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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-29
How to Write a Popular Song.

First, select a sentimental subject,
such as love, mortgage on the Old
farm, midnight in the graveyard or
grandfather's false teeth-a subject
that will appeal.
Write all of the slush you can think
of on the subject and make it rhyme
so far as possible. There is no iron
clad rule as to the rhyming- You
can make given rhyme with
heaven or you can make '+riven"
rhyme with fever" and if the singer
slurs badly enough nobody will ever
know the difference.
After you. have finished the heart
breaking poem have some vaudeville
pianist set it to ragtime music
Send it to a publishing house and
sign a contract giving you one-tenth
of 1 per cent of the net earnings. In
that way you may make as much as
1925 on it if the song goes well, be-
sides getting your full name on the
outside cover.
1t is a great game to follow if you
own two or three gas plants or street
railroads on the side to keep you in
food.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-29

Madison, Wis. Dec. 24-James r.
Stuart, 81, prominent artist, died of
pneumonia here late last night. MIR.
Stuart's reputation as an artist was
generally based on his paintings of
portraits of officials that adorn the
walls of the state capitol here. Mr.
Stuart was a native of South Carolina
and a Confederate veteran
The Keota news., 1915-04-02
Interested.

MY dear, you ought to pass up friv-
olous things and take an interest In
deep subjects. Take history. for In
stance. Here is an interesting item.
Gessler. the tyrant. put up . hat for
the Swiss to salute"
The lady was a trifie interested.
How was 1t trimmed?' she in
Quired.
The Keota news., 1915-04-02


tor of the property. an answer in Salt
Lake to the claim Of Albert Geddes
Eccles. son OF Mrs Margaret Geddes
OF Salt Lake City.
Upon orders from Washington. Col.
A. P. Blockson. commanding the bor-
der patrol at Brownsville, Tex.
stopped the bringing Of Mexican
wounded to this side and placed q
guard over those already there.
Lowell A. Young, formerly of Den
yer. was fined 800 in Judge PrindL
villes court in Chicago on the tech.
nical charge of assault and battery,
which in this case means taking i'm.
proper liberties with young women.
Warrington
A memorial meeting for the late
Associate Justice Lurton was held.
William II. Taft presided.
President Wilson carefully examined
final drafts OF the American reply to
the British order in council.
President Wilson visited Annapolis
to inspect the new Argentine dread
0OuKuI .htI1HO, anu luASu ou OOota.
The tidewater terminal OF the gov
ernments Alaska railroad will be al
Seward. present terminal OF the Alas
kan Northern railroad.
At San Francisco. Vice President
Thomas r. Marshall attended q recep
tion and dinner given by the japanese
commissioners to the officials of the
Panama Pacific exposition at the Cal
ifornia building.
Washington paid tribute to Civil
war nurses-northern and southern
In the presence of thousands. Presi
Taft laid the cornerstone of the new
Red Cross memorial building.
State Department officials exhibited
surprise when informed OF the report
that the British government had re
fused the request OF this government
| to station a consul at Kirkwall, Scot
land
The battleship Alabama Of the re
serve fleet. was ordered to Hampton
Roads from Philadelphia on ''neu
trality duty according to an an
nouncement from the Navy Depart
ment.
| Denver's population 10 officially
placed at 253. .163, as against 245.523 q
year ago, in figures given out by the
| United States census director. This
is net gain OF 39.7S2 persons since
| l91O-a gain approximating Is pei
cent The population OF Colorado is
placed at 9Si,o74, as against 909,537
I'm 1914. and 7a9.O24 in 1914 gain
of approximately "a per cent.
Sporting News
indianapolis won the first game OF
series with Denver at the Denver
ball park. ii to 9.
Battling Nelson continues his come
| back as regular fighter. At Havana
he went twenty-five rounds against
Jimmie Freyer. and at the conclusion
OF the fight won the referees deci
sion.
For playing the cleanest ball and
showing the best sportsmanship In the
intermediate school league games, the
Palmer Athletic Association of the
Colorado School for the Deaf and
Blind at Colorado Springs, has been
awarded the Garrett cup.
The date of starting the Pixies Peak
Iocean-to-ocean automobile sociability
run has been advanced six days with
the expectation that the roads will be
hetter Tho RIM will start from Colo
The Keota news., 1915-04-02
FROM TElEcRAPHlc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEk'o
EVENTS.
or MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST lMPo RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
About the War

