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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-18
All Topeka Schools Are 1
Home Garden Contests.
WILL FORM GARDEN CLUBS
Each Local School Will Have
an Organization.
Big Exhibit Of Produce Planned
for Next Fall.

Approximately i've thousand To-
Deka school children will become
farmers on a small scale this spring.
In fact a large number OF them have
been spading. raktng and planting
seeds in spare times for the last
month.
Agriculture or nature study has be-
come a regular part of the work in
the city schools. The teachers have
been talking to the youngsters about
things that grow until hundreds OF
the Riddles have developed pro-
nounced cases Of what IL sometimes
termed the garden fever"
In round numbers five hundred dol
lars will be offered in prizes this sea-
son for those who excel In the out
of-door work. There will be a big
central exhibit next fall at which
be on display. Every school In the
city will be represented: last year
there were but q dozen schools in the
garden contest. ----
Organize Garden Clubs.
In order to keep the interest in the
gardens in the summer months c. H.
Wilmington. supervisor Of gardens.
will organize garden clubs at each
school The children in the respect
i've clubs will elect their officers and
1 from time to time will hold meetings.
At these meetings papers on garden
ing prepared by members will be read,
and various phases Of the garden
work discussed.
Many Of the enterprising boys and
girls expect to make a neat sum of
money through the sale Of vegetables
from their gardens.
Children of the schools are writing
essays on How to Beautify Home
been placed on the work Of improv-
ing the looks Of the yards. In fact
many prizes have been offered for
those who excel in this line.
Improve Home Surroundings.
In this contest the city has been
divided into three sections. The chill
dren in the contest will compete
against the rest OF the youngsters in
their particular section. The north
section will include the schools on the
North Side and the State street school.
The east section will comprise all
other schools east of Kansas avenue.
and the west section will be composed
sof the schools west OF Kansas avenue.
Special prizes will be awarded for
the winners in each section. For the
three persons who can show the best
kept lawns the prizes will be -. $3.50
and $3.50. For the best kept back
yard and alley the prizes will be $3.50.
81 and soc. For the best bird arbor
the wards will be one dollar. forty
decorated porch one dollar and a half
one dollar and fifty cents will be given
For the best screen for unsightly
places the prizes will be one dollar
fifty cents and fifty cents.
The Bank Of Topeka has offered q
special prize Of $25 for the best kept
lawn. Other prizes are yet to be an
nounced.
Business Men Are Liberal,
The merchants have been UNUSUAL,
liberal in the donations that they have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-18
FEEL HEADACHY, DIZZY, BILIOUS?
CLEAN YOUR LIVER! A DIME A BOX

Sick headaches! Always trace them
to lazy liver: delayed, fermenting
food in the bowels or q sick stomach.
Poisonous, constipated matter. gases
and bile generated in the bowels, in
stead of being carried out Of the sys-
tenn, IL reabsorbed into tho blood.
When this poison reaches the delicate
brain tissue 1t causes congestion and
that dull. sickening headache. Cas-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-18
SHERIFF LEvIEs ON ENGINE.
Jack Bolin Seizes Santa Fe Property
for Judgment.

connective was seized here Friday and
chained to the track by Sheriff Jack
Bolin on behalf Of ]. H. Brooks of this
city. who had obtained . judgment
against the railroad company for
$4,000.
After the freight train which 1t was
pulling had been held q few hours. the
attorneys got together and the locomo-
tive was released.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-18

carrots will remove the cause by slim
ulating the liver, making the bile and
constipation poison move on and out
OF the bowels. One taken tonight
straightens you out by mornings To-
cent box will keep your head clear.
stomach sweet. liver and bowels reg
ular, and make you feel bright and
cheerful for months. Children need
Cascarets. too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-18

