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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

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would not consent. for fear the boy
could not pay for 1t.
But Lon had a plan in his mind, and
he was determined to try it. IF can
get through the winter he said, Il
am sure can make a living after that u
And one day Dick was harnessed
again and Lon drove to the village
carpenter shop. II have no money
he told the carpenter. but I want
some lumber and want you to helu
me repair my house. 1 can pay you
In two years. or you can take the house
then; that is the best I can do. VIII
you take the job?''
1t was coming cold weather. and
there was little work to do. so the car
penter consented to do the work.
Then Lon got enough hay and grain
to carry Dick through the winter ON
the same two-year promise.
How Lon got through that winter he
did not like to remember in after years.
He lived on the vegetables he had been
able to save from the garden, and he
did not suffer from cold. because he
had plenty OF wood, but he had little
to eat besides vegetables. 4
He worked on the house with the
carpenter. and in the spring he painted
II nlmself. His garden he planted
Old Dick paid for the comfort he
had through the winter by Carving
the vegetables to the summer peonIe
who lived along the road some miles
out OF the village
The prices Lon received for his yeRe-
tables paid the undertaken before the
summer was half over. and he was
also able to pay something on the car
penter's bill, as well as to the man who
had supplied Dick with his winter food.
Lon saved little to care for himseIf
and Dick through the winter, and the
carpenter took him to help on inside
work as often as he could, 80 that by
spring Lon had paid his debt to the
carpenter in work.
That spring he planted a large gar
den. and bought a COW. promising to
pay for it at the end of the summer.
With his vegetables and milk. Lon
made good profits. and at the end Of
the season he had enough to carry
him through the winter comfortably.
But he went to work with the car
penter again, and he also studied
nights. for now he did not have to
go 10 bed to. forget his hunger. s(Copg-
right 1914. By Mcclure Newspeper ~
dicate, New York C1ty.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Harry g. Morris. - years old. died Sum
day at 200 Orchard street. The BODY viii
be sent to Avon, ILL.,, for burial.
Mrs Perry L. Rush died Sunday morn
ing at her home. 1903 Kansas avenue Mrs
Rush had lived in Topeka for twenty
nine years ard is survived by her husband
and one daughter Vivian. The funeral
Will be held from the residence at 3
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment in
Mount Hope cemetery.
James B. Young. ST.. - years old, died
SUNDAY on the Prospect farm west q
Topeka. The funeral arrangements have
not yet been made.
The funeral of James H. Murphy. who
died Saturday, will be held Tues6sY
morning at . o'clock from the Church nf
the Assumption. Interment in Mount
Calvary cemetery.
Tho funeral of Roswell Rose. who died
Saturday, will not be held until the ar
rival of a daughter who lives in the west.
Winifred, the infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. adam Christie, 1872 West Eighth
street. died Saturday night. The funeral
was held Sunday. Interment in Mount
Auburn cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

How fortunate for the people of the
United States that in Congressman
Gussie Gardner they have an agent to
do all their worrying over the mill
tary unpreparedness of the nation
And few of them are probably won
dering if Mr.. Gardner would be amona
the first to enlist should a war hap
pen our way. Probably not The
voluminous and explosive takers are
seldom keen to take a chance in fight
ing and danger zones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Some are sure to insist that the
snow which blanketed the state Sat-
urday saved the 1915 wheat crop for
the first time. And inasmuch as KAN
sas wheat has as many lives as the
much-abused cat it will be necessary
to save it at least eight more times be-
fore the crop is harvested some six
or seven months hence. Or rather,
the crop will stand that many killings
before 1t Succumhs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Chicago is able to report a banner
crime crop for this year. No less than
1zO murders, which is better than an
average of two week, head the list
New York must bestir herself If she is
to retain the laurels for being the
mecca of miSd eeds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
ALONZO.

