The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 10, 1920

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V The Evening Newspaper of Kansas HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1920 SIXTEEN PAGES FOUR CENTS j y 'Is I l

"3 1' I. V V. f i s 1 r JUDGE LYNCH IS BACK ON BENCH IN CALIFORNIA Mob at Santa Rosa Hangs Three to Cemetery Oak. One Had Confessed to Killing Three Officers. HAD ASSAULTED TWO WOMEN Lynchers Well Organized, 0?er powered Sheriff and Deputies. One of Victims, Wounded, Had To Be Carried to Gallons. Santa Jiosa, Cal., Dec. 10. Judge Lynch. unreasoning advocate of tha days of sold in California, came back to the bench today. Impersonated by a "mob of 75 to 100 angry citizens, he passed and ex ecuted a death sentence upon Ter rance Fitts, George Boyd, and Charles Valento. all white, Ameriqan citizens, alleged members of a San Francisco gang accused of the murder of three peace officers and of unspeakable at tacks on two girl telephone operators. An hour after the three men had been strung from the same limb on a big oak tree in the Odd Fellows' ceme tery on the outskirts of Santa Rosa, Coroner .Phillips and Sheriff Boyes went out and cut down the bodies. Women A mon the Curious. But they didn't do it until scores cf Santa Kosa citizens including many women had made a pilgrimage to the cemetery and stood there si lently gazing upon the three tortured forms as they swung in the breeze which was blowing a soft mist around them. They were dangling about three feet from the ground, the three men who hid been ir.dicted for the murder Sun clay of Sheriff James Petray of So noma county, and Detectives Miles Jackson and Lester Dorman of San Francisco. Mob Formed at Midnight. According to pre-arranged plan, the mob began forming around the jail about 12:40 a. m. The mob advanced on the prison and the startled guards were suddenly confronted by scores of masked men. Every member of the mob was masked. The Jail guards were disarmed, and their keys taken. They protested, but were so outnumbered that resistance was useless. The three prisoners failed to show fight when the mob dragged them from their cells. They were placed in automobiles and driven to the cemetery where ropes were looped over the bough of a tree and noosed about the necks of the three. Fitts, face to face with death, begged pitifully for his life. He screamed for mercy, but the members of the mob I made no answer to his outcries. I V'alento laughed and jeered at the lynchers to the last. He maintained his air of bravado until the noose tightened around his neck and his feet swung clear of the ground. Hovel, who was suffering from wounds sustained Sunday in the gun firrnt in which the three officers were killed, was too weak to protest or re sist. He had to be carried from the auto to the improvised gallows. Had Feared Lynching. The lynching had been feared, since the murders Sunday afternoon. Sher iff James Petray of Sonoma county and Detectives Miles Backson and Lester were killed in a gun fight with the three men. The shooting occurred when the of ficers attempted to arrest Valento on a charge of being a member of the Howard street vice gang, in San Fran cisco. He was accused of assaulting Jessie Montgomery and Jean Stanley, telephone operators, on Thanksgiving day. One Had Confessed. The operations of this vice gang rerulted in widespread terror arid the public was aroused. The officers found Valento with Fitts and Boyd at the home of Peter Guidotti here. When they demanded the surrender of the trio, the gangsters opened fire, kiHing the three officers instantly. Boyd, in a confession, admitted that he shot all three officers, but the Jury indicted Fitts and Valento with him. Were Identified by Victim. The three men were ex-convicts, Boyd having served two terms, Fitts three and Valento one. Bovd nnrt Vai. ento had been identified last Monday by three young women as members xf the gang which attacked them at a house in Howard street, in one of the more densely settled sections In San trnnelsco. Two attempts to take the men from the jnil were made last Sunday night. .t n oner mey naa been ar- f BUP was broken up by officers and the other failed when Mrs. I etray. widow of the slain sheriff, begged friends not to countenance mob violence. Last Sunday when the three men weie arrested a mob of hundreds sur rounued the jail and cried for blood vengence. That mob lacked leader ship and organization but it was dif ferent last night. Plans Well Laid. rr'L"8 ,had 5eLn laid beforehand. The members of the moh mn .i jiiil silently. A cordon was thrown about, th,- structure of concrete granite and steel. j Twelve were Jletai1edto approach I Continue tm I 'aire HlVY I WOMEN OF LEGION TO MEET. Call Issued for Ilrst Convention To Be Jieiu in Newton. Frank K. Samuel, state adjutant of the American Legion, has issued a call for the first state convention of the women's auxiliary of the American Legion, to be held in Newton, January 11' and 11. The chief purpose of the convention according to the call. Is to perfect a permanent organization of the auxil iary. A stnte constitution will be otlopted, officers elected and delegates and alternates chosen to the national convention. 2 JirH L FORECAST FOR KANSAS. Fair tonight and Saturday. Rifting temperatures tonlsht and In the extreme eaat portioa Saturday. FAIR AND WARMER SATURDAY. Clear Skies and Rising Temperatures Is Prediction for Kansas. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES: 7 o'clock 29 11 o'clock 40 8 o'clock 29(12 o'clock .45 9 o'clock 30 1 o'clock 47 10 o'clock 36 2 o'clock 48 The shippers' forecast advises the protection of thirty-six-hour shipments to the north and west against tem peratures of 25 degrees. The tem peratures to the ea'st and south will be above freezing, and In Topeka about 32 degrees. Fair weather, clear skies, rising temperature and a south wind are on the cards for today and Saturday. There has been no precipitation in the middle west in the past twenty-four hours, an! there is none in prospect. This condition will obtain thru the next twenty-four hours, according to Meteorologist B. R. Laskowski. The highest temperature in Topeka Thursday was 44 degrees at 12:30 (Conrlnnert tvn I'nge Two. I IN ROPE SHADOW Choir Boy Hanged Would Not Save Own Life. Last Song Sung in Death Cell for Mother. Chicago, Dec. 10. Kick Viana, the choir boy murderer, went to his death here today on his nineteenth birthday without showing a trace of fear, and protesting his innocence. He was hanged for participating In murder of Andrew Bowman, a saloonkeeper. "It is no disgrace to die for my father, mother and sisters." the lad said as the noose was adjusted. Viana declared that Tvhile he did not do the shooting he would not tell who did because of threats made against his family's lives if he turned state's evi dence. The trap was sprung at 8:30. His neck was broken and he was pro nounced dead five minutes later. Strong efforts had been made by clubs and societies to save the boy's life. Jane Addams and other leaders protested the hanging because of his youth. The boy sang his last song for his mother when she visited him in the death cell shortly before midnight. As the mother parted from her. son for the last time she asked him to sing for her once more. The boy's voice, steady and clear, rang thru the cor ridors of the Jail with Kipling's "Mother o' Mine." Tho aged and withered Sicilian mother held her son closely in her arms as he sang: "If I were hanged on the highest hill. Oh. mother o' mine, mother o' miue, 1 know whose love would follow me atlll. Oh, mother o' mine, mother o' mine. Scores of relatives and friends who crowded the corridor and jail court yard, wept. Sicilian madonnas with flaming shawls, their young ones tug ging at their skirts, wailed. GREEK KING ASKED HOME Queen Mother Regent Sends Message to Constantlne in Exile. Athens, Dec. 10. King Constantine was invited home today. The queen mother, Olga, as regent, sent this message to Constantine at Lucerne: "The government. In obedience to the unanimous mandate of the Greek people, invites King Constantine to re turn to Athens, again take the throne and exercise the royal power today exercised in his name by Queen Olga." The Invitation to return was a re consideration of the plan to simply notify the king of election results and leave on him the onus for his return. BOMB RUMANIAN SENATE One Killed and Many Wounded by In fernal Machine Explosion. Bucharest, -Dec 10. An Infernal machine was exploded in the Ruman ian senate yesterday, killing one and wounding several others. Bishop Oradiaradu was killed In stantly. Others wounded by flying fragments of furniture and fittings were the minister of justice, the pres ident of the senate, a senator and other officials. The planters of the bomb were not discovered. Co-Ed Proposed Via Thought Wave Got Affinity's Initials From Fortune Teller Now Wants Newspapers to Help Find Him. Chicago, Dec. 10. A Northwestern co-ed who refuses to reveal her name, appealed to newspapers here today to help find her affinity, "M. J." "M. J." met her in a movie. The co-ed's French heel caught on a nail and was ripped off and "M. J." sitting behind her, offered to take the shoe out to be fixed while she watched the show. Before the picture was ended, he returned with the shoe and dis appeared. Miss Hazel Albaugh, another co-ed, says the romantic co-ed has communi cated with her affinity by thought waves. "She says the cosmic courtship reached the stage where he proposed and she accepted." said Miss Albaugh. "but she doesn't know where to find him ond they can't give each other their names and addresses." The initials. "M. J." were obtained from a fortune teller. Miss Albaugh said. "Millions Now Living Will Never Die." Auditorium, Dec. 12, 3 p. m. Adv. FAILS IN PLEDGE Disabled Men Xot Cared for by Government. Col. F. W. Galbraith Tells of After-War Conditions. HE HEADS AMERICAN LEGION Wounded Soldiers Lost Track of, Commander Says. They Receive Inadequate and Shameful Treatment. The government has utterly failed to carry out its solemn pledg-; to look after the men who were disabled in its service during the war, or to look aftir the dependents of men disabled or Kinea, oi. w. Galbraith, national commander of the American Legion said when he addressed the Chamber of Commerce at luncheon today. Colonel Galbraith cited instance after instance of the treatment which is being accorded to thousands of ex service men who are quartered In pri vate hospitals thruout the country, many of them lost track of by the gov ernment itself, and receiving inade quate and shameful treatment, dying from neglect, while their dependents are making their own livings, are ob jects of charity or are, starving. Confers With Committee. The head of the legion was in con ference with the executive committee of the Kansas department of the le gion Thursday, and addressed a meet ing of the members of Capitol Post No. 1 and the Women's Auxiliary, at the post hall Thursday night. The government- has accommodated a very small percentage of the dis ableld men in hospitals which it direct ly controls. Colonel Galbraith said. The rest of the disabled men who are receiving medical attention at all are "farmed out" on a contract system thru private hospitals thru the coun try and the government itself does not know where all of them are. Told of Investigations. Colonel Galbraith told of investiga tions which had been started by the American Legion after reports of bru tality and neglect had come from a hospital in Illinois, and of the demand of the legion that a Pennsylvania hos pital, which has been devoted to the care of tubercular patients, and where the conditions and the location were such as to almost assure death to a man suffering from tuberculosis, sent there. It takes three months to get an ap plication for compensation dealt with by the bureau of war risk insurance at Washington, -Colonel Galbraith charged, and in these three months men have died, i aiting vainly for the government for which they fought, to redeem its promise to them. To Demand Centralization. The legion Is going to demand the centralization of the control of the rehabilitation and the care of ex-service men, taking it out of the hands of the three bureaus which now man age it, and putting it under one head. The legion is going to demand that the program of hospitalization for the care of disabled men, which came be fore the last session of congress, be enacted as was planned, and appropri ations for it be passed. Cannot Be Cared For. "The situation as regards the physi cal ability cf the United States to care for these men as they should be cared for in hospitals, is impossible," Colonel Galbraith said. "The United States has not enough government hospitals.. The legion will demand that enough hospitals be built to accommodate the men. "The hospitals' where the men are now being held are not all baid,-but the percentage of rottenness and in efficiency is so high that you would not permit your people to be taken there." the American Legion head de clared. No