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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24
Kansas Town Taking Jamaica
Ginger as Cure.
Mayor Comes to Topeka To
Find Another Remedy.

Jamaica ginger-ninety per cent al
cohol-is intoxicating all the old soaks
and ambitious young guzElers of Par
sons whose supply was cut off by the
more, the drink is being sold right
over the counter by Parsons drug
gists. That was the story which Mayor
Pete Foley today told Judge S. NJ
Hawkes., assistant attorney general,
when he urged a state cooperation in
a cleanup drive.
Mayor Foley came to Topeka today
with a long list of drug store patrons
who buy the soothing high powered
drink. He also presented names of
druggists. He said he was looking for
more statesmen and hoped to work
with the state in a campaign which
will make consumption of Jamaica
ginger a lost art in his home town.
THE stuff is 80 per cent alcohol"
said Foley, land here congress is hav-
ing an awful row over the sale of AIS
per cent beer. But Jamaica gineer is
sold right over the counter in Par
sons in bottles that big"-and Mayor
Foley diagraIned a full pint bottle
with his hands.
Too Many Ailments.
Now Judge Hawkes. is looking into
the provisions of the bone dry law to
determine whether the drug store
AluAu 10 really DOOLe OF JUST nOnGSI 10
goodness drugs. But Foley insists that
there are entirely too many people
who find ailments that call for moth
ing except the ninety per cent stuff
in the absence Of a bona fide booze
supply from Missouri.
I'VE expect to make 1t hot for the
bone dry law violators in Parsons, /"
said Mayor Foley. Recently my chief
of police arrested three Oklahoma
sheriffs who were driving thru town
with a cargo of whisky which they
were taking home from Joplin"
Mayor Foley refuses to take his
troubles to the county attorney. He
came to Topeka to talk over the stu
alton and said he was ready to sup
port the state in it's drive.
Parsons is the home town of Clyde
NJ. Reed, private secretary to Governor
Allen. And Mayor Pete Foley is
Reeds newspaper competitor and
most healthy and ardent enemy. Fo-
ley was elected mayor over the oppo.
sition of the Reed organization and
last summer Foley blocked Reeds
dream of being Republican state
| chairman. In that fight Reed was de.
feated in his candidacy for a place or
the county central committee from hi.
! home ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24
MERRIAM A WINNER
TopeI<an Takes Golf Honors in Cape
Cod Tournament.

The honor of the western golf game
especially the Topeka, Kansas, brand
is being upheld at Cape Cod this
summer by Carroll B. Merriam. Play
ing on the Chatham course Merriam's
shots have been so remarkable that
large gallery habitually follows him
around the course. Entered in the
Cracker Duet Tourney, Merriam
turned in a card of 20 for the IS
holes. And this score included a two
stroke penalty when Merriam's ball
went into 4 water hazard. The IS
score was but one stroke over DOGGY.
Merriam was winner of the tourna-
ment, his nearest opponent turning in
a score of IS. Features OF Merriam
play were two strokes at the fourth
hole. A long drive, perfectly placed,
and thirty foot putt gave him the
hole in two. The trophy offered the
winner OF this tournament is safely
slowed in Merriam's golf bag and will
be brought to Topeka when he comes
home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24

