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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
WAS JUST A LARK
''PussyfOOt" Johnson Says He
Enjoyed Riding Plank.
American Prohibitionist's Eye
BIacked in London Attack.

London, Nov. 14.-William E. John
son, the American prohibition worker
and Anti-saloon league organizer. who
yesterday was dragged from a plat
form and badly handled by the crowd
While making a prohibition speech,
discussed his experiences with a re-
porter today. He admitted that when
he first was attacked. he attempted
to fight off the crowd but when he
found it was only a students lark he
entered the fun and enjoyed himself
THE boys were all right" Mr.. John
son declared. THE police handled the
situation well; if they had tried to
force things lot of people might have
been hurt. I am sending this mes
sage to the students:
"'You had a good time. I had a
good time. l have no complaints, but
if you want fun get into the game
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

You cannot imagine the endless variety Of pleasure,
entertainment and happiness i, Will mean for all
your family. old and young alike. You cannot i'm
asine this until you have had the New Edison in
your own home.
Mr.. Edisons instrument means more tflan a little
fun and merriment. Il means more than mere en-
tcrtainmeni for the old folks and young folks. Il
means even more than the happiness and the educa.
tonal, refining influence of high class music, the
study of languages. and the like II means united
rome. Ii means a real home where genuine happi-
ness prevails-wfaere you. your family and all your
friends can gather together and enjoy life.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
Come in
NOW
on This Offer

Get the New Edison in your home
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yourself how much you need it in
your daily life. See how much
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No home need be without music
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it can be had as easily as this. With
this big, special offer, everybody
can have and enjoy the finest and
the truest music. on the most WON
derful of all musical instruments,
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Remember-you can have New
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is pay for a few recordsl Come
in and select your outfit right now.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

against the greatest enemy of the hu-
man race-drink.'
Mr.. johnson hopes. when the injury
to his eye is better, to visit the college
and address the students.
The injury to Mr.. Johnson's eye is a
painful one and is said to have been
caused by a missile thrown by an un-
known person. He will consult a spe-
cialist today.
johnson was forced to ride a plank
two miles thru crowded West end
streets.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
RUPPENTHAL TO K. U.
Russell Judge To Be Professor of Law
at University.

1T OIUNVIsIIy.
Lawrence, Kan, Nov. 14.-Judge j.
c. Ruppenthal, Russell, Kan, major
in the Judge advocate generals office
during the war and for twelve years
judge of the district court, will prob
ably complete the college year as pro-
fessor of the law school of Kansas
university, according to Chancellor
Frank Strong
Judge Ruppenthal is expected to
take charge of the classes Monday.
The professorship was made vacant
by the death of Uncle Jimmy Green.
dean of the law school.
Chancellor Strong will succeed to
the school of law professorship with
the beginning of the next school year.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
EUen Records of
All Other Makes

sound more human when playd on The New
Edison But Mr.. Edison's own Re>Creafions are
the ones you will marvel at. No one else will ever
be able to get that very breath Of reality which the
worlds greatest inventor captured in his way Of
recording Re- e-Cye0ting-mosic.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
NoNeedles to Change

4SOAN~CuASS GOSAAcsAAgS
Yes. all the fuss and bother of changing
needles is gone in the New Edison. The
music comes through a genuine diamond.
Always the same. Never changed
never wears out. That's part of the
product of Mr.. Edison's great genius:
the years of research. working night and
day in his laboratory with hardly any
sleep, spending 100000 in expert
ments: all so he could give you phono-
graph that would Re>Create music so
true to life that the ear couldn't tell it
from the LDing music And that's
what he did. Actual test has proved it.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

f you and your family and friends ike to sing there
is no better amusement than to gather round the
Edison and sing TO its accompaniment And the
New Edison is the only phoncgraph you can really
sing with Its Yec7eated music is so true to life thar
it blends with the human voice. Think Of it-actai
has proved that the can't tell the difference
between living artists voice and Mr. Edisons re-
creation of i'll That's the only kind Of phonosraph
you want in your home.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
Ladies' Warm Gloves, 69c pair

