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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14
The Peace That Makes Peace.


Terse Comments on the Uniform Pray
er Meeting Topic of the Young Poo
pies Societies-Christian Endeavor,
Etc.-for December 16: Christ Is
Our Peace. National Ideals, War
or Peace. which," lisa. 9:6; Eph.
T 2:14:17.
International peace, the peace on
earth, of the angel song, is possible
only among men of good will Let
us not deceive ourselves here. We
cannot legislate war out of existence.
A mind of hrotherliness and sympa-
thy among the people alone can
make peace real and enduring. The
objective of peace propaganda should
not be parliaments of the nations, but
the minds of the common people. The
new diplomacy helps the commonalty
of mankind to understand one an
other. Nowadays it is the will of the
people themselves that makes or pre-
vents wars. Therefore to help men
to be brethren is to bring that reign
of peace on earth toward which the
world has travelled for millenniums
Peace is something to be fought for
as well as prayed for. That may seem
paradoxical But it is true. Spine
lessness is in no wise a quality of
peace. Lack of character and cow
ardly conformity to essential evil has
never promoted lasting peace, altho it
BILE struggle until nobler men come on
the scene to face the issue. There
have been holy wars. This is "a holy
war. Resistance of oppression has
been noble. Every battle for truth
has served the cause of ultimate peace
In the order of qualities truth must
be put first, and peace second.
There is a peace of the great ocean
and there is peace of the stagnant
~ T.
of repose. of restraint, of mighty life +;
the other is the peace of deafness
and ineffectiveness; the peace that we
should seek is the peace of strength,
the ocean tides of divine might suf-
fusing our being, to make it potent
This peace is impaired. 1t is not
something won by seclusion from all
of life's activities. My peace 1 give
unto you.' said Christ. His life was
one of stress, yet of peace. That is
the sort of peace that He imparts,
the peace which gives Quietness amid
-all the storms of life. For the power
of Christ and the peace of Christ are
inseparable.
An ideal is something worth while.
If peace is to be that, it must be made
| attractive-men must live under high
er standards than they do now, must
have interests that make peace worth
even fighting for.
The Friends, with their calm,
peaceful faces and unruff1ed habit of
life, ha re been a beautiful testimony
ito the power of God over human
hearts. Such a witness for the Mas
ter every Christian should bear. An
established heart, and itsl accompani-
ment. a countenance speaking peace,
is the heritage Of every one of us.
The worlds way is the way of
worry. 1t has reason to fret and be
anxious. Distress and uncertainty
and perp1exity are its lot life is
| full of problems to it; nothing is sure;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14

divided into three classes according
to population. In addition to the pen
nants, a special honor certificate viii
be awarded to any city or town that
sells six or more seals per inhabitant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14
DINNrR ST RIES

They were sitting on the sands
side by side, looking over the ocean.
How peaceful it Iooks!'
Yes" she said, but how very
welt"
True" he observed, land yet how
calm and restful it appears With
you by my side I could sail on for
ever"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14

Congress may learn something to its
advantage and that of the country as
well by consulting the annual report
of the federal trade commission The
report embodies enough ills which
need correction to keep the national
lawmakers busy for the probable du-
ration of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14

Railroad executives have let the.
president understand that they are not
seeking a government loan. They will
be satisfied if Uncle Sam will endorse
their notes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14

The situation in Russia resembles
that of the United States in the COS
There is war between the north and
the south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14
ON SPUR 4 IF MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULToN

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The vote stands as follows today:
rood prot1teerS .0t9.:oz
Bazaar grafters ..-.----..-.-.-. -01z.ySs
SpurIos verSenkltters ----.-..-.-. OBJ, oo5
Calamity gOSSlperS -.-----.-.-.- .i.to,iI=
Flag sale grafters .4oS,94z
Another troublesome question::
If the allies draft all their subjects
now in America, who will build the
railroads, shine the snqes and wait
table,"
The English have, just captured
Tadpole Copse.
And we have always been led to be-
lieve that froglegs were a characters
tic French dish.
One of the propitious signs of the
times is that the "hero worshipers"
back home are evidently not going to
be able to make q damfool out of
Pershing.
In New York they have discovered
United States senator who wears $50
shirts
Inasmuch as those shirts are fur
nishing much food for thought, why
not refer the whole matter to Hoover
A headline says: THE Restaurants
Are Saving Food"
How well we know it. When will
they begin serving it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14

