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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
HANGING IN
The BALANCE
Fate of County Detention Home
Must Be Decided.
Six Months of Probationary Ex-
istence Is Nearly Ended.
COMMISSIONERS IN QUANDARY
Question of Finance and of the
Public Will.
Its Future Must Be Determined
by July 1.
COMMISSIONERS IN QUANDARY

In the next two weeks the Shawnee
county commissioners will have to
take action relative to the detention
home that has been maintained, on an
experimental basis, for the last SIX
months. The home will be automat-
ically abandoned on July 1 unless in
the meanwhile some policy is deter
mined calling for its continuation Six
months ago the board of commission
ers agreed to conduct detention
home for half year as an experiment
Just now the three wise men VINO
constitute the honorableb GARD are
trying to divine the wishes OF the ma
jority of the people of shawnee county
in relation to the detention nome
Whether it is more desirable to spend
$S4 a month or upwards for the privi-
lege of sheltering wards of the juvenile
court in place outside the walls of
the county Jail, or to save that amount
of money for use in other places where
it is very badly needed, is the question
over which the three commissioners
are prayerfully engaged. On one side
are the juvenile court officers, backed
by the enthusiastic support of some
public spirited Topeka women, who
for the last six months or longer have
labored in the capacity of a self con-
stituted welfare commission"
What Home Has Done.
In the first five months of its ex-
istence the detention home has con-
sisted of a boarding house conducted
by Mrs. w. D. Bundy, at 424 Van
Buren, street, in which she has lodged
whatever wards the juvenile court has
turned over to her. In all she has
taken. care of "a different children,
receiving a flat rate of SIS every
month plus so cents a day for each
child cared for. The monthly expense
of the home has varied from as low as
$3.50 to as high as $107.50. 1t has
averaged sS4. The monthly record
has been like this:
January. children cared far. Board
allowance for 1ol days. Total
February. 10 cared for Board allow
ance for 81 days. Expense for the
March. p cared for. Board allow ''''
ance for 124 days. Expense for
April f 10 cared for. Board allowance gu"
for 165 days. Expense for the
MaT Gni 10 cared for Board allowance lo''oo
for 119 days Expenses for month. $3.50
Judge Hugh MacFarland of the
juvenile court firmly believes that the
detention home is worth what it costs
1t has enabled the court to take care
of several children who probably
would not have been taken into the
custody of the court at all had it been
necessary to lock them in the county
jail 1t has also proven a convenient
place to shelter women in need of
care. One or two such cases have
been taken care of there.
The record of individual cases
which have found their way into the
Rooney, probation officer, is an ex-
ceedingly interesting one. This has
been carefully kept from the begin
ming and an inspection of it is pretty
certain to ensnare the interest even of
the individual who regards the deten-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12

ton home idea as an expensive luxury.
This week the women's welfare
commission" represented by two of it's
most active members, turned in it's
portfolio to the county commissioners
and quit work The two workers eX-
planned that in their opinion the de-
tention home had demonstrated it's
usefulness and that beyond suggesting
a few improvements, based on study
of the Kansas City detention home,
there was nothing further for them
to do.
These recommendations we're that
some plan be adopted by which the
period of confinement in the home be
shortened in each individual case; that
bars and locks be put on the windows
and doors of the building used as a
detention home; that an effort be
made to compel relatives of children
held in the nome to pay for their
keep while there, and that each child
admitted be given a thorough physical
examination.
May Be Abandoned.
Although no member of the board
of county commissioners has yet
reached the point where he is ready
to express his views on the desirable
ity of the detention home, for publica-
ton, there is a feeling of skepticism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
Gay Crowds at The Elms.

