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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
Hospital Patient Jumped From
Operating Table.
Ran to His Room at st. Francis,
Dressed and Slipped Away.
hadn't Been TO CONF ESSIONiL
Morphine Stopped Pain, Too
He Thought He Was Well.
Amusing Case Of q German Suf.
fering From Appendicitis.

Because he had not been to confess
sional and was nearly frightened to
death. anyway, at the prospect of
having his appendix removed . husky
German arose from the operating
table Of the st. Francis hospital Sum
day morning, grabbed his clothes and
fled before the astonished SURGEONS
and attendants could prevent his de-
parture. He was 30 completely scared
that he was up and gone without q
word, needless of the protests of the
attendants. who arrived in the lower
hall of the hospital only in time to
see him leave the outer entrance in
swift retreat
The case was one which had been
brought in by DR.. c. c. Lull, county
physician. and DIR. Robert Stewart
had been called to perform
the operation for seriously
aggravated case Of appendicitis.
The patient, who spoke no English.
was frankly terrified at the prospect.
| while his wife, who stayed faithfully
with him. was in an equally perturbed
frame Of mind. While he was being
prepared for the operating table the
German expressed his regret that he
had not been to confe ion. 1t was
suggested that an English speaking
priest might perform the ONCE for
| him there and then. but he said
| through an interpreter that he could
not confess except in his native
tongue.
AS the usual morphine had been
administered to relieve the pain
it is probable that this relief con-
vinced tie patient that he was already
cured and didn't need the operation.
The first application of the ether cone
choked him and completed his ter
rorization. With a wild leap he
cleared the operating table. hurled the
attendants aside and dashed through
| the door.
Downstairs, he, found the room
where he had left his clothes and he
completed hia dressing At ouch q pace
that by the time the astoni6hed doc
4 tors had-4eund- their way to his quar-.
ters. he -Mas already opening the street
merely accelerated l1fS speed ana lle
has not been seen since
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
HIS PASSIN' ON PARTY
Governor Hodges. VIII Entertain 100
at Mansion Tuesday Evening.

Governor Hodges '.Passin' ON party
will be held Tuesday evening at the
executive residence, Eighth avenue and
Buchanan street. for the members and
appointees of the retiring state admin
istratiOn. Men only will attend the
party and the list of guests has been
limited to appOintees and attaches of
the present state government
Nearly 100 men will attend the party,
it is believed, and the list of guests will
include the neads of all state institu-
tions and departments directly respon-
sible or under direction of the Demo-
cratic governor and his appointees.
Several department heads will make
short speeches at the back to the
farm dinner, as it has been called in
state house circles. and the governor
himself will preside.
He win tell of the combined sorrows
and pleasures Of returning to the lum-
Der business in Olathe after two years
in the governors chair. Other officials
will tell of the inconseniences of NOV
ing back home in nidwinter and sew
eral appointees from the rural districts
will explain theories for intensified
farming which have been gathered dur
ing their Official stay in Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
WANTS TO HEAR WILSON
Numerous Invitations to Speak ON His
San Francisco Trip.

Washington. Jan. 4.-Presi0ent
Wilson today began planning the
speeches he expects to make on his
return trip from the San Francisco
exposition this spring. He told callers
he wanted to accept some of the in
vitations and soon would map out a
definite itinerary
Senator Fletcher and Senator Gore
asked him to speak at a meeting of
the Southern Commercial clubs at
Muskogee in April: Senator Sheppard
invited him to speak in Dallas. In
vitations already have been extended
to him to stop in Chicago, st. Louis.
kansas iCty and elsewhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
Desperate Hand to Hand Fight
ing in Places.
Germans Renek Offensive To-
ward the Polish Capital.

London. Jan. 4.-violept lighting is
in progress along the eastern battle
front. leading at points to desperate
hand-to-hand encounters. An official
Russian statement shows that after
capturing Bolimow, the Germans at
tempted to push on to the northeast
in the direction Of Warsaw, about 80
miles away. This movement marked
the renewal of the German offensive
toward the Polish capital after a per-
iod of comparative inactivity, but
their advance in this direction is said
to have been repulsed with large
losses.
remarkable night battle on the
bank of the Bzura river is described
in the Russian communication
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
Investigate Topeka Doctor Who
Refused to Use Anti.TOxin.
Governor Hodges Issues Declar-
alton to Board Of Health.
PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
Action To Be Taken on Means
of Issuing Serum.
Case of Child Who Died of
Diphtheria Under DR.. Swift.

