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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07
HONORS ARE EASY.

An exchange remarks that the
president has on numerous occasions
prevented congress from pulling a
bone" On this score honors may
fairly be considered to be even. Con-
gress also has exercised similar re-
straint upon the president. The pro-
posed censorship law affords a case
in point
The one piece OF legislation for
which the administration made the
most persistent fight was the so-called
spy bill, which would give the bu-
reaucrats almost absolute power over
free speech and free press. I'm
doubtedly the enactment of that law
in the form desired would remove
many unpleasant features from the
management of the war, but it would
hinder rather than hasten victory.
With the censorship powers estab-
lished, we should have had no expos
ure of the slaughter of nurses on
American ships by defective Alneri-
can shells. There would be no dis
cussion of Standardization of NUM-
tons and guns with a view to secur-
ing interchangeability. There would
be no exposure and no danger of ex-
posture of neglect in providing health
full shelter and food for the soldiers.
There would be a complete bar to dis
closure of favoritism, sectionalism,
and bad judgment in the letting Of
contracts. With law on the statute
books suppressing publicity, there
would be encouragement of careless
ness or fraud. Neither carelessness
nor fraud can win or help win this
war.
When it was proposed in the SEN
ate to ask the war department for in
formation regarding the sizes Of guns
and shells used, defenders of the ad-
ministration protested that this would
oe jeopardizihg our interests by giving
information to the enemy. Nothing
could be farther from the fact. If
Germany wants to know what size of
shells we use, she has already gained
the information. But that ineorma-
ton would be useless to her, for our
shells would not fit her guns and she
has no means of getting possession of
them until they are delivered from
the muzzles of our guns. When a Re-
publican senator asked for informa-
ton regarding the interchangeabilitv
or American munitions he rendered a
distinct public service for which he
should be thanked rather than criti-
cised.
For defeat of the censorship clause
OF the spy bill the country is indebted
to the Republican minority.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07
WAR TIME ASSESSMENTS.

The generous promptitude with
which the country has responded to
all the calls for money which the war
has engendered is a tribute to the
great heart of the republic. These
contributions have been going on al
most without interruption since the
fall of 1912. when the first Balkan
war stirred the instincts of Our people
to lend effective aid to the federated
Christian nations who were then
fighting the Turk.
The second Balkan war followed
almost Immediately the world
war was only a year later in point of
time.
Since August, 1914, we have given
Iavishly of our substance to all the
combatants; and our own entrance
into the strife now brings additional
demands to which the response has
been adequate. How long this can
continue is problematical-but this
much is clear: the practice of "al-
lotting" to various states and COM
munities the sum which they must
raise in these various campaigns for
contributions smacks a good deal of
presumption.
There are some communities where
wealth is concentrated; and here. of
course, large sums may be collected.
Other communities. equally populous,
may and often do have much less
money. Yet all are to give an al
lotment" on the same basis. This
works hardship many times: and. in
addition, it puts a false imputation
upon the community which does not
reach the mark set for it by a COM
mittee located far away and having
incomplete knowledge of local condi-
lions.
The sanitary commission of Civil
war times raised large sums of money
and accomplished endless good-but
it did not assume to assess any por-
| ton of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07
GLOBE SIGHTS

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
What has become of girls bicycles?
A willing worker seldom runs out
of work.
Heartily encored" is about the big
gest lie.
A real aristocrat doesn't have to be
a snob to prove it
A rich candidate is always a promis-
ing one to the politicians.
A man who says he plays poker for
a pastime is usually a steady loser.
When you are asked to wait a min
ute, that doesn't mean sixty seconds.
If you have too much self-confi-
dence. others are apt to mistake it for
conceit.
Sometimes it seems that the mush-
lest magazines have the largest cir
culation.
A good loser is admira Bile in some
ways. but he isn't much of a help to
his family
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

1t has developed that potatoes con-
tinue to bring extravagant prices in
certain localities because commission
men alone can obtain cars for ship
ping them And yet passage of the
food control bill is delayed while a lot
of politicians in congress fight over
whisky. If the country demand bone
dry legislation, there should be no
difficulty in passing a bill for that
purpose on its merits. and without
making it rider to the food control
bill. Food and drink are separate
items and should be handled sepa-
rately
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07
THE SEARCMLIGMT
Latest News from the Fields OF
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
Coin Receiving System.

