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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05
SAFETY FIRST?

Editor State Journal: There are
two conditions existing in Topeka
which are both positively dangerous
OF course both will be corrected Soon
er or later. The question is. will they
be corrected before some one is hurt,
or killed, or afterward?
On July last, the merry-go-round
at Garfield park was doing a rushing
business. so much so, that during all
the evening whila I was there it did
not stop once Hundreds and 1 pre-
sumo thousands, many of whom were
children, were taken on and let off
while it was in motion I protested to
one of the men in charge and called
his attention to a notice which they
had up near, warning patrons against
getting on or off while it was in mo-
ton. He said that meant while it was
going fast, and that it would break up
some of the machinery if they had to
stop and start every time.
1t looks to be unsafe especially for
children to get on and off while it is
in motion. and it certainly is. else why
the notice forbidding it I hope the
proper officers look into this matter.
The other danger IS greater and
exists at all times when streets cars
are running. 1 refer to the absence
of guards on street cars on lines where
the iron poles are in the middle of the
streets 1t is not more than six or
eight inches from the cars to these
poles, and certain death awaits the
unfortunate child who would thought
lesSly put his head out of the car
window. notice some cars have these
guards on them. and I think the COM
missioners should require them On all
cars running on these lines before
someone is killed
If you will kindly publish this letter.
perhaps we can create a sentiment for
safety which will remove these dan
gers. Yours very truly,
A. o. BEACH.
s31 Tyler street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05

the president of the duma I put the
question:
what is the attitude of the peasant
towards the war;"
He is for continuing it until Rus
STA wins" was the reply. He knows
what German domination means and
doesn't want it."
American newspapers are report
ing lots of peace talk these days" I
suggested What do you think of
t?''
Seems mostly of German origin, IS
President Rodzianko said Most of
il appears to come from Berlin
through your correspondents quoting
German officials. The rest to all APP
pearances is prepared by German
agents in the United States"
But all neutral countries are hear
ing considerable about peace. Do you
believe there Is a movement on foot
to bring about an early end to the
war;" 1 queried.
Peace Movement Unfriendly Now.
"AIl can say is this" he answered.
ANY peace talk now is unfriendly to
the allies, 50 1 leave you to guess who
is doing most of the talking. II 1T
does the Germans any good. however,
to talk peace, let them talk 1t GER
tainly does US no harm Still this is
no time for neutrals to attempt to
start negotiations"
mere LnC PICSAAAAS OAAACCE VI US
sia's representative body laughed good
naturedly. adding: And II the United
States tries to make peace between
Germany and the allies at this stage of
the game, we will never forgive her.
Though said in the most pleasant
fashion imaginable. the duma leader
clearly meant what he said More
over, had been expecting the remark
Statesmen in France had said the
same thing to me. time and again.
Englishmen say it And the Italians,
Relgians. and Serbs In Russia, as in
other allied countries, one is frequent
ly asked the question:
''Is America going to try to make
peace?" By the way it is asked one
can detect resentment. No ally likes
the idea Prime Minister Aristide
BRAND OF France, upon assuming of
flee. declared:
I'VE will hive peace through vic
tory" In Russia they say the same
thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05

enfant, she shall go to school. and so
we save all re time
At this the little girl who had been
asleep in my arms looked up and
smiled, a most unchildish a most pro-
fessioncl smile that was, and thought
of the generations of circus ancestors
who had smiled for money when Death
was always near. of those iron neryed
ancestors who had bequeathed the lit
tie girl that strained, old smile
Live TO Sing
I'VE smile with our lips often when
we weep with our hearts," SO a
French girl who was soloist for the
Sorrentino band-the one which played
told me.
Our lives are hard, but-when we
sing. all, that is when we live, she
added This same girl, this much
Travelled woman of the world, was as
tonishingly simple and child-like in
many ways.
A fire broke out on the East side
the evening before she left. and we
went to see. it She was intensely in
terested-
do you know" she confided to me
at the door of her hotel as 1 was
leaving her, that I never had a
chance to go to fire in all my life
before. No, I'm not kidding you I've
missed lots of things that persons in
private life take as a matter of course"
And then she added, likely more to
herself than to me:
The great tragedy of the lives of
professional singers is that we seldom
ever have a chance to enjoy a real
home" R. NJ C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05
City BacterioIogist Has CoIIee-
ton of Leprosy Bacteria.
Keeping Them Like Pets While
Owner Is Out of City. G
MUST BE CHANGED FREQUENTLY
Necessary to Keep These Germs
Up to q Fighting Pitch.
Miss NicoH Always Busy Count
ing ssBugs- in Summer.

