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/, by Associated Press.

ny Associated Press.)
BALTIMORE, August Activities
indicating an early departure of the
Deutschland are noticed at the pier
Logs forming the outer barrier were
towed into midstream and anchored.
Tugs swept the channel from dock
to main channel with heavy weight
suspended by line between two
crafts. This evidently was a precau-
tion against possible obstruction of
the path.
1t is learned from trustworthy
source that Capt. Koenig asked today
for pilot to guide the underwater
liner to the virginian capes. Capt.
owen Coleman, who brought the
submersble in, has been assigned.
The sweeping operations were
thoroughly performed, searching fol-
sunken logs and also to ascertain
whether explosives had been planted
Arrangements were made, It wa.
said by an official of the Operating
company. for the Deutschland to de
part this afternoon or evening.
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WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
MEETS APPROVAL
ny Associated I'reSs.b

NEW YORK August It r. Hughes declared for amend
men to the federal constitution providing for women suffrage
Ills views made public letter written to Senator Suher
land of Utah
Hughes letter in reply TO telegram received from the
senator asking the define his personal position regarding
equal suffrage federal amendment Hughes replied: your
telegram received In the notification have not referred
to the proposed federal amendment relating 20 women suffrage
because mentioned in the platform have objection
however, stating my views As said in my speech think
desirable question of womens suffrage be settled
promptly The question should be settled for the entire country
My that the proposed amendment should be submitted
ratified the subject removed political discussion
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-08-01

NEW YORK. August Charles
Evans Hughes was formally notified
of HIS nomination as the candidate of
the Republican party for the office of
president at mass meeting held at
Carnegie hall last evening The huge
auditorium was packed to capacity
and the stage was occupied by the
leading national celebrities of the
party The meeting was opened by
Warren II. Harding. chairman of the
Chicago convention. addressing him
self to the candidate as follows:
MIR. Hughes: The committee here
assembled. representing all of the
United States and territories, chosen
by the Republican National conven-
ton which met in Chicago on last
June 7, is directed by that convention
formally to notify you of its action in
selecting you as its nominee for. the
presidency of the republic.
Speaking for the committee, it is
my pleasure to say directly what was
conveyed to you by telegraph, while
the convention was yet in session
that you are the unanimous choice OF
the Republican National convention
for the party standard bearer
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MORTUARY RECORDS
ARE GOING HIGHER
HEAT ADDS TO HORRORS OF THE
iNFANTlLE PLAGUE IN
NEW YORK
,By Associated Press. |,

NEW YORK, August 1.--All previ-
GUS mortality records In the epidemic
of infantile paralysis were broken
today For the "a hours ending at
10 O'Clock this morning. 81 died in
the greater city and 15s new cases
were reported to the Health depart
ment. Increase in the death rate is
attributed to the seasons worst heat
wave.
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GERMANS FNvELOpED
RETREAT CHECKED
Railroad Center Captured and Line
Destroyed to Prevent Retire.
ment of TeutOnS


LONDON, August Count Won Bothmer army reported
have been almost enveoped by Russians in Gaca according
Rome dispatch The Cossack divisions after Of BroS
said have destroyed the railroad behind the
The Germans withdrawing from Kove with their heavy
artillery food munitions Vladmr-V Volynsky Volhyna
reported completely evacuated by Germans
Associa ated dPressD
PETROGRAD August 1.-The Russians bend in the
Stockhod the region of the village of Veckucary
the back and fought their way through point
this line Teuonic
regions repulsed
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CONTINUED on Page ~
MAY CANCEL SALE OF
THE FRISCO RAILROAD
8 my As-ocIa ted pressJ

. tBy Associa ted PressJ Q
. ST. LOUIS, August IA petit =
. tion attacking the recent sale by .
. foreclosure of the St. Louis and =
. San Francisco railway and ask .
. ing the court to withhold ap- .
. proval of the sale to the secured Z
= creditors as provided for, was =
. filed in the federal district court =
= today
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(By Associated pres..)
.BR|T|SHER WHIPS
UNOERSEA BOAT

