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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
TO OBSERVE WAR DAY
Kansas Schools Will Celebrate With
Programs April B.

Kansas schools will observe war an
nfversary day April 5, with special pa
priotic programs. Plans for the an
niversary demonstrations are being
prepared by the educational commit
tee of the state council of national de-
tense.
/. Thru the observance of war ami
versary day, Kansas school children
will boost for the third liberty loan is
sue. Veterans of other wars and men
in service in the present war, will
make speeches in hundreds of schools
Special musical programs have been
prepared and the war songs of the
children will respond to the patriotic
speeches of the veterans and the men
in service in the war against Prussian-
ism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
DR.. POLAND CONVICTED
Anti-Tobacco Crusader Charged With
Cruelty to Animals.

DR.. NJ. E. Poland, anti-tobacco cru
sader. was found guilty of cruelty to
animals by a jury in the Shawnee
county district court. The case was
tried before Judge Robert D. Carver
on ar appeal from the police court.
Sentence was deferred until Saturday
and Doctor Poland was released on
lis own recogniZance.
Doctor Poland opened an anti-to
bacco crusade in Topeka several
m lnths ago in which he spoke be-
fore school children and killed a cat
with nicotine during one of his lee
lures. Sharp criticism was aimed at
him for killing the cat, ending in his
arrest and trial in police court. The
prosecution while DR.. Robert Gordon
and others sympathized with Doctor
Poland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
NAMES FRED VOILAND
Topeka Merchant Made Chairman
Shawnee Defense Council

Fred Voiland, well known Topeka
merchant and representative from the
North Topeka district in the session of
1913, has been named by Governor
Capper as chairman of the Shawnee
county branch of the council of ma
tional defense. Voiland was appoint
ed to succeed Henry w. McAfee, re-
signed.
When the Shawnee county branch
of the defense council was organized,
McAfee was placed at the head of the
service. Increased responsibilities,
however, made it impossible for Nc
Afee to continue at the head of the
organiza ton. Noiland, who has been
active in war service work since the
United States entered the war, takes
over the county Craftsmanship at once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
CHANGES HIS VOCATION
Deserter Tries Farming, Then Bur-,
glary and Guard House Is Next.

sulphur Okla, March 19-Curtis
Saunders, alleged deserter. Company
G, IA infantry, Camp Bowie, Texas,
is held by the police here today pend
ing word from military authorities at
Bowie.
Saunders, alleged to have deserted
December s, has been working on a
farm near Davis, Okla, under the
alias of George Thompson His iden-
tity was disclosed when he was taken
into custody on a charge of robbing
the farm house where he was en-
ployed. Saunders was waiting for a.
northbound train when arrested.
His home is in Dallas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
NOSE CL0GGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

All! What relief Your clogged
nostrils open right up, the air pas
sages of your head are clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawk
ing, snuffIing, mucous discharge, head
ache dryness-no struggling for
breath at night, your cold or catarrh
is gone.
Don't stay stuffed upi Get q small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of this
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nos
tEils let it penetrate through every air
passage of the head; soothe and neal
the swollen, inflamed mucous MEM
brane, giving you instant relief. Ely's
Cream Balm is just what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has been seeking.
It's just plendid.-Advertise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
STOPS BACKACHE
In FEW MINUTES
Rub lumbago, pain, soreness,
stiffness right out with
est. Jacobs Liniment"

When your back is sore and lame
or lumbago. sciatfca or neuritis has
You stiffened up, don't suffer- Get a
small trial bottle of old, honest "St
Jacobs Liniment" at any drug store
pour a little in your hand and rub it
right into the pain or ache, and by the
time you count fifty, the soreness and
lamenesS is gone.
Don't stay crippled! This soothing,
penetrating iniment takes the ache
and pain right out and ends the mis-
cry. 1t is magical, yet absolutely
harmless and doesn't burn or discolor
the skim.
Nothing else stops lumbago, sciatica
and lame back misery SO promptly and
surely. 1t never disappointsi-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
FOR 365-DAY ROADS
III. s.. Putney Points Out Duties of
Topeka Business Men.

