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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-08
switchmen End Gary strike.

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. S.-The strike of
switchmen on the Elgin, Joliet & East
ern. which has been under way in the
Gary, Ind, and South Chicago. Ill,
yards for two weeks, ended today
when the men returned to work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-08
r. N. RlTCHEY SPEAKS
General Agent of L. p. 10 Tell Co-Ops
of Camp Funston Traffic.

A description of the manner in
which the Union Pacific has handled
tle hauling of thousands of draft men
- Camp Funston will be heard to-
J orrow at noon at the Elks club by
] lembers of the Topeka COOPERATIVE
cub. r. NJ. Ritchey, general agent of
the Union Pacific will describe the
GataiIs of the work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-08
GAS KILLS FAMILY
Find Man, Wife and Daughter Dead
Two Gas Jets Open.

Chicago. Oct S.-Johh JureIz. his
wife. Mary, and his daughter, May 81.
were found dead in their gas-filled
home today. Two jets were found
open. The police believe their deaths
accidental
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-08
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-08

That's All there is to Window Week-Yet your displays
added the displays made elsewhere will make the great
est show window in the world. s$S
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-01

EdW. Murphy, IT, 5OO w. 5ILnJ
caused panic in movie" 1920 S.
Halsted, by exhaling kerosene fumes
and lighting them with match.
Jewelry stolen from flat of Frank
J. Mccain, 1925 E. 62d.
Bomb shook Elmhurst apt. bldgr
Wrightwood and lake View avs,
owned by George J. Williams, foe of
union labor
Mrs. Helen Dougdale, midwife, JAG
w. North av., held to grand jury after
inquest into death of Marie Benzing,
1920 Belle PLANE av., who died from
illegal operation.
Lieut.. A. S. Carey, Rogers Park,
member of French army, killed in
action.
Dr.. Louis F. Geiger sued for d.
vorce. Wife charges cruelty.
Robert L. Pitte, aged private bank
er, told story of bank failure in Judge
Lands court.
Judge SABBATH refused to take Mar
jorie Delbridge from custody Of ju-
veniIe court.
Henry Smith, 25O2 smaIley Ct,
shot and wounded by auto bandits.
So.
Two armed men robbed Vim. Pro-
jonski, 9O7 S. Hermitage av., of $32.
Navy dept ordered recruiting
agents to get 10000 men of previous
experience for naval reserve imme-
diately.
Lawrence Keller, 2eoO. S. Union
av, found dead. Gas.
Auto bandits got $87 in Consum-
ers' Butter Co., 1888 Indiana av
Policeman Jas. E. Harris fired on
charge of insulting Florence Web
ster, 5911 Wabash av
Edw. J. Padden, deputy city clerk,
will probably fill vacancy caused by
death of John Siman. Ex-Ald. John
Badenoch would like job.
Graham Taylor, pres. Chicago
School of Civics and Philanthropy,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-01
NEWS OF lie DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO

ONCERNlNG CHICAGO
Mrs. Kate Shirley, so, San Diego,
Cal, denied engagement to Horace
Jackson, aged broker.
Chas. ScolIay, A. P. Hill and Frank
Leonard booked in connection with
thefts from American Express Co.
Policemen Ernest Scholeman, P.
]. Keane, Dominick Cafferata, Edw.
Brady and Michael Flannery fired
from force. Drinking.
Mrs. Helen Kruger and Carl
Sterling caught living together at TAP
N. Dearborn. Arrested on complaint
Of her husband, Karl Kruger, 500 N.
Dearborn. Their baby found on
baby farm"
School Trustee John w. Eckhardt
wants school children protected from
immoral movies"
Frank KoseI, 2123 Fairfield av., lost
$3.50. Con men.
Members of !. N. G. who failed to
report for recent inspection face Sc
we're punishment.
Negro got $14 from J. L. Franken-
SLeIu Saloon, 800 orleans. Ponce
seeking Allen Beaumont.
Gong. Foss to introduce bill to add
$50 acres to Lake Bluff training
school.
Geo. E. Jansen, university gradu-
ate, and $500 disappeared simultan-
eously from Automatic Screw Ma
chine Products Co.
trial in federal court.
Everett Literary Society of 1872
met at Union League club.
Frank A. Vogler may be picked by
G. o. P. county. committee as candi-
date for city clerk.
Chicago Telephone Co. gave city
check for $273,898, 3 per cent of the
cOmpany's gross receipts for six
months ending Dec. 81, 1916.
Public works dent receiving bids
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08

