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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07
HODGES IS NAMED
Kansans Want Governor on
Federal Trade Commission:
Hundreds Of Endorsements Are
Sent to Washington.

Washington. D. c., Dec. En-
dorsements for Governor George H.
Hodges for appointment to the new
federal trade commission are being
received today by members of the
Kansas delegation from prominent
Democrats throughout the state.
The boom for the retiring Demo-
cratic governor appears to be assum-
ing considerable proportions. Sena-
tor w. H. Thompson has been sup
porting Henry ]. Waters for the NOM
fnation. Mr.. Waters is president of
the Kansas Agricultural college and
was q member of q special federal
commission to the Philippine Islands
to investigate educational conditions
there.
Five members are to be named and
the announcement of the personnel Of
the new commission is expected to be
announced at any time. The position
pays $4,000 a year.
Governor Hodges friends in Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07

mental heads consider the minimum.
the estimates represent the administra-
tion's effort to keep the governmental
expenditures within it's income which
has been decreased by the European
war. BY grand divisions. the estimates
submitted today are as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07

vE3ather Forecast for Kansas.
RAIN or snow tonight. and probably
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-07

Governor Hodges friends in Topeka
today declared that the governor was
not an applicant for the place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
WAR FREEING WOMEN.

Another important change wrought
by the war in Europe has been that of
granting TO women equal rights with
men in the relation of parents to chill
dren The women of Germany have
been petitioning the government for
this concession for years, but hereto
fore have never met anything but con-
tempt. This time. with the necessity
for the exercise of equal powers and
rights with the father. in his absence
in war. the mother has had &C ferred
on her the power TO act as guardian
the same as the father. The grant was
accomplished by the comment that the
women had long ago shown that they
were worthy TO perform these duties.
The head of the Dutch Woman Suf-
frage society. DR.. AIetta Jacobs, puts
the pertinent proposition: do you
think an equally terrible war will have
10 break over Holland before our own
men can be made TO recognize the
necessity for giving mothers equal
rights with fathers7'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
THE MAKERS OF THE FLAG

This morning. as | passed into the
land office. the flag dropped me most
cordial salutation. and from its rip
ping folds | heard it say: Good
morning. Mr.. Flag Maker"
81 beg your pardon, Old Glory l
said. you are mistaken. | am not
the president of the United States,
nor the vice president. nor member
of congress. nor even a general in the
army. / am only a government clerk" "
L greet you again. Mr.. Flag Maker,
replied the gay voice. 81 know you
well. You are the man who worked
in the swelter of yesterday straighten-
ing out the tangle of that farmers
homestead in Idaho"
mo, / am not" | was forced to con-
fess.
We'll, perhaps you are the one who
discovered the mistake in that Indian
contract in Oklahoma.
NO. wrong again" l said.
We'll, you helped 20 clear that pat
ent for the hopeful inventor in New
York, or pushed the opening of that
new ditch in Colorado. or made that
relief to the old soldier in Wyoming
No matter. which ever one of these
benefcient individuals you may hap
pen to be. l give you greeting, Mr.
Flag Maker"
I was about to pass on feeling that
/ was being Knocked, when the flag
stopped me with these words:
"You know, the world knows, that
yesterday the president spoke word
that made happier the future OF ten
million poems in Mexico, but that act
looms no larger on the flag than the
struggle which the boy in Georgia is
making to win the corn club prize this
summer Yesterday the congress spoke
word which will open the door of
Alaska, but a mother in Michigan
worked from sunrise until ar into the
night, TO give her boy an education.
She, too. is making the flag. Yester-
day we made a new law to prevent
financial panics; yesterday, no doubt,
a school teacher in Ohio taught his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
USES OF TUNGSTEN.

