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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
SPIES
H|NOER|NG WORK
Senator Overman Bares Secrets
of Troubles Encountered
in Various AirpIane
Factories.

Washington, ID. c., March 29-Stirred
by charges in the Senate of delays iii
the aircraft program the Senate mill
tary committee this afternoon sum-
moned Major Squier and Colonel Deeds
of the signal corps, in charge of air.
craft production, and Howard Coffin,
chairman of the aircraft board to az.
pear Immediately.
If j were secretary of war I wc;r.;
commander the Curtiss plant and vi:
out every man employed there and hire
Americans in their places" declared
Senator Ovcrman.
Senator Overman declared spies took
metal braces and sawed them in two.
joined the pieces with lead and then
painted them Yer. The first Gristol
machine tried fell. An investigation
disclosed the defect. Many other
as a result the building of Bristol ma
chimes was delayed two months while
inspectors n government agents went
over and closely examined the various
parts to replace tempered pieces.
Senate Overman stated 1t had been
this country, but he believed there are
100000. He said he was making no
charge against any employee of the Cur
tiss plant, but asserted that some of
their names sound un-.Amrrican and
added that W do know that spies
are In the plant and that they have
delayed the delivery Of machines"
MIR. Overman announced hat his in
formation had been obtained from a
detective whose name he intended Civ
ing to Chairman Chamberlain, OF the
Senate military committee, so that he
n others can be summoned before
the military committee.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

Industrial chemists are constantly
finding new and useful ways of dispos.
Ing of %byproducts. One Of the latesi
troublesome wastes to rise to the dig
NIFTY of q valuable commercial produc,
Is acetylene ash, says the Popular
Science monthly. This stuff, which
could not be disposed of probably s
short time ago. 10 now worth $50 q ton
An employee of a Los Angeles plant
Frank l.. Thompson. discovered that IL
could be used to make plaster, white.
wash and a substitute for marble dus:
that Is used In the %surfacing Of asphalt
highways.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

A means of making use of the cleo.
trio magnet under water has been de-
vised IN Japan. and 1t promises to be OF
great assistance in locating sunken yes
sells. to o which salvage opera
ttons on q big scale are expected after
the war. Tests on this magnet have re-
ands Of japanese shells, fired in prac-
tice at sea-. and 1t Is now understood
that 1t will be used in extracting shell
scraps from European battle fields. The
value OF the iron at present il huge.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
BIG ACREAGE or BARLEY
FOR eRULE COUNTY

Kimball. s. D., March 3e.-Brule
county armer are now in the fields
for the biggest drive in the production
Of all farm products that has ever
taken place. In view of the fact that
barley is bringing very high prices, it
is expected u very big area Of ground
will be seeded to this product. Weather
is ideal and there is ample Of moisture
in the ground.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
FISH HATCHERY MEN
At SEASONS WORK

Watertown. 8. D.. March s0.-south
Dakota's first state fish hatchery at
Lake Kampeska, near this CITY. has inst
been re-Opened for the 1918 season.
With the ice now going out Of the lake
o crew of expert hatchery men are en-
gagged in catching pike. pickerel and
perch from which to secure the spawn
for h seasons operations. II is
planned to hatch nearly 100. 900, 900 fish,
which will be distributed trrouxhout
the state. II the spawn can DO secured.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

Maine has come to the front with a.
young fellow OF 95 who has gone to
work az q sawyer for a lumber com.
pany. Last spring he retired and went
to live with a son. but a rest so Inn
proved his health that he has gone back
to work at active labor, says Capper,s
Weekly. This husky veteran has one
SON.. known 10 the baby Of the family.
that he u very partial to. The baby
recently celebrated his >72nd birthday
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
E. p. THoRNE.
v DAKOTA

In an effort to protect the salmon
run ana probably enhance the pack, tho
British Columbia authorities are re-
ported. in adNiccs from the Pacific
coast, To be making war on the hair
seals which are charged With eating
immense quantities Of saimori ut the
mouth OF the Fraser river. y Nancou-
YER report states that. after observing
the launts of the seals on the Fraser
sandheads, one OF these shoals was re
emily mined, high explosives and
rl,araes of metal being placed in cans
below the surface of the sand, which
the next high tide Smootled over. AT
low tide the seals returned to their
place in the sun and were not dis
:urbed. The ~ day nearly 200 seals
gathered on the sands. and the cNplo-
vive was touched off by n battery from
which wires led to the seal ground. The
explosive killed every seal. tearing the
animals into small fragments. Other
blasts will be set off. for this is the
big sockcye salmon year aud protection
of tho run is vital.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
LlTHUANiA TO
PAY PART WAR DEBT