Francis Ferdinand and whose death
came soon after the beginning Of the
hostilities that have plunged the
world into war was likewise foe
of democracy. He was hardly so
mastery in his word-wizardry az
Leo but he called his able predecessor
to witness the soundness of his con-
demnation of lie Sillon when he re-
peated Leo's stand thus:
"Our predecessor t" taught that
Christian democracy ought to main,
tain the diversity of classes, which
is surely a fitting characteristic of a
well-constituted state, and to which
for human society the form and
character that God, its author, i'm
pressed upon 1t. He denounced a
certain democracy (the United
States) which goes so far in perver-
sity as to attribute in society sov-
ereignty to the people, and to aim
at the suppression and the leveling
down of the classes"
The foregoing quotations from Leo
and Plus render sufficient proof Of
the true position of the popes re.
garding democratic government OF
popular sovereignty, but there is still
stronger evidence.
Not quite one hundred years age
the despots of Europe combined fol-
the overthrow Of popular sovereignty
wherever it might obtain. As a re.
suit of this combination and first.
hand evidence of their ambitions ir
this respect we have in history what
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08

terity the very things which
they are bound to have if they
are to enjoy life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness?
We have no other object in
view. WE ARE WORKING
FOR NO '0THER OBJECT
THAN THAT WHICH WILL
REBOUND TO THE COMMON
GOOD OF ALL MANKIND.
We are making sacrifices in do
ing it, and we have no hesi-
fancy in asking you to do the
same thing, and you WILL do it
if you have the good of your
country and your people at
heart! Fl
One thing, though, is certain.
The wonderful work of the past
six years is going to be lost if
we lay down now. The men on
the Firing Line are not making
the record now that they have
in the past, and as a conse-
quence this work is suffering.
You are entitled to know the
facts in order that you may
govern your activities accord
ingly, and for that reason we
appeal to each and every one of
you to get busy and redouble
your efforts. Make up your
minds now to join us in this
mighty campaign to quadruple
the subscription list before the
increase in price.
Two. weeks from the date OF
this issue of The Menace and
we will be insthe midst of the
holiday season. We realize that
many obligations will be press
ing upon our friends at this
time, and we are not going to
do anything to increase their
burdens, at the same time we
know that the men on the Fir
ing Line will not be willing to
forego a custom they have prac-
ticed for six years, that of send
ing The Merace a Christmas
gift in the form of a big list oi
new subscribers.
This is going to be doubly i'm.
portant this year for the reason
that it will be only eight, more
weeks until tie increase in sub.
scription price takes effect, anC
WE ARE DOING EVERY.
THING IN OUR POWER TIC
BUILD UP AN ENORMOUS
ARMY OF NEW REATERS
BEFORE THAT TINE ROLLS
AROUND!
We know that every friend oi
ours has friends whom they viii
wish to remember at She Christ
mas time, and we have devised
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08

means whereby they can do
this at very little expense and
with very little trouble.
Nothing will make a better
present to your friends in dis
tant states, towns or villages
than forty-weeks' subscription
to The Menace. That they may
be reminded of your thought
fulnesS of them we are prepar-
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veying the information that you
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ace for them, and each and
every friend of the paper who
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nished the necessary number of
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for between now and December
10th.
To make it easy for you to
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BY this method you not only
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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08

safety and preserving order. Indeed,
from the prevalence Of this teaching
things have come to such a pass that
many hold as an axiom of civil juris-
prudence that seditions may be right
fully fostered. Epr the opinion pre-
walls that princes are nothing more
than delegates chosen to carry out
the will Of the people; whence it nee
essarily follows that all things are as
changeable as the will of the people,
so that risk Of public disturbance is
ever hanging over our heads"
There you have an excellent illus
tration of what Pope Leo thought Of
popular sovereignty; moreover, you
have an excellent example of the Ro-
nan Catholic idea of the effects of
popular sovereignty when he says:
"The drawing up of laws, the ad-
ninistering of state affairs, the god
ess education Of youth, = the
'verthrow of the temporal power of
The Roman pontiff, all alike aim at
his one end-!to paralyze the action
Of Christian institutions, to cramp
to the utmost the freedom of the
Catholic church, and to curtail her
every single prerogative."
You can see from this why Rome
feels it her duty to oppose the on,
ward march of democracy and to
align herself with the autocrats.
Plus X who connived for the control
Of Serbia in secret treaty signed
at the vatican just four days prior
to the assassination of Archduke
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08
SERVICE |STHE WATCHWORDN THESE CRITICAL DAYS

