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The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

objected to. barring one loosely drawn I
paragraph which would seem to prevent
any discussion Of governmental policy. |
This Is precisely what the general stan
In its memorandum apparently aimed at, I
but It Is something to which. we are
convinced. neither Secretary Baker nor
Secretary Daniels would agree. The
whole set of rules might well be revised
for greater clarity. and the objection
able one omitted. But. after all, while
censorship rules are one thing, the all
important oaestion is the administration
OF 1t. II IT Is entrusted to such short
sighted and stupid officials as were given
result is certain to be exasperating to a
degree. II 1t does not result In misrepre-
sentation or undue suppression Of news
and opinion. What we need IL q joint
board. consisting Of government officials
and newspaper men. with perhaps body
of appeal comprising newspaper men.
There are journalists qualified by long
experience with the censorship in Europe
since the war began to undertake the
work and avoid the errors made abroad.
II the whole matter Is to be given over
to army and navy officials there will be
most unhappy Fourth Estate. should
war come.
Women I'm the war.
louisville Courier JournaI.)
The mobilization of Vassar College
girls for service as wireless operators,
clerks, nurses and other functions in
connection with the war is announced.
Women all over the country are taking
an active interest In the approaching
war and making preparations to become
useful. -
The exposure Of women to the perils OF
the firing line for any purpose other than
missions of mercy would be repeIIant to
the American sense of chivalry, but
women can prove their patriotism and
their value I'm innumerabIe ways 1t is
evident that they intend to do so, and
that their service will be so systematized
that it will have high efficiency.
War On Wood
Boston Trans1ipt)
The President has a poor opinion of
the press and the people OF the United
States }r he nourishes the notion that he
can escape condemnation for his inde-
fensible order of Sunday either by the
aid OF military censorship imposed
without any authority of law. or under
cover of a warlike mobilization OF the
militia. The time and the circumstances
under which that order was issued call
for the fullest publicity and the frankest
comment We are in a state OF war. and
Congress will be called upon next Monday
10 give official declaration of that fact.
The army and the militia are to be put
upon a war footing. and a first call for
100000 volunteers is in preparation. The
main objective of the War Department
at the moment is to raise, officer, equip
and train as soon as possible a mobile
army of a million men. To do this the
government must command far more than
technical support Of its purpose. 1t must
have at all times the confidence OF the
people in its good faith. common sense
and patriotic purpose, for without that
confidence the cooperation OF the coun-
try will lack the heartiness essential to
the success OF the task. -
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

A professor in Maine has discov-
cred that alcohol is good for chickens.
Lots of the chickens, however, have
beaten the professor to the discov-
cry.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

II you call the garden in your back
yard agricultural mobilization" you
can help train your boys and girls in
real German efficiency.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28
Here's a Washington Case:

George g. Warren, city fireman. 3s12 Grant road
northwest says: Kidney trouble in my case was
caused by . strain received while lifting. was
never sure Of nv back and l never knew when It
was going to give away me. When one OF these
cricks or stitches did catch me my back panied me
terribly. For five or six years my back out Of
gear and strong It should have been.
Deans Kidney Pills removed the trouble. My back
strengthened and l felt like a different man."
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

Col E. NJ. House has neglected
visit to the White House for so long
that he has almost counted himself
out of the war landscape.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

The safe arrival Of the St. Louis
scores one" for the protection af-
forded by expert American naval!
gunners. The submarines gave them
a wide berth.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

If some one will invent a bomb
that weighs FIVE ounces and is nine
inches In circumference, Walter John
son In the bow of boat can solve
the submarine problem.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

There will be plenty of attention
to the remarks of Theodore Roose-
welt, if the country does go to war.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

Dinner at $1,000 a plate" says a
headline. Bet one course was po-
tatoes.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

Kid Mccoy is going to be married
again. Boy, page Nat Goodwin.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

JOIN THE PATRIOTIC RALLY
ON SATURDAY.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.

Erst priuting II an original poem. written tsIJ
for Ths Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28
Lamps and Shades at 25%
reduction from marked prices.
ART NEEDLEWORK SALON
Exclusive Novelties.
New Spring Model.

Display exclusive models in covns
Combinations Childrens and Infants Dresses
Beach Suits Crochet and
FiIet Worked Infants Wear
patterns newest ideas Of
needework explained and taught by experts
Free Instruction. 10 to 1 and 2 to $3.50 PM
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28
UNDENIABLE.

