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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-05
1T WILL BE WARMER
Cold Snap Has Passed, Local Observer
Promises.

Temperatures today averaged 9 de-
grees below normal The wind is
blowing at the rate of miles an hour
from the northwest
Nothing but good weather is ir
sight today. according to the weather
bureau, and the cold wave has passed
Temperatures were many degrees be-
low normal last night and today but
the mercury will rise tonight Mod
crate weather was general this morn
ing over the entire United States, the
lowest temperature reported being 10
below zero at Duluth, Mimi The
wind was still in the northwest this
morning, blowing ten miles an hour.
The forecast calls for generally fair
Continued on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-05

blame cal be laid AT the door OF
the paciiistS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-05

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Generally fair tonight and Tues
day; rising temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-05
STEAMERS ARE SAFE

Continued on Page Two0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-05

New York, Feb. 5.-Prior to the re-
ceipt of the dispatch from Washing
ton that a bomb had been found I'M
der the steps of Mr. Malone's home.
the report was current here that a
bomb had been found in the customs
house in Mr.. Malone's office.
A report was current that the Incl
dent reported by Mr.. Malone occurred
today and that he had snuffed the
fuse of the bomb with his fingers af-
ter finding it on the steps of his home
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
OMAHA SUPPORTS
EIGHTY ORPHANS
Mrs. A. M. Borglum Sends Gen.
erous Sum to Care for
Fatherless Children in
France.
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS HELP

Omaha up to the present time has
given $3.50 for the support of French
war orphans. Mrs. A. NJ. Borglum,
chairman of the work, sent $40
Thursday to J. P. Morgan & Co. in
New York City, which through the
Committee of the Fatherless French
Children there cares for their food
and clothing.
Eighty orphans are now taken care
of by the Omaha branch and forty
four people have renewed their
pledges for second year.
In the past six weeks fourteen chill
dren have been adopted by Omahans,
three by students Of Central High
school. The students are now SELL
ing medals to raise enough money to
support another, ana over So has
been subscribed to the sum already.
Five additional offers have been
made for tie care OF orphans.
A child can be clothed and fed for
a year under strict rations for 5000.
The Camp Fire, Girls in Naples, S.
D., have just sent word to Mrs. Borg
lum that they have subscribed the
necessary sum and wish to care for a
fatherless child.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
GAMBIA FEARS NOT H. c. L
African Colony Wakes Rich, and Pros
porous on Big Crops Of
Peanuts.

An American tourist, recently re-
turned from a circui: of the earth, is
loud in his praise of little Gambia,
which enjoys the distinction of being
the smallest and in a sense the richest
of the colonial possessions of Great
Britain. Many other African COL
onies," he says, ARE rich in gold,
rich in diamonds, in rubber and in
copper, but in comparison with little
known Gambia they are poor. GAM
bia in extent covers about sixty-nine
square miles. In 1901 the population
was 1880, of whom. only 1873 were
white. Its population now is less
than that of Worcester, Mass. Com
pared with other parts of equatorial
Africa, it is paradise. It has good
roads, an up-to-date water system,
with filtration plant, water mains,
hydrants along the streets Of Bat
hurst, the capital Of the colony; pipes
in the houses and a fountain in the
city square.
The exports of Gambia are wax,
hides, cotton, rubber, rice, palm oil
and peanuts. 1t is the latter product
that has made Gambia rich. OF all
the African colonies or governments,
Gambia alone owes not penny. The
country and its inhabitants ere free
from debt, and there is upward of
100000 in the public treasury. The
average annual export of peanuts is
about 10000 tons, or more than 1000
pounds of peanuts for every man,
woman and child in the colony. The
money value OF the peanuts exported
is more than 100000 annually, while
the total OF imports does not exceed
$2,250,000, so that the country has
an annual profit on its peanuts Of
$750,0O0.
Life has few problems for the
Senegambians. They need few clothes,
and the fashions rarely change. The
great river from which the colony
takes its name yields abundance of
fish, and the peanuts bring them more
money than they require for all their
needs. Every day is a holiday ex-
cept the time of planting and gath
ering the crop."-Philadelphia Led
ger,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Figures on the Cost Of
Maintaining British Armv

