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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
WILL OPEN
'''- NEXT MONDAY
Mineral Belt Business College
Will Have a Splendid
Enrolment

H. F. Wilson, secretary of the Min
eral Belt Business College, which on
next Monday will take its place as
one of the important business insti-
buttons of Baxter Springs, announces
that the enrolment Of students has
thus far exceeded his expectations By
a considerable. He is satisfied that
the business college will be success
from the start.
The college will occupy the top floor
of the new Boswell block on South
Military street. The finishing touches
are being put on the building this
week and the equipment for the col
lege is being Installed. The opening
will be next Monday morning.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
CHOCHETED QUILT
TAKES FIRST PRIZE
Baxter Lady's Product Wins Four
Blue Ribbons at Four Differ
ent Fairs.

Mrs. S. ]. Armstrong has just re-
ceived word that a crochet quilt ex-
hibited by her had won the first prize
and a blue ribbon at the state fair in
Topeka this year.
The same quilt previously won blue
ribbons at the fairs of Nevada, Mo-,
Carthage, No., and Columbus. 1t was
also on exhibition at the Worlds fair
in San Francisco in 1915 and attract
ed much attention.
Many Baxter people have seen this
really wonderful piece Of aircraft.
Mrs. Armstrong made it especially to
exhibit at the San Francisco fair.
She began it in 1912 and finished it in
1918, and in the making used up about
100 spools Of thread.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
LOWELL

The winters supply of coal for the
school was delivered last week. We
begin to realize these cool mornings
that we are going to be in need Of
coal a little later on.
Miss Lucy Stonesipher (our princi-
pal) spent Sunday with home folks at
Military and returned Sunday evening
to be on duty. Monday morning.
Mrs. /. C. L. N. Norris and Miss
Lottie Norris of Caney, Kas., came
here one day last week to visit rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. C. Simmons made a business
trip to Joplin, Mo-, the former part
of the week.
S. B. Simmons and family of Ga
lena, Kas., motored over Sunday and
spent the evening with the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Simmons.
Anna Scott spent Sunday with lea
Won Wedell.
Mrs. Mae Winfrey and son, Paul,
went to Joplin, No., Saturday even
ing.
Mrs. Will Miller called on Mrs. Lon
Berry one day last week.
Floyd Simmons and wife, of Picher,
Okla, mot0red to Lowell Sunday to
call on the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. H. Simmons.
Mrs. Jim Schrader and Mrs. Geo.
Lundy and children were shopping in
Joplin, Mo-, one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Hobson now oc-
cupy their new house although it is
not yet completed.
Geo. Lundy bought a cow from
Chas. Winfrey one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam French of Los
tine, drove to Lowell Sunday.
Will Candy is convalescing from
typhoid fever.
Mrs. Arthur Lawrence is on the sick
list at this writing.
Floyd Hall took a load of baled
straw to the Galena market Saturday.
Mrs. Bert Watson called on Mrs.
Mrs. Bill Brock Saturday.
September
The golden rod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown,
The trees in apple orchards,
With fruit they have none.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
WERE NOT ACCEPTED
Eighteen Men Who Went to Funston
Were Sent Back

Following is the list of men from
Cherokee county discharged from
Camp Funston September 18th be-
cause of physical disability for serv-
ice: -"
ID Russell B. Barnes, Baxter; William
j. Craddock, Weir; John Floquet,
Carona; Ivan s. Fisher, Chetopa; John
FOntaine, CaronaJ James B. Hampton,
Baxter; Clarence F. Haynes, Faux
ner; Ansel w. Lillard, Weir; Syivest-
er Marshall, Galena; Francis Z. L.
Mason, Baxter; John H. Miller, Bax-
ter; Charles A. Murray, Galena;
James F. Payne, Galena; ArleiR y
Rowden, Galena; Alva A. Smith, Bay
ter; Miles B. Tranthan, Galena; Ralph
S. Westcott, Galena; James Dupire,
Scammon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
FREE MATINEE
FOR CHILDREN