lenged in objecting to or preventing any
attempt by non-American nation con-
travening the principle of the Monroe Doc
trine.
g without a waiver of any rights on
the part of the United States to with
draw from the league Mt an earlier date
the United States give notice of with
drawal in ten years.
Goes Farther Now.
In his letter to Chairman Hays, Mr..
Taft goes considerably farther in the way
Of a compromise than he suggested in
his letter to Senator Spencer, which the
senator told of last week. That was the
first intimatiOn that Mr.. Taft was con-
sidering reservations. 1t is noticed that
Mr.. Taft does not suggest any reservation
Incorporated in the League of Nations
covenant but another part OF the treaty.
He has been considering only the league
question. 1t is certain, however, that Re-
publican senate leaders. as well as some
Democrats, Will insist on some definite
action on Shantung.
that he does not believe reservations are
imperative to the league covenant, the fact
that he has outlined suggested reserya-
lions as n compromise out OF the situation
constitutes frank acknowledgement from
him, at least, that the league cannot be put
thru without some changes to satisfy the
insistence Of the senate and the country.
The president has insisted in all his con-
ferences with Republican senator's that
1t is expected he eventually will acquiesce
in some reservation. For 1t is a certainty
reservations will be made.
Hays Hasn't Received Them.
Indianapolis. July 24.-Letters from
former President William H. Taft.
mentioned in last nights Washington
news dispatches as having been writ
ten to Will H. Hays, Republican ma
tional chairman, from Quebec on the
question of reservation in the league
Of nations covenant, have not as yet
reached Mr.. Hays. he said here to-
day when asked about them.
Mr.. Hays refused to comment on
the Taft letters regarding reservations
in the league Of nations covenant.
THE letters are self-explanatory
and do not require any comment"
Hays said. They are before the pub
lie and anything I might say would
not change public opinion"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24
THE BEST THAT
THE WORLD KNOWS
ON CANNING,
ON DRYING,
ON PRESERVING
ON SALTING.
ON STORING.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
The department of agriculture has
compiled this information and offers
1t to you right now while the season
is at its height. Which Of its booklets
do you want?
1. Home Canning by the Cold
Pack Method" is intended for the
northern and western states. 1t tells
also how to can without sugar, how to
can soups, pie fill meats, fried
chicken, and many other foods.
2. Home Canning of Fruits and
Vegetables' tells how to can in the
south but bears down harder on pre-
serves. jellies, jams, fruit buffers,
marmalades.
3. Farm and Home Drying of
Fruits and Vegetables" tells how TO
keep peaches. apples, berri ., potatoes
turnips, caulflower. spinach, tomatoes
by taking the water out of them. 1t
is revolutionary method. 1t gets re-
suits.
4. Preservation of Vegetables by
FERN ltation and Salt ng" tells how
to treat beets, string beans, corn,
cucumbers. as sauer kraut is pre-
served.
5. Home Storage of Vegetables"
shows the way properly to build a
cellar for them and how to put them
away to keep.
Check the bulletin on this list which
fits your needs, write your name ana
address plainly, and enclose a 2-cent
The Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau. Frederic ]. Haskin. Director
stamp for return postage. Mail to
Washington. D. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24
3OO-ACRE FARM SOLD

w. H. Davis, former Topeka bust
ness man. has sold his 300-acre farm
a mile and half northeast of Topeka
to John NJ. Shock of Kansas City. One
dollar and exchange of land, is named
as the consideration.
Government revenue stamps ap-
pearing on the deed transferring the
land on file in the office of Oran Lay
ton. register of deeds, reveals that the
deal represents approximately $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24

Henry r. Endicott. the well-known Ros-
tonian. said at a patriotic meeting in Ire
mont Temple: The plain nuts are not
the most dangerous The most dangerous
ones are the people with plenty Of time.
plenty Of money and nothing above the
collar They are the faddists."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-24

Of the nall
men down
POehers
have
Inactivity district added
did without
wholesale district And Topeka
3 n
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
The Case of Poland.

Whether or not the entente allies are
able to give any effective assistance TO
the cause of law and peace in Russia,
they surely must not withhold whatever
aid it is possible to afford the people
Of Poland in getting upon their feet
as free and self governing nation. Even
without assistance the Poles are doing
remarkably well. They possess a re
sponsible government, and they are not
fighting among themselves On the side
Of Germany they are so strong that they
are now the controlling force at posen
and elsewhere in the German territory
where the Polish population predomi-
mates. The Germans on that side Of Po-
land are not strong enough to stand
up against them. But it is not likely
that the Poles will be so foolish as TO
try to march on Berlin, or to occupy
any distinctly German territory, except
the city of Dantzic, which they regard as
necessary outlet to the sea from Prus-
sian Poland, and which is in reality his
torieally and basically Polish, although
the Contemplating population now
greatly predominates in the town.
1t is needless to point out that west
ern Europe needs Poland as a make
weight against Germany and as a bull
wark between civilization and the chaos
and social reaction which, it is to be
feared, must long reign in Russia, wheth-
err tyranny there takes the name of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect Il
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected

Judging from reports from druggists
who arc constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions The mild and healing
influence of DR., Kilmer's Swamp Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one of the
prominent life insurance companies, in
an interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
iected is because kidney trouble is so
common to the American people, and the
large majority of those whose applica-
tions are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation, send ten cents to DR..
Hilmer & CO., Binghamton, n. ", for ii
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention the Barre Daily Times.-Adv,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

czsrism or bolshevism. The Poles.
though reckoned an emotional people. are
systematic in their IDEAS and normally
orderly. They show little tendency to
bolshevism among themselves. but thew
are greatly threatened with it from the
side of Russia, for this reason: The en-.
tente allies, in making the armistice.
put no time limit on the German with.
drawal from the former Russian terri.
tor. The German troops who are most
widely separated from Berlin are still a
fairly effective military Organization,
and in withdrawing from Russia they
take good care to leave the country in
the hands of the Russian beisheviki. The
Germans purpose is to destroy Poland
If possible, and they are making their
last effort to destroy IL by leading in the
bolshevili.
Fortunately for the Poles, the country
thus far affected by this process is that
part of old Poland which is now inhabit
ed by the Lithuanians The Poles think
that Lithuania should belong to them.
because it is historically a part OF po-
land. The Lithuanians themselves think
distinctly otherwise. The principle of
self-determination would give them their
own country. The Poles would be wiser
TO keep within their own clinical bound
airy. Within those bounds they have a
noble opportunity. They can make Pc.
land the intellectual and artistic light
to the world that Germany was in the
time of Goethe and Schiller-Boston
Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
Where Sense Is Useful.

With the passing Of the capital issues
committee, which exercised supervisory
control over the issue OF securities dur.
ing the latter part of the war; and which
is TO so out Of business at the end OF
the year. flood of worthless paper.
dubbed Securities" is inevitable. The
committee suggests legislation looking to
the imposing Of permanent restraint
upon the inscriptions security" ven
doris, who are already afeld, and are un.
loading their worthless stuff on "easy''
people in exchange for Liberty bonds. In
deed, it is thought that the large offer.
ings of the Liberties that have caused
the falling of in prices are made in
great part by those who have got hold
OF them in exchange for the wildcat
stuff.
Well, legislation is needed, no doubt,
both national and state, and especially
in the state which charters the "compa
mics" that issue this good-for nothing
paper. But, after all, something may
be done by the individual to protect
himself. 1t requires only average com.
mon sense TO understand that II there
are properties capable Of paying fabu-
lous dividends to their owners, there is
seldom any necessity for going to the
trouble and expense of drumming up
capital to finance them in the highways
and byways. There are men in the West
with plenty Of money who know a good
thing in mines and oil when they see it,,
and when they do see it, they take it
they do not send their agents TO you
with a chance to get in on the ground
floor" with them.
There are, Of course, plenty of sound
securities that are offered to the public,
securities that are moderately profitable,
too, And any banker will talk with
you about them, and tell you the exact
truth about them. Any banker will also
tell you the truth about the other kind,
and really all one needs to do in order
to protect ones self against the rapaci.
GUS thieves who fatten by selling mere
printed paper for good money is to con-
suit ones banker.
1t is true that the banker may ad.
wise putting money in the savings bank
but the chances are that he will also
advise as 10 The value Of securities to
prospective purchasers.
We are quite aware that this ts an
old story, and has been told not once,
but many times But it seems well to
tell it again, There are schools where
statesmen in the West, schools where
enterprising young men are being taught
the gentle art Of separating uniformed
fasteners from their money by offering
get-rich-quick securities" and soon the
graduates win be abroad in the land
TO be sure, we have our blue sky" law,
but no law can be devised that will fully
protect the victim Of the security"
shark The best security for most of
our people lies in keeping what they
have got, Liberties or anything else that
is sound and moderately productive, and,
if they are able, buying more of the gov.
eminent issues.--'Mancheste Union.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
MEN
JOIN UNIONS
Nearly Half a Million Have
Organized During the
Last Few Months
McADOO'S STATEMENT
STIMULATED ACTION
He Declared Against Dis
elimination Because
of Membership

