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Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

ator Hale, who has just finished six
months without vacation with roll
ing canteen near Verdun, in which he
served thousands of French troops and
gained great commentator from
french generals who noticed the char
acter of his work, said on returning to
Paris just before leaving for America:
while the men are glad to have hot
drinks, their chief satisfaction ron.
sists in the sense this service gives
them OF a friend being there to extend
helping hand and cheering word
at critical or tired hour"
American army officers are mani.
Testing keen interest in having tho
service at the disposal of the Ameri.
can troops The Red Cross plans IN
enlist in France and in America sub-
stantlal number of men Of the highest
cauber to undertake this wonderful
service. 1t will be performed at the
point nearest to the fighting line at
which civilians will be permitted 70
come In any contact with the men.
CHARLES P. PETTUs.
Director Canteen Service, 1917 Rail-
way Exchange, St, Louis. Mo,
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
STATE OF KANSAS
ARTHUR CAPPER GOVERNOR
TODeka.

L
Topeka.
I have known Tom Blodgett for
many years. He is a man of ex-
ceptional push and energy and
possessed of splendid business
ability. He was looked upon as
a live wire while a resident of
this state; pnblic spirited to a
high degree, and could always be
relied upon to do active, aggres-
sive work in Y. M. C. A. and all
other movements which make
for public good.
Very respectfully,
Arthur Capper,
Governor.
DISTRICT COURT, EIGHTEEN
TIL JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Wichita. Kansas.
Chamber of
Judge Sergeant.
TO WHOM IT MAY CON-
Germ:
l take great pride in stating
that I have known Mr.. Tom
Blodgett very intimately for the
last ten years, and have been
associated with him in his Y. M.
C. A and Bible Glass activities.
Mr.. Blodgett is always a leader
in any enterprise of any kind
with which he may be connected
and never a follower.
He is a splendid organizer and
has the ambition, energy and en-
thusiasm to carry through to a
success what he undertakes. He
is especially we'll fitted for work
of religious, moral and political
nature
While in Wichita he took
leading part in building up
the 7. NJ. c. A. and
raising large endowment that
enabled that association to con-
struct a fine building in this city
He organized the Mems Bible
class of the St. Paul M. E. Church
Of Wichita and built this class up
until it had a membership of
about five hundred men. The
success of this class under Mr..
Blodgett led to the organization
of many other Bible Glasses in
the churches of this city.
Mr.. Bl0dgett also took lead
ing part in enforcing the prohib-
itory liquor law in Wichita
and in electing a mayor
who enforced the laWand in max
ing Wichita dry. To accomplish
this 1t was necessary to build up
a strong public sentiment in fav-
or of law enforcement and the
success of this movement is due
more to Tom Blodgett than to
other man.
BY birth, by training, by edu-
cation and by his business habits
his heart and sympathy have
been with the great masses of
the people rather than for the
exclusive classes or special in
terests.
| have made an examination of
the records of the United States
District Court at Wichita and in
the District Court of Sedgwick
County in Wichita where Mr..
Blodgett lived for a number of
years. and there are no iudg-
mems against him in either of
these courts and SO far as | know
there is no judgment against
him anywhere. Mr.. Blodgett
will be a worthy citizen in anv
community in which he may
reside. Respectfully,
Thornton w. Sergeant
District Judge.
All of these letters and MANY
others like them and clippings
are on file in my office and ooen
to any one who may care to see
them.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
BIo1gett Bases
Plea for Election
On Merit Alone

CONTINUED from first page]
my position on the matter, as
they knew it would hurt our
business, at least for the time
being and | give you my reply as
printed in that paper at that
time.
ssNrr,xyt xrnnTy rrHD I'm
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

say with a fine tooth comb" and
found no man better fitted as bust
ness man and a man of big heart
and mind needed in such positions
to put the right spirit into the orr :
ginization and management of the
penitentiary.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