Saturday morning at the Elite
theatre Manager Tindale will give a
free pass to every boy or girl who
brings along some garment to be CIV
en- to the Belgian war sufferers. Get
your mother to dig down into the
closets and see what there is that can
be spared and that will help this win
ter to keep some poor Belgian refugee
warm, Bring it down to the theatre.
It win be deposited in a big pile out in
front and you will be admitted to the
show. The garments will be delivered
to Mrs. Paul Mason who Is in charge
Of the garment collection and with the
other collections win be shipped to
Belgium.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Rev. Thos. Popplewell delivered g
lecture at Hockerville Monday night
to a good sized and appreciative aud
fence. His subject was 1.-THE River
Jordan as Did Not See It." A very
enjoyable feature of the program was
the singing by Miss Mildred Popple-
well of the two beautiful pieces, 1.-THE
Holy City" and "The Rose of Sharon"
Rev. POpplewell is holding a series Of
meetings in HOckerille this week and
is drawing good audiences.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

publicans, was greeted with applause
from ten Republican side.
Under Republican control, he said,
congress would have willingly granted
all necessary war powers and passed
oil war measures, but that It would
not have been under the control Of the
administration.
As Mr.. Gillett concluded the Repub-
lican members arose 10 applaud and
cheer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
DE SIMUN TREE
Nv ]. NJ. Smither

BY ]. NJ. Smither
Abs done went out into de woods,
An elm all simun tree,
An say! dat guy sho got de goods
What vented dat aire tree.
De Inns am set jes right tab climb,
De bark am finished ruff,
So dat's de place tab spen' de time
Till yo' done gifts enuff.
All sho done had de bes' O. luck,
Done set de possum back,
Jes lef, TO, him de seed and shuck,
De simuns all done sack.
All fool dat possum, yeth jes so,
Kase he dom kno' hit frost,
An wait all lookin' fo' de sno,
An dat am whah he lost.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
NO LISTING BARRIERS

An announcement, in answer to an
inquiry, was received Wed: ut the
Chamber Of Commerce that up TO the
present time there has been no list
ing Of BARRIERS received, Is TO whether
or not their work Is essential. The
announcement says: The old list,
dated a month or two ago, does not
say they are nOn-ssseHtial"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mrs. M. A. Foster went to Seneca,
NO., Tuesday to attend the funer-
al of her nephew, Carl SetterstrOm,
who died Friday Of influenza at Great
Lakes, III. He enrolled in the Navy
about six months ago. He was quite
well known in Baxter Springs having
lived here for some time prior 10 jOin-
ing the Navy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN

A seven passenger six cylinder
Hudson car was stolen from Ray &
Son, Monday night. 1t was taken from
the garage at the residence. Notices
have been sent out but no trace of the
car or thieves has yet been found.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mrs. o. R. Pennington, nee Clara
May Noble arrived Tuesday from
indianapolis, to visit her mother,
Mrs. Burt Kuhn, and her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Noble. And,
of course, with her came the baby
daughter, Doris Lee, on her first Wis
it with her grandmother and great
grandparents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

There will be no work in the Red
Cross Garment dept. on Friday after
noon of this week as previously an
nounced. The ladies met on Wednes-
day afternoon instead to finish the
work on hand and prepare for pack
ing. Mrs. Donna Patton,
Supervisor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
ANOTHER CAR STOLEN

G. E. Fuckers big Buick car was
stolen Tues. night. The theft was not
discovered until Tues. afternoon when
Mr.. Rucker went to his garage. No
clue to the thief.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Finley have just
received a card from their son, Cliff
ford Finley, of the Engineers Corps
stating that he had arrived safely
overseas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mrs. Pence Flint and little daught-
er, Arene, and son, Victor, are here
from .olmulgee visiting MD. F1int's
sister, Mrs. Robert Barnes on Park
Ave.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Workers in the Red Cross garment
department this forenoon were Mes
danes F. NJ. Perkins, Jno. Rea, Ire
watha, Everett and Miss Anna Webb.
Mesdames J. y. Treece, Donna Pat
ton, W. 7. Hartley and Geo. Skies,
spent the afternoon at the work room.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mrs. Grant Waggoner was a Joplin
visitor Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Frank Fehrenback of Joplin, Mo-,
was the guest of Truman and Will
Garretson last evening.
RED CROSS NOTES
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mrs. Lucy Kitchener went TO Pitts
burg Tuesday where she will be the
guest Of friends for > couple a Ea1-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

