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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-19

FUNDS for FIRST and second MORTGAGES:
Philadelphia and nearby New Jersey and
Pennsylvania: Lamb Co. 737 Walnut ~
LARGE AMOUNT for first and second mort
cages. 1901 Chestnut st. Room I2OT
MONEY FOR 1ST AND ID MORTGAGES
LEWIS COHEN, lI13 LINCOLN BLDG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
PUT HUNS TO SHAME
Americans Show Germany What Real
Efficiency Can Do.

Hutchinson. Kan, Oct 19.-The
much mooted Germany efficiency"
has been put into total eclipse by the
accomplishing nts of the Americans,
according to John Donnell of this city.
now engaged in the supervision of
building Y NJ. &C. A. ''huts' in France.
In a recent letter to his sister, Mrs.
Will S. Thompson, he writes Lets
forget this talk of German efficiency.
We have accomplished in oneaEear al
most as much as Germany did in forty
years of constantly plotting and pre-
pairing, and in another year we will
have done so much more that her
preparations will appear in contrast in
their true inefficiency."
From the manner N which values
In France assume greatly increased
proportions whenever American
money is in sight, Mr.. Donnell con-
cludes that the French are very
thrifty" He mentions having trav-
eled over a large portion of France
and seeing American soldiers every
where" Concerning the American
military camps in France, he says:
I'VE are building the most wonder
full camps in many parts of France. 1t
is marvellous how quickly and how
well they are built. 1t seems strange
to meet American boys everywhere in
this land of medieval appearance. One
wonders if any buildings save ours
have been built in France in the last
500 years. / don't believe So"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
NOT ON battlefield
/. Vet Says Sherman Was Talking in
Camp of the War.

Des Moines. Ia. Oct. 19.-Whether
General Sherman really made a wide
ly quoted utterance anent the joys of
warfare. has been the~basis of consid-
cradle argument, in which many vet
Grams of the Civil War have figured.
Now comes C. ]. Mutt. Des Moipes.
veteran in good standing, who declares
the celebrated "war-is-helr" phrase
was not uttered on the battlefield. but
at q G. A. R. convention in Columbus,
Ohio.
Sherman called them, were gathered
around the stand where the general
was speaking" Mutt says, This is
what he said for I was only a few feet
away from the stand and heard him
distinctly:
Some people may imagine that
war is a mere pastime, a play spell,
but, boys, we know it's hell"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
LEGAL

/. A false charge. in a publication that
a woman, specifically named. IL immoral
and unchaste constitutes a libel and the fact
that an honest mistake was made by the
publisher In the use OF plaintiffs name
Is not a legal excuse, as the law looks to
the tendency and consequences OF pub
lication rather than to the intention OF the
publisher.
2 As the publication, containing the
charge Of unchastity and conceded 70 De
false, specifically named the plaintiff as
the wrong -doer ana az no one else of her
name resided in the community; the PFC.
visions Of section 126 of the civil code did
not apply and formal proof that the de-
famatofy matter was published OF the PLAIN
tiff was not necessary,
g. General damages for such false
publication arise by inference OF law ana
As no valid defense of the libel was
made herein the only question left for sui.
mission to the jury was the amount OF
damages sustained by the piaindff.
s. Certain facts relied on by the de-
fendant are held not to constitute settle
ment.
All the justices concurring.
Attest: d. A. VALENTINE.
(Seal.) Clerk Supreme COURT
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diet, then prunes should have still
more important place for, owing to the
fact that they are product of our
own land and make less of a tax on
transportation facilities. they have ad-
vanced less in price than other dried
fruit mentioned and therefore offer
greater inducements for the economi-
cal housewife.
Once of course we thought of
prunes only as stewed prunes. and
stewed prunes suggested to most of
US supper in an orphan asylum or
some similar institution where long
lines of bowls, each containing a few
aenemic prunes swimming in a wa
| terry syrup, presented the only des-
| sert five nights out of the seven.
But prunes have risen enormously
in the hierarchy of foods. They are
prepared with far greater skill and
come to US full of richness and flavor
suggesting a hundred palatable ways
| Of preparation for the table. Stewed
| with a syrup requiring only a little adj
| ditional sugar they offer a real deli
| cacy for the breakfast table and there
dings, and other desserts that make
| the best use of their delicate flavor.
A very nice prune pudding can be
| made in this way: Remove the pits
| from a half pound of prunes that have
| been soaked twelve hours. Fill a but
| tered baking dish with alternate slices
of prunes and buttered stale bread,
! having a layer of the bread on top.
Now make a mixture of one egg, a
pinch of salt, an eighth of cup of
sugar and a cup of milk. pour over the
pudding and bake slowly for an hour.
Prune Pie.
To those who know its merits prune
| pie is as much of a favorite as raisin
pie and that is saying a good deal.
| To make it one needs but to mix
prunes that have been cooked soft
with a little sugar and rubbed thru a
strainer, with stiffly beaten whites of
| two eggs and then pour the mixture
into a pie tin lined with good pastry.
When cooked thru. a meringue top
| can be addSd and the pie slipped into
the oven to brown or it can be served
with a spreading of slightly sweetened
whipped cream.
| A prune pudding made much like a
Brown Betty is an economical dessert.
It calls.for pound Of prunes, cooked
and cut into small pieces and d cup of
soft bread crumbs. Prunes and bread
should be put in a buttered pudding
dish in alternate layers with little bits
| of butter, a sprinkling of brown sugar,
and cinnamon, and cloves If desired
| added as the layers are added. The
juice in which the prunes have been
| cooked should be poured over the top.
Broken or chopped walnut meats
should be added and then it should be
baked slowly. with more prune juice to
keep from drying, il necessary. Serve
with hard sauce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
The FAKER BUSY
Every Device Known Aids in
Pooling the Hun.
Papier Mache Heads Even for
Him To Shoot At.