Compensation. Colonel Galbraith gave several In stances of men in St. Margaret's hos uital at Kansas City who are not re- (Continued on Page 8ix. Money in Pocket Forced To House Kiddies in Jail Chicago, Dec. 10. With money In his pocket Alfred Knittel had to seek shelter for his wife and four children at a police station today after five nights spent in different railroad sta tion waiting rooms because he could find no landlord willing to rent him a riot The colder weather last night and illness of Harold, the baby, drove the fathtr to seek aid of the police. Change in management In an hotel where he had been employed resulted in the loss of their flat there. "The landlords object to the babies." Knittel told the police, ""but they could not buy one of them from me for a million dollars." "Millions Now Living Will Never Die." Auditorium, Dec. 12, 3 p. m. Adv. Renders of The State Journal AMONG THOSE INTERESTED IN THE ANTI-MCRTEM ACTIVITIES OF THE SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS ARE CON6RCJSiONL BUlLE7Jf- 3 EE AND LAST SESSION OF THE -66 It! CONGRESS --SENATE PROGRAM -WORKING BflS5 OF THE SUBJECT OF ESTABLISHING PEACE WITH RMflAjy GRICULTU1?U LOANS" EXTENDING CREPITS TO FWKMERS FEPERflL LICENSING 5V3TEM TO CONTROL THE BIG MEAT PflCKEKS ND OTHER LARGE PEALERS I FOOD STUPPS- ftOUSE PROGRAM APPROPRIATION BILL CARRVNS -4,000,000.000. WTH U0WCH TO F?UW THE 60VERNMENT DURING THE NEXT FISCAL VEflF? -LEGISLATIVE BA?RIE f? AGAINST FLOOD OF JMNHGRVJNTS TO OUR SHORES GROUNDWORK FOR REVISING TAX LRUJS AND CHANSINft Ss. THE TARIFF FFFORTS TO REPEAL. EXCESS PROFITS TAXES It yv E ftwico tnrrl dvil'if Or LIVING Mil. .n JTLA common VjjU.Dffi ushnelK, 7ZO MAKE 0. S. DUMP Minnesota Congressman Says Foreign Nations in Conspiracy. Declares on Honor Undesirables Being Shipped to America. Washington, Dee. 10. Several for eign governments are financing move ments to dump their undesirable citi zens on the United States, Representa tive Knutson, Minnesota, member of the house immigration committee, charged in opening debate in the house today on the bill to suspend immigra tion for two1 years. Knutson said he swore to his charge Chicago Motorman Given $48,000 Nobel Prize for Famous Poetry Products Fame Came Over Night to Scandinavian Who Came to This Country as a Cabin Boy Wrote While Attempting to Starve Himself to Death. New YorK, Dec. 10. Knut Samsun, of Larvin, Norway, former Chicago street car motorman, who today re ceives the $48,000 Nobel prize for lit erature, has had as adventurous a career as ever befell any of his Vik ing forefathers. Sixty-year-old poet, mystic and re cluse, at the height of his fame, Ham sun six months ago was practically un known outside of Scandinavia. He was born in Gulbrandstal on August 4. 1860, and while working as a young shoemaker's apprentice wrote some little poems which showed him to possess a most original and peculiar style. Young Hamsun did not take kindly to. pegging soles and, longing for ad venture," shipped as a cabin boy at Christiania and came to the United States. Subsequently he became a miner, clerk in a store and a Chicago motorman. Fellow countrymen who knew him in America at that time said that he wrote occasional sketches and .poems and showed marked tendencies toward atheism and anchorism. Stricken with what he believed to be a fatal illness. Hamsun abandoned his radical ideas and for a short time pursued the studv I of religious mysticism. I The author's bitter experiences' In JIGGS AND MAGGIE IN PARIS PRODUCE MANY LAUGHS To Be Given Treat, Saturday. Don't f- I I I I i I W07 A WORD TO ENCOURAGE ME upon his honor as a member of the house. He did not specifically name the governments which he claims are guilty of such practices, but inferred that Spain was one of the nations. -The house Immigration committee ina meeting"jnst befori'the "honsa nrtenAd. flnnrnved two amendments to tthe bill. One- provides that the pro posed suspension shall in -no way in terfere with Oriential exclusion agree ments, the other allows naturalized citizens of those who have taken out their first papers to send for their wives who reside in foreign countries. As originally drawn, the measure pro vides only for blood relatives.- Representative Box, Texas, declared that never before had the people of the world planned to flock to one country to escape war burdens. He claimed that the people of California have not overstated the problem of Oriental exclusion. America seem to have schooled him for the famous man of letters he was later to become. Always homesick for his native land, he finally reached' Copenhagen, penniless and alone. So distressing was his plight that he found lodgings in a garret and sought to starve himself to death. He longed to die and yet the instinct for self preservation forbade his entering "the great unknown." Wrote During Hunger. It was during this great life-and-death struggle that Hamsun wrote his now world-renowned sketch entitled "Hunger," which printed- in a Danish paper, placed its author in the first rank of Scandinavian writers. Later Hamsun wrote a novel of the same title, "Hunger." which proved to be another masterly and impressive analysis of the human soul. Success came to him over night, as it were, and the next morning Scandinavians were acclaiming him as their 'great est living poet." In spite of this adu lation, Hamsun held himself -aloof from society and tried to escape all worldly honors. He sought retirement in a hut in the forest near Gulbrand stal and when admirers tried to find him there, he went further north to the almost inaccessible little farm where he had lived as a child. y m l v 11 Miss a Single One of the World's Greatest TO THE RESCUE Insurance Companies o-mer- Ica Increase Their Loans. Are Helping Cut Living Costs and Build Houses. New York, Dec. 10. In response to the nation-wide cry for shelter and reduced living costs, the life insurance companies of this country for the first ten months of the present year have loaned more than $230,000,000 on city and farm "real estate mortgages, ac cording to original statistics submit ted by Haley Fiske, of New York, president of the Metropolitan Life In surance company, at the convention ot the Association of Life Insurance Pres idents here today. Of this amount, he said, $151,348. 902 was loaned on farms, $78,875,359 in cities and the remainder not sep arated in the figures furnished by the thirty-nine life insurance companies. Mr. Fiske said that today the com panies "have the enormous sum of $2,082,000,000 invested on bond and mortgage thruout the country, almost equally divided between farms and cities, an-1 have made commitments for many millions more one company alone having promised nearly $50,000, 008 in loans not yet closed." Mr.. Fiske stated that real estate mortgage loans now formed more than 30 per cent of the assets of American life insurance companies; that rail road securities came second, being 28 per cent of the assets: and that the companies owned nearly $1,250, 000,000 of federal, state, county and municipal bonds nearly 20 per cent of their total assets. Meanest Thief Stole Even Hair From Her Head Fort .Thomas. Ky., Dec. 10. Mrs. Waters Howe, of Orlando. Fla., claims to have been the victim of the meanest thief in the United States one who she said clipped her hair from her head while she was asleep ln a Pull man car of the Louisville Nashville railroad en route from Jacksonville, Fla., to this city Mrs. Howe reported that besides her hair, she was robbed of several pieces of jewelry and $300 in cash. "'Millions Now Living Will "Never Die." Auditorium, Dec 12, t p. m. Adv. Comic, "BriBfeUig l'p Falher. Barefoot Girls Will Entertain At Press Club 'Frying Pan" Guests To Be Given; xastc or Ileal cabaret stuir Dy uod Finlay's Bathing Girls. There are a lot of wild women in Topeka today." They are the ones who have attended Press club affairs in I the past, and who have been unable, to get tickets for the Frying Pan din-' ner at the Pelletier Tea Room Mon- day night. They have a right to be j wild. They have Just heard that there are to be women present girls bath- I ing girls and a barefoot dancer too. These are the members of the com- pany being brought to Topeka next week by Bob Fir.lay, Mack Sennett Comedy star, who showed at the Or pheum theater during fair week. He is bringing his show back for a re turn engagement at the Orpheum. As soon as it was learned that the bevy of pulchritude was en route to To- peka, it was at once decided that the, 'Men Only" rule for the' Frying Pan dinner must be abrogated and thru Manager G. L. Hooper arrangements were maao to nave me inlay aggre- gation as guests or the club tor tne evening. The company, all nine of its members including Yvonne the Egyp- tian dancer and the full orchestra from the Orpheum theater will have their share of the eats early and dur- j 17Sv,therVinR 1 di?.?e! to the ?res! club and its guests, will stage a cabaret entertainment that promises much in the way of exclusiveness as members of the aggregation of the local scribes are already planning a scenario that will be staged by Bob Finlay for this show only. Finlay is touring the country this winter, to get acquainted with the movie fansof the nation, prior to ganizing his own film company come time next fall. Since he has been here he has played In nearly every impor-la tant motion picture palace in the southwest. From Topeka he starts his eastern swing. Since he left To- peka, Finlay has added complete new costumes and scenery to his produc tion and while, he comes back with the same girls, he also has almost a new show, a part of which was suggested to him by one of the Topeka scribes. The advance scale of tickets has been good better than the committee anticipated and if the general public!""" Ji" T'f ,of c?,m wishes to take advantage of the show they must get in early with their reservations. v Tickets for the affair may be secured from any member of the Topeka Press club. At first many who are not members of the club did not understand that they could attend the show.i The enttre evening's enter tainment is for the general public ea well as members of the club and all will eniov the program, which will be varied enough to suit the taste of Mvery on e. c One of the big features -will be tne "frying pan" entitled PnlitioAl Afmlrfttions The ticket sale closes tjmight. SHEON HER WAY Clara Smith en Route to Fort Worth to Surrender. No Warrant to Hold Her 3Iay Go to Ardmore. Fort Worth. Dec. 10. Should Clara Smith, wanted at Ardmore, Okla., in connection with the fatal shooting of Jake L. Hamon, come to Fort Worth today, she cannot be arrested because local officers do not hold a warrant. Sheriff Carl Smith announced today. She might -surrender voluntarily, and await the arrival of Oklahoma offi cers, the sheriff said. At the offices of McLean, Scott McLean, local at torneys, it was said Miss Smith should arrive here this afternoon. Whether she was traveling by train or automo bile the, attorneys said they did not know. The first of the week, the Fort (Worth legal firm admitted they had been consulted on the case by a repre sentative of the girl's family and that they advised that she surrender and stand trial. Authorities today were watching trains coming into Fort Worth from the border. A train due to arrive from the border about 3 o'clock this afternoon, will be watched especially close, it was said. Fort Woith police refused to either voice credence or discredit the reports. They declared following negotiations known -to have been conducted for the girl's surrender, that she may give her self up is "entirely possible but not yet a verified fact." At the same time, reports from El Paso were to the effect that authori ties there believed she had not re crossed the border. HODGES IS NO BETTER Only Blight Hopes Are Held Out for His Recovery. Olathe, Kan.. Dec. 10. Reports at 3 o'clock this afternoon were to the ef fect that the condition of George H. Hodges, who is seriously ill at his i home here, remained practically un changed. Physicians reported that ne did not rest as well Thursday night as the night before. Only slight hopes are held out for his recovery. WANTS TO PAY KAISER'S BILLS. Germans Call It "Payments on Private Property" In Explanation. Berlin, Dec. 10. The German gov ernment is not disposed to discontinue its payments for the upkeep of the former kaiser, it declared today. The Tageblatt stated the government has received protests from France and Great Britain on these expenditures, but has replied that the money must be considered as. payment on private property. BCSIXESS SCRPLCS DECREASES. Unfilled Steel Orders 800.000 Tons Less Than in October. New York, Dec. 10. Unfilled ton nage of the United States Steel cor poration decreased $15,371, it was an nounced today. The unfilled tonnage totaled 9.021 -4S1 tons November 30, as against 9.836.652 tons October 31. and 10. 374,804 tons September $0, and 1, 128,330 November 30, 1919. IMARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED ON IN SOUTH IRELAND Britain Has To Other Recourse, T Declares JLIOyd Ueorge.

