davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23

for efficiency in these details must
shoulder the responsibility if serious
consequences should result
Almost every wireless received at
the post here has come in such shape
as TO make ITS DECIDING impossible
except after references back for cor
rection- The operators are all right,
too, but the plants are all wrong
There is no necessity to enlarge on
what might happen if the expedition,
as Is possible any moment, should
find itself dependent for success on
the efficiency of either biplane or
wireless.
As nearly as could be learned from
Columbus. all the aviators are &C
counted for save Lieut. Edgar 5. Cor
.reu II is assumed that it was Cor
reIl who was last seen flying over
CoIonia Juarez. and searching parties
are now out looking for him.
General Funston has ordered Cap
tain Charles Def. Chandler. a tele-
graph and wireless expert, to Column
bus with assistants 10 take charge #
putting the wireless and telegraph into
condition. if he can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
OUCH! PAIN, PAIN.
RUB RHEUMATIC.
ACHING JOINTS
bottle of old, penetrating
''St. Jacobs OIL

rheumatism is pain only Not one
case in fifty requires Internal treat
ment. Stop drugging. Rub soothing.
penetrating st Jacobs Or right into
your sore, stiff. aching joints and
muscles. and relief comes instantly.
st Jacobs OH is a harmless rheu-
matism cure which never dIsa ppoints
and can not burn the skin.
Timber up, Quit complainingi Get
a small trial bottle of old. honest st
Jacobs OiI' at any drug store. and in
just q moment you'll be free from
rheumatic pain. soreness, stiffness and
swelling. Don't suffer, Relief awits
you. st Jacobs OH has cured mil
lions of rheumatism sufferers in the
last half century, and is Just az good
for seiatica, neuralgia. lumbago, back
ache. Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23

pieions that Mr.. Peck did not die from
natural causes. The message said.
: Suspicious aroused Demand au-
topsies, examine body"
The local authorities have not an
nounced the name Of the sender of
this telegram if they have discovered
it.
Daughter Now H.
DR.. Waite and his wife took Mr..
Peck's body back to Grand Rapids.
Mrs Waite remained there at the
home of relatives, and reports from
Grand Rapids say that she has been
i'll for several days, a physician attri-
buting her condition to hysteria- DR..
Waite returned to New York and yes
Lerday told the district attorney that
he had studied dentistry at the Uni
versity OF Michigan and taken a course
in dentistry for one year at a uni
versity of Scotland.
He declared that he had been told
that the police were investigating his
Tather-in-law's death for the first
time last Monday. Thereupon he said
he had telegraphed TO his brother-in-
law in Grand Rapids, demanding an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
DON'T FUSS WITH
MUSTARD PLASTERS!
MusteroIs Works Easier. Quicker
and Without the Blister

There's no sense in mixing up a
mess of mustard, -four and water
when you can 50 easily relieve pain.
soreness or stiffness with a little clean,
white MUSTEROLE.
NICSTEROLE is made of pure oil Of
mustard and other helpful ingredi
ents. com bined in the form of pleas
ant white ointment. It takes the
place Of the out-of-date mustard plas-
te-. and viii not blister,
MCSTEROLE gives prompt relief
from Sore Throat, Bronchitis. Tonsi-
litis. Group. Stiff Neck. Asthma Neu-
ralgil. Headache. CONGESTION. PIeu-
risy, Rheumatism. LumbaEo. Pains
and Aches Of the Back or Joints.
Sprairs. Sore Muscles. Bruises. Chill
blaLrs, Frosted Feet. Colds of the
Chest Git often prevents pneumOnia).
AT your druggists. in csc and soc
jars. and a special large hospital size
for $3.50
BE sure you get the genuine Nus
TEROLE. Refuse limitations - get
what you ask for The MusteroIe
Company, Cleveland, Ohio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
Ease Sore Throat
With Kdm-E-ThOl

