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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
READY FOR CAMPAIGN
Organization of State for Boys Work.
ing Reserve Drive Completed,

Organization of the state for the
big drive for boys for the United
States boys working reserve, to be-
gin March Is, is practically complete,
it has been announced at the office
here of w. L. Porter, federal state
director of the organizat alton. In rural
districts of the state, the enrolment
already is being carried on, but the
big drive will be held in March
The organization in some of the
principal counties of the state fol-
lows:
Allen-County director, Miss La
vonia M. Doncia, and lola director,
Nathan T. Veatch.
Barton-County director, w. L.
Arch L. Bell.
Butler-No director but Ell Dorado
director. The Rev. A w. Panwen
Clay-County and city director w.
S. Binkley, Clay Center.
Cowiey-City director for Winfield,
j. w. Gowans, and city director for
Arkansas City, John B. Heffelfinger
Crawford-City director for Pitts
burg, John F. Bender, and city direc-
tor for Frontenac, Glenn D. Smith.
Douglas-County director, o. ].
Lane, and director for Lawrence,
Raymond A Kent.
Ford-County director, Miss Esther
e. Wilson, and director for Garden
City, Il. j. Dumond. -;-5aa
Franklin-County director. w. A.
Vickers, and director for Ottawa. A.
f. Senter.
Geary-County director, Mrs. Nora
r. Clark, and director for Junction
City, Charles A. Wagner
Harvey-No county director, direc-
tor for Newton,s B. F. Martin.
Labette-No county director, d.
rector for Parsons, John F.. Barnhiu
Leavenworth-No county director
director for Leavenworth, M. ID
Moore.
Lyon-County director, Mrs. Nettie
B. Cartmel, Emporia
Montgomery-Coun director and
director for Independence, Miss Ethel
A. Gillespie; director for Caney. P. B.
Humphrey, and director for Coffev-
vile, Thomas Scott
Neosho-County director, J. A. Can
nan, and director for Chanute, j. F.
Hughes.
Reno-County director, S. P. Row
land, and director for Hutchinson. A
r. King.
Riley-County director NJ. D. Col
Inns.
Saline-County director and direc-
tor for Salina. La-Rue Royce.
Sedgwick-County director and di-
rector for Wichita, Jack Spines.
Sumner-No county director, direc-
tor for Wellington, Gordon T. Bailey
WiIson-No county, director. direc-
tor for Fredonia, A. L Decker, and
director for Neodesha, Harry p
Study.
Wyandotte-County director and
director for Kansas City, Kan, H. T
Corson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15

the trouble is in the state department,
which he says provides an unjust sys-E
ten: for grain growers and makes the
state inspection department a revenue
producing office. -5i
There are good many rather
vague, indefinite and uncertain mat
ters aoout the grain controversy
Stubs claims the present grading
in the grain gives the producer a low
grade, aitho the rye is ground, into
flour with the wheat. The low grade
gives the farmer low price Thus,
Stubs and his followers argue, the
grain. grower gives 70 the miller a
large amount of rye and the benefit
between a low grade and a high grade
price.
When the matter was presented to
Governor Capper by the wheat grow
ers, the governor is said to have ex-
tended his sympathies. 1t is also re-
ported that he told the grain men the
trouble was in. rules and regulations
provided by the government and that
the state could not give the desired
relief.
There is a state and a federal grain
grading act And so the controversy
concerning the troubles of the farm
ers provides chances for several
brands of argument.
Says Governor Could Help.
Stubs insists the state law gives
the governor full power to remedy the
trouble. Further, Stubs insists, the
state department is a revenue produce
ing measure-making the farmers
pay both a direct and indirect tax
Kansas farmers are entitled to paw
at market prices for rye and screen
1ngs found in wheat when sold after
deducting dockage," said Stubbs in
Topeka today. Wheat should be
graded on the basis of weight and
quality of the grain. Ample authority
is vested in the governor to remedy
any unfair or technical rules for grad
ing wheat used inside the state thru
the state inspector appointed by the
governor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
A CHILD DOESN'T
LAUGH AND PLAY
If CONSTIPATED
Look, Mother! is tongue coated,
breath feverish and
o stomach sour?
California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach.
liver, bowels.

