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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
BOYS TREATED WELL
General Wright Unable to Find Com
plant in Doniphan Hospital.

Camp Doniphan, Okla, Jan. 14.-As
a result of complaints received from
relatives of men of the Thirty fifth
division of the treatment given at the
base hospital Maj. Gen. William M
Wright has made three separate trips
Of investigation thru the hospital to
learn personally just what was wrong.
General Wright talked to the pa
tients themselves, probably $50 of
them, and told them that if anything
was wrong he wanted to know it and
correct it. None of the men had any
complaint to make, General Wright
said, of the treatment they had re-
ceived.
Improvements can be made there,
of course" said General Wright. 81
am not denying that, and they are be-
ing made just as fast as the materials
can be secured. We had to move into
the hospital before it was finished,
and it seems almost impossible to get
some of the supplies necessary. But
they are coming in now, and it won't
pc long until the hospital is in first
class shape"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
SALTS FINE FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
We cat too much meat which
clogs Kidneys, then the Back
hurts.

lost folks forget that the kidneys.
like the bowels, get sluggish ond clog
ged and need a flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull misery
in the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
: alter before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice. com
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. 1t also neu-
tralizes the acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending blad-
der disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
n>ys clean, thus avoiding serious com
L1ications.
A weIl-known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be-
lieve in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is nly/trouble.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
GET NEW KIDNEYS!

The kidneys are the most overworked
organs of the human body. and when
they fail in their work of filtering out
and throwing off the poisons developed
in the system, things begin to happen.
One of the first warnings is pain or
highly colored urine; loss of appetite; in
digestion; irritation, even stone in the
bladder. These symptoms indicate n con-
dition that may lead to that dreaded and
fatal malady. Bright's disease, for which
there is said to be no cure.
You can almost certainly find immedi-
ate relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules. For more than 200 years this
famous preparation has been unfailing
remedy for all kidney, bladder and urinary
troubles. Get 1T ut any drug store, and
if it does not give you almost immediats
relief, your money will be refunded. Be
sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand
None other genuine. In boxes, three sizes.
=AdYerfisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
German Girl Charged With
Staying Millionaire.
Claims Brewer Choking Her
When She Shot Him.
HER TRIAL BEGINS TODAY
Once Jumped Her Bond and
Returns Voluntarily.
Said She Was Going to Ger
many TO Nurse Soldiers.

San Antonio, TeXas, Jan. 14--Miss
Emma Hedda Burgemeister. German
nurse, charged with the murder of
Otto Koehler, millionaire brewer, No
vember -, 1914, went on trial here
today before Judge w. S. Anderson,
in the Thirty-seventh district court.
Attorneys representing Miss Burge-
meister have announced their inten-
ton of basing their fight on self
defense" They will claim Miss Burge-
neister was being choked by Koehler
when she fired to protect herself.
Otto Koehler was president of the
Ean Antonio Brewing association. He
was several times a millionaire and
heavily interested in copper mines, be-
ing director in several companies.
She attended Mrs. Koehler, who is an
invalid. She visited Germany several
times with the Koehlers. At the time
of the tragedy she had left their en-
ployment and was residing at her
home on Hunstock avenue, San An
tonic.
Shot Three Times.
Koehler was shot shortly before
5 o'clock on the evening of November
IL. 1914. Three shots entered his
body Death was instantaneous. He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
SYRUP OF FIGS
FOR CROSS, SICK
FEVERISH CHILD
Look. Mother! Is tongue coated,
breath hot and
stomach sour?
Harmless ''fruit laxative" best
to clean tender liver
and bowels.

Mothers can rest easy after giving
California Syrup of Figs" because in
a few hours all the clogged-lp waste.
sour bile and fermenting food gently
moves out of the bowels, and you have
a WELL playful child again.. Children
simply will not take the time from
play to empty their bowels. and they
become tightly packed, liver gets slug
gish and stomach disordered
When cross, feverish. restless see If
tongue is coated, then give this de-
licious fruit laxative" Children love
it, and it can not cause injury No
difference what ais your little one-if
full of cold. or sore throat. diarrhoea
stomachache, bad breath. remember. a
gentle INSIDE cleansing should al
ways be the first treatment given. Full
directions for babies. children of all
ages and grown-ups are printed on
each bottle,
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" then
look carefully and see that it is made
by the California Fig Syrup Com
pany." Hand back with contempt any
other fig syrup.-Advertiseme
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
PLENTY HEAT FOR KIDS
Topeka Parents Need Not Worry Over
School Conditions.