The European war has brought
Americans to realize that they have
more wonderful resorts in their own
country than they have visited abroad.
Crowds of eastern people as well as
Canadians have fIocked to Excelsior
Springs, Missouri, where The Films
hotel is the center of social life.
Golf tennis, horseback riding, mo-
toring, bowling, dancing, quaint cake
walks given by the darkies in their
own way, and many other novel
amusements make time pass quickly.
Excelsior Springs Is the Karlsbad of
America and we are just beginning to
know the uneQualed quality of its
health giving waters.-Adv.
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burn; w. S. Cole, 1924 Wayne;
Gage Olsen, 1925 Lane; S. Nor
gan, 1885 Washburn; J. w. Winter.
1410 Buchanan; 1. c. Todd, 1107
Lane; A. E. Lindgren, 300 College;
Frank Sachs, Ridge and Munson;
r. B. Morre, 1925 Kansas avenue;
1. Mckee 1921 Wayne; +. F. Huff
Ter, 17O6 West; j. Roller, 1921
Wayne: S. r. Reeves, 100 Evans;
J. c. Brown, $40 Roosevelt; w. G.
Shillinglaw, a65 Roosevelt: NJ
Grant. 1913 w. 9Th; B. Wedding
ton, 612 College; A. Farris, 920 Col
lege; G. S. Oliver, 947 College; E.
Edwards. 9O1 College: William
Burlington, 1O47 College; D. w.
Prescott. 1o5 Exeter; u. Dodson,
1905 W. 9Th; Mrs. H Woodal,
1162 King; Rev Frank Wilson,
1114 Buchanan; Mrs. NJ. F. Clark,
1853 Lane; D. F. Mallory, 1415
Van Buren,; Hayden Edn,onds, 1924
Van Buren,; r. Meador 1912
Grand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12

The largest cyanide factory in the
world is located in GLASGOW.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12

United States in 1913 sold S6,278
worth of cement to Australia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
BUYS ELECTRIC RANGE.
Electric Irons, Toastcrs. Stoves and
Washers Bought by Topekans.

F. w. Watson, the we'll known
nurseryman of North Topeka. has
purchased an Electric Range, pre-
paratory to going to Topinabee.
Mich. where he and mis- family
will spend the summer. and in or
der to be thoroughly comfortable
and enjoy the hot months, they will
do their cooking by electricity, TAX
ing their range with them for the
purpose.
Many Topekans cannot go away
for the summer. but they can en-
joy their summer at home by doing
their cooking with electricity. thus
cutting out the hot stoves which
heat up the entire house.
]. E. Gossett of SIS Garfield has
determined to get a good measure
of relief by purchasing an electric
toaster. A toaster, of course. will
not do the work a range does. but
it will cook breakfast and do any
kind of light cooking. 1t will re-
duce the problems of the cooking
question more than half. If she
can't have a range, every house
wife should have a toaster.
NlOld GuStdSOl OF zZI JACKSON
street purchased an electric wash
err. and will do all her washing
quickly and better at the minimum
cost of cents for power.
The purchase of electric irons
goes merrily on and this great lit
tie convenience is gradually maxi
ing its way into every home in To-
peka. The following bought irons
the past week: Mrs. c. NJ Alex
ander of 500 West 18th street; Mrs.
F. d. Peck of SIS Lincoln; Mrs
w. c. DonneH. $50 Laurel: Mrs
G. n. Horn, 221 Lake; Gene Pryor
1913 Tyler; Mrs. J. NJ. Caylor, 1895
N. Central.
There is nothing more useful to
have in the home than IN electric
iron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
BUSY ON EAST SIDE,
Many Home Owners Ave Making
Houses Brighter,

The east part of the city is still
Frightening up. illumination en-
gineers of the Edison company
made estimates the past week for
nine citizens, all of whom accepted
them and signed an order for the
installation of the Better Lights.
They are:
D. D. Irwin. 5z3 E. sth; w. F.
l.. Klinge, 1912 E. Sd; Henry HUI
Der, 511 Locust; Mrs. D. E. Hin
shaw, 626 Lawrence; Harry Nc
Nair, SIS Locust; B. r. Ross. 1905
Washington; David Steel, Gil E.
18th; NJ. v. Wright, 12o1 Wash
ington-
Remember, the Edison company
doesn't charge anything at all for
sending their engineers out to
make up estimates for wiring,
whether you contract for wiring
now or not.
Telephone 1850 and ask for one
of them to come out and give you
an estimate of the cost Of wiring
your house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
TINY ELECTRICAL MOTOR
One-Fiftieth Horse. Power Runs
New Topeka Invention.