Only Lawless Districts To BO n Lnder lUllltary Kule. HOPES FOR PFifiF fllHFll ,,ul -u 1 ul1 LHUL UriOIILU Parliament Told There Can Be 3fo Truce. rniiot KwnpnIfi Sinn Fotn -BUU"l Jtetognize ainn ICID GoTernment of Ireland. Dublin. Dec 10. Martial law was

Proc'lm 'm Dublin castlo today ln tne c,ty nd county of Cork, th city and county of Limerick, and in the counties of TIpperary and Kerry,

London. Dec. 10. Martial law is to h. PP"ed in certain areas of Irelano. Ftemier Lloyd George announced in speaking in the house of commons to- day on the Irish situation. The government has decided to giv safe conducts to Sinn Fein members of the house of commons so that thv may meet with the government to dis- or-,cus the Irish situation, the premier isait. Under martial law. said the premier. proclamation would be issued it-- mu dur that all arms and uniform be surrendered within the present"! i areas by a certain date. After that .date unauthorized persons found pos- sesslng arms would be treated as rebels and be liable to the death pen alty on conviction by a military court. Only in Lawless Districts. The martial law to be instituted In Ireland, as announced by Premier- mons, today will be applied to a lim ited area in the southwest of Ireland, where the government states that law lessness and outrage are especially prevalent. The premier said the government had been driven to the conclusion, in view of recent incidents, that it must take stronger action in certain disturbed areas. Hope for Peace Dashed. t Hopas'.fop'-TrMi peace were dashed" today by Lloyd George's announcement The Court ofi'n ne house of commons of the gov jernment's refusal to recognize or negotiate with the Dail Fireann tlrisn parliament), on which tho Sinn Feiners had Insisted. No formal negotiations have been attempted. Lloyd George told th house, altho peacemakers on both sides have communicated with their government. The prime minister declared he was "regretfully convinced" extremists controlling the Irish murder campaizn were not ready for peace. "The only basis for peace." the prer mler declared, "will be acceptance by our opponents of unbroken unity for the United Kingdom." Extremists Prevent Peace. The people of Ireland themselves are most anxious for peace. Lloyd George said, but the extremists will not permit. Announcement of Lloyd George's plan to discuss the Irish situation drew an unusual crowd to commons today. The premier went to the heart of the matter at once by declaring the government could not recognize the Dail Fireann as a body qualified to speak for the Irish people. Been No Negotiations. Since this body could not be recog nized, he declared, the government had made no effort to enter necotia- tlons. He reiterated tnat tne govern ment hoped for peace and was ready to discuss it with any person or organ ization it could recognize as represen tative of the Irish people. He told of interviews with Arthur Henderson and William Adamson, la bor members of the house, who Inves tigated conditions ir Ireland and cams back with a report that the leaders were ready to accept peace. He men tioned also the report of Archbishop Cluns who had seen Arthur Griffith, acting head of the Sinn Fein, at Mount Joy prison in Dublin. Won't Abandon Murders. These conversations, he said. hsl convinced him that the people of Ire land desired peace but that the ex tremists who were responsible for ths murder campaign, had shown they were not ready to abandon warfare. Newspapprs were divided over Ins prospect. The Northcliffe press de clared hopes of peace to be brightest. The principal difficulty in the way of peace, -these papers declared, was the Sinn Fein basic demand for am nesty. The Daily Mail said Ireland hoped for peace, that one of the most vio lently anti-British counties disbanded its branch of th republican army, and that the volunteers had sent their arms to police headquarters by parceis post. Ma Declare Martini Law. Other newspapers saw no such hop and declared everything indicated martial law will have to be declared before rebellion can be crushed. The Irish Bulletin, published in Dub lin, declared the government had no basis for hope in the Interviews of Arlhur Henderson with Sinn Feiners. Michael Collins, head of the Republi can army, stated that Henderson had seen Arthur Griffith, but that Griffith refused to sue for peace. "We are not asking for a truce but we would not reject it if offered." was Griffith's position, according to Col lins' statement. "Young Ireland," also published In Dublin, declared "Lloyd George can have peace any time if he makes of fers as from one nation to another. That's the only peace that will be ac ceptable." Nine Sinn Feiners were captured last night as they lay ln wait for ft police lorry near Killarney. They were arrested without violence) on either side. "Millions Now Living Will Never Die." Auditorium, Dec 12, i p. m. Adv.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1920 GUARD IS SUED Texas Newspaper Asks $25,000 Damages From Officers. WEATHER (Ctotloiied from Page Ods.I Will Test Power of Military Orer-CiVilians in Courts. OUTCOME OF EDITOR'S ARREST He Attacked Martial Rule Dur ingr Galveston Strike. Escaped When Seized by Sol diers In Martial Zone. Houston, Tex., ifec. 10. Power of the military over civilians outside a specified martial law zone will be tested here as a result of a civil suit for damages filed today in district court by the Houston Press in behalf of its editor, G. V. Sanders. The suit is directed apainst Col. Blllie Mayfield, of the Texas National tluard, and three lieutenant of the Cuard. Wants (25,000 Damages. Sanders asks $10,000 actual dam ages and $15,000 exemplary for false arrest. Tbe suit Is the outcome of th attempted arrest of Editor San ders by three state guard lieutenants under orders of Col. Billie Mayfield, August 30. during occupation of Gal veston, ordered by Governor W. P. Hobby because of alleged violence growing out of the strike of long shoremen at the Gulf port. Questions of freedom of speech, right of habeas corpus and trial by jury are involved in the case. Caused Hip Sensation. The attempted kidnaping of the edi tor, coming at a time when the Gal veston trouble was at its highest pitch, caused a sensation in Texas. As editor of the Press, Sanders had attacked the martial rule which Brig. Gen. J. L. Wolters commanded over Galves ton county from June 7 to October 8. Wolters, on August 27, is alleged In the petition to have instructed Provost Marshal Mayfield to arrest Sanders if he were caunht inside the martial law zone. On the night of August 30, three lieutenants were said to have been ordered to go to Houston by Mayfield and arrest Sanders. Escaped From Arrest. Sanders wag called from a banquet at the Country club and placed under arrest by the officers. After a strug gle he escaped. The men returned to Galveston. A court martial acquitted Col. May field, who assumed full responsibility for the attempted arrest, and the three' officers. "The fight will be carried to the supreme court of Texas and on to the supreme court of the United Elates if necessary," Sanders said today. SKXATOIt CAPPER MENTIONED. May Be Named by Farm Bureau Fed-, oration as Secretary of Agriculture. Indianapolis, Dec. Appointment of a committee representing the American farm bureau federation to confer with President-elect Harding regarding the selection of a secretary of agriculture was authorised today at a tneetini; of the federation's new ex ecutive board. He announced to the board that the president-elected had invited the fed eration to eend a committee to him, promising not to determine upon any one until he had conferred with the federation. Names of several possible appointes were discussed by the board but no formal action taken regarding any. Among those mentioned was Senator Capper of Kansas. o'clock, and the lowest this morning was 28 degrees at 6:SU o'clock. This afternoon the temperature will rise to 45 to 60 degrees, and tonight will drop to about 32 degrees. A temperature of 60 degrees is promised for tomor row afternoon. The lowest temperature In the state of Kansas Thursday night was 24 de grees, reported from Goodland. The lowest marks in the United States were set at Sheridan. Wyo and" North Platte, Neb., each place reporting IS degrees. The highest temperature ever re corded on this date in Topeka was 71 degrees in 1890. and the lowest was degrees below sero in 1919. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind was blowing at ten miles an hour from the south. DAILY WEATIIEB BEPOBT. Fnrntihert by tbe weatner tnirenu office Tenetta. Knn.. for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. i riuay. 25 YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA From the Columns ef THE TOPEKA STATE JOURIf All Dwtmber 10, 1800. The Toppkn gns plant hna been sold to a vyiiflk'nte of New Vork nuri ltcston enp ltallats. Tbe purchase price is not ilettntlf )y known, hut It Is mippoM to be in the neighborhood of flWn.OOU. Col. C. K. Hnlll ilny Is In New Vork, where the sale whs cIom-U. The rouipnny was organized more than twenty-five years K. Col. C. K. Jlolliiluy was president and Judire J. T. I'lark, secretary and treasurer. The ma jority of the atock was held bv Col. llolll (lay. Judge Clark and David Lakin. A new dancing clnb was orgnaljied Nov. SO. to meet on the second and fourth Wed nesday evenings of every montU at Welheretrs hall. The following are the members: Mars. and Meadame J. 11. Hayden, J. H. MeKlbben, A. A. Hurcl, C. X. Mutton, II. A. Dunn. W. T. Croabv. K. L. Cnpelaud, J. M. Toirence, George I'ark hurst, P. Iteed, A. 1'renott, Robert Pierce, J. It. llankla and lr. and Mrs. Munn. Mr. and Mrs. T,. M. Crawford have Issued "at home" cards for Wedneday afternoon, December 18, to meet Mlaa May Bailey. Mlas Ouaaie Fuller wlil return home to morrow from Kmporla. ToCureaCold in One Day Take Laxatlva tsSs'sis Bo sure its Bromo The genuine bears this signature 30c FINANCE BILL SURE ALL MUST HELP Senators Approve Reviving War Finance Commission. Act Also Directs Federal Banks to Assist Farmers. Stations Boston, Mass Calsary, Alb Chicago, 111 Cincinnati, O Concordia, Knn.... Corpus Christ!, T.. leuvcr. Colo Ics Moluca, la.... Oodpe City. Kan.. Dulilth, Minn Kl l'nsn, Tex Knrt Worth. Tex.. Galveston, Tes.... Ooodlaud. Kun.... Havre. Mont .Tacksonville,. Fla.. Kansas City, Mo.. Little Hock. Ark.. Los AllReles, Cal.. Kvw Orleans, La.., New York. S V.. N. Platte. Neb Oklahoma, Okla..., l'hoeuix, Ariz Pittsburgh, Pa....' Portland, Ore St. Joseph, Mo.... St. Louis, Mo St. Paul. Minn Salt Lake. I'tah.. San Francisco S. Hte. Marie Sheridan, Wyo.... Spokane, Wash.... ramnu. 1-la Toledo. Olii" TOPKKA. KAN' Y aKhtiiuton, It. C Wichita, Kan Winnipeg, Man High ;z 3- .u- uaiu SI! 12 0 Cloudy 42 St 0 Cfoudy 44 S8 .011 Its in 44 24 0 Clear 74 WJ 0 Cloudy 4t 24 0 Clear 34 M2 O Clear M iS 0 Clear .12 24 0 Cloudy US iii 0 Clear IU 38 0 Clear 00 W O Cloudy 45 i!4 O Clear 44 0 Cloudy as 4(i 0 Clou ly 44 34 O Clear no 3S O Clear Hi fiO 02 Ha In Bii 2X 0 Fair 42 :ui .1" Rain CO IS 0 Clear no 3fi O Clear (It ,34 0 Clear 44 32 .02 It u ill 4li 42 .44 Hain 42 30 0 Clear 4(1 40 .02 (Toady 32 3(1 0 Cloudy 42 :w T Cloudy T 48 .06 Cloudy .US .10 0 ltaill 42 IS l) Clear :iti .22 Cloudy fit r.2 0 Fair 44 34 .04 Rain 44 i'H O Clear .'is 3(1 O Cloudy 44 82 0 Clear (I s 0 Cloudy Pleads Guilty to Murder. Oklahoma City, Dec. 10. Elmer Sherill, who shot and killed W. L. An derson, owner of a restaurant here, last September, yesterday .leaded guilty and was sentenced to life im prisonment at hard labor by Judge George W. Clark. R. K. and R. J. Pearson, also alleged to be implicated in the murder, will be tried. Monday. Albania Hard Jilt by Quake. Paris, Dec. 10. Twenty-five villages In the Albanian district of Jugo-Slavia have been destroyed by earthquake. according to American Red Cross re ports from Valona. The tremors oc curred in the Tepellne district. CASTOR I For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of Washington, fec. 10. Prediction that his resolution reviving the war finance corporation will be passe"d to day by the senate was made By Sen ator Gronna, chairman of the agri culture committee. The measure is designed to give fed eral aid in the exportation of surplus agricultural stocks in this country so as to prevent farmers having to sell their crops below cost of production. The resolution also directs the federal reserve banks to aid farmers In the present state of depressed prices. Republican leaders have .assured hint they did not oppose the resolu tion, Gronna said. Southern and western senators are expected to sup port the measure almost In a body be cause of the demand for the resump tion of the corporation from agricul ture and related interests. The resolution must bo passed by the house following favorable action by the senate and signed by the pres ident before becoming law. The resolution does not involve ap propriation of any funds. The sum of $874,000,000 remains In the treasury from the half billion dollar appropria tion made for the corporation when it w-s established; This money will be available for the proposed revised activities of the corporation, but pro ponents of the legislation declare the moral courage which passage of the measure would give agriculture and the financing banks would make the use of government funds largely un necessary. BRITISH GET TEfttIS ON DEBT Three Years' Time Given to Pay U. S. for $122,000,000 In Silver. Washington, Dec. 10. Under an agreement with the British govern ment the debt of $122,000,000 due this country for silver purchased during the war will be passed by 1924, ac cording to details of the plan made public today by Secretary Houston. During the war, the treasury ar ranged to sell the British government bullion from melted silver dollars at the rate of $1 an ounce in conformity with the Pittman act to relieve the silver shortage in India. Of the $122, 017,633 owed the United States for purchases of this silver, $17,633 has been paid with interest. The remain ing $122,000,000, the secretary said, is to be paid in equal annual install ments in the years from 1D21 to 1924 in the proportions of 60 per cent on April 15 and 40 per cent on May 16 of each year with accrued interest at 5 per cent from April 15, 1919. Until payment in full of the prln cipal with interest, the secretary add ed, the British government will per mit the treasury to make tenders to purchase rupee credits offered by the Indian government on the same terms with British nationals. -v-.