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--- KANSAS REPUBLICAN GET NEXT HOUSE AND SENATE ALLEN AND CAPPER GET LARGE MAJORITIES---WYANDOTTE IS ALL REPUBLICAN KASA Historical Society KANSAS VOLUME FIVE. TWELVE MO :::: Special REPUBLICAN HOUSE A ALLEN AND CAPP MAJORITIES---W ALL REPU At this writing every indication is that the house will be Republican by safe majority and the senate, while in doubt, may be Republican by a small majority. Returns are coming in very slowly but it looks as though the country had replied to the president's partisan appeal by immense Republican gains. It is frankly acknowledged by Republicans that they are indebted to the Democrats for their big vote, many of the administration's party presented the president's partisan letter. In Kansas the vote looks like an old time Republican victory. Capper was elected to the senate and Allen governor by immense majorities, larger than the normal Republican vote. Ayers in the eighth district is the only Democratic congressman to be returned from Kansas. Col. Little was elected by over 7,000, notwithstanding the hard fight put up against him. He carries Wyandotte county by nearly 200 majority, as indicated by the returns at this writing. The entire Wyandotte Republican ticket was elected, something very rare in this county. The following is a synopsis of the returns by the Associated Press: Washington, Nov. 6.—With control of the House of Representatives placed in the hands of the Republicans by a majority of 16 and probably more, the attention of the country tonight was centered on contests in three states—Michigan, Idaho and New Mexico—which will decide whether the Democrats shall lose control of the Senate or not. At midnight the returns from five congressional districts were missing in Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota Without them, however, the Republicans have won 234 seats in the House of Representatives—16 more than the 218 votes necessary for a majority The Democrats on the face of these returns had 195 seats and if the five missing districts were to be conceded to them they still would lack eighteen votes of the number necessary to control the House Republicans Control Senate by One. The contests which will decide the political complexion of the Senate were very close. As the Senate stands without a decision in these contests there are 46 Democrats and 47 Republicans. With the senatorial returns still missing from Michigan, Idaho and New Mexico, the figures showed that the Republicans had lost one—that of Senator Weeks of Massachusetts—while the Democrats had lost six. The senators who will be retired are Shaforth of Colorado, Saulbury of Delaware, Lewis of Illinois, Thompson of Kansas, Wilfley of Missouri and Hollis of New Hampshire. Newberry Leads Ford by 3,552. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 6.—The senatorial race in Michigan between Lieut. Truman H. Newberry, Republican, and Henry Ford, Democrat, was still undecided late tonight, and the official count may be required to determine the result. With 273 precincts to be heard from Newberry main-gained a lead of 3,552, the vote being: Newberry, 200,677; Ford, 197,125. The missing precincts, most of them in rural districts, are normally Republican, but late reports have cut sharply into Newberry's advantage. Wayne county (Detroit gave Ford a majority of 27,128. New York, Nov. 6.—With only sixty districts missing tonight in New York state, Governor Whitman, Republican candidate for re-election, had 975,004 votes, and Alfred E. Smith, Democrat, 987,956, giving Smith a lead of 12,952. The White House Silent. Washington, Nov. 6. There was no statement from the White House tonight, on the congressional elections. President Wilson received belated returns during the day and ear- --- ly evening, but later went to a theatre. Homer S. Cummings, acting chairman of the Democratic national committee, in a statement tonight said the Democrats will "hold the Senate and organize the House," and added that the attempt of "the leaders for the Republican organization to engineer a rebuke to the President has failed." Senator Smoot of Utah, acting Republican leader in the Senate, issued the following statement: "America and our Allies are to be congratulated upon the results of the election. A Republican House and Senate means that the war must end in such a way as to make another impossible; that the world must be made safe for peace; that Germany must surrender unconditionally, and that the terms of peace will be dictated by France, England, Itlay and America." Nugent Leads in Idaho. Boise, Id., Nov. 6.—At midnight Senator John F. Nugent, Democrat, seemed certain of re-election, his lead over Frank H. Gooding having grown to 1,080 with 82,000 votes accounted for. The uncounted vote is estimated at 15,000. With the exception of Senator Nugent, Senator William E. Borah and the Republican state treasurer, none of the candidates—endorsed by the Non-Partisan League in Idaho were elected. New Mexico Still in Doubt. Albuquerque, N. M., Nov. 6.—With not a single county having reported complete results of Tuesday's election in New Mexico, and some of them failing to report at all up to tonight, th outcome of the contest is very much in doubt. Figures based on scattering returns and estimates show Albert B. Fall, Republican, leading William B. Walton, Dmocrat, by about 1,000. Indianapolis, Nev. 6.—Additional returns received here tonight from the Third and Fourth Indiana Congressional districts assured the election of Dunbar and Benham, Republicans, and made a clean sweep of the thirteen congressional districts of the state for the Republicans. South Dakota to G. O. P. Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 6.—The entire Republican congressional and state ticket, with one possible exception, was elected yesterday, according to incomplete returns received up to midnight tonight. The only doubt is in the Third District, where the race between Harry P. Aatwatec, Republican, and Harry L. Gandy is very close. Topeka, Nov. 6.—The Republican landslide in Kansas, with the exception of representative in the Eighth District, is becoming bigger with every report of the vote that comes in. Arthur Capper's plurality over Senator Thompson for United States senator may go as high as 150,600, and Henry Allen may have close to 200,000 lead over W. C. Lansdon for governor. Reports indicate that nearly six hundred thousand votes were cast yesterday and Allen has over two-thirds of them. Capper received a larger number of votes than did Allen, but his majority will not be so big, as Thompson seems to have polled 30 per cent more votes than did Lansdon. Except in the Eighth District there wasn't a close fight on congressman. Anthony, Campbell, Hoch and Strong all carried every county in their districts. Little carried Wyandotte by 184. White carried all but two of the twenty-two counties in his district, and Tincher carried all but two of his counties. W. A. Ayers was re-elected in the Eighth by about 1,000. The final unofficial figures show that Mack carried McPherson by 1,224 and Sumner by 204. Ayers, carried Har- KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRID Dr. Griffin Sunday, COL. E. C. LITTLE Re-elected to Congress from the Second District by over 9,000 ma- pority. vey by 384, Sedgwick by 2,090 and Butler by 201. Shouse in the Seventh, carried Barber by 132 and Clark by 71, and Tincher carried all the rest. Connelly, in the Sixth, carried Decatur by 102 and Thomas by 187, and White won all the others. The soldier vote is going to add six to eight thousand to the final totals. There were 4,500 votes cast by the soldiers at Camp Funston. The only returns available was the counting in one precinct, which gave Capper 714 and Thompson 343, Allen 716 and Lansdon 304. Ballots for ten thousand soldiers to vote in the various camps in this country were sent out, but Funston is the only one from which any report has been received to the number voting. PETER H. BIBLE CLASS The Neighborhood Bible Class positively said to be the only religious body of our race which has not missed a meeting in three years, had a good meeting and read St. Mark VIII, "Christ gave sight to a blind man." Next meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 13th, at the "Y." Jesus Transfigured." All are invited at 7:30 p.m. Come. Somewhere in France, October 15. 