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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
FACING STARVATION.
Residents OF Jerusalem Are in q Bad
Plight.

New York, Oct 2S.-One hundred
thousand inhabitants Of Jerusalem are
facing starvation according to Samuel
Edelman, American vice consul in that
city, who reached here today on the
steamer AncOna. Two-thirds of the
residents of Jerusalem are Jews, Mr..
Edelman said. For many years they
have depended IN their earnings from
tourists and upon charity for support
and the war has cut off all their
sources of subsistence.
There are no Industries in the city
and little cultivation Of the surround
ing territory. The cold and rainy sea-
son is now approaching and indications
are the suffering there soon will be
intense. Mr.. Edelman asserted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
Apparently No Quarter Il Being
Asked or Given.
Seven Times Have the 6ermana
Crossed the User.
As Many Times Have They
Been Driven Back.

LONDON. Oct. zo.-ine olooo
massacre as it is described BY
.I ~
oelu uuIleS anu CHe CaHAiS O4
Flanders shows as vat hY1f few
,-,
signs OF SlackenImg. Inc V4lOS
0f tho German attach haa hoov,
perS1Scently COuntored by equal
va101. frnvn fho afoadv ranks ho-
-
lure tHeM. apparently no quar-
ter is being asked or given IN
tnlS DaCtle on the western 'front.'
and +ho lond oror vuh;rh ~ 10 49,
CIV .1'e 'e,A1A W.. l, - -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
FAIR and COOL.
Weather Typical of the October Va
riety in Kansas.

The weather today was typical for
the closing days of October-fair and
cool. The minimum temperature at
O'Clock this morning was 3S degrees.
There was a frost.
The forecast: Fair tonight and
Thursday: slightly cooler northeast
portion tonight
The highest temperature recorded on
this date in the twenty-eight years
that the local records have been kept
was 80 degrees in 1912; the lowest was
"a in 1918. The greatest precipitation
was 81 of an inch in 1900.
At O'Clock this afternoon the wind
was 16 miles an hour from the north
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

In the region of Rawa the Russians
have inflicted heavy losses on the
Germans.
The allies are advancing steadily
north and east of Yres and in the
WOevre district.
The Germans are wasting men. ann
munitiOn and equipment in their at
tempt to take Dunlkirk end Calais.
Both Italy and Greece have an
nOunced their intention OF protecting
their interests In Albania by force Of
arms.
The German general staH has issued
a further call for troops from Belgium
fight near the coast.
An epidemic OF cholera has broken
out Mt Lisbon and the Spanish gov
crnment has stopped all communities
ton across the frontier.
Declarations OF war between Por-
tugal and Germany seem Imminent
today. A force OF Germa- as invaded
Angola in Portuguese West Africa.
The Germans have taken great
quantities OF food. blankets and stores
from Antwerp and have assessed so
per cent OF the tramway receipts.
The allied squadron OF destroyers
is holding the entire coast line from
Ostend to south Of Dunlfrk. It has
driven the Germans inland four miles.
The German losses in the lighting
OF the User were 10000 killed and
SO OOO vvOuufled OP urieOnera Hum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
Mother Of Eighteen Is Dead.

Emporia, Kan. Oct. 28.-Mary Gill
more. negress. who died here Tues
day at the age of 81, was the mother
Of Is children, seven of whom are
living. She had been married three
times, and left a. grandchildren. two
great-grandchildren, and two great
great-grandchildren. She was born in
slavery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
Radfum on White House Lawn

Washington. Oct. 28.-The grass on
the White House lawn will be made to
grow with a radium solution, if an
offer received today from a radium
manufacturing concern is accepted.
The company claims the solution will
remove brown patches on the lawn
caused by the summer drouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
Kills His Children.

Galesburg. Ills, Oct 28.-Crazed by
liquor w. w. Stromberg. today shot
and killed his three children and
wounded himself and his wife. Mrs.
Strombergs hand was shot OF. Strom-
berg who is proprietor of one Of the
largest confectionery stores here, will
die
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
Successor Of Late ]. d. M. HAM
flton Named by Road.
LEHMAN and RAYMOND SHIFT
General Superintendent Is As
sistant to Vice President.
Chicago Official Comes West to
Take Operation.

