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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10
LIGHT FOR FORDS
A Topeka Man Invents the
Parker PerfectO Light.
Affords a Basis for a Big Manu-
featuring Concern.

A Topeka man. Glen S. Parker, has
invented an apparatus for Ford auto
mobiles which looks to be the basis of
a large manufacturing plant here
some day. 1t is the Parker Perfecto
Light. In a nutshell, it is an electric
current regulator which governs the
flow of the current from the Ford
magnetic to low voltage lamps and
produces a brilliant light at low as
well as high speed
Parker is an expert automobile re-
pair man and mechanic and is now
employed by the local Ford agency
as a salesman. He has several times
made small inventions for convenient
purposes around his garage, but this
latest work seems to be one of the
most valuable that has been brought
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SANTA FE NOTES.
Items for this department may be
phoned to 1915 or State journal office.

Fireman c. A. Reed, Mrs. Reed and
their three children will return to
their home in Gainesville, Tex, Sun
day evening after a two weeks visit
with relatives and friends here and in
Kansas City.
Henry and daughter left today for
Great Bend, Kan, to visit relatives a
few weeks.
Miss Laura Morgan, daughter of
Switchman Fred Morgan and Mrs
Morgan, left Friday for California,
where she will spend two months.
Miss Christina Michaelson of Bald
win is visiting for a few weeks with
her uncle and aunt, MIR. and Mrs. w.
c. Keiser.
L. o. Sanderson of the ticket audi
tors Office will leave shortly for San
Francisco, where he will spend few
weeks vacation.
Local lodge No. As, Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, will have their
regular meeting Sunday afternoon in
the U. c. T. hall in East Eighth street.
The ladies' society to the b. of l..
f. q E are planning picnic for the
members, their husbands and families
Wednesday afternoon and evening at
Gage park. a secret meeting will be
held at L o'clock at the home of Mrs.
W. c. Keiser. Mrs. Louis Stach will
come from Della, Kan, Wednesday to
attend the affair.
Miss Mabel Beeler of the chief cleo
trician's office has returned from a
short visit with friends in Kansas City.
Engineer John MCNEIL and Mrs
MCNEIL of Newton spent few hours
here today en- route to their home from
Excelsior Springs, where they spent a
few weeks for the benefit of Mrs. Nc
NeilHS health.
Engineer George Mckee has re-
turned from Emporia, where he spent
the past few weeks doing temporary
work.
James Porter has gone to Pueblo.
Colo, to spend a month with relatives
and friends.
g. E. Hayden of the auditor of dis
bursements office and Mrs Hayden will
leave within short time for San
francisco, Cal, to spend a few weeks
vacation.
F. b. Miller of the disbursements
department is spending the week with
friends in Kansas CITY
E. NJ Trout of the disbursements
roff1ce. Mrs Trout and family went to
Kansas City today to spend a few days
with friends.
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w A N T S
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Guiding four words for State Journal ad-
dress when such address is used: count
each. initial" letter and each number or
combination of figures as one word.
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payment for the same. Note the forego-
ing instructions about counting the words
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State Journal
classified properly in The state Journal
office before II :45 O'Clock; Want Ads re-
ceived after that hour will be inserted I'M
der the heading: TOO Late to Classify"
next day as desired.
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WANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED-Lunch counter and dining
room girls, $50 month, board, room and
transportation. steady work; hotel and
restaurant mattresses women cooks; house
girls; housekeeper for country; maids;
Furman Employment Office, 81 Kan. av.
GOOD MONEY made at home knitting
hosiery. Machines furnished on time: we
work. Gleason Wheeler Unc), 331 Madison,
Chicago.
IJARANTEED salary paid any woman to
distribute hosiery to customers. EXper-
fence unnecessary, all or part time, for par
ticuIars and complete outfit address Inter
national Mills. Dept. 1, Norristown, Pa.
YOUNG lady to share pleasant strictly
modern apartment, close in, Sc Phone
1851 Red.
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before the attention of the automobile

before the attention of the autom bile
world in recent years.
The electric lighting system on the
Ford gets its current from the mag
netO and in times past this has caused
some little inconvenience when the car
is running slowly. The Parker light
will tend to reduce this dimness. The
apparatus can be attached in five min
utes without necessitating a change in
wiring.
Several hundred Fords in Topeka
have already tried this invention and
find it excellent addition to the
regular Ford lighting system. There
are 100000 owners of model T FOrds
who will have a chance to purchase
the Parker Perfecto Light. Agencies
have been closed in five states and the
manufacture of the apparatus has al
ready begun in Topeka.
The invention has been fully pro-
tected by law as patents have been ap-
piled for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10

