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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-22

down, instead Of dosing themselves with
habit-forming drugs, stimulants and al
coholic beverages, l am convinced that In
this way they could ward off disease. pre-
venting it becoming organic in thousands OF
cases and thereby the lives Of thousands
might be saved who now die every year from
pneumonia. grippe. kidney, liver, heart
trouble and other dangerous maladies. The
real and true cause which started their dis
case was nothing more nor less than
weakened condition brought on by a lack
of iron in the blood.
On account of the peculiar AZURE of
woman and the great drain placed upon her
system at certain periods, she requires iron
much more than man to help make up for
the loss.
Iron is absolutely necessary to enable
your blood to change food into living tissue.
Without it. no matter how much or what
you eat. your food merely passes through
you without doing you any good. You
don't get the strength out Of it, and as a
consequence you become weak. pale and
sickly looking. just like plant trying to
grow in a soil deficient in iron. II you are
not strong or WELL you owe it to yourself
to make the following test: See how long
without becoming tired. Next. take two
f1ve-grain tablets Of ordinary nuxated iron
three times per day after meals for two
weeks. Then test your strength again and
see how much you have gained. 1 have
seen dozens Of nervous rundown people
who were ailing all the while double their
strength and endurance and entirely rid
themselves Of all symptoms Of dyspepsia,
liver and other troubles. in from ten to four
teen days time simply by taking iron in the
proper form. And this. after they had in
out obtaining any benefit. But don't take
the old forms Of reduced iron. iron acetate.
or tincture Of iron. simply, to save a few
cents. The iron demanded by Mother
Nature for the red coloring matter in the
blood of her childra is alasi not that
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-22

You can tell the women with
plenty of iron in their blood
beautiful healthy rosy checked
women full Of Life. Vim and
Vitality
lated to do you any good, otherwise it may
prove worse than useless.
l have used Nuxated Iron widely in my
own practice in most severe aggravated con-
ditions with unfailing results. I have in
duced many other physicians to give it
trial, all Of whom have given me most sur
prising reports in regard to its great power
as health and strength builder.
Many an athlete and prize fighter has
won the day simply because he knew the
secret of great strength and endurance and
filed his blood with iron before he went
into the affray; while many another has
gone down in inglorious defeat simply for
the lack Of IRON
DR.. Schuyler c. Jaques, Visiting Surgeon
Of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. New York City,
said: II have never before given out any
medical information or advice for publica-
tion, as I ordinarily do not believe in it.
But so many American women suffer from
iron deficiency. with its attendant ills
physical weakness. nervous irritabiHty, mel
muscles, ETC., etc.-and in consequence
Of their weakened, rundown condition
they are SO liable to contract serious
and even fatal diseases. that deem it
my duty to advise all such to take
Nuxated Iron. l have taken it my
. self and given it to my patients with
nj most surprising and satisfactory re-
suits. And those who wish quickly to
I'll increase their strength, power and en-
Il durance will find it most remarkable
"a and wonderfully effective remedy"
~ NOTE-Nuxated Iron. which ia prescribed and
I / recommended above by physicians 10 Mich groat
variety OF cases. is not patent medicine or secret
remedy, but which is well known 10 druggists
nj and whose constituents widely prescribed
by eminent physicians both in Europe and America
oil Unlike the older inorganic iron products, it Is
okl easily assmiatcd, inurc the teeth, make
~ them black, nor upset the stomach: the con.
trary it is a most potent remedy In nearly all
forms OF indigestion we'll as for nervous run
down conditions. The manu- acturcrs have such
L confidence nuxated iron that they offer to forfeit
800 charitable institution i they cannot take Sny
or under 60 who lacks iron, and increase ther
myth 100 cent in four weeks time provided
have no serious organic trouble They also offer to re
your oney it docs not at least double your strength
endurance in days time " dispensed in thus ~
al good druggists.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-22