Washington, d. G., Jan. 30.--Nearly
100000 railway employees, or one-fourth
of the entire number of railroad men,
have effected some sort of organization in
recent months, according to reports reach.
ing labor leaders here. Most Of these
men had been wholly unorganized previ.
ously or had belonged to trades which
were only partially organized. Many To-
cal organizations, it was said, now exist
secretly and are known to railroad ex
ecutives only through committees which
claim to represent the men, though not
as union spokesman.
A large proportion of the recently or.
ganized employees are clerks, maintenance
Of way men, shopmen and dining car en-
ployes.
Although the railroad administration
never has taken stand either for or
against extension of employees organiza.
tions the unionizing movement is be-
lieved by labor leaders to have been stim.
ulated by Director General McAdoo's or.
der forbidding discrimination because of
either membership or non-membership in
labor organizations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
Thousands
Who Have
BenefitRdFrOm
Father Johns
Medicine
Recommend
Its Value

For more than half a century Father
Johns Medicine has proved it's value az a
pure and wholesome bodybuilding tonic,
Those who prove its value by using it in
their homes always tell others of its
merit. This great army Of people who
use Father Johns Medicine is constantly
growing in numbers, and the medicine
has passed on from one generation to an.
other as the standard, safe family mcdi-
cine to be usd when any member Of the
family becomes weak or rundown or is
attacked by a cold or cough. The great
food value of Father Johns Medicine
makes it especially good for those who
are thin, pale and weak, 1t builds new
flesh and strength without using alcohol
or dangerous drugs in any formally.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
TO STABILIZE
IMPORT TRADE
Extensive Simplification of
Importation Proceed
ure Made
INDIVIDUAL LICENSES
ARE NOT NEEDED
Except for Certain Commod-
tiles Named by War
Trade Board

Washington, d. G., Jan 80 Extensive
simplifcation of importation procedure
expected to result in stabilizing the inn
port trade into the United States, was
announced to-day by the war trade board
Individual import licenses from the
United Kingdom, France and Italy and
Belgium and their European and Medi-
terranean African possessions into the
United States will be no longer required
except for the following commodities:
Breadstuffs, naxos emery and its ore,
feathers, ferro-manganese, spiege leisen,
fur skins, nitrates, meat and meat prod
ucts, peanuts, rice, tin, tin ore and tin
concentrates or metals containing more
than per cent of tin.
The board also announced that all com
modities imported into Alaska, the canal
zone and the island possessions may now
be trans shipped to destinations other
than the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
SAVED MY LIFE
Says Man in Maine

Henry o. Hanley of II Cross street,
Belfast Maine, writes us: 81 am feeling
lots better and think your Elixir (Dr
True's Elixir saved my life
DR.. True's Elixir is a great medicine, a fam
lly laxative and worm expeller.- IL tones the
stomach, moves the bowels and expels worms
Surprising Il ia how many people have worms.
Children suffer agony from worms. Signs or
symptoms Of worms are: Derauged stomach,
swollen upper lip, sour stomach, offensive
breath, hard and full belly with occasional
qripings and pain about the navel, pale face of
leaden tint eyes heavy and dull, twitehing
eyolids, itching OF the nose, itching of the rec
tum, short dry cough, grinding of the teeth,
little red points sticking out on tongue, start
ing during sleep. slow fever.
Write if you want to. Address. DR.. J. f.
True & Co., Auburn, Maine.
Get Dr. Trues Elixir from your dealer at
once. The cost is small. IL expels worms and
restores health. On the market for over 80
yeap.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
AIRPLANEs VERY USEFUL.
In Carrying Oil Men to New Fields in
Texas.

Dallas, Tex, Jan. 30 Financial sue.
cess or failure in the new Texas oil fields
so often depends upon being first to
reach a certain point that the airplane
may become a common means Of locomo-
tion, among oil men, according to big
dealers. The airplane was used recently
by officers of two oil companies to hurry
from Ranger to new found field.
Officers at Barron Field. the govern.
ment flying field here, say it will be only
short time before ajrplanes are in gen.
eral commercial use in the oil fields, be-
cause of their speed and the adaptability
Of the country for flying purposes.
The Baron Field authorities estimate
that it costs the government $50 an hour
to keep a plane in the air, but that the
oil men could operate a machine for $40
an hour Good pilots could be selected
at not prohibitiye salaries from among
the hundreds graduated by the war de-
partment in the last year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
HIT BY SHELL FRAGMENTS.
Private Allan C. Colt of Brattleboro Was
Severely Wounded.