The worlds way is the way of
worry 1t has reason to fret and ba
anxious. Distress and uncertainty
and perp1exity are its lot life is
full of problems to it; nothing is sure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14

Not Merely Teaching the Manned to
Work, but Using the Time OF All
ConvaIescents for Practical Instruc-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14

An ideal is something worth while.
If peace is to be that, it must be made
attractive-men must live under high
er standards than they do now, must
have interests that make peace worth
even fighting for.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
AUTHORITY IS ASKED TO
INSURE MERCHANT CREWS
Administration Seeks to Pro-
teCt Families of Officers
and Sedmen

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE admins
tration has asked congress for authority
TO insure the lives and persons of Off
GERS and seamen OF American merchant
ships. il was announced today.
The plan-advanced by Secretary or
Treasury McAdoo and approved by
President Wilson-wOuld be administer
ed by the federal war risk insurance
bureau.
II contemplates not only insurance
against loss of life but also indemnities
for loss of limb and compensation dur
ing captivity. The life indemnity is to
be not less than 81 500 and not more
than $4,000. with 'prOportionate pay
for loss of limb"
Owners Of all American merchant
ships would be compelled TO insure all
officers and men of their ships. just as
They now insure their bulls and cargo.
We must see that the gallant men
who risk their lives upon our merchant
ships are given every possible protec-
ton by their government Secretary
McAdoo said.
Reciprocal insurance arrangements
with our allies is also sought to insure
THE fullest cooperation between their
war risk bureaus and our own it was
said.
Enlargement of the powers OF the
war risk bureau was also asked
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04

| all inland, coastwise and transatlantic
| shipping of the country.
Government shipping control is a
| prelude to putting into effect the inter-
national shipping control agreement.
Cuba Is doing her part. The Cuban
war commissioners here announced that
| the Austrian and German ships seized
! in Cuban waters are undergoing $780,
| 900 worth of repairs and will be put
| into service under the Cuban flag car
| rying foodstuffs and supplies
The French commission will leave for
! Chicago tomorrow.
The British mission expects to be
here at least ten days longer. Then the
| party will leave for New York and pos
| sibly a short trip into the middle west.
| Several experts may remain perma-
nently in Washington. Included would
probably be a shipping. munitions, food
and trade expert.
| Today was DEVOTED largely to detailed
| discussion, especially in following out
TIE shipping suggestions brought OUT
a. yesterdays first formal conference.
! Reports of fresh peace offers from
Berlin brought forth the statement
| from the mission today that a series
of feelers were expected during the
next few months. as an immense
amount of quiet peace effort has been
| under way by Teutonic emissaries. but
no credence is being placed in their
accepta bility.
Germany was stated to have made
| advances to the entente proposing sur
| rendering her conquests in the east
and west on condition of retaining her
Balkan way to Bagdad and Meso-
! potamia, but the allies have been more
united against that plan than against
any other proposal.
Prospects of a separate peace by any
Of the Teutonic countries are wholly
discounted by the British mission on
the ground that Germany's hold on
her allies is altogether too firm.
/ CONSIDER PEACE PROFFER.
If Germany's rumored peace terms in
clude giving up her strongholds in Bull
/ garia, Serbia and Turkey, the allies may
look twice at the proposition. 1t was stat
ed authoritatively here today.
| If Germany offers no concessions in
| the eastern theater, the allies will brand
! the peace move as a fake, because Ger
manys eastern control would give her
death grip on "a vital nerve center
Of the world"
1t also became known today that a
majority of the allies do not expect a
permanent peace in the sense of the word
that there will never again be war
ed for five or six generations.
A peace based on concessions on the
| western front characterization of Bel
GUM, giving up Alsace-Lorraine and
other similar concessions-the allies say
would mean only exceedingly brief peace
mere breathing spell for the Teutons
With the food, man power, cash NUM-
| tions and Shipping problems of America $
| participation in the war nearing COM
pletion. the allied world war council set
tied back here today to await what Ger
many has to offer in the way of peace
! terms.
high British commissioner expects
six days more will find the world par
leys' task finished in its broadcast foun-
dations.
Secretary Balfour met Secretary Nc
Adoo for a conference of review on the
| shipping and financial problems today
The work of co-ordinating and develop
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04

