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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-01

denG k9d nf s6 na w h ssS
declared. June 10 has been fixed as the date
fish fE hs S6i c FHik S @os' at Contra"
Passyunk Assembly. No. 5s will hold its
american Bank BaildinE Broad street and
Passyunk avenue \ medical examiner will be
regular business session an excellent enter
talnment will be given and refreshments
The assembly will visit, Prospect Park As
sem5Iy at Moores. Monday: May ibo 10 The The
tion Of athletics for the coming summer. The The
league and ID" will lp' be REPRESENTED by strong
team team The opening game will be been on saturda.y'
2sth street and snyder avenue
pT;GgressIys assembly No caIonrs at its Nay r.,
n its ina P tine PaTs tbg
OF the Entertainment Committee, have Joined
Visitors,
I.archwood Assembly, No, 81, with Master
Artisan o. n Jackson n the chair r held ar. an
sEi evsSGs u.s. in TN the hail. a5i south 8oth Street
After the business session the doors were
Included musical selections. a gymnastic exhi-
biton and refreshments,
MAY = iss& ana Nay 23 win cgsbEsIs
It's aitn anniversary Inc hHtH VIII De utlu
this year In the assembly room and Will he
for members only This assembly viii. by
special invitation attend divine SERVICES sun
day evening, May II. i'm st, Johns Methodist
Episcopal Church, 1882 North Sd street; The
speaker will be the Rev, John krantz ID, D.,
Of New York.
The most excellent master Artisan and his
Assembly May 80. There will doubtless be a
large attendance OF Artisans TO greet the most
excellent officers and an effort is being made
to secure a good-sized class of candidates Tor
this occasion.
The quarterly dinner of the Artisans Dining
Club will be held at MOsebach's CASING lSIh
street and GiTard avenue, Wednesday, May 81;
Al the last dinner 2l6 Artisans participated
and stil larger number is expected on
Vice President w. G. Heyde, OF Passyunk
Assembly, will be the toastmaster OF the even
ing and the Trilby String Band OF is pieces
Will furnish the music. Brother Harry Welde-
nar, OF Southwestern Assembly, Will lead the
singing All members of the order are invited
to paTticlpate in the dinner.
Chester Assembly, No. Is. received the most
excellent officers Tuesday evening, and ar
ranged 10 hold a ladies' night at the May
meeting at which time Brother Jacob X. Jor-
dan. most excellent Inspector, Will deliver an
address. Deputy AckToyd presented local CON
ditions with accuracy, and expressed the
Thought and hope that this year would be
banner one for Chester Assembly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets.

The secret of keeping young is TO feel
young-to do this you must watch your
liver and bowels-there's need of hav-
ing a sallow mpleXion-dark rings under
your eyes-pimples-a bilious look in your
face-dull eyes with sparkle
Your doctor will tell you ninety per cent
of all sickness comes from inactive bowels
and liver.
DR. Edwards well known physician in
Ohio. perfected vegetable compound
mixed with olive oil to act on the liver and
bowels, which he gave to his patients for
years
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. the substi-
tute for caIomel, are gentle in their action.
yet always effective.
They bring about the exuherance of
spirtt that natural buoyancy which should
be enjoyed by everyone, by toning up the
liver and clearing the system Of Impurities.
You will know Dr. Edwards Olive Tab
let's by their olive color. Zoe and 2Jc per
box. All druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company. Columbus. O.
advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
FIND WEAK SPOT.
WOrkmen Repairing Auditorium Find
Iron Column Out of Plumb.

Workmen repairing the auditorium
found a weak spot today that had
been overlooked by the inspectors.
One of the stone piers under the floor,
upon which rests an iron column. sup
porting the balcony, was found stand
ing on a slant. One side was tipped.
The workmen dug down to see what
the trouble was and found the pier
had simply sunk on one side because
the iron column had been shifted to
the edge of the pier. The iron col
umn could not slide off the stone be-
cause the wooden floor held it but
the stone was giving very little sup
port to the balcony in that particular
spot.
Commissioner Porter gave instruc-
tions to have the stone pier worked
back into place and supported by con-
crete. Following that treatment the
pier will do its share in supporting
a crowd in the balcony. Efforts were
made to rush the job today in order
to be prepared for a crowd at the
auditorium tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
EMPLOYERS AFTER HIM
Becker Is Wanted for Embczzlcmcnt
as Well as Forgery.