John Jennings preached at the
Christian church at Seneca, Mo-, Sun
day morning and evening.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mesdames w. T. Apple, Merton
Goodeagle and Arthur johnson were
Joplin visitors today.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mrs. ]. w. Barnes and Mrs. j. W.
Earls spent Monday afternoon in
Joplin.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Harry Harris returned Tuesday
from Nebraska, where he had been on
q business deal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mrs. w. T. Gregory Of Pittsburg, is
here for a few days, at present the
guest of Mrs. ]. w. Cook.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Lance Wene went over to Joplin
Monday and enlisted in the Navy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Miss Hester Roberts Of Fl. Scott,
spent Sunday with her friend, Miss
Helen Finley.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Mason made q
business trip to Miami Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

A. E. Pfremmer was in Webb City
Monday afternoon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

f. H. SchlOeman was Joplin Wis
itor Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Mr.. and Nrs. B. H. Lowry visited
IN joplin Wednesday,.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

Ms. ChaA Johns was a Joplin vis-
itOr Wednesday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27

AavlItl.s . 9. NssI sa EslA
The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28
MOST SIGNIFICANT THING d
BALFOUR DECLARATION.

The most significant thing about the
BalfOur decla ri tion. made with the
knowledge and assent of Italy, OF
France, of our own country, the mos'
significant thing about it, is not tht
fact tlmt it aim. to establish l'alestin,
as the Jewish homeland. bnt the fncl
that it restores the Jewish people at
they are, and wherever they are
formally and efficiently to the family
of nations. Only those who are con
vdrsant with the social history of Eu'
rope for the last five hundred years
can realize the tremendous Significance
of this fact, the great step toward Sc
cularization it stands for. the enorm'
Gus influence of Science, the enormous
influence of the idea of the common
humanity of all mankind which was
restored to the needs of Europe with
the Renaissance. Nothing is moro
significant of the real progress of Eu
rope than this change in the attitude
of states and churches signalizcd b!
the re-ndmission of the Jewish people
into the family of nations.--H. NJ
Kallen.
The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28
He who maketh peace among striv
ers will inherit eternal lifc.--Talmud

an amicablc solution of all disputes
that have or may arise between Jews
and other natiOnalities. For instance,
the problem of how to avoid friction
between Arabs and Jews when II jew
ish State is proclaimed in Palestine
is engaging the minds of high gov.
ernment officials and one or two plans
have already been worked out. How
to protect the Jewish minorities in hos
tile populations like Poland and Ru-
mania. is another puzzie the govern.
ments seek II solution for.
After dscounting all goodwill that
the democratic governments bear to.
wards the Jew, there is still a large
residuum OF efforts in our favor un-
accounted for. excepting by tho Efali-
zation On their part that the removal
Of the Jewish problem is III urgen,
pcccssity for the peace and comfort of
tho world. Therein lihs the hope of
Israel.
The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28
Jews and the Peace I able
WHERE THElk i.OPE FOR FAIR
TREATMENT LIES.
by our special Washington Corres.a
pondent =;
JOS l.. ,rElsPER.

JOS. l.. TEPPER. 4
The coming peace conference will nln
doubtedly be the most mementous ~
the recorded history Of civilization.
will deal with and determine thf
destinics of more nations and larse1
aggregate population than any otliet
peace conference In tile past. 1t VIII
ms well mark the conclusion of that
division in history known as the mod.
crn period and usher in n new period
which may be styled as the rcgenera-
tion of the nations.
The question uppcrmost in the minds
of all who concern themselves with
the Jewish veal and welfare is: How
will this peace conference deal with
the Jewish problem. and what meas
urc will be adopted (n) to assure the
equal treatment of Jews where they
form merely a minority or the pop''ia'
tion and -(b) the attainment Of their
national aspirations for free political
and cultural development in Pales
tine?"
True, the attitude of such confer.
enccs of the past give us little hope 10
expect a real and satisfactory solution
of this problem but IL we expect a
radically different treatment Of the
Jewish question now, 1t is because the
coming peace conference will be as dif-
fcrent from NIL others that preceded
it us this war is different from all
that were ever fought before.
To begin with. most peace CONFER
cnccs in the past were merely srram-
'hlcs by the nations shrewdest dipio'
mats for national self.aggrandizement
the victor fought to obtain as much
MS he could by the coercion Of force
and the van1uishcd endeavored TO
make the best OF n bad bargain. Ere
Gucntly, mere onloOkers, neutrals. used
their position of unimpaired strength
to bulldoze both victor and vanqnhsiied
to exact advantages for themselves
they never fought for. The worids
history affords many such instances.
The methods employed at these CONFER
enccs were those Of ordinary brtgands
ana included the fine arts Of thican'
cry, bullying and bluff. Each Of thesf
conferences, moreover. usually laid inc
foundation Tor the ntxt war aud the
verbal assurances Of goodwill nnde os
The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28
sHGii STATUS or EARLY JEWISH
Music.
Learned Writer Pays Tribute to Its
"Idealistie Impulse"

