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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
He Commands Torpedo Defense
on Transport for Troops.
IS GRADUATE OF ANNAPOLIS
He Writes Parents of First Trip
Thru PIunger Zone.
Fighters Were Landed Near
Nantes in France.

Ralph Parr, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Parr, of 1916 Harrison street
is one of the officers in Uncle Sam
navy who hold the fate of the nation
in their hands. Parr, who is an en-
sign, having graduated from Annap-
oils four years ago, has been assigned
to the important duty of officer IN
command of torpedo defense on board
a United States transport bearing
troops to Europe.
Already he has made one trip
across the Atlantic in safety. The
fleet of transports and destroyers with
which Parr sailed left Hoboken July
80. The voyage across required two
weeks, the fleet being accompanied
by slow sailing fuel ships. The trip
was uneventful, tho the wireless op-
orators on board received several
messages from ships which were be-
ing chased by submarines.
Landed Near Nantes.
In letters to his parents young Parr
did not give the port of debarkation,
but it's location may be judged from
the fact that 1t is an hours ride from
Nantes, a large and important French
city. Officers and men were given
a brief shore leave to visit the quaint
French town, where soldiers and great
quantities of supplies were being I'M
loaded.
Just before the big fleet made port.
gerous part of the submarine zone, 1t
encountered a terrific 100-mile gale,
which would have rendered any lurk-
ing submarine helpless to attack had
it been in position to do so. The land
ing of men and munitions was &C
complished without mfshap. The re-
turn journey also required a little less
than two weeks, making the round
trip an even month.
Fruit Steamer Transport.
Parr states in one of his letters that
the transport on which he is station
ed was formerly a steamer in the serv-
ice of the United Fruit company in
the Central and South American
trade. 1t is thus evident that the
government is sending a great many
more troops to France than the trans
ports in government service before
the war could accommodate, and that
it is preparing for immediate trans
portat1on of men on a large scale.
For three years Ralph Parr was
stationed with the Pacific fleet, and a
year ago married a Los Angeles girl
He is well known in Topeka and has
many friends here
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THE ARTILLERY
Explanation of Serving the Piece" In
Connection with State journal Bat
terry A, Gunners' Contest
BY CAPT. w. p. MAC LEAN
BY CAPT. w. p. MAC LEA
No. q

The duties of No. in the service
of the piece are:
To show the trail so as to give the
general direction to the piece.
To throw the empty cartridge cases
out of the way of the gun squad.
The duties of No. in the service
of the piece are:
To set the corrector.
To set the range on the fuze setter.
s+x Te set the fuze when the hand fuze
setter is used.
The duties of No. in the service
of the piece are:
In time fire to complete the setting
of the fuze.
To insert the round in the breech.
In volley fire to call out the num-
Der of the round
The duties of No. in the service
of the piece are.
To take ammunition from the chest.
When the bracket fuze setter is be-
ing used, to insert the round in the
fuze setter and to set the fuze.
When the ha1.d fuZe setter is used.
to hold the round while No. sets the
fuze.
To pass the round directly to No. 4
in percussion fire, and when the hand
fuze setter is used in time fire.
Nos. and have no specific duties
in the service of the piece after it is
established in POSITION. They act as
spare cannoneerS.
In preparing for action, the car
riages being unlimbered, each MEM
Der of the gun squad performs his
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majority of women in the selection
of their new costumery.
And, mind you, there may be
third garment added to the coat and
skirt to make the costume complete,
in the form of a waistcoat that takes
on the proportions of that worn by
Louis XIV.
This waistcoat' may be in colors, in
white or black satin embroidered in
metallic threads. 1t is nothing more
or less than a sleeveless blouse that
is often girdled in at the waist. Its
object is to provide a suitable cos
tune for the house when the coat is
removed
The sleeveless bodice, which ex-
tends over the waist in a straight line,
has become so imbedded in the
scheme of modern dress that it may
hold on for several seasons and ap-
pear in different guises. Today it is
a waistcoat
The sketch shows a new costume
put out for the autumn which en-
bodies the three features, the satin
skirt, the cloth coat and the sleeve
less waistcoat- The skirt is narrow
and plain and the coat is loose and
yet cut on slim, attenuated lines. It
is of beige cloth, with a flicker of
vague plaid through it, The white
pique wafstcoat has two rows of white
bone buttons and slanting pockets
over the hips. The blouse over which
II is worn, has a high, boned collar
ana a black satin cravat
1t is well to look out for the double
chin these days, for the low, rolling
collar is already considered out OF
1irst fashion, no matter how many wo-
men continue to wear it.
