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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

row with l stitch less between mar
rowings until stitches are left.
Back of Helmet-Work in same
manner as for front but omit the
face opening. Sew the stitches of up
per edges together with joining stitch
as shown in detail cut. Sew UP the
side seams leaving the plain knitting
at shoulders open.
KNITTED HELMET NO. ..
(Same as No. L but knitted in one
piece)
One hank of yarn az lb.) steel
needles No. 10.
Cast on Sc stitches loosely. Knit
plain for inches for front piece and
leave on extra needle. Knit another
piece to correspond for back. These
pieces must be at least 9 inches wide
Slip the stitches of both pieces on to
3 needles. arranging for last ? stitches
of back piece TO be on beginning of LIST
needle, with 80 stitches of front piece
added (making 40 on list needle).
Divide rest of stitches on other 2
needles; $685.
Beginning with LIST needle. knit 2.
purl for inches. Then on 1st nee
die knit 2. purI ? for is stitches
Bind off % stitches for face opening.
TRY to keep same arrangement of
stitches on needles for further direc-
tionsO Knit 2. purl forward and
back on remaining 80 stitches for l 4
inches, always slipping first stitch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
KanSan First Man To Burn
Gasoline for Fuel.
His Discovery May Be Deciding
Factor of the War.
WAS EARLY OIL PIONEER
Now He Is Content To Live on
a Kansas Farm.
He Might Have Been Richer
Than Rockefeller.

Forty-eight years ago, w H White
head, then a pioneer in the oil in
dustry in Pennsylvania and now
Granville farmer. gave to the world
the discovery of a product which
many experts of today claim Will
bring victory for democracy in the
world war Whitehead was the first
man to use gasoline, or petrol. today's
most used fuel and propelling power
for motor cars. aircraft and other ma
chinery, for burning or fuel purposes
Whitehead is today visiting his
daughter. Mrs A A Keller. 141s
North Jackson street He-fs quick to
confess that he did not know of the
importance of the discovery at the
time he made it He laughed today
when it was suggested that had he
seized the opportunity, he, and not
John D. Rockefeller, might have been
the nations richest man
But Whitehead is not averse to
telling of how he made the discovery.
and how the first well was discovered
in Pennsylvania.
Oil Uused for Medicine.
Discovery of the first oil. he remem-
bers, was in 1S4s. when he was yet a
boy salt well at a little place call
ed Terantum, about thirty miles up
the Allegheny river from Pittsburg,
was found to produce the crude black
liquid A fellow with more initiative
than reason came along and was quick
to seize an opportunity which he
thought would make him rich He
bought the well. enga ged several girls
to bottle the liquid and sold II fer
a universal cure-aI OF ills, calling IL
petroleum or rock oil.
Then Someone discovered that the
heavier substance of the liquid could
be used for fabrication, and after the
wells were brought in Pittsburg
stills" not unlike modern refineries,
were erected to separate the heavy
liquid, lubricating oil, from the light
quantities which are now utilized as
gasoline. benzine and petrol but con-
sidered waste in those days
Use Gasoline for Fuel.
Whitehead was running one OF these
stills. He became tired of seeing all
the gasoline go to waste and expert
/ mented with it His first attempt 10
use it as fuel under the boilers Of his
plant was successful He went to
Phila delphia and installed burners un-
der the boilers in a big refinery or
still at that place The idea spread
/ and 1t wasn't long before other manu-
facturers who watched the initial at
tempt TO burn gasoline and who had
remarked that that man Whitehead
was going to blow up the town with
his fool experiments" were using the
product for fuel
Whitehead stayed in the oil game
until 1858. when he came to Kansas
but went back again in 1873 and be-
came superintendent of a refinery in
Philadelphia In 1876 he again came
to Kansas and settled on a farm near
Newman and three years later bought
a farm about three miles east -
Granville, where he has lived ever
since.
Whitehead is IS years old He Is
still a farmer. but likes to talk about
( the oil game. And il is his discovery
( that mas filled the air with planes ia
Europe and made it possible to abol-
! ish horses for highway transportation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