Tungsten is used principally as an
alloy of high-speed steeI-that is. steel
used in making tools used in metal
turning lathes running at high speed
to which IL imparts the property OF
holding temper at higher temperature
than carbon steels will, according to
the United States geological survey.
The now well-known ductile tungsten
is used in incandescent lamps. which
are fast displacing carbon lamps. Re
Gently greatly improved lamps. in
which the wire Is wound I'm helices and
in which the globes are filled with
nitrogen, have produced a close APP
proach TO the white light. These
lamps are furnished in candles powers
up 10 1000 Ductile tungsten is prac-
tically insoluble in all the common
acids; It's melting point Is higher than
that Of any other metal. it's tensile
strength exceeds that OF iron and
nickel. Il Is paramagnetic. IL can be
drawn TO smaller sizes than any other
metal tOO02 inch in diameter). and
Its specific gravity IS 20 per cent high.
eT than that of lead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

was excellent and the rush of tour
lists in June and early July was un-
precedented.
The few tourists who remained
after the war cloud appeared were
frightened away by the panic among
the Swiss bankers. which caused the
refusal OF all letters of credit and
even foreign money.
At present, many of the big hotels
are closed. and the number of guests
in those which remain open is almost
negligible. Nor is there much likeli-
hood of any Improvement in condi-
tons in time for the winter sports
season.
As a matter of fact. living condi-
tions in Switzerland have changed
very little. There is a shortage of
coal and petrol, but food prices have
probably increased not much more
than 10 per cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
IN THE ELECTRICAL FIELD

/ ton company of that place now has an
electric railway system of approx
mately $50 miles-by far the longest
in Texas and the longest in the whole
south. Throughout the long Texas
summer, which means about ten
months of the year, people travel by
electric lines, wherever possible, al
most exclusively. in order to avoid
the smoke and dirt incident to steam
railway travel.
The main telegraph, telephone and
railway-signal cables in the Can-l
zone are being placed in an under
ground conduit system stretching en-
tirely across the isthmus and adjoin-
ing the Panama canal and Panama
railroad. Branches will be built from
the main conduit to the most import
ant points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
The Daily Story
Flesh and Blood Fortu ne-By Dwight Norwood
Copyrighted Literary yuree,

owned however. but fifty feet =,
ground, and IT was essentfa, .
should buy at least fifty feet pc.s - -
the west Of his property. since III IN "a
widened In that direction. flo -
not reveal bis secret because 81
were so many rascals about the, :
feared he would be beaten ON, !, ~.
find. She had. unknown 10 him -. vas
to Ned to beg him to help them 49,.
and share their good fortune.
Ned spent some time. LOOKING g..
the matter, which seemed to nrorn,..
a large return. He finally agreed III.
he would select from the mine bi,,--,s
certain specimens of the earth bo-.
analysed and if it was as had bson
represented he would buy the aaIo,.
ing ground. put in what other, mo-.
was required and take a half ,n,a...
in the whole.
He selected an assaver whosa
tation for integrity was of the hizbs-,
and gave him the specimens Of dir -
had taken from the mine. The ron...
was far beyond what had been ess,r,
ed. Ned's sense OF honor led hin !.
give the results of the ANALYSES n a.
wife of the owner. Offering his 49,,
sent that she should use If elsewhere
to her and her husbands ADVANCE
After consulting with him she told ysd
that they would prefer to carry ont
the arrangement with him. since he
had convinced them that they cou,s
trust him The papers were drawn nm
an option was secured on the adioin.
ing property, and the transaction was
to be signed and sealed on the follow.
ing morning.
That night Ned went to sleep think
ing of the fortune he was to take back
with him when he returned south.
ward In the middle of the night no
was awakened by rap on the cabin
door. Getting out of bed and putting
on a fur overcoat, for the night was
cold. he opened the door, There stood
girl. whom he recognized by her
voice as Alice Woodville
Don't sign those papers," she said
nurrleuly.
"Why not?" ~
1.-The mine has been sailed"
How do you known"
.'Mr Hawkins told those peopIe
about you. They have planned to
swindle you" Hawkins kept the
boarding house where Alice was en-
ployed, and Sailing" mine means
mixing gold dust with the ore to be
assayed. They were talking about
the matter tonight in the next room to
me, and | heard them"
But selected the ore myself"
~ heard them say that they had
spent n lot of money for gold dust to
put in the hole they had dug"
The papers were not signed. Clav-
ering took a fortune back with him
when he returned. but not in gold. 1t
was a flesh and blood fortune in the
person of Alice Woodville.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