DR.. Percy ltideout read a most learn
ell paper ut recent meeting Of th'
Choir Trainers League in London
England Oh "A Link Between tht
Music of the Christian Church and the
Music Of the Jews" says the Christian
Science Monitor. Carrying his hear
crs back across the centuries for oven
5000 years. in fact 10 the times OF
King David and even earlier. he eN,
anincd into the probabilities as to
what were the capacities Of stringed
and other instruments of those far.
off days.
lie pointed out that only Two of the
Instruments obtaining Id those times
namely. the human voice and the
straight trumpet like our coach horn }
could properly he regarded as The same
in character now as then: moreover
since the latter could be relied on to
produce the same harmonic sounds in
these days as il did then. that fact
would be our surcst guide in speculat'
ing as TO what scales were possible
for use in the Jewish music or that
remote period. Altho the harp and
other stringed instruments had pass
ed thru numerous notifications. it
was possible to conjecture with some
degree of confidence that their tuning
was founded on the natural notes of
tile trumpet.
He reminded his hearers how very
much higher the status of the Jews
was in matters ethical and religious
than the status Of all the nations sur
rounding them. He said that it could
hardly he doubted. therefore. that their
music. AS the vehicle Of expressing
their religious views. would he of a
corrcspondingly high order. Remark
ing also. that the varied list of in
strumehts used in their religious ccre-
monies Indicated highly specialized
methods OF performance. he felt thai
one might safcly conclude that the
music itself was also probably of n
highly specialized character, and by
no means what We. even I'm these Jays
should call barbaric.
The expression "Selah" was very
carefully dealt With by the lecturer
and he accepted the opinion that it was
intended to Indicate the entry of the
incidental music. or what we now
should call program music. and said he
regarded this as yet another proof that
the music of the Jews was very far
from crude. In conclusion. he main
tained that Hebrew music was the an
ccstor of all later idealistic music. and
that tile link between it,, and the
music Of the Christian church was the
"idealistic impulse
The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28

tens. Its language of instruction is
Hebrew.
The right of girls TO have as good an
education us boys is new thing for
the East. and new thing for Jcwry.
Still more is co-elucu ton till the ages
of is and 10 years, and it tends To II
different rela tionship Of the sexes from
that OF traditional Judaism, and opens
up quite new problems. Again, the ar
rival of n continual stream of immi-
grants Is IL necessary condition for the
foundat ation of II new society, but II
hardly adds to its stability. The bet
tcr.class child of the colonies or the
towns gcing to the Gymnasium to CON
tinuc lpcr education Is thrown in con-
tact with girls from Odessa. from
Kicff or from Moscow while there Is
no change in the Language of her edu-
cation, she learns the ideas of the
Russian intclligcnzia. she is, as it were,
Europranizcd before she goes to Eu-
rope Her Russian sister in the same
way becomes ralcStinian before she
knows Palestine (for Tel Aviv only
shows her one aspect of Palcstinian
Iifel. She learns To love the old
places. the old language. and the old
people Sometimes she gets back the
love of the old tradition which has
jarrcd on her in Russia, and the very
absence of religious education ns sucl'
In these schools may even stimulate
the religious feeling of the more re-
Iigious- minded ofits pupils. Here all
the children alike get an excellent all
round educa tion. ---Nita Il. Lang in
Zionist Review.
The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28
Mo'oz rsuk YEsHuosI

