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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
"BE LOYAL OR QUIT"
That Is Warning Issued To Instruc-
tors at Normal School.

Pittsburg, Kan, Sept 24-Any
member of the faculty of the State
Manual Training Normal who finds
himself in sympathy with Germany
in the present conflict has a standing
invitation to get off the states payroll.
The invitation, extended in plain Kan
sas language, came in the first faculty
meeting of the year. 1t was from
President w. A. Brandenburg who ek-
planned that he didn't believe there
was any sentiment of pro-Germanism
in the faculty but that he desired
there be no misunderstanding thruout
the year on the matter.
Il am sure that it is the position lof
the board of administration that only
loyal instructors shall be employed in
the state educational institutions" the
president said. Therefore any teach
ser who is not loyal either in word,
feeling or spirit certainly is out of
sympathy with the government, the
state board, the president of the in
stitution, the faculty and the student
body. Feeling this to be true the only
honorable thing any faculty member
could do. who finds himself in SYM
pathy with our enemy, is to resign"
President Brandenburg put square
ly up to his instructors the RESPONSE
bility for-any misinterpretation of re-
marks which they might make either
in or out of the class room. The care
full and efficient use of the English
language was urged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
StepmOther Used Son To Solicit
Among Soldiers.
This Is Charge Made by County
Officers in Topeka.
HE GOT 25-CTS ON THE DOLLAR
EIeVen-Year-OId Cries Out Plea
To Save Mother.
Woman Caught Among Men
at Ripley Park.

Following the arrest of Mary Chill
son as a delinquent parent, 11-year-
old Charles Chilson sat in the probate
judges office Saturday afternoon and
told story of human depravity that
produced a shock in every ear that
heard it, Without wishing to harm
Mrs. Chilson. his step-mother, he
placed a brand upon her.
When, with tears in his eyes. he
pleaded for her. declaring that she
always gives me rs cents out of every
dollar l get for her." he clinched the
case against her
Mrs. Chilson lives in the shop dis
trict. Her husband works in the San
ia Fe shops. The boy is a step child
Soldiers have been stationed at Ripley
park for some time and the boy has
been circulating among them. He
made the acquaintance of many of
them and learned their names.
According to county officers they
learned Thursday or Friday that there
was something suspicious on and ar
ranged to get the inside. Saturday
afternoon Robert Carver, county at
torney. and Robert Miller, under
sheriff, went to the park, watched
proceedings and the arrest of Mrs
taken in court.
The officers say they had been in
formed that after making the ac-
quaintance of a soldier the Gibson
BOY approached MIN and solicited for
his step-mother; that if satisfactory
arrangements were made he returned
home for his mother, she filled the
enga cement while the boy continued
to approach soldiers.
Robert Carver states that such an
incident was witnessed Saturday tier
noon before the arrest was made
THE boy admitted the whole thing
when we got him to the court house. "
said Mr.. Carver. He said they had
lived here only short time but that
he had been working among the SOL
diers for his step-mother since they
had been stationed at Ripley park
with tears streaming down his
face he protested against any pun
ishment for his parent. He declared
she had always been fair with him !;
that she had always given him TWEEN
ty-five cents out of every dollar he
got for her.
I'VE questioned him and he stated
that he had done the same sort of
thing for his step-mother in Missouri
before they moved to Topeka.
He is a mighty bright little boy
and his admissions were astonishing
coming from mere child. He knew
things no boy his age should know.
He is a delinquent child and the step
mother is charged with contributing
to his delinquency. She is charged
with being a deliquent parent !
don't know what can be done with
her but it will be a-plenty."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
HOW TO MAKE VINEGAR
Use Clean Fruit and Be Sure Vessels
sE Are Not Dirty.

