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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05
FITS WIRELESS 70 MOTOR CAR.
Cornell Engineering Student Sends Radio Messages from Moving
 Vehicle.

Ithaca, N r. Feb. 5.-What is be- Iieved to be the first automobile wire less apparatus in the country belongs to O. B. Ruckgaber. of Brooklyn. a seniesr in the College of Civil Engi- neersng at Cornell University. MT. Buck aber is already sending wireless messages from his car for a. distance of about ten miles, when the atmos- pheric conditions are good, and, he hopes to send messages for much longer distances in short time He attached the wireless to the car two weeks ago. At first he sent messages but short distances to his fraternity house, but he has improved the ma chine recently. All that can be seen of the apparatus are two wires run hing from the top of the car and meeting at the outer point of the en- zine hood. The sending and receiv- ing apparatus is placed on one of the seats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05

tricia1as Applicants must be quail fled either for general electrical work or for wireless specialization. The wireless plant Is becoming yearly a more important part of the equip nnent of ships of war as well as of freighters and passenger shipss and requirements ten to become more strict proportionately. To begin in the electrical work aboard ship knowledge Of the names and uses of various parts of a dynamo and of generating machinery, or sufficient knowledge Of radio telegraphy to
 qualify as an operator, is a first es- sential. More advanced ability is re- quired for higher grades of service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05
NOTICE

Taken by virtue of an execution to me directed, and will be sold at Pub lie Vendue to the highest bidder at 606 Water St., in the Town of Bridge port, IA days after date, which will be on the 9th day of February, 1915, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to sat isfy said Execution and my fees thereon, the following described prop erty, to wit:
 One lot of plumbing supplies.
 Dated at Bridgeport, this 1st day of February 1915.
 J. M. DONNMLLY, Deputy Sheriff of the County of Fair Gald R ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05
ARMS STOLEN FROM
 ARSENAL RECOVERED

Fl Pasos Texas. Feb:5A small DOT
 ton Of the arms and ammunition stolen rom the New Mexico govern ment arsenal at Silver City was cap tured yesterday by troops of the T,hir- teenth cavalry border patrol. The stolen munitions were found in wag- ons near Columbus, N. M, opposite the port of Palomas, Mex, below which General Yuez Salazar, formerly fed era1 commander, had been operating
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05

Russian aviators on February 2 suc- cessfulIy dropped bombs the mobii- ibed reserves and trains of the Ger mans at Rawa, Zarzecze, and Bogusz- yoe, about fifty miles southwest of Warsaw, according to an official an- nouncement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05

There is good deal of interest Rnong yeung applicants for the ma bal service in appointment as eIec-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05

Gold premium at Madrid yesterday was 2.4O, unchanged from Wednesday. At Lisbon it was 47.00, against 49.o0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05
Mass. Senate for sufraee,

Boston, Feb 5.-Only three dissent ing votes were cast in the Senate yes- terday when bill providing for a con- stitutiona1 amendment extending the franchise to women was passed. The measure will go to the House and if adopted there, will be subrnitte ed to the voters at the November election.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-05

The. Bank of England yesterday bought 767, ,eoo pounds in gold bars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
Germans Held East of User
PYTHIANS ELECT.
New Officers Observation-Disclosures Next
Meeting Place-Topekan to Office