Rural and city teachers. high school
and college instructors from all parts
OF the state will await on w. H. John
son. on the faculty of the school of
education. Lawrence, and president OF
the state teachers association, and ask
him to oppose Ross for the office of
state superintendent at the coming
Republican primaries. If Johnson,
who has already been urged from
scores Of sources to be q candidate,
agrees to make the fight the mighty
teachers machine, which, II Is claim
ed. Ross has spent years in building
up, Will be turned to crush its master.
Dissatisfac Of teachers and
school men as 10 the manner in which
the state superintendent department
is being run has been voiced in reports
reaching Topeka for the last several
weeks from different parts of the
state The latest charge against Ross
is that he is attempting to block the
progress Of the teachers association.
II IS said that he will at the conven-
stitutiOn that would give the associa-
ton more funds 10 work on at little
cost to the teachers and none to the
taxpayers.
johnson Is Capable.
Ever since last election when Ross
won his third term in office with a
machine he has built Up over the
state. il is charged, school men have
been beating the brush for a man
strong enough to whip him at the
next election These men, according
TO reports today. believe they have
found that man in Johnson. He is
capable. experienced and has long
years of training to his credit.
For many years Johnson was state
hiEh school Inspector. He has held
positions as high school principal at
Emporia and Lawrence and is a for
uueT member of the E,mpOria State
Normal faculty
His standing with the teachers is
be illustrated by the fact that he is
pl =s-dent of their association Educa-
t. : who are leading the campaign to
get him into the state superintendent
race declare. he has obtained positions
for more teachers in this state than
any other one man.
Toss is now holding his third term
as superintendent He has not an
nounced his candidacy to run again
but men who say they have investi-
gated declare that he has not declared
his intentions OF not running. These
men consider Ross a candidate until
he declares himself out, they say.
Is Logical Man.
If Johnson declines to run. and such
an action on his part would be under
some OF heaviest pressure brought in
Kansas upon a possible candidate, the
men opposing Ross will not quit their
fight They believe Johnson is the
most capable man that has been
found. but in case he refuses another
strong candidate viii be offered.
Ross opposition claims ne is
afraid of Miss Eliza beth Wooster. who
came so close TO giving him political
heart failure in the last primaries.
She may take cards in the next game
Of getting votes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
TO BEAT W. D. ROSS
Teachers Pick W. III. johnson,
Lawrence, for the Job.
Would Run Him in Next EIec-
ton for State Office,
SCHOOL men ARE DISSATISFIED
Do Not Approve Way Instruc-
ton Department Is Run.
Machine Built Up by Official
May Crush Him.

Cold, blue-steeled politics. temper
ed and hardened that they may more
clearly sound the funeral dirge for any
future political aspirations of w D.
Ross, superintendent of instruction.
will be clashed into the Kansas State
Teachers convention when it conveneS
here November S and 9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
SLEEVELESS SWEATER.

Two hanks of yarn (s lb.) Amber
needles No S.
Cast on so stitches. Knit ?, purl 2
stitches for four inches. Knit plain
until sweater measures IS inches Knit
IS stitches, bind off "a stitches for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

The free mail sent out by congressman
amounts To Z tons day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

FALkINER & WENTWORTH. GEN
eral Insurance. 409-1 New England Bldg
Phone 51l
JeweIers
II. H MoREHOUSE.
AZ Holiday
Phone 16c4
Junk Dealers
OVAL EROS & co WHOLESALE
Scrap Iron, 214-1G y. Kansas Ave
Phone 26d-
Loans. Mortgages. Financial Agenta
FARM MORTGAGE co,
Phone 3saa
PIONEER MORTGAGE Co.
4th Floor Mulvane Bldg.
Phone ia
Mattress FaofOrie@
MCINTYRE BROS. STRINGS. BEDA
Mattress Factory. 2z7-229 Quincy.
Phone 5215
W. J. LEWIS.
SEQ Kansas Ave
Phone 104z
Photographer
c. J. BOEGER.
7oT Kansas Ave
Phone 3os8
Real Estate Dealers, Loans. Insurance.
c. +. BOLIVAR REAL ESTATE.
Collections. 30 Columbian Bldg
Phone 70 Ring 4
sand Dealers
TOPEKA SAND CO.
Foot of Topeka Ave
Phi me 3i12
H. ". BOMGARDSER.
gu Jackson st.
Phone 14a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
KNITTED HELMET,
No. 1.