Mother! Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See if tongue is
coated; this is a sure sign it's little
stomach. liver and bowels need a
When lstless, pale, feverish, full of
cold. breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom-
ach-ache, diarrhoea, remember, a gen
tie liver and bowel cleansing should
always be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals california Syrun of
Figs" for children's ills; give a tea
spoonful. and in few hours all the
foul waste. sour bile and fermenting
food which is cIogged in the bowels
passes out of the system, and you have
q well and playful child again. All
children love this harmless, delicious
fruit laxative" and it never fails to
effect good inside" cleansing. Di-
rections for babies, children of all
ages and grown-ups are plainly on
the bottle.
Keep it handy in your home. A lit
tie given today saves a sick child to-
morrow, but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for bottle of cali
rornia Syrup of Figs" then look and
rec that it is made by the California
Fig Syrup Company '-Advertisernent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
Recipe for a Mild
Laxative Cough Syrup
Made With Granulated Sugar and
Mentho-Laxenc in About
Five Minutes.

Make a syrup with pint of granu-
lated sugar and a half pint of boiling
water, cool and pour in to a bottle or
jar. Then add the contents cf a ~
OF. bottle of MenIho-Laxene, shake
we'll. and take a teaspoonful 4 to 8
times a day for head or chest colds.
coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough or
catarrh of head and throat.
Actually the very first dose will
show you the wonderful virtues in
Mentho-Laxene. 1t is penetrating.
healing. soothing and curative to a
greater extent than anything ever dis
covered. Children like it and adults
use it from Maine to California. Ply
'sicians prescribe it. hospitals use it,
and why should not you enjoy the
benefits of a cheap, homemade rem
edy free from narcotic, sickenins
drugs. Ask your druggist for X antho-
Laxene and insist on getting it, Cor ii
is guaranteed to please every pur-
chaser or money back, by The Black
burn Products Co., Dayton, Ohio
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
Try This If You
Have Dandruf

There is one sure way that never
fails to remove dandruff completely
and that is to dissolve it. This de-
stroys it entirely. To do this, just get
about four ounces of plain, ordinary
liquid arvon; apply it at night when
retiring; use enough to moisten the
scalp and rub it in gently with the
finger tips.
BY morning, most if not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or
four more applications will complete
ly dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace of it, no matter
how much dandruff you may have.
You will find, too. that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop in
stantly, and your hair will be fluffy,
lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and
look and feel a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. 1t is inexpensive. and
four ounces is all you will need. This
simple remedy has never been known
to fail.-Advertisemen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP cATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End Head Colds,

You feel fine in a few moments.
Your cold in head or catarrh will be
gone. Your clogged nostri1s will open
The air passages of your head will
clear and you can breathe freely.
No., more dullness, headache; no
hawking, snuffling, mucous discharges
or dryness; no struggling for breath
at night
Tell your druggist you want a small
bottle of Ell Cream Balm. Apply a
little of this fragrant, antiseptic
cream in your nostrils, let it penetrate
through every air passage of the head;
soothe and heal the swollen, inflamed
mucous membrane, and relief comes
instantly.
It is just what every cold and ca
tarrh sufferer needs. Don't stay
stuffed-up and misera bIe.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
GIVE CONCERT ATK. s. &C.
Artillery Band From Camp Funston
Will PLAY for HOSPITAL Fund.

Manhattan, Kan. Feb. 15.-The 341
field artillery band from Camp Fun
ston, Kan, home of the seth national
army division, will give a concert in
the auditorium at the Kansas State
Agricultural college. here tonight
The concert is being given for the
benefit of the base hospital entertain
ment fund. This fund provides mu-
steal instruments. games and rea ding
matter for the men in the hospital.
which is located at Fort Riley, on the
government reservation west of Camp
Funston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
KANSAS EDITOR is DEAD
Dr. John f. Callen Had a Unique
Newspaper Career.

