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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
VICTIM OF A JOKE.
Washburn students Drop Bomb on
Crowd. Injuring Boy.

Harold Evans. student at Washburn
college. is nursing a decidedly sore
foot. resulting from a practical joke
Young Evans and several other stu
dents had gathered outside one of the
buildings on the campus. A chemistry
class on an upper floor was disturbed
10y their noise and someone dropped a
bottle Of potassium chlorate out the
window. When it struck the ground it
exploded with a loud report
y piece of glass was blown through
shoe and cut cash in Evans's foot.
Several stitches were necessary to
close the wound
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
CHIEF SCOUT RETIRES
Ernest Thompson Seton Sewers Con-
nection With American Boy Scouts.

New York, Feb. 22.-Ernest
Thompson Seton. artist and author Of
books dealing with life in the woods.
has retired as chief scout of the Boy
Scouts of America. according to an
nouncement published here today.
His official connection with the Boy
Scouts was severed at the last annual
meeting, 1t is stated, which was held
in Washington on February IL.
Mr.. Seton, who is now in England,
was one of the men in the organiza-
ton whose work seized the imagina-
ton of the boy scouts. He is an ex-
pert on the primitive methods of the
Indians, can start a fire with a stick
of wood and a bow and knows simple
methods of fashion1ng gourds and
weapons from articles likely to be at
hand in any forest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
GIRLS FOR HAREM AZ CENTS A PUPIL
Anti.MOfmon Fight in Topeka
DisclOses Alleged Acts.
Sensational Charges Will BE
Made by Speakers.

Sensational Interruptions and de-
nouncements now attend antt-po-
lygamy demonstrations such as the
National Reform association will hold
here on February 90 at p. m.
At Williamsburg. Pa. very recently
four Mormon elders arose In the
church and openly denounced former
Senator Frank ]. Cannon as an apos-
tate and falsifier. only to be in turn
flayed by Senator Cannon, who pro-
duced books and records to substan-
tiate his position in open hostility to
all the MOrmons represent.
In Lancaster, Pa. the Christian
forces of the entire community
joined in a raid on the Mormon head
quarters and drove the elders proselyt-
ing in the county out of the region by
force.
The meeting to be held in Topeka
on February 26 is a part of a great
national demonstration being organ
ICED by the National Reform associa-
ton pursuant to directions from the
great Second Worlds Christian Citi-
zenshfp conference held at Portland,
Ore. at which time more than $4,000
people, representing sixteen nations,
Joined in a general protest against
the aggressions of the Mormons in
civic. financial. social and religious
affairs of the entire world.
1t was reported at this conference
that the Mormons have more than
1000 elders in the field selecting
young girls. who are shipped into Nor
mon territory to serve as the plural
wives of polygamists protected by the
Mormon hierarchy.
The Mormons dominate political
conditions in eleven states and Sena-
tor Cannon asserts that when they
shall have secured the balance of
nvr1Vy fyVn OF hoy
will be forever immune against legis-
lation by the federal government.
Control Salt and Sugar.
Senator Cannon has data proving
that the Mormons control the output
Of both salt and sugar and that every
body contributes to the support of
polygamy through the consumption of
these staples.
This crusade is not an attack upon
religion. DIR. NJ. Martin asserts, but
it is a fight to a finish against a sys-
tenn of prostitution carried on by men
hiding behind a religion.
These men. DR.. Martin declar res.
have millions of dollars to spend in
the protection OF their harems.
The National Reform association
proposes to have the people of To-
peka petition congress to enforce the
the commercial activities of the Nor
mons in restraint OF trade and to urge
the department of justice to invoke
the Mann act against Joseph F.
Smith, president of the Mormon
church, who travels from state to
state. it is claimed. with one or an
other of his five wives in open de-
fiance of the law.
Senator Cannon proclaims him a
king ruling an empire within the
United States and in open hostility to
the whole American government.
The meeting here on February 26.
Will be held in the Auditorium. Gov
ernor Arthur Capper will preside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
The Day in Congress.

