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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21
INsURING THE SOLDIER.

A bill has been introduced in con-
gress along lines suggested by the Sec
rotary of the treasury and approved
by the president, looking to the insur-
ance of the lives of the American SOL
diers.
In essentials it is proposed that the
government furnish at cost to the SOL
diers and sailors of the United States
life and indemnity insurance.
The main features of the plan are
that the government shall bear all the
cost of the administration of the in
surance plan and that no expense of
any kind shall be a. charge on the
funds created by the payment of pre-
miums by the soldiers and sailors
Relieved of overhead charges, IS a
year for every thousand dollars insur-
ance will be an adequate charge, I'M
der the plan. and this figure will put
the maximum insurance of $4,000
within the reach of practically every
private soldier or sailor. Insurance
in private companies would cost many
times this sum for men actually en-
gagged in warfare.
After the war the insurance may
be converted into other forms. The
| insurance Is to be payable in INSTALL
ments. Is non assignable and free from
the claims of creditors of the insured
or of the beneficiary, and is limited to
the wife, children, and other specified
kindred.
If total disa bility result or disease
be contracted in the course of service
the compensation is to be based on
percentage of pay, with a minimum OF
from forty to seventy-five dollars a
month according to the size of the
family Partial disabilities are to be
computed on basis of percentages of
total disability.
Medical, surgical and hospital treat.
ments, supplies and appliances are to
be given. Rehabilitation and re-edu-
cation of the injured soldiers or sail
ors, fitting them for lives of activity
and usefulness, is part of the plan.
The plan also contemplates free al
lowances to the families of soldiers
and sailors, the government supple
menting the sums set aside by the
|
The insurance is not to be a gift OF
the government but is to be paid fol-
out OF the pay of the insured men. The
government. however, is to take upor
itself the cost of collecting and admin.
lstering the funds and also the extra
hazard caused by the war, the rate OF
eight dollars per thousand being a
normal rate in peace time and an en-.
tirely inadequate rate for war risk
Secretary McAdoo points on,
that while this plan may cal
Tor considerable expenditures al
present, yet the eventual cost to tn.
government of this plan will be YER,
| much less than that which would re,
suit from the adherence>to the presen,
pension program of the country. and
further. that the pension system will
not provide the same benefits nor CIV,
er the subject in the some comprehen.
sive' humane and equitable way.
There is no use to which the fund:
derived from the sale of liberty losr
bonds can be put which will be NOR,
cordially approved by the people q
the country than to provide this ius
and deserved protection to the mer
who are Drawing all the dangers q
this war on land and sea in the serv
ice of their country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

Pope Benedict's peace proposal calls
for the status quo ante beIlum. Con-
ditions as they existed before the war
are just what the world outside of
Germany does not want and will not
have. Existence of a situation which
is constant menace to democracy
and civilization itself will not be toll
Grated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

The increase in the value of i'm
ports into the United States during
the fiscal year T9l7 is attributed in
large part to increased receipts of
noneompetitive raw materials and
foods in statement. issued by the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21
ON SPUR f Fl MOMENT
BY MORRIS MILLER.

