davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-03

OF this social Will 20 to the benefit Of
the Red Cross society. Everybody In
Mr.. Charles Holston and son Jay
have gone east expecting to buy some
cattle.
Mr. and Mrs Charles wymer are
the proud parents Of q daughter. born
last Friday.
The regular Booster meeting win be
held at the school house next Monday
evening. Let Us all come out and
work for the Detterment Of Highland
Park
Mrs. Hester Chambers of Hartford,
Kansas. who has been visiting her sis
tiers, Mrs John Rains, has returned
home.
Mr.. Charles McCord and family have
moved back to town and the Frederick
property that was occupied by them
has been rented by ]. w. Butts.
The x. K. ks had a very interest
ing meeting at the home of Rollin
Kreige. Friday evening. A splendid
crowd was out and enjoyed the meet
ing very much.
A basketball game has been ar
! ranged for next Saturday between a
team from the r. M. - A. and the
| club boys. The game win be played
| on the club grounds at 5:46. Every
| one is invited to come and see this
interesting game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-03
HIGH and PARK NOTES

Scott of Topeka spent Wednesday
| with Mrs. E. j. Cavanaugh.
/ Mrs. j. A. Swan spent Thursday
visiting with the Misses Scott of 1871
Western avenue.
Stephen Hall, have returned to their
home in Los Angeles, Cal, after a
short visit with Mrs. TESTS sister. Mrs.
Jerry Chubb.
The Highland Park Art club met
with Mrs. Elmer Ahlstrom Friday af-
ternoon. A good number was present
and a pleasant time is reported.
| Charles NJ. Crews is spending today
at Alma, where he is crying sale.
E. J. Rackford and family have
Pennsylvania avenue.
Mrs. Hicks. who has beer visiting
relatives in Logar county. have re-
turned home.
bought the Oscar Wolf property
| moved in to 1t Wednesday.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Robinson of Onaga
are visiting the J. F. Robinson family
on Virginia avenue-
Il A large number from Highland ParE
attended the Progressive political
meeting at the Auditorium last night
i Mrs. c. w. Boast spent Wednesday
in North Topeka visiting Mr.. Boasts
parents.
|. MT. clark ReOmAn SISTER spent tn<
day with them Friday
y Mr.. and Mrs Clark Berry of Law
renee were visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. w. Berry, Friday.
Mrs. Orson Stiles and daughter
Louise have been visiting at the G. G
|, Stiles home.
Mrs. c. b. Buehrer spent Thursday
with Mrs. G. G. Stiles.
II The Clover Hill Ladies' Aid societ,
met with Mrs. George Strawn las
Wednesday. There was good attend
ance.
The Clover Hill Ladies' Ali societ,
will give chicken pie social at thu
Clover Hill school house next Tuesda,
evening. Chicken pie and other kind
of pie win be served. The proceed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-03
The Mills Dry Goods Co.
Special After Supper
Features at Very Interesting
and Economical Prices.
Jersey-top Silk Petticoat

This special lot contains the best pettico
values we ever gave at the price. Made with
good quality deep pleated messaline flounce, a
top of excellent silk jersey fabric soft, clingi1
and serviceable With these we include sol
excellent quality alLmessaline silk petticoa
Black and cofors. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Main Floor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-03
Hopeless Lung Trouble Cured.

Many fecoveries from Lung TROUBLED
ar. due to DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey. 1t
strengthens the Lungs. checks the Couch
kins, Gates. N. c.. writes: II used DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey in a case given ub
as hopeless an 1t effected a complete
cure Get . bottle Of DR.. Bells Pine
Tar-Honey. II your cough is dry and
hacking let it trickle down the throat.
you will surely get relief. Only &c. at
your Dxugyiyt-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-03

(Items for this column may be tele-
phoned to 1916 or the State Journal
office.)
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
H0RNET'SNEST ON TRAIN;
COMMUTERS SEEK EXITS
Conductor Didn't Have Sympathy at
First. but Changed
His Mind.

