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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

The Topeka boy scouts are now In
the midst of their busiest season with
patriotic parades, Memorial day serv-
ices and their usual summer time
prcgrams. Memorial day the boy
scouts of Topeka served as a hospi-
tai corps to the veterans. An ambu-
LARGE station was established at the
Farmers State Bank and emergency
stations at Sixth and Eighth streets
on Kansas avenue. The scouts had
planned to take care of any emer-
gency that might occur. Their serv
ices were rot needed but the thought
fulness wag appreciated by the local
branches Of the G. A. r. Mr.. E. l..
Moon, wEc had charge of the parade
program stated this morning that the
scouts received one great big thanks
from the organizations.
Adventures of a Scout.
Adventures of a Scout" real boy
scout film will be shown in Topeka
June 16, according to Scoutmaster H.
T. Woods, The film is a picture of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02
BRING OVER FLYERS
French Anxious for Some of Those
10000 U. S. Aviators to Show Tn.

With the French Armies in the
Field, June Frances instructors
and fighting men want to see, as soon
as possible, the arrival here of those
ten thousand aviators which dispatches
say are part of Americas first plans
! for winning of the war. In the view
of the men in the trenches and those
who fight in the air, the United States
could make no more effective military
contribution than a big fleet of aero
planes.
But the aeroplanes must be of the
latest type. They must be superior
to the German planes. They must
equal the latest model of French air
craft 1t is nothing less than suicide
for an aviator to take the air against
the Germans. unless he has a plane
! capable of almost incredible speed and
ease of handling.
Observation planes are slower than
the fighting type and they are abso-
lute1y essential to success in. artillery
ranging and spying, but these slow
machines must be protected by fight
ers If there were no ."aviateurs de
chase" there could be no observation
planes at work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

of guidance for the committees out
lined the work under the six heads:
rst.-Opportunities for play and
athletics
Second-School work and industrial
training.
Three-SociaI and recreational &C
tivites.
guards.
Five-Activities of child fostering
clubs.
Six-Sunday schools ana kindred
organizations.
\ Large Inventory.
Any one inclined to doubt the right
of Morrill, to be classed at the head
as a place for caring for young Amer
lea will likely be convinced when hi
considers the long list of advanta ges
of which this country town can boast,
as the following:
A modern and completely equipped
high school building which cost $751;
900.
A high school course which includes
agriculture, domestic science, and
manual training, and which enrolls
more boyS than girls.
A beautiful well shaded city park
with a band stand and new cement
walks.
An annual chautauqua which more
than pays all expenses.
A winter lecture course under the
managemC mt of the Welfare associa-
ton.
A public hall with a seating capac-
ity of six hundred. Cost $4,000.
An orga nization of boy scouts and
campfire girls.
An ordinance prohibiting the use
of tobacco by minors.
A rigid enforcement of the curfev
law.
a Sunday school attendance of 9S
per cent OF the children
a church membership of sever
hundred, which is two hundred more
than She population of the town
city lighted thrucut with cleo
tricity.
A place entirely devoid of pool
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02
PROBE AT HERINGTON
State Board of Health Will Invesd
gate Measles Epidemic.

The state board of health will in
vestigate reports of an epidemic of
measles in Herington. Reports re-
ceived in Topeka this week indicated
thirty deaths in the Dickinson county
town as a result of measles. Either
reports have been exaggerated or To-
cal physicians have failed to make re-
ports as required by law.
DR.. j. ]. Sippey CO chs state depart
ment will probably go to Harrington
today to conduct an investigation.
Harrington papers this week an
nounced several deaths from measles
and news was given concerning other
serious cases. Should the investiga-
ton show local physicians have failed
to comply with the law in making re-
ports. the state department will prob
ably direct prosecutions. The law is
emphatic concerning the duties of at
tending physicians and reports sent to
the state board do not convey facts
given thru the press. Reports for
April showed but ~one death from
measles. with no report available for
May.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