Thy Associated Press.)
MONTREAL. August 1.-The Brit
ish steamer Clodmoor, from Genoa,
had battle in the Mediterranean
with a German or Austrian sub
marine, Capt. Hunter reported. He
believed he left the submarine in a
sinking condition.
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BREMEN RUMORfD TO
BE OFF CAPE HENRY


y tBy Associated Press.) y
y NORFOLK, Va, August IA .
y report that the submarine .
= Bremen was approaching the =
y Virginia capes stirred the allied .
= warships of Cape Henry to re- .
= newed vigilance. The blockade =
= runner. however. Is still missing. Z
. . . y . . . . . . . . o Z
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DYNAMITE BLOWS
UP NEWSPAPER
Laws BLAME AT THE DOORS OF
RECENTLY CONVICTED
AGiTATORS

CHICAGO, August 1.-Two bombs,
believed to be made OF dynamite,
exploded under the building Of the
Jewish Daily Press. whose publisher,
A. NJ. Liebling. testified for the state
at the recent trial OF a score of labor
leaders charged with conspiracy.
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NEW YORK. August 1.--Represen-
'atlves Egan and Hamil of New
Jersey announced they would go to
washington tomorrow, accompanied
ny Mayor Fagon of Jersey City and
oemand an embargo on explosives
IRON the Atlantic coast This deci-
SION was reached at conclusion of a
conference OF city, state and federal
officials regarding the Black Tom
Island explosion.
Egan said he would introduce a
resolution In the House asking for
an immediate embargo Hami says
he framing Of his bill will be similar
IN design.
Mckenzie, president OF the National
Dock and Storage company, who was
arrested and released on $4,000 bail
says there was no infringement ol
tho laws.
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OPENING GUN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FOR
Carnegie Hall is Crowded
At Formal Presentation
OF Republican Candidate

for ufIage amenim
a h o MO
o o ne w o e upr f ghe contrast
is OF sufa a a a
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Highest temperature yesterday, 81;
lowest this morning, 6S.
Highest temperature a year ago,
7s; lowest, Sc.
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SUBMERS|BLE
FEELS THE WAY
SWEEPING THE CHANNEL FOR
SUNkEN LOGS AND HIDDEN
EXPLOSIVES
,By Associated Press,

tBy Associated Press.b
BALTIMORE, August I, 6 p. NJ
The Deutschland sailed at $40 on
her return voyage to Germany. She
carried cargo of crude rubber and
nickel and consignment OF gold.
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Nhy Associated Press,
JERSEY CITY. August 1.-The city
eommiasloners. by vote OF 4 to /.
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Try a small adlet in the Bonanza.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

DON'T BE A TIDEWAD I !
Paw up your back subscription to the
Bugle g. thus fill a long-felt want on our
part We Can't Run First Class News
paper on Hot Air and Cold Potatoze-
? s-H we are not in leave the money with
our wife next door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
Hink Almost Ketched Fire

Hink Barclay one of our most re-
SPECIFIED citizens went to Hen Wealth
ersby's store tother day to git warm and
set down close to the stove and went
to sleep.
Hen and Hink was the only two per-
sons in the store at the time and Hen
was bizzy reading and wassent paying
no attenshion to Hink until he thort he
smelt somethink burning and looked
around and blamed if it wassent Hink
who was burning. The blamed fool
after he went to sleep he'd leaned over
almost agin the stove and it was his
whiskers which was scorching. Hink
amt shaved for five or six years and
his whiskers was quite long heretofore
but now they're burnt down close to
his chin.
Hen shul< Hink awake and when
Hink found that he'd burnt his whis-
kers nearly often his Ease until he look
ed ridicklus he left the store mad and
told Hen he would do his trading else
where hereafter. Hen told Hink he
hoped to goodness he would, being as
he didn't want his store all scented up
with scorched whisllers Hen had to
open the doors and winders to git the
fumes of Kinks scorched whiskers out
and by that time the store was cold
as barn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
Jase Hopes for the Best

