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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
WILL TRY IT AGAIN
Topeka II. S. Book Exchange Will
Continue Another Term.

The Topeka High School Book ex-
change will continue, announced Wal
ter Johnson, manager of the exchange,
today. Although the opening of the
exchange did not come up to the eX-
pectation of the managers at the open
ing of the present term they have de-
cided to conduct the business again at
the opening of the fall term.
The book exchange is a new ven
ture undertaken in several schools of
the state, conducted by students and
tried for the first time this term. 1t
was fairly successful at Emporia Nor
NAL school, where the plan was first
announced, but students of Topeka did
not seem to get the idea" AT the
opening of the next term the exchange
will be held under the same plan as
before. The student leaves his books
and sets his own price. On all books
sold the exchange collects 10 per cent
commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
HOMES FOR THE BIRDS
School Boys VIII Build Houses in a
Prize Contest.

From now until the first of April
Topeka school boys will work on bird
houses. stimulated by the desire to win
a favorable place in the exhibition dur
ing the first week in April and also a
prize to be awarded by the Federation
of Womens Clubs. The bird house
contest opened today. 1t is open to
school boys of the fifth, sixth seventh
and eighth grades of both the public
and parochial schools.
A committee of federation members
is promoting the contest. No limit is
placed on the design, material or size
of the houses but they must be suit
able to the feathered tenants that in
habit this part of the country. The
work may be done in school or at
home. but each boy must pledge him
self to do the building without aid.
The contest closes on April l, and dur
ing the following week the work will
be on public exhibition.
Three judges, not yet selected will
decide on thew inners. The prizes
will be awarded to the boys on April
6. Mrs. Charles Dillon is in charge
of the contest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
TURNER ON AIR BRAKES
Westinghouse Manager in Address to
Santa Fe Men.

Santa Fe apprentices in the Santa
Fe training school in Topeka were adj
dressed list night by Walter Victor
Turner, assistant manager Of the
Westinghouse Air Brake Co. He told
them of the application and develop
ments that have been made in air
brakes and the part they have played
in extending railway service
Mr.. Turner is recognized as one of
the foremost authorities on the air
brake. In recognition of his mas
terry of the subject, he was elected
u fellow of the British Royal society
for the encouragement of Arts,
Manufacturing and Commerce.
He made the study of the airbrake
his life work. His efforts attracted
the attention of the Westinghouse
company and Turner was appointed
a mechanical engineer for the com
pany. Later he was made chief en-
gireer and since 1914 has been as
sistant general manage in charge of
engineering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
For Catarrhal Deafness
and Head Noises

Here In America there is much suffer
Ing from cat-rrh and head noises. Ameri-
ran people would do well to consider the
method employed by the English to com
bat this insidious disease. Everyone
knows how damp the English climate is
Rnd how dampness affects those suffer
Ing from catarrh. In England they treat
catarrhal deafness aud head noises as
constitutional disease and NE an inter
nal remedy for it that is really very
efficacious.
Sufferers who could scarcely hear n
watch tick ell how they bad their near
int- restored by this English treatment 10
such an extent that the tick Of 4 watch
was plainly audible seven aud eight inches
away from either eal
is troubled with catarrh. catnrrhal deui-
ness or head noises. cut out this formula
and hand il to them and you VIII nave
been the means of saving some poor SUI
ferer perhaps from total deafness Inc
prescription can be easily prepared AT
home for about I5c and is made as i"i-
lows:
From your druggist obtain I o.. of
Parmiut Double Strength, about i2c
worth. Take this home and add TO II
a pint Of hot water and 4 ounces OF
graduated sugar: stir unnl dlsSolNeu'
Take "a Tablespoonful four times day
Pnrmfnt Is used In this way not only TO
reduce BY tonic action the inflammation
and thus to equalize the air pressure ON the
drum but to correct any excess OF
secretious In the middle ear, ana the re-
suits 1t gives are usually remarkably
quick and effective
Every person who has catarrh IN any
form should give this recipe trial ana
free themselves from this destructive
Advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
BOUGHT FROM ENEMY
Court Hands Severe Sentences to
Three English Merchant VlOIators.