Washington. ID. c., March ga re-
port today from American Minister
Norris at Stockholm. says Germany
has agreed to recognize the independ-
ence of Lithuania provided it joins the
German confederation and shoulders a
part OF the German war debt.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
Allies Have 100000 Reserves
Including 100000 Americans
By United Press.

Washington. ID. c., March 2s.-The allies have a mobile army of
100000 men ready to strike at the fatering Germans and the time for
the stroke is here. a high American army officer stated today.
IL is possible that 100000 American troops are available for this
huge maneuver force to he thrown against the TeutonS. he added.
With the American Armies i'm the Field. March 2s.-Thr Amer
lean army is continuing to give such help as is possible to stem the
German tide. bv releasing Iltnch troops for the bic FIGHT.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
hoodoo.

II suppose you place n bet OCCASION
Ally on the p0niesy" said the spectator
Who was willing to lose II few dollars
Just for the fun of the thing.
"Oh, yes" replied the maj who was
wearing a purple vest.
Glow about this horse, Isabel, CHI
tered in the second racer
II wouldn't bet on that horse If she
we're Il hundred-to-one shot. I'm pay
ing alimony to a woman whose first
aane is Observation-Disclosures Age
Herald.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
IN A'sEEBBBE YEARS
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured by Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Oskaloosa, Iowa.-".For years I was
simply in misery from q weakness and

awful p0lnS-6 n q
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
to take Lydia E.
Pinkhalla's Vege-
table Compound. I
did 30 and got re-
lief righ: away. 1
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able M iicine to
other women who
suffer, for it has
HonA anch ~oaa
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

Lord Derby, in advising us not to
get ratified" has added another word
TO our war Vocabulary. OF. at any rate,
given an old word a now meaning. In
this sense ratified" is an A~mericanism,
and we remember reading an article by
W. -. Howells some 30 years ago. in
Which he said he WIS not very easily
ratified. or course we have used the
Word in his country with other mean
lngs for many centuries. Even Pepys re-
iates on one occasion how he ratified"
his wife. but that was more in the ma
ure of grumbling. while Lord Derby
evidently intends us not tn get alarmed
or excited, which is the real American
Nense of the word.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

Among the Chinese of HongkonS
there is a nnn,.'aeio" .'r1u'e or hear1y
oo,vUv. These strange people live or
the waterways in fantastic h~ouseboats
says Eleanor Franklin 1Cgan in the Sat
urday Evening Post. They are borr,
and brought up. they marry and pro;
duce children. become grandmother
and grandfathers, and die, many OF
them, without ever having lived ashore
a lay in their lives. Yet some OF thei,
curious floating homes-a majority OF
them. in fact-are no larger than al;
ordinary rOwboat.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

The book Of the bible called Leviticus
Is SO called because it relates princi.
pally to the Levites and priests.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

II anybody thinks that the American
inventive genius is missing anything,
let him take a look at this list of in
fentions which the patent office has re-
entity granted: An automatic hat-tip-
ping device, a tornado-p proof house, q
nit 10 curb snoring, Il corncob polisher
:or artificial teeth, spectacles tor a
fighting rooster to keep his eyes from
being pecked; a blind To keep chickens
from flying yer the fence, a noiseless
Ing him, an ingenious arrangement OF
lords by which the garage keeper is
awakened (his bed collapses), n device
To shower pepper upon the burglar.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

one of the many explanations that
have been offered to account for the
fact that migrating birds are able to
find their way by night and in cloudy
or foggy weather is that they are
alive. in some way, to currents of ter
restrial magnetism. and therefore direct
their flight by the magnetic meridians.
This suggestion was put forth by nj
A. Thauzies. Il French pigeon fancier.
who declared that carrier pigeons make
poor flights during the occurrence OF
magnetic storms He also asserts that
the general use of wireless telegraphy
has diminished the reliability of the
birds to a surprising extent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
SOCIETY

