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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-26
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Copenhagen. April 26.-The move
ment for the overthrow of Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg halted for a
time by the adoption of ruthless sub
marine warfare, is again becoming
evident in Germany The agitation is
encouraged by dissensions over inter-
nal reforms. possible peace terms and
food troubles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-26
East Buffalo. n. Y, April %.

tasI bUILsIIU' n, II 8pIII ..
CATTLF-Market active; prime steers,
50 0G6112 80: butcher grades, $6.c0dfL50
VES-MarFet active. soc higher; Gull
to choice. S5.0O012.50.
SHEEP AND L4ANfBS-Market active:
choice lambs. SIS. $4,000; Gull to fair, $500
a15.25: yearlings, $10.009115o; sheep, $5.ooa
iL50
HOGS-Market slow; Workers. s14. $50
1900: pigs, S13. 75614.oO; mixed, S16.C0d16.10:
heavy, SIS 256s1 1890: roughs, S14.O0GD14 10;
stags, $11,75012.5o.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-26

Mongolia was travelling at the time
and the speed which the submarine
would undoubtedly make and comput-
| ing the figures with the distances we
were from the submarine when it was
| first sighted and when il appeared the
second time, it can be shown that the
lieutenant had his gun sighted to the
the whole affair took only two min
utes," continued the captain.
Steamed Away in q Hurry.
4 assure you we did not stop to re-
cOnnOiter after the incident but
steamed away at full speed, for it was
mot improbable that there was another
submarine about. The one I got un-
! doubtedly had been lying on the bot
tom at this spot waiting for the ship
/ and came up when il heard our pro-
pellers. I Immediately sent wireless
stating that a submarine had been
seen.
That's about ali the story except
ing this Thee gunners had named the
guns on board the Mongolia. and the
one which got the submarine was
! called Theodore Roosevelt: SO Teddy
fired the first gun of the war, after
ALL"
Captain Rice recalled that he came
| from AlIston. Mass. and that the en-
/ counter With the submarine occurred
on the date when the Bay state was
celebrating the anniversary of the bat
. lie of Lexington.
! Mongolia Left U. S. April 7.
| New York. April 26.-The American
steamship Mongolia, vessel of 1868
! tons, owned by the international Ner-
cantile-Marine company, left an Amer
| lean port for London April Z on her
| second voyage since Germany's sub
marine declaration of February l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-26

Ads in the Reporter bring results
to the advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
STRICKLER TO Army
Chief Engineer, p. L. c. Appointed
Captain of Reserve Corps.

Another prominent Topekan went
into military service with a commits
sion today. T. j. Strickler, for years
chief engineer for the Kansas state
public utilities commission, accepted q
commission as captain in the United
States army officers engineers re-
serve corps
Officials of the state commission an
noun ed that Strickler would be tenn
IoraIily released from his position
during his service in the army. His
Job viii be returned him at the end
of the war.
As a member of the reserve corps
StriclSler is subject to call at any mo-
ment He came to Topeka from Cher
ryvale, Kan.
Str -ckler is postgraduate of Went
worth Military academy at Lexington,
Mo, and is a graduate of the Kansas
university school of engineering. He
also has credits obtained in special law
study in Washburn college.
He has been in engineering for fiji
teen years He was in charge several
years ago of railroad construction
work in Mexico and has seen service
with the United States reclamation de-
partment At one time he was owner
of a steel fabrication plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
'4S men TO RILEY
Shawnee's Second Quota ChOs-
en- by Exemption Board.
Local Soldiers Must Report at
Camp Funston, Sept. 10.

