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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31
AMERICAN LEGION NEWS

All disabled veterans of the World
war under care in government hos
pitfalls and institutions will receive ade-
quate clothing and equipment under a
bill favorably reported by the house
military affairs committee, which goes
on the calendar for a vote in the
house when congress reconvenes after
the Christmas holidays.
The bill authorizes the secretary of
war to cooperate with the surgeon
general of the United States public
health service in distributing army
clothing to government patients. Thou
sands of dollars worth of this surplus
war material is now stored away in
warehouses.
House leaders have demanded a spe-
cial rule for consideration of the meas
ure. Statements were made on the
floor that if congress could rush thru
a bill for $20,0O0,0O0 for starving Rus
slams, it ought to be able to put thru
one for cold eX-service men.
Plans for a big rotating fund to pro-
vide loans to sick and wounded ex-
service men in each state are being
worked out at national headquarters
of the American Legion.
Ex-soldiers who do not need the
ready cash that would come to them
from the governments payment of ad-
juSted compensation would contribute
their bonus to the rotating fund. Serv-
ice officers of the Legion in each state
would loan the money without security
and at nominal rates of interest to
needy veterans.
The principal beneficiaries of the
loan fund would be "our buddies who
are broken in health" that they may
take care of themselves and their
families and keep their self respect
while battling thru red tape for their
Just disa bility compensation" accord
ing to Hanford MacNider, the Legion's
commander. who originated the plan.
There are hundreds of instances in
which sick and wounded ex-service
men. unable to get government aid,
have had to depend upon charity
while their claims were being review
ed. the Legion reports show. Tuber-
cular veterans who owe their condf-
ton to poison gas or to exposure have
gone to sanatoriums in the west. there
been denied immediate treatment or
admission and have become public
charges, it is declared. Other young
veterans. unable to work because of
their wounds or sickness and unable
to satisfy the demands of government
bureaus for their compensation are in
a pitia BILE condition and their depend
ents likewise are suffering, the Legion
shows.
Many of the older element of ex-
service men already have made known
their intention of assigning their DO
muses. to the fund if the adjusted COM
pensation bill becomes law during the
present session of congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31

done it amt never clumb no ladder
! 70 snnial nj crlats. lnfnr.n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31

should be spent in meditation and
quiet, but I think it is utterly foolish
and stupid to try to pass laws COM
pelling people to refrain from any
specific things. What is rest and re-
taxation to the farmer may not be
such to the bank clerk. The one
might derive the greatest benefit by
sitting in chair all afternoon on the
shady side of the house, while the
other might prefer attending a ball
game, making the rounds of the golf
course or lounging all afternoon in
boat watching his fishing bobber
dance in the sunlight. The street car
conductor might not desire a trolley
ride for his recreatiop, while the fac
tory worker who makes the carman's
uniform might be greatly benefited
thereby.
ITO my mind the advocacy of such
laws only serves to cheaper religion
to push it back into the superstitions
of the past. 1t is a cheap and indolent
way of graphing with these complex
social problems. 1t demands our
greatest sincerity and consecrated eff
forts to solve them; and not the pas
sage of restricting laws, in the hope
of solving a problem by doing away
with it."
The national chaplain has some de-
cided views about dancing which are
not shared by some of his fellow min
listers. He believes that the control
and management of the dance should
be made as far as possible by COM
munity conscience, rather than by such
means as official chaperonage and
supervision.
eff ministers and church people
would cooperate and participate in
the dance. recognizing its value as
social medium" he declared on one
occasion. sit would not be left to the
control of the cheaper elements of the
community. I sometimes use the fol-
lowing expression in lectures on the
subject: The church has allowed the
devil to control the dance for SO long
that he has made a hell of a job of it
people have always danced and
they always will. Dancing is recog-
nized by some of the best authorities
and leading psychologists as one of the
fundamental instincts of the race.
Where it has been properly directed
and controlled. it has ever been
benefit to the individual. When i'm
properly controlled and allowed to be-
come degraded, it becomes a CORE
spending evil and menace"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31
BY MA IIMKINS