By John Kendrick Bangs.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28
BIG SPECIAL VALUESINRU
Rag Rugs

Don't overlook these values if you need a
Rag Rug. They are all well woven. made of
clean. new material and in all the desirable
standard eolorinss.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28
Drapery Shop
Couch Covers

Couch Covers
Made of cretonne of various colors and
patterns and hemmed all around. Specially
priced at sl.so, $3.50, s2.ss and 1886.
Slip Covers and
Window Shades
Awnings and Wire Screens made to order
at lowest prices consistent with good workman
ship.
Furniture repaired and reupholstered A
representative Will call and talk over these
propositions with you and submit estimates.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

In the drapey department and in close
proximity to the cretonne stock we are giving
practical demonstration of many uses to which
cretonne can be put.
Willow furniture is here in abundance. with
seat and back cushions of many of our stock
cretonnes.
Screens. various drapey treatments and
window shades of cretonne are also here for
your approval
Cretonnes range in price from 2Sc to $l50
a yard. and many are copied from English
linens at fraction of the price. This display
is well worth your inspection.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

loout oUU rugs IN these varlous sizes.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-28

In the main the censorship regulations
suggested to the press will not be greatly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27
SUNDAY PAPER UP
st. Louis and Chicago Editions
Z Cents Tomorrow.
High Cost of Paper Cause of
Advance.
MORE FOR MAGAZINES, TOO
Cosmopolitan, McClure's and
Bill Board Forced to Do 1t.
Curtis People Can't Pay for
Paper With Subscription.
MORE FOR MAGAZINES, TOT
FORECAST.

The nickel spent for Sunday news
papers by TopekIns in the past will
cost them Z cents in the future, ac-
cording to word received by G. W.
Patterson of the Patterson Book Ex-
change, $40 Kansas avenue. All on
account of the high price of print
paper which is causing hundreds of
newspapers to suspend publication
and is gradually forcing all others 20
increase the subscription and adver-
Using rates.
Mr.. Patterson this week was in
formed by Chicago and ST. Louis pub
fishers that all Chicago and st. Louis
Sunday papers sold in Topeka would
be cents per copy, beginning tomor-
row. Like increases in the price of
the st. Louis and Chicago papers will
be noted in other Kansas towns.
Book Worms Suffer.
Nor do the book worms, aid lovers
of sensational Sunday editions escape
the high cost of living and print paper
by merely paying cents more for
their Sunday papers. At least,
dozen of the larger magazines have
raised their price cents per copy,
and it is considered only a matter of
time until even the most prosperous
will find themselves forced to follow
suit
The Cosmopolitan is selling for 20
cents instead of Is cents; the Bill
Board is selling Cor 10 cents instead
of 10 cents; McClure's is Is cents in
stead of 10 cents and the Metropolitan
will be 20 cents instead of 1 5 cents
next month.
They Lose Money.
Mr. Patterson is in receipt of a let
ter from the Curtis Publishing COM
pany which indicates that that
wealthy corporation is likewise feel
ing the soar in the price of paper. The
publishers informed him that every
edition of the Saturday Evening Post
is costing them cents and they keep
the POPULAR price because of the i'm
mense amount of advertising carried.
A like loss is suffered in the publica-
ton of the Ladies' Home Journal, an
other of the Curtis publications.
The letter continues by stating that
the Curtis people in order to continue
to sell their publications at the old
standard prices would be forced 10
curtail the amount of window and
show case advertising. They urged
Mr.. Patterson to use sparingly the ad-
vertising matter sent to him in the
future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27

returned to one of our aerodromes
for more ammunition and returned to
the scene of battle where he engaged
and dispersed such enemy machines
as remained in the vicinity. One was
seen to crash upon a housetop."
This same little Lieutenant seems
to persist in the records of the serv-
ice. One day he was crossing the
enemy lines at 800 feet when he
found himself directly above a Ger
man kite balloon, sent up for artil-
lery observation. Pretending he was
in trouble, and thus avoiding fire
from the anti-aircraft guns, he fell in
side-stalls to 1900 feet, suddenly
righted himself and dived at the bal
loon He opened and continued fir
ing until he almost touched the big
gas bag. Just as he passed over it,
the thing burst into flames and was
destroyed in a few seconds
The Germans lately have adopted
the ruse of "stalling'' and shamming
fall out of control. 1t is thrilling,
but not uncommon thing to see a
German machine, when closely press
ed. turn its tail straight up in the air
and dive toward the earth for a dis
lance of two or three thousand feet,
and just as the dninitiated onlooker
would expect crash it flattens out
and starts pell-mell for its own lines.
One does not always get away with
this bit of aerial strategy, however, as
is shown by the record of Capt. B.
After attacking three hostile ma
chlnes, he saw one of them going
down IN spinning nose dive. He
suspected the honesty of that dive
and decided to do a little diving ION
his own" This dramatic downward
duel continued for full five thousand
teet' until the German was driven into
a spin and seen to crash"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27
DASCHUND IST LONG UND
CROWS IN Elm DIRECTION