Comfort the irritated MUCOUS lin
ings and tissues of your throat with
KAN E-Thol.
Kau-E-Thol, a pure, liquid prep
aratiou of camphor and meuthol and
other valuable medicinal ingredients,
is strong antiseptic and germicide-
pleasant and safe to use.
kan-E-T hol Penetrztes. drives out the
iuham nation. soothes the soreness.
Sore throat is dangerous. A little care
viii save you serious trouble. Gargie
with kau-E-Thol as directed and in
severe cases Doisten a few thickaesses
of soft cotton with kzm-E- Thof and bind
around your throat You will find that
the soreness Will disappear rapidly. Try
this effective, harmless, pleasing treat
meat- Many doctors recon mend II Most
druggists have Kau-E-rhol. II YOURS
has no supply On hand send rs his name
and twenty-five cents and we viii send
you direct lagos bottle. Your money
back If you are not satisfied Insist on
Notwithstanding else can equal It.
The KamethoI Laboratories Co.
NeodeSf1a, Kan. o0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23

whose names are unknown to her,
made an investigation of her applica-
ton as required by law and made a
report TO the county commissioners
worthy of and entitled to a mothers
aid"
The motion states that the county
commissioners have adopted a policy
by which they refuse TO grant any
mothers aid and totally disregard the
law. The motion states that the county
commissioners have declared that
they do not intend to allow any one
mothers aid
The county commissioners have not
so far allowed q widows pension or
mothers aid They have taken the
sions Is left to the discretion of the
board
Law Is Mandatory.
Ed Rooney who filed the case, said
today that he had taken the matter up
with : NJ Brewster, attorney gen
eral, and had been informed that the
law was mandatory; that the county
commissioners must pay the pensions
when the proper showing is made
L was told by the attorney general ?
office" said Rooney, that the boards
Of Sixry-five counties had been ad-
vised that the law is mandatory Yet
the Shawnee county commissioners
have stood on the ground that they
are entitled TO use their own discre-
ton and have absolutely refused to
obey the law in this particular case
The state officials declare the fact that
the county has no fund with which to
pa is no defense; that in that event
the money must be taken out of the
general revenue fund"
In Actual Want
Mr.. Rooney stated that there could
not be a case brought where the plain
tiff was more clearly entitled TO the
pension under the law than the case
Of Mrs. Sehanber.
The county spends thousands of
dollars on good roads and bridges" he
said, yet here are five little children
and poor mother. through no fault
OF theirs who are in actual want. and
the county refuses TO do anything for
them The system is all wrong. 1t is
| impossible for this woman and many
| others similarly situated to give these
children the proper care and provide
for them at the same time They do
not get chance TO develop into the
right kind of men and women Blu
When they are grown. If they develop
into criminals the county spends good
money prosecuting them and putting
them IN prison It spends more in
that manner than it would have to,
TO support them properly now"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
BIDS ARE ASKED FOR
Sewer Pump in North Topeka Is to Be
Repaired

At a meeting held in the city hall
this morning. the city commissioners
asked for bids, to be in by Saturday.
April 1, for the repair of the North
Topeka pumping station.
The specifications, which were pre-
sented and approved. call for the set
ting of a sIuice gate, repairing the
pump. connecting the discharge pipe
and extending the building TO house
the additions TO be made
The work contemplated is setting
of a 36X54 in sluice gate. furnished
by the city, an operating stand. repair
OF the present sewa ge pump. an extern
sion of the discharge pipe from the
pump and connecting it with the
sewer, and the extension of the build
ing TO include the operating stand of
the sIuice gate.
The old cracked casing of the pres
ent pump is to be replaced by a new
one, furnished by the city
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check for s25 and the sue
cessful bidder will be required tC fur
nish a surety bond for the full amount
of the contract
The Palmer Auto Supply company,
204 West Sixth avenue. was granted
permission by the commissioners 10
erect a large electric sign on their
building.
A petition signed by property own
ers of abutting property between
Tenth and Eleventh and Tyler mi
Polk streets was presented asking that
the alleys in the above localities be
paved with brick blocks on a four inch
concrete base The petition was
granted.
Meat peddlers will hereafter come
under the watchfuI eye of the city
commissioners as the city attorney was
instructed to draw an ordinance COW
erlng same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
Rich Michigan Druggist and
Wife Expire in n. 7.
Million Dollar Estate Left to
Two Children.
SOH-IN-LAW UNDER ARREST
He VIII Be Charged With First
Degree Murder.
Tries to Take Own Life Before
Law Grabs Him.

