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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-23
MELROSE.

Mr.. Charles Barnhart, merchant or
Deep Run, who had his leg broken IN
a fall about a week ago, and became
effected with gangrene, had the leg
amputated last Thursday. The opef-
alton was performed by DR.. }. 5. Zelg-
Ter, of this place, and DR.. T. RI. VERT
and DIR. G.. A. Keagy. of Hanover, Ia.
Your correspondent received let
ter from Private John d. Miller, who
enlisted in the United States Marine
CORPS about a year ago. He is in the
Second Regiment, Twentieth Com
panv, stationed at Port au Prince,
Haiti.
On Wednesday evening last party
OF Young folks enjoyed themselves
skating on Mr. Charles Tracey's pond.
near here. Those in the party were
Misses Mary Roger. Emma Shatfer,
Lucille Roger, Corinne Roger, Ellie
Sullivan, Sadie Sullivan, Messrs. Geo.
Tracey, Vernon Sullivan, Jesse
Tracey, MI ton Sullivan, David Frock,
James and John Thurman, Malcolm
Frock, Gilbert Markle and Carroll
Frock. The ice was 913 inches thick.
Those that visited at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Black on Sunday
evening
Little. Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin StreVlg,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shaffer, Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Black, Messrs. John
Miller, Earl Keeney, Edward Zepp'
VIM. Zepp, Maurice Thurman, John
Menchey, Maurice and Cletus Black,
Misses Lesta Lands, Hilda and Elsie
Shaffer, Helen Strevig, Hilda Black,
Della Zepp and Mary Little.
Those that visited at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Black on Tues
day last were: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Yingling, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shat
fer, Messrs John Black, Andrew
Black, Harry Black, Misses Treva and
Corinne Black, Hilda and Elsie Shat
fer. They were all entertained by
some fine selections on the grafonola.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gregg and
daughter, Margaret, visited relatives
at and near this place, on Sunday and
Monday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Monath spent the
weeks end with relatives in Baitl-
more, Md.
On st. Valentines Day, Messrs. Geo.
Zepp, aged SO years; Beniah Bankert,
aged 50 years, and John Geiman, aged
rs years, three of our oldest citizens
in this community, happened to meet
in Mr.. Jacob M. Folks store and had
long chat about their boyhood days.
They are all in good health and they
would like to hear from another com
munity that can boast of such aged
people, who are in good health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Warehime, of
Greenmount, visited the latter's
brother, Mr.. Emanuel Sellers, and
family, on Sunday last.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-23
LADIES' HOSE Zoe
FRUIT OF LOOM MUSLIN nc YARD.

One of the best brands of beached muslin made.
Regular price is 15c, but as we have about sou
yards of short lengths of from to 20 yards each we
say lac yard New, clean, perfect goods.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-23

moved to Hampstead last Monday.
Mr.. Harry Baker attended the flu
neral of his brother-in-law Sunday.
He was drowned in the Hamden
reservoir last week.
Roy Dell, of Baltimore, spent few
days of last week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Grant Dell.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-23
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church

Morning Worship 1890. Sermon
Subject, Gods Care" Special music
by quartet. Evening service 7.30,
subject, "Christ's Power to Keep U.s.
Sunday school 915 a. m. Prayer
meeting, Wednesday, 100 p. m, sub
ject, PRAYERS of Solomon" e. IT.
MOWbray, pastor.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-23
WOOdblne Charge, Lutheran.

Services in the interest of Foreign
Missions will be held at Calvary
Church, Woodbine, at 1870 q. m.
Messiah Church-2.30 p. N. Sunday
school at $50 a. m, and ? p. m, at
each church respectively. G. W.
Baughman, pastor.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-23
Salem Lutheran Charge.

St. eniamin's-Sunday school, 8
a. m Services, 10 a. M. St Johns S
Sunday school, l p. m. Services at
, p. m, by a missionary from Mace
dOnia
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-23
PUBLIC SALE!