Topeka business men are to be ask
ed to give $1,000 to the Kansas Good
Roads association for use in promot-
ing hard surfaced roads for Shawnee
county, according to a prediction made
at the Chamber ofiCommerce Monday
night by H. S. Putney, chairman of
the good roads committee of the
Chamber. The prediction was made an
the form of a statement of what the
Topeka business men ought to do, and
it elaborated on the benefits that
would accrue to Topeka and Shawnee
county by a system of 365 day roads
in the county.
]. Frank Smith. general manager
of the Kansas Good Roads association,
made the principal talk of the even
ing. explaining the workings of the
federal aid road law, the Kansas road
law and the interlocking devices that
bind the two laws to each other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
HOLD HEARING ON GIRLS
Meeting of Public Housekeeping
Board April IL.

Final action concerning the hours
of employment for women and girls
in hotels and restaurants VIII pc
taken at a meeting of the public
housekeeping board Wednesday, April
II. Notices of the meeting We're pub
lished today by Miss Lima Bresette
secreta ry of the state welfare commits
sion, which has supervision over the
housekeeping board.
Recently the board urged the adop-
ton of an hour scale, which meant a
decided shakeup in the working hours
of a number of hotels and restaurants.
The order was checked up to the state
labor department and the industrial
welfare commission for confirmation.
Today announcement was made that
a public hearing will be held April
II to make final disposition of the
question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
Best, safest cathartic for liver
and bowels, and people
know it.
They're fine! Don't stay bilious,
sick, headachy or
conStipated.

Enjoy life, Keep clean inside with
CaScaretS. Take one or two at night
and enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever experienced.
Wake up feeling grand Your head
will be clear, your tongue clean,
breath right. stomach sweet and your
liver and thirty feet of bowels active.
Straighten up Stop the headaches.
bilious spells, bad colds and bad days
Brighten up. Cheer up, Clean up!
Mothers should give a whole Cas-
caret to children when cross, bilious,
feverish or if tongue is coated-they
are harmless-never grippe or sicken-.
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
WERE HONEST MATCHES
Two WrestIers Seriously Injured il
Atlantic City Contests.

Atlantic City, n. J., March 10
George Bothner. 81 years old, of New
York, champion lightweight wrestler
of the world, broke his leg here in a
bout with Frank Rice of Boston. In
gripping Rice in a flying body scis-
sors, his toe caught beneath Rice's
body and his left leg snapped above
the ankle.
Pinky Gardner, of Schenectady, N
Y, in a second bout, was proba bly,
fatally injured when Mike Yoke1. of
Salt Lake City, threw him over the
rope Gardner landed on his head
and sustained conclusion of the brain
Yokel. who is the middleweight cham
pion, and George Fisher of New York,
the referee, were taken into custody
by police to await the outcome of
Gardner'S injuries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
BIG HANGAR COLLAPSES
Army Aero Shed Caves in During
Storm, Killing Two, Injuring 80.

Miami, Fla. March 19.-Two men
were killed and thirty-three others
were injured early today in the col
lapse of an unfinished hangar at the
Dinnerhey naval air station, five miles
south of here, during a storm.
Nine of the most seriously injured
were brought to Miami for treatment
The others were given first aid on the
grounds. The dead are: Matthew
Mullen, Brooklyn, N. Y, and an I'M
identified man.
About forty workmen, whites and
negroes, were on the night shift rush.
ing to complete the plant. They were
working around a concrete mixer be-
meath the hangar when it collapsed in
a windstorm.
Altho incomplete, the station al
ready is being used for the training
of naval air pilots and observers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
PRACTICE FLIGHT FATAL
American Aero Sergeant Killed and
British Captain Injured.

Fort Worth, Tex, March 19.-Sergt.
Ellis B. Watt, IS, Portland, Ore,
royal flying corps, was killed, and
Capt L. V. Drake. England, slightly
woun1ed late yesterday afternoon
wher their plane fell 800 feet to
earth.
Sergeant Watt was making a prac-
tice flight with Captain Drake, com
mander of the school of technical
training, in which Watt was a student,
when the accident occurred. Tho
only slightly injured, Captain Drake
was taken to the aviation field hos
nil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
WIN Is FRENCH CROSSES
New England Division ''Makes a KILL
ing'' in Winning Hero Medals.
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.