The City.
The poet sings of verdant leas.
OF buds and birds and things,
OF lanes and rills, it is of these
So frequently he sings.
He tells us that the brooklets brawl,
That skies are often blue,
That frequently the throstles call,
And other things we knew.
And tho his truly rural rhymes
May often make a hit,
In very truth at other times
They weary us bit.
Had We the poets golden art,
His talent and his hair.
We'd MARBLE of the city's heart
And of the people there.
We'd sing of monographs and cats,
OF movie shows and cops,
OF crowded cars and furnished flats,
We'd sing of barber shops;
We'd sing of janitors and jags,
OF taxicabs and bugs,
OF flappers in their latest rags,
We'd sing of water plugs.
The world awaits him with acclaim,
The poets sure to please
And win a great immortal fame,
Who learns to sing of these.
Unnatural History Studies.
The average giraffe is very narrow
minded.
A phonograph is said to make a
wild animal grow tame. But it
makes a neighbor grow wild.
Weak-minded hop-toads often hop
sideways. They don't see any differ
ence.
If an anteater ate an uncle it would
make him sick at the stomach.
Robins are fond of mashed potato
bugs.
A grasshopper starts hopping as
soon as he gets up in the morning.
Things We Like to Put Off.
Tight shoes.
Creditors.
The dentist.
Rowdy passengers.
Writing letters.
- That Straw
Twice to the cleaners you have gone your
way,
And. twice returned respondent to my
bean,
thing of joy, a jewel, SO to say,
OF brightest ray serene
Yet tho the cleaner made you look as new,
Tho happily l viewed you in the glass,
How soan again all soiled and smudged
you grew,
How very soon, alas.
And so I'll have to pass you by the board,
To find dump and throw you far away,
/ only know | simply can't afford
To clean you every day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin's
Il cannot vote for war" now is better
understood Her feelings at that time
Since she has taken up the defense
Of the I. w. w. it is easy to classify
her. She simply is one of those per-
sons who are opposed to upholding
the honor of the flag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

N his effort to exercise control
over the food supply of the country
Mr.. Hoover should make haste to
grail the American hog by the tail and
impede his progress in the direction
OF the skies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

Wilder S. Metcalf who has been
made a brigadier general in the new
national army, is being referred to as
the foremost living Kansas soldier.
Isn't that taking snap judgment on
Col Henry J. Allen and Col. William
Allen White. who are untried, says
the Atchison Globe, but who are now
on their way to the front?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

The latest news from the guard of
suffrage pickets at the White House
gate is to the effect that police CEN
sorship over the banners displayed has
beer created.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

The Steel Trust is going into the
business of building ships on a large
scale. 1t is safe to say now that ships
viii be built.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

Everybody seems to want our corn.
Mexico has reduced the freight rate
on the great American staple 80 per
cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
War Garden Recipes.


Vegetables au Gratin-If YOU have
any vegetable leftovers, such as fried
squash, eggplant. carrots, boiled poo
tatoes-arrange in buttered baking
dish with slices of tomato, season and
sprinkle with bread crumbs. dot top
with butter and grated cheese. bake
in moderate oven about half hour
Beans and Celery-UseI tops and
stalks of celery that are not tender
enough for table use and green
shelled beans when pods are too old
to cook Cook until tender, drain,
and serve with cream dressing.
Fried Tomatoes-When tomatoes
are not smooth or ripe enough for
table use, cut in thick slices, fry anc
serve with steak: or dip in beaten
egg and bread crumbs Green fried
tomatoes are delicious with bacon
Fried Squash-Cut tender young
summer squash in ne-half-inch thick
slices, pare and lay in salt water sew
eral hours; drain, dip in beaten egg
and bread crumbs, fry until tender
Boiled Lettuce-Lettuce that is TOT
old for salad may be used in this way:
Wash and shred in small pieces. cover
with boiling water and cook for tven-
tv minutes. Drain and cover with
cream sauce; serve with slices of hard
boiled eggs.
Escalloped squash-Cook squash
until tender. mash thru sieve, season
u
dots of butter and sprinkle with pa
prikaI Brown in oven a few minutes.
Escalloped Onion-7-Cook small
whole onions until tender. Fill into
baking dish. seasoning and sprin-
king each layer with salt. pepper, but
ter and crumbs. Cover the top layer
with grated cheese and pour a cup OF
milk ove- all. Bake until a delicate
brown.
The Table.
Mutton and Fried Peaches-This
recipe is very good. Mutton is
good summer meat because it is easy
to digest. Peaches are now coming
in. Wash firm yellow peaches. Cut
in half, remove Stone and place stone
side down in the skillet. Have lit-
tie hot butter or butter substitute In
skillet. Fry till golden brown. sprin-
kle with a tiny pinch of sugar. turn
and fry on other side. Fry slowly.
will take Is minutes or more. Care
must be taken or they will burn
Serve around fried or broiled mutton
chops steak.
Cured Salmon-sShred half a can
of salmon. Make saoke of one cup
milk, one tablespoon flour, one table,
spoon butter or oleo. one<fourth tea
spoon curry powder, half teaspooEful
salt, dash of pepper. Fill buttered
ramekins with alternate layers OF
salmon and sauce, covering with but
tered crumbs. Place in hot over
about ten minutes.
Lemon Pie-One lemon, two eggs,
two cups sugar. two cups hot water,
two tablespoons flour. two table,
spoons cornstarch. butter size of egg.
Put water, sugar and butter on stove
and bring to boiling point. Beat eggs,
add starch and -four and water to
them. Then stir into the above.
When cool add grated rind and lemoD-
Bake with two crusts or save white OF
eggs for meringue. Cover one (this
makes two piesD and put meringue on
other In place of lemon you may
use a substitute of orange and a tea
spoonful of good vinegar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

