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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-20
RUSSIANS CLAIM
ADVANTAGE IN
THREE BATTLES
Report Germans RepuIsed With
Heavy Losses in Fighting
Along Vistula.
BRITISH BEATEN TWICE.
SAYS CONSTANTlNOPLE
Only Minor Engagements Are
Reported in Western The
tre of War.

An official Russian statement today
describes series of actions along
the Vistula, northwest of Warsaw,
during January II and 1s. In three
Of these engagements, 1t is said, the
Russians won the advantage, twice
silencing German batteries, and on
another occasion repulsing an attack
with heavy loss to the Germans.
Two victories over the British
forces operating near the head of the
Persian gulf are claimed by the
Turkish war office, in statement is
sued at Constantinople. 1t is assert
ed that the British attempted a sur
prise attack on the Turks, but were
repulsed with the loss of 100 killed
and wounded. In cavalry engage
ment near the junction Of the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers, the Brush
are reported to have withdrawn after
heavy losses.
In Alsace, where the allies were
making progress until checked re-
Gently by the arrival of German rein
forcements, they now apparently are
on the defensive. The official state
ment from Berlin today says that
the Germans have captured the town
of Airzstein, north of Sennheim. A
further advance in the Argonne also
| is reported, but this is disputed in
the French statement, which asserts
that the allies, although compelled
temporarily to evacuate certain posi-
! tions, later recaptured them. Else
where along the western front only
minor actions, Principally artillery
eaga gements, occurred yesterday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-20
BY the Associated Press.

KY Tue kAbsccAdecu fCsoa
PErRoGRAD, Jan. 2o.-tAn official
communication issued by the grand
staff of the Russian army indicates
considerable activity and hghting on
the right bank of the lower Vistula.
The statement follows;
During the 18th and 18th of aJnu-
airy, on the right bank OF the lower
Vistula, upon the front running from
the river to the railroad from War
saw to Mlawa, g. portion ot our troops,
having come in close contact with
the enemy, had a series OF collisions
OF secondary Importance.
Fighting Of q more grace cnarac-
ter, though having the nature of
separate actions, took place in the
village of Konopsi, where the heavy
artillery with which the enemy bonn
barded us was silenced by the fire of
our batteries, and near Bodzanow
and Bejounia. opposite which the
enemy occupied well-organized defen-
sive positions. Heavy lighting also
occurred near Dobrzyn, where an Of
fensive attempt of the Germans was
blocked and the enemy. was driven
back sustaining grave losses.
"During the day of January IL the
enemy bombarded, from his positions
on the west bank of the Vistula, our
lines near Wyszogrod, out our fire.
directed upon his front and flank
siienced the German artillery.
ION January 1S the Germans vio-
lently cannonaded the village of Wit
kovitze and the entrenchments occu-
nied by us on the left bank OF the
Bzura.
"There is no material change on tbs
other fronts"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-20
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 20, $3.50 a. r1.--The
approximate times of the visit of hos
tile airships to the several towns in
Norfolk are as follows:
Yarmouth, 500 .. m.; Cromer, $3.50;
Sheringham, $40; Hunstanton, 10;
Heacham, 10:S0; Dersingham, 10:4a
and Kings Lynn, II.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-20
BY the Associated Press.


YARMOUTH, Jan. 20, 2 &. m, via
London, $50 a. m.-Careful inquiries
thus far made regarding last nights
aerial raid go to show that public
buildings and the railways escaped
damage, which is almost wholly con-
fined to private houses and shops.
So far as is now known three were
killed here. A man and a woman
were killed instantly, and Private
Poulton, of the Essex regiment,
whose breast was penetrated by a
fragment of bomb, died today 1t SO
happened that most of the inhabi-
tants were indoors when the raid &C.
CURED.
Fragments of metal, supposed to
have been thrown by the bombs, are
being found in all directions.
Take Refuge in Easements.
The whole thing was quickly over
and fortunately no fires broke out in
any part of the town. The first i'm
pulse Of the townspeople was to rush
out OF doors, but many, on finding
that the alarm was an air attack by
the Germans. quickly returned to
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
AN ATTRACTIVE LAWN
Agricultural College Gives Receipts
for Making the Grass Grow.

