The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
May 5, 1917

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TX MM-; with tlic planting campaign, why not plunt a few mines for wandering U-boats. YyTSATHEK FORECAST for Kansas: Unsettled tonight and Sunday. Continued cool. HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1917 SIXTEEN PAGES THREE CENTS PUTS MILITARY REGISTRATION UP AS MAN'S DUTY Manner of Conducting Census Issued hy War Dep't. K. C. ARRAYED IN FLAGS FOR FRENCHENVOYS Entwined Emblems of Two Na tions Decorate City. ALL WASHBURN IS BEING MOBILIZED FOR VARSERVICE Surrey Faculty, Alumni and Students Is Under Way. WILSON CHEERS BALFOUR TIRADE FRENCH STRIKING DECISIVE BLOW ONE OR THE OTHER, BOYS By' BRINK ERHOFF. AGAINST KAISER! TO SEIZE LAON British Foreign Minister Ad dresses U. S. House of Rep. If Trick Is Turned Germans Retire' to Frontier Line. Civil Officers Take Charge in Each Voting Precinct. EXPECTS VOLUNTEER CLERKS ?Iayor in Charge in Cities of More Than 30,000. Match for President's Edict Stating Ages and Place. NOTE: "From the war dopnrtment, which nskn Unit every npwspnper in th country will print this article in full nml therPHftpr stiimilnte interest it ml publicity therein. The war depart ment will regard this service lis the performance of a patriotic duty. Washington, May 5. There was a time in the country's history when military enumerators, backed by bay onets, went out among the people to take a compulsory service census. To day, under the principle of universal liability to service, the execution of the law is put into the hands of the people. i The approval of the new national army bill and the president's procla mation thereunder would be coinci dent All persons within the age lim its prescribed will be required to pre sent themselves for registration' at the customary voting places in the voting precincts in which they have t heir permanent homes, on a day which the president will announce. The probability is that from ten to fifteen days will elapse between ap proval of the bill an'l registration day. Mayors In Charge in Cities. The ;overnor of each state will be the chief of registration therein. The machinery of registration in each county is to be in charge of the sher iff, the county clerk and county phy sician, acting ex-officio, unless a dif ferent board shall be announced by the governor. In cities, containing populations of more than 30,000 the registration will be under control of the mayor and selected boards of reg istration. In order that the designat ed county and city officials and the people generally, can get a clear un derstanding of the census methods, the following brief outline is given The sheriffs or other designated of ficials, immediately upon receiving notice from the governor, shall ap point registrars for each voting pre cinct. One to Kvcry 1 70 Persons. The proportion for registrars shall Ve one for each 170 persons to be reg istered. Kach age to be registered will comprise about one per cent of the population. If, for instance, all men between 19 and 25 years of age, inclusive, are to be registered, the registrar would have to enroll about seven per cent of the precinct popu lation. It is desirable to accept the services of competent volunteer registrars to terve without compensation. All reg istrars must be sworn. The voting place in each precinct must be prepared for registration. Full printed instructions covering every de tail of registration will be in the hands of sheriffs and mayors on the fifth day after the president's proclamation. The mayor of a city containing more than 30,000 inhabitants, the officials designated by the governor therein, shall, with approval of the governor appoint for each ward or convenient minor subdivision contain ing about 30,000 people one registra tion board and shall designate one of ficer of each board to perform duties similar to those imposed upon the sheriff, as heretofore outlined. If the mayor desires, he may appoint a cen trul board to co-ordinate the work of minor boards. Sick and Absentees, On the fifth day after the president has issued his proclamation, clerks of counties and cities of over 30,000 must secure a supply of blanks und copies of the registration regulations from the sheriff or from the mayor. Ab sentees and the sick will apply to such c lerks to have their registration blanks filled out. In no case shall such per son's lie given registration certificates They nre to be instructed by the clerk that the burden is on them to see to it that the cards reach the registrars of their home precincts by registration day. Persons absent from their home counties may be registered by mail. If so absent, a man should go to the clerk of the county where he may be staying, on the sixth day after the president's proclamation. If he is in a city of over 30.000 population the city clerk is the official to whom to apply. The absentee will be told how to register, but he must mail his card in time to reach his precinct by regis tration day. Persons too ill to present themselves for registration must send a compet ent Verson to the county or city clerk on the sixth day after the issuing of the proclamation. The clerk will give Instructions for registration. Want Volunteer Registrars. Officials of educational, charitable and other institutions should apply for instructions to the county or city clerk on the sixth day after the date of the proclamation as to a convenient method of registration. The wardens of jails, penitentiaries and reformatories should apply to the county or city clerk for instructions on the sixth day. Five days after the date of the president's proclamation, complete regulations will be in the hands of all sheriffs and of the officials of cities of over 30,000 population. The president is authorized to call upon all public officers to assist in the execution of the law. It is expected that patriotic citizens will offer their services free as registrars. Such serv ices will be gratefully acknowledged. Volunteers 'or this service should communicate immediately with the proper official. 40,000 School Children in Line to Greet Frenchmen. GOVERNOR CAPPER A SPEAKER 3Ionster Religious Patriotic Session at Convention Hall. Jo fire and Great Grandson of Lafayette in Party. Kansas City, Mo., May 5. The French tri-color, interwined with the Stars and Stripes of the United States, the latest war ally of France, will be flying thruout Kansas City tomorrow morning when this city will have for its most distinguished guests Field Marshal Joflre, hero of the Marne, Former Premier Viviani and other members of the French missionto America. The final preparations were being made today for a patriotic, out burst here in their honor which was expected to surpass any demonstration ever held here or in the southwest. The party wiU arrive on the mis sion special, provided bj' .the state de partment, a short time before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. From then until the departure at 12:30 in the af ternoon, Kansas City literally is ex pected to turn herself over to the Fernch emissaries. Committees, guid ed and directed by officials at Wash ington, have been continuously at work on the arrangements since the visit first was announced and every effort has been made to Insure the safety and the comfort of the com mission members while they are the guests of the city. Two Governors Receive Them. The program, briefly, calls for a breakfast at the Union Station, a motor ride thru- the city during which thousands of school children will offer an ovation to the high Frencn offi cials, and a monster meeting at 10::id o'clock at Convention hall. Governors Gardner of Missouri and Capper of Kansas. Mayor Edwards of Kansas City, and other well Known men of the southwest, will be memoers oi me nnrtv receiving the commission. The Third Missouri Infantry, already mo- bolized In the reaerai service, win form an escort for the visitors and other guard organizations will be sta tioned at various points to provide, as much as possible, a military recep tion in keeping with tne pre-eminent rank of Marshal Joffre, who will be accompanied by his chief of staff, Lieut. Col. Jean Fabry, the pic turesque "Blue Devil", of numerous desperate military exploits. The meeting at Convention hall will begin formally at 10:30 o'clock, altho the doors will be thrown open an hour earlier. It will be both a religious and patriotic demonstration and will be opened wltn prayers, enon laiKs will be made by the two governors and Mayor Edwards before the French commissioners take tne pianorm. jvo one will be allowed to leave the hall until after the envoys have departed and all visitors have been requested by Mayor Edwards to bring botn French and British flags. School Children Line the Paseo. The board of education has co-oper ated in welcoming the distinguished men by arranging to have 40,000 pu pils of the local schools stand in re view along Paseo, from Admiral Boul evard to Seventeenth street. The au tomobiles of the party will pass thru the lines of children, all of whom are expected to be carrying flags, about 9 o'clock. The party, according to advices from Washington, will be composed of: M. Rene Viviani, vice-president of the council of ministers: Marshal Jof fre, Vice-Admiral Chocheprat, Mar quis de Chambrun, great-grandson of General Lafayette; Emile Hovelaque, inspector general of public instruction and general counselor of the mission Viscount de Jean, counselor of the French embassy. Lieut. Col. Jean Fa bry, Marshal Joffre's chief of staff, whose nickname is "The Blue Devil;" Lieutenant Commander Simon of the French navy; Lieutenant Da Tessaun, military aide to Marshal Joffre; Lieut. Col. Spencer Cosby, United States Navy, attached to the French mission; Warren D. Robbins, representative of the State Department, attached to the French mission; Breckenridge Long, third assistant secretary of state; three American newspaper men. representa tives of two Frnch press associations and one Paris newspaper: one private secretary; one French stenographer, three orderlies and one valet. Gerard in K. f. Today. James W. Gerard, ex-ambassador to Germany, and Gov. Frederick A. Gard ner will lie the principal speakers at the Knife and Fork club dinner at the Hotel Muehlebach tonight, the Mis souri executive having accepted an in vitation to be a guest of the club'af- I ter his arrival at 5:30 p. m. A trjp over Kansas City's boule vards is included in the entertainment to he provided lor Mr. Gerard, who ar rived on a Santa Fe train at 10:30 o'clock this morning. The ex-ambaa-sador addressed the City club at noon today. Pressing business in New York will necessite Mr. Gerard's departure tonight. CALL KAISER'S BLUFF Qnlckly Releases Brazil Minister When Brazil Retaliates In Same Fashion. Montevideo, May 5. The Brazilian government today released Dr. Pauli, former German minister to Kio Janei ro, on receipt of word from Berlin In dicating that the German government had permitted the departure of the Brazilian minister. Dr. Pauli had been held at a little Brazilian town near the Uruguayan frontier on official an nouncement that he would be thus detained until Germany's refusal to permit departure of the Brazilian min ister was changed. Compilations for Use of Goy't Thru College Committee. COMPLETE ICHABOD CENSUS Information as to Previous Military Service Is Asked. Similar. Plan of Mobilization Used Thruout the Country. A survey of the entire personnel of Washburn college, including faculty members, alumni and students, is be ing made by the military committee of the college. The compilations will be used for public service and by the government, thru the college informa tion department which has recently been established at the school. Questionaires .were mailed out this morning asking about previous and present service In the army or navy, and inquiring as to business profes sional, technical or trade experience. The blank when filled out gives ac curate information regarding physical condition, training and preference for department of the navy or army. As the result a complete census and per sonnel index of Washburn men will soon .be in the hands of the college authorities. President Parley P. Womer, this morning, notified the Council of Na tional Defense, as a federal body, the National Research Council, the gover nor and the several departments of Kansas, as state officials; and Mayor House, as a local offices, that this plan of mobilization of Washburn col lege has been adopted. Similar plans are now in use in other colleges and universities of the country in an effort to secure a survey of her students and members. SUNDAY A 'DAMP" DAY Heavy Frost in Many Farts of Kansas Friday Jfight. Hourly temperature readings for the day furnished by the local office of the United States weather bureau- 7 o'clock. 40 8 o'clock 44 9 o'clock 47 10 o'clock. 48 11 o'clock 50 12 o'clock 52 1 o'clock 53 2 o'clock. .55 Reports received this afternoon in dicated that beans and tomatoes were frozen by Friday night's frost. Corn received a set back, but no great dam age. The first crop came out all right. The wind was still blowing 12 miles an hour from the northeast at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The tempera ture averaged 16 degrees below nor mal. A killing frost covered the northeast and north central parts of the state Friday night. All vegetation in the open was coated this morning with the heavy frost. The ground was frozen Friday night with a temperature of 30 degrees at the ground. At the top of the Mul vane building the weather office re corded a low mark of 35 degrees. Another cloudy damp day is sched uled for Sunday, according to S. D. j Flora, local meteorologist. The sun- I shine Is here for a day only and pos- sibly not for the whole day- Then comes the clouds, and maybe rain. j The official forecast called for un- (Continued on Page" Three) j CURTAIL KAISER'S RULEj Reichstag Committee Would Chang Constitution on Royal Edicts. j Amsterdam. May 5. A restriction of the power of the emperor of Germany! has been decided upon by the constitu- I tional committee of the reichstag, ac- cording to a dispatch from Berlin. The committee has decided to alter Article j XVII of the imperial constitution as follows: v j "Ordinances and decrees of the kaiser will be issued in the name of j the empire and will require for validity I the counter signature of the imperial chancellor or his representative, who j thereby assumes responsibility to the j reichstag." 1 The decision of the committee was j in accordance with a joint proposal by the Centrists. National Liberals and j the Progressives. Four conservative i members voted against the change. The committee also adopted a reso- j lution by the same proposers demand- ing a bill fixing the chancellor's re- sponsibility for any violation of his official duty and the verification of such violation by a senate tribunal. The constitution committee has re- I jected Dr. Bernstein's proposals re- quiring the approval of the reichstag when treaties are being inaugurated and concluded, when war is declared j and when peace agreements are be- ing settled, the Berlin dispatches stat- I ed. j The committee also has rejected the proposal to introduce a bill giving the reichstag power to dismiss the chan- cellor when it wishes, the advices add. j ATTACK PRO-GERMANS i New Brand of Rioting Directed, at Agitators of Seiarate Peace. I Petrograd, May 5. Pro-German peace, agitators are being attacked in the streets of Petrograd by crowds of i soldiers and citizens. Numerous j clashes have occurred. Shots have been fired and several persons are re- ported to have been wounded. j The fighting and rioting broke out j Friday night when adherents of Nich- j olas Lenin, the Socialist separate j peace advocate, recently arrived hero from Switzerland via Germany, sought j to address tha crowds swarming the j streets. j It is believed this rioting is separate j from the disturbances of the nst two I days directed against the government. 1 but the greatest disorder prevails MORE CONFERENCE Still Ironing Out Details of the Service Bill. House and Senate Yet Undecid ed on Age Limits. Washington, May 5 House and sen ate developed signs today that they might clean up the. question of raising America's armies within a day or two. Sessions of the conferees committee started this forenoon. The Roosevelt division issue, the age limits question and the exemptions problem were the big differences to be smoothed out. Make t'p of New Army. America's first "half million" army, consisting of 528,659 men and 18,538 officers will be divided Sixteen infantry divisions of 913 officers and 27,245 men eacb. Sixteen divisional hospitals of 24 officers and 222 men each to care for the Infantry divisions. Sixty-four Infantry camp infirmaries, two men each. Two cavalry divisions, 007 officers and 16.021 men each. Two divisional hospitals of 24 officers and 238 men each, to care for the cavalry divisions. Six cavalry camp infirmaries two men each. Coast artillery corps with a total of G6G officers aud 20,000 men. Medical corps with a total of 288 of ficers aud 1.000 men. Sixteen brigades heavy field artillery, 48 officers and 1,;U! men each. Eight aero squadrons, 10 officers and 154 men each. Kight balloon companies, 19 officers and 154 men each. Ten field hospitals, six officers and 73 men each. Ten a mbii I a nee com pa n ies, five officers and 150 men each. Twenty-two fie Id bakeries, one officer and 215 men each. Six telephone battalions, ten officers and 215 men each. Sixteen pack companies. 14 men each. Six ammunition trains, four officers and 852 men ea h Six supply trains. ARE YOU A GRASSHOPPER? or an ant? The grasshopper in the fable buzzed blithely around all summer and in winter old H. C. of L. got him. The ant got out in the hot sun and worked and when winter came he had a supply of potatoes in his cellar and a large assortment of preserves on the pantry shelf. The American people are the hu man grasshoppers of the world. They live from hand to mouth, and have; no thought for the grrojrery bill-until it times. Old H. C. of L. has got them too. You must learn to be an ant. You must raise foods and save foods. You can practice economic preparedness in your back yard or on a vacant lot by raising your own vegetables. However little land you have it is wrorth cultivat ing as an example, a habit and a contribution to the welfare of your country. This tardea Book Is Free. You can get free an official 50-page booklet issued by the United States government, that tells you in complete detail bow to lay out and plaut and ta ke ea re of you r h ome ga rden 1 1 contains sjiecial directions for raising over 5u kinds of vegetables. It has diagrams, a planting table, description of tools, and M illustrations. You need this book to do your bit In the food reserve. Sent free on receipt of a two cent stamp for return postage. Ad dress The Topeka State Journal In formation Bureau, Washington, 1. C ALL PROPERTY OF KAN. AT DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT Got. Capper Says 3fation Can Commandeer Eyerything. State Schools To Be Offered to War Department. NO TENDER HAS BEEN MADE Strong1 and Waters May 3Iake Offer in Washington. U. 3IedicaI Corps Ready to Answer Any Call. Property and organizations of the state and state departments will be at the disposal of the federal govern ment at any time they may be of ser vice to the war department, according to a statement today by Governor Cap per. Following out the policy of the state administration, Chancellor Frank Strong, of Kansas university, may to day offer the plant and organization of the big state school to Secretary Baker of the war department. Chancellor Strong and Henry J. Wa ters, president of the State Agricultural college, are this week attending a meeting of the national council of de fense in Washington. Before return ing to Kansas, the organizations and plants of the big state schools may be formally placed at the disposal of the federal government during the war with Germany. Recently Chancellor Strong stated that the medical corps and staff of the State university would he offered to the government at any time its service was needed. No Tender Yet Made. No formal tender has as yet been made the federal government by the state. Governor Capper stated, altho such an offer would probably come thru Chancellor Strong today or early next week. The offer may be made orally to Secretary Baker during Chancellor Strong's stay in Washing ton. "Any property or organization of the state which may be of service to the federal government would doubt less be turned over promptly if the government indicated that such ser vice was needed, said Governor Cap per. "As yet no formal offer has been made of use of state property- It is very probable, though, that Chancellor Strong may make such a tender dur ing his attendance at the national council of defense in Washington. He has already indicated that the medical corps and general staff of the state university would be placed at the dis posal of the government." Indiana Has Taken Action. The physical plant and property of Indiana state university has been of fered the war department and it is probable that Kansas will be among the first states to respond to any need or requirement of the governme?t for organization or plants of state depart ments. KOESTNER LEADS W. L. Chicago The new Evanston Go'f club plans to put in forty-four acres of potatoes. TO ENDJUNDAY Lecture by Dr. Seton Will Close New Thought Convention. Special Program Staged for Children This Afternoon. Children's afternoon wm observed today by the visiting delegates of the annual convention of the Kansas-Oklahoma district of the International New Thought Alliance. Mrs. Lida H. Hardy, of Topeka, conducted the spe cial entertainment which consisted of children's songs, short talks and a few stories of religious nature. More than 50 little children attended the enter tainment. A short talk was made to the teachers and parents by Mrs. Hardy on "The New Language." Mrs. Doling sang "Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me." Miss Oley Kearney and Master James Kearney sang a duet which was followed by two local solos by Miss Jennie Blinn. This morning Dr. Julia Seton, prin cipal speaker of the convention, con ducted two healing sessions for the benefit of the members of the alliance and for the general public. During her talk this morning Dr. Seton spoke of the work of New Thought in foreign countries. Foreign Schools. Schools have been established in New Zealand, Australia, Africa and in all of the larger cities of Europe. These schools are conducted in a manner very similar to the ordinary church but, Dr Seton points out, every school has a special purpose other than for mere worship. During the last three years. New Thought has gathered nearly 7,000,000 followers In the thir ty district of the alliance which em braces the entire civilized portion of the world. Tonight, at 8 o'clock, a lecture and musical program will be given for the public. Dr. Seton will deliver a lec ture on the "Psychology of Success' and Miss Mida Sharp will explain the movement in Australia, as It has ad vanced since its establishment hy Dr. Seton. Mrs. Lillian Doling, of To peka, will give a selection of vocal solos. To Close Tomorrow. Sunday the conference will be brought to a close with three special devotional services at the Unity church, one at 11 o'clock in the morn ing and the other one at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and the last session at 8 in the evening. The final number on this year's program will be a lec ture by Dr. Julia Seton on "Things to Remember," in which she will give a resume of the convention and of the new ideas advanced since the last alliance meeting in Kansas City. MEN MUST LOOK OUT! Wichita Volunteer Policewomen Are Holding Target Practice. Wichita, Kan., May 5 Policewomen of this city soon may make some of the men shooters take notice, if their aim proves as efficient as their knowl edge of specific firearm terms, judg ing by the way the Wichita women used gun terms at the first meeting of the class for volunteer police women recently. No firearms were presented at the first meeting, which was held to form a temporary organization. The mem bers have secured various kinds of re volvers, pistols and rifles, which they expect to use at the first practice. Maj. Bruce Griffith, state secretary of the national rifle organization, will instruct the women In the use of fire arms. The women have volunteered their services as "policemen" since the declaration ttf a state of war with Germany. President Breaks All Precedent by Sitting in Gallery. WORLD LIBERTY AT STAKE; Free Peoples Draw Closer for) Mutual Protection. Military Despots Take Advan tage of Civilized Peace. Washington, May 5. With the President and Mrs. Wilson in the gal lery Joining in the applause, the house of representatives this afternoon staged one of the most spectacular, wildest patriotic demonstrations in its history, in greeting British Foreign Minister Arthur J. Balfour. The reception given Balfour came as a climax to the manner in which members of the British and French missions now in this country have been received elsewhere. Representatives, senators, allied and neutral diplomatic representatives and just plain citizens, who packed and Jammed the galleries, joined in the wild greeting to Britain's foreign min ister. As the demonstration progressed. President Wilson left his seat in the gallery to go to the house floor. There he shook hands with Balfour amidst renewed cheering. The British foreign minister addressed the house, bitterly denouncing Prussian autocracy and paying tribute to America's entrance into the war which, he said, must be completed successfully to the allies and America, if democracy is to live. Attacks Germany Savagely. Balfour attacked Germany savagely as the house cheered and President Wilson applauded vigorously. "Germany," Balfour declared, "Is remorsely and unscrupulously carrying out its appalling object to dominate the civilization of mankind. "It is confidently predicted that the people of the world will surely con quer." It was the first time as far as cap itol historians could find that any president of the United States had ap peared in the galleries. For five minutes President Wilson sat there unnoticed. Then some mem ber looked up and saw him. The member started applauding. The house, slow to realize that the presi dent was a spectator, finally began cheering. The president rose in re sponse and stood still until the house quieted for a moment before the ar rival of the Balfour party. The house rose again and cheered as Balfour, on the arm of Chairman Flood, of the house foreign affairs committee, walked to the speaker's desk, shook hands with Speaker Clark and stood before the members. Clark Introduces Balfour. Mr. Balfour was Immediately intro duced by Speaker Clark and addressed the house. Mr. Balfour said in part: "Will you permit me, on behalf of my friends and myself, to offer you my deepest and sincerest thanks for the rare and valued honor which you have done us by receiving us here to day We all feel the greatness of the honor, but 1 think to none of us can it come home so closely as to one who like myself has been for 4 3 years in the service of a free assembly like your own. "Ladies and gentlemen, these two assemblies are the greatest and the oldest of the free assemblies now gov erning great nations in the world. The history indeed of the two is very dif ferent. The oeginnings of the British house of common go back to a dim historic past and its full rights and status have only been conquered and permanently secured rfter centuries of political struggle. "Your fate has been a happier one. You were called into existence at a much later stage of social develop ment. You came into being complete and perfected and all your powers de termined and your place in the con stitution secured beyond chance of revolution, but tho the history of these two great assemblies is different, each of them represents the great demo cratic principle to which we look for ward .as the security for the future peace of the world. Great Moment in World History. "Mr. Speaker, the compliment paid to the mission from Great Britain by such an assembly and upon such an (Continued on Page Three) WILL TALK PEACE Again Announce Chancellor Will Break Silence. Factional Strife Forces German Premier to Define Terms. Copenhagen. May 5, via London. A' plainer declaration of Germany's peace conditions will be made by Chancellor Ton Bethmann-HoiJweg within a fort night. Dr. Karl Helfferich, the vice chan cellor, announced yesterday that an answer would De made within this time by the chancellor to the inter pellation presented by the conserva tives and the Socialists. The chancel lor's decision to define Germany's aims was the result of pressure from all sides. War Governor In King's Palace. Amsterdam. May 5. Baron Fried rfch von Falkenhausen has arrived at Brussels to take up his duties as the new governor general of Belgium. Baron Falkenhausen has chosen as his residence the palace where King Albert lived before ascending the throne. By Surprise Attack, Melle Captures Craonne Position. OPENS WAY TO GREAT VICTORY Germany Withdraws Her Best Troops From East Front. Turmoil in Russia Minimizes Danger to Teuton Army. London, May 5. Way for the flank, ing of the Laon pivot of the German Hindenburg line was open to the French today. If General Nivelle can turn the trick and outflank the Ger mans by capture of Laon In the Im mediate future, military strategists hero believe the retirement of the Ger mans to the frontier line will be neces sary. Capture' of Craonne. dominating the Aisne plateau and the Miette valley, taken in a surprise blow of great strength struck yesterday by the French commander, gives the French their entry point for this important operation. Today the French were nine miles distant from Laon, but with the intervening ground favorably situ ated for their further progress. Preparing Drastic IX-fcnsc. German reserves hurriedly concen trated to offset the French victory were stubbornly contesting every Inch of the ground held by Nivelle's troops and front dispatches indicated a battle of gigantic proportions was gathering there. Craonne and Iaon lie at the base of an angle of which 1-aFere 1s the point. A penetration of this angh would give the allies a hold back of the Hindonburg line all the way north and place the Germans In grave Jeop ardy. British front reports today Indicat ed a temporary stoppage of infantry assault actions of any great magni tude, but an increase of artlllerylng all along the line. Greatest Battle In History. While the greatest battle in history continues to rage in bloody fury In northern France, the riddle of Russia has presented a new phase with a menaced counter-revolution of stag gering possibilities. For the moment, the provisional government has the upper hand but the voice of the radi cals grows louder and more threat ening every day demanding conces sions which would make impossible the existence of an organized govern ment. The wild currents of intrigue and dissatisfaction which are In evi dence at Petrograd are the more cou fusing as the opponents of the revolu tionary government offer no coherent program and seem to have no com mon aim. The capital is boisterously vocal but back of it. the vastnesses of Russia lie silent, with not a hint to tell what the masses of the people are thinking of doing. An indication of the German view of the situation is given by a report that the best German troops have ben withdrawn from the eastern front, their places being taken by Landstrum and Landwehr divisions. Brlmont l'lateau a Knag. As far as news dispatches indicate the radical insurgents in Petrograd are basing their attack on the May Day note sent to the allies by For eign Secretary Milukoft affirming Russia' determination to continue the war. The provisional government has energetically supported this position and the ministers declare they will re sign rather than modify the stand taken by M. Milukoff. On the battle front In France, there is no sign yet of a decisive issue to the tremendous battle raging day and night along a hundred mile front. The French have battered their way a, lit tle closer to Laon and have stormed one of the great natural fortresses guarding the southern end of the Hindenburg line. By the capture Craonne they have forced ajar the back door to Laon but there are other mighty obstacles still in their path. Craonne captured yesterday by the French, formed one of the two gun crowned heights at the head of a broad valley leading to the French goal Laon. The other, which re mains unsubdued. Is the sinister Bri mont plateau from which the German guns thunder daily against the ruins of Rhelms cathedral. Thousands of lives have been spent In vain In an effort to storm this plateau but its capture is vital to the French advance. Outside of the lints where the war ring nations are arrayed interest cen ters on Brazil and China. In both countries a parliamentary battle Is be ing waged which will decide whether or not they enter the ranks of Ger many's foes. MORE RAINY DAYS First Part of Week to Be Moist Thna out Midwest. Washington, May 6. Weather pre dictions for the week beginning Bun day, May 6, issued by the weather bu reau today, are: I'lain. tat,. T in. a hrnhnhl.

