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Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24

ing. turning puzzled glance upon tho bookshelves.
 It did equal credit to his good na- ture that he refrained from smiling when our two dusty. disheveled fig ures presented themselves before him. My dear Mir. Hallam, you must have had bad fall in there." he said suavely. though there was a twinkle in his eyes that belied his words. You are acquainted with my friend, Mr.-"
 T have just had the pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with our mutual friend. MT. Schopenhauer," an- swered MT. Hallam, and I knew that the blessed sense of humor remained to compensate him for any dignity that he had lost in the scufie. But do you know. Schopenhauer. l have oc- casionally thought that your famous fathers thesis that the Will is repre- sented by the Idea in action is not always correct?"
 That may be so. Mir Hallam.T re- turned. but then my father did not contemplate a philosophy represented py pdiuteu DOdIuS On dummy SnelSeS.
 Which was not much of a retort, but it set us laughing.
 Well, gentlemen" said Sir Edward. after we had adjusted our apparel as well as could be done. things are go- ing to grow lively for Englishmen in Germany now, and I shall be happy to accommodate you at the embassy and to facilitate your exit aboard our special train"
 That evening. while the mob stoned our windows. he told me of the quiet coup d'etat in England; how he had received information a few minutes after I left that Kitchener was in the war ofice and the peace party out of power. by virtue of a great parliamen- tary revolt. The wisdom of England's choice was to be seen later upon the battleflelds of France.
 At one o'clock we left Berlin. Our nation was at war with Germany.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24
ARE WoRsHIPERs OF BIRDS
Strange Discoveries Among African Tribes Reported by Eng
 fish Explorer.

Mir. P. Amaury Talbot, a district commissioner in southern Nigeria. and his wife have just made a remark. able journey of over 4,300 miles in the Eket district, a country of rivers and creeks. many unexplored, with a pop. ulation of a quarter of . million Ibibios.
 In an interview with Reuters repre- sentative. MT. Talbot says he found customs and ceremonies which appear to have come down unchanged from the days of the Pharaohs. In some parts the dead are roughly mummi. fled. while underground burial cham. bers are to be found planned like those of ancient Egypt. He found also traces of bird worship and witnessed a bird dance never before seen by Flu. ropeans.
 Most of the towns have their sacred pools. inhabited by good or evil spirits. to which in the past countless human victims were sacrificed. On two of these holy waters-the Lake of Life and the neighboring Pool of Hatred and Death-Mr. Talbot and Mir Eckin of the Kwa loo mission are the first and only existing white men to have set eyes.
 Mir. Talbot. referring to the hard task of the administration in dealing with secret societies. which at certain times of the year still seek to offer human sacrifices, said:
 Towards the end of September such an attempt was made by a group of towns in . distant part of the dis. trict, never before visited by Euro peans. My attention was first drawn to this particular society. which bears the dreaded name of 'Ekkpo Nav haw' (Ghosts-the Destroyers) by . poor woman who brought some frag- ments of charred bone, which she as serted was all that was left to her of an only brother, who had fallen a victim of the vengeance of one of the chiefs of the society.
 The people as a whole are perhaps the most bloodthirsty of all Africa For months no day passed without man or woman running in covered with blood. and often horribly mutt. lated. to claim the protection of the commissioner"
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24

