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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
CLOSE OF NIGHT SCHOOL
All Pupils Will contribute u
gram Friday Night.

All of the seventy-txo pupils of To-
peka's night school will contribute IN
some way to the closing program FIJI
day night. The majority of the stu
dents have been learning the rudl-
rnents of American civil government,
geography, history. reading, writing
and arithmetic and music. The last
is the popular study of the course and
the closing program will be entirely
musical. Several Topeka musicians
have given their services for the pro-
gram and according to Mrs. NJ. A
Left. the leading worker, the audience
will perform their part of the program
in the chorus numbers
The night school was founded over
a wear ago by Mrs NJ. A Left She
has since been assisted by many young
people from Washburn and many
town musicians. Five languages are
used in introducing the working peo-
pie to American language and Gus
toms. Following is the program:
Song
There is Music in the Air. -.
Pupils and audience
Violin solo
The Dying Poet" .Gottschalk
Al Relying
1. Two Fo1ksongs.
.. Wiegenlied. ..... Veinmichel
Mrs. VIM. Reisig, Miss j. Mckee
Piano duet
The Russian National Anthem
...-...-..--.- Alex Livoff
Miss Sedonia Relying, Miss
Frances Cav
l. Two Folksongs. -.......
?. Der Kleine Position 5000.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Veinmichel
Waltz Medley
Al Regling. mandolin; Miss s
Relying, ballalaika; K Reg
ling, guitar; Paul Regling, dom
bra; A Matz, guitar
Vocal solo
Mother McCree" Ernest Ball
Mrs J. K Rankin, H. n. Rankin
Prelude B fiat No. Is, Chopin
Miss Helen Reinbach
Vocal duet
The Passage Birds Farewell
j. K. Rankin. H. n. Rankin :
Piano solo
Miss Josephine Mckee
Somewhere a Voice Is Calling.
... Tate
S. Davidson
Ach vie lists moeglich damn.
Pupils and audience
Vocal solo
Thou Art My All ..
Leland McAfee
Violin solo
1. Souvenir .-....... Drdla
2. Nalse Triste. Sibelius
Miss Gladys Cav
Vocal duet
Awake. Dearest One" e. Ball
H. n. Rankin, Leland McAfee
Piano solo
'Panzene" - Paderewski
Miss Lydia Emery
Song by audience
/ Long. Long Ago" ......
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
OWNERS To WAIT
England viii Hold COntraband
Ships Until War Ends.
Owners to Get Full Damages ii
Win in Prize Court.

London, April 27-The contents of
the British note in reply to the pro-
test of the American government
against interferences with neutral
trade. which asserts the right of Great
Britain to regulate the admission to
a neutral country of goods evidently
designed for a belligerent country.
caused little surprise in legal circles
here, as its conclusions had been dis
counted by recent discision of the
prize tribunals.
A summary of the views of the
members of these circles may be ex-
pressed as follows:
'aThey do not believe the controversy
will be carried much farther during
the progress of the war as no vital
concessions have been made by either
side since the first note was written.
Therefore, the shippers of detained
cargOeS who can afford the delay will
await the conclusion of the war to
have their cases settled by an interna-
tional tribunal in the belief that such
a court will grant them full damages.
1T is expected that the United
States government soon will send two
tentlons OF the mails and the other on
the removal of Austrians and Germans
from the steamship China.
The British government has con-
scented to the purchase of the Wagner
steamships by an American company
on condition the buyers lease the YES
sells on a time charter to an English
company.
"A final effort will be made to settle
the Wilhelmina case without submit
ting the question to Baron Mersey.
The foreign office is expected to sub
nit to Ambassador Page today its
terms in this case"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
MRS. ALBRIGHT DIES
Body VIII BE Brought to Her Old
Home for Interment

Mrs. Gustave Albrecht formerly of
Topeka. died April %. at her home in
Cincinnati after a short illness. Mrs.
Albrecht was formerly Miss Grace
Knight. fourth daughter of Capt J.
Lee knight and Margaret A Knight,
who were well known among the
early residents of Topeka. She was
- years of age, was born and edu-
Gated in Topeka and after working
with her father in the United States
land office for five years studied mu-
sic in Chicago, New York and Vienna,
where she graduated from the Royal
conservatory.
The body is expected to arrive in
Topeka Friday evening The funeral
Will be held at 1880 o'clock Saturday
morning at the First Presbyterian
church. Interment will be in Topeka
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
Gum Racks to
Stick WadS on
While in School