The smallest electric motor in use
in Topeka or perhaps in the West
viii be Il onefiftieth horse power
motor being manufactured in New
York by the General Elecric Com
pany for the Piersen Transmitter
Company of this city. The motor
will be fitted to the newly Invented
automatic telegraph sending ma
chine being manufactured here by
the Piersen Company.
This sending machine is operated
with II keyboard. like IL typewriter.
The message is put on the machine
and the machine then transmits it
over the wires. If the opera tor in
the other city is busy. he can take
the message from the machine
whenever he gets to it. No operators
are done away with, as the message
is placed on the machine in the
Morse code, as now. hence skilled
workmen are required. but messages
will be sent with much greater ac-
curacy and speed, and both recefv-
ing and sending will be facilitated.
The Piersen Company has pur-
chased the building formerly occu-
pied by the Jensen Manufacturing
Company, at Eighth and Santa Fe
railroad. and is remodeling it for
general offices and factory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
So HOMES IN 4 week
The West Part of Topeka Is Rapid
~ Being Electrified.

The west part of Topeka was
already keeping abreast Of the 9TH
err sections of the city III city we'll
in electrifying her homes. but it
seems that the fever for brighter
homes is just now taking strong
hold.
Within the past week no less
than S5 citizens of that part of the
city have contracted for electric
current. They are:
w. A. Fultz, 252 Sallna; J. NJ.
Gurley. 200 Washburn: !. NJ. Cur
ley. 20S Washburn; Angie Y. De-
Priest 62S Fillmore; G. F. Harris,
opposite Gage Park school; r. D.
Tucker, Seventh and Prospect;
John O'Yara. 30 Washburn; Mrs.
NJ. A. Gibberg, Evans and Wash
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12

eGriddles is a queer gink.' Whats
the fastest manifestation 'Why, he
sent a two-dollar long distance tele-
phone call to save an hours time, and
then squabbIed Ter two hours over
paying the cent stamp tax on it,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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about the advisability of detention
home in the general scheme of Shaw
nee county affairs. Whether such an
establishment is worth $1,000, or up
wards. a year when the children han
died by it might be taken care or IN
the county Jail building under the
supervision of the county matron, or
in the homes of their relatives, or in
emergency homes is what is worrying
the commissioners.
Financing Shawnee county is be-
coming annually a more intricate job.
Expenses of county charity already
approach $4,000 a year and the de-
tention home is strictly a humanitar-
ian proposition. The present arrange
ment is probably cheaper than the
building and equipment of home de-
voted to such uses. Members of the
board of commissioners agree that the
detention home is a beautiful idea.
What they want to know is:
do the people whose business they
are administering, want their money
spent that way?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-12
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE

Monday, June IA, at 8 p. m, Grand
opera house, by Clarence c. Eaton, c.
s. b.. member of Board of Lectureship
of Mother Church, The First Church
of Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass All
cordially invited--Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-30
INDOOR LIFE makes FAT
Take Oil of Korein to Keep Weight
Down, or to Reduce Superfu-
Gus Fat

People who are confined within doors
and who are deprived of fresh, invig-
Grating air and exercise must take pre-
caution to guard against over -stoutness,
as fat acquired by indoor life is un-
healthy and danger to the vital or
gans of the body. Lack of exercise in
the fresh air weakens the oxygen-carr
ing power of the blood, so that it is
unable to produce strong muscles and
vitality and the formation of unsightly
and unhealthy fat is the result.
If you are 15 or 30 pounds above nor
NAL weight you are daily drawing on
your reserve strength and are constant
ly lowering your vitality by carrying
this excess burden. Any person who is
satisfied in their own mind that they
are too stout should go to good drug
gist and get a box of oil of korein
capsules, and take one after each meal
and one just before retiring at night.
Even few days treatment should
show noticeable reduction in weight.
digestion should improve, energy return.
footsteps become lighter and the skin
less tiabby in appearance
Oil of korein is inexpensive, cannot
injure, helps the digestion and is de.
signed to increase the oxygen-carrving
power of the blood. ANY person who
wants to reduce their weight Is or 20
pounds should give this treatment a
trial. There is nothing better.-Adv.
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SOCIAL ana
PERSONAL
KERPER- R-ROURKE Wedding
Harrisburg Man Married Prominent So
ciety Girl of Reading-Will Re-
side at Sinking Spring