New York. Nov. 30.-Robert Cable,
plano manufacturer. boarded a Long
Island train today bound for his home
after a delightful day at his club at
Cherry Grove Beach.
The car was warm-quite warm.
Delightful weather for this time of
year. Mr., Cable" saluted the conductor.
"It II that" agreed Mr.. Cable, shift
lg queer-looking brown afaiT from
beneath his arm to the parcel rack.
A wild shrek interrupted the con-
versation. A stout gentleman in the
rear was manlfestIng a desire to shed
his undergarments without first re-
moving his outer clothing.
Another man made a dive for the
water cooler. bowling something about
the folly Of leaving pins IN the backs
of railroad car seats.
The conductor went to Investigate.
sist you gentlemen" he queried cold
ly. Seems to me that -"
Here the conductor quit with a roar
which challenged the engine whistle.
He collided with the stout gentleman,
who was pointing toward Mr.. Cables
brown package. BY this time there
was a chorus OF assorted roars and
means and every passenger in the
coach was making frenzied lunges for
windows.
From Mr.. Cables odd-IookIng pack
age there was issuing a horde of hor-
nets.
sorry, Mr. Cable" howIed the con-
ductor. between slaps and yelIs. but
you'll have TO take that hornets nest
on this train. Cars too crowded with
all OF US here"
So Mr.. Cable and his hornets nest,
minus half the hornets, left the train.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
GERMAN sPY's EARS BURNED.
Heard King George Had AbdIeated,
So Ran for the Phone.

Special Gable to The Washington Hzah.
London. Nov. 30.-Thrilling stories Of
the marvellous cleverness OF the German
spy. both as he Is and he Is supposed
to be continue to flood the columns Of
the daily press here. One story 10 told
by a correspondent at the front in which
for once the German spy came of second
best The correspondent who is In Bel
gium says:
Two friends of mine arrived from
England. told them they would be sure
TO meet some acquaintances at the hotel,
who would be eager TO learn the latest
news from London. Among others &
GSwiss Traveller happened to be In the
smoking room after dinner. He pretended
TO read Die Woche. One of my English
friends. who appeared to be in a very
despOndent mood, said in a loud under
tone. I'm sure l can't tell what the end
OF il will be. The abdication OF the King
(George) makes the situation so much
more difficult; We never anticipated this
new danger. did we?'
Mind you. that is not all. As die
tators go. 1 don't think Redmond will be
half bad, but the deliberate abandon
ment OF Australia and New Zealand'-
The Swiss tourist listened in amaze
ment. He suddenly found he had an en-
gagement The last We saw Of him he
was running with all speed toward the
central telephone office, where he had
pressing call"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
"RAIL Failures
STATISTICS GIVEN
Interesting Statement Issued
by American Railway En-
gineering Association.
PERIOD OF SIX YEARS
Quality Has Shown Gradual I'm
provement. but Heavy Losses
Continue.

