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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
TENER LEAVES BIG GAP
Baseball Loses One OF Its Biggest Eek.
ecutives Thru Player Squabble.
BY JACK VEIOCK.


New York. Aug. 21.-Baseban lost
Tener stepped down and out as presi-
dent of the National league.
His resignation occasioned no sur
prise. =. It had been predicted months
before it happened, yet it brought a
feeling among the conservative ele-
ment in baseballdom that the game
had been stripped of 8 most valuable
asset. ----.-
Tener is a big man He is six feet
tall and then some, and he Is Just as
big q man in other respects. He never
felt the need Of turning to-. baseball
for a livelihood after he quit the game
as q pitcher. but. he came, back be-
cause of his love for the pastime, land
that alone. - .
Fresh from the governors chair of
the state of Pennsylvania, Tener
stepped into the National league presi-
dency after no little urging. His
regime commenced at time when
the pastime was sailing on turbulent
seas. and he was needed because he
was a big man. His efforts had a
war to a favorable conclusion for 20.
B." His advice was always found well
worth following, and tho he never
sought to keep himself in the spot
| light, he was pfugger for the good
| OF the game and highly efficient as
president of the mother league.
| Tener's announcement that he
would no longer serve as a member of
! the national commission was in line
with the policy he has always fol-
/ lowed. He refused to be a party to a
squabble when that squabble threw
| an unkind light on baseball. For that
reason he stepped out of the 'trium-
virate" and his decision to hand in his
| resignation as president of the old
| league followed almost Immediately.
| Baseball must be reconstructed
after the war. Its very foundation is
shaky at the present time. And base
| ball is going to feel the loss of Tener
most heavily when the time for recon-
struction comes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
THE HOUSEHOLD
Edited by ANNE RITTENHOUSE
Helping Father.


There are all sorts of ways for
girls and women to help win the war.
and not the least valuable is by help
ing father. In London the idea APP
parently originated, when AN attrac-
tive young girl of eighteen determined
that she could do her bit by running
delivery wagon that was an impor-
tant part of her fathers electrical in
stallation business, that was exclu-
sively occupied with government or
ders. As this young woman reasoned.
the carrying on of her fathers bust
ness was as important as tilling the
soil or making shrapnel. In fact, it
was officially ranked as a war indus
try. Yet when the last available young
chauffeur the father could get had
gone off to the. front, this business
was in danger of feeling the loss. The
young daughter had driven the fam
lily car in times Of peace; but the fam
lily car and the family chauffeur had
long since gone the way of all-wheat
bread and beefsteaks. She needed but
little coaching to be fitted for her new
duties-and, besides the coaching. a
trig uniform. consisting of -breeches,
a long coat, puttees. a chauffeur's cap
and heavy gauntlet gloves.
Lots of other English girls have
gone into the same sort of work; that
is, work for their own fathers. In
some cases clever young girls are do
ing the work, or at least managing to
take the place in their fathers law Of
flee, of a couple of young clerks who
have been called to the colors. Busy
doctors have taken on their daughters
in place of young medical students,
who have gone into ambulance work,
and not few young women have
shown marked efficiency in handling
their fathers financial affairs in the
| absence of the trusted accountants
who are now in the trenches Over
there the expression is. helping father
| for the duration" Apparently even
| the enthusiastic young chauffeur has
no dreams of continuing her work of
filial devotion when the element of
tant part. e 49,
| Naturally enough, our own girls
| have gone into the same sort of work;
not as an imitation of the work of
| English girls, but because the same
| conditions called for a similar re-
Spouse. One young girl is putting in
| her summer vacation driving her doc
tor fathers automobile. With the in
| crease of chauffeurs' wages, the Job
looked very tempting. figured this
young girl She could spend a vaca-
ton at home getting acquainted with
her own family, and she could earn
| twenty-five dollars a week IL she did
| this work. The old chauffeur had
been tempted by higher wages into a
munition factory, and really to get an
| OLHSI III Ills pldC0 was 10 Keep ILL dDlc-
| bodied man from some war industry.
| The twenty-five dollars a week for the
course of the summer would make a
wonderful little bank roll to have on
hand for war work in the winter-and
the calls for actual money gifts among
our college girls are enormous now
| adays- So she took the job,s and she
took it seriously. with the understand
ing that II she took a real chauffeur's
wages she would never hesitate about
crawling under the car or motoring
thru thunder storms when the calls OF
patients demanded 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
BEST EVER MADE
Wouldn't Take $500 for His
Investment.
TanIac Gives Contractor a New
< Lease on Life.