Manhattan, Kan, March 6.-Do you
want an attractive lawn this sum-
mer? If you have not already fer
tilted it you should do SO immediate
1y. This is the advice given by the
horticultural department in the Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
Fertilizers may be added to the soil
in two ways: By applying well-rotted
manure, which should be as free from
weed seed as possible, or by applying
commercial fertilizers. A light dress
ing of manure may be placed on the
lawn now and allowed to remain until
April 1 when it should be raked off.
The small particles which pass
through the rake teeth can remain on
the ground. If the grass begins to
show any symptoms of turning yellow
the manure should be removed at
once.
To receive the best results from
manure it should be applied in the
fall after the ground is frozen and left
on until spring. This allows the food
compounds time to leach into the soil.
If manure was not applied in the fall
it should be applied as soon as pos
sible
that contains per cent nitrogen, 8
to s per cent phosphoric acid, and 8
per cent potash. Sodium nitrate and
ground bone meal are each good fer
t1llZerS. 1t Is preIeTaOle TO use llle
sodium nitrate in the spring of the
year as it is quick acting fertilizer,
while the bone black is rather slow
acting.
Apply sodium nitrate at the rate of
200 to 800 pounds to the acre. 1t
should be scattered on the lawn just
before a rain if possible, or it may
be applied in soluble form. Ground
meal can be used at the rate of 500
pounds more to the acre. 1t is bet
ter to use it in two applications, one
half no-y and the remainder in June.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
Supt. Wilson Opposes Military
Training in Schools.
Believes Present Agitation Fa-
vOrs Military Domination.
GRUESOME STORIES OMITTED
Even the Histories Today Tend
to Teach Peace.
Boys Are Not Now Incited to
Become Military Heroes.

That the high school is not the place
for military training is the opinion of
H. B. Wilson, superintendent of city
schools. 81 would be reluctant to feel
that military training in city schools is
necessary for the protection of our ma
tion," he said today.
There is a wide spread agitation for
high school military training and the
question has occupied considerable
space in the newspapers recently. Sec
rotary of War Garrison is quoted as
saying that such training unless care
fully supervised and directed would
work an evil rather than a good; but
the subject is to be discussed by the
military experts in special conference
We Should Teach Peace.-WiIson.
In further discussing the question
superintendent Wilson said:
I'VE have stood for freedom and
not military domination. We should
teach peace and how we could COM
bine this instruction with the military
training and do anything that is eff
fective would be difficult to see.
Even our histories are now leaving
out the gruesome details of battles and
are particularly directing attention to
the causes of wars.
Wanted to Be Heroes.
1--WE formerly put so much stress on
the vaIor of war heroes that young
they could distinguish themselves on
the battlefield.
1T was shown where one failed and
the other succeeded. The histories
that put emphasis on the success of
the north and the failure of the south
tended towards continuing the strife;
the south remained embittered. 1t was
in the interests of peace that the his
tories eliminated the gruesome details
of battles"
Change in Sentiment
There has been a great change in
public sentiment in the last few years.
The peace movement has spread rap
idly; there would be serious opposition
to the establishment of military
courses in high schools by the peace
agitators of Kansas and other states.
A few years ago, Boys Brigades,"
usually formed under church super
vision, were all the rage. Today in
Kansas there is a strong opposition to
encouraging a military spirit among
youngsters. Objection is even made
to the Boy Scout movement by a few
Topekans-who perhaps go to an eX
IRENE in their peace views-who be-
lieve that the uniforms worn by the
boys are too suggestive.
superintendent Wilson expressed
himself in no uncertain terms as be-
lieving that the place for military
training is not in the city schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06

