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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-11-11
Bible Reading Should be Made Manda.
tory in Public Schools.

Editor Goodwin, of the Colfax
Chronicle, is indignant over the
published statement that State
Superintendent Tom Harris has
asked Rabbi Sternheim, late of
Baton Rouge, to represent Louisi-
ana on the national commission
to compile a moral code, and
makes the following protest:
I'VE regard this code commits
sion business as direct refec-
ton on the Christian people of
Louisiana, whether Catholic or
Protestant, and hold that there
is no sound reason for it, nor pop
ular call for any such institution.
There is a Christian code recog-
nized the world over. 1t has
stood the test of ages. We be-
lieve it will prevail to the end of
time, and be the governing code
of morals long after the memory
of those who would change or
improve upon it have sunk into
oblivion"
Bro. Goodwyn's Indignation is
wasted. Rabbi Sternheim and
his associates have no intention
of trying to revise the Ten Com
mandments or the Sermon on the
Mount. Their efforts are direct
ed to the compiling of a code of
morals which may be taught in
the public schools and which will
not offend the sensibilities of the
adherent of any religion or the
man who believes in none. The
time to teach people the advant-
age of being honest, upright and
pure is during the school age,
but our public schools dare not
teach anything that savors of re-
ligion. Mr.. Sternheim and the
commission are striving to agree
upon some sort of substitute,
that is all. Lake Charles Ameri-
can-Press.
Bro. VIM. E. Krebs, of the
American-Press, has not told US
anything of which we have not
been perfectly well aware for
twenty years that is, since the
coterie of self-styled educators
started in to rule the Bible ont of
the schools. These gentlemen,
as the American-Press puts it,
ARE striving to agree upon some
sort of a substitute" for the
teachings of the Bible, and it is
doomed to be miserable failure.
They propose to rush in where
angels dare not tread.
This whole question has been
threshed out nearly four hundred
years ago, when Martin Luther
in 1917 translated the Bible into
German, and the first German
primer in his day contained the
Ten Commandments. the Apos-
ties Greed, and the Lords Pray
er. 1t is hardly worth while for
Bro. Krebs at this late date to
imagine that a substitute can be
found for the religion" that he
admits should be taught during
the school age" The civilized
world is a unit on the Ten Com
mandments being the only ''mor-
al code" worthy of the name.
We regard it as an act of pre-
sumption for any man or set of
men to assume to themselves the
or right to manufacture
some sort of a substitute" for
Bible teachings, to be used in
the public schools.
These United States of ours
lays claim to being a Christian
nation, and in forty-three of the
States the Bible is used in the
public schools. In five States
reading the Bible in the public
schools is prohibited, namely, in
Arizona, California, Louisiana,
Missouri and Minnesota. Only a
year ago New Jersey and Tenn
essee made Bible reading a part
Of compulsory education, and we
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-11-11

We pay the highest price for every.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-11-11

\ Just received car load of bulls and
meal. ]. w. Duncan Co.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-11-11
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRINC WIFE

| had gotten so weak I could not stand,
and ] gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me a bottle Of
Cardui. the woman's tonic, and I COM
menced taking It. Prom the very first
dose. ] could ten Il was helping me. I
can now walk two miles without IL
firing me. and am doing ali my work."
hyou are all run down from womanIy
troubles. don't give up in despair. Try
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more than a million women, In its 50
years Of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist fas
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
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mend It. Begin taking Cardui today.
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Ad3sory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for Speci0l
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-11-11
After -Four Years Of Diseouragins
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Uph Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.