Announcement is received in Topeka
from Chicago today that II. C. Pribble,
freight claim auditor Of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway COM
pany, headquarters in this city, is ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Thursday: slightly
cooler in the northeast portion Of the
state tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
Copper Cargo Held Up.

washington. Oct. 8-The American ship
Kroonland from New York bound for
Naples and Greece, with a cargo of cop
per, has been detained at Gibraltar by
British authorities according to q report
to the state department today from Amer
lean Consul Sprague.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28
SUMMARY OF TOOAY'S
WAR NEWS IN EUROPE

In the region of Rawa the Russians
have inflicted heavy losses on the
Germans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

pointed general freight claim agent. to
succeed the late J. D. NJ Hamilton,
effective November 1. The appoint
ment was made by Gardiner Lathrop,
general solicitor of Chicago. Mr.
Pribble's headquarters will remain in
Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

The allies are advancing steadily
north and east of Yres and in the
WOevre district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

The Germans are wasting men, am
munftiOn and equipment in their at
tempt to take Dunkirk end Calais.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

Both Italy and Greece have an
nounced their intention OF protectin,
their interests in Albania by force o.
arms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

The Germans have taken great
quantities of food, blankets and stores
from Antwerp and have assessed 50
per cent Of the tramway receipts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

Declarations Of war between POr-
tugal and Germany seem Imminent
today. A force Of Germs-as invaded
Angola in Portuguese West Africa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

TCOufinued on Page Two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

!! The allied squadron OF destfOyers
| is holding the entire coast line from
| Ostend to south OF Dunkirk. It has
I driven the Germans inland four miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-28

An epidemic Of cholera has broken
out Mt Lisbon and the Spanish gov
crnment has stopped all communfca-
ton across the frontier.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-08
COLUMBIAN SURVIVORS IN PORT
! No News Yet Of Third Boat With ~
Men and Two Ofhcers.

Boston, May THE Cunard Line
steamship Franconia, from Liverpool. ar
rived to-day. bringing thirteen survivors
of the steamship Columbian. burned on
Sable Island. whom the Franconia rescued
from an open boat, The Franconia also
brought the body OF Chief steward Mat
thrws, who died of his burns in the boat
before the rescuing steamship arrived.
Several OF the survivors Were still suf-
fering severely from burns All showed
the effects of exposure. They were taken
Immediately to the Marine Hospital at
Chelsea. Most OF them are not yet in q
condition TO tell much of the destruction
of the Columbian and what followed.
When they were taken aboard the Fran
coma they were placed In the best state
rooms ON the Cunardcr and We're dis
tu,i,ed as little AS possible The pas
seugers of the Franconia, among whom
| was Raymond Belmont, son of August
Belmont, helped In giving first aid to the
rescued crew, gave them clothing and
| raised "A subscription for them,
James prohan. wireless operator on the
| Columbian, expressed the opinion that the
explosion was caused by spontaneous com
bus ion among the rags ard junk which
made up part OF the cargo and that the
fire started originally within few days
after the Columbian left Antwerp.
No news has vet been received az the
third boat containing the first and second
| officers and seventeen men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-08
MARRIAGE LAW MAY BE
AID TO WHITE SLAYERS
Girls Thought Dupes Of 1000
Unused Licenses i'm
Brooklyn.

