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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
GLOBE SIGHTS
rFfom the Atchison Globe.1

Too many social dates are made
over business phones.
The day probably will take care of
itself if you get up early.
If a man is good to his family, the
community will overlook most of his
faults.
Too much theory will ruin man
as effectively as will wine, women and
song.
Force Of habit doesn't get many
men out Carly in the morning. But
dire necessity does.
If you don't expend energy. your
energy won't increase. People who
| have no work to do usually have little
or no energy.
Every once in a while the average
wife feels that she is a mere servant,
| and on that day she creates a con-
siderable disturbance.
| When a woman wants to be COM
| Portable she takes off her shoes and
| something worn higher up that she
hangs over the back OF chair.
I Timely advice from George Wash
| ington: Let's try to learn, above
everything else, how to fight. be heat
en-, fight again and keep at it until al
last we win
The best looking soldiers are or
/ the front covers of the magazines
But "a lot of homely soldiers outside
of the magazine pages can fight, and
that is what counts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds Of men il
Americas Fighting Services

A speeding bullet struck Pvt. John
Patrick O'Brien of the United States
Marine corps as he bent to aid his
wounded platoon commander at the
battle of Bouresches. The marine
wavered. swayed with the impact of
the bullet-then returned to help his
commander. The bandages were
wrapped, the aid completed. The
wounded marine rose from his task,
started away, then stopped. There
had come the cry of a fellow marine,
dropped by a boche bullet. O'Brien
ran to him. Everywhere sounded the
crashing of heavy artillery fire. The
spreading shrapne1 was cutting down
his comrades. The blood was stream
ing from O'Briens bullet wound.
A hospital corpsman approached.
O'Brien waved him aside. There were
other wounded marines who were at
the door of death. They must be
cared for first. And so O'Brien con-
tinued to aid his companions until,
exhausted from pain and loss OF blood,
the last ounce of his strength for
sock him, and he was forced to the
rear Because of his spirit OF self
sacrifice, Private O'Brien of the ma
rines has been recommended for Off
cial recognition Of his bravery. O'Brien
enlisted May Fl, ALT. His mother
Mrs Della O'Brien, lives at 270 Bran
| doTavenue, Detroit, Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

It is reported in the news dispatches
that Russia has Just sent to Berlin the
first instalIment of her war indem-
nifty. Thus is witnessed a situation in
which the people of one of the might
lest countries in the world stand by
and see not only their territory but
their money delivered to foreign
power by that powers hired agents. 1t
can hardly be said that Lenine and
Trotzky are traitors, because they are
not Russians. They simply are hired
assassins and robbers and the mystery
of it all is that the Russian people
permit them to carry out their bar
gain with the kaiser unmolested. It
should be the duty of the allies to
see that every foot of soil and every
dollar in money wrung from the help
less country by the Huns and their
Bolshevik agents shall be returned.
So much is due Russia for the loyal
Service to the world she performed in
the early days of the war. The dem
ocratic peoples of the world can not
afford to stand by and see a helpless
country and a former ally deliberately
robbed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
HOW HAVE MIGHTY FALLEN.

