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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
FOOL VILLA SHIPPERS
Soldiers With Supply Train Beat Mex
leans at Their Own Game.

Columbus, n. NJ, May IA story
of an ingenious plan employed by an
American truck officer to rid the path
of the motor supply trains on their
way to the Mexican front of some of
the Shippers that have been harassing
them recently was brought here to-
day
I'VE had been sniped at several
times from the same point in the rock
canyon between Ell Vale and Nami-
quipa," a truck man said. "On our
last trip we received information that
the Mexicans again were preparing to
shoot at us that night. Consequently
when we were within a few miles of
the place the train was stopped and
our lights were hooded.
1.-The officer in charge of the train
took a small detachment and went
ahead to a point opposite where the
Mexicans were believed to be. He
placed a flashlight on a rock a hun
bred yards from his soldier and threw
it's beam in the direction of the snipers.
The MeXicans Immediately fired a vol
ley at the light disclosing their where
abouts to the waiting Americans In
returning the fire the Americans
killed one Mexican, but the others
escaped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
TO BOLSTER CURRENCY
Carranza Government E'orbids Ship
ment of Precious Metals.

Ell Paso, May Luis Cabarera,
acting minister of finance for the de
facto government of Mexico, has
transmitted to General Obregon in
Juarez the text of a decree, the pur-
pose of which is to make illegal the
expectation Of gold, silver and copper
bullion. 1t further stipulates that any
mine not in operation within thirty
days after May /, whether foreign
owned or not. will be confiscated by
the government.
1t was announced that the constitu-
tionalist authorities will force the
mine operators to accept the new issue
of Mexican currency for the bullion,
which will be accumulated as a basis
for the new money.
The representative of the mining
companies with headquarters in Ell
Paso are in dilemma and are already
preparing an appeal to Washington.
They say it is out of the question to
resume operations in northern Mex
leo and if they did it would not be
feasible to accept the constitutionalist
money for their products.
1t is understood the decree meets
with the approval of General Obregon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01

the choir organ. The choir organ will
have a separate swell. There will be
five pedal movements. seventeen
couplings and seventeen com binatlons
An electric motor will furnish the
power for the organ.
An innovation will be the installa-
ton of separate console connected
with @only part of the instrument,
playable in the chapel. Thus for small
occasions the organ can be easily
used.
The money raising campaign is to
be resumed this morning. About
$1,000 remains still to be raised. The
$4,000 previously raised has been al
most entirely obtained among the par
ish members and but little effort has
been made to secure contributions
from public spirited men of the city
Dean Kaye is confident that the gen.
eral public will respond literally and
that the campaign will shortly be
finished.
Work on the cathedral is going
forward steadily. A contract for a
large boiler to be installed in the
Bethany college heating plant has just
been let to Joseph Bromich of this
city. The cathedral and college will
be heated from the college heating
plant, thus removing the cathedral
from danger of fire from that source.
The interior scaffolding is being re-
erected by Henry Benefits workmen.
The work of filling in the interstices
between the stones with cement will
be finished soon.
Dean Kaye announces that the
Easter contributions this year exceed
ed any in the history of Grace cathe-
dral They amounted to 800.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
COLD, DARK, WET
Frequent Rain and Gloomy
Weather characterized April.
Slightly Warmer Than March;
Crops in Good Shape.

AnriI was month of chilly, Gloomy
weather and frequent rains, according
to the monthly report of the weather
buresu which will be issued tomorrow
morning. In the 20 years that
weather record has been kept at To-
peka only two other Aprils have been
as cool and but one other has had as
scured by clouds SO per cent OF the
time.
Temperatures were below normal on
two-thirds of the days and the average
TO-. the month was only degrees
higher than the average for March,
preceding This is quite a contrast with
the favorable weather last spring when
April averaged 27 degrees warmer
than March.
Light frosts occurred on the 10th
and 22nd. heavy frosts on the 3rd and
2Sth and a frost severe enough to be
classed as killing occurred on the 9Th,
but fortunately vegetation had not ad-
vanced enough to be damaged by it.
The highest temperature was 81 de-
grees on the 18th and the lowest 2?
degrees on the 9Th Neither of these
extremes is unusual for this time of
the year.
Measurable rain fell on more days
than in any other April on record
except three, but there were no really
heavy rains and the total for the
month, z-Z4 lncheS, is O4o men below
normal, making it more deficient in
precipitation than 1 4 of the preceding
Aprils. On the 18th there was 1T
inches of snow. This is one of the
heaviest SHOWS that has been recorded
so late in the season. 1t all melted
within a few hours
There were several very windy days
but the average velocity for the month
was practically norman and less than
the average for the month previous.
Five days were clear. 13 partly
cloudy and II were cloudy. Only SO
per gent of the possible amount of
sunshine was received
With plenty of moisture wheat, al
falfa and pastures made fine start
By the end of the month early gar
dens, potatoes and about half the corn
had been planted and were only wait
ing for sunshine and warm weather to
begin growing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
IL. @. 0. MI"
Delegates From Kansas and
Missouri Are in Topeka.
Bi-State Grand Lodge of the
Order Here.
FIRST SESSION At z O'CLOCK
Addresses of Welcome by the
Governor and the Mayor.
Closes Tuesday Night With
Luncheon and Ball.
FIRST SESSION At z O'CLOCK

