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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-20

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Chicago, Feb. 20.-WHEAT-Close: May,
''SsSES Nay. ~ S7shs; yy!y. 7ss,
8ooFfkaMsy SIS ss1s Jul! July. S sasss
skAA66RRRafY sl9ts J s,S sio TT;v .,o.e
Liverpool. FEB ao..w S No
iss Sd No : hard winter. 1ss s. 1os NO. .
A 4. i5s aa %issa i. 1d
Grain Gossip.
Furnished by special wire to +. J. Myers1
Minneapolis wheat stocks decreased $780,
600 bushels this week. A year ago the de-
Elevator stocks Of wheat in Kansas City
have decreased 271,473 bushels thus far
this week and corn stocks increased 100000
Canada yesterday were 10000 blshels Of
sIe of corn and g bSss.ls 81 o.t:
Exports Of wheat and flour from the
sSaSls Go eompasea With ssooo SasSeiS
last week and cog 5nsns a "a year ago.
Argentina exported 3,184 600 bushels Of
wheat this week. compared with 1,472 900
year ago. Shipments since January az
gregate $3.50, 900 bushels; q year ago 9.656,-
bushels last week and b44, 900 bushels q
year ago. Total corn shipments since jan
II $50, 900 bushels. Exports Of oats were
3.S4OO0O bushels.
Kaasas City Produce Market.
Kansas City, Feb. 20.-WHEAT-Cash
Market nc to I've lover. No. hard,
q SS@ g s sSh Nc. XlS4h0i-0oA4; No.
CORN-Markef 1Hc to 2c lower. No.
white. 7sc; No. ). 7Sjzc; No. yellow. Il
Q71xc; No. 3, 7Oc.
OATS-Market Hc to 1c lower. No.
white, 565k@57c; No 2 mixed, 52KQ5Shc.
Rye and hay unchanged
cL 1sH- WHRxT1S. s sl.sak; July.
CORN-Aay. 73x07SHc; July, 7556c;
BUrTEk-Market unchanged
EGGS-Market unchanged.
POULTRY-Market unchanged.
ChIeAgo Produee Maeket.
| Chicago, Feb. 20-BUTTER-Aarket
| higher. Creamery, 24Q25c to 2o0293zc.
EGGSEMarkef lower. At mark, cases In
cluded, z0024c; ordinary drsfs, &c; hrsts,
DC.
POTATOES1Market unchanged
POULTRY-Alive, unchanged
E1gfn Butter Market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-20

Chicago Grain Market.
THE range of prices for grain ruture- :"
The Chicago Board Of Trade n reported
by Thos- J. Myers. Broker. columbian
Bldgl H's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-20

Butter and Egg.
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co.. Topeka. Kan.1
Topeka. KAN. Feb. 20.
CHICAGO EGGS-20037c.
NEW YORK EGGS-Z7Q27hc.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago. 2Qc;
Nwe York, 3Ohc; Elgin, SOc TOpka whole
sale, Sic.
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DESTROYED.

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LOOKING FOR A PATRIOT

CONTINUES rom Pare one.l
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Chicago Grain Market.
Chicago, Feb. 2O.-WHEAT-Close: May
SSE S ~ S7sAe; IVY; rs
LXR RDDjd sie Sos july July sfo S
SHORT RIBSEMay, $10.O7; July, 1862
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-20

Topeka Grain Market.
FURNISHED by J. b. Billiard, corner Kan.
sase Ave. and Curtis st.
Topeka. Kan. Feb. 20.
CORN-7O072c.
OATSE5OQ54c.
WHEAT591.3O01.36
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Chicago. Feb. 20.

Kansas City Grain Market.
1.-THE range Of prices for grain futures ON
the Kansas City Board Of Trade n re-
ported by Thos. J. Myers. Broker Co
lumbar Bldg.l
Kansas City Feb 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-20

Liverpool Grain Market.
Liverpool, Feb. 20.--WHEAT-Spot No.
Manitoba, lbs lid; No. 2, 13s 1Od; No. 5.
1Ss Sd; No. hard winter, lbs 1Od.
CORN-Spot, American mixed, 81 i'd
American mixed, new, g Id; February,
u 1Od; March. u 1OKd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
No Gas Producing Shells
Y6dth 5 Nompanion.

