The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-24
Shipping Instructions On
From Headquarters.
KANSAS ONE BIG SACRIFICE
Everyone Stands Ready to Aid
the Movement.
Hungry Belgians Are Dying
Daily in Europe.

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for Belgium has left the borders OF
the state. Another shipment from
Conc0rtlia was made today. By the
end of the first week I'm December tho
state will have contributed 1000 bar
rels. BY Christmas week Kansas will
fulfin her promise OF 1000 barrels.
The state is going through an unusual
campaign for the suffering European
nation.
Thanksgiving dinners have been
abandoned and the money turned into
flour. Thousands Of persons have
notified relatives and friends that they
will refrain from Christmas giving
this year and save their money for
Belgium. Benefit concerts are given by
bands, musical organizations and ar
lists. Theaters are giving benefit per-
fOrmances. Farmers are contributing
cows and live stock to be auctiOned
off as Belgian proceeds. Sacrifices for
the hungry across the sea are given
gladly. Railroads have contributed
transportation, telephone companies
are giving free service and telegraph
companies open their wires for the
relief committees. Kansas is touched
deeply and she is responding literally.
The entire state has joined in the
Word was received at the Belgian
relief headquarters in the Mills build
ing today that the second carload of
flour to be shipped from Kansas left
Concordia Monday.
Shipping instructions have been
asked YQr cars at Larned, Independ-
ence and Kingman.
A car OF Harper county flour will
be loaded Wednesday.
l. w. r. Stubbs, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, who has been ION
the job continuously since the state
organization was perfected at Topeka,
said today:
''The central committee has held
back several shipments on account OF
York terminals, but we expect to give
orders for the dispatching Of all ship
ments that are now ready.
I'VE hope to have $4,000 barrels OF
the Atlantic by the forepart Of De-
cember. This means that haste is i'm
perative on the part of the organiza-
tions throughout the state.
Enough money has been raised in
Shawnee county to provide a carload
Of flour, but I can't say just when the
first shipment will be made from here.
1t will take some sacrifice in Shawnee
county to provide the 5000 barrels of
flour. and it will be necessary for the
citizens to give literally
Dying Every Day.
Every Oay many beAklduS are OyIH8
through starvation and exposure, the
dispatches indicate. And yet a COM
mon excuse on the part of those would
not contribute literally to any cause
is: Charity should begin at home -
zone of the cheapest ways of getting
out Of contributing" said Charles Dill
lon, secretary, today, "is this excuse.
We must take care Of our own poor -
Wanted-stenograph and clerks!
Volunteers are wanted to donate
their services at the central offices on
the seventh floor of the Mills build
ing. It has been necessary to hire
help, and the money naturally is taken
out Of the general fund. More help is
required, but the committee does not
like the idea OF spending additional
money. Only one member OF the pub
licity committee has called at the Of
flee since the organization was formed.
The secretary suggests that 1t might
be well il the other members would
offer their assistance in the work.