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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-02

20 lbs. sugar Wednesday only, with
every 5000 cash purchase at Schroe-
der's stors. Phones $50 or 65.-Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-02

Bob Shawkey just learned re-
Gently that he broke his hand in the
worlds series last October The hand
had been troubling him for some time
and not long ago he had doctor ex-
anime it. The examination showed
that the two small bones in his right
ripper were badly cracked. Shawkey
lays the blame onto Rabbit Maran-
Vile. He remembers, he said, after
stopping a sissler off the Rabbits
bat, that his hand panied him. The
NJ. D. fixed it up and promised Bob
he, would be as good as ever next
season.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-02
(By Hal sheridan),

Candidates for outfield berths on
the rejuyenated Yankees this season
will have to prove themselves as
adept at handling ground balls as
they. are sharing the elusive fly be-
fore they can be sure of their jobs.
This is the latest ultimatum laid
down by Manager Bill Donovan and
only one of the several innovations.
Wild William is planning to intro
duce in the hope that the Highland
ers can kick back into the elite sec
ton bf Ban Johnson's loop.
Years in the game,'' soliloquized
Bill recently, II have lost myself and
seen other pitchers lose through some
gnat-headed outfelder kicking a
ground ball clear to the fence.
In directing his gardeners toward
this end, Wild William will be aided
by Joe Kelley, one time famous out
fielder on the Baltimore Orioles, and
now chief ivory hunter for the Yam
KEGS. .x
I'VE used to do it in the old days"
said Joe the other day, land I can't
see why we can't do it now. Many is
the time I have seen Hughey Jen-
nings, McGraw and many other old
stars work for hours at stretch
learning the hop of a ball over a GER
tain bit of ground. An infielder isn't
considered much of a man if he isn't
a good judge of fly ball-then why
shouldn't the outer defense be just
as good judge of a ground ball?"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-02-02

Bankers Drug Store 217 3rd St. Bemidji Mimi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
IT CAN'T BE DONE.
Big Cattle Won't Stay Big in Short
Grass Region.

Manhattan, Kan, May 19.-Where
size cannot be obtained in steers by
feed in places in which feed is scarce,
it cannot be obtained by breeding and
inheritance. This is the statement of
E. N. Wentworth, professor of animal
breeding in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college.
MANY catt1emen in the short grass
and short feed country" says Mr..
Wentworth, cannot obtain size in
their steers by feed, due to its scarcity,
and hence try to obtain it by breed
ing and inheritance, through the in
PRODUCTION Of big-boned and large
frame bulls. Yet it takes a definite
amount of feed to make a pound gain,
more feed a pound than smaller sized
animals. The engine does not run
without coal, but the larger it is the
more coal it requires. The same is
true of the steer, except that if it lacks
fuel it does not develop into as big an
engine.
1.-The rancher says: IF a big strain
of cattle deteriorates so much in size,
a small strain doing the same will dis
appear The small strain does not
disappear, however, for in a state of
nature or of an agriculture differen-
tiated as in the English shires, the
small breeds live in the short feed
countries, the large breeds live in the
a size and meat productiveness char
acteriStic of that district. The secret
of success in ranch breeding is not to
seek corn belt tops where corn belt
feeds are absent, but to adapt the ends
to the means
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
Reopening of Express Rate
Case at Washington May 26.
Figures to Prove Deficits in In.
come Will Be Shown.
LUMBER CONTRACT AWARDED
Half Million Feet of Roofing
and Flooring to Come Here.
Other Items of General Interest
i'm the Traffic World.

