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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
Boosters Hope to Cover Kansas
With Good Roads.
Gearhart Has Plan to Submit to
Highway Commission.
Topeka TO K. C. ROAD soon
Work viii Start in Eastern
Part of State First.
Federal Aid Will Insure Success
of Building Plans.

Plans for a five year road building
project are being worked out by W.
S. Gearhart. state highway engineer;
The plan will probably be submitted
to the state highway commission wheh
it meets in Topeka sometime during
the week of April 10
While in Topeka this week members
of the commission decided to begin
operations on q five year basis. with
federal aid assured in road building
projects, members of the commission
are certain that any program estab-
lished with a view of completion in
five years, can be easily accomplish
ed The new plan will call for prob
ably four or five east and west roads
thru the state, with three or four
north aud south roads and laterals
from numerous important centers.
Start in Eastern Kansas.
It IS probable that in tire establish
ment of the five year permanent high
way plan, the first work will be done
in the eastern section of the state.
These counties are, in the main, ready
to adopt the permanent highway build
ing program. In several counties pc
titions have been filed asking for inn
mediate action.
Revision of the road laws during
the last legislative session have taken
much of the burden from property
owners Immediately abutting the high
ways. AS a result of the new method
for distribution of expense, greater
demands have been made for brick,
Ihacadam and concrete highways.
Build from Topeka to X. {.
While no definite program has been
considered by the state commission,
il is believed that the Topeka-Ka
City highway will be among the first
projects to receive the support of the
cbmmissiOn. Plans have already been
made to build a brick road from To-
pelxa to Lawrence. Extension of the
certain.
"A number of the boosters of estab-
lished highways have written asking
support for their roads. Action on
these petitions will not be taken until
the state highway engineer has work
ed out a five years program Routes
of several of the highways may be
followed in the road building cam
paign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
SPY PLEADS GUILTY
Sentenced to IS Months for Conspirac,
to Blow Up Canal.

New York, April Captain AL
fred Fritzen pleaded guilty in United
States district court here today to
having conspired with Captain Ham
stauscher to blow up the Welland
canal and was sentenced to eighteen
months in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta, Ga.
Addressing the court before SEN
tence was passed, Assistant District
Attorney Knox referred to Fritzen as
only "a tool in the hands of the I'M
Speakable Won Papen."
Fritzen was arrested in San Fran
cisco He formerly was a captain of
artillery in the German army and was
given his first citizenship papers in
this country in 1912.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
ROOSEVELT FINDS WAY
Hay Defense Act Will Permit Him to
Raise Army Division.

Washington, April ga way has
been found in the Hay defense act
whereby Colonel Roosevelt may form
a division of men for the war
Examination of the text of the law
by members of the house committee
on military affairs showed that the
colonel may apply to Governor Whit
man for a commission. He will then
be subjected to examination and if
found qualified physically and in
knowledge of military tactics the COM
mission will be granted.
Under the terms of the act men
from any state of the Union may go to
New York, declare themselves citizens
of that state and join Colonel
Roosevelt's command. The act also
provides that if request is made of the
war department for officers to take
subordinate commands in the division
these must be furnished
So the way seems to be open to the
colonel if he wants to lead a division as
a major general of volunteers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
FEW DROPS AND
CORN LIFTS OUT
Says there is no excuse for cut
ting corns and inviting
lock jaw.

Sore corns, hard corns. soft corns.
or any kind of a corn can harmlessly
be lifted right out with the fingers If
you will apply directly upon the corn
a few drops of freezone, says a Cincin-
natl authority.
1t is claimed that at small cost one
can get quarter of an ounce of freez-
one at any drug store, which is suffi-
cient to rid ones feet of every corn
or callus without pain or soreness or
the danger of Infection.
This simple drug, while sticky, dries
the moment it is applied and does not
inflame or even irritate the surround
ing tissue.
This announcement will interest
many women here, for it is said that
the present high-heel footwear is put
ting corns on practically every wom-
ans feet.-Advertiseme
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab
tets. . Druggists refund money If it fails 10
cure. f. W~GR0VEsS signature is on each
box 2Jc.-AdF-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06

