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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-28
ttion of Our Thirty-third Birthday;
he Week, viii Be a Memorable One

Growth has been steady during the years
since these stores founded, Every year and
more mas been added until it that very
the The effort to always have what the public de-
at the they has with The
ambition always the possible
always prevailed and the well thousands
Pho Know these
will
for Easter appareLing comes With these
b complete. The lUhoLe store is reckoning
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
PREPAREDNESS
 AND RAILROADS

One of the best and most pertinent things recently said by any editor comes from the Bridgeport Farmer. r. Say. eparedness for defense means something more than men and cannon. Preparedness requires eff cient industry. efficient transportation and means of communication.
 The American railroads, honey combed with graft and inefficiency, are unable, in many instances, to keep out of the hands of a receiver, all though enjoying a monopoly of the ter ritories they serve.
 Railroad systems so operated are a source of dangerous weakness in time of war. Preparedness in the larger sense requires the standardization of the railroads and their operation for service, instead of for gratis and pro- fits.''
 This to my mind. is one of the most astute observations yet called forth. by this nadman's dance, this orgy of blood-1etting now so generously oc- cuping the worlds best attention.
 Moving these mutual butchers ex- peditiously and in tremendous num- bers-togsther with their thousands of tons of slaughter too1s-is the one thing that has won battles. Man for. man there is no difference in fighting ability. Bravery, reckIessness, des- peration, and contempt for life are quite as frequently found among Eng. fish shopkeepers, and French janitors. as among German de1icatessen dealers or the members of the Prussian Guard The Russian peasant is equally as. fooIhardy as is the Indian Sheik or the Arab Sheriff. But all these valiant heroes have got to have tools They must have guns, shells. and food.
 And the only way they can get them is by rail, over the government owned and government-contro railroads.
 Now, imagine the New Haven con- centrating 200. 1000 nnenand a few ware houses full of murder implements in order to repe1 an invasion of Boston! These gentle grafters wouldn't stop footing long fenought to let anyone else begin shooting.
 If there is no other earthly reason for the Government owning and con- trolling the railroads, this imminent exigency of war would afford one. If we can't own our own railroads for the purpose of conveying life and bus mess, let's own them to take life and kill business with. In these days of insanity this is only good common sense.i
 E. F. BOWERS, M. D.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
ISH REPORT COMPLETE ROUT
 OF TURK FORCES


 London, Nov. 27-F'ighting be- tween British and Turkish forceh Nat ICtesiphon, near Bagdad, which for a time looked like a check to the Meso- potamian expedition, is now reported to have been a success of first imp ort- ance. Information received; todny IS that the retirement of the British after the capture of Ctesiphon, occa- stoned by the lack of water, WAS only temporary. After the Turks With drew in the direction of Bagday, -as lannuonced officially yesterday the British zreoccupfed their former posi- itions, ,encountering no opposition, as they took possession of Ctesiphn for the secnd time.
 British troops at once began the work of clearing the Turkish trenches, which were filled with dead or wounded soldiers. The British captured a. large quantity of arms amt ammunition, in addition to the l,Soo prisoners previously reported
 Ctesiphon has been the scene of. many fatefl1l battles. The ancient city was besieged and plundered a dozen times by Greek and Roman invaders from the east before the Arabs finally sacked it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
THE. SUCCESS OF FRAUDS.

A Department of Agriculture bulle- tin calls, attention to the selling of certain limitations of foreign patent medicines. The supplies of these be- ing cut off by the war, interruptions makers in our country are getting a harvest out of substitutes.
 In spite of all the campaign for pure foods and drugs the public must still be yigilant. There is, however, a growing sentiment against false labels.
 Herring are good little hshR and they might sell just as we'll even if they weren' t, labelled sardines. Is it necessary to label as calf some shoe
 nal ready to drop from old age? It does not make the boarders like skim milk any better to call 1t cream. Peo- pie with an ordinarily developed sense of taste can detect the fact if sugar, is partly flour and starch. And if, roasted acorns and grains are put into coffee, the consumer detects it, and the dealer who sold it to him suffers
 The American people are rather tolerant with frauds. Public senti- ulent or public administration seems defective, when the successful adul-s terator- can get away with his decep- tions and ride-ip the finest automobile and dominate social life. A man with. right feeling would never be happy on a fortune earned through deception. But this is an age where few ques- tions are asked as to where money comes from.
 It is a period, however. when a great and increasing number of peo-s pie demand to be shown From now on it will be hard to, found a successful business on lies. There may. be some Get-Rich-Q Quick money in it. But the fraud will be shown up and the faker may have to be idle quite a time before he works up his next scheme. The public values more and more the man who shows up everything about his. goods and in vites the closest inspection.
 A food medicine can make no moro sagacious move than, to submit his processes to impartial inspection, and secure reliable testimony as to their honesty. Certified goods com. mand liberal prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
SUPREME REGENT TO
 VISIT SEASIDE COUNCIL

