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soft, and so on. Veins vary in thick
ness. Some are fat and some are lean
Mining costs more in one region than
in another. The freightage to market
from one field may be much higher
than from a field high up in the hills
or the mountains.
All of these conditions must come
into the computations of those engaged
in the complicated toll of arriving at
Just prices for all interests. The con-
sumner is entitled to protection. The
producer must have both protection
and stimulation.
coal also. as has been stated. fixed the
price of wheat for the crop of 1917.
There are eastern wheat lands and
wheat lands in the west. Kansas is
many miles farther away from the
Atlantic seaboard than is Ohio. There
Is winter wheat and there is spring
wheat. And there are many varieties
or each. These facts had to be con-
The effort now is to obtain in the
greatest quantities possible all of the
materials Tor war. Speed is necessary
balancing is imperative. The need of
~ py most persons. men have said:
stop the manufacture of unessentials
sentials."
,a Whereupon Waddin catchings, pres
ldent OF the Sloss-Shef1ield Steel and
IRON company, and the man who is
bringing the United States Chamber
OF commerce into cooperation with
the Council of National Defense. does
some sensible balancing himself.
On their face" he says. "jewelry
and automobiles are not essentials
But emile wants them and will give us
n mt and copper in exchange, and
tne Unlted states needs both. Sewing
machlnes and typewriters can be trad
ed 1or the hides and wool of ArEen-
tina. Jute and burlap can be obtained
from. India for our watches and
There Is no end to the currents and
cross currents that are complicatfnr
the industry and commerce of the
country. In the meantime, the i'm
mense number Of Americans who are
suffering in material way because of
the war is not being overlooked. al
though they may believe that their in
terests have been sacrificed or for
gotten.
Farmers are making money. Me-
chanics and day laborers are receiving
higher wages than ever before. Hum
dreds OF manufacturers are adding to
their riches. But millions Of the
American people are finding It dificuIt
to pay their living expenses. The last
census of the nation showed that there
were 50hp0 scl1oolteachera IN the
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derstood. prices would crumble. Fight
ing might cease suddenly. A guaranty,
then. Of 81 next year. 1t was believed.
might tend to stop the marketing of
this years~crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09

H6HE family buyer. usually the
wife, and the family provider,
usually the husband. feel that
they have been misled They
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00 0E were sitting on a fire-step
MAN. in the front line trench 1t
\H\Y was bright and sunny, and
" we were bubbling over with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-06

as he is sternly pressing the prosecution
of a young employee caught stealing, learns
at last thru the detective whom he has EN-
ployed that his own wife was once con
Wet. 1t comes to the Grand this season,
If laughter and applause of uproarious
volume be any endorsement "Htt-Ihe.
Trail Holiday" must be classed as one of
the genuine successes of the current season.
At the Novelty.
The bill for the first half Of M, next t. week eek
excellent vaudeville of this season. The
program starts off with wellington &
Hilr' a couple of comedy jugglers, who do
some regular stuff then comes Murphy,
Howard & Rudolph" heralded as The
Worlds Greatest Harmony Singers In
the center of the bill find Hazel
Heston & Co" in a farce comedy act One
Born Every Minute" In fourth spot sam
Hood" looms up like a real one. He is Il
blackface comedian and is amusing the
public with his original act The Man
From Mexico The bill closes with a
unique and absolutely different act Chin
Chin" the smallest and most perfectly
trained elephant in the world. With Chin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-06
Stage and Screen
BY "DON."