real scout life and will be Of greatest
interest to local troops. AS yet Scout
master Woods has been una bic to Sc
cure a show house for the picture but
by the first of the week definite ar
engagements will probably be COM
pleted.
New Troop.
The latest request for membership
to the boy scouts of Topeka came
North Topeka Methodist church, I'M
der direct of Rev. Mr.. Scheer- Scout
master Woods has promised his CO.
operation 1T establishing a troop there
and has oven offered his services as
director Of the boys.
Rally at C. c. Church.
Sunday night services of the Cen
trail Congregational church will be
turned over to the Boy Scouts. No
special services will be given in their
honor. Rev. W. L. Goldsmith assist
ant pastor of the church, and Scout
master Woods will talk.
Another Scout Garden.
Troop No. I, of the Euclid Avenue
Methodist church, have started a
troop garden. A large tract of land
was secured by the troop on Plass
avenue between Sixteenth and Seven
teenth street. Most of this land has
been planted in sweet potatoes and
with the present rainy season on, the
plants are in fine condition.
Two Scout Lectures This Week.
Two illustrated scout lectures were
scheduled for this week by H. 1.
Woods. The first was given Friday
night at the North Topeka Methodist
church. where the boys of the church
showed unusual interest in the or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02
Get 669 LETTERS
Second Week of State Journal
Information Bureau.
Most Inquiries Are Brought
About by the War.
FOUR STATES REPRESENTED
More Than One-HaIf Requests
From Outside Topeka.
Fathers and Mothers Anxious
About Their Sons.

The information bureau of the To-
peka State Journal has proved more
than a success. At least this is to be
concluded after looking over the re-
port of Frederic ]. Haskins, who is
in charge of the work at Washing
ton, D. c. For the week of May Ills
his report shows that 66s letters and
queries Rave been answered by the
department. Twelve questions re-
garding laws and legal matters were
received and answered. Coupons
clipped from the State Journal and
mailed to him numbered Ala while
filters for the week counted 243.
Topeka is not the only town that is
taking advantage of the offer made to
the readers of the State Journal. In
Quiries from Kansas for the week to-
tailed $50, more than half of which
came from cities other than Topeka.
Three states in addition TO Kansas
were represented in the inquiries, 8
coming from Colorado; S from Okla
homa anu 1 from Arkansas. Each re-
quest came from "a canstant reader
Of the State Journal
And prs ctically every inquiry and
request was apparently inspired by the
war. In the move to conserve the
food supply, readers of the State Jour-
lAoA 4AofO oshCo AOI Gig -OHe DOOh-
lets on hardening, five for scientific
canning and one for a general trea tise
on foods and their value in nutrition
The housewives have been still fur
Their interested in the new department
and have sent in calls for 108 HELPS
| to Housewives" In practically every
| letter of these some allusion to the
war and the needs of economy has
been made.
Want Navy Books.
For some unknown reason the navy
books have had the greatest demand
in the week, according to the report
| One hundred and forty-nine pam.
phiets have been sent out from the in.
formation department. The army ano
marine books, too, have proved popu
/ lar. fifty books having been asked fol
during the week.
Two letters came from mothers O.
sons in the navy. They wanted to Sc,
what their boys were really doing ans
how they were cared for. And on,
father. too, sent for the same book
Inquiries regarding the postal laws
liberty loan and Red Cross work al
tied for high rank. Eighty-one re
quests were sent in on each of thes
| subjects.
The service was given to the read
ers of the State Journal free O
charge The only expense was 2 cent
Tor postage for each booklet REQUEST
ed. A letter from Mr.. Haskins
printed each day en- the editorial page
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02
IT'S SOME TOWN!
Morrill, Best Place in Kansas to
Rear Children.
Country Around 1t Also Raises
Best Crops in State.
TOWN is WELL EQUIPPED
1t Boasts Many Clubs and So
ciaI Organizations.
Church Membership Is Larger
Than the Population.
BY ERNEST TUCKER.

