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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
WANTED-MALE HELP.


WANTED-25 farm hands, $50 mo-. dairy
hands, $50 mo-; 10 married couples for
farms; bridge helpers. 500 laborers, wood
choppers :, blacksmith and helper; colored
men to ship out railroad work; neat young
men to ship out hotel work; kitchen help
ers; walters, cooks: young men past Ii
years old for steady office work; s.da
fountain boy, $40 week; cooks. Furman
Employment office, log West sth street :
MEN wanted to learn the barber trade.
The opportunities are greater now than
ever before: You can join the army as
sap6er make big hi see the TSrd
lege will put you in shape. Your country
needs you: Write today. S27 Kansas ave..
Topeka, Kan.
in each town to distribute free circulars
and take orders for concentrated flavoring
IN tubes Permanent position. j. 5. Zieg-
EARN good pay, raising Belgian Hares
for US at $500 per pair. Send dime for
SotSn ree Na0na pre- STOCK C Debt
157, 551-12th St, Milwaukee, Wis.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. accountants with
railway service, $50 to $50 mo, hotel and
restaurant help; farm help: laborers- Fur
man Employment office. Jog West sth.
GOOD MONEY made at home knitting hos
iery. Machines furnished on time. we
work. Wheeler Co., Qnco. 33I Madison,
Chicago
way mail clerks, SIS month. Sample ex-
animation questions free. Franklin In
stitute. Dept 13s D. Rochester, N. Y.
l WILL PAY any honest man up to $50
monthly for part of spare tims. No can
vassing. No capital. Write today! Voor-
HES, Desk &C. Omaha, Neb.
WANTED-JOO colored laborers to ship
out, railroad work, S1.T5 day. Steady
work. Furman Employment office, log
West Sth.
WANTED-NIan and wife, farm work. Wo-
man, house man, farm, no children; fur
nished. Furman Employment office, log
West Sth.
WANTED-Boy with wheel; must be over
| 16 years old. Hall Litho. Co, CPS Jack
son.
! WANTED-Boy to learn trade. Must be
| over 16 Hall Litho Co. 62S Jackson.
MAN as cook on farm near town reference
| required. Phone 1895.
| WANTED-Dishwasher Topekafe, ia
West Sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
PUT OUT ARSENAL FIRE
Origin a MISCONCEPTIONS Fatal Flare
I'D of Two Days Ago.

Philadelphia, April 14.-Fire broke
ont in the cartridge factory at the
Frankfort arsenal today. The blaze
was discovered by a Waterman and
brought under control by arsenal and
CITY fire companies after an exciting
fight. No cartridges were stored in
the part of the factory where the
fire originated
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
An accidental explosion at the arsenal
on Thursday caused the loss of two
lives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
Rides Ambulance to wedding.

Kansas City, Mo, April 14.-Albert
F. Ostertag rode in an ambulance to
his wedding. Ostertag, who is trav-
cling salesman, was in a hospital here.
His fiancee Mrs. Olive B. Stanley, be-
lieved the patient would do better with
home nursing. So did Ostertag. Re-
suit: The ambulance ride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
COL. Balm IN LECTURE
Veteran Lecturer at First Baptist
Church Tomorrow Night.

Col. George w. Balm, who is said to
be unquestionably the best exponent
of true southern eloquence today, will
speak at the First Baptist church
Sunday night. The service begins at
o'clock. There will be no charge
for admission and everybody is invit-
ed. An unusually large attendance is
anticipated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
For Your Child's Cough

Here's a pleasant cough syrup that every
child likes to take. DIR. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey. IL your child has a deep hacking
cough that worries you give him T.. Bells
Pine-Tar- Honey. the soothing pine balsams
relieve the cough. loosens the phlegm and
heals the irritated tissues. Get bottle to-
day at your druggist and start treatment
at once. 25c-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
Greetings From Russ Heroine.