Washington. Feb. Ex-senator Root
read Washington's farewell address in
the senate. Conferees on the sea-
mems bill composed all differences
between house and senate. Debate
was resumed on army appropriation
bill, Representative Garrett Of Ten
nessee read Washington's farewell adj
sumed on the Notifications appropri-
attons bill A judiciary sub-commit-
tee resumed the taking Of testimony in
the case Of Federal Judge Dayton of
West Virginia. The ways and means
committee put action on the repeal
of tax on mixed flour over until We'd
nesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
) Bcssie's History Lesson.

teacher was instructing the younger
class in history, and after reading the
lesson she closed the book and turned
to little Bessie.
Bessie" she said, encouragingly,
1T was Mary who followed Edward
VI, wasn't it?''
Yes. ma'am." rather, hesitatingiy
admitted the youngster.
ITO be sure 1t was" smilingly re-
turned the teacher Now, then, can
you tell me who followed Mary?'
Yes, ma'am," quickly replied
Bessie. with a Frightening counte-
nance. 1T was her little lamb.'-
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
HOT TEA BREAKS
A COLD-TRY THIS

Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea. or an the German folks
call it, Hamburger Brust Thee" at
any pharmacy. Take q tablespoonful
Of the tea. put q cup OF boiling water
upon it, pour through q sieve and
drink a teacup full At any time. 1t il
the most effective way to break a
cold and euro grip. as It opens the
pores, relieving congestion. Also loos-
ems the bowels. thus breaking cold
at once.
It il inexpensive and entirely vege-
table. therefore harmlesa-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
Shawnee County schools Re-
ceive es,ss4 From the state.
Figures Show Total Of 1881
Pupils In Institutions.

Shawnee county schools will receive
$S,2S4.S7 out of the utate and county
school funds for use during the first
six months Of this year or ~ cents a
pupil and balance Of $122.s1 will be
left in the county treasury. according
to the semt-annual apportionment re-
port which was completed today by
John F. Eby. county superintendent
Of schools OF the amount available
$S,O59.66 was reported by the state
and $29S.02 by the county. making q
total of $S.3s7.6s.
The report also shows q total of
1881 pupils enrolled In schools in the
county. OF this number 1906 are
enrolled In Topeka schools.
Outside of Topeka district No. SO
has the largest enrolment of any
school In the county with total Of
4S4 pupils The smallest school in
the county Is district No. n. This
district has only ! pupils enrolled.
nee schools is one of the most satis-
factory this year ever known.
Following il the district number.
the number of pupils enrolled and the
amount app0rtioned each school:
.1 pist No No. e. : :ss7s NO. No. Z -
$500: No. 5. go. $40: No. s. SO.
$17.S6; No. Z. 80. $3.50: No. 8. 81.
$17.39: No. .. "a. s12.Ss: No. IL, 63.
$29.61; No. II. IS. $16.45; No. Is.
q. $12:6s: No. IA. III, $sO.s7; No. IS.
II. sss. s1e.s2; No. is. IS. s1s.45;
No. 10. "a, $11.2s; No. 20. 80. s1S3s;
No. 81, 81, $12.69; No. %, 100, $51.23:
No. 20. 1906, $5.595.S2: No. "a. as,
$21.62; No %, 43, $2O.21; No. 26, IS.
$s.46; No. %, s5. $16.45: No. %, Al.
1862: No. 81. SO. 1852: No. 80. 4S.
s22.56; No. s3. SO. 1851: No. "a, 212.
$9s.64: No. IS. 223, $1O4.s1; No. SO.
4s4. s227.4s; No. 81. 10, 1898: No.
IS, 40, $3.50; No. 80, II. $S3.37; No.
40. 80, $500: No. Al, 4s. S2O.21: No.
~. lss. sss:ss; No. 4s. y. $3.50; No.
As. 1874, s72.ss; No. Al, 40. $3.50; No
sss;5.s5: No. So. 80. ,14 40 no go.
81, ~. s1s.74; No. SO, "a. s11.2s;
No. So. 100. $56.40: No. 54. IA. $65s:
No. s.. 2s. $13.16; No. Sc. %. $13.16:
No. 50. 112. s52.s4; No. so, "a, sss.4s;
No. 81. 2s0, s1Os.1O; No. 81. 70.
s34.s1; No. 6s. so. 1850: No. 81. 81,
$14.57: No. IS. so, $3.50: No. Sc.
II, $7.9s: No. 81, SO, $3.50: No. IS.
%. s13.16: No. 80. %. s10.s1;
No. 70. 26, S12.22; No. II. 81, 1887;
No. 72. %. s1o.s1: No. 7s. 90, $40;
No. IS. 90. -$12.22: No. II. 4. $1.ss;
No. rs. So. $24.91; No. 70. %. $13.16;
No. so. Is. $7.05; No. 81. "a. $11.2s;
No. SO. rs, $11.75: No. S3, 81, $23.97;
No. So, 81, $2s.14; No. Sc, %. $1O.81:
No. 81. II. $3e.1s: No. IS, 1875. $5s.75:
No. 50. q, t12.Ss: No. 80. IS. $1l.75;
No. 80. 80, &42.3O: No. "a, Ii, s5.17:
No. S5. 20, $13.63; No. 90. 28. $13.16;
No. 90, 20, $13.63; No. 80, 26, $12.22;
No. 100, 81, $14.57; No. 1O1, so. $3.50;
No. 102. SO, $3.50; No. 103, 16. 1882.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
o1(lxDElg SEEDS
ARE IN!