Pittsburg, Kan. Feb. 15.-Dr. John
F. Callen, "a, editor of the Kansan,
weekly newspaper. an active figure in
Kansas Democratic politics for a dec
ade, is dead here. He had an adven-
turous career. In his earlier newspa-
per days, sent to South America on an
assignment for the New York Times.
he was attacked by fever. fought it
altne on an island for weeks and was
picked up almost dead by some sail
org
Calien filled reportoriaI and editor
iaI positions on the New York World
Cincinnati Enquirer, Omaha Bee and
k:4rsas City Journal He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth lCaIlen,
associate editor of the Kansan, and a
son by former marriage, George Cal
len l-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
ON CAPPER
Stubs Says He Could Help the
Wheat Growers.
He Is Held Responsible for
Present Grading Rules.

In an appeal for the interest of the
farmers and wheat growers, w. r.
Stubs, candidate for United States
senator. places the burden for dis
elimination in wheat grading at the
door of the state. The governor has
declared the fault is in the policies of
the government. But Stubs insists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15


"Gets-It."
All done painlessly, joyfully. The mo-
ment "Gets-It" touches a corn or cal
lus the growth is doomed. 1t takes
but two seconds to apply "Gets-It."
The corn pain is eased at once. You
can sit at your desk or walk about.
dance. think, love and work with abso-
lutte ease. You can apply "Gets-It''
conveniently almost anywhere where
you can take your shoe and stocking
off for a moment or two. "GetS-It
dries at once; then put your shoe and
stocking on again There's no further
excuse for suffering from corns and
corn-pains.
"Gets-It' is sold at all druggists
(you need pay no more than Is cents
a bottIe), or sent on receipt of price
by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, ILL.,
Sold in Topeka and recommended as
the worlds best corn remedy by
Brunt- Martin Drug Co, A. c. Klinga-
man & Co., Klingaman & Hoover, Tul-
ly-McF'arland Drug Co., A. W. Lacey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15
3sCorn-Less Day.
for Feet, Every Day

Use "Gets-It," the Great Corn Discov-
cry! Makes Corns Peel Right Off!
Look at the illustration below. See
the two fingers peeling off-a corn as
though It were banana pee1i And
the man is smiling while he's doing it!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-15

Basement Store
Notes
Sanitary Soap Saving w a h
Boards, family size at-45t
Have you tried the O'Cedar Dust
Mop? Collects and holds the dust
Handy for walls, ceilings, waxed
floors, etc. Easily washed. 7Sc'
and $1.25 each.
.Cut Glass Sugar and Dreamer.
pair-$1.OO
Wash Boilers. good quality tin:
hand made at SLIGO, $1.98 and
$3.50 each
Family size Clothes Wringers,
guaranteed quality with metal or
wood frame-$4.O each
Large size Vacuum Washers at
zoe
Five Sewed Parlor Brooms, me-
dunn size, made of all broom corn.
One to a person at each-60c
Dunlop's improved silver blade
cream and egg whip. complete with
crockery bowl for-0Oc
Nickel plated Tea or Coffee Pots.
large size at-49c
loot. Galvanized Water Pals at
$50
Ball bearing Roller Skates, best
make. Pair-$2.49
Electric Irons, special value COM
plete at-$3.75
Hot Point Laundry Iron, also the
Dover Electric Irons. fully guar
anteed at each-$5.OO
Hot Point Grills, eaeh-S4.5O
Standard Electric Grill and
Poacher. complete-SS.OO
loot Aluminium Cooking Kettle
for-$1.5O
$500 Aluminium Omelet Pan, two
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

transfer of German battlecraft and
submarines from the North Sea to
the Black Sea and Eastern Mediter-
ranean, as against the longer sea-
round of the British voyge.
The great advantage of creating
this .Pan-German empire, as an ideal
positiontfrom which to march forth to
world-conquest, had the additional
strategic merit, that, unlike the first
plan of campaign, which must startle
Europe and put the world on its guard
if baked at its first onrush, the sec
ond plan of campaign-the creation
of Mittel-Europa-W would not alarm or
put on their guard even the peoples
against whom it was designed-Brit-
ain and America
The chief excuse for it, the more
to conceal its strategic aim, was to
be an arrogant and noisy claim to
commerce and expansion for COM
merce, for commerce always raised
the deEusion of peace This CONNER
cial excuse, to conceal her war
strategy, if constantly kept before the
world, would hoodwink the nation
of keepers" and cher vulgar
spawn the American" and turn and
keep their greedy eyes angrily to the
mere commercial aspect of it. : Even
so, Germany would be only too de-
lighted to get wealth and commercial
advantage thrown in as a pleasant
side issue.
Confusing the Real Issues.
Above all, the British and American
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

