr. Link was called here by the death of Mrs. C. A. Link who was buried Sunday, at Council Grove. North Side News The day before election d-wns on I the North side with a beatific and j unruffled calm. The heat of political strife and turmoil mars ndt the crisp coolness of an ideal spring1 day. The unanimous and undivided sentiment of the community concurs in the opinion that no serious or revolutionary up heaval wrill result no matter who is elected. v y In the primaries House ran second to Billard by a. good margin. Indica tions lead to the betief that the con servative tyie of voters who gave Bil lard a majority over .all other, candi-, dates on the North side in the pri mary, will largely swing to House. But assuming that the .Billard and the light Corwine vote splits 50-60. House will still maintain a substantial lead over Kiene. The vote at the election is expected to greatly exceed the pri mary vote which was very small, the indifference about its outcome, putting Ule damper on voting. v As soon as the election is over a committee of the Civic club will wait upon tbe new (or old) mayor and at- j tempt to persuade him of the obvious need on the North side of another po- liceman. This need has been felt for long time and as has been pointed out this section of the city does not receive its proper proportion of -police protection. g The extra patrolman would, accord ing to the club's desire, police the north section of the town in the neigh borhood of Garfield park. During the summer time, according to club members,people going to and from the park are frequently annoyed by certain young men who, it is eaid, fre quent the neighborhood with the ap parent intention of making it disagree able for pleasure seekers. An extra policeman would remedy this condition, which tends to keep people from the park. An officer is also needed to watch speedsters on up per Kansas avenue and roads on the outskirts of the city, where complaints are constantly heard of the disregard of safety on the part of motorists. The North Topeka drainage board met this afternoon in its room over the Citizens' State bank. Bids were to be submitted to the board for the letting of the contract to make the big cut on Soldier creek. Land 'for the cut has already been purchased. A report will also be made of tbe prog ress of work on Indian creek, where extensive improvements have been in progress. Social and Personal. Helena enapter. No. 210, of the Eastern Star meets Tuesday evening at the Masonic hall, 911 North Kan sas avenue. Five candidates will be Initiated into the order. After fhe regular business refreshments will be served. Miss Grace Forbes spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Forbes. She has been in Kansas City for some time in the employ of a firm thereand will leave for Oklahoma City today for a week's business trip. The Christian Endea'or of the Cen tral Avenue Christian cTTurch wilL meet tonight at the home of Miss Gertrude Teets. After the regular business the members will enjoy a social evening. J. C Snediker will leave for Em poria tonight for a short business trip. The Taka Hatha Sewing club will neet Tuesday afternoon with-- Mrs. Ernest Stanley of 1285 Lincoln street. 8. A. JUandis of Kiro was in the city this morning on business. Johnny Gordon of the Dibble Gro cery company left today for Jefferson barracks at St. Louis, Mo., where he will enlist in the regular army. Clifford Churchman of Walla Walla, Wash., is visiting friends in North To peka. He is a former resident of the North side and has many friends here. WOULDN'T BE SPANKED Girl Jumped From Third Story Roof to Avoid Punishment. Los Angeles, Cal.. April 2. Pretty Alice Tharp. thirteen years old. thought she was too old to be spanked and when her mother attempted to administer discipline of this nature at the home. 330 South Flower street, the girl leaped from the roof of a third story porch. At the receiving hos pital she was found to have suffered a broken leg, dislocated spine and a sprained ankle. She is now at the Angeles hospital. "I'm glad I Jumped," said the girl at the hospital when the surgeon started to dress her injuries. "I'm too big to be spanked and I told mamma so but she won't believe me. I will jump again Jkt she tries to spank me any more." 5 NEW PREACHERS HERE All Delivered Their Maiden Sermons at New Churches Sunday. Topeka church goers welcomed five 1 new pastors into their churches, Sun day and heard the first sermons of the pastors. Four of the appointments and changes were made last week by Bishop Shepard in the Kansas Con ference of the Methodist nhurch. The Rev. I. P. Pullman, formerly of Neodesha, preached in the Euclid Ave nue Methodist Kpiscopal church; Dr. Henry O. Holter, formerly of Kansas City, Kansas, is in charge of the Low man Memorial church Rev. S. L. Buckner, formerly district superin tendent of the Clay Center district, in the Walnut Grove Methodist Kpiscopal 'church; Rev. F". L. Sutton preached in the Parkdale M. K. church; and Rev. H. W. Wallace, of Salina, in tihe Third Christian church. need not mean that yea mast lose the natural beauty of your hair. Hays Hairhealih .bring back the natural color to gray r faded hair. Does it gradually almost imper ceptibly. iCeepe it lustrous, healthy and soft.- Not a dye. HannlcM to mm. Lart 50c nd $1.00 botth. at your okr or bjr rauolay. PicwarJk. ri. J. v5( The first We are allowing the iollowlng Iran Mosul fihlraz .pflobch Slats Klrman Easter MahalK Anatolia;. Khiva Kablstans Beioochlstans Bokara V Mosul FLOWERS i Open at Night This Week Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery NOTICE Owing to the advance-in cost of all raw materials that enter into the manufac ture of ice cream, we are compelled to make a small advance in the wholesale and retail prices. Heinz Ice Cream Co. Topeka Pure Milk Co. Phones 5371411 Scarcity of Cream resulting. in an increase of its wholesale price, together with the higher prices we are compelled to pay for oth er materials, makes it necessary for us to raise our prices to our trade. You will get The Same High Quality ICE CREAM as you have always had in the past, and the same prompt, courteous treatment, whether you order a quart or five gallons. New Prices Effective April 1st BAUGHMAN BROS. Phone GRAND APIUX oTH V I iCATTXEE DAILY NIGHTS Rug Sale Extraordinary ORIENTALS We have just received a large collection of the most desirable RussianTurkish and Persian Rug's, secured, at such astonishingly low figures and such favorable terms that we are able to offer them to our patrons at LESS THAN IMPORT PRICES. As another and EXTRA Inducement to our customers to make early selections we nave deckled to cut prices another rugs: io tlicy will remain until all rugs are sold. In this collection of fine rugs are to be found all sizes from room size down toxmata. Let us urge those who contemplate the selection of Oriental rugs to see these, and advise that you ccme at your very earliest opportunity. WM. CONNORS FURNITURE CO. Greetings I 3640 Some one wants that which you do not. A small ad in the State Journal want columns satisfies both. at which 706 Kansas Ave, Topeka Kan. If a big opportunity1 came to you today would you have the will power, to take advantage of it? IF SO Why are you living in a rented house? The "op portunity is before you now. Money to Loan Itcpayablo Monthly THE CAPITOL BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION its THOUSANDS have found out about the savings at the Owl stores and there are thousands yet to be convinced! You will find a steady saving here every day in the year. 13 lb;;, fine Gran. Sugar $1.00 "Pride of the Pantry' (Excellent bread flour) SS.S4 Great Big Sour Pickles. 2 for 6c Big LoaT Raisin Bread, tomor row P. M 10a Fine Mixed Xuts. lb ISO Brazil Nuts, new, lb.. 15c Fresh Roast Peanuts, lb.... 10c Large, new 60-S0 Prunes, lb. 12o 7 bars Quick Wash White Soap, for 210 E lb. box large Argo... 22c 25c pkg. large' Oatflake. .0o 26c Rumford Baking Powder 20c 25c bottle Snider's Catsup.. 16o Good size bottle fine Catsup lOo Large can Pork and Beans ISo Full Count Safe Home Matches. the best 5c 4 lbs. genuine pure Buckwheat, 'for ,25o Little Chick Food, best' 30c to 35c bag 28c 30c bag Hen Food 26c 25c can Herring. ISc Flake White Soap, best on the market, for 23c 12 Vic can Cut String Beans 10c 15c can Little Peas 12Vj 14 lb. can Hershey's Cocoa 15c 14 lb. Stolwerck's Chocolate 15c U lb. Stolwerck's fine Chocolate Sc 2 pkgs. 6c .Seeds 5c Garden Tools at a Savins A SarThg on Every Broom DELIVERIES Highland Park, Wed. afternoons Gage Park, Thurs. afternoons. Shorey, Friday afternoons. 10 STORES I Journal Ads Get ftesults i J I il

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8 thf TOPKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 2, 1917 WAR HAY NOT BE OVER IN 5 YEARS 1 DR. SPEED THINKS urpeon Tells Topekans Ger mans Are Not Whipped Yet. V. S. Will Have to Send Big j Army to Help France. EVERY MAN NOW IN ARMY Hospitals Somewhere in France" Described Here. Shell Shocks Make Many Men ;j Helpless as Babies. I France hasn't an available man who "isn't fighting under the tri-color now and if America enters the world's war ahe will be called upon to send an ex peditionary force to France. Germany isn't whipped y a lonS shot and tht? War wiir continue from three to five years longer. That was news brought to Topeka today from 'somewhere in France," by Ur. Kellogg Speed, associate professor Of surgery at Northwestern university, Chicago. Dr. Speed described war stents in London, Paris and a field hospital "somewhere in France' where he served as an English army surgeon Si month. He returned 1 to America in the winter. Dr. Speed spoke this noon to Topeka l'us,nessm,a' Chamber of Commerce Pawnee again to members of the Shawnee County Medical association at the Chamber of Commerce fi Tir Speed described London first, a london not recognizable to business men who visited the world metropolis n ime" of peace. He told of a city destitute of lights after nightfall, of automobiles traveling the streets at night with all lamps shaded, of streets deserted at nights by everyone excepting policemen and a few brave spirits after the sun recedes in the W"Yet what impressed one most," aid the speaker, "was the large num ber of me" in civilian clothes. True, there are thousands and thousands of soldiers on duty and leave who are walking the street. Yet you see thousands of men in civilian clothes and know that Great Britain is doing everything in her power to hasten the recruiting of men for service across the channel." JNwrllies Channel Trip. The speaker described an interesting trip across the English channel. Every passenger was obliged to put on a life preserver for safety against a German torpedo. Each vessel that crosses the channel is accompanied by two tor pedo boat destroyers. Next he gave the business men an Insight Into America's unpreparedness and the monstrous task that confronts her in organizing a preparedness to compare with that of France. The base hospital in which he served was situated a few hundred feet from the main railway connecting Paris with the front. He was stationed at the hospital while the battle of the Somme was in progress. Trains filled with wounded, with munitions, with' provi sions, with fresh troops and every thing that pertained to active warfare passed the hospital at regular three minute intervals. England has a comparatively small army in the trenches, an army which guards little more than a hundred miles of the front. Yet, to supply that army she has built and equipped more than 160 hospital trains. Amer ica has one Buch train. These trains are equipped with operating rooms, beds, a full corps of nurses -and sur geons. "That shows in a degree the extent of our unpreparedness," said Dr. Speed. The base hospital where Dr. Speed was stationed was thirty-five miles from the Somme front. Wounded men by the hundreds arrived daily, mostly at night. Dr. Speed operated for thirty-three consecutive hours while the battle was at its height. About four hours of that time was spent away from active operations, or prepara tions for operations. "We patched them up as best we could and then sent them away to England," he said. Shell Shocks Numerous. Shell shock, nothing but nerves, causes 10 per cent of the casualties, according to Dr. Speed. Strong men become as helpless as babies from fear ocasioned by the cracking of shells and falling of comrades by their Bide day in and day out. They often become unable to hear, to see or use IGNORES CUSTOM Hutchinson Fireman Responds to Duty Without Hesitation. Reed Thinks It Wrong If He Didn't Tell Others of Tanlac. Hutchinson. Kan., April 2. "This Is the first time in my life that I've ever indorsed a medicine, but I take pleasure in recommending Tanlac, for it certainly has given me great relief," J. H. Reed, fireman and assistant en gineer at the Larabee mills here, who lives at. 1900 Third street, said re cently. "For a long time," he continued, "my system generally has been in a run-down condition. I had stomach trouble, indigestion bothering me. The food I ate caused gas to form in my stomach and I was constantly annoye-i by a draggy, sluggish feeling, t "I really feel better in every way. -'nee taking Tanlac. My stomach is treatly improved now. The food I eat seems to digest more properly for I'm never bothered with the gas torma tions and dull, drsggy feeling any more. Several of the boys at the mill have also taken Tanlac and they say it has helped them just is it did me. Yes, sir, I want to recommend Tan lac." Tanlac. the Mcster Iedicine, is especially beneficial for stoma' h, liver nd kidney trouble, catarrhal com plaints, nervousness, sleeplessness, loss of appetite and the like. Tanlrc is now being specially intro duced