The forty-eight men in the second
quota from Shawnee county were
| chosen by the local county exemption
| board today. The names have been
TENDER 19. the following soldiers of
the new National army will report at
Camp Funston:
Name. Address.
Frank A. Ray, R r 6, n Topeka
William Jesse Davidson, r r 5, n To-
peka
Harry BENZ. Roberts. R. R. 16, Te-
cumseh.
Charles F. Fix. r. R. 1. Lecompton
Oscar David Johnson, R. r. 6, n. To-
-peka
Anton Diedrick wichers, R. R. 3, N.
Topeka.
William Chester Pendleton, R. r. 20,
| Topeka.
Eventus S. Doud. RossvilIe
Simon Wolf Hurwitz. R. r. 81, To-
| peka.
Emil Edward Rigel. wakarusa.
Walker Carlson. r. r. Is. Tecumseh.
| Lloyd L. Conwell, R. r. 5. N Topeka
Warren Clarence Souders, Richland.
Asa Demas Price. 3413 Silver ave-.
Kansas City, Kans.
| John Bert Jackson Willard
John Frank Bridgeford, Silver Lake
Floyd Edward Fritts. r. R. No. 8,
Topeka.
Oscar Shaw Hatch. St Hospital, To-
| peka.
Alfred jefferson Cook, 9Th and Bell
view, Topeka.
Zelora r. Roberts. R. r. No. 16. Te-
cumseh
Robert Bonnie Chalmers. r. R. No.
George Gilbert Mahon, Silver Lake.
William H. Swan, r. r. No. 1, Topeka
Charley Lynch, r. r. No. Is, Tecum-
| sch.
John Albert Bravence, Rossville.
Roy Ellsworth Lemon, Rossville.
Ernest Everett Jessop, 1z9 Oakland"
Topeka.
Elvin E. Joss, r. r. No. 1, Wakarusa
Clarence Clidewell, Valencia.
Ira A. Kirkwood, r. r. No. 10, Elmont.
Elliot Carriger, R. R. No. 20, waka-
rusa.
Carl Percy Fringer, R. r. No. l, To-
Samuel H. Cottle, Rossville.
Ralph G. Taylor. r. r. No. 6, North
Topeka.
Llewellyn G. Griffing, r. r. No 81
Topeka.
Jesse J. Billings, r. r. No. Z, Topeka
Carl A. Lockard. Willard.
Clifford c. SPOTS, R. R. No. 16. Te-
cumseh.
Alva Carol, Auburn.
Robert E. Forbes, R. r. No. II, Silver
Lake.
Eddie Downs, r. r. No. Is. Tecumseh
Harry R. Toune, Valencia.
Charles E. Barncord. Richland.
Trafford W. Rigger, Gen. Del, To
peka.
John G. Sebring. R. r. 8, Topeka
Harlan E. Beal, Valencia.
Emory Ellsworth Baird, r. r. g. N
Topeka.
Alternates to Report Sept. 1S.
Name Address.
Harry L. Bullock (noncombative)
R. R. 20. Berryton.
. Amel Anderson, r. r. 1, Topeka.
George F. Uhl, Silver Lake.
Harvey Willard Freel, r. R. 9, Ell
mont.
William Frederick Kobs, N. Topeka
Floyd Demon, Tecumseh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

out of town. Now, he is in town, do you
think it would be all right to let him
come down? He has asked me twice.
(2) A young man asked to come to see
me. l told him l didn't know whether he
could come on that night or not, l would
have to consult my mother. l told him to
know. He never called me up and haven't
seen him since. This was a week ago.
Don't you think he was not very anxious
for the date or he would have called me
don't like one any better than the rest
Do you think this is the way 1 should be
at the age of II?
~ You are quite young to be receiving
company, but when you get a little older
it would be all right to have him come
II would be proper for a girl year or two
older.
(2) Either he was not overly anxious
to you, else something prevented. his
calling you up. If you don't hear from him
in few days, you might assume that he
did not care very much whether he came
to see you not
80 Yes, that is just the way of girl of
II should feel about it. Too many girls
are falling in love with this boy or that,
and the truth is that they not in love
with any of them, but just interested in
boys in general. You are right to admit
that you are not in love with the boys :;
you will have a much better time that way.
Dear Mrs Thompson: % I am fiji
teen years old: Am old enough to have
my boy friend come to the house if my
parents do not object?
(2) Would it be proper for me to go to
a lodge dance win boy if his parents
are with us? CORALIE.
but if your parents know the boy and do
rot object 1t is all right.
t2) Yes. it would be all right to go, but
be sure to stay with his parents on the way
to and from the dance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
SEIZE ALL LANDS
WOrkmen Soldiers Council
Votes Democrat Republic.
Employees to Control Industrial
Production and Distribution.