governments were so utterly lacking
in all strategic vision and guidance,
as was their press, that Britain would
go on bungling in the Balkans over
outworn diplomacies, little ,reeBing Of
the vast real issues arising; while it
would lull all suspicion in America,
which would never realize that her
greatest peril lay in such strange
corner of the earth as the distant
Balkans-untiI it was too late, and
Americas bulwark, Britain, was gone!
This Pan-German empire was so
Goggedly and skilfully developed un-
der the noses of all the embassies that
it was all but complete when Germany
decided that the hour had struck.
Austria and Hungary were in 1t.
Italy, though an ally, was suspect,
and not allowed too much into it. Bui-
garia was secretly party to it, as was
the Court of Greece. Turkey was alb
solutely committed to it, her tyrant
Enver being completely bought. Ru-
,-ania and Serbia alone barred the
way; Rumania was too close to Rus
sian support. The gate of Serbia
rust at all costs be smashed in, and
the Pan-German map and empire
would be complete. Besides, once
Serbia was down and the iron high
way of the map complete, Rumania
like Belgium and Holland, could
easily be swallowed.
Now She man in the street, will
(Gontinued on Page BAD
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

swift conquest of England, as the su-
preme onslaught must be on England
herself-the German had but to Gre
ate vast Pan-German empire from
the Atlantic and Baltic to the Persian
Gulf.
Definition of Mittel- Europa.
At once Germany would have a
solid Central Europe-Mittel Europa
served by a swift railway system
free from attack by the sea, as a
magnificent jumping-off ground from
which to leap forward to her mighty
world adventure. 1t would split the
world apart, and Germany would be
on the wedge.
By perfecting its railway communi-
cations, Mittel-Europa is safe, from
all British attack from the sea-in-
DECD, it commands the Eastern Med
iterranean, as the Gallipoli campaign
proved-at the same time that it
makes Britain's sea-power of little
avail.
It would command Egypt and India,
while cutting off Britain from India
and her Australian Commonwealth.
German armies could be poured at
will by the quickest routes into India
or Egypt, their movements screened
and secure from all attack. AS Lord
Denbigh pointed out in The Times,
the great German canal which is be-
ing undertaken to join up the Atlantic
waterways with those of the Black
Sea, would soon have seen the swift
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
woMAN's VALoR REWARDED.

London, April 1.-THE Order of
the British Empire has been con-
ferred upon Mrs. NJ. N. FELTON,, the
wife of a sheep farmer in the Falk-
land Islands. 1t was due to her vigi-
lance as a coast watcher that the
German Admiral Won Spec squdron
was sighted and the news commune
Gated to Admiral Sturdee in time for
him to give battle to and sink the
German warships.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

Never before have the vital issues this Great War
of the men on the street than expounded in the following ar
Gle by military author of international repute)
BY MAJOR HALDANE MACFALL4
o a Bay")
Introductory of c.
What are the German aims?
Ask the average in the street and cannot tell VOL
He doesn't know In his ignorance lies present chief
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
Huns Have Been Scherling
And Plotting For Number
OF Years To Rule World

Descriptive Story of How Huns Still Hopes to Dominate
Universe Told By Major Haldane MacFal, Author Of
Germany at Bay'-Destruction of British Empire
is First Step in Teutons Fight to Conquer Earth.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

The New York Senate passed the
wicks bill abolishing the offices of
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Commissioner of Markets and Foods.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

hths shows dvy committee eantng aIa Gec kntreof t
@ al y Secret o Houston an Foe Hoover in
H N F. R 4 o ~
D
S. Fran H s C.
D. O.
l. J.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

The Sage Ant-Sabotage bill passed
the Assembly and now goes to the
governor The bill makes it crime
to destroy military equipment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

SWEET PEAS, VIOLETS, TULIPS.
DAFFODu1S.
EeE9aA y1OH1GREOK- &4SoN.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
WOInen'S Suits
SIS to $47.5O