1918. Dear Pastor: It gives we much pleasure to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and getting along all right and truly hope you and family are well. I would have written sooner, but have been on the road quite a bit, but nevertheless, I am proud to say that I am still praying and reading the Bible. I know lots of the boys and my brother is not far from me. He was well the last time I saw him, a week ago and sends his best regards to you. I am well satisfied and as long as I can keep well everything will be O.K. but some day soon our late peace will come and if it be God's will, we will return home to our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and friends. We are praying, keep the home fires burning. The weather here is about the same as there; not much change in the climate. As I expected the trip here was a great one. We often have prayer meetings and quite a large number are out and the men in the Y. M. C. A. are very nice to the boys; always glad to do them a favor. I sent to you word in my mother's letter that I would write to you soon. I am still doing my best and hope to get along all right. That's what makes a good soldier. I meet boys here from all over, but have met only two from my home town where I was mostly raised. As I haven't any more to say at present I will close. With best regards to you and family, and church, I will be glad at any time to hear from you and learn the news at home PRIVATE LEO THORNTON, Hg. Co. 805th Pioneer Inf. Amex. Forces, France. Censor: K. A. Heingen, 1st Lt. Inf. U. S. COLORED CAPTAIN AT W. U. The War Department has sent a colored captain to Western University to take charge of this detachment and will be in command, as soon as Captain Daugherty, the present officer, who has been in command since this army school opened, receives his orders to turn it over to the new commanding officer, Captain Latson. Mrs. Williams, the new matron at the "Y," is a very pleasant lady. She is a sister of Mrs. H. Gamble. WEDDING BELLS Mrs. Frances B. Watson and Mr. L. B. Collins were married Sunday, Nov. 3rd, at 1327 Euclid avenue, Kansas City, Mo., and were at home to their friends Friday, Nov. 8th. The bride is a county school teacher. Mr. B J. Washington of 940 Washington boulevard, and Miss Hatti-Moore, were married three weeks ag and are now at their home on the boulevard. Mrs. Perry, a Christian Scientist from Boston, Mass., is at Miss Pendleton's, and expects to remain until spring. JOHN B. HARRIS GOVERNOR ARTHUR CAPPER Elected U. S. Senator by Over 100, 000 Majority. THEY-SAY: The Neighborhood Bible Class and its leader's prayers were answeren when one of our churches held church in the open air." "The society editor knows so little of her nearest neighbor's business she did not know this week that one of her male neighbors had married three weeks ago." "We want the Bible Class, that exercised so much faith during the influenza epidemic, to exercise its faith and prayers for the settlement of the war with justice, afterwards to all mankind." COLORED VOTES PULLED 'EM OVER The colored vote in Kansas City, Kansas, surely was effective for the Republicans. It is indicated by the changed conditions in the vote as it came to the avenue. The Republican victory is largely due to the loyalty of the colored voters. This is not a new trick of theirs, for they are to be counted that way when the test comes. Yes, the colored troops fight nobly. It is about time, by the way, that we were, recognized in a substantial way, when it comes to the distribution of local patronage. The colored voters do not vote for expected rewards in the way of emoluments of official recognition, they are Republicans from principle, yet, they are as surely entitled to be remembered when the loaves and fishes are passed around as any other citizens. That is all they ask. They want to be regarded as citizens and good Republicans and to receive just recognition for their loyalty. A HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS The Yates branch of the Y. W. C. A, Ninth street and Nebraska avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, offer nicely furnished rooms at reasonable rates to the working girls who have no home in the city. Will be protected by good Christian influence. Transients are welcome. Mrs. E. J. Patterson, President Board of Directors, Call Matron, Phone West 1566, Mr. Rhodes on the boulevard, is better. Mrs. Robinson, at 915 Oakland was somewhat indisposed this week. The Still Small Voice." J. O. MIDNIGHT DOES FLU BULLETS IN AND SAYS RACIAL DIFFER IN SOUTHLAND ARE SI DISAPPEARING J. O. MIDNIGHT DODGES FLU BULLETS IN TEXAS AND SAYS RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN SOUTHLAND ARE SLOWLY DISAPPEARING Dallas, Texas.—I wonder what the world is going to come to before it ends. We are all looking forward to the time when Germany will throw up the white flag, and will say that "I am whipped, and want you to come and take me and save me from total death. I have been knocking around Texas for two weeks, that is I have been dodging flue bullets, and now I am about to think that I have missed them, although I am not prepared to say that I have. Some people have passed out of the world who never passed out before, yet there have been others who entered the world who never entered it before. The Lord is working this business, and I am not going to get myself into trouble by meidling. He knows what is best and will act accordingly. There are some strong people down here in this man's country and I am glad that I have had the pleasure of touching some of them, and will do all in my power to get them into the world of power. I have seen some things that I never did expect to see in the south, but they have happened right here in Dallas, if you will call this in the south. A few days ago, Mrs. Madeline Carter-Hawkins, of this city, was invited out to Camp Dick to sing for the soldiers, and this invitation was extended by the lieutenant who was actually in charge of affairs. Perhaps you think it is nothing to be invited to sing at a camp, and you may be right, but it depends on what camp it is and who you are and where it is. You see this camp is located right there, and they have at it or in it cadets—men who are here to vie with the grads, and they are all white. Little over 1200 in number They come here from all sections of the country, and they are from some of the best colleges and universities in America, and I would be safe if I said in the world. Mrs. Hawkins came into the world via Nashville, Tenn., but I don't know how many years ago, and it would be none of your business if I did for I would not tell you. She is not putting in the newspaper her age. She is a young woman, and I am proud of that, and her husband is one of the leading dentists in the country, and I am sure that he is proud of his wife. But I must not get away. Mrs Hawkins went into the public school of Nashville and got the education through the high school under Dr Frank Smith, and her next step was into Fisk University, and there she got an extra touch in music, especially in singing, and then she can just make her fingers do the tango on a piano. As a singer she ranks with the best the country has produced. I say nothing about race or color. Encore after encore, and it was indeed a difficult task for her to get away from this crowd of men who are here to serve their country. She entertained them time and time again and the commanding officer said many good things about her. She sings classic and technical songs, and while she is doing this she plays the piano at the same time. Perhaps I was the only member of the race out there and I had the pleasure of shouting while she produced the real music. We are climbing. I went out there another time to hear one of our race speak, and Mrs. Hawkins did sing at this meeting also. Now it is progressing when white men will sit and hear one of our number speak, and another sing. I am knocking around Dallas, but will soon be out and gone. There is much asking about the Grand Worthy Counsellor of Kansas Mrs. Norene Davis. We are told that she has been sick, and we are praying for her down here. You see she is one of the youngest presiding officers in the entire country, and then she is a woman who took the time to prepare for her work. She is a product of the Western college, Macon, Mo. I have never seen a young woman IT DODGES GETS IN TEXAS ALL DIFFERENCES O ARE SLOWLY EARING go into the hearts of the women, and just stay there. She was recorder of deeds or something like that, and then they just tinvited her to take the throne and it has proven to be a