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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-27
STATE EMPLOYEES HELD UP.

Stale employees, whether they like
Il CIR not, must become contributors
TO the Republican campaign fund
according to a mandate issued by
State Chairman Dolly of the Repub,
ican committee. The assessment
amounts to two and one-half per cen
or the annual salaries of the employ.
&c of the state.
Mr.. Dolly, in his enlogy of the
Bull Moose candidates." comments
State Chairman Henderson Martin
OF the Democratic committee, said
the other day that Kansas is an OK.
ample to the other states. l shbuld
say this is an example," he adds, af.
ter going over the situation, "for
both gods and men,"
HMr. Dolly, in his eulogy of the
DUH Moose candidates, said the 9th.
el day that Kansas is an example
70 the other states. l wonder in
what particular the government of
Kansas is an eNample?" queries Mar.
TN. is it in the matter of taxes
and extravaganza? He may not have
mad these things in mind when he
spoke. l presume he meant the me-
thods adopted by him and his Bull
Moose colleagues in raising money
Tor campaign purposes. Assessing
public employees has been outlawed
Oy the Federal government and by
most Of the state governments. but
IN Kansas the Bull Moosens ara still
working the old game. Mr.. Dolley
mas notified the state employees that
1hey must come across. The assess
ment is two and one,haH per cent of
tneT annual salary. The poorest
g:ri in the statehouse must nav her
Sl5 or $40. into the Bull Moose OF.
cnequer, whether it leaves her enough
money to buy coal for herself and
ner mother or not. know Of one
girl emplOye who cried when she re.
ceiVed 0Otice Of her assessment, but
sne knows what win happen IL she
lafs to pay. A lot of old colored
men who work all day cleaning spit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-27
HOPE NOT BASED ON FRACTIONAL
FIGHT.

Senator George H. Hodges. Demo
cratic candidate for Governor. in an
/, address at Meri6en, Ksns., recently
declared that the Democrats are not
oasing their hope of victory on the
split iR the Republican party. Sen
atoro Hodges declared that if the
Democratic candidates had nothing Il
recommend them other than qua: ra S
nmong the Republicans, that their
party would he unworthy the cCnii-
denee and support of the electors Of
Kansas.
81 notice almost every Republican
paper that has given the coming
election any publicity, has stated
that the Democrats were baStng thtdr
hopes of victory on the factioral
fight in the dominant party" the
speaker said.
This variance in the majority par
y will contribute to Democratic sue
cess, yet our party would be tn
worthy Of the confidence and sup
sort Of the electors Of kansas If our
candidates had nothing to recommend
Tor public consideration, and II they
carried no message to the voters Of
our state, excepting the vantage
:Bround offered to the Democrats BY
reason Of the quarneliug and bicker-
ing among the Republicans.
.-The tariff is the greatest political
question. The candid men of both
parties agree that a high protective
tariff 3 the plethoric mother of TIE
trusts and Of the unlawful CONNER
eial combinations that control the in.
dusGial pursuits Of the nation.
%The Democrats are in favor of a
tariff on Injuries and for revenue on.
y. II given the power we win place
On the free list those daily necessi-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-27
UP AND ATTN FIFTH DISTRICT

The Democrats in the Fifth Con.
sressional District are fully awake to
the opportunity Of this campaign.
The district is organized in better
shape than ever before, and practi-
ealNy every Committeeman is busilv
at work.
AT a recent meeting at Manhattan
al which every county in the Dis
triet was represented, plans for the
campaign were discussed in detail.
incidentally, Substantial fund was
raised to further the interests of G.
I. delivering, Democratic candidate
for Congress.
State Chairman Henderson Martin
was up from State Headquarters and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-27
THE MAN OF MARYsvILLE.