-. To Cure a Cold In One Day, Take Grove's LAXATIVE HKOMO QUI NINE tablets. The genuine b.ars the sig natilre of E. W. Grove. SOc. Adv. Postal Department Expects Its Biggest Xmas Rush. Thirty Thousand Additional Employes Added to Force. Washington. Dec. 10. Thirty thou sand extra mail carriers, clerks and helpers now are beginning night and day shifts to handle the biggest Christ mas mail rush In the history of tbe postoffice. This Is In addition to approximately $00,000 regular postoffice department officiate and employes, according to Superintendent Ryan of the bureau of postoffices today. Postoffice officials began to plan to handle the rush at a. series of confer ences held here last October, Ryan said. Divisional officials from every section of the country came here to make plans to put on something una 3.000 extra railway mail care and thou sands of extra auto trucks. "The public can put the finishing touches on the job by obeying two sim ple rules," said Ryan. "These rules are. ill Double wrad every package and place inside the name and address of both sender ana addressee, xnen the outer wrapper becomes torn, the postoffice clerks will know where to send the package without delay. It won't go to the dead letter office; (2) M.nil enrlv: the bis rush comes In the week just preceding Christmas day." TODAY'S MfiBKET REPORTS Chicago. Dec. 10. WHEAT Bears had the adv-sntape io the wheat market today owing chiefly to reports of unfavorable economic and financial conditions. Weak ness of securities and silver and sugar counted especially as a depressing factor. Predictions were also current of a 50 per cent increase of wheat receipts in Kansas within the next fortnight. Ownlns prices, which ranged from lV.e to 3c lowerwith December Sl.flS to Mfi.5 arrfl March Sl.M to $1.!2, were followed by decided additional setback. COJtN Corn was sold heavily. After opening Wc to ly.c lower Including May at "Hie to 75c the market continued sharply down rrade. OATS Oats declined with other cereals, starting Me to i31c off. May 81c to 01 -Hp and suffering a further drop. PROVISIONS Lower quotations on hogs pulled down provisions. Kansas City firaln Market. (Range of prices on grain futures on the Kansas City Itonrd of Trade, ns reported bv B. O. Christopher A Co.. 320 New Eng land Bldg.) Kansas City, Dec. 10. -close No. S white. 51Slc; Ke. 2 mixed. ',ic; No. 2 red, 49c. RYE $1.47. KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE $1.201.30. SHORTS Sl.40ei.50. BRAN $1.30. WHEAT Receipts 122 cars. WHEAT-'-Close Sec., SL99M March, $l.2i. COKtf Dec., 3c; May, 66c yew York Prodveo Market. New Vork, Dec. 10.. BUTTER- Market firm. Firsts, 41(g52e. EGGS Market firm. Fresh gathered extra nrsts, wmuue. New Tork Stock Market. x Wall St.. New York, Dee 10. STOCK 8 The short Interest In stock market con. tinued to press its advantage at tbe open ing of today's cession being aided by over night development of a bearish character. Kalis again were tbe center of tbe Initial selliug at further declines. Forecast of the November tonnage report of the U. 8. Steel corporation to be issued today indicated a heavy reduction of unfilled orders. Additional reversals of the morning re sulted In a new fow record for BaMwin Lo comotive, Corn Products and Americas A 1 T 1 1 I 1 .1 1 rt Algf JCUHWr.I, VUCIUmi, MHU miff Ill I the sitee-ialtlea in th Textile. Leather and CHEESE Market Irregular. State whole unclassified divisions. An Irregular re- milk, flats. held specials, early make, 2714 Open Blgh Low Today Yes. WHEAT Dec. ..113 1V 1S 15H 1U4 Mnr. ..151H 151 152 152 159 CO UN nee. 0514 054 fiS fi-Hi 00,1, Mav m 00 0tj m rtflii vJiilV 70 70 07 7 70 OATS May 4914 SO 494 49Vi M Kansas City Grain Market. Kansas City, Dec. 10. WHEAT Cosh: Merket 2c to 7c lower. No. 1 hard, Sl.tiOW 1.73; No. 2, Sl.5ff 1.72 No. 1 red, fL02 1.04: No. 2. $1.9011.91 CORN Market lc to 2e lower. No. 2 mixed, fiKc; No. 3, 67: No. 2 white, 73c: Xo. 3, 72c: No. 2 yellow. 74U75c; No. H. 7:!(74e. OATS Market unchanged to lc loner. ml Fine Now Ready New Christmas Watches for Women! The most popular Lady's Watch ever made the kind you have always wanted Quality fully guaranteed real $25 values, and only a large recent 'purchase enables Harris- Goars to offer this wonderful Watch Special Tomorrow, $17.50 Where Credit Is a Courtesy and Not an Induce ment. 15 -Jewel Watches 20-Year Gold-Filled Cases Choice of Adjustable Ribbon or Gold-Filled Brace let Attachment. Men should bay these for their wives, daughters, sweethearts women everywhere should buy them because ot the unusually low price and accurate time keeping qualities. Men's Watches Diamond Rings $15 to $55 $35 to $500 US And you can even buy a good time Keeper nera as low as 14.95 a real watch for 2S and a Special 18 Jewel In 23-rer ease, rallreai quality enly 37.50. Come and select on ap proval Don't buy a pig in tha poke. If you don't know diamonds, "Harris Ooars is the place to buy. We guarantee price and quality and every sale on approval. KANSAS CITY TOPEKA WICHITA OKLAHOMA CUT. New Tork Sncar Market. New Tork, Pec. 10 SUOAR Kaw, weak; centrifugal, 5.27. fine granulated, un changed, 8.SS&9.00. CTnlcaca Grata and Provision Market. (Range of prices on grata futures on tha Chicago Beard i? Trade, as reported by Tbe Empire Commission Co., S01 New England lildg. Chicago, Dec. 10l Close Open WHEAT Dec. ..105 Mnr. ..102 roitN Dec. 72 May 75 July 75 OATS Dec 47H May 51 July BUV, BARLEY Dec. VT May 72 I'd UK Jan. ..23.30 LAUD Jan. ..14.35 Rins Jan. ..12.20 High Low Today Yes. ins wo laou, 10014 102 1S6 157 104 72 fiSH 6S" 7.1 7!S 71H 71, 7514 76 7214 72 7ii 474 4ST, 45 48 51 40 4014 51 WK-s 4b. Clls 67 IW AO 0814 73 70?4 71M 74 23.30 22.40 22.50 23.22 14,35 13.09 13.92 14.35 12.30 11.95 11. B5 12.30 Kansas City Produee Market. Kansas City, Dec. 10. EGGS Firsts, lc lower, O'itOOc: seconds, unchanged. 57c. BUTT Kit Mnrket unchanged. Creamery, 53c; packing, lftc. I'ui irui MarKet nncnangen. liens coverv led by Mexican Petroleum, Texas and Pacific, Coal and Crucible, Steel railed to bold, prices boob falling back. Heaviness become more pronounced in the shipping, motor food and railway shares. Mail orders displayed reneweed weakness Sears Roebuck losing 3V points. Call money opened and reeuewea into next wees at per cent. New Tork liberty Boad Market. New York, Pec. 10. Prices of liberty bonds noon: 3V41. B0.10; first 4's, 85 80; second 4's, 85.50: first 414 'a. CO 28: second 4H S5 "3; third 4 s. ss.10; fourth Vt W..13; victory DJ.44. lower; top, 9.75; bnlk of a!es, $9.40(39.65; good and choice pigs, $U.25&u.50. SHEEP Receipts 150. arket nominally steady. No trading. Chleace livestock Market. Chicago, Dee. IO CATTLE Receipt. 000. Steers and she stock, slow; early sales, around steady with low yesterdny; very few steers here; bulk common and medium natives, f8.50Wll.00; bnlk butcher cows and heifers, $5.0tfr!;?.50: canners, dull, mostly f3.50fe3.75; bulls sad calves, gen eraUxjteady bologna bulls, largely $4.75 5.0; choice veal calves, $10.25ei0.50 stockers and feeders, slow. HOGS Receipts S2.000. Market general ly 10c to 15c lower; range narrowest of eiaon ton. to 05 -.bulk of aalee. s9.40fd0.03 pigs, steady to strong; bulk desirable pigs. iBOniffo.35. SHUEP Receipts 7,000. Best killing erades. strong to 25c hlffher: ton lambs. $ll-0: bulk of sales, (11.00Q11.90: ewes. largely js-f.znfu o.txp meaiuiu jnuw feeding classes, steady. Topoka Market Report. Topeka. Kan, Pec. 10. MIXFD AND BCTCUKUS. 8-(:4.t2 UKAVl S.ISKU LIGHT 8.0i"U:j.0 PIGS I",y'Z5 CHOICE PACKING STOCK f noi Cannot use rough unfinished nogm ror packing purposes. Vlll have to buy at stock prices. Topeka Poultry Race. (Fnrnlstasd'by the Topeka Parking Co.) Topeka, Kan.. Dec. 10l Hens. lbs. and over. 22c: un'ler 4 lbs, 17,.. hrollpr S. Iha anil nnlrr. 25c: springs ,Tcr 3 lbs.. 22c; eld roosters, 14c; stags. Lc 95.50; Victory 4?4 s! lflifi 22c roosters, turueys, sue. 15 20c; springs, 24c; Chicago Produce Market. Chicago Dec. 10. BUTTER Market un settled. Creamery, 33a4Sc EGGS Mnrket lower. Receipts 1.57n enses. Firsts, 7274c: ordinary f rsfs, 02! tiOc; at. mark, eae included, Gu(i&71c; re frigerator firsts.- 0G(g57. POULTRY Alive, unchanged. POTATOKS Market slightly stronger. Receipt 54 cars. Northern white, sacked, bu'k, $1.35L45 cut; Idaho Buasets, J1.75 cwt. i Kansas City Livestock (The following sales wftt msae this more rag at the Stock Vardn. Kansas City aad reported over iong distance telephone ill rect to the Stale Journal by Cisy Robin son Co., live stock eomialaalos mer thsnta.) Kansas City. Dee. 10 CATTLE Receipts 1,000 head. Market steady to strong. HOGS Receipts 3.50O head. Market 25c lower. Bulk of sales, I0.23Q9.5O; top, stt.rA 8HEKP Receipts 1,500 head, normal. KILLING STEERS. No. Wt. Price I No. Wt HO 1100 19.10 1 30 1150 21.,... 1000 8.75 I COWS AND VJKIFEKS 3 UIO 19 50 6TOCRE Market Price. fS.73 14... i... 3... 04... 70... 51... 74... 792 100 190 214 241 102 219 I 7.00 1 14 020 0.00 4.20 I 2 842 COO lOKF.KS AND FEEDERS, 0.00 I CALVES. 10.50 I 11... 8.00 HOGS. 9.25 9.05 9.50 9.05 81.. 81.. SO.. 310 200 212 US 1. 00 9.00 0.05 9.00 Kansas City livestock Market. Kansas City, Dec. 10 CATTLE Receipts 2.100. Beef steers, butchers' stock and din ners, mostly sPcady to strong; steer sales. 7,0uf9.10: good heavy cows, $7.00: good canners, $4.00; calves, weak; best vealers, $10.50: practically no feeder trade. HOGS Receipts 3,500. Market loe to 25c Municipal Bonds 3ik

A variety of issues. Some long maturities. TO NET 52 to 6 THE CENTRAL TRUST CO. 700 Kansas Avenue I! OCIC 3HIPPE! 1'9 Icsuro Yourself Dcst Remits Cona2ga to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. live Ztctk Conurtission Mereh2Hta, gick Ycrda, Cat. Citl to AIeo nave Our Own errec rt rtitcao, Eo. St. Joseph, So. Osuihtk li?ri vcr, Slotia City. So. St, Pad, BBilnlo, E. St. Xxxuj, Fort i.ota tun M raw. (nlfidflf OBKaf PELUJCE FytH TtlwlfrliPKE New Arrivals at Harris- Goar's Stunning Coats at Big Reductions Come' To morrowAny Garment on Easy Terms. Silk plushes, beautifully Bilk lined and Interlined; Raccoon Opossum and Coney fur collars. Wool Coats in line Bolivia, new frost glow, sueds velour, many handsomely fur trimmed; long- coats and a new special -la 40-inch sport model. Genuine fur Coats seallne and bay seal with self collars or Gray Squirrel, Bilk lined genuine Mar mots in rich browns and Coneys in brown and taupe. Now Is the time to buy the Coat you have always wanted. The price Is less, the quality Is better, the terms are made to suit your convenience. Silk Hose, fine quality "Humming Bird" brand. 91.93 pair; S pairs in Xmas 50 Easy terms in all de partments. Clothing for Men and Women. Watches, Diamonds, Novelties. Buy all your gifts at Hania-Goar's on one bill. the store where you feel at home and your account is welcome. NEW DRESSES. Better values than all the sales. Tricotlnes, serges, velours every new design; dresses worth up to $35 and $50. Make your selection "on easy terms, 7) OVERBLOUSES. Buy Blouses here tomorrow. We have made the price deeper than bed-rock. Georgettes, satins fine clean Blouses that will ap peal to you; former prices. $6.95 to $9.75. Tomorrow special to you, (t J QC only ij'isaJ D Big Reductions On Quality Clothes Dollar for Dollar, you can do better at Harris-Goar'-Yon are sure of a iquare deal You can arrange the terms to suit your conventence. $40 ALL WOOL SUITS AND OVERCOATS, NOW. .$29.75 $50 ALL WOOL SUITS AND OVERCOATS, NOW.. $39.75 $60 ALL WOOL SUITS AND OVERCOATS, NOW.. $49.73 $70 ALL WOOL SUITS AND OVERCOATS, NOW, .$55.00 Gabardines, Raincoats, Reversible Coats Price Range, $7.50 to $55. Specials for Men Shirts, $1.95 to $555. Fine Silk Ilose, $1. Other Good Hose, 25c to 50c. Neckwear in New Shades, Reduced Prices. f i mm zmmsMmimMmsMMmm Boys' SuiU and Overcoats, $13.50 to $21.00 All Boys' Suits Except Serges Have Extra Pants. Kansas City Topeka Wichita Oklahoma City A i A N a V