A newly patented system for re-
ceiving coins has just been put on the
market in New York This system is
intended for use in hotels and apart
ment houses. 1t is designed to permit
the occupant of a room OF apartment
to pay for small purchases which
come to the downstairs office without
leaving his room, and to get change
to pay small debts at his own door
without sending out for it. In each
room there is a box containing receiv-
ing and delivery slots for nickles,
dimes, quarters and half dollars. Each
room box is electrically connected to
a central switchboard in the hotel Of
flee. Every coin dropped into the box
is automatically recorded at the CEN
trail switchboard, and the operator can
make change if necessary by pressing
a button.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

The interstate commerce commits
sion having decided against a sub
stantial increase in freight rates, says
the Rochester Democrat, the railroad
managers ought to follow the example
Of the railroad brotherhoods and
make their appeal di=ect to congress.
But the Democrat forgets that the
managers have not 50 many votes as
the brotherhoods have and also that
they do not dare to strike and stop
operating their roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
81 ROY K. MOULTON.

You Know What.
Immortal dish, The gods of old
Ate thee from costly bowls of gold
And smacked their lips and rolled their
eyes
And said. Gosh, this beats lemon piesr"
Straws do not tempt us very much,
Mere berries we but seldom touch,
For cake our craving is but slight
Though now and then we have bite.
But You, of these the sum and whole
oh, how we love you, bless your soul!
When We March Away
We do not cross the briny deep, to
rob, to slaughter and to seize, to MUIR
der babies in their sleep or do such
gentle deeds as these, we do not go
because we choose to bring to men
fear of Might. nor yet because we
wish to lose all sense of decency and
right, We do not go because since
birth'we have been trained and drill
ed and taught to bring a curse upon
the earth, to joy in barba rism wrought,
to worship one whose mad designs
would make the world a place of fear.
We go to join the battle lines because
we hold our honor dear. We go that
everyone may see a nation, stronger
than it knows, give all its mighty
strength to free and iberate the world
of those who with their frightfulness
and fear would make the world a
place of rue. We go to chase them
off the sphere-a very worthy thing
to do.
Today's Sheer
Some people are never slow to set
tie when it comes to spites.
Lazy Old Cock.
He likes to strut about and crow,
Does Herbert Hatchin,
And vet his wife 1t is, ! know.
Who does the scratchin'.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Potato Doughnuts-Two cups
mashed potatoes. two cups graduated
sugar mixed with potatoes, three eggs,
six cups flour. one cup sweet milk.
two tablespoons baking powder, butter
size of egg.
To make a nice round loaf of bread
for sandwiches and luncheons try
baking it in the tin cans that coffee is
put up in. Fill cans only about one
third full of the dough
Pecling Potatoes.
In preparing potatoes to be boiled
with the skins on, cut just through
the skin. in quarters, the length of the
potato This makes them easy to peel
They will also take the salt, while po-
tatoes boiled with the skins on will not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

his own measure or realize the value
of his wares, or know how to market
them, but parents should know and
be ready to hold out a helping hand
and say, in the slang of the day, this
is where you get off," when their boys
and girls start forth on their life jour
ney.
That parents so often admit that
they are incapable of advising their
children about what careers to follow
is a black indictment of their parent
hood. For if the proper study of man
kind is man, the most important
study of parents is their children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

: Recent suggestions that food sup
plies from The United States now sent
TO the neutral countries of Europe
may be passing thence to the central
powers lend interest to compilation
by the National City Bank of New
York. showing the quantities of the
principal foodstuffs sent to neutral
Europe at present, compared with
other years of the war and with the
year preceding the W.T.. These fig
Tres show that in practically all food
stuffs sent to the neutral countries
the quantity sent at present is much
less than in the earlier years of the
war, but more than in the pre-wS-
period when the markets of Russia,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

Shipbuilders in the Netherlands
are in the market for 12O, 100000 feet
of American pitch pine. Here is a
good opportunity for the export COM
rnittee to exercise the power entrusted
to it in the espionage bill relative to
the control of exports. The Neither
lands are not helping US in this war,
in fact they are adding to our bur-
Gems because of their trafficking with
Germany in food products. And we
need all the lumber procurable for
.ciir own vessels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

If the neutral nations of Europe
would eat they must fight Germany.
That is the way it looks now. Amer
lean food will be sent only to Amer
ica's allies. This is no evidence of an
intention to starve neutrals into fight
sag but is due to the fact that they
have been passing supplies on to Ger
many We cannot afford to feed an
onemy if we expect to whip him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

Wonder how the city ladies are get q.
ting on with their self-imposed task
of teaching the women on the farms
how to can fruit? remarks the Los
Angeles Times. Probably about the
same as the city ladies who came out
last year to tell the western women
how to vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

The much abused Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy. Is coming in
for a measure of praise, since a divi-
sion of the American army was land
ed successfully and safely in France.
Truly nothing succeeds like success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

a long while since any one had called
her Miss Cassidy. She spoke as De-
fitted the bride-elect of the Bat
II promised him that I'd marry him
two days ago." she said, eff he'd win
the race. That's why 1 had to get
him up and in condition. Don't you
see, sir ?"-(Copyright, 1917, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

