The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 8, 1919

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The Evening Newspaper of Kansas yyEATHER FORECAST for Kauu: Snow tonight and Tuesday. Zero temperatures tonight and Tuesday. HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1919 -TEN PAGES THREE CENTS Governor Allen Orders Legisla tive Action to Meet Labor Problems, Profiteering, High Cost of Living and State Coal Receivership. SECOND CALL IN LESS THAN YEAR BREAKS RECORD Emergencies of Industrial Un rest Reason for Action. One Day "Special" Was Held in June of This Year. MANY MEASURES COME UP Creation of Industrial Court Is Most Important. State Charters for Labor Or ganization to Come Up. (Governor Allen's special ses sion proclamation in full on page 5.) j Governor Aljen this morning issued a call for a special session of the state legislature to be held in Topeka, Mon day, January 6. Measures covering labor disputes, industrial problems, profiteering, high cost of Jiving and expenses of the state coai receivership wilt be taken up. The session will be general in its cope, as it is known that many mem bers will come to Topeka with inde pendent bills not covered in the text of the governor's call. The special session called for next' month is the second summons by Governor Allen in less than a year and establishes a new record' for Kansas executives. No former governor of this state has called more than one special session during his tenure of of fice. Kmergencies arising out of the industrial unrest, tho, have brought to Governor Allen requests from all sec tions of the state for a special session at this time. Many members have urged the governor to issue a call. The Kansas legislature was in special session for one day in Jme, when a call was issued by the governor to ratify the national suffrage amend ment. Many Measures Vp. Many measures generally affecting labor and industry are expected, to be brought to the attention of the state by Governor Allen and the legislative members during the January session. Both the house and senate sidestepped extensive legislative action regarding industrial affairs while here last win ter. This course was taken in view of a general unrest and uncertainty which followed the war. Now many of the measures which were payed over a year ago are expected to r'nd their way to the hopper early in the new session. Measures On Tap Measures of most vital importance which are expected to come before the legislature during the winter in clude: t'rention of n Industrial court to RH t'e Inbor disputes anil m.-iklng Hlepal the rierlng of strikes or jnrKnuts and pro viding pennUim for persons who engnire In n strike which threatens to tie-up the output of an onsen tfal industry. State charters for latr org nniznt inn T'nrter such a measure labor unions wbVh enforce demand, in a mnnnor which on use public suffering or industrial loss, might be d?nlert right of existence in the state. Their charters might be forfeited under order of the court. A measure which would bring industrial nd lnlwr problems before the state pub lic utilities crmmiision. In t lit s case the rom mission would become both a public Btllttte and industrial commission. Possible increase in the number of roora tera of the commission to meet new re gpnnsfhlHtleg. Severn! suggestions hive roh 1 1 n nednii f i "two. SPECIAL SESSION. The special legislative session is the second called by Governor Allen since he entered office last January. It is the second general special session in nearly 12 years. The special session of 1908 called for passage of the primary and anti-pass laws, was the last general special meeting of the law makers. Governor Allen plans to take up numerous industrial and labor problems during the new session. The legislators are expected to be in session two to four weeks. Many bills affecting general Industrial conditions will be considered. Members who sat in the house and senate last winter will partici pate in the special sess'on. It is the first legislative body in the his tory of Kansas to be called into special sefsion twice during one term. Under the Kansas constitution the -work of the legislature cannot be restricted. The two bodies may consider such measures as they deem fit. For that reason a general session embodying amendments to many bills passed last winter, is expected. SPOT, LIGHT ON KANSAS IS THE CALL'S RESULT Allen May Mix ation-lVide Remedy for Strikes. Eastern Xewspapers Will Flock to Special Session. BEARING ON BIG CAMPAIGN Presidential Possibilities Hinge on '20 Legislature. Three Dominant Policies Be Outlined Here, Will Governor Allen rthru the Kansas legislature may point the way to nation-wide remedy against strikes and lockout. That was the general impression In the state house and in political circles today in comments on the special session call. Telegrams which flooded the governor's office an hour after the call was issued, indi cated national interest in the session. A number of down east papers which formerly gave but passing notice to a session of the Kansas legislature, are expected to-send aff "men here "to re port the governor s program. That Governor Allen has met the labor and industrial problem in the same prompt manner in which he took over and operated the coal mines, was the view of the keenest state observers. There is a firm conviction that the legislation to be considered in Topeka next month may outline national poli cies of the future. In respect to gen eral importance and the broad, free handed scope of the legislators, the session will without question be the most important ever held in Kansas. Has Presidential Affiliations. There is a belief that measures to be advocated before the special ses sion may define policies for discussion in the nation in the next presidential campaign. For this reason the text of the governor's message to the law makers and the course of the two houses wilt be watched with keen in terest in every state in the Union. That new industrial legislation is to be drafted into law is the firm conviction of everyone in touch with affairs at the state house. Many assurances are said to have tome to the gover nor's office that his program will re ceive support of house and senate leaders. Less than a year ago some of these same leaders stayed awake nights to block the administration pro gram in the legislature. The fact that Governor Allen issued his call only after a long conference with Senator Francis C. Price' is re garded as most significant. Senator Price is the dean of the upper house, 13 chairman of the senate judiciary committee, and perhaps the clearest minded and most able constitutional lawyer in either branch of the legis- T; prf "1 1? TM J- i: ii.. nor's program in the special session. He is- fearless and forceful and his opinion and support of any adminis tration measure- would carry much weight in the house and senate. Three Bis Policies. Three dominant policies will feature the governor's legislative program. An industrial court possibly a national solution of future disputes between la bor and capital will be urged as1 the governor s dominant demand. Prof- I iteering laws are second. Recourse by the public may be secured thru a bill providing for a Jury determina tion of profits. The second course may be thru a commission or license system to retailers and affects trades men, middlemen, producers, retailers of all classes. The third vital pro vision is for a new workmen's compen sation law with a state employment bureau as fourth. General measures affecting public utilities, industrial plants in the scope of their operations and rights of the public would be de fined in provisions in the various bills. It is probable Governor Allen will go personally before the legislature with his message and may appear per sonally before" the various committees having administration measures under consideration. The entire weight and power of the administration will be thrown behind the bill advocated bv the governor who asserts in his call that the public must not suffer thru laboiwcapital disputes. Kansas In Spotlight. Some evidence of the general ai nation wide interest in the special ses sion and its importance is brousht out bv telegrams which came to Topeka today indicating that many eastern papers and magazines will send special staff men here lor the session. News papers in New York. Washington. Philadelphia. Boston,' Chicago and other cities are expected to send staff representatives here while many other papers will report the proceedings i tensively thru dispatches from corre spondents in Topeka. Several large DOUBLE GOAL PILE v. I 10,000 Tons of Fuel Added to State's Supply Today. Turned Over to Gov. Allen by Caney Smelting Company. WILL OPEN DEEP MINES NOW Victory Is Won in the Kansas Coal Fields. Total of Fifty-Two Cars Mined Last "Week. Pitts'ourg. Kan., Dec. 8. The victory has been won. That is the feeling which pervaded the coal fields of southeastern Kansas today, with a record of twenty-seven cars of cfcal mined in a single day by volunteers. This boosted the total out put from state operation to fifty-two cars. Now there is talk of a deep mine opening this week. Union miners will work it and the request to open it comes from the miners themselves, it was said.- One miner has personally assured Governor Allen he is ready to return to workT There is unmistakable evidence of discontent in the union ranks, in the face of the success of the volunteers. Facing a biting wind and a tem perature of eight degrees below freez ing, the volunteers in the strip coal pits of Kansas began on the second week of their coal digging campaign today. Following their big Sunday, which, for the first time in many years, was not a day of rest at the Kansas coal mines, the volunteers faced unfavor able weather conditions in the hope of keeping up their pace. Many union miners, weary of the long strike and anxious to return to work, were reported as visitors at the office of Governor Allen. Men in close touch with the governor's office predicted today that Wednesday would see scores of union, miners breaking away from the control of the district unions and going back to the mines. "The breaking time is al most here." the man said. "Unless the negotiitions scheduled for Indian apolis tomorrow are successful in ending the strike, union men will doubtless be flocking to the mines Wednesday." Coffeyville, Kan., Dec. 8. Governor Allen's visible supply of coal was aug mented two hundred carloads or more than 10,000 tons today by the seizure of coal belonging to the American Lead, Zinc and Smelting company at Dearing and Caney. Kan., near hers. The coal confiscated will be con signed immediately, to the fuelless towns outside the gas belt. Some ears were set for shipment this morning and others are being loaded from the dump rapidly. This "find" in tonnage is greater than all the coal mined to date by the volunteer workers in the Kansas fields and Governor Allen is reported to have sent up a shout of joy when notified of the coal here awaiting his orders. The coal was given up willingly" by the smelting company. The price to be paid is to be determined later. CHARGE BAD FAITH Senate Resolution Would En force Pact Terms on Hun. Question at Once Raised on Ratification of the Treaty, Washington, Dec 8. A Joint res olution authorizing the president of the United States, if necessary, to use American military, naval and air forces in co-operating with the allies to en force observance of 'the peace terms by Germany, was offered today by Senator King. Utah. Tho resolution was referred to the foreign relations, committee. King's resolution stated in the pre amble that Germany is "manifesting bad faith" in regard to execution of the peace terms she has agreed to. Senator Thomas, Colorado, Demo crat, asked King how the United States could consistently "direct en forcement of a treaty it has never rat ified. "Let's don't go Into that now," Vice President Marshall interrupted. MISSIONARY IS FINED Presbyterian In Korea Found Guilty of Sheltering Kcvolntlonaries. Seoul. Dec. 8. The conviction of the Rev. Eli Miller Mowry. Presby terian missionary of Mansfield. Ohio, on charges of sheltering Korean agita tors during the recent revolt, was con firmed today by the supreme court. The missionary was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or spend twenty days in Jail. AUTO PLANTS CLOSE Fifteen Thousand Men Thrown Out of Jobs by Coal Strike. Detroit. Mich.. Dec 8. Detroit's automobile industries either were shut down or seriously hampered in oper ation today by the coal strike, accord ing to information given out by the Manufacturers' association. Fully fifty thousand men were Idle today and the jods or at least 200,000 more depended on early settlement of the strike, it was said. magazines are expected to feature the Kansas endeavor to provide a solution to problems which now perplex -the nation. During the last two weeks thou sands of words of telegraph service from Topeka and Pittsburg have been used by eastern papers each day In covering Governor Allen's operation of the coal mines. The governor's at tempt to solve the problem thru state legislation is expected to hold Kansas in the spot light this winter. Bills before the special session may give to Kansas a leadership in meeting a national crisis. FRANCE USES EDUCATION AS A WEAPOM AGAINST REDS IN LAND OF MOHAMMEDANS V i 3 k f f4 ft wi f Af linn tfrtiBi irmi ijiy-fJ 4iwiia,mi f fcTjri roififtHl'11' Mohammedan temple in Algiers. In ancient Algiers France is fighting: the Bed peril that threatens Ian tnd order there as it does in the U. S. and other lands. The nomadic tribej of Arabs, Kurds and Dervishes form the hulk of the radical element and France is using the Mohammedan temples for the purpose of teaching tlx younger element throughout the nation the necessity of law and order. 5 CARS TO TOPEKA First Pittsburg Production Con signed to This City. Ten Cars of Arkansas Steam Fuel Also on the Way. Nearly forty cars of coal will be produced today from the strip pits in the Cherokee-Crawford county field, according to an estimate at noon today by Governor Allen. A consignment for twenty-five cars of fuel was increased to forty cars in order to care for the day's production. Five cars of the coal will come to Topeka. Topeka is to receive five, cars of today's output,1 according to a state ment this afternoon by Clyde M. Reed, private secretary to the governor. This is the first coal consigned to this city by state receivers. Distress in a number of pmall tpwns- of the state is being relieved and with favorable weather conditions. Governor Allen believes the emergency demands of. the state can be met. Tes( Cars From. Arkansas. t Temporary relief for local steam plants was foreseen today when Clyde Busey, manager of the Southwestern Coal company, received a letter stating that ten carloads of slack had been shipped to Gov. H. J. Allen for him from Arkansas. Arkansas has been loading about 50,000 tons of slack in the southern part of the state, and, it was predicted a few days ago, that Topeka would re ceive a share St this. The shipment of 400 tons will prove the salvation of several industries which were on the verge of being shut down. Tire continued cold weather has made the domestic situation extremely serious. The committee -needs" 2,"500 tons for domestic use in the net ten aays, it was estimated oy tne commit tee headed by Guilford Dudley, which made a survey of the situation. In many poor families there is likely to be real suffering, as many stoves are not of the wood burning type and the cost of installing others is prohibitive for some homes. Hospital Supply "Law. Most of the hospitals have but a four days! supply of fuel on hand. These institutions are equipped to burn nut coal and cannot use slack except as a last resource, it was stated. Domestic consumers and public utilities will be given preference in the distribution of coal received from Pittsburg, it was stated. Mayor Cor- wine wrote a letter to Governor Alien reauesting that, in view of the desper ate situation here, some of the strip coal be sent to Topeka. The committee headed by Dudley will supervise the distribution of this coal and it was sair that retailers profits may be eliminated altho the dealers will place their men and teams at the committee s disposal. The entire reserve of soft coal In the hands of the railroads, according to the survey, is eighteen cars not a large enough quantity to merit allot ment except in cases or emergency. WOUNDED MEN HUNGRY Congressman Makes Charges Against Fort Sheridan Hospital. Chicago. Dec. 8. Charges that wounded soldiers in the army hospital at Fort Sheridan are being improperly fed were maae in a telegram sent Dy I Congressman Royal C. Johnson, of I South Dakota, to Secretary Baker, made public today, demanding an im mediate' investigation. Congressman Johnson visited the hospital yesterday. he said, and asserted that patients were fed under conditions worse than any in France. Mr. Johnson's tele gram read: "I visited General hospital No. 38. Fort Sheridan.. I1L, today and saw at j least sixty men compelled to go with- out dinner. 1 ask that the inspector I general be directed to investigate this I condition at once, and that whaterver' I persons are responsible be punished, i Men at Fort Sheridan will give testi mony to bear out my charge. WETS' HOPES DROP Supreme Court Fails to Make Deci sion on Dry Law. Washington,' Dec; 8. The supreme court today failed to hand down its decision on the constitutionality of war-time prohibition. Completion of the reading of decisions, without any mention of pro hibition caused the wet hopes to drop I lower. The best possible result from their standpoint is thirty wet days provided the court hands down a decision favor- able to them next Monday. iv:Mf t 'a us i -mmm is,' 1 FIX POD PRICES I it.. Eight to Ten Dollars a Ton Price Committee's Maximum. Attorney General Will Prose 1 cute Tiolations, He Promises. wtil I There will be no profiteering in wood in Shawnee county during the Mexican situation' now rests on the coal miners' strike, according to an president. We are not even allowed ultimatum delivered to farmers, fuel to suggest anything to him. The com dealers and' other persons selling- mittee will not again consider the wood, by-the county fair price com resolution. mittee today in the form of a fixed "Th8 resolution recognized fully the maximum price. The committee met 1 president's constitutional authority to in special session in Attorney General I deal with the question and merely Richard J. Hopkins's office with the attorney general and ths citizen's com mittee or Topeka appointed by the mayor. The prices fixed by the committee follow: f t $8.00 a ton for mixed green wood cut In stove lengths, containing not in excess ui o per rent wiuic ejm or coitonwooa. $0.00 a ton for partially dried an1 e vtvA mteetl -wood, with the' saaw- Omit on -&nte elm and eortOBWOod." -flCtO0 a -ton for dried seasoned mixed wood, with a maximum of 5 per cent wnite elm and Cottonwood. Dealers or farmers found selling than those listed will be prosecuted by Attorney General Hopkins, it was de clared. Asks Report on Violations. W. IT. Kemper, chairman of the fair, price committee, requested that any person so overcharged report the name of the dealer to the committee, which will turn his name over to Hopkins, .Kemper emphasized that fixing of a maximum price on wood did not prevent the farmer or the dealer from sellinor thir nrftflnft at a lnwr fltf-uro He expects that the price at which the city sells its wood largely will deter- mine the dealer's quotations, but W. S. Hancock, city commissioner, says that during the present serious situation people will pav any price asked for fuel, for that reason, a curb on, wood men la necessary Kemper said the committee had tried to be fair to the wood dealers in wlu not r"u1n. to work under any fixing the price, estimating that the eement that is not a substantial in average load of green wood could be crease over the 14 per cent offered by delivered in the city at $7 a ton. thus Garfield. netting the dealer a profit of 81. The Fishwick. however, is confident the length of the hauls will determine the governments offer, when presented profit on the wood I before the scale committee at Indian- D, m i t lapolis tomorrow, will be 20 per cent Asserts Price Fixing Legal. GJ- more. "Lewis and Green never Hopkins, m an opinion given to would have agreed to a proposition Chairman Kemper, holds that the carrying less than a 20 per cent in Lever act, which provides that the crease," he said, food control law Rhall not annlv tn the m farmer with respect to the farm prod- j ucts produced on his land, does not! affect this case, as wood can not be classed as "farm products." He said it was his belief that the fair price committee had authority to name a reasonable price on wood for the pub lic. Hopkins promised Inquisition Into any charges of violating the commit tee's order and prosecution of vio lators. The following members of the fair price committee were at the meeting this morning: W. H- Kemper. C. D. Skinner. T. W. Thompson. T. M. LI1 lard and R. C. Caldwell. Members of the citizens' committee present were: W. O. Anderson, chairman: W. A. S. Bird, G. W. Stansfield, Tom Whiteker. F. A. Derby,-and Fred Voiland. Pat Young, a Topeka contractor and Maurice McNeill, assistant attorney general, also attended. DCAPC ADRSV OfA nnrt' rtrtUt All 111 T OUU.Ulllr Quarter Million Combat Troops De cided I'pon by House Committee. Washington, Dee. 8 A peace time regular army of 300.000 men and 18, 000 officeis, was decided on todav by tne nouse military sub-committee, headed by Renresentativo Anthnnv. I Rnuhllran I. .1 organization kh"i ti 1 combat troops was fixed at 250,000.

