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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21
DINNER STORIES

Did you ever know positively that
an advertisement published in your
magazine got results" asked the man
who doesn't believe in advertising.
The editor scratched his head and
studied a while, then he said:
Yes. one. One that 1 am positive
brought results"
What was it ?"
well, one time 1 lost my um-
brella, and 1 put in a short notice tell
ing the finder to keep It,"
'Well?"
He did" -t
Greenberg had taken out an insur-
ance policy on his stock of goods. and
three hours later a fire broke out
which consumed building and con-
tents. The company could find no
ground on which to refuse payment.
but in sending the check the follow
ing was included in the letter: We
note that your policy was issued at
noon on Thursday and the fire did not
take place till o'clock the same day.
Why the de1ay?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

1t may prove unfortunate for Swed-
en- that the revelations regarding the
part her agents have been playing in
furthering German intrigues have been
made at a time when she has a COM
mission in this country begging for re-
taxation in the food embargo. A
country which aids an enemy of the
United States by acting as messenger
boy probably would supply the same
enemy with food if given the oppor-
tunity. Uncle Sam is likely to feel that
he can take no chances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21
ON SPUR 4 Fl MOMENT
BY MORRIS MILLER.

Friends
If a man is quite stubborn and lazy and
His friends say he's thoro and firm,
His enemies cry, Hes ull-headed guy ~
Or other opprobrious term.
II man Is quite naughty and lofty or air,
Some say he has plenty of pride,
While others will snort, Hes the snob
And he's terribly thick in the hide
If a man saves his money and counts every
His friends say he's thrifty and wise,
While others will sneer, He is positively
queer,
It's the tightwad l mostly despiser'
If a man is good-humored and easy to
His friends say he's cheerful in tone,
But others will shout, Hes very weak
And he hasn't mind of his own!"
Whatever your nature, whatever your
whate SUG' the shape of your head,
Your friends it may please, but there al
who will call them all failings instead.
It's hard to be liked and admired by them
Not many can do it, it's true,
And he in the end is the fortunate friend
Who sincerely is liked by few
The Gate.
The lodge admitted Daniel Hawk,
He proved rowdy lout,
And tho accepted in a walk,
They had to run him out.
The Happy Days.
To see the little lads at play.
With marbles makes one yearn
For pleasant hours of yesterday
All, that they might return.
With pockets filled how very proud
We counted out the heaps,
And how, tho we were not allowed,
We loved to play for keeps
True Also.
Who will not fight
l. But runs away
Will turn in flight
Most any day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

Some light may be thrown on the
causes of the bungling manner in
which many of our preparations for
war have been carried on by Provost
Marshal General Crowder's telegram
to Governor Capper suggesting the
temporary closing of Kansas saloons.
How can an official who does not
know that there has not been a sa-
loon in Kansas for years. be expected
to be familiar with conditions in any
section of the country, apart from his
immediate neighborhood. Much of a
similar kind of ignorance has been
displayed in other departments of the
government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
White Cake.

One-half cup shortening, one
and one-half cupfuls sugar, three cup
fuls flour, three teaspoonfuIs baking
powder, one teaspoonful salt, one cup
full water, one teaspoonful flavoring.
whites of three eggs.
Cream shortening. Add sugar slow
ly and cream together. Sift dry in
gradients and add alternately with the
liquid. Add flavoring. beat mixture
thoroughly and last fold in stiffly
beaten whites of eggs. Prepare layer
cake tins by greasing them with q
mixture of shortening and flour. Pour
in cake mixture; put in moderata
oven, allow to rise for five minutes,
increase heat to bake; at the end OF
fifteen minutes reduce heat to allow
cake to shrink from the pan. Entire
time for baking twenty minutes.
Corn Oysters-One pint grated corn,
one egg one cup cream on evaporated
milk, one cup flour. one-half tea
spoon baking powder, pinch of salt
Bake on griddle like cakes.
Peach oam--Pare and cut up half
dozen soft peaches. Strain thru a
sieve and mix the pulp with a half
cup of powdered SUGAR. Beat whites
of two eggs to stif froth,-add to
the peach pulp and beat. until smooth
and yelyety. Pour into mold ana
chill Serve with whipped cream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