11z hanks of yarn (9s Ib.). Amber
needles No. 5.
The Helmet is made in two parts,
which afterwards are sewed together
as shown in the first illustration
Front of Helmet: Cast on As
stitches Gil inches, knit plain for .25
ribs Is inches) and knit 2. purl for
35 rows On the next row the open
ing for the face is made as follows:
Knit 2. purl ?. knit ., purl ,, knit 2,
knit and bind off loosely the next IS
stitches and purI L, knit ?, purl ?,
knit ,. purl ?. Run the stitches Be-
fore the opening on a spare needle
ard on the stitches at other side Of
opening knit 2. purl . for II rows
The last row will end at the opening
and at that point cast on IS stitches
to offset those bound off Begin at
the face opening of stitches on spare
needle and knit >, purl FIR twelve
rows At the end of the twelfth row
continue all across TO the end of the
other needle, when there should be As
stitches. on needle as at first Knit 2,
purl for "a rows
Top of Helmet-Knit 2 narrow
Emitting stitches together) knit Il.
narrow. knit II. narrow. knit IL
Purl the entire next row On the Sd
row knit 2. narrow. knit 1S. narrow,
knit Is. narrow. knit IL Purl 4th
row On the 5th row knit ?. narrow.
knit u, narrow, knit Il. narrow. knit
10. Purl 6th row Continue to mar
row in the places every plain knitted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

Two hanks OF yarn S lb-): amber
needles No s.
Cast on SO stitches or II inches.
Plain knitting for IS inches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

The supreme court of the state Of WASH
ington has held that labor unions are re-
sponsible for any damages occurring By
reason Of picketing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
EQUIPMENT.
THURSDAY.

This circular is prepared primarily
for the use of hand knitters. Knitting
machines may be used if desired, pro-
vided the articles can be as well made
and made of the same yarn.
The color of the yarn has been
carefully considered with the authori-
ties of the war department and with
the American Red Cross commission
er of Europe, in Paris 1t has been
learned from both of these sources
that articles made in either gray or
khaki yarn will be acceptable. Owing
to the difficulty of securing khaki
colored yarn in large quantities. the
American Red Cross supply service
will carry the gray yarn (oxford mix
ture, 4-ply los construction).
Yarn and knitting needles may be
procured either from Red Cross chap
tiers or from stores. provided the yarn
is of the same grade and needles OF
the same size as those described in
this circular.
The needles referred to in these d.
rections are standardized Red Cross
needles which can be purchased from
is given opposite their respective num-
Der.
knitting needles No. 1 equal amber
No 8, 135-10o0 inches equal steel
needles. No. 10.
knitting needles No. equal amber
needles, No. 10.
knitting needles No. equal amber
No s, 20O-1000 inches equal steel
needles, No 10.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
Stitches should not be cast on too
tightly.
Knitting should be done evenly and
firmly and all holes should be avoided.
Joining should be done by splicing
or by leaving two or three inches at
each end of the yarn to be darned in
carefully
All knots, ridges or Jumps should
be most carefully avoided. especially
in socks, as they are apt to blister the
feet.
SLEEVELESS SWEATER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
FORECAST.

Cast on 22 stitches loosely to COM
plete face opening. and knit 2, purl
for 2 H inches adjust stitches by
slipping from end of Sd needle to
LIST needle. making AZ on 1st needle-)
Knit 1 round plain Knit stitches
together, knit IL, knit stitches to-
gether, knit 1. Repeat TO end of
round. Knit rows plain Then knit
2 stitches together, knit 9. knit 2 to-
gether, knit / Repeat to end of
round. Knit rows plain. Continue
in this way, narrowing on every fifth
round and reducing number of stitches
between narrowed stitches by (as
z, 5. 3. etc.) until you have % stitches
left on needles Divide on needles,
having Il on 1st needle and IA on the
other, and finish the same as for the
toe of a sock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

