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The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
Defined.

F'Pa, what's an inebriate?"
''An inebriate, my boy, is a man
who is willing to miss a meal to feel
a drink more"
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
THE REASON.

care you much affected by the
high price of meat, Mrs. Smith,"
ooh, no; all in our family, luckily,
are yaletudinarians."
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
A DIFFERENCE,

Friend gazing at new house)--
So this is your last house?
Builder (sadly)-Yes; last but
not leased.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
VERY MUCH so,

GLOW heredity will show I"
''What makes you say that now ?"
"Why, that boxer and his son have
such a striking resemblance
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
BIG CROP YEAR.

Gone of the biggest crops this
year we've ever had" said the hired
man.
'<Of what p said the bystander.
"Of weeds"
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
MEAN ACCUSATION.

"Why are women always orgaaiz-
ing new clubs and societies ?"
SO they can keep other women
out of them"
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
QUITE SO.

"Wouldn't it be a coincidence ?"
"What would be a coincidence ?"
"If big battle in Brussels were
On the carpet"
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
ITS EXTENT.

"Gabber tells me he has been hav-
ing very breezy time lately"
eyes, l believe they did put up an
electric fan over his desk"
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
OF COURSE NOT.

GIVE seen him stand for hours be-
fore a Whistler"
fPshaw. A whole brass band
couldn't detain me that long"
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
SEVEN OTHERS.

"Did Patrice say she would give
her whole heart to you:'
ono She said the best she could
offer was an eighth portion
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
sELF-EvlDENT.

GLOW do you know that Chaucer
dictated his old English to stenog-
rapher?"
Look at the way it's spelled"
The Winslow mail., 1914-12-12
FiFTY-FiFTY.

Gabriel-How did you know that
spirit was a statesman?
St Peter-He wanted half the
Qate.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
Locomotive Engineers Are Not
AristOcrats Among Trades.
william s. Carter Presents
Some Interesting Statistics.
the CHICAGO WAGE HEARIN6
Enginemen Offer Testimony in
Their Demand for Increase.
Other Items of General Interest
in the Traffic World.

The broad shouldered, keen eyeu
freight locomotive engineer IS not tne
aristocrat among industrial employees
that most people think he is, accofuihs
to testimony brought out in Chicaso
this week at the arbitration hearing De-
tween western railroads and their en-
einemen. The person who has appar-
entity shattered this illusion IS Wlihan,
s. Carter. president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men. who introduced comparative sta
tistfcs of wages and hours in suppoI.
of the contention of the men that the'
are entitled to higher wages.
1t appeared from Carriers tables tha'
the Chicago bricklayer like the Drich
layer of other cities is the piutoeIa'
among industrial workers. not even eH-
ceptinr plumbers. If brickiaSer ~
many cities is called upon TO worh VI.
n Sunday. for the usual elgnt houIs =
his RACES for the day will De t"eLse
dollars. which is at the double pay ~.
overtime rate. In Dallas ana Gan
Francisco he would earn even more
s14 Plasterers are a close secohu III
point of wages. and plumbers nag
cling third while railroad engineers ,. -
1919 were sixteenth in conpehsa,Io n
standing. Railroad firemen We're ciose
TO the bottom-in th.rty-elSntn P'dco
among the forty-five trades hseeu-
Others whose pay exceeds that o. tne
1ocornotive engineers are StediHiittei -
marble settlers stone masons, struc-
t,,ral iron workers. cement "cfheiS
ffinishers). stone cutters. linotype oper-
ators and several others
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
HE WANTS HELP.
New Means OF Handling State Insur.
ancc Asked by Carey Wilson.

Carey J. Wilson, who will take
charge of the Office of state superin-
tendent of insurance in January, pro-
poses to add an actuary, an attorney
and an inspector of properties to the
department staff for the purposes of
putting his department in a position
to furnish its own information regard
ing fire insurance business in Kansas.
At the present time, he says in his
recommendations to the state audi
tor. the department is compelled to
rely upon information furnished
chiefly by the insurance companies
The Kansas department of insur-
ance is one Of the dividend paying
state departments. 1t now costs about
$4,000 a year to operate, but it col
lected during the last fiscal year to-
tai of SAT-, 900, nearly all Of which
went into the general funds of the
state. Mr.. Wilson recommends that
about 5000 in additional salary all
lowance be made his department for
the objects named. on the ground that
fairer insurance inspections and more
equitable rates can be obtained for
Kansas policy holders. During the
past four years the income Of the de-
partment has increased at the rate OF
about $4,000 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