wise selection. I wish that I had the time to tell you all about her, but I shall do so in another letter. I shall visit Rev. E. Arlington Wilson tomorrow. You see he is pastor of one of the largest churches in Texas, and I wish you could just step down here and see his great parsonage with nine rooms. He has only two in family—himself and wife. I supose they just sleep in one room one night and the other room the next night and so on until he gets around. He is making great progress in this part of the world, and it is indeed good to see how he is taking hold of the work and how the work is taking hold of him. I need not tell you right by his side is to be found that talented wife of his. She has made many friends in this state and she is going to make many more. She has been active in the Woman's Auxiliary convention, which is a part of the great National convention. Her business is to find out just how many women Baptists there are in this world and report them to the convention with other information. They call her the statistician. I think that is the proper name for counter. I am looking forward to the day the General Conference will meet and make the Rev. J. R. Ransom a bishop. He deserves to be. I shall not have more to say to you now, but you just wait until I write again. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES The pastor and some members of this church were the first of our race to hold open air service at 12 a.m., during the epidemic of the influenza. It was quite a novelty to see them praising God on the beautiful Gothic porch. People passing by in their autos were much impressed. The male communicants arrived; then Mrs. M. C. Matthews was the first female communicant to arrive. She was closely followed by Miss Lewis, Mesdames U. S. Rogers-Hill, who held a preliminary prayer meeting; then Pastor Holmes began the main service and preached a sermon on "God's Care," and made it plain, that God is taking care of Israel. The beautiful hymns, "There is a Fountain," "Jesus Lover," and "Take the Name of Jesus," ringled with Nature's handiwork, fresh air, sunshine, etc., and gave those present and passersby a greater reverence for God. Deacon Johnson took up a large offering very quietly. Some gave $1 and some $5 each. Deacon Ford assisted and presented a new clock. Mesdames Nelson, Taylor and other ladies and gentlémen were present. Mr. J. T. Roberts, the senior deacon, gave the closing prayer and the pastor's benediction fell on a very successful 30-minute service for Christ. Next Sunday, Nov. 10th, it is thought the ban will be lefted. So come to service at 11 a.m., and receive a blessing, either out doors or in the Temple. Later: Pastor Holmes says services will sure be inside. Messrs. Lake, Taylor, White, Hulsey, Thomas, Williams, Dyson and others attended the out door service. YOUNG MINISTER ACTIVE. Rev. Albert Browne, one of our young men of Kansas City, has been doing a noble work during his summer vacation, out of college. He has visited a number of our cantonments and delivered talks and sermons to our soldier boys, besides soliciting several hundred dollars to erect a recreation hut for the boys at Western University. Rev. Browne has two brothers in the service, Captain Browne, somewhere in France, and Sergeant Thomas Browne, at W. U. J. O. MIDNIGHT. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Prop. G. A. GREGG, Associate Editor. MRS. M. C. MATTHEWS, Society Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH J. F. GRIFFIN, Pastor. Residence, 1111 North Eighth St. Phone Bell West 2904. ORDER OF SERIVCES. 9:30 A. M., Sunday School. "Our colored troops fought nobly, was the laconic telegram that was sent to President Lincoln when the Negro troops had fought their first battle, and they have kept that reputation up all down the years, when Mrs. M. Curry, 340 Nebraska, has made quite an improvement about her nice cottage home. She has had it raised, placing a fine stone foundation under it, with new porches and the entire interior is to be decorated Mrs. Curry believes in keeping a home looking attractive as well as protecting it." Mr. Ed. Ransom, a guard at the Federal prison at Leavenworth, spent ESTILE COOPER Fancy Groceries If You Want Them, See Me FRESH MEATS A SPECIALTY Bell West 2306 849 Freeman Aevr 610 North Sixth Street Office Phone.....Bell West,2407 Residence Phone.....Bell West 2968 The Advocate is a weekly journal devoted to Race Progress and Human Uplift. SUBSCRIPTION. One Year.....$1.50 Six Months......80 Three Months......50 "Entered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879." Have your news in our office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication. Office 834 Nebraska avenue. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. Notice to Subscribers All yearly subscribers, who are indebted to The Advocate, will please not delay in sending at once their indebtedness to this office, as the Government is asking us to show our books to the postoffice authorities. You must pay at once or we will be compelled to drop your name or lose our franchise. EDITOR. EDITOR. Who would have thought it? Not one of the opposition to the Republicans in Wyandotte county was left to tell the story. Well, the tail went with the hide this time. Politics have adjourned now for sure. Let's get down to business and make ready for the big boom, which is sure to come after this war matter is cleaned up. It will not be long until reconstruction and rebuilding will have begun. The Kaiser says that he will not leave his people alone in their troubles. Does not the great butcher know that a certain kind of trouble is best borne alone? The greatest favor that the Kaiser can possibly bestow on his people and country is to abdicate. The superstitution of the divine right of kings has passed forever, but the German war lord does not appear to realize it. The campaign just closed was one of the most peculiar in the history of the country. With scarcely no campaigning work, but little speechmaking, the whole campaign was won. There was quite a lot of literature distributed, the greatest aid to the Republicans was the president's letter to the country urging a Democratic congress. Many of his own party did not indorse that course. The Kaiser will not extract much comfort from the result of the election. It was a case of "be damned if you do and be damned if you don't." There is not the slightest doubt about the country's position on the prosecution of the war. Its vigorous prosecution to the and that a victorious ending, is the sentiment in America. Already the presidential election is looming up. Only two years until the country will pass upon the issues growing out of the conduct of the war. It will be a battle royal. And even Gov. Folk was left out in old Missouri. With his great popularity, backed up by a special indorsement by the president and yet he could not be saved. This surely is a Republican year. Look out for Spanish Influenza. At the first sign of a cold take HILL'S CASCARA QUININE BROMIDE Standard cold remedy for 20 years—in tablet form—safe, cure no opiate—breaks up a cold in 24 hours—relieves pain in 3 days. Money back if it fails. The genuine box has a Red top with Mr. Hill's picture. At All Drug Stores J. F. GRIFFIN, Pastor. Residence, 1111 North Eighth St. Phone Bell West 2904. ORDER OF SERVICES. 9:30 A. M., Sunday School. 11:00 A.-M., preaching. 5:00 P. M., Junior Allen League. 6:00 P. M., Senior Allen League. 