London. Reb. 15.-William Gardi-
ner Rigden was fined 500 pounds,
VIM. Fownes Rigden was sentenced to
Il months Imprisonment, and Stan
ley Fownes Rigden, to four months
Imprisonment at the Old Bailey today.
pleading guilty to the charge of OBJ
tanning goods from Germany through
their New York branch and trading in
such goods in contravention of the
trading with the enemy act.
The three men are partners of
Fownes Brothers & Company, glove
manufacturers. The prosecution al
legged that between the end of Septem-
Der and the end of December, 1914,
the accused had obtained goods worth
100000 from SaXony through the New
York branch, for which payment was
to be made after the war. When the
defendants withdrew their plea of not
guilty the judge pointed out the grav-
ity of the charge, stating that trad
ing with an enemy must be dealt with
severely.
The sentence of the case of Will
liam Gardiner Rigden was light be-
cause he is of advanced age and took
only a small part in the business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
FOR CHURCH UNITY
Six Branches of MethOdiStS
Join in Conference.
Bishops, superintendent and
Laymen Are Delegates.
PLAN KNOWS NO COLOR LINE
A. VI. f. Membership Included
in Union Congress.
Convention Represents Eight
Million Church Members.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Problems which
confront the six branches of the
Methodist Episcopal church which are
seeking basis for union, are TO be dis
cussed at three-day conference
which opened in Evanston. a suburb.
today Bishops. superintendents and
leading laymen of the churches are in
attendance and it was said that they
represented a church membership of
approximately 100000.
Most of the discussion will be for
NAL. it was announced, but it was the
intention of the sponsors of the con-
ference to collect the proceedings in
book form for future reference. The
entire question of church unity is to
come before the next general confer
ence of the northern church at Sara
toga Springs, n. y, in May.
Many subjects Considered.
The Evanston meetings are being
held under the auspices of the founda-
ton for interdenominational unity and
international peace established by The
late John r. Lindgren. a former trus-
tee of Northwestern university. Presi-
dent Abram w Harris of the univer-
sity is head of the committee of ad-
ministration of the fund.
The churches represented at the
conference are the Methodist Epis-
copal church. the Methodist Episcopal
church south. the Canadian Methodist
church. the Methodist Protestant
church, the African Methodist Episco-
pal church and the African Methodist
Episcopal Church in Zion. The dis
cussions will center about problems
affecting church government property
foreign missions of the various or
co uizatinnG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
AT PREPAREDNESS FETE
Mayors of Northwest Missouri Gather
at St. Joe to Hear Speech.

St. Joe. Feb. 15.-Mayors from
number of towns in northwest Mis-
souri,, and some from adjacent states,
are here today to attend the confer
ence called by Mayor Elliot Marshall
of St. Joseph, to consider the question
of preparedness.
have the visitors attend as guests of
honor a mass meeting at the city au-
ditorium tonight which is to be ad-
dressed by Henry D. Estabrook of New
York under the auspices of the local
branch of the National Security
league. The session of the mayors
was presided over by Mayor Marshall
and the visitors were entertained at
luncheon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
JACkIES FIGHT FIRE
Made Quick Work of Flames Which
Threatened BattIeship.

Philadelphia, Feb. 15.-Quick work
by sailors on the battleship North Da-
kota at the Philadelphia navy yards
saved the ship from serious damage
by fire last night, it became known
today. They jumped from their hunks
at the sound of the fire alarm and
extinguished slight blaze in the en-
gine room in about three minutes.
The fire was started by the blow out
in a dynamo. Oil caught fire and
ignited wood work An alarm was
sounded and when the sailors discov
cred that oil was a blaze they grabbed
bags Of sand, kept for such an emer-
gcncy and threw the sand upon the
burning fluid, extinguishing the fire.
The fire was, officials said, good
test of the efficiency of the fire drill
on the various warships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
To Make Your Hair
Look Naturally Curly

If milady of the straight lank hair will
adopt the simple silmerine method. she
will have as pretty wavy tresses as she
could wish to own. The curliness will
look so natural. and the hair so beautifully
soft and glossy. Quite different from the
obviously artificial curls and the parched,
dead appearance of the hair produced by
the heated iron.
Liquid silmerne can of course be OBJ
tanned at any drug store and few ounces
will keep the hair I'm curl for many weeks
Being perfectly harmless and neither
sticky or greasy. no one need have the
least hesitancy in using it. 1t is best
applied with clean tooth brush, draw
ing this through the hair from crown to
tip just before retiring. The effect next
morning will be all shat any one could
ire-Advcrtisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
IT'S ALL "P|SH-TUSH"
Earth Not Round. But Flat as a
Founder, Says Zionist.

Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 15.-WiIburn
Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion. made
Newton and Copernicus feel cheap in
a sermon in Zion tabernacle. He al
lowed that gravitation is just a little
joke of Newton's calculated to fool the
children. A book thrown in the air,
he said, will come down because it's
heavier than air, and that's all there
is to it.
And as for the spherical theory con-
corning the earth's shape-that's all
pish -tush. The earth is flat as
founder. The overseer said he is
about to deluge Chicago with circulars
on this subject that will confound the
scientists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD

Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea. or as the German folks
call it, Hamburger Brust Thee" at
any pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful
of the tea. put cup OF boiling water
upon it, pour through a sieve and
drink teacup full at any time. 1t is
the most effective way to break cold
and cure grip, as it opens the pores,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus breaking cold at once.
It is inexpensive and entirely vege-
table. therefore harmless.-Advertise
men..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
DISCUSS new ADJ LAW
Missouri Retail Clothiers in Session
Today at st. Louis.

St Louis. Feb. 15.-Missouri's new
pure advertising law, the dye situation
resulting from the war, methods of ex-
tending retail credit and number of
other important matters were on the
program for discussion by the mem
bers of the Missouri Retail Clothiers
association, whose fifth annual con-
vention was to be held here today and
tomorrow.
In addition ]. s Lewis of Excelsior
Springs, Mo, was to talk today on
What Are the Retail Clothiers Doing
to Utilize the Parcel Post Service %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

and went to court. The
city won in the district court. The
defendant company carried the case to
the supreme court and last Saturday
The latter court found for the city.
Mayor j. E. House suggested that
the matter be referred to a commit
tee and he named upon the committee
George p. Hayden, city attorney; Com
missioner W. G.. Tandy and Commits
sioner w. H. WATSON. Representatives
of the Sash & Door company will con-
fer with This committees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
RUB OUT RHEUMATISM
WITH "ST. JACOBS OH"
Get Small Trial Botte--Rub Pain, Soreness, Stiff.
ness Right Out of Joints and MuSces---Instant
Relief! Best Lninent, Doesn't Blister

rheumatism is pain only" Not
one case in fifty requires internal
treatment Stop drugging. Rub sooth-
ing. penetrating st. Jacobs Oil" right
into your sore. stiff. aching joints and
muscles, and relief comes instantly.
st. Jacobs OH is a harmless rheu-
matism and bacSache liniment which
Timber up! Quit complaining Get
a small trial bottle of old, honest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

st. Jacobs OH at any drug store,
and in just a moment youu be free
ness and swelling. Don't suffer, Re
lief awaits you. ''St. Jacobs Oil" has
cured millions of rheumatism suffer-
ers in the last half century, and is just
as good for sciatica, neuralgia. lum-
bago. backache, sprains.-Advertise-
ment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

of last November. If the agents of
the American Express are kind to it
during the rest of the trip it will reach
New Orleans. 1t will leave Topeka
tonight with this story. clipped from
the State Journal, attached to some
part of the hat or hung on the end of
the string of tags
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
No Trouble to Keep
Skin Free From Hairs
(The Modern Beauty

There is no need for any woman tc
countenance superfluous hairs, be
cause with a paste made by mixing
some powdered delatOne with water 1t
is easy to set rid of them. The paste
is applied Tor 90 8 III nutes. then
rubbed off and the skin washed This
treatment viii rid the skin of hair
without leaving a blemish. but care
should be taken to see that you get
real Acknowledgement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

Why go limping around with ach-
ing, puffed-up feet-feet so tired,
chafed. sore and swollen you can
hardly get your shoes on or off? Why
don't you get a 25-cent box of 'HTiz
from the drug store now and gladden.
your tortured feet2
''Tiz' makes your feet glow with
comfort; takes down swellings and
draws the soreness and misery right
out of feet that chafe, smart and burn.
''Tiz" instantly stops pain in corns,
callouSes and bunions. "Tiz' is glor-
ious for tired, aching, sore feet. No
more shoe tightness-no more foot
torture
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
THE SELF CULTURE CLUB

