davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-16
When Itching Stops

There is one safe, dependable treat
ment that relieves itching torture and
skin irritation almost instantly and that
cleanses and soothes the skin
Ask any druggist for Csc or 81 bottle
of zemo and apply it as directed. Soon
you will find that irritations, pimples,
black heads, eczema, blotches, ringworm
and similar skin troubles will disappear
A little zerno, the penetrating, salts
flying liquid, is all that is needed, for it
banishes all skin eruptions and makes
the skin soft, smooth and healthy.
The z. W. Rose Co.. Cleveland. o.
(3usmssIlIsApyD e-7.e-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-16
TOWNS MOST ACTIVE
Nearly 5000 Gardens i'm 81 Kansas
Towns, Santa Fe Reports.

Nearly 5000 gardens have been
planted in 81 Kansas towns with a to-
tai population of $1,000, according to
a survey completed by H. NJ. Banner
agricultural and industrial agent for
the Santa Fe railway. Mr.. Banner
made the survey to ascertain whether
or not city gardening is gaining any
increase.
The population of each town sur
veyed ranged between 500 and 1000
The number of gardens, Mr. Banner
believes. will be much larger by May .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-16
BIG COOP MEETING
Frank w. Thomas to Tell of Santa Fc
Apprentices.

Frank w. Thomas, supervisor of APP
prentices of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway, will describe one OF
Topeka's most famous institutions to
the Cooperative club tomorrow noon
The Santa Fe's system of training ap-
prentices for various departments of
the big railroad has won fame thruout
the country and a verbal birds eye
view of this system will be furnished
to the Co-Ops tomorrow noon at the
Elks' club rooms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-16
OPEN AVIATION SCHOOL
Array Flyers to Begin Training at
Once in New Chicago Camp.

Chicago, April IA United States
army aviation school will be opened in
Chicago within ten days for the in
struction of members of the officers
reserve corps. it was announced today.
The school will be under the suPervi-
sion of Capt Roy s Brown OF Mime
apolis. Mimi, and the students will
be limited 20 rs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-16

Guards at the gates of the White
House have been provided with tele-
phones connected directly with. the
White House switchboard. Each
gate is in instant communication
with all the forces of men which
guard the president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-16

A Long Island judge has decided that If
a tramp dogs makes himself at home on
your doorstep you may legally use any
him.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10
PETTIFOGGING AT BERLIN

The German Chancellor and Herr Zimmerman may peulr0g S
long and persistently as they have breath for petifogging, about our
determinations between Germany and England in their sea warfare
They know, as we all know, that there is a vast difference between 'e
sea operations of England and of Germany. The English Dockaue
has done us material damage in many instances and we snail ha"e6
many things to settle after the war is over with England. III me
German policy has hurt is more than materially. 1t has hurt us oe-
cause it has proclaimed and practiced that no sacredness is attached TO
American lives, nor the flag that floats over them.
Until the present war such a thing as the sinking OF the LuSi-
thought OF, hardly in the days of piracy. Since the international laws
have been formulated, beginning with Grotius, the lives OF non-oom
batants have been sacred on the high seas. The right to sink ships
regardless of those on board has never been conceded in any war, nor
has il been practced by any nation in what we may call civilized times
until now. No nation can consent to its practice without protest. II
protesting we have done for two years now.
Sinking a liner in the open ocean in the dark of the night without
warning, is not warfare as we understand warfare. 1t is something
else. Take the two Chicago women who lost their lives in that sink
ing. They were forced t a boat in a rough, cold sea. The waters
swept over them and finally swept them out. Those who have gwen
us the account say they were probably dead before they were ptched
out. With life belts on they floated about in cold waters.
A war is not worth winning that has to be won in such ways.
The Germans had a right to sink the ship, if it carried contraband, but
they had a right to exercise that right only after they had properly
provided for all those on board.
if W. cannot agree with him that we are discriminating. We are not.
This country would be of the same mind, or more so, we appreheno' IL
England or France should do such an act But they have not done
them, not in a single instance. And Germany has done them and
says she is going to keep on doing them. If the chancellor cannot see
the difference he is to be pited SO far as both intelligence and moral
standards are concerned.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10
NEXICO'S NEW CONSTITUTION