No, 7 amt what you call stylish,
nor neither is Pa Jimkins but yet we
don't like to be altogether out of
fashion. But this yere fashion is
you-don't sort of thing, that we can't
noways keep up with it. in manners no
more than in clothes
About the only comfort we can get
out of bein' oid-fashfoned is that
mebbe the things we do and wear will
come back in, seem as how Pa Jim
kins's best suit has been in and out
again six or seven times and the same
bein' true of my funeral bunnit.
But this yere new fashion about af-
-finities, is what gets me.-and right
in high society in the big cities, too,
SOS I've been told.
La, I don't know what I'd be able
to say to an affinity if I was young
enclgh to have one. for I don't s'pose
he'd be interested in the littlest ones
snuffles, or hearin' about the kitchen
sink bein' stopped up. and how the
dog wanted to bring his bone into the
parlor. Xhey's lots of things like that
me an Pa Jimkins has got in common
and never get tired a talkin about.
Mebba I could show this yere af-
finity the family photograph album,
or get Pa Jimkins to play Turkey in
the Straw" on the organ for him. But
then, I reckon eff l had such a thing,
Pa Jimkins wouldn't be consumed
about trying to hep entertain him
Likely as not he'd be down the street a
ways lookin' at Mirandy Watkins's
photograph album.-always providing
me and him and Nirandy was bent on
bein' fashionable.
They Tell 1t in New York.
I never knew much about this yere
new fashion till I heered Mercy Onus
and Sister Sarah Smithkins a tallzin'
a week ago next Tuesday about seein'
a copy of Town Topics the same bein'
a real chatty little paper teLin' all
about the doin's in fashionable society
in New York an other places where
they set the pace.
Mrs. So and So is goin' with johnny
Snort now" one of them vouchsafed.
''Aain't she got a husband ?" asked,
me bein' ignorant of this yere affinity
style.
"Oh, yes. he goes with Mrs. Aintit-
So Mercy told me, her bein' up on
the fashions.
That was the first intimation I'd
mad that men took other women than
their own wives home from meetin'.
and that women entertained men call
ers that was calm on them alone and
not on their husbands, too. Of course,
I mean. in so-called respectable So
ciety, for 1 reckon that's allus been
done by the undercrust, but them as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31
Ma Jin1kins Hopes It'll
Soon Be Fashionable To Be
Decent in Higher Society
She Can't Understand This Affinity Business, Specially
When 1t Is Published Gossip in New York Town
Hopes Topekans Will Always Be Able Look Children
Straight in the Eve

done it amt never clumb no ladder
TO social heights before.
Preach Clean Living.
It's a queer fashion. Mebbe If a
body got used to it they might like it.
But I amt used to it, an seems like
I amt never goin' to get used to it
So 1 believe I'll go right on preachin
the gospel of clean living and clean
thinking to my children, even if it is
fashioned
Another thing that gets me is what
in Sam Hill the husbands and wives
as has both got affinities can have to
say to each other when they sot acrost
the table to each other at home, as
I s'pose they're bound to do oncet in
awhile.
I s'pose she could ask him to cut
up Johnny's meat and he could en-
quire politely eff the new cook was
giving satisfaction.
don't reckon as how she'd call his
attention to how well Jenny was doing
with fractions. nor yet could he ask
to put patch on Juniors pants SOS
he wouldn't have to wear his Sunday
go to meetin's ones to school.
1t Just wouldn't be accordin' to fash
ion for them two parents to be inter
ested in their children, or otherwise
they wouldn't have no time nor in
clination to be thinkin' about affini
ties.
Nebbe she could ask him didn't
he think her affinity wore stunning
clothes and wasn't his mustache too
dear for ANYTHING, and he could tell
her casual like that his'n was trying
a new brand of cigarets which she
thought she was goin' to like.
Watch the Little Ones.
OF course it amt any of my bust
ness. only I can't help thinkin' about
the children and what effect this yere
new style is goin' to have on them.
Seems as eff the little ones is entitled
to a wholesome home atmosphere an
the Lord knows they/ain't a gettfn'
a square deal when their parents is
following this yere new affinity
fashion.
La. it's funny world! OF course.
Topeky bein' just a nice little town
made up of families, amt in the class
with these yere big cities where 1axity
of morals is rampant, and where fam
lily life amt the sacred thing 1t had
ouehta be.
And it's nice to live in a place where
parents still feel that they owe their
children the right to be able to look
EN- in the eye.
Mebbe-Kansas bein' allus the first
reformer in any cause-mebbe We'll
be able to set the style, SOS the pen
dulum will swing back. and it'll be
fashionable to be decent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31