7:45 P. M., preaching. WEEKLY SERVICES. Official Board, 2nd and 4th Monday, 7:30 P. M. Choir rehearsal, Tuesday 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, prayer meeting, 7:30 P. M. Friday class meeting 8 P. M. CHURCH NEWS Special sermon Sunday by Dr. Griffin. Subject, "The Still Small Voice." Come and hear him. Let everybody go to church Sunday. "Together let us sweetly sing together let us die." These sacred words have possibly been uppermost in our minds for the past month than ever before. And next Sunday the hearts of the Christians will more deeply feel and realize the full worth and significance of the poet's words. The church doors of God have been closed for a longer period, universally speaking, that we have any record of, but God in his own way determines man's program in life, Services all day Sunday for the first time since the first Sunday in October. God's people are hungry for His Gospel and church believers have no quietness when they are cut off from attending His House of Worship. Come Sunday. Sabbath school will take its regular place Sunday at 9:30 a.m., with Miss Hamilton, the superintendent, back at her post of duty. Let the parents get their children ready and bring them in on time. Won't you come? Let every member of the church come prepared Sunday to pay in on the rally that was to have come off the first Sunday in this month; the men are to pay $5.00 and the women $2.50. It's your church. Every leader and officer should be present Sunday. It's your duty. First A M. E. should be crowded Sunday all day, to all the services. Christ wants you to come. Don't let your time be idled away on the Lord's Day. Hear Dr. Griffin's special sermon. The choir will render some extra music at the reopening service Sunday. It will revive you. The Star stated that Judge Guyer's letter was a bomb. If it was its fuse failed to "go off" at the right time, The wets are dying hard. But their days are numbered. If the vote had been an honest expression of the people on the ments of the subject, unclouded by other amendments, the result would have been quite different. By the way, the fad of the initiative has produced its fruit. Had the various amendments to the Missouri constitution been submitted, after review by the legislature, there would have been no single tax measure gotten up by the wets to antagonize the farmer vote and they would have voted "No," to be sure of defeating the dry amendment. This is what defeated it in Missouri this time. Fads have their reward. With the new congress soon to convene and a two-thirds majority of the senate to ratify a treaty with Germany and that body a Republican majority, there is no hope for the Kaiser's slipping through and grabbing the fruits of victory through the doubtful application of diplomatic maneuvers. It took Uncle Sam some time to get mad enough to fight, but when he did get his war paint on, he let the Huns know that he was on the job all right. By the way, America's citizen soldiery has put a crimp in Germany's theory that long military training is required to support the country. Americans can plow today and change to the battlefield tomorrow with perfect ease and whip the well-drilled, best shock troops that the Huns can put up against them. It is "the man behind the gun," after all, that wins. Speaking of colored troops in the Civil war, it may not be generally known that it was two corps of colored troops who were the first to enter Richmond, the Confederate capital, when it was evacuated. They marched down the main avenue of the capital and stood guard when President Lincoln held his reception that eventful night in the rebel executive mansion, when Jeff Davis had "gone out," on urgent business. "Our colored troops fought nobly," was the laconic telegram that was sent to President Lincoln when the Negro troops had fought their first battle, and they have kept that reputation up, all down the years, when occasion presented itself. Germany must realize that she is alone among the civilized nations of the earth. She will receive, her punishment for her ruthless piratical submarine warfare and her unspeakable cruelty during these four long and bloody years. It is sixteen to one that Mr. Bryun made better time when running from a bad bull, the other day, than the Nebraska statesman made when trying to capture the presidency. It is also understood that he is not opposed to the inflation of the coat tail, under certain circumstances, without asking the consent of any nation. For shame, Coffeyville Journal! That puritanical paper arises with brazen effrontary and asks, "Whether it is the surf bathing habit gives a girl a beautiful form, or the beautiful form that gives a girl the surf bathing habit?" A Topeka colored club has named its organization the Douglass-Lincoln Washington Club and it is not a pear old yet. No telling what it will become as it gets its age. LARNED. KANSAS The C M. E. church "went over the top" last Sunday the members and friends rallying to meet their obligations with their good pastor, Dr. C. H. Anderson, who is doing a grand work here. Four clubs, representing as many countries, brought in $132.08. Miss Sallie Hawkins, representing France, brought in the largest amount, $57.55, and received a beautiful prize. Mrs, Mare Madison, $40.40; Mrs. Susie Janes, $17.85, and Miss Ida Shepherd, $16.25. It was a big day for all and the spiritual fervor was felt throughout the entire membership. IN MEMORIUM In living memory of our darling daughter and sister, Vivian Hortense Carroll, who left us for her heavenly home three years ago, November 8, 1915: The twilight shadows deepen and descend: The lonely hour 'twixt day and night comes on, And weary, tired at heart, we sit and dream Of her who once was here but now is gone. But in our saddest moments one happy thought holds sway, We shall meet again, dear Vivian, and be happy some sweet day. Your loving parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Carroll, brothers and sisters. Mrs. Ruth Collins, 517 Nebraska avenue, is not so well, but her friends hope for her a rapid change for the better. FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT. All modern conveniences; fine neighborhood; close to car line; no children! will take man or woman; board if desired. Bell phone W 3886-M. 1926 North 6th St. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Maud L. Sullivan, Plaintiff, vs. William Sullivan, Defendant. No. 10,144-A. 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Curry, 940 Nebraska, has made quite an improvement about her nice cottage home. She has had it raised, placing, a fine stone foundation under it, with new porches and the entire interior is to be decorated Mrs. Curry believes in keeping a home looking attractive as well as protecting it. Mr. Ed. Ransom, a guard at the Federal prison at Leavenworth, spent Monday in the city calling on his friends. Ed has made good at both the state and federal prisons. Miss Fannie Murray, 1301 Armstrong avenue, is out after two weeks' illness. Lawyer Elisha Scott of Topeka was in the city this week on legal business. FREE $1.00 G. S. Is guaranteed for one bottle to benefit any case of pellagra, rheumatism, eczema, scrofula or any blood, liver or kidney disease, or your dollar returned and no questions asked; or if you take two bottles between October 22, 1917, and March 1, 1918, and you receive no bene fits, upon affidavit of same I will refund to you your $2.00 and give you $1.00 free. Why experiment! 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The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection; That section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas be amended to read as follows: Section 1. Every citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards—who shall have resided in Kansas six months next preceding any election, and in the township or ward in which he or she offers to vote, at least thirty days next preceding such election—shall be deemed a qualified elector. Sec. 2. That this proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the-state at the general election in the year 1918 for their approval or rejection. The amendment hereby proposed shall be designated on the ballot by the following title: "The suffrage amendment to the constitution," and shall be voted for or against as provided by law under such title. Sec. 3. That this resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book. Passed the Senate February 28, 1917. Passed the House March 8, 1917. Approved March 12, 1917. I hereby certify that the foregoing a true and correct copy of the original Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 18, now on file in my office. J. T. BOTKIN, (Seal) Secretary of State. (First published August 9, 1918.) ESTILE COOPER Fancy Groceries If You Want Them, See Me FRESH MEATS A SPECIALTY Bell West 2306 Mr. L. T. Hussey, sta sas, reports that in five 15,544 fires, and that alm were caused by sparks or other cause. A good fire-proof r cost than a shingle roof. WYANDOTTE 325 Minn. Avenue, K. C. Mr. L. T. Hussey, state fire marshal of Kansas, reports that in five years Kansas has had 15,544 fires, and that almost twcie as many fires were caused by sparks on the roofs as from any other cause. A good fire-proof roof can be had for less cost than a shingle roof. WYANDOTTEROOFINGCO. 