The daschund is a long, narrow dog
that spends all it's time growing in one
direction.
it has to hire a guide SO it's meals
won't get lost And it has to start at
in the afternoon to get its food to its
appetite by dinner time.
The daschund is the only dog known
that can stand on the front porch and
sit down in the kitchen.
One-half of a daSchund can be COM
ing home while the other half is still
going up town.
The daschund says badly in the mid
die because it has only a few legs. The
only thing that makes a daschund
jealous is a centipede-
GEORGE MARTIN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27
A PAEAN TO FATHER
BY
MYRA WILLIAMS FARRELL

Every once in awhile you see some
thing by one of the sob squad writer's
about Mother and her hardships and
sacrifices. Just yesterday came
across one of said articles, calculated
10 bring singing tears to the eyes,
about Mother never getting any vaca-
tons, etc.
Admitting that all that can be SAID
or sung about what Mother endures if
she lives on a farm, is quite true, and
then some. 1 refuse to accept the
doleful tale, if by chance Mother lives
within the lure of the movies, or the
Call of the Club. Therefore, this last
jeremiad about Mother and her lack
of pleasure, has inspired the following,
for which 1 offer no apology:
WHO?
Who is it rises with the dawn
And labors hard with brain and Drawn
From early light till night has come,
With weary heart and fingers numb?
Why, Father.
Who is it tends the furnace fire.
And heaps the coal and kindling higher,
That Ma can sit in sweet content,
With all her mind on culture bent?
Why,-Father.
Who is it carries out the trash.
Who is it finds the ready cash.
And sews the buttons on his shirt,
w nlie Ma WIN Mdeterllnck does 1llrI
-Why,-Father
Who is it sits behind cage.
And carries home his little wage,
Who goes with trouser legs all frayed,
So Mother can afford maid?
I Why,-Father.
Who is it never gets a laugh.
Whene'er at home he tries to chaff,
Who eats the gizzard of the hen
Who writes the checks out with his pen ?
Why,-Father.
Who is it tries to pay the debts,
While Ma it is, the new clothes gets,
Who is 1t walks the floor at night.
Who worries till the break o light2
Why,-Father
Who is it, when the weather's hot.
And Ma and children leave the spot.
Keeps peggin on mid sweat and heat,
So Ma can have rest complete?
Why,-Father.
Who is it when the weather's cold,
Must venture out in shoes re-soled.
Who, is 1t wears his last years coat,
In short. who is the Family Goat?
why,-Father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27

tenn was broken up he went with the
traffic. Later when the Frisco went
into receivers hands, he was made
chief officer and in 1914 he became
receiver as well. Last fall when the
road was taken from the receiver and
reorganized Mr.. Bidd1e became Sec
ond vice president in charge of opera
ton and traffic.
Biddle received most of his training
in railroad work with the Santa Fee
both in Topeka and Chicago. He has
been with the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco for ten years. He is already eX-
perienced in the duties of the office
of president, having had a large
amount of the work on his shoulders
during the final illness of Nixon, the
late president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27
MRS. BOOTH is DEAD
Funeral of Topeka Pioneer To Be in
Church She Worked For.

Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey Booth, a pio-
neer resident of Topeka, died Thurs
day night at her home, 422 Elmwood
avenue. She was eighty-three years
of age. The funeral will be held Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
Lowman Methodist church in charge
of the ladies of the G. A. r.
Mrs. Booth was born in Adair coun-
ty, Kentucky, and came to Topeka
Immediately after the Civil war when
her husband received his discharge
papers. Mr. and Mrs. Booth cele-
brated their sixty-third wedding an
niversary last October. Mrs. Booth
had been an active member of the
Lowman Hill church for many years
and for sixteen years was treasurer of
the Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of that church. She was a men,
Der of Lincoln circle and was chaplain
of the circle for several years
Mrs. Booth leaves her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. F. H. Roebuck of To-
peka, and two sons. j. H. Booth of
Topeka. and A S. Booth of Pueblo,
Colo. The funeral will be conducted
by the Rev. w. M. Balch, pastor of
the Lowman Hill church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27
A new TELEGRAPH co.
Rival of Western Union Being Pro-
NOTED by Louis Hill, r. r.. Magnate.

Chicago, JAN 27.-The Independ-
ent Telegraph company, a new rival
of the Western Union, proposed by
Louis Hill, president of the Great
Northern Railroad company, will be
launched within a year, it was an
nounced today.
Contracts under which the old COM
pany operates the wires for the New
York Central, the Northwestern and
the Burlington railroads then will
have expired Contracts with the
Great Northern, the Northern Pacific
and the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul have already expired and the
telegraph company now is operating
over these lines on monthly renewals
Meanwhile the roads are gradually
installing their own copper wires. AT
the end of year these lines will be
able to handle a telegraph system OF
their oSn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27
Mrs. Ethel Byrne ColIapses in
Prison Hospital.
She Was Too Weak to Resist
Tube Method.
CONDITION STILL ALARMING
Mouth Became So Dry "Mar-
tyr" Couldn't Talk.
Resort to Method Used on Eng
lish Suffragettes.

