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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
ON INSPECTION TRIP.
County Commissioners Take Look
Over Roads and Bridges.

In their efforts to ascertain where
road and bridge trouble is most acute
in Shawnee county J. c. Sinner and
Fred Nipps, members of the board OF
county commissioners, made an in
spection trip through the north part of
the county Friday afternoon. They
made arrangements to have the bridge
across Cross creek, two miles north
of Rossville, raised and put in shape
as soon as possible. This bridge is
one of the dozen that are out of COM
mission in different parts of the
county. There are five bridges out
on the south side of the river on the
road leading to Valencia and one out
at Grove and one at Kiro.
Work will be started soon on the
repairing of the road along the Dick
Hodgins farm, which connects the
Valencia road with the Silver Lake
road. At this point the river cut
through about six weeks ago and
flooded several acres of Mr.. HOdgins'
farm. The gravel on this road is the
only thing that saved the entire road
from being washed away.
This fall the commissioners plan
to gravel the road north of the brick
plant bridge, one and one-half miles
north, to the upper Silver Lake road.
considering the rain and the high
water the roads in this part of the
county are in very good shape" said
Mr.. Sinner. "Of course there are
SeV6fdI places InaC neeQ IllllnS out
this is a minor trouble compared to
the washouts of bridges
1T is our plan to get the roads and
bridges fixed up as soon as possible
said Mr.. Nipps, but you can see the
extent of the damage, which will take
some time to correct"
In spite of all the road and bridge
trouble the commissioners were able
to admire the fine stand of corn that
was in evidence on almost every farm
That the farmers were busy in the
fields and not worrying so much about
roads was evidenced by the work that
was going on in the fields. On several
farms threshing crews were busy
turning out wheat and on others the
farmers were curing hay. One could
not fail 10 see that Shawnee county
was in a prosperous condition, espe-
cially in the vicinity of Silver Lake
and ROSSville.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07

they did in the game they played in
miniature.
In the early fall, attacks from the
/ landward are worked out At that
time the entire garrison of the post
goes into what is called the war
period" camp. Everyone sleeps at
his post at night and none leaves the
vicinity of his duties for the whole
period. No one, with the exception of
the umpire, knows at what time call
to arms will be sounded and the call
must find everyone ready.
Training in Every Branch.
The coast artilleryman has train
ing in every branch of fighting. Be
sides his duties as an artilleryman
fantry drill as we'll as the infantry
man. He understands all manner of
signaling end must be an electrician.
He can handle machine guns or the
heavier field guns. All have some
drill in the work of the hospital corps
and first aid Practically an army
itself is our coast artillery corps
There is a saying among the men that
drill on foot the big gun soldier"
would be 81, cavalryman as we'll
Unlike any other branch of the
army, too, this efficient little body of
way that it takes infantry, cavalry,
field artillery, signalmen, hospital
corps, etc, to make up mobile army,
it takes all kinds of guns to equip a
of all sizes from the three inch rapid
fire guns to the big twelve inch rifles.
There are 40 companies in the
coast artillery corps. These are di-
vided into rifle, mortar and mine
companies. The rifle companies pre-
dominate of course but in every post
there are one or more mortar and one
or more mine companies depending
on the size of the post and the ma
ture of the defenses to be manned
Mortar companies have been drilled
especially to handle the big mortars
which heave great explosive shells
weighing a half ton and more with
marvellous accuracy. The mine com
panies are specially drilled in the load
ing and planting of harbor mines
which make entrance to the harbOr
dangerous to a hostile ship.
The mortar is the original high
angle gun. It is elevated sometimes
to an angle of $50 degrees and the
great mass of loaded metal thrown is
hurled over a mile high literally fall
ing on the ships deck where little
armor is carried and tearing into the
vital parts of the vessel. 1t would
appear that this is a haphazard meth
cd of wasting good ammunition, but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
STRONG FAVORITES
Electric Irons Much Sought by To-
peka Women.