325 Minn Avenue, K. C. K. Any Phone West 710 SAMUEL DIGGS THE OLD RELIABLE Pays the highest cash price for iron, bottles, bones, copper, bra- thing in the junk line. SQUARE DEALING AND HON- TIMES. Place of Business—10 BELL, WEST 3577 FORREST B. Consult me any time. LAW REAL ESTATE 529 State Ave. Bell West Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, Contracts and Legal Papers Drawn. Investments M Abstracts of title furnished f amine. "It's cheaper to buy Consult me any time. I am THE OLD RELIABLE JUNK DEALER. says the highest cash price for junk at all times, x bottles, bones, copper, brass, lead, zinc and eva in the junk line. WARE DEALING AND HONEST WEIGHT AT ES. Place of Business—1006-1008 North Third WEST 3574 KANSAS CITY, FORREST B. ANDERS Consult me any time. I am the People's Lawyer REAL ESTATE BROKER. THE OLD RELIABLE JUNK DEALER. Pays the highest cash price for junk at all times, rags, iron, bottles, bones, copper, brass, lead, zinc and everything in the junk line. SQUARE DEALING AND HONEST WEIGHT AT ALL TIMES. Place of Business—1006-1008 North Third St. BELL, WEST 3577 KANSAS CITY, KAS. FORREST B. ANDERSON Consult me any time. I am the People's Investments Made. Abstracts of title furnished free; ten day allowed fine. "It's cheaper to buy than it is to rent." Insult me any time. I am he People's Lawyer. Abstracts of title furnished free; ten day allowed to exami ne. "It's cheaper to buy than it is to rent." Consult me any time. I am he People's Lawyer. McClelland & Son 733 Minnesota Ave. Bell, W. 364 Home, W. 594 - 1918 Bargains. WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR FAMILY? A Stack of Worthless Rent Receipts FOR SALE FOR SALE—100 feet of ground; will take part payment in Liberty Bonds, Baby Bonds or Thrift Stamps. 9-room modern house 30 ft, $2000; $400 down, terms to suit. 4-room house, 50 ft.; outbuildings, electric lights, gas and city water, grape arbor; $1500; $500 down, terms to suit. 5-room house, 56 ft; $1500; $700 down, $20 per month and interest. 8-room house, bath, gas and city water; $1850; $200 down, terms to suit. 4-room house, summer kitchen, 50 ft; good out buildings, $1100; $50 down, $10 per month and interest. 9-room house, modern, 87 feet; $2500; $500 down, terms to suit. 8-room house, 25 ft; $2100; $300 down, terms to suit; close in. 10-room brick; $3500; $100 down, modern, 50 ft, close in. 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Bell Phone West 1131 Bell West 3577 Bell Phone 180 Grand DARTING, PIERCING SCIATIC PAINS DARTING, PIERCING SCIATIC PAINS Give way before the penetrating effects of Sloan's Liniment So do those rheumatic-twinges and the loin-aches of lumbago, the nerve-inflammation of neuritis, the wry neck, the joint wrench, the ligament sprain, the muscle strain, and the throbbing bruise. The ease of applying, the quickness of relief, the positive results, the clean-liness, and the economy of Sloan's Liniment make it universally preferred. Sloans ALONG THE LINE OF REASON We have appealed to the Preachers, and suggested the expediency of preaching, the things that will save, here in this "Valley and Shadow of Sin and Suffering." A course which reason tells us, will make us more suitable subjects for "The Hereafter." And since misfortune has so overtaken us, that we have had no preaching at all, for a time; would it not be an excellent idea, to begin this Propaganda business, when Preaching starts again? Our condition is growing no better by reason of not doing so, and we surely can lose nothing by beginning it. Then,—"All Hands and the Cook, on deck." Let's begin right now. Let's resolve to cease to harm and injure each other. Let's begin to stop doing those Dirty, Mean, Low, Little things; which do us no good,—but which harm our fellow-man indeed. For it is out of such thoughts, feeling and acts, that Kaiserism has its rise. "Tis such thoughts, acts and feelings, which has plunged the world into this awful Hel lof war, that it is now experiencing. Then let us get off, that "Firing Line" and get onto one which bears the stamp of Reason and Common Sense. Let's get in touch with the Ideas and notions, which actuated that great Character,—The Christ,—who was always right, and never wrong;—who would not only, not do those Contemptible things, which he would not, that you should do unto him. But was in addition to all that, at all times and places;—an active positive factor, in the Treating of Others, as he would have them treat him. Let's begin right now, to recount the matters and things of that sort, of which we have been guilty. And at the same moment, begin also, to cease to do and practice them. But you will say, "I have no time to act a Fool like that." Well—you must admit, that everybody else can as easily think and say the same, the very same. And you will also have to admit, that persons, possibly as wise and important as are you;—thought, and even called The Christ, a Fool. 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NINE COURSES OFFERED 1.—ACADEMIC 2.—AGRICULTURAL 3.—WOODWORK 4.—IRONWORK Automobile Repair Automobile Operation 5.—TAILORING 6.—DOMESTIC ARTS 8.—MUSIC 9.—AUTO REPAIRS AND OPERATION. OPENS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1918 For Further Information Write: G. R. BRIDGEFORTH, Principal. SHOOTS LIKE A PISTOL Combination Pocket Knife and Revolver Not merely a novelty but really useful "gun- knife." In shape and size same as ordinary pocket knife. In service an ingenious revolver and one of the most powerful weapons real 22 caliber cartridges or blanks. Excellent for 22 caliber HUNTER, FISHER or DEFENSE purposes. Always reliable and SAFE. Cannot go off by itself—just as safe as any safety revolver. Keen steel blade, handle nicely pinched plated. When closed, 34 long. Gripping handle and when open, what not in use is concealed in knife handle, just like knife blade. This highly desirable "gunknife" mailed pre- paid for $5.00, C.O.D. Pay your money. will offer double utility implement 10 days. If you don't like it, re- fund it and we will re- fund your money. RIGGER U. S. EMAIL ARMS SALES CO. 747 N. LINcoln St., Dearborn, MI 48128 ALWAYS LAND OF TROUBLE Barbaric Invasion and Czarism Have Molded Russian History, to People's Sorrow. The backwardness of the Russians can be pretty adequately accounted for by three historical factors. There is, first, the Mongol yoke which rested upon them for nearly two and a half centuries. During the wonderful thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, while England was establishing her parliament and democratic models were being worked out in the free self-governing city states of Italy and the low countries, the Russians lay flattened under an allen Asiatic despotism. By the time they had rid themselves of the Mongols all legal rights of individuals, local communities and social classes had disappeared, leaving the power of the czars unlimited. In the second place, for a long time after the Muscovites had freed themselves from the Mongols, their settlements in the-rich treeless steppes to the south of them—the famous "black soil" destined to become the granary of Russia and, indeed, of Europe—were exposed to raids by the nomad Tartars hemming them on the east and south. Until the days of Peter the Great the Russians were for the most part confined to the less fertile forested region of the North, where they were safe from the incursions of the nomads. Let one imagine how our economic development would have suffered had our ancestors been confined to the wooded region of the upper Ohio and the Great Lakes because the fertile prairies from Indiana to the Rocky mountains lay open to the raids of barbarian horsemen swelling up from the great populated area in the Southwest! Then there was the Romanoff autocracy, which in Shakespeare's day crushed the bulk of the people down into serfdom—which later became slavery—and kept them there for two and a half centuries.—Edward Alsworth Ross in Asia Magazine. APPEALED TO GIRL'S VANITY Department Store Clerk Proved That He Had Some Little Knowledge of Human Nature. Among nonessential citizens, a place must be given to the summer girl who does all her swimming on the beach, in silken togs which never could stand the cruel ocean waves. Whether this type is still in existence or not is a question, but at any rate a conversation overheard recently in a department store gives ground for suspicion. The ambitious clerk was selling a high-priced bathing suit and was managing the operation in a masterful way. She finally pinned her victim, a fuffy girl, down to a choice between two; one was blue with green trimmings, the other purple with white. "Do you ever have photos taken in your bathing suit?" asked the clerk. "Why, sometimes," said the girl, mystified. "Well," said the inspired clerk, "the reason I ask is because often girls have said that they want suits with contrasting colors because they show up so much better in the pictures. That's why you might like this purple with the white border better than the other, which wouldn't show up nearly so well. I didn't know whether you had thought about it or not, but often girls do have their pictures taken on the beach, you know."