Morrill,, a little Brown county town
named for former governor of Kan
sas, entered a contest two years ago
against all the other third-class cities
of Kansas as a model town in which
to rear children. and last week it won.
At the finish there were forty third
class cities in the contest, some of
them several times the size of Morrill,.
At the finish there, were twelve or
more that. scored so nearly equal that
it was necessary for the judges to visit
them personally. After all the visit
ing was over, after the judges had
footed UP the last material item in
the account of each, Morrill, won.
Photographers have been playing
upon the towns name in connection
with the contest and asking where it
is. For the benefit of all it may be
has been for forty years-in the most
productive and best farmed section of
Brown county, the county that pro-
duces more value per acre one year
after another than any other county
in the state Jake Mothers crop re-
ports prove that. And now the report
of the child welfare dep; rtment of the
State University proves something
else.
A Rare Combination.
Not only is it the best place in the
state to raise corn, wheat. horses and
cattle and hogs. but It is also the best
place in the state to rear Children
rare combination.
Two years ago the -better-cities cam
paign was launched by the Child Vel
fare Department of the Kansas Uni
versity Extension Division. The head
of the department spent day in each
of the foIty-oEe places which formal
" entered this race, held two or three
public meetings in each. and organic
ed the local effort. A printed program
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

an: alleys, modern store buildings.
beautiful shade trees and new cement
walks.
Lively Campaign.
Morrill, started out in earnest to win
the prize on June II, 1916, when a
speaker from the department of child
welfare arrived to outline the work.
The affair was a sort of holiday. The
business men ran paid advertisements
in the paper, inviting the country peo-
pie to come in. The bankers mailed
out circulars boosting the days pro-
gram The pupils of all the schools
marched in a street parade carrying
flags and waving banners of various
interesting insignia Practically the
entire population, town and rural,
came in to lunch together at evening.
Enthusiasm dubbed over at every
turn. Oratory was plentiful and plans
for the future effort were elaborate.
Team work is what brought results
for Morrill, Practically every man.
woman and child joined eagerly in the
movement. Committees were appoint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

rooms, dance halls or vaudeville
shows.
A municipal band, with professional
instructor and weekly practice per-
iod.
A women's literary club which de-
votes a part of its time to child well
fare worIl.
A commercial club which has work
ed consistently for the children's
cause.
A group of ministers who have
made social extension part of their
regular church work.
A city of good homes, clean streets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

On parts of the Angeles National forest
in California the packrats are so abundant
that many of the young pines planted by
the Forest Service have been killed or
injured by the rodents. The damage
seems TO take place chiefly in the late
dry than in wet asons. 1t is thought
that the rats tear off the tender bark of
water is scarce-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02
RING BELLS OF HEAVEN
IS PHONE GIRLS FAVORITE

New York, June 2.-When Billy
Sunday asked one thousand hello"
girls, who came to hear him, what
hymn they wanted the choir to
sing, they answered:
"Sing 297."
Hymn No. 297 is Ring the Bells
of Heaven"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

Sunday school, the class teachers are
the instructors and they follow a def
mite outline. But in the community
life of the children, there is really no
one consciously on the job as instruc-
tor and no plan of guidance for the
great misunderstanding activities
staged therein.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

recently established by a team OF Siberian
"huskies," which drew a load fifty-five
miles over ice in five hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-02

ganization. They have petitioned for
a troop.
The second lecture will be given
this evening at the Third Presbyterian
church, at Fourth and Branner street.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
seapIanes Fold Their Wings.

Owing to the large number of sea-
planes employed by the entente naval
forces in the present war, especially in
the waters of the near East, the Brit
ish and French aircraft designers
have developed a special type of by
droplane provided with folding wings,
notes the Scientific American. This
feature results in great saving Of
space on board warship or special
mother ship when large number of
seaplanes are carried. The wings are
hinged TO the fuselage so that they can
be swung back when the craft is to be
stored away, yet the seaplane can be
made ready and equipped for sustained
service in the space of few minutes
by the aviator and his corps of as
sistants.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
MOVIES ARE PUT TO NEW USE
Orchestra Directed by Screen Repro
duction Of Noted Conductor
Handling Baton. -,s.sj-Ts'