BY FRED s.. FERGUSON.
With the American Army in France,
March 1S.-American troops of the
New England division, stationed in the
Chemin des Danes sector, have won
twenty-five French war crosses. The
censor permitted this fact to be an
nounced today.
The past weeks ideal weather has
dried up the mud along the American
lines and rendered the trenches
warmer and more comfortable.
The nearer the Samnlies get to the
front, it may be observed, the greater
is their respect for the boche and the
keener is their appreciation of the i'm
portance of their job. Their "jumpi-
ness has disappeared, however. and
all the troops thoroly seasoned.
The greatest interest is displayed
turnout the front over Secretary Bak-
er's visit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

Eght-Hour Service by Aerial Route
Planes to Land on Skyscraper.

Washington, March 19.-Aeroplane
mail delivery from New York to St
Louis in eight hours may grow out
of the aerial route to be opened by
the postoffice department in May be-
tween Washington and New York
The department is working to make
the aeroplane the commonest instru-
ment CT quick deliveries
One problem is starting and
alighting device that will permit-Iand-
ing on a skyscraper. This will elimi-
nate the necessity of having a 100
acre landing field such as the depart
ment is trying to find in New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
AT OSAWATOMIE
Nelson j. Roscoe, Friend of John
Brown, Is Dead.

New. York, March 19.-Nelson J.
Roscoe, surveyor and civil engineer
and once intimate friend of John
Brown of Civil war fame, died here
Monday. He was % years old. Mr..
Roscoe was born in Elizabethtown.
n. Y. in 1920. He was director of
schools in Troy, N. Y, in 1860 and
went to Osawatomie, Kan, for his
health, arriving there just before the
famous fight between Browns forces
and Missourians who had invaded
Kansas.
Mr.. Roscoe aided in the surveys for
the Union Pacific and the Missouri
Kansas & Texas railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
COUNTY ATTORNEY TO WAR
BRAN Schulman, of Garden City
Goes in the Next Draft.

Garden City. Kan, March 10
County Attorney Abram Schulman,
being among the first to be drawn in
the next draft, this week appointed
B. F. Stocks as deputy county attor-
ney to fill out his unexpired term
Stocks is one of the Oldest mem
bers of the Finney county bar and has
held many offices of public trust in
the past and will ably fill the county
attorneys office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
FINE FOR RHEUMATISM!
Musterole Loosens Up Those
Stiff Joints-DriveS Out Pain

Youth know why thousands use Mus.
terole once you experience the glad re.
lief it gives.
Get a jar at once from the nearest
drug store. It is a clean, white ointment
made with the oil of mustard. Better
than a mustard plaster and does not
blister. Brings ease and comfort while
it is being rubbed on!
Musterole is recommended by many
doctors and nurses. Millions of jars are
used annually for bronchitis, Group, stiff
neck, asthma, neuralgia, pleurisy, rheu-
matism, lumbago, pains and aches of the
back or joints, sprains. sore muscles.
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds Of
the chest Git often prevents pneumonia.
SOC and 6Oc jars; hospital size $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

my own tests OF it TO excel any pre-
paration / have ever used for creating
red blood. building up the nerFes,
STRENGTHENING the muscles and correcting
digestive disorders. The manufacturers
to be congratulated in having given to the
public a long-fet want. true tonic snip
plying iron in easily digested and as
simulated form. A true health builder IN
every sense Of the word If you are not
strong well you it to yourself To
make the following test: See hopESieng
you can work or how far you can walk
without becoming tired Next take two
e-grain tablets Of Nuxafed Iron. fHres
times per day after meals for TIVE weeks.
Then test your strength again and see
for yourself how much you have gained
Many an athlete or prize fighter has won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

the day simply because he knew the secret
of great strength and endurance which
comes from having plenty Of iron in the
blood while many another has gone down
to inglorions, defeat simply for lack OF iron
NOTE.-Suxafed Iron which has been 10
successfully used by some Of the Worlds
Greatest AthIetes and which is prescribesi
secret remedy. but one which Il well known
to druggists everywhere. TnIfk6 the older
inorganic iron products, IL Is easily assim-
ilateIi, does not injure the teeth. make them
black nor ursst the stomach: The mlnufac-
turtrs guarantee successful ind entirely
satisfactory results to every, purchaser or
they will refund your money. II Is dis peIsed
in this city by Arnold Drug Co.. Brunt-
Martin Drug Co.. Geo. w. stansffeld A. G
klingaman Co. and all other druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

