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Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
The Sadness of a Wedding.

There is something sad about we'd ding. The young groom is leaving a home in which he always has had his way and is going into one in which he never will have his way. Although his parents do not 20 through the formal ity of giving him away at the altar, they know well enough that In few minutes he will be son-in-law to an- other woman, while to them he is noth- ing but n son. There he comes, with another man holding to his arm. It looks ns if he might have made an at- tempt to escape and that the strong best man captured him and brought him back. He is as happy as he is nervous and so trustful that he has no fear for the futurc.-Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
Shotuuns In Mar.

That Shotguns should be largely uti liZed in modern war.aIe is the contcn. tion of a number of military experts 1t is pointed out that such guns would be particularly useful to scntrics ai night time, as an intruder might moro easily be crippled and captured by a spreading charge of heavy shot than by a single bullet. Moreover, person moving quickly might often be missed by shot from rife, whereas a snap, shot from a shotgun in semidarkness could hardly fail to find its object.
 In the trenches shotguns could be used with success. X shotgun loaded with about forty-eight grains of DOW. der and one and half ounces of big shot, with about twenty-five pellets, would be of much more value than the rife, as during night attack, either for attack or defense ill semidarkncss, a single charge would hardly fail to in. flict serious wounds on one or more of the Exchange.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
FIGHT FOR EMBARGO WILL BE KEPT UP
cOngressmen Oppose Costly [ l.. Probe of Food Prices.

Opponents of President Wilson's plan for comprehensive investigation of 'eeod costs will continue their fight against the $40O,00O appropriation for the probe included in the sundry civil bin by the house. Headed by Repre- sentative Fitzgerald of New York the group opposing the presidents proposal will force a record vote on the apprO- rpriation before the sundry civil bill s6nally passes the house.
 Representative Fitzgerald said he would press his proposal for an embar- go on the exportation of all foodstuffs Whenever an opportunity offers until rongress adjourns. Other proposals to meet the high cost of living situation will be pushed in both house and senate
 President Wilson will press legisla- .sion to authorize the shipping board to tsabe over all ships building in Ameri- ,Gan yards for foreign account as a sm1eans of relieving the food situation. He believes the use of these vessels ill kfhe coastwise trade would radically re Aieve the congestion of freight at east Aern terminals and make available freight cars for carrying foodstuffs on ahes railroads.
 1t was stated that the president will press the proposal as an emergency neasure in an effort to get it through Aefore congress adjourns. Congress Readers, however, said there was little Mkelihood of the bill becoming a law p@sf this present session.
 The Interstate Commerce Commis- GioR and the car service commission ssf the American Railway association announce that car conditions have i'm ,Nroved. They say empty cars amount skng into the thousands were moved swest last week and are available fol eastbOund traffic.
 The department of justice will en. 1deayor to secure convictions of food speculators as soon as possible. De partment officials believe the moral eff feet of a single conviction would soon drive prices down by warning specula tors against withholding foodstuffs tC raise prices.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
Creed of tho Ruav Man.

believe in the stuff | am handing out, in the firm am. working for and in my abilit, to get results. l believe that honest stuff can be passed out to honest men by honest methods. l be- lieve in working, not weeping; in boosting, not knocking, and in the pleasure of my job. l believe a man gets what he goes after, that one deed done today is worth two deeds tomor- row, and that no man is down and out until he has lest faith in himself. I be- lieve ill today and the. work l am do- ing. in tomorrow and the work hope to do and in the sure reward which the future holds.
 l believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship und in honest competition. l believe there is something doing, somewhere. for every man ready to do it. believe I'm ready-right now!-Elbert Hub bard
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
Life of a BattIeship.

We are continually reading in the newspapers that various battleships have been completed, launched and for how long they have been commissions cd. There are probably few people, however, who know how long a~bat- tlcship lasts. The average life of a modern battleship is about fifteen years. In the old days battleship was on active service nearly the whole time of its commission, which was about hundred years.
 The Victory was forty years old when she fought at Trafalgar, and the Royal William, which was built in 1870, was not "scrapped" until 1S13.-- London Mail.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
FOR STATE FOOD INQUIRY.
PennsyIvania's Governor Asks Power to Name Commission.

