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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30
THEY PASS UP TOPEKA
of c. Would Have Police Be
Z Lcn.cnt With Auto Dealers.


Topeka has been thrust from a
place on the itineraries of automobile
dealers bringing new cars into the
state. The dealers living on the big
trunk lines west of Topeka are dis
gusted with the capital city. and their
drivers going to Kansas City to receive
shipments of new cars invariably in
structed to route themselves not via
the capital city. The Chamber of
Commerce is responsible for the reve-1
lation of these sentiments. and the
Chamber of Commerce knows just
where to lay the blame for the con-
dition. =
The cause of the condition is very
definite. Cha of Commerce Of
ficials say. The local police have
| made a practice of picking up the
drivers OF all cars not bearing q state
license tag or drivers of cars for which
no license has been applied.
The garage men and auto dealers.
unable to get new cars 'delixered by
the re ilroads, have adopted the prac-
tice OF driving the cars into the. towns
overland. OF course. on these conveys
of cars no tags have been. applied for.
except of course, the dealers regular
| license. ~fH %
The line of Reasoning is apparently
/ this. from-the standpoint of the auto
men: 1--WE are trying to get our cars
home and at the same time avoid un-
necessary delay and save the freight
cars for the transport Of food and war
! munitions. We want to come thru
| Topeka, as the roads are best that
way, and it is a good deal shorter and
| less wearing on the new machines
But Topeka seems to have it in for
4 us-every time we route our cars thru
there our drivers are arrested and
fined. Therefore our drivers are
| ordered 'detour Topeka
\ On the subject the Chamber of Com
| merce is much wrought up. In fact,
itafeels that the powers that govern
should see to 1t that the arrest of law
abiding drivers of new cars bound for
| the show rooms of auto dealers west
| of Topeka s1oHld be stopped at once.
| They cite the law which says that a
car may be in the state thirty days
before it becomes necessary to wear
| license tag bearing the stamp of
Kansas. The Chamber of Commerce
feels that If the law does not make
specific provision for allowing the new
cars to go to their destination undis-
! turbed that an emergency should be
declared to exist and the law abro-
gated for the time being or until such
time as it again becomes possible for
1.-The railway lines TO deliver the auto
mobiles at the doors of the dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30

me feel like new woman. can work
from morning until night and it does
not bother me, and wish all girls who
suffer IS I did would try Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. H. DooLEY, 1135 25th Street,
Milwaukee, Wis. -
Working girls everywhere should
profit by Mrs. Dooley's experience, and
instead of dragging along from day to
day with life burden, give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound trial.
1t has overcome just such conditions for
thousands of others, and why not for
you? For special advice, write Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn. Mass.
The result of their 40 years experience
is at your service.
lAdyersass mentl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30
FRECKLES

Now Is the Time to Get Rid Of These
Ugly spets.
There's no longer the slightest need
OF feeling ashamed of your freckIes. as
Cthine-double strengths guaranteed to
remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othine-double
strength-from any druggist and apply a
little of It night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst
freekies have begun to disappear. while
the lighter ones have vanished entirely.
It is seldom that more than an ounce is
needed to completely clear the skin and
gain a beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure TO ask for the double strength
Othinc as this is sold under guarantee of
money back If it fails to remove freckles.
advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30
PRIVATE WIRES TOO CHEAP
Bankers, Brokers, Etc, Have Been
Favored UnduIy, Says Commission.

raNOrcu Onuulys says commission.
Washington, Aug. 3o.-Charges now
made for private telegraph wire serv-
ice of bankers. brokers, and industrial
concerns on the theory of wholesale
business were declared .unreasonably
low today by the interstate commerce
commission.
No formal order was issued because
the government has taken over the
telegraph services since the case came
up out the, decision said a revision of
rates should. be considered.
Railroads and Press Not Affected.
Leased wires of railroads and the
press are not affected. the commission.
holding that these are quasi public
services and not to be classed with
strictly commercial business
we find no difficulty" said the de-
cision. in concluding that it is not un-
lawful for companies to handle mes
sagss Tor common carriers, railroads
and the public press thru the mediu~1
OF existing wire arrangements"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30
R. C. PLEDGES DUE
Third InstaIlmcnt Second War Fund
May Be Paid Here.