Wichita, May 19.-The Kansas
grand lodge of Knights of Pyt:lias and
the grand temple of Pythian sisters
closed their annual meetings here this
afternoon. Manhattan was chosen for
the state meetings in May, 1916. The
following officers were elected by the
knights:
c. A. Matson, Wichita, grand chan
cellor.
Frank Sullivan, Meade, grand
n. L. Hollowe1l, Kansas City, grand
keeper of records and seal.
w F. Williams, Kinsley, grand
prelate.
Fred A Wilcox. Abilene, grand
master of exchequer.
J. F. Brown, Neodesha, grand mas
Iter-at-arms.
Bell. grand inner guard.
Karl Peterson, Irving, grand outer
guard.
w. J. Duvall, Hutchinson, senior
supreme representative.
Ben E. Rively, Kansas City, junior
supreme representative.
New officers of the Kansas Pythian n
Sisters grand temple:
Miss Maud V. 10y, Chapman, past
grand chief
Belle Alex, Ottawa, grand chief.
Olive Ramsey. Hutchinson, grand
senior.
Mrs Mary McCune, Wichita, grand
junior.
Rebecca Cunningham, Larned,
grand manager.
Ruth Morris, Kinsley, grand mis-
tress of records and correspondence.
Josephine Weatherly, Erlporia,
grand mistress of finance.
Catherine Todd, Yates Center, grand
protector.
Arsula Jones, Topeka, junior su-
preme representative.
Abbie Peters, Burlington, alternate.
Ella Shaw, Eureka, trustee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
K. U. BILL OF RIGHTS.
The University Is Preparing to Adopt
Written Constitution.

The University of Kansas will have
written constitution, the adoption of
which will probably be one of the i'm
portant events of the commencement
season at that school. The adoption
of university constitution has been
a matter of deep interest to members
of the university faculty for num-
Der of years. Its realization has been
postponed for several years as a re-
suit of the change in the administra-
tive direction of the schools of the
state through the organization of the
state board of educational admins
tration.
This year it has been formally taken
up by that body and will probably be
ratified in the form suggested by the
members of the university teaching
staff
The university constitution is a
compilation of the unwritten law of
that school which has governed it's
conduct since it's esta blishment. It
was put into writing several years ago
by the faculty members and passed up
to the old board of regents for its
ratification That board was abolish
ed by the legislature of 1913 before it
had acted. The new board now has
the document under consideration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

| Little Mr. Garter-snake stuck his
| head out from under the moss at the
I'll declare he said to himself this
| is fine day."
He wiggled himself out into the sun
and lay there restfully.
murmured peacefully, after the
whole long. cold winter nothing is
quite good as this sum-
| But after he had luxuriated awhile
| he decided he wanted to explore a bit
81 think I'll poke along up the creek
a ways" he said to himself. They
are always asking me about things as
though L krew everything-thos
wood creatures are-and I'd better
| look around and find some new things
to tell them about or I'll lose my rep
utation!"
He shook himself free from the
| moss and slime and started on his
| journey.
Weighing over the stones and moss
and grass, he saw crickets and grass
hoppers and katydids, all resting
blissfulIy in the hot sun. but don't
care about those he said scornfully,
everybody that lives in the woods
knows all about them-what I'm look
ing for is something different"
So he patiently wiggled along his
way.
Pretty soon he came to where a dog
Tapped up drink Of water Ugh
that's a big creature!" exclaimed Mr..
Garter-snake in awe. seems to me
never saw such a huge creaturei But
I'm sure there's nothing wonderful
about himi I'm perfectly sure that he
is one of those queer things they call
dogsi They're so drea6ful1y big, and,
if IN not mistaken, pretty dangerous
to my family think I'll hide!
So Mr. Garter-snake, with what dig
nifty he could muster on quick notice,
scrambled under cover and stayed
there till the sounds of drinking had
stopped and all was encouragingly
quiet again.
Then he stuck his head out and re-
connoitered. There is no use taking
foolish risks" said the snake to him.
self, but / really think it's safe
enough now, I'll continue my investi
CATION.
He had not gone ten feet till he saw
right in front of him a queer bunch of
pink. Il
Now what in the world can that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
Jayhawker lots