CA Chanukah Hymn)
Mighty. praised bcsond compare.
Rock of my salvation,
Build again my house of pray'r
Eor Thy habitation!
Haste my restoration: let u ransomct
nation
Joyful Sing
To its Klhg
Psalms of dedication!
,.--.Ii. &x2z.
Voc was mine In Egypt-land
llyraht kings enslaved mc)
Till Thy mighty, outscretched Hand
From oppression saved me-
Pharaoh, rash pursuing, vowed my
swift undoing;
Soon, his host
That proud boast
Meath the waves was rucins.
To Thy Holy lIili, the way
alad'st Thou clear before me;
With false gods went nstray--
Foes to exile bore me.
Torn from all l cherished. almost had
l rcrishedi
Babylon fell,
Zcrtibabel
I.ad'st Thon TO restore me!
H~sl ,.ss ~ ts4as s~ai -
Then the vcngcfnl liaman wrought
Subtly to betray me:
In his snare himself he caught
lie that plann'd to slay me,
tIIaled from Esther's palace. hanged
on his own gailOwsJ
% Seal and ring
Persia's king
Gave. Thy servant jealous.
When tin brave AsIioncans broke
JavaHs chain In snndcr,
Thru the holy oil. Thy folk
Ever full remained the vessel unpro.
famed:
These eight days,
Lights and praise
Therefore, were ordained.
Lord, Thy Holy Arm make bare,
Speed my restoration;
> ~, nsy martyrs i,i6Sa 1shy care
Judge each guilty nation.
Long Is my prohation sore my trib-
ulation;
hid, from Heaven.
Thy shepherds seven.
Haste to my salvation!
Translated by Solomon Soils Cohen.
standard Book of Jewish Verse.
The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28
THE AUSTRIAN MILITARY AND
THE JEWS.

The German Jewish Press quotes
| with amaZcmcnt the two following or
dcrS which were recently issncd by
| lAustro-lIungarian Military authorities
in districts occupied by them. Tho
first was addressed to the Jewish com
munity of Observation-Disclosures in tho
Government of EkaterinoSlav. and also
posted up in the streets of the town
and ran as follows:
Il forbid the residents of Jewish
faith to have any Kind of dealing with
my soldiers. TO walk or talk with them
etc. / have instructed my subordinatcs
to arrest everyone who diSobcyS this
order. Anyone arrested for the first
time will bc floggcd and for the see.
ond time shot.
Commandant of the ro-IIungarian
Forces,
COLONEL WLODASS.'
The community on cnquiring for the
reason of this order and demanding
its cancclling received the following
curt reply:
"The order cannot he rcscinded.''
The second forms worthy pendant.
and runs as follows:
Temporary Headquarters. Chcrson.
Influence of the Jews on the Troops.
To the Rabbi of ................-.......-..----
Field Post 4:i6. Aug. y 1913.
On behalf of the Army Command ]
nall your attention to the following:
1t has been established that indi-
viduals of the Jewish nation are at
tempting to seluce our soldiers to mis-
,lcmcanOnrs and offences
(a) of a political character.
(b) of an economic character tstcal
ing. robbery. prohibited tras(ic with
arms etc.)
1t is well known how closely the
whole Jewish people keeps together.
To protect ourselves against individual
offenders who generally cannot be dis
covered we must make the whole Jew
ish community responsible.
Hence the loyal and respectable por-
tiUh VI lut iNSttthi
the bad clements from their mischiev
Gus conduct Otherwise 1t must 4sharc
&C.
The blame and consequences.
These consequences are: contribu-
tions laid on the community and special
measures against it.
II the better elements are afraid that
this will revive the old hostility of the
populat ation against them, it is all the
more urgent for them TO put stop to
the wrong doing.
The Rabbis, as the heads of the com
munity IN each district. have it III
their hands to preserve the respect
and the peace of the community.
Religion has nothing TO do with the
matter"
The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-28
ROlMANIAN DUPLICITY AGAIN
BY J. c.

lBy J. c.
London-In statement to the Rou-
manian Senate. Minister Arion declnr-
cd that about one-hnlf of the Jews of
Roumanin have already been vested
with full rights. That this is not the
truth IL maintained by experts who
show that the naturalization of the
Jews. according to the new provisions.
must take at least two years. and that
in the end about 10000 Jews will lie
denied nuturalizat tioh. because of their
inability to produce the necessary doe
umentS.