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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
Children'S "'FaVOrite" Is $4,000
Setback to Kansas.
Nearly $4,000 Cases Reported in
Only IL Months.
LOSE $1,000 WEEKS SCHOOL
Sixty Per Cent of Victims Are
of the School Age.
Tuberculosis and Typhoid Prob
lem Is Facing Kansas.

Measles alone are costing Kansas
something like $4,000 a year. accord
ing to DR.. J. J. Sippy, epidemiologist
for the state board of health.
The total number of measles cases
reported IN 1916 were 1886. The cost
of schooling for each pupil in Kansas
averages S329.75 a year, which means
that the usual two weeks lost for an
attack of this disease costs the tax
payers for 27,672 weeks of school that
the child does not receive.
1--WE have had 6.162 cases of measles
reported in the past month" declared
DR.. Sippy, "or nearly half as many as
the total for the last year. A large
part of this report is not an increase
for the last year, but increased effi-
cheney Of the report. This so-called
mild disease is one thing that should
be reported more thoroly. 1t is diff
cult of location because of it's very
Inildness. and yet measles is RESPONSE
bile for more economic waste than any
other communicable disease, in my
opinion.
SIXTY per cent of the children who
have measles are of school age for one
thing. and it was due to measles more
than any other one cause that such a
large number of volunteers were
physically unfit for service. 1t isn't
the sp-called dangerous diseases that
put the mark upon the largest share
of our population. 1t isn't the num-
Der of deaths registered that tells the
story, but the constitutions that are
undermined and that is where measles
scores in the number of victims.
Typhoid and tuberculosis.
f'Typhoid fever reported 2,1O4 cases
in 1916, a decrease over the preceding
year, but still something to be
ashamed of Typhoid fever is a dis
grace-not a disease. The sooner
people realize the fact, the quicker
We Will be rid of it. Nearly all of
these comm unicable diseases are to
be avoided and are just so much eco
nomic waste.
The 1868 cases of tuberculosis re-
ported means that there are just that
many new cases in Kansas. If you
multiply that by four you will come
nearer the actual number of victims
and perhaps get some idea of the tu-
berculosis problem of the state"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

The boy scouts led off with the
first number of the Battery A bene-
fit show at the Orpheum, Friday
night. The hospital corps of the
scouts gave an exhibition of their
first aid work Banda ging, first aid,
care of wounds and fractures, fire
mems lift and improvising a stretch
er were all Shown. DR.. Seth Hammel
and Doctor Lull. both connected with
the battery, lIere called upon TO criti-
else the work. the scouts who gave
the program belonged to Troop g. Ar
thur A. Graham, scoutmaster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
INTERCEPT A BOMBER
Transfers Story Starts Rumor of Plot
to Blow Up Capitol.

Columbus, o., April 21.-That an
attempt was made to blow up the
capitol building here yesterday morn
ing, leaked out today.
Maj. P. ]. Berry, in charge of the
Third regiment troops here, early yes
terday received a report from w. H.
Mccain, a Columbus teamster, that
while passing the state house at 5:45
a. m. yesterday, ne saw a suspicious
man kneeling before a cellar window
beneath the treasury department
Mccain said ne walked toward the
man, who had SLOUGH hat pulled
down over his eyes. The man jumped
up, McCann said, and grabbed a small
black box and ran out of the state
house yard.
Suspicious Previously Aroused.
Berry inspected the place and found
a homemade contrivance for setting
off high explosives which he now has
in his possession.
State House Engineer MCGUIRE re-
ported to Berry that he had seen two
suspicious looking men lurking We'd
nesday in the vicinity in which the ap-
paratus was found.
Berry at onced placed a guard on
the state house.
window where the man was found
leads to an airshaft, entrance to which
once gained would permit the plotter
to place a bomb under almost any
portion of the building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
HE'S MAN OF MYSTERY
Many Strange Dealings Prior to Death
Investigated by Police.

