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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
TWO LINES TO K. C.
Second Interurban From To-
peka May Be Put Thru.
One North of River-New Line
on South.

Is Topeka to have two interurban
lines to Kansas City? The answer de-
ponds on how peeved Lawrence is al
the change in the proposed route OF
the Kansas City, Kaw Valley & West
ern interurban, to the north side OF
the Kaw river:
Reports reaching Topeka from
Lawrence indicate that the town is
dfspleased at the change in the route
and that efforts to start a southern
side line are under discussion there.
1t was announced Tuesday that the
between Kansas City and Lawrence
would be extended to Topeka on the
north side of the Kaw, because the
line is shorter and there are more
people along the route.
The Hooker & Dixon Interurban line
has cars running from Kansas City to
Zarah, seventeen miles out, and was
stopped there when the Helm inter.
ests rushed the Kansas City, Kaw Val.
ley & Western into Lawrence
The possibility of reviving interest
in the Hooker & Dixon line is under
discussion now.
To Benefit Rock Island?
1t has been limited that the sudden
change of the Helm line to the north
side of the river is the result of the
suit which is now pending against the
Rock Island, to cancel the lease of the
Union Pacific tracks, which the Rock
Island now holds. The theory that the
interurban is building down the north
side for the benefit of the Rock Island
in case the Rock Island is barred from
further use of the Union Pacific
tracks, has been advanced
I For years the Rock Island, which
has no track of its own between To-
peka and Kansas City. has paid fol
the use of the Union Pacific tracks
between here and Kansas City. The
Union Pacific recently filed a suit ask
ing that the lease be cancelled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02

Advertising Companies.
DIRECT ADVERTISING CO,
412-414 Central National Bank Bldg.
Phone 1916.
SHAWNEE CYCLE CO,
rs East 9TH st:
Business Colleges
TOPEKA BUSINESS COLLEGE,
NJ. l.. Stricken. Pres. Ill f. sth st.
DouGHERTY's BUSINESS GO" coLLEGE.
George L. Dougherty. Pres. us West sth.
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
New England Building. 49,,
MARSHALL BROS.
135 Kansas Ave.
Phone 535-
WARREN NJ CROSBY CO.,
G13-1T kansas Ave.
H. b. HOWARD ELECTRIC & ATH-
letic Supply. lie Kansas Ave.
Phone 1871
mn p.,I Eye Specialists.
us Kansas Ave.
Phone 724.
Express Dray and Transfer.
TOPEKA TRANSFER CO, o. II. White
53o Adams st.
Phone $3.50
Groceries and Meats.
LANNAN & LANNAN.
312-1O f. 4th.
Phone 3s45.
BAUGHMAN bios.
22s5 Lincoln st.
TOPEKA PURE MILK co, UNIV
400-o2-04 Jackson St
Phone az7-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02

No. st was a quiet, snowy day.
The train was late. The ladies' wait
ing room was dark, smoky and close,
and the dozen women, old and young,
who sat waiting impatiently, ali
looked cross, low spirited or stupid.
In this scene, the women proba bly,
Kept their wraps on, because they
wished to be ready to take the train
Pretty soon the station agent came
ana put more coal in the stove. which
was already redhot in spots. Do you
think this made the women happier =?
No. 1O-Below are three lines If
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
WAKE Up FEELING
FRESH AS A DAISY

Let Cascarets liven your liver and
clean your thirty feet of bowels with
out gripping. You will wake up feeling
grand. Your head will be clear.
breath right, tongue clean, stomach
sweet, eyes bright, step elastic and
complexion rosy-they're wonderful
Get a lucent box now at any drug
store. Mothers can safely give a whole
CaScaret to children at any time when
they become cross. feverish, bilious.
tongue coated or corstipat ed-Cas-
carrots are harmless.+Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02