Millions and millions of stricken people devastated Europe
depend the activity the Red Cross alone for the
necessities of ieust enough keep body and soul
gher The Red Cross helping
But in order to extend this hand the sorrowng and afflicted
have your support In fact you would do part
eteve she the World Utmost directly
efficiently throuah the Red Cross Become
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

nat Good Gulf Gasoline
means more mileage, less carbon
Rob ertson Bros.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

all reading matter ola political nature, trib-
dies of respect. cards of thinks. advertiser ents
Oh entertainments or other affairs where an adj
mission fee is charged, will b. charged for at
the rate of one cent per word, all notices of less
than Is words to count as Is. All such matter
cssh in advance. Count the words aud send
he money.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

have known me for many years.
QUEEN CITY LODGE
No. 296. |. O. O. f.
Wichita, Kansas. Nov. 4. 1916.
Mr.. Tom Blodgett, Rison, Ark
My Dear Mir. Blodgett: When
| as secretary of Queen City
Lodge read the letter from the
secy. of Rison Lodge, requesting
transfer certificate for you, there
was murmur of regret passed
over the entire lodge. The
transfer was granted with many,
many expressions of regret |,
as secy. have been instructed to
convey to you our best wishes,
and while we know as a resident
of Rison you can be of more ser
vice to them there on the ground
than you can be to US here, we
we are very ssorry to lose you,
for we know you, be ieve you
are valuable to any town or
lodge in which you take an in
terest. For your residence in
" ichita proved to US YOU were
not only interested but willing
to work and sacrifice for those
things that make men better. We
know Wichita is better for you
having lived here for the ex-
ample you set for the younger
men will bear splendid fruit for
many years to come. We wish
you we'll and trust that a Divine
Father will grant you all things
which will be for your good
Fraternally yours,
Chas. Andrews Rec. Secy. No. 296
This lodge had a membership
of about 800.
Little Rock, Ark May l 1918
To Whom 1t May Concern:
This is to certify that | have
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

NMl WHAT THE. E
- RED CROSS -
E IS DOING EasN
AND WHAT YOU CAN DO
is DOING
CANTEEN SER VICE.

While the this
scption Of the
The War Council of the
the following cable from Paris Headquarters
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

to put the right spirit into the orr
ginization and management of the
penitentlary.
In the two clippings following
my stand on questions relating to
the interests of all the people,
shows how | have always stood.
WINFIELD FREE HRESS
Sept. IL, 1912.
Congressman Campbell and
Tom BIodgett Spoke.
"Mr. Campbell was followed
by Tom Blodgett of Wichita. Mr..
BIodgett said in part: 1 am not
d pessimist, era socialist, but
what | want is for the people O +
this country to work out plan
whereby the folks who toll will
get what is coming to them.
They ought to have their share.
When polititians have finished
talking politics and state craft
and economics, L want them to
sit down and work out plan
whereby the man who tolls will
get his full share and have
enough to give his wife and
children the clothes and books
and the advantages he sees his
neighbor have. Competition
has made men think more of the
dollar thnn of the man. Mr..
Blodgett made very strong ad-
dress and pleased the audience
greatly
Hutchinson News, May 6, 1913
KANSAS BANKERS ASSOC
IATION CONVENED THIS
MORNING WITH ABOUT 1000
KANSAS BANKERS HERE
FOR TIE OPENING SESSION.
A POWERFUL ADDRESS.
The feature of the morning
session was the powerful address
delivered by Tom BIodgett of
Wichita, a wholesale drygoods
merchant. Moral forces in
Business was the theme of Mr..
Blodgett's address, which was a
splendid appeal to the best there
is in a man. He said in part;
There was a time once when
morals and business were re
garded as two separate and dis
tinct things, but we know
that is no longer true, as there
is no difference between a mans
business life and his moral life.
1t is not so much what we do, or
say but what we are, down deep
in our heart that makes the COM
munity better or worse for our
living in it. Every man woman
and child should receive an in,
SEPARATION fnrAbetter Things be-
cause of your name in polish
ed brass over the doorpIate
of your institution. When
the laborer comes in from his
toll he should go from your bank
with a new grip on life and new
energy because of your kind
hand clasp and of your position
and influence backed up by a
sincere life. Mr.. Blodgett's fine
address was greeted with long
and continuous applause. 1t
showed where Kansas Bankers
stand on such matters. "
| was afterward invited to de-
liver this same address before
the National Bankers convention
at Chicago and received special
commentator from the Chicago
Tribune.
The following letters speak for
themselves as to my standing at
this time with good people who
have known me for many years.
QUEEN CITY LODGE
No. 296. |. O. O F.
Wichita, Kansas. Nov. 4. 1916.
Mr.. Tom Blodgett, Rison, Ark
My Dear Mir. Blodgett: When
| as secretary of Queen City
Lodge read the letter from the
secy of Rison Lodge, requesting
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
topeka DAILY Capital
Sept. Fl. 1909.