Waterfowl, Wis, April 21-PoIice
today are conducting a nationwide
inquiry into the life of a man giving
the name of Julius Johnson, who was
FOUND dead in a rooming house Thurs
day. His effects evolve mysterious
movements which the police are try
ing to trace. He died of heart trouble.
Letters. cablegrams and kilograms,
copies of which were found in his
clothing, reveal dealings in St Louis,
lei Paso, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago,
san Francisco, Milwaukee and Racine.
Apparently he was eng; ged to Miss
Gertrude Pennington of Chicago. He
is believed to have a sister. Mrs. Ida
Reinhardt, travelling in Japan, and a
brother. Carl, living in California.
What interests police most is a sale
agreement between him and his sup
posed brother, providing for exchange
of $4,000 in gold for a hotel at Dallas,
Texas. There was a bank book show
ing deposits of sums of $4,000 in
banks at Los Angeles. He had been
employed as a cook at the Deuthches
Dorf here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS
Commissioner Porter Urges Topekans
to Speed Up Rubbish Collections.

Only four more days of Cleanup"
week remain and all Topekans who
have not removed the trash and rub
Dish from their property are urged
by Commissioner Porter to do so at
once.
Beginning next Monday morning
40 extra men and 16 extra teams will
be hired by the city to haul away the
refuse that the citizens have gathered
up Commissioner Porter gave warm
ing again this morning that all refuse
must be placed in the alleys as the
men will be instructed to touch moth
ing remaining on personal property
This order will be given to keep the
collectors from taking things people
might not want hauled away.
Last year the city gathered up p
OO9 loads of trash and it is hoped that
a 1000 record will be set this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
THE POPE MORTIFIED
Hears Report Germans Render Sol
der Dead for Fats and Fertilizer.

Rome. April 21.-Pope Benedict
has been mortified" and has ex-
pressed deep Indignation over the re-
ports of Germany's plan to render fats
and fertilizers from the bodies of SOL
der dead, according to an article
printed today by the newspaper In
formaniZone.
Reports have persisted that German
efficiency has been utilizing the dead
to supply oils, fats and fertilizer so
desperately needed in the central en-
pire now. The most circumstantial
of these stories, printed recently in
Belgian newspapers. declared that the
refining factory was located near
Gerolstein, close to the BelgianG Ger
man frontier. 1t gave CHASTITY details
of how the bodies were utilized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

Mr. Graham leads the scout work
here as president of the local coun-
Gil and has charge of the scout affairs
of Topeka and Shawnee county. He
has been visiting in Richmond, Va,
and Washington, d. c., where he has
been studying methods and work with
the leaders of the movement.
Mr.. Graham has been connected
with scouting in Topeka since it was
started here. His interest and his eff
forts are responsible for the increased
interest in the move here.
A model camp will be maintained
this summer by the Topeka boy scouts.
Several acres of land on Huntoon
street have been given over to scout
work. A big Sibley tent will be raised
this summer and the different troops
will take turns at occupying the camp.
According to present plans the troops
will keep a model camp.
Euclid Avenue.
Eight boys have passed the tender
foot" test at the Euclid avenue church
and are now registered. Their regis
tration has been been forwarded to
national headquarters.
West Side Troop.
The badges for the West Side Chris
tian church troop have been received
The fifteen members of the troop will
soon be wearing their first scout in
sigma.
Rochester Scouts and Camp Fire Girls.
Professor Woods addressed a school
and community meeting at Rochester
school where Scouts and Camp Fire
girls and their work are conducted
by Mr.. Leigh Carver and his sister
Miss Ruth Carver, both teachers in
the Rochester school.
To Usher at Patriotic Meeting.
A number of~the scouts of Topeka
will usher at the patriotic program
which will be given Sunday at the
city auditorium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
FEEL 1907 BETTER
BY MORN|NG--TR It!

Don't stay bilious, sick. headachy, con-
stipated and full of cold. Why don't
you get a box of Cascarets from the
drug store now? Eat one or two to-
night and enjoy the incest, gentIest
liver and bowel cleansing you ever ex-
perienced. You will wake up feeling
Mt and fine. Cascarets never grippe or
bother you all the next day like caIo-
mel, salts and pills. They act gently
but thoroughly. Mothers should give
cross, sick, bilious or feverish chill
dren whole Cascaret any time. Thew
are harmless and children love them
advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
USE INTERNED SHIPS
q. S. Repairing German Vessels for
Use Within 80 Days.

Washington. April 21.-Vigorous
steps are being taken by the govern
ment to make the seized German ships
ready for sea and also to prepare to
take over ships being built for neu-
trails in American yards. A bill to
empower the shipping board to take
foreign-built craft under construction
and pay for them probably will be
introduced in congress next week.
Nearly 100000 tons now is being
built for foreign interest. Nine of
the seized German ships will be made
ready for sea within the next thirty
days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
POLITICS in IT?
Claim T. r.. Wrong Political
Stripe to Get Request.
His Volunteer Army Plan Acts
Against Draft Bill.