The hen that lays the golden egg
has been located in Middletown, o..
A woman gave one of her highly
priced hens and dozen eggs to the
Red Cross society. Her gift was auc-
toned off for $4,000. The eggs
brought $1.736 to the war fund
g144.s6 each. The hen brought $266.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

While China practically is at war
with Germany she is preparing to do
all her fighting at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

There is approximately s46 in cash
en- this country for every inhabitant.
Have you got yours2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

In the news of the recent fighting
on the GaliciaC front. nothing appears
regarding that regiment of Russian
women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-07

Skiddoo item now going the rounds
There are now 20 bone dry states II
the Union.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15
ORANGE SPRINGS FAIR
THIRTIETH OF AUGUST

Marion county will have good OPP
portunity to promote interest in the
Marion County Fair az the meeting
to be held at Orange Springs Thurs
day, August 80. The meeting is plan
ned to stir NJ greater interest in the
I've stock industry and 20 plan for the
Orange Springs Fair which promises
70 be a greater success than that of
last year.
The big spring at Orange Springs
has been growing in popularity since
the improvements made by James R.
Murphy, president of the Florida
Farms and Homes, Inc, and many
house parties have been given there
by Marion county people this summer,
especially from Mcintosh and other
nearby sections.
Mr.. S. P. Hollinrake, general man
ager of the Ocklawaha Valley rail
road, has been requested to provide
special arrangements for the day and
to give a reduced round trip fare
The prospects are that there will be
many automobile parties from both
Marion and Putnam counties.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15

The Philadelphia Ledger talks in
this unsoothing way about slackers:
mo copperheads boasted of their
pacifism in the years following APP
pomatox. Men who in the sixties
fought against the draft and rioted to
avoid service spent the rest of their
lives in concealing the fact. They
were vociferous in defense of their
cowardice while the issue remained in
doubt, and that same cowardice guild
ed them until they died, for they had
no heart to stand on the record and
let their children know what they had
done in the bloody days that tried
mems souls. There are individuals
now who lie awake nights thinking
not how they may serve their country
but how they can avoid serving it.
We call them slackers for want of a
better name, but the white blood in
their veins and the chills in their feet
stump the dictionary. The lexicon
has terms of ignominy, but none
strong enough to describe the re-
cleant citizen who seizes on any phil
osophy or any straw to save him from
the performance of his duty"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15
MILES
TO A GALLON

The government is requesting
owners Of automobiles to conserve
gasoline in every way. The best way
that automobile owners can conserve
their gas is to drive only Maxwell
cars, and if they give their carbure-
tors the proper attention, neither
they nor the government will have oc-
casion to kick.
Sunday Mr.. John Dozier drove his
Maxwell touring car 45 miles to Dead
river, where the family stopped for
lunch and a careful measurement of
his tank, not by the gauge, but by a
gagged rod measure, finch is accur
ate, showed that he had made the
astonishing distance of As miles on ex-
actly one gallon of gasoline. There
were in the car four grown people Of
more than average weight, two husky
youngsters, two heavy suitcases and
a big picnic lunch hamper
1t may be said that Mr.. Dozier is a
careful driver and never speeds or
does stunts with his car, also that it
never needs repairs and in consider
able over year has cost him prac-
tically nothing for up-keep.
r. R. Carroll,
Maxwell Dealer.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15

estimates on the painting by the next
meeting of the board.
1t was ordered that G. S. Scott &
Son should change the insurance on
the Shiloh building to secure the new
building.
The board adjourned for the day.
Wednesday Morning, August 8, 1917
The board met with all members
present and acting.
Mr.. Slack, supervisor of the Erin
school, called and made request to
have the toilet recovered, which was
granted.
1t was agreed to appoint Mr.. J. H
Knoblock supervisor of the Knoblock
school.
The matter of securing funds for
current expenses was discussed and ii
was agreed that the board from time
to time would borrow such amounts as
seemed necessary to meet the expens-
es about to be incurred.
Sundry bills were presented and Or
dered paid as per list to be made in
financial statement.
Mr.. L. D. Beck called and made re-
quest that the Cottage Hill school lot
be decided back to him in as much as
there had been no school maintained
there for a number of years. It was
agreed to take the matter up with the
other trustees for further recommen-
dation in the matter.
Reports from the Commercial Bank
as general fund depository and the
Bank of Dunnellon as district deposi-
tory, were presented and checked over
and found to be apparently correct.
The board adjourned for noon.
Wednesday Afternoon Session
The board met with all members
present and acting.
Mr.. Boatright from Lake Kerr call
ed and made request for a school to
be re-opened at Lake Kerr. He was
requested to have petition prepared
and sent in by next meeting of the
board showing the number of names
of pupils who would attend.
The superintendent reported that
there had been persistent rumors
among the colored people that just pri-
or to the June teachers examination
sets of the examination questions had
been brought to Ocala and used by
some of the applicants outside of the
examination for preparing themselves.
He reported that the rumor seemed
to be we'll founded and that he had
concluded to decline to issue any cir
tifcates made by the colored appli-
cants on this examination. 1t was his
impression that but few had had the
questions but it was impossible to
prove just which ones had had them
and which ones had not.
No further business appearing the
board adjourned to meet in regular
session on Tuesday, September a,
1917. J. H. Crimson, Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15

