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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
Uncle Abner.

A Teller never knows what a burned
poor house and lot he has got until
he tries to sell it fer what it's worth
Now the kids want oatmobiles in
std of bicycles and in a few more
years they will be wanting airships
instid of oatmobiles.
Every Teller has to put up with a
lot of punk relatives, but he has got
right to can a punk friend any time
he wants to.
Anse Judson's son writes home from
the city that he and his wife move
every two months and every time they
move from one flat to another they
wish they had stayed in the old one.
able to find place that won't suit
EN- at all.
If you don't put anything in the
bank for Life, you won't draw any
thing out.
Mr.. Amos Butts. our gentlemanly
and congenial undertaken, also livery
and sales stables and folding chairs
fer rent. says there is not very much
doing in any of his many lines of en-
deavor and he expects to add card
writing and painting and paper hang
ing to his accomplishments in the
future. The undertaken has had sew
era1 prospects during the last year,
but they are all still hangin' off and
some of 'em gettin' better.
The Hiclxeyville Clarion.
Mrs. Eli Haskins has saved up
enough soap wrappers to get a chiny
closet and hopes i ten or twelve
years to save up enough more to get
a hand-painted pickle dish or some
thing to put in it.
Smokin' and chewin' has been for
bid at the meetin' house during serv-
ices and Hank Purdy says this re-
form wave which is sweepin' over
this country is certainly fierce and
pussonal liberty is gettin' to be a
dead letter.
Hi Higgins says he has got the
rheumatic, jumpin' neuralgia, lum-
bago and shingles and two of his
COWS has died. The mortgage has
been foreclosed on his west forty, his
well has gone dry, two kinds have got
the measles, his corn crib has burned
up, his oldest son is in Jail and his
wife has eloped with a travelin' man.
but outside of that he is gettin' along
| fair to middlin'.
He Bent His Ear.
Here is an example of real poetry. We
| it out of The Bookman. Note the rhym-
| ing of wings" and sins.
| He bent his ear, and he heard afar
| The growing of tender things;
And his heart broke forth with the ira
vailing earth
And shook with tremulous wings
/ OF sweet brown birds that had nevei
known
the dirge of the city's sins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
BED TIME TALES
MOTHER BEAVERS SECRET
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

We're that glad to see her they couldn't
speak They got Jumps in their
throats when they tried to tell her
how glad they were. She patted them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
BANKERS SEND.
BOYS TO SCHOOL

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 12-The Geor-
gia Bankers Association has an
nounced the continuation this year
of its scholarship funds sending ff-
teen boys and fifteen girls to the
State college of agriculture or the
short course, and in addition has
raised the sum of Sl,500 to be ad-
ministered as loan fund to deserv-
ing pupils.
This work of the Bankers Associa-
tion has met with splendid results
already and their plans are to keep
it permanent from year TO year. The
first iund. for sending boys and girls
to tax" the short course, totals $3.50.
The rules provide that the boys are
to be chosen for ;.s work in the
agricultural clubs, and the girls are
chosen from among those who have
accc mplished most in home demon
stration work
TEe association requests those
who wish for particulars about OBJ
tanning these scholarships to write
directly to the State College of Ag-
riculture, Athens, Ga.
1t is announced at the same time
that to assist highly deserving boys
and eirls who may from no fault of
their own fail to win these short
term scholarships, private individ-
ual has created an extra additional
fund to take care of ezra pupils.
These short term scholarships have
not been awarded for the current
year
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
READY SALE FOR GIRLS
CANNED GOODS

