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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18
TO KEEP UP WORK
NCOmmittee OF 100 to Organize
for Religious Work.
Team of Experts Conclude Their
Stay in Topeka.
UP TO LOCAL MEN.
To Carry Out Tasks Shown in
200 Recent Meetings.
''Three Balls and Two Strikes
Shows Situation.
UP TO LOCAL MEN

The Men and Religion eight-day cam
paign is a thing of the past, the mem
bers of the team of experts haNlHS
left for their respective homes or head
quarters to spend the Christmas non
days. Probably 200 meetings have oeeh
held in the last few days in Topeka IN
the interests of the movement, put az
cording to the local enthusiasts the real
work is only about 10 begin. The men
of several of the churches viii organize
for work this evening and a general
meeting of the local committee OF luv
Will be held the middle of the week 70
formulate a plan of work covering the
entire city.
the religious men of Topeka have
been worked UP to a high pitch Of en-
thusiasm. and a climax has been reach
ed The Rev. Robert Gordon torcetully
Denoted the situation in Topeka IN 2
sermon delivered before a large audi
ence at the First Baptist church entl-
tled Three Balls and Two Strikes.
Two Strikes and Three Balls.
Mr. Gordon said. When at the end
Of the baseball season two teams rep
resenting the best skill, ability ana
strength in the country step into the
iieid for the final contest. thousands OF
dollars are paid to see the game ana
millions of people await the result with
inttnsest interest There are many mo-
ments of excitement but the highest
point of tension is reached when IN
the ninth inning there are two men
ont and three on bases and the batter
has three balls and two strikes charged
against hiru. Then the air is electric,
every nerve is taut, there is GREATNESS
attention What this man at the bat
does at this moment will determine the
game It is a crisis
THAT presents in g dramatic and
forceful way the truth I wish to i'm
press upon you. If you have cOnsid-
cred seriously the facts with which we
have been inundated by the specialists
of the Men and Religion team. facts
regarding the conditions, opportunities
and possibilities which we face today.
then you know that we may declare to
the men of our time what Jesus said
to the men OF Jerusalem and with
new meaning and emphasis: Now is
the crisis of this world
NO men in the history of the world
have ever found themselves in the pres
ence of such opportunities as those in
the midst of which we find ourselves.
You are convinced that these splendid
men of the Men and Religion Forward
know their business and
they have shown US that today the
whole world is open to the church of
Christ. All walls are down. The cOun-
tries of the world are united We read |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18
ADJUSTMENTS

Geo. NJ Cohan's convincing comedy
Get Rich Quick Wallingford," the play
that broken all records IN New York
and Chicago, will be seen for the first
time in this city at the Grand Saturday
night. This celebrated play, which is d
stage version of the stories by George
Randolph Chester, and originally pub
ished in the Saturday Evening Post, is
one of the most fascinating comedies that
American playgoers have enjoyed IN
many seasons. The cast of players wEo
will interpret the several roles in Get
Rich Quick Walingford' here includes:
Joseph Manning. Harry 0. Taylor, Edwin
Redding, John Morris, Willie Solar, Will
liam P. Connery, Edward Delaney
Charles J.. Diem, Geo. W. Parks Martin
MaIloy Calvin Tibbett. Rose Lubonn
Maud Traux, Olive Article and Dorothy
Qugg, Aliza Mason and Norma Mcleod.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18
BLACKMAILER CAUGHT.
Detectives Hear Threats Made in
Greek Priests Study.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 1s--A man Civ
ing the name OF steve varthaIatas, 80
years old. was arrested today at the
home of Rev. NJ. G. Andreadi. a priest
of the Greek Russian orthodox church,
whom it is stated, he had attempted 70
blacknail Varthalatas is claimed TO
have demanded 5000 from the priest.
Andreadi agreed to see Varthalatas IN
the priests study. Two detectives were
concealed il an adjoining room
give him $25. The detectives say they
heard Varthalatas threaten to kill the
priests children if he did not get all
he demanded
At a signal agreed upon. the detec-
tives rushed in and arrested the man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18
NEGRO BOY DIES OF INJURIES.
Clyde oIcAdoo, Hit by Street Car,
Never Recovered Consciousness.