Manhattan, Kan, Sept. 24.-The
first requisite for vinegar making is
Quantity of we'll ripened and clean ap-
pies. 1t is not necessary that they be
of high quality but they must contain
a fair percentage of sugar, since the
amount of alcohol produced depends
upon the amount of sugar present in
the juice. Fruit that is immature or
partially decayed will make a low
grade product.
In preparing the juice it is advisable
not only from the standpoint of
hygiene, but also for the purpose of
producing a high grade article that
only clean vessels and fruit be used.
If the fruit is not clean when it comes
from the orchard it should be washed
The freshly pressed juices may be
stored directly in the casks or barrels
filling them from two-thirdS to three
fourths full. A better plan is to allow
the sediment to settle in a vat and
then siphon the clear liquid into the
barrel. The bunghole should be COW
cred with cheese cloth or stuffed with
cotton to exclude dirt. The barrels
should be sterilized if possible.
The best storage temperature for the
fermentation of the alcohol is be-
tween So and 81 degrees. At the lower
temperatures. the fermentation takes
place slowly. The average period re-
quired for this work ranges from five
to lime months, altho this may be
shortened materially by the addition
of yeast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
GAS, HEARTBURN, ~
INDIGESTION OR
SICK STOMACH
"Pape's Diapepsin" relieves
stomach distress in
4 five minutes.

Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will
sweeten a sour, gassy or out-or-order
stomach within five minutes.
If your meals don't fit comfortably,
or what you eat lies like Il lump of
lead in your stomach, or if you have
heartburn. that is usually a sign of
acidity of the stomach.
Get from your pharmacist a fifty
cent case of Pape's Diapepsin and take
a dose just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings. no belching of
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or
heavy feeling in the stomach, nausea
facilitating headaches or dizziness.
This will all go, and besides, there will
he no sour food left over in the stom-
ach to poison your breath with nau-
Seous doors.
Pape's Diapepsin helps to neutral
ize the excessive acid in the stomach
which is causing the food fermenta-
ton and preventing proper digestion.
Relief in five minutes is waiting for
you at any drug store.
s These large fifty-cent cases contain
enough "Pape's Diapepsin" to usually
keep the entire family free from
stomach acidity and its symptoms of
indigestion, dyspepsia. sourness,
gases, heartburn and headache for
many months. 1t belongs in YOUR
Characterization
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
HELD In A DUNGEON
Kansan Tells of Treatment He Re
ceived at Hands of Germans.

Abilene, Kan, Sept. HE.-Eighty
days in a filthy German dungeon.
His wife arrested and with her 3
year-old baby, held for thirty hours on
a dilapidated steamer.
Robbed of his savings and $500
acres of land in East Africa by the
German military authorities.
These and other indignities were in
flicted upon A. E. Martin, formerly
of East Africa for the past six years
Mr.. Martin is here visiting his mother,
Mrs. Hannah Martin.
1T was on the 26th of June. 1916,
said Mr.. Martin, that 1 was arrested
Among the charges was that I was a
reader of the London Times, the Lon
don Review of Reviews, which papers
the Germans claimed were in favor of
war against Germany. They also
charged me with melting the British
and keeping them INFORMED of move
ments of the Germans.
THAT awful dungeon in which they
kept me for eighty days will be a
horror to me as long as life lasts. 1t
was dark and damp and filthy. They
would not allow me a knife or fork.
perhaps for fear 1 might use them in
digging my way to freedom. There
was a swill bucket or barrel in the
while I was there. Finally 1 had to
revolt against the slop bucket and l
seized a chair and threatened to kill
the guard unless the swill bucket was
emptied. Two days later l YVES given
trial and released"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
WESTERN FAIRS SUCCESS
Trego County Exhibits Drew Large
Crowds-EIlis Fair This Week.

Hays, Kan, Sept. 24.-Western
Kansas may have had drouth this
year and raised little Wheat, yet they
have the ''get up and GET spirit out
there. Trego county last week closed
a very successful county fair, and next
week Ellis county will have the best
fair ever held in this section. This
fair will be on the 25, 26, 81 and %,
with big premiums for racing on each
of the four days. while the display of
women's work, farm products and
splendid stock will be well worth driv-
ing miles to see.
The State Normal agricultural irri-
gated display will show what can be
done by any western Kansas farmer
with a small irrigated garden, while
the State Agricultural Experiment sta
ton will have a wonderful display of
farm products, varieties of cane, kat
fir and other feed crops and stock that
show what can be done by proper
feeding to make a profit. Thursday
will be educational day, when every
school in the county and surrounding
counties will meet here for matters of
especial interest to their study of agri-
culture and farming and stock raising
in their work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
Give The Stomach
A Chance To Work


