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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

gathered together it would amount to
billions and billions.
1t is this money that Uncle Sam
asks the women of America to lend
him to fight this war to make them
safe and to prevent this horror that
is upon us ever happening again.
In America it is women who are the
moneyed class. In the average fam
lily the wife handles the cash. Out of
what he earns the general run of mar
ried men keeps but only few dollars
for his personal expenses. All the bal
ance he turns over to his wife.
She buys the clothes and the furni-
ture She is the prudent one who does
the saving, if there is any saving in
the family. If she is thrifty the fam
lily prospers. If she is extravagant and
wastefu. the family stays poor to the
end of the chapter.
| therefore, it is in the hands of the
women of America to make this loan
a success, or a failure. 1t is up to
them to spend their money this spring
for fine clothes, new cars. new furni-
ture and luxuries that. they can do
perfectly well without, or to put the
price of their gewgaws and amuse-
ments into submarines, aeroplanes and
shrapnel that will end this hell on
earth. 1t is for the women of Amer
| lea to decide between patriotism and
self indulgence
| Which do they love more, their
country, and freedom. or their pres
! ent ease. comfort and future serfdom'
There is no woman so poor that she
| cannot do her bit in helping along
| this loan There is no woman so poor
that she cannot buy thrift card even
! if she cannot buy a bond. There is no
mother who cannot start her children
| to saving up their pennies and buying
thrift stamps i. she will take the trou-
| BILE to do so.
There is woman who cannot get
J her whole family interested in the
liberty loan if she will try.
She can get the husband to cut
down a little his smokes and put
the money in a bond. She can get
/ the children to put their ice cream
money, and the money they earn for
doing chores, into war stamps. She
can buy bond instead of new frock
and the habit of thrift thus started IN
i a family will be one of the unexpected
I blessings of the war.
And these liberty bonds will be in
! the future a patent of American no.
biIity by which children will Judge
their parents. What did you do to
help win the great war;" the children
will ask. and what will you reply if
| you are too stingy. too much of a
! Stacker to even lend your paltry dol
| lars to help the brave men who were
! risking their lives to keep you safe2
Women of America. this war is be-
! ing fought for you. The battle Inns
guard your home. it protects your
young daughters from the fate of the
T, girls of Belgium and Flanders. VIII
you give your pitifu1 little hoard of
money to bolster up that fighting line.
! or is a few cents more interest on your
money more precious to you than the
safety of your children and the glory
of your country?
You will decide that question by the
way you buy liberty bonds
Money talks. Make it speak SO
loudly of the determination of Amer
lean women to give the very clothes
off their backs, if necessary, to buy
liberty bonds to prosecute this war
that it will reach even the kaiser, and
make him trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
APRIL.

April soon will be here. 1t is
notable month in American history.
1t was in that month that the battle of
Concord was fought. Fort Sumpter
was fired upon in April. The first
spilIing of blood in the civil war took
place in the streets of Baltimore April
6. 1861. President Lincoln was as
sassinated in April. And it was on
April s, 1917, that the United States
entered the world war.
Turnout America-thruout all the
allied nations that believe in liberty
there will be many observances on
April 6, 1918, of the first anniversary
of that important world-event.
But a more fitting observance could
not be suggested than the launching.
on that first anniversary day, of the
third liberty loan, that every true and
loyal American may pledge anew his
allegiance to the Stars and Stripes, and
to make every required sacrifice in
order that, thru our own brave sons
and those of our allies, victory will be
won and our national ideals will pre-
vail.
The third liberty loan campaign
should be launched on April 6, 1918.
with patriotic demonstrations such as
this nation has never before wit
messed, that the people of every city.
town and community may express the
true spirit of reused America. And
there should be no abatement of that
patriotic spirit, not even after the
, third liberty loan is achieved. 1t
should continue till the boys come
home from Europe bearing the flags
of victory. On April we should con-
secrate ourselves anew to the great
task before US; that of making the
world free for democracy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
LAWS FOR EVERYTHING.

