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Evening star., 1917-05-16
Remarks of the President.

This is most welcome visit be-
cause it means most welcome thing,
the spontaneous cooperation of men
from all walks of life interested to
see that we do not forget any of the
principles of our lives in meeting the
great emergency that has come upon
US.
Mr.. Gompers has expressed already
one of the things that have been very
much in my mind of late. I have been
very much alarmed at one or two things
that have happened at the apparent in
clination of the legislatures of one or
two of our states to set aside even tenn
porarily the laws which have safe
guarded standards of labor and of life
] think nothing would be more deplor-
able than that. We are trying to fight
in a cause which means the lifting of
the standards of life, and We can fight
in that cause best by voluntary CO.
operation. / do not doubt that any body
of men representing labor in this coun-
try speaking for their fellows will be
willing to make any sacrifice that is
necessary in order to carry this contest
to a successful issue. and in that conf
dence I feel that it would be inexcusable
if %e deprived men and women of such
q spirit of any of the existing safeguards
o! law Therefore I shall exercise my
influence. so far as it goes. to see that
that does not happen. and that the sacri-
fees We make shall be made voluntarily
and not under the compulsion which mis-
talSenly is interpreted to mean a lower
ing of the standards which we have
sought through so many generations to
bring to their present level.
Evening star., 1917-05-16

large and turned red. hey
i.ched and burned just like
fire and | would have to walk
the floor many a night. My
hands would swell up and |
could not put them in water
at all. l was told it was
eczema. --...
81 tried all the medicines
Evening star., 1917-05-16
Fighting for Democracy.

''Mr. Gompers has not overstated the
case in saying that we are fighting for
democracy in a larger sense than can
be expressed in any political term.
There are many forms of democratic
government, and we are not fighting
for any particular form, but we are
fighting for the essential part of it ALL
namely, that we are all equally inter-
ested in our social and political life and
ment under which we live, and that
when men and women are equally ad-
mitted to those rights we have the best
safeguard of justice and of peace that
the world affords. There is no other
safeguard. Let any group of men, what
ever their original intentions, attempt
to dictate to their fellowmen what
their political fortunes shall be and the
result Is injustice and hardship and
wrong of the deepest sort. Therefore,
we are just now feeling as we have
never felt before out of a sense of COM
radeship. We shall feel it even more
because we have not yet made the sac
rifices that we are going to make; we
have not yet felt the terrible pressure
of suffering and pain of war, and we
are going presently to feel it, and 1
sure comes upon US our spirit will not
falter, but rise and be strengthened
and that in the last we shall have a
national feeling and a national unity
such as never gIaddened our hearts be-
fore.
Il want to thank you for the compli-
ment of this visit. and say if there is
any way in which can cooperate with
the purposes of this committee or with
those with whom you are laboring it
will afford me sense of privilege and
Of pleasure
Evening star., 1917-05-16
Advocates Arbitration.

James H. Thomas. one of the British
labor representatives, recommended
that all disagreements between en-
ployes and employers be settled by
arbitration, and that in passing ON
demands for higher wages the arbitra-
ton bodies consider the higher cost of
living. Granting of higher pay by this
method in Great Britain, he explained.
was not considered changing labor
standards, but only adjusting wages
to the decreased purchasing power Of
money.
Mr.. Gompers said last night he had
intended to present to the President
yesterday documents showing that
many employers have refused to meet
with their employees to discuss CO.
operation with labor to meet unusual
war conditions. He said also that en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
WIVES AT LAST MEET
Current Topic Club Gave Big Program
at Its Closing Dinner.

The wives of Topeka men no longer
blame their husbands for staying down
town on Monday nights. They. the
wives. were royalty entertained at the
closing meeting of the Current Topic
club at the Y. NJ. c. A. Monday night.
The Methodist choir gave a program
and Ireland was turned loose in a dra-
matte reading by c. Z. Eldridge. Mrs.
E. D. Schonberg, formerly one of the
discontinued wives, told of Her First
Visit to the Butchers" w. H. Bonn
gardner, of local repute, broke into
the big league with his stunts. Judge
West was elected as a life member of
the National Current Topic club. The
election ballot box was a tub. Black
balls were given by several members.
blackballs being sparkling Jumps of
coal. George Godfrey Moore. as
Prince deMoore, was an honest to
John" magician He even hypnotized
a negro assistant. Four girls of the
Methodist choir gave The Charming
Fellow" and the club suspended meet
ing until the winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
EMBARGO STICKS
TerseIy Refuses to
Let Wheat Go.
RumOr Current Argentina to
Break With Germany.

