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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
STAGE ALL SET,
MAYOR, BEST MAN,
BUT NO LICENSE!

Chic-go, Oct. 1s.-The Rev. B. r
Brushingham. we'll known Methodlst
preacher of Chicago. mad arranged
neutrality-suspicious. Mayor Thomp-
son for best man-for his wedding
Yesterday but at the last moment ols-
covered he had forgotten the license
And the license bureau was closed on
account OF Columbus day. Immediate
" there was a lot of frantic teie-
phoning and thru newspaper Coun-
ty Clerk Sweitzer was communicated
with.
WELL" laughed Mr.. Sweitzer,
"Brushinghsm worked hard against
me when was running for mayor but
=" and Mr.. Sweitzer made a personal
matter of it. obtained the license, and
the absent-minded pastor was duly
united in marriage to Miss Clara Edith
Williamson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

which we can take refuge from the
ceaseIess bombardment of the days
This distinction is observable in every
field of human activity. Business sur
fers because too many lockers-up are
at the head of corporations which
should be enterprises but are not. The
mental earmark of these fellows Is
fear and their gloomy forebodings are
an editorial staple of the financial pa
pers. The United States is always In
crisis, and a man walking seems TO
them always on the point of falling
down. All governmental circles are
full of these semicentenarians to
whom the law is a preventive. legisla-
ton a barbed-wire fence, and the ex-
ecutive a censor. Once in while a
Roosevelt or a Tom Johnson will en-
ergize the whole tribe with the cleo
tricity of leadership and we will get
some glimpse of the things that the
power of a people might be turned to
achieve. Blessed is he who can get
the wisdom of so while keeping the
heart of 20, and fortunate is the COM
munity that follows such leaders. In
heaven we'll all be 20-meanwhile,
what do you do with your keys?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
KEYS AND THINGS.

From lie Figaro" of Paris, by way
of the cultured New York Evening
Post" we get a French observation to
the effect that the real meaning of
many words depend upon the age of
their hearer or user. says Golfers. The
clinching proof is furnished by the
word key.
At twenty: A contrivance used to
open things with.
At fifty: A Continuance used to shut
things with.
Isn't that one of the wisest and
saddest truths of life? At 20 every
one we meet may be g friend. every
new change is an opportunity, every
new day is a chance to see and know
and go ahead. In later years we must
hook on to our tried friends wit, a
grip Of steel, as old Polonius told his
son. for every newcomer may be an
enemy. We must dig ourselves in
against the evil possibilities of change
and provide ourselves with bomb
proofs OF property and position ir
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
ASK MORE REFORMING
w. C. T. U. Wants Tobacco Ads Cut
Out; Bible in Schools, Etc.

Hutchinson. Kan, Oct. 13.-Pay for
convicts their earnings to go to their
families, elimination of tobacco adver-
Using from Kansas newspapers study
of the Bible in the public schools ana
establishment of women's reformatory,
was some of the legislation recon-
mended to the next legislature by the
state convention of the w. c. T. u.
here today. Other reforms urged for
the Sunflowef state included more
rigid censorship of moving pictures
Nationwide suffrage, and prohibit
ton were endorsed. The convention
took a slap at the practice of smoking
on the campus of Kansas university.
pointing out that such practices were
not allowed at the Agricultural col
lege, another state institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
NoN-LINGU1sTIo AMERICANS.