Jacksonville Jan. lin most
interesting letter received by the
secretary of the Jacksonville Cham
Der OF Commerce. Miss Agnes Ellen
Harris thanked the local organiza-
tion for its movement recently
started for the sale of canned pro-
ducts put up by the girls and young
women of the State Miss Harris is
the assistant State agent in charge
of the home demonstration work and
has made frequent trips to Jackson
Vile.
The writer stated that in the ma
jority Of cases the girls of the State
find ready sale for the canned goods
which they are putting up each year
but that a distribution of greater
proportions would be much appre-
ciatcd in the matter of preserves and
jellies.
Miss Harris also stated that at ST.
Augustine tnere Is large anhouh'
of watermelon rind preserves to be
sold. several thousand jars of fig
preserves in Walton county, and
that in DeSoto county Miss Alice
Stribling, the agent there, finds that
a considerable quantity of guava
Jelly is available there
No effort, it was stated, has been
made on the part of the department,
for which she WORKS. to receive a
higher price than is proper, although
at all times quality would be match
ed with the goods generally sold to
the public
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
STATE SUPREME COURT
C0NVENES FOR THE TERM

Tallahassee, Jan. ~ THE Flor
ida supreme court convened Tuesday
for the regular January term. The
docket is a large one and will re
quire some time to clear.
A case of Importance is that of
the Jacksonville union depot and it's
site, which will be orally argued on
the first day of February. The rail
roads of Jacksonville were ordered
by the Florida Railroad Commission
to erect new union depot on the
Myrtle street site, but the railroads
mandamused the railroad commits
sioners and the matter has gone to
the supreme court of the State for
final settleent. A great array of
legal talent is expected to be pres
ent at the time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
IS SERIOUS LOSS
TO THE ALLIES
GERMANS CLAIM GAINS IN CHAM.
PAGNE, ALTHOUGH FRENCH
STILL CLAIM TO HAVE RE.
PULSED THE ENEMY
(By Associated Press

London, Jan. 12.-The announce
ment Of the occupation of Mount
Lovcen, in Montenegro, is generally
accerted here as true, although not
confirmed from entente sources The
uneasiness freely expressed in Italy
is reflected in the French and Eng
serious from the allies viewpoint.
Its summit dominates Cattaro bay,
Italy entered the war the French
placed number of guns on this
summit and prepared emplacements
for heavy guns which would have
swept the bay. Now Austria fore
stalls this danger by seizing the
mountain and takes a commanding
position regarding Cattinje, the
Montenegrin capital, which is in
direct line only six miles away.
The question is tanxiously asked why
the entente did not send Montenegro
aid long ago This is particularly
true regarding Italy which is most
acutely affected.
In Champagne the Germans hold
slight gains resulting from their
offensive of Saturday and Sunday.
French military authorities claim
that the Germans lost heavily from
French artillery fire.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
s. DEMANDS SATISFACTION, !,
/ ANzA FOR EXECUTION
n RlCANS BY MEX BANDITS
CURED HIMSELF BY
NEVER LYING DOWN

Chicago, Jan. 12-Why pay ply
siciar's bills when you can sleep in
a chair?
Herewith Matt" Roeder of the
CaxtoD School Supply Company ad-
yances a theory which he says he
developed by apeing an ape.
"Onc year ago Mr.. Roeder ex-
planned, 81 was a physical wreck
rheumatism and stomach trouble.
Unable to sleep, rode in electric
cars and took long walks at all
times of the night. This soothed
me for the time, and early one morn
ing, while on a journey to Lincoln
Park, the idea occurred to me to
initiate the ape in his manner of
rest His body stiffly erect, he sup
ports his head between clenched fists
while sleeping. All of the vital or
gans are left free.
so | abandoned my bed and be-
gan sleeping in a hard, straight
backed chair. Every muscle in my
body ached when | began but | was
determined to give it a fair trial .
At the end of the month, | tried the
bed and got up in the morning feel
ing more wreched than ever. Then
went at it in earnest and in six
months the only thing that affected
my stomach or nerves was the sight
of a bed. l was practically cured.
At first l slept on a chair at the
store Then l discovered all night
shows and | decided to introduce
the cabaret feature in my sleeping
Three hours of sleep under such
conditions is equivalent to ten hours
of rest in a bed, and there is little
possibility of developing disease of
the stomach, heart or muscle.
"To sprawl upon ones stomach or
back in stuffy bed is ridiculous and
injurious as we'll"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12

