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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-21

help others. They seemed to swell
ana gush forth-out of the dark body
OF the train, human beings seeking
NE: he felt like some angel of the
darker Drink. forever passing those
living creatures up into the light
wondering dumbly why they strug-
Sied and yearned for life. Standing
between the train and the concrete
wall, with the third rail in perilous
nearness, he passed them on from the
train to the platform, women and
girls, children and men. They reach
ed Tor his hand and he swung them
up to safety Then came another
surging wave of dense smoke and he
lost consciousness
When he opened his eyes he was up
In the fresh air. They had been using
pulmotor on him. AS he opened his
eyes he saw the eager faces of the
crowd and the girl nearest.
amt hep
All right, now, old man. aren't
you? asked the ambulance surgeon.
Who's your tnea rest friend?"
Holloway shook his head. The boy
pressed forward, his hat on the back
OF his head, his arm around the girls
II am" he said eagerly. 'Ill look
out for him. The company'll settle
with him for this, but money amt
everything. He can come home with
me-
Holloway looked up at the sky,
dark already with the early winter
night. Its stars were dimmed beyond
the electric lights, but they were
there. A curious glow EMBODIED him.
He felt a kinship with the crowding
faces. They were his. He had saved
them He was mot alone any longer.
Tate and the money loss seemed like
some trivial faraway memory. Over
him leaned the girl with the red Quill
IN her cap, Smiling at him joyously,
the girl he had carried in his arms
through the darkness and behind her
was the boy she loved.
The red quill-red for courage, red
for brotherly love, red for joy of life
Holloway smiled back at her as they
lifted him tenderly into the ambu-
lance. The world looked mighty
good to him just then.-(Copyright !
1918, by the Mcclure Newspaper |
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-21
THE PEOPLE MUST PAY.

The American people cannot eat
their cake and have it, says the New
York World. If they want prepared
ness for national defense they must
expect to pay for it,
Preparedness is something that can
be obtained only by the expenditure
of money.
The national government is facing a
budget of $1,240,0OO, but in the
main this is a war budget. Excluding
the postal appropriations, which are
for a department that is practically
self-sustaining SO far as operating
expenses go, the administration and
congress must provide approximately
$500, 100000 for the next fiscal year.
OF this sum $43O,OOO,0OO is for the
army and navy. s170,00O,0O0 for pen
sions and $2s,0OO,O0O for interest on
the public debt. which is a war charge.
In these three items alone we have
s623, 900, coo for wars past and wars
to come and preparedness for war. The
total war charge is more than two
thirds of all the regular disbursements
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There has been an increase of more
than 1000 in the membership of va
rious boys and girls agricultural
clubs conducted by the state agricul-
tural colleges and the department of
agriculture in the northern and west
ern states during the past year. At
the close of the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1914, there were 11O,O11
members in the various club projects
in the 33 states covered by this work.
At the close of the present fiscal year,
June so, 1915, the membership was
151.194. exclusive of the enrolment
IN the mother-6aughter canning clubs.
During the past year 1857 club MEM
bers attended the midwinter courses
at the colleges. 96S of these having
their expenses paid by local contribu-
tons as a recognition of their achieve
mentS in club work
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TERROR OF SEAS