possible for a four horse team-or
even six horSeS-tO pull binder
through a Shawnee county wheat field
without clogging the bull wheel and
grain wheel on the machine in the
mud.
Evidently the scheme of attaching
an empty beer key to the frame of the
machine just back of the grain plat
form has proven successful. In the
last week Chief Harvey Parsons has
furnished half dozen or more Shaw
nee county farmers with empty kegs,
cOnfiscated IN raids on jointists and
illegitimate beer parties This morn
ing Sam Lands, a well known farmer
of Silver Lake, decided to try the
novel scheme. He obtained the last
beer key that Parsons had on hand
that was not being used in the police
garage to block up automobiles while
they were being overhauled.
The demand in the wheat districts
of the state for the kegs has created
a famine in Kansas for the Missouri
product.
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increase.
No Difference.

darby running a ferry across a
southern river was accOsted by a
poor white stranger who wanted to
cross, but hadn't the wherewithal.
Pete scratched his woody poll, per-
pleXedly, then queried: 'Doan' yo'
got no money at all ~
No was the detected reply.
But it doan cost yO' but three
cents ter Cross insisted Pete.
q know, but 1 hain't got three
cents
After a final inward think, Pete re-
marked 81 doan tell yo' what; a man
what amt got three cents am jes' as
we'll off on dis side OBJ de ribber as on
de odder!"-National Monthly.
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WANTED-AGENTS.

BIG SUMMER SELLER-Make Sc to $12
day You can do it. My wife and 1
made $50 this week" writes F. L. 0zias.
Texas. Woods made SIG first day. Harris
made 50 one hour. Others coming money.
Sell concentrated soft drink extracts De
ti eiou fsps bail eames etc ETerV nopRRIar
drink. Always ready, just add water;
Guaranteed under .. 5 pure food laws. $50
big repeaters. 1909 profit. Territory go
ing fast. Outfit furnished. Sample case
free Be quick-just postal today. The
American Products Co, 27O4 Third ST.,
Cincinnati. o.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

EXCELLENT permanent position open
August LIST for capable salesman I'm Kan
sas. Staple line for general retail trade.
vance Ralph II. Ide, TIPS Williams Bldg.
Detroit.
sALESMEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uu-
necessary easy work, big pay. Write now
for large list of openings offering oppor-
tunities to earn 500 to $500 month while
you learn. Address nearest office. Dept.
369 National SaIesmen's Training Asso-
citation. Chicago, New York San Francisco.
SALESMEN-Whole time or side line; 10
samples: prompt commissions. State ter
ritory covered. Elwood Mfg. Inc, Ills
Michigan ave-, Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10
Beer KEC famine
Last COntainer on Hand Given
Out by Chief Parsons.
Wheat Harvest Has Created an
Unusual Demand.

Since an article, telling of the i'm
portant part played by empty beer
kegs in harvesting wheat in western
Kansas. beer kegs have been much IN
demand in Shawnee county The wet
weather has put the ground in such
a condition as to make it almost i'm
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FOR ROBBINC A TILL.
Two Boys Are Held on a Charge of
Grand Larceny.

Booked on charge of grand lar
ceny, Cecil OgISive, IA, and Robert
Ewing, Is, both co1ored, are being held
at the police station. The two col
ored boys face charge of taking be-
tween $50 and $40 in currency from
the Kelley drug store, Sixth avenue
and Lake street.
The robbery of the drug store took
place Friday evening when two colored
boys entered the store and unnoticed
took the cash from the money drawer
The theft was discovered minutes
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FOR EXCHANGE.


