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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22
DINNER STORIES

IL thought that in the fifteen years
of my practice of medicine" said a
physician Il had answered almost
every possible fool question. but a
now one was sprung on me recently
A young man came in with an in
famed eye, for which 1 prescribed
medicine-to be dropped into the eye
be returned in a few minutes, poked
his head in the doorway and asked
Shall 1 drop this in the eye before
mealsSor after?'
A young soldier had gone to the
theater with a friend. The play drag
ged, and he fell asleep. An hour later
he was awakened by the voice of an
actor, saying:
I'VE have been here five days"
BLESS me! and / had only leave to
step out till midnight,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

fFoOdstuffs continue to move out of
the United States in enormous quanti-
ties despite the limited supplies of
1g16-i7. "A compilation by The Ma
tional City Bank of New York shows
that the quantity of meats and meat
products exported from the United
states in the fiscal year 1917 aggre-
gated nearly 1000, 100000 pounds.
against 1.25O.O0OOOO pounds in 1914.
the year prior to the war. while the
quantity of breadstuffs exported in
1917 was 357,O00.OOO bushels, against
100000 900 in 1914.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

Chancellor Michaelis replies pub
licly TO Pope Benedict's peace pro-
posal by saying that Germany has
been for peace all the time and there
fore the first word must come from
the other side. Then as if anticipat-
ing that word he declares that AIsace-
Lorraine cannot be considered as d
subject of negotiation. 1t will be
noted, however, that before giving ex-
preston to his ideas he waited long
enough to obtain line on what the
other side" is likely to say in reply to
the pontiff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

aren't antiques and they were snug
gled. Ida knew that told her.
But it was Ida that made me sticf
it out and finish here before l told
you. and when 1 graduated and eft
here 1 told Ida that 1 wouldn't COME
back till l had made good and until
l could pay you on the level for hat
long board bill
Mrs. Mapes had thrown her fat
arms around Dustin's neck. Il always
knew you were an honest lad. she
said. Il knew it the first time 1 saw
you. 1t wasn't half so bad to stick
me with those rugs as it would have
been to go off and leave Ida here
with a broken heart. That's what geo
pie here say you did. But I knew you'd
come back. But don't you fret about
the board bill Unless you've got y
send the rugs back to the customs peo-
pie they're good enough for me-
Copyright. 1917, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22
TRADE AFrER THE wAR.

An article on the subject of price
fixing appearing in the New York
Journal of Commerce recently, says:
Under the enormous stimulus which
is being given to production in so
many important lines it is certain
that when the war comes to and end
the productive capacity of the coun-
try VIII be far beyond what it has
been in the past, and there is good
reason To believe that permanent ben
efits> win be realized and widely dis
tributed 1t is true that producers
instinctively fear a period of over
production and of Improbable prices
following salch an expansion as is now
occurring, but while prices will fall
enough to relieve greatly domestic
consumers the foreign outlet will
probably be sufficient to take our sur
plus at fair prices.
The chief causes of this enormous
stimulus have been, first, an export
trade which increased from an annual
average for the five-year pre-war pc
Rod of $2166,oO0,OO to 1924. O00,-
600 for the last fiscal year ended June
S0-a 200 per cent increase-and,
second. to the necessity for supplying
by domestic manufacture many com
modities formerly purchased abroad.
Fully 10 per cent of our exports to-
day consist of war munitions-cloth-
ing. machinery, food and explosives,
while the remaining 25 per cent goes
to countries cut off from European
cal industries are examples of the
second cause. With our entry into
the war the industrial throttle was
opened to the last notch.
Such an epoch war works
seemingly economic paradoxes. Nor
mally mills running at capacity are
able to reduce the unit cost of output.
But demand has overwhelmed compe-
tition, earnings have been generously
distributed, and as generously put into
extensions, and the high wage scale
has bulged the pockets of laborers.
Raw material sources are pushed to
the limit to feed Unsuitable mills.
These factors have increased unit cost
Except for certain building and raw
materials there probably will be a ter
rifle slump in our export trade to Eu-
This is bound to react more or less
on the market at home. evidenced by
falling prices. There will come a pc
riod of rehabilitation in Europe, and
of retrenchment here with labor seek
ing to perpetuate the present scale
| Except for lack of certain raw ma
terials, German industry has not been
| harmed. French and English indus
| try is more efficient than ever in the
history of these peoples. All the
energy which the war has developed
in Germany, England and France will
be directed speedily into the channels
| of foreign trade. Japan has increased
her productivity three-fold, China
twofold. 1t is evident that the
United States must look to South
America, China and Russia for an out
let for its products and gain "a firm
hold on the trade OF. those -countries
while worn torn Europe is settling it.
self to business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