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
believes the teaching of Spanish
should be made compulsory in the
public schools of this country.
Certainly a knowledge of the Ian
guage current in Latin-America on the
part of our future citizens would facil-
itate intercourse, friendliness and I'M
Outstanding between the peoples of
the Western Hemisphere.
You will find the Latin-American,"
says William E. Aughinbaugh in his
new book, Selling Latin-America"
(Small. Maynard & Company, "a gen.
tleman, a past master of the art of
etiquette, a Chesterfield in matters of
decorum and an agreeable companion.
He, like ourselves, has his weaknesses
Find out what they are and cater to
them. He will be responsive after he
gets to know you. The amount of
flattery that he will stand for and as
simulate is beyond belief. The Span
ish language" Mr.. Aughinbaugh goes
on to say, ''is especially equipped for
the purpose and provides means for
raising to it's nth power the superla-
tive degree. He expects you to
talk Spanish excepting in Brazil,
where the language is Portuguese, and
ne will tell you that 100000 peo-
| pie all over the world speak in this
tongue; that European statesmen con-
verse with him in this tongue. OBJ
viously, if you can discuss affairs with
him in his own idiom, you are on the
road to success. 1t is therefore
obvious without knowledge of Span
ish a salesman in this territory is
hopelessly and seriously handicapped
In fact. he is inefficient. Europeans
recognizing the importance of this
employ only representatives speaking
the languages of the countries wherein
they travel. st recall says Mr.. Augh.
limbaugh, meeting German in Assam
talking fluently the native tongue
and later ran across him in Ara.
bia conversing in Arabic in the mar
ket place. Americans have never beer
linguists, but in our business Lexicon
there should be no such word as i'm.
possible"
Evidently Mr.. Aughinbaugh would
heartily endorse Mr.. McAdoo's recon
mendation regarding the compulsory
teaching of Spanish in our schools IL
this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrom the Atchison Globe.l

lFrom the Atchison Globe1
Remember that revenge frequently
kicks both ways.
Caution helps conscience in keeping
down the output of cussedness.
There is such thing as borrowing
trouble and money at the same time.
AS a rule the longest jump is that
from the promising prospect to the
closed deal.
When knighthood was in flower, the
bathtub wasn't, and the Good Old
Days had other faults.
Sleep is also essential, and no after
dinner speaker should try to talk until
breakfast time.
Dogs are like people in that they
growl and show their teeth a good deal
more than they fight
A mother is apt to think her own
boy would be perfect If it were not for
the bad boys he has to associate with
Altho talk is cheap, and nothing
else seems to be lately, a man still
hates to pay admission to lecture.
You frequently hear of a man who
neglects his wife, but wife can neg.
lect her husband without attracting
much attention
1t is the opinion of children thai
their parents don't mind them as wei
as they should, but parents are i'm
proving in that respect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
INQUIRY ON FRAUD
Corrupt Election Conspiracy in Many
Cities Charged.

Washington, Oct. discharges of
widespread election fraud conspiracies
in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Column
bus, o., Detroit and other Michigan
cities, several Indiana cities, includ-
ing Indianapolis and Terre Haute, and
in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
Colorado, are under investigation to-
day by the department of justice. The
department hopes to dispose of the
cases before the coming elections.
Bribery, illegal registration, colon
ization and proposed illegal voting at
the November election, are included
in the charges The department has
been informed it is planned to take
voters from one state to another to
use them in elections
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

Now that the baseball championship
for 1916 has been decided. maybe
some Of the candidates for some OF the
offices that are parceled out by the
voters on November 7 will be able to
attract a little of the attention to
which they think they are entitled.
With the European war running along
more vigorously than ever. and U-boat
commerce destroyer bobbing up un-
expectedly in American waters, and
the most important event of the year
on the American calendar, a Worlds
Series. under way, this has been
mighty tough october so far for those
who are so keen to serve in the high
as well as the lowly public stations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

lean workmen had earned wages. OF
the total exports. 81 per cent or ST.
131,2S2.606 went to the European al
lies. In addition to this 1s per cent or
S454, 64S,S31 went to British colonies;
thus it will be seen that our markets
outside of France, Italy, Russia and
England and her colonies amounted
to but 26 per cent or S90O,0S4, 551;
therefore, the retention of the markets
of Europe and European colonies is
absolutely essential for the prosperity
of this country, not alone for the man
ufacturer or the exporter. but for the
farmer, the laborer and the skilled
mechanic. They are all inseparably
bound together, and the loss Of those
markets would be felt by all. It
would mean even more than the direct
loss shown by figures, because many
OF our manufacturers utilize export
business to keep their plants running
steadily. and without it would be COM
PEELED to either shut down part of the
time or curtail their output by shorter
hours of work.
1t is true that when the war is ended
the vast sums spent for war materials
will cease to a very great extent, but
implements and materials of peace
will take their place in bringing back
normal conditions, and the factories
of this country are really more adapt
ed to the manufacture of these than of
war supplies. 1t must not be forgot
ten that the United States has largely
increased its manufacturing capacity,
and it would seem to be the part of
wisdom to try and keep them going
to their limit when conditions change.
Surely 1t is high time for American
merchants and manufacturers and for
our lawmakers to take notice of the
handwriting on the wall and take i'm
mediate steps to safeguard not only
the foreign commerce we have secured
owing to the war. but the foreign COM
merce we enjoyed even before the war.
Shortly it will be too late and We shall
| look back and try and discover why
| we were SO blind. Commercial pre-
paredness" costs nothing, and 1t is a
very useful thing to have when
needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

