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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

James Mccormack. Is, appeared yes
terday before Judge Dixie in Brooklyn
In answer to an indictment charging
MIN as a NTH offender with grand lar
ceny, in the second degree, petty lar
ceny. and receiving stolen goods
In his career Of crime Mccormack
has been known under the aliases OF
Sprouts and O'Brien. He came before
Judge Dixie with powerful shoulders
and snow-white head bowed slightly,
eyes, which met those of the Judge
sQuarely.
Mccormack. how old were you when
you committed your first crime?" Judge
Dixie asked.
7 really can't remember. Judge .
Mccormack replied coolly. IT have
done so many little jobs that 1t is
pretty hard to keep track of them all.
But must have been very young VIXEN
I committed my first crime-hardly out
of knickerbockers, should say"
And you've been committing crime
ever since, haven't your" Judge Dixie
asked.
YES" answered Mccormack. But
want to plead guilty this time 1 am
an old man. and 1 know 1 can't beat
this charge. I will not plead guilty as
a fifth offender. though
There was a gleam Of defiance in the
old burglars eye as he made the last
statement, for to plead guilty az q NTH
offender would probably send him to
Jail for life.
WELL Mccormack said the Judge
II am disposed to be reasonable with
you. In five years time you will be
so years old. Your days of crime will
be at an end then. II you plead guilty
as q first offender, will be unable to
give you more than five years in Sins
Sing-the maximum under our law"
Mccormack pleaded guilty as a flrst
offender. He will be sentenced Mon
day.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
WHY EUROPE Is AT WAR.

For the causes of the titanic strug-
gle now moving Europe. it is necessary
to so back little into history. declares
Louis E. Van Norman, in the Ameri-
can Review of Reviews for September,
and he continues:
Europe's political development, dur
ing the past four or five centuries, has
been largely conditioned by what inter-
national law writer's term the CON
tinental conception" The Holy Roman
Empire, with its claim for the DOM
nance of the; emperor and the subordi-
nation of the other states, was fol-
lowed by the Independent sovereignty
doctrine. This maintained that every
nation was not only free and sovereign.
but that it was equal to every other
nation in the councils Of the continent.
This conception was succeeded. in the
middle of the last century, by the idea
of the concert of Europe" 1t came
to be believed that an agreement of
| the great powers-which, since 1870.
have been Great Britain. France, Rus
STA, Germany. Austria and Italy
should determine the policies of the
continent and keep the peace. Every
dispute between nations. little or big,
was considered as a continental mat
ter by this concert" or general coun-
Gil, which unitedly imposed its will.
At the same time there was growing
up the condition and doctrine known as
the balance of power" After the
Congress of Vienna in 1915, which liqui-
dated the Napoleonic conquests and
| settled the large lines of the map of
Europe for more than half century.
the European nations assumed the
point Of view that any acquisition of
power. territory or population by any
| one OF them entitled all the others to
compensation. SO that the relative
strength and Importance might not be
disturbed. Hence we find. after every
important war since Napoleon's time,
the practice of the European 'concert''
to take part in the settlement OF the
terms Of peace and so adjust the gains
OF the victor and the losses of the van
(Quished that the much discussed "bal-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

As the war news filters through to
this country. On one and the same
day and concerning the same engage
ment an apparently definite and au-
thentic dispatch comes from Berlin
telling of crushing defeat OF the
Russians by the Austrians: and an
equally definite and apparently au-
thentic dispatch comes from St
Petersburg telling Of a crushing defeat
OF the Austrians by the Russians. Sc
you can pay your money and take
your choice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
Journal Entries

Saying mo" is the hardest job for
many people.
Few are the folk who don't like to
hear themselves talk.
. .
A prize loses most of it's attractions
soon after it's won.
Hopes may not often be realized, but
they're the spark-plugs Of life.
Almost every man Is keen on sug-
costing rules for the regulation Of the
other fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

course in Topeka It is to be pre-
stunned that the voters. or q majority
Of them. had reason to believe OF at
least had hopes that they would get a
better. a more efficient police force.
not a worse. a more inefficient one. 1t
Is some months yet before they can
vote on this question again. And in
the meantimes they should take the
precautions to give themselves and
their homes the protection that they
do not get from the police.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

remember-1 roua4mbex- =
Al Tom Hood used to say
When Caesar led the Roman League
And Pompey used to play:
When Homer's paper sent him down
To cover games At Troy,
And H0nus WAGNER bare OF foot.
Was but q little boy.
/ remember-I remember
(Well. Hood repeated, tool
When Virgil had story,
Saying Romulus was through:
When Alexander swept the world
Until his arm went lame,
And Matty. at his fathers side,
Had never won game
I remember-I remember
Achilles up at bat:
And how he swung on Hector'a speed
And drove him to the mat:
And when poor Hector turned and watched
Tho drive sail out OF reach,
Tho knot-hole kid who hollered s'CheeDev
Was little Tommy Leach.
-Grantland Rice. In Golfers Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

