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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
LOOK TO PRESIDENT WILSON
Earl Reading, at Public Meeting, Tells
How Allies Take Cheer From His
Utterances.

A high tribute to President Wilson
was paid by Earl Reading, Great Brit
aims special ambassador to the United
States in an address at New York in
the presence OF 1920 members of the
Merchants association.
Asserting that he doubted whether
IL wos realized in Europe how signal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
Stitch For Each Soldier.

Dayton, O.-G. e. Hill means to knit
one stitch for every American soldier.
IT figure we have 100000 soldiers
now" said Hill. "In one pair of socks
there are more than 10000 stitches.
1 have to knit seventy-five pairs OF
socks to knit the 100000 stitches"
Hill has already knit thirty-seven
pairs of socks. He knits from 30 a.
m. until z 80 a. M, when he cannot
sleep and awaits breakfast
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
viii Have Rabbits Feet.

Hutchinson, Kan.-Kansas negroes
who go against the Boches will all have
the famous darby charm, the left hind
foot of rabbit, 10 keep him safe from
Teuton bullets. X. c. (Kroon) Beck,
rabbit king" of Kansas, has agreed
to furnish every negro drafted man
in the state rabbit foot.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
MAKES SWEATERS FROM
RAISING SHEEP ON UP

Seattle, Wash.-Six heavy
sweaters which recently were
given to the Sedro-Woolley
branch Of the Red Cross were
made at home in the old-fash-
toned way. Mrs. s. d. Benson
raised the sheep from which the
wool was taken on her farm at
Siskiyou.
While experimenting with bark
preparations Mrs. Benson dis
covered a way to dye the yarn
in the regulation shades of gray
and khaki, and finally knit the
sweaters herself.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28

Miss Frances Hawthorne Brady.
daughter of Thomas Grayson Brady OF
Washington, u. c., is the first and only
woman on the staff Of the director gen.
eral of railroads, William G. McAdoo.
Miss Brady's capabilities make her
a most handy person in any organiza-
ton where directing ability and crea-
tive ideas are needed. Miss Brady
was selected because Of the ability and
efficiency she has shown in Liberty
loan work in the treasury. She is the
second appointee Of MIR. McAdoo as
director general of railroads.
Since leaving finishing school in
Washington Miss Brady has been
prominent in all the affairs Of the
younger set, but when the war started
she felt the call for patriotic duty and
offered her services to the government.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
PROCESSION RIVAL
OF PIED PIPER'S

brought something to them in Bel
GUM. but, especially since the Ameri-
cans left, it had to be stretched long
way.
Aren't you hungry?" some one
asked one of the Belgian children.
"Why, no." the ten-year-old replied.
81 ate yesterday"
The trumpeters piloted them to the
Casino, where the women of Evian
had laid out breakfast. Six or seven
children, too weak to stand the miles
walk. were carried in the big Amerl-
can Red Cross ambulanceS that trans
port the old men and women week
days, when the trains bring in the
French repatriates.
There was a big celebration in the
Casino. The mayor of Evian made a
speech, but most Of the children were
obviously much too tired to try to
puzzle out his big words. They were
much more interested in the band.
The band played "The Savoyard," the
anthem of EVANS mountain province,
and then it played the "Brabanconne.
the national hymn Of Belgium.
Those children stood up on the tables
to applaud and wave their handker-
chiefs They knew 1t, every one or
them, although they had not been al
lowed to sing it out loud for three
wears. Some of them were so small
that they must have learned it behind
closed shutters. Off in corner half
dozen little girls joined hands and
danced.
Too Tired for Candy.
But they were tired out; there were
one or two who were too tired to eat
the candy placed beside them-and
that is very tired. And in the middle
of the second verse Of the "Braban-
come" one small son of Belgium laid
his head on his arms and went to
sleep. And before the "Marseillaise"
was sung there were sleepy little
groups, oblivious to the noise about
them, at every table.
It was dark when they entered the
Casino-much too dark for the pic
lures that ought to have been taken
of them-and it was still very gray
twilight when they came out.
One of the American Red Cross
nurses who was helping care for
them saw two little girls arguing
sleepiIy about something or other.
'N'est-ce pas?" the timer of the two
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
conductorettes Capable.