Deputy City Clerk Sculley. In charge
of the Marriage License Bureau In Brook
iyn. Is worried because his books won't
balance. There are 1000 licenses unac-
counted for according to figures tabu-
lated yesterday. and Mr.. Sculley is won-
dering whether to attribute the discrep-
ancy to the hckleness Of women or the
rascality of men.
That many of these non-returns indi-
cate circumstances more unpleasant than
bliphted romances is revealed by the Of
ficial record. In 1913. for instance, nearly
200 licenses were obtained through per-
Jury and all trace OF the couples was lost
while 277 couples dropped out Of sight
last year after securing licenses illegally
and in III cases no marriages followed.
All OF which leads Clerk Sculley TO sus-
pect that instead OF protecting the in
nocent and the ignorant the marriage
law IL being used by white slavers" to
invegle unsuspecting women into ALI
ances that have no legal standing. The
red tape incidental to securing the license
frequently passes with the ignorant for
bona fide marriage ceremony. he be-
lievos.
The failure TO make returns Is attrib-
uted in n measure to this Illusion regard
Ing the ceremony OF securing the license.
Otherwise the Clergyman, Alderman or
Magistrate performing the real ceremony
| would return the license to the bureau.
In many instances, however. II seems
that both parties are parties to the fraud.
giving addresses found to be fictitious
when the police investigate. Where re-
turns are made on failure to marry the
rea sons given run from the tragic TO the
| rid iculous Here are some of them:
"The license was destroyed on discov-
cry that the groom had been In jail ,
II do not think this license will be used.
AZ the groom is on trial for murder" ;
| I'VE have changed our mind Il find
| I am too young" II don't want to be
| married 40 more my bride was mar
ricd before and he is still living"
| one OF the cases in which the perJurer
has been arrested grew out OF the per-
jurer's willingness TO do favor for a
| friend. lie went to the bureau with a
wduw-mother Of four children-and Sc
cured "A license in the name OF an eighteen
year-old boy. The boy married the widow
His father learned Of it and taxed MT
Sculley with stupidity in issuing license
As the license Indicated that the appli-
cant was IS, Mr.. Scu.ley put the matter
In the hands OF the police. The widow
was questioned and confessed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-08
RETAIL COAL MEN ORGANIZE.
Form Association 10 End Abuses A.
the Trade.

The leading retail coal merchants OF
New York have organized the Coal Mer-
chants Association. which was incorpo-
rated yesterday with the approval OF SUI
preme Court Justice Davis, The articles
Of incorporation state that the purposes
of the organi zation are to reform abuses
In the coal trade. TO secure freedom from
unjust and unlawful eXactions. TO diffuse
accurate information coneerning customers
and 10 procure uniformity and certainty
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-08

When Dwight ". Custer was examined
he told counsel that he had been so busy
with his inventions that he hadn't had
time to read much about the Becker case
That struck everybody as 80 reasonable
and truthful that he was accepted as
juror.
There was another tedious interval be-
fore MIR. Farleye qualified, and there was
some surprise when he was accepted. be-
cause he said he was AN intimate friend
of Richard u. Baxter ono of the wit
.sses who will be called by the District At
| torney II has been the policy of both
sides to reject talesmcn who admitted even
| acquaintance with persons figuring In
the case.
The first step of the afternoon was the
| elimination OF MIR. Dalton. Juror No. q
The first talesman called was Martin Boyl-
| ston OF 900 Third avenue.
What II your business. Mr.. Boylston?"
! asked the District Attorney.
81 am an undertaken said the tales
man.
Becker grinned behind his hand and Mr.,
Boylston was led firmly but gently from
| the witness chair.
Charles lie Kay of Is Gramercy Park.
a writer. said that he was acquainted with
| Bourke Cochran, Rhlnelander waldo.
| William Travers Jerome, and was about
| to add to the list when the District At
torney's right thumb swept upward In
! Just the sort of gesture AN umpire makes
| when he calls "A runner out.
At 3 30 the section was used up and
Justice Seabury sent the jurors To the
Murray I'm Hotel with the customary
aduouition not to discuss the case.
It became known yesterday that one OF
the most important new witnesses for the
| people will he James Mar.hall, AN actor.
who In prepared TO testify that he saw
| Rose and Bccker comforting At "A time and
place specified by Rose when Rose testified
| at the former trial Marshall and other
new witnesses producing Corroboratiyo
points may eliminate Sam SChepps az an
! important factor. The matter is worry ng
| Mr. SChepps, who has bought a lot OF gay
new clothes and has polished up his repair
tee,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-08

In customs and usages in the retail coal.
wood and fuel trade
Among the incorporatora are " chael
y Burns of Burns bros, Grove ~ Curtis
OF the Curtis 8lalsdrl company, Olin J.
Stephens, John !. Gurdon. Frederick II.
Wi,loub.ptk ,u.l T.. l.. Herbert.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
North Cardinals Generous
Presbyterians