A pretty wedding was solemnized yes
terday in st. Peters Catholic church
Reading, when Miss Helen E. Rourke
prominent in social circles of that place
and daughter of William j. Rourke, 6
member of the Berks county ibar, be
came the wife of Robert E. Kerper, 6
son of Frederick j. Kerper, of this city
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. James F. Herman, rector of the
church, in the presence of number OF
relatives and friends Immediately aft
er Mr.. and Mrs. Kerper left for an
extended wedding trip and on their re
turn will reside at Sinking Spring
Mr.. Kerper is 6 graduate of the agri
cultural and forestry department oi
State College and is engaged in scien
tifc farming at Sinking Spring, neal
Reading.
Mrs. Kerper is a graduate of Villa
Maria convent school, at West Chester
and has frequently appeared in charit
able entertainments and amateur the
atricals.
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25 GUESTS OF Mr.. POMEROY
Legislative Correspondents at Banquet
Given By State Official

The members of the Pennsylvania
Correspondents Association, composed
of the newspaper men from all parts
of the State who are here to attend the
legislative sessions, were the guests of
A. Nevin Pomeroy, Superintendent of
Public Printing and Binding, at ban
quet at the Hotel Columbus last night.
About twenty-five guests were at
the board, there being present besides
the newspaper men, former Senator
William Hertzler, Deputy Secretary of
the Commonwealth; Oliver D. Schoch,
clerk of the Public Service Commits
sion, and Thomas j. Bell, Chief Clerk
of the Printing Department. Superin-
tendent Pomeroy, who publishes and
edits the "Franklin Repository in
Chambersburg, is a former president
of the National Editorial Association.
The banquet room was decorated
with flowers and State flags. During
the evening there were songs, story
and recitation, and once in a while
somebody would make a speech com
plimentary to the host or of a remini.
scent character.
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EAT LESS MEAT
IF BACK HURTS
Take Glass of Salts to Flush Kidneys
if Bladder Bothers You-Drink
Lots of Water

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says wellknown authority,
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworked; !;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts
of distress, particularly backache and
misery in the kidney region; rheumatic
twinges, severe headaches, acid stom-
ach, constipation, torpid liver, sleep
lessness, bladder and urinary irritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right, or if bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces Of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and has been used for genera
tions to flush clogged kidneys and stim-
ulate them to normal activity; also to
neutralize the acids in the urine SO it
no longer irritates, thus ending bladder
disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney Diseases
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TONGUE-END TOPICS CONTINUED
Continued From Sixth Page

any country in the world. Think of
one of the richest countries on the
face of the globe importing potatoes
that are retailed at famine prices; and
when I tell you that thousands of tons
of American coal are imported yearly
and consumed for steam purposes, and
at cost of over $40 per ton in Mana.
os, also as far up the Amazon as Iquit-
os, 200 miles further, and thousand
miles up the Madeira river where it
costs the consumer from s12 to SIS
per ton, when an endless forest is on
every side, it would sound as though
the fable of Marapata was more than
fiction, but it's true. l am told by
business men the imported coal is less
costly than wood.
Trusting / have not tired the Star
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Victoria Theatre

To-day's bill is one of an exceptional
nature in that the feature film is a
comedy entitled, "Droppington S Fam
lily Tree" This laugh-provoking film
play in two parts was produced by the
Keystone company, which means that
there is something DOING every min
ute and that it s a scream from start
to finish +" The Disilusionment of
Jane,' two-part Broncho, and "The
Story of Story" and Pathe News, the
animated newspaper, which shows the
latest of the world s great happenings
as soon as it is possible to produce
them, round out an extraordinarily
strong program. Every day the man
agement of this modern and up-to-date
theatre is being complimented about the
music furnished by Messrs. Mcbride
and Malotte upon our new $4,000
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-30
DON'T SUFFER
WITH NEURALGIA
Musterole Gives Delicious Comfort

When those sharp pains go shooting
through your head, when your skull
seems as if it would split, just rub lit
tie MUSTEROLE on the temples and
neck. 1t draws out the Inflammation,
soothes away the pain = gives quick
relief.
MUSTEROLE is a clean, white oint-
ment, made with oil of mustard. Better
than mustard plaster and does not
blister!
Doctors and nurses frankly recon-
mend MUSTEROLE for Sore Throat
Bronchitis, Group, Stiff Neck, Asthma,
Neuralgia, Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheu-
matism, Lumbago, Pains and Aches of
the Back or Joints, Sprains, Sore Mus
eles, Bruises, Chilblains, Frosted Feet
Colds of the Chest Git often prevents
Pneumonia).
AT your druggists, in 25c and soc
Jars, and special large hospital size
for $3.50
Be sure you get the genuine MUS.
TEROLE. Refuse imitations-get what
you ask for. The Musterole Company.
Cleveland, Ohio.
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Thousands Applaud Kolonial Kids