A resolution that would empower Eovernor Brumbaugh to appoint a commission to investigate the causes of fine increase in the cost of foodstuffs and other necessaries of life has been adopted by the lower house of the Pe4nsylvania legislature.
 The resolution was offered soon after a special message had been received frozn the governor in which he said rhe prices of many staple foods are so flgh as to|cause serious concern "for our arm,es of toilers and their fami- Hes and suggesting that he be em- powered to appoint such commission. Several other resolutions of a similar character were also presented.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
Substitute For Tobacco.

Throughout the tropical orient the natives employ a substitute for tobac- co consisting of a slice of areca palm nut, wrapped in betel leaf, favored with a fine lime made of native sea- shells and colored with carmine. The habit is universal, especially with the women, and sellers of "betel nut" may be seen on many of the street corners In Saigon and other cities of Indo- China.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
Squabs.

4 squab grows enormously the first twelve hours and still more rapidly after the third day. Squabs are at first sparsely covered with long filaments of down, the root of each flament in- dicating the point from which each fu- ture feather is to start. The down for awhile still hangs on the tips of some of the feathers during their growth and is thought by some to be finally absorb ed into the shaft of the growing feather
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
CIeanina the Teeth.

o A clean tooth never decays.
 o The best way to clean the teeth
 o is to place the bristles of the
 o brush firmly against the teeth
 o and with q rotary or scrubbing
 o motion go up and down the sur
 o face of the upper and lower teeth
 o both inside and out and up on
 O the gums. Go also behind the o teeth. After seeing that every
 o bit of the surface of the teeth
 has been cleaned fin this way o rinse the mouth thoroughly, O forcing the water between the
 O teeth several times to loosen O any food particles. Do this more O than once and always spit 1t out. o To keep the teeth as clean as o they should be kept fin order to o preserve them and prevent de- o cay 1t is necessary to wash them after each meal so as to re- O move all food particles. They o should also be washed the first o thing in the morning and the O last thing at night It Is well O to have more than one brush on o hand at Il time, so that 1t will o neter be necessary to use wet, o limp brush. o n o 1 1 n n p n p n n n n n n n 1
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
NINETEEN KILLED IN CRASH,
Family of Noted College Athlete Wiped
 Out.

Nineteen persons were killed, among Them Chester A. Minds, Pennsylvania football star in 1913, his wife and baby and other members of his family in a Pennsylvania railroad wreck at Mount Union Station, Pa.
 Mercantile express No. 6, from Pitts n1rgh to Philadelphia and New York, sn which those killed were travelling, was struck by fast freight at Mount Union Station on the Pennsylvania s middle division, forty-six miles east of Altoona.
 Pennsylvania railroad officials stat ing that there were nineteen known dead. eighteen of them passengers, ex- press the fear that more names will be added to the fatality list.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
Handsome Serenity.

George Washington was never guilty of deception"
 Maybe not. 1 don't believe, in fact, that he ever looked like lis pictures on our postage stamps. But. Of course, he wasn't responsible for them."- Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
The Wronu Word.

"Oh, come! Stop borrowing trouble"
 Borrowing! Gee whiz, man, trou- ble isn't like money! When I borrow money I can forget about it right away."-Boston Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
LouicaI Conclusion,

"Electric wires must be quick tenn pered."
 "Why2"
 Because it seems so dangerous to cross them. Baltimore American.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
Lord BaIfour Llected Chairman

Lord Balfour of Burleigh has been e!c1ted chairman of the Carnegie Edu, Satlonal trust in Ensiand Oil nomina ton of Lords Bryce, Haldane and Shaw, succeeding the late Lord Elgin.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
No Hanainus.