There something superb in the swift response which
North Carolina making to DR. Thornwel Jacobs in his plea
for Oglethorpe University
In the city of Gastona Sunday last Dr. Jacobs made
plea for Ogehorpe after his usual eloquent
ion At its conclusion he asked the Presyeans
to contribute 81 900 to Ogethorpe.
And in swift the Presbyterans in that congre
cation contributed then and there double the amount
thousand dollars, and promised
This contribution made by Gastona right the heels
of having built $4,000 addition to their church. installed
$4,000 pipe and given liberal contribution the city
orphanage and to Davidson College
The fact that made right under the shadow of David
that splendid Presbyterian College the Meckenburg
demonstrates only the breadth generosity
North Carolina Presbyans but indicates the prompt concep
ton that there rivalry between Davidson College any
other Presbyterian College and the wider of the great
hng university which to be founded Atlanta
become the capstone of Presbyterian education throughout
Southern country.
ogehorpe is fortunate indeed in having eloquent
able representative Dr. Jacobs His given (Thon
wel the most iustrious and thrilling in Presbyterian
history and the descendant of the greatest Presbyterian
preacher of the century doing splendid work building
what certain to be the greatest Presbyterian College south
Princeton.
The Presbyteans of Gastona predict that North Carolina
will contribute 100000 to Oglethorpe University and that its
memorial the Oglhope campus will be the impress
sive of the splendid buildings to be erected there
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
An Entirely New New Testament

N7HEtaNS all His, is said ,.t, and done me-
newest and most inter
esting volume in all the litera-
ture of the world. Its truths are
older than protoplasm. yet it's
thoughts are forever fresh with
the freshness of the morning. And
q new" New Testament is an
event.
The latest is published by Hold
der & Stoughton, of New York
and London. From the mechan-
ical point of view it is perfect.
The new" Testament is en-
tirely new. 1t Is the work of an
Oxford scholar, Dr. James Moi
fatt, famous in all the Christian
world. 1t is his own work. He is
under obligation to no church or
society or committee He is in
dependent of other minds except
as the greatest scholars and
thinkers build upon the labors of
earlier generations.
He has sought to translate the
New Testament into the language
of our day. He is not the first to
do this, The "Twentietb Century
New Testament" came into eX-
istence with the avowed object of
speaking colloquial English. DR..
Weymouth's admirable transla-
ton, The New Testament in
Modern Speech" finely bears out
the purpose set forth in its title.
DR. Moffatt says OF his own work:
Il have attempted to translate the
New Testament exactly as one
would render any piece of con-
temporary Hellenistic prose" He
knows that to do this is TO chal-
lenge in every line the ryhthm
and diction of an English classic"
and to irritate many to whom the
very sound of Bible phrases is /
sacred thing, But he believes
that the work is worth doing. He
is right.
1t is perfectly true that such a
translation is heavily handi-
capped in competition with the
stately splendor of the Bible Ian
guage we know 80 well. But the
fact is that we are so familiar
with 1t that out of familiarity
have been bred fogs of deadly
dullness. \ British scholar, writ
ing before DR.. Moffatts volume
appeared, said very truly that
these unofficial TRANSACTIONS
have at least this value. they
shock the reader cut of that
deadening familiarity which is
one OF the worst enemies TO APP
probation of the Bible
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
By REV. c. F. AKED, ID.

Shocks" the reader of the
new" New Testament will GER
tainly experience. From this
point of view DR.. Moffatt's work
is full of faults. The gains in
his version are enormous. The
failures are innumerable. On the
same page are found changes
which make one cry out with sur
prise and delight and gratitude,
and changes which make one
gnash his teeth. There are fine
passages which rank as litera-
ture, even when brough, side by
side with the authorized version.
There are passages which make
one wonder what DR.. Moffatt has
done with his literary sense, with
his feeling for words, and with
his good taste.
DR.. Moffatt is obsessed by GER
tain words. such as the awkward
get" and the ugly got" Here
are dreadful specimens:
"TheR Jerusalem tcent
out to Him and got bdptised on
Him" Then Jesus came on the
scene from Galilee. to get bdp-
tiscd by John" II need TO get
baptized by yOU." perhaps this
trds chy yOH aud He irere parted
for a ichile, that goa might get
Him back for good" "1hrough
Him zoe haze got access TO this
grace"
This is not literary English. 1t
is not good newspaper" English.
1t is impossible not TO regard
some passages as too free and
easy.
But there is much that Is en-
tirely noble in the translation.
Sometimes the gain is in strength,
sometimes in marvellous fresh
ness and suggestion. always there
is gain in lucidity. No one
should give up a difficult passage
in the New Testament until Dr.
Moffatt has been consulted. The
probability is that in his trans
lation the difficulty explains itself.
Here are some good examples
of added intelligibility and
strength:
This cup means the Hetc core
ndnt ratified by Ny blood"
Noe in the Lord I insist and
protest that non must giCe up
tipihg like Pdgdns; for their pWr-
poses arc fUtiic, their intelligence
IS ddrkcHCt, they arc cStroHgcd
from ne ifc Of God on the ig-'
HoraHcc ichich their dutiHcSs O|
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15