and explained in Topeka at Tully McFarland's drug store. Adv. their hands or feet and become user less. An article on "shell shock," written by Dr. speed appears in a re cent issue of Leslie's. "Although we were only thirty-five miles trom the Somme tront," said Dr. Speed, "the entire neighborhood was tilled with growing fields. All the work is being done by women. In rural r ranee one never sees a. man of mili tary age unless he is wounded. The remainder are old men and women. "1 talked with hundreds of German prisoners. They have no Idea of de feat, worship their superior officers and J believe the war will continue three of five years longer. With France depleted of men, America, 'f she becomes an active participant, un doubtedly will be called upon to send an expeditionary force to Europe." He describes Paris as a city of loy alty. Gay life still exists on tho boulevards, but it is forced. The gov ernfnent has put a ban on public mourning, altho silent grief is evi denced everywhere. Alcoholic drinks are served only at lunch and dinner hours in the cafes. The side streets are dull and little business is in progress. OUST THEJAISER Then Russia Ready to Make Peace With Germany. Grand Duke Nicholas Put Un der GoT't Custody. Petrograd, April 2. "We cannot shake hands' with the German people until they rid themselves of the cursed Hohenzoilerns," declared Vice-President Shobeleff of the duma, in a speech delivered today to a patriotic mass meeting outside the duma build ing. In the crowd were members of the workmen's and the soldiers' coun cil with hundreds of plain citizens. "Kaiser Wilhelm and Chancellor Hollweg are most redoubtable enemies to Russian liberty," Shobeleff declar ed. "To their hypocritical doings to the Russian revolutionists, we can only re ply with the bayonet." Grand Duke Nicholas, formerly commander-in-chief of Russia's ar mies, arrived at his estate at Alipka, Crimea today, accompanied by two government commissioners. He will go into retirement there. President Rodzianko of the duma, in addressing a group of supporters of woman's suffrage, told them the equal franchise would be submitted to the constituent assembly. He personally said he favored such a move. KEEMEATSCLEAN Topeka Restaurants Show Big Sanitary Improvements. "Cockroach Concoctions" 'o Longer Procurable Here. A Topeka girl has done much re cently in taking the drawbacks away from Topeka bachelorhood. Cock roaches, early morning breakfast com panions of the Tojieka bachelor for years immemorable. are almost a thing of the past, according to a statement made today by Miss Annette Nicoll, city milk and food inspector. Making cockroaches as scarce in Topeka as two armed and two-legged men in the hospitals of war-ridden Europe is the result of a strenuous campaign waged against them by the city health department. Restaurant men have fallen in with the spirit .of the campaign and investigations this month by health officials resulted in the discovery of only two cockroaches. Other extensive improvements In sanitary conditions in Topeka's 300 hotels, restaurants and groceries, are noted in the regular quarterly report of the health department. As a re sult of recommendations of the de partment, two new kitchen floors have been placed in hotel kitchens, four floors in restaurant kitchens, defective plumbing has been repaired in nine places, sidewalls and ceilings have been painted in three bakeries, sleep ing quarters in four grocery stores and four restaurants have been par titioned to the ceiling to separte them from restaurants and groceries, three gallons of canned vegetables have been condemned, ten pounds of spoiled beef have been destroyed and twenty-seven general clean-ups have been ordered. The College Hill bakery scored 100 per cent in inspection. Six other gro cery stores, bakeries and restaurants obtained gold seals. These seals are issued when inspections result in scores of 97 per cent, or more. The Batman Candy kitchen, 720 Kansas avenue. Market cafe, 216 Kansas ave nue. Royal Bakery, 107-11 West Tenth street. Warren M. Crosby luncheonette, 615-17 Kansas avenue, J. Weiss Company, groceries and meats, 631 Kansas avenue and the high school cafeteria won the gold seals. CALLED COWARD (Continued from Page One.) statement of the affair issued by the pacifists was an absolute falsehood. Senator Weeks issued a statement tes tifying that Senator Lodge was not the aggressor but was attacked by Bann wart and the pacifist party. This afternoon Mrs. Glendower Evans of Boston, called at detective headquarters and deposited a $1,000 bill as bail for Bannwart's release. One of the admitted participants in the Lodge-Bannwart clash was Ward Davies, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Cases Grandes. Ariz., who was on his way to Senator As hurst's office. "I saw a man hit Senator Lodge," said Davies, "and then I saw red. I jumped in and cracked the man in the eye. Then that woman with the man demanded my arrest, but I'm still free." Bannwart Old Ball Player. Boston, April 2. Alexxander Bann wart who was knocked down by Sena tor Lodge in the capitol at Wsahing ton today, left here last night with a party of 30 pacifists to work against the possible declaration of war. He formerly was a baseball player hav ing been a member of the Lowell club of the old New England league and played under the name of Al. Winn. Later he owned the Lowell franchise. CASTOR IA "Rnr Tnfnnfs ani In Use For Over 30 Years the Signature of GETS BIG OVATION House in Frenzy Over "the Lady From Montana." Miss Rankin Sworn In as First Congresswoman. Washington, April 2. Representa tive Jeanette Rankin, of Montana, first woman member of congress, took her seat in the house today after an elaborate prelude of ceren.onies. in which woman s-uffragists predomi nated. The principal occasion was a break fast for the "Honorable Jeanette Ran kin, of Montana," under the auspices of suffragists of all factions.i Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage association, declared: "The day of our deliverance is at hand," in the keynote speech to the notable gather ing of women. Addresses Suff Gathering. Miss Rankin, in reply, said: "The day after election it looked very much as if I had not been elect ed, but it seemed to me that the cam paign had been nevertheless worth while because the women had stood together. The women had learned solidarity. "I want you to know how much I feel this responsibility. There will be many times when I shall make mis takes and it means a great deal to me to known that I have encouragement and support." Miss Rankin's entrance to the House was signalized by uproarious cheering and applause. Every member on the floor and everybody in the crowded galleries rose as, accompanied by Rep resentative Evans of Montana, she walked to a seat in the rear of the hall. Miss Rankin carried one of the score of bouquets of flowers which had come to her office. She wore no hat and was attired in a dark dress. Members rushed from all parts of the chamber to congratulate her. A second outburst of applause greet ed Miss Rankin when her name was called on the roll and she replied, "present" blushing furiously. The ovation continued until she rose from her seat and bowed. i CLARK RE-ELECTED (Continued from Page Jne.) are all Americans whether natives or foreign born, as are our constituents. Kxaetly as Champ Predicted. "On many question we are 'distinct as the billows, yet we are one as the sea when the honor and safety of the republic are involved. "Politics finds no place in this house when "the general welfare and the common defense of the nation are at stake. Let all the ends we aim at be our country's and in the accomplish ment of these ends may the God of our fathers be with us and guide us in the way which will redound to the honor and perpetuity of the greatest republic that ever existed in all the flood of time." The speaker took the oath at 1:50 o'clock and the members then were sworn into office in groups by states. Speaker Clark's election was effect ed in exactly one hour and forty min utes after the house convened, the ex act time he predicted a fortnight ago. For forty minutes at the outset the roll was called to ascertain the pres ence of a quorum -a group which soon will vote favorably on declaring the existence of war with Germany. Two War Resolutions. Thehouse foreign affairs committee had completed its draft of a resolu tion, recognising the existence of a state of war between the United States and Germany. Representative Car der, Republican, Massachusetts, had introduced a flat declaration of war. while on both sides of the capitol wqrk was done toward providing uni versal military training. Few pacifists managed to obtain en trance to the galleries. All public galleries were closed except to those holding special cards from members of the. senate or house. Congressmen had evidently taken precaution to pre vent possible pacifist demonstrations when the war resolution comes up. Pacifists Locked Out. The closing of the galleries had ap parently taken the peace hosts off their guard and repulsed by relentless guards, they hurried around the capi tol in attempts to obtain the coveted cards of admission. Women were more than ever pre dominant in the galleries, great num bers of them arriving early in the morning. Prominent was a large suffragist delegation to welcome the incoming "legislatress." FOR MILITARY TRAINING BUI In House Provides for Starrs Plan for Compulsory Service. Washington, April 2. The army general staff plan of compulsory mil itary service was proposed in a bill introduced today by Representative Kahn, ranking Republican member of the house military committee. Kahn's measure provides for train ing men between the ages of 18 and 22. Senator Chamberlain's compulsory military training bill will be one of the first bills introduced before the sen ate. Chamberlain today prepared an amendment to the bill making the first levy of men immediately availa ble. The age clause will be raised from 19 to 20, it was stated. WITHOUT BONDS Mr. Griggs Details What Topeka School Board Has Done. p. v. Griggs of the board of edu cation says: "The present Topeka board of edu cation has enlarged and developed the schools by building new additions to five schools aggregating a total of $200,000. New Quinton Heights school, J 15.000; new modern, fireproof Lin coln school, $100,000; purchase of grounds totaling over $25,000. All and more of which has been managed without calling on the citi zens to vote bonds. "By breaking loose from foreign heating combine, better equipment at less cost has been secured, put in by home plumbers, giving work and mon ey to Topeka labor. "Topeka has a growing, aggressive, and very efficient dchool system, a larger enrollment, greater activities, and more subjects taught, while the present board is the only board that has decreased the interest by paying off on the bonded indebtedness. No other first class city has kept this pace without voting bonds. U. S. RAILROADS USE 200 MILLION TONS COAL IN YEAR New York, April 2. A report issued by the New York Chamber of Commerce chows that the rail roads of the country in 1916 con sumed an unprecedented total of 200,000.000 tons of' coal. In .for mer years, the report says, the amount seldom ran above 150,000, 000 tons. It is estimated that the railroads in 1916 expended 1260, 000.000 for fuel, allowing nothing for the cost of handling. OIL BOOM IS ON j Topekans Becoming Excited Orer "Producer" at Overbrook. Eyes of Midcontinent Field Turn to This Territory. Eyes of the Midcontinent oil fields are turned on Topeka territory today as the result of prospects in the Over brook well, announced a "producer" by the Red Lane Oil Gas company here Saturday. Joe V. Nolan, man ager of the Topeka company which owns the offsets to the well, said to day that the drill, now plunging at a depth of about 1.600 feet, has Just passed thru 25 feet of live sand which is running oil. Nolan said the drillers the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil company will sink the bit down to Mississippi limestone before stopping, and then come back and pump from the sand just passed thru if more is not found. He declared this morning that his company will begin drilling their off sets as soon as possible. Plans, how ever, are nd"t yet out of the tentative stage, he said. Topeka to Be Headquarters. Oil men are watching the Overbrook project closely. Topeka men who have land under lease in the territory and extending this side of Richland have received several telegrams today asking about the prospects. Samples of the oil running from the sand al ready penetrated have been received in Topeka. It is the "sulphur oil" common to the midcontinent fields. Providing the production of the Over brook territory proves extensive, To peka, as the headq jarters for the northern half of the 'midcontinent fields, will be established. Overbrook, already claiming itself to be a second Augusta or El Dorado, hi in a fever of excitement. Drillers at the well are besieged by investi gators for miles around. Farmers and towns people, according to those in terested in the venture, are carrying samples bailed from the well incbot tles, tin cans and even shoe boxes. TO AROUSE TOPEKANS National Guard Troops Will Hold a Patriotic Parade Tonight Two hundred members of Battery A, the Tppeka National Guard de tachment of light field artillery,-' the Second Regiment band and the junior Battery A will parade tonight at 8 o'clock on Kansas avenue in an effort to stimulate patriotism here. In addi tion the drum corps of the Sons of Veterans and the trumpeters corps of the Boys' Industrial school will take part. The Second regiment band will lead the parade, with the other organi zations following. Battery A will