Petrograd. Sept. ia democratic
republic" at once as the solution of
Russia's internal difficulties. is de-
manded in resolutions approved by the
local council of workmen and soldiers.
The vote was 279 to lis.
A formal proclamation announcing
this decision demanded immediate de-
livery of all landed proprietors' prop
erty into the hands of peasants COM
mittees, introduction of employees
control of all industrial production and
distribution, naturalization of all i'm
portant industries. and ruthless taxa
ton of capital. with confiscation of
war profits.
The committee recommended crea-
ton of a government consisting of rep
resenta tives of the revolutionary pro-
letariat and the peasants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
Heart and Beauty
Problems
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON


Dear Mrs Thompson My friend wants
Falls by boat over Lake Erie. 1 love to
ride on the lake and this seems such nice
science won't let me go with him. because
hpoW what pc eo9e r viii DO DC s ySg
the house and not have him call for me
and meet him at the boat? That way
people wouldn't see us? / am very anxious
to know if you think it would be all right
No, it would not be all right. 1t is just
such trips as the one you are thinking of
that destroys the moral uprightness of
young girls like you-and young men, too.
Don't for a minute think seriously of going
on trip like that.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am mother of
two children My oldest boy. has just be-
other town and he writes me that he isn't
able to get enough to eat where he is
R his meals and two "a" dollars week for his
room. Don't you think that is enough to
pay? MOTHER.
able to get board and room for that. tho
prices are higher now than they used to
be. Why doesn't he change to some other
boarding house neaE the factory
Dear Mrs. Thompson: There is a young
man who has asked me to marry him. He
lives in New York, but has moved to this
city now to live. He asked me to MARY
decided because his father was drunkard
and was so mean to him and his stepmota
er. Later his stepmother died and he and
his father went to live with the grant
mother. His father used to beat her till
she could not move from her bed for weeks
He used to hit the boy too. All am afrail
of is that the young man may turn out
like his father. He does not smoke or
may be like his father. Please advise me
ALSO A READER.
You are right to be cautious about get
addicted to the drink habit, but from the
facts of the case you mention / do not
think You need be afraid to marry the
young man. The fact that he has grown
sure that with the right kind of treatment
from his wife, he will continue to do right.
You will. of course. have to watch him
carefully and when he shows any signs OF
what is the matter. You are reasonably
safe in marrying him.
Dear Mrs Thompson: a. How can /
learn to express myself?
(2) How can l become good conversa-
tionalist2 A. Il. c.
~ Read good books and try to think
about what you read so that you will
worth while. Get good novels by standard
authorship librarian at the public library
will select them for you-and read them.
You will get to know the standard litera
CD Read the daily papers and the best
magazines and You will get familiar with
the topics of the day. The home page in
the paper has good articles for cOnversa-
tion.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: "a am seven
| teen and very poor scribe as you see. but
have been corresponding with fellow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
BELLS RING FAST
Marriage Licenses Issued Twice
the Average Number.
Three Hundred Weddings in 8
Months; Draft Is Credited.

In three and a half months mar
riages in Shawnee county have num-
bered more than in six months any
previous year, according to figures
compiled today in the office of Ralph
Cav, probate judge. These figures
include the marriages from June I,
five days before draft day, up until
the first of this week.
Officials can offer no reason for the
large number of marriages excepting
the draft and attempts to evade it thru
marriage. Usually marriages in To-
peka number about 500 a year. In
the last three and one-half months
they have numbered 800.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

TOTAL cases beaTu- L. loo
Slightly more than 25 per cent of
the men who have appealed to the dis
trict appeal board for exemption from
military service have won exemptions
During the last week forty-SiX of the
155 applications for exemption won
The record since the opening of ses-
sions in Topeka shows 313 of the 1,l56
applicants. whose cases have been de-
termined, will stay at home. More than
100 appeals have gone to President
Wilson.
Action by the board this week in
reducing the time limit for temporary
exemptions will add siXty-six new men
to the national army october /. This
record shows SAB soldiers from the
1,l56 appeals. Direct selections have
been made in ~ cases.
No Temporary Exemptions.
The board closed the bars against
temporary exemptions during the last
few days. Men who wanted additional
time in which to prepare for work al
the army cantonments received little
encouragement Temporary eXemp-
tons were granted in just eleven
cases. Many of the former temporary
exemptions were reviewed, however,
and men with exemptions dated as late
as December and January were or
Gered to report to local exemption
boards for service not later than
October l.
ore appeal before the board today
on an agricultural claim was for
young man rom a family of twelve
children. The board in deciding the
case held that one son might be spared
for nat.onai service from a dozen chill
dren and rejected the claim.
No active sessions were held today.
Cert!fication has been made to county
exe1 ption boards of the required 40
per cent to report for service next
week. The board will hold sessions
here all next week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

Superintendent Ross this afternoon
Reporters were barred from the
meeting between the directors and
committee. If the directors approve
the report amendments to the teach
ers' association constitution will be
drawn up and the teachers will vote
on them at the coming convention in
Topeka.
The decision of the directors. what
ever it may be. will not interfere with
the next state convention which viii
be held in Topeka this fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
PRICE ON HIS HEAD
German General Offers 400 Marks for
First American, Dead or Alive.