The spectacular and destructive per
formances of the German submarine
U-5s, off the New England coast
seems to have pretty effectively BLOCK
AIDED American ports, as is evidenced
nv the reluctance of many transat-
tic liners to ave them and begin
their scheduled Journeys to the other
side. But there will probably be no
one to blame them for exercising such
caution. And what has become OF the
U-53? les a veritable will-o'-the-
wisp of the seas, isn't she? Her dis
appearance is quite as uncanny as "as
her appearance and the precision and
thororess with which she executed heI
mission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
FRIDAY-f3TH HOODOO-
NOT WORRYING CANDIDATES

Republican aries Evan
Hughes today is campaigning in
Missouri VIII deliver set speeches
at Springfield and Joplin.
Democratic - President Wilson
en- route to summer capital at
Shadow Lawn from Indianapolis.
Due at Shadow Lawn at 2 D. m.
Prohibiton-J- Frank HanIy and
Dr. Ira Landrith with Prohibition
special, campaigning thru southern
Illinois and Indiana, ending with a
night meeting at Evansville. Ind.
SOCIALISM, L. Benson resting in
San Francisco. Scheduled to ad-
dress big mass meeting there to-
night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

Staunehly, from sea to sea.
Here, where our hearts belong,
Stand we united
All that we have to give,
Nothing shall be. denied,
Ready for sacrifice,
Ready for thee to live.
Over the country ide,
Stand we united.
One under palm and pine,
One in the prairie sun,
One on the rock-bound shore,
Liberty sighted;
All that we have is thine,
Thine, who hast made us one,
True to thee eyermore,
Stand We united.
Jesus loved His town, and went
strai light back to it TO begin His pub
lie ministry. Jesus loved His nation
and its holy city, and longed, even t.
tears, to save Jerusalem from, its mar
row-mindedness and sordidness and
self-absorption. Jesus loved the world
and even loved it unto death. 81 have
given you an example. that We should
do as have done"
A nation can survive almost any
thing, except citizens who put seif-in-
terest above duty to their country.
| All down the long lane of history,
we see shining the figures of men and
women who dared to love and serve
their land and their kind above their
own lives. Even the crudest forms of
society honor rs their heroes the men
! who sacrificed all for a great service.
What is animating the soldiers of
Europe-and their dear ones left at
home-but an exalted public spirit?
| 1t Is a consciousness that there are
| finer possibilities to humanity than
mere living. In its essential qualities
this spirit is Christian, and one with
the master-passion of Him who came
Not to be ministered unto. but to
minister" 1t is life. and love to the
utternost Mrs. Charlotte Perkins
Gilman writes:
"There are times when a man must die!
Ina CINE for a batt1e-cry,
| From soldiers with a sword to hold,
From soldiers with flag unrolled.
! This c,ward's whine this liars lie,
"A man must livev"
Public spirit both builds school
and swat flies: it provides playground
and drives out pernicious influences
1t knows how to smite, as we'll as hov
to smile.
The author of ..In His Steps," D1
Charles M. Sheldon. has not, like man
others, expunged from his Bible tn
text, ''Abhor that which is evil" H
praise of righteous Indignation:
God has His use to make of angry mer
Like him who, in the cruel Pharoah'
land,
: Slew the Egyptian, In a rage and then
Buried his body in the desert sand.
: Seeing his brothers scorged, ensiaved an
bound,
. Beaten and broken for a tyrant's fame
Rearing vast pyramids, in ceaseless roun
OF endless toll, his anger famed whit
flame.
"God give us angry men in every age,
, Men with indignant souls at sight {
II wrong,
! Men whose whole being CLOVIS with right
eous rage,
Men who are strong for those who nee
the strong.
. "And pity those soft youth this natio
rearS.
Who never strike n blow for huma
needt
t Those puDy souls who live behind the
2 fears
: And grow more puny, fed on lust an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
HUGHES SPEEDING ON
Special Scheduled to Break All Rec
ords 10 Springfield, Mo.

