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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
Journal Entries

Not very many condolences are
overworked in the right direction.
=
Stealing is kleptomania when the
thief is Of a prominent family.
=
Haughtiness is another Of the things
that doesn't pay very good dividends.
=
Girls may well be pardoned for
shutting their eyes when they kiss q
man.
= .
The decent things that could be told
about almost everybody are seldom
repeated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

much money IL needed At the present
time to reconstruct our Qualifications
and replace our armament complete
ly. The problem should not be re-
duced to There you are. Don't mem
ton guns in the future" but rather
how much IL needed, In each period
in which an advancement is shown. to
keep q portion of the armament on an
up-to-date conservative basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

Congress and the Kansas legislature
appear to be in about the same boat
There isn't much prospect of the en-
actment of any important legislation
hy either of them, with the exception
VI appropriation measures, and in the
Kansas law-mill large snags appear to
be i'm the way of decisive action even
on such bills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

With two more British steamers
sent to the bottom, and on the same
day, old John Bull is likely to recon-
slider his view that the German sub
marine blockade of the British Isles
10 of the paper variety, or, in other
words a bluff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

General Denial is also one of the
prominent figures in the great Euro
pean war. AS was to have been ex-
pected, Petrograd repudiates emphati-
cally and categorically the report
from Berlin that the German forces
in East Prussia absolutely annihilated
a Russian corps. But the Russian
press agent was forgetful to add that
the admitted Russian retreat in that
ulrrDosea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

With forged names and the names
Of dead men on the supplemental Pc
titions asking for a special election to
submit to the voters the questions as
to whether or not Topeka shall re-
turn to the old common council plan
Of government, the less said about this
movement the better. = s.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

! Possibly the Italians who are SO
anxious for their country to partici-
pate in the war belong to that class
of humans who are insistent on get
ting some sort of return for their
money. Italy has already expended
up less than s4OO,0OO,OOO on her army
and navy since the war began.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

California's censor is either asleep
at the switch or away on vacation.
Maybe he's doing" the expositions.
On no other premise can be explained
the leakage of the news of a recent
earthquake shock in the vicinity of
the eruptive Mt. Lassen, and one suf-
ficiently severe to cause an acre of
ground to drop sixty feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

: Representations of the Allies that
Germany is not properly caring for
her prisoners of war also suggests that
this must be one of the largest war
problems that Germany has to face
that is, of course, if she has captured
anything like the number Of prison
ers that the advices from Berlin have
iad;cotad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

Not a few of the Kansas farmers
who have been holding their wheat for
the $2-a-bushel price that they were
SO sure was on it's way are probably
Kicking themselves that they did not
sell their grain two or three weeks
ago when the wheat prices were con-
siderably higher than they are now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

From the drop in the price of wheat
in the grain marts, it would appear
that the wheat speculative bubble has
finally burst Had the war been re-
sponsible for the high price that
wheat reached a couple of weeks ago,
that price would have been maintain
cd. The war is still doing business al
the old stand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal 10 a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
sanitation. for the exclusive afternoon
Iublicat.on In Topeka.
The news 10 received in. The state Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
6osA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

Z Jack johnson hasn't been in Havana
long. but he has already succeeded in
swing it a black eye in the minds of
many. He dubs it the best sporting
city in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

.Well, Rastus," said the Colonel. II un.
derstand your club has declined to admit
Julius to msmbeE'hitgE ~, pat t.-. fact sS
dunno what de objection to Julius was,
but when de come to votes, dey done white
hailed him. '%Iud1e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
4EMEER:
: Associated Press.
5 Audit Bureau Of Calculations.
: American Newspaper Publisher
Association.

: This is also the period when the
leople. or many of them. are in state
At great suspense as to whether, or not
March comes in like a lion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
Oh! Those Women.


