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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-24

one might least expect it. Th@
princess turned without word, took
up her bag, and walked back to tho
castle. She reached her room unno-
Tested and unobserved, and when the
maid came with apologies for her long
absence, explaining that she had
knocked at eight and, receiving no an
swer, had left the princess undis-
turbed, it was nine o'clock And in
two hours a whole life's tragedy had
happened.
only Sir Henry Foulkes learned
of the secret. The princess was very
fond of him, and she told him some
years later. Everyone marveled at
the way she bore the news when it
was broken. But I think that when
two persons love as those did, no mat
ter what happens, whether both live
or one be taken. each knows and feels
that the other is not far away"
The little doctor ceased and fiicked
the ashes from his cigar and flung tho
stub away
"she is still alive?" asked Tarrant.
huskily.
"Oh, yes, indeed and her life seems
a very happy one. She is jolly old
maid princess and universal favorita
in every European court. I met her
last year at Berlin, and I think she
was my first convert among the FAM
lilies Of reigning sovereigns or those
of royal rank. And I think, gentle-
men," he continued, that when the
cycles bring the unperishable part OF
William Plantagenet, heir-apparent to
the English throne, into corporeal
form again, he will choose his pa
rents more wisely and with a clearer
understanding"
Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
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ALE BARTON'S PRINCESS


not tell him the explanation. / was
simple then, and afraid Of the sIedge-
hammer of public opinion. Now say
what I think, and do not care. It
was professional confidence, but the
man who told me Is dead.
IF the man had been wiser. he |
might have been born into the royal
estate" said Doctor Emmanuel. But |
souls are in touch with one another in |
the world beyond; and when he felt |
that the woman whom he had loved in |
life was gone from him into the world |
of the flesh once more he could not |
wait. He was reborn too soon; he
rushed into life SO that he might find
her again and know her In her new
physical portraiture. Poor soul! He
was like hunter that pursues white
butterfly into a dark tunnel, or one
who seeks the tabled Ice Maiden over
moraines and treacherous crevasses.
$50 much for my prelude; now
will be more matter-of-fact. The girl
was princess of one of those media
tized German houses which, though
they have lost their thrones and lands,
enjoy royal honors and are welcomed
in every European court. Her pa
rents often stayed at Osborne, fl the
Isle of Wight, when Queen Victoria
was alive. In fact, the girl had been
born Unexpectedly in Osborne castle,
a little more than 20 years before,
and England was her second home.
Indeed, her mothers family traced its
| descent back to scion of a noble
Saxon stock which dourished in the
early centuries after the Norman Con-
quest, and my investigations led me
to conclude Princess Bertha to be the
present manifestation of personality
which was last on earth as Editha, a
lady who, Saxon chroniclers relate,
was betrothed to Prince William, the
SON OF Henry I. of England, who was
drowned in the English channel while
crossing from Normandy about the
year 1920.
LET me interpose here, gentlemen
to say that the old theory OF the al
vine right of kings was founded upor
very much more than the mere self1sf
{ desire to control and perpetuate tn
kingly power. The phrase the Lord'
! anointed' represents certain TRUTH
! which I may best explain by sayinl
: that, except under certain rare circum
| stances, kings and queens are repori
+ as kings and queens, and do not a
q ternate in sex, as is believed to o
usual among less prominent folks
s This is due, ! believe, to this TACT
|. those who play a prominent role
i history are SO dominated by their pa
! sion for life that their past memorle
O cling to them and shape their new G.
l. reers very much on the lines OF I'd
d last. They have the same exper
J. ences, the same triumphs, the sam
II catastrophes. They tread the san
r circle Of experience without progress
n ing. until they have grown wise. fo
n see. their rank carries its Limitation
,e with it. This knowledge makes Il
n study of history profoundly interes
is ing; we see the conqueror Remes
In III az Hannibal and Napoleon; Cie
v patra az Catherine of Russia; Alexa
der the Great az Charles XII. OF SW
sc den: Abdul Hamid, the insane 0
m tyrant of Turkey, as the reborn Ca
r. gula, and 80 on.
OF snow to revert to Princess Dertl
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fYF THE belief in reincarnation
- is not an instructive one' saiu
Doctor Phileas Emmanuel, 'wny

