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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

"Ah me, but 1 am sleepy" sighed a
little lightning bug who had been
working the whole evening long. 81
light my lamp: 1 fly over the garden;
shed my glow; and never a minute for
rest do I have.
He hesitated a second on a tall lily
bloom; smoothed his wings and
stroked his body. "But I suppose that
is what 1 must expect. That is
lightning bugs duty"
DUTY asked a soft little voice
nearby, duty? Don't you mean
II might mean pleasure if 1 didn't
have to do so much of it, replied the
/ lightning bug, without even looking
around, for he knew who was speak
| ing: but too much pleasure becomes
duty, as you know yourself. Jimmy
SouthbreezeH
"That do" replied Jimmy fervent-
ly. 81 know it right now! Didn't l
want to take a nap this evening? And
didn't my mother say to me, No, Jimmy
Southbreeze, no nap for you, There
is work to be done tonight That nice
little garden must be cooled off Those
pretty little lightning bugs must be
blown about No sleep for a busy
Southbreeze this night Just that way
she talked to me-my mother did.
And so am here. Do you want to be
blown anywhere Friend Lightning
The lightning bug laughed. ST don't
feel half as sleepy as did,, he said
good-naturedly; knowing that you
are working too wakes me up. And
SO. if you please, you may blow me
over there. to that dark little spot by
the side of the pansies."
The obliging Jimmy picked up the
lightning bug (and oh, what fun 1T
was just to lie back on the strong
breeze and be blown over the garden
instead of flying laboriouslyO and
carried him over to the dark corner
by the pansies and there the light
ming bug went to work cheering the
pansy buds and shining the very best
he knew.
Ever and anon, the kind little breeze
went by and every time he passed he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

house, 22,057 bills and joint resolu-
tions, or a total of 3O,05S were intro
duced during the Sixty-third congress,
of which All public and 2s3 private
laws and resolutions were enacted; a
total of 700 in all. The enumeration
does not include L ,426 concurrent and
simple resolutions. 1t is safe to as
sumo that ten per cent of this vast
output, or 5000 bills and resolutions,
are meritorious, and that all of them
are entitled to the decent consideration
of the committee to which they are
referred. But since tho life of con-
gresS is but 73O days. it is obvious
that, with every moment of its time
devoted TO the public business, the in
tclligent and careful disposition of
5000 bills is we'll nigh impossible. And
that task is made to seem ridiculous
if it were not tragic-when subjected
to a system of procedure under which
the entire time of the senate can be
exhausted by the consideration of a
single bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

that adhesive element is not conducive
to connubial felicity. Another con-
venient place of repose for the harm
Restocking little wad which thwarts
immediate detection is the under side
of the wife's dining-room chair L
have known men to leave a qu1d Oh
Honest Scrap or Fine Cut on the
window sill during luncheon, but they
were not deemed gentlemen OF hlgh
caste, neither can a woman who delgns
to return a wad of once used gum 10
her jaws for a second kneading lay
claim to the title of lady. There is
respectability in everything if properly
carried out. but the practice of stick
ing chewing gum in obscure places is
down right beastly.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
DENIES OUTRACES
Won BernstOrff Assails Tales
of Turkish Atrocities.
Ambassador Says Reports Are
"Pure Inventions"

Boston, Sept. 27.-The German am
bassador,- Count Won Bernstorff, in a
letter made public here today de-
clared reports concerning alleged
atrocities in the Ottoman empire were
pure inventions" The ambassadors
letter, written under date of September
% and addressed to Miriam Sevasly of
this city, chairman of the executive
committee of the National Defense
Union of America, who asked for 4
definite statement, was as follows:
I'm reply to your letter, 1 beg to
inform you that according to recent
official and authentic reports receive;
by the German government and trans
mitted by this embassy to the govern
ment of the United States, the alleged
atrocities committed in the Ottoman
empire appear to be pure inventions.
without doubling the good faith
of the CATHOLICS, L beg, however, to
call your attention to the fact that his
holiness is writing under pressure of
the Russian censor.
Yours very truly.
81 3ERNSTORFF."
The reference to the Catholics, or
primate, of the Armenian church, was
based on a report recently published
in which he declared that the exter-
mination of the Armenian race
throughout Turkey was being carried
on under official direction by an or
ganized system of pillage, deporta-
tons, wholesale executions and mas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
CALLED FROM U. S.
Greece and Bulgaria Summons
Reservists to COIOrs.
Game of Bluff in Balkans AD-
pears Near Showdown.

