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The state herald., 1917-01-26


from most Of his intimate friends.
Last Wednesday he was at his office
apparently hale and hearty. The next
day he collapsed as he was preparing
to leave the house. and the beginning
Of the end was at hand.
Mrs. Dewey and the ndmiral's' only
son. George. were at the bedside. They
had known there was no hope.
The body will be buried at Ar.
lington National Cemetery on the vir-
ginia shore Of the Potomac river.
where many Of Admiral Dewey's for
mer comrades have been laid to rest
before him.
The admiral died at $3.50 o'clock.
President Wilson and Secretary DAN
iels we're notified at once md the
news was flashed by wireless to
American naval vessels and stations
all over the world. The message car
ried orders that all flags be half
masted.
When news OF the Admirals death
was received at the White House.
President Wilson authorized the fol-
lowing statement:
I'm expressing his grief at the deala
Of Admiral Dewey the President said
the whole nation will mourn the loss
OF Its most distinguished naval Off.
Ger; q man who has been as faithful.
~ intelligent and as successful In the
performance Of his responsible duties
In time Of peace rs he was gallant and
successful In time Of war. II Is Just
such men that gives the service dis
tinction and the nation Just pride In
those who serve IT,"
Won Great Naval 0attls.
Admiral George Dewey. Hero Of
Manila Bay" fought and won tho first
great American naval battle against .
foreign foe since the war Of 1912.
His whole life was full OF honorable
achievement, from the days Of the
Civil War down 10 the time when. -
the head Of tho General Board, he be-
gan the last chapter OF his work By
laying plans for the defense Of his
country In time Of war. His life was .
striking exemplification Of the possi-
bilities OF y career based upon the OK.
act and intelligent performance Of sv-
cry routine duty which molds man
on inflexibie lines Of duty and hsnor.
0eerss Dewey was born In ~
shadow Of vermont's state capitsl at
Montpelier. Ca tho day following
Christmas In 1887.
Contrary TO spanish sxpsctatioas,
Dewey sailed inte Manila bay on the
night Of April 30 and n the mssniAs
Of tho next day he annihiiatsd A.
mirai Montojo's squadron. destroying
eleven wsrships and capturing all
other vessels and all the land batteries
without the loss Of Q man on The
American side.
In Farraeut's Historic oash.
Al tho outbreak Of tho Civil was
Dewey was % years old. He was CON.
missioued lieutenant. and guided the
Mississippi ~ its executive officer In
Farrssut's historic dash past New Or.
leans and its forts. He was not -
successful At Port Hudson. rarrasut
won through. but Dewey and the Mis-.
sissippi ran agrounA under the guAs
oe the forts. The ship was set on fire
and during The transfer Of the Grew
uadsr fire. the yovns Officer ''iivsS
five years In A heuS."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
GOOD ARGUMENT.

Former Senator Troutman presents
arguments against new constitution
that are almost unanswerable. 1t is
to be noted that New York at great
expense adopted an up-to-date new
constitution under the mastery direc-
ton of Senator Elihu Root-yet New
York defeated it by a half million
votes.
Senator Treutman pointedly says:
1.-The essential provisions of the old
constitution have passed thru the cru
chile. been judicially interpreted, and
are well understood.
"A new constitution is an incubator
for Matching lawsuits. Every new
section must run the garnut of the
courts, from the lowest to the highest.
Following the adoption of a new con-
stitution the policy of the state is in
turmoil and uncertainty. The adop-
ton of every new constitution always
has been followed by an enormous in
crease of litigation. This helps the le-
gal profession, but no patriotic lawyer
wants to be the beneficiary of public
disturbance and uncertainty, that can
be, and ought to be, avoided.
Amendments can be submitted
and voted upon at small fraction of
the expense of a convention. 1t is
within the bounds of conservatism to
say that ali the necessary changes III
our constitution can be made by
amendments at one-twentieth of the
cost of a convention.
1.-The people can vote more intelli-
gently upon a limited number of spe-
cific subjects, than upon a multitude
necessarily embraced in a complete in
strument True, many fail to vote
upon amendments. because of indiffer-
ence or lack of understanding. That
| class of voters would be augmented,
| UNNECESSARILY, if confronted with
more than a hundred propositions in
stead of one, two or three. They
would be impotent in the presence OF
such task, and would fail to vote,
| or vote No The good would be de-
! feated with the bad.
| Amendments may be submitted
without imperilling or again putting
| in issue, certain revered principles
| such as the homestead exemption, tan
exemption, prohibition and woman
| suffrage. Some of these were voted
into the constitution after years of pa
/ tient organization. agitation and sac
rifice. They should remain there, UNI
disturbed by the hazard and caprice
of a needless campaign. They might
not be seriously endangered, but would
have to fight for their lives, just the
same.
The chances of adopting meritor-
ious amendments are infinitely bette!
than of ratifying an entire constitu.
! ton"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01