Several distinctive features are
claimed by the Loyal Order of Moose.
Today, the bi-state grand lodge o. Mis-
souri, and Kansas is holding its third
annual convention in Topeka and it is
expected that by tomorrow sou dele
gates will be here.
The order was originated in 1898
at Louisville, Kentucky, and was f1rst
known as the Independent Order OF
Moose. One of its distinctive features
is its remarkable growth in the last
few years. asserted to be the greatest
of any order in the country. Its pres
ent enrolment is 635, 900. 1t aims to
reach the middle class.
In One Lodge $4,000.
Philadelphia Lodge, No 54, L. o. O.
NJ is the largest single order in the
world. In the one lodge are 1900
members in good standing.
A great drawing card offered by the
lodge is it's ST a week sick benefit, free
medical service and small burial fee.
Then, too, it is pointed out as one of
the greatest orders in the country for
the uplift of the middle classes.
Vocational Training.
If a member of the Loyal Order of
Moose die and leave ten children
everyone of those children is fed,
clothed and given a vocational train
ing until the child is fully equipped.
This is done at Mooseheart, Ind, the
big vocational training school of the
order. Arrangements are now being
made to employ Edwin Schooley the
famous vocational training man at
Chicago, to take charge of Mooseheart
at $4,000 a year.
The Moose from the two states be
gan gathering in Topeka this morning
and registered at Moose headquarters
in Masonic hall. At o'clock the
first session of the grand lodge will
be held.
Several Addresses.
AT O'Clock this evening, a big
meeting will be held and opened with
an invocation by the Rev. o. L. Cooke.
Addresses Of welcome will be delivered
by Mayor House and Governor Cap
per, followed by a response bv
H. 7. Lincoln of Springfield, Mo, past
grand dictator. This will be followed
by an address on the Loyal Order
of Moose by Albert B. Wimsett, ma
tiona1 director. At $40 O'Clock the
visitors will attend a movie at the Iris
theater where pictures of Mooseheart
will be thrown on the screen.
At 9 o'clock tomorrow morning a
second session of the Grand Lodge
will be held, followed by an auto ride
over Topeka furnished by the Topeka
Commercial club. AT 3 o'clock the
third session of the Grand Lodge will
be held and at $50 O'Clock a luncheon
will be served. L. NJ. Penwell will act
as toa stnlas ter. Later in the evening
grand ball will be given at Kirk
patrick hall, Seventh and Quincy
streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01

and from that date property owners
will have 80 days in which to make
full payment of the assessment IN
case they do not wish to pay In run
the amount charged against thelr
property their lot will be ceruIleo 10
the county clerk and placed on the
tax roll and the amount will be col
lected with the general tax
Bonds will be issued to be PAID
serialIy one-tenth each year for the
next ten years with four and one-haif
per cent interest attached rms VIII
rive nroperty owners, if they wish it,
ten years in which to complete the
payment of this tax
Practically every piece of property
in the city will be affected by this
ordinance for the city at large pays
for the grading, paving and curbing of
intersections and all storm water
sewers This will amount to about 40
per cent of the total contract price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
TAX ORDINANCE IN
Final Action in Connection With the
1915 Paving.

A mass of papers accompanied an
ordinance presented to the city COM
missioners this morning. for first read
ing, pertained ito the apportioning
and levying f a special assessment on
certain lots and pieces of ground in
the city of Topeka to pay the cost of
repairing certain alley and streets to
pay the cost of paving certain streets
and alleys and to pay the cost of curb
ing and paving certain streets and
avenues in the city,
This ordinance is for the SPAS, 600
paving contract let in March and the
numerous papers accompanying the
ordinance were typewriter copies COW
ering the SO blocks of paving that
come under the ordinance In all
some 1900 different property owners
will soon receive notice covering the
specific cost of paving affecting their
property. The notices must be mailed
within few days. The work required
to figure up each amount and the
mailing of the statements will REQUIRE
the constant attention of the entire
force in the city clerks office and the
additional help of two clerks. These
statements must be mailed by MAY 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
Use Zen1o for Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stop burnings, itching
eczema quickly by applying little zemo
furnished by any druggist for 25c. Extra
large bottle, $1.O0. Healing begins the
moment zemo is applied In a short time
usually every trace of pimples, black
heads, rash. eczema, letter and similar
skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, zemo is an exception
remedy. 1t is not greasy, sticky or
watery and it does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable treat
ment for all skin troubles.
Zemo. Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
Topeka BOY CONE
Earl M. Long, IA, Hasn't Been
Seen Here Since March 20.
Interested in Farm Work and
May Be in Far West.