'Tickets." shouted . functionary as l started toward the Cologne train
 T have a through ticket to Der lin" l began.
 You must show me your ticket" he repeated. bristling. and I handed him the piece of pasteboard. He snatchec at 1t and thrust it back into my hand
 There goes your train!" he shouted. pointing to the receding mon ster in which Mir. Hallam sat, i'm mersed in his Schopenhauer.
 But I am going by Cologne!" 1 ex claimed.
 Well. that is the Cologne train. he answered.
 Where does the other go, then 2" demanded in dismay.
 Dusseldorf" he snarled.
 l have an expert knowledge of Ger man officialdom.. Although the func tionary wore a couple of orders on hia breast. l handed him a hallmark which he pocketed without any appar ent loss of dignity.
 There will be along . special train for Berlin in two hours." he said grudgingly. Tt is a reserved train but you can have a seat in it. It will cost you twenty-five marks addi tional."
 will it reach Berlin two hours after the first train :" inquired. open ing my purse.
 NO. bigh-born sir; the first train will be held up for it at Cologne" he answered. with an eye on the gold pieces that was lingering.
 Here was a stroke of fortune! The functionary's demeanor changed from arrogance to servility as he obsequi ously received a twenty-mark piece Two hours later I was comfortably en. sconced in the special train, and. a; Cologne. had the satisfaction of see. ing the train containing Hallam drawn up on the siding while we flashed by
 The run to Berlin occupies some six. teen hours. It was about half. past nine on the third when we reached our destination. A hurried glance at the newspapers as sped toward the
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24

However. we can't threaten with noth ing to back up our bluff"
 Sir Edward" I pleaded. let me try. I have an hour and halfs start of Hallam. Let me fulfill my mission and trust to the scheme working"
 If we could stop Hallam-" he be gan. If he came here but he'll go straight to the Potsdam pal ace. He is persona grata there" Give me credentials to the kaiser himself and I'll stop Hallam if have to throttle him!" exclaimed furi ously.
 It took me ten minutes to persuade him. Finally he agreed But l wash my hands of all responsibility, X-," he insisted.
 That satisfied me. Somehow felt that could stop Hallam. if I had to chloroform him in the kaiser's ante room. Half an hour after my arrival at Potsdam was being shown up into a big waiting room. where one of the imperial secretaries took my card.
 T will speak to his majesty" he said. in fluent English. Tt would be unprecedented. even at other times. but Sir Edward Goschen has marked the letter as urgent and his majesty may spare you . few moments"
 He opened a door and admitted me to . larger room. l saw nobody there. It seemed like a huge waiting room There were pictures by German paint CTS upon the walls and busts of the imperial ancestors. In the center was a large table of mahogany. with the days papers ranged upon it and chairs drawn up around it. The far end of the room was occupied by an enormous bookshelf. built into the wall. but pro jecting for a considerable distance In the center was a door. slightly ajar. which appeared to give admittance to the interior of the shelves. something like those doors which we see in pub lie libraries. Through the crack l could discern the light of an electric bulb.
 As I entered the room I fancied l heard a rustic come from within this
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24
Worlds Rubber Production.

The worlds production of rubber is about 125.0oO tons year. according to La Nature. of which 10000 tons come from South America, S0,000 tons from the East Indies. 15,o00 tons from Al rica, 5000 tons from Central America and 5000 tons from divers countries That from the East Indies is all the product of plantations. The growth of this will be understood when 1t Is re membered that in 1908 they produced only 2,200 tons. It is estimated that they will yield 100000 tons in 1s1. and 300.O00 tons by 1920. which should bring the price down considerably.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24

British embassy in . taxicab con vinced me that all hope of averting . general war had been abandoned. Ger many and Russia were at war; Ger. man forces had already invaded France and Luxemburg. and a French aviator had dropped a bomb over Nu- remberg. What added to the gravity of the situation was the studied ab- sence of any news from England. No mention of British activities was made. an ominous indication that something of the highest importance was brew ing.
 Sir Edward Goschen received me immediately and hurriedly scanned the credentials with which Sir Ed ward Grey had furnished me. had met him several times, and I was glad to see that he did not take my mission amiss.
 "Mr. X@," he said. i've are in such . crisis now that only complete frankness will be of avail. A good deal has happened since you left Lon don two days ago. The peace party has won the day; Kitchener has been packed off to Egypt; Hallam is now on his way to Berlin"
 Iquickly explained my meeting with Hailam, and he chuckled.
 "Hallam's the most diabolically clever mind in England" he said. My dear k, l hate to disillusionize you. but l have no doubt your taking the wrong train was . plant on his part. Doubtless he knew all about you, and had arranged with the func- tionary who gave you misleading in- formation. You couldn't fool Hailam on Schopenhauer.'
 However, here's the point I had . cipher from Grey two hours ago. and he says the games up. Nothing but . revolution can stop the peace party. AsQuith is temporizing. Burns. Morley and Harcourt have won the up- per hand, and-there's nothing to be done but give way to Hallam."
 You know what this means?" cried.
 "yes." he said sloomily. Belgium overrun, England impotent, and. later. single-handed war against victorious Germany. aided and abetted by France.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24