EXCHANGE-320 acres fine western Kan,
sas land, SIS acre; want Topeka. Small
acres timber land in Barry Co, Mo- ex-
change for automobile or store; 16O acres
fine land in Lincoln Co. Neb, SO per
acre: trade for store 100 acres in Wal
lace Co, Kan, fine land. exchange for
property near shops. Price $15 acre A
L. Furman. Topeka, Kan, 81 Kansas ave
FOR EXCHANGE-First class general
stock of goods, located 30 miles OF TO.
Deka doing large cash business. $29.OOO
yearly: invoice IS, 900; also store building
of $500 clear. Wants Topeka property
A. L. Furman, Topeka, Kan, S11 Kansas
ave.
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so later by Miss Lottie Kelley. The
young lady chased the two boys to the
Santa Fe yards where they climbed
over a fence and disappeared.
At IL o'clock Friday evening Ponce
Officer Pinkston arrested the two boys
now being held after finding $46
buried in a can in Ewing's backyard
Two dollars and twenty cents OF the
money belonged to the government.
The two boys will be turned over to
the probate court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10

General Franchet d'Esperey, who
won fame in the battle of the Marine
by his brilliant attacks which forced
the retirement of the Germans fac
ing him, is now in command of the
French about the city of Rheims. He
has been under almost constant fire
since the "siege of the Aisne" be-
gan, but has held his lines steadily
and stubbornly. !.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10