year, for he could not enter till Feb
ruary. He likely will be called out
again right away, with no chance of
getting back till fall, at the earliest.
Unless he can obtain some credits, it
will mean the end of his schooling SO
far as Washburn is concerned, for his
class would be SO far ahead of him
that catching them would be an i'm
possibility. 1t would mean that he
would have to finish his education in
another college. Many other boys are
similarly situated. To my way of
thinking, a college policy such as
have outlined would be a good thing
for Washburn."
Affect 200 Students.
More than 200 students will be af-
fected by the call, it is believed, and
not more than fifty would be thrown
out at physical examinations. If men
are drafted, according to the plan the
United States has suggested, it will
take practically every man student of
the school.
Originally, a volunteer company had
been planned, the members of which
would be kept together. With the
CONSUMPTION plan effective, thirty five
of the Washburn men would enlist
in Battery A and the rest in other
branches of the armV
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
EARLY EDITORS ARE
BACK IN THE COUNTY
Sample, Hess and Meredith
All Here at the
!, Same Time.

Marion county is entertaining three
men formerly prominent in West vir.
GINA newspaper circles this week.
Two of them have edited papers at
Fairmont, two have been foremen of
newspaper plants at Fairmont and all
three have had newspapers at Man.
nington. Henry c. Sample is given
credit for running the best weekly pa.
per that Marion county has ever had
in The Free Press which has since
become The Farmers Free Press and
is now owned by the company which
gets out The West Virginian ].
Bruce Hess was president OF the West
Virginia editorial association for four
years, secretary of the organization
for two years preceding his elevation
to The presidency, and foreman of
the Free Press plant when that paper
was moved from Warrington to Fair
mont shortly after it started. E. E.
Meredith edited the first daily paper
in Fairmont which started shortly be.
fore the Spanish American war and
was called the "Expositor." Later he
edited the Warrington Advocate and
become the Post-Chronicle.
Henry C. Sample is paying his first
visit to Fairmont and Mannins ION in
three years. He is now residing at
Laurel, Nd, He is engaged in the real
estate Business. He has not lost his
love for newspaperdom although his
health got bad a few years ago. which
led to his disposing of The Freq Press
and locating in Maryland where he
bought 81 acre farm, almost in Lau.
rel which has population of 5000
MI Sample finds jolly entertainment
with two other retired printers in the
town-he calls them tramp printers"
1t is told that a standing Jest of the
trio is for one to approach the other
with request for two bits, which is
supposed to be the cream OF printer
comedy of years gone by. Mr. Sam
pie has the newspaper instinc. AID
conducted splendid weekly. which
West Virginia editors will long re-
member.
]. Bruce Hess started The Manning.
ton Enterprise in 1895 and sold the
plant some years later to the late
Howard N. Ogden, a brother OF Her
schel ogden, the Wheeling newspaper
magnate. Mr.. Hess later took over
the plant again and il is now used by
The Warrington Telegram, only daily
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
~ AIT Nd7l1re
p AhM011detf11l !
t=7JNGe Aheru. !

Who is this important looking fella?
Is he the owner of the hotel? Oh my
no! He wouldn't own the place. He'd
be mad to know you took him so low
as to be the owner. He's the room
clerk. A very chesty pigeon. He's
about as courteous and polite as box
office man, only worse. The way he
holds his head up and regards ordin.
airy mortals you think you ought to
crawl up and give him your life in.
surance policy made out to him for
humbling himself to toF5fate you and
being so kind as to give you a place
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
NORMAuITES WIN
FROM FAIRVIEW
But Oil Town Eleven Put
Up Very Creditable
Game

