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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16
LAING is A CAM PAIGNER
Russell Republican Active for Place
in 1917 Senate.

Henry NJ. Laing of Russell. Kan,
Republican candidate for the state
senate from the Thirty-fourth district,
is distinguishing himself as a cam
paigner. He is making a thcro can
vass of Ellsworth, Lincoln, Osborne
and Russell counties, comprising the
district just as tho he was making his
maiden effort.
Laing has served in the last three
legislatures as representative from
Russell county, two of which he
served on the ways and means COM
mittee During the last session he was
a member of the joint committee
which threshed out the difficulties
arising over appropriations.
Laing is one of Russell county's pio-
neers. having lived on mis- farm in that
county for the past thirty years.
While liberal in his views in the con-
Cuct of state institutions, I4aing sug-
gests the use of practical, economical
business principles for all appropria-
tiCnS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16
MAN WITH TWO
COUNTRIES HAS
TO MAKE CHOICE
Austrian Officer in British Army
When War Starts.
Forced to Choose, He Returns
to Native Land.
REFUSES TO FIGHT ENGLAND
Friendship for Kitchener Too
Strong for That.
So Staten Attaches Himself to
Red Cross Brigade.
Austrian Officer in British Army
When War Starts.
Forced to Choose, He Return
to Native Land.
REFUSES TO FIGHT ENGLAND
Friendship for Kitchener Too
Strong for That.
So Staten Attaches Himself to
Red Cross Brigade.

Stockholm, Sweden. Oct. 16.-
There came to Stockholm little
while ago one of the distinctly unique
personalities of the great world war
a man who had lived by the sword al
most from boyhood, but who In the
sudden turn of events in 1914 found
himself not man without country,
but a man with two countries-two
countries arraked against each other in
the bitterest of all world cOmbatS.
He had served under the Austrian
crown prince and had been aide to
Kitchener of Khartoum. He mad
gone into Egypt when Kitchener was
there as a lowly subaltern- For twelve
years he was a prisoner of the fanat-
ical Mahdi, and the wild Dervish
tribes who threw back, for the first
time in centuries, the ever advancing
frontiers of civilization. Escaping
from the clutches of the barbarlans
he won the opportunity OF partlclpat-
ing in that remarkable march across
the desert and the wonderful cam
paign along the upper reaches OF the
Nile which brought civilization back
to the Sudan and won for Kitchener
his first great fame.
Man of Many Titles.
He came to Stockholm from Vienna
unannounced and to all intents and
who recognized him as Rudolf Carl
Won Slatin. baron of the Austrian En-
pire, Pasha of Egypt. lieutenant gen.
eral of the Egyptian army, major gen.
eral of the British army, and six times
the recipient of the coveted British
orders, from Companion of the Bath
to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal
Victorian Order, all won by distin-
guished service. He was inspector
general of the Egyptian forces under
General Sir Francis Wingate when the
crash of war in 1914 brought a new
crisis in his already eventful life.
When the parting of the ways came
in 1914 Slatin found his love for Aus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16
BUSY AT CITY HALL
inspectors Show Real Month of Work
in September Report.

There are those who believe city Of
ficials in TIE meteorological and milk
inspection department are not over
worked While that may be true,
glance at monthly reports from that
department will prove these officials
aren't loafiDg on the job.
The report for the month of Sep
TENDER, completed today, shows that
1O4 ba meteorological milk analyses were
made by Miss Annetta Nicoll, besides
los chemical analyses of the same
commodity Nineteen water tests were
made There were twenty-three diph-
iberia diagnoses. Two Vidal tests for
typhoid were made. Sixty-four stores
were inspected, while the inspectors
made eleven egg-testing trips Six
teen scales were inspected.
Dr. Leslie Rowles. head of the de-
partment, nd his assistants put in a
week at the fair grounds. Besides, an
eye was kept on diaries and meat
shops. Scores of inspection trips were
made in connection with the latter.
The report for this month will show
big increase in contagious disease
tests. Seven typhoid tests were made
in one day Thirty or more diphtheria
tests have already been made this
month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16
DESPERATE FIGHT
British Seize Most Precious
Spot in All France.
Germans Driven From Last
Hold on Thiepval Ridge.

