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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
TO SPEND IA MILLION
100000 for Double Track-New
Bridge at st. Joe. 100000.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. president E.
E Calvin today announced that the
Union Pacific will spend S14,1S0,O00
on improvements this year. The an
nouncement was made upon CaIvin's
return from New York, where he con-
ferred with the board of directors
, OF this amount, 100000 will go
to complete the double track in Wyo-
mnig, making the road a double track
road turnout. Eight hundred thou
sand will be spent on a new bride on
the ST. Joseph & Grand Island, near
ST. Joseph, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

Rasputin, the monk, who has been
characterized for so long as the real
power behind the Russian throne, be-
cause of his unusual influence over
Car Nicholas, will soon be in Villas
class in one respect. He is reported
again as dead. But this is only the
t.-ird time for Rasputin so he has
some distance to go to equal Villas
record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
AN OLD Inn.

A patriarch asleep
Beneath the drowsy elms,
Calm in the old content
OF other centuries
What tales of merry hours his lips could
tell,
OF cronies old, of wistful face from far.
OF beggar filled, or birth night and burial
morn,
OF shy, coquettish, passing eyes-closed, ali,
for many years:
What tales-as one might speak
In reverfes, tenderly, brokenly,
OF vanished things, with pauses, hating
For recalling and a bit of
Dreaming; if he might awake AID speak
What happy hours
But he shall waken
Never.
Arthur Wallace Peach, in New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
81 ROY K. MOULToN.

How UnEind!
"Oh, my mother
Forbid me to
Dance
And I'm glad
She's not here for
To see,"
Said Miss Ethel Louisa May
Chance,
Who was clumsy
AS clumsy
Could be.
Said her partner, Don't
Worry, my DEAR
And his name
Was Theophilus Lansing,
For I'm sure if your mother WE'RE
Here,
She never would
Know you were
Dancingi"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
Cut Down on Operations.

Chicago. Jan 4.-Surgeons in the
past have been too ready to mutilate
the human body" DIR. D. A. X Steele
told the Chicago medical society last
night. Younger surgeons are becom-
ing more conservative and resort less
and less to operations, preferring to
allow nature to take its course when
expedient. he stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

Inc Waf1le-
Tho many are the foods that please,
tho many sorts of eating suit, tho
love apple pie and cheese, the waffle
is my favorite fruit! The waffle warm
and luscious brown, replete with syr-
ups toothsome juice, with what a zest
1 gulp it down, with what zeal-but
what's the use. Had 1 the fine poetic
way of Milton or of Avon's bard. then
I might sing a roundelay; but now L
find it rather hard to write rhap-
sody in rhyme, to MARBLE any sort of
stuff-oh, fairest dish of any cline,
L cannot praise thee half enough:
When on a morning 1 arise and go to
MUNICH my morning meal, and there
before my happy eyes the waffles lay
how glad I feel. When I am
plunged in deepest woe the waffle will
all cheer restore. I eat a score of
them or so and very often several
more. Lives there the man with soul
so dead or whose weak inner man is
such that never to himself he's said.
AZ love the waffle very much?" And
when 1 die if mine has been a life
adorned with gentle deeds, when I
have left the blight and sin of this sad
vale, its cares and needs, it is quite
needless to relate, I'll ask, when I at
last appear before St. Peter at the
gate. "Oh, sir, do you serve waffles
here?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

There were ninety-two deaths in
Kansas last year due to automobile
accidents, and the bulk of which re-
suited from reckless driving. This
seems to be altogether too big a toll
fo. nav to carelessness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

One of the Western Kansas editors
seems to know what he is talking about
when he advises the girls to stay away
from the cities and marry farmers if
they hope ever to ride in limousines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued from the
persons:
William NJ. Reamse. Topeka, age %. and
Emma L. Ferry, Topeka, age 20.
Bernard Gerety, Nortonville, age 23 and
Mamie Northrup, Nortonville, age D.
Chester L. Anderson, Topeka, and Allie
d. Weekly. Topeka. both over u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
Virginia Guards on Way Home

Houston, Jan. 1.-THE first Viz
ginia regiment. travelling in two sec
tions. passed thru Houston last night
en- route home to muster out after a
long stay on the border. The third
New York infantry arriv ID shortly
after the Virginians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
CYCLONE HITS SCHOOL
Fifteen Children Reported Killed Near
Blocker, Okla.