clusters, or masses, on the branches
The eggs are usually placed in shell
tered places formed by fruit spurs
and leaf scars, or they are concealed
beneath pieces of loose bark or at the
base of large branches. A single fe-
male moth may lay over 400 eggs.
When the Leaves Unfold.
The eggs hatch about the time the
he time it is in full bloom, and the
young worms greediIy devour the
blossoms, leaves, and the setting fruit.
They grow rapidly, feed ravenously,
pletely defoliate orchards and shade
trees in a few days. Usually they
reach their full size in from three to
four weeks after Matching and then
pass to the ground, either by crawling
down the trunk of the tree or by low
ering themselves by the silken threads
They enter the ground, transform
to pupae, and remain here until the
first warm days of the spring or late
winter. There is only one generation
produced each year.
Methods of Destruction.
Large numbers may be destroyed
by cultivation after the worms have
entered the ground to pupate. This
cultivation in orchards should be done
in the summer and early fall.
The caterpillars may be quickly de-
stroyed by spraying with arsenate of
lead, using from two to three pounds
to fifty gallons of water The first
spraying should be applied as soon as
the foliage is partly expanded and be-
fore the trees bloom, and the second
spraying should be given as soon as
the blossoms fall. In other words, if
the apple trees are thoroughly spray
ed for the control of the curculio and
the cooling moth, they are never
seriously injured by the canker worm.
Usually the first spray, also called
the cluster-cup spray. is the more i'm
portant, as the young caterpillars are
much more easily killed.
Where spraying is not feasible, and
in the case of shade trees OF of a few
fruit trees, a simple method, and one
that gives excellent satisfaction, con-
sists of banding the trunk of the tree
with a sticky substance to prevent the
ascent of the wingless females.
F. L. s.
(This is the fourth of a series of
articles published in the State Jour
nall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06

WAS it your craving for drink that
brought you here?" asked the sympathetic
visitor at the Jail. Great Scott, ma am Do
! look so stupid to mistake this place
for saloon ?''-Washing Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
BACK TO OLD WALES.
Eisteddfod at EmpOria Recalls Olo
World Festivity of Same Kind.

Emporia. Kan, March 6.-The Els
teddfod. or all-KansaS singing contest,
which is to be a part of Emporla
music festival during the last week OF
April, hanks back to the popular
Welsh institution of that name. Some
Emporia Welshman has just turned
up an interesting relic in the shape of
the program of the Grand Eisteddfod
held in Wales in 1857
On the program are competitions IN
piano, harp, chorus singing, glees, ana
prizes for essay, grafton, original mu-
steal composition, oil painting and
slate, wood and stone carving. Two
few Kansans: penillion singing with
the harp, or improvisation of verses
or music; and the prize competition
| for the best Peithynen.
| The names of judges and contest
ants on this old program are more
familiar to Kansans: Williams, Lewis,
Jones, Thomas, Rees, Richards, Da-
vies and Samuel. An international
atmosphere is contributed by the
names, Charles Smith and M Hen
messy.
The title page of the program an
nounces the Ivy Bush hotel with spe-
cial service in luncheon and other
refreshments" which accounts for the
predominance of advertisements which
would not find a place in Kansas news
papers of this generation The prizes
offered were gold and silver medals,
scholarships and cash prizes. The
contests began at 10 in the morning
and at in the evening.
The Emporia Eisteddfod is open to
any Kansas high school, and cash
prizes will be given to the amount of
$500. F. A. Beach, head of the mu-
sic department of the State Normal
school at Emporia, is director.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
ABIJAH WELLS FUNERAL.
Prominent Kansas Lawyer Will Be
Buried at Seneca Today.

Seneca, Kan, March 6.-Abijah
Wells, former membe of the Kansas
court of appeals and one of the most
prominent and best known of the old
er lawyers of this section of the state,
will be buried here this afternoon from
the Universalist church.
Judge Wells died at the home of
his son William in California last
Monday, where he had gone in the
hope that his health would be, i'm
proved The body arrived here Fri
day afternoon. Judge Wells was the
father of Abijah and Ira X. Wells,
prominent attorneys of this place.
The funeral services will be conduct
ed by DR.. Fisher of Chicago, with
whom Judge Wells had been. associ-
ated. in church work for the past 40
years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06

Pop, what's a monologue?' "A mono
logue is Il conversation between husband
and, wife" Il thought that was a dia-
logue?" mo, Il dialogue is where two
persons are speaking. Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
CASCARETS FOR
BOWELS, STOMACH,
HEADACHE, COLDS
Clean your liver and constipated
bowels tonight and
feel fine.