Postmaster General Burleson still
insists on making the postal service a
revenue producer. This is a reversal
of the policy pursued by the govern
ment from the time of it's foundation.
It never seems to occur to those in
authority that the same end could be
attained by cutting off the ranking
privilege and reducing the amount of
useless printed matter sent out by the
Departments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21
''lvHATEvER you WANT TO KNOW

The Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau 81 Washington furnishes readers.
free Of charge. accurate ami authoritative
answers TO questions on any and all SUD
tects concerning which information can
he had from the unparalleled resources OF
the various federal government depart
ments and the great library OF congress
A 2-cent stamp for return postage must
accompany each inquiry. State clearly the
Information wanted. write plainly and ad-
dress
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FORMATION BUREAU.
Washington. d. G.
N R.-Inouirers should be careful to OBJ
serve two points: Enclose 2-cent stamp
and address their letters to washington
ss above. and not to Topeka. otherwise de-
laT and needless expense are incurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

Italy is proceeding with her part
in the war as tho there were no other
nation on her side engaged. She is
doing her part and more. without bluff
or buster. Neither does she whimper.
No one of the entente allies has made
greater sacrifices or has accom-
plished so much. When the history of
the war shall be written, General
Cadorna will stand out as one of the
greatest commanders on either side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

Excess profits and income taxes. de-
clares Wouman's Review, mean MOTH
ing more or less than double taxes to
the individual. A man who is part
owner in company is first taxed
thru that company and then as an in
dividual, so that if he wants to get at
the true facts as to what he is pay
ing the government he adds the one to
the other. Let US suppose, for in
stance. says the writer. that a man
has $4,000 shares of United States
steel common stock. 1t has been esti-
mated by competent authorities that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21
GLOBE 81 THTS

[Fron the Atchison Globe
1t is rather difficult to start trou-
BILE without getting in il
AS nearly as possible, a man be-
lieves what he wants to believe
If man has just a little authority,
he is apt to be too anxious to show it.
There are also some Truly Good
who are that way because of lack of
vitality
A man who has money has more
opportunity of making a fool of
himself than a poor man has
We have faith in humanity. and all
that, but there would be more graft
ers if more people knew how.
As wise as he was, we suspect that
some of Solomon's three hundred
wives and lady friends fooled him
occasionally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

1t is only a few years back that the
appropriations for the conduct of the
government for an entire year reached
a billion dollars. Now we find the
house passing a deficiency bill calling
for $1,000, 100000. War comes high
but there are times when we must
have IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

each is but a fragment of the whole,
with God as master workman We
must labor side by side, adjusting
ourselves to our companion workers.
Unless we realize that no man work
eth unto himself we shall have fric-
ton and disagreement and unhappi-
ness. The Master not only bids us
work, but he also desires us to work
in conformity with his other servants
When saints stand together Satan
stands in awe of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

UP to this time the government has
failed to induce anybody to buy or
sell at the price it has fixed on any
commodity. AS soon as the govern
ment's price for coal became known,
Canadian dealers entered our markets
and bought up 100000 tons at an
advance over the figure named by
the controller. 1t is hard to outwit
Uncle Supply and Demand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

An extended-orderf formation is rep
resented below.
However. this is only one of an in
finite number of extended-order for
nations. Intervals and distances may
be irregular. This is the formation
used for skirmishing and at other
times when il may be desirable to
have each man control his own move
ments without attempting to conform
exactly to the movements of the other
men.
ITomorrow's article: The battalion !
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21
THE SOLDIERS
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Ussued by the War Department and all
rights to reprint reserved.)
XIV .. b..
XIV

The stars below represent a body of
men IN double rank arranged in cola
umn. The same intervals and dis
tances are observed as in the line
formation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. c., with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-21

1t is not good for man to work
alone God seldom calls his servants
to be solitary workers His method
has ever been to have his followers
work in companies. No man has been
given a complete work; the task of
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
GOOD RELATIONS
EXISTS WITH U. S.
GERMANY IMPRESSES CORDIAL.
ITY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN
U. s. AND GERMANY.
GERARD GUEST AT DINNER
American Ambassador is Entertained
at Dinner in Berlin and Likened to
the Dove Of Peace That Was Sest
Out From NoaI1's Ark.