Continued from preceding page.l
Mr.. and Mrs w. NJ Forbes, who
spent the winter in Florida. will res
turn homo soon. They will stop on
their way back to visit, their sons,
Capt. Carroll Forbes and Lieut.. Ray
Forbes, who are in southern military
camps.
Miss Julia La-imer, who teaches in
Miss Barstow's school in Kansas City,
will spend the Easter vacation in To-
peka with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
J. B. Larimer.
Mrs. j. X Hudson and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dell Kaiser. have left for
Washington, D. c., after visit to Mrs.
Hudson's sister, DR.. Deborah Long
shore. In Washington they will visit
Mrs. Hudson's son, Mr.. Paul Hudson.
They have been in California, and
stopped in Topeka on their way east.
Mrs. L. A. Rowland has returned to
her home in Los Angeles, Cal. after
visiting her brother, Mr.. E. E. Hawk.
and Mrs. Hawk.
Mr.. Jay Shideler was entertained at
an informal dinner at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Shideler. Covers were
laid for Mr. and Mrs. T. w. Israel. Mr..
and Mrs. John Shideler. Miss Ruth
Porter, Miss Bessie Eddy, Mr.. and Mrs
Ira Shideler and Miss Ethel, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Diameter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raw Shideler and Mr.. Jay Shideler.
Mr.. Shideler enlisted December IL, in
the L. S. navy, and left Monday morn
ing for the Great Lakes training sta
fion
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other hours, 4Iol H..
The entertainment Friday evening at the
Railroad ~ will be given by Mrs. Lula
Abbott Manor. of Chicago. one of the plat
form lecturers of the Redpath Lyceum
bureau. She will be assisted by the Nc
NeiIIev orchestra and Miss Lucille and Miss
Dorothy Young in Hawaiian and fancy
dances.
William Crouch has returned TO his work
in the ticket auditors office after being
off week i'll
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Wilson have come
from Chicago to spend several days as
guests of Engineer and Mrs. Charles
Newell.
and Mr. and Mrs Ellis have returned to
Kansas City after spending several days as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Gentry, Ger
man avenue. They accompanied the body
CITY last week. here for burial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Campbell have re
turned to their home. 125 Branner street
after having spent the past few months
G. W. Campbell. 624 Chandler street. Mrs.
Campbell, who underwent an operation
some time ago, has recovered.
Mr.. and Mrs. James HaGgarI. OF Valley
Falls, spent sunday as guests OF Mr. nag
CARDS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Hag-
gard, German avenue Mrs HagSard mas
gone to Ottawa. where she will attend a
family reunion. Her brother, Paul Dick
son, of Camp Doniphan- is also visiting his
parents in Ottawa.
Homer Allison has returned to his work
in the stores department after having been
seriously i'll.
Announcement has been made Of the
marriage of Miss Lois Margaret Conrad
and of Mr.. Arthur H. Moser of the auditor
of disbursements office.
Miss Eva Ekstrom, of the general claim
office left Sunday to spend two week s
vacation in Los Angeles and San Diego,
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Mrs Lucy Hardy, Chester avenue, is i'm
proving after. having been quite ill. She
has been threatened with pneumonia
Mrs b. n. Dreisbach. who has spent the
winter months In Leslow, Cal, has-are
turned to her home, 261 Winfield avenue:
Mrs Hubert Sund and small son, Mrs.
Harry Long and son Dover. and Miss Flos-
sic Long were recent dinner guests of Miss
Augusta and Miss Bessie Waite, AFTER
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs H W. Doyle are the par
ents of a son. born Tuesday morning.
They have named him James Nathaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory SQuires. of Milton
vale Kan, motored to the city Monday,
spending several days as guests of the Rev.
and Mrs. ]. s. Swogger. Mr.. and Mrs.
Squires returned to their home Wednesday.
Mrs. Ray Jurrens, 3S6 Forest avenue, has
been i'll several days.
Choir practice will be had at the Oakland
Presbyterian church Wednesday evening.
Thursday evening at Z O'Clock the boy
scouts of Oakland and the Camp Fire girls
will meet to practice for the entertainment
to be given at the church Friday even
Mrs. Leo Holcomb and little daughter
Barbara, of Kansas City, came Tuesday to
visit her mother, Mrs. J. w. Painter,
Kellam avenue.
Mrs II. 2. Taylor. Mrs. J, s. swogger
annual PresbyteriaI conference to be held
at Lawrence Thursday of this week;
THE Oakland tS w. Hue met 4, bosss!
Weddie. Mrs. Mary Zadnek. Mrs. Frank
G9ps M Mrs George Ne TagGf Mrs Mrs St na
Cottle Mrs. Jennie Leggitt. Mrs Esther
Campbell Mrs. Bell shehi; Mrs. J. L.
ana Mrs. G.. II. Ensign. The ladies' Of the
union are knitting covers for convalescent
soldiers. Any one having yarn for which
any member of the society, who will knit it
into these useful covers. Yarns of all
colOrs are acceptable: The next meeting of
the union will be had with Mrs w. S.
Eastman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
INSTRUCTIONS