is not an instructive one, SAID
Doctor Phileas Emmanuel, "why
is 1t a common saying that one
cannot be too careful in choosing one
perentsf"
Paul Tarrant clapped him on tne
shoulder and laughed heartily. nay
oear doctor, that is a joke" ne saio'
Don't they make Jokes in your coun-
try?"
To be sure" the little doctor an
swered, putting vigorously at his cigar
And they also say true things III
joke"
Do you mean that one can choose
ones parents?" I asked. "Why'. IL
that were SO, who would choose to %
reborn In a poor family? Would not
unfit parents be sterile? How can you
support your contention?"
You must remember" answered
Doctor Emmanuel, that when the soul
ID ready to put on new garments OF
flesh, 1t Ia not in touch with the phys
zeal world of life. 1t wants to get
there. But it is cropping In the DARK.
Why is a thistle born thistle anu
not rose? Because the thistle ma
ture instinctively seeks incarnation
in that form which best expresses is
limited individuality-the thistle. ."
with us. The soul that struggles up
ward toward the earth life has no VI
sion of the world; it does not see us
future parents, or know their world
ly circumstances. But its need for
birth. and that Of myriad other SOULS
produces that ferment in the hearts
OF men and women which we call love
what Schopenhsuer called the de-
sire of the unborn to spring into ex-
istence. Then, guided by its protect.
ing spirit, its deeper self. its immortal
part, or God, as you prefer to use the
term, the soul comes to its own. Ano
thus it ia born on earth again"
well DOCTOR" Tarrant answered
'but how do you make out that II
chooses its parents, then?"
ct chooses them within certain Inn
tts. lust as you and I, MIR. Tarrant
may choose to live in Madison avenue
New York, or Piccadilly, London, bu
not In Mecca or the planet Venus. .
course. / am now theorizing largely
but should say that the soul cal
rush in hastily when the chance oner
and the desire for rebirth is as IL
tense as the plants yearning toWar
the lighter 1t can wait till Its IL
stinct tells it that it has found. a NOR
suitable environment"
We were all silent. Granted hi
f,rst contention, that Of reincarnatiol
the little Greek doctor had an uncal
nily convincing manner OF establish
ing his chain of argument. II we
live again-there is the old, fascina
ing speculation which has engrosse
Ithe minds OF 30 many Of the profoun
ast thinkers in all ages! IL so. whit
more natural than that we can exc
,ciae selection? But Emmanuel new
halted until he hammered home
.hstraction with a fact. knew
meant To advance proofs; saw hi
ehift his knee and flick the ash on b
r,gar. then be began speaking aga
n his penetrating, emphatic bal
tone. aA
wh,cb happened some years ago
the occasion Of my first visit to III
ssrd II was related to me BY one
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-24
Not So Old. Either

Flatbush--I understand the life "A
freight car is about. twenty years.
Bensonhurst-And yet no woman
weuidsiike to be told that she looked
as old as freight car,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
CANADIANS IN VAN
COlOnialS HurI Germans Back
Before Lens.
Important Fuel City About to
Fall to British.
BY WILLIAM p. sINIMS.

With the British Armies Afield,
April LIENS must fall soon to the
Canadians. Its occupation was deem
ed only matter of a very short time
today.
German resistance was growing
more and more desperate with each
hoar that Field Marshal Haig showed
his men forward. But the resistance
was ineffective for the powerful Brit
ish blows.
Today Vimy ridge was still shelled
from afar off by German guns, as we'll
as other positions held by the British.
But everywhere the Teutonic artil-
lerying was shooting excitedly rather
than methodically. 1t was erratic, not
accurate.
British forces were steadily gaining
command of all high ground villages
and other vantage points as they pro-
crossed astride the Hindenburg line.
Today even the spreading plain below
Vimy ridge, from which Lens was
directly menaced. was being absorbed.
Got Fritz Where We Want Him."
The Canadians continued irresistibly
pressing on down the Vimy slopes oc-
cupying Petit Vimy, Givenchy and the
Bailleul railway stations.
We've got Fritz where we want him
now" observed one Canadian officer
grimly today.
steadily closing in around Frances
great mining capital today. The Ca
nadians were hurting themselves from
the Vimy heights on German troops
staggering back across the plain. The
Canadians probably will have the hon.
or of first entering Lens-a city which
the Germans had hoped to hold at all
costs.
When I left the Canadian sector,
I saw from the Vimy ridge the city
| rNfT = v1Ir
mans intend to sack and destroy the
| town as they sacked and destroyed
Bapaume and Peronne.
Artillery Busy South of st. Quentin.
Paris, April 14.-Artillery fighting
continues with marked intensity in the
Champagne the war office announces
French patrols were active and
brought back prisoners. South of St
Quentin there We're heavy artillery ac-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
TO GET A BIG REFUND
Kansas Shippers Will Be Given Back
Money Paid for Icing Cars.