AS to the Santa FEES defiance" of
the law. Mr.. Ripley said that sit is
not defiance to ask the courts to pass.
upon the validity of a statute. 1 re-
gard 1t is a duty to the owners OF the
Santa Fe and to the public to seek the
judgment of the United States SUI
preme court on the constitutionality of
the eight hour act
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
NATIONAL MILITARY TRAINING
Association for National Service.
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will he
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as n econstit of he United
y-one.
he
ducang the of citizenship
believe that rot only
ennobns
who nd
of the General Staff of problem
and
% is ontan
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
dren are especially needed.
BY cL1FFoRD LEON SHERMAN.

dren are especially needed.
In six months, the home has assisted
forty women and babies, sixteen of
whom were born in the home. Four
girls and their babies returned to
homes of parents or relatives. one
married, and twelve girls and nine
babies remain in the missions care.
The establishment has cared for three
widows and found employment for
four others. A special effort is being
made to make the holidays happy for
those whom happiness has missed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
BABY OUTFITS NEEDED
Crittenton Home Managers Issue Spe-
ciaI Holiday Appeal.

Anyone wishing to donate fruit,
vegetables or anything for the holi-
days, call 1886" is the appeal sent out
by the Kansas Florence Crittenton
mission which cares for unfortunate
women and babies. Outfits for chill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02

the first line is the shortest, place a
dot above it. If the last line is short
er than the first but longer than the
middle line, put a cross above the
longest. If each of the other lines is
longer than the last line, put a cross
above the shortest line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02

Insurance.
FALKINER & WENTWORTH. GEN.
eral Insurance. 409-11 New England Bldg
Phone OIL.
jewelers..
r. IL. MoREHOUSE.
AT Holiday:
Junk Dealers
OVAL BROS & co. WHOLESALE
Scrap lion. 214-16 n. Kansas Ave. .
Phone 2Gd
Kodak Finishing.
s25 kansas Ave.
Phone 1141.
Loans. MortRage Financial Agents.
FARM MORTGAGE CO,
so1-15 Mulvane Bldg.
PIONEER MORTGAGE co,
4th Floor Mulvaue Bldg.
Mattress Factories.
MCINTYRE BROS, SPRINGS. BEDS.
Mattress Factory. 227-229 Quincy.
Phone 527J.
W. ]. LEWIS,
500 Kansas Ave.
Phone 1912.
c J. BoEeER PhosoFfaphers'
707 Kansas Ave.
Phone $3.50.
Real Estate Dealers. Loans. Insurance
C. r BOLIVAR REAL ESTATE,
Collections. 80 Columbian Bldg.
Phone 725 Ring
Sand Dealers.
TOPEKA SAND CO..
Foot of Topeka Ave,
Una.r....r. Phone s4ss
a. W. BoMGARDNER.
Cpl Jackson st.
Phone 14t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
NO JAIL NEEDED HERE.
So Centralia City Council Rents Prison
for Laundry.

Centralia, Mo-, Dec 2-For the first
time in As years. Centralia is without
a Jail Arrests were few and the city
council has rented the jail to a firm
for a steam laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02

Papa what is the difference between
a President and a Vice President 2" "A
Vice President is surrounded by obscure
ty when he takes his office and President
is surrounded by it when he leaves
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Telephone numbers and addresses your
buying Filed this list could be called often for quick
reference will appear Saturday If not rep
resented call Phone $3.50 Adv Dept for information
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02

No. 6-Bone is composed of animal
matter and mineral matter. The for
mer gives it toughness and the latter
rjgidity. Yesterday 1 placed a bone
from a chickens leg in a bottle of acid
and found this morning that I could
wrap the bone around my finger like
gristle. Which kind of matter was re-
moved from the bone?
No. THE pitch of tone depends
on the number of vibrations made by
the vibrating body in a second of time.
The greater the number of vibrations
per second, the higher the tone. Two
bodies are made to vibrate, the former
256 times a second, and the latter 3S4
times a second. Which produces the
lower tone. the former or the latter :?
No. S-There are three horizontal
lines; the first is three inches in
length, the second two inches. the
third one inch. We know that if the
second and third lines are Joined end
to end the resulting line will be as
long as the first line. Suppose that
the first and second lines are Joined
end to end How many times as long
as the third line will the resulting line
| be?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
Get a 10 Cent Box of
"CaScarets" for Your
Liver and Bowels.

