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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
Grandmother of Revolution Is
Heart Sick Over Results.
She Thought Uplift Would Fol-
low Cars Overthrow.
RUSSIA LOOKS TO AMERICA
German Agents Blow Up Fac
tories and Augment Chaos.
Spy Activities increased. S
Red Cross a Great Aid.
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.

Petrograd, Sept. 6.-"The best way
for tie United States to help save
Russia is to whip Germany as soon as
possible" Breshko Bereskovskaiu,
grandmother of the revolution"
told the United Press today. This
woman, who dreamed for years of the
Romanoffs' dethronement and the
joyous free Russia which would be
born with the-czar's exile, now sees her
countrymen bitterly disappointed. sees
their armies crumbling before enemy
assaults before and treason in the rear
and looks to the United States for
help in Russia's darkest hour.
Millions of Russians who expected
the millennium to follow the revo1u-
ton now find food. money and clothes
as hard to get as ever" she said.
Leaders Hearts Strained.
Even the great leaders of the peo-
pie find their stout hearts strained.
When l was a prisoner in a fortress,
under the car, ] used to be so sure
the revolution was coming. 1 spent
my dreaming-not about the revolu-
ton, but of what would follow. L saw
music, art and the gentleness of civ
il1zation descending upon our masses,
upraising and uplifting.
But today 1 am heartsick at what
is happening.
What Russia needs from America
more than railroads or anything else,
is an unprecedented, victorious war
fare very. very soon, the grandmother
of the revolution declared. This, she
said, is the cry of the Russians who
understand the situation. They are
struggling with their own army utmost
as desperately as the British and
French on the western front are strug-
Cling with their enemies A few
brave leaders are managing to hold
the line more or less intact, but they
are constantly risking their lives at the
hands of their own men.
Get Food in Russia.
With Russian disintegration, Breshko
Bereskovskaiu pointed out, Germany
might secure food in this country.
defy the allies blockade and prolon,
the war for years.
German activities behind the lines
are steadily increasing. 1t was learned
that an extensive plot in Moscow to
attempt a coup d'etat during the re-
cent congress there failed, due to the
loyalty of the local workmen's and
soldiers conference to Kerensky. More
proof of the German activities is seen
in increasing factory fires. Explosions
were frequent following the partial de-
StructiOn of KasSan by fire, undOubt-
eddy due to Teuton spies
The American Red Cross is at pres
ent the most efficient commission in
Russia. Its experts are scattering
turnout the country. studying every
aspect of the situation, grimly deter
mined to do everything possible to
save the country-but hampered by
lack of transportation and other facili-
ties. Loyal Russians, undoubtedly, are
cooperating to the best of their
ability.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
AT THE THEATERS
In Old Kentucky.

"In Old Kentucky" with its Jockey rid
ing heroine. its mint julip loving colonel
its piccaninny brass band. its double quar-
tette and its thrilling melodramatic scenes
will be seen at the Grand opera house Fair
week. commencing Monday. Sept. TO- The
production is spectacular one and t.s
elaborate presentation should delight the
audience.
At the Novelty.
Lamont's Cockatoos are the best on the
bill at the Novelty. They are wonderful
troupe of trained birds. This act will be
followed by the Keough Sisters known as
the Frolicsome Misses, and Monte Carlo
Sextette; the famous village songster Al
Abbott introducing different disguises
with a few hats Wright and Earle in an
act something different from the rest will
close the bill. The Pathe News &yill open
this program
At the Majestic.
Clip a coupon from the Majestic adver-
tisement in the State Journal today and
present it at the door of this theater for an
admission TO the musical show tonight and
tomorrow night 1t is a chance to look
over this girly revue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06