New York, March 2S.-District At
torney Swami ordered the arrest today
of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite. son-in-
law OF John E Peck, a millionaire
drug dealer of Grand Rapids Mich,
whose death here recently, and that
also Of his wife. have been under in
vestigaCion.
When detectives went to arrest
Waite they found him in a condition
of stupor as a result of an opiate, self
administered. Physicians at noon to-
day were working on him 10 save his
life
District Attorney Swami arrived at
Dr. Waite's apartment and went N
accompanied by a stenographer-
First Degree Murder.
On emerging shortly before
clock District Attorney Swami made
this announcement:
4 shall charge Dr. Waite with muir
der in the first degree.
It was given out by the district at
torney's office that Miss Heller,
maid employed in Waite's home. SAID
that on two occasion she saw Dr-
Waite pour something out OF a bottle
into Peck's soup Peck complained OF
the taste and Dr. Waite, she Is stated
to have said, blamed the cook on
another occasion the maid was de-
cIared to have said she saw DR.. Waite
The order for DR.. Waite's appre-
hensiou was decided upon by the dis
trict attorney following the receipt of
information from Grand Rapids in
dicating that Peck may have been
poisoned
This information was received last
night from Representatives from his
office who went to Grand Rapids, and
others. including Dr. Otto H Schultze,
medical examiner who performed an
autopsy on Peck's body which had
been sent there soon after his death
here on March IL
Today the district attorney is under
stood to have received further infor-
nation bearing on the case which led
to his decision to take the man into
custody
Home Under Guard.
DR.. Waite's home on Riverside
Drive was under surveillance last
night and today by a special squad
of detectives who guarded the exits Of
his apartment to prevent any attempt
to escape. Orders were sent TO the de-
tectives by the district attorney to
bring him to the Tombs court for ar
raignment today at 1 o'clock
Two autopsies performed in Grand
Rapids after the body of Mr.. Peck had
been exhumed, discovered arsenic IN
of Mrs Peck could not be examined
because it had been cremated-
Mrs. Peck died here suddenly jan
uary 90 Her husband came to New
York short time after her death to
console his daughter and died on
March IL. Until a day or two before
his death he had seemed to be in ex-
cellent health
Left Big Estate
Mr. Peck left an estate valued at
more than 81, 600 900, divided equally
between his daughter, Mrs. Waite and
his son, Percy Peck, of Grand Rapids.
The New York district attorney has
in his possession a telegram signed
E. addressed to Percy Peck of
Grand Rapids, a brother of the dead
man This telegram first causes sus-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
AT BOWMAN SCHOOL
Parent Teachers Association Enter
tainment by Children.

The Parent-Teac her association had
an entertainment at Lowman school
Wednesday afternoon. The children
of the grades furnished the program,
and the amount realized from the en-
tertainment was s42-
The program was as follows:
First Grade:
Folk Dance Observation-Disclosures. 50 PupiIs
Dramatization-why the Evergreens
Keep Their Leaves.
Second Grade:
Sunbonnets and OveralIs.
Third Grade:
Dramatization-POcah
Singing Game-Oats and Beans
Fourth Grade:
Reed Drill .-....-.-.-...-....... school
Song-LitIle Johnnie. Rankin Ether Baker
Song-Welcome, Joyous Springtime School
Fifth Grade:
RAG song -----------.- school
Recitation .-------------t Frederick Baker
Sixth Grade:
Folk Dances.
Fricasee ROUNDED.
Cashbogar-
Lady Bainty.
Norwegian Mountain March
Seventh Grade.
Sunfiower Drill Twelve Girls
Eighth Grade:
Recitation -.--.-.--.-.-.--..H Hazel Minehan
Spontaneous Dramatics-Little Red Rid
ing Hood
Music. First violin. Charles crews: see
ond vioIins. Frances Iserman and Jack
Barnum: piano. Elaine Hudson Pyramid
club. fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade
boys
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
INDICT THREE MEMCANS
Texas Grand Jury Acts on Two Muir
ders of Americans

Brownsville. Texas, March 23--The
county grand jury today returned in
dictments against Lorenzo Lopez and
Rejerio Cabellero alleged Mexican
bandits charging them with the muir
der of Dr. E. H. Mccain after a train
wreck near here October Is last
Ramon Pizana. a brother of Aniceto
Pfzana, supposed leader, now held in
Natamoros, also was indicted charged
with the murder of Private Herbert
Mcclure at Los Tuletos ranch, near
here, in August
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
0L1TIME COLD
CURE-DRINK TEAL

Ge' small package of Hamburs
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call lt. "HamDurger Brust Thee" al
any pharmacy. Take a tables oonfu1
Of the tea. put a cup Of boiling water
upon IT, pour through a sieve and
drink "A teacup full at any time. It Is
the most effective way to break a cold
and cure grip. as il opens the pores
relieving congestion. Also loOsens the
bowels. thus breaking q cold at once
It is inexpensive and entirely vege-
table. therefore harmle ADVERTISE
m aut-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
Mo. MedicaI Society Meets.