Muskogee, Okla, Jan. Fifteen
school children are reported killed
when cyclone destroyed the school
house, seven miles south of Blocker,
Okla, about noon today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

IL it completes the program it has on
hand, or the one that President Will
son has marked out for it, by
March 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

and the answers to them have made
things exciting for the gamblers in
Wall street and also in the grain
tnarts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

st. Paul. MINI. Jan. 4.-Tomnsy
Gibbons of st. Paul will meet Gus
Christie in a fifteen-round bout at
Dayton, o.. January &c. it was an
nounced here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

New York. Jan. 4.-MONEY-Mercantile
paper. 4M4A per cent Sterling, 60 day
bills. 4.T1k; commercial, 60 day bills on
banks, 4.I1A: commercial. 60 day bills,
III 81; demand; f-'otz cables, 40 s a1a
Marks. demand. 71A cables. 711z.. Kronen,
demand. In; cables, 77A. Builders. de-
mand, 40A cables, 405s. Lires, demand,
csc; cables, GS5. Rubles. demand, 29A I;
cables, 29zs. Bar silver, 75ssc: Mexican dol
lars, 5S1sc. Government bonds, steady;
railroad bonds firm. Time loans, easy |;
GO and 90 days. 3I5M3r4 6 months, 81 "A.
Call money. steady: high, 2E low. pa /;
ruling rate. pa; last loan, 212 closing bid
PA offered at Ply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

e. Henderson, who lives in a room
ing house on Branner street, COM
planned to the county attorney that his
overcoat, his suit. his shirts, collars
and neckties and grip left his room
about the same time young fellow
named Prince left the city. He asked
for a warrant for Prince charging
him with the theft of the wearing APP
parel and it was issued. Prince is be-
lieved to be in Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

Safety razor blades sharpened bet
Ter than new. 25c-35c dOZ- Brunt-
Martin Drug Co.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
LOCAL MENTION

The preliminary report filed by H
Z. tucker, receiver for the Queen City
On q Gas company, in the district
Oil & Gaas company, in the district
court states that it will take a month
more to untangle the affairs of the
companies. Eastern stockholders
brought the receivership proceedings
in order to get an accounting. 1t was
stated in the petition that the affairs
OF the two companies were so badly
tangled that the stockholders could
not learn where they stood. j. f. w.
Renker, manager of both companies.
maintained that all the debts would
be met promptly and that the CORPORA
tions were solvent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
OIL BREAKS RECORD
Crude Jumps to Sis. % Cent In
crease Posted.

Tulsa, Okla, Jan. 4-The Texas
company at . o'clock today announced
an increase of 25 cents barrel in
mid-continent crude OIL This advance
makes the price $1.75 per barrel, a
record price for Oklahoma oil.
Ardmore, Okla, Jan 4.-The Mag
nolia Petroleum company advanced
the price of Healdton crude oil today
to 80 cents a barrel, an increase of 5
cents over yesterdays quotation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

Wall st, New York. Jan. 4.-STOCKS-
Steel. Utah Copper and active specialties
were ut lowest price in the last hour. The
closing heavy
Calls CT the early days Of the week were
largely surrendered today losses of to q
points being made by leading stocks ON
heavy offerings by the trading element
Sales Appropriated 1.4oGC00 shares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

Hugh Larimer, sheriff-elect, who
has been threatened with pneumonia
for several days, was not SO well to-
day as he was Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04
Full, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

is a member of the
receives the full day
that great news or
exclusive afternoon
in The State Journal
r this sole purpose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

F. A. Rooster. d. D. s., 7lG Mills
Bldg. Special attention given to pyor-
rhea and oral prophyla xis.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

Commissioner w. L. Porter denied
today a story afloat that Sam Stewart
is drawing a full salary during the coll
lege year for bookkeeping at the city
crematory. Since school commenced
Stewards salary has been cut to SIS a
month, according to Porter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