P. E. Laughlin Of Marysville, Dem
ocratic nominee for State Treasurer
is a splendid type Of the ssh-mate
man. He has worked himself Ut
solely by his own efforts and hard
work. Raised on a farm in Atchieou
county he has spent many years al
hard work. His friends call ttm
Lucky Laughlin," inasmuch as near
dy everything he touches seems ia
prosper.
The AtchisOn Globe says of him:
"P. E. Laughlin, Democratic nom.
inee for State Treasurer, who was
born, and who used to farm in this
county, will poll all the votes worth
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-27

made an address before the meeting
ccngrtulfhrg thore psesert on the
splendid organization in the district
and urging the bright prospects there
are tbs year for Democrats enccess.
Fifth District Democrats are find
Ing a great deal CT amusement in
the attitude Of "Wiggler Rees." Just
at present melody is able b tel ex.
aoay where Rees stands on several
rather important subjects, incladue
his position in the Kansas electors
fight.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-27
THEY TAKE LESS COAL

And give out more heat. They save
money ard give satisfaction. This Ia
what you want. They are the P.
d. Beckwith Genu'ue Round Oak
Heating Stoves, and Hard Coal Base
Burners.
We have cheaper ones IL you wanh
them. E. R. MOSES NERO. co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-27

having here. and wherever be q
known. AtchisOn county Is proud 70
claim him as home product"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11

nually In the District. The system
was stated in 1910, when an initial
appropriation of $3.50 was granted for
that purpose. The present sewerage
system has so far cost S12.OOo,Ooo
and the annual expenditure for sew
erage runs about $350,000, and the
annual Increase in mileage Is about
25 miles. To get rid OF mosquito
breeding, all of the catch basins, OF
which there are about 5000, are
thoroughly flushed biweekly, and then
dosed with mosquito oil during the
season. 1t is estimated that the av-
erage cost for this treatment is about
six cents basin In the hot dry sea
son these basins, uncared for In other
cities. hold water and offer breeding
places for bugs. mosquitoes and other
insects. Washington can we'll feel
proud of the splendid reputation for
her sewerage system given by these
eminent scientists.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
GETS $4,000 ON MELON CROP
undlsmayed by Failure Last year,
Rancher Takes Bigger Chances
This Season.

Clifton. Colo.-To clean up a neat
little fortune Of approximately $4,000
as result of a couple Of months
work was the experience OF ]. b.
Jobes. a rancher west OF town, VINO
decided that there was money In can
taloupes despite his own experience
to the contrary.
Jobes. who was practicing physi-
clan back in Pennsylvania, came to
the Grand valley to regain his health.
He bought a young apple orchard and
decided that he would pay his ex-
penses by growing cantaloupes among
the trees.
Doctor Jobes ran up against bad
wear however, and last season not
only didn't make profit, but for some
Of his cantaloupes did not receive
enough to pay for the crates. Instead,
however, of blaming the melons or the
valley. or a hundred and one other
things. he decided that the only diff
ficulty with his returns was the way
that they were marketed. Conse'
ouently he decided to market his own
melons and anyone else's who would
trust him with them
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
Uncle Sam Makes 1t Much Easier to Secure Farm

mer years, and consequently fewer ap-
plications for homesteads.
According to the latest report OF the
land office there still remain to be dis
posed of in homestead, timber, coal,
mineral and stone lands 695, 4Ol,259
acres. situated In what are commonly
known as public land states. About
one-quarter of these lands have been
surveyed.
In order, then, to induce entries on
the remaining lands, congress recently
passed a law providing that certain
restrictions on these entries In the
way of cultivation, residence, etc., be
moderated so that settlers would find
1t less difficult to live up to the speci-
fications set forth In homestead laws.
One of the most attractive features OF
the new law is the three-year resi-
dence clause. This provides that in
order to entitle a person to a patent
upon a homestead 1t must be shown
that he has resided on the farm for
three years. Honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors are entitled to
claim credit for the period of service,
after they have resided upon. Inn
proved and cultivated the land for a
period of at least one year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11

YI1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Guild, Jr.,
W American ambassador to St Pc
tdrsbttis, desires to see mounted boy
sccrts. He believes the United States
government should furnish ponies for
the boys, give them instruction in
horseback riding and train them in
skill In riding and develop their hardi-
ness
He outlines his plan in 2 letter to
the state department, which has been
referred to James e. West. chief scout
executive OF the Boy Scouts Of Ameri-
ca. West is enthusiastic over the
scheme The scout leaders are taking
the matter up with Ambassador Guild
and the officials in Washington.
lbassador Guild got his inspira-
stion from seeing 20 Cossack boys drill
before the car last spring. "At recent
events" he writes. lin the presence OF
the emperor at Krasnoe Selo. there
was one thing Of particular Importance
as 1t opened a new vista of the posi-
bilities of the boy scout movement.
early in May some Cossack boys
ranging in age from eleven to four
teen years. left their villages and as
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
TRIP THROUGH DARDANELLES