'th. f i rut nart nf th week in the southern plains states and the central Mississippi valley. Otherwise gener ally fair with temperature somewhat below the seasonal overage. ONCE AGAIN BRITISH FLAG IS ON INDEPENDENCE HALL Philadelphia. May S. The Brit ish flag flew Thursday from Inde pendence Hall for the first time since 1777. Then It was planted there when British troops occupied Philadelphia during the Revolu tionary war.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1917 runup in, me The government civil ser vice is starting stenograph ers, both young men and women at $1,000 to $1,200 a year. Now is the time to get this Commercial Knowledge Stenographers and Typists Are also in great demand locally. Our employment department has more calls for efficient help than we can fill. M. II. Strtcklcr I'rc'slilcnt. J It StrirkW's li II II pas I Strickler's V Strickler's COMMERCIAL SCHOOL I PUBLIC SCHOOL syPtuTl :7c,ls Business Mgr. 1 l lU"-'-!! 13-113-117 East Elshth Ave. STORAGE 8ATTRY Service Station ALL. MAKES OF BATTERIES UF.471IARGED Machinists Electric Co. lug w am nunc udi w I Topeka S Auto Livery i.698n. 3737 J1FN DAY AM) NIGHT J 1'HHIIJI) Sctt'lfC. 0 11G West Fifth St. S m- To Kill Hals and Mice ALWAYS USE Stearns Electric. Paste Fall directions In IB UnffnagM 8old everywhere. 25c and $1.00. U. S Govnimnt buys It. For Your Child's Cough Here's a pleasant cougU syrup that every child likes to take. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. If your child has a deep hacking cough that worries you give him I;. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey, the soothing pine balsams relieve the cough, loosens the phlegm and heals the irritated tissues. Get a bottle to il it y at your druggist and start treatment at once. 25c. Adv. Try Journal Want Ads. AUTO TOPS Top repairs, dust hoods, all" -ver and trimming Blacksmlthlng, woodworking, painting. Foredoors built for any make or inodl. Wheels built or repaired. Special bodies built for commercial cars. Rubber urea applied. REHKOPF BROS 212-14 WEST SIXTH STREET. ANTHONH VIEWS FaTors Both Volunteer and Universal Training Systems. Quotes Colonel Roosevelt on American Army to France. Automobile and Carriage Painting and Repairing. Rubber Tires a Specialty T. F. LANNAN Phone 930W South east Corner 5th and Jackson St 1 liffll D. R. Anthony, member of congress from the First Kansas district, has outlined, in a communication to the State Journal, his views on the volun teer and selective draft plans tor rais ing an army. He says: "It will require but a short time after the passage of the selective con scription bill by congress to demon strate that a tremendous military blunder has been committed by the war department in relying solely upon the conscription processes therein pre scribed for raisins our first army or a half million man for foreign service. As I contended in committee and thru out the debate, many months of valua ble time will be wasted by the govern ment during which the machinery of the enrollment and registration of the conscription is being put to work be fore the first conscript is turned into a training camp: and that during this period of wasted time the finest volun teer army that ever served under the American flag could have been put into training, trained and sent on its way to the front In France where it is needed for active duty. The same American spirit which is demanding that Colonel Roosavelt be given an opportunity to raise his division, of volunteers lor immediate service in France demands that other men of kindred spirit and possessing the same ability for service, even tho in a hum bler way, in other states in the Union shall be afforded the same oppor tunity. Universal Service Inability. "There was no question that in the face of the great war which might demand every available resource of the nation, the people of this country demanded universai liability for mili tary service. The bill which passed congress is very far from a response to this demand and all the arguments Which have been advanced by the metropolitan newspapers and the de fense societies and the inspired prop aganda for universal military ser vice in this emergency has failed to give the country what it demanded. The principle of the selective draft if followed out to its minutest detail and as adept politicians will endeavor to interpret it will violate every prin ciple of universal military service and as a final result the conseriptB obtain ed under it will most largely come from the ranks of the unattached and unemployed young men of the country capable of offering the least resistance to the machinery of the conscriptive inquisition which will be set up In every township of every county of every state In the union. Instead of encouraging the fighting men of the nation who with hearts full of pa triotism are willing and anxious to serve their country and to serve it now these selective processes will have the effect of repressing the organization of hundreds of thousands of good American fighting men who are ready now to go into training for prompt service on the battle lines in France. "For instance, if under 'selective' conscription the department decides under pressure of Democratic senators from southern states that the negroes of the south shall be exempted from conscription on the ground that their labor is needed in the cotton fields, the country will at once lose the oppor tunity for securing those men of un questioned fighting values. The Labor Situation. "And again, if as claimed, Mr. Gom- pers and the labor union leaders will succeed in convincing the department that members of their organizations must not be conscripted who are en gaged in manufacturing industries, the sacrifice of the universal principle of service is again exemplified. As a mutter of fact, no man of proper mili tary age should be exempted on the ground that his labor is necessary in agriculture or the industries unless he is engaged in some Occupation where his skill and ability is vitally necessary for the maintenance of our military forces in the field. "I feel that my position on this leg islation, that we should have provided for the raising of th'e first half mil lion men thru a call for volunteers, at the same time giving the president the power of the conscription and at once setting up its machinery, to take ad vantage of the four to six months time that otherwise would be wasted while the machinery of the conscription is being installed and put in operation. by thus raising and training a magnif icent volunteer army of half a mil lion good fighting Americans, even" be fore the first conscript could be ob tained and turned in to t training WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE YOU Efficient and Quick Service in Every Branch of Auto Repair Work We can now give you the same high grade work on your engine as we have always done in painting, upholstering and re building of bodies. Every bit of this work 13 done in our own shop under one roof. No waits for some one else to get through with one certain part of the work. No job too big or small for us to do. SS'iS REHKOPF B. Phone 994 camp has been amply vindicated by me position taken by Colonel Roose velt and by Marshal Joffre. What Col. Roosevelt Advises. "On April 20, Colonel Roosevelt advised: 'it seems to me that it would be a great mistake not to provide for volunteer service at once, but by all means we should also Include the sys tem of universal obligatory service.' It Is true that Marshal Joffre's declar ation has been expurgated by our gov ernmental authorities but we know enough of it to know that it is the marshal's Idea that four months train ing would fit an American army for service in France. And the only way such an army could be obtained in so short a time would be thru a call for volunteers, and as my plan has failed in congress the only avenue open thru which we can comply with Marshal Joffre's recommendation is to grant Colonel Roosevelt the permission he asks to raise four divisions of practi cally 100,000 men by a call for volun teers for immediate service in France. And instead of placing Colonel Roose velt in command of but one division I am in favor of giving him entire com mand of this force which we send to France." OLD FIRM DISSOLVES Wilson Neiswanger End Partnership Wilson Starts Separate Business. L. W. Wilson of the firm of Wilson Neiswanger has sold his interest in the business to VV. A. Neiswanger and the name will be changed to w. A. Neiswanger Son. David Neiswanger will be associated with his father. Mr. Wilson has opened offices in the Columbian building and will conduct the new business under his own name. Jj. TV. Wilson, who has opened new real estate office here. The partnership was formed twelve years ago and some of the important additions to the city of Topeka have been promoted, by the firm of Wilson Neiswanger. AmVng these are Gor don's addition, Broadmoor on the East side and at present. Campus Front, the addition north of Washburn college. L. W. Wilson, who is establishing the new firm, has been a resident of Topeka since 1887, was with the Bank of Topeka for several years berore forming the real tstate company with Mr. Neiswanger. The firm is one of the oldest in the city in the real estate business and has earned the confi dence of those with whom it has had transactions. START CAMP CRUSADE Members Topeka W. C. T. V. Want Soldiers Free From Vice Temptations. The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Shawnee county has started on its war time policies. The members have pledged themselves to fight against the usual vices of a military camp. They have denounced liquor, lewd women and unsanitary conditions. To carry their program further, mes sages have been sent to the president, senators and representatives from Kansas and to Governor Capper and to Adjutant General Martin, insisting that "the moral atmosphere of the camp must not be demoralizing to the moral welfare of the troops. Following Is the message: Whereas While this ereat nation in fighting for humanity autl justice and the mothers of the country are giving tbeir sous to tbe cause, that they may have the assurance that the moral atmosphere of cani() life is not demoralizing to the char acter and health of their sons. Therefore, be it resolved That e pe tition congress for immediate laws pro tect! nir trainine camns from the vices to which they have hitherto been subject, and that not only liquor, but lewd women be banished Trom the camps. Trusting that this will meet with your approval, and that you will use your In fluence for Its furtherance we are respect fully. CLARA B. BAKER, President. EMA It. BLAIR, Secretary. E. B. STQTTS ON BEANS Topckan Gives Practical Plan' for Cul tivation of Crop. "Speaking of beans," said Eugene B. Stotts, commissary of the state hos pital at Topeka, and continuing the two or three weeks' argument that has been conducted upon the bean" ques tion, "why, in all this talk, doesn't some one get busy and tell people what to do with the bean crop? "I have seen beanB harvested in Mexico and Colorado and there is one thing I have never seen discussed in this newspaper notoriety that this humble vegetable is now getting. Beans will grow best in poor soil and without much rain. They will do well where other vegetables do not flour ish. Too much water and too rich soil make them all go to tops and you have vines instead of beans, and the beans that are so raised do not ma ture properly. "Another thing, it takes about three or four, perhaps five, pounds of beans to plant an acre instead of three or fcurr bushels as some of the papers nave said. "The golden wax bean is good for this country and the pinto bean, which is a much different bean from the Red Mexican, is also good. "Let the good work go on with the beans In this increased production of food stuff if you want, but put them into ground that is not good for other vegetables and you are then doing the rignt thing by the beans as well as the other garden truck." Say Kids, Wasn't He Lucky? Chicago, May 5. Kenneth Doud, 13, playing in a freight car at Des Moines, Iowa, was locked in and carried to Chicago but arrived unhungry. The car was full of candy. COAL NOTSOARCE Prevailing Prices Unwarranted, Federal Commission Says. Consumers Warned Against Summer Buying Panic. Washington, May 5. Prevailing re tail prices of anthracite coal are un warranted and the supply for next season is adequate, the federal trade commission stated today in a prelimi nary report based on a partially com pleted investigation ordered by con gress last winter. The commission warns consumers against buying larger quantities of coal than usual this sum mer, saying there are symptoms now of such a buying panic as that which enabled speculators' last winter to force prices above normal. No good reason exists, says the re port why May prices should not be subject to the usual summer discount, but "if the public is again so deceived as to indulge in u scramble for coal, the favorable situation may be nulli fied." Watch Situation. The commission is keeping in close touch with the anthracite situation and promises to "expose any unscrup ulous wholesaler, jobber or retailer who seeks to mislead the publio into a belief that exorbitant prices are justi fiable or that there is any necessity to Join in a frenzied bidding to secure immediately delivery for far future needs." The United Mine Workers' new wage scale which went into effect last week increases production cost be tween 24 and SO cent a ton, and "is a beneficial and steadying factor in the industry," says the commission. Leading operators' prices at the mine for May provide for this wage increase and "There la no Justification for a large increase to be passed on to the consumer." Price for May at the mines are quoted at $3.61 a net ton for egg, 84 for stove and $3.93 for chestnut coal. Action by Congress. Referring to evidence that specula tors by storing coal in cars, paying demurrage or reconslgning it tended to increase prices materially last win ter, the report recommends action by congress or some authority to be des ignated by congress on the following: "First the elimination bf spec ulation and the charging of an ex orbitant price or the withholding from use of this necessity of life. "Second the imperative need of keeping coal moving from the point of production to its final destina tion, and of preventing coal cars from being held out of use for the purpose of speculative storage." MAY CONTROL MINES. Stringent Regulations Necessary. Na tional Defense Council Says. Washington, May 6. Absolute con trol of coal mines by President Wilson for the period of the war, looms as a strong possibility. At Friday's cabinet meeting the cab inet members, who are members of the National Council of Defense, urged in strongest measures that legislation be immediately passed which would place the operation, control and pro duction of all American coal fields un der the direction of President Wilson should that become necessary. Recent shortage and prospective in creases in coal prices make this legis lation a war necessity, the council members urged. The United States must furnish coal for France and Italy and unless the mines are put in government control, it is feared that private coal operators will attempt to make large gains from their trade and thereby not only threaten the United States with coal famine, but also prevent coal in large quantities from reaching the allies. SUPREME COURT BOOK Volume 99 Bringing Opinions "Cp to Minute" Is Out. Volume 99 of the Kansas supreme court reports which is Just out brings the opinions delivered by supreme court judges right up to the minute. Every opinion delivered between the 1st of November, 191, and the last of March, 1917, is contained in this edi tion. There are 18 formal opinions in this report delivered by the justices as follows: Chief Justice William A. Johnston, Minneapolis, 28. Justice Rousseau A. Burch, Salina, 28. Justice Henry F. Mason, Garden City. 81. Justice Silas W. Porter, Kansas City, Kan., 28. Justice Judson S. West, Topeka, 23. Justice John Marshall, Topeka. '26. Justice John S. Dawson, Hill City, 25. Chief Justice Johnston rendered a dissenting opinion jn one case and dis sented from the opinion of 'his col leagues in two others. Justice Burch dissented in one case only. Justice Porter rendered a dissenting opinion in two cases and dissented in one. Jus tice West dissented in two cases. Jus tice Dawson rendered specially con curring opinions in three cases, render ed dissenting opinions In three cases, and dissented in three other cases. Opinions per curium were delivered in four cases all of which are reported. BENTON WAS"F0URTH Washburn Student Made Good Show ing In Big Oratorical Contest. Northfield,- Minn.. May 6. Howard Benton of Washburn college of Tope ka, Kan., ranked fornah in the inter state oratorical contest held here Fri day night between representatives of six colleges of the middlewest. Carle ton. Minnesita. won first; Depauw, In diana, second; Beloit. Wisconsin, third. The Crust of Bread," the oration of Benton, won first place in a con test between 12 other college of Kan sas. Benton was one of three men chosen to represent the western divi sion in this interstate contest when lin n i v i .1. v..v dcuviwi will':... at York, Neb. Prof. K. D. Schonberg- J er of the public speaking department j accompanied Benton on his trip. They will return Sunday. OE fU Q IQE ZIP OI Condensed report of The Rnnens'N&tiaiel Pdnk lOPGKA. at the dose of business May r 1917 iCVNSAS RESOURCES Loans anil Discount $007,0841.24 Komls to Secure Circulation 104MMMI.OO Honds to Secure V. S. Deposits 10.04MJ.4MI Federal Reserve Stock 3.800.00 Furniture and Fixtures 4,4)18.15 Redemption Fund 5.000.00 Cash and Wglit Exchange 1S2.793.69 Total $893,092.08 LIABILITIES Capital Stox-k $100,000.00 Hurplun Fund 2t),0(!0.00 Undivided Profits 7,908.7:1 I Circulation 4 98,700.041 Deposits 606,483.35 Total $893,093.08 The above Statement is correct. H. G. WEST. Cashier. OFFICERS .1. W. Thurston. Pres. A. Fassler. Vice Pres. H. J. West. Cashier V. F. dinger. Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS H. A. AiierlwM-h o. C. skinner Paul Huyrke J. W. Thuroton II. H. Wallai-e Guilford Dudley A. Fa.sMler Hon S. Clark Arthur Capper 11. G. West C. B. 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r THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1917 NEW REGIME IS AGAIN DOMINANT IN RUSSCAPITAL All Night Conference Smooths Out Differences. Soldiers' Committee Approves Pledge to Allies. 25,000 IN MOB AT PALACE Chaos 'ear Supremacy, Gov't Finally Wins. but Ministry Will Resign Rather Than Break Allies Pledge. IY WILLIAM i. 8HKPHKRD. I'etrograd, via. London, May 5. After two days of cheering, muttering, jostling mobs surging back and forth In demonstrations that at times ap proached perilously near to organized riots, the duma provisional govern ment today apparently succeeded in re-establishing itself. An all night met'ting last night apparently smooth ed out many differences between the d u ma leaders and the soldiers' and workmen's delegates. Formal report of these deli lie rat ions has not been mode, but the attitude of representa tives on both sides indicated greater Unity. At the headquarters of the soldiers' and workmen's committee today it was Informally stated that an amicable ad justment had been reached with the duma leaders and that the executive committee by a two to one vote had approved the government's pledges. Included in these pledges, it was re ported, was one to announce publicly the reasons behind the provisional government's announcement on May Iay as to KuFsia's aims in the war. Soldiers' (.elevates said today the full text of this explanation had been read to the executive committee and ap proved by them. SoIkt 1 1 ends Prevail. In the meantime the temper of the surging crowds on the streets has per ceptibly changed. Veils and impreca tions iigaitist the ministers have been sucreeded by cheers fo democratic Russia. Sober heads in the throngs apparently succeeded in bringing home to the demonstrators the neces sity for continuance of a complete form of government a government that would have been dissolved for rule of the mob if the crowd's de mands for resignation of various min isters had succeeded. Twenty-five thousand persons were jammed in the streets around the Marinsky palace all day Thursday and Thursday night. It was a turbulent, shouting mob. Many clashes occurred among its members. Several shots were fired. No attempt was made to keep oi dep. Two persons were re ported struck by bullets. J tallica Is Swa y Mob. The crowds kept ceaseless vigil around the building in which the sol diers and workmen's delegates were meeting. Excited knots gathered around various orators. Cheers for the people's rule were mixed with roars of applause greeting demands for wholesale resignations of the pres ent government leaders. iiut thru all the disorder there ran the instinctive caution against aiding Germany by disrupting Russia's lorces. Extremist agitators who sought to urge complete brotherhood with German soldiers were howled down. Nicholas Lenin, now recog nized as a German-influenced agitator, was literally swept away when he tried to speak. The crowd simply would not let him talk. Before long the crowd's temper had subtly change into a patriotic demonstration for llussia at any cost, and this sen timent was recopnized and fostered by friends of the provisional leaders who entered the crowd and besought order again. 'r Score Treaties. The whole gist of the orators re marks seemed to be that the pop'ilace was unwilling to support a;y min istry which would enter into secret treaties. Constant demand that the present ministers make publi? all com-1-at'ts into which they had entered or intended entering or else resign whs voiced. The ministers have f rw n k 1 y ma do reply t hey wi 1 resi gn rather than break Russia's pledge with the allies. 'We are fighting an offensive and not a defensive war," was a reiterat ed ry. There was no diminution in the size of the crowd when the ministry met at night in joint session with the ex ecutive council of the soldiers' and workmen's delegates. The mob's de mands had by this time been changed into appeals for certain policies by the ministers. Duma LturiVrs Address Mob. "The Russian people have been bur dened with a heritage of internal and international evils; they have cleaned out the former now they must clean out the latter," was one typical speech by one of the crowd's orators. "Miliukoff knows all about secret treaties he must publish them," was ancther utterance greeted with wild acclaim. When the impromptu orators in the crowd had worn themselves out, the mob began yelling for speeches from the duma leaders. Their demands, in a vast chorus of clamor, penetrated to s. k Corner, Sixth and Jack- Phoot ceo Saturday Night' Specials Highest Quality LARD lingular Price 2 Tonight from 7c per lb. 7 to 10. lb. 22c Fresh Country Eggs Doz- SOc From 7 to 10. the hall in which the ministers and soldiers and workmen were debating. Miliukoff was the first to respond to roars of demand for a speech. He appeared on the platform and begged the people to be patient. He was re spectfully greeted even cheered. Then the mob demanded that Presi dent Rodziansky of the duma, speak. He had to respond in the face of thun j derous insistence. Minister of Justice I Kerensky was next demanded. All three leaders were roundly cheered. Then the noise subsided somewhat. Mob Spirit Exhausts Itself. All night long, however, there were thousands who stood or walked in I swaving crowds back and forth on -v... utrt Thp veiling mob spirit had apparently exhausted itself by daylight and when word was spread about that the conference between the duma leaders and the soldiers and workmen's committee was proceeding satisfactorily most of the remnants of the mob mustered cheers from the hoarse throats and melted away. ENEMIES FRIENDLY Germans and Russians Frater nalize Between Trenches. Virtual Armistice Along the Entire Russian Front. BY yflLMAM G. SHEFIIERIX Petrograd, May 6. A. virtual armis tice exists along almost the entire Russian front today. Not a shot has been fired on the Austro-Russian front in more than a month. There has been no real activity on the German Russian sector. At many places Russian and Ger man soldiers are fraternizing, meet ing unarmed on No Man's Land. So general has become the habit of fraternizing and so completely has the fighting spirit been subdued that Gen eral Gourka. commander of Russian forces on the Minsk front, today Is sued a formal statement warning his forces to beware or a berman ruse. He contended the Germans' friendli ness was part of their pLn to obtain information of Russian conditions. Soldiers arriving for the duma meet ing are authority for the statement there has absolutely been no fighting on the Austrian front. In this connection Petrograd news papers todajt published eleven uncen sored letters from the soldiers at the front. One typical letter from the Minsk front said: Fear German Trickery. "Coming along the trench today, T saw a number of our men smilingly looking over the trench right where they were fair targets for the enemy's bullets. 'What's the matter?' I asked. "They answered, 'there's a meeting of the Russians and Germans.' "I hurried to my sentry post, where looking thru my binoculars I saw a gathering of men in Russian and Ger man uniforms out between the trenches. I hurried over thru the group and found them addressing each other as 'comrade' except those who were unable to speak one another's language. Some of our men who couldn't talk German were holding their palms horizontally before their mouths and blowing a huge 'pouff their way of indicating that the czar had been blown away. The Germans repeatedly thrust their bayonets in the ground and threw down their ri fles. "Finally an interpreter from the German lines came along. He told us the Germans hadn't heard the news about Russia. We told him the story of the revolution and he in turn In terpreted it for his comrades." Petrograd is thrilled by such reports as these of complete amity between the opposing forces, but military lead ers are fearful of German trickery. SUNDAY A DAMP DAY (Continued from Pge One) settled weather today and Sunday and continued cool. Rain is scheduled for the south and west, Sunday. Records of the weather office, show that the average temperature for the last week has been between 12 and 26 degrees below normal. The highest point of the afternoon's temperature has not reached the normal night point for the last week. Rain was reported this morning at Dodge City, and a light sncw at Scott City. The light rains were general over the north and cen tral parts of the state Friday night. The highest temperature on record for this date was 96, in 1909, and the lowest. 34, in 1890. The wind was still from the north east this morning, blowing 12 miles an hour. WEATHER TABLE. Furnished by the weather bureau office. ir.'i'i"J SnBa" f".r le twenty-four hour, ending at 7 a. m. Saturday. n!lV,.!on,'V Hi!jn- Low- p,w- Wther Ruff.? k."v :W :w Knln Cnlgnry, Alb 54! -4 r ear Chicago jj 3.r ln innnti. 0 44 3 .40 Cloudy nrn.n ChrlstI s2 (is o Toy irj',1'; W -24 Snow Ies Moines. la 4s 3s ot Clear l.uluth. Minn 44 30 0 V ear f: I'if-..Te:L SO 54 O Clear ri. .norm, lex... us 4(1 0 Clourtv I I onian. Ore 62 44 O Fair I SI' AS"0 i8 :f8 -04 Clear I St. Paul. Minn 5s 32 o Clear Salt Lake ttah... 50 so T Cloudy Sun Francisco CO 4 n Clear ,Sault Ste. Marie... 52 3X l Cloudy Sr"L"f' Wi'.,h r'! 44 0 !udv Sheridan yo.... 5.1 32 .30 Cloudy Spokane. Wash 02 30 Clear Swift Current. Saa. 42 20 0" Clear Tampa, Pla so 74 0 Cloudy Toledo. O. 44 34 .70 Rain W nshlngton. D. C. 4S 42 1" Cloudy Winnipeg. Man OS 34 o Clear I Kansas Weather Report. Station High. Low. Prec. Wther Anthony 50 30 0 Cloudy Col.Uvater 5s 30 o Cloudy onrordia 4S 32 0 Fair Podge City 50 3s T Knire Prcsden 40 32 0 Clear Emporia 40 34 0 Clear Eureka 4S 30 0 Cloudy Ft- s;'tt 44 34 0 Clear (Joodland 52 2S .02 Cloudy Hanover 4S 3) 0 Clear Hns 4S 34 o Cloudy Horton 44 32 0 Clear lola 40 .".4 0 Clear Liberal 04 30 .14 Cloudy M. Pherson 4S 32 u Clear Mui-ksville 52 32 0 Cloudy Manhattan 50 30 .02 Clear' riiilllpahurs 4S 32 o Fair S-tt City 00 32 .14 Snow Sedan 50 30 0 Clear TOl'KKA 40 35 0 Clear I'tK'a 52 .14 0 Cloudy Wichita 4S 30 0 Fair Kansas City 4S 30 0 Clear St. Joseph 40 34 0 Clear srr river at ToDeka 0.5 feet. Havre. Mont. X '",e,r l'!;'n!'7"1,'' f1?" 1M ciear" Little Hock. Ark., fio 41! 0 Cloudy Los Angeles. Cnl.. 00 52 n loud? v o .I i J 54 40 11 Knin N. Platte. Neh Att i,t n GREAT MIDWEST REVELS IN SPIRIT OF 'VIVIFRANCE' Wide Up Spectacular Reception at Chicago Today. Stage Tumultuous 2-Day Fete for French Envoys. PLEA FOR FIGHTING SUPPORT Viviani and J off re Appeal for Aid to Whip Kaiser. Thousands Upon Thousands Cheer the Heroes of France. BY GEORGE MARTIN. Chicago, May 5. Viviani, Joffre and the French commission today are to bid farewell to the sea of flags and the tumult of cheers which marked the first two days of their tremendous reception by the middle west here. After the big stock yards mass meet ing this afternoon, they will carry their message of war and love on to other conquests. The west awoke today to the sound of the voice of embattled France thun dering its plea for America's aid in "a world war for freedom." And the French war makers themselves tuck ed away amid the luxurious furnish ings of Charles R. Crane's marble palace on Lake Shore Drive, awoke to a realization that the west is for war to the finish. Formality and exclusiveness were swept aside in the program of the day and Viviani and Joffre, both number ed among France's "men of the peo ple," stepped down among those myriad hosts of the middle west who earn their bread by the sweat of their brows. Stock Yards Meeting Today. It was to such thousands as Viviani and ojffre will address themselves in the monster free stock yards meeting which says Chicago's farewell to the war envoys late today that ex-Premier Rene Viviani directed his words when he cried: "Come to us, American brothers! "Come and fight side by side with your French brothers, your allied brothers. "Come under your glorious banner to fight for the democracy of the world and show all men that when the rights of a single nation are vio lated, the rights of all nations are trampled under foot.' With his jaw locked and his doubled fist smashing into his palm for em phasis, Viviani delivered his diatribe against kaiserism: Autocracy Tottering to Its Fall. "From the first you gave us the ben efit of your moral support, because you are a great democracy. And we are a great democracy. Because in Europe and in France there are free men who were thus agreed in soul to raise yet higher the flag of democ racy before the rampart of an auto cracy which is tottering to its fall. "Absolute monarchies imagine they can conquer other peoples by the mar riages they make and by placing on all the thrones of Europe their relatives and representatives. This is not dem ocracy. And this they cannot do." Seldom have crowds jumped to their feet and cheered so wildly, so un restrainedly as did those which have marked every step of the French vis itors' progress since their arrival in Chicago, and which early tramped forth to line their way today. Waving the tri-color and the Stars and Stripes, massed humanity made a living lane from the Crane home down the broad Lake Shore Drive to the Art gallery, the first stop on the party's farewell tour of Chicago to day. Solid Lanes of Humanity. Joffre in field grey and Viviani in a black business suit and derby hat sa luted and bowed from their big car as they swept by the cheering throngs. Other thousands lined the winding course of the party's parade thru the loop district at noon and solid blocks of humans filled the highways in all directions as the Frenchmen rolled up to the University of Chicago for lunch eon. Following a mid-afternoon drive thru the boulevards and parks of south and west Chicago, the long line of big cars will whizz down to Dexter pavil lion, that monster meeting place of the common people, in the heart of the stock yards district. There the hero of the Marne and the man who made La Patria stand solid as a rock in the early months of the war will meet the men of brawn the men whose love and interest they came to America to enlist and their women folk and children. On the platform with the two his toric French heroes will be another great man of the people, Lieutenant Colonel Fabry, -The Blue Devil of France," and one of the gallant few hundred who blocked the onrush of the Teutonic hordes over a six-mile front in the epoch-making battle of the Marne. Fought Over Comrade's Body. It is said of Fabry that he person ally has killed more Germans than any other fighting man in all the allied forces. Also that he has been nearer hell than any man living. His trench at the Marne was shal low. The soil, mixed sand and dirt, could not be piled up. The only fortification available consisted of the bodies of German dead. Fabry used them. When he needed more he used a hook on a rope to drag them in. Fobry's best friend was killed be side him in this entrenchment. The only place Fabry could bury him was directly beneath the spot where he stood to fight. He buried him there and for six days stood, knelt or lay on the grave, fighting and hoping against hope that the Germans would not break thru. And they didn't. Mexican Army Abounds in Generals. Mexico City, May 5. The Mexican army suffers from no shortage of gen erals. There are 07 of them in a to tal enlisted force of 125.823, an aver age of one general to 07 men. Col onels, liteu ten ant-colon els, and majors constitute a little army of 2,638. Cleveland, Ohio "Waiter! Horse meat, well done." That is what Cleve landers will be ordering soon, if the city council regards the request of the city health board. Suggestion was made as a war time food. STAND BY GUNS Russian Provisional Gor't Stands Back of Pledge. Will Resign Rather Than Coun tenance Separate Peace. Petrograd, May 5. The provisional government thru Premier Lvoff has declined to modify the note sent to the allies. The government declares that the ministers are prepared to re sign their posts if necessary. Premier Lvoff said: "It is impossible to send another note. The temperoray government will comply with its duty and leave itself prostrate rather than take such a step, which would menace the country with very serious consequences. The gov ernment understands fully the re sponsibility it has assumed In behalf of the country and in the view of that responsibility is ready to resign if it becomes necessary." Foreign Secretary Milukoff confirm ing the stand taken by Premier Lvoff said: "The note expresses the view of the temporary government. It has no other aim. The recent note repeats and develops the idea expressed in the first note, which was worked out in conjunction with the council of dep uties. If we compare the notes, it is clear the information they contain constitutes a step forward." Secret Telegrams From Allies. In regard to the suggestion of a new note, M. Milukoff said that such a step was quite impossible. "Such conduct," he continued, "toward a foreign government cannot be per mitted. If we should attempt to fol low a route which in my conviction is impracticable, we would only be repulsed." The minister made an allusion to a secret telegram which had been re ceived from the allies. It is significant that the ambassadors of England, France and Italy have called upon the foreign secretary. M. Milukoff con cluded his statement by saying: "Respecting our military needs and means of continuing the war, we are dependent to a great extent upon the allies, especially upon America. It will be an everlasting blot on our history if there should be a possibility of con cluding a separate peace. But the council itself has declared against a separate peace." Opposed by Council Head. M. Tcheidse, president of the coun cil, repeated previous declaration that the imperialistic attitude of the gov ernment was unacceptable. He said: "Neither the soldiers nor the work men are for war. If the government does not mean to hide our watchword of 'peace without contributions,' it will have to make itself clear." M. Tcheidse called attention to the fact that there was no interior discord and that the only trouble was in re spect to Russia's foreign policy. T. R. RAPS THEM College "Grads" In N. Y. Lax in Volunteering, Says Colonel. 3,000 Wire Operators Form 25 Companies in Gotham. New Tork, May 5. Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt, Joseph H. Choate, former ambassador to Great Britain, and Henry L. Stimson, former secre tary of war, in addresses here before 2,000 college men, deplored the "amazing" lack of interest exhibited by college graduates in the training camps for officers. Their remarks were prompted by the reading of a re port by H. B. Clark, enrolling officer for the Plattsburg camp, who quoted figures showing that New York, with the largest number of college men in the country, was far behind San Fran cisco, Chicago and Boston. Colonel Roosevelt said he was "shocked, sur prised and pained," by the figures. "Any man with a college educa tion," the colonel said, "is recreant to the republic until he treats the ad vantage he has had as Imposing on him the duty of additional service to his country. "Unless your reasons are over whelming, you ought to be ashamed not to volunteer and if I had my way in the selective draft I would pick out every blessed college man who had not volunteered." Expert Wire Operators Enlist. The Bell Telephone and Telegraph system will furnish 25 companies of expert telephone and telegraph oper ators for the United States army re serve signal corps, it was announced today. Approximately 3.000 employes volunteered from the local companies alone. Patriotic women of the nation will be asked to participate In a nation wide campaign for the creation of a fund to provide for the training of 5.000 aviators and the purchase of the requisite number of machines to build up the aviation branches of the army and navy, it was decided at a special meeting of the aviation com mits of the national special aid so ciety. "Mothers of Ships," a national or ganization of women, designed to pro vide for the comfort of crews of American battleships, was formed here today by the women's auxiliary for navy recruiting. GUARDS SPUD PATCH Arsenal and Bulldog Recruited After i Thieves Dug Out Seed. Chicago, May 5. A barbed wire fence, a bulldog and a shotgun now protect the half-acre potato patch of John Robinson of Highland Park. Thursday, Robinson planted his plot with select seed potatoes he had hoarded thru the winter. This morning he arose to And that during the night thieves had uncere moniously unearthed every solitary seedling. He immediately purchased an arsenal and a canine. Reduce K. C. Police Head. Kansas City, May 4. Hiram W. Hammil, chief of police here was re duced to the rank of captain by the board of police commissioners late today and Captain Thomas P. Fla hive stationed at headquarters, was elevated to the chieftaincy. Flahive has been stationed at headquarters for years and is one of the oMest men in the service. Hammil became head of the department shortly after Gover nor Major assumed office in 1913.-- LOVE FOR FARM SUDDENLY HITS STATERAH-RAHS Conscription Bill May Relieve Farmers of Service. As a Result, Scores Have "Beat It Home" to Dad. MANY HAVE JOINED THE ARMY Students Jfot Altogether "Pol icy" in Their New Moves. College Men Rank Well in Shouldering the Guns. War with Germany is giving a new impetus to the "back to the farm" movement. The lure of farm life has suddenly become a contagious disease and Is now affecting many students In big state schools, according to reports in Topeka. Many students who prefer a hoe to a musket, have suddenly awakened to a realization that food production is a grave and serious problem and that their services are needed in the corn fields rather than in the French trenches. Many university and agricultural college students will spend the sum mer on farms, according to an au thoritative report In Topeka. A number of these students entered col lege life with dreams of high ranks in professions that call men far, far from the cows and chickens and tas seling corn. With the act of congress in passing the conscription bill back ed by reports that the city slackers will do the first fighting many pro fessional and business ambitions are said to have been suddenly forgotten as the students came to a realization of the need of men on the farms. Their First Introduction. Some of the rah rah boys who will go to the farms this summer must re ceive formal introductions to the hoe and cultivator, while any number of early morning instructions must be taken In harnessing the horses for work in the fields. One report In To peka today direct from the inner cir cles of one of the big state schools was to the effect that a half dozen town born and town bred joung men had arranged to spend the summer on the farms of wealthy relatives. In one Instance a state university stu dent, with a leaning to medicine, has suddenly taken up the chant of "Life on the Farm is the Life for Me." In the last few days he advised his friends that he had arranged to spend the summer at a big country home in the southland, where he would enlist in the army of crop producers. Many Have Enlisted. Of course many of the students In state schools have enlisted for ser vice In the war with Germany. Others have declared they are ready to re spond when the conscription bill is made effective. Following recent statements by college heads and men In federal department, many college students have been led to believo that men on the farms will not he called to the colors. It was this report which has caused a number of young men with slacking tendencies to suddenly change their life plans and come to a realization of the ned of men to till the soil. A statement from a Topeka author ity today made clear that the federal government expected to exempt for crop production only the men who qualified as practical 'annen. The tender handed, soft footed, green hand from the paved street district will not be Riven recognition when men are called to the colors. And that is the solution of the move to evade service by hiding behind a plow. CAN'T RE-EXPORT FOOD Senate Passes Bill Placing Embargo on Certain Countries. Washington, May 5. By a vote of forty to thirty, the senate this after noon substituted for the administra tion embargo provision of the espion age bill an amendment offered by Senator Smith, Georgia, empowering the president to place an embargo on foodstuffs, etc.. only to those countries which are found to be directly or in directly re-exporting the materials to enemy nations. WILSON CHEERS (Continued from Page One.) occasion is one not one of us is ever likely to forget; but there is something after all even deeper and more signifi cant in the circumstances under which I now have the honor to address you, than any which arise out of the Inter change of courtesies, however since, between two great and friendly na tions. "We all, I think, feel instinctively that this is one of the great moments in the history of the world and that what is now happening on both sides of the Atlantic represents the drawing together of great and free peoples for mutual protection against the aggres sion of military despotism. "I am not one of those, none of you is among those who are such bad democrats as to say that democracies make no mistakes. "It is quite true that the people and the representatives cf the people mav be betrayed by some momentary gust of passion into a policy which they ultimately deplore, but it is only a military despotism of the German type, that can thru generations, if need be, pursue steadily, remorseless ly, unscrupuously and appallingly thr object of dominating the civilization of mankind. And, mark you, this evil, this menace under which we are now suffering is not one which diminishes with the growth of knowledge an4 progress of material civilization, but. on the contrary, it increases with them. f "When I was young we used to flatter ourselves that progress inevi tably meant peace and that growth of knowledge was always accompanied as its natural fruit by the growth of good will among the nations of the earth- We Shall Surely Conquer. "Unhappily we know better now and we know thereis such a thing in the world as a power which can with unvarying persistency focus all the re sources of knowledge and of civlliza- PERMANENT SUMMER HOME PLANNED FOR PRESIDENTS New Tork, May 5. "Shadow Lawn," at Long Branch, the White House "summer home," is report ed virtually to have been sold to a syndicate whose object is to make it a permanent summer home for the presidents of the United States. tion Into the one great task of mak ing itself the moral and material mas- j ter of the world. It ls against that danger that we, the fre peoples of western civilization, have banded our selves together. "In that cause we shall surely con- quer and our children will look back to this fateful date as the one from which democracies can fel secure that their progress, their civilization, their 1 rivalry, if need be, will be conducted j not on German line, but in theriend- ly and Christian spirit which really befits the age in which we live." j TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS New York Stock Market. Wall St., New York, May 5. STOCKS j Conflicting influences were again opera tive in tbe stock market today, the Bbort session being characterized by fair support of industrials and leading war specialties, while railroad shares were under increased pressure. Some of the standard securities iu the latter section fell to lowest levels iu years, receiving little support. Oilg and utilities also suffered from steady liouidation iind short sell in sr. Kauinments were irregular, but coppers owed their mod erate strength to tne placing or aauinonai large orders for the metal. United States Steel was steady after Its initial setback. The closing was heavy. Sales approxi mated 350.000 shares. Bonds were weak. The more reassuring character of the news from abroad was helpful to today's early market, important stocks showing general advances and some irregularity at the opening. U. S. Steel was in demand after its moderate setback at the outset aud affiliated industrials were firmer with metals, oils. Industrial Aiconol and some of the equipments. A three point rally in Delaware and Hudson to 111 was the note worthy incident among the rails, Lehigh Valley and Norfolk Western also ga i ing a point each. Chicago Grain and Pork Market. Chicago, May 5. WHEAT Wheat prices today showed a tendency to advance owing more or lea a to the lightness of stocks and to the absence of hedging sales. It was said the holdings of foreigners were sufficient to make it difficult to buy on any substantial scale, without materially affecting values. Much nervousness con tinued to be Bhown regarding developments at Washington as to government control of prices. Opening quotations which ranged from lc off to 2Vc up, with May at $2.75 and July at $2.20 to $2.21 were followed by a decided general upturn, and then a moderate reaction. In the late dealings reports of liberal concessions having been made by the Brit ish government agent at Winnipeg ap peared to help the bull side of the mar ket here. The close was unsettled at 34c to 6c net advi-uce, with May at $2.786 and Julv at $2.24 to $2.24. CORN Corn was governed almost en tirely by wheat. Trade was very small. After opening unchanged to c lower, the market hardened all around. Subsequently profit taking by holders eased the market but the effect failed to last. The close was steady at c to Iftc net advance. OATS Oats showed little independence. Demand was chiefly for May delivery. LARD Active buying of lard for lead ing commission houses steadied provisions. Pit traders sold. Chicago Grain and Porfc Market. The range of prices for grain futures on tbe Chicago Board of Trade as reported by Empire Commission Co., 301 New England Building. Chicago, May 5. Close Open High Low Today Yea. WHEAT May ..277 278 274 278 272 July ..221- 225 219 224- 220 Sept ..185- 101 15 1SU- 180 CORN-- May ..151 153 151 153 151 July ..143- 144$ 142 144- 143 Sept ...135- 130 135 13G- 135- May" ..66- 67 66 67 66 July ..63- 64 63 63- 63 Sept ..54 55 54 55- 54 May 1.38. 30 38.40 38.00 38.00 38.25 July ..38.35 38.40 38.25 38.30 38.42 LARD May ..22.15 22.25 22.15 22.25 22.25 July ..22.32 22.37 22.25 22.35 22.35 RIBS May ..20.52 20.52 20.45 20.45 20.57 July ..20.60 20.80 20.55 20.80 20.75 Kansas City Grain Market. Tbe range of prices for grain futures on the Kansas City Board of Trade as re ported by Empire Commission Co., 301 New England Building. Kansas City, May 5. Close Open High Low Today Yes. W H EAT May ..2S0 2S6H 2R0 2Sfli 2S0 July ..218V4 '-'-:t U17 22-J '1H Sept ..16 1D0V6 185 lsaij- 180 COKN Mav ..150 151 150 151 151 Julv ..14SMi 1441, UWj 144Vi- 14:iH Sept ..ISliVi 1334- 1S1 13314- 132&-, Kew Tork Stock Market. Mew York, May 5. Close Today lea. Am. Beet Sugar Anaconda Mining A., T. S. F., c Bait. Ohio Central Leather Chesa. Ohio Chino Copper C M. St. P., c Col. Fuel Iron Great Northern, p Inspiration Kenn. Copper Miami Copper Missouri Pacific Penn. ICaiiroad Reading, c Studebaker Southern Pacific Union Pacific, c V. S. Steel, c Utah Copper White Motors Wabash I" 14 HlVj 77 Hs 72J K't 57 A 52 7'-X, V.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.iml 54 43 :ivi -'4 51 W K0V StoHi i:ia4 1M 114 44 11 74 8.1, BTVi 52 V4 45 Vi 10KT4 54 44 i SS4 2! "51 KX 92 11?, 113 44 11 New Tork Sugar Market. ew Tork. May 5. SUGAR Raw steady. Centrifugal. $11.27 refined, steady. Fine granulated, $7.50gS.5O. New York Produc Market. New Ytrfc May 5. BUTTER Market barely stea.'y. Creamery bigber tban ex tra. 401441 41,-. K(JGS Market Firmer. Fresh gathered extras. 37. CHEESE Ma pet unsettled. State fresh specials. 2G(g27.. POULTRY Aiire and dressed quiet. New Orleans Cotton Market. New Orleans, May 5. COTTON Spot cotton; market quiet and unchanged. Mld- dling, $19.50. i- New York Money Market. New York, May 5. MONEY Mercantile paier 4VI&5 per cent. Sterling 00 day bills, 4.72: commercial 60 day bills on banks, 4.7114; commercial 00 day bills, 4.71; de mand. 4.75-" cables. 4.76 7-16. Francs, demand. 5.71 Vie: cables, 5.70. Guilders demand. 40 cables. 40. Lires. demand. 7.00: cjibles, 6.90. Rubles demand, 274 cables, 27. Bar silver, 74. Mexico a dollars. 57. Government bonds weak. Railroad bonds weak. (irain Gossip. (Furnished by Empire Commission Co., 301 New England Bidg.) Minneapolis wheat atocka bare decreased 62WKM bnshe' this week. Elevator stocks of wheat In Kansas City have decreased 374.MH bushels thus far this week and corn stocks decreased 96,540 bnFhels. Exports from the United States and Can. Store Closes m at 9 o'clock -on sale after 7 this evening (No 'phone or mail orders, please) On the Main Floor 5c Patriotic Lapel Button "Show Your Colors" 2V4 50c La, Blache Face Powder; limit of one box. 290 Women's and Children's 5c Handkerchiefs; white and colors 2VSl 5c Elastic Band Hair Xets; all colors, except black l 65c Silk Boot Hose; white and black slight "seconds" 390 l"p to 15c Ribbons; 2 to 3 -Inch widths per yard 3 Men's $1.00 Shirts; both soft and stiff cuff styles of percales and basket weave materials; all sizes tonight. G90 On the 2nd Floor Regular 17c, four-fold Gormantown Yarn; blue, pink and lavender a number of slightly soiled skeins on sale 1 An Apparel Rummage On a big bargain table will be Raincoats, Georgette Blouses, Coats. Separate Skirts, Children's Dresses, -.and the like at ridiculously low prices all tagged and ready to be placed on sale at 7 o'clock. Sweet, juicy Oranges; a good, medium size on sale, per doz. lOt 10c and 15c Candy; Jelly Beans, Caramels, Peanut Brittle, Gum rrops. Coco Squares, etc., all mixed together pound 10c Sheet Music; the titles of which we have only one and two copies Just half price to close them out tonight 5p 10c Gauze Vests; fine cotton, fully taped; small sizes 5. 50c Kerris Waists; button front style for girls and misses. .25fr Children's 10c nnd 12 He Stockings; white, black and tan; all sizes 4'4 to 9, in the lot as a whole choice 1 Men's 50c Caps; golf and Prince Henry styles choice 390 Boys' SOc Illnuses of Madrases and chambrays in light and medium colors, patch pockets and button cuffs.... 396 Boys' 23c Caps of black-and-white checked materials 190 Boys' $3.75 Raincoats; medium weight, guaranteed waterproof: high collars, tab cuffs and slash pockets $2.49 WK BOTH I.OSK MONEY IF YOU DON'T SELL YOLK STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stoc!c Yards, Kan. City We Also Hare Onr Own Offices at Chicago. So. Se. Joseph. Bo. Omaha. Denver, Sioux City. So. St. Panl. E. Buffalo. E. St. Louis, Fort Worth and El Paso. a 'la yesterday were 362.000 bushels of wheat, 3fi,000 barrels of flour. 15S.0U0 bushels of oats; wneat aud flour combined 024.000 bushels. i Wheat in Ohio has a condition of 8.1, compared with HO a month ago and 05 a year ago. the state report for May says. The condition of rye ls 90; a month ago 13. The oats acreage ibows an Increase of 204, 000 acres. Exports of wheat and flour from the United States and Canada thla week, ac cording to Bradstreet's. vere 5.727."10 bush els, compared wit'.i O.fiOO.OOO bushels last week and 8.302,000 bushels a year ago. Corn shlpmeuts were 014,000 bushels this week. Shipments of wheat from Argentine this week were 1.044,000 bushels, compared with 194.000 bushels last week and 2,a3fi.0OO bushels a year ago. Shipments since Jan uary 1 aggresate 24.108,000 bushels: a vear ago. 30.000 -bushels. Corn shipments this week were 4OH.O0O bushels, last week 2.173.000 bushels and a year ago. 1.921.000 bushels. Total corn shipments since Jan nary 1 are 22.775,000 bushels; a year ago, 24,456,000 bushels. No oats were exported. Elsia Batter Market. Klgln, IU., May 5. BUTT E 11 25 .tubs at 38c. Chlcas; Grain Market. Chicago, May 5. WHEAT Close May. $2.7Sl.: July. $2.2413; Sept., tl.n6U. CORN May, $1.53; July, $1.44; Sept., $1.36. OATS May, 67(c; July, 0343; Sept.. fKH&Vic. POltK-May, $38.00; July, $38.30. LARD May, $22.25; July, $22.35; Sept., $22. 45 22.47. Chicago Produce Market.' Chicago, May 5. BUTTER Butter un changed. KOUS Ea-gs higher. Firsts. 324a:33c: ordinary firsts. 30&31c; at mark cases included. 3fK&33c. POTATOKS Msrket nnohsnged. POULTRY Alive, market lower. Fowls, 22(a22c. Chicago Lite Stock Market. Chicago, May 5.-HOKS Hog receipts 10.000; market slow. Bulk, $15 55ftin.80 light, $14.75o;15.75; mixed. $15.2.ViT5K; heavy, $15,256 15.83 rough, $15.25)15.45; pigs, fVt.Wti 13.75. CATTLK-'attle receipts 400: market steady. Native beef cattle, $8.(V 13.iO stockers and feeders, $7.15ftt9.90: cows and heifers, $C2.")& 11.15: calves. $x.75g 13.25. SHEEP Sheep receipts 20.000; market steady. Wethers, $11.25& 13.75; lambs. 13.oosii.eo. j Kansas City Produce Market I Kansas City, May 5. BUTTER Butter and poultry unchanged. 1 EGGS Firsts, 31e. Kansas City Grain Market. Kansas City. May 5. Close: Msy, $2.86; July. $2.22 Sept., $1.88 to CORN May, $1,511; July, $1.44 to Sept., $1.33. Kansas City Grata Market. Kansas City, May 5. WHEAT Cash wheat 3c lower to 3c higher. No. 2, hard. 1.52: No. 2. white. $1.63: NoS. $l.24j; $3.u0Ct3 10 No. 3, $2.(' 3.03 No. 2, red, $2.UUfa:03: No. 3, $2.0&t2.tal. CORN Market unchanged, to lc lower No. 2. mixed, tl.Mtl.r2; No. 3, $l.f.lrd) 1.52 No. 2, white. $1.63: No. 3, $Ui2fit No. 2, yellow, $1.53: No. 3. $1.52. OATS Market steady to c lower. No. 2, white, 72c: No. 2, mixed, 704i71e. K Y E $2.06 2.07. Store Closes at 9 o'clock HIDES TO T I Rrnwn 128 K"n"" AT- J. Ul UTTlI TOPEKA, KAN. C.rren Rait Cared Hides, "No. 1 ttm Green Halt Cored Hid, No. t SOe Horse Hides (its to 'o. 1 $6.00 to H.M Horse Hides (as to size No. t $5.00 to $7JM Write for prices and shipping tag;s Pay meat made promptly. KAFIR AND MII.O MAIZE $3.25 3. 75.' HAY Market unchanged. SHOUTS-f2.08M2.17. KHAN 11.70. Wheat receipts 83 cars. Kansas City Lira 8 tork Market. Kansas City. May 5. HOOK Hop re ceipts 1.000; market steady to weak. Itnlk 15.00fol5.HO heavy, l-'V75fjl5.fl0; packer and butchers. $ir..40f 15.80; light, $14.8W. 15.50: pigs. U.0Ofc(14.0O. CATTLK 'nttle receipts .100: market steady, l'rliue fed steers. 12.00Cgl.'t.H.-i dressed beef steers. $0 50 12.00 cows' $0.5O4i 10.75: heifers. tlMmf&ll.ftO: stneker! and feeders, ts.HKii1.2o- bulls, $7.75fic' 10.25: lambs. $x.oorp 1:1 .no. SHEEP- Sheep receipts 200: market steady. Lambs. $14.00g 17.60; Blockers and feeders, $7.00ri 13.00. TOPEKA MARKET REPORT. Topeka Livestock Market. (Prices tarnished by Wolff Pscklnc fn.t Titpekn. Kansas, Msy 5. CATTI.B AND HOGS. i MIXED AND BUTCHERS $13 no!r, 3.-. light y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.','.'.'.'.'.'. ib.onwih.'or. Pios 7.00 10.0a Steers Good to choice.. .....$S..V to Fair to good 7.00 to 82T. Cows Good to choice...... or) to ft no Fair to good .00 to 7 5 Common to fair 4.00 to o5J Heifers Good to choice 50 fo Fair to good 7 00 to ay.' Common S.OO to 6.0U Hulls Fleshy 7. SO to .!m Mlum fl.25 to 7.25 Veal Calves Prime fat 000 to 10 no Medium good 700 to 8 wi. Fslr 5.00 to 600, Sheen and Lambs Fst wethers on t son! Fst ewes 7 rn to son Fat lambs oo to 12'm Gouts 4.00 non PIGS 7 0orioutt Shorn lambs sad sheep 3c under abovs prices. roHiuveiy cannot use sneep or iambs an.. less fat. Panttry and Ears. (Furnished by the Topeka Packing Com-' psny. corner Laurent sod sdlson.l Topeka. Kansas. Mav 5. HENS 3 lbs. and over. 10c: nnder 3! lbs., lc; springs, over 2 lbs.. 17c; under' ISc: old roosters. 13c; stagy young roost ers. 13c. BOOS 29e. i s Eggs are retailing .In Topeka 32&34e doRen. Butter from 3845e. spsks Grain larket. (Famished by J. P.. Pills rd. corner Kansas At a. and I'ortls ftt Toiwka, Kansss. May K. 1 CORN $1.5001.55. f OATS oa5c. Retail Mv. (Furnished by W. A. Gilchrist. 626 Qvlncy Street.! Topeka, Ksosss, Mar S. PRARIK HAT $1 Tit. 00. 4 ALFALFA $20 no. Tapdcv Hsv. Martms. 1 (Furnished by T. A. Beck. 212-T4 T.. Topeka. Kansas, May S. PRAIRIE HAY $18.00. ALFALFA $18.00, I