New York Cotton Market
New York. Jan 4.-COTTON-Spof
quiet; middling upland, 17.75. Sales 200
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-04

Manhattan Cleaners. Phone 1853.
Adv.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-07

the state ticket would be over-thrown.
 Whatever else may be said, it Is Hylan and Tammany for four years. New York elected them, New York will abide by them. There will of course, be little touch of Hearst, but that must be the reward of staunch Weighing the good against the bad, the situation in which New York finds itself this morning Is no cause for su- preme worry even on the part of those who were bitterly aligned against. Hylan
 Sportsmanship Is the keynote of American politics. That IS why deni- zens of other nations cannot under stand the American temperament. That is why the Kaiser has erred in his many under-hand drives against the people of this nation. He has al- ways sent his paid agents and dis turbers of the peace into the fight here with the thought that the nation would be disrupted. And, when all is said and done, the American people after any election, in nation, or state or city, go back to the even tenor of their way and merely wait until the voting booths open at a future time.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-07
THE STAMP OF APPROVAL.

sf Governor Mccall of Massachusetts '1etprned to office by an overwhelm-
 m majority offers proof positive that
 nrty lines are almost totally obliter-
 k6d during this war. The nation to So successful must stand firmly and l1uArely behind the President of the limited States. In turn, each Cover nor of sovereign state must uphold 3Ae hands or the nations chief execu- ,4sye. In their turn the people must
 Npport their war governors when s4ch governors are filled with the
 Sith of the fathers, when they do not
 clate the trust placed with them.
 evernor Mccall of Massachusetts has en patriotic man and good war
 yernor all through these trying days. s..e people of his neighboring state i&fye reason to rejoice with. him in 1Kh confidence expressed in his ad- by the electorate of the lily State in yesterdays election.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-07

off the women who stood guard duty at the Presidents hofne: that 1t was rather the jail sentences meted out by the police courts in the District of Columbia. We believe otherwise, and shall so believe until the contrary is proven. The women who undertook that work were persistent if nothing else. jail sentence meant nothing to them, so long as they could be martyrs for their god. suffrage. Hay ing fared so we'll in New York the suffragists will do well to leave picket duty" at the White House to those disloyal souls who have no other thought in mind than the embarrass- ment of the President. ..
New Britain herald., 1917-11-07
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY FITZFIUGH GREEN, U. S. N.
The Galleas

l No, it isn't any kind of mule. It's Naval alright. good Amertcan name, assure you and, like dynamo, I derived from the ancient Greek. The Galleass was the Father of Dread | naughts, the original all big-gun ship. The Adam of a race of battleships we now pay billions to build.
 Most likely the English Admiralty Board that designed the original Dreadnaught, H. M. s. and all that wouldn't have known a Galieass from 1 a topsail-yard. Just on hearing /the name they might have put it down as some new kind of treacle.
 The Lord High Admiral of the Home Fleet was good and wrong for once when in 1907 he claimed England had made the greatest single advance in~ marine construction within the his- tory of naval warfare. MT. Don Juan of Austria had his patents in for this particular type of ship some four centuries before modern armor was even invented. And what's more the old Don's Dreadnaught made more character in one afternoon than the present Admiral's has in ten years.
 I can't go into the technique of the thing. But the term Dreadnaugbt
  ing all guns the largest and longest calibre, and of the same calibre throughout. The old type with tur. rets and broadside rifles both was like a fighter who can sidestep with cross cut to jaw, double-counter to the brachial plexus, and kidney-hit in the clinch. The Dreadnaught's par allel is brass -knucked thug who crashes straight in and with one sledge- hammer blow sends the fancy dancer into a two-hour trance.
 Don's realization of this was a for tuitous hunch, meaning just in the nick of time. For Don Juan of Aus tria was Christian leader against the Turks in 1871 at point in his- tory when Christianity didn't have a twenty-eight million dollar con- grees on its side.
 Although Salamis, the first naval battle in the world, had been fought A2,000 years before, warships were still propelled by man pulled oars. Don Juan had no more ships than did the enemy. His Galleys and his Gal liots were, however, A-number-o next years model, with streamline bodies The great and bloody Bat tic of Lepanto was impending. In all 500 vessels and 100000 men were fated to engage. Things looked like an even break. Even the Wall street verdict was 50-50, money get ting tighter every night.
 But they didn't figure on Don Juan's Dreadnaught. Censorship must have been stricter in those days than now.
 His idea was concentration. He concentrated weight in the vessels bow; built 1t high and heavy and by his armament, heavy hitting. He
New Britain herald., 1917-11-07
"Argyin'."

