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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
IT'S A GOOD ALIBI
WHETHER OR NOT
1T is THE TRUTH

"Sorry. but we've got a load
There'l be another car in a few min-
utes."
When this cheerful news is hurled
at you from swiftly passing street
car as you stand on the corner with
your head pulled down into the collar
Of your overcoat and shivering in the
blasts Of a wintry wind. a wave of tn>
dignation sweeps over you and yo0
glare at the grinning conductor like
a school teacher at a hayward pupil
Then you bow your head ana. mutt
tertng to your anger's content. you
walk to the next corner and wait. IL
you are lucky, not more than two
more cars will pass you up. and you
stamp sullenly into the office to hear
the greeting OF the boss:
Good afternoon. Have you had
.lunch?"
And the flu is the cause of it all. If
II wasn't for the flu the cars could
haul more than fifty or seventy-five
persons and il they could haul moro
than that they wouldn't need to pass
you UP and consequently you
wouldn't be late to work. That would
make the boss happy and you would
be good natured and the two of you
would get along as nicely as two peas
in u pod
People who live near the end of the
car lines have a monopoly on good
luck at the present time, but those
who live nearer town have their
choice of walking or waiting until a
car comes along with room for one
more.
But this condition isn't going to last
forever. Even Doctor Clark admits
that.
| Mote: The above is a reporters
! alibi. And the best part of it is he
got away with it!-The Boss.)
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Thoughts for the Sabbath
Ministerial Ideas by Prominent Topeka DivMsas State Journal Reader.
o Denomn ahons.
VERY REV. J. P. De B. KAYE
Dean OF Grace Cathedral.
(Episcopal.)

Isiah says lift up your eyes on
high. All our difficulties Of whatever
nature, if traced to their original
cause, are seen to be the result of an
When, for any cause, we take our
eyes from Him, looking either to self
or to surroundings, We but court dis
aster. Looking backward fills us
with shame; looking around US brings
nothing but perplexity, and looking
within induces nothing but despair
In the upward look to Him is alone
our present good and future assur-
ance. Like the disciples on the Mount.
it is when We lift up our eyes and see
ing mo man save Jesus only" are
henceforth blinded to all other glory
save to His alone. that we have
learned the secret of abiding strength
and sanctity. To see and recognize
Him as Savior and Lord. once married
but now mighty. imparts to life both
a new purpose and q new power
Nothing is more necessary than the
upward look.
The upward look assures Nus that
life is ordered both in general scope
love is not merely universal but in
dividual in its concern for men, Whose
care Is not only for the vine but for
every branch that beareth fruit"
Life's facts are seen. to be His pur-
poses, and this alone explains and
which all men naturally shrink, and
produces a calm trust amid all that
tends to disconcert and dishearten.
The upward look brings into life a
power for the bearing Of the strain
which Christian service inevitably i'm
poses. The pathway of the disciple is
the same as that trodden by the Mas
ter, whose service meant suffering and
anguish as well as the bitterness of
ingratitude and hostility. And few, if
any. of those who seek to follow in His
steps escape similar experiences. But
he whose hearts attention is directed
| on high, where Christ sitteth," learns
to endure "as seeing Him who is in
visible" To his gaze there does not
! only appear an open heaven, but he
sees the angels of God also ascend
ing and descending upon the Son of
| Man"-present help in in his need. So
then let this be our thought for the
| day. Il will lift up mine eyes unto the
| hills whence cometh my help: II
| will go in the strength of the Lord
God.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
TO DEVELOP STATE
Secretary MOhler Would Advertise
Kansas Farm Opportunities.