Mexico has recently been given a new constitution by tn Gar
ranzista organization, and an election for president is called tor TINS
month. March IL. No doubt seem to exist as to whom the choice or
the office will fall III, although two candidates are said to be IN the
field against the first chief. This does not concern the Worido OUTSIDE
so much as it does the fundamental law of the country, on whch what-
yer of government it is to have must rest, for the time at least.
Principal attention will be given to the provisions relating to Tor
o;o, rec;dantc i, Mexico Carranza has secured the embodiment IN
the constitution Of his peculiar views as to foreigners ana mas on
ndeN reversed the Daz policy, which invited outsiders to make ther
homes in the land of the Montezumas. Persons not OF Mexican DHth
or adoption may not acquire title to real property, but te tate may
grant concessions to aliens, subject to revocation at pleasure OF me
state. Foreigners seeking concessions must forego any protecu" u
their wv government and submit themselves to the law OF Mexico
and the acts o. the Mexican authorities. Nor can any hceSSi
within 100 klometers of the land borders o within 50 me'e Vi
the seacoast be granted to Or held by foreigners. lhlS would mea"
about 90 n 20 miles, as the case might De.
That complications will arise from this provision is ertah
Enropean governments as we'll as the United States re concerned, e
cause practically all the development done in Mexico uhd me DaA
reo;r,e was financed BY foreigners. Hundreds OF millions OF European
dollars are invested there, while it has been estimated nal Ihei0
holdings across the border amount to nor Tia d omo""
n nlans to confscate this property or to change he cohunioS
under which if is held, he will very likely ind hlnlself WIN d muen
,rores serious situation to face than any Villa ever provided for Inn
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10
AND THE KAISER LAUGHS

The Sixty-fourth congress adjourned at noon yesterday, and the
kaiser threw his hat in the air when the news reached him by wireless
that the fibuster, led by Gum Shoe Bill Stone of Missouri, sue
succeeded in preventing a vote on the bill which would have given the
president the authority he asked for and which the country and an
overwhelming majority of both houses of congress want him to have.
The most pathetic feature of it all is the fact that Stone, by virtue OF
precedents and rules of priority, happens to be the chairman OF the
committee on foreign relations of the senate.
If anybody had suggested from a public platform five years ago
that Gum Shoe Bill would ever be seriously considered in a position
where the qualities of craftsmanship are called into play, he would
have been hooted into silence. Yet that is the condition this country
faces in the greatest crisis that has confronted it since the nation was
born. But Cum Shoe Bill lives in Missouri, in the same state with
Bartho1dt, he who, while Germany was armng to the teeth, fought
for ten years in congress every dollar appropriated for preparedness
in this country and spent the most of his time in organizing peace So
ciedes, monkeying with immigration problems and asking for passes
between New York and Europe. The exposure of Bartholdt followed
Louis is located.
The people will agree with Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, who
led the fight in favor of the president, and who denounced the hhbuster
as 1.-The most reprehensible in the history of the nation"
The senate has ninety-six members, twelve of whom were able,
under the rules of the senate, to defeat in great national crisis the will
of the other eighty-four. If this incident shall operate to abolish the
rule of unlimited debate, as the house abolished it twentyseven years
ago under Tom Reed, it will have served one good purpose.
The Sixty-fourth congress died at noon yesterday and two courses
are open to the president. One is to proceed with his plans without
the specific authority he asked, justfyng his course by the overwhelm-
ing sentiment expressed in both houses in support of his policy. The
other is to call the Sixty-ffth congress in special session in advance of
its regular meeting, which doesn't occur until next December. The
people will Justify either course.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10
THE UNIVERSITY REPORT

