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

lone Bachelor Less" is the original
heading the Olathe Mirror puts over
marriage announcement
| Bachelor quarters, explains the
Strong City News-Courant. may be ex-
changed for better halves.
| One of the local improvement articles
in the Morton County Pioneer states
that none of the county officials uses
either chewing tobacco or booze.
Related in the high school notes in
the Liberal News: English teacher
When were the interludes Of the an
cient drama presented?" Pupil-"Be-
| tween meals
Among the high school notes. in
the Holton Recorder:
We laugh at the teachers jokes,
No matter what they be:
| Not because they're funny, but
Because it's policy.
The Mcpherson Freeman seems
pleased to announce that young lady
in it's town has recently purchased a
gin at once to master But the prob
abilities are that her neighbors are not
in the same mood.
Observations, by the Sedgwick Pan
tagraph: The poorer the family the
fatter the dog. .. "A glad hand often
hides an itching palm This would
be a pretty quiet old world if it were
not for the movements of the lower
jaw. Somehow we always expect
the fellow who gets mad first to come
out Of the argument second best
A genial person is one who laughs
heartily when he hears a funny story
the second time.
Meditations by the Marysville Ad-
vocate-Democrat: If a handful of
girls is nice an armful must be nicer.
:. Laughter is the most effective
tonic in natures medicine chest. -.
Nowadays a SIS a week salary is a
great preventive OF dyspepsia. Men
who have never won success are al
ways the first to see just why others
fail When fellow realizes that
he has been sold he naturally feels
pretty cheap.
A farmer who was carrying an ex-
press package from a city mail order
house was accosted by a local mer-
chant, tells the Abilene Reflector.
''Why didn't you buy that bill of me?
could have saved you the express
and besides you would have been
patronizing a home store, which helps
pay the taxes and build up this local
ity.'' With characteristic frankness
the farmer asked: ''Why don't you
patronize your home paper and ad-
vertise? 1 read it and didn't know
you had the goods 1 have here, nor
do ever see your name in the paper
inviting one to come to your store"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
FORGED MONEY ORDER
U. S. Marshal Catches Boy at Kansas
City Under Federal Charge.

Ed Vanetton of Kingfisher. Ok. is
under arrest at Kansas City on a
charge of forging United States
money order. He will be taken to
Woodward, Ok. Tuesday by O. T.
Wood, United States marshal, who will
deliver him for trial in that state.
For a few days the question Of vanet-
tens identity troubled the local federal
authorities, but it was settled yester-
day when Kingf1sher officer met Fred
Robertson, United States district at
torney in Kansas City. and identified
the prisoner. The boy, he is only 1S,
asserted that he spelled his name diff
ferently. and that he was somewhere
else at the time the forgery occurred.
Il really hesitated about it until he
was positively identified" said Mr.. Rob-
ertson, because 1 haven't forgotten the
cases of the two Ed Buffers or the
two Glenn Jordans. I commenced to
think We might have another instance
Of duplication
The two men named Butler figured
in an episode of the last Fort Scott
term of the federal court. Indictments,
one on a bootlegging charge and an
other on a blackhand complaint, had
been issued against persons Of the name
of Ed Butler. Robertson found the de-
scriptions tailed and came near try
ing one man for both offenses. Just
as court convened, however, the mar
shall appeared with second Ed Butler.
They wererso much alike couldn't
One of. them was q Sicilian and spoke
broken English x Y
Some months previously a warrant
was issued for youth named Glenn
Jordan wanted at Las Animas, Colo.
Kansas federal authorities. found a man
at Dodge City who tailed with the de-
scription, who admitted that he had
been at Las Animas but denied We
hemently that he had done any wrong.
It was not until he had been put into
Jail at Garden City that discovery was
made that he was the wrong Glenn
Jordan.
In the recent case of Vanetton the
fact that the Kansas City boys hair
did not quite match the published de-
scription helped make Kansas officers
uncertain until he had been identified
from Kingfisher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
FIGHT Rate BOOST
Kansas Casts Her Lot With z
Other States Against Carriers.
Combination to Work Against
Higher Freight Tariffs.