lOm BlOueett VI wichita.
The appointment of Tom BIod-
gett of Wichita to succeed Mr.
Muanney ON the Board of manage
ment OF the penitnntiary is one of
those ideal selections that make
good the promise of Business
Administration"
Mr. Blodgett is a man of business
and at the same time of fine public
spirit He is a leader in the bust
ness life of Wichita, but he has
been as successful in the larger
affairs of his city, as in his own
private business. The miracle of
the upheaval of Wichita a couple
of years ago, and the conversion of
that town into supporter of the
prohibitory law of the State which
it had for half a generation defied
and openly secuted and violated
was principally due to Tom Blod-
eett's energy, liberality in the use
of his own time and to his or9ina-
zing faculty. The work organized
by Tom Blodsett was so thoroughly
done, that once Wichita reversed
itself, it stood fast. The new
Commission now governing the
city is law enforcement body OF
men. Tom Blodeett is doing big
business, but outside of his bust
ness is filling a place in Wichita
and Kansas that makes him a man
Of growing power and influence.
Gov. Stubs could have gone over
Kansas, as the politicians used to
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
ANNOUNCEMENT FttS.

ali County Offices ......... ...,.........$io.o0
State snd District Offices. ....$l5oo
Township Offices. ............. .....t $500
Cash i'll Advanced
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
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to estm of the
kNT M o' "a nation will hauling
The
""Ne eaans Will
e nation VIII eat
4s4' t9ts ana sugar Every and grit
. N'lnhs WIN the Of instrpc in
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Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
WICHITA DAILY EAGLE.

While the laurels were being
passed around yesterday, no one
forgot Tom Blodgett. who managed
the Independent League Campaign.
He established himself in the city
as one of the greatest eeniuSes of
organization the city has ever seen.
He is young man, intense in his
manner and thoughts, and goes
into a thing heart and soul.
1t was MIR. Blodgett who started
the movement for tie building of
the new Y. M. G. A. building and
gave it the impetus which carried
the sum raised to 100000 90.
About three months ago he took
the initial steps in the Independent
League organization and sincethen
he has worked night and day. He
called meetings, held conferences
had the city polled, put out workers
galore. On election day he had
visited every voting place in the
city before eight o'clock. During
the last sixty hours he did not take
his clothes off and last night wher
he went home he was more wear,
than all the other workers put
together. All sides in the cam
paien join in complimenting hin
| l.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

The following letters speak for
themselves as to my standing at
this time with good people who
have known me for many years.
QUEEN CITY LODGE
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

In the two clippings following
my stand on questions relating to
the interests of all the people,
shows how | have always stood.
WINFIELD FREE HRESS
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

Topeka is the Capital of Kansas
and the following article appeared
after my appointment as one of
the Board of Directors of the State
Penitentiary.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-19

like very much to be kissed good
night"
The nurse rustled to the door. Just
wait till L call the orderly" she said.
He does all the Tough work here"
Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio
remarked, at "a social gathering that
some people are past masters in the
art of evading an issue. and told the
following story as an illustration:
Some time since, when little Willie
returned home from school he found
his fond mother waiting for him with
a disturbed expression.
willie" said she. did you eat any
of those apples that 1 left in the
kitchen cupboard?"
Mamma replied the youngster
with great earnestness, Il have not
touched one"
.gThen." demanded the agitated pa
rent. chow is it that I found four ap-
pie cores in your bedroom. and that
there is only one apple left in the cup
board ~
The one in the cupboard, mamma"
explained Willie, looking to see If
there was clear sailing to the garden
gate. lis the one didn't touch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-19
SUBMARINE PROOF SHIPS.