FIND PHIOSOPHERS' STONE British Physicist Has Solved the Riddle of Transmutation. Paris, Dec 8. Sir Ernest Ruther ford, since 1S07 Langworthy professor, and director of h--!cal laboratories! at the University of Manchester, Eng- land, has solved the riddle of transmu tation of matter, the secret sought by the ancient alchemists, according to the Matin. Sir Ernest -Rutherford is one of the best known physicists in the world. He tion against Spalato or Iaibach. He has devoted much attention in recent gave his word of honor that this state years to radio activity. roent was true. IS AGAINST BREAK i President Wilson Disfarors Passage of Fall Resolution. Committee Adjourned Before Messenger Arrived. TAKES WHOLE RESPONSIBILITY Committee Reconvenes; Drops Mexican Resolution. President Did Hot IVant Sen ate's Support, Says Lodge. Washington. Dec. 8. President Wil son today declared he would be "gravely concerned" to see any reso lution like Senator Fall's providing severance of relations with Mexico adopted by congress. Wilson further declared that the passage of the Fall resolution would "constitute a reversal of our .consti tutional practice which might lead to very grave confusion in regard to the guidance of our foreign affairs." The president's advice on the'resolu tlon was submitted in the form of a personal letter to Senator Fall. The senate foreign relations com mittee today postponed action on the Fall resolution for a break with Mex ico because the expected, statement of President Wilson's views did not reach the committee. After some discussion of the oil situation around Tampico, the com mittee adjourned, no date being set for resumption of discussion. Soon after the committee adjourned, Senator Fall was notified by telephone dent's messenger was on the way to his office with a communication. Whole Responsibility Wilson's. After receipt of the letter, Fall con ferred with Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relation committee. Lodge then said: kji cuuree v. t.: eiiiii ti Hunting n-y,. ,ikih, th tendered our support to him, along with the suggestion that in our opinion the situation required some such action as the resolution recommended. "But the president does not want us even to express our support. All right, the responsibility is on him, let him bear it." REAK WIDE OPEN Miners Union Won't SurriTe Settlement on Reduced Scale. Tice President of Illinois Unit Predicts Revolt in Ranks. Springfield, III., Dec. 8. Settlement of the nation-wide coal strike on any basis, that does not include a substan tial increase over-the 14 per cent ot- fered by Fuel Administrator Garfield, wlu break the United Mine Workers' Union Wide Open. ThiB was the opinion expressed by vice President Harry Fishwick of the orBmuaiuuii wueu imurra tnat Acting President John L. Lewis and Secretary Green of the miners had reached an agreement with Attorney General Palmer and Secretary Turn- 1 UiLy ur mo eeuiemeni 01 wie Birinc. Fishwick insisted the Illinois miners NEED COAL AT JAIL County Institution Has Only Three Day Supply, Larimer Asserts. The Shawnee county jail faces a coal famine. Sheriff Hugh Larimer today re ported to the Shawnee county com missioners that there was only enough coal at the jail to provide heat for the Inmates two or three days longer. Henry McAfee, a member of the board of commissioners, stated that the county was right up against it for 'fuel and that the commissioners at this time were on the market for any thing burnable. An effort is being made to obtain wood. McAfee stated that there was J enough coal at the court house to keep the clerks an4 officers warm for the next two or three weeks. An order 'was issued today cutting down the of- fee hours at the courthouse. Clerks will go to work at 8:80 o'clock In the morning instead oi -o ciock anu win quit work at 4:30 o'clock in the after noon instead of 5 o'clock. AIRPLANE KILLS TWO Machine Swerved Into Crowd Sheriff Protects Pilot. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Dee. 8. Two persons are dead and three others are i near aeatn. as a result 01 on jjiouc 1 piloted by V. Price Hollingsworth swerving ir.to a crowd that was watch I Ing an exhibition flight here yester day. A score were slightly injure Threats to lynch Hollingsworth ana destroy his plane caused Sheriff Bass to place a guard about the machine. WON'T RAID 55PA! ATfl s sv ws Gabriele d'Annnndo Giles Word of Honor Rumor Is False Flume, Dec 7. Gabriele d'Annun- zio assured the correspondent today that he was not preparing an excedl FREE MILL HANDS Strikers Alleged to Have As saulted Non-Union Workers. Cases Dropjed by Branaman Witnesses Gone, His Excuse. POLICE JUDGE FINED 'EM $100 Two Defendants Were Charged With Hurling- Bricks. Case Against Non-Union Man, However, Still on Docket. Cases of assault and battery against three union mill hands, appealed from police court where they were fined 1100 and costs by Police-Judge Hugh McFarland, were' dismissed today In district court by Judge George H. Branaman, city attorney. That clears court dockets of all cases involving fights and trouble aris ing from the strike of mill hands in Topeka, excepting one case against a non-union mill superintendent, who shot and wounded two striking union mill hands in a. fight at the Ismert- Hincke mills. E. H. Sigmand is the I superintendent, and he faces a posst-l .e ,sta'eme"t follows: ble penitentiary sentence if convicted ,..fiLflop"Sn,nat tnerc '"i" be a in the January term of the. criminal fnl on Tusday afternoon of court. He is charged with assault with I tjjf ,vy b'twn the miners, a deadly weapon. I Jh ,h. "nd Jhe m'" Branaman. new city attorney in the JSe plan for P i Ce,.by the mln" Corwine administration, explained that pokd bv Sc J h". f settlement pro all of the state's witnesses who ap-. y,i?,?,re15"m wn,ch Proposal peared in police court and offered evi- i Lewis of tC min.,. C r"ue" dence. which Judge MacFarland felt eraTl pTiVS SSSL'nt'y Ge" Justified the limit in a fine of $100., The utmost secrecy stifl surround had left the state Then, the record j the president's roposa, "nS Secretary shows Branaman filed a motion to Tumulty and other V flcifl"s refused lo dismiss the three cases upon the pay- supplement the White House state" u.. Mrs. Mary E. Chapin. clerk of the dis trict court, show were J26.3&. In Hurry to Pay Costs. Following the dismissal of the cases attorneys for the union men hurried into the office of Mrs. Chapin and stood over her, money ready, until she had compiled the costs. Tho check presented to Mrs. Chapin was signed by Frank Conard, financial secretary of the Flour and Cereal Workers' union. James Chaney, one of the men charged with assault and battery. whose case was dismissed today, was accusea oi assaulting a non-union em- ploye of the Ismert-Hincke mill while the young man was going from the zruit-io rus ainner. e was lounai1''"'! toai naunng faculties. guilty tn police court by Judge Mac Farland and was fined. Another charge was filed against him in the coort of Topeka. Judge -Rad M. Lea found Cheney guilty but stated that as he had been fined in police court he would merely give him jail -sentence par-ole 'him and impose an order On him to pay the witness fees. Then. Chaney ap pealed from the sentence of the police court Willis Witchey and Walter May, the other two men fined In. police court, were charged with throwing bricks at nonunion mill hands on their way to work in North Topeka mill. One of the men against whom the alleged barrage was directed was reported to have been painfully injured by "Irish alley bouquet." It was claimed that union men hid in the weeds and directed the fire from ambush. v If was reported at union headquar ters today that the mill strike was still in progress. MORE SNOW HERE Zero and orth Wind Forecast by Flora. Also Little Hope for Abatement of Bad Weather, He Declares. WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS: Snow tonight and probably Tnosday; colder Tuesday .ami west and north por tions tonizht: cold wave south portion teniperstures: strong northeast ment and cut passenger train sched wiHd this afternoon an fting to northerly. UM between Chicaao and h. rif;.. The (thinners' forecast vtirm tn orotn-t 36 hour shipments north al west ngainit a temperature of 5 degrees below tero: east and south against a temperature of degrees above zcra. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES. 7 o'clock 14 8 o'clock 13 8 o'clock 12 10 o'clock 12 11 o'clock. 12 o'clock... 1 o'clock. ..12 ,.12 ,.12 2 o'clock. .12 onow negan railing in TopeKa at'ror the mines to catch up -with th noon today. I demand. Zero temperatures, snow and high Miners" representative in the mid northerly winds lead the weather j die west agree that If President John menu for the next forty-eight hours, i L. Lewis and Secretary Green had ac S. D. Flora, state meteorologist, said. cepted the new proposal submitted by A cold wave is now going strong in 'the president for ending the strike. the northwest. Temperatures this, morning in the northwest follow Williston, N. D., 22 below zero; Wyom ing. 10 below zero; South Dakota, 6 below zero; North Platte, Neb., 2 above zero. An area of low pressure (tTontinneil on Page Two.) CRISIS IS ACUTE HERE Householders and Industries Appeal to Mayor for Cool. Shortage of fuel i bee-lnntna- to b

Acciiijr tctt ill iucu, insjvi nciueri J. Corwine announced today. "I have received quite a cumber of telephone calls this morning," the mayor stated, "asking assistance in getting some sort of fuel for heating and cooking. The critical acuteness

of the situation is becoming more and more evident. During the continued cold weather supplies have become ex hausted. The worst part of It is that already another cold wave is upon us, with the promise of still colder weather coming." TrRAnfl vlif.nll. k.lf.w. No specified hoars: mayor will be able to obtain coal for Railway offices, express offices, hos them any time, judging from the num- pita Is. telephone companies, wholesale ber of calls for assistance that come bakers, packing plants, hotels, restaur- ants, lodging houses and postoffice. buzzing in over the telephone wire Into (Hvtel8 u reduCe lobby light 60 per his office. Not only are the calls from cent) destitute families, but also from the Display lihtm. well-to-do and from numerous Indus-'., l) '15. ii"?. .TV" dtfc?n trial firms. COAL SHORTAGE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL JANUARY Fuel Administration Makes Plans on That Basis Today. Miners Cannot Supply Ail tho Demand' This Winter. TO PREVENT FUTURE STRIKES Government Plan Would Insure Miners Equitable Wages. Commission Will Study Eco nomic Situation. Washington. Dec. 8. Ho. e for the settlement tomorrow afternoon of the controversy between the miners the SKSiSrS .and -the government" 'was tATio. tl njrmai statement issued l.y at tne White House. -Mnrera. it was learned hnn-.t...- the proposal made to the miners was from the president himself, and was in tne forrn of a memorandum written by him. Washington, Dec. 8. The coal shortage will continue acute unt.l n.Uar,,J'i ?ven mine unio" scale officials in Indianapolis tomor row yote to accept the settlement pro posed by President Wilson, it was pre dicted here today. Railroad administration officials in t-iiarge oi-coal priorities are making Plans nased on this belief. Curtail i "im. i train service will be continued several weeks, it is expected, and may be increased. This would permit ad- meanwnue, many plants and fac tories must remain closed until thcli bins can be replenished. Part tlm operation of stores and factories in many iwtioni. wui he continued prob ably until after the beginning of th--new ear. Terms Not Annmnenl. Altho there was not official explana tion here tortny of details of president Wilson's proposal which has been ac cepted by President Lewis of the min ers, it Is said, the plan includes no in creasa in the 14 per cent settlement proposed by Fuel Administrator Gar field. The Importance of the plan, it Is as sumed, lies in the suggestion for a commission to study the situation anil work to present its recurrence. The miners thus would be- assured of wage readjustments with every change of the general economic situa tion. It Is the commission plan which is unJorstood to have Influenced Lewis to decide to urge acceptance of th president's offer. Lewis aud Secre tary Green assured Attorney General Palmer they would lay the offer be fore the union wage scale committee with a favorable recommendation. Lewis gave Palmer this assurance Saturday midnight following a secret meeting with the attorney general Palmer and his assistant. C- B. Ames, left here late yesterday for Indian apolis on the same train that carried Lewis and Green. Scarcity ATI Winter, Chicago, Dec. 8. Coal conservation was continued today despite indica tions that the strike of mifier-i wax near tne end. The railroads followed out arrange- coast by one-third. Fuel administration officials an nounced indications of a s'rlke settle ment would tn no way lessen the nec essity for coal conservation. Even if the strike Is settled and min ers go back to work immediately. It will be three weeks before delivery of fresh coal can be started to consumer-) and It will take probably all winter the proposition would probably be ac- ceptable to the scale committee whtrh meets at Indianapolis tomorrow to consider the proposed settlement.. CITY CLOSING HOURS DURING FUEL CRISIS i I g.-eo n. m. to 5 p. m. Planing mills, trunk factories, mat-. 1 t.ress factories, filling stations, manu- -racturers of machinery and metal j predllCtS. 8:30 a. m, to 4:30 p. m. j A" office buildings. (Elevators shut j 00at. tm'5 p m i Department stores, retail stores. Job printing plants and soda, candy and 1B-r departments of drug stores. :0 a. m. le S:30 p. m. Reta takeriea grocery stores, meat shoos and milk deoota. 9:00 a. m. to 6 p. ni. Shoe shining parlors. (On Satur days 11 a. m. to 8 p. m.) t.-on p. m. to 11 p. m. Confectioners and theaters, k Closed entirely: imugr, pool tt ii'l uoiilc juun- play lights.

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THF TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL- MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1919 1 1 PROBE IS PUT OFF 'Investigation by Federal Grand Jury Is Postponed. Government's Course of Action Depends on Union Officials. ION WAY TO INDIANAPOLIS s Contempt Charges May Be DIs missed, Is Eumor CIrcalating. Continuance of Investigation I Ihto Conspiracy Charge? Indianapolis, Dec. 8. The federal grand jury summoned by United .States District Judge A. B. Anderson to investigate alleged violations of the L.ever act, and anti-trust laws by op erators, miners and coal dealers in connection with" the bituminous coal strike, will not be empanelled today. United States District Attorney L. Ert Slack, announced today. He said this step had been postponed until 18 o'clock tomorrow. While announcing that the conven ing of the grand jury had been post poned until tomorrow, Mr. Slack would not say that the jury would be em panelled at that time. It was indicated that the calling to gether of the investigators would de pend upon conferences today with At torney General Palmer and others who were to arrive here from Washington about noon. John L. Lewis and William Green, chief union officials, wtll lay the gov ernment proposal before a joint meet ing of governing bodies of mine work ers h-e tomorrow. They were speed ing from Washington today, accom panied by Attorney General Palmer, CHRISTMAS Tlie following- hljr values In cigars for the early shopper. Monday, December 8, continues till Saturday, December 13. 15c to 35c Cigars Monte Christo .$3.15 S.1S S.to S.as 3.35 I.lif ::..to First Consul :..."io '.Webster ;l.75 lteynat(io Foil "..75 Harvester Foil K.OO Valli Vnlll 1.73 First Consul.

10c to Sllrer Statue Tom Moore Harvester v Knot. Burns First Consul Valli Valli Mnnle Christo Monte Christ Klsl.lePo Tndi-ma Van. livke 20c Cigars -I.Ki 5.7" i.7: M 40 S.2.V 4.15 5.13 (1.10 7.4S 4.115 J.oe 4.25 6.55 5.25 6c to 8c Cigars 1.s Row Tints 1.S5 N. M. HiiimI Mode 1.00 It. S. Old Style; .$1.45 J.SO 1.45 $12.00 J. A. large size, box of 100. 5.50 J. A. Ponies, box of 100 4.75 La Azora Ideals, box of 50. 5c to 9c Cigars $-T75 Little Tom 13.25 -i.is llttle Chancellor 3.25 r.,25 Big Troinp SOS a.25 Frat 2.8 GEO. W. STANSFIELD DRl'GGIST 633 Kansas Ave. Mall Orders Given Prompt Attention. IMione 289. So the People May Know We 'Are the rnn w 1 iC Don't Let Our Competitor's Camouflage Fool You! TAX. lnJe rigiriaie-aever who acted for the government In sub mitting the compromise. The, groups ot mn to meet here, tomorrow include the international officials, the ex ecutive committee, the district presi dents and the scale committee of the central competitive field. Depends on Lewlsv That they will agree to anything which, lewis and Green approve is the belief at the miners' Headquarters. "If Lewis and Green have approved any agreement to end the suspension of activities In the mines, then the dif ferences between the miner's and the operators aro as good as adjusted, so far as the mine workers are con cerned." Ellis Searles, editor of the mine workers' journal, said. The government's course tomgrrow In regard to tne contempt cnarges against the miners' officials waa still in doubt today. Lewis and his asso ciates and the. district officials were to face District Judge A. B. Anderson at 10 o'clock tomorrow on charges of violatinc Anderson s anti-strike in junction. It is thought that the hear ing will oe postponed, however, until after the meeting of the miners, which is called flor 2 o'clock in the afternoon. TAXES GATE OFF HINGES Republic County to Emulate .Topeka Free Fair. Belleville, Dec 8. -JVhen the county commissioners of this county took over the Republic county fair grounds and equipment for the purchase price of $8,000 they laid the foundation for what will, under the new state law. become in all probability the first free county lair in lvansas. r or fourteen years this county has maintained and supported, with more or less success. under the stockholder and director plan, a county agricultural and live stock fair. The present site of the Re publican Cpunty Agricultural associa tion, containing tnirty acres or cnoiee land and buildings valued at $5,000, will. It la understood, in the future be opened annually with a "free gate" and maintained at county expfcnse. CIGAR SALE Begins in boxes of 25 2.2.1 Isabella. 4.75 Tteynaldo S.0 Kelley Foil 3.50 Chaneelor. 3.50 Rdltaus. 3.2.YE1 Mnceo 2.00 4.25 1.10 3.15 3.15 t $.00 J. 15 I- 3.50 Robert Bums.. in boxes of 50 g 4.75 Personality 5.50 Vslonla 5.75 Portina. 3.73 Muriel 5.75 Chaneelor. 5.50 Itol Tan 4.75 Kelley Boquet 4.75 Kloletto 5.75 Silver Statue 4.75 La Asora Washington. 6.50 La Prefereucia 4.15 00 5.25 8.25 5.25 5.15 4.25 1.90 5.25 4.25 6.95 in boxes of 25 1.80 T.a Kesta 1.60 Ia Asora Opera.... 1.60 Eagles Hand Made. 1.55 l.so 1.45 .$10.85 4.SS .50 in boxes of 50 2.25 New Currency t.V 2.25 Boehs Smoker. l.M 4.25 White Owls S.K5 3.25 Portina. 2.90 Gonipany in Topelca Owning and Operating -HOY PAYNE'S CAB and BAGGAGE .7.1 1 PHONE PHONE AIAVAYS A MAX AT OtR TELEPHONE MODIFY PROTOCOL i Allies Back Down on Terms Ob jectionable to Germans. Further1 Delay in Signing In strument Is Unnecessary. SCAPA FLOW TO THE HAGUE Great Britain "Won't Insist on .jeheet Separation Claims. Quick Occupation of More, Hun .Towns if Germany Delays. .Paris, Dec. 8, The latest allied note to Germany eontains sufficient con cession to eliminate the possibility of further occupation of German terri tory to enforce Us terms, according to authoritative information obtained today. These concessions are such, it was believed, that Germany eannot afford to do otherwise than sign immediately. While the note demands immediate acceptance of the protocol of the peace treaty, the last paragraph, which pro vided for invasion of Germany in the event she failed to carry out the treaty terms, was practically eliminated. The most important point from the German standpoint is the promise to return German war prisoners as soon as ratifications to the treaty are exchanged. Demand for delivery of dry docks and merchant marine materials, in payment for sinking of the German war fleet interned at Scapa Flow is also lightened. The note, it was learned, permits delivery of 400,009. tons of these materials in lots that will conform with Germany's own economic needs. Handing of the note to Germany waa intentionally delayed, it ivas said to permit the allies to complete nec essary military preparations and to permit denouncing of the terms of the armistice should Germany fail to yield. Delay also waa necessitated, accord ing to reliable information to enable the British delegation to receive in structions from Lot-don. The British delegates, it was said, were unwilling to assume responsibility for the penal ties provided if Germany refuses to sign. The supreme council was to. decide upon the time the note will be de livered at its meeting today. i The German delegation here insists that if the note constituted an ulti matum it will not be accepted but that if it is conailiatoi-y the national assembly may take it under considera tion. The allied military plans, it waa understood, provide for quick occupa tion or Essen, the Ruhr vauey ana Frankfort in event Germany refuses to accept the note. Noako Still Defiant. London. Dec. 8. "I will recommend that Germany refuse to accept the protocol," Gustav Noske, German min ister of defense, was quoted as de claring in an interview in Berlin, printed in the Mail here.' Noske said he could not speak for the nation, according to the interview, but he personally believed "the limit had been passed." "Let the allies, whom we are un able to oppose, occupy our country," Noske was quoted as saying. "This is "I hope the protocol will be rejected no matter what the consequences," Noske declared, according- to the in terview. "We have yielded too often. We must resist. The allies may do what they please, as we are unable to oppose them by military methods." not peace but a prolongation of war." Mueller will Speak. Berlin, Dec. 8. Herman Mueller, minister of foreign affairs, will ad dress the national assembbly "Tuesday on the progress pf negotiations toward signing of the protocol, it was under stood today. There will be no debate. Belgium Considers Pact. Brussels, Dec 6. The Belgian cab inet was in session today to consider a military alliance with Great Britain and France in view of the possible failure of the League of Nations, Jt was reported. imitat e DON'T WANT TP RiP 'EM- Jap Woraea Send S. O. S. for Cloth ing Designer Thru Y. W. New York. Dec. 8. An SOS for a designer of women's clothes to Intro duce' a simplified American stylo of dress in Japan was received here- to day by the American Toung Women's Ckyistian association from Miss Michi Kawai. general secretary for the Jap t nese national Yl W. C A. Entry pf 850.000 Japanese women into indus trial and professional life has resulted in a revolt from the tyranny of cen turies old costumes. y Miss Kawai explained that "school teachers and -wives of small merchants who must have 50 or more dresses which must be ripped apart and laun dered once a year, no longer have time for such tedious tasks. American machine made clothes, which can be laundered intact, first were introduced in government schools for girls. Jap anese girls attending college in this country have been urged to bring home their American clothes to aid in setting; the new style. ,:J PLEAD "NOT GUILTY" 1 Sen. Newberry Announces HcTI Not "Stand Mute" as Others Hare Grad Rapids, Mich., Dec. 8. Tru man H. Newberry. United States sen ator from- Michigan and seventeen of his principal campaign leaders ap peared in federal court here today to plead to indictments charging fraud and corruption in the senator's nomi nation and 'election in 191S. While practically all of the respond ents who had been arraigned up to today stood mute, Mr- Newberry an nounced before leaving Washington that his plea would be "not guilty." The senator and those arraigned with him faced the charges contained in the second indictment the counts of which alleged perjury in the sworn statement of election expenditures. WILL FLY TO U. S. D'Annunzio Gives Bis Plans for Leaving Finnic. Flume, Sunday, Dec. T. Capt. Gabriele d'Annunsio plans to fly to the United States after the Fiume situation has been adjusted he told the Associated Press today.. "I yearn to reaens America on wings," he said. "I will fly to America across the Pa cific and land on your fair Pacific eoast When my task in Flume is done and when Fiume is a part of Italy's realm; J am going to Tokio thru the clouds. Then J wjll look across that vast expanse of the Pacific myself from this earth and start rtoward your land, your free America, stepping from island to island: It is unfavorable weather now, but it will be favorable in February and if Fiume is ours I jvill do it then." HOOVER JOURNALIST NOW Part Owner of the Washington Her ald But Won't' B Editor. Washington, Dec. g. Sale of the Washington Herald, a Washington newspaper, was announced today i by C. T. Brainard, who owned controlling interest. The paper; his announce ment said-, is being taken over by Her bert Hoover, Walter 8. Rogers, Her man Sutter. Charles Ft. Crane and Julius H. Barnes.; The actual work of getting out the Herald will be done by Rogers and Sutter. MORE SNOW HERE tContlBo'ed from Page Qpe.l is pushing the cold down from the northwest. Kansas is between unsettled weather here in the next 24 hours in Flora's afid the Cold wave coming down from the north. Kansas Will get its share of both, exemplified by extreme low temperatures and snow. Snow was falling this morning' in western Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah. Snow will fall here in the next 24 hours -is Flora's opinion. A temperature of zero is predicted tonight. Temperatures will rise no higher than 10 or J 5 degrees" tomorrow afternoon- The cold wave has not yet reached east of the Miss issippi. Temperatures were normal here this morning. Extremes for this date were M in I0 and below sero i-i 111. