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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18

first publication notice appeared The
first sale of stock was made on Feb
capital stock was all sold and the com-
pany licensed by the state insurance
department. to write life insurance.
The advertising manager. Harold
natural born advertising man who at
tended school under the boss" at
Scottsville ana gave mp rural mail
route to accept his present positi IN
nine days after obtaining its license. or
on August 81, that the Globe received
its first application for policy, aud
that 1t was only about thirty days later.
or on September %. that he printed IN
the Salina newspapers a half page an
nouneement showing exactly $437 10000
worth of insurance on the books.
VIII Enter Other states
A sustained momentum of such force
on the part of the Globe Life Insurance
company would in few years make
good many of the other strong com
pnnies Of the Middle West sit up and
take notice"
And that the G ODE Life Insurance
company is in earnest and means to
maintain Its toehold is indicated by the
fact that already the company is ar
ranging to increase it's capital stock to
$0oo.000.00 and after the first of the
year make application for entering five
other states
Why not.
ance companies are doing business in
nearly every state in the Union--ilave
grown so big that their office forces
are OF as much consequence to these
cities as fair sized factory pnyrolls. A
Few years ago wide awake man or
two from the Missouri valley went out
to California and injected much life
into an old company OH the coast that
the Institution now is writing In Kan
sas approximately MS much business as
any other company in the country and
securing business back in Maryland
and the New England states right I'M
der the noses OF the giant concerns OF
Little Old New York"
Salina, with the sort of directing op-
timism, enthusiasm, brains and exceed
tive ability back Of the Globe Life In
surance company in the person of Felix
Broeser and his associates should be
able to accomplish the same thing.
A town Ike Salfna which. in little
more than dozen years since country
teams would get stuck in the mud or
Main street. hat developed itself into
model city boasting of twenty miles o
street paving. electric railway and bril-
liant white way, and hundreds of thou
sands invested iii beautiful new publ.
buildings Ike its city hall and Cham
Der of Commerce home, court house
high school, Y. NJ G.. A. building. pub
lie library, Convention hail. Elks clui
aud magnificent union station--a cit.
located In spot which once sufferef
from the reputation Of being. the plac
where all good things stopped. but nov
enjoying the distinction OF being to e
vast rich agricultural empire what
Tulsa Is to the oil fields OF OKLAHOMA
"A city like that can accomplish any
thing 1t pleases. Salina knows this
and knows that the people of cenfrn'
and western Kansas know it, 30 Ia ths
particular case Of the Globe Life Insur
ance company Salina is rolling an he-
sleeves to help the Institution distribute
its old line. participating policies nii
over the United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18

then came to Salina and established
an insurance brokerage and invest
ment bankers business of his own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18

ceived his preliminary schooling at
the Oberlin county high school and at
Manhattan-has given the Globe a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18


Listen, my dear sir, We have as
many, and probably more people in
this territory depending on Salina
than you can count in both your Kan
sas Citys combined, and the more
than $50. 600 people out here. mind
YOU, have a habit of producing right
around S1OO,0OO,0G0 worth of crops.
hogs and cattle which they turn into
new farms and equipment. groceries,
clothing, bank accounts. pianos, auto
mobiles or life insurance before
Christmas reaches them each year
That's why" continued Mr.. Broe-
ker with q twinkle in his eye, that's
why we have millions invested in
Wholesale and manufacturing indus
tries here. and why wholesale houses
in Salina grow strong enough to build
other distributing houses in this
states metropolitan suburb Kansas
City. Things grow in Salinas With
any sort of intelligent management
they can't help 1t. In ali our popu-
lation out herein Salina as well as
in the hust1ing smaller towns and on
the farms of the thirty-four counties
the city claims for its territory-there
is not a single drone. They work-do
things-and are clean, masterful
people who worship God above the
almighty dollar. If it is not possible
to develop a large, prosperous life in
surance company in a community like
this. what other spot. in the name of
common sense, would you chose? If
it does not sound too egotistical I'll
say to you now that We are going to
build right here in Salina one of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18