The sobriquet. the fighting par
SON." was tackled onto the new ma
tional chaplain of the American
Legion in Francs when he issued a
public challenge to box a match with
any chaplain in the A. e. f. of his
weight. Blackman's aptitude as a fol-
lower of John L. Sullivan was proved
many times in France when he
BACKED the eyes or furnished the noses
Of husky sons of the Kansas wheat
fields. But it was not just because
Chaplain Blackman fought with his
fists in the army, nor because he
preached sermons under shell-fire,
that he was chosen chief clergyman
Of the Legion. It was because he is
at all times mans man and repre-
sents the liberal spirit that pervades
the national organization of veterans.
Goes Back to Pulpit.
When Chaplain BIackman returned
at Chanute, Kansas. One of his first
acts was to attend a. public dance
He didn't dance himself but he en-
Joyed the party just the same A
howl went up among a small group
in his congregation, so he turned in
his resignation and went on two
weeks fishing trip. When he returned
he found that the congregation, by
a large majority, had refused to ac-
cept his resignation.
With the backing of his church,
the Rev. Mr.. Blackman did some
startling things. He rugged up a
gymnasium in the basement of the
church edifice and gave the boys in
the Sunday schoOi classes lessons in
boxing. In his sermons he pounded
hard at the bigotry of the church
That's why religion is not. popu-
lar" he said. I'VE must take a more
liberal, notwithstanding view of
things. The churches are losing
ground but we can regain our lost
territory as soon as We drop the mar
row prejudices which we should have
forgotten fifty years ago. Let's put
religion over"
And he put religion over with
bang in Chanute. He packed his
church every Sunday night. Children
no longer dug into their fertile brains
for excuses to stay away from Sunday
school When a church in a large
city offered him a big salary, he re-
fused to leave Chanute until he had
finished what he considered his duty
there.
Active I'm Work of Legion.
Chaplain Blackman has been active
in the legion ever since it's initia-
ton. He was one of the founders
of the Kansas department. In legion
affairs, particularly in athletic lines,
he has been a prominent figure in the
western states. He refereed many
boxing bouts and on one occasion, at
a legion show in Topeka. he fought
Wild BilP' Gracey, light heavyweight
champion of the 35th division, three
rounds to a draw.
Here is what National Chaplain
Blackman thinks about the observ-
ance of the Sabbath and the pro-
posed Sunday blue laws:
Il think that part of the day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31
He HAS A PUNCH
Got Title When He Issued Pub
lie Challenge to Box.
BACKED Eyes of Husky Sons Of
Kansas in France.
He RETURNS TO HIS PULPIT
Resumes Duties as Pastor of
Church at Chanute.
Urges Ministers to Cooperate
and Aid in the Dance.

The following article by Sanford
farrell under the caption 1.-THE Parson
With a Punch appeared in a recent
issue of The American Legion Weekly,
published in New York:
If you ask any of the men who
served in the 1sOth Field Artillery
how long Parson Earl A. Blackman
will fight, they'll tell you his straight
m-the-shOulder punches will be
ringing true when elephants roost in
trees and top sergeants teach Sunday
school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31
)ALY STATE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EVENING DECEMBER 81

out to fellows who may not know so
much about the currency but who
will bring in a bill"
Reed shot a glance at the audacious
congressman from Kansas, but said
nothing. A few days later the COM
mittee was appointed. and none of the
currency stars was on it. In fact, the
committee was enlarged from ten to
eleven. and Curtis, of Kansas, was the
eleventh man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-31
Make 1T LENINGRAD.
Capital May Have Its Name
Changed Again.

Changed Again.
Reval, Esthonia, Dec. 31.-Com-
munist leaders propose to change the
name of Petrograd TO 'Ieningrad,"
according to Russian newspapers re-
ceived here.
Built by the Gar Peter the Great,
the former Russian capital was named
by him St. Petersburg. by imperial
decree at the commencement of the
great war in 1914 the city was re-
named Petrograd. the Russian equiva-
lent of Petersburg. as the original
name was German and thus consid-
cred unpatriotic when Russia and
Germany were at war.
How long do you general1y keep
you maids %
"Oh, until they begin to show how
sorroy they are for my husband. -
Bulletin (Sydney).
The daily times., 1921-09-17

progress and it is expected that the
new lines Will be in operation by
December, and the patrons of this
line Will have very much improved
service and the railroad will be equip
ped to handle large increase in
business.
This railroad is a potent factor
in the development of Central and
Eastern North Carolina and strives to
please the patrons of its line. In fact,
some of its branch lines are now op-
Grating through sparsely settled ter
ritory and at cost far in excess of
any returns received for it's services
This road, like all other railroads
of the country, is struggling with the
railroad problem of the high cost of
operation and the small volume of
traffic. 1t deserves and should receive
the heartiest and strongest support
of the people of the State of North
Carolina.
The daily times., 1921-09-17
EIREMEN FURNISHED
WITH BLUE PRINTS.