The Self Culture Club held an inter- esting meeting at the pretty home of Mrs. Green last Thursday afternoon. Beautiful pot flowers were artistical- ly arranged in the parlor and halls.
 The following program was render ed:
 Roll Call-Name six Southern writ CTS.
 Reading, "The Red Death" by Ed gar Allen Poe.-Mrs. J. M. Pittman.
 Piano solo-Miss Duke.
 Extract from "Dr. Sevier" by George w. Cable.-Mrs. Wat White.
 Poem Little Griffin of Tennessee" by F. o. Ticnor-Mrs. s. o. Logan.
 The guests of the club were Mes danes Lee Montgomery, Thad Butcher and Dale Wilson.
 The hostess was assisted by Mes danes Lee Montgomery and Dale Will son in serving a delicious hot lunch con.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
STATE CAPITOL CELEBRATES
 LEES BIRTHDAY BY CLOSING

Little Rock, Jan. 20-Robert E. Lees birthday was observed at the state capitol Wednesday afternoon by the closing of all offices and de- partments. This was done pursuant to a proclamation issued by Governor Hays, as a mark of the respect which citizens lowe to this immortal char acter and to those who followed him contesting against great odds for home, loved ones and principles of right" and ito show our fealty to the cause for which he and our fathers fought, and to the principles for which they lived. '
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
AN ARKANSAS HERO.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 19.-At the twelfth annual meeting of the Carne- gie Hero Fund Commission today the heroism of William n. Bard Sr., of Little Rock. Ark, who died in attempt ing to save l6-year old Elsie Busick from drowning at Benton, Ark, on July II, 1915, was recognized and a silver medal ordered presented to the widow. The medal will be sent to Mrs. Bard at 1121 Scott street, Lit tie Rock. together with a pension of S35 per month and $5 per month ad- ditional for each of three children un- til they reach the age of 16.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
.crpSIS AND THE DISH TOWEL

Among the low-priced restaurants .nd lunch rooms which are numbered h, hundreds in our large cities, there is one Git is but a type-there are lo,ens like it, whose exterior of white hrck and plate glass Is as sparkling snd briqht as newly frosted cake. w;tbin an expanse of white enamel, .o.r,endent metal and spotless linen arnclaims a devotion to cleanliness
 r;,o,ed only by the surgical ward Tn a nosn;tal The waitresses are as neat a.d trim as uniformed nurses. In +bis stainless temple of alimentation oro of the immaculate priestesses has baen seen to pick up glass just used bv q departing guest, polish it with +bo dish towel at her belt, and calmly ronlace it on the table to be used by tbe next patron; One might instance oven more horrifying infringments on nrandial decency in more pretentious Establishments; one might eXpatiate m the possible dangers of infection from such practices. The establish ments do not lose custom thereby, nrobablv because the public, while Vaguely impressed with the beautiful ideal of asepsis or perfect cleanliness has pathetically inadequate idea of what it means. It is therefore en- couraging to read the following, un- der the heading The Mischevious Wiping Cloth" in the November issue of the Journal of Home Economies;
 "The dish towel, even of the genteel barred variety, called tea towel, is l in bad repute. Ever since men began to look through the microscope and think in terms of the miscroscope its l fate has been sealed. Only when freshly washed and boiled and used l in clean hands to wipe the rims of l already scalded and drained dishes is l t to be admitted into modern kitchen. ! Used in dirty hands till grimy, car ried on the arm of a waiter and used to polish a plate or wipe up table,
 it belongs to the dark ages, hygieni- cally speaking. In dish washing the household should more and more ap- proaeh the practice of the laboratory where glassware and porcelain are washed, rinsed in boiling water and placed to drain. No cloth, no matter how well known its antecedeuts, is al-
 owed to touch them, for they are now absolutely clean and must remain clean
 Perhaps if such ideas as these are becoming current. we may hope for the day when Bridget will invariably steriiize her dish cloth and scorn the dish towel for her aspetic dishes, while "neat-handed PhuHs" will always com pete her coitfure beyond all revision before coming to serve our food. At any rate, one may always hope.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
k. R. COMMISSION ARKANSAS
 AND OKLAHOMA COOPERATE