In choosing it's medical director the
Globe Life Insurance Company was
particularly fortunate. DR.. E. M.
Miers-who, by the way. was born and
raised out in western Kansas and re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18

ton, in association with Senator S. NJ.
Porter, of Caney, and others, of an
oil company which netted its owners
handsome returns; and list of his
net accumulations. in addition to a
fine home in Salina, would credit Mr..
Broker with valuable 5000 acre
ranch in Texas.
Gateway to an Empire"
How did 1 happen to choose Sa-
lima as a location, and finally estab
lish the Globe Life Insurance COM
pany here?" echoed Mr.. Broker, the
other day.
why, bless your heart, I lived out
in this part of the state quite while
indeed was married out here-and
have travelled over it enough to dis
cover by personal touch with its af-
fairs that Sallna with its population
of Is, 900 or 10000 IS the gateway to
one of the most remarkable agricul-
tural empires on the American con-
tinent. Our Chamber of Commerce
literature will tell you that Salina is
the distributing point of thirty-four
out of los counties of the state, or
an area as large as the states of New
Hampshire Delaware, Connecticut
and Maryland combined. We have
seven railroads reaching every part
of that vast, rich territory which in
doubling it's own resources has dou-
bled the business and population of
Salina within the past few years. and
which. just as certainly as you and I
are sitting here, will double it's riches
and the population of Salina again in
another five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18
THE GIRL HAS A HAPPY Home
Ignorant of Her Past and Has
Another Name.
A Promising Romance Also
Has Come Into Her Life.

seventeen years ago was forced thru
circumstances to give away her ln1ahl
"Please help me find my daugh-
ter whom I have not seen since she
was seven months old. Her name
then was My hus-
band was killed in a railroad acct
dent in Topeka. July Z, 1899. In
September of the same year 1 gave
the child to Mrs - - of
Topeka"
This mother after seventeen years.
begins the search for the child she
gave away. Some time in the last
seventeen years she has remarked.
Her name is not that of the child she
mentions.
Suppose the little daughter she left
had been adopted in infancy by a
couple who wished to have her for
their own, who were able to give her
every advantage and who have led her
to believe she is their own child. She
is now about Is years of age and I'M
doubtedIy has her own circla of boy
and girl friends. Perhaps her social
position is an enViable one.
Suppose, on the other hand, that she
was adopted by people who were un-
able to give her more than the educa-
ton the law requires: who mad no
particular interest in her other than
that induced by her work around the
life and is living along now from day
to day, with little in prospect.
Suppose the mother who deserted
her. unwillingly. so long ago has had
good fortune and has lifted herself out
of the mire of poverty. Suppose she
wants her daughter in order that she
may make up to her for the neglect of
seventeen years.
The Other Side.
But. on the other hand. the mother
may still be in poor circumstances. She
may still be living from hand to mouth
and may merely want the daughter to
aid her in her old age. The daugh-
ter can't owe her a great deal under
the circumstances, but that mysterious
call of the blood might cause her to
leave the most happy surroundings
and go to her mother.
The writer has followed up the trail
left by the little n-months-old
baby. seventeen years ago. for a short
distance thru musty records. It ap-
pears perfectly easy to follow it on to
the point where he might find the
young woman herself In fact, it APP
pears so certain that he already sus-
poets her identity, and he is afraid to
go ahead and prove it.
To tell the girl she is an adopted
daughter; to tell her that her own
mother deserted her when she was a
baby: to tell her that she was not
born to the rights and privileges she
is enjoying might cause lot of
misery. 1t might break up a beautiful
courtship that looks like a go to the
finish.
On the other hand. it might be the
means of comforting lonely mother
thru her declining years; it might
even save her from want. There
might easily be circumstances that
would excuse her for abandoning her
bahy-for giving it away-while it
was still an infant
knowing the circumstances on both
SIDES Of the case. what would YOU do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18

