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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
Won Fame at Vera Cruz

Edwin F. Weige is another American camera
man who has won fame by photographng the
fighting in Europe Weigel won notice first at
Vera Cruz when he made Photographic record of
the fighting when the American blueiackets landed
and took possession of that Mexican port. Since
then he has worked ON practically all the battle
fronts in Europe, doing some particularly good
"ytunts' on the Russian front Weigel too, holds
now commission in the Photographic division Of
the United States Signal Corps
The Photographic division Of the United States
Signal Corps is made up of picked men. The cream
of the press and moving picture photographers
are in it's ranks. They are the official camera men
for Uncle Sam and number Of them are men
who, like Dawson and Weige have already seen
service under fire on the European battlefelds
It, Ernest Brooks ia an English photographer
the holder of two royal warrants as photographer
TO Their Majesties King George and Queen Mary
of England. He was the first official war photog
lapher appointed by England and has done some
excellent work, particularly on the western front
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
Under Fire Without Weapon

It is one thing to go into fight with fighting
chance The very fact that man has lighting
chance chance to fight back and put real sort
Of price on his own head is stimulating to MS
nerve. But it is an entirely different thing to go
voluntarily into a fight without chance to fight
back, without the stimulus Of combat to bolster
OF boost your pluck All. that takes real nerve!
nerve that is Of sufficient degree to begin Wltn
and without need Of bolster or boost. That is the
kind of nerve the war photographer must nave
Armed only with camera, placed by clrcum-
stances as well as by the laws Of war in the posi-
ton of non-combatants, out Of the ight-as far as
being allowed to take any part in it goes-yet IN
the very thick Of it, open to all the dangers OF H.
at their own risks and ON their own responsIDIlI-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31
Sacrificing Life for Work

Donald c. Thompson, one Of the best
known Of the war photographers, has
had enough experiences to fiji several
books with stories that would make the
adventures Of some of our fayorite
heroes seem tame indeed. Thompson
went to the war zone early in the
struggle and has clicked his camera on
every battle front except one. He has
worked behind the lines, in the trenches
and has even gone "over the top" with
his black box to get pictures of charges
across mo Mans Land" He has cranked
his movie camera in the midst of flying
shrapnel and has had more than one
machine wrecked by exploding shells.
Hair-breadth escapes have become
only incidents to Thompson. Once while
stopping over night in a small inn with
a group of Belgian soldiers shell
struck the house and burst, killing IS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

ties, these courageous photographers
work side by side with the soldiers in
the trenches, taking their chances amid
the bursting shells and grenades and
sweeping machine-gun fire, just TO give
the world real battle pictures.
In making for the world this pic
torial record Of the great war; some
photographers have been killed, many
have been wounded and all have stared
death in the face scores of times Yet
the work Of making pictures goes on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

is wise policy to provide against un-
employment and industrial confusion
by shifting labor to useful public
works.
1t would be good policy to allow
the railways and public utilities of all
kinds to make a depreciation charge
to cover the actual difference between
the cost of making extensions and
improvements now and the cost of
making them at the level of wages
and prices which is finally deter
mined to be normal and permanent.
This would mean of course that the
railway and public utility commits
sions would allow the companies to
be compensated by adequate charges
against the public but the public
could afford to pay the cost for the
sake OF stabilizing the Industrial stu
alton and maintaining general pros
perity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
HOLD The ROADS NOW
McAdoo Says Giving Them Up Would
Hurt Waterways.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE one
threat against the health of the Miss
issippi waterways is the possibility Of
turning the railroads back to private
control, Director General McAdoo in
d-cated today lin a telegram to Jack.
son johnson, president of the st. Louis
Chamber of Commerce.
The telegram was in answer to a
protest from johnson against reported
pending attempts to kill the water.
ways pro1ect by cancellation of con.
tracts. McAdoo's telegram denied any
such attempts had been made and
gave positive assurance the contracts
would be completed.
UNLESS the congress shall extend
the period Of federal control so that a
reasonable opportunity may be at
forded for fair test of the value of
unified railroad operation along with
co-ordinated inland waterways oper-
alton, the experiment on the Mississ-
fppi river may not hold much prom
ise." McAdoo declared. 81 doubt IL
the Mississippi river operation can
protuce satisfactory results if the rail-
roads should be turned back soon to
private CONTROL" he said, declaring his
doubt that the waterways would be
able to survive the revived compete.
ton with railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
BIRTHS IN TOPEKA