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Mein Dear Son Heine:
Say Heine, chust because am your
fader ISIS no reason why you shouldt
make monkey shines NIT me. 1 know
dot eferyting hass increased in cost,
but edumacatiOn ISIS still der same
price, so don't ask again for an in
crease in der allowance. Heremit ISIS
der check for der usual amount.
Veil, We haff excitement puy der
bucket full. In oder words der s,readt
Kansas Free Fair hass been turned
loose on her skinitizens und oders all
week. L haff been attending three
days, Mamma hass been dere six days
und der kids started going two weeks
ago. A Free Fair, Heine, ISIS chust
like oder Fairs only different in diss
way. Oder Fairs you pay to gedt in,
but adj der Free Fair you pay before
canning oudt. Dey all cost more as
each oder anyway. Mamma as usual
hadt to haff new clothes before she
would vent. So We stopped adj dry
goods store und Mamma started in,
but I said ''Vaid a minute, you cant
go in dot blaze" She said, IVY nodt p
1 saidt. Dot store ISIS for SALE She
saidt, No, only in packages" 1 saidt,
"kead der sign" She saidt, DOT ISIS
vot I am going in for, der Fur Sale
I saidt, Dots wy you cant go in, der
blaze ISIS fer sale" She saidt, 'tNodt
Fer Sale, but Fur Sale" 1 saidt,
''Vots der difference. dot ISIS vot I
saidt." But, anyway puy golly your
moder bought yum off dose Furs to
wear aroundt der neck. und nit der
thermometer registering Summer I
toldt her dot if she vent to der Fair
init dot thing maybe yedt dey would
put her in der poultry building NIT
der rest off der chickens.
Und speaking off chickens, Heine,
noticed dot der vuns vot yos fur
covered attractioned more attention as
der vuns vot hadt feathers uRd were
in der ~coops- Und say, Heine, /
choined der multitude. Also dey half
horse erasers. Now, Heine, a horse
eraser ISIS chust like golluf except dey
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don't use go1luf clubs und tings. In
stead dey haff horses und little va
CONS nit der back wheels gebusted off
und gechase each puy der oder
nit der horse vich runs der quickest
wins der eraser und eferypody stands
oop und yells. 1 yelled too und
mamma says, ''Vot do you know
apoudt eraser horsing?" I saidt. II
don't know someding apoudt idt-"
yelping?" I saidt, 81 vos calling der
peanut boy und thought eferypody
else vos too, und 1 wanted to gedt him
first" Und Mamma saidt sit down."
Und 1 sat. Und der snide-shows,
Heine Lots off snide-shows. Dey
hadt der lady snake charmer vot
trained lions, a merry go aroundt,
fairies-wheel, strained Wild animals,
motor-sickle performance, und der
dancing young vimmens Say, dot
dancing show, Heine-I vent six times.
Vich, makes me tink, Heine, do you
efer show Mamma der letters vot 1
wrotten you? 1 chust wanted to know,
dot iss ALL
oh, almost 1 forgot Dere vos also
der usual exhibitions off domestic
cows und imported fowls, und pigs.
both in der restaurants und in pens,
horses. mules, chass-acks und peoples
from oder towns, big pumpkins und
some larger yedt. und eferytfng. Also
| lots off quick gedt rich games. Mann
ma spendt two dollars und fifteen
cents trying to win a fifty cent fancy
| pillow adj a blaze we're der Teller
| spinned a wheel, und by chiminy she
got so mad dot lasdt night she
wouldn't efen sleep NIT a pillow on
| der bed in. Veil, anyway idt ISIS a
greadt thing, dot Free Fair business
/ 1 walked fife thousandt miles, spendt
J fourteen dollars. collected und car
ried home fife tons off advertising
! books und bapers, und der kids all
! got sick eating ice cream und candy
Hoping you are der same,
| Your fader,
LOUIE SCHNITZ.
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the Green Tea Pot" MARY Eliza
beth's," THE Rose Tea SL,p.'' The
Roof Tree" 1.-THE Tea Cosy THE
Chimney Corner" 1.-The Sign of tbs
Green Parrot" or any other one of the
sixty-seven varieties of tea shops that
infest Manhattan ways and byways.