Much has been spoken and written
in the past about a mans being
free moral agent" shaper of his
own destiny. architect of his own for
tune, and more along the same line.
But the modern tendency seems to be
more and more in the direction of
forcing the individual to conform to
certain fixed rules of action, and if he
fail, to take care of him under laws
enacted for that purpose.
Legislation is now proposed. writes
Burton Hanson in Case and Comment,
as the only sure and effective means
of correcting the inequalities of life,
which. in the main, are caused by
laziness, extravaganza, and sin. This
so-called social legislation for the ac-
complishment of social justice is but
form of state socialism, and rests
on the assumption that the average
individual is not competent to choose
his own calling, to use his own time to
good advantage. to spend his own
| money, or to provide for his own
! future and the various emergencies OF
| life.
the individual one whit in wisely
choosing his course in life, in meetine
the vicissitudes of life. or in forming
ha bits of work. thrift, and self-denial
These essentials of comfortable
serviceable. and successful life are
the results of individual effort ant
sacrifice, rather than legislation
which seeks to compel the individual
to action. and to support him if h.
loses out in the struggle of life.
If the state is to take care of tn,
individual when he is sick or old o.
out of work. it must necessarily de
prive him of his liberty when he il
well and young and busy.
There is one insurmountable OBJ
stacle which stands, and has AWAY
stood. in the way of equalizing tn
inequalities of life by legislation, an.
that is human nature. No govern
ment can go much further than Ger
many has gone along the lines of stat
interference, guidance, and control O
the personal affairs of its people. An
the great Bismarck. who advocate
the Industrial insurance and othe
similar laws, admitted that the pur
pose was selfish. and that they ha
not resulted in allaying the disconten
OF the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

When the government first issued
a war loan, on 31s per cent basis,
it was necessary to combine with the
work of selling the bonds to the
people the explanatory work necessary
to make men and women understand
what it was all about. Few of the
people ever owned a bond of any sort
or description, and they did not know
anything about forms. or what the
bond looked like. 1t is different now.
Everybody knows what a bond is,
what is the governments financial
plan, and once they understand that
Uncle Sam needs their money to win
the war they will subscribe for the
liberty bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Buckwheat Mullins.


One and one-quarter cups buck
wheat flour.
Three-quarters cup flour.
Four teaspoons baking powder.
Two tablespoons sugar.
One teaspoon salt
One cup milk.
Two tablespoons shortening.
Mix and sift dry ingredients. add
milk and melted shortening, beat I'M
til smooth. Bake in hot oven twenty
to twenty-five minutes.
The Table.
Apple Pudding-Fill battered dish
with sliced apples. Pour over them
the following batter: one tablespoon
butter one-half cup milk. one egg.
one-half cup sugar, one cup flour,
one-half teaspoon baking powder.
Bake slowly till brown Eat with milk.
other fruits can be used the same.
Luncheon Dish-Quite a satisfac-
tory luncheon dish can be made with
one quart tomatoes fhome canned in
glass;, one small onion minced and
boiled with the tomatoes, one tea
spoon sugar, salt and pepper to taste.
Take pieces of leftover bread, gra-
ham or rye. soften with hot water.
Two cups of this will be sufficient
Add bread to tomatoes. remove to
platter and serve with three or four
eggs hard boiled and sliced over the
dish.
Graham mullins, buttered, are nice
served with this dish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
ON SPUR f Fl MOMENT
BY B0Y K. MoULroN

your words have found an echo
in my heart" said the kaiser, reply
ing to the cry of the unfortunate
Esthonians-
Then the kaiser passed the echo
along to his general, and the general
plundered the Esthonians of what the
Red Guard had not taken.
We don't know who the Esthonians
are. but, whoever they are, they
would best put Maxim silencer on
those despairing cries in the future.
We don't know who the allied CEN
sor is. BIT. Wen make a small bet
that his name is Col. J. Fuller Gloom.
A little good news now and then is
relished by the best of men.
Getting so every day is seatless day
in the street cars. Ever notice it?
One patriot advises everybody to
keep a goat during the war as a food
idea.
And then there would be another
advantage.
If every family in America kept a
goat, no invader would ever set foot
on our soil.
Buy next winters coal as soon as
you can" urges Doctor Garfield
He probably means to buy it as soon
as there is any to buy.
Occasionally some flathead Bdshevik
Arises in our own country to roast
The rich and to claim that the poor
| People are paying for the war.
A glance at the income tax returns
| Should indicate to the average
Person that the rich are paying for the war
Without the rich there couldn't be a war.
But a Bolshevik isn't an average person.
He's a brainless blatherskite.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

