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The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28
He Found Himself Easily.

The latest of the ;nterminable yarns
about the lamented Bugs Raymond is
as follows: Raymond had been rather
i'll, and the club doctor gave him a
potion to be taken at night before re-
tiring. The next day the doe met
his eccentric patient. well, Ray
mond," quoth the M. D., chow did
you find yourself this morning ?'
Easy said Raymond, ''easy. I Just
opened me lamps, and, by golly, there
was"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Telephone addresses for convenience IN
buying Filed away could be called often Tor QUICK
reference appear Saturday If you are not rep
call Adv. Dept, for information
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28
By M. QUAD


BOwsER had read his newspaper and slowly smoked his
al aroused himself said:
going make a change in the furni-
library will object. Everything
in modern, while all people furnishing
antiques in the house
to antiques"
would rather have kitchen refrigerator"
reply. What kind of antiques after7"
rahai A6H
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Church of Spirit Communion, 81
East Fifth avenue, DR.. Wheeler. pas
tor. Lecture and messages in tn
evening by the pastor.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Spiritualist Temple Builders, 122
East Sixth avenue. Messages. In the
evening lecture by Mrs. A. Ruffner
on the subject, when Peace Shall
Reign"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Evening. 'The knowledge of Eternal
life
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Redden chapel, Second and Monroe
streets, ]. H. Fazel, minister. Revival
service in the evening. An orchestra
will play at this service and at the
Sunday school at o'clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Calvary Presbyterian church, East
pastor. Morning sermon subject,
christian Enthusiasm" Evening,
''The Unfathomable Mystery of HUI
man Choice"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Christ Hospital chapel. West stree
between Eighth and Tenth avenues, G
M. Geisel, chaplain. Vesper servic
at o'clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

The following story concerning
Charles NJ. Sawyer, former state bank
commissioner in Topeka, is told by
Kansas City newspaper:
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Pentacostal Assembly, State street
and Twiss avenue, C. e. Foster, pastor
Revival meeting at 8 o'clock and ev-
cry evening at 7:45 O'Clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

First United Brethren church,
Twelfth and Quincy streets, G. K.
Hartman, pastor. Rally day Bishop
Cyrus j. Kephart of Kansas City will
preach morning and evening.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

(These notices must be in the State
journal office by 2 o'clock on Friday
afternoon. Unless otherwise noted in
this column services will be held at 1
O'Clock in the morning and 1:SO
O'Clock in the evening.)
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

East Indianola Community church,
East Indianola school building, Frank
D. Jackson. pastor. Morning sermon
subject, Thus Saith the Lord; Make
This Valley Full of Ditches." Eve
ming, Following Jesus
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Kansas Avenue Methodist church. ]
E. Scheer, pastor. Communion serv-
ice in the morning. Evening sermon
subject 'The Last Sixty Minutes
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Mount Olive NJ. E. church, Twelftl
and Buchanan streets, J. D. Rice
pastor. Morning sermon subject
Christian Prayers; Their Power
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Third Christian church. Third and
Lake streets. Morning sermon sub
ject. Jesus, the Worlds Greatest
Teacher" Evening, 1.-The Unpardon-
able SIM
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Lowman Methodist church, Elev-
enth and Morris avenues. W. NJ. Balch
pastor. Morning, sacrament of the
Lords supper Evening sermon sub
ject, The Blood"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

First Presbyterian church, Harrison
street opposite state house, S. S. Estey
D. D., pastor. Morning sermon by the
Rev. Edward c. Ray of Santa Bar
bara, Calf, salvation by Faith
Evening sermon by DR.. Ray, Judge
Not"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

North Topeka Baptist church, w. G
Handley, pastor. Morning sermon
subject, THE Tortured Armenians. y
Evening, "a Sure Winner"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-10-28

Swedish Lutheran church, Fourth
and Tyler streets, ]. A. jacobson. pas.
tor. Regular preaching services morn
ing and evening
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05

that took place at Columbus and Car rizal. These things will not be for gotten. But the vast majority of American people have felt towards the Mexican people and the Mexican na- tion a spirit of pity rather than spite. The intelligent populace on this side of the Rio Grande knows full well that whatever misdecds were done came from the illiterate peons and bandits of Mexico. Tersely, the situation all along has been this: Mexico has been much like a boarding house wherein the boarders have been on ram been trying to keep them quiet. ct they make a lot of noise and disturb the neighbors. So long as the trouble is confined to the boarding house there shooting up the place. When the boarders get so unruly that they go over into other premises then the sit uation changes.
 50 lO1S dS tile MSAlCtIlS COIllIlICll their warlike and barbarous activities to their own soil, the people of the United States viewed the situation with some degree of eQuinamity, although the men with large holdings in that country were clamoring for war It was for the Columbus out rage that this government saw fit to step in and take a hand in Mexican affairs. If the First Chief can now make good his promises that there will be no further repetition of these out ra ages, the situation can be solved in a simple manner. Without forgetting the terrible occurrences already re- corded, the American people will be willing, with the national guard on the border, to give the Mexicans another chance Carranza has backed down, and with this things should be easily righted.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
Relief for Soldier Dependents.
 (Hartford POst,)