When the war is over and a gem
eral settlement has been effected it
probably will be found that Turkey is
the goat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

The war has developed a remark.
able number of industrious. home low.
in0 husbands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

soldier. 1t takes courage and deter
mination. and the ability and willing
ness to fight for hearth and home. 1t
takes loyalty and a conservation to
duty and the obligations that one has
assumed. and if man defaults in
these where his country is concerned
he will default on them in private life.
The trouble with Stacker, you see,
is that the yellow isn't just in spots.
1t runs all thru. And matrimony is
not a cure for 1t. Don't try II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

=, B.-Inquirers should be careful to OBJ
serve two points Enclose a 2-cent stamp
and address their letters to Washington,
as above. and not to Topeka, otherwise de-
lay I'd needless expense are incurred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-21

Reno, New, has lost her mayor
thru the draft. Doubtless there are
citizens in Topeka who will envy
Reno
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-20
EFFECT ON BUSINESS.
GERMAN MERCHANTS NEVER TO
REGAIN WHAT Is LOST.
Scales OF Provincialism are Fallen
From American Eyes. Secretary
Rcdfcld Declares.

New York. oct. 1G.--What diff
ferent world OF trade this will be after
the war was pictured to the Southern
Commercial Congress here tonight by
Secretary Redheld In an address of
the cutting of the threads OF Ger
many's foreign commerce by her own
act. and of tho awakening OF Amer
lea and her allies To the danger of
having their industries dependent up
ON foreign and possibly uDfricndly
sources OF supply.
when peace shall come and her
merchants take up the task of rcstor-
ing Germany's ruined commerce. they
will find that IL Is strange world
which they seek TO rccntcr." said
the secretary. "'Incrc VIII Ice difficult
ties In the path OF the future peace
full penetration OF which they seem
not To dream. Commercial frightful-
ness like it's military namosakc. will
have passed away.
1T will hardly be said again Co any
secretary OF commerce OF the United
states that the German Gycstum vcrcin
will not permit the establishment of
an American dyestun industry. The
monopolies OF which German forcisn
commerce in large part seemed to
rest secure have passed away.
1T Is pitifui 10 read extracts from
the German press. which seem 20
show that they expect to take up the
task OF rebuilding their commcrc,
where they laid IL down. They rcck.
on the worlds demand for potash "a,
purely German asset. IA was $50
but II is no longer. They were th'
worlds source Of dyestuffs. Tina; OPP
portunity has gone. II was they q
whom the world looked for optlcu
glasses. We do not look there now
They were the source Of supply a.
chemical procelain. We make it to-
day rs well IA they.
IL need not tell you OF the com
mercial value OF what we cau Eoo'
will or point the advantage OF doiui
business as "a Eoing concern Th
great markets OF the world have beeI
and are To be found omour The ua
tions who have parted company wit
Germany In the present struggle ITO
past markets OF the world hpyc bec
found among them. Tho people
OF these lands arc not likely hy or
common Impulse To- turn oulotlr O
Germany for renewal at .hr com
mercial intercoursc which ST.. brof,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-20
he world can go back to housekeep-