AS result Of a conference with rep
resentatives from seven other states,
the Kansas public utilities commission
will pool her interests with central
western states to fight proposed freight
rate advances. Eight central western
statesEIowa, Minnesota, Kansas,
North Dakota, South Dakota. Ne
braska, Oklahoma and Arizona-have
entered the combination to investi-
gate Jointly. the rights OF railroads to
freight rate advances. 1t is possible
that Missouri and Wisconsin may also
enter the combination.
Judge c. F. Foley chairman of the
Kansas public utilities commission,
and Judge A.. E. Helm, commerce
counsel attended the meeting d in
Omaha Saturday to discuss the
freight rate controversy. Plans for
the fight were discussed. Evidence
gathered by the several states will be
presented at the freight rate hearing
before the interstate commerce COM
mission. The rates opposed by the
states in the combine include sched-
ules and tariffs adopted in May at a
of railroad operators in Chi
cago. 1t is the contention of the rep
resentatives of a number of western
utilities commissions that the rates
are excessive and unjust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

This is a day of condolences; sort
OF an April day-troubles and pleas
ures-rain and sunshine. wonder"
unused Charles. III we went over
there II little sister wouldn't Introduce
US TO my preserver? We might try;
come. Miss Freeman"
why. Charlie Raycroft!" cried his
sister as they came near. I've been
nearing all about it-now you and
GEAR Miss Freeman must sit down
ana have coffee with us. Miss Free
man. want to introduce my school
mate and dearest friend. Peggy Van
Horne Peggy, you have heard me
speak OF my big brother Charlie? ?"
There was much laughter and mer-
rlment as the newcomers sat down.
charlie affected great dismay.
Three Peggies, all at one time" he
said. thrilling with delight at a friend
~ glance from Miss Van Horne;
that's what I call topping an adj
venturOus day."
But the day was not properly end
ed for him until Charlie had secretly
persuaded Miss Freeman to exchange
the blue umbrella for a brand-new
one; the old one with the white spot
he carried carefully home and hid it
In a remote corner his wardrobe.
ana the day Of his wedding. when
ne ana his bride were escaping a
shower of rice and confetti, Charlie
Raycroft lifted that old blue umbrel-
ia and Under its shelter he and Peggy
van Horne Raycroft reached their
motor and were whirled away
Ihat old umbrella" chided Peggy
1 didn't know it was in existence"
I've kept it for this occasion" said
charlie solemn1y. IF it hadn't been
Tor that umbrella one April day this
might not have happened to u.s.
Goose!" laughed Peggy, his wife.
put there were tears Of happiness in
her yes--(Copyrighted, 1914, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
TOO MANY PECANS.
Houston Man, in Trouble Because Of
Liberality.