President Wilson is silent about
making race in 1916 for reelection
to the presidency. But the Democrat
ic national platform isn't. On this
score, it says: I'VE favor a single pres
idential term and to that end urge the
adoption of an amendment to the con-
stitution making the president Of the
United States ineligible for reelection,
and we pledge the candidate of this
convention to this principle" Wood
row Wilson was this candidate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
Euening Chat


The Glory OF Manual Labor.
With the one exception of religious
intolerance, think the popular pre-
JUDGE that most exasperates me is that
narrow minded, unthinking prejudice
against manual labor an compared with
brain work.
AS IL one could separate the two In
the first place! As IL 1t did not re-
Quire certain by no means desptcable
mental qualities, and whSt is moro GER
tain fine qualities of character. to do
most kinds Of manual labor.
piece Of manual labor am impressed
anew by the patience, the perseverance.
the painstaking which is required to do
these things well.
A friend Of mine who frequently COM
plains of the price charged at the
garage for cleaning his automobile. de-
cided the other day to clean 1t himself,
and take his family out for q ride later
on. He did not go to ride. There was
just time enough left for a much needed
bath before dinner, when he had finish
ed with the machine. And the worst OF
1t was that although he had finished
with it and it had certainly finished
him. he had by no means properly fin
ished the job of cleaning it.
Here was a spot Of mud which he had
| missed; there a bar left uncleaned; he
had not removed the tarnish from sew
eral Of the brass fittings, and had CON-
pletely forgotte-. to wash the glass in
his lights. He would certainly have
complained Of any garage which had
turned his machine out in such shape.
Il wouldn't have believed there were
| SO many parts to the blame thing" he
said.
| OF course he wouldn't. None of Us
ever do realize the patience and we'll d.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.1

What married man isn't fond of his
wife's husband!
Why not quit seeking a position and
look for job?
Some detectives try to disguise their
breath with cloves.
The nude truth sometimes needs an
immunity bath.
When a poet gets up in the world he
moves down from the attic
s How particular IL q bald man concern
ing the care OF his hair!
No real hustler il satisfied with the
things that come to those who wait
And many weak woman can hold q
strong man easier than her own tongue.
The man who marries . pretty girl IL
apt to get the short end OF 1t IL he takes
her at her face value.
An engagement may not be as good as
marriage from some pofnta OF view. but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
From, Other Pens
GOOD TIME FOR PEAcp rALK.