PHrtne Youth 5 Companion.
From coal tar are obtained such sub
stances as benzine and toluene, which
treated with nitric acid, make explosives
of tie insensitive kind. One of them
called IT n. IT, short for trinitro-
toluene), has been largely used by the
Germans in the present war for filling
shells.
In accounts of the fighting that is now
going on in Europe you read of the use
of melnite by the French, and of lyddte
by the British. The japanese in their
recent attack on the Germans in China,
used Shimose. All three of these high
explosives are one and the same thing,
namely, picrc acid which is derived from
coaltar and which is melted and poured
into the projectiles.
The gases generated by all explosives
are poisonous. For example, picric acid
gives off prussic acid, one of the most
deadly of chemical substances But the
stories of the recent use of shells tina,
liberate vapors capable of suffocatins
or otherwise killing whole regiments o.
soldiers are fabrlcations. No one has
ever contrived means whereby, accord
ing to an idea long ago suggested burs
ing projectlles may humanely distribute
over battlefield a gas that viii plunge
an army into deep and helpless siumpe.
until the soldiers are gathered in as prs
oners.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16

sofa ct al. by adopting the progress
sive series. We would certainly make
a rapid stride toward the evolution OF
music teaching in Mississippi. May we
not appeal to our male educators and
Legislators to placessuch a standardized
system upon the same legitimate basis
with any other accredited. scientific.
ms jor study, after passing the exa1l-
nation under an accredited teacher of
the society," Look at our greater uni
vs rsities, They recognize music as
most potent factor of correlation to
abductite reasoning; e. 3, Harvard.
Yale. Northwestern. Chicago, Columbia.
University OF Nebraska. etc. In many
cases our girls are all boys. There
sore should we as representatives OF
the immortal art be content TO res
iaafn passe. in our own. our native
state? On the other hand. should it nd
heiloove sus TO agitate the question rn-
Ill our university Is second to none in.
providing for her sons development4
N every divine endowrnent2 w hat anil
sersity IL complete without her glee.
cub and orchestral This requires a
scientific teacher in his respective line.
based upon standardized methods and.
standardized musical literature Should.
not the God-giyen voice of the Mis-
sisslppi roy not he taught the har-
iaonX of tones and guided to the cie-
alive genius as wen as Harvard boys?
Should the Mississippi boy not lie
taught the harmony of tones and
guided to the creative genius as we'll
rs tile boy OF Yale? There
by giving to Mississippi Hsck-
e's and Moores. As yet no pro-
vlsien has been made for him. A Gull
,Lrai accomplishment is safeguard
t. any young man. Friends and CO.
y ork ers, are we doing our duty to
promote the advancement of the art
ye have so long espoused May we
hasten to set the stone rolling bur
truly, let it return with moss Now,
with the consent of the presiden,. I
would like to put motion before
The convention, viz: all who are in
savor of adopting the Godowsky series
,r a course equivalent in it's demands
50 a standard of music teaching in
xplease rise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
Statues Prove White Elephants

London, April 25-Seven heroic statues
of English. kings which formerly occu-
pied position of great honor in the old
Westminster hall, near Westminster alb
hey, are gathering dust in an obscure
warehouse. because no suitable place for
them can be found. The huge statues were
accepted by the city corporation as a
loan in perpetuity, but ever since then
the city fathers have been at their wits
end as to how TO dispose of them. All
sorts of suggestions have been made and
sites proposed but I'm each case certain
difficulties stood in the way The states
are of such a character that they. cannot
be exposed 10 the weather, and there Is
distinct opposition to dividing the kings
among several museums or public build
ings, none of which seem capable of hous-
ing the entire group artisticaliys II is not
unlikely that they will be allowed to re-
main in the warehouse until some new art
museum is erected in which provision for
them can be made. The statues are by
the leading sculptors of their time and are
regarded by art experts works of con-
siderable merit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
Farm Colonies Versus County Jails
BY AMOS w. BUTLER
Secretnry Indiana 5 tnte Ronrd Of Charffl