Him-How d'd you like the stage hanginps in that Shakespeare show2 -Ia-Th~ro ~.r cn't no hangings, V boob! He killed 'cm with sword.- ornell Widow.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01
His Grouchy Opinion.

"The office should seek the man." And the girls aren't hanging back either these days. s."-Kansas City Jour- nal.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01

.1cn 0 i.J ,.., i,.. ..,.G ...c fal,luC d. mol reVoIr IL Is men wnU, aitnougn thry mp '.n ..e' gre rising who re. volt.-W. G. Sumner.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-01

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
INTO HEROES GRAVES
Two American Ambulance Workers
Killed When Shell Hits Car.

Paris, Aug. 1.-Two. American am
bulance workers wefe lowered to
heroes graves today somewhere in
France" They were Perley Raymond
Hamilton of Clinton, Mass, and James
Wilson Galley of New Park, Pa. The
full honors of the French army funer-
al service were accorded them and
French poilus reverently saluted the
American flags with which their cof-
fins were decorated.
A French general pinned the war
cross of France to the folds of these
flags and pronounced a glowing
eulogy on the two Americans. He re-
vea4ed- fer~the first time that Galley,
had he lived, would have received a
decoration for bravery in action two
days before he was killed.
The two ambulance workers were
killed byaa shell which struck their
loaded ambulance Sunday morning.
They had two '1ying" cases and two
''sitters" in the ambulance. Hamilton
was at the wheel and Galley was clos
ing the rear door when the shell
burst. The lying cases escaped al
tho the ambulance was wrecked, but
the two Americans with the sitting
men were instantly killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
But 1t Was on the Front and
Not Back Porch.
Disguised Husband Says Wife
Had Yelling Fit.
She GOULD THROW, HE SAYS
Knives, Forks, Plates Among
Her Favorite Weapons.
j. F. Northrup Also Says Wife
Took Fancy to Another.

J. F. Northrup whose wife, Ger
trade, sued him for divorce because
he was non-communicatiye, because.
he wouldn't talk to her, admits the
charge. He says it's a fact IN an
answer and cross petition he filed in
the Shawnee county district court to-
day. The explanation as he gives it
is simple. Mr.. Northrup is polite and
was talking. He says that for the
last year he has had no opportunity
to talk; that she kept up continual
TRADE of talk and abuse every time
he was in the house.
That feature of his wife'S petition
disposed of Northrup lists his obJec-
ton to the lodging of handsome
young man in their home for three
months just because his wife took
fancy to him. Ncrthrup says his wife
and that he stayed at their house
where he had board and lodging for
three months for nothing.
GrateEouse and Mrs Northrup were
sufficiently familiar. Northrup says.
that Gratehouse felt at liberty to tele-
graph her for SIS from some town in
Iowa.
Northrup says his wife has had
sufficient practice throwing things to
make a heroic grenadier; that she has
thrown everything at him that is COM
monty found in a home, including
knives and forks and plates, and even
the butcher knife. She had such
throwing spells about once a week, he
says, and he adds that at such times
she has threatened his life at least
one hundred times.
STOPPED on Front Porch.
Once in 1916, Northrupp says, his
wife began to talk to him in an or
binary tone of voice, waxed earnest
and talked louder and finally yelled
and screamed, then ran out on the
front porch, bent over in, a stopping
position and screamed until the neigh
borS came.
In her petition Mrs. Northrup de-
clared her husband refused to take
ner any place Northrup answers that.
He says that once during the 1915
free fair he found that he could get
away from his work and telephoned
his wife asking her to go to the fair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
DON'T Divide POT
Arthur Brisbane Applies Poker
Philosophy to the War.
He Says Germany Has Had All
the War She Wants.