Have your neighbors gone away for
the summer and left you their pet cats
which must be fed several times .
day? II they have, you should worry
You've been let off easy
Over in the city hall. Miss Annette
Nicoll, city bacteriologist is taking
care of some pet leprosy germs-she
personal property of DR.. Edith Twiss.
head of the meteorological depart
ment of washburn college. The doc
tor who will be out of the city most
of the summer left the leprosy bac-
terra along with some tuberculosis,
typhoid and several less dangerous
species in charge of the city bac-
teriologist.
In order to keep the germs keyed
up to a particularly ferocious fighting.
the media in which they feed must
must be changed frequently
Reasonable care must be exercised
in handling tho bacteria Miss NicolL
asserts. And in answer to a query
announced that leprosy germs are not
dumped out in the palm of the hand.
while media are being changed
Among the various bacteria included
in DIR. Twiss's collection Of pets are
some of the Hay species
And the Hay bacteria Miss Nicoll
explained in response to a second
question. do not produce Hay
fever"
Miss Nicoli, who has charge of all
milk and various other tests made by
the health department. is giving the.
Twiss pets more attention than many
kittens. that have been left in charge
of neighbors, get
Germs are Miss Nicolrs hobby
When she isn't firing ovens in which
dishes are protected against bacteria
and germs which have performed their
duties and died she counts germs that
take up a residence in milk peddled by
local dairymen-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05

found in my pocket the morning after
she left. the exact amount / had paid
to local photographer to take q
postal card picture of her.
"Old stuff" or not, often when 1 see
a girl dancing on the stage with a
smile-and some times not wearing
much else, a certain scene come back
to me- A group of girls are waiting
to go on In a dancing scene. A tele-
gram is thrust into her hands. Her
rouge. She starts to fall. Then comes
the signal and her companions whis-
per, Brace-up dear" and she glides
onto the stage in a mad frenzy of
dance, only to rush to her dressing
room after the turn" Then mfnglin,.
with the rhythm of the orchestra I
hear the throbbing of sobs- The tele-
gram stated that the girls grand
mother her only relative, had died
that evening.
Stage Life an Experience
This love among members of a fam
who were billed as furniture Jug
glers." at the Novelty a few Christ
masses ago. They were the man and
woman who balanced lounges and
chairs as easily as you would h1ndle
pasteboard shoe boxes You will per-
haps remember how at the end of the
act little girl came out on the stage
and lifted up a dolls table. The child
was only 3 years old, but was as ma
ture as a girl of IL in many ways
the effect of stage life.
However, the parents were deter
mined that little Emilia should have
what they had not. b good schooling.
when ozzer leetle girls were saying
their prayers at zeir mothers knee
said the mother, "I was being tossed
back and forth in re top of re circus
tent, and on Sundays, eet was always
dravel, dravel, on re train Mais. mon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05
BEHIND SCENES"
Touch of Human Nature on the
Mysterious Stage.
Topeka Newspaperman Tells of
Intimate Interviews.
ONE GIRL DISCIPLE OF DARWIN
Another Chorus Beauty Danced
After Death Message.
Little Incidents Picked Up in
Topeka Theater Circles.