Tested garden seeds! No
seeds that have been put
out on commission and re-
turned to the dealer the
second time; these are all
new seeds. and true to
name.
All of these seeds are sold
at reduced prices. We have
cut the usual profit in two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22

Des Moines. Feb. 22.-The engineer
was killed. a mail clerk fatally in
jured. the fireman is missing, and 8
assengers were injured when Chicago
Great Western passenger train No. /,
southbound from Des Moines to KAN
sas City, was wrecked at Talmage to-
day. The engineer was H. E. Max
we'll of Des Moines. Spreading rails
are assigned as the cause of the wreck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
Rich Cowley County Farmer Dead.

Rich COWley County FAFmer Dead.
Winfield, Kan. Feb. 2z.-F. L Kill
lam, so years old. one of the wealth.
lest men of Cowley county, died to-
day on his farm near here as the re-
suit of falling from his wagon yester-
day and striking his head on a rock.
Mr.. Killam owned 1s400 acres Of land
in Cowley county. He Is survived by
his wife and daughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
Order Million Tons of Coal.

Norfolk. va, Feb. 2e.-One million
tons of coal have been ordered by
Great Britain and France from the
Pocahontas mines. The contracts call
for the dumping of the coal into Brit
ish ships at Sewelrs Point and Lam
bert Point. Va, by June 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22

class in shorthand and typewriting
Saturday night. 1t is planned by the
physical director to have an athletic
exhibition some time during the last
part of March.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-22
Special Prices

1t our stores! Ydu won't find prices
like these At other stores.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-28

the pressure Of the air on the surface
of the liquid you are sucking squeezes
it at once up into the tube where you
have made room for it. By suction
you make room for the liquid at the
top of the tube and the air presses it
into it. What seems like pulling is
simply clearing the way so that what
ever is behind it may be pushed for
ward.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-28

Pretty Polly Moran is the latest
Keystonite to buy an auto. She
drives it anywhere and everywhere
(and stops for nothing). Recently
she drove it down to the beach, but
did not turn out for the ocean. On
and on went the car, until the briny
thinned out the gasoline and she was
hundred yards from. the shore. After
being towed in she continued her mad
way until she ran through the front
of a grocery and stopped And Polly
still insists she's some driver.
ScandaI-when one gets into the
limelight without makeup on.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-28
WHY SODA WATER RUNS UP
STRAW
STRAW

When the soda water rushes up
the straw you are not pulling it up,
though that is what you seem to be
doing. The liquid is really being
pushed upward and it is air that is
pushing it.
When you pull on the straw in the
glass of soda water you lessen the
pressure of air inside the tube and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-28

wants guy dat can do mans work
in mans day, but dey wants de guys
dat kin do two mems work for half of
one guys pay, so I gets couple of
days week and salts de coin away
and den get down on me back wit,
oh, well-wit' what guys gets dat
don't get grub for tree days and den
eats like hogs, and 1 spends all but
two bucks and den I'm weak as a
rat, and l goes out to Sout' Dakota
and dere gets day here and dere
and gets stake of ten bucks to get
me shoes and pants, cause me over
alls what travels in is worn t'ru, and
l beats it back and de railroad dicks
makes it hot for me an dey t'rows me
off and de coin is gone, and w'et'er
was robbed or it rolled out of me
pants l amt wise, but de coins gone
and 1 picks up days work for a
hen in de suburbs and l gets me
meals and one buck and l got four
bits of it left.
Oats de story of nae life,' he said
And when he walked away stood
in the shadow of the church and
watched him go, with the wind flap
ping at the tear in his pants where
the bare flesh showed through and
= his feet that touched the cold side
walk as he put them down with each
weary step, and 1 remembered con-
versation had with woman who
had never done days work in her
life, but into whose hands has been
placed, by the city administration, the
power to say what Chicago shall do
with men like these:
''Tve been told on very good au-
thority that most of them are buns
who don't want to work"
-O-O-
WHY SODA WATER RUNS UP A
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-09-24