New York.-Three hundred women
conductors on New York street cars
are making good. President Theodore
p, Shonts Of the Interborough Rail-
road company, has announced that the
conductorettes are as efficient as men,
equally honest and more polite.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28

One comparatively small strip Of the
coal fields that have been discovered
in the Antarctic continent is estimated
to contain as much fuel as all the I'M
worked fields Of Great Britain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28

was the moral force of this country in
the prosecution of war for liberty and
ga higher moral elevation for human
ity," Earl Reading declared of the
president:
mo human being has the faculty of
stating in better language the true
nature of those ideals than your presi-
dent, who speaks for you.
"We in Europe have learned to look
to those words of his and to cherish
them as representing to us the unal-
terahle determination of America,
once it has commenced to war in yindi-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
CRUSADERS
BY Abbie FarWeII Brown
of The VigiIantes.

They who have seen the vision,
We who have dreamed the dream,
Are comrades of mighty host.
Crusaders Of the Clean.
Some are to fall in action;
Some wave victorious swords;
Some knit the plying web of love;
Some forge the flaming words.
Still, shoulder set to shoulder,
We tread the fields of fate,I
Our wills fnvincible to crush,
The serried ranks of Hate.
And comrade heartens comrade
Through voids Of time and space,
Flashing the sign upon his brow,
A.light upon his face.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28
POOR LUCK AS STOWAWAY
Japanese Laborer Tries to Steal Pas
sage and Makes Trip With
Hands Tied.

San Francisco.-Because he tried to
steal passage on japanese liner from
the Orient to America, japanese la
borer was forced to make .almoys the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28

cation of. right, never to sheathe the
sword until it has conquered. We
know that the words spoken by your
president are words upon which we
can build. We do. They are messages
OF hope and comfort to u.s."
Every man that you send over Is
more than one American" Lord Read
ing continued. "He is more than one
soldier going to the trenches; he is a
message from YOU to us, over there
to be of good cheer, to remember that,
after ALL there is a population or
100000 behind him."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-28

Fireproof barrels made from sugar
mill refuse have been invented in Ha-
wall,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
HAWKES. IN RACE
Brewster's Assistant viii Run
for Attorney General.
He Is Considered One of the
Big Lawyers of Kansas.

Judge S. N. Hawkes. today announc-
ed as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for attorney general In
his announcement Judge Hawkes. re-
views some of the many duties of the
big office in which he has served the
state as an assistant attorney general
during the term of S. NJ. Brewster and
a portion of the term of John S. Daw-
son.
Lawyers of Kansas recognize Judge
Hawkes. as one of the really big law
yers of the state. Before he came to
Topeka from Stockton, Judge Hawkes.
had made an excellent record in the
practice of law in the Sixth district
In the attorney generals office, tho.
he has been placed in charge of some
of the big cases handled by the state,
has drafted some of the most far
reaching laws now on the statute
books and has won a state wide repu-
tation as counsellor an dtrial law
yer of unusual ability.
That Judge Hawkes. will go into the
Republican primaries as a strong con-
tender for the nomination is recogniz-
ed in political circles in the state. Yet
the office does not come before the
same manner as some other state de-
partments.
Hawkes. Announced Policies.
Some of the work of the big state
department is outlined in Judge
Hawkes. announcement. 1t is in part
as follows:
In the support of the institutions
and of all activities of the state gov
eminent the legislature appropriates
more than five million dollars a year.
This. together with the school fund,
the fiscal agency funds and other
items, great and small, make the re-
ceipts, expenditures and transfers. as
shown by the books of the state treas
urer and the state auditor. amount to
more than ten million dollars per
year. The proper supervision and
control of various lines of corporate
and private business require the best
talent in the various departments of
the state government. All of the bust
ness of the state requires strict integ-
rity on the part of all state employees.
TT is an importan. duty of the at
torney general to assist and counsel
state officers and the state legisla-
ture.i He. also is a member of the
executive council, the charter board.
the blue sky board. the school fund
commission, the printing commission,
the state blank book commission. the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
THE DISSATISFIED LILY.