In a letter today to DIR. S. j. Crum-
bine. secretary of the state board of
health, Governor Hodges declared that
the refusal of Dr. NJ. A. Swift of To-
peka to use ,anti-toxin in a recent
diphtheria case, looked like criminal
negligence and asked for an official
Investigation OF the case by the board
of health. The case will probably be
taken up by the board of health at
once.
Last week Mildred Hershman. S37
North Harrison street. died from an
attack of diphtheria. DIR. Swift, at
tending physician. refused to admins
ter anti-toxin, 1t seems, and is quoted
as saying that the treatment was
'just a fad and kills as many persons
as it cures And added, II know OF
five deaths caused from administering
anti-tOxin.'
When Governor Hodges read this
startling statement, he Immediately
demanded an inquiry. He declared
that either the state had been mis-
led in its conclusion that anti-toxin
was a wonderful remedy and had
squandered much money furnishing il
free, or - the Topeka physician
was guilty of criminal negligence by
refusal to use the treatment. The
letter sent by. the governor to DR.
Crumbine not only asks for thor
ough investigation of the Hershman
case, but urges that the board take
official action.
No action has as yet been taken by
the board.
In his letter to DR.. Crumbine. Gov.
ernor Hodges said:
my attention has been called tc
the death of q Topeka child from
diphtheria and the statement Of the
/ physician in charge who says:
81 do not believe In using anti
toxin for diphtheria- believe 1t is just
a fad and that it kills as many persons
as it cures. I know of five deaths
caused from administering anti-toxin.
! Il understand that the use of anti
toxin as azure for diphtheria is so vel
testnh1tshed that the state furnishes Il
tfree OF charge Such being the ease
the failure to use it would seem like
criminal negligence and 1 ask you1
| board to Investigate this case and take
such action for the protection of the
public health as may seem necessary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
IT IS A HARD
ROAD TO Travel
Won Hindenberg AbandOns d.
rect March on Warsaw
And Is Attempting to Execute q
Flank Movement.
MUST CROSS THE WSTULA
The Russians Are Carefully
Guarding Every Point.
Once Across, Difficulties Still
will BE Great.
MUST CROSS THE WSTULA
(By J. w. Il. Mason)

New York. Jan. 4.-General Won
Hindenberg apparently has found 100
MANY difficulties in the war TOT
further frontal attack on warsaw
from the west and is attempting 10
make a flank assault from the north
west. This intimation, contained IN
today's news from Petrograd, credlts
Won Hindenberg with even greater
daring than he hitherto has shown.
General Francois who has been try
ing for several weeks to lead the Ger
mans from East Prussia southwark on
Warsaw, has been unable to accom-
plish the work assigned to him.
Gen. Won Hindenberg resolved to
use part of General Mackenseh army
along the Bzura river, for the sweep
on Warsaw from the northwest, which
General Francois was directed to un-
iertake. Mackensen's force. there
fore, is now being called upon TO 90
the double duty of holding the ground
recently gained to the west OF Warsa"
while at the same time developing d
new attempt beyond the Vistula to
take Warsaw on the flank and rear.
The war has not seen the develop
ment of any such strategy compara-
BILE to this in daring and audaclty.
Probably it would not have occurred
to any other commander than Won
fculties and dangers. If Won Hinden-
berg is able to put the maneuver
through, he will have earned the
princedom which Berlin believes even
tually will be conferred on him.
To accomplish this task, Won Hin
denberg must move his army across
the Vistula from the southern to the
northern bank. The Vistula is about
half mile wide; the only bridges
available are protected by the great
fortress Of Novo Georgievsk. about 20
miles from Warsaw. This entrenched
camp was especially designed to block
just such a movement on Warsaw as
Won Hindenberg is now attempting.
About 20 miles to the west of. Noyo
GeOrgievSk, the Bzura river flows into
the Vistula. A river island here makes
this the most convenient spot for the
Germans to attempt crossing. On
the south bank of the Nistula, where
Won Hindenberg's army now has its
position, is the village of KamiOn. On
the north bank, directly opposite, is
Vysogrod. These two places are des-
tined for secure place in history if
Won Hindenberg pushes his way over
the NiStula between them.
Once across. Won Hindenberg will
have to march by highways to the en-
virons of Novo Georgievsk before he
strikes railroad. His line of COM
munication thus will be difficult to
maintain unless he gets in touch with
General FrancOiss army. If he can pull
sufficient number of Russians from
the East Prussian border by success
fully crossing the Vistula. Won Hinden-
berg may in fact culminate his strategy
by relieving the pressure on General
Francois. In that event the flank as
Gault on Warsaw should eventually be-
come Irresistible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
LOSE THEIR FEET
Wounded Soldiers Brought Into
Trieste Badly. Frozen.
AmputatiOn Is ResOrted to in
200 Cases.