lbrary space. went forward quietly my feet falling without . sound upon the thick pile of the carpet.
 I approached the bookshelves, and now saw a shadow upon the floor in side the door. I looked in. To my un utterable surprise Hallam was stand ing there, his back toward me, appar ently absorbed in reading the titles of the books in front of him in the alcove.
 For a moment I was bewildered; then the explanation dawned on me He must have made arrangements tc have his coach switched to our special which had stopped Tor . few minutes at siding two miles beyond Cologne
 He had anticipated me, and was even now awaiting audience with the kaiser. Quick as . thought I made my resolution. It was a difficult one for q man of my own age; but I had not served eight years on the Indian frontier without learning how tc silence . man.
 Noiselessly stepped to the door. Il opened without a sound. l stood in side. one hand upon the swinging edge, the other thrust forward.
 Just then Hallam turned round. He started and turned his short-sighted blinking eyes upon me in doubt and I thought. fear. As he turned slammed the door behind me and leaped at him.
 He fought with surprising strength and agility for . man of his years and constitution-though we must both have been of the same age. Tho muscles of his arms, though flabby were of huge girth. 1 had forgotten that he had been educated at . Ger. man gymnasium in his youth.
 He puffed and spluttered as he struggled with me. and I could not get my hand over his mouth. I had been afraid that the old gentleman would scream, but to my relief he seemed to realize that my presence would compromise htm as much as hia would compromise me. We fought in absolute silence. swaying against the shelves and staggering about the little alcove under the electric light. fnstinctiveiy we kept away from the dooE.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24
Petty Larceny.

A man evidently laboring under great excitement rushed up to the DO liceman on duty at the railway sta tion.
 Somebody stole my car," he .,ried
 What kind of a car was it?" asked the oficer.
 "A F1ivver.'
 Serves you right for being so care less," returned the cop. Didn't you see them signs over the station: Look Out for Pickpockets?"
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24
Unavoidable.

Bill-Has Gill been examined by hi. physician recently?
 JiTl-Yesterday.
 Find any troubles'
 Yes. empty exchequer.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24

Jamaica has established several pub lie quinine depots to enable poor per sons to obtain the drug at cost.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-10-24

Mrs. Benton Holme-Wake uI John. From the way the dog is bari ing there must be four robbers in the cellar
 NIT. Benton Holme-Don't be alarmed. That dog is a great exag- yerator
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
The Standard Remedy
 in Countless Homes
Relieves Constipation Easily Without Griping or
 Discomfort.

Indigestion and constipation are two conditions that are closely related and the cause of much physical suffer- ing.
 The tendency to indulge ones ap- petite is more or less general ana most people suffer at one time or an other from rebellion of the oVertaxed organs of digestion and elimination. A pleasantly effective remedy, that will quickly relieve the congestion Of poisonous stomach waste and restore regularity, is the compound of simple laxative herbs sold in drug stores for fifty cents a bottle under the name ot pr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This IS a mild, pleasant laxative tonic, free from cpiates or narcotic drugs, and nas been the standard household rem edy in thousands of homes for many years.
 Mrs. Oliver Young, Merrill, Wis, writing to pr. Caldwell, says, she knows of nothing, so effective for reg ulating the stomach and bowels; since taking pr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin she feels ten years younger; her work seems easier and she has regained her appetite.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23