but did not heed it. / somehow dis
trusted the fellow
Jack, now thoroughly recovered.
called almost daily at Bassett road,
and would often bring Muriel to the
Cecil to tea or to luncheon. Often !
inquired the whereabouts of her father
and of Hylton Chatter, but she declared
herself in entire ignorance. and be-
ieved they were abroad
One afternoon, shortly before Christ
mas, as we were idling in the Ameri-
can bar of the hotel, my friend told
me that Muriel had invited us to tea
at her cousins that afternoon. and &C.
cordingly we went there in company.
AS. we sat together Muriel. smart
figure in pale blue gown, poured tea
for us and chatted more merrily, l
thought, than ever before. She seemed
quick and nervous and yet full Of hap
piness, as she should indeed have
been, for Jack Durnford was one Of
the best fellows in the world, and his
restoration to health little short OF
miraculous.
Gordon" he said to me with a
sudden seriousness when tea had end
ed and we had placed down our cups.
Il want to tell you something
thing I've been longing always to tell
you, and now have got dear Muriels
consent. / want to tell you about her
father and his friends"
"And about Elma, too?" l said in
quick eagerness. Eyes. tell me every
thing"
mo, not everything, for ! don't
know it myself. But what ] know I
will explain as briefly as can, and
leave you to form your own conclu-
sions. 1t isl he went one, "a strange
most amazing story. When l myself
became first cognizant of the mystery
/ was On board the flagship the Re-
nown, under Admiral Sir John Fisher.
We we're lying in Malta when there
arrived the English yacht Iris, owned
by Mr.. Philip Leithcourt, and among
those on board cruising for pleasure
were Mr.. Martin Woodroffe, Mr.. Hyl-
ton Chatter, and the owners wife and
daughter Muriel.
"Muriel and / met first at tennis
party, and afterwards frequently at
various houses in Malta, for anyone
who goes there and entertains is soon
entertained in return. A mutual at
-tachment sprang up between Muriel
and myself" he said, placing his hand
tenderly upon her and smiling. "and
we often met in secret and took long
walks, until quite suddenly Leithcourt
said that it was necessary to sail for
Smyrna to pick up some friends who
had been travelling in Palestine. The
night they sailed great consterna-
ton was caused on the island by the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-09-24

and again walked rcCnd 20 the Jun
Tor" The short, wintry day mad ended.
the gas lamps were lit and the dark
ness of night was gradually creeping
ON.
Jack had not been to the club, and /
began now TO grow thoroughly uneasy
He had parted from mo at the corner
OF the Strand with only five inmates
walk before him. and yet he had ap-
parently disappeared MY first impulse
was to drive to Noting Hill to inquire
OF Muriel If she had news of him, but
somehow the Italians warning words
made me wonder If he had met with
foul play.
| suddenly recollected those two
men who had passed by as we had
talked, and how that the features of
one had seemed strangely familiar
Therefore ! took cab to the police
station down at Whitehall and made
inquiry of the inspector on duty in
the big, bare Office with its faring
gas jets in wire globes. He heard me
to the end, then turning back the book
OF occurrence" before him. glanced
through the ruled entries.
II should think this is the gentle
man, SIR" he said. And he read to
me the entry as follows:
p. c. AGA reports that at POT a. M,
while on duty outside the National Gal
lery. he heard revolver shot, followed
by a mans cry. He ran to the corner of
Suffolk street, where he found a gentle
man lying upon the pavement suffering
from serious shot-wound in the chest
and quite unconscious. He obtained the
assistance of P. C.'s Elsa and 343A, and
the gentleman, who was not identified,
was taken to the Charing Cross hospital
where the house surgeon expressed a
doubt whether he could live. Neither p.
C.'s recollect having noticed any suspi-
cious-looking person in the vicinity.
JOHN PERvYCAL, Inspector.
] waited for no more, but rushed
round to the hospital in the cab, and
was, five minutes later, taken along
the ward, where identified poor Jack
lying in bed, white-faced and uncon-
scious.
''The doctor was here quarter Of
an hour ago." whispered the sister
"And he fears he is sinking"
HE has uttered no words?" asked
anxiously. Made no statement"
None. He has never regained con-
seriousness, and fear, sir, he never
will. 1t is case of deliberate murder,
the police told me early this morning. I"
I clenched my fists and swore a
fierce revenge for that dastardly act
And as l stood beside the narrow bed,
realized that what Olinto had said
regarding my own peril was the actual
truth. was a marked man. Was
never to penetrate that inscrutable
and ever-increasing mystery?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-09-24