About the War
The fall of Przemysl consolidated
Russias hold on eastern Galicia and
has released tho investing army fol
field operations elsewhere.
All the Alpine troops Of the first
category, born in 1853. have been
called to the colors by the Italian War
Department for forty-five days.
The steamer Vosges was sunk by
shell! fire off the Cornish coast The
chief engineer was killed end three
OF the crew were badly injured by
shrapnel
Both Calais and Dunkirk were Wis
ited by German aeroplanes, but
neither town was damaged. Six bombs
were thrown on Dunkirk and one on
Calais.
Sixty thousand Albanian rebels are
said to be engaged in the assault up
on Durazzo designed to force the re
tirement of Essad Pasha, the Turkish
provisional president.
A defeat OF the Turks in the Black
sea region and continuation OF the
forcing of the Ottoman troops back
in the vicinity OF the Tchoruk Is
chronicled by Petrograd.
The battles for the Carpathian
passes continue with extreme violence
this being the only region where. for
the moment. fighting on large scale
IS taking place. The eyes OF all
Europe are centered there.
Eleven thousand German dead have
been taken from the trenches won by
the French during twenty days fighting
in the Champagne country. The Ger
man losses in killed. prisoners and
wounded is estimated by the French
military authorities as $4,000.
1.-The admiralty has good reason to
believe the German submarine U-29
has been sunk with all hands" says
London retort. 1t was this vessel
which. a week ago torpedoed six
steamers in Bristol channel and Off
the Scilly islands within two days
This news. published following as II
did reports that the attack on the
Dardanelles had been resumed and
that the Russians had won important
victories over the Austrians In
Bukowina and at Uzsok pass in the
Carpathians. gave the peoples Of the
allied countries cause for cheerful
ness.
Western
At Coldwater, Mich. Miss Agnes
Farmer. eighteen, was forced to act as
second for two boy friends who fought
a duel on the highway. when both
were seriously injured. "
With the thermometer as law as %
degrees, fruit growers say the Harri
son county. Tex. fruit crop Is ruined
and the yield in the main Texas belt
this year will be way below normal.
Members Of the band of desper.
ADDE'S who escaped from Stroud, Okla.
after robbing two national banks OF
$4,000, eluded half a dozen mounted
posses and were believed to be riding
safely toward tho Businesses Of the
Kiamichi mountains with their spoils.
Thirty:two heirs of the David
Eecles estate. .aEgrexatins 3s.Soo,0oo
The Keota news., 1915-04-02
Foreign

inenf figure in the court Of Napoleon
III. died at Paris at the age OF seven
.ty-eight years.
According TO official German 70
ports. Lieutenant hammers and Major
Sitter. German war prisoners. have
been executed by the French without
reason.
Eighteen members of the crew OF
the British steamship Trostburg lost
their lives when the vessel was
wrecked near Cape Spartel on the
Moroccan coast at the entrance Of the
Strait Of Gibraltar.
The absence of the German crown
prince from his headquarters in front
of Verdun was explained in private
advices received at Copenhagen. The
stork Is expected to visit the crown
princess within a few days.
A financial report issued In London
by the American commission for re-
lief in Belgium shows that foodstuffs
of total value Of $50 100000 have been
delivered in Belgium since the incep.
tion of the commissions work.
'rhe British government has re-
fused the request of the United States
that an American consular officer be
permitted to take station at the port
OF Kirkwall. Scotland. to report on
American cargo ships detained there.
Cardinal Anthony Agliardi. chancel-
lor OF the Catholic church and sub
dean of the sacred college. died in
Rome at the age of eighty-three years.
He was the titular bishop OF Albano
and was proclaimed a cardinal in
1896.
All the men at Gulpashan. large
village near Urumiah. Persia, have
been shot by Kurds, the women VIC
lated, an American missionary beaten
and sixty-five refugees taken from the
French and American missions have
been hanged on gibbets erected In the
mission yards. according to cable
gram received in New York by the
Presbyterian board of foreign mis-
sions.
After two days of wasted effort In
hooking and pulling what proved to
be an old anchor instead Of the miss
ing United States submarine F-4. re-
lief workers discovered the location
of the trapped vessel outside the har-
bor at Honolulu. The discovery that
an error had been made as to the To-
cation of the F-4 destroyed the last
faint hope of finding any of the sub
marines crew of twenty-one men
alive.
General
The Keota news., 1915-04-02
General