copyright, 1916, by the Associated
Press.)
British Front in France, Sunday,
Oct. Is (via London, Oct. 16.)-In
completing the capture of Schwaben
redoubt, on the ridge above the
Thiepval the British took a prisoner
for every yard of front, or $50 for a
front of less than 500 yards; not to
mention the number killed by the
artillery preparation and in hand-to
hand fighting before the survivors
surrendered.
The Germans manning the trench
and those in the reserve dugouts
could hardly have been crowded into
one line back OF the parapet. This
gives an idea of the Importance the
Germans attached to that last bit of
high ground along their old trench
line south of the Ancre on the Thiep-
val ridge, which their desperate re-
sistance characterized as the most
precious plot in all France.
After the British got the first half
of the redoubt the Germans made re-
pceted counter attacks to recover
possession of it and for the last week
there has been no cessation of the
fighting. Now the British look down
all along the valley to Grandecourt
and it is impossible apparently, for
/ the Germans to maintain batteries in
that area.
Dug Out Holds $500 Men.
Between the new British position
and the river along the old front line
| fortification German infantry COM
manded by British guns from two
sides, still stick to their maze trenches
/ going and coming like woodchucks
| thru their underground galleries
German prisoner reports that in
this neighborhood there is a record
size dugout capable of holding $500
men. They do hate to leave their
happy homes, which they have been
two years building" said a veteran
| British soldier. 1.-THE big garrisons
which the Germans maintain for the
most part, keep to their dugouts
rushing out when there is any recess
in the shell fire to try to repair the
damage done When they are OBJ
served the British guns let loose or
them. Finally when nothing but
wreckage of trenches remains and
| only the dugouts are intact British
i infantry charges to gain another sec.
Il ton of ground. In taking the re-
naming uncaptured portion of Stuff
redoubt, in the same region, the Brit
ish took 100 prisoners with a loss OF
thirty-five men,
Along the center of the battle line
the British have made some attacks in
the last week, tho not in grea-
strength. They succeeded in some
places and failed in others agains
the heavy German resistance. On the
whole it was .he quietest week since
the beginning of the grand offensive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16

tria was still strong although most OF
his life had been devoted to Britain
and l4er wards in Egypt He mad pc
come essentially a part of the Eng
fish military machine. But ne coulo
not fight against his fatherland, nor
conld he serve in any way against the
country which had meant so much to
him and which had lavished honors
upon him.
Resigns English Post.
So Slatin regretfully met the issue.
He resigned his English and Egyptian
commissions, sheathed the sword
which had been part of his very life,
and passed into comparative secuflty
in the very midst of the war Slatin
felt however there was one service
he could render with all propriety. He
returned to Vienna, attached himself
70 the Austrian Red Cross and now
is doing all he can to better the con-
dition of the prisoners of war, not
alone in his own country but as part
of a plan to bring about reciprocal
agreements among all the nations in
arms Slatin suffered sufficiently
himself as a prisoner in the Sudan
to have the widest possible sympathy
with any sort of captive.
1t so happens that this very unique
personality of the war now has come
into more or less direct relationship
with America. His mission in Stock
holm was to meet here representa-
! "A
Petrograd to discuss further means of
relief for the hundreds of thousands
of Austrian war prisoners now in Rus
STA as we'll as the immense colonies or
Austrian civilians interned in various
sections of the big northern empire.
The Austrian government, he said, was
ready and anxious to cooperate in any
possible way to better the condition
of prisoners generally and would
gladly reciprocate for anything Russia
| Il leo Cnd % a n
probation of the Austrian government
| for the relief work already accom-
plished under the direction of the
| American embassy at Petrograd.
j Slatin, speaks devoted his life to mill
tarism, speaks now of war only from
the standpoint of humanity.
Knew Kitchener Well.
81 would like so much to be able to
say when it is all over that 1 had done
something to help the sufferers in this
tremendous war" he said somewhat
wistfully to a correspondent of the AS
ISOLATED Press.
Then the conversation turned to
Kitchener. When the subject first was
mentioned Slatin was quiet for long
while. AT last he spoke.
Kitchener he said, was one OF
| the most remarkable men the world
has ever known. 1 know the general
impression that he was but man OF
| iron and steel-a machine without
warmth or affection. 1t is true
| Kitchener was difficult to approach
His regard was not easily won. But
once you knew him, and he had tested
! you, no man could wish for a truer
more whole-hearted friend. Having
known Kitchener in the days when he
was first winning his way to military
| fame having ridden beside him in bat
tie and victory, having known him as
a taskmaster and commander, 1 fee,
1 am in a position to appreciate to the
! full all that his loss meant to England
and to the British people. 1t meant
| much to me as well. What a pitifu
fate it was. If ever soldier deserved
| a better death it was the Kitchener
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16
To Make Your Hair
Look Naturally Curly