The city of New Britain is to be commended in that it's court of com mon council has taken prompt action to devise some manner of securing g
 relief for soldiers dependents. The need for such relief began the minute the wages of men called to the front stopped
 Tho action of the New Britain council in urging the, governor to call special session of the legislature to consider the matter is in line with the suggestion of The Post that the state should act to protect the families of the men it has called into service. But New Britain has not merely urged -he state to act. That city's council has authorized the proper officials to give relief from city's funds. There Is, of course, no legal warrant for such ac- ton if the hair-splitters want to raise the question, but when humanity calls it is no time to split hairs. Even though New Britain may search in vain for legal authorization for what she does the action can easily be made legal by securing a validating act from the legislature.
 The New Britain committee in lay ing the matter before Governor Hol- comb put stress on the fact that the stigma of charity should not attach to families of men who fight for their country. The point is we'll taken. It is impossible to remove that stigma from any private fund hence it is gross injustice to leave the matter to private adjustment. The nation should act, along the line proposed some days ago and the states should be alert to offer proper relief promptly if the na- tiOn fails or lags.
 And every city or town would do well to emulate New Britain's action and make provision for any want that may exist, seeking legal justification later through a validating legislation if such justifica ton is needed. New Britain deserves credit for being the first town in the state to give official recognition to the needs of the situa- ton and we believe that Governor Holcomb will readily see that the state has a duty which it cannot evade.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office.
Pass the Child Labor Bill.

While the committees in congress are gradually pushing along certain bills which are before them when ever they can get the time for con- sideratiOn of matters which are not directly connected with the question of national defense and preparedness, there are still a number of important measures which have not emerged from committee, or upon which need ed action has not been taken.
 Some of these may well be delayed While more important bills are up for consideration, and a number are de- serving of adverse reports or defeat, there are nevertheless those which should be taken up and passed and in this list is the familiar bill for the federal regulation of child labor re- garding which so much has been said and which the failure of states to act for the interest of their own people has made it necessary that congress respond and put an end to conditions which ought not to have been toler- ated as long as they have and which should now be changed for the bene- fit of the future citizenship of the country.
 Such legislation would not mater tally affect many states for they have seen the wisdom of improving condi- tions themselves and enacted legisla- tion to meet the needs, but there are others which consistently refuse to provide the protection and relief to which the children are entitled, and it is the influence exerted by these, which is responsible for the delayed action. In the last congr-s the bill was pigeonholed but nothing of the kind should be permitted this year. The lower house has acted and the action of the senate is now awaited. Every possible effort should be made by that body to meet the situation and meet it right, and not wait until the rush of the closing days for a convenient excuse for overlooking or killing it.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
DOUBLE PROTECTION.

Reports from Nogales, Arizona, that
 Pne member of Connecticut's National S3uard is suffering from smallpox s1eed not be cause for extreme worry @mong families of the men who have seone to the front The medical de- @Partment of the United States army 8Till not lose much time in setting up precautionary methods and prevent Others in the same command. The #oldier in question was discovered in @ue time and all the rest of the men &ave been inoculated against the raF- @ges of this terrible plague. Many &essons have been learned in this di- &ection since the days of the Spanish Mmerican war when hundreds of sol &iers were killed off because of i'm #erfect facilities to safeguard health. In the same way that the medical @orps of the United States army has Been brought up to high standard From the lessons learned in the en- #agement with Spain, the rOmmis- Shriat department has been placed on N high level and the men who stand Prospects of doing duty on the bor- Fer need have no fear of shortage Of Bod The war department at Wash 8 gton has issued orders that a p1enti- #lI supply of substantial food be pro- &lred for our boys. Major General #eonard Wood has been designated to
 8 e to the providing of our troops and #e has under him one of the nost Y bmpetent quartermasters that ever #eld forth in the United States army. @he department has given General Food full power to purchase anything #b deems fit to buy without even "a @aking reQuisition on the depart # ent, or without rcsorting to the us-
 al methods of red tape. This will @ cilitate service and the boys along 8 e border are doubly insured against
 c ravages of disease. Good food & q good medical supervision will go # long way in preserving health.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05