Editor Bloom, of the Lakeland Star,
just naturally loves a scrap. Not sat
isfied with the rows he has stirred up
in Lakeland, he has now begun one
with Editor Benjamin of the Ocala
Star. At the last report the trouble
had reached the stage wherein the
Ocala editor expressed the opinion
that "any man who says we have any
other reason is plain, monumental
liar. Do you get that, Mr.. Bloom ?"
Wonder if our brother editors think
their readers are really interested in
such personal fights.-St. Petersburg
Times.
Gracious knows the Times has no
reason to ask such a question. We
have seen three or four columns at a
time of its space filled with the per-
sonal disputes of its editor. We do
not. make personal fights nor personal
anything else in the Star. Bloom
made some untruthful allegations
about the Star, and the shortest way
to deal with such matters, when you
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15

The Star is very well pleased with
the promotion of Col. A. H. Blanding
of the Second Florida Infantry to the
rank of brigadier general. He is a
most efficient officer, and has won his
promotion by sheer hard work. Years
ago, when war was undreamed of, we
heard him described by friends as one
of the most careful and scrupulous
as we'll as Industrious of men. The
Second Infantry is proud of his pro-
motion, and hopes the Florida regi-
ments will be included in his brigade
1t is not known who will take COM
mand of the Second Infantry, but
Lieut.-Col. Samuel j. Wolfe of Key
West, is first in the line of promotion,
and Colonel Blanding's brother, Maj
John w. Blanding of Gainesville, is
senior major of the regiment. All
these officers have worked their way
up. Not one has been "cat"apulted
into his position. Immediately after
the return of the Second Infantry
from the border, an attempt was
made to displace Colonel Blanding
and some of the other experienced of
ficers. There was no reason for such
move, except that their places were
wanted for some of the pets of the
gang of politicians now in power at
Tallahassee. The regiment was raked
with fnetooth comb for complaints
against the colonel. These proceed
ings came to a sudden ending-pos-
sibly the adjutant general realized
what disreputable proceeding it
was, probably the war department
dropped him a timely hint-at any
rate, Colonel Blanding remained in
command, and now, less than two
weeks after the regiment has been
mustered back into federal service he
is promoted. General Blanding has
many friends in Marion county, who
are very glad of the deserved honor
bestowed upon him, and confidently
expect to hear of others in the future.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15

The many friends in Ocala, Eustis
and. other places where he has taught,
Of Mr.. Roy B. Bowers will be sorry
that Florida is about to lose him, but
glad to know that he goes to fill an
excellent position as teacher in an
other state. Mr.. Bowers is a first
rate teacher and good man. He is
at present at Camp Sapphire in North
Carolina, and his Ocala friends hope
ne and his family will have time to
pay them visit before they go to
their new home.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15

are dealing with man whose mind is
so warped that he thinks everything
he doesn't agree with is crooked, is to
say he is lying and let it go at that.
We don't do such things very often,
for we seldom have to, but we notice
that whenever we do our readers are
always much interested. Bloom is
great scrapper, but his scrapping is
on the line of cuttlefsh tactics. If he
ever tackles anything that will hurt
him, he will do so by mistake.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15

Senator LaFollette has launched the
peace move of the Senate pacifsts
by introducing a resolution calling for
redefinition of the allied war aims
and declaring for the creation of a
common fund to be provided by all
the belligerent nations for the restor-
alton of Belgium and other devastat-
ed countries. Why should America,
or any other of the Allied nations
help pay for Germany's crimes? 1t is
most appropriate that LaFollette's
name means little fool.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15
A Marvel of Memory,

That italian prodigy of learning, Ig-
natius de Rosal, made the boast that if
any one could repeat line from any
Of the four great poets of Italy he
would follow it by reciting 100 lines
following in due order Of succession,
and on a trial being made he actually
accomplished the feat.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15

The coffee that you are drinking at
the Harrington Hall dining room and
cafe is the famous Senate brand cof-
fee, roasted and distributed exclusive
ly by the Tampa Coffee Mills. Get
the habit. 7-10-6
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-15
Good Reasons.

81 see Maud is crossing the street to
the shady side, which shows her re-
firing, modest disposition"
what has that to do with it?'
Don't you see how she shrinks from
a place in the ?'-BaltimOre Amer
lean.