In addition to being wanted here for
forgery, there is an excellent indica
ton that Clyde c. Becker, the former
employee of the local office of the
Loose-Wiles company, who flooded the
town with worthless clecks. will be
liable to a charge of embezzlement
brought by his former employers.
Clayton Moore. manager of the To-
peka Loose Wiles offices stated today
that Becker's statement was being in
vestigated and claimed that the book
keeper had unearthed five accounts
which he collected and neglected to
turn the money over to the office.
Sheriff Kiene stated this morning
that Becker paper to the extent of
nearly 20 bad checks on as many per-
sons and firms have been found. A
complaint charging forgery of a check
for 81 has been filed in the court of
Topeka. H. E. Rigby is the complain
ing witness. The sheriff's office is on
Becker's trail. Latest reports are to
the effect that he is still going.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
BOWMAN BUY IT
Todd Matthews No Longer to Be As
sOciatcd in Clothing Business.

Edward Bowman, who for the last
year and a half has been associa ted
with Todd Matthews in the Matthews
&, Bowman Furnishings Co. today be-
came sole proprietor of the business
The deal that resulted in the change
was made several days ago. it was
announced this afternoon, but did not
become effective until this morning.
The same policy followed by the
store since it opened will be main
tanned by Mr.. Bowman New fixtures
will be installed and additions made
to the stock, but a popular priced
line of furnishings viii be featured
as hereto fore The store will con-
tinue to handle a line OF shoes and
clothing.
Mr. Bowman came to Topeka from
st. Marys a year and a half ago to
become associated with Todd Mat
theWs in the store which he today
took over. Prior to going to st
Marys. he lived in Topeka ard is well
known here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
BRIT is LONESOME
TOpekan in England Wants
Letters From Friends.
Can't Get Tobacco or News
papers From Home.

Howard Brit, a Topeka man, who
enlisted at the beginning of the war is
now in hospital service in England.
He writes the following letter which
he asks to have published:
ITO all my friends in Topeka: L
would be glad to hear from you, as l
am lonesome here in England. | left
Topeka IN August, 1914. went to Can
ada and enlisted in the Canadian
army ! came to England and have
gone thus far through the war. l ex-
poet to go totsthe finish and see it
out to the end
ss-''I ann -havfnp=4 great time-it is an
outing for me, but l miss the ways of
the United States, and l long to read
a State journal. ! have had only one
in seventeen months.
Il am on the Aston estate in one of
the biggest hospitals in England. II
any one will write to me and send me
something to read, l will answer all
letters. We cannot get American
smoking tobacco over here for love
nor money. Address Howard Brit,
50017. Cana dian Red Cross Hospital,
Cliveden. Taplow, Bucks, England
Howard Brit is. the son of Charles
l.. Brit, who lives at 215 East Eleventh
street. He has many friends in To-
peka who will be glad to hear from
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
PLANS A CIVIC
MELTING POT
w. w. Webb, President of Com
merciaI Club, Has Suggestion.
A Clearing House of Ideas Here
Twice a Week.
BOOSTERS And KNOCKERS
Meet on Common Ground and
Talk 1t Over.
Believes Much Good Can Be
Done in This Way.