Buenos Aires, April 10.-Argen tina
IS determined not to yield to British
and American pressure for lifting IF
her embargo on wheat. unless it is
absolutely necessary. Today feeling
against Great Britain reached an acute
stage when knowledge of an acri
monious conference between President
Irigoyen and the British minister, Sir
Reginald Tower. reached the public.
President Irigoyen today dispatched
an Argentine transport vessel to Chile
to purchase coal. He was also nego-
tiating for a supply of this fuel from
Colombia and there vas official inti-
nation that the entire Argentine navy
might be assigned TO carry coal in this
way
1t was admitted that unless Argen-
tina is thus able to obtain coal. With
holding of such fuel by England. and
the United States would practically
paralyze all industry.
L. :. Pressure Passive.
While the United States apparently
is supporting England in applying
pressure, it was known today that
American Ambassador Stimson does
not agree entirely with Sir Reginald
Tower on the facts in the case. Slim
son is inclined 10 agree-and has so
reported to Washington--that. Argen-
tina may have cause, on account of
shortage of her wheat crop. for put
ting an embargo on the grain. to pre-
vent the country being drained dry of
this staple.
No official version was obtainable
today of a conference between Tower
and President Irigoyen, but it was
made known that the meeting was an
angry one. According to one authori-
tative report Tower told Irigoyen he
was considering the advisa bility of
leaving Argentina at once. possibly
demanding his passports and formally
breaking diplomatic relations.
To Cut Relations With Kaiser.
From a number of sources today
came a report that the Argentine
government was considering the wis
dom of a declaration against Germany
in favor of the United States and the
allies thus beating Brazil to it, and
gaining credit from the allies.
The plan on its face seemed in
credible. in view of bitter friction be-
tween Great Britain and Argentina
over the wheat embargo. but the ru-
NOR nevertheless persisted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
SIGNED 1T ruth"
Kansas Music Teacher Wrote
Letters to "Vivian," Charge.
Federal Court Indicts Prof. L. &.
Copeland of Lawrence.

The federal grand jury sitting in
Topeka today returned an indictment
against Theo c. Copeland. said to be
a well known music teacher in Law
renee, charging that Copeland sent a
mass of vulgar letters thru the mails
to j. A Doziar of San Francisco, Cal
Fred Robertson. United States district
attorney, has dozens of the letters in
his possession. He declared today
that they contain passages that are ex-
ceptionally vile. Despite the fact they
were alleged to have been written by
Copeland to a man they are directed
to Dearest Vivian" and signed
Ruth"
Copeland, according to federal OFF,
Gals here, is we'll known over Kansas
as a music teacher Robertson said
today that he conducted a successful
studio in Lawrence, taught a class in
Baldwin, another at Kansas City and
that his pupils are accepted at the
state university on his credits.
The letters were discovered by fed
eral officials when they searched Do
liars room in Frisco while trying to
obtain evidence against him in an
other Matters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
JOB HUNTERS DID 1T?
That's One Explanation of Dynamite
Under the Rock Island Bridge

Here's possible explanation for the
three sticks of dynamite, seven dyna-
mite caps and twenty-five feet of fuse
found under the Ward creek bridge on
the Rock Island main line Monday
morning; ta1
1t was stated today that after the
dynamite was placed there and before;
it was found and exploited by railroad
employees and the Missouri Natioaaf
Guard five applications for jobssas
bridge watchmen were filed with the
Rock Island in Topeka. {
Up to Monday no special guards had
been placed by the railroad company.
Employees had been used beside such
structures as the Ward creek bridge.
Chief Harvey Parsons is quoted as
saying the dynamite was hidden there
probably by persons who have been
fishing illegally in Ward creek and the
river; that it was not the kind of dyna-
mite used in blowing up bridges and
used in blasting.
Chief Parsons doesn't know why the
dynamite was placed under the
what kind of dynamite it was. The
dynamite was thrown into the Kaw
river by the Rock Island yard foreman
before Parsons knew 1t had been
found. And the yard foreman and the
Missouri guardsmen who saw it failed
to examine it to see what kid of dyna-
mite il was or whether it had any dis
tinguiShing marks upon it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
NEW CITIZENS HERE
Federal District Court Grants 3 Out
of Applications.