Correspondence OF The Associated Press)
London. April 1t cost Great
Britain 2S,063,320 to maintain the
British army during the financial year
of l9lS-l6, according to the accounts
Just made public. The pay Of the sol.
diers aggregated $4o0,000,000; the
medical establishment cost nearly $40,.
000,000 transport, remounts, and
quartering cost $4S0,00o,000; supplies
and clothing, $l.065.0o0,000; ordnance
and general stores, $24s,000.00O; arma-
ments, engineers stores and aviation,
$lls,000.000. and payments on account
Of prisoners Of war totaled S6,l04. 90.
Gifts OF money included $l,s5O.420
from India From the national egg
collection 100000 eggs were re-
ceived, The general public contributed
TO the army $4,000 razors. .
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Colonel c. l. Mather Plans
/ Omaha Volunteer Regiment

A regiment of trained men. to be
raised here and offered to the govern
ment for service in France. is planned
by Colonel c. L. Mather of the
Woodmen OF the World. He an
nounces that recruiting and drill will
begin next week.
The Greater Omaha Rife club. OF
which Mather is president, will be
the nucleus. 1t uses rifles and am
munition furnished by the govern
ment and its qualified marksmen are
listed with the War department.
Many Woodmen and other Omahans.
experienced in handling army rifles,
are expected to join the regiment.
Colonel Mather will try to raise
1900 men, in twelve companies.
"Plans are for going to France as
soon as we are organized" he said.
I'VE will have no trouble in filling
the regiment. The chance to get into
action promptly in France will cause
hundreds to volunteer"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Dave RoWden Loses His
Voice at Soldiers Home

Commandant Dave Rowden of the
Soldiers Home at Willard, Neb.. who
suffered a stroke Of apoplexy. is well
known in Omaha, having lived here
for many years after the war. Mr..
Rowden was prominent in city and
county politics, having served as a
member of the police force, as tax
collector, as assessor and in many
other capacities in the county and the
municipality. He was always a
prominent Grand Army of the Re-
public man and a staunch booster for
that organization Of old civil war vet
Grams.
Although Mr.. Rowden has suffered
the partial loss of his speech, his
limbs are not affected to any extent,
it is reported, and his condition is
said to be not particularly danger
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
FOURTEEN YOUTHS
OF CLARKSON ENLIST
Celfax County Town Gives
Young Men Great Fare
well on Departure.
SOME ARE FOREIGN BORN

Clarkson, in Colfax county, town
of only 800 people, sent fourteen OF its
stalwart sons to join the army Thurs
day.
Under auspices OF the Commercial
club there, the war volunteers were
accorded the greatest sendoff in the
history of the place, and every lad
was given a S. gold piece.
One OF the volunteers was born
in Russia, and another in Bohemia.
The other twelve, of Bohemian par
ents, are natives OF the United States.
About fifty other Bohemian-Ameri-
cans have enlisted in Omaha since the
Czech rally Sunday at the Auditor
ium.
When the GARRISON lads left for
Omaha, practically all the townspeo-
pie gathered at the Bohemian hall to
bid them farewell. The band played
and all the school children, on holi-
day, waved flags and sang patriotic
songs. Patriotic speeches were made
by Rev. B. F. Fillipi and President
]. D. Wolf Of the Farmers State
bank.
Ten relatives accompanied the vol
INTEGERS to Omaha, together with Mr..
Wolf, Joseph R. Vitek of the town
board and Secretary w. F.
Adamek OF the Clarkson Commercial
club. "A
The latter said that GARRISON was
going to organize a Home Guard
company, which would be trained in
warfare, while its members farmed
the rich lands around Clarkson and
helped win the war by feeding the
nation.
These are the GARRISON volunteers:
Ricard Karel, Albin Vraspir, Ed
Vitek. Joseph B. Makousky, George
Homala, Cyril Chrastek, Frank Ze-
lenda, A. ]. Svaboda, Anton Luxa,'
Bohumir Bukacek, Emil Lukl, Alais
Hanel, William Rozmarin and Frank
Palacek.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Government Mules to Be
Pressed Into Pillow Service

Correspondence OF The Associated Press.)
Fort Bliss, Tex, April 30.-Long
cared, patient old government mules,
which have been kept at the govern
ment corral here since General PERISH
ings expedition came out of Mexico,
may be used to pillow lands on the
fort reservation and in the Rio
Grande valley for war corps.
This suggestion has been made, to
General George Bell, jr., by farmers
in the valley, who complain that they
cannot get stock enough to do the
necessary work Of planting large
crops OF foodstuffs this year to carry
out the presidents plan Of agricul-
tural preparedness. The suggested
plan is to loan these army mules to
the farmers at a small charge plus
their keep, bond to be given for their
.return at any time In good condition.
This plan was used in Austria for
cavalry and artillery horses, accord
ing to an army officer stationed here.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Paint American Flags
All Over DachShund's Body