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1917 IN DRASTIC ACTION City of Topeka Opens Strict Tuberculosis Campaign. 'o Disease Here in Ten Years, Physician Asserts. 2 HUNDRED SUFFERERS NOW Xo Apparent Concern Evi denced by the Citizens. Ordinance Enforces Radical Sanitary Requirements. Topeka will be freed of the "Great White Plague" in ten or twenty years if. terms of a city ordinance being pre pared governing the isolation of tu berculars be strictly enforced, accord ing to a statement made today by Dr. K. Ij. Loveland- Anticipating the passage of the or dinance in a short time, its immediate enforcement and a hundred fold addi tion to the work of the new city tu bercular sanitarium upon its enforce ment, a committee composed of Dr. Loveland, Horace Hall, Scott Hopkins, Mrs. Charles Brook Thomas and oth ers spent the day calling upon various city commissioners and imploring them to arrange for a still larger ap propriation for the maintenance of the sanatorium. "The cause they plead is one of the most worthy I know," said Mayor House, "and they may rest assured that if there is any way in which we ulay aid them with a larger appropria tion we will lose no time in taking the necessary action." That was the sentiment voiced by each commission er upon whom the committee called. Drastic Action. Action probably more drastic than nnv ever attempted by any city in.the l, cited States may be taken under the ordinance being preparfd in the office of c.mmis.sioner V L.. Porter. If the provisions of this ordinance be en lorced, members of the Public Health Nursing association expect that from fi&y to ne hundred patients will be iseiit to the city tubercular sanatorium fr constant supervision, or for educa tional supervision of sufficient time to tem h thorn the hygienic rules, which, if fullowe'l will protect their families and t he public, at large. "That many will not be rushed to tfii sanatorium immediately," said Dr. 1. (Mark, city physician, today "tut within the course of the next year or two, it is safe to say that number, and maybe more, will be sent to the sanatorium, whether they wish to, or not- ;"In short, stubborn tuberculars will be treated the same as stubborn small pox or scarlet fever patients. They ;ute sent to a pest house for refusing to- comply with a quarantine. The tuberculars will be sent to the sana torium." Quarantine Regulations. Actual quarantine will not be creat ed in the home of a tubercular under the ordinance. Yet, every physician will be called upon to present to city health authorities the name of all tu bercular patients and the environ ments in, the home and the extent of the knowledge of hygienic rules pos sessed by the patients. Then, it will behoove the health, authorities to take what action may be necessary to pro tect the public from the infectious dis ease. "Just think of it," said Dr. Loveland today, "there are more thai 200 tu berculars in Topeka todayand there i$ no apparent concern. Yet, if there, were 200 smallpox patients, think of the excitement. Yet, who wouldn't rather have smallpox than tuberculo sis. If the proper precautions are ta ken we can stamp tuberculosis out of Topeka in ten or twenty years." Dr. Clark is calling in various mem bers of the medical profession to as sist him and Commissioner Porter in preparing the ordinance. It probably will be passed by the city commission ers next week. Kansan Charged With Murder. t.Joplin, Mo., May 5. S. Bain, of Pitts tmrtr, Kan., is charged in a warrant u-ith the murder December 26, of Mar shal B. Oren, chef in a Joplin restaur-rant. Km v i i k v v ML- tan wasn it witn soap and water. Besides being a thoroughly sanitary finish for your walls' and ceilings, Devoe Velour Finish also offers artistic possibili ties that cannot be attained by wall paper. Also, it is more I economical lasts longer than wall paper. Devoe Velour Finish is not an experiment. We guarantee i every can of Devoe we sell. Our customers tell us it gives r them perfect satisfaction and that it is very easy to apply C M. HILL SON Wall-paper and Interior Decorations 826Kansas Avenue, TOPEKA, KANSAS H. H. BAIR 838 North Kansas Avenue, TOPEKA, KANSAS GEORGE. A. WOOD Paint and Wall-paper, 1003 Topeka Avenue, TOPEKA, KANSAS BRAY'S PAINT PAPER STORE Wall-paper, Paints and Glass, 1725 "7 T BT -r 1HL WAR TABLOIDS IN TODAY'S WIRE NEWS Chicago Every person on the force of the Robins Conveying Belt com pany, from office boy to manager, fif ty per cent of whom are of German ancestry, have subscribed to the United States war loan. Chicago Only 2 per cent of the men that fought in the Civil war were conscripts accordings to figures com piled by E- E. Wood, secretary of the National Veterans' Reserve corps. Chicago Chicago leads the coun try in marine corps recruiting. Al ready more than 380 men have been 1 sent east. This is five more than the entire southern division. Chicago With 500 men standing at attention and a picked corps form ing a bayonet archway, Private H. H. Clarke, of the Second Illinois infantry was wed in- the regiment armory. Mrs. Clarke will join the Red Cross. New York "Hold your tongue and close your lips," is the advice today of the Staats Zeitung to its readers, warning them against satisfaction over successes. "The internment camp yawns," it says. New York Martin Vogel, head of the sub-treasury here, tendered one year's salary to the country to be dis tributed among various relief funds. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Miss Doris Eno Dummer of Hamburg, N. Y., will become Vassar college's first war bride today when she weds George Ray of Hamburg, who has been ordered into service as a member of the officer3 reserve corps. Norwalk, Ohio Pretty school girls here contend they have the privilege of pasting small American 'flags on their faces and necks, if boys paste them on collars. So they are objecting to a school principal's edict making them remove their patriotic beauty spots. TO DESTROY GOPHERS They Can Be Put Out of Way for 25 Cents a Dozen. Gophers can be destroyed for 25 cents a dozen a low price consider ing the fact that these little animals destroy fully 10 per cent of the alfalfa of Kansas every year, in addition to damaging other crops. Destruction of the gophers will mean an annual sav ing of millions of dollars to the state. It is a comparatively simple mat ter to eradicate these pests, says the committee on injurious mammals, Kansas council of defense. Grain treated with a poisoned syrup may be inserted in their burrows. An effec tual poison is sold at cost by the agri cultural college. Another method is to use small pieces of apple or sweet potato poisoned with a few grains of strychnine. Trapping is a slower but surer method of eradicating gophers. The committee is ready to furnish detailed information to any one or to arrange special co-operation with groups of persons planning to elimi nate tin pests from a considerable area. REJECTS MORE SALARY Patriotic Attorney Requests Senator Withdraw Bill for 91,500 Increase. New York, May 6. United States Senator Calder, has been asked by Melville J. France, United States dis trict attorney in Brooklyn to withdraw his measure, which would increase Mr. France's salary from $4,500 to $6,000 a year. Mr. France in a letter to Senator Calder says the government, "needs every dollar for the life and death struggle into which it has en tered and no one should seek to profit individually by his services to his country." Farm Conference Called Off. St. Joe, Mo., May 5. The conference of representative men of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska announced to be held here today in the interest of in tensified farming and stock raising and food conservation, was declared off. It was feared that such a meet ing might conflict with the .national movement. Can you wash your walls? You have often wished that you could remove spots and stains from your wall paper. Perhaps the paper was almost new. In that case the marks must remain an eye-sore, or you must go to the expense of re-papering. We can save you all such annoy ances. We recommend that you use VELOUR FINISH in place of this unsanitary wall paper. It is an oil oaint rhar o-i'ves to walls a beautiful, soft, water-color effect. If it becomes soiled, you Kansas Avenue. TOPEKA. KANSAS jem. 1 IS NOT ATTACHED Dr. Hammeirs Field Hospital Men Work on Detail Duty. Have Much Work to Do Behind the Firing Line. THREE UNITS CO-OPERATE Look After Ailments of Men When on the March. Sometimes Have to Po the Work of Base Hospitals. The field hospital organized in To peka by Dr. Seth Hammell is not at tached to any regiment. It is one -of four like organizations detailed to an army division, which comprises 22,000 men, according to a statement made today by Dr. Hammell, commander of the organization recruiting recently in Topeka. These four hospitals accompany the division on all marches. One hospital attends to the various complaints of the men each day while the other three drill and maneuver. In times of battle all four hospitals are active, very active, in fact. The division commander attempts to place the hospital in a sequestered location, protected from fire. The four medical officers, connected with every hospital, have enough to try their nerves, let alone the bursting of shot and shell over their heads. Must Work Rapidly. To the field hospital, wounded men are rushed after first aid treatment has been administered to them by ambulance doctors actively engaged on the battle field. If the wound is con sidered serious enough the men are rushed to the field hospital. There, the medical men must decide instantly whether an amputation of a limb or some other operation is im perative at that time. If the base hospital is too far away, or it is be lieved the life- of the wounded man can only be saved by rfn immediate operation, the medical men must op erate. If the line of communication with the base hospital is cut off. the field hospital must in some manner furnish quarters for the wounded men, and the men of the corps must police and make sanitary the quarters establish ed. The field hospital is composed of four medical officers and thirty-three CITY'S MILK REPORT Good Showing Made to Topeka Mu nicipal Inspector. Following is tha regular monthly milk report for March, prepared by Miss Annetta Nicoll, city food inspec tor: Pet-. Ttnef Name Score. Milk Fat Pet. Alfrey, M Banta, 1). R Bigrgerrj. W rluegr&98 Dairy Hoggs. W. C Bonnawitz. L. L. Bullock, A. R Bunker. W. O 4.25 59,000 .00.0 3.7 4.UUU 8,000 9,000 44,000 44,000 7.700 7,000 68,000 48,500 11,000 65,000 32,000 7.000 31,000 4.000 8.01)0 "J 3.000 12.000 8.000 83,000 44,00!) 15.0O0 255.000 S.000 27.O0O 24.000 18.000 53.000 30.IKIO 19.01 IO 319.000 12,000 41.000 9.000 216.000 3S.0O0 2."i.0O0 16.000 9.000 11.000 500 52.000 19.000 171.000 9.000 ....72 3.5 74 74 fit 65 3.6 3.8 4 45 3.3 ...S.-..5 4.0 Cole, S. D College Hill Dairy Crawford, T. P. 4.6 3.6 57.5 4.2 Crocker, F. B HI 3(5 4.6 Dornwood Dairy' 71 Kdmontls. L. E 87.5 3.f Fairlea Farm 69 4.05 Fritts. F. B 76.5 39 Gilbert, O. B 83 4.5 (ireen. E. V 69.5 4.6 Griffing, J. g. 67 3.5 Griswold, G. E 75.7 4 8 Hillside lialry 57 3.8 Hilton. W. C 67 3.5 Iloltord, r 79 5 3 9 Hurwitz. M. J 03.4 B.l Israel. J. v Kaw Valley Dairy Kimball, Ray ....64 3.4 64.5 3.8 .81.5 3.9 I.arkin .Tas. .64 .67 .66 3.4 I.ilac Dairy Mnrken. G. E. Maxwell. XV. H. 4.2 4.2 4.2 0 McAfee, I. N 41.4 4.1 Mlllrr, Fred 87.8 4.9 Olive Dairy 63 2.7 Olson, Nels 6H 3 6 owen, A. J 54.5 4.3 Park View Dairy 84.1 4.7 Powers. L. S 59 3.2 Uedenbaugh. W. H ..71 4.1 Reynolds, Chas ,..7S 3.8 Saueressig, Ano 71.5 4.3 Scott Bros. Pasteurized ..82.5 3.4 Scott Bros., raw 74 3.8 Tavlor, .T. R 75 4.6 Topeka Pure Milk Co. ...51.5 3.5 Wagonrodt, J. W 77.5 4 2 Wayside Dairy 71 3.8 Woodlawn Dairy 58 3.3 24.000 33,000 The following dairies of five cows or less are located wltliln toe city limits Allen. O. S. 4.1 4.2 4.5 7.000 Barstow. E. T. Brown, D Bundv. C. M. ..88 ..83 3.500 4.000 13.000 44.000 29.000 8.000 4.O00 14.000 16.000 18.000 12,000 9.000 7.000 42.000 87.000 12,000 14,000 135.000 22,000 Bush, H. M. Conaway. G. M. Drake, Mrs. Gould, O. J. .74.5 4 6 ...77.8 5.2 ...79.5 6.1 ...85 4.0 ...81.5 4.2 ...78.5 3 9 ...71.2 4.8 ...71.2 4.8 .71.9 5.0 6:1.5 4.1 ...58.5 3 9 .59.5 4.1 .87 4.0 ...60.5 5.3 75 5.4 Hell. Peter Hogarth, H. Hull, C. H. Knoll, J. -T. Maddox, M. M. Merritt, Peter Pierce. O. M. Vesper, H waiKer, J. L. Walker, J. W. Wilder. D Wilson, J E. K. C. LAD KILLED HER?