POEMS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.
No what ought read and know some OF
great poems They add happiness and
philosophy
NURSES SONG.
William
When the of children heard
the
And laughing is heard on the HILL
My heart is at within breast
And everything else is still.
"Then home, my children, the
down,
And the dews Of night arise;
Come, leave off play, and let
the morning appears the
Skies"
"No, no, let us play, for it is yet day.
And cannot 60 to sleep;
Besides, in the sky the little birds fly,
And the hills all coverd with
sheep"
"Wel, we'll, 60 and play till the light
fades
And then go home to bed"
The little ones leaped and shouted and
laughd
all the hills echoed.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-22

use Of metallic iron ohich
may injure the teeth, corrode
Ithe stomach and do far more
harm than good; advises
use of only nuzated iron.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-22

Mother, why don't you take
NUXATED IRON and be strong
and we'll and have nice rosy
cheeks, instead of being so
nervous and irritable all the
time and looking so haggard and
old. The doctor gave some to
Susie Smiths mother and she
was worse off than you are,
and now she looks just fine. "
There can be no healthy. beautiful, rosy
checked women without IRON says DR.:
Ferdinand King. New York Physician and
Medical Author lin my recent talks to
physicians on the grave and serious con:
sequences Of iron deficiency in the blood Of
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-22

When the iron goes from the blood
Of women, the roses go from their
cheeks:
"In the most common foods Of
America. the starches. sugars, table
syrups, candies. polished rice. white
bread. soda crackers. biscuits, mac
aroni, spaghetti. tapioca, sago,
farina. degerminated cornmeal. no
longer is iron to be found. Re-
fining processes have removed tho
iron OF Mother Earth from these
Impoverished foods, and silly meth
DDS Of home cookery, by throwing
down the waste pipe. the waters in
which our vegetables are cooked
are responsible for another grave
iron loss"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-22

Therefore. If you wish to pre-
serve your youthful vim and vigOr to ripe
old age. you must supply the iron deficiency
In your food by using some form Of organic
IRON just as you would use salt when your
food has not enough salt"
AS / have said a hundred times over
organic iron Is the greatest Of all strength
builders II people would only take Nux-
ated Iron when they feel weak or run
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-22

American women. l have
strongly emphasized the
fact that doctors should
prescribe more organic
iron nuxated iron -
for their nervous, run
down, weak. haggard-
looking women patients.
Pallor means anaemia.
The skin Of an anaemic
woman is pale. the flesh
Habby. The muscles
lack tone. the brain flags
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
BEACH COSTUMES OF
OLE SWIMMIN' HOLE
DESIGN ARE TABOOED

Chicago, March 31.-Young women
may not wear white or fleshcolored
bathing suits on Chicago beaches this
summer. the city council committee
on bathing beaches decreed today.
One-piece bathing suits were also put
under the ban, it being ruled that all
garments must be provided with a
skirt or a skirt effect"
The committee announced the dis
lance between the bottom of the skirt
and the top of the knee shall be not
greater than six inches and that all
blouses must have quarter arm sleeves
or close fitting arm holes Mems suits
must have a skirt effect or shirt
worn outside the trunks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
Decides, 227 to 33, to Consider
Constitutional Questions.
German Press Not BuOyant
Over Chancellor's Speech.
ADJ0URNS UNTIL APRIL "a
Socialists "RevOIt" by Refusing
to Vote on Budget.
Vote Reform Backed by Entire
Progressive Press, Report.