49, -
Tho latest In the fields Of motion
pictures and music is a combination Of
the two In which the mechanical
processes of one are used to direct the
artistic processes of the other.
This is nothing more nor less than
the conducting of an orchestra by
means of the screen reproduction of a
noted conductor, handling the baton. 1t
has been tried in Chicago as an ex-
pertinent, with such compositions as
the overture for william TELL" and
Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" -
The system as tried out and found
acceptable consists simply OF project
ing on screen in full view a the
orchestra, pictures previously taken
of an impresario conducting the COM
position to be rendered. 1t is claimed
that because the pictures are more
conspicuous to the musicians than the
man himself could be, it is easier for
them 10 follow his baton. The project
ing machines are motor driven, this
enabling the operator to regulate them
10 any speed desired and to maintain
1t without breaks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22

Teresa pleasant cough syrup
that every child likes to take, DR.
Bells Pine.Tar.H Honey. II your
child has deep hacking cough that
worries you give him DR.. Bells Pine.
Tar Honey, the soothing pine balsam
relieves the cough, loosensthe phleem
and heals the irritsted tissues. Get
a bottle to-day at sour druggists
end start treatment at once. 25c..
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
GOOD FARMERS ARE NEEDED
But II Might Be Possible for Too Many
People to Go Back to the Land,
Says Writer. 49,,

To jump from the frying pan into
the fire Is said to afford slight relief.
Were half of the city population to
Ego back to the land" fancy that the
second estate of man would be quite
as unhappy as the first Girard OBJ
serves in the Philadelphia Ledger.
A succession Of more crops than we
could eat would reduce prices e low
that there would ensue an exodus of
disguised newly pg.de farmers back to
the towns, For II half the population
began to practice medicine, or made
hats, or weave carpets, those Tocations
Would offer no more attractions for
ambitious men, -..4-s~-s'-''
So with farming. They know in the
South what too much cotton means.
They once burned corn in Kansas be-
cause Il cost less than wood,
Turning is a good game how-for
the man who knows how to farm. II
Is not so good for the shoemaker, black
smith, store clerk or typewriter.
Mr.. Morgan, I understand, finds
banking good occupation, but the
farmer who set up in trade alongside
Of him wouldn't. We do. need more
good farmers, and the agricultural
schools are making in four years as
expert tillers of the soil as those folks
In Lancaster whose ancestors titled the
soil for a thousand years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22

When Divers Do Not succumb to
Hsrdships Attending Work the
Sharks Get Them.

The lot OF the native pcarlers OF the
Persian gulf is hard one, for all run
the risk Of getting scurvy from the
lack OF fresh food. Ice, of course, is
unknown In A'ret, and the impure
water breeds NN.ls. The boiling and
altering Of water do not appeal to ORR
entail people as yet. The salbs, or
rope, pullers, get palms as hard and
cracked as an ancient Bedouin's heel.
They could prevent this by wearing
gloves, but that would be n sign Of
eneminacy, and bring ridicule upon
them.
The exposure in the water gives
many Of the divers weak hearts and
tuberculosis, and many Of them be-
come deaf because the weight of the
water breaks their ear drums. Sharks
do not create the scare that one re-
Gently did on the Atlantic coast. They
abound in the gulf and many divers
have had hand bitten Off. One young
Arab was brought to the American dis
pensary at Kuweit with his whole side
laid open by shark that had gotten
wide mouth hold upon him. The
boy survived. We asked him If he
would give up diving now.
NO." he said, Il will go back next
yeah ! have to- ,-~sSas.iszsssapapa
The danger of drowning is great, for
sometimes strong current carries the
diver far away from his boat, and be-
fore the rope puller can bring him
back he is drowned. The Arabs have
no pulmotors, and they are not efficient
In giving first aid" If a man re-
mains too long under the water, it was
written on his forehead" and that is
all there Is to it.--E. Il. Calverley In
the Scientific American Supplement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
Small but Notable Kingdom.