Brattleboro, Jan. 3O.-Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Colt of IS Frost street have
just been notified officially that their
son, Private Allan c. Colt, was in base
hospital No. 50 in France, Oct, 20, Sc
verely wounded. Private Colt is in Co
c, l03d infantry, 26th division.
He was wounded July Is and this is
he wound to which the message refers
Private Colt was in trench when a rs
she'll landed in the trench and exploded
Pieces of the she'll struck him below the
back, tearing away much of the heshy
part, and surgeons had to cut away more
flesh on both sides to prevent poisoning
Private Colt also was wounded in the
left arm. He is now able to get about
with a cane and it is expected that he will
fully recover. He enlisted in Co. /, LIST
Vermont regiment at the time of the
border trouble in 1916 and went to Fort
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
TO COMPEL GERMANS
TO co TO WORK
German Government Proposes to Bring
Forward a Bill to Use COmpulsion
as Well as to Punish Strikers

London Jan. 30.-The German govern
ment contemplates strong measures to
combat the growing strike wave there
and will soon bring forward bill com.
polling men to work and severely pun
ishing strikers, according to a Copenhag.
en- dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30

Have Brought the Total for l3 Months
Up to S1o4o, 100000, the U. S.
Treasury Reported.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 30.--War saw.
ings stamps sales this month increasing
over the record of last month sent the
total of receipts from this source above
a billion dollars, The treasury reported
to-day a total from sale of war savings
and thrift stamps since they were placed
on the market 10 months ago Of Sl,O49,-
100000, including S77,000,0O0 estimated
sales for January.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
IN AID OF SOLDIERS.
Amount viii Be Set Aside by Australian
Government.

Melbourne. Australia Wednesday, Jan.
% ivia MontreaD Five million pounds
sterling will be set aside by Australia
for the benefit of soldiers discharged
from the army, according to G. F. pearce,
minister of defense. This sum will. ac-
cording TO a statement made by w. A.
Watt, acting premier, be used TO assist
the states of the commonwealth to Sc
cure settlers from the men now in the
rank.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-30
BETHEL MAN DIED
OF DISEASE
And Springfield Man Was
Named as Wounded
Severely
SIX VERMONTERS
ON MINOR LIST
Total Major Casualties To-
day, 466; Minor Cas-
ualties, 1892

Washington, d. G., Jan 30, Today
casualty list contained 466 Names divid-
ed as follows: Killed in action 80; died
Of wounds, 30; died of disease, 20; died
Of accident or other cause, Z died from
airplane accident, |; wounded severely,
2s3; missing in action, AZ.
The list contained the following Yer
mont names
Died of Disease
Pvt Austin 3. Noble, Bethel Vt
Wounded Severely.
Pvt. Charles T.. Dart, Springfield, Vt,
A supplementary list issued to-day
contained 1875 names, divided as fol-
lows: Wounded (degree undetermined
6S3; wounded slightly, l,l02. The fol-
men were included:
Wounded degree Undetermined.
Sgt Bernard !. Gale, Salisbury, Vt.
Pvt John J. Stomper, w. Rutland, Vt.
Pvt. Herman A. Zucher, Manchester, N H,
Pvt. Willie Hamel New Boston, n H.
Pvt. jeremiah J. Mccarthy, Manchester,
Nh.
Pvt. George Papgeorgc, Windsor, VT.
Pvt, Desire Lambert, Berlin, n. H.
Wounded Slightly.
Sgt Edwin w. Reed. Greensboro, Vt.
Pvt, Stanislas Gagnon Nashua, N. H.
Pvt. Donat ]. Lacroix, st. Johnsbury, Vt
Pvt. William +. Shepard, Rochester VT.
Pvt. Edouard Proyencher, Manchester,
n. H.
Pvt Henry J. Bellerve, Manchester N H
Pvt. George S. Houston, Boscawen, N. H.
Pvt. Harold l.. Talvot, Milford, N, H.