The cases of eight persons seeking
citizenship in the United States have
been considered by the federal district
court in Topeka this week. Full citi-
zenship was granted to three George
Francis Tauer was born in Austria,
and has lived in this country for forty
five years. He was given final pa
pers. He was the only applicant Civ
ing any one of the central powers of
Europe as his birthplace. J. G. Freden.
1119 East Fifth street, and c. E. Ere
den, 154 Ohio avenue, were given final
papers. They came to this country
from Sweden as minors, but their
name in Sweden was Johanson. The
name Freden they took from their
birthplace, Freedman Others who
were started on their way to full citi-
zeRship were r. NJ. Mathiason. 1928
Garfield; John Peter Click, William
Ryan and Timothy Burke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
CUPID RUSE VAIN?
Matrimonial Haven Won't Keep 'em
Out of War, Says Clerk.

New York, April 10.-The Stacker
marriageables today began to blame it
on the girls in New York.
Many youths between the ages OF 10
and rs appearing at the marriage Ii
cense bureau here before IL o'clock to-
day, declared to Chief Clerk Scully
that they had literally been forced in
to it by the insistence of the girls
Others frankly stated they did not
want to go to war and many refused
to give any reply.
Scully took advantage of crush
around his office doors to inform the
couples that marriage at this time
will not exempt any man from mill
rary duty.
The records of this office are open
to the United States government" he
said. land 1 believe they will be used
to force such men as some of you
are, into service"
125 Licenses in 3 Hours.
5, One hundred and twenty-five appli-
cations for licenses had been made up
to IL O'Clock. OF these 6. were under
25. and IL we've between % and 80
The line formed before the office was
opened. stretching down the corridor
and taking space on the stairs. The
services OF all special policemen in
the city hall building were required to
keep order
The entire office force was busy.
New tables had been placed around
the room and many of the couples
were wed before they left the room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
CALL FOR PETITIONS
Many Citizens Are Now Working for
an Auditorium Election.