! Topeka is to have new Clearing
! House of Ideas.
w. w. Webb. president of the Com
/ mercial club, has made an announce
ment to that effect and meetings viii
! be held twice each week at the Com
| mercial club rooms. Calamity howl
/ ers. boosters, everybody with troubles
! on his mind will have an opportunity
to unburden them at these meetings.
which will be held after the MONDAY
| luncheoEs.
However the Clearing House of
Ideas will be something beside talk
I fest. An educational campaign will
| be carried or through it. For in
/ stance. Mr.. W ebb Is going to invite
Commissioner WATSON and have him
explain the exact financial condition
/ of the CITY. Commissioners Tandy
| and Porter will be given opportuni-
| ties to tell their troubles; w. +. Con-
nelley. secretary of the State Historical
society. will explain the activities OF
/ the society. and other men dealing in
public affairs will be heard at various
times.
Invite the Grouchcs.
At other times the meetings will be
! talkfests. A special invitation will be
issued by the Commercial club pres
ident for any one with a crouch
against the Commercial club. with
business troubles. with plans for bet
ter or worse Topeka, with ideas on
anything in the realm of the Com
mercial club to step right up and air
( the same in public. Everything goes
good. bad or Indifferent. and Topeka
business men undoubtedly will be-
come better acquainted.
Look in there" said Mr.. Webb to-
day as he pointed to half a dozen
groups of men sitting around in chairs
and talking about nothing in particu-
lar. why can't we get together once
or twice a week after lunch and dis
cuss matters pertaining to the city,
Commercial club or something useful
Invite Outsiders.
There are people with grouches
against the club who can present
them at these meetings. Others have
business troubles they could discuss
ana they might get some good point
ers while another group of men may
have some cracking good ideas about
what Topeka should strive for and we
could all get together and cooperate
Success of any city is balanced to Il
great extent by the amount of CO
operation existing amonSa-itse business
: man. We must help one another.
: CITIZEN, ] want the members to in
vtte an outsider in at these meetings
have MIN here for luncheon and
permit him to talk at these meetings.
He may have n kick against the club
which could be Strengthened out and
possibly he will join the orga nization."
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TO FIX Time And PLACE
Republican County Committee VIII
Meet to Decide on Convention.

To decide the time. place and man
me- of selecting delegates to the Shaw
nee county Republican convention. a
meeting of the county Republican
central committee will be held at the
National hotel tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock. John T. CLANCY is chair
man. The date of the county con-
VentiOn which will probably be held
February &c will be definitely decided.
Another question TO be -hreshed out
is whether or not delegates to the con-
vention will be selected by caucus or
primary.
One representative of every 100
voters will probably be chosen to at
tend the county convention and the
number of votes cast for secretary of
state in 1914 will be used as a basis.
At this rate the convention will con-
sist of ia delegates. The county
convention will in turn name dele
gates to the congressional and state
conventions. The congressional con-
venticn will be held at Atchison
March and the state convention at
topeka March 81
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He has served time in the Okla
state penitentiaries. His operations
are recorded by the Pinkertons from
Portland, Maine, to the Golden Gate
and one alleged forgery was commit
ted in Alaska.
Speer is so years old. When arrest
ed here he told a champion hard-luck
story to arouse the pity of county Of
ficials They did pity him. and Speer
saw freedom Then Sheriff Kiene got
busy and unearthed information to the
effect that the man has used his
physical condition to get out of many
prosecutions and obtain paroles from
various penitentiaries. A cancer has
eaten away a part of his abdomen. In
ing treatment from DR.. c. c. Lull.
county physician. He has been bound
over to the. district court from the
court of Topeka by Judge Fisher and
his chances of escaping prosecution
here are slim. The Kansas peniten-
tiary is noted for the excellent medical
attention prisoners receive.
The Pinkerton reports show that
Speer has operated in the United
States since 1901, passing worthless
checks from $22 to 1856 in amounts,
in practically every city of importance
from ocean to ocean and from Alaska
known under So different names by
the Pinkertons.
On top of the Pinkerton reports re-
ceived today by Sheriff Kiene, it was
also reported to the sheriff's office by
long distance telephone that Speer
passed bad check for SIS at Law
renee before he came to Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
FOUR DRIVES FAIL
Germans Claim to Have Re-
pulsed French at Vimy.
Declare Also French Attack
Failed at SOmme.

Berlin, Feb. 11-via London.-The
repulse of four successive attacks
made by the French In efforts to re-
capture trenches they had lost north
west of Vimy in the Artois. was an
nounced today by German army head
quarters. The French also failed in
assaults to the south of the Somme.
The official statement says:
Northwest of Vimy the French.
after artillery preparations lasting for
hours, attempted four times to recap
ture the trenches they had lost Al
of their attacks failed. South of the
Somme they were also unable to re-
capture any part of the last two posi-
tons.
ION the Aisne and in the Cham
payne there have been local artillery
duels of lively character.
lone of our captive balloons es-
capped without it's crew and drifted
over the enemy lines near Vailly.
Eastern theatcr Of war: North of
Lake Drisviadi the advance of a strong
Russian division was repulsed.
Balkan theater of war: There is
nothing to report"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
FIRST VOLUNTEER DIES
Col j. II. King Was No. in Response
to President Lincoln's Call.

