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| 1t all happened between Scptcm-
ber - and October -. 1914. as a care
ful and curious reader may scuNer
in MAY SlNCLhlR's 4 JOHrHGl Of Inn
/ prCSSiOHS ia RClJiUm ,MarmilllnsD
1t takes time and pains To nnd this
out for Miss Sinclair's method of
dating is might" TUESDAY" ~ \.
J NJ" Sunday" Afternoon" the Sth. ."
&c. and only 10y constantly twirling
| backward ana forward in the three
| hundred pages can one guess at a
month or IA day in that month How
ever, once this minor detail is ar
ranged there is To he found in this
record Il vivid and valuable dcscr.p-
tion of war as seen by a Red Cross
nurse corps, There * nothing lurid
OF sensational in it, and the Germans
while always menace. remain
throughout "A menace well I'm the rear
of action and observation,
Here as elsewhere Miss Sinclair is
above all else psychologist Not so
much the objects before the eyes as
the mood and reflections aroused by
those objects form the theme of this
book. The record is kept in tcrse.
disjointed way ana with occasional
variations from elegant English which
are less appealing than their author
intends them to bc.
Miss Sinclair joined motor amhu-
lance corps which after many vicis-
situdes reached Belgium and worked
there among the wounded. This corps
was organized only after the birth
and death of many committees;
II IL impossible 10 describe the mys-
terious processes by which We managed
1t. | think the War once kicked us ont
twice, and the Admiralty once. though
what We we're doing with the Admiralty
! don't to this day understand. The
British Red Cross kicked u. stoad.l.
all the time on general principles. the
American snuhbed us rather badly. what
the French said to us I don remember.
and ! can't think that we carried per
sisiency 50 far as to apply Ia tho Russian
and japanese. Many OF our sch,mps per-
ished In their own yagucrrss o'hcrs.
vivid and adventurous. were checked hy
the hrst encounter with Grass reality
The ambulance corps once in Ostend.
was accepted by the Belgian Red Cross.
The party consisted of "A London sur-
ceon called the onmandant, with a
DR. Haynes and "A Dr. BIRD under him;
a Mrs. Torrcncc, trained nurse and
well trained chauffeur; Janet McNeiI.
also an expert mOtorist, and Mrs
Lambert. Ursula Dcarmcr, the last
three Red Cross emergency nurses: Mr..
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THE REAL HOLY GRAIL
'rrr" Cry stnl Vase Found h
Baldwin I. In Ruins Of t-sarrn.

Few places are more dh~olut,t .
OF the past than cesaIca Son. n.
has spoken Of the remain. of r. .
cient glory as the ruin Of tuir- r.
medieval town which Wa, twi,, p. h...
by the Crusaders covered s,aI.,''
tenth or the area occupied 10y in, ..
as 81. Paul knew IL. and IN" rI.r.- .
we see to-day are chiefly the ?,
the mediRval city, winch VIZ itself l...
out OF the ruins Of the auci.ui ,lf.
What rich quarry 'cSarca l.- '..
for other city builders is show p. .
fact that, though II hHs been draw. H..
for all these centuries fur maru'. I..
granite and sandstone. IL is r"t g.t .H
solutely exhausted, hut s'il tfrr~'s
building material for the l,a-,t'f 4
the vicinity
The green crystal VASE wni,. 7.
found here when BALDWIN {, th' e..
Crusader, captured the ,'iN 40 f. l.
ginning Of the twelfth ccuiuIN. ,tN. r.
christian Hcrdd, gave rise to ,N.
of the Holy Grail, whi,h ht- l.
50 many legends and poems. rr '....
and his followers hcllcy'd fNr N.
the one tina, was used az tl, It..
per by our Lord, when He caN, n Go
clpl"s tn" cup Of win" and ss.I
We all Of it this do iu r,mrmNr.
me
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Richard Wagner.

