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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-28

Dr. Atwood, Eye, Ear, Nose
Throat. 623 Kansas Ave. Phone 435
white.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-28
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Lucille Balmer. age IS, of 1924 Kan
sas avenue. died Saturday at a local
hospital The funeral was held this
morning from the First M. E. church.
Interment was in Mount Hope ceme-
terry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-28
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ea1ly this spring. 1 expect the lake
got TOO low for them and they built
elsewhere"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-28
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Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
MASKEDMOB AWAITS TRAIN
TAKE NEGRO FROM OFFICERS
AND LYNCH HIM.
Oklahoma, Mississippi and Florida
Each Furnish Victims of
Peoples Wrath.

Shawnee, Oklahoma.-Ed. Berry,
a negro, charged with two cases at
attacks on women and suspected in
connection with 10 others that have
occurred here in the last three years,
was taken from an officer and hanged
to a telephine pole at the scene of
one of his alleged crimes.
Berry was brought here from the
penitentiary at McAlester surrepti-
tiously for trial. When the train ar
rived here and the deputy sheriff and
his prisoner alighted they were COW
cred by six-shooters in the hands of
a dozen masked men. The officer was
disarmed. Ten or ~ automobiles
filled with masked men then appeared
and the negro was quickly conveyed
to the Beard street bridge. When the
rope was adjusted around Berry's
neck he was questioned about the
crimes and asked if he were guilty.
In each instance he nodded his head
affirmatively. In every case the ne
gro's victim was a white woman.
Following the confession the negro
wa strung up in the presence of about
rs men, all masked, after which the
crowd dispersed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
NO IDEA
What Caused the Trouble.

II always drank coffee with the rest.
of the family, for 1t seemed as If there
was nothing for breakfast IL we did
not have it on the table.
Il had been troubled for some time
with my heart, which did not feel
right. This trouble grew worse
steadily.
Sometimes 1t would beat fast, and
at other times very slowly, 80 that /
would hardly be able to do work for
an hour or two after. breakfast, and IL
1 walked Up a hill. It gave me severe
pain.
Il had no idea Of what the trouble
Was until a friend suggested that per-
haps 1t might be coffee drinking. L
tried leaving of the coffee and began
drinking Postum. The change came,
quickly. 7 am glad to say that am
now entirely free from heart trouble,
and attribute the relief to leaving OF
coffee and the use OF Postum.
"A number of my friends have aban--
doned coffee and have taken up Post
um, which they are using steadily.
AAOAO eiS SOhO pSoPiS lnaI MAhOs
Postum very weak and tasteless, but
II made according to directions, It ia.
very delicious beverage" Name,
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and csc pack
ages.
Instant Pcstum--a soluble powder
dlasclves quickly In a cup OF hot wa
tar, and, with cream and sugar, makes,
9 delicious beverage Instantly. soc,
and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
coat about the same per cup.
There's q Reason for Postum.
--sold by Grocera.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Brewery business Decreasing.

Beer and other malt preparations TO
the value of $29,T4.293 we're manu-
featured in Missouri in 1914 by 40
breweries varying in capacity and
size. The quantity of beer turned out
was 4,142, $50 barrels The industry
gave employment to approximately
1900 salaried persons and wage
earners
The 1914 output of beer and it's
value show a slight decrease when
comparisons are made with the 1918
record. In the latter year 4,1s0,0S6
barrels of beer were brewed and 1t
and other brewery products had >an
aggregated value of S29,952,296
While ST. Louis has most OF Mis-
souris breweries, being credited with
25, Kansas City has seven, st, Joseph
three, st. Charles two, and Brookfleld,
Jefferson City, Joplin, Hannibal, Sc
dalia, Cape Girardeau, Washington,
Herman, Lexington, Weston in Platte
county and Appleton City In Cape
Girardeau county, one each.
The 40 breweries of the state rep
resent an invested capital of $46,650,-
600. Buildings and grounds are worth
$24,O00,000, and machinery and other
fittings S8,454,172. Nearly 100000
was paid out by breweries for taxes,
rent, insurance and similar purposes,
most of this sum going to genial
Uncle Sam, having been collected by
the federal authorities for revenue
purposes. Included in this amount is
the sum paid in 1914 to the state of
Missouri by state beer inspector, t.
Speed Mosby, amounting to nearly
100000. Approximately $6,150,000
was paid out in salaries and wages.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
WOULD NEED 294 SUBMARINES
Germans Would Require That Num-
Der to EffeetuaIIy Blockade
All British Ports.