In the Northland, there is lovely
little River between two beautiful
lakes. Trees and shrubs and tall
Grasses grow along. both sides of the
River. In the water, all the way
down this River are many pretty
Flowers. dainty little pink blossoms.
the blue Water Hyacinths, Yellow
Water Lilies, and White Water Lilies.
1 think Flowers are much like other
people. for they like some things.
and other things they do not like.
Many like plenty of water, some do
not like 1t at all. Some love the Sun
shine and others love the Shade.
Sometimes they who are in the Shade
sigh for the Sunshine, and they who
are in the Sunshine long for the Shade.
Once in a while it happens that some
Flower. made for the Shade finds it
self out in the open Sun, then it dis
covers. that the Sun it sighed for is
not good at all, and it begins to droop
and finally fades away In this River
was a charming group of the whitest
Lilies you ever saw, with delicate yell
low hearts. All the day long the
Breezes played over them, and the
Sun shone, and there came from them
a sweet, sweet odor~ The Bees and
the Butterflies, and the Insects how
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
NEED HEAVY toes
Officers Should Take Supply OF
Uniforms to France.
Good Clothes Are Hard To Get
Over There.
WEAR ONLY CLEAN GARMENTS
Officers of the Allies Always
Dress as Gentlemen.
They Are Spotless, Even When
- in the Trenches.

Camp Funston, Kan, Jan. 26-An
officer who has been continuously ON
du+v with the troops in France for
seven months, has written TO the
Camp Funston command, outlining
the clothing situation in France. Inc
letter was published to the command,
for the information of the men OF TINS
division. 1t reads:
Do not bring old uniforms. You
might have one issue uniform TOT
rough work, but have at least two new
suits of heavy material. Here theS
cost about $50, and hard to get maze
as you wan. them. over here they are
much more particular about dress
than they ever were in the states. l
have never vet seen French or Brit
ish officer with soiled or threadbafe
clothing. They consider themselves
gentlemen. and dress accordingly
Even in trenches in mud up to their
waists. they are spotless from the
waist up. Once day they have ev-
erything, cleaned up thoroly-
Hats Hard to Get.
Campaign hats are very hard to set.
Bring at least six suitS-e heavy wool
underwear. Never since / was a boy
have L worn wooden underwear. but l
could not get along without it here.
Every one wears heavy wool socks,
and nearly everybody has chilblains at
that Some of US wear two pairs
light and heavy. For ordinary wear.
have four pair of good O. M. tan shoes
large enough for heavy socks. Then
for trench work you need a pair of
high leather boots, hobnailed on the
s"ie. with heels as high as you can
v ear them. These cost $50 here. and
I, price going up. Hip rubber boots
a e needed hobnailed if you can get
item, which will save much slipping.
Leggings of all kinds can be gotten
here, as well as Sam Brown belts
Lring your uniform overcoat and
raincoat of some kind with a detach
aDle lining, coating reaching just to
the knees. | have soft leather rain
proof coat with detachable wool lin
ing, which / consider the best OBJ
tsctnable, but many officers have a
] ned Burberry or regular raincoat-
DO not get a moleskin coat of any
] md. as it Soaks water like a sponge,
aud soon weighs a ton. Anything will
60 that is waterproof, reaches just to
the knees and has a detachable warm
lining L have as yet seen none that
are waterproof. but such would De my
idea of the right thing.
Summers Not Hot.
In summer it does not get hot like
at home Officers at least will wear
Cd shirts and blouses at all times,
10 khaki You will probably wear thin
underwear five months only. A
sweater without collar to wear under
louise goes very nicely. The regular
equipment is all right, but so far moth
ing has been settled for trench war
fare In Paris you can get anything
imaginable, but many things cost
more than in the states. The pur-
chase of clothing here from the quar-
termaster is very uncertain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
SOLDIERS BIG NIGHT
Funston and Dodge Athletes to Com
pete in Kansas City Tourney.

