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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
new ARMY BASE
L. s. Will Launch New Column
From Fabens, N. NJ.
Is Alternative if Mexican Rail-
road Cannot Be Used.

Ell Paso, March 22.-The Mexican
railroad problem again took first
place in public interest on the border
today following a report that the
American military authorities were
contemplating sending a new column
into Mexico from Fabens, a village 80
miles east of here. 1t was stated that
this plan was under consideration as
an alternative should General Car
rama refuse the request of Washing
ton for the use of the Mexico North
western railroad TO transport sup
plies.
The report of the plan for an entry
from Fabens followed a conference
between General Bell and an Ameri-
can who is thoroughly familiar with
that section of Mexico. General Bell
declined to discuss the report.
From Gaudaloup, across the Dor
der from Fabens, one of the best
wagon roads in northern Mexico leads
south and southwest through CHARGES,
to the lake region about Ahumada and
Ell Carrizal
That the railroad problem will
bring real crisis in the relations be-
tween the Carranzistas and Ameri-
cans is firmly believed here. Reports
continue to Seep through the censor
snip at Columbus in regard to the diff
1cult1es the American military author
tiles are experiencing in forwarding
adequate supplies by pack horses Ind
wagon trains. There is a general i'm
preston here that General Carranza
is playing for time, knowing the grave
consequence which may follow either
refusal or granting of the American
request.
AS far as the border is concerned
this situation is of far greater inter
est than the actual pursuit of Villa.
This is partly due to the meager news
coming from General Pershing and
from a general skepticism over the re-
ports from Mexico sources of serious
fighting between Carranza and Villa
forces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

lack Frost. with the help of kind
Mr.. North Wind, had at last finished
his work.
up all the creeks. powdered the hill
sides with snow, and put night caps
of ice on all the posts and pillars near
the lake.
He took one last careful look over
his work and then he said to himselr,
Now that work is done, and L for one
am tired. l mean to slip right under
this hillside and go to sleep
And so he did.
He had not been sleeping very long
before Mr.. North Wind blew along
that very same way.
"Oh, hol" said he with a great big
yawn. I'm pretty tired this morning:
Been working too hard-that's what
is the matter with mel Everything is
done Just as it should be though, so L
guess 1 can take a little rest. I'll
leave everything to Jack Frost while I
take a nap right here in this valley"
And he settled down to sleep in the
valley lust below the hillside where
Jack Frost was sleeping-think of
that
For one day nothing happened
For two days nothing happened
winter went right on as it always did,
and everything was frozen up just as
tightly as ever.
But on tht third day. word came to
Mrs South Wind, away down in her
southland home, that Jack Frost and
Mr.. North Wind had both gone away.
That's not possiblel" exclaimed
Mrs. South Wind, and she took
careful look at her calendar. Il know
they must be hiding round some
where, but it will do no harm for me
to blow up there and be sure,''
So she blew up north in her very
softest, tip-toe-y-est fashion.
And she found the rivers covered
with ice, the creeks locked up tightly
the hillsides powdered with snow, and
the posts and pillars all along the
lakes and rivers covered with night
caps pulled down tight
Il see my job" she exclaimed to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
Globe Sights


A wandering mind seldom wanders
far.
A man usually regards his guess as
a conservative estimate.
About the time man begins to brag
that bees won't sting him one does
An artistic temperament never
seems to fit in well with regular en-
ployment.
Enthusiasm helps some, but fire.
quently it takes more than that to
hold job.
Even in leap year girls won't take
the initiative-until the marriage has
been performed.
Next to signing petition, putting it
off until tomorrow is the easiest thing
the average man does.
Playing the piano may be culture.
but operating a sewing machine is
more important in the average home
An Atchison man, who has under
gone half dozen operations now
feels a draught every time he coughs.
This is also the season when a town
man would like to be a farmer if
he didn't have to farm a great deal.
Considerable attention is paid to the
Fourth of July, but it is also inapor-
tant to be safe and sane ON the other
days of the year.
There are some who have difficulty
learning to smoke, but it is a slight
difficulty compared with THAI encoun-
tered by those who try to quit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
RADIO Is WORKING
Wireless Communication With
Pershing Restored Today.
Code Messages Received, but
Kept Secret; Wires Cut.

