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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
OUCH! LUMBAGO?
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Relieves.

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
TO FIGHT DISEASE
Kansas Leads Move to Estab-
lish Health Experiment Stat
Hackney Urges State Schools to
lish Health Station.

Lawrence, Kan, May 11.-kansas is
again first in launching one of the
most important nationwide move
ments for the betterment of mankind.
President E. T. Hackney of the board
of educational administration has sent
a letter to all state universities urging
cooperation in an effort to induce the
government to establish a health ex-
pertinent and research station or lab
oratory in connection with each uni
versity school of medicine, making it
a cooperative agency of the United
States public health service for the
eradication of communicable diseases.
In his letter President Hackney
urges that the conservation of human
life should receive as much consid-
Grafton at the hands of the govern
ment as does animal and plant life, the
protection of which has been a gov
eminent duty for years. The results
of this latter work has been easily
reducible to dollars and cents
standpoint while the value of human
life has not been so easily measured.
Sordid as it may seem to consider
human values from a financial base,
the figures secured by the Kansas
board prove that the subject is one
worthy of the greatest consideration
1t is estimated that the economic loss
annually from deaths in the United
States reaches the startling total of
s1,700, 100000. This is based upon an
estimate of $1,70O for each life. From
this standpoint the economic loss to
the country as a result of diseases
which render the victims economic
burdens must reach into the millions.
Stop Communicable Disease.
The boards report shows that $780,
900 lives are snuffed out yearly in this
country by communicable diseases
such as typhoid, tuberculosis, scarlet
fever, whooping cough. measles and
diphtheria, most of which are pre-
ventive. The government has sue
ceeded in eradicating yellow fever and
the plague and it is the plea of the
Kansas board that a nationwide cam
paign against communicable diseases
would prove a blessing. the value of
which could not be estimated. Through
examinations and Investigations at the
state university laboratories and an
extensive education of the people, the
mitigation and eradication of COM
plished and Kansas has started the
ball rolling in the right direction.
Submit Plan to Congress.
The campaign, if undertaken, would
fill long needed want and the field
covered would be a vast one. In a.
country where more than 800, 600 per-
sons die annually from diseases of the
kidney heart and blood vessels some
strenuous steps are necessary. Again
the subject of venereal diseases is an
alarming one and like others would
fall under the eye of the country's
eminent specialists, thus benefiting the
nation at large In addition to the
enormous loss of life from COM
municable diseases, it is estimated by
the Kansas board that 100000 peo=
pie are yearly incapacitated as a re-
suit of infectious diseases. The moves
ment started in Kansas. if it finds
ready response from state universities,
will be submitted to congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
REBUILD LYONS PLANT.
Salt Factory Was Destroyed by Fire
Last Saturday.

Lyons, Kan, May 1.-THE salt
plant of the Bevis Rock Salt com
pany. which was completely destroyed
by fire Saturday night. is to be rebuilt
at once, with completely modern
plant.
The fire destroyed the main plant
a five-story structure, 100 by $50 feet,
which contained the machinery for
crushing, grinding, sitting and pack
ing the salt, and which also served as
the headhouse of the mine.
The cause of the fire is unknown
but it started in the packing room,
among the piles of sacks. The men
quit work at $50 Saturday evening
and half an hour later the flames were
discovered in the packing room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
APPLE CROP IS GOOD
But the Peaches Have Gone the Usual
Route.

Another record apple yield is. pre-
dicted for this year by o. F. Whitney,
secretary of the State Horticultural
society. Whitney believes that with
continuation of the present favorable
weather conditions there is an excel
lent opportunity to equal the 1915 ap-
pie yield of four million bushels.
With the good news concerning the
apple crop prospect. Whitney turns
on the gloom in reference to the peach
crop outlook. He believes most of the
crop was killed during a heavy freeze
in December. Pears and plums were
injured in portions of the state, but
Secretary Whitney is enthusiastic con-
corning the apple crop situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
CRAVE EVENTS FEARED
Irish Nationalist Party Leaders Dis
cuss Recent Sim F'ein Revolt.

London. May 1.-THE nationalist
party at a meeting here, presided over
by John Redmond, drew up a mani
festo expressing the party's attitude
towards the general situation in Ire
land arising out of the Sim Fein re-
bellion and also passed resolutions on
the subject which will be published
with the manifesto today.
1t already has been intimated that
the party is averse to the expectations
of the Sim Fem rebels being con-
tinued.
The party will meet again.
A secret committee is in process of
formation and grave events are antici-
mated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
KANsAN TO CHINESE SCHOOL.
Marshall County Farmer to Represent
Kansas Agricultural College.