Gold appears to have fallen from rs
high estate. The once proud metal.
which the people were told a quarter
of a century ago was the only real
immutable stable measure of values III
the world, is calling for help. The
miners of the precious yellow metal
declare that it can no longer be pro-
duced at a profit. There are hints
that the government will be asked to
pay a bonus to miners or in some
ether way restore gold to its pristine
glory. 1t has even been suggested
that a smaller amount of the metal
be put into the dollar.
1t is interesting to note the cause of
the decreased gold output during the
last three years, despite the fact that
all the nations, especially the warning
ones, are clamoring for it. There has
been, says a writer in the Investment
l. News, the same great increase in the
cost of mining gold as in mining iron
silver, copper or coal. There has
been the same increase in wages, ma
chinery, chemicals, transportation
etc., caused by the decreased output
OF other things and the diversion Of
labor. But the corporation operating
silver, copper or coal mines can ad
vance the price of it's product to cor
respond to the increased cost of pro
duction. But, the producer of golt
gets a piece of metal stamped SIS TO
every 129 grains he sells ust as whel
the standard of 25.s grains to the dol
lar was first adopted. At the sam
time he has to pay out perhaps tw
of these $5 gold pieces or their depu
ties in paper bills Where he paid on
ten years ago. In other words, a gol
mining corporation has to pay GU
twice as much of its own product t
y furnish its employees and it's purvey
ers of machinery, chemicals, trans
portation. etc, with the same quantit
of food. clothing, housing. etc, withou
increasing it's income corresponding.
The result is that many low-grad
ores become improbable. with til
consequent reduction of the world
gold output.
The position of the producer of gol
is unique. He is the only producer /
wealth. IL we may call gold weatl
who does not in the first instance e,
change that wealth for somethin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

her heart in a tunault-beth proud
and fearful. But the next morning,
late, she managed to locate Martin
And SO YOU liked it?" he asked
genially, altho 1t seemed to Avis that
he seemed net sufficiently surprised To
hear her voice. -
Yes she said, ait was splendid.
how-how much your success means
to me-" ~
HAli my friends have been very
kind he said. "and do appreciate It.
Avis, your being SO interested-and
| ALL"
But he didn't suggest seeing her.
and implied that he was very busy
and had Just signed a contract for the
writing Of a new play that was al.
feeiing Of defeat, AVIS tried sailansly
to stijoy her, New York visit.
Once she happened 70 see him rid
ing in General park With TIE fascinat-
ing Miss Travers, Unee5 she and her
Fifth avenue ana they met him face
to face. He was pleasant and friend
ly, but Avis seemed not to be able to
break down the barrier that had risen
| between them, and laeer that same
| afternoon, she saw him glide by in a
| fashionable town ear with Neaia TRAY
| ers at his side-and that night Avis
Ransome cried.
The next afternoon a pale. dark
| eyed girl was ushered into Neaia
| Travers' apartment $50
"Miss-Miss Travers" shs began
| nervously. ''yous are so-s0 splendidin
Martin Garland's new play. Z think it
is wonderful for yousto have worked
his success. But please,s she said
earnestly, please be good to him. He
is SO gentle and fine-his ideals are SO
high and fun of dreams. He believes
in women as few men do. The two of
Il you have 30 much in cofnpon-and
you are $3.50 1oyely--please don't
| hurt him. 1t .weuld mar his life-de-
stroy his IDEALS ana dwarf his work
And Neala Travers, who was wo-
man first and star afterward. UNDER
stood, and put her arm around Avis
Ransome and petted her into . strange
sense of security. But that night when
Garland came to her dressing room
late, the heart Of Neala Travefs ached
just a little.
| you never told me about the girl
back home-the little girl with the
tragic eyes," she accused him whiH1si-
caliy, yet half seriously.
"She threw me down" he .said
frankly, $50 there was nothing to tell"
: But she's wild about you and
you're breaking her heart" she said
gently.
e You're quite mistaken he an
Ell swered. She's visiting in New York.
5 you know. I've tanned to her once
E on the telephone and even met her
: once on the street, but there was not
= a single sign that she cared"
did you ask herr"
ell mo"
"Then do. Ask her tonight You'll
G need a wife like her to tie to-with
I | all the girls on Broadway making eyes
e at you.' She smiled frankly.
81 And thirty minutes later Avis was
e clinging to Martin Garland murnur-
I ing pathetically. 81 was afraid you
4 didn't love me any fnofe-And ! de
. love you SO. Mart"
4 How do you know you love me-
he asked gravely.
q How do know when I'm hum
gry?" she smiled thru her tears.
: While at that very moment, in the
= great third act of Garland's play,
. Neala Travers was saying. mo happi.
: ness can survive that brings. uniaap pi-
ness to another"
tCepyright. 1918 By the Mcclure News
e PAPER Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman WdHne.