Boston, Mass, Sept. Boston
firemen today must be readers of
blue print as we'll as fire fighters
Fire Commissioner John r. Muir
ply has just furnished to each sta
tion charts showing the layout of the
water supply system, including the
location of water mains in their re-
spective districts. Firemen are di-
rected to study the blue-prints so
that in time of fire, engines and 9TH
er apparatus may be stationed at the
most effective points.
1t has sometimes happened that
apparatus using hydrants on dead
end mains have suffered diminu-
ton of the water supply when other
engines, responding to later alarms,
have been stationed at hydrants near
er the source.
The daily times., 1921-09-17

johnson rubbed some arnica onto
his bruises and was back on the job
the next day.
Born in Boston of Revolutionary
War stock, Johnson expects to live
to 100 He has all but two of his
original teeth and scarcely a hair
has fallen from his head.
Il could have knocked off and
taken it easy, but if l had done so
would now be reposing in some
graveyard, was the way Johnson
put it.
Besides being a stonemason, brick
layer, carpenter, plasterer, plum
Der, tinsmith, painter, paper hanger,
decorator, glazier, electrician, wood
carver and cabinet maker, Johnson
studied all the ins and outs of laws
real estate, so as to save
all title searching and allied fees
The daily times., 1921-09-17
LLOYD GEORGE CALLS
OFF IRISH PEACE MEETING.

London, Sept. 15.-The arrange r
ments for the proposed Irish peace !
conference are cancelled but the ,
negotiations still are not ruptured.
That in brief is the story of today's
unexpected and surprising develop
ments.
Eamon De Valera, the Irish repub-
lican leader, having reafflrmed his
claim to enter the conference as the
representative of an independent SOW
ereign state, Premier Lloyd George
declares that such admission is i'm
possible He announces the cancella-
tion of the arrangements for con
ference and the necessity of his con-
sulting his colleagues on the subject.
The premier is careful not to close
the negotiations. On the contrary, he
gives Mr.. De Valera and his support t
ers the amplest time and opportunity {
to reconsider their position.
Declaring that there was but one {
answer to claim which would be |
equivalent to Great Britain's acknow-
ledging Irelands right to negotiate a
treaty of closer association with
-ssome other foreign power" he mild
Iy reproaches the Irish people for I
taking no single step to meet the
The daily times., 1921-09-17
OF THREE
COUNTRIES TO MEET.

New York Sept. 17-Delegates
from various engineering societies of
England, France and America will
meet here next month to establish a
promote concord among the English
speaking countries, advance the sci
ence of engineering and work along
conservative lines for the establish
ment of international peace
This movement began during the
war when the engineers of these
counties linked their activities behind
the lines. Their program now, Off
The daily times., 1921-09-17

cials of engineering societies explain,
is to open fresh international chan
nels not unlike the Carnegie En-
Sulgraye Institution and the English
Speaking Union.
The meeting also will celebrate the
return of the mission of American en-
gineers who went abroad to confer
the John Fritz Medal upon Sir Robert
Hadfield of London and Eugene
Schneider of
The daily times., 1921-09-17

Clear right of way will be given
the funeral ship by all passing yes
sells, Harbor craft will dip the colors
while the crews man their decks at
attention in the navy yards, the ships
will find a special guard of honor
made up of marine and blue Jackets
recruited mainly from the new dread
lought Maryland. Officers from a
Sisench cruiser and Brazilian battle
p now in port will be present.
As soon as made fast the bodies
be removed to temporary
pei. A memorial service will be
d in which high officials of state
municipal government officials
have part. At a near date one
he bodies, that of Lieut. Emory
Coyle, will again be taken to sea,
time on an American warship
somewhere off the coast will be
Figned to the deep in accordance
Lieut. Coyle's wishes.
he bodies brought home include
but one of the Americans on board
ZR-2. The exception is
ger N o. Walker who escaped
his life but now is in a British
ital.
The daily times., 1921-09-17
ZR-2'se VICTIMS ARRIVE.