Exclusive Service of The Survey
Why should not a violator OF the state
law be prisoner of the state? Why is
| it not as much the duty of the state to
care for those VINO commit petty offenses
as for those who commit greater ones?
As IT is now. in practically all our states,
the petty offenders are cared for by local
officials. and in most of the common
wealths without much. If any. supervision.
To Massachusetts, perhaps. can be given
the credit for leading the way in the
suggestion that the minor prisons be
states this plan has been suggested but
placed under state authority. In other
nowhere has any material progress been
made in this direction.
The experience of the United Kingdom
since 1877 is suggestive. Three acts passed
simultaneously by the three Kingdoms
placed the control of the minor prisons
under GENITAL government The end sought
was uniform system of punishment the
repression of crime, and economy in ex-
pense. That the Law was effective is to
be gathered from the following statement
from Sir Evelyn Ruggles- Brise:
The act came Unto effect on April /.
1875. fl3 local prisons being so transferred.
Since that date their nuinber has been
ieduced TO Sc. At the time of their ira MS
fer the local prison population stood at
81 ,03o the highest known, From thai date
continuous fall was recorded until 1885,
when the numbers reached slightly over
15,00q- 3Sfter a series of lamentations be-
low and above this number, her the pop
! ulation stands at 5000 at the present
time.
In what other countries has there been
such a great decrease in the number Of
misdemea nants?
Our short-term prisoners are our great
est prison problem. There are more of
! W. = ~. Il.
do less for them. Our county Jail sys-
tenn is a survival of the early days, a
relic of the past Considered in the light
of modern social developments it is an
obsolete thing.
A placard that was used in Indiana to
call attention to the county jail system
read as follows
"IIow prisoners live and learn in IN
diana county jails.
They live in. idleness at the expense
of the ,taxpa yer. stIf
"rheyslearn vice. immortality and crime
They become educated in criminal
ways.
They degenerate both physically and
morally"
THE WRONG END.
/ A similar legend would apply with
more or less force to the jail system of
all the United States.
! ont of these local prisons come all the
/ I risoners in our state institutions One
of the delegates to the international
| Prison Congress In Washington, in 1917,
spoke in admra ton of the reformatory
! laws of some of our states, but added
1T seems TO me that you have begun
! at the wrong end with the felons in the
/ state prison, instead of with the petty
offender, whose numbers are many times
as great in the local iail
! Altogether, the local Jail presents the
4 ,ar.,I,l lam to % n
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
Kelly Honored for Services

London, April 25.-(Correspondence of
the Associated Press)--capt, William
Archibald Howard Kelly, of the cruiser
Gloucester has been awarded the honor
Of appointment as companion of the
Order of the Bath in recognition of his
services during the chase of the German
warships Goeben and Breslau in August
The official description of Captain Kel-
ley's services says, The report of the
Gloucester shows that the Goeben could
have caught and sunk her at any time
had she dared to turn upon her. The
Goeben was apparently deferred by the
Gloucesters holiness, which gave the
impression of support close at hand. The
combination of audacity with restraint
answering attention TO the principal mil
itary object. namely. to hold on TO the
Goeher without tempting her too much
and strict conformity to orders consti-
tute naval episode which may justly
be regarded ~ model
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
A Joke on Bismarck
From the Louisville Herald

The great iron chancellor of Germany,
Prince Otto Won Bismarck, who first weld
ed the nation into an empire. was a most
devoted and docile husband and amenable
to his wifes advice. Her ready wit, al
though it saved him many weary hour,
once got him into ludricrous position.
Lord Russell, an English nobleman. was
one day calling on the prince, when he
remarked that Bismarck was doubtless
annoyed by countless visitors VINO took
up his time unnecessarily.
That is true. responded the chancel-
ior. with laugh, but my wife has trick
for getting rid of all bores in grace
full way If she sees l have a visitor
who is likely to prove dull, she. comes
In and makes some pretext for getting me
away"
Hardly had Bismarck ceased speaking
when his wife hustled into the library
lotto" she said, in commanding
voice. you must go at once and take
your medicine; you ought to have had
1t 10 minutes ago.
/ 1t 10 needless to say that in spite of the
hearty laugh that followed the English
visitor did not long delay his adieu.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16

and ticks them off," as the popular
phrase goes, in print, If they fail to carry
out conscientiously the work entrusted to
them by the public, is I hear, among
those who have lent their private yachts
to the admiralty and his craft is now
steaming up and down the west coast
watching for German cruisers. Bennett
Is still living down at Thorpe Soken,
near Colchester, but he runs up to town
frequently and was one of the first night
audience that gathered to see what sort
of vehicle for Gaby Deslys Sir James
Rarrie had produced in Rosy Rapture.
Bennett appeared highly amused.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
VERSATILE WRITER
IS HORACE VACHELL
Turns His Books Into Plays
and Vice Versa
MAY SINCLAIR is o. X.
Annoyed BY Report That She Has Had
Nervous Breakdown--Arnold Benz
nett Lends His Yacht to Ad-
miralty-Barrie's Boys"
Nv HAYDEN CHURCH