Clyde McAdoo. colored. the 17-year-
old son of Russell McAdoo, 1912
Grand avenue, who was struck by a
westbound West Tenth street car sat
urday afternoon, died at 6 o'clock the
same evening at Christ's hospital,
where he was taken Immediately after
the accident.
The youth stepped off an eastbound
car at Topeka avenue and in crossing
the north track was struck by the car
going in the opposite direction. His
injuries were found to be mostly about
the head, a severe fracture of the skull
resulting in his death.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock from the Shiloh
Baptist church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18

great-and rather envy David Russell
Also we do have such leading-this great
organ. the brass quartette, and the direc-
tor of song.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18
U. S. RUNS RAILROAD.
But 1t Is Used Only by Federal En-
ployees.

Washington. Dec. 1s.-The United States
is about to become a railroad operator.
Within the next few days trains will be
running over a federal railroad twenty
one miles in length and extending from
Boise to Arrow Rock, Idaho.
The road was built to carry laborers
and supplies for work during the next
four or five years on what is to be the
highest dam in the world, the Arrow Rock
dam, which will tower $50 feet into the
air The flood and excess waters of the
Boise river which the dam will hold back
will be used in irrigating 100000 acres of
land on the government irrigation pro-
iect near Boise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18
THEY LEARN TO FARM.
Insane Patients, Increasing Rapidly
NO Longer Restrained.

Trenton. N J., Dec. 1s.-That insanity
is increasing in New Jersey with startling
rapidity is the burden of the annual re-
port of DIR. Britton Evans, medical direc-
tor of the state asylum, who was one of
the chief experts in the Thaw trial Dr.
Evans discusses at length some of the
latest forms of treatment Of the insane,
- Wing that little or no restraint is now
practiced.
The mind is diverted with farming,
arnusements and forms OF light exercise.
This new method is operating successfully
and the proportion of cases cured is
larger than ever before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18

great-and I rather envy David Russell
Also do have such leading-this great
organ, the brass quartette, and the direc-
tor of song.
Beginning of Movement.
This is the closing day of the work
of the so-called team of experts 1t is
the beginning of the beginning of the Men
and Religion Forward Work in Topeka
unless it be SO this work has been in
vain"
Everyone who knows himself-and it
IS a great thing to know ones self-knows
that there are only two great forces work
ing within him, the forces OF good and
evil" said Rev. David Russell. Every
man Is the servant of one or the other
of these powers. If you sin you are a
slave of satan: If you are a servant of
Christ you are free
There are better moments in the life
of every man, when he longs to be free
and dePlores his tendencies to sin. When
the man longs to be free man, then the
struggle begins. and that struggle Is go
victory for himself, for truth and Christ,
or 1t is going TO end in an awful tragedy
for that mans SOUL"
In Illustrating the forces of good and
John the Baptist as of purity, and
that of Herod who beheaded John as one
representing the evil tendencies. His
description of the story of John the
Baptist and Herod was masterpiece He
added the necessary conversation which
is not included in the Bible description but
which is needed to make the picture COM
plete.
The all-day boys conference held Satur-
day in the First Baptist church resulted
in the election of these officers: Presi-
dent, Ralph Kingsley; vice president, Ed
ward Menninger; secretary, Kelsey Petro-
There were delegates in attendance at the
ton, Junction City, Sabetha. and other
towns. These were the speakers at a six
o'clock banquet: John L. Alexander. Dr.
David Russell, DIR. c. A Barbour, Dr. E.
3 + Williamson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18
1T KILLS BUFFALO.
Herd at Yellowstone Park Dying of
Mysterious Disease