Trieste Jan. 4.-On a train of 500
wounded arriving here today from the
northern battle ground, 200 of the
men had their feet so badly frozen
that amputation was necessary. In
many instances, both feet were ampu-
tated.
The arrival of this last body of
wounded, all from this province, has
SO taxed hospital facilities that many
have had to be sent to farm houses
outside the city to be cared for. The
great steamship sheds and warehouses
of the AustrO-American Navigation
company have been transformed into
hospitals and all are crowded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04

New York, Jan. 4.-This poem,
written as an appeal to the Ameri-
can people on behalf of the desti-
tute people of Belgium, by Thomas
Hardy, the English writer. was CIV
en- out by the American commission
for relief in Belgium today:
AN APPEAL no AMERICA.
Seven millions
Emaciate in that ancient Delta
land;
We here, full charged with our own
maimed and dead,
And coiled in throbbing conflicts
slow and sore,
Can soothe how light these ails un-
merited of souls forforn,
Where naked. gaunt, in endless
band on band upon the facing
shore!
Seven millions.
No man can say
To your great country that. with
scant delay,
You must, perforce, ease them in
their sore need:
lies.
Butts it much to ask that you let
plead
Your loving kindness with you
wooing wise
Albeit that aught you owe ard must
repay
No man can say?
THOMAS HARDY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
WHEAT PASSES $1.32
Highest Price Reached Since Begin
ming of the War.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Wheat prices to-
day overtopped all previous high rec
ords since the beginning of the Euro
pean war. May delivery went to
S1.32Z a bushel as compared with
$1.32 on September last when spec
ulative excitement in regard to trans
atlantic development was most acute.
Shutting out of fear of Argentine COM
petition was the immediate cause of
tOday'S advance in the wheat market
Ocean freight rates from Argentina
have so sharply advanced that the
South American grain s no longer
relatively cheap.
Besides, higher quotations at Liver
pool this morning showed the urgency
OF European demand. During the ad-
vance in wheat prices here, a jump of
Y since Saturday night, trading
appeared of & decidedly livelier char
acter than has recently been the rule
The explanation in a measure was the
fact that margins required on trans
actions are now only about half what
was required not many weeks ago.
In the last hour of the session re-
ports OF immense cash sales for ocean
Shipment gave prices a further big
iift. Just before the final CONS
May delivery. the chief speculative
option. was snapped up in some cases
as high as $1.34% a rise of 3& a
hushel since Saturday night. The
ciose was Strong with the market as
a. whole at an advance of 2A TO AZ
net. -
Prices Climb in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Jan. 4.-Induced nv g
very strong tone in English marEats
wheat prices mounted soon after the
opening here today May wheat rose
u cents to $1.24N
The scarcity Of ocean vessels arf
the advancing freight rates were fac
tors In the local market Reports ~
rains In Argentina, which will della,
the new crop movement in that com
try. added to the general strenxthen
ing of the market here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04

Council Bluffs. Jan. 4.-Judpe
:mith Mcpherson Of the United Statss
district court for southern Iowa has
been Ill for some time at his home in
Red Oak, Iowa, and today it was an
nounced that Judge Walter l. smith of
the United States circuit court has
oeen DESIGNATED 10 discharge the
duties OF Judge Mcpherson during the
coming year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
Defective switch Wrecks Train.

Albert Lea, Minn.. ain. 4.--The fast
Des Moines southbound passenger train
on the Minneapolis & st. Paul road
was wrecked at Emmons Mimi. today
by a defective switch. The chair car
and smoker were demolished. re-
lief train arrived here with twelve
seriously injured. Thomas Mayer of
Humboldt, Iowa: Matt Ersher of Lou
verne. Minn.. and Conductor Keating
OF Minneapolis were perhaps fatally
hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
Harvester Trust Appeals.

