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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19
CAUTION AGAINST
USE OF SACCHERN

Washington. D. c.. Dec. 1S-Owing
to the scarcity of sugar in many sec
tions Of the country. some folks ara
resorting to saccherin to sweeteI1
their eatables, but it is very I'M
wise practice, in the opinion OF the
medical experts.
Saccherin is only a drug which
should be issued purely to disbetlc
subjects. Taken by them in reason
able doses it is beneficial rather than
harmful, but taken over long periods
or in excessive doses it causes d.
gestive disturbances because it is a
constant irritant to the stomach.
Sugar is a food, saccher1n is only
q chemical substance. Being de-
rived from coaltar it is only reason
able to suppose that it contains some
undesirable properties, for all things
extracted from that species" has
some drawback or another. Some
eminent medical authorities declare
that sacchar.n produces what is called
pitch cancer, but it has to be taken
very freely before anything so terri
BILE results.
1t is perfectly proper, of course,
for physician to order sacchar n.
for he knows his patient. At the
same time it is well for the every
day housewife to know thatat no time
is the drug suitable as substitute
for sweetening jams, cakes and the
like.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19
BULLETIN ON THE
THRIFT CAMPAIGN

The following bulletin concerning
the Thrift Campaign was received by
Postmaster Hancock yesterday from
state campaign headquarters:
Primers are now being sent out
by the Postoffice department. This
will be continued until they reach
not only all the rural families. but
every family in the entire country.
This will relieve the county ha.rmen
from the necessity of distributing
the pamphlets we are sendiny you,
through your own organization. The
supply being sent you from the Flor
ida Headquarters will, however. be
available for such use as you may
deem necessary.
ANY postmaster is now authorized
since there is no provision to the con-
trary, to accept the SIGNATURE of an
infant on the certificate at the tine
of is prepayment, either by the nat
ural guardian, that is by the father
or mother, or any legal guardian
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19
YOUNGEST MEMBER
OF THE RED CROSS

David Ray Mackey. OF 500 n. Al
caniz street, age 48 hours Joined the
Red Cross yesterday, and has the dis
tinction OF being the youngest mem-
Der Of this great organization in the
United States. Mr.. Mackey Joined by
proxy yesterday afternoon. being un-
able to attend to the details himself.
and is the proud possessor Of one SER
vice flag, one Red Cross badge, and
one membership card. which were
duly delivered to him by his father.
n. J. Mackey. deputy United States
Marshal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19
SUSPENDED TAX
He'd REINSTATED
Tallahassee Bureau
Pensacola Journal.

Tallahassee, Fla, Dec. 18.-W. G.
Durrance, suspended over a month
ago as tax collector OF Wakulla coun-
t, because he was alleged to be short
In his accounts some eight thousand
dollars, was rednstated today. No sue
cessor had been appointed in place
OF Mr.. Durrance, but the governor in
stead gave him a chance to make
the money good, which the tax collec-
tor did.
BY bringing contending factions to-
gether and permitting Durrance to
collect what was due the Office, the
governor virtually saved the state
eight thousand dollars which other
wise would most likely have been
lost.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19
"One Touch OF Mature Makes the
Whole World Kin"

It's commendable trait that when
something has been Of benefit to US.
We want to share It with others who
stand in need of the same help. It's
the touch of Nature that makes the
whole world kin-the wanting to be
helpful to our fellow-men. That is
why people who have used Chamber
iain's Cough Remedy write letters to
the manufacturers about it, and ask
to have them published so that others
Will know what to do under the same
circumstances. Behind every one Of
these letters is the warm hearted wish
or the writer to be OF use to some one
else.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19
CONGRESSMAN MUST
PAY EXCESS PROFIT TAX

Washington, Dec. 1S.-A joint reso-
luton specifically providing that men,
bers OF Congress and federal officials
not be exempted from the excess
profits tax, passed the house with an
amendment eliminating the exemption
OF the President of the United States,
justices OF the Supreme Court, and
other federal Judges.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19