Washington, Dec. 1s.-Scme rysteri-
Gus disease has attacked the herd of
tame buffalo in Yellowstone Park and
eight of them have died within the
past few days, according to a telegram
to Secretary of the Interior Fisher from
the superintendent of the park
An expert from the bureau of animal
industry of the department of agricul-
tural has been ordered from Great
Falls. Mont, to investigate the disease
ard try TO save the rest of the herd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-18
Tsc Conin as StenIadder.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 1S.-To secure
entrance to the jewelry store of Benia-
min Spector on Congress avenue, burglars
used a coffin a stepladder. The coffin
came from undertaking establishment
which adjoins the jewelry store.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

at Marion. Ind. on January IA last by
driving q pipe stem through his eye
into his brain during a fight. Roberts
says he is q phrenologist and insists it
is case of mistaken identity.
STARTS FIRE IN HAY LOFT.
I'm cold" said one 5-year-old son
of Sam Mehan of Princeton to several
other children playing with him in this
barn.
Let's start a fire. said another.
Tho son raced to the house and got
a match, which he applied TO some hay
in the Manager Quite big warm FIRE
resulted. The loss to the barn AMI
contents is 81 900 with no insurance.
ONE FIRE AFTER ANOTHER.
Sparks from fue hole at the home
OF Charles Tennery, Of Brazil. set fre
to clothing. Mrs. Tennery called her
son, who was in bed in the next room.
The son, in his excitement. overturned
lamp, which exploded and started a
FIRE in the bedroom The excitement
spread. and neighbor, in haste to bs
helpful, seized the burning clothing
and threw the blazing bundle through
q door, He chose closet door by
mistake and started a fire in a third
place. The fire department stuck in
the mud on the way to the three-fir
in-one. Then somebody thought OF
house after hard work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07
PRACTICE IS A DANGEROUS ONE.


Thereh fatalities a
is
fatally punishable
plain murderera
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07
THE DAY IN
CON q r e S s
(Thursday. April 8. 1917


SENATE.
For the first time during the session
the senatorial bin receptacle was
opened today with the result that sew
era1 hundred measures were dropped
into 1t. Senators Owen and Brown
both presented measures looking to the
approval of the constitutions of New
Mexico and Arizona; Senators Borah,
Bristow and Culberson. resolutions for
the election of United States senator's
by the people. and Senators Lodge and
LaFollette, bills for the creation of a
tariff commission. The first bills pre-
scented was one creating a department
of public health, of which Senator Ow-
en- is the author. The senate adjourn
ed until Monday.
HOUSE.
1t had been expected that Mr.. Mann
might have some of the committee lists
ready today. but he announced that the
time had been too short. Represents
tive Shirley of Kentucky made an ef-
fort to secure the adoption OF reso-
luton today continuing the special
joint committee of the house and SEN
ate for the codifica tion of the laws, but
objection was raised to consideration
of the matter at this time and 1T went
over. The house adjourned until Mon
day to allow Mr.. Mann time to prepare
the committee lists.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07
COMMUNICATIONS.
A pENUR1oUs COUNTY COUNCIL.

notwithstanding county spent
of county had
who managed somebody machines
influence the payment
of lie
suggest typewriter
bridges.
council of appropriations
wonderfully productive
for roads bridges and courts
before
appropriation
to replace the unsafe out Holman street
the benefit of the
making
Chcagos versh development
one bridge and the comment is made that it ought to be thankful for that
realize the the northern the
northern cities
a
appointed
preparation from the county
defended Stanisaw
very
with proper defense
there's of served as tn.
the hasn no a for lis
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07
UP AND DOWN In
INDIANA
CAT "A YEARS OLD DIES.


Old Tom. said to be one of the old
est cats in this part of the country, is
dead. The cat belonged to the family
of Lew Harris, of Indianapolis, $50
West Eleventh street, and was more
than twenty -four years old. Harris
knows, because the cat was born on
the day Harris's son was born. The
cat was the playmate of the little
pickanniny that claimed the same
birthday. Tom. unlike most of the
cats of his kind. was not wanderer
He did not stray away from home at
night. nor did he make Rome howl
with a category of near grand opera
selections. Tom was an ideal cat. ae-
Icording to the family and neighbors
Old Tom was born September 81, 1885
Harris is a colored janitor in the city
hall building.
WOMAN DEFIES ASSESSOR.
Mrs Ann Walters of Columbus has
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