Notices are being mailed out today
that the third installment on the Sec
ond Red Cross war fund pledges are
due. The notices are being sent out
by the local chapter of the American
Red Cross. and all payments should
be made direct to the local office at
216 New England building.
For some reason or other persons
who made installment pledges to the
second Red Cross war fund have heen
sending in rernittances direct to Wash
ington. Horace Hall said today. and
the practice is all wrong. 1t only re-
suits in causing lot of extra work for
the officials of the Red Cross at head
quarters. as the money has to be sent
back here for crediting and then re-
turned to Washington again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30
OF TRICK
Germany WIZ Make Desperate
Peace Offensive.
Talk of Revolution in Germany,
Hun Propaganda.

Washington. Aug. 500 forestall
the expected German peace offensive
Of the coming autumn and winter.
counter propaganda is going out to
the nation from the halls of congress.
Scores of members of both house and
senate have Joined in strong and ear
nest warnings to the folks back home.
These warnings take this tone:
End Not Yet In Sight.
America and the allies are win
ming. but we must not let up for an
instant. We must redouble our ef-
forts. Germany is not beaten. She
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30
VERNON WEST SERGEANT
Son of Justice West Receives Promo
ton on Duty i'm France.


ton on Duty i'm France
Vernon West, of Topeka, one of the
enlisted men of the army in France.
has recently received a promotion to
the. rank of sergeant He was one of
a group of young men who tried to
raise company of volunteers in one
of the eastern towns at the beginning
OF the war. Finding that slow work
he came back to Topeka and Joined
the. ambulance company of washburn
college men. He was transferred from
the ambulance company and sent to
France. where he was put to work
driving car
: His work is again changed. and he
Is now sergeant with Kenneth Lewis.
of Topeka. as his lieutenant Among
the tasks. that has fallen to his lot
while. he has been abroad Is that of
motorcycle work in the vosges noun
tains.
I Sergeant West is a son of Justice
and Mrs. j. S. West, of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30

" > v "a : = =
H,it by my sdvice
and take Lydia E.
Pink h a ms Vege-
table Compound.
Before ] was mar
ried, when l came
home from work at
night, / would be
just worn out with
pains which dragged
me down. l took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We G e table Com
=
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30

been given the name of President viii
son.
This is in accordance with the Gus
tom that the chief monument OF a
city shall have the name of per-
sonage most exalted in public opinion, !.
saws an order issued by the council Oh
the city of Tours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-30
NAME BRIDGE WILSON

City of Tours, France, Christens His
toric Structure president Wilson,"
Paris, Aug. sO.-The historic bridge
over the River Loire at Tours has
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13
British Sea Supremacy
(By l., r. JohnsOn)

President Wilson'S unfortunate selection of the the freedom
the his tho
most effective SOFT the always alive and busy propaganda who
beyond An
Of the British fleet that entirely
Why such
feet has kept maintained the
IT has stood dictatorship
World stood the
and representative
Inc United States has been British supremacy
aeesced in without thought of this sudden
burst OF criticism British
tran other factor But for it should
kaiser who lord Of ali Europe and Asia infinitely
would the
sh blockade Of Germany before entered the
gd strengthen
Now an nou propaganda,
strange phantons wiCr" before nothing
- regard the old tft a British a
Us "hh VIC mus" W IN all haste by
rany shoes and beginning squandeng
blIlonS
h Vanqushcd eneTi's imam the the
n% peoples layed against another
clamp ons of peace and
W." The most shameful to be imagined
abcriat puzzle the historians.
Germany surrendered c her shall
SANITY: 1t Fculd axe her again the victor.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13

mont and other cit Zcns in conJurc-
tiCn with q committee of the city
n :he prcparat on Of the new fran
'hisc under VIII ch oar pcOpc arc now
served.
Judge Davis VS. opposed 10 the op-
IN saloon when he came TO lis IN 1852
and continuously opposed it N acason
ard out cf season at al times. His
pers stcnt and consistent opposition to
the saloon was known to all men. for
he was neither a trimmer nor q
"dodgcr". He recl:zcd that the sa-
oCn could not survive publicity, and
therefore advocated pub IL agitation
as the surcSt means Of its overthrow
and destruction. More than once he
publicly boosted of the fact that he
had c:St ono of the Two votes for pro-
bib lion chat was cast in this city. In
his uncomprOmising att tudc toward
:hc saloon. he enjoyed the respect and
confidence " NEST Of the men engag
cd IN tho business he opposcd-not
;hc men.
III l90dhc was elected Judge Of the
tarC GitaidGau - Court of Common
F.ens and continued 10 serve us as
Judge Of this court until December
3iSt. l909-a term of four years.
nd interesting cases came before him
for trial. II 5 patience IN hearing
these cases, his .,tudious investigation
of the law. his palms, aking care in de-
Gliding them has forever established
his reputation as q learned and Just
Judge. II s dcc:a ems tested by time
stsnd as silent but eloquent mcnu-
Hlents of his learning, his integrity
nd his fcarlcssncss as Il iurist.
IN politics Judge Davis was Re.
publican but he always ella med the
inherent right to Judge for himself
the fitness of candidates. In Religion
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13
Wheat Now In u. S.