ing the resources of this country con
tinued among the other war commits
sioncrs.
But extreme curiosity as to the ma
ture of Germany's move permeated all
the negotiations.
If Germany's offer deals only with
concessions on the western front, the
allies will brand the German move as
propa ganda to calm the minds of the
American and Russian people toward
Germany and they will endeavor to put
the situation before the American peo-
pie as a move for temporary peace.
Members OF the commission admit
ted today that in such event they
would use the German move to turn
the Teutonic propaganda against its
perpetra tors and intensity the Ameri-
can determination against a separate
peace or against any peace that is not
binding for several generations at
least.
QUESTION OF WORLD POLITICS.
at is a question of world politics, .
said a British commissioner today.
"Of course, many of the allies be-
lieve an absolutely permanent peace is
impossible. However. we all believe a
peace for many generations is posi-
BILE. but not if we let Germany keep
her stranglehold on Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey. which con-
stitue a vital nerve center of the world.
German domination. i'm the east in peace
terms now means more war very soon"
AS for the detailed progress of the
war parleys, another member of the
British mission said the shipping and
financing problems have been practic-
ally settled in detail and that the COM
missoners today have concentrated on
questions of how to build an American
army.
SO searching has been the American
investigate of the allies army sys-
tenn that the foreign commissioners
have had to cable their governments
for more information on dozens of
points of detail
Hundreds of suggestions are pouring
in on the war makers from not only
their own assistants. but from citizens
at large.
One proposal which was characterized
bv one British commissioner as mot at
all bad idea" was that the seized
German ships being used to take food
to our allies in Europe be filled with
German prisoners to be brought to the
United States and put to work on
farms to relieve the LABOR shortage.
This. It was pointed out, would per
haps keep the Germans from sinking
the ships if they got a chance on the
return trip.
Some idea Of the number of sugges-
lions being received is gained from the
fact that the British commission recelv-
ed 300 letters by one mail today,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
SAYS WAR PROHIBITION
WILL MEET FOOD CRISIS
Gov, FoSS Says 1t Is Only
Thing to Bring CiviIiza-
ton Out of Woods

BOSTON. May War prohibition
will solve Americas food problem more
quickly than feverish gardening in park,
and yard and dlsmantled lawn" in the
belief Of former Governor Eugene NJ
Foss, Of Massachusetts,.
In a statement today Governor Foss
declared that war prohibition is the
only path that will bring civilization out
of the woods" He asserted national
prohibition is the biggest issue before
the nation today, and favored it's extern
sion to our European allies.
The United States could make good
the whole worlds deficit and have nal
lions of bushels of grain to spare for
the better feeding of it's own people il
it should put out the fires in the brew
cries and distilleries and pour into the
bakeries grain hitherto used in making
fire water" said Foss.
"England's capital mistake has been
the feeble, temporizing, nerveless way
in which she has sidestepped the drink.
menace A dry England could have
snapped her fingers at the submarines.
The question is up to US whether we
shall follow England's folly or Russia's
wisdom. 1t is the children's food which
is being rotted into beer and then carted
in great automobile trucks every morn
ing from suburban breweries to city sa-
looms. That's the English way in war
time. How long shall it be the Ameri-
can way?
There is no doubt of it. War pro-
hibition is the burning issue of the i'm.
mediate present. We are bound to have
it. and when it comes we should insist
on a rider to it. No American grain
should be shipped for. brewing or dis
filling in English, French, Scandinavian.
even Belgian malt cellars and mash
tubs. We should in this particular in
stance place an unyielding embargo on
Europe.
There are two ways OF raising the
immense food supply we need-either
by feverish gardening in park and yard
and dismantled lawn, or by closing a
few hundred breweries. Which is the
simpler? 1t is estimated that the food
stuffs used in making liquor annually
in the United States would feed seven
million men a year"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
SEE IF THE CHILD'S
TONGUE IS COATED
If cross, feveriSh, ConStipated
give california Syrup
of Figs"