A long, misunderstanding dachs-
hund. probably of royal extraction, is
owned by a patriotic American in
Omaha His owner, loyal to Old
Glory, is apparently 10th to part with
his German pet, so he took him to a
local artist. who with brush and red,
white and blue paints soon made
Kaiser Bill" into a regular American.
Every inch of the animals body is
painted and the scheme shows him as
an animated flag, no matter which
way he turns.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04

girl from a small town was the lat
est arrival at select boarding school in
Massachusetts. Being pretty and well
dressed, she became very popular,
She was elected TO be an usher for the
monthly musical. and, being painfully shy.
she was much wrought up over II. She
never could do--no, there was no drawing
out. The evening found her perfect flut.
ter of pink frills, waiting to receive the
early corners. Each Of the other young
women who we're acting In this capacity
bore forward an imposing auditor and
Elsie found herself iuquring Of a very old
and eleEan; gentleman in n voice scarcely
audible:
Sir, shall show you to y seat?"
What what, what2'' demanded the aus
iere old fellow. holding his hand to hts
ear
!, ," s''eer.nad IN a firsterod voice
shall ] sew you TO seAt?''--Seattle Times
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
END OF A PERFECT DAY
Happy Evening in Suburban
Home--Idyl Of Domestic
- Peace.

Wife (upstairs)7 -Henr-eei
Husband (downstairs)-Yes,l my
love.
did you wind the clocki"
"Yes. m'love."
aid you lock the front doori"
"Yes'm."
ibid you lock the back door,"
"YES."
"Yup-ee"
did you pull down the shades'"
vas in?"
Yes, ma'am."
"Did you put Willie's cart down.
stairsl" 90
"YESr
Did you bring in the rubber
olant?"
yep"
Did you cover it up with news.
papersf"
"Yaw."
did you put coke on the furnace
fre?
"Yes'm."
did you bank it with ashesi"
did you take the ashes outi'
"Yup."
did you put the lid on the ash
barrel so they won't blow all ovel
the neighborhood?"
"Yes'm." .....
"Did You turn out the light in the
basement:'
'YESp
did you see if the lid was on thu
garbage can?'
"Yes, m'love.'
"Did you turn out the light in tn,
garage
Eyes"
did you bolt the cellar doors
"Yup'ee"
did you cover up the birds?"
"You know it,
did you move the goldfish int,
( the dining room, where it is warmeri
Absolutely"
did you bring in the porch mat
10 il wont be showed on?"
Positively ..
IBID you put the milk bottle out?
Certainly"
did you put some money in
with a note saying we were out O
icketsi" y
Eyes. dolling,' @ .
did you lock the back door agai
iftcr you put the milk bottle out?
"YESp
Did you put the cat outi" g..
"Yup,'
We'll, for heavens sake come up
hairs and 60 to bed. What have 70
been doing down there all this tim,
lnyhow"-Ncw York Herald.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
PLENTY OF TINE
TO PLANT TUBERS
Pointers Given by stateMni'
versity College of Agricul-
ture on Cultivation.
PICK OUT BEST FOR SEED
By A, r. GROH.