Excellent advice from the Augusta
Bugle: The wise man bottles his
wrath, corks it up tight and then
loses the corkScrew-
Urging the swatting of the fly s
birthplace, the barnyard manure, the
Sedan Times-Star adds: Anyone pros
porous enough to own a COW or a
horse is able to hire his barnyard
cleaned in the spring and kept cleaned
all summer.
In independence the other night at
dinner, tells the Independence Star, a
saying: I'm not stuck on this
bread" "Margie." said her mother,
reprovingly,' you want to cut that
slang out" That's q peach of a way
of correcting the child remarked the
father. II know" replied the mother.
but 1 just wanted to put her WISE"
If all 38 courts in Kansas, writes
Judge Ruppenthal in the Luray Her
aid, have at all times as much money
in the hands of their clerks as has
this district, there must at all times
be one-third of a million dollars or so
on hands, and may be as much as
one million dollars. If this money
were in the several county treasures,
interest, or from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year.
Related by the Downs News: A cute
little Boston travelling man was in
Downs yesterday and entering one of
our stores, opened up commonplace
conversation with the. merchant while,
sparring for an opening. They spoke
OF the good crop prospects and the
merchant remarked that if the first
crop of alfalfa could be cut by the
middle of May, we stood a good
chance for four or five crops. YES"
said the dapper little travelling man,
fondly stroking his dainty mustache,
that will be plenty early enough to
sow it again.
Gems, from VIII Palmer's Jewell
County Republican: 1t doesn't take
the house long to get too big when the
children begin to scatter. Money
will buy fashion but it won't buy re-
finement. "A woman likes to load
herself down with jewelry, but a col
lar button is a pretty good supply for
a man. Work always picks out a
hard job and poor pay for the fellow,
who hates it. 1t is easy to apol-
ogize before an apology is demanded,
but very hard afterward. A full
kit of tools for a woman is a ham
mer, a gimlet and a harpin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

[From the Philadelphia RecordJ
There is nothing new under the sun, not
even neutrality.
Some people are slow but sure, while
others are just slow.
You never can tell Even the man who
knows 1t all has lots to learn.
In selecting a husband a girl should
be sure she is right, and not merely sure
she isn't left
Beauty is only skin deep. The bleached
blonde may have a light head, but heavy
heart
a fashion note announces quite logi-
cally that the young man with narrow
shoulders should wear broadcloth.
You can't always rule with kindness.
Even postage stamp has to be licked
before it will do its duty
Nell-"She merely uses her religion as a
cloak Bell-"And in summer / suppose
she turns 1t into bathing suit.
There is theory that we should marry
our opposite. so many hot-heated fellow
falls in love with a girl who gets cold
feet.
Wigg-"Bjones says all his life he has
been busy acquiring knowledge" Wagg-
Yes, It's too bad he has been so busy
that he hasn't had time to make any use
of it"
"A man never loses anything by being
polite" said the Optimist. Il guess that 8
right" agreed the Pessimist. "While you
are shaking hands with a man he can't
very well be picking your pocket"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
oUTRAGING CHILDHOOD.

More evidence of the need in Kan
sas of an absolutely mandatory law
that will forbid the marriage of girls,
except, perhaps, in unfortunate cases,
until they reach the age of consent, 8
years, and of minor boys, as well, re-
gardless of the willingness of foolish
parents to consent to such unions.
Down near Olathe, the district court
has been compelled to step in and an
null the marriage of a girl, a mere
child of II years, to a man of FL. And
her foster parents who forced her into
this marriage should be punished Sc
verely for perjuring themselves as to
the little ones age. Their actions
constitute a criminality of the lowest
and most despicable form which
should be penalized accordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
CATHOLICS ELECT.
Rev. John Murphy of Topeka Is
Spiritual Director.

Father j. A. Murphy of Topeka was
made spiritual director OF the Fedora
ton of Catholic Societies of Kansas at
the closing session of the eleventh an
nual convention this afternoon.
Other officers: President, J. p.
Koelzer, Seneca; first vice president,
B. M. Dreiling Hays; second vice pres
ident, Frank Cumiskey, Pittsburg;
third vice president, r. G. Erbacher.
st. Marys; recording secretary treas
urer, j. F. Huerter, Seneca; cores
ponding and financial secretary, An
thony Kuhn, Victoria.
Trustees, Charles F. Schenck, Sen
eca; J. B. Basgall, Hays; John H
F'alk, Andale; executive board, Rev. r
A. McNeive, S. j., st. Marys; Rev.
Sigismund Pierson, o. F. M, kansas
City; delegate national convention
Anthony Kuhn, Victoria
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
OUR BIG SCRAP HEAP.