GOOD TIME FOR PEACE TALK.
Now IL a good time for President
Wilson to get in his work for peace.
Two or three weeks ago Russia.
France. Great Britain, Belgium and
Servia were confident they could con-
Quer Germany and Austria, and were
naturally not in q humor to listen to
terms Of peace that would give them
Austria were not willing to make con-
cessions without a trial of strength.
Now the aspect of affairs has changed.
The war has gone far enough to show
that France. Great Britain and Bel
GUM are no match for Germany ON
the west. The Germans are moving
steadily forward, paying dearly for
victories. but nevertheless winning
them. 1t looks now as IL they will
reach Paris. The nations in alliance
against Germany and Austria are not
SO sure of success as they were, and It
IL reasonable to believe that they are
more ready to talk about peace than
they were II they can make peace
without loss. Despite the German sue
cess. Germany and Austria have no
reason for being 30 confident of ulti-
mate victory az to cause them to re-
fuse to listen to reason. If the fact 10
conceded that the Germans will b.
around Paris in q month. what then!
in 1901 Paris held out five
months. Where will the Russians ~
five months from today? They -
moving westward as steadily as the
Germans, and there IL no probability
time to give her undivided attention to
Russia. In the war of 1870 Germany
won by might of numbers. 1t in gen.
orally conceded that she owes her VIC
l'tories over the French and English to
superiority of numbers. No amount Of
military ability or celebrity Of move
ment can long keep her superior In
numbers to her enemies at the points
of attack. Russia In Europe IL . very
different proposition from Russia on
strongest. or next strongest. nation In
Europe. and her vast territory makes
her unconquerable. The chances Of
final success are still against Germany
and Austria. and it IL not improbable
that they would rather stop fighting
| without loss than risk complete over
throw. This 10 tho psychological mo-
ment, and we believe that the good Of
fees Of the United States would now
be accepted II again 0ffered.-Florida
AMERICAN AID IS NEEDED.
1t will be q serious reflection upon
American generosity II the appeal Of
be applied to the relief Of the stricken
in Europe does not bring very liberal
Response. The announcement that
contributions to the Red Gross fund
nave NOT reAcnco INC 1AVVsvvV mnI
whereas the contributions for Mtseis-
sippi flood sufferers amounted to ST.
| 900, 900 and to aid the work of the
Red Cross in connection with the Mes
sina disaster $1,000, 900 shows how
| far short has been the response. IND
% far Disappointing results must b
attributed to failure Of the American
people to realise the vustneas OF the
need for American Red Croos activi-
| ties in Europe The fact that the bost
1 that can Be done must necessarily tai
| Tar short Of the requirements should
be all the more incentive for doing
everything We possibly can. The Red
Cross deserves the support OF every
person In the Cnited States View
Fork HERALD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

One Of the issues Of the last munic-
ipal campaign was the police force.
IL was painted to be blacker than the
ace of spades and absolutely ineffi-
Gent. 1t was voted out of office. but
the jump seems to have been as one
from the frying pan into the fire. In
Justice to the old police force. though.
It must be said that during its reign
there was nothing like the crime wave
that 10 now running its unmolested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

II. as Count Won Bernstorff, the
German ambassador to the United
states. insists, Germany has already
won the war and accomplished all she
set out to do, her plans were not ex-
ceedingly extensive. and merely con-
earned the subjugation of Belgium.
wen that hasn't been brought about
In its entirety as yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the state Journal
away from homo during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
Of ten cents . week or thirty cents
. month (by mail only).. Address
ObanRed ~ often ~ desired. While
ont OF town the State Journal VIII bo
% you like . daily letter from home.
Advance payment 10 requested ON
these short dime subscriptions, to savc
Bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

A careful reading Of the expressions
Of the European countries and Japan
shows that no considerable country in
the world desires to increase it's ter
ritory, notes the Louisville Courier
Journal, and it adds: II lover can
- beaten as d liar it takes a nation
to eclipse him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

And it may be that the German Of
ficers who have ordered a Brussels
firm to make q German flag which
they intend to fly from the Eiffel tower
in Paris are counting a chicken that
will not be Matched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

: incidentally. the nations corn crop
gives every indication of running a lit
tie ahead of the average crop for the
pastiten years, which is doing pretty
well, thank you, on top Of a bumper
wheat crop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

With the war news choking the
newspapers. this is indeed a sorry sea-
son for the candidates for office. But
what relief it is to the people to be
spared from having the "bunc'' passed
out by the politicians dished up to
them morning, noon and night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

William Waldorf Aston continues
his campaign for elevation to the
British peerage by contributing $780,
900 to England's Red Cross fund.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

Less than a half a normal Kansas
corn crop, which the experts say is
the prospect for this season, is a good
100000 bushels, and that amount
of corn at the present selling price is
not to be sneezed at,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tho State Journal II q member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegrap report Of that great news or
ganixation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news II received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur"
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

Regardless of the outcome of the
land operations in the war zone, 1t
must be remembered that Old England
is far from being whipped until her
gigantic and most efficient navy is dis
Doaed of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

Attention IL called by the Cincin-
natl Enquirer to the fact that the old
fashioned woman who used to trim
her own hats now has a daughter who
trims her husband for her hats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

1t also might be interesting II To-
peka policemen made monthly reports
Of their activities like the policewomen
40
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
TELEPHONES.

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
The Good Old Winter Time.