Amsterdam, March 31.-Nemand
for democratizing of Germany has
reached the reichstag- the reich
stag has responded to a move for in
vestigation of the relation of that body
to the people and the peoples share
in government. Dispatches from 2er
lin today told of the adoption by
vote of 227 to 33 of a resolution fos-
tered by the national Liberal men,
l5ers proposing a committee of TWEEN
ty-eight ito consider constitutional
questions, especially the r presenta-
ton of the people and the relation of
the people to the government"
The reischstag then adjourned until
April "a.
German advices today did not indi
cate enthusiastic editorial eulogy of
Chancellor Won Bethmann-H ollwegs
speech, altho applauding his declara-
tons with regard to Germanys posi-
ton in the war. Several Liberal news
papers frankly expressed chagrin over
the chancellors failure to sense the
public movement for greater partici-
patton by the people in the government
and his statement Withholding such re-
forms.
Germany Sole Anti-Democracy.
The Munich Post openly asserted
that Germany now is the sole con-
tender against an alliance of world
democracy and adds that the people
of the world are being convinced that
victory of the cause of freedom is i'm
possible as long as Germany continues
her present form of government.
The Berlin Socialist organ, Vor-
weists, insisted mo compromise is pos
sible on the franchise"
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung openly
assailing the chancellor declared:
PARLIAMENT as representative of the
people must soon reform itself. Deeds
by a determined reichstag are more
weighty than the words of feeble
chancellor"
Armed to Influence Russia.
London March 31.-Special news
dispatches from Holland reviewing re-
ports and comments by German news
papers on Chancellor Won Bethmann
Hollweg's speech and the debate in
the reichstag emphasize the promi-
nence given to reform agitation but
arrive at different conclusions as to
its significance. The correspondent of
the Times says:
THE revolt signaliZed by the So
cialists voting against the budget, is a
shame The whole debate was pre-
arranged and artificial and evidently
like the most important section of the
chancellorS speech intended to influ-
ence the Russian pacifists and social
ists''
The correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle, on the other hand says the
reform movement Is championed by
the whole progressive press as an i'm
portant factor which is going to play
a great part during the remainder of
the war and adds:
THE reactionaries will doubtless
put up a fight and there are hints that
Gen. Won Ludendorff may be used as
their champion against Won Bethmann
Hollweg, who is accused of vacilla-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
MADE GREAT RECORD
DIR. Balch Put Lowman Hill Nj. f
Church "On the Map

DR.. William NJ. Balch, who has been
pastor of the Lowman Memorial
church for the last four years who
was appointed to the Methodist church
of Neodesha by the Methodist con-
ference which has just adjourned, will
leave Friday night and will be in Neo-
desha to conduct services in his new
church Sunday.
In the four years which Rev. Balch
served as pastor here his church has
undergone complete revolution. From
a tumbleddown frame church with no
money in the treasury he made a most
modern structure, costing $4,000. The
membership. too, was nearly doubled;
from 358 the number of members was
increased to 100.
While serving as pastor. DR.. Balch
was also associate professor of so
GEOLOGY at Washburn. He served for
many years as the general secretary
of the conference of the Methodists
and has written several books The
new church to which DR.. Balch was
appointed is the largest in Neodesha.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
AM ERICAN KILLED

Continued from Page One.D
H. Heller, Newport News; Carl Lark
enSon.
'Other boats believed landing at
Milfordhaven and elsewhere"
Sinking of Snowdon Range.
The dispatch from Liverpool re-
porting the sinking of the SnoWdon
Range follows:
The British steamer Snowdon
Range, Philadelphia to Liverpool with
general cargo and powder, one gun aft
torpedoed without warning at S:45 a.
m. March %, IS miles from Holly
Head. No vessel in sight. sea calm,
weather hay, no resistance, Submar-
inc submerged at time of attack. Four
killed by explosion, remainder of crew
took to boats, including four Ameri-
cans
Submarine emerged, showing Ger
man flag shelled SnowdOn Range then
boarded and removed provisions and
detachable brass, placed bombs, YES
sci sunk Crew picked up p. m;
taken to Hollyhead."
A dispatch from Swansea said the
collector of customs there reported
that 10 Americans from the British
cattle steamer Crispin, has been land
ed at Milfordhaven. No additional
details of the sinking of the Crispin
were given.
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AMIDON WINS
Continued from Page One)