There is plenty of coal in sight to
keep the schools of Topeka warm this
week." said NJ. C. Holman. clerk of the
board, this morning, land parents
need not worry concerning any lack
of heat in the school rooms"
There is a sufficient supply of coal
on hand to meet all needs this week,
and as far as the schools are con-
cerned, the supply is being repien-
ished from day to day. Many dealers
kept their men busy delivering to res
licences Sunday in an effort to catch
up with the orders. Most of the local
dealers have supplies of soft coal on
hand but the delivery facilities hold
up the filling of orders. The car
shortage is expected to be straight
ened out this week, and then coal cars
will arrive in Topeka with a plentiful
S,1pply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
Break in Weather Relieves the
Coal Shortage.
Institutions Can Keep Warm
With Moderate Temperatures.
MANY TOWNS IN DANGER
Only 200 Tons of Coal in
Hutchinson Sunday.
Small CherOkee.CrawfOrd Co.
Mines Closed.

The break in the cold weather
saved Kansas from the most serious
coal shortage the state has known.
Topeka is not alone in her demands
for fuel. Serious coal shortages exist
in all sections of the state, especially
in many towns along the Rock Island
Lines, according to a statement by
Emerson Carey, federal fuel admins
traitor Carey's statement to Governor
Capper was to the effect that grave
problems confronted many towns
Less than 200 tons of coal were avail
able Sunday in Hutchinson, Careys
home town. Telephone and telegraph
reports to the state administrator
came from every section of Kansas.
Every message contained the same
plea-more coal. But the coal was
not to be had. Transportation broke
under the strain and the railroads
were unable to maintain schedules or
meet demands and at the same time
give required consideration to prefer
entail orders of federal boards and bu-
rnaus and directors.
Small Mines Closed.
Several small mines in the Chero-
kee-Crawford county coal field have
been closed because of strikes. In the
main these mines produce but small
portion of the coal required for the
Kansas district. Three mines in the
district have been closed two weeks
the governor was advised. The daily
output of the three mines is 900 tons.
State institutions continue to suffer
as a result of the coal problem. The
state penitentiary mines have failed
to meet demands and the state heating
plant. supplied entirely with prison
coal and with no appropriation avail
able for purchases on the open mar
ket, was unable to secure shipment
from the prison.
Narrow Escape Here.
H L. Peppmeyer of the Topeka Coal
company saved state house officials
and employees a relighting of the oil
stoves and foot warmers when he
loaned the heating plant two cars of
coal. The state hospital would have
closed before daylight Saturday morn
ing had not Peppmeyer given the in
stitutiCn a couple of cars of coal. The
contract for supplying the state hos
pita1 is held by the Walker
company.
Recent heavy freezes have given
many towns almost as much concern
as the fuel shortage. In many towns
there is no water supply available for
domestic use and for fire protection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
ANNUAL ENGINEER MEET
Public Invited to Attend Big Sessions
to Be Held at Lawrence

Lawrence, Kan, Jan. 1.-THE tenth
annual meeting of the Kansas Engi-
neering society will be held in the
Kansas university here on January 1 5
to 16. Everyone, whether a member
of the society or not, is cordially in
vited to attend the meeting, which will
be divided into six sessions.
The address of welcome will be
made by Chancellor Frank Strong and
will be followed by the presidents ad-
dress, delivered by Vice President Con
Buck, in the absence of President
Capt. H. B. Walker.
The Kansas Engineering society was
founded in 1908 by prominent engi-
neers of the state, and its membership
now consists of practically all city,
county and consulting engineers in
Kansas, as well as prominent engi-
neers of Kansas City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
NO STOMACH PAIN,
i GAS. INDIGESTION
in FIVE MINUTES
''Pape's Diapepsin" is the best
antacid and stomach regu-
lator known.