Tonight sure, Take Cascarets anc
Cajoy the incest. gentlest liver and
~oUel cleansing Won ever experienced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02

'Ferdy" ''Yaas?" why don't you
marry that charming girl ?" 'Rah jove
I have half n mind" "Let her find that
out afterwards. Louisville Courier ] our
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-02
Surprising Result OF Reading
Trial in Topeka School.
Many Students Fall Down on
Few Simple Questions.
POOR READERIS POOR SCHOLAR
All Given Kelley Test to Deter
mine Efficiency.
How Many Questions Can You
Answer on Timeg

"Readin'" is the greatest of the
three RS and without an ability TO
read rapidly and understandingly one
can not be a good student. That IS
the result shown by the Kelley reading
tests which have been given to 1,4oO
high school students in the last two
weeks.
Surprising findings have been made
by the tests. The daughter of To-
peka capitalists, living in book-fllied
home, was able to grasp the meaning
of but a few of the simplest Quest1ons'
whereas the daughter of railroad en-
gineer turned in one of the highest
scores of the whole 1,400. A negro
girl turned in answers to only three
primer questions in the allotted five
minutes, which an ordinary child OF
the fourth grade could have done in
half the time. The son of prominent
Santa Fe official answered only two
questions.
"Altho the results are not all in, -
Principal A. ]. Stout said this morn
ing, they are enough to prove our
point, that the child who is not en-
couraged to read by his parents and
who comes to high school poor
study that he can take. II parents
would encourage their children to read
while they are young they would
save them loads of worry over lessons
later on.
while it cannot be stated as in
variably true, yet the child who has
not mastered and who is not interest
ed in reading to some extent, rarely
makes a success in later life"
Best Students Make High Scores.
The results of the test have shown
that the pupils with high scores from
the test are the best students in all
lines.
make perfect score, all sixteen ques-
lions must be answered in five min
utes. The best record yet found IS
that of one high school girl who an
swered thirteen. Are your reading
powers equal to the high school stu
able to write down the correct an
swers to at least eight of the questions
in the 300 seconds:
No. MARY is older than Nellie
and Nellie is older than Kate. Which
girl is older, Mary or Kate?
No. my fingers were numb with
cold from carrying my skates. My
breath looked like steam before my
face and froze into 'thick frost on
my muffler. My mother saw me COM
ing and called, Clean off your shoes
and then come in and get warm" "
Which do you think 1 had on my
shoes, mud or snow2
No. 81 have five plums and Mary
has four plums. Jane comes along
and we see that she hasn't any, We
want to divide with Jane in such 3
way that we shall all three have the
same number. l give Jane two plums
How many must Mary give her?
No. I'm the following words, find
one letter which is contained in only
three of them and then cross out the
word which does not contain that let
ter: all, thief, live, anvil.
No. 5-A, B, C and D on the line be-
low represent four places lying in q
straight line. From A to B is miles
from c to D is miles, from A to [
is "A miles. How far is it from B to CT
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15
THIS MEANS SOMETHING.

A reduction of nearly forty thousand dollars in
the amount of money TO be raised by taxation i'll
Thurston county next year means something
something we nave been looking for and waiting
for here for years. This is an actual fact some
thing we put finger on and know it's
there--it means that for a year at least will
not have to pay five per cent taxes. 1t is a case
of where a campaign promise of reduced taxes
has been made good
When, during the next two months a lot of
language is being peddled around about this and
that and the other thing, just remember this
your taxes will be less next year for the first time
in years. That is what counts-that is what you
have wanted and what you will get next year
Some one may try to crowd in lot of other
things to becoud that fact but don't let them fool
you. Keep always in mind that start has been
made toward lower taxes in this county, some
thing we have wanted all along and never got
before
And people who actually reduce taxes are more
reliable persons to deal with than those who, with
q record Of long years Of promises behind them
and mug full Of promises this year, never &C.
complish the fact
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15
THEN AND NOW.