The report of the Joint Legislative committee on its mveSuga-
ton of the troubles that have disturbed the state university is credit
able to the committee. The committee has stripped the controversy OF
its husks. gone to the core and exposed, if it had not the power to
remove. the malignant growth that has festered until it polluted the
ments and associations.
The report is not likely to have full approval Of any party to the
controversy or of any portion of any faction, but this was not to be
expected. The legislature has reason to be grateful to It's commit
fee for its thoroughness, its frankness and its freedom from BIAS
The committee was composed of three democrats and three repuDh-
cans and all their findings and recommendations carry the weight OF
unanimous approval.
Without discussing the qualifications OF former PRESIDE"
Ill. tho Tribnne has long believed that his usefulness to the mstrtl-
flor had beer 20 seriously impaired as to justify a change but Jus
tca and Righteousness and the honor OF the state demanded 'd' 'e .
whole truth. as nearly as the whole truth could be ascenaned' shoau
he given to the public for the correction, where correct1oh DC PoSD0'
& in;urie to personal reputation for which the state at large "a ht
responsible. I'll.
Under the law of control as it stands and under the conditions
might easily be discredted in the position which former FreSldeh'
Hendrick and the late President Stubs have held. Inc conhh
,1,+ion o. the committee as to the future organization OF tn oaru
will in time afford relief, but the Tribune had hoped that the commltee
yop1d. in its recommendation. follow the lines that have leo 10 hee-
dom from the troubles Nevada has had and afford TIT greater &c"
under which our greater institutions have achieved their greatness
The Tribune will repeat that there are many brands u pohtnS J"
America but no brand over which vtuperation and malice III III
trio,e and SANDER and fasehood leave their Shiny trail Is over mSe'u
exist.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10
A TASK

According to the latest figures, Germany sunk 42o4oo tons OF
shipping during the first month of her new campaign of frightfulness.
This is $4,000 tons, or fifty-eight per cent, short of her estimate and
her threat to sink one million tons per month. In the light of past
performance, this must be quite encouraging to her enemies as well as
to the world at large. She sunk in March and April a year ago
$4,000 tons in September, $4,000; in October, $4,000; in Novem-
Der, 10000. The Tribune has not at hand the figures for December,
but the January figures are given at 10000
The total tonnage destroyed since the beginning of the war is
given by the Journal of Commerce of New York at 2573 vessels of
4yS1I 100 gross tons, of which twenty per cent belonged to Germany
and Austria-Hungary.
1t is estimated that approximately ten per cent of the worlds
tonnage existing when the war began has been destroyed, and that
more than seventv-fve per cent of this loss has been already replaced.
1t would take more than thirty years at this rate to wipe out the
worlds shipping.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10
HOW THE DROUTH SPREADS

Now that President Wilson has signed the bill containing the
"bonedry' provision, there will be heartburnings in some of the hall
dry states over the action of congress in forbidding the transportation
of liquors into prohibition territory. Maine, for example, the pioneer
of state prohibition, will experience a serious dislocation OF its under
ground system of sending to neighboring wet territory for inebrating
shipments. Some of the southern states which have established strict
prohibition for the negroes and elastic prohibition for the whites, will
jueps.
Congress, in fact, has played an ironnal trick upon those common
wealhs that are only partly dry. 1t has thrust a bone-dryness upon
them that may not at first prove altogether palatable.
In the end, it will be found that there is nj good halfway station
between frank wetness and practical bone-dryness. For five years
Tennessee tried halfway measures and its larger cities were plagued
by unending disturbances, legal wars and inveterate bindpiggng.
For two years Tennessee has been practically bone-dry. Under the
Webb-Kenyon law any prohibition state may now prevent the inn
portation of liquors, if it wants to. Under this rider on an appro-
priaion bill citizens of any prohibition state will no longer be able to
order liquors from outside. Verify, the drouth is spreading rapidly
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10
WHY EAT