—Indianapolis News. Steam Heated If the Webb-Kenyon Law prohibiting the shipment of liquor into prohibition states was illegally passed over the veto of President Taft, then the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was illegally submitted to the states, S. M. Brewster, attorney general, contends in the suit of the Missouri Pacific Railroad to prevent the state collecting fines for the shipment of liquor into Kansas. The suit will be heard next week in the supreme court. The Missouri-Pacific contends that the Webb-Kenyon Law did not have a two-thirds majority of the entire membership of Congress, but only a two-thirds majority of the members present, therefore the law is worthless. The company also asserts that Kansas is attempting to take the company's property without due process of law, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. In his statement to the supreme court, S. M. Brewster, attorney general, shows that the Fourteenth Amendment did not have a two-thirds majority of the entire Senate membership. The records of the Thirty-ninth Congress show the facts. Mrs. Gay Perry Seaton, wife of Capt. R. A. Seaton, and one of her new born twins died recently in Washington, where Mrs. Seaton has been since her husband was stationed there last spring in the ordnance department. Mrs. Seaton was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Perry of Phon, Mont., formerly of Manhattan, and a graduate of the agricultural college there. She leaves a son 2 years old and the other twin. Captain Seaton was Professor Seaton, head of the mechanical engineering department at Kansas State Agricultural College before he went into the army. The many friends of Rev. Richardson are glad to see him out after several weeks of illness. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Artie Bolden, Plaintiff, vs. Willic Bolden, Defendant. To the above named defendant: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 12th day of December. 1918, the petition filed will be presented to the court, and evidence given thereon, upon which a judgment will be rendered, the nature of which will be a decree, dissolving the bonds of matirmony existing between plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing plaintiff from you, the defendant, and awarding to her, the care and custody of her minor child, Willie, and for the costs of this action. I. F. BRADLEY, Attorney for Plaintiff. Attest: R. J. McFarland, Clerk. (First Publication Nov. 1, 1918.) 5—TAILORING 6—DOMESTIC ARTS 8—MUSIC 9—AUTO REPAIRS AND OPERATION. In the District Court of Wyancounty County, Kansas. Levi Davis and Jennie Davis, Plaintiffs, vs. Josephine Catterion and Emma L. R. Dixon, heirs at law of Joseph D. Robinson and Miranda Robinson now deceased, Sands W. Bouton and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, assigns and successors of Joseph D. Robinson and Sands W. Bouton, deceased, Defendants. No. 10098. To the defendants and each of them To the defendants and each of them: You are hereby notified that the plaintiffs have begun an action against you in the above named court and that you must answer the petition filed therein on or before the 7th day of December, 1918, or the same will be taken as true and title to lots 26 and 27, block 145 in the city of Wyandotte, now part of Kansas City, Kansas, will be quieted in plaintiffs and it will be legally determined that you have no interest in said real estate or any part thereof, adverse to, or against title of plaintiffs therein. LEVI DAVIS, JENNIE DAVIS, Plaintiffs (First publication Oct. 25, 1918.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, —— Div. W. H. Murdock, Plaintiff, vs. Lena Murdock, Defendant. No. ——. To Lena Murdock: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above name plaintiff in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, for divorce on the grounds of gross neglect of duty and abandonment, and that you are required to answer the petition of the plaintiff filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on or before the 4th day of December, 1918, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment/rendred against you in favor of plaintiff, granting him an absolute divorce from you, and for the care, custody and control of their minor children, Ruth, Horace, Thelma and Clarence Murdock, and for such other relief as the nature of the case may require. DORSEY GREEN, Attorney for Plaintiff. (First publication Oct. 25, 1918) PUBLICATION NCTICE. In the District surt of Wyandotte County, Kansas, —— Div. Naomi King, Plaintiff, vs. John King, Defendant. No. ——. To John King: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, for divorce on the grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty, and that you are required to answer the petition of plaintiff filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on or before the 4th day of December, 1918, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you in favor of plaintiff, granting her an absolute divorce from you, and for the care, custody and control of their minor child, Raleigh King. and for such other relief as the nature of the case may require. Attorney for Plaintiff. (First publication Oct. 25, 1918) HYGIENE & KALOLOGY CO. Dept. A. H. 123 W. 13th St. N. Y. City LUELLA GREEN NOTARY PUBLIC Bell Phone West 424 Res. 1407 N. 8th St. 516 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, Kansas --- ```markdown ``` PAGE FOUR NOT AN UNMIXED BLESSING Washington Man Rejoiced Over "Autoless Sunday" Until Awful Thought Came to His Mind. "Something is always happening to take the joy out of life," he said, mournfully. "Something always happens, or somebody always says something, and if they don't I have to think of something myself," he continued. "When I saw that news about the supply of gasoline being short, with probably not a month's supply left, I rejoiced. You see, I don't own an automobile, and, what is more, my nerves must be sensitive, because they worry me. "They awake me at midnight with a terrific banging and snorting, and disturb my slumbers at six o'clock in the morning with mingled roars and explosions like unto antediluvian monsters. "If I had my way I'd restrict the use of automobiles from nine o'clock in the morning to six o'clock at night. But—well, when I thought the gasoline was giving out, I must confess I rejoiced. Selfish? Maybe. But I had no sooner rejoiced than I thought—" The mournful man smiled sorrowfully. "I thought," he said, "that with all the automobiles out of business, there would be just that many more people to ride on the street cars."—Washington Star. ALL HAVE THEIR FAVORITES Most Novelists Admit Decided Preference for Certain Children of Their Brain. It is no secret that Mowgil, the wolf boy of the "Jungle Books," is Mr. Kipligl's prime favorite, or that Rodney Stone, that fine fighter and gallant Englishman, takes precedence even of Sherlock Holmes in the affections of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Thomas Hardy much prefers to consider himself a poet rather than a story writer, but among the many characters he has created he loves Tess best of all; and it is rumored that H. G. Wells has a sneaking affection for his Tono Bungay. It is often difficult to account for prejudices, for ilkes and dislikes. The mother often loves her least worthy lad best. Mark Twain dotted on Huckleberry Finn, Dickens had a soft place in his heart for the Artful Dodger, and it is said that W. W. Jacobs loves best his sly, diplomatic, cool poacher and general scapegrace, Bob Pretty. Jerome K. Jerome has never lost his first love for "Three Men in a Boat." It made his name known in two hemispheres, and he feels he owes it a debt of gratitude. Allan Quartermain is an easy first in the heart of Sir II. Rider Haggard; Marle Corell's favorite among her own works is "Thelma," and Sir Hall Calne's "The Manxman;" while nobody else can ever take the place of Babble, the gipsy lass of the Little Minister," in the love of Sir James Barrie. Fast Reclaiming Desert Men have begun to reclaim the Californian desert