Interesting statistics on the output Of
steel rails in recent years for railroads
in the United States and Canada and
the percentage Of failures that have oc-
Cured in the rails are given by N. H
Wickhorst, engineer OF tests of the Amer
ican Railway Engineering Association
in the Railway Age Gazette.
Nv the rail failures Is meant rails
thai have become broken or wrped be-
fore the expiration Of the period Tor
which they are supposed to endure, or In
other ways have not stood the test OF
locomotives and cars running over them.
zach railroad was asked to furnish the
number OF tons Of rails laid from each
years rolling from each steel plant, and
the total number OF failures in years
rolling from the date laid until October
81, lsl3
Tons of Rails Rolled.
From the figures obtained from the
various railroads is given the following
table OF total amount of rails rolled. In
tons, during the last six years:
1913, Ss7.9Os; 1919, 1,01s.In: 1911, s23,7I2;
1910. 1.Ss2. s24; 1909. Ss3. I1s; 1908. ESs.oS5-
In considering the rail failures the rails
made in 1913 and 1919 have been elm
lnAle0. t6 NnNy pAObaDAy AoA DtGh
in service a long enough time for com
parison with the older rails. For the
four years preceding 1912 the percentage
OF failures. expressed in number OF tons
that failed in each 1000 tons. are given
as follows: Bessemer-1sl1. 9L2 tons: 1910,
10. l. 1909, 2I24; and 1905, BOIL Open hearth
-ieli, ia; 1910. SIS: 1903. 1910: and 1908,
2ss.9. There is shown gradual improve
ment in the quality Of the rails made by
each process.
Rating of Various Companies.
A rating OF the various companies that
make steel rails has been arrived at by
taking the average number OF failures
per 1000 tons in any year as basis
of 100 points. and comparing with II the
relative number OF failures from each
plant. Mr.. WickhOrst gives the results
of this computation by ranking the COM
panies in the following order: Bessemer
process l. Maryland. fifty-six relative
failures; ?, Cambria, scveuty-one; ,
eighty-nine; four. Illinois.
eighty-nine; five. Carnegie. l6l. and G.
Algoma, 1871. Open hearth: J. Colorado,
twenty; ? Tennessee. twenty-six: ,,
Lackawanna, ffty-two; 1. Pennsylvania,
S, Maryland. seventy-slx: 6,
Carnegie. ninety-six; :. Illinois, lO7: s.
Cambria. 1876: 9. Bethlehem. 2l0; 10, Algo-
ma, 81; and IL. Dominion, So.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
JONES MADE INSTRUCTOR.
National Defense League Secretary
Appointed by Commander.

Appointed by Commander.
Winfield Jones. secretary Of the Ma
tional Defense League and commander
of Gen. Frank Mcintyre Post. No. %.
Army OF the Philippines. Cuba, and Porto
Rico, has been appointed national pa
triotic Instructor Of the organization BY
Col. Thomas $. CraGo. Of WaynesburS.
Pa, commander-in-chief. Col. CragO was
elected one of the COnEressmen-at-largs
for Pennsylvania last November.
Commander Jones has been for some
time deputy in Washington for the na-
tional organization, and has charge OF all
matters affecting the veterans at the
Capital He has been active in veteran
circles, and is one Of the founders of the
Spanish War Veterans, serving as ma
tiOnaI chief mastering officer under Com
mander-in- chief Gen. willis J. Hulings
and Col. COTyeu, the first national COM
manders OF the Spanish War Veteran
organization. Commander Jones organ
lied Gen. Frank Mcintyre Post here a
year ago.
Though >he post membership is limited
TO veterans who have been awarded tho
government campaign medal. Mcintyre
Post now has a large membership and Is
in a flOurishing condition. The post meets
twice monthly at the United Service
Club. 13I7 Pennsylvania avenue north
west.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
Woman Injured by Auto.

Struck by an automobile truck while in
the Soldiers Home grounds yesterday
afternoon, Mrs. Ada Mcdonald, thirty
seven years old, Riggs road northeast,
had her right leg so badly injured am
putation was found necessary at Emer-
gency Hospital The automobile truck
is owned by the Washington Silicate
Brick Company. of Terra Gotta, D. C.,
and was driven by Albert d. Coe,
twenty-three years old, 713 Columbia
road northwest. who was arrested by
the police of the Tenth precinct, but
later released.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
MOUNTAIN BELCHING LAVA.
Hawaiian Volcano Again Active
After Long Period of Rest.

