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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06
Famine Stricken Parents
Suicide Rather Than See
Suffering Of Little Ones

New York-Fat and mothers
in some of tho ADMINISTRATION dis
tricts of China are committing sui
ci lie rather than watch their children
starve to death. says n report re-
ceived at the headquarters OF the
Methodist Board OF Foreign Missions
here from Dr. Ralph A. Ward. ono
of it's missionaries in China
"Multitudcs flee from the foodless
districts only to die of exposure and
hunger in distant cities where rice
lines arc insufficient" wrote DR..
Ward.
"Able-bodicd men, old women and
children scrambled over each other in
the streets in the rush for copper
flung by passerby. Children are
often crushed at stations of food
distribution
DIR. Ward repeats the assertion pre-
viously published that 1000 persons
arc dying daily in the faminc-strick-
on district and adds: More people
faco starvation in China this winter
than perished on the battlofields of
the great war"
The Rev Henry S. Leitzel, Metho-
dist missionary at Sainfu. ShantunE.
wrote of visiting many villages where
there was no signs of fuel or grain
of any kind. There was nothing but
dcsolation." he went on. Tho people
were sitting around hopeless, dis
couragsd and listless. They know
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06

New York March 5.-A graphic
description of famine scenes III China.
an explanation OF their cause and
outline of methods OF relief is given
bv Charles Davis Jameson. who has
been civil engineer in China since
1895 and for the last ten years has
been connected with the Department
OF Famine Relief and Flood Control
of the Chinese government.
A silent panic spreads rapidly
over the famine stricken area when
the people realize their danger of
starvation. says Mr.. jameson. All
the people. when hunger sets in and
tho food liz all gone arc wandering
not to any definite point. but to any
place which changes the scene OF
their misery" he adds Business il
ut once paralyzed. when l last pass
ed thru famine district, there was
not Il cart OF any kind in the roads
or streets. Not n mule nor horse
nor a wheelbarrow was seen in mo-
tinn. Not coolic was encountered
going to or from market. 1t was as
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06
ENGINEER TELLS GRAPHICALLY
OF FAMINE SCOURCINC CHINA

IL great fear were over the whole
country and the people were holding
their breath and listening and wait
ing for a horror. None but the starv-
ing or sick are seen in the streets at
such a time. Famine fever and
typhus sson break out in every town
and city.
"Outside the walls OF these towns
and on the highways are emaciatcd,
half-6cmcnted men, women and chill
dren going anywhere. sometimes with
a fcw belongings which they cannot
sell Some may carry bowls or
baskets containing leaves, twigs.
straw or bark from the trees Near
ly every tree is stripped of its bark
and dying. Tho people walk until
they can walk no more and then sit
down ard die.
Not day goes by but one passes
bodies in the highways or at tho road
sides and the fields-mcn, women,
children and babies. Over the fields
and along the roads prowl starving
dogs that once more are fierce wolves
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End Head-COlds.

You feel fine in few moments. Your
cold in head or catarrh Will be gone.
Your cloGged nostrils will open. The
air passages of your heed Will clear
and you can breathe freely. No moro
dullness, headache: no hawking, snuf-
fling, mucous discharges or dryncss.
no struggling for breath at night.
Tell your druggist YOU want small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply
little Of this fragrant. antiseptic cream
i'm your nostrils. let 1t penetrate thru
every air passage of the head. soothe
and heal the swollen. inflamed mucous
membrane. and relief comes instantly.
It is Just what every cold and catarrh
sufferer needs. Don't stay stuffed-up
and miserable.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06

there is nothing to do but starvc and
end tho struggle"
At least 10000 Chinese Christians
are among tho famine sufferers. the
Rev. Lyman l.. Hale. reported in n
letter. In many cases. he said. whole
church memberships have been hope
lessly scattered
Officials of tho missionary board
fear that the famine will greatly re-
tard the work of missionaries in some
areas where they have gained n foot
hold only by y'cars of effort.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06
A Brain Can't Work Right
On Thin, Watery Blood
1t takes Iron to make Strong, Forceful Magnetic Men
with the Power and Energy to Win