Manhattan, Kan, May lie. O..
Levine, a graduate of the Kansas
State Agricultural college in 1914 and
now farmer in Marshall county, will
be sent to Canton Christian college at
Canton, China, as a representative of
the agricultural college.
Students and faculty members have
already subscribed $500, which will go
towards paying Mr.. Levine's salary,
and additional money is in sight Lit
erary societies and fraternities are
preparing to cooperate by raising a
fixed amount, and local churches are
assisting in the enterprise Kansas
methods of agriculture will be taught
in Canton Christian college.
FATALLY BURNED IN CRIB.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11

burned. The flames had not made
much Roadway and she extinguished
the fire.
She understood the reply message to
mean that he would be on his way
soon, when the answer had been that
he was out of town. A call was sent
to BUTLER. The physician hurried to
the neighboring city but it was too
late. The burns had done their work
and the child was dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
The New Home Treatment
for Ugly, Hairy Growths
(Boudoir Secrets.)

Here is a simple. yet very effective
method for removing hair and fuzz
from the face, neck and arms: Cover
the objectionable hairs with a paste
made by mixing some water with lit
tie powdered delatone. Leave this on
for or minutes, then rub off, wash
the skin and the hairs have vanished.
No pain or Inconvenience attends this
treatment but results will be certain
if you are sure to get real delatone.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
BROKE UP HER HOME
Mrs. Hendrfck Sues Laura Bigger for
100000 for Alienation.

New York, May f1-Miss Laura
Bigger. the actress, has been called
upon the second time to defend a suit
for 100000 damages brought by Mrs
Agnes Mary Hendrick of Brooklyn,
for the alleged alienation Of the affec-
tons of DIR. Charles C. Hendrick. Mrs
Hendrick complains that the actress
broke up her home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
Employers Refuse to Arbitrate.

New York, May 11.-Hope of soon
settling the garment workers strike
in this city was diminished today when
Michael ]. Regain, industrial mediator
of the state department of labor. an
nounced mediation had been declined
by the employers. About $4,000 thou
sand persons are still on strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
RAILROAD YARD SWAMPED.
Pratt Needed Extra Engine to Handle
Freight on A. & N.

Freight Oh "A. x n.
Pratt, Kan, May 1.-THE business
in the yards of the A. & N. road had
accumulated until it could not be
moved by the regular freight engine
and the engine from the front was
forced to come to Pratt and assist in
relieving the congestion. The two
engines worked nearly all day in get
ting the trains of loaded cars from the
yards and onto the road. The hill
track half a mile north of the yards
was brought into use as there was not
switching room in the yards adequate
to handle the rush of freight traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
ON Company Paws Dividend.

Neodesha, Kan. May 1.-THE
Standard Oil company of Kansas de-
ciafed a regular quarterly dividend
or three dollars per share payable
June Is to stockholders of record
May 81, at the annual meeting of the
stock holders here Wednesday. All the
old officers were reelected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
COIIGR0-
FATALLY BURNED IN CRIB.
Mother Finds Her Baby EnveIoped in
Flames. -

Inman, Kan. May 11.-While asleep
in his crib. the baby of Mrs. Kron-
nelius L. Wiens, one and one-half
miles east of Inman, was burned so
badly that he died soon after.
The mother noticed the odor of
burning cloth. She looked into the
next room where her son, a child of
two and one-half years, was in the
crib. She saw the child enveloped in
flames and quickly grabbed the little
one in her arms. He was badly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
CANTON PIONEER A SUICIDE.
b. l.. Banks, One of Oldest Settlers
Shot Himself to Death.

Canton, Kan, May lib. L.
Banks, one of the Oldest settlers in
this vicinity, committed suicide here
Wednesday by shooting himself He
was so years old. No cause is known
for the act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-11
Through With Executions.

Through With EXECUTIONS.
London, May 11.-No Irish rebel
leaders have been executed at Dublin
since Monday, Premier Asquith an
nounced in commons this afternoon.
He added that he hoped it would be
unnecessary to execute any more of
the Irish leaders
Williams news., 1916-01-20
.F0R CAMPAIGN FUND
Why Republican Party CIings tc
 Tariff Issue.
Leaders Realize They Can Not Win, But Contributions From Special Interests Will Enable Them
 to Control Machine.