by irrigation. The Imperial valley is the first word in the bringing back of the waters to the thirsty land, but it is by no means the last. Towns like Brawley and Imperial now stand where the mesquite once grew and the coyote howled. The limit of man's progress in the valley is sharply defined. The "field" of alfalfa or grain faces the desert, the one wearing a fierce scow, the other a gentle smile. Close by live the desert's conquerors, big upstanding folk, amid the softness of an eternal summer. The irrigation canals flow musically everywhere. The houses are ringed with cloth-screened verandas, which do duty also as living and sleeping places. The people always seem to be on the defensive against the desert. But they have made it blossom like the rose, and are making it pay. Soon the desert of lost hopes, of burning heats, of intolerable mirages, and arid solitudes will be a land of teeming thousands and of plenty. Famous Soldier Poet of Italy. Gabriele d'Annunzio, Italy's famous poet, whose flying feats are the admiration of his countrymen, has not the slightest fear of death, and he has a presentiment that he will die in action. To a friend who interviewed him he remarked: "My worldly life is ended. What can I do after the war? I shall write no more. Every time I go off on an expedition I hope it will be my last. That is the reason for my fearlessness. The finest end I wish for is to die for my country." "Pudgy" is a Y. M. C. A. man, well known to many American soldiers in France. He recently spent a night in a front-line dugout. While he was there a deafening barrage rained around the dugout for a full half an hour. Everyone wanted to know afterward how Pudgy liked it. "I fear," he confessed, and the ever-lasting smile broadened as he spoke, "that I'm no braver now than before." Proper Pirate. "You seem to be rather proud of being a pirate," remarked the trusty lieutenant. "I am," replied Captain Kidd. "Tm a regular pirate, I am. When I want to sink a ship I superintend the job in person. I don't sit at home and send a lot of scared sailors out to take chances all by themselves in U-boats." SAVAGE METHOD OF WARFARE Germany Broke International Agreement When She Began the Use of Poison Gas. Polsonous gases are produced by some explosives which have been commonly used in warfare. They are the products of the explosion. The direct use of poison gases, however, was specifically inhibited by The Hague convention. They were used deliberately for the first time on April 22, 1915, on part of the Ypres salient. A poison gas cloud (chlorine) was there launched by the Germans against the French and British, where they joined, the Turcos and Canadians receiving the brunt. Frustrated in the quick accomplishment of their aims, the Germans again threw all honor aside, as they had done in Belgium, and used poison gases. In this way they proposed to end the war quickly. The immediately bitter purpose was to kill and affect the morale of the colonials. Written and spoken narratives of the effect of that great greenish-yellow cloud on the minds of those soldiers, as it rose right out of the ground, rolled toward and enveloped them, the first whiffs choking, then producing spasms of agony, are thrillingly terrible. Many died a horrible death; many who raced away ahead of the weed waves got sufficient of the gas to affect their health seriously. The morale was not broken, however, and the war was not soon over. If the Germans had done the vicious thing more thoroughly the war might have been over long ago.—American Review of Reviews. CAME OVER TO ITS FRIENDS Eagle in France Quickly Naturalized When Made Prisoner, and Went Into Battle Against Huns. This story is told by Stars and Stripes, the American army paper printed in France: On Bastille day a group of French and Yanks were celebrating in a little town not far behind the lines. The Yanks were doing their part by pitching small coins into a tin can when a big eagle swooped down from the north and alighted on the ridgepole of a barn. He was so black and rapacious and altogether militaristic in appearance that he looked as though he might have flown squarely out of the Prussian coat of arms. "Fritz, in!" shouted a French soldier, and the game stopped. Somebody got a net, and somebody else got up on the roof. The net was too short and the eagle just looked at it, yawned and went to sleep. A young French soldier who started a second offensive was folled when the eagle awoke and flew lazily to a neighboring roof. Another tried. This time the eagle flopped off and alighted on the American billet. He seemed to think he was safe there, or perhaps he didn't mind, for the next attempt to snare him succeeded. That night the battle began. A rain of shell fell on the town as Yank and French went up into the line. And Fritz-l went in, too. He had become naturalized overnight. Knowledge Unto Himself. A group of business men met on a street corner in a certain city and were discussing the progress that has been made by the allied forces on the western front. During the conversation a fellow-citizen, who is fond of expressing his opinion, but whose field of information is so limited that he doesn't appreciate how small it is, joined the crowd and listened to the various expressions. Unable to hold his silence, he declared: "There ain't no doubt but that our boys has thrown new life into the alleys, but in my opinion the Huns can't fight like the Germans did." And then before anyone could get in a word he added: "And then we've done lots better work since our merchant marines has got into the front line action." Birds as Barometers Birds are excellent barometers. A number of our birds—swans, wild duck, coots, moorhens and others—build their nests either on the banks of a river or floating on its surface attached to the reeds or water. grasses. These birds, it is said, never by chance get caught by floods, and if you see a swan's nest, say, a foot above the river level you may be sure that during the next few weeks there will not be rain enough to raise the river above that height. The common robin knows a great deal about forthcoming weather. If he sings in the morning it is a certain sign of bad weather. Fawn Remarkably Tame. While standing in the woods Warden Otis O. Small of Hammonton, N. J., says a young fawn approached and after eyelining him for a short time came up and rubbed his body with its nose. The warden says he had no trouble in making friends with the deer. Warden Small expressed the opinion that deer knew when the closed season was on, but that, this was the first instance when one actually held him up in the woods. A Delinguent Citizen. "Can you direct me to these offices?" inquired the man with a slip of paper in his hand. "No. I have lived in Washington all my life. You had better ask some one who has made a study of the town since all these new buildings went up." THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Alfaifa Growers of the Yakima Valley Used Novel Method to Advertise Their Product. To advertise their agricultural products the folks of the Sunnyside reclamation project, in the state of Washington, built last summer. a brand-new kind of structure. They called it a hay palace. It was built wholly of baled hay—alfalfa hay of the best quality, 6,000 tons of it, contributed by the farmers of Yakima valley. Some house! Well, yes. It was 150 feet long, 100 feet wide and 25 feet high, with an exterior effect somewhat resembling that of a medieval fortress. Inside of it were exhibits of every imaginable kind relating to the field and garden products of the valley. Also an auditorium, with a stage for speakers, music and vaudeville acts. The palace was illuminated by electricity and cooled by electric fans. But, although the Yakima valley produces wonderful fruits and vegetables, its big money-getting crop is alfalfa. The celebration at the hay palace (which was, incidentally, a sort of carnival) was planned mainly for the purpose of bringing together the grower and consumer of alfalfa hay, with elimination of the much-objurgated middleman. On the last day of the fair the hay from which the palace was constructed was sold at auction to the highest bidders and the proceeds were distributed pro rata among the farmers who had contributed the material. SURELY SOME CRAP SHOOTER Dusky Stevedore In France Was Rapidly Getting Rich at Expense of His Comrades. They used to shoot some craps in stevedore company No. —, but they don't any more. This as a consequence of a stern