now die every year from pneumonia,
grippe, kidney, liver, heart trouble and
other dangerous maladies. Thousands Of
people suffer from iron deficiency and do
not know it, II you not strong well
you owe 1t to yourself to make the follow
ing test: See how long you can work or
how far you can walk without becoming
tired. Next take two five grain tablets q
Nuxated Iron three times per day after
meals for two weeks. Then test your
strength again and see how much you have
gained.
used by DIR. Beyea and others with such
and recommended by physicians in such
great variety of cases. is not patent medi-
cine nor secret remedy. but one which II
well known to druggists every where I'm
like the older inorganic iron products IL IL
easily assfmilated, does not injure the
teeth, make them black nor upset the
stomach; the contrary 1t is a most
potent remedy in nearly ali forms Of indi-
gestion well as for nervous, rundown
conditions. The manufacturers have such
great confidence in Nuxated Iron that they
offer to forfeit $4,000 to any charitable in
stitution il they cannot take any
woman under sixty who lacks iron and Ia
crease their strength 100 per cent over
In four weeks time. provided they have no
serious organic trouble. They also offer TO
refund your money If it does not at least
double your strength and endurance in
ten days time. 1t is dispensed by Arnold
Drug Co, Brunt-M Martin Drug Co., Geo. W.
Stansfield. A. G. klingaman & Co, and all
good druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
GERMAN PASSE!
Language Being Abandoned by
American Students.
Optional With Pupils, Many
Study French Instead.

New York, Sept 6.-The kaiser's
language will fight a losing battle
with American school boys and girls
when the fall terms open this month.
Reports from all parts of the east
and the middle west to the United
Press today showed that while school
boards are not eliminating German
from the language courses. the inter-
est of young America in it is rapidly
dwindling.
why should we drop German %
said a New York school official when
asked if changes here were contem-
plated. TT seems to me we should
study it more than ever. Our boys will
need it when they march down Inter
den Linden"
May Drop 1t In Chicago.
The Chicago board said there were
early indications of a big decrease in
the high school demand for German.
The demand may be so small that the
Teuton language will be dropped alto
gether.
Students in Shamokin, Pa, voted
not to study German. In the Harris
burg, Pa, central high school, rs pu-
pills study French and eight German.
This appears fair criterion of con-
Gitions in that state, including the
"Pennsylvania-Dutch belt.
In Columbus, Ohio, the enrolment
for German study has decreased 60
per cent and it may be abandoned for
lack of interest. In Kansas City the
course is to be continued, but authori-
ties are considering deleting all school
book references to Wilhelm II.
Delete Stories About Kaiser.
Indiana colleges will MAINTAIN Ger
man but will extend the study OF
French. In Des Moines, all German
stories praising the kaiser were de-
leted The literatures of Schiller and
Goethe, however, will stand. Milwau-
kee is keeping German, but it is not
compulsory and students must buy
their own textbooks.
The Case School of Applied Sci
ences, Cleveland, will discontinue Ger
man during the war, substituting
French. Cleveland and Youngstown
grammar schools will continue exist
ing classes but eliminate them as rap
idly as possible. German still hangs
on in Detroit, but many smaller Mich1-
gan cities have abandoned it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
MARY LOOKS BACK
Queen of Underworld Sees She
Picked Wrong Path.
Hundreds She Befriended Have
Forgotten About Her.
WANTS GRANDCHILDREN NOW
Instead Mary CheSney Must
Have Prison Home.
Unburdens Heart PangS to To-
peka's County MatrOn.
WANTS GRANDCHILDREN NOW

This is the end of the road for me-
Mary Chesney, the last landmark
of Topeka's ''free and easy days, said
that when the bleak gray walls # the
Kansas penitentiary rose before her.
From Kansas City thus far she had
said nothing Whatever bitter
thoughts she might have had she Kept
to herself Mrs. S. H. Abbott, county
nnatron who accompanied ner, mad
not disturbed her.
Mary" said Mrs. Abbott, 'if you
had your life to live over again
what would you do with IT"
The former queen of TopeEa's half
world who had stayed to fight long
after her subjects were gone, VINO hao
wasted a fortune down TO tWo lnsls-
nificant diamonds in combating the
law, broke her silence. There were
still some miles to travel and while
there was yet time she unburdened
troubled soul.
Bite Hand That Fed.
Il would live it differently she
replied with feeling. 1T has peen Q.
complete failure-worse than that.
am an old, crippled woman without
a friend. l have befriended hundreds
in my time. l have given money to
good causes. l have loansd money
to poor down-a nd-outers when L
knew 1 would never see it again.
Now when 1 need friend nave
none. The people l have befriended
and even protected have turned
against me but 1 don't blame them
1 hold no feeling against them. They
cannot afford to befriend me now.
They can't help.
All those people helped to drag me
down. ! am not eNcusing myselI oqt tneS
helpel make me the woman | am coulu
have lived a better life for have n good
old father and mother. L know that now
but 1t is too late.
Her Last Home.
..It is too late to do anything. | am al
most nenniless | am friendless, | am old.
Whatever beauty ! may have had Is gone
aud 1 am crippled. And with all that
am to finish my days "ehing mos. tnosee W Tbst
word means happiness to most women OF
my age. 1t means pleasant SURROUNDINGS
With visiting children and grandchildren.
Even in the days when Mary Chesney's
beuutv was town talk. when he eye had
the snap Of a Spanish senoritas, when her
laugh was contagious and she mad Iong
that negro blood coursed in her veins. NO
one then had the hardihood 20 ask her
But Mrs. Abbott asked her ON the way to
the penitentiary
Denies Negro Blood
mo 1t is not true" Glared Mary
when l was young L had an olive skin
and that gave rise to that talk; nave
never had to deny it for one has asked
me iireetl, But | want 1t understood
that my lineage is as geoq the best. Il
am French and German. l was born in
Alsace- Lorraine, the territory now being
fought over in Europe, and came to this
country with my parents when l was
child"
That burst of spirit WAS the last Mary
again became silent. She walked inside
the penitentiary looking more like some
little old hard working mother calling to
see a Maynard son, Snan a dethroned
queen" planning to spend her remaining
days inside those walls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
P. W. G..S SIDE OF 1T
Working Girl Doesn't Like Being
Called a Registration Stacker