CONTINUED from Page One.I
heavy guns each, and some of
them have a speed Of nearly
twenty knots.
Reserve battleships, 8. These
ships are now in commission or in
reserve. The oldest ship is the
Iowa, commissioned in 1897.
Three older ships-the Oregon,
Massachusetts and Indiana-will
have gone to the scrap head with
in two or three years.
Battle cruisers, 6. They will
mount eight 14-inch SO caliber
rifles and have a speed of thirty
five knots.
Scout cruisers, 13. These in
clude the Salem. Chester and
Birmingham, the only scouting
ships now in the navy.
Destroyers, 90. This figure al
lows for the releasements of 16
destroyers built before 1898 and
does not take into account 10 tor
pedo boats, many of which are
still in service.
Fleet submarines, IS. The
SchIey, the first vessel of this
type designed for any navy, will
be launched in a few months. She
will make twenty knots on the
surface, while the others will
make twenty-five knots or more.
Coast defense submarines, 149.
This figures all submarines of this
type now built or building and al
lows for the retirement of nine
boats of the A and B classes,
which are now doing duty in the
Philippines and at Panama and
giving satisfactory service despite
the fact that they are twelve
years old. Navy officers believe
that most of them will still be
available for harbor defense in
eight years time.
Gurboats, 81. These vessels are
for river and shallow harbor use.
The new program will add only
Two vessels of this type.
In addition to the foregoing, there
re ten armored cruisers, five protect
d cruisers, four first class cruisers
Uelve second class cruisers and nine
past defense monitors available fol
eserve fleet duty. 1t is not planned
, build any more ships of these types
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its different forces and thus gain a
higher degree of efficiency, explained
Mr.. Ripley
You have all seen the office which
is over-run with CONFUSION and is hap
hazard in its arrangement" he said,
and then you have seen the office
that is orderly and the work goes on in
a smooth manner without confusion.
In this latter office there has been
some properly applied red tape used.
Red tape frequently reflects the
method of work and sometimes the
character of individuals employed So,
gentlemen, do not be afraid of red
tape, as it is commonly called. 1t is
only a short term Tor business eff
ficiency.'
At noon today more than 100 dele
gates to the eighteenth annual con-
vention had registered at the National
hotel The first session of the con-
vention was held this afternoon.
Following the appointment of COM
mittees by President H. w. Magruder
and the report of the executive COM
m1ttee two papers were read. L. o.
Ripley of Wichita, vice. president and
and Electric, spoke to the delegates on
the subject, rs Red Tape Good Bust
ness Insulation" and Rudolph Schlat-
ter of the Busch, Sulzer Bros Disel En-
CINE company, told about the Disel
engine.
Charles S. Elliott, president of the
Commercial club, gave the address of
welcome this afternoon. and T. F.
Doran responded.
At the meeting tonight the follow
ing papers will be read: "Concen-
trated Wiring" by w. L. Gardner, of
transformers and Lightning
Arresters,' H. F. McRell, district
trans. specialist, General Electric COM
pany; General Power Plant Lubrica-
tion," r. P. Tobin, Vacuum Oil COM
pany, and Steam Flow Meters by L.
E. Northshield, district meter special
list, General Electric company.
E. A. Wright. secretary and treas
urer of the association, said this morn
ing that from the early registration
he looked for one of the biggest con-
ventions ever held by the association
We expect 200 delegates said Mr.
Wright.
The following committees were APP
pointed this afternoon by President
Magruder: Nominations-A. L. New
man, Arkansas City; c. NJ. Green,
Concordia William Hand, Kansas
City. Time and Place-A. L. Moe,
Kinsley; w. A. Austin, Cottonwood
Falls; c. H. Talmage, Kansas City.
Auditing-James Nicholson, Newton:
c. w. Weber, Wilson; c. R. Lewis,
Kansas City. Resolutions. o. Rip
ley, Wichita; B. F. Eyer, Blue Rap
ids H. Alex Hubbard, Chicago.
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Jayhowker Jots

The Minneapolis Messenger reports
that one man of its acquaintance is SO
opposed to preparedness that he re-
fuses to buy his wife a rolling-pin.
And there is still a demand, points
out Mrs. Homer HOch in the Marion
Record, for the man who does it Just
as well when the boss is away as when
he is there.
Related by the Norton Champion:
Mamma, said little Laura one night
as she looked at the star-studded sky,
what beautiful place heaven must
be when it's so pretty wrong side out"
Dedicated to Gertie, by the Kansas
Industrialist:
The autumn days come swiftly on,
The snow is on the way;
It's time to shed that thick white fur
And dress decollete.
Some of the Potpourri served re-
Gently by Tom Thompson to the read
ers of his Howard Courant: The man
who tries to fool himself never seems
to have much luck at it, The
quarrelS of lawyers seldom mean
much. But when doctors fall out it
is the real thing. Time is precious,
but not so much so but many people
will spend a lot of time trying to get
rave, over her decorated china and
never say "a Word about her hand
painted complexion. A reply 70
criticism is usually lost effort.
IL N1ShlCS wien all amateur
beats a professional
One of the little fellows who made
the hike" last Saturday and Sunday,
when they walked to Ottawa, is sure
a loyal scout, tells the Osawatomie
Graphic. He, was smaller than the
rest and the hike" was telling on him.
He Jagged behind, his feet hurt and his
breath came hard at times. Several
times he was offered a chance to ride
by people driving along the road, but
each time he refused. and kept trudg-
ing right ahead. His feet hurt and
his joints ached, and it seemed farther
and farther to Ottawa all the time, and
the big boys kept getting farther away
from him, and the tears would come,
but he kept walking. Finally some
men coming along in an auto noticed
the little fellows plight and stopped
and insisted that he ride, but he shook
his head, and with the tears making
little streaks down his dust covered
face, he said: Mono, sir, 1 can't
ride, I'd lose my reputation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-21