] Washington, April 21.-Despite all
administration attempts to annihilate
it, the Roosevelt division idea is hold
! ing its trench 1t is the most for
midable obstacle in the path of con-
scription today.
J While the WORD was passed oue
/ semi-officially last night at the war
department that there would be no
/ Roosevelt division, betting today
favors the idea that ct. r" Will get
/ into the trenches in France with
volunteer force weeks before the
/ first American conScrlptlon DIVISION
gets under shrapnel fire.
/ 1t is admitted that the president is
strongly opposed to the Roosevelt d1-
vision Friends of the colonel insist
! that the Wilson objection is preJu-
diced upon the political possibilities
/ likely to ensue when Teddy comes
marching home" Administration
! hackers ridicule this idea and say
/ that Roosevelt, who is on record as
favoring selective CONSUMPTION, is do
/ ing more to block CONSUMPTION by his
talk of a volunteer division, than any
other single factor. They admit that
Roosevelt could probably smash all
speed records in raising a division
! They say that the Roosevelt agitation
/ is playing right into the hands of con-
| system because of the chance it offers
/ to play politics by awarding commits
sions.
/ U. S. Needs Patriotic Thrill.
In rouse and senate there is strong
support of the Roosevelt idea.
Many Republicans and Democrats
| feel that the nation needs a thrill and
a focusing point for its latent patriot
ism.
The idea is general that given half
a chance T. r. will furnish thrills and
| enthusiasm sufficient to make posi-
BILE the acceptance of the CONSUMPTION
idea without half the friction it will
| otherwise develop.
1T begins to look as tho the presi-
dent is running our patriotism into a
potato patch and that we are going to
hang old Glory on a hoe handle
declared an old line Republican SEN
ator today.
It's all very we'll to be tearing up
golf courses and raising beans, but
what real Americans who have not
been hypnotized by isms want to see
is some American boys in khaki tear
ing up Il few German trences. Give
I Teddy a chance.
There is no time to figure on the
reception he will get when he returns
from the war.
The president has suggested that
we put patriotism above partisanship.
All right, let's all do it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
TO SERVE IN THE WAR.
$50 Emporia Normal Students Study
to Fit Themselves for Duty.

Emporia, Kan, April 21.-Five
hundred and eighty-four students of
the Kansas State Normal college to-
day pledged themselves to some
branch of study leading to definite
information on forms of citizen serv-
ice during the war.
Listed among the studies to be fol-
lowed are: food production, economy.
price control, military service, Red
Cross, effect on education, finance,
foreign policy and non-military serv-
ice Military service proved the choice
of the largest number, ninety enroll
ing in this branch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
Talks Gerna.., Fay Be a Spy.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 21.-Wa!-
ter Forstner of Cranston, r. l., was
arrested as a spy suspect by federal
officers when he arrived here today.
His past record is being examined. He
is of German parentage and speaks
German fluentlV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

ST. Joseph, April 21.-Judge o. NJ
Spencer of St. Joseph, general solicitor
of the C. B. & O., has received a mes
sage advising that he had been elected
by the directors of the company at a
meeting in Chicago today general
counsel of the c. B. e Q. system to fill
the vacancy caused by the death last
week of Chester NJ. Dawes of Chicago.
He will remove to Chicago next week
to assume his new duties. Judge
Spencer has been general solicitor of
the company here for twenty-five
wears,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
ONLY FEW STRIKE
Less Than Fifty Katy Telegraphers
Went Out, Say Rail Officials.

st. Louis, April 21.-A statement
that less than fifty telegraph opera
tors on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
road went out yesterday in response
to the strike order issued by H. B.
Perham, president of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers, was issued to-
day by w. H. Hall. general superin-
tendent of telegraph
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
Rumor German Russian Pact