London. April 25.-(special)-Horace An
nesley vachell. author and dramatist too.
is rubbing his hands, lust as present
and with good reason. His play, Search
lights" is going strong at the Savoy.
and meanwhile he has just sold another to
Frederick Harrison, who thought so well
of it that he decided to put it on
at the Haymarket in succession to The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
FOR SALE

SEVEN-volnme Encyclopedia of Applied
Electricity, this the 1872 edition of The
American School Correspondence; this
for sale at sacrifice. Address u. r M.
care Age-Herald.
HAVE vacant lot for Ford car; Overland
car, 1918 model, good condition. for i'm
proved property or newer car; also va
cant lots for later model car; will trade
any or al Of this for standard car, OF
equal value. Phone 614-J. Ensley.
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FOR RENT

IF you want to rent or buy fine g
room house in best part of Norwood for
a mere song, phone owner Monday or
Tuesday, Main 1902
FOR RENT-5-room bungalow, furnished.
from June to October /, sleeping porch,
good garden 107 Cedar ST. West End
Place. rent reasona BILE. Phone West
End 757-J
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Literary Note

FfOm JuuSe.
I.ongfellow had just written "Ex
celsior.''
'Tf / want to wait he musee e.
might get big price for this as b. q
fast food poetry
IIeaving sigh. he mailed the II
script to his publishers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
WANTED

MOVING picture stories need not be sent
TO New York. We pay cash for meritori-
Gus ones. Dixie Film Co, PA Title
Guaranty Bldg, Birmingham.
WANTED-To buy a bulldog. X-5o, care
Age-Herald.
WANTED-To buy large ice box, plat
form and swinging scales Address
W-50, care Age Herald.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIC
FOR RENT-ROOMS


WANTED-Two couples to room and
board in private family. with modern
conveniences on Southside. one block
from car line, walking distance to city.
Board reasonable. Call at SN S. 22d st.
ROOMS Infurnished, three nice rooms
and hall. with use of parlor; modern
conveniences, thoroughly screened; in
Simultaneous hot water splendid location
South Highlands; easonable. Phone
Main 1S76-N
FOR RENTING nicely furnished rooms
for light housekeeping, with connecting
bath; modern conveniences, private
home. Apply 5217 list ave or phone Wood
lawn 260-W
THREE connecting furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. downstairs, with
lights and water furnished Call Wood
lawn SOW.
FOR RENT-To gentlemen or couple one
Handsomely furnished room at Gray
mont, on two car lines. all modern con-
veniences in way of hot and cold baths,
electric Light and furnace heat: very
pleasan; in summer. Call Main 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16

rag Lieutenant in spite of the fact that
ne mas several other promising pieces in
his safe.
This new play, "Quinneys, has been
rererred to before in this correspondence.
its central character is the. proprietor OF
an antique shop where old furniture
IS faxed, and the author has. of course.
made book of it with the same title,
which has proved highly successful, but
the play was written first, and was origin
ally sold to Cyril Maude The latter
found in Quincy a character after his
own heart and would have produced the
piece long since had it not been for the
tremendous wholly unexpected success of
Grumpy AS it was Maude paid two
goodly sums down to retain the rights,
but recently reluctantly surrendered them
AT the Haymarket the name part is
played by Henry Ainley, a singularly
happy choice. as this comedy and capable
young actor. who began by playing hand
some heroes. has made very good of late,
In character parts. notably as the hero
or The Great Adventure. Search
ilehts has been paying a series of
flying visits to the provinces. and
IL
Brighton, where the receipts | under
stand, constituted something like a record
Tor flying matinee there
SO Vachell's handwriting is readily
understandable. He IL was of course, who
gave us those fine novels, Brothers.
The Hill. The Face OF Clay and "Her
Son, which reminds one that his own
son has returned to the fighting front in
France. after having been invaded home
with bullet wound in the head Vachell
who ranched in California for many
years. and one of whose earliest books
was called Life and Sport on the Pa
erie Slope. has quite got into the habit
or using his plots both in novel and
pay forn-he did it with Her Son.
Jelfs (Which Winthrop Ames produced
recently, Blinds Down." as well as with
Quinney's,' but he tells me that he en-
JOYS stage work so much that 1t prob
aoiy VIII be sometime before he Will take
the time to write another novel Which
as Frank Richardson says. is bad hear
ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
: WANTED-SALESMEN