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3 A Hippopotamus few children ever own one just like the ones that doze in the circus wagoas, not pretty, but such a pt! Price $2.30 Torlaad BaHiml Rain or Shine Cmbref las, black, green, brown, red. purple, taupe and navy, ivory rings, leather loops. Prices rang from S10.0O. to Sl50- Imbrrll. Mala FWr Bead Necklaces, cut crys tal and black beads alter nating in a most effective way. Several lenirths and sizes of these. Price. 93.50 yrrnrtt Rbep 2nd Floor A White Camel conjures up all sorts of pleasant visions and forms the nu cleus of a. circus parade in any nursery. Price. .$2.50 Taj land BaHBUBt Cmbrrllas of black American Taffeta, with silk and linen covers and loop and ring handles, each (2.00 to S9.50. TatbreUao 3Iaf Floor P let ar. Frames of French gilt with touches of enamel in colors, an oval frame swans in a lit tle standard. Price, $5.00. BUY TUBERCULOSIS Saturday a Splendid Shopping Day a ig Store Special values in all departments, and a dazzling array of beautiful holiday merchandise from which to make your selections. Don't forget the French Shop 'for gift suggestions. HEALTHY KEW VIA THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1920 t the B CHRISTMAS SEALS Hxtra Special Values in Hosiery for Women and Children they last, Women's strictly black all sizes, at 50c to pnee for Hosiery Santa Claus will be in Toyland Saturday from 10 to 12 a. m. and from 2 to 5 p. m. And we are hoping;, oh, so n-.uch. that little Jack Claus's grandfather will let him come to the Story hour on the fifth floor. He may be timid about coming;, for he likes to stay near his grandfather, but we're hoping he'll be there, and won't it be fun if he is Toyland is Gayer than ever these days There are so many things that one enjoys looking at and it's such fun choosing what one would like to own. Toy Special for Saturday Alrplane Toy. painted array frray. with red insignia, regular $1.93 values, for Saturday $1.00 Regular $1.35 lahies, for Saturday 79c Ksru'ar 5 so values, for Saturday 50c Nice Brown Teddy Bears Vway A-Helit the little folk. We have several sJzes iueakr ones, too. Teddy TVar. about 1? inches hih. soft silky brown, a very nice pet. price $3.25 Teddy Bear, about 14 inches high $2.9f Teddy Bear, 12 inches high. price $2.25 Teddy Bear, the littlest one of all, 10 inches hisrh., price. .$1.49 Stuffed Animals To Please the children Big folks like them, too. All thee Animals arc about 12 inches high and are most attractive toys. A Giraffe. all mottled and spotty, just like the one In the Kipling book, mild blue eyes, a perfect blonde, price $1.50 siu'k lie;ir, rot fierce at all, but fi;er.i:y like the ones in the park, iith a red ribbon tj gh-c a touch domesticity, price $-4.54) A Buffalo, you'll think you're in Gaee park when you see hint, ail soft and brow.i and furry, price $2.50 A Brown Pony, with a gay blan ket and a spirited air. a neat bridle ird a trentle eye. price $4.50 Have you found the mate to your button? Don"t forget to register your name in Santa's big book, and then you can look and see if your partner has al ready registered. And -w hen you find him, you can both come to the store and each get a dollar's worth of toys. Tojland la the Biwanl. A special purchase from a big Chicago jobber en ables us to offer for Saturday Kibrc Silk Hose, first quality, lisle top. hei and toe. mock ywam in back. 1 t) dozpfi of thes, in black, cordovan and navy, reeniar $1.00 and J I. values, for Saturday, while 59c per pair. tine Wool Hose, of all shades and nurtures, both rttnex and plain weaves in this lot, some of the genuine English make, Kritish wool clocked hose, in black, navy and white, values from S2.50 to $3.50 per pair, for Saturday, your choice at $1,79 Real Bargain in Children's Hose for Saturday Children's Fine Kibhed Hose. first quality, both 25 and cordovan, come hose that have sold i5e a pair, special c Saturday, per pair; Main Floor Leather Goods in Abund ance for Christmas Gifts Two large tables of road men's samples, including traveling and manicure sets and num erous other leather novelties Yz Price Children's Purses, in one large display, many different styles and ail prices in one special lot, each 59c Velvet Bags Our entire stock for Saturday, at reduction of 25 nomas Bass and Purses, one table of some very exceptional val ues, choice for $5.0O Leather .od Main ior Underselling Shoes For Women and Children. Every style in our stock has been radically reduced, noth ing reserved. This means that you can buy the new fall styles in browns and blacks, such fall shoes as Cantelever, Edwin C. Burt, Duttenhoffer combination lasts at savings of from $3 to. $7 a pair. All divided into three price groups $9.95 Big variet; calfskin. All styles that were $12 to $14.50. Big variety of styles in brown calfskin. $13.95 m siyies mat were $15.50 to S 18.50. Finest grades of foot wear obtainable. T A C Good assortment O I ,4D of styles and sizes at this price. A fine chance to save money. All Children's Shoes 20 Off All styles all sizes. Felt Slippers for the whole family. Ftirer Sua Floor A Special One Ton Purchased and sold on the basis of $9.00 Sugar Twenty-five different kinds, direct from the factory, at the lowest possible price, this lot will be placed on sale in Toyland at prices so low that you will buy your candies now. We will not guarantee to duplic ate these prices after this lot is sold. Hard Candies. Ribbon Mixed Candies, a pound. 27c Cut Mixed Candies, a pound. .27c Broken Taffy Candy, a pound. .STc Raxzlc Dazzle Candy, a pound. .27c Tankee Peanut Candy, a pound, 2Sc Wrapped Kbe, a pound 23c Aborted sti fc Candy, a, pound. 21c Some Men" Union Suits. Ierby ribbed suits, spring rwedle knit, in cream color, medium weight, in sixes to 4i. Our regular 13.50 values, for Saturday, eac. fl.5 Men's I'nton Suits, heavy fleeced lined, in jrray color only. Cut full, shaped arms and le&s, button front and closed crotch. In sizes 3 to 4t; regular 3.59 values for. $1.99 Cornets, "Miller' make of white coutil. extra heavy boned, double strength front stay, medium high bust, large, comfortable skirts. 4 hos supporter, in sizes 2$ to 35. Our regular $3.50 values for Satur day, each. We offer Saturday in the Men's Wear Department A Most Fortunate Purchase and Emery Highest Shirts Finest of Crepe Silk Shirts, wide range of patterns, Shirts that have sold for 16.00 and $18.00 for Don't overlook the fact that these are all Emery Shirts, a brand of shirts known nationally as a symbol of-xcellence. This sale offers an exceptional opportunity to select practical and desirable Christmas gifts for men. We advise early selections Saturday. Exceptional Values in Women's Wear Coats, Dresses, Suits, Skirts, Blouses, Petticoats, Middies. All at savings which you will find most unusual. Recent heavy purchases make this possible You'll find the range of sizes practically unbroken Special Features 400 Fall and Winter Coats on sale Saturday at $25 $39 $49 The season's best values 40 Silk and Wool Dresses on sale Saturday at $13.95 Dresses for all occasions, sizes from 16 to 40. Odds and ends from our big dress sale. New styles and colors. The lowest price levels in many months Supply your apparel needs Saturday at popular prices Sale of Christmas Candies in the Bargain of Christmas Chocolates and French Creams. French Creams, a pound 39c Chocolate Drops, a pound 4c Cocoanut Sherbet, a pound 4c Cocoaaut Bon Boos, a pound. -48c Lady Fingers, a pound f8c Chocolate Crackle, a pound 59c Caady Poportaiul Trrbld Saturday Specials Mm"s Flannelette i-owns, in wh.te domet and some stripes; two sryi collars, trimmed with fancy stitching and braids; some with pear! buttons and others with silk loop; in sizes 3S to 46; for Satur day only, each .$1.98 Boys Mackinaws of heavy wool mixed plaids, made in the-regular style with two pockets, belt and convertible collar, in a large variety of color, sizes 9 to 16. for Satur day, each. Outins Tla nnL 28 inches wide, heavy weight. Ion?, fleecy nap in dark and light, solid, stripe and check patterns. For Saturday, a real bargain 5 yards for $1.99 Barrattt Baseweat In two big lots as follows: .95 Fibre Silk Shirts, all the new patterns that have sold for $10 and $12, your choice Saturday for We -Mala Floor Apprel 3rd Fkwtr Candies Saturday Christmas Fancy Candle our entire line of hieh grade and fancy randies, regular c a pound valnes, nntil Christmas, a pound 0c Vas.ar and Schraft's Candles, in fancy boxes, sizes i. 1, 2. 3 and 5 pound boxes. We have these candies in round reed Japanese boxes and trays. All to sell at very low prices for the Quality. plaid Blankets. 5 by SO Inches, warm and fluffy wool nap in plaids 'with heather effects. Kach blan ket weighs about 4 pounds, for Saturday's special, each $5.fr5 Men's Flannelette Pajamas of grood. h eavy domet mate rial, with solid and strip patterns, finished with pearl buttons in sizes 35 to 45. for Saturday only, each $2-59 Silk Shirtinjr. i n crepe dimity stripe and plain, perfect in every way. in 3$ inch width. $l.fft value, for Saturday, a yard S9c Men's Cashmere Hose, a fine, firm quality of wool yarn In the heather mixtures, for Saturday, a pair. 75c Sale Grade $C.95 300 Fall and Winter Dresses on sale -Saturday at $24 $34 $44 Prices greatly reduced 150 Petticoats on sale Saturday at $2.95 100 of these are of Fifth Avenue Taffeta, a highly mercerized cotton fabric, 50 are of taf feta, Jersey, Jersey top, satin flounce, taffeta flounce heatherbloom, all in one lot. Clearance Sale of Trimmed, Tailored and Un trimmed Hats All trimmed and tailored hats, in black, navy, brown and red, formerly priced from $4.98 to 9.93, now offered for $1.98 $2.98 $3.98 $4.98 All untrimined velvet or plush hat shapes, former prices were $2.93 to $4.98, for one quick clearance, 31-98 A big reduction on Children's Hats. Men's Shoe Specials Men's Dress Shoes, mahogany calf skin, solid Goodyear welt soles. Eng. hh or conservative lasts, save $3.50 by baying these RTiaranteei shoes Sat urday for only.. .97.45 Men's Dress Shoes, black or brows, kid or calf skin, English, Masson and conservative lasts, welt sotes: regular t.S9 to 1 12.60 values, to dose out at. per pair. .$7.39 Men's Work Sboes, brown army last, strong, dnrable and comfortable; our $5.59 to 17.50 values; special price for Saturday, per pair M.M Hats that were formerly $12.00 to $50.00 for Saturday, $4.75 to 325.00 Continued Sale on all Hatters' Plush Sailors with velvet or beaver facings, formerly priced at $10.00 to $12.00, now are Millinery 3rd Floor Very Special On Winter Things for Boys Boys' Hats made of mixture cloth, natty stitch ing3, regular $3.50 and $3.95 values $1.95 Boys' Wemr lad Saturday an interesting sale of Coats for Girls and Juniors Special underprice purchases enable us to offer in a Saturday sale Three Groups of Coats $12.95 $18.75 T Savings of $3 to $7 on each coat. We also offer for Saturday pleasing values in wool dresses, gingham dresses, wool middies and children's furs. Mlsaea Prices are a big attraction in this sale of Fall and Winter Coats For Women and Juniors $19.00 $35.00 Offering a saving of to i on each garment. Beautifully made, cozily warm, fashionably smart, these coats make a strong appeal to the woman who is looking for a winter wrap at a Jow price. A complete assortment of materials, colors, styles and sizes, including many fur collars and full silk lined coats. Silk plush coats in all sizes go into this sale Saturday. Close baying, low marking and a quick turnover make such prices possible on these coats. For Saturday only A Timely Sale of Children's Coats Ages 6 to 14 years Values $9.95 to $14.95 $7.95 An excellent array of styles and colors. Complete size range. All Trimmed Winter Hats at reductions of Yz, V2 or more Some of our best models, including large dress hats. Hindoo and other turban, and small, up-from-the-face styles. $4.45 Prices Saturday Boys' Norfolk Suits in wool mixtures, the newest models, 27. suits selected from our regular stock, well cut, well made suits, two pairs of knickers with each, regular $25 values, for Sat 12.50 Mohair lined coats, yoke coats with side pleats, and full lined knickers. Boys' Mackinaws fancy plaids, heavy quality, just the coat the boy wants for cold day sports, price $11.50 and $12.50 $24.75 Wear 3rd Floor Basement Apparel DINNER DANCE Saturday Eves lug. 6 t S o'clock l"lletiT Tea Knom Marie by Kay Hall's Orc!iesr $1.00 DINNER Cklckea, Tie ea Ramekin Aa xTatia Potatoes Freach Rolls Pear anrt sat salsd Pxnnpkta pie with whipped creaja Cotter $1.30 DINNER Ired Grape Fruit Roa3t Goose Celery Dresslac Jellied Cranberries Masbed Potatoes or Broiled Steak rrearh Fried Potatoes French Rolls WaMirf Salad Apple Pie with Cheese Coffee Tea Seoea ftth Fleer Such pretty tilings In our French Shop on the second floor The ideal place in which to select a jfift for the person you are puzzling over. A charming array of things novel and de lightfulour own importations, direct from France. Brad Bar; made of brown velvet with glLstenln steel beads grouped In cir cles acd patterns, a looped fringe of beads and a rib bon draw strins; an especially striking; bar. I'rice. $32.25 Bae; of tanpo suede with nary dots, ivory frame, a novel shape and a snoet attractive baa;. Priro 15.O0 Small Bead reticules, artistic color combinations of beads, verr new and charming. Price.. J17JH) A beautiful assortment of col lars, cuffs and vestees at prices ranging from $3.50 to $15.00. ftinp zmti Floor Coty's Face Powders Save $1.00 a box by buying S iturday. Saturday we will sell Coty's French Face Powders that sell regularly at $2.50 a box at the special price of $1.50 a Box Included are such odors as L' Orisan. An Chypre and at Or la all tints. For Saturday only Coty'a II.59 Powder for $1.50 Toilet Coosa Mahi Floor These Would Be Nice Gifts Child ren'si Gloves and Slit teas of wool, leather and Jersey rauntlet style and I iL'i-' others are slip on I and clasp. Prices I H M are. a pair I U Li So to SI-25 Prr,lnV ?enrh pique and over- V r? seam styles, 1 and 2 clasp to black. white, brown, mode, champaign, and arey with contrasting; color em broidered backs. a pair 1 50. $4 7S and tS.M 0Uieb Feather Fans In white, black, rose. Jade ar.d turqnois blue. each SIS.SO to ll.0O Gbm Mala rloer Toilet Goods Specials 5c Java Kio? Face Powder. ..r Vc Math Face Powder So 3c "As the I'clali" Face Powder. 3c 60c iMrsett-BamsdeH's Perfect Cold Cream 4Xr Se Pond's Cold Cream 4-r c Pond's Vanifhinc; Cream 4R SOc Every Week shampoo S.Ve fw-nrceo Tooth Paxie IV 2e Woodbory' Facial boap lc lc Hand hcyvtm c lOe -rren' Bath Snap........", Sl.ao Size of Hcrplctde 50e nhsr of Herpiclde ...c IWrftnc Hc aoe bottle of IJertne for. ...43f Sttr bottle of I,sterine 2c SI.0O Ite Mo a. a perfomed de pilatory, for.. c Toitrt Gooai aJa Floor Christmas Stationery Again we have the largest popular priced line of boxed stationery -for Christmas Gifts. Boxed Stationery, many attractive styles, -white and all desired tints: a box Se Bossed Papers, in whit" and all tints and an exceptioaaily fine qual ity: a box 5e Boxed 8atioery. a very lare as sortment, lncladinr C'rane'a Linen ji'l Commonwealth Lawn, in s!l shades: a box We have many other attractive boxes of stationery which is an ever practical and "Never Knouh Gift." Make your selections Saturday while our stock is complete and new. Prices range from 1 .-VI to $5.1X1 BlatUaeu Halat Floor iw -a i V