Buenos Aires, April FL A cipher
message received by the Spanish leg
alton at Rio de Janeiro declares Rus
STA and Germany have signed an arm
istice. according to a dispatch from the
Brazilian capital this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
Housewives Lay in Flour at $3.50.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 21--
Flour sold in the Minneapolis market
under brisk demand today at the rec
ord high figure of $12.SO a barrel
Millers said a consumers demand was
responsible. They placed responsible
1ty on thrifty American housewives,
laying in flour stocks because of fear
of a general food shortage growing
out of the war situation. The demand
for flour communicated to the wheat
market May wheat sold up to $2.40
in this market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

uld be called on often for quick
Saturday. If you are not rep
Dept, for information.
lee Cream.
BAUGHMAN BROS,
TOPEKA PURE MILK CO.,
4O0-02-0i Jackson st.
Phone 537.
R. H. MoREHoUSE.
427 Holiday:
OVAL BROS. & CO, WHOLESALE
Scrap lion. 214-16 N. Kansas Ave
Phone 26d.
Loans. Mortgage Financial Agents.
FARM MORTGAGE CO.
Phone 1898
PIONEER MORTGAGE CO,
18th Floor Mulvane Bldg.
Mattress Factories
MCINTYRE BROS, SPRINGS. BEDS,
Mattress Factory, 227-229 Quincy.
o,,,.,.,. Phone 527a
500 Kansas Ave.
Phone 1912
C j. BoEGER. n0'osfapnsf''
707 Kansas Ave.
Phone 1888.
Real Estate Dealers. Loans, Insurance..
c. BOLIVAR REAL ESTATE,
Collections. 80 Columbian Bldg.
Phone 725 Ring 2
Sand Dealers.
TOPEKA SAND CO.
Foot of Topeka Ave; 90.
UndertaIxers.
Fl. W. BOMGARDNER.
621 Jackson st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
Get a 10 Cent Box of
"CaSCaretS" for Your
Liver and Bowels.

To-night sure! Remove the liver
and bowel poison which is keeping
your head dizzy. your tongue coated.
breath offensive and stomach sour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21
Confirm Premier Resigned.

Zurich, April 21.-Vienna dis
patches today said it was confirmed
that Count Tisca, Hungarian premier
had resigned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-21

resented call Phone 1851 ACV.
Advertising Companies
DIRECT ADVERTISING CO.,
412-414 Central National Bank Bids.
Phone 1S4o-
Bicycles and Motorcycles
SHAWNEE CYCLE CO.
Phone 144e.
Business Colleges.
DOUGHERTY'S BUSINESS COLLEGEs.: T..
George E Dousherty. Pres. us Wes sa oth'
Banks.
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BASk.
New England Building.
Phone 41IS
MARSHALL BROS.
1876 Kansas Are.
Phone $50.
WARREN NJ CROSBY CO,
6l3-17 Kansas Ave
Electrical Fixtures. Repairs, Supplies.
letic Supply tie Kansas Ave.
Phone 1877.
Eye Specialists.
DR.. r. PAINE,
rs Kansas Ave.
Phone 72i.
Express Dray and Transfer.
TOPEKA TRANSFER co. o. II. White.
52S Adams st.
Phone 1856
Groceries and Meats.
LANNAN & LANNAN.
S12-16 L. 4th.
Phone 3s45.
FALKINER & WENTWORTH. GEN
erai Insurance, 409-11 New England Bldg
Phone 511.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
BIG FLEET OF AIRSHIPS
TO BE BJILT IN l. 5
By w. H. Atkins.

Washington. March 22.-Every gov
ernment agency throbbed with actlvl-
ty today. in speeding to the utmost
the perfection Of all phases OF the
nations huge preparedness program.
AS the military and naval branches
rushed forward the momentous plans
already mapped out to complete var
time preparations. vigorous steps
were taken 20 build at once NAM
moth air fleet. arrangements We're
made to bring naval enlistment up u
its maximum, and plans were launch
ed for the formation OF home guards
in all cities and towns.
Tenders of aid and cooperut.on
from governors and officials OF ceSs-
er rank, poured into the war and navy
departments. These messages gave
every assurance that within few
hours comparatively all municipall-
les lnrOI5.ou. t..c H>>..Jli =
made ample plans for local protec-
ton against the dangers OF disloyal-
ty.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
WILL INVESTIGATE FURTHER
BEFORE A LOAN Is SECURED