It is no disinterested devotion to the principle of extreme protection that is turning the Republican lead CTS back to the tariff as their main issue in 1916.
 The Republican organization needs money for campaign purposes. Fed eral and state legislation has prac- tically dried up the railroad and Wall street fountains that once gushed so plenteously. The special interests that rob the consumer by capitalizing high tariffs are the only certain supply that remains. Wool and cotton and steel are always ready to trade cash for legislation, and by selling out the Republican party to these infant in dustries a campaign fund can be as- sured.
 That is why the average Republican politician is willing to stake the 1916 election on the tariff. He knows his party will probably be defeated, but he also knows that the organization will be provided with the sinews of war without which the standpat ele- ments cannot maintain their control over the machine.
Williams news., 1916-01-20

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Williams news., 1916-01-20
Tariff Changes Not to the Point.

IartH Changes Not to the Point.
 No tariff legislation and no changes in the existing tariff laws can aid i'm ports into this country from Europe or block England from securing such trade as she may seek.
 This is the opinion of Representa- tive Cordel Hull of Tennessee, mem- Der of the house ways and means com mittee, and the answer to the sugges- ton that a nonpartisan commission of experts be appointed to consider changes in the tariff to meet condi- tions that will arise after the war. Judge Hull declared that the United States need not fear competition from Europe after the war, because the peo- pie of the European nations will be too much engaged building up their all most ruined industries
 The devastation being wrought in Europe by the war will render un- necessary any changes in tariff laws in this country for the next ten or twenty years, because there can be no serious compc ;itior with the prod ucts of this country explained Nr Washington Post.
Williams news., 1916-01-20
Not the Way to Help.

for better coast defenses and for ade- quate military and naval equipment is not partisan in it's aspiration or intent, and any disposition on the part Of na- tional leaders of thought to inject par tisanship into the question is to be de- plored. If Colonel Roosevelt is really desirous of helping on the defensive program of the National Security league and other similar bodies he must follow a different tack than that which he is taking in his quarrel with the secretary of war.
Williams news., 1916-01-20

can stand on the road, ruts will re- suit and when these are ground down dust forms and finally loose roadbed results
 Keeping the roadbed well crowned and smooth will hold the moisture in it so that it will pack hard.
 Weeds must also be kept several feet from the wheeltrack else they will draw the moisture from the road especially true in regions of moderate rainfall
 Trees should not be allowed to shade the road as this keeps it too moist OF the surface after rains so that travel spells the surface.
 The making of smooth roadbed requires that when the soil is put on, it be laid in layers and not in piles. When dumped in piles some places will be more packed than others and there will likely be difference in the density, while if laid on in layers this will be avoided. Each layer should be narrowed, or better yet, disked and packed before the next one is laid down. In this way a good roadbed is secured from the first, while if the soil is just dumped on the road to be leveled and packed by the traffic over the road good roadbed will never be secured
 The best tool for keeping the road well crowned and the surface smooth is the sp1itlog drag. This tool should be used soon after a rain. The soil is then loose and easily moved. The drag moves but small amounts of soil and smears it on the roadbed in thin layers which is just what is wanted. It cuts off any projections and fills up any low places.
 Where there is standing water the roadbed should be kept at least foot above the water surface and eighteen inches is better The nature of the soil and the length of time that the water stands along the road will to a degree determine how high the roadbed must be above the water.
 In dry-farming territory it is i'm portant to keep the weeds away from the roadbed and to keep the roadbed well crowned and smooth.
Williams news., 1916-01-20
MT. Taft's Olive Branch.

The terms of peace which, on be- half of the Republicans, MT. Taft of fers to the Progressives are unlike the extravagant proposals that emanate from time to time from the European belligerents. AS the leader of his party, there can be no question of his authority to speak for it. When he says that reunion is possible only as Progressives become Republicans and abandon the serio-comic program D which they subscribed at Chicago, he emphasizes an obvious fact
 Republicanism has become a fixed belief. It is not the same as the Re- publicanism of Lincoln's day, when it was leavened with Free-Soilism and Democracy, and no amount of Progress sive oratory will make it so. It is the party of Hanna, Mckinley, Quay and Aldrich. It stands boldly for certain inalienable rights of the favored and powerful, for government in partner ship with big business, for just enough concessions to discontent to assure to the dominant class steady incomes, good digestion and restful slumber; but as for social justice and such things, there is no nonsense about it.
 While there are no ?rogressives in the Republican party, there are plenty of good Republicans in the Progress sive party, and that is why. if any re- union is to take place, it must be upon the lines laid down by Mir Taft The remnant of Progressivism which may not be able to retu-n to the older or sanization will hava to stand alone or make an honest and sensible choice between ou.- -and-out Socialism and out and-out Democracy. There isn't going to be any Armageddon.-New York World Dem.).
Williams news., 1916-01-20
Secretary Garrison's Position.