An immigration and development
bureau for Kansas to advertise the
farming opportunities of the state and
to assist homeseekers to become sat
isfactorily located within the state on
farms, is strongly urged by Secretary
j. G. Mohler of the state board of ag-
riculture.
Mr.. Mohler points particularly to
the western half of Kansas where
land is both plentiful and cheap, at
the same time adaptable to farming,
especially wheat growing and cattle
raising.
Our position might be likened to
that of a modern building erected in
a desirable location where business
opportunities were abundant, but with
some vacant room to let. To find the
right occupants for the room Kansas
has We should advertise. And that
We have the room, is shown by the
fact that of the area Of forty-two
counties of western Kansas, amount
ing to 100000 acres, less than T.
100000 are under cultivation. No
region is better adapted to live stock,
while farming under methods .suited
to conditions is sure and dependable,
| with the possibilities of irrigation by
pumping looming large. 1t has been
| estimated that water underlies from
| three to five million acres in that re-
| gion at such depth as to be available
for profitable irrigation by pumping.
NO StdLe perhaps COInDluSS favorable
agricultural conditions, wholesome
| home making environments with
| health-giving climate to a greater de-
gree than Kansas. Moreover Kansas
! land is judicious investment, con-
| sidering the reasonableness of price.
| We owe it to ourselves and the home
| seekers to let the facts be known.
+ ANY home seekers attracted to
| Kansas should be assisted by state
! agencies in selecting locations and this
| should be followed up by making
| available the bast agricultural counsel
that the state affords in order that
new corners may begin right and build
at the first a foundation for perman-
ency.
kansas easily could support q
quadrupled rural population and we
must awake If we are to participate
I in due proportion to the increased
demand for farm homes that many
believe is coming
Mr.. Mohler hopes his suggestion
may be submitted to the next session
Of the legislature.
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greater speed and has less heating eff
feet on the lubricatings6i bill than gaso-
line.
1t has II per cent higher fuel econ
only than export gasoline.
1t starts easier than gasoline.
Less Oil Needed With 1t.
The bureau of standards reports
that it has per cent greater horse
power and per cent greater eff
cheney than gasoline. 1t is almost
scentless and tasteless and gives
practically no scent in Justification.
cooler than gasoline. SO that the
amount of oil used for fabrication is
reduced as well as the amount of
water used in the radiator for >cool-
ing.
Figures on tests conducted Include,
for example, a 3o5 mile ride on a
motorcycle with side car, first with
With gasoline the motorcycle made
32.18 miles gallon and went 1874
miles q quart of oil. With liberty
fuel the same motorcycle went 55
miles q gallon and 17O.7 miles a
quart of oil.
With a three-ton truck over a run
of 286 miles the tests showed with
miles a quart of lubricating oil and
8h gallons of water needed. With
Liberty fuel the record was 1914 miles
gallon of gasoline. 1881 miles a
quart of oil and 2 gallons of water
needed.
In a general way, Captain Weis-
gerber says. he has taken kerosene
and removed the paraffins and other
ingredients that make it an impos-
sibility for fuel for internal combus-
ton engines. Just what move is
then made or what blending process
used Is not divulged. but Captain
Weisgerber states that everything
used in making Liberty fuel can cas-
lily be obtained and that the basic
properties of this fuel are a drug on
the market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
RETIRE CAPTAIN SCHER
First Man Mustered Out Mt X. U. I.
Commander.

Lawrence. Dec. 1.-THE first mem
Der of the student army training corps
at the University of Kansas to be re-
leased from the service was Capt.
Bruno T. Scher. who left today for
his home in the east, having been
ordered detached from the university
section and retired by the war depart
ment. Command of the university
unit will be at once assumed by Lieut..
Thomas G. Foltz. who was adjutant
of the vocational training section
when it was first established at the
university. and upon the leaving of
Capt. 3. F. Rice for Dubuque, Iowa.
was temporarily in command OF that
section. He will have complete charge
of the rehabilitation of the university
students who are members of the S.
A. T. c.
Rehabilitation Of the men of the
vocational section began Thursday
morning, and will continue all this
week tho none of the members of the
unit will be allowed to leave he camp
before December IT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