The year 1917 witnesses the invasion of
many new film companies in the field.
Selznick company. with such stars as Ma
zimova, Norma Talmadge; Clara kimball
Vitagraph with Gail Kane, Anita Stewart,
etc; also the Mcclure Publication f1lns
Mary Pickford's company, The Aircraft,
and the just formed Goldwyn corporation.
VIM. Fox, who numbers under his ban
ner such amiable stars as Valeska Suratt,
Pearson, declares that his newest male
planet, Stanhope Wheatcroft, does not
drink, smoke or play cards, A lamb in
Leopold Godowsky, the great piano vir-
tuoso. who will be remembered by the
cert here. recently visited the Universal
studios. There Charley Chaplin persuad-
ed him to appear with him in short
Maude Adams is now conquering in her
newest Barry play, a Kiss for cinder-
E. H. Sothern is completing for
the greater Vitagraph The Man of Mys-
terry, which viii marx tne Iarewel OF me
screen.
Harry Lauder is to be knighted by King
Edward VII, according to rumor. Hoot,
Edward mon, have We gang dafte.
There is big interest in the east in the
Chauncey Olcott revival of some of his
early successes. Olcott has had vacation
of two years from the stage and an
nounces his intention of returning to work.
After several weeks on Broadway he will
undertake a short western tour and To-
peka will have It first opportunity to see
the famous Broadway star.
Yes. Francis X Bushman was a chorus
man and an artists model before he went
on the screen.
The press agent of Annette Kellerman
who swims and stars in the 81, 600, 900 pic
ture "A Daughter of the Gods" makes
comparisons of Annettes proportions with
those of Venus de Milo and Cleopatra
with results decidedly unfavorable to the
latter. We will not attempt to give the
measurements complete we might get
the foot length measurements mixed up
with the waist measure. However. Annette
is feet and 3-44 inches in height as
against and for Cleopatra and and 4
for Venus. Waist: Cleo, 29.3 inches; An
nettes, 26.2; Venus 312. Hips Cleo.
1916; Kellerman, 37.S and Venus, 40S. Miss
also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-06
NEW STARS AT IRIS
More Varied Policy VIII Be Put Into Eff
feet Next Monday.

The new policy of the Iris. announced
by the new manager, Joe Risteen, goes
into effect Monday. Stars whose names
are household words i'll the east, but who
have not appeared previously on Topeka
screen are due to make their debut at
hard and fast contract with any one mo-
ton picture corporation, but will. for the
most part, adhere to a policy of COB
bling up the good things of the picture
world as they appear. The first of the
much tOuted Fox comedies will be a reg
future, beginning January 10 The Fox
comedies expected to develop new
Charley Chaplins, Chester Conklins and
others who have gained fame in the slap
stick movies The feature plays of seven
and eight reels being produced from time
Greater Vitagraph and other companies
will be shown at the Iris. Some twelve
super features planned by various compa-
MES for 1917 have already been tenta-
lively booked.
Monday and Tuesday Gail Kane and
make their bow at the Iris in "On Dan
gerous Ground" Wednesday and Thurs
day the first of the Greater yitagraph
releases Nell Shipman and William Dun
can in Thru the Wall will be shown
Fox picture. George Walsh in The
Wednesday and Thursday. a Luke comedy
will supplement the Vitagraph picture
Next week the Fox comedies will be on
hand.
Arrangements are being made to secure
a siN-piece orchestra from Kansas City
the Ladies' orchestra which for the past
six months has been playing the Baltf-
more, McClintock's, the Muehlebach and
other amusement centers of Kansas city.
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Chin comes three people and a dog and a
pony to assist him with his act. Preced-
ing this bill comes the tenth edition of
THE Shielding Shadow" picture that is
causing a lot of interest among Novelty
patrons.
Doubtless many present day theatergo-
ers Will recall with pleasure the celebrated
singers they have heard sing the role of
Airline in THE Bohemian Girl when they
read the announcement that in the near
future the Aborn Opera company will pre-
youngest of all prima donnas now singing
in this country will be heard in the role
here.
The Novelty Review.
The majority of the Novelty customers
had they the makeup of the bills in their
at least one black face act. As soon as
the corked face of Il performer appears at
the sides. great part of the audience gets
ready to laugh The skit, working for
the City gave the audiences the laugh
that they were expecting. The closing
Proposes the opening oil painting act
and the harmony trio Moore, O'Brien and
Cormack seemed to arouse pleasure in
the audience. The Pathe news caused a
flutter of interest among the women in
In the forthcoming engagement of "A
World of Pleasure" January at the
Grand first of all famous New York Win
ter Garden shows to visit this city a fea-
ture Will be found in the prima DONNA who
is young lady with remarkable cAreer.
girl, who has been on the stage but three
years. She first visited New York City
as a member of the Mormon choir was
seen by Al Jolson, and engaged as his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-06
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS

COZY-Tom Santschi in "The Coun-
try That God Forgot"
IRIS-Valeska Suratt in 1.-The Vic
tim
ORPHEUM = Frank keenan, in
THE Sin Ye Do
NOVELTY-Five acts of vaudeville
and Pathe News.
GRAND-"2O,0 1000 Leagues Under
the Sea- today matinee and
night.
At the Cory.
In the Country That God Forgot
shown today you will see what critics
pronounce one of the good photoplays OF
the year. Tom Santschi enacts the leading
role In this drama of the western desert
written and produced by Marshall Neilan
The Country That God Forgot is d
drama of a womans longing for real life
of her consequences. of her temptation toe
great TO be resisted. 1t is also a drama
of realization, of remorse. of retributior
to the. tempter, and finally of the great
joy, peace and understanding as a reward
to the loyalty Of the husband.
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prima donna. Since then she has occu-
pied like position in all the Winter Gar,
den productions. "A World of Pleasure
January 9.
At the Iris
Valeska Suratt. classified variousy as
the most beautiful woman in America,
attraction today at the Iris. The Vic
tim is an admirable vehicle for the dis
play of Miss Suratt's ''vampirish" school
of acting.
"Hip! Hip! Hooray" in X. c.
Hip, Hip Hooray'' the spectacular pro-
duction that brought enormous re-
ceipts to the New York Hippodrome is to
for week beginning Monday evening.
There will be daily. matinees during the en-
than six hundred people will be brought
to Kansas City.
Many changes are necessary for the local
presentation. The regular Coliseum stage,
will be built 50 feet out into the audito-
rum and rebuilt so that an ice pool AZ by
IS feet may be constructed for the ice
Scenically, the production is famous. A
few of the scenes are the Ladder of Roses
Tower of Jewels; March of the States
Toyland in the Zone; Chinatown; the Kat
Kabaret and the Bitmore Cascades.
Only seven cities in the country are
sufficiently equipped with stage capacity
to allow g visit from the show. Under the
Charles Dillingham; regime, prices every
where must remain as low as in New
York.
At the Orpheum.
Closing tonight, the Orpheum rings down
one of the best weeks amusement pro-
grams furnished regularly by the Tri-
angle corporation. Beginning with Doug
las Fairbanks in The Matrimaniac" and
ending with Frank keenan, in THE Sins
Ye Do" The bill was diversified enough
to please all Orpheum patrons
Begnning Monday t the 3rpheu f o TiI
Dams" She is a little waif and she sings
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ham and" at Coffee Dams until bunch
of crooks discover she is an heiress. The
full of plot, full of character playing.
= Clara Williams I'll in the new Triangle
shown at the Orpheum Thursday, Friday
and Saturday appears as a trained nurse
to her native Italy upon the outbreak of
the European war to care for her wounded
countrymen- On the battle front there is
Italian and the other Austrian. who
are fighting in the armies of their respec-
tive countries. The war is not the domi-
background for a love story filled with
thrills.
At the Orpheum. H. C.. Week JAM T.
When The Bride Shop" was chosen as
the feature attraction of the opening bill
of the new Orpheum theater it was the con-
sensus Of opinion that nothing more fitting
could have been chosen as a feature to omen
the new house. With it's wealth of beauti-
full costumes, enhanced by a beautiful
scenic production, its catchy music and
iature and complete musical comedies that
has ever been played at the Orpheum.
the emergency prima donna" because she
held many a musical comedy up on account
of her splendid voice, grace and charm,
and for the last few years has been the
charming vaudeville favorite instead of the
charming musical comedy favorite.
or anY ofber SORT of m paiho PnotnograPh
Ernest r. Ball is heard from. His popu-
larity as composer. actually the greatest
in his own country, has also penetrated to
the four corners of the globe Mr.. Ball has
composed much of the music of the day.
His Mother Machree,'' Love Me and the
World Is Mine" The Garden Of My Heart
TIL the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold"
"A Little Bit of Heaven Called Ireland
etc, are high standards of ballad compost
ton. In vaudeville Mr.. Ball has arranged
singing pianologue in which he uses his
own compositions. and he is also the pos
SCISSOR Of a pleasing voice.
Other acts on the bill area
Alice Lyndon Doll & Co., in a bit of
music and song, novel and pleasing act
with a number of pretty stage pictures and
handsome gowns Robert Everest's novelty
circus in versatile routine of specialties
aerial features, etc John Geiger with his
talking violin, introducing his novelty trick
playing, and the Orpheum travel weekly
showing views of enemies of the hen house
Siamese customs Indo-China and carrier
pigeons of France
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-06
R AT THE: ~ !
THEATRES