Washington, Jan. 4.@The Interna-
tional Harvester company today dock
eted in the supreme court its appeal
from the decision of the lower federal
courts, which adjudged 1t violator of
the Sherman antitrust law. The gov
ernment will ask the court to advance
tie case for early argument, with a
view of getting q decision If possible
before the summer recess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04
Phone Companies Get Toeether

Horton, Kan, Jan 4.-The Mutual
Telephone company here has been
sold to A. J. Stevens for $4,000 He
Will lease it to the Northeastern KAN
sas Telephone company. BY this
transfer the two companies will be 0p-
Grated under one system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04

Weather For ecast for Kansas.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday:
slightly warmer tonight. colder Tues
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-04

CONTINUED on Page Two.l
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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
The GCRRE
III a GA z I n 81 s

to conclusion. but wild Youth %
by Gilbert Parker, only reaches the
first of its. many thrilling climaxes.
In the list Of twelve pace setting
short stories,' one finds the name OF
such writer's as Peter B. Kyne, Ring
w. Lardner, George Fitch, Ellis
Parker Butler, E5nrris Merton Ly-
on and Ida N. Kvans.
The September Woman's Home
paniop, in addition to its regular en-
contains thirteen illustrated pages
about fall fashions. In fact. the is
sue is called Fashion Forecast
Number f
Grace Margaret Gould, the fash
ion editor, presents all the latest in
formation about fashions and at the
same time interprets styles to aver
age women so that they can make
practical use Of her suggestions.
In the same issue Madame Melba.
the. famous opera singer, writes en-
tertatningly under the title. Two
Fayorite Songs and How Sing
an article entitled ..The Pursuit Of
Oulture": Mary Ware bennett writes
on What the Ballot Will Not Do
for Women" and Anna Steese Rich
ardson discusses Mrs. Larry's Ad-
ventures in Thrift. z
Fiction is contributed by Mary
Raymond Shipman Andrews, Mary
Heaton Worse, Patience Bevfer Cole.
Sylvia Chatfield Bates. Lee Pape and
Margaretta futile.
Special articles in the September
number Of the Moticn Picture Maya.
zine include Care Moving Pictures
Greater Than the Press ?" by DR..
Invasion of Filmdom" by Robert
IGrau 1.-The Extra Girls OF the Essan-
ay Company" by Rhea Irene kimball,
sJust Like You by Paul H. Simpson,
OF Christchurch, New Zealand; why
DO People Love Me?" by/W. Chrys-
tie Miller and THE Fakes and Frauds
In Motion Pictures" by Horace A.
Fuld
Among the motion picture stories
are ION Dangerous Paths" (Edisonl;
THE Flight OF a Night Bird" Gold
|seaI; The Allen, 2 tKessel-Bauman-
Ince; .'The Gopher" (Rex); 1T Was
to Be- (Lubin); and Tho Battle OF
Elder-Bush Gulch," CBiograph);
/ .Mortm ain" biography. All are
#profusely and beautifully illustrated.
a number of departments are includ-
ed as usual.
- - a
"The Circle Of Death" by Edward
Zimmerman is the leading article in
the Wide World Magazine for Sep.
TENDER Other contributions are
{" 'Ker1nis' Time in Belgium by A.
Pitcairn Knowles, Trapped in Fur
mace by Paul S. Kent, THE Apache
KIDS Last Fight by F. s. Mcdonald,
"a Memorable Man Hunt" by Henry
Davidson. Dangerous Jobs" by F..
Clayton Terriss, Behind the Nailed
Door by H. j. Shepstone, IAN Ill
Starred Elopement'' by Captain F. r.
Van Leue. "a Woman Alonein China"
by Mary Gaunt, the second installment
OF "In Search Of Adventure by
Ralph stock and tPetre's Island" by
D. Y. o. Pagan.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
GIANTS FOOTPRINT
Found in. a Rock Causes Great
Excitement in Tennessee
Community.

! COLUMBIA. Tenn, Aug. 2s.-Great
excitement prevails in the commun-
ity of hampshire, near this place.
over the discovery Of an enormous
footprint in a rock, resembling that
which might have been made by a
giant. The rock plainly shows that
it was at one time covered with q soft
mineral, and this is plainly visible in
veins and blocks which have hardened
and scaled OF the larger rocks
The track is seventeen inches in
length and sixteen and one-half inches
across the ball OF. the foot. The
heel measures five and one-half by
five inches.
A number of people have examined
the odd impression, and not one has
questioned that 1T was made by pre-
historic man, centuries ago.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
erative purposea.

Ierative purposes.
Minneapolis. Mimi, professionals
decorators are among the pioneers
in the United States in the way Of
chemically preparing all those leaves
on the branches, which average about
manner and have opened large lab
oratories in Surfing for the Chemical
preparation of leaves in all Their nat.
ural shades. After being ch amicaly
treated they are rendered fireproof.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
CATTA|LS
Are Prepared for Decorative
Purposes by a Firm in
Minnesota.