A young man in the country had .
tender passion andatook his girl some
flowers. How kind of you," said
the girl. ito bring me these lovely
flowers. They are SO beautiful and
fresh. I think there is some dew on
them yet yes" said the young
man in great embarrassment, there
IS. but I'm going to pay 1t off to-
morrow"
Mrs. Newlywed called at the meat
the butcher If he had any nice
slumps. ''slumps? What are they ?''
asked the butcher Indeed, don't
know; but my husband is always
talking about a slump in the market,
SO thought I'd try one
An editor of our acquaintance got
a dollar a word for what he wrote.
Yep, he wrote please remit" and a
fellow paid him - that he owed him.
If you find that you've got to growl
Your town it is time to. git clean plumb
And hide your discentented face
Ana let the foiss stay who enjoy the place
And beat 1t down the railroad track.
When the train pulls ont you kin shake
And g E,,!ys opr way; yeu will never be
For there amt NO room on the old home
For the Teller who doesn't know how to
There are lots Of men who can't earn
Cause they spend all their time afindin
The boosters the boy who knows his cue
And he sticks right to it, through and
If he has Kind things Of his town to tell
It's dollars in his jeans. and he knows II
And the Teller who finds fault day and
Will never find a town that will suit him
Uncle Abner.
Vice President Marshall has been
warned not to talk very much. But
what il he does? Nobuddy will know
| it.
| Kansas gals have decided that they
won't marry men who smoke. chew
drink, play cards or use profanity
Gosh! There will be a lot Of old
maids in Kansas.
The department of Agriculture will
send out one million cook books and
| by gravy, there amt nothing that this
country needs more unless it is some
thing to cook.
I'm wiling !, { 8 ', tn .@ 81 r..
Though sa9e issd NE. fsee 'ssso;asn gore
| Provided I come back.
I'll make, no demur il shot,
Though a hu tpamR"1ed, and God knows 1 what
| I'll make up demur II shot
Provided I come back.
When conquering heroes come
with roses srswn 3, in their track.
So slip in this clause. by gum,
| provided that l come back"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26
Kansas Comment
CHEAPER LAWS.

Somebody has suggested to the
Kansas Iexielature thaxsit would be
~oo6 idea to publish t0-cent paper
cover edition Of: the session laws so
that people might Beherally be able
to buy copy,s and 80 exactly wnt y
the Legislature DID. se suese s sds. y.
which occasionally crops up In poi.
tics. The Merchants journal does NOT
Expect the suggestion will be adopted
by the legislature. because It - Soo
sides. no one Is pulling for it. New
ertheless, 1t IL curious that the state
Will nav out several hundred thousand
dollars for q session Of the legislature,
and then fix it so that not one person n
what that legislature really does.
popular priced edition of the session
laws might not sell very well 1t ffrst'
because people have not been aecus-
toned to such q luxury as an Oppor-
tunity to knew what the Legislature
really does But the people might
get accustomed to 1t In time.-Mef-
chants Journal.
NOTHING BUT LEAVES.
A news dispatch declares that
starch is to be taken out Of collars for
men next season: which sounds reA-
sonable enough. But what casts doubt
on the assertion II the further deciar-
alton that the Idea Is to make mon
comfortable Which IL abeufd. The
whole tendency OF civilization IL to
make men uncomfortable. The whole
| fashion Of wearing clothes at AL y
conspiracy against the comfort OF
men. The natural state Of man is to
drink creek water. burn cow-chips.
eat pawpaws and walnuts, pin on
| buffalo tail and run wild. From the
time we left Eden, which saw us
CARRIED comfortably. men have been
adding one torture to another. And
while they may take the starch out OF
our cuffs and collars, they probably
will put something in the other end
| of the shirt to make up for the small
comfort they have vouchsafed to us.
There is no rest for the weary-at
least, this side of Jordan.-Emporta
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-26

: Among the nations neutral to the
great war an interesting contest seems
to be on as to which will become the
most unpopular with one or all of the
belligerents -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
In Two Wars, Live. 70 ,o7.

CONNERSNILLE, md, December II.
The oldest man in Faycttc COUNTY.
Andrew Massey, is dead at his home in
Orange. at the age of 100 lie va:
torn in Evcrton. Faycttc Count" in
April. lS0S, and spent his entire life
within few miles Of his birthplace
He farmcd in small way, and liked
to be out of doors, even tending n little
garden all bT himself after II" passed
the age of 100 years
1t was not generally known here
that man OF such age was living.
his home being in the extreme south
west corner of the county. The records
of his birth, his own belief ~ his age
and the remembered TESTIMONY on the
subject of old men whom Massey out =
lived causes the firm belief that he
actually lived 10 the age of lO, Mas
soy fought in the Mexican War and in
the Civil War.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED:
tES:L'H OF FAMII.I FEI-D