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the wind was blowing at the rate of 24 miles an hour from he northeast. The. wind will shift to the north tonight. bAILY WEATHER RBrOKT. Furnished by the weather bureau ofOee. Topeka, Ksn- for the twenty. four hours ending nt 1 a. n. Monday. Stations-. High. tow. Pre. Wthr. Boston, Msss 40 M 0 Fair Csljrarv, Alb 6 IS 0 Clear Chicago, 111 2 1 T Cloudy Cincinnati 0 34 28 0 Cloudy Concordia. Kan.... 30 14 0 Cloudy Denver, Colo 34 2 0 Snow lies Moines, Is 22 1 8 0 Fair Podge Citv, Kan... 3 12 .01 Snow nulgth, Minn 12 -20 .01 Clear El Psso. Tex 62 3 o Clecr Ft Worrt, Tex.... 42 0 Cloudy Oalveston. Tex..... 74 4 JJ Cloudy Havre; Mont...... 0 22 0 Clear Jacksonville. Fla... 71 B O Fnir Kansas City, Mo... 30 14 O Cloudy LI tUt Kock, Ark... 48 2S O Cloudy Los Angeles, Cs.1.. M 4 0 Clear New Orleans, La... 80 72 .24 Cloudy New York, N. Y... 36 O Cloudy N. Platte, Neh...,. 24 3 .08 Snow Oklahoma, Okla.... 4 24 0 Cloudy Pboenlx. ArlK. AO 42 -fi Cloudy Pittsburgh. Pa...,. 44 22 O Cloudy Portland, Ore...... 42 Un .04 Clear flt Joseph. Mo 28 10 0 Cloud St. Louis, Mo 42 2S 0 Cloudy St. Paul. Minn 1 S 0 Clesr Palt Lake. Utah.... 14 .40 Snow fan Franeltco..... M 4fi .02 Clesr R. me. Marie 32 10 0 Clesr Sheridan, Wyo... 14 -10 .0(1 Snow Spokane, Waah 2 14 .02 Cloudy Tampa, Fla....... 7 62 O Fair Toledo. Ohio 34 2 e Cloudy TOPEKA, KAN.... 81 15 (V- Cloudy Washington, D. C. 7fl 40 .ot Cloudy Wichita. Kan 2 M 0 Cloudy Winnipeg. Man t s a Clear Ta Fsrtlfy the System AgalMt Grip Take LAXATIVE BKOMO QVIMNB Tab lets Wfttcn oesiroy germs, act as a T onic and Laxative, and tons prevent -Coidft.. Grip end Inflneosa. There Is onlv one -BKOMO QUININE." B. W. GROVK'S sig nature on IPO pox. uc. jov. POOR POOR JAWN D.' Cleveland, O., Dec, t. John D. Rockefeller's personal property tax return on file here today showed the following: Ha had 1.2)u in the bank; owns three motor cars valued at $60; has ene row boat valued at tlO V and 14 lawn mowers valued at 200. No, the above dees not indict the oil king had fritted away his millions, but merely shows the value of his property interests in East Cleveland. PlCr BERBER'S SUCCESSOR

Ousted Coiijfrrewman Named Again by Socialist fJupportemT J Milwaukee, Wis.;- Deel 8. Electors of the Fifth Wisconsin .congressional district voted at the primary election today to nominate .-a- successor to Victor. Berger, ousted IVora the house ot representatives following his con viction under the espionage-act. There was no doubt as to tne result There were no contests. Socialists will nominate Berger again and Henry Bodenstab will be the choice of the Democratic and Republican fusionists, The election will be held December 19. A large vote was urged by both sides in order to forecast the result at the final election. TO CUT EXPENSES Republicans 'Agree on Program to Protect Treasury. Washington, Dec. 8. A program of huge reductions in government ex penditures and continuation- of the present high taxes constitutes the fi nancial policy house Republicans have determined to insist on during the next eighteen inonths Thls agreement,, reached at a con ference of a score of prominent Re publican members, is necessary if the federal treasury is to be prevented from piling hp additional deficits to be added to the war debt. CHICAGO PACKED MEETING I... Police Were Called to Settle Row at T. O. W. Conference. Chicago,. Dec. 8. The police were called last night to a meeting of about 200 members of the Woodmen of the World, some of whom were protesting against increases in insurance rates and criticizing officers of the order. Several members from St. Louis de clared Chicagoans had packed the halL The Chicagoans were said to favor the increased rates while many from other cities were opposed. WILL CHARGE FOR IT French Hotel Keepers Cease Free Is sue of Stationery. Paris. Dec. 8. After next April Paris hotels will cease to supply stationery free of charge to guests, the hotel keeper union has decided. One cent will he charged for- each sheet Of paper and envelope, the proceeds to go for the benefitv of hotel employes disabled in the war. SECOND CALL IN Continued from -Page Oae. been made for a body of fire ntilltiea com missioners. A law creating a special commission to be established in connection with the labor department, the department to bandle nil wage, labor, hour and working condition disputes.. Psssase of a law declaring eoal mining properties public utilities and to place the fixing of coal and other fuel prices under the state public utilities commission. A provision Including oil properties in the class of public essentials to be reftulated by the- stnte commission aas also been urged. Consideration of a new workmen's com pensation law. The-present law was loTtj unaffected by the 1919 legislative action.' A con, mission appointed by the governor, tlio may be asked to report before the law mnkers come to Topeka nest month. Chsnses in state insurance resulstlons and lavs relstive to industrial conditions have been urpred. Anti-profiteering laws, amending and strengthening the Barrler-Montee bill passed lsst winter. Provisions may be made giving authority to Investluate and prosecute eases where individuals charge more than a normal profit for comraoili tles. Enactments may also be passed fix ing heavy penalties for profiteering in com modities Which are limited thru strike or restricted production. Amendments to the state mln laws re moving restrictions as to qualifications of mine workers. Extension of authority ef the governor to declare an emergency and to seize and operate for the public good any plant. Industry or nubile utility which is tied up thru strike or refusal of owners te operate. Passage of appropriation measures cot. ering coal mine receivership. Appropriations ror Housing zaciuues lor students at state schools. Under the constitution the governor is not empowered to define or restrict the scope of a legislative session in Kansas. Many measures other than those given above are expected to be considered. State house officials who have fol lowed the prospects of a special ses sion since the state took ever the operation of the coal mines, predict a general session,- It is believed the lawmakers will be in session from two to four weeks. new facesInTTegislature 1 One Senator and One Hepresentatlve for Special Session. One state senator who was in war service last winter will sit during the special session next month, while one member of the 1917-19 session will be absent. There will be one new mem ber of the house. Two .special elec tions will be called this month in view Of the extra Ieeislatlve session call. Sen. George W. Wark of Montgom ery county was absent during the re cent resrular session. He was an of ficer with the Thirty-fifth division in France. He returned wearing medals for bravery after the session ad loumed. Senator A. V. Anderson of Saline county resigned to become the new warden of. the federal prison at T,eav enworth. A special election will be called for the Saline-Ottawa county dis trict to fill tha vacancy. Roy Gaf' ford, of Minneapolis, son- of J. C. Gafford, former state chairman and state accountant. Is doped as the new member from the senatorial district. Waiter C. Ostertag,. representative from Atchison count", died lat serine-. A special electiotj will be held in his district to choose a new house mem ber. Ten days notices are required for both elections. The governor may order the calling of these elections late today. TODAY'S MARKET PFPPRTS r-M-.i-n rxw- a rfVRV Moderstely Meher nrlces for ern reflte! to-lay f-on nresvHu-tlve settlement of the coal strike. Indnsrri" which owing to the strike hav teen ont of the market vrere-eipe-te-' to enter soon again as purchasers. A fore et ef sni"v tended Men to strf nfrthen va?ms. Oennlns- notations which rnn-e-t from We to We hi-'- with T.-w -v 1 and M $1.S4 to J1.S4H, were followed bv S slipht reirton and then by nptnrns Ble-l"" hsn bfore. oiTfl ot pau with mik After "-n- h e to i Inrn1intr M t 79' I to w. eif-Ke Mnl'iin"l TO I PROVISIONS Rig receipts it hoes hsi I a tep!essine eff-ct on nrov's'on' btst', jestm-ite wer, enure-' ths arrivals tomer 1 row wenld "'so He vk Chicago, Dee. 8. CORN Close: Decem- ber, M.39M s Jan., 1.S51.35 May. flJ32 1.33: July, S1.3islu1il4 OATS December, 77 May,79g79?ic i PORK J -in.', $35.00; May, JS-T70. LARD Dec., XJ2.90: Jan., 122.67; May, $22.95. KIBS-Jaa., $18.65; May, $1&S3. Chicago Grata and Provision Market. (The range of prices on grain futures on Chicago Board of Trade as reported by Tnos. J. Myers. 301 N. E. Bldg.l Close- Open High Low Today Sat Chicago, Dec 8. 135 1X5 136 lXiK 133 1S3 13154 131 132 CORN Jan. May Julv OATS May Joly PO UK Jan. May LAUD J-ui. May HIHS -May Jan. 1.16 134 135 13314 134 70 0i 76 J6- 7!i 70 7 75 79 73 35.00 35.00 33.70 33.70 34.25 33.75 33.75 .23.05 23.20 22.67 22.67 23.25 23.15 23.30 22.95 22.95 23.37 .18.87 .18.65 18. 93 1S.85 18.80 18.62 18.85 18. 65 18. R5 18.00 Kansaw City Grain Market. (The range of prices on grain futures on Kansas City Board of Trade as reported by Tlios. J. Myers; 301 N. E. Bldg.) Kansas City, Dec. 8. Close Open High Low Today Sat. CORN Jan. ..139-T4 140'-4 1SS 1381 13014 May ,..1341.4 135 133 133 134 July ..132 134 133 133 132 OATS Dee. 75 75 7314 75 75 May 80 80 79 79 79 Kansas City Gmla sad Prodnoe Market. Kansas City. Dec. -8. WHEAT Cash: Market unchanged to 3c lower. No. 1 hard, 2.&r2.S3; No. 2, $2.48&iS0; No. 1 red, $2.4fl2.48: No. 2, $2.43. CORN Miirket steady to 2e lower. No. 2 mixed. S1.53: No. 3. M.50: No. 2 white. .48(3l.r2 No. 3. S1.47(S1.4: No. 2 vellow. I l.;i oj i.u3 jo. a, ti.4(o;i.oo. oax arset steaoy. jno. wnue. 78e; No. 2 mixed, T7&7Sc; No. 2 red, 7s r'yB $L40(1.50. KAFIR ANt) MILO MAIZE $2.9003.10. SHORTS $2.402.30. -FRAN $2.00. WHEAT Receipts 432 cars. BUTTLE Market unchanged. Extras, 68c: firsts, 66c; seconds. 64c; packing, 48c. EGGS Market unchanged. MTlrsts, 78c; seconds. 5c. POULTRY Hens, le lower, 1923c; roosters, 14(;20c; broilers, 30c CORN Close: December. $1.44: Janu ary, $1.38; May, $1.33; July, $1.32. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, Dec, 8. BUTTER Market higher. Creamery. 5872c. BUGS Market firm. Receipts 896 cases. Firsts, 80c; ordinary firsts, 70(g72c; at mark, cases Included, 70379c. POULTRY Alive, higher; springs, 23c; fowls. 18(B-25c; turkeys, 32c. POTATOES Market firm. Northern sacked and bnlk, whites, $3.006,3.2O: west ers rurals, $3-15; Rnssetts, $3.253.35. New York Produce Market. New York, Dee. 8 BUTTER Market firm. Creamery higher than extras, 74 75c. KGGS Market steady. Fresh gathered extras. S3 94c. CHEESE Market ateady. Specials, S2 33c. POULTRY Alive, steady .chickens, 28c; dressed, quiet; chickens, 2747c. New York Sugar Market. New York, Dec. SUGA,K Haw, steady; centrifugal, 7.2S: refined, steady: cut loaf, 10.50; crushed, $10.25 :-Monld "A." 9.50; Cubes, 9.75; xxxx powdered, 9.26; standard powdered, 9.15: fine granulated and Diamond A, 9.00; Confectioners' A, 8.90; No. 1 toft sugar, 8.85. Morn In a Grain Gossip. (Furnished by the Topeka Board of Trade.) Chicago, 11U Ceo. 8. The Tribune: CRAIN It's the belief of, all those who studr the corn situation closely with an open mind that until there is a movement from the country of sufficient volume to result in an' accumulation of stocks suf ficient to put the trade in a normal con dition that nervous fluctuating markets are to be expected. As a result of. the coal strike there Is no immediate probability of such s continued large, run of grain, as it will have to be brought about by n heavy movement and a decline in cash prices to a delivery basis, so that elevator people and carriers can take the easb'eorn and hedge it for future delivery. Sentiment of the grain trade was more in favor of the constructive side at the close than it was at the opening. Strength in rye gave the shortsellers in corn a bad iolt and started them to think ing along broader lines. Absorption of the cash corn and tne strength in wheat values, with prices highest of the season, was a ractor mat a majority or trauers were not disposed to overlook. There Is unsettled weather ahead, and with the fuel supdIv in west becoming more serious daily, there were no indica tions of an excessive movement. That oat values should advance lc on top of the ueavy liquidating snies tne lasc two eays created an impression among traders that the market had more stability than it wns trenerauv credited with. It took comnsra- tive little buying to make the advance an? there was some selling around the ten that came from some of the largest holders who were reducing their lines. Houses with Bortbern connections sold rye fu tures earlv. but ss'soon as they were fin ished prices started upward. A decidedly more bearish view of the rye situation was taken by some of the closest students of conditions srter the close. They regarded a good part ef the buying Saturday as of the eleventh hour kind on a 25c advance, and said th.ot the original bulls were heavy sellers on the bulge. New York Stock Market. Wall St.. New York. Pec. 8. STOCKS Food shares dominated the list for a time, sugars exteadl-ng last week's gains by 1 to o points. uus. motors tn'i, enippinm also registered further improvement with steels, textiles, tobaccos snd mtscetlsneers specialties, including associated dry goods and Remington typewriter. Rslls alone displayed reactionary tendencies. Call loans onened at 6 per cent. Chances in the coal situation and Mexican affairs contrlbnted largely to the active snd strong opening or today s stock mar ket. Oils, motors, shippings and sturarfl added 1 to 5 points to Inst week's final quotations and several ef the steels and equipments were higher tho making le extensive gains.' Cbenee among- ..rails were moderate on small denlinrs. Advances became more general within the first half hour. Chicago JAn Stock Market. Chlcsao. T)ee. 8.HOOS Jwlntl 67.000. Market slow, mostly 25c to 40e lower, Fnlk of rales. S12.R5erl3.15; ton, S11.K0: heavy, S12.S5Tini5; medium. S12.nOr 13.25 light, $12,8fiW lfl; pigs, $12 OOfS-12.75. 1 ATTLB-Kcceipfs 24.1XM. MarKei srronK. Ppff ater. medium s"d hwv weleM. choice and prime. $18.4O21.0O medinm und good,' $11.2518.40; common, $-S.7Wr 11.25: light weight, good and choice, $13.75 id,ju. in: outcner nenera, o.-uri;..iu; cows, $C25m.75: veal calves, $16.50rtT.no feed ers. 7.0012.25: stockers, $6.0010.75. SHEEP Receipts 23.000. Market strong. Lambs, $14.25(c7'lfl.25 ewes, medinm, good and choice, $7.75&9.40; breeding ewes, $7.00 f2.ll.25. Kansas City Live Stock Market. (The following sales were madee this morn ing at the Stock Yards. Kansas City and reported over long distance telephone ll-rei-t to the State Journal by Clay Robin soo Co., live stock commission mer chants.) -Kansas City. Dec. 8. CATTLE Receipts 29.000 head. Market slow and weak. HOGS Receipts 20.000 head. Market 25 e50e lower, open low closing steady. Bulk f sales, Sl lOCKo 13.50 top, $130. SHEEP Receipts 8,000 head. Market strong. Lambs, $15.65. KILLING STEERS. No. vet. PrlceJNo. vt. Price 22 1164 $14.40 1 19.. ..41030 $13.75 18 8B0 12.50 I COWS AND HEIFERS-. 4.,... 7S0 6.00 1 1120 9.00 12 640 7.50 4 900- 8.00 Kansas city Live Stock Market. Kansas City, Dec. 8. HOGS Receipts 20,000. Market steady to 50c lower. Bulk of soles, 812.85(313 25: heavies, $13.0013.45 ?.gt?.I1300: "Skts. $12.7513,20; CATTLE Receipts 33,000. Market Steady Hosiery, Shirts, Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, Hats, Fur Caps and Mufflers. GIFT BOXES FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE John H. Harlin Clo. Co. 706 KANSAS AVE. The Home of Klncald Kimball Clothes STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON& CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants Stock Yards. Ran. City Wo Also Have Our Own Offices at Chlrngo, So. St. Joseph. So. Omaha. Denver, fclous City, So. St. Paul. E. Buffalo. E. St Louis, Fori Worth and El Paso. Hi Dear Santa: 'My Wants a Victrola" AndSantaSays: "Well, my big man, the Victrolas are going mighty. fast, but your mother, can j still get the one she wants if you hurry up and take her around to my helpers 1 id issm to weak. Heavy beef steers, choice sd prime. $16 15Hi50 medium sod Food. $10.25ilii.l5 common, S.254M0.25 light weight, good and choice. $12.6031i.io: bntcher heifers, $6.25rtl3.75: cows. $.154 12.00: veal calves, $13.251,V); feeders. $7.5n!13.00; stockers, $-V50jlO.OO. SI1KBP Receipts 7.000. Market 10c to 25c higher. Lambs. $14.00615.85: yearling wethers. $10.756? 12 50: ewes. -S6.SO.0: breeding ewes, $7.50(211.50; feeder lambs, $ll0OQ13.73. 'repaka Mane Bsoort. (Furnished by .'has Wolf Parking Co.) Topeka, Kan., Dec 8. BOOS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $1t.00t2.S HEAVY lll)Ci12.80 LIGHT 11.0012.6S PIGS WsKtlll.lM CHOICE TACKING STOCKS.. 90WU1-.5 Cannot e roagb onflnlsbtd boss for Picking purposes Will kave tr boy at stock bog prices. Topeka Poaltry and Egg. (Furnished by the Topeks irking Co.) Topeka. Kan.. Dec 8. Springs over 9 lbs..22e: old roosters. 13c; young roosters, 19c: broilers. 2 Iba. aud under, 28c; bens, 4 lbs. and over, 2c; under 4 lbs., 19c; stags. 14c. Topeka Bide Market. (Furnished by Toneka Hide Co foot of Jefferson St.) Topeka. Kan Dee. 8. Green salt enred hides No. 1, Sic; No. x, 30c. Horse hides No. 1. $9.00 to $11.00; No. 2, $8.00 to $10.00. Give Him Something to Wear It will be doubly appreci ated especially, when the styles are -unquestionably correct. We susrsest Gloves. Mother 833 Kansas Ave. Phone 4208 an or write -i- Exolusive Victor Dealer .11. 1 IW,