had but one apparent purpose-snap
judgment on the election. Chairman
Lardner and Click Fockele of Leroy
fought the move. In their talks they
gave q broad general inference that
someone was seeking to commit some
degree of political larceny in an effort
to win a national committeemanSh
Senator Benson himself took a hand
in the game. The move was so Wis
IDLY directed for a single purpose that
the Ell Dorado man asked the Bour-
bons not to hunt for future trouble
with a lantern. He asked the COM
mittee to play the game according to
the rules whether he won or lost 1t
was after Benson himself had taken
the floor that the Orr-Jackson motion
was amended and the committee itself
decided to pass on all proxies and
permitted Lardner to present a couple
of large bundles of voting author
tiles.
For just a few seconds it looked as
tho a serious brand of trouble had
been lodged But the weather dope
was wrong. I'm two minutes there
was another storm cloud more serious
than the first. Judge Jackson had
nominated Amidon, while Lardner
nominated Benson. Still some faint
hope of sunshine.
Wearing Other Collars.
Then Murphy came with the Storm
He arose to second the nomination of
Amidon. He paid tribute to Benson.
but lambasted Chairman Lardner for
his action. In his remarks he told
the committee that Amidon was sat
isfactory to the national committee
ana would not wear the collar of any
man in Kansas politics.
Il want to take issue with the re-
marks of Mr.. Murphy said I.ardner.
Il want to say that if he is elected he
will wear the stripes of Thompson and
Shouse and the federal crowd"
From that second there was trouble
take the floor in his own defense But
his supporters IN the meeting were
numerous and for a time the Bourbons
forgot the campaigns of the future
and talked turkey. One ardent Ami
don supporter referred to him as a
second Jerry Simpson and Murphy
holly resented the speech of Lardner.
That's all right" snapped Lard
ner, you may do as you like now, but
this move will cost Thompson more
than he will gain by his fight. 1
know what has been done. 1 know of
the letters that have been written. You
know that I know, too"
Right in the midst of the battle.
Benson quietly and coolly asked that
his name be withdrawn in the inter-
est of party harmony. Amidon was
then elected by reclamation.
Resolutions of respect for the MEM
DRY of the late Col. WI. Sapp, whom
Amidon succeeds, were adopted ty
unanimous vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
GRAINS co HIGHER
Estimate 4,ss5,OOO Acres OF
Winter Wheat Abandoned.
Argentine Embargo and Kan
SaS Drouth Boost Prices.

Chica go, March 31.-Wheat Vaulted
to nearly 50 bushel in the last week.
May options reaching s1.9S e, the top
most record attained since 1864 by
any future delivery Sensational do
nestle crop damage reports were
largely responsible, together with an
export embargo by Argentina. Net
gains for the week were rs to 514 :.
other leading commodities too, scored
advances-corn 27s to "a; oats Is to
15s and provisions 80 to 40. Esti-
mates that abandonment of winter
crop territory would aggregate 4,SS5,-
900 acres, the heaviest total ever
known except once, did much at the
outset to establish bull control of
wheat prices, snow flurries in Kansas
and Nebraska offset to some extent or
Monday the effect of alarming crop
reports. Argentine prohibition of eX-
ports sent wheat prices soaring afresh
on Tuesday and next day the market
rallied on account of export buying in
the United States.
Excitement over crop damage re-
ports especially as to the outlook in
southern Nebraska became intense on
Thursday and wild trading occurred
Yesterday the market eased off to
noticeable extent because of prospects
of rains that would somewhat relieve
the drought in Nebraska and Kansas
Corn assembled with wheat. All de-
liVeries went to new high price levels
for this seasons crop. Oats were
helped upward by assertions that near
ly all the stock here has been pur-
chased for shipment as soon as trans
portatlOn facilities would permit. Re
cord breaking high prices on hogs
were reflected in the provision market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
TO GET RAIN SUNDAY



way from New Mexico. Showers for
sure, under ordinary conditions. could
be forecasted. But the drouth has
made everything fail. so Mr. Flora
says, Unsettled weather today and
Sunday with probable showers and a
falling temperature"
The shippers forecast reads to pro-
tect 36-hour shipments against 80
degrees in the west and against freez-
ing temperature in the east, north and
south.
The mercury lowered around the 20
mark all night until 5 O'Clock this
morning when it took a sudden tumble
to As, more than 20 degrees in two
hours The north wind this morning
kept the mercury down. The highest
temperature predicted for today was
so, and tomorrow will be about the
same. probably a little colder
The highest temperature on record
for this date is 70 in 1898 and the
lowest a in 1899
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
TO TELL OF THE "A. P"
Frank p. MacLennan Will Address
Current Topic Club Monday.