After shaking the hair down and brush
ing it out, apply a little liquid silmerine
with a clean tooth brush and then roll the
hair in curriers'. This produces as beautiful
curls and waves as you could wish for
perfectly natural in appearance, and they
will last long time. The full effect is
secured within three hours. though some
A few ounces of liquid silmerine-whieh
can of course he had at any drug store
will last for weeks. so it is quite economi-
cal to use 1t also serves as an excellent
dressing, giving the hair delightful gloss,
When the hair is combed out it will be as
fluffy as though it had Just been sham
observation-disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16

knew at Khartoum."
II lunched with Kitchener" unused
Slatin, ''as late as the 18th of July
Just a few days before the war fell
upon u.s. Yes, we spoke of the Euro
pean situation at the time, but neither
of US dreamed what it all would mean.
Kitchener had a wonderful gift as
an organizer and executive. I have
often wondered if it was not his train
ing as an engineer that helped him to
this trait
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16
Pound Keys for World Title.

New York. Oct 16@The tenth
worlds championship typewriting con-
test will take place this evening at the
Sixty-ninth Regiment armory. There
is promise of spirited contest for the
title, which is now held by Miss Mar
garet B. Owen. The reward will be
a silver trophy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16
$2O,$25,$28
$50, SIS

Despite untOward con-
ditiOns, we are prepar-
ed to look after your
wan IS in medium
priced suits-all guar
anteed fast color gar
ments at SIS, $12.50% Ill
anu
We have about 300
dozen pure thread silk,
and Fibre Silk Mems
Hose, in sizes from 9H
to 11K, mostly black,
but with a few white
and assorted colors.
These are the seconds
of the Csc and soc
grades of a guaranteed
brand. Every pair will
give as good service as
the ''firsts," and you
can save about half in
purchasing. We will ~
sell them at two pairs 6Al
for
The fluctuating mar
ket has not affected
the price of collars
with us. We are still
selling the celebrated
tfBarker Brand" col or
lars at the old price of -
z for.
Headlight" OveralIs,
in the Express stripes,
either i'm high back or n q
suspender back, at the N
old price of .........
There never was a bet
ter M e ms Sweater 81
value placed on the
market than the heavy
pure wool, Jumbo knit,
garment we offer to N n
you in all c0lors, in all =
sizes, at :. W
Scarcity of genuine In
digo dyes has caused
the price of mems blue
work shirts to advance
sharply in price. Over
a year ago we pur-
chased enough work
shirts to last until the
spring of 1918. Ask the
man to show you our
basement s t 0ck and 2
you can verify this.
Until further notice
we shall sell the old
fashioned, big, roomy, IN
fast dye work shirt at Ill
the old price of. w
| Fred Voiland
701 Kansas Ave. Topek
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-16

In the scamper for w0olens
on a rising market, paralleled
only in 1862 to '65, when it
took $50 to buy a presentable
suit of clothes, there will be
found today a vast quantity of
indispensable merchandise Of
fered for sale. The goods are
poor quality of wool, short and
adulterated; worse quality of
dye, that will fade at the first
exposure to weather. A brief
summary of market condi-
tions now, as compared with a
year ago is about as follows:
The quality of goods has de-
preciated about 80 per cent,
and the price advance nearly,
40 per cent. Makes a fine
prospect for a suit customer.
But listen:
One year ago we bought the
wOOlens for our present stock
of clothing, paid for it, had it
wareh0used. We own MOTH
ING but the old-fashioned
German dyed woolens, made
from Australian yarns. Every
suit you buy from us, whether
it be now or next year, will be
GUARANTEED in dye as well
as quality. In other words,
we have enough wO0lens
bought to run us a full year.
AS they are needed, we have
the suits made up and shipped.
Our foresight will be your
safeguard.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-03
FINANCIAL NOTES.