Springfield, Mo-, Oct. Is:--Charles
E. Hughes is scheduled to reach
Springfield at p. m. The special
train carrying lim over the Frisco
from st. Louis has been given the
right-of-way over all other trains
Railroad men say if the special
maintains its schedule, the trip of the
nominee will be the fastest ever made
by a train on the Frisco between st
Louis and Springfield.
The train left St. Louis three and 4
half hours late. The nominee did not
expect to stop en- route to Joplin He
will leave Joplin at 1880 tonight for
points in Nebraska, closing his tour
with an address at Lincoln tomorrow
night. Mr.. Hughes will remain at Lin
coin over Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
R. R. CROSSING CRASH
Train Hits Street Car. Killing Man and
Injuring Six.

Troy, N. Y, Oct. 13.-One man was
instantly killed, another crushed so
severely that he may die and five
other men were injured when a Della
ware & Hudson train struck a
United Traction company trolley car
on a crossing in Green Island early
today.
Hector Gippeau, son of the comp
troller of the city of Cohoes. was the
man killed, and John Hawart of
Cohoes was seriously injured. The
accident was caused by slippery rails,
the motorman being unable to prevent
the car going on the railroad crossing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
.BRETONS MOVE AHEAD
Advance on Mile and Half Front in
Somme Campaign.

London, Oct. 13.-British troops ad-
vanced on the front extending from
Guedecourt to Les Bouefs (about one
and one-half miles) in severe fighting
north of the Somne last night. Cen
eraI Haig reported this afternoon.
Gains were also made northwest of
Guedecourt and $50 prisoners were
taken.
a German attack north of Stuff re-
doubt was driven off. Fourteen raid
ing parties entered enemy trenches in
the regions of Ypres and Armentieres
during the night. returning with priS-
oners and inflicting casualties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A nickel saved is even more import
ant than a dime earned.
y * y
Almost everybody has more good
luck than he is willing to admit.
X X
Finding fault with others is often
cloak to cover up the imperfections of
the fault-finder.
X X =
Hard work doesn't carry with it any
great amount of satisfaction II it isn't
reasonably rewarded.
y y X
1t is only reasonable to assume that
the ranks of the peace-at-any-pricr
are pretty well filled with henpecked
husbands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
"PubIic Nfind'' Christians.

Terse Comments on the Uniform
!. Prayer Meeting Topics of the Young
& Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavor, etc.-for October Is: Pub
lie Spirit and How to Cultivate It"
Psalms 122:1-9.
A phrase that prods is William
PENIS exhortation to "a public mind. -
He wanted his city made up of men
eral welfare. This is the foundation
virtue for a community A public
mind" will prevent or cure public ills.
The welfare of the whole will take
precedence of the prosperity of the in
dividual
Scattered all over the United States
ana Canada are communities, large
and small which are striking examples
of the results of a public spirit on the
part of a community Even the most
casual wayfarer sees that they are
different" Their streets are better
paved, better kept and better shad-
ed The houses, little and large, show
stores are brighter, and the schools
and churches and public library reveal
general interest on the part of ev-
erybody. Civic pride is manifest in
every aspect Instead of vile yaude-
vile, the neighbors get their enter
tainment thru high-class organiza-
tons. who are responsible to the best
people in the place. Usually, this pub
TIC spirit is trdcedDle TO the ideals Ind
activities of only one or two persons
Somebody has had a visi, n of a beau
tiful ncighborhood, with the welfare
| of everybody as its goal. and others
/ have caught the same impulse. One
| patient, tactful. resolute person car
| impart public spirit to any commun-
| !ty.
Where there is no vision the peo-
| pie perish" wrote the Wise Man. A
neighborhood can better afford to bs
without all modern conveniences thar
without n spirit of public welfare Fol
| the latter soon brings all other gooc
! things in its train
| Firm as the furnace heat
| Rfvets the bars of STEEL
Thus to thy destiny,
d Flag we are plighted;
Zone are the hearts that beat,
One is the throb we feel,
One in our loyalty
/ Stand we united.
| Many folk have brought
Sinew and trawn to thee;
Many an ancient wrong
Well hast thou righted;
Here in the land we sought,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