MANY . capable intelligent man fall. jus.
short Of sueeess-nearly gets there" but not
in his blood to give him the physical strength
and power to furnish the proper forge to
his brain and the stay there" strength to
his will" brain cannot do its work right
think the thoughts that win-on thin weak
watery blood any more than . locomotive can
pull big train Of cars with weak smoldcring
are under its boiler
When your blood L. starving for iron no
mere TONES nor stirnulants can put you right.
You must have iron. for without iron your
blood loses its power to change food into living
tissue and nothing you cat does the proper
smount Of good. You do not get the full strength
out Of il. To get iron ysa must eat the husks
Of grains and the pceis and skins Of fruits and
vegetables as our forefathers did OF take =
little organic iron from time to time and cat
more such ron.containing foods as spinach
and apples. But be sure the iron you take is
Which people usually take. Metallic iron is
Iron Just as 4 comes from the action Of strong
acids on snall pieces Of iron. and is thc1 1efore
an entirely different thing from orranic iron.
Organic iron 10 like the iron in your blood
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06
WITNESSES FOR HAMoN TRIAL.

Ardmore, Okla, March 5.-A list
of So witnesses who will appear for
the state in the trial here March 10
of Mrs Clara Smith Hamon. charged
with the murder of Jake l. Hamon.
was made public today. The list gives
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06
California Raises Taxes
of Public Utilities

Sacramento. Calf. March 5.-Thc
California legislature passed today n
taxation measure increasing the taxes
of public utilities corporations approx
imately one third The bill had been
defeated in the lower house but on
reconsideration today 1t was passed.
1t goes to the governor who favored
its passage.
One OF the coldest mixtures known Is
three pounds OF muriate OF lime mixed
with one pound of snow.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06

and like the iron in spinach, lentiis and apples
name OF Nuxatcd Iron. Nuxatcd Iron repre-:
scnts organic iron in such highly condensed
form that one dose Of 1t is estimated to be
approximately equivalent lin organic iron
contcnD to eating one.haif quart Of spinach.
one quart of green vegetables or half dozen
applcs. It's like taking extract OF beef instead
OF eating pounds of meat. -,
To prove 10 yourself what Nuxated Iron VIII
do get your doctor to take a specimen of your
blood and make ''blood-count" Of your red
oorpuslcs, then take Nusated Iron for month
and have a new "blood.eount' made and sec
how your red blood corpusclcs have increased
and how much stronger and better you fccl;
src how the color has come back to your
checks. how steady and strong your nerves
have become.
N,I,atcd Iron. ii will not iniure the teeth
nor disturb the stomach. Your money WI,
be refunded by the manufacturers II you
do not obtain perfectly satisfactory results
Beware of substitutes. Always insist on
having genuine organic iron-Nu1ated Iron
Look for the letters Nj on every tablet.
Sold by all druggists.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-06

first official information that Mrs
Jake l.. Hamon will appear as a wit
ness for the prosecution.
Europe and North America use near
ly four-fifths OF all the coffee the
world produces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11
WELL PROTECTED
Life of Kansans Insured fol-
s544,s94,s94.
Companies in State Wrote Total
of s26,S14,591.
FORECAST.

In 1920, s14s,22s,212 worth of life
insurance was written in Kansas. The
amount in force increased from $449,-
091,1S2 in 1913 to s544.S94,394 in
1920. These figures are taken from
the annual reports Of the insurance
companies compiled by Frank L.
Travis, state superintendent of insur-
ance. Government war risk tnsur-
ance is not included.
Kansas companies wrote s26.s14 .5s1
worth of insurance in 1920. The bali
ance written in the year. s122,4oS,-
621, was by outside companies. OF
the total insurance in force. S7s,46S;-
SAL was held by Kansas companies
and $466. 43e.S53 by outside compan-
les Companies in this state improved
their position slightly during the year,
IA per cent of all insurance in force
having been written by them as COM
pared to 13.ssNper cent in 1913.
Total OF SIC 800. sss in Premiums.
Kansahs paid total of SIS, so .sss
as life Insurance premiums in 1ssu.
Losses paid during the year were 49,
s63.s24: dividends paid to poicyhoio-
ers. Se5z,sss.2e. Kansas companies
paid ISL per cent of the losses anu
ies per cent of the dividends.
Insurance I'm Force.
Insurance written and in force by
N 1920 follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11