call Phone $3.50 Adv Dept, for
Advertising Companies.
DIRECT ADVERTISING Co
412414 Central National Bank Bldg.
Phon-1
Bicycles and Motorcycles
SHAWNEE CYCLE CO.
ia East It'll St.
Phone 400
Business Colleges
DOUGHERTY-S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
George E Dougherty. Pres us West sth-
phone J6G-
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
New England Building.
Phone 4173.
Druggists.
MARSHALL RRoS.-
135 Kansas Ave
Phone SIS
WARREN NJ CROSBY co.
613-1- Kansas ave
Phone 3JG9
Electrical Fixtures. Repair Supplies
H B. HOWARD ELECTnIC & ATH-
.etic Supply. 716 Kans1s Ave.
aPk9ne 1877.
Eye Specialists.
DIR. D. K. PAINE,
us Kansas Ave.
rhone ia
Express Dray and Transfer.
TOPEKA TRANSFER CO. c II White.
Us Adams St
Phone 35;S
BAUGHMAN BROS.
2235 Lincoln St
Phone 3G40.
TOPEKA PURE MILK CO.
40O-02-oi Jackson St
Phone so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
l. NJ Penwell r. NJ Johnson
President sec'y-Tress-
Phone as Phone 3f19
THE L. M. PENWELl
UNDERTAKING CO.
50s-50s-51O Quincy street Phone lez
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Telephone numbers and addresses
Filed this list could be called often quick
1t will appear Saturday. represented
call Phone $3.50 Adv Dept, for information.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19

TIE Gag should not be bois,cd be-.
turc sunrise nor II allowed up after
sunset III the navy The eolors are
boosted. is ordinary circumstances, at
3 a. M
a, Morning ana Evening Colors'
at fer,s AND military posts civilian
pe, tatprs should taad al attention
and uncover darHE tbc playing ~
THE star Spanglrd Bauncr'
The flag should levcr be allowed to
touch the ground aud should never be
raised or lowered 10y any mechanical
appliance
Whom the Natona! and state or
other fegs arc nown together the Ma
tional flag should be on the right side
Of the building or lawn.
| When the flag is used as banner
that is, suspended on q rope across
street, the union. or field, should fly
to the north in streets running east
and west and 10 the east in streets
running north and south.
The flag should always be flown
from staff or mast and should not be
fastened to the side Of building,
platform or seairoldng, In no cir
cumstances should the flag be draped
around pillars, or against walls or
balustrades. Flags were made orig
inally for the purpose of being flown
and to use them in any other manner
is to misuse them II staple decora-
tions are desired rcd, white and blue
bunting properly drapcd will give a
better effect than n drapcd flag.
The flag should never be used as a
cover over table, desk or box, or
where anything can be placed upon it.
When flags are used in an unwilling
Of a statue or monument they should
not be allowed to fall to the ground,
but should be carried aloft to wave
out, forming a distinctive feature dur
ing the remainder Of the ceremony.
When the flag IS flown at hali-stah
as sign of mourning it should be
hoisted to full staff at the end of the
funeral.
On Memorial day the flag should fly
at half-staF from sunrise to noon, and
full staff from noon to sunset.
There are no Federal or other laws
compelling the observance of these
rules, the majority of which are those
Of the Society of Patriotic Decorations
and Civil Improvement of Washing
ton, d. C., as published in the book
The Stars and Stripes" by Ch'rlcs
W. Stewart, superintendent Of the
Library and War Records.-New York
Herald,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19

feet apart. A good practice for the
support requiring varieties is planting
in double rows 6 inches apart, with !
to 4 feet between the double rows, ono
support serving for each double row
The pea is one Of the few legumes
grown in the home garden. Being q
legume gives it a high food value, but
one should be careful not to destroy
its palatability and thereby its food
value by allowing to get too hard be-
fore picking, or by picking long before
cooking For the best possible quail
ity, pick the pods when at the Gust
full" stage, shell, cook and serve.
Pods picked in the morning before the
dew is off and placed in a cool, damp
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19
SUNDERLAND

Sam Thompson is working at r. r..
| Lincon's.
Parker and Coyotes mill has re-
sumed operations.
William Wildly is conyalcscing after
an operation at the Troy Hospital
Arthur Wyman and Richard Miles
were in Manchester on business, Mon
day.
Miss Ann Lathrop spent Monday
with Miss Mildred Cook Of Manchcs-
ter.
The Glcc Club viii meet with Miss
Hazel Goyctte next Saturday evening,
April DIST.
Herbert Bowen may be seen around
these days in the Studebaker runa-
bout he has just purchased Of Roscoe
Wilcox.
Saturday night pet cat belonging
to the Thompson's got its head stuck
in salmon can and fell into the brook
behind the Thompson home, where it
drowned before it could be rescued.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19