]. w. Jones, assistant cashier at the
Albion State bank at Albion, Wash,
has sold his stock in the bank to
George Miller of Four Mile and Mr..
Miller's son. John, will become assist
ant cashier. Mr.. Jones expects to en-
gage in the banking business else
where.
Total resources of all the national
banks in the United States which re-
ported to the comptroller of the cur
rency December 81, 1915, aggregated
s13,467, 1897 ,223, an increase during the
year of about $2,11O,0OO, 900. There
were 1907 banks reporting, as COM
pared with 1881 in December, 1914.
The increase over November 10, 1915,
amounted to 1921, 100000 Deposits at
the end of last year reached total
of 1879 900, 900, an increase in the
year of about SO, 163, 900, 900 and an in
crease over November, 1915, of about
1923 100000. Loans and discounts in
the year increased about s1,010,000,-
900 and over November, 1915, about
1923 900, 900. Specie holdings by the
national banks increased in the IL
months S154,O00, 900.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-03
SPORTING ITEMS

McGraw has a great quartet of out
fielders for 1916 giants
No radical change will be incorpora-
ted in the football code for 1916.
By winning an exciting relay race,
Wisconsin nosed out Illinois in duel
meet victory Saturday, A to AZ.
Aberdeen baseball fans Monday dis
continued their efforts to get North
western league baseball this season.
Jess Willard, heavyweight champion,
has arrived in New York from Chicago
to begin training for his 10-round bout
with Frank Moran, set for March %.
Willard weighs over $50.
Magnates of the federal league, as
sembled at Chicago to wind up it's af-
fairs, decided to postpone the obse-
quies two weeks, when action to clear
up the small Indebtedness remaining
will be taken.
The first beneficent effect of the
signing of Nick Williams to manage
the Spokane ball club came this week
when Bobby Coltrin announced that
he and the Spokane club owner had
reached an agreement.
The sale of Federal league stars
has been quite a disappointment to
Harry Sinclair. Out of more than loo
players he ha sdisposed of less than
%, and for none of these did he get
within so per cent of the price first
| asked
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-03
GERMANY PLANS A
TAXONWAR PROFITS
INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS
HAVE GOT TO PAY
THE UPPER"
IS DIVIDED IN TWO SECTIONS
Sliding Scale Method Is Adopted-No
Chance for Any One to Escape the
Payment of Their Share-Per-
sonal Tax Charged.

Berlin.-Germany's next expected
taxation measures are announced by
the government. They include taxes
upon the war profits of individuals and
corporations and also indirect meas
ures of taxation.
No estimated yield on the taxation
of war profits is given. The govern
ment, in fact, is unable to estimate the
sum to be derived because a large
number of corporations have not yet
sent in their reports and only the
toughest guesses regarding the finan-
cial status of individuals are possible.
The war profits measure is divided
into two sections. The section for in
dividuals takes the form of a gradua-
ted tax on property Increment between
January 1, 1914 and 1917. The tax
commences with five per cent upon
the first 10000 marks, six per cent on
the next 10000 marks, and then ris-
ing in successive stages to 25 per
cent on increases over 100000 marks.
Direct Tax.
A direct tax upon increased incomes
is avoided largely owing to objections,
it is said, made by individual states of
the empire, in which the income tax is
reserved, but by an ingenious subter-
fuge when an increase in the amount
of property is accompanied by cor.
respondingly increased income, main
ly, when property increment repre-
sents hoardings from an increased in
| 81 % L. 10
1t is admitted that this will rebound
to the advantage of lavish spenders
who live up to their war profits, but il
| is said that this is unavoidable.
Catch Tax Dodgers.
In order to checkmate various de
vices of tax dodgers, it is provided
that gifts to children and others ant
money invested abroad during the wal
must be reported to the authorities.
Individuals who have been putting
away their profits in jewelry, paint
ings and other articles of art or lux
ury, which as personal property here
tofore escaped taxation, must return
them at their purchase value. AS {
further measure against tax lodging
persons moving into the country o.
attempting to send property abroad
before the date of the collection, ma,
be forced to deposit with the authori
ties enough to cover the tax. A jai
penalty is provided for offenders.
Heavy on War Profits.
The corporation tax on WARTIME
profits starts with 10 per cent on thu
additional yearly profits made during
the war as compared with the averag
ante-bellum profits, when this add
tional profit does not exceed pc
cent of the corporations capital stock
1t rises to 80 per cent when the add
tional profits exceed 20 per cent o
the capital.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-03