ings and whose operating organisation
on the second district have cementeo
q most edlctint spirit Of company 10y
atty, appreciates joke ana all OF tho
other officials know It.
The other day . telegram was sent
ahead to ono Of the station agents on
the Kansas division. asking him to
leave out on tho platform near tho
track. purpose1y. Z truck.
1t Il an unforg1vaoIe SIN ior an
agent to leave . truck standing on his
platform. It IL dangerous and haz-
ardous-ft b nearly objectionable. Az
this was q special train. making no
stop at this station, the omciab de-
cided to see what degree OF pitch
heat anger they could arouse in. the
ofiicial capacity Of Trainmaster Phil
Nps Of HerinGton.
The agent was obedient. When the
rear end Of the special train passed
the station, and the dozen or more Of
ficiab sitting In the observation end
saw the truck they chorused in indig-
nation.
Look at that truck!" exclaimed
General Manager Sweet.
who II the agent. Phillips7" in
quired Assistant General Manager
Smalley.
Each omcial gave his personal opin-
ion Of the faxed oversight.
Phillips colored. his eyes flashed.
He gritfed hts teeth, made no answer
to his queetionerA In . few minutes
he arose and went forward In the
train. His reputation as trainmas-
tor was 1t stakel He had been ridi-
cu1ed on his own division and with
the SUPERINTENDENT, the assistant gem
eral manager and the general manager
present!
when Philips left the car the OBJ
servation end turned loose in . bedlam
Of laughter.
Phillips sat down At the first. desk
he found ahead and wrote q scathing
telegram to the agent who had left his
truck standing on the platform. He
gave 1t to q secretary to drop at the
next stati0n-and the secretary gave
It to the men in the observation end.
It was not until Phillips reached To-
peka upon his return that he tumbled
to the joke that had been played upon
him.
At another station q fake telegram
had been slipped among pile Of pa
pers on. an agents desk. It Wa dis
covered-on purpose-by General Man
aeer Sweet. Trainmaster Cameron waa
made to believe that Il was hio wire
It read:
Agent: Inspection special win stor
at your station today. Have everything
in readinesA-W. w. Cameron. Train.
| master"
Homes Of the Offlcsals.
The railway ofIicials who ind II nee
esaary to use q private car In their ca
| pacity as operating heads arc not t.
be envied by the chair car or Pullman
! to look upon the brass collar In 9
spirit Of plutocracy.
The so-called private car IL nothing
more than the ofIlciars ONCE ON wheels
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06
Remarkable Advance in Naval Science Shown i'm Latest
Superdreadnought Rivadavia Built Here for the Ar
gentne Repubic-Models of Old British Battleships

over the vessel Is exquisite and one
wonders that so much time and eX-
perse should be put on a vessel that
might be blown to pieces and sunk in
her first engagement.
The Rivadavia model is built to a
quarter inch scale. and every little de-
tail is perfect. This vessel carries twelve
14-inch guns in turrets. She can fire
ten guns on either broadside. She has
also twelve 6-inch guns and fourteen
4-inch guns. She has one baske, mast
and one lid mast. and between these
two mastS are the two smokestacks
and the boat cranes. She carries two
56-foot steam pinnaces, cutters, life
boats and motor craft, and on the
model these pinnaces and boats are
hung on the davits ready to unlash
and launch and the falls are run
through blocks made actually TO scale.
The model also has one Elco speed
launch which rs an exact reproduction
Of the we'll known Elco 36-foot craft.
The foremost is the basket mast used
in the American navy, and which. it Is
said, can be shot TO pieces and still
stand. The fire control il in this mast
The vessel Is controlled in every way
from the pilot house. The wireless
spar runs much higher than the baske.
mast and the wires run to the solid
spar further aft. The battleshlp is
furnished with all sorts of signalling
apparatus. These are all shown on the
model. There are the semaphore on
the bridge the white lights on the end
OF a boom on the mast and white lights
on the mast head. Signal flags are run
up on the wireless mast. and every
little detail of gun fire control, range
finders, etc, Is shown.
The Rivadavla is fitted with a tor-
pedo defence net. on one side of the
model this Is shown hrailed up with the
booms all leading aft ready to be swung
out. and on the other side the brailing
lines have been Stacked off. the booms
pulled forward and the net dropped 20
protect the vesSc, from the attack Of
torpedoes. This net is made of steel
links. each carefully soldered just as in
the real nets.
This net Is not used much on war.
ships now that the submarine has
grown to be So dangerous. except whom
! the vessel is at anchor. 1t retards the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06