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1920 CToprfea State Stromal An Independent Ncspapcr. BY FRANK P. MAO LENNA. VOLUME XL1I. .No. 288 Entered aa second class matter. OFFICIAL, CITY PAPER OF TOPEKA. Subscription Rates by Mail. By mall In advance, one year J6.00 By mall in ailvance, six months. 3.00 By mall tnsdvance. three moatbs. 1.5 J Lly mall In advance, one month... .60 Kate by Carrier. One week 15 cenU One month cents Telephone 3530. fcastorn office: Paul Block, representa tive, .No. l5 Madison avenue. New iork; Ceutury building, Culcugo; Little Blilg., Boston: Krege building. Detroit: Lewis lildg., Bulfulo. Me her Assoc-laied Press, American Newspaper PubllHuen.' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation. MKMISEK OF TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to tuo use for publication of all 'ucni dispatches credited to it if not other wise credited In tbia paper and also the local news puillaued herein. 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You are welcome to aw It as often as you U Write jour request briefly, sign yonr name and add.-ess plainly, enclose a 2-ceut tamp for return postage ami address, the TtiPKKA STATE JOUHlsAL, IMOKJU- 1 FrederVi;11 j" Haskln, Director.' Washing ton. L. C. lcrsons who have been holding 'back on their plans to erect dwelling i houses or business buildings should take note of the fact that not only is the price of building materials declin ing but the cost of labor also. Re ports of re luctions in the wages of building mechanics are coming from all parts of the United States. No city long can remain immune from the general trend. Very unusual as well as commendable was the action of the building trades unions of Bal timore in refusing to take advantage of a contract agreement by which their wages were to be ad vanced from 90 cents an hour !to J1.00 an hour on November 1, 1920. sAn agreement was ma.de November 1. 1319, by which workmen were to re ceive 90 cents an hour during the year 1919, to be increased to $1.00 an hour-November 1. 1920. The em ployers made no objection to carrying out the contract but the employes, realizing that, the trend of prices was downward and that so large a per centage of the cost of production Is .made up of the labor charge, refused ;the advance fearing that an increase in cost of building would' so hamjoer building construction that at least -part of their membership might be without work. 1 The president's report to congress on the cost to the United States of the Versailles conference shows that we paid more than one and a half mil lion dollars for a peace which we did not get, Representative Kahn of California took up a considerable part of the house's time Thursday In a speech which apparently was intended to con vince the country that there is little chance of a war with Japan. Since nobody is expecting or looking for a war with that country It is difficult to discover a necessity for the speech. It is such action on the part of mem bers' of congress that retards the en actment of needed legislation. One newspaper correspondent de clares that governmental economy Is ln-tho air at Washington. If probable performances may be judged by past experiences, it will stay there. Farmers now demanding emergency legislation as protection against fall ing prices, raised crops during the last two years which brought more than $7,000,000,000 when sold for export. according to an analysis of foreign trade by Secretary Houston. But the secretary neglected to tell who got the money. Probably a search of the farmers would fall to reveal anywbjsre near that sum. Congress has been In session since last Monday and there has been no apparent effort to bring about a con dition of peace between this country and Germany. The wisdom of providing govern ment revenues by means of a sales tax has been frequently discussed unoffi cially but has never been given serious consideration by our law makers. Nevertheless, this system of taxation is being successfully operated In such countries as France, Germany and Canada and It is probable that a very large majority of the business people here favor it. Taxing sales in the various channels of trade would be equitably distributed all along the line the rich man and the poor man each standing his proportionate share o the added cost of purchases made. It will be argued that this would In crease the cost of living, which is al ready high, and while at first glance this would seem so there Is another way of looking at it. Few people doubt that in the purchase of house hold supplies and of wearing apparel dealers generally have added the amount of their own taxes to the prices of the goods sold and this also applies to manufacturers and produc ers who. In figuring costs, make due allowance for income taxes they are obliged to pay, so that the country at large Is virtually paying a consump tion tax today -without fully realiz ing It. SENATOR CAPPER'S BILL. The main feature of Senator Cap per's bill to prevent gambling in grain apparently is a tax of 10 per cent on future trading in grain and cotton, ex cept by actual owners. Farmers, dealers and manufacturers buying or selling- grain or cotton for actual de livery would not be restricted. "Vio lation of the bill, that is failure to pay the tax, would Involve penalties of a fine of $10,000 and one year's impris onment. It is, of course, to be expected that the Chicago board of trade will object to any bill that may be suggested as a help in eliminating speculation on foodstuffs. Thus, before Senator Capper has even sent out copies of his proposed anti-speculator law vig-j Jrous oppositon develops. A 10 per cent tax, says the Sioux City Tribune, undoubtedly would eliminate bucketshops and a lot of little speculators. But the man who. desired to play for big stakes would not be hindered. One 'who made a "killing" for $100,000 could well af ford to give the government $10,000 tax on the deal and pocket the $90, 000. But who is to say that sales of grain for future delivery are not bona fide? The buyers have a right to insist on delivery and this has been done in the past. Of course this Is not done if they think the sellers can deliver the goods. They tried this on Armour a few years ago on a wheat deal, but he was prepared and poured wheat Into Chicago by boat loads and train loads. When a dealer cannot meet rjiob ligations he confesses his Inability to do so and pays the other party to the deal for losses incurred thru failure to keep his contract. Commenting further on the bill the Tribune says: The Capper tax, in fact would legal ize gambling In grains, and that is ex actly what is not wanted. If the sen ator would make it worth one year's imprisonment for any one to be caught "taking a flyer" in foodstuffs, and the courts would enforce the law, it would be better. There is no valid excuse for the existence of "buyers" an "sellers" whose only actual purchase of wheat is the loaf of bread that squats on their well loaded dinner ta bles. The bona -fide dealers can fur nish all the marketing facilities needed. .Why should we permit men to gam ble with corn and wheat and cotton bolls when we send them to jail if they are caught using dice? President Wilson calls on the people Of this country to contribute to a fund to provide food for the starving Chinese. But why not let Japan look after the needs of her neighbor? She made immense profits out of the war and spent little. The charitable people of the United States may find an outlet for their activities at home before long. THE NEW CRISIS. Henry Ford's newspaper, the Dear-x born Independent, continues its ti rades against the Jews. It must be that the Jews "went back on" the Democrats in the recent campaign. The Hartford Courant finds the Ford propaganda a "source of innocent merriment" and refers to it aSgfol lows: Newspaper men generally will wel come the appearance of a new crisis. It comes by way of Detroit, Mich., and arrives at a time when the old crises were so worn that it was well nigh impossible to become alarmed at them. After one has wintered and summered with a crisis it becomes stale and tiresome. The new crisis has not reached that point, in fact. Its grisly features are not fully outlined, but from what we can see of it it is the equal of any crisis which the, republic has met of late years and consists, In brief, 'of the fact that the Hebrews have perfected plans for world dominion and, as a sort of side issue the details of which have not been fully worked out as yet, the Free Masons are working with them and may go S0-S0 on the domin ion business. Of course we are familiar with both classes. Many Hebrews have bearded faces, that Is, of course, the males and the Masons invariably put on cute but wholly inadequate white aprons when Masoning, tho what ulterior motive they have for this custom remains one of the secrets of the craft. At any rate this -race and this brotherhood are to rule the world and now is the time for all good men to join a lodge or a syna gogue. We shudder at the prospect whicn appears before us! But, upon second thought, this crisis disposes of another crisis that has been staring us out of countenance for ever so long and upon which Senator elect Watson of Georgia has an eye. and that is, for short, the Pope. If the Jews and the Masons are to rule the United States and the rest of the world, the Roman Catholics cannot place the pope in the White House and give him temporal power, because it simply cannot be done; hence a few weekly publications with more circu lation than intelligence may conserve newsprint by suspending publication. because our new crisis simply pushes tne Koman catnoiic one off the map. There Is no place for it, it disappears! Just now we are enthusiastic for the new crisis tho its real novelty lies in tne combination of Hebrews and Masons, and we want to see it tried out and learn If possible how the two will manage the world when they get around to it. Perhaps the world will become moral, as the Jews have a working knowledge of the Ten Com mandments and the Masons take a Bible along upon ceremonial occasions. Who knows but the new combination will contrive to make a success of world-government? At any rate -we are not alarmed, we decline to be at this point because Christmas is not far away and we hope to see the 1921 crop of calendars and the inauguration of Harding in March and a coupon on our $50 Victory loan bond is almost ripe enough to pick. In December the heart of man inclines to optimism and we are not down hearted. We think we are going to jj, this new crisis. International Sunday School Lesson B WILUAM T. E&US. For Dec. 12 is, "What the Kingdom of -Heaven js Like." Matt. 13:44-58. Russia or Galilee? In strange and dissonant medley, the whole earth is crying for King dom Come. What prophets foretold and poets sang and saints sighed for nd Jesus proclaimed is today the major theme of universal thought. All sorts of voices are uplifted In plea for this Better Day. which men vari ously interpret Gilbert K. Chester ton, the British author, expresses the common passion irt this prayer: "Oh God on earth and altar Bow down and bear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter. Our people drift and die: The walls of gold entomb us. The swords of scorn divide. Take not Tliy thunder from u. But take away our pride. 'From all that terror teaches. From lies of tongue and pen. From all the easy speeches That comfort cruel men. From sale and profanation. Of honor aud the aword. From sleep and from damnation, Deliver us, good Lord. 'Tie in a living tether The priest and prince and thrall Elnd all our lives together, Smite us and save us all: Iu 1re and exultation. Aflame with faith aud free, Lift us a living nation. A siugle sword to Thee." Chesterton, in spite of his paradoxes and whimsies, sees straighter than most. Sensitive to popular unrest, he yet perceives that it is not something to be allayed or overcome or extermi nated, but to be satisfied. Therefore he turns to the great Source and Goal of. life, from whence alone can come the answer to mankind's expectancy. A Worth-while Passion. Recently I addressed a forum meet ing upon cosmopolitan conditions, and answered questions afterwards. A few professional forum-goers were there, apostles of unrest, critics of all things that are. They seemed disap-v pointed because the speaker did not prove to be a common scold, and had enthusiasms as well as regrets. Their point of view was really pitiable, for their only apparent program was damnation for the whole general scheme of things. They made the common mistake of assuming tnat mere fault-finding is a great virtue. Their idea? of social reconstruction seemed to be entirely to rail at the existing order. They had no construc tive conceptions whatever. Really I fancy that. I am unhappier over some existing conditions in the world than these untraveled and narrow-minded critics know how to be. They are Incapable' even of Imagining such misery as these eyes have looked upon. But I part company with this whole breed of calamity howlers they remind me of the packs of Jack als that make weird noises amid the graves outside of the sacred shrine city of Kerbela, in Mesopotamia be cause I have a glowing faith in peo-' pie, and in some institutions; and I have a program which is able to make right all that is wrong in the world. Take the Express Train. That program and passion is for the kingdom of heaven, established by Je sus, and still growing over all the earth. Why should a person devote his energies to any leaser and merely superficial scheme of reconstruction, when he can go right down to the root of things with the word and spirit and method of, Jesus? Why take a slow and uncomfortable local train, stop ping at all the wayside stations of re form, when it is possible to take a thru express to the terminal of regen eration A babe may follow the logic of the kingdom idea. The things that are wrong with. th world today all hate their cause in mistaken or evil Ideals. It is man's, inhumanity to man that is making countless millions mourn. If it were not for the pride and greed and selfishness of the imperialists, the profiteers and the huge mass of self- .r.i:. in thn wnrii. there would be no political or economic or social tragedies. Because man's heart is not right toward his neighbor, our world has sunk into its present abyss of unneighftorliness. So, says Jesus, get your heart right. Changed spirits will quickly produce a changed world. All reform that abides must wor from within .outward. Therefore, "the king dom of God is within you." Passionate devotion to the kingdom is surest serv ice of all human needs. Seeing Red or Seeing Straight. Perturbed persons everywhere are turning toward Russia as a possible land of hope for the new era. It is) the fad among so-called "Intellectuals to espouse the Russian type of radical ism as the panacea for all ills. One of the rather amazing phenomena or our present world Is this widespread, turn ing towards Russia for a new gospel. Those of us who have lived under the red flag in Russia know that the- ad vent of Bolshevism has meant even