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1919 ON; SECOND WEEK Governor Allen's Volunteers Still Brnye the Weather. Twenty-Seven Cars of Coal Were Loaded Sunday. VETERANS GREATLY SURPRISED N'eYer Were Winter Conditions So Faced in FIttsburg Field. Twelve Cars a Day From Linn County Pits. Governor Allen's volunteer army of coal diggers Is martins its second week witn production standards of 2 to 40 cars a day. Over the long distance telephone this morning the governor estimated today's production at not less than 2o cars and stated that an average output of 50 cars a day would tie registered before the end of the week barrtnsr another blizzard. After spending six days in organiza tion work and pumping water from the pits, the volunteer coal diggers took a real spurt Sunday and deliv ered 27 cars of coal. The production for the entire six days previous was 22 cars. Consignments were given the receivers this morning for 25 cars to he shipped- to distressed Kansas towns during the day. As soon as the mines can be electrified. Oovernor Allen pro noses to operate double or triple shifts. The number of workers will be great ly aucmented this week and a num ber of towns which have protested bit terly because their volunteer were not "iven a chance to work, will be canea upon for service. Dnn't OiK-rnto in Winter. Operation of fifteen or more mines in, the Pittsburg rield was erpecieo. to reach normal mid-summer produc tion today. Itarely are the strip pits operated during the winter momns. Veterans in the field never saw opera tion d urine such weather as prevailed last week. But the volunteers fought thru the blizzard, the snow and the rains and when the first week of state operation er.ded had given the state 2.600 tons of coal. In addition to the output from the I'iltsbura- district, ten to twelve cars nf coal will be shipped each flay rrom the Linn county field. The Linn 'pits are operated by non-union workers and H. Lee. who has taken over distribution of the coal for Governor Allen, has already directed the move ment of fifty cars of coal which was uncovered and ready for shipment. Osase fields are expected to show greater activity this w?ek. Several of the Osage mines have been in opera tion and workers in the district have Benerolly ei.rtssed a willingness to return to plants which have been closed for several months, Dlscusfi Gas Row. Action concerning Doherty threats to shut off gas supplies for Wichita and nineteen other towns in southern Kansas, hns not been defined in state house circles. Numerous conferences were held Saturday when the Wichita Natural Gps company threat was called to attention of stale officials. One difficulty which confronts the suite is the fact that the gas contro versy Is now in the hands of the fed eral court. Receivership action to place oper ation of the gas properties under the state has ben considered. Over the telephone today the governor asserted that the state would not permit the gas towns to suffer. Threats to shut ff gas supplies were made when sev rr.l cities in fne Wichita district re--fused to accept proposed Increases In tes. KILLS OFF QUAIL :r..ur Hank Causes Hlft Scarcity of Small Gnmo. Sit Una, Dec. 8. With the open 8ea n on quail at thin time there have Ween few men ou,t after the birds and ihy report a preat scarcity. Henry Welsprerber, a farmer near this city, declarer that the hunters in the past hnve had little to do with the exter mination of the quail supply, and that the pigeon hawk have been the great enemy of the game bird. He has ob served many times that when a pigeon hawk gets after a quail there is in variably one lees quail us the hawk never falls to land his game. "The pigeon hawk is a mischievous, meddlesome bird.' said Mr. "Weisger her. "When he pots a quail, that quail is gone. He is much quicker, can get thru the brush easier and has a sharper eye. The quail cannot pos sibly escape. Hunters do some dam ng hut nothing like the pigeon hawk. It is almost impossible to shoot the hawk as It Is small and very fleet. And the worst of it is that he is in creasing rapidly." VV. D. WOLFE TO EL PASO State Journal Reporter Accepts Posi tion on Mexican Border Newspaper. William D. Wolfe, for the last three years a reporter on The State Journal, left last night for El Paso. Tex., where he will be employed on the Times, a morning newspaper of that city. Wolfe has "covered" many "runs" on The State Journal and formed a wide and valuable acquaintance In the city. Most of his time has been spent on the Chamber of Commerce assignments, where he has had charge of the pub licity of practically all of the war drives. It was thru his activity in this patriotic work that he gained consid erable recognition In this part of the country. CHEF SMOKED ON JOB Drew Sharp Reprimand From Stare Hotel Inspector. Ottawa, Dec. 8. State Hotel Inspec tor Walter S. Clark is no respecter of hotel or restaurant persons, even in his own home town. He inspected all the rest of the hotels and restaurants in the state first, and last week worked at Ottawa. As a result one chef was reprimanded for smoking while on the Job, one restaurant was closed un til it was cleaned up, while the license of a' second restaurant was revoked completely. Stcoher Meets Zbysko Tonight. New York, Dec. 8. Joe Stecher, claimant for the world's wrestling championship, meets Wladek Zbysko, Polish wrestler, here tonight In a match to the finish. They will grap ple on a "winner-take-all" basis. Stecher will be outweighed 25 pounds. Chlcsffn Otto Fuchee came liomp soused, took his baby out of bed and put his dog !n Its place. Ills wife was granted a UTorce. S. F. AND U. P. TRAIN CUTS; Eliminations to Save Fiiel, Also Af fect and Express Service. Elimination of one-third of the rail road passenger service and mileage in Kansas to conserve fuel became ef fective at 12:01 o'clock this morning. In addition to the Rock Island changes announced in the State Jour nal Friday and Saturday many trains were taken off Santa Fe and Union Pacific schedules and other schedules were changed to meet conditions caused by the elimination. Express and mail service is affected by the cuts. Branch lines were cut, in some cases, to only one train a day and in a few cases, three or four trains a week, making daily delivery oi man in scores oz iiansas towns im possible. Santa Fe Schedule. Following are the cuts in Santa Fe Kansas schedules, as announced last night by J. M. Connell. general pas senger agent of the,system: Local trains Nos. 113 and 114 be tween Kansas City and Newton dis continued. Train No. 5 will do 113's work Kansas City to Newton. No. 10 doing train 114's work Newton to Kan sas City. Trains Nos. 209 and 210 discon tinued between Kansas City and Tulsa. Trains Nos. 107 and 108 discon tinued between St. Joseph and Topeka. Trains No. Ill and 112 and 127 12S between Ottawa and Emporia. The work of these trains will be per formed by Nos. 21 and 11 westhound, 2 and 22 eastbouhd. Trains Nos. 207 and 208 discon tinued between Kansas City and Cof feyville. Business will be handled on trains 201, 202. 203 and 204. Trains No. 213-330, 331-214, discon tinued between .Independence and Wichita. Trains Nos. SI 7 and 318 discon tinued between Florence and Winfield. Trains Nos. 113 discontinued New ton to Amarillo and 118 Amarillo to Newton. The work of these trains will be taken care of by, Nos. 21 and 22. Trains Nos. 565 and 566 between Newton and Dodge City. Business will be cared for by trains 5 and 6. Trains Nos. 141. 142, 143 and 144 discontinued between Holliday and Leavenworth. Alma branch train will leave on arrival of train No. Z. returning for connection with No. 16. Train No. 568. La Junta to Dodge City, annulled. No. 6 will care for its business. Trains 601 and 602 between Dodge City and La Junta. Trains Nos. 9 and 11 will be con solidated Newton to La Junta and op erated via St. John. Trains Nos. 12 and 8 consolidated. La Junta to Kansas City and operated via St. John and Topeka on No. 12's time east of Newton. Train No. 506 discontinued between Wichita and Pratt. Train No. 15 discontinued Kansas City to Newton. Coffeyvllle branch trains Nos. 283 and 2S4 discontinued. Cedarvale branch: No change, ex cept No. 327 will leave after arrival of 201.' Nos. 136 anfl 136 between Lawrence and Ottawa discontinued. Gridley branch: Discontinue trains Nos 139 and 140. No. 138 will leave Gridley about 4:30 instead of 5:30 a. m. Colony branch: Trains Nos. 101 and 102 discontinued. Train No. 21 from Kansas City will be operated via Ottawa cut-off instead of Topeka. Business will be handled on train 22 and in consolidated 12 and S. Trains 241 and 242 between Chanute and Joplln discontinued. f. Schedules. On the Union Pacific the following trains have been discontinued, accord ing to Claude Frain, local ticket agent: Trains Nos. 107-108, Kansas City to Junction City, local. Trains Nos. 169-170, Kansas City to Oakley, local. Trains Nos. 103-104 will make local stops to replace service of the four discontinued trains. Fifteen local freight trains which have -been operating daily for years over Union Pacific lines In the state have been placed on the following "every-other-day schedule:" No. 159 will leave Kansas Citj Mon days, Wednesday and Fridays. No. 158 will leave Topeka Tuesdays. Thursday and Saturdays. No. 149 will leave Topeka Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. No. 150 will leave Junction City Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. No. 1 50 will leave Junction City Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. No. 158 will leave Sallna Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No. 151 will leave Ellsworth Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. No. 152 will lave Ellis Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No. 171 on Leavenworth branch will run Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri days, making round trip on those days. Nos. 168-165 will leave Sallna Mon days. Wednesdays and Fridays. Nos. 166-167 will leave Belolt Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays. Nos. 181-182, on McPherson branch, will run Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, making round trip on those days. No change In local service between Salina and Ellsworth or on Plalnville branch. Cuts on Missouri Pacific schedules Include: Trains 103-104 between Kansas City and Osawatomie. Trains 11-12 between Kansas City and Pueblo. To replace trains 11 and 12 there will be operated a local between Hols ington and Pueblo, the schedule of which has not yet been determined. Schedule changes are effective at midnight fnnight. Saltan. Knn. Ben Pearl wanted trt see what the weather was, but his feet slipped and Ben cut his chin wide open when he finally landed on the bottom step. He's afraid now he'll get curious about some thing else and break hla nerk. GIVEN SURPRISE Mrs. Clemens Is Wonderfully Benefited by Tanlac. Had Suffered Ten Years, But Is Well and Strong, Now. Ma doesn't have to Esk me what -corn flakes I like 5ne knows cf answer Post TOASTItS "Tanlac has not only overcome my troubles but it has given me so much life and strength that I feel better than I have in ten years," was the state ment made by Mrs. Angle Clemens who lives at 9 6 College avenue, Rose dale, Kan., while talking to, the Tanlac representative the other day. "During the past ten years I have been troubled so bad with indigestion, rheumatism, nervousness and liver trouble-that my condition had become serious," Mrs. Clemens continued. "My appetite was poor and what little I ate disagreed with me and gave, me terri ble pains in my stomach and gas formed so bad that it made breathing difficult for me. The rheumatism was all thru my system and troubled me nearly all the time and my liver both ered me a great deal. I was so ner vous that the least little sudden noise or sound would make me jump and at night I was too restless to sleep good and many a time I have lain awake till after midnight unable to close my eyes. Every morning I got up so weak and tired that all day long I felt worn out, and at times I could not walk around the house on account of the pains in my knees and back. I spent hundreds of dollars on different kinds of medicines and treatments but I got only temporary relief and I was in such wretched health I knew I couldn't go on in this condition much longer. "Finally I began to read about Tan lac in the papers and as some of my neighbors who had tried it recom mended it to me, t commenced taking it. And to my surprise I was fpeling greatly improved by the end of the first week and I kept on getting better until now I am. in fine health again. I have a splendid appetite, everything I eat digests perfectly with no bad ef fects at all. My liver is in fine condi tion and the rheumatism has just about all disappeared and my nerves are as steady as a clock. I sleep sound all night long, and get up feel ing so fine that my housework is a pleasure to me and I am gaining in weitrht and strength right along. Tanlac deserves all the credit for my well and happy condition and I am only too glad to recommend it pub licly for it has done more for me than everything else combined." Tanlac is sold in Topeka by Tully-McFarland Drug Co.. 835 Kansas Ave. and 729 Kansas Ave. Adv. M. Penwell, President. Phone 775. 11, M. Johnson Sec'y Tress, Phone 3019. THE L. M. PENWELL UNDERTAKING CO. 506-SOS-filO Qui.,cy Street. Pnon. 13: immiiiimiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimit: Auto I ires This week we are solline all size tires at bijr reductions. All popular, standard No. 1 makes In stock. An parly selection secures a good purchase. Auto Parts Co. 504 Quincy. Phone 164S aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinir: I VAUDEVILLE ACTS Mighty Good 2nd Episode "TRAIL OF THE OCTOPUS" Matinee, 20e Night. 2k--35c Tax Included GRAND Friday. Dec. 12, Saturday, Dec. 13, Saturday matinee. Matinee. 50c to 1.50 Nights, 50c to 52.00 Seats Tuesdaj Mail orders now Store hours 9 to 5 Mail Orders filled Christmas stocks and Christmas service are at their height! a store alive, alert," able and abundant 1 1 J.- M reaay ana on izpwe 10 serve: Christmas goods are here in greatest abundance beautiful, fresh and inviting. It is only fair to say that market conditions are decidedly dif ferent now to what they are in ordinary times the most of the Christmas goods cannot be replaced, once they are sold. People who shop NOW will have the satisfaction of making selections at the most auspicious time to secure a choice from the best of everything as we say in the heading, Christmas stocks and Christmas service are at their height The morning hours are decidedly the best for Christmas shopping Helping "Santa" by directing special attention to some of the out-of-the-ordi-nary things suitable for gifts. THIS velvet Robe is almost unbelievably beautiful in its rich color And that rich color Is soft warm rose, which being of silk velvet, al most glows. Fuzzy, soft fur snug gles about the throat and wide cuffs and a graceful drape folds across the front. Wouldn't she Just 'love' Buch a creation? Its price Is $71.10. v C ASSY Billie Burke Pajamas would be a. cunning and dainty Gift One pair particularly is of palest pink satin trimmed around the sleeves, neck and waist with blue ribbon. The -little yoke is finely tucked and a bit of hand embroid ery trims the front of the yoke and the two tiny pockets on the trousers. The price of this gar ment is $20.96. T ITTLE silk Bags of French Tapestry are adorably feminine Of course, they would be of rose or old blue silk with attractive com binations of gold net and lace that's the French way. Some of them have a tiny powder puff tn them and a mirror on the bottom ideal for parties. Prices range from 59c to $2.59. I T'S come which has been so scarce Now is the time to buy lengths of its snowy fineness and make dainty Gifts of Handkerchiefs, fine Linger ie and smart hand-made Blouses. Just around the corner you might buy narrow Footings and make the most adorable Handkerchiefs with ruffling of Footing. They are very new in fact, the newest. WOULDN'T a sof t woolen Comfort be a lovely Gift? The youns lady about to go to college would appreciate it, brother would find it mighty 'comfy' on the sleeping porch, mother appre ciates its airy' lightness and father doesn't mind having the window wide open after he possesses a wool ,-Comfort. They are pretty patterns in rose and blue and priced 118.00 and $18.50. A 'SHINY' length of rich chiffon Velvet would be welcomed It would be welcomed not only for it's own beauty of texture but because really smart women wear plain, stunning gowns of silk vel vet. This one piece of Jet black is 47 inches wide and from 3 to 4 yards would make a beautiful even ing, dinner or afternoon gown. Triced $10.00 a yard. A PERKY Hair Bow is the right Gift for the Little Lady There are glorious Ribbons from which to choose. Bright plaids which range in price from 7 Be to 89c, heavy moires ifrom 50c to 98c, rich satins from 89c to 11.25, and crisp taffetas from 45c to 98c. There 1b most every color Imagin able and when you buy your Rib bon the young ladies will tie the fluffiest stick-upy' bow you ever saw free! A WATCH would please Brother There are fine ones of Ingersoll nnd other makes which would wear so well and be really practical Prices on these Watches range from $2.10 to $15.75. A. very spe cial value is that of a Wrist Watch which has, a 7-Jewel Swiss move ment, radio-light dial and is made by the New Haven Watch com pany and that insures Its worth. The remarkably low price of this Watch is $9.45. MEW Cuff Links have come for 'him They are of silver and beautiful enamel in such good-looking jat terns. Of course, they are the soft French cuff style and prices range from $1.00 to $2.50. Overheard in Toyland "I wanna ride in here" a pretty little girl said as she pointed to a wee milk wagon which was hardly large enough to hold a Doll. "Oh mamma! 'lookut' this swell Tank" one little chap said as he pointed to a large Tank which he had slipped on the floor and run himself. Santa, is in Toyland every day now so there is another reason to bring the Kiddies and make them happy for a glorious hour or so. Santa Claus is in Toyland every day Aren't Kiddie Kars fun-to ride? Just ask the kiddies and they will tell you very quickly that they ARE. Santa Claus must not forget about Kiddie Kars when 'he' Is making up 'his' lists so here Is a little reminder. For instance, there is a particu larly fine Kiddie Kar of small size which is priced very moderately it $1.50 A Kiddle Kar which Is a Walk-O-Toy, is built with a painted horse's head on it and comes in three sizes at 81.08, $2.48 and 52.98 Another Kiddie Kar is adjustable to three sizes Just think how long it would last for that swiftly grow ing little person. Priced $2.98 A Speedo Kiddie Kar U built like an auto speedster and is brightly painted. Priced $2.95 A Kiddie Kar which is built like a large truck and has a Dump-cart on the rear which will really dump Is priced.. $3.45 The head of a fanny Waffle Hound Is on another Kiddie Kar and you can cock his ears and move his tail at such queer angles. Triced ..$3.08 TartaBd 1 at FMletler's. PelletierV Christmas News a great help to those who cannot come o the store. Tour request on a postal will bring a copy by return mail. A little sale of little girls' Dresses Very attractive little Dresses such as Miss 2 to 6 needs for everyday wear. Of superior quality gingham in plain colors and pretty plaids, fashioned in cunning Empire styles with fancy yokes, button trimmings and patch pockets little girls' reg ular $2.2? and $2.50 Dresses on spe cial sale 4 aa Tuesday X0?f 2nd Floor Pelletler's Early Shopping Sales 10 to 12, Tuesday no 'phone orders for these, please. Every day "The Store of the Christmas Spirit" is offering new, money-saving reasons for early shopping early in the day. Tuesday we're going to sell $1.00 boxes of Stationery for 69c Stationery" is always a very practical and very acceptable gift and a bo of such Stationery as this would receive a royal welcome. Indeed. Beautiful quality fabric finished Correspondence Paper and Envelopes: forty-eight sheets of paper and forty-eight Envelopes in white and dainty tints all the $1.00 boxes of Stationery will be on special CL Q sale from 10 to 12 Tuesday morning at... UC and $2.00 boxes of Stationery for $1.39 Included are Crane's finest linen Correspondence Papers regular $2.00 boxes of seventy-two sheets of Paper with Envelopes to match; white and dainty tints on special sale from 10 to 1! Tuesday 1 O Q morning XOZ Stationery Mala Floor PeUeller's i Women's $9.50 Sweaters for $5.95 Good serviceable, medium weight wool Sweaters; the button-to-the-neck and Tuexdo styles In Copen hagen, rose, coral, sand and tur quoise i small lot of regular $9.60 ones on special, sale as long as they last C QC Tuesday. 3.7D Sad Floor Pelletler's Door Mat weather is here and here are the Mats; of Al cocoa fiber, well made and serviceable. 14x24-in. cocoa Door Mats, $1.20 20x33-in. cocoa Door Mats. 9.-8 22x3S-in. cocoa Door Mats. 3.48 'phone for one; call E30 4th Flow Pelletler's The Rubbers are here plenty of them! You can always depend on Pelletler's in an emergency Last week's sloppy, slushy weather cleaned up practically all the Rubbers in Topeka. As a result of a most urgent "wire" direct to the factory and a fast express shipment, we have plenty of Rubbers again; came Saturday afternoon all kinds for women and men girls and boys Regular and storm styles, some fleece lined for extra warmth and some with red gum rubber soles for extra wear. Women's 95c to $1.25 Girls' 65c to 85c Boys' 95c to $1.25 Men's $1.20 to $2.10 The Women's sad Girls' In th &ho Section Xnd Floor Pelletler'a Th Mn nnd the less expnW ones la th Basement Shoe Section Pelletler's Just here a book picturing and telling how to make dozens and dozens of Ribbon novelties for Christmas A beautiful de Luxe book; a veritable gem of printing and picturing featuring the very newest in Ribbonology and offering dozens and dozens of suggestion for making dainty gifts for Christmas. Ask for one at the ribbon counter free, of course they're part of fhe Pelletier Christmas service. Rtbboa Hortfon Mnhn floor Pelletier- Continuing Tuesday The clearance of the finer Suits. Coats and Dresses at drastic reductions! Another case of pushing the sale calendar ahead a full month. Ordinarily, reductions of this sort come in January Clearance Sales and here they are the fore part of December! $49.75, $59.75 and up to $75.00 garments for $38.50, $72.50, $79.50 and up to $119.50 garments for $58.50 Included are practically all garments of the better grades: the exclusive, one-of-a-style Suits, Coats and' Dresses all at reductions moat drastic, indeed! The Coats In one lot were fifty-two Coats that were originally priced $49.75. $69.75, $65.00 and $69.75 OO ft your choice of this lot. OO.OU In a second lot were fifty Coats that were originally priced $72.60, $75 00, $79.50 $89.50 and $99.60 your choice of this gQ And other beautiful, high class Coats at even greater reductions! The Suits In one big lot were a hundred and three Suits that were orifrinallv priced. $59.50. $69.76, $75 "A and $79.60 your choice. OO.DU In another lot were fifteen Suits that were oriptnally priced $85.00. $89.75, $115.00 and $119.50 your choice of this gg 'And the beautiful Fall Opening; Suits at even greater reductions! The Dresses Some wonderful silk and wool Dresses that were originally priced $49.75, $59.75, $62.50, $66.00 and $69.75 have been marked QQ Cfl down to OOmiU A dozen beautiful silk and wool dresses that were originally PQ FJA priced $62.50. $69.50 $75.00 and $79.50 are Included In this sale atDOrtJU A $99.50 Dress Is marked down to $68.50; a $159.50 Dress is reduced te $09.50 and a $369.60 Dress is reduced to $168.50 On sale 10 to 12 Tuesday Some $12.95. $14.98 'and S1S.S0 Blouses and Rntslan Blouses of Georgette and Crepe de China In pastel and suit shades will be on Some $8.95, $9.95 and $11.95 Blouses of finest silk Georgette in suit shades and the daintiest of pastel colorings will be on special sale from 10 to 12 Tuea- f OA day morning. special sale from 10 to 1ft QQ 12 Tuesday morning JLI07 The Apparel Sertloa tre Fl Pelletler's Christmas Tors We advise early choosing j Christmas Doll We advise early choosing Choice off all i in the Basement $19.75 values to $25.00 Women's and misses' Dresses of fine qual ity serges and taffeta silks and satins; black, navy blue and browns in a great variety of styles Tuesday all the $21.75, $22.60 and $25.00 Dresses In the Basement will be on special sale In 4 k one lot at....... A7a 9 $12.50 Dresses $10 Neat, stylish, serviceable Dresses for misses and women; fashioned in the popular coat style of good quality navy blue serge, finished with silk vests our regular $12.50 Dresses on spe- i cial sale In the Basement Tuesday p JL W Angora Shawlettes or Reefers, the newest and smartest light weight wrap of the season; ultra stylish, serviceable and sensible. Here In the Base ment Is a good selection of colors and com binations very moderately priced $6.98 to $10.00 Knitted Reefers as low as $3.98 PEt.LETIEB'S BABGAIJ BASEMENT 10 to 12, Tuesday $6.00 Blankets for $1.00 in this way: Buy a pair at the very-low, regular Basement price of $6.00 (and they're mighty good Blankets for six dol lars, too) and we'll sell you a second pair for $1.00. Lots of folks who need only one pair will "club" with a friend or neigh bor and split the saving. Big, 70x80-inch, good weight, white cotton Blankets, soft, warm and serviceable. This offer is for two hours, 10 to 12 Tuesday morning, only, In the Basement the first pair for $6.00 and the second '4 f f pair for JL .Ut $10.50 Blankets $8.75. Heavy weight. 60 wool Blan kets in bright color blue, tan and gray plaidsextra good reirulsr $10.50 Blankets on spe- A "IJJ cial safe Tuesday .0b m 9 $7.50 Blankets $5.50 Big. 70x80-inch wool nap Blan kets In the popular light tan shade with pink or blue borders extra Pelletler's Bsrgela BasmeDt good regular $7.50 Blankets on sale in the Basement Tues- CI day... Sb9 $6.00 Blankets $4.75 70x80-lnch soft, warm, fleecy cot ton Blankets in plain gray and white and In gray, blue and tan plaids two of our regular 6.fi9 Blankets on special sale mf y In the Basement Tuesday M Crest Mere Within a Stare Men's and boys' Sweaters on special sale men's and women's Union Suits at reduced prices Boys' $2.00 Sweaters of food heavy cotton; the coat and the slip-on styles In gray, navy blue and khaki; sizes for boys of 8 to 16 years on sale in the f A Ck Basement Tuesday. JL "rSr Men's $2.50 Sweaters of heavy weight cotton with high roll col lars; very warm and serviceable; sizes tt to 46 in gray and navy blue on special sale In the Basement. Tues- t sfX day...... JL iUO Pelletler's Barsala Butml A Great Store WltMa a Etere Women's $4.O0 I'nlon Knits of me dium weight silk-and- wool; the low neck, sleeveless, ankle length style In sizes 84 to 44 on special sale Tue- f day Pelletler's Bargaia B.wirt A Men's $3.00 I nion Kuils of medium and heavy weight wool-and-cot- ton: sizes it to 44 in gray and ecru on special Basement Tuesday Great (Mare Wlthis a Stare. iJr in the 2.19