Col. Miguel Samaniego taptured
Moctezuma. Sonora, March 16, looted
the town and continued eastward with
plunder valued At $4,000.
The personal estate OF Mrs. Ellen NJ.
Mcclellan, widow OF Gen. George B.
Mcclellan, was valued at $163,09O, In
an inventory filed with the surrogate
at Newark. N. ]. Mrs. Mcclellan died
several months ago in Europe.
There are 500 Chicagoans with In
comes ranging from 100000 to 500. 900
who have failed to make returns on
their incomes as required by law, ac-
cording to a statement by Charles F.
Clyne. United States district attorney.
Thirteen thousand dollars has been
sent to the grand lodges of Masons in
eight European countries for the re-
lief OF suffering or destitute Masons
there. according to report issued at
Cincinnati. Ohio, by the executive
committee Of the Masonic War Relief
Association Of the United States.
Complete figures from the primary
election in Milwaukee show that three
women were nominated as candidates
Of the Milwaukee school board. Mrs.
Meta Berger. wife of former Congress
man Victor L. Berger. Social Demo
crat. led the field with 1882 votes,
or plurality Of nearly 1000 over her
nearest competitor Miss E. H.
Thomas. Social Democrat. and Mrs.
Jane p. Rogers. non-partisan. were
the other women to be nominated.
Out Of ten nominees. five are Social
Democrats,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

II AVE YOU been noticing their war
- like tendencies. latelyf-Mutt and
left. We mean: Bud Fishers funny
pair Note how they disrupt neu-
,rality today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

ism and peace any price
What these three and many others like them are
doing is remarkable enough What they thinking and
the NOR remarkable
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

Still In the interview with the
official apologist for Lang, the
mayor said: The Star was
THREATENING to publish the
story"
In his office. Mayor Gil wednes-
day gave The Star the following
statement:
u DID NOT INTEND TO IMPLY
THAT THE PUBLICATION OF
THE STORY BY THE STAR WAS
CONDITIONAL ON CHIEF
LANG's REsIcNlN0 OR NOT RE.
sl0NiNG."
Then why did Gin say The Star
threatened" anything?
All, Here comes the dictionary:
Its all right to say threaten il
you intend TO do something that
is unpleasant to some one else and
you tell 'em about it," says Gill.
When you announced you were
going to publish the story, you
were threatening to do IL, weren't
you?
The announcement referred TO BY
the mayor was the letter sent to
Chief Lang by The Star by messen-
ger on the morning OF the date the
story of the wine party was pub
lished. II stated The Star was pub
fishing the story that day, and in the
interests of fairness asked the chief
10 make statement. which would
be included In the story.
BY the way. Chief Lang made his
offer TO resign. Gill now adds. on
the day The Star published the ac-
count OF his revelry. II was no writ
ten resignation. II wasn't even
positive oral resignation.
When Lang was informed by The
Star that the story was to be pub.
lished, he went TO Gill to ask the
mayor II he-the mayor-wanted
him to resign.
AND GILL DID NOT INSIST.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

Why shouldn't they7 Five per
cent isn't to he sneezed at.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25
ItMeans
in
Your
Pocket

to make The Star advertis-
ing columns your buying
guide. Every day you will
find the announcements of
Seatales best stores with
their best offerings in The
Star. Merchandise OF the
best quality is advertised
and almost invariably the
ad tells of a reduced price
which means a most worth.
while saving to you. Guilt
vate the habit-read the
a1ls carefully and thorough.
ly every day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

~ ttat tttNr& &ktA~( faA~tt -
doing is remarkable enough.
saying about the thing they
still and more significant far
Now. one OF the three was Pri-
vase Robert ". Stith. When not In
Khaki. Private stith Ii DIR. Stlth. a
recognized authority on tnbercu-
Iosis.
Another OF the trio was Private
Robert w. Mccullough. When not
IN khski. Private Mccullough Is
the Rev. Mccullough. pastor OF the
tabernacle Baptist church.
The third man was Private Har-
~ Whitney Treat. when not In
Khaki. Private Treat Ii Multimil-
lionaire Treat.
Wash Their Own Dishes
II was at the end OF their first
day In caMp. They had left the
ease Of ueir homes, the familiar
routines Of their offices.
They had not slept well that
first night In camp. They had
risen at 5:i5. They had gone thru
~setting-up exercises" on an empty
stomach.
They had breakfasted frugally
and washed their own dishes. Then
they had drilled and drilled and
driIled-from until noon and from
: until s.
Now they were weary and none
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25
RENICk LAW
NICKS ROLL
OF TAXPAYER