Down in some of the South Ameri.
can countries they have tea all theil
own so the high cost of shipping tea
from China and Ceylon for the once
means nothing in their 5 o'clock tea
hour This South American tea which
is made from the dried leaves of
tree which grows in the forest fast
nesses of Uruguay is called yerbe
and is made by pouring boiling water
on a teaspoonful of the pulverized
leaves and sugar. 1t is prepared il
small dried gourd and drunk thru
silver tube which has perforations il
the bottom that act as a strainer.
Drink From Gourd IN South America
The gourd and tube are called a
mate and the tea 18th the service
is mate yerbe," just as we say a
cup of tea" Many of the gourds are
most deliberately banded and orna-
mented in silver and the tubes also
are usually of the pure silver elegantly
chased. The older generations of tbs
natives and the "rancheros" or cow
boys have a delightfully."- unsanitary
custom of refilling the same gourd
with hot water and passing 1t around
in turn to all parties present for a
suck thru the same tube.
This yerbe tea possesses most bene-
fetal and strengthening properties,
and none of the evil tannin of our
own tea 1t has been introduced in
the English and French armies with
great success and altho an acquired
taste is easily so.
Who knows If the price of tea con-
tines to soar we may get scared and
take to yerbe yet. But at Least We'll
insist on an individual gourd and tube
at each tea party.
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wanted machines in quantities and
Longren being unable to turn out 500
machines in a specified time had to
give up dream of establishing a big
aeroplane factory in TOT eka
Thru Three States
For several summers Longren made
sensational flights in Kansas, Colorado
and Nebraska During the years he
has been interested in aeronautics he
has flirted with death in the air 1872
times
Fifteen years ago Longren deter
mined to build an aeroplane His
friends laughed at him when he told
them he was building an aeropIane. It
was long. tedious job, especially on
account of finances and lack of en-
couragement. Yet. Longren stuck to
his guns and finally turned the laugh
on his friends by propducing the first
aeropalne that would fly in Kansas
In going to the Denver firm Lon
gren has accepted a position as its
chief aeronautical engineer This firm
is building an aerial torpedo, an air
craft equipped with fifty-horse power
motor designed to carry explosives
thru the air any distance to thirty
miles A time controlled release drops
the torpedo at any given distance.
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Longren was not only an aviator
known thruout this and neighboring
states. He was an inventor and build
er of aeroplanes and man who did
much to advertise Topeka in the last
seventeen years. He was the first
Kansan to make a flight in an aero
plane. He also was the first KanSan
TO build an aeroplane in Kansas. He
is given due credit for these achieve
ments by the Kansas State Historical
society.
For years Longren has maintained
an aviation plant known as the Lon
gren Airplane company at Gil East
Tenth street. He built all the ma
chimes in which Phil Billiard. Topeka
air man, made his spectacular flights
over the city. In addition he has
built other machines for wealthy men
in this state and in Oklahoma.
Only this week before leaving, Lon
gren finished a machine for Billie
Burke, an Oklahoma oil magnate,
with an ambition to put the birds to
shame. This machine was tested on
an aviation field near Topeka and is
now in the hands of the Oklahoma
man.
During the years spent by Longren
in the aviation business he has built
ten different type of machines Each
machine built by the airman had some
new improvement on it that aided in
making air flying less likely to land
one in a final resting place.
Lack of funds always has handicap
ped Topekas pioneer airman Great
efforts were made to land contracts
to build government planes for Euro
pean service. But the government
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duties in the order given below:
Gunner: (a) Removes the hood
from the sight bracket;
OBJ Releases the traversing and
elevating lock and operates the trav-
ersing and elevating gear;
(c) Removes the sight shank from
its case and places it in its socket,
setting the range at 5000 and the
peep sight DETECTION at zero;
(d) Takes the panoramic sight
from its case and places it in its seat,
making sure that the sight is clamped
and that the DETECTION is set at zero;
-(e) Raises and secures the top
shield, with the assistance Of No. l.;
(f) Seats himself on his seat.
No. /: (a) Removes the quadrant
centers the cross level bubble;
OBJ Sets the range at 5000 and the
sight at 800, and brings the range
bubble to the center;
(c) Equips himself with a lanyard
and wiping cloth;
(d) Operates the breech mechan-
ism, examines the breech block, bore
and chamber. cleaning any parts re-
quiring it, leaving the breech open.
except when the gun is loaded;
(e) Assists the gunner in raising
and securing the top shield;
(f) Seats himself on his seat.