Earl NJ. Long. an eighth grade stu
dent at Garfield school. disappeared
from his home at 1880 South Kansas
avenue March 20 and has not been
seen since. His father, NJ A Long,
today offered reward for information
that will lead to the boy. There are
no charges against the boy and no
desire on the part of the father to pun
ish him..
The boy has nc bad habits that his
parents know of and has mad no ex-
perience in any line of work He was
interested in farm life and may be
found at work on some farm The
sheriff's office is distributing circulars
offering rewards for the boy and Civ
ing a complete description of him.
Long is fourteen years of age. is feet
and 10 inches tall, weighs 125 pounds,
has dark brown hair and eyes, parts
hair on left side and when he left was
wearing brown plaid cap. blue serge
suit and a light shirt with green stripe.
Screen Paint at Forbes.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
SAME OLD TYRANT
Irishman Says Revolt Shows
England in True Light.
N. Y. Justice Berates Redmond
in PittsfieId, Mass.
JOHN BULLS POWER HOLLOW
Uprising Will Succeed Even
Though 1t Fails.
1t VIII Destroy Confidence of
Britain's Allies.
JOHN BULLS POWER HOLLOW

Pittsfield, Mass. May AT a
meeting of the Friends of Irish Free
dom Sunday afternoon Justice Daniel
Cohalan of New York, speaking for
the organization on the revolt in Ire
land. said:
The central outstanding fact of the
whole situation is that England is
beaten in this war. The rising in Ire
land is the greatest and most effective
blow that has ever been struck at
England
"All of her campaign of deceit and
misrepresentation has completely col
lapsed and in the eyes of the world.
her enemies her allies and neutrals
alike, she appears again, not as the
protector of the weak and defender of
small nations but as the same old
tyrant.
Can one ina CINE a more contempt
Bile figure than that cut by Redmond?
Lost to all sense of decency, he alone
has been acting as the chief recruit
ing sergeant for England in Ireland
and now in the hour of crisis he calls
upon his deluded followers to take
part with England's gunner in shoot
ing down their fellow countrymen who
are fighting for freedom.
England's Alternatives.
England has but three alternatives
to get America into the war, to fight
or to make peace. Whether she does
the first depends upon us, for this
country will stand true to its old ideals
if we insist upon it
ITO the second she cannot and the
third must mean her retirement from
the rank of first rate powers.
Thomas Sexton, the ablest finan-
cial mind in Ireland, has just said that
the next taxation imposed was unbear-
able and must result in a greater exc
dus than even that produced by the
great famine.
THE volunteers would have pre-
ferred to wait longer but they saw the
taxation imposed, CONSUMPTION COM
ing and the government preparing to
disarm them.
Fruits of Revolt.
Their fight, though they may be
beaten, has succeeded. 1t has shown
the world Ireland is ready to fight as
well as talk, that she is not loyal and
absorbed, that England has not
charged and never intended to put
home rule into operation. 1t has
shown the hollowness of English pow
er and demonstrated that a united Ire
land is of necessity a free Ireland.
1T will awaken the Irish all over
the world to the real situation of af
fairs. 1t will destroy the confidence
of Ehgland's allies and redouble the
energies of her foes.
whether America is dragged into
this war depends largely upon the at
titude of the people of our blood. The
Irish race has practically power to de-
termine whether the United States is
to abandon its ideals established by
Washington and jefferson and be
drawn into war as England's assistant
/ do not believe this will happen, for
the reason, among others, that the
United States is unprepared."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
WHY NOT BE FAIR?
State Journal Osawatomie In
terview Absolutely Correct.
Morning Paper Criticism Was
Distorted and CARRIED.