= Snst want to say right now that
7 wouldn't take five hundred dollars
for the good that first bottle of Tan
lac did me. for 1 feel like it has given
me a new lease on life said C. E.
Nelson, a contracting carpenter living
at 1928 63rd Ave. Southeast, Port
land, Ore, recently.
Following a serious accident four
months ago." he continued, (which
laid me up for eight or nine weeks,
I lost my appetite, and my stomach
got all out of order. What little 1 did
manage to eat would sour and form
gas, which would cramp and pain me
until I could hardly stand it. Then
my kidneys went back on me, and my
back hurt so bad 1 couldn't find a
comfortable position. They said had
rheumatism or 'lumbago,' then my
right leg, below the knee, got to hurt
ing me, and at times 1 couldn't stand
on my feet or get up when down. |
was constipated all the time and suf-
fered a great deal with headache. NO
body knows how I really did suffer.
because 1 Just can't describe it, and
as nothing seemed to do me any good
1 had become discouraged about my
condition.
81 finally sent down and got bot
tie OF Tanlac, as I had read so much
about it, and it was about the best IN
yestment I ever made. My appetite
came bounding back after my first few
doses, and by the time my second bot
tie was gone, my stomach trouble was
almost gone, too l am now eatlhs
any and everything want and it .ion't
hurt me the least bit, and my kidneys
and back are great improved. At the
time I started on Tanlac I. had to use
crutches in order TO get about, but
I don't need them now at all, and have
thrown them aside. I have gained
several pounds in weight. and can just
feel myself getting stronger every day.
I have gone back to work already, and
I never lose an opportunity to speak a
good word for Tan1ac."
Tanlac is sold in Topeka by Tully-
Mcfarland Drug company.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
CRANES ANNUAL PICNIC
Semi Centennial Celebration by EN-
pIoyes Big Publishing House.

In celebration Of the semi-centen-
NAL of the organization of the big
Crane & Co. publishing house of To-
peka, the employees. under the lead
ership of Charles L Mitchell, secre-
tary and general manager, will hold
picnic at Gage park Thursday after
noon beginning at 3 o'clock. The
plant and store will close down for
the event and provisions have been
made for the entertainment of 200
persons.
According to the circular distrib-
uted to the employees of the plant to-
day the program includes oscar and
His Lulu Band" Charles Booth in a
Daring Rope Walking Act" and a
| Fat Mans Trottfng Race" Ten 9TH
err events, carrying prizes, will be
staged. Refreshments will be served
| by the factory's own caterers and cars
will be provided to move the crowd
| to the park.
The Crane & Co. house was organ
lied in 1868 with store at Second
and Kansas avenue under the name,
| George w. Crane Bookbinding Com
pany." 1t has grown until now It is
one of the largest printing and supply
| houses in the west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
American League.
PLENTY OF TANK CARS
Pooling of Cars Doubles Efficiency
and Relieves Shortage.

Washington, Aug. 21.-Tank car
equipments in the United States is now
equal to the demand of the petroleum
industry for the first time in five
years. In the mid-continent fields
the largest oil producing section in
the nation-the supplies of cars range
about forty-eight ahead of orders, the
railroad administration today reported.
Contra lization of control of the tank
cars has brought about doubled mile
age of the cars since January /. In
other words, cars of the principal Pc
troIeum companies handled in June
twice as much oil as they did in
January.
AS a result of maximum utilization
of the present equipment. indications
are no new cars will be needed this
year. Tank car builders have orders
ON their books for 5000 cars. Off
Gals declared that few of these would
be built, thus releasing for other pur-
poses, war material costing between
$4,000, 900 and s5,000,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
RURAL HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Washburn's Department Heads Have
Been Chosen.
L. C. Smith, Graduate of X. u, Is
Named Principal.