With Just a little lees than
5000. 900 of the city's money
lying Idle In the banks. draw.
Ing 2 per cent interest. the
city Wednesday iasued $780,
600 worth of warrants. oras
ing s per cent interest. as the
first step In siding Itself over
the time until next years
taxes are due.
Do you get II, gentle reacerf
We have $4,000. 900 OF good.
Z hard v. 8. coin lying In the
q banks. The banks are paying
Us z per cert for the use of II.
GUT WE CAN'T TOUCH It'll
Instead. we must borrow money
from those same banks-that's
what Issuing warrants means~--and
pay the banks PER CENT for
the use OF their money
The difference between . pei
cent and 6 per cent is per cent
or the amount OF money We are
losing. AND THE CAUSE is THE
RENick LAW. passed by the last
legislature. which prohibits the
the city's transferring money from
ono fund To another.
The legislators explained II
would stop fund juggling"
A representative OF the Dexter
Horton bank was at the city hall
bright and early Wednesday morn
Ing. offering To take all the war
rants In sight. at par. which mesn'
the bank win not discount them
Other banks are indicating lik,
tendencies.
Why shouldn't they7 Five PEI
cent isn't TO he sneezed Mt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25
QUIBBLES
in Case Of lang

when ia threat" not a
threat?
Mayor GIN says a threat"
doesn't have TO threaten" any
thing and stili remain a threat. :"
His office dictionary, he says.
proves" II, He read the defini-
tions OF threat" and threaten"
from A to z 10 a Star man Tues
day TO prove" IT.
The discussion arose over an in.
tervisw GIN gave out TO morning
paper. as follows:
when the chief explained
all the details OF the case TO
me and told me The Star was
THREATENING to publish the
story, he said he would resign
II wished Il. TO save the ad-
ministrstion any embarrsss-
ment Altho | thought re had
been indisereet, I told him that
did not think he had done
anything wrong"
OF course. Mayor Gin knows The
Star never made any threats to
publish or not to publish the story
of Chief Lang's story II certain
conditions were fulfilled or not full
filled
The mayor knows there were no
conditions whatever
lie knows the story of the wine
party cabaret girl "hide.and.seek'
affair had no connection with The
Stars charges of brutality against
Officers Phillips and Collins.
He Knows Lang Lies
The mayor also knows Chief
Lang lies when he intimates The
Star held the story of Lang's visit
to girls room in the early morn.
ing hours as club over him to
make him do one thing or another.
The mayor knows The Star never
discussed the girl.and. wine.party
case with Lang
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25
Continued on Page u
READY TO WORK ON
(. MARGINAL WAY

A resolution declaring the city
ready to commence improvement Of
East Marginal way viii be present
ed at the next council meeting. fol
lowing the appropriation OF $4,000
by the county commissioners for the
purpose OF bulkheadlng and filling
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

This Is the first time the city has
gone on warrant basis In 20
years--sinee 1896. In fact.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25
ALLIES MAKE
A DESPERATE
RuSHoN TURK

LONDON, Aug. PA Rus
sisn aeropIane squadron 10 re-
ported 90 have bombarded Con-
stantinopIc Monday. a news
agency dispatch received here
today reports that 81 persons
were killed and wounded during
the aerial attack. Eight OF the
victims were Greeks.
Reports today Indicated terrific
assaults from the land. sea and air
by the allies In the Dardanelles.
One Turkish transport anchored
north of the Niagara roads was
sunk by a French aviator. while
Athens dispatches reported the de.
struction OF four Turkish sloops
carrying troops TO Gailipoli by a
British submarine.
While the British colonial and
French troops were delivering at.
tacks against the Turk land posi-.
tions. two allied cruisers are de.
clared 10 have entered the Darda-
nelles and bombarding the land
batteries.
These assaults by the land
forces resulted In the capture of
one Turkish trench by the Australi-
ans at Sulva bay yesterday and
was followed by the capture OF 500
yards OF trenches by other British
troops.
The present attacks on the Dar.
danelles are regarded as OF great
diplomatic as well as military i'm.
portance.
Would Influence Balkans
Forcing Of the straits and opening
the gateway to Constantinople Is
expected TO have great influence
upon the Balkan states. now the
center OF diplomatic effort
Assurances of participating in the
capture OF Constantinople and
sharing In the spoils OF the near
East would mean the early entrance
OF the Balkans into the war on the
side of the allies. IL is believed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25


