davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Lonu-Distance Heroism.

81 see where a vaudeville performer
bills himself rs the Lusitania Sing
ing Fireman.
ST presume he sang while the Lusi-
tania was Sinking2"
"That Is what he wishes the pub
lie to infer, but he may have been
singing In a theater 1000 or 5000 miles
aWay."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

straight as an arrow. DOdd's Kid"
ney Pills deserve great credit" Be
sure and get "DoDD's," the name
with the three DIS for diseased, disor-
dered, deranged kidneys; just as Mr..
Benton did. No similarly named articles
will dO.-Adv, ~
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Sheep Shearinu.

Sheep may be shorn at any time of
the year, but the practice of shearing
but once a year, instead Of twice, as
formerly, is becoming more and more
common. This single yearly shearing
is undertaken in the spring, anywhere.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

forced to use a
cane. For these
disorders I ana
glad to say / used
Dodd's Kidney.
Pills, which proved
to BIO the proper
remedy. / am ga
years old, feel
fine and once
again stand an
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
The Strawberry States.

Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas
are now the largest producers of straw
berries. The crop of 1916 is the larg-
est on record and amounted to more
than $4,000 carloads. Tennessee leads
the list. In 1900, Maryland headed the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
ENCOURAGING Example.

when you begin to think this coun-
try is not democratic, stop a moment
and study the average traffic police
man."
But why?'
"You will discover that the dusky
George Washington Jones, driving a
dray, gets exactly the same treatment
from him that is received by a million
aire reclining in his limousine"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Undaunted.

"Have you bette noire, Mrs. Come
up%
Eyes, indeed. / got one the last time
we were in dear Paris, and we all just
dOte on it,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Care for Spray Outfit.

Have you carefully drained all the
pipes on your spray outfit? Pipes are
very easily ruined by a little neglect
of this sort. If they are allowed to
freeze they will almost certainly burst.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Quickly Inspired.

"DubbS has lively Imagination"
I've noticed that. Dubbs can glance
over pamphlet issued by some west
ern railroad and then rave about the
scenic wonders of Arizona as if he had
just been there"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
The Kind II Was

"How did that smart yachting party
get onT
"They found the sea very rough"
'Then it was q real swell affair"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Coles CarbOIisalve Quickly Relieves
and heals burning itching and torturin1
skin diseases. 1t Instantly stops the pain
of burns. Heals without scars. &c and soc.
Ask your druggist, or send 25c to The j.
w. Cole Co., Rockford. ILL.,, for pkg. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
percherons Vary in Color.

Percheron horses vary greatly in col
or. gray is the favorite color in France,
while darker colors are preferred in
the United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Pimples, boils, carbuDcles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
ADV.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
GAVE HIS CANE AWAY!

Mr.. S. P. Benton, Kerrville, Texas
writes: For several years prior to
1906 1 suffered from kidney and rheu-
matte troubles. Was bent over ana
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Our mistakes of yesterday are main
v responsible for our worries OF to-
lay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
HEALTHY CHILDREN cone from hca


mothers. And
m others will
certainly be
health II
they'll take'Dr.
Pierce's Favor
itePrescription.
N othing can
equal itinbuild-
ing up a WON
ans strength,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Built for It.

81 beg your pardon. didn't mean
to step on your foot"
"That's all right. walk on 'em
myself" Ohio Sun Dial.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Take care of your health and wealth
will take care of you. Garfield Tea
promotes health.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

When q drunken man doesn't think
lie is exceptionally wise, he is beyond
he thinking stage.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

The less you talk the less likely
you are to choke If compelled to- swai-
low your words.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Presumptive Evidence.
"IS he learning to read laww
"I suppose so. He told me he was
prosecuting his studies"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22
Important to Mother

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

For a disordered liver, take Garfield
Tea, the Herb laxative. All druggists.
ADV
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-03-22

Mary Did Not Seem to Hear Him En-
ter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
BOILER BLAST KILLS 3 TOPEKAN IN PAJAMAS
Frisco Locomotive Lets Loose Near
Grandvicw, Mo.