In 1914 the value of the second
airy metals exclusive of gold, silver,
platinum, iron, and steel, recovered in
the United States was $57,039.706, ac-
cording to ]. p. Dunlop, of the Unit
ed States Geological survey. This is
decrease from 1913 of s15,746,32
the secondary metals recovered in
that year being valued at S72,7S6,027.
The term secondary" does not imply
that these metals, which are recovered
from scrap metal, sweepings, skim
mings, Dresses, ETC., are of inferior
quality, but is used to distinguish
them from primary metals which
are derived from ore. While the sur
vey figures, relative to lead. zinc,
copper, aluminium, tin and anthony
given in this statement cover a large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
JUST WHAT HE'S DOING.

Comments in the German newspa-
pers on the American note relative to
the slaughter of a hundred of our
people through the torpedoing of the
Lusitania suggest that Germany's re-
ply will or should politely tell Presi-
dent Wilson to mind his own BUSH
ness" Which happens to be just what
Mr. Wilson is doing. And the prevail
ing opinion among the great bulk of
the people of these United States, who
are squarely behind the president, is
that the beginning he has made in
the premises is an uncommonly good
one
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MORE THAN / Wife.
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writes Frances Burke-Hart, land just
as an eastern potentate would feel
strangely perplexed at the number of
his wives being reduced to one, SO d
European might feel at his portion
being increased to. say, three or four.
Certainly there would be difficult
ties and complications. but they would
be short lived. and each in his turn
and in his own special way would
sooner or later settle down happily
and quite content. We are of all ami
mails the most conservative of habit;
and while old ones are ofttimes diff
ficult to drop. new ones are very cas-
lily acquired.
when this terrible war is over,
what is to become of the tens of thou
sands of women who will be left on
their own?
A New Law?
1T has been suggested that law
be passed by which man may be
permitted to possess one, two or thres
legal wives. IS the case may be, pro-
vided he can guarantee to the author
tiles he is in a position TO support
them decently and properly and III
keeping with his position.
"A few years ago / was permitted
the privilege of being guest in an
eastern harem, and during my stay,
in which 1 talked and associated with
fair number of women, 1 formed
several opinions which have firmly
convinced me that in spite of our
boosted progress the solution to a
world wide problem was at any rate
in part expressed here.
1.-The happiest and most restful and
contented faces ever saw in my life
were in the harem, and among wo-
men possessing many qualities we
western women would do well to emu
late.
Mature invented or evolved woman
for a definite and special purpose; but
civilization steps in and DEGREES other
wise. Natures object is, therefore,
frustrated .4- -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
MAKING US SOLID.
European War a Great Boom
for Western Hemisphere.
John Barrett Addresses Confer.
ence on Arbitration.

Mohonk Lake, N. Y. May 19.-.'The
most remarkable fact affecting the
Western Hemisphere which has de-
veloped by the European war is the
impetus which it has given to prac-
teal an-Americanism,' said John
Barrett, director general of the Pan
American Union, in an address be-
fore the Lake Mohonk conference on
international arbitration here today.
The war has done more than any
other political influence, since the
declaration of the Monroe Doctrine in
1928, to promote Pan-American soli-
darity and emphasizing the import
ance or the common interests of the
western republic he said.
There never has been heretofore a
time when the press and people of
both North and South America have
been saying SO many kind things of
each other as they are doing at this
hour. and there never was time
when the Latin American govern
ments and peoples were so ready, as
they are now, to cooperate with the
United States for the development of
closer commercial and political ties"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