Ladies Warm GIOVeS, b5c PAIR
Fleece lined, Jersey Gloves, in black
or gray, serviceable, good looking and
warm.
Children Leather Mitts, fur tops, 81
Children's Jersey Mitts, fleece lined, fur
tops. 65T.
Buy your Sweater Yarn by the Hank
instead of the Ball and save one-half.
Two serviceable shades in gray or
kh li, very choicest quality amos
keag" brand yarn, S5c hank of
ounces.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

Wool Baby Flannels at "Crockets'
are priced at 10c to SOC yd. less than
il uptown stores.
Our prices. ...... ..3Sc SOC CSC yd.
Uptown prices. soc 75c $1.0O yd.
Sateens are "Sky" High. Here's
low-priced cloth suitable for chill
dren's Boomers, priced at 35c yd.
81 inches wide, ali cotton poplin,
will wear as well as sateen-black
only.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

[/ES, that is our great
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ducer, andyour choice of the
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AID y0gs pay only for the
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pense. Then, after 30 days,
start paying for the instru>
ment on the easiest kind of
monthly terms. Grasp this
big opportunity at once.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Sittenberg Gets Life Term
For Perjury in Baksa Case
Convict Who Sworc He Killed
Mrs. Hamel First to Get Such
Sentence for Minor Crime

For the first time in the history Of
New York a man will be sent to prison
to morrow for life term for commit
ting crime other than murder. The
convict is Leo Sittenberg, alias James
F. Regan, alias James Burns, CON
victed last Monday of perjury, consist
ing of false testimony when he was
called as q witness in defence Of Eliz-
abeth Baksa. nineteen years old, and
swore that he and ia pal" murdered
Mrs. Helen Hamel last February.
When he was convicted Sittenberg
insultcd Justice Weeks and Assistant
District Attorney Alfred j. Talley
and refused to reply to Clerk William
Penney when his pedigree was TO be
taken.
Sittenberg has told court officials he
intends to make speech when he is
sentenced. Fearing q rumpus Justice
Weeks has ordered Sheriff Knott to
have the prisoner surrounded by dep
uties.
Sittenberg, who is twenty eight
years old, has been convicted of three
fclonies and has served one year of a
ten-year sentence for burglary. The
New York statutes make it mandatory
to impose life term on any person
who has heretofore been convicted
three times of felony
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Twentieth Trial a Hoodoo
Louis Cuma, Called "Mastcr
Mind" of Truck Robbers Hero

Louis GHna, 50 Oliver street, said
by the police to be the master mind
Of the truck thieves in New York
was convicted yesterday of grand lar
ceny before Judge Mott in General
Sessions. Guma has been arrested and
tired nineteen times but each time
vas, acquitted. He escaped two trials
by being called in the draft and each
time he was rejected for service. The
evidence showed he conspired with
Louie Licardi, driver, in stealing
$4,000 worth OF blankets consigned
to John Wanamaker.
Numa's lawyer put seventeen wit
nesses on the stand to swear that
Snma had attended the wake and
funeral Of two victims of the Brook
iyn Rapid Transit Malbone Stxcct tun-
ne nel wreck on the day Of TIE theft.
lheir testimony was discounted under
cross examination and the Jury was
out but a few minutes.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

committee of correspondents q. ,h
Capitol, explaining that he had astng a
has cousin, young reporter. to on,
hlm the numbers and titles Of b;n
pertaining to food after thew had h..
introduced. He said he was tolS
mountain was being made of mol :"
MI. The reporter in question W.
Willis j. O'Brien, who at that "a
and for a short time afterward 'au,' r'n
employed by the United Press Assa as
citation.
Wadsworth's Name Mentioned
Mr.. Heney testified also that s4na..
house of the New York Legislafuroo" o"es :.
i9u9, aided IN passing a bill des;rast ~
by the packers the effect Of wh;cb ,,.s .cd
to prohibit selling coloring matte, va, a.
white oleomargarine lie said u.
pac kers made butter-colored oleor,''''lle ''le
garine which had been taxed 10 ccn.a Sa'S',
pound by Federal legislation paSsed .is u .
1908. passed IN
Questioned as to what proofs bo l.,
OF Senator Wadsworth'S activities STa W.
Heney said he had telegram CO.., sen. NJ
Senator Wadsworth by an agent Of - -
packers urging him to hclp get ~ ine
bin out of the Rules Commit.Te0e' ms n
added that the bill was gotten ont ne az
passed. 0"' ana
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Baby's Mother Sought
Temporary Guardian Says She
Can't Keep Child Longer