Premier Lloyd George announces that the retail price OF potatoes
is limited to six cents a pound, $500 a bushe[ until March 81, and
$500 a bushel until June 80. In Germany there is possibly two-hfthA
of a crop. Prices r rising from So a bushel, causing danger HW
cupidity may market even seed potatoes and thus prolong the shortage.
At such prices the potato is not a good food it is not at any price
one of the best. Civilized humanity existed without it for centuries,
rising to a zenith in a potatoless old world. Habit and convenience
in storage have led to overuse.
The potato is three-fourhs water and not quite one-fifth starch,
which is its chief food substance, an excellent one for outdoor work
ers in severe climates. 1t is less valuable for sedentary workers in
doors.
The housekeeper can help save seed potatoes for the next crop
and reduce the price 70 rthose who need them by ceasing to buy. There
are substitutes, of which rice nearly approaches the potato in values
and defects. The correct instinct of rice eaters has mended the latter
by the invention of pi1af, in which rice is supplemented by chopped
meats n gravies. Why eat potatoes now
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

The German foreign minister. Zimmerman, admits the plot and
the letter that confirmed it, but complains that treachery on foreign
soil was responsible for its publicity. Yes, Mr.. zimmerman 1t was
the same kind of treachery that the owner OF the house cofhnhtted
when he shot from his own window the sneak who was building a he
under his back porch to destroy the house; the same KIND OF ueachely
hat leads the owner of the house to turn on the light just as the
hrrolar is about TO grab the family Jewels; the same kind OF treachery
that the hunter employed when he sashed the head OF the viper I'D
into his tent. Yes, there was treachery on foreign soil, plenty
Of II Mr. Zimmerman. Our court records at New YORK III Id
roocisco showed # long before the Mexican Japanese plot was ex-
posed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

The British statesmen ire applying themselves to agriculture.
They see themselves made a self-supporting nation, to a large extent,
as the result of this war. They are going to pillow up all he'll lanos
and crop them to the end that they may have enough to eat, even II
the tight little island should be surrounded with submarines. 10 begin
with they are going to use 1000 tractor plows, equipped with head
lights 50 they can pillow at night as well as by day time. mat IS a nw
idea and it NAV become popular the world over, for it may enable the
farmers to do their work in the cool of the nights instead of in the
heat of the days.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

Chicago's food inspectors report that cold storage warehouses and
commission firm cellars in the city fairly bulge with foodstufs. In the
face of the resulting pinch the authorities appear helpless. A snua-
ton which puts a community at the mercy of food cornerers holds pos
sibilties of mischief the authors little dream of.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

Despite the appalling fact that German bachelors by their immo-
lahon imposed no extra burden for family support on the public, the
government Jumps on them with new and exclusive war taxes. In
vain is patriotic sacrifice, abstinence or social economy. Still a Ger
MANY bachelor should consider himself lucky in saving his hide these
.days.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

As the winter wanes and coal bills caper around the hearth,
prompt settlement is encouraged by the cheering news that one coal
pulled down thirty-eight per cent during the year. Besides the
heat units absorbed during the season, the consumer may extract furtf-
err comfort from his contribution for a fat dividend of 20 per cent.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

Mr.. Bryan remains one of the presidents most enthusiastic sup
porters, except when the president proposes to do something Mr..
BRYAN doesn't like.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

Much transformation filters into Germany, provoking doubt and
uncertainty in official quarters. 1t is very annoying, doubtless, es-
pecaly since Berlin gets back no better quality than it sends.
A party leader in the German Reichstag simpli6es the coming
peace negotiations very materially. "Al damage and loss of property"
he says. must be borne by the originators of the war" Poor Austria
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

Apropos of the latest tricks of the weather, 1t might be IN order
TO hold an investigation of the Vaccinations of the newest combina.
the ororndhoe. the coal man and the meteorological. One n all
of these MIGHT he amenable to a true bill with plenty of stokers ready
to pile coal on the fires of punishment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