When during the Taft administration it was
proposed in the United States senate to intervene
in Mexico Mr.. Root denounced the idea saying:
Granting that injuries have been done to Ameri-
can citizens that ought to be redressed; that
wounds have been inflicted, that lives have been
taken 1t does not follow, sir, that we
should begin the process Of securing redress for
those injuries by threat Of force on the part Of
. great and powerful nation against smaller and
weaker nation That, sir, is to revise the policy Of
the United States and take step backward in the
pathway of civilization.
When in February, 1913, Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson at Mexico City appealed to the Taft
government at Washington to address the Mexi-
can government of Madero in firm drastic and
perhaps menacing" style for the protection Of
American interests, Secretary Of State Knox re-
fused on the ground that such an attitude might
possibly precipitate what the United States was
trying to avoid, namely, intervention.
And our dear old friend, Raymond Robbins,
chairman of the recent Progressive national con-
vention, who is now cavorting around with
Hughes had this to say of President Wilson in a
public address delivered in the city of Chicago,
October 10, 1914:
"The most skillful, the most courageous, the
greatest craftsmanship of the last two years in
this world was the manner in which Wilson avert
ed war between this country and Mexico. The
reason that the blood of Aemrican men-sons of
our homes-is not today reddening the hot sands
of Mexico to serve the interests of few corpora
ton magnates and spectators, is due more to the
courage and constancy of Woodrow Wilson than
to any other factor in American life. would
count myself poor and small, indeed, it were not
able to recognize wisdom, courage, and public
service, even if it had been shown by the chief OF
an opposing party.
There was no campaign on when these remarks
were made.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

yul,~ proved Il dismal failure az president
picker.
Iii, backing won the presidential nomination.
cor William Howard Taft at the convention Of
zoos when '!c njmc Of Charles Evans l1ugheS,
th,n governor of New York. was frequently heart
as 4 cauuiiat" His advocacy of the candidacy OF
Taft was largely res}onSible for Taft s election.
Yet four years later T K. split the party III his
Efforts to defeat Taft, who by Rooseyet's own
admission went over to the standpat element and
rendered all the principles for which Roosevelt
stood
Theodore Roosevelt is now pleading for the
election Of Charles Evans Hughes. What assur-
ance can Mr.. Roosevelt give the American people
that the man whom he supports will keep The
faith any more than did William Howard Taft, the
man he advocated eight years ago? Does it not
seem strange TO the Sage OF Oyster Bay that the
Penroses, the Barneses, the Reed Shoots, and the
Gallingers are now all as enthusiastically for Can
didate Hughes as they We're enthusiastically for
William Howard Taft eight years ago2
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15
LAUNDERING FORWARD.

In announcing his intention to support Presi-
dent Wilson, Thomas A. Edison says:
''They say he has bundered. Perhaps he has
But notice that he usually blunders forward
There can be no more effective answer to the
stereotyped criticism of the president Mr. Wilson
blunders at times but he blunders forward, and
laundering forward represents the highest achieve
ments of the human race.
That is why Mr.. Wilson is certain to rank
among the greatest of all the presidents of the
United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

Senator Galnger leader of the Republican
minority insists that the Democratic shipping bill
is dangerous step towards socialism It is a
strange fact that every law that serves and ben
efts the people is sociaistc in the eyes of special
interests That was the final gasp of privilege
against the new financial legislation, against an
income tax, against the rural credit BILL child
labor inhibition, taking the tariff out of politics.,
against the whole progressive program of Demo
cratic legislation
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

While in Wyoming Mr. Hughes visited the
abandoned Fort Russell, for which at various
times Senator Warren, who will be chairman of
the senate appropriations committee in the event
of Republican success, secured appropriations ag-
gregating ten million dollars. Mr.. Hughes made
no speech on pork barrel legislation at Fort Rus
sell, or in Wyoming.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

Hardly had Mr.. Hughes declared that our pros
perity was Temporary" and that American in
dustries were in merely 'fool's paradise when
the United States Chamber of Commerce. repre-
senting 800 commercial bodies, reported as re-
suit Of careful that the country prosper
ty was solidly established that no presidential
election could disturb it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

This country's imports have grown markedly
during the past three years At the same time
this country's productive output has been increas
ing to keep up with the tremendous business that
has come. The imports in other words are not a
slap at the Democratic tariff measure but re-
Spouse to the demands Of manufacturers for more
raw material than is in this country available
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15
DEMOCRATS CLAIM
VICTORY IN MAINE
LEADERS DECLARE REDUCED
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY MEANS
SUCCESSFUL FIGHT.