darkness and mud, of hours at the
guns till strong red-blooded men were
exhausted to the point where violent
death possessed no fear. Then there
was the injustice and Incompetence of
officers higher up which often crushed
the spirit of men who were giving
their all to the cause.
We followed the captain thru the
dust and cold at Doniphan: across the
big pond and thru the weeks of inten-
Sive training; thru the noise and
bloodshed and horrors of those long
days and nights at the front and then
the long looked for Homecoming, end
ing with those gala days when Topeka
met them with wide-open arms.
The shrieking OF shells, the roar of
guns, the means of the wounded. the
glad cheers of welcome are all passed
away. In all of this the captain had
a part of which any soldier may well
fbe proud, but we have another view
of W. P. MacLean. We are at the
Boys Industrial school at retreat. A
colored boy is coming up the path.
He is late and the voice of MacLean
the Captain orders him to hurry.
is nmping painfully. The captain asks
the cause and learns of a sprained
ankle. Then the voice of MacLean
the man sings out in a CHEEKY call of
take your time"
We have laid aside the book and
the events of those stormy years are
slipping away. We have read of Mac
the constructive work OF MacLean the
man.
We have a respectful salute for
MacLean the soldier, but our hat is
off and we have a warm handclasp
for MacLean the MAN. A.J.C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11
AMERICAN LEGION NEWS

A telegram, protesting against the
proposed amendment to the Sweet
bill now before congress SO as to
modify the plan fer decentralization
Grams, has been dispatched to all ten
members of the Kansas delegation
by Frank E Samuel Kansas adjutant
of the American Legion.
For two years the Legion has ad-
vocated that the war risk insurance
bureau be deeeatralized and its work
performed at regional Offices Con-
solidation of coordination of the bu-
reaHs work with that of the United
States Public Health Service and the
rehabilitation division of the Federal
Board for Vocational Education also
has been advocated Enactment of
this program has failed in previous
sessions.
Recently a special committee, head
ed by Charles G. Dawes. acting with
direct authority from President Hard
ing, investigated the governments al
legged failure to make adequate pro-
vision for disabled veterans. He rec
commended consolidation of the three
bureaus and decentralization OF their
administration.
The Sweet bill proposes ITO estab-
fish in the treasury department a
veterans bureau and to improve the
facilities and service of such bureau
and further to amend and modify the
war risk insurance act" Section six
Of this bill provides that the regional
offices to be established lnot more
than fourteen in number with sub
offices as deemed necessary shall
have the same powers to grant in
surance, compensation and vocational
education awards as the head office.
The standing committee recommend
ed the bill for passage, but In COM
mittee of the whole 1t was amended
ca "a 81 rclf 1f
awards, excepting for emergency
medical cars, shall be retained at the
central office The regional offices
would merely receive applications and
make ratings This amendment Is
considered q vital blow to the plan
by LegfDnnaires-
Adjutant Samuel's telegram reads:
The Sweet bill. H R. No 8, will
bring relief to long-suffering dis
abled veterans only IL principle in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11
WOMEN TO FRONT SUITS ALL TASTES
Doing Their Share in Manag Chautauqua Program Inter-
ing Affairs of Kansas. esting and Instructive.
Hold Positions Also Provides Pleasant Outing
State House. for Town People.
me HOLDS A STATE OFFICE To BE HELD AT GARFIELD
four Are Former Topeka of
Legislature. Big Circuit.
of Clerks win Be Put in Topeka
portant Work. August,
Doing Their Share in Manag-
ing Affairs of Kansas.
Twenty-Five Hold Positions In
State House.
ONE HOLDS A STATE OFFICE
Four Are Members of the 1891
Legislature.
Sore of Clerks Who Are in I'M
portant Work.