in creased tyranny, unbrotherliness, in tolerance and widespread suijenng, physical, mental and spiritual. Sorry Is our plight indeed if we have no where else to look for the Good Time Coming than to Russia. Hannilv. we have a better place to ward which we may turn eyes of hope. Not out of Russia, but out or oaiuee, comes the assurance of the New Day, when 'Ail men a gooa Be each'man's rule, and universal peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land, And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, Thro' all the circle of the golden year." When we cease seeing red, and be gin to see straight and far, we per ceive clearly that only the kingdom of heaven programme, as studied in the present Sunday school lesson, is adequate for a remade world Our day's problem is so vast that nothing less than the transforming power of a divine dynamic can meet it. Hu manity will Rave to be changed in its very heart before all the undesir able conditions of society can be changed. Jesus is the only sufficent Leader who can meet the unequalled task of the times. What is the Kingdom? Even as it was in the days of His flesh, the learned and the eminent are inclined to be offended in Jesus. saving, "Whence hath this man this wisdom Is not this the car penter's son? That very fact, that Jesus is so kin to all of us that He bears the title of the Son of man. of course fits Him to meet a univer sal need and win universal accept ance. By a -variety of parables, Jesus sets forth, in the Scripture assigned for prewnt study, some characteris tics of the kingdom of heaven. It is like a mustard seed, inconspicuous in its beginnings, but great and beneficent in its, growth. It is like it leaven, hid In the flour, and leav ening the whole lump. It is like treasure secreted in a field, making the entire property worth buying. It is like the merchant's pearl of great price, supremely desirable. It Is like a net, gathering In the good and the bad, for the subsequent sep aration. Naturally, so "vast a con ception as that of the kingdom of heaven Is susceptible of endless in terpretation and comparison. The kingdom is made by the King. Christ s kingdom is Christ's dominion over the hearts of men who give allegiance to Him. As men do His will. His kingdom comes. Where His sway goes and grows, there His dominion is extended. It is a spiritual kingdom, knowing neither boundary of time nor boun dary of space. The Ungdejn of God interpenetrates and overlays all eathly- kingdoms. As people be come subject to Christ, they are so made over in their characters that the truth and love which are the marks of citizenship in the heavenly! kingdom lnevitaDiy iraniorm eartn ly conditions. All things desirable come with the com ing of the kingdom of heaven. If Jeans Christ Is a man And only a man, I say That of all mankind I cleave to Him And to Him will I cleave alway. If Jesus Christ Is a god, And the only God, I swear I will follow Mm thru heaven, and hell. The earth, the sea, and the air! Richard Watson, Glider. Dorothy Dix Talh BY DOROTHY TTX WnUTl His ral Wamaa Wrts. j The Children's Earnings 1. "What proportion of my earnings should I give my parents? Have they a right to take everything I make away from me?" These are -questions that I am con tinually asked, and in reply I can only say that it seems to methat the finan cial obligation of children to their par ents depends altogether upon the parJ ents" necessity. IN the parents are poor, and old, and feeble, the children should sup port them, even If it takes everything they make. If the parents are not In dire straits of want, and are able to work, then, if the children pay their board, they have done everything that their parents should expect or ask of them, For nature lays the responsibility of providing for the children upon the parents. It is those who have thrust life upon helpless creatures who are bound by every law. human and divine, to cherish them. They have no right to feel that in having children, they have merely propagated a lot of slaves to toil for them. A great many "parents do hold this view, however.. and we continually see men and women who are husky and strong, and perfectly able to support themselves, who knock off work and begin to coddle imaginary ailments just as soon as their children get old enough to be sent out to labor for them. They set up rheumatic knees, and lame backs, as an excuse for turn ing slackers, just as fashionable ladies develop nervous prostration whenever they want to spend the season at Palm Beach. One would think that the last per son on whom fathers and mothers would graft would be their own child, but so. far from this being the case, it is the exceptional parents who do not think that they have a perfect right to everything their children make. Of course, it isn't so easy to hold up a boy, and take his earnings away from him, as it is a girl, so most par ents are satisfied if their eons pay board, but the poor daughter, in the great majority of cases, simply has to stand and deliver. Mother takes her pay envelope away from her. ana woe to her if she has abstracted a penny for herself, for mother considers that she has been robbed. Mother even thinks that she is being generous in giving back to the girl who earned the money, a few cents for car fare and a moving picture, and when she buys her such clothes as she thinks the girl needs. Mother justifies her conduct on the u?,a n "aa LfLw'S iand it never seems to enter ner head that the girl who has sense enough to make the money, probably has intel ligence enough to spend It, and. in any event, the mere fact that she has earned the money gives her the right to do with it as she pleases. The dol lars -that we have made with toil and sweat are OURS. (Cof right, 1920, by the Wheeler Eradicate. Inc.) George Matthew Adams Daily Talk OX THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS. A really great critic, speaking of the writings of a famous man,- said that there were times when he wrote 'on the side of the angels!" And what he' meant bv this. I be lieve, was that there were times when that writer became so intensely sincere and beautiful in thought that what he said was beyond criticism. We are all the time doing things of which we are ashamed. We make many mistakes. But lust the minute that we feel sorry in our hearts, we walk over on the side of the angels. T he average man s capacity for good and kindness is much greater than that for wrong and error and one reason for this is that he gets so much more for good than for evil. The one who does wrong never feels comfort able, whereas the 'one who does a worthy thing at once is thrilled with the desire to do a- better one. I like to think of my angels as very human and loveable. I don't like to think of thart- wings if they have any. I like to think of them as the invisi ble figures of my better self the self that is "righteous altogether" vital. strong, gentle, full of understanding. not free to anger, wholly unselfish, clean a working self. Somehow or other, I always get very near to discouraged folks because, I guess, I have been there so many times myself. But still more because I fancy that the angels are just a little nearer them Ulan anybody else. And the big business of angels is to inspire! So let's get on the side of the angels as often as we tan. When Lincoln spoke those immortal words "with malice toward none. with charity for all," he walked over and stood on the side of the angels. And every time the business man feels a human soul working with him instead of a mere employe, he too as sociates with the ideals of angels. We can all be so much better than we are. Let us keep trying! ON SECOND THOUGHT ST JAY E. HOUSE, (front Philadelphia PabUe Ledru.) Personally, we are willing that Hiram shall be brought into camp un- ii irii o r'i L? V, ..i .1.1.. hi. thirst from some canteen other than j ours. Inasmuch as we shall be Involved in it only in an abstract way, we are not i greatly interested in Mrs. Harding's social administration of the White House. But we should love to hear her express her opinion of the wall paper. f A woman'sopinlon of the decorative j effects of the house into which sshe is about to move is the same as her opin ion of the rugs belonging to her neigh- bors. And it is always interesting. j Dealers' say the demand for cel larettes is unusually small, considering that this is the glad Christmasseason. But roulette layouts, they say, are selling- well. Every boy worries a little for fear the fire will be put out before he gets to it. We have read the lucubrations of the Boston chap who refused to inherit a million dollars. Here is hoping he has to sleep in the streets. This, we observe, as we scan the sporting pages, is the Reason of the year wnen lale tires its toottiau coach. The slush has no terrors for us. We intend to read the last chapter of Wadworth Camp's "The Guarded Heights" if it chokes us. Not for worlds would we miss the killing of the hero of that tale. We assume Mr. Camp intends to kill him in the last chapter. It would be a calamity to permit him to live. So far as the other characters in the book are concerned we are less blood thirsty. Penitentiary sentences for the lot ranging in length from seven to twenty-five years would satisfy the column's sense of Justice. Meanwhile, it may interest you to know that the KeeleyTnstitute, estab lished many years ago in Dwight, 111., still is a going concern, and that it ad vertises, in the Chicago Tribune, "a system designed' not only to remove the craving for alcohol, but also to restore the individuals self-reliance and will power." Prohibition seems again to have fallen somewhat short of its pros pectus. It was claimed, you will re member, that prohibition would put the Keeley cures out of business. The story gmes that Chicago saloon keepers are supplying their whisky trade with pure alcohol colored to re semble the real article. But it is only those who have been kicked by pure alcohol who can realize the enormity or tnis ottense. We have had a little experience with alcohol in the old days in the original aqua pura belt. The custom was to purchase a flask of alcohol, "dope" it with rock candy and dilute it with water in the proportions of tifty-fifty. Three drops of this mix ture rubbed on the nozzle of a jack- rabbit would put that timid animal in mental condition to fight a bulldog. The story is that Dempsey and Wil lard are to fight again. If this spec ulation in gullibility goes thru don't say we didn't warn you. Mr. Willard, for all his bulk, is an indifferent fight er, but he is the best business man who ever set- a dragging foot into a prize ring. LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK BY UEB FAPE. I saw Ed Wernick and Reddy Merfy sneeking up the alley yestldday-aftir- noon, me saying, Wats up, fellows? Shh, we're going to kidnap Sid Hunts dog anl hold him for a ranson, sed Reddy. And they kepp on sneek ing, me following them to see wat happened, and the Huntses back gate was unlocked and Ed WernlcK opened It and Sids fox terrier Teddy came run ning out and Reddy Merfy picked him up and they both ran like the dicklns, mfr running after them, to see wat elts happened, ana they ran erround to Reddys back yard and put Teddy in, and after suppir the fellows was standing erround the lam post and Sid Hunt came erround the corner wissel ing as loud as he could as if he was wisseling for something and looking in all direcktions as if he was looking for the same thing, and he came up and Reddy Merfy said, Wats the mat ter Sid did you lose something? Teddy ran away, he opened the back gate all by himself and ran away, that dogs too darn brite, thats wats the matter with him. I gess he watched me open the gate and elid It the same way I did it, sed Sid Hunt. All the fellows saying. Aw. aw, wats you giving us, and Reddy Merry say ing, Wat will you give if I find him for you, how mutch ranson will your father pay? He wont pay eny, I dont even know if he'll leeve me take him back if I find him. he's all the tim edigging holes in the yard, but he's a smart dog all rite, look how he opened the gate by himself jes by watching me, sed Sid. Aw heck, sed Ready Merry. Ana he wawked away and pritty soon who came running up barking but Teddy, and he jumped up and kissea Sids face. Sia leevmg him do it as lr ne was some relation, and 1 went erround and looked over Reddy Merfys back fents and there was big holes due in the vard. and Reddy wasent allowed out last nite-, that proberl ybeing the reason. Dinner Stories Presidents Secretary Tumulty said the other day: "It's astonishing how many thou sands of requests for army commis sions come to the White House with every mail. A good many men seem to think that an army commission is a safe and highly paid sinecure, "l'es, a good many men are like the chap who was after a consulship. 'So youre after the consulship to Tobaga. eh? a friend said to him. 'Yep. with both feet,' the chap answered. 'Is a consulship hard work?" 'Not after you get it.' Two Chicago children were visiting their grandparents on a farm north east om Muncie. It was their first experience of. the kind and they were interested in everything they saw. The milking operation was especially ab sorbing. Hitherto their only knowl edge of the origin of milk was that it came in bottles from the grocer's. Discussing the milking a little later with his sister, Arthur, who is 7, con cluded: "But I ain't got much respect. Helen, for a cow thafs as easy flat tered as grandpa's cows are. Grand- j pa call 'em 'Boss,' when they ain't boss at all, and that seems to tickle 'em so they give up all their milk, when if they had any sense they'd keep it for their own use." The Woman fie Married BY JANE &HELPS SOME NEW FRIEXDS. CHAPTER 11. 