British headquarters in France and
Belgium, Sept. 15.-(By the Associ-
ated Press. 1.-The German general
commanding the Eleventh reserve di-
vision recently put price of 400
marks on the first American soldier
brought dead or alive into his lines.
Prisoners captured today gave the
first information. The German staff
apparently has given up attempts to
convince German soldiers that Amer
lea has no fighting forces in France.
Apparently it is now exceedingly
anxious to find out where the Ameri-
cans are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
LEADS GOLF CHAMPS
Hutchinson of Chicago Ahead in First
Half of Finals.

Wcstmoreland Country Club, Chi
cago. Sept. 15.-Jack Hutchinson of
Chicago, was leading the field in the
first half % the finals for the West
ern open golf championship when
the first players completed their third
round this aftern Don.
Hutchinson negotiated the Is holes
in 10. making his total for the "a
holes. 2l1.
Walter G. Hagen, of Rochester. n.
Y, present champion, made a SO,
bringing his total to 213.
Ha mes Barnes of Philadelphia,
who was leading before today's play
started, got away to a poor start, re-
quiring 40 strokes for the first nine
holes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
LOCAL MENTION

County officers today are endeav-
oring to ascertain the identity of an
automobilist who ran into a buggy on
the Kansas avenue road last night and
damaged it. The buggy was owned
by H j. Cottle, a farmer living two
miles south of Topeka on the Kansas
avenue road.
Safety razor blades sharpened bet
ter than new. 25c-35c doz. Brunt-
Martin Drug Co.-Adv,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
DECIDE FOR TEACHERS
Committee of State Association Here
for Vote On Convention.

The committee comprised of W. S.
Heusner, Salina: c. S. Resdon, indie
pendence, and NJ. E. Moore, Leaven-
worth. which was appointed to con-
slider the proposition of dividing the
annual state convention between two
or more cities in Kansas, is in To-
peka today with a formal report on
the matter
session with the board of directors of
the association at the office of State
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
RUSS CRISIS PASSES
Kerensky Has Cabinet All Whole
Again-Announce 1t Soon.

Petrograd, Sept. 15.-Russia's po-
litical crisis has been solved after an
all night conference. was announced
today by the Russian official news
agency. A new cabinet has been form
ed and its composition will be made
public tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
BABY A LA MOSES
Only 1t Was Hotel Drawer Instead
of Basket for Deserted Infant

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. f5.-Moses
in the bull rushes had nothing on the
infant child of Mrs. Carl Anderson,
Chicago, ILL.,"
When a maid in local hotel en-
tered a room which Mrs. Anderson"
had occupied last night, she found the
infant. locked in dresser drawer,
asleep.
The infant was sent to police head
quarters. No one about the hotel
knew anything of the woman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
Shipyards Strike.

Portland, Ore, Sept. 15.-Unfon en-
ployes of wooden ship yards here
went on strike today for higher pay
and the adoption of the closed shop
principle. 1t was estimated about
1000 men quit work in answer to the
strike order. Strikes We're also called
for today at ship yards at Astoria,
Ore, and ST. Helen's, Ore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
GOT TASTE OF BATTLE
Shells Exploded Near Presidents Son.
in-law Visiting Italian Front.

Paris, Sept. "Details received
today showed that Francis B. Sayre,
son-in-law of President Wilson, had
an extremely narrow escape from in
jury and possibly death when Austrian
shells exploded near his party during
"A visit to the Italian front
One shell fell within forty feet of
Sayre, and others landed dangerously
near. Members of the party We're
struck by flying dirt and stones but
none was injured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
SUGAR NOW LICENSED
Industry Put Under Strict Govern
ment Control by Hoover.

Washington, Sept. 15.-By a presi-
dental proclamation today, the en-
tire sugar industry in the United
States was placed under the food adj
ministration to be conducted under a
license system, which will control
manufacture, distribution and impor-
tatiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
ATTENTION
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE

You are requested to attend our reg
ular meeting Monday evening, Sep
TENDER II, as there will be matters of
special interest for discussion. Re-
freshments.
C. c. MATHEWS, Sec'y.
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
TWO KILLED IN AUTO
Lieutenant Surgeon of Army and
Student Meet Death in Wreck.