Kansas shippers of butter eggs and
dressed poultry will receive refunds
of from $4,000 to $25, 900 from the
railroads under the terms of an order
handed down by the interstate COM
merce commission and received today
by E. H. Hogueland, commerce coun-
sci for the Topeka Traffic association.
Topeka firms benefited by the order
are the Seymour Packing company,
Beatrice Creamery company and the
Topeka Packing company.
The railroads operating east of the
Mississippi river decided on March
20. 1915, to establish a charge for
icing dairy shipments. This charge
ranged from SIS to SIS a car. The
shippers instantly appealed to the in
terstate commerce commission, claim
ing that the freight rate maintained
for such shipments by the railroads
provided for the icing service. The
decision favoring shippers was hand
ed down this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
kaw Valley Farmers Can't Buy
Them at Any Price.
Governor Capper Appealed To
for Aid Today.
NOT A BUSHEL IN LAWRENCE
Food Spectators Are Blamed
for Present Condition.
New State Commission Will
Look Into Conditions.

Kaw Valley farmers are facing
more trouble. There are no seed po-
tatoes on the open market. Appeals
have been sent to Governor Capper
But if the potatoes cannot be found,
little can be done. The governor an
nounced today that an effort will be
made to relieve conditions-if potatoes
are available.
Shortage in the seed potato crop
is just one of the sorrows of the Kaw
valley farmers Last summer they
shipped more than 5000 cars of po-
tatoes during the harvest season.
Obliging, self sacrificing, patriotic, I'M
selfish commission men paid the pro-
ducers something like. sixty or seventy
cents a bushel for the potatoes.
When the potato crop was harvested
and sold, something happened. The
food spectators began to collect.
They put the Kansas potatoes in stor-
age, hiked the prices and sat back to
await results. When the consumer
howled, the spectators issued a state
ment-a la Kansas politician style
then hiked the price again. The prac-
tice has been repeated on several oc-
casions.
The Come Back.
Result? The potatoes Kansas sold
for sixty and seventy cents a bushel
came back marked Nice Kaw Valley
Potatoes. Only 1925 the Bushel." And
Kansas, having sold her crop and
needing potatoes for the table, bought
heavily. All of which increased the
demand and boosted the already alb
normal prices.
a telephone message came to Gov
ernor Capper this morning 1t was
from a Lawrence man who owns sew
eral hundred acres of choice potato
land. He. wanted to buy seed potatoes
There We're none on the market. Seem
ingly, the spectators who controlled
the output from the 1916 yield, also
held the seed potato situation in the
palm of their hands.
There were just a few bushels of
potatoes in town Friday" said the dis
turbed Lawrence man, they were sold
out at 1915 a pushed. There isn't a
bushel in town today and we don't
know where to buy"
Serious Situation.
1t is a really serious situation. With
out seed potatoes, the Kaw valley
acreage will this year be short. Gov
ernor Capper will talk the matter over
with the food commission which may
be appointed late this afternoon.
quite probably 1 shall consolidate
the defense commission and the food
commission" said Governor Capper
Il believe one body can look after the
matters concerning the federal govern
ment and at the same time work out a
solution for the food trouble now fac
ing this state"
A conference Of the commission will
probably be called as soon as names of
the mem bers are made public. All of
the machinery of state departments
and institutions will be placed at the
disposal of the food and defense COM
mission and a campaign will be
launched at once to meet food con-
ditions thru greatly increased crop
acreage.
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war should be paid by taxation, bul
our industries should not be d1Sorgan-
lzed. They should pay only what they
can stand. No man can say just what
proportion of the cost will be paid out
of special taxes put the levy Will prove
sensationally large"
Mr.. Vanderlip believes it to be the
duty of this country to ana our aihes
to the extent of the largest loans pos
sible as he thinks the real brunt or the
struggle in the future as it has IN the
past will fall upon them.
On this subject he says:
Loans to our allies should be as
large as we can raise. rms VIII De
the greatest assistance that we can
give them. The granting of this credit
should be done as soon as possible
Money will go a long way toward
bringing the war to a speedy conclu-
sion and its expenditure will be not
only material economy but Will result
in the saving of many lives and re
storing the world to normal and sane
conditions.
1.-The war loan presents many prob
lens. A vital factor will be the adj
justment of deposits created by the
bond sale so as to avoid confusion and
make the burden on the banks as light
as possible.
Present Plans Inadequate.
"a real conversion privilege is es
sential to the success of a large loan
and nothing else will be fair to the
investor. The present plan seems in
adequate. While it provides that any
bond issue shall be offered to the
public at par it also specifies that if
it is not taken the secretary of the
treasury may dispose of them sup
posedly below par, if he finds such
course necessary.
This might be unfair to the early
subscribers. Those who purchased
the bonds at par bearing 8 II per cent
would not receive the same returns as
those who bought later below par at
per cent. The early investor should
be allowed to convert his bonds into
cash at any time and re-purchase at
the moderate price"
Mr.. Vanderlip believes that the
food problem is one of the gravest
that now confronts the nation. He
urged the bankers to do all in their
power to encourage the farmers of
the country to raise bumper crops.
He also advocated military service
for the rich as we'll as the poor. He
said he favors CONSUMPTION and de-
clared it is the only just system by
which every citizen will be forced
to do his duty to the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
WIN IN FINAL DEBATE
Washburn Teams Victors in Final
Contests of Big Pentangular.

