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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-07

and decline of q in Bethlehem steel new
shares based on rumors of new financing
indicated the irregular trend of prices at
the opening of today's market. Otherwise
changes were limited to fractions mainly
upward but reactions soon ensued, U. S.
lar reversals in related industrials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-07

Kansas City Grain Market.
Kansas City, Aug. >7-WHEAT-Cash
wheat unchanged to &c off. No. hard,
2.S2@2.90; No. 3, $2.S0@2:ss; No. 2 red,
81. 67@2.6S: No. 3, $2.64@2.65.
CORN-Market steady. No 2 mixed,
$2.27@2.2s; No. 3. 81. 26@2.27; No. white.
$40; No. 3, nominal; No. yellow, $2.2s@
229: No. 3, nominal.
E. OATSAMarket steady to lie off. No. 2
white, 74@75c; No. mixed, 12@73c.
RYE-$2. 1S62.20.
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-S450M4.65 So.
HAY-Market steady to SOC lower. Choice
timothy, 81. 00@1S.00; choice prairie, $3.50
@20.00; choice alfalfa, $24.50
40@255.
BRAN-$1.98.
Receipts wheat, 1873 cars.
CLOSE WHEAT-Not quoted.
CORN-Sept:, $1.62; Dec, S1.19B @1.2O;
May, $1.165s@A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-07
Chicago Grain and Fork Market.

Kansas City Grain Futures.
Kansas City. Aug. Z.
Closed
WHEAT
Sept :. -. $50. ..... 49,. 235
CORN
Dec .11s1s- 12oA 1855 11sH- 119
May ..115h III lis 1861 116A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-07

Chicago Grain and Pork Market
Chicago, Aug. 7.-wHEAT-Close wheat !:
Sept, $2.25A
CORN-Dec, S116N May, $113% az.
OATS-Sept., 5s1a@ Sc; Dec, 5S5s a &c /;
May, 81 nc.
PORK-Sept., $41.S0
LARD-Sept., $22.22; Oct, $2232
SHORT RIBS-Sept, S22.57; Oct, $22.42
@2245.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-07

Kansas City, Aug. 7-BUTTER, EGGS
AND POULTRY-Market unchanged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-07
TOPEKA MARKET REPORT.

Topeka livestock Market.
Prices furnished by Wolff Packing ca,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
T. r. HOPES TO SEE
LESS OF HIMSELF
Colonel at a Health Farm, Where He
Will Try to Reduce Line of
Equatorial Region.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt is reducing.
The Colonel is what is technically
described as a "patient at Jack Coop
er S health farm at Stamford, Conn.
There is absolutely nothing the matter
with him, except the extent of his
girth.
Leaving Oyster Bay early Wednes-
day, the Colonel motored alone to STAN
ford. He planned to keep his purpose
from the public. But he was seen on
the street in Stamford and scores of
letters arrived at the Stamford post
office, having been re addressed at Oys-
ter Bay.
Before he left his home town, Mr.
Roosevelt confded to some neighbors
that he was not feeling "quite up to
the mark and had to rid himself of
"a bit of superfous fat. He was asked
if his recent speaking trip through
the middle vest, in which he attack ed
Senator La Toilette, had not helped
him.
Not bit" he answered. Il didn t
lose pound"
No one could reach Mr. Roosevelt at
MS retreat 10 ascertain TWO important
Ifacts-what his weight is and what he
hopes il will be- Friends of the Colo
mel say he tips the scales at about
Conservative 220 pounds. and would
like to take off about - pounds.
Jack Cooper method Of accomplish
/ ing what the Colonel desires is through
strenuous exercise and massage. Box
Il ing gloves and Indian clubs are sub
served
Mr.. Roosevelt, it is expected, will re
main at the farm at least two weeks
He may make a speech at Stamford il
behalf of Republican candidate for rep
Preventative.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
VERMONT HEALTH BOARD.
There Were IS Cases of Infantile Paral-
Ysis in September.