Buffalo. N. Y, Sept. 15.-Philip La
Pierre, student at Fort Niagara, and
Lieut.-Surgeon p. w. ]. Worrel. of
Kansas City, of the United States
training ship, Yantic. were instantly
killed early today when their auto
mobile was wrecked near North Ton
AMANDA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

(By Vida Estelle Busch.)
From over the edge of vase
Which sets on yonder stand,
There droops the wfthered flowers
Fresh, New Years. from your hand
How like the ceaseless changing waves
Thoughts DER the mind surge forth
With planet speed, while meditation
Veers, first south, then changes north.
Again those modest yiolets,
Born of the winter sun in summer land,
Seem fair and fragrant, they were
The day they left your hand.
The scene shifts back to childhoods days:
northern dell, wild viOlets blue,
Hiding their loneliness from the world,
Bathing their faces with the dew
BENDING their heads in meekness;
Sweet ming the air with their breath,
Too tender for coarse caresses
Not shrinking from early death.
And now the season changing:
Snowflakes fall thick and fast:
One by one the dear little children
Are mantled with white, till at last
All are covered save one lonely flower
And o, how sweet was the sight,
Tho sad the emotion brought me
To see there the blue and the white.
Yet the seeming death-chfll of the snow
sheet,
When the melt-winds of Spring start to
Will prove a warm blanket-a life-boon,
And cause the new viOlets to grow.
Golden suns of the coast kiss them yellow,
What wonder that here then they thrive !?
Many lives in this world are but vfolets
Needing heart-love to keep them alive
EIgin Butter Market.
Elgin, ILL.,, Sept. 15.-BUTTER-Mark
43c bid, no sales; no offerings.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago. Sept. 15-BUTTER-Market
unchanged.
E(iGS-Market unchanged.
POTATOES-Market lower. Minnesota,
S1.30d1.35: Wisconsin, $1.256135.
POULTRY-Ahve, unchanged.
New York Stock Market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. LAURA NJ. STONE. age 6S, died
Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
]. II. Cooper. at 412 Kansas avenue. The
funeral will be held at 30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon from Penwell's chapel. Burial
in Topeka cemetery.
ESTHER PERRY, age 80, died Friday
at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
SNAP SHOT
AT HOME NEWS

Musicians say that music's worth
Far more to us than meat.
So cut out steaks and play the flute
If you would have a treat!
CinClf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15
313 Get EXCUSED
777 Selected for Service by Dis
trict Appeal Board.
Temporary Exemptions To Be
FrOwned Upon in Future.

Selected for service. ...............-.. III
Exempted from service .....-.-....... 313
Temporary exemptions. ........-...... GG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-15

Dear Mrs. Thompson: III am seven
teen and a very poor scribe as you see. but
l have been corresponding with a fellow
La Junta tribune., 1917-05-17

tickets for al places Of amusemsnt
snd one-half TO cent on each lin
ear foot of film for moving pictures.
Jewelry--Five per cent.
Advertistng-Ftve per cent on
space other than In newspapers and
periodicals.
C0smeties-Ffve per cent.
DruGs-Five per cent on proprte-
tary medicines.
Express-Ten per cent on all ship
ments.
Insurance-Taxes on life. marine,
inland. fire, and casualty insurance.
with certain exemptions
Tobacco-Radical Increase on Cd
garx, snuff and cigarettes.
Beverages-Radical increases ON
wines. liquor. beer. soft drinks. and
syrups.
Teiegrams-Five cents ON each
dispatch for which 4 charge OF l6
cents or more Is made.
Club Dues-Ten per cent OF MEM
bership dues. except Initiation fees.
Stamp xes-Substanttally all OF
the stamp taxes Of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war period are revived. and
many are increased to meet the
greater exigencies OF the present
La Junta tribune., 1917-05-17
SOME MORE SHORT ONES.

Those Who know use Vogue Royal
Face Powder from the Vogue Drug
Store.
Mrs. George oLeary spent the
weekend In Pueblo. the guest OF her
mother-in-law. Mrs Tim o1Lesry.
Get your garden pioVs and hand
cultiyatorS at the La Junia Hard
ware Company.
T. A Rust. Of Wiley. Colo. is in
the city for a short visit with his
daughter. Mrs. Z. " Jutkins.
DR. and Mrs. r. =. Moody. Of
Jacksonville, Mo. are guests at the
home % their daughter. Mrs. c. c.
buchanan.
clyde Sinclair vas In Colorado
Springs last Wednesday and passed
the examination for admission 20 the
Officers military training camp at