A secretary of war who believes in military efficiency and who is genuine ly interested in army affairs is the best to have. Mr. Garrison may have more extreme views concerning army increase and reorganization than the president and some of the Democratic leaders in congress, but he will ac- complish something by staying, even if his plans should not be accepted in their full scope. The president is turning his attention to the whole subject of military defense, with elab- crate reports from the war and navy departments to guide him. The war secretary's period of thief usefulness is still to come.-SDrfnglield Repub. lican.
Williams news., 1916-01-20
The SpIit-Loq Draq,

The split-log drag has contributed more toward the economic mainte- nance of the public highways than any implement of modern usage. It does not require special acts of the legis- lature, bond issues or expensive edu- cational campaigns to make it avail able as usually precedes construction work. A drag can be built or pur- chased for $20 and is easily operated by anyone who can drive team.
Williams news., 1916-01-20
GOOD ROADS AND MOISTURE
and When it Contains Too Much Water it Becomes Mud.

By W. c. PALMER, North Dakota Ex-
 pertinent Station.)
 One of the important factors in roadmaking is to control the moisture content of the soil in making up the roadbed. When the soil is dry 1t crumbles to dust and when it contains too much water it becomes mud. These are the two extremes to avoid. To make hard roadbed the soil must contain a fair amount of moisture. The control of the moisture requires that the roadbed be higher in the mid dle and smooth so that water cannot stand on it but will run off, If water
Williams news., 1916-01-20

burned and their cows poisoned and no gypsies have been sent to jail for their crimes. It does not take long for farmers who have tasted of the vengeance of the gypsies they have defed to spread the news that the S"arthy tricksters mean what they say when they make threats.
 The average farmer is helpless against fire, and. therefore, the aver age, good-natured Yankee farmer meets gypsy's terms in a horse trade rather than incur a greater loss Dy having some of his valuable prop erty burned to the ground This may seem weak on the part of the Yan- kee farmer, but the farmer knows the eVll-eyed, dark-skinned parasites will not impose upon him two years in suc- cession, and so he trades fairly good horse for a brokendown nag, saves his stock and crops, and takes par ticular pains in the future to dodge the chicken-stealing tribesmen.
 While gypsies are too cautious, as general rule, to steal horses especially in western communities where men would give them chase, they handle horses stolen by gang sters in New York, Philadelphia, Bos- ton, Chicago, St. Louis and other large cities in which nags disappear mys- teriously, of which no trace can ever be found.
 It was after the passage of the Mann act by congress and the break ing up of the methods of interstate traffic in women which brought about the passage of the law, that the gyp- sfes were haled into the trade by clever procurers in the large cities, who assured them of big profits.
 Gypsies, as has been said, acknowl- edge no country. In their religion, which is religion of hate, they have no word for God, soul,. or heaven They have their own king, whom they elect yearly at a seaport in Spain. This king is supposed to be inducted into office by the sacrifice of two white babies. In recent years, the gypsies have found it safer to forego the actual sacrifice of the babies, but year ly two white babies are stolen from 'the enemy" appear at the coronation,
 
 Some of the gypsies are men of magnificent physique, and the battles fought for the great honor of being dubbed king" would make the aver age censored prize fight appear like child's play.
 | The gypsies travelling the United States and now seen camping along the roads are no better educated than the gypsies who travel the European countries. The gypsy literature is preserved chiefly by word of mouth, mothers and fathers teaching their young the gypsy traditions, and those traditions are kept as fresh as are the Mother Goose tales of more en- frightened people. The gypsy is not devoted in any way to the arts. Oc- casionally, however, a great musician arises from the gypsy tribes. Occa- sionally, too, the gypsies turn out an intellectual light such as Gypsy" Smith, the evangelist, who is a pure blood gypsy, and did not sleep in a bed until he was twelve years old.
Williams news., 1916-01-20

the hole. A furnace body in the form of U-shaped hood with open bottom and open end is placed against the stump and covered with earth so as to be almost alright, thus serving to con centrate and localize the heat gener ated within the furnace, which is placed over the burning fagots used to kindle the fire.
 As the fire burns the flames extend into the auger hole, and by adjusting the damper in the furnace chimney a draft is produced that causes the fire
Williams news., 1916-01-20
Knew Ills Father.

ssH~" EftO 0StCTs
 A school inspector asked Q class of small children: 'If had three glasses of beer on the table, and your father came in and drank one, how many would be 1eft?"
 None, sir," answered a very small boy.
 But you don't understand my Ques- tion," said the inspector, and he re- peated 1t again.
 Still the boy gave the same reply. "Ah, my boy" exclaimed the inspec- tor at last, 'it is clear you don't know mental arithmetic"
 ''But I know my father" said tho boy, promptly.