Surprisingly GOOD Cough 0yxu1
Easily and CAeaply
Made It Hone

II some one in your family has An OBJ
stinate cough or . bad throat or chest
cold that has been hanging on and refuses
to yield to treatment. get from any drug
store Z1e ounces OF Pinex and make e
into pint of cough syrup. and watch
that cough vanish.
Pour the 2h ounces of Pinex $50
cents WORTHY into q pint bottle and fill
the bottle with plain granulated sugar
syrup. The total cost is about 81 cents.
and gives you a full pint-a family
supply-of a most effective remedy. at =
saving of 81. A days use will usually
overcome hard cough. Easily prepared
in ) minutes-full directions with Pinex.
Keeps perfectly and has a pleasant taste,
Children like it.
It's really remarkable how promptly
and easily. it loosens the dry, hoarse OF
tight cough and heals the infiamed mem
branes in q painful cough. 1t also stops
the formation of phlegm in the throat
and bronchial tubes, thus ending the per
sistent loose cough. A splendid remedy
for bronchitis. winter coughs, bronchial
asthma and whooping cough.
; Pinex is q special and highly concea-
trated compound OF genuine Norway. pine
extract, rich in guaiacol, which il e
healing to the membranes.
Avoid disappointment BY asking your
druggist for '-Z1k ounces of Pinex, and
do not accept anything else. A guarantee
Of absolute satisfaction goes with thiG
preparation or money promptly refunded
The Pinex Co., TT Wayye, Ind
tAdveFtfsema1k-y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
WHEAT Is FAIR
Kansas Grain Needs Moisture AIter
Lack OF Rain This Fall

with the end Of the year approaching,
tho holiday trading at hand. and some
measure of quiet in the farming oper-
ations the business activity OF tne III
terror is most notable in the towns. says
the New York Evening Post Just now
far the merchants are to realize their
early estimates of revived trade Is as
vet uncertain. There are in places con-
plants of too long continuance OF the
conservatism begun in the opening
weeks of autumn in marketing grain
However. the movement of wheat in the
past month to this market was 1893
cars. more than twice the receipts OF
any November since 1903 and the larg-
est By nearly 5000 cars of any Novem-
Der in fourteen years.
So that the movement of grain. and,
consequently the income of the agricu1-
tural sections, with wheat at IS to ~
cents a bushel is favorable enough.
The places where trade continues mod
crate are generally those dependent on
othr resources than grain. On the
whole the impression prevails that
there is little basis for anything but
optimism. so far as the southwest is
concerned. and that a normal holiday
business may be expected.
The one disturbing feature is the long
delayed moisture. practically no rain
having fallen over the wheat belt for
forty days. Yet a trip today from the
sixth principal meridian to Kansas City
shows a generally good condition for
the growing wheat-green. of even
stand but small-over all the eastern
Der in history has favored the threshing
of this years crop and enabled farm
ers to save much rough feed ordinarily
wasted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

he travels by the road that treats him
best. The other fellow makes . friend
and you lose one.
Courtesy il just rs much q part OF
the service an the running OF trains on
time
when prospective patrons turn
from the agent or ticket seller who 10
not courteous to the one who il. and
the road loses a passenger. it means
just one less ticket sale on the station
report. Every agent wants his station
report to show q little bit better than
the other mans. This is the spirit OF
friendly rivalry which keeps the
wheels humming in a big organiza-
ton.
do you know the story about the
agent In medium sized western town
who was transferred by his company
to another place? Immediately a
storm OF protest assailed the general
offices. The people wanted that man
back because he was always courte-
Gus: he always wore q smile, and he
answered questions cheerfully.
When your telephone rings and
you lift the receiver from the hook.
smiie-the smile will be reflected in
your voice; the road will make a
friend and SO will YOU"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
DOING GOOD WORK.
Bpai Birth Society of Topeka ON .
J COmmcndablc Mission.
Editor State Journal:

To Editor State Journal:
The Bnai Birth society Of this city
at this time is occupied in work that
is very commendable- This is the first
time, since have been in Topeka. that
the Jewish citizens are carrying on a
work that will be a credit to them in
the near future Last Sunday. they in
vited Rabbi Louis Berenstein OF ST.
Joe, Mo-, to deliver a lecture; and this
invitation was unquestionably very
great thing from the Intellectual point
of view; and I am sure that it will do
much good for the men and women who
heard the lecture
DIR. Berenstein Is a highly educated
man and a very eloquent lecturer. with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

broad conception on sociology. His
subject, The Accomplishment of the
International Bnai Brith," was very
We'll mastered. His arguments were
woven with a modern literary and in
tellectual conception. and his position
on charity is indisputable. Among the
many things he said. is: 1T is not
charity nor philanthropy that is desired.
but Justice and Righteousness, to do
to one another for Cod This is the
modern conception of this term by all
thinking men
Due credit must be given David J.
August and Samuel BarnuU1. for bring
ing such valuable man to Topeka
Let us hope that in the near future
We shall! have an opportunity and
pleasure to hear Rabbi Berenstein- And
moreover. would like to see the Bnai
Birth Of this city. engage Rabbi Beren-
stein for every Sunday evening, and IL
the Jews will get back of this society
have no doubt of the accomplishments
that will be done.
1. GILBERG.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08


Case Mt Arbitration Hearing.
Chicago, Dec. 8.-The lot of the rail-
road engineman was pictured by his
advocates to-day as one OF slow promo
ton, arduous labor, long hours and a
rate of pay in the freight service far
below that OF the brickIayer, the plas-
terer and other employees in industrial
, service.
The picture was drawn by principals
engaged in the arbitration Of the wage
demands made by 5000 enginemen on
the 81 western roads employing them
William 8. Carter, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Englnemen, was on the witness
stand all day, all but Is minutes Of
which was devoted to direct examina-
tion oS Albert Phillips. representing the
men, James NJ. Sheean, attorney for
the railroads, at the end of the day,
mad opportunity to crOss-examine.
warren 3. Stone, grand chief engi-
neer OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers and chief counsel for the
men, declared that the popular picture
of the locomotive engineer as a Croesus
among industrial employees. was far
from correct. In a statement aside to
reporters he stated that on an average
only IL men out Of every 100 who start
ed out as f1remen ever became engi-
neers and that out of every 100 who
finally become engineers, only seven
ever reach the pinnacle of a really re-
munerative passenger run. These facts,
he said. would appear later as evidence
in the hearing.
Carter INDUCED in a dissertation on
the seniority rules OF the railroads, in
the course of which he asserted that,
bad as 1t was, it was better than moth
ing.
Under this rule" he said, after
years. il he lives, a fireman becomes
senior and gets the first vacant job as
engineer. His engineers job may not
last more than two months and he will
find himself again among the firemen.
but not senior: there may be fifty men
ahead of him."
w. L. Park. vice president Of the IL
linois Central. inquired how conditions
were before the seniority rule
1T went by favoritism then-the good
runs did. Men with friends or relatives
in the head Offices got the good Jobs"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
SANTA FE NOTES.
(Items for this column may be
phoned to 1915 or the State Journal
office.)

pnOne0 10 SS10 OF the STATE JOuIuA1
oflice.)
Final preparations are being made
for the seventh annual ball to be Civ
en- by the Switchmen's Union of North
America Wednesday evening at KEEL
lam hall.
Miss Florence Wyatt, daughter of
Engineer John Mcneil and Mrs Nc
Neill. returned to her home in New
few days here on business.
Mrs. Adelaide Metzger Hull and
Miss Georgiana Metzger have been
called to Summerfield, Kan, by the
serious illness Of Father Embleau.
Miss Florence Cooper, stenographer
to the general secretary. left last
night for Hutchinson where she will
spend the remainder Of the week with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F., Brengle- Mrs.
to Perry. Okla. for a short visit with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. w. c. Keiser will entertain the
members OF the Ladies' Society to the
B. Of L. F. and E. Wednesday after
noon at her home in West Eighth
street. The annual election Of officers
will be held.
Mrs. Chamberlain, wife Of A. L.
Chamberlain Of the store department.
who has been seriously i'll the past
week. remains about the same.
Mrs William Dorsey OF Springfield.
Ill. grand inspector Of the G. L. A
to B. OF L. E.. is here a few days on
business
Miss Florence Feldner, daughter of
Switchman John Feldner and Mrs.
Feldner, is spending a few days With
friends in wichita
Miss Anna Cooper. daughter Of Ma
chinist George Cooper. who is visit
ing relatives in Marshall, Okla. win
remain until after the holidays.
The members OF Flower Of the West
lodge No. eos will have a business
meeting and election of officers
Wednesday evening at the home Of
Roy Hoover, S23 Madnson street. All
members are urged to be present -
business Of importance will be transr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
COURTESY OVER TELEPHONE.
Railroad Ticket Agents Urged to Be
Courteous on Wire.