Madison, Wis. April 27-The
state educational bulletin issued
today comments favorably on a
suggestion of President J. w.
Crabtree of the River Falls nor
NAL school that there should be
gum racks in schools.
Pupils have a right to chew
gum" said President Crabtree-
Teachers do it, but they know
when, and how. Why not teach
these conventionalities to the
pupils2 Permit the pupils to
chew gum on the playground and
on the way to and from school
But what will the poor child do
with his gum while in the reclta-
ton or assembly room?
"A gum rack at the entrance of
the room containing a number
and peg for each pupil solves the
problem"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
Apparently Banks Do Not want
the City Money
At an Advance in the Rate OF
Interest.
1UMORS OF A PENDING DEAL
Nationals Are Said To Be
Planning Financial Coup
By Which They VIII GObble
the Whole Amount.

II would like to announce. before
we adjourn. that I have not received
a single bid from any bank in Topeka
Tor the use of the city money and this
was the last day. according to the ad-
vertisernent inserted in the papers.
that the banks have to make bid Tor
the money" said w. H. WATSON, com
missioner OF finance, this morning at
the meeting OF the city commissioners
in the city hall.
well, what action do you desire to
take" asked Mayor House
None just now" said the commits
sioner as he sat down.
After the meeting he said: Il never
received a single bid but I have had
some encouragement given me during
nv talks 1 have had with some of
them in my endeavor to get more in
terest for the use Of the city's money
do you care to state your plans for
the future2' he was asked
Not yet but I will say that impOr-
tant developments may be looked for
before long"
along what line2"
II would not care to state, he re-
piled
rs it not a fact that some sort of a
deal Is on by the national banks to
outwit the state banks in this affair
and thereby obtain all of the funds of
the city IN their uaHhS anu iieeze ou'
the state banks" he was asked
II have nothing to say"
"WH you deny that such is the
case -
Il have said all l care to-now,' he
replied and the door to his private
office closed
A we'll defined rumor around the
city hall from sources that are re-
liable 10 that the national bankers
are attempting to put one over on
the state bankers and will attempt to
corner all of the city's money before
the state bankers awaken to the fact
that a long contract has been made
at an advanced rate of interest.
At any event important develop
ments are expected soon along the
line of the city's finances. it is as
Earrad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
ENRICHT REAL WIZARD
Man Who Discovers Gasoline Substi-
tute Makes Fertilizer From Air.

New York, April 27.-Louis En-
RIGHT has another invention The man
who claims to be able to run an au-
tomobile with a fluid at cost of 1 \
cents a gallon, declares he can ex
tract nitrogen from the air. He can
do it, he says, at trifiing expense and
without electrolysis.
The nitrogen thus obtained, he as
serts, will make a fertilizer which will
turn arid wastes into garden spots and
will make supplies of ammunition on
an unheard of scale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
HARVESTER men STRIKE
Fourteen Hundred Reported Out at
Big Chicago Plant Today.

Chicago. April 27-Fourteen hun
dred employees of the International
Harvester company plant were report
ed to have struck today and a detail
of police was sent to the plant to pre-
vent disorder.
Several men on the night shift at
the Irvine factory were sent home last
night because they showed evidence
of intoxication- The remainder of the
night shift decided to strike and met
the day employees as they came to
work and induced them to stay out
also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
HAD ONE TOO MANY
Engineer Therefore Is Fired; Now $50
Threaten to Strike on Railroad.

Muskogee. Ok, April IA breach
between $50 employees of the Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad and
the federal court which is operating
the line under a receivership. may re-
suit tonight as a result of the receiv-
ers' strict adherence to the safety first
policy.
The men threaten to walk out un-
less an engineer discharged for alleged
intoxication, is reinstated- The re-
ceivers, Alexander New and Henry c
Ferris, who operate the road under
orders of Federal Judge W. c. Hook.
assert the company will take no
chance with an employee who drinks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
Big Estate To Be
Converted Into
Bird Sanctuary

Greenwich, Conn, April 81
Commodore E. c. Benedict. mill
lionaire banker, is planning to
convert his estate of 100 acres
here into a model bird sanctuary
The Greenwich Bird Protective
society. which has a membership
of 800 prominent and wealthy
residents of the community, in
Guiding E. c. Converse, William
G. Thompson, Mrs. A A. Ander-
son and Ernest Thompson Seton,
has agreed to furnish the ways
and the commodore promises to
supply the means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
He Faces white Slave Charge.
Optimistic at Berlin.