St. Paul Police Assert Joe Rcdenbaugii Slayer of Mrs. Alice Dunn. St. Paul. Minn., May 5. Tha Joe Redenbaugh, 22, alleged boy lesper- ado, killed Mrs. Alice Duns' and prob ably with an accomplice murdered Patrolman Connery, Minneapolis, af ter the latter had arresd him for speeding the, day before Mrs. Dunn's murder, was the positive statement of Chief O'Connor here today. Reden baugh is said to have a long police record. Redenbaugh, who Is also wanted on a charge of robbing the First National bank at University Plaee, Neb., is said to have come from Kansas City at Dunn's request. He ia wanted in Lincoln, Neb., also, it is said. Dunn appeared unmoved by the latest developments. Police say they have positive evidence that he paid a large sum of money to Redenbaugh to kill his wife. Earlier this week, two men from Montana told the police Dunn paid them $6,000 to kill Mrs. Dunn. They deny all connection with the actual murder. Police are holding them as witnesses against Dunn. Recruit Day and 9right. Salina, Kan., May"5. The recruit ing station here remained open day and night in April and It recruits were accepted and .sent to training stations. The recruits represented all western cmk" i 5 YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA From the columns of THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL May 5, 1893. PrtBHpal Larimer of the high school, has shaved off his burnsides. Jesse Shaw's barn was struck by light ning yesterday. The directors of Lake view club met yes terday and let the contract for the build ing of a $2,000 club house Major JT. K. 'Hudson has gone to Chi cago. Blue Pose G. A. R. will decorate the craves of soldiers burled at Rochester May 30. Doctors Minney, McVey, Sheldon, Mc Clintock, Munn and Mitchell read papers at the meeting of the Kansas State Medical society in Ft. Scott. WARN U. S. PACIFISTS Socialists Promoting Separate Peace With Russia to Be Prosecuted. "Washington, May 6. German So cialists in this country who attempt to force or influence a separate peace between Russia and Germany will be dealt with to the tull extent of Amer ican law, if their' acts can be proven. The state department indicated this unmistakably today following publi cation of charge by J. G. Phelpa Stokes; wealthy Socialist, that Borne of the German wings of the German Socialists are trying to force such a peace. Berger Won't Be an Envoy. Milwaukee, Wis., May 6. Victor L. Berger, Socialist newspaper .editor, to day declined to become a member of the American commission to Russia. His name was recently mentioned in that connection. "I do not believe that the Hon. Elihu Root, a well known representative of American plutocracy and the perse cutor of Rudowitz and Pouren, the Russian revolutionists who escaped to America is the right man to advise the Russian democracy (and especially the Russian social-democracy) what to do in this world crisis," cays Ber ger's letter to a member of congress. Berger further assailed America's entrance into the war. RAISE BORDER BAN Newspapers From Germany State May Day Strike Fizzled ,Out. Copenhagen, May 5. Full newspa per and .postal service from Germany was resumed last night. This indi cates that the necessity for especral secrecy for military reasons or in view of the labor situation has passed. As far as can be learned, from the German newspapers which now have been permitted to reach here, the re ports of the failure of the May day strike movement in Germany in the main, were correct. The papers indi cate, however, that spikes occurred at some places. One report declares that work in the war factories pro ceeded "almost in general" and that strikes took place only in The indi vidual smaller factories. The opposition papers admit that ths Socialists and union leaders with the assistance of Field Marshal voh Hindenburg and General Groener had the situation well in hand and kept the workmen at their tasks. The rea sons for the embargo on newspapers do not appear from a surface reading and the papers do not contain any mil itary information of an exceptional character. PROTEST EXECUTION Russian Socialists Abhor Death Sen tence to 16 for Political Reasons. Stockholm, May 5. Hjalmar Brant ing, leader of the Swedish Socialists, has received a telegram from the ex ecutive committee of the Jetrograd working men and soldiers council, asking him to transmit to the central committee of the Austrian Socialists, Russia's energetic protest against the death sentence pronounced in the case of Herr Zurkanovitch and fifteen com rades "for political reasons." IOWADRATOR WINNER. Sopiius Jacobsen Takes First Honor in Interstate Normal Contest. Kmporia, Kan., May 5. Sophus Jacobsen, representing the Iowa State Teachers' college. Cedar Falls, won first place in the interstate oratori cal contest here Friday, night. Mr. Jacobsen's oration, "International Brotherhood," won its seventh consec utive victory for Iowa. This was the twenty-second annual contest of the interstate league of state normal schools. Including Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Kan sas. Joseph P. Duff of Superior, "Wis., Normal, won second place, and Harry M. Stock of Hays won third place for Kansas. Missouri won fourth and Illi nois fifth. TOO FAT? Here's a Simple, Safe and Reliable Way to Reduce Your Weight. Maybe you have nearly worn out body and patience trying to secure satisfactory weight reduction by fof lowing drastic rules reauiring starva tion dieting or tiresome, troublesome exercises, or drugging Even so, you should not lose hope and imagine that you must carry thru life a load of burdensome, unhealthy flesh. Here's a very simple, easy-to-follow system of treatment that is said to bring truly remarkable results for others, and it will be easy to prove what it can do for you. Go to your druggist and get a small box of oil of korein capsules. Take one capsule after each meal and one before retiring at night; also -follow Uie other simple directions that come with the capsules. This method should reduce your weight ten to sixty pounds (or what ever you wish) in a short time and lea-e your general health and figure greatly improved. You will be amazed at the improve ment in yotir mind as well as your body when you have begun to reduce your weight. Oil of korein is absolutely harmless, is pleasant to take, and this treatment is surely worthy of a fair trial if you want to become thinner, healthier and vounser in appearance. Adv. February 27, 1917. Bankers Life Insurance Co., Lincoln, Nebraska. Gentlemen: Your Mr. W. O. Miller today handed me your check' for $413.01 and a paid up participating policy, for $1,000.00, in settlement of policy No. 4612 taken out by me at Willis, Kansas, m twenty years ago. I have paid in $400.00, and you have returned $13.01more than I paid in and the original amount of paid up participating insurance. This is certainly a very satisfactory settlement. A settlement like this demonstrates that a policy in the Bankers Life is not only protection biit an investment as well. Wishing you continued success, I am, Yours truly, 581 ARTHUR B. CLARK. N If you are thinking of taking a policy or an agency, Write Home Office, Lincoln, Nebr for particulars. Dept. N. WHEAT JffjN WAR It Is the Most Important Factor in the Conflict. It Is Mightier Than Subs, Zeps and Airships. Manhattan, Kan., May 5. "One more month and the wheat harvest will be with us," such is the run of Kansas thought Truly, the wheat harvest is impor tant, the more so at this crucial time in our nation's history. Wheat is the life of the world it wins more bat tles, builds more empires, makes more history than all the submarines, and airships, and gatling gruns in sea or air. or trenches (rem Kansas City to Berlin. 'In respect to comparative food values, says a local authority, wheat is cheap to purchase, cheap to transport and cheap to discharge. This, notwith standing the existence of $4 flour, strike troubles, andvblack-moustached speculators. v Most of the wheat of the world goes into white bread. Numerous experi ments have been tried in an attempt to make cheaper foods out of nearly the same materials which would be fully as nourishing. Belgian Experiments. The most gigantic laboratory to which such a test has found its way is desolated Belgium with its 10,000, 000 inhabitants. The Belgium1 relief commission attempted the substitution of grey flour for white. That is, ma terial that otherwise would have gone to chaff and bran and shorts, was fed to humans. The philanthropic experi ment, like all before it, met with ac knowledged failure. Grey bread, it was proved, upset traditional imageries by being noticeably less digestible than the white. It was a conclusive result attained, considering that Belgium al- January Argentina, Uruguay, Chile bread-eaters, 310 pounds being the average normal requirement of a-Belgian in peace times, as compared to the 225 pounds that suffice fsr th1; usual American. So white bread must feed the worli; the mills must keep grinding; wheat must be harvested. It is a war of hard wheat rather than of soft nosed bulleta that Kansas in particular must wage A table arranged by the manager of a local flour mill is interesting and, perhaps, encouraginat this time. It shows the fact, seldom recognized, that the world's wheat harvest is an all-year affair. Every month is mark ed somewhere by a splotch of yellow grain dappled with mowing machines. Here is the table: World Wheat Harvest. January Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Australia. February Upper Egypt and south ern India. March Egypt, Tripoli, Morocco and India. April Persia, Mesopotamia. Arabia, Asia Minor, Syria, Cyprus and Mexico. May Algeria, Tunis, central and southern Asia, Florida, South Caro lina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. July France, Austria-Hungary, Ru mania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Switzerland, southern Russia, southern Germany, south of England and the central wheat states of America. August United States, nussia. the United Kingdom. Ontario,- Germany. Belgium, Holland and Denmark. September. Sweden, Norway, Si beria. 'Minnesota, the Dakotas and along southern boundary of Canada. October Scotland. Sweden. Norway, north of Russia, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan I nd northern tier of western states. November Peru and South Africa. December Burmah and Argentina. Big Wichita Bank Gains. Wichita, Kan., May 5. Deposits in the four national banks of Wichita have nearly doubled during the past year. On the first day of May, 1916, they were $12,656,330.97. On the first of May, 1917, they were $24,161, 380.00. .This is a gain of $11,505, 089.03 during the year. Get More Pay and 8-Hour Bay. Fairmont. W. Va., May 5. Coal operators in the Fairmont district have granted the demands of the miners for eight-hour day and higher wages, ac cording to announcement by the West Virginia Coal Operators' association. About 20,000 men are affected. There have been scattered strikes in the dis trict. Lawrence Man a- Suicide. St. Louis, Mo., May 5. A man who registered at a hotel here as L. H. Brownlee of Los Angeles, Cal., and who killed himself Sunday, April 29, has been identified as L. IT. Baker of iAwrcnoft. Kan HAVE YOU ONE OF.OUR POLICIES? ASSETS $11,400,000.00 HONOR DR. L H. MUNN Topckan Elected Treasurer of the Kansas Medical .Society. Salina, Kan., May 6. Dr. Charles S. Huffman of Columbus was elected president of the Kansas Medical soci ety by unanimous vote on the first ballot. Dr. L. H. Munn of Topeka was elected treasurer. Dr. J. W. May of Kansas City, retir ing president, was chosen delegate to the American Medical society meet ings for two years. Kansas City was chosen as next year's convention city. 26 ENLIST AT NORTON Citizens Give Them a Big Banquet on!States, today is fue primarily to the rover-development of economic inter- Eve of Departure. (dependence of the individual. Norton. Kan.. Mav 6. Fridav was i Tnat ls why the movement for home Norton's patriotic day. The recruiting office at this place has been taking in a large number of recruits for the army. About 45 have joined altogether. Some from adjoin ing counties. Twenty-six recruits left Friday night for Ft. Logan. All were Norton and Norton county boys except lour and they were from Jennings, De catur county. The citizens gave them a banquet and reception at Garrity hall before they left. These 26 will nelp form a company and promise was made that thev would Ue kept together. MAKE WAR ON WEEDS. That Ia One Way Kansas Can Increase The Food Supply. Manhattan, Kan., May 5. A state wide weed swatting campaign is advo cated for Kansas farmers and gard eners in order to insure a war crop tor tnis year. "Pernicious weeds, commonly Intro duced on the farm by the sowine of i tion," asserted Robert-Schmidt, seed I analyst in the Kansas State Agricul tural college. "Often a good stand of alfalfa has been ruined by vigorous weeds which choked it out before it became well established." Weeds are primarily a robber crop, according to Mr. Schmidt. When growing with crop plants, they rob the soil of much food and moisture which should be used by other plants. Weeds are usually hardy and prolific. They will thrive especially well in carefully prepared soil if given a chance. Unless kept down by proper cultivation and crop rotation they will soon overrun the land. Weeds are eradicated at great expense. Good clean seed should always be sown the best obtainable is none too good. ENGINEERS NAME TOPEKA Next Convention of Kansas Aseoola- tion Will Be Held Here. Manhattan, Kan., May 5. F. B. Hunter, ot Paxsons, was elected presi dent of the Kansas branch of the Na tional Association of Stationary Engi neers, in convention here. J. B. Van Sant, Topeka, was elected secretary, and Ft. Stone, Leaven worth, Kan., treasurer. Topeka was chosen for next year's convention city. Kansan Knds Life In Well. Leavenworth, Kan., May 5. Wil- Ham Mossman, farmer, 60, ended his life by jumping into a well at Farley, in Platte county, Missouri. Mossman s mind is said to have been deranged. Florence Bulletin Sold. Florence. Kan., May 5. W. C. Coates. who bought the Florence Bul letin last fall, coming here from Alta Vista, has sold the paper to Herbert Hickman, an employe. New Corn Remover In Big Demand Say Druggists Since the virtues of ice-mint mm a corn remover became known in this country druggists have been having an extraordi nary demand for this product and it is j predicted that this summer women will wear smaller and prettier shoes than ever. The fact that this new discovery which is made from a Japanese product will actually remove corns roots and all and without the slightest pain or soreness, is of course, mainly responsible for its large and increasing sale. Yon apply just a little on a tender, ach ing corn and instantly the soreness is re lieved, and soon the corn is so shriveled that it may be lifted out with the fingers root and all. Ice-mint Is a clean, creamy, snow-white, non-poisonous substance and will never In flame or irritate the most tender skin. Cutting or paring corns often produces blood poiaon and people are warned to stop It. Just ask In any drug store for a small Jar of ice-mint which will cost little yet i is sufficient to rid one's feet of every corn or callous. YoiTll like it immensely. auveruKoieni f It's easy to sell Bankers Life Policies. They mature to the satisfaction of every policyholder. Why not try it? REDUCE COST LIVING How Any Reader May Be Able to Do It. There Is only one person in the world who can reduce the cost of liv ing for you, and that is yourself. All of the studies and experiments in reducing the cost of living point back to this fact. The blame has been put on the gold surplus and on the trusts; on the war and on the crops; on the farmer and on the retailer and on the middleman. But no true bill has been found against any of them or against all of them. The high cost of living in the United gardening now sweeping the country is significant and important. Consider for a moment the develop ment of our method of feeding our selves as a people. When our country was sparsely set tled every family was economically in dependent. It raised its food upon its own land, Btored ts own supplies ir. its own cellar, even spun its own cloth and made Us own candles. That was a bad state of affairs, be cause it was extreme. It left no leisure and prevented specialization. Now we have gone to the opposite extreme. A typical modern American city dweller is a man who makes shoes for a living. That is his contribution to the national upkeep. He does noth ing else. He depends upon a man in Bermuda for his onions, and one 'n Maine for his potatoes, and the hens of Kansas lay eggs for him. Further more, he depends upon a complicated system of transportation and storage to bring these things to his door. The railroads must carry them across the country. The storage plants must pre serve them. The retailers must select J what ne needs, take his order by tele- IllUIie. U11U UCIlvci uiciii in a. v til i. All of this costs money. And much of it ls unnecessary. A little fore thought would save this shoemaker a great deal. If for example, he would merely buy potatoes when they are cheap and store them, he could put by many a good dollar. If his wife would preserve fruits in the summer, she would not have to buy glass, tin and water in the winter. If this man went Just a little farther and raised vegetables In his backyard, he could save still more. He could render himBelf at least partly inde pendent of this immense and expensive system which now has him at its mercy. Perhaps this man could not raise much, and perhaps it would take a good deal of his time to raise that little. But every man has some leis I ure and gardening is a healthful and interesting occupation. And however little he nrodnced. thin man would be 'learning a lesson in economic independence. He would be learning how to think out his own economic problems, and provide for his own economic needs as every man should. If you would live better for less money, you must solve your problem of living for yourself. You can get free an official 50-page booklet issued by the United States 'government, that tells you in complete detail how to lay out and plant and take care of your home garden. It contains special directions for raising over fifty kinds of vegetables. It has jaiagrams, a planting table, description wj. wuio, Lnuij-iuur illustrations. You need this book to do your bit in the food reserve. Sent free on re ceipt of a 2-cent stamp for return postage. Address The Topeka State Journal, Information Bureau, Wash ington, D. C. MOTOR MEN HrTfRAIL Four Thousand Street Car Men Hear Billy Sunday In Xew York. New York. May g. A littl love feast of labor and religion was staged ;n "Billy" Sunday's tabernacle Wed nesday night. Sylvester Dilts Smith, superintendent of the Manhattan in terborough division, led 4,000 motor men, conductors, guards and ticket choppers into the pine building and then paid a dramatic tribute to the evangelist. "This is the happiest moment of my life," he said. "I'm the first Blllv' j Sunday rooter in this burg, ever since 1 1 heard him in Toledo In 1911. When I came back to New York I walked and talked, slept and thought 'Billy' Sunday and even converted my own pastor. You can t get along without him. Billy' Sunday, the Ir.terborougn welcomes you here." Hundreds of traction men pushed down the aisle when Sunday called for converts. Of the 1,452 to hit the trail. jthe Interborough contributed more Ithan half. TEN PAYMENT LIFE POLICY TWENTY YEAR SETTLEMENT Matured In tjie OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of Lincoln, Nebraska Name of Insured Arthur B. Clark Residence .WllUs, Kansas Amount of policy $1,000.00 Total premiums paid Company $10O.00 SETTLEMENT Total cash paid Mr. Clark $413.01 And a Paid-up Participating Policy tor $1,000.00 A BATTLE There's a battle on toriav and but few people otherthan those actual ly engaged, know or realize any thing of the tragedy and suffering. That battle is being waged be tween the forces that tear down the body and those that rebuild. And among the most vicious of those that destroy are to be found rectal diseases Chief of rectal diseases is PILES OA! TION- Don't be mi.led In bolicv inir that once you hav. rlevelop.il pilrn that the clittettsed condition can be cor rected without aid in a day or two or by the application of external lotions of quentionable character. Don't think that the suffering ends with that caused by the irrita tion of the pile tumors either. The clogging of the system means com plications, means fevers,, means sluggiBh circulation of the blood, means poor digestion, means end less colds and attendant dangers. Why permit this danger to be always present, always a menace to your health and normal vigor? Why fight a battle without a weapon and exposed to all the enemies of health and happiness? I am here to conquer one of your worst enemies. Let me cure you of PILES and I can safely assure you that many of the ills you now must endure will not bother you. It doe not require long to care pile. It does not cairii yoa any pain or in convenience. It doem not cost much to be forever FREE from PILES. Dr. C. S. Wolfe, Rectal Specialist My Fit BE book telling of the sys tem I use will be sent to you If you will write me today. It is a different system than you have ever known unless you have been to my office or consulted with me. You will be interested when you have read my book, you will be de lighted when you begin treatment. you wiii, be crnra op PII.KS IF YOU BrXilN TREAT MENT. IVot a cent will b charged if I fail to effex a permanent cure. Examination and consultation FREE. Come any day of the week except Wednesday and Thursday, these days are fully occupied. DR. C. S. WOLFE KBCTAt, SPECIALIST 809 Kansas Ave. Topeka, Ks. Bon't l et Your Cough Hang On A cough tbat racks and weakens Is Ujln geroaa. It nndermines your health and thrives on neglect. Relieve It at once with JM" Nw Jl"coTery. This iooth in bfllsam reme.ly neala the throat. Ioo- kiii .7,1 r. -Tr "ll"l"c properties broken ,T IM.II ....I""' llll"kly fin i ii. k-i J J K"wn-n mike rin.l lr. 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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1917 "7 GOODS ON U-BOAT avy Consulting Board Has "Solution of Problem." Itepurt Experiments for De struction of Subs Successful. New York, May 5. W, ders, chairman of the naval consult ing board, announced here today that the board had forwarded to Washing ton plana for dealing with the sub marine problem, which, it was be lieved, had solved the problem suc cessfully. Mr. Saunders, who has been chair man of the naval consulting board about two months, supplemented his a nnouncement by saying that while the submarine problem cannot be con sidered in reality to have been solved until the U-boats have been destroyed, nevertheless numerous experiments bad been made along the Atlantic coast with highly encouraging results, which led the board to feel confident that a successful solution had been rearhed Concerning the war invention, Mr. i-'a under said: "I cannot say more at this time than that we have submitted a con crete plan to the ravy department to handle the hostile submarine craft. It i: not a theoretic plan, but one which Is based on actual experiments." Thomas A. Kdison has'been working n various experiments for the naval board for some time. His secretary eaiu Kdison whs engaged in his labora TO TAKE MMU? TO 40 Tliis Is What Anthony Says Conscrip tion Bill W ill Do. Congressman D. R. Anthony, jr., of Leavenworth, is a member of the important conference committee which is placing the finishing touches on the conscription bill. Such was infor mation received In Topeka today by W. C. Mark ham, secretary of the state highway commission. Markham is Interested in the age I,. Saun- i llmlt that wU1 De Placed in the con scription Ulll ailU LCICBmiJUCU w First District congressman for any ad vance information he might be able to give relative to the age limit that will be placed in the bill. Anthony telegraphed as follows: "Am member of conference com mittee. In my Judgment the age limit will be from 21 to 40 years." RUSH RESERVES Germany Hurls 160,000 Against French In Vain. Lavish Loss of Lires Trying to Halt British Arras Drive. FINDS NEW COMET Washburn Man DiscoTers New Interloper in Heavens Prof. Pettit the Third Person to v Observe the New Body. Paris. Mav.5. Germany is pouring fresh divisions into desperate fighting j along all the Soissons-Rheims front, in a determined attempt to stop the French advance and retake positions lost In General Nivelle's recent drives. toi'.v. Mill making experiments, the- na- today's official statement showed. of which could not be revealed Saunders said fifteen snb-commit-t-os of the naval consulting board had tie voted their energies to devising nouns of meeting the submarine men nee. He was quoted as declaring that while he could not reveal details at this time, he believed the public should be titf vised of the progress made. BLOW TO GERMANY -crarl Sny Passage of Conscription Army Bill Hits Kaiser Hard. Kansas City, Mo., May 5. Passage of the selective coliscription law in this country was one of the greatest Mows that could have been struck against the morale of Germany and li'M- armies. Former Ambassador .lames V. Gerard told the City club here today. He added that he was convinced America would have been the next Four new German divisions ap proximately 160,000 men were called on by the Teutons to aid in their violent counter attacks. The German counter-thrusts fur nished the greater part of the fighting, but around Mont Cornillet and east of Blond Mont the French again succeed ed m gaining ground, in the face of violent resistance. "South of the Oise a German attack was checked with our curtain of fire," the statement said. Near Courcy forest and Chemin-Dea-Dames artillery was most active. Patile Continues Vnabated. London, May 5, 10:30 p. m. The most intensive center of the fighting in the past twenty-four hours con tinued to be in the neighborhood of Bullecourt, telegraphs the Reuter cor respondent at the British headquarters in France. Here the battle is con tinuous and surges in and around the ruined village so that it is difficult to say what the situation is at a given moment. Soutbvof Bullecourt, the British ap pear not only to have maintained their victim of a victorious or un whipped Germany, if this country had not en- positions on the Hindenburg switch, tered the lists against her. j but during the night their bombers Only One Wuy to Whip Germany- (worked along an -appreciable stretch "No German expected the United ef both front and support trenches of States to adopt conscriDtion," the for- this system in the direction of Queant. met- ambassador to Berlin said. "We It is no doubt owing to the great foul-, ViMve struck no ureater blow tactical significance of our gains at against German morale than we did this spot that the Germans are de- the selective when congress adopted conscription bill. "Neither revolution nor starvation will defeat Germany. She will be beaten only by open war. I am con vinced of one thing. Had this nation not gone to war against Germany at this time, h? United States would have been the next to be attacked by a victorious or unwhipped Germany, at the conclusion of the present conflict." IN PECK OF TROUBLE Man in Shawnee County Jail Wanted by Two States. W. II- Kstes, -a much wanted man, now in the Shawnee county jail, will be taken to Fort Scott Monday by federal officials to stand trial on the charge of ourglarizing a small post office not far from Fort Scott. Kstes was released from the federal penitentiary about two months ago and was immediately arrested by the government on the new charge Pre vious to going to the penitentiary more than a year ago he escaped jail in Wyandotte county while waiting for removal to Iowa where he was want ed. After being recaptured and sent to the penitentiary the federal offi cers took no chances on the Wyan dotte county jail but brought him to Topeka. Whether or not he is convicted at I-'ort Scott Kstes is in for more trouble, lie is wanted in Oklahoma on an ot her charges and if he is acquitted Bt Fort Scott he will be taken to Ok lahoma. If he is convicted the Ok lahoma authorities will wait until he lias served his time, then take him there for trial. Kstes is a white man. JEWS FEAR MASSACRE Wire I'. S. tool ion cub lo Intercede for Pro- in Palestine. livering such violent counter attacks in which they are suffering prodigious iosses. INDICT SPECULATORS Federal Grand Jury at Chicago Com pletes Food Probe. Chicago, May 5. Federal officials today in dismissing the federal grand jury investigating alleged violations -of the Sherman anti-trust law by food speculators in Chicago and Elgin, stated that indictments would be re turned next week. A new grand jury will be summoned Monday. Indict 4t Tile Makers Chicago, May 5. Twelve corpora tions and 29 officials, members of the Chicago Mantle and Tile Contractors' association, were indicted by the fed eral grand jury charged with conspir acy in restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act here today. 20 MILLION AN HOUR That's Rate IT. S. War Ixan Is Being Oversubscribed Today. The third observation of a new comet was made by Prof. Edison Petttt, head of the Washburn college observatory, April 30, it was an nounced here today. The new comet is small, compared with Wolf's and Haley's comets and is not well formed. No nucleus or tail have yet developed. Two other observations on the discov ery were made at the observatory at Mt. Hamilton, Cal.,- last week. The comet is moving a minute a day in a northeasterly direction. The dis covery was made April 25 at Nice, France. It is visible here about an hour before sunrise just north of where the sun comes up. Also Saw Tall of Wolfs. Cambridge, Mass., May 5. A tail ai Wolfs comet, six minutes in length, has been discovered by Prof. Edison Pettit, director of Washburn college observatory, Topeka, Kan., according lo advices' received at Harvard college observatory today. The comet was observed on the evening of April 30, and the angle of the tail from the nucleus was 266 degrees. The nucleus was fairly well defined. According to Professor Pettit, the tail was first observed at the Heidel burg observatory in April, 1916. Wolf 3 comet is one of the largest ever ob served from the United States. Ac cording to Professor Pettit's' observa tion the comet was going two and a half minutes per day towards the sun. 90 MILLION EXCESS X. Y. Clearing House Banks Show 821,000,000 Dectease In Reserve. New York, May 5. The statement of the actual condition of clearing hou3e banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold 190,478.070 reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of $21,164,150 from last week. The statement follows: WHEAT HIGHER TODAY Topeka Market Steady With the Gen eral Tendency Upward. Moderate buying, with cash wheat from 1 to 3 cents higher, prevailed on the Topeka board of trade today. No. 2 hard wheat here went as high as $3 and 13.10 a bushel. High prices for No. 3 hard were $1.96 and $3.03. May wheat on the Kansas City wire opened at $2.80, the low and closed at $2.86 V,, the high mark for the day. Cash No. 2 white corn here changed hands, at $1.63, and No. 3 mixed at $1.51 Vt and $i.52, making prices un changed to 1 cent higher. May options opened at $1.50, the day's low mark, and went to $1.51, the close. HE DEFIES U. S. Kansas German Won't Swear Allegiance to Government. Aftual condition: Lonns, discounts, etc $:;,5S3,468,000 Reserve in own vaults (b) 411,910,000 Reserve in federal Increase. $83,506,000 00.433,000 22,751,000 2,577,000 VJ.OOO TfW.SSO.O'X) 1.104,15i) S10.BS3.2OO 2l:i,:'.(K) 503,HK 15,533,500 64,140,600 Cliiiago. May 5. Jews in Palestine pre threatened with massacre, accord ing to a cablegram received today by Adolph Kraus of Chicago, Interna tional president of the order of B'Xai 15' Kith. The cablegram was from President fiilhert of the London lodge, who ap pealed to President Kraus to inter vene. Mr. Kraus. a lawyer and for mer newspaper publisher, asked Sec retary Lansing to send urgent mes sages to national presidents of the order in Norway. Germany and Aus tria requesting them to petition their respectivegovernments to call the at tention of the Turkish government to the report. "I am satisfied that there is truth to the report or the cablegram would not have been sent," Mr. Kraus said. I do not believe, however, that the Turkish government will permit a massacre but the situation is so ser ioua that I cannot ignore it." Washington, May 6. The nation's response to the first offering of liberty loan bonds is a deluge of gold. Subscriptions poured in today at a rate threatening to choke telegraph lines leading into Washington. Prac tically every messenger boy in the city was carrying telegraph subscriptions to the treasury department. The rush was so great that the telegrams were delivered in bundles. There was no diminution In the rate of $20,000,000 an hour at which the offering is being oversubscribed. Sub scriptions received the first few hours today were far in excess of the orig inal $138,674,000 tabulated yesterday. Every section of the United States had been heard from today with the exception of Alaska. WILL LECTURtfHERE President of College In Turkey to Tell of Work Being Done. George E. White, p. D., head of i Anatolia college, Marsovan, Turkey, will deliver two addresses in Topeka churches tomorrow. An address will be delivered at 1 1 o'clock in the morn ing at the First Congregational church. Another address will be de livered at 7:45 o'clock at the Central Congregational church. Marsovan is located in North Cen tral Asia, Just across the Black sea from Crimea. Recently Russians have been going there to obtain an educa tion and learn American life, lan guage and way. Monday noon, Mr. White will speak at the Chamber of Commerce. GUARDS TO JOIN CAMP) LOCAL MENTION To Appear May 20 Each .Regiment Designates 25 for Officers' Course. Washington, May 5. Enlisted men of the national guard who are to at tend officers' training camps will not be ordered to camps before May 20. Delay in designating men has caused the postponement which allows regi mental commanders to make better selections in picking out twenty-five enlisted guardsmen who will be sent from each regiment. The camps will not be open to offi cers of the national guard, as the sec retary of war has ruled they are need ed with their regiments. This does not apply, however, to such national guard officers as maV be assigned as instructors. The war department urges that the most capable noncommissioned offi cers of the guard be among those se lected to attend the camps. MRS. FANNIE WILLIAMS. 05. formerly of Topeka, died in Kaunas City. Mav 3. Uurial services at St. John M. "E ctaiiren Monday, 2 p. m. Burial in Topeka ceme tery. Benefit dance at Bates hall. Thurs day, May JO. Saunders's orchestra. Admission 25c. Adv. Judge -Dana granted a divorce to day to Dr. O. A. Taylor, prominent negro physician. The case was tried a month ago, but was taken under advisement by the court and the de cree held up until today. Dr. Taylor charged extreme jealousy. Safety razor blades sharpened bet ter than new. 25c-S5c do. Brunt. Martin Drug Co. Adv. Social dance. Kirk Patrick's hall, to night. Saunders's orchestra. Admis sion 35 cents. Adv. reserve batik 232.710.000 Reserve in otuer depositaries 00.674,000 Net demand de posits 35fifl.2Sl.non 113.345.000 Net time deposits 1M.749.0O0 12,9S4.000 Circulation 2S.70U.000 Aggregate reserve Kxress reserve... 90.47S.070 (b) of which $37,100,000 is specie. Summary of state banks and trust companies in Greater New York, not included in clearing house statement: Loans discounts, etc $R2B.30,300 Specie OK.H1S.700 Legal tenders 11.057,400 Total deposits 1.095,199,100 Hanks: fash in vault Trust companies Cash in vaults Lec rease. DISTRIBUTE WAR LOAN Bankers Campaign to Encourage Small as Well as Large Investors. New Tork, May 5. With the selec tion of a campaign committee. New York bankers today began an aggres sive move for the widest possible dis tribution of the "liberty loan" and pre dictions were general that the loan would be a pronounced success. Altho totals of the subscription already re ceived have not been made public es timates place the figures between $250,000,000 and $300,000,000. The subscriptions range in size from $100 to figures in the millions, the largest being $22,500,000 from Kuhn, Loeb Co.. of which $10,000,000 was sub scribed on behalf of the firm. Other large subscriptions were Sargent Co.. $5,000,000; Standard Oil company of New York, $1,000,000 and $1,000. 000 each- from two Brooklyn banking institutions. Chicago Takes 19 Million. First reports from Illinois brought subscriptions from Chicago for $18. 995,000; Cleveland sent $7,050,000. placing Ohio third in the list of states. The last of Secretary McAdoo's tele grams to banks and trust companies have been sent from Washington, completing the first publicity step In floating the huge bond issue. Advertising campaigns suited to local conditions thruout the country are being launched today by subscrib ing banks In all states. GIRL WAS UNDER 14 State Xabor Commissioner Places Charges Violation Labor Law. Warrants were issued from the court of Topeka today upon the complaint of the state labor department against I. D. Proudlove and Roy Crawford, managers of the Novelty theater, charging them with employing a girl under 14 years of age at the Novelty in violation of the state labor laws. There are three counts to the com plaint, which is made by A. A. Knapp, for the labor department. In one count the two defendants are charged with employing "Babe" Wilson, a 13-year-old girl at the Novelty in vio lation of law. The second count charges that they permitted Babe Wil sCn to work"after 6 o'clock p. mi in violation of law. The third count charges that they allowed her to work at the theater without inspecting her age certificate. Officers were not sent out for Craw ford and Proudlove. The fact that the warrants had been issued was tele phoned to them and they agreed to present themselves at the court and accept service. The girl appeared in a vaudeville act.' 25 MILLION IN 3 DAYS England Gets Lwin for Immediate Payment for V. S. Supplies. Washington, May 5. A second loan was made today by the government to Great Britain. The amount. $25,000, 000 was transferred by Secretary Mc- Adoo to Ambassador Spring-Rice. It will meet Great Britain's require ments in this coujitry for about three days. The loan is for a short term and will be taken into the greater loajj to be made when the proceeds of the big bond issue are in hand. Announce ment was also made that the $100. 000.000 loan to Prance would be made within a day or so. Neighbors Say He Is Armed With ine Big Rifles. If The government Is getting ready to move against a pro-German who has armed himself and who declares he will never give allegiance to the Unit ed States government. The pro-German sympathizer lives in western Kansas. His name is being kept un der cover by local federal officials for the reason that he has not yet been arrested. The date set by President Wilson when all unnaturalized aliens should turn their arms over to peace officers wa April 24. The western Kansas man has not complied with the order and letters from his neighbors re ceived by federal officials state that he is 'armed with nine high-powered rifles and plenty of ammunition.. HE FAILED TO GO Steve Prouty, King of IUver District, Did Not Abdicate. Steve Prouty, king of the river dis trict what is left of Topeka's under world agreed in police court Friday afternoon to abdicate his throne but he didn't have as good luck, as the czar of Russia. "King" Prouty was arrested today by the police on the charge of rob bery. It is charged that he robbed a man, a soldier, within a few hours after the police judge gave him an opportunity to leave. Frederick E. Goodrich, a soldier, was arrested by the police Friday night and booked as "drunk," but when he regained consciousness it was discovered that he was not drunk at all. He was simply knocked out and when he had finished his story the officers had visions of Steve Prouty. WILDEST WHEAT WEEK Sensational Rise and Fall of Prices Wind Vp 5 Cents Higher. Chicago, May 6. Feverish alternate uprising and collapse of wheat prices in the lat week went beyond, in sen sational extent, the wildness of any previous equal, number of days since the beginning of the world war. The climax came after measures had been 1-taken at Washington and Ottawa looking to joint United States and Ca nadian governmental control of values. Even under such circumstances, the market wound up 5 cents higher than a week ago for this month's delivery, birt 5 to 64 cents down for more de ferred options. Corn finished 2 off to 1 up, oats off 2 to 3, and provisions ranging from 60 cent decline to c rise of 6 cents. 'SAFETIES' WINSTRIKE Old Price lie-established After 50 Cent Hair Cuts Full. Duluth, Minn., May 5. The strike of barber shop patrons in Duiuth was won today when George Brown, presi dent of the Boss Barbers' association, admitted defeat for his organization and announced that prices for hair cuts and shaves would be reduced to what they were before the strike. The patrons struck when the barbers in creased the prices from 35 to 50 cents for a hair cut and from 15 cents to 25 cents for a shave. The barbers say the use of safety razors as strikebreak ers explains their defeat. MAKE SEED -LOANS Kansas Has Law Permit ting Counties to Do This. Western Kansas counties may avoid necessity or a special legislative call to relieve crop conditions by adoption of provisions of a law enacted by the legislature of 1915, chapter 170. Un der the act counties with populations of less than 10.000may refund to banks or individuals an amount not to exceed $4,000 -loaned for seed and other farm necessities. INCREASECORN ACRES 750,000 More Planted In Corn in Mis- sour! This year. Columbia, Mo., May S. An increase of corn acreage of about 750,000 for this year, was indicated in the monthly crop report issued here today by the state board of agriculture. The wheat condition was placed, on May 1, at 51.9 in the state, as against 59.6 a month before, and a ten year average of 82.6. 4 BLOCKS from Pelletier's store, 6-room bouse, modern except furnace, garden place and reasonable. Key atl:il9 Quincy. HOTEL at Emmett, Kan., for sale or trade. J. B. Herriugton, Ex., Silver Lake, Kansas. LAFAYETTE DESCENDANT SENDS SOUVENIRS OF 76 Paris, May 5. Captain de Pusy, a great-grandson of the Marquis Lafayette, has sent to United States Ambassador Sharp a number of souvenirs of the war of independ ence. They are to be given to the American committee which has purchased Lafayette's birthplace. MjPW 01 MUTUAL ICE RICE For the information qf our patrons and others, we have gathered some interesting data relating to prevailing prices for ice in the principal cities and towns throughout the country. Consideration should be given to the fact that insouthern cities, where the ice companies do business ata profit twelve months in the year, as against four in Topeka, that their prices are about the same as ours. It will also be noticed that in northern states, where lake ice is used almost exclusively, that our prices on pure distilled water ice average the' same. x ARKANSAS Fort Smith Fort Smith Ice C. S. Co.: "Wholesale at platform per ton $5.00. Mer chant trade 30c per cwt. Fam ily trade, 50c per cwt. Coupon books: 300-lb., $1.50; 500-lb., $2.50." Ciloam Springs S i 1 o a m Springs Ice Water Co.: 'Wholesale at platform, per ton, $5.00; delivered. $7.00. Mer chant trade 40c per cwt. Fam ily trade 50c per cwt. Less than 5-lb. at rate of 60c. Coupon books: 300-lb., $1.80; 500-lb., $2.76; 1,000-lb., $5.00; 2,000-lb., $9.00." CALIFORNIA lxs Angeles Los Angeles Ice C. S. Co.: "Merchant trade at $5.00 per ton. Family trade at 40c to 50c per cwt." Pasadena Pasadena Tee Co.: "Wholesale, delivered, $4.50 to $6.00. Merchant trade at $6.00 to $7.00 per ton. Family trade, 40c to 50c per cwt." COLORADO Lamar Union Ice Storage Co.: "Wholesale, at platform per ton, $6.00: delivered, $8.00. Merchant trade, per cwt. 50c. Family trade at 65c per cwt. Coupon books: 100-lb., 65c; 500-lb. $3.25: 1.000-lb., $6.50; 2,000-lb., $13.00." Pueblo "Merchant trade, per cwt. 25c. Family .trade at 50c, 60c and as high as $1.00 per cwt." FLORIDA Bartow Crystal Ice Co.: "Wholesale at platform, per ton, $5.00. Merchant trade per cwt. 40c. Family trade, less than 100 pounds at 45c and 50c per cwt." Jacksonville Southern Ice Co.: "Wholesale at platform, per ton,-$5.00. Merchant trade 35c per cwt. Family irade, less than 100 lbs. 40c." GEORGIA Augusta Ellis Coal Ice Co.: "Wholesale at platform, per ton, $5.00; delivered, $6.00. Family trade 35c and 40c per cwt." "AVaycross Ware county Light Power Co.: "Wholesale at platform, per ton, $5.00. Family trade 50c per cwt, cash." ILLINOIS i Rock Island Union Ice Coal Co.: Lake ice. "Merchant trade, 25c to 30c per cwt. Fam ily trade, 45c per cwt." Peoria "Prices for ice have been advanced about 10 to 15. Wholesale prices have been advanced from 50c to $1.50 per ton. It is uncertain whether these rates will continue during the season or not." Quincy Pure Ice Co.; "500 lb. coupon books, $3.00; 1,000 lb. books, $4.25." Stroator The Pure Ice Co.: "Family trade, $6.00 for 1,000 lb. book. $3.00 for 500-lb. book." IOWA Burlington Crystal Ice Co. "Merchant trade 35c per cwt. Family trade, 50c per cwt." 500 lb. books. $2.50; 1,000-lb. books. $5.00; 2,000-lb. books, $10.00." Council Bluffs 'Tamily trade 50c per cwt. A year ago the price was 40c." Davenport Davenport Ice C. S. Co.: "Merchant trade, 30c. Family trade 50c per cwt. Cou pon books, 250-lb., $1.25- 500 lb., $2.50; 1,000-lb., $5.00; 2,000 lb., $10.00; 5,000-lb., $25.00." KANSAS CofTeyville Shepard Chain Ice Co.: "Merchant trade 30c to 50c per cwt Family trade 50c per cwt. Coupon books to family trade. 50c per cwt. re gardless of size of book." Fort Scott O'Connor Ham lin Ice Co.: "Wholesale at plat form, per ton, $5.00. Merchant trade $7.00 per ton in 1.000-lb. lots; 40c per cwt. in smaller lots. Family trade, 50c per cwt." KENTUCKY Jjouisvillc Merchants Ice C. S. Co.: "Merchant trade, per ton $5.00; per cwt, 25c. Fam ily trade 40c per cwt. Rapidly advancing price for fuel and labor make these prices uncer tain for the summer." Danville Danville Ice Coal Co.: "Merchant trade $10.00 per ton, or 50c per cwt. Family trade 50c per cwt., or 60c tak ing less than 100 lbs. at one de livery. 600-lb. books, $2.50; 1,-000-lb books, $5.00: 2,000-lbs., $10.00; 5,000-lb. books for mer chant trade, $25.00; 10,000-lb. books, $50.00." LOUISIANA New Orleans Riverside Ice Co. "Merchant trade 25c per cwt. Family trade, 40c cwt." TEXAS Beaumont "Merchant trade taking 2,000 lbs. or over at one delivery, $5.00 per ton; 1,000 to 2,000 lbs. at $6.00 to $7.00 per ton." Fort Worth Xo. Fort Worth Ice C. S. Co.: "Merchant trade, per cwt., 25c. Farmily trade less than 100 lbs., 40c." Houston "Merchant trade, per cwt. 25c. Family trade, 40c cwt." NEW MEXICO rtoswell Roswell Gas Elec tric Co.: "Wholesale at plat form, per ton, $5.00. Merchant trade, 30C, 35c and 40c per cwt, Family trade, per cwt., 65c; less than 100 -lbs., 70c to 80c per cwt." Ieming Deming Ice Elec tric Co.: "Wholesale at plat form, $5.00 per ton. Merchant trade, per ton, $8.00; per cwt.; $10.00. Family trade, $10 to $12 per ton." MARYLAND Baltimore American Ice Co. "Merchant trade, $5.00 per ton: 30c per cwt. Family trade, 40o per cwt., all coupon books being placed-on this basis." MASSACHUSETTS Spencer "Retail prices for ice have been advanced front 25 to 30 which is the first advance in twenty years in this city." Worcester "Merchant trade, 25c to 35c per cwt. Family trade 45c per cwt." MISSOURI St. Ixuis "The Polar Wave Ice Fuel Co. has announced an advance in price for ice of 50c per 1,000 lbs. over former prices on all ice sold. Other dealers have announced similar advances. A year ago family trade was supplied at 35c per cwt. and merchant trade 20c." Kansas City "Customers are asked to pay an advance of 50c per 1,000 lbs. For retail trade, 500-lb- coupon books sold for $2.00 in 1916 will cost $2.25 this year and other books in pro portion." NEW JERSEY "Atlantic City Atlantic Ice Coal Co. "Merchant trade, 25c and 30c per cwt.; family trade 50c per cwt." NORTH CAROLINA Asliovlllc Storage Supply Co. "Merchant trade, per ton, $5.50; per cwt., S5c; family trade, per cwt., 45c; less than 100 lbs.. 50c." 'OHIO Akron "Mercha n t trade, $4.50 to $7.00 per ton. Family trade, 50c per cwt Canton Canton Ice Co. "Mer chant trade, 30c per cwt. Family trade, 50c per cwt." INDIANA Fort Wayne "Fort Wayne ice dealers have announced an- ad vance. Family trade, 60c per cwt. for cash." Our Rates Per 100 Pounds Net 12-lb deliveries 62c 25, 50, 75-lb deliveries 50c 100-lb deliveries ...45c 200-lb deliveries. .40c 300-lb deliveries. .35c 600-lb deliveries and over .25c NORTH DAKOTA I'arffo "Ice dealers have an nounced an advance of about 12H in the price of ice. 1.000 lb. book, heretofore sold at $4.00 will cost $4.50 and 25c addition al is added to the price of the book for every flight of stairs the ,ce man has to climb deliver ing the ice." WISCONSIN Milwaukee Wisconsin Iakes Ic Cartage Co.: "Merchant trado $5.00 to $5.50 per ton; lamily trade 4 0c per cwt." Kiver Fall; "Merchant trade, stores. 25e per cwt.; family trado taking 50 lbs. at a time, first tloor, 35c per cwt.; second floor 40c; third floor 45c. If tak ing only 25 lbs., 45c for first flooi deliveries, 50c second floor and 55c third floor. No Sunday delivery." OLKAHOMA Knid F.nid Ice Fuel Co. "Wholesale at platform, per ton $5.00. Merchant trade 5()c cwt. Family trade. 50c per cwt." OREGON Portland "Prices have been announced for the merchant trade at $6.00 per ton. advanced from $4.00 and $5.00. Ice cream companies supplied at 20c per cwt.; butcher boxes. 30c to 40c: stores and restaurants, 50c and family trade at 65c per cwt. Ice sold for cash will be at rate of one cent per pound." PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh Consolidated Ice Co. "Wholesale rates have beet advanced 20. Retail prices have remained the same for the past ten years. Wholesale price at present at platform, $.5.00. Merchant trade, $5.00 to $1.00 per ton. Family trade, 4Sc to 68c pen cwt. 650-lb. books. $3.00; 850-lb.. $4.00." KHe Mutual Ice Co. "Mer chant trade, using 1,200 to 1.800 lbs., per delivery, 26c per cwt 800 to 1,200 lbs., at 30c per cwt." Ijancaster Consumers Ice Co: "Merchant trade, $5 00 per ton per cwt. 30c. Family trade, 40c per cwt." SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston "Wholesale per ton, $4.50. Merchant trade, 60c per cwt.; family trade, 40c per cwt." TENNESSEE Nashville Southern Ice Co. "Wholesale at platform, $5.00 ton. Merchant trade, 26c per cwt. Family trade. 40c per cwt." VIRGINIA Lynchburg "Wholesale, p ton, (5.00. Merchant trade, 40e per cwt. Family trade, 50c per cwt." WASHINGTON jeaUIe Diamond tea Stor age Co. "Merchant trade, 30c per cwt. Family trade, 50c per cwt." Taconui "Merchant (ri.de,. $6.00 per ton; 40c per cwt. Kara- lly trade, 60c per cwt." The Mutual Ice and Cold Storage Co. Phones 4183, 4184, 4185

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 5. 1917 W$ -A3? 33EIE THEATRES Com ins: to the Grand. Tonight The last appearance of "Intolerance." Week May 7 Annette Kellermann tn 'A Daughter of the Gods." Other Theaters. Novelty Next week, five act:i vaudeville and feature serials. May 21, the Raymond Wells stock company will open in "At Piney Ridge." Orpheum Photo features. Iris Photo features. Best Motion features. Cozy Motion features. Gem Motion features. Chrysta! Motion features. J. J. McCarthy, general manager for the David Wark Griffith attractions, today received the following telegram from London regarding the initial per formance of "Intolerance" in the Drury Lane theater: 'Intolerance reception greatest in Drury Lane history. Splendid ad vance bookings." The film has been playing at the Grand for the last two days. It will be shown for the last time tonight. Max Karasyk, who leads the special orchestra with William Fox's "A Daughter of the Gods" which is book ed at the Grand here all next week, has received special permission tc complete his tour with the picture. Karasyk is a native of Russia and be longs to the first line of United States naval reserve, having served actively from 1904 to 1913. At different times he was aboard the Texas, the May flower and the Louisiana. On the lat ter ship he made a tour of the world in 190S. As a band leader he served on the Mayflower, the president's private yacht, under the Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson administrations. A notice to report for duty at once reached the player the other day. Jle Wired his wife at Washington and she obtained an indefinite stay of the or der so he can complete the tour of the picture. Annette Kellerman, declared the "'most perfect woman in the world," plays the leading role in the film. Wil liam Fox claims that it cost $1,000,000 to produce. Raymond Wells and his coterie of players, now being obtained in Chi cago, will open at the Novelty theater May 21 in stock with matinee daily. The first production will be "At Piney Ridge." The Millard brothers, billing them selves in a variety of talent under the name of "Bicycle Tricksters," open the vaudeville bill at the Novelty the first three days of next week. The Metro pole Four, harmony singers; Kings bury and Munson in a comedy sketch, "The Devil in Possession;" Madge Maitland, billed as an international comedienne, and the Curson sisters as aerial butterflies, comprise the re mainder of the vaudeville bill, which is preceded by the twelfth episode of "Pearl of the Army." The underline feature act of the last half of the week are the five Princetons, in a musical offering. "THE MASQUE OF LIFE" A Departure From Usual Photoplays Will lie Seen at Orpheum. "The Masque of Life," a picture production somewhat different from anything yet shown in Topeka, will be the special feature at the Orpheum for the first four days of next week. This is the unusual combination of romance, hate, tragedy, mother love, heart-throbs, laughs and tears, exploit ing no star in particular, but punctu ated with many a thrill. The thing most talked of by the people who have seen the picture is the work of Pete Montebtllo, the monkey star which provides much of the exeftement. One of his stunts is to climb to the top of the 360 foot tall chimney with a baby under his ?rm. At the top of this chimney there is a thrilling fight between the monkey and the heroine of the story who goes up the chimney, on a guide rope to rescue the child. Rather large expense was entailed in the production of this feature, the companv claiming the sum of $600,000 was spent. According to advance press matter. "The Masque of Life" met with unusual success in New York and oth er eastern cities where it has been shown. William S. Hart will be ic'en the lat ter part of next week in "The Desert Man." Margery Wilson plays the lead ing part ooposite Hart. Hart does enough of the western work to inter est all of his admirers but his princi pal efforts are directed in this pro duction toward instilling enthusiasm into a community which has lost hope in itself. A youngster, little Buster Irving, two dogs and a horse come in for spe cial mention in the latest Hart picture The tale is of the Mojave desert- Hart, in the role of a grim, firm lipped man, brings prosperity to the desolate town of Broken Hope because he has faith and energy to accomplish big things While Margery Wilson is the girl who attracts his attention to the lonely lit tle town, she wanders away with a suave doctor, yet the "Desert Man" maintains his belief in the girl. The stirring scenes of the play come when Hart, fierce with wrath, rides to a notorious dance hall to which little Buster, a waif of his adoption, has been taken and then and there cleans out the place. Closing the week at the Orpheum is William Iesmond in "Paddy 0Hara." He takes the part of a newspaper reporter assigned to the j front in the Balkan warfare. He per forms some dare-devil stunts, "scoops" the other writers and wins a princess j whose father has been forced from his castle by his enemies. FANNY WARD AT THE IRIS Week's Kill Also Includes Kathlyn First Missouri Conscripts. Fanny Ward, Lasky-Faramount star, in "A School for Husbands," will appear at the Iris Monday and Tues day. The film is adapted from the play by Stanislaus Strange. The story deals with Betty Manners (Miss Ward), the wife of John Manners, a frivolous young husband who loves to play the races and have a good time generally. All this time the wife is economizing. Then hubby loses his money, after failing in love with an other woman. Simultaneously, -Betty becomes heir to a vast fortune and after finding out the condition of things, starts her school for husbands, with John as the star pupil. In con nection, "Patria," with Mrs. Vernon COMING TO IRIS 1 r-,,- f. M r W v y iiin FANNIE WARD Wednesday and Thursday, Kathlyn Williams and Theodore Roberts will appear in 'The Cost of Hatred." The picture is a fascinating one with many scenes taken in old Mexico. Around the La sky studio, it is said, Roberts is hailed as a pastmaster of meanness, but in "The Cost of Ha tred' he outdoes his previous efforts. This week's bill closes tonight with Rider Haggard's "She" with Valeska Suratt. WELLS PICTURE AT GEM AT THE GRAND NEXT WEEK. Kathlyn Williams ALso There She Will Start Next Week's Bill. Monday and Tuesday at the New Gem. Kathlyn Williams will be fea tured in a 5-reel Selig drama, "Into the Primitive.' The picture is said to be a powerful one. ROGUES NEST AT THE BEST Be "The Voice on the Wire Will Shown Next Wednesday. The week's run at the Best will open Monday with a David Craig Lauck or Rex drama. Tuesday, "The Roerues Nest" will be shown. The fifth episode of The Voice on the Wire" has been booked for Wednesday. Thursday, Charlie Chap lin will be one of the features. "Jimmie Dale, Alias the Grey Seay," will be shown Friday. The story of this picture has to do with a New York club man who leads a double life. Saturday, Shorty Hamilton will appear in "The Adventures of Shorty." Annette Kelle.rma.nn Star Of the Wi 1 1 a am Fox lOOO.OOO Pictur DdUgMei- of U-te Goclb" T Ws &s 4Y4 2E PURPLE MASK AT CRYSTAL Grace Cnnard to Start Week's Run; Forest Nymph Follows. "The Purple Mask" with Grace Cunard and Francis Ford will be shewn at the Crystal Monday and Tuesday. In connection there will be a 2-part comedy, "'Little Bo-Peep." "The Forest Nymph" in three parts is billed for Wednesday and Thurs day. "The Housewreckers," a comedy will also be shown. Friday and Sat urday "The Trail of Hate." a Bison, will be presented. NORMAL SCHOOLS FULL Emporia a nd Pittsburg Insti tutions Have Big Enrollments. The report of enrollment in the Emporia normal and the Pittsburff normal schools as submitted to Lee Harrison, secretary of the state board of administration, shows a total of 1,540 for the Emporia school and 1, 038 for the institution in Crawford county. .v. A feature of the report is the un usual number of students taking the extension courses at Pittsburg. While months, according to Albert Nagrel, commissioner for the Topeka division of the trail. Commissioners for the trail living in Kansas will meet next Friday at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the hard surfacing of the trail and to discuss the primary ob ect road problems with the state high way commission. K. C. Clearings Break Record. Kansas City, Mo., May 5. Bank clearings in Kansas City last week reached S140.334.512, a new high rec ord. The clearings were swelled by the payment of seven million dollars for United States treasury certificates. AT THE COZY Dorothy Dalton Stars in Play "Chicken Casey" Feature Full or Surprises. "Chicken Casey," the new1 Triangle play presenting Dorothy Dalton, as the star is the story of an actress who play a clever trick upon an author and convinces him against his will that she is entirely qualified to perform the leading part in his new play. It is a picture with plenty of com edy, amusing situations and filled with interesting types of character; a play of particular interest for women. "Chicken Casey" will be the Triangle play at the Cozy Monday and Tuesday. A comedy will also be shown entitled "Grab Bag Bride." AT THE NEW GEM FIRST SHOWN AT THE ORPHEUM rL-T- w-3, Sf&W&ipp QUARREL OVER HOTEL John H. Baker Sues In W. H. Davis Purchase of Coates House. Growing out of the sale of the Coates house in Kansas City to W. H. Davis of Topeka is a suit filed In the circuit court of Jackson county, Mis souri, against the Interstate Hotel company, the company making the sale. It Is brought by John H. Baker, manager of the Great Western Broker age company, who lives at i!06 The Drive. Topeka. Baker aliases that he held an option the hotel property when it was sold to Davis and that thru its sale he was damaged to the amount of $114,000. He alleges that on AH1 12 he secured an optica to buv the Coates fcoue with in thirty days for J250.00O, sub ject to a $150,000 mortgage, and that when he notified the company that he was ready to exercise his option he was told that it had been sold to W. H. Davis for $350,000. Mr. Davis was founder of the Davis Mercantile com pany which was sold recently to the Poehler Mercantile company. MILLARD BROS. ran 13 V 1 MONDAY an'omimii i in is sUb VBEST IN AUDEVILLfj TUESDAY--WEDNESpAY Bicycle Trickster Harmony Sinscrs METR0P0LE FOUR KINGSBURY MUNSON T,,.,:;,:i.,.S International Comfdienn Acr.al 12th Edition Better Than Ever MADGE MAITLAND CURSON SISTERS PEARL of the ARMY A scene from the "Masque of Ijife," which starts the week's program at the orpheum. GRAND -Last Times Today 2:30, 8:15 mOLERANce NtRhtH 35c, 50c, "5c, Sl.Oft. 1.50 Mtitinen 25c, 50c, 75c, 1.C0 PEATS SE1M.IN AT ROM'I.KY'S NOW Free I-lwt Kunpcnilrd Kathlyn Williams. She will star In tlivpittrc( that starts the week's run. "Wednesday and Thursday, Virginia Pearson has the title role in "The Writing on the Wall," a Vitagraph pic ture that come here after a successful run on Broadway. Friday and Saturday the feature film will be "The Hero of the Hour," a western comedy drama directed by Raymond Wells, a. former Topekan. A comedy will be shown every day in connection with the features and the regular orchestra, which is winning favor, will furnish the music. LOO K Extra Spectacular Thrilling Tremendous 'The Film of One Thousand and One Thrills" AT THE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Tho Masque of I Ate" starts simply as a love story anil l'irt eotting the eha rafters firmly act In the onlooker's ml ml, its plot progresses so tre mendously that 11 Is fairly stagirerins;. The sus IKnse Is so great at one part that those who see the film will never forget the stunt. According to the plot the chimpanzee was to I a baby up a 3ti0 foot chimney, of course tliev in tended to use a dummy, but he carried a real live laby Instead. A terrifle battle Is staged between the daring sirl and the monkey actor on the chim ney's top. See Evelyn the beautiful circus girl, the heroine. ORPHEUM ORCHESTRA Hours Matinee. Evening 1 :30 and 3 .7 and 9 -Special Music Prices Matinee Evening 15, At the Orpheum, K. C, Week May 6. Alexander Carr, who is beat remem bered ns "Mnwrns Perhnutter" In the dramatization of Montague Glass' story of "Potash and Perlm utter,' wilj headline the Orpheum bill for the week of May 6. Mr. Carr is generally referred to as Amer ica's foremost character actor and is with out question one of the very best of onr native players. He is one of the few char acter actors capable of producing tears and laughter in quick succession. To the devotees of musical comedy, the nauies of Floreuz Tempest and Marion Sunshine are well known, both bavins' been featured in some of the biggest musical comedies of the Inst few seasons. Before their sep aration, they were known as one of the most charming and popular possessions of the two-a-day, and it is doubtful if aity sister team enjoyed a more enviable repu tation. Their return to vaudeville is a wel come one and they will offer a melange of songs and dances which they have entitled "A Broadway Bouquet." About six years ago Estelle Went worth was a reigning light opera favorite. At the very height of her success, she announced her inten tion to enter grand opera. After a little difficulty she secured an opening with the lioyal Opera at Dessau and remained abroad for five years singing in the grand operas of the musical centers of Kuroie. T'pon hrr return home she accepted a flattering offer to enter vaudeville and her presence on the bill will be a treat to lovers of good vocal entertainment. Frances Nonlstrom, who of late has been recog nized as a most capable writer of one act plays, will present her latest offering from her own pen entitled "All Wrong." which is decidedly the best of her efforts in a comedy vein. She will be assisted by Mr. Pinkham, who is well known as a legitimate actor. Other acts on the bill are: Moore. Gardner and Rose in an offering consisting of songs of their own composi tion nnd classy comics; Caltes Brothers in an eccentric variety of novel dances; Kich ard Wheeler and Gertrude Dolan. recruits from musical comedy, late features with j Mizi Hajos In "Pom Pom," in a series of trical effects, and the Orpheum Travel Weekly showing river scenes in Japan, and the Koyal Gorge in the Grand Canon, Colorado, the total enrollment is much less of resident students for the Pittsburg school than for Emporia, the Pitts burg extension courses of first and second year's work show a total en rollment of 766 as against 551 at Em poria. On the other hand in the matter of summer schools, Emporia ranks far ahead, having a total enrollment for summer courses of 4,178 as against Pittsburg's 2.305. The large enrollment of the Pitts burg extension courses is explained by Harrison by the fact that traveling j facilities are particularly convenient for the Pittsburg teachers as they can leave Pittsburg Friday evening for their rural classes and reach Pittsburg j again on Sunday. In this report for April the accom- j panying communications to Harrison i from the registrars of the schools will tend to show that the outside or ex- j tension courses are growing in im- j portance in the opinion of the school i authorities. il ui.iiuasiiis &KSSf il i SURFACE MIDLAND WAY State Highway Commission Asked to Co-operate in Work. Petitions asking the co-operation of the state highway commission in hard surfacing the Midland trail thru Kan sas will be circulated among property owners of the trail within the next six 10c COZY Me I (under Orpheum management) TODAY and TONIGHT Alice Brady in "Bought and Paid For" MONDAY irUSBAT Dorothy Dalton in the Trlangle-Ince-Kay Be film story "Chicken Casey" I I I -'trtc ill I t1 i m V piMH!ilIIISl!ii!!l!ll S 8 ven tli and Qnlncy EE Monday and Tuesday FANNIE WARD "A School 1 For Husbands" How Would You Manage" a Z Husljand? EE Come and see Fannlo Ward EE in Comedy. She Is superb In EE thil picture. EE William S. Hart In Triangle Play, Th Wednesday and Thursday r Kathlyn Williams and U Theodore Roberts "The Cost of Hatred'' EE This strong, virile story of s the II elons search of a great, E passionate, domineerlns. per- EE EE sonality for revenge and the EE fulfilment of the. search. Is EE indeed a thrilling drama. Grand Opera House TOPEKA il Weplc Startiriff Mon. Mat. Mav J AJ1 fH trices: Mats. 75-5U-Z5C. evenings $l.UU-7a-5U-Z5c 1 You'll Never See It Any Cheaper Pjgg Company s Own Symphony Orchestra. ts?a Col. T. W. McCullnuph In the Omaha Bee "Beyond nny compart- 3 son the most beautiful aim altoget.ier artistic bit of motion photon 6N'e raTcy ever Been m cimaha w w w tS-V33a Mr. Kppn Ahhort in the Omotifl AVorlrt-HprnTd The produc tion Is one of the most magnificent that has ever been on view. 7 x. 8:15 l J m in d ill I i'lM lilmvlljll Sl Ba fJ f I I i if h 1 I ill Pr-H 1 1, ilM rXNXJ SB s w y ft. o -vj sift Ni 1 -TJ f n k i s I II The Crowning, Flawless, Fairy Film Achievement of the S Generation. The Transcendental Triumph of Screen Spec- RCiS tacularism The Unanimously Conceded Climax of Lavish Pro- Pgj dncticn. Enchanting Beauty, Scenic Splendor, Exquisite Art, J Staggering magnitude. ITS ADORABLE CHARM AND APPEAL IRRESIST- iVX-M 4Viv IBLE ALIKE TO JUVENILE AND GROWN UP rl V xmcsm sncrc cttn mcw vrw rrf II S 5: Tit It ilt feasn I Desert Man." sn!'.!!l!l!lIII!lll!l!!lI!!!IH!!:iiII!!i;ii:ini