There is an amusing anecdote told
in Hanslick's memoirs of the first
meeting of Wagner and Schumann
Both musicians appeared to he thor
| oughly exhausted after the interview
ON being asked later az to the inn
preston made by the visit Wagner
said: "Schumann is a good fellow, but
he never speaks word. lmpossi-
BILE" And Schumann said: That fel-
low Wagner il insufferable. He talks
increasingly and always about him
self Impossible"
Needless To say RICHARD WAGNER
! does not repeat this anecdote In his
! Ny Lie CDodd. Mead and Company.
\ new edition of this work is always
interesting reading and quite bears
| 1T Schumann's dictum as to wag-
ner's preocCupatons. The book closes
| in 1864, before the comp sers rela =
| tons Ia Cosma Won Buelow assumed
| "A serious character. and while there
| fore a great deal Of the most interest =
| ing part OF his life still lay in the
| future. The narrative Is singularly
| lacking in dates. which is somewhat
confusing t. the reader. and II deals
least of all with details as to high
artistic enterprise. Indeed, few great
creators could show two more dis
| tinctly dual natures than Richard
Wagner. Who turns TO this volume
10 find theories of art or methods OF
work will he disappointed The psy-
Geological mind will find ample data
for studies in temperament. the phi
losopher will be we'll reinforced in the
| theory that mans product is often
II bier than himself. and that crea-
tion often seems greater than the
creator.
Just the modicum OF struggle and
harassment that adds Nigor and value
To work of art is difficult to meas
ure Some of the most elegant and
beautiful contributions that have been
made, at any rate. to literature, have
derived from gentlemen protected by
birth. means and destiny from the
toughest struggles with life; consider,
f-r example the lives Of Shelley.
Swinburne, Pater, Maeterlinck, Gals
worthy Some of the most vital. fruit
iul, strongest products have had the
hardest struggle to take root. the
least sunshine and artificial fertiliza-
tioi' hoZdTt lINeu hs JoyouslN as ne
wrote The paths OF peace were paved
for Mendelssohn by the sweetness OF
his wn soul, But Beethoven lived in
the great dark and struggled on even
after he himself could no longer hear
the music he wrote. Wagner's rec
rd Of his life from birth in 1918 to
1854 is one long tale of impecunios-
ity, debt, borrowings. favors received
from capricious patrons. quarrels, re-
ordinations, envies, jealousies. be-
trayals, dlsappointments. Nothing
less than his own supreme belief In
himself and his ability would have
weathered such storms. LOvable or
gracious Wagner was not. Even his
own, probably biassed. account II him
self would not max. him seem 80
Perhaps no one who has to scramble
through the thickets of life for lit
tie spot in the sun could be gracious
and lovablc. but they can be strong
and aggressive.
Richard Wagner was bern in Lelp-
sic. HIS father WAS clerk in the
police service there, and in that CEN
tury such position was in nowise
Incompatible with being also n great
lover of poetry and literature in gen.
ersl and with nursing a passionate
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MANY NAMES FOR LEMBERG
Among Them Are i.v"v. "i",
LwihrRd, Iv ihorod and IlOtv