Electric Irons continue strong ia
vorites with the women of Topeka
among the electrical home conven
fences. This is the time of year
when an Electric Iron pays for it
self in comfort in a very few iron
ings, because it requires no hot fire
and heating up of the whole house,
but can be ironed with anywhere,
out in the yard, in the room or on
the porch
The following bought irons the
past week from the Edison Com
pany, which is selling its regular
$3.50 iron now for $3.50, and it's
the genuine Westinghouse and no
better is made:
Mrs. B. c. Ware, 224 Van Buren,;
Mrs. NJ. E. Seymour, 1917 w. 10th;
Mrs. G.. W. Renshaw, APT Monroe;
Mrs. NJ. Stevens, 512 Fillmore; P.
D. Alden, 922 Kansas avenue; Mrs.
William Hill, 2512 Buchanan; Mrs.
J. H. Gaume, 1917 Garfield; Mrs.
H A. Auerbach, S29 Buchanan:
Mrs. H. w. Reams, 240S Buchanan;
Mrs. J. ]. Carlin. 117S College; Mrs.
J. F. Norton, 1900 Tyler; Mrs. Elma
Holmes, 1852 Lane; Mrs. K. Clark,
1885 n. Jefferson; Mrs J. W. Web-
er. $50 West; Mrs c. z. st. John,
1131 Tyler; Mrs. Walter McCord,
$50 n. Western; Mrs. r. c. Nc
Phillaney. 1915 Western; Mrs. /. A.
Payton. 1928 Garfield; Mrs. G. T.
Bruumit, 222 w 9Th.
If you wish to iron in comfort
buy an Electric Iron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
FOR BETTER LIGHTS
Edison COmpany's Special House.
Wiring Inducements Popular.

Topeka home owners continue to
take advantage of the Edison Com
pany's special house-wiring cam
paign which is still going on. The
inducements are many. Not only ID
electricity cheaper than ever in
Topeka, and the improvement in
the lamps with the development of
the brilliant Mazda, makes electric
lights two or three times as bright
for half the cost of the old lamps,
but the Edison Company is giving
free extension of it's service wires,
free estimates and plans for wiring,
and free installation of meter
It's the best time Topekans ever
had for wiring their homes for
electricity.
The following tenant houses have
been wired for electricity the past
week, and are now ready for ten
ants: F. w. Shrives' two houses at
1912 and 1916 Redden street; John
Griley's two houses at 11O3 and
1105 Kansas avenue, and the house
of F. w. Humbert, at H142 Lin
coin.
Five homes in North Topeka are
to install electricity, as follows:
Morris & Hanly (store) 426 West
Gordon; Mrs. NJ. B. Suddarth,. 1901
Logan; F. A. Studer. 1917 y. Quin-
cy; E. Bissell, 141s n. Kansas ave-
nue..
In West Topeka the following
have contracted for wiring: F. J.
Gunthery, 10th and Frazier ave-
nue.; w. Hewitt, 406 Shawnee: w
NJ. Kinney, West Sixth; ]. NJ Van
SAINT, 739 Horn; c. NJ. Case, 40
Willow, ]. K Thompson, EOS The
Drive; Rea Will. 1872 Lane.
In South Topeka these homes
will be electrified: w. A. Watkins,
22OS Buchanan; G. ]. Hamaker,
1928 Redden avenue: Ellen Welt,
2429 Clay; F. w. Strives, 1920
Redden: s. T. Coleman, 2517 Lin
coin: Ed Morand, 427 Lincoln; c.
H. Hewins, 2614 Lincoln; V. P.
Rotenberry, 1924 Buchanan.
In East Topeka these homes will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
REVIEW BY PICTURES.
International Sunday School Lesson
for Seward Avenue Baptists.

George N Newton will give a re-
view of the International Sunday
school lesson illustrated by stereopti-
con slides, at the Seward Avenue
Baptist church Sunday, August s, at
8 p. m.
Mr. Newton has used these slides at
the First Baptist and other churches
and they are said to be the most ex-
pensive pictures of the kind ever
given in the city They cover the
period reaching from January 1 to
August s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
WHITE STRIKE ANALYSIS
International President to Review
Facts in Pittsburgh District.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. John P.
White, international president of the
United Mine Workers of America, will
be asked to review the facts in the
strike of 1,2G0 miners, employed here,
at his Indianapolis headquarters, it
was announced today. Negotiations
for the settlement of the strike have
made no progress, it was said. w. r.
Farley federal conciliator connected
with the department Of labor, spent
one day investigating the strike and
resumed his regular work of investi-
eating the strike and idleness con-
ditions here. He has made no state
rnenf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
SPECIAL ELECTRIC FAN
SALE CONTINUES

The Special Sale on Electric
Fans by the Edison Company
continues. The prices are 20 to
% per cent off former prices.
They range from SS.25 for g.
inch fans for small offices or
bedrooms. to $3.50 for large 10
b inch fans. just the thing for
large offices or stores and halls.
Now is the time to buy an Elec-
trio Fan. One will last for years.
The following bought fans
the past week: The First Church
of Christ, Scientist, (two); DR..
H. Milton Conner, Orpheum
building, T. S. Broyles, 613 Polk;
H. Flint, 1900 w. 10th: P. J.
Carlson. I'll Morris avenue; Jas.
Wall, 315 Leland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
BUYS ELECTRIC ToAsTER.