They are Maj. Oliver B. thinner
man and Capt e. c. Weisberger Of
the gas and oil division, and both men
of national reputation in this line.
Major Zimmerman before entering
the army at the outbreak of the war
was consulting engineer of the Inter-
national Harvester Co. Captain Weiss
gerber was a consulting gas, oil and
chemical engineer in Pittsburg, who
for seven years has been working on
this problem.
Exhaustive Government Tests.
BY way of proof he offers series
of exhaustive tests conducted under
practical conditions with airplanes,
motorcycles, automobiles, trucks, ETC.,
all under government supervision.
Major Zimmerman and Captain
Weisberger made the following state
nents, which they say they stand
ready to demonstrate, regarding the
new fuel. called Liberty fuel be-
cause it has been developed in con-
ncction with the Liberty motor:
1t can be used by automobilists In
place of gasoline without any change
in the carbureter and without any
detrimental effects on the car.
1t can be used lin other grades)
for airplanes and has shown results
superior to gasoline.
1t can be produced in quantity for
less than one-haf the cost of gaso-
line.
1t gives more mileage gallon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
REV. H. 0. HOTTER
Pastor Lowman Memorial NJ. E.
Church.

God be merciful unto us, and bless
US: and cause His face to shine upon
US: that thy way may be known upon
earth, thy saving health among an
nations"S
Be Nferciful.
In this first clause of the prayer
there is a recognition of imminent
physical danger and the necessity of
protection from the dangers which
are seen, and yet which he himself
has not power to ward off or avert.
He recognizes God as being all pow
erful, and himself as being utter
weakness.
In all the great disasters which are
continually happening around us. this
prayer leaps to the lips OF man: God
be merciful unto US. Mercy, mercy
show!
PROVISION.
We must pray that God will not
only avert calamities but that He shall
give us all the needed blessings Of life.
Look up to Him as both Guard and
Giver, saving us at one time by His
protection, at another time by His
provisions for our necessities.
"Bless U.s."
For God to withhold His common
blessings would be as great a calamity
as to allow the ungoverned forces OF
nature to smite US.
If He withholds rain, drouth and
desolation seize us; il sunshine. rust
and mildew cover our fields; If light
confusion and terror; If darkness
physical and mental prostration.
A noble motive was in the Offered
prayer. No little idea pervaded his
mind; no narrow selfishhess invaded
his heart God be merciful; God bless
cause thy face to shine upon up, that
thy way may be known upon earth
thy saving health among all nations
Daniel Webster has wisely said
What a man does for others, mo-
what men do for themselves give.
him Immortality"
Emerson said: 1.-THE most thorol,
Christian and church-like life is t
know and feel that we are here to d.
good to our fellow men,"
Christ said, II came not to be min
istered unto, but to minister. and tt
give my life ransom for many" ant
if We are to reach the highest idea
of human existence, we, too, mus
catch the thought of the Psalmist ana
pray, God be merciful; God bless
God cause thy face to shine. that tn.
way may be known upon the earth
thy saving health among all nations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
TAYLtOR-FUNSTON GAME OFF.
Captain Ogden May Arrange Confess
With Camp Pike.

Camp Funston, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE
Camp Zachary Taylor-Camp Funston
football game scheduled 20 be played
here today is Off Word was received
by Capt. B. V. Ogden, camp athletic
director. from the Kentucky canton
ent today that owing to unsettled
would be unable to meet the Funston
stalwarts.
1t Is believed here that demobiliza-
ton is under way at the artillery camp
and because of this the game was
called off. An effort is being made
by Captain Ogden to obtaiI. a game
with Camp Pike next week. If the
Southerners can't be obtained some
other camp team will be brought to
Funston for the curtain game of the
1918 gridiron season. Camp Fun. ston
is eager for a return game with Camp
Pike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

thin wire to the tree. Thin wire
was then drawn tightly below his
knees, the loose root on which he
stood was kicked away. and he waa
left hanging by his wrists. Aftee
three hours he lost consciousness, was
lowered to the ground and was caned
on the feet until he came to life again.
Forthwith he was dragged to the
guard house. where he remained in .
dark cell for twenty-five days on
bread and water. Only once. on the
twelfth day. was he allowed to ascend
temporarily to the light. On the ex-
Piration Of his sentence he was put to
work with Others They worked fife
teen hours daily. ten at heavy laboe
and five on lighter work in garrison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
EVERYONE LIKES
THIS COLD CURE
"Pape's Cold Compound" ends a
cold or grippe in
few hours.