New York, Jan. 27-Mrs. Ethel
Byrne, hunger striking in protest
against conviction for disseminating
birth control literature and advice,
hospital at Blackwell's Island wo k
house. She had gone more than five
full days without food and water and
was reported to have collapsed shortly
after midnight.
Bulletins late last night indicated
ly becoming critical. She was ex-
tremely weak. At 1 o'clock this
morning she apparently lapsed into
Inconsistencies and hurriedly sum-
moned physicians inserted a tube into
her throat and Iorced liquid concen-
trated food into her stomach. She
was then put to bed.
Reports from Blackwell's Island
early today said ner condition was as
good as could be expected and denied
that the patient had offered any re-
sistance to the forcible feeding.
Went Without Food and Water.
Up to the time of being forcibly fed.
Mrs. Byrne had been without food or
water for 1O3 hours. Altho very weak
yesterday. her general condition APP
peared good and her determination 10
continue the hunger strike was in
flexible. Blackwell's Island officials
however, keptSher under closest watch
d
limited their belief that she had par
taken of struggled food. DR.. Irma R
Howard, in charge of the women's
ward at Blackwell's Island. was APP
prehensive late last night and warned
Commissioner Lewis that she would
not be responsible for Mrs. Byrne''
condition if she continued without
| food or water more than few hours
At that time she described Mrs
Bvrne's mouth as being so dry by lach
| of liquids that "she could hardly talk
but said her will was still as strong as
ever. Immediately preparations were
| begun for forcible feeding. awaiting
the moment when the prison phvsi-
clans Jointly should declare Mrs
| Byrne in a critical condition
Her Friends Are Anxious.
| Altho details of the feeding were re
fused by BlackwelTs island official.
today. it was known that the tube
method, adopted by English physi
clans in forcibly feeding militant suf
| fragettes, had been planned. BY thi:
plan. a long tube is either inserted il
the aesophagus and liquid food placed
| in bottle or bag held aloft so that it.
contents will be forced by gravity
down the tube and into the stomach
| or, if the patient resists, the tube i.
| inserted in the noStrils.
| The nostril method is intensely irri
tating to the membranes of the nost
and throat but the feeding by intro
| duction of the tube down the aesopha.
| gus is merely unpleasant.
Her general condition, however, lee
today to the gravest anxiety amonf
! her friends and relatives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27
is KAISER'S BIRTHDAY
Emperor Charles and King Ferd Help
Celebrate 5Sth Anniversary.

Berlin, Jan. 27.-Emperor Charles
of Austro-Hungary, King Ferdinand
of Bulgaria and the heir apparent to
the Turkish throne are in Berlin to-
day aiding the kaiser in the celebra-
ton of his fifty-eighth birthday and
preparing to issue a manifesto to the
world placing the responsibility on
the entente for the wars continue
ton The sultan of Turkey sent fe-
licitations He is too old to make the
trip.
Clubs and patriotic organizations
thruout Germany are, celebrating the
day. The demonstrations, in con-
trast to those of the years before the
war, are of a solemn nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27
HIGH PRICE OF PORK
1t Is Illustrated by a Case in the
Court OF Topeka.

A remarkable insight into the high
price of pork was offered in the Court
of Topeka when warrants were issued
for the arrest of Robert Woodin and
others, charging them with stealing
two hogs, 250-pounders. valued at
s115, from the Rock Island railway
The robbery is alleged to have been
from a freight train in North Topeka.
The hogs were the property of J. :.
Montgomery of Bala. Kan, where the
shipment originated. Warrants ha. .
also been issued for Chas- Mccain
and William Woodin, charging them
with being implicated by helping
butcher the porkers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-27

Biddle came to Topeka in 1888 as
assistant general freight agent here.
position he held until 1890. In that
year he went to Kansas City and be-
came connected with the Chicago,
Santa Fe & California railway, a Santa
Fe line. Next he went to Chicago as
assistant freight traffice manager and
was later made freight traffic mana
ger of the Santa Fe. He held this
position for many years.
Before coming to Topeka Mr.. Biddle
was agent for the Santa Fe at various
places.
Started as Brakeman
Biddle was born in Beloit, Wis, in
1856. He entered railroad service as
brakeman on the Santa Fe in 1878,
later becoming a station agent. He
was chief clerk to the gene freight
agent of the Atlantic & Pacific from
80 to Sc and subsequently held posi-
tions as assistant general freight agent
and division freight and passenger
agent on that road.
In 1905 he was appointed third vice
president of the Rock Island. Two
years later he became vice president
in charge of the entire Rock Island
Frisco system, including the Rock Is
land lines, the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco, the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
and all of their Subsidiaries
His Climb Rapid.
When the Rock Island-Frisco sys-