Tairmont Normal made a most cred.
table showing at South Side Park
yesterday afternoon when they won
tho opeAing football game OF the
season on local grounds by the score
Of 12.0. The teams we're well match.
ed in weight but the Normal lads out
generated their opponents in every
quarter Of the game.
Coach Goose" Ward is this year
coaching the Fairview team and TO:
an Inexperienced bunch of men made
an exceptionally good showing with
his team yesterday. When the team
went On the field yesterday afte:n0 N
to met the Normal they were yet to
have their first scrimmage OF the
yeai.
George Hill made both tou.ndowns
for The Normal, one by line plunge
and the other by an end run for 80
yards Captain Hamilton who also
played brilliant game made an end
run for about 60 yards for a touch.
down but as the play was started after
the whistle for the end of the second
quarter was blown, the touchdown
did not count. The work of DfooKoger
for Fairview was very conspic lcus
The lineup:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
Dunbar School "
Have Football Team

The Dunbar high school for the
young colored people of Fairmont will
be represented this year with a foot,
ball team. There are a number of
candidates out and under the capable
instruction. of Coach Lawrence Cham.
berlain strong team is assured.
Their opening game of the season
Will be played at Parkersburg on DC.
tober 10, when they meet the Sumner
High school of that city. In past
years the Dunbar school has been rep.
resented by baseball teams but this
is the first time that they have attemp.
ted football, Shower baths. lockers
and other means of convenience are
being provided at the school building
for the players.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

iumn ditci,es bevond which arc located
high earthworks.
Although Sammie's day is pretty
well taken up in the 16 big army can
comments by drills and other camp du-
ties there is time left for athletic
sports and Sammie, wishing to get his
muscles hardened for strenuous days
to come doesn't neglect them.
college men, trained by competent
coaches III track and field sports, were
the early instructors at the camps al
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
Normal Team Had
Idle Day Today

The football game between the Fair.
mont Normal and Broaddus college
which was to take place at Phillippi
this afternoon has been Cancelled by
the Broaddus team. The Fairmont
Normal is idle today, most of the
members Of the team going to Nor.
gantown to witness the Fairmont.High
Morgantown High game and the Car.
Isle Indian-W. V. u. football games.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

eIIUUo' IU minutes.
Touchdowns: Hill, Hamilton.
Referee: DR.. Carr.
Umpire: Miller.
Head linesman: Bell.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

BY a recent arrangement the United
States government has permitted mail
from the soldier boys in France to come
across the Atlantic without charge to
sender or recipient. Heretofore the
person who had received the letter was
obliged to pg ey up for the discrepancy
In postage,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

Can you picture soldier boy hus.
Ting around the camp like reporter
on live, wide-awake daily newspaper?
Well that is going on at Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Va, where newspaper is
published daily with the news of the
day. This publication is known as
THE Bayonet" aud some copies of the
sheet have reached Fairmonters, who
have boys at the camp.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

paper in West Virginia. owned and
operated by woman. Marion Shaw
leases the plant from Mr.. Hess at
present but is doing so well that she
will likely buy the plant In the near
future. The woman editor is not q
native OF West Virginia, coming here
from Tidioute, Pa. Mr.. Hess has been
located at Cowen W. Va. for Eve years
past, operating lumber business and
store for the Smoot Lumber company
E. E. Meredith has made his head.
quarters at Chicago for years past
but is now in West Virginia for cou.
pie Of months at least.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

to sleep even if it is on the chimney.
We can't figure out who gets the
rooms because he tells everybody the
same thing "All rooms taken" You
want room for night and he al.
ways tries to palm off weeks wag.
es suite on you with a half dozen
baths and more beds than a school dor
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

groceries has riseA. 49,.
take setting a table for pro-, Iue
club plan not only guarantees certain
regular salary to the cook but also does
away with waste or bad management
and enables each member to pay just
what the board has been worth to MIN,
in fact all who nave tried it say they
get far more out OF IL than in any other
way Of eating
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13

mitory. Our greatest wish is to get
hold of the room clerk some day,
trade him for a mule then shoot the
mule.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-13
THE LETTER LIST

The following IS a list Of the un.
claimed letters remaining in the Fair.
mont, w. Va, postoffice for the period
ending October 6, 10Y:
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12
Fire Under Water,