 low the game s old's the moon, A strange idea, perhaps, of Eyes An Adams on that natal noon. When they discussed the style O
 leaves, An quarreled about her Sunday
 clothes;
 ("Not much t quarrel bout" you
 say) reckon not, but players knows That's the game, as people play! Tho game? It. homely name might
 stop
 Your interest, but years ago Twas coined in cobbler's shop When or John Thurlow dubbed it
 so:
 "Argyin'." You take two men, Or three perhaps, With each fairly level head, Whose knowledge principally is
 scraps,
 Whose subjects, too, are limited: A drink of cider made last fall A-bubblin, in each earthen mug, An "Hillside Navy" huff for all, An mebbe have an extry plug. An then v got it! Me-O-ny! An eighteen karat-no alloy They ain't no pleasure, low CT high, Comparin' with the pure joy
 'Argyin'.'' It never made no diffurence then What kind O man Apo Lincoln was, Ner Davis, but if you could been A-listenin' you'd think 1t dug! Ner epizootic want 8 pint 'Twa vital to us, nary one Ner roomatics ner "watery j'int," Ner how the world was fust begun; An yet we talked 'em pro an con Elucidatin' 'em a lot! What fun we had in rilin' John An Oh, the simpul joy we got / ,-"Argyin'." Of all the spots I'd -ruther be From Bangor, Maine, to Fundy's
 shore, The one that most appeals to me Is there in Johnnie Thurlows store! There's nothin' like it. sakes alive, Like Johnnie's wo-bynuthin' shop. Fore John got crowdin' sixty-f1ve An I got kind O. thin on top When we all used t gether there While Johnnie begged his cobbler's
 tune An we drunk cider, rich an clare, An whittled up the afternoon
 "Argyin'." John D. Wells in the Buffalo Eve
 ming News.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-07
COMMUNICATED
HORWITZ WRITES.
Acting First Sergeant at Fort Ethan
 Allen Tells About Y. M. c. A.

Acting First Sergeant at Fort Ethan
 Allen Tells About Y. M. c. A. To the Editor:
 During this time of endeavori on the part of the Y. M G. A. to raise fund of $S5, 5,0O0,OOO for work among the Army and Navy of this country and of our Allies. I felt that perhaps a letter of appreciation from one of the boys" who is being benefited by this very work might not come in amiss and trust that you will be willing to give 1t space in your columns. My first experience with the Y M c. A. war work came in when l went to the border and served at McAllen, Texas. There the Y. M. c. A. shack, in the hands of capable secretaries, occupied a prominent part in the life of the soldier in camp and did not a little to make his tour of duty more pleas urable to him, and more satisfactory to his government. in that through the association with the Y. M. c. A. the men were Kept fit both physically and morally. This work Is today be- ing carried on in even a larger scale and at, Fort Ethan Allen the Green Shack of the Y. M. c. A. has been one of the most popular buildings on the reservation. Here the soldier not only has found paper and enve- lopes for his correspondence, but ample space in which to write. He Is encouraged to do so, is given the advantage of classes in French and other subjects which will be of marked benefit to him. and also has opportunities for athletics and other recreation, so necessary to the life and vi1l of American manhood, that could not be afforded otherwise. l feel cer- tain that anyone looking into one of these Y. M. c. A. shacks during the recreation hours of the day would feel that the work they were doing was justificable and that it is most deserving of being carried along. I. personally, know that many boys from New Britain, and for that matter from the entire country, feel this way, and that the Y. M. c. A., if forced to stop its activities would be most seriously missed. Thanking you in advance for this favor I am,
 Very Sincerely Yours,
 JACK H. HORWITZ, Acting First Sergeant,
 Co. D., M. D. T. N.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-07