Never before has genuine
value and prompt and &C
curate service meant so
much to Pensacola people as
at the present time.
And in all your Christmas
buying it is well to bear this
in mind, buy nothing for gift
purposes that you would not
be pleased to receive.
We have featured the bet
ter things in men and boys
wear for more than thirty
years, and this year, you
may look to the ]. w. S. shop
to supply your needs in
sensible, serviceable gift
things.
qaalgWh1fs s. s
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19
cURLEY DEFEATED FOR
BOSTON MAYoRALTY

Boston. Dec. 1S.-Andrew j. Peters,
formerly assistant secretary OF the
treasury, was elected mayor OF Boston.
defeating Mayor James Curley, his OPP
ponent, by approximately nine thous-
and votes, based on unofficial returns
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19

These men look alike-and that's
natural as Admiral Sir David Beatty,
hero of Jutland. and (below) Dave
Pipott are first cousins
Dave is Shaw taxi starter at Kan
sas City. He and the admiral grew
up together in Ireland and Dave has
many memories of the "big, hand
some lad" VINO used to shout, "Top
o. the mornin' Dave!' SO heartily.
"He's just regular fellow" says
Dave.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-19

Tonight the Pensacolas and the
Escanbias of the city league viii
bowl for high scores, and some good
records are expected.
Last nirht the Transportation and
the Lighting forces in the electric
league bowled, with the following
individual results:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-21
AN $1S,OOO,OOO GIFT TO IOWA.
Fact that Iowa Has Country Beating
Corn Crop Points to Work Done
in Seed Corn Campaign.

Months ago it was estimated that
the seed corn campaign, conducted
during the fall of 1915 and spring
of 10 by the agricultural extension
department at Iowa State college,
would add a 20,00O,00O bushel in
crease to the 1916 corn crop of the
state of Iowa. Did it do it?
1t did, say careful men who know
conditions. So thoroughly were
Iowa's farmers aroused to the dang
ers of the bad seed situation, so ag-
excessively did they respond to the
call of the campaign that Iowa sur
prised herself last year by raising a
366 $4,000 bushel corn. crop worth
$293, AGO., 20, or enough to buy ev-
cry person in the nation a new SO
Easter hat.
Note that, after such an unfavor-
able corn year as 1915, when many
farmers did not have one ear of seed
corn in their crib, Iowa not only
raises a CONTEMPLATING corn crop
100000 bushels larger than that
of any other state, but that she
stands h>ad and shoulders in corn
yield above her neighbor states,
with whom she usually has a pretty
tight race. Her crop is $4,000, 900
bushels greater than her own 1915
crop; 100000 greater than hnr
average for the past four years With
an average acre production of So 3
bushels, she excels the U. S. average
by l2.1 bushels per acre. Note that
it is Z bushels more per acre than
the Illinois crop, which had the best
of the argument by bushels in
1915; 10 bushels per acre more than
that Of Nebraska, who finished he *
and neck with Iowa in 1915: rs
bushels more than Indiana, who had
an bushel margin over us i'm 1915 !;
that it leads Missouri by 1. bushels
per acre, whereas Iowa beat the
Showme state in 1915 by but bush
ell
The facts are significant, for 1915
was a VIGOROUSLY bad corn year, not
only for Iowa but for her neighbor
states. Iowa conducted seed corn
campaign; the other states did not.
Farmers OF Iowa themselves declare
the campaign added at least 2 bush
els per acre to the state yield. With
100000 acres devoted to corn in
Iowa this year means an increase OF
20,000,000 bushels or saving OF
100000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-21
GET PLENTY OF SLEEP.

DR.. Richard C. Cabot in the Amer
lean Magazine: To avoid overeating
and alcohol and the cigaret habit are
matters OF self control. To get the
sleep one needs (Which means all
that one can possibly soak into ones
system within twenty-four hours)
often takes courage--the courage to
refuse invitations, to invite ridicule,
to seem odd or "Puritanic." l be-
lieve that more minor illnesses are
due to lack OF sleep than to any 9TH
err recognizable factor. A person cat
ches cold, gets lumbago, is constipat-
ed or headache ridden because his
vitality is below par, his physical ex-
penditure beyond his physical in
come. Sleep would set him square
with the world, but to get sleep means
sacrificing the evenings fun. This
he won't do, and so he runs In debt
and is chronically edging toward a
breakdown.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-21
A Losing Game.