Washburn was pronounced victor
of the annual rectangular debate
Friday night when the college won
both ends of the final match. Wash
burn sent an affirmative team to
Manhattan to meet the Aggies and
one team stayed at home to entertain
the Methodists from Baker. In both
debates Washburn won by unanimous
vote of the judges.
The home team consisted of Albert
Reed Lowell Berry and Arthur Berr
Beattie. The affirmative team which
visited from Baker was composed of
Homer OsterDout. Everett Hughes
and Reginald Thompson. Judges here
were Dean DIN Templin and Arvin
DIN. both of Kansas university, and
w. J. Crothers, of the State Normal
school.
Clifford Hope, Roscoe Graves and
John Mahaffey made up the affirma-
tive team that defeated the Aggies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
TO Be A BIC JOB
Floating War Loan To Be Hard
Task, VanderIip Says.
n. Y. Banker Thinks ) Billion
Too Much for a Starter.
PRESENT PLANS INADEQUATE
Special Tax Is To Be Upon a
Sensational Scale.
Feeding Allies Is One of the
Nations Big Problems.
PRESENT PLANS INADEQUATE
BY j. 70. CROWN.


Chicago H., April 14.-Frank A.
Vanderlip. president of the National
City bank of New York, the largest
financial institution in America, said
here today that he does not believe the
United States will have an easy task
in floating a billion dollar loan for
financing the war.
Mr.. Vanderlip, who is regarded as
one of the leading authorities in the
country on the sale of bonds, also said
he regards it as certain that the special
war tax to be levied will be upon a
sensational" scale and far larger than
the popular conception.
The eastern financier came to Chi
cago to confer with western bankers
regarding the proposed loan and Will
then go to Washington to give the
government the benefit of his advice,
rounded on the result of his inquiries
in all Of the central financial centers.
In order to inform the nation of the
task before it. Mr.. Vanderlip gave the
press an extended interview regarding
the great problem of financing the
war. He believes that every citizen
should know the responsibilities the
country must assume.
\ Big Task Ahead.
Il can not believe that there is any
serious intention on the part of the
administration to attempt to float a
five billion dollar loan at one stroke"
such plan appears to take little cog
ntzance of the enormous proportion
of such loan. The average man has
no conception of the immensely Of
such an amount of money.
You cannot throw bonds on the
market and expect them to sell them
selves. The posting of signs and the
mailing OF circulars will not sell them.
The financing of the war will be the
greatest campaign of the war. The
people will have to be educated to the
necessity Of supporting the government
with their dollars. A loan of not
more than two billions is big enough
for starter.
1--WE will have to enlist every bank
and bond house, every banker and
hond salesman, every financial expert
in order TO make the issue a success.
! know that these men will give their
time and money without one cent of
cost to the government. The work is
just as patriotic a service as going
into the trenches.
Il find n determination among all
classes that each citizen must and will
do his and her duty.
Pay by Taxation.
81 believe that the expenses of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
CHECK IN FIREARMS
St/Louis Aliens Stock Up Police Sta
ton With Weapons.