ending DECEMBER Il; follow:
St., Dec. Z. girl-Lleda Delora.
Lowell Harper and wife, 1913 Quincy St
Dec. Q. Culinary Louise:
Ave, Dec. 5, giri--Miriam Ceeiiia..
Harry c. Jennings and wife. Manhattaa
Kan. Dec. II. boy-Gerald Moor.
Kufns Knight and wife. 221 W. 10Th Ave,
Buren, St. Dec. s, boy--Geo. Arthur.
Geo. Mather and wife. Path and Indiana
Ave, Dec. 2. girl-Georgia.
Goblub Macht and wife, 511 Harrison St,
Dec. 8. boy-Peter.
Edward NJ. Rambeau and wife. Waco,
John David Reems and wife. 1osa Wood
ward Ave-, Dec. o. girl-Rosnmond Maxine.
Clarence l. Shook and wife. 81 f. Gordon
Cnfton j. strntton md wife Christ's hos
pital. Dec. 4. boy-Clifton Jarius.
G. Frank s. Barnes and wife, 2s4 Madison
Jno. Burghart and wife, 555 sardou Ave,
Roy J. Eldred and wife. Ills Monroe St..
Samuel mel s. Frnzier and wife, 12es Garfield
Jno; L. Frey and wife. Silver Lake, Kan,
Henry Hackle and wife. 1O4 N. Lake st.,
H. II. Herrill and wife. 1888 Lincoln St.
Samuel Robt. Newman and wife, 100 E.
Geo, F. Riley and wife, 4o4 Van Buren,
Hotter ]. Roberts and wife. 2oe Chester
chas, Frank snyder and wife, 1913 Law
renee St. Dec. s, boy.
Andrew @. Shaw and wife. 1130 Brooks
Ennis summers and wife. e2e N. Locust
St, Dec. s, boy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
IS Your S READY?
Red Cross Membership Cam.
paign Opens Monday.
Every Topekan Is Expected To
Donate to the Cause.
TO give CHRISTMAS SEALS
tuberculosis Fight Is Big Work
\ Before Nation Now.
Business and WOmen's Teams
Out ut 8 O'clock.

Everything Is in readiness for the
beginning of the 1919 Christmas roll
call of the American Red Cross. The
business mems teams are all complete.
ly outfitted with supplies: the women's
teams OF the Kansas council Of de.
Tense are at their posts waiting for the
whistle which will start the drive in
the residence sections of the city; the
captains Of the country school disc
tricts are ready and waiting for the
reaping of the dollar harvest.
There is but one thing lacking in
the big membership campaign this
year which has always heretofore been
feature OF the Red Cross roll call
drives. and that Is competition. Not
that che kind of competition encoun.
tered in other years was of the kind
which interfered. but just merely the
fact that the competition is not there.
1t has been absorbed, and this year
instead of the Red Cross membership
campaign being conducted separately
from the drive to sell Christmas seals
for the prevention and cure Of tuber.
culosis, the drives have been com.
bined.
Give Christmas Seals.
Every person who lays down his
dollar this year for a membership in
the Red Cross will receive in addition
to his membership card and his Red
seals such as used to be sold for one
cent each. The Red Cross in making
the consolidation this year has set
aside $2.500.000 to be used by the So
ciety for the study, prevention and
cure of tuberculosis.
The treatment of tuberculosis from
now on must most essentially be a Red
Cross charge. Thousands of Ameri-
can soldiers have contracted the dread
disease in the trench fighting in
Europe, Thousands more have been
made peculiarly subject to the disease
thru being gassed by the Germans. 1t
is to the Red Cross most of all that
the people and the government of the
United States look for aid in the emer-
gency. 1t is the Red Cross organiza-
ton alone which is big enough to
, grapple with the problem.
No More Drives.
The American Red Cross in an Of
fetal statement from national head
quarters in Washington has declared
that there will be no more Red Cross
war fund drives. The statement as
coming from Washington bears the
assurance that in the future the Red
Cross will depend solely on its menu
bership dues for support. Except for
the comparatively small sum left in
the Red Cross treasury from the Sec
ond Red Cross war fund, the society
dent on its membership for the funds
wherewith to carry on its work dur.
| ing the reconstruction period. -
! The campaign for membership in
the American Red Cross is to begin
in Topeka and Shawnee county
promptly at nine eQ'clock Monday
morning. Every citizen of the city
and county is urged to have his dol
lar ready when the solicitors put in
an appearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
Topeka Draft Boards To
Write Drama of Work.
CONSUMPTION Events To Be
Placed in Story Form.
TO WASHINGTON FOR RECORDS
Scenes in Draft Room and on
Streets To Be Depicted
Nation Will Never Forget the
Great Call to Arms.