An air of insulted dignity was reg
! istered today by scores of stenograph-
ers and other feminine employees in
railroad and other offices. Word
had been passed around that women
who did not register for war service
Wednesday had been termed slack
ers'' by those who did.
When the noon edition of the State
Journal, carrying a story to the effect
that the majority of those register
ing wanted to be nurses or motor car
drivers, there was a loosening of Wit
riolic tongues.
'.Oh, dear" murmured one blonde
stenographer in the presence of a re-
porter. They call us slackers. We
didn't register because we didn't have
time. We were too busy helping
shoulder all the increased work that
has been thrown on railroads and 9TH
er kinds of industry since this war
broke out.
dainty digit at the reporter Don't
you dare print my name but 1 want
you to say something for me. Some =
not all, just some-of these women
who registered and wanted to be avis-
tors or Ben Hurs of Ford ambulances
are turning up their noses at us work
ing girls. Mind. I'm not knocking the
registration. 1t was a fine thing for
the country. but, gee whiZzi the way
some of these .heroines' go at it.
IF these women really want to do
something for their country, 1 know
something to do. This office I'm in
needs women clerks and stenogra-
pliers. All the railroads want EN-.
Any woman can go to school for six
months and learn to be stenographer
if she has any knowledge to start
with. It's work, too. No names in the
society column. Just work A hun
dred girls 1 know have been doing it
and hardly one of them registered and
they're not slackers. They are already
doing something practical for their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
RICH BACHELORS
ON CUPID MARKET
AT ATLANTIC. CITY

Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. Seek
ing wives, preferably young and
wealthy, David C. and julius C. Liv-
ingston, brothers, of Tulsa, Okla, are
on the board walk today. Their older
brothers, Jack and Richard, both
found their mates in brief trips here
The former was married four years
ago to Miss Dorothy Schwartz, St
Louis, and the latter a year ago to
Miss Bessie Fox, daughter of William
Fox, movie magnate. David and JUL
ius have visions of similar success for
themselves they say.
They have given elaborate dinners
with from twenty to forty young wo-
men as guests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
"PARLOR MAIDS" SUCCEED
PORTERS ON FAST TRAINS

Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. Girls,
getting the same pay as the men,
whose places they took. are taking
care of the Wheeling and Lake
Erie parlor cars, they are employed
as chefs Mattresses and "parlor
maids''-not porters.
And one result is. mere man
shakes the dust off his own coat
and carries his own grip.
I'VE help the women first" said
a parlor maid today. THE men
can take care of themselves bet
ter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
CHEAPER IN EUROPE
Bread Costs Less There Than in
America-Urges scent Loaf.