Look at the tongue. Mother! If coat
ed. il is a sure sign that your little
ones stomach. liver and bowels need a
gentle. thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish. cross, listless. pale,
doesn't sleep. doesn't eat or act natural
ly. or is feverish, stomach sour, breath
bad: has stomach-ache, sore throat
diarrhoea, full OF cold. give a teaspoon
full of California Syrup OF Figs and
I'm a few hours all the foul. constipated
waste. undigested food and sour bile
gently moves out of it's little bowels
without gripping. and you have a well,
playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children TO take
this harmless fruit laXative;" they love
its delicious taste, and it always makes
them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 5O-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has directions for babies children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here.
To be sure you get the genuine. ask
TO see that il is made by California
Fig Syrup Company" Refuse any 9TH
er kind with contempt-(A dvt)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
Bandits Confession
Declares Three Men
In Pen Are Innocent

IF the confession of JEFF Harrison.
the train bandit, was the truth, the
three men now serving terms In the
Atlanta federal prison for the robbery
of the Alabama Great Southern train
should certainly be pardoned, said
Warden Fred Zerbst of the penitenti-
airy, Wednesday morning. in comment
ing upon the reports received from
Montgomery of Harrison's confession.
According to the Montgomery dis
patch, Harrison, while being sentenced
by Federal Judge Henry D. Clayton
Tuesday afternoon to twenty-five
years in the Atlanta penitentiary, col
Iapsed and tearfulIy declared that three
men. Harry Marks, Frank Moore and
John williams, all of whom are now
serving terms of twenty-five years each
in the penitentiary, were entirely inno-
cent of any participation in the rob-
berry.
Harrison is said to have placed all
of the blame on himself, Ben Mckee
and Grady Webb. He insisted that
Marks. Moore and Williams were not
members of the Harrison gang and had
had nothing to do with the holding up
of the Alabama Great Southern at Bibb-
vile. Ala, on September 20, 1913.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
S2,827,553,65 FUND
/. FOR ARMY AND NAVY
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Vote Is 1862 to t.. Meyer Lon
don, New York Socialist, Be-
ing the Only Opponent to
Mammoth Sum 4

WASHINGTON. May 2-The houss
today PASSED the army and navy appro-
priation bill, totaling 50 S27, 3.653-
the biggest of it's kind in the history
of the worldly vote of 362 to 1.
Meyer London, Socialist, voted
against the bill.
The Roosevelt division issue again to-
day was the most interesting, if not the
most important, before house and senate
conferees on the administrations army
DILL. All other differences are expected
to be settled quickly.
Since the bill passed the senate late
yesterday strongest pressure has been
brought to hear On those opposed 30
permitting Roosevelt to plant the Stars
and Stripes on the battle front Tness
opponents are known to be waverins
today, many of them having taken tAe
stand they did against it solely because
they thought that 20 inject the RooFe-
welt idea :nto the seiective CONSUMPTION
fZh would weaken arc perhaps kill the
bill IN favor OF a volunteer system of
raising an army.
Roosevelt proponents declared today
they believe President Wilson may
even now come out in favor OF author
izing Roosevelt to raise and lead a
lighting force to France.
Sentiment is being sounded in the
house to determine how far opponents
of the idea there would go. should
house and senate conferees accept the
senate amendment which overwhelm-
lngly passed giving Roosevelt the per-
mission he so Graves. If it is found the
house now will accept 1t, President Will
son is expected to sanction it.
1t is stated on highest authority that
the conference committee 10 fairly
evenly divided, with a slight leaning
toward Roosevelt's plan.
rebate on the administration espion-
age plan continued in the senate today
and will be kept before it continuously
until finally disposed of. Senate lead
ers hope to pass the measure by the
end of tho week. A similar measure is
pending IN the house.
The senate already has voted appro-
val of the so-called censorship section,
althcI gE there is nothing to prevent
is consideration again. Strong oppo-
sition is looked for over q provision
which would authorize the president to
declare an embargo on exports that
might go through neutral countries to
Germany and Austria.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
Brilliant Meteor is
Seen by Many People
As 1t Lighted Sky