have been bleeding for three years
that this years campaign will be tie
last. Other authorities, just as gooc,
say the allies will never stop Int;t
they have marched armies onto Ger
man soil and given the Teutons
taste of war on their home grounds.
These are the two theories which
newspaper men and statesmen calmly
discuss in private, no matter TOW
strenuously they talk in public. C1ri-
Aously enough. the United States which
last year was officially proposing
peace, is now listed on the keep-up-
the-War side.
1t may be noted that Germany has
not yet declared war on the United
States and we have not yet declared
war on the allies of Germany The
Germans evidently do not want TO
make us bitter and revengeful OF
course if if had not been for the Eng
lish navy the Germans might have
answered our proclamation in man
ner that would have left nothing to
be desired on the part of the warrior.
So far as the people of the United
States and Kansas are concerned
there is but one thing to do and that
is to act on the theory that the war
viii last three years more. The quick
err we prepare and the harder we
strike the blow, the sooner the war
comes from the humanitarian desire
to stop the loss of life. But that will
be enhanced and the other peace
prospect at the end of another year
will be insured, if the United States
puts its full strength into it's lick This
is no time for criticism except it may
be directed toward inefficiency in Ere
paration or indecision in action. We
can stand for frauds. graft, profiteer-
ing and crookedness better than we
can endure weakness or delay.
While the soldiers are being mus
tered and trained the people at homo
have a big job. They must endure
| the hardships of high prices and the
cramp of the conservation necessary
to feed and take care of our own
army and our allies. They must back
upSevery patriotic movement like the
Red Cross They must prepare to
take good care of the men who come
back with injuries and wounds They
must brace for the shock that will
come to the industry when the hun
dreds of thousands return. And when
our soldier boys are back from the
victory they must gain they must be
shown that the people of this repub-
lie are neither forgetful nor migrate
| full.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22
That Was Complaint Made by
Mrs. Perley Reams.
In Divorce. Plea, However, She
Called Him FerOciOus.
JUDGE GIVES HIM FREEDOM
Wife Was Allowed To Draw His
Pay Check.
Reams Says She Then Failed
To Pay Family Bills.

Perlev Reams is too kiddish and
too sissy to suit Marie Reams, MS
wife. She wanted real man. ne
said on the witness stand today, ana
for that reason he couldn't keep her at
home nights. She'll have an oppor-
tunity to find a real man now. for
Judge G. H. Whitcomb granted her
husband a divorce today. She told
her husband. he testified. that she
would have no trouble finding one;
that there were lots of real men who
would be mighty glad to get her any
time he got tired of sticking around
the Reams homestead.
The Reams divorce case did not
turn out like Mrs. Reams planned 1t
at all. Last spring she filed a petition
for a divorce lambasting Perley
something awful and painting him as
anything rather than a sissy. she
told about his ferocious temper and
all the other things wives put in their
divorce petitions.
Then Reams consulted a lawyer.
She had called him childish and sissi-
fed for five years and he objected
to being placed in the role of viii
lain. He filed cross petition and
answer in which he told some things
about Marie. He declared that Ma
rie said she didn't like him any more
because he was too much like girl:
because he didn't appear to have
grown up.
y she wouldn't Stay HOme.s
And because she didn't like him he
said she wouldn't stay az home of
nights. She would leave their five
year-old child with the neighpors, he
said, tog all out in her oest clothes
and HE herself to parts of the city
where real men could DE found.
Reams said he went home time after
! time to find his wife gone and their
child with the neighbors. Then when
| she returned and he asked where she
| had been she would tell him it was
none of his business.
When the case came up for hearing
today Mrs. Reams didn't appear in
/ the court room. However, she was
out in the corridor waiting for the
report. Her attorney was on hand
! and represented her. Reans took the
| stand and told his story. 1t was then
verified by neighbor and the court
| granted Reams the divorce upon his
cross petition.
e She Got Pay Check.
! Among other things Reams said that
in order to avoid constant trouble he
allowed his wife to draw his pay check
until he discovered that while she
claimed to be paying all the bills she
was never able to produce a receipt
! for any of them.
-'She said her mother said a woman
didn't have to show her husband re-
ceipts,' said Reams, land she wouldn't
show them to me. Then ] discovered
that she wasn't paying the bills at all
but was squandering the money"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22
EMBARGO ON BAGGAGE
Extra Toys of Soldier Boys on TO Cam
tonments Frowned Upon.
BY GEORGE MARTIN.