Washington, Sept. 6.-Europeans
are buying war bread more cheaply
than Americans. With flour milled
from American wheat, bakers OF
Great Britain, France, Italy and Bel
GUM are selling bread at from 60 to
100 per cent less than this countrys
white loaf commands.
These figures are from Representa-
tives Heating, Colorado, father of the
child labor bill, who with other con-
gressmen asked today:
why not scent bread in America %
Pay Less in Belgium.
In Great Britain 80 ounces of bread
sell for IL cents; in France. 35 ounces
for 9 cents; in Italy 35 ounces for s
cents; and in Belgium IS ounces for
IL cents.
In Washington, D. C., 4 ounces sell
for 10 cents.
Remember said Heating that
the grain which goes in this bread was
raised and sold by American farmers;
that spectators and middle men made
their regular profits; that freight was
paid to the Seaboard and the highest
cargo rate in history expended for its
shipment across the Atlantic. What
reason can be assigned then for the
fact that bread is. sold cheaper 5000
miles away from the original wheat
field than it is at home?
Protect the Iaborer's Table.
''Five-cent bread is what the mass
es OF the country need. Those above
the ranks of worker are able to eat,
even if they are overcharged. But
the man who labors should have his
table protected.
"A food regulation which means
cheaper wheat for the farmer and
cheaper flour for the miller and baker,
but which does not reach down to the
mass of peoples, is a farce. The peo-
pie who find their bread prices do not
fall, despite great promises, will be
more disappointed than if no effort
had been made to relieve them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
MOTHER IN-LAW'LL STEAL
WIFE IF He GOES TO WAR!

Chicago, Sept. 6--This is not a
version of the mother-in-law Joke
but
Lloyd E. Shaffer of De Kalb. Ill.
claims exemption on the grounds
that his mother-in-la law, Mrs. Nellie
Hodack of Sycamore. Ill, will
ALLEVIATE his wife's affections if he
goes to war. She has promised, he
says. to support her daughter dur
ing the war solely to get even"
with him for past differences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06

MEATLESS, WHEATLESS
One Day of Each a Week Dccreed Nv
Wisconsin Food Dictator.

Madison, wis. Sept. 6.--Mag nus
Swenson, food administrator of Wis
consin, acting under orders from
Herbert Hoover, has decreed one
meatless and one wheatless day each
week for this state.
The 1000 hotels, restaurants and
boarding houses, together with mousse
wives, will be asked to observe these
days as a patriotic duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
TIE UP CUDAHY
1000 Workmen Strike-Are 75 Per
Cent of Force.

Kansas City, Sept. 6.-Twc thousand
employees of the Cudahy packing plant
here have walked out causing an al
most complete tieup of the plant
operations today. More than rs per
cent of the labor force of the plant is
involved, office clerks say, 1t is also
reported that some of the employees of
the Wilson & Company plant have
struck. Higher wages and shorter
hours are given as the cause of the
strike.
The strike had its beginning Tues
day when 400 workers in the canning
department of the plant walked out,
demanding higher wages and an eight
hour instead of a ten-hour working
day
This morning the number of strik-
ers was estimated at 1000 and this
afternoon the estimate increased to
1000.
During the morning rs cattle butch
ers quit work followed by a large
number of laborers in different de-
partments.
Meanwhile Organize Union.
At noon the hog butchers, and work
ers in many other departments struck.
1t is said that practically every en-
ploye in the cooking room, the label
room, the sausage room, the dry salt
room, and the loading docks had quit
by this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
WANTS TERM ENDED
President Hopes Congressman Will
Go Home Soon.

Washington, Sept president
Wilson wants congress to go home and
talk things over with the people. In
a letter to Representative Kahn, Cali
fornia, today, the president expressed
the hope that congress would close up
its work quickly and go back to learn
sentiment from their constituents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
AIR BOMBERS BUSY
British Drop 1SS Charges ON German
Military Stations.

London, Sept. 6.-Intense aerial ac-
tivity and success of numerous British
air raids was reported today by Field
Marshal Haig.
During Tuesday British aeroplanes
dropped a total of 1SS oombs on
btllets, railway station and lines, sid
ings, ammunition dumps, training
schools and other works at a dozen
different places" he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
To Adjourn Miners Meeting.

Indianapolis, Sept. solicitations
shortly before the convention here to-
day of the joint conference of blum
nous coal mine owners and the Off
Gals of the United Mine workers of
America called by the miners Off
GERS for the announced purpose of
demanding an increase in mining
wages. were that the conference would
adjourn without action to meet again
in Washington within a few days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
BEAUTY PARL0RS HAVE TO
TAKE OUT BARBER LICENSE

: Chicago, Sept. Get this, Ia
dies:
Beauty parlors," hereafter are
just plain barber shops
The state department of regis
tration and education has ruled
that anyone who shaves or trims
boards or cuts the hair of anyone
for hire is a barber.
Barber shop licenses must be Ia
ken out by the beauty parlors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
Five ..sammies,, Commit Suicide

Washington. Sept. give suicides
by shooting have taken place in Gem
eral Pershing's army since it reached
France. 1t was suggested that home
sickness was the cause but government
officials incline to the belief that men
tai arrangement was responsible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
Increase Steel Dividends.