turn out in full regalia and the equipment will consist of all four gun sections and a combat wagon. The members of the junior battery will apt'ar in dress uniform and will execute a num ber of foot drills on Kansas avenue. The gun sections of the battery will also maneuver. The line of march will move north on Kansas avenue to Fourth ctreet and will double back to Eighth avenue where the parade will disband. Following the parade a recruiting detachment under command of Lieut. James C. Hughes will be stationed at the armory to receive enlistments. The strength of Battery A. is now 140 men. Capt. William P. McLean will be in charge ef the parade. WAR BRIDES "GO UP Equipment Closes Two to Six Points in Advance. New York, April 2. The war mar ket broke on the stock exchange in the last few minutes of trading this after noon, "war brides' and equipment shares advancing two to six points. United States Steel closed at 116, up 2 Bethlehem Steel B stock made a new record at 141 and the A stock sold at 148. Marine preferred closed up 1 tit 85; General Motors jumped three points. Smelting two and Ray Con solidated two. On the curb there were gains of one to 2Vt points in war stocks and on the cotton exchange futures advanced $1.50 on the bale, May selling at 19.13 cents a pound. CONGRESS IS BATTERED Lcc Carried In On Stretcher; Three Senators Also "Banged Up. "Washington, April 2. Determined not to slip a single cog in the speak ership fight, the Democrats this after noon bore Representative Gordon Lee, of Georgia to the house chamber on a stretcher from a Washington hospital where he was ill of pneumonia. The roll call showed only six absen tees. The senate presented a decided bat tered appearance. Senator Lodge was sporting a swollen face and receiving congratulations on it from both sides. Senator Tillman walked in with an arm in a sling. Senator Knox had his right hand bandaged and shook hands with Senator Johnson of Cali fornia with his left hand. 15 MORE ARE NEEDED Hospital Corps Must Have More Re cruits to Be Mustered In. The Field Hospital corps of the Kansas National Guards will not be mustered in unless they get 15 more recruits before Tuesday or Wednes day, according to Seth Hammel. A meeting has been arranged this eve ning at the band armory, at 112 East Seventh street. It is hoped that enough Topeka men will turn out so that the company will be a Topeka company. If the company is filled it will prob ably be mustered in Tuesday or Wednesday. LOYAL JO FLAG! Sixty Thousand Kansas City Children Fledge Allegiance. Old Glory Waved for War Thru out United States Today. RECRUITING BREAKS RECORDS Monroe, Wis., Will Hold Elec tion to Decide Its Stand. Chicago Austrian Offers Hos pital for American Wounded. Kansas City. April 2. Sixty thou sand school children of this city as sembled in patriotic meetings, pledged their allegiance o the national and saluted the Stars and Stripes at the hour congress convened today. The meetings were held in each of the public and parochial schools, speakers having been assigned to each. The gravity of the present crisis will be explained and advice given, as to how the pupils should conduct themselves in the event of war. As soon as word was received that congress was in ses sion the board of education signaled all the schools and the observance held. Chicago, April 2. March recruitins broke all records in Chicago since tho Spanish-American war, according to estimates of army, navy and marine corps officers, official figures were not made public but it was estimated that the total number of recruits in the three branches was about 1,200. Will Vote on War! Motiroe, Wis., April 2. Sentiment for or against war" will be expressed in this city of 50,000 persons tomorrow by marking a yes" or a -no" to the single question "Under existing con ditions jjo you fayr a declaration of war by congress V Seven questions originally included on the ballot have been eliminated. In three of the city's wards the referen dum will be held by official consent of the election boards of the wards. In case the board of the First ward bars the question it will be voted on any way. Iowa Follows Kansas. Des Moines, la.. April 2. One hun dred men, leaders in agricultural, com mercial and industrial fields, have ac cepted invitations from Governor Harding to meet in his office tomor row afternoon to discuss the problem of increasing Iowa's food production to meet the world-wide shortage. The replies received indicate that a great deal of interest was aroused all over Iowa by the governor's recent mes sage to the legislature on this prob lem. Austrian Offers Hospital. Chicago, April 2. Dr. Joseph C. Beck, who is of Austrian blood and who organized a hospital unit for the German army when the war started, has offered the use of the North Chi cago hospital as a base for American wounded in case of war. Among his surgeons there will be thofe who were attached to the German army hospi tol. Vrge Military Trainine. Des Moines, la., April 2. The Iowa house of representatives by unanimous vote today passed the senate resolu tion indorsing universal compulsory military training and urging congress to pass suoh a bill immediately. Acting upon a suggestion from Sen ator Frailey of Fort Madison, in view of the war congress at Washington, the senate today opened its session with patriotic exercises. A large American flag was carried to the presiding officers' desk and un furled. Music was furnished by an orchestra. Peary and Stimson to Talk. Washington, April 2. Rear Admiral Peary and Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war, will be the principal speakers at tomorrow night's patriotic mass meeting in the auditorium under the auspices of the National Security league. Peary will speak on "inter national law." 1,000 TAKEN 0FFSHIP Lake Steamer Driven Into Submerged Cornfield by High Wind. Evansville, Ind., April 2. The ex cursion steamer St. Paul, carrying one thousand persons, ashore all night in a submerged corn field, two mijes be low this city, was taken off by three tugs early today. No damage was done. The vessel was in no danger during the night and It was merely necessary to wait for daybreak to tow it free. ELECTROCUTES 2 MEN Steel Rods Held by Victims Touched High Power Wires. Garden City, Kan., April 2. Two men, working on a well near here late yesterday were electrocuted when the well rods they were handling tipped and struck a high tension power wire. The men were C. B. Withers, an im plement and well material dealer here, and Homer Cain of Sumner. Mo. Weekly Bank Clear) num. Bank clearings in the Cnited States for the week ending Maivh 29, as reported to Bradstreet's, aggregate S5.J9J.450.000. against $5.:W1.95,000 the previous week ami $4.O54.S6."i.O00 In the corresponding week last year. Following are the returns wltu percentages or change: March Jft Inc. llec. New York 3,142.:V.O.OO0 2.l Chicago 4CU.277.0OO :W.U Philadelphia :a)l.ss7.000 47.0 Huston :!l.:.49:!.ooo 8.4 St. Loni. lij.sxat.ooo 30. o Kansas City... 11S.HO5.0uO fis.o San Francisco. 7i.fi50.000 47. .1 Pittsburg 7(HrtJ.OlO H7.2 Cleveland 54.512.000 no. 6 Detroit 51.31.4.0110 4S.7 Kaltiinore 3 504.000 2.5 rincinnatl 38.52.000 lN.rt Minneapolis 27.7O9.000 25.4 New Orleans.. 2S.7XX.0O0 :!2.0 bog Angeles... 29.105.000 35.2 Omaha 32.2NS..0IKI 45. ft Milwaukee J3.3A4.mu 31. T Atlanta 20.3H5.ono 41.2 Louinrille lii.750.000 4 Kli-hniond 21.5S5 000 40.3 nnffnlo 15(I57.000 22.1 Seattle 18.440.onn 3C.0 St. Paul 12.8:3.000 14.1 Denver 13.ftM.000 48 Portland, Ore. 13.109.000 24.0 Houston 10.0K3.ono 2.3 Indianapolis 11.019.000 25.8 St. Joseph 15.424.000 M.3 Salt Lake City 10.779.oi' 14.2 Columbus lo.018.onn 21.4 Hartford .10.004.000 53.1 Des Moines 7.011.000 33.0 Wichita 5.131.000 19.7 Sioux City 5.3u.ono 25.7 Oklahoma 6.1K0.0O0 flo.4 Ltm-oln 3.357.0O0 24.0 Little Hock 2.93.flO 27. K Topeka 2,190,000 02.2 AT WORK ON CAMPAIGN Topeka Branch of Near East Relief Committee Meets Today. Thel local branch Jfc the national committee on Armenian and Syrian relief met today at a noon lunch at the Chamber of Commerce to launch a campaign for the assisting of war sufferers in the Near Kast. O. H. White is chairman of the local com mittee. Scott Hopkins is treasurer. It is planned to raise $3,000. Ac cording to the present plan, 500 people will be asked to contribute a dollar a month each for six months. Henry Morganthau, former U. S. ambassador to Turkey, estimates that it costs 96,000,000 a month to teed the desti tute population in Asia Minor and Armenia. Sunday, April 15 a mass meeting will be held at the Orpheum theater in the interests of the cause. CO. AT WASHBURN Pres. Womer Urges Students to Organize for War Call. Drill on Campus and Keep Up Their School Work. Parley P. Womer, president of Washburn, today made an appeal to the students of the college to organ ize a company among themselves and to hold their regular drills on the campus. "In case, of war a great many of the boys will answer the country's call," he said, "ana that means that they must leave school early and go to camps for their drills. If a company was formed here and their drills held on the campus the students could remain in school longer and it would be far easier for them to finish their work." The authorities will be lenient with the students who enlist in case they are called. Arrangements will be made to allow them to make up their work and no great loss of time will be felt. A number of students will be in noculated with the typhoid serum this evening in preparation for the call for volunteers. The innoculation will be free and is optional. ALLIES DRIVE WEDGE Persistent Reports of Internal Dissen sion in Germany. With the British Armies Afield, April 2. British forces today ad vanced to within two and a half miles of St. Quentin. Their lines were thrust forward from the west to this near approach to the city, believed to be one of the main points in the Hindenburg line. In the meantime British forces northwest of the city today took the towns of Attilly and Villecholles on the railroad line running from Roisel to St. Quentin. The advance from the northwest is more gradual, but nevertheless con tinues. Dutch dispatches today carried the persistent report of further internal troubles in Germany. Dispatches' re cently passed by the German censor, however, have indicated the greatest unrest due to failure of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg to provide im mediate institution of reforms design ed to give the German people a lar ger share in the war. TRUCE FOR WAR ON U.S. Kcfugoes Say German Induces Villa and Murgnia to Wait. Juarez, April 2. A truce has been arranged between Villa and General Murguia, the defacto commander, ac cording to a refugee who arrived here yesterday from Chihuahua City. According to this refugee, who was :n the state capital when the fighting occurred, Carlos Ketelseo, a leading Herman resident of Chihuahua City, went to Villa with a proposal to cease his attack upon the city, urging Villa to wait until the United States de clared war upon Germany, then both i factions would unite against the United States, the refugee said. CHICAGO GRAIN HIKES Runaway War Market Highest Since Southern Rebellion. Chicago, April 2. There was a run away war market in the grain pits to day. May wheat advanced 4 cents a bushel to $1.99, a high record for Chicago since the Civil war. May corn was up 3 cents to 1.224 per bushel, a new record. May oats reached 63 c. Other fu tures also recorded big gains. The cash market was extremely high. Number 2 hard wheat sold for $2.11. Cash corn reached II. 25. Oats reached 67 cents. DEATHS AND FUNERALS SAMUEL GROSCH, age 32, died Sunday at his home, at 517 East Sec ond street. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen. K. of P., and the Masonic orders. Funeral will be held Thursday at 2:30 o'clock at the resi dence. Services at the German Baptist church at 3 o'clock. Burial in Topeka cemetery. MRS. CATHERINE MONTGOM ERY, died Sunday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. K. U. Whined, at 1418 Topeka avenue. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning from the Church of the Assumption. Burial in St. Patrick's cemetery, in Osage coun ty. Sunday at her home, 924 Quincy street Funeral will be held at 10-30 Tuesday morning from Penwell's chapel. Burial in Topeka cemetery. The funeral of David Hurley will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday after noon from First Methodist church. MARY THOMPSON, age 65, died Sunday at her home, 114 North Van Buren street. Funeral arrangements hare not been completed. The funeral of J. L. Chase, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Penwell's chapeL The body was brought from Phoenix, Arizona. Fred McVeigh died Sunday at his home, at 400 Kansas avenue. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock from Brennan's chapel. Burial in Topeka cemetery. Lord's Flowers Satisfy. Adv. TeL 127.