ELLINGTON. Oct Is At the post
poned monthly meeting Of the state board
of health. Dr. Charles f. Dalton. the
secretary Of the board. gave his report for
the month Of September, as follows:
Poliomyelitis 45 measles a, pediculo-
sis 6, scarlet fever -, German measles 10,
chicken-pox Il, typhoid fever T.. whoop-
ing cough y, diseases 48, and tuberculo-
Sis II.
The report of the laboratory OF hygiene
for. the month OF September as to the
number OF examinations made is as
follows: Diphtheria 273. typhoid fever
50, malaria /, tuberculosis l2l. venereal
disease "a. pneumonia l. contagious abor
ton %. sanitary water As milk l03. food
9, drugs 81, medica-legai autopsies i
autopsies to complete death returns ,
miscellaneous examinations for the courts
92s
Of the lo3 milk specimens examined, g
were above and 40 below standard Ol
those below standard. "a were not abso
lutely clean, two We're dirty two were
poor quality \ number Of these sample.
were submitted from this cty
The Misses King and Selfridge. who arc
working on those suffering from the after
effects of pohomyeltis. were present last
night Since the last meeting of the
board % pieces of apparatus have been
received by the secretary of the state
board of health and applied on those
suffering from poiomyehtis by Miss King
Miss Selfridge is also engaged in this
work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
MAKES SHIPS INVISIBLE.
Edison's Plan Tried Out Remedies
Ordinary Freighters.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13-What may
prove an important step toward re-
ducing the toll Of the U-boat warfare
has been revealed here. 1t is a plan
worked out by Thomas 4. Edison, and
already put into operation by the gov
crnment Its. success thus far has
greatly impressed shipping men and
naval experts, and it promises TO be
more and more etticacious.
The Edison plan IS not any marvel
lous invention to destroy the subma-
rine in some miraculous way when it
is still ont Of torpedo range of it's in
tended victim. 1t j. merely mer-
chant ship without sky line.
Any ordinary freighter can be easily
and quickly changed to meet the re
quirements of the new scheme The
masts forward and aft, essential to the
loading and unloading of cargo, are
hinged i'm such 4 manner that they
can he laid down fiat A portion of
the tunnels can he removed to cut them
down TO deck line.
The ordinary type Of freight2r has
the appearance at sea Of turreted
wall, being very high forward. with a
deep cut where cargo is loaded for
ward. then the bridge and the stack,
elevated to the level of the high for
ward deck. with another deep cut in
the outline of the vessel behind this,
and finally the after-deck rising high
again.
The forward mast, when folded down
and back on its hinge contrivance. ex-
tends across the forward cut. which
rs boarded up to the level of the for
ward and bridge decks. The after
mast is laid down across the deep
notch in the vessel S outline formed by
thc space where the after holds Of the
vessel are loaded, and this cut or notch
is boarded up to the level of the higher
portions Of the ships side. With the
upper part of the stack removed the
line from the bow to the stern of the
freighter is continuous and unbroken
by anything.
With the neutral tones now used in
painting merchant ships, ship so
equipped is absolutely invisible at a
short distance. The curvature of the
surface of the ocean puts the ship be
low the horizon at very short dis
Itance, and even if the vessel is above
/ the horizon it cannot be seen except
by rare chance, naval experts claim,
because there is absolutely nothing to
attract the eve, as would the masts or
stacks, Of an ordinary freighter.
/ In order that a heavy trail Of black
smoke will not disclose the whereabouts
Of the vessel to a prowling submarine,
4 hard coal sufficient for three hundred
miles will be used. This is ample to
carry the vessels across the danger zone.
Forced draueht with which nearly
every vessel is equipped, in these times,
takes the place of the draught which
would he provided by the higher stack
ordinarily used.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
MAMMOTH ARMY IN
NEED OF DOCTORS
Forty Thousand Volunteer Medical
Men Sought for Our Force of
100000 Fighters.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l3.-For every
million fighting men-20,000 surgeons and
doctors
Two million men are now being organ
lied to 90 to France. With them will go
10000 doctors-about one third Of those
now practising in the United States.
These figures give some idea of the I'M
mense organizing job thrust upon Sur
geon General Gorgas and the medical
corps OF the army. But they tell the
least part.
Quality counts more than numbers.
The soldiers are to be surrounded with
every sanitary safeguard
The problems of shell shock call for
nerve and mental specialists The use
OF serums to combat infection and the
new systems of camp and trench santa
ton require the highest experts
| Added to the problem is the conserving
Of the health Of the folk back home, and
the workers in munitions plants and
shipyards.
! Practically all the force must be raised
by volunteering the kind of doctors
the army wants are mostly over 81,
Again, the doctor going abroad makes the
highest sacrifice
He carries with him all his capital and
earning capacity, unlike the business man
who leaves behind a gong concern to
continue to earn for his family
Medical societies are arranging a volun-
tary system by which the stay-at home
physicians are to turn over 30 per cent
of the fees earned from the absent doctors
patients to their families or legal repre-
sentatives.
On their return other doctors are
pledged to abstain from treating their
patients for a certain length Of time, I'M
less there is a formal request from the
patient
Already $1,000 have volunteered and arc
in uniform
The big job now is classifying them T.
do this there have been formed some p
committees each headed by the most
eminent specialist of that kind in the
country
The famous Mayo brothers head the
committee on surgery and are backed M
lby specialists almost as eminent Every
thing Is being provided for, even to til,
accurate reporting and writing of tn,
medical history of the war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
REFUSE TO FRATERNIZE.
Russian Soldiers Have Nothing to Do
with Germans and Austrians.