Inc ReCOru.
The borrowing board of the State
consisting of Governor Manning,
State Treasurer S. T. Carter and
Comptroller General Carlton w.
Sawyer, met today to consider max
ing a loan of sS00,000 to meet nee
essary expenses Of the State govern
ment until collection of taxes in the
fall. According to statement CIV
en- out by Governor Manning after
the adjournment of the board no de-
finite action was taken, the board
wishing to postpone final decision
until other proposition to lend the
State money had been Investigated.
The following statement was gwen
out from the governors Office after
the meetings yesterday:
"The State financial board TO-DAY
received offers for the money needed
now by the State, amounting to $780,
900. While these offers were good
the board felt that it would be better
to prosecute the negotiations further,
30 as to secure even better results"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
Rn,y THROyG DEMANDS WAR

4 lew York. March 22.-ln mighty
Eor of patriotic enthusiasm great
Vrong in Madison Square Garden to
II hght called upon congress to pro-
Yclaim a state of war between Ger
many and the United States.
The theater of many remarkable
demonstrations, the garden probably
never has witnessed one more en-
thusiastic, more colorful or more
potent in historical significance.
During the evening, the flags OF the
United States, France and England
frantically were waved aloft in new
international trinity. The strains of
the Marseillaise mingled with those
of the Star Spangled Banner. Hys-
terical cheers greeted every refer
ence to the entente allies. Americas S
entrance upon the world war was
hailed as an accomplished fact.
There were demands that the Stars
and Stripes be carried forward to the
Won Hindenburg line
Peace had her advocates there, too,
as we'll as those of war. During the
progress of the meeting there was
FREQUENT Interruptions of the speak
ers by demands for peace and the
submission of the question of war to
a referendum. But the voices OF the
pacifsts were drowned in the cheers
of the vast majority and the police
quickly removed from the auditorium
those who voiced opposition to the
spirit of the occasion.
Given under the auspices OF the
patriotic and civic organization and
college clubs of New York, Madison
Square Garden was thronged to the
doors for the occasion At least 10000
more people were turned away by the
rolice who established line about
the garden and refused to permit any
to venture within block of the meet
ing place unless provided with tickets
of admission.
Former Senator Elihu Root presld-
ed and speeches were made by him
as well as by President John Grler
Hi5ben, of Princeton, former Secre-
tary of the Treasury. Charles S.
Fairchild, George W. Harton Pepper,
provost of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, Prof. Franklin H. Giddings
and Mayor Mitchell.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
FOR SALE.

One II H. P. Tozer Engine mount
ed.
One 70 saw LummLs angle drive
gin. feeder and condenser.
One Outlet friction drive selft-
tramping cotton press.
One Carolina corn mill, AZ IN. top
runner.
lue Nordyke and Norman corn
cleaner and elevator.
One l. H. c. steam corn shelter.
One "a in. cut off saw and mandle.
IS #. 2 3-16 shaftlng.
Including all belts boxes and pull
leys. Apply to
c. L. LEITZSEY,
Silverstreet, S. c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
NOTICE OF ELECTION IN BROAD
RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. a.

Whereas, one-third of the residehA
electors and like proportion of the
resident freeholders of the age Of
,twenty-one years, in Broad River
School District No. "a, of the County
of Newberry, State of South Caro-
lima, have filed a petition with the
County Board of Education of New
berry County, State of South Caro-
lima, petitioning and requesting that
an election be held in said school dis
trict On the question of levying q
special tax of two (2) mills to be COL
lected on all the taxable property
within the said school district.
Now. therefore, We the undersign-
ed, composing the County Board OF
Education for Newberry County, State
of South Carolina, do hereby ordf
the Board of Trustees Of the Broad
River School District, No. "a, to hold
an election on the said question or
levying a special tax of two (2) mills
to be collected on the property locat-
ed in said School District, which
said election shall be held at the
Broad River schoolhouse, in said
School District, No. "a, on Thursday,
the 18th day of April, 1917, at which
g / election the polls shall be open
at Z A. NJ. and closed at P. M.
members of the Board of Trus-
tees of said school district shall act
as managers of said election. Only
such electors as reside in said School
District and return real or personal
property for taxation, and who ex-
hibit their tax receipts and registra-
tions certificates as required in gen.
eral elections, shall be allowed to
vote. Electors favoring the levy OF
such tax shall cast ballot contain
ing the word Eyes" written or print
ed thereon, and each elector opposed
to such levy shall cast ballot con-
tanning the word "No' written or
printed thereon.
Given under our hands and seals
this the 26th day of March, 1917.
CHAS. P. BARRE. q. 81
O. B. CANNON, q. 81
JAS. P. KINARD, q. S.)
County Board of Education for New
berry County.