lost cent of principal or interest ex-
cept those who voluntarily have taken
losses by selling their bonds in pc
riod of temporary price depression.
One hundred cents on the dollar, prin-
cipal and interest, has the United
States always paid. Back of the
s25o. 900. 100000 to $500, 100000, 900
of our national resources stands the
honesty of America. There is no bet
ter or safer investment than liberty
bonds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds OF Men in
Americas Fighting Service

For heroism when the engine
room of his ship was filled with live
steam. Niels Anderson, chief machin-
lists mate, United States navy, has
been given official commentator. The
act occurred when the exhaust lines
of the steering engine were carried
away by the breaking of the tiller,
causing the engine room to fill with
steam. Without hesitation, Anderson
went down a ladder to the compart-
ment, but was driven back. Again
he made two more attempts. The
third was successful and, cropping his
way thru the cloud of steam, he cut
it off. Anderson enlisted in the navy
at Norfolk. Va, in April, 1898, giving
as his home address. 2420 South
Broad street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
TRAVELETTE

by NIKSAH.

Down in the South Pacific, the Mar
shall Island group smiles up at
cloudless sky. The blue waters break
in creamy foam on the coral reefs,
the cocoa palms raise their feather
buster heads over a tropic garden of
peace and plenty. There are scores
of tiny islands in the group. ranging
from mere specks of sandy reef up to
eight or ten acres
On one such island, until recently.
a man was living quite alone. His
existence must have been a CruSoe-
like idyll. The sea is alive with fish,
the land yields its fruits to anyone
energetic enough to pick them. The
minor key. But even here a ripple of
the world-war came sweeping, tore
the lone philosopher from his placid
pinnacle, and cast him amazed and
ruffled, into a prison five thousand
miles away.
The Marshall Islands are, or were,
a German group. To the south lie
the Gilbert Islands. an English group.
| There is no way for the casual of the
sea to distinguish between a Marshall
Island and a Gilbert Island. An ar
bitrary line, drawn due southwest
from Keats Bank. thru blue water,
divided Germany from England in
those ATTITUDES before the war.
The man who chose to live alone
on his island was an Englishman.
Many years ago, he selected his future
home with a nice eye for security
agai inst tornadoes, advantages in the
| way of harborage and palm and wa
| ter. Unfortunately. he got on the
wrong side of the imaginary line
drawn from Keats Bank. He located
on a German island instead of an
| English one.
| When the allies set out to sweep
up all the odd German possessions,
they found this modern Crusoe on his
| German island. Investigation develop
! ed that in securing his holding, he had
gone thru processes of law which re-
suited in his being regarded a Ger
man subject 1t was proposed to re-
| move him, but he escaped in disgust to
| the United States. After brief
period of tranquility, this country en-
| tered the war; and the latest report
from the wanderer without a country
| alleges that he is about to be interned
as an enemy alien.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

day il was found impossible to use
the athletic field. The next week the
percentage of venereal disease was
10 per cent.
This is no reflection upon the
morals of that camp. The morals of
men in the mass is a fixed, average
force, which is hard to change, but
which can be controlled il a practical
view of the problem is taken
The commission has undoubtedly
achieved considerable degree OF
success in its efforts to safeguard the
health of the national army. The
most valuable permanent effect of its
work. however, will be a changed and
sanified public attitude toward the
problem wit: which it deals.
Questions OF the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires
Information, should be addressed the
Topeka STATE Journal Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin, Director.
Washington, D. c., with a 3-cent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
The American Library ass,