Many cities are known h, r..
one name, hut i' is -tNou tn ',f
iotce in more than half e duy,.
tive cOgnomcuS. But the IHf..
liClan city "f lcmh"rg has h.,r
al one time or another hy o.. To-
twenty different app'ja'...
According to the Polish Eu.
ancient Ruth"niiu Name f..
were Lwow, Lwiw, l.wthrd o."
llwiw the Germans called % ItH'
LcnberI. l.cmhurg. l.orv,lI".r
Latin and pscudn-l.atlu rnn,
Lemburga, l.amhurra. lcu'' Zoo.
one, livivia, l.eopulya 400 tlI' '..
century II was known to t., ''...
Iitbon and l.ifhadL
The patliarvhS of 'or. 'i'''..f
eNandria and Jerusalem u,l'.r
as LeovioS and l.coutupnlH- r..
call II in their books Iln. lIN.
llibow, llhadlr, the ArW'uIuu -.
1t tn" nam" of llof jh' lis
lately baptized IT l,wun
The real uamr of the o''
serted, is the Polish nuc ur t.NaN
literally translated meat. l.N '''
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'uue' WHICH, ne says. ID neitner gra
cious nor ductile sentiment. At an!
rate fichard wagner was singularl!
iree from ITS namperings. When III
mad got all ne could from person
that was the end OF the whole mat
ter. Inadequate aid had been offered
the great genius Richard Wagner; 4
was never quite enough whatever II
was and he accepted 1t as a small
advance on his deserts and much In
the spirit that the average man ac.
cepts the munlfcence OF Destiny.
After the passage quoted above |,
IL hardly surprising that in 1854, when
Wagner was obliged to fee into Swift.
zerland in order to escape his debts
and wrote to Wesendonck asking tc
be taken into his house, he met with
fiat refusal. He was taken into the
house of n Frau Willie and as ade-
uuate furniture for his rooms was
needed appIication for the Same was
unabashe,ily made To Fran wesen.
donck. who sent a cottage piano and
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legitimate purposes Of trade, German,
has in her colonization been actuate,
by military considerations. . Sh,
has created military settlements her,
and there, and has endeavored to &C
quire strategical points which might
serve as bases for future conquest
Mr.. Levin describes in full de.
tail the successive steps taken by
Germany in her attempt to create
a German African empire and the
counter steps which were taken In
British interests by Sir w. Mackin.
non and Cecil Rhodes. / enjoyed
the privilege Of sharing Sir w. Mac
kinnon's hopes that he might be in
strumental in civilizing "A vast area
OF Central Africa. and I also shared
his modification at the way in which
! his splendid efforts were frustrated
by II. NJ. Government"
Mr.. Lewin's concluding chapter. on
"The Future Of the German Colo
MES" Is OF suspended interest bece use
Of the present position OF British and
German interests. He does not believe
that any European Power except one
or the other of these two will be in a
position to control the fate Of Africa.
''u' ne uoes .'ahe a l"os. ih,eres'ins
susse'''o' oi poss'''e A"er''a" e"'
'a"'e ih'o Airie"'
rneIe remains one oiher sreat and
poWu, NV. IT.. 'v" ~, ,%s' n, na M ,s. "se" mo
sxnIoi,.,,or n, A,,,.s n.,,,n ,h.,
sooner or later will he eompe,I.d 70 obtain
new sources Of tropical supplies and TO
extend her influence The future
OF the United states n plantation
r, nv, na' SO ia, sesIH oee" eo"s'aeren
.a..,..., o,,. ,.,.,,'. y.
ditionai American poIIcy. ,housh no. 40
great an upheavai as would have been the
case before the Philippines. some OF the
Samoan Islands. Porto Rico and Cuba had
come under the american nag or fallen
'nuer N"er'oa" 'nn"eno'
Recognizing that this country has
at present no desire tthis might have
been much more strongly putt to un-
dertake fresh responsibilities in
Africa and that the South Ameri-
can republics, restless under the pro-
lection OF the Monroe Doctrine.
would seem unlikely to become an
appanage OF their more pow. full
neighbor. Mr.. levin believes that
before the end OF this century Ameri-
cans will desire to enter upon new
tropical lanes. II British sea power
Is victorious and Germany Is COM
PEELED to give up her African colonies.
he thinks that Britons should mot
would welcome rather than resent
the entry OF a new competitor" 1t
would cause no friction or jealousy
but only a healthy rivalry in methods
of administration. Americans would
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l. the great GENERAL OF the German
soldiers. send MS letter to the Hercr1
nation. Tho Hcrcro, are no longer Ger
man subjects. They have murdered and
robbed they have cut If the ears and tho
noses aud other members Of wounded
soldiers, ana they arc now too cowardly
TO nghl Whose .vcr brings me one of the
chicftaIns rs prisoner 10 ono Of my sta
'ions shall receive 1000 marks. and for
Samuel Muhercrr I VIII pay 1000 marks
Tho Hcrcro nation must now leave the
country. II the people do IT not | will
compel them with the big tube .
Thcs" are my words 20 the nation of the
Heroros, The great General of the Mighty
Emperor, Won Trotha.
Mr. Levin considers carefully the
virtues and faults OF German policy
and administration in South, East and
West Africa, the Berlin conference
of 1884 and the AnGlo-German agree
ment Of 1880, and the Germans in the
Congo basin and in Morocco, Earl
Grey says, in AN Introduction: mir.
Levin, the able and indefatigable
librarian Of the Royal Colonial Insti-
t.te tho largest and best organized
library of colonial books i'm the world.
is AN earnest student of imperial ques-
tions. His book shows the great diff
ference between British and German
met ethods Of colonization. While Great
Britain has acquired colonies either
I'm order IN protect III treated ma
tlves and to substitute peace. law.
order and prosperity for tyranny,
bloodshcd famine and war, or for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-18
FANO IS SHELLED
AuStrianS BOmbard Famous
Resort on Adriatic.
City Rich in Treasure and
Mecca of Tourists.