Your cold will break and all grippe
misery end after taking dose of
"Pape's Cold Compound" every two
hours until three doses are taken.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head,
stops nasty discharge or nose running,
relieves sick headache, dullness. fever
ishness. sore throat, sneezing, sore
ness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blowing
and snuffling. Ease your throbbinC
hcad-nothing else in the world gives
such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold
Compound" which costs only a few
cents at any drug store. 1t acts with
out assistance, tastes nice, and causes
no Inconvenience. Accept no substi-
tste.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

place Of this kind. Sunday morning
he goes to church. He was not ac-
quainted, but listened to the sermon,
waited until all the people had gone
from the church, and not one of them
asked him to- come again. 1t would
not surprise me il the young man
would go to the places of amusements
and sin rather than to- that church.
POise of Society Is Lustful.
It's a great pity that women are
very indiscreet. Their walk and dress
are often suggestive and ins;nuating.
I heard woman say once when a
young man had fallen, There Is
but know the effort he had made to
keep clean. I am sure you would try
to help him in every way possible
rather than tempt him. Women have
no idea of the temptations they throw
across his pathway by the way they
dress. What is it that makes them
want to expose their bodies to the gaze
of the lustful world?
Must Be Born Again.
We have heard about the "perils of
the young man." What is the rem
edy? Jesus said to a ruler once, I'VE
must be born again." The Bible is
our guide and help-the book upon
which our. mothers pillowed their
heads when dying. "Wherewithal
snall a young man cleanse his way:
Ans. er. by taking heed thereto ac-
cording to Thy word"
Conclusion, would write over every
business, pulpit, I would wreath in
gold over every fireplace IN the land. 1
would engrave 1t on the mountain side,
watt it on the breeze, Men wanted"
I would wing it to the throne of God
in prayer, "Great God, give us men.
men of hearts, clean men, pure men,
courageous men, men who dare to do
right, because it is right"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
MONTREAL STRIKE OVER
Accompanied by Much Violence and
Disorder.

Montreal, Dec. 14-Montreals
thirty-three hour municipal strike.
which was accompanied by serious
rioting and mob violence, ended today
when striking policemen, firemen, en-
gineers and incineration department
employees returned to work.
The strikers agreed to return after
Chairman De Cary OF the administra-
ton commission had agreed to remove
Director Tremb1y, his assistant, Arthur
Mann, and Chief Detective Blanger
from their present positions.
The matter of wages and working
conditions will be left. in Il measure to
arbitration, but the double platoon
system has already been granted the
firemen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
TWINS GET COMMISSIONS
Two Junction City Boys Made Cap
tains at Same Time.

Junction City, Dec. Alt comes
naturally to the Mickey twins Of this
city to do things in pairs, but their
latest feat has their friends guessing.
The two young nren, Dewitt and Waite.
are sons of Mrs. Eva Mickey of this
city. They went thru school and col
lege together and at the beginning of
the war joined the army at the same
time. Both were commissioned lieu
tenants, and word was received today
that each had been advanced to the
grade of captain. The appointments
came simultaneously and the incident
is all the more remarkable because
they are widely separated and in diff
ferent branches of the service. Capt
Dewitt Mickey is with the heavy artil-
1ery in France and Capt. Waite Mickey
is assigned to duty at the war depart
ment, Washington, D. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
BY E. H. GIVEN, D. D.
Pastor OF First United Brethren
Church.
For meditation: 119 Psalm.
. Text: 119r Psalm, verse.
Subject: 'tPerils of the young man