That the women of Kansas are do
ing their share in managing the af-
fairs of the state Is shown by the fact
that twenty-five women hold positions
of note in state offices and more than
a hundred women are employed in
the state house at Topeka. according
to N. a. Turner, state auditor.
One woman holds q state office,
four women are members of the Kan
sas legislature, one woman is a mem
Der of the board of education and two
women are heads of Kansas institu-
tons.
Miss Wooster Ii First
Miss Lorraine z. Wooster, superin-
tendent of public instruction, is the
tlrSt woman to be elected to a state
office. The members of the state leg
islature are Mrs. Minnie ]. Grinstead.
LlalperaI; MIS- Ida M. Walker. Norton /;
MISS Nellie Cline, Larned, and Mrs.
Minnie Minnich, Wellington. Miss
Emma F. Smith, Garden City, has Just
oeen appointed as a member of the
state board OF education. Miss Eta
mccoy is superintendent OF the Girls
1In1ustrial school, Beloit, and Mrs.
luna Perry Is superintendent of the
industrial farm for women, Lansing.
Many Women in State House.
Other women who hold resnonsib,a
positions at the state capitol Include:
Ance Mcfarland, state fac4ory inspec-
tor4 Mrs. Edna Brown, acting secre-
tary, Kansas court of industrial rela-
iions; inez Shepherd, assistant super-
ntendent of insurance; Mrs. Nora
: rancis, assistant secretary of the His
loricai society; Jane Carnahan, in
spector, state hotel commission; Mrs,
J; N: Miller, Mrs. B. L. Short, Carrie
q. simpson and Emma Vets, mem
bers OF state motion picture board ;
Lima Bresette, head of women's in
dustrial welfare under the court of in
oustrial relations; Grace VreeIand,
state fire inspector: DR.. Florence b.
Sherbon, chief of the division of child
hygiene, state board of health: Mrs.
Vida Metz, chief clerk. ad5utant gem
eral; Clara NJ. Bevelle, chief clerk,
attorney general; Mrs. Bertha weth-
erton, first special assistant, auditing
department.; Anna z. Speck, special
assistant. banking department.; Helen
Fitzgerald, chief clerk. auditing de-
partment; Dora d. Miller, assistant ex-
ecutive clerk, governors office; Edith
Robertson. reporter, public utilities
commission; Kate f. C1ough, account
ant treasury ~~department. and Euna
M. Arrasmith, secretary of the state
board Of education.
And there is a score of clerks and
stenographers who perform important
service altho they have no special
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11
Won MANY HONOR
Washburn College Graduates
Make Splendid Record.
Glass List Comprises Total of
Fifteen HOnOrs.

Members of the senior class of
Washburn college, during the past
school year. won a generous share of
the signal honors awarded in all
student activities. The classs list
comprises fifteen principal honors.
These were compiled by L D. White
more, registrar, as follows:
William Sylvester Belden, st. Joe
Member Sycamore. mems honorary
society; business manager Washburn
Review, senior year; received three
WIS with gold pin for participation
in student activities. the highest
award given by the student council.
Lawrence Hosack Gates, Topeka
Captain track team.
Howard Little Jackson, Alma
Manager basket ball team, Sycamore;
received second wv with gold pin
awarded by student council for
activity in student affairs.
william Frederick Joerg. Randall
Captain base ball team.
Dorothy Dean Jones, Topeka
Member Nonoso. women's honorary
society; awarded gold wv" pin by
student council for activity in student
affairs.
Lyman Ernest King, Topeka-Presi-
dent student council; member Inter-
fraternity council; president Student
Body Presidents and Editors as
ISOLATION, Rocky Mountain region, IN
GLIDING eight states; member Saga
more.
James Frank Lindsay, Topeka
Manager Football team.
Marie Stuart Moore, Delia-Mem-
Der NonQso.
HAROLD william Poort, Oakland
Captain basketball team Junior year;
member Sycamore.
Margaret Seaton. Waterville-Mem-
Der Nonoso; awarded gold W. pin
by student council for participation
in student activities
Geneva Seybald, Topeka-Member
Nonoso; awarded gold W. pin by
student council for participation in
student activities.
Marguerite Frances Sherar, Topeka
Elected member of Kansas Authors
club.
Ruth Wheeler. Topeka-Awarded
fellowship in University of Kansas
EIwood William Cakes, Fail River
APPOINTED on Recommendation OF
faculty as one Of twenty college men
from as many colleges OF the coun-
try for membership in the college
training class of the National City
bank of New York.
Iva Hardin, Mendon, Mo.-Speciai
fellowship in the University Of Kan
sas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11
Chautauqua Program Is Inter.
esting and Instructive.
Also Provides Pleasant Outing
for Town People.
TO Be HELD Ar GARFIELD
Former Topeka Boy at Head of
Big Circuit.
Win Be Put on in North Topeka
in August.