Perhaps at this danger hour there
comes across the path of the woman
man who notices her, who compli-
ments her, who IS interested in what
she thinks, who pays her the tribute
OF. understanding her. and all the
starved vanity, the hungefinE for APP
probation, the thirsting for praise that
has devoured her SO long, rush cut and
overWhelm her good sense, her judg-
ment-even her moral principles. :
She feels her youth come back to
herA She Is intoxicated by the knowl-
edge-that she can attract and still
arouse the admiration of men. To
all intents and purposes, she is a
| drunken woman, drunk on the last
| draught Of romance that was left in
her cup, and at the follies this leads
| her to commit, surely the angels must
weep in pity. p
Practically the same thing happsns
to the man when he. too, reaches the
danger line. To his wife he has mere
ly become Papa" the family work
horse who pulls the domestic wagon.
the cash register, whose chief function
in life Is to be manipulated so that
she and the children can get the most
money out of it to buy fine clothes,
and pleasures. 1t has been years since
wife told husband that he was the
| handsomest man she knew, or accused
him of being fascinating, and he has
gotten out of the way of thinking OF
himself as being attractive, or tina,
women enjoy his society. or admire
4 him.
Then comes the day when he begins
to think that, after all, a man is still
young when he is on the right side
or fifty, and when he wonders If he
has forgotten how he used to make
love, and il his hand has lost its cum.
ming in sowing a few wild oats. And
then he is simply game for any ad.
ventures who comes along and tell
him that he still has the figure of al
Apollo, and that iron gray hair gives a
man an irresistibly romantic look, ano
that the way he makes love makes ths
young fellows seem like amateurs, an6
who pretends to be afraid OF him be
cause he is such a devil of a fellow
with the women.
The remedy for obliterating tn.
danger line is IS obvious as the caus,
OF the line itself. 1t lies in husband
and wives remembering that there i,
an Indian summer of the heart al
well as of the year, and that il the,
are not holding down their claim
when this second blosseming of TO
! nance comes, somebody is mighty ap
to jump to get it.
. When man quits making love t,
his wife, some other man is very srsra
to begin. and the only way q w6fIaal
can be certain that no other woriaal
: tells her husband that he is q hear
smasher, is to tell him that SO Otter
herself she won't give the other wo
} man a chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
DINNER STORIES

A man whose every word and ac-
ton betokeHed a son of the soil
stepped up to the booking office of a
provincial railway station After a
CHEEKY "Gude marnin' to YET" he
asked the clerk fer q ticket to Lon
don.
"Yeu will have a return, won't
you ~ inquired the clerk.
what do you say ?"
why. you'll want to come back,
won't you ?"
'.Nea, that shan't; but ye'd better
give me a return, all the same"
But" expostulated the clerk, 'if
you don't want to come back it's
only waste of money!"
Lock ere. young man." replied
the old fellow, in a tone of subdued
confidence, that's my business
sartinly shan't want ter come back;
but shan Jest az saftiniy have tel!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

else. The producer of iron. cotton,
wheat, clothing. ETC.. exchanges it for
gold or Colds paper deputies varying
in ratio according to the market price
of each commodity. On the contrary,
the producer of gold does not in the
first instance exchange it, but gets 1T
back with the guarantee that it is
gold and weighs so and SO much.
Then-he can exchange this stamped
gold metal or its proxy for meat,
clothing, houses, automobiles, ETC., but
only at a discount of SO per cent in
purchasing power tho nominally
worth par. And his miners willeonly
take it at. SO cents. that is, they want
double wages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

country to another. Countries in need
OF it buy from bankers of country
where there is surplus amount. 1t
is then melted and recoined in coin
denominations used by the purchas-
ing nation.
Contrary to popular opinion. our
loans to our allies are not as Q rule,
made in gold or silver. The loans are
arranged in the form OF credit which
Is used by the borrowing government
to buy supplies from the United States.
The country securing a loan trapsacts
the business of securing supplies and
checking up the credit extended thru
banking institutions. Thus the money
does not actually leave the United
States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS

Dear Mrs. Thompson: When 3
first came to this town I started =
go with one young man steady.
thought a great deal OF him, but We
gether for ever month. Then !
started to go with some one else.
They are both nice men. The one l
went with first took me everywheFo
and spent a great deal Of money On
me and felt very badly when / guilt
me il / will 90 back to him. Do you
think ought to quit the other for
him, OF can / &c with them both.
They both think a lot of me and ]
think much of them. r. 8. ". p.
Go with both the young mea.
Neither has an exclusive claim On
you since you are not engaged -
either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

Government operation of the rail-
roads has resulted in an anomalous
business situation in that we find the
director general urging the public to
do less travelling. Under private man
agement the roads spent large sums
in newspapers and magazines in an
effort to induce the people to travel
more. The results of these advertising
campaigns clearly still are in, evidence,
for the director general in his annual
report states that even increased
fares have failed to reduce the vol
ume OF passenger traffic, and he
urges the public to refrain from all
travelling that is unnecessary. One OF
the inducements set forth in his ap-
peal is that the money saved can be
invested in Liberty bonds, but since in
either case, the money finds its way
| into the federal treasury it cannot
make any serious difference how il
gets there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

Any person walking along Topeka's
business streets this week would be
ipclined to wonder if there were any
body on the fair grounds. Thousands
of persons could beSseen on the side
walks at almost any hour and there
were steady streams of humanity
pouring in and out of the big stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13
OUR TERMS STILL STAND.

The appearance of another German
peace feeter may now be expected at
any time. The kaiser doubtless will
try every other method of ending the
war before openly acknowledging de-
feat and asking for terms.
Nine months after our entry into the
war, January s, 1918, President Will
son laid down fourteen conditions. say
ing: 1.-THE, program of the worlds
peace, therefore, is our. program; and
that program. the only possible pro-
gram, as we see it, is this
The program embraced open cove
nants of peace, freedom of the seas,
removal of all economic barriers, re-
duction of national armament, inn
| partial adjustment of colonial claims,
\ to sustain Russia, to rehabilitate Bel
GUM, to restore Alsace-Lorraine to
France, to readjust 1taly's frontiers,
| to free the peoples of Austria-H Hun
gary, to unsnarl the Balkan tang1e,
to settle the Turkish question, an in
| dependent Polish state, and finally, a
| general association of nations to guar
antee political independence and ter
! ritoria1 integrity to great and small
states alike.
However these conditions or prin-
! ciples may be regarded, they were the
| ones given out for the United States on
the responsibility of President Wilson
as those for which we were willing to
sacrifice the last drop of our blood
and the ultimate dollar of our treas
| ure.
AS regards these conditions the
mind of America has not changed I'M
less it be on the side of making some
additions such as monetary compen-
sation for the damage wrought by the
Huns and the reputation of Ger
many's debt TO her own people. There
must be no abatement of these con-
ditions. In order that there may be
none. millions of Americans this week
registered for military service and
other millions later in the month will
subscribe for another issue of Liberty
bonds.
Twelve million men, mostly young
men, have been killed or permanent
ly injured in the German-made ca
lamity from which humanity is now
suffering. This number exceeds by
two million the population of Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark. If ali
the men. age 81 and over, in the New
England states and New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
r and Illinois were killed or perma-
. nently injured. they would about equal
in number the men already sacrificed
in this manner to Germany's desire
for world dominion.
Over 1874 billion dollars have been
diverted from the constructive uses OF
peace to the destructive uses of war
Concentrate for a few moments
upoE the magnitude of this crime OF
the ages. Picture the millions upon
> millions of people to whom it has
brought hardship, hunger and pain
Think of the total sum of sorrow and
grief that has come to the bereaved
millions. Consider the moral and
S physical degradation which the war.
i pitiless poverty has wrought. And
r also, remember the wholesale destruc
! ton of property and art which it ha,
II taken the toll and sweat of genera
e lions to produce and then say if yol
i would have any reduction made il
= the price which it is demanded tina
$ Germany shall pay for peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