Edward CIavering inherited $4,000
on the death of his father, and not be
ing inclined to settle down to hum
drum business life he looked about HIS
for something more exciting That
was time when gold was discovered
in the Klondike. and he decided to go
out there, look about him and IL he
saw chance for fortune invest his
money.
The first thing he came across to in
terest him was girl in the house In
which he lodged. She was not the
daughter of the proprietor. but an or
phan who was trying to keep soul and
body together as hired help. He noticed
her from her personal attractiveness,
sadness that was on her young face
and the fact that she was far more
refined and better educated than her
employers He wondered that she did
not occupy higher and more lucrative
position than servant in boarding
house in mining district. But this
was explained by her having been left
unprotected and uncared for when she
was but sixteen years of age. She was
only eighteen when Ned first saw her.
Her father. a well to do merchant In
Pennsylvania, had been seized by the
gold fever and taken her and her moth
er to Alaska Her mother had died on
the way out; her father had been re-
lieved of his money by mining sharps
and had died from disease induced by
exposure in a vigorous climate.
This Is bare synopsis of the story
Ned got from Alice Woodville and was
quite enough to excite his sympathy. |
Sympathy induces love, and he soon |
found himself interested in the unfor- |
tunate girl. But Ned was one of those /
fellows who look upward instead of
downward in all that pertained TO the
life on the threshold of which he
stood. His family held their heads |
high, being all persons of social prom J
inence The bare thought of writing
his mother that he was about to mar
ry a servant appalled, him. He there
fore refrained from making love to
Alice Woodville, and in order to sepa-
rate himself from her went into an I'M
occupied cabin, where he kept house as
Il bachelor.
Wherever there is money for invest
ment, especially in new countries,
there are persons who are intent upon
getting it without a return. Clavering
had listened to Alice Woodville's story
as to how her father had bought a
worthless mine and resolved to profit
by the information. He would hold
on to his money till he had proved that
what he proposed to purchase was
what it purported to be.
One day a woman came to him, who
said that she had understood that he
was looking for mining property. Her
husband had been prospecting for &
ong while and had finally struck
Fein that would make him rich H
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

An instantaneous electric water
heater is now made. which gives not
water on demand. By turning the fau-
Get to the left not water is obtained
and by turning it to the right cold
water flows.
The government is erecting a new
radio station at San Diego, Cal.
An electrical device has been in
vented to cure" logs and lumber TO
prevent sap strains.
An electric floor scrubber will clean
s 900 square feet of floor an hour. The
scrubber consists of a motor-driven
brush and tanks for clean and dirty
water.
BY the completion a few weeks ago
of another long link in the chain of
electric interurban railways radiating
from Dallas, Texas, the Texas Trac-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

the weather a factor of health.
Years ago il was discovered tina!
outdoor life in cold weather was a
curative measure for pulmonary tn
berculosis. At present outdoor life
is the standard treatment for the dis
ease. Everything else is secondary
to the open air.
Later. perhaps by analogy. some
one found that the course OF that
next most widespread disease, pneu-
monia, was distinctly modified in the
patients favor by open air treatment
even in the coolest weather of the
temperate zone. In the frigid zone
pneumonia is exceedingly rare; in
some Polar places it is an unknown
disease. Pneumonia is really a dis
ease of the tropics-the crowded bar
racks at Panama or the close hud-
died shacks of the Rand. Overcrowd-
ing and inadequate ventilation are
the two chief predisposing factors of
pneumonia.
II is Not Fresh Air Alone.
The investigation of this salutary
complete. There is something in
open air which is health-giving and
tonic, outside of the mere purity OF
the air. Nowadays most homes are
fairly well ventilated. Analyses of
the air in living rooms under ordi-
nary conditions give little or no evil
dence that II is not as pure as the
outside air in the same region. But
the mysterious Strengthening effect
Of just plain weather is acknowl-
edged by all.
Children, even the youngest babies,
thrive in cold winter air, as many
happy mothers have learned by per.
sonaI experience.
The more time a child spends in
the open air the greater is the child's
resistance TO all mucous membrane
infections, not only catarrhal infec-
tons of the respiratory tract, but
Intestinal troubles as we'll or !
course. the child must be comfort |
ably clothed, not coddled, but simply |
dressed warmly enough TO enjoy the /
airing. And If there is much wind 1
he child should be placed in the lee
Of some barrier, because a strong l
wind annoys and irritates II the
hands and feet are warm the child !.
$ properly dressed. II il is extreme
y cold a hot water bottle or hot
rick should be placed near the feet.
Weather Phobia is Absurd.
Idle speculations INDUCED in by
hose who harbor an innate fear of
exposure"-those thoughtless indi-
iduals who still imagine tuberculosis
nd pneumonia are due TO catching
old'-tend TO make us timid about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