any interest date, or to make partial
payments in addition to the regular
installment.
The requirement OF installment pay
ments on the amortization plan. as
outlined above. will serve. first, to
cultivate habits of thrift in the bor-
rover. and second, to make possible
the placing of the loans at a lower rate
of interest, since the gradual reduction
of the principal constantly improves
the security for the unpaid balance.
The privilege of optional payments
after the first five years leaves the
borrower free to discharge his indebt-
edness before the end of the loan
period, if he finds it convenient to
do so.
The federal land banks will perform
three important services. CD They
will convert the security which farm
mortgages afford into a negotiable
farfn-loan bonds. (2) They will fur
nish additional security for the pro-
lection of these bonds. thru their cap
ital and surplus. and thus make the
bonds more attractive to investors.
CD They will sell the land-bank bonds
in the open investment market, which
for obvious reasons, the small farmer
could not reach to advantage.
Both mortgages and bonds will be
exempt from all forms of taxation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
GERMANY,s DEFIANCE.

Germany's latest note declaring war
on all neutral shipping can hardly be
regarded as other than a challenge to
nations of the world not already en-
gagged in war TO enter it on the side of
the entente. 1t looks like the last des-
perate move of a country at bay.
Apparently. Germany prefers to go
down fighting the remainder of the
world rather than be starved into sub
mission by the enemies she already
has.
The United States is not in position
70 do her great harm. This is not
true of the Netherlands. In the Dutch
government she may find a foe that
will cause her to sit up and take no.
tice The reason for the recent mass
ing of German troops along the from
tier of Holland now seems plain.
The Dutch are maritime and a
trading people. and are likely to re-
sent promptly any interference with
their commerce on the seas.
If the United States be forced into
the war, the situation may not result
in a-y actual fighting on the part OF
this country but she will have a voice
in determining the terms of peace.
While the course of Germany wit
be severely criticised it should not be
forgotten that she is now truly fight
ing for her life. Nations as well as
men will do much when their exist
ence is threatened, that they would
not do under other circumstances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
AT ROTARY LUNCH
John Stutsman Tells OF Kansas
City's Municipal Farm.
Modern Jail Systems Great
Benefits Explained by Him.

While prisoners at the Shawnee
county Jail and the Topeka city jail
sat around on narrow hunks this aft
ternoon, denied sunshine and spend
ing their time smoking cigarettes,
playing cards and discussing crimes,
John Stutsman, superintendent of the
municipal farm at Kansas City, told
Rotarians. of a life of open air and
health led by prisoners at Kansas
City. The address of the KANSAS City
Elks' Club this noon is only a part of
a concentrated program of the To-
peka Rotary club to esta blish a n1u-
nicipal farm in Shawnee county.
with H. w. MeAfee. A. A. Rodgers
and Fred Voiland, who were guests
at the Kansas City municipal farm
Wednesday. His address was made
more interesting by stereopticon views
of the beautiful farm and its roads
at the mouth of the Kaw by the labors
of its underworld.
The old Jails.
First, the Rotarians saw a picture
of the jails of old still, in existence in
Shawnee county-men and women
sittin in dark cells, h e i I
thoughts. a deck of cards and to-
bacco their only companions. Then
! they looked upon a picture of a rocky
! hillside, the site selected by the board
OF welfare of Kansas City for the n1u-
! nicipal farm.
Picture after picture revealed the
transformation of the rocky hillside
into farm of beauty and fertility, a
farm, self supporting for it's work
/ ers. Vegetables. dairy barns, good
roads and grain for the cattle are al
found on the Kansas City farm.
Next, came pictures of the interior
! of the workhouse. Men and women
addicted to drugs were shown as they
entered the farm and then pictures
were thrown on the screen, showing
the same men and women after two
or three months of medical treatment
aided by Gods sunlight and fresh air
far away from the dirt, smoke ant
contamination of the city.
Ministers to Aid.
Not only are the Rotarians pledged
/ to perpetual fight for a municipa
| farm. The Topeka ministerial union
women's clubs and the Chamber O.
Commerce are all ready and willing
to go the limit to put Topeka, alleged
| moral peer of other cities. on a par il
/ the care of her unfortunates will
Kansas City, Denver and other cities
1t has been announced numerous time
that all ministers in the ministerial
alliance plan to preach a number o
sermons on municipal farm whel
the time is considered ripe for a pro
lection of the municipal farm plal
before an electorate, which, less thai
a year ago voted down a proposition
to build new city Jail.
A number of prominent senator
and Representatives were guests at tn
| Rotary club dinner today, includin;
Senator Charles E. Snyder of Leav
epworth, Judge Martin of Hutchinson
Senator Thompson of Hutchinson, w
Y. Morgan, lieutenant governor, ant
Senator Bergen of Summerfield.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01