Columbus, n. NJ, March 22.-Wire-
less communication with the advanced
base of American eXpeditionary forces
at Casas Grandes was restored today.
Several messages, all in code. were re-
ceived but none gave word of the two
missing lieutenants of the army aero
corps. Search for the missing men is
being continued.
Wires to Front Cut.
Ell Paso. March 22.-The wires be-
tween Juarez and Casas Grandes were
still cut today, so that for more than
4 hours General Gavira has been
without any news of what is tranSpir-
ing at the scene of the reported fight
ing between the Carranza and Villa
forces near Namaquipa.
On the American side communica-
ton with General Pershing remains
very limited and nothing definite
about operations of the expeditionary
force has been received. Train arri-
walls stated that the wireless between
Columbus and General Pershing's
headquarters was working fitfully. 1t
has been established that the trouble
with the wireless was due to weather
conditions and faulty mechanical
equipment First reports asserted the
bandits, by a few lucky shots, had dis
abled the apparatus at Gen. PERISH
ing's base.
The mystery over what is happening
between Juarez and Casas Grandes is
deeper than ever today. The distance
between the towns is about 1870 miles,
traversed by the Mexican northwest
ern railroad. Gen. Gavira declared
early yesterday that he was sending
out repair train under heavy guard
to restore the wires and report on
what caused their interruption. Early
today no report has been received and
the Mexican officials profess to be
completely ignorant of what occurred
AS the time lengthens since Flight
Lieutenants Robert H. Willis, jr., and
Edgar S. Gorrell disappeared with
their aeroplanes into the Chihuahua
desert fear for their safety increas es
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record
By their creeds We shall know them
-Churchmen.
The man who is on the level ought
TO have smooth travelling.
Some men live to a ripe old age, and
others get positively over-ripe.
Considering how many keys a piano
has, it is curious how few of them are
kept locked.
You never can tell Many a fell
low can catch on who doesn't know
when to let go.
4 poet should have a vivid imag-
ination. He is even inclined to talk
about love in a cottage.
Many a Self-made man acts as
though he ought to be sent back to
the manufacturer for repairs.
It is just as well to begin at the
bottom. The high flyer doesn't always
get to the top of the heap.
From the con mans point of view,
two of the greatest blessings in the
world are a fool and his money.
There is good in all things" quoted
the Wise Guy. Yes, even the finger
of scorn may have its good points"
added the Simple Mug.
Wigg-'B jones boasts that he is
proof against disappointment" Wagg
he is one of those fellows who
always expects the unexpected to hap
pen"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
APPEALS TO FRIENDS
Badders Is Trying Hard to Keep Out
of Prison.

Numerous former friends of George
S. Badders are receiving letters from
Badders urging them to write to
President Wilson asking him to grant
a parole. Badders, former president
of the Badders Clothing company of
Topeka, was sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for five years for misuse of
the mails. Unless there is interven-
ton he must begin serving his SEN
tence next month.
One of the letters was received to-
day by Hugh Fisher, judge of the
court of Topeka. In it Badders states
that he is writing to about 100 of his
former friends. Judge Fisher will
write no letter to President Wilson.
Il know none of the facts in the
case except as L have read in the
newspapers" said Judge Fisher.
That being the case, as judge of a
court, L do not feel justified in inter
fering with the judgment of any other
judge. If the presiding Judge, the
prosecuting attorney or some other Of
ficer of the court that tried Badders
was asking that a parole be granted
for Badders L might feel differently
about it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

one gathering his winter firewood in
this way was said 20 do it by hook or
crook" Equally ancient is the origin
of the phrase "all in apple pie order
Apple pies are not especially d1stln-
guished for their neat appearance
but in very early times English apple
pies were covered with an upper
crust decorated with row OF little
turrets around the outer edge. 1hese
rows were very neatly made. A row
was called an order, and so, Wheh
anything was done with extra pre-
cision and care it was said to be in
apple pie row or ORDER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
DEATH and FUNERALS