There, That's the best job we
have done this falli' exclaimed two
little fairies as they looked at the sun
set spread before them.
You are right, it's beautiful" cried
another who passed by inst then. 81
think you must have used all the paint
there WIS in the world Such bright
crimson as you have spread over the
west Such lavender and yellow and
orange and pink Where did you get
it all ?-tell me that"
From the sunbeams of course, -
replied the fairies Two. "All the sum-
mer we have been collecting and
working. No wonder we can make
such a sunset. Think how we have
worked
But even SO" said the passing fairy.
How did you get it all up there? A
few minutes ago 1 looked and the sun
was setting quite as it has all fall. And
look at it now. Every bit of the west
ern sky is glowing with color. How did
you do 50 quickly?"
The two little painter fairies looked
shyly at each other and asked with
their eyes. Shall we tell?" Then they
both laughed and said THAT was
easyl We just climbed up to the top
of the western sky and spilled down
across the clouds all the paint we had
left from the summer. Quite a lot
there was too"
But what will you do now?" asked
the passing fairy. you say You have
used all your paint. Are there to be
no more sunsets Winter is coming
when every bit OF color looks beauti-
full and is needed. Are there to be 10
sunsets then %
Indeed. yes, plenty of them" said
the painter fairies quickly. But they
will be winter sunsets. For them
we will collect the colors from the
winter sunbeams and from the snow
flakes This is the last of the sum-
ner sunsets That is the reason we
used all the paint we had"
Silently the three fairies watched
he bright sky Admiringly they saw
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DEUCE OF COLD
Yellow Metal From Europe
Swamps Assay Office.
Tide OverWheIms Men Melting
Precious Stuff.

New York, Oct. 21.-So great has
been the tide of gold poured into New
York to pay the war bills of the bel
Hgerents that the task of melting it up
to be turned into United States coin
has almost overwhelmed the en-
ployees of the United States assay Of
flee here. They are working longer
than they ever did before, but the
piles CT coin in bullion deposited by
bankers grow instead of diminishing.
No sooner is one consignment of the
gold melted and sent to the Philadel-
phia mint than another shipment of
millions is received. For two Sundays
the whole force at the assay office
has worked to keep abreast of the in
coming gold.
Ordinarily about $1OO,OOO,OoO in
gold passes through the assay office
in year. Since July 1, the office has
received and melted more than $S2,-
100000 worth and nearly $38,000,000
of this was received within the last
ten days. Nearly a years work has
been done in the last few months.
Gold arrives generally in the form
of bullion, French Napoleons and Jap
aneSe ven.
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POSED AS A PREACHER
Check Crook Worked Slick Game on
Topeka Lumber Firms.

The police today were looking for
an unknown man who slipped worth
less checks over on two lumber com
panies Wednesday evening. The first
check was accepted by the w. 1. Miller
Lumber company. The J. Thomas Co.
got the other. Both were for $3.50.
The man first visited the w. /.
Miller Co. and represented himself as
a minister for a local church. He
purchased five dollars worth of lum-
Der that he said was to be used in
repairs that were to be made on his
church. He paid for the bill with
check for $3.50. Later he worked
the same game on the J. Thomas Co.
Both checks were written on Cen
trail National bank blanks and were
made PAYABLE to REV. H. G. Mason
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
MEMBER:
Associated PrG4.
Audit Bureau OF CaPculM&dOn@.
American Newspaper PubliGheFw
Association.