SURFING, Wis, Aug. 28.-NeutraI
oak, maple and beech leaves. which
in their preserved state are used by
decorators for interior
have always been im-
ported from Germany and the i'm
portations have necessarily been
alrge, as in the great cities large pub
lie buildings. theaters, churches.
palm gardens and audftoriums emf
ploy much OF such material for dec
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
CORPORATION
In Ohio city'is Headed by a
Youth Only Fourteen
Years Old.

DAUToN. O., Aug. 2S.-Russel
IA year old boy. is presi-
dent Of the Boys Box Furniture
Company. Incorporated under the
laws Of. the state, 1t is a cooperative
numbering among its
ers twenty eight boys rang
ing from 10 to IL years.
The company operates from to s
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
PAPER MONEY
Must Be Used BY Engiish Posto1aces
In Making Payments.

) LONDON. Aug. 3e-Instructions
have been issued to all postodices In
the United Kingdom that In order to
strengthen the gold reserve they
must make all cash payments in paS
per money instead OF gold: PAPER
money has never attained any popu-
larity in England and the postof1ces
will probably have some difficulty In
getting the common people more
used to 1t. - ~
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
NEW BRIToNs.

(correspondence of the Associated Prsss5s
LONDON, Aug. 28.-There were
i04 cases of admission to British ma
tionality during the month of July:
Germans, thirty-four were Russians
and four were Belgfans !. OF the
TWENTY-FIVE Germans TWENTY-FIVE were
cases Of readmisslon Of British-boln
widows.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
Real Estate
lNoRTHVIEW
Near Car Line

Fine dwelling, 7-roonls and
bath. Hot and cold water
House finished nicely ia
hard wood, front and bac
porches and covered With
slate. Cement walks. Lot
60xl2O. Good WELL. cister1a
and cellar.
Owner leaving town will
sacrifice. An ideal location
for railroad man. Call for
price and terms.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29

THF HEIRs Of 7. NJ burnside, deceased.
viii sell n farm of 200 acres II miles
from ciarksburg. miles TO nsH resi- ST., rail- z.
school. church and Good oHpe: land lays
in Harrison county. on ewst Firk river
and ON the the proposed tarvia road run
story five room house: cellar, two barns
ana plenty Of outbndings; two two. a It9,
Iar ~ acres lies almost level; would
make fine ,lairy farm; springs on arm
never go dry !; one good well OF Gater;
oil and gas reserved: free gas and coal
goes with farm. Price $50 per acre. Call
on or address Mrs. Mary Jane Burnside,
Jnne Lew. W. Va. Route 2.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29

FOR sALE-13o acre farm IN Meigs
County, 3 miles from Ohio river and
II. & o. Railroad, tiye.room house, s 90
zoo reach trees, just beginning to bear !:
/ $50 apple trees set out this spring; good
fence nIenty or water on farm In dry
weather; r. r. D.. telephone. near school
and church: land lays rolling This farm
ia underlaid with coal: good neighbor-
FOOD Price s4.jOO. one-han down bal
snce on reasonable terms. Church Bar
ton. ReedsviIlc. Ohio.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29

The flying fish does not really dys
means Of its long fins. 1t can support
itself in the air Until they become dry
when it drops back into thessea,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29
TIlePOst=RegefCS!
Real Estate and Insurance
c. D.FLO YD. Mgr.
Rooms 3O5 -3o7 Golf Bldg.
NOTICn 10 sIIIpPEIaa.

Traction Company express care3
leave Clarksburg for Grasse1lt. OsNeit
Mt. Glare, Weston, Shinnston, FAIR
mont, Fairvtew, Pennington, Mans;
Fnington and intermediate points.
daily except Sunday. Shipments for:
should be delivered in the station not
Warrington and intermedf2te points
later than $500 a. M; FairvieR .snd
Intermediate points, 1850 q. hi;
Weston and intermediate poin!s.
1880 m.
Quick service, reasonable rates.
and care in handling make this IN
ideal line for shippers.
AdONONGAHELA VALLEY TRAc.s
TON COMPANY.
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Statesmen WANTED

SALEsIEN-Pocket side line. New live
proposition. all merchants in towns of
mission on each sale. No collecting. no
risk to merchants. We take back un-
sold goods. Easiest. biggest paying side
line ever offered. Canfield Mfg. Co, POS
Sfe;el street. Chicago, HI.