Thousands OF people are growing
potatoes this year who never grew
them before. More than half Of your
work is done when you have plowed
and planted the potatoes. But it is
most important to plant and cultivate
,ntelligently and industriously in Or
der to reap the big results. Here are
few pointers from the State Univer-
sity College of Agriculture:
"The soil should be we'll drained.
Potatoes grow we'll following num-
Der OF crops as, for instance. crop
of corn or small grain. Land on
which winter wheat was frozen out is
good for potatoes this spring,
The soil should be plowed to fair
depth, and then narrowed or hoed to
compact the soil and prevent loss OF
moisture. On sandy soils the land
may be prepared with the disk.
Pick Good Seed.
"In selecting seed potatoes, tubers
free from evidence of disease should
be taken. Experiment proves that
il is poor practice to retain the small
and Gull potatoes for seed, Medium
size tubers may be cut into four seed
pieces.
planting should be done as soon as
all danger from frost is past, gener-
ally from May ! to June Is. according
to locality. ...
Potatoes are placed IN rows far
enough apart to permit OF cultivation,
The seed pieces are dropped in the
rows, FROM twelve to fifteen inches
apart and covered about four inches
deep.
Keep Down the Weeds.
Potatoes should be given suffi-
cient cultivation to keep the surface
mellow and free from weeds. A har-
row or weeder is generally used while
the potatoes are young as a quick
means OF getting over the field to
stir the surface and destroy young
weeds. The soil should be cultivated
level until the last cultivation, when
enough soil is worked toward the
vines to give little ridging. Guilt
walton should continue at least until
blooming time.
Don't plant seed that is rotted,
bl,.ck or Shiny. Don't plant potatoes
with powdery dry rot until you have
cut the rotted part away.
"No potatoes should be planted this
year without treatment against scab
This will greatly improve the quality
of the crop. Soak for one and one
half hours in solution Of four ounces
of corrosive sublimate and thirty gal.
Ions OF water. Paris green applied to
1.-THE vines is cure for potato bugs il
they appear"
Dollars per Hour.
Cultivate very literally whether YOU
use horse power or a hoe. You can
make dollars per hour in increased
yield. Use elbow grease Keep the
ground worked up, Keep the weed:
worked down. If you do this the po
tatoes will wax big and fat ant
healthy and great will be the har'
vest Make up your mind to do il
right.
Write to the Department Of Agri
culture at Washington or to the State
University College Of Agriculture fol
bulletins on the subject.
| Potatoes yield as high as 500 bush
els to the acre. But you must us,
lyour muscles in cultivatinG and you
brains in guarding against disease tc
get this result. Keep hoeing.
| Potatoes planted on Good Frida,
are now out of the ground.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
KEY TO HEAVEN
OPENS CITY JAIL
Religious Zealot Tries Forci.
bly, to Convert a Married
Woman to His Belief.
HER ASSAILANT IS BEATEN

Here's the story OF the key 10
heaven" as interpreted by Allen G.
Rutherford Of Drake Court apart
ments, who began yesterday ninety
day sentence Tor assault and battery
upon Mrs. Julictte Folker. wife of H,
A. Folker, 2508 Saratoga street. ~
Mr.. Rutherford is a former clergy
man. He is married and has a wife
living in Omaha. He earns $500 a
week as salesman, according to
friends who intcrceded in his behalf.
Mrs. Folker. comely young
woman. told Police Judge Madden
uhat she received eight telephone
calls from Rutherford Wednesday
Each time he threatened to come TO
her home and seven times she ordered
him to stay away. On the eighth she
gave him permission 10 come.
Rutherford was at her door shortly
rs anybody home?" he asked fur
lively as he eered in from the thresh-
hold. ~ - ~, j., -
No" she answered
Rutherford bounded into her home.
grappled with her and tried to kiss
her, she alleged. 49,.
+ Rutherford was soon sprawling, on
the floor with Patrolman Morgan on
top of him. The officer, summoned
by Mrs. Folker, had hidden behind
portieres while Rutherford was stag
ing his caveman courtship in her
home.
II called upon Mrs. Folker," Ruth
erford said, because l was anxious
to know why she didn't attend the
same church l did"
Mrs. Folker said that Rutherford
had mentioned to her more than once
the key to heaven" which he said
he claimed he had in his possession.
Rutherford first called at the Folker
home, he told t., court, because he
was teaching young man. who lived
there, craftsmanship. But Mrs. Folker
testified that Rutherford showed an
inclination to neglect his pupil when
ever she was at home.
A few, nights ago Rutherford, his
wife and Mrs. Folker attended a show
in local tl.eater. While escorting
her home, Rutherford, Mrs. Folker
says. passionately declared his love
for her and said it was his ambition
to buy diamonds and fine clothes for
her. She said he indignantly spurned
the suggestion.
w dnesday cam. the eight tele-
pllo-e calls and Ruthetford's capture
The prisoner was nursing a badly
swollen face in court Thursday. Mr..
Folker's fist is said to be responsible
for the abrasions. e: &C.. 49,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Pro-German Minister in
Brazil Cabinet ReSiunS

Rio Janeiro, May 3.-Dr. Lauro
Muller has rendered President Braz
his resignation as minister OF foreign
affairs.
The government has received IN
formation that the Brazilian minister
to Germany has been ordered de-
tanned in Berlin and has ordered the
detention of Adolf PAUL., German
minister to Z azil, who is on his way
to Uruguay.
DR.. Lauro Muller has been criticized
in Brazil since the relations between
the republic and Germany first be-
came acute on the ground that he
was pro-German in his sympathies.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Army Officers Qualify
Here as Balloon Pilots