Edward Wagner. formerly Of Hous-
ton, Texas, Is now a federal prisoner at
Kansas City, Kansas. because he Of
fered too many pecans for a dollar. 1t
was not the Tact that he failed to de-
liver any pecans at all. that got him
into trouble. The liberality of his terms
was what attracted the eagle eye of a
post office inspector who bounced upon
the young man before any of the dis
appointed persons who answered his
advertisement and failed to receive the
nuts had raised a plant. He will be
prosecuted for using mails to defraud.
Il needed the money" said Wagner
to the federal officers to whom he adj
mitted the irregularity Of his own oper-
atoms. II was going to get married
in the spring. I couldn't get 1t any
other way SO I adopted the mail order
business
He declined to tell the name or ad-
dress OF his fiancee.
o. T. Wood, United States marshal,
and Fred Robertson, United States
district attorney. who happened to be
in Kansas City, examined Wagner.
who"--says~he & 1---years oid.r--f44s
newspaper advertisements Offering Ii
pounds Of pecans for a dollar bill. have
been appearing in Kansas City news
papers lately. They were addressed
from Paola,' Parsons, Chanute and
Kansas City. and bore different names
as the advertiser. Wagner had
worked up q little route and travelled
from one town to the :her gather
ing up his mail-but not making any
deliveries in return. The officers
think he had taken in several hundred
dollars in q very short time.
After confessing to the pecan oper-
atoms. Wagner confesse.- further to
having operated q moving picture OBJ
orator employment agency by mail
in Missouri. He said he offered to
furnish employment at SIS a week to
inexperienced persons, requiring APP
pltcants to deposit IS as his agency
fee. He said the pecan 4siness paid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Secretary Mohler, of the state de-
partment of agriculture, has fixed u,
a card of Christmas greetings for KAN
sas that could scarcely be improved
upon. 1t tells that the value Of all live
stock and field crops in Kansas for
year is $e3S.253.206. And out of this
Kansans ought to be able to lay away
q sufficient sum to tide them over the
poor crop year that Is likely to come
along any time. But there is one way
to minimize the damage of such a sea-
SON. It 10 to be found in diversified
farming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

for international peace which the sue
cessive meetings at The Hague devised
and fostered.
II the public opinion Of Argentina,
Brazil, and Chile had not already
been educated up to approving this
offer Of mediation. 1t would never
have been made. but. thus approved.
1t carried with it SO great a prestige
as to insure the acceptance OF the
mediators' conclusions by Mexico. an
other Latin-American country, an &C
ceptance which nothing fathered by
an Anglo-Saxon country could have
achieved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
PRACTICAL MEDIATION.

At this crisis IN the WOrld history,
there is a crying need for some prac-
teal plan to further the somewhat
disheartened CRUSADE for internation-
al peace, writes Charles H. Sheriff., in
the December number OF the North
American Review. This article is
written to point out that peace plan
Of the most practical nature has been
both initiated and matured on our side
of the ocean, q plan that has succeed
ed in averting q war, whilst in the
Old World a whole continent is
plunged into a dreadful maelstrom of
armed strife from which it will take
years to recover. This plan is what
is generally known as the Abe
mediation-the friendly offer by Ar
gentine, Brazil and Chile of their
good offices in the difficult situation
which arose between our country and
Mexico, growing out of internecine
strife in the latter's territory.
The two most outstanding results Of
this mediation in the Mexican crisis
are, first, that a high court Of public
opinion has been established for the
western hemisphere and, second, that
the Monroe Doctrine has suddenly be-
come continental and is no longer,
even in the opinion of Latin-America,
unilateral and constabulary.
For the first time in the political
life of the New World we have seen
appear a high court Of public opinion,
appealing so equally to Latin-Ameri-
cans and Anglo-Saxon Americans as
to secure for its conclusions a respect
full acceptance both in North and
South America, an acceptance far
harder for any one country to disre-
gard than even the formal decisions
of The Hague tribunal Indeed, in
many ways it is the most practical re-
suit OF that praiseworthy machinery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
NAY TRY II OUT
Use Private House ON Small .
Appropriation Basis.