ST Paul. Mimi, Feb 11--Col. ]. r.
King So, the Civil wars first volur-
teer, is dead at his home here.
Colonel King has been confined to
his bed for eleven months as the re-
suit of the street car accident. Yes
terday he was stricken with an attack
of heart disease and died in a few
minutes. Mary Louise King. his wife
and only survivor. was alone at his
bedside. Burial will take place here
tomorrow
Minnesota historians assert King
was the first to answer President Lin
coins call for volunteers. enlisting
promptly when he received Informal
ton from a private dispatch sent to
Minnesota by the states governor.
who was in the presidents office when
the call wars signed.
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FIND 4 EMPTIES
"Dead Soldiers" in johnson
Tabernacle Arouse Evangelist.
viii Preach Sermon Against
Rum Fiend Tonight.

Tonight, at the big East Side taber-
naelc Evangelist Johnson will preach
hts famous and fong-looked-for ser
mon on Booze" Four whisky bot
Ties were found by the custodian in
the. tabernacle the other day. need
of a temperance sermon is evident
The music will De a special feature
preceding the sermon. this evening;
and will be in the nature of a temper
ence rally. The Brewers Big Horse
Can't Run over Me" as sung by the
ReY. VIM. Young of the Johnson
party, winds the audiences VINO hear
to a high pitch Of enthusiasm. The
mon will be given special seats in
the center block of the building
This afternoon at AIS, Miss Nora
killian, of the party, will give a Bible
study talk to the girls of the high
school. Miss Killian has had wide
experience and training in the study
of the Bible.
Last evening. Evangelist johnson
addressed an audience that comfort
ably filled the tabernacle, upon the
subject Of THE objectionable Sin
when man says that the work of
the Holy Ghost is the work of the
Devil, l say, that he has committed a
sin which God cannot forgive" said
the evangelist, land l base my state
ment upon the words of Jesus Christ
in Gods word "
Next Sunday will be the closing
Sunday of the campaign. the farewell
meeting being on next Monday night.
Sunday afternoon, the evangelist will
preach 20 the last meeting for men
only at the tabernacle on Saying
Goodbye to God" This meeting will
be at 300 o'clock; and at the same
hour the Rev VIM. Young will speak
to a meeting for women only at the
Third Presbyteris church. Services
will be held in the morning at 10:45:
and in the evening at 1900, or just as
soon a sufficient crowd arrives.
A free will offering the only support
which Evangelist johnson and his
party have, will be taken ar each of
the Sunday sci vices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
Thin Folks Who
Would Be Fat
Increase in weight Ten Pounds or More.

Increase in weight Ten Pounds More.
I'd certainly give most anything to
be able to fat up n few pounds and stay
that way" declares every excessively thin
man woman. Such result is not i'm
possible. despite past failures Most thin
people are victims of mal-nutrition, a con
ditiOn which prevents the fatty elements
of food from being taken up by the blood
rs they are when the powers of nutrition
are normal. Instead of getting into the
elements stay in the intestines until they
pass from the body as waste.
To correct this condition and to pro-
duce n healthy. normal amount of fat,
the nutritive processes must be artificially
supplied with the power which nature has
denied them. This can probably best be
accomplished by eating a Shrgol tablet
with every meal. SargoI is a careful com
bination of six splendid assimilative
agents. Taken with meals they mix with
the food to turn the sugars and starches
of what you have eaten into rich. ripe
nourishment for the tissues and blood and
its rapid effect has been i'm many cases
reported remarkable. Reported gains of
month are by no means infrequent. Yet its
action is perfectly natural and absolutely
harmless. Sargol is sold bV Arnold Drug
Co. and other druggists everywhere and
every package contains guarantee of
weight increase or money back.
NOTE-SargoI is recommended only as
flesh builder and while excellent re-
suits in cases of nervous indigestion. etc,
have been reported. care should be taken
about using 1t unless a gain of weight is
CONGRATULATIONS
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TABLE TALK
AT TIE U2A
COMMERCIAL Club. @-@