~ u Nj ltlN lIou-Dt-
fore they are SO ready
to be taken up and
assiInilated by the.
human system. But
in face of all that has
been said and written
ON this subjest by
well-known p h y
sicians. thousands Of
people still insist in
losing t h 9 mselves
with metallic iron
simply. | suppose. be-
cause 1t costs a few
cents less. l strongly
advise readers, in all
cases, to get a ply
sician's prescription
for organic iron
Nuxated ron-or If
you don't want to go
to this trouble, then
purchase only Nux-
ated Iron in its orig
inal packages and see
that this particular
n a m q tNCXATED
FROM appears on
the package. If you
have taken prepara-
lions such as Nux
and Iron and other
similar Iron products
and failed to get re-
suits, remember that
such products are an
en- t irel~ different
thing from Nuxated
Iron
DIR. A. J. Newman.
formerly House Sur
geon. jefferson Park
Hospital. Chicago. in
commenting on the
value of Nuxated
ron. said:
This remedy has q
proven through
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

A most enjoyable surprise party was
given Mr.. and Mrs. John Nelson at their
home. 226 Kline street. Saturday evening,
by the members of Capital lodge MOI,
it was Mr. Nelson's birthday anniversary
and presented him with a handsome chair.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. t. f.
Armstrong. Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Myers, Mr.
and Mrs. A. +. Barry Mr., and Mrs John
Snyder. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Waggoner,
Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, Mr.. and Mrs. Bovey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gathers, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T.
Porter, Mr.. and Mrs. p. 7. Foster. Mrs.
Woodward and son, Mrs. Tinsley. of En-
James Branham Mrs. p. w. Sayers. Mrs.
Wood, Mrs. H. Barry, Mrs. VOORHEES,,
Misses Mabel Morgan. Anna and Ida Haha,
and Mr.. Jake Alsdorf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19
Is YEARS AGO In Topeka
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

: Fhe INFORMATION is given out at the secre-
tary of states office that ex-Secretary
of State VIM. Higgins not only pocketed the
fees belonging to the state during the last
months OF his service, but also
charged nearly double the amount allowed
by law.
A full Populist city ticket was placed in
nomination Saturday night, as follows
For mayor, A. B. Whiting. For councilman,
First ward, ]. H. Detwi1er. Second ward,
James MulIin. Third ward. Frank s. Stew
ems. Fourth ward, -; fifth ward, NJ. j.
Dalton. For members of the board of ed
ucation, First ward, William Green. Second
ward, Mrs. S. McLallin. Third ward, Mrs
e. c. Clemens. Fourth ward, DIR. J. p.
LOWS. Fifth ward, Thos. G. Shillinglaw.
For justice of the peace Calvin Ransom.
For constable, j. X. Donnell (colored).
A city central committee was appointed
consisting of DIR. A. A. Raub, First ward
Frank Curry, Second ward G. C. Clemens,
Third ward; Frank Herald, Fourth ward
W. T. Tucker, Fifth ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

Miss Daisy Hayes will entertain the For
Get-MeN Not club next Friday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

At a meeting of the North End Tennis
club last evening the following officers
were elected: Clarence Evans, president
Wilson Louch, vice president; Daisy Lakin,
secretary; Harry Noble. treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

Miss Anna Stevens returned to her home
in Cameron, Mo-, today after a visit to heI
sister, Mrs. ID. o. McCray.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-19

HEN interviewed on che baseball
Nf field, Harry Hooper,, famous star
w of the Boston Red Sox'' said:
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The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-21
The iron crosses which the