The easiest. the most obvious, and
the most f milfar way TO criticise
pork. says Golfers, is To attack the in
Cfividual congressman. And that, after
All does not go to the root of the
matter. The real trouble is With the
home community which demands pub
lic buildings. making a congressman )
reelection derend upon his success
in getting them. It is not safe to as
sumo that any congressman likes to be
involved in the criticism that RACES
about pork. He'd much rather be re-
lieved. The most intelligent undoubt-
edly would like to be free to give their
thought and time to important pub
lie questions. Who can suggest how
TO start the machinery of a real re-
form-that is to say, a movement
which shall induce communities thru
out the country not to ask their con-
gresham for pork?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01

DR.. Geo. L. Vincent of Minnesota
nresiaent OF the American Sociolo5i
cai society, in a recent address made
the statement that farming as an IN
dnstrv paws the average farmer less
than day wages. lie said that olilS
increase in land values gives nm d
aelusive sense of prospecting from as-
rfcuIture; that tenancy is increasing
disconceTtingly even in the best farm
inc regions: that with the approach
Zig Of the last of the cheap govern :
1acnt lands opportunities Tor men
without capital Will grow rapidly less;
mat The rural population is lncreas-
:urlv taotIouse and migratory. ana
tbat bV reason of these conditions ed
,ieaticn. social life. political RESPONSE
lIlttv. moral standards and religious
fractions are beiuS neglected and un
,lermined a!arlninely. Vincent assert
ed mat 81 per cent Of the farms In
;his country are rented or worked on
shares by the men in, immediate
charge If these statements be true
TIE farm. loan bank has come none
too soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
NATURAL RESULT.

At its Baltimore convention. Novem-
i.-.- 20. 1916. the Federation of Labor
resolved. in substance. that deposits
~ postal savings banks be advanced TO
n,lricipalities for the purpose of
tuilding model dwellings for their in
i.sh..=nts; or. as an alternative. that
.-e federal government establish such
a system of credits that the inhabi-
tAntk of these municipalities may Dor
reu- niofiey for long terms at low inter-
80 rates to build homes free of tax
..don the resolution beginning and
snGing: "tnasmuch as the govern
g:-nt has already established rural
-. edits system for the benefit OF the
:s-.rer we believe it is an easy
ir-att4r for the government 20 take
rrch steps TO relieve the working peo-
PIE in Industrial centers OF the iti-
sdnitary homes that are now unfit for
habitation."
Thus the act. says Myron T. Herrick
in the February Atlantic, has borne It's
natural fruit far more quickly than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01