These would seem to be little too
strenuous times for such a distin-
guished pedagog as President Hibben,
of Princeton. to waste his time. energy
and speech to find fault with those
who use the term "highbrow' in the
sense that has been popularity at
tRched 70 It. Names never hurt any
body. It's the sticks and stones that
leave bruises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
LOCAL MENTION

DIR. C. II. Lerrigo, president OF the
Kansas association for the prevention
of tuberculosis, will assist the board
of health in equipping the health car.
if was announced today by the board
Doctor Lerrigo will use part OF the
associations funds for purchasing fur
nishings for the car.
Today-Friday the 13th-is not
favor1te with couples planning we'd
dings. Late today not a single couple
had visited the office of he probate
Judge Upstairs in the courtrooms
attorneys were juggling their cases SO
they would not start today
Clifford Frost, negro. and Frank
Campbell, white, charged by the coro-
ner's jury with causing the death
of Ed Bennett, a prisoner in the city
iaI. were taken into the court of To-
peka today. Campbell waived pre-
iiminary and was bound tver to the
district court under a $500 boEd- The
preliminary hearing of Frost was con-
tinued until October 20.
Mrs. Ida Widner was found guilty
in the first division of the district
court today of violating the prohibi-
tory law. She was. charged with one
count One witness went on the stand
and testified that he bought one bot
tie of beer from her. He also testi-
fled that IL was the first bottle he ever
drank and that he had not touched
beer since. Mrs. Widner lives in
North Topeka.
The New Thought society will meet
Sunday morning at Unity church, 914
Topeka avenue, at 10 o'clock. Worth
Brown of Los Angeles, Cal, will intro
duce the Vedantic philosophy and its
system of psychology. Doctor Green
of Portland. Ore, will speak at the
evening service, beginning at 1880.
The fifty-four teachers in the high
school had a picnic this afternoon at
Vinewood park. A special car took
them from the school to the park and
return.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

England's populace is said to be
soothing its nerves that have been
wrought up by the war by chewing
gum to an extent that was never be-
fore dreamed of in that sedate land.
And gum-chewing has other advan-
tages. too. 1t has a decided tendency
TO put a lid on the incessant flow OF
conversation, or idle chatter that
seems inherent with NEST humans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

Otto. the mad king of Bavaria" is
dead. And IL one or two of the other
"mad" kings of Europe had been
subjected to the same restraint that
the late Otto has been for the past few
years. the probabilities are that the
great war would never have been be-
gun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

Little Mr.. Mercury, who does bust
ness in the Kansas Thermometers, has
seldom been so active as he has been
during the first two weeks of this Oc-
tober. He has been going up and
down so rapidly that he must have
met himself several times on the way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

Is Kansas going to give her soldier
boys the rousing welcome home that
they deserve. or is their homecoming
10 be ignored to the same inexcusable
extent that their departure was?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
Walter johnson in Exhibition.

Humboldt, Kan, Oct. 13--This is
walter Johnson" day In celebra-
ton johnson will pitch for the Hum
boldt Grays against the lola White
Sox with Ad Brennan opposing the
washington star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

Winnipeg. Man, Oct 13.-Ray-
mond Fuson was arrested here today
upon complaint Of Hutchinson. Kan.
officials, of obtaining money under
false preterses.. He did not deny his
identity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
KANSAS MAN H0N0RED

sion Push City, Mimi, was today
elected president of the National As
ISOLATION of Retail Implement Deal
ers H. j. Hodge, Abilene, Kan, was
chosen secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13

JAMES o. BUTLER. for many years
prominent school teacher in Shaw
nee county, died Wednesday night in
Mineral Wells, Texas. He is survived
by a wife and four sons. Robert, Jesse.
Eugene and James Butler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

THELMA FOX, age 6, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fox, Twenty
third and Maryland avenues, died
Thursday The funeral will be held
at 9 O'Clock saturday afternoon in the
home. Interment in Mount Auburn
cemetery.