Behind American Lines in France.
Oct. 19.-Heads of dummy soldiers
made of papier mache and mounted
on long poles peer with staring eyes
over the tops of imitation parapets in
the American camouflage station here.
They are decoys for the German sniper
to shoot at and thus disclose his hid
ing place.
Long lines of these dummy figures
lean against the walls of the toy
shop" as the soldiers call 1t, a huge
building where companies and regi-
ments of imitation soldiers are manu-
featured. Soldier heads, some bare
headed and others wearing helmets,
are first modelled by sculptors work.
ing in soft white clay. This is repeat
ed in papier mache.
A big oven bakes the papier mache
heads to the required hardness. Then
they pass to the artists. who put on the
natural tint of flesh, uniform and hell
met. Finally they are mounted on
stout poles and are ready to be held
up as decoys along the trenches, to
draw the fire of the enemy. Very
often an enemy sniper will disclose his
wherea bouts by taking a shot at one
of these paper mache soldiers peer
ing over the trench front
Turning from the plaster decoys the
correspondents were suddenly con-
fronted by a whole regiment of SOL
diers armed and in full field equip
ment, and thrown out in open order
as the men go forward III the early
morning raids. But instead of being
real soldiers, this was a regiment of
''silouettes." Each figure was life-size,
painted on thin board, and cut out
much as children cut out paper dolls.
Some were kneeling and firing; 9TH
ers were firing from the shoulder, and
others stood at rest They were fine
looking men," every one of them,
and the work of the best artists.
These siIouettes are one of our most
effective means of camouflage, it was
explained. They are used in the early
dawn, when there is a mist which
makes it difficult to detect the decep-
ton. During the night they are posteo
in open order far in front. AS day
light breaks the enemy sees this array
dimly outlined thru the mist. 1t usual
ly draws the fire of machine guns and
batteries. and gives in advance the
main lines of enemy resistance. With
this disclosed, the men leap forward
and living figures take the place of the
painted silouettes.
Near the silouettes, artists were
turning out a number of most artistic
tree stumps. The stumps looked very
natural, covered with moss. but each
was a handy box from which a sniper
could work with his gun. One of these
handy boxes was inside pile of old
tin cans; and in another. the observer
looked thru an orifice of a helmet
which had apparently fallen on the
battlefield But the cans and the he'll
met were not real-all camouflage.
A very effective camouflage, used
along the top of trenches. is a simple
box of rough. irregular shape. painted
TO resemble earth and covered with
81 vel and twigs- This is set upon the
edge of the trench and looks just like
the rest of the earth. but inside there
is room for the head and shoulder of
n soldier, who. can look about as tho
head and shoulder above the trench.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
LEGAL