Smallest in population among the
kingdoms of the world, "Hedjaz' car
ries to the Arabic brain the idea Of
separation" The newly made king
rules indeed over desolate land, and
about as many subjects as could be
accommodated in Bristol. But his
Kingdom" is nevertheless the richest
in the world, from the Moslem point
OF view, since 1t holds the cities Of
Mecca and Medina. Our illustrious
ally, lately shereef, is in the Way of
dignity; for he not only controls the
holy places, but being a direct de-
scendant of Mohammed, his position
as the new caliph should become IN,
challengeable.-London Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
Clear Away The Waste

BOWEL regularity is the secret of
good health. bright eyes. clear com.
plexions, and DR., Kings New Life
Pills are mild ard gentle laxative
that regulates the bowels and reliev.
es the congested intestines by re-
moving the accumulated waste with
out griping. Take pill before re-
firing and that heavy head, tat
dull spring fever feeling disappears.
Get DR.. Kings New Life Pills al
your druggists. 35c Advertise
.nt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
L. & N.
Effective Apr. Is. 1917. &
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

| TRAINS GOlNG SOUTH.
No. &C. N. o. Lin. 1921 am
No. .51-St. L. Express 5:29 q. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 9:92 a. m.
No. 55--Hopkinsville Ac. 700 a. m,
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail $3.50 a. m.
No. 91-Local Passenger, 8:57 a. m,
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & st. L. Linn. 5:29 a. m.
No. 52-St. Louis Express 1920 a. m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 7:05 p. m.
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. S:55 p. m
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail 1914 p. m.
No. 90-Local Passenger, 4:32 p.i m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points as far south as
Erin, and for Louisville, Cincinnati
and the East.
Nos. So and IS make direct con.
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati and all points north and
Cast thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta. Macon, Jacksonville, ST..
Augustine. and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. SO will not carry To-
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville: Tenn,
w. N. CHANDLER. Ticket Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
FABRICS USED AS CURRENCY
American Cotton Cloth Was at One
Time Medium of Purchase In
Mohammsdan world.

There was a time when American
cotton cloth was the medium of pur-
chase in a considerable part of the
Mohammedan world. In the course of
his explorations in Africa Henry n.
STANLEY found the Arabs using this
cotton cloth, of rough, unbleached vari-
ETY., as currency. This cloth was
called "Mericani." So many measures
of "Mericani" could buy so many tusks
OF ivory, so many wives or so many
slaves.
All through European and Asiatic
Turkey down into Arabia, In Persia,
and on the borderland of India the
N'Mericani' from the mills of New
England was the universally used cot
ton cloth. Turkey obtained most of
her cotton cloth from New England
'Mericani" was ultimately swept from
the markets OF the Mohammedan world
by English goods of cheaper grade.
some of 1t manufactured in Lancashire
and some Of 1t produced by English
mills in India.
In the search for markets under the
intense competition that will prevail
after the war, the American manufac-
turer would do well to turn 20 Tur-
key and the other parts Of the Mo-
world In which half CEN
fury ago he enjoyed a practical mo-
nopoly, says the New York Mail. There
are nearly 22.O00.Oo0 OF people in Tur-
key. Most of them wear cotton in
stead OF wooden garments. Owing to
the war which Great Britain is waging |
against Turkey. British goods win not |
be very popular in the Ottoman en-
pi<e when neacs Il restored. '
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
THE THRICE-A-WEEK
EDITION OF THE
new YORK WORLD
IN 1917
IN 1917

Practically a.DaiIy at the Price of
Weekly. No other Newspaper
in the world gives so much at so
low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
n the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half way into
its third year, and, whether peace be
at hand or yet be far off, it and the
events to follow it are sure to be of
absorbing interest for many a month
to come.
These are Notwithstanding affairs, in
which the United States, willing or
unwilling, is compelled to take part.
No intelligent person can ignore such
issues.
THE TRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is $1.OO
per year, and this pays for 1856
papers. We offer this uRequalled
newspaper and the
HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKIAN
lTri-weekly,)
together for one year for $2.65.
The regular subscription price of
the two papers is $500
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-05-22
Glass Gardens.

A few square feet of sunny ground
and a hotbed or cold frame, large or
small, will produce vegetables and
flowers weeks ahead of those who gar
den without glass. A little glass adds
wonderful amount Of interest to the
garden and prolongs the season for
many weeks in the spring and in the
autumn. A good frame with sash will
last for years. and this is to be con-
sidered In buying good material at the
outset.