People living along the line of the
Central railroad between Macon and
Atlanta reported that n meteor shot
across the sky at 11:20 o'clock Tues
day night
At Macon it was stated the meteor
was so bright it lit up the city for the
first TIME since the bone-dry law was
passed. The telegraph operator al
Boiling broke, Ga, said the meteor gave
forth a roaring sound as it passed; the
Forsyth operator said the noise was SO
great it shook the windows; Griffin got
a sight of it. and West End.
In Atlanta the meteor was reported
seen by several people, among them
Prof. j. II. Smith, Of the Commercial
High school and Mr.. and Mrs. Nell r.
Wilkinson.
w. NJ. Mcconnell. superintendent OF
the Union Feed and Fertilizer COM
pany, said he was standing within $50
yards OF the meteor when it fell on the
property of the Virginia Carolina Chem
zeal company in Edgewood.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
Lemons Written and
Beautify the Skin!
Make Cheap Lotion

The juice Of two fresh lemons strain
ed into a bottle containing three ounces
OF orchard white makes a whole quar-
ter pint Of the most remarkable lemon
skin beautifier at about the cost one
must pay for a small jar of the ordi-
nary cold creams. Care should be taken
to strain the lemon juice through fine
cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then
this lotion will keep fresh for months.
Every woman knows that lemon juice
is used to bleach and remove such
blemishes as freckles, sallowness and
tan and is the ideal skin softener,
smoothener and beautifier.
Just try it, Make up a quarter pint
of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion
and massage it daily into the face. neck.
arms and hands. 1t should naturally
help to whiten, soften, freshen, and
bring out the hidden roses and beauty
of any skin. 1t is wonderful for rough.
red hands.
Your druggist will sell three ounces
of orchard white at little cost, and any
grocer will supply the lemons.-(AdTt>
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
Farmers in Wilkes
Are Planting Grain

WASHINGTON. Ga, May 1.-THE
recent nineteen food meetings held IN
Wilkes county are beginning to have
effect in farmers beginning to plant a
greater acreage of grain than ever be-
fore. Waste places are being sowed
down in peas and cane, where they are
not used in corn.
In line with the efforts OF the Wilkes
county farmers to raise everything at
home possible, the Reynolds Grocery
company. of this city. is advising farm
ers to do everything possible to make
their farms self-sustaining, assuring
them that they will have all warehouses
and market facilities for handling their
surplus products.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04
FARMERS OF CALHOUN
ARE PRODUCING FOODS

ALBANY. Ga, May 2.-That Calhoun
county is making rapid progress along
lines of diversified agriculture is shown
by the record of shipments of food
crops from the harvest of 1916 made
from that county. Calhoun county has
shipped the following: Twenty cars of
hogs. 81 cars of corn, ~ cars of vel
vet beans and so cars of peanuts. In
dications are that last years record
will be eclipsed in Calhoun county In
1917. as the farmers of that county are
planting a much greater acreage in food
crops this year than they did last year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-04

after three doctors said / never would
stand up straight again. Twas a mid
wife for seven years and / recommended
the Vegetable Compound to every wo-
man to take before birth and after
wards, and they all got along so nicely
that it surely is a godsend to suffering
women. If women wish to write to
me Twill be delighted to answer them. Z"
Mrs. JENNIE MoYER, 342 E.North St,
Lima, Ohio.
Women who suffer from displace-
ments, weakness, irregularities, ner-
vousness. backache, or bearing-down
pains. need the tonic properties of the
roots and herbs contained in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.