field and form an essential addition
to the reports on primary metals, the
scope of the inquiry probably reveals
less than one-half the extent of the
waste-meta1 trade. The values of the
old iron and steel reused amounts to
millions of dollars. For a few pur-
poses requiring especial purity of ma
terial it is necessary to employ pri-
mary or virgin pig metal, but as
general rule secondary metals, can be
used in whole or in part, and most
foundries use them. The manufac-
turing and railway centers contribute
the bulk of the metal waste, and
when trade and consequently trans
portation are dull tho production of
scrap metal declines. Over 90 per
cent of the refining and smelling of
droses and scrap metals in the
United States is confined to the ter
ritory east of ST. Louis and north of
Ohio river.
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must be remembered that there arc
many other institutions Tor the shelter
of the poverty-stricken. including 5a1ls
reformatories, hospitals. orphan ana
insane asylums, homes for the aged,
etc. The aggregate of the 1mpov-
erished in all of these institutions is
extremely large. Pauperism is. there
fore, a distinct blight on the COM
rnunity, and to a large extent 1t is in
excusable. Accidents, sickness, re-
verses due to others misconduct OF
weakness sometimes reduce people to
restitution. In most cases, however,
laziness, unthrift and extravaganza are
responsible for this. Every young
American should take warning from
the paupers' plight and set out firmly
to deny himself. to save money, to in
vest it safely, and to provide COM
potency for his declining years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
REGULATING THE JITNEYs.

A step in the right direction is be-
ing made by the Commercial club,
through one of it's committees in
sounding public sentiment relative to
the regulation of the jitney traffic
Something of this sort would appear
to be in order In many localities
where the jitneys have been doing
business no longer than they have
been in Topeka their regulation is al
ready a fact. Shortsighted centers
have promulgated regulatory features
so oppressive as to make the opera
ton of Jitneys well-nigh prohibitive.
Others have been more reasonable,
and in these places the regulations
have been accepted more or less will
ingly by jitney companies and indi-
viduaI jitney operators In some re-
spects, the rules for the operation of
jitneys cannot be too stringent. For
instance, it wasn't so long ago in To-
peka that a little girl was run down
and severely injured by a jitney that
was being operated by woman. Sub
seQuent Investigations disclosed the
fact that this chauffeuress had had
only a weeks experience in running
an automobile And it is patent that
no one, man, woman or boy should be
even a private car, for that matter, I'M
less he or she is thoroughly compe-
tent and experienced driver. In all
places where jitney regulation has
been undertaken, some sort of a bond
is being required of jitney companies
or individual jitney operators, to in
demnify passengers Or pedestrians
who may be injured in accidents. This
appears to be most essential feature
of jitney regulation, and is as much
needed in Topeka as elsewhere. Among
the suggestions that have been already
made here is that there should be reg
ular stopping points, and no others,
for the jitneys to take on and unload
passengers. But because of the facil-
ity of their operation, the jitneys. it
would seem, should have the same
privileges in this particular that have
always been accorded to the o1d-fash-
Toned hacks and buses they have
And besides 1t is a COR
venience of which their patrons would
probably dislike to be deprived. Jit-
ney regulation is necessary, but it
should be reasonable
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of keeping Italy out of the war.
Every preparation for hostilities has
been made. The German and Aus
TRAN ambassa doris are ready to leave
Rome and the Italian railroads have
been placed under military control.
1t is expected the final decision will.
be made known quickly after parlia-
ment meets tomorrow.
Reconstruction of the British min
although it is believed the Unionist
leaders will seek the formal sanction
of their followers at a party meeting
before definite action IS taken. 1t is
assumed in London sweeping changes
will be made in forming the coalition
government.
A dispatch from Mytilene says fresh
troops have been landed by the allies
on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelless
near the entrance to the straits.
The Turks are now said to possess
an abundant supply of shells, after
having been threatened for some time
with a shortage. -
The British steamer Drumcree has
been torpedOed in the English chan i.
mel. Her crew was saved.
Official announcement was made in
London today that1the allies, are i'm
proving their position On the Gallipoli
however. and the turks are offering
effective resistance, ..:-~--..
On the western front bad weather
is interfering with military operation.
The British north of La Bassee and
the French north of Arras have held
their recent gains, but they have not
been able to move forward.
Germans Held East of User.
Paris May 1880 p. m.-The
French war office this afternoon gave
out this report: '
''The bad weather continues. There
was 80 development on the front dur
ing the night, with the exception of
some artillery exchanges at various
points. Also to the east of the Yser
two attempted attacks on the part of
the enemy were checked by our fire -