Mrs. Jennie Nelson, OF 33l Forty
seventh Street, Brooklyn, who said she
had visited many institutions in vain
chort to find one which would relieve
her Of the care Of fifteen months old
child, took her charge and her com
plaint to the Brooklyn Children's
Court yesterday. She SAID that tho
chiid had been left with her by Mrs.
nazcl Feiat whose husband was in
France with the 305th Infantry.
Irs. Fcist, she said, was long in ar.
rears In payment for the babys main
,enancc and vas not 70 be found Mrs.
NeIson declared that shc could not af-
iord TO Keep the bnby longer. Justice
collins directed that 81 search be made
fof Mrs. felst and asked Mrs. Nelson
10 Keep the child for another week,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

diversified industry during the war
calls for correspondence greater
municipal provision for the study
and application of industrial hygiene
in New York City, the greatest centre
Of industry in the western hemis-
phere; and
"Whereas, Under Dr. Harris the
city Bureau of Industrial Hvgiene
has acquired a national and inter
national reputation for valuable
original work, and has contributed
materially to the increased safety
of workers employed in hazardous
occupations; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Council Of
y omen's Organizations urge upon
the Mayor and the mmissioner of
Health the restoration of the City
}ureau of Industrial! Hygiene with
DR.. Harris at its head; and
''Resolved, That copies of this reso-
lution be sent to Mayor Efylan, TO
Commissioner Copeland, and to the
press
The Women's Municipal League ha
called joint meeting of all civil,
bodies for Monday afternoon at .
o'clock in the ballroom of the Murra,
Hill Hotel, Fortieth Street and Pari
Avenue. to protest Health Commission
or COnaland's action
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Deckhand Asserts
His Home Expenses
Are $l,778 a Year
Tcstifies Before War Board
at Harbor Wage Hearing;
Defence Council Official
Wants Profteers Jailed

New York workers, by intensive
straining, can live on $500 a year, but
not less, according to one expert.
AS an authority on the cost of liv-
ing, Ben Howe, secretary of the Com
munity Council for Defence, thus testi-
fed yesterday before the sub section
of the War Labor Board which is tax
ing evidence in the controversy be-
tween the harbor boat owners and
their employees regarding the demand
of the employees for an increase in
wages and an eight-hour day.
Mr.. Howe, who was called by Frank
P. Walsh, counsel for the unions, testi-
fed that he had made study for
years of the cost of living and at
tributed Its fight to freight charges,
carriage, cost of containers. increase in
harbor costs, profteering brokers and
sabotage by manufacturers.
When the witness was asked what he
meant by profiteering brokers he told
OF transaction in which a shipment
of cotton was sold sixteen times he
fore it finally reached the consumer
What would you recommend as
remedy for such condition ?" he was
asked by Paul Bonynge, counsel for the
owners.
"Take a lot of these very smooth
gentlemen and send them to the peni-
tentiary," he replied THAT would be
one way"
Says 1t Is Hardheaded Fact
After Mr.. Howe had declared that tho
purchasing power of a dollar was less
than 50 cents and had declared a man
OF family could not live on less than
sl,800 year, Mr.. Bonynge said: "This
sounds like arrant socialism," The
lawyer also hinted that the witness
was a theorist
ut is not a theory" Howe replied.
1T is an outstanding, hardheaded fact
that man cannot get enough to eat
clothes to wear and keep his family on
City" Vi \"
Mr.. Howe added that policemen and
postmen were underpaid and that there
should be no difference between the
compensation given a married and sin
gle man, providing both did the same
work.
Mark f. Calicchio, of 224 rourtb
Street, Union Hill, New York Cenl e n"
tral Railrod deckhand, testified that
ms living expenses were $1,77S.04 a
year while his pay was only 81 .29O.3O
year. He said he had to borrow
money and pawn possessions to care
Tor his wife and three children.
Captain Quotes Towing Prices
An affidavit from Captain John Am
brose of the tug Joseph H. Moran.
owned By the Moran Towing Company,
was offered in evidence 1t averred
that an order from his employers d.
rected hlm to TRY and take water on
their time and not on ours" The
".their,'' he said, was the government,
Tor which the company was doing some
Captain William r. Maher was re-
called as witness and asked about
the prices of towing in the harbor.
lie said that in 1915 the Moran Towing
Company was towing scows from Port
Liberty to sea for 1872 and now CHARGED
from 1925 to $50 for the same work
ne dldn't know whether the distance
OF the tow was greater at this time.
The meeting was adjourned to meet
again tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Dirigible Breaks Record