The world can go back to housekeep-
ing"
Probably the children to whom we
are now talking are better posted re-
garding United states history than
are some Of the people who talk
about it.
The children have got the Declara-
ton of independence and the Emanci-
patton Proclamation freshly in mind
and know what they were about ana
why.
They know that this country is dead
set against slavery, either of the old
fashioned kind of chains ana shackles.
or the modern sugar-coatcd German
variety.
They know that our toys now in thc
training camps or on then way to
France are getting ready to fight
against The expressions of cruel des-
pot, just as some other American BOYS
once fought at Bunker Hill.
by the way, if you can find ma
or woman who does not understand
how the rights of q democracy are {,
he preserved when kings go on the
rampage, you might loan this ignorant
person your school history. Mark tn
pages relating 10 the Boston Tc1
Party. the Liberty Zen, Lexington
! valley Forge and Yorktown.
See if YOU can find any favorab;,
mention Of the pacifists Of 177G!
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-20
MANY JOBS OPEN.
Uncle Sam Needs 10000 Stcnograph-
crs and Typewritcrs at Once.

Washington, oct. l5.-Now that
Uncle sam has the yocng men of the
coun- -ry in training for military SER
vice, he finds that he needs 10000
typewriter operators and stenograph-
ers and typewriters, both men and
women, for the Departments at Wash
ington. The Civil Service Commits
sion has notified all Of it's 5000 boards
OF examiners that they should rut
forth their best efforts to secure
these urgently needed workers. While
eXaminatiins are now held weekly in
$50 cities, the comm lssion states that
arrangements will be made to have an
examination held at any accessible
place where a small class of appli-
cants can be secured. The entrance
salaries range from 1000 to $1,000 "a
year. Promotion is reasonably rapid
TO those whose services prove salts
factory. No appointments can be
made to these or other positions in
The federal classified civil service un-
less authorized by the Civil Service
Commission under the civil service
law. Any information tc the contrary
is Unauthorized. This is splendid
opportunity to serve your country.
Full Information may be secured from
The secretary OF the board of civil SER
vice examiners at the postonice in
your city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-20

by her act. 1t must be renewed under
of peculiar hardship
AS it will be Il strange world upon
which the German merchants will.
look out when war shall close, so let
me add it will be in large measure
"a strange world upon which the
American merchants will look out up
ON at the same time. When embar-
goes arc over and trading with the
enemy acts shall have ceased to trou-
BILE. we also shall see things different
ly. The novelty will not on our part
arise from separation but the reverse.
We have gained and are gaining u
better understanding of the world we
live i'm. Scales of prOvincialism
have fallen from our eyes.
when our sons have fought ana
died together with those of Great
Britain, France. Italy. Russia and our
other honorcd friends. things can not
be as they were before that happened,
Each knows the other better than lac
did. old lines of separation have gone
our vision is enlarged. Applied to
commerce tnis means that we under
stand other peoples and their needs
better and know better what we may
do to- supply them. our men with
vision are reaching out into all the
lands. We are i'm the family whether
wo will or not and my earnest belief
is that We will draw richly from fam
ily intercourse.
"lf we were these who look upot
the peaceful contests of commerce a.
economic war; we should hardly fee
we coud speak with freedom in thi,
lprcscnCc OF the coming days WhCi
normal commercial intcrcours,
throughout the world shall rcplac,
present restricted conditions. FOR whu
we recognize as 1t matter OF course az
an opportunity and a duty. they ar,
mot slow to see ana upon which the,
s lrightly act, that the nations asso
ciatcd with iDs i'm this war arc pre-
= pairing for their poper share of tn
worlds business when the wan shJl
b close.
believing as we do, however tha
Z commerce is not war Tut mutual i'm
tcrcoursc TO mutual gain, we loo
% upon every effort of our friends {
renew commercial and Industrial &C
81 tiyltcs i'm the happier days that ar
+ coming"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-20