cellar will be in good condition for the
noon and evening meal.
Many times string beans and peas
are ready at the same time; beans can
be picked in five minutes, peas will
require twenty minutes. Often the
beans are picked and served and the
peas go to waste. The green peas are
nearly three times as high in food
value as the string beans and dry
beans are the highest Of all vege-
tables, To get the most from both,
take time to pick and prepare the
green peas, allowing the beans to ma
ture if necessary using them as shell
beans, or allowing them TO dry to
dry to thresh for seed or to bake, get
ting both in state Of highest food
value.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19

transplant TO the garden when sol
conditions are right Frequent shal
low civilizations will sssG, RAPID
growth.
Varieties az lettuce suitable in Nef
mont gardens are loose leaf Grapa
Rapids and Black Seeded Simpson as
heading varieties; early May King
late Black Seeded Tennis Ban, Caii.
fornia Cream Butter and Biz Boston
or Deacon
Some good varieties Of summer rad
ishes are Early Scarlet or Cardinal
Globe. and White lcicle. All Of the
round red varieties are god but the
long rooted red varieties are not gen
orally desirable The large turnip
rooted Chinese and japanese radishes
may be grown for winter storage.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19

ing and selection of varieties will give
continuous supply The first plant
ings should be of small growing, quick
maturing varieties, such as Alaska
First and Bets and Gradus, these re
quire no supports. Gradus may be
planted every two weeks until warm
weather in June. When the soil is
warm plant the large wrinkled types,
such as Champion of England, Tele-
phone and Prize Taker, to be grown
on such supports as brush, string or
wire trellises. For autumn, use Alas
ka and Gradus; plant the last of July
or the first of August.
Peas should be planted from one to
three inches deep in rows 21a to 4
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19

A young man and a young woman
leaned on the front gate. They were
lovers. It was moonlight. He was
loath TO leave, as the parting was the
last. He was about to go away.
an never forget YOU" he said land
If death should claim me, my last
thought would be of you"
an be true to YOU" she sobbed.
an never love anybody else as long
as ] live"
They parted. Six years later he re-
turned. His sweetheart Of former
years was married and had changed
greatly.
"Let me see" she unused, twas it
you or your brother who was my old
sweetheart"
Neither" he replied. Probably
my father"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19
PLANT PEAS A PLENTY

Garden Peas are a favoritc crop IN
the home garden, and when actual
food value is considered they are sec
ond to lima beans, which head the list
of fresh vegetables; chemical analysis
Of green peas shows a very low per-
centage of water, high in protein,
carbohydrate and fuel value. Since
they are very high in food value it is
all the more important that they be so
planted as to insure a continuous sup
ply.
Peas should be planted as soon as
the soil can be put in order. A frost
after they come up does no harm.
Very early planting, successive plant
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-04-19
TWO IMPORTANT
GARDEN CROPS

Radish and 'ettuce always are fav-
orite plants in small and large gar
dens, not because of their food value
which is quite low, but as attractive
and hcalthful additions TO the diet.
The radish is quite hardy and may be
grown throughout the winter in hot
beds. The seed may be sown in open
ground as soon as the soil can be made
ready, and should be planted in drills
IL inches apart. For best quality the
radish must be grown on quick, rich
soil, some of the earlier varieties
growing to edible size in three or four
weeks after planting. Rapid growth
and early pulling insure solid, crisp
flesh and delicate flavor. For con-
slant supply make planting every two
weeks. An ounce of seed is sufficient
to plant 100 feet of row. The seed
usually terminates well, and If care is
taken in sowing, thinning will be un-
necessary. II the first plants TO ap-
pear are pulled as soon as they are Of
sufficient size, room will be left for
those which come later. Radish are
best grown in early summer and au-
tumn as they are not particularly well
suited 70 hot weather.
Lettuce like radish grows best on a
rich soil, where there is plenty Of or
ganic matter TO insure rapid growth.
1t does not stand hot weather well,
thriving best in spring and autumn.
Lettuce and radish can be grown
under thin cloth shade very satisfac
torily in hot weather. II is well TO
grow both loose leaf and head lettuce.
Plant in rows IA 10 l6 inches apart.
Thin loose leaf TO 6 inches apart and
head TO IL inches giving plenty Of
space for good and individual plant
development. Remove the entire plant
when large enough for use.
For an early crop it is well 70 start |
p ants in the house or hot bed and !