Berlin, via Cayville.-A large num-
Der of the leading personages of Ger
many, says the Overseas News Agency,
honor of James w. Gerard, the Ameri-
can Ambassador to Germany, by the
American Association Of Trade and
Commerce of Berlin. The diners were
addressed by Ambassador Gerard, by
Vice Chancellor Selfferich, by Foreign
Secretary Zimmerman and by Arthur
Won Gwinner, the director of the
Deutsche Bank, and in all the
speeches the cordial relationships ex-
listing between the governments of
the United States and Germany were
emphasized.
Ambassador Gerard, who was liken-
ed by Director van Gwinner to the
peace dove of Noah's Ark" is quot
ed by the Overseas News Agency as
saying that never since the begin
ming of the war have relations be-
tween Germany and the United States
been so cordial" and that he had
brought back an olive branch from
President Wilson.
Vice Chancellor Helfferich said he
was pleased to know that Ambassador
Gerard had visited the United States
where he had an opportunity of de-
scribing the real state of affairs in
Germany" and Foreign Minister Zim-
norman declared he "felt sure the
friendly and truest future relations
between both countries as enunciated
by Mr.. Gerard will continue"
A telegram expressing the "sin-
cerest wishes" of the association "in
this crucial time" was sent to Pres
ident Wilson, and another message
was forwarded to Emperor William.
Doctor Heifferich, in his speech as
quoted by the Overseas News Agency,
called attention to the increase in
commerce between Germany and the
United States.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11


Attorneys for United States Sena-
tor w. E. Chiffon, who was defeated
in the recent election by Howard
Sutherland (Rep.) have instituted pro-
ceedings in the circuit court at Hilton,
w. Va, to GUST Sutherland on the
ground that the Republican nominee
had exceeded the limit of expenditure
in the primary.
At the request of the governor of
South Carolina, Governor Fielder of
New Jersey, has directed the prosecu-
tor of Union county to investigate the
deaths of two South Carolina officials
Davis, a sheriff, and Foster, pris-
on supervisor. 1t is stated that the
families of the men suspected foul
play.
Captain Percy M. Cochrane of the
quartermaster corps, U. S. A., located
at Ell Paso, Texas, who rose from
the ranks, Floridian by birth, is
dead in 81 Paso.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
LANSING AND TUMuLTY HAD NO
KNOWLEDGE OF PEACE NOTE
BEFOREHAND.
PRIEST WILSON ENDORSES
Maze of limitations and Heated Colo
quies Mark Session Of Committee Of
Inquiry.-Lawson Fails to Substan-
tiate Stories.

hingtOn.-Through a bewilder-
ing maze Of intimations and heated
colloquies which turned the hearing
into an uproar, the House Rules Com
mittee wrestled for several hours with
Thomas w. Lawson of Boston, with
out obtaining any definite informa-
ton to substantiate the stories of a
leak" to Wall Street in advance of
the Presidents peace note.
Earlier during the session. Joseph
P. Tumulty, Secretary to President
Wilson, whose name was mentioned
by Representative Wood in the ru-
mors he laid before the committee
last week, appeared to give an en-
phatic statement, endorsed by the
President, that he had no knowledge
Of the peace note before it was given
to the press. He also denied the re-
port repeated by Representative
Wood that Mr.. Tumulty and Bernard
Baruch, New York broker, had con-
ferred in New York hotel few days
before the note was made public,
Mr.. Tumulty denounced the action
of Representative Wood in making
public charges based on letter from
an unidentified man, and declared
from the witness stand, looking Rep
resentative Wood in the face, that
he was still awaiting the Congress-
mans apology.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
Mexican