Chairman Hurley asks S50,OO0,OOO
for the construction of concrete ships.
If the concrete ship will stand the
stresses of the open sea, as a great
many technical experts assure us it
will, the Germans may as well admit
the final failure of their attempt to
cut communications between America
and the European allies.
There is no definable limit upon the
amount of concrete shipping that
could be launched in a year, once the
enterprise is in full swing. The raw
material is available in unlimited
quantities in easy reach of every port,
and the labor that is required in pre-
pairing it is chiefly common labor, re-
Quiring little special training. Much
steel for reinforcing will be needed.
but as compared with steel shipbufld-
ing the demands of the concrete ship
are small. And the final operation of
pouring" a ship is said to proceed
with incredible rapidity.
The ship when launched. so it is re-
ported, appears perfectly serviceabIe.
1t is heavy. and will require more en-
CINE power for a given cargo capacity
than ships of either steel or wood. IT
will be more expensive to operate. but
much cheaper to build that many
believe that great commercial future
is assured for it after the worlds ship
ping has returned to a normal basis
This, however, is a detail of no pres
ent Importance.
Nobody cares, says the New Repub-
lie, how much it costs to build or oper.
ate the ships. provided that they will
float. This we cannot know for GER
tain until the ship recently launched
on the Pacific coast has been fully
| tried out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-19
BRINGING THE WAR NEAR

Among the first of the American
soldiers to fall, fighting the Huns was
young recruit from Louisville, XIV.
News of his death in upholding the
honor of his country prompted the
editor of the Courier Journal to indite
the following:
The first soldier of the Louisville
contingent in the American army
killed upon the Picardy front is
Private Johnson, volunteer, whose
fatal wound was received upon his
twentieth birthday.
Parents, brothers, a sister sur
heartbroken girl of the humble
neighborhood in which he lived is
described as having been his sweet
heart.
None of the elements of the typi-
cal tragedy of death in battle is lack
ing in this case, nor is any element
of the heroic absent.
Here was a youth who was not
| drafted, and who was not subject to
the draft. He did not belong to the
class - the wealthy and socially
prominent-whose young men are
prompted by pride. perhaps in
fluenced by conscriptional caste opin-
! ion, to offer their services in war, vet
almost at the beginning of Amer
ica's part in the war he enlisted in
|
ment of American troops to France
he was sent to the front. In the first
| German drive of Importance after
the American flag took it's place of
| honor among the banners of civilized
| nations. arrayed against the German
| horde he was in the thick of the
| fight-a fight in which sit is a uues-
| ton of which. side can kill the most
men''-and his life went as A part OF
the sacrifice America is making, not
abstract1y upon, the altar of democ-
racy, but concretely upon the as
saulted frontier of liberty; a from
tier which at the moment is stormed
by successive waves of enlightened
barbarians, masters of every means
of murder known to modern science
undeterred by any moral scruple
taught by Christianity or recognized
| by civilization; a predatory swarm
from the historic breeding grounds OF
Goths and Vandals led by wal
chief no less bloodthirsty or un.
principled than the red-handed ty.
rants of ancient historic times or the
Legendary monsters of an earlier
period.
1t is when the boys of the vicinags
are killed by the Germans that there
comes true realization of what thi.
war means: of what is at stake; vha
1 is the cost, and why it is necessar,
to kill Germans, pardonable ant
commendable to hate Germans, i'm
possible to tolerate as an imaginabl,
possibility the triumph of Germans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-19
TRAVELETTE
By NIKsAH.
Victoria-Herzog.


The traveller across the state of Kan
sas is often surprised to see two lofty
cathedral towers apparently growing
out of the wheat fields. If his
curiosity impels him to investigate, he
will find that this cathedral, with its
monastery and school, forms the
center of a village which is strangely
different from the usual Kansas couns
try town. 1t is, in fact, a bit of Rus
STA transplanted to the wheat belt of
America.
The history of this unusual village
begins at time when Catherine the
Great ruled in Russia. She imported
d colony Of Bavarians to teach her
people agriculture. Later rulers tried
to make the Bavarians change their
religion, and the result was that most
CT them emigrated, a large contingent
coming to America, and settling in
Kansas.
At that time the village of Victoria
was already in existence. 1t had been
founded ana was chiefly inha 5ited by
remittance men" from England A
planned. is usually a younger son. who
is not wanted at home. and draws a
salary for Saying somewhere else. AT
any rate, the Bavarian immigrants,
several hundred strong. came to join
the exiled B-itons. The newcomers
famed the 8 lace Herzog. 1t still has
both names, polyglot language is
spoken on is streets. and altogether.
i is fully as strange as its story
The RHsso-Bavs.rians. however
seem to have made the dominant i'm
Preston, fer the place is said by
travellers to be like a village of~the
Russian steppes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-19