ASHi!NiLI.E. y. c.. pcce,nhcr 10
Martin Rnrnct'. thirty-thrcc ;cars old.
= farmer living in tho North Fork sec
,.on, near Black Mountain, was shot
md killed. and his brother, William
!ortN-iwo years old. WAS seriously
wounded by Claude McAfcr. thirty
eight years old, also n farmer OF the
same section, late this afternoon fol-
lowin ga fight which. it was said was
the outcome of bad feeling between
the two families McAmcc WAS badly
cut by the Eurnctt brothers. and was
brought to tho Mission Hospital, in
this city, where he made Il statement
alleging that the brothers attacked
him without warming. and that he did
not fire until he had been wounded
The coroncr's inquest will be held to-
morrow at Black Mountain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20

ALTOONA, PA, December lG-Thc
best Christmas present Kenneth GciSt.
aged fod: Will receive this year will
b. his discharge from the hospital. Il"
was admitted Christmas Day, Ial3 suf-
ferirg from tuberculosis Of :he spine.
and has been there ever since He
could neither talk nor walk lie can
do 10th now. thanks to The doctors
and rurses.
The hospital surgeons took a piece
Of bone from his right leg AMI insert ed
II in the place whore they removed the
Diseases vertchrac from the soinc. The
operation was successful, ana E.cnncth
can run and play like other .o.s \
great homecoming is being planned
for him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
"FirSt Floor 'FRONT.'"

holidays. and IS with her parents at
the Gresham Court.
Mr.. and Mrs. James d. HIT have
returned from their honeymoon In
Florida and arc nov At their home, sos
chambcrlaync Avenue, Gintcr Park.
George *. Matthews of Richmond
who Is student ia the Tome School
Port Deposit. Nd, has returned to his
home 70. the holidays.
Mrs. & II liable, who has been the
guest Of relatives here. has returned to
her home in Winchester
MISC Virginia Jones. who is u SUDDEN.
Of the Womnns College here. will
spend tho holidays q; Fork Union.
Miss Hattie Griffin who has been
the guest Of relatives here. has re-
turned to williamsburg
M ana Mrs Charles NJ. Mays have
returned 10 i.ymchburg. after a short
stay in this city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
TO BAR HEAVY WAGONS
FROM CAPITOL GROUNDS
Regulations TO re Enforced Strictly
superintendent Elliott Woods
Announces.

"ASHINGToN, December l2-The
law against using the Capitol grounds
as tioroUghfarc for vehicles con-
tanning goods or merchandise is going
10 be ';gidly enforced in the future,
according TO the Capitol authorities
Recently heavy laden trucks and
wagons have travcrscd the roadwavs
through the Capitol grounds. and.
with hundreds OF automobiles and
carriages going through the grounds
daily. l. is feared some serious acct
dent InGy occur.
Under the law, only those wagons
or automobiles laGcn with goods for
use in the Capitol itself are permitted
TO dry" into the grounds
super ntendent Elliott Woods. Of the
CAPITOL Building and grounds, said
that signs would T.. placed at the en-
frances 70 the grounds, warning hcav-
l!y laden wagons and automobiles
from entering. II they do enter. the
drivers Will be subject TO arrest Strict
orders 10 carry OUT the law will be
given the Capitol police.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
ADJUSTMENTS


IN attractiv" ana scasonahla list Of
TaudeN.!l lie novelties is promised for
N" first half OF the week AT tho lyric
beginning With tho matinee perform.
"nce to-day. The Three pcronccs. two
women and Il man. Will Offer a dancing
ana musical act, which is hcraldcd MS
one OF the best dance productions Of
the season. Pauline saxon, Singing
c"mediennc. is bringing a repertoire, OF
straight and character songs. ana Will
present terpsichoreau novelty o. her
own creation. entitled The Dance of
me Scarecrow." The -Four lie Cirohs.
European conjortionists. who's, SER
p@ntinc exhibition is said to be mar
Nei"uS, promise something Unusual in
TN" way OF wcirdly funny antics: Al
and Fannie Stcadmai viii contribute
q standard variety act. which includes
slhEihg. talking, piano playing and a
liti!c BIZ OF everything: and a feature
that VIII interest both the lllddies and
~" rr"wn-ups is Harry Howard's
f"ni.s. picturcsqucly staged animal
act y man. woman ana 4 trouDe of
"c'obatic DOES assist in the miniature
circus performance. In conjunction
with the vaudeville bill there will bo
the usual motion picture displays, in
Guiding fresh installneut OF the
licarst-Se!ig war picturas.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
JOHN MCCORMACK SINGS
DESPITE THROAT TROUBLE
Record Audience Attends Concert, His
Personal GIT to X. OF L.
building Fund.