FREE SAMPLE-Nosplash water strainers
unnecessary. Daily profits So upwards.
Send PC (mailing cost. L. B., Union FIJI
S12O MONTHLY for special advertising
work. Permanent pleasant, high class
employment. Experience not necessary.
Rayburn Factory A, Springfield, Illinois.
AGENTS WANTED to take orders for
nursery stock. Pay weekly. Perry
nurseries, Rochester, n. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-To hear from owner of good
farm for sale. Send cash price and
description. ID. +. Bush. Minneapolis,
MINI.
WE PAY highest cash price for End hand
clothing. shoes. hats and overcoats
Drop card call 1645. Scr1nopsk ~
Son, 4OS Kansas ave.
WE PAY the highest cash price for cast
off clothing. shoes. hats and overcoats
Drop us a card or call Gordon Bros. loan
office, 400 Kansas ave. Phone 1913
GOOD milk cows fat cattle and veal calves.
w. c. A LeitZow. Tel. 2o1.
WEAVING CARPETS. rugs, etc. GOOD
work POI Lake. Phone 2644 White.
CARPET and rug weaving. 1880 Garfield
Phone 25SS Blue.
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FOR RENT-ROOMS.

~~~~-~~~~-~~~~~~~~~O~~~
ROOMS in office Block. ZIG E. 9Th. bath.
Suite with bath in veale Block, 625
Quincy. /. l.. Better, New England Bldg.
JUST THE THING FOR HOT WEATHER
Rooms with individual sleeping porches.
614 TYLER, extra nice furnished house
keeping rooms, sleeping porch, strictly
modern. No children.
TWO modern furnished. downstairs house
keeping rooms. No children. 1917 West
MODERN furnished large bed room and liv-
ing room with piano; viii rent separate
.or en- suite. Phone 1901 Whlte.
LARGE front room for housekeeping. fur
nished unfurnished. Alb w. 9TH.
Phone 1861.
FOR RENT modern furnished room,
one front, 306 West Sth.
FOR RENT rooms. upstairs. 506 Jack
MODERN furnished or partly furnished
apartment, ladies preferred 2661 Red
TWO furnished housekeeping rooms, gas
range, cheap. 107 East 18th.
FOR RENT-Cheap, rooms and light house
keeping rooms at AIS East 9th.
MODERN furnished room for gentleman
5O4 West 10th.
FOR Rents unfurnished rooms. close
in: reference required. 21s2 Black
FOR RENT-Modern clean housekeeping
rooms, 407 Monroe.
FOR RENT-Small house in shop district.
Phone 30S.
FURNISHED room to rent, 621 Harrison
ao5 ADAMS ? furnished housekeeping
MODERN southeast front room; gentle
men. 1913 Quincy. Phone 5000 J.
FOR RENT room modern cottage at
HOS West 18th.
933 AND 929 Kansas ave. front, unfur-
nished rooms. 2299 Blue
MODERN front room with large closet
close in. 2915 Red.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

-~~~-~~>~-~-~~~~@~~-C>S-~~> - -
FOR SALE-S4.0O0 stock of general mer-
cbandise: we'll established business in
small town. Splendid location. Address
C-197, care Journal
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DRESSNIAKING.

at half price until July
10. 116 West 9th. Phone 3493.
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Weekly Bank Statement.

New York July 10.-The statement of
the actual condition of clearing house
banks and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold $162. ILL., $40 reserve
in excess of legal requirements. The state
ment follows:
condition: Decrea G.
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Actual condition: Decrease.
Loans etc. 49,. s., 54S. 052, 600 $500. 900
Reserve in
vault Oh - $50. 76S, 900 Bliss. 900
Reserve in federal
reserve banks - 126, $4,000 721OOO
Reserve in other
depositaries - 2S.G24OO0 1880 900
Net demand deposits 2,507, 451, 900 6,531, 900
Net time deposits. 1873. 542, coo 3,547. 900
Circulation ......... 37.9S5,000 ash, 900
OBJ OF which $:S55. $50 600 is specie.
Aggregate reserve ....... S595 915 900
Excess reserve 162, I'll 800 1.230, $50
Summary of state banks and trust com
panies in Greater New York, not included
in clearing house statement:
Loans, etc. ........s 596. 36S. 900 *S7, sos 700
Specie ............. 49.049.900 az. 400
Legal tenders 80. 9.S2S,300 1911 800
Total deposits $50. 1874. 0S3.300 *S,7761OO
Banks cash reserve in vaults. :. 81 .542300
in vault ..................... 47.3369OO
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Hawaii is importing Filipino labor
crS.
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TWO modern furnished, downstairs house
keeping rooms. No children. 1917 West
9Th
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FOR RENT
ITO w. 9th.

room bungalow, large porch, furnace,
electricity; ground: overlook
ing Shawnee Golf Course. Phone 1925 K3.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-23
Final Reports Are Still
Awaited in Washington

Washington, D. c.. Aug. 23-Final
reports concerning the sinking of the
liner Arabic still were awaited by ad-
ministration officials to-day, pending
the receipt of which the attitude of
the United States Government re-
mains undetermined.
Already the question seems to have
been cleared up that the Arabic was
torpedoed without warning. The point
now in doubt is as to whether Ger
many will claim the change of course
of the liner just before she was at
tackled led the submarine commander
to believe that she was attempting
hostile act against him.
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin is ex-
pected to throw light on this point.
Upon his report probably will de-
pend the decision of the Washington
government as to whether Germany
has committed a deliberate un-
friendly act"
Meanwhile the administration is
maintaining an open mind and no
statement as to the course to be pur-
sued would be issued.
Discussion continued to-day as to
the possibility of the United States
breaking off diplomatic relations with
Germany in the event it is decided
that the sinking of the Arabic was a
deliberately unfriendly act"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-23
Time For Words Has
Passed Says Roosevelt

New York, Aug. 23.-Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt broke yesterday the
silence he has maintained about this
country's relations with Germany
since the sinking of the Lusitania.
Referring to the destruction of the
Arabic, Colonel Roosevelt said it
would be a fresh sacrifice of American
honor and interests for the admins
tration merely to dismiss Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
and sever diplomatic relations with
Germany. The Colonel's statement
reiterates more forcibly his previous
utterances on the subject, maintaining
that the time for words passed long
ago.
His statement follows:
"I see it suggested in the papers
that the German answer to our last