Whenever see the polished, fin
ished play or musical tabloid, in which
the private lives, the personal come
dies and the tragedies of those who
take part in the play or operetta are
up the universe. somehow or other, 1
will think of the very human side
which is both revealed and yelled by
the magic aura of stage etmos-
phere. Perhaps this is because that as
theatrical writer for this paper,
used to be prone to ask in interviews
with stars and near-stars their inn
pressions the first time they appeared
in public, and what led them to "go
on the stage
The answers were as varied as a
stock actors repertoire and wardrobe
sometimes as highly colored and
sketchy as a dancers attire. too
Nevertheless, in their answers the
human nature shOne out, like blush
under face powder.
One time asked a vaudeville
artist as to her first performance in
public. She grew rather pensive and
tears came into her eyes. Why she
as Mother Hubbard 1 was only a
little girl then The artist re-
ferred to was a Salome dancer.
incidentally, but strange to say,
Salome was of quite an intellectual
turn Curled up like kitten on the
lounge back of the scenery while wait
ing for her turn. she told of expert
ences in South America L went out
into the country with some indian
guides" she said I'VE passed ancient
Cities" Then she whirled into a
technical description of hieroglyphics
and NEUROLOGICAL symbols that would
make colleg professor sit up and take
notice OF course, the exaggeration
which waved around some OF her
stories, was as transparent as her
floating, diaphanous seven wells, but
recently in scientific magazines, ]
have read accounts of the ancient city
sights she mentioned
Biology Her Hobby
Another semi-scientific vaudeville
darling was a girl who may be re-
Svede and also a Down East Yankee
at the Novelty a few years ago This
girls hobby was biology and zoology.
She was also a disciple OF Darwin and
was as clever in discussing The
/ Origin of the Species" as she was in
initiating Swedish and Yankee dialect.
She had gone through the high school.
she said and was preparing to go to
college with the intention of special
izing in biology. Then her father died
and she was on the stage making a
living for herself and her mother.
Now laugh. That mother gag" is
old stuff Sure it is, but 1 gave her
the benefit of the doubt, and she gave
me the benefit of her experience in a
world of which knew but little
Played on a Violin.
Another mother girl, was a little
pink-and-white bit of bric-a-brac who
PLAYED upon a violin rather indiffer-
emily but played upon my sympathies
in a most artistic manner.
II just know you would love my
Mama" she said either with genuine
wistfullness or consummate acting,
as she gave me her home address the
evening she left. / wonder how much
she had practiced these lines Any
way as surprised as / was by this
remark. I was more surprised when I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05
AS HOT ASKANSAS
Topeka Man Is Serving in the
British Army.
Writes to the Home Folks
About His Experience.

1t is just as hot in the British Isles
as in Kansas That is the assertion of
Ernest ]. Brown, Eightg-ninth Cana
dian battalion encamped in Western
hanger, England. waiting to go &c the
trenches. A letter from Brown was
eceived today by his brother, C. M
Brown, a State Journal employee.
The soldier went to Canada several
months ago and enlisted. He az the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M Brown,
formerly of this city
The letter follows: Received your
card If you want my photo write
to the folks. They have some. I will
to the trenches too quickly, as they
are drilling US pretty hard now.
have been in the army three months.
This is a pretty country but there
are no farms like in Canada It looks
a bit like the States but it is cleaner.
The roads are all gravel and they sure
are hard on your feet, especially If
you carry pack weighing siXty-fi.-e
pounds and Ross rifle that weighs
fifteen and one-half pounds with two
blankets. ground sheet, trenching
tools and 200 rounds of ammunition.
1t gets just as hot here as it does
in Kansas only it is colder in the night.
We are in Westenhanger on the Eng
lish channel and only thirty-five miles
from the firing lines There are a
uCZen OF more deropIdnes over US ali
the time and they fly around US as
thick as birds Several go to France
and back with the news every day.
= You would laugh if you could
see the railways here. The tracks are
about half as wide as in the States and
the engines very small. But they go
at lively clip. sixty miles an hour.
P. S.-My address is Army post,
London, England. Don't go by my
initials In writing to me as there are
so many Browns in the English army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05
Attitude Of Peasants.

And he should know, being a land
owner and farmer himself He came
direct from his plantation down near
Moscow to take part in the duma pro-
ceedings. fresh from among the coun-
tryfolk. the backbone of Russia To
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05

The count canvassing board met in
the county clerks office to count
Tuesdays vote. Candidates were in
vited to be present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05
WAR TO Hit IS
PEACE REPLY OF
RUSSIAN PEOPLE
Answer Is One Short, Sharp,
Emphatic Word-NO.
Not Until We Win From Ger
many, Popular Sentiment.
MEDIATION NOT WANTED NOW
Peasants Satisfied; More Pros.
porous Than Ever.
Winning Economic Freedom,
Russia's Greatest Victory.
Not Until We Win From Ger
many, Popular Sentiment.
MEDIATION NOT WANTED NOW
Peasants Satisfied; More Pros.
porous Than Ever.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMS.