Boston. April 14.-Greetings from
Madame Catherine Breishkovskay
'tgrandmother of the Russian revolu-
ton" who returned TO Petrograd,
Wednesday, from Siberia after being
in exile forty-four years were receiv-
ed here today by Miss Alice Stone
Blackwell. editor of the Woman's
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

49,,
vacuum process. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. References. Phone 2961 Blue. after
p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
TURKS ROUTED AGAIN
Sustain Another Defeat at Hands of
British in Mesopotamia.

London, April 1.-THE Turks have
sustained another defeat at the hands
of the British in Mesopotamia. The
war office announce that the Turks
are in retreat after battle in which
they suffered heavy losses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
Kansas City Seeks Slogan.

Kansas City, Mo. April 14.-Kansas
City's real estate board offers three
cash prizes for the best tips" for a
slogan for Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

F. Hobart and wife to J. w. Marsh,
lots 446-S Pennsylvania ave, High
land Park add. 1
G. Lundquist to J. Z. Wadley and
wife, lots 1875 Lake St, Metsker's
ZnQ add. .-..-..-..-... l,OOO
o. 5. Dietrich and others to ii. j.
Dietrich, pit. int in pit. sw. and Sc. "a
Except acres) and s. II of ne. "A
2i-10-14 Observation-Disclosures.
Same to c. o. Dietrich, same. . 1
lots lis to 12i N Topeka ave -. 1000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-One certificate, No. 5000, for two
shares of stock in Series No. 81 of the
Shawnee Building & Loan association, is
sued to Katherine Heber Payment has
been stopped. Finder please return certiff-
cate, If found or notify the said associa-
ton at 115s West Sixth St, Topeka. Kan.
LOST on or near West 21st street, out s
miles. handbag with gold pin engraved
PEARL" purse; about $1.50; other things.
Reward. Mrs. Frank Patterson, Route s.
Phone 3951K3.
LOST-A small purse, between 16f7 Lin
coin and College Lincoln or Euclid
Finder please return to Holbrook Hall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
PERSONAL

FITS-I cured my daughter by simple dis
covery; particulars free. T. Lepso, 125
Island Ave, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


GOOD automobile mechanic wanting job
in some good garage truck driving.
Walter Nelson, Alton, Kan.
LADY wants work by the day or by the
week. Phone No. 1858.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
AmOrOuS Robins and BIuebirds
Incentive to All.
These Are Interesting After
moons on the Streets.

BY MARGARET MASON.
(Written for the State JournaI)
m much too tired to thiItk or write,
Or make typewriters go;
ana so I'm sure the Spring is here
1t always make me so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
BLIND PIG SUSPECTS
ARE FINED IN COURT

Blind piggers. bewaret You may per
haps occasionally sell liquor In local
option territory and prevent the au-
thoriaas from obtaining evidence
against you. but
Tom Harris and Theodore Skre-
vangs Greeks proprletors of a coffee
house at 1920 Third avenue, Moline,
were each fined 500 on q charge and
costs bg> Justice ira EaIs Pierce yes
rerlaT afternoon on q charge o. main
tanning a disorderiy house to the en-
couraEemeut OF gaming and drinking.
Harris and Skrevanos were arrested
on complaint of Theodore R0mancs,
1904 Third avenue. The arrest never
would have occurred perhaps if it,
were not for q fight STAGED in the
place some weeks ago Romauos. it
seems got the worst OF this battle and
wanted revenge
His method Of obtaining the sweet
article was fo so before Justice Pierce
yesterday and swear out q warrant
telling the Justice that he had the
goods" on mis- enemies.
Maintaining d5sorderly house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24

zWo-e out warrant charging no
Uanos. the man responsive 4or ms ar-
rest with assault with deadly
weapon The case was set for this
morning ln the court Of Justice Ira IS
PIERCE
But there was no t75al q 9 Instead
an interpreter appeared ana stated tllaS
Harris N-5hea re #l.laE-" me eaaf go
Justice pierce however decided t1a5
il an assault mad oeeu made on farfls
with 1eaafE weapon tAe assa1i-1l
should stand tF+a+
ants, the p-aa1[-II ana ta@ witnesses 70
g appointed. Hez pie lAE A4Gs azlat q COR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
RHEIMS APPEARS
4 HOLLOW SHELL
Once Noted for It's Beauty, City Now Is
Hardly More Than Mass Of
EuiEs OF War.