PETROGRAD, Oct. 10. Austrian
and German troops are renewing their
attempts to fraternize with the Rus
slams, but 50 far every effort has met
with failure, according to statement
issued by the Russian war Office based
on reports from the front
The general situation is quiet, al
though some of the armies as we'll as
some of the Cossack units still act with
some suspicion toward the command
ing staff.
The question of peace is said to a2i-
tate the great mass of the Russian sol
diers. At some places there IS agita-
ton against capital punishment, but
at the same time demands are made
that punishment in the rear of the
fighting front be enforced with greater
strictness.
The cases where orders are discussed
and not carried out are comparatively
rare, the soldiers who refuse to obey
orders usually being brought to trial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
FAIRBANKS CO. HEAD RESIGNS.
Frank H. Brooks to Sever Connection
With Scale Makers

ST. JOHNSBURY, Oct. 13-Frank
H. Brooks has resigned as president
and director of the +, & 7. Fairbanks
& company. He has been director
since 1856 and president for the past
five years. Mr.. Brooks has no immedi-
ate plans but resigns because he wishes
to be relieved from heavy duties. He
will continue with the concern a few
weeks until the new manager, 7. c.
Brooks of Toronto, becomes familiar
with the work. The new manager has
been in charge Of the Toronto plant Of
the Canadian Fairbanks Moore com
tpanv, limited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
MILITANT PICKETS WARNED.
Those in Workhouse win Be Punished
If They Don't Behave.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-With a
warning to the militant pickets of the
woman's party now in the workhouse,
that unless they obey the rules of
the institution and discontinue their
acts of characterization and rioting
they will be transferred to the jail and
kept in solitary confinement, the local
government has restored to duty the
superintendent of the workhouse who
had temporarily been relieved while
charges made by the women were be-
ing investigated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13
TILLOTSON PROMOTED.
Commissioned Major in Adjutant Gen
erals Department.

MONTPELIER, Oct H. Early IN the
summer Adjt Gen Lee s TilIotson
offered his services to the federal govern
ment in whatever capacity he might be
needed This week an order was issued
from the governor that he had been
appointed major in the adjutant generals
department in the national guard Under
the regulations prescribed by the secretary
of war, pursuant to the national defense
act, he viii continue as admtant general
of Vermont but will be relieved whenever
his services are needed by the federal gov
eminent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13

Maryland, 10000; Camp Pike, Arkansas,
24,639; Camp Taylor, Kentucky, 27,462;
Camp Travis, Texas, %, 249; Camp Sher-
man, Ohio, 32,sSG; Camp Upton, New
York, 29.555.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-13

The seats on a recently patented sight
seeing automobile are slowly revolved as
the vehicle moves, permitting the passen-
gers to see both sides Of d street without
twisting their necks
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-07
ARNOLD SCORES
COUNTY CLERK

asreply to the request Of the board
OF supervisors that hesfurnish II with
the official returns. of the water and
bond election, David Kalanokalani,
county clerk, stated that it is imp0s-
sible to give them as the returns from
the fifth&of the fourth and fifth Of
the twelfth we're sealed in the bag
with ID 8 bal - -
Arnold moved that the county clerk
be instructed to confer with the attor-
ney's department and have the mat
ter taken before the supreihe court
and an official count obtained. It
was passed
Arnold then scored the county clerk,
declaring that he should have already
attended to the matter as he was In
charge of the election and should have
sent the returns to the board without
a request
Out of respect to the death of Sen
atcr Cecil Brown, the board OF super-
visors adjourned last might after le-
ing in session only 90 minutes Fhe
news of his death was brought to the
city hall and Supervisor Arnold in1-
medsately moved that all business be
postponed until tonight, when the
board will meet at 7::30 o'clock. This
evening the board will hold the public
hearing on Smith street widening.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-07