Another day in court will be given
the express companies, on May 20,
when the interstate commerce COM
mission will reopen the express rate
case in Washington and take test1-
mony. The companies petitioned,
some time ago, for the reopening OF
the case and they filed figures show
ing that under the rates prescribed by
the commission, which became effec-
tive in February, 1914, they operated
at a loss 1t was stated to the COM
mission among other things that from
February 1, 1914, to November 80,
1914, the companies sustained net
deficit of $2,760,S04-
In the petition for reOpenlng, which
was signed by the presidents of the
Adams Express company, the Ameri-
can Express company, the Southern
Express company, and Wel1s-Fargo
& Co., it was urged that some meas
ure of relief be granted lin order that
the companies may stay in business
and continue as a necessary part of
the commercial life of the country"
At the hearing on May &c, the COM
panies will present figures showing
their operations under the rates pre-
scribed by the commission and they
will ask that they be permitted to in
crease their terminal allowance from
20 to 25 cents per shipment and to re-
duce the weight allowance from 25
to 20 cents per 100 pounds, and make
other changes.
The petitioning companies repre-
sent 90 per cent of the mileage and
95 per cent of the express business
done in the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
Copeland on Business Conditions.

SODeldnO on business COn01uOnS.
E. L. Copeland, secretary and treas
urer of the Santa Fee railway, in an
address before the lola Commercial
club recently, said in part:
I'm looking over the business situa-
ton of the country, we find that the
volume of business is perhaps little
below normal, and many merchants
feel that there is no general improve
ments in trade conditions. However,
investigation shows that there is plen-
ty of money in the banks, which would
indicate there is not a lack of capital
for investment, if the condition of bus
mess would justify expenditures along
the line of expansion. The men hav-
ing the money to invest, or the man
having the securities on which he
could borrow, does not believe that he
can properly invest these funds along
commercial lines and receive a rea-
sonable profit.
when the time arrives that the
government, through its various eX-
ecutive departments, exhibits will
ingness to be fair and just towards
corporate investments well as the
other large interests of the country, it
will cause the establishment of conf
dence in all lines of trade, which have
in the past few years been disturbed
and uneasy because of unjust criticism
and uncalled for legislative action,
detrimental to the expansion of bust
ness"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
HE CAME FROM BOSTON.
Prosecuting Attorney of New England
Metropolis Easily E1eeced.

The prosecuting attorney of Bos-
ton was comfortably ensconced in his
seat while the California Limited was
speeding westward on the plains of
Kansas over the Santa Fe right-of-
way With Boston air he was con-
versing with Boston friend about the
cleverness of Boston people and of the
dear old people back in Boston.
While highly recommending his ma
tive city and complimenting himself to
his friend on his own business ability,
two strangers drifted along to his part
of the car.
Have you change for a fifty? ?"
asked one of the men.
Certainly" said the Bostonian as
he eyed the Kansan in a condescend-
ing manner ct have too much change
and would be glad to take fifty
Thereupon he produced a bunch of
bills and counted out five tens. The
other man brought out a fifty dollar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
BAUMGARTNER WAS HERE.
Publicity Agent for & o. Pleased
With Kansas.

J. H. Baumgartner of Baltimore,
publicity agent of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, was in Topeka Saturday
and Sunday. Mr.. Baumgartner was
on his first trip to Kansas and was
investigating commercial and indus
trial conditions in the west.
"I am surprised at the general pros
perity in Kansas" said Mr.. Baum
gartner, but not so much so as many
other people in the east would be If
they came here. 1 have always held
that the west was just as pretty and
highly civilized the east, probably
more so, despite many of my friends
who consider Buffalo on the frontier.
The wheat looked mighty good"
In speaking of the difference in
freight hauls between Kansas roads
and the Baltimore and Ohio, Baum
gartner said that here the movements
are nearly all connected with grain,
while on his road, large per cent of
freight carried is either coal or iron
or products of manufacturing indus
trV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
X. U. MAN ON LUSITANIA.
C.. A. Nash, From Sterling, Chemistry
Graduate Among Missing.

Lawrence, May 19.-The Lusitania
disaster was brought home to the Uni
versity Of Kansas by the death of CIar-
ence A. Nash, former student and
instructor who registered from: Ster-
ling. Since the report was first cir
culGted several days ago, his many
friends among the students and facul-
ty have been anXiously waiting to hear
it refuted, but as no further news of
him has been received, they have
finally given up hope.
Mr.. Nash came to the university
five years ago with an A. B. degree
from Cooper college, and entered the
graduate school. While working for his
masters degree, which he received in
1910, and for the next two years, he
instructed in chemistry. In 1912 he
was made instructor in physical chem
istry at the University of Cincinnati
and after two years there was hired
at Central college, Danville, Ky, as
head of the department of chemistry.
He had just completed his first year
in that position
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
TRAER, KANSAS.
Fine Town Located in Good
Farming Country.
Needs Bank, Hotel, Doctor
Has Everything Else.