..Reall~ does put upset stomachs in
order--rea!ly 1oes'' overcome indi
gestion dyspepsia. gas. heartburn and
sourness due to acid fermentation il
five minutes-that-just that-makaS
Pape's Dia oepsin the largest selling
stomach antacid and regulator in he
world If what you eat ferments and
turns sour. you belch gas and eruc-
tate undigested food or water; head is
dizzy and aches; breath foul: tongue
coated; your insides filed with midi
gestible waste. remember the moment
.'Pape's Diapepsin" comes in contact
with the stomach all such distress
vanishes It's truly astonishing-al-
most marvellous. and the JOY is its
harmlessness
A large fifty-cent case of Pape's
Diapepsin is worth it's weight in gold
to men and women who can't get
their stomachs regulated. It belongs
in your home-should always be kept
handy in case of a sick, sour, upset
stomach during the day or at night
It's the quickest, surest antacid for
the stomach in the worId.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
BAD BREATH
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove i

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi.
tute for calomel, act gently on the bowels
and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar.
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
by all who know them.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomei does without any
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sickening.
gripping cathartics are derived from DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets without gripping.
pain or any disagreeable effects.
DR.. F. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac-
tice among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint, with the
attendant bad breath.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
a vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil; YOU will know them by their olive
color. Take one or two every night for
week and note the effect. 10c and 25c
per boz. All druggists.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
HARDTACK ROMANCE!
Kansas Girl Becomes Bride of Soldier
From Camp Doniphan.

camp Doniphan, Okla, Jan. IA
Many flower strews the path of the
ordinary courtship, but it was a piece
OF army bareback, on which was scrib-
bled the address of one of the nations
fighters, that induced a petite and
pretty maiden of Kansas to change
her name from Miss to Mrs. and
thereby gladden. the heart of a mem
Der of the 35th army division sta
toned here. ~
1t was in August and several COM
panles of the ! 9th motor supply train
were on their way from Nevada. Mo
to the dust-swept plains of Camp Don,
iphan. As the heavily loaded train
rumbled thru one town after another
on its long hot trip to Oklahoma, the
soldier boys were met at each station
by bevies of pretty girls who show
cred smiles and sweet words upon
them.
Miss Fox Catches Hardtack.
Hardtack had been served out to
the men and L., H. Dickinson, a mem
Der of the truck company, not being
hungry, in an idle moment scrubbed
his name and Camp Doniphan" on
the piece of army food. AS the train
drew into Pittsburg, Kan, Dickinson
tossed the piece of biscuit from the
window of the coach directly into the
hands of a Miss Fox of Pittsburg, who
had come to the station to greet the
nations fighters as they passed thru
There was time for only one fleeing
glimpse between the two, then the
train steamed out of the station on its
way south.
The romance was on. Miss Fox
wrote a letter to the person whose ad-
dress was scrubbed on the piece of
army bareback. Dickinson answered
and gradually the ~. S. Mail" was
called upon more frequently to trans
port letters between a Pittsburg home
and Camp Doniphan. Just before
Christmas, Miss Fox made a visit to
.Lawton, Okla, remaining twenty-four
hours. When she left, she was Mrs
L. H Dickinson.
And now the jovial bridegroom of
the truck company is relating the tale
of how a piece of army bareback led
the way to the marriage altar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
.TOPEkANS WILL HELP
Con Buck and Jesse Shaw to Address
Kansas Engineering Society.

Two Topekans. Con Buck, vice pres
ident of the society, and Jesse Shaw.
superintendent of the Topeka water
department. will appear on the pro-
gram of the tenth annual meeting of
the Kansas Engineering society at
Lawrence tomorrow and Wednesday.
Buck will deliver the presidents adj
dress tomorrow morning in the alb
sence of Capt. H. B. Walker. president,
Manhattan. Shaw will speak Tuesday
afternoon on Fuels"
The Kansas Engineering society was
organized in 1908 with city, county
and consulting engineers, and other
prominent technical men of the state
as members. Among the thirteen
members in military service is Capt.
T. ]. Stricken, formerly engineer for
the Kansas public utilities commission
here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
TALK INSURANCE LATER
Local Campaigners Postpone Work
Among Funston Soldiers.