7 Dick's salary had not only been raised, but he had been given a little more responsible position with the firm. This-seemed to please him real ly more than the money, badly as we needed it. "I stand in line for further promo tion if I make good," he said, his eyes shining at the thought. "And I will make good. I have to now, don't I. young man?" he addressed the baby. He was very proud of his boy, and constantly planning what we would do for him in the way of education, etc. As this all meant saving, it rather annoyed me not that I didn t intend my boy shouldn't have everything. I did but he was only a few weeks old and I thought we had plenty of tim.e to plan for him. "I think they might have given you more. Jim Watson earns $22 3 a month, ana you are worth more than he is." "No, dear. I know I am not worth any more than the firm are giving me. I expected net more than $25 raise. I don't think I would have had any more haa it not been for the kid. And, dear, maybe they haven't the same Idea of my aiiility that you have." But you are worth as much as Jim," I insisted. 'Perhaps Jim gets more than he is worth, then." 'Nonsense! And .Dick, thev have such lovely things, the dearest dining room furniture, .and everything so at tractive. I do wish we could have such nice things." "We will some day, so cheer up, lit tle woman. We've got a boy. Isn't! he worth more than "dining room furni ture?" "Of course he is, the precious!" I hugged him so closely he whimpered. "But I don't see why we can't have both. What's a baby got to do with having furniture and a nice fiat?' "I'm afraid a whole lot. He's al ready been a pretty expensive proposi tion for us. haven't you, kiaiets.' uick had such a funny way of asking the baby questions. It was really ridicu lous. I said no more. Dick never had mentioned that $200 to ask what I had bought with it. Long afterward he told me that he supposed I pur chased necessary things for my illness, of which he, a mere man, Knew notn ing, and so had not included them In his plans. I didn't want him to talk nbont it. to ask Questions. I had paid the $175 Iowed the tradesmen and taken Clara's brooch out oi pawn, anu it had taken every penny. Dick had wanted me to have a little maid who could look after the baby, take him out on pleasant days, and re lieve me of some of the work. But when we commenced to look about and found the enormous wages even incompetent house servants wre get ting, we knew it was out of the ques tion. So we made an arrangement with Mrs. Dooly, the wonum who had charge of the apartment house, and who added to her income by washing and doing odd jobs for the tenants. She would stay with Junior in the evening for 50 cents an Jiour, and also take care of him during the day if I had to go out. It seemed to be the best we could do, altho I had had dreams of a white-capped, white aproned maid that would give a little tone to our establishment, humble as it was. I had met some friends of Dick's, people he knew when he was a bache lor. We were walking down the Ave nue when he stopped to speak to them, and introduce me. Mrs. Stowell was a large, rather florid woman, but exquisitely dressed. I felt so countrified I could not act natural, although she was very friend ly. Mr. Stowell was a small, unob trusive man with very gracious man ners. I liked him at once. I liked her too, but felt rather afraid of her because of her magnificent clothes. "Your husband used to visit us fre quently. He must come now and bring you," she said cordially. "Thank you," I murmured, while Dick made no reply at all, but turned to Mr. Stowell. Then their car drew up to the curb and they left us after asking our address, which I reluctant ly gave. "You don't think they will come way up there to see us, do you?" I asked Dick. "Why not? Won't takehem 15 minutes in that high-powered car." l "Oh, I hope she won't come!" "Why?" Dick looked surprised. "Didn't you like her?" "Yes I guess so but think of her climbing all those stairs! It would be dreadful." "Nonsense! It would do her good. She's too fat nowadays. If she had to climb a few stairs she might lose some of it," I said no more, but I felt like pray ing she wouldn't come. .Yet I also had an intense desire to know more of her. That desire was to be gratified. (Tomorrow A cloak and its result.) JUST FOLKS BT EDGAR A. GUEST. H'OBST. There are varioui kinds of worry and I know that Bag say We should break the worrying habit and put all our fears away, 'Ti a fool that worries vainly over things m cannot mend Or RpoJVe the joy of pleasure by the dread that it will end. Bat there comes to every fellow on this planet railed the earth Times he really ought to worry if he wants to prove his worth. t never see a yonngster romping on the streets in play put I wonder tx bis father erer worries Turn ioe nay. Does he worry for bis safety, does he worry for his care? Boes he worry for his frit ore and the bar-1 deng be must bear? j Does the big fear ever strike him, as he kisse falm at night. 1 That In some way, as bis parent, be may J not twooing right? j Man eairnot escape from worry, cannot I smile at self-dingrace. I He cannot alt down contented, shirking j taeka be onpbt to fare: bis moral obligations to be just and He Is bound at timet to worry over what i fair to do. And there's nnti so rfch- In wisdom but taunt sometimes sit at night And worry lest his judgment shall not lead him to the Tight. (Copyright, lirju, by dgar iu Gnest livening Story A Little Bit Shy. j BT RAT LEWIS. There are advantages In having three older sisters and there are dis advantages. Tonight Thomas Brad ley Morse was keenly aware of the latter. "Why in Sam Hill," he was matter ing, "can't the girls let me alone? I hate girls. And why should I. Just to please a bunch of sisters, get a girl to tag around after?" Suddenly he whistled. Such on idea as he had! But before going into that idea, or rather while giving him time to work it out, let us look into the rea sons for his unbrotherly attitude, as displayed immediately after an Inter view with his sisters in which they had severally expressed themselves con cerning him. "It's so disagreeable," lamented Belle, "to have a brother whom you manage finally to drag to a dance, only to have him stay out on the bal cony and smoke!" "Yes," chimed in Elsie, "and the girls are always hinting that it's a shame to have such a good-looking brother and not take him around more. And I always tell them that he may have good looks, but his dis position is something awful." I wouldn t care, sighed Janice, if I could oniy say, 'Oh. my brother he's engaged to a girl out west!" or 'He's terribly interested in an" out-of-town girl.' But to have a brother who sim ply won't look at a girl why. It makes him so different from the other boys!" Janice had given him the idea. If being .interesed inan out-of-town girl would satisfy them, why, with a little subterfuge, he could manage that. The firm for which he was drafts man expected to send him out of town for a few days, and when he came back he would announce his near-engagement. When b saw fit, he would break it off, gradually and painlessly. Such a scheme would free him from all the social obligations which he hated and temporarily, at any rate, satisfy the ambitions of his family. A week later Tom was sent as he had anticipated, and two weeks after ward he returned. And so interesting had his trip been, owing first to the success oi nis errand, and secondly to the attractions of the brown-haired daughter of the architect with whom he Jiad been dealing, that he had al most forgotten his plan. It was not until supper was over that he re called it. The family had gathered about him In the living room. In fact, he was suddenly aware that the assembly had an tne earmarks of a family conclave, with himself as the victim. "How old are you. Tom, dear?" asked Elsie tentatively. "Sam Blake is to be married next month," remarked Belle, apropos of nothing at all. Oh, Tommy." Janice apparently could not contain herself any longer.kthe fact that the snow crystals are so 'there's the nicest girl stavins- at tho BronsonEi That was as far as she got.- Tom rose with dignity and gttzed blandly around. "She arrived too late. My in terests are firmly fixed elsewhere!" "Tom!" The Word was the amalga mation of three shrieks. Then, "Who is she?" "Where does she live?" "What does she look like?" were hurled at him simultaneously. "Well, she doesn't Jive In this burg," said Tom grimly. "It must be Philadelphia," cried Bells. And Tom, reflecting that Philadel phia was a goed big city, let it go -at that. Then, as he saw that he might go the whole length, having gone at all, he gave himself up to it. "She's nineteen, has blue eyes, brown hair, a slim figure and slender feet," he re cited glibly. "Her father is a a shoe merchant, and they live in a one family nouse in a nice residential dis trict and own a small car and a motor boat." "Lovely," murmured Janice. "What is her name?" Now. Tom had forgotten that she must have a narrre. and the question ne mougnt. -naa ne tnougnt, ne would not nave uttered tne promptings oi nis mind, most certainly. "Mary Smith." he said, then wished it back Immediately. ,;,u,; Muaiiii. miu news. y fn)m m wnn food co),nBt t isow, Tom s scheme had let film out prcx-t)t uch condensation of windows and of a lot of things to which he had walls, grown more or less accustomed, but j -involved him in new duties for which (Any reader can get rjii answer to sny he was totally unprepared. All three flnestlon by writing The' Toiieka Stale of bin slaters took It unnn themaelvea Journal Information bnreau. Frederic J. Qt nis sisters took It upon themselves (l0Kkln Director. Washington. D. C This to see that he wrote regularly ana often. "Men are so thoughtless about little things," they confided to each other, "ana it's up to us to see that he j doesn't lapse." 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It varv. hn A reeularlv consigned them to the waste paper basket in his office all but one. Janice hal been teasing him. as 19' th Vinrt if letter he wrote. r just love to seen one Borne time," sha begged, and Tom, painiuuy wnum under three pairs of eyes, his regular Sunday letter, held it our for isspe "My Dearest Mary." it read. "TW don't know how I wish I could see you again. I miss you more every day and my business is getting to the point where I can think of starting our little home. Always your Tom." "It's sho.t but beautiful," com- mented Belle, then watched him as he addressed the envelope carefully. "Miss Mary Smith, Kent avenue. Phil adelphia, Pa." A week later Tom, arriving from the office, found three eager girls wait ing him. "Here's your answer!" they cried. "To what?" asked the unsuspicious, Tom. ."Why, to the one to Mary that yoa forgot and I mailed," cried Janice, holding out a small, pale blue envel ope. Gingerly, as one would handle a package in which he feared a bomb, Tom received and opened it. Then h smiled happily. "What's it about?" V. A .1. nil 'Tm afraid," and Tom beamed gently upon them, "it was meant for my eyes alone!" Many times he reread it, "Tioi- ATi- Morse:. a surprise, ai- tho j had noped you would write, And I think a letter must have pre- ceded It which I did not get. This one seemed so very definite from a person whom I had thought a little bit shy! I can't say for sure what I think of It until I see you. Whea will business bring you this way again? Mary." It was after Tom's sisters returned from the wedding and from seeing Tom and his bride off on a tour thru the Berkshire's that Janice said won derlngly: "Why do you suppose Tom told us her hair was brown?" "And her eyes were blue?" askeol Elsie. "And her father was a shoe mer chant?" added Belle. But none of them found out. (Copyright. 1020. by the McClure News piper Syndicate.) Questions Answers' Q. What wsb the real name of Berths M. Clay? I. M. S. A. Bertha M. Clay wag the pseudonym of Charlotte Braeine. Q. What Js kaolin? K. a. A Thi Is a soft clay of variable, but UBiinllv low, plasticity, burning to a pure white color, and is-of a high refrac toriness. The chief use of kaolin Is for the manufacture of white earthenware and porcelain. It is also used for wall Vie. being mixed with varying amounts of quartz, feldspar, and ball clay. O. How innuy different soundg has the letter "a"? B. S. A. "A"has approximately nine onnd values, as in lame, man, father, water, wont, nk, village, data (last a.) .n Whv la anow white? E. P. H. A 1 he wniieness or snow iwum mini minute that each cell f the retina of the eye receives a general Impression produced by the combination uf different wave lengths reflected from innumerable tiny facets. Did the Thirty Tyrants rule over all Greece, or over the City of Athens only A. M. P. A. These men, appointed rulers of the City of Athens by their Spartan eon querora. at the close of the Peloponneaian war in 404, B. C. were Athenians, but were among the few who favored an oligarchy rather than n demoeracy,- y. What presidential campaigns brought out the most nominees? A. A. B. A. In 1SK, and again in 190, there mere eight men, nominated by as many different parties. Q. How much is a cubic inch of gold worth? K. L. S. 1 A. The Treasury Pepartment estimate that a cubic inch of gold is worth $:K12. Q. What is alKlke clover? G. T. 11. A. Alsike clover Is a native of northern Europe, and is known also as Swedish or hybrid clover. The word "hybrid" was applied to it because It was thought u he a cross between red and white clovers. The flowers of this variety are pink or white, or pink and white mixed. This chrver prefers a cool cllmnte. and wiil grow on low, wet lands, and soils low In lime content, where red clover will not thrive. O. What eanses moisture to collect on. the inside of window panes, and what A The difference In temperature be- tweeav a warin room and the cold air out slfle.wlll cause the moisture Inside to con dense on the window pane. A good circula tion of air thru the house will stop tlrs. A kitchen window should be opened slight- offer annlles strictly to information Thm bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical, and financial matters. It does not under take to settle domestic tronbles. nor to undertake exhaustive research, on inr subject. Write your qnestion plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose 2-cent stamp for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the looulnr I SHEET flOWTW Sweet Love soe Mammy's Apron Htrlngs. .soe Deim-at One soc Margie ftOc Now and Then .30- Hula Bines Mtt I Lore Von, Sunday km Dreamy Paradise 3o Anytime, Anyday, Any- whpre soe (Add Xe to each for Broitage) RECORDS. ANI -S3 1.33 1.33 .85 DM nvrSf

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