lS.9 per cent; barley. 1921 pei cent;
rye 122 per cent.
The commerce al stocks of flour and
cornmeal. as reported for the survey.
were: Wheat flour, white. 1854 $50
barrels; whoe-whcat and graham.
1895 barrels: rye -Four. sos ,434
barrels: corn flour. 81 756.S46 pounds !:
corn meal, 69.299,04i pounds; buck
wheat flour. 5.I29.97? pounds; mixed
fiour 23.46O,22J pounds. These stocks
represent the 70 lowing percentages
of the stocks ON hand year ago;
Wheat flour, white, 1881 per cent;
who'c wheat and graham flour. ;01.4
per cent; rye flour. 1868 PER cent:
corn meal, 22A.4 per cent; buckwhcat
flour, 1871 per cent; mixed flour,
22S.4 per cent.
Elevators. warehouses and whole
sale dealers reported stocks of beans
amount ng to 9.2i9,426 bushels. While
wholesale grccers and ware houses
reported the following commodities
and in the amounts iEd Gated: Rice.
45,936.021 pounds; rolled oats, ,78i-
624.761 pounds; canned salmon, 1884,
295,221 pounds; canned tomatoes.
171,3S1. 134 pounds: canned corn. e. !
1876 1872 pounds; sugar. 1S9O11 .909
pounds. These. stocks represent the
following percentages of the CORES :
pOnding stocks en- hand November 4,
1917: Beans 1857 per cent; rice, sos
per cent; rolled cats, 1898 per cent;
canned salmon. 93 per. cent; canned
.onatees, 1874 per cent; canned corn,
I0s.3 per cent? sugar, 1888 per cent. !
Stocks of. condensed and evaporated
n ks were reported by condenseries,
old storage, warehouses and whole,
ale groceries as follows: Condensed,
milk, 57,017.96S pounds: evaporatedi
MILK, 93,944.475 pounds. The hold
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13

Washington, d. c., December IL
Commercial stocks Of wheat reported
in survey made b.; the Department
Of q? culture as of November /. 1915.
amounted to 274,925.9l0 busiIc 5. as
compared W. tn 5.997 $50 bushels
report, d on hand in a similar survey
for October |. These figures refer
20 stocks actually reported and do not
represent the total commercial stocks
of the country, nor do they include
storks on farms. The stocks report
cd for November were he'd b. 12.53S
firms-cIcvaiors, warehouses, gram
mills and wholesale dealcro-thCir
mold ngs being mere than two and
Cnc-half times the stock held by them
q year Ca''icr, the actual percentage
being 1854 of the 1917 stock
The commcrci;4 visible supply fig
urcs, as published by the Chicago
Board of Trade for tho nearest date
November . 1879 show l22 604 600
bushels of wheat against 14,90Sn00
year ago, and the corresponding
Bradstreet's figures for rs show 49,
$4,000 bushels as against 22,o55 900
bushels for 1917. 4 very relative n
crease in the commercial stocks of
wheat on November 1, this year, as
compared with the same date of last
year is shown by these figures. as
well as by the results of the more
cxtCGs VIC survey.
The. commercial stocks of other GER
Gals reported for November 1, 1918, |
according to the Department state
.acat were, as folows:: Com, 17,123,-
81 bushels; oats, 7y.775,204 bushels
barley 34,462,597 bushels; rye, 49,
I23,l35 bushels. These stocks repre-
sent the foi owing percentages of the
corresponding stocks OH November
|. 1917: Corn, 272,7 per cent; oats,
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13
he was d staunch Presbyterian and it