FIVE energetic statesmen neat dressers.
good pay, permanent positions to right
men; 7:30 to $40 a. M, Mr.. Calvin. 444
Brown-MarX Bldg 5-16-St
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
CHANCES

FOR sAI'E,-First class meat market
also good f3eation for grocery. This
niace will netNE50 month; cheap rent,
cash business. Reason for sale. | have
no experience in thfS me investigate.
Address OBJ, care Age Herald
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-05-16
late Ca ptain Scott
May Sinclair Not III

Miss May Sinclair has heen much an
noyed by a statement published recently
IN the United States to the effect that
she had nervous breakdown as the re-
suit, a $ the writer put it, ..of her recent
terrific experiences IN Belgium The re-
port went on to say that the authoress
was down in Yorkshire recuperating from
TINS breakdown and that II would prob
ably be sometime before she was able TO
90 any writing, statements which Miss
Sinclair wishes to deny in the strongest
terms, as she thinks them liable TO do
her considerable harm
The experiences above referred to he
fell the author of the Divine Fire as
member of the now famous Munr1 Am
palanee corps; witch has ca-operated with
. .he belsian Fred Cross since soon afte,
tie pesihpsig of the war. Practically all
us Woerk in the field has been done I'M
Sc Shell fire and neither what they have
seen close to the fighting line nor in
the hospitals or while working among
the homeless refugees is likely to be for
gotten by any of the party Miss Sin
claiI left her companions after the raj
of Client partly because she was not
physically strong enough for the work and
partly because she had contracts which
had to be fulfilled but" she declares in
a letter to- mes Il come of family that
is not used to breaking down under ter
rife experiences "
There was very little of those expert
ences. terrific or otherwise" adds Miss
Sinclair, that l would willingly have
missed. while far from suffering and
recuperatng in Yorkshire, and being I'M
able to write, | was only In Yorkshire
two or three weeks, and my time there
was spent thus Writing from $50 TO 1
Walking from 80 often till 10 at nigh,
up the dales over the moors, collecting
money for the Belgian refugees in my
village If the weather was hopeless
wrote from five In the afternoon til Il
or II at night, and never felt filter.
Since my return early in November
have been hard at work on my belgian
Journal or Impressions (Which | shall
have finished before the end of this
month"; also on other writings which are
not yet complete
Lends Yachts to Admiralty
Arnold Bennett. who keeps steadfastly
on the trail of the big war relief funds
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Barrie's Adopted Boys


some interesting news regarding Sir
James M. Barrie which never pre-
Nlously had been made public This
was that the author of The Little
Minister had adopted five orphaned
boys who We're not related to him In
any way, and had undertaken all the
responsibility of bringing up and edu
eating them At that time I was not
az liberty to dot the is and cross the
S, but now, in consequence of the raet
mat the eldest of these youngsters has
JUS given his life for his country. the
whole story has come out
These adopted sons of Barrie's arc
the chlldren of the late Arthur Llewe-
lyn Davies, and of Sylvia. only dadgh-
Ter of the author of "Trilby" Mes
Davies was friend of Sir James ana
was the original of "Grizel of TIE
crooked Smile who won the heart OF
sentimental Tommy. Gerald du Mau-
iler the actor-manager. is the BOYS
uncle. and SO. too, was Lieut. Col. CIV
uu Maurier, the author of AN English
man Home who also was killed re-
Gently In the fighting at Neuve Chap
Gle. Barrie adopted the boys on tile
ueath or their mother, and has treated
them exactly as If they were his own
Inc sad fate of the eldest Second Lieil-'
tenant George Llewelyn Davies. must
have been a great blow to Sir James
coming, too, S it did, after the recent
Woundlns of one of his nephews ana
ne tragic death of his close friend the
late Captain Scott
trrtain London newspapers are mis-
taken, however, in saying that the
Young soldier who has just been killed
was the original of 'David" in The
Little White Bird and, incidentally
OF Peter Pan" This was the second
OF the brothers, Tommy Davies. who
also collaborated with Sir James In
Little Mary e. supplied the fa-
nous III be sick tonight line ard
VINO sreceived royalty of ] cent on ev-
cry performance of that famous
"Spoof'' plaV.
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Lends Yachts to Admiralty

Arnold Bennett. who keeps steadfast
on the trail of the big war relief funds