Pointing out that Maine normally
goes Republican by from 10000 tol
$4,000, that the highest plurality in
this years election was 1880, in
spite of the fact that the vote was the
largest in the states history. and that
in 1892 when Cleveland was elected
Maine went Republican by 1850,
Democratic leaders Of the East assert
there is no real basis for the claim of
the Republicans that their victory in
the Maine election Monday presages
the success Of the Republican nation
al ticket in November.
The Maine Republicans elected
two candidates for United States SEN
ator, four congressman, and governor,
and gained control of their legisla-
ture, the gubernatorial candidate.
Carl e. Milliken, having a plurality
of about 1890. approximately
10000 votes were cast, while two
years ago and in the last presidential
year the vote was less than $4,000.
Republican Majority Reduced.
Maine Democrats themselves point
ed to the fact that they reduced the
usual Republican majority of that
state on national issues, q majority
that was high and consistent in the
days of Frye and Mathew Hale, and
Governor Oakley Curtis, the defeated
Democratic candidate, issued a state
ment saying, IF the Republicans do
not get $1,000 majority, Wilson is
upheld"
The result brought from Chairman
Wilcox of the Republican national
committee the statement that This
means a reunited party. that the
Progressives have returned to the
party and that the election of Mr..
Hughes in November is assured" On
the other hand, Chairman Vance C.
Mccormick, of the emocratic national
committee, recalling that II have
never claimed we would win in Maine
because l realized that to carry such
a rock-ribbed Republican stronghold
in a presidential year would be prac-
tically impossible" declared:
Means Democratic Victory.
1.-The result indicates sweeping
Democratic victory in November" be-
cause 1--WE have materially reduced
the usually large Republican major.
ity always obtained on national issues
in that state, and that insures the
election of President Wilson in No
vember by an impressive majority
just as Republican plurality Of
1880 in Maine in September, 1892
prefaced the election of President
Cleveland in November"
There is nothing discouraging II
the result" was the comment of Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels, one o
the speakers in the prediction cam
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15
Is TEDDY's JUDGMENT GOOD?

Theodore Roosevelt, in the opinion of hundreds
of thousands of American voters, was one of the
greatest presidents this country has had in recent
wears but, as the Tacoma Tribune points out
Theodore Roosevelt in the opinion of hundreds OF
thousands of American voters expressed at the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

In seven weeks since July l. 1916, the comptroller
of the currency reports "a new national banks or
gained with 81 ,845yO0O capital, and capital in
creases in other banks amounting to $685. 900,
making total banking capital increase of 49, $780,
600 since July 1. And still our deplorable ''tem-
porary prosperity" goes on with accelerated mo-
mentum.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

The death of Richard c. Kerens of St Louis
reminds us that he was the heaviest individual
contributor to the Taft campaign fund and was
appointed ambassador to Austria-Ilungary. But
that was before Mr.. Hughes and Boise Penrose
converted the Republican party to the noble ideals
of efficiency
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

From the railroad point of view an increase in
freight rates is always highly desirable when the
Wall Street bankers demand it as basis for addi-
tional loans, but scandalous public burden if the
proceeds are to be applied to labor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

Unable to discount the popularity of the pro-
gressive legislation enacted under Democratic
administration, Republicans are now endeavoring
to claim credit for having originated it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

The New York telegraph" has discovered
that California volcano hurls mud 500 feet.
That beats the Hughes record, which, in the tab
ernacle at Salt Lake City, was 200 feet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

Labor was always first to feel the biting econ
omy Of capitalstic-made panics but the Wilson
administration has ended money-made panics.
Does labor want changed
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15

President Wilson's Mexican policy is danger
Gus thing for Republican orators to play with.
There are great many Republicans who endorse
it as thoroughly as do Democrats.