dents in contiguous territory would
aid in law enforcement.
One Indian official has declared
this touching of the white man S
pocketbook by cutting off payments
was so effective as even to surprise
the Indian service.
Reservation officials in the South
west have bent their energies to-
wards stamping out the fermenta-
tion Of Tulapai, native Indian
liquor made from sprouting corn
The use of Peyote buttons, or dried
cactus crowds, for making an intoxi-
eating drink has been checked by a
| department of agriculture order pro-
hibiting their Importation Legisla-
tion has been asked to give the In
dian Office large powers over traffic
in Peyote
State legislation is declared to
have been of material assistance to
the lndlan once.
Commissioner Sells concluded his
review OF efforts to stop the sale OF
! liquor to Indians by saying:
"The sentiment of the people is
strongly with our work. regardless
Of the attitude of the individual on
the question of prohibition as it is
understood in white communities"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
AUTOS FOR EVERYBODY

The sixteenth annual automobile
show in New York city has called
attention to the tremendous boom in
motor cars. Last year S92,61S cars
were manufactured in the United
States. with a retail value of s691,-
600 b0e That is to say. the Ameri>
can people spent just about as much
money on automobiles as they spent
on their national government. in
Guiding the army and navy, the big
pension budget and all the rest.
This year the manufacturers ex-
pect to turn out 100000 cars, an
increase of about 50 per cent over
last years record
Everybody's riding in a car, it
seems Or. at least everybody will
be. pretty soon. if business continues
good with incomes up and the prices
.of Flivvers coming down.
And the distribution of the coun-
try's motor cars is interesting. It's
hard for the East to realize that
one-third of all the cars in the coun-
try are owned in ten agricultural
States. and that sober Iowa is the
joy-riding State par excellence, with
more autos per capita than any
other. The eastern metropolis
simply can't believe that California
has twice as many licensed ehauf
feurs es New York State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
ENGLISH POLICE DOGS

Headquarters First Russian Army,
Jan. l2.-En lish police dogs, of
which there are six attached to the
Twcnty-tirst Flying Column of the
Russian Red Cross, have proved their
worth in many instances on Russian
battlefields. In one night near the
village of Kute (vicinity of Lovitch) J
these wise animals hunted out in
grain fields over which the battle
surged and brought relief to forty
nine wounded men.
The dogs had been BROUGHT from
London by authorities of the city of
Vernaya for use in tracking down
thieves and murderers with which
the place was infested Within few
weeks they enabled the police to
round up these criminals. One dog,
who still retains his English name
Jack" slightly Russianized, was
several times sent 10 Moscow, Kief
and Odessa to similarly aid the po-
lice cf those cities.
In times of inactivity of the troops
the dogs are frequently used to con-
vey dispatches from one section of
the column to another and always
perform their task with unerring fl
deity. During battle even under
heavy fire they search out the
wounded by scent and the sanitars
may be certain the man to whom
they are led is still alive since the
dogs instinctively ignore the dead
Having found a wounded man the
animals will carry his cap or a nit
ten back to the sanitar who follows
to tho spot Each animal wears a
pair Of miniature. saddle. bags in
which he carries TASKS of brandy.
In appearance the dogs resemble
the Airdale or the Irish terrier. An
exhibition of man hunting was Civ
en- for the benefit of the correspond
ent at headquarters of the First ST.
berian Corps. A soldier was directed
hide in a clump of bushes two
blocks distant in field. The sanitar
released the dog and directed him in
the general direction of the spot.
Aftrr making several wide circles
the animal caught the scent and
made straight for the hiding place
at top speed, returning presently
with a glove. The sanitar tucked a
small package in the saddle pocket
and away went the dog on his return
journey The sanitar to carry out
the deception, followed and appeared
to assist the hiding man while the
dog looked on with apparent inter
est.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
OCCUPATION OF MT. [0VCFN
GIVES AUSTR|ANS GREAT
ADVANTAGE IN MONTENEGRO
PENSACOLA WANTS THAT :.
DREADNAUGHT DRY DOCK