Statements at Osawatomie state hos
pital, quoted in the State Journal,
were correct and were an official
statement of facts, according to w. E.
Brooks, chairman of the state board
of control The statement was issued
by Brooks and quoted him accurately.
An administration organ sought to
discredit the article in differences that
the statement was not made by
Brooks
In the statement as contained in the
State Journal, responsibility for condi-
lions at Osawatomie were checked
squarely up to Governor Capper and
the adoption of his economy" poll
cies by the state legislature. 1t was
shown from official records of the
board of control that the betterments
demanded by recent investigating
committee were urged in the biennial
report of the board, issued in advance
of the session of the 1915 legislature.
Because of an enforced program of
retrenchment, many of the appropria-
ton items were slaughtered by the
ways and means committee. Others
were vetoed by the governor.
Smarting under the sting of re-
sponsibility for conditions as they
actually exist, the administration pub
LEGATION sought to discredit the state
ment with an interview in which
Chairman Brooks was made to say
that the interview was not given to
the State Journal. Before leaving To-
pekt Sunday night, Brooks declared
that every statement in the State Jour
nal article was correct, that the state
ment had been issued by him and
given to a representative of the press.
Taken From the Records.
1.-The article which appeared in the
State Journal Friday night concerning
the situation at Osawatomie is true"
said Chairman Brooks. ut is from
the official records and anyone who
desires can see these records. The
article in the Capital distorted my
statement to that paper. L said that 1
had not given the interview to State
Journal representative, but had given
1t to a representative of the press and
that 1 explained the publication in this
manner. I have since learned that a
copy of my original statement was
secured by State Journal representa-
tive and was published just as 1 had
originally given it out. The statement
as published by the State Journal is a
correct and accurate statement OF
facts. We made the recommendations
for betterments just as stated. 1t was
an official act of this board. The fact
that the legislature did not give us the
things we desired and needed left our
hands tied"
1t was to dodge responsibility for
the deplorable conditions at Osawato-
mie that the administration paper
probably sought to diScredit the
Brooks statement The Brooks state
ment, however, will stand as official.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
Big new PIPE ORGAN
Grace Cathedral Has Ordered
$4,000 Instrument.

Topeka will have the finest pipe or
gan in Kansas when the $4,000 in
strument for which the contract has
just been signed, is installed in the
new Grace cathedral. The contract
for the organ was secured by the Hall
Organ company of New Haven, Conn.
The present organ will remain sin
Guild hall, where it will be used for
musical entertainments. 1t is in eX-
cellent condition, although built over
thirty years ago.
The new organ will contain 2,020
pipes. 1t will have thirty-five speak
ing stops, sixty-one pipes to each stop
in the great organ and seventy-three
pipes per stop in the swell organ and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS WONDER

How they ever got along without Red
Cross Ball Blue This really wonder
full blue makes clothes winter than
snow. Get the genuine Red Cross Ball
Blue at your grocers.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01
Columbus Raiders Appeal.

Washington May President Will
son has received an appeal to inter
vene in the cases of Mexicans recently
convicted in a federal court of muir
der in connection with the Villa raid
on Columbus, n. NJ. He telegraphed
Governor Mcdonald of New Mexico
today requesting information about
the cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01

May LIST.
When the gas man brought my bill,
certainly was mad.
l had to pay that gas man
For what | never had.
He said he'd read the meter,
But it's plain as all creation,
He's taught that meter how to run,
To keep up circulation.
NELS YINGLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01

Monarch Paint at Forbes.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01

Screen Paint at Forbes.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-01

The street repair gang is busy max
ing repairs on Quincy street in front
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-02-01
FOLD CLOTHES WITH CARE
Viii Make Remarkable Difference in
Their Appearance When They
Are Unpacked.

To fold the skirt properly first fast
IN the waistband and placket, then
Law it down on a smooth surface. turn
the sides of the skirt toward the back
and into the folds thus made lay
sheets of paper lengthwise, and in the
fold over at the top also lay pads OF
paper: after it is laid in the trunk or
box, pads of paper should be placed in
the sides and laid smoothly over the
folded garment The only way to
fold a coat is to lay it with it's back
to the table or bed, bring the front
edges evenly together stuff the sleeves
with paper, lay creased pads of tissue
paper on the inside down each side,
put padding in the bust, then fold the
arms over the front of the coat Ii
necessary to bend sleeves, do it be-
tween the elbow and the cuff, laying
padding in the crease. If the skirt of
the coat is long it should be folded
over from the back to the front to fit
the coat into straight line at the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-02-01
MOTHER! LOOK At
CH|LD'S TONGUE
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give "CaIifornia Syrup
of Fiqs."

A laxative today saves sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother, If coat
ed, or your child is listless, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give
teaspoonfui of California Syrup of
Figs" then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing is ofttimes all
that is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle Of
California Syrup of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-02-01
BIG EATERS HAVE BAD
KIDNEYS AND BACKACHE
Take Glass of Salts at Once If Your
Back Is Hurting or Kidneys and
Bladder Trouble You.

The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou-
BILE, because we eat too much and all
our food is rich. Our blood is filled
with uric acid which the kidneys
strive to filter out, they weaken from
overwork, become sluggish; the elimi-
native tissues clog and the result is
kidney trouble. bladder weakness and
a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
of lead; your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; if you suffer
spells, acid stomach, or you have rheu-
matism when the weather is bad, get
from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in q glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your kid
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations to
flush and stimulate clogged kidneys;
to neutralize the acids in the urine SO
1t no longer is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
ture, makes a delightful .effervescent
Whitewater beverage, and belongs in
every home, because nobody can make
a mistake by having a good kidney
flushing any time.-Adv.