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 5, 1917 The third of a series of danws be ins? ariven under the direction of the entertainment committee of the. Coun try Club, will be heid Thursday evpn insr. May 10, at th club house. The rarty is the list of tho peie-a before the final opening of the club. w Miss. Harriet Stanley of Wirftita, ha been made secretary of th Red Crow society of her city. She has been ac tive in forwarding the work, of th s-wiety in her town, and has been busy ors;-nizir a auxiliaries in other towns of rhe staff. Miss Sranly is the daughter of former (iover.ior and Mm. Stanley, and lived in Topeka. durtnaf her farh er's administration- She has many friends here. "Whi two or three are frith ere I together," they are not much siven to praying any more. "What they do is to frame and pas a resolution. There aa also a time when two or thre r;ithered together could canvass the 'ommunity pretty thorolv on every t'ody'i love affairs, everyone's m- orne and everybody's domestic in fe ll' it.ee. Even that rood oid time is passed; for It is now everbodys r'a orite indoor port to pass resolutions. Two tomta meet to sew. or rather to knit, which is the o?ue of the moment. One of them presides and appoints the other as a committee on resolutio riA. The president goes into executive session with herself, and the 'her person jtoes into a committee of the whole to consider what should he resolved. The conference is concluded bv drawing- up a set of resolutions to the effect tnat 'the meeting endorses the president of the T'r.ited States and pledges itself to stand by and rive hmi its moral aupport. Once mo re the president gets, a a;ol mart, fa res?:, knowmat that the countrv i.s safe. Thereupon a resolution is ukeiy to be passed declaring in favor of a navy for the protection of Kansas harbors, and this ia followed bv a pledge to lot he all sailors In the tate navy with knitted wristlets.. Thus resolu tion t sent to the governor, and thus his burdens are ail lifted, inasmuch his sailor boys will be adequately taken care of. The next resolution is itddresset to the merchants and states plainly that butter and egs cost too n; ich. The meeting1 closes with a rousing rpso ration that the sons, cousins and nephews of the two or three in the meeting should have omVers' commis sions trom th Jr'ort Kiiey training school. ne of the gifteu younar women of j T'pka who has gone abut hr worii j Without much flourish of .trumpets, is; Miss Mildred H.izf! ripjr. supervisor of music m the public school.-. It was M:sa Hazelrlar? who d vised and pro tiucd the paseant, '"The Cycle of tho Seasons," g'ven twice in Topeka this wett to audtenc that filid to over flowing the city auditorium, and created a great lent of favorable com ment. She arranged the pajan', originating the idea and keeping clear iv to the tront the central thought she mant to bring out. She "'rilled 500 ch ol children, directed the cost urn ir:z and conflaefed the performance the two evening m which, it was c:vcn. Mi."! Mlltlrrti Hazeirtrz. wiprrtHr of nui tic tn ihe Topeka public rhoI. So popular is Mis HaxelrU; a.t a tu'?her that in me of the who-iii the pupils applaud when she comes to sive t he mupic instruct ion. and hr spirit f co-operation wUh the regular tpach f in in the schools haa made her a fa vorite with them also. Mia Haxelrist!? was educated at the Kansas State Normal school. Emporia, and later graduated from the fine aru: school of the State university, Law rence. She ai.-o took th course in th5 American Inatittite of Normal Meth ods, in Chicasto, a training fchooi f-.r supprv19ors in public schools, and she studied in Columbia university wttn Clurence Dickinnon." orsaniat. Mu HaaelriKJC i a member of th American Guild nf ora-anists. and treasurer of the Kansas branch of that society. She ia also vie president of the State Music Teachers' association. She la the daughter of the Rev. Mrs. flar Hazelrijrjsr. cvansrelist. and rei dnt minister for a church In the west part of town. A class of women and grirU of Kan sas City has been oryaniaed for the study of motor mechanics at the Poly technic hiah school, and Miss Keln Yoder of Topeka. formerly of Kansas City, ia a member of the class. The object ts for the women to obtain such rnrianicjl knowledge as would MRS. MILLS 1013 Topeka Avenue Service You'll Prefer MEALS Breakfasts !..30c Dinners at 6 o'clock 60c Special Sunday Dinner at 1 o'clock 60c Those ifesirfne to arram?c for Meats CALL ISM lij i s 1 36 p. i v t q 1 V H W"' tilt4 ttfl Pnotographa by Francis i Hod jje. I Miss Anne Walker: 2 fis. Helen Blank; 3 M Merle Becman: 4 fisH Margaret Hale; 3 Misw Fa ye Bouderant. the winners in the beaaty contest at tlie Kansas State Agricultural college, Manhattan. Kan. A gToup of five grirls of the Kansas State Agricultural college, all of whom hav friends in Topeka. have been chosen in the beauty contest put on at the college, as the most beautiful girU in the school. They were selected from all the classes of the college and frwn various sororiues and from dif- ferent towns of the stat3. One of the youn women. th center one of the arroup, is a Topeka girl. Miss Merle Bcem in. who is a niece of be required of them to take the places j of men goin to war in work as chauf- feurs or even ambulance drivers. The I members of the class are to wear khaki overalls and jumpers, which is declared by the teachers to be the only proper way to dress for that sort of i work. Miss Barbara Jarrell will give a din ner tonisht at her home for some viiv itm urirls of Lawrence, who are week; j end guests of Miss Barbara and of Misa j Lota Ferguson. The out of town girls 'are: Miss Lucile Cole. Miss Ruth; Boyles. Miss Jessie Martind&le. Miss j Ka.herine Oder. Miss P-uth Spotta and j j Miss Alma Hunzickr. Topeka irirL j who will be guests at the dinner are; j Miss Gladys Burton. Miss Grace Rob-j ins. Miss Louise Suit. Miss Gladys i Pratt. Miss Louise He;ith. Miss Minnie Stewart and Miss Maude Huise. 1 i i Invitations have ben received 'n j Tipeka for the marriage of Miss; Madelaine Butts end Mr. Hiram Wil- j j sn, both of Wichita, which will take! place on the evening of May ll. at i i the Butts horn-. The bride's sister, j Vli Bernice Butts, will he maid off I honor, and the lTidsmaids will be I Miss Marie Dunne and Miss Beatrice! D;moni. Mr. Lewis will be attended by Mr. Frank Mosbacher. The flower j sr will Barbara Bu4ts, the tittle: daughter uf Mr. and Mrs. A. Arch j Butts. I t j Mrs. J. F. cioiw of Potwin Placo i j sr;ive a d.incins? Prty Friday night for j hr daughter. Ar.nle Laurie "lose. j Som solo dances were given by Mar-' i lan Raid and Jean Koontz. The guests wer: rrace Gieed. Sallie Hamilton.; Dons Thompson. Eva Miller. Mary f Rogers. Isabel Crawford. Jane Bone, j Babbie Oault, Frances Hammatt. Mar-! guerite Stewart, Margaret StuJs of i Lawrence. Dorothy Hethenngton. Ruth r-witzer. Esther Paxton. Irene Seery, Alice Morehouse, Lucile Heym. Betty Eonebralwe, Sara Hazei Slaugh- I ter. Lucile Smith. Frances Dolan. Barbara Jurrll. Elsie Jacobs. Fredi j Birrh. Isabel Whitcomb, Elizabeth i Schick. Juliette Hughes. Marian t Moore. Jean Koontz. Marian Reid. Roswwa Cofran. Jack Merriam. Ted I Hussev. Oiarles Barnes. Raymond j oolidge. Morns Dean. Philip Fable. Chester Bunger, Hamilton Chase. Glen j i Dar.s. Ruseell La erst ram. Abram Hammatt. William Drum. Raymond f Ferguson. Cranston Vincent. Chester i I Monroe. Fay Bennett, Russell Zarker, Walter Tatge. Keene Saxon. John"! Femstrom. Rob-rt Embleton. Ran-j jdoIph Adams. Gecree Whitcomb. Fla-; i vious Burkett. Edwin Nellis, Edward Miller and Perry Brewer. I f The annual reception and exhibit of the Ceramic Art club will be held Thursday and Friday. May 10 and 11, at the Art Guild rooms. 114 West Eighth street. The exhibit will be held j during the afternoons and evening of I both days. The Ceramic Art" club was organized seventeen years ago. j and every year it has given an exhibit of the work of its members. There Is no admission charge to the exhibit. and everyone is invited to attend, j The members of the club who will i serve as hostesses at the reception- Mr. and Mrs. r O. Coe. with whom she makes her home. She is a senior at The college and a Kappa sorority girl. She will eraduate in June. She was afo one of the nominees as May queen for the May fete which is to be given at the college this month. Miss Ann Walker is a freshman -it K. s?. A. C. and a member of the Delta Zeta. sorority. Miss Helen Blank, also a freshman tn tho college, is an Em poria Rlrl. and is a mm'oer of the Pi Phi sorority. The. Pi Phis have a exhibit. ar: Mrs. Letord Headlee, Mias E. E. Smith. Mrs. Edna FJsk strom Hickox, Miss Gertrude Ander son. Mrs. M M B'inn. Mrs. W. P. Bishop. Mrs. G. O- Boone. Mrs. W. H. Davis. Mrs. J. B. Doncyson. Mrs. J. j3. Ensminarer. Miss Gussie Fuller. Mrs. Charies Hammond. Mrs. J. J. Harmon, Miss May Hull, Mrs. J. K. Jones. Mrs. Cleveland Loper, Mrs. H. E. Lyman. Miss Marie May hew. Mrs. W. C. Mc Donough. Mrs. O. S. Perkins. Mrs. T. S. Steven. Mrs. A O. We 1 1 man. Miss Marie Witwer. Mrs. Lynn Banta. Mrs. Clark Berry, and the honorary mem bers are Mrs. C. O. Knowles. Mrs. R. W. Coppedge and Mrs. W. C. Webb. Fraternity life in the colleges and universities is hrd hit. Down at K. C. they say, the frat houses are so scarce of inhabitants because the chaps are off to the wars, that it may be necessary to close them for the rest of the year. The same leanness is going to hit Washburn if enlistments go on out there, and as it Is the rah rah life out on college hill is suffer ing a big slumps The annual business meeting of the Ladies' Music ciur will be held Wed nesday, May 9. at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, with Mrs. Karl Rankin. 139 Western avenue. All the active members are urged to be present There will be an election of officers and the appointment of committees and the work of the coming year will be planned. -X- Mrs. F. W. Heere announces the en gagement of her daughter. Mildred, to Mr. Frederick H. Gades. The wedding will take place the latter part of June. Miss Heere graduated from the Topeka high school irv the Id 13 class, and both she and Mr. Gades are well liked in their set. Mr. Gades ia department manager for Crane He Company.. Th? wedding will be quietly celebrated with only relatives and a few close friends in attendance. The prizes in the better mothers contest held by the Child Conservation league in connection with baby week, will be announced as a part of th program for Tuesday afternoon. The program will begin at 3 o'clock.

The hostesses today at baby week at Pelletier's are Mr?. P. P. Womer. Mrs. Oscar Bonnett. Mrs. J. F. Close and Mrs. Herbert Armstrong. The work of making out certificates for the babies is being done by Mis Mary Montieth. Miss Mabel Smith. Mrs. E. F. Stanley and Mrs. F. W Strickler. The Misses Spalding have offered to make duplicate copies to be placed on file witi the Child Hygiene bureau. Mrs. Harry F. Guthrie will entertain the Monday club at its meeting Mon day, May 7. The baby clinic at the "Warren M. Crosby store Friday afternoon was one of the interesting' affairs of the day for many- Topeka mothers. The scores for the judging were annoanced, and it appears that there were four 100 per cent babies registered there. One of the "perfect" babies was a strong alumnae chapter in Topeka. and Quite a number of Topeka garUs j are affiliated with that sorority at K. V. and Manhattan. Miss Marsraret Hale, who ia a gird j of a stately and dignified type, looks j aa tho she had stepped" from an old j world royal cour1". she is a sophomore in college and a member of the Alpha Delta. PI sorority. Miss Faye Bonder ant, of a classic style of beauty, is a I junior at collesre. and a member of the "hi Omesa sorority. little dark-haired girl, June MacCor mar, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. MacCormac. of 2026 Clay street. The baby is not yet nine months old. Another of the 100 per cent babies Is Philip Her.sley, baby son of Dr. and Mrs. C. M Hensley. 1237 Fillmors street. There isn't a healthier or hap pier looking American in Kansas than youg Philip, who is a year and one month old. Richard Quell, nine months old. was another 100 per cent baby, graded by the Warren M. Crosby clime He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon L. Quell, of 1521 Lincoln street, and he is a child that one woi?ld select from any group as a high scoring baby, i Another perfect baby is Genevieve i Anderson, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. X- Anderson, of 529 Elm j wood avenue. This baby is fourteen months old. far enough along in life to have developed beauty of feature, 1 and her pink and white skin reveals 1 even to the untrained eye the good health that must underlie all physical beauty. Miss Helen Xaaon. hnd of the baby clothing department at the store, has charge at the clinic. Music for the afternoon wa furnished by Mrs. i Charles Joslin and Miss Esther Lau i trbach. who sang. Dr. Eva Harding j male an informal address to the com I pany on the general care of babies up 1 to six months of age. All card and sewing clubs of the city j are invited to be present at the Day Nursery club charity party. Thursday. May 10. at the Elks club. Women who I have been playing bridge together all j season, or those who have assembled to sew in clubs, tn closing the season, are asked to join with the Xursery club in making its party successful. The j proceeds are us,ed to sustain the nur I sery at the Provident Association 1 where little children are kept while their mothers are employed during i the day. j In addition to cards and thimbles for the afternoon, a program has been l nrrmsred. as follows: Yl'ITTh' s"w Ring Caamin!e April Blossom Kellia i Miss Anna Simpson Piano Revolutionary Ktade, op. 10. 0- 12- vir. Chopin Misa Ann Myers Reading In an Aceiier i Thomas Bailey Aidrich Misa Helen Griffin Voal Selected. Miae Marguerite Goalke Dancing sarf ram-e t'aaminade Miwsi Ewlyn Bridges and i Miss Kluiine Bridges j Mrs. John Runyen and Mrs. C. H. J Tennyson entertained at Mrs. P.un J yert s home. 1215 Garfield avenue, their guests being members of the L. M. B. club. Tfiose present were: I Mr. Jaa Ritchie Mis Gertrude i Mrs. Sam Robinson Maanlav Mm. H. W. w- Mrs. Robert Barnes -omh Mrs. Aaa Uobinsoa Mrs. S. Rlrnarrison Mrs, E. EL Rawer Mrs. William Brown Mrs. Anna H'jiett Mrs. L. o. Jonea Mrs. Charles Hart I Miss La aru Rerrett I The club will have an all-day meet- ine in two weeks at the country home I of Mrs. Euwer.

i The following clipping from the 1 Eeuna Vista College Bulletin of t Storm Lake, Iowa, will interest Topeka Looking Backward In State Journal Society Column TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Mr. and Mrs. I. M'Cray entertained the Bohemian whist -hib Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. w. L Sterne snhstitnted for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bates, and Mr. C F. J i!!on f rr Mr. E.J win Lan ge. At the goest table Mr and Mrs. B. T. lwis. Mrs. Squiren and Mr. F. L. Vandegriff. played. MiM Lain ia ttl t ba poria, a rrivi today to risit Mm. Theodor Ham matt. Mr. S. Snttoo and too have returned from a trip f 'alffimla. Mr. Houier Bowman and Mis Harriet Broad are tn Ottawa. Mian Liiliaa Iudley of Leavenworth, will arrive tomorrow to viit Miss Aunie J. HooiT of tXBaor .-ollere. The Iaua:hter- of the Kia f thU state will hae tea tosnormw at Bethany col iea. and Lawrence friends of Or. Stanton J. Olinger. formerly of K. U- The P-ev. Stanton J. Olinger, Ph. D-. D. D.. has wired his acceptance of a call extended to him to become the president oi Beuna Vista college. The college fems to have a strong attrac tion for able men. Dr. Olinger has been for six and a half years at Law rence. Kansas, m the chair of Biblical instruction and student pastor at the State University of Kansas. He is recognized as one of the strongest men of the state and will be a fine acquisi tion to the education force of Iowa. While in this work at Lawrence, he took advance courses in education and in college administration. In the course of the studies he was granted the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It ia very apparent that the friends of Beuna Vista college have been wise in the recommendation of Dr. Olinger for president. We ask for him the most hearty co-operatioo of all who have the success of the college at heart. The new president will assume control the first of May. Beuna Vlata is the Presbyterian col lege of Iowa. A student recital -was given Friday night at the Daniel Muller School of Music Those who had a part in the program were Miss Blanche Davis, Muts Muriel Lyman, Mtss Xeva Davis, Margaret McCandless. Bernice Hemus. Francis Baker. Arleen Baker. Mar garet Bunning. Cecilia Senne and Dor othy Xelson. Mrs. J. H. Close Is In Baldwin vis iting her daughter. Miss Ferris Close, who is a student in Baker university. Miss Close will take part in the Queen Estheg cantata to be given at the uni versity. Miss Serella Herrick, who is a stu dent in the Agricultural college. Man hattan, is spending the weekend with her mother, Mrs. R. T. Herrick. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harwood and their daughters. Thera and Jeanette, of Chicago, are visiting Mrs. Har wood's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Herring, at their country home. Flossmoor, southeast of town. Mr. Harwood will spend a month here and Mrs. Har wood and the children wilp remain all summer. Mrs. Charles Brown of Xew York, who is visiting her sister. Mrs. A. W. Bronson. was honor guest at a lunch eon today given by Mrs. D. P. Paxton. The table decorations were white and gold, and the same colors were used in the place cards. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Bronson will leave soon for a trip to San Diego, and a part of the luncheon entertain ment, arranged by Mrs. Paxton, was in answering questions, written on cards and passed with the dessert, in which the correct answers gave the names of the principal cities between Topeka and San Diego. Those who eat-at the table were: Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Bronson. Mrs. Ida Denton of Wichita. Mrs. V. B. Kistler, Mrs. H. A. Perry. Mrs. W. F. Watson, Mrs. Clement Smi'h. Mrs. -T. J. Myers, Mrs. A. A. Hurd. Mrs. Thomas Creary. Mrs. George Port A?hton. Mrs. T. P Paxton, Mrs. L. V. femond and Mrs. Paxton. Two assisting- girls were Miss Irene Seery and Miss Esther Paxton. The Topeka Avenue club will meet Friday. May 11, with Mrs, George Pritchard, at her country home, Allen hurst. Votes and Personal Mention. Dr. and Mrs. Clark Zugg. of Great Bend, are visiting Mrs. Zuggs parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. G. Bauer. They will return home Sunday morning. Miss Ruth Harger, of Abilene, who is soon to be married, is spending to day in Topeka in preparation of her trousseau. Mr. and Mrs. Junius Earle. of Chi cago, are the parents of a daughter, bora the latter part of April. Mrs. Earle was formerly Miss Maybelle Stokes, and is a granddaughter of Mr. George Findlay. Mrs. Eugene Balderston. of Dodge City, attended the Sunday school con vention and was the guest of Mrs. J. H. Fnzell. Mrs. Harry Hart, of Dodge City, stopped in Topeka for the con vention on her return from Atchison, where she visited her mother. She also was a guest at the Frixell home. Mr. Frank Hetherington, who is a student in K. U.. is spending the week end with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Hetherington. Mr. Frank Foltz, of Oklahoma City, has returned home after a visit to the Hetherington family. Mr- and Mrs. F. A. Anton and Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Ackerman, jr.. will I spend Sunday in Kansas City. Mrs Anton will go to Excelsior Springs to I remain a few weeks. j Mrs. Horton Crocker and her little daughter, Lavinia, of Boston. Mass., are visiting Mrs. Crocker's cousin, Mrs. Richard Thomas, and Mr. Thomas. Miss Rosalia Sandan, of Chicago, will arrive soon to visit Mrs. Olive Jonea Whitmer. She has been visit ing her people in Kansas, and is on her return to Chicago. Mi&a San flan is leading woman for the Illinois Film company. Miss E- Lida Felker of Omaha, Xe hraka, ia the week end guest of her mother. Mrs. A. V. Felker. at her home in West Eighth avenue. Miss Lillian Guthrie, who has been a student this year in the Kansas State Agricultural college, has returned home, and will remain the rest of the year with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Guthrie. She was obliged to ARTISTIC Dry Cleaning Hat Renovating and Laundering Topeka Laundry Co. Fhone 3653 I y w i J( j 5. -S I r i i li a J&f -atLJt.. 1 Members of the Sunflower quartet, who will famish the program for con- cert Monday night in the tiih school auditorium. From left to right: Mr. Howard Jsearle, Mr. Frank Ripley, Mr. Hugh anUu Mr. Waldo

Hey wood. i. A concert will be given Monday acquainted with the members of this ni2ht under the ansnicea of th Social Service club for the benefit or Redden k chapel. The recital will be at the high school auditorium, and the pro gram wiil be furnished by the Sunflow er quartet. The work done by this quartette has already called forth considerable fav- j ley at the First Congregational church, orable comment and those who have j The members of the club who will heard them are enthusiastic in their usher at the concert are: Mrs. O. J. praise of the manner in which they Wood. Mrs. Robert Fullerton. Mrs. render their selections. Their pro- Forrest Kutz, Mrs. W. A. Fitzpatrick, grams are diversified enough to please i Mrs. Robert Carver, Mrs. P. O. Hagan, everybody and the fact that most of j Mrs. O. H. Allen. Mrs. J. W. Blair, their numbers are sung unaccom- Mrs. W. M. Mills. Mrs G. H. Deaver, panied gives a good chance for them to Mrs. David Page. Mrs Harold Rankin, display the harmony of their voices Miss Helen Estey. Misa Myrtle How which blend unusually well. J ard. Miss Grace Koontz and Miso Lulu The musical public of Topeka is well McCabe. leave school on account of trouble with her eyes. W. A. McCarter, D. t. S. Orthodon tist, "03 JdUls Bldg., prevention and correction cf irreguiar teeth only. Adv. Miss Bernice Fuller, who spent the winter in Boston and New York, is now in W ashington, T. C. and expects to return to Topeka about the middle of May. Mr. A. J. Camuth. who has just re turned to the states from a trip to Honolulu, where he spent the winter, is in Topeka to visit his son. Mr. A. J. Carruth. jr.. and his family. He la, stopping in Topeka on his way to Pittsburg, to attend the Grand com mandery of the Masonic lodge of Kan sas. Dr. Ultion Malone, Osteopath, 10 Mills Building- Adv. Miss Louise Nason of Kansas City. Kan., who attended the Sunday school convention and visited her sister. Miss Helen Nason, has returned home. Hear Mi4onn Vtnna,T read by Misa Nanon Herren at First Baptist church, Friday. May 11. 8 p, m. Ad mission 25c. Adv. (Continued en Page Fourteen) CLUB NOTES. The Argonauts will meet tonight with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Nicholson, 929 Lane street. Mtss Ethel Owen will conduct the lesson on Latin America. The papers will be as follows: "Roose velt in South America," Miss E. Cook; "Great Cities." Miss Myrtle Keiley. Special music will be provided. The Golden Rule club will have their last guest day of the season, a card and thimble party, Friday, May 11, at the home of Mrs. W. F. Roehr, i 1503 Clay street. A short musical proram will also be sriven. All ladies interested in the work of the club are 1 invited, and each member is request ed to bring; two guests. phe Vespucclan club will meet with Mrs. C. W. Seely, 227 Broadmoor, Thursday. Mothers' day will be ob served. The postponed meeting of the Wom an's club will be held Thursday after- I noon at 2:30 o'clock at the high schoal j auditorium, to finish the consiaera tion of the by-laws. The president 1 hopes that every member of the club will be -present. The department of Home Econo mics will met Thursday at 10 in the morning. Mrs. J. A. Stoner will have call will be answered by suggestions for the guest room chest and for the emergency shelf in the pantry. Those: who wish can remain for the cafeteria luncheon at the high school. The meeting of the art department has been postponed. It will be an nounced later. The Music" Study club will meet Thursday afternoon at 2:3 o'clock f with Mrs. O. F. Marcotte, 434 Wood- lawn avenue. The W. T. K. club will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. C. Wilson, 1641 Fillmore street. The Amaranth club will meet Tues day afternoon with Mrs. R. S. Van Sant, Belmont Farm. The Good Government club will have a meeting Thursday afternoon, and the program will be taken up principally with the subject of canning vegetabaea. A resume of the latest war news will be given. HIGHLAND PARK Notes a a. I peraoaaJs from Hlctiiaa'l larlc by Mrs. O. Shaol. TeipUu Highland Park ML E. church, Saixiay i c&uui it U l b. Sermoa ti II l a. quartette as tney nave own a,uL-a.rnis in different musical and I dranuticil organizations for a number of years and at present are holding positions in the principal choirs ot the city. Mr. Heywood and Mr. Searle are singing in the First Presbyterian church; Mr. l Smith at Grace cathedral and Mr. Rip- by the pastor. Rev. C. W. Marlln, Eve ning service at 7 :'.iO. J. TV. Marsh spent the week at St. Joe, Mo. Mrs. Lonise Gamba. Misa Hortenae Oa trio I and Misa Elizabeth Idana of age City, have returned home after riaitlng at the J. Ken-iaa home, Mrs. W. H. Coaltis and Mies Lillie Conl tia will leave Tveaday for Fort Wayne, ind., where they will visit relatias. Mrs. WUitam Frye and daughter. Rnth, of Beyl. were guests Friiay of Mrs. C. W. Marlln. The janior reception given for the sMlors took pLa--e Friday evening at the school i house. The rooms were beantifullv dc orated in green and gold. Refreshments were served by the sophomore gtrts. Samuel snd Charles Tipton nf Anderson i county, were guests at the Peter Kberhart home while attending th Sunday school convention. Mrs. Chris Kraft of Stnll was also a guest. Mrs. Harriet Crawford of Newton. Is via- itlng at the home of her son, ti- W. Craw- ford. I Cletna Bnehrer attended the Sunday I school -onvnrlon s a delegate front the j Ln the ran Sunday school. KolUa King spent the part of the week In Kansas City a business. K. T. Johnson of Keno. Okla.. spent Monday and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. 1 F. Lair. Miss Bertha RHey of Belolt. was a gueat Friday of Mrs. C. H. Wttherall. J. PV Bo we of Petrott. Mich., was a gnest at the O. Shaol home. Wednelay. Mrs. TV. B. Fisher and Mr, a A, Oiap- I pene or Abilene, were dinner gnesrs aon dav ef Mr. and Mrs. C H. Wltberell. Mr. A. T. Cr-iss left Tuesday on. a busi ness trip to West Virginia. The UlgJUland 1'ark bojs defeated Oak- c..rr.. P1ar MAIL ORDERS GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION 904 home more attractive ia only one of the many phases of this magazine. Its fiction, its fashions, fact article. Institute and other aetirities are each just as interesting and helpfnL GOOD HOUSEKEEPING May i on tola i Saeial Sentoe BENEFIT CONCERT Sunflower Male Quartette HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ?h.,!" Ti-kets. twenty -ftre enta. on aa'e st Guild's Miisi Hons. Jenkins' Must House. Koehr'a Mitsi Hons. Pelirier"s. Cresby Erea, Berkmiu a. W arrea M Crosby a. Fnllertoo Benefit Kaddea Chapel. land tn m ball game Thursday. The scorn wss 15 to :t. Mr. and Mrs. Ted North, who" oawe ee visitic g Mrs. North pa re tits, Mr. a nl Mrs. W. H. Patera, left Thursday for tb westeru part of ta? state. E. A- buatep, who has been UI at Stor mont hopitaU returnel home Wednesday. Mrs. Ksther Conlris and ekildreo f Rlrhiand spent several days this week at the W. H. oitia home. Mrs. K. Kin will return Monday frmn Elumboldt. where she has beea risitlns relatives. A nnroher of friend spnt Friday wlttt i Mrs. Miar. the wxuston being her etghtj- fifrh hirrhlv Mrs. Emma Fntts, Mrs. O. Cromwell aal Mr. E. Caoipbi1 attended a meeting of the Jackson Coai-ty club. Friday at th home of Mrs. J. Loper In Oakland. Mrs. John Melorer. who has been II 1 several week la ininrevlag. Mr. and Mrs. Oorjre Slayhanich Vft Tbarsday for thetr bou tn Braiy. Cal. after a Tistt with Mrs. Slarbangli par eats, Mr. and Mrs. John Katns. OAKLAND NOTES N'ota and personals from Oakland, By Franfea Jonea. 211 tirattan street. Telephone betwf-n 9 and 10 a. m.. AjmO; other hours, 471 hi -2. The bnaineaa meeting of the Oak Ian if Veterans' club will b held Monday eve ning at the Uom of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Kak, TH Arter arenue. Um U T ITdtav waa hiMMi FHrls t afternoon to the Prtsrllla nb Her rueat I were Mrs. Minnie Fugh. Mrs. !an I'offmaa of Wakamaa. Mrs. Jini"i tiorton. Mrs. Nannie Mtliep. Mrs. H- Cnpetand. Mrs, Bert HammeL Mrs. Charies Ati, Mr. 1 Bia'o. Mrs. fharlea nit. Mrs. Henry ShuierAIrs. K. t. WlMlsma. Mr, will WlUiams. Mrs. O. W. Netl. Mrs. Sweet, Mrs. J. W Lepper. Mrs. s'raok Jordan an-l Mrs. Freeman Belt May Mrs. t. W. Neil will entertain the tf-esia with a Ua party at a !o'al theater. The Win One rlasa of the Oakland Meth e.iist ehiin-h will meet Thursday afterno.a with Mrs. C. H. Bu- k. 4J scunner street. The ReT. J. C. Hannah of Jewel) "lty. formerly pastor mt the Oakland ("briatlaa rhnr-h, was a s!Ier Thursday afternos at the John Hester home. ReT, Hannah) was also the guest of other friends la Oakland. Miss Marguerite Hswk wns a gne ThursUy evening of Miss Sadie Richard son. Wlnfleld avenue;. "Jesna" la the sermon topic rhosetj by the Rev. A. K. Peterson fr the Sunday morning ervt-e at the uklund M. FT. 'bur-h. Th annnal offerinir uf the W, V. M. S. will b held In the evening. A, srereptl(ron le-ture will be yiven by Mrs. A. J. Wsruer aod the misaioasry jnbiU hvmn wilt be a-iven in pantomime andef I the direction of Miss Made M-wr-. 1 Mrs. Eva Kniirhr. tT Kellaui avenne. tB recovering after being III. i TUa -liiD was eritertaine! oy Mr, Ohariea Rf:imey with the following gneste J present Mrs. R. w Mooter. Mrs Ulena 1? f T"r- MrT" iHTF terdm. Mrs. lrm Hawver. Mrs. J. Hiniy aal Mn, r A Hntehison. Mrs. J. r. Tl.-- hnrst will entertain the Inh at the nefc mefinir An election of of fit-era will um held. The senior Hiss of the Oik! and hflft shol will repeat their play Mondar eve ning st the Secnrtty hall, corner of SeventH and Kansas avenue. The Tins Ultra class of the fk:Iaa4 Presbyterian -taur"h realized SlT.ttO fmm their entertainment whtrh was givea Thursday evening. The next meeting tt the class will be held Tnesday evening wa Miss Sadie Richardson. Wlnfleld avenn. Mrs. F. A. Whittlesey. o( iliwn. Knn4 has been the gnest of Mrs. B. H. Pugh F.ast Bel .ont avenue, ana Mrs. M. T. KeU sey, Arter avenue, several dsya this wee!t. She came to atrenl the Sunday acb convenftoo. The Kev. Mr. Whittlesey was a former pastor at the Oakland M. E. chnrrh. Mrs. B. Lopee is recovering after be ing ill at hr home. Strait street. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford ("overt, .TT2 Arter avenne have ns med their son. bora Feb ruary 2i Raymond Brailfori. The Sunday school class tauirht hy Mrs. Clyde Slawsn atthe Oaklnnd Merholic church, met Friday evening and ortrtn Uetl. The meeting wss held at the lim of Miss Mildred Wright. The following nffWrs were elected: President. Mild re 1 Wright: secretary. Helen Newbold: trea. arer. A1W Rtnchelbeck. and reporter1. Mot lie Smelser. The members present -er Mildred Wriffht. Helen NewhiM Mi.-m Sta'-hefbeck. roilie Smeiser. Bessie r-rv Kiizaherh Ihde. FTorn-e Kesserling How reshler and Vera I-arrlmer. The a-nesrs included rrtmde Folks and Ltnn H-m. weeks wlfh Vtsa Smeiser. MKi Reno sv-nne- KELLOGG'S HOME PORTRAITS All alttlnira in ytjar own horn without flashlight. PHONE lt3 Sewing School MRS. McCALL 4th Floor Pelletier'a. Come nd sew. Buy your ro- C.rd.. Silk and Brml4 far KANSAS AVENUE COME ON OUT! FtOM the coenreotioaaj potdi to the eon forts of the Bew outdoor lirinf roe k bat atep jnet a little thought ia the natter of rug... furniture. awningi and their placement. May Good Hotuekeevtag ahowa how easily and mexpenarrely yoa can add another, and very enjoyable, room to yoar home. BUT helping yoa to make your Ch fiaacata lapy