We can't expect the stomach to act
normally If the natural avenues of elm
1natton are blocked SO It cannot dis
pose OF its refuse. When the bowels are
constipated the stomach is called upon
for work beyond its capacity and the
result Is bloat, be1ch1ng, headache, and
discomfort generally, and, unless the
condition Is promptly relieved, serious
illness.
An effective remedy for constipation
4s sold in drug stores under the name
a combination of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin that acts on the bowels In
q gentle, natural manner, without grip
ing or other pain or discomfort, AFFORD
ing speedy relief. Get . bottle Of DR..
Caldwell'g Syrup Pepstn from your drug
gtst and have It In the house when you
need It; It costs only nifty cents and ID
the ideal family remedy, mild enough
1or children and old people, Yet SUI
stitution: A trial bottle, free OF charge,
can DO obtained by writing to DR.. w. 3.
Caldwell, 456 Washington St., Month
cello, Illinois.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
TAX BIG FELLOWS
Capper Says They Should Pay
Most of War Costs.
Excessive Profits Should Bear
Just Expense Share.

Centralia, Kan, Sept. Ex-Governor
Capper addressed large audience at
| a patriotic meeting held here Sunday
night under the auspices of the COM
bined churches OF this city. The gov
ernor made a plea for loyal support
of the government in the prosecution
of the war. He said this was no time
for the airing of differences opin-
ion as to the causes of the war, but
that it was now the plain duty of every
citizen to get whole heartedly behind
the president in order that the great
est possible force of the nation may
be thrown into the conflict. The gov
ernor said the conflict must not end
until we have won victory that will
spell the end of militarism and autoc-
racy and insure a last and permanent
peace in future.
Tax Big Incomes.
| The governor also took a strong
stand in favor of taxing of big in
comes and the enormous profits that
are being made by the munition
manufacturers and other large bust
ness interests for the payment of the
war debt.
The American people are resolved
that the billions of dollars we need for
! the successful prosecution of the war
shall not all come out of the pockets
of the wage Garner. nor out of the
| scant savings of the little homes all
over the land" said Governor Cap
per. Big incomes and big business
will not be allowed to pass nearly the
whole burden on to them. These men
of millions must pay in proportion as
they profit from the necessities and
hardships of the war
Never has big business prospered
as it is now prospecting. One hundred
| and four American corporations en-
gagged in manufacturing, mining and
similar enterprises in 1916 showed a
profit of 1878 million dollars in war
velvet as against 263 million dollars
of war profits in 1914. In two years
their excess profits have increased
nearly 500 per cent. This year the
excess profits of these concerns may
reach billion dollars. This is all
war 'velvet'-all due to the war.
Doesn't common fairness demand
| that excess profits be turned over to
| the government?
| 1--WE should take rs or 80 per cent
| of the big incomes and all of the war
| profits except liberal return on the
| capital actually invested.
| IF the business concerns of this
| country are taxed as they should be
taxed upon their excess profits, as cor
porations are taxed in England, Uncle
| Sam would be able to meet the gigan-
| tic expenses of the war without laying
| a heavy hand upon the small bust
ness man, the farmer, the clerk and
! the laborer and putting a heavy mort
gage on the future"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
PUT IN MUCH WHEAT
Smith County Farmers Sow Largest
Acreage In History.

Smith Center. Kan, Sept 24.-The
week just closed has seen the great
est wheat sowing drive ever staged in
Smith county. Following the heavy
rains of week before last that put the
ground in prime condition, farmers
got busy at the sowing in every
neighborhood and had a fine week
for the work.
The outlook now is that Smith
county will have a larger wheat acre
age to cut next summer than it ever
had before. Practically all the grain
has been drilled in cornfields, which
were put on a record breaking scale
last spring following the failure of
the wheat crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24

Ii you have a house or room for rent, don't run
around town trying to find renter. Let the State
Journal do your running by placing small ad in
our want columns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
!, N0lAMS ADJUSTMENTS

NOVELTY-Five acts vaudeville
and the sixth episode of The
Neglected Wife"
MAJESTIC-The 1917 Vode Revue
in Get the Idea"
ORPHEUM - Elsie Ferguson in
"Barbary Sheep"
COZY-Bessie Love in Polly Ann"
GE-1-William A Brady's The
Fourth Estate and Billy West iA
'.Cupid's Rival"
IRIS-Photo features.
BEST-William Duncan and George
Holt in THE Fighting Trail
CRYSTAL-Motion features.
For details, prices. etc. SIC sdver
usementE op this page OF the State
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
POULTRY BUSINESS LARGE
Herndon Dealer Pays Out $500 for
Fowls in One Day.