For meditation: 119 Psalm.
Text: 119f Psalm, 9 verse.
Subject: "Perils of the young man."
Introduction.
The young man of today must solve
some problems: The problem of the
The colored race; monopoly, and the
social problem g4.fas
Many Types Of Men.
The race has produced many types
Of men. The first man. physical
strength; second, the man of noble
birth; third. the man of ideas.
One thousand nine hundred and
eighteen years ago, Jesus revealed a
new type of manhood, the man Of
character.
The New Man.
.rength, well born, with commercial
enterprise, with strength of mind, and
above all, must be man of char
acter. A man may. be physically
strong, may have riches, may be well
educated. and may have coed parent
age, but without character he will fail
in life.
1.-THE Pcrils OF the Young Man."
Some men are half damned" before
they are born. This is a fearful
truth. A statement like this might
discourage some young man, but the
young men need to know the great
danger that confronts them. 1t has
been proven that parents can hand
an appetite down to their children's
Children of the third and fourth gen.
Grafton. A great many mer are born
with the taste for whisky, opium. CO.
caine. and such drugs. It's danger
GUS to think Of the blighted condition
CT our young men who are born with
a desire for these things.
RepOfscf1 II, TrSt
The young man turned loose in this
| world with the stamp of lust upon
him must fight against this demon,
and the rule is, go down in defeat.
1t Is staggering how many parents
| must see the great struggle of their
child and realize that the fight comes
from an inherited appetite.
Loose Business Principles.
The young fellow who wants to sue
coed in business and make his mark
! in the world, sees business men, poll
ticians, professional men, STOPPING to
things not honorable. They see the
/ politician, in order to carry his cleo
ton. lie and SANDER his neighbor. He
becomes disguised.
Guided Places Of Sin in Our Cities
The devil can take the counterfeit OF
i love and beat what the church is do
| ing in many places with the real arti-
F. Gle. You let the DEVILS gang at the
bswdy house, the gambling den. the
sa loon and many other places, begin
| the practice of their false love, and a
+. young man never received such a kind
| handshake. invitations, and compli-
mentary remarks as he will get in q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
WILL LIVE In LOS ANGELES.
McAdoo Takes Lease on One OF Show
Places of CITY

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 14.-Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo has
taken a three months lease on the
Los Angeles home of the late George
w. Houck, wire wheel magnate, ac-
cording to an announcement made to-
day by a local real estate dealer. 1t
was stated that Mr.. McAdoo's lease
starts on January l.
The home is considered one OF the
show places Of Los Angeles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

But words are things, and a small drop of
ink
Falling, like dew, upon a thought, pro-
duceS
That which makes thousands, perhaps mil
lions think.
Byron.
Men in all ways are better than they
seem.-Emerson.
It llatters not how long you live but
how well.-Publius Syrfus.
1t Is by presence of mind in untried
emergencies that the native metal Of man
is tested.-LOwe1l.
'Tis more to be good than be great
To be happy is better than wise;
You'll find IL you'll smile at the world
The world will smile back in your eyes.
Selected.
True happiness consists, not in a multi
tude of friends, but in their worth and
choice.-Ben JonsOn.
The man in love with himself seldom
has rival.-Richardson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
u. S. BOXERS RETURN
Fifty Naval Men Come Back Aftel
Tournament In London.

London, Dec. 14.-Fifty American
naval boxers who participated in the
international army and navy boxing
tournament here departed today for
America. They included Pal Moore.
the Memphis bantam weight. who was
forced to turn down an offer of $3.50
to fight Jimmy Wilde, fly-weight
champion.
The American army boxers will re-
turn to France shortly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
Government Tests Find the
Kerosene Product O. X.
Major Zimmerman and Captain
Weisgerber Find 1t.
MORE MILEAGE Per GALLON
IL Per Cent Higher Fuel Econ
Omy Than Export Gasoline.
Less Oil Is Needed With the
New Found Fuel.

Washington. Dec. II Especially
What may be the solution of the
problem of finding a cheaper and
more efficient substitute for gasoline.
has just been announced here by two
army engineer officers with the per-
mission of the war department..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
DON'T SUFFER
WITH NEURALGIA
Use Soothing Musterole

When those sharp pains 60 shooting
seems as II it would split, Just rub a
little Musterole on your temples and
neck. 1t draws out the Inflammation,
soothes away the pain, usually giving
quick relief.
Musterole Is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Better than =
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Many doctors and nurses frankly rec.
ommend Mustercle for sore throat, bro.-
chitis. Group. stiff neck, asthma, neural.
gia, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism,
tumbago. pains and aches of the back or
oints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises,
chilblains, frosted feet - colds of the
chest lit often prevents pneumonia). It
always dependable.
SOC and 60c Jars; hospital size $3.50.