he was d staunch Presbyterian and it
was = source Of great satisfaction to
lec2 The influence and accomplish
ments of the early Prcsbyters in the
establishment and formation OF OF;
representative forms of state and Nd
{ onal government, Above al, above
parties, above crecdS, he was full
blooded American. proud of h 5 couu-
try and its achievements.
BY reason OF his frugalitv and SIM
pic life, ne was enabled to and did
give to every mcritcd call, to every
mcrited CHI rity.
He was methodical in whatever ne
did, thereby avoid ng extravaganza
and waste of t'mc. End means. He
was modest, kind and considerate of
the Fights and fee ing of others and
never gave offense without cause and
seldom with it. Through his WHOLE
life he WIS gentle in manner. firm in
h;S conviction. brave and courageous
in hs purposes and f neccssary
would stand single handed and alone
n support of his conviction. In hi;
death we feel that the city. county.
STAG and nation have lost valuable
citizen; his widow and daughter a
most atfcctionate, tender and consid-
crate husband and father; our bar
ono ofGs most learned. upright. cour-
agrous. useful and beloved members.
THEREFORE,, BE it Resolved that
= coyp Of these resolutions
sprccd upon the records Of this court
and that a copy thereof. under the
sea- Of this court 10 furnished his
barcaved widow and that copy b.
furnished the press of this county for
publication.
Rcspcctfuiiv submitted
Robert Burctt Oliver.
r. IL. Whitelaw,
7 ID. Hines.
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13
TIE PRESIDENT.
voc Gc CE-iC5SC 4.

Nov +fa5 the va IS ya~ some in
crcatol passing away automatically threat
This rontcl out the United
III thai tie government Of the Republic would Tor
become practically dictatorship beng dele
he " dent during the continue OF hoses than had n mod
bong fanHI de rtcs f nonaches.
United which the Of the public rules
its Willingness temporarily to
Tf ~ "r's its right to d" :" cannot DC questioned even though
April departures from
o IT, It agree! that the President the conduct of tic
i full In this Congress, whether liked
there n that had acquiesce
Eha BE- - puIIc became fol the duration of the virtually
tato,'a~>. VIVA: The President said became law.
He authority which constitutional ly
- the ntc cd his demand Congress granted it. He enabled
you'd The the
end winning ard
permitted
about The i
part of tic ntci Slatcs IN hc conflict was concerned
In tlrr President pcna. of the Nation
trug The critical pcrd of its history the surrendered
Of belonging themselves. They
'rthav f'om hm al the authority
hand III f cyah should performance of his
duty oX rogui was the real Woodrow Wilson simply
ms var over hut certain Nucston of its triumphant
c2son remain T." be sctu Ii
nd siAt tha PRESIDENT Wilson should not be limited either
influence o. " " authority wFch he shall take with him 70 the
What voing" Senators are demanding more
ra.Icu'y dat The tative
ar nanam rs coordinate with
work of REPRESENTATION.
In 7 pest on te people when the
"a Their shadow Of i son TO suppoe that the
resijent Ill opposition the world
iRHshl " II b. of
will sln back into its normal groove with
out TIE light 81 friction Tencfrth
calls procedure
raescr vii max, n laws and tho prosiao+ vii ~ ho &c
usual No drnccr" institution
threatened h departures
constitution and the country alike safe TO
The of The people.
Common prudence
would think impe h nrud public responsibility
tins Jnnetis The Nation stood behind him should
Stand behind him in the making of peace. I
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13
CHANGING HEADS OF THE NC7,-
MON CHURCH.

the death of the head of the Nor
mon church, Joseph r. Sm, tb. selves
TO remind people wing afar from the
seat of that social religious body
that America still has solid Y cS
tablished within its boz dcrs Il power
full hicrarch al organizat;o on cast OIL
BIB Zeal and oriental lines This
the Boston Transcript charcterIzcS
the church VIII CHI in the past his
come into conf ct with legal author
tiles on account of some Fundamental
tcnets of its creed The late head #
the church was an cary advocate of
poiygansy. and after 1S9a preferred
20 suffer prescott on rather. "a he
laid, th3n abandon his CHI ldren and
thcir mothers The transcript says:
''thc last of the men in power in The
Mormon church who outdatcd the ex-
odus to Utah" Nephew Of the org
inal Joseph Smith revered by the
Morn,cns as a prophet. 'he drove an
ox-tcam an the long trip from the
banks of the NJ ssiss ppi to the Salt
Lake Valley in 1S46-41." He was
brought up on the principles and be
lief of The Sa ;nts, and wGs Ike his
uncle, rcvcrcnccd as "of the h ood cf
the prophet" like ever: other Nor
mon, he had TO make good his claim
TO advancement in HIS church or Tie
community by hamblc and patient
service through long process VI slow
promotion Hs life follows:
Joseph Fielding Smith was born
in ls3S in Carthage, H.. where hs
father. Hyrum Smith. and his unc ..
the original Prophet Joseph. we've
shct 60 death by & mob which storm"d
The Jail where the two were confined
shortly, after they began to preach
plurality Of wvc5. Altho he 80, an
avowcd po'ygamist for many years.
tbc late President of the Mormon
church changed his views latterly. and
left 1. sick bed last October to attend
the semannus' conference held in the
Temple at Salt Lake Cty and de
poulrrcd the members Of the church
who had taken mere than enc f.
recently and kept the marriage
secret.
He had been married times and
is survived by five wives. AZ chillrcn
and ~ grandch ldren.
After the riot ng ri Carthage his
mother fled with her title son and
tho other Mormon; to Nauvoo Ill.,.
where she remained until Joseph was
S Years old when they were driven
forth aga n. and the young boz drove
an ox-team across the pla ms TO Utah,
where he became herd boy, .nd then
a missionary in 1852 when the ate
Brich M Young established his head
Iuar'ers at Salt Lake City. Joseph
Fielding Smith was only 10 years oil
'hNsi- riS Ntto os1lit ~ Hawaii dS
nissaonary for the Mormon church. I
,ater he entered the armS raised BY
resident Young to intercept Unit
states troops which were about TO
invade Utah end did active serv &C as
!. scout until the 50 ca led Mormon
,ar' was ended.
: -
I'm 1890 when the Supreme Court
1 the United States had upheld the
.dmunds- Tucker act making poly
amy unlawful he Upheld the decision
public. but, said that In his own
ase, altho contrary to the law, he
referred the consequences rather
I'm abandon his children and wives,
The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13
Cape County Bar Pays A Fine
Tribute To Late B. F. Davis