Alonzo Burt, or Lon. as he was called,
was Is years old when his grandmother
died. -'.s -
His GRANDMOTHER had been poor. and
they sold vegetables in the summer. but
in the winter it had been very hard
sometimes to get food enough for them
selves and the old horse Dick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Reports from Vienna state that the
Russians are hesitating about attack
ing Przemysl. Maybe they're afraid
that If they capture this place they'll
be called upon to pronounce its name
once in a while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Latest reports from the eastern
arena of the war would seem to in
dictate that the Germans are not having
any better luck in their efforts to
reach Warsaw than they did in their
attempt to visit Paris
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

AS soon as Kaiser Wilhelm is able
to start again for the front, he will
be subjected to the annoyance Of de-
Gliding which one he will visit first.
He happens to have two exceedingly
extensive ones on his hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Stradivarius must have worked at
his trade night and day, seven days a
week, and for hundred years. Or
maybe he had a machine that turned
out violins at the rate of ten or a - z
en- a day. Another one, bearing his
trademark. has just been sold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

If the matter were not so serious it
would furnish rich material for laugh
ter. The larger the force Of U. S.
troops that is Assem- bled at Naco, Ari-
IONA, the more the Mexican bellieer-
ents on the other side of the line
shoot into it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

1t would probably be impossible to
make the Chicago housewives con-
slider the hen in the light OF a help
FUR bird. Eggs are approaching the
price of 40 cents a dozen there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

yardmaster to general yardmaster.
Mann served one year as trainmas-
ter for the Mexican Central at Tam
pico. He was later division agent
for the Frisco in Oklahoma, and from
there he went to the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton railway as chief clerk
to the superintendent at Dayton; that
was in 1910. He has held several 9TH
er responsible positions with this road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal 10 a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
gonization. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news Is received IN The state Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

This is the last week in which you
can even come .lose to doing youl
Christmas shopping early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

What has become of the "bloodiest
battle" of the great European war? II
hasn't been fought of late as often as
it used to be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

And the number of desperate at
tempts" with which the German army
is also supplied appears to be mex
hauStihle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Militant suffraEettes nave been de-
stroying pictures!' IT wish one would
happen around our flat before I'm called
on to climb a stepladder and take charge
Of the mural decoratfonS."-Washin
Star. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Who says there is nothing new I'M
der the sun? They're treating teeth
now to cure rheumatic pains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Like the proverbial bad penny,
Harry Thaw and his famous case have
returned again to the spotlight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Maybe Gar Nicholas meant that the
Russians would celebrate Christmas
1915, in Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
German Ambassador Talks

From the New York Herald
 No news came to Count Johann voi Bernstorff. the German ambassador. yes terday in his apartment in the Ritz-carl- ton hotel He was willing to answer lues- tions, and again declared that he had nothing further to tell about the situa- ton of the wireless station.
 "Our government he said. has ahso- lute confidence in the government of the United States. The wireless situation Is more a legal question than a political one"
 He thon was informed that at that mo. ment thousands of women were march ing through the city streets in mourning as a protest against war.
 Tt is perfectly right to protest against war" said the German ambassador 'The feeling in Germany has been against war Not one person-not a single individual in the whole German empire wanted war. But feeling was aroused in Germany. And have said before that never will gay anything against my people,
 In the morning Count von Bernstorff gave out the following statement:
 'The campaign of our enemies charging the German army with cruelty is ahso- lutely shameful. The traditions al the German army are above all attacks in this respect. Nobody can regret more than do if women and children have been killed in the fighting This is. how ever, unavoidable if the civilian popula- tion of the country joins in the fighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01

as is the case in Belgium, where German soldiers have been shot in the back where German wounded have been muttlated and doctors and nurses shot at.
 Tt is absolutely unjustihable to sup pose that Zeppelin bombs were thrown against anything else but Qualifications. Women and children should not remain in besieged fortresses. Not the slightest harm was done to anybody in the open city of Brussels, whilst on the first day of war French aeroplanes bombarded the open city of Nuremburg
 Tt is inconeeivabe that any of the powers who have joined the coalition, formed solely for the purpose of attackins. us, should desire to give us lessons on methods of European warfare. after hav- ing called Oriental races into the ssrug- gle. and after having sent African and Indian troops to France to fight their battles for them."
 Not in the least dismayed by the :c- ports of the naval engagement in which five German. ships were sunk, Count von Bernstorfr said
 "l do not account it in any sense a great naval battle. It seems that an a-tlre British fleet attacked and sunk few Ger man ships doing outpost duty"
 He supposed that there had been a reconnaissance against Heligolands with the probable object of drawing out the German fleet. He went on to say that as far as the newspaper reports were con eerned in this country, he had nothiii's to say against those who had directed thelr sympathies for or against Germany.
 For three weeks the German case was not before the citizens of the United States he added "This was because of the cutting of the cables. The news about the origin of the war was just as wrong as the origin of the French vic tories. So far as am concerned 1t Is a question of news rather than the attitude of the newspapers here. In this fght 1t is Asia against Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
SOME FRESH STORIES OF
 EUROPES GREAT WAR