Rome, June 1S.-The Austrian
fleet bombarded Fano. noted Italian
watering place on the Adriatic, this
morning. An official statement from
the ministry of marine says the dam
age was ''insignifica MT
The enemy warShipS evidently plan
ned to damage the Rovenna-Ancor.a
railway leading through Fano. They
directed a number of shells in the di-
rection of the railway station, but the
aim was poor and none of the eXplo-
sives reached their mark. Several
churches and public buildings, but the
slight damage done can easily be re-
paired.
The people of Fano took to their
cellars when the first shells began
falling and. according to official re-
ports, there were no casualties. When
the warshipS withdrew, the entire
populace crowded into the open places
hosting the tri-colors of Italy and
cheering for the king. $50
f'anO is eight miles southeast of
the tiny republic of San Marine and
is the home of a famous old cathedral
and churches adorned with rich art
treasures 1t is enciosed by stone
walls with a lofty Fashioned front
overlooking the sea. Tourists have
visited the town principally to view
the ruins of triumphal arch erected
to Augustus. The city itself has a
population of about 10000.
The Austrian naval base of Pola
from which the attack probably was
directed, lies eighty-five miles north
east of Sano, across the Adriatic.
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DIR. MEYER A STRANGER
Won BernStOrff Denies He Knows
Anybody by That Name.

Washington. June 1S.-Count Won
Bernstorff, the German amba ssa dor
today personally informed Secretary
Lansing that neither he nor any mem
Der of the embassy staff had any
knowledge of a DR.. Alfred Meyer, said
to have been secretly IN this country
buying war supplies.
Published reports have alleged that
Meyer returned TO Germany under a
safe conduct obtained for DIR. Anton
by the United States
at the ambassadors request.
The ambassador also assured Mr.
Lansing that DR.. Meyer-Gerhard mad
never engaged in any work other than
his mission for tie German red cross.
He made no request for an official in
vestigation of the published charges.
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Death of Young Zeppelin De-
strOyer Causes Much Regret.
Daring Canadian Just DecOrat-
ed by Two Nations.
MACHINE EXPLODES IN AIR
Crashed to Earth From Height
of 500 Feet.
Beach Needham. the American
Writer, Killed With Him.