first letters to boy who will write
song that will give cheer to the mil
lions of our race. We are all making
the flag"
But" | said. impatiently, these
people were only working"
Then came a great shout from the
flag. Let me tell you who am. The
work that we do is the making of the
real flag. | am not the flag, not at all.
am but its shadow l am what ever
you make me. nothing more. am
your belief in yourself, your dream of
what people may become. I live
changing life. a life of moods and pas
sions, of heart breaks and tired mus
cles. Sometimes | am strong with
pride. when men do an honest work,
fitting the rails together truly. Some
times / droop, for then purpose has
gone from me, and cynically l play
the coward. Sometimes / am loud.
garish, and full of that ego that blasts
judgment. But always | am all that
.gou hope to be and have the courage to
try for. / am song and fear, struggle
and panic, and ennobling hope. l am
the days work of the weakest man,
and the largest dream of the most
daring. | am the constitution and the
courts, statutes and statute makers,
soldiers and dreadnoughts, drayman
and street sweep, cook, counsellor and
clerk. | am the battle of yesterday
and the mistake of tomorrow. / am
the mystery of the men who do with
out knowing why. 1 am the clutch of
an idea, and the reasoned purpose of
resolution. 1 am no more than what
yon believe me to be, and am all that
you believe me to be. Tam what you
make me, nothing more. | swing be-
fore your eyes as a bright CLEAN OF
color a symbol of yourself. the pic
tured suggestion of that big thing
which makes this nation. My stars
and stripes are your dreams and your
labors They are bright with cheer,
brilliant with courage, firm with faith.
because you have made them so out
of your hearts, for you are the max
ers of the flag, and it is well that you
glory in the making"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
BUILDING HARD ROADS.

An important factor in the financing
of good roads by county bonds is dis
cussed by the authors OF bulletin No.
136 OF the United States department
OF agriculture, entitled Highway
Bonds"
In this bulletin the authors point
out that in expanding money raised by
the sale of highway bonds the high
way commissioners should distinguish
carefully between the permanent and
the perishable features of the road.
Foundations. drainage structures.
alignment and grades, are permanent
features which should be looked upon
in the light of an investment. II
these features uo not comply with a
certain standard, it will be poor econ
omy to spend money on transitory i'm
provement such as hard surfaces,
which must be renewed at consider
able expense from year to year.
Local conditions, OF course. deter
mine TO a great extent the proper
standards for the permanent features
of any highway. Twenty years expe-
rience in modern road building has
shown, however, that there is a mini
mum which any road built on Dor
rowed money should comply with. \
close study of PA different types of
road shows that to meet this mini
mum standard. the following sums
will probably have to be expended for
three standard kinds of highways:
Drain
age
Type and Sur
grad facing Total
ing
Gravel go feet
wide) .....s1s17 $3.50 4,416
Ordinary or wa
terbound ma
cadans Us feet
wide) -.--..--- 3,4OO 5,Sl9 S,2lo
Bituminous ma
cadam Us feet
wide) ....... 2.765 1888 1O,29S |
a study of these figures will help |
counties to avoid the common error .
of first fixing the sum TO be spent .
and then demanding an exorbitant /
mileage IN return for it. So-called ma
cadam roads have been built with /.
bond money by simply spreading bro
ken stone in the mud. The inevitable
result OF such shortsightedness is
mat long bElOTe lue JULIUS nav Dtth
paid of, the improvements for which
hey we're issued have ceased to exist
and the county has nothing to show
'or its increased debt. In the same
way, il is manifestly poor policy to
luild an expensive surface on defec-
i've grades with poor alignments and
,hortlived drainage features.
To sum up, the authors of this bull
etin point out that the initial cost of
road is never the final one; that no
surface is permanent, and that re
airs and maintenance charges will
.lways be necessary. On the other
land. many features of a good road
re TO be regarded as permanent in
-estments. When roads are built with
money, the distinction be- /
ween the permanent and the temper
ry Improvement must be carefully OBJ I
erved. in order that the county may
ave something in exchange when the
ime comes TO repay the loan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