for the amy. and he received about sldo.
 "l went out to the winter palace on August .. There must have been at least l00o0 people there. After the proelama- tion had been read the Czar. czarina and other members of the royal family stood out on the balcony overlooking the crowd for at least 70 minutes
 Two days later mob, which must have numbered many thousands. sureed through the streets of st. Petersburg, They finally stopped in front of the Ger man embassy. On tue top of this building there are two huge iron statues of In laus About ioo of the mob climbed up to the roof and broke the statues to pieces with sledgehammers.
 This Was the sign for the whole mob to get busy. They swarmed through the building. smashing everything they could. On one of the floors they found q Russian footman. He had been stabbed three times, and apparently had been dead for several hours
 We at last managed to get train 10 Wolgda on August 4 By tipping rail- way official liberally l secured q car ex- clusively for our party. So great was the mob at the station that six people were pushed under the wheels of the train and killed as the train pulled out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
REBUILD BURNED
 AREA IN MOUNDVILLE
Building Operations in Construction of Stores Begun-N0rmal
 Opens Monday

Moundvile August 31.-fSpecial) )-Re- building operations in the construction of stores to take the place of those con- stunned in the big fire of last Christmas have begun. The cement flooring, wall and joist work on the Virgil Davis store has been completed, and 1t will be ready for occupancy within the next two weeks. s. c. Sharp. whose store was in the burned area, announced yesterday that he would begin work of rebuilding this week. The rebuilt stores will be of con- crete block construction, one story high. No plans of the other merchants who were burned out have been announced
 The state normal school will open on Monday. September :. and indications point to. a very large attendance this session. Prof G. A. Young, for rive years 6 teacher in the Birmingham schools, is president of the normal.
 The coming of the boil weevil has caused farmers to turn their attention to other means of d livelihood than the raising of cotton alone. and an evidence of this fact can be seen in the preparations for raising beef cattle, the planting of winter and food crops. building of sllos. etc
 There will be absolutely no cotton made from the top crop or second growth of the plant in this section because of the ravages of the boil weevil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
COTTON CONFERENCE,
 HELD IN NEW YOR1 :

New York, August 3i.--The spec committee of the Liverpool, New Or-N ieans and New York cotton exchanzes. Which met here today in an effort to) straighten out the international con, -1 mitnents entered into before the be ginning of the war. adjourned this aft( ernoon. No announcement was made n to tho results of the first days negott ptiony but the committees will cou3 tinuo their work tomorrow The gov- ernmcnt's crop report seemed to al tract less immediate interest than t1lV meeting of the committees, but con- flrmcd the talk of material improves ment in the crop outlook since tho mar kets were closed at the end of last month.
 Tho official condition of a6 per cent indicated tho highest August 25 con dition for the past 10 years. with the exception of 190d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
As to Food in Brussels

Hugh Martin In cable dispatch from
 Rotterdam to New York World
 Victor Bone, q resident of Brussels who succeeded in getting clear of the city on Tuesday, has given me an in teresting account of life there during the German occupation
 To all intents and purposes the town wien he left, was in state of siege. Soldiers were standing with fixed bay onets at every corner and all public buildings, including the railway sta- tions, schools, the postoffce and the maison dn roi, were being used as bar racks. The soldiers were pilleted in private houses in the suburbs
 So far as the center of the city was concerned. the behavior of the troops was exemplary, but in the outlying districts there had been much pillag- ing, hardly wine cellar or fowl run having escaped the attention of the soldiers. The Burgomaster. Max, became a popular hero. Count von Ar nim, when his troops marched into the city offered his hand to the mayor, who with dignity and courtesy replied: Sir l must beg to be excused, for l cannot treat you as a fricnd.'
 There was every sign that most of the necessities of life would be plenti- full for sometime to come, although eggs, butter and milk had been com mandeefed In huSc Quant1t1cS by the army. Bread made with yeast was no longer obtainablc.
 When the mayor was reminded that at o'clock last Monday night the limit time allowed for the payment of u. war levy of f2,000,000 would expire he pointed out the municipal exchequcr was empty and that all bonds in the banks had been taken to Antwerp. On Monday afternoon re received letter from the military governor stating if the money due was not immediately forthcoming certain steps would be taken to obtain 1t.
 Max could only reply 1t was abso- lutely impossible to raise such a sum at present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
GUNTERSvILLE NOTES