Little Rock, Jan. 20.-The Railroad Commissions of Arkansas and Okla homa will cooperate in attacking the re-organized plan of the Frisco, now pending before the Missouri Public Utilities Commission. Special coun- sel has been employed to assist in fighting the case. Under the propos- ed plan, the railroad would be capi- talized at about $100,000 per mile, whereas it is assessed in Arkansas at only $12,500 per mile, being 50 per cent of it's valuation.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
CHIEF DEPUTY RETURNS
 HOME TO PRACTICE LAW

Little Rock, Jan 2O.-J. R. Checker, late chief deputy in the office of Sec retary of State Hodges. has returned to his home at Ozark to engage in the practice of law Before his de- parture Gov. Hays appointed him special counsel for the purpose of collecting delinquent franchise tax, of which there is several thousand dol lars. In some instances the deln- quencies extend back to 1907.
 There are pending in the Pulaski circuit court suits affecting the State Nurse and Veterinary Boards and the Statee Game Commission. Attorney General Davis has requested assis- tance in looking after these cases, and for this purpose Gov Hays has ap- pointed ]. M. Futrel and D. c. Beau champ of Paragould, and Lee Miles of Little Rock as special counsel. The suits seek to tie up the funds for these various purposes on the ground that no appropriation was made by direct statute for their expenditure. It Is the contention of the state that the acts creating the various Boards and provide for the disposal of the funds without further appro- priation.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
oNhER CONGRESSMAN WAL
 LACE DELIVERS ADDRESS

I''te Rock, Jan. 20.-Former Con ss.ssSinan s. k. Minor Wallace, who has os NhoWh as "the Henry W, Grady n n; Arhansas' delivered an address o. .'' afternoon before the W. C. T. U. so. '"e question of practical prohibit no 0a' Like Malcom Patterson of Ten Of 1e'' ~ Mr. Wallace has become one n.' '"e states most enthusiastic temp 0ance workers.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
This Cow Earns as Much as Most
 Policemen.

"It is claimed for Dairymaid of Pinehurst," says Farm and Preside, "a Guernsey COW owned by W. w. Marsh of Black Hawk, Iowa, that she is earning $1,0O0 year. She is a worlds champion, and has a record of 17.2s5 pounds of milk and 9lO.67 pounds of butterfat a year-and the calf she brings each year helps to make up that thousand dollars. v
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20

Telephone PAP for this weeks Sat urday Evening Post-the number is a good one-the cover page Is worth more than the price charged-5c.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20

FOR SALE: One of the best 80 acre improved farms in Nevada Coun- ty. Level rich sandy loam, good nei- ghborhood.-H E. Mckenzie. d&w
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20

Groceries are not good unless they are fresh-our stock is new. fresh and complete-call 3S-Buchanan & An derson.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20

",'' Ierral IS candidate for Secretary VI o'ate and is here this afternoon seeng Prescott people.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20

Let us have your order for candid ates cards. We have a good supply.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-20
The Prescott Daily NeWs
 eusLsSssED BY rse News Printing CO.

Entered as second class mail matter ,,.nomber 4th, 1905, at the postoffice ~ Prescott, Ark, under the act of |Congress, March 3, 1879.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-08
VALUE OF CRITICISM.

The greatest obstacle to real accom-
pIishment is lack of self-criticism. The
best substitute, should self-criticism
be absent, is criticism by others. What,
if this is true, are the achievements in
the field of art to be like in commun-
ity in which artists and their work are
either ignored or lavished with never
failing praise, dictated by misguided
local patriotism rather than by real
understanding? Even if, as is FORUM
ateIy not infrequently the case, this
praise is well deserved, the indiscrim-
mating use of it in most instances
tends to make it valueleSS as encour-
agement or reward. The absence of in
telligent criticism is not the least of
the reasons why so many Of our best
artists leave for cities where they
find better understanding. where to be
praised in the art columns of the pub
lie press is still distinction, and not
an inevitable fiattery from co-citizens
who think that loyalty to their home
town expresses itself best in boost
ing" home products, good or bad.
Criticism does not mean an adverse
estimate it means "a fair and all
around estimate" which gives praise
where praise is due, but does not hest
tate to point out mistakes or failings.
And such criticism alone has value for
both the artist and the public.