On word received from Lawrence
Priddy, president of the National As
ISOLATION of Life Underwriters, the To-
cal insurance men have postponed
their plan of conducting an intensive
campaign among the soldiers at Camp
Funston in the interest of war risk in
surance. The campaign was to have
been conducted at Camp Funston dur
inglthe last week in January but this
campaign is now abandoned for the
present in favor of an educational
campaign among the families and rel
atives of the soldiers.
Plans had been completed by insur-
ance organizations all over the coun-
try to carry out the campaign in the
various army camps, but after a con-
ference with government officials and
leading army men it was decided that
the plan was not feasible just at this
time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14

was found lying on the floor in Miss
BUrgemeister's room Justice or the
Peace r. Neil Campbell, who resided
in the adjoining cottage, was the first
to enter the house. Miss Burgemeister
had a deep jagged cut on her right
wrist. A case knife was found lying
on the floor.
Miss Burgemeister was arrested by
Sheriff John w. Tobin- Frustrated,
she lowered between life and death at
the Baylor hospital for a number of
days
Upon her recovery, she waived ex-
animation to a complaint charging
murder. She was remanded to Jail
without bond: Miss Burgemeister was
later released on $500 cash bond
furnished by Mrs. Emma DoIschiel
and James V. Voble.
An indictment was returned by the
grand jury on November Is, 1914 Her
case was set for trial February 1.
1915.
Said Bond Was Fictitious.
. When the case was called by Dis
trict Judge w. S. Anderson, the de-
PENDANT failed to appear. Her attor-
ney, State Senator Carlos Bee. read
letter from Miss Burgemeister in which
she said she was going to Germany to
nurse the wounded soldiers. Judge
Anderson thereupon declared the bond
forfeited.
until about a year later. October %,
1917, motion to rescind the action of
the court in forfeiting the bond was
filed in the Thirty-sevent district
court by Miss Burgemeister. In her
petition she alleged that she was
forced to leave San Antonio as the
result of threats of county officials
She alleged she had not requested any
bond be made for her; that the names
signed to the bond were fictitious and
that she did not know the signers.
She said she wanted to come back to
San Antonio and stand trial-"to plead
before the world her justification for
the killing"
October 9, Miss Burgemeister walk
ed into the Thirty-seventh district
court room and surrendered to Dis
trict Attorney D. A. McAskill. She
was re-arrested by Sheriff John W.
Tobin. Her attorneys Ex-Governor
Tom NJ. Campbell, C. NJ. Chambers,
and Dave Watson, imme diately filed
application for release on a writ of
habeas corpus. Judge Anderson de-
clined to hear the application immedi-
ately, and by agreement the hearing
was set for October 10. Miss Burge-
meister was released, pending hearing,
on a bond of $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
CONSTIPATION Is
A PENALTY OF AGE

Nothing is so essential to
health in advancing age as free
dom and normal activity of the
bowels. 1t makes one feel
younger and fresher, and fore
stalls colds, piles, fevers, and
other dependent ills.
. Cathartics and purgatives are
violent and drastic in action and
should be avoided. A mild, eff
fective laxative, recommended by
physicians and thousands who
have used it, is far preferable.
This is the combination of simple
laxative herbs with pepsin sold
by druggists under the name Of
DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup PePsin. 1t
costs only fifty cents bottle; a
trial bottle, free of charge, can be
obtained by writing to DIR. w. B.
Caldwell, ass Washington ST.,
Monticello, Illinois.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
WAR SLACKERS OF
1776 WERE SIMILAR
TO THOSE OF 1917