Mr.. McAdoo. director general of
railroads. declares that there will be
no shortage of coal or anything else
next winter, which could be attributed
to q shortage of cars. This announce
Hent should silence DIR. Garfield's
guns, but one never can tell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

Retail merchants. in considerable
number have agreed not to increase
their working force nor extend the
hours of service for the holiday trade.
Others are expected to follow. Thus
is added one more incentive to do
your Christmas shopping early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

No service that you or your neigh
Dor can render your country can be
greater than the service of patrioticai-
ly backing up that country. Holding
on to Liberty Loan Bonds is backing
the government. Trading them is
handicapping the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-13

One of the glorious days OF the war
will come when the allies approach
near enough to Berlin to throw hells
into the town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-21

in a Montpelier hospital that he could
neither see his friends or make any
reply to the article and his friends.
and they are legion, must rally to his
support and speak for him. The
abusive and malicious article appeared
in paper which has always prided it.
self upon the honorable methods OF
conducting both its news and adver-
Using columns.
The diatribe attempts to prove by
reprinting some old editorials that
appeared in The Banner since the war
was declared that Mr.. Howe is pro.
German and therefore unfit to DO
Governor of Vermont The editorials
Of a good many papers in the early
years of the war had q proGerman
leaning, as well as some of the White
House utterances, but the press of
the United States and every citizen is
now doing his part to win the war.
AS tor Candidate Howe he has con.
tributed of his time and money to
make the world safe for democracy;
he has a SO" who almost gave his life
and is still In the eryice his patrio-
tism is unquestioncd and il is dirty
politics to insimIate otherwise.-St.
Johnsbury Caiedonian.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-21

checked i'm an official dispatch today
from Stockholm. II is estimated that
80 000 arrests have been made since
the beginning of August among army
officers and middleclass citizens. The
Boshevist chiefs are said to be on
board the warship Aurora in the road
stead Of Kronstadt, prepared to sailfor
Germany in case Of a successful up
rising against them.
Sweden has been asked by the
Swedish consular Office at Moscow
acting for the American and allied
consuls there, to send ship to Petro-
grad to take away 200 refugees, or ii
this is impossible to obtain permission
Tor these persons to pass through Fin
land.
II is assumed here that the refugees
are American and allied citizens seek
ing to escape from Russia Under
date of August II. the Swedish Consul
General at Moscow reported that the
German government had refused safe
conducts for any refugees, including
consular officers, and it was believed
this refusal would stand until neg0tia,
tons were concluded with England
concerning the treatment of Germans
in China.
When these dispatches were sent,
Efforts still were being made to.obtain
lthe release of British and French. cit
liens held as hostages by the Bolshe,
Wiki Some were released several
days ago. but nearly 100 we're held.
The Swedish Consul General naiyely
said that the negotiations would be
greatly facilitated II the allies would
promise protection to Soyiets in north
crn Russia.
4 report dated August 16 said the
Bolshcvist authorities had agreed to
permit the c0nsuls to depart and that
the military missions of Great Britain
and France were preparing to leave
Moscow by way Of Astrakan and Per.
STA
German agents in Stockholm were
quoted as saying on August IA that
the Germans were moving from Mos.
COW. not because they were afraid
but because they felt certain of the
fall OF the Bolsheviki in the near fli.
tlre, They declared the Bolsheviki
would probably be succeeded by Cher.
noff and his revolutionary party, who
probably wo0hI summon at once a
new Constituent Assembly which
would be recognized by Germany