trance. that although there was no
Italian loss the fotilla never got much
farther. and that Turkish gunners on
shore If they struck anything must
have hit their own destroyers. In MS
article. Signor Zoli says:
Commander Milo said that when
he reached the second cable under the
Baikouch Tepe battery, the spica
stopped. and that this stop permitted
him to observe the water space De
yond the narrows. BY looking at the
plan It will be seen that this water
space is the Bay OF Chanak FROM
this point the commander watched the
firing from the Hamazieh batter, ana
considered It impossible to pass tne
zone OF action commanded by this bat
terry without sacrificing all the squad
ron, and therefore gave the order 70
return. Therefore the truth Is that
the Italian torpedo boats did not pass
beyond the Kilid Bahr Chanak line,
In the report OF Commander Milo
there is one certainly involuntary IN
exactitude-his persuasion that ne
saw the Turkish feet and that he was
fired on by 1t. II he did not pass the
Kilid Bahr-Chanak line. he could not
have seen the Turkish feet anchored
in the Bay OF Niagara. and most Ger
tainly he could not have been fred on
by It. The Turkish feet did not nre
single cannon.
But it is clear that Commander
Milo was misled by the numerous
steamships and by two or three Tur'
kish torpedo boats anchored In the
Bay of Chanak: 1t was probably these
vessels that, hidden IN the darkness
of the night and the shadows OF the
numerous searchlights were mistaken
for the opposing feet, and he couie
/ easily have mistaken for the guns Of
this fleet the guns fred from Hama
zieh and Chanak Kalessi.
There is nothing strange or mao
missible In this explanation. given tne
conditions of time and the nervous
tension produced on all. 1t is ever
more possible when we think that
high parsonage of the ministry OF ma
rine' furnished one OF the most I'm
portant newspapers with sketch mai
of the raid in which the Bay o
Chanak was COMPOUNDED with Magyar
placing Chanak on the other side o
the narrows and fixing the anchorage
| of the Turkish feet exactly In TN
Bay Of Chanak where Commands
Milo thought he saw them"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
Woman Served Six Years in Pris-
on on Arson Charge.
While Incarcerated Spouse Failed TO
Visit and She Believed He was
IlI-Llberated, She Has Him
Arrested.

Philadelphia.-Des she says
by her husband after he had been ac-
Quilted of the charge of setting nre
to the Point Chautauqua hotei, IN
Lake Chautauqua, NJ Y. while she
served six years In prison, MRS. Nora
Allen turned on him in court here
and exclaimed:
AT the trial / kept my mouth shut
to save your neck. l went to prison
and you went free. ! gave you all Out
$3.50 of the $1,000 received for set
ting the fire."
Mrs. Allen had brought her hus-
band to court on warrant charging
him With desertion, having taken this
action only after she had sought him
for more than a year, only to be re-
jected when she finally found him.
In the entire time she was In prison.
she said. her thoughts turned con-
stantly toward her husband, although
she received no word from him. win
tear-flled eyes she said in Magistrate
Germans court that Sometimes while
in prison she thought her husband
must be dead, at others he was Ill
Numerous we're the excuses she IN
vented in her own mind to account for
failure to hear from him.
When she was released little more
than a year ago she started out to
search for her husband. intending. she
said to aid him II he was in trouble
Tracing him to Philadelphia, she
learned he had been living in No. 17oO
Sumner street, but had been taken 10
the Medico-C hirurgical hospital TOT
treatment. Mrs. Allen visited the hos
pital and sent word to her husband
that she wanted to see him.
He does not care to see you" was
the reply she received. She then went
to police headquarters and obtained
warran. against Allen.
He still is my husband she saio
after Allen had been held in bonds Of
$780, but my love for him has turned
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
Railroad Puts Engine in the City Fire Service

ONE OF the big railroads having ter
" minals here has equipped a loco
motive with modern fire-fighting ap-
paratus and put it in commission to
assist the district firemen In extin-
gushing flames in the railroad yards,
particularly near New Jersey and
Virginia avenue.
Because of the high speed Of which
the engine is capable and the fact
that 1t has right of way all the time,
its service will be invaluable, as las
already been shown by its efficiency
Al putting out small flames In the
wards without the assistance of the
municipal department. The excellent
switchboard service, operated from
the towers, can give 1t right OF way
with scarcely any delay.
The primary use of the engine VIII
be in the yards, but it can be brought
40 the Union station or elsewhere
along the road If necessary. The ter
minal has been so constructed that
water can be reached at any point in
the yards
This is not an innovation. as the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
Washinqton's Sewerage System Pronounced Best