announcer stEcct VIC" IN ShAias Inc cst.
stood like a door propped wide open
ready to welcome the man of sufficient
imagination and ambition to attempt
the erection of a really great company.
But there is too much interest in the
chow and why of Felix Broker him
self to pass the question up in any
such manner.
Not so many years before the pres
ent war but that he still is quite
Young man. there was born over in
the wonderful land of Germany a boy
whose father was deeply interested in
and associated with that nations
school work Whether this boy, after
his thorough training in the Father
land. arrived in America fourteen
wears ago obsessed with the idea that
a fortune could be accumulated by
teaching in the public schools of this
country is not known, but the records
show that having been to the manner
born, he was guilty of some expert
menting along that line. After year
or two in the country schools of South
Dakota and Nebraska the young man
Rroelxer came down to Gods coun-
try" and the first four years of his
career in Kansas were spent as prin-
cipal of the schools at Natoma and
Scottsville-two years at each place.
.Teaching Was Too Slow"
But while it also is in the evidence,
according to one of his former pupils
who IS progressing nicely in the BUSH
ness world. that Felix Broker was
one of the most efficient instructors
Kansas ever had, thorough as only the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-18

After finishing at Manhattan, Dr.
Miers was graduated from the Univer-
sfty Medical college. Kansas City, and
later became a post graduate of Har-
ward and also of the Chicago Post
Graduate school. He has won a rep
utation for wonderful success as IA
surgeon, and the construction of the
Salina Northern railway resulted IN
his selection as chief surgeon for that
company. A great share of the spirit
of progress which permeates the
whole organization of the Globe Life
Insurance Company, as matter of
fact, IS due to the live wire inspira-
ton impaired to it by DR.. Miers, AMI
the institution is fortunate that he
was one of Its founders and will have
a conspicuous part in its upbuilding.
David Richie, widely known at
torney and member of the law firm Of
Richie & Spencer of Salina, is gen
eral counsel for the Globe as well as
general counsel for the new Salina
Northern railroad and other corpora
tons. while H NJ. Leonard. high
experience, who was manager of the
Home Mutual in Topeka for some
time, is the Globes actuary.
The assistant secretary of the
Globe, Karl Won Harlessem. is an ex-
pert accountant, who received his
training in Germany and who is a
member of one of the notable old
families of the Fatherlana. one of his
uncIes having been archbishop of
Hildesheim.
Then among the directors of the
Globe are l. v Mink, wealthy and
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08
A REFERENDUM ON PREPAREDNESS.

The value Of a canvass of popular opinion-hke a
straw vote on candidaedepends partly the question
and partly the III which the question is put
For this the country has doubt OF the prac-
ticabty of referendum on preparedness, which has
lust been undertaken BY the Chamber of Commerce OF the
United States The chamber prompted to such action
by petitions from constituent bodies in Spokane, Nash
VILE New York and other places. A committee has
viewed the national situation and made it's recommended
tions and it is this report which the 700 commercial bodies
within the national chamber asked to consider AS the
branches have total membership OF about 3OOOOO, the
referendum will require some time.
The committee believes that council of national de-
should be created by law to assist in the development
Of an adequate continuing policy that staff of mob
ilization should be established and that naval program
sufficient to insure second place for the United States be
adopted with adequate protection for the possessions
in the Pacific, the Panama canal etc The committee
would have a general staff for the navy and would in
crease the regular army that it would be large enough
with it's trained to form first line Of land de
Tense 1t is urged that policy Of universal military train
ing be adopted and that private industry be educated i'll
time of peace to prepare for The belief is further
expressed that if costs be considered government regu
aton of prices should be preferred to dependence
ernment manufacture.
1t be expected that the 700 constituents
agree the plan outlined The referendum for all its
care in preparation calls to mind which an
eastern congressman made of his district Were his
ttuents IN favor Of opposed to preparedness? The
replies we'll into the thousands. BY far the greatest
portion had no doubt to the necessity for preparedness
and each carried essentially individual idea
If what constitutes preparedness. So the congressman
really off than before. 1t has been established
that this country wants to be prepared but there has
been grave conflict Of opinion among the experts
Will really accomplish any fine end to have yeas nays
the opinions of commercial committee? At least it
will do no HARM
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08