Paris, June 1S.-Paris was shocked
unsEeakably by the news that Lieut.
A ]. Warneford the intrepid Cana
dian who recently gained fame by
blowing to pieces Zeppelin over Bel
GUM, had himself been killed by the
fall of an aeroplane at Buc.
Lieutenant Warneford was plotting
the machine which had as Il passenger
Henry Beach Needhan. the American
writer. who also was killed. Lieuten-
ant Warneford and Needham fell from
a height of 500 feet. The lieutenant
had been spending u few days in
Paris, where he came after his Yep
pelin exploit to receive his decoration
of the legion of honor.
Machine Exploded.
According to a report received in
Paris the accident resulted from an
explosion in nlidair which caused
Lieutenant Warneford to lose control,
the machine crashing to earth.
Needham's body was taken to the
English hospital in Trianon palace,
Versailles. He had been in Europe
about four months. acting as CORE
spondent of magazines and a New
permission from the military authori-
ties to make a flight in order to get
material for q story.
His wife. who also is a writer, ac-
companied him during the early part
of his trip abroad. Mrs. Needham
sailed for America six weeks ago.
Reginald A. j. Warneford. a young
Canadian sub-lieutenant in the royal
navy. suddenly acquired worldwide
rencwn by destroying ii Zeppelin over
Belgium on June 9, this being the first
time on record that Zeppelin had
been wrecked by an aviator in an
aeroplane. BY Il brilliant flight, Lieu
tenant Warneford obtained a position
above the Zeppelin and dropped bombs
on it. The dirigible crashed to the
ground and burned up.
4 Novice Aviator.
For this feat, Lieutenant Warne-
ford was decorated with the Victoria
cross and the cross of the legion of
honor Lieutenant Warneford made
his first flight at Hendon. England
less than five months ago and had
been with the flying squadron only a
few weeks.
The death of Lieutenant Warneford
caused much regret among the French
people, his exploit having made him
as popular here as in England. Since
his arrival in Paris he had been the
object of attentions the part of
military men and the public gener-
ally zs
: only "Wednesday shfghtshe was the
guest at a dinner of friends, who de-
sired to honor him. 1t was given in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-18
PHONE LINES CRIPPLED
Thursdays Storm Put 500 instruments
Out of Commission.

a. J. MackeY, manager of the local
office of the Bell Telephone company.
reported this afternoon that there are
500 telephones out of commission in
and around Topeka today as a result
of the Thursday evening storm. These,
together with 200 which were still out
of order because of the storm last
week make a total of 1000 that are
useless today. The force of thirty
trouble men that has been working
overtime the last few days in an at
tempt to put all lines in normal work.
ing order will be augmented Saturday
by two additional gangs of men-fif-
teen in all. .
The long distance service today was
somewhat crippled, but the main lines
should all be working by toright. Con-
sid erable damage was done the toll
lines in Shawnee and Wabaunsee
counties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-18
MAKES PORTER SMILE
Washburn College Students Sugges-
ton Has Been Tried.

The suggestion made in thesis by
Clearance McCafferty, a student in
Washburn college, that it would be
we'll for the city to conserve the stable
manure collected in the city and sell
it to farmers instead of burning it at
the city crematory, caused W. L. Por-
ter, city commissioner of parks, to
smile and remark:
I'm the first place the city has not
burned any manure for a year. In the
second place, we tried the plan sug-
gested. The manure was collected and
saved and notices were inserted in the
that anyone could have it
who would haul it away. But we
could not even give it away and the
city was to the expense of hauling it
away. Not having been able to give
it away, L do not think the city would
meet with much success in selling it, -
said Porter
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ROD FOR AMERICAN FIRM
Cabinet Hears Concern Is Making
Poisonous Cartridge.

Washington, June 1S.-The cabinet
held a two hours session today and
discussed a variety of subjects. among
them the Mexican situation and the
charges of espionage on official mails
between the United states and Europe.
One subject discussed was the re-
ported manufacturing of cartridges
advertised by a Cleveland concern to
contain poisonous gases to cause much
pain and to cause death within four
hours.
The position of the government in
such cases is that where contributory
violations of The Hague convention
occur within the United States it will
endeavor to stop them. The depart
ment of commerce will conduct an in
VeStigatiOn.
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CLOSING IN
British Forces Are Hard Put on
GallipOIi Peninsula.
Hold Only Small, Barren CreS-
cent; Short of Water.