- An Invitation -Extraordinary We especially invite the suit purchasing people to visit this sale, and m?n we honestly and candidly promise to ex hibit the greatest value in men's suits, unhesitatingly -we remark it's he greatest feast of men's fine suits, the most elaborate display of men's fine suits ever exhib- for. .in.T.Pe.k.a.... $10.00 For Your $10 Select most handsome blue serges, clay worsteds, cassi meres that positively carry the same appearance of any 120.00 suit ver sold. August demonstrates the enormity of this sale by duplicating any 120.00 suit in tin ftft Topeka for iplU.UU DAVID J. FOR A RATE HIKE Twenty-Four Western Rail roads Petition the I. C. C. Want a General Freight In crease of is Per Cent. -.;r Washington, April 2. The .formal petition of twenty-four western rail roads for an immediate increase in general freight rates, was filed today with the interstate commerce commis sion. The exact increase desired is not named, but it is understood to be 15 per cent on general freight rates. Kansas roads, including tbe Santa Fe, Rock Island, Union Pacific and Katy, are among the roads asking for the Increase. C. E. CARROLL NAMED Alma Senator Will Assist In Investi gation Insurance Rates. i At the suggestion of Governor Cap per, Senator C. E. Carroll of Alma, was today appointed first special as sistant in charge of the insurance rate investigation. The appointment was made by C. J. Wilson, state superin tendent of insurance. Under the appointment. Senator Carroll will direct the investigation of insurance rates. An appropriation of 120,000 was made by the recent legis lative session for investigation of these rates. The investigation will extend to a number of towns in the state. Mem bers of the commission will examine witnesses and records and will report to the state commissipner. LOCAL MjEHTTIIOH Two special trains, carrying 300 or more newly graduated officers of the army from Leavenworth to the bor der, passed thru Topeka Sunday over the Rock Island. The men com prised the emergency class recently turned out at the post. Manhattan Cleaners. Phone 1769". Adv. Albert' Dibble, 16-year-old high school student, who wa.s accused of robbing a home in Atchison, )Can., April 9, has been suspended from school. The school authorities have committed a greater crime in denying him an education than the boy is ac cused of perpetrating, according to Dr. Eva Harding. Dr. Harding be came interested inthe case, after she had seen the young fellow on the streets this morning. "It simply made me stop and think'she said, "how such a young 'man could be thrown from the schools and cast out upon his own resources, with no guidance except that of his home." Big "Patriotic" ball Thursday night Hall's augmented orchestra. Kellam hall. Adv. Work of constructing the new re inforced concrete bridge over Shun ganunga crook on Topeka avenue be gan today, according to an announce ment by Commissioner W. G. Tandy. Allen Fulton, Topeka contractors, are doing the work. Passion week services will be con ducted every night this week at the First German M. E. church at 7:45 o'clock. Dancing tonight school (8 p. m.) social p. m.) Kellam hall. Adv. Mrs. A. C. Mitchell of Lawrence, widow of the late Congressman A. C. Mitchell of the Second district, t-1ay becomes a member of the state welfare commission.- She succeeds Mrs. Gen evieve Chalkier, also of Lawrence, who resigned, effective today. 1 A AA Never in the hls V"""rbry of clothing dom purchased better values than we offer this dress up week. Look all over town at suits up to 120.00. Before you buy come to August's dressup Suit Sale. We 1A Aft duplicate it for. )1U.UU That's All And if you visit this sale, this great big dress up suit sale for men this week we prom ise to duplicate at our adver tised price a man's suit the equal to any $20, 00 suit seen elsewhere. AUGUST SINK NEW WELL City Commissioners Authorize Engineer to Draw Flans. Wasson Announces Water Con dition Is Improving. The city commissioners today au thorized the city engineer to prepare plans and estimates for the erection of one, or more, wells at the city water works. A motion that this power be given the city engineer was made by Commissioner Frank M. Newland. Commissioner Newland announced it was probable three wells would be sunk at this time at a cost of from 16, 000 to 110,000 each. Plenty of money is available for digging the wells and the work will be completed by fall, ac cording to Commissioner Wasson. The present wells are operated by a centrifugal pump connected with the steam plant. The new wells will be onerateri with i T ""intunai pumps which will be run with electricity and nines OI emergency, such as have existed in Topeka recently. Thp.ttH tcr- (in .1 i i oic improving, according to an announcement by ..,..,iiwiici wiusnon. ine underflow the source of water, is becoming heavier and it is predicted conditions will be normal in a few days. Raise Ship Makers' Pay. Quincy. Mass., April 2. President Joseph Powell of the Forerlver Ship Building corporation announced at a patriotic mewing of employes yester day that a general increase of wages at the plant was being arranged to CO into effenf T.. 1 1 "it: saia tne company was breaking all records in -viiiyuBiiBa in its efforts to hurry construction of United States naval vessels. New York Mtork Market. Wall St., New York, April 2 ftTnricst Confide,..-, in the .mi,nL "T 'he interT tional rrixls was exprenwd of the Intern! market today, war 1up. shipping, ."j standard ..hare, rl.lng two to .1 x poll bale, approximated tiOO.fmo .hare. w""""' Bnt V1 we -ored in the active final boor, ahort. covering exten.lrely on the pauage of event, at Washington. The closing wa. strong. w York Money Market. New York. April 2. MONKY Mercan tile paper 4ai. Sterling 00 day. bill.. 4.iJ; roinmercta! 00 day bill, on bank. 4.1 1. (ouimerrlal .Ixty day bill. 4.7014: demand. 4.759-l: cable.. 4.707-1(1. Fran, demand. 5.fO4 .-able., 6.82i Marka. un quoted. Kronen, unquoted. Guilder, de mand. 4t; cuble., 40D-1H. Lire., demand. -jX: cable.. 7.07. Kuhlr., demand 28 4.V cable., avH. liar .liver. 74V. Meil'.-an dollar. r7. Government bond, .teariv railroad bond. Irregular. Time loana firm- Call money ateady. high 2V low, 2: rul ing rate. last loan, 2'A doling bid. i': offered at 2',j. New Or lea d C ottos Market. New Orleana. April 2. COTTON Spot J0.0.? steady and aaehanged. Middling, New York Htoek Market. (Closing prices for the Je.illng .tock en the "ew York Stock Kx'-haoge as re ported by Empire Commla.lou Co.. 301 Sew Kngland Uldg.) New York, April 2. Cloae Today Snf. H7-4 fr.'i Am. Beet i'ugar Anaconda Mining A. T. 8. K c- I'-altliuore Ohio S4 ....10C4 7!.'J la iso- tan 7!S, 1 11 jl'entral Leather Cbeaapeake Ohio M. A rt. f c It. 1. tt F Chluo Copper Col. Fuel Ic Iron tireat Northern, p Inspiration Kenn. Coptier W14 n 1144 l '-4 flv 4iV4 41 H 45 40'4 .'Kl .VIC Miami vopper Minaourl l'ai-ifk- I'eun. Kallroad eadtng. HtU'lebaker" Southern IVi-W.r I'uion I'aeifi. v.r. V. Steel. e. Ctali Copper ..,t !fV, no wi'A .141 7 Inn

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BRINGING UP FATHER y J VOOHERE J ftH? 'NWUDt? X A H OF ROOM TO BVrl J UrlLLL T TATLAMTlC DO A CHILD'S BIT Topekuns Are Given a Chance to Aid in War. Vegetable ProductH of Value During1 Hard Times. By R. W. MITCHELL The opportune time is here! The psychological moment is at hand to utilize the heroes and heroines among our younger people to off aet the H. C 1. in our homes and furnish a surplus to the heroic men and women of our city who are about to participate in a real conflict for the preservation of our rights at home and abroad. The young heroes and heroines of Topeka are the boys and girls of our pulilic schools, who, under proper di rection, guidance and organization, can produce vegetable products worth several thousand dollars in excess of their home necessities in this com munity, and while so doing become versed in practical and scientific agri culture. The boys and girls from the sixth frrades. and up, would very readily learn the five etsnentials in soil to pro duce a full developed embryo. (i.e.) rioil rock sand; Soil air air that cir culates thru the pores of the ground; Soil water Dissolved minerals in the noil (caused by the free water rain, snow, mist, dew, fog, etc.) dissolving the food elements; Decaying organic matter any rotten material (animal or vegetable); Live organism fish worms, grub worms and certain kinds of ants etc., and in a short time be competent to select a suitable piece of land to get best results. We are losing surplus energy, time and lands by delaying this very im portant matter, and at the same time are not sivins the heroic boys and girls of Topeka an opportunity to co operate in "worth while" patriotism helping to furnish food supplies. The school boys and girls of Topeka can get practically the same results That a little 13-year-old Chicago school Hirl who raised from sixteen square rods of mother earth, one-tenth of an cre, parsley, onions, radishes, and Lsters from which she realized $132.65 at the very small expense of $5.30, leaving a net profit of $127.35 for her Bummer's labor. Using this as a basis, one acre would have yielded exactly ten times this sum, or $1,273.50. Is not this a wonderful showing? Can results of a similar character be effectexl in Topeka t The writer ?ays yes. In 1914 he assisted in cut ting. tying and preparing for market, asparagus from one and one-half acre that brought the owner $864.15. This plat is within three miles of the city; also other crops just as profitable were raised on this farm. Will this kind of instruction given our school boys and girls, who are now bubbling over with patriotism, pay It is getting results in other citios. Why not Topeka? Let's get busy NOW! Our country needs US. WILL LECTURE HERE Bishop Quayle to Pay Topeka a Visit on April 17. Binhop W. A. Quayle. former Kan an and widely known lecturer and author, will play Topeka a visit in the near future. He will lecture Tues day evening. April 17. at the First Methodist Kpiscopal church for the benetlt of the jubilee fund of the women's foreisn missionary society. Similar lectures are planned in Methodist churches all over the coun try in an effort of the society to raise fl. 600. 000 before 1919. The treasury already records the receipt of more than fl. 000. 000. liishop Quayle is a graduate of Huker university, of which he was KEEP MAR OF M11SIER01E HANDY It Quickly Loosens Up Coughs and Colds in Throat or Chest Tust a little Musterole rubbed on vour sore, tight chest before you go to bed will loosen up congestion and break up most severe colds and coughs. j Musterole is a clean white ointment made with oil of mu-tard. Simply rub it on. No plaster necessary. Better than mustard plaster and does not blister. Thousands who use Musterole will tell what relief it gives from sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sora muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet and colds (it often prevents pneumonia). liii WAITS AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for Inserting Wane Ada In The Topeka State Journal la one cent a word each Insertion, minimum 10 cents; by the week 6 cent a word, minimum 60 cents. OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be accompanied "with cash or check in full riayment of ths same. Note the foregoing netractions about counting thv words sua the rate per word for The Topeka Bute Journal. COUNT THE WORDS of your ad lnelud 1ns; four words for State journal address when address is used count each "Initial letter and each number or combinative of figures as one word. CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be classified properly must be In The State Journal office before 12 :2t o'clock. Want ads received after 12:20 till 1:10 p. m. will be inserted uuder the bead: "Too Late to Classify." made president in 1890. In 1908 he was made bishop. Among his books are "In God's Out-of-Doors" and "Re covered Yesterdays in Literature." MARCH A WILD MONTH Wind Blew Harder and Steadier than Ever Before in Kansas. March, 1917, was the winaiest on record at Topeka and closed the driest 4-month period in more than 30 years, according to the detailed summary is sued by the weather bureau. The average temperature of the month was 3 degrees above normal but not as high by 2 degrees as the average for March last year. The high est temperature was 83 degrees on the 30th, and the lowest degrees on the 4th. Both these temperatures are un usual but not record breakers for March, which is noted for its extremes of weather in Kansas. The range be tween night and day temperatures was remarkable, the greatest differ ence 'occurring on the 9th, when there was a warming up of 42 degrees, from 29 degrees at 7 a. m. to 71 degrees at 4:30 p. m. The month's precipitation amounted to 1.04 inches, or 1.25 inches below normal, which was entirely inade quate for present needs. The only measurable snowfall was 0.4 inches on tho 3rd. There were 18 days during the month when the wind velocity ex ceeded 24 miles an hour and 6 days when a velocity of 40 miles or more an hour was reached. On the 16th an extreme velocity of 60 miles an hour was recorded. Dust storms occurred on the 6th, 7th, 9th and 30th. The amount of sunshine was one of the greatest ever recorded at this time of the year. The total precipitation for the four months, December, January, Febru ary, and March, just ended, has been but 2.05 inches, which is barely more than a third of the normal amount and less than has fallen in any other four successive months since the lo cal weather record was begun. The last soaking rain at Topeka was No vember 8 and the snowfall of the past winter was the lightest on record. HOLD PATRIOTIC" MEET Topeka Relief Corps Will Stage Dem onstration Friday, April 6. A public patriotic meeting will be held at Memorial hall Friday evening. April 6. to observe Loyalty day. Grand Army day and Kansas Flag day. All G. A. R. organizations and auxiliaries. Sons of Veterans and auxiliaries thruout Kansas are especially invited. Governor Capper and Commander Painter, with seme out-of-town speak ers, will talk. Music will be furnished by the band and a local quartet. An interesting address will be given by Mrs. Oscar Moore, past national secre tary of the W. R. C. Topeka Relief corps. No. 94. has made the arrangements for this dem onstration and the patriotic instructor of the corps has charge of the pro gram. DUMP MILK WAGONS Farmers Resort to Violence in De manding Higher lrice for Product. Stoughton. Wis., April 2. Farmers picketed all roads running out of Stoughton today and warned back milk haulers for Armour Company's condensary plant here. Those that failed to heed the warning were al lowed to ProCoeii. but when rotui-nino- with a load of milk- the farmers tipped the wagon and contents over. The farmers of whom there are about 300, j refuse to deliver milk at wo rtniiarc ?1r.,.one hmed pounds, demanding .40 for the same weight. Only one milk hauir vaa nirnn,. past the picket line since Saturday. He only had a load of three cans, cv. result of the farmers action. Sheriff Ireland and several deputies have been called to the scene. Arrest Caustic Pacifists. Wichita, Kan., April 2. Mayor Bentley has given orders t the chief of police to arrest any person who' voices malicious criticism of President Wilson or the policy he has pursued in reference to the German controversy. THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAI tCooyriKht. 