Honolulu, Nov. 30-Mokuweoweo. the
great summit crater OF Mauna Loa- the
most spectacular Of Hawaiian volcanoes.
is again in eruption after a long period
OF quietude. II was believed to have
become extinct. Lava Is rolling down
the mountainside
Mokuweoweo crowns the huge bald
dome of Mauna Loa at an attitude OF
$500 feet Its diameter OF Ia,4OO feet.
more than two miles. makes II one of the
largest craters in the world.
Farther down the flank OF the noun,
tain is the crater Eilauea, at an attitude
Of 400 feet. which is in a state Of sub
acute activity. The present outpouring
Of Mauna Loa can do no damage until il
reaches the timber line, 1000 feet below
the lip Of the crater.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01

from Annapolis November .; YGnkton EniFed Es
New York yard. November .; NanshAn sailsd from
san DiegD, November >; Dixis Arrived n Hampton
Roads, November -
NOTE
he collier Proteus VIII leave Hanptru Roads
about the 10Th proIimo for the nGv1l station.
Ol0ns7po
ORDERS TO OFFICERS
Ensign c. n. Dolan TO naval hospital. wEshinE-
ton, D. @
EnsiEn c. B. be to South Ca-ulinA
EaSig1 p. J. Searies TO Sazanento.
Ensign W n. Klduf to Perkins
EnSign Z Z. McClung TO Monaghan
Cable from Cmnandsr-in-chiet Assnc Fleet,
November 2. 1914:
Ensign c. A lockwood 70 AL
PaymaStsr R. Z WestlAke additional duty, Mon
terey.
Past Assistant Pa-nastsr T P. BaIlenser to sara
toCa-
Assistant Paymastc- II. HacSer to WflminCtoo
Assistant Pavnastsr A II. EddinS 10 Helena.
PaymAster Clerk E 5. BG-uey appointed to
Helena
Paymastsr CLERK E H. LittIsaela appointed to
SaratOSa
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
NAVAL ORDERS.
MnVEMENTs OF YEssEIs

Buffalo sailed from Acapulco. November z: Buff
falo arrived at MGnzanillo November s: Buffalo
sailed from ManLanillO November 8 CulgOa and
Caesar arrived at Norfolk, November 3: Potomac
sailed from Charleston, November 3 Jenkins ar
rived at Annapolis, November .; Denver sailed
from Corinto. November .; Jason sailed from Dew
onpor. England. November .; Nanshan arrived at
San Diego. November 9 PrOteus sailed from Ports
mouth. n. H, November . Vulcan arrived at
Beirut, November .; Annapolis arrived at San
ErIneiSCo. November .: Albany sailed from San
Diego. November .: West Virginia sailed from
MaIAtlAn. November y: Barry arrived at Annoy
November .; Ammen, FanninE. and Jarvis sailed
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
LAW SUIT OVER CHILD.
Justice Mccoy 10 Decide Possession
of Nelson Baby.

Whether william Joseph Nelson.
eight moBths old. is to live with his
mother. Mrs. Marie Nelson. or his
father, Louis Nelson, will be decided by
Justice Mccoy in Equity Court, No. /,
today.
Justice Mccoy conducted a hearing
yesterday of habeas corpus proceedings
brought by Mrs. Nelson Saturday when
she said her husband had taken the
child from her by force. Charges that
they were not proper guardians for
the child were exchanged by husband
and wife. They were married in Alex
andria in 1908. This is their only child.
Attorneys Neale and England represent
Mrs. Nelson. who has the child in her
custody at present J. B. Stein is at
torney for Nelson.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
PHOTOS MAY GET THEM JOBS.
Secretary of Harvard Law School
Asks Students for Pictures.

Cambridge. Mass, Nov. 3n-One's face
Is apt TO prove ones fortune in the Har-
ward Law School, for Richard Ames, Sec
retary Of the faculty of law. has Just
requested that every first year man send
Immediately one of his latest photographs.
These photographs" says Secretary
Ames. ARE to prove OF real assistance to
the faculty in becoming acquainted with
men in the school and also in recon-
mending them for positions after gradu-
alton"
Facial maps are pouring in upon Mr.
Ames because of his request.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
TO USE WHITE HOUSE BUDS.
Through Miss Wilson They VIII
Go to Hospitals.