Catron, Ky.-In an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years, with womanly trodbles, and during
this time. ! could only sit up for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times. I would have severe pains
In my left side.
The doctor was called n, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but | was
soon confined to my bed again. After
hat. nothing seemed to do me any good.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-11-11

AhSoS OHheCu Ot0lCo VI Jul
lays claim to being a Christian
nation, and in forty-three of the
States the Bible is used in the
public schools. In five States
reading the Bible in the public
schools is prohibited, namely, in
Arizona, California, Louisiana,
Missouri and Minnesota. Only a
year ago New Jersey and Tenn
essee made Bible reading a part
of compulsory education, and we
hold that the same should be
done in Louisiana. We feel sure
that if it were left to a vote of
the people the Bible would be
put back in the schools. It was
only ruled out a few years ago
by a shoddy trick, in which the
people were not consulted.
The Jew has no right to object
to the Bible, because he believes
in three-fourths of it: and Cath
olics and Protestants have no
right to object to the Bible, be-
cause they both profess to believe
in it as a whole. The Bible is
the most important book in the
world, and it should be in the
school. We make the challenge
that Protestants would rather
have the Catholic version of the
Bible in the schools than that the
schools be conducted by Goddess
men who ignore the Bible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
WAITE DOES NOT KNOW
News of Wife's Divorce Suit Kept
From Confessed Poisoner.

New York, April 5.-Dr- Arthur
Warren Waite has not been told of his
wife's divorce suit The family and
physicians of the self-confessed mul
derer did not wish to add to Waites
agony.
More than that, fear was expressed
fol Waite's reason if not for his life
when he learns that his bride had TAX
en- steps to sever the legal link that
binds her to the poisoner of her father
and mother.
Since his arrest, Waite has chung to
the hope that his wife-the girl whom
he admits he intended also to murder
would hasten to his side.
OF all the friends who knew him in
his palmy days, Margaret Horton alone
remains true.
Il will always stick by DR. Waite"
said the "other woman today, her big
brown eyes sultry with tears Il am
no. interested in Mrs. Waite's divorce
suit. They can't hurt me now.
haven't anything to say about the
charges against me-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
Wife Claims Husband Shut
Door on Her Hand.
Few More Complaints Filed
With Divorce Petition.

Because her husband ran her out
of the house and shut the door on her
fingers Leila Olive Grissom wants a
divorce from j. T. Grissom. She filed
a suit for divorce and separate main
tenance for herself and year-old son
in the district court today.
Mrs. Grissom states that they were
married in Topeka September 10,
1913, that they have a son, Harold.
over one year of age. Then she lists
her complaints against the husband.
She says he cursed her, called her
vile names, threatened to kill her. ran
her out of their home and locked the
door and that while so doing he shut
the door on her hand, injuring her Sc
verely. Mrs. Grissom says she had to
go to the home of friends for shelter
and that she has since been in poor
health.
Mrs. Grissom says her husband
works for the Santa Fe and draws
$50 a month; that she has no means
of support, is broken in health and
unable to work. She asks that she be
given a reasonable amount of her hus-
bands wages to support herself and to
place the child in a private family un-
til she is able to properly care for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
Support VIII Go to Candidates
That Will Favor
The Susan B. Anthony Amend
ment to the Constitution.
men WHO HAVE OPPOSED II
Will Stand No Show With the
Congressional Union.
Every Suffrage State To Be Or
ganized for Campaign.

Plans to swing women voters behlnd
the party that offers the greatest aid
to the fight for national suffrage, will
be worked out by members of the Con-
gressional union when the flying
squadron from Washington comes to
Topeka next week. The movement
means a fight on congressman ana
senators and a thorough organization
of the women in all states where they
have won the ballot.
No effort will be made in Topeka
next week to establish strictly wo-
mems party, according to statement
today by Miss Mabel Vernon, who has
been in Kansas for several months in
the interests of the Congressional
union An appeal, though. will be
made to the women of Kansas to
swing their support to the party that
offered the greatest assistance and to
fight those who have stood in the way
of the resolution. In short there is
trouble in the air for Congressman
Joseph Taggart and several Kansas
Democrats who have not stood
straight on the federal amendment.
To Organize Every Suffrage State.
The women in every state where
they have the ballot will be organized
for the campaign" said Miss vernon
today in discussing the plan that is ma
ton wide in it's scope. We do not
party. There will be no women's tick
cts in the field. We will simply swing
our support against the men who have
stood in the way and blocked progress
in securing national suffrage. That is
ALL"
In the minds of a good many poll
ticians, that may be quite sufficient
1t means that trouble will be carried
to several Democratic congressman in
{ Kansas and that the fight of the wom-
en- affiliated with the Congressional
Union will be thoroughly organized
The Flying Squadron.
Nearly thirty women in the Con-
gressional Union party will arrive in
Topeka next Wednesday. They will
spend an entire day here and will
spend Thursday in Wichita. From
Wichita they will go to Salt Lake
City, where a national convention will
be held to work out plans for the
campaign. The trip through Kansas
and other suffrage states is for the
purpose of arousing enthusiasm and
fighting spirit among the women.
Mrs. Dan Embarrassment of Man
haitian, president of the Kansas
branch of the Congressional Union,
will probably go to Salt Lake City for
the convention. 1t is probable that
Miss Vernon will also sit in the Utah
convention. Detailed plans for the
fight will be considered and discussed
with Kansas club women and suffrage
leaders during the stay in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
HE PLAYED WRONG CARD
Negro Almost Gained Freedom by
Ruse-Then Fell Down.