speed of the vessel and experts think
there il more safety in speed. ON tor
pedo boa 5 and submarines the torpedo
tubes are placed in pairs and sonnet mes
in threes, and one sighting directs the
two or the ;hree at the same mark
one torpedo Is fired at a vessel with n
net and will go through the net, making
big hole. The second is discharged
almost instantly and Will go through
the hole made by the first and hit the
ship. With her net down the Rivadavia
could make about seven nautical miles
an hour. but with her nets mp her speed
Is twenty-five knots
There are on the model the trigger
illuminated life buoy which burns
when It hits the water, cables. anchors.
winchcs. wndlasses. capstans, twelve
searchllGhts, side lights, electric ana
oil. a companion ladder tenders. and
everything pertaining to a big battle
ship in commission. What makes the
model even more attractive Is that
everything is in proper proportion. be-
ing made to scale and all the working
parts can be worked.
The Royal George was at one time
known as the Victory, but vas not
Nelson's flagship. She was built in
1855 and the model was made for the
Royal Naval School 1t Is inferred from
IN beauty and exquisite finish of the
vessel that she was built for royalty
and experts say that as masterpiece
of craftsmanship she stands alone. The
model is so Constructed as to show the
interior as we'll as the exterior of the
vessel and the interior decorations and
carvings are as elaborate as the eX-
terror.
Her great cabin or in the phrase
ology of the time, her coach. Is adorned
with panellng relieved 10y p.lastors.
There are two delightfully."- L!lliputian
Gabrielle leg chairs and a table with
carved fricze. In the sternwalk fitted
into the port and starboard bulkheads
are two other quaint little elbow chairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06

- NE hundred years ago the old
ilnc-of-battle ship with many
" decks and pierced for more than
100 guns was the big fightin'-
machine Now the superintendent .
WITH ten or twelve guns of from 10 to
l5.irch calibre is the chief fighting ship
NJ the worlds navies. A single shot
nom one Of the modern big guns weighs
Amos, ia much as the metal discharged
from all the guns on the ship of 100
years ago.
The latest thing in superdread-
oourhts on this side of the Atlantic ia
me hatt,.ship R!vadavia. built by the
For River ship Building Company for
he Argentine Republic. Argentina had
:vo ships Of the same type built in this
country the other being the Moreno.
constructed by the New York Ship
Building Company, and both vessels are
now being tried before being sent TO
South America.
The Argcntlnlans are very proud of
heir Two big fighting machines and
hey have had model Of the Rivadavia
bult 10y the II. +. Boucher Company
which j. the mos; up 10 date thing in
working drawings wee used as for
he construction of the big ship and
President Powell of the ship building
company. who watched the big ship
grow. sd on seeing the model that he
thought Mr.. Boucher had had just as
much trouble with the model as he
had had with the real ship.
The Rivadavia is $50 feet long. 9S
feet beam and 33 feet draft. The model
sl2 feet long and is enclosed in a plate
class case. Every working part can
easily be seen and inspected.
Mr. Boucher recently secured two
handsome models of British line-of-
battle ships of century or a little
more ago. They represent the Royal
George and the Royal William and
standing In heir cases beside the model
Il the Riyadavia they show in a Won
jerfu, way the progress that has beer
made in the building of battleships
They also show how beautifully the Cd
sailing craft We're built.
The Royal George is a full rigget
model. The Royal William is simply q
mode, o.; the hull, but the carving al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

the ships centre OF gravity. the idea being
TO pump one tank full Of water. and then.
as the ship naturally hcelcd over i'm re-
Spouse TO this unbalancing weight. 70
drain that tank and to mn the opposite
ono-iu other words, enecting in this
fashion Just what would happen if u
heavy weight were rolled alternately upon
the crafts deck from side 10 side The
cruX Of the problem lay in getting this
movement 10 harmonic with the natural
pendulum-like swing Of the ship when set
rolling by any externally applied force.
The whole trouble with the various
schemes was principally that the shifting
weight could not be moved fast enough TO
synchronize with the vessels natural
period" The average run of steamers on
the Great Lakes are pretty stable craft
j. G.. stff-and their inherent impulse TO
resist AN upsetting force is decidedly quick
in its manifestation. That is to say. they
rock from side 10 side in an interval rang
ing anywhere from only five TO seven sec
onds This did not allow time to move
any considerable weight by mechanical
means. The weight could not be kept i'm
step with the swinging Of the vessel and,
therefore. would tend to check such a mo-
fiOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