Captain McElgin, in command at
Fort Omaha, will shortly be licensed
as a balloon pilot, having completed
the flights required to qualify. Cap
tain Prentice completed his qualify
ing flights Tuesday and will apply for
a license soon. Captain Muller will
qualify after making one more sue
cessful flight.
Seven successful fights are required
to qualify as a pilot, one OF them
being at night and one being made
alone. In addition to the flights in
observation balloons released from
Fort Omaha and travelling free with
the wind, officers there also ascend
in the captive balloon or kite" some
times as high as 5000 feet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Dentist Will Appeal
From $4,000 Verdict

DR.. George L. Carey, Bancroft,
Neb., dentist, over long distance tele-
phone declared that he has instructed
his attorneys to appeal from the YER
dict Of $4,000 registered against him
in federal court. Miss Angelina Weis,
who declares Carey promised to
marry her, but who married another
girl, was awarded the amount by a
jury. Carey did not appear to de-
fend the suit.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04

She was waiting for him.
Gathering her brows like gathering
storn, pursuing her wrath to keep It warm
and when he entered the room she began !:
This 10 a nice time OF night
"I-er--krow I'm late.' he hastily In.
corrupted. but couldn't help II. my dear.
Club had-er-big discussion on female
beauty"
-And what had you to do with that?'
demanded the fretful wife t#
"More'n anyone there, l was the one--er
who had the most beautiful wife an
er--course, the best authority on female
beauty, an"
rwhy don't you take off your overcoat,
Henry? Let me- get your slippers for you
les awful cold outs'dej think you must be
hnIf frozen" .F..r-
Half u,ipqtp. latcf Henry was safely
,'nsconced In his easy chair with his wife
At his feet putting his shippers on.--Phll-
adelphia Inquirer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Nettie B. Stewart Given
Divorce After Iona Suit

Nettie B. Stewart was given her
freedom by Judge Sears, sitting in
divorce court, from Louis L. E. Stew
art. well-known Omaha business man,
after bitterly fought suit that lasted
several months. An alimony settle
ment was made out of court. Mrs
Stewart is SAID to have received a
large amount. ..
Mr.. Stewart is president Of the
Stewart Investment company. The
family home is at 5000 Marcy street
Alleged desertion was the basis Of
the suit,
Persistent Advertising Is the ROAD
To Success.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
DR.. Evans Of Omaha Visits
Former Home in New York

Buffalo, N. Y, May ESPECIAL
Telegram. For the first time in six
teen years, DR., Edward B. Evans OF
Omaha this afternoon visited his for
mer home in Rome, N. Y, being the
guest OF his brother, Joseph B. Evans,
and sister, Miss Mary Evans.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04

wrapped your toes IN bandages 10 look lik,
bundles, who have used salyes that turned
your toes raw and sore, and used plasters
that would shift from their place and never
get the corn. and who have dug and pick
ed at your corns with knives and scissors
and perhaps made them beed--just quit
these old fashioned and painful ways. and
try "Gets-It" just once. You put or 8
drops on. and it dries at once. There s moth.
ing to stick You can put your shoe and
stocking right on again. The pain Is all gone.
Then the corn dies a painless, shriveling
death, it loosens from your toe, and off it
comes "Gets-It" is the biggest selling corn
remedy in the world today. There's none
other as good.
"Gets-It" is sold by druggists everywhere.
25c bottle. or sent on receipt OF price by
E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago. Ill.
Sold in Omaha and recommended as the
worlds best corn remedy by Sherman
Mcconnell Drug Co. Stores.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-04
Use "Gsis-Ht,' Lnt
Corn Right Off
Shrivels, Looseps--and It's Gone!

Gust like taking the lid Oft that's how
easy you can lift corn off your toe after
ii hss been treated with the wonderful d'S,
coyery. 'Gets-u.'" Hunt the wide world
over and you'll find nothing so magic, simple
and egsy as "Gets-It You folks who have
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
Duet Dangers.

An analysis Of the contents OF q
vacuum cleaner made recently showed
that the dust which had collected on
the bookshelves In a library consisted
Of "hair, green wool, white wool, cot
ton fbers, celluloid, pieces of finger
nails, fly wings, sand grains, wood, pa
per, string, metallic iron and leather.
The hair was probably derived from
soft hats, the wool and cotton fbers
from clothing, sand from the mud
tracked In on shoes and the gradual
pulverizing Of the floor, fly wings from
dead flies and paper from book leaves. :"
Curiously enough, very few germs
were found In this dust Yet there is
no question that inhaling 1t might lead
to various diseased conditions. This
would not be the result of any disease
germs contained In the dust itself, but
to the Irritating effects produced by
the dust particles when brought into
contact with the bronchial membranes
Thus 1t Is evident that even germ free
dust may be harmful when inhaled
Los Angeles Times.