JOHN SLAVIN, age As, died Tues
day afternoon at a local hospital as
a result of injuries received when a
house fell upon him earlier Tuesday.
He is survived by a wife, seven chill
dren, a brother and a sister. The
funeral will be held at 5 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon at the home, 1903
North Taylor street. Interment in
Rochester cemetery.
MARY SHINN, age So, died Tues
day at the home of her brother, Will
liam Shinn, on r. F. d. No. T. North
Topeka. The funeral will be held at
O'Clock Thursday morning at the
Shiloh Baptist church. Interment in
WakaruSa cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

So rapid has been the progress of
the American forces in the pursuit of
Villa that it is reasonable to assume
that their job would have been com
completed by this time had they been
prepared to start when President Will
son gave the order, instead of having
70 delay as long as they did in order
to be properly equipped with supplies
and munitions. Neither was it the
FAULT of the officers and men along
the border that they were not so
equipped. The ''watchful walters at
Washington must take the blame for
II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY X. MOULToN.

Without You.
Without you, love, the day would hold no
light;
The kindly stars would vanish from the
night:
The flowers would all forget to wake at
morn;
The rose die sleeping, leaving but the
thorn
Without you.
National Magazine.
without you, love, I'd have no waist to
hook:
No one would wait with an accusing look;
When l turned hOmeward after toiling
late;
But l should probably bemoan my fate
Without you.
Chicago Herald.
Without you, love, I'm sure I'd never hear
How all things useful now have grown SO
dear
And while you show me bills that make me
grOan,
No doubt at all I'd feel alone
Without YOU.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
HONEYMOON IS SHORT
A Bride of Three Weeks Suddenly BE-
comes Insane.

The first intimation William Iiams
of 1859 Grand avenue had that his
bride of three weeks was mentally af-
flicted was when she left him at a
picture show Monday night and rush
ed out to the street despite his efforts
to detain her. Tuesday afternoon the
bride, Hazel Ijams, was adiudged in
sane in the probate court
"A snort tlme after she escaped
from her husband at the picture show
the woman appeared at the police
station with her dress and waist torn.
Her husband followed her but she did
not know him. She paid no attention
to him but went home willingly with
Off1cer Porter in the police automo-
bile. She declared she wanted to see
Funston and she seemed to think Por-
ter was a soldier.
Arrangements are being made to
place Mrs. 1jams in the Topeka state
hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
THE MIsTs OF ANTIoTTr1,

When one uses the expression "by
hook or crook" it is difficult to
realize, says The Peoples Home Jour
nal for April, that it dates back to
long years ago n England when, &C
cording to the rules governing the
poor-who were permitted to gather
free wood in the forests for domestic
use-they were entitled only to fallen
timber. underbrush or branches which
they could break from the trees. One
lucky enough to bring down a par
ticularly fine dead branch, or root
out a useful stick from the under
brush. was counted cleverer than the
rest, for to do it he used a crooked
pole or one with a hook on it, ANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
ARE WRONG ON WHEAT
Bennett Commission Company Sued
by Kansas City Firm.

The Thompson Milling company of
Kansas City filed suit in the district
court of Shawnee county today against
A. H. Bennett and A. S. Bennett of the
Bennett Commission company for ST.
$3.50 damages. The plaintiff COM
pany charges breach of contract.
The petition states that the ThOmp-
soE Milling company entered into an
agreement with the Bennett Commits
sion company June II, 1915, under
which the latter company was to de-
liver 5000 bushels of wheat before
July 20 at S1.00% a bushel. 1t
charges that the Bennett company
failed and refused to deliver and that
August "a the Thompson company
was forced to go into the market and
buy 5000 bushels of wheat, paying
$1.3S a bushel for it. thereby sustain
ing a loss of Sl.S92.50. The petition
asks for judgment for that amount,
and the costs of the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