Petrograd, July 5.-(by mail), "Y on
can't write an article about peace IN
Russia" declared Sergius Shidlovsky,
ex-vice president of the third imperial
duma and president of the bureau OF
progressive bloc, as we paced the long,
hardwood floor of the duma lobby.
you can't. because there is but one
thing to be said about it-one snort
sharp. emphatic word-Noi"
This sums up fairly well the attitude
of the Russian people regarding peace
on any other basis than an allied VIC
tory Two years of war waged under
trying circumstances finds them more
determined than ever. They feel that
they have just begun to fight because
they are just now getting organized for
fighting.
Rumors of separate peace with
Russia have been spread with consid-
cradle frequency 1t has been said
that there is even a peace party here,
that a considerable element among the
population demands peace have
failed to discover such a party or such
an element
ut is a German lie" the president
of the duma, Mikhail Rodzianko, said
when I told him that neutrals had
been informed more than once that
Russia might accepe separate peace
He did not say this in anger. Rather
able like that of Mark Twain who.
when informed of his own reported
demise replied with a dry chuckle that
the report had been greatly exagger-
ated Rodzianko was emphatic but
unfretted He appeared to know
whereof he spoke.
Throws Off German Yoke.
Peace now would be the greatest
blow ever suffered by Russia" Sid
logsky declared Perhaps our great
est benefit to be derived from the war
is our economic independence of Ger
many. Peace at this junction would
fail to give us this. Economic
ally Germany has exploited US for
long. She has called US the 'hinter-
land of Europe peopled by Russian
barbarians fit only to be her vassals
and a source of profit
I'VE have thrown off this yoke. The
commercial treaty she imposed during
our war with Japan. more beneficial
to Germany than to US, no longer
binds. When peace and victory come.
Russia will hold the new freedom she
had won and develop her own indus
tries to the profit of her own people:
These are some of the benefits of
the war which Russia expects. Until
Germany is beaten we can not get
them. Can you wonder that every
Russian says MOI when you mention
peace now2"
But the asants-about 80 per
cent of your population-are they for
war;" I asked. The leader of the big
gest bloc. the controlling group in the
duma. replied with a satisfied smile:
They are. and they have every
right to be. They were never more
prosperous than now. Their spirit is
fine. You won't find any class OF peo-
pie in Russia more optimistic than
they"
Attitude OF Peasants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05
SOLDIERS BATTLE FLOOD
Men on Border Barricade Against Sud-
den Rio Grande Overflow.

Brownsville, Tex, Aug. Irregular
and state troops in this vicinity are
preparing against flood conditions
along the Rio Grande here as the re-
suit of a sudden rise in the river. For
the first time in nearly a year the
stream is full to the banks and the
soldiers are building levees and dig
ging drain bitches. The sudden rise
is due to heavy rains filling the San
Juan, a tributary that joint the Rio
Grande 10 miles west of here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05
DISCARD SIGN LANGUAGE
Texas Pounds Deaf and Dumb School
to Teach Lip Reading Only.

Austin. Tex. Aug. 5.-A school for
deaf and dumb persons where only
lip reading will be taught IL planned
by the board of trustees of the state
school for deaf The old fashioned
sign language will be entirely discard
ed The building will cost 5000. So
far as is known it will be the only
public institution of its kind in the
country
First Young Thing-"I started reading
Les Miserables' last night. 1t Is very in
teresting.- Second Young Thing-"Isn't
it, I think Ii is Victor Herbert's MASTER
piece."-Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05

Jones-"Does my daughters piano prac-
tice annoy you?" Neighbor-sOh. not at
ALL But tell me: what does she wear
mittens or boxing gloves ?'-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-05

"Omahogs" arrived for a try-out
with the '-Savages-" The latter hope
for greater success than with the
'-Ducklings.''
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-11
Old Landmark at
PIattSmouth Burns