Ton Coming to the Grand
Jan 9-"World OF Pleasure"
Girl" 1A'orn company In bohemian
Jan III atinka."
Jan. 22-"Just a woman
Jan. 25-"Princess Pat"
Jan 26-"Every Woman"
Jan 31-San Carlo Opera Co.
rep. Garden Of Allah
Feb. Inlay Robson.
Coming to the Majestic.
ian ian 1ISS@oWashburn Glee Club.
Jan 2G-2I-"Other Mans Wife"
Other Theaters.
Irts-Photo features.
Orpheum-photo features
NoVelty-Naudeville and motion pictures.
An event Of unus al local theatrical i'm
Portance is promised in the coming en-
Grahu tuesday, January 9. This attrac-
non Is one of the now nationally famous
nhuge spectacles produced at the Winter
Garden in New York City and it is ru-
mored one of the greatest productions
made by the directors of this temple of
theatrical enterprises. A company of over
100 people, two acts and nine huge scenes,
Two score OF musicianly and jingly mu-
slcal numbers, an orchestra of metropoli-
IAN players to interpret the music, spe-
cial train of eleven. cars. and a cast well
worth the attention of any theatergoer, are
"a World of Pleasures" visit to this city
such well known names Conroy and
l.t Ntalfet W Lillian MOTIFS. the Courteney
Sisters, Mcmahon. Diamond and Chaplow.
1oIllns and Hart Wanda Lyon, Margaret
Edwards. Rosie Quinn and Franklin
Battle are included in the show.
History discloses the fact that the street
fair. with its Oriental fakirs. acrobats, etc
and even its noisy "ballyhoo," dates far
back. The seventeenth century prototype
of the street fair of the present day was
reproduced by Edward p. Temple. the
master of stagecraft of the New York
liippodrome, when he staged the AbOrn
Bohemian Girl" In studying the street
fairs of ancient Hungary, he learned that
among Its many features was a troupe OF
Arab acrobats. Consequently a troupe of
near east for the Aborn revival of The
bohemian Girl anu have continued for six
seasons feature of this presentation,
which comes to the Grand Wednesday,
matinee and night.
The strength of Just a Woman, the
most sensational offering at the Grand
Monday, January %. lies In its fidelity to
the big and genuine things of life. 1t Is
by Eugene Walter. whose Paid in Full
few seasons since-iust as Just Wo-
man" has swept blase New York during
the past two years. The presentation is
under the management of the Messrs
Shubert. whe have provided brilliant
company Of forty. headed by Mabel
Brownell and Ernest Anderson, and are
sending the original, wonderful metropol-
itan scenic equipment intact
The Messrs. 'Shubert announce for pre-
sentation at the Grand on January 90
The Blue Paradise" one of the most
phenomenal musical successes in recent
seasons, and the most delightful light oper-
attic entertainment brought forth from
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Vienna since 1.-The Merry Widow" Like its
famous predecessor, The Blue Paradise"
is of Viennese origin having been first
produced in the Austrian capital two
years ago. Since then its popularity has
spread turnout continental Europe because
story and the exquisite orchestration Of
the tuneful numbers with which its score
is replete.
The coming presentation of 1.-THE Garden
of Allah" which will be at the Grand
fleet on the task the Liebler company I'M
dertook to make this production. The
audience will be brought to the brink of
the vast rolling eXpanse of the Sahara
desert. to watch the dusty caravans go by,
the sun rise over the desert, and the white
robed Arabs at play.
The long awaited appearance of "Ex-
perience." the modern morality drama by
George V. Hobart, which has been a
dramatic sensation of the past two sea
sons is now announced for the Grand. Few
plays in recent years have scored the sue
cess credited to Experience, which at
first was reported a failure and then turn
ed into one of the big drawing cards of
modern times.
The dramatization of Gene Stratton-
Porter's popular novel "Freckles" is de
lighting thousands who have read the book
and thousands who have not read it. As
a song play "Freckles" is strong in poetic
fancy, revelation to lovers of nature and
possesses sufficient stirring incidents to
keep the dratamic interest at concert pitch.
This song play will be seen IN this city
for the second time at the Majestic theater.
1.-The House of, Glass" is that in which
dwells a prosperous railroad magnate who,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-06
Big Film Corporations Merge.