Jason Tucker chief of the Bingville
Fire Dept, says that he hopes the fiery
tungd monster of flame will give Bing-
vile wide berth this winter being as
the dept amt in no posishion to combat
the flames with the thermometer hang
in below zero day after day and it so
cold that water would freeze in a pail
almost whilst it was being carried from
a pump (perviding the pump wassent
froze also) to the scene of the confla-
grashion wherever that might be.
Jase says that he considers Bingville
has been awful forchunate in not hav-
ing eny holycausts so far this winter ex-
cept Sim Gookins' henhouse last munth
which ketchd fire from a spark from
the house chimbley and was total loss
(no insurance) in spite of the fackt that
the fire department responded promptly
after the henhouse was burnt to the
ground
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
SORROW HOLLOW

|. IL Gookins cut his hand while filing a
saw yesterday and everybody was glad
of it becuz filing the saw could be heerd
all over town and everybuddy's teeth
was on edge.
Melancthon Jones Sundayed with his
aunt Polly at Snake Bend last Sun
day. Mers aunt Polly is turrib1e good
cook and Mel Sundays with her most
every Sunday.
Widow Henderson has nit IA yrs of
socks & II prs. of n1itts so far this win
ter and has sold EN- all to persons de-
string wool socks or mitts as the case
may be.
Mrs Jemima Hoff burnt herself with
a hot iron last ironing day but is much
better at this writing. 1t was very pain
full while it lasted.
News are very scarce in Our midst
this wk Perhaps there will be more
of them next wk Let us hope so.
OCCASIONAL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
THE CURSE OF STRONG
DRINK.

We take our aking head in one
hand and our pen in tother to dash
off a red hot eddytoriul for this
ishue of the Boogle on the evils of
strong drink.
Owing to the curse of drink is
the reason we are behint time COM
ing out with this wks. Bugle and
also the reason that we amt got as
mulch news in as ushual and what
we have got in amt not only up to
our ushual standard, but also is all
MKT up & disarranged. This is how
it happend:
On Thursday afternoon as we
was on our way from the P. o. to
see if there was emmy mail for us
! (there wassent) to the Bugle offs
the wind was BLOWN a gale and the
thermometer was II degrees below
zero ackording to the one that
hangs in front of the P. O. and as
a result before we got half way
home our Ease was numb, our ears
was ditto and we was suffering
from cold feet.
Jest as we was passing Bill Hep
burns blacksmith shop it ocEurd to
us that it would be blamed good
idee to drop into the shop and git
warm afore we resoomed our jour
ney lords the Bugle offs, so we
dropt in.
Bill was working away at his
forge with a big fire goin and it
felt turrible good. We told Bill
we was jest about froze todeth and
then Bill said he thort he had some
think on hand that would warm us
UP a leetle mite. We diddent know
what Bill ment by this till he wall<t
over to the corner of the black
smith shop and puld a gal jug out
from under some old scrap iron
where it had been conceald and past
us the jug and told us to help our
self.
We TUX the cork outen the Jug
and smelt of the contents, Their
we says to Bill, THAT smells like
red ticker to us, Bill" That's jest
wot it is" says Bill, that ticker i.
the best Ticker that money kin buy
at the CO. seat paid two doller.
for that gal of Ticker Drink harty.
mo" says we, settin down th'
jug, mot drop of stitch vile stuff
shall ever fetch our lips! As ed
ditor & prop of the Bingvill'
Bugle we have preechd temperent
& have allus been agin ticker.
"Thats alright says Bel, "but it
different when a person is dog
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Narrer ExCape for Seth

Seth Dewberry our lion harted town
constubble had a narrer excape from
suddint deth tother day.
Ramse Hillyer swopped his rabbit
hound to a Teller down Hardscrabble
way for six shot revolver Ramse
knows a lot about rabbit hounds (which
is why he swept the one he had off be-
ing as Ramse says that rabbit hound
don't know a rabbit from a tomcat) but
he don't know nothing a tall about re-
volvers.
First time Ramse met Seth on the st
he puld out the revolver he had swept
for and before he could say ennythink
Seth desired to know of Ramse if he
knowd it was agin the law to carry
conseald weppings. Ramse told Seth if
he had of been doing that he would of
did so, instid of taking it outen his
pocket Ramse told Seth he merely
wanted to know what he (Seth) thort
of the revolver he had traded for being
as he (Seth) was a authority on fire.
arms.
Then Seth sort of Gained down and
tux the revolver and examined it with
perfeshional care While Seth was fool
ing with the revolver blamed if it did
dent go off very suddint and the bullet
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LOkeI BreefS