in falling bodies. And then be-
gan the relentless and arduous
self-imposed work Of more than
a hundred years to find the set
specific speed acquired by a fall
ing body at the instantaneous
and absolutely exact end of the
first exactly measured second Of
time since man appeared.
Astronomical Balance.
The result is one Grand, all
potent, all-powerful mean or av-
erage of a century of world wide
measures, the diamond OF dia-
monds, the most valuable number
in possession of man, the astron-
pmical balance:
16.1 feet fallen to end of the
first second; 32.2 feet per second
speed at end of first second.
That is a body let fall will, I'M
der the action of the earth's at
traction of gravitation, fall ISL
feet during the first absolute sec
ond of time; and at the absolute
end of the second will be in mo-
ton with velocity Of 1872 feet
per second. These numbers con-
stitute the most accurate and
ll-powerful scales in existence
Lowe Observatory, Mt Lowe,
Cal.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
Common Sense Versus Mysteries
Dead Love Can't Be Resored---The Woman Who Lets Her
Husband Go if His Love Is Dead Deserves
Praise for Her Sanity

n MAN in another State grew
n tired of his wife and fell In
love with another woman,
whom he wanted to marry. In
stead of lying to his wife, and de-
ceiving her, and indulging in a
clandestine romance with the 9TH
er woman, the man went frankly
to his wife and told her all about
it.
1t was an unfortunate and trag-
zeal state of affairs, but the wife
had the good sense, the good
taste and the good judgment to
meet it in a noble and dignified
manner.
She simply eliminated herself.
She permitted her husband to
go to Reno and get a divorce on
technical grounds without any
scandal. or mud throwing, or any
dirty family linen being washed
in public to shame and humiliate
her children whenever their ia
theirs name was mentioned, and
to be lasting disgrace to them.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
The VindiCatiOn of Law in the
South

The impacabe New York Evening other incorrig
be of the South likely publish
striking story Just unveiled by the trial in Atlanta of the
three Jefferson County charged with the most arocous
murder following known this section
These negroes change of for their trial
from Jefferson County Fulton and brought to Atlanta
the capital of the State Judge Benjamin Hill of the Superior
Court the great Confederate and later the great u S.
Senator the presiding Judge He appointed under the law
the defense of these negroes Judge Spencer Atkinson
the distinguished urs and most accomplished gentlemen
of the State.
Judge Atkinson without moments hesitation accepted
the appointment and under his sfu and experienced hand
the three negroes absolutely fair trial with
facility of the law to produce all the evidence possible to their
defense and present all the law that could extend its proec
ton and consideration to the against them.
Purely upon the evidence which largely of confes
by the prisoners they proved guilty
be hanged But neither they their friends find single
of complaint against the absolute and impartial justice
and the extraordinary with which the Courts of the State
of Georgia tried them for the henious and unspeakabe
of which they found guilty
is perfectly certain that State the
would have given such arer trial than Georgia gave the
three wreche who violated the of Life
lection Southern Women This incident should go fast
far toward reutng the anderous charges often hurled
against the South by those who hate without
without the great people who make this great State
Judge Arthur Powell Supreme Court tells
of investors from the Middle West who undecided
to the purchase of certain lands Georgia
vesgaon they asked leave hearing Supreme
Court and for several days watching the
groes concerned.
At the conclusion the leader of this party capitalists open
declared there many States in the Middle West which
do not give fair trial to white you Georgia have
given to these feel that life and my property
safe in such State, under such laws.
And upon this basis great real estate investment
properties concluded
1t would conscience New York Evening Post
world of good it would give the history of this
a just comment upon it.