WAsHlNGTON. Jan. 1.-two re-
rnsthablc endurance flights bv the
navy dirigible A-23e from the naval
ar station al Key West. Fla. one last
ing thirty-two hours and covering 75O
miles and the other forty hours and
ll2off'y-eight minutes and covering about
COZ miies, constituting ID service record
we're de"cribed in official reports made
pubic tonight
Rising winds and threatening storm
stopped the first flight, November "a,
ht.nouYh sufficient fuel and oil re-
''1'ne" n' 10. e'gnt more hours.
mn Igh'cned 300 pounds by cons. ~ - -
ton Of gasoIenc Her crcw bronght br,
d'%" - witnin fifty feet Of The rea
and With bucket and line TOOK an
ssn1oHn "ater 10 restore her proper
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

John EVersman, former secretary of
the National Republican Congressional
committee, and included arrangements
Tor contributions By the packers for
congressional campaigns.
Letterheads Of the Republican com
mlttee, Mr.. Heney said, were used by
f.yersman in spending in behalf
OF the packers. Eversman, he added,
was employed as Washington repre-
sentative of Wilson & Co. Sena-
tor Gronna, of North Dakota. stated
ne understood Mr.. Eversman had not
been IN the employ Of the committee
for two years
Advance information Sought
Referring to sources from which the
packers obtained information Henev
SAID Eversman wrote Y. D. Skipworth.
wee president of Wilson & Co.. that
he had arranged with d representative
of "one of the largest press associa-
TONS who had the privilege of the
House floor, TO get advance information
on legislation.
After to-day's hearing Mr.. Eversman
said when the charge that he had an
ranged with an employe of a press
association to get information on legis-
lation was made first year ago he
wrote to the chairman of the standing
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
1FI kP'::!ITY' =
AN A|H[lhk s. s '>lRlEE5|