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1919 nmtsi An Independent Newspaper BY RANK P. MAC LENNAN VOLUME XLI :NO- 2 Entered as itcoml clnss uulter.. OFFICIAL PAPKlt CITE OF TOl'EKA Sub.crlptloo Bate. I'.y mall In advance, one year $4.80 t Ity mail In ailrnnee. six months.... '.Mil By mail hi advance, three months.. l. liy uuiil In nilrance. one month... .50 Kale Iit Carrier. One week 12, cents Two week for a quarter 'J. cents 'our Heeks 00 cents Telephone 3o30. Eastern office: Pan! Itlnck, retirement J -live. No. 95 Ma.llson avenue. New orK'. Mnllera riiill.liiig. Chicago; Little Mil.. -...s;ou; Krrsge building. Detroit: Lewis UldC. Buffalo. Members: Associated Press. American ewsyini.r Publishers' Associations Audit i:nri'iiu of Circulation. JlEMllKK To' Till! ASSnClATEB PRB8I Tue Associated PreRa li exclusively er tltled ti tiie use fur publication or all news dispatches credited to It or not other wise credited in this paper and also the local, news published herein. Information for all rkakers of j TUB TOPEKA STATE JOtBJiAL. Kncli reader of The State Journal t i.rfcwl the unlimited use ot the largest In forinittiou bureau in the world. Tliia Service Bureau Is located In the na tional rniiilal. where It Is In Immediate touch with all the .great resources ol the t 'tilted States Kon n uieut. It can answer practically any question you want f ask. but It can't give ad vice, nor make exhaustive research. Tiie war fori-ed so many changes In ths ilnilv life of the American people that the services of this liiforumtloii bureau will be Invaluable lo all wl use It. Keep in touch with your government at nil times. It can help you In a tuonsaml ways If your wants ore only made known. The State Journal paya for th!a splendid scrvu-e in order that every one of Its read ers iiiiit take free advantage of ft. You are welcome to use it as often as you like. Write vour minest briefly, sign your name mid address plainly, enclose a 2-cent stamp for return postaee nml address, the Till'KKA STATU JOl'ltNAL, INr'OltMA THIN HI KKAI". Frederic J. Haiklo. lJirector, Washing ton, i. t There is some curiosity existing re garding the attitude toward non-union mined coal that will be taken by those who now refuse to buy non-union flour or patronise those who sell it. Will they refuse to burn coal which may hereafter come from the Pitts burg mines? President Wilson is reported to have let it be known that he is opposed to a break with Mexico at this time. That probably will be enough for the Senate. The president could have found no surer way of bringing about a vote for the Fall resolution. It is reported that the Mexicans have released Jenkins, but not In re sponse to the demands of the United States government. They waited until tliey got ready and also got another bunch of money. Jenkins has been a bi.nanxa to Mexicans in need of cash. Iiarve Tarsons calls attention to the f-.ft that the bee gets thru the winter v .ibout a lick of work. But appar ently the bee lias nothing- on the union ci-al miner, at that. Governor Allen Is reported to have placed on the mining job mules which understand both the Knglish and the ICansas languiiBe, but any experienced mule whacker will tell the governor tiv.t unless they understand a third I language the profane -they are wSi nitjn wortnictrh. Many who were loud In their de mand that the rich be made to pay the cost of the war, now are Just as loud in thilr denunciation of the ex cess profits tax. But it is better late tiian never in getting right on the tax .proposition. Most people have known jill alonti who was paying for the war. A tax of any kind usually can be shifted by everybody except the ulti mate consumer. It is he who Is pay ing the cost of the war. Failure of the United. States to enter the League of Nations will accentuate the necessity fbr universal military training. Many authorities agree that 'had we possessed a six months mili tary training program our casualties in the war would have been but two thirds the number they reached. Uni versal service is a necessity in war. Universal training is a necessity in peace to prepare for war. The train ing will not increase a man's liability ;to serve in war. Neither will he be subject to call while in the camps for the suppression of strikes or riots. That is the function of the police and state troops. Only by act of congress in case ot war can any American be obliged to carry arms. HAS THE CRISIS PASSED? That the crisis of Industrial unrest in this country has been passed and that better business conditions may be anticipated from now on is the view taken by the National Bank of Com merce in New York in its market let- "ter in the December issue of its maga zine. Commerce Monthly. The bank points to the failure of the steel strike, the yielding of the coal miners to con- 'stituted authority, and the plans for 'deporting dangerous aliens, as signs of better days. As a result of the coal strike, the -bank says, ,the production of bltumln uus coal has been greatly curtailed. In the week ending November 8, less than a third as much coal was mined as the ivernqe for the four weeks" ended October 25. October pig iron produc tion was only 1.S63.558 tons, the smallest monthly output since Feb ruary, 1 9 1 5. "Production of crude petroleum in September, the latest month for which statistics are available, made a new record, 34.457,000 barrels. Wool con sumption for September was f0,000, 000 pounds. This is the highest monthly consumption for any. month in this year excepting July, when 63,000,000 pounds were consumed. Cotton consumption in October was 64.031 bales over the preceding month, being 555,244 bales. There were more active cotton spindles reported In October than ever before. Building contracts awarded for the month of October were higher than for any pre ceding month of the current year. Great activity is reported In the de mand for practically all grades of merchandise, and the customary in crease In retail business preceding the holidays is felt to an even greater de gree than usual. "Summarizing, the entire situation," says the'' bank, "furnishes no' ground for discouragement, and it seems like ly that better conditions may now be anticipated for each succeeding month." THE DAKOTA EXPERIMENT. There are indicatiors that Non- I partisan League machine in North Dakota has slipped a cog. In a special message recently sent to the legisla ture, Gov. Lynn J. Frazier recommend ed the appointment of a committee "to investigate the illegal and im proper expenditure of state funds and j illegal accounts of public officials. Th j Nonpartisan League system laid itself peculiarly liable to disquietude and suspicion Oe moment it achieved political victory. Tho in spirit it was Intensely democratic, in method i was the sublimation of autocracy. So long as It had as its moving incentive the belief of the North Dakota farmers that they were being victimized by powerful outside interests. It followed the leader, put up money, took orders fror- central authority and functioned with the efficiency of an arm-. But success put a terrible strain upon the stropg human nature ele ment involved. When the farmers had everything their own way, they had more1 leisure to question what was be ing done with their funds. The be ginning of trouble of this kind came with the failure of a powerful state bank which had been favored with the patronage of the Townley inter ests and had handled millions of dol lars of Nonpartisan League money. The danger in any movement for the betterment of a class ir In the sub stitution of the political organization for the business organization. The successes among co-operative organi zations have been made by keeping the control among those who actually contribute to the support of the or ganization. The successful organiza tions are independent and self-supporting and do business on business principles. A political organization doea not do business on business prin ciples. The qualifications that get a man elected to public office are not necessarily tho qualities that make a capable business man. The right to have a voice in the administration of .business affairs is not properly based upon the same reasons as the right to have a voice in making of laws af fecting personal rights and liberties. The management of business ven tures should be in the hands of the owners or patrons where the use of capital is required, or where support is dependent upon the patronage of a portion of the community. This is sound policy not only because it pro motes the success of the enterprise, but because it is just and gives a proper recognition and incentive to those who contribute to the success. at the same time lay' lg no burdens upon those who are not directly in terested and whose activities and re sponsibilities are In other lines. There Is no better way of trying out proposals to substitute' new methods for old'than by the competitive test. The most economical and serviceable method should be adopted, but it should prove its superiority, and -not expect to be adopted upon a theoreti cal showing. In many states farmers' mutual companies, for insurance pro tection, and for the operation of creameries and elevators, are well established. They have demonstrated their service. Other, but less numer ous, mutual companies .handle live stock, and merchandise,, and great numbers of local banks are controlled !by farmer stockholders. All of his is a natural and gratifying develop ment, and nobody can set any bounds to it. The movement is free to go and ought to go as far as it can demon strate Its efficiency, and that may be farther from year to year. If the farmers wish to buy up the stores. mills, packing houses, banks and newpapers in localities where they are able to do it, here is no ground for objection, so long as they use only their own money. But when the under take to use the money of the whole people, trouble Is almost certain to follow. Commentlng on the demand for re form in taxation made by President Wilson in his annual message to con gress, the Detroit News truthfully says: The administration will greatly strengthen itself with the people if lt i will avail Itself of such opportunities- as offer to evidence sincerity in its avowed desire to effect reforms of this kind. And it is not at all under the necessity of awaiting the rather slow processes of legislation. There is nothing to hinder the president from using the authority he already pos sesses to put the brakes on reckless expenditures, to curb the departments of government in their tendency to secure each for itself the maximum of appropriations without regard for the mounting general budget and to make sure that such taxes as are collected are expended economically and wisely. Power now rests in the hands of the executive to effect noteworthy reforms in these directions. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL Information Bureau FREDERIC J. HASKIN, Director. Washington, D. C. TREES "AS COURT WITNESSES. Washington, D. C. Dec 6. The ownershlp tit oil wells and oil lands worth many millions, down along the Ked river vrttere It forms the bound- t ary line between Texas and Oklahoma, J may depend upon the testimony of the j elms and cottonwoods which grow near the banks of the river. I The testimony of the trees is thus important because the river is the I culprit. The river is suspected of stealing land from one state and giv ing it to another. And only the trees have been watching the river all the time. Only the forest knows, in this strange case, what the river has done. Men nave lorgotten. In the sanoy Red river flood plain, which is several miles wide between high bluffs, the river and the forest I have fought a battle for centuries- rne silt or tne muuuy river naa iorm- that the boundary between the two ed islands; on the islands trees have j states is Just where it was before the grown; the silt has filled one of the freshet. channels that encircles some, island i This regal distinction between accre and the forested island has become j tion and avulsion may seem clear and a part of the mainland, and seem- good to you, or it may not. But it ingiy a permanent part. is plainly going to allow the lawyers lne the river, wrestling with its to do much brilliant-talking in the loads of silt like a serpent with its j Red river case. For the question prey, has rolled over against the naturally arises, did the Red river ao mainland, and slowly worn it down or j crete or did lt vuse? The trees can bitten a way thru it, uprooting trees and burying them in bottomless quick sands. This process has been going on for eons, perhapj, and has been repeated innumerable tunes. Men Knew that it was going on but-they attached no importance to it. When a treaty was made between Spain and the United j isjtates rn 181S, the Ked river was made part of the boundary between what was then Spanish Texas and Okla homa, and the Ked river has been the boundary between the two states ever since. It was generally considered that the south or Texas bank of the Red river was the boundary. But for a long time no one worried as to which bank it was, or where the bank was. Texas owned the prairie south of the river and Oklahoma owned that to the north. No one wanted the sterile, flood-swept sand plain be tween. Then a few years -ago of! was dis covered in that sandy plain, and especially on the part of it which was covered with forest, and which jutted out from the Texas bluffs, pushing the. river back- against the Oklahoma bluffs. On this bit of forest land, con taining perhaps two thousand acres, there are oil wells which produce wealth by millions, and which have just begun to produce. New wells are being opened every month. Pipes are being sunk even in the bfd of the river. Now certain Oklahoma citizens have suddenly recalled to mind the pranks of that river. They perceive that quite probably at one time the river ran south of that precious bit of forest land, instead of north of it. They perceive Uiat by shifting its course, the river may have deprived the state of Oklahoma of a very valu able bit of taxable, property and an Important natural resource. The old Spanish-American treaty by which the boundary line waa fixed, merely named the river as the bound ary. It said nothing about where the river was. It mentioned no other or more stable natural features. It did not fix the boundary by latitude or longitude as modern boundaries are fixed. Taking all these facts into account, the Oklahomans filed a stilt against Texas, claiming the Red Rivef oil lands for Oklahoma on the ground that when the treaty was made, one hundred years ago, the river ran south of the oil 1: nds The United States government lso immediately filed suit against Texas, because if these oil lands are really in Oklahoma, they are probably United States public lands, and the oil wells by law belong to the people of the United States as a w-hole. Some Kiowa Indians who have allot ments of land along the river may also be the rightful Qwners of all or a part of the oil lands, and they are charges of the government, their interests in the matters also making it necessary for the department of justice to enter the case. The first thins to be determined is where the Red river ran in 1810. Needless to say no man remembers. Nor is there any written record of the matter. Only the trees know. And the1 trees, it appears will tell. For the United States government has sent to the spot Beveral of the best ecologists in the country, and they have made exhaustive reports, which tend to prove by the trees just where the river was in 1819. An ecologist Is a student of tree growth. The growth of a tree Is reg istered in the rings of wood which anyone may see in a stump. By using a certain peculiar sort of boring tool, an ecologist can get a cross section of a tree and count the number of rings therein without cutting the tree down. In a word, the ecologists can learn the age ot every tree on that bit of sandy flood plain. The flood plain has the same soil everywhere and all of it has been equally exposed to the seeds of the forest. If a tree a hun dred years old is found, it is certain that the river has not run in that spot for a hundred years. And if, on an other strip of the land, all trees are about thirty-five years old, lt is prac tlcally certain that the river did run thru that strip about thirty-five years ago.. By this process of tree study, the ecologists have traced all the wander ings of the river for the past hun dred years. They have very clearly marked out about half a dozen of its channels, and have determined with an accuracy which it is hard to ques tion just about the date at which it abandoned each of those channels for a new one. And this testimony of the ecologists does tend to- establish the claim of Oklahoma that in the year 1819. when the old treaty was made, the Red river ran several miles south of its present course at the point where the oil wells are. Even if the state of Oklahoma man ages to establish this point by ex pert testimony, as It now seems proba ble that it will, the case is by no means w n by that state. For the law enters into this matter as well as the river. In the old'-, days a great many river were named as boundaries, and by their peculiar pranks they have caused much litigation. Virginia and Kentucky fought over the Ohio river; 'Georgia and Tennessee wrangled as to what the Chatta hoochee did while no one was looking; Nebraska and Iowa fell out over the irresponsible meanderings of the Mis souri river. And there have been numerous other cases of lesser import ance involving the tendency of rivers to steal land from one bank and be stow it on the other. As a result, an immense amount of legal precedent has been built up about this whole matter of land-stealing by rivers. Just as the river has crone on carving channels and piling up layers of silt in a highly confus ing way, so the lawyers and judges have been at work piling up a struc ture of precedent as myterioua as the record of the river. Thus it has repeatedly been held that there are two ways in which, a river may steal land from a man or from a state by accretion or avul- sion. If a river which is the bound ary between two states slowly gnaws away part of one of them and adds a corresponding area to the other, it is held that the river is still the botyid-. ary. The state that loses land is simply in hard luck and the state that gains is In good luck. This precedent is apparently justi fled by the facts that it is impossible accurately to follow or to determine a slow process of accretion, and that what is lost by a state at one point may be gained at another. But if this same river, in a sudden freshet, shifts its course two miles. cutting a large chunk. of land off of one state and adding an equal amount to another, this process is called avulsion, and it has always been held- tell where it used to be. but they can not tell how it moved. Did it bite this valuable chunk out of Oklahoma all at once or did lt eat away little by little? Th nril conduct of the river wouid seem to indicate that it is more inciined to avulsion than to accretion, But it is evidart from the number of channels located by the ecologists, that there must have been many aucces- there must have been many succes sive avulsions. Now the question may well arise, does a long series of avul sions amount to an accretion? Thus you see what a subtle thing is the law, and how great matters may hang upon a distinction as fine as the hair of a frog. ape- Pop and roe was taking a wawk be fore suppir, me asking lot of ques tion and getting ansers to about half, and all of a suddln I had a ideer to ask pop a question and then quick sneek erround in back and wawk on the other side ofhim. Wlch I did, saying, Pop? Questions, questions everyware and not a drop of thawt, sed Top. -.7 If horses ony had on leg do you think they could ony run one quarter as fast? I sed. And I quick snuck erround. 'back and kepp oil wawking on pops other side, and pop sed. You mustbe w f 111 thersty for information today. y dont you ask me a hard, one? And he looked down to ware I use to be but wasent, saying, Ware, the doose are you? And he looked down on the other side, saying. How the mischiff did you get over heer? Dident you know I was heer, pop? I sed. And we kepp on wawking and pritty soon I sed,- Do you think it Would make you mutch smarter if you lerned about 25 langwidgea, pop? And I snuck erround on the ferst side agen, and pop sed. It would either make me smarter or kill me, LitikBetit agen? Do you think my neck is made u,rne1 ba ,her marking. A cer t rhh.r hnw rr.arw nis.e. H vnn 1 ta'n amused defiance had reulaced the of rubber, how many places do you wunt to be at one time? Dident you know I came back agen, pop I sed. O shut up, sed pop, and I sed. Do you think Id make a good detecktrve? And I quick snuck back to the other side agen, and pop eed I think you would make a better eel confowned I it, now this has got to stop. Ive axuilly got a pane in the neck trying to find you. Wy, dident you know I came over on this side aKen, pop? I sed. This w.iwk has gone far enuff, to put lt mildly, sed pop. And we start ed to go back pop keeping a hold of me by the eer all the way so I could ent change eny more. Mr. Fatboy puffed Into the butch er's shop and stood scowling till the wielder of the chopper was flee to attend to him. Then he broil out fretfully: "Those pigs' feet I bought of you didn't taste- right." "Whrit was wrong with 'em?" "Don't know, exactly, but they had a .flat ta.ste." '"Well, you see, sir," said the butcher who was tired of complaints, "there's been quite an epidemic of flat feet in town lately." "Parks says he was first attracted by his wife's voice." "And now he is distracted by It." tSl15Tl5lSl5lSlSlnSlSlSlSlS j Dinner Stories !Thc George Matthew Adams QUITE PERSONAL, INDEED. For over five years, now, I have been writing these little talks every day. My business is not that of a writer. I am a business man, at the head of my own business. I started writing at the suggestion of a friend. I worked my way thru high school and college and came to Chicago sev eral years ago to carve my fortune. I began at the bottom and worked my jvay up you see, I ran an elevator at the inspiring salary of three dollars a week! I had my upa and downs with a vengeance, for outside the very nature of the job. I was only paid monthly which was rather discouraging. But one day I walked out of the elevator car never to return excepting as a passenger. Now, I run a business and help en tertain about seventy-five million folks daily, thru a newspaper syndi cate. It's a wonderful businen mil T love it. But the happiest thtnr I do is to write these little talks between Evening Story j 1 .i 1. 