athletic work: vet now. in their middle
age. they are robust and free from all
ailments.
There is not = more pleasant ana
profitable way OF indulging in the exer-
else 50 necessary to ones wellbeing
than swimming II is delightful, after
the days toll. 70 dive in for a nice roll
and emerge clean and stimulated, ready
for anything
The first thing to do when man pro-
poses to follow natation for exercise or
recreation is TO study and learn the cor
rect stroke. That is essential Either
the truGgeon or the crawl may he safely
recommended \ competent instructor
can teach the fundamental principles of
them i'm A very few. lessons and then
practice will do the rest. \ scientific
stroke is acquired quite as readily as a
faulty one-mOre SO, in fact-yet> IL re-
duccs the effort to a minimum and greatly
increases the pleasure that is derived
from bathing
After one has become fairly proficient
the danger Of overeXertiou is about
eliminated. and little common sense
should enable one To steer clear Of any
other possible trouble. However, here are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
PUTTING THE EMPHASIS ON
CONSTRUCTIVE"

Il put up 20 that meeting on Tuesday,
as have put up 10 many similar meet
ings i'm the past constructive programme
"a programme that puts more emphasis
on the new interests that arc TO be nour-
ishcd I'm the community rather than on the
old. harmful ones that are 10 be destroyed.
"ln a word. we are trying 20 provide
the same kind Of service for the small
town that the big agencies are giving TO
the big cities. For example. the Russell
Sage people got fee Of SJD for making
a social survey OF the city Of Topeka
Kan. city Of forty thousand people.
We are trying 20 put this same sort Of
work within the reach Of the smaller
places.
"Thc most important thing IN an IN
vcsilgatlon. az I've always contcnded H.
10 get the big men Of the place on the
job The usual method Of making so
clal survey ~ 10 make the study and then
the report the community being expected
10 start from that point OF course, al
investigation Of that kind has distinct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
FORTY CITIZENS TO STUDY A
SALOON SITUATION.

For example. iu studying the saloon
situation in a town. If we send out forty
Of the citizens under instructions 10
gather information We will have forty
men alive on the uestiOn-forty men
from whose knowledge and interest the
community will continue 10 profit indef-
nitely. since they are an integral part OF
the community We tell such workers
what TO look for at certain hours and at
certain places. sending them 10 the dance
halls. the poolrOoms the saloons. the
moving picture houses. etc. our big job
is Interpretation. principally. aud it is
based upon the facts That are gathered
by such investigators. For some feat
ures. Of course. We must use or own in
vestigators. where more experience Is re-
quircd. But at the ena OF each survey
each phase OF the situation will have a
score or more Of interested people whose
own private lives are directly affected.
we believe that whenever We are to
Undertake an investigation there should
be enough interest already existing in the
town 10 cause its leading citizens 10 ask
for counsel TO help IN the work as soon
as it is undertaken and 10 carry out the
recommendations that are made at the
end Of the investigation In fact. we don't
undertake TO do any Job ordinarily unless
We find that those elements are present
Il have no panaccI, no cure all no spc-
cinc for any particular social malady-l
am simply taking the sum Of toe best ex-
pericnccs Of the best mechanics and tho
best employers and putting the results to
work in whatever way seems best in n
given situation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

steady ship in a seaway. II arbitrarily
made TO perform the same movements,
would make that vessel roll 10 the same
extent i'm still water only, instead OF
having waves outside 10 set it going IN
opposition. small forces applied internally
would cause the corresponding action ON
the part Of the horoscopes. In fact, the
apparatus aboard Of the Worden was able
TO make the vessel heel over 20 degrees
on either side, and this meant total
angular movement Of quite 20 degrees.
In case of the Ashtabula the installa-
tlon will weigh something like thirty
tons and yet this will be capable of rock
ing the 5.cc0-ton craft with any desired
speed-varying from two 10 five seconds
as occasion may demand. This would be
controlled by the manner in which the
car-ferry were loaded or the thickness of
the ice through which il would be neces-
sary for her 10 break. 1t may he just as
well to tell YOU a little more about the
peculiarties of the special type Of Syro-
scope which Mr.. Sperry has perfected and
upon which he depends 10 achieve these
results.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08

