The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-02


preciated.
Purchase OF Flour.
w. r. Stubbs, chairman OF the ex-
ecutive committee. Kansas Belgian Re-
lief Fund, announced today that the
committee has purchased 1.20O barrels
Of flour at. an average price OF N.211s
per barrel from the Glen Elder Milling
company. The flour will be shipped in
three carloads of 800 barrels each, and
will be consigned to Belgium.
The central committee is DESTROYS
that the Belgian relief work should
continue throughout the winter. Per-
sons generously inclined are urged to
give so much flour month. ROBERT
Stone Of Topeka has agreed to give a
barrel Of flour each month. The peo-
pie of Meriden, who have already con-
tributed thirty-seven barrels OF flour,
are considering the question of con-
tinued relief. Adam Becker of that
place will give one barrel a month.
Shared Her Money.
A letter from Grace Norton Rose
berry, superintendent Of the School for
the Blind at Kansas City, Kan. has
written to the central committee OF
how one little blind girl who had but
10 cents decided to share her money
with the Belgians.
The letter reads:
You will find enclosed a check for
twenty-five dollars (s25) as a contri-
button from the pupils, faculty and en-
plOyees of the Kansas School xuS the
Blind to the Belgian sufferers. About
three dollars of this money was given
by the blind children from their scanty
supply Of pocket money. One little
girl who only had ten cents gave five
Six Pounds of Beans.
Late Tuesday an old man, who looked
a. I,< Of f6<a
forts of life, came into the office and
said he felt that he must do something
for the Belgans. Il have SIX pounds OF
BEANS" he announced to Chairman
Stubs. Perhaps you can use them.
Or would you rather have money? Here
Is so cents. I want to have little part
in the great work that is being done in
Kansas
''Ship at Once"
New York. Dec. 2.-"Ship at once
to the nearest seaport"
This message has been sent by the
American commission for relief in
Belgium to more than 1000 commit
tees in the United States. The COM
mission now has perfected country
wide shipping arrangements. and it is
expected that vast quantities of food
and clothing which have been assem-
bled at various city and state head
quarters will begin in a day or two
to converge in great train loads to ev-
cry important port in the United
States.
For convenience in handling and
shipping foOdsuffs, the commission
has requested all local organizations to
affiliate themselves with the state COM
mittees. Where there is no state COM
mittee, the local relief parties are re-
quested to arrange storage in the
depots for express packages, and small
lots that can be assembled in carload
lots.
The commission has arranged ship
ping free of charge from the seaboard
to Belgium. and agree to pay all rail-
road freight charges in cases where the
railroads themselves are not shipping
free. A system is being worked out so
that express and parcel post lots may
be sent free of charge to inland CEN
tiers in each state.
The commission made public a list
of state committees already organized,
together with their executive heads,
which in part are as follows: Alabama,
James B. Owron, Birmingham; Georgia,
DR.. F. H. May. Atlanta; Illinois, Will
liam J. Chalmers. Chicago: Iowa, p. J..
Chamberlain. Des Moines; Kansas. w.
r. Stubbs, Topeka; Kentucky, Colonel
Henry Watterson. Louisville; Louis
lana. General Arsene Perrilliat, New
Orleans: Oklahoma. Robert L. Will
liams, Oklahoma City.