900 a year, and not at the Russian increase of 14,OO0,000 annually.
 ''It is in that direction that the dan- ger lies. We are too closely approxi- mating France, standing still while out Slav neighbor grows by leaps and bounds. France. in my opinion IS slowly but surely sinking back to a nosition something like. that of Spain a second rate power. We do not want to do the same thing.
 '"The outcome of the war naturally can have a very far-reaching effect on the whole problem. If we were conceivably to lose, there is no doubt that the economic results would make 1t difficult to carry out our plans. If, on the other hand, we win, as of course I believe we shall, the plans are infinitely easier of execution. There is to be considered on one side that, we probably shall get an
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23

ple's eyes to the need of checking the German decrease in the birthrate, ' said Prof. Wolf, "I do not personal 1y believe that it, alone, will have a serious effect.
 "The German population of 70 millions is roughly divided into 33,- 100000 men and 6,5OO,OOO women. Even if our losses are very heavy at the end, say a million dead, there still remain 32,500,OOO men, a large proportion of them capable of being fathers. The decrease will go on unless we look deeper than the war for it's causes.
 That it has not been greater is due solely to an even larger decrease in the death rate, so that the situation has looked roser than it actually is. People have been too prone to look at the net increase in population, which has been stationary at S00,-
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23

indemnity which will do much to re- lieve any possible economic stress. On the other there is the possibility that we shall have new territory with its fertile population to aid in build ing up that of the Empire as a whole."
 The new society has esta bIish ed headquarters at Kurfuerstendamm III 45, Berlin. Its directorate reads like the roster of all the distinguished medical, legal, pedagogical and scien- tific men of Germany The first three are represented by the three vice. presidents, Dr. Dippe, President of the German Physicians Association of Leipsic: Prof. Dr. Georg von Mayr, former imperial under secretary of state, to Munich: and Doctor of Laws von Strauss and Torney, president of the Senate of the Prussian Admins trative Supreme Court of Berlin.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
RNtN BIRTH RATE !. ! IS FALLING OFF
'ty Formed to Bolster Pop.
 ulatiOn Decline
X -af f.

aespondence of The Associated Press,l Hin, Nov. 1O.-With the formal 8ation, on October IS, of the Esche Gesellschaft fur Bevoelke- Politik, roughly translated, the nan Society for Population In- the efforts of a relatively
 body of men to check the de-
 that has been noticeable in the an birthrate for more than forty
 nave at last won widespread milton.
 Face Retrogression.
 nas taken the war, with it's ter 4inroads on the pick of German |lood, to bring thousands to a 8aron of the soundness of the sEof the 'few-that the birthrate F empire Is going backward, and 3after the war, Germany faces the gression that has been going on 3ance if something is not done. e new society, which informally been in existence for three 8hs, has mapped out very definite @ete plans for com batting the
 Increasing child1essness of the Ration. These plans include a in amount of Legislation which
 ently is approved by nearly all es. and an educational program 3edical and pedagogical circles.
 Revise Taxation.
 3e Legislation includes a revision
 xation schedules which shall
 an equal burden upon the family
 and the bachelor so that the
 will be literally driven into emony" It includes. mother pfemiums" intended to counter The economic difficulty of bring &hiIdren into the world, and the en. of supporting them.
 great importance in the eyes of founders of the new society, the ' $Econtemp1ate4 a regulation of a sex so rigid that the present ten Nspto sterility, admittedly great, zba greatly lessened, especially ! <taken in continuation with the hation toward earlier marriage, h it is hoped, can be brought The society. counts on a cam A to decrease the training period fades and professions so that Ig men will become money earners D earlier time, and upon educa-
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23

ago to begin studying the population 1 problem. He devoted more and more 1 time to it as he came to realize how France had gone backward, and how ] strong a tendency Germany showed 1 to follow in the same footsteps. His 1 ideas became increasingly radical as 1 he found that Germany's birthrate had dropped from 40.7 per thousand l in 1870 to 28.5 in 1911, and was still 1 decreasing.
 Gradually he has gathered around 1 him a group of the most eminent l medical, scientific and pedagogical men from every part of Germany, who form the nucleus of the new so- ciety. He has written much on the subject, but he has worked in other and more practical ways, and has in- terested the legislative forces on ceed practically.
 The society proposes, first of all, a revision of direct taxation. If marriage is to increase, it believes, bachelors must be Literally driven into it.'' And to drive them into it. they must be made to pay tax equal to that paid by the man of an aver age family. They now pay about the
 