The human side of the selective
service draft is to be preserved by the
war department. At present the local
boards are getting out routine reports.
tremendously important from a statis-
teal standpoint, but revealing only
the cold, mechanical workings of the
great CONSUMPTION system. But Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder has
written to each of the 4,545 boards re-
questing that the human side OF the
work-the interesting and significant
little incidents typical Of the draft
Washington.
He points out that this human side
is made up of the scenes of your
board rooms; the conversations In the
homes, the shops and the factories;
the thoughts of the registrants and
their families-all the passing drama
of daily life as influenced by the tre-
pursuant to a national law founded
on equity and necessity
Classified Into Form.
These anecdotes are to be classified
into pathetic. humorous. patriotic
and miscellaneous subjects for further
subdivision, the three great stages of
the administrative REPRESENTATIVES
ton, classification and mobilization.
These chronicles will be preserved as
part of the government records and
placed at the disposal of responsible
persons under such regulations as the
president may prescribe.
This drama must not be allowed
to pass unrecorded," says Crowder.
THE future historian must not search
in vain for it's traces. The spell of 1t
is on us now; and it seems, and is, un-
forgettable-by us. But times will
change. The actors of the day will
pass on. New problems and new tasks
will, in a year or two. absorb our ener-
gies and overwhelm our memories
The freshness of the facts will be
dimmed. We must take some precau-
tions against this. We must try to
record it's essence while we are still
in the midst of it and while the zest
of it is still undated and the mem
cries are still keen"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

Director General McAdoo's motives
again are made the object of suspicion
A member of the senate suggests that
the director is trying to put some
thing over" in asking congress to ex-
tend the period of government opera
ton of railroads. Mr.. McAdoo was ac-
cused of harboring Interior motives
when he rendered his resignation. 1t
may strike the public as being little
remarkable that he should make SO
radical a request on the eve of his re-
tirement from office. The country
may be excused for wondering why he
did not leave the matter to his sue
cessor. Possibly there is politics in
the move and Mr.. McAdoo Ia actuated
by desire to start a fight on the rail-
road question and perhaps become the
leader of the government ownership
party. If that be his plan he as
suredly has first claim on the position.
Since the railroad problem probably
must be settled at the ballot box in
the end. the battle may as well begin
now as later. This the voters will have
two years in which to make up their
minds unless congress shall act sooner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
HAS 118 CARS GOING
Kansas City Has-Servicc on Fourteen
Lines for Today.

Kansas City, Dec. 14.-One hundred
eighteen street cars were put into
operation on fourteen lines in greater
Kansas City today, the second day on
which effort was made to operate cars,
following the strike of carmen We'd
nesday morning. No effort will be
night, it was announced.
Electric trains of the Kansas City,
Clay county and ST. Joseph line. be-
tween Kansas City, st. Joseph and Ex-
celsior Springs, are unable to operate
because unable to obtain power from
She Kansas City railways Co. Eight
to ten trains are normally operated
by this line.
The Kansas City-Lawrence interur-
ban operates only to the city limits
of Kansas City, Kan.
Business men and city commission
ers of Kansas City, Kan. conferred
this morning in an effort to discover
some plan which would result in re-
sumption of car service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
TO BOYS
Council of Defense Plans To
Aid Returning Soldiers.
OF $4,000 Men From Kansas,
10000 Are From Farms.