The average man so years OF age,
dfdactically began Professor Pate. has
eaten &c. pounds of meat, 1900
pounds of bread and 1900 pounds OF
vegetables, drunk 1000 gallons of Ii
quid-
And after going to all that ex-
pense and trouble, spoke up the Old
Codger. he has been unable to build
up a structure that has anything like
the unqualified Endorsements OF his
friends and neighbors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-21
SWAT THE ROOSTER.
Governor Will be Asked to Issue
Proclamation Demanding Exc
cutiOn of the Birds.

10, the poor rooster, He must duck
and run on June l to escape the
proclamation which Governor Hard
ing will be asked by the Iowa Whole
sale Egg, Butter and Poultry Deal
ers' association to issue as a proven
tive against gas bomb activities of
the breakfast shell foods dur
ing the storage egg months of next
winter.
Fertile eggs are much more in
clined to commence incubation and
consequent developments unpleas-
ant to the ultimate consumer dur
ing the hot months of the summer
while they lie in storage than are UNI
fertile eggs. To assure smaller
percentage of fertile production in
the months following May, when
they are collected and packed away
in storage, the state association.
which is in session at the Slavery no.
tel, will ask Governor Harding to is
sue swat the rooster" proclama-
ton, effective June 1.
The first born of every barnyard
will be slnitten with the AK Only the
younger birds, the cockerels Matched
this year will be saved. The same
plan has been tried out in other
states with great success, according to
eastern storage men and the veter-
ans of the egg business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-21
COUNTY VEHICLE MOTOR
FUND CLAIMS

Name Nature Amount
Barth a. j. Dragging --...........-.-S %
Dahlen Orlando. Labor ......... 25 90
Dahlen. Orlando Material .-...-.-. W
Gjere, G.. A. Labor .,.............-...-..- 104 00
Herbranson. H. S. Dragging - "a rs
Lee, VIII NJ. Material Y
Todd s nj. Material ...... 80 90
Todd, S. NJ, Labor ..........-.--..-..--.-- 40
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-21
SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS

COUNTY ROAD CASH FUND CLAIMS
Name Nature Amount
provisions % 60
Bucheit. Phil. Labor .......... 43 90
Barnes h. NJ. Labor ............... 13 rs
Krivachek Brothers. Labor - so
Krivachek BROTHERS. Material 8 25
Peterson. Charley, Labor .... so
Reid II. Labor .'.......................... II so
SeeCmiller. Reuben, Labor . s so
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-21

Moved seconded and carried to adj
journ.
OSCAR WINGER,
County Auditor
c. MORTON,
Chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
PLAN REGISTRATION
Shawnee County Women Expect to
Make Big Showing September 5.

I A meeting of the Shawnee county
unit of the womans suffrage commit
tee Kansas council of defense was
held today at $3.50 o'clock at the Ma
tional hotel. The purpose of the meet
ing was to give instructions to the pre-
cinct captains and their lieutenants
on the system to be used for .he
registration of the women of the com
ty on September 5, the day chosen for
that work Mrs. George NJ Crawford,
cDunty chairman, presided at The
Injecting and gave the instruction.
Counties thruout the state are re-
porting enthusiasm on the part of
the women toward the project of the
registration. A big meeting was held
in Hutchinson Tuesday night, when
Mrs. l. c. Wood, of Washington, D. c..
addressed the. women of that town.
Tonight Mrs. Wood will speak il
Wichita AS the women of the state
come to understand the purposes OF
registration and the aid it will furnish
the government, they are rallying to
the support of the plan. Mrs. D W.
Mulvane, chairman of the State Wo-
mans committee, suggests to all the
county chairmen in the state, he
necessity of careful and detailed in
structions to their captains and lieu
tenants on the exact order of pro-
cedure to be observed in carrying out
the registration plans, in their re-
spective counties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
Mayor Also Wants Firemen To
Join the Home Guards.
Art Hargis Again in Command
of the Topeka Co.
GET GOVERNMENT EQUIPMENT
House Signs Requisition to
Governor for Arms.
Local Unit Adopts War Depart
ment Bylaws.