Herndon, Kan, Sept 24.-Muddy
roads will not keep the poultry rails
ers at home in this vicinity of Raw
Inns county when they have any for
sale. B. E. Stires paid out in one day
about 1900 for poultry. over ten
thousand pounds, averaging about
6 cents per pound.
Alfalfa, hogs, corn, wheat and poul-
try which the people raise in the vi
cinity of Herndon has put many of
the farmers of Rawlins county in good
circumstances
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24
WHY HAIR FALLS OUT

Dandruff causes feverish irritation
of the scalp, the hair roots shrink,
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once and
rid the scalp of every particle of dan
druff. get a 25-cent bottle of DAN
derine at any drug store, pour a little
in your hand and rub well into the
scalp. After a few applications all
dandrutf disappears and the hair stops
coming ut.-Advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-24

Resinol Ointment and Resinol
Soap contain nothing that could
injure orirritate the tes,Gercst kin.
They clear away pimp'cs, richness
and-rouchness, stop dandruI, ard
form a most valuable household
treatment for sores cllahnCs, cuts,
burns, etc. Sold by all druggists.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1917-07-26
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS
John M. Reifsnider For Service Board,
And Robert E Lee to Accident
Commission

Governor Harrington yesterday an
nounced the appointment of Chair
man John Milton Reifsnider, of the
State Industrial Accident Commission
caused by the resignation of Philip d.
Laird. and the appointment of Robert
e. Lee, formerly secretary to Mayor
Preston. of Baltimore. to succeed Mr..
Reifsnider. Then he hastened to
take the boat for Cambridge.
1t was stated that Mr.. Reifsnider's
and Mr.. Lees commission would be
sent out at once, and that they could
swear in today, if they desired to do
so. However, it is supposed that
some days. possibly week. will be
required by Mr.. Reifsnider to finish
his pending work on the Accident
Commission. and Mr.. Lee, of course.
will cheerfully await Mr. Reifsnider's
convenience.
Mr.. Reifsnider will have about five
wears tenure on the Service Commits
sion. Mr. Laird was appointed about
one year ago for the regular term or
six years. Mr.. Lee will have little
over three years tenure on the Acct
dent Commission. Mr.. Reifsnider
was serving out the unexpired term
of the late Chairman John B. Hanna,
who was appointed in 1914 to serve
the six-year term. from October OF
that year. Mr.. Lee will serve until
the expiration OF that term.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1917-07-26
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
EXAMINE CUARDSMEN
All Local Soldiers Are In Gleeful
Spirits
FORMAL MUSTER TOMORROW
Lieut.. J. o. Johnson. Of 9th u. S. In
fantry, Takes Full Charge
OF Work

Lieut.. John o. Johnson, of the
Ninth Infantry, United States Army,
and Surgeon NJ. r. HeaIy, also of the
regular army, arrived in Annapolis
this morning and took charge of the
work in connection with mastering In
the members of the Annapolis units
of the Maryland National Guard, that
virtually became part of the contin-
gent of Federal troops yesterday, in
response TO the call sent out from the
War Department in Washington.
Immediately after the arrival of
the Federal officers, Surgeon Healy
began the physical examination of the
members of Company NJ, and he will
follow this up by examining the men,
bers of the Machine Gun Company,
and also the men who have enlisted in
| the Supply Company, all of which or
ganizations are a part Of the First In
fantry of the State Guardsmen. The
examining officers hope to complete
their work by tomorrow afternoon, so
I that the formalities of mastering the
local troopers into the Federal service
may be rounded up in jig time.
The work of passing upon those
men subject to the physical tests,
progressed favorvalby today, and in
the opinion of Lieut. Johnson, every
/ thing should be closed up by late to-
morrow afternoon. 1t is not unlikely
that number of the young men will
fail to measure up to the required
standard of the physical tests of the
army, but just how many of course
: is a question. Therefore, number
of those who because OF their anxiety
to get into active service, joined the
local companies, are on the anxious
bench
The routine of work for the sol
diers, as briefly outlined in last
nights Capital, got in full swing this
morning All of the regular mem
bers of the companies, and the re-
cruits reported in due time at 7.45
o'clock this morning, in accordance
with plans mapped out for their in
struction, and the Bladen street ar
mory took on real military appear
ance. Those of the men who were
not actually engaged in some form
of drill, were sitting around here and
there about the building, while others
were engaged in playing basketball,
or indulging in some other form of
exercise, in spite of the murky wealth.
er that made conditions almost un-
bearable to say the least.
While the soldiers are thoroughly
abreast of the arduous duty that con-
fronts them, all of them were in the
highest kind of spirits. In the mean
while the situation has put serious
crimp in the business activitie of the
city, as practically all of the soldiers
are young men who have been regu-
larly employed. Furthermore, the
departure of these men, coupled with
the many others already in the Fed
eral service. and still others who are
employed at munition plants or in
other industrial pursuits, will mean
much TO the merchants of the city.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1917-07-26