Washington, Aug. Arthur Bris-
bane printed the following in the
Washington Times under the caption
Today
In a game of poker, when a man
says, "Pll divide the pot with you,"
you know that he doesn't hold four
aces-more likely to hold deuees. If
you are wise you refuse to divide the
pot and you get the stakes.
Germany and Austria every other
day say to the allies: "Pll divide the
pot, / don't want your territory or
your money indemnity. Let's call it
even.'' That's very good sign-for
the allies.
All the peace talk comes from Ger
many-a very good sign.
German statesmen from the em-
peror down are suddenly filled with
a horror of war. They are a little
late with this horror, but better late
than never.
When Germany gets out of this war
which she will succeed in. doing
after being thoroly beaten-she will
have had all the '.horribleness" and
all the fight that she needs and more
1t is an expensive war in men and
money. But in killing a mad dog, ex-
pense does not count. You must
kill II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
HEAT GETS OFFICERS
One Hundred Students in Hospital
at FIT. Myer, Va.

Washington, Aug. More than
$50 members of the officers training
camp at Fort Nfyer. Va, are in the
hospital as a result of the intense heat.
Most of the prostrations resulted from
the marches to Edsall, the govern
ment range One battalion OF four
companies was sent there Monday and
returned Tuesday. Out of the four
companies more than 100 were over
come. Another battalion started for
the range Tuesday afternoon and by.
this evening 35 men had been brought
back out of one company alone.
Six motor trucks and two post
motor ambulances are constantly at
work carrying the stricken soldiers
back to the post.
Washington got her first real smash
of summer heat Tuesday. From cab
met officials to negro porters Wash
ington swe1tered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
SELL POISONED SOAP
That Is the Latest Stunt of the Ger
man Propagandists.

Washington, Aug. Poisoned soap
is the latest weapon used by German
propagandists in this country, it was
stated at the department of justice to-
day. Peddlers have been selling soap
impregnated with typhus, tetanus and
other germs, it is declared.
Department of justice agents have
a number of persons under surveil
lance. among them a well known
chemist of German extraction, and it
is expected important arrests in the
conspiracy will be made in a few
days.
Six arrests were made in a small
town in Illinois Tuesday in connection
with the sale of court plaster. In
pursuing the investigation, department
of Justice agents learned that poison
ed soap also had been sold by the
men. All those under arrest are Ger
mans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
q STATE JoURNAL-WEDNEsDAY EVENING. AUGUST l. 1917

with him that afternoon. He quotes
her: You and Clarence can go but
the hired girl will stay at home"
Clarence was their son and the hired
girf' meant Mrs. Northrup, the hus-
band states Notwithstanding that re-
ply Northrup says his wife went to
the fair two afternoons without him.
Mr.. Northrup wants the 13-year-old
boy who is still at home. That is, he
wants equal custody with Mrs. North
rup. But he declares that the mother
ran their Oldest boy away from home
with her whippings and seedlings
when he was A years of age and that
they have never heard from him since.
There will be no alimony paid to
Mrs. Northrup willingly. That is ap-
parent in the cross petition filed today
Northrup says he begins work at
O'Clock in the morning and seldom
finishes before 5 in the afternoon and
that his wife cooks or did cook one
meal a day for him. But, he adds,
she is a trained nurse and earns as
much as he does. or more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
RANGERS FOR GUARDS
Governor Of Texas Afraid His LIE Is
in Danger.

Austin, Tex, Aug. Believing
that the embittered feeling caused by
political antagonism might result in
attempts on his life, Governor James
E. Ferguson has surrounded himself
with Texas Rangers. A number of
Rangers have arrived here to act as
the governors personal bodyguard
The program for impeachment pro-
ceedings against the governor. and a
special session of the legislature to pass
on the facts, will be carried on as
originally planned, according to an
nouncements made today.
: c. w. Woodman, state labor COM
missioner, was arrested Tuesday on
eight indictments returned by the
Travis county grand jury. He is
charged with padding his expense ac-
counts. He gave bond. Woodman's
Indictment and arrest is the fifth
among state officials in the last few
days.
Governor Ferguson has convened
the legislature to meet in special ses-
sion at noon today to re-pass the ap-
preparation bill of the State university,
which he vetoed a few weeks ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
II Is REASONABLE.