please read carefully
Examinations are open only to persons
who have resided in Kansas for a period of
six months Immediately preceding the ex-
animation, and who are at least eighteen
All stenographers who entered the CLASH
fled service of the state after July 1. 1915,
who have not previously qualified and been
required to take and successfully pass the
above examination in order to become eligi-
BILE for permanent appointment.
pose of creating special eligible list for
each of the following institutions: Kansas
College, Manhattan: State Normal School,
Emporia: State Normal School, Pittsburg
State Normal School. Hays; State Epileptic
omie; State Home for Feeble minded, Win
field; State Hospital. Larned: State
Tuberculosis. Norton; School for Deaf,
Olathe; State Industrial Reformatory,
Hutchinson; State Penitentiary. lansing
School, Topeka: State Hospital. Topeka
A general eligible list win be maintained
in addition to the special eligible lists
from which certifications will be made to
fill vacancies they occur in any institu-
ton, board, commission or department of
the state.
Applications must be made on forms pre-
scribed and furnished by the Commission.
Commission upon request. Candidates will
see that all questions are answered in the
Dlanks fe1t 1or tnet purpose, ana that the
answers are properly verified by affidavit
Applications must re filed with the Civil
Service Commission at Topeka on or before
) O'Clock p. m. Monday. April %. 1918
No blank applications will be mailed
from the office after O'Clock p. M, Fri
day. April 10. 1918.
Applications will remain on file in the
office Of the Commission and under no
circumstances. except for correction, will
they be returned to applicant.
The rules require that fee of 81 must
accompany each application filed with the
Commission. Please do not neglect to do
this as you will not be admitted to the
examination room unless you have com
piled with the rules.
Each applicant must furnish his own
pens. ink. typewriting machine land table,
pencils and erasers. but the examination
papers, scratch papers. etc, will be fur
nished by the Commission
On examination day the applicants will
be required to fill out a card. stating the
minimum entrance salary. and at which in J.
stitution institutions they would be
willing to accept employment: and after
what date the candidate wishes to be
tilted.
For further information see Book Of
Rules and Regulations. furnished by the
Commission upon -equest- address. Civil
Service Commission State House Topeka.
Kan- or call phone 30o4.)
Commissioners.
J. L. King President.
W. L. Burdick. Chief Examiner.
I. E Cation. Secretary.
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w A m T S
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka State
Journal is 1 cent word each insertion.
minimum 10 cents; by the week j cents
word, minimum 80 cents.
COUNT THE WORDS of your ad includ-
ing four words for State journal address.
When address is used count each initial
letter and each number combination of
figures as word.
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be CLASH
fled properly must be in The State journal
office before IL 20 o'clock. Want Ads re-
ceived after 10 20 till 1 10 p. will be in
serted under the head: TOO Late to
Classify"
OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be
accompanied with cash or check in full
payment of the same. Note the foregoing
instructions about counting the words and
the rate per word for The Topeka State
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
LOS. AND FOUND


LoST-Boston bull dog, dark brown color,
white on breast and neck; screw tail.
Reward. N. w. Null. 723- Quincy St
LOST-Ladies size gold watch. between
the viaduct on e. 9Th and North Topeka.
Phone 1913, 500 e. Sth- Reward.
LOST-Child's fur neck piece between
Methodist church and Christ's hospital.
Reward for return. Phone 175S.
L0ST-Pair child's glasses. near 9Th and
Topeka. Call 4O43. Reward.
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FOR RENT-HOUSES
HOUSE FOR RENT