Kansas City, Mo-, JAN 26.-Athletic
rivalry such as exists between colleges
will be decided here tonight when
picked men from the environments at
Camp Funston and Camp Dodge meet
in Convention hall in an athletic and
military carnival.
Dodge has defeated Funston at foot
ball and Funston defeated Dodge at
basketball and reports from the two
big camps indicate that officers and
men have worked hard for this de-
Gliding event
The Dodge representatives, eighteen
officers and fifteen enlisted men. are
here, and a special train from Camp
Funston bringing the contestants. the
342d heavy artillery band. and as
many Kansas City men as care to
come home over Sunday was due here
this afternoon. Athletes and soldiers,
led by the band. were to parade thru
the downtown section this afternoon.
The event in which Earl Caddock,
of Camp Dodge, claimant of the
heavyweight wrestling championship
of the world. win compete will not
count in the total of points won it
was announced today, and the boxing
bout between Mike Gibbons and Bob
McAllister, camp boxing instructors,
also will be an exhibition.
Other exhibitions include bayonet
exercises between the camp instruc-
tors and a gas helmet race. and a
demonstration of machine gun work
by crack team from Camp Funston
under Captain Hall of the British
military mission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26

cred over them and gathered sugar
from their yellow hearts. Everyone
who passed by in Canoe or Boat said,
How beautiful and beautiful they
were. They all seemed so satisfied to
be and to do what God had planned
for them. But here is sad story.
One Lily, and She was the largest and
most beautiful of them ALL was not a
bit satisfied to be where she was, nor
to live as she was living. She cried
out, why am 1 here in this lonely
place? What good is it to be sweet
and beautiful when SO few pass by to
see me and admire me?" It did not
satisfy her that q poet came by one
day and wrote sweet song about her,
or that an artist paintedea picture and
she was the center of the picture. No,
she was dissatisfied still. Then one
day someone came by and saw her,
and bent down, and plucked her from
her roots. The pain was very grea
and she almost tainted away. The
lady who plucked her smiled on her
and smelled of her perfume and
then dropped her into the bottom of
the canoe, and presently forgot all
about her. Then she wished she were
back on the bosom of the River where
the Bees hummed and the Butterflies
hoyered and the Breezes played all
the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26


derfully the cause of real temperance
in this state, but the whole battle is
not yet a thing of the past. 1t still
requires constant vigilance on the part
Of all prosecuting officers and of all
peace officers, county. city and town
ship; and, in that work, they are en-
titled to the assistance Of the attor-
ney general; and it is the duty of the
attorney general to merit their COM
plete cooperation. In fact, the plan
of the government of this state con-
templates complete cooperation of all
public officials, from governor to
road overseer.
Il do not begin. to claim to be
worthy of the office of attorney gem
eral. The office is worthy the best
and most capable man in Kansas 1t
is not a gift to be awarded for the
asking nor a prize to be scrambled
for. All can say is that. If the peo-
pie put me in the office, I win do the
best Ican-''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
SUNK AT MIDNIGHT
U. S. Gunners Stayed by Guns BOT
Saw No U-Boat-AH Aboard Saved.

Washington, Jan. &c. = Blasting
away with its guns at an unseen
enemy, the American steamer Owasco
sank, fighting, about midnight Decem-
Der 10, the victim of a German sub
marine.
In the blackness, which blanketed
the ocean the American gunners got
no glimpse of the U-boats but stood
by their guns, firing where the enemy
was thought to be, until the waves
enveloped the ship.
The navy department today made
public an official account of the
tragedy by the hip's~commander.
A torpedo struck the hold of the
vessel at 1880 blew off the matches
and went thru into another hold. A
mountain of flame rose from the ship
and when the small boats-had pulled
away, they looked, in the lurid light,
like small boys playing about bon
fire" 49,
Wireless apparatus was wrecked by
the explosion The men were blown
four feet into the air from the kick.
But all the crew was saved, before
the vessel. aflame and lurching from
end to end, sank into the sea,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
KANSAS is THE GOAT"
. Insurance Rates Make Kansas Fay
Iosscs in other States-R. III. Hope