Plattsmouth, Ncb., Dec. l0.--(Spe-
ial.)-With the burning Of the old
Duff grain elevator, went an old time
institution, which had outlived its USE
fulness. This building had done duty
for the last forty years. Frank E.
White at one time was the owner Of
the property and conducted grain
business there, having in his employ
William Vivian, who has been gone
from Plattsmouth for a quarter OF a
century. Mr., White, himself, has not
lived in Plattsmouth for a score Of
years, he having been secretary for
the grand lodge OF Masons for nearly
that length Of time. The elevator was
sold by him to the Duff Grain COM
pany Of Nebraska City and was op-
Grated by S. A. Davis, who was killed
by a Burlington train running over
his head sixteen years ago, after
which George E. Sayles had charge
Of II, he having died some eight years
ago. Later his son, George R. Sayles
has had charge of the plant, but dur
ing the last eight or nine years it has
done no business. Some time since a
Burlington train in passing on sid
ing clipped portion of the corner of
the building off which was repaired,
but never used. The FIRE removed an
old landmark, but one entirely useless
except for place for hoboes to con-
gregate.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-11
Wisner Dedicates
New School House

Wisner, Neb.. Dec. l0.--(Special. y
Wisner formally dedicated Its new
$4,000 high school building Friday.
In the afternoon the building was
open to the public for inspection.
Light refreshments were served by
the domestic science department, At
) o'clock the program commenced
with music by the high school orches-
ira. The afternoon speakers were
County Superintendent Emma Miller
and w. II. Clemmons, state superin-
tendent-elect. The program closed
with number by the high school
girls quartet.
The building was open in the eve
ming from 7 until $50 for inspection.
At $50 a musical program was ZEN
dered BY the Wisner orchestra. The
speakers OF the evening were Prof.
A. A. Reed OF the University of Ne
braska and President u. S. Conn Of
Wayne State Normal. President Z.
NJ. Snyder presented the building to
the community and Attorney John
Gross made the acceptance address.
The program was rendered as
planned, with the exception of an
address by State Superintendent
Thomas, who could not be present on
account Of a previous speaking en-
gagement on this date.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-11
Candidate Pledging
Friends Jobs Held
Bribery by Court

Pckin, Kan, Dec. 100. S. Gibson,
mayor Of Arkansas City, was removed
from Office and the place given to C.
N. Hunt, his opponent in the election
last spring, by a ruling of the Kansas
supreme court yesterday in quo war
ranto proceedings started by Hunt.
The court held that promising a
man an appointment, either directly OF
through others, for active personal
work just preceding an election prac.
tically is bribery"
According to the testimony on
which the opinion was based. Gibson
promised directly and through friends
the appointments OF police Judge, chief
of police and other Offices il he should
be elected. The prospective appoint
ees got out and solicited votes among
their friends for Gibson, the opinion
sets forth.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-11
WON ans Peace Congress Told
Warning Nations fsSick of War;

militarism in Germany is erroneous
1t is fact that the longer the war
continues the stronger the militarists
of Germany will become. When the
British and French people realize the
exact condition of the German peo-
pie then will peace be near"
Miss Doty told Of attending may
meetings in Germany, where peace
prospects were freely discussed by
civilians and soldiers. Her investiga-
ton of conditions in England and
France, she asserted, disclosed that
public peace discussions were not
permitted.
Resolutions adopted provided that
the chief>efforts of the party should
be directed against any form of uni
versal compulsory military service,
condemned military training in the
schools, favored repeal of the draft
provision in the army reorganization
bill, urged the appointment Of COM
missions representing the United
State and Japan and China amicably
to settle disputes, and endorse the
proposed federal amendment for
woman suffrage.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-11
Pushing Campaign
To Secure Funds
For Brownell Hall

Beyond the $4,000 mark in the
campaign to raise $2s0000 in the ten
days campaign for Brownell Hail,
workers will meet at luncheon again
today to report on their progress in
gathering subscriptions over the
weekend,
Team captains will try to hold their
teams up to standard OF attend
ance still higher than that attained
In the first two days of the campaign,
two or three Of them said Saturday.
The number OF workers on hand at
the meetings has been very encour-
aging, according to Director General
Frederick Courtenay Barber, but
squad leaders say the condition is still
susceptible Of improvement. All OF
them are working for a 100 per cent
record from now on, so far as pos
sible.
Corporations OF Omaha will be ap-
pealed to by the volunteer workers
to do their bit" in advancing the
city's educational interests.
Names of the various concerns, in
dustrial and commercial, will be ap-
portioned among the teams at to-
days rally luncheon. Those in charge
of the campaign expect a generous
response from the companies which
have interests here, N