French Front. July Al Correspond
ence OF The Associated Press D.
Rheims is whiting. The big cathedral
city of the Champagne district has the
appearance Of q hollow she'll which
has collapsed i'm parts and is rapidly
subsidiae into q shapeless mass
Not only the cathedral bat all the
public buildings and private dwelling
houses have suffered TERRIBLY la the
last hair year from the raging ven
Eeance of the German gunHers, who
have turned a rain OF shells to the
stricken city whenever their armies
have been defeated at any point OF the
front These defeats have been so fire.
uuent. either on a small or large scale,
since the allied offensive began this
year that the city has rarely passed
more than two or three days without
undergoing severe Commandment
The extent OF the uuGeserVed punish
ment may lee gathered from the figures
relating the number Of shells OF all
calIbres. poured into the streets and
oh the cathedral during "a single fort
night from June Is 90 June IS. The
total between those TWO dates was no
fewer than 1852.
There are only 5000 persons left
out of peace time population OF
about lI5.09o Among them are a good
ly proportion Of women and children,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
WLLTEACH GIRLS
ARTOF SWIMMING
Glasses To Be Formed by the Play
grounds Instructors in Ea4a
Moline.

Arrangements have been made by
the Instructors Of the East Moline
Fairgrounds ia. organize swimming
classes Taa girls wla swim al the
foot Of Fortv-etehth street. Moline.
Arrangements have been made for ac-
eaMuo1aticns at cottage at Forty
seventh street al nominal fee, for
changing Of clothing This was the
big problem 10 he uef in planning for
the girls classes Is SIS planned to
take the girls to the beach every week,
either Tuesday or Thursday after
Moons Miss Peterson and Glenn Ev-
erlz. Fairgrounds instructors. viii be
on hand 90 give the girls instruction
and look after them.
Plans have bean made for an alI-day
outing al the Fairgrounds on Friday.
The children OF the Fairgrounds have
been urged 10 invite their mothers 70
participate ia the days sport. There
VIII be fun program of interesting
events Ear the pienicEers.
Wednesday, evenings community
gathering has been postponed because
Of plan OF the %eElu club Of the Con
gregauooaG church fer aa informal
benefit for 1he Company A boys. en-
TharadaE The Eev.u club and a cons
ulttEa af the company men are ar
ranging Tor the affair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
REVOLT STARTED IN
ECUADOR PROVINCE

Panama. july Dispatches re-
caived Yesterday from Nauabi 81
coastal province Of ECUADOR, say that
q revolution has been started there
against DIR. a. Baaueriso Moreno. pres
Ident Of the republic Revolutionary
in Panama affirm that
the outbreak is due 10 DR. Aoreua s
alleged pro-Garman policies and tyr
anuies. The prapaEandLsts expect the
United States ro support the loea!
authorities Or Norena Is i'm Tum8ez.
Peru. in secret conference with PeruF-
IAN officials
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24

Peter Gibson. arrested Sunday. was
fined S. and COSTS in Moline police
court yesterday afternoon on q charge
of speeding isaac Levinsrine Of Rock
Island was arrested at Eourra avenue
and Twe1ty-s seventh street LAST even
ing and was 10 BE arraig1ed in police
court this afternoon on charge OF
speeding
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24

TIE ease u n y postem arres+FI
July ID ON g charge of speeding. was
continued IN Moline police court from
last evening until next Monday even
ing PosCem SIS the man who alleged
that Motorcycle officer EeEley was
not telling the truth when be tezti-
fed that Postem was driving al auto
mobile faster than the law allows.
p0slem lis eHdearoriug TO obtain Wit
nessez 10 prove that he and nor Neg
leE was mistaken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24