VlYASHINGTON'S sewerage system
M has been pronounced the finest
In the world by party, including
some Of the foremost sanitary en-
;gineers. This party, which included
DR.. John Watson, chief sanitary en-
:gineer of Birmingham. England. and
formerly chief sanitary engineer OF
'Toranto; DR.. George w. Fuller OF
,sNew York. author Of the standard
work on sewerage systems; DIT.
.Soper, president of the Metropolitan
Drainage commission of New York
City, and James C. Webster. chief
sanitary engineer of Philadelphia
were escorted over the system by Su-
perintendent Asa e. Phillips just at
the close of The Congress of Hygiene
and Demography. 1t was the unani-
NOUS opinion OF this party that no
city had a better system except the
German mum cipalities, which were
considered to be model in this re-
gard. Washington is underlaid by
500 miles Of subterranean rivers, an
average of nearly nine miles OF river
to every square mile Of land. These
are really underground rivers. be-
cause they take off the fiowage from a
half dozen or so streams which used
to drain through what is now the
central portion of the city. In add
ton, they handle all the drainage
from Washington houses and all the
immense amount of rain that falls an
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11

ENEROUS Uncle Sam who for over
u century has been giving away
homesteads in the west through his
general land office here, has decided
that in order to make these lands
more attractive to the prospective set
tiers he must make some concessions
which will render them easier to ac-
.ouire. AS result Of the constant
granting of homestead tracts, ranging
from 40 to 800 acres, since the enact
ment Of the homestead act of 1868,
during which time the government has
given away gratis more than 12S,540,-
1856 acres in final homestead entries,
the land Office has found 1t had on its
hands lands less suitable for cultiva-
ton and farming purposes than In for
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
MANS PROPHECY OF FLYING

and eagles behind him. and the con-
tagion of his confidence seized upon
the prince.
In a year the wings were finished
and on a morning appointed. the max
er appeared furnished for flight on
a little promontory; he waved his
pinions awhile to gather air, then
leaped from his stand, and In an In
slant dropped into the lake. HIS
wings, which were of no use In the
air, sustained him in the water. and
the prince drew him to land.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
Character In "Rasselas" Said That
Aviator Would Be Next step
After Swimming.

Chicago.-Among the prophecies OF
conquest of the air, the account OF an
inventors faith that men could learn
to fly since they have learned 10
swim. as found In Johnson's "Rasse-
las" is interesting. The mechanic
says:
81 have been long Of opinion that
instead OF the tardy conveyance Oh
ships and chariots, man might use the
swifter migration of wings; that the
fields of air are open to knowledge
and that only ignorance and idienesS
need crawl upon the ground
This hint rekindled the princes de-
sire of passing the mountains; having
seen what the machinist had already
performed, he was willing to fancy
that he could do more. am
afraid" said he to the artist. tnat
your imagination prevails over your
skill, and that you now tell me rain
er what you wish, than what you
know. :" 80" replied the ma
chinist, fishes have the water IN
which yet beasts can swim by nature
and men by art. He that can SWIM
needs not despair to fly: to swim u
to float in a grosser fluid. and 10 ny IL
to swim in a subtler. We are only &c
proportion our power Of resistance to
the different density OF matter
through which we are to pass. fo'
will he necessarily upborne by the air
II you can renew any impulse upon II
faster than the air can recede from
the pressure"
The prince promised secrecy an1
waited for the performance. not whol
" hopeless Of success He visited th'
work from time to time, observed III
progress. and remarked many IN
genious contrivances to facilitate mo
ton and unite levity with strength
The artist was every day more Ger
- 49,. - ~honIA ieave vulture
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
HELP THE COMPLEXION
VEGETABLES. PROPERLY sE
LEcrEp, WILL 90 MUCH
Onions Must Be Thoroughly and Care
fully Cooked to SECURE the Best
Results-RIoht Use Of To-
mato and Cucumber