Western 1856 rooms, str mod $50 90
Buchanan 1865 roomss mod 1900
Underwood 500 -ooms e1e- lights. 1900
Monroe sos rm. sleep. por. mod 80. 100
Clay PA rooms, str. mod. .......-. 1000
Clay 1865 rooms str mod . 1000
Garfield 913-7 rooms elect. lights 600
Taylor 63:;-S rooms, str. mod -. 50 90
Tyler 1521-S rooms str mod 25oO
Branner 620-6 rooms, city water. 100
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WANTED-Men cooks So to $50 wk. fry
cooks End cooks, SIS; walters, kitchen
help, $35 mo. B. and r.; man and wife
cooks; 800 mo. baker; hotel clerk colored
agent for trains: men to saw walnut logs,
IS NJ. IL farms couples, $50 mo-; II farm
hands. Furman5s Labor Agency, 106 West
&th
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-27
BUSINESS CHANCES

FOR SALE-One of the best paying res
taurants in Topeka, central location low
rent, established business, up-to- date. A.
l.. Furman, Topeka, Kan. 106 West Sth.
FOR SALE-Rooming house of 16 rooms
center of Topeka. well furnished, low
Furman. Topeka, Kan, los west sth
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OAKLAND NOTES

Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones' 21l s3rattan street.
Telephone between s aHd 40 an. $3.50:
Other hours, 475I k. - .
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First published in The Topeka State
Journal, March %, 1851
PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Board of Administration until P NJ.
Tuesday, April 10th, 1918, for the furnishing
of all labor and materials necessary for the
installation of a system of Plumbing. Elec-
trio Wiring and system of Steam Heating
in the General Science and Household Arts
Building at the Normal Training School,
Pittsburg, Kansas
on file in the office of the State Architect.
Ray L. Gamble, State House, and at the
office of the Institution.
All workmanship and materials for said
Work must be in accord with the plans
and specifications prepared for the same by
Each bid must be accom- panied by a certi-
fed check for five (2 per cent of the
KimbaIl, Business Manager and the
amount of the same shall be forfeited to
for five days to enter into contract and
furnish the required bond as prescribed
by law. after the award of contract has
The attention of he bidder is called to
chapter ia Session Laws Of 1891, with
M Snn8n ne must mus somPy THIS is commonly
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. or parts of bids. If it is
deemed to be to the states interest to do
Proposals will be presented under sealed
be p sTaE mR55sd and
TRATION. James A. Kimball. Business
Manager. State House. Topeka Kansas.
STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION.
First published in The Topeka State
Journal, March Is. 1851
In the District Court of Shawnee County.
Kansas.
Carrie May Tucker Plaintiff,
Fry p. MCGEE; Matthias A Reed and -
Reed, his Wife. whose given name is to
plaintiff unknown; Harrison NJ
Ketchen. his wife. whose given
name is to pIaintiff Unknown. Flor
ence Scott; Mrs Kate Bacon: Electa H
tiff unknown: if living or il
dead. the unknown heirs. ex-
ecutors, administrators, devisees trus-
tees or assigns of such as are dead: the
unknown heirs. executors, administrators
devisees. trustees or assigns of Turner ).
executors. administrators. deviseeS. trus-
tees or assigns of j. D. Vawter. deceased,
Defendants
No. 314s1
PUBLICATION NOTICE
The State of Kansas to the above named
defendants. Greeting:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that you have been sued in the District
Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. by the
above named plaintiff. Carrie May Tucker.
and that you must answer said plaintiffs
petition filed in said court on or before
Friday. the 18th dav of April. 1915 or judg-
ment will accordingly be taken in said case
forever barring you and each of you of and
from all right. title and interest in and to
the land hereinafter described. and 4uieting
title to said land in favor of the plaintiff.
said real estate being described as follows,
to wit:
The west twelve I'D acres of the south
half of the southwest fractional quarter of
Section. thirty-one f31). Township thirteen
Old south. of Range fifteen t15). East az