Kansas City, Jan. 12.-Three men
were killed in the explosion of the
boiler of a freight train engine on the
St. Louis & San Francisco railroad
near Grandview, Mo, south of here
today.
The train, sonthbound for Clinton,
Mo-, was climbing a steep grade when
the explosion occurred. The boiler
was thrown nearly 200 feet, according
to reports received here.
The dead are:
w. r. HALL, engineer, Kansas City.
H. L. HARTLEY, fireman, Spring
field. Mo.
HOLLIE EIB. brakeman, Clinton,
Mo.
The body of Engineer Hall was
found after the explosion in an adj
joining field about one hundred feet
from the tracks.
The boiler was lifted almost entirely
from the trucks of the engine and
hurled against the bank of a nearby
cut. The air brakes were automatically
set and the train, its engineer and
fireman dead, came to stop. The
noise of the explosion was heard many
miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
M'DANIEL COMING
Follow Clue to Wife's Slayer
to Topeka.
st. Joe Prosecutor Asks Au-
thOrity to Make Arrests.

ST. Joseph, Mo, Jan. 12.-When
Oscar D. Mcdaniel, former prosecut-
ing attorney, applied to Judge Utz of
the criminal court here today for a
deputy sheriff's commission, he said
he was going to Topeka, Kan, next
week and that he might need authority
to make arrests.
He intimated that he had obtained
a clew to the murderer of his wife
here last July, for which crime he
himself was lately tried and acquitted.
He would not discuss the question
further. Judge Utz issued the COM
mission.
Local police officials today said they
had heard nothing of Oscar McDan-
iels intention of coming to Topeka
on the trail of a clue TO the slayers Of
his wife. County officials also have
not been informed of his coming.
Mcdaniel is hunting for the muir
derer of Mrs. Harriet Moss Mcdaniel
who was killed in her home last
spring. He was tried for the crime
but was acquitted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
No Sidestepping ON Liquor Leg
iSlatiOn i'm Kansas Now.
Problem OF Absolutely Dry
State Faces 1917 Legislators.
WHAT WILL LAWMAKERS Do?
Not So Much PrOhibitOry En-
thuSiaSm as in 1913-5.
Webb-KenyOn Opinion Calls
Out Many Objections.

Perhaps the 1917 legislature will
enact a law which. coupled with the
federal Webb-Kenyon law, will make
Kansas so dry that a soda fountain
drink will look like a life-saver. Per-
haps.
For years without number Kansas
legislators have been crossing their
fingers and voting virtuously for laws
affecting the sale of Intoxicating Ii
quor. 1t has been an easy fight for
the prohibition workers in and around
the legislature because all the legisla-
ton to date has been over the head of
any member of the house or senate
who might want drink. With the
prohibitory amendment and all the
laws that have been enacted to give
it force there is nothing on the Kan
Sas statutes preventing the average
citizen from having liquor of his own
if he wants to take the trouble neces-
sary to get it.
There has always been conSidera bl q
/ enthusiasm in Kansas legislatures
over proposed prohibition legislation.
Legislatures have taken a pride in
placing new measures on the statute
books making the jointist and boot
logger harder to catch. But with all
of 1t there has been a sort of at
doesn't affect me- attitude on the part
of the legislative bodies.
The legislature of 1917 is up against
hibiting the shipment of intoxica ting
liquor into Kansas, that backed by
the Webb-Kenyon decision, will pro-
hibit- 1t will affect everyone, even the
members of the legislature and their
friends. Consequently there is moth
ing like the amount of enthusiasm in
the two houses there was the day the
WebbKenyon decision was announc-
ed from Washington.
Many Objections Arise.
1.-The doctors in my district are
making a lot of objections to any law
that will absolutely prohibit shipments
into Kansas" said one senator.
The druggists in my district are
kicking" said another.
II have a big foreign population and
they are making it hot for me-" said
still another. -
| IT don't know that it would be wise
| to make such an irop-bound law re-
marked another. '1 don't know much
about such things, but there may be
lines in which spirituous liquor is a
necessity"
The enthusiasm of legislators
| many of them-has dropped like mer-
curry in a thermometer on a cold
morning. since the full import of the
| Webb-Kenyon decision became known.
Passing a bill making it necessary
for a Mexican section hand to follow
negro bootlegger out into 1.-The
sticks" TO get a drink is one thing.
| Passing a bill absolutely shutting off
the supply of liquor from all Kansans
rich and poor alike-is another.
| The great indoor sport in odd years
passing the buck over prohibitory
! legislatiOn-wont serve this session.
| The indications are that members
of the 1917 legislature will be required
| to vote either to make tsle state abSo-
| lutely dry, or show their hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
SINK PASSENGER SHIP
British Present Proof U-Boats Gave
No Warning in Two Cases.