! Four Mexican filibusterers were kill
ed or badly wounded in an encounter
with troops of the First New Hamp-
shire infantry at zapata, Texas, &C
cOrding to a report emanating from
Laredo, Texas.
| Army officers at Laredo, Texas, no.
titled the war department at Washing
ton that they have no information of
the reported fight between Americans
and Mexicans at Zapata.
It is reported that Mexican revolu-
tionists have captured Ramilene and
Parral, located about ten miles be-
low the border from Zapata.
X troop, Fourteenth United States
cavalry, which was sent to Minerva,
forty miles west of Laredo, to prevent
| reported impending crossing of a
flibustering expedition into Mexico,
returned to quarter at Laredo, Texas,
| having encountered no filibusterers.
In order to better economic condi-
| lions in Mexico all Mexican railway
employees will hereafter be paid so
per cent of their salaries in metallic
currency and the other so per cent in
gold certificates.
ALI the threads of the tangled situa-
ton between the United States and
Mexico are held by President Wilson.
The. American members of the Next
can-American joint commission have
made to him late personal report of
their negotiations, which reached a
deadlock, and whether the confer
ences of the commission shall continue
is question the president has added
to those already under consideration.
1t seems certain that some radical
change in the policy of the United
States toward Mexico will be adopted.
In anticipation that orders will be
issued soon for the recall Of the Unit
ed States troops in Mexico under Gen
eral Pershing, the war department
has prepared a tentative plan Of with
drawal.
The president has requested a re-
port from the war department as to
what effect the withdrawal Of the
UnitedI States troops in Mexico will
have upon the existing conditions be-
yond the border.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
European War

Although the Teutonic allies have
| made further advances in ROumania,
| both in their operation driving east
| ward from the mountain region and
northwaFd from Wallachia into Molda-
via, the Russians and Roumanians are
giving them battle at various points
and at several places have met with
| success.
Admission is made by Petrograd
that the Russians and Roumanians on
the upper reaches of the Suchitza riv-
er retired before the advancing leu
tons.
Berlin reports that the Russians and
Roumanians have been pushed further
back toward the plains from the Oituz
and, Putna valleys.
A Russian attack against Mitau was
repulsed with heavy losses. Near
considerable fighting is reported, with
nothing decisive having developed.
Bombardments and accommodating
parties only are reported in the Brit
ish, French and Italian war theaters.
Rome reports an advance of about
five hundred yards by the Italians
near Hill 208.
In Macedonia the British have so
far failed to push forward their line
near Lake Dorian.
The conference between the mem
bers of the entente allied governments
has been brought to a close at Rome,
Italy. Cordial speeches were delivered
and a plan to introduce greater CO.
ordination agreed upon. The confer
ence established the unity of views
of the entente powers. -.
The ROumanian province of DObrud-
ia is now in the hands of the cen
trail powers.
Braila, in Great Walachia, and on
the west bank of the Danube below
Galatz, has been captured by German
and Bulgarian troops.
A dispatch from Milan reports that
the French battleship Verite has been
torpedoed by German submarine near
Malta.
In spite Of adverse conditions prog
ress has been made on the right bank
Of the Tigris, east and northeast of
Kut-el-Amara (ancient Garden of
Eden) by the British.
Two Zeppelins were destroyed at
Tondern, Schleswig, by a fire due to
defective wiring, says London dis
patch to American correspondents.
Count julius Andrassy, formerly the
premier of Hungary, says: eff the en-
tente rejects our peace offer only be-
cause they maintain that our offer is
not honestly meant, but is maneuv-
er, and that they cannot enter into
negotiations before knowing our con-
ditions, they can ask President Will
son of the United States, to whom
they have been communicated
An Edinburgh, Scotland dispatch re-
cites that eleven persons were killed
and forty injured with persons return
ing TO Edinburgh after a New Year
celebration in a collision with a switch
engine ten miles outside OF that city.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
WERR-KENYoN PROHIBITION
BILL HELD CONSTITUTIONAL.
Victory is Most Sweeping Ever Won
in FiQht Against Liquor.