to the men who set up this glorious country.
 The c~lChratiG1 IHSt night at Walnut Hill was a credit to all concerned,- to the city, to tho men who fOstered the idea, to the citizens who gathered to participate. The great gathering of humanity that went forth to see the pyrotechnic display and by their presence to lend fervor to the Occa- sion came away filled with a new spirit of patriotism. At the same time they came away harbOring no grief because of reckless abandon on the part Of those in control. The police regulations were enforced to the letter, as should be the case. To the officers in charge of the affair must go a share of praise for the work accomplished. Particularly to the traffic squad, the men who super vjsed the parking of the numerous motor cars and kindred vehicles, must there be extended congratulations on good work we'll done. All in all, it was a glorious Fourth
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
"A GLORIOUS FOTRTH

It might not have been a Fourth of July Celebration such as held forth in the good old days. Nevertheless it was a safe and sane method of honor- ing the nations birthday and on the morning after there is no cause for sorrow. Gone are the days when the pop-cracker and the pistol shot split the air with their racuous sounds.
 Gone are the days when little boys icy with cannon and light fuses that carry death and terrible injury to in nocent by-standers. There is not the din and racket of the old Fourth of more reasonable way of doing honor
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
Go Slow on "CensOrship." (BrOOklvn FIagle.)

The heralding of the appointm ent l Of Major Douglas Macarthur as mfli-
 tary aid to the secretary or war as the virtual selection of a "press censor" is 1 probably unjustified. Macarthur will | do some selective work in deciding 1 what items of news may wisely be 1 given to the press That is something 1 not to be resented. No American 1 newspaper wants to print anything l that will hamper operations in a pCSSible war or give valuable 1nfOr- I nation to an enemy.
 But the best advice that can be l given to xhG president and to con- gress at thts time is to go slow on ] "censorship' The feeling of the 1 press, we think, is fairly expressed by the veteran Colonel Henry Watterson, 1 when he says:
 "The reporter and the censor are
 likely to disagree. But the reporter ] IS at the mercy of the censor, and where the censor is fool, he usually is, the newspapers are not only deprived of their rights but the public, which pays the bills, is robbed and cheated under the specious plea of military necessity. Con- gross will enact the proposed censor
 ship at it's peril. It should throw it
 cut with ignominy. And if the presi-
 dent wishes to insure his own defeat
 let him press It."
 These are vigorous words, charac-
 tCristic of WattersOn. They go a
 trife further, perhaps, than most
 newspaper editors would care to go.
 Hut they formulate and illustrate a
 sentiment that will be almost univer
 sal against interference with the
 freedom of the press in this country,
 against an attempt of the war col
 Icge'' to initiate the absurdities of
 reWs suppression in England and on
 the continent, at which the world
 ought not to laugh because an in
 fnate number of cruelties have sprung
 cut of the hiding of facts from the
 eyes of the worlds civilization.
 Censorship is a most unpopular
 word in America.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
Will Our Soldiers Stay South?
Bridgeport Standard.

Theodore H. Price, one of the edi- tors of Commerce and Finance, in an article headed '"The Southwest and the Soldier Boy," expresses the belief that the large number of SOL diers from the north and west going down to the Mexican border and be- ing shown, as a matter of course, the attra ctiOnS of the southwestern country, of Texas and Oklahoma, will be greatly attracted thereby, and will in very many instances be per suaded to locate in one of those states.
 He recalls the fact that after the first war with Mexico, when the army of Zachary Taylor was disbanded, the state of Texas gave to every soldier a Spanish league" of land in the terri tory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande-and that this was a tract a little less than three square miles square,
 Texas has no such land to give away now, but she Twill find some other way of giving practical en- phasis to the charm of the Lone Star State.'' And Oklahoma, the Penn sylvania of the Southwest" speaks for herself, with her oil wells, her mineral deposits, and her young and booming centers of population where a young man has only to get a foot hold, and then to ''grow up with the country" to certain independence.
 Doubtless some of our smart young men in the ranks of the federalized national guard will see these chances, and taking them, will find the way to fortune where it had seemed that the only outlook was for fame-and not ONermEch at that.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
One Thing They Forget.
(Boston POst.)