ornaments?" asked Olive
Il am afraid she would not be very
useful" repli "a Nell, but style! She
certainly will make sleepy old Fairport
sit up and take notice.
From what you say I am afraid
she will be rather a misfit in our
crowd" There \. as disappointment in
olives tone.
"She certainly will be an ornament
to our society" laughed Nell, and size
may be quick to pick up useful bits of
knowledge about housekeeping. Girls
are as carefully 7hielded from all kinos
of useful knowledg> nowadays as If
work were a Malignant disease to
which one must not be exposed"
u am afraid you are right" replied
Olive, catching her baby girl and hold
ing her high alb ove her head to the
child's great delight. What trouble it
makes, too. When will mothers learn
that to fit girl to take the place in
the world that she is likely to fi'', is
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08

now ship any of their apples this sea-
son through any selling agency which
will not operate under the uniform gov
ernment contract, for which the farm
markets department is securing pledges
in all the fruit districts.
At Bull Mr.. Scholtz was the guest
of the commercial club at a smoker
Tuesday evening. Concerning this
meeting, Mr. Scholtz said with the
exception of a similar occasion in north
Idaho the meeting with the Bull Com
mercial club was the most pleasant
surprise l have experienced in my tray
els over the state, in view Of the fact
that less than half Of the members of
the club are business men. About a
hundred members answered the roll
call at the meeting. the major portion
of them being farmers. They certainly
seem to have the real genuine town and
country cooperative spirit in that com
munity.
"At Twin Falls and the other towns
in that district the commercial clubs
and farmers were fully as willing to
extend all possible courtesies to me in
my work, but l didn't happen to have
the pleasure of being in the district on
the meetings nights of any of the other
communities. The Twin Falls spirit of
hospitality is plainly in evidence, how
ever, in all parts Of the Twin Falls
country"
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08
HECKLING THE STUDENTS.

few weeks hence and the nations army of students
will be face to face with the heavy artillery of the
inatOn questions. This OF course they expect and
rule, well prepared to meet But, here lately they
have undergone surprise attacks and for these if
reports from various sections of the country to be
trusted the students not prepared. The examna-
tions hurled at them in this unexpected fashion, however,
have not had to do specifically with subjects within the
curriculum and if the showing has been rather poor per-
haps this accounts for II.
General information tests these surprise examna-
tons called Questions asked which tend to probe
the depth and extent of the students knowledge of
rent affairs of affairs of general public interest In
order to hem the student must be abreast of the
of the day. He must be newspaper reader. And,
in addition he must have fund of information covering
wide range of subj jeets-such information any one
may possess himself of through effort greater than
that involved in casual reading of current periodicals
and few Of the current output of books.
Among Of the hundred questions asked recently
IN Philadelphia the following, all typical: Where
Cettine and Spruce 20? Why Lady Byzantine and
the Baroness Suttner famous? Who what Ibid
anon and the Great Commoner? Who wrote the Divine
Comedy? Who said out of the trenches by Christmas
and who the that nfest the day? And None
of the questions to be harder than these it. indeed
difficult part of them at least could be answered
fairly well by person of average intelligence even
cudng college professors that stay up nights traps
for the unwary) who keeps himself informed of events of
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08

the surest means to make her happy"
should think their own experience
with men would make them see that
the surest way to n Ike men loving and
loyal is to make them physically COM
Portable" Nell chuckiet. reminiscently
Poor Dick had i time of it at FIST He
was so good and patient"
You were a 'retty good housekeeper
when you married. Dick had .eason to
congratulate himself. all brides had
your start there would be no cause for
complaint" olives tone was decided.
Il had lots to learn. I pity the girl
who starts with less knowledge" re-
piled Nell However, Mrs. Gordon has
maid that they brought from the city
with item, so perhaps she will get
along all right. She is superintending
the unpacking OF the wedding presents
in pale blue silk kimona and lace
cap"
Il would hate to have to pin my hap
piness and comfort to anything as
transitory as a maid" sighed Olive. Il
have not been tieu up to one as the
saying goes, because / could do the
work If the maid failed me. but to be
helpless and at their mercy-deliver me
from that fatei"
She may be born under lucky star,
and be able to keep a competent maid.
There is one thing in her favor: IL she
knows nothing about housework she
will let the maid go her own gait with
out interference, and they like that"
said Nell, rising We'll. as am my own
cook ! must trot along home and get
supper"
we must call on Mrs. Gordon as
soon as they are settled" Olive follow
ed her friend to the door. II like young
Gordon very much. l do hope his mar
riage Will be success"
There are so many rocks to founder
on" remarked Nell sagely.
Yes, and incompetence in the
homemaker is almost sure to bring
shipwrecli." replied Olive.
Let us hope the bride is intelligent
enough to see that" said Nell as she
ran do m the steps.
(To be continued.)
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08
Foot and Mouth Disease.