Berlin, June s. (via wireless to
Sayville) The correspondent of the
Associated Press at Constantinople
has transmitted the following infor
nation in a dispatch which does not
show TIE day of sending:
AN inspection of the Turkish po-
SitionS at Avia Burnu, on the west
coast of the GallipoH peninsula, shows
that the British have now lost most
of the ground formerly held in that
district.
They now hold only a small cres
cent to the northward of Gaba Tepe,
on the west coast of the peninsula,
near it's extremity, $500 yards long
and LOO yards wide at its broadest
point.
This position includes three small
barren sill crests and a beach below.
THE British troops have little
water. and they are without shelter
from the SUM-
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Needham. assistant secretary, Lyons:
September 40.
Riley County Agricultural Society
Edd Beard, secretary, RILEY; August
11-13.
Rocks County Fair Association-I.
C. Foster, secretary, Stockton; Sep
TENDER ITO.
Rush County Agricultural and Fair
Association-C. H LYNN, secretary.
Rush Center; August 24-a6.
Russell County Fair Associations.
B. Funk, secretary, Russell; October
SIS.
Russell Contradictions Fair
H. T. BroOkhart. secretary. Bunker
hill; September 29-Octobcr L.
Saline County Agricultural. Horti-
cultural and Mechanical Association
c. r. Cravens. secretary. Salina: Sep
TENDER 1918.
Sherman County Agricultural and
Racing Association-E- s. Bower. Sec
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KANSAS FAIRS IN 1915

in Kansas in 1915, their Gates (where
they have been decided on. locations
and secretaries. as reported to the
state board of agriculture and COM
piled by J. c. Mohler:
Kansas State Fair-A. L. Sponslec,
secretary, Hutchinson: September
1925.
Kansas State Fair Associations. z.
Lux, president, Topeka; September
1871.
Allen County Agricultural Sociery-
DR.. F. S. Beattie, secretary, lola.
August 31-September 8.
Allen County-Moran Agricultural
Fair ASsociation-E. N McCorna OK
secretary. Moran; September.
Barton County Fair Association
Porter Young, secretary. Great Bend:
October 81.
Brown County-The Hiawatha Fair
Associations. d. Weltmer, secre-
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OFF TO La JUNTA.
Santa Re Apprentice Orchestra Will
Play in Colorado Tour.

Members of the Santa Fe Apprentice
orchestra left early this afternoon over
the Santa Fe for La Junta, Colo,
where a ball will be given in their
honor by the local Santa Fe appren-
tice boys. The Topeka party in charge
of Grant Burdett, manager will re-
turn to Topeka Sunday evening.
Those who went to the Colorado
town this afternoon were: Grant Bur-
dett, Roy Booth, Owen GiSh, o. Bar
ker. Gus Shwer. Frank Weilder,
Dale Rogers. John Pogson. George
Miller, Fred Siegel. julius Vogel. Miss
Emma snyder. Miss Helen McNeeley
and Miss Hazel Levitt
DIR. T. s. Morrison is the director of
the Santa Fee Apprentice orchestra.
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retary Goodland.
Smith County Fair Association-C.
A. Garrison. secretary. Smith Center:
August 31-September g.
Stafford County Fair Association
r. B. Mckay, secretary. St. John.
September 7-10.
Trego County Fair Aasociation-S
j. straw, secretary, Wakecney; second
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After leaving a S. order
at the c. 0. D. Store
figure up your saving.

We are sure you will be agree
ably surprised.
Mail orders given prompt at
tention."
Free Delivery.
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Don't Hide Them With a Veil: Remove
Them With the Othine Prescription

This prescription for the removal of
freckles was written by prominent
physician and is usually so successful
in removing freckles and giving
clear, beautiful complexion that it is
sold by druggists under guarantee to
refund the money if it fails.
Don't hide your freckles under a
veil: get an ounce of othine and re-
move them Even the first few appli-
cations should show a wonderful inn
provement. some of the lighter
freckles vanishing entirely.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine; it is this that
Adv.