broken slippery elm covered with
boiling water. Let both st5nd for two
hours. Strain thru a cloth, put to-
gether. add one and one-half pounds
granulated sugar. boil till it forms a
lump in cold water (about ten min
utes.) Take from fire, and add juice of
one lemon Pour in creased pan.
Nut Creams-Two cups granulated
sugar, one tablespoon vinegar, lump
of butter size of walnut, one cup luke
warm water.
Boil evenly. Do not stir while boil
ing. When strip hardens when
dropped in cold water and is brittle,
pour on buttered granite pie tin and
stir Immediately until it becomes
white and creamy. Drop quickly With
a spoon on waxed paper Have halves
of English wa1nuts prepared to place
on creams as soon as dropped.
Simple Home Remedies.
Lip Salve-One and one-half ounces
spermaceti, one-half ounce white wax
six drachms camphor, four table
spoons lard.
| Hair Tonic@Two ounces Jamaica
! rum, six ounces bay rum, one-hal1
ounce glycerin, forty grains quinine
Mix md apply to roots of hair once
| a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
Shawnee Has Been Violating
Law for Last Eight Years.
Paying Last Years Warrants
Out of This Years Levy.
BILL TO RAISE SIS, 900 NOW
Measure to Legislature PrOvid-
ing for Levy at Once.
Another Burden To Be Placed
on Taxpayers Soon.

Discovery that Shawnee county has
been breaking the law for the last
six or eight years by paying last years
warrants out of this years levy today
called for drastic action on the part
of County Treasurer Campbell, Robert
ID. Carver, county attorney. and MEM
bers of the board of county commits
Sioners
As result bill is being prepared
Dy the county attorney providing for
placing special levy on the tax payer
that will raise $4,000 for the general
fund and thus take Shawnee county
out of an embarrassing position she
has occupied for years. The bill will
be introduced in the house and senate
tomorrow. The amount of the levy
necessary to raise the S25. 900 had not
been decided upon late this afternoon.
Present System Unsatisfactory
| For years the county has been ap-
proximately $25,O 900 behind each year
in the amount of money necessary to
pay current expenses. This caused
| the issuance of warrants cashed by
| Topeka banks and redeemed a year
| later out of the general fund for that
year. According to attorneys such Il
practice is illegal and should anyone
Wish the county could be made liable
| in sum for 1000 each year such a
practice is in existence.
/ Good Financial Condition.
Excepting for this one shortcoming,
| Shawnee county is given credit for be-
ing in the best financial condition of
! any county in the state, taking its size
into consideration. The SIS, 900 short
age was due to a suit filed against a
! county official at one time to get fees
he had drawn. According to the story
told, the county officials were so GER
| tain of winning the fees that they spent,
the money he was obliged to present.
awaiting the outcome OF the trial. But
the county lost and has been in hole
| ever since.
The bonded Indebtedness of Shaw
bee county is only $4,000. A sinking
! fund is in existence and the bonds are
/ met easily as they become due. 1t is
expected that the $4,000 levy will be
| made on one years taxes and that
| will wipe the slate clear forever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
WON'T ASK MORE CASH
Senate Decides Legislators Can Work
for tile Same Old Pay.

The Kansas senate went on record
this afternoon as being willing to work
for the same old salary in spite of the
high cost of living. BY a vote of 10
to 9 the upper house voted down the
concurrent resolution of Kanavel of
Harvey, providing that a constitution.
al amendment be submitted to the
people at the next general election for
an increase in salary of the members
of the legislature. The resolution
provided that members receive $500
for all regular sessions, SIS per day for
all extra sessions and 5 cents a mile
for trips to and from Topeka
The resolution was voted down upon
a motion of Price of Clark, who urged
that. in view of the other important
constitutional amendments demanding
attention this matter of more pay be
passed up to future date. The reso-
luton provoked considerable discus
sion on the floor of the senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01