London, Jan. 12.-In support of it's
charge that submarines of the central
powers are sinking ships without
warning, the foreign office has given
the Associated Press the following de-
tails of the loss of British steamships
said to have been attacked and sunk
in this manner:
First = The British passenger
steamer City of Birmingham was tor
pedoed without warning by a subma-
rine which hoisted no flag at 1885 a.
m. on November 81, 1916, in the Medi-
terranean. The ship was hit in the
after hold and sunk soon after A
doctor and three men were killed. The
ITO passengers and crew of 141 be-
haved splendidly. They took to the
boats and were picked up by the hos
pital ship Letitia.
"Second-The British steamship
Reapwell was torpedoed without warn
ing on the same day as the CITY of
Birmingham by a submarine flying no
colors. The ship sank at O'Clock in
the morning. November %. The cap
tain was taken prisoner aboard the
submarine. The crew took to the
boats and was picked up by the steam
ship Breyton."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
Representative McDOugaIl to
Introduce Bill to Remodel 1t.
Says Farmers Wouldn't Keep
Cattle in East Wing.
MAKE $4,000 IMPROVEMENTS
That Is Proposal of Sumner Co.
House Member.
The Dome Can Be Lighted for
About $4,000.

Representative Edward McDougan,
of Sumner county, believes the state
should keep her property up to the
standard of her prosperity. Just to
show that he means it, McDougal is
preparing to introduce a bill in the
house providing a $4,000 appropria-
ton for rebuilding the east wing of
the state house and lighting the dome
The McDougan bill will probably go
to the legislature early next week. 1t
will be based on estimates by Charles
Chandler, state architect. In view of
the request of Governor Capper to i'm
prove the state house and grounds, it
is probable the bill will go thru the
legislature as an administration meas
ure.
Rcsurface the Walls.
With the appropriation asked by
the Sumner county member, the state
will be able to rebuild. the east steps,
resurface the walls of the east wing
and fireproof the interior. About $10,-
900 will be required for lighting the
state house dome and installing pro-
per wiring, reflectorS and other equip
ment Should the bill pass-and per-
sonal expressions by members indicate
the passage of the measure-work of
rebuilding the east wing will start this
year. 1t is probable the money will be
made Immediately available.
The McDougan bill will provide
$4,000 for the new steps and surfac-
ing the walls. About $12,O0 will be
needed to repair the first floor and
1000 for work on the second floor.
The lighting system will cost about
$4,000.
Every legislature in years has side
stepped the work of rebuilding the
east wing of the capitol building. But
McDougall does not believe in false
economy or refusal to keep public
property up to the standard of state
prosperity. With the record of a
$3.50, 600, 900 crop year, with $780,
600, 900 worth of livestock, 100000
900 in the banks and an assessed valu-
alton of 100000, McDougall
thinks this is an excellent time to do
things.
Wing Is n Disgrace.
is simply disgrace" said McDougall.
There are any number of self respect
ing farmers who wouldn't keep their
cattle in it. We should rebuild the
east wing and provide for lighting the
dome. Such a lighting system could
be seen miles from Topeka and under
the plan as submitted to me by the
state architect, could be installed at
reasonable expense. 1 will introduce
my bill early next week and expect to
fight for its passag e-altho 1 believe
members are so we'll aware of the
needs that a serious fight will not be
necessary"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
Wouldn't Have Fatal Effects
for "a Hours.
Physicians Fear He Swallowed
Some of Pills.
FIND QUANTITY IN HIS POCKET
Slash Across Throat GraZed
His Jugular Vein. a
Renew Legal Fight to Save Him
From Asylum.