KCIERTAINLY these are
UAl times in which no man
IKl can claim that his time,
his energy or even his
money Is his own.
The nation is in peril and
every patriotic citizen is going
to be asked to subdue his per.
sonal desires and ambitions and
work for the public weal-for
society at large and humanity
in general.
The Menace is not concerned
with the personal opinions of
its readers about this or that
great question, other than that
which is foremost in its propa-
ganda from week to week, but
it does know that so many mo-
mentous questions are pressing
for solution that it is going to
take the combined skill and wis
dom of every patriotic citizen
in the nation to steer this old
ship of state Alright and bring
it safely to port in the end.
We realize the Importance Of
winning the war and making
the world safe for democracy
more vividly perhaps than the
average citizen, due to the fact
chat we make these conditions
a daily study. but we also real.
ize the Importance of having g
sufficient number of American
citizens keep watch over the
fundamental principles of de.
mocracy at home while fighting
for their enthronement abroad
That work is distinctly the
work of The Menace and its
friends, and six years Of sue.
cessful effort in that direction
entities them to a most promi.
nent place in the great program
of worldwide characterization
To let this great work drag
for a single moment at this crit,
ical time in our history would
be most disastrous, to say the
least, and because of this belief
we are working with might ant
main to increase the subscrip
ton list of The Menace to the
point where its future will bt
certain and it's influence most
powerful.
The Menace is paying ex
penses and always has; no mar
connected with it can draw
more than a reasonable wage
for his services; it is not oper
ated for private gain; then why
should we appeal to you fol
your financial support for any
other reason than that of try
ing to preserve for your pos
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08

is known as the Secret Treaty OF
Verona which reads as follows:
Secret Treaty of Verona
"The undersigned, specially au-
thorized to make some additions to
the treaty of the Holy Alliance, after
having exchanged their respective
credentials, have agreed as follows:
"Article /. The high contracting
powers being convinced that the sys-
tenn of representative government is
equally as incompatible with the
monarchial principles as the maxim
of the sovereignty Of the people with
the divine right, engage mutually,
in the most solemn manner to use all
their efforts to put an end to the
system of representative govern
ment, in whatever country it may
exist in Europe, and to prevent its
being introduced in those countries
where it is not yet known.
"Article 2. AS it can not be
doubted that the liberty of the press
is the most powerful means used by
the pretended supporters of the
rights of nations to the detriment of
those of princes, the high contracting
parties promise reciprocally to adopt
all proper measures to SUPPRESS
IT, NOT ONLY IN THEIR OWN
STATES BUT ALSO IN THE
REST OF EUROPE.
"Article 8. Convinced that the
principles of religion contribute most
powerfully to keep nations in the
state of passive obedience which they
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08

Pastoral Letter Read from the Episcopal Thrones Of Ger
manys Roman Catholic Bishops Declares All Attacks on
the German Ruling House Must be RepeIed and Re-
utters Papacys Condemnation of Popular Sovereignty
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08
ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS Of GERMANY CONDEMN POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
IS NOT THIS POPE BENEDICT N|S REPLY TO PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON?

Rome's Anxiety for Kalserism in Light Of Leo Kills and
Plus KS Condemnation of Popular Sovereignty Recalls
Holy Alliance of 822---Then as Now Autocrats Of Eu-
rope and Pope Joined Hands Against Democracy
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-12-08

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Arizona republican., 1917-12-30

Betty stimulated by her brother, Dick, who is a rising young lawyer, anxious tO begin his first case proposes that they get divorce. So the husband, Harry consuts his lawyer friend, Tom Robinson. and together they engage Hattie King.
 Harry is nicely compromised and the divorce action is well under way when Harry persuades Betty that it was all a mistake and they elope Immediate ly after, Dick appears with the infor- nation that the divorce has been granted, and that unless the eIopement is prevented, his sister will be a ruined woman.
 A thrilling chase ensues: and it ter inmates only when the couple in their car, are overtaken by a rainstorm and compelled to seek refuge at a roadside inn Harry, learning from his pursu- ing friends that the divorce has been granted, proposes to mend matters by sending for a justice of the peace and being remarried on the spot. But when the officer arrives, it is found that the divorce papers stipulate that Harry is not Co marry again, a clause that was inserted by Betty in her determination that Harry should never marry any body else.
 Harry thinks of a way out of this by noting that the clause holds good in only one state, but when he plans to go, there is some fresh complication.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
SERVICE NEWS
 SEATTLE CLUB

SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. 2S.-The Seattle Soldiers and Sailors club oc- eupyng an entire seven story down. own building fully fitted with club conveniences and athletic equipment is being conducted for the men of the army and macy by the war department commission on training camp activi- ties, part of the war camp commun- ity movement.
 Soldiers and sailors are patronizing the club heavily. according to Albert E. Carter, former president of the Oak land, Cal. Rotary club. who is now representing the war and navy depart ments in the community movement. On Q recent Saturday night over 200 men occupied beds in the club dormitories.
 Patronage has been very heavy despite the order barring soldiers from Camp Lewis from visiting Seattle Mir. Carter said recently. When we opened December 1 we expected the club would not be well patronized un- til the quarantine was lifted. Our 'ears have proved groundless"
 There is no finer war camp com munity club i'm the United States than m Seattle Mir Carter added Mir
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30

foreign workmen, the latter mostly Poles.
 Whenever a report came in that the Italians were winning. there was great rejoicing among these slaves at the prospect of getting meat soup. These Wretched creatures, who are conscripted for work in the mines and factories. are literally slaves. Not only is their per sonal liberty restricted, but corporal punishments are inflicted for the slightest retort; the offender is flogged and shaved close like d convict, as a mark of humiliation.
 "A good many men may still be seen in the industrial towns, but there are absolutely none in the villages. A few sens of rich landowners have been able to escape military service by suddenly | becoming indispensable to some mine CT factory. There are very few sol diers left at home now, although there were plenty last March The end is at hand
 Corroborative evidence of the criti- cal situation in Bohemia is found in | several more official sources. In the l Austrian budget committee, the de- l putty, M. Zenker declared that the | shortage of flour and bread was now 1 dlnOSL complete. IT the government | really desires to continue the war" he 1 said, it will have to take some very | urgeit measures. We will Afterwards have something to say about Hungary which would be well advised to give way and let us have some of her stored up food if she does not want to see a l current of overwhelming opinion rise
 against Budapest to the great detri-
 ment of the dual monarchy"
 In the Austrian upper house on October 2, Dr. Gilbert Helmer, Lord Abbot of Tepl, and one of the most in fluential churchmen in Austria Hun
 gary, said: Terrible want reigns in
 the districts of Gablonz, Rumburg and
 Warnsdorf, and in the Erzebirge. Con-
 ditions i nthe last-named districts are
 appalling, owing to the failure of the
 Czech population to do their duty to
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
IN GRANDMA'S DAY
 MADE HER OWN SOAP
CAuburn Citizen)

Grandmother knew how to make use of leftover fats and greases and she kept the kitchen supplied with a use ful grade of home made soap.
 Here's the way she did it:
 She saved all of the "drippings' and kept them in a large earthenware crock and at the end of the month she made them into soap.
 First she put all the fat into a large kettle on the back of the stove and when it was all melted she cut up 8 large raw potato and dropped it in to purify it; then she let the fat cook slowly until all the water had evap- orated or until it stopped sputtering. When the fat was pure she strained it through several thicknesses of cheese cloth or if she wanted it winter she strained it through charcoal or clay. She made a soda solution of ona pound of pure caUstic soda dissolved | in five pints of water and mixed in fourteen ounces of this solution to each pound of pure warm fat and she stirred the mass until smooth. Then she poured the mixture into pans or boxes lined with greased paper and put it away in a dry place to harden.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-30
SHORT SUPPLY
 AUSTRIAN FOOD
IRrpuhIican A.P. leased Wire1

LONDON, Dec. 27.-The food situa- tion in parts of Austria, notably Bo- hemia, is at present more critical than at any previous period of the war, &C., cording to letters which have been re- ceived by Czechs here, after evading the Austrian censorship. Bohemia, both owing to her geographical situa- tion and the concentration of her popu- lation in the industrial districts, has always been dependent on outside as sistance as far as her food supply is concerned.
 You cant conceive what a desper- ate plight we are in," says one letter, and it will be even worse as winter comes on, for there has been no har- vest to speak of Owing to the drought, everything has been burned up; there is no wheat, and soon there will be no potatoes Nobody sees how we can endure another winter. Even the peasant farmers have not enough for themselves. There is practically no heat-you can perhaps buy a scrap once a week after standing for four hours in line There are. strikes and demonstrations everywhere, but the newspapers are not allowed to say any thing about them.'
 Another letter says: "The rations per head are now: Bread, ? pounds weekly; flour, for married people only, l pound weekly; potatoes, l pound weekly; sugar, 1,2 pound weekly. But in reality it is practically impossible to obtain ones full allowance of any thing. Food is issued on Fridays and | Saturdays every week, but it frequent | ly happens that those who have fin | ished their rations too soon or who have no money to procure something | by underhanded means, die of starva- tion on Thursday. The management of the food bureau attempts to satisfy our appetities by providing the most | terrible bread, the mere sight-pf which often upsets the starving stomach.
 "It is true we have the much vaunted soup kitchens, which provide a midday meal. But the meal is no longer anything nourishing. but only water containing beets, clover and turnip. The war vegetables are oc- casionally supplemented with horse meat when things are going badly on the front Thus when the Italian offen- 1 sives were going badly against us | many wagonloads of dead horses were brought to the fatcory kitchens to be | made into soup. These kitchens SUD- ply the invalid soldiers, and also the