Berlin, April 27.-(By wireless to
the Associated Press. THE Associat-
ed Press learns that developments are
impending which demonstrate unmis-
tagably the desire of Emperor Will
liam to follow a course which will
lead Germany and the United States
out of the present crisis. The situa-
ton is viewed more optimistically
here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
STATE CHAIRMAN QUITS
Chosen National Committeeman G. o.
p. Leader Quits State Job.

St. Louis. April 27.-The resignation
Of Jacob Babler of st. Louis as chair
man of the Republican state commit
tee was accepted by the committee at a
special session today and T. W. Huck-
riede was elected to succeed him.
Babler resigned because of his recent
election as Republican national COM
mitteman from Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27
MAY GET TURKEY POST
Abram 1. EIkus Mentioned as Am
bassador Morgenthau's Successor.

Washington, April 27.-Formal an
nouncement was made at the White
House that Henry Morgenthau. Amer
lean ambassador to Turkey, had re-
signed and that his resignation had
been accepted Abram 1. Elkus, a
New York lawyer. probably will sue
coed him Mr.. Morgenthau will do
organization work for the Democrat
party in the presidential campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-27

ToIEr soAP-Swift & Co.'S large
81 bar, for 49,. ..-...----.--.---- @sc
FRESH SPINACH-Home grown.
CoFFEE-Fresh roasted, zoe value
CANNED PEAs-sugar Loaf. 1'sc
BLACK PEPPER-Ground. pure. ID .soe
COCOA-Hershey' in bulk, Sc
SWEET WEI p PoTAToEs-Fancy south
ern grown. peck -----------.------- zee
ORANGES-4Oc size. fancy Cali
frnia NaTels. dozen .----.-..-------<o c
HAMS Skinned. VOLTS finest cure. a
bargain. about 10 ID. average. lb- soc
COFFEE-FreSh roasted Santos in
bulk, Soc value. III. re
SOAP-Lenox. good l. Indry SOAP
PIE PLANT-Fancy. > lbs. for--....-5e
DILL PICKLES-Heinz Sliced
TOMATOES ripe. Ih--.-....- ice
MATCHES-5c packags. pkgs----. Use
MACARONi-1oc package .:---.-.---.1e
WIENERWURSTS and
FRANRFEURTERS ID. .------I21<c
PEANUT DUTTER-Fresh. h. .1@5ze
PEACHEs-Fancy evaporated.
bright. lbs. for .-.-...........z 5c
BOILING BEEF-Plate. chico
quality beef. ID. .--..--.-..-.....1o Ice
BREAKFAST BACON-Squares.
WHITE soAPEfor the laundry.
special, bars -15e
FLOU R-The Regal t0ur own
brandt. 4S-Ib- sack. .&i-5o
ToMAToEs-Large size cans Ice
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21
MATERIALS FOR THE JUNIORS
List Is Long One, and Provision Has
Been Made for Every Style of
Garment.

Tweed, cheviot, vicuna, corduroy
and broadcloth form the coat fabric
list. Sometimes there is a border Of
plush Stimulating fur, but mostly it is
fur itself that constitutes the trim
ming. Dressy coats of velveteen in
cline to such shades of Burgundy,
Russian green. sapphire. blue and
gold
For the dressy frock Georgette
crepe combined with velveteen, with
taffeta or crepe de chine is favored.
The semiprincess style is the one
which young girls seem to like, but
no matter what the special lines, al
ways the ensemble remains exceed
ingly simple and appropriate for the
youthful wearer.
Evening gowns are liked in tulle in
several pastel tones mounted over sat
in. Two-tone taffeta is another fav-
ored material, and there are beautiful
frocks of velvet with just suspicion
of gold tracery on bodice and skirt
Many of the party frocks are provid
ed with sheer yokes and sleeves of
tulle or malne.
For sport wear there are sweaters
of angora or llama wool, with borders
and collars in contrasting color. For
those who like the silk sweater there
are new models in checked or striped
designs High colors lead in sport
garments, but the girl who is going
to normal school or entering her fresh
man year at college will be able to
select a sweater with a matching cap
and scarf in the school or college COL
ors
The schoolgirl who is the daughter
of practical mother has her dress OF
plated washable flannel or of serge
completed by boomers of matching
material, which add to the warmth Of
the garment without additional weight
Moreover. there is economy in the
bloomer dress, since the neither gar
ment does not show the soil as quick
ly as the muslin one. The wise parent
usually provides two or more bloom
ers to single dress.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21
Messages by SearchIiGht.