driven deputy assessor and the town
ship assessor. himself away from her
home and stubbornly refuses to per-
init her dos to be listed for taxation.
Mrs. Walters says she has been picking
chickens seventeen ears at cents q
chicken, and that tho high cost OF liv-
ing has not been accompanied by an
increase in pay. She has paid dog tax
for seventeen years. but says she will
pay no more. She says 1t Is q waste
of time to list her dog.
KILLS HUGE WILD CAT.
wild cat three feet In length aud
weighing twenty-five pounds. was shot
yesterday. two miles north OF wabash
by Dan Baer and Frank Thompson. 1t
had been raiding hen roosts. and the
farmers trailed 1t into the woods on
the Thorne farm.
STRUCK BY AN INTERURBAN CAR.
James Mills. age eighteen. a son of
Allan Mills. east of Plainfeld, was
struck by an interurban car and was
seriously injured He suffered q brok-
en- collar bone and concussion OF the
brain.
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
William Neal. OF Bloomington. yes
nome
OF his sweetheart. but the girls father
was too quick calling physicians Neal
sometime ago risked his life in a knife
fight with Charles Allgooi. q rival
| TRAINS MEET HEAD ON.
| An incoming Lake Shore freight and
an eastbound passenger train were ir
head-on collision six miles east OF
Elkhart early yesterday morning The
damage was $4,000. John G. Page
engineer. and III. A. Wilder. fireman
of the passenger train. were buried in
the coal, but escaped with bruises. TIL.
freight enginemen escaped by jumping
Two passengers were slightly hurt
Both engines. four freight cars and thu
baggage car were badly damaged.
SAY 1T WAS wOMAN,s BODY.
Il The trial of Fred Garner, charge,
with the murder of Mrs. Elsie Cochran
Of DanviIle. proceeded rapidly in tn
circuit court yesterday everal wit
nesses were introduced by the prosecu
tion- Their testimony in the main wa
to establish the identity of the dea,
woman. and prove that it was her bod,
that was found in the field near tn
Soldiers home last October.
MAN WANTED FOR MURDER.
A negro, who said he was Bryant w
ROBERTS. was locked up In Brooklyn
police headquarters yesterday to avail
the arrival Of extradition papers fror
Indiana He says he lives in india n
apolis. He is wanted for slavfn
Joseph W. Smith at the soldiers hon:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

started in Germany. Wish it could be
started over here and some of the
Lake Shore suburban conductors could
be got to join.
ABOUT the only thing that spring,
when it does start, cannot galvanize
into life is the Indiana councilmanic
combine. There's no sap in that-not
even verbum sap.
GARY is Boosting a church that
was built in nine hours, but probably
it will be nine years before the church
debt is paid.-Lafayette Journal.
oh brother of little faith, the edifice
is already paid for
-
THE Elks called in a body at the
home of member in Columbia City,
who had just been married, and
dumped 1000 pennies on the table
News item.
Thought former Senator T. E. Bell
was in California
! -4A
| WE said the other day that Sena-
tor Kern and his whiskers were about
to leave Indianapolis for Washington.
CHANGING at a Washington paper we
see that the whiskers have arrived
and Judge that the senator is some
where around.
PURE food expert declares that the
usually nothing but frecked cherry
that's been washed in sulphuric acid
painted with coal tar dye and pre-
served in benzoate Of soda. Well
what Of it, we never take a cherry in
ours anyway?
OF Mrs Ila Burnap Hinshaw, the
soprano, let it be said that here is q
singer who is capable Of singing with
internal REPRESENTATION mich
Exchange
Ye editor evidently has some inside
Information about liza. Mr.. Hinshav
had better be careful
-e&-
: 1T is to be remembered that Will.
certain Europeans are now charging
us with desire to annex Mexico, the,
unanimously charged us at the tim,
,os the Spanish war with wish t.
, annex Cuba, a thing that has neve
come to pass.-Anderson Herald.
4
So the only thing left for us to d.
is to cut out worrying about Europe
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07
r AN DO M