Flowers grown to adorn the White
House for state dinners and receptions
will not go to waste even though no So
cial functions will be given at the
Executive Mansion on account OF the
death Of Mrs. Wilson. Miss Margaret
Wilson suggested that the White House
flowers be used this winter in hospitals
and at charitable and civic entertain
ments in which Mrs. Wilson was inter-
ested, and the suggestion was adopted
by the President About 1000 blossoms
were grown for each state dinner. and
almost as many for each OF the recep-
tions.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
CRADLE FOR THE SAYREs.
II Is Sent to wIIIIamstown by the
Misses NeVIn.

Lancaster, Pa, Nov 30-The Misses
Alice and Blanche Nevin, aunts of
Francis BOwes Sayre, President Wilson's
son-in-law. shipped today to Mr.. and
Mrs. Sayre at their home in Williams
town. Mass. a beautiful Lancaster made
cradle.
. The cradle has been in course OF prepa-
ration for several months, its artistic de-
sign being the work of Miss Blanche
Nevin, who is a sculptress
The cradle is white and has handsome
carvings and scroll work.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
Gehret Funeral Rites Tomorrow.

Funeral services for Augustus Gehret,
who died yesterday morning. will be held
tomorrow afternoon at the residence Of
his daughter, Mrs. l. H. Patterson, 2ol0
Evarts street northwest. Burial viii be
in Arlington National Cemetery with Ma
sonic rites. Mr.. Gehret, a civil war vet
eran, was in business until October, 1913,
when he was stricken with paralysis
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
Was Named President of Southern
Railway Just Year Ago.

Railway just Year Ago.
President Fairfax HarrIson's first ami
versary as the head Of the Southern Rail-
way Company and its afiiliated lines
occurs today. There VIII be no formal
recognition Of the occasion, but Mr. Har-
rison will be feliCitAted by the executive
officials OF the company.
President Harrison's election, on De-
cember !, 1918, followed within a few days
OF the death Of former President w. w.
Finley. Mr.. Harrison is considered one
of the ablest railway leaders in the coun-
try. He was selected as one of the seven
presidents to present the case Of the
railways to President Wilson in the
White House conference held last Sep
tember. The interview. given exclusively
to The Herald on the latter occasion, IN
which Mr.. Harrison gave a remarkable
statement of the other side" OF the rail-
way situation, attracted widespread at
tention.
The Southern's head recently issued a
letter lauding the departmental unity
and individual loyalty existing in the
company's organization.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
fight IN lime
Won BY BRITON
Tommy Atkins, Half Buried
in Fiery Material,
Victor.

London, Nov. 3O.-Private G. Sicoll. Of
the army service corps. in a letter to
his wife describes an extraordinary
struggle with d German in a lime pit
as follows:
We were waiting in a small town
when we saw a small body of Germans
We were told to go and capture them, so
We went round and surrounded their
sentry and waited until the others came
There were thirty and they all gave
in except one, who made a rush for 1t
back past our convoy. Two OF us went
after him. The men on the lorries fired.
but they Were afraid of hitting us.
He led US through the village, and
turned up a back lane into a sort of
builders yard. In that yard was a pit
of soft lime, and We were all running
so fast that We did not See it.
Saved by skirt.
I'm he falls. am following; in goes;
can't stop in time; W to our waists.
This bloke makes a grab at me; We
have a struggle: we are going in fur
ther, gun and all.
THE other man is shouting. why don't
you shoot him?' but couldn't The bar
rel was checked with lime. Then he
him Just a tap with the butt end of
my rifle on the napper. and down he
went. Meanwhile my pal had gone for
help. At last they pulled me out, took
me to a house and washed me. One
woman gave me an old skirt to put on.
and as far as I know, that sausage is
there now, as he did not wake up after
that tap
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
Rittershofer Funeral Held.