partner with Judge Hawkins contn-
uod unit. the latter was called to
Washington.
About that time there was {. We
c;:ny, caused by the sickness Of the
professor in the chair Ct Latin and
Mathematics in the Normal OF this
city. Judge Davis was invited to fiji
these cha rs temporarily, but 2itc'
tho death Of til" professor in charge.
he was prevailed upon to Ill the VI
cancy for the -crna;ndcr of the yea.
He ;:cccpscd n S emp oymcnt 20 teach
upon the condit on that his dut'C'
rs professor n The Normal Should
not interfere with h 5 legal work. He
had occupied thee chairs but sho.;
time when his associate professors and
the board q Regents, as wei as the
corps Of students d scovCrcd that 'hc
was Il born tcrcilcr ard leader .,f
men ani earnestly insisted Upon his
cont nuing to teach. But his icg:,
dat es were. growing and he declined
further emp Jymcnt as d teacher IN
tho Normal .chco. II was Il source
Of great p casurc to him in after life
70 know from Up and pen Of former
students how they appreciated his
scrv ccs rs teacher in oar Noraial
school
In 1887 Judge Dav $ was married
10 Mss Olivia Waplcs c. Dover
De aware. OF this union two children
we're born, Thomas j.. son, who
died in infcncy; and Miss Elizabeth
NAPLES Davis, who, with her mother
survive him.
Although Judge DAVIS was il BIZ.
man professionally. he always fou,d
time 10 devote much study to civic
Improvement. the development and
enlarg.ng Of our public schools. .hc
publication of politics. the advance
.nent of agriculture and the upDuild-
ing of our community.
He YVES elected to and served as 4
member of the School Beard of our
city and it was during his term of
office that the Jefferson schoo! build
ing was constructed. This was the
first distinctive ward school in our
city. The Lorimier school was re-
modclcd ana enlarged during his term
Ct Office ard the fixed policy MAS
then agreed upon b. the board to
bald ether ward schoo's and to ho!.!
the bc2uL full lot On Pacific street CIV
on by Don Lnuis Lorirn er, thc fuuqd-
or of thc city. for the construction Of
I h gh school. 1t wa; Il source of
great satisfaction to him tc know that
he had lived to see the handsome
high school building erected that now
ad3fnS the LGlim er lott
Judge Davis was one of the org
lnal promoters and subsequently, Ec-
came enc CT the first members of Tic
Beard of Directors of the Cape Girar-
!cau Build ng g. Lean Association of
his city-an assocIat On hat has con-
,fibu;rl to The bu; ding of rsny of
-hc modern and handsome residences
n tho c ty IF Cape Girartleau.
About tho tine of the incorpofa-
ion of tho Building & Loan Assoc &
ion. Judge Davis realized the need
II othcr financial institutions III tn S
section Of the state and became active
n the organization Of the F..rst Ma
,on:, iank cf this citr.
lr the re-grantng b. 'hc ely Of
'epe g rardoau of 4 Franchise to the
ape Gira;deal Water Works and
electric Light Plant, Judge Davis
e'ved the city " III Dir w. S. Dear