Returning soldiers should be pro-
vided with every means of securing
credit for the purchase of farms, ac-
cording to an appeal before the state
council Of defense this afternoon by
President w. D. Jardine. OF the
$4,000 boys from Kansas, $4,000 went
from the farms, Jardine stated. Most
Of these men will return to the rural
districts, but aid should be provided
for others.
Plans for statutory recognition of
the council of defense were outlined
in a bill prepared today and to be in
troduced in the legislature. One of
the big reconstruction problems of the
Kansas defense council will be the re-
turn OF soldiers to the farms. Legis-
lative aid will be sought.
Every practicable means should be
taken by the state to provide suitable
credit to enable our soldier boys, par
ticularly those of previous farm ex-
perience, to own lands" Jardine said.
1--WE already have the Federal Land
Banks in the state which will provide
funds to the extent Of one-half the
value of he farm and 20 per cent OF
the buildings and Is per cent of the
livestock. These institutions will be
able to serve only that class Of boys
however. that have some capital. The
second class of boys, those without
capital, will not be able to take ad-
vantage of the Land Banks unless
means are provided by which they
may obtain money either from the
state or from local credit associa-
tions or both, based upon a second
mortgage.
"A young man of good habits. good
health and previous farm experie nee
and that can secure the endorsement
of reliable men of his acquainta nee
and who has. say. even $500. together
with the second mortgage value of q
farm should provide ample collateral
to justify either the state or Local
credit associations furnishing him
credit to this extent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

Frank H. Simonds declares that this
war has produced more great generals
than brilliant statesmen. among whom
he names Foch as a far-shining gen.
Jus whose name will endure thru his
tory. yet" says he. without Glenn
enceau, Foch would have failed. and
1 believe that when France comes to
decide to whom she owes her lost
provinces she will unhesitatingly rec
ognize the gift as that of the man of
seventy-seven who forbade the cession
in 1871 and redeemed the loss in
1918" Future historians will find diff
ficulty in pointing out any one man or
one nation and saying. he or it did it.
Among the nations, Belgium will hold
as great claim as any. If Belgium
had lain down in the beginning. or
later if the nations opposing Germany
had not agreed upon a unified COM
mand. even Foch might not have been
heard of in connection with the ending
OF the war. The civilized world is in
agreement regarding who started the
war. In connection with winning 1t
there is glory enough to go around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14


Mr.. and Mrs. J; W: Ripley are spend
ing two weeks at Excelsior Springs Mo.
The Red Cross Roll Call committee will
meet Sunday afternoon from TO p. IN.
with Mrs. Henry Shuler, 306 Chester
avenue.
John Ripley, who has been in training
at Camp Hancock. has received his dis
charge from the service and has returned
to his home In Topeka.
Mrs n. N. Wixom and Miss Rosa Robson
win reside at 11oe North Van Buren, street
their brother, II. L. Robson, 14os North
Jackson street.
One Topeka office man has wonderful
he alishts from the car one block from the
uffice and walks the rest Of the way
Bustling into sheoroom he takes off his
ones %aK down In ase
morning, it's great"'
A street car stopped at a Kansas avenue
corner last night but the conductor refused
the steps. Have a load now. health board
won't let US take more" the conductor
here ss ns th.n
walled the pedestrian. Ding. ding!
This health board rule allowing only
SO many passengers to a car gives a man a
late" observed a hen-pecked individual on
the back platform Of homeward bound
cummuter last night.
Methodist Sunday school will be dis
tributed to the pupils Of the Sunday school
until the school is opened again. On ac-
count Of the CLOSING order, the sessions
of the school will not be held, but heads
of the Sunday school departments and
the teachers are asked to cali at the church
between the hours of o 80 and 10 80 Sun
day morning. where they can obtain the
literature, and they are asked to see that
it is distributed to the Sunday school
pupils. Officers of the school will be on
hand at the church to give out the sup
plies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
BUSINESS STILL LAGS.