St Louis. Mo-, April 14.-St Louis
police stations today resembled gov
eminent arsenals- Enough eXplos-
ives to blow up the city together with
fire arms of all descriptions were in
the various station houses. Every
thing that might be looked on as "a
menace to the country" in the hands
of aliens was brought in yesterday
and last night.
The removal of aliens-German ms
only-from districts surrounding gov
eminent establishments continued to-
day-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
WAKE Up FEELING
FRESH AS A DAISY

Let Cascarets liven your liver and
clean your thirty feet of bowels with
out gripping. You will wake up feeling
grand. Your head will be clear,
breath right, tongue clean, stomach
sweet. eyes bright. step elastic and
complexion rosy-they're wonderful.
Get a 10-cent box now at any drug
store. Mothers can safely give a whole
Cascaret to children at any time when
they become cross, feVerish, bilious,
tongue coated or constipat ed-Cas-
carets are harmless.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
PLEDGE SIMPLICITY
Mrs. Wilson Sets Pace and Washing
ton Society Follows.

Washington, April IA group of
prominent Washington society women
have responded to the appeal of Mrs.
Wilson, wife of the president and
wives of other high officials for rigid
economy during the war by obtaining
signed pledges from hundreds of their
associates to follow this program:
Simplicity in dress and entertainment:
no meal to exceed three courses; one
nneatleSS day a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14

A fruit dealer of Lynn, Mass, has sent
to the city a bill for $23 worth of peanuts
and fruit eaten by policemen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
PUT A SKIRT ON HER
st. Paul Man Who Would Enlist Had
september Morn on Chest.

corps recruiting officers rejected Harry
Crowley because his chest was
adorned with a tattooed September
Morn When he re-applied today
''she" wore a skirt. He was accepted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14

We are now equipped to
serve you better than ever
in freight-moving, trunk
hauling or heavy transfer
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14

Here is another new large Auto
Van we have added to our service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-14
Get a 10 Cent Box Of
"CaSCaretS" for Your
Liver and Bowels.

Tonight sure! Take Cascarets and
tljoy the incest, genuest liver and
powell cleansing you ever experienced.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-05-10

selves seriously crippled. He is
not doing a thing to develop that
country. The best that can be
said for him is that he is gathering
grass he does not own and pay for.
1t could well be said that every
foot Of the range left in that part
OF the country should be left to the
homesteaders for their own small
herds.
We submit that commercial
clubs and those anxious to stimu-
late production of food stuffs, could
well investigate just such situa-
tions, and induce Sterling to take
his cattle out of this section and
allow settlers to develop their land
in peace.
The cattle man Of the Sterling
type has been taught that the land
produces most in grass, and is not
good for any thing else. He stands
in the way of progress with his old
methods. Times have changed,
and the cattle man who is wise ia
going to change with them, and in
doing 30 he will find he has not
lost as much as he thot.
Mr.. Sterling does not have the
appearance of being a bad man, we
do not think he is, he is simply
mistaken, and if he acts on his
mistaken ideas he will cause loss
to others and himself.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-05-10

Where is your patent, your deed to
various pieces of land, your life insur-
ance policy, your fire insurance policy?
Are your taxes paid? Where are the
receips? While the wife is houseclean-
ing in the Spring it might be well for
the husband to rake up his belongings
and see that all documents, valuable
papers, and things treasured, if not in
a safety deposit box are at least put
carefully away in box of some sort
where they could be easily accessible
in case of fire.
A little more system would do most
people good.
J. NIVEs QUINN, Cashier,
State Bank Of Raymer.