Washington, Sept. 27.-Greece and
Bulgaria called for their reserviStS in
the United States today.
Announcement that all Greeks in
the United States between the ages of
"a and 43 had been called to the coll
ors by order of the Athens government
was followed almost Immediately by
similar announcement from the Bull
gariar legation, and the game of inter-
national bluff in the Balkans seems to
oe nearing a showdown.
Neither legation here had any reas-
on to offer for the call for reservists,
beyond the fact that both armies had
been modified The mobilization of
either army, it was said, automatically
called for the home going of all re-
ServistS in foreign countries.
Bulgaria, it was confidently pre-
dicted, will not enter the conflict or
will not become unduly belligerent
until all Bulgarian reserves have
reached their companies.
The Greek and entente. allies naval
forces in the Mediterranean can easily
prevent Bulgarians from reaching
home from America For this reason
the call by Greece is considered the
more important.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
ROOSEVELT A REPUBLICAN?

The Chicago Tribune's Washington
correspondent has INDUCED in polit-
ical dream to the effect that Colonel
Roosevelt is a candidate for the next
Republican presidential nomination
and that his lieutenants are perfecting
arrangements to place his name on
the Republican ballots in nearly
every state possessing the direct pri-
mary system. This would mean, among
other things, that Colonel Roosevelt
would have to gigback as gracefully
as possible on his recent pronounce
ment that it would be impossible for
him to affiliate again with the Re-
publican party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
PRENIER BASEBALL CENTERs.

1t seems almost reasonably certain
that Boston and Philadelphia VIII
again be the scenes of the struggles
for another worlds baseball cham
pionship, but the turn of the baseball
wheel this year makes it happen that
the Philadelphia Nationals and the
Boston Americans will be the contend
ers. for the highest baseball honor'
where last year the Philadelphia
Americans and the Boston Nationals
were the teams that crossed bats. But
the philadelphia and Boston fans are
probably not a bit particular as to
which of their teams shall lead their
respective leagues and fight 1t out Tor
the championship laurels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
GREAT CUNARDER DOWN
Transport Reported Sunk by Germans
Proves to Be Pennsylvania.

New York, Sept. 27.-According to
private adViceS received here, the
large British transport reported by
wireless from Berlin on September 81
to have been sunk off the Island of
Crete in the Mediterranean by a Ger
man submarine was the Cunarder
Pennsylvania.
This big liner $4,000 ton vessel
54S feet long, had been chartered by
the British government to carry troops
to the Dardanelles. She was built only
two years ago at Greenock.
Before the British government took
her over she piled on the sroute be-
tween New York and .Liverpo SO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Probably there are not very many
people in Topeka who haven't re-
marked during the past few days:
wouldn't this have been a grand
week for the fair?" or words to that
effect. And the significance II the
general use of this useless question is
that it shows that almost everybody
in town is interested in wi at promises
to be Topekas greatest annual event.
Such being the case, the success of
Topeka's future free fairs is almost
ca,-fni1n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

If Germany can gather and spare
an army of 100000 men to send
against Serbia, as reports have it that
she is about to do, Serbia's goose will
probably soon be cooked for the time
being, at any rate. and permanently
unless the Allies eventually win the
war However, it is futile to attempt
to forecast anything that may happen
in the Great War. None Of the many
predictions about the outcome of any
of its features has come to pass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
LONDON KNOWS LITTLE
Newspapers Demand Relaxation OF
War Censorship.

London, Sept. 27.-Not one word de-
scriptive of the momentous operations
in France, hardly 100 miles away, had
reached the London newspapers late
this afternoon since the laconic dis
patch of Sir John French last night
with the exception of today's official
French report. Newspapers are urg-
ing relaxation of the censorship. They
contend it would be helpful in recruit
ing and that the relatives of the men
at the front are entitled to more in
formation concerning their achieve
mentS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
THE CHEWING-GUM nABIT,

The chewing gum habit" writes
Zin. in Cartoons Magazine, lis bad
enough in itself, but the habit of
sticking the quid on the bedpost is
intolerable. Wives who are addicted
IN the latter should be advised to de-
sist before a serious breach in the
family occurs The bedpost Is the
husbands recognized clothes tree and
should be held sacred as such! To
find his trousers garnished daily with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

When all is said and done, the
armies of school children that have
been modified in this country during
the past few weeks are the very best
and most important variety. When all
of the people of the world are reason
ably we'll educated in the proper way,
a permanent peace on earth will pre-
vail, and probably not until then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Coupled with an expression of graf
jtude that her country is at peace with
all the warning nations of Europe. is
a rather triumphant declaration from
the Queen of Holland that her mill
tarv and naval forces are ready to
protect their nations interests. No
doubt aboui it, there is a comfortable
feeling about being prepared for any
emergency. This is as true of ma
ton as it is of an individual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
PLAN CHICAGO SERIES
Sox and Cubs Ignore Request of Feds
to Participate.