fly; they probably hold their best form
further than contestants IN any other
branch of athletics. At the Olympiad OF
1906. i'm Athens. there was a fifty-year-old
swimmer on the victorious relay team OF
England: at the Stockholm meet in 49,
Australia was represented most credit
ably By Cecil Healy an old-timer Of two
score and more years. who mad seen near
~ a quarter OF century Of competition;
N the annual Chicago River Marathon
there Ia, started for several seasons, aud
done well the seXagCnarian, John RietZ-
our American one-mile record holder. Bud
Goodwin. has been racing man for sew
enteen years and a champion for thirteen
when the last games Of American water
polo were played, in 1911. the three lead
ing teams In the country were made up
almost entirely OF veterans who had fol-
lowed this most furnishing Of sports for
from ten to fifteen years. No indication
here Of the threatened consequences. Jo-
seph Rudy. recently pronounced by ma
tional authorities the best American
PLAYER OF the association type Of water
polo. swan his first race nineteen years
ago and has since helped TO win many
championships in water games and relay
racing.
II may be granted Of course. that there
are on record cases Of breakdown through
too much swimming. but it IS safe to as
sert that they were due on the whole 10
lust two causes Ignorance and abuse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
POSSIBILITIES OF TIE SIG ROLL
ING SHIP.

A rollins ship of 5000 toms IS va"
different proposition from O smaH
and for that reason her 'cc-oreaNint
pacity is immensely auemenieu
means that these rar-lerF s'eS"
when so equipped. viii be ao.e 10 L.
tain schedules OF more nearly
character I'm the winter time. anu
tact. actually be- able to RON NHe" -,
would otherwise bc held 300 po'~ -.
gyroscopic equipment really -.
but very small percentage "i tn' ~.
total displacement. and OCCUPIES Du -,
lively little space compared VII" a..
immense forces il is capable of eNf'
But little energy is taken from ''e IN,
ers. and the hclpful results are ,,v
greatest value ships that haNe 49,
earning power of high order can :,
be kept busy and made proliaoio' -,
without this invention of Mr. .,
would be SO much col "a Joss nt,''' la,
idlcness. Just think what DO "'''D - !,
TO traffic upon iccbound ~atei"' .se
navigation could thus hr Kept ope" ~ :
winter tmei Unoouhtediy. water IA.
that arc nov blocked h} zee ioi "a,
every year could iu this way '' |
navigablc at this season.
This is no idle dream. Tor the sn''" ..r.
have already demonstrated wh'' -
Ing motion will do bon helpm- 10 ,e
through the fields of ice. "'
spent i'm manouvring ,holr etoetn7
HH.. IH IN
that would do this THING het''' &c,
paratus ~ this sort cou'o ~ Th,
aboard steam vessels ct o." S'"'' man.
invention is going TO mean m''' .,,,
of dollars annually TO waier-p''"o an
mercc. and It will undoubtedly ops" lie ne
ncls TO traffic which the grip OF ,..,e,
nov closes. The discovery ~ A
strpcndous in It's potential '''', ,.,,o,,
hany may thus indeed become
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08
ICE CRUSHING CRAFT MAN
MAKE ALBANY n SEAPORT

obsdient X the action ot very snS
horoscopes, weighing but a iew poui1
When this Nhole apparatus is USED
steady a shipthose liul. s'ros are ar
10 the least wave motion tending
make the vessel roll AMI before thais
ternaI energy can exert itself upon 2
craft the small gyros. through me i'1
cession engine, swing the big gsTo
that they can "dampcu tbe efforts
each small wave or offset 'usi as en''
ualy large billoF
II the little syrls are i1depen''-'
rocked by small apparatus Ihsos I,
the ship. and not by the vessels ONE =.
dency 10 roll cam YOU see M" "
would set the biz gyros swinging -
side to side exactly as II the crsu W
in a seaWay9 Therefore, f me SEA !,
be i'm calm water. tho processing ~ i
stabiliZers at such q time "ouio -
make her roll By fiW.u- niee3 u"
bitrary swinging of thc ltt.e ssro@ .
big boat could Doe given "a f5..iHs A.
ment Of any amplitude and So :.
sired within some hmts set by q -
ural pendulum-iike motion of the -.
This is exactly what win ne done a"
the Ashtabula.