Although searchlight signaling be.
tween battleships was means of COM
municatiOn at sea long before the in.
PRODUCTION of wireless telegraphy, it is
still utilized The latest battleships
of our navy, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine, have been equipped with
projectors designed especially for this
purpose, while the older vessels use
their regular searchlights for which
auxiliary shutters are supplied. Lev
ers operate these latter members,
flashing the lights on and off quick
ly so that messages may be spelled
out in dots and dashes, either at day
or night. For day signaling, the light
shaft is directed squarely at the OBJ
server and to make this possible tele-
scope is mounted with the protector.
When atmospheric conditions are good
the radius of communication is about
twelve miles in any direction. At
night this is obviously much increased,
for light may be played on some prom
inent cloud and seen for a distance Of
forty or fifty miles. When there are
no clouds, the searchlights may be di.
rected skyward and their shafts Of
light seen at closer range. The FEAST
bility of launching captive balloons as
substitutes for cloud banks has been
suggested.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21
MILITARY MANS QUEER PET
Spider Proved Mascot In Hot Fight In
Egypt, and Subsequently Made
Long Voyage in Safety.

An English military officer has told
of spider of his acquaintance that
went through several battles and pro-
ceeded on long journey by sea and
land, and all without any mischance.
1t appeared that the first time this
spider came into public notice was
just before the fight at Atbara In Up
per Egypt. 1t had Quartered itself In
the ventilator OF the helmet of the
officer. 1t was an energetic and busy
little spider, but always returned to
Its quarters in the helmet, where the
good-natured officer left 1t unmolested.
When he went into the Atbara fight,
1t was still in his helmet. Many men
were killed in this engagement, but
the officer and his spider came
through 1t unhurt.
The fighting at an end, the British
officer packed various articles to be
sent home, and among them the he'll
met referred to. Inside was the spider
Not until his effects had boen dis
patched. did the officer remember the
spider. 1t was then, Of course, too
late. The officer regretted that he had
sent his little friend on such a long
voyage without stocking the larder.
When the officer reached London it
was, he says, with considerable com
junction that he opened the helmet
box, fully expecting to see the dead
body of the spider. Instead, however,
he was rejoiced to find his friend alive
and vigorous-and not even lonely
since, upon the voyage the occupants
of the helmet had increased in num-
Der, and now two young spiders shared
the strange retreat.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21
SIMPLE >DANCE FROCK
ESPECIALLY DAINTY IN DESIGN
AND EASILY MADE.
Net Flounces, So Popular This Year
Constitute the Principal Trimming
Wide Silk Girdle Should
Be Worn With II.

It would not be possible to find a
frock for misses and small women
than is shown in this design. The lines
are good and are easily put together
by the home dressmaker, and the Span
ish fiounces can be made Of bordered
or plain or any kind of material Of
which the frock is built So many en-
broidered and fancy net flouncings are
on the market that one is saved much
stitching and planning when these can
be purchased and merely sewed to-
gether and adjusted to the waistband
Here is the secret of well-titting
skirt. Make your skirt top well set
and the whole skirt will hang prettily.
One of the most popular of the net
fiouncings for dresses this year is all
embroidered with narrow braids, such
as soutache satin braid rat-tail and
the like. These braids are so stitched
upon the net as to give the effect of
novel handembroidery, and they
weight the net sufficiently to make it
serviceable as a flounce. The lining
of these frocks may be of any color
of silk, or a substitute for silk, and so
the color effect is obtained. OF course,
such ribbons and flowers as are used
should be Of color to match the lin
ing or to harmonic with the COM
plexion, eyes or hair of the girl Either
long or short sleeves may be worn,
and the collar at the back may be
omitted, at will, since collars vary so
that a dress for whole season will
want more than one sort of collar be-
fore the season is concluded.
For young girls sashes are prettier
and more fashionable than belts. and
wide silk girdles. many Of them
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21