Intending to quit farming, | will
offer at bile sale on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
PROBLEM
Crowded Tenements Alarming.
Iy Reduce Birth Rate.
Only ~ Per Cent of Men Phys
icalIy Fit for Army.

erlin,S,Feb. 26.-Under the leader
ship of former Secretary of State DR..
Bernhard Dernburg, the so-called
Greater Berlin association for the In
stitution of Small Homes is trying to
arouse the city to the present evils of
tenement house living and its closely
related problems of childless families.
Partly because of the tenements,
one-fourth of all marriages are now
childless. Since 1890 the number of
first born children has gone back by
20 per cent, the number of second
born by AZ per cent, the number of
third born by SO per cent, and the
number of fourth born and beyond by
10 per cent. During the same period
the deaths from tuberculosis in the
city averag ed 20 per cent of all deaths,
while in the province of Brandenburg,
in which Berlin lies, the average was
only 1874 per cent, and in East PruS-
STA but 11.9 per cent.
In Berlin, where IT'S per cent of
the inhabitants live in tenements, only
AZ per cent of the males of military
age were fit for military service, while
in Dusseldorf, for example, where
only 20.7 per cent of the population is
similarly housed, 65.S per cent have
been found to be physically equipped
for the army and navy.
The remedy for the situation, or one
feasible remedy at least, the tenement
refOrmers believed, lies with the state,
which owns in the neighborhood of
Berlin vast tracts of semi forest land
which is of little value as such, but
which could easily and advantageously
be transformed into colonies of one
family dwellings.
Within a radius of twelve or thir-
teen miles of Berlin, Prussia owns suf-
ficient land, it is maintained, to ac-
commodate comfortably and healthily
between 100000 and 100000 persons
in single family houses with connect
ing gardens, and which could be sold
on easy terms to middle class families
both to their advantage and to the
profit of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

other branch of sport has been al
tered Frequent changes in the rules
and consequent shifting of conditions
have kept such sports from growing
But baseball has stood out perfected
game in itself, and the solons of the
ma stirnc can see no reason for chang
ing the order of things.
Should radical changes be made in
the rules the favorite Winter pastime
of comparing players and their rec
ords would fade out in short time,
and it would take years before it
could be restored.
Imagine a scribe attempting to
compare a player who had established
records five or ten years ago with
enc of our present day stars if the
rules today were vastly different. 1t
simply could not be done, for the
made under different rules and diff
ferent conditions, and there would be
no loophole for the comparison.
And don't think for a moment that
the Winter league dope doesn't hold
a high place in the estimation of the
fms. Baseball's solons know it, and
they realize the advantage of it. The
good old dope has helped to make
baseball a national institution.
let Well Enough Alone.
So the passing up of many sugges-
tions that have been made from time
to time for altering the pitching, bat
ting and base-running rules has been
a wise move on the part of the rules
committeeman, and, as one prominent
baseball man said recently:
THE game is satisfactory as It
stands today because it is no easy
matter to get a runner around the
bases, and the fans realize that the
making of a run requires hard work.
| wouldn't undermine the foundation
of the game by tampering with the
rules, for the fans are satisfied and
baseball owes its popularity largely
to the fact that it is built on a solid
and lasting foundation"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
TO HELP LOT GARDENS
Chamber of Commerce Members Plan
To Get Behind Porter Move.

A meeting of the board of directors
of the Chamber of Commerce is held
today noon to consider the PROPOSE
ton submitted by Commissioner w. l..
Porter, encouraging the gardening of
the vacant lots of Topeka by offering
premiums and also to discuss the
raising of a fund to enable the poor
people of Topeka to buy seed pota-
toes.
The listing of all the vacant lots
in Topeka by special force from the
department of Commissioner Porter
has almost been completed. 1t is I'M
derstood that more than 1900 nave
been counted to date. Next the con-
sent of the owners to the farming OF
the lots must be obtained and from
advance indications it appears there
will be little difficulty in that dlrec-
ton Many owners have notified FOR
ter of their willingness to cooperate
with his department in its endeaVor
to alleviate the distress resulting from
the H C. of L. and especially the
high cost of potatoes.
According to J. Will Kelley there is
an encouraging disposition IN the PAL
of business men of the city 10 create
a fund to enable the would be Safoen-
ers who are too poor to pay sl.uo
peck for spudS to secure seed potatoes.
Several phone calls were received at
the Chamber of Commerce this morn
ing urging action by that organlzatioh
and offering to subscribe to such u
fund. The details of the plan will be
worked out at the meeting Monday
noon
From the interest being manifested
in tho scheme it would appear that
the /, 500 people who at some time or
other during the winter have been de-
pendent upon charity, may have
weapon against the H. c. L. The acre
age of the vacant lots in Topeka would
amount to in the neighborhood of 200
acres according to Porter, which if
it were all farmed intensively and
carefully, would yield a good many
thousands bushels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
WAR SHOES PHONEY
Patrons Find SO Ones Are Paper and
shops Are Closed in Fear of MObs.