II is turrib1e cold as we go to press
and we persoom when we begin to print
this wk.'s Bugle on our old Warshing-
ton hand press the ink will be thickern
cold molasses and we probably won't
git this ishue out on time. IF we should
not git it out on time we will git it out
as soon as we can so please be pa
shient That's the worst of publish
ing a uptodate weekly paper in the win
ter time
Bud Hinckley who amt quite RIGHT in
his head snuk up behint Deacon Butter
worth one day last wk and hit the Dea-
con a awful wallop behint the ear with
a SNOWFALL, then Bud he run like thun-
der. Bud may not be quite right in his
head but he is a awful good shot with
a SNOWFALL
Eph Higgins, our accommodating P.
NJ says there amt been but two postal
cards past through the Bingville offs in
two wks and them diddent have moth
ink important on en- Eph says the
time was when folks used good cal
more postal cards to write on than they
do now and he was able to keep purity
we'll informed, but now time hangs quite
hevvy on his hands.
Hank Dewberry has boil on his neck
which axes him so that he can't TURF
his head Hank wishes us to kindly ask
everybuddy in Bingville to guvvern theii
| sells according and when they desire &c
address him to please come around II
| front of him instid of speakin to hin
! suddint from behint so as TO make hin
| forgit and turn his head quick until tina,
| boil nearly kills him. Hank says hs
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blame neer froze todeth like you
be-then it amt no harm to take
Jest a leetle taste fer medysinal
purposes only Jest to warm you up.
Go ahed and have a leetle mite"
Well, in the end we lissend to
the whisperings of the Demun
Rum and suckunbd to tempta-
shion. Its turrible hard to regulate
the quantity a person drinks outen
jug-we thort we diddent take
moren a teaspoonful, but in the
light of after events we persoom
we must of swallerd half a pint.
Then Bill, Jest to be soshiable,
TUX a swig hisself in spite of the
fackt that he swore off dritlkin on
New Yrs as ushual. It wassent five
minits after we had TUX the ticker
that we felt warm and comfort
able & happy and full of exilera-
shion and when Bill askt us to
have another taste we iumpt at the
chanst
To make a long story short we
don't know jest how menny Gba~
shions we had outen that jug, be-
ing as our mind is leetle hay on
that pint. Be that as it may, it was
dark when we woke up in the
blacksmith shop and Bill had went
At last we managed to git home.
Our wife was waiting up for US
and assisted us to where we re
manned all the next day and the
night follering not being able to
skeerce1y hold our head up let
alone leeve the bed. We are still
indisposed and can jest mozey
around and that's all Personally
we wouldn't want a snake to have
as bad a headake as we have en-
joyed for the past few days. It
seems as if our head would bust by
spells and we woulddent care
mulch if it did.
Let this be a sollum warning to
all not to monkey with strong
drink which is ragin and biteth
like a adder and stingeth like a ser
pent in the end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
Personal SquibS

Yves Woodruff, our expert hunter &
trapper, slept into one of his steel traps
which he had set for a fox tother day
and ketchd two of his toes causing him
considerable anguish before he could
extercate hisse1f. Yves most allus ket-
ches somethink in his traps.
Mrs. Lem Goolins put up her kitchen
winder tother day being as the kitchen
was so hot it most roasted her. Then
when the kitchen got too cold she tribe
to shet the winder but the sash stuck
and she couldn't git it down SO she cald
Lem to do So Lem said he bet he'd
make that winder come down or bust
somethink Well he did-it come down
all of suddint and busted every pain
of glass in the winder. Then Lem had
to go to work and put in new glass.
Lem was purity mad. He told his wife
hereafter when she got too warm to
step outside and git cooled off and not
put up emmy more winders.
Jabe Crum last wk received a letter
from his brother Alb who lives out IN
Wisconsin and from who Jabe hassent
heerd for Is yrs. Alb told Jabe to let
him hear from him, but Jabe says he
amt going to pay no attenshion to Abs
letter becuz Alb didcnt inclose postage
stamp for him to anser back with Jabe
says if his brother Alb desires to hear
from him, let him send a stamp here
after, otherwise he'll ignore his letters,
being as he dident ask Alb to write in
the 1st place
There is a clothes pin famine in Bing-
vile at present The high wind of last
Monday puld nearly everybuddy's warsh
often the line & meny clothes pins was
lost. Sinst then Hen Weathersby, prop
of our genl store, has been cleaned
outen clothes pins and there is still a
big demand for same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
Country Correspondence
ZION CROSSROADS