ANOTHER week has uassed awav
without Diaz either dying or resign
Tag
THIS harem skirt business is going
to make muddy crossings on a wet
day poor loafing place.
CRIMINAL work is mostly nolle
PROSE-, quash or default, SO there is
no need to be alarmed.
LINANTOUR is the man of the hour
IN Mexico. Who is the man Of the
hour in East Chicago now?
--e&-
GOVERNOR Marshalrs home town
voted wet" SO as not to offend Mis-
ter Proctor or Mister Fleming.
THE esteemed Louis Ludlow seems
determined to make Senator Kern a
presidential candidate. Willy nilly.
EVER notice the ground and lofty
tumbling done by eminent citizens
Just as soon as they get into office?
60
THE county councilmen get SIS a
meeting twice year and board them
selves. Can you blame them for
striking?
e.
PEOPLE are getting awfully rest
less about the weather. Nothing to dc
but to send for few more garden
seed catalogues.
If newspaper wanted to start a
puzzle column it could make hit BY
onering prize to any one who would
solve the West Hammond riddle.
SOME of these republican guberna
torial booms ought to be wrapped III
in cotton and placed away CAREFUL,
where they won't get frost britten.
FROM now on we shall probabl,
hear great deal about Schedule K.
and it might be we'll to look it up 81
as to be able to tell wife what it is.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

If you THINK THAT THE TIMES
IS TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE
NEWS, YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WILL
DIE APPRECIATED.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

FROM now on we shall probably
near great deal about Schedule K"
and it might be well to look it up so
as to be able to tell wife what it is.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

LEAGUE of Politeness has been
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

started in Germany. Wish it could be
started over here and some of the
Lake Shore suburban conductors could
be got to join.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

SOME of these republican guberna
tor1al booms ought to be wrapped III
in cotton and placed away CAREFUL,
where they won't get frost britten.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

If newspaper wanted to start a
puzzle column it could make a hit by
onering prize to any one who would
solve the West Hammond riddle.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07
SAY 1T WAS wOMAN's BODY.
MAN WANTED FoR MURDER.

a negro who said he was Bryant w.
Hooerts. was locked up In Brooklyn
ponce headquarters yesterday to await
tne arrival OF extradition papers from
indiana He says he lives in indian
apolis. He is wanted for s.avtn.
Joseph W. Smith at the soldiers. ho,,s
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

PEOPLE are getting awfully rest
less about the weather. Nothing to dc
but to send for a few more garden
seed catalogues.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

EVER notice the ground and lofty
tumbling done by eminent citizens
just as soon as they get into Office?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

ABOUT the only thing that spring
when it does start, cannot galvanize
into life is the Indiana councilmanis
combine. There's no sap in that-no1
even verbum sap
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

THE county councilmen get SIS 3
meeting twice a year and board them
selves Can you blame them TO,
striking?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-04-07

THE esteemed Louis Ludlow seems
determined to make Senator Kern a
presidential candidate. Willy nilly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-11-29
Methodist Church Notes.

Rev. G. w. Burke of Orleans will
exchange with Mr.. Dukeshire Sunday
morning.
Union prayer meeting service at
the Methodist church Wednesday eve
ming at 7 80.
The attendance of the Mems Bible
class was the largest yet last Sunday.
In the whole Sunday school there
were go present.
Sunday morning Mr.. Dukeshire
preached a Thanksgiving sermon and
referred to the blessings that spoke
to US with a ''still small voice. -
The silent blessings mentioned were
our national peace and safety. TIE con
fidence of the people in the govern
ment and banks. independent political
thinking, the quiet victories against
the liquor traffic, the demand for men
of character as well as ability for
places of public trust, our liberties
and opportunities as people and the
everyday blessings that make life
worth while. The subject of the ser.
mon in the evening was What shall
render unto the Lord for all His
benefits toward me?"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-11-29
Gets a Deer Anyway.

A singular circumstance happened
Sunday of last week as the helping
engine was returning from the Sum
NIT, near Willoughby, when the en-
glne run into and killed large buck
deer that was either standing on or
attempted to cross the railroad track
ahead of the engine. The engineer
stopped the engine, picked up the
deer and brought it to Newport. rotl
flying the game warden, who made an
examination and released the deer to
Mr.. Creaser.