No. 2: (a) Removes the breech
OBJ Turns back the trail handspike
and engages it;
(c) Runs around to the right of
the piece and assists No. to lower
the piece apron;
I'D Distributes tow or waste, to the
cannoneers for use in their ears;
(e) Seats himself on the handspike.
No. 8: (a) Runs around the left of
the caisson and removes the muzzle
cover;
CD Removes the front sight cover
and adjust the sight in its firing posi-
ton;
(c) Lowers the piece apron, with
the assistance of No. 2;
Cd Seats himself at the fuze setter
with his back to the right caisson
wheel;
(e) Sets his scales at corrector 80,
range 1900.
No. 4: (a) Assisted by No. s, low
ers the caisson apron:
(b) Lowers the fuze setter;
(c) Assisted by No. 5, raises the
caisson door;
CD Stands ready to serve ammuni-
| ton
No. S: (a) Assists No. 4 to lower
! the caisson apron;
OBJ Assists No. to raise the Gals
son door;
Co Puts a round of shrapneI in the
| fuze setter. setting the fuze;
Cd Stands ready to serve ammuni.
ton
The cannoneers report to their chic,
| of section If any parts of the ma.
| terlal are not in working order
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white bread we have nothing but
black looks and we are ringing in
changes of corn meal mush, fried
mush, corn bread and corn cakes ev-
cry day in the week. But when it
comes to interupting our flow of tea
that's different matter. Consuming
tea at present is our consuming pas
sion. What matter if the price be
steep you have to steep the tea any
way. Let them put the price up, We'll
get even by putting the tea down so
Polly put the kettle on Wen all have
tea"
Bran or Oatmeal Buns
A tea cart for the summer porch
or the winter hearth is an indispen-
sable adjunct of the modern home.
A hostess whose white hands flutter
effectively above the silver tea service
and the fragile egg-shell tea cups and
whose modulated voice echoes sweet
as the cubes of sugar, How many
Jumps 2" Lemon or cream?" and do
you take rum" needs no more effec-
tive phrases in her conversation bag
of tricks to be a scintillating success
The legion of luscious sandwiches,
fantastic fairy cakes and toasted muf-
fins, scenes and crumpets continue to
be popular tea table trimmings but
quite the smartest thing to serve with
your afternoon tea at the pres
ent moment is the war cake in all
its eggless, milkless. BUTTERFLIES de-
GciouSnesS.
Sandwiches of the assorted bran,
brown and oatmeal war breads are
also the well bred thing to serve.
Tea Shops Quite Fad.
In New York when in doubt go tc
| tea" is the popular slogan. The tea
shops are as numerous as they are
attractive Tho the big hotels OF
course all have their more or less
swagger and distinctive rooms given
over to the imbibers of the aromatic
| amber beverage, the quaint and tiny
/ tea shops with their homemade
goodies have a feminine following all
their own. Those who wish to see
be seen, gossip. dance, flirt lot and
drink tea little, flock to the smart
hotel tea rooms. Those who wish to
chat, flirt a little and drink a lot, HE
to THE Fernery," THE Tally-Ho,'
which is made out of an old stable
with the tea served in stalls, THE
Colonial Vanity Fair" THE Pic
! cadilly," The Pierrot," The Sign OF
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AUTO TURNS OVER
Two Persons, One Torpekan, Were In
jured Near Silver Lake Wednesday.

A rut in the Silver Lake road was
the cause of a motor car turning
turtle and injuring two persons
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Virginia McGreer, mother of
Mrs. j. H. Close, was pinned beneath
the car when it skidded into ditch
at the side of the road and turned
over. She suffered bruises about the
head and several decorations of her
right hand. Mrs. McGreer is rs years
old, but despite her age her condition
this morning was improving.
Her son, Ebert McGreer, of Mus
catine, Ia, was also riding in the car
and received severe body bruises. DIR.
J. H. Close, Mrs. Close, and their
daughter, Sarah Close, all escaped in
jury.
The family were going to st. Marys
and had just passed Silver Lake when
the car hit the rut and skidded into
the ditch
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Is YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL


At the meeting of the German American
league last night officers were elected and
the league Will fight prohibition tooth
and toenail. Meetings are in Turner hall
Mrs. Harrison, wife of President Harri-
son, is dying. The doctors hold out no
hope for her recovery.
L H Stricken of the Topeka Business
College seems to have transferred his
whole school room In miniature to the
state fair grounds, and answers INQUIRIES
of young men and women who desire bust
ness training.