DR.. NJ. A. Floersch, of 1906 Har-
rison street, has bought a Westing-
house stove, or Electric Toaster.
For preparing lunches and break
fasts, there is nothing to equal it.
You can toast, prepare eggs any
style, and do a lot of light cooking
with it that you often want to do,
but don't wish to light up" the
big stove to do it. And it creates
no heat. dirt or ashes. You can
cook with it on the dining room
table,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
JOINS ELECTRIC ARMY.

r. E. Bell, a progressive mer-
chant at 721 East 18th street, has
Joined the electrical army of pro-
gress- He is having his store at the
above number and his residence
next door, 719 East 18th. wired for
lights and electric service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
Resignation Is Accepted.

Springfield, Ill, Aug 7.-Governor
Dunno accepted the telegraphed res
ignation of Warden Edmund Allen of
the Joliet penitent5ary Immediately on
reading it today. Then nc directed
his secretary, William Sullivan, to
telegraph the deputy warden, Law
renee Ryan. a civil service appointee,
to assume charge of the prison until
Aliens successor was elected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07

be frightened with electricity: Mrs.
Joe Roe, SIS Leland; F. o. Elliott,
724 Chandler; G. A. Williams, 1918
Jefferson: G.. c. Gilbert, 1922 Lo-
Gust; a. Meadows, 1447 Washing
ton; Mathew earle, 1913 Locust;
Mrs. J. E. Loeb, sos E. 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
NEW MOTORS INsTALLED

The PlerSen TranSmltter Com
pany has just installed a 8 horse
power and a 5 horsepower electric
motor at their new factory near
the Santa Fe depot This is the
Company that manufactures the
new telegraph sending machines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
Cardinal Priest Dying.

Rome. Aug. 6 (via Paris, Aug. ~
Cardinal Benedict LorenzelE, project
of the Congregation of Studies. Is be-
lieved to be dying and received the
last sacrament this morning Cardi-
nal Lorenzelli, who is g. years old,
1907.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-07
MORLEY FIXING Up.

G. +. Worley, the harness me--
chant. formerly on Kansas avenue,
is having new wiring and fixtures
installed at his new location on
Sixth street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
w. Eugene o. Hake
Dies; Ill Short Time

w. Eugene o. Hake. aged 81, died
yesterday at his home. 500 North Six
teenth street following short illness
of pneumonia. He is survived by his
wife, three children, Janet, Helen and
Thomas; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Hake, and his grandmother,
Mrs. Angeline Hake. Mr.. Hake was an
elder in Emmanuel Presbyterian
Church, and was one of the youngest
elders in the Carlisle Presbytery. He
was also superintendent of the Sunday
school, and pianist of the church, taxi
ing an active part in many branches
of the church work. Mr.. Hake was
head bookkeeper of the Merchants
National Bank for about eight years,
and was a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America and Knights of
Malta. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock at
the home, the Rev. II. Everett Hall
man, pastor of Emmanuel Church Off
ciating. Burial will be made in the
PaXtang Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
P. 0. S. OF A. HOLDS
Conventional At GRATZ
Movement to Form County Or
ganization Considered at Meet
ing of District No. 3
Special to The Telegraph

Gratz, Pa. May S.-On Saturday the
annual convention of District No. 3,
Patriotic Order Sons of America, met
here with delegations present from
Camp 10, Elizabethville; Camp 14S,
Wlconisco; Camp 154, Williamstown;
Camp 23S, Lykens; Camp 307, Berrys-
burg: Camp $50, Millersburg; Camp
454. Loyalton:. Camp SIS. Gratz, and
Camp 576, Halifax. Camp GA, of Pill
low, was the only camp of the district
not represented.
The reports of the camps showed
the district numbers almost 1900
members.
The most important resolutions
passed at the convention were as fol-
lows;
Endorsing local option and COM
mending Governor Brumbaugh on his
stand for same and pledging them
selves to use all honorable means at
the polls to bring 1t about.
Commencing III. f. Burlington, of
Lykens. for the part he took at the
State camp sessions to prevent the in
crease of the per capita tax
Eulogizing the late Charles DeVinne
Rowe, who had been a prominent and
active figure at previous conventions
and offering sympathy to the bereaved
parents and friends.
Commencing Professor F. f. Sham
haugh in his efforts to promote intel
ligence and to elevate the county pub
lie schools.
A committee composed of ]. NJ.
Shaffner. Ed. II. Weigel and Joseph
w Bricker, representing the Dauphin
southern district, was present and they
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
COMMITS SUICIDE
SOON AFTER SISTER
George Hupert Shoots Himself in
Public Park at Washing
ton, D. c.
Shceial TO The Telegraph