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rij-r.-. DON'T BE A TIDEWAD I I ADVERTISE IN THE BUGLE Have yon ffot enny think to sell or swap? Do you want to buy enny think? THEN TRY A AD WITH US. Biggest and only newspaper in this end of the Co. Advertising rates furnished with great cheer. Slrculishion books open to nobuddv. VOinJ. HAFT TO TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT BINGVILLE BUGLE r jsBTaT MEWTOKT JSTmVttmtt. I Copyrighted. 1917. by E. A, Grozier. Pay up your back subscription to the Bugle thus fill a long-felt want on our part. We Can't Ron a Firrt Claw News paper on Hot Air and Cold PoUe. r mm av I U.. tka. mOHV With r. 3. W rw ow J our wife next door. 1 fiEPBUM MET IST A rtCf IVHCV 31331 ffM tE 1ffE A SiME? SQAS. WFOPf 7S COll3&CH TtfE 'EEVCE'THAT RAM butted at rite' n the small of the back ZPA WAD A HHDUVz'TaELY'lP AMD HT VVV CA'VCrt AfCrf VCLAfUO fit SUOt. fflCE JED &VSIOIS EEIL AND HJlfcED tfSSEE AST TUESDAY. THE BINGVILLE BOGLE The Loading Paper of tha Coomty Bright. Breezy, Bellicose Boatiimf Bow dots tae bony Ilttlo baa IfttproT each ahiniog bear By fathering hpofj all th at? Float erery panlng floor. I cotni I I rota 1 The caesptat advertising naedlirai la tae cr. ir voa aene-e id we as. iror rnrther l&roi all aa a adanaa ibe editor. PROSPERITTY EDDITORIUL As we go to press this week business in Bingville is on the boom, and better times is staring us in the face. The panick from wich Bingville and visinity has suf fered is now a thing of the past, thank goodness, and we stand on the thresh hold of a new ery of prosperity. Many signs points to the fackt that Bingville is about to undergo one of the biggest indus trial revolusions which has ever took place in our midst. We look forward with hope to the. time when the town of Bingville will take her proud place among the biggest metropolisses of this coun try. Just to show you that Bing ville is on the boom insted of on the bum we desire to call your at tenshion to how trade has incressed in our midst resently. Week before last Eph Higgins our ackomodating p. m., sold only 1 1 2-ct. stamps, 5 1-ct. stamps and a couple of postage cards, whereas last week, he sold 15 2-ct. stamps. 7 1-ct. stamps and either 3 or 4 postage cards he forgets which. Eph says he is much cheered to have postage sales pick up like this. Hen Weathersby, prop, of our general store, informs us that he sold more dried herrings, proones, shirting and one monkey rench last week than he has sold during any one week sinst away last fall. Hen refused to give us the total amounts of dollars and cts. of his last weeks sales on the ground that his nabers would be jellus of hurt to think how' rapidly he is ackumulating wealth beyond the fondest dreams of avarice. Cy Hoskins, one of our most re speckted citizens, states that he knows money is more plenty fuller as he has money to lend and cant get a morgage on anything that will pay him moren G percent whereas Cy usually gets 10 or 15 percent. Not only is trade better, but the signs all pint to a big bilding boom in Bingville soon as spring bpens up. Lem Brown says he has decided to shingle his hen house this spring and treat the fence in front of his house to a new coat of paint. Lem says this fence aint been painted for a long time, in fackt, has never been painted sinct it was bilt. Lem W'ilkins has about derided to repair the foundation under his barn. Lem realizes that if he donf repair this foundation soon, the barn is liable to upset and bust all to pieces. Seth Dewberry, our heroic town constable, has ordered enough lum ber to bild him a new hen house. Seth will bild a hen house which he would like to see any chicken theef get into. He says he believes that the reason he has had so many chickens stole offen him in the past is because he is town constable and it is done to tantalize him. There is also much other bilding in contemplashion too numerous to menshion, all of which goes to show that Bingville is on the verge of a awful business boom. Subskribe for the Bugle now and pav in alvance while money is plenty. Lokel Items New subskribers is very scarce this week as usual. Subsckribe for the Bugle at once, perviding. of course, you are going to pay for it s.pot cash in advance other wise you aint desired. The Bingville Bugle cirkulates among the best families in Bingville. After one siibskriberreads it he lends it to his na bor who is too much of a tite-wad to subskribe for it. This is a bad thing for us but makes a big circulashion. Ad vertise in the Bugle. Deacon Rutterworth. one of the stanchest pillers of the Bingville church, is cirkulating a petishton to raise money to buy a new church bell. The old one has been broke for 13 years and is still broke. It is our opinion that Rev. Sam uel Moore, our beloved pastor, needs a new pair of pants a good eal worse than (he church needs a new bell. Ezra Underwood while chopping kind lings one morning resently had a kind ling to fly up and hit him a crack right accrost the bridge of his nose nearly hreaking the bridge. Ezra used lang wirlge of such a nachure that his wife finally had to come out of the house and speak to him about it. Jed Peters, our intelligent school teacher, says he is going to go in the boo'; agent business as usual after school is out. Jed has not decided what book he will handle yet but thinks it will be entitled. "From Log Cabin to White House." Clem Wilson got his feet wet tother day and now be has sutch a cold and is so hoarse that be cant scaircely talk whitch is fortchunate 'jecause Clem talks too mutch ennyhow. Jim Hill walked to Snake Bend and back one day last week and was mud clean up to bis shoulder blades when he returned to Bingville. im said the road was so sloppy that he calkilates he could of got along better if he had had a row boat Doc Livermore, our human speshialist and boss doctor, has been out in the woods -digging sassafras root to make tea outen. Doc sells- this sassafras tea at 10 cts. per qt. He says it is a power ful good" thing for the blood. Mrs. Martha Tucker says that she would rather, have the Bingville Bugle to spred on her kitchen cupboard shelves than any other newspaper in the Co. Thank vou, Martha, this is quite a com pliment for the Bugle. Mel Skinner and Lice Green walked to the Co. seat one day last week on business and pleashure, but Lige says there wasn't no pleashure in it being as as the mud was nearly knee deep and the walking miserable. Uncle Jed Winslow fell and iniured hisself on his iilst birthday last Tues day spraining his ankle very painful indeed. Miss Phoebe Hildebrand's cat Sa manthy has had a increase of ft kittens in her family which Phoebe desires to dispose of free gratis for nothing. Here is a golden opportunity for anybody desiring free kittens. While shoeing Ranse Hillyer's ornery old mule tother day Bill Hepburn, otir artistick blacksmith, met with a kick in the stummick which dubbled him up like a summer squash for a few min utes. Soon as Bill could get his bear ings he hauled off with his right foot and nearly kicked a hole in the mule. Bill says he'll teach any gosh-dinged mule to kick him. Mrs. Martha Tucker washed, ironed and baked and cleened all on last Thursday which shows how smart she is, but she says when evg. come she was turible tired and she couldn't hardly set one foot before tother. Old grandpap Carew's store teeth have been rubbing his gums moren usual lately. Grandpap says dad-burn a set -of store teeth that rubs a per son's gums anyhow. Bunkoed! Snide Petersby dropped into our crffice resently and asked us if we would be willing to take a cupple of gals of maple syrup at the rate of a dollar per gal. and give him credit on his back subsrkripshion to the Bugle for same.- We told Snide "Yes" and next day he delivered the syrup. We have seen some purty thin maple syrup in our time but never anything so thin as what Snide brot. It aint much thicker than the sap when it comes from the maple tree and you haft to tast it twict before it begins to taste sweet It is our opinion that Snide must of made one gal. of maple symp and by dilooting same with worter made 4 or 5 gals such as he give us. On the Outs Hiram Whittleby and Miss Anastasia Snodgrass who have been keeping com pany for the past 6 years and who everybody thot would be united to each other in the holy bonds of wedlock perhaps at some date in the far dis tant fuchure are at present on the outs. Their love has growed cold, as it were, and a distantness "has sprung up betwixt them. No longer is there a light burning brightly in the parlor of Anastasia's home on Saturday evgs. from 7 P. M. until sometimes as late as 9 or 10 o'clock. No longer does Hiram dress up ins his best bib and tucker and esckort Anastasia to prayer meeting at the Bingville church on Wednesday evg. This is sad, sad, sad. Of course, it aint none of our busi ness what has caused this love spat be twixt Hiram and Anastasia. but we would like tq publish the farkts in the Bugle not only; as a matter of news, but because it would give a chanct to their friends to reckonsile them to each other onct more. Confide in us, Hiram and Anastasia do not blast the hopes of your futchure matrimony by a ri- dicklus lovers quarrel. Country Correspondence SLAB CITY Jemima Peppers of Hickory Corners was a gest of Missus Jemima Hankins one day last wk Jemima walkd all the way and back whitch is seven mile if its a intch. Jemima is a great walker and is quite a frend of the Hankinses. Jasper Tarbell while walking over his farm last wk makin reneral observa shions was standin in the middle of a pastchnre tryin to make up his mind whether bed plow it down to fall wheat or not a old obstreperous ram sheep whitch J asp had forgot all about beink in the pastchure snuk up behint him and butted him rite in the small of the back knockin him about 15 ft forrcrd and cleen out from under his hat. When lasp reulised whot had hit him he started lickettysplit fer the fence without waitin fer his hat but afore he could reach the fence that ram butted him twict more knockin him flat eatch time. When Jasp got acrost the fence he cussed fiat ram until a fly wouldnt lite on it speshiallv if the fly had enny self respeckt left, lasp says he calkilates the members ol his fambily will have a chanct to ete ram inuttoo afore very long. Arioch Perkins who has been cuttin timber in the woods for a new barn has finished and Arioch says he is glad of it being as his poor back is most broke in two sawin logs. Hester Jones reports that one of her hens laid a trippel yoked egg one day last wk. Who can beet this for a trippel yoked egg? LATER Hester in forms us that it wassent a trippel yoked egg whitch her hen laid for her it was a dubbel yoker. Well, we had our suspishions from the 1st that it was sent a trippel yoker being as we aint newer yet heerd of a hen doink a thing 1' s that. Jabe Homans has a bile on his neck and goes around grumbling com plainin like everythink whereas he ort to be thankful that the bile aint on some other porshion of his person where it would cause him a good eal more pain inconvenents than it does where it be now. Jake Haines of here made a flyin trip to the co seat last wk on bizness pleashure and when he arrived home considable under the wether in the evg he had some pleashure left in a jug whitch he pasd around amnngst the nabers. VOX POPUL1. FOX'S RIDGE. Evervthink seems to be very quiet on the Ridge as we write these lines, but there aint no tellin what mite happen enny minnit. Old Jared Witherspoon is down in bed with roomytiz or at least thats whot he says but his wife says that she thinks hes jest, playin ossum to git out of work being as Jared hates work worsen a cat hates sope. Lige Peterson has a good milk cow for sale hut he cant find enny buyers for her. Who wants to invest money in a cow jest after she has went dry? Lige alius waits until Lis cows goes dry afore he offers em for sale. Miss Emily Winters has a new beau. This is the third new beau whitch Em ily has had sinst last ottum. It is the genl opinyun hereabouts that Emily is a turrible kokett There has been quite a number of head colds in our midse of late. We persoom this is due to folks a settin on the damp ground. We dont know of no better way to ketch a cold in the head than to jest set down on the damp ground for a spell. Melancthon West sold a pr of oxes last wk and is a going to spend the money to purchase a seckond hand otty mobeel. As for us we would feel that our life was safer in the hands of the oxes. This pears to be about all the news items we can think of from the Ridge at this writing. Items seems to be skeercern ushual. This is praps becuz folks is too hizzy with their spring work to do ennythink remarkabel. VERITATUS. Pie Soshiable There will be a pie soshiable give at the Bingville church next Thursday evg. from 6 to 9 by the Ladies Aid Society of the church the proceeds of whitch is to go tords paying something if possible on the salery of our beluvved paster. Rev. Samuel Moore who aint received his back salery for several years back. There will be all kinds of pies present inkluding coffee. Each pie will be cut into 4 pieces and these pies will be re tailed by the ladies to pie consumers at the ridicklus low rate of S cts. per wedge inckluding 1 cup even at your own discomfort Pies for this soshiable will be con tributed by the ladies of the church and every lady is expeckted to con tribute as many pies as she can afford. Speshial notice bring your pies to the church early so that they will be on hand when the pie eaters arrive. Soft Soap purposes. It was so soft that Mrs. Hos kins couldn't shape it into cakes no how and she calkilates that if she uses the conglommerated stuff at all she'll baft to do so in liquid form. Mrs. Hoskins said she never had such bad sucksess making soap before and is turrible put out about it. Why Don't You Ad vertise Why don't you advertise your busi ness ip the Bingville Bugle? If vou have got anything to sell advertise it in these columns and if you want to buy anything, advertise what you want It wont do any harm if it don't do any good. Being the only puWickashion in this end of the Co. the Bingville Bugle has the largest circnklashion in this naborhood. Advertising has been very skairce with us of late, and we will make a speshial inducement for people to advertise in the Bugle whether they desire to-advertise or .not. fUltftallllafl raw d Mem Hev f Mrs. Cy Hoskins made a whole gob of soft soap last week but it turned out altogether too soft for pracktical This is the time pf yr. when a per son alius feels all run down at the heal and outen order. Thats becuz yon need n apring tonick or some blud purifire or other to bild you up and make you feal yung. Praps your livver is outen order or your litet or your kidnees but it don't make no iifferents what it is that's outen or der about yon, I can fix yon up if you will only toiler my advise and take somethink for yourself. I have been very bizzy for the past wk. or two putting up several differunt arietie of spring tonicks whitch I have made outen different yarbs whitch I gath ered last yr. These tonicks is put up in pt and qt bottels and I new offer same for sale to nil of yon who feela outen order. If so come to my off is and I will perspribe for you free and without cost. All I charge you wili be fore the medisin but not one ct. for the diognostikashion. This is very cheep considern. Take advan tage of this offer at onct You know whot my reppytaakion ia aa a fixx'kan and dockter to both huntings and hosses. All I can say is that I've been pracktisin on Bingville fokes for the past 35 yrs and I aint kild nobnddy yet that I know of. Yours for Spring Tonick, DOCLIVERHORE Huming Speshallst Veternary Bingville. i m i r

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALS -SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 5. 1917 Up to the Minute SFOFrriNGNEVfs From Everywhere. ON HEELSJ3F TRIS Sisler of St. Louis Threatens to Take A. L. Swat Honors. Ty Cobb Is in Eleventh Posi tion, Averages Show. Philadelphia, 327; Fischer, Pittsburg. 327; Baird, Pittsburir, 323; Kauff, New York, 319; Bancroft. Philadelphia, 313;; Kabrique, Brooklyn, 306; Groh, Cincinnati, 306. Pitching Records. The leading pitchers Chicago. May 6. George Sisler, the j loft handed first baseman with St. I,ouin. is pressing Tris Speaker of Cleveland, the 1916 batting champion, j for hitting honors In the American i league, unofficial averages, released tonav, show. Coming from behind, yisler is now in tiie list with an average or I 891 for sixteen games, while Speaker Is leading with 434. The St. Louis first sacker, who was fifteenth a week ago, drove out twelve hits in his last five games. The averages include Fames of last Wednesday. Cobb, of Detroit, slipped into eleventh posi tion with an average of 315. A week ago the noted Georgian was hitting k 350 clip. j Hisler, Pratt, of St. Ionis, and Weav er, of Chicago, are tied for the lead in stolen bases with four each; Chapman ot Cleveland is leading the sacrifice bitters with 10. and is tied with Witt Of Philadelphia in runs scored. Each eros.sed the plate 13 times. fr'ix players are tied for home run HKting with one each- They are Bo dis. Philadelphia; Young, Detroit; Pipp. 'New York; Walker. Boston; Hoblitzel. Boston: Sisler, St. Louis. Boston is leading in team batting with j ZC7. Leading hitters: Speaker, Cleveland, 434: Sisler, St. t.oiiis, 391; Mclnnis, Philadelphia, 390; Collins, Chicago. 345; Strunk, Phil adelphia. 333: Milan. Washington, 3X3; Hoblitzel, Boston, 324; K. FoBter, Washington. 322; Peckinpaugh, New' Tork, 320; Walker, Boston, 319; Cobb. Detroit, 315; t'ipp, New York, 811; J .Iscobson, St. Louis, 304; Wamsganss, Cleveland, 302. i Piti'hine Record. Tlu leading pitchers Ames. St. I.ouis 'Hrlson, Pittsburg Srliupp, New York (iriiues. Pittsburg Uuether, Chicago Meadows. St. Louis Anderson. New York Toney. cinciiuiHti Schneider. Cincinnati Vaughn, Chicago W I, ...3 1 Pet. K.n. .7".0 0.40 t.OOO 0.40 O 1 IHIO 05 1 ..TOO 1.00 (I 1.000 1..V) Jii7 iVl l.so .k;:: i.s7 American Association. Massey, of Minneapolis, has dis placed Becker of Kansas City as the leading hitter in the American asso ciation. Massey is batting .341. Beck er, fifth in the list la the leading home run hitter with four. Yerkes, of In dianapolis, Hollwitx of Kansas City, Roach, of Louisville, and Bronkie, of Indianapolis, are tied in sacrifice hits with six each. Dressen, of St. Paul, leads the base stealers with six and Derrick, of Indianapolis, in runs scor ed with fourtee The averages in clude games ot last Wednesday. WANT TO PLAY HERE Omaha and Des Moines Would Like to Book Kxlilliitlon Games. Thomas J,. Brennan, manager of the Knights of Columbus baseball team, has received letters from the Omaha and Des Moinea clubs of the Western league stating that they will be glad to play exhibition games here this summer if satisfactory dates can be arranged. Brennan saya the only difficulty anticipated is that of get ting them here on Sundays as his men cannot play on other days. The K. of C. team Will go to Horton tomorrow' for its first game of the season. The men who will make the trip are: Navarre and Gannon, 2b. i Marshall, 8b.; Birmingham, as.; Em bleau, rf.; Lannan, lb.; Butler, cf.; Crook, If.; Stack, c; Sipes and Dough erty, p.. and Dooley and Higgins, utility. r.-t. F.i:. .oc,7 o s-i .;rr l.oo 1.1MIO l.oo .noo l.o:i l.lKMl 1114 l.ar .oo l so 1.000 1.5-1 1.000 LIB .00 0 1 0 1.000 Sothorou, St. I.ouis F.mi:trl. JS"sto" Mczri.lge. New York .1. Push. IMiila C. Willirons. Chicago. Faher. Chicago .1. Scott. Chicago Shor1. Boston KJcl'fer, Cleveland Comnhp. Cleveland Itntu, lioston f National league. Tlousch. of Cincinnati, is keeping up his terrific hitting in the National league, altho Jack Smith, a St. Louis pinch hitter, is at the top with an average of .615. Smith has only bat- ted 13 times as against 42 trips to the plate for Rousch, whose average is .476. The averag include games of last Wednesday. Hornsby. of St. St. Louis, and Cravath, of Philadelphia. are tied for home run honors with three each; Whined of Philadelphia is leading in sacrifice hits with seven, Slid Baird of Pittsburg tops the base; RteoWyrs with seven. Groh of Cincin-" tiati is-out ,in front in runs scored! Ivith fourteen. In team batting New York is leading with .205. Thelead ing hitters: Smith, St. Louis, G15; Itousch. Cin cinnati. 476; New York. 411; Reuter, Chicago, 3S5; Cruise. St. I.ouis. 367; Jlerzog. New York, 36 1; F.liott. Chi taRti. 353; Cravath. Philadelphia. 348; Neihnff, Philadelphia. 333; Whitted, Wichita Gets Kddte Haliu. Wichita, Kan., May 5. Eddie Hahn. formerly of the Chicago White Sox, has been signed by Frank Isbell, of the Wichita Western league club. Leonard Harvey, left fielder, has been released. Infielder Kellerman, for merly of Dallas, will join the team at Lincoln today. SALE OF MERKLE WAS A BOON TO FORMER GIANT The sale of Fred Merkle to the Cubs by Brooklyn is looked upon as a boon to the former Giant first sacker. As a member of the Dodg ers Morkle decorated the bench as lonjr as Jake Daubert was abte to be in the .same, and no first class ball player can be contented spend- ing- a season on the long: timber. Merkle was. a mighty good buy for the Cubs, too. His presence in the Chicago lineup will increase the hitting of the club and add snap a4id ginger to the work of Jhe in field. It was a fortunate thing for Chicago that a player of Merkle's caliber was available at a time when the Cub infield combination was wrecked by Saier's injury. And there is little doubt that Merkle will bo an improvement over Saier. I. -Br Spill -r, Wm Some for fit -V fli? treat i OH-MTOX1CATN National Beverage Co CHICASO IBUTO JUST imagine a delicious, tender ham sandwich and a cool bottle of rich,sparkling,creamy BUCK, the beverage with the long-lost Ua vor you've been look ing for! Some treat! Treat yourself to this little banquet every day.' Drink stimulating, satisfying BUCK when ever you need refresh ing and after a day's hard work. Drink it with each meal feel yourself "BUCK UP." Sold wherever good drinks are served. De livered to your home by the case. W. O. Anderson 132-34 N. Kansas Ave. Topeka, Kansas. Phone 3563. JUST LIKE COLT Old Cy Falkenberg Is Perform ing Wonders This Year. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. He Promises to Do Great Things for Indianapolis. While pitchers, young and old. have been burning up the major leagues with a world of htuff, a veteran whose bean-pole frame is well known to American league fans has startled the American association by performins like a colt. This lanky individual is none other than your uncle Cyrus Falkenberg, the human string bean, whose fame as an emery ball manipulator in the Federal league was on ev-;ry tongue, and whose work with the Indianapolis club last year and to date this season has been marvelled at by a lot of baseball folk who had a hunch lwwas thru. Falkv recently hauled his elongated carcasa to the mpund in Toledo and let Roger Bresnanan s ciud aown wu;i two hits in fourteen innings, only to inui hi enme. Previously he had turned in a victory, and his work acted like a magnet on several big league ivory hunters who are scouring the country for more pitching talent to bolster some of the weaker teams. That Falkenberg is still good enougn to fool big league batsmen .liruout a lonst season may be douDtea, oui wneo t is remembered that Falky. like Cy Young, pitches more with his neaa thaft with iis arm. it isn't hard to be iieve that he could get by with a club behind him which could turn in from two to four runs a game. BIG EASTERN OLYMPIC United States Will Be Represented Tn Games at 'lokto. National lvalue. Clubs Won New York R St. Louis 11 Chicago 1- Philadelphia Cincinnati 10 Boston tt Brooklyn 5 Pittsburg 7 American Association. Clubs Won .Boston 10 Chicago 11 New Vork 8 St. Louis H Cleveland 9 Philadelphia 6 Detroit 6 i Washington 6 American Leas' Lost Pet. .BIS JiOO .KK! .455 .429 .417 .330 Clubs- Indianapolis Louisville Kansas City Columbus Milwaukee Minneapolis- St. Paul Toledo jClnbs Denver les Moines St. Joseph Lincolu Sioux City Omnhft Joplin Wichita Won ..11 9 7 5 r. 5 Western League. Won Lost Pet. 4 .714 7 .till 7 -5-' 5 .500 10 .474 .4X 9 .4(10 10 iiiu I nt I'ct. .730 K .579 0 .571 9 .500 X .4M7 .:IK5 8 .K57 12 .294 Lost Pet. MH7 .tens .IKXI .545 .500 .500 .401) .21 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Toklo. Mav 5. The Stars and Stripes, the Rising Sun of Japan and China' Rainbow banner will clash on the athletic Held here, beginning May 8. when the far eastern uiympic games, held every two yeara, begin. Husky r ilipino laas. irainea uiiuer- the direction of American coaches, will enter as Uncle Sam's representa tives. Altho the Filipino team went down to second place before the on slaughts of China in the last meet, Americans express confidence that their banner will triumph this year. Japan brought up the rear in the meet two years ago. This year Japanese teams will num ber about 150 men, while the Philip pines are entering 100 and China about 75. Lack of transportation ow ing to the. war has made it impossible for Siam and the Malay states to compete. KOESTNER LEADS W. L. Lengthy Wichita Pitcher Has a Bat ting Average of .471. Koestner. of Wichita, tops the West ern league batters with an average of 471. The averages include games of last Tuesday. Coy, also of Wichita, leads in home run hitting with three and Goodwin of the same club in sac rifice hits with four. Hunter, of Joplin; Wuffli, of Denver and L Thompson, of Omaha, are tied for stolen base honors, with four each. Sioux City is leading In team batting with 266. The leading hitters: Koestner, Wichita. 471: L. Thomp son, Omaha, 394; Kirkham, St. Joseph, 3S7; Lamb, joplin, 381; Moore, St. Joseph, 376; K. Smith. Omaha. 354; Rader. Sioux City. 364; Jones. Wichi ta, 362; McClelland, St. Joseph, 355; Wuftli, Denver, 343; Watson, Sioux City, 343-; Metz, Sioux City, 843. Kallie. Dea Moines: Boehler. Denver and Lyons, Wichita, are the leading pitchers with three victories and no defeats. Lewis Knocks Out O'Hagen. Nw Tork, May 5. Ted (Kid) Lewis, the Knglish welterweight, knocked out Jimmy O'Hagen, of Al bany, here in the second round of a ten-round match. Lewis weighed Hi pounds and O'Hagen 154. SCOREBOARD FLASHES Friday's hero: Ban Johnson. He still sticks to the idea of opening the baseball season in early April. Leon J. Cadore overcame his name and splattered the Braves all over the field for the Dodgers. An error 1 y Fabria.ue spoiled a shut-out for the youthful star. It was too cold for no-hit games, so the' Cubs got twelve bingles and de feated the Reds, 11 to 8. Ten errors figured in the contest. Indications now are the big leagues will start an almost brand new season some time in mid-summer and will play only doubleheaders. At Boston Score It. H. E. Brooklyn 11 1 Boston 1 4 3 Batteries Cadore and Meyers; Allen, Barnes, Bailey and Gowdy. At, Chicago Score: R. H. B. Clncninati 6 5 Chicago 11 12 6 Batteries Schneider, Eller and Clarke; Deuiaree and Wilson. All other games postponed rain, AMERICAN LEAGUE. All games postponed rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. All games postponed rain. WESTERN LEAUUE. K. H. E. 3 11 0 0 6 2 Hall and At Lincoln Score: St. Joseph Lincoln Batteries Hovltk and Moore Hohrer. A Omaha Score: n. H. E. Joplin 0 4 2 Omaha 4 5 0 Batteries P. Smith and Monroe; Mere and Brottem. All other games postponed; rain. BASEBALL TODAY. National Leaa-ue. Cincinnati at Chicago, clear. 3 p. m. Philadelphia at New York, rain, 3 p. tn. St. Louis at Pittsburg, ruin, 3 p. m. Brooklyn at Boston, rain, 3 p. m. American League. Chicago at St. Louis, clear. 3 p. m. New York at Philadelphia, rain, 3 p. in. Cleveland at Detroit, rain. 3 p. m. Boston at Washington, cloudy, 3 p. ra. American Association. Milwaukee at Louisville, cloudy, 3 p. m. Kansas City at Columbus, cloudy. 3 p. m. St. Paul at Indianapolis, cloudy, 3:15"p. ui. Minneapolis at Toledo, rain, 3 p. m. J Sport Wheezes jjj i by n.ro rrjy TRAP AND FIELD By Peter P. Carney. About the best piece of promotive work for the sport of trapshooting in recent years was the inauguration of the "Beginners Day" idea. Trid for the first' time in 1915 during the month of May 6.784 men and 522 women appeared at 520 gun clubs and shot at clay targets for the first time. The scope of the idea was broadened somewhat last year in allowing the shoots to take place during May and June and allowing men and women who had not shot at more than 500 targets to participate for the Begin ners' Day trophies. In 1916 these events were conducted by 773 clubs ana n.bb persons participated. In order' o make these beginners days attractive trophies ar given silver watch fob to the man and a sil ver spoon to the woman making the best score. To interest the clubs two trophies are given in each state one to the club that gets out the greatest number of beginners and another to the club which! gets out the second highest total. Two trophies are also given in each of the Canadian prov inces. Records are maintained to show how the clubs fare. The Pahquioquo Rod and Guil club, of Danbury, Conn., got out the greatest number of shooters in 1915, with the Portland. Ore., club second. Last year the Hawthorne club, of Chicago, was high, with the Brookvllle, Miss., club second. Illi nois got out the largest number of beginnerst 688. with 58 women. Penn sylvania got ont the- greatest number of men 628 -and the Keystone state also conducted the greatest number of shoots 86. ADDITION AIi SPORT WILL BE FOCND ON OTHER PAGES Chick Evans may get enough money to make him a professional out of tbe golf articles he writes for the newspapers. But if he does Urantland Hire should get enough from bis articles to make him a rivsl of Kockereller. Something new in the way of sport calendars has been issued by the Sporting News. It is a regular card calendar with the schedules of the big leagues sur rounded by the pictures of the managers of all the clubs. The management of the Knights of Col umbus baseball team is trying to ar range games with the Western league clubs that happen this way on off dates during the summer. It Is to be hoped the scheme will be successful as many fans would like to see some of the old familiar faces once more. The return of the University of Michi gan to the Big Nine is a blow to the argu ments of those who hold that conferences are not essential to inter collegiate ath letics. Michigan' was always cited as an example of what a school could do in an independent way. Bnt the Ann Arbor authorities un doubtedly believe they can do even more in a federation than they can as an Isolated unit. It made little difference as Ionic as Michigan held the prestige of the West. but when she began to slip and to have disastrous seasons tnose in cnarge soon realized the benefits to be derived from "an anchor. 1 The atmosphere of the Ozarks seems to have failed to produce the desired ef fect upon Roy Sanders, 'HeaUy" Hall and I'lukey Bill Burwell. And the result is that Joplin needs pitchers just as badly as Topeka needed them last season. Posterity wlH proclaim Freddie Welsh the reatest lightweight the world ever knew. It is entirely probable that be will be considered one of tbe greatest men of all ages several hundred years from now. His greatness lies in his ability to remain a conqueror and a champion despite the fact that he is conquered almost every week of the year. Welsh has carried his title without it being so much as tilted ever sines he came to America, and he has bwn defeated more times than the Hindenburg line has beeu pierced. It takes a great man to do what he has done and if the kaiser' only had his receipt lie would not need to worry about the outcome of the war. According to press reports Welsh was clearly outclassed in his battle with Kil baue in N. Y. this week, but still he is champion. Kilbane battered him all over tne ring, out me a. x. taw roroias giving decisions and the only way KHbane could have annexed the crown would have been bv the knockout route. Bo the Dancing Master retains bis laurels, tho defeated, and adds to his greatness by doing so. BIG K. U. MEET TODAY Thirteenth Annual InterscIiolasUc Track Carnival Held on Field. Lawrence, Kan., May 6. More than five hundred school athletes ot the state of Kansas crowded on McCook field here today to participate In the annual interscholastic track and field meet of the University of Kansas. To day is the thirteenth repetition of the contest and the entry list promised some of the best competition of any of the previous meets. The schools of the state were divid ed into three divisions for today's meet. Class A include those having; more than 200 students, class B between 125 and 200, and Class C all schools with less than 125. Gold silver and bronze medals' will be given in the various races, with trophy cups to contestants breaking records, to the winning teams in each division and to the individual point winners. Missouri Iefeats Aggies' Columbia, Mo., May 3. The Uni versity of Missouri baseball team de feated the Kansas Agricultural college team in a conference game here, 4 to 2. BIRTHS REPORTED Following are tire births reported to City. Clerk Covell during the laslJ week: Everett Ray Belt and wife, 1258 Topeka avenue. May 3, boy. Wallace Rodger and wife. Soldier township, April 21, girl. Jas. Henderson and wife. Soldier township. April 29, girl. Thomas McNiesh and wife. 431 Polk street, May 3. boy. K. W. Shaw and wife, Overbrook, Kan., May 3. boy. Henry J. Huster and wife, 1123 W. Eleventh street, April 30, boy. Rolfe Arvender and wife. 412 East Crane street, April 28, girl. Geo. B. Stoudt and wife, No. 6 El liot avenue. April 30, boy. Frank J. Dreyer and wife, 231 Ken dall avenuc-t April 9, girl. Marquis Holman and wife, 1717 Kansas avenue, April 9, girl. Harvey H. Reed and wife, 120s Monroe street, April 11, girl. Frank Wm. Hess and wife, 51&. East Tenth avenue. March 23. boy. Jas. Anderson Hughes, Soldier township, April 2S, boy. Wm. L -Foster and wife, 6 14 High land avenue, April 22, boy. A. E. Rugger and wife, 1231 North Madison-street. April 28, boy. Rosco M. Floyd and wife, 1016 North Jackson street, April 28, boy. Barton Palmer Phelps and wife, 1018 Clay street, April 27, boy. Chas. James Reeves and wife, 734 East Eighth street, April 27, boy. Root. Badsky and wife, 521 Van Buren street, April 28, boy. Clyde P. Sutherlin and wife, 529 Tyler street, April 27, boy. Wm. David Lewis and wife, 909 East Eighth avenue, April 27, boy. Wm. U Dunford and wife, 2004 Fillmore street, April 24, boy. AuBti-j Workiman and wife, 523 Tenth avenue, April 24, boy. "Ll" Mary and wlfe. 203 North Chandler street, April 29, girl. Ralph Winchester 'and wife, 334 an Buren street, April 28, boy. Raymond Pool and wife, 566 Sar dou avenue, April 25, girl. EAST SIDE NOTES Notes, and personals from East Side, by Frances Jouea, 211 Urattan street. Telephone btwn 8 sad 10 a. m.. JS530 other hours. 4751 K-2. are1',8;:,. 5. North, m,J f w b. aTen"e Sunday, after spending thweek ln -rbondale, Kansas. Airs. V illiain Ecfcert is recovering after ?.i..,".s ,llness her home, 819 East KlKlith avenue. ."V11 returnea to his home south aest or the city after spending a short while as the guest of his sister, Mrs A. Johnson. 51B Scotland avenue The Plus Ultra class of the Third Pres Dyterian ohurc-h entertained the Sunday school class taught by J. B. Norton at a, yeinle roast in the church parlors. Fri day evening. The rooms were decorated in the national colors. The guests of the evening were: Miss Ethel Mayhall, Miss Hattie lairbanks, Miss Mabel Llpper. Miss fcdna Fairbauks. Miss Lola McHrew, Miss llorenee M.Broom. Miss Jane Peterson, Miss Beatrice Shields. Miss Lillian Olson. Miss Helen Huske, Mr. Hugh Williams, Mr. Emmett Norton, Mr. Albert Warren. lare!".'e R08". Mr. Clifford Lortie, Mr lonald Alexander, Mr. Homer Tler V HT- (Jrse Lortle and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Norton. Mrs. Chris Johnson. 126 Woodruff av enue will leave Sunday to spend a month In Portland. Ore., as the guest of Mrs. Ben towards. Mrs. Edwards was formerly a resident of Topeka. Imcins Louis, a delegate to the Sunday school convention and while here a guest at the It. I. Jones home, Lake street has returned to Leho, Kan. Mrs. Kdward Mattingiey, Republiran av enue spent a few days of this week with her daughter, Mrs. Yocum, and husband, in Argentine. "The Christian, a Sojourner." la the 8un V."y ,11.ornlD Tmon topic to be used by M Wise, at .the Seward Avenue Metbo dist chiin h. In the evening "Some Things to Doubt will be the subject for discus sion. V George the little son of Mrs. Harrv Roberts, is seriously 111. Mrs. Roberts Is now living on a farm southwest of the city but formerly lived on Monroe street. Mrs. laud Parvin and two children of Marmn, Kans are visitors at the home S iIrs J arTln's Parents. Mr. and Mrs. S-l?- ou"i- l-'OO Kast Sixth avenue. J he Kast Side Improvement association 2. ST,' JS.'lnd?y "enlng at the Kast Side Methodist church. Efforts are being made to secure a new Parkdale school. A Si-ueeU has been seriouslv 111 the past two weeks at his home, 512' Chandler street. Miss Grace Bobbins. Norton street ba as a week end guest, Miss Ruth Boyles of Lawrence. The Vesta club was entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs. C. D. Webb at her home. Sumner street. Her guests were: Mrs d! T. Thompson. Mrs. E. L. Jones. Mrs. W. L. Jury. Mrs. A. E. Snider, Mrs. T. F. x V .7'' 1 r' "'v Mrs. t.. li. wood. i V 3"u", Jrs. i. k. uross snd Mrs J. M. Jones. Mrs. H. V. Strait will i ui Uer aome, i ueno avenue. Word has been received of the Rerious illness of Raymond McGirk of Kansas City A number of years ago tho Wm. McGirk family were residents on Klein street Miss Hazel McGirk Is a visitor in the city quite often snd while here is a guest at the Stanley Gentry borne, 310 Chandler street. Mrs. J. .T. Williams was hostess to the members of the Golden Rod Card club at her home. Locust street, Wednesday after noon. Mrs. Henry Huber won first honors and Mrs. Harry McNair second. Those who played were: Mrs. G. R. Gross. Mrs. Frank Morris. Mrs. Roy Bunds. Mrs. Clarence Falrchild. Mrs. Henry Huber, Mrs. Harrv McNair, Mrs. J. H. Taylor, Mrs. C. E. Hammond and Mrs. Claude Daughertv. Mrs. Frank Morris will be hostess in two weeks at her home. 476 Reno avenue. Friends of Mrs. J. Brantinganam pleas antly surprised her Friday afternoon at her home, 529 German avenue. Tbe guests of the afternoon were former neighbors of Mrs. Rrantlngnham and included Mrs. J. R. Michael, Mrs. Elvin Renbarger, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Arthur Bevttt. Mrs. llan Warner, Mrs. Fred Red and Mrs. T. Vick stein. SANTA FE NOTES Notes snd personals from Santa F by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street. Telephone betweeu 8 and 10 a. m.. 3030; o tiler hours. 4751 K-2. Samuel Nelson haa been appointed a traveling: accountant reporting to the audi tor of disbursements office. Mitts Monk Brenette of the ticket audit in? department la upending tbe week end in Kansas City. Mrs. Albert Fugate of Berryville, Ark., a truest at tbe home of her slater, Mrs. James Mullin bas gone to Hutchison, Kan., to visit her da u enter. Mrs. George Fleming-, wife of Switchman Fleming, ia 111 of la grippe. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Been to 1 and their gHentx. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Farley and daughter, Rntii, of Fresno, Calif., will go Sunday evening to Kansas City to spend Monday with relatives. Pete Melchoir of Suopton. Kans., Is suf fering as the result of injuries recently received to his foot. There will be no Sunday afternoon meet ing this week at the Railroad My Miss Alice dinger has gone to Eureka Springs, Ark-, to spend her vacation. Mis Clinger is employed in the car account' ant's office. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Shepherd have left for Fellows, Calif., to make their sew home. Misa Emma Anderson, telephone opera tor at tbe G. O. is spending the week end with friends in Woodward, Ok la. Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong had as guests tbls week. Mr. Armstrong's mother, Mrs. G. C. Armstrong of Barclay, Kans.. and bis winter, MIks Mary Armstrong of Winterset, Ia. Arthur Kemplin. of Omab-i, Neb., a brother of Mrs. Armstrong, was also their guest a few days of tbls weoJr THE NEW SERVICE FOR READERS OF The Topeka State Journal Special Free Information Bureau Opened in Washington, D. C. The Topeka State Journal to Act as Clearing House of Information Between the Government and the People The Topeka State Journal believes that it can render no more important and practi cal service to its readers than to acquaint them with the results of the great work the American Government is doing for them. Our government is thegreatest organization devoted to a single purpose that the world has ever known. The keenest mind3, the broadest learning, the most expert technical skill are turned, day in and day out, on every problem that confronts the American people. Problems of the household, problems of the factory, problems of the city, questions of health and hygiene, questions of opportunity, of self-help and help for others all these, and many more, are studied in federal laboratories and in the field, by men at the head of their professions, with the resources of the richest nation on earth behind them. The work is being done for you. Your government is doing it. You are entitled to the benefit of its results. i Merely to know the details of government activities, to see and understand the great machinery behind them, s to take a new pride in the United States and in Ameri can citizenship. But the government has more than pride to offer. It does its work to give concrete and practical help to its citizens in their homes and in their business. The State Journal proposes to act as a clearing house between the government and the people of Topeka. It purposes to assemble, compile and distribute the practical results of the great federal work of research and investigation. It purposes to make this information available to every one of its readers. For this purpose The State Journal opens its new Washington Bureau. The services of Mr. Frederic J. Haskin have been secured to conduct the new bureau. Mr. Haskin is well known as one of the leading authorities on the workings of the fed eral government. Mr. Haskin is a' man of wide travel and long experience in the ac curate gathering and concise reporting of facts. His position in Vyashington fits him peculiarly for the work the bureau is to do. Your Life Hangs by a Thread of Transportation Million of tons of food move thousands of miles to reach the American people cen tered in cities and millions of tons more rot on the ground for lack of cars to carry them. WAR, STIRKES and FLOODS menace this thread upon which the food supply of a nation depends. HOW LONG COULD YOU STAND THE SIEGE of hunger if shipments of food were cut off from your city? How much could you produce on the soil you own? How much have you stored in your cellar? The American people have long been the most improvident folks on earth be cause they have been the richest. They are just beginning to feel the pinch of hunger after generations of waste. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO THE NATION AND TO YOURSELF to- be PREPARED for an emergency to be INDEPENDENT of railways that may at any moment be -needed FOR YOUR DEFENSE. This means that you must learn to produce food and to save food to cultivate the ground and store the harvest. Perhaps you can do much, perhaps only a little, but whatever you can do is worth while as an example of thrift and preparedness. Get This Free Garden Book A fifty-page illustrated booklet on the planting and care of the home vege table garden will be sent free to any reader of The Topeka State Journal. This book is an official publication of the United States government. It covers the garden from artichokes to turnips. It tells you what to plant and how to plant it, gives cultural hint3 and a planting table for more than fifty of the most impor tant vegetables for the home garden, tells you all about the proper tools, fertiliz ers, etc., etc. Contains diagrams showing how to lay out your garden. You need this book to do your share in the big campaign for raising more food.' In beginning its new service The State Journal Bureau offers "HELPS TO HOUSE WIVES," a pamphlet of special interest to the home. Mr. Haskin has compiled in this pamphlet the results of over a score of government researches, made at great pains and expense for the benefit of the household. The investigations deal with simple, practical things that every housewife ought to know facts that will prevent illness, promote convenience, or increase comfort. For instance, the Bureau of Immigration is putting into operation a nation-wide scheme by which any woman can get a servant, and any servant can get a position. The Topeka State Journal tells you how to go about getting either. The Supervising Tea Examiner of the United States has made a seriesof over five hundred tests to find out just how tea should be made. Mr. Haskin gives you these rules. The Bureau of Chemistry has worked out a recipe for a new kind of bread. This pamphlet tells you how to make it. It tells about the rules that Uncle Sam's experts in the Children's Bureau lay down for the care of babies. Do you know how to tell a fresh fish or a fresh chicken at a glance? Do you know there are some kinds of electric light bulbs that you cannot afford to use even if you were paid for doing it? Do you know how to fight moths without camphor? Do you know how to treat mosquito bites with a bit of soap? These are only a few of the subjects that are covered in this pamphlet. There is not space to mention them all. The government has spent your money to teach you how to do these things. The Topeka State Journal Information Bureau i3 ready to tell you what the government has found out. This service is absolutely free to every reader of The Topeka State Journal. You have only to send a 2-cent stamp for postage and "HELPS TO HOUSEWIVES' will be forwarded promptly. Tear out this form and fill In your name and inin. ti niarr) The keynote of the times is efficient service, and by supplying this bureau for the free use of its readers The Tope ka State Journal is living up to this principle in deed and fact. Every house wife can help herself and her family by keeping posted on the latest knowledge relating to home management. You have only to send a 2-cent stamp to The Topeka State Journal Informa tion Bureau at Washington, D. C, Frederic J. Haskin, Director. Use the blank printed herewith, fill in your name and address plainly. Write today for prompt service. Topeka State Journal Information Bureau FREDERIC J. HASKIN, Director Washington, D. C. Pleas, find inclosed a 2-cent stamp for which you will send me, entirely free?the book! let "Helpa to Housewives." dook- Name Street Address City State Let The Topeka State Journal Serve You