St Joe, March 23.-The semi-an-
nuaI meeting of the Missouri Valley
Medical society opened here today
with a large attendance. The sessions
will continue two days and the i'm
portant social feature will be a ban
quet tonight. Prominent physicians
from various cities are on the program
vita papers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23

Cascarets are 4 treatt They hven
your liver. clean your thirty feet OF
bowels and sweeten your stomach
YCd eat one or two Cascarets ike can
dy before going to bed and in the
morning your head is clear. tongue
is clean stomach sweet. breath right,
and cold gone and you feel grand
Get a 10 or ascent box at any drug
store and enjoy the incest. gentlest lIv-
er and bowel cleansing you ever exper-
fenced Stop sick headaches, bilious
spells Indigestion. furred tongue, Of
fersive breath and constipation. Moth
ers should give cross. peevish. few
erish. bilious children a whole Cas-
caret any tine. They are harmless and
never grippe or sicken--Advertise meut-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
A POOR SHOWING
Aircraft and Wireless Help Lit
tie in Villa Hunt.
Men Only {. 5. War Equipment
Up to Standard.

san Antonio. Tex, March 2S.-Ths
only feature that is right and ready
and going in the American column in
Mexico is the American soldier He,
officer and man. is on the job as he
always Is. General Pershing's march
with his cavalry column TO Casas
Grandes viii go gaIloping down the
aisies Of time as a gallant fact
But the modern appurtenances have
fallen down hard
The wireless. one traction plant and
l believe two wagon outfits which is
nearly all the army has, have proven
lacking in efficiency.
OF the aero squadron. one machine
has a broken axle. one is missing, and
three are disabled, and as far as the
sarbled wireless report, none has been
able to do anywhere near the same
elevation stunts they had performed
in more favored localities.
1T is a bad record said General
Funston today.
It Is a report over which the paci-
fists. Mr. Bryan and apostles of IN
preparedness can chuckle.
Funston Gets Trucks.
Due to General Funston's intensity
and preparedness. the line of COM
munication Is kept busy with impro-
vised motor truck service. because
motor trucks can be bought hen
needed; wireless plants and hiplanes
F., cannot, and the bureau responsible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
RED CROSS READY TO GO
Twenty OF Iowa Organization Willing
to Leave for Border at Once.

Des MONIES. March 25.-Tventy Red
Cross nurses are ready TO go from
Iowa to the Mexican border accord
ing to a statement today by Mrs. J. G.
WoIgemuth, head of the. Iowa Red
Cross.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
Proceedings Filed
Against Co. Commissioner
To Compel Them to Grant PEN
sion to a Widow.
SHE HAS FIVE SMALL Chill REA
Is Unable to Provide for Them
and Herself.
Attorney General Holds the
Law Is Mandatory.

The state law authorizing boards OF
county commissioners TO pay a wild
ov's pension is to be tested in the
district court Of Shawnee county
Mandamus proceedings against the
county mmissiOners were instituted
today by the firm Of Curtis Mote.
Rooney < CrOssIey as a charity case
10 test the law
The case is brought for Katie L
Schanber, of 517 East Fairchild street
and is typical of those coming under
the state law. Mrs. Schanber has been
a widow since July, 1914. She is the
mother of five children whose ages
range from two to nine years; and she
states that she is unable to support
herself and children
She is unable TO support herself
and children" reads the motion. and
she and they are now in a poverty
stricken condition and do not have the
ordinary necessa ries of life, and to
this extent the health of the smaller
children has been jeopardized and in
jured for want of sufficient and sub
srautial food"
Except for the random charity of a
few kind hearted neighbors the total
amount available for the support of
the family of six is from s2-25 to S3-7S
week Mrs Schanber earns that
amount working for the Topeka Pack
ing company
Met Every Requirement.
According to the motion Mrs
Schanber has met with every legal
requirement in making application for
a widows pension but the county
n1issiOners have consistently re-
fused to grant il. Her application,
she says. was filed with the county
clerk. She states that three women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-23
Left Biz Estate

Mr.. Peck left an estate valued at
more than 81, 600, 900, divided equally
between his daughter, Mrs. Waite and
his son, Percy Peck, of Grand Rapids.
The New York district attorney has
in his possession a telegram signed
E" addressed to Percy Peck of
Grand Rapids, a brother of the dead
man. This telegram first causes sus-
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-05
ONE EDITORS THANK sGlvlNG.