Thousands are sounding the praises
of the Kolonial Kids, who are now on
the last lap of their weeks engagement
at the Colonial theatre. People who
have not heard the band play before
have simply marveled at the possibility
of turning out such remarkable mu.
steal organization of boys in so short
a time. The boys are giving new
program for the last half of the week,
and hundreds of those who were at the
theatre the first half have returned to
hear the new numbers and to see the
rest of the vaudeville show, which was
changed with Thursdays matinee.
ellison and DeMott are presenting a
very pleasing song and dance turn, Guy
Bartlett is making friends with his
clever songs and monologue and Edith
Mote is quick change artist of unus-
ual ability. Adv
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admirers and to-day's picture is sure
to add to the list. But Charlie Chaplin
Fraa nT' NJ tne om;l a. .Iaa i,ieo @ aoi ~ '
a comedian with style all or his own
and his work in George Broadhurst 8
greatest comedy, "What Happened to
Jones,' is said to be exceptionally
good. Br6adhurst is a prominent writer
of funny stories and to-day's comedy
is his best. To round out the program
Manager Magaro has engaged jitney
picture, "Ham and the Jitney Bus. :"
The "Win(k) some Widow" is tomor-
rows big attraction.-Adv.*
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Francis Bushman, Movie Idol, at Pho
toplay To-day

Francis X. Bushman, the movie idol
of the world, appears to-day at the Pho
toplay in a three-act dramatic feature,
"The Return of Richard Neal This
production is adapted from the story of
that name published in the "Ladies
World Magazine under the 500 Lost
Paragraph Contest. Bushman, as Rich
ard Neal is a psychological expert on
hypnotism and is called in my the fa-
ther of Doris Blake to try and arouse
the girl from the influence of Nikola,
who has her mind under his control.
Neal sets trap whore by Nikola 8
and Neal S minds clash to see which is
the stronger and who shall control the
girl. Doris is safely restored to her
family after desperate fight. Norma
Talmadge and Donald Hall play the
leading roles to-day in Elsa s Broth
err" two-act Vitagraph drama. To
morrow, Charles Chaplin, that funny
guy, and Alice Joyce, both in feature
production. Adv
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The Regent

To-day is comedy day at the Regent
theatre and the two greatest come
dians on the "movie" stage are ap-
pearing there in new pictures. Funny
Charlie Chaplin who has delighted
thousands of people will appear in a
picture never before shown here and
which has just been released. 1t is en-
titled "By the Sea" and shows the
funny man in some of his most anus
ing stunts. Chaplin pictures, from their
first appearance here have gained many
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-30
FRECKLE-FA ACE
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots.
How to Remove Easily

to try remedy for freckles with the
guarantee of a reliable dealer that it
viii not cost you penny unless it re-
moves the freckles; while if it does
give you clear complexion the ex.
pense is trifing.
Simply get an ounce of othine-dou-
BILE strength-from any druggist and a
few applications should show you how
easy it is to rid yourself of the homely
freckles and get beautiful complexion.
Rarely is more than one ounce needed
for the worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine as this is the
prescription sold under guarantee of
money back if it fails to remove
freckles.-Adv.
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"Have you any parts of an automo-
bile that you don t wantP-
81 have an old tire. What t's the
idea?'
"You know how our grandmothers
used to make crazy quilts for the
needy9'
eyes,
con the same principle am trying
to assemble an automobile, for poor
woman who has none. Louisville
Courier-J Journal.
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York production at the Hudson thea.
tire, and this farce, which deals with
theatrical life, jumped into instant fa-
vor. This gives the firm of Selwyn &
Co. 33 1-3 per cent of the successful
plays now appearing in New York, a
record never equaled before by any
producing firm.
They are sending "Twin Beds to
the Majestic for return engagement
this afternoon and evening. Adv