New York. Sept. 6.-Directors of
the American Steel Foundries COM
pany today declared a quarterly divi-,
dend of q per cent placing its stock
on a Z per cent basis as against the
previous rate of per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06

down. He made up his mind to re-
new his vital energy and fill his veins
again with youthful vim and vigor. He
therefore prescribed NuXated iron for him
self and took 1t. A short course of 1t made
him feel like new man. SO much so
that he says his friends ask, What have
you been doing to yourself. you look so
well and full of life His reply is. TAX
ing care of my blood and building it up
with iron-Nuxated Iron" DIR. Beyea fur
Their says that there is nothing like it in
his opinion to put youthful strength and
power into the veins of the weak, run
down. infirm aged.
Then there is Former Health Commits
sioner VIM. r. Kerr of Chicago, who is
past the three score year mark, but still
vigorous. active. full of life. vim and
energy. Former Health Commissioner Kerr
says that he believes his own personal ac-
tivity today is largely due to his use of
Nuxated Iron. and that he believes it ought
to be prescribed by every physician and
used in every hospital in the country.
Former United States Senator VIM. L.
Mason Is another keen, vigorous hard
working man who is well past the three
score year mark. who praises the great
strength and endurance building proper
ties possessed by Nuxated Iron. Senator
Mason says: AS pioneer in the pure
food and drug legislation. l was at first
loath to try advertised remedy. but
after advising with my medical friends.
gave Nuxated Iron a test The results
have been so beneficial in my own case. l
made up my mind to let nv friends know
about 1t. | am now 60 years of age and
feel that a remedy which will build up the
strength and increase the power and en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-06
Eighty Years Young-Physician Says
Nuxated Iron Did It
of Energy
Vigor With a Strong, Elastic, Forceful Step, Instead
That Nervous, Shambing Gait?
Doctor Says Nux-
ated Iron Often
/ n CT e a S e S the
Strength and En-
durance of Deli
cate, N erv o u s,
Run Down Folks
100 Percent In
Two Weeks

What's the use of feel
ing so old, cross, nervous
and "g ru m Y" all the
time, a burden to yourself
and a constant irritation
to others. It's not how old
you are in years that
counts. but it's the amount
of iron in your blood that
may tell the story. For
want of iron, you may be
an old nah at thirty, dull
of intellect, poor in mem
Org, nervous, irritable and
ali rundown" while at
50 or 60. with plenty of
iron, in your blood, you
may still be young in feel
ing, full of life your whole
being brimmiI s over with
energy and vital force.
As proof of this, take
the case of DR.. james
Louis Beyea, who for fif-
teen years was Adjunct
Professor in he New York
Homeopathic Medical Col
lege. At nearly so years
of age, DIR. Beyea was
very much weakened and
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-30

New arrival of Fisk Pattern Hats,
S0-3t MISS ANNA B. KING.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-30

The prettiest and newest Easter
goods can be found at DE NUZIE. ct
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-03-30

noon and evening. A similar jubilee
will be held today In the Peoples
House.
The sales yesterday we're:
PeOples-Pounds sold, 1900; High
price $40; Low price STATS; Average
S17.57. Special crops: C, p. Evans,
S1763; Matten Bros, $1743. Offerings
good. Market good.
GrOwers-Pounds sold, 1910; High
price S25; Low price $12; Average
$16.O4. Special crop: George Gal
braith, $l6.S5.
Liberty-Pounds sold, 6,955; High
price $40; Low price $13; Average
$16.79.
Independent. Central-Pounds sold
5,12O; High price $1975; Low price
$3.50; Average $1657.
Farmers and Planters-Pounds sold
24,lOO; High price $685. Low price SO;
Average $17.15. Special crops: Dover
Christian Church, $24.16; True &
Schweikart, $1S.75; Tobin G Lalley
$1763; Henry Schubert, SLIP.
HOnle-Pounds sold, 1886; Higl
price $l9.25; Low price $12.5O; Aver
age $3.50.
AmazOn--Pounds sold. $3.50; Higl
price $l7; Low price $12; Average
$15.1a.