Get a 10-cent box now.
Are you keeping your liver, stomach
and bowels clean. pure and fresh with
Cascarets-or merely forcing passage
way every few days with salts, cathar-
tic pills or castor oil? This is impor-
tant
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
and fermenting food and foul gases;
take the excess bile from the liver and
carry out of the system the consti-
pated waste matter and poison in the
bowels.
No odds how sick, headachy, bilious
and constipated you feel, Cascaret to-
night will straighten you out by morn
ing They work while you sleep. A 10
cent box from your druggist will keep
your head clear, stomach sweet and
your liver and bowels regular for
months. Don't forget the children
their little insides need a gentle cleans
ing, tOo.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
KANSAS POsTMAsTERs.
Senate Confirms Presidential AD.
pointments for the State.

Washington, D. c., March 6.-The
senate confirmed the following pres
idential postmaster appointments for
Kansas:
Ernest Bray to be postmaster at
Neodesha; Merida Cast1eberry, Nc
Cune; Oscar Lundy Clarke, Washing
ton; James H. Cosgrove, O1athe; Will
ford B. Flaugher, Cimarron; r. II.
Hepworth. Burlingame; Arthur c. In
low, Hill City; Louis w. Johnson,
Pittsburg; T. P. Mannion, Eldorado;
c. K. Simon, Golf; Catherine E. Sim
mons, Wellsville; Mary A. Travers,
Osborne.
The postmaster general announces
the following fourth-class postmaster
appointments for Kansas: Edith H.
Vinsonhaler, Bellaire; Vida NJ. Alexan-
der, Lillis; Alfred T. Duncan, Mont
Ida; John Woolman, Wayne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
All Who Read
Nav Know

The readers of The State
Journal, especially those who
are in touch with all that goes
on in its advertising columns
and who are reaping the per-
sonal benefits that come from
the information thus gained
will not be surprised to learn
that newspaper advertising is
now considered by expert au-
thority to be the most valu-
able and most direct aid in the
marketing of any article or
product of real worth and
merit.
Newspaper advertising of
the first grade developed in
papers like The State Journal,
has outgrown its purely local
usage and you now see manu-
facturers and distributors car
rying on extensive newspaper
advertising campaigns in va
rious cities and sections and
often over the whole country,
to the end that all who read
may know the merits of their
wares.
When you are told in the
advertising columns of The
State Journal that such and
such a hat, or. suit, or food, or
what-not of all the things you
need, is of unusual quality and
dependability, and you are di-
rected where to go to procure
it, it is very good advice to fol-
low.
And if you are a merchant
and don't happen to carry any
of that particular kind of
merchandise, it is very good
kind to have on your shelves
and to display on your
counters and in your windows
because nowadays people
know what they want and will
patronize those merchants
who have it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
SCOTT COUNTY Is WET.
Eighteen Inches of Snow Follows Rain
Wheat Is Looking Good.

Scott City, Kan, March 6.-The past
week Scott county has been very
beautifully supplied with moisture in
abundance. A splendid rain fell and
on top of this from Is to Is inches
of very wet snow has fallen
This amount of rain and snow
means that the farmers land will be
in first class condition for all kinds
of crops.
The wheat is in the finest condition
and much larger acreage was sowed
last fall than usual.
The farmers of Scott county have
an abundance of feed to carry them
through the winter and a great deal
will be left over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06

Not only does the pesky canker
worm destroy apple trees but it also
attacks elm and other shade trees.
There were canker worms in certain
sections of Topeka in large numbers
last spring.
peka and Shawnee county in the
spring unless unusual precaution is
taken.
In an article in the Kansas Indus
of entomology at the State Agricul-
turaI college some interesting infor-
nation is given relative to the canker
worm and methods of eradication.
The Canker Worm.
The following is taken from the ar
ticle in question:
The full grown caterpillar is from
three-quarters to an inch and a quar-
ter long, slender, naked, and cy1n-
drical The color varies, but the pre-
dominating color is dark greenish
olive or blackish, marked with mar
row pale lines down the back and a
whitish stripe along each side.
The wings of the male moth expand
a little more than an inch. The front
wings are semi-transparent, brown
ish-gray in color, with three rather
indistinct dark lines across them The
hind wings are of a pale, ash color,
much lighter than the front ones. The
females are wingless and at the first
glance look much more like spiders
than moths. They are about one
third inch long, of a dull brownish or
grayish color with a dark stripe down
the middle of the back.
Emerge in the Spring.
q While several of the male and a few
of the female moths emerge during
the fall and winter months, the great
majority emerge in early spring from
pupae, in which stage they passed the
winter from two to five inches be-
meath the surface of the ground.
Sometimes many of the moths will
emerge during warm spell in Feb
ruary, but it is usually in March that
the principal emergence takes place.
The wingless. grub-like females crawl
up the trees and deposit the oval
shaped, yellowish eggs in irregular
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
KILLS THE TREES
Pesky Canker Worm Will Visit
Topeka in Spring.
Destruction i'm State by the
Choppers" Is Heavy.
CHILDREN LAUGH AT WORMS
But Systematic War Should Be
Waged Against Them.
Prof. George Dean of *. s. A. c.
Maps Out Campaign.
CHILDREN LAUGH AT WORMS