A county detention home appropria-
ton Of SIS month for rent and an ad-
ditional appropriation of $3.50 q week
for the care Of persons who may be sent
to the Institution for care, is under adj
visement by the board Of county COM
missioners. Mrs. c. B. Thomas ana
Miss Guenn GODDARD. representatives OF
the Topeka Women's Federation which
has been ''mothering" the detention
home idea, today advised the commits
sionera that they had picked out
large private house suitable, for the
purposes of a detention home and sug-
gested that 1t could be operated on the
expense indicated. They recommended
that 1t be tried for a year as an expert
ment. The location of the building Of
fered, as -.,ell as other details OF the
plan, Is being kept secret pending an
Investigation by members OF the board.
II an average of 20 persons Is to be
sheltered in the institution, as pre-
dicted by Ed Rooney. probation Of
hcer. the expense of the experimental
to 800 a month. Until the commission
ers have time to go over the plans Of
fered by the representatives OF the
women's organization, further informa-
ton about the proposed plan Of man
agement will be kept dark by the
county board. which sees a chance for
trouble II some neighborhood thinks its
reputation will be injured by the pres
ence Of a quasi-penal institutions.
proposed, will be to care for children
in custody Of the Juvenile court. Of aged
persons or other dependents tenporar-
lily on the county's hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Lon had had great deal on his
shoulders for a little boy, for his grand
mother had to be buried. and there
was no money. He thought OF selling
Dick, but the horse was old, and Lon
could not bear to think of one having
him and perhaps abusing him.
Lon harnessed Dick into the old
wagon and drove to the village. He
stopped at the undertaker's.
MY grandmother died last night. !"
he said; Twill you come out to the
house and bury her? 1 have no money.
and 1 want to keep the house il can.
but 1 will pay you in two years. or
you can take the house then! That is
the best 1 can offer you Will you
conner
The undertaken had known Lon ever
since he was born, and he told him he
would go with him.
After the funeral Lon looked around
the house. It needed repairing. He
had often tried to have IL done while
his gTandmotho9 W1o living. but she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
WOULD SETTLE IT
Kansas Man Comes Forward
With New Peace Plan.
J. B. Chapman Of Atchison win
Fight for Peace If Necessary.


From political warfare and a bitter
campaign to world wide peace and
brotherly love. That is the course of
j. b. Chapman of Atchison, who
came to Topeka today to launch the
organization of q branch of the Inter-
national Peace and Equity league.
Through q campaign of education, the
Atchison man proposes not only to put
down the war in Europe but to bring
about the disarmament Of nations and
to establish international tribunals
with powers to enforce their DEGREES
and enforce peace-even il it is neces-
sary to fight for it.
The International Peace and Equity
league was born in Atchison. Mr..
Chapman, a factor in numerous, con-
organization. The Organization has
the moral and financial support of
many well known Kansans. On its
broad policies stand Arthur Capper.
governor-elect; Judge Frank Doster,
Democrat; Victor Murdoch, Progress
sive. and Ike Gilberg, Socialist. Mr..
Chapman proposes to make the move
ment nation wide, to promote q
sentiment for peace through q cam
paign of education of the people. He
will call a meeting in Topeka at an
early date. There will be many
Chapman wants the big Auditorium
filled with men and women who favor
the disarmament of the world.
This organization can do more for
peace than any similar organization in
existence because 1t is going at the
matter in the right way" said Mr..
Chapman. I'VE believe in uniting all
who believe in world wide peace
founded upon Righteousness and
equity into one harmonious body that
The date of the Topeka meeting has
not been determined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14

Xmas picture framing at Cut Rates. Coz
Bros. shop, 82S KanBas ave.-Adv.
H. B. Howard fell on an icy walk Sum
day morning and will be laid up q few
days with q wrenched back.
Edwin w. Endacott Of Lawrence. who
has held a position as stenographer in
the office OF Fred Robertson. United
States district attorney during the past
year. has been appointed to q position In
the Bureau of Indian Affairs IN the de-
partment OF the interior at Washington,
effective January I. Endacott's place here
will be filled by the appointment Of Ray
mond 8. Harrington OF Be1oit, which has
just been announced.
Kansas avenue frequenters are greatly
interested in the "professor's'' new All
white fur coat and stocking can.
Railway officers in Topeka report short
delays in trains owing to inability OF
motive power to compete with the cold
weather.
Aha! this IL the harvest season for fha
plumberA oh happy day for the pipe
wrench men when. old Thermo Mometer
backslides!
A touring car driven by J. r. Spetter.
North side cigar manufacturer and 4
delivery wagon belonging to the Stone
Produce company. collided in front Of the
State Journal building late this afternooo
Neither OF the cars were damaged and NJ
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
TRAINING Is NEEDED.