$ The Russians are getting a taste Oh
= German peace 1t is little worse
n ANYTHING. than German war.
atrocities perpetrated in Belgium and
Serbia are being repeated in Russia
Women and children are being MUIR
acred and their homes are being de-
aroyed And for this sort of peace
f1ne slavs have given up their territory,
f,cir honor and their self-respect
Yer the men who are responsible for
an this are permitted not only to live
but to continue at the head of what
semblance of government remains.
The people can hardly fail to remem-
Der their deposed emperor as a kind
and patriotic gentleman when com
bared with Lenine and Trotzky. In all
fi1e history of the world there has been
no fan of a great nation to compare
b. completeness with the collapse of
Russia and there is no deliverance IN
sight. Probably nobody but President
Wilson hopes for or expects a re-
anited country or even any early i'm
orovement in the situation. A treaty
BIZ general peace may take the Hun
army out of Russia but it cannot elm
hate Russian influence and control.
The Teuton is there and he is there
80 stay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-19

be used-and a little grated cocoanut
sprinkled on all. Sweeten all with
powdered sugar. fill apples and
serve on lettuce leaves or any de-
sirable way. s
Cream Salad Dressing-Onei table
spoon mustard, one teaspoon sugar
one teaspoon salt. one teaspoon corn
starch. Mix dry. scald with little
hot water and dissolve in this butter
one-half size of egg. Add one egg or
yolks of two eggs (beaten thorolyD, ,
then add one-half cup vinegar, two
thirds cup milk. Stir over fire until
it boils. VIII not curdle if used ac-
cording to directions.
Apple John-Sift together one gen
erous pint flour and two teaspoons
baking powder. Rub in two table
spoons lard and mix to the consis-
tency Of biscuit dough, with one c6p
milk Roll out to fit pie plate Have
one quart apples peeled and sliced
'lengthwise. Line deep pie plate with
pastry. put in apples and place crust
on top. When baked turn upside
down on plate and cover with sugar,
spice and butter. Serve with cream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-19
rHE. RoHEM1AN REvoLr.

The dispatches early this week re-
ported great anti-Austrian demon
stration in Prague, the capital OF Bo-
hernia, during which the crowd
cheered for the entente allies. The
Prague declaration of January s, in
which the Czech representatives pro-
claimed the Czechoslovak nations
rupture with the Hapsburg dynasty
and with the dual monarchy spread
thru Bohemia like a wild-fire and i'm
mensely strengthened the revolution
airy spirit of all classes of the nation,
according to advice reaching this
country.
From the day the declaration was
released up to the present, demonstra-
| tions have been taking place all over
Bohemia Czech workers organiza-
tions called strikes to manifest their
appreciation of the nations determine
ton to obtain her independence. To-
wards the end of the month of Janu-
airy a great explosion occurred in the
ammunition factory at Hostivitz. The
Prague city council on February 4
voted a resolution identifying itself
with the Prague declaration, and May
or Grosh declared that now acts will
follow" The Magyar daily, 'Az Est -
intimates that the mayors declaration
is threat that the Czechs will resort
to a revolution to back up their ma
tional claims.
This state of affairs in Bohemia led
to the sending of Magyar troops to
occupy Bohemia, and suppress all
revolutionary movements there. The
Magyars have been chosen because. of
all the races of Austria, they hate the
Czechs most. They make the Czechs
responsible for many Austrian defeats
on the battlefield, and especially they
cannot forgive the Czechs that, during
the late offensive against Italy, Czech
soldiers went over to the Italians and
disclosed to Italy the plans of the
Austro- Hungarian offensive.