Fire under water may be produced
by placing some small pieces Of phos.
phorus in a conical shaped tumbler
and then covering them with the crys-
tails of chlorate of potash. Next fill the
glass with water and then add few
applied directly to the phosphorus and
potash crystals by means Of long
tube. If the experiment is properly
carried out tongues Of bright red flame
can be seen flashing up through the
water, the intense chemical heat pro-
duced by the action Of the sulphuric
acid on the potash and phosphorus be-
ing sufficient to infame the latter, al
though entirely covered with water.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12

In some Of the high plateaus or mesas
Of the Rocky mountains there are to be
found short distance from the edge
cracks or assures not more than four
feet wide and often as much as eighty
feet deep. During the terrific blizzards
that rage in the winter these crevices
are filed to the level, and cattle and
horses which are not acquainted with
the country frequently drop into them,
their struggles only causing them to
sink deeper and deeper. The cracks.
into which the sun never penetrates.
are like refrigerators, and the hapless
brutes when death has come to their
relief become to all intents and pur-
poses mummies.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12
Taking Castor Oil,

The disagreeable taste of castor oil
may be concealed by giving the dose in
hot milk with salt and a sprinkle of
black pepper. Another way Of covering
the taste is by using lemon juice. In
either method sandwich the castor oil.
Place layer of milk or lemon juice in
the bottom Of the glass, then the castor
oil upon this and then another layer of
the milk or lemon juice. Castor oil pre-
pared in this way is not tasted by the
patient, and it can be given to him
without his realizing what he is taking.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12

Sensational incidents are not uncOm-
mon in the closing stages Of famous
criminal trials. One Of the most re-
markable occurred in Melbourne on the
last day Of the trial of Ned Kelly.
known as the fronclad bushranger Of
Australia" A knife dropped from a
gallery overhead and fell at the feet Of
the desperate in the dock. He had
every temptation to grasp 1t and put
an end to his existence, for there was
not the slightest chance Of his escap-
ing the gallows. But it was promptly
picked up by bailiff, and its owner
was arrested and brought before the
Judge. He pleaded that the occurrence
was purely accidental, and the explana-
ton was accepted by the court
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12
Rspudiatsd National Debts.

Spain. at one time by far the most
powerful Of European nations, was the
earliest power to contract a national
debt, which in 1856 only amounted to
the modest sum of 100000. By 1910
It had grown to f4O,OOO,OOO under Philip
Ill. after whose death the whole Of It
was repudiAted.
France in 1643 began to incur her
debt, chiefly through the wars Of Louis
XIV. and the lavish expenditure in
building Versailles. In the later years
Of Louis XVI. this amounted to f468,-
600, 600, only to be repudiated on the es-
tablishment Of the republic, when some
creditors received 33 per cent and
others nothing.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12
Life Expectancy.

According to the public health serv-
ice, life expectancy during infancy and
childhood has increased because of the
more intelligent care of babies and
young children, but life expectancy aft
er the age of forty is less now than it
was thirty years ago, because those
who have arrived at years Of discretion
do not exercise discretion for them
selves and take sufficient exercise to
overcome modern conditions. Many
more people are engaged in sedentary
occupations than formerly, which de-
privcs them of natural assistance af-
fOrded by physical exercise in eliminat-
ing through the skin and lungs the
waste products of the body.-Collier's
Weekly.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12
Not uaed 70 the Railway,

OF course every one rides on the
trains in Japan nowadays, for there
are 1000 miles Of railways in the coun-
try. and every considerable town is at
least connected with the railway by
electric car or automobile. Not so very
long ago. however. the train was curl
oSity.
A party of ladies who were taking
their first ride on the train once had
trouble with their shoes. A. japanese
on entering a house always leaves his
shoes at the door, so when these ladies
got aboard they politely left their
clogs on the station platform. Great
was their CONSERVATION later to find
that their shoes had been left miles be-
hind
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12
Worlds Oldest Investment.