Philadelphia, Jan. 12.-Harry K.
Thaw will live, despite his attempt to
end his life by cutting his throat and
wrists yesterday, providing he did not
swallow any of the deadly poison tab
let's discovered to be missing from a
bottle found in his pocket.
Physicians at ST. Mary's hospital de-
ciared early today they were greatly
concerned over the possibility that
Thaw may have taken the poison.
With the discovery that some of the
tablets were missing, Thaw was
watched closely.
DIR. John T. Austrian, resident at st.
Mary's, today said:
1--WE are on a fence. Thaw's condi-
ton is still in doubt, mainly because
we cannot determine whether he took
any of the poison. which certainly
would kill him. 1t will probably be
several days before his stomach can
be analysed"
Try to Counterfeit Poison.
In the meantime, every preventive
to counteract the action Cf the poison,
if Taw did do what physicians seem
to fear, is being employed. ThaW had
revived somewhat this morning from
the stupor in which he fingered thru
out yesterday. He could not talk but
further efforts will be made by the po-
lice to get a statement from him some
time today.
The wounds that Thaw slashed in
his throat and wrists were not deep
enough to bring about death. except
by slow bleeding. He missed his jug
uIar vein by a bare eighth of an inch
and the main arteries of his wrists by
the same fraction. He had lost con-
Il,nntinued. On r1as,e 4 i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12

Temperatures today averaged de-
grees below normal The wind is
blowing at the rate of twenty miles an
hour from the north. The mercury
started falling shortly before noon to-
day and was expected to be down to 5
degrees by nightfall.
Zero weather with the snow and
high wind that go to make real winter
weather are coming tonight. The
forecast. issued today by the weather
bureau. calls for snow and cold wave
with temperatures close to zero to-
night; Saturday partly cloudy and
colder; strong northwesterly winds A
strong wind. according to the official
Interpretation, is a wind of from % to
"a miles an hour. The shippers fore
cast warns to protect Sc hour ship
ments north and west against temper
atures OF zero to below: east and
south. zero to 5 above.
The mercury last night climbed to
80 degrees at L O'Clock. 1t had
dropped to % degrees by 7 o'clock and
was expected to hold close to that
mark with tendency downward dur
ing the day. The drop will start
early tonight. according to S. d. Flora.
local weather observer, and there will
(CCutiuued on Page Tgol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
MISSING WOMAN DEAD
Body of Mrs. COchrane, Wife of Il. U.
Man, Found in River.

Lawrence, Kan, Jan. 1.-THE my
stery surrounding the disappearance
of Mrs. Charles Cochrane, wife of an
engineering professor of the Univer-
sity of Kansas was solved here today
when her body was found in the Kan
Sas river.
Mrs. Cochrane left her home here
the night of October 25 and was not
seen again. A nationwide search was
instituted for her and various cIews
were followed by Professor Cochrane
and his friends to several cities in the
middle west
Mrs. Cochrane's body was taken
from the flume of a power company
here. 1t had lodged against the graf
ing thru which the water rushed into
the mill wheels Identification was
made possible by jewelry. The cause
of her disappearance has not been
definitely fixed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
kimban Wants Legislature to
Make Demand on Congress.
Concurrent Resolution IntrO-
duced in the Senate Today.
THE UPPER HOUSE ADJOURNS
Many Members Marked "Ex.
cused" on TOday's Records.
Committees in Charge of Bills
Will Work Tomorrow.

Congress is asked to take imme-,
date steps towards submitting a con-
stitutional amendment providing for
nationwide prohibition in concur
rent resolution. offered in the senate
today by Senator Kimball of Labette-
Resolutions of this character have
been offered in both house and sem
ate every session for years but Senator
Kimban has more hope than most or
his predecessors. Since the last pre-
vious resolution of its kind was Of
fered and adopted half a dozen states
have voted dry" hundreds of coun-
ties in local option states have voted to
close the saloons, women have become
voters in several additional states and
there has been a wide spread OF anti
booze sentiment over the country.
The resolution urges that congress
give the people of the United States,
an opportunity to vote upon a consts-
tutional amendment, which, If adopts
ed, would prohibit the manufacturing
and sale of Intoxicating liquor any,
where in the nation. 1t provides that
copies of the resolution shall be sent
to members of the Kansas delegation
in congress and to President Wilson.
The senate was in session for a lit
tie more than an hour today with
about twenty-five members present.
Under the "gentlemans agreement
reached Thursday some of the sem
ators left town Thursday night. They
were marked Excused" upon today's
records. When the senate adjourned
at 11:15 o'clock today it was until A
o'clock Monday afternoon.
A1tho the senate will not be in ses-
sion Saturday the committees will be
at work. Sixty-five bills have been
introduced and fifty-four. of them have
been referred to committees. BY the
time the senate convenes Tuesday a
large number of them will be ready
to report back, and placed under the
head of general orders.
A bill introduced by Senator Laing.
of Russell, authorizes the county SUI
perintendent to fill by appointment
vacancies upon the school boards
within his county. Another by the
same author provides for the appoint
ment of deputy members of school
board by the county superintendent
when occasion demands it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
SCIENCE men HERE
Sixty Addresses on Program Of
Annual Academy Meeting.
Opening Session This Morning.:
Two Meetings This p. M.