At a meeting of the board Of edu-
cation last evening final arrange
ments were made for the organiza-
ton of the Washburn rural high
school The following members were
elected to the faculty.
L c. Smith. A. B., B. s. was elected
principal of the school. Mr.. Smith is
a graduate of the University of Kan
sas and holds his two degrees from
that institution He also, holds a life
state certificate and a university
teachers diploma
Harry Virgil Mathews. B. s.. was
chosen as head of the agricultural de-
partment.. The new high school ex-
poets to qualify Under the Smith
Hughes act and to give extensive in
struction in agriculture, An expert
mental farm will be conducted in con-
neetion with this department.
Miss Ruth J. Grandon, A NJ. was
chosen instructor in English and al
lied subjects.
Miss Helen Estey, A. NJ. was chosen
instructor in Latin and allied subjects
other subjects will be given by the
college teachers. X
The high school will have three
regular courses of study:
The classical course. which will pre-
pare students for admission into the
freshman class of the University of
Kansas.
The normal training course which
will prepare students for admission
into the normal schools of the state.
The agricultural course which will
meet the requirements of the Smith
Hughes act, which will provide for
extensive instruction in crops and
soils, animal husbandry and shop. By
shop is meant farm woodwork, con-
crete, harness, etc.
The school will open for registra-
| ton September TO- Classroom work
will begin September IL.
l. For students in the several districts
which maintain the school, the tuition
| will be free. For students from To-
peka or elsewhere in the state, the
| tuition will be five dollars per month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
MILEAGE BOOKS HERE
Railway Coupons Good for All Except
Pullman on Any Railway in q. S.

Railway Coupons Good for All Except
Pullman on Any Railway in q. S.
Railway passenger mileage books,
good for transportation on any rail-
road under government control in the
United States and good for war tax,
excess fares and all travel payments
except Pullmans, have been received
in Topeka by the local railway pas
senger agents.
Coupons on the mileage books will
be accepted in payment of passenger
fares on trains in exchange for tickets
and for extra baggage charges. Travel
ers may present the coupons to con-
ductors If they wish, but are advised
by railway men to have the mileage
scrip exchanged for tickets. There
will be no money saving in buying the
books. Convenience is the only in
centive.
Two sizes of mileage books have
been prepared. One contains one
thousand coupons, each coupon worth
three cents, or one mile of travel, to
be sold for $40. with the addition of
$2.40 war tax, collected when the book
is bought. The other book will con-
tain five hundred coupons, selling for
SIS, with $1.20 additional for war tax.
Each book is to be interchangeable
and may be used for any number of
passengers at the same time. The
coupons will not be accepted in pay
ment of Pullman charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
Food For Fans
BY GEORGE T.. PHAIR-
- (Copr r.ghted.I
The weekly EyefuI.

l.
According to the latest press report,
The skirts, now short, will soon be still
So what's the use of spending money
now .sz
And journeying unto beach resort?
. IL
In years gone by the skirt was trailed
To gather ali the microbes it could find;
But women did not care a, single whoop.
For when 1t is the style they do not mind.
Ill Is - So. -t-.f.,
Perchance you may remember years ago
When yards and yards OF silk and calico
And other weaves and hues of female
Went dragging on the highways, to and
fro.
The skirt has shortened much since days
And many a man has often wondered why
He has to see the doctor now and then
To regulate the vision of his eye.
For which the gentle skirt designers call.
If skirts keep going up the way they
They'll have to use 'em as a parasoI.
vi.
A skirt was once a fig leaf-then it grew
To fashions ever changing, ever new.
Mere man looked on with ever changing
And cheerfully his bank account he blew.
VII.
For men are all to blame for women.s wear.
At times they make howl and rend the
air
About the cost OF female clothes, and
still . t+FT
They risk an eye upon the thoroughfare.
VIII.
Theatric magnates wipe pallid brow
And query: Where will I get off al
now?"
II skirts grow any shorter on the street
III have to go to war or push plcw!"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
Is YEARS AGO In Topeka
From the eolur1ns :.
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL


On the 18th Congressman Charles Curtis
of this district made his maiden address
in congress. He advocated the repeal of
the Sherman law AMI in its place a bill to
provide for the coinage of silver at a ratio
of 20 to 1.
Mrs. Enoch Chase died last evening at
her home, sol Van Buren, street, from the
effects of malarial fever. Mrs. Chase came
to Topeka March, 1855, and her husband.
Enoch Chase. was one of four men who
came to the site of Topeka in November,
1854, before the town wars laid out. Mrs.
Chase is survived by two children, Mrs. S.
J. Crawford, wife of the ex-governor, and
Mr.. Geo. S. Chase.
Charles Small, son of Banker E. D. Small,
left last evening for a visit to relatives
in Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. Del Parks went to the
Worlds fair today.
Miss Ruth Farnsworth went to Chicago
today
Miss Gussie Fuller is visiting in Kansas
City.
w C. Chaffee went to Chicago yesterday.
In Ohio, and will also visit the World s
fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
MITCHELL is PRESIDENT
Topekan Chosen Head of Kansas State
Stationers' Association.

Kansas Sity, Mo-, Aug. 21.-At a
meeting of the stationers of Kansas,
Oklahoma and Kansas City, Mo-, here
Tuesday, state organizations were
formed for Kansas and Oklahoma.
Charles L. Mitchell of Crane & Co..
Topeka, one of the most widely known
president of the Kansas organization
to be known as the kansas State Sta
toners Association" D. W. Collins
of the Western Bank Supply company
of Oklahoma City was elected presi-
dent of the Oklahoma State Station
ers' association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21

ch1n6 ana EN- DrOlOere0 chl11On. Inc
neck is outlined with a necklace of
blue and white crystals.
gown. The necklace which finishes
the decolletage is as much a trade
mark of their work as the floating
lace panel at the back, the skirt short
ened in front and the long, bias drap-
cry of the overskirt.
All of the features have been in
corporated in American fashions, and
altho it is claimed that no one in
the world, even in Paris, can drape a
gown as the Callot sisters do, there
are thousands of imitators who fondly
believe they know how to do it.
Brilliant Stones Used for Necklaces.
We become accustomed, therefore,
to the brilliant blue, green and yellow
stones thrown across the neck and
shoulders and holding up the silver
lace or satin bodice of a gown that
was cut exceedingly low in the back
and higher in the front. But we have
not grown accustomed to the cluster
| ornaments that. form a necklace to
finish the V-shaped decolletage of an
afternoon gown. Therefore, this fash
ion is now looked upon with evident
pleasure.
It has been taken up by young girls
more than by grown women. It had
| its opportunity to leap into life thru
the pronounced revolt against collars.
Even the women who did not adopt
the so-called Renaissance decolletage
| followed up the idea with the collar
| less blouse; and even when they did
not keep the oblong line across the
shoulders, giving an egg-shaped open
| ing below the neck, they finished off
| the edge of the material with a cord
or piping. 1t was very easy to step
from this severity, from a cord or pip
| ing, to an ornamental necklace.
| The effect is not SO good on women
as on young girls. Some women Fave
used 1t as a finish for semi-formal
evening gowns, in order to enliven a
| dull color and give brilliancy to a
gown that otherwise had little dis
| tinction.
Afternoon Frocks for Young Girls.
/ It was just the kind of thing, how
| ever, that a young girl liked. She found
| it quite to her taste. Therefore, she
wears it on afternoon gowns of taffeta,
chiffon, soft satin and even Georgette
[ crepe.
The sketch shows frock that would
be quite simple in character If it were
not Eor this necklace with its pendant
medallion of blue and white crystals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21

The former look like imitation star
sapphires or deeply colored moon
stones.
The necklace outline the edge OF
girlish bodice made with a yoke OF
blue chiffon heavily embroidered with
narrow silk braid in the same tone.
The other half of the bodice, as well
as the skirt, is of blue crepe de chine,
and there is a girdle of the material
tied around the waist. with bow at
the back. @-@
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21

New York.-Not SO long ago, the
house of, Callot brought into strong
fashion the oriental trick of holding
an evening, gown in place over the
shoulders by a V-shaped necklace of
brilliant ornaments.
1t is a fashion that has not entirely
died out among those who dress ex-
tremely well, and bit conspicuously,
in the evening. The Callot sisters
themselves still create this kind of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
Price OF silver Increased.