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATF JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1917 II 1 5 COUNTIES IN IT Warm Competition for Kansas School Prizes. Two Sections of State Are To Be Represented. WINNERS ANNOUNCED SOON Two Best Schools To Be Re warded by IV. D. Boss. Reno Leads "With Largest dum ber of Rurals. Fifteen counties in Kansas are com peting for the prizes offered by W. X. Koss, state superintendent of public instruction, for the two best schools in the state. One prize is to go to the best school in southern Kansas and one is to go to the best school in the northern section. The two prizes are forty dollars each and are to be used in buying pictures, books, maps, or other things needed in the school's equipment. The names of the winning schools will not be known until the middle of May or forepart of June, but the school supervisors. Miss Julia M. Stone and J. A. Shoemaker, in charge of the field work, have practically closed the work, for this season and upon their reports much depends as to tfhe dis tribution of the prizes. Of the fifteen counties trying for the prizes and hav ing the largest number of standard rural schools, Keno county leads with 36, tfrown has 23, McPherson has 18, Itice 16. Franklin 15, and Douglas 10. The other nine counties competing which have equal chance at the prize because it applies to just one best school are Riley, Ottawa. Dickinson, Cowley. Palina, Stafford. Sumner, Lyon and Ford. Of the counties having the largest per cent of standard rural schools according to their population Brown ranks first with 27 per ront, Reno sec ond with 24 per cent. Rice third with IS per cent, and Franklin and Mc I'herson each with 15 per cent. The number of rural schools to be recog nized this year as eligible to the stan dard class is nearly double that of a year ago, said Miss Stone. "The num ber of schools outside of first and sec ond class institutions last year was IIS and this year we are confident of 34t nunlifvine." she said. THE PRECIPITATION OF APRIL, 1917. From Reports Furnished by the Weather Bureau. kH0"i I 0eJr I V.Mj" I C4 Yi'" -fW MorihoA ffncm 0nn fV 1 Cexxf 1 1 M.r I I f j- tsnttltt .,2 VZsf 7.7 ft lAr .S3 ,.e$ 00 z. IX L9i lsij7rr 2fr5L, I I I I 5 2-88 7 I S a"1' i i..U.AlS.rfi'r flash Baifmn 2-70 lyotj Am, I i 3- 270 tts c"yi mu T- YX X LJ Ln 2.10 ekzsfi 3.7, J Builv Ati.n- ,2, rrd fgs- few ttt Y On rmi honor Iwiildo mu best to do my outy to my Cod. and to imj country, and to obeythe Scout Law. More rain fell, in Kansas during April than In any other month since last June, and almost as much as during the five previous months combined. The monthly amounts were above normal in nearly all parts except some of the western counties and by the end of the month the moisture in the ground was sufficient for present needs in that part of the state. Crop prospects were greatly improved. Wheat that survived the long winter's drouth greened up, made a fine growth, and stooled out. Pastures, oats and alfalfa each made a fine growth and a great deal of early truck and gardens were planted with the ground in excellent shape. BIBLICAL DEDUCTION FROM REVELATIONS PUTS WHEAT TO $8 At Last! An Easy Cure for PILE Chicago, May 5. Solomon said: "There is nothing new, etc.," and the Reverend Norman H. Camp, of the Moody Bible institute is a student of Solomon. Therefore his declara tion that wheat will reach J8 a bushel and barley may soar to J2.70. Camp arrives at his deductions on the strength of a prophecy recorded in the Bible, in Revelations, sixth chapter, fifth verse, which reads: "A measure of wheat for a shilling and three measures of barley for a shilling." "By this calculation," he said, "wheat will reach nearly $8 a bushel and barley $2.70. Following the war will come a time of famine, disease and pestilence. The Bible indicates that we are nearing the end of the church age." MRS. WILSON SENDS MADAME JOFFRE A LARGE VIRGINIA HAM EPISCOPALIANS MEET I'irtv-EigiiOi Annual Convention of Diocese of Kansas Here. Washington, May 5. Madame Jof fre, wife of the marshal of France, will get a fine, big, sugar-cured Vir ginia ham, a gift from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson when the marshal returns to Paris. During one of the marshal's calls at the White House Mrs- Wilson learn ed that Madame Joffre was very fond of American ham which is very scarce there. Mrs. Wilson sent to Virginia and procured an extraordinarily fine ham and sent it to Marshal Joffre asking him to take it back to Madame Joffre with her compliments. A BOOM FOR NET GAME Doing Away With Titles and Prizes Will Increase Interest. NO KNIFE-NO PAIN-NO DANGER Dr. BurIct'fnewdiflolvit method erorefj permanently, fcweiily, wMy. Complete satisfaction or no charm hatevrr. Patients are not eon lined, businea is not in fcrftred with and no hospital expense is necessary. Don't suffer lonKPF- You'll be thankful you answered Jfrtiq ad rerti semen t when yon find how perfectly and pain fcitHlv this fri.'iirment cures yon. Call or write today. rrCl7 D Aft If Booklet! f to plain envelope sent nCKa DvVIt free on request. Consultation Free. DR. JAMES A. BURKE, m1-JZ3 Missouri Bide-. 1021-1O2 3Grand Ax4 v-iiMana Supply Co.) KANSAS CITY. MO. Go Kodaking! Thousands of people, younj and old, are fgllowing the fascinat ing spring sport. Get out in the open, breathe the pure ozone of the country, woods or seaside, and bring back "snaps'' of the beautiful "nooks" you've run across. Every needed thing Brownies, Kodaks, developing boxes, print paper, etc., on sale here. We do the best of developing and printing. Geo. W. Stansfield DRVGGIS1 632 Kansas Avenue Clergymen and laymen from the eastern third of Kansas will gather at Topeka May 21 for the fifty-eighth annual convention of the Episcopal church in the diocese of Kansas. It will be the first convention in the new cathedral and the first over which the new bishop, the Right Rev. James Wise, will preside. The convention will open with a re ception Monday evening. May 21, and will close on the following Wednesday n ight. The Right Rev. Irving P. Johnson, E. D., of Denver, bishop of the diocese of Colorado, will make one of the principal addresses. Among speakers from Kansas will be Bishop Wise, the Rev. R. H. Mize f Kansas City, Henry Diegel of Atchison, and Prof. N. A. Crawford of Manhattan. On Wednesday the woman's auxil iary and the Daughters of the King, the two principal organizations for women in the Episcopal church, will hold their annual cessions. Delegates are to be present from every parish and mission in the diocese. The diocese of Kansas contains be- i tween 5,000 and 6,000 communicants, land covers approximately tne eastern j third of the state. Forty clergy are j in residence, serving seventy-five I parishes and missions. CANCEL LABOR RALLY I Patriotic Feto Off Because Gompers J Can't Be There to Speak. I Chicago, May 5. The monster pat riotic labor rally scheduled for tomor row by the Chicago "Federation of La- I bor has been cancelled. Inability of hamuel uompers, who was to be the principal speaker, to get away from Washington is the reason for the cancellation- Muscle Soreness Relieved, rnnsunl work, bending and lifting or strenuous exercise is a strain on the mus cles, they become sore and stiff, you are crippled and in pain. Sloan's Iitnlment brings yon quick relief, easy to apply, It penetrates without rubbing and drives out the soreness. A clear liquid, cleaner than mussy plasters or ointments, it does not stain the skin or clog the pores. Alwavs have a bottle handy for the pains aches of rheumatism, gout, lumbago, grippe, bruises, stiffness, backarhe and all external pain. At your druggist. 25c. Adv. LIQUID BLUE? No, Mr. Grocer, that's mostly water. Since the war started It's more nearly all water than ever. Give me Red Cross Ball Blue, that's a two-ounce package of real goodness. You should see my clothes. I just can't keep from smiling out loud. Adv. DR. HO LT-YrEV, Chinese Physician Lse Natnre Remedy of herbs and roots from China. Has attained remarkable cures In appendicitis, etomneu, female complaints, rheu matism, catarrh and all chronic ailments. No operation or dan gerous drugs. Sexual weakness and OriVflte diHfi HP &iii1 mtamn tor Interesting bonk. 1116-18 MAIN ST., KANSAS CITT. MO. The plan of the United States Na tional Lawn Tennis association to do away with titles, challenge cups, rank ings and prizes this year, and conduct all tournaments as patriotic affairs, from which the proceeds will be given to the American Red Cross, may re sult In working a great good for the game. More than 200 tennis tournaments are on the sanctioned list of the U. S. N. L. T. A. this year, and altho at first thought it may appear that the absence of championship play will dampen the ardor of followers of the game, a second thought suggests that tho very absence of championship play for one season will result in a renew ed interest among hundreds of play ers, and encourage hundreds of new comers to take advantage of the grand free-for-all idea under which all events will be conducted. HAD NARROW ESCAPE German Shells Hit the Country Home of Lord Xorthcliffe. STUJPT BY MRS. Cff". KJIENMNGEIR Published every Saturday evening In Topeka State Journal. New York, May 5. Lord -forth- cliffe's country home on the Isle of Thanet was damaged by shell fire when German destroyers made a raid on Margate and Broadstairs. Lord Northcliffe was in his home during the attack, which took place about 11 o clock in the evening. The wife and daughter of his gardener were killed and their cottage was practically de stroyed. These facts were made known today by steamship passengers arriving from abroad. RAP CLARK AND STONE i-. K. C. Club Presidents Refute Senator Represents Sentiment of Missouri. Kansas City, Mo., May 5. Kansas City's club presidents held a busy ses sion in behalf of "Poor Old Missouri." The club of presidents adopted a reso lution condemning the stand of Speaker Clark of the lower house of congress; it sent a letter of protest to Collier's Weekly which printed an article stating Senator Stone reflected Missouri's sentiment; it drafted formal invitation to the members of the French and English commissions to visit Kansas City; it adopted a resolu tion favoring a city bond issue to build an armory for all Kansas City's national guard units and adjourned. NO 'LIGHTS OUT' ORDER War Department Has Not Advised Darkness for Coast Towns. The Topeka boy scouts have started on their big spring garden campaign. A tract of an acre and a half of fer- Uile city land has already been rented by Troop No. 3 and a smaller traci will probably be rented by the west side troop some time next week. Beans, peas, corn and potatoes along with, a small patch of lettuce and rad ishes and onions will constitute the main products Troop Three, under the direction of Patrol Scouts Winters and Crane, have organized a stock company for their gardening project. Each scout con tributes to the central board, receiv ing in return a "title" to a patch of the tract, varying in size with the amount contributed. The "titleholder" is held responsible for the proper care of his patch and in case of neglect the prop erty reverts to the central board and is then put on the "market" for re- sale. xnen in tne summer, alter tne crops are sold and cashed in, the troop profits will be given over to the cen tral board of the troop and applied to improvements in the present scout equipment. The same plan will probably be followed out by the Auburndale troop, under the direction of H. O. Hogbin. New Troop Organized. Pioneer troop No. 1, of Oakland was reorganized April 30 by Deputy Scout Commissioner Fazel. Officers of the new troop are: Scoutmaster, Charles S. Ash; Assistant Scoutmast- ers, Ed Guy and Jim Horton, and the advisory committee named consists of Prof. S. W. McGarragh, D. E. Brlggs and C. Poort. The following are the charter mem bers of the troop: Ralph Fay, Milton Poort, Herman Schickelmire, Henry Carothers, Maurice Heller, Oliver Oak iey, Halford Nash, Kenneth Gleason, Van Brewer, Jewell Watt, Lloyd Stans bury ami John Patterson. This troop is the successor of the first troop ever organized in Shawnee county. It was organized five years ago this May by Mr. Fazel while he was pastor of the Presbyterian church of Oakland, and at that time had forty-five members. It also succeeds Troop No. 1 of Potwin. Convention Guides. Nearly fifty scouts were kept busy the first of the week acting as guides to the visiting delegates of the Sun day school convention. And their services were certainly appreciated. Delegates remarked many times of the scouts in their uniforms and of their knowledge of the town. At the closing session of the convention a vote of thanks was given the whole scout or ganization of the city for their assist ance. According to the rules of the Boy Scouts only first and second class scouts are allowed to act as guides. Following are the tests which each guide must pass before he is allowed to serve: 1. The scout must be a trustworthy scout. 2. He must name and locate one hundred streets and avenues. 3. He must name and locate all the public narks. 4. He must name and locate all places of interest, public buildings. etc., and tell how to reach them, as well as the parks. 5. He must be able to give the arrival and departure of trains on all the railroads, by carrying a correct time table. 6. He must not take "tips" but may accept small fees unsolicited for carrying baggage, or doing extra work not otherwise paid for. Recruited Past Full Strength. Troops No. 2, of the First Presby terian church, and 3, of Westminster Presbyterian church, have both been filled and a waiting list of boys de siring membership has been in the started. New troops will probably be organized next week, making two dou ble troops in the city. Troop No. 2 and its waiting list will form Troop Nos. 2 and 4. Troop No. 3 and its waiting list will form Troop Nos. 3 and 5. Trumpters to Meet. All trumpters of all troops in the city are called to meet next Tuesday night at 6:45 at the First Presbyterian church for division drill which will be in charge of Mr. Fazel. K. IT. WINS TRACK MEET. EXODUS CHAPTERS 25-31. THE JEWISH TABERNACLE. Lesson XV. Plan of the Jewish Tabernacle Scalc-SO Cubitefoih Inch. COURT DiMansioris P POLV PUCt-ORviD QV IO UffliT-v M.orM. HOLY OFH(Jut5-0 BlOBY IO CU'TS- 1 y k I. BRAZfn ALTAR. 40t.DeMUHOlMTKJI 3. TAB'Jt Of SHTWBWSAD AUH or WIMI I 6.MK "K CWOUHT. Topeka Steam Boiler Works ESTABLISHED IS 77 JOSEPH BROMICH, Proprietor Mr. Power Plant Man Cut that Fuel Bill by Using Economy Forced Draft Grate's Write or phone us for particulars and Illustrated Circular. Jobbers in Steam and Water Supplies. 123 to 129 Jefferson St. Phone 463 Topeka, Kan. Washington. May 5. The war de partment reiterated today previous statements that no plans was under contemplation for the darkening at night of exposed towns along the At- lantic coast. Many inquiries have been received arising from reports that the lights of Atlantic City and other coast resorts would be extinguished at night. The department's statement today pointed out that no such step could be taken unless martial law had been established and added that no project for a declaration of martial law was j being considered. j New York Rockefeller foundation announced $875,000 would be devoted to American and foreign medical re- i search and relief work in connection with the war and $200,000 subscribed toward the Y. M. C. A. $3,000,000 fund for army work. Belmont. Wis. Twenty young men have enlisted from this town, which has a total population of 600. Jayhawkers Defeat Kansas Aggies by the Score of 73 to 36. Lawrence, Kan., May 5. Kansas easily defeated the Aggies here in their dual track meet, 73 to 36. The Jay hawkers captured eleven firsts and six seconds while the Aggies were able to win only three firsts and seven sec onds. Davidson, of Kansas, was high man. with 10 points and Wilder, of the Ag gies, leu nis team wim s points.- Time i in all events was slow because of a I wet track. Johnson, a senior, com peting in his first meet for the Jay hawkers, captured the broad jump (with a jump of 21 feet, 10 inches. 1. Why did God want a Tabernacle built? 2. What were the dimensions of the Court? Of the Tabernacle? Of the Holy Place? Of the Holy of Holies 3. In what form was the Tabernacle furniture placed? 4. Name and locate the six pieces of Tabernacle furniture. 6. Why was the Tabernacle made in portable form? 6. From what materials was it made? 7. How many boards in the Tabernacle? 8. How were they made to stand erect? 9. What was on the East side of the Tabernacle? 10. Name the two parts into which the Tabernacle was divided. 11. Name the covers for the Tabernacle and from the note, give their signifi cance. 12. What was the floor of the Tabernacle made of? 13. How many pillars on each side of the Court? 14. From what were they made and how were they supported? 15. What was used for the hangings on the walls of the Court? 16. How did the gate, or opening, differ from the rest of the material? NOTE Tho typical meaning: Gold divinity. Silver redemption. Brass strength. Wood humanity. Oil Holy Spirit. Spices grace and intercession. Onyx Stone glory. Colors: Blue heavenly nature. Scarlet dignity, glory. Purple royalty. White purity. Coverings: Fine Linen righteousness. Goat's Hair humanity for sin, suffering. Ram's Skin humanity for obedience to death. Badger's Skins humiliation. Beautiful Curtains Christ in resurrection glory and beauty. Framework God mani fest in the flesh. The furniture of the Tabernacle should be reported thru special assign ment, one piece to each pupil. CHURCH NOTICES (These notices must be in the State Journal office by S o'clock on Friday af ternoon. I'nles. otherwise noted in this column services will be held at 11 o'clock in the morning and 7:30 o'clock in the evening:.) Baptist. First, Robert Gordon, pastor. Morn ing worship 11 o'clock. Sermon sub ject, "The Continent of Tomorrow." Evening service at S. Sermon subject, "The German-American." First Swedish, Fourth and Fillmore, C. A. Segerstrom, pastor. Preaching by Rev- Chas. Palm from Chicago, 111., at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Rev. Palm will also speak at 3:30 p. m. Christian. Central Park, Sixteenth and Cen tral Park, C. E. Rash, pastor. 'A spe cial program has been arranged for the bible school for everybody's day. Preaching service at 11, theme, "A Christian Country." Evening service at 8, subject "The Task of America." West Side. Lindenwood and Duane, Clara M. Hazelrigg, pastor. Annual anniversary services held during the day. At 10:45 Mr. David Owen will speak on "The Church Triumph." At 3:30 mass meeting of all Christian churches of the city. The ministers will speak. Evening sermon, Herbert J. Corwine. Central Avenue, Central avenue and Grant, J. H. Jones, pastor. Morning theme, "American Missions." Evening service 8 o'clock, mission work will be discussed and views shown. Second, Twelfth and West. C. E. Craggett, pastor. Preaching service at 11 and 8. May day services. Third, Third and Lake, H. W. Wal lace, pastor. Morning subject "Hin derance to Prayer." Evening theme, "Working for God." First, 622 Topeka avenue, O. L. Cook, pastor. Morning sermon, "Climbing Heavenward." Evening, "The Secret of a Happy Life." Christian Science. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Huntoon and Polk streets. Services Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sub ject of lesson sermon, "Everlasting Punishment." Children's Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Testimony meet ings, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Lutheran. First, Fifth and Harrison, C. W. Maggart, pastor. Morning sermon, "Lessons From Belshazzar's Haunts." At 7 p. m. Cletus Buehrer will give an address on "The Work of the Luther League." Sermon at 8, "The Family A Portrait Gallery of Its Members." Third sermon of a series on "Home.'' Swedish, Fourth and Tyler, J. A. Johnson, pastor. Swedish services at 11, English services at 8. Episcopal. Grace Cathedral, Eighth and Polk, Strong and Secure as the "Chinese Wall" (wide enough for 4 teams abreast) We have in Mind A fyf On Time The New Bank ff- 0 Certificates How About Tour Christinas Savings Interest on those too, See!! i uu THRIFTY It would be a MOVE on Your Par to Start That Bank Account NOW in the KANSAS RESERVE STATE BANK 824 Kansas Ave. MARSHAL JOFFRE CAUGHT KISSING TWO PRETTY GIRLS Washington, May 5. Marshal Joffre is only human after all. And he is a Frenchman. He was caught in the hall of former Ambassador White's house bestowing kisses on two young ladies. They were the 4 and 6-year-old daughters of Ma jor U. S. Grant III, one of the of- ficers in the marshal's suite. "I'm very glad to meet them," the marshal said. "They are as pretty as their great grandfather was illustrious." SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS Invest your money in men, especially young men. Ruskin. Pessimism is easier than optimism, as tearing down is easier than building up; therefore we should be the more on our guard against it. James Bryce. "Yet I doubt not thru the ages one increasing purpose runs, and the thought of men are widened with the process of the suns." Tennyson. Whoever has a good work to do, must let the devil'3 tongue run as it pleases. Luther. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16. As one lamp lights another, nor grows less, So nobleness enkindleth nobleness. James Russell Lowell.

To sit still and contemplate, to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy, and yet content to remain where and what you are is not this to know both wisdom and virtue, and to dwell with happiness? Stevenson. J. P. deB. Kaye, dean. Holy Com munion 7:30 a. m. Communion at 11. Vesper will be a military service at tended by Battery "A" in a body. No evening service. Christ Hospital Chapel, West be tween Mgmn ana Tenth, G. M. Geisel, chaplain. Morning service 7 o'clock. Church of the Good Shepherd, North Quincy and Laurent, G. M. Geisel, chaplain, priest-in-charge. Holy Communion 8 a. m. Morning service at 11. Presbyterian. First, Eighth and Harrison, S. S. Estey, pastor. Morning theme, "Is It Worth While to Try to Right the World?" Evening subject, "A Hero of Conscience." Redden Chapel, Second and Monroe, jonn t. razei, pastor. Service at 7:30. Address, "And Jesus Called Him a Lit tle Child," illustrated. Potwin, Fifth and West, H. L. Nel son, pastor. Preaching services at 11 and 8. Reformed, 920 Clay, C. A. Dodds, pastor. Preaching services morning and evening. Rev. A. M. Thompson will preach in the evening at Irving Place chapel. Third, Fourth and Branner, S. B. Alderson, pastor. Morning subject, "God's Appreciation of Our Work and Labor of Love." Evening theme, "What Do Presbyterians Believe?" This is the second of a series of ser mons on Presbyterianism. Westminster, College and Huntoon, Ralph Ward, pastor. Morning subject. "The One Thing Needful." In the even ing Mrs. J. C. Alder will speak on "Flashes of Light From the Heart of a Blind Indian." Calvary, G. F. McK.' Miller, pastor. Morning subject, "The Right of Vir tue." Evening theme, "The Rights of the Father, the Duty of the Sons." Methodist. First, Sixth and Harrison, E. J. Kulp, pastor. Morning sermon, "Purg ing a Nation's Soul." Evening theme, "The Growth of Freedom." Oakland, Sardou and Chester, A. E. Peterson, pastor. Morning sermon, "Jesus." In the evening will be given the annual service for Foreign Mis sions. Mrs. A. J. Warner will give an illustrated lecture. A pantomime will be given, "Publish Glad Tidings." Mount Olive, Twelfth and Buchan an, J. D. Rice, pastor. Morning ser vice, "Praise Meeting." Evening theme, "Is the Negro Patriotic?" First German. Tyler and West Fifth, A. J. Ross, pastor. Morning service 10:45, theme, "Man's Paramount Duty." Evening service 7:30. Congregational. First, Harrison and Seventh, A. S. Henderson, pastor. Morning sermon by Dr. George White, president of Anatolia college, Marsovan, Turkey. Evening sermon by the pastor, "Hero- i ism in Everyday Life." Seabrook, Nineteentn ana Higniana, Robert D. Bussey, pastor. Morning. "The Discoverer of Faithfulness." Evening address by Dr. C. H. Lerrigo. United Brethren. First, Twelfth and Quincy, O. K. Hartman, pastor. Mrs. J. H. Smith, former missionary in Konoland, Africa, speaks morning and evening. Second, Fifth and Leland, M. L Robey, pastor. Morning theme, "Stand Fast." In the evening the Endeavor societies will observe their anniversary with a program. .Miscellaneous. Swedish Bethel. Sixth and Harrison. Morning and evening sermons by the iastor. Funeral service of Miss Edith I Johnson, 3 p. m. Communion service in the evening. Unity church. No service Sunday evening because of illness of the Rev. Paul Dansingberg. Spiritualist Temple Builders, Fourth and Monroe. Evening service 7:30. After short lecture by Mrs. Ruffner. members will adjourn to attend the New Thought meeting. Church of the Spirit Communion, 632 Lawrence, Doctor Wheeler, pastor. Lecture and messages Sunday evening. Pentacostal Church of the Nazarene. 1110 Buchanan. J. G. Demoret, pastor. Preaching services at 11 and 7:80. Quinton Heights Baptist, 2400 Lin coln, L. H. Holt, pastor. Morning theme, "The Law of Love." Evening service at 8, with gospel message by i the pastor. House of the Higher Blessing. 1013 Clay. Lecture by Dr. Aila McHenry. Subject. 'The Word Was Made Flesh." I Service 7:30 p. m. Read the State Journal. 1 New Buick Still for Sale Immediate Delivery i See Car at 918 Kansas Ave. Phone 3071 Ed C. Buechner 3 COOK SONS Contractor, and Builder. Screen Work and Remodeling of All Kinds Call us. We give special attention to repair and job work. 110 West 6th Ave. Shop Phone 823. Res. Phone 2957-KI Closing: Out Sale MONUMENTS I carry the finest stock in the state. ALL MUST GO AT COST Come and See Them. H. SCHROEDER 231 Jefferson St. Phone 100S To and from Kansas City and Chicago Leave Topeka 4.45 am 6.00 am 7.40 am 1.13 pm 8.05 pm B OO pm 8.00 pm 8.40 pm Arrive Arrive Kansas City Chicago i.w Bin r m 7.50 am 0.00 pm B.40 am 7.25 am 3.30 pm 7.43 am 5.05 pm 7.25 am 7 00 pm 9.15 am 0.55 pm 11.15 am 11.15 am Leave Chicago 50 am 9 50 am 6.00 pm 8.05 pm 10.30 pm 2.15 am 800 pm Lea re Kansas City 9.40 pm 10.00 pm 9.10 am li oo'sm -4.30 pm 7.45 am Arrive Topeka 11.25 pm 11.50 pm 11.05 am 10.50 am 12.55 pm 6 40 pm 10.15 am Let Cs Help Tom Plan Your Kext Trip Through' F. x,. stcrges. c. t. a t. a. Free reclining Sleepers ph. mm. Chair cars c n Making money work is a matter of common sense and suitability. Your sav ings invested in a farm mortgage loan works night and day and your se curity can't burn up or blow away. 0 THE FARM MORTGAGE CO. TOPEKA, KANSAS ED c 3D