Chicago. I'LL, Sept. 27.-The annual
series of baseball games for the cham
pionship of Chicago will begin
Wednesday, October s..
President Comiskey, of the Sox, and
President Thomas, of the Nation
ais, arranged the details today and
as was forecasted ignored the request
of the Federal league to make the
series three cornered. The schedule
provides for seven games.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Neil OVermyer, son of Mrs. George
Overmyer, of 1918 Fillmore street, fell
from swing at Polk school this
morning and broke his right arm The
Overmyer boy lost his balance while
playing on the swing during the re-
cess hour. He was taken to his home.
Petitions for the paving of Second
street from Van Buren, street to To-
peka avenue, and Underwood avenue
from Sixth street to Park street, were
presented to the city commission to-
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

1t is also probable that John D.
Rockefeller, jr., is just as well pleased
that he doesn't have to live under the
same conditions and environment that
the workers in his Colorado mines do.
And the chances are good, too, that
John D., jr., wouldn't be living as easy
as he now is had not his father been
clever enough to amass a fortune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
.BRINGAS ARE EXECUTED
Father and Son, Carranza Men, Are
Put to Death.

Laredo, Sept. 27.-General Carlos
Bringas and his son, Major Carlos
Briagas, Jr., both connected with the
Carranza army, were executed in
Mexico City Saturday, according to an
announcement at Carranza army
headquarters in Neuvo Laredo today.
Both men, it is stated, were alleged to
have falsified their accounts and mis-
appropriated Carranza funds. The
Bringas were natives of Chihuahua
state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
FIRST FOOTBALL DEATH
Lima, Ohio, High School Boy Killed
in Practice Game.

Lima, Ohio, Sept. 27.-The first ia
tality in connection with the present
football season was recorded here to-
day when Don Applas, Is, prospective
guard OF the Lima high school team,
died from injuries received in a prac
tice game.
The unfortunate students team
mates will act as pallbearers at the
funeral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Berlin recently held Russia up to
ridicule because of the arrest of sew
eral members of the duna who were
so careless as to criticise the govern
ment's conduct of the war. And then
Germany turns right around and
rushes to Jail such of her Socialists
as she can grab becaus they are en-
gagged IN pressing q propaganda
against the annexation of Belgium
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Word has been received here of the
death in Kansas City of Mrs. A. X
Wilder, formerly of Topeka. One
daughter, Mrs. NJ. P. Hillyer, lives at
716 West Twelfth street, Topeka Mrs.
Wilder was an early day settler in To-
peka but left here seventeen years
ago to make her home in Kansas City
She was a prominent member OF the
musical union while in Topeka. she
is survived by two other daughters.
Mrs Franklin Hudson. of Kansas
City, with whom she made her home,
and Mrs. B. F. Griswell, of Colorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Now that they are in the terrible
European war clear up to their necks,
the Italians probably give only a pass
ing notice to such earthquake shocks
as now perfOrm among them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
TURKS RETAKE GROUND
Positions on Left Wing at Anafarta,
Snatched From Allies.

Constantinople. Sept 27.-Part of
the positions on the Turkish left wing
at Anafarta which had been occupied
by the entente allies in the Gallipoh
peninsula operations. has been retaken
by the Turks, according to an official
statement issued at Turkish army
headquarters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

And the possibilities of Kansas as
an apple producing state are empha-
sized in no uncertain manner when
New Workers will pay $2S0,00O for a
Kansas apple orchard of 500 acres.
Certain sections of New York state
are able to and do grow some of the
finest apples in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

London and Berlin are now engaged
in joint debate as 20 whether the
Hcsperian was struck by torpedo or
u mine, and, like all joint debates,
nothing will probably come of 1T
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
II MINERS ENTOMBED
orkers Cut Off Without Hope by Fall
of Rock.

Wilkes Barre, Pa, Sept. 27.-Eleven
mine workers were entombed today
at Coal Dale colliery of the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation company at Coal
Dale as the result of fall of rock
Hope of reaching any of the men
alive has been abandoned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
AN Ill TIMATUM?
Bulgaria Reported to Have
Spoken to Serbia.
UncOnfirmed RumOr Hints Ex-
pected Crisis in Balkans.

Berlin, Sept ga dispatch from
Sofia given out here today by the
Overseas agency to Serbia says it is
rumored that Bulgaria has sent an ul-
timatum to Serbia and that the diplo-
matte representatives of the entente
powers in Bulgaria are preparing &c
depart.
The dispatch adds this rumor has
not heeu confirmed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
New York Money Market.