1917. International News i. Service. REAL estate transfers. E. A. Johnson and wife to C. I. Van Ordstrand, eV4 of aeVi 31-1:1-17 $3000 M..C. .Shull and wife to J. J. Petzell, lots 605-7-9-11 Wear ave., Irvlug PI ub JH) C. K. Weever and wife to some, lots 81:1-15-17 Wear ave., Irving PI. sub.. S00 W. J. Rirkenbacher to Kbnw Agen-v Realty Co., lots 1-2-3-4 Monroe st', Lakewood Pk. add 1 W. J. Kbkenbaiber and wife to same, lots 177-78 Quimy Bt., Lakewood Pk. arid j K. S. DU-k and wife to L Sherwood lot 121 Lincoln St., see ree 1 A. Urban and wife to B. M. Cromwell, pt. of nw4 S4-11-14 1 M. r-enning to It. McClure, lot 717 Clay st. M. II. sub 1 W. B. Roberts to C. J. Mllliken, pt. iKVt 21-12-17 3150 W. H. Kelcherter and wife to P. Schneider and others, int In pt. ne. 9-11-14 500 F. A. Goodhue to K. A. Goeldner, lots 4K-7 Liudenwood ave., Melrnse add. 700 J. Chubb and wife to H. K. Ahlstrom, lot 2S5 Illinois ave.. Highland Pk. sub 125 LOST AND FOUND. LOST Black onyx pin. size of half dollar, half pearl set in center. Inscription ou back. Ihope2S20 While. Reward. LOST Spaniel, white, black spotted, black ears. Name "lienuie." Reward. Phone 20:i K-3. LOST Watch fob with cross bearing date 1-31-11. Reward. Call 2K14 Itlack. WANTED SITUATIONS NOTICE Young man wishes position as pianist in movie theater, without orches tra. When answering state wages. Ad dress L. M. P.. care Topeka Journal. WOMAN wants work bv the day. 1211 West Laurent- Phone lfiSK. WANTED MALE HELP. WANTED Competent bookkeeper familiar with customers ledgers and general led gers, address iu own hand writing stat ing experience, age and last employment X, care Journal. WANTED 25 farm hands. J.10 mo.; dairy hands, $30 mo.: cook, $14 wk. arm wait er; laborers; carpenters; farm couples. Furman EmpIoymeiitjOffice, 106 West 8th. WANTED A man of experience intbefire Insurance business, capable of taking charge of a large Insurance ageucy. Ad- uiraa v iv, care duiiruui. YOUNG MEN WANTED Government rall way mail clerks, $75 month. Sample ex amination questions free. Franklin ln stitute. Dep't 138 D. Rochester, N. Y. WANTED Good steady man to drive wag- on. $2 a day. Hasty Express Co. FIREMEN, iMtAKEMENbegtririers 14S $1.j0; no strike. Railway, care Journal. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED 25 waitresses for Topeka and many other towns 5 women cooks pas try cooks women for conntry borne. $5 wk. chambermaid. $25 mo. girls for fam ilies; lunch counter girls: kitchen help, etc. Eurman's Employment Office, 100 West titb WANTED Bright and intelligent voting ladies for telephone operating between ages Its and 2:1. Permanent employment, l'aid while learning and chance for ad vancement. Apply 812 Jacksou between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. GIRLS WANTED for lunch counter and dining room work. Apply Harvey House, Santa Fe depot. WAN T E D wiii te alrl for boosework. refC erences. Three in familv, no washing. 1275 Topeka. EXPERIENCED waitress wanted. Topek afe. 114 West 8th. GIRI.S for dressmaking. Mrs. Bacon, lilij Brooks. WANTED AGENTS AGENTS LOOK Men and i-omenTposi'-tively new proposition 100 per cent profit, repeats sure; hurry, particulars free. Casslus Agency Co., Dept. 3, Selden, Kan. WANTED TO BUT SECOND-HAND furniture bought and sold; best grade of furniture; prices reasonable. Kent B. Logan. 322 Kansas ave. Phone 3182. WE PAY the highest cash price for castoff clothing, shoes, bats and overcoats. Drop us a card or call Gordon Bros, loan office, 400 Kansas ave. Phone lOt'-t. WANTED Set of Kansas Reports. J. B. Riseley. Lawreni-e. Rtn. wanted miscellaneous. hStTtchTno! pinking Plaitings of all kinds. Buttons made. Mail orders receive prompt, careful atten tion. Airs. Mercer. 800 Topeka. WANTED Watch repairing. Main springs, 75c: cleaned, 75c. All work guaranteed. A rni stron g Jewelry Co.. 429 Kan sas ave. GOOD milk cows, fat cattle and veal calves. A. Leltiow. Tel. 257. CiRPET and rug weaving. 1030 Garfield. foone Z58S Blue. 1082 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS. BUSINESS CHANCES FOTPSALE Two well located rooming houses, ar ranged for sleeping and light housekeep ing. First class paying proposition. Must sell on account of other business. 3 L, care Journal. FOR SALE: Only hotel In town of SOO population, it) sleeping rooms, all mod ern, good reasou for selling, part cash, balance on easy terms. Address Nick Klein. Qlasco, Kansas. Il.Vvrc opening in local business for good business man with $3,000 to $5,000. Can show profit of 12 per cent on Investment withoutrisk. M. care Journal. UNCLKTSAM OIL 10.000 shares at sacrifice price. T. J. Coughlin, Edgerton, Kan. PASTURE. PASTURE for calves and yearling colts, tame grass, good water, shade, woven fence. Phone 28:52 N. 3. E. P. LeVan. ELECTRICAL WIRING. LET ME figure your electric wiring and fixtures. Chas. H. KJossmaa. 2445 Blue, after 6 o'clock- FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. HF YOU ARE AFRAID OF A BIS if SEASON EIERE Gn to tbe rainbelt of Elbert Co. Colorado, where crops never fail. As afire as the snow melts in the mountains, there will be mountain showerx. I have a few im proved farms at preut bargains in the rainbelt. Come in before 1 make my next trip. T. J. NICHOLS, 5M Kan. Ave., To pt-kn. Kan. Tel. 440. FOR RENT HOUSES l'JC4 Topeka, 0 rooms, all modem, riTi Clay, ti rooms, partly modern. $18. ltKl West, 8 rooms, all modern, 30. 1011 West 12tU, 5 rooms, VSiO (.'lay, ti rooms, part modem, $18. 1192 Lane, 4 rooms, (colored) modern, $10 114 -room hotel, well located, $10. MARION SHELDON, 501 Jackson. Phone 1278. FOR RENT 1035- Folk street, 8 rooTrTa, modern. Will remodel to suit tenaut, $30. 201 Clay at., 8 rooms, modern. $10. l'J7 Woodlawn ave., 8 rooms, modern, $25 i:tnf Polk at., 5 rooms, city water, $12. 1215 Clay St., 3 rooms, city water, $5. THE FORBES MORTGAGE CO., Security Building. MADISON ST.. near 4th avenue, 3 room house, gas and electric lights. Call at (J01 East 4th avenue or phone 610 or IrtOl. Hsif blok E. on loth st. Modem 5-room Bungalow with privilege of buyinjr on reasonable terms. Clarence Skinner, phone 4:12. SIX room modern except furnace, bonse and barn, 12t Clay. Telephona 22tt Plite. FIVE room strictly modern house, large sleeping porch, 11 West 5tu. Inquire dui layior. i;i25 Jackson, 5 rooms, bath, electric lights, in nice repair, $17.50 month. Call and see house or phone TEN room modern house, equipped for one or two families; barn. 1132 Morris ave. lmnv hi te. 1 MODERN fi room bouse, 205 Western ave. I'none Z417 tsiuejj-u. FO H RENT House near shops. Phone 1!525 Red. FOR KENT room modern- bouse,. ,fio! Quincy. Phone 2767 White. FOR KENT 6-room house, 91G Hu 11 toon st. $20.00 per mouth MODERN 6-room bouse, 205 Western ave nue. Phone 2417 Blue. $20.00. 40; Kast 8th, modern rooming house, newly t u rnlshed with or wltfaou t board. 4-room cottage and large lawn. Dr. Roby. FOR RENT APARTMENTS. C12 TYLER, nicely furnished, strictly mod ern housekeeping apurtinent, sleeping porchj no cbildren; FOR RENT Modern 3-room and bath apartment. $15.00. Tel. 5522W or 1377. Hot water heat furnished. FOR RENT Modern 4 -room apartment. Phon 1241. FOR RENT FCRNISHA.O ROOMS. GOOD rooms and board very reasonable, 1018 Topeka ave,; also light housekeeping rooms, 0'B modern furnished" room, Orpheum Bldg. Gordon Bros. 1079. MODERN furnlshr front room, 314 Hun- toon. 1974 evenings. COMFORTABLE furnished modern, room with board. 1501 West st. fjESIRABLE front room with alcove; also garage. 714Harrison. FtRNISHKI light housekeeping rooms, ground floor, $2 per week. 120 Monro. 725 TOPEKA AVE. Clean, pleasant front roomlnprivatehome. flood location. MODERN Hcht housekeeping rooms wltb bath. Phone 28:17. THORO'LY modern rooms for gentlemen. Private family. Phone 4.171 Red. BOARD AND ROOMS MODERN rooms with board, $1 day, $5 per week. Topeka Hotel, 122 We 6th. FOR RENT STORE ROOMS STORE ROOM. 404 East 4th avenue, suit---nble for living in rear half; good location for small hardware, notion store or shoe shop. Call at uu Jast 4tn avenue or puone 010. FOR RENT STORE BUILDINGS. FOR RENT Store room at 109 E. 4th, with grocery fixtures, ice boxes, shWviugs, show cases, etc., formerly occupied by Thompson Son Grocery and Meat Mar ket. Owing to their business growing so large in the last five years at this loca tion they are going to move to larger quarters. Inquire Gordon Bros.. 400 Kau- sas Ae. Phone 1079. STORE BUILDING FOR RENT. Kansas avenue, corner Third, modern, reasonable rent, good location for hard ware, oils, paint and glass: grocery retail ot wholesale. Inquire owner. 334 Harrison. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS Leather straps Hat tray $9.00 and $10.00 Trunk Values. ISA DIR SCRIKOPSME, 52 8 EAKS. WE. 2-horse watron, medium weight for deliv ery or country trade, for sale at a great bargain, or will trade. Call at once, 31ti K. 5th; FACING ROOK from Dwlght, Kan., fine for foundations. V50 ier ton, deliv ered. Phone 4t White. FOIt SALE -Fence posts, loc each. Hugh Lawlor. 'JOti Jackson at. Fhone 331. i'OKSAl.E Confectionery. L. 8. care Journal. FOR SALE Office safe, Hurons, phone 3041. o to o evenings. FOR SAL E Barn, chean. Call 1101 Quincy. 27CT White. FOR SALE Cumberland raspberry plants. D.U L West, 4522K-3, FOR SALE Safe. Majestic theater. 10C' HASTV Al'Tu KXPrt 12 MIL FOR SALE SEED. FOR SALE White seed corn. Dawson. Pbone 415 "IiteAmeie TMJMIS B(S) MONDAY EVENING, DRAyN FOR THE STATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE BUNGALOW fl rooms, glassed, plastered and beaten, sleeping porch with large closets, finished in oak, oak floors throughout house; ele gantly appointed 3-plece bath, pantry, kitchen with built-in conveniences, cement floored cellar under entire Iiouhp. combina tion furuace, ya,rd sodded, cement walks, high class ElmhurKt location, ou pave ment. Priced to sell. Terms. SHAWNEE IKVESTOEHT CO. 534 Kansas Aye. Phone 5050. r. S2j Fire-room house, has bath, electricity, and stacked for furnace, built 5 yeara ago, l blocks from transfer station. Couldn't be built for 2,500 and there's lot and a fourth. See the terms: tlM down; J10 or $15 payment per month en balance to suit you. J. T. Bell, 735 Fillmore, ad viaor to home buyera. Phone 1)14 6 LOTS, OTNGALOW, $3000 Beautiful bungalow, almost new. 5 rooms, very attractive, furnace, electric light, fire place, attic, basement, 6 lots, overlooking golf links in Highland Park, cheap at 000. More lots Joining this can be pur chased. fOTTKBI,!. CO., 107 E. 7th. Tel. 55C S408. 6 rooms, sleeping porch, 3-piece bath, ce mented cellar, furnace, lt lots, cement chicken house, fruit. Houee decorated, light fixtures Installed. Washburn college neighborhood. Price $3,200. SHAWNEE aWEStMEHTCO. 534 Kansas Ji.ve. Phone 5050. CLOSE IM HOME 30 FEET FRONT. 7-KOOM HOT'SK. NICE LOCATION, $2,500. EASl" TEKMS. MARION SHELDON, 501 Jackson. Phone 1278. 15 LOTS, $1100 blocks of west side car line, 15 lots barn used as house, new cemented chicken bouse 12x50. fenced, well. Owner leaving reduced to $1,100. COTTRELL CO.. 107 E. 7th. Tel. 556, S408. To buy modern 6-room bouse. 14 West 7th. To close estate, only $2,100.00. Pbone 5283 W. KANSAS AVE. SOUTH. 1515. good house and barn, newly painted, fine condition, close in. great bargain if sold at once; small cash payment, balance monthly like rent. Call at 601 East 4th avenue or phone Old. FOR SALE- 80 acres, close to Topeka. nice improvements. Splendid land. Here ts a fiue buy for some one, the price is right. G. -W. Bradley, C2 Kansas Ave., Topeka. 31-room brick. 015 Monroe: 5-room modern bungalow. 13th street. (Half block East of Kans. Ave); 4-room cottage and 87 ft, llllTaylor. C. D. Skinner, Phone 432. For "XCHANGE. FOR TRADE 100 acres western Kansas for automobile. 100 or 240 acres for fi dence property. Clear land for merchan dise. Send full description in first letter. t Floyd Shi men 11. Nortou.Kan. WILL EXCHANGE my equity -in West J FOR BALE PIANOS rOR RALK Will sacrifice genuine Robart M. Cable piano, cheap, used 4 months. Address H. VL C. care Journal. $i50 PLAYER PIANO. 25 rolls, bench and scarf: must sell within the next week. Address P. P.. care Journal. FOR SALE- Piano at 413 Kansas ave. FOR SALE HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Highest Prices paid for yonr And we sell it right too. Topeka 'a Bargain Store CHEAP JACK Phone 874t 10 East Ct FOR RALE 2 burner oven, also gas range, 4 burners and oven. 1517 Topeka ave. Phone 1808. FOR SA LE Household goods. 1332 Col- Jege. 242 Ring 2. Cx9 McCORMICK RFG; also other fur- uiahings. Phone 017; FOR SALE One range. Call 2793 Red. FOR SALE LIVESTOCK STALLION For sale. Fine high -bred trotting, jet black, witb small star in forehead, long mane and tall, 16 hands high, weight 1,250, 7 years old. H. O. Shorp, aaa Wabash ave. Phone 2208 N-3. FOR SALE, delivery team, serviceable, sound and in good condition. Weight about 2.000 lbs. People's Market. 