Prince Hardiman was wanted by the
sheriff on an old commitment and his
bond had expired. Joe Holman, depu-
ty sheriff, went down into South To-
peka to get him. 1t had been report
ed that he had been selling liquor and
the officer decided to pick him up.
''Ah'm sick" he told Holman.
He looked SICK" said Holman,
land he almost had me persuaded to
let him go until today, then he tipped
his hand"
you all knows 1 don't have to CO."
said Hardiman.
What's at" said Holman.
Why said Hardiman. my lawyer
told me l always has three days grace
on bond. That bond expired Satur-
day. Sunday was a holiday and that
don't count Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday, don't have to go until
Thursday.
Holman convinced Hardiman then
and there that he was going to Jail
whether there was such a thing as
three days grace" on a bond or not.
After they reached the sheriffs office
Hardiman telephoned to his lawyer
and rallied about the three days grace
and the lawyer told Hardiman he was
plain fool" that he never told him
anything and didn't know who he
was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
REPORTS TURNED IN
The City Water Department. Collected
$9,441.93 in March.

At an adjourned meeting of the city
commissioners tEis morning the re-
port of the plumbing inspector, w. A
Wolverton. showing he had collected
for the month of March $126.75, was
received and filed. as was also the re-
port of the electrical inspector, A. E.
Sutton, whose report showed he had
collected $112.Os fol the same pc
riod.
The commissioners also received the
report of the water department
which showed S9.441.93 had been COL
lected for March from water con-
sumers in Topeka.
The final reading of ordinances
creating two new sewer districts, took
place. One district lies between Divi-
sion street and Swygart and Sixth ave-
nues. The other extends from To-
peka avenue to Grant street, then
north to ST. John, west to Tyler. south
to Grant. east to center line of Grant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
LIKE GAUL OF OLD
Reward for Dunton Car Is Divided
Into Three Parts.

Three Charles are fighting for the
$50 reward offered by V. J. Duntou
for the recovery of his Maxwell car
Under an opinion handed down by
Hugh Fisher, judge of the court of To-
peka, today, each of the Charles is
entitled to a share. However, one Of
them thinks he is entitled to all of it
and announced that he would appeal
the case to the district court.
The three men interested in the re-
ward are Charles Richards, motor
cycle policeman; Charles Wierenga,
Maxwell salesman and Charles
Jaeschke, garage man.
Jaeschke gave the tip that led to
the location of the car to Wierenga
and to Richards at the same time.
They hurried to the private garage
and found it.
At the conclusion of the hearing in
the court of Topeka today Judge
Fisher held that each of the three was
entitled to third of the reward and
that the costs of the case should also
be equally distributed.
Wierenga will appeal the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
HURT Her FINGER CHARTER A ROAD
Liberal Men Plan to Build to
Beaver, Okla.
Other Charters Granted by the
State Board.