Rome, Feb. 26.-An investigation of
the shoe industry has revealed that
the retail stores have been flooded
with footwear made of vanished
cloth, paper soles, sold to women and
children at prices varying from SIS to
$40.
One dissatisfied customer lodged a
complaint of fraud against the seller
of Shoes" whereupon the association
of shoe dealers voted to close up their
shops and not sell any more cloth and
paper until the public had digested
their wrath
The newspaper comment has been
to the effect that, since sole leather is
lacking for the making of sandals of
the old Roman type, the public must
either wear old shoes bought before
the war and made of real leather, or
else return to the wooden shoe of the
peasant until such time as the shoe
dealers lower their prices for real
leather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
JUST like SPUDS
Baseball Is a Staple Product
One Always Good.
Making Changes in Rules Would
Tend to Hurt Game.
BY JACK VEIOCK.

New York, Feb. 26.-The resound-
ing crack of the willow against the
leather and the wild rawlings of teem-
ing stands as the winning run fllters
across the platter, coupled with the
thousand and one thrills provided LOT
the bugs during the summer months
unite to make baseball our greatest
national pastime.
But the good old stove league does
its share. The busy scribes delVe INTO
records and dig up yarns which keep
the fans from starving to death LOT
baseball dope while frosty blasts are
blowing thru the bleachers. Every
writer of baseball contributes his log
to the stove league fire, which burns
bright and warm from Turkey DAY
until the baseballing stars trek OH
to the southland. He compares the
shortstops of five and ten years ago,
and the bugs eat up the dope lie
digs up pitching records and base
running records and his dopey yarns
take the place of the box scores
without winter league chatter the
baseball fan would be a rather lone
some individual and without the
chance of comparing the stars OF to-
day with the idols of yesteryear the
scribe would find it hard to do his
share.
Rules Satisfactory.
When the major leagues held their
schedule meetings here "A short time
ago it was confidently expected that
the members of the rules committee
would get together and make few
alteration in the baseball code as 1t
stands today.
But the rules committee did moth
ing of the kind. The wise old heads
who are in control of baseball are sat
isfied with the rules, and for obvious
reasons
Suppose measures should be taken
to increase hitting, make it tougher
for the pitcher to retire batsmen and
handicap the base runners. Suppose
steps to make the work of the field
crs more flashy were agreed upon
by the baseball doctors and the whole
baseball code be generally shaken up.
Would the game profit by it in the
end?
We do not believe it would. And
here is the reason as we see it:
Baseball has stood for years as the
most popular of all sports. 1t has
become firmly esta blshed in the
hearts of the spOrt-lOving public be-
cause it is being offered from year to
year as a stable attraction.
Few Changes in 10 Years.
The game as it is served up to the
public today has suffered few alter
atoms in the last ten years, and this
fact has done much to keep it fore
most among sports. Almost every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
ARMY MEN TO FRANCE
Aviators To Be Schooled in Latest Air
Battle Equipment.