There is scarcely child in Topeka
that has not been amused at the antics
of the so-called measuring worm
harmless looking "critter." A child
will laugh at it's peculiar method OF
navigation" and the average grown
up scarcely gives the worm a second
thought Yet it is one of the most
common of these loopers the
cenIrar uorm-that has killed more
Kansas apples in one season than the
San Jose scale has destroyed in It's
entire history in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
Tourists Had to Give Station
Agents Pa Hours Notice.
Necessary to Give Age, Date of
Birth and Reason for Travel.
LUGGAGE ON ROOF OF CARS
Company Not Responsible in
Case of Damage by Rain.
Trains Would Not Travel by
Night in Those Days.

AS contrast to railway travelling
facilities of today, the famous limited
trains drawn by giant racing locomo-
tives at rate of from 60 to 80 miles
an hour, the rules and regulations
under which patrons of the first rail-
road travelled are interesting.
A copy of the rules of the Manches-
ter and Liverpool railway, which was
completed in 1929 and was the first
railroad to make any impression on
the public mind, have been unearthed
in the files of the Topeka offices of a
railroad.
The Manchester and Liverpool rail-
way when first built had a total mile
age of thirty and one-half miles. Any
one desiring to travel over the road
was required to give the station mas
ter at his or her station twenty-four
hours notice and make out an appli-
cation blank giving address, place Of
birth, age, occupation and reason for
desiring to travel.
Trains not reaching their destina-
ton before dark stopped at one of the
stations along the route and passen-
gers were forced to remain for the
night.
Today one of the favorite modes of
travel is by night.
Rules of 1929.
Following is copy of the rules
used in 1929:
Cd Any person desiring to travel
from Liverpool to Manchester, or vice
versa, or any portion of the journey
thereof, must twenty-four hours be-
forehand make application to the sta
ton agent at the place of departure,
giving his name, address, place of
birth, age, occupation and reason for
desiring to travel.
CD The station agent upon assuring
himself that the applicant desires to
travel for just and lawful cause shall
Ithereupon issue a ticket to the appli-
cant, who shall travel by the train
named thereon.
CD Trains will start at their point
of departure on as near schedule time
guarantee when they will reach their
destination.
Stop at Night.
ca Trains not reaching their des-
tinations before dark will put up at
one of the several stopping places
along the route for the night, and pas
sengers must pay, and provide for,
their own lodging during the night
(5) Luggage will be carried on the
roof of the carriag If such luggage
gets wet. the company will not be re-
sponsible for any loss attaching there
to.
After reading the last rule 1T is
probable that the tired claim agent
will wish that he had lived in 1e
Olden Time.
Little wonder that the safety first
movement was unheard of among OPP
orators of the first railways and the
travelling public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
BRIDES HAND SHOT OFF.
Unknown Assaiiant Attemps to Kill
Woman at CapadeIIO Friday.

Pittsburg, Kan, March 6.-When
Mrs. Barnard Ferrontelli answered a
call to the door of her home at Cap
adello, near here, Friday, an unknown
assailant thrust the barrel of a shot
gun through the door and shot away
the left hand of the woman.
The shot drew a large crowd in a.
few minutes. but the asSailant had
fled. Mrs. Ferrontelli is a bride of
two weeks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-06
DIR. Monahan to Manhattan.

Manhattan, Kan, March 6.-Dr A
c. Monahan of Washington, D. c., will
give special course in rural school
administration at the summer school
in the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege. Doctor Monahan is specialist in
the administration of rural education
for the United States department. of
agriculture. The summer session will
open June II and will close July %.