sons.who are warmed by red blood in
stead of being chilled by sarsiparlla
pop had to make the same decision
that every boy is called upon to make
when he is jumped upon by tough
customer.
Another question (boys oniy): Did
you ever let a boy up. before he yelled
Enough" and then have the whole
fight over again?
II so, YOU might go around in your
neighborhood and give aomc valuable
information to people older than your
self
IF you (this is for both boys and
girls) went out into the woods for
picnic with another bunch" Of young
people you knew and liked. and # your
crowd had a basket OF things TO cat
and the other crowd had IL basket and
some toughics came along and stole
the basket belonging 20 the other
crowd, would you give them some
thing to cat out Of your basket or let
thcm sit over by themselves, hungry
and miserable, and watch YOU stuff
yourselves?
You'd play fair, OF course even ir
YOU had to 90 a littlc hungry
Mr Hoover is now asking every boy
ana Girl in America to play fair ana
divide up with The hungry youngsters
Of France aud Belaiun and Great
Britain
There isn't cnoush food in the world
TO go ,around if We are selfish and
claim hhore than our share
How can "a boy or Girl undcr high
school age really help to win the war?
First join the Junior Rcd Gross.
Then keep on saying 80 onow Uncle
sam is right and / viii pun for him
autil he wins"
believe what YOU say.
Root for the IT. $. A. as YOU wouid
root for your baseball nine or yom
basketball five.
stand out on tho edge of thc side
.waik and cheer the soldiers as they
laWins hy.
Q IF You get a chance to hold yarn ro'
a. Red cross knittcr do your pit
and say to yourself, whom your arm.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-20
Helping 10 Win the War,
(By George Ade.)

Article H. Advice to Americans be-
tween thc ages Of 6 and lG.
Assuming that this letter is now
being read by some hoy on girl old
enough to go to school but still youne
enough to be called q "iid' Cby those
WHO don't know any better) let us
begin by asking the question, "Is it
wrong TO hght?'
Every boy or girl with civilized par
cnts can answer that question.
1t is not to be answered ny 'ycs,"
or mo"
IL We say "ycs," we admit at once
that our old friends George washing
ton and T.. s Grant were dcpravcd
characters because thcy fought and
then kept on lighting.
If Buffalo Bui once upon time
rode out across The plains and came
upon band OF Indians attackmg a
settlers cabin and Wcnt dashiug up
with his scouts and Killed few rod
skins. is there any boy ia tho world
who would go back on Buffalo Hu
and pick out some quiet, elderly real
estate doalor as substitute hero?
It's too foolish 10 tax about.
Suppose We say it is not wrong to
nght Thcn wc remove AN blame from
the Indians that Buffalo Eli kileo
and we lind ourselves so mixed up
that probably we had better back ul
and take a new start.
In answer to the question Us ii
wrong to night" there can bc but ono
sensible reply rs follows: "lt all De-
ponds"
Suppose Il boy Of "A is walking alonl
the street with his sister and tn,
rcishborhood bully swagscrs aroun,
the corner and pushes the boy uI
against a fence ana cuffs him along
side the head and then tr,os some in
sulung familiaritics on the sister, am,
suppose the boy who is thus humiH
.atcd aud whose sister is i'm tears, sul
denly remembers that hc has been toh
Ia Keep out or Gehts.'
What shall nc do?
, Retreat TO an alley, or stand up i'
defense of his own soIf-rcspcct and tr
, to protect his sister?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-20
Know YCur Cotton Grades.

The proper marketing of this years
crops is the most urgent problem now
before The farmers OF the South. liz
stead of Being careless about this
matter now, it is the very year when
tanners should be unusually careful
Watchfulness viii save more money
now than ever before. The higher
the average price of cotton, for OK
ample, the grcater vii be the differ
once between prices offered for low
.rados. Whore such difference
might be only half cent a pound or
one cent a pound in ordinary years. ii
may hc from one to five cents n
pound this year.
Consequently, knowing what YOU
are doinG when sou so to scu any
product this ycar viii pay bigger
profits ,hm ever before The time to
strike is when the iron is hot. The
time to save is when there 4 plcuD
of money to save Resolve now t,
market white prices are GOOD -Th,
Progressive Farmer.