Assuming that the German subma-
rines are based at Zeebrugge. the time
required for the passage to and from
blockading stations off the ports OF
Great Britain would be about four
days. The average time necessary Tor
overhauling at the base between trips
may be estimated at six days, and the
time which may be spent at sea be-
tween visits to the base cannot well
exceed twenty days. Consequently 1t
would be impractlcable to maintain
more than about half of the total force
Of submarines on blockading stations
There are forty-nine ports on the
coasts of England, Scotland and
Wales which 1t would be necessary for
the German submarines to blockade II
all supplies are to be cut of.
An effective blockade of any port
could scarcely be maintained in the
face of defensive operations, which
must be expected, with less than three
submarines, and double that number
would be none too many. II the min
imum number of three boats be al
lowed for each port, the Germans
would require at least lat constantly
on station to close all the ports OF
Great Britain; that is, allowing for the
necessary passage time to and from
the base and the essential overhaul
ing period, the total force should be
294 submarines.-World's Work.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Service Commissions Report.

In a statement John M. Atkinson
chairman of the Missouri Public Ser
vice Commission, reviews the work
of the commission since it came into
existence in April, 1918.
r. He says not one order has been set
aside by any circuit court. With ref
erence to pending appeals, he further
says that in some instances the COM
panies affected are only asking for
review of portions of the order.
In the last year the commission ad-
justed more than 800 informal com
plants. Following is the statement
in part:
The commission since its creation
has issued 6S1 formal orders and the
utilities have appealed from only 10
of said orders. 10
The commission will take q vacation
August 10, the summer rest ending
September /. ~
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
DYNAMITE FOUND ON LINER
White Star Arabic Narrowly Escapes
Destruction Through Officials
Watchfulness.

New York, N. Y.-Officials of the
White Star Line confirmed the story
that dynamite was found aboard the
liner Arabic before she sailed for Liv-
erpool, July 80. Two packages of ex-
plosives wrapped in oiled paper were
found at II o'clock on the night of
July q, a few hours before the vessel
sailed, by private detectives, employed
by the line to search every outgoing
steamer. The packages were turned
over to the police.
The Arabic carried 1877 passengers.
She locked at Liverpool yesterday af-
ternoon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
TO QUESTION PRECEDENTS
U. S. DOUBTFUL ABOUT BRITISH
CLAIMS.
Exporters Ask Secretary Lansing for
Strong Note on Holding UP
Shipments.

Washington, d. c. Secretary
Lansing will have ready for submits
sion to President Wilson when the lat
ter returns to Washington, a draft of
an answer to the recent British note,
refusing to end interference with
American commerce on the high seas.
1t was understood the secretary will
question the applicability of the pre-
cedents cited by the British in sup
port Of their blockade methods, and
reiterate the American demand that
they be abandoned.
The president, it was supposed,
would have a draft to compare with
Secretary Lansing's.
Exporters Want Strong Note.
Unless the net result is an extreme
ly forcible communication, it was pre-
dicted tremendous pressure will be
brought by American exporting and
importing interests to force a mes
sage bordering on an ultimatum to
London.
Lansing's note to Austria, replying
to the latter's plant of Immortality
in American munitions shipments to
the allies, will not be dispatched, it
was understood, until the presidents
return. 1t is ready, however, and
simply repeats that in neutrality's
interests, which the United States in
terprets differently from Austria, the
existing rules cannot be changed
while the war continues
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
SULTAN COMPLETELY CURED
DR.. Israel RETURNS to Berlin After
Performing Series of Opera
lions.

Berlin, Germany.-Prof Jas. Israel,
Who recently operated on the sultan
Of Turkey, has returned here from
Constantinople. He says he left the
sultan completely cured.
Dr. Israel says that he found the
aged sultan suffering from gall stones
and other troubles and his condition
30 serious that he was unable for a
week to decide whether an operation
should be risked. Political as we'll as
medical factors had to be considered,
because in the event of an unfavorable
outcome of an operation a change of
Bovereigns would have a momentous
effect on Turkey.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Too Much Trouble.