London, Aug. 21.-Announcement is
made officially that the maximum
price of silver in England has been
increased to 4sh pence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
TUESDAY GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

RH E.
New York lat Pittsburgh. .......2 5
Steele and Rariden, Gibson; Mayer and
Schmidt. gf--s4ss s.ae
Brooklyn lat CincinnatD ...........2 8 I
Grimes and Archer; Ring and Wingo.
Philadelphia lat St Louis) .,......3 0
St Louis 20
Jacobs and Adams; Packard and Con-
zales.
Boston (at Chicago II 4
Chicago -......................7 II 1
Rudolph. Raglan, George and Wilson ;
Carter, Walker, Hendrix and O'Farran.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Boston 2
Bagby, Coumbe and O'Neill;' Ruth, Kin
ney and Schang Mayer -.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
A LA TOILETTE TO WAR
Son of Senator Is Given Commission
at Fort Sheridan.

Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-Philip
La Toilette, son of Senator La Fol-
lette, was one of 200 TO win army COM
missions at the Fort Sheridan train
ing camp, it was announced today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21
DRESS
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

In Young Girls Gowns There Are
Brilliantly ColoI-ed Necklaces To
Finish the Decolietage Which Were
Given Up by Women Some Years
Ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-21

According to the latest press report,
The skirts, now short, will soon be still
more short,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-04
RUSSIA.

A writer in the Saturday Evening
Post draws an appalling picture Of
what Russia must undergo this winter
with it's food supplies dwindled to al
most nothing and certain starvation
staring many thousands in the face.
Though resentment against Russia
still persists in many narrow souls,
forgetful of Russia's sacrifices that
stopped a German victory on several
crucial occasions before the other AL
lies were ready to holl her, Russia s
plight now and in the immediate fu-
ture probably will wipe away the last
traces of that misguided feeling.
And so far as what has happened
in Russia is concerned, the last place
to bestow the blame is on the Russian
people. They are the victim sfirst
of centuries of oppression that kept
them in darkness; second Of the
blighting effects Of German intrigue;
and third Of the haneful rule Of fore
es Of anarchism which were the spawn
of the cruel bondage of autocracy.
Victor Hugo, speaking to one who
condemned the French people for the
excuses Of the Revolution, said q
thing that in all charity we must
apply to the Russians: "a cloud hao
been collecting for fifteen hundred
years, and at the end of that perioe
burst. You are condemning the thun
p"-Duluth Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-04
Melbourne R.mev son If Mr. ane

Melbourne Ramey, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ramey of Redwood Falls is one
of the Redwood County boys who has
been having an interesting time in
France as well as seeing much Of the
actual fighting at the front. Octo-
Der 20 Melbourne wrote to his parents
from Parame, France where he was
enjoying several days rest after work
in the trenches. Among other things
he states that the government has
gotten hold of several hotels at Par
anne and sends the boys there when
they need complete rest and change,
allowing them seven days there af-
ter their arrival. He and the other
American soldiers are made very COM
Portable, each with room to him
self, in hotel right on the water
front where bathing is the chief or
der of the day. The Y. M. C. A. also
supplies transportat ion out to many
of the place of interest and amusement
thus making the rest time pass very
pleasantly. The Y. also has a thea
ter to which the boys are admitted
free of charge. He speaks of the
life being almost too fine for one &C
customed to the soldiers life but shows
warm appreciation of the govern
mentS which looks after it's boys as
we'll when they are playing as when
they are wol king for it.
S. G. Pandolfo, president and John
Barrett, secretery of the Pan Motor
Company of ST. Cloud were indicted
by the grand jury in the United
States court at Fergus Falls on Mon
day on charges of using the mails
in furtherance of scheme to defraud.
This company according to it's adver-
tisements has more than $4,000 sto
holders, with 5000 in Minnesota.
Judge Page Morris has fixed the date
of the hearing for January 3rd.