Brad realized that the copper-haired
girl had gone; that somehow in his
confusion and thru her own pleading
he had left the buying of his ''wife's
present. to her own choosing. How
could he tell her, he asked himself,
that he was the kind of a dub of
fellow that had never got a wife,"
At her suggestion he had decided on
a sealskin coat and dozen pairs of
gloves. The girl had told him that
she must know the wife's coloring in
order to select the lining for the
coat, and he had told her that it was
almost exactly like her own; that be-
cause at the time he had thought
that particular shade of golden hair
the sort he would have wanted his
wife to have. And her hands, he told
her-well. they were just the regular
| size of hands and much the shape of
| her own.
| Several times the girl had to call
upon him with designs and samples
for the coat and each time it seemed
to Brad that the task Of letting her
know that he was the kind of a dub
OF fellow that had never married
would be harder
Then Christmas eve came and the
girl came with the bundles st want
ed to bring the coat" she said. so YOU
could tell me whether you truly like
It And you haven't bought anything
Tor ee; your mother. May l get it?'
That's the trouble" said Brad; and
he braced himself for the confession
/ L know you'll think I'm a dub of a
fellow, but the fact is I'm not married
at all, and So he went on. Il cam
make my mother happy and 1 don't
Know what l can do with these things
m all balled up, but if you can SEE
what I'm getting at I'll be grateful ]
| Wish L had wife to wear the things
out I'm queer, faint-hearted sort OF
Fellow. Won't you take the coat
Yours seems so thin and you look cold
! OF course, 1 know it isn't convention
al giving coats and things Don't hate
me for saying so, but 1 like you a !ot
and [ want you to wear it-not today
| but always
That was substantially what Brad
said and, truly, he never dreamed that
| the girl would take it as she did But
then, the girl had been attracted to
Brad from the first She was YER,
pretty and it didn't seem go very re-
markable that when the time came
she found one man so much more
compelling to her than all the othe,
men she had ever met that he should
also be drawn to her
Anyway, five minutes later, whel
she had snuggled into the warm GOA
and, then into Brad's arms he realized
with strange sense of gladness tina
ne had actually proposed for the frs
time in his life, that he had foiiuf
some one to wear the coat and tina
he had found his mothers Christina
Copyright, 1915. by the Me
CIufe Newspaper Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01

was anticipated. But the federation
is just and fair in its demands. II the
federal farm loan act is to remain in
force. Difficulties would be encoun-
tered, of course. in adapting it to con-
ditions in the cities on account of their
shifting centers, changing real estate
values, large apartment houses, and
unstable population. However. the
government must address itself to
meeting these demands and difficult
ties, or else get out of the private bust
ness of lending money for agricultural
purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
WORTH so MILLION
MANY German and Austrian Ships in
n. v. Harbor.

New York, Feb. AT the customs
house today it was said every rule in
augurated at the outbreak of the war
would now be enforced rigidlS. Any
vessel attempting to leave port with
out clearance papers Will be fired on
The treasury department issued an
official explanation that ships had
been prevented from leaving New
York fiarbor last night because OF
heavy fog which obscured their mark
ings.
Meanwhile the neutrality squad OF
the United States customs office has
been Increased. German and Aus
trian ships, valued approximately al
$50, 100000, tied UP in New York. are
being carefully watched.
Representative here off leading
British, French and allied shipping
lines said today the movements oil
their vessels would proceed as sched-
uled, regardless of the German note
defining a new naval warfare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


You can make very good short
ening at half the cost of lard TRY
out beef suet or fat g cents a pound1
and mix with cottonseed oil (bought
cottonseed oil in while yet warm.
Thls will make good pie crust
and can be used in the place of lard
at 20 cents a pound.
A simple way of trying out beef
fat or suet. Cut up in pieces as large
as ones thumb and place in a heaYs1
iron skillet O<ettle preferred) with u
little hot water and very low fire,
Try out the fat, then pour thru a
colander or sieve and press out the
grease with a spoon.
The cracklings are fine O feed TO
the chickens.
The shortening obtained in this way
is fine for frying eggs, potatoes
French toast, etc. Add trifle Of
butter with the beef fat
Also it is excellent for macaroni
and tomatoes. Cook macarorli SEP r
ately very slowly for twenty fninut IS
or half hour, then. af er heating the
beef fat with a trifle of butter to a
light brown, add the tomatoes after
they have been thoroly heated and stir
into the macaroni.
Homemade Compressed Yeast.
Take d small handful of dry hops,
put in q pint of water and let boil
slowly for twenty minutes
Crate two mediums sized potatoes
put in a crock, add a tablespoon each
of sugar and salt, three tablespoons
flour and teaspoon ginger; strain in
the hop water.
Stir well, let batter stand until luke
warm. add three yeast foam cakes
soaked, or a cup of yeast sponge, then
stir in enough corn meal to make stiff
enough to roll out about a half inch
thick. Cut in small cakes, put in a
warm place to dry.
Candies.
Cough Candy-Soak one gill whole
f1axseed in one-ha1f pint boiling
water. In separate dish one cur