Pensacola, Jan. 12-Pensacola is
making a determined effort to secure
the re-opening of the navy yard on
a much larger scale than ever be-
fore. In a telegram to Chairman
Pagett, OF the naval committee of
the House, President c. Z. Dodson,
of the Chamber of Commerce, has
pointed out that this city offers to
the government the best possible site
for navy yard that will be ade-
quate to handle without trouble the
grea. dreadnaughts now in service
and building.
The communications follow testi-
mony given before the Senate COM
mittee when he stated that there is
now Eut one navy ward where the
great dreadnaughts can be handled
successfully. Pensacola offers the
depth of water, the ideal site for the
building of mammoth craving dock
Efficiently large to care for the
greatest ships the United States
navy will build and other advant-
ages for navy yard of the most
improved type. it was pointed out.
Pensacola already has a navy yard,
but ii has been closed since the last
days of the Taft administration and
Pensacola's Chamber of Commerce
is working hard for its re-establish-
ment.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
FOREIGN LOTTERIES
INFRINGE ON
IT, LAWS

| Washington, Jan. IL Increase
lin the number of government lot
teries abroad as the war drags it
self out is forcing United States pos
tai authorities to be especially
watchful to prevent their advertise
ment in this country. The lotteries
are given publicity in the United
States in two ways, 1t was said at
the postoffice department today. In
lean citizens in an effort to induce
them to purchase tickets and news
sums won.
| etters soliciting clients, if they
fall into the departments hands,
never reach their destinations. Some
get through the department if on
J the outside they do not present a
suspicious appearance. All the sus-
pecteG letters are diverted and op-
ened.
With news stories the department
does not find it so easy to deal.
The solicitors Office of the depart
ment holds that any news story aGr
vertising a lottery must be barred
from the mails. Under the depart
ments ruling this means any story
giving publicity to lottery Ii
does not have to be paid advertise
ment.
Many news stories of European
lotteries have been printed recently
the department says, which approach
closely a violation of the law. A
story that mentions the name of a
winner or winners of lottery is
held to be a distinct violation A
story too, that might be expected
to attract such attention to lotter.
that readers would investigate, il
held to be violation.
A section of the law quoted by the
department reads:
"No newspaper, circular, pam
phlet or publication. of. any. kind
cont aiming any advertisement of any
lottery, gift, enterprise or scheme of
any kind offering prizes. dependent
in whole or in part upon lot or
chance, or containing any list of the
prizes drawn or awarded by means
of any such lottery, gift, enterprise
or scheme. whether said list con-
tains any part or all of such prizes,
shall be deposited in or carried by
the mails of the United States or be
delivered by any postmaster or let
ter carrier"
Most of the lotteries being car
ried on in Europe now are for war
benefits. Hospitals. the wounded,
soldiers dependents and other war
victims are aided.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
EFFORTS TO STOP SALE
OF LIQUOR TO INDIANS