Guntersville, August si.-(SDecIal.) Buck Roden. d prisoner confined here in the county jail for murder. who has been very i'll ever since confinement as re- suit of internal injuries received in the melee, was operated on yesterday and five quarts Of pus was drawn from the wound.
 The Marshall County High school opens tomorrow with Oscar Horton as principal Owing to a rule of the board of educa- ton that resident teachers cannot teach in the high school, several changes have been made In the faculty. A domestic science department has been added. Miss Lyda Seibold will teach 1t this coming term.
 MT. Walenweber, who Is in the employ of the government, and who for several months has been trying to locate place to build dam across the Tennessee. ssys that % far no place suitable has been found. Next week lie expects to move his boats to Hobbs Island.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
7S-POUND MELON

watermelon produced in Madison county this season has been brought here by l. E. Fisk of Hazle Green The melon weighs 72 pounds It will be made part of the Madison county agricultural cx- hibit. which will be sent to various aouth- ern fairs. including those in Birmingham, Montgomery and Meridian, Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
To Lawyers

Let the old reliable Enslcy Enter prisa publish your legal advertise menus. Great care will be taken to sec that ali legal notices are correctly in- serted and published in accordance with tue requirements of the law, Sat urday publication day Call up Bir- mngham office, 1924 4th ave. Phone 4722. We will appreciate your business. Under same management. L. F. Hill, proprietor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01

uation as it now exists covering Europe and the United States It has been evil dent for sometime to the bankers that in order to relieve Europe of her temporary bankruptcy it is essential that the United States provide her with money. MT. May, who is usually one of the most cautious of men in expressing opinions, said very frankly that we cannot do any business with Europe until we lend her some money.
 He does not mean by that statement that we must absorb or buy war loans is- sued by the nations of Europe. He means that we must provide European financial institutions, principally those of London. with the financial resources whereby our commerce with them may be. resumed. In other words, we are called upon to lend money 10 Europe, principally Lon don, and with this borrowed money the movement of our exports can be financed.
 From one point of view this is not diff ferent from the relations established be- tween the United States and Japan when Russia and Japan were fighting. Japan appealed to the United States for funds and offered as security bonds behind which stood the credit and the faith of Japan These bonds swere accepted by American bankers, approximately s100 00o.- GOO. No small part of the funds thus ob- tained was held in American banks to the credit of Japan, and was drawn against by Japan to pay for equipment, foods and other commodities bought by Japan at that time In other words, we lent Japan money upon the security of bonds and Japan used this money to buy American commodities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
The Japanese Government

If the foreign exchange exports and the American bankers work out plan by which we can provide Europe with funds with which to pay for importation of American commodities the only diff ference between transaction of this kind and the one which identified our na- tional relation with Japan at the time of the war with Russia lies in the fact that the security in the one instance was the credit of a nation and the security at this time must be the credit of the bankers of London and of Europe. But as Japan left in the United States the greater part of the funds secured by the sale of her bonds so London and Europe must leave in the United States whatever money may be raised to facil- itate the movement of our commerce across the sea. The money could be de- posted here in trust. It could be drawn against by European purchasers. A re- mote effect of transaction of that kind undoubtedly would be a great strength ening of American credit in Europe and the creation over there of a very large credit fund.
 Thus highly artificial are the methods now proposed for lifting the sudden en- bargo which has blockaded American commerce and which for a time has par alyzed American industries engaged in the export trade. Nobody pays any at tention just now to the question of how far the war will affect imports into the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-01
DISPENSARY HAS
 PROFITABLE MONTH
Report at Huntsville Shows $396S Net Profits-Cotton Caterpillar
 Infests Madison

Huntsville. August s1.-(Special) ] The monthly reporttof the city dispen- gary for the month of July, just is- sued. showed that the profits of the in- stitution were $396S net Checks for $500 each have been given the city and county and one for $SS3sS was given the state treasurer. There were 26,190 sales in July and the amount Of money taken in was s12,577 The dispensary las merchandise on hand valued at sSS90 and the undivided profits now mount to ss74392
 Farmers from the southern and west ern portions of the county today re- ported that the cotton caterpillar is spreading over their fields by the mil lions. The insects are eating all the leaves but so far they have not at tackled any of the polls that are near ing maturity.
 The members of the Civic league are aking preparations to give dinner for the Chattanooga boosters when they make their trip to this city next Thursday. The dinner will be given in the Y. M. c. A. building here.
 large illicit distilling plant was destroyed nesrs Hazle Green Saturday afternoon bs. Deputy Collector Smith and Deputy Marshal Colbert. The oper- ators learned of the approach of the officers and escaped.