Perhaps no summer entertainment
equals that of the chautauqua in ans
wering the different tastes OF the
people as regards both instruction and
recreation These entertainments are
usually housed in large tents. altho in
localities where the institution is held
every year permanent building IS
generally erected.
But whether the auditorium is q
tent or building. surrounding It will
be found hundreds of small tents
which are occupied by persons att
tending the lectures and entertafns
ments given in the chautauqua series.
For q week or longer, these people
enjoy all the pleasure Of out door iife
and at the same time are entertained
and instructed in various lines This
has proven a solution of the family
vacation-problem, which is meeting
with hearty response
The cadmean chautauqua series.
which will open the first week in
August at Garfield park, under the
auspices of the North Topeka Civic
club, offers just this opporeunity.
Camping facilities at the park are of
the best and the chautauqua enter
tainments are of a wide variety, in
teresting the man and woman from
the country districts as well as the
resident of the city.
The program, which includes we'll
huOWn IeCtuf6rS lnuSiClans, OrcheS-
tras, etc, as well as home and farm
demonstrations under the direction of
the farm bureau of the extension de-
partment of the State Agricultural
college, Bible study under the direc-
ton of DR.. R. T. Campbell OF Stirling,
Kan. and story telling for children.
promises six days of entertainment at
low cost.
High Class Entertainment.
The Cadmean chautauquas are
known from the Aileghanies to the
Pacific as furnishing high class en-
tertainments. second to none in the
country. They are under the man.
agement of a former Topeka boy, =.
Benjamin Franklin, who started out
some years ago determined to bring
back toe his home town q show that
would make his town proud, not only
of the entertainment but of kim also.
Franklin believes that what he will
offer the people of Topeka in the
chautauqua at Garfield park this
August will come up to every expec-
tation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11

volved in section six as originally
drawn Is carried out If passed with
section six as amended by committees
two year fight for disabled will have
been in vain. On behalf of American
Legion of Kansas I urge you to sup
port Sweet bill with section six as
originally drawn"
The Kansas department of the Wo-
mems Auxiliary of the American Lee
gion is steadily growing and at the
present time has a total of 1852 units.
New units in the state are at Harvey
vile. Cove, Eureka, Randall. Holton,
Oberlin. Barnes, Jewell City, Downs
and Topeka.
The auxiliary unit at Council Grove
has taken up work with the Red Cross,
as there are no ex-service men in the
Council Grove hospitals. Since these
ladies could not do disqualification
work, they decided to cooperate with
the Red Cross in welfare work and in
every possible way. Just recently the
unit has made clothing to be sent to
the destitute people of foreign coun-
tries. The auxiliary has helped To-
cally, and has furnished cars to the
Red Cross nurse for the conveyance
Of patients for medical treatment.
Thomas A Lee, department COM
mander of the American Legion of
Kansas, has issued a call for the reg
ular meeting of the state executive
committee to meet Sunday, June IL.
at 10 o'clock in the Memorial build
ing, Topeka DR.. W. A. Phares, past
department commander, will be spe-
ciaJ guest of honor. Final plans will
be discussed for the coming state con-
vention which is to be held in Hutch
inson. August %, 20 and "a, and all
convention committees will be ap-
pointed.
The state executive committee of
the Women's Auxiliary is also being
called together for the same date in
Topeka, according TO an announce
menr by Mrs Ray lille CalihGn, de-
partment president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11
"A Very Pleasant War;
Says Captain Mac Lean
In His Story Of 13Oth
Fascinating Book Written by Red-Blooded Man of No
Uncertain Caliber and Printed by Industrious Young
sters at State School in Topeka.
MONDAY

In America we generally think
OF a yardmaster as a big, husky in
dividual with rough clothes and al
ways ready to work or fight. In
England he wears a frock coat.
striped trousers, stiff hat and car
rieS a cane"
IN a church yard at Winchester
there is>a monument to a Crusader.
The tablet is inscribed as follows:
Here Meth JOHNNIE York
a verie valiant Crusader
Who dyed in Asia from drinking
Too much eolde bere when he
Was exceedinge hottie.
Let this be a warning to all who
Go upon the Crusades not to drinke
Ye colde ale or stout when they
are hottie.
Where did we get this stuff? From
a bright red book of a couple of hun
dred pages and on the front in bright
letters of gold it says: My Story o1
the 130th Field Artillery, by w. P,
MacLean." It was splendidly printed
by The Boys Chronicle at the Boys
Industrial school. Topeka.
These two hundred pages are filled
with the plain unvarnished story OF
this splendid regiment while engaged
in what captain MacLean terms "a
very pleasant war" While the pro-
noun ST may appear often, one is i'm
pressed with the modesty of the
writer He goes to the extreme in
giving praise where due and the pri-
vate soldier is always given credit and
where possible mentioned by name.
One is impressed with the belief
that the term "a very pleasant war
was only thought of after it was all
passed away and the years had begun
to soften the rough places. The
"Story" tells us of long hikes in the