In Sunday school one afternoon the
superintendent announced the hymn,
a. Want to Be an Angel" and when
the others began to sing, it was no
ticed that little Jessie was conspicu-
ously silent.
What is the matter, my dear?
kindly asked the teacher. why don't
you sing, I Want to Be an Angel?"
Because. Miss Mary" was the
rather startling rejoinder of the child,
II don't want to be one"
Don't want to be one!" exclaimed
the Mortified teacher. why do you
say that?"
Because" calmly answered Jessie,
they have to play on the harp and L
have had trouble enough taking my
piano lessons"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Wheat Crop Short.

Early threshing returns indicate
that the Missouri wheat crop for 1915
will fall several million bushels be-
hind that of 1914. The monthly crop
report as issued by the officials of
the Missouri State Board of Agricul.
ture is as follows:
Floods and heavy rains have caused
severe losses in the northwest sec.
ton Of the state.
Taking the state as a whole, % per
cent of the wheat crop is reported
threshed. Estimated yield for the
part threshed is 1876 bushels per acre.
The total yield for the state will be
further reduced owing to the fact that
much wheat in the northern counties
could not be harvested.
Owing to continued rains and over
flows in the heavy corn counties Of
North Missouri, the corn condition is
but 1876. In some Of the northwest
counties there are fields of corn that
have never been plowed, and many
that have been plowed only once.
The preliminary estimate on the
oat crop for Missouri is 30 bushels
per acre, as composed with % bushels
last year.
New timothy meadows are report
ed extra good. The yield of timothy
hay is estimated at 1876 tons per acre,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
81 HURT IN RAILROAD WRECK
Caused by Train Running Past
a Siding.

Ozark, Arkansas. - Sixty-one per
sons were injured when east-bound
passenger train No. 1OS and west
bout passenger train No. 1O4 of the
st. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Railway collided at POPPING, five miles
west of here P. F. Dawson, an aged
resident of Fayetteville, received an
injury to his back which may prove
fatal. The other injured, it was said,
were merely bruised or cut by flying
glass. Nearly all were taken to Van
Buren,, Ark.
Local officials Of the road say the
accident was caused by train No. 103
summing past a siding.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Faith and Good Works.

One Sunday morning a woman who
lived in country district was nearly
an hour late to church. Since she was
always very punctual. the parson
greatly wondered and questioned her
at the close of the service.
"The horse that we were driving"
answered the woman, 'acted as II it
was going to run away, so got out OF
the wagon and walked all the way to
town"
you shouldn't have been fright
ened, sister," impressively returned
the parson. you should have put
your trust in Heaven"
81 did until the harness broke. - was.
the quick rejoinder of the woman.
land then jumped"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Record School Appropriation.

''SNS'N SS'SS'
According to the appropriations by
the last general assembly and the rec
ords in the office of the state auditor,
the public schools of Missouri will re-
ceive more money this year from the
state treasury than ever before.
State Auditor John P. Gordon in
certifying the apportionment of school
moneys to State Superintendent of
Schools Howard A. Gass, who appor-
tons the funds to the various coun-
ties, showed the following:
Out of taxes paid the state there is
given back to the public schools of
the state in the way of apportionment
1913, 479.80. There was also appro-
priated from the state revenue to the
aid of high schools, salaries OF county
superintendent of schools, aid of
rural high schools, and teacher
training courses, 1896, 29O.O3.
Appropriated from the same source
for the rebuilding of the normal
school at Warrensburg, $250,0OO.
This is more than one-third of the
revenue collected and put into the
state treasury. In other words, $685.
690.SS more was given the public
schools this year than was ever given
before.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
state Treasurer's Report.