ain. It might be supposed that tho trolley company would have realized the necessity for a frequent service between the two cities during the evening. The least that could have been done would have been to keep up the fifteen minute schedule which is maintained during a part of the day. The powers that regulate the policy of the company apparently never even thought they owed the pubic something in the way of ser vice. If they did think of it, they inn mediately buried it deep.
 As result of this broad-minded conception of the duty of the com- pany the cars were packed. damned and stuffed. People stood on each other. sat on each other, leaned on each other. prodded each other with their elbows, poked each other with canes when they had them, and gen. orally struggled and fought for plnce-not in the snp-but in the cola storage cars of the beneficent- com- tpany which was allowing them inc inestimable privilege of riding.
 An inspector or official of some sort was ut the terminal in Hartford ana he literally herded the people lnto the cars. The struggling mass "r11neo and wriggled itself, bit by plt, up the steps and inside the doors under ms direction and with frequent admonl- tions from him to "step up Iroht, and to make more room ana tnls when the car was alrcady stuHeo as full as a generous Thanksg1Nlns turkey. He only needed an ox-wnlp to make good the resemblance to a .t1 disgraccful, viewed from either the standpoint of personal decency, or public service.
 have lived in various localities. In the largest city in the world and in the Hub. I have been in London and Paris, in Chicago and Washington. AS far as nv experience goes, I can con- fer upon the New Britain Hartford trolley service, the distinction of be- ing the rottenest service I have ever found,--eiven the size of the two c1- ties and general conditions.
 The people who patronize this line get the treatment of cattle and are presumably so looked upon. The ex-s perience of that evening is one or many, only somewhat aggravated. m the course of a year and hal1 or frequent trips between New Britain and Hartford, have rarely ridden in even to1erable comfort.
 Now, in view of this service, when the company puts up the fare, can they wonder that they get small sym pathy? Is 1t strange that the pub- lie looks upon companies of this Klno as tyrants rather than servants as thev should be--and that the cry arises for government ownership?
 Such ownership might be-as MT. Gautt says-but temporary, and It might be-as it's opponents say more unsatisfactory than present oxvnershin: but we poor mortals who have not vet achieved the proud d1s- tinction of a motor car. and who are obliged to ride in the troHeys in con sentence, would be mighty glad to see 1t tried.
 LILLIAN R. BEARDSLE4.
 November 5, 1917.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-07
LHUGH GREEN, U. s. N.

concentrated his guns, and his mon at the guns, and his ammunition be- hind the men. Until finally he had 8
 bull-necked thug of a battleship that could wade with one powerful thrust into the crafty enemy's offsnse and, scuttle his battle line stern first
 Ali Pasha was the Moslem leader. He stood on the hagship's bridge that medieval afternoon smoking an Egyptian straight when a sail was sighted on the horizon. Another rose; and then another. Its him." said Ali ungrammatically to his Mate. Give her ten more, and sig nal it." He meant set the 200 galley slaves up to ten more strokes mir- ute and wig wag this change of speed to the engineer officers of the other ships.
 Suddenly tho Idol-Worshipper started. "Quartermaster." he broke out hoarsely, whats that Oil the Enemy's left?" This was before the day of telescopes. The grizzled mar finer only squinted before he an- swered. Dunno, Most High Sir; but if 1t ain't floating island it sure Is some Whizz of ship!"
 1t was Don Juan's Dreadnausht. She steamed at the columns head. Majesty was in the grim steadiness of her attack. Small fry in front didn't even splinter her solid brow. The second line crumpled like Fora in a collision. And, by tho time All Pasha was reached. the hat tie was won. More than 3O,0OO Turks lay dead or dying on the blood -splat- tered decks of their shattered craft.
 Or course the facts and dates and names are interesting. They are all In our Naval Histories. But most curious Is Mans forgetfulness. Now adays with exclamation we greet as [ a new and finished design this type Of vessel 50 old and so perfect that almost singlehanded she won the Battle of Lepanto. And so crushing was the Turkish defeat that never again could cared galleys stand bat tie. The Dreadnaught was supreme
 And still is. despite our under water troubles.