The following suggestion to ticket
agents is offered by the current num-
Der of Ticket Selling Talks" the
magazine published by the Santa Fee
passenger department in Topeka:
Courtesy over the telephone means
just about as much as it does at the
ticket window. When a prospective
passenger telephones to ask about
train times or ticket fares, he will
be much more likely to come to the
office later and buy Santa Fe trans
portation If he receives a courteous
answer than If the answer Is gruff
and reluctant Suppose the prospec-
tive patron Is not told what he wants
to know In a courteous way. what does
he do? He goes to his telephone and
calls up another railroad ticket office.
where the answer is. perhaps, all that
1t should be. The consequence Is that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
No Trouble to Keep
Skin Free From Hairs
cine Modern Beauty.)

There il no need for any woman to
countenance superf1uous hairs. be-
cause with a paste made by mixing
some powdered delatone with water
it il easy to get rid Of them The
paste is applied for or ; minutes.
then rubbed or and the skin washed
This treatment will rid the skin of
hair without leaving a blemish, but
care should be taken to - that you
get real delat0ne.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

The Kansas State Dental board win
be In session at the National hotel.
Wednesday and Thursday. Dec and
10, beginning at a. M Those desir-
ing good dental work done 1T mere cost
of material will be ON hand promptly
wednesday morning. No charge for
extracting and cleaning
G. =, AlGHBO0R 4ecre<Mxy.-A1Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

OE HSeaEsz18 s5aIaP hke1cAS Oez1u9k.
Genoa, Dec S1The United States
collier Jason. christmas ship for the
children Of the warning nations of Eu-
rope, arrived here today A special
tram was furnished by the government
to carry the presents from Italy to the
children in the cities OF Austria and
Germany
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08
What Is Christmas Without Music

Select your Piano Player-Piano This Week. We
win hold it for Christmas
With the Lowest prices-,oith the largest stock and
greatest Uariey-ao piano player piano buyer could
afford to make selection Dithout visiting Jenkins
1aeac Topeka storee One Price, No Commission store.
We selling the highest quality Of beautiful world
Pianos and the lowest margin of
profit attempted in the Piano business.
the opportunity prove it. Your good judgment
will do the rest.
Note the character of instruments Weber,
Vose Kurtzmann, Srch Zeder, Estey Ludwig Harwood
Schaeffer, EIburn, Roman & Nord and others
Will there be Victroa your home this Christmas We
have all the newest models and latest records
Daily VcroIa Parors See window for
Practical Christmas Gifts.
Quality and Service Is Our Watehword-
Nv )EMk lNS ia & Topeka, Kan.
- 1SokA0slc Co
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-16
DOUGLAS BELTS IS
IN RACE FOR JUDGE
Prominent Retired Sheepman VIII
Seek the Republican Nomina.
ton.

Douglas Belts. prominent local res
ident and former sheepman, Is now
an active candidate for the republican
nomination for county judge, having
formally announced his candidacy to-
day.
Mr.. Belts is so years Of age and han
been a resident of Umatilla county
chiefly to farming and sheepraising
and until two years ago was actively
in the business near Pilot Rock. He
has lived in Pendleton the last two
years ana not many months ago pur-
chased the John Schmidt building on
Main street.
This is not the first time that Mr.
Belts has taken a hand in politics as
he served a term as representative
from this county in 1898. He has
been interested in public affairs all
his life and has been particularly in
terested in the industrial development,
and advancement of eastern Oregon
He was for number of years a
hard worker for the building of a
railroad into the southern part of the
county and is credited by many with
having brought about the construction
of the Pilot Rock branch by the o.
w. Il. & y. He was for many years
prominent worker in the Oregon
Woolgrowers' association, having beer
! influential in organizing the associa'
| ton and serving as president for q
period of seven years.
+ According to Mr.. Belts he has moi
drafted any platform as yet and ht
says that ii elected to office it will
be his aim to meet questions as the!
arrise and conduct affairs for the YER!
| best interests Of the people. He i.
anxious for economy in the conduc
| of the county's business affairs bu
does not favor economy above goot
J service.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-16
TWO ARE FATALLY INJURED
WHEN RACING AUTO SKIDS
-FOUR OTHER BYSTANDERS HURT
DURING PRACTICE RUN
BY LEWIS.