Misha E. Applebaum, founder of the
Humanitarian Cult, in an address in
New York asserted that there are
5,40S organized charities in the United
States which make annual reports,
with receipts of Sis, 379,S59 and pay
ments of Sill, 439, 155, leaving a sur
plus of more than $7,0OO,0O0. The
running expenses he found to be $94,-
65S,S36, thus giving the poor S16,S39.-
80. In short every dollar distributed
in charity entails an expense of Sc.
Is it possible that no better way than
this Tor relieving the needy, can be
found? The results tend to arouse a
suspicion that charitable organiza-
tons are formed chiefly for the pur-
pose of affording jobs to a favored
few
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PROSPERITY HAS RETURNED.

Last year the new wealth produced
on American farms was officially
placed at about $4,000, 100000 This
year it will be nearer $1,000, 900, 900
than n. The five principal grain crops
of the United States amount to not
less than 5,S27, 10000 bushels. COM
pared with 4,943,O 100000 bushels
year ago. This is an increase of SS4,-
900, 600 bushels, a gain of tremendous
Importance considering the good prices
and the good market assured for the
surplus Europe will need all that we
can spare; assuring prosperity for the
American farmer and good business
throughout the western agricultural
districts. This in turn means heavy
demands upon transportation facilities,
better railroad earnings and a larger
demand by the railroads for equip
ment and all sorts of materials.
Commenting on these conditions.
Henry Clews in his financial Review
says:
e. Thus the bounty of nature is al
ready beginning to stimulate trade and
industry through all its channels, and
the next three months seem destined
to witness very decided improvement
in general business. The stock mar
ket, recognizing these conditions well
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of the government, and next year this
charge will far exceed. the total ordi-
nary revenues of the government in
1909.
1t is very evident that there can be
no sweeping economies in a govern
ment in which two dollars out of every
three must be spent for military pur-
poses, and while it is the duty of con-
gress to save every dollar that can be
saved, the amount will not be large.
1t cannot be large unless all the civil
activities of the federal authority are
to be suspended
The American people face the GER
tainty of an increase in national taxa
ton, and they might as we'll face it
philosophically unless they believe
that national security from foreign ag-
gression is not worth what it costs.
If they do not believe that it is
worth what it costs, some of them will
give aid and comfort to the little band
of Bryan Democrats who are against
all military expenditures. Others will
give aid and comfort to the standpat
Republicans who intend to play mo-
nopoly-tariff politics with the coun-
try's revenue necessities. Between
these two elements it will be possible
~ uS1Sdl the preparedness PAOSA Gill
in spite of anything the president
can do.
The issue rests peculiarly with the
American people, in the sense that the
action of congress will be determined
largely by public opinion, but public
opinion can make itself irresistible, if
it will, the eve of national CAM
paign in which every member of the
house and one-third of the members
of the senate must face their con-
StituentS
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TT PAYS TO BE POLITE.

Probably there is nothing that pays
so large a return on the investment
as does politeness. 1t not only pays
the individual but it pays the town. a
lack of courtesy is more often due to
thoughtlessne than to deliberate in
tention, perhaps, but the effect upon
the stranger within our gates is the
same. He gets his impression of a
community from the degree of con-
sideration shown him.
writer for Kansas City paper
makes some comparisons regarding
Topeka and Clay Center which are
worthy of being taken home by the
people of every town in the state.
Describing a visit to our neighbour
ing little city, he writes:
For a town of three thousand the
hotel was a wonder. Imagine it,
tiled floor in the lobby, comfortable
leather chairs, an electric elevator and
a host who seemed genuinely glad to
look after his guests. After having
been in many towns of that size and
having noted the assumption of
the hotel men, as a rule, that they
are favoring visitors by letting them
in, the hotel in Clay Center is some
thing of a shock. Especially is it
shock after Topeka, where the, clerk
in a leading hotel seemed to resent the
innocent inquiry of a stranger what
the charge for a room for the night
would be.
This is American PLAN said the
clerk, and if you don't eat with us
we don't want you
But Clay Center is not Topeka, and
the proprietor had none of the rude
ness that characterized the deity be-
hind the hotel counter. A story a
book or an editorial or something
ought to be written about the way
country hotel can be run. as exempii
fled in Clay Center. The service in
the dining room was more than salts
factory; it was exceptional. There
was the clerk who had registered the
guests moving about from table to ia
BILE to see that every one was we'll
filled.
son the dresser in the room was
plate of fruits and dainty cookies;
friendly goodnight attention that gave
a final touch to the hospitality of the
Mace. Then night of solid sleep on
a wonderful bed with the fresh, sweet
air from the farms coming in at the
window.
I'm the morning the porter was go
ing from room to room rapping on the
doors.
+ ..Eight o'clock. Last call for
Urea kfast.'
"'What you got for breakfasts"
asked voice from somewhere.
Everything good said the porter.
That YVES, the truth"
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The United States geological survey