news that the safe in the admiral sup
erintendent's Office had been opened
by expert safe-breakers. and certain
most important secret documents
stolen"
'Well?" asked. much interested.
Again. two months later, when the
villa OF the prince of Montevachi. at
Palmero, was broken into and the
whole of the famous jewels Of the
princess stolen. 1t was very strange
fact that the Iris was at the moment
in that port. But 1t was not until the
third occasion, when the yacht was
at VillefIanche, anc our squadron be-
ing at Toulon l got four days leave
to go along the Riviera, that my sus-
picions were aroused, for at the very
hour when was dining at the London
house at Nice with Muriel and q
schoolfellow Of hers, Elma Heath -
who was spending the winter there
with lady who was Baron Obergs
cousin-that a great robbery was
committed in one Of the big hotels up
at Cimiez, the wife of an American
millionaire losing jewels valued at
thirty thousand pounds. Then the
robberies, coincident with the visit OF
the yacht, aroused my strong suspi-
cion. / remarked the nature Of those
documents stolen from Malta. and
recognized that they could only be Of
service to foreign government. Then
came the Leghorn incident of which
you told me. The yachts name had
been changed to the Lola, and she
had been repainted I made search
ing inquiry. and found that on the
evening she was purposely run
aground in order to strike up friend
ship at the consulate, a Russian gun
boat was lying in the vicinity. The
consul's safe was rifled, and the
scheme certainly was to transfer any
thing obtained from it to the Russian
gunboat."
"But what was in the safer" asked.
Fortunately nothing. But you see
they knew that our squadron was due
in Leghorn, and that some extremely
important dispatches were on the way
to the admiral-secret orders based
upon the decision of the British cabi.
net as to the vexed question of Rus
sian ships passing the Dardanelles-
they expected that they would be
lodged in the safe until the arrival of
the squadron, as they always are.
They were. however, bitterly disap-
pointed because the dispatches had
not arrived"
"And then"
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-09-24
N, losses SURELY PREVENrG
NEW CURE FOR RHEUMATISM
Woman Who Had Suffered for Many
Years Is Cured by Bolt OF
Lightning.

The medical faculty was put to
shame by a bolt of lightning which
the other night struck the farmhouse
of Charles A. Burdick, on Washing
ton Ridge, says the Berlin Comm
correspondent of the New York Her
aid. The electric bolt destroyed arti-
c1es in all the eight rooms of the
house and did damage exceeding ST.
900, but it cured Mrs. Burdick of rheu-
matism, from which she had suffered
for many years.
Mrs. Burdick was about to put wood
in the kitchen stove when the bolt
struck her, knocking her down and
rendering her unconscious. One of
her feet was on zinc beneath the
stove The lightning took nail out
of the sole of her shoe and her foot
was severely burned. DR.. Thomas
Mulligan of New Britain soon revived
her.
Today Mrs. Burdick, although suf-
fering from the burns on her foot.
was free from rheumatic pains. She
does not think the price her husband
must pay in repairs to the house too
high, but Mr.. Burdick is discreetly ST.
lent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-09-24
AIDS THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS
Importance Of Thorough Mastication
of Food Is Hardly Properly
Understood.

Chew your food WE'LL" Is motto
which should be written large on the
walls of dining rooms, restaurants,
and every other place where human
beings eat The reason is that in or
der to digest food in the shortest pos
sible time, and with the least possible
effort, it must first be dissolved. and
this can be accomplished only by ade-
Quate chewing.
Just how much thorough chewing
lessons the strain on the digestive ap.
paratus can be seen by very simple
experiment.
Take one-inch cube of hard, solid,
non-porous sugar candy and drop it
into pint Of water. 1t will take at
least half an hour and perhaps much
longer to dissolve, because a cube
of this size has only six square inches
of surface exposed to the solvent &C
ton of the water.
If, however, a similar cube of candy
is broken into 100 smaller pieces be-
fore being placed in the water it will
dissolve 10000 times as quickly, be-
cause there is now 10000 times as
much surface area exposed.
In digestion we have to deal not
merely with simple solution but with
the chemical conversion of insoluble
into soluble substances a much more
difficult process. For this reason a
one-inch cube of solid food would take
much more than 10000 times as long
to digest as the same quantity which
has been reduced to fine bits by the
action of the teeth and the saliva
glands.
Science now behaves that much
modern dyspepsia arises from our hav-
ing lost the habit OF living on hard.
dry foods. When all our food was so
haEd that it had to be well chewed be-
fore we could swallow it our salivary
glands were kept more active and our
teeth cleaner