I love to shovel snow
And fuss ground the furnace fire
To try and make her go.
The biting winds, they just suit ma
They cannot blow too cold.
When I confront my coal bin.
Am hopeful quite. and bold.
like the good, old snappy night
When water pipes all crack.
love to call the plumber in
The morning to my shack.
do not fear the plumbers bills.
But pay ,em with good grace;
meet him at my front door with
"A smile upon Hy face. ss.-
dearly love to aubs and slide
And fall upon my ear -,
When walk down town every mem
/ That's crisp and bright and clear.
love. to hear upon the snow.
The heavy wagons squeak. =
love to wrap my head up so
will not freeze my beak.
1 love the good old winter time.
OF 1T I never tire:
But still, think that can hear
You softly whisper: "LIAR-'
Signs of the Times.
New York demands more patronage
from President Wilson. Do not the
presidents daughters buy all their
wedding gowns there?
It is to be hoped that the European
congress in session any longer.
Why not offer the Philippines as a
grand prize to the winner OF the Euro
pean contest?
In the general excitement in Eng
land. the suffraEists are liable to be
forgotten entirely.
The birth rate in this country is
greater this year than ever before.
Safety-pin first.
| Market reports say that quicksilver
is sluggish. Strange things happen in
war times.
] Efogiegs.
When froglegs are a hollerin' in the
Enjoyin' of their usual evenin' romp
They make a noise that makes the
| angels weep
| cheap.
But when those froglegs reach the
swell cafe
They strike you in. somewhat diff
ferent way.
| They're not the cheapest then that
They make a noise like eighty cents
/ a doc.
| Father, Dear Father.
Father, dear father, come home with
The clock in the steeple strikes six:
The children are lonesome with no.
body there,
And you've got the supper to fix.
The kitchen fires out and the cats In
the milk.
|. Our domicile's surely a sight
The beds are not made and the hired
girls quit
Oh, father, come home early to-
night.
! Come home! Come home!
Oh, father, dear father come home.
For mothers away
At a tango sOiree.
Oh, father. dear father, come home.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03
BIZ RQY q MQULH0NH,

The Goat
was once the goat
For q mot0rboat.
A glorious thing to see:
A guy came along
With an eloquent song
And sold 1t outright to me.
He took me around
On the old resort sound,
And. till we got hack on the dock.
There was naught TO alarm.
She ran like a charm.
AS steadily as an old clock
He collected his pay
And went on his way
And left me alone with the thing
I thought would take
A ride on the lake
I felt like a Standard Oil king.
1t sputtered and squeaked,
It shook and 1t creaked.
It had an ambition to buck:
Then it stopped with a roar,
Nine miles from shore
I knew then, alas. was stuck.
They found me all right,
Along toward midnight.
And they towed me to land for tel
bones.
They sized up my craft,
They laughed and they laughed,
And did 1t in derisive tones.
Three men worked on 1t
All summer, then quit:
1t cost me a years salary.
Then took 1t away
One blue autumn day
And sank it far down meath tf,t
sea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-03

Uncle Abner.
So long as the war in Europe lasts
the wimmen around here will have to
do all the farm work. The men can't
git away from the council Of war
down to the gruc'ry store.
Hank Tumms' cousin has quit her
job at the huttel. where she occupied
the position of chef. She sympathizes
with the Germans and refused to cook
French frfes potatoes.
The wind blowed so hard the other
night that Hold Peters said, II he wore
socks re is sure it would have bowed
'em OF. which, you must admit, Is some
wind.
Some fellers is so pessimistic that
they will wind up an eight day clock
every night to be sure and keep it
running.
It don't seem as though nothing kin
happen anywhere in the world that
won't raise the price of beefsteak In
the United States.
If more fe1lers was workin' and less
fellers tellin' others how to go to work.
this would be a pleasant country In
which to live.
Lem Higgins has only lost his re-
ligion four times this year. He has
had three punctures and blowout.
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zsz!.! SOCIETY Persona!

brited her seventh birthday with a
party Wednesday afternoon fIcm to
8 o'clock The home was beautiful
ly decorated in Easter suggestions.
After the games the little folks were
invited into the dining room wnere de
licicus refreshments were served.
About forty little guests were present.
90
former Brunswick young lady vii!
appear in the Life Saver at the Pas
time today. she is Miss Mary Arthur,
and is now a member Of the Vitagraph
No. company in Brooklyn. Miss Ar
thur spent about five years here and
attended the public schools. where
she was Il great favorite. She is the
possessor of a striking personality
and a rare type Of blond beauty, and
should rise rapidly in her profession.
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