A number Of new commercial enter
prises have recently been undertaken
in northern Siberia. Many iodine
works have been established in the
neighborhood Of Vladivostok, on the
shore Of the Japanese sea, the iodine
being made from seaweed found there
in abundance An interesting distil-
lery for ether has been opened, the
bulk Of the ingredients being violets
and iris blossoms from the Ussuri
countryside. A good deal OF amber
is being collected from the beach
along the coast of Premorsk and
many new salt workings have been
opened in the government of Irkutsk
and in the Lena hinterland in the vi
cinity of Viluisk.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21
light shades-tan and lavender, blue
and pink
Pomade ror the SCALP,

A pomade for the scalp that is high
ly recommended is made of strained
beef marrow and olive oil
The marrow is obtained from beef
bones and put into a small saucepan
to melt II should then be strained
and the oil added. Twenty drops of
benzoin stirred in will preserve the
mixture. The quantities required are
a gill of strained marrow to a table
spoonful of olive oil
The pomade is greasy, but the grease
is really required, In order that it
may be applied without making the
hair temporarily impossible to dress.
the hair should be parted in a great
many places and tiny bit of the
pomade rubbed into the scalp on the
tips OF the fingers. Most women make
the mistake of putting on too much OF
any unguent at one time.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21
TO RENEW FAD d CLOTHES
Simple Method by Which Color May
De Restored to Garments That
Have Lost Freshness.

Have you little pile of discarded
underwear and bouses in one end of
a bureau drawer-clothes discarded
because they have lost their once pink
complexion and are now a disconso-
late grayish-yellow heap?
If you have such things, take heart.
The blouse that through careless wash
ing or sun or perspiration has turned
yellow can be made pink again. The
night gown or petticoat, camisole or
other piece of underlinen can be re
stored to its original pinkness.
More than that, white garment
that has grown yellow because OF the
water. perhaps. with which it is nee
essarily washed-a surprisingly large
amount of water has a yellow tinge-
can be dipped and made pink to cover
the yellowness.
Now, there are several ways of col.
oring white things pink.
One way is to buy package of 7 ed
dye and use very little of it. we'll
diluted with water Dip the thing to
be pinked into this, and if 1t is not
dark enough. add more dye. Let il
dry and iron it and it will be ready
to wear OF course this color. easily
applied. easily comes out so after a
few washings the dipping must be re
peated-perhaps the very next wash
ing will take it all out. But it is nc
more trouble TO use than bluing water
Then there are special colored pow,
ders for the purpose that are dissolved
in water to be used like bluing. These
powders come in most Of the popular
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21
Two Kinds of ljchts.

Some men are like headlights of To-
comotives, they reveal the path Of life
to others. Their wisdom and good
judgment make bright the way and
little harm will come to the world
by following where they lead. Others
are like the lights on the caboose
they are warnings, they are signal
lanterns, protecting society from the
dangers that threaten from another
quarter. Both are necessary. Our
civilization needs not merely to be
guided safely over the track to other
achievements, but it needs to be pro-
tected from the evils that threaten
it's very life while these new attain
ments are being sought. We need
the red lights on the caboose just as
we'll as the headlights on the locomo-
tive
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21
Inconsiderate Youth

What's the idea?" asked the store
keeper as Farmer Corntossel closed
the door carefully and edged over to
the stove.
The idea OF WHAT"
of those clothes? That little hat
and the sport shirt and white socks?"
Them used to be my boy Josh g..
He's got to have new ones, an my wife
says these are too good to throw away.
| don't mind the hat ner the shirt, cos
l kin let my hair an whiskers grow.
But Josh I'D be a heap more of a
comfort to his father in cold weather
if he wouldn't insist on wearin' his
trousers so high at the ankles"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-21

Surprisingly charming in effect is a
modern style aquarium. 1t is in the
shape of huge fish bowl On the
outside of the bowl are painted black
leaves and stems and flowers, and in
the bottom of the bowl, instead Of the
usual gravel, are lot of jade mar.
bles. The color effect with the cop.
perry fish flashing in the bowl is lovely.