Chicago, Jan. 6.-Plans for a $12,-
100000 film corporation are under
way here today. The new concern
will be known as the Universal Film
company, and will be the result of
consolidation by Carl Laemmle and
Patrick Powers, who have fought a
long commercial feud in the motion
picture business. Laemmle is to be
president of the new firm
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
RUSHING WORK
ON STEEL CARS
Pennsy Shops Work Double
Turns on New Equipment;
Daily Record


Altoona, Aug. 13. Nine all-steel
boxcars are being completed and turn
ed out of the local Pennsylvania Rail-
road car shops daily and the Pennsy
is making every effort to get as many
cars in service as possible to help
in moving the vast amount of freight
accruing as result of the war.
A night force of 1S0 men is work
ing at the blacksmith. steel car and
machine shops. in pursuance of the
program announced many weeks ago.
The night workers are more numer-
Gus than they have been in several
years. and all are working on ma
With several thousand boxcars on
the battleship or X-25 type. which
supplanted the wooden boxcar, to
construct on the present years equip
plenty of work before them.
Material Is Scarce
Lack or material has done more
TO retard the building than the labor
taxing oveP 9nSs neariy the ,Ss Is
iT.ner supplies. the railroads are
barely able to buy steel at 16 to is
cents per pound. which is as much as
was formerly paid for brass. The
local shops are keeping up with the
material and the steel mills are be-
ing pressed at all times to deliver
loIs IN copious quantities.
A.. Whlle few car builders have left
the service by reason of volunteering z
ior the Army or Navy. local officials
nave not determined how the draft
VIII reduce the railroad workers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
NEWS OF STEELTON'
CONTINUE HUNT
FOR FIREBUG
Police Conducting Systematic
Search For Incendiaries at
Work in the Borough


The police and fire departments of
the borough are working hand in
hand to ascertain who the would-be
firebug is who on three recent sue
cessive nights has endangered the
lives and property of several resi-
dents of Frederick street by several
unsuccessful attempts at incendiar-
ism.
The first information the fire de-
partment had OF attempted incen-
diary fire was secured Friday morn
ing, when it was found that some-
time during the previous night a
large hole had been burned in the
back porch at 100 Frederick street,
but when discovered the fire was al
ready out. This property is owned
by John Cohen and occupied by John
Bodnar.
An attempt to burn 144 Frederick
street was discovered Saturday morn
ing when some oily waste was noticed
smoldering in the side of the house
from which a board had been re-
moved to get the waste into the wall
This bunch was evidently packed in
to the wall too tight and did not
blaze and the smouldering process
had not generated enough heat to set
the building on fire. This build
ing is occupied by Joseph Bucar.
A second attempt at 144 Frederick
street was partly successful Early
yesterday morning when q plaze
which was started in small rear
addition to the house destroyed the
place of its origin and was eating
its way up the side OF. the building
when discovered.
After the fire was extinguished by
quickly organized bucket brigade
quantity of oil soaked waste was
found where the blaze started. The
fire was discovered by Ivan Sekovic
who was awakened in his bedroom
at LAG Frederick street about 3
O'Clock by the smoke.
Under circumstances similar TO
the Frederick street attempts a blaze
which caused considerable damage,
was started at a Macedonian bakery
in Main street some time ago. The
bakery is located only about fifty feet
from the house occupied by Bucar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
Bare Wisconsin Murder;
Slayer Sought in West

La Crosse. Wis. Aug. II. The
trail of Theodore Edwin Hauge. al
legged murderer of Mrs. Cora Miller,
well known West Salem woman, led
to somwhere in Montana. District At
torney Otto M. Schlabach boarding a
night train for the west. Hague is
registered for army service in the
town of Hamilton, La Crosse county
An autopsy performed during the
afternoon showed three fractures of
the skull where the woman had been
struck with a hammer which was
found in the grave with the body.
The woman's body was found last
Wednesday buried in quicklime in the
cellar of Hague's house, but the dis
covery was kept secret in hopes of
apprehending him.
An investigation was begun shortly
after Mrs. Miller disappeared on Feb
ruary "a. although this was halt ed
when a letter supposedly signed by
herself limited at a hasty marriage
and that she would return for a sur
prise on her friends.
The solution of the mystery was due
to the activities of local newspaper
men, who refused to believe that Mrs.
Miller had eloped. 1t has since been
discovered that the handwriting in
the letter tallies with that of Hague,
the police claim.