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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

5000 new strikers report at
Bridgeport. Demand s.hour day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

Famine added 70 distress OF ma.
rooned at Newport. Ark.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

Local chapter Of Greeters Of
America will hold annual banquet
Thursday night at Savoy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25
PRIVATE treat
DISCUSSES WAR

BUSINESS MEMS TRAINING CAMP. AMERICAN
LAKE Aug 25-Threc in khaki army COTS in
brown army tents, resting
They brcathed heavily, for they very tired They
wiped their brows for the day sulry and their bodies
under the flannel shirts with
When they rested somewhat, they talked OF war
peace OF preparedness and unpeparedncss OF mita
peace at price
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-25

dIt uHIItS II FIIVIt ItIIIdI NdUIt
than the movement itself.
I too clean. A days growth Of stub
BILE was on their chins. They did
not look like man OF God, a man
OF science and a man OF money.
They looked like rough.neck
I rockies.
( The khaki Is a great leveler
Khaki Makes EN- Comrades
II is not likely that privates
Stith. Mccullough and Treat. under
ordinary circumstances. would cross
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-26

n. y.-sum feIlers will have their
reveng even if they have to wateun
til the last mint befour they kick the
bucket and mr. higgens was one like
that CESS if what the lawyer said
about him is true
this lawyer was called for to an
swer a hurry-up call to make a last
will and testament for a man named
mr. Higgins who was dying and had
only few minits to live.
furst mr. higgens says to the law
yer hereby bequeeth all my propurty
to my beloved wife. have you got
that?
and the lawyer guy replies have
: then add on condition that my dear
beloved marries again inside of year
that made the lawyer Teller sit up
and take notice & when he gets over
the shock he inkwires
why do you want your wife to mar
ry so soon, can it be that you love
her so well that you don't want her to
go threw life alone and unprotected?
no, says the sick man, that amt it
eczactly, want sumbody to be sorry
died, that all
but, says the lawyer when he got
threw telling the story, why should
he pick on sum perfect stranger to
him and make him sorry mrs Higgins
furst husband died j..
nobody knew why y.
-O-O
LAMENT COT THAT
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-26
HAVEN'T GOT THAT

HAVEN ] Col That
els your husband troubled with in
somnia, Mrs. Nurich?"
mo, indeed. He doesn't sleep very
well, but otherwise his health is per-
feet" Buffalo Express.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-26
STRATEGY

Goliath was thrown quite off his
guard when David stipulated for a
battle in the twentieth century style.
"Oh, very we'll" assented the Phil
istine, with sheer of disdain.
So they went forth and began to
dig trenches. But by the time Co
Hath had sunk himself to his knees
David was out of sight.
David wins" cried the military
critics, unanimously.-Puck. q,
-O-O--
REIGNING QUEEN
"Who's that impressive-looking
woman over there?"
"That's Mrs Peckum.. She's a re-.
markably strong minded woman, and
they do say that she commands a
very large salary"
How does she earn it?"
"She doesn't earn it. Her hus-
band earns it and she commands it"
1870
VERILX ,
'You know that story about Esau
and his pottage?"
eyes"
Didn't he make mess of it?"-
Rocky Mountain News
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-18
GROWTH OF AMERICAN
POPULATION INDICATED
BY SCHOOL STATISTICS


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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-18

Santa Ne, Iun H. Mckinley coun-
rs last wear expended St5.889 2S for
itA rural schools and s8f.14l5f for
dhe schools 90 50Nap ln THE eleven
school districts including Gallup. $50.
tSh.3l Wus expended Ton teachers sail
aries The value uf school property
ls fiL2oo. the school census t.657. 81
whom loss are SpHuish-Amcricau.
and aui ut other plrentagr ThCre are
also Fifteen negroes THE enrolment
go N7G. of whom 4gl are Spanish
American and aus otherwise OF
these iSi are in tbe primary: $50 In
the first 1879 I'm the second. ninety
three in tbc third forN sevou i'm the
fourth fOr'y uiup u tho rfh. fifty
ono 800 the sixth. twenty three iu the
seventh forts iu the eighth twenty
rEht in thc ninth grades twonty-s.x
In the tenth. fifteen in the eleventh,
and ihrue iu thc twelfth