Lafe Henderson had his old doni-
necl1er rooster for dinner last Sunday.
LATE says he's tired being woked up at
? a. m. every morning by that rooster
and he cakilates it wont happen again.
Ben Wade's wife's mothers sister is
visiting them and has been for some
time in fackt so long that she has wore
out her welcome and Mrs Wade says
she wishes to goodness she would pack
up and 90 home
Bill Woods is trying to raise money
to pay the intrust on his farm NOR
gage. Bill says it amt the mortgage that
bothers him, but the intrrst on it
Eb Hoovers' COW presented Eb with
2 CATS last wk You might call these
CATS twins ALTHOUGH they amt exactly
alike Who can heat this for calf twins
Miss Hildy Wade the bell of the
Crossroads has had falling out with
Bud Winslow. Cheer up Bud the course
of true love never did run smooth.
There was quite a high wind here
abouts one day last wk but we cant
recall which dav
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
IS YOUR
PUMP FROZE?

If it amt, why not? Most everybud-
dy's pump in town is froze up and
tfort perhaps yours was. This is ow-
ink to the turrible cold wether which
we have had lately. I don't know how
flenny people which I have met on the
St has told m their pu-, was froze
and as result they haft to borry wor-
ter from their nabers whose pumps aint
froze The nabers do Ike this very
well neither because it diddent rain
mulch last fall before the ground froze
UP and none of the wells in Bingville
amt got mulch worter IN en-
Well this give me idee I says to
myself. "Why wouldn't IL be a good
plan to go into the thawing out froze
up pumps r:zness?" I thort it would
so have went into the bizness on big
skale What good is a pump that is
froze up? Anser-No good. Let me
thaw it out for you. | thawed out Sim
Wilkins pump for him and give entire
satisfackshion. I will do the same for
you My rates for thawing out froze
pumps depends on how long it takes me
TO do the iob-if it takes good while
/ charge according, but if it don't take
that long | charge vice versy. See me
about thawirg out your pump for you
! and 7 will make the price right. Es-
Inmates give with great cheer. An
other thing-suppose YOUR Dlmp freezes
up so tite on you that it busts the
prmpi How would YOU like that. hey?
If that happend call1ilate you would
wisht you had of got me to thaw it
out for you A word to the wise aint
necessary
Yours for pump tlawing,
BRAD BAKER, Pump thawer.
Bingville.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

The first time Mrs. Wilkins went to
stoop over the washtub the skirt give
way on her and she amt wore it sinst.
Amelia offerd Widow Henderson
old hat which Amelia wore two years
ago but Mrs. Henderson refused to ex-
cept it. She told Amelia right to her
face that while she might be as poor as
jobs turkey she thankt goodness she
was too proud to except charity from
ennybuddy espeshially a old hat that
wear out into the back yard to feed
the hens in.
Miss Amelia is a good cal discur-
ridged with her charity work even if
it is considered the latest style.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

would rather nobuddy would speak to
him a tall whilst he has that boil on his
neck unless they have something awful
important to say.
Doc Livermore amt been very well
lately but Doc don't complain emmy. On
the contrary he suffers in silence becuz
he knows if he admitted he was sick
folks would nacherly pint the finger of
scorn at him for not being abel to cure
hisself with his own medisin 1t amt a
very good recommendation for the pills
& powders Doc gives others when he
cant relieve hisself. with same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
Charity Work in BingViIIe

Miss Amelia Tucker our raining sos
siety queen read somewhere in a City
paper that the sossiety leaders in the
big cities had went into charity. work
which was the latest style, so Amelia
thort she would do the same
She getherd up lot of her old wore
out clothes to distribute amongst the
poor of Bingville Amelia give Mrs
Sam Wilkins who takes in wash for a
liveing old tite fitting hobble skirt
which Amelia wore when these kind of
skirts was in style. Mrs Wilkins ex-
cepted the skirt with deep gratitood
but being as she is wider acrost than
Miss Amelia she had hard work to wor-
~ into the skirt it fit her that snug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

went into the ground about two inches
from Ramse's foot. A minnit or so be-
fore Seth had been squintin down into
the bari of the revolver with one eye
shet.
Seth told Ramse it might be good
revolver, the only falt it had was it was
too easy on the trigger and diddent
shoot accurate Now Ramse don't know
whether Seth was amin at his foot or
not