and leaked, till the ice was all gone
till it had run down and hid itself in
the water at the foot of the very nil.
lars and posts it had covered And
then Mrs South Wind turned her at
tention to the hillsides; she melted Off
the snow in hurry and swept down
upon the rivers and creeks. ss-Theao
will be easyi" she cried, and she QUITE
forgot to be careful about noise.
With a crash and a bang the ice
broke up and-what do you suppose
Jack Frost both at once ana IT,
came. and drove Mrs. South wind
back south and froze everything mn
againi = Copyright - Clara INGRAM
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
Journal Entries

The most valuable asset any human
can have is good health.
!. + !
Many an excellent reason falls far
short of being a valid excuse.
J. = J
As a rule, the man who doesn't ask
favors seldom has any thrust upon
him.
j. = =
You can't convince the man who
gets it in the neck that every knock
is a boost.
= + i
And the punctual folk are forced to
waste lot of time waiting the pleas
ure of the tardy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
UNEASY AT TAMPICO
Nine Refugees Say Many Americans
Are Anxious to Get Out of Mexico.

Galveston, March 22.-While quiet
prevails at Tampico there is an under
tone of uneasiness among the Ameri-
can residents, according to reports
brought to Galveston by nine refugees
who arrived today oR board the oil
tank steamer Topila. They report
that there were several hundred
Americans who were anxious to leave
Tampico The yachts Wildduck and
Casiana, belonging to the oil company
operating in the Panuco field, are in
readiness to bring a number of ref
ugees in case actual trouble should
develop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
Gentle Spring also was kin

Gentle Spring also was kind enough
to make her advent in Miss June's
clothes. But if a temperature of so
degrees is to be normal weather for
the vernal season of 1916. what are
the thermometers likely to register
when midsummer arrives? Wen
many of them won't be able to regis
ter it, that's all. These are the ones
that are built for maximum of 12O
degrees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
THE LESSON OF 1T.


about the Republican state eonven-
ton held in Topeka yesterday and
there is a great lesson in it.
The detailed vote on the candidates
for the four positions for delegates at
large to the forthcoming national
convention shows an amazing condi-
ton.
This vote by counties is printed else
where in this issue and the interested
reader is invited to study this table.
As an illustration, the State Journal
wishes to point to the vote of Craw-
ford county.
This county had twenty-seven dele
gates; twenty-five of them voted for
former United States Senator Joseph
L. Bristow, now chairman of the state
public utilities commission. No in
formed politician would for a moment
think this was a natural alignment,
as the delegates We're not primarily
or politically for Mr.. Bristow.
Why did they go in a body to him:
for twenty-five out of the twenty
seven massed their votes for him?
1t is evident that Crawford county
delegates and delegates from other
counties voted for Mr.. Bristow be-
cause he is a power in the important
body which has such vital control
over railroads. trolley lines, telephones
and great interests of concern and of
importance to the public and corpor-
atoms.
There is no question in the mind of
the writer but certain Crawford dele
gates and delegates from some other
localities in the state voted for Mr..
Bristow, as a candid; tie for dele
gate to the national convention be-
cause of his place on the board. They
feared his influence over their bust
ness This paper does not charge
corruption in the latter and in fact
it believes Mr.. Bristow, although u
shrewd and active politician of long
standing and continuous service, is a
high minded man.
The fact remains, however, that
men as delegates to this convention
were afraid to stand up and be count
ed as against him, inasmuch as Mr..
Bristow had forced himself upon the
convention as a candidate.
Certain delegates were unquestion-
ably led to cast their votes for him
because of his power over public util-
tiles in which they, or their people,
were deeply concerned, or committed.
Another unpleasant feature of this
matter arises from the fact that Ger
tain machinery of the board was used
to line up certain delegates for its
chairman.
This all shows that the office which
Mr. Bristow holds should be kept out
of politics. In fact it is the belief of
this paper that the trainers of the
public utilities commission law Of
Kansas designed it to be not only nom
partisan but non-political. This board
is one of a judicial character and poll
teal activity should as far as posi-
BILE be kept out of such bodies.
Mr.. Bristow, while free American
citizen. would have strengthened him
self and the board CT which he is
chairman and dignified the high Of
flee he holds if he had refrained from
being a candidate while holding the
office; but he insisted and demanded
that he be given consideration, a con-
sideration which the convention de-
MED him.
There are other lessons which this
convention teaches which may be cited
in these columns, in a day or two.
This is all at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued to the
following persons today from the Of
flee of Hugh MacFarland, probate
Judge:
To FLOYD r. CHURCHILL. Bige-
low, age %, and Alta Armstrong.
Blaine, age IS.
To DEAN A. HENRY, Meriden, age
81, and Bertha E. Shank, Fall River
age 20.
To LLOYD E. COLEMAN, Denison,
age "a, and Flossie E. Renfro, Deni-
son, age q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

