UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 14th Annual Inter-Class Track and Field-Meet Saturday, Apr. 25, 2:30 o'clock A Real Meet with Red Hot Competition. Come out and root for your Team. Rain Coats Rain Coats For Ladies For Gentlemen For Misses For Boys All sizes from age two up to size forty eight. We feature a double texture coat at May we show you? Johnson & Carl KANSAS MERCHANTS TO HEAR RETAIL EXPERTS Convention at University in May Will Be Addressed by Trade Authorities Kansas merchants will hear some of the best known business experts in the country Merchants' Week at the University of Kansas May 5, 6, and 7. W. J. Pilkington, of Des Moines, editor of the "Merchant Trade Journal"; Wheeler Sammons, editor of the "System", Chicago; Robert B. Scheffler, editor of the Dry Goods Reporter" Chicago C. Dr. Goods publisher of the "Merchants Journal," at Topea, will be on the program for lectures on advertising, salesmanship and auditing. These men are authorities on the subjects they will handle. Talks also will be made by Kansas merchants who have built up their bysiness under remarkable circumcum- lences. L. C. Jones of Ottawa, will tell about the co-operative system of the Ottawa Commercial club in its campaign to get the farmers of Franklin county interested in city affairs. Mr. Jones is a clothing merchant and through his efforts the retailmen of his city have formed a commercial club, which now has 277 farmers among its numbers. Ottawa does not turn up its nose at being called a country town. It has organized as a country town, but Mr. Jones is going to tell the retailers from other towns of the state how to do it. C. C. Brown's "iowa Store" at Cawker City, probably is the best known store in the state, through Mr. Brown's unique and original advertising methods. Mr. Brown will speak at the convention on the subject of advertising in the small store. W. L. Friend of Niles, Mich., and George D. Wolfe, of Benton Harbor, Mich., manufacturers of store furnishing and appliances will speak on the modern outfitting of stores, but will not advertise their firms' ware. "Advertising" will be a topic discussed on the first day of the conference. Accounting and store management will occupy the program the second day and the third day will be given over to a study of salesmanship. Prof. D. C. Croissant, of the Extension division of the University is in charge of the program, and expects to secure several more experienced Kansas retail men to take part. TICKETS 25c. Student tickets admit This meeting is the second of the kind attempted in the country. A short course for retail men was given last month at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, under the direction of R. R. Price, formerly head of the extension division of the University of Kansas. The University of Minnesota course charged a fee of $3, and was attended by 135 retail men, only six of whom were from the Twin Cities. The course for merchants at the University of Kansas May 5-7, will be free to the retail merchants of Kansas, and to all others interested in the retail business. No fee of any kind will be charged. Director Croissant expects an attendance of 500 retail merchants. DEFEATS KANSAN Student Solons More Successful at Baseball Than Ousting Editor —Score 12 to 5 K. U. KEEPS AN EYE ON THE FOOD KANSAS EATS The Men's Student Council, a sad failure at ousting editors, was vastly more successful in a baseball encounter with the editorial talent on McCook field yesterday afternoon. The score stood 12 to 8 in the second and four tip broke up the game at the end of the sixth innning. The Crowd was at the Music Festival Lawrence Smith, who writes verses, also pitched excellent ball for two innings when he blew up and walked several. From then on the Council had a walk-away. The swattest continued until the game came to an abrupt close when he fouled of it, and the foul which caught the finger of catcher Henry and disabled him for further service. Webster Holloway, arch enemy of the Daily Kansan, and chief instructor of the recent impeachment proceedings against its editor, occupied the Senate floor with the legislative body and surprised everybody with an effective inshoot. The Council got 11 hits and made Advertise it in the Kansan The Crowd reads the Daily Kansan Experts in University Laboratory Test All Suspected Material for Poison In a small