company order issued after a prolonged argument with the dice which followed the first payday on this side. There was a game at every opportunity for about a week, and then came a lull. Simultaneously with the lull the men began to turn up shy of apparel and equipment. Investigation disclosed that one dusky private with a pair of dice that behaved particularly well had made a sensational clean-up. He had gathered most of the francs in the company in the first three days and then started on personal effects. At the conclusion of the series he had nearly enough francs to finance a war of his own and more clothes than the supply sergeant, not to speak of 36 identification tags, seven boxes of O.C. pills, a bottle of castor oil, 11 towels, most of the soap in the company and a packing case full of other articles. At the suggestion of the captain he returned all of the belongings and most of the francs. "Ah learned dat game in de old Tenth cavalry," he exclaimed, "and Ah just wanted to show dee new soldiers dat dey didn't know nuffin' about it." —Stars and Stripes. He Did Not Forget. More than two years ago, Charlie, an old fire department horse at Greencastle, left the station, his place there having been taken by a new motor-truck. Since that time Charlie has been doing heavy hauling for his present owner. The other day Charley and his working mate were stopped near the fire department station, and one of the firemen ventured the statement that Charlie would still make a good fire horse if the old equipment should have to be resorted to. To prove his contention the fireman unhitched Charlie, led him to his old stall, adjusted the harness above the old wagon and sounded the alarm. The door opened and just as of old Charlie trotted out and ran under the harness ready to make a run. In two years he had not forgotten his lesson. —Indianapolis News. Mount Rubber "Remember Mount Rubber when you come to Newton," urges the Kansan. Mount Rubber is a heap of rubber rubbish on East Broadway, near Main street, which, when it assumes the desired proportions, will be sold to old rubber collectors and the proceeds turned over to the Red Cross. The nation needs the rubber, the Red Cross needs the money and the public needs its riddance. "Anything like an old auto tire, bicycle tire, rubber boots, old garden hose, rubber out of your neck—in fact, anything in the form of rubber—can be chucked into the pile and it will be a jolt for the kaiser," says the Kansan. Napoleon's Descendant A great-grandson of Napoleon Bonaparte was killed recently in action not far from Belms, where he was at the head of a machine-gun section. His name was Daniel Napoleon Mesnard, and he was the son of a lady whose malden name was Leon, and who was the daughter of Count Leon, a natural son of the emperor. The dead soldier bore himself bravely in defense of Belms, and was mentioned in dispatches. OmInous Quiet "How do you account for the fact that Crimson Gulch has become so peaceful?" "It isn't peaceful," replied Broncho Bob. "It only seems so because the boys are saving their ammunition for the Boches instead of wasting it on one another." ious torturing. MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD Real Treasure of Peru Was the Potato, Though Spanlards Did Not Realize It. The gold of the Indles was the attraction that led Columbus to sail westward, that carried Cortez to Mexico and Pizarro to Peru. The Incas had large stores of the precious metal, representing, no doubt, the accumulations of many centuries. The capture of such a booty resounded through Europe. Spain became for a time the wealthiest, as well as the most powerful, nation of Europe, and this was ascribed to the gold of Peru. But Peru held another treasure much more valuable for the nations of Europe, than the golden booty of Pizarro. Carrying the potato to Europe was an event of much more profound significance in relation to the subsequent history of the world than sending the Inca gold to the coffers of Spain. But nobody understood the value of the potato, and its Peruvian origin was generally forgotten before the plant became well known. Instead of Peruvian potatoes we call them Irish potatoes. The potato was the basis of the ancient Peruvian nation and has attained almost the same importance in other parts of the world within the last 100 years—National Geographic Magazine. "Ruget Sound Lobster." Seattle is consuming only about half a ton of octopus, "devilfish," a week, according to fish dealers of that city. But this consumption is bound to jump as soon as the Americans become familiar with the taste of this inhabitant of the deep. The Greek fishermen, who consider the octopus a great delicacy, call it "devilfish;" while the Japanese fish dealer gets calls from his people for "tako," and when Sing, down in Chinatown, places it on his card he gives it a name that only a Cantonese can read or understand. When cafe managers uptown decide to give their patrons a treat the lowly devilfish probably will become "Puget Sound lobster." Improved Fuel for Airplanes That the Germans are using a new and improved fuel for airplane engines was the statement of Leon Camen before the Aeronautical society. To gasoline is added one per cent of toluol and one and one-half per cent of alcohol. The mixture gives a sharper ignition than simple gasoline, and while it exerts some deteriorating effect upon the metal, the short life of the airplane motor at the war front means that the motor is discarded before the deterioration becomes serious. Toluol is a coal tar product and is the base of that powerful explosive, trinitrotoluol. 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Return all laundry slips with claims for loss or damage. ♠ ♠ News of the death of Charles Robinson, formerly cashier of the Exchange State Bank at Nortonville, has been received at Atchison. He died at Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was in an officers' training camp. Spanish influenza, followed by pneumonia, caused his death. He was sent to Camp Taylor from Camp Lewis, Wash. * * * Declaring that he has already overstayed his sentence of five years in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth Alvin J. Stout, formerly president of the First National Bank of Cherokee, Ok., instituted mandamus proceedings in the United States district court in Topeka. Stout states that he was sentenced on March 2, 1912, for violation of the federal banking laws. He claims that although he has served more than five years the prison parole board refuses to release him. He cites the three members of the board as defendants and demands his release. + + + E. C. Dillon, who registered in Jefferson county and was barred from army service because of a charge of felony against him by Missouri authorities, has been granted full and complete pardon by Governor Gardner. The pardon papers were received by the First district appeal board of Kansas and will remove any bar to Dillon's enlistment. Dillon was convicted in Missouri of felony for assaulting two Germans whom he accused of making disloyal remarks. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and paroled on condition he leave the state. + + + Distinguished service crosses have been awarded to First Lieutenant Josiah Mudge of Manhattan and Corp. Albert Beeby of Hill City. + + + Ella Latham, the 24-year-old daughter of Wilbur Latham, a farmer living near Penalosa, was killed the other night when she fell from a haymow. *** A dispatch was received by Mrs. J. W. Perry of Mount Hope of the death of her son, Corland B. Curry, September 12 in action in France. He was 23 years old and a graduate of the Mount Hope High School and the University of Arizona. He is the first Mount Hope boy in service to lose his life. * * * The ouster suit against James Davis, mayor of Leavenworth,'was dismissed by the supreme court on a motion of the attorney general. The suit was brought because of alleged drunkenness and improper conduct on the part of the mayor. The mayor has resigned and there is no further need of the ouster suit.* Lodge Notices EUREKA LODGE NO. 2. I. O. B. and S. of C. "Busy Bee." Meeting nights 1st and 3rd Monday, 314 Nebraska Ave. SAMUEL DIGGS, W. H. C. MARY SMITH, W. S. of the I. O. B. and S. of C. "Busy Bees". Meeting nights 1st and 3rd Wednesday at Fraternity Hall, 314 Nebraska Ave. Come out and join us in our great success. Y. H. HADLEY, W. H. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 19 Marie L. 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