Another Kansas railroad won
charter today before the state charter
board. The new road is the Okla
homa, Kansas & Northern railway
The proposed road will extend from
Liberal, Kansas, to Beaver, Okla, a
distance of forty miles
Plans outlined in the charter call
for the building of a standard gauge
road from the Seward county seat to
Beaver, Okla. A number of Liberal
men are stockholders in the com
pany, which is capitalized for $780,
900. The stockholders are: j. r. Bo-
lin, j. E. George, c. E. Wood, r. Hall,
D. D. Land, E. j. Thayer. Liberal,
and w. Y. Byers, Dombey, Okla.
The proposed road will connect with
the Rock Island at Liberal. 1t is
proposed by officers of the company
to begin construction work this year.
Other charters granted today are:
Manhattan Country Club, Manhat-
tan. Capital $4,000.
Hoisington Lodge No. 373, 1. o. o.
F., Hoisington. No capital.
Mennonite School society. Mound
ridge. No capital
Associate Presbyterian church, Min
nicola. No capital.
Argo Oil & Gas Company, Coyville.
Capital $4,000.
Norris Cooperative Exchange. Nor
ris. Capital $4,000.
Liberal Construction company, Lib
eral. Capital $4,000.
Pine Pool Gasoline Company,
Hutchinson. Capital $4,000.
Cimarron Cooperative Equity Ex-
change, Cimarron. Capital $4,000.
Vermont Marble company, Topeka.
Capital $4,000.
Sumner County Oil & Gas company
Caldwell. Capital $4,000.
Safety Pulling Machine company,
Independence. Capital $4,000.
German-American Publishing COM
pany, Leavenworth. Capital $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
ENDOW CHARITY
Plan to Raise 100000 for the
PrOvident Association.
TOpekanS Will Take Out Life
Policies In Its Favor.

An endowment fund of $4,000
for the Provident association is under
way in Topeka on a novel plan started
by prominent people in the city. In
surance policies for various amounts
are to be taken out in favor of the
Provident association and on the
death of the insured the money is
placed in the endowment fund. The
principal is to be held in trust by the
Germania Life company and the in
come therefrom will go to the insti-
tuition.
Signatures are being secured by
Baird Whitney, of the Germania COM
pany, to an agreement to carry poll
cies for the association. This plan has
been adopted successfully in many
other cities. In Kansas City a fund of
$150,000 was raised for St Mary's
home by the insurance plan. Char
table associations are supported in
this way in Il number of large cities
of the country.
As a result of about two weeks
work Mr.. Whitney has brought the
fund up to $4,000 and he expects to
complete the pledges in a few weeks.
Topeka people have responded to the
cali freely, and it is expected that the
work will progress rapidly as many
prominent business men of the city
are behind the movement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
HAVE ROSY CHEEKS
AND FEEL FRESH AS
A DAISY-TRY THIS!
Says glass of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisons-

To see the tinge of healthy bloom
in your face, to see your skin get
clearer and clearer, to wake up with
tongue or a nasty breath, in fact to
try inside-bathing every morning for
one week.
Before breakfast each day. drink q
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in it
as a harmless means of washing from
the stomach. liver, kidneys and bowels
the previous days indigestibIe waste.
sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing,
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary canal before putting more
food into the stomach. The action of
hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wonderfully in
MIGRATING. 1t cleans out all the sour
lamentations. gases and acidity and
gives one splendid appetite for
breakfast.
A quarter pound Of limestone phos-
phate will cost very little at the drug
store but is sufficient to demonstraf e
that just as soaJ and hot water
cleanses sweetens Snd freshens the
skin. SO hot water and limestone Dhor-
phate acts on the blood and internal
organs. Those who are subject to con-
stipation. bilious attacks acid storn-
ach. rheumatic twinges. also those
whose skin is saIlow and comuIexiov,
pallfd. are assured that one week ~
inside-b bathing will have them hoth
looking and feeling better in averv
way.-Adyertiseme
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
CONTRACT IS let
Santa Fe Awards Shop Extern
sion Work to SWansOns.
Machine Shop Crane and Store
house Added to Job.
BUILDING WILL COST 100000
Appropriation of $15O,OOO Is
Allowed for Topeka.
Balance of $4,000 May Be
Used for More Buildings.
BUILDING WILL COST $4,000