Greencastle, Pa, May 3.-Just four
weeks after his sister had committed
suicide by throwing herself under
freight train, George Hupert shot him
self in a small park in Washington,
ID. c. Mr.. Hupert was prominent
newspaperman, for many years con-
nected with the Washington Star. He
was a native of Greencastle and was
called home four weeks ago because
of his sisters suicide. Since that
time he has been in a Maryland sana-
torium with a nervous breakdown. On
Friday morning he left the sanatorium
and the next thing that was seen of
him several boys found his lifeless
body in the park, with revolver by
his side.
On his person was found $50 and
a note which read I'm case of fatality
notify George w. Sebold, secretary of
the Columbia Typographical Union.
His body was taken to the morgue
where II was identified by several
friends and shipped to Greencastle.
Funeral services in charge of Mt. Pis-
gah lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Mr.. Hupert was aged SO and
was unmarried.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
Two Sleeping Women Are
Awakened by Burglars

Burglars narrowly escaped capture
in two houses on Allison Hill yesterday
morning.
At the home of John l.. Burns. 317
Burchfeld street n daughter. Cecilia
Burns. was awakened about o'clock
by a noise in her room. She found a
colored man standing at the side of
her bed with his hand over her face:
She called to her father. who secured
a revolver. but did not have time to
load 1t. The burglar ran downstairs
and out the front door. He dropped a
small purse on the porch. The colored
man was chased as far as Bellevue. He
had ransacked the lower floor of the
Burns home and secured 81 in cash.
The home of ]. G. Smith. 317 Cres-
cent street, was entered at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning. Mrs Smith heard
a noise In an adjoining room and when
she wakened was attacked by a white
man. She called for help and the burg
lar ran downstairs and escaped through
a rear door In the meantime Mrs.
shots after him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
Help the Stomach
Digest Your Food

When the stomach fails to digest,
and distribute that which is eaten,
the bowels become clogged with a,
mass of waste and refuse that fer
ments and generates poisons that
are gradually forced into the blood.
causing distress and often serious
illness.
Most people naturally object to
the drastic cathartic and purgative
agents that shock the system. A!
mild, gentle laxative, positive in its
effect and that will quickly relieve
constipation is DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup
Pepsin. sold by druggists at fiftyi
cents and one dollar a bottle. 1T
does not gripe or cramp, but acts
easily and pleasantly and is there
fore the most satisfactory remedy
for children, women and elderly
persons. For a free trial bottle
write to DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 451j
Washington St.. Monticello. Ill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
A SPRING TONIC
Old Reliable Hoods SarsapariIla is
Pleasant and Effective.

In the spring your blood Is impure
and weak, eruptions appear on your
face and body, you lack vitality,
strength and animation, your appetite
is poor and you feel all tired out.
Get Hoods Sarsaparilla from any
druggist. 1t combines just the roots,
barks, herbs and other substances that
you need.
1t purifies and strengthens the blood
makes the rich red blood that you
must have to feel well. look well. eat
and sleep well. This is confirmed by
thousands of letters from people in all
parts of the country.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best spring
medicine. but is not simply a spring
medicine-it is an ll-the-year-round
blood purifier and tonic. Remember
1t has stood the test of forty years. Be
sure to get Hoods, and get 1t today.
Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
Suffragists Viii Give
"Housewarming" at New
Headquarters Tomorrow

The local suffragists are busy to-day
preparing their new headquarters on
the ground floor of the Masonic Tenn
pie, at State and Third streets, for a
big housewarming tomorrow. They
VIII keep open house from to 9
o'clock. Tea will be served.
The headquarters has been estab-
lished by the committee of fifty. of
which Mrs. John r. Oenslager is
chairman. The committee in charge of
its furnishing and maintenance is COM
posed of Mrs. Walter p. Mcguire,
chairman. The committee in charge of
Robert II. Irons, Miss Letitia Brady
and Mrs. George B. Kunkel.
Mrs. Lindley Hosford Is in charge
OF the decoration of the windows.
There are big windows on both State
and Third streets and the suffragists
expect to make them attractive fea-
lures. Flowers for the decoration of
the headquarters have been donated
by the Berryhill Nursery. Furniture
has been loaned by Joseph Goldsmith.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
G8ntfstReakbpet1tt1 t1t1sz az1eeexkgal1E24 exglE244@ l1E244@l4e@s1