Frank P. MacLennan. owner and
editor of the Topeka State Journal
will address the Current Topic club
on THE Associated Press Monday
night at their regular meeting in Gem
mel hall, Y. NJ. C. A
The present crisis has emphasized
the Importance of the press in its re-
lation to international affairs and the
dissemination of news has become
more and more important Mr.. Mac
Lehman will explain how events are
reported, handled and printed, and
Will show the important role the press
has played in history of the present
war.
Since the Associated Press is so
intimately connected with the affairs
of the nation the patriotic air has
been carried further. c. A. Junck will
Known Defeat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
RICH, HIS CHECK BOGUS
Millionaire Youth Lands in Jail
Mother Declines to Help Him.

Chicago, March 31.-With a $780,
900 fortune of his own and 81 100000
more willed to him, Verne Oeschger,
81, Valparaiso, Nebraska, is in Jail
here today on a charge of having
passed bogus checks.
Young Oeschger recently came into
his inheritance and his eagerness to
get rid of ready cash caused the ex-
ecuters of his estate to withdraw his
banking account. He is accused of
having drawn checks to the names of
the executors. Hotels, cafes and cab
aret mana gers cashed them.
His mother, who lives in Valparaiso
has notified police here that she is
heart broken but that she will not as
sist her son in his present trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-31
ENGLAND LEADS
IN WAR FUNDS:
GERMANY NEXT
Conflict Has Cost Great Britain
S1S,759,24O,OOO.
Germany's Total Expense to
Date Is S16,75O,OOO,OOO.
CASUALTIES TOTAL e MILLION
Includes Killed, Wounded and
Missing of All Belligerents.
Germany Has 10 Million Sol
diers; Britain ) Million.

New York. March 31.-The end of
the British fiscal year and the closing
of subscriptions to the new German
war loan fell on the same date, today,
bringing into the limelight the stag
gerfng totals of cash spent on the war
thus far by these two belligerents.
ENGLAND has spent more than Ger
MANY her total to date being nearly 3
billion, or S1S,759, 100000. England
estimates she is spending approx
mately $27,9O7,7O0 a day in her fight
to whip Germany.
Germany has spent 6,75O, 900, 900
in her attempt to whip England. This
includes the million dollars sought In
the new German loan, subscriptions
for which closed today.
IT was last December that the Brit
ish Counsellor of the Exchequer ask
ed for the latest 81, 94S, 100000. AT the
same time the call went out for mil
lion more men of all ranks. This mill
lion men brings the total number of
British subjects under arms and IN
training, up to million. Germany
has approximately 10 million men I'M
der arms and in training.
$4,000 British Women in War.
England estimates that she has
9,219,OO0 women in war service and
other occupations. The British cas-
ualties daily in killed, wounded and
missing are estimated at $4,000.
Casualties for all belligerents in
| killed, wounded and missing since the
beginning of the war to date are esti-
mated at approximately 100000
men. OF these casualties Germany
has suffered slightly more than mill
lion, England slightly more than 3
million, France about 3 Y millions.
| 1t is estimated that England's inter-
est on her present war debt for one
year is we'll over $500, 100000. Ger
many and France face deficits in pro-
! portion to this.
For months Germany and England
have been modifying hundreds of
| thousands of women to work either
directly behind the fighting lines.
elsewhere along the fronts or at home
in what is known as civil war service.
The voluntary period of enlistment for
this service expires in Germany today
and tomorrow compulsory service will
| be inaugurated.