Calls for auditorium petitions in
creased today and as a result the
stenographer in the office of George
p. Hayden, city attorney. spent a busy
morning preparing legal copies of the
petitions. These were distributed by
J. VIII Kelley. secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce.
Petitions may be signed at Crosby
Brothers. Pelletiers. Warren NJ. Gross
by's, Palace Clothing company, Bea-
trice Creamery company, Topeka
Pure Milk company. Kresge's 10-cent
store and the Wolff Packing COM
pany. Requests have come from the
Santa Fe shops for petitions.
Lee Carter today volunteered to
circulate the petitions free of charge
and spent the morning at the Shaw
nee county court house. Work done
by men and women in circulating the
petitions, free of charge, and for hu-
manitarian reasons is the work city
commissioners believe will be paying
and will push the project to a sue
cessful finish. Petitions may be OBJ
tanned at the office OF the city attor-
ney, at the State Journal office or at
the Chamber of Commerce. The pc
titions call for special election to
vote 100000 in bonds for a fire
proof auditorium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The dandelions are out in full
Easter display today.
The ladies of the Central avenue
Christian church will give a dinner
Wednesday noon at the church.
A Round-Ro volley ball tourna-
ment will be given by the Y. NJ. c. A.
this month. Entries for the contest
will close April 81. The first round
will start April %.
The Salina Y. NJ C. A volley ball
team will play the Topeka Y. NJ team,
Saturday night, April IA. The Topeka
1ine-up is c. a. Marker, L. A. Corliss,
j. F. DeFree, S. G. Thompson and l.
Kissler.
More bone dry legislation is sched-
uled for this week. Tomorrow morn
ing George Hayden, city attorney, will
present city ordinance of this nature
TO the board of commissioners. The
ordinance reads exactly as the state
measure.
No war clauses in it's policies is the
distinction of those of the National
Life Insurance company, of Vermont,
according to E A. Thrill. manager
Policy holders who enlist will have
the same protection as he had before
war broke ont.
Two state officials Cap
per and Walter L. Payne, state treas
urer- will represent the state at large
at the national convention of the Fra
terna1 Aid Union. The national con-
vention will be held in st. Louis LAY
s. The two state officials were elected
TO represent the state at large.
The Seventh annual Shawnee county
track meet will be held at the Fair
grounds, April %. The participants
will come from both grade and high
schools, five classes of boys and two
of girls from the grade school, and
two classes from the high school. More
than $50 entries are expected.
The revival meeting in progress ut
the Nazarene church ITO Buchanan
street is increasing in interest and
attendance. Services each afternoon
at 1880. except Saturday. and at 7:45
each evening. On next Sabbath there
Will be three services, II a. m. and at
3 p m. Rev. Mrs. Emma Trick will
lecture on THE White Slaves OF
America" and evaDgelistic service at
1880 p. m.
A public entertainment was given
Monday by the pupils of the Garfield
and the Lincoln grade schools at the
high school auditorium Two hundred
visitors in addition to the $50 pupils
attended the performance Physical
training drills, folk dances, music,
class songs, living pictures of Mother
Goose characters, and a patriotic Sc
lection were all on the program. w.
G. McGaw is principal of both schools.
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it was announced today. The decorat-
ing committee is neither sparing time
nor expense in draping the auditorium
in American flags and bunting
Buttons at Box Office.
Buttons will oe on sale at the box
office. The doors will open at
O'Clock, dancing will begin at o'clock
and the grand march will be held at
10 O'Clock. Governor Capper and the
mysterious lady will lead the grand
march. The governor and lady will
then proceed to the stage and the gov
ernor will remove the mask from the
mysterious lady" At that time the
prize will be presented to the person
making the correct guess as to the
lady's identity.
Masks will be removed at 1880
clock and prizes, totalling from $500
to $500 will be awarded The judges
will be- Scott Hopkins, ]. VIII Kelley.
Bert Overton, Mrs. d. W. Mulvane
and Mrs. c. L. Mitchell. Music for
dancing furnished by ten-piece
orchestra will continue until an early
morning hour. More boxes were
erected this morning and were pur-
chased by Frank P. MacLennan, Dave
j. August, D. w. Mulvane and DR.. F.
H Scholle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
See The POiSOnS
In Your Blood
Mighty Poisons Accumulated
Through the Winter Months
Mean Disaster and
Disease.
Says Rid the System With Sui
pherb Tablets Easily.

Springtime always brings with it
Joy and distress. The distress is in
the form OF catarrh, neuralgia. rheu-
matte pains. constipation. inactive kid
ncys and usually feverish. sluggist
lethargy that is hard to throw off.
Do you remember how grandmother
fed you sulphur and molasses every
spring to purify the blood? 1t was a
good. old-fashioned, but nauseous
remedy. Now you can take sulphur,
cream of tartar and herbs in tablet
form. A better remedy, easy and
pleasant to take in Sulpherb Tablets.
Sold by all druggists. A laxative,
blood purifier of unequalled merit for
those who are constipated and suffer
ing in any way from such pent-up poi
sons. Each package is guaranteed to
give wonderfully satisfactory results.
Be sure you get Sulpherb Tablets (not
sulphur tablets) Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
HE STAYS OUT LATE
That Is Reason Wife Wants Divorce
From Merrill T.. Crumb.

Margaret J. Manter Crumb says
Merrill L. Crumb, her husband. stays
out late at nights and that by absent
ing himself from her society has
caused her unrest and general dis
content. For the reasons stated she
asks the district court to annul the
marriage between herself and her hus-
band. which. she says, took place in
Holton, September 21. 1910.
Besides an annulment of the mar
riage Mrs. Crumb wants back her
maiden name of Margaret J. Manter
she wants all the property she had
when she married him. and reason
able" alimony and the costs in the
case. She states that it was thru
no fault on her part that Crumb
stayed out at night and failed to pro-
vide properly for her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
BIC BALL TONIGHT
Ake-POt Ster-BOOs All Ready
for Masquerade Dance.
Hundreds of Buttons Sold on
the Streets Today.
PROCEEDS TO RED CROSS
WaShburn Students to Take
Part in the Program.
Big Squad Will Swear Allegi-
ance to the United States.