note. that is, the sinking of the Arabic
by a German submarine and the con-
sequent murder of certain American
citizens, will be adequately met by the
administration dismissing Bernstorff
and sundering diplomatic relations
with Germany. I earnestly hope the
administration will not take this. view,
for to do so would be a fresh sacrifice
of American honor and interests.
The Presidents note to Germany
in February last was an excellent note,
If only it had been lived up to. But
SNSlS SupSSiuSht hoIS mas SPA CoOhtSu
nothing but weakness and timidity on
our part; and the sinking of the Lusi-
tania and of the Arabic, the attacks
on the Gulf1ight and the Falaba, and
all the similar incidents that have oc-
CURED represent arrogant answers
which this weakness has inspired.
Germany will care nothing for the
mere severance of diplomatic rela-
tons. The time for words on the part
OF this nation has long passed, and It
who claim to be inheriters of the ira
ditions of Washington and Lincoln
that our governmental representatives
shall not see that the time for deeds
has come. What has just occurred is
a lamentable proof of the unwisdom
of our people in not having insisted
upon the beginning of active military
preparedness thirteen months ago"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-23
u. S. CONSIDERS.
PRESENT INFORMATION
CONTINUED From First Page. ]

facts and considers its information
very fragmenJary.
Washington, d. c., Aug. 23.--Secre-
tary Lansing said the situation was
exactly as it stood Saturday; that no
steps had been taken other than to
get accurate information as to what
had taken place.
From the fact that Ambassador
Gerard was not directed to seek an
explanation, the inference was drawn
that the State Department has de-
cided to let the German Government
initiate any explanation it may have
to offer.
Ambassador Page at London had
sent by mail some affidavits and other
data but has been instructed to cable
synopsis of the material.
In the view of the State Depart
ment, no points have been established
beyond doubt regarding the import
ant questions of convoy the change
of course of the Arabic just before
the torpedo struck and other essen
tials All the information received,
aside from the newspaper reports,
which reflect censorship, is embodied
in one brief affidavit by an American,
Zellah' Covington. The department
regards it as essential that this shall
be corroborated and supplemented.
The department accounts for the
apparent delay in securing affidavits
by the Arabic survivors left Queens
town almost Immediately upon land
ing.
The American embassy will be ex-
pected to find survivors and secure
their statements, which may be slow
work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-23
Many Complaints of
Overlooked Cellars

Numerous complaints were received
all day by the city bureau of streets
and public improvements because of
OVERLOADED cellars. Commissioner
Lynch loaned all the pumps that were
available and helped in every way pos
sible to remedy the damages. The
unusual rainfall did little real dam
age. however, except to flood cellars.
At an early hour this morning Com
missioner Taylor went all over the city
park and playground system to deter
mine the extent of the damage. While
tho heavy rains naturally caused some
more or less serious washouts at GER
tain points, the park official was
agreeably surprised at the little real
harm that had been done. Some of
the fill had been washed away on the
river bank north of "Hardscrabble, "
but the new embankment south of
Paxton street held up remarkably
well. Spring creek overfowed its
banks to some extent and washed out
the roadway. Trees were damaged
and other minor trouble was caused
which will require considerable extra
work to repair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-23

the Lykens Valley by the Wiconisco.
The Reading Railroad at Williams
town for 800 feet was covered to a
depth of FIVE feet. All traffic was
blocked yesterday. Houses in the
vicinity of the banks of the Susque-
hanna Coal Company from which the
dirt was washed were filled with sand
and mud. The upper end of Lykens
was under water and hundreds of
chickens were drowned.
Tons of Earth Slide at Cove
Loosened by the heavy rain, tons
of earth slid down over the noun
tains near the Cove onto the east
bound tracks of the main line. of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Saturday
night A stone wall built to protect
the track from landslides went along.
Workmen and derrick speedily
cleared the tracks and traffic was
only slightly delayed.
The Philadelphia and Reading was
less fortunate. Freight trains were
tied up for more than six hours yes
terday by small washouts along the
line. The Yellow Breeches creek
washed all the ballast off the tracks
at Moore's Mills and similar trouble
was experienced at Annyille.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-23
Downpour Breaks Up
Sleuth Durnbaugh's Camp

Through the binding downpour of
rain shortly after midnight Saturday,
weary horse plodded through the
mud and mire along the road from
Hummelstown, drawing light wagon.
Huddled up in the seat, shivering
in his drenched clothes, Detective
1. n. Durnbaugh, ex-chief of Steel
toms police department grasped the
lines and wearily piled a whip in an
effort to hasten the mares speed.
Around him, huddled Constable Jo-
seph McGonigal. of Mt. Holly Springs;
Mrs. Durnbaugh and Bruce Sphinx.
They too sought shelter from the
downpour by covering their heads
with their coats and budding close to
the seat.
AS the bedraggled party urged their
weary steed up a hill onto a bridge
across the Swatara creek near Hum
melstown, Constable McGonigal, peer
ing into the surging waters below,
exclaimed:
by golly, Durnie, I believe there
goes our tent And there's your car
riage," he added as looking a little
closer they saw Durnbaugh's new car
riage with heap of harness dragging
from the seat, float by.
The wreckage they saw was all
that remained from two large tents in
which the Durnbaugh party had been
spending the weekend camping along
the banks of the Swatara. When the
flood came, the tents, carriage and
all Durnbaugh's belongings including
clothes and cooking utensils went
down towards the Susquehanna.
Awakened from their sleep by the
rising water. the party escaped drown
ing by driving through three feet of
water to the road and continuing
their way through mired roads to
Steelton in a light wagon.