E. B. Guild. the organ and piano man,
has the eastern corner Of the hall at the
fair and shows many instruments.
The Palace Clothing company, the Cros-
by Brothers company, and the Kellam
company have effective booths at the fair
The famous Dalton gang has been
broken up. Two of the bandits were killed
and fiSe captured after a hot fight near
the Mexican border.
Mrs George Stansfield has gone to Bos-
ton for months visit to relatives
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Moore and his wife, two of the eight
victims, were slain.
The state will introduce witnesses
who have been in cells and hospital
rooms occupied by Kelly to testify he
had mania for hiding small pieces
of bacon.
The states first witness today was
to testify that Kelly had told persons
on a train of the murder of eight per-
sons in Villisca in 1912, several hours
before it was known the crimes had
been committed
Exhibition of the blood-stained axe
used by the slayer failed to elicit any
emotion from the minister
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Advertising Companies.
DIRECT ADVERTISING CO,
412-414 Central National Bank Bldg.
Phone 1915.
Bicycles and Motorcycles
SHAWNEE CYCLE CO,
ia East 9TH st.
Phone AGO.
Business Colleges.
DOUGHERTY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
George L. Dougherty. Pres. 1ls West Sth-
Phone 566.
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
New England Building,
Phone 4113.
Druggists.
MARSHALL BROS,
135 Kansas Ave.
Phone 535.
Dry Goods.
WARREN NJ. CROSBY CO.,
613-1- Kansas Ave.
Phone 1860.
Electrical Fixtures. Repairs Supplies.
III. 3. HOWARD ELECTRIC ATH-
.etic Supply. I16 Kantas Ave;
Phone 1877.
Eye Specialists.
DR. ID. n. PAINE,
11s Kansas Ave.
Phone ia.
Express Dray and Transfer.
TOPEKA TRANSFER CO, C. H. White,
52S Adams st.
Phone 1856.
2235 Lincoln St.
TOPEKA PURE MILK CO.,
4OO-02-04 jackson st.
Phone 537.
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fashion that has appeared in high
places.
New York, Sept 15.-Coats and
skirts are not alike even in the most
expensive of the new autumn models.
This verdict by the designers of
cold weather clothes may please
undoubtedly lead to confusion.
If every woman were an artist in
clothes, she would be allowed this lax
ity of choice as to what jacket to wear
with what skirt; but the selection OF
clothes is not an art that is easily
learned, altho one often believes that
it is inherited
Going Back to the Old Ways.
For several decades in our history it
was not considered necessary to match
the garments that contributed to an
entire costume. When one-piece
gowns were the rule of fashion, there
was not much variety allowed in the
mingling of colors and fabrics, but
there was rarely any marked desire
on the part of women to harmonic
the wrap or coat with the skirt until
the mannish coat suit became the
leading fashion Of the civilized part
of the universe.
For over a quarter of a century,
the Anglo-Saxon woman has looked
upon the suit cut from one piece or
cloth as the correct thing to wear.
She has ordered as many of these
suits as her purse allowed, and she
rarely considered herself well dressed
unless she owned such a costume and
kept it in readiness for constant serv-
ice.
At the beginning of the autumn of
1917, after twenty-five years of train
| ing in one department of dress, she is
asked to consider the new fashion,
| which is, after all, a revival of an
| old one. She is told that she can
| wear checked skirt of cloth and a
| cutaway coat of velveteen; that she
| can add a short jacket of black satin
to a blue and gray plaid home
| spun skirt. And she may wear a
| loose, knee length beige coat with a
plain or pleated satin skirt.
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FATE HANGS ON BACON
Axe Murder Defendant Had Mania
for Hiding Pieces.

Red Oak, Ia, Sept. ia piece of
bacon may decide the fate of Rev. Lyn
George j. Kelly, on trial for the vii
llsca axe murders" it developed to-
day.
Attorney General Havner, it was
learned, will place great stress on the
alleged discovery of a piece of bacon
at the head of the bed where Joe
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City Operates Coal Yard.

Evansville, Ind, Sept. 15.-Orders
will be taken for coal by this city's
municipal coal yard today, Mayor
benjamin Bose announced today.
The price will be IA " cents a bushei
delivered TO the customers home.
The regular price is 16 cents. One
hundred tons a day will be supplied
thru a mine which has been pur-
chased and will be operated by the
mayor. Business will be done under
the name of the City Coal company"