The United States geological survey
has just published a report which.
though technical, nevertheless en-
bodies some interesting history of the
early ages of the North American con-
tinent 1t tells of the rise and fall Of
a portion of the continent millions of
years ago, long before the age of man,
at a time when strange beasts in
habited the country, when the climate
was subtropical, and when a peculiar
swamp vegetation flourished, the re-
mains of which were converted into
the present great coal beds of the
west 1t tells how the western part of
the United States has been alternately
above and below water in past ages.
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YOUTHS ADMIT MURDER
Four Young Men Stay Aged Chicago
Hermit for Hoard.

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Police worked
today to obtain a confession from
four youths held in connection with
the murder last night of Joseph Os-
borne, IS years old.
Osborne was beaten to death in a
shack which had been his home since
the Worlds fair His body had been
stripped almost bare in search for
money. The police believe he had a
large amount hidden away in the
shack and the robbers tortured him
before putting him to death
A broken stone crock was the death
VNaa non used.
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UNCLE SAM SELLS FURS
Bidders From All Over World in St
Louis for Auction.

St Louis, Oct. 21--More than six
hundred furs were to be sold at auc-
ton here today on behalf of the fed
eraI government The furs came from
Alaska and represent the yearly catch
of blue fox, white fox and beaver on
the government preserves. Until last
year the government pelts have been
auctioned off at London.
Fur buyers from all over the world
have been here several days looking
over the stock.
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L listened to your speech with close
be pleasant, but fails And did it SET
you thinking" st did. And the
next time you deliver it I'm going to
listen again ard see if 1 can find out
what l was thinking about-"-Wash-
ington Star
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Former Head Blind school Dies.

Kansas City, Kan, Oct. CIV. B.
Hall, former superintendent of the
Kansas school for blind, died yester-
day at Vancouver, Wash, from over
exertion in a tennis game according
to telegram today. Since leaving the
institution in Kansas City, Kan, Hall
had been superintendent of the blind
school at Vancouver. He was 81 years
old and formerly lived at Abilene,
Kansas
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PLEADS FOR CLEMENCY
John Callahan, Former Wichita Man,
Is Heard by Judge Smith.

Leavenworth. Kan, Oct. 21.-John
Callahan. formerly of Wichita, who is
serving a sentence in the state peni-
Tertiary at Lansing for robbing a bank
in Sumner county, was given hear
ing at the prison today on his appli-
cation for executive c1emency. Judge
w. c. Smith, the governors parole
clerk, came to the prison today to hear
the case. He will make recommended
ton to Governor Cauper.
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Governor Arthur Capper addressed
the Pomona grange today at its an
nual meeting on Efficiency in Gov
eminent" The address was given at
the Y. w. c. A. building at IL O'Clock.
The governor spoke on the relation of
the grange, a national farmers or
ga nization, with the state, and the pos
sibility of a government reaching the
highest efficiency with the co-opera-
ton of as powerful an institution as
the grange.
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TWO PLUNGE To DEATH
Aviation School Manager and Com
panion Killed Making Flight.

Lynn, Mass, Oct. 21-John c.
Reading, manager of the Boston
Aviation school, and Philip Bulman,
of Maiden, were killed late today
while making an experimental flight
in an aeroplane over the marshes of
West Lynn.
The machine collapsed while in
r11idair