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb. 16.-
Two were possibly fatally injured and
four severely hurt when Dave Lewis
in Fiat car skidded and overturned
while ,practicing for the Vanderbilt
race Saturday. The most seriously
hurt is George, Smith. a civil war
veteran. His skull is fractured
Mrs. A. H. Pixies, of Poison, Montana,
was hurt internally.
Lewis was making a curve at high
speed. The car slid and went over a
low embankment A rear wheel
struck Mrs. Pixies. .N5r
Lewis and, his mechanican. Eddie
Arnett. We're badly bruised. They
were taken to St GATHERINGS hospit-
al. A woman and girl about IS
were painfully hurt. They were re-
moved in an automobile before their
names were learned. The woman's
head and face were covered with
. blood and the girl appeared -uncon-
scious.
The Lewis car was hurtling around
curve at a mile a minute when the
steering knuckle broke.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-16
HARD TIME STORY
IS NOT CREDITED
President Wilson Refuses to Believe
Reports Of General Business De.
preston.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l6.-President
Wilson made it plain today he would
not accept as a fact newspaper re-
ports of a general depression in bus.
mess throughout the country. Incl
dentally he indicated that he thinks
Frank Walsh. head of the industrial
commission, didn't speak authorita-
lively when he said there We're three
hundred and fifty thousand unem-
ployed men in New York alone. 1t is
generally understood the president be
lieved Walsh got the figures from
newspapers and that they never were
verified.
1t is also understood the president
is disturbed over the broadness OF
Walsh's statement. While he wouldn',
discuss the matter lengthily. persons
closely associated with the admins
tration did Walsh was censured in
administration circles for makinl
what was termed bad break" at
time when the operation OF the tariff
and income tax laws is being severl!
| attacked by the republicans and pro
gressiveS.
The president contented himsel
with the statement that all communi
cations TO him indicated business i
improving. He believes with the ad
vent of warm weather there will bt
more work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-16
Democratic Candidate for Governor.
ship Has Made Many Warm Sup.
porters Through His Stand for
Law Enforcement.

Optimistic over the outlook for his
nomination for governor. Dr c. j,
Smith has been here today en- route
to Pilot Rock where he is to deliver
lecture tonight for the benefit of
a society in that town. He expects
to return to Pendleton in the morn
ing and will probably leave for Port
land on train No. II. :.
At the present time Dr. Smith Is
generally conceded to have the lead
for the democratic nomination. He
has the earnest support of Governor
West and OF a host of personal friends
Of his own In various parts Of the
state. other candidates in the field
are A. S. Bennett of The Dalles. Col
r. A. Miller and John Manning OF
Portland.
An argument that many of DR.
Smiths friends are advancing in his
behalf is that aside from a personal
ability that we'll qualities him for the
governorship the doctor Is also ir
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-16
Supply on Hand is Nearly Consumed
and Unless Traffic is Opened
Situation Will be Critical.
STORM HAS WORKED HAVOC
Railroads so Badly Crippled That h IN
Impossible TO Get Fresh Supplies of
Food Into City in Adequate Guam
tities-SnOw Continues to FAM-
Temperature Stin Low.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-New York
faced a famine today on account of
the storm. Food on hand Is nearly
consumed. Railroads are so badly
crippled that 1t is impossible to get
fresh supplies in adequate quantities
To make matters worse a fresh snow
fall began.
No deaths from cold have been re-
ported. The thermometer was II
above at a. m. but it seemed colder
on account of the humidity. Except
for the subway, urban transportation
was nearly paralyzed. The jam at the
subway was terrifying.
Twenty thousand men toiled at the
drifts Sunday, but hardly made an i'm
preston. No automobile could force
its way through the drifts. Heavy
hauling of any kind was out of the
question. Sleighs did somewhat bet Z.
ter, but even with them, horses made
slow work as they floundered through
the streets. No milk deliveries were
made
Apartment houses couldn't oorain
coal. There is not much in the city
but what was couldn't be delivered.
The situation will be critical in a few
hours unless the blockade is broken