If announcements accurately measure the numbers of women
eager to serve in case of war, men recruits will scarcely get a look-in
at recruiting Offices. Do your volunteering now and escape the femi
nine avalanche.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

The Laconia was torpedoed without warning at 1850 p M Dark
ness eminenty fitted the deed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston are abundantly
stocked with provisions. Talk of scarcity is baseless. The problem is
not in the supply, but in the means of jarring loose the speculative
grip.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

No halfway station any longer between "Wet" and DRY" The
new federal law makes it a through ticket every time from point of
Four out of the six weeks of Mr.. Groundhogs Information have
passed. Get ready to com'nout.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10

Western wool at 40 cents a pound gives the backward boot to
mine owners. Both combined are as small. change beside the gode
fleece of Wall street on a busy day.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-10
ALL DRY" STATES BONE DRY"

A condition and not a theory confronts all dry states, through the
enactment of the "bone-dry" law by congress. Uncle Sans ability to
control the interstate traffic is fairly we'll established. To be sure,
moonshining is always possible, but it is dangerous and unpopular,
and quite unreliable as a source of supply to those who have been &C
customed to plenty. The new federal law will not leave it open to
question that prohibition prohibits; the main point is, what effect will
if have on the ordinary drnker? Will he abandon his nip" or will
he enlist in the fight to lift the lid by repeal? The psychological
phase of prohibition is now involved, and the course of the man who
voted to Danish the saloon, expecting to be able to satisfy his personal
desires from outside sources, becomes of great Importance. If he
eetotaler, prohibition will have been made permanent; if he per-
snts in wanting his dram, he must help undo the work accomplished
through his vote. In the language of the card table, the vets have seen
the drys and gone them one better, though it remains to be seen
whether the play will eventually prove a winner or a loser.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-01
AMT NATURE WONDERFUL!

The Serious Guy
Beware of the serious guy! The
bird who smiles about as often as a
century plant blooms and as though
he's been chewing a ounce.
Steer clear of the old satchel face.
Being serious has sent more VOLTS
to the reason refinery than golf. He's
all wrong! E.-.
The deep stuff squib. OFF like
an egg. He can't see comedy or any
thing foolish. He's all theories, ana
lying and all that bunk He's about
as interesting and humorous as a
timetable.
Put him in moth balls, folks, We
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-01

have grip, toothache, rheumatism,
corns, politics and other ills to give
us gray hair and make us gloomish
without hunting and doping things
to make life miserable the way the
serious guy does.
GRIN! customers, GRIN!
Don't be a hangnail. Wear a grin
thatu make the grand canyon look
like split hair.
Remember the old adage: Grin and
the world grins with you, froWn and
you're an empty house.
TODAY IN ILLINOIS HISTORY
Feb. I, 1S49. - Galena & Chicago
Union railroad opened to Chicago,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
PICTURE VERSION
OF FRECKLES COMING
TO PINNEY THEATER

'Treckles." the dramatized version
Of the newest and best Of book plays
by Gene Stratton- Porter, authoress of
the delightful story of the Indiana
swamps known as The >Limberlost,"
will be seen here for the first time at
the Pinney Thursday, Oct. 25.
"Freckles" as play has gained force
in transportation from the leaves of a
book to a setting behind the footlights.
As in the book, however. 1t deals
with the adventures Of freckled-
faced ed-headed waif who as baby
with one hand cut off was deserted on
the steps Of an orphan asylum. was
taken In and remained there until old
enough to go to work II was then his
misfortune to fall into the hands of a
cruel master. from whom he runs
away, and the opening scene finds him
at the great Limberlost camp pleading
for work. His pitiful plea wins the
heart of the camp boss. who becomes
his benefactor. and he is put to work
as guard of the Limberlost.
There he proves his mettle and meets
the girl whom he calls THE Angel"
Their meeting introduces a most de-