NEW YORK. December i9-SiN
Thousand. i've hundred persons in the
iiippodromc to-day waited a full half
hour In great anxiety for the appear
ance or John Mccormack. the irish
! tenor. Reports had spread that the
I singer had been stricken by n throat
trouble that threatened TO still his
voice forever.
Mccormack had announced the con
cert as his personal gift 20 the knights
OF Columbus building fund. 1t was his
fame solely that brought together
what Is said to he II record concert
audience. The $500 present meant box
Office receipts Of SlO.575-cv.ry dollar
OF which Mccormack presented to the
fund
The apprehension about McCor,nack's
state of health was finally cleared
away by William L. LarIsin, State dele
gate OF the knights of Columbus who
made this announcement:
You have waited patiently a long
time. but | shall have to ask you TO
wait a little longer. have the cheer,
ing news that Mr.. Mccormack has
taken matters into his own hands. and
VIII disregard his doctor and appear
here to-day
Despite the gloomy outlook in tho
beginning. MIR. Mccormack sang in OK
cellent voice. Called 10 the front half
Il dozen times, the tenor responded
with simple Irish ballards
Charles l.. Wagner. Mr.. McCormaclI's
manager. after the concert explained
the delay. He said:
Mt. Mccormack. while singing in
inc south caught = cold. and n swell
ing in the throat resulted. T." l. +.
Ackcron, as precautionary measure.
insisted Mccormack should not sing
but he would not obey. He declared
ne would not disappoint this audience
IL ne never sang again. really do
not think the trouble in his throat IS
az serious as tho doctor would make
demonstrating the way he sang to-
! day"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
-Four Miles In Four Days.

CANISTER. y. J., December IL
Cyrus Scicl:le. sixteen years old, Of
this place, started TO walk to his
home fiom Newfoundland n distance
Of four miles, through the snow Mon.
day dai reached there yesterday. The
boy attends High School at Butlcr.
Ia. To teach there he takes Il tain
each dav from Newfoundland. He n:
tended his studies Monday. and Whom
Re returned 10 the station lie found
nearly three feet OF snow on the
ground
The lad attempted TO walk home.
however. and after making u mile
spent the night at Il friends. Tucsday
he made nearly Il mile. but the re-
n.aluCcr of the distance required four
days, Sccklc being compelled 10 stop
eNrrN few hours.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
Banker uoaed. Rare Coins.

cO1roNWOOD FALLS. KAN, De-
c"mb"r io.-k.. w. jeffrey. president of
the Peoples Exchange Bank at Elm
dale. las what Is doubtless the la-g-
est collection OF rare coins Of any col
tcC;"r in this section.
H." latest addition ~ the Panama
tactic commemorative coins, cou".S. :
INK OF two gold $50 pieces. one silver
half dollar. Il gold 81 piece. gold
$3.50 piece.
Among some II the many other in
tcrcs'iur coins in Mr.. Jcffrcy'S colicc-
tion is AN octagOnHi gold slug bearing
the date Of 1851 and known as the
Augustus liumbcrt COIN Another
very rare coin the 81 gold piec.
ANA another Is tn. stella Il 81 gold
piece. while announcer is Il $50 gold
piece - Mexican poncy. bearing the
portrait Of MaNiiu.liian.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
~ AND OFT or TOWN.