Seaside council, No. 709, Royal Ar canums will hold special meeting Monday evening at it's rooms, 1925 Main street. Citizens building, at 8 O. clock There will be a group ini- tiation.
 The following councils will be repre- sented: Nutmeg of Greenwich Stam- ford of Stamford, Danbury of Dan- bury, Sherman of NorwaIk, Danassas of Norwalk, Volunteer of Milford, Mo hiean of Derby and B. H. Webb of Hartford. The initiatory work will be conducted by the crack degree team of the B.. H. Webb council of Hartford.
 Seaside council will, be honored by the presence of Supreme Regent Sam uel Hoag of New York, Supreme Chaplain Carleton E. Hoadley Of New Haven, also Grand Regent Horace Wialliams and staff. At the termina- ton of the meeting a turkey supper will be served by the ladies of the Ar canum in the banquet hall. All mem bers of the Royal Acanum- are in vited.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
PREPARATION AND TAXES
N7 AR IS Nor all profit to America. The price. Q

TX NOT profit America The price pres WY entity be realized Il a larger n new The proceeds will not be devoted to the development agrfculr anything which productive need the necessity will be spent for larger for ships tor guns the of belief that may become involved either during the progress of the war, after it is
 Uncle will put his hand into his pocket and But partisan political gentlemen who strictly European will about laer ing They will point with pride day country military smaller, and will president of the United States for warranted extravaganza.
 With and like sincerity these gentry would the failure of the army navy They would paint hefeary country foreign foe and would speak of the government stipulated with the early 
 In the nothing these gentlemen except efforts for the revival of the very tariff argument
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
THE RRICE OF WHEAT

AIS THE yon of St. Louis - s2ooo minute for fifteen minutes speculating in wheat one day in September
 The of the farm family that this Vyhe was under $500
 shall be about commodity of staple necessity, which aborousy produced by the brow of millions of only to be of cessive profit to few gamblers?
 suggest that the government may fixing prices to producer by establishment 0 pro- position simple enough European nations find little cuIty n meeting1it the started.
 of industrious forever platform upon which gamblers take dishonest living out of the of the people?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
THE ROAD TO GoNsrANTINoPLE

LAND AND population the Turkish Empire,
 approximately asthird great coninen7 square tory nhabted by $ persons most of whom in Asia
 Once route opened to Constantnople, Germany will abundant of will upon call quantities Of foodstnffs, able. sSsss .egSs
 The Allies have to late, though thorough ton of the strength their may by drive through ba They will make desperate effort prevent ton with Turkey communication after it is establish The hardest fighting of the place among of Serbia the control the Turkish capital
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
ONE MAN LESS ON THEIR FEET

NE READS with pleasure of moderntrolley cars, pay A& enter stya which the the necessary to step of the passengers f8as
 Since the passengers collect their ought be safe the conductor they trapled by the other indignation meeting held bound for Walnut that overcrowding tasteful to riders
 What there prevent overcrozvdng? company Manager sd gets it's profit from the short tppers strap hangers and standeesn svttssls
 It that standing will be atleast necessary accomplishment for patrons it has been the past.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
TWO VIEWS FROM THE TRENCHES

HE NEWS OF yesterday gave views war; first
 4 by American football player, Florence Price serving the French trenches the other from Carl Schultz deserted The in this trench thansn England. 1T @sst3 5S FsA@
 The other My in the trenches. I don't want to be sent back
 Is the difference between different spirits of the utter to differ the service they Probably War is certainly terrible than the experience Price would indicate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
H. E. PHILLIPS WEDs. ]:

Announcement is made of the mar riaee Of Herbert Edgar Phillips, a mechanical engineer employed at the Remington Arms & Ammunition Co., to Miss Blanche Geraldine Sanborn, of North Attleboro, Mass. The cere- 4nony was performed in that city on Tha anksgiving day. The couple will live at 16s West Liberty street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
GUARANTEEING PEACE WITH A NAVY

DF~ HERE IS NO accounting for ideals: Macleod
 A pastor of St. Nicholas York city, wants the United Staes to have large guarantee the of the ord That would navy t merely guaranteed peace the how guarantee Poland the frontier between and Germany Ad who would guarantee that Mir Roosevelt might elected president duty the promotion of American ideals of mankind?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
Rubber Boots