whereas, we. the County Commits
sioners of Queen Anne's county, Nd,
have learned through the public
press and from the residents of Kent
Island that the United States Gov
ernment is seriously contemplating
taking over the island for military
purposes. We. in regular session
passed the following resolution:
BE it reolved. That we the County
Commissioners of Queen Anne's coun-
ty. do earnestly protest against the
taking of Kent Island by the United
States Government or military or ma
val purposes of any kind or charac-
ter. whatsoever, realizing that It
will make homeless 5000 people and
viii take from the taxable basis OF
our county 81. 100000. without being
OF any benefit whatsoever. but, on
thee ontrary. a detriment and loss
that canont be repaired"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1917-07-26
FAVOR BOND ISSUES
FOR NEW BUDGET
S,o,lOrs Go On Record as Advoca-
ting Issue
TO CONFER ON FOOD BILL
American Officers, Back From France,
Say German West Line is Not
ImpregnabIe.

How 10 raise the $4,000. 600, 600
raBted by Secretary McAdoo for i'm
mediate uses, in addition to the ST.
e-o 900 900 carried in the pending
Var Revenue bill, was discussed by
the Senate Finance Committee yes
terdav. AT the end of the day Chair.
man simmons, said the committee
had come 10 no decision, but il ap-
peared that the majority favored adj
ding 81 900 100000 to the $1,670 ,000,-
OO0 levy as ii stands making $500
100000 in all as the war revenue levy.
The extra $1,O0O.0O0,0O0 would be
made up by a shortterm bond issue
As part Of the War Revenue bill.
The remaining S4.OOO,OOO,0O0 would
be put out as an independent bond is
sue on a 20-year basas.
Some Of the Senators urged in
ereasing the War Revenue bill by
applying tax upon consumers. But
the majority semed TO favor letting
the taxes fixed in the War Revenue
bin stand as they are and depend up
on bond issues for the money re-
quired
Secretary McAdoo's estimate, upon
which the Finance Committee will
proceed in providing for the $4,000
100000, is expected not later than
Friday. The committee believes it
can come to a decision within a day
or so thereafter.
In the debate on the River and Har-
bor bill Senator Smoot. n member OF
the Finance Committee, declared that
from advices that had come to the
Senate It would not be surprising If
considerably more than $5,000,000,-
600 additional would have to be pro-
yided for war purposes in the imme-
diate future. He suggested that $S,-
O0.000.0 600, in addition to the $4,000,
100000, might be required
Food Bill Sent To Conference.
Administration forces in the House
won victory when, on the rising
vote Of 1863 to 101 the Food Admins
ration bill was sent to conference
without instructions to the conferees
or separate vote on any of the SEN
ate amendments. Representative
Mann. the Republican floor leader,
abandoned his fight to force a sepa-
rate vote on the Senate proposal for
a joint committee of the two houses
to supervise war expenditures, which
Mr. Mann and many other Republi-
cans favored.
Thirty-one Republicans voted with
the Democrats to send the bill to con-
ference without instructions, and
when this vote had been taken-it
was on the previous question on the
special rule-the Republican floor
leader did not carry his fight further.
No rollcall was demanded on the spe-
cial rule by MIR. Mann.