Washington, Jan. IA dra-
matte story of the government s
fight to stop the sale of liquor to
Indians is outlined by Cato Sells,
commissioner of Indian affairs So
wei. have the efforts of the Indian
ser> ice succeeded, he said, that the
traffic virtually has been broken up.
Not only has the government cut
the sale of liquor 20 Indians on res
ervatiOns and elsewhere, but in one
instance ii has made a fifth of a
State dry through enforcement of a
sixty -year-old Indian treaty, Older
'~2at.ea are being studied now to de-
term!ne If saloons in other territory
partly populated by Indians can be
closed
Minnesota is the State in which a
vast area was freed of saloons by
treaty enforcement The agreement
revived by the government is known
% tht hlPpVNaW tiNaty VI icbc
For many years it's provisions re-
garding the sale of whiskey had
sumner IL was discovered in the In
dian Bureau here that the conven-
tion was perpetual bar to the sale
of intoxicants in northwest Mime
sofa.
Indian officials determined to en-
force the treaty and began, too, the
study OF similar agreements in other
States On Oct 90 last an order
went forth that saloons in several
of the larger towns in the territory
must close within ten days Liquor
dealers refused to close and took the
fieht into the courts, where it has
just been decided that the treaty
provisions still are in force
Indian officials say the Indian
himself first realized that alcohol
was a menace to the race and that
in the Minnesota treaty as well as
in mcst of the other Indian treaties
the Indian and not the white man
stipulated that intoxicants should
not he sold in Indian territory
In other parts of the country of
ficials charged with enforcement of
laws AGAINST sale of whiskey to In
dians worked through court action.
Several officers were killed
An educational campaign against
the Isc of alcohol, Indian officials
declare. did much for the enforce
men Of laws. A pledge-signing cam
paigu also was an aid Education of
the Indian against drink was under
taken through the schools. where
students were interested in ESSAY
writing contests.
While Investigating treaty ar
rangements Indian officials discov-
cred forgotten law permitting the
government to hold up annuity pay
me7ts in regions where liquor was
within easy reach of Indians. This.
officials assert. was one of the. most
fruitful methods tried Payments
were stopped until head men of the
tribes promised cooperation and uu-
til officers were convinced white resi-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
SEVERE STORM
RAGING WEST Of
THE MISSISSIPPI
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Jan. 12-The sever
est storm of the winter is raging
west of the Mississippi and moving
eastward. 1t will reach the Atlantic
coast Thursday night or Friday
Temperatures this morning ranged
from 5S below zero in the Canadian
northwest to zero in the Texas Pan
handle. In Southern Utah and in
Northern Arizona, 10 to 16 below
Wires are prostrated in the Middle
West.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12

Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, who sue
eeeds General French in command
of the British armies in France and
Flanders, has been getting men
tionea in the dispatches" since 1898
when he won the rank of brevet for
bravery in the field in the Sudan. 1t
continued when he took. part in the
Boer war in South Africa. From that
time Gu his rise has been rapid and
his promotions too many to be emu
merated. Aside from his army work,
however. the general public knows
little about him.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
PROTEST AGAINST
II ITUDE OF U. S. GOVT

A1sOciated Press
u Eoo0 X0xas, Jan. 12.-Details
be 4Iu1 N of nineteen foreigners,
mt91 a whom were Americans.
i41 yllla soldiers near San
beI2 miles from Chihuahua
<11y awaited. The bodies
ex here today. The tele-
IA are crowded by news
le4C - censorship, imposed
rtlX the first news came
1u( Bhut off all but the
ement. One of the dead
4 q Ian and one a Mexican
en- Zee has been appointed
ior94 mass meeting to pro-
oo1 The attitude of the Unit
St1f 1vernment toward the
xIco ation and the apparent
urc ~ de facto Mexican gov
rnenk protect Americans trav-
e m Drotection promises De-
IN orrival of the bodies of
muE ~ foreigners has in
aec1 Indignation Mexican Of
alg - bodies are on the way
the Official advices later
ted tlof the train would leave
ihuahlkA his afternoon
sener41 kersong was notified that
would ~ wise to detail guards at
border tonight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
BELGIAN COLONY
IN THE SOUTH

Memphis, Jan. 12-The first big
attempt to colonize Belgians in the
South will be made by the Delta
Planting Company. an English syn
dicate, owning seventy-five thousand
acres OF land in Boliver county,
Mississippi.
Manager Salisbury has left for
Eng land to bring back two hundred
Belgian families. They will raise
cotton
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12

ty will cooperate with Leon county
in an effort to secure the Immediate
building of the trail through Jeffer-
son and Madison counties, Madison
county is already building the trail
in the eastern section of the county
and Jefferson county, of which Mon
tieello is the county seat, offers the
only obstacle to the early completion
of tho trail that has been discovered
by Jas A Emmett. field secretary
of the Old Spanish Trail Association,
on the first trip over the route since
the ORGANIZATION of the association
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-12
.f|CHT fRENCHNEN|
ARRESTED At
CONSTANiIN0PLE
(By Associated Press. }

Athens, Jan. 12..-American AM
bassador Morgenthau, at CONSTANT
nople, has advised the American le-
cation here of the arrest of eight
Frenchmen at Constantinople as a
reprisal for the arrest by the en-
tente allies of Teutonic consuls at
Saloniki.