We carry 9 very large stock in boots at all times and can take care of your needs.
 Men $ Short Boots. $500 up Men $. Storm King Boots
 $3,T5 up Men s Sport Boots $4.59 up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27

The steamer Messonfer. which ar rived in New York from Marseilles. brought back a large part of the re- frigerator beef which was condemned by French authorities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27

The Peruvian government issued an order prohibiting the exportatios of Vicuna and Alpaca. hides and articles made from them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27

The Liberty Bell completed it's trip from the Pacific Coast and once more rests in Independence Hall, PhfladeI- paia-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27

Abbas Hilnas former Khedive of Eeypt. arrived at Geneva. Switzer- land, to undergo an operation on his &nnEMa-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27
The Shop for P1aythings.

most fascinating place for both little and big folks is the north store of the basement which has been verted into Holiday Shop for Playthings. There most interesting animals, regular fzoo with wild and tame beasts Some of them and walk There railroad systems with trains, stations tu nels, semaphores and tracks and switches desired There miniature Derricks Pile Drivers, Cranes and Shutes for construction works Armored Cruisers Submarines 3 Regiments of Soldiers with all aecoutrements. Puzzles, Games, Blocks, Furniture for Doll Housea Etc.
 
 Dolls and Doll Furnishings in the ohildren,s Shop, second floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27

pital.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-27

XMAS HOPING AND WREATF4s OF
 LAUREL
 JOHN RICK $ SON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-13
OLD FRIEND BACK
Semi-Monthly Pay Day Bill
Appears in House.
Provision Affecting All COrpOr-
atiOns In State.

Keene of Bourbon county offered a
bill in the house today providing for
compulsory semi-monthly payment OF
employees by all corporations doing
business in Kansas. The bill was de-
feated during the 1913 session.
In his bill the Republican floor
leader provides that all corporations
employing mechanics. laborers and
other servants must make payment Of
wages at least twice each month. Any
corporation which shall violate the
provisions of the Keene bill shall,
upon conviction, be deemed guilty Of
a misdemeanor anc fined in a sum Of
not less than $50 and not more than
$500.
The Bourbon county member also
introduced a joint resolution provid-
ing for a three-fourths jury verdict in
civil cases. A constitutional amend
ment is necessary to put the Keene
resolution in effect. For this reason
the measure must receive a two-thirds
vote of members of both branches Of
the state legislature. The provision
must then be ratified by the voters in
the 1916 election. The provision was
proposed in both 1911 and 1913, but
failed OF the necessary two-thirds vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-13
May FIGHT ITALY FOUR Year Terms
Germans Expect Southern
NeighbOr to Enter War.
Kaiser Was Offended by the
Garibaldi Demonstration.

Rome. Jan. 13.-Germans in Italy be-
lieve Italy plans an entrance into the
European war in the near future, on
the side of the allies. Many are clos
ing up their business connections here
and returning to their native land.
They realize that even though they are
incapacitated for military service,
should war come, they would be IN
termed here.
All Germans of military age, or ca
pable of bearing arms for the kaiser,
went home long ago, with the excep-
ton of a few who received special per-
mission to remain. But many Germans
in business. and especially German
women. are still in Italy.
1t is stated that the Garibaldi dem
onstration greatly displeased the kaiser
Although the Italian government hao
plenty of troops on duty to prevent
any anti-German demonstration. the
fact that the public professions were
permitted with the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of the allies participating. is
said to have been regarded in Berlin
as in the nature of an affront to Ger
many.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-13
Constitutional Amendment Is
Proposed in Senate Today.
Limit Officers to One Term Is
Plan of Measure.

An amendment to the state consti-
four-year terms of office for the gov
err and other officers Of the state is
pr ,posed in a concurrent resolution
introduced into the state senate this
morning by Senator J. W. Howe of
Abilene. AS proposed the amend
ment would limit such officers to one
term at time but not make them in
eligible for election to the same Office
at some subsequent time.
The proposal is to amend Section 1,
Article 1. of the constitution to read
as follows:
1.-The executive department shall
consist of governor, lieutenant-gov-
e-Aor, secretary of state, auditor,
treasurer, attorney general and super
intendent of public instruction, super
intendent of insurance, state printer,
and all other elected state officers ex-
cept judges of supreme court and
members of the legislature, who shall
be chosen by the e'ectors Of the state
at the time and place OF voting for
members of the state senate, and shall
hold their respective Offices for the
term of four years from the second
Monday In January next after their
election"
II passed by -wo-thirds vote of
both branches of the legislature the
amendment will be submitted to the
voters Of the state in the general cleo
ton Of 1916.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-13