n HIS plague infection primarily
the
\ ondary manthat Is can froma
~ get through milk buemilk cheese
diseased
anma from the
udders
en can get from the unboed
neghbohood
fatal In either adult child
vomiting painful swallowing
osters in
ng healra
we prevent this
ues whe
cattle isolation
eased animals BY disinfect Yards Whe 1
disease
is safe for human beings drink
ropy rancid badsmellng o stained.) - ~
The economic hava
great Only about
house The milk becomes sreatv raSucad
amounfrom onethird
all their milk
bad odor and rancid least six sp,dem
FOOT mouth disease
been controlled by energetic State
Va 70 very wide extent in Asia
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08
Get the Habit of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't look or feel right
with the system full
Of poIsons.

Millions of folks bathe inter-
nally now instead of loading their
system with drugs. whats an inside
bath?" you say. Well. 1t is guaranteed
to perform miracles Il you could be-
lieye these hot wate.' enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers of men and
women who, Immediately upon arioing
in the morning, drink glass of real
hot water with a teaspoonful OF lime
stone phosphate in it. This is a very
excellen- health measure. It is intended
to flush the stomach, liver kidneys and
the thirty feet of intestines of the pre-
vious days waste, sour bile and indi-
gestible material left over in the body
which if not eliminated every day, be-
come food for the millions of bacteria
which infest the bowels. the quick re-
suit in poisous and toxins which are
then absorbed into the blood causing
headache, bilious attacks, foul breath,
bad tastt colds, stomach trouble, kid
ney misery, fleeplessness. impure blood
and all sorts Of ailments.
People who feel good one day and
badly the next, but who simply can not
get feeling right are urged to obtain a
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
at the drug store. This will cost very
little but Is sufficient to make anyone
a real crank on the subject of internal
sanitation.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, swectening and
freshening. so Limestone phosphate and
hot water act on the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. 1t is vastly more
imnnrfanf TO IN the on the In aide than
on the outside. because the skin pores
do aot absorb impurities into the
b1ooI, while the bowel po-es do.--Adv.
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08
A Piano Is Bought for a Lifetime
.r thats reason care Should be used

For that's reason care should be used
in it's selection.
Reliability of make is more important
than price. 1t is u double protection
when the names of well known maker
and a STRAIGHTFORWARD dealer are be-
hind the instrument.
Let the advertising columns of the
Capital News be your guide in your
piano choLeing.
Read what is SeiEg offered. Con. pare
the offerlngs-and choose tho one that
best suits your individual needs.
To buy haphazard i@ to court dis
aster. An6 tina is the reverse CT
economy!
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08

bOClely every uu-
dition is a matter
of Importance"
She is very
very pretty; one
of those pink and
white & o | d G n
haired bisque ef-
fects that make
you think of a
china shepherress
and she is not
much bigger than
one, either" laugh :
ed Nell.
DO you mean
she lisa one of
these helpless lit
little dolls that men
put in their homes
fnr nlaNtlnin ps and
Evening capital news., 1916-05-08

Lne uay.
But the students everywhere make rather poor grade
on these examinations Even those who usually pass the
ordinary examinations with high honors fail to acquit
themselves credtably when to these general
information tests The conclusion is obvious-for some
reason, among the young men and young of the
nation there is lack Of interest in the of the day
Schools and colleges have done well to discover this
And they are within the province of their service and
their duty when they seek to mend it. Keeping in in
elgent touch with affairs of the hour is much part
of education as ANYTHING taught in the classroom