Washington, Jan. 14.-Echoes of
the Americans struggle for liberty in
1776 have been found by war depart
ment officials in their search of the
records of Harfords county, Maryland.
in connection with perfecting title to
the new army proving ground. A de-
tached document in the clerks files,
dated 1875. sets forth the names of fiji
teen citizens of the region who refused
to. sign declaration of independence
said to have been among the first
moves n that direction by the Ameri-
can colonists. The reasons given in
refusing to sign present a vivid picture
of the nerturbed state of mind of the
colonistss The document reads:
benjamin Harboard refuses to sign
sign thru religious principles.
William Wilson. son of John, re-
fuses to sign thru religious principles
Benjamin. Harboard refuses TO sign
thru religious principles.
Michael Boser don't sign by rea-
son he signed before.
Thomas Gilbert don't sign by rea-
son he don't choose
Thomas West don't sign by reason
it is a mystery to him."
Other reasons were: Don't I'm
derstand the NATTER" mo reason he
can give" for fear it would fetch
him into a scrape;" don't choose to
fight for liberty and never will" will
go in a vessel. will not fight by land;' -
he might fetch on himself that he
cannot go thru" cannot write or
read and shall not sign any paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
MORRIS PLAN BANK
In First Six Months $3.50 in Loans
Were Made.

The Morris Plan bank reports
prosperous six months. During that
period loans amounting to s7s.315.75
were made and the bank sold 5000
in liberty loans.
Following are the officers and di-
rectors elected: Horace L. Hall. presi-
dent; Harry F. Guthrie, cashier and
general manager; c. S. Elliott. E. G.
Arnold and John E. Frost, vice presi-
dents; John E. Frost, E. c. Arnold
w. F. AxtelI. R. B. Austin. Robert T.
Billiard, Charles A. Bishop. V. P Hill
house, F. c. Beck. Arch NJ. Catlin, F.
S. Crane, Guilford Dudley, c. S. Ell
lott, H. F. Guthrie, Horace L. Hail.
J. E. Jones. c. L. Mitchell, George p
McEntire, J. C. Stewart, George T.
McDermott, L. S. Ferry, Chester
Woodward, E. c. Winters, H. G. West,
w G. Dickie and l.. M. PenweI. di-
rectors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
TO TELL SHIP PLANS
California Lawyer Will Be Speaker at
War Conference Here.

Guerney E. Newlin, prominent Cali
fornia lawyer and worker in Red
Cross and liberty loan drives, will
represent the United States shipping
board at the war conference; in To-
peka.
He will speak en- the government
shipbuiIding program Friday after
noon, January Is, at the general ses-
sion. He will talk on The Scope of
the Work of the Council of National
Defense before the council of de-
tense section Friday at $40 O'Clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
SOLDIER BOYS WORRIED
Several on FtIrlough at Pratt Can't
Get Back to Camps.

Pratt Kan, Jan. 14.-What will the
war department do when a soldier
boy fails to report for duty at the ter
mination of his furlough? This ques-
ton has bothered some Pratt soldier
boys who have been spending the
week in Pratt with their wives.
The snowbound trains would not
permit their return and friends have
taken the matter up and it is believed
that the excuse will be a legal one.
Messages have been sent to the COM
manding officers and the boys will re-
turn to Camp Doniphan as soon as
thew can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
MUST DIVIDE UP COAL
SaIina VIII Force Fortunates to Share
Fuel With JJnfortunates.

Salina, Kan, Jan. 14.-The coal hog
is new acquisition to Salina society,
and Fuel Administrator F. d. Blundon
is after him. Some of the hogs have
their cellars and coal houses full of
fuel, having bought a ton or a half
ton. from several of the dealers.
Some of the dealers are out, but
others have fuel, and while there is no
expectation that a famine will result
Blundon declares that the fellows with
full cellars and full coal houses will
have to give up a part of their supply
to those who have none
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
BROOKLYN BRIDGE SIGN
HAS LETTER 8 FEET HIGH

New York. Jan. 1.-THE largest
sign ever placed on the Brooklyn
bridge is now in position. It car
ries in large letters the legend, "s5
War Savings Stamps for S4.12."
Because of high wind pressure, ex-
ira stanchions had to be put in. The
letters w S are eight feet high.