From twenty-five to forty Washburn
students will become national guards
men tonight at the Ake-Pot Ster-Boo
ball at the city auditorium, according
to announcement made at the Cham
Der of Commerce this noon by George
Godfrey Moore, a member of the en-
tertainment committee. This will be
one of a number of unique patriotic
features of the big ball being given by
the Ake-Pot Ster-Boos for the oenerlt
of the American Red Cross society
The other features will be staged at
intervals during the evening.
The Washburn youths will be lined
up on the floor of the auditorium and
all will swear allegiance to the United
States at the same time. Capt VIII
liam p. MacLean, commander OF Bat
terry A, will administer the oath OF
allegiance Advertisements and per
sonal appeals calling the Washburn
lads to the colors have not been IN
vain and in the last two days they have
been calling in groups at the arnory
TO volunteer their services. 1t was de-
cided to administer the oath of office
to them at the Ake-Pot Ster-Boo ball
I'VE understand there are forty VINO
will take the oath tonight was the
announcement made at the armory to-
day. 1t depends on how many or
them keep their word
Many Badges Sold.
Hundreds of badges were sold on
the streets this morning and after
noon by members of the Topeka chap
ter of the Am ,rican Red Cross soci-
ETY. and by business men who left their
work to aid IN making all the money
possible for the Red Cross society. J.
e. Austin, Ray Lattner and Bayard
whitney sold more than a hundred
badges during the day. George God
Trey Moore disposed of eighty-fve in
an hour and a half.
s. l.. Courtney spent a busy day
tabulatinS the guesses on the identity
OF the mysterious lady. All those
guessing on the lady's identity should
make the number on the back of their
buttons known, as that is the only way
the person making the correct guess
can claim the SIS in gold.
The floor committee has been wax
ing and otherwise preparing the floor
for dancing for two days. 1t is in
nearly perfect condition for dancing,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
T. R. CANNOT COME
Colonel Roosevelt Declines Kansas In.
vitation for July 4.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will not
come to Kansas to officiate at the I'M
yelling of the monument of General
Mcpherson. A letter to Governor Cap
per states that it will be impossible
for the colonel to come to the state
July a, the date set for the ceremonies.
The unwilling would have occurred in
Mcpherson.
In his letter to Governor Capper,
Colonel Roosevelt said:
1T is with real regret that 1 am
Obliged to refuse the invitation of the
Major General Birdseye Mcpherson
committee. l should love to come and
to make a straight out anti-pacifist
and anti-German speech. A little more
than two weeks ago 1 accepted an in
vitation to attend the semi-centenniaI
celebration of Nebraska's admission to
statehood, in mid-June next. As things
are now, 1 dare not make any further
enga gements''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10
MUST SAVE FOOD
COngdOn Orders Restaurants and
Hotels To Be Conservative.
Several Hundred Thousand Dol
lars Wasted in Kan. Yearly.

Appeals were sent from Topeka to-
day by L. A. Congdon, state hotel in
spector. in which he urged all hotels
and restaurants to safeguard against
waste of food stuffs. Congdon's order
prohibits the use of come backs" in
public eating houses, but warns all
hotels and restaurants to prepare con-
servatively for the days demands and
to prepare no more food than will
be used during the day.
More than 5000 public eating
places in the state are affected by the
Congdon order. In these places, it is
estimated that an average of two gall
Ions of prepared food is wasted each
day. In some of the larger places,
the food waste is much heavier. The
waste means an annual food loss in
this state of hundreds of tons of pre-
pared vegetables. meats and breads.
Figured in dollars and cents and as
amounts to several hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
Watch Every Corner.
"Our plan is to watch the food con-
sumptions in all public eating houses"
said Congdon. I'VE want the hotels
and restaurants to prepare only such
food as will be used during the day,
using a conservative estimate as a
basis. In one place an inspector re-
filed with foods thrown away by one
hotel. 1 simply want every hotel and
restaurant to be its own food dictator
and to safeguard against waste and
wanton losses The public must not
only pay for the waste, but must suf-
fer thru food shortages"
Come back"-food served a second
time-is illegal in the state and no
compromise of the provision is made
in the Congdon order.