1 1 1 1 1 The Riddle. BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON. "What goes down the chimney down and up the chimney' down, but won't go down the chimney up nor up tho chimney up?" Jimmp Sudds, third row, five, -recited the riddle glibly thru a missing front tooth, The school sat petrified not that it was a riddle, for Miss Eaton herself had suggested the form of recreation that day, much to their delight, but they were petrified by the enormity of the propositions Jimmy propounded. After a moment Miss Eaton sug gested gently, "Suppose you say it again, Jimmy; it's such a long one, you know. Now go very slowly." Again Jimmy, inflated with impor tance and the size of his riddle, re peated the amazing words. "That certainly is a hard one, Jimmy!" Miss Eaton remarked smil ing, and then realizing that fifty pairs of eyes recently concentrated on third row, five, had shifted, their gaze to the door behind her, she turned. Mr. Mllford, the principal, had opened it quietly, evidently just in time to hear the second rendition. Miss Eaton's cheeks took on a deeper tinge of pink, but she rose to the occasion beautifully. "Oh, Mr. Mllford, won't you help us guess riddles? It's recreation time, you know, and we thought we'd have them for a change. We are tired of our old games." Mr. Mllford was silent for a mo ment; then said crisply, "Miss Eaton, I'll send down some primary history readers. The children will like them, I think, and they are more improv ing than than riddles, I'm sure." Whereupon he went out and closed the door. But not before he had seen the deep rose in Miss Eaton's cheeks deepen to a painful crimson as she caugnt the implied rebuke. Outside he hesitated an Instant; then suddenly squaring his shoulders he strode over to hla desk in the office, where he savagely grabbed up his pen and proceeded to finish the application blanks for the following- term, wny was lt that Rebecca Eaton Insisted so on inviting repri mand? Why was it she waa always' doing something entirely without precedent, establishing a system of her own, so speak tearing down school ethics daily, abolishing that military pre cision tail naa been tne very founda tion of system. "Of course." he reflected, "her dis cipline is perfect, and" (he pulled a record of No. 6 out of a pigeonhole) "her year's average, is the highest in the school. But riddles I In school! Ridiculous!" "What goes down the chimney up and up the chimney down but won't go down the chimney. What was it that youngster waa saying?" Then suddenly straightening he ran a fin ger down the neglected page. "Where waa I? Miss Eliza Smart? Oh, yes! Age. 68. address street, town, state. I hereby do wish to be considered Again Mr." Milford's gray eyes wan dered out of the window to the line of maples waving gay salutes at the tufty white clouds above them. And Just beyond, a full grown, regular Santa' Claus chimney lifted Its capa ble shoulders. "What goes up the chimney up and down the chimney down? Where do you suppose that kid ever heard lt:? Mr. Mllford got up and paced his office rattling the keys In his pocket. "Now what can go up the chimney up, do. you suppose?" He stopped thoughtfully In front of a bookcase. "I'll just .take those history readers over to No. 5 myself and see if they're still guessing." But when Mr. Mllford appeared again in Miss Eaton's room his north ern latitude completely eclipsed by a pile of red-backed "History Read ers," No. t had its nose buried deep in multiplication tables. Miss Eaton helped him unload and msiresa tn ner oiue eyes which Mr. Mll ford noted with uneasiness. .He never enjoyer nor-understood her sense of humor. Once, he remembered, she had told him it was because he had been born without any himself. The smile had disappeared from his own "Pa. but not the curiosity from his brain. Re sought Jimmy's desk and showed him that 7x9 are not 64. "Oh, by the way; did they guess your riddle, Jim my?" he asked casually. "rfo, sir!" answered Jf.mmy promptly and proudly. "I had to tell 'em." But he volunteered no further information. "W111 you please stop In the of fice before you go this evening. Miss Eaton?" he said as he left. "The application blanks are ready for next year waiting for your signature." At 5:15 every blank had been fill ed, from Miss Tibby Tilbury who taught A B C in No. 1, to Miss Mar cia Stone who broke into Beginners Latin in A 8 th all except one. Miss Eaton .fmrn No. 5 had not appeared to affix her" signature to her applica tion. And another Mr. Richard Mil ford, principal, also had not put down his name. Until an hour ago he had fully intended to sign for the next term. Why then was he waiting? He looked anxiously at the blank for No J 5, then across the hall to the closed door. Things were beginning slowly to clear up in his mind. He was real izing now very keenly why he would or would not apply tor next year. It the busy hours. I, estimate that sev eral million people read them each day which makes me very happy the last two minutes before I fall asleep at night. But I would be so much happier if you, who get some good out of these talks, would tell me so every once in a while. I would write better talks. I am sure. And I wish you would tell me what you would like to have me write about. I get rather tame, I fear, at times. I have no desire for fame which is terribly fickle but I have a most dominant desire to-make these little talks helpful and the more inspiring they are to you, who have to work hard and strive hourly, the happier I' am- So won't you write a brief letter to me some day in care of thia paper, telling me how I can make these talks more helpful and suggest some titles you vould like to have me write about? I want to hava the chanca to THANK YOU' SANDRA THE JEALOUS By JANE PHELPS X IIAl'PY AN D UNEXPECTED SUR PRISE. CHAPTER XCV. I couldn't get that woman out of my mind for days. It seemed so pitiful. No wonder she felt hard, and looked hard too. I shivered as I thought how I would feel if I had to liste.i to Everett calling for some woman he loved and he had died with her name on his lips. It was too horrible. I made up my mind never to "play" with human hearts, aa that woman had put it to be fail and square in all 1 -did. For the first- time I had no wish to be like Leola. That was killed forever. I still longed for her fascina tions, but only to make my husband love me better, not to use to make him Jealous. That poor unhappy crea ture who had traveled across the ocean to upbraid Leola had effectually killed any admiration I had for the first Mrs. Graham. Someway, too, it made me feel more tolerant of Everett. If he knew these thing, he had suffered, if he had not known them, he waa to be pitied be cause she had made her position as his wife a cover for her flirtations. "Would you like to take Miss Lane and the baby and go home for a couple of weeks?" Everett asked me soon after this experience. "Why yes." "Why did you hesitate?" "Because I hated to leave you alone," I answered truthfully. "I beg your pardon, dear. I imag ined it was because of Miss Lane." "No I wouldn't dare travel alone with Junior," I said, all unconscious that I was admitting the wisdom of his decision to retain Miss Lane. "Then you can plan to leave Sat urday. X shall be very busy for the time you are away, could be at home perhaps but little. I thought it a good time for you to make your peo ple a visit." What a fuss father and mother and the boys made over Junior! Really, Miss Lane had to give in to mother, occasionally, and she was a bit more likable than when we left home, All my girl friends came to see me, and to admire baby. All hut Rose: I all depended on Rebecca Eaton, A shadow had come over the sun and darkened the world. At the same instant a quick little gust of wind blew- some papers off his desk. He had -not noticed the storm approach ing:. He shut the window beside him and stooped to pick up tha scattered sheets when he heard the door of No. 6 open and close softly and someone step quickly past the open door of the office. "Miss Eaton!" He'was beside her in an instant. The storm was di- r -tly overhead now and it was dark in the hall he could scarcely Bee her fata. But a bright flash, quick but all revealing, enlightened him con siderably. She had been crying! "You can't go out now," he protest ed, holding out a detaining hand. "It's beginning to pour." A deafen ing crash drowned his last words. "Come, I won't let you!" he insisted as she again moved toward the door, murmuring a remonstrance. Going- into the office and return ing with an Hmbrella. he asked cur iously, "Aren't you-going to apply for next term? We all want you back. -you'lenow." v- "No, I am not going to apply, air. Milford, I I don't want to come back. If I do it will be .the same old thing you'll disapprove' of everything I do, and and make fun of all my Ideas. Why. we were having the most fun today when you came in, and wou quite spoiled it all. "Oh. I musn't stay. The worst of the storm has gone round, and it's scarcely raining at all." There was no stopping her this time. There was nothing to do but follow. "I'm coming along whether you want me or not," he declared, "I've got two questions to ask you, and I've got to know the answer to both." He had caught up and drawn her hand thru his arm. "Yes?" curiously. The tears had quite gone now. "1 aon i want you to appiy mr school .next year after all. I want -you to marry ihe and keep house for: me. I I love you, Rebecca. I'm crazy about you. Do you would you Q w tne Monroe atrine? I mean could you ever love me. do 1 q j... you thing, dear? Such an old bearj This doctrine was contained In the an as I am?" Inmil wessnse of President Monroe lo con T I'll think about it," she said gress ninety-six years ago this month. faintly, trying to be very matter of What "l? J!"5 p hT' vinjlw slcal fitness test In the draft u. fact. And fortunately the Ktnaiy n, n ooo.ooo men who were ex- umbrella shielded them just then then from too curious eyes. "And the other what 8 the otner i perfection, with a percentage or ki.j. .--question, dear?" asked Rebecca after fcrnska, Kansas and Arlsona stood second, awhile when they reached the corner ttlnl frth .j-Jrg- and stood waitinc for the car. I and stood waiting for the car. "Oh," laughed Richard, "I'd for gotten. But do tell me. It's wor ried me to death.. What goes down the chimney down and up the chim ney down, but won't go down the chimney up nor up the chimney up?" "Why, an umbrella, of course!" she answered demurely. (Copyright. 1!1B. the McClore Neira neper. Smillcnte.l rnv. aTaY.n nTHF.R r.lTERH. I ass'LirJ a'j :?th" he "Va ISS Wsld'eTrimp And all that day It seemed to me all head was btKher In the air. "Oho," bis manner sr. roe.l to say, "behold In me a klDdly man! To help the needy and the poor I always do the beat I can." -Another rare a bit of gold that he eooIJ welt afford to spare And he too walked along the street as one who'd reailv dona hla share. And If you'd asked him he- have aald a "I am not steeped In selfishness, I always; proo'liy aa a morrai e help my fellowman-.! Now, pondering oa the gifts we make, I wonder where sach firing leads. naa he done everything lie shonld who gives what he no longer weeds T Has be the right lo pride himself whose kindly wonts are to. in ii That h has merely given away the thtngi which Be win never Too world seeds kindly men today, nn- selfish aaea who'll gladly give Some of the joys they crave t heti.se. ves that other men Hi peace may iitc a hnM,ir vision now we catch; no longer A DrJfto a""' That he has done bis dnty wbea he glrei bnt worn-out clothes away. Copyright 1919 PJ Eugar A. Guest. missed her dreadfully. Her "mother came over, and from what she aald I knew she had no idea that Rose was unhappy. She talked of soon gojng to Chicago on a visit. "I hope she will not go," I said to mother, at "Why, dear? That isa't a very nice wish." "Rose isn't happy, mother. If she goes she will be horribly distressed." "I'm very sorry. Runaway mar riages seldom turn out well. But we must hope for the best. Perhaps hea mother may be able to help her. I doubted it but as I felt I had no right to discuss Rose's affairs even with mother. I said no more. The two weeks fairly flew by. Then one morning came a letter from Everett, telling me when to return. That was like hlni. He Seemed to think it perfectly right to order my life as he wished. Strangely, this time I did not rebel, altho I waa having a wonderful time. There had been a sort of suppressed excitement in Everett's manner when he planned my visit that had excited my curiosity. It was different from anything I ever before had noticed in him, and so I was ready to return without grumbling. Dad wanted to wire him we couldn't grandson another week. But 'l laughed at him, and persuaded him not to be I foolish. Mother joined with me, altho she longed for us to remain. "We must do nothing to Interfere, father," she said. "We cannot live their lives for them, but we can at least keep from meddling," and father, as usual, gave in. It was a lovely day when we arrived in Hendon. Everett met us at the train, and seemed delighted to see me as well as the baby. To my surprise he had the same air of suppressed ex citement he had had when I went away, only now it was- even more no ticeable. "What has happened, Everett? I know there is something by your man ner." "Wait and see," was all he would lay. (Tomorrow :"Does lt please you, Sandra, then I am satisfied.") Moulton Musings BY ROY K. MOULTON. Stein I'p the Cosmic Tret?. Contentment lies, in the opinion of some, in being privileged to pick to pieces that which has been well done by another. The face value of a dollar is now al most as much as the interest on it used to be. The news that phone companies are j going to have service bureaus is eit j couraejnK. The "only living survivor" of 2.7 S per cent beer won't have much to his credit to be notable for. The economic situation seems to be overcrowded. All the "political cowards" should be lined up against a wall and given a plunge bath of publicity. "Ticket speculating" is not that it's a certainty. William Judkins Hewitt How We Have Sprat Onr IJfe. Wre are 3G years ot age,, and this Is how we have spent our time: One year buttoning our collar. Two years tying our necktie. Seven years waiting in barber shops. Four years looking at punk musical comedies. Six months sleeping. Nine years dodging bill collectors. Two years waiting for trains. Three year waiting for wife to get dressed. Two years chewing tough beefsteak. Four years looking for jobs. Six months working. Birthday anniversary next Sunday; celebration private. Kindly omit neck ties, socks and stickpins. "House of Commons Will Tackle the Irish Question" Headline. Good night. House of Commons. Questions -Answers I ,mni for militsrv serrlce. th men of Wyoming stood first In point of physleil 11.-0 A. The Children's rinreen sars that as a rule, babies are overfed rather Ihsa under, fed. Tint it the baby ertes as soon as the bottle is taken away, and again liefnre the next feeding time, a careful Increase may he made day by day toward a stronger mixture, stopping at a point where the iu fant Is satlsfleil. Q. Is It eorreet for a lady or nteman to remain seated when acknowledg-Iuf: au introduction B. A. It Is nerer correct for a gentletnsa to remain aentcd when introduced to anyone, unless be is physically nnaule to stafad. A a-ent!emsn rises when a la4y enters or ri- fiarts from the" room. A larty may offer her land whit seated, but it is considers! tuore conllsl to rise, o. Has the government any Surplus i army tents for sale? A. C. A. i lie war neparnueni says mm iwrv are bo new army tents for s!e. There are some snlraged one which the ajroTrrnmeut will sell. Q. .Wbr is the lanre teteacooe for atatlylnir the stars and planeta? H. M. A- The new telescope at the Mount Wil son Solsr Consemtorr. ia California, is the Unreal In the m-orld. Q. Are thero any ctairo-praetltionera in tne t,nitci scares? if A. t. U im.V.H'. .k. anno .Cvr Q. Who would preside at tmpeaclitnent proeee.lln.-B f a president of the I'oitetl Ptates? 1. II. A. The Constitution ssys that when the president of lb- I'nitod Sta'es Is tried, th chief justice of the supreme court shall presitl. It won III require two-tblr'ls of the seuatora present to Impeach a presblen. Q. i:aa von recoinmrnn a painless method for killing a dog? J. A. A. The Animal Hescne Intrne sars thit -the most painless sad satisfactory way to kill any animal la to eulorororm IT. iiom a apontre containing Ihe chloroform to the animal s head nntll it become nnmor-lmi" Attnm that 1. t H II I JIm,!, nostrils oettl life Is extlret. If It Is appl'el na the cloth and pat dry., Now place directly to the nostrils first. It will etHte in a sauce pan one cup of milk, three the animal and render the operation more quarters cup ot oyster fluid one-half dlfflrnlt. Jcup of frour. (Any reader can eT the answer I- V JIZ JOBrnill iutoTmatl Breaq. rrederh- I I iisscm. Director. WssnfntrroB. I. C. This i otrer applies strictly to information. The i nnrean cannot give advice on legal, me.ll-1 est. snd financial matters. It does sot at- i "'i'i "-ZZr V iinderta he exhassttve research on aar snb-1 i jtt. lr. fall same and ad.lr and en close two cent atrmp for return eoata-e. I Write yoar question plainly and brl-fly. I All replies are scat direct to tha Inquirer.) ON SECOND THOUGHT BT JAY E. HOUSE. (From Philadelphia public Ledgsr.) From contact with various and sun dry Philadelphia audiences we come; away with, this impression. Practical ly all of the pearls worn are genuine. It Is an unusual circumstance. Tak ing the country as a whole, we should say not more than half of the pearls disclosed boast an unclouded genesis. How can wo tell? It' is a simple exercise in psychology. The woman whose scenic investiture is "phony" unconsciously but Inevitably reveals the fact to those v. ho observa her closely. That ought to start tha women talk ing. It will, we fancy, give rise to controversy as to whether tha. column possesses unusual powers of divination or merely is "bluffing." At any rate, that is the purpose ot the paragraphs immediately preceding the present frank confession. There was a melodrama, once pop ular on the "small-time" circuit and t 1 1 1,3 ocauuiui Cloak Model." In ths first act tha villain threw the heroine in front of a moving train. In the second ho threw her off Brooklyn bridge. Ia the third he threw her off a steamer in New York bay. In the fourth he asked: "Why do you distrust me. Nellie. Not that We wish to point a moral or .adorn a tale, altho "Nellie, the Beau tiful Cloak Mcdel," yields Veadllly t auch purpose. It Is merely that w occasionally put to sea In an open bOi.t in an attempt to save unconscious hu mor from a watery grave. In a general way we view the end of the world, scheduled for December 1?, calmly and without regret. But we have not yet been able to reconcile ourself to the fact that If the expected nappens we snail lose half a month's rent. We note the complaint of a Phila delphia man that he Is compelled to live in a stable with some interest. If he concludes to move out we take this method of advising his landlord that we'll take it. We do not, however, wish to place all of our eggs In one basket. Our palpable bid for the stable In ques tion need not be construed as a repulse by any one who Is willing to open his chicken house or his dog kennel to paying guests. 1 Every community has Its weakness. But New York, we believe. Is the only place in the country where a six-day bicycle race takes in money enough at the gate to make such event an ob ject to promoters. s "I don't know how he beat me.", one of fiovern'or Coolldge's forgotten opponents la quoted aa saying, "except that he refused to answer any of tha questions I asked -him. I challenged him agnin and again to tell the people what he would do If elected, but he never would do it, and he never re plied to any of my questions." Wlthout,appylng the moral to Gov ernor Coolldge, we have observed that a man may acquire a reputation for sense, wisdom, stability, capability and Invincibility by the simple advice of keeping his mouth shut. The disclosures concerning the tre mendous sums of money spent in com passing the election of Senator New berry are shocking, but bur insatiable curiosity still le unsatisfied. We should like to know how much it costs to lose a senatorial contest in Michigan. To us the price of "25 a day for "workers" seems exorbitant. We lived long in a state where 810 waa the established emolument.- But customs vary with localities. We have known a Republican candidate for governor to be elected on an -expenditure of 870,000. Democratic governors came a little higher, but their election in volved no such extravagent expendi ture of money as seems to have been customary in Michigan. The trouble in this country is that the people have been spoiled. Any old timer con remember when -otes were to be had at 82 apiece. We got it from Sir Conan Doyle that one may smoke and drink in the next world. Now. if we could he as sured that the ladles would be present we ohotilrt look forward to the here-r after without a tremor. The favorite American authors of Senor Ibane are Edith Wharton. Ed gar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman and Uplon Sinclair. The list will appeal to the serious minded aa an admirable one; but If Senor Ihnnez cares at all for comeriy, he should add Harold Bell Wright to his library. Not that Mr. Wrir-ht is much fun nier than Mr. Sinclair, but that ha springs his Jokes with greater fre quency. The British. It appears, were aa much "worked up" over Lady Aslor as were the peonle of this country. There was so much excitement In com mons when she took her aeat that somebody shouted, "Hear! Hear!" While an attempt was made to cover Lady Aatora first appearance In com mons to the minutest detail, It wna singularly unsatisfactory piece of re porting. Not the slightest reference i-tia tnni" to vh.it she wore. Household Hints Oysters en 8urprla Mash a suf ficient number of potatoes to meas ure two cups. Then season well and divide Into eight pieces. Flatten out I""", an our m-aium-amed oysters. one teaspoon of grated onion, one tea spoon of finely minced green pepper, one quarter teaspoon of salt and pinch of white pepper. Fold over the potatoes, incasing the fajraters In the mashed potajoea. Then roll In flour and dip in beaten egg. then roll In fine crumbs and fry until golden brown in hot fat. Plae In a hot oven tor five minutes to fin ish the baking. Oysters a la Supreme Look over twenty-five oysters very carefully to remove the hits of shell, wash and lay medlum-siaed onion 4 grated), an medlum-aized green pepper minced medium-sized green nenner flne. four tableanoona of finely minced pa rale v. one hard boiled egg. Juice of one-half lemon and one raw esg well I beaten.