Funeral services for Charles Ritters-
hofer. who was killed by a bicycle Sat
urday. were held from his late residence
2l Fourth street northeast. yesterday
morning. Burial was in Prospect Hill
Cemetery
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01

Nearly 500 acres of land near Paris
are devoted to raising young trees of
peculiar shape for umbrella handles.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-01
Saved by skirt.

Experiments have been so satisfactory
that the Greek army will form an auto
mobile battalion with 400 mortor-trucks.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-24
TAH0MA'S CREW
 STILL 0N BOAT
Freiqhter Cordova Is Headed for Scene, According To Wireless
 From UnaIga Station.

U. s. District Attorney Spence re- ceived a wireless dispatch today from the operator at the Unalga sta- tion saying that as far as was known the members of the crew and the passengers on the revenue cutter Ia homa were still on the boat and that what would be done with them would be in doubt until the arrival of the Alaska St4amship company;s boat the Cordova, which was en route to the scene.
 The accident happened 800 miles west of Unalga forty miles off of Dog cape, near the Attu island, where the cutter had gone for witnesses in the Goss criminal case. Tn" cutter had aboard at the time of the acci- dent the members of a crew from a vessel (name unknown) which had gone aground and been wrecked on Semichi island. Dog cape is on Az gattu island and if the accident hap pened fifty miles to sea 1t must have been on an uncharted rock.
 The Cordova is expected to arrive at the scene of the wreck on Fri day, says the dispatch, when furth- CT details will be sent.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-24

Subscribe for the Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-24
COURT OFFICIALS
 SOON 60 WEST
Many Cases Set for Seward Term of Court-Court Leaves On
 Admiral Watson.

Thos. P. Geraghty, deputy clerk of the court, and Miss K. L. Monahan, deputy clerk, leave on the Alameda tonight to represent the clerks of. flee during the October 2nd term at Seward. Judge Fred M. Brown. Mar shal F. R. Brenneman, United States Attorney w. N. Spence, Deputy Mar shal Wm. L. Fursman, Isaac Ham, burger, judges secretary, and H. G. Bennett, clerk to the district attor- ney, will leave on the Admiral Wat son, which is due here about Sunday.
 The grand jury which convenes at Seward will have quite large crim- inal calendar to dispose of and will probably be in session for at least two weeks. The following cases will be presented by the United States attorneys office:
 J. E. Dwyer, charged with murder committed at Knik.
 Juan Melendez, charged with mur- der committed at Larson's bay.
 Henry Robles, charged with as- sault with a dangerous weapon com mitted at Alitak bay.
 John McEvery, charged with as- sault with dangerous weapon com- mitted at Naknek.
 Philip R. Hatton, charged with selling liquor to Indians at St. Paul Island.
 A. c. Goss, charged with rape, al leged to have beeen committed at Attu.
 H. G. Sellers, charged with rape, alleged to have been committed at Attu.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-24
ChaIIenoe for Debate.

The Rev. Charles s. Price will speak on the subject Socialism and Christianity" next Sunday night in the Congregational church at 7:3O p. m. MT. Price will answer the assertion that the principles of the two move ments are identical. Any questions that are submitted in writing before Saturday night will be answered at the meeting. MT. Price also chal- lenges any one endorsed by the So- cialist local to a debate on the ques- tion, Resolved, That the Principles of Christianity and the Principles Of Socialism Are Identical" the chal- lenger to take the negative and the debate to be held any night except Sunday.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-24

Lieut.. Glenn Edgerton, engineer of- ficer of the Alaska road commission, is returning on the Alameda tonight, having made the trip to Nome in- specting the work of the commission.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-24
ALAMEDA HERE
 AT 10 NIGHT

The steamer Alameda reached Cor dova at 11:30 this morning and is ex- pected to arrive in Valdez about 10:- 30 tonight according to a report from Cordova.