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12 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1917 'Ttrpeha tate Journal An Independent Newspaper. BY FRANK P. MAC Lli-NNAN. Entered as second-class mail matter. VOLUME XXXIX No. 108 OFFICIAL STATE PAPER OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OF TOPEKA BUDwnpuon IlirB By mall In advance, one year i J? Ity mail In alvauce. six months... 2.4J Hy mall in advance, three months.. 1 liy mail lu advance, one month -o" Uates by Carrier One week J4 Two weeks for a quarter 25 cents Four wees Telephone: 3530 Eastern Offices: Paul Block, "presenta five. 'JoO FifUi avenue. I.ew ork; MR Hers building. Chicago; 201 Devonshire street. it out on rvrtrun: '-'""1"e A marll 11 Member: Associatea r f"". -jr; Newspaper I'ubllshers- Association, Audit liiireau of Circulation. It is inconceivable that the German submarines can proceed with their destruction of the world's shipping In definitely. Some effectual means of arreting the U-boat campaign, or checking it to a great extent, may be confidently expected at an early date. Since the beginning of history, every new engine of war has been met by another equal to it or more powerful. Failure to meet and overcome the sub marine menace would mean that any country well supplied with these craft could at any time stop the ocean com merce of the world. It is reported that the British already are sinking many of the German boats by means of mines. If these pirates can be pre vented from obtaining egress to the open sea, the problem In a large measure will be solved. It will be noted in this connection that little is now heard of the big guns with which the Teutons wrought so fearful havoc at the beginning of the war. No country can long hold a monopoly on machinery for the destruction of life and property. The German chancellor has decided to postpone his new peace proposal to a more opportune time. Beware of the Germans when bearing offers of peace. The proposal brought forward by the Chamber of Commerce looking to the establishment of canning factories to take care of the surplus products of garden and orchard is a good thing provided there is to be a surplus. A look backward will, show that in the pa.st a large part of the fruit and veg etables consumed in Topeka have been brought in on the railroads. Topeka is surrounded by garden land which can not be excelled in the world, but the product has not been equal to the volume of consumption for years. Probably as a war measure the big hotels have struck '-suckling pig" from the menu. Then again they have found it hard to get the pig. Wheat is selling at approximately $3 a bushel, yet Uncle Sam has estab lished a string cf banks for the pur pose of lending money to farmers. It is announced in the dispatches that the nationality of the aeroplane which dropped bombs on an unoffend ing Dutch town was not ascertained. One guess is enough. Nobody but a servant of the kaiser would do it. Having arranged for financing our allies the government as its next step In the prosecution of the war is taking lip the building of ships. Without these we can transport neither food nor men to Europe. We must have ijt only enough to meet the require ments of handling an army and mov ing the fod supply but we must be prepared to feed the German sub marines wnich have developed an enormous appetite. Eggs should be preserved in May and June for use next winter when tiiey are scarce and high in price, in thcopinlon of F. E. Fox, assistant In poultry husbandry in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Will Professor P'ox kindly tell an anxious public at what time to preserve eggs for use in May and June when they are scarce and high? This great agricultural country with more cattle than any other country ex cept India, found it advisable last year to import $12,000,000 worth of dairy products, bringing condensed milk from Switzerland and Australia, cream from Canada and Japan, cheese from a score of countries, but especially from Switzerland and Italy, unci butter from Denmark and New Zealand. The government could do much to relieve the scarcity of paper and re duce the high coat if it would stop printing so much useless and unin teresting matter. It may be all right to print the Congressional Record, but why. for instance, should it be sent broadcast thruout the country? Probably not one copy in a thousand Is read. The departments also flood the country with mattervaluelees to the general public. The trouble about those U-boats is that we cannot sink them. They are already sunk. The announcement that $10,000,000 worth of new beet sugar factories are under" construction in the beet sugar area of the United States, chiefly the section lying west of the Missouri river, calls attention to the rapid growth In beet sugar production In this country as Illustrated by figures compiled by the National City Bank of New York. These show that the quantity of beet sugar produced in the United States grew from 5,00000 rounds In 1890 to 1C,000,000 in 1900. 1,025,000.000 in 1910, and 1,642,000, 000 in 1916. Only ten years ago, in 1906, the production was but 626,000, 000 pounds, and formed but 10 per cent of the sugar consumption of the United States. In 1916 it was 1,642. 000,000, or nearly 20 per cent of the consumption. The present reports as to the number of factories likely to be available in the coming season sug gest a still further increase in the per centage which our domestic beet fields will supply of the sugar consumption of the United States. Argentina is celebrating her victory over Germany while the celebrating is good. The occasion is an expression of regret from Berlin, for sinking her ships. Buffalo feels that it has been given the worst of it. It cost three dollars a head to save souls during Billy Sun day's campaign in that city while in New York city similar work is being done for a dollar per. THE FOOD PROBLEM. The arrival of Herbert C. Hoover In this country for the purpose of taking up hie task of handling the food sup ply brings the country face to face with a new situation. Until now we have been thinking of the food situation in headlines. The efforts of the government and the newspapers have been turned to bring ingliome a realization of the shortage of food thruout the country. This campaign has been highly successful. It is safe to say that the country is thoroly aroused to the facts. It is eager to do its share in remedying the situation. It now looks for guidance. What can; be done? is the question which is everywhere toeing asked. In this emergency, says the New York Post, we must first look to the gov ernment. It alone can handle the problem on a national scale. Indi viduals, each doing his bit, can relieve the situation in a measurable degree. There are many who are undertaking their duty in a patriotic way. Many others cannot readily change their form of thinking from a competitive regime to a nationalistic one. We have so long thought of food in terms of relative values that it is difficult to think in terms of shortage and absolute quantities. This is the more difficult because substitution plays so large a part in the food sup ply. Corn, wheat, potatoes, meat, etc., are all used interchangeably. But it is the total of all these put together which must be produced and distrib uted. We must even go beyond this in our thinking. It is not so much that we are lack ing it ie our allies across the seas. To be enthusiastic about economizing for the benefit of a hypothetical individual next fall in Southern Italy is Indeed a test of the imagination. Yet this test is being met on the whole suc cessfully. It is an enormous undertaking to regulate production and distribution on a national scale, and too much must not be expected this year. Of all Americans, farmers are the most in dividually minded. Their whole lives tend to bring this about. Their strug gle Is not with other men it is with nature itself. They cannot change their viewpoint in a day. They do not take instructions easily. It Is for this reason that agricultural .co-operative enterprises have been ordinarily un successful. More than that, years of experience have made farmers bitter against society at large. Until recent ly they have not understood the dis tributive organization, but they have felt Instinctively that it was unjust to themselves. Even where they have looked into its mechanism, they have too often found themselves helpless to change it. I This is the raw material of the sit uation today. A system based on in dividual competition must be converted into one based on national co-operation. The first move" is the reassur ance of the farmer. What we want is more production the profits of the farmer are secondary. Generous minimum rates must be assured. High prices may be unfortunate to the consumer, but these we have already, and they are surely preferable to no food at all. The votes cast by Miss Rankin on war measures are being made the ba sis of arguments against women in legislative offices. Why should not the same train of reasoning apply to the men who voted as the Montana woman did? SAME OUD GERMANY. On the verge of declaring war on Germany, the Chinese parliament voted to erect a monument to John Hay In the Central Park of Peking. China's reasons for gratitude to this great American statesman are well known. Indeed,, says "World's Work, had it not been for John Hay, it is not im probable that today there would be no Chinese republic. Few nations have ever reacheAanjJ-survived the state of disintegration that so de moralized China in 1899. On September 19th, John Hay, American secretary of state, addressed his famous note to all the vivisecting powers, inviting them to Aoin the United States in preserving the status quo In China, and in maintaining "the open door," or equal trading and commercial advantages, for all nations. The diplomatic adroitness of this move consisted in the fact that it practically amounted to an invitation to abstin from rapine a pledge which no self respecting nation could refuse to take. AH the powers ultimately accepted the note not all, however, with good grace; China was saved from further dismemberment, and American diplo- matic prestige reached m height from which it has suffered a serious decline in recent 'years. Hay's chief opponent eighteen years ago was the same Germany which now proclaims brute force as the one motive that should regulate a nation's policy. No man. Indeed, perceived quite so keenly as Hay what German intentions meant to the world, and no man would more contentedly have seen the United States aligned against the Hohenzollerns in the battle for civilization and democracy. The German revolutionary party has branded Hindenburg as a liar. But why single Hindenburg out of so many? Bedtime Stories BY HOWABD K. GARIS Uncle Wiggily and Imlus Tooth. "Ting-a-ling!" rang the telephone In the hollow stump bungalow of Uncle Wiggily Longears, the rabbit gentle man. "I'll see who it is wants you," spoke Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the musk rat lady housekeeper. "Wait a moment." So she listened at the telephone and then she said: "I guess you'd better come here yourself, Uncle Wiggily. I can't make head or tail of what they're saying. Come here!" So Uncle Wiggily listened and he heard some one say: "Oh, please will you come over right away, and bring your pincers with you? Hurry!" "Pincers? Bring my pincers? And hurry! Why, what do you mean? Who are you?" asked the bunny. "Oh, this is Jimmie Wibblewobble, the duck boy, speaking," came thru the telephone, "and my mother wants you to come to our house and bring your pincers or nippers." "Is there somebody who needs to be pinched or nipped?" the rabbit gen tleman wanted to know. "Yes, it's Lulu's tooth," said Jim mie. "It aches her very much, but she won't let Dr. Possum, or mamma or papa, pull it, and maybe if you were to come with your pincers "Ah, ha! I see!" cried Uncle Wig gily, with his jolly laugh. "I'll come right over." He could give a jolly laugh, you see, as his tooth didn't ache. But, of course, he felt sorry for Lulu, for a toothache is no fun. "But I'll stop it for her if I can." said the bunny rabbit, and he got his nippers from his tool box. The nip pers were really made for cutting wire, or pulling nails out of a board, but they would pull out a tooth if you needed to do- that, which I hope doesn't happen to you this week. "I'll -be back as soon as I can," Uncle Wiggily said to Nurse Jane, as he hurried out cf his hollow stump bungalow. Soon he was at the Wib blewobble duck house, and Jimmie let him in. "Don't say anything about having brought your nippers. Uncle Wiggily," whispered the duck boy. "We don't want Lulu to know you're going to pul! her tooth." "I'll not say a word," promised the bunny uncle, and he hid his pincers up his sleeve as he went in the duck pen house. Once inside he could hear the duck girl crying: "Ouch! Oh, dear! Oh, how It hurts!" "Then let Doctor Possum pull it out," said Mrs. Wibblewobble. "Oh, no! Never! I can't bear to have it pulled!" and Lulu hid her yel low bill under her wing, her tooth being inside her bill, you know. "Oh, here's T-ncle Wiggily!" said Alice, who was Lulu's sister. "Let him see Doctor Possum pull out your tooth." "Nope! I don't want to!" and Lulu never raised her head. "It won't hurt you a bit," said Doc tor Possum,"or at least it will only hurt a teeny, weeny second and not half as long as your tooth will ache if you don't have It pulled." "No! No!" said Lulu, peevish like. "No!" "You try. Uncle Wiggily," said Mrs. Wibblewobble, in a whisper. Uncle Wiggily tried his best to get Lulu to let him pull her tooth, but she wojjld not. She just kept her .head and bill, with the aching tooth in it, under her wing, and tho Uncle Wig gily laughed at her, and made jokes and was as jolly as a lollypop. Lulu wouldn't let him get near her bill to pull the tooth. Then the bunny uncle rabbit thought of something else. He whis pered to Jimmie, who laughed and ran to his bedroom. Pretty soon the duck boy came out with something black, and Uncle Wiggily and Dr. Possum whispered together a little in r. corner and smiled between themselves. "Now," said Uncle "Wiggily in a loud voice, sort of twinkling his pink nose at the others, and nodding at Lulu, "I am going to do a funny trick. I am going to pull some teeth, and there will not be so much as a squeak when I do it." v "You're not going to pull mine." mumbled Lulu, her yellow bill still under her wing. "Ha! You just watch me!" cried the bunny uncle, making believe he was a circus man doing a trick. "Keep your eyes on me, ladies and gentle men," went on Uncle Wiggily, his pink nose twinkling so fast that it looked just like a moving picture when the film breaks. "I will now pull one, two and three teeth." and- with that he held up the black thing, which was Jimmie Wibblewobble's rubber comb, and with his nipper-pincers Uncle Wiggily-pulled three teeth out of the comb, one after the other. "There! What do you think of that?" cried the rabbit gentleman. "And the comb never said 'Boo! Did it Lulu?" And Lulu, the duck girt? was so sur prised at what Uncle Wiggily did, pull ing out the comb's teeth, that she opened her yellow bill real wide, to have a good laugh, forgetting for the moment about her own aching tooth. As soon as Uncle Wiggily saw Lulu's bill open he quickly called to Dr. Pos sum. "Ready now! Pull!" And before Lulu could close her bill again, Dr. Popsum reached in with a button hook and pulled out the aching tooth, and it never hurt Lulu any more after that. "Ouch! Oh!" she said just for a sec ond when Dr. Possum pulled, but it was because she was surprised, not because she was hurt. So you see, after all, pulling the comb's teeth was a good thing, though none of them really ached, and the comb never minded it at all. And after that Lulu was real jolly. And if the doctor doesn't have to put some plaster on the wall to take the pain out of the window shade, so it can fly up to the ceiling, I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and the mosquito.- (Copyright, 1917, by Mc Clure Newspaper Syndicate. Dorothy Dix Says BY DOROTHY mX Warld's Highest Paid Woman Write, If nunMonlBV panl thmt cause o many wldwer to make tbe foolish marriage they are famou for. The way of man with a maid has ever been held to be one of the inscrut able mysteries of life, but there is a stranger thing still, and that is the way widowers marry To the innocent bystander it looks only too often as If a man, otherwise sane, took leave of his senses when he came to make a second marriage. It is a common spectacle to see a staid, fat, middle aged widower with a house full ot children, marrying a fluffy headed little girl no older than his own daughters, or a polished society man, whose first wife had belonged to his own class, taking his cook or his housekeeper for his second wife. Indeed, so little marrying sense do widowers, as a class, display that they have become a sort of consolation prize to women, who comfort them selves with the fact that if they can't be a No. 1 wife there is no difficulty in becoming a No. 2. For they don't need any bait neither looks nor charm nor intelligence with which to angle for a widower. All they need is just to be Sally-on-the-spot, and he'll come up and flop into their nets. Nobody has ever explained the strange psychic phenomenon of why a man will marry for hie second wife a woman he wouldn't have looked at for his first, nor why a sensible, practical, intelligent man, with forty-five or fifty years of experience In life, should, in venturing into the holy estate a second time, throw all prudence and caution to the winds and contract an alliance that seemingly any idiot would know was inevitably bound to end in disaster. t Yet we have all seen widowers who were men of culture and refinement marrying cijarse and Illiterate women with whom they had not one thought or idea in common. And we have seen the misery that resulted. And we've seen widowers bring silly, undisciplin ed, unwise young stepmothers to rule over turbulent children who were nearer her age than she was to her husband's, and we've looked on in pity at the fight J:hat followed. And we've wondered what made these widowers marry as they did. We have wondered how a man whose girls" were the gently bred daughters of a lady could, put over them to rear them a woman who had none of the quali ties of their own. mother, a woman who could teach them none of the elegancies and graces that their own mother would have taught them; a woman who was incapable of making or holding for them the place in so ciety that their own mother would have done. And we have wondered how any man could have been deluded enough to even hope that any young girl would have the tact, the self control, the far-reaching intelligence to enable her to fill the most difficult of ali roles, that of step-mother. We hav wondered how any man could have been so blind as not to foresee that bringing such a one into his house wa like bringing in a fire brand, and that the result would inevitably be a home that was always in a row and a tur moil, and that the. end was bound to be that his children would be alienat ed' from him, and driven from him and his own heart torn In two between his love and duty to the two factions. We have wondered at these things and now an archbishop of the middle west has explained them. He says that the widowers who make these unsuitable marriages for the most part are men -who have become panic stricken upon the deaths of their wives, and who re-marry as soon as possible merely that their children may be cared for. Furthermore, mar rying in haste, they marry without judgment the first woman that is handy. In his long experience in dealing with foolish and weak humanity, the archbishop has seen thousands of these marriages that have turned out so unhappily that he is now establish ing a home where motherless boys may be taken care of, and their fath ers thus prevented from being driven into precipitate and. undesirable mar riages. No doubt the archbishop is right. A woman whose husband dies leaving her with a house full of little chil dren, has always been a tear-compelling object of sympathy, but in reality she is not half so pathetic or so for lorn and helpless as the man whose wife dies, leaving him with a lot of children to care for. If the woman has money, she suf fers nothing but her bereavement. She can keep her children together. She has no anxiety about their upbring ing, about their being kept clean phy sically and spiritually. She has the consolation of her comfortable, well ordered home. She does not need to marry again in order to have somebody to look after her children. But the widower with children is in a desperate plight unless he happens to have a mother or sister who can step into the breach. He does not know what to do for children when they are sick or when they are well. He doesn't even know what clothes they ought to have. He-must be at his business all day and cannot watch them. He knows that they are run ning the streets learning the things they should not know. He can only turn them over to hirelings, and there is no wonder that he grows desperate and thinks that any woman to take a mother's place over his brood is bet ter than no one. And if he marries a woman inferior to his first wife, that is no wonder either, because the job of step-mother is not an alluring one, nor one that appeals to a woman attractive enough to be desirable to other men. I know a cultivated and attractive young widower with three little girls, who declared that a widower with children is a pariah that no woman of his own class will look at. It takes a woman with the spirit of a martyr to want to undertake a ready-made family. f And there you are.' That explains why widowers marry foolishly. They marry because they've gotten into a panic but that does not help their case. Jumping out of the frying pan into the fire has never been a success ful remedy for any trouble.. So let us hope that in every community the archbishop's plan for establishing a home for motherless boys will be fol lowed, so that widowers will not be driven by a desperate distraction into hasty and disastrous marriages. For it is eternally true that those who marry in haste repent at leisure. (Copyrighted, 1917. by TJie Wheeler Syndi cate, Inc.J- FROM FARM TO TABLE By Frederic J. Haakln, Director THE TOPEKA 8TATB JOCRXAi INFORMATION BIKEAU Washing-ton, j c. Washington. E. C. May 6. A few days ago half a dozen men from Chi- cago paid a quiet visit to the secretary of agriculture. The little call was ar ranged by Julius Rosenwald of the Council of National Defense, and the half dozen Chicago men represented the biggest meat packing industry in the world. They suggested that the Department of Agriculture should su. pervise their billion-dollar business during the period of the emergency, and if necessary, fix maximum and minimum meat prices. The- results of that suggestion still lie in the fu ture, and they may well be enormous ly Important. Problem of Food Needs. It will come as news to many Amer icans that the Department has already the adequate foundations for a system which could far more readily take over the national problem of food requirements and supply than any other organization in the country. The machinery of this system is largely concentrated in the Office of Markets and Rural Organization; and the chief of this office himself is authority for the statement that not so long ago there were men to be found in posi tions of high authority who had never even heard of it. Yet this office al ready has a nation-wide- system of in formation covering the meat supply and the movement of most of the more perishable food-stuffs. The Office of Markets keeps In touch with the food supply thru sev eral channels. It conducts a market news service by mail and telegraph which is the only thing of its kind maintained by any government. This news service keeps track by wire of tho movement of every car of perish able food-stuffs, such as potatoes and onions, in the country. Since the first of the year a telegraphic news service on the shipments of live-stock and the conditions at all the principal live stock markets has been operated. The information gathered by these ser vices is sent free to any one Interested by mail, or it is furnished by tele graph to anyone who cares, to pay the telegraph charges. A special force at headquarters works all night sending out the daily telegraphic reports Daily Market Service Reports for the market news ser vice are received largely from rail road division superintendents. In 1916 the news service only covered the more important fruits and vegetables, but reports were received from 666 division superintendents, representing 225,000 miles of railroad. Reports were received from every railroad which handled carload lots of the fruits and vegetables covered by the service. At the height of the season, as many as 230 superintendents were reporting at one time. The value of such a market news service lies in what it can do for-the farmer and the ultimate consumer It steadies prices and eliminates waste. The distribution system for farm pro ducts has become enormously complex and no single farmer or association of farmers can tell where their goods are needed. As a result, without accurate information, some markets are flooded and others are left short. In the flooded markets, the per ishable products rot and decay; in the short markets, the shortage makes tire consumer pay extravagant prices for fruits and vegetables that are rotting in some other city a few hundred miles away. The whole object of the news service is to spread broadcast the ne cessary information about the supply in every important city. The canta loupe growers in the Imperial Valley of California alone estimate that the news service saved them J250.000 in one season. The Bermuda onion growers of Texas say the service was worth a million dollars to them in a single year. r Saves Perishable Products. The situation in perishable products is illustrated by a case like that of the strawberry crop of Louisiana. Louisiana strawberries are shipped in carload lots all over the country, even into Canada. Strawberries are one of the most perishable products, and an overloaded market anywhere means a heavy loss. The state has to ship some 1400 carloads in a short season. Obviously the only way for the straw berry crop to be marketed economical-ly-ls for the shippers to have accurate information daily by telegraph as to the number of strawberries on hand In every one of the forty or fifty mar kets in the United States and Canada. The daily market reports on perishable products were taken last year by some 26,000 growers. The movements of 290,000 cars were reported by the railroads to the service. The market news service on meats promises to develop -into something even bigger. The office of markets estimates that it will .cover the move ments of 1,500,000 -cars a year. The purpose of the service is fi. damental ly the same to report to shippers the condition of the various livestock mar kets, and distribute the supply where it is needed. 3Ieats and Cold Storage. The office, of markets has been at work collecting and distributing in formation on the total an.ount of food held in cold storage thruout the United States. The co-operation of 1,450 meat paqking cold storage houses has al ready been enlisted. These houses represent 98 per cent of the total ca pacity of their class in the country. Figures are being compiled that will tell the total cold storage capacity of all tho plants of this nature in the contury, and of canning factories and general foodstuff warehouses as well. A list of factories which manufacture all the substitute tzX products-, such as oleomargarine and compound lr.rd is being prepared. The value of such information in !aso of a centralized control of the nation's food Is very clear. It should not be forgotten that one of the biggest meat packers in the world predicted that if the war lasts a year, we may well have to put n force a system of meat, cards -such as are used in Germany. Classification of CI rain. Recent legislation has provided for the use of national standards for the grading and classifying of all grain shipped in interstate commerce. In enforcing this legislation, the- office of markets has thirty-two branch offices for grain supervision, which keep it in close touch with all conditions and fluctuations in the grain trade. Be sides these offices, there are already established some twenty-six field sta tions and twenty city offices for keep ing In touch with the situation In fruits and vegetables. In fact, the groundwork for an -organization which can keep posted from day to day on the national food situation is already available. The corps of experts which the office has organized is familiar with all the problems of marketing, and if there should ever have to be national control of the marketing and distribution of food crops, these men will in all probability furnish the basis of the actual working staff. Between the highly organized sys tem for estimating the yield of farm products which Is operated by the bu reau of crop estimates and the ma chinery of marketing and distribu tion available in the office of markets, the nation is better prepared for na tional control of the food supply than most people realize. Such control may not become necessary, but this Is a time to take Btock of preparedness for any emergency. (The new Information bureau lust estab lished by tbe Topeka State Journal at Washington. D. C. is in a oositlon to send any reader whq, makes the request, and stfuus a --cent aiamp ror postage, eacn book desired, any one or all of the fol lowing: "The United Statea Army," a beautiful booklet profusely Illustrated, sev eral pages in colors, showing the uniforms in colors of different officers, prepared under the direction of the adJntaLt gen eral of the United States army; ,:The United Statea Navy," enlistment, instruc tions ''United Statea Marines." soldiers of the sea, duties, -experiences, opportu nities, pay. Issued by the United States Marine Corps publicity bureau, numerous illustrations, two pages in colors. Itemember, those booklets are free to any reader of the State Journal; he need not even be a regular subscribers Address our Washington Bureau. ON SKTO OF TEIE MOMENT BT BOY K.. MOULT ON. How True! Some find the world a place of woe, A place of wall and rue; Yet others like tt here below, Ob, quite a number do! Some like their pleasant lives of ease. Their world is bright and gay. While some seem rather bard to please And grumble all tbeday. In Tie wing Life as on we trot This much we find is true. Who have it hard enjoy it not. Who have it easy do Watching Your Hat and Coat. -Watching your hat and" coat isn't a game or a pastime and then again it isn't an occupation or visible meana of support. It is hard to say just what it is- But it keeps you busy through the lunch hour. You go in and hang up your hat and coat and then sit down to watch it. If you are going- to eat soup it doesn't make much difference where you hang your coat and hat. because while eating soup yem can't talk to anyone and so you have plen ty of time to watch your hat and coat. If you are obliged to hang your coat and hat behind you where you have to turn around to look' at it often you naa Detter eat soup. .Between sDoon fuls of eoup it is also easier to turn the head quickly than it is between moutntuis or, say. creamed ootatoea. The secret of this is found in thi effect of hot soup on the cords of the neck. They are livened up and tho head is turned more brisklv. You may be interested in trying thi3 with not soup and creamed potatoes. If mnrf- npnnla imoFatnnri filings it would not be necessary for restaurant proprietors to deface their wans with the legend. Not Responsible ior iais, tjoats and umbrellas. The Summer Parks. Let tia do a bit of cheering, Crying "Wheel" and "oody gander!" For tbe season uow Is Bearing When tbe little groups meander, With their bright expectant faces. To amusement parks and places I Oh, the laughter and the scramble. Oh, the jollity and jesting. See them frisk about and gambol! lo they never think of resting? What a joyous thing a lark is In a swell amusement park (is) There are shows and peanut roasters, Ferris wheels and loudly screeching Ladles on the roily -coasters. Barkers noisily beseeching Old and young to bend their glances On some interesting dances! See V he many making merry! If you're any sort of sport you're Sure to ride the Foolish Ferry, Or some other form of torture. How we're waiting now and bopln' For the summer parks to open! Tramp Joke. "Lady," said the tramp. "I'm so hungry I could eat the grass there right off the front yard!" (Don't go yet! This isn't the one where the lady tells him the grass is longer around in back. In this one the lady tells him to go ahead and do a nice job and trim it neatly along the walk and around the trees.) "Go ahead and do a nice job and trim it neatly around the trees," said the lady. (And then he says he'll do it for a dollar.) "All right, lady, it's a day's work and 1 11 do it for a dollar." "Here's your dollar," paid the lady, when he had it done. "I'm glad you came around. The neighbors bor rowed our lawnmower!" Today's Sneer. Some people have more pride in their nature than they have in their appearance. That's True! "That's one nice thing about having a wooden leg." "What's that?" "You're always pretty sure to put your best foot forward." (SLOES From the Atchison Globe. Very little of the overtime is put in at loving enemies- A man with a mean disposition is always too willing to prove it. There is also such a thing as having more patriotism than sense. Speaking of realism, the modern bathing suit leaves very little to the imagination. There are all sorts of people, in cluding those who find a lodge initia tion interesting. The square deal is often demanded by those who sought the best of it, and failed to get it. The safest bet probably is that a good looking woman won't be con victed when accused. Humanity is largely like this: The money a man saves by not smoking, he spends on chewing gum. Before condemning cowardice ut terly, remember it is often an in fluence for good behavior. It may be said for Honolulu that it is a good deal more pleasing than most of the songs about it There are also those who, when they believe anything, don't care whether they know anything about it or not. If the young man who strums a ukulele had been bdrn at an earlier date, he would have picked a mandolin. EVENING STOE1 j Poor Hear Emily. (By Ixola Forester.) Emily Greeley had been a special care on the family's mind ever sines she had passed thirty without appreciating the privileges and hon ors of wedlock. Brothers and sisters fell In love nd married from the Greeley homestead with customary rea-ularitv thru Emily's glrinooa anu young womanhood. And Emily helped them start off In life with tact ana cheerfulness. Tho she had "chances,", she cast them asftle and hiked life's highway In a state of solitary enjoy ment and freedom that left tne iamuy stunned with helplessness. n "1 don't see why I should marry, she would say buoyantly. "I've never seen any man whom I would want to spend my life witn, i am inrin.iu contented and happy. Why are you all in such a hurry to get rid of me? Therefore it came as a snocK wins" Kmilv announced that she had drawn as first prise in a contest' aw. home stead out in Idaho. "I am sure it must be a very charm ing; place to live In," said Emily, hap pily. "I think I shall put in goats, Angora goats. The government says they eat the underbrush, and I think they are decidedly picturesque. If you get tired of them, you can use them for doormats. l snan bo m for all kinds of intensive farming and do everything except take summer boarders." "But you can't live out there alone, said Mr. Greeley, blandly. "Be rea sonable, my dear Emily." "With a big dog and a revolver. I can live anywhere," replied Emily, calmly. "You will remember, father dear, that on. mother's side of the family I have pioneer blood In my veins, even if you do come from an F. F. V. I firmly believe in Provi dence, and if Providence has seen fit to drop three hundred acres of virgin woodland and otherwise at my feet. I shall pick them up and say 'thank you.' Just three weeks later, Emily took her departure, accompanied only by Tink, her big collie, and a brand-new automatic. Four days later she step ped off the train at Arapahoe. Idaho, and sized up the aggregate of local talent visible to the naked eye. There were three carryalls, one buckboard and four broncoes. Her two trunks and four packing cases occupied the baggage truck. Five individuals sat thereon, alternately chewing or smok ing and gazing past her with intent at the far horizon line of mountains. It was not Arapahoe's custom to exhibit curiosity over female stran gers, yet Emily was good to look upon in her trim linen suit. "Is there such a thing as a hotel in this place?" she asked of the five, col lectively. "Where is a person suppos ed to put up, and does anybody know where Ballyho Gulch is?" There was a stir of interest among tne live, spike MacLougaII rose and came toward the lady settler. He ex plained, courteously, that Arapahoe had no official place for housing transient guests, and tnat the gulch was a matter of sixteen miles north west, but that. If she wanted to, she could probably put up at the Kenton place, four miles out of town. Spike added, modestly, that he'd take her over in the carryall, and they could manage the two trunks on top of the carryaii. rne packing cases would have to come later. Emily hardly heard him. Her at tention was fixed on a man who came at a dead gallop down the wide, dusty street. He was tall, broad-shouldered and heavy set. Even the pinto was neavy set, nis legs Bowed under him, niiu ni naa wary eves as ne drew tin short at the hitching rail in front of the pine board station. The newcome- and Emily looked each other over with calm, approving scrutiny before ho sauntered into tne telegraph office. She caught his deep baritone voice perfectly, as he gave his message. "You can wire back east to those sons of truns that that land transfer up at the gulch has been declared il legal by the court here and it don't hold good. I am prepared to protect my rights on it in any and all ways. Sign it Scott King." Emily's hazel eyes narrowed and she pursed her lips. As she climbed Into the carryall beside Spike she asked casually who the young man was on the strawberry pinto. "That's King, former "owner of the Caribou ranch up in the Ballvho Gulch. He lost it one night In a poker game with some strangers, and they turned it over into cold cash with an eastern syndicate running some adver tising scheme. It ain't worth much, only that Scott is terrible set on getting it back, and it looks like the court Is on his side." Yet Emily went on her way. know ing full well that it was the Caribou ranch that had come to her thru a stroke of Providence. Three months later she rode up the mountain trail from the "gulch besid? Scott King. She rode cross saddle, not as she used to ride on tbe road3 around Boston. It was a tanned. health Emily who sat her saddle with surety and confidence and listened to Scotty's arguments with a smile. "It's no place for a woman to live alone." he said. "I've stood all this nonsense about your being a free and capable Individual who can look after herself quite as long as I'm going to. You used me for a doormat ever since you came here, Emily, and took my land away from me. -r "I didn't take away from you. I won it in a fair, legal contest," re sponded Emily calmly, "and I m quite capable of taking care of myself. I think your timber men are bluffing. If they try (iny midnight excursions over my line, cutting out my best trees, they'll get all that's coming to them. I've stretched barbed wire now where they don't expect It. and fix up every other little feminine contraption for safety that I can think of. If any of them come to harm I can't help it. 1 ve warned tnem. Scott looked at her helplessly. She had no Idea what she was up against, he thought Xll of Ransome's lum ber gang that had warred against him for four years to get a grip on the moutain timber had sworn either to get the best of her or to take ,r- venge in heir own way1, and the worst of it was that Scott himself, big as he was, had no control over her. She would do Just what she willed to do. and nothing he said could. con vince her of the imminent danger. For about the fiftieth time he started to tell her the type of a man she needed as a aprotector and husband, and Emily smiled, dubiously, when all at once the pinto pointed Its ears and whinnied anxiously. As they came Into a clear ing where a sudden vista of the moun tainside opened up, Scott caught sight ol a ntting wing or smoke. "They've started it." he cried. "You ride back and rouse everybody on the road to Arapahoe. I'll get the Ben son boys and fight this." "But I want to come, too," said Emily. "You do as I tell you," he retorted, shortly, and for the first time In her life Emily Greeley obeyed a man. In facti she realized as she rode along what a relief it was to find a man she could obey. It was a week later that the fam ily received the announcement of Emily's marriage to one Scott Klng- "The ranch was his In the first place," she wrote. "He lost it and I won it. How he's won me, so we're partners in a fair deal; and I'm not coming East this year." (Copyright, 117, by the McClure Newspaper Syn- ulcate.) DINNER STORIES The doctor was attending an In jured woman who had come to his surgery with her arm severely bitten. As he dressed the wound he remark ed: I cannot quite make out what sort of animal bit you. The wound is too small for a horse's bite and too big for a dog's." Oh. It wasn't an animal! exclaim ed the patient. "It was another lady.'' Thoughts About Things. One "reason why father may give daughter's callers a stern eye is be- kcauee he was young once himself. People who are up-to-date these days are at least a year behind it' Or rather, they are a year ahead. The son of the man who tried to go over Niagara in a barrel recently went his father one better. He got married on a bet. There may be people who never complain, but you can't make a Jani tor believ, It. The Toad. Obserre the toad, my little dear, Aud note his pensive air. He's sad because he has no ears And not a bit of hair: A little toad, full well he knows, Should never hope for these. Yet often to his ma he goes. To tease and tense ant1 ase. What folly iu a-toa;l, yon ery. And what thing to tin! But children, often you auil I Are quite as stupid, tool Maybe. Some think that life would he a aonc And there would be far less complaint. If black were white and right were w rong And everything were as It alu't If little babes were bent with years. If fools and Idiots were wise. If mirth should move us all to tears, If thefts and burglaries and Ilea Were gentle deeds and if we'd be Arrested giving the poor. Engaged at every pleasantry And proud to have to take the cure. If things were so perhaps a lot Of folks would cense to make complaint So many kiek that thlDgs are not A little more like what they alu't! HOUSEHOLD HINTS v Some Good Cnkes. Brown Egglesa Cake One cup granulated sugar two rounded table spoons butter, one-half cup chocolate dissolved in a little hot water, then fill rest of cup with sweet milk, one and one-half cups flour, one teaspoon soda in hot water. Bake as a solid loaf cake. Mocha frosting: one heap ing cup powdered sugar, two and one half level teaspoons butter, three teaspoons grated chocolate dissolved in two tablespoons hat coffee, one teaspoon vanilla. Beat till smooth and very creamy. Dark Spice Cake One cup brown sugar, one-half cup molasses, two ta blespoons shortening, one teaspoon ginger, cinnamon, allspice and soda, two eggs, two cups flour, two tea spoons baking powder, one-half cup milk. Scald spice in one-half cup hot water. Mix sugar, molasses, shortening, spices, soda, eggs and milk. Add baking powder sifted in with flour: lastly, add egg whites well beaten. Bake about twenty minutes in moderate oven in layer cake tins. This makes three layers. If desired, add vanilla. Spice icing: Two cups confectioner's sugar, one tablespoon (level) cinnamon, cold water enough to make a paste (usually from three to Ave tablespoons). Mix sugar and spice, add water, stir until smooth. This is good and will not fail to hard en unless too much water Is added. Spread between layers and on top of cake. This is also an original way to keep a cake fresh for an indefinite time. Whe.i Icing on cake is hard, lay a clean towel or napkin over it. then cover with a large crock. Spanish Chocolate Cake Dissolve on back of stove half cup grated un sweetened chocolate, one-fourth cup granulated sugar and two table spoons milk. Beat to a cream one third cup butter and cup of pow dered sugar. Add two eggs (one at a time, bewt well): add half teaspoon vanilla. Next add the dissolved mix ture and beat thoroly. Now add grad ually one-rourth cup milk; a cup of flour and teaspoon of baking powder (add tnat last).- Devll's Food Cake Grate Into a dish one-quarter cake of chocolate. add half cup boiling water and one teaspoon soda: let stand until other part of cake is mixed. Take two cups brown sugar, one-half cup butter, half cup sour milk, two and one-half cups flour. Pour Into the chocolate mix ture and bake In layers. Ginger Cakes One cup brown su gar, one cup lard (creamed with su gar), one tablespoon soda In two cups molasses, inree laoiespoons ginger four eggs, pinch salt. Stir In flour until thick enough to roll out in nin. and bake. Buttermilk Cake One and nno-Ti.l, cups brown, sugar. one-Tialf cup but ter, one cup buttermilk, two and one half cups flour, one-half cup chopped raisins, one teaspoon cinnamon, cloves and allspice, two level teaspoons soda. One-Egg Cake One tahl no, k.. ter, three-fourths cup sugar, one-half cup milk, one cup flour, two teaspoon ujvaer, cne teaspoon flavor ing. Cream sugar and butter, adl milk and flour: beat well- uriri and beat all lightly: lastly, add bakiraj powder and 'flavoring. Make two small layers, can pice one and put together with any desired filling or a boiled icing, or make a-nice loaf cake with nuts or spices or both. Nice for a pudding with any sauce. Chocolate Icinjr (epgless) Two squares chocolate dissolved in one cilp milk: stir constantly, remove from heat and add' two cups of pulverized tugar. This will ice two dozen cookies or f. enke, and may be kept, if not tim" hy reheating In double boiler. A

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