Arthur Hargis has been appointed
commander of the Topeka home
guards by Jonathan Norton, under
whose charge the federal war depart
ment has placed all business relating
to home guard organizations in Kan
sas.
Hargis, who organized the Citizens
Military Training company which
eventually became the Topeka Hume
Guard company, has been in active
command since his return froEI Fort
Riley a month ago.
The company is in most flourish
ing condition At the Tuesday night
meeting it adopted the home guard
bylaws drafted by the secretary of
war, and elected the civil officers nee
essary under those bylaws. This en-
ables the company to obtain arms,
equipment and uniforms from the fed
era1 government. Mayor House has
signed a requisition to Governor Cap
per, thru which the governor will OBJ
tain arms and equipment from the
war department. The state govern
ment is in full sympathy with the
home guard movement, and desires
that an entire battalion be raised in
Topeka A movement is now on foot
that is expected to result in n very
large increase in the home guard
membership within the next thirty
days.
Moreover Mayor House is seriously
considering making the Topeka police
force and fire department a part of
the home guard, and directing the
members of both those organiza tons
to regularly attend the company drills.
The officers elected Tuesday night
We're: DR.. L. v Sams,~ surgeon; Harry
Hardy, treasurer and Carl P. Bolmar.
recorder.
There are now over one hundred
thousand home guards in the United
States, and the number is steadily in
creasing- They are organized on mill
itary lines and according to rules laid
down by the war department, and
their duty will be to aid the civil
authorities in maintaining order and
protecting property while the regular
national guard is in active war serv-
ice. Any loyal male citizen of good
character is eligible to membership.
Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock is
the next drill time of the local COM
pany and the place of meeting is the
north steps of the state house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29


Maynard and their children were in
Topeka for a few months last year on
furlough, after service of some years
in mission work in Turkey.
Miss Lucille Housh and Miss Helen
Coleman of Oskaloosa are visiting at
the James Hicks home, 127 Elmwood
avenue.
Mrs. Edwin Kistler and her two
children will go to Wichita Thursday
to visit Mrs Kistlers grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Alexander.
Miss Pickens is spending a few
weeks in New York studying fashions
in the interests of her millinery estab-
lishment in Topeka.-Adv
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold E. Bozell of
New Haven, Conn, and their little
daughter are visiting Mrs. Bozell's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A Heath
Mr.. Bozell will leave the first of Sep
TENDER for a business trip to Washing
ton, D. c., and Mrs. Bozell will remain
far while to visit her people.
Mrs. Loren Brown has returned to
her home in Jackson, Mich, after a
visit to her aunt, Mrs. Fred Swartz,
1915 West Twelfth street. Mr.. Browns
aunt, Miss Helen Ecker, of Lawrence,
accompanied her to Topeka for a short
visit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
Italians May Soon Make Drive
on Austrian Capital.
Collapse of Hapsburg Line Is
Looked for Soon.
keep The ENEMY GUESSING
That Is Present Policy of the
Roman Commanders.
Open Fighting Will Be Handi-
cap to the Austrians.

London, Aug. 29-General Cajorna.
the enteate's man of the hour, is
continuing his hammer blows against
the Austrian front. Not only have
his divisions battling on the Bainsizza
plateau beaten or all counter attacks,
violent as they were, but new head
way has been registered. The huge
reinforcementS hurried to the front
north of Gorilla have awaited the
Austrians nothing. The Italians con-
tinue to march to complete victory.
as their generalissimo put it a few
days ago.
A cave in of the Austrian lines is
looked for as inevitable by military
critics The stubbornness of the de-
Tense thus far is frankly described as
miraculous but all agree that it Is be-
yond human possibility to stand the
terrific pounding of the Anglo-French-
Italian artillery combination much
longer.
Eyes on Vienna.
Once a gap is torn in the Hapsbnrg
lines the final and supreme test will
tcome. Open warfare with sweeping
FLANK movements aimed at the isola-
Hion of whole army groups will ensue
Some 100 miles the distance from
the Monte Santo front, where the
break thru is looked for, lies Vienna
Signs are accommodating that the tai
ian commanders ultimate goal is none
other than the proud Hapshurg cap
ltal whence, three years ago, the fatal
spark was sent to Belgrade that SET
the world aflame.
The Italian commander is playing
shreWd game of hide and seek with
the Austrian staff. His official bull
letins have been marked thruout the
present drive by a singular lack of
details. In bygone days when attack
ing armies crept forward inch by
inch, such vagueness of official re-
porting earned the sneers Of the OPP
ponent. But in this present titantic
push of the Romans all the world
knows that victory after victory has
crowned their onslaughts from the
very outset and that if details are hid
sden 1T is done for strategic reasons.
Rattle the Austrians.
Cadorna's aim, it is believed, is to
rattle" the Austrian high command
and to strike when the opportune mo-
ment arrives a blow more crushing
than any he has SO far struck. There
is more than one indication that this
blow will be a drive toward the plains
OF Vienna as soon as open warfare
has been forced. Trieste is still the
aim in the south and the Italians are
expected to run down shortly the last
barrier, Hermada ridge. But the
more decisive object of the present
prfve, is believed to be a campaign
against the Austrian capital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