Traer, Kan. May 19.-This town
takes its name from an Iowa town
Traer, Kansas, can. go the Iowa town
one better, for it has a street known
as Wall street, where a number of
families reside, all fairly well to do,
besides they boast. of their true blue
Dem ocracy. They are glad they live
In so good county as Decatur, and
county, too, where live candidate
for congress lives.
me wheat shipments out of Traer
for the last crop so far aggregate 80
car loads, or about 120, 900 bushels
1t is the biggest business the B. & NJ.
railroad has handled here in the his
tory of the town. There has also been
shipped out Is carloads of hay The
cream industry amounts to 120 cans
monthly and 200 cases of eggs are
sold.
Some of the needs of Traer are
pank, hotel and a doctor. For a time
1t looked like getting a bank, and
after the stock had been subscribed
the props were knocked out from un
der II. The business men of town and
the farmers who do their trading here,
say Iraer deserves and needs it. The
stockholders who took part in the
organization are strong financially.
The town has two elevators, a lum-
Der yard, two general stores and hard
ware and implements. 1t also has a
good school system with three teach
ers. A. o. Wymer is closing his sec
OIlu Ioliii, dSSlSl0Q Dy MISS angie NC
Mullin and Cecil Hurst. j. T. Avery
operates the real estate business.
The indications point to a good i'm
migration to this section of the pro-
life Beaver valley, which has been
made famous by it's alfalfa and wheat
yields.
Close to Traer is the big ranch of
Majors & Carnahan. 1t contains sew
eral hundred acres. The firm also
raises horses and cattle, and is start
ing up the sheep industry. The largest
silo in this section, holding $50 tons.
has been built on this ranch. Another
raiser of horses is G. A. Mccartney.
He has a section of land, and 35 acres
Of fine alfalfa
The produce industry around Traer
is large. The general store of E. F.
Hawley pays out about $500 a week
for eggs alone, while the store of John
kronberger pays out a similar amount.
III Traer succeeds in getting a bank
1t VIII add to the population and
largely increase the trade of every
business man of the town. This is the
opinion of one of the business men
whose trade runs close to $4,000
monthly. The people of the town pull
together, and in their efforts to build
up a larger and better Traer they
have the farmers pulling with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
TWENTY-sI NEW BOARDERs.
Fill Federal Prison to Overlooking
Came From Texas.

Leavenworth, Kan, May 10
Twenty-SiX more prisoners We're re
ceived at the federal prison in Il single
bunch last Saturday, increasing the
institutions already excessive popu1a-
ton to 1,412. The new arrivals said
they understood that as many more
would soon be sentenced in the dis
trict of Texas, from where they came,
and should arrive within the next
week.
Owing to lack of cells, many pris-
oners who have been behind the walls
for some time are being made "truS-
ties, that they may be permitted to
sleep on cots outside the cell blocks.
This has been necessary owing to the
fact that all cells were filled lorg ago.
1t is the custom to assign new prison
erS to cells. Therefore, as new arriv-
ais come it is necessary to make room
for them. Old prisoners are taken
from their cells and given cots in the
cell buildings, while their places are
taken by the new corners The in
terror of the cell houses, therefore,
now present the appearance of
school dormitory after night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
OLD FASHIONED STORE
One of the Curiosities to Be Seen at
ShrinerS' Carnival.