Washington, Aug 22.-Loving
mothers. sweethearts and kind friends
must not load drafted men with lot
of clothes and comforts when they
start to camp September 5, Provost
Marshal General Crowder ruled to-
day.
The 2O6.10O boys entraining for
environments will be allowed to take
very little. Trunks are absolutely
taboo Suitcases and handbags will
be frowned upon.
The war department prefers that
each man bring only necessary toilet
articles and one change of linen and
Undertaking, done up in a neat.
small bundle.
be given the military appearance of
the boys from the moment they re-
port at headquarters of their local
board
Inspect Their Kits.
The department wishes it under
stood, however, that it is as neces-
sary that the boys bring the articles
mentioned as IL is that they bring
nothing more.
Members of each mans local board
will inspect his kit just before he en-
trains, rejecting everything that has
no place therein and returning the
surplus articles to his relatives.
These men," said a draft official
here today, ARE not going on a vaca-
ton. They are going. to study the
business of war. They will be sup
piled with all necessary clothing, and
equipment when they get to camp"
According to the regulations, all
any man can take is a tooth brush, a
piece of soap, collapsible drinking cup.
towel. a few handkerchiefs, an extra
shirt and collar. a suit of underwear
and a pair of socks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

One of the principal sources of dis
content with the methods of the coal
operators. says the Christian Science
Monitor. is that they have habitually
used slight advances in the cost of
production as excuses for exorbitant
advances in the price of the product.
They have, that is. not only com
PEELED the consumer to pay for wage
increases, but have capitalized these
Increases so as to swell their divi-
dsnds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22
New York Money Mako.

New York, Aug: 22-MoNEY-MercantiIe
commercial 90 day bills on banks 4.7lLa :
commercial 60 day bills, Ala: demand
4 IS GIG: cables. 4.76 7-16 Lfres. demand,
SIS: cables. IA Rubles, demand, u 10
cables. 21-20. Bar silver. $50. Mexican
dollars 6s12. Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds easy. Time loans steady !:
60 days. IA ~ 30 days, 414H4L; months,
4%65.
Call money firm: high. 3 low, 3: ruling
rate 3 closing bid, 20 offered at 3; last
loan, s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

tleman left his auto where the mos
quitoes would fall over l. and burst
the suRprise bag. And if the COW bell
doesn't call the little chickens in so
late for dinner that there are no 1olly-
pops for them to eat I'll leil you next
about Uncle Wiggily and the tulip
flower.-( Copyright, 1917, by Nc
Clure NEWSPAPER Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

The Chicago Examiner wants to
submit Pope Benedict's peace propo-
sal to referendum vote in all the
countries concerned. Consent, if that
viii stop the discussion. The war
would be over by the time the returns
came in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

Secretary. McAdoo plans another
HBe:ty loan while the-crops are being
marketed. A lively race between the
head of the treasury and the automo-
bile salesman Cor the farmers pocket
book is expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

When Uncle Sam frames his answer
TO Pope Benedicts peace proposal
probably it will include a reply to La
Toilette, aIthe that individual may
not be able to see il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

on order of the German govern
ment. the supply of gas has been cut
in / alf in Berlin. The same thing was
accomplished in Topeka by the pub
lie utilities commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

The man who has hogs to sell will
thank the British government for bid
ding up the price. British agents have
bought bacon on the basis of 500.
therefore hogs will go to $40. possibly
higher
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22
INTO wheat DRIVE
Delegates of Is Midwest States
Meet at Kansas City.
Mohler Pledges Kansas Support
to More Wheat Program.

Kansas City. Mo-, Aug 22.-The
necessity of supplying the entente al
lies with wheat and rye. making vital
an increased acreage of both cereals.
was the keynote of the Middle West
regional wheat and rye conference.
opened here today by the department
of agriculture. Ways AM means of
increasing the acreage ana the solu-
ton of the problems arising formed
the principal topics of the discussion
The meeting, which is being attend
ed by agricultural and financial ex-
perts of thirteen of the Middle West
ern states, has been characterized as
a war conference. The acreage in
organizations.
Little Surplus Wheat.
The necessity of the increase in
wheat acreage was made iain by DIR.
Raymond A. Pearson. newly appoint
ed assistant secretary of agriculture.
who declared wheat exports had de-
creased from 330.000.000 bushels In
1914 to 100000 in 1915. The
wheat crop of this year was estimated
by Dr. Pearson at $50, 100000 and the
consumption at SAC, 100000.
Never before has the national gov
eminent been forced to call a meeting
of agricultural experts to effect an
increase in crop acreage" he said
1.-The American people must so IN
crease the production and reduce the
consumption as to provide our allies
with the necessary supply.
James Wilson, of Tama. Ia. former
secretary of agriculture. urged the
using of corn and oats as foodstuffs
by the people of both the United
States and Europe. He expressed the
opinion that the necessary crop acre
age could be effected.
Labor Shortage Hits Kansas.
shortage of labor and a lack OF
winter seed wheat in western KAN
sas was given by j. c. Mohler, sec
rotary of the Kansas State Board or
agriculture as obstacles to the in
crease in that state. He declared that
the draft had taken many farm Ia
borers. He also asserted that the
kansas crop for this year would be
aDproxirnately one-half of the normal
Weld. Mr. Mohler pledged the state
10 the increased acreage program.
saving that one-fifth of the winter
wheat of the United States was sown
in Kansas
Pearson Gets New Post
Kansas City. Mo-, Aug 22.-Dr
RAYMOND A Pearson, former dean of
the Iowa State college, Ames, Ia. was
notified here today that his appoint
ment as assistant secretary of agri-
culture, has been confirmed by the
senate DIR. Pearson has been acting
in the capacity of assistant secretary
for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22
pearson Gets New Post.
Hearst a CandIdale.