309 Kan- sas Ave. FOR -SALE Hambletonian mare with foal to Jim Sunday; also top buggy, harness, delivery wagon might trade lor automo bile. H. 1. care Journal. FOR SALE POULTRY SURPLUS of best stock, pure bred white Homer pigeons, reasonably priced. Call 3709 N 1 after 6 o'clock. PURE BRED Barred Rock eggs. 60c per et tine. Van Buren. Phone 4m JOURNAL BX GEORGE M'MANUS LEGAL (Published in The Topeka State Journal, April z, lui.-j HOUSE BILL NO. 305. AN ACT to amend section 11721 of the General Statutes of Kansas for 1015, be ing an act relating to weights and meas ures and the regulations thereof, and to repeal said original section 11721. Be it enacted by the Legislature of tbe State of Kansas Section 1. That section 11721 of the Gen eral Statutes of Kansas for 1015 be amend ed to read as follows Section 11721. That mill products and vegetable products hereinafter mentioned shall have only the following standard weights, and whenever any of the following articles shall be con tracted for or sold, or delivered, and no special contract or agreement shall be made to the contrary, such sale and all computations for payment or settlement therefor sha II be by net weight the net weight to be plainly marked on the out side of the barrel, saVk. package or bale, as the case may be, and the net weight, whether in wood or otherwise, to be as follows: Barrels of wheat and rye flour and corn meal, one hundred and ninety -six pounds net. Half barrels, ninety-eight pounds net. One-fourth barrels, forty-eight pounds net, one-eighth barrels, twenty-four pounds net. One-sixteenth barrels, twelve pounds net. Provided, however, that corn meal may be packed and sold In sacks of thirty-five pounds net, seventeen and one-half pounds net and eight and three-fourths pounds net. Hav and straw In bales, the correct weight said bale contains when sold at retail dv tne Date. Cottonseed meal in sacks, one hundred pounds net. Bran in sacks, one hundred pounds net. Shorts in sacks, one hundred pounds net. Tankage in sifeks, one hundred pounds Oil meal in sacks, one hundred pounds net. Meat meal In sacks, one hundred pounds net. And all other feeds made from cereals of any kind, whether pure, mixed or adul terated; one hundred pounds per sak net. The net weieht oer busnei or tne ronow- ing articles shall be as follows, and auy fractional part of a bushel shall be the like fractional part of the said weight per bushel, net pounds. Alfalfa seed Apples Apples, dried i Barley 48 Beans Beans, unshelled green 38 Beans, castor Beets W Riuegrass seed, native 14 Bluegrasa seed, English 22 Broomcorn seed 30 Buckwheat 4S Carrots Cherries, without stems Cherries, with stems 56 4 'lover seed Corn, shelled 5T Corn, in the ear. busked.... .0 Cucumbers 48 Flaxseed (linseed) 5fl Feterita Grapes, with stems 4H Grapes, without stems ft Hemp seed 44 Kafir corn 5tt Lime, unslacked 80 Malt 38 Millet seed, Hungarian 50 Milo maize 5rt Nuts, black walnuts, 50 Nuts, hickory 50 Oats 32 Onions 57 Parsnips 48 Peaches .................48 Peaches, d ried 33 Pea rs 45 Peas 00 Peas, green, in pods o! Plastering hair, washed 4 Plastering hair, unwashed 8 Plums 52 Popcorn, on ob 70 Popcorn, rice corn 5t Potatoes 00 Quinces 48 Rutabagas ...SO live Salt Sorghum seed Spelts or euimer. Spinach Sweet potatoes ..-ri0 ...Mt ...50 ...0 ...M ..TO Sweet potatoes. seed (sorted inches in diameter and under) 45 Timothy seed 45 Tomatoes 51 Turnips 55 Wheat ....GO And the standard barrel for all Truits and vegetables ana other dry commodities shall contain 705ft cubic Inches. And for sweet potatoes and apples the two-bushel box shall contain 4704 cubic inches, and the one-bushel box shall contain 2:2 cubic inches Sw. 2. That orleinnl section 11721 of the General Statutes of Kansas for 1115 be and the same !s hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publi cation in the official state paper. I hereby certify that the above Bill origi nated in the House, and passed that body February 1, 1017. A. M. KEENE. Speaker of the House. CLARENCE W. MILLER. Oiipf Clprfc of the House. Passed the Senate March R, 1917. W. Y. MORGAN. PrMent of the Senate. E. D. GEORGE. Secret-, rv of the Senate. Approved Mnrrh 12. 1917. ARTHUR CAPPER. Governor. State of Kansas. Office of Secretary of State. I. J. T. ROTKIN. 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 on file in m v offW. IN TESTIMONY WHRRWOF. I have hereunto subscribed my nam I Seal. snd affixed m v official pnl this 14tb dnv of March. U17. ROTK-IN. Secretarv of State. CORNELL. Asst. Secretary of State. J. T. By E. A. fFfrst published In The Toneks tate Journal. Wednesday. Feb. 28. 1917. ELECTION PROCLAMATION. Mayor's Office. Oakland Kansas. February 27. 1!17. 1. F. A. Brigharo. mayor of the-city of Oakland. Shawnea county. Kansas, do here by proclaim, give notice and make known that the regular city election in the city of Oakland, wiii be held oo Monday. April i 8 LEGAL. 2nd. 1017. for the purpose of electing the following officers, to wit: Mayor. Police Judge. Five councillors. Said election will be held and conducted under the irctierul election taws of tha State of Kansas, The polls will be opened at eight (8) o'clock a. m. of said day, and will be closed at six (til o'clock p. m. of said day. The voting place will be the east room on the first floor In the Odd Fellow halt oniining in said city of Oakland. The following electors are deslenated as judges at said election, via.: Robert Clingau, O. M. Keats and Robert Keene. in witnesa whereof. I have hereunto aet my hand and the official seal of the City of Oakland, Kansas, this 27th day of Feb ruary, 1W7. P. A. BRIGHAM. Mayor. Seal. Attest: II. A. LEPPED, City Clerk. Published in The Topeka State Journal, April 2, 1U17.J SENATE BILL NO. 138. RELATINU to atreet crossings and regulat ing running of atreet cars and trains iu cities of. the first class with a population of over 80.000. An act supplemental to section 1110, General Statutea of li15. Be it enacted by the Legislature of tbe .State of Kansas: Section 1. The mayor and council or commissioners of cities of the first class with a population of over H0.0O0' shall have the power to regulate the crossings of rail way and street-railway tracks and provide precautious and prescribe rules regulating the same, aud to regulate the running of street railways or cars and railway engines and cars in the city, and to prescribe rules relating thereto and to govern the apeed thereof; aud to make other and further provisions, rules and regulations to prevent fires from engiues, and to require all rail way companiea to erect viaducts over or tunnels under their tracks at the crossings or streets, a he mayor and council or mayor and commissioners shall have power i inquire auy ranroaa company or com panies ownintr or oners tin or biiv railroad or street-railway track or tracks upon or across any public street or streets of the city to erect, construct, reconstruct, com plete and keep in repair any v?aduct or viaducts upon or over or tunnels under such street or streets and over or under such tracks. Including the approaches of such viaduct, viaducts or tunnels as may be deemed and declared by ordinance to be necessary ior tue convenience, safety or protection of the public. Whenever any such viaduct shall he tfeinri miri r)p. clared by ordinance to be necessary for the tuinruiriii-c, Bttieiy or protection oi tne puouc, tne mayor and council or mayor anu commissioners snail provide ror ap praising, assessing and determining the damage. If any, which mav be caused to any property by reason of the construction of such viaduct and its approaches. The proceedings for such purpose shall be the same as provided by law for the purpose of ascertaining and determining dumages to property owners by reason of the change In grade of any street, except that such dam age shall be paid by such railway company or companies. The amount of damage thus ascertained and awarded shall' upon notice by the city, be promptly paid by the rail way company or companies Interested, and if any such company shall fail to pay the same within ten days from rtn-eipt of uotice of the amount thereof, then the amount so awarded shall become a Men in the proportion to the amount each railway company shall pay. If more than one com pany la concerned, upon the right of way and all property of such railway company, and the collection thereof muy be enforced by tbe city in an action aguinat such rail way company or companies so failing to pay. The width, height and strength of any such viaduct or tunnel and the ap proaches thereto, the material to be used therefor, shall be as required by the mayor and council or mayor and commissioners. When two or more railroad companies own or operate separate lines of truck to be crossed by any such viaduct, either upon, above or below the grade, or where auv street-railway company intersects anil crosses tbe track or tracks of any railroad company, the proportion thereof and of the approaches thereto to be constructed by each, and the proportion of cost to be borne by each, shall be determined by the mayor ami council or mayor ami commis sioners. It shall be the duty of any rail road company or companies or street-railway company, upon being required as here in provided, to erect, construct, reconstruct or repair any viaduct or tunnel, to proceed, within the time aud in the manner required by the mayor end council or mayor and commissioners, to erect, construct, recon struct or repair the same, and it shall be a misdemeanor for any railroad company or companies or street-railway company to fall, neglect, or refuse to perform such duty, and upon onvlction, any such com pany or companies or the suiMrtiiteulent or other officer having chare f sm h railway company or atreet railway in the district or division where such viaduct or tunnel is to be erected or repaired, shall be fined one hundred dollars, and each day such companies or officers shall fail, neg lect or refuse to perform such duty shall be deemeil anil held a hc pa rate offense; and in addition to the penalty herein provided any such company or companies shall be compelled by mandamus or other appropri ate pro-eedlngs to erect, construct, recon struct or repair any viaduct or tuunel as may be required by ordinance as herein provided. The mayor and council or mayor and Commissioners shall also have pow er, whenever any railroad company or companies or street-railway companies shall fail, neglect or refuse to erect, con struct, reconstruct or repair any viaduct, viaducts or tunnel, after having been 're quired ao to do as herein provided, to pro cped with the erection, construction, recon struction or repair of the sarae.by contract, or in such other manner as may be pro vided by ordinance, and assess the cost thereof against the pror.erty of such rail road company or companies or street-railway company, and such cost shall be a valid and subsisting Men against socti property, and einoahHll be a legal indebted ness of such com pa n y or com panics In favor of such city, and may be enforced nd collected by suit in any Vonrt having jurisdiction. Or In lieu of enforcing th collection of the costa of ssld Improvement by a suit at law. the city may Issue internal improvement bonds of the city in payment of said work, payable hi five equal install ments of equal amounts each none of which bonds or any of the installments tliereof shall run longer then flv years nor bear interest ex-eedlng six per cent per annum. The credit of the city issuing such bonds shall be pled red for the pay ment thereof. Knch bonds any be leaned to the contractor constructing tbe improve ment. In payment of, or the mayor and .council or mayor and commissioners may sell the same and pay the proceeds i thereof to the contractor. Such bouds shall Who Sells the Best $2.00 Hat in Topeka LEGAL. not be issued in amount in excess of the contract price of the work or Improve ment except that the Installment coupon shall Include the interest on such install ments to the maturity thereof. The bonds shall be of such denominations as the1 mayor and council or mayor and com mis aiouers shall deem proper. Anil special as sessments shall be levied against the prop erty of such railroad company or com panies or street rsilway as above pmvldeil to pay said bonds and Interest at maturity. Sec. 2. This act Is supplemental to see tion 1110, General Statutes, 1913. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be In force from and after Ita passage and publication In the official state paper. 1 I hereby certify that the above Rill orlgU nated In the Senate, aud passed that body Feb ru a ry t, li1 7, Senate concurred in House A mend meat .t.. ...k U t1f W. 1. MORGAN, Piesideut of the Senate, E, D. GEORGE, Secretary of the Senate. Passed the House March 8, 1917, A. M. KEENE, Speaker of the House. CLARENCE W. MILLER, Chief Clerk of the House. Approved March 12, 1917, ARTHUR CAPPER. Governor. State of Kansas, Office of SECRETARV OF STATE. I, J. T. BOTE IN, Secretary of tttate o( the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file In my office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name Seal. and affixed my official aeal this 14th day of March, 1117. J. T. BOTKIN, Secretary of State. BE. A. CORNELL. Asst. Secretary of State. MONEY MONEY TO LOAN on FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY. WALTEK ASETON SMITH tll-2 N. E. Bldg. Pbon 403. In th? market for notss and mort- gages. MONEY TO LOAN O.N ALL KIKDiT"6T PERSONAL PBOI'EKTV. Horses, cattle, pianos, diamonds, bonse bold goods, libraries, typewriters, autoa, earriairea, machinery, and to salaried ieo pie. V. B. Xhomaa, B19 Kauaaa aronue. Tel. 298. iiorvKi iu loan on city property, any amount, low Interest ratea and moat liberal terms. Call or writ (ny our plan- W. M. Forbes A Co, FARM LOANS WANTED. This company has an unlimited amount ot fuuda to lend on Eastern and Central Kansas Farms at ft'.'o with a reasonable commission. Our representative Is at your service If you want information. THE FARM MORTGAGE COMPANY. Crawford Building, Topeka, Kausas, v l'bone 2.'K!8. LOANS made on any kind of personal arP curlty. L. Hiscoe. Kunsas ave. STOCKS AND BONDS EMPIRE COMMISSION CO. Chicago Board of Trade. Topeka Board of Trade. SOI New England Building. Grain, bonds, stocks. Investments, secur. Itlus aud mortgagea bought aod aold. Phone C'lld. florists IHLAYjESFLOWEK sbiop Kaster plants and cut flowere, freak from onr own (rrfM-nhoiiscs. Pbone 377. Al'CTIONKERS. C. O. ANSEL. General Auctioneer. Res. Phone. 2251 Hed. Office 44. At your service at all tlmea. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 2001 Lincoln Street. Tonekri. K.na. FARM LOANS FARM LOANS. 6 and per cent. Re Nlcbol Realty Co., 629 Ksa. Ave. Tel. n. I'NDERTAK INO L. M. PEN7ELL, fnneraT' director sad einbalmer. First clas service. 608-611 Quincy st. Telephone 192. 0. E HAWLKY tp, undertaker. tm balmlng. 11 E Sth Ave. Phone 27. POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES t FOR RALE miliar tables? Tie w,' c"7roni and pocket, wltb complete ontflt. xlTMoa aecond nand tsblee at reduced prlcea; bowl. lng alley supplies: essy parments. Clgaf store fixtures, a apeclalty. Bend for catat logue. THE BRl'NSWICK-BALKK-COL-I LENDER CO.. lo2-13:il Main U Kansas City, Mo. UPHOLSTERING 1. F. PKTRICK SONS, upholstering and manufacturers of parlor furniture. 1UU9 Ksuaas avenna. Pbona M PICTURE FRAMING FRAMING, regildlng. mat metngT'Tnornnt-' ing done 1. D. Snltlvnn. 122-124 W. ata. TV PE WRIT ERS ALL MAKES for sale or rent. Beat me cbancai department In the country. CRANE at CO. Topeka. Kan. 47 Yea ra In Pnatneeaf 200 NEW end aecond band tynewrlteri (15.00 np. Ssle or rent Topeka Type. writer Exchange. 607 Kansas ave. MOVING FENIMORE MOVING AND STORAGE. Your furntt-r wrapped for Moras ru.ES. expert packers. Toon 4341.