well-lighted room, in the chemistry building of the University of Kansas, benches and shelves filled with cans, bottles, packages, and chemical appliances, the food of a warehouse wakes up care it is to see that no poisonous or adulterated food is eaten by 1,700-000 Kansans. In this laboratory fifty samples of food is tested each month, food gathered by three inspectors from shelves of grocery stores, food collected half the samples examined are passed. The rest are condemned or marked below standard. Just now the laboratory is making a series of analyses on baking powder. Twelve varieties have been gathered and tests are being made for carbonic acid gas content. So far all of the specimens have been passed, but an analysis will be made soon for poisonous derivatives of lead, which are usually found in baking powders. Ice cream from all of the Lawrence makers has been examined by the elaborate recently. Three of the samples were deficient but one was the best. The rest are all right. Another test is the test of edulcoral. Seven samples sold at Kansas grocery stores have been found to contain from 6 to 10 percent of alcohol; which brings the cider within the definition of prohibited liniments. Peanuts, canned goods, orangeade, olive oil, vinegar, and honey are a few of the food materials that have been tested recently under the direction of Professor Long, chief of Research and Miss Anderson, assistant. Most of the condemned food was declared to be misbranded, but some contained poisonous matter. Some added damaged material is destroyed by the inspector. CAPT, JONES, OF K. N. G. EXPECTS SERVICE IN WAR "Recent developments in Mexico lead me to believe that there will be war," said Captain Jones, of the local guards today. "As we web search for orders to attack such orders may be expected at any time now." four errors. The Kansan garnered two hits and was responsible for five errors. THREE HASH-HOUSE GAMES TO BE PLAYED TOMORROW Send the Daily Kansan home. Another round of the series of games of baseball to be played by the Hash House League will take place tomorrow afternoon on the freshman and Woodland fields. The following teams will contest: Ellis vs. Co-op, freshman, 4:30; Columbus vs. Gillespie, Woodland, 4:30; and K. K. vs. Martin, freshman, 4:30. HAMLET WILL ESCAPE TRIAL BY K. U. LAWYERS The trial of Hamlet will not occur this year in the School of Law,OWO to the fact that data and plans for conducting this study are available from Prof. R. F. Rice who is substituting in the school for the current year. Seven Former K. U. Students Have Scholarships in American Universities HOLD ZOOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS Seven former students who have majored in the department of zoology at the University of Kannas are members of the United States Universities of the United States. E. C. Schmitt has a fellowship in the department of anatomy at the University of Chicago; Grace Medes is at Bryn Mawr; Irene McCullough, University of California; Eleanor Carothers, University of Pennsylvania; W. R. Green, University of Chicago; David Wendrich, Harvard; and Inez Smith, University of Kansas. Send the Daily Kansan home. EMPORIA PIRATES TO PRACTICE AT VARSITY Ira Bidwell and a squad of professional baseball players, who will form the New Emporia team in the Kansas State League will arrive in Lawrence this week to establish training quarters. The Emporians probably will work out in Woodland park and play practice games with the Varsity. Bidwell will have with him players from the last year's Cheyenne Indian队 and the Clay Center Club. The Emporia manager expects to work with the Varsity team here, Coach Carty. Carry all the leagues. The practice not only help the Emporia team get ready for the season but the practice will be a great help to the Jayhawkers. Send the Daily Kansan home. HASH HOUSE LEAGUE SCHEDULE—First Division. The Ellis Gillespie Co-op Columbus Ko-op Martin Marks K K Ellis Daily Apr. 18 F 10:15 Apr. 24 F 4:30 May 2 F 8:30 May 9 F 8:30 May 16 F 1:30 May 23 F 8:30 May 30 F 1:30 Gillespie Apr. 18 F 10:15 Kansan May 30 F 10:15 Apr. 24 W 4:30 May 16 F 10:15 May 9 W 10:15 May 2 F 10:15 May 23 F 1:30 Co-op Apr. 24 F 4:30 May 30 F 10:15 Prints Apr. 18 W 10:15 May 23 W 8:30 May 2 F 10:15 May 9 F 10:15 May 15 W 4:30 Columbus May 2 F 8:30 Apr. 24 W 4:30 Apr. 18 W 10:15 All. 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