It is amusing to note the species of grudging approval that some of the nti-administration people are giving the president for ordering troops to the Mexican line. One critic for in stance, declares that "the instant suc- cess of one display of manliness shows the criminal folly of three years of epicene diplomacy. Mr. Will sons watchful waiting stands con- demned alike in the crisis into which it fructifed and in the solution which one week of action at least fore shadows.'
 "One week" is rich. These gentle men and others forget certain thing, and that is that in March. 1911, or more than five years ago, President Taft ordered 10000 soldiers to the border, where they have been ever since. There must have been some thing the matter with MT. Tafts "epi- cene diplomacy if martial shows were all that were necessary to stop the Mexican problem.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05

those who had penetrated the line on the right realized the situation and brought a Lewis gun to bear on the enemy's line of resistance, completely enf1lading him and thus enabling the left company to reach its goal
 Terribly effective is the Lewis gun, evidently. It weighs little more than the infantryman's rifle, and is fool proof" against tanning by an ex- cited gunner, or in the dark. After such a test as has been made in Flu rope, the War Department is plain ly justified in providing it to supple ment the meagre equipment of the machine gun arm. The explanation is offered that our regulation service pattern, the Vickers- Maxim, cannot be obtained, as the factories are busy producing these guns for the Allies. Both types are undoubtedly desirable, but no explanation for adopting the Lewis gun seems to be needed.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
COMMUNICATED.
''Uncie Sam and John BarIeycoln Too
 Friendly.
Editor of the Herald {:

Editor of the Herald:
 Dear Sir: Saturday evenings Her. ald contained an editorial on No Drunkards Need Apply" Permit me to disagree simply on one sentence. "Uncle Sam and John Barleycorn are not friends You intended to say that Uncle Sam and the products; of John BarlCycorn are not friends. For Uncle Sam is the best friend John Earleycorn has in the country. Jn- cle Sam lcgalizes, protects and fos- ters the sale of alcoholic liquors and for any one who objects Uncle Sam has only a deaf ear. He refers you to your state, city or town govern ment. We hope, however, that the day is coming when your original sentence will stand undisputed
 Yours truly,
 A. L. WOODRUFF Berlin, Conn.,, July 2, 1916.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
Joking" at Carrizal,
(South Norwalk SentinelD

For forty-five minutes the men fought, joking among themselves all the while, even when they realized we had been trapped and had little chance of getting out alive" So Capt. Mercy described the conduct of his troopers at Carrizal, in the most se- rious predicament that any American soldiers has been in since the Spanish war.
 In tragic extremity, those men in khaki were true to the American tra- dition. It was not that they fought bravely-any rage can do that, even Mexicans. But they fought with smiles on their lips, and burst into song while the lead sprayed around them from the Mexican machine guns and enormously superior enemy forces charged their thin, unprotected line. That was chara cteristic. The American refuses to take danger se- riously. He may be glum enough over trifles, but when real tragedy comes he sheds it as a duck sheds water, and he faces death with a grin.
 These men were negroes too. In fact, nearly all the American troops that have been mixed up in serious fighting in Mexico so far have been negroes. And from the reports. of their behavior, nobody would ever think of raising the color question:. They acted just as we should havss expected white Americans to act, x
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
Meaning of Fcderalized Militia.
(New York Evening Post.)

If it appears that there are some shortcomings for which the militia itself is responsible, the public should not forget that this call to duty has come at the very moment when the whole system is changing, when the state troops are disappearing and taking their place as a federalized militia. The very federal oath the troops are asked to take marks a, rev. olution, and it is entirely creditab ble to the National Guard that so few have dropped out. They did not en- list to- be a part of the regular army; they had no idea when they entered the service that they would find themselves in the position of being drafted-not of volunteering-as an annex of the regular army for a per- iod of six years, or of leaving the ser vice under the suspicion that they were shirking active dutp Now that this law has passed, there will be no more haphazard enlisting in the Guard, since at any moment the president at Washington can transfer 1t to the regular army for an indefin- ite term.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
The Lewis Gun.
Providence Journal.)

The War Department has placed 8 "rush order' for two hundred and fifty Lewis machne-guns, and this is of special interest. The gun is the invention of a retired officer of the United States Artillery. but our ord- nance experts were not favorably inn pressed with it when it was offered them, some years ago.
 Colonel Isaac N. Lewis found 8 more cordial reception in Europe, and the gun has been doing remarkable service for the allies, both in the field and in the air. It was originally de- signed for the armament of aero planes. But it has proved immensely useful with the light artillery in the trenches.
 The Belgians were the first to test the Lewis gun-against the German invaders, with such effect that the Uhlans called 1t the Belgian rattle snake" With the British soldiers. it is the "hose of death"-it can throw six hundred shots a minute. from al- most any angle. Ill the first report made by Sir Douglas Haig, after he assumed chief command of the armies in Flanders and France, there is an express mention of this gun, and of no other artillery. An attacking party, on the left, at the first attempt, failed to reach the German trenches, but