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10 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE IF SICK i CROSS, FEVERISH Hurry, Mother! Remove poisons from little stomach, liver, bowels. Give "California Syrup of Figs" at once if bilious or constipated. Look at the tonjue. mother' If coated. It Is a suro sign that your little ne's stomach, liver and bowels need a gentle, thorough cleansing at once When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu rally, or Is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a tcaspoonful of "California Syrup of J-'igs," and n a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. You needn't coax sick children to lake this harmless "fruit laxative;" they love Its delicious taste, and it al ways makes them fel splendid. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot lle of "California Syrup of Figs," Which has directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of coun terfeits sold here. To :e sure you get the genuine, ask to see that it is made jy 'California Fig Syrup Company.'' iiefuse any other kind with contempt. Art vprtisr merit. BATHE INTERNALLY OYER .VMMHIO PKOPLE ARE NOW DOING SO. Fop ninny ypnrs physicians have agrped tlmt ttiu vast majority of human ills were iitifle1 tv nutniiiiitfl wuste in the Io..er Inti-stlne; that in our present way of living Nature could not remove ail this wnste without assistant1, no matter liow regular we niisrlit be-; and .hat the poison from tills waste circulated through the blood pulled us uwiiy down below pur nnd whs responsible for luuny discuses of a serf on nature. During this time the T. It. I. Cascade" for Internal Untiling, has. beonise of their ret oiimieiHlMt ion and those of its users, been steadily pro wing in favor. Recently, however, the stiirtlinp news which Iihs been covering this i-ou:dry that irreut surpeons and specialists have been uperatlnp on the Lower Intestine for the most, chronic and serious diseases has i'jiitsed Americans to become thoroughly 11 wake to the importance of keeping this !,ower Intestine free from all poisonous waste n. .tter and over DUU.OOO are now us liiff Internal Hiitlis. If ymi try the "J. It. I,. ascade" yon wV find yourself always bright, confident and capalde the poisonous waste makes us bilious, blue, dull and nervous. Inter nal H:iths are Nature's" own cure for Con stipation Just warm water properly ap plied. 1 trues force Nature the "J. 15. L. Cascade' pentJy assists her. 9 'Call nnd see it at TulIy-McFnrland's drug store In Topeka, or ask them for Why Mau of Today Is only 50 per Cent. Kfflcien."' a booklet of great interest, which is given free on request. Adv. QUICK RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION Get Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets That is the joyful cry of thousands since Dr. EJdwards produced Olive Tab lets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician for 17 years and calomel's old-time en emy, discovered the formula for Olive Tablets while treating patients for chronic constipation and torpid livers. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do not contain calomel, but a healing, sooth ing vegetable laxative. No griping is the "keynote" of these little sugar-coated, olive-colored tablets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally. They never force them tc unnatural action. If you have a "dark brown mouth" now and then a bad breath a dull, tired feeling sick headache torpid liver and are constipated, you'll find ?uick, sure and only pleasant results rom one or two little Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take one or two every night just to keep right. Try them. JOc and 23c per box. All druggists. (AdTertlaement.) Being on the same payroll for 50 years is a recommen dation for honesty, sobriety and perhaps, industry $5.00 a month invested in Our Thrift Certificates of Deposit for 10 years amounts to' $743.50. The Kansas Reserve State Bank 1'. f. KATHS, President. K. Villi AKLltS, Caublcr. IN $60 SUIT AND S20 SHOES MILADY A DREAM IN GOLD Sedate Kansas Avenue Kaleido scopic Riot of Fashions. West Side Easter Promenade One of Variety and Brilliance. FEMININE TOPEKA IS YOUNGER! Auntie, 30 Five Years Ago, Is Just Turning 18 'ow. And All With Trim Ankles in Boots Dirt Cheap at $10. Green and gold predominating, a dash of blue, a stain of red and a touch of modest white, all inter mingled with colors variegated. That's feminine Kansas avenue, a kaleido scopic riot of spring fashions. Despite the cost, milady's street trous seau was never more informal, more filmsy than it is this spring, and pos sibly never more varied. There are dreams in gold, light gold, bright gold and dull gold old gold that clings to shapely arms and shoulders in tiny folds with dainty lines. The green of the shamrock is woven in a profusion of suits, belted and sashed, Then too, there is royal purple. Women's out fitters promise that a promenade in Spain, a nation of colors, will not sur pass in brilliance staid, sedate and dignified old Kansas avenue and the stately streets of the West side on Eas ter day. Women Dress Younger. And feminine Topeka is growing younger. Fashion's decree cut skirts short with chic military boots sub stituting for the abbreviation. Wo men, married ten years, look like debutantes. Reincarnation? You bet! Auntie, who was thirty years old five years ago. is just turning eighteen. Curls peek from beneath auntie's rakish hat. All that despite the cost, and gosh it costs! Shoes are higher in both senses of the word. Ten dollars for a trim ankle is dirt cheap. Fifteen dollars isn't out of the ordinary and price tags bearing instcriptions ranging from $16 to $18 are not out of the ordinary in Topeka show windows. Shoes, ac cording to local shoe retailers, have advanced SO to 190 per cent over last year and it is expected they will jump another 15 or 20 per cent before July. That means that the trim boots so common on Kansas avenue will cost anywhere from $12 to $20 a pair by that time. Prices Have Soared. As for women's suits, dresses, waists and other innumerable things that ap peal to the mind of the weaker sex, j they have kept pace almost with shoes. The little blonde at the counter of a big department store bemoans j the fact that the same waist she paid $5 for last year is $8 now. but she's j game and buys one or maybe two. The woman who last year bought, to use her own words, "a fairly decent suit,' for $25 or $30 or $35 has or will startle her husband by declaring she can't get a thing for less than $40 or $50 or $60, and hubby, a game old scout, digs down. The cause of high prices? Oh yes. The same old war. Getting Too Fat? Try This Reduce People who dou. grow too fat are the fortuuate exception. But if you find the fat accumulating or already cumbersome, you will be wise to follow this suggestion, which is eudorsed by thousands of people who know. Ask your druggist (or if you prefer write to the Marmola Co., SG4 Wood ward Ave.. Detroit, Mich.) for a large case of Maruaola Prescription Tablets. 75e Is the price the world over. Ity doing this you will be safe from harmful drugs and be able to reduce two. three or four pounds a week without dieting or exercise. Ad vertibement. hut if you've al ways remained sober without injecting a bit of thrift into your honest effort to be in dustrious, in a measure Capital and Surplus $250,000. i.W. GOING IN NEW FIRM Former Topeka n Is Managing Under writer National Trades Co., Chicago. James W. Going, former vice presi dent and general manager of the Shawnee Fire Insurance company in Topeka and later and until a year ago a resident of San Diego, has been ap pointed as managing underwriter for the National Trades Insurance com pany of Chicago. The company has changed its name recently and the in tention is to extend its agency field. Originally, the company was organ ized as the National Brewers' Insur ance company, but because of the ex tended dry movement over the coun try its field became restricted and the company will now attempt to serve all manner of business. The company is licensed in Illinois. New York, Con necticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and Washington. Mr. Going assumed his new position the tirst of this month. For a year or more he has been managing under writer of the Associated Industries Fire. PUSH AERO CORPS Captain Billard Busy Getting Recruits for His Company. Lack of $2,000 Will Xot Stop Flans Under Way. Capt. Phil Billard reported today that the recruiting of his aero com pany is progressing rapidly, and that he hopes in a short time to have the full quota of forty-five men. To the present time about twenty-five picked men have been enrolled in the com pany. Practically all of these have had mechanical experience which will fit them for the work in the aviation corps. Men with experience in the handling of internal combustion en gines, men who have worked with semaphore signalling, or with special knowledge of topography, will be par ticularly welcome to the organization. According to Billard no one need hesitate to Join the company from a hesitancy about venturing into an air plane. There will be plenty of ground work for those who do not pant for the thrills of soaring thro the upper reaches of heaven. Go Ahead With Work. "The fact that the company has not raised the short $2,000 which will be necessary to supplement the $3,000 appropriated by the legislature to meet the expenses of the first year's train ing, will not in the least interfere with recruiting, or with the training of the force. We will proceed with the work as far as the $3,000 on hand will go," said Captain Billard. "There is no doubt but that the thing will go thru. We won't allow $2,000 to stand in the way of the success of the company," Captain Billard said. As soon as the enrollment of the corps is complete, the men will be subjected to the physical examination. The state will furnish uniforms and requisition will be made thru the quarter-master general for such ad ditional equipment as is available for this arm of the service. According tq Captain Billard the corps has lost several prospective re cruits because of the prevailing im pression that recruiting would not be prosecuted until "the needed $2,000 is secured. This is not true. The recruit ing is proceeding steadily and a full company of men is expected shortly to report for the first examination. TOWN VOTES FORPEACE 800 Votes Cast at Cheboygan Refer endum; Pacifists Busy. Cheboygan, Mich., April 2. More than 800 votes were cast in the German-American war referendum, which began here yesterday. Most of the votes were cast by churchgoers, after they had listened to pleas against war from the pulpits. German propagand ists also have been active. The citv is not unanimously back of the propagandists, however. Sev eral pastors bitterly denounced them and the referendum. Yesterday's vote count was overwhelmingly for peace. 824 Kansas Avenue Telephone 1230. I I YOU HAVE FAILED 65. CHANGES MADE Northwest Kansas M. E. Con ference Brought to Close. 1 JIany Ministers Allowed to Re tain Old Charges. Ellsworth, Kan., April 2. The Northwest Kansas M. E. conference closed its annual session here Sunday night following the reading of new appointments. Many ministers were allowed to retain their old charges. but sixty-five changes were made in the district in the official list read by Kishop Shepard. The appointments, with the number of years for each minister in his present location are: Colby District. M. G. Terry. Sulina. superintendent. 2: Agra. C A. Davis, 1; A I men a, W. J. Ward, j; Atwoou, j. tt. Mies, a: itiaKeioan, t ti. Smitb. 