sister, Mrs. Adrian Sherman. and Mr..
sherman in Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sherman are located in Chicago, at
least temporarily, and have taken an
apartment until october.
Miss Margaret Connell has gone to
Minneapolis to join her brother and
his family in a boat trip on the lakes.
X X x
Miss Hildegarde Hurley of Wash
ington, D. c., who has been spending
a few weeks in the mountains in New
Mexico, will arrive in a day or two to
join her mother, Mrs. James E. Hur-
lev who is a guest at the National no.
tel. Mrs. Hurley and her daughter
have been in New Mexico together,
and Mrs. Hurley arrived in Topeka a
few days, ago. They will be at the
National over the weekend, and the
their home in Washington to spend
the winter in the city.
X X
The following article from the Mu-
steal Courier will be of interest to
the many Topeka friends of Percy
Hemus, who formerly lived in this
city:
Percy Hemus was a New York Wis
itor last week, stopping in the metrop-
oils on his way TO Willow Grove,
where he appears this week as soloist
with Sousa and His Band. He had
Il
Canada with this organization, with
whom he sang forty eight concerts.
Not the least appreciative among Mr..
HemuS'S audiences were the wounded
soldiers for whom he sang a number
of times Many were the sad scenes
at those gatherings, and many was
the time that it took the supreme eff
fort on his part to control his feelings
amid such trouble and sorrow. At
one of the hospitals he sang in the
open court yard, with the sick and
jacent windows and fire-escapes like
wise crowded. The news of the con-
cert had spread to other hospitals. and
just as Mr.. HemuS was about to begin,
an ambulance from another hospital
drove up and a man on a Stretcher
was brought into the court. 1t seems
that he had heard Mr.. Hemus give
his recital in Carnegie hall, New York,
and had been so delighted with his
singing that he made up his mind to
hear him again whenever and wher-
ever an opportunity was afforded him.
When he heard that Mr.. Hemus was
to sing at the neighboring hospital,
there was no rest for doctors, nurses
and attendants until he won the prom
Use TO be taken there.
There are some in the typical
audience who are moved more pro-
foundly by the human voice, and not
one of these will be disappointed de-
clared the Montreal Daily Mail "It
is positive treat to find singers who
must sing for the same reason that a
| bird sings-just because singing is the
natural expression of their souls emo
lions No one ever wonders whether
a birds voice will flat or crack or
fail before the last note. No one ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
Looking Blackboard In State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

pleasant surprise was planned and car
ried out by the members of the b. b. C..
club and a few of their friends Saturday
for Mr.. aud Mrs. w. NJ. Gregory, who will
leave this week to make their home in
Chicago The party met at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Troutman and went
from there to the Gregory home, taking
in the lawn and supper served there. After
supper the party went to the Troutman
home, where an excellent musical program
Mrs r. Washburn. Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
Gordon Mr. and Mrs. z. Fisher Mr.. and
baum. Mr. and Mrs ]. E. Mcleod, Mr.. and
Mrs Harry Overholt, Mr.. and Mrs. Trout
man. Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ Washburn, Mrs.
L. H. Mum and Mrs. o. +. Spencer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

You must see these bargains yourself to appre-
ciate the real savings TO be made. Every used
piano has been Overlauled and guarantee il
TO be in perfect condition. You are safe in
buying a used piano of Jenkins.