Baseball patrons and baseball mag
mates the country over ought to line
up solidly for the plan Chicago is ad-
vocating OF moving the hands OF the
clocks forward an hour 70 give more
daylight IN the evening. With an hour
more on the latter end Of the sum
mer's day the national game would OF
necessity be changed from an after
noon 20 an evening entertainment. CIV
ing greater numbers a chance 70 be
come patrons and opening up new
box office possibilities
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
SWITZERLAND AND THE
WAR.

Switzerland's lot since the war be
gan has been a hard one The cost
OF maintaining the army in a state
% mobilization IL estimated Al fully
100000 a day. The loss 70 the
hotel keepers in three months is fig-
ured at $4,000 600
The hotel keepers probably suffer
more than any other class. especially
as they had lean years IN 1912 and
1913 owing TO bad weather. They
had looked forward TO 1914 as likely
20 make up all deficits: the weather
from the beginning OF the summer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
Tipperary a La Franchise.

French soldiers on the march are
growing quite as fond of "Tipperary'
as the English. Here is the chorus of
the popular song in French.
"C'est tres loin jusqua Tipperary,
Tres loin jusque la;
C'est tres loin jusqua Tipperary,
Loin de mon amour la-basi
Aur revoir, Piccadilly;
Adieu, Leicester Square,
C'est bien loin, tres loin vers Upper
airy,
A mon occur 81 cher,''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

George AGe. asked the other day II
he was stili standing by the progress
sive party, replied that he was having
much trouble locating the aforesaid
party to stand by II he will come to
Rock Island we will show him per
fecuy good progressive platform which
he can either stand by or sit down
upon. as he sees fit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

Let there be no home in Rock Is
land without Christmas. The Argus
Sara Claus fund offers the most
COW enient means of reaching every
family which is unable otherwise to
have some Of the things which the
Holiday is expe-rsi TO bring
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

KITCHENER must be a cold-heart-
ed person to have repudiated an inter-
view in which so much of the great
American bull was written by a past
master in that art. If Kitch will get
himself alone some dark night and
read that essay over once more we
believe he would recall his denial. But
perhaps the censor won't let him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

TERMS-Ten cents per week. by car
rier. in Rock Island; So per year by mail
in advance.
Complaints or delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
instance where Il IS desired 10 have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority ia the premises
All communication OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for pubIica-
ton. No such articles VIII be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones in ali departments. Cen
tral Union. Rock Island AS. IIl5 and
2I45
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

4 dispatch from Berlin says the
prime minister of Roumania has turn
ed down a demand that ROumania at
tack Bulgaria in the event that Bull
garia attempts TO prevent Greece from
going to the assistance OF Servia. Is
this a triple or a quadruple play?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

II. as reported, a trust has been
formed to corner the worlds supply
and output of firearms, it has a prom
Using field for its operations. Its only
danger lies in the temptation TO
squeeze the belligerents so hard that
they may be forced TO turn 70 peace
TO escape its extortious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts
OulG like TO ha- & congress look into
the expenditures OF the war and navy
departments during the period the
democrats have been in power, but
he objects TO going back into the pre-
ceding republican administration.
This is a logical" stand from a strict
" partisan viewpoint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14

General Mills. chief OF the division
Of militia affairs. seeks truth when he
says that the state guard Will never
amount 10 much until adequate com
pensation for the services Of members
Is provided Only a limited number OF
young men in any community is dis
posed to look upon membership in the
militia as Indispensable TO their
health