There will be another meeting of
the board of directors of the Com
mercial club tomorrow noon when the
auditorium proposition will be thresh-
ed out. Some of the directors who
cast their ballot at the meeting two
days ago now wish to change and vote
for new auditorium.
on Monday George Godfrey Moore's
initiation committee will meet. Mr..
Moore is very anxious that all mem
bers be present. A}ssf3ss@s5te-
w. W. Webb introduced l.. NJ. Pen
we'll Mr.. PenweIT introduced Governor
Capper. while Governor Capper intro
.duced Governor Major.
Governor Capper told the audience
that he is beginning to scent-a. plot,
as it seems that all he has dope for
the last two weeks has been tointro@
duce distinguished Democrats. Com
tinuins, the governor announced that
Governor Major was qualified to talk
either on good roads or politics and
while far be it from him to dictate
the subject of the Missourian's address
he knew that Kansas was "tremend-
ously interested in good roads
Senator Ben Wilson of jefferson
county. and Col. J. P. Mullane, a Kan
sas City election commissioner, accom-
panied Governor Major and Colonel
Penwell to Topeka. Early this morn
ing Governor Major addressed the uni
versity students at Lawrence. From
Topeka he went to Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
|BACCED BIC CAME
The Police Did Not Know What
They Had
When They Arrested s. l.. Speer
on a Forgery Charge.
UNDER Sc Different NAMES
He Has Reputation From
Maine to California.
Has Done Time in the Peniten-
tiaries of Four States.

The fact that the local police bagged
big game when they arrested s. L.
Speer recently in Topeka as he was
attempting to pass a worthless check
for $25 at the Kipp Brothers Cole
White auto agency, was discovered
this morning when L. L. Kiene, sheriff,
received information about Speer from
the Pinkertons. Speer, or he is known
to the Pinkerton agency as w. H.
Geer and by thirty-siX other. aliases,
has operated according to the Pinker
ton agency in practically every state
in the Union.
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Diplomat a War Prisoner.

Petrograd, Feb. IA dispatch
from Teheran says that Assim Bey,
Turkish minister to Persia. has been
ca ptured by a patrol of Cossa cks near
Keredji. Three companions who were
taken prisoners at the same time as
the ambassador have proved to be the
Austrian military attache and two
Austrian prisoners of war who had es-
capped from the Russians some time
ago.
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BANDIT FRIEND
south Chicago Police Nab Him in Con-
nectiOn With Bank Robbey.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-Two men said
by the police to be New York friends
of the four men on trial for robbing
the Washington Park National bank
OF SIS, 200 were arrested in a down
town hotel here today.
According to the police they were
Louis Cohen. lawyer. and Nanny
Weinslein. They were taken to detec
tive headquarters to be questioned.
Examination of jurors in the trial of
the four robbers proceeded slowly
TODAY.
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NOT BUSH MURDERER
Webb City Prisoner Was in Galena
Jail Night of Killing.

Webb City, Mo, Feb. lotto
Hess, held in jail here in connection
with the murder of John Bush, a
farmer near Salina, Kan. was releas-
ed today. He was identified by NJ. NJ.
HaIlam. city marshal of Galena. Kan,
as having been a prisoner in the city
Jail on the night of the Salina murder.
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Cuts Bankers Sentence.

Washington. Feb. 11.-President
Wilson has commuted to two years the
five year sentence imposed last De-
cember on w. p. Phillips. an officer
of the Vinita. Okla. National bank.
for making false entries in report to
the comptroller of the currency. The
bank suffered no loss.
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Want a New Trial.

Providence, r. l.. Feb. IA mo-
lion fer new trial for Cecil Brown
and Henry H, Spellman. p convicted
last week of the murder of Dr. C.
Franklin Mohr was filed in the SUI
perior court here today. asserting that
the verdict was contrary to law and
evidence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
BILLION DOLLAR LOAN
Russia Soon to Launch Big Bond
Issue Is Petrograd Report.

Petrograd, Feb. s11.-Newspapers of
this city report that the government
has decided t.. issue in the near future
new interior loan of two billion
rubles (about 1,OOO,000.000) at five
per cent under the same conditions as
the nreceding one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11

Berlin. Feb. 1.-THE Jewish school
at Kovno. Russia, has been reopened
by permission of the German authori-
ties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

HARVEY S. BENTON died today at
his home. corner Third and Monroe
streets. Arrangements for the funer
al will he made later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-11

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