San Diego. Feb. 26.-Lieuts. ]. E.
Carberry, Willard F. Harmon, jr., and
Davenport Johnson, army aviators
who have been ordered to France for
special training in military aeronau-
tics are graduates of the North Island
aviation school here. Friends of the
trio here said today that the three Of
ficers would proceed to the famous
aviation school at Buc for instruction
in plotting single-seated battle planes
equipped with machine guns.
Lieutenat Carberry was a member
of the first class of Junior aviators
graduated from the North Island
school. He won the Mackay trophy in
1914. Lieutenants Harmon and john
son, who were graduated here last
year, have been stationed with the
First Aero squadron at Columbus,
N. III
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
FREDDIE WELSH EXPECTS
TO MAKE CLEANUP SOON

Freddie Welsh, lightweight
champion, evidently intends to
participate in a series OF bouts be-
fore his retirement from ring com
Datition. which is announced for
iIuIv. The English boxer has taken
himself to the Adirondack noun
tains for a fifteen-days' hunting
trip. which will wind up with a
period of vigorous training and eX-
poets to be ready by the first week
in March for the first of number
of matches for which he is being
booked by his manager, Harry Pol
lok. Welsh is accompanied on his
trip by Charlie Weinert, the New
ark heavyweight, who announces
that he will be primed for fresh
bid for ring honors by the end of
this month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
REV. D. A. SHUT DEAD
Former Topeka Pastor Passes Away
at Burlingame, Kan.

Burlingame, Kan, Feb. 26.-The
Rev. d. a. Shut pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church of Bur-
ingame, passed away at his home in
this city Saturday evening about 10
O'Clock, after an illness of several
weeks.
The Rev. Mr.. Shut served several
years in Topeka pastorates. at Walnut
Grove church and later at the East
Side Methodist. Funeral arrange
ments have not yet been completed,
but the burial will be in a Topeka
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
NEW MAT CHAMPION
Jack Fisher Wins Lightweight Crown
From Wasem in Sunday Match.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 26.-Jack Fish
er. Dallas, Texas, is sportdom's new
est champion. By throwing AL
Wasem, of Clifton, Ariz., in straight
falls he won the lightweight wrest-
ling crown.
There was nothing lucky in Fish
er's flops, a half Nelson combined
with a full bar lock putting Wasem on
his back for the first fall in 10 min
utes and 10 seconds. In the second
fall. Fisher applied the wing lock
with a hammer lock. The last fall
required just five minutes longer than
the first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
PIRATES HOLDING OUT?
Five of Them, Including Wagner
Have Not Signed New Contract.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 26.-Five
members OF the Pittsburg National
league club have failed to sign 1917
contracts, according to President Bar
ney Dreyfus. Among them are the
veteran Honus Wagner and Max
Carey, star outfielder.
Wagner seldom returns his contract
until several days before the players
depart on the spring training trip, so
President Dreyfus does not view his
delay with concern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
ODDITIES
CULLED FROM
DAYS NEWS

CHICAGO.-Roy C. Noland stu
dent, who wrote endless love letters
to Miss Mildred Mccormick, society
belle, is in love, according to Judge
Scully. Physicians at the detention
hospital, where he is being held, say
he is suffering from "dementia prae-
cox"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
Old Player Wants To Be Scout.

Peoria, Ill, Feb. 26.-Harry Bay,
former outfielder with the Cleveland
Americans, who is now living here,
wants to become a scout for the Bos-
ton club of the American league. Bay
and Harry Frazee, one of the new
owners of the Red Sox, were play
mates together in Peoria. Frazee is
well fortified with scouts, but for old
times sake may give Harry a Job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

One thing that has held back Topeka has
been the uncertainty about getting terri
torial rights. 1t was stated by Western
league officials that this territory would
be held by the Zehrung loop. But this
column can now positively state that the
Western league cannot hold the territory
and that it can be entered in a new pro-
tected league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

CHICAGO.-Friday the "23rd" and
bad number 13' proved too much for
Anthony Putkull, preparing for an
operation. He dropped thru the win
dow, appendix and all, and fled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
Speed Skating CARNIVAL.

Chicago, Feb. 26.-The internation-
al indoor speed skating championships
Will be held in Pittsburg, March Z and
5. Chicago will send a large entry list
headed by Arthur Staff, who recently
won the International outdoor cham
pionship at Saranac Lake, n. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
New York Bank CIearings.