The American Library association.
working with. the commission on
training camp activities. reports the
first appointment of a woman librar-
ian to a camp hospital library. Miss
OLGA Wyeth. who has been librarian
of rise University of Illinois, will go to
Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg. S. c.,
to take charge of the library work in
the camp hospital there. The medi-
cal officer in command at Camp Dom
iphan has asked for the same service
stating that the demand is great in the
camps hospital. A trained woman
librarian is to take charge of the work
in the hospital at Camp Upton on
April 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
DINNER STORIES

My dear" said the banker to his
only daughter. II have noticed a
young man in the drawing room two
or three evenings each week of late.
What is his occupation
He is at present unemployed,
father" replied the fair girl. a
dreamy, far-away look in her big, blue
eyes, but he is thinking seriously of
accepting a position of life companion
to a young lady of means"
When you were in musical COM
edy you were known as Miss Tonsils.
Now you're in grand opera you are
Madame Tonsils. How's that?" quiz
zed the new interviewer.
Its this way, was the explana-
ton Now I'm welded to my art.
Then 1 merely had a husband to sup
port
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

The division of the Russians on po-
litcal party lines is confusing but may
be better understood when it is known
that the Social Democratic party is
made up chiefly of industrial workers,
the Social Revolutionary party of
peasants. while the Bolsheviki include
the class that will not work. In this
country they are known as Industrial
Workers of the World, more familiar
Ir w w
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

Death by hanging for convicted
spies is provided in a bill introduced
by Congressman w. Frank James of
Michigan. A spy is defined as one
who seeks information with the in
tention of communicating it to the
enemy" In Mr.. James's bill the court
is given no discretion regarding the
degree of punishment, it being man
datory upon the presiding justice to
impose the extreme penalty. The laws
of the country already appear to be
sufficient for properly caring for
spies. That which is mostly needed is
to catch the spy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison olobe.1

IFrcm the Atchison Globe1
One is curious sometimes to know
why some men hang out shingles
A few Americans are prone to con-
slider that Inconvenience is sacrifice.
The person who demands the truth
eventually hears something unpleas-
ant
What has become of the old-fash-
toned Indian pony. and the old-fash-
Toned small boy who wansed One7
Now that we are about to have
woman suffrage the woman Ioafer
ought to be censured as much as the
man 1oafer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

The credit of the United States was
so high and unquestionable that in
1900. two years after the Spanish
war, per cent bonds were offered at
par and oversubscribed. This is a
financial performance no other nation
has ever equaled. United States per
cent bonds in 1883 sold at high as
80 and in 1901 brought 1875 OF. the
stock market. The United States has
never defaulted on any of its bonds.
-Not one of it's bondholders has ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

A new club, in honor of Jack Lon
don, has been formed. Members pay
no fees. No dues of any kind re-
quired. The sole obligation of it's
members is to leave the theaters
whenever an animal act is staged and
publicly to denounce the performance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

The cable reports that the Germans
are massing troops in Belgium. This
action probably forecasts an attack
on Holland if that country consent to
the taking over of her ships by the
United States and England. But it
may be only another German bluff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

q On Monday morning of this week
81, 900 head of hogs were marketed in
Chicago alone. Who will say that
the American farmer is not doing his
full duty in the matter of feeding the
world?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

Charles NJ. Schwab predicts that the
people who work will dominate the
world in the future. This eliminates
the BoIsheviki, the I. W. w. and the
sons of American millionaires
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

Col Bob Ingersoll once said that
''an honest God is the noblest work
of man." His remark can be better
appreciated when one considers the
God of the kaiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

Again has Topeka's bank clearings
for the week been in excess of s4.-
100000. The gain over the corre-
spending week last year is more than
~ per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-20

e TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL IN
FORMATION RIIREAu


n. B.-Inquirers should be careful 70 Ch-
serve two points: EncicFe Scent stamp
and address their 'etters 20 Washington.
as above and not to Toneka otherwise de-
lay and needless expense ire incurred
Douglas Island news., 1918-06-07
HOME RULE FOR
 ALASKA TERRITORY
Territorial Legislature Would Gov en Affairs Without Interfer-
 ence From Outsiders