the plaintiff cannot recover if the ship
ments were to be part of interstate COM
lnerce, where the evidence is not clear as
10 whether or not the shipments we're to
pc made to points within-or without the
state.
3. The exemplary damages named in
lection S423 of the General Statutes of
1918 are not such damages as have been
termed exemplary in actions in which it
has been held that such damages cannot
be recovered unless actual damages are
proved.
T. Where a person makes a written ap-
plication to carrier for a car, under sec
ton 1921 of the General Statutes of 1915,
and the carrier does not require any de-
post to be made as prescribed by section
S424, and the applicant does not tender
any deposit. it is for the jury to determine
whether the applicant elected to order the
car without making such deposit
g. A milling in transit privilege on a
car of grain shipped from one point to
another within this state, where all con-
nection of the shipper with the grain
ceases at such point, does not render the
shipment interstate commerce, although
the consignee at the point of destination,
may, under the milling in transit privilege,
ship the grain, or its product to point
outside the state.
All the justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: d. A. VALENTINE,
(Seal) Clerk Supreme Court.
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LEGAL
REVERSED.

REVERSED.
Syllabus By the Court. West, j.
1. The reply examined and held not TO
amount 10 such a departure as to warrant
2. An objection to a question calling for
the conclusion Of a witness was rightfully
sustained.
5. Corporal appearance and conduct as
indications Of inward health or lack OF it
are relevant"
l. The omission of one fact from the
Hypothetical question propounded to one of
several witnesses did not constitute ma
terial error.
5. The demurrer to the plaintiffs evil
dence was properly overruled. and requests
for Instructions raising the same question
as such demurrer were properly refused
6. An instruction as to the necessity Of
concurrent delinquency, suspension and bad
health was not erroneous
7. In view of the issues raised by the
pleadings no error was committed by
charging that the defense must be proved
by the greater weight of the evidence and
that the defense of forfeiture must be
esta blished by clear and satisfactory PROOF.
8. To entitle the member to reinstate-
ment she must. aside from slight troubles
or infirmities not usually ending in serious
consequences, have been in fact free from
any disease ailment which tended ser
iously or permanently to weaken or impair
0. It was error to instruct that if the
insured enjoyed such good health and
strength as to Justify the reasonable belief
organic functions or symptoms, and to or
binary observation or outward appearance
her health was reasonably what might have
heep expected. the requirements as to good
10. 1t a!as not error as against the de-
PENDANT to allow interest from the date of
filing proofs of death.
All the justices concurrtng.
true copy. .
Attest: u. A. Val. ENTINE,
(Seal) Clerk Supreme Court.
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No. 21.@5.
c. A. West Appellant,