New York. Feb. 26.-Bank clearings in the
United States for the week ending February
81, SIG, 644,OOO against S4.714.657, 900 the
previoups week and So, 951, no. 600 in the cor
spending week last year. Following are
the returns for this week and last, with
percentages of change: Pet Pct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

Charles f. Van Loan pulled pretty goo(
sport story in last weeks Saturday Even
ing Post. 1t gives a vivid picture of Chi
nese gambling the Pacific Coast ant
mixes Chink dice and American horse rae
ing in pleasing manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
sherwood Magee Signs Up

Boston Feb. 26.-Sherwood R. Ma
gee, outffelder of the Boston Nation
ais. has accepted the clubs terms
Walter Mararville, the clubs short
stop, is the principal remaining hold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

The day the is run is very foggy
and when the horses make false start the
jockey hero puts one over by not re-
turning to the barrier. trusting to the fog
to prevent the discovery of his trick. In
start on the field and wins the race in a
walk. The Chink wins fortune and then
gives half of it to the boy who is badly
in need TO cash to send his sister away
for her health. 1t is a good story, even
tho fa fetched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

A Johnny laundrymau gives a young
American Jockey credit and the jockey in
turn gives him wild tip on horse he
won a race in his life. The Chinaman wins
d wad of money in a lottery and then he
goes to the race track to play his tip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

Turgeon also says that Bernard White
of Hutchinson, former State league mag
nate, would likely take an interest in the
organization of a new league if he thought
it could be made a success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

HIRAM, OHIO.-Hiram col e g e
jumped into the elite class when the
boys staged an egg fight. Eggs were
so scrambled over the furniture that
mops and scrub brushes were used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
STEPHENVILLE. ,

Adams is not worrying about his
lungs, altho in test of their strength
he subjected himself to a doctors bill.
He fractured two of his ribs when
he SneeZed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

This column is in receipt of another let
ter from Paul Turgeon, formerly of the
Kansas. State league, who is still enthus-
iastic about reviving the league. His letter
intimates that he will make a trip to En-
poria i'll the near future in an effort to stir
up interest there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

Also, Topekans and Washburnites should
encourage the efforts DIR. Kennedy is max
ing to establish relations with Drake. The
Iowa school has good reputation, it turns
out excellent teams and is situated so
that it can naturally fit into schedules. An
other advantage is that it plays many
schools Washburn hopes to play in the
future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

But things may be expected to change
fronts in few years at least. In the first
place, the Aggies will be more accustom-
ed to the prominent position they have
attained and will undoubtedly hold. And,
in the second place. Washburn may be ex-
pected to be a more worthy rival than
she has been in the past.
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and fine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

OF course. the Aggies can hardly be
expected to look with favor upon any pro-
position to bind them to a long time con-
tract under these conditions. Just now
they naturally feel that they are entitled
to cream picking and that Washburn
is not exactly cream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

In few years this game could be made
one of the biggest all-kansas clashes in the
state, and it would give a prestige to the
meeting of the two schools that never could
be gained by alternating the games and
PLAYING them on different dates each year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26
Sport Wheezes
by CLUG

The plans of DIR. Kennedy to make the
Washburn-Aggie football game one of the
big sport events of the year in Topeka and
to have the game played here every Thanks
gridiron followers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

Marquisette
curtains $1.19
PA yard Curtains of an excellent
wearing quality of marquisette. fin
ished with n inch hemstitched
hems-most exceptional, IN
indeed, at per pair ....... LIZ
save on these, too
Up to 4Oc Bungalow and Novelty
Nets: So to 44-inch widths in
white and ecru-a number of
odd bolts priced to close, IN.
per yard. -............. Il ~
Up to $500 "Sunfast" Madras; the
As and 50-inch widths in green,
tan and brown: enough for two
or three windows in each piece
priced to close, no.
per yard JOG
Up to soc Cretonnes: a great lot of
odd pieces ranging in length
from four to ten yards; most all
colors and patterns-to be closed
out at the remarkably low price
of, per 101
ydTu x6SO
4th FIoor-Pelletier's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-26

Hundreds and hundreds of
white and flesh color Teddy
Bears, Gowns. Petticoats, Che
mise and Slips worth up to $50
choice of this fine no.