Nearly sixty addresses are included
in the program of the forty-n1nth an
nuaI meeting of the Kansas Academy
of Science which held its opening seq
sion here today. Two programs were
held simultaneously this afternoon one
composed of talks on physical science.
economies and chemistry and the 9TH
err devoted to biological science -
Among the prominent speakers in
this afternoons programs were Prof.
E. Petit of Washburn college, with an
hours lecture on the Measurement
and Light and Heat of the Stars and
a shorter discussion later on the solar
eclipse in 1918. OF general interest
was the lecture on "Our Mining Flu
ture" by Professor Terrin of Kansas
university.
SundwaIl to Lecture.
The featured lecture of the annual
meeting is the lecture in Memorial
hall tonight on Microbes and Dis
ease by DR.. John Sundwall of Kan
sas university. The lecture is open to
the public and will consist of popular
treatment of the general aspects Of
disease and relation to various micro
organisms. -
Tomorrow mornings meeting will
be largely devoted to the election of
officers and committee reports.
Saturday afternoons meeting is de-
I voted to papers of general interest, to
which the general public is invited
Following is the program for the Sat
urday afternoon session:
1. Activated Sludge-a New Method
of Sewerage Disposa1s. C. A.
Haskins, sanitary engineer.
2. The Fight for Food. L. A. Cong
don. NJ. s.. bureau of health.
8. Chronic Diphtheria Carriers. Dr.
Sara Greenfield. NJ. d.
4. Prevention of Child Mortality. DIR.
Lydia DeVilbiss. NJ. d. s.
5. A Neglected Ally of Science-So-
GEOLOGY. DIR. d. NJ. Fisk, WASH
burn college.
s. Measurement of Stresses in Rail-
road Track. c. c. Williams. en-
gineering department, Kansas
university.
Z. Factors Influencing the Winter
killing of Grain Crops. Prof 8.
c. Salmon.
s. Wasteful Yet Prosperous. E. H.
/ S. Bailey, Phi. ID.
The Present Officers.
The present officers of the academy
are Prof. j. E. Todd of Kansas uni-
versity. president: Prof. F. @. Agre-
lius. Emporia normal. vice president:
Prof L. d Havenhill- Kansas uniyer-
sity. second vice president: Prof. W. A
HarshharEer. Washburn college. treas
urer; w. w. Swing1e. Topeka. secre-
tary. and J. T. Lovewell. Topeka, sec
rotary emeritu~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
Widow of Dead American Attache in
Mexico Appeals to Lansing.

Washington, Jan. 12.-The widow
of Luis D'Antin, the American en-
ploye of the Mexican embassy here
who died suddenly in Mexico while on
his way to Queretaro with Ambassa-
dor Designate Arredondo will mr. Ike a
personal plea to Mr.. Lansing to in
stitute a careful inquiry into the cir
cumstances surrounding his death
The American official report from
Mexico City supported the official
Mexican report that death resulted
from natural causes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-12
CORPORAL A SUICIDE?
Body of q. S. Soldier Found on Mexi.
can Side of Border.

Washington, Jan. 12.-Corporal
John A. Stewart, Company C. Ninth
infantry. whose body was found on the
Mexican side of the river near Laredo
two days ago. is believed by American
army officers on the border to have
committed suicide. His throat was
cut, in his pockets was $40. according
to a report to the war department
from the commanding officer at La
RADIO. Efforts to get possession of the
body are being made.