Secretary Daniels is now definitely
and over his own signature on record
as favoring equipping the Puget sound
navy yard for battleship construction.
T. B. Akers, a farmer, and his wife
were shot from ambush and instantly
killed near Grants Pass Ore, while
driving from their home to attend a
church. M. d. Bousman, a neighbor,
was arrested and confessed.
DR. Haakon r. Christensen of Van
couver, b. c., was drowned Sunday in
the surf at Los Angeles, when he at
tempted to rescue his sister, Mrs. p.
Tofft, also of Vancouver, who was
seized with cramps while bathing.
Mrs. Ruby Bartol, Mrs. Josie Horn
and three men sentenced to long pris-
on terms from Del Norte county. Cal.
two years ago for maltreating May,
the 11-year-old daughter og Mrs. Bar
toll, were released on parole Saturday.
Chairman Edes of the Alaska en-
cheering commission has had several
conferences recently with Secy. Lane
regarding the Alaska railroad strike
situation, but it is announced at the
department no decision has been as
yet reached in the matter.
| William A. Navin, a contractor of
Moosejaw, Sask., Canada, was killed,
Mrs. Navin was seriously injured and
their 6-year-old son, Patrick, severely
bruised Saturday when the automobile
driven by Mr.. Navin turned turtle in
to a ditch near Long Beach, Cal.
A solid train of SO carloads of Puget
sound and Alaska salmon departed for
New York Saturday from Seattle.
There are 100000 cans of salmon in
the shipment, or enough to furnish
one meal for 100000 persons. Much
of the fish will be shipped to Europe.
The Workingmen' club, a resort for
unemployed men maintained by pri
vate philanthropy, has closed it's doors
at Portland after a career of 6 months
because the number of unemployed
has become so small that the clubs
mission was considered to have been
fulfilled.
Robert H. Walker, a wealthy land
owned of Beaverton, Ore, was run
lOfCA anu hhiiCo ny oil OAC6On ClOShl II
train near Portland, Saturday. 1t was
stated that he stopped on the track il
front of a train, which he did not see
approaching. He was 20 years of age
and settled in Oregon in 1852.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Char
mer collided with the lighthouse ten
der Quadra at the Boat harbor en-
trance to Nanaimo, b. c., Saturday
The Quadra was beached to proven
her laundering. The Charmer proceed
ed to Vancouver. No person wa
hurt. The Quadra will be raised ant
the damage will not be large.
Miss Tiny Broadwick, considered
most sensational aviatrice, was mar
ried recently at San Diego, Cal, to- H
: Holster, master of schooner. On,
of Miss Broadwick's feats was thu
, demonstration of the practicability O
an aerial life preserver before Brigs
/ der General G. G.. Seriven head o
the United States army aviation
school. On this occasion she leape,
from an aeroplane at a height of $50
: feet.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-03
WOOL PRICES HIGHEST
IN FORTY-THREE YEARS
Some Grades Have Advanced Hun
dred Per Cent in the Last
Few Months.

Boston.-Wool prices are now at the
highest in 43 years, or since 1873.
Grades in domestic lines that formerly
sold at 23 cents are now at 46 cents in
the grease and almost double that
secured. Since opening prices on fin
ished goods were made a few days ago
the American Wooden company, the
largest single manufactures, has been
obliged to advance it's prices more
than 10 per cent. Boston shipping
docks are jammed with wosl freights
and more steamers are arriving from
Australia and South America each
week than ever before.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-03
Gets $4,000 for Lost Bride.

Des Moines, Iowa-Louis o. Bates,
farmland, who worked for 20 years
on farms owned by the late Edward
Howell, and his daughter Jennie, with
out salary. expecting as a reward that
Miss Howell should be his wife, will
receive $4,000 as the result of a jury's
verdict in the Polk county district
court. Bates contended he worked
with an understanding that when Mr..
Howell died he would marry Miss
Howell. Mr.. Howell died and the death
of his daughter followed soon after
Bates sued the estate for $4,000 back
pay.