II 1TeSlSODstDlc
Continuing, Mr.. Ripley says: When
1t is considered that the average
equipment of today will carry about
so, 900 and most of it $4,000 pounds
and over the minimum of $4,000
pounds which the state of Kansas re-
fuses to advance is nothing less than
IAN outrage upon investors, gross
discrimination against shippers fur
nishing large loads, and in this time
of war such an aid and comfort to
the enemy as to be really reasonable
Wisconsin allowed an advance to
40, 900 pounds the other day, and re-
Gently Minnesota granted miserly
advance from 10000 to 10000. KAN
sas denies any relief. And there you
have the conflict and confusion which
beSet us everywhere.
Applications for better loads are
pending in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri,
Nebraska and many other states; but
the progresS-or rather, the lack of
progress-is discouraging.
I'm the last year the Santa Fee ham
died 56,512 carloads of flour and
other grain products, which loaded
on an average about $4,000 pounds.
the larger load of the interstate move
ment having pulled down in the aver
age by the smaller loads in the states.
Had this average load of less than 49,
600 pounds been increased by 1000
pounds and made merely a fair load
of $4,000 pounds, the Santa Fe would
thereby have saved for other trans
portation uses and for other shippers
about one car out of four-that is,
in moving 56,512 shipments of grain
products it employed about $4,000
cars more than were necessary for
that transportation. What stupen-
dous waste for only one carrier on
only one commodity. What I say
about grain products is true in vary
ing degrees of many, other comrnodi-
ties moving in large quantities.
The main purpose of this state
ment is to impress upon the minds of
newspaper readers. by the force of
concrete facts, the burning disgrace
of so-called state regulation"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
UP TO LOCAL BOARDS
They Must Pass Upon Exemptions of
All Married Men.

Unless changes are made in exist
ing rules, local exemption boards will
be permitted to pass on claims of ex-s
emption by married men selected for
army service. Rulings were sought
from the attorney general. but no rul-.
board will probably leave the mar
rage exemption matter entirely in
the hands of the local boards.
Lengthy kilograms of detailed in
structions have come to the appeal
board from Provost Marshal Crcwder,
but the responsibility for determining
the right of exemption of married men
has not been fully settled. Until an
order to the contrary is issued from
Washington, the work will be left in
the hands OF the boards In the local
registration districts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
HOLD UP RECRUITING
Local Naval Station Will Receive No
More Applicants This Week.

The local recruiting office of the
United States navy will not accept APP
plicants this week, according to orders
received from Kansas City, which
were forwarded from Washington
Recruiting will stop until the first
class of drafted men has been notified
by the local exemption boards These
orders, however, apply only to APP
prentice seamen and firemen, and do
not apply to machinists nor to ships
cooks.
list three men each week as apprentice
seamen and cooks. But this will stop
until Monday morning, when, it is
Understood that the draft procedure
will be under way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
SUFFS INTO CAMPAIGN
n. Y. Women Organize to Draft Plat
form for Mayora1ty Race. :

New York, Aug. Women ars to
take an active part for the first time
in the coming New York mayoralty
campaign. A woman's committee of
one hundred was organized today to
draw up woman's platform to be sub
mitted to the mayora1ty candidates.
Among other things, the platform will
provide for police women to deal with
missing girl cases, community mar
kets and an increased number of
health centers and infants milk sta
tons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
RACE CIRCUIT OPENS
Good Attendance at Council Grove
Speed Carnival.

Council Grove, Kan, Aug. 1.-The
Kansas Oklahoma racing circuit
opened here with one of the best
cards witnessed here in years and
good crowd was in attendance.
The first race of the program, 2:20
trot, was won by Ada Allerton. owned
by w. P James, IN straight heats. The
2.17 pace also was won in straight
heats, Maxwell, a bay gelding owned
by E. A. Rumbel, taking the money.
Two running races also were on the
first days program.