A real old fashioned store with the
prettiest of country lasses as clerks will
be feature of the Shriners' carnival
at the fair grounds next week. The
country store will be in charge of the
members of the Eastern Star. Topeka
merchants will be visited and asked
to help stock this store which will re-
call the days of Coon Ridge and Pos
sum Hollow
Instead of being waited on by "sales-
ladies' dressed in accord with the
latest styles, city folk will have the
privilege of looking across the coun-
ter at clerks in bingham gowns. To
carry the realism further, some real
country people may be brought to the
fair grounds to help with the country
store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
Acute ArtIcUHar
Rheumatism

The exact cause of rheumatism is I'M
known, though it is generally believed to
be due to an excess of uric acid in the blood.
1t may be also said with equal truth that no
remedy has been found which is a specific
in all cases. In fact the literature of rheu-
matism shows that there are but few drugs
which have not been given trial. In the
hands OF one observer we find that q certain
drug has been used with the utmost salts
faction; others have found the same remedy
to be great disappointment. All physi-
treatment is aided by the administration of
some remedy to relieve the pain and quiet
expresses the opinion of thousands of prac-
ttttoners when he says that Ant1Kamnfa
Tablets should be given preference over all
other remedies for the relief of the pain in
all forms of rheumatism. These tablets can
be purchased in any quantity. They are
also unsurpassed in headaches, neuralgtas
and all pain. Ask for AK Tablets.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
RETURNS AFTER YEARS.
ParoIed Prisoner Wandered All Over
COuntrX-Sent Back to Prison.

LeavenwOrth, Kan, May f9.-Ten
years ago James Cahill, then a man
over the half century mark, went on
a spree in AtchiSon county and while
in an intoxicated condition stole a colt
He was arrested and sentenced to
serve q long term in the Lansing priS-
on on a charge of grand larceny. After
serving three or four years he was
liberated on parole.
After leaving the penitentiary Cahill
failed to report and drifted about the
country. He claims to have visited
every state in the union despite the
fact that he is about 65 years old. He
was apprehcnded several days ago in
Labette county and returned to the
prison by Fred Snyder, parole officer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
HOLD LEO FRANK DAY.
Woman Asks People of Lawrence to
Follow ChicagO's Lead.

Lawrence, Kan, May 19.-In a let
ter to the Journal-World from Los An
geles, Mrs. A Henley announces that
Leo Frank Day, for the purpose of
getting signers for a petition to free
the convicted Georgia man, will be
held in Chicago. She asks the Law
renee people to send petitions to the
governor of Georgia for a commuta-
ton. Following is Mrs. Henley's let
ter:
Chicago is to have a Leo Frank
Day and get 100000 signatures re-
questing the pardon of Leo Frank
will you not have Lawrence people
send petitions to the governor OF Geor-
gia asking him to free the man we all
think innocent?
81 wish our people there to do all
they can in this affair. Sincerely
yours, ELEANOR HENLEY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
PLACES BIG LUMBER ORDER
Santa Fe Contract Calls for Half Mil
lion Feet for Topeka Shops.

lion Feet for Topeka Shops.
The purchasing department of the
Santa Fe in Topeka has announced
that the contract for 100000 feet of
Douglas fir decking, flooring and
roofing has been awarded to Frank B.
Stone of Chicago.
The lumber is to be delivered at
Pueblo, according to the terms of the
contract, and is for use in the To
peka shops. Officials of the Santa Fe
also announced that within week
similar inquiries will be sent out for
material to be used in the shops at
Albuquerque. The inquiry will also
call for approximately 100000 feet
of Douglas fir flooring, decking, roof
ing and some framing.
The lumber in Topeka will not be
for any special purpose, according to
an official, but will be used in the gen.
eral routine of maintenance and shop
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

greenback, put it in an envelope
and gave it to the Boston lawyer. The
latter put it in his pocket.
A few hours later, the New Eng
lander drew out this envelope and to
his dismay found that it contained
only little tissue paper. His mortl-
fication was great when he learned
how he had been duped, and in KAN
sas. And after that he vas silent re-
garding the merits of the two loca1-
ties as far as shrewdnesS went
This is the story told by Santa Fe
officials here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
MRS. MITCHNER AT WICHITA.
Tells w. @. L. U. of Privilege of Liv-
ing in Dry State.