remarked: sOb, you know that when
! first came TO work on the Picayune
/ knew nothing about newspaper
methods, and had only had two or
three things In print j knew that
was to write for women, and | also
appreciated that all had been written
for them but the truth. They'd been
told that they were angels, and knew
that they were not; they'd been told
to suffer and be strong. when they
were tired of suffering, so / tried to
write for them the truth about life and
their relation to It as see it, and IN
especial have tried to con- bat morbid
ness of the sex and help to brighter
outlook on the world.
of course I've been called sob
sister. and the apostle of tie ioyelorn,
and SO on, but for my partsI take my
work very seriously To me it seems
an awful and solemn thing to write
words that millions OF girls read going
home from work, and maybe words In
season to stay their feet on the down
ward path. and words also that wsmen
read in the privacy of their home,
which may give them the courage to
go on with an unhappy marriage.
Il don't see why this work is not
Just as important as writing a political
leader advocating the election of Jere.
miah Simpkins as town dog catcher.
A Mass of Correspondence
Il suppose I get more letters than
any other woman in the world anu
these letters are both pathetic and
humorous. As the writer's know that
they Will never see me personally
they open up their hearts to me as
they would to the priest in the confes-
SIGNAL and tell me all their sorrows
and ask all manner OF questions, from
how to make a q-ke with one egg to
how to retain a husbands love. or
make man fall in love with wo-
man he doesn't even know. get just
as many from men as from women be-
cause men know that they don't un-
derstand a woman's psychology and
want me to. explain why their Mauds
and Gladyses act the queer way they
do
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-07
EXCITINGCHASE
RECEIVERS AUTO

An exciting chase through the
streets of Honolulu yesterday after
auto thieves resulted in the capture
of Robert Scott and John C. Whitson.
159th Company, Fort Ruger. wEo were
turned over to military authorities yes
terday charged with stealing the auto
of Fred Miner from in front of the
Young hotel shortly before midnight.
Miner was just coming out of the
lobby when he saw his car disappear
ing down Bishop street He leaped
into car nearby and ordered the
chauffeur to give chase. Mrs. Miner
ran back into the hotel. calling for an
officer, and Detective Abe Kalana res
ponded and started out with her in
second machine.
The first pursuing machine with
Miner aboard caught up with his car
on King street, near Sheridan street,
and Mounted Policeman j. 3. Kramer,
who was in that locality, placed the
soldier under arrest. Only Scott was
then in the car, bur Whitson, who is
supposed to have jumped out. was
taken by Kramer later at Pawaa juno
tIon
Scott was caught in the act Of tax
ing another car some time ago by
Deputy Sheriff Asch.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-07
TUBERCULOSIS
TAKESITS TOLL

The report of the anti-tuberculosis
bureau for February shows 7S cases
Of this disease which is a decrease
over the same month in previous years
and was less than January. which had
a total of 80 cases.
That cases are more prevalent in
the city is shown by the fact that 36
were in Honolulu, 13 in the country
districts on Oahu, 13 in Hawaii, 8 in
Maui, and I in Kauai. Deaths were
similarly distributed, there being 81
in Honolulu, 3 outside, 5 in Hawaii,
3 in Maui and in Kauai
OF the IS cases third were from
the laboring classes while children of
school age number Ii and house.
wives 10.
In February the Japanese outdis.
taneed the Hawaiian with % while the
latter numbered 15,. with Fflipinoes
third with 13.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-07
Gold Brick Game
Comes to Life IN
Lahaina Episode

That old gold-brick game which has
been featured in song and story on
BroadwaS has come to life once more
has turned the gold brick into a mint
but the mint proved to be a failure,
and once more the villain in The play
was thwarted in his deeply laid plans.
:. II is far cry from Broadway to
Lahaina, and the gold brickists OF
Maui are few and far between so the
knight of the sempan decided to try
the old game in a new field. The
Japanese was heavily laden with
debts. being somewhat In arrears to
the butcher, the baker and likewise
TO the eandlestick maker. and decided
that he must make one dash for for
tune
One bright afternoon while making
preparations to dash after the elusive
kawakawa he spied a brick on the
shores of Lahaina. And after much
polishing decided that he had some
virgin metal which would enrich him
and erase his debts He hurried to a
Japanese matchmaker who told the
fisherman that all that gl.tters is not
gold, and the fishermen thereupon de-
cided to jump in the lake.
After finding out that the brick was
brass. the Japanese let il be known
that he had found a block Of gold, and
as soon as it was made into coin he
would pay the butcher. baker, etc. A
stery was published that the brick had
been judged as worth $4,000 by a
Lahaina bank, and all was we'll with
the Japanese. He was wined and dined
and the skies had a golden hue. until
some one spilled the beans, and in.
stead OF being worth $4,000 the JapG-
-nese secured about $3.50 for his find,
and the butcher. maker and candle.
stick maker are hot on his trail.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-07
TELLS OF
WOMENS HEROISM
SHOWN IN EUROPE
Woman Who is Recently From
Scenes of Carnage Gives
Graphic Accounts