The iron crosses which the former German emperior so lav- ishly bestowed during the war are now being sold in Germany for five pfennigs, or about one American cent, apiece, tele- gram from Amsterdam says.
 The Carolina Baptist associa- tion is holding three days meet. ing at Lonoke this week. The as sociation takes in Lonoke, Pulas- Ri, and White counties. Hon. w P. Fletcher of Lonoke IS presid ing as moderator for the thir- tieth year.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-21
Office of The Adjutant' General State
 Of Arkansas

To Newspapers in Arkansas:
 From the very beginning of the operation of the Selectiye Service System in tLis State this Office has recognized that the success of it's administration depended largely upon the eX- tent to which the public was kept advised as to the progress and in pursuance of this policy of pub licity we have repeatedly called upon you to lend your aid and we now extend our sincere appreci- ation of the hearty response which has greeted our every call upon you for space and assure you that the assistance which you have rendered toward keep ing the public informed of their duties in connection with the draft is recognized as service which could have been obtained through no other medium.
 Having in mind these things and knowing full well that you stand ready to answer every call made upon you iD the name of the Nation we do not hesitate to again call upon you to give pub Iicity to the fact that there is now pending in this State a l Slacker.Deserter Drive and to give warming to every registrant that he shall at all times keep On his person the following official evidence:-
 1. Registration Certificate, Form 66.
 ?. Classification Card, Form 1907.
 5. All Limited Service Class men in this State have also been furnished a Form 65 stating that he is Limited Service man, which he must also keep on his person.
 Persons who have not register. ed cannot legally be in posses sion of any of the above mention. ed cards. Registrants who fail to keep these cards in their pos session at all times are liable to be detalned by Civil Authorities until same can be produced.
 You will please carry this warning in a prominent space ir each issue of your paper between now and November Both. Lloyd England.
 2S-2t Adiutant General
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-21

Ladies attention I have on had about three dozen wool si rts outof style but good for
 ter house skirts that you can h9E 1t bargain. Call and see b,.en at Buechley's.
 John Myers of near Kirksville, Missouri, who came to Carlisle last week with a car Of apples has removed them from the car to the Kring ice house where they will be in charge Of c. E. Myers until they are disposed of Mr. John Myers has return ed nome.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-21

A large crowd greeted Der. trand Lyon who presented the first lecture course number at the High School auditorium Tuesday night. MT. Lyon i'm personated Mark Twain's great story, Tom Sawyer and Huck- elberry Finn" in an enjoyable manner. The Independent will contain notice of the coming numbers in advance of their ap- pearance. They promise to be good ones and everyone should watch for them and be prepared to take them in.
 In our list of boys tbat went tC France we omitted the name oi Cyrus Gayhart. who is with the l14th Engineers, in the overseas duty.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-21
Lonoke County Memorial Association

At a meeting held at Lonoke afternoon, November 18th, 1918, the Lonoke County Memorial Association was orga nlzed for the purpose of erecting a suitable memorial to the boys of Lonoke County who have offer. ed their lives for their country, at home and abroad.
 A permanent organization was perfected by electing J. E. Hicks s of England as chairman, Chas A. Walls of Lonoke as Sec'y and Joe P. Eagle, Jake NJ. Gates. ". ". McCrary, ". H. Young, of Lonoke, J. L. DuCharme. of Car lisle. George P. Murrell of Cabot Freed Hutto and Willis Wilson of England as the Executive Com mittee for the Organization. It is proposed by the Memor- ial Association to erect mag nificent memorial at Lonoke, the County site, to cost many thou sand dollars, and every citizen of Lonoke County will be called up on to contribute his share when the final plans and specifications for a memorial are perfected. From unofficial reports, it ap pears that most of the Lonoke County boys will be returned home by the Government during tue early part of the year, and the committee plans to give a great celebration in their honor, when they are mustered ont of service.
 Committees on publicity, fl nance and plans. together with any other necessary con- mittees are to be selected at a later date, and the Association takes this method of asking all patriotic citizens in Lonoke County to lend thelr cooperation in this enter prise.
 J. E. Hicks, Chm
 Chas. A. Walls, Sec'y
 Joe P. Eagle.
 ". ". McCrary,
 Geo. P. MurreiI,
 Freed Hutto,
 Jake NJ. Gates.
 J. l.. DuCharme,
 ". H. Young. k Willis Wilson,
 Executive Com mittee.