New York, Sept. 16-The British
cruiser Dauntless bringing home the
bodies of 6 officers and men of the
American Navy who lost their lives
N the ZR-2 disaster arrived off Sandy
Hook today. She was expected. to
await outside the harbor until after
noon and then at high tide to pro.
ICED to the navy yard.
The daily times., 1921-09-17
P4tN MAY NOT
DISCUSS SHANTUNG FURTHER

% Ola ~ Il nv II u IL
Eokio, Septl LIT was intimated
circles here today that
China declines the recent proposal
Japan regarding turning Shan
g over to China which the gov
ment considered reasonable ia
l may refuse to discuss the Shan
lg question at the disarmament
citing.
kokio, Sept. 16-The foreign of
announced today that it had re-
Aed no official information that
la had decided to decline the
tnese proposal for turning over
5ltung to China. The government
aking public the correspondence
The daily times., 1921-09-17

TIC E1 1o'o"1. CAN assure all that
am better equipped to write insur-
ance than ever and a try-out on your
business will convince you that I
give real service.
L. D. KNOTT,
(Knott-Borden & Company
The daily times., 1921-09-17

Ye are proud of the confidence
ors, druggists and the public
, in 666 Chill and Fever Tonic.
The daily times., 1921-09-17

Rub-My-Tism is a great main killer
Relieves pain and so~-l ness, Rheuma-
tism, Neuralgia, Sp Ains, etc.
The daily times., 1921-09-17
sFCLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD
,PENDING MUCH ON GRADE
WORK.

pleigh, Sept. 17.-The Norfolk
hern Railroad is now spending
1000 on improvements, largely
he way of grade reduction and
er alignment to enable it to haul
ier trains with its locomotives,
thus move it's freight with great
iSpatch and economy. At the
ent time, because of the heavier
e existing between Mount Gileal
Raleigh. heavy trains coming in
It. Gilead from Charlotte are di-
d, and this will be avoided by
company making the expenditure
he improvements above referred
nd at the same time greater dis
in the movement of freight will
forded its patrons.
ughan, Incorporated, of Shaw
Virginia, are contractors for
miles of this work between
will handle more than 100000
yards of excavation; build 600
of trestles, and lay about 1900
of reinforced concrete and cast
culvert pipes, some of which are
rye as 48 inches in diameter.
stewart Jones Company of Rock
IL, S. c., are contractors for grade
visions at Gulf, Racepath, and
adeville where they have to handle
5000 cubic yards of excavation
d build two and a half miles of
w track.
These contractors have steam sho-
Is, served by trains equipped with
mp carts and are using a large
-mber of wheel scraper outfits and
agons. The work was started about
e first of May 1921, and is approx
lately eighty per cent complete.
When this work is completed, the
expects to haul with one
comot1ve load now requiring two
comotives to handle This new ar
ngement will release to the rail-
ad a number of locomotives now
gagged in this helper" service.
Finish by December.
The contractors are making rapid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-28
Moulton Musings
By ROY X. MoULToN.
By RIO

The Tip.
When was young and in my prime,
And that is looking back some time,
We did lot with one thin dime.
How different 1t is today,
Take one eff them to cafe
And hear what the gareon will say.
Twas Just today went to eat
In cheap joint that's on our street,
The waitress, she was trim and neat.
A dime / offered as a fee
And, really, twas a treat to see
The way the lady glared at me.
She tossed 1t back, all in a huff
And said: "a waitress life is tough.
dime? Where do you get that stuff"
Billy Sunday is now going to con-
vert Cincinnati. If he does the re-
Fival meeting will last several years.
An important discovery has been
made by a New England psychologist.
1t is te the effect that happiness is
really q ciHch, If you want to be
happy. Wear diamonds" he says,
and you will be happy. Diamonds
have a psychological influence upon
your state of mind" 1t is a simple
thing at that and it is queer nobody
ever thought of it before. The dis
covery comes at an opportune time.
Never In the history of the world has
it been SO much in need of happiness
as now. People generally seem to be
fairly Wen stocked UP with everything