The oldest investment security on
earth is the real estate mortgage. We
know that money was loaned on mort
cages in ancient Babylon In the time
Of King Hamurabi, 1000 years ago,
and that some $500 years ago the great
Babylonian banking house Of the Egibi
family invested large sums in mort
cages on both city and farm property.
the mortgages being recorded on bricks,
which have been preserved in the safe
ty deposit vaults of those times-great
earthenware jars buried in the earth
preserved until the archaeologists in our
own day and age dug them up to show
us when, where and how MORTGAGES
originated.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12

1t is expected that the duke OF tho
Abruzzi, cousin OF King Victor Emmanuel.
will head an Italian mission to the United
States.
The name Of the Duke of the Abruzzi.
who takes his title from a district OF
Italy, Is as we'll known to Americans,
probably, as that of any other European
royalty Several years ago he figured eX-
tensively in the newspapers as a suitor
for the hand Of Miss Katherine Elkins.
daughter Of Senator Elkins of West Vir-
ginia. She is now Mrs. Hit, but the duke
has remained unmarried. He has COM
manded the Italian navy and has won
fame as an arctic explorer and mountain
climber.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12

The method Of breaking small bottles
without splintering the glass by burn
Ing an oil soaked string tied about
them is well known, but this method
does not work well with large bottles.
Following is a method by which any
sized glass vessel can be broken-as, for
example, a glass tub to be made out Of
carbOy:
Fill the vessel with cold water up to
the point at which it is to be broken.
Pour enough boiling oil over the water
to make a good coat on the surface,
and before the oil has time to cool dash
cold water on the outside Of the vessel
A clean break at the contact point Of
oil and water viii be the result.-Ex-
change
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12

Speaking of conversations, real or
imaginary, does this one really mean
anything? We've said it over to our
selves ten times since we heard it, and
it gets worse all the time. But nice
old fellow whom everybody knows, but
whom we will simply designate as A..
said:
Don't roast the game of golf. 1t
has made me twenty years younger"
And younger fellow whom nobody
knows and whom we shall therefore
be obliged to call B. retorted thus:
"By the time you have reached the
age you are now, if you keep on play
ing golf, how old will you be?"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12
A japanese Get Rich Quick Call.

A broker in Tokyo, wishing to stimu-
late speculation among the English
speaking residents, composed a great
handbook at great pains and, printing
it by some mimeographic means on
large sheet of paper reproducing hand
writing, scattered it broadcast. The
paper read:
ITO the Wideawake Public.-One who
want to make money why not try Stock
business at such rare extraordinary
chance2 Even a fool, his pocket is
swelling up every day. Why? Because
he is daring it blindly. Awaiting your
order. More or less yours faithfully,
Okino Yonesaburo."- East and Wes'
News
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12

It is indeed a dreadful shock to hear
young woman, demurely pretty, ex-
claim: Jaw, gwan! Quitcher kiddin'T
or "Cmawn up t'naight, 'fy'ain't got
nuthin' t'do," or 81 gotcha, SteveT" or
"Whadda va take me ferY"
The stage is much to blame for the
vogue Of slipshod and ungrammatical
diction. The text Of most Of the popu-
lar songs is pointlessly defiant Of gram
mar. The singers and actors often af-
feet strident nasality for foOtlight
use which they discard with their cos
metics and their costumes. If actors
and actresses find that they are put
ting to fight a public Of sensitive ears
they are likely to reform.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-05-12
Birds and orientation.

Professor K S. Lashley has COM
pleted an investigation of the sense of
direction in birds. This is called the
problem of "orientation." DR.. Lashley
used the wild birds of the Florida keys
known as noddy and sooty terms in ex-
periments In their recognition of their
nests it was found that their eyes as
well as their muscles are concerned.
The birds showed no evidence of any
special sense Of locality, such as a
magnetic sense" or a second sight"
Birds are no more mind readers than
men are. Nor do they have any ability
to retrace their paths Of fight by
memory. They recognize their nests
and their own young by muscle habits
and eyeSight