'r ho"- nl and then add the prepared oysters, and cook for eight minutes. Herve on toast and garnish with finely minced parsley.

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THE .TOPER A DAILY STATI? JOURNAW MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1919 NATION IS SELFISH Bishop TVJse Points Out Rea sons for Unrest in America. Stirring Address on Crisis Sun day at Grace Cathedral. Speaking- as the bishop of the Epis copal church of Kansas and as an American citizen. Bishop James Wise, in a stirring sermon at Grace Cathe dral Siincluy, pointed out. the probabili ties of the present crisis in this coun try, unifs?! the manhood and woman hood of the nation arose to the emer gencies. Uishop Wise has Just returned to hln home in Topeka after traveling lor the last three months thru Min nesota. North Dakota, Mdntana, Il linois. Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Mis souri. Florida, oi y Carolina, GeorV pi:t. Tennessee and Kansas in the in terest of the srroat natton-wlde cam paign of the Episcopal church. He said, in part. Sunday: 'First I want to pay t yon men anl vnincn of Topeka tills morning that I bare Im luir a serloii of expt-rtenrrs this past thr-e umntim that fill ine with hope unt I cuni?v for the future of this country. "Nest 1 wont to nay to yoti that I he Mere, with all my heart and smil in America .-.ml Its tilfnls. 1 have won things that make me hetteve we vrill attain our great tle'tiny an a ptopl. l want t fpiik to you now not only the hlshnp of the Kplaeopnl chureh iu Knimn hut .is an American citizen to Amr-It-aiis who really believe In their country. What Ulnl of American are yon 'i 't ma nation wide eiiHipaljrn la a personal ehallPHK io you to 'llscover for yonrtielf tm lii:ii of American yoa re. It Is a real tet of your patriotism. Are you ready to stand up ami tn counted "1 think there la no question in the mintla of thinking men today that we need such n campaign. We U not have to he very deep KtmU'iitH of ncttiftT conditions that sur round n to learn that tW're la aomeihlug ntilh-nlly wrong with our aocinl and indua. trial life at the prvaent moment. Are we quite sure, any one of us that we will tzvt coal enough tlito Inter to keep us in any degree of comfort? Are we quite nun that we will he aide to ride on a rail road train inMric of six months? Are we (juite Htire that we are going to be ahl to avoid hioodhel. rWInir and anarchy In our national life Jn the near future. We must realize that' we are standing today on very Inngerous ground. A mutch in the ma'traxlne may bring u explosion at any moment. I urn not an alarmist rnd I believe thene thing may not come to pass. hit 1 think you wllr agree with me that then is grave danger that they may. "And now that the war la over and the reaction has come, we find that as a nation nc imve come down from the mountain top of vision Into the valley .of materia Ham mtce more. Claaa arrayed agnlnat class, bltternes. envy and strife are getting thtt mastery of men's minds. No clnsn of men have altogether elenn hands. The iahorlnrr man as well us the cnpliallat, the employer j'htl the employe, all alike seem to have throv.ii ;islde the splendid spirit of patriot ism that was horn during war days. It now drt-ini to be a 1lfftvnt standard that tut u have fet up. fWt all you can while i he getting Is gooil. Kvery man for hlinaeTf !nd tic- de-U tnke the hindmost. Tlu- spirit sc-iritineH nn.l u-ir .-.lUnr is the prln- ,n! tli.it i-onlrolR. Morwnvrr along with spirit tlwre If rnting Ilk a ranker .vi'rm ::t tlin br-art of the nntlnn'R life some i,f tiir worst 1:1ml of propntrnntlii the coun try -vi-r f.u'fil. It pll trrason. on i'r liy nnil tlw destruction of our national rou ok yoti oourrmnlate conditions ;in '.Te tn ruin n real ana tasting y. I.. y..u think our nl"l con- I- the answer.' 1. yon think our, it- Ii.m.i. iiui. li m e may refeot i- tu ro'urlnn? Ik tfcerr any IrElsla- J -itM or nlniineii that will reach the eat ef our national problems? X doo t be lieve It. All of them may help but I am confident that the remedy must be found deeper than that. There Is only one real and lasting remedy. The men and women of this nadon must get a new pintform to atand en. The civilization that must come out ef the present chaos cannot bebullt on selfishness or It cannot endure nor will it be worth building. .Shall we be content to go on honing for the best but contribut ing nothing to the cause? The whole church tfcrumit the land is asked to face the question honesfcly and farily like true men and women.'' Some of the keenest minded laymen of the nation are saying to the country what 1 am saying to yon to day. That what America really needs to day tnore than anything else Is religion. The spirit of religion is the spirit of service and sacrifice. This is the call of the Christ to men who dare to stand up and say that they believe in Illm. He not only taught it hut lie lived it to the uttermost. The Cross la the eternal witness to the true Ideals upon which civilization must be built." $500 FOR A THIEF i. i M n Merchants Organize to Crft Down Robberies in Stores. x Reward for Each Burglar Dead or Alive Is Offer. Five hundred dollars dead or alive for store burglars is offered by the Kansas Store Robbery Protective as sociation, an organization of members of the Kansas Retailej i association, recently organised, to prevent rob beries. The detail of organization is a duplication of the Kansas Bankers association scheme of protection. Yellow cards will warn robbers that as soon as he robs the store he is worth $500 dead or alive. It is stated that more than 5100.000 worth of gouds have been stolen from Kansas merchants this year. Membership fees will be based on the stock carried by the individual merchant. One dollar membership fee is charged for each $1,000 worth of stock. The sine of the reward is ex pected to make the police of other cities watch more carefully for stolen goods being brought into their ter ritory. Descriptions of stolen mer chandise will be sent thruout the state. The stimulus of the reward is be lieved by many to be one of the most effectual methods of assuring the cap ture of robbers. Y. W. C. k. WANTS $45,000 Preparations for Drive in January RapldJy Ncarlng Completion. Preparations for the state-wide T. W. C-A. drive for $45,000 are going rapidly forward under the supervision of Miss Helen Shirk, state- director, who has established her headuarters in the local Y. W. C. A. building at Seventh and Van Buren streets. The drive will be conducted in Jan uary. Already fourteen counties and i cities have been organized and each county will conduct its campaign to sun lip own convenience. x lie cam paign will end February 29 with "Women's Day." The state campaign is a part' of the natipnal movement to raise $3,500,000 to be used for- field, national and world Y. W. C. A. work. during 1920. Among those who will assist In the Kansas drive are Miss Edith Grainger, w C A overseas seoretarv- Miss z- V J secretary, iuss Sue Louise Beir and many leading club and church women of the state. Every Housekeeper Will Welcome This News When it seems as if the high cost of living was ever going up and up, isn't it like a ray of sunshine to hear of a reduction in cost? Every housekeeper will welcome the news that owing to new methods of production with pure phosphate DR. PRICE'S aKiiu? has been reduced in price nearly one-half. When such a reduction in cost is supported by a name famous for 60 years it means something which no thoughtful woman can afford to overlook. NEW PRICES: 25c for 12 oz. 15c fot 6 oz. 10c for 4 oz. FULL, WEIGHT CANS The Price is Right Not Cheapened With Alum Leaves No Bitter Taste Always Wholesome WON'T LOSE TIME v Ll iuor Interests AH Prepared to Unload Stocks. U'aii Decision of Supreme Court This Afternoon. Washington, Dec. 8. The vast li quor stocks of the country are ready to be released at a momer :'s notice today should the supreme court In an nouncing decisions hold wartime pro hibition unconstitutional. The court meets at noon after a two weeks recess and Immediately be gins making public from the bench its final opinions. In expectation of a decision on prohibition, scores of at torneys for both the liquor interests and the prohibitionists were here to attend the session. There is no certainty of the de cision being handed down today as the court gives no indications of its in tentions until "the opinions are read from the bench. The only persons ogtside the nine justices who will know the contents of the decision in advance are the linotype operators and the pressman at the government printing office who are sworn to sec recy. v Elaborate preparations have been made by the litjuor interests to resume business within a few minutes after the court passes on the case providing, of course, the judgment is favorable to the wets. Bonded warehouses in which are stored about sixty million gallons of distilled spirits have been accumulat ing surplus box cars for the last few weeks to lose no time in distributing the liquor as soon as it can be legally sold. WELLS VICE PRESIDENT Report Coast General Manager to Succeed W. B. Storey. A. G. Wells, general manager of Santa Fe coast lines, and senior gen eral manager of the system, has been decided upon to succeed Wi B- Storey as vice president in charge of opera tion as soon as the railways return to private control, it was rumored in To peka railway circles today. gtorey was recently elected president of the corporation to succeed E. 'P. Jfcipley, who becomes chairman of the board of directors. Wells by right of seniority would obtain the place under the Santa Fe policy of promotions. In addition to th fact, however, that no confirma tion of his appointment could be ob tained, he has said that he would not leave California, as he has absorbed some of the enthusiasm of native son for the state in which he is now living. Should WellB be eliminated, the- ap pointment would probably be between F. G. Pettibone, general manager at Galveston, next in seniority, and F. C. Fox. general manager at Topeka, with the ever-present possibility, of course, that an outside man may be called in. Storey will take charge of the Santa Fe" as president when the road returns to private control. Until that tijne the rail admimstratiorLhas ashed him to continue as federal manager. I Towaer Governor s Proclamation Calls Oh Legislature to Solve Labor Problems Serious Situation Caused by Fuel Famine Expenses Must Be Provided For and Future Strikes Guarded Against rVolunteer Miners Are Praised. Pittsburg, Kan.; Iec. 8. Governor Allen opens his proclamation by pay ing tribute to the volunteer coal min ers 'who have been working in the strip pits of the southeastern Kansas coal fields for the past week. The proclamation of Governor Alien fol lows To the Members of the Senate and the House of Itcpreseutatlves of the State of Kautias An extraordinary occasion has -arisen In the history of our mate. A nation-wide strike of coal miners iu tb bituminous coal fleldg began ou November 1, 1110, nod 1-as constantly continued. We are at the merey of a fuel famine, the emergency fa Kansas was so poignant that it became necessary for the state to take over the mines and call for volunteer work ers to produce coal for the needs of the people. It bet-ame advisable also that the state troops should be called upon to pre serve order Iu the mining district, protect the volunteer workers and the property taken over by the state. All of this was done, and coal i now being produced bv college boys, returned soldiers and sailors and other volunteer workers, for the most port unskilled in the art of mining: with a spirit ns unselfishly patriotic as even.! called men into service. They have under taken this task in order that the people might not suffer. Tbls bas put the state to soma expense and funds are needed with whlc'ii to meet a deficit in the apnro- frriatlon otf national guard fund.s. More m port a tit thau this, however, is the now clearly apparent need of legislation to pro vide a means by which such a condition may be prevented in the future. The state stands in imminent need Of In dustrial legislation which will enable it to settle the controversies now impending and to prevent a recurrence of other such difficulties. During all the years in which the general public baa been victimized by the difficulty between capital and labor we have made no substantial progress along the lines of constructive legislation! no plan has been,- suggested outside of arbitration, there bas been, in the minds of men who sought to settle this problem for a number of years, a philosophy fav oring .compulsory arbitration, but today probably there is nothing more distaste ful to the laboring man than this. As a matter of fact, arbitration holds no guarantee of Justice, The best that any man may hope for out of it is a com promise. When two sides, each with grievance, select a representative and these two representativea select a third man, U becomes a sort of an industrial gamble as to which side bas an advantage with the third member of the board, he may do either one of two things. He may join one side or the other and get a partisan decision, or he may jockey between the two sides and have, a compromise. Ob vlouatv there must be some fairer way for the solution of just difficulties in this. The hour has come when the biggest right in this situation is represented in the gen eral public welfare, and no civilisation is Safe when the welfare of the people is made the subject of arbitration. We cannot leave the functions of conl merce, Industry and all the essential ac tivities of human life to an umpire who is seeking to satisfy two selfish parties in a quarrel. For the making of this quar rel the general public Is not responsible. but it affects the helpless public more sted' parUes. Om.lde of .rbitration th other alternative left to labor for the settlement of .lt grievances Is the strike; the only alternative left to capital is the lock-out, either of which stops produc tion and leads to industrial warfare, wtflcn is ofteu attended by wnny of the barbaric features that hare always characterized warfare. If, however, you arc to. do away with these seventeenth century methods of solv ing Industrial problems, then you must guarantee to laborers and to' employers a just trlbtmal in which their causes may receive final and righteous judgment- This tribunal f.hould not have upon it a repre sentative of either party to the quarrel; otherwise It could not be impartial; its ner connel must be composed of men of integri ty nd irreproachable character, of broad sympathy, possessing high sense of justice, who are in do way directly interested in the issues involved ?ind who. therefore can hear ami consider both sides of the ques tion while they are giving due consideration- to the paramount rights of the public. Men may nay that it is not possible to se cure a.trihmal with such power of jut and righteous judgment as will be posses sed by the tribunal which the Kansas legislature will be asked to create; doubt less there was day when men thought U would Tiot be possible to secure, thru the operation of a criminal court. Justice to causes which woulu be brought into that court doubtless the feudal barons once thought there' was do better way of estab lishing property rnle than the rule of the strongest baron, yt today no man. ques tions tbe efficiency of the crianual or tutr civil courts. m- Jnto this crowded hour there has pome a social unrest that directs its attack upon organised Rorernmpnt. To meet it there must be new standards, jnd these stan dards must hold above all tblfigs equal and' exact justice. We must not take awjy from any man his personal rights; and we must not deprive raeu representing indus try the privilege to organize for tuelr own betterment; but above the svstem as guar antor of the rights of aN, must stand government, and it alone urn at have the power of Hnal judgment. It would be the most iropicaT episode in the history of the world if the freest government on earth should allow itself to be trapped into a condition where all of its functions waited upon the quarrel between the owners rt some essential in dustry, and its employes, while the people froze, starved, or went naked because the natural avenues of protections were stopped by a ruthless quarrel, in the making of which the people bad no part. I believe that tbe Kansas legislator, now summoned to give deep consideration to industrial relation, will be able to create in bold outline a tribunal and. a code of laws wiih -sufficient power to be both1 Just and final. Therefore, in view of this extraordinary demand. 1, Renry J. Allen, governor of the state of Kansas, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the legislature of the state of Kansas, do hereby call an extraordinary session of the legislature of this state to convene on Monday, January 5, 1020, at 2 o'clock p. m., at tbe state house, in Topeka, Kansas. (Signed). HENRI J, AXjWS, 1 Governor. Done at Pittsburg, Kan.f tbia 8th day of December, NEW GARBAGE PLANT Ztegler Company 'Will Also Revise Ool- lection System in Topeka. Garbfcgo oollection service in To peka, beginning January 1, will be the best Jn any city In the middle west, ac cording- to the Ziegler Livestock Co., which holds the irmnieiDal srarbare franchise. New steel tank wagons will be used In collecting- the refuse and will be washed every day to insure sanitary conditions. The city is being divided Into districts so that every part o the city will be assured of good service. A special wagon will pick up garbage missed during the regular collections The city's garbage Is being used to feed hogs by the Ziegler company, as a substitute for cqrn. It is fed at a cost equivalent to corn at 68 cents a bushel, whereas corn is selling on the local market at $1.65 a bushel. The city furnishes enough garbage to feed l.SOO head of hogs during the winter, and 2,000 head during the summer. As corn is fed by the Ziegler company to finish the porkers after they weigh 200 pounds, between 7.000 nil 10,000 head of hogs will be fat tened a year by the company on its farm south of Topeka. Tbe new plant which the Ziegler company is going to erect will com bine all the latest .improvements for feeding garbage and for keeping the nouses ana pens sanitary. The garb age will be fed in a house 24 feet by iou reet, naving a concrete floor and containing 600 feet of troughs. The troughs ana floors will be thorolv cleaned after each feeding. When not eating, the- hogs wuX- be housed in two modern hog "houses. These will contain self-feeders for corn, tankage and corn til cake meal, water troughs and sleeping pens. PAN FOUND GUILTY Head of Motor Firm Vsel Malls to Defraud, Says Jury. Chicago, Dec. 8. S. C. Pandolfo, president of the Pan Motor company. of St. Cloud, Minn., was found guilty of misuse of the malls on four counts of a federal indictment by a jury in the district court late Saturday, and twelve of his associates in -the com pany were acquitted. The indictment contained eleven counts, two of which, the sixth and seventh, had been dismissed early in the trial, which began six weeks ago. The jury founl Pandolfo guilty on the first, second, third "and fifth counts. disregarding the remaining counts. "I guess it might have been worse." was Pandolfo'a first comment on the verdict. Carl Cummines, attorney for Pan dolfo. secured a stay of sentence from Judge Landis. He made a motion for a new trial and the judge set the Bearing ror uecember 1.5. ANGELES'S WIFE DEAD Ignorant of Her Husband's Fate Told Him "To. Carry On." New Tork, 'Dec. 8. Mrs. Clara K Angeles, widow of Gen. Felipe An geles, executed by a firing squad in Chihuahua City last month for alleged complicity in a revolutionary plot against the Carranza government, died at her home here yesterday, ignorant of her Husband s death. Mrs. Angeles's- death was due-to nervous exhaustion, believed to have been -caused by v the fact she had not heard from General Angeles in seven months. Her last words Were a mes sage o him to "carry on for Mexican liberty. Mrs. Angeles, who was 48 years old was born in San Francisco. She was married to General Aneeles 2 years aeo while teaching school in Cnapuite- Men vohQ think they 're Ire JJ i-:t mm wtv Thousands of Christmas Club checks will be sent out by the State Savings Bank this week to pay taxes and holiday expenses. If yours does not come remember, "It's never too late to be sorry, and we are sorry for, you. But cheer up I Opportunity will knock at your door again between December 1 7th and January 17th to start a card for next year. The papers will give full particulars. DOCTORS PREFER CAL0TABSF0R A LAZY LIVER Wonderful How Bright and Cheerful the World Looks Af ter Taking This Nausealess Calomel Tablet. Have you tried the new nausealess calomel that makes calomel taking a pleasure? If you have, you appreciate the wonderful virtues of calomel when robbed of all its unpleasant and nau seating effects. Calotabs is the sensation of the drug trade. Pharmacists regard it as the best remedy for the liver. Its -effect in biliousness, constipation and indi gestion is most delightful. The next time your liver needs a thorough cleansing try Calotabs. One tablet at bedtime with a swallow of water, that's all. No taste, no nausea, no salts, no griping. Tou wake up in the morning feeling fine, with your system thoroughly cleansed and a hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat what you please no danger. Calotabs are sold only in original, sealed packages. price thirty-five cents. Your druggist will gladly re fund your money if you do not find them effective and deHghtful.jAdv. A RAW, SORE THROAT Eases Quickly When You Apply a Little Musterole. And Musterole won't blister l&a the old-fashioned mustard piaster, lust spread it on with your fingers. It penetrates to the sore spot with a gentle tingle. loosens the congestion and draws out the soreness and padn. Musterole. is a clean, white oint ment made with oil of mustard. It is fine for quick relief from sore throat, bronchitis, tansUitis,czfup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lum bago, pains and aches of tbe back ot jotnts, sprains, soremuscles, bruises, chil blains, frosted feet, colds on the chest. Nothing like Musterole for croupy chil dren. Keep it handy for instant use. 30c and 60c jars: hospital size $2.50. save money buying clothes this year Are going to be disappointed. We know the condition we're close to it. Clothing will be much higher Loth next Spring and in the Fall of 1920 it couldn't be otherwise. Labor will be no cheaper even, much higher. Fabrics are very scarce. ..Wool is plentiful but not made up for want of labor. Europe is just busting to buy our com modities and the moment the peace Treaty is signed or passed youTl see prices jump. Take our advice: Buy Now what yoij can use for a year ahead. We guarantee the prices and' you'll save much money. HART SCHAFFNER MARX $UITS and OVERCOATS are VALUE at every price.' Fine all wool qual ity. Special Values in Overcoats this week. Others $25, Hart SchaUaer k Marx Christmas Phona 1335 Bine Bird Coaster 97.25, special Tues day 95.98 I 93.50 Guernsey Cas serole, special, $J.8B Ttoys and Girls' ROLhER SKATES Ball Bearing, H.!W ALMETEAI FXEC TRIC WASHING MACHINE. Bolls its own, clothes. W have Just re ceived at shipment of AJ metal 10 Off Aladdin Aluminum Ware. Buy ChiiKtman- Pres ents Sow, Tuesday only DETROIT VAPOR OITj STOVfS 'o wicks Cool oil or gasoline For Irritated Throats a trM and tested acts pranptly end effectively end cnatmam, noopitto. Yom get fhwTrrrrwIy by kia tec going to by NOT r ...$40 $35, $45, $50 to $100 Auerbachf Guettdl HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER MARX CLOTHES .4 0 Specials at 713 Kul Ave. 99.00 Flexible Flyer Sled Special Tuesday, 9I. 99.50 9-Cop Aluminum "Percolator Special Tuesday, 94j Boys' Ice Skates, special, (1.69 .Univer sal Elco trlc Irons Reeiilar 97.00 value, special 93.9S TllgjJ Per fee. B y4 I II t- 1 W i J I 'I DtL tea fOHT ASHTOfi W. W. Go, tt a9f Am i mmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmtm 4 and' a daughter.