In a recent issue of the State Jour
nal Roy H. Hope. secretary OF the
Kansas Employers association, was
quoted as telling the master builders
of Kansas. at their recent convention
that the Kansas wOrkmen'S compen-
zion act was 6ne of the most unfair
acts in the country. Mr.. Hope asks
To- have the statement corrected. He
says- the Kansas law is one of the most
eauitable laws in the United States,
fair alikesto employer and employe.
In an interview the secretary states
THE big insurance interests are maxi
ing Kansas the goat by the present
high workmens compensation lnsur-
ance rates
kansas is paying the highest COM
pensation rate in the Unite States, eX-
cept New York, in face of the fact that
the Kansas law is only an average
law ranking ninth in it's eXtensiveness.
Nebraska employers are getting
their compensation insurance at an
average ot 20A per cent lower than
Kansas in spite of the fact that the
Kansas law is less extensive than the
Nebraska law.
THE people of Kansas are com
PEELED to pay the losses of other states
while these states are enjoying a low
rate of insurance. The item of work
mems compensation insurance on paw
ing and the erection of school build
ings is costing the taxpayers in To-
peka alone many thousands of dolla RS
every year.
The manufacturers and other en-
ployers should not be forced to pay
an unfair rate because they are in
Kansas.
The next legislature ought to see to
it that the commission of insurance is
clothed with proper authority to reg
ulate the compensation rate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26

In the olden days the mere men
ton of a Second Hand Store. called
up visions of creepy bugs and the
smelliest of smells. 1t didn't seem
possible that such place could
ever be up to date, yet Topeka has
just such a business. From a hum
BILE start in a little old barn be-
tween Quincy and Monroe streets,
five years ago, there has grown a
modern Second Hand Store at 100
East 9Th St. that is absolutely
clean aNd sanitary and where any
thing may be bought or sold except
things to eat.
Between three to five men are
employed by e. l.. Buck thruout
the different seasons and these men
are kept busy rebuilding and re-
finishing the second hand stuff as
it comes in. All sorts of things
are bought but the junk never
reaches the store as it is taken to
warehouse down on Quincy street
and sold at aHction; thus proving a
source of ready gain that never lit
tiers up the store, while the disable
things are taken to the store and
put in the fumigating rooms. of
which there are two, one Tor fur
niture. the second for bedding, and
left until there is absolutely not the
slightest danger of any germ living
to harm anyone.
After a thorough fumigation the
things are rebuilt, revarnished or
painted, just as the case demands.
making it sometimes hard to tell
which is the old or which is the
new turnout the store, only old is
never soldsfor new, for nothing is
ever misrepresented at this parti-
cular Second Hand Store. When
you buy second hand things you are
told so, but it is not always neces-
sary to buy them for there are
many new articles in the store.
New cook stoves, ranges, one line
of new heaters and the Stackless
Furnace are carried in complete
stock, together with alLkinds of oil
stoves. Between 500 and 700 stoves
have been sold from this place this
winter. Sounds like big business for
one Second Hand store, but you see
this is the unusual kind of a
Second Hand Store, place
where people can spend a dollar
and receive a dollars worth of
goods in return without fear of any
sort of contagious disease either
from the new or the~old things
they are purchasing.
The place is popularity known as
Cheap Jacks. This isn't the own
er's name in the least. but twenty
years ago he conceived the idea in
Denver, that any business you
wished to succeed in must be talked
about and so he has worked along
this line and some amusing stores
he can tell you as the result of his
advertising, which he says aided by.
his own hard efforts has at last
opened a standard field of bust
ness. And SO Cheap Jack will be glad
to have callers at his store. people
who have been there before and
new ones to show thru it. the big
main floor, the balcony and last but
not least, the upper shop where
things are> rebuilt and, funigated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26

state board of canvassers and the state
printing commission for uniform coun-
ty records. 1t is also his duty to fur
nish advice to all county attorneys; to
handle all litigation in the supreme
court in which the state is interested;
to appear for the state in all other
litigation when required by the cover
nor or by either branch of the 'legisla-
ture, and in certain matters wnen re-
quested by certain other state officers
He has authority to defend any county
or city that may be sued by the holder
of a bridge patent tbs his duty to
enforce the prohibitory liquor law, the
anti-monopoIy laws, the Brewster
custer law for the removal of un-
faithful : public officers, sthe laws
against gambling and against certain
other vices.
Must Fight Booze.
1.-The bone dry law and the fact
that the federal supreme court has
upheld a sinSi&dr law has helped won