contract for the installation Of
foundations and the erection of brick
walls and roof of the proposed 80
foot extension to the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe blacksmith shop was let
late Tuesday afternoon to Swanson
Brothers of Topeka. The same firm
also was awarded a contract for the
erection of a crane at the east end Of
the machine shop and a store house
for materials. Work on the struc-
lures will be started as soon as materi-
ais can be brought on the ground,
probably within two weeks
Steel for the frame of the black
the ground. 1t will probably be erect
ed by men in the employ of the rail-
way.
With the completion of the new ex-
tension to the blacksmith shop, the
Topeka shops will surpass any other
railway repair plant in the country
in equipment for making steel forg-
ings. A forging machine recently pur-
chased by the company at a cost of
SIS, 900 has been put in place and will
be in operation within a few weeks.
The building complete will cost the
Santa Fe about $4,000, it was esti-
mated this morning. 1t will conform
appearance and will be devoted ex-
clusively to the manufacture of heavy
steel forgings The estimated cost of
erecting the crane is placed by Off
cials of the company at 100000.
To Spend $15O,OOO.
The extension to the blacksmith
shop and the erection of a crane are
the first of a number of improvements
at the shops that officials of the rail-
way are contemplating making this
year An appropriation of $4,000
for improvements in the Topeka shops
recently was allowed by the company.
Among other improvements that
probably will be made this year is
complete revision of the sewage sys-
tenn at the shops to take care of build
ings that have been erected within the
last ten years. At least 100000 will
be spent in bringing the system up
to date, according to officials of the
road.
Plans for the revision of the sewage
system are being drawn by Santa Fe
engineers, although a call for bids
probably will not be made for several
weeks. Officials hope to have the
changes made by fall
While no definite plans have yet
been made for the expenditure of $780,
900 of the appropriation for 1916, it
probably will be devoted to erection
of more buildings at the shops, it is
said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05

The special scenery and drops by
Frank Peers and Hampton Snirer, two
Washburn students of this city, will be
the feature of the Washburn Drama
tic club production of Shaw's comedy,
You Never Can Tell" next Saturday.
Wonderful work" is the opinion OF
some of Topeka's skilled theater goers
who were shown the scenery which is
now at the theater awaiting the pro-
duction of the play Saturday. Peers
and Shirer are both members of the
senior class of Washburn college. They
intend to go east next year to study
architecture. However. there is
large possibility of their going in for
scenic art as their scenery for the
coming play and an interior built for
the last fall Washburn play have had
big praise from Topeka art critics.
Every inch of the scenery and drops
of three large sets" have been paint
ed by the boys in the last month in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
SHE HAD GOOD Time
Negro Girl Spent ''Some Night Out
of Jail-Back Again.

Jessie Harris. a colored girl who
spends much of her time at the city
jail, managed to stay out of Jail just
twenty-four hours after she was re-
leased yesterday morning. This morn
ing she was back behind the bars.
A week ago Jessie was arrested for
being drunk and disorder.y. She was
in the room when two negro men
carved each other up and was slightly
cut herself
Yesterday a woman who knows the
Harris girl made an appeal in her
behalf and the girl was released. She
promised to drop the booze. Last
night she secured some liquor and
amused herself with it through the
night. This morning she went to the
house of a stranger who was not at
home kicked in a window and made
herself at home. When the police ar
rived she had all the olshes in a dish
pan, had poured water over them and
WAS trying to pour the whole works
out of a window Meanwhile she was
shouting and cursing a the top of her
voice.
She's back in Jail and is likely to
draw the limit Friday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-05
FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC
Wanamaker Will Try Trip Whether
He Gets Reward or Not.

New York, April 5.-In reply to the
cablegram sent by the Aero Club of
America to Lord Northcliffe, inouiring
whether his antebellum offer of a
prize of $4,000 for the first trans
atlantic flight was still open, the club
today received this answer:
Eyes, after the war" This reply,
however, Allan r. Hawley, president
of the club, said will not affect the re-
Gently announced plans of Rodman
Wanamaker to make a crossatlantic
flight in a new high powered triplane
now under construction, as Mr.. Wanna
maker had not considered the matter
of a prize. The flight probably will be
attempted this summer and the war,
Mr. Hawley thought, would not inter
fere