Missouri has a comfortable balance
in the treasury, as is shown by the
monthly report of the transactions
and condition filed with Gov. Major
by State Treasurer Deal.
The report shows the following:
Balance on hand at the close of
business June 80, $6,531, 3O74S.
Receipts during July, $1,165,0 17.S5.
Disbursements during July, $1,613,-
SS6.25.
Balance on hand July 81, $685.
939.O8.
There is a balance in the general
fund of $188,872.44. This fund will
continue comparatively low until the
first of the year, when it will be re-
plenished by the tax collections.
The state school balance is $1,575,-
052.16. This will be disbursed to the
various counties. after the annual APP
portionment of public school funds to
be made this month by State Superin-
tendent of Public Schools Glass.
The earnings of the Missouri peni-
tertiary for the month we're $S2,441.09
and the balance remaining to the
credit Of that institution is $16,579.04.
A balance to the credit Of the game
protection fund of $6,7S3.12 is shown.
A general balance in the good roads
fund OF $437158.49 is reported.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Teachers Must ,Fess Up.

Sharon, Pa--No longer can Sharon
school teachers enjoy the company of
a STEADY" on Wednesday or Sunday
nights without the autocratic board
of education being aware of the fact.
Every one of the $50 teachers en-
ployed in the city schools who has a
STEADY fellow" must declare the fact
with full attendant details before she
will be eligible for reelection to her
old position.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Tho She'll shortaae.

A. ]. Drexel, praising the English
volunteer army, said in New York the
other day:
oxford and Cambridge undergradu-
ates fight side by side with coal min
ers. Peers sons and millionaires' sons
hobnob with plumbers and blacksmiths
in the ranks
There are lots of nuts (dudes) in
the volunteer army-and the kaiser
finds them pretty hard to crack, too
Notwithstanding their lack of shells"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
London DaiIles Reduce Size.

Acknowledgement advertising rev.
enue and shortage in the supply of
chemicals necessary for the manufac-
ture of white paper have resulted in
an agreement by the proprietors of
London's newspapers to reduce the
number of pages.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
IBEvEN NATIONS JOIN IN PRO-
TEST OVER LONG CON.
TINUEp WAR.
CONFER AGAIN THIS WEEK
Drastic Action May Follow Rejection
Of Proposals, But No Envoy Has
Suggested that Force BE
Used to Quiet Trouble.

shington.-PTogress toward re-
storing peace in Mexico was made by
the diplomatic representatives of the
principal Latin-American countries in
conference with Secretary of State
Lansing.
An agreement was reached to dis
patch at once an appeal to the fac
tional leaders and Mexicans generally
to end the strife that has devastated
The country for four years.
This appeal will be signed by Ar
gentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Uru-
quay and Guatemala and will follow
the lines of President Wilson's note
of June 2, in which he urged the rev.
olutionists to compose their differ
enees and unite in setting up a con-
stitutional government.
To Send Appeal to Governors.
That all Mexicans' belligerents and
noncombatants may learn of the ac-
tivities in their behalf, the appeal will
be sent not only to the heads of the
different groups of warriors, but to
the governors of each of the 81 Mex
ican states.
The conference recessed after
reaching this agreement to await
developments. Another meeting is
scheduled to be held in New York
this week, probably Tuesday, by which
time it is hoped the program will have
received the official sanction of all
the proposed signatories.
Drastic Action to Follow Rejection.
If the Mexican leaders reject these
altruistic good offices action Of a
more drastic character may follow.
No definite plans in this regard. how
ever, have been formulated by the
conferees. First they desire to give
the Mexicans every opportunity to
put their own house in order.
The diplomats, as we'll as admins
tration officials. are hopeful that the
step will have the desired effect, and
that it will be unnecessary to resort
to sterner measures. None in the
conference suggested military inva-
sion.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Sing Hymn as Two Negroes Are
HanuAd

Starville, Mississippi-Eight thou
sand persons sang There is a
Land of Pure Delight" as two negroes,
Dat Sealers and Peter Bolen, were
hanged here. The hymn was sung at
the negroes request. The hanging
took place in pasture surrounded
by hills forming a natural ampithea-
ter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Flying Boat Hits a Rock.

Sea Cliff. L, Ankle Deep Too, the
new hydroplane, which sank off City
Island on its trial trip a month ago.
struck a submerged rock off Sands
Point while running 80 miles an hour
and went to the bottom.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Of courna.

Suppose all the energy that IL
wasted in dancing were devoted to
some useful purpose?'
81 never entertain a superstition like
that"
why not?'
because experience and obseva-
ton have taught me that the energy
devoted to dancing is foot power and
not brain power"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Automobiles Show Gain In MIsslurI.