Of the 26.OOO,OO0 persons engaged IN
manufacturing and agriculture the
United States, less than l. per cent have
adequate training for their work. IN
this respect, the United States Is 1ar
behind foreign countries. says the KAN
sas Industrialist.
10 remedy this condition, two things
are necessary. First, the vocational
leanings of boys and girls must be as
certained early in their lives. for under
present conditions, 1t Is only the per-
son under exceptional circumstances
who can undergo a long period of train
ing for his life work. The study OF Vo-
cational tendencies is now being mace
by experts connected with the schools
in large cities. 1t is under urban con-
ditions. perhaps, that this study is most
vitality needed, but there is room for
work of this character in all parts OF
the country.
Second, when the vocational tenden-
cies Of child have been analysed. IA
cilities must be furnished to develop
his capacities. Existing schools are
doing a great deal. but the scope OF
vocational education must be greatly
extended If the workers of the nation
are to be brought to their highest pos
sibilities of efficiency.
While no one now believes that vo-
cational education alone is the solution
of all educational problems. 1t is at the
same time true that this type of train
ing has by no means reached its limit.
1t must develop sanely and efficiently
for years to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
Journal Entries.

Too much Of the Christmas giving
is predicated on the Christmas receiv-
ing.
T. Z
In all probability. every man has a
secret yearning to do something he
rOic.
Patience seems to be one of the vir-
tues that isn't very literally rewarded.
What has become the o1d-fash-
toned party who styled a word diff
cult to pronounce as a "jawbreaker ?"
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AS soon as a man begins to consider
himself Indispensable in any position
his usefulness becomes, impaired.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-14
PONDS AND MALARIA.

The close and often all-important
relation of sanitation to the develop
ment Of wealth becomes more and
more obvious every day. Whenever
large engineering projects are now
adays contemplated for the utilization
of natural resources, the question i'm
mediately arises as to what the effects
will be on the health Of the adjacent
communities.
In the south, for instance, it is esti-
mated that over one hundred million
dollars have been invested in I'M
pounding reservoirs which will per-
nit the use of water power for INDUS
trial purposes. The utilization OF 1nls
water power is not like the consump-
ton of coal because it does not lessen
the natural resources OF the country.
1t is on the contrary a true conserva-
ton Of wasted energy and adds in no
small degree to the permanent assets
of the nation.
But there is another Significant
point to be considered. If the ponos
of these power plants constitute Sc
rious menace to health, either their
establishment i'll eventually have to
be forbidden or the fact must De
clearly understood that their estao-
lishment will render unhealth1ui q
considerable adjacent area. In either
case the loss is a serious one. A SIM
liar dilemma faces communities in the
case of small ponds of the grist mill
ing, cotton. and other INDUSTRIES
which are important from their num-
bers, if not from their individual size.
The influence of these artinclai
bodies of water in producing malaria
ia a subject Of complaint in many
communities in the south. SoHie VI
these complaints are probably wen
founded, but others are hardy paseo
on any solid ground. The variance Oh
opinions on q subject of so mucn I'M
nortance to many localities has caused
the United States Public Health Ser
vice to undertake a comprehensive In
vestigation of this matter. a preilml-
nary report on which has just oeen
published.
In order to determine the effect OF
this kind of ponds on the productloh
of malaria, the conditions which e1lst-
ed before the pond was built must ne
compared with the conditions winch
developed afterwards. In otner
words, the malaria proceeding from
the pond must be counted as debit
and the malaria prevented by 1t as a
credit. 1t is only by long and care
f,,1 study of all the factors involved
that It can be definitely determined
whether artificial bodies of water OF
this character are actually Responsible
for the prevalence # malaria. wheh
this study is completed, the pubic
health service will be able to Suggest
measures to minimize the i'll effects OF
such ponds and to increase to a maxi
mum the good results which may be
accomplished by them.