 comes in a smaller indirect tax less for salt, sugar, beer, and other eatables and drinkables because they have less mouths to feed There fore the matter must be capitalized by higher direct tax, one which they shall feel as no indirect tax ever is felt
 Other Reforms.
 In recognition however that an injustice can easily be worked if gen. eral conditions, especially working conditions, remain the same as at present the society looks forward to a readjustment of the existing aD- premiership and training periods through which workmen and profess sional men now have to go. This readjustment may have to be 1egis1a- tive, it may come voluntarily in many cases. In the one way or the other the society holds, it must be made possible for the young man to earn a livelihood at an earlier age than heretofore ,and hence to marry earl fer.
 Prof. Wolf is also a champion of the motherhood pension system" now in vogue in Australia. He would nave the state offer 300 or 400 marks to the mother who gives birth to 8 l HUI chlld' and some other sum for each additional baby He very frank :, " calls the system "bribery," but l believes it would be effective bribery. and that the money would be the deciding weight in the scales when { the question should come un of whether another child could he af- ! forded on not.
 Prof. Wolf counts on the effective- ness of a universal campaign bv doc l tors and teachers, minister's priests l for earlier marriages, though this ] applies largely to the country dis l tricts ,and especially to Catholic sec 1 tlons where the influence of the 1 priest is great.
 l Considering the rigid regulation of l disease, Prof. Wolf points out that l at present the German man marries
 on the average ,at the late age of 29.
 Minimize Disease. He proposes to minimize disease bv l registration of the diseased, and
 the quarantining of the disease spreaders.
 Though the war has opened peo-
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
tional work by family physicians and
Rulers in Accord.

tional work by family physicians and teachers.
 Rulers in Accord.
 Few of the rulers of the various German states, large and small, put have expressed themselves thoroughly in accord with the ideals of the so- ciety's plans. Emperor William ana the king of Bavaria especially are declared to be enthusiastically behind the project Only the social demo- cratic party, of all the many parties in the empire, has not gone on record as in favor of most or all of the de- tailed plans, and only certain labor circles, who fear that increased popu- lation means lowered wages eventu- ally, have not taken up cudgels in behalf of the society.
 The originator of the movement may be said to be Prof. Julius Wof, one of the most distinguished anu widely known economists of Ger many formerly of the faculty of the University of Breaslau and now at the Technical High school of Berlin. He is president of the new organiza- tion.
 Russia's gigantic increase in popu- lation, the tremenodus fertility of it's people. induced him many years
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-01
THOMPSON ACQUITTED
Delphos Man Was Charged With
White Slavery at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, May George
w. Thompson, of Delphos, Kan, was
acquitted of a white slave charge by a
jury in the Wyandotte county district
court late Friday. The jury was out
half an hour. 1t was the first case un-
der the Kansas white slave law to be
tried in Wyandotte county.
Thompson was accused by Mrs. Lola
White. In his testimony Thompson
said that he had spent $1,000 in the
interests of Mrs. White and he now
has none of his fortune left.
The case grew out of the incidents
which led to the filming Of Phil Kirk
in the United States court of this city
and the conviction of ]. S. Detweiler,
lawyer, of Kansas City, Kan, IN a
charge of extorting money by threat
ening to bring action under the gov
eminent white slave law.
In his instructions to the jury Judge
E. L. Fischer held that it must be
shown that Thompson induced Mrs
White to let him move her from
place to place for immoral purposes
Real estate men who dealt with
Thompson and Mrs. White testified
that she urged them to influence him
to remove from Kansas City, Kan,
against his own wishes.