Representative Bird won the honor Of
introducing the first bill in the house
during the 1915 session. In fact. Bird
offered the first two bills. Birds first
bill was for the creation of municipal
farm homes. His second bill provided
for mothers pension.
Under the terms OF the municipal
farm home bill, Kansas towns may
send law viOlators to the municipal
farm instead OF the local Jail. Term of
sentence will be the same as under the
present law. Humane provision for the
care and support OF prisoners fam
lily is made in the Bird bill. His meas
ure provides that the court may inves-
tigate the financial affairs and property
rights of person sentenced to a term
on the municipal farm. Should it be
found that the family of a convicted
prisoner is in needy circumstances, ap-
preparation for their support may be
made. Money paid to family Of a con-
victed person under the Bird act, shall
be paid from the earnings of the convict
while working on the farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-13
BERLIN OFFICIAL.
Germans Report Several Minor Vic
tories ON Western Front.

Berlin, Jan. 13.3The war office today
gave out the following statement:
In the western theater fierce artil-
lery duels took place in the neighbor-
hood of Nieuport. They resulted in the
evacuation of the enemy's trenches at
Palinsburg, q suburb OF NieupOrt.
1.-THE enemy's attack near the canal
OF Labassee have been finally repelled.
French attacks at La Boiselle and the
hill of Touvron were repulsed. Yester-
days unsuccessful attacks on the hills
near Crony were followed up by q Ger
man counter attack which ended In the
complete defeat Of the French and the
clearing Of the hills northeast Of Bus
sic and north Of Crony. Our troops took
possession Of two French positions and
captured LOO prisoners. four cannon
and several machine guns.
IAN attack by French sappers in the
nefghborhood Of st. Mfhiel has been
successfully repulsed. Our troops took
possession OF the hills north and north
east Of Nomeny.
..The situation in the vosges remains
unchanged.
I'm the eastern theater of war the
situation has mot undergone any
change <
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-13
Seen From the Gallery
By HARVEY PARSONS.

There are different methods Of
opening a session of Kansas legisla-
ture. 1t is the only intoxicant per-
mitted within our fair state, and con-
tributes nothing worse than q period
ical jag. 1t is not opened with a bung
starter. The opening is solemn and
subdued. Furthermore, the opening
is rehearsed by the dominant faction
Of either house some hours before the
actual splash.
The 1915 session has been opened.
It was opened with eubdued gladness
in the lower house. When the domi-
nant party gets back after a two years
rest from the duties of state. subdued
gladness is the proper dressing for an
opening In times past, a dominant
party has been known to open on
suspicion while the minor fraction
held a fillable flush, and the result
was Simply Awful. But this time, the
elder hand in the house seems to con-
tain the best cards. and little difficulty
is expected in collecting the stake.
Opening q second-session senate II
q simple matter. 1t begins with
mild wave OF applause for the new
president. supplication by the chap
lain not yet elected but chosen by the
majority side,- and other formalities
IContiuued On Page Eaghtl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-13

Governor Arthur Capper today sent
his maiden message to the state legis-
lature. He urged amendments to
many state laws, the abolishment of
useless boards and commissions, revi-
S. state election and banking laws,
passage of eleven welfare acts. a short
ballot through appointment of present
elective officials and the redemption
of Republican platform promises of
1914. The message was read both in
the house and senate and the recom-
mendations of the new executive re-
ceived careful attention from MEM
bers of all parties.
In his message Governor Capper
said:
Executive Office, Topeka. Kan. Jam
uary IL. 1915.
Gentlemen of the Legislature:
According to custom and the pro-
visions of the constitution Of Kansas.
1 submit these suggestion and recom-
mendations upon those public matters
which seem to me of immediate COM
Germ.
You have met to provide for a more
expeditions conduct of public business:
to make such changes in the statutes
as time. experience and ever-changing
conditions may indicate are requireds
(Continued on Page Three.J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-13
HASKELL IN RACE
Strong Candidate for Warden
of Penitentiary.
Need Of Clay Center, Nain of
HeringtOn, After 1t.

Governor Capper has been urged to
appoint w. H. Haskell of Wyandotte
county as warden of the state peniten-
tiary at Lansing in event the new ad-
ministration removes j. D. Botkin,
present warden. Haskell is former
state senator and was warden of the
prison during the Hoch administration
The appointment of Haskell has been
urged by number of the former ward
ems friends. who believe that an ef-
fort will be made to remove Warden
Botkin before the expiration of his
term. Botkin was appointed and con-
firmed for period of four years be-
ginning July 1, 1913. 1t is the belief
in political circles. however. that Bot
kin will be asked to resign. Because