New York, Sept. 27.sM0NEYmcoM Mercantile Il
4.6f so: demand, 4.70.65; cables, 4.71.15.
Francs, demand, 5.s71a; cables, 5,s6A.
Marks, demand, S33s cables, S3A. Lires,
mand, BAY cables 3415. Bar silver, 1890
Mexican dollars, 3S1ac. Government bonds.
steady; railroad bonds, strong. Time loans,
months, 3.
Call money, steady: high. .; low, IL
ruling rate, .; last loan, ,; closing bid ~
offered at 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

W. l.. Porter. city commissioner of
parks, received a rude shock today
The shock came in the form of a bill
from DR.. G. c. Lull for professional
services to persons taken to the police
station and was for 500 and covered
two months of service. Porter tore
the bill up and threw it in the waste
basket and then picked it up and
pieced it together. Porter's surprise
was due to the fact that DR.. Lull has
frequently stated he was donating his
services.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
sanitation, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The state Jour
Dose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
KAISER TO WEST FRONT
Emperor Reported Soon to Move
Quarters to Gutenberg.

Amsterdam, Sept. 27.-Kaiser Will
helm has made preparations to move
his headquarters from the eastern the
alter to Gutenberg, because of the de-
velopments in France and Flanders,
according to Berlin dispatches today.
The emperor is expected to arrive
on the western front Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
Benz. S. CABLE KILLED
Ex-Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Victim of Motor Wreck.

Byfield, Mass, Sept. 27.-Benjamin
S. Cable of Indianapolis, assistant sec
rotary of commerce and labor under
President Taft, was killed in an auto
mobile accident today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

It any rate. the child hygiene divi-
sion of Kansas state board of health
appears to be no more than reason
able in it's suggestion that children's
summer socks are not suitable for the
winter time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Another certainty is that the gem
tleman, whom Mrs. Cecilia Nj. Viz
GINA Davis of Chicago is suing for
S15O.00O because he kissed her for
two hours, has money. and much
of il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

While necessity is the mother of
invention. that probe bly, isn't the rea-
son why the Gray County Fair asso-
citation provided \ bathing pool as one
of the attra cticns at its exposition for
this Nepr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Neither is the appetite of the war
dog on the GallipoH peninsula of
small proportions The Allies have
just dumped another new army OF
10000 men in this arena of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Neither does Germany appear to be
as clever as she might be expected to
be when it comes to building Big Bear
traps that will deliver the goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Edwin S. Shaw will arrive in To-
peka Friday to assist in managing the
state campaign for the remainder of
the Washburn endowment fund. Mr..
Shaw is we'll known in the east where
he has been Connected with similar
campaigns. He will work in co-opera-
ton with President P. P. Womer who
is in Stockton today opening the state
campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

It's also possible that English is the
most popular subject in the local high
school because it is easier to study
than French. German, Latin, and sew
eral other subjects toe numerous to
nnontinn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
Rumania GrowIs at Bulgaria.

Rome, Sept. 27.-Rumania has re-
quested Bulgaria to explain her mob
ilization decree, according to the Idea
Rationale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

wards the rim of dawn and the dark
clouds of the night began to%get out
their gay daytime dresses, Jimmy
South breeze blew by. still work
ing?" asked he: and the lightning
bug replied, "Still working"
But it's time to stop" he said,
land / know the best place ever. for
and I'll take you there"
The lightning bug jumped on Jim
my's broad back and together they
hid-where do you suppose? Under
the shelter of a big toadstooN And
there they slept till another night
and there they often sleep still. If
you hunt some day, you will find them
yourself. = Contradictions Ingram
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
LOCAL MENTION.

Edna Ross, 10. and Joseph Proctor,
25, both of Topeka, were married this
morning at the probate court office by
Judge Hugh MacFarland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

1T will pay you - ur estimate
on that lumber bill. Phone SOS. J. B.
whelan & Co., III E. 4th.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR sALE-Jelly grapes. Phone 215o NJ.
FOR sALElone good brood SOW and tive
shoats. 2150 Nj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

The police raided Andy Dupree's
place on North Quincy street this
morning and obtained a quantity of
wet" goods. Dupree was arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27
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THE LIGHTNING BUG.

said a cheerful word to the busy
lightning bug. And each time the
lightning bug answered brightly-and
SO helping each other they worked
through the long. dark night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Emil Schwab, age 40, died Saturday
at local hospital. The body was
taken to Aida, Kan, for interment..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Have your suit or overcoat made
to measure, $3.50, at Olof Ekberg.
70S Kansas ave. second floor.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

The funeral of Charles H. Rhodes,
who died Saturday, will be held at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from Con-
wells chapel Interment in Rochester
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

And the business of prophesyine
when the European war Will enc
seems to have fallen into decline OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

The Christian associations-the Y.
NJ. c. A. and Y. w. c. A.-will have
charge of washhurn chapel services
for the first three days of this week
Miss Schwegler of Lawrence was in
charge on behalf of the association
morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

Sere October weather in September
is most Kansaslike, climatically speak
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-27

A marriage license was granted in
Leavenworth to Frank Bumps of To-
peka. The bride is a Leavenworth
girl.