With stories not voluntarily offered
but flowing freely upon request that
would inspire an orator. TO the highest
passion OF his powers or an artist TO
his deepest reds or an author to the
crying appeal OF his facile pen. &
woman physician, DR.. ID. Snyley, al.
rect from the carnage Of Europe. is in
Honolulu.
Although her tales are strong
enough, awful and forceful enough TO
make ones face twitch In appreciation
Of the horror, she. says, like the won
ders OF Kilauea, its terrors, its appal-
ling magnitude can not be understood
until really seen and lived IN and then
I. Is unbelievable.
DR.. Smyaey has been in Honolulu for
three weeks and viii probably be here
for another month. She comes TO
Bawaii from London for q complete
rest from the terrific strain behind
the lines, and she has found complete
relaxation in the soft southern sun
and air.
Going Sack Again Soon
cisco Is travelling with DR.. Smyley and
they are together at the Moana Hotel.
The doctor says there will be plenty
Of time yet for her to follow her work
Tor she believes the war will continue
through this year. She had expected
TO sail through the West Indies, but
there are khaki clad soldiers there
and her doctors refused. saying she
would be af work again II she got In
sight OF such soldiers.
When the Allies finally conquer, It
will be largely through help OF the
women, according 70 the doctor, for
the fair sex has risen in every one of
those nations against Germany. not
only at home but behind the trenches.
to bear the fun brunt Of the sorrows
and despairs Of war
But Il isn't war, says the doc
tor. zone can hardly call II that
When men rip open theirsown chests
that they may set cir into their lungs,
in place Of the deadly chlorine gas. n
that war? When charming women.
accustomed 70 every luxury, sacrifice
their health and beauty, position and
wealth. their life happiness and their
loved ones. Is that war; And when
aged BcIei1ns and innocent babes drop
starving IA their tracks, Is that war?
No! It Is Npfsc than what your bre11'
General sherman SAID Il WAS
Two Armies y I1rcrt 81
There are Two Ert4t armies IN Eu.
rope behind 1|1fI fighting front One
ID the army of the striving. the stfug-
Cling. the living: the other. the
wounded. the dying. the slain. II Is
with this latter bfotherhood that Dr.
SmyIey and her sisters 50. relieving.
cheering end nursing those who have
fallen, some never b rise again.
II don't know how the women OF
England do n. DR.. Smyley exclaims
in wonder. but the emergency Is the
test and they respond to the limit
For me Il is different; Il is my work.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-07
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH NEWS
CHINESE PRESS THINKS q. s.
INSULATED BY JAPAN MINISTER

Associated Press by Federal Wirclessl
PEKING, China March 7-The statement
issued ~ Baron Motono, foreign minister Of
Japan. declaring that American financiers
should cooperate with japan for the develop.
meDt Of China has aroused the press Of this
country, which unites in declaring that che
stntemenf Is an Insult to the United
States. - The China Daily News declares
that the commitment Of any American inter
ests into the keeping of Japan might. il Is
true assure their naturalization. but that
the cost would be entirely too high for the
United States 20 pay. American enterprise
should be kept free from the gross stain
Of inconsiderate commercialism, adds the
paper.
Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-07
ACTING CENTRAL UNION
PASTOR AND HIS WIFE
TO BE H0N0RED TONIGHT I

DR. J. H. Williams. acting pastor of
Central Unicn church. and Mrs. VIII
liams will be the guests of honor this
evening at an informal reception at
s o'clock when the Women's Society
OF the church entertains with the first
evening social affair of the new fiscal
year The reception will be delight
fully informal and will take place in
the church parlors, refreshments to
be served later in the parish house.
DR.. and Mrs. Williams will be assisted
in receiving by Mrs Edwin Benner.
president of the Women's Society, Mr.
Benner and the following committee
of reception: Misses Knapp. Forbes.