1; Bird City, U. Johnson, 1; Brew ster, Charles Williams, 3; Cedar Bluffs, F. M. Burton, 2; ('bunion, H. W. Wolf. 1; Corlell. A. 1. Hall, 1; Colby, W. L. Fry, :i; I'reBuen, iu. it. ins nee, i win, u. jm. Wiles, 2: Glade, A. D. Faupell, 1; Good land, O. B. Allen, 1; Hill City circuit, U A. Branson, 1; Hoxle, F. G. Cox. 2: Jan.ua, 1. K. French. 2; Jennings. H. C. Marston, 1; Kanona, J. K. Hunter, 1 Kanbrailo, K. E. GuiK-kel, o Leuora, Fred Itlantlinjf, Logan, T. M. Brim low, 1 Loup Island, Harry Flelsher. 1; Morlaud. Bethel Cook, 1; Natoma, T. J. Nixou, 3; Noroatur, C. H. Cowman. Grant Mann. 1: PlainviJle. J. W. Snapp, 2; Puluo. I. L. McKeao, 1; PhiMips burg. W. .T. Meredith. 1 Phillipsburs, circuit, F. N. Witham, 2; Prairie View, C. K. r lowers, J Kuleton, George Billings, 1 Selden, J. W, Oliver, 2: St. Francis, M. R. Starbuck, 4: St. Francis circuit, Robert Parker. 1: Wheeler. K. H. Chrysler. 2: Zurich, Roy Plott, 1. Ellsworth District. C. W. Stevens. Salina. suuerin ten dent. 5: Banner. P. JS. Htriueer. 'J Beverly. F. N. Stelsou, 2; Brownell, F. B. Cunningham, Bunker Hill, A. J. Glanz, 2; Carueiro and Brookville, D. O. Gunckel, U; Clafliu, L. M. Caufield, 2; Culver, W. J3. Scott, 1; Ellis, J. A. Westerman, 4; HI Is worth, I. B. Ma gee, 3: Galatia, C. t. bluipaon, 2; Grain field, J. B. Klpple, 2; Gove, M. W. Weaver, 1; Hays, A. S. Hale, 7; Holy rood, William Lay bourne, X; Kanapolie, L. K. Lay bourne, 4; LeCrosse, J. B. Gil more, 1; Laugley, K. S. Paugburn, 1; Lincoln, J. It. Thomas, 2; Lucas, H. C. Atkins, 2; Luray, J. C. litis-1 sair, 3; Marquette, J. B. Cummins, 2; Mv Cracken, J. P. White, 2; Monument, K. M. Bis bee, 2: Oakley, J. A. Greene, 'J; Prairie Grove. W. H. Zook. Quinter. W. K. woouwara, l; Ransom, c. A. Fisoer, l; Russell, J. E. Wilson, 4; Kussell Springs, 1. J. Bieber. 1: Sylvan Grove. V. V. Whitt- sitt, 1; Sharon Springs, Noah Iouthit, 2; Tescott, C. K. Wood, 2: Utica, R. E. Law head. 2; Wakeeney, U. K. Sutton, 1; Waldo, w. w. stnte. l; iisou, c. w. uytier, Winona, L. V. Hassell, 3; Wallace, to be supplied. Mankato District. H. M. Temnlin. Mankato. superintendent. 3; Agenda, it. S. Lackland, 1; Aurora, K. C. Alien, 1; Belleville, J. O. Borton. y; Bel- laire, j? 1. Funk, Burr Oak, t. J. Lo renz, 4; Cawker, C. A Fellows, Clyde, L. K. Rockwell, a; Concordia, M. L. Wick man, G Courtland, L. R. Honderick, 2 Cuba, L. R. Templin, 2 Esbon, G. L. Rarick, 1; Formoso, Gorden Waggoner, 1; Glen Elder, S. Barker, 2; Mollis, C. E. Car penter, 3; Ionia, I. R. La Porte. 1; James town, T. H. Parratt, 1; Jewell. W. A. Fort ner, 2 Kensington, B. C. Wolf, 2 Leb anon, C. E. Spaulding, 3 Mankato, A. N. Smith. 3: Mankato circuit. Harry Fisher, 2; Mtltonvale, C. K. Wade, 1; Mt Hope ana Highland. j. urant, j. Munaeu, u. H. Colvin, 2; Narka, C. K. Tinker. 2; Otego, W. A. Van Gundy, 2; Randall, E. O. Bar bour, 2; Republic, A. M. Misel. 1: Reams ville, P. H. Smith, 1; Rice, U. S. Chandler, 1; Scottsville, W. C. Littell, 1; Scandia, L. C. Hicks. 1; Smith Center, L. C. Cutler, 3; Star and Brown's Creek. Thomas Miller, 3, address Jewell; Talmo. E. C. Rath', 2; Wavne, C. M. Nutter. 1; Webber. Mark E. Smith, 1: White Kock and Lincoln, Ralph Snyder, 1. Sallna District. Q. It. Hall, Salina, superintendent, 2; Ada, J. M. Newton, ii; Alton, James Rob erts, 1; Barnard, O. E. Schaal, 2; Beioit, Attree Smith, 7; Beioit circuit, O. G. Brown, 3; Blue Hill, F. L. Courter. 1; Ben nington, O. A. Harnell, 4; Bow Creek, W. E. Pierce, 2, address Kirwiu; Bristow, J. L. King, 2, address Osborne; Cedar, R. E. Harvey, 1: Covert, R. E. Morgan,. 1; Iel phos, E. Bridwetl, 1 Downs, L. A. Mc Keever, 4 Gay lord, Milton E. Smith, 3 Glasco, James Taylor, 3 Gypsum, B. L Brooks. 1; Kirwiu, A. W. Iick. 1; Lamar, B. H. Hortou, 1; Lindsborg. M. H. Matt baet, 2; Mentor, C. J. Semans, 3, address Assaria; Minneapolis. L. E. Cooke, 3; New Cambria, C. B. Boddy, 1, address Sulina; Osborne, M. F. Loomis, 2; Portia, George Winters, 2; Koxbury, C. E. Hall, 2; Salina, First. A. G. Bennett, 0; J. H. Kuhn. assist ant, i; Salina, East chapel, E. L. Hutching, 1 Salina, Grand Avenue, W. Carl Greene, 1 Salina, University. A. L. Seinaus, 5; Simpson, .T. A Templin, 2 Solomon, L, B. Tremaine, 1 Stockton, F. E. Madden, 3; Survey, J. F. lennis, 1; Webster, Roy Arend, 1; Wells, Verne Daniels, '1; Wood stou, R. C. Myers, 2. Special Appointments. John F. Harmon, president. Kansas Wes Ieyau university Fred L. Farley, profes sor, Kansas Wesleyan university; Elton R. Shaw, professor, Kansas Wesleyan uni versity; J. E. M. Chambers, W. C. Hen a lee. A. W. G. Warren. Nelson L. Bossing and Earl K. Hillbrand left without appoint ment to attend one of church schools, all members of University Church Quarterly conference; W. l. Scherraerhorn, president, Dakota Wesleyan university, member Wil son Quarterly conference G. M. Ryder, conference evangelist for Colby district, member Norton Quarterly conference. Prepare for Fort Camp. Junction City, Kan., April 2. Th3 first official orders regarding the civ ilian camps to be held at Fort Riley late this summer have been received at the post. Work will be begun at once on the preliminary plans and preparations are being made to ac commodate two large classes. VETS WANT tFfIGHT John M. Padgett Says They'll Enlist Eagerly If War Comes. Patriotism and love of "Old Glory" actuate a man to enlist but personal ambition, a desire to out distance and prove to fellow comrades one's fight ing and shooting ability, actuate brav ery on the battleiield, much more than the waving of the flag, or pa triotic Impulses. Such was the sub stance of a statement made today by John M. Padgett, president of the Twentieth Kansas association. Pad gett also is a member of the Span ish War "Veterans and served in the Philippines under General Funston and General Pershing. Padgett des cribes the feeling that is responsible for bravery on the battlefield as fol lows: "I think the majority of people do not fully understand the thoughts of the average man, just at the time he enlists, and his later mental delib erations after he has obtained a taste of powder and steel in the field. "Before a recruit has experienced service in the field, his one thought is 'love of country and its flag,' and of course, after he gets into the field his mind centers more accurately on the flag and what it means, provided the flag is at his elbow during a fight. A soldier always puts up a better scrap when his eye is on the flag. "But after a man is well seasoned in soldiery on the field, he does not think so often of the flag, as he does of his ambition to demonstrate super iority over the enemy in the handling of a gun. "The personnel of the British, Franch and Russian trench forces do not by any means possess the feeiinz of. hatred for the German soldiers that one would imagine on first thought. Such hatred seldom exists between soldiers. Rather, impetus is given the battle more because of one soldier's ambition to show the other fellow that he can shoot straightest. "Ask the average soldier of the Spanish-American war, hether he recalls any incident wherein he experi enced actual hatred for the Spaniard or the Filipino in the field, and his answer will be, 'No, unless, perchance a brother or his dearest friend was killed while fighting by his side. That makes a difference. "In other words, the point I am driving, is just this: The 'loudest' patriotism is before the fight, mostly in talk and on paper. After that, the soldier thinks of little elso than his ability to outshoot the other fellow. "And then, this f Hows: The man who has seen active service in the field, hesitates when the next call comes, until he knows he is to get a chance to fight. I think this accounts for the fact that a larger number of the '98-02 veterans are not now en listing. Signs of real fighting will bring volunteers from among veterans that would naturally abhor inactive service." WAR-THEN PEACE Taft Finds Welcome to Peace Leaguers' Plan. Finishes Strenuous Trip f hru South and Southwest. New York, April 2. William How ard Taft, returning to New York to day, after what he said was the long est and most strenuous journey he has taken since he left the White House, asserted that the people of the South and Southwest were ready for war and that the United States must enter the conflict "whole heartedly." Mr. Taft spoke publicly in eleven cities in nine states, from Virginia to Missouri, in behalf of the program of the League to Enforce Peace and urged the necessity of preparation for war. Unless the war continues a year longer, an American army cannot be placed in the trenches of Europe tho former president said, but the govern ment can aid with food supplies, mon ey and credit and with the navy in suppressing submarines. "The South and Southwest is ready for the conflict with Germany," he said. "This great section of the country part of which was deeded to Mexico by Foreign Secretary Zimmerman, has not an ounce of anti-war spirit. Neither is there any rampant jingoism. The people of the South and South west feel that war is inevitable and they are willing to go into it to de mand our rights. In fact they do not want to stay out any longer and feel that their battles are being fought by somebody else. "To talk about anything with the word peace in it, in war time and we are at war now whether congress has so declared it or not, might be con sidered unwelcome yet I found the peo ple of the South receptive to the pro gram of the League to Enforce Peace when once its double mission for war and laying the groundwork for per manent peace was explained them." STORM PACIFlSfMEET Dr. David Starr Jordan's Speech Stops When 3iob Enters Kali. 1 Baltimore, April 2. Six men ai awaiting jury trial today, charged with disorderly conduct in connection with the patriotic demonstration that cut oif an address Dr. David Starr Jor dan, chancellor of Leland Stanford, jr.. university was delivering last night at a pacifist meeting. While the meeting, under the auspices of the Americman league against militarism was in progress in the academy of music, a counter-demonstration was organized in front of Baltimore City college adjoining the theater. The crowd of anti-pacifists was made up largely of prominent business men, educators and students. Led by Carter G. Osbourn, jr., a banker, carrying an American flag the anti-paciiists attempted to enter the theater but the doors were guarded by policemen who succeeded in clear ing the street. The crowd returned, however, and pushed Osbourn, the standard bearer, up the steps. A police captain tried to wrest the flag away and when it disappeared the crowd behind Osbourn swept the police aside and, with a roar, burst into the building. Police reserves summoned from all over the city broke up the crowd with their clubs and the meeting ended. Douglas G. Ober, one of those arrested was so badly beaten that he had to be taken to a hospital. The other five are Carter G. Os bourn, jr., Allison Muir, William Tip ton, Leonare Ober and Louis Merry man. All were released on their own recognizance. Oranges are good for you eat more of them. When you order today, ask for Sun kist. They are uniformly good oranges. Uniformly Good Oranges California Fruit Growers Exckusg GRAND 23c X ftfT J NIGHTS S 25C-50O twt t iriiss Soprano, Late of the Metropolitan Opera Co. Will Sing at the High School Auditorium,. Monday Evening, April 9tk Tkomas A. Edison Wants You to Hear This Test Monday Evening, April 9th at High School Auditorium Music Re-Creation! A reproduction of the human voice from the phonograph which the ear cannot dis tinguish from the living voice Has Mr. Edison ac complished this miracle, at last? Come hear this astonishing test and judge. Miss Heinrich, the popular operatic soprano will, at Mr. Edison's request, offer you the only evidence by which you can really judge. She will sing side by side with Mr. Edison's Re-Creation of her voice! See if you can tell, without watching the motion of Miss Heinrich's lips, which is the living voice and which the Re-Creation. What Is Your Judgment? Mr. Edison insists upon this unique and daring test. For it tells more than the most vivid words can express. Its con vincing frankness sweeps away all doubt. Mr. Edison wants your true judgment of his new musical art. He wants the judgment of every music lover. Ha3 he Re-Created music? Has he eliminated all mechanical blemish Has he preserved the living tones in all their reality? He puts the original and his Re-Creation before you side by side. He hides nothing. Asks no allowances. He dares to make the vital test that no one else but he has ever ventured. And he asks you to decide. Call or Write for Complimentary Tickets We want all music lovers in this community to hear this interesting and convincing test. Complimentary tickets will be distributed to those who apply in person at our Edison Dept., or by mail. You and your friends are urged to at tend. We advise you to apply early before all tickets are ex hausted. i Tr luiia i iemric n Many famous artists have made these "Tone Tests." Read what the papers say: "Impossible to distinguish between the singer's living voice and its re-creation by the instrument that bears the stamp of Kdison's genius." Boston Herald, Not. 19, 1915. "The ear could not tell when it was listening to the phonograpti alone. Only the eye could discover the truth by noting when the singer's mouth was open or closed." X. Y. Evening Mail, Mar S, 1916. "It was virtually impossible to distinguish between the real voice and the Re-Created voice of the singer." Philadelphia Evening Tele gram, April 28, 1916. "Christine Miller herself and Christine on the Edison sang side by side. The two voices were so identical, that when one or the other stop ped it was impossible to de tect it in the audience." Cleveland Leader, Sept. 23, 1915. "Not possible to tell one from the other." Detroit Free Press, Oct. 12, 1915.