Hughes talk is said to be plentiful
among the committeeman of the
Republican national committee who
are in Chicago making the prelimin-
airy arrangements for the convention.
And the probabilities are that it will
be even more plentiful among the
delegates to the convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

You can pay your money and take
your choice of the news stories from
THE Mexican border and elsewhere as
to what Carranza's attitude is. Each
day produces a brace of rumors on the
subject, one to the effect that the de
facto Mexican chief is hindering
rather than helping in the pursuit of
Villa and his gang; and another that
he is cooperating heartily in the I'M
dertaking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
Portugal

Where are the commissary and 9TH
er scandals that usually develop in
this country whenever it undertakes
any military activity of any consider
able magnitude? Maybe a few OF the
disastrous lessons that such incidents
of the Spanish war taught
were so impressive that the right KIND
{ of steps have been taken by the mill
tary authorities to make their repeti-
zion impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
6O-Mile Wind Visits x. G.

Kansas City. March ga wind es-
timated at sixty miles an hour, ap-
preaching a hurricane in intensity,
blew here practically all of last night
and early this morning. Plate glass
windows were broken in the business
district, street lights and telephone
wires were blown down and a few
small buildings in the outlying dis
tricts were destroyed. The wind was
accompanied by a sharp drop in the
temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

Perhaps considerable of the trouble
and turmoil in Mexico may be ex-
planned by the report that some of
the agitators of the Industrial Work
ers of the World are up to their old
tricks in the state of Sonora. And
they may have been plying their
trade below the Rio Grande for some
rfime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

Most of these statesmen and others
who are sighting an end of the Euro
pean war at no distant date in the flu
ture. do not appear to have any very
dear ideas as to just how 1t Is going
to be brought about. or if they have
they are keeping them to themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
LOCAL MENTION.

The regular weekly store meetings
conducted by the Central Y. M c.. A
were led today by c. A. Dodge, pastor
of the Reformed Presbyterian church
of this city. Meetings were held in
Warren NJ. Crosby's store, the fire sta
ton and Doughertys and Stricken s
business colleges.
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MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.
MEMBER:

Pretty soon now, and the smile that
has adorned the face of the coal man
for four or five months will be trans
ferred to the visage of the ice man.
Does anyone know of any occasion or
season when Mr.. and Mrs. Consumer
have a reason to smile?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22
PASS WEST POINT BILL
Senate Favors Doubling of Cadets at
Military Academy

Washington, March 22.-The ma
tional defense program was advanced
another stage today when the senate
passed Senator Chamberlain bill to
double the number of cadets at the
West Point military academy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

The regular meeting of the Topeka
district Epworth leagues will be held
at Walnut Grove Methodist church on
March 81 at $50 o'clock. Supper will
be served by the young people Sew
eral important questions concerning
the work of the Epworth leagues in
the city will be considered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-22

Brazil is doing its best to keep the
Joke alive. 1t has made formal
declaration of its neutrality in respect
to the war between Germany and
Portugal