Victory is Most Sweeping Ever Won
In Fight Against Liquor.
Washington.-In the most sweeping
of all decisions upholding prohibition
laws, the Supreme Court upheld as
constitutional and valid the Webb
Kenyon law prohibiting shipments Of
liquor from wet" to dry states. 1t
also sustained West Virginia's receI%
amendment to her law prohibiting i'm
portation in interstate commerce of
liquor for personal use.
After having been vetoed by Pres
ident Taft, who held it nnconstitu-
tional, and having been re-passed by
Congress over his veto, the law was
sustained by the Supreme Court by
a vote of Z to 2. Leaders of the
prohibition movement declare it is
to their fight second only in import
ance to the proposed constitutional
amendment.
Lawyers for liquor interests who
heard the decision admitted it upheld
and applied the law Gin its fullest
sense"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
Fhat'U the Kind We Sen Every Day
I'm the year.

There's some satisfaction in knowing
that you get the best In buying the
products Of the HIGH POINT MILLING
co. IS mill. You'll find the white frost
and luxury flour the best to use for any
kind Of baking, it's made from the best
wheat and makes the best bread, cakes
and pastry. Yours truly,
HIGH POINT MILLING COMPANY
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
"BUFFALO BILL" FACES DEATH
AS CALMLY AS ON THE PLAINS

Denver, Col-Col William F. Cody
buffalo Bill) dying in Denver, faced
death in the same manner that he
has faced it many times on the plains
of the West in conflicts that made his
name famous.
The Colonel was warned of the ap-
proach of the end of his life by Dr.
J. H. East, lbs physician and friend.
He had summoned the physician to
the home of his sister, where he is
spending his last hours. When Doctor
East walked into his room, Colonel
Cody said:
"Sit down, doctor, there is some
thing I want to ask you. I want you
to answer me honestly. What are
my chances?"
Doctor East turned to the scout:
There is a time, Colonel said he,
when every honest physician must
commend his patient to a higher
power"
Colonel Cody's head sank
"How long?" he asked simply.
81 can answer that" said the ply
stefan, "only by telling you your life
is like the hour glass. The sand is
slipping gradually, slowly-but soon
the sand will all be gone. The end
is not far away"
Colonel Cody turned to his sister,
Mrs. May Decker:
May" said he, ''let the Elks and
Masons take charge of the funeral"
Then the man who made history in
the West when it was young began
methodically to arrange his affairs.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
CARRANZlSTA SAYS EARLY
ADJUSTMENT WILL BE HAD
Personal Representative Of Mexico's
First Chief is Confident Of Eearly
Ce++IAnoenf

Personal Representative Of Mexico's
First Chief is Confident Of EearIy
Settlement.
New York-NiciferO Zambrano,
treasurer of the de facto government
of Mexico recently sent to Washing
ton by General Carranza as his person
al representative, and who came here
issued statement in which he pre-
dicted an early settlement of the Dor
der difficulties. He based his belief,
he declared, on the fact that the Amer
lean government is considering seri-
ously lifting at an early date, for the
benefit of the Carranza government,
the embargo on the shipment of arms
into Mexico, the recall of Gen. Per-
shing's expedition and the sending to
Mexico of Ambassador Fletcher.
Mr.. Zambrano said he had called
on Secretary Lane and Judge George
Gray of the American commission,
with whom he discussed the American
situation He let it be understood also
that he was received by President
Wilson and Secretary of State Lans-
ing. AS the result of his visit to
Washington, Mr.. Zambrano said he
had reported to General Carranza that
prospects for an early adjustment of
The existing difficulties are very
bright.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
WANTS TO ENLARGE
PROJECTlLE PLANTS

Neutrality-suspicious. of high prices
quoted by American shell makers,
Secretary Daniels intends to ask Con-
gress to increase the capacity of pro-
jectile plants for which it already had
appropriated. HI df1elds Ltd, an
English concern, has underbid Ameri-
can manufacturers whose prices the
government considers exorbitant. The
navy projectile plant will be placed
with the armor plant will be placed
appointed some time ago will locate.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-11
HONOLULU EXEMPTED
FROM COAL EMBARGO

Honolulu.-That the British admir-
atty has exempted Honolulu from the
recent coal shipment embargo was in
Dictated when notification was given
that the motorship City OF Portland
was on its way here from Australia
with 1000 tons of coal. Representa-
tions to he British government that
British trans-Pacific shipping would
suffer If the supply of bunker coal here
failed; were believed to be responsible
for its modification.