The negro wife and babies Of
Make Kodler, a white contractor Of
Paris, KY who until recently be-
Heved himself d negro, have raised
the race barrier between him and
his newly found sister in Oklahoma.
KohIer was broken hearted when he
received q letter from his sister in
which she declared that she wished
to have nothing more TO DO with hlm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
HIGHWAY BOOSTERS
TO MEET IN FULTON

#il r. Miller. president of the Mis-
zissipui Valley Military Highway as
sociation, mas called q joint meeting
OF the executive and advisory COM
mlttee= % ba held ia Fulton at 2:30
Thursday afternoon. The purpose Of
the meeting IS to discuss further plans
Of organization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
RAGs BFCn1rE -Tl.SITFn.

The East Moline fire department
was called this morning 20 the resi-
dence at 1927 Tenth avenue 70 ezrlD-
gu.sa q small blaze. The ire started
from spontaneous combustion Of some
rags. There was no damage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24

Lieut.. Col. James @. Hartford, Cen
eraI Pershing's chief OF staff and
right-hand man Of the American
commander in France, was born "a
poor boy. on au Illinois farm fifty
one years ago. He tried 70 get into
West Point. but failed He worked
up through the ranks and IS today
classed as one OF the abiest leaders
III the armys
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24
THE ARGUS.


Cox Bldg. 6%14z Fifteenth Avenue.
Phone East Moline Ii.
Roy a. Sears. s....-... City Edil0z
T. EafEord. -...- Circulation Manage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-24

Delivered by carrier st 1G cents uer
geek tu Moline, East Moline Slvla ana
Watgrtoy1.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-04
Slackers and the Marriage Vow.

New York reports another rush for marriage
licenses on part of men seeking to evade military
duty. This was expected as a response to the
announcement of the provost marshal general that
married men would be exempt. These men pre-.
sumably represent in large measure the "class
conscious" who love to refer to themselves as
the "proletariat," and in like manner the infer
ence is warranted that they find their consorts
among their kind In seeking to escape from serv-
ice in the army they are flying to the other horn
OF the dilemma and may be brought to perform
the further service expected from the proletarian
that of reproducing his kind. Their whole aspect
is one of absurd sehshness They want to be
carried to the skies on aowery beds of ease" but
in this they will be disappointed. On the con-
trary, they will find, in the language of the old
hymn, there's cross for every one" Our great
republic has the power and will find the way to
make them useful and they may be very certain
that, although their precious hides are not ex-
posed TO the danger or hardships of a soldiers
life, they will have to do something to pay for the
privileges extended to them under the government
they are not willing to defend And all their days
they will be followed by the contempt of good
citizens
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-04
Same Old Conundrum.

"If the people rule, why is it they don't get
what they want?" used to be a standing question
in certain periodical protesting to champion the
cause of democracy and of the democratic party.
On the vote on the resolution to submit ma
tional prohibition amendment for ratification OF
rejection by states Our two Nebraska senator's are
oppositely listed-the republican, Senator Norris,
answering Eyes" and the democrat, Senator Hitch
cock answering mo" Yet according to the re-
turns of the last election in Nebraska, Senator
Hitchcock was reelected by margin of 1i,723
and the same voters at the same time carried
statewide prohibition by 29,442
When the national suffrage amendment was up
in the house of the preceding congress Nebraska's
delegation divided, each member regardless of
party affiliations, voting ayes" or mo" as his
constituency had been recorded for or against the
suffrage amendment submitted in 1914, accepting
this vote as binding instruction. Evidently there
must be either a difference between the binding
effect of a vote on suffrage and vote on prohi-
bition or vote that is binding upon lowiy rep
resentative in the house is not binding upon
high and mighty senator.
So it comes back to the same old conundrum
"If the people rule, why is it they don't get what
they want"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-04
What Message Has Erzheraer1