Included in these groupings will be found
all that is new and stylish for the new
season. just the size, the style and the
color you want. See them Saturday
Our showing is splendidly complete.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
Smart Coats for
Women & Misses
$7.98 to SIS

We've prepared tremendous selection
of cIeverly styled Goats for your choosing
and many new arrivals will be included
in the offering for Saturday-Do not de-
lay another day-Buy your new coat at
once-You'H find our prices indeed rea-
Sonable.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
{. ]. WILBUR. PIONEER,
MEETS TERRIBLE DEATH

Pendleton papers report the violent
death met by E. J. Wilbur, pioneer
sawmill man, and well known all over
the county. Mr.. Wilbur was killed
Monday at his ranch on upper Mckay
creek. while blasting stumps.
HIS hands were blown off, his eyes
blown out and his face and head ter,
ribly mutilated. The place where he
was killed is several miles above the
forks of the creek.
The facts as developed at the in
quest show that the aged millman went
out by himself to blow up stumps that
morning Two men working with
him on the home place had been sent q
half mile away to work on fence.
About 10 O'Clock the men heard blast
but did not learn of the accident until
o'clock. Returning to the house
for dinner they were alarmed at not
finding their employer there and went
in search for him. They found the
body some thirty feet from the blasted
stump. a
E j. Wilbur has operated sawmills
at various points in the Blue mountains
for many years. He formerly had a
mill near Meacham. Wilbur station
took its name from him.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
CULTURE HERE BEFORE 1892
Did Americas Pref Columbian CiviIiza-
tor Come From Egypt? ls
Now Question.

Prof. Elliot Smith, developed in an
extraordinarily interesting manner the
thesis that the pre-Columbian clvillza.
tions of America--or at least many i'm
portant feotGres In those civilizations
were not truly aboriginal, but came
In cultural wave from Asia across
the Pacific ocean, the original starting
point of the most remarkable charac-
teristic being Egypt.
Professor Smith believes, says Sci
ence Progress, that the extremely pc.
culiar culture of Egypt was spread
eastward by mariners, mainly Phoeni'
clans, for several centuries after b. @
800. To quote the authors own words
he thinks that "the essential elements
of the ancient civilizations of India
(the pre-Aryan civilizations), further
India, the Malay archipelago, Oceania
and America were brought in success
sion to each of these places by mari
ners, whose oriental migrations began
as trading intercourse between the
eastern Mediterranean and India some
time after 800 B. G., and that the
highly complex and artificial culture
which they spread abroad was derived
largely from Egypt (not earlier than
the twenty-first dynasty), but also in
cluded many important accretions
from other sources, and that after ira.
versing Asia and Oceania and becom'
ing modified on the way, the stream
finally Continued for many centuries
to play upon the Pacific littoral OF
America, where 1t was responsible fol
planting the germs of the remarkable
pref Columbian civilization"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
"Windy" in Quarantine.

Ordnance Sergeant George Winship,
under date of Feb. 10. discloses. under
the censor, that he is in bad luck just
at the present. His letter says:
II landed in France Monday, the
11th, from England. The first night
here one of my men took the mumps
and | got put in British contact camp
for "a days There are about 40 Amer
ican soldiers here and 80 British. We
live in tents have no fuel, and when
not in bed have to keep walking to
keep warm. Have British rations and
they are sure slim--no coffee, tea
twice day. The camp is about a
quarter of a mile from a good sized
town, but our camp is surrounded by
high barb wire fence and we are not
allowed out. This is sure a tiresome
place to stay in for "a days. won't
get any mail until catch up with the
battery"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-15
Man Has Copied Natures Work.

Marble, in nature, owes Its crystal-
line structure to volcanic hest. But
ingenious man uses heat to counter
felt the volcanic rocks. By such means,
with suitable materials, he makes
bricks and crockery, which are arti-
fetal stones. The processes employed
in the manufacture of chinaware are
merely workship limitations Of those
used in the laboratory of nature.
Volcanic rock-granite, trap or what
not--is the very symbol of imperisha-
bility; but the artificial stones (such
as brick and chinaware) produced by
the fusion of particles under the action
of heat are among the most enduring
Of known substances.