More. than q month has elapsed
since the war ended, yet there seems
to be no well defined movement any
where In the direction of a resump-
ton of business. True. the secretary
of the treasury has already ordered
the resumption of work upon public
buildings. but what is needed is intel
ligent leadership and concerted ac-
ton turnout the country.
There are so many worthy projects
for improvements of real importance
that it is quite Unnecessary to in
clude any undertaking which is not
OF fundamental merit. Furthermore.
under the leadership of the federal
government. the cooperate of states.
municipalities and minor branches of
public administration undoubtedly
may be obtained.
While in ordinary times expendi-
lures upon public work should be
made upon the same principles of
economy which are observed in pri-
. waite undertakings. 1t is not fundamen-
tai in the present situation that costs
should be compared with what they
may be at a later time, There is no
loss more complete or waste SO de-
plorable as that of having men idle
because they cannot find work. The
country will be better off to have
work go forward on a scale suffi-
ciently large to absorb any portion of
the labor supply not otherwise in de-
mand,
An illustration of the conflicting
interests and cross purposes which in
evitably confuse the community as q
whole, says n BULLETIN issued by the
National City bank, Is seen in the
conflicting policies of government de-
partments. While the Industrial de-
partment goes on approving wage in
creases, and the war and navy de-
partments go on temporarily with war
material contracts for the sake Of
keeping labor employed. it is an
nounced that the railroad administra-
ton will not make any more equip
rnent contracts until costs are lower
1t is a very doubtful policy to spend
q dollar fer war material which there
Is no likelihood of ever using, but II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
MISS ALBAUGH ACCEPTS
Topeka Girl Will Be Secretary to
Lieutenant Governor

Miss Katherine Albaugh of Topeka
will be private secretary to Lieut.. Gov.
Charles S. Huffman during the COM
ing session of the legislature. In q
letter to the new lieutenant governor
and president Of the senate, Miss AL
baugh today accepted the appointment
which was rendered her last week.
Miss Albaugh is the daughter of the
late Morton Albaugh and won much
prominence in political circles last
winter as a result of her speech be-
fore the Kansas Day club. She is at
present a member of the teaching
staff at the state normal training
school at Pittsburg. Miss Albaugh will
resign her present position the first
of the year and will spend the winter
with her mother in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

But this-America is your coun-
try now" she cried.
IT know" he answered, 1T am 60
ing but to lend myself will come
back to America-but la Patrie, la
Patrie suffers, even more than I, Bab-
ette!'
Then Tony outs;de-Tony who'd
come for the last of the fixtures,
heard a pleading cry:
Take me with you. Pierre! I love
you. not Bob-oh, Pierre. take me
with you!"
When they came out together, Tony
looked at Pierre in great wonder. It
was as tho the sun were shining on
his face, and the sun was gone down!
Copyright, 191s. bv the Mcclure News
paper SyDdicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

The flat dweller is known to be pa
tient and long suffering and these
qualities at last are beginning to be
rewarded, altho he has never been re-
garded as having any rights that the
janitor is bound to respect. A New
York landlord has been fined 800
for failure to maintain the legal de-
gree of heat--6S-In his apartment
building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14
CHAS. DILLON HEADS 1T
Topekan Made Campaign Director
Jcwish-ArTnenian january Drive.

Charles Dillon of Topeka, well
known newspaperman and former
college professor at X. S. A. c., has
been appointed campaign director OF
the Jewish-Arme nia1 relief campaign
in Kansas. active January IL to 19.
The drive in Kansas is for $500, 900
for these organizations. Dillon for
many months has been at the head of
the Armenian work in the state. His
appointment to direct the combina-
ton drive was made by officers of the
state co nmittee today.
Preliminary plans for the campaign
were discussed at meeting of COM
mittees at the Chamber of Commerce
at noon today.