Miss Maria Adkins. who is a student
Sweet Rriar College. has 'ct;rncd to
edmond for the holidays ANA has as
= guest Miss Scarrctt, of Kansas
BY. Mo.
BIZ. and Mrs Malcolm Darlington. OF
icaao, are visiting Mrs Isaac H. Car
lrton. at 1920 Grove Avenue.
MIR. and Mrs. Antrim and family. OF
kanoke. Will spend the holidays with
,ir mother. Mrs. *. b. Savage, at lI2
st Main Street.
Mrs: S. j. Krisch. OF New York City,
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
. Wcinstcin. In this city.
hlrs. L. a. Keller has returned to
home in Mineral, after a short stay
Richmond.
Miss Douglas Chelf has returned from
fcct Briar College for the Christmas
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
GREEK VOTERS Modified
Two Hundred Thousand Out Of Total
OF 10O.o00 Unable to Take Part
la Elections.

thousand out OF a total OF 700. 900 voters
IN Greece are now mobiliZcd, and will
hc unable to take part in the elections
tomorrow Sunday. says dispatch
hlcd at Athens on December Is by the
lla"as correspondent. who adds:
The Ncni.cl0s party. who carried
$50 seats out of 3l6 in the Chamber of
Deputies at the last election. also will
be absent from the polls almost unani-
mously. according to the best indica-
lions.
The government, however" con-
tinucs the correspondent, lis urging
all its partisans to vote.
THE campaign has passed in per-
feet calm
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
ENDS SYRACUSE CAMPAIGN
Billy sunday Gets Misunderstanding OF
S":;,iI2.37 for His Services of
Seven Weeks.
Especial TO The Tinea- Disrntch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch
SYRACUSE, y. Y, December 10
billy Sunday concluded his cvangelistic
campaign of fCVen weeks here to-
night. During the day he addressed
10000 persons at four tabernacle meet
ingS.
The campaign here was distinctly
successful. The thank Offering was
S23 ll2.37. The total attendance Mt the
meetings was $1,000 and the trail
hitters" numbered 23.1?9.
MIR. and Mrs. Sunday left tonight
for Winona Lake, Wis, to rest before
opening their campaign at Trenton,
n. j., one week from to-day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
Old Maids Lose Home.

YONkERS. " y. December ia
beHues- OF $1,000" left recently ny
Miss annie Mcdowell To establish -
home ioi aged spinsters I'm the way OF
their relatives" has hcen upset by the
appellinc division OF the Supreme
Court The court sustained the rtl-
ing of Surrogate sawyer. who struck
ont that part OF the bill to found an
old maids home
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
BREMEN VISITED VIRGINIA

BERLIN December 10 (via I.ondon).
The sinking of the small German
cruiser Bremen by a submarine in the
Baltic Sea. az officially announced on
saturday. recalls the fact that the
Bremen participated in the fleet review
in connection with the jamestown Eek
position in 1907, and also took part in
the naval parade at the Hudson Fulton
celebration in 1910
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
Famous Chemist Dcud

LONDON. December l9.-Risht Hon.
SIR Henry Enfield Roscoe, emeritus
president of owens College. Victoria
University. and famous as a chemist,
died suddenly OF heart failure on SAT-
urday At his home in l.cathcrhead. Sur
EeN lie was cighty-two vear.. old.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
Welcome. "rbc Chocolate s,,,,or.,

II doesn't matter if it has PLAYED
here several times before. The Choc-
olatc Soldier" is as welcome as the
flowers in May. 1t will appear at the
Academy Of Music on Friday and Sat-
urdny, with SATURDAY mntinee
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
$500

Isn't that a piece of glad
some Christmas tidings?
Decidedly to many it will
be, for the offer is excep-
tional. These are a part
of a purchase, in which
we shared with one Of the
New York speciality shops.
They took half and we
took half. Models full
lined and belted. Plush Of
fine quality and deep pile.
Fur trimmed. a real OPP
portunity. All sizes, $500.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
Fur Collared
Coats of Zibeline,
$500

The woman wanting a Coat
for rough-and-ready wear,
which also offers splendid
style value will find this
lot Of Zibeline Coats dis
tinctly 1T. Mostly belted
models with patch pock-
cts; full. roomy, swagger
styles, $500.
The Jasper news., 1915-10-14
Facts For Suffers.

Pain results from injury or ngestion.
Be it neuralgia, rheumatism. lumbago.
neuritis, toothache, sprain, bruse, sore
stiff muscles or whatever pain you have
yields to Sloan's Liniment-brings ew
fresh blood. dissolves the congestion,
relieves the injury, the circulation is
free and your pain leaves as if by magic.
The nature of lis qualities penetrate
Immediately to the sore spot. Don't
keep on suffering. Get bottle of
Sloan's Liniment. Use it, 1t means
instant resief. PGce 25c. and SOC
81 60 bottle holds six times as much as
much as the 25c size Mt H. r. Pitts.