Editor McNealus Of the Dallas
Democrat enumerates the following as
a partial list OF the things he had for
which he was thankful:
THAT fresh yard eggs cost me 60
cents per dozen. for table use. on
Thanksgiving Day.
THAT fresh creamery butter cost
me so cents per pound.
THAT breakfast bacon. best quality,
cost me 40 cents per pound.
THAT an S.ounce loaf OF bread cost
me cents.
That truck garden products were
too high to lead me into temptation.
That Thanksgiving turkey was 80
cents per pound this year, as against
16 cents last year-and that | bought
none this year!
THAT good quality print paper on
which TO issue the Dallas Democrat
cost me all the way from II to II
cents per pound-more than 300 per
cent advance on the price OF three
years ago.
That all these-and many more
things-were 800 per cent advance
above the prices prevailing before
the war In Europe! Observation-Disclosures
the United States Is at peace and
none OF these articles are used In. or
naturally affected by. the war In Eu.
rope.'
One more thing that | was thank.
full for is that the scoundrelly manag.
ers OF the local and countrywide
TRUSTS AND MoNoPoLIEs are
stu alive and have an opportunity to
repent, reform and pray God to for.
give them for their wanton robberies
OF an unoffendlng and helpless peo.
ple' | hope they will start this re.
pentancc. reform and prayer In the
choice church pews which they will
occupy on tomorrow"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-05
INCOME TAX RETURNS.

During the fiscal year Of 1916 70.
ceipts from income tax In the United
states aggregated s67.9i3.5slGs. as
compared with sii.Oi6. 90 for tho
preceding year The corporation tny
was s5e.seS.e655eS. as compared with
sss.iSS.S9e.T In 1915. The income
tax was paid by SsG.659 persons dur.
Ing 1916. Figures made public ON No.
vember 2e show that 100 persons
were taxed on incomes OF 1 million
dollars and over. There were i7es
persons paying the tax on net annual
incomes ranging from 500 900 TO
$4,000; 72i persons paying the tax
on net annual incomes ranging from
$4,000 to 100000: sse persons
ranging from 100000 to s95O.OOO: sie
persons paying on net annual incomes
ranging from $4,000 to 100000: gsi
persons paying tax on net annual IN.
comes ranging from 100000 to $780,.
600; 122 persons paying on net annual
Incomes from 100000 to 100000: 200
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-05
Little Benny's
Note Book
THE PARK AVE. NEWS.
BY LEE PAPE.

Weather Damp in places.
Spoarts. Reddy Merry won the all
Ground athaletic contest last Satid.
day, coming our ferst In the follow.
ing: Wiggeling his ears the ferthest,
holding his breth the longest, yelling
the loudest, and holding his eyes
open without winking the longest.
Skinny Martin came In Ind, doing
the street in and haff jumps and
making the werst face.
Ed Wernick came In 3rd, wissellng
the loudest with his fingers In his
mouth and splitting yard and hafi
between his teeth.
Short Story.
The Other Painter.
Two painters were painting a roof.
Hay. Bill" sed one painter. have
you eny ideer this roof is 81 stories
high"
There was no anser. on account OF
the other painter having fell of.
The end
Sissiety Notes. Miss Gertrood Sim.
sin held a publick reception on her
frunt steps on Thersday morning In
honor OF her new baby sisters ferst
tooth. wich the reception wood Of bin
more OF a success II the baby had bin
more cheerful about opening it,
mouth. Among those present was
Miss Mary Watkins In a bewtinll red
sweater, Miss Elizabeth Green In
tewtifll tommer shantor. and Mr..
Benny Potts. Mr.. Artic Alexander. Mr..
Sid Hunt and MIR. Pcrsey Viewer
dressed as usual.
Pome by skinny Martin.
Agenst the Rules.
A cute little angel sat on cloud
Playing his guitar.
but as soon as nobody was looking
He started TO smoak segar.
Wy not Tern ventriloquizm7 New
10 sent book OF ventriloquizm for 2
sents, full OF instruckshins. See Sam
Cross. Advertisement.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-12-05
"FREckleS."

In the abstract. strong stories do
not make strong plays, but with
"Freckles." dramatized from Gene
Stratton.Porters novel OF that name.
which will be the attraction at the
Colonial Theater next Thursday
night December 9TH. there is an ex.
reption; it has made a stronger play
than a story. and II is just as grip.
ping TO the theatergocr as II was TO
the novel reader. II Is song play
for all classes "Freckles." with his
ready wit and his sweet songs. gives
to the play variety OF incidents
which are otherwise strangely inter.
esting and strongly romantic. Seats
now on sale.