New York. Aug. 22.-W. r.. Hearsf's
petitions, designating him as candi-
date for the Democratic msyora1ty
nomination. are on file here today.
They bear 3.515 signatures. Hearst is
in California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

The Germans again are compelled
to shift troops from the eastern front
10 Flanders. Now look out for the
bear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

The FrenchN Monday inaugurated a
big peace movement of their own on
the Verdun front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22
WHEN WILL IL ENDo

eut.-Governor w. Y. Morgan, in
one of his last letters written upon
his conclusions from his recent visit
to Canada. writes under the above
heading:
When do you think the war will
end?
That was one Of the questions dis
cussed with nearly every man I met
in Canada, from the premier to the
hotel barber
The almost unanimous opinion of
Canadians is that the war will not end
until the United States has sent a.
large army, at least a million men, to
the French front and into the charge
against the German lines.
II the United States had not entered
the war when 1T did the Russian revo-
luton would have resulted in a sep
! arate peace and France, yes France.
might have decided to quit. The Rus
slams have steadied but they are for
peace. They will not be dependa Bile
The English and French can not get
thru on the west front The war is
in effect a draw until the Americans
get there.
How long will it take to send a mill
lion fighting men to France, accom-
panied by the arms and supplies re-
CURED to care for them? That de-
ponds on how fast we build ships and
how many the German submarines
can destroy. We have wasted four
months of time and are now begin
ming the ship building job But bet
ter than ordinary luck will be needed
/ If we can have our million men in
the trenches by a year from next
| September
! Therefore the result of this line of
| thought is that the American army
ought to decide the war in the fall of
! 1918.
There is not near as much censor
snip in Canada as in the United States
and the newspapers and people there
know much more of the actual prog
ress of the war than we do in the
| United States Also the first enthusi-
asm is lost and the war for Canada is
a hard, painful job, while with our
boys it is still glorious military cam
paign. with only an occasional refer
ence to the red trimmings.
N-fz.z-
Here in New York 1 have added to
my Canadian experience by talks with
! newspaper men and statesmen. They
complain that the American people
| have not yet been aroused. Our own
government is none too consistent in
its efforts to prepare for the war. al
tho 1t is doing its best. Too much
money is being made by certain lines
of big business. A great deal must
be done by law and by public senti-
ment to prevent delays and failures
which are bound to be followed by
losses on the battle field.
t To my mind there is almost an even
chance for peace before next spring.
This is because the governments o.
both England and France are shaking
under the attacks of peace parties
which want to stop the slaughter. The
hope of the coming of the American
i army may bolster up the fighting
spirit Germany. like England and
France, has big peace party which
calls for a cessation of the killing
These peace parties in England, Franc
and Germany are loyal to their gov
ernments except that they want 2
change of policy and a consideration
/ of peace
Some good authorities tell me thaf
the sentiment for ending the war vii
grow so strong in all the nations thai
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

Ladies and Gentlemen, We have
among us today the twenty dollar hog.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-22

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Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director
Washington. D. c., with 2-cent STAMP
enclosed for reply.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-11
Food Economy Essential.

A noted New York financier declares
food economy is absolutely essential, but
he declares that for American farmers a
year of great prosperity is ahead, since
they can count upon good prices for the
largest crops Of products they can reap.
lie i 4 touch with weather and crop con-
dItions and he i of the opinion that the
United States faces a scarcity especially
when the urgency of helping feed the allies
Is considered and the allies must be fed or
Germany will throttle England and France.
The man behind the pillow must feed the
man behind the gun.-Fort Worth Record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-11
Volunteer System Inadequate.

The Spanish American wal was mainly
naval. Had the volunteer regiments that
were mobilized for the Spanish American
war been given a sufficient opportunity
their mettle would have proved highly sat
isfactory 10 American pride, but they
would not have proved themselves suffi-
ciently trained TO warrant the belief that
similarly trained soldiers would he ade-
quate IN action against the faultlessly
trained Germans in France in 1917
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-11
With Other Editors
University Boys are Training.

That universal training idea has struck
the University of Texas with full force
and now $500 students of that institution
are receiving instruction which shall fit
them TO serve their country on the field
Of battle. The boys are studying military
tactics and the girls are learning the rudi-
ments of nursing and the preparation of
.bandages. There are some pretty good
fighters in that University of Texas just
a there are in every other Texas school.
Houston Post.