The New York World gives prominence to a
dispatch from Zurich, in which Matias Erzberger,
centrst leader in the Reichstag, is quoted as say
ing: 'If were to have the opportunity soon OF
speaking to Lloyd George or Balfour take it
upon myself to say that in few hours we should
be at one over peace by agreement or over the
foundation for it, insofar that afterward the off
cial peace negotiations could Immediately begin +"
1t would be very interesting to know what
Herr Erzberger has in mind. He is an impor-
tant person in Germany just now. Recently he
startled the world by the ardor OF his attack on
Won Bethmann- Hollweg before the Reichstag
committee when he causticay criticized the
course of the German empire in the war He
formed coalition of the Catholics and socialists
by which he controls the Reichstag at present
and he is known TO have the confidence of En-
peror Karl of Austria, with whom he quite re-
Gently had long conference, while his communi-
cations with the Vatican are continuing.
The shrewd diplomats Of Rome have been
busy for many weeks; a rapprochement between
the Russian and Roman Catholic churches is as
signed place among the early probabilities Of
the new life in Russia, while the interests of the
Catholic states OF Austria and Bavaria are
source of constant and solictous watchfulness at
Rome. All these and other significant facts COM
bine to give support to the thought that Err
berger may be the agency through which it is
now sought to discover what the Allies will take
and what Germany will concede for peace
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-04
In the Matter of Coal Prices.

Illustrating the vital need for immediate and
rigid control of fuel prices, the Chicago Tribune
publishes lengthy report made by the Illinois
Council OF Defense, which has made inquiry into
the coal situation in that state. The concluding
paragraph of the report says:
The price of coal is excessively high. II
includes profit per ton much in excess of
fair and reasonable profit The largest coal
operator in Illinois, whose mines produce 20
per cent OF the entire output of the state
frankly and publicly stated that the price now
being charged by the operators is indefensible
The evidence produced by the operators showed
that in July 1916 coal in great quantities was
being offered by the operators in this state at
Sl.1S and $l.3S ton at the mines for the high
est grades and that for the same grade OF coal
the operators are now charging from S3 to
$3.50 ton, and prior to July |, 1917, charged
still higher prices.
The report also expresses the opinion that
federal action has been and may be so long de.
layed as to be totally Ineffective" Both of the
Illinois senator's participated in the long holdup
OF the food administration BILL under which fed
eral authority to check extorton by coal opera
tors is to be granted. Omaha consumers are inti
mately concerned in this, as thousands of tons
OF Illinois coal are sold here. The case of coal
is only one phase OF condition that must be met
Prohteering has gone about as far as we'll may be
permitted in the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-04
Exchanging Prisoners
Post-

On the face of il the agreement reached by the
British and German delegates at their recenr con-
ference at The Hague regarding the exchange and
treatment OF civil and military prisoners would
seem to indicate slight humane advance on the
part OF the German government. The agreement
has been ratified by both governments and pro-
yides that direct repatriation shall be resumed
that the qualifications on medical grounds for re-
patriation or internment in neutral countries be
made more lenient and that the more seriously
i'll and wounded now nterned in Switzerland shall
be returned to their own countries to make room
for Others. Holland has agreed 70 accept $500
prisoners, while all commissioned and noncom-
missioned officers, whether in health or not. who
have been in captivity for eighteen months or
more shall be eligible for internment in neutral
countries, Holland has agreed to accept 5000 Of
these. A further provision is made for 1000 ci-
william prisoners, nvalids receiving the preference
The most important feature of the agreement
is the stipulation that reprisals against indivd-
uals shall be Cancelled II the agreement is to be
worth more than scrap of paper" however,
Germany must discontinue many of the prac-
tices OF cruelty which seem to have given it de-
light. From unbiased sources there has come con-
siderable evidence of the hardships imposed upon
prisoners in German camps. Even before the
United States entered the war the sailors CT the
Yarrowdale were subjected to harsh treatment
and Ambassador Gerard repeatedly directed at
tention TO the conditions in the German intern
ment camps
1t is hardly likely that the methods OF treat
rnent which prevail in Germany have been re-
formed In transferring some of the prisoners TO
neutral countries Germany is relieved OF the prob
lem Of feeding them and il is this advantage un-
doubtcdly that led to the apparent CONCESSION to
humanity.