were successful in having the matter
of effecting a county convention favor
ably acted upon. A committee of ten
mem bers. one from each of the ten
camps of the district. will attend the
district convention of Dauphin south
ern district at Penbrook on May IL
to effect the organization of the county
convention.
The next convention will be held at
Lykens on the first Saturday in May.
1915. These officers were elected: Dis
trict president, c. w. Schoffstall. Camp
30T; vice-president. ]. ]. Burlington,
No. SIS; master of forms. Ira r.
Cook, No. 2sS; guard, A. B. Crook,
No. 154: sentinel. w. s. Futter, No.
576; record secretary. A. F. Minnich,
No. 23s: financial secretary, d. A.
Andre. No. 110; treasurer, d. d. Helt,
No 454
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03

@-----.5 court for robbing
parcel post packages and sentenced to
six months in the county jail. He got
out Saturday. In the meantime a de-
tainer was lodged against him by the
county authorities for stealing ex-
press packages from a Pennsy trans
fer truck. He pleaded guilty in court
this morning-and got four months
more.
Supervisors Appointed. - Vacancies
In the boards of supervisors of Lower
Paxton and Jefferson townships caus-
ed by the removal of G. II. Aungst and
Charles b. Snyder were filled to-day
by the appointment of Ezra Smith and
Claude Etzwiler, respectively.
City Electrician Guardian. - City
tElectrician Clarke r. Diehl was ap-
pointed guardian to-day for Miss Mary
Margaret Craig, daughter of William S.
and Catherine c. Craig. Her estate
will amount to Approximately s2,100.
Trial Delayed by Visit to Fair.-Be-
cause of the answer of Charles b.
stucker, secretary-treasurer of the
Sucker Brothers Construction Com
pany, who is visiting Mexico and the
Panama-Pacific Exposition, the trial of
the Mack Manufacturing Company
against the construction company had
to be postponed from trial in April
common pleas court to next week.
The Mack company sued the firm
for bill of $500 for bricks furnished
for paving in Waynesboro.
Water Hearing Continued to May
1S.-Injunction proceedings brought
by the Sterling Consolidated Electric
Company against certain holders of
'stock who want to control the Will
liams Valley Water Company were
postponed until May IS.
Letters on Kate HetPiclS's Estate
Letters on the estate of Kate Hetrick
were issued to-day to w. p. She'll
Luther Niinter to Build.-Luther
Minter got a permit to build a single
story frame house on the east side of
Twelfth street, north Of Market. for
$500.
Want Charter For Club.-Applica-
ton will be made Monday, May "a,
to the Dauphin County Court by Dis
trict Attorney Michael E. Stroup for
charter for the Citizens Club" Mr..
Stroup will ask for the privilege for
Albert II. Duffan. Charles III. Jones,
James B. Wilson and some other we'll
known colored men of the city. The
purpose, according to the charter ap-
plication, is "the maintenance of a
club for social enjoyments" and to
secure a place of meeting. a library
equipped with books, magazines, etc. ="
Dauphin County Audit Published
Dauphin county's audit for 1914 was
formally published to-day at the in
stance of the county board of audi
tors. Definite action relative to the
pay of Auditors John W. Cassel and
Francis w. Reigle will be taken We'd
nesday. it is expected, by the County
Commissioners. Reigle hasn't been
paid for 1914, while Cassel has never
presented a bill for work on either
the 1918 or 1914 audits.
To Inquire Into Disbrow Holdings.
Preliminary proceedings to deter
mine the whereabouts of Charles A.
Disbrow's property holdings were
taken Saturday by counsel on behalf
of L. w. Biddle and some other cred
itors when Register of Wills c. Roy
Danner was petitioned to issue letters
of administration on the estate. Mr..
Danner will now fix a time for hear
ing and in the meantime the widow
will file an answer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
Pasture Horses
in Field of Young Plants

For pasturing their horses in field
of young tomato plants belonging to
II. S. Miller, of Bella Vista, seven men
of o band of gypsies were arrested yes
terday morning and taken before
Squire Motter, of West Fairview, who
fined them $50 and costs.
1t was late Saturday night when
the gypsies pulled into Bella Vista
from Harrisburg. The field of young
plants evidently appealed to them as
a luscious pasture. The fence was
broken down and the horses hobbled
tnd turned loose. The plants the ami
mails did not eat were tramped to
earth.