VIM. Brugger and N. W. MoxIey, Appellees.
Appeal from Cherokee County.
. AFFIRMED.
Syllabus. By the Court. Mason J.
1. Under contract by which the owner
of a tract of land agreed upon certain con-
ditions to grant q mining lease, 1t is held
that right to declare a forfeiture, II the
work of development was suspended for
ten days, was given to him by provisions
that the other party was to begin work by
a certain date, and not cease for more than
ten days at a time. and that If he failed to
carry out any of the terms of the contract
the owner might effect forfeiture by Civ
ing written notice thereof.
2. Under such circumstances an extern
sion. by the owner, of the time of COM
Inenc1ng work, did not amount to a waiver
of the requirement that work should not
be suspended for more than ten days.
D. Where the other party to such a CON
hereunder to others, he cannot success
fully attack the validity of a forfeiture
declared by the owner, on the ground that
no notice was served upon anyone but
himself.
T. The rights Of the other party to such
a contract are not affected by the fact that
after the declaration of forfeiture the per-
son who had been conducting mining
operations under an arrangement with him
continued to operate under q new agree
5. The finding of the trial court against
the contention that proceedings for for
feiting rights under such a contract were
collusive, and therefore invalid, held to
have been supported by substantial evil
dence, and consequently TO be binding
upon this court.
All the justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: d. A. VALENTINE,
(Seal.) Clerk Supreme Court
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introduced at a time when the govern
ment demanded the greatest restric-
ton in the usage of wool. 1t is prob
ably a bit of bravado. The few
strands of wool used in the embroid-
cry do not bother the government, and
while the dressmakers and tailors
are willing to forego woofen materiaA
in their clothes, they like to give the
appearance of having plenty of it by
introducing this futile way of employ
ing it.
The same thing happened two
years ago when copper and other
metals were so passionate1y demanded
by France and England. At that very
moment, the milliners introduced
threads Of copper as embroidery. They
explained this by saying that they
were permitted to pick out quantities
of copper threads from the debris in
the munition factories and that they
turned the entire idea into profit It
is probably the same with wool. They
have plenty of small bits. and because
there is demand for what can't be
gotten, they make the buyer pay a
good price for a new kind Of en-
broidery.
Back to Simpler Days.
There are garments that are pro-
1ected this autumn with the impress
of the best makers of France and
America upon them. which give one
nickerlng Renaissance of New Eng
land farmers in cold weather and the
curious clothes of travellers in heatless
trains of other days.
Here is a coat shown in the sketch
today which is put out as a fashion
able garment and brings in a good
price: and yet. it would have been
considered as a curious costume two
seasons ago.
It is of tan velours, with a muffler
OF sealskin wrapped around the neck
and tied in front, in farmer fashion.
There are immense pockets that or
nament the hips which are trimmed
with wool embroidery and heavily
fr1nged with wool tassels. The hem
OF the coat is arranged in the same
way, first with the wooden embroidery
and then with the pendants of thick
wool. The sleeves have the embroid-
cry above deep gauntlet cuffs OF
Alaska SEAL
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No. 21T35.
Gertrude Bottle, Minor, by Frank Bottle,
her next friend, Appellee,
Elliott B. True, Appellant.
Appeal from Jackson County
AFFIRMED.
Syllabus. By the Court. Marshall, J.
1. 1t is not error to refuse to submit to
the jury special questions which can not
be answered from the evidence.
2. In an action to recover damages
caused by slanderous words spoken of the
plaintiff charging her with larceny, the
amount of recovery should be left to the
good sense and fair judgment of the jury,
where there is no evidence to show the
amount of damage sustained.
3. Evidence was introduced concerning
the claimed rights of the parties who were
on the premises when the slah3erous
words were spoken, and concerning why
the plaintiff was then at that place. That
evidence was afterward Withdrawn from
the jury, because punitive damages were
not alleged nor claimed. Held, not error.
4. In an action for SANDER, a judgment
will not be reversed where the trial court
reduces the amount of the verdict with the
consent Of the prevailing party, and finds
that the jury was not Influenced by pas
sion or prejudice or other improper mo-
tives. and there is nothing in the record to
indicate that the jury was SO Influenced.
All the justices concurfing.
A true copy.
Attest: d. A. VALENTINE,
{Seal) Clerk Supreme Court.
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LEGAL
AFFIRMED,

AFFIRMED.
Syllabus. By the Court. Dawson, j.
1. The consideration for guaranty ex-
amined and held sufficient.
2. While a secretary of a. corporation
his office to bind his corporation, the cor
poration may be bound by his acts when 1t
entrusts him with the management of Its
business, and where his acts are in FUR
therance of the corporate business.
5. 1t ia within the powers of corpora
ton chartered to conduct a wholesale and
retail implement merchandise business to
undertake the duties OF an implement sales
agent and the incidental obligations per-
tanning thereto
All the justices concurring.
A true copy. -
Attest: n. A. VALENTINE,
(SeaI) Clerk Supreme Court.
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No. 2f.744.
W. H. GilIard, Appellant,

NO. Z1,l4f.
W. H. Gillard, Appellant,
vs..
T. B. Hoffman and T. V. Donnell. Appellees.
Appeal from Edwards County.
AFFIRMED.
Syllabus. By the Court. Burch, j.
The defendal ITS placed on the roof of the
one story extension of their building a lad
der reaching near to a window OF the
third story for use as a fire escape. The
rooms of the third story which were leased
to a tenant. were reached by means Of a
stairway. The tenants janitor finding him
self without key to the door of the rooms,
undertook to gain access to them by means
of the ladder. The foot of the ladder slip
ped, causing him to fall and be injured.
Held, the defendants owed the 5anitor no
duty to make the fire escape safe for the
use TO which he appropriated 1t.
All the justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: d. A. VALENTINE,
(Seal) Clerk Supreme Court.
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No. ia.
A. J. Brenn, Appellee,