Between February / and August I
the records in the office of Secretary
Of State Cornelius Roach show that
6S.S15 motor vehicles were registered.
From this source, since February /.
when the annual registration period
began, the secretary Of state has col
lected and placed in the treasury, to
the credit of the good-roads fund,
$2Ss,Ss9
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
1000. ooo on land Deal.

Houston, Tex-one of the biggest
deals in oil lands in the southwest was
consummated here when Jose de Soria
completed the sale to White & Sin
clair of Tulsa, okla, Of large tract
in the Panuco (Mexico) fields for
purchase price Of over $l.OOO,OO0.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Ploneer Merchant pIea.

Kansas City. Mo.-Alfred 8. Woolf.
6S years old, a pioneer merchant. is
dead here. With brother he came
to Kansas City in 1879 and established
mems furnishing goods store.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
WORK HAS PROGRESSED FAR
ENOUGH TO SHOW INTENT
OF ARCHITECT.
COLUMNS WILL PREDOMINANT
Experts Declare That Work on Build
ing Is Not Excelled in Any Edl-
flee Now Standing in the
United States.
Jefferson City.

JEFFERSON Clyy.
Work on the new Missouri state
house has progressed to point where
the designs beauty is beginning to be
apparent.
1t is essentially structure in which
columns will predominate. AS the
second floor is approached in the con-
struction the columns begin to devel-
op, and their striking symmetry at
tracts all visitors.
There will be 1913 columns in the
new capitol, 1874 on the exterior and
Ga on the interior. Rising from the
level of the first floor and running
around the building on the exterior,
are 80 columns.
Thirty-two are on the sides of the
wings and will be 40 feet in height,
including the base and capitals. They
are fiuted and are 4 feet inches in
diameter.
There will be IL plain shafts on the
four pylons, 10 inches in diameter
and 1874 feet high, and eight free
standing columns of the same height
and dimensions, in the re-entrant an
giles.
Around the dome there will be 80
plain columns, each "a feet in height
and 21s feet in diameter. About the
lantern above the dome will be IL
columns, 8 feet in height and IL. feet
in diameter.
All the columns will be of Burling-
ton limestone from the quarries at
Carthage.
Experts declare the work being done
on these columns as shown by the
parts that have been put up never has
been excelled in the United States.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Corporations pay Up.

About $500 corporations have failed
to register with the secretary of state
this year. July 81 was the last day
for registration under the IS fee. De-
linquents must pay $40 for register
ing, but there will be no other penalty
if the required report is made by oc-
tober /.
Approximately 10000 corporations
have complied with the law and have
paid into the state treasury 100000.
After October the delinquent lista
will be certified out to the prosecut-
ing attorneys for action.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Harrlson's Nav secretary Dies,

Brooklyn, II. y. Benjamin F.
Tracy, secretary OF the navy under
President Benjamin Harrison. died
here. The general, who was IS years
old, was injured in an automobile col
lision Decoration day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Hounds cloae on Nsnrn.

Kansas City, Mo.-A posse with
bloodhounds was believed to be close
upon the negro who attacked the wife
of Ned Stafford at her home near Lib
erty. The dogs kept the trail well.
closely followed by the farmers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
pante,s ExIIe Home pestroyed.

Rome.-Austrian artillerVmen have
~wantonly destroyed the historic cas-
tie Of Lizzana, near Roverto, where
the poet, Dante. passed his exile, &C
cording to the Idea Nazionale.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Blue PoInts to Be Fat Again,

New York.-The large planters and
shippers of blue point oysters from
Great South Bay waters attribute the
present very promising condition of
their stock to the unusual abundance
of rain.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
elrIs, Attacker LYnehed.

Trilby, Florida. - A mob at
tackled the Jail at Dade City, overpow.
cred the jailer and lynched viii
Leach, a negro, charged with attack
ing a white girl
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-08-12
Complaint on Steel Rates.

The Christopher Simpson Iron
Works has filed with the public SER
vice commission complaint against
1--WE trunk line railroads in which it
is charged that the roads are asking
too much freight on hauling structu-
raj steel between st. Louis and Kan
RaR City.