Wichita, Kan, May 19-Wichita
women do not appreciate fully their
privilege of living in prohibition city.
Mrs. Lillian Mitchner, Topeka, state
president of the w. c.. T. u, told a
body of women at2the Central Church
of Christ. She said that in Washing
ton and other western states where
she campaigned recently, it was notn-
ing to see blear-eyed, red-faced drunk
en- men standing in groups on almost
every corner. Nothing like that is
seen in Kansas, said Mrs. Mitchner.
This is w. c. T. U. week in Wichita.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
BROTHERS IN sERvIAN ARMY.
Hutchinson Couple Both Have Rela-
tiveS in War Zone.

Hutchinson, May 19.-There is one
little home in Hutchinson where the
whistle of the letter carrier almost has
a. tragic meaning. For at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Magyar, 924
Second east they are daily expecting
to hear of the death, or manning, or
torture of loved ones.
Andrew Magyar has three brothers
in the Austrian army. fighting in the
CarpathianS. Mrs. Magyar has two
brothers in the same army. And the
Magyar home is only forty miles from
the Servian frontier right where the
fighting on that side has been hottest.
That is where Andrew Magar's
aged mother is, at a little village near
the country town of Macy Berskerck.
in Hungary And there is where his
wife's folks are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
Usage CITY GRADUATION.
Schools Turn Out Large Glass a
SnrinS Closing.

Usage City, Kan, May 19.-The
school here will graduate the follow
ing members of the class of 1915:
Bliss Bowman, valedictorian; Ivan Da-
Wis. salutatory; Merle Schlageter David
Martin, Jeptha Monkey, Arthur Fell
man, Ruth Gustafson, Amy Kramer.
poet; Frederick Bonebrake. class re
porter; John Watson, president; Muir
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

The Liver is blood purifier. 1t
thought at time 1t the seat of the
passions. The trouble with most people
is that their Liver becomes black because
of impurities IN the blood due to bad
physical states. causing Biliousness, Head
ache Dizziness and Consti- alton. DIR.
Kings New Life Pills will clean up the
Liver, and give you new life. Csc at your
Druggist-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

line east and west of Pittsburg today.
This will represent an expenditure of
approximately SIG, 100000. The or
derS were distributed among six diff
ferent concerns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

Safety gates on highway crossings
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
tracks hereafter will be painted white
SO that the most distinctive warning
may be afforded to travellers on the
state highways and other thorough
fares in minimizing the danger of ac-
cidents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

ry Burkland, class historian, Cora
Brock, Lucille johnson, Rosa Powell
Olive Jernigan, Linda Li-ldburg, Eve
Ign Thompson.
School closes Wednesday with the
commencement exercises
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
RAILWAY NOTES.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Newton, Kansas and
Nebraska railway will be held May 26
in Newton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

The Western Pacific railway and the
Interstate company of New York city
are just finishing on their own prop
erty, a group of buildings known as
Feather River Inn and Camps"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19
FOR JITNEY REGULATION.
Illinois Trolley Company Puts CLASH
fication Up to State.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 19-The state
public utilities commission will decide
whether the ''jitney'' bus is a public
utility. The decision will be made in
the case of the petition of the Jack
sonville Street Railway company
against L. F. O'Donne1l and other
''jitney'' bus owners of Jacksonville.
The petition declares the "jitney"
bus is public utility under the mean
ing of the 1913 law.
This is the first attempt to obtain
state regulation of the 'tjitney'' bus,
although this form of transportation
is now in operation in nearly every
city in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-19

Freight Car Orders.
Philadelphia, Pa, May 19.-Orders
for 14,043 steel freight cars for re-
were placed by the Penn
sylvania Railroad company for its
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-15
The Idea.

What do you think is the most
lucrative way of paving?'
with gold bricks"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-15
Just as He Had Said.

You remember selling me some
hair-restorer when | called the other
day to get shaved, you hoary-headed
old theft" roared the indignant Gus
toner. You sold it under false pre-
lenses. sir. You said it would restore
my head to its original condition"
We'll, didn't it work." asked the
barber.
Work? No. It's taken of what lit
tie hair / used to have, and | am as
bald as the pavement now
That's quite right, sir. No false
pretense about that. / said it would
restore your head to its original condi-
ton, and you know, sir, most OF US
are born bald"