The Farmers Alliance Insurance Company.
Appellant,
Appeal from Stafford County.
REVERSED.
Syllabus, BY the Court Burch, j.
i. A bylaw Of n mutual fire insurance
company IL held to mean that where a
policy IL written or live stock, and the risk
on each head Is not otherwise stated. each
Is to be regarded as separately insured
for a numerically proportional part Of the
entire amount named,
q IRE rule which denies effect to an
oral agreement so far as IL contradicts u
written contract entered into at the same
time or later, is one not merely OF evil
dence, but Of substantive law.
B. Where the statue provides that the
bylaws of a mutual Insurance company
shall be made rart Of every policy issued.
the fact that the agent who solicited the
insurance made an incorrect statement con-
corning the force of a bylaw. through
mistaken opinion as to its meaning, will
not form a basis for reformation of the
contract to conform to such erroneous con-
ception.
4. A change in such bylaw by the
elimination of a provision that in no event
should the rompany's liability exceed the
market value Of the animal lost IL held not
to have had anv effect upon the rights
Of the parties involved in this action.
All the justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: d. A. VALENTINE,
lSeal.) Clerk Supreme Court
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No. 21,730.
William Messenheimer, Appellant,


William Messenheimer Appellant,
The Fraternal Aid Union, Appellee.
Appeal from Douglas County.
AFFIRMED.
Syllabus BY the Court. Mason, J.
1. An incorporated mutual benefit society
which under its charter has no power to
obligate itself to pay a certain sum to its
members on their reaching seventy years
Of age, can not accomplish the same re-
suit by the device of issuing a certificate
promising to pay that amount to a mem
adopting a bylaw providing that members
on reaching that age stall be considered
totally disabled.
2. Where a certificate issued by mutual
benefit association includes provision
that it is liable to forfeiture if the mem :
as are or may be adopted" and the appli-
cation for membership includes an agree
ment that the certificate shall be void if
the member shall fail to comply with the
laws of the association then in force or
thereafter adopted, the association has the
ferred by the ordinary agreement of the
applicant to be bound by subsequently
adopted regulations.
3. A statute empowering certain associa-
lions "to make insurance on the lives of
individuals. and against personal injury,
jury" and forbidding them ito contract
the payment of endowments, annuities, or
anything of value to the member himself,
except for injury or disablement" does
not authorize them to undertake to make
payments because of the insured having
reached certain age.
All the justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: D. A. VALENTINE,
(Sea1) Clerk Supreme Court
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Wool Embroidery Has Already Lost
Its Novelty; Yet, Both Continue as
Leading Fashions.
New York.-We are in danger of be-
ing fringed to extremes. If we carry
the idea much further, we may look
like human chandeliers. just a drip
ping mass of pendants. The French
put fringe on their clothes last jan
uary, and when the first Ameri-
can fashions for the wholesale trade
were turned out early in the season.
they were spattered with fringe, ac-
cording to the French fashion.
We are now getting the full weight
of this idea. The French gowns
shown at the openings continued the
use of fringe as trimming, and there
fore, we have the impress of two con-
tinents on the fashion. Could any
one small mortal go against such a
colossal ultimatum? Yet, it is to be
expected that many mortals will fling
themselves in defiance against this
popular trick for the very reason that
it is already being overdone.
Three weeks ago it was announced
as a novelty of the autumn; today 1t Is
on every kind of gown selling from
twelve dollars in the inexpensive.
ready-to-wear shops to two hundred
dollars in the higth-class speciality
shops. Panels are fringed, so are
SaSheS; sleeves are IrlnSeO, SO are COL
lar; hats are fringed, underwear is
fringed, and the fashion will undoubt-
eddy appear on wells in the near fu-
ture.
This slashed material Is used in ev-
cry width. All the strands of silk, wool.
metal and jet have gone toward its
making. 1t is announced that cry
stalls and colored beads are not con-
sidered smart as fringe, just as they
are not in the first fashion as en-
broidery. For the latter we must use
metal or wool; for the former we use
silk. wool and metal, singly or to-
gether.
Wooden Threads Instead Of Crystal
Beads.
AS for wooden embroidery. there is
no end to this popularity and one can
not solve the mystery of why it was