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1 6 TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 8, 1919 START 1920 DRIVE (3. 0. P. Leaders Flock Into Washington for Meeting. OBEL ISN'T THE LEAST BIT AFRAID OF THE STEEP CLIFF AND OCEAN BELOW 306 Many Cities in Contest lor Na tional Convention. KANSAS WOMAN TO SPEAK t'eminine Representatives Will Not Have Voice in Decisions. j'ooms of Prospective Presiden tial Candidates Being ursed. Washington, Dec. 8. With the na tional conventions only six months away. Republican leaders from all states began flocking to Washington today for the meeting Wednesday of the Republican national committee. J Officially, the Committee will fix the rate of the national convention next summer at which a presldetial can didate will be nominated and select a city in which the convention will be held, j Unofficially, however, the delegates will discuss nominations and probable jpampalgn issues. j Cities in Contest. Washington hotel lobbies today are fcedecked with banners of candidates nd city delegations hopeful of getting the convention. St. Louis and Chi cago are believed to have the best chances. 1 Mayor 'Kiel 'arrived from St. Louis last night heading a big delegation of workers who spread themselves thru hotel lobbies in search of committee men upon v hOm they could urge the merits, of the Missouri city as a con vention place. Immediately upon their arrival, the St. Louis boosters began o distribute copies of an elaborate booklet describing the convention qualifications of that city. First Meeting Wednesday. Fred Upham, treasurer of the na tional committee, is expected to ar rive today heading a delegation of Chi cago boosters. The first formal meeting of the com mittee is scheduled for Wednesday morning. Governors Sproul of Penn sylvania and McKelvie of Nebraska are booked lor speeches. The com mittee then plans to go into executive session- to pick the convention city. Porroa! business will be concluded Thursday, it is planned. Several women political leaders are expected to be here during the meet ings, alrho hone is entitled to sit with the committee. Among those expected are Miss Mary G. Hay of New York and Mrs. John G. South, Kentucky leader. Presidential booms are becoming evident. John T. King, national com mitteeman from Connecticut, is nurs ing the boom of Major General Wood. Friends are preparing to open head quarters of Senator Harding of Ohio. Sen. James E. Watson, also nurBing a boomlet. is on the ground greeting delegates as they arrive. Kansas Woman To Speak. Women seem likely to take a lead ing part in the proceedings. At the open meeting of the national commit tee Wednesday morning, Mrs. Medill McCormick is to make a speech. She was chairman of the special committee which recommended organization of a woman's division of the national com mittee. Many women will be present, including Miss Mary Garrett Hay. of New' York: Margaret McCarter. Kan sas ,and, Mrs. Preston, of Olympia, Wash. f Louis. Asbury Park. Chicago and 5an Jrancisco were in the bidding to lay for the 1920 convention city. Chi cago and St. Louis boosters were very jbnfidenf. The executive session will start Im mediately after, the open meeting, at vhich speeches will be made. The business should all be concluded by Wednesday night. Hays said. On Thursday, the national association of Jate chairmen will meet. ;twowfluJases"here ity Health Director, However, Does Not Look for Epidemic Here. Two nerw cases of influenza were re orted to Dr. B. G. Brown, city health ili"e.eto-' today, bringing the total to ivf v The victims reported today were T. Jennings. 634 Morr's avenue and I. JI.,. Lanning. 1421 Jewell street, otfi Santa F employes. Lanning. according to. Dr. D. T. Nic- U, who attended him, is in a serious lonnition. H:s temperature has been iround 104 for several davs. Jen- nlngsts case is less serious, but he also has a h:gh fever. Doctor Brown does not look for flu to become epidemic at this time, he saia. 1 v 3! i ff 'tut SELL ARMY. BEEF,, mgoveb seriously iu. Thlrty-Fonr MlIL'on Founds Re leased by War Department. Price 20 Per Cent Less Than Chicago Quotations. Release by the war department of 34,215,000 pounds of frozen beef thru established trade channels is an nounced In a communication to The State Journal from the director of sales. This Is the entire supply of surplus beef held by the war department. It will be sold to any municipality, com munity buying organization,, munici pal, county or state institution, retail er, hotel, restaurant or other buyer who purchases for immediate domestic distribution or consumption, in mini mum carload lota of 30,000 pounds. It will be sold at 20 per cent less than Chicago quotations on dressed beef. i medium steers, delivered i. o, b, to any point in the United States with railroad connections. The department will favor an asso ciation of small buyers who desire to place a bulk order for a minimum carload 'lot. An equal number of fore and hind quarters must be ordered. Prepared for Export. The heef was prepared especially for export purposes to the American armies in Europe and is declared to be of excellent quality. It was butchered from steers of medium, and -good grades marketed in January -as corn and ha'y feed. Expressed in terms of live stock.the beef urdered is equiva lent to 60.000 catWe, but as the beef consumption in the United State's is about 100,000.000 pounds a week that released by the government will con stitute about two days' supply and will have no serious effect on markets. The sale will continue until Jan uary 15. Persons or organizations wishing to obtain their share of the meat should communicate with the "Zone Supply Officer, Second and Arsenal streets, St. Louis, Mo." City Dctectiire May -Sot Lire Thru Da, Is Report. James McGovern, city detective, is not exeeted to live thru the day. Mc Govern was taken seriously ill in the lobby of the National hotel several days ago and was removed to his home at 323 West Seventh street. He under went a serious operation several months ago. GIVES CITY WOOD Anbnrn Man, Real Patriot, Would Jfot Charge for Fuel. Includes Permission to Use' Land for Two Tears. A -new timber- proposition was laid before Mayor Corwine this morning by A. A. Rodgers, county commissioner. John Kriese, of Auburn, has offered the wood on an eighteen acre tract of land free- The land must be cleared and the stumps pulled. Kriese also includes in his offer of the wood per mission to use the land for two years for any agricultural pursuit. A" 20-ton caterpillar truck from the government has just been received by the county. It has not been unloaded yet. Henry McAfee, county commis sioner, declared this morning that the tractor could be put to good use In pulling up the trees. After working around the base of the tree it could easily be pulled out with, the stump also; McAfee says. The county commissioners are going to visit Kriese and look over the tim ber land with a view of utilizing the timber. MAY MODIFY LAW Hancock' Sees Need for Night Shopping Hours for Xmas. Trick snapshot of alias Isobei Bfoom. This -Vtograph of Miss Isobel Elsom, a popular London foNliRht fa vorite, apparently shows her poised dangerously near a steep cliff over looking a castle and the cold, forbidding sea. But hold those pasps. Isobel Isnt anywl ere near a cliff, a castle or the ad sea waves. The photo is an example of the effects that can be obtained by the Edwin Meane meth od of indoor photography bv which you can be photographe J anywhere yoa Ue. WHO PAID BAIL? Jenkins's Freedom Has Be come Diplomatic Enigma. Both U. S. State Department and Jenkins Start Probe. BAD COLD GOT YOU? FEELING GRIPPY? Dr King's New Discovery soon starts wou on the road .'to recovery. ONCE tried, always used. That' a trite expression, but one never more applicable than it is to Dr. iClng's New Discovery. You will like the prompt, business like way it loosens the phle?m-con-gested chest, soothes the tortured throat, relieves an old or a new cold, grippe, cough, croup. The kiddies can take it in perfect safety, too. No bad after-effects. Standard half a century. 60c and 31.20 a bottle. At your druggist. Washington, Dec. 8. There was no word tonight indicating a solution of the mystery which has developed from the sudden release of William O. Jenkins, American consular agent from the Puebla jail, after the deter mined demand of this government ap parently had failed to influence his Mexican captors. Both the state department and Jen kins himself already have started in vestigations with the object of deter mining what influences were instru mental in putting up the $500 bpil bond which the Mexican government so readily accepted. Admitted the crux of an interna tional situation of utmost tenseness two days ago, the Jenkins case has now become a diplomatic enigma, the solution of which offered interesting but not dangerous possibilities. AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL John O'Brien Dies at Local Hospital Early This Morning. John O'Brien, of 127 Monroe street, died early today following a paralytic stroke shortly after being hit Sunday evening1 by an automobile driven by Frank Simmons, of 115 North Jef ferson street. O'Brien, an afCed cisrarmaker, was crossing the street at Sixth and Kan sas when the accident occurred. George I.' Brown, traffic officer, ar rested Simmons .for reckless driving. He claimed -that he was notdrivlng faster than twelve miles an hour and did not see O'Brien until too late. O'Brien was taken home in the police car. He was attended by Dr. R. J. Miller, city physician. He suf fered injuries about the head, body and limbs and complained of a numb feeling in his limbs. Paralysis set in an hour later and he was taken to St. Francis hospital. THREATEN "FEDERAL RAIDERS Visited Joplln Saloons and Carried Off Samples of "Red Soda Pop." Joplin, Mo.. 'Dec. 8. The "1919 phantom raiders," who Saturday night visited seven saloons, walked off with samples of "red Boda pop," and order ed proprietors to appear before United States Commissioner Meade, today proved to be real federal revenue agents. They continued their round of investigations today. Saloon men believed the raiders were "fakers" as United States deputy marshal and commissioner knew nothing of the visit Saturday night. Sunday night a letter threatening their lives if the officers continued their work was thrust under the door of a room they occupied in a hotel Pour saloon men will be arraigned late today. GIRL HUNTERS MAROONED Don't Continue Constipated .Don't let your bowels bulldoze your system-",-Mtke them function regularly keep the bidy-' cleansed of waste matter with Dr. King's New Life Pills. Biliousness, sick headache, sour stomach, indigestion, dizziness, furred tongue, bad breath think of the em barrassments and discomforts trace able to constipation. How easily they're rectified by the occasional use of Dr. King's New Life Pills. Move the bowels smoothly but surely Try them tanight. All druggist-r-25c. as usual.. -I-Advertlsement. SKIP WOOD HERE Valley Falls Citizens Will Cut and Ship Fuel to Topeka Willard Has Aot Appeared for Price Catting Conference. Thirty-five acres of standing timber has been purchased for $350 by the citizens committee from Valley Falls owners. The money was personally invested- A working capital of about $10,000 will be required to finance the cutting and delivery of this wood. Committee members will borrow the sum on personal property. "Ft" Young, a contractor, has agreed to deliver the- wood in Topeka freight paid, at $6 per ton. If the wood cannot bej sold by weight this price may be changed. Handling and delivering at this end will cost.abdut $1, making the price to consumers $7 per ton, or about $14 a cord. R, J. Hopkins, attorney general, has announced that the fair price commis sion will ask Jess Willard to reduce his price. Altho he was expected here for a special conference- with mem bers of the wood committee on two different days, Willard has not yet ar rived. Members of the committee blame themselves for. acceptance of the contract they now find undesir able. Credit should be given Willard how ever, for his offer to give free to the poor whatever wood the city cared to take out for charitable purposes, the city paying the cost of cutting and hauling. Some of this has already been given to destitute families. Expense of hauling caused the re jection by the committee"! of standing wood located at Shepard and Thomp sonville offered1 tree for the cutting. A proposition offered by the owner of a tract near Burlingame has been re jected for the same reason. Altho apprehensiort has been ex pressed that the price commission would establish a rate lower than cost of production, Fred Voiland, secretary of the committee, is confident the commission will accept their figures. OPENS SQUAB PENS HERE Wilson, Kansas, Man Locates In To peka With 1,000 Birds. Thanks to M. V: Martin, formerly of Wilson, Kan., the squab industry is about to become an important factor in Topeka's commercial life. Attracted by better shipping facilities, Martin has brought 1,000 pairs of squab breeders to the city and located at 30 Liberty street. He will buy live squabs from raisers in Topeka and vicinity and snip the dressed birds daily to eastern markets. He is experienced in the business, having followed it for several years in other localities. Missouri Dianas Delirious From Ex posure When Found. Richmond, Cal.. Dec. 8. Delirious 'rora exposure. Miss Frances-Withe-comb and Miss Dorothy Fernandi, two Missouri girls were rescued from a duck blind where they had been ma rooned 4 8 hours. The girls went duck hunting In a launch. Losing their way. they sought shelter in the blind, which consisted of four 'Uprights and a small plat form. Their launch drifted away. Miss Withecomb was unconscious at times and both fainted when they were rescued by a fisherman. Miss WKhecomb's home is at Edna, Alo.. .andMiss Fernandi. Uvea., at St. Joseph. WOULD IT BE UNUSUAL? Rlgby Declares Shopping Must Be Early or Packages May Be Late. Postmaster W. O. Rigby today is sued an S. O. S. call for Topekans with wives and sweethearts living out of the city to do their Chrlstman shop ping early. "Otherwise," said Rigby today, "the persons to whom the packages are mailed may not get them 'until after the Isew Year. The annulment or trains as a result of the coal strike at this time of year, necessarily means a terrible congestion in mall and a slow delivery. To insure delivery, by Christmas packages must be mailed early." CLEAR UP MYSTERY p Michigan Officials to California to Quiz Mother of Trunk Victim. Lawton, Mich.. Dec. 8.' Official in vestigating- the mysterious death of Maud Tabor were en route to Cali fornia today to question the mother of the girl whose body was found in the basement of the Tabor home here where it had been hidden for three years. Mrs.Sarah Tabor was held oy police at 1 reka, Cal., where she was arrested with her. son Walter. Prosecutor Horace Adams and Sher iff Dwight Barker expected to obtain details of the death of Maud from Mrs. Tabor and son which would clear up the mystery. AVOID LEGAL SCRAP American League Magnates Agree on Place of Meeting. Chicago, Dec. 8. The American league annual meeting will be held in New York next Wednesday. Attorneys for B. B. Johnson, president, announced he and loyal club owners agreed to attend the session called by warring directors in preference to the one he had called for Chicago for the same date. The decision was not a capitu lation, attorneys said.- It was a move to avoid further legal controversy. END FIUME PROBLEM Italian Foreign Minister Has Flan to Submit to England. London, Iec- 8. A definite plan for satisfactory settlement of the Flume situation will be "Submitted to the Brit ish government by Viteno Scialoia, Italian foreign minister, during his present visit, it was understood today. The Italian official arrived in Lon don from P-ris last night. He will take up the entire Adriatic dispute with the British officials, it was be lieved. Scialoia was expected to con fer with Premier Lloyd George soon. CAN ADVERTISE SELF Funds From Sale of Public Land to Boost New Mexico. Washington, Dec. 8. New Mexico can use funds derived from the sale of public lands to advertise the advan tages of the state, the supreme court decided. The government fought the case on the ground that the funds was ob tained from lands which were the pro perty of the United States when New Mexico was a territory and their use for advertising violated federal law. .1. ASPIRIN Introduced by "Bayer" to Physicians in 1900 Neuralgia, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Neuritis and for Fain generally. Always say "Bayer" when buy ing Aspirin. Then look' for the safety "Bayer Cross" on the pack- age and on the tablets. Handy tin boxes of twelve tab-' lets cost but a few cents. Drug gists also sell larger packages. Aipiria Iri4e nark of Bzrr Macnfftcture Mosoceticaci4etct of Saiicjrlicici You want genuine Aspirin the Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. The name "Bayer" means the true, world famous Aspirin, proved safe by millions of people. ach unbroken package of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" con tains proper directions for Colds, Headache, Toothache, Earache, Volunteer Wood Choppers Be gin to Make Big Showing. Modification of the present city closing orders In the serious fuel situa tion is seen as an early possibility by Commissioner H. S. Hancock. Hancock today expressed his belief that retail stores would be permitted to keep open Saturday nights and three or four week nights before Christmas, in order to give working people a chance to do their holiday shopping. The coirimissioner is not entirely optimistic about the fuel situation, however. He is of the opinion that the country will be on fuel rations for the entire season as an outcome of the miners" strike. r Many urgent orders for city wood came into Hancock's office this morn ing, but so far the mayor's committee has been able to supply all requests for wood, where the need was urgent. -Cut 0 Cords In Day. Fie trucks were delivering -the wood today and twenty-five workers were busy with their axes on the Wil lard farm. The volunteer loggers cut 100 cords of wood Saturday, or an average of a cord to a man. Four of Hancock's choppers quit today to go the coal fields. They were Fred Kuhnle and Keith Queen, Clyde, Reed Helmbrecht, Scottsville. and George Sloan, Beloit, who when un able to get to the mines at first, went to work temporarily in the timber. The citizen's committee expects the first shipment of wood from Valley Falls to reach Topeka, Wednesday. It will be sold at $7.50 a ton. The Wil lard wood sells for (8.00. An effort is being made to get Jess Willard to come down on his price. He was ex pected to come to Topeka Saturday, but failed to appear. Mayor Corwine said If the present weather continues, he expects more stringent closing rules will be made. The commissioners hold their regular meeting Tuesday. Offer Montgomery Ward Stock. New Tork, Dec. 8. A syndicate has been formed by H. P. Goldschmldt Company of New York and John Burn ham A Company of Chicago to under write 610,000 shares of common stocK of Montgomery Ward A Company, inc. Stock will soon be offered to the pub lic at 145 a share. Kalamasoo Factories' Closed Kalamazoo, Mich.. Dec. 8. Every factory in Kalamazoo was today or dered to close down at midnight to night on account of the coal shortage. About 12.500 men and women will bo thrown out of employment. YOUR IDEAS Receive first consideratipn at our office, no matter v what you want. V OUR ADVICE Is always at your service without ctfst and we will make the best rates possible on all FARM LOANS AND INVESTMENTS it The Kansas Reserve Investment Co. 824 Kansas Avenue Affiliated with Kansas Reserve State Bank and BIdg. Loan Ass'n THE solution of our present day problems lies in in creased production. To this end the whole-hearted efforts of the 22,000 employees of the Standard Oil Company Pndi ana are directed. The service rendered by the Standard Oil Company Indi ana to industry generally, amounts to keeping the wheels of production at top speed. Pause for a moment: try and think of a single unit of pro duction which is not dependent upon one of the products of petroleum. Even the machine which turns out the humble laces on your shoes must have lubricating.oil. The Standard Oil Company Indiana in its capacity as a public servant, serves scores of industries and thousands of institutions with lubricants to minimize friction, thus increas ing production. v Let the Company relax its vigilance and allow the quality of its products to deteriorate, the number of revolutions per minute on your machines will decrease, and under-production will follow. If the Company is able to. pro duce an oil which will permit greater speed, without undue friction, the number of revolu tions per minute will increase, and production will increase in the same ratio. Thus is illustrated the scope of responsibility of the Standard Oil Company Indiana as a pub lic servant, which obligation it is striving hard to discharge in a satisfactory rnanner. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 910 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III. 1905 A A.

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