Most OF the green vegetables ara
beneficial to the liver, an2 when the
liver is acting right the vbmplexion.
eyes and health show 1t.
Eat all vegetables II you would Dc
normal in health and weight. Should
YOU be too fat, given TO indigestion
or diabetes, the starchy vegetables
potatoes, peas. beets and the Ike,
NAV have to be avoided; all others
are nourishing and biood-puT:syins
and many act directly on the diges-
tive tracts.
Onions, raw and cooked. are health
makers and antiscorbutic. Eaten raw
in a sandwich they are good for Jared
nerves and induce sleep. Their AFTER
math? Chew parsley or rinse the
mouth with peroxide solution.
Occasionally onions seem hard to
digest. This is because they are I'M
properly cooked. Change the water
three times In which they are boiled
and they should give no further
trouble. Fried onions should Do
avoided. The tomato is another veg
etable that seems TO have bad name
There are various rumors about IL
giving rheumatism and cancer. II may
comfort these fearful ones to learn
that the juice OF raw tomatoes Is re
quently used as digestive cure and
Is said to be good for the kidneys. SO
eat the tomatoes. 49,
BY the way. cucumbers are just as
undeserving OF their bad name as the
tomato. II fresh and properly pre-
pared they are excellent to keep one
IA health and beauty. as they are
blood purifiers and act as a mild ca
thartic. Your tissues will quickly
build up.
Are you nervous. irritable. sleep
less? Eat fresh lettuce twice day.
Any dietitian will chant the meiodi-
GUS virtues OF lettuce. which keeps
the blood pure. cools the blood and
has narcotic effects.
Carrots are well-known blood puri-
ners. Celery soothes nerves. Rad
ishes are tissue builders, therefore
good for the anemic woman. who
doubtless claims them indigestible.
Try them with French dressing and
cress and you have natures health
makers and beautifers in good combi'
nation.
Parsley is more known as favor
and garnish than as health food
. vet such 1t is. One physician recon-
mends 1t to dyspeptic patients, and .
beauty specialist advises chewing II
three times a day TO clear the skin
The leaves. when crushed and mixed
with hot water. make whitening
/, lotion.
Cabbage and caulinower cannot d
! eaten by every one. but they do &C
!, on the digestive organs. Sauerkrau
: properly prepared and thorough!
cooked can often be eaten when othe
foods prove harmful TO the dyspeptie
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
FIND HAIR IN GIRLS STOMACH
Fourteen Ounces lie Removed From
Organ Of Child In Loo An
geIes, Cal.

Los Angeles.--Relieved OF fourteen
ounces OF hair. which she had swai
lowed a little at time since last No
vember, Virginia Field. an eleven
year-old girl. is resting easily at a
hospital and lie practically sure to 70
cover.
The girl was Injured by fall last
November. Thereafter she suffered
from a nervous affection that caused
her continually to bite her hair. In
this way her stomach was gradually
filled with broken strands OF hair. and
several days ago she was taken VIC
lently Ill.
The surgeons found the hair balled
up In the child's stomach.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
RIP VAN WlNKLE IS BEATEN
Believed Dead for IS Years, Veteran
Returns to Wife Who Had Been
Drawing His PENSION.

Cincinnati.--Old Soldier Robert
Mentzel has Rip Van Wrinkle beat
several blocks in the way of being lost
and forgotten by the world and then
coming back. Mentzel, who is now
living in Dayton. o. is seventy-f1ve
years old. For the past 35 years he
has been considered dead by his wife.
who for 22 years of that time has
drawn a pension from the government
as a soldiers widow.
Mentzel disappeared in 1877 and
was no more heard of till few weeks
ago. when he applied for service
pension. His wife had been getting
a pension of $l2 month for years
back as a soldiers widow.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-11
New Light Thrown on the Famous
Raid OF italian War Vessels
on Turkish Forts.

Rome.-Corrado Zoli. the war cor
respondent of Il secolo of Milan. VINO VINO
is now in Rome, has cleared up tne
mystery surrounding the raid MADE
through the Dardanelles on the nign'
of July 1919. by six Italian TORPEDO
boats. of which, according to Turkish
reports. three were, and according 10
Italian reports. not only was none
sunk but the fotilla actually engaged
the Turkish feet beyond Kilid Banr
Chanak.
Signor Zoli finds, after examining
the reports of Admiral Vale and COM
mander Milo, that the hotilla never
came within striking distance OF the
Turkish feet, and th4t It's approach
was first discovered by the vedettes
on the Serril Bahr fort. near the en-