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Nover, In tho opinion of Hon. Chas. A. sulzcr, delegate from Alaska, was the need of mlI home rule for Alaska more clearly shown than in the fight now being made against tho bin "To Regulate the Killing and Sale of Certain Game Animals in Northern Alaska" Hero is a matter in which hundreds of Aloskans arc vitally
 interested, and with the conditions surrounding which they are thor ouehly familiar. They arc more in- tc-csted i'm the preservation of tho game of Alaska than any other pco- pie i'm the world, and they have more deeply a. heart than any one else the desire for proper laws regard ing the killing and sale of the big game of the territory, the delegate points out; yet great pressure is be- ing brought upon congress by gun clubs and others of the states, who do not know conditions in the north, urging Che defeat Of the game bill which was introduced by the repre- sentative of the people of Alaska at the request of his constituents And there is possibility that this in- tcrfcrcnco may prove disastrous. 1T Alaska had full home rule, this mat ter could be handled by the Terri torial legislature, without outside Interference and laws could be enact ed for Alaska by legislators of AL aska in accordance with Che wishes Of Che people of Alaska.
 This is but one instance Of inter ference in Alaska matters by out sidcrs. Few bills ever come up in congress. pertaining 10 Alaska, that do not meet with serious opposition from outsiders who think they know conditions i'm the North but who, i'm fact. have only the most vague idea of the people, the country. the business, tho lifc and thc needs of thc Territory.
 Such intcrferenccs mako the Dele gate more and more determined to secure for Alaska such home rule that Che people of the Territory will have thc power to make such laws as will be suitable to the country, and he believes they are more co- pablo of cnactlng legislation per talning to their own affairs than any congress could possibly be, and more capable than any state in the union.
 Another good effect that home rule would have on the Territory Mir. sulzcr points out. is the people will realize the importance of sending their best citizens and most able men Co the legislature. The capable men will be moro willing also 10 assume the burden of office oven though at loss to themselves, realizing the importance of having men in Che leg islaturc who arc in a position Co draw up and enact into law such acts us win best serve tho interests Of the Territory.
Douglas Island news., 1918-06-07
THE LOCAL FIELD

E. J. White left this morning on Che City of soattlo Tor a short busi- ness trip to Ketchikan.
 Herb Spencer, whorf.ngor ot Treadwcll. lett on tho Spokane for short visit to tho States.
 Miss Florence Thompson, of Cali tornla. is visiting Mrs. D. Garner at Treadwon. Miss Thompson visited for two weeks near Seattle on the way north.
 Miss Ruth sheloby arrived on a lato steamer from hor homo in Color ado and has accepted a position in Che clerical department of thC Treadwell Company.
 o. E. Bennett. city clerk and for. mcr Island correspondent for Che Dis patch. is having 9 change of work being employed for a few days with Che Alaska Coast Fish Company.
 Miss Kinney. professional nurse from SC. Josoph's hospital in Nic' toria. B. C.. arrived last Saturday evening on tho Princess Sophia tc take n position In SC. Ann's hospital here.
 FoUND-About April 20, one V. bottom skin about 14 feet long, con. talnlng Eas boat tools. Owner can have same by proving ownership Apply to M s. Hudson, Nevada Creek.
 IT. E. Murray left Monday night for a three weeks absence south He will represent Gastlneaux Lodge No. 124, F. & A. M. in the grand lodge which will convene in Tacoma next week.
 NJ. S. Hudson and M J. O'Connol returned yesterday rom a lcW uaH7 camping trip at Aux bay, where they cooked their own meals and caught their own fish. some of th' salmon weighing from twenty-five tC torty-nve pounds
 Mrs. Steve Kane and daughters Mrs. Dodge and Miss Rose Kane who were visiting here and at Ju. neau several days recently, left foi their home at Hoonah on Wcdncs day. when they were accompanied by Misses Cassie King and Frances Cashen, both of Douglas, who will be guests at Che Kane home for on, next week or ten days.