The effort of Columbia University gradu- I
ates to raise 2c00C to meet tn institu
tions war deficit is and workers will
report Tuesdays and Fridays at Columbia
University Club. The money raising organi- !
zation reaches 10 every state and every
country.
Tie Photograph Records Recruiting Corps.
of All Madison. Avenue, needs ten phono- |
graphs AMI 600 records to meet the REQUESTS
received from soldiers in New York hospitals.
One was slightly hurt in Il rnsh to
get out OF n car Of a Second Avenue elevated
tram which caught fire from short circuit
at Fiftyninth Street. Employees cxtin4uishcd
the fire at the tl'y-scvcnth Street station.
The Knights of Columbus are distributing
thousands of miniature books, each contain
ing story by famous author, to troops
on returning transports. Each book has about
thirty-five pages. two inches by one and a
half.
he American Defence Society will tender
a dinner TINS evening at the Waldorf-Astor
T. James NJ. Beck. who viii speak ON the
problems Of the peace conference.
Rey. Dr. Wilis m r. Manning. Of Trinity.
"'il ho'd brief Roosevelt memorial service
al the home Of Mrs John H. Hammond .
East N!nety-hrst Street. this afternoon at Z
o'clock
Arthur Elliot Sprou viii speak on "Russi,
n | Saw IT, tomorrow evening nt the Nnl
tional Arts Club Mr.. Sproul wns in Rrs';., ss,,
when the revolution startcd.
The latest charge against Margarot Songor
ana hcr aid, Kitty Marion, Of circulating OBJ
jectionable matter through the Birth C"ntrnl
Rcyew, was dismissed yesterday by Mavis.
trate Elpcrn. ''''' 10
John Forrest an aniabc vagabond nrrce,ed
io' bcRGinX, tried TO convince Mayistrntc /
Ncynolds IN Brooklyn that it was his first
offence. The police proved forty-tbrnc for
mer conYictions against him. and Gyn ,ni
Hte' later John was on his way to serve 81,
months on his forty-four,h.
The police are looking for the mother Of :,
biuc-cyed glrl Of two years dressed nll IN
nluc who was found lonely. but cheerful at
.hc entrance Of GA Tenth Avenue She is
~ the care OF the Chldrcn's Society.
The body Of man believed to be- T
cross. OF Boston. was found in Il tncclnv
posture bcsidc his bed in n stntcroon of ,hn
Fall River boat Priscilln on it, arrival in
New York. He had KILLED himself with
revolver W "
The Ancient Order OF Hibcrniana of Nc,.
YORK County has requested President Wilson
by cable 20 give full confederation TO Iro
lands claim TO self Differentiation"
Major Albert d. Smith and tho o,l,r
hvihtors "ho flew recently from San piavo
Chl, 10 Mineola. expect TO start their ,c,n,,
trip by air Wcdncrdny or ThurtIov If fh'
wehther is favorable
hbout forty automobilcs were dos,ro,.,f IL,
hre which burned two garages at Nu,.
ley. n. j. ''''
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Heney Says Packers
Sought Gard Index
On Congressman
Plan for Joint Bureau at
Washington to Scrutinize
Legislation Is Disclosed:
Campaign Gifts Charged

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.-Francis j.
Heney, counsel for the Federal Trade
Commission in its meat packing in
qury, told the Senate Agriculture
Committee to-day of plans which he
said the packers had discussed for
establishing a joint Office in Washing
ton, with card index on congressman
and their attitude toward legislation.
He said the scheme was outlined by
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
End of Hygiene
Board Protested by
Woman's Council
Mass Meeting of Civic Bodies
Called by the Municipal
League to Act on Order
ofCommissionerCopeland

The Council of Women's Organiza-
tions, representing 400 New York City
organizations of women, made public
yesterday through Mrs Charles c.
Rumsey, chairman, and Mrs. Willard
Straight, first vice chairman, the fol
lowing resolution condemnings what
was termed "the demobilization of the
Municipal Bureau of Industrial Hy-
giene":
Whereas, The vast increase IN
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

Put this superb aria -"Un Bel Di"
Zone Fine Day from Puccini's "Madamc
Butterfly upon the instrument. Listen 10
Florence Easton's wonderful tones, voice
the heart-rending pathos the pitiful
longing of the little deserted japanese
girl.
You have never heard record like this
before; you have never heard record
played like this before
Gone is the stridency the slight
metallic quality hitherto inseparable from
the phonograph In their place is melody
in its loveliest guise; purer soprano voice
one of the worlds famous prima
donnas clear, rich and sweet in all its
living, breathing, natural beauty
The supremacy of the Aeolian-V Vocation
is based on substantial, definite features of
superiority. The most important Of these
features are herewith summarized.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Features OF the Vocation

TONE-Due to it's advanced and more scien-
tihc construction, the Vocation produces richer,
deeper, more beautiful and more natural tones
than have hitherto been heard from the phono-
graph.
TONE-CONTROL-Thc Graduoa-the ar
tstC and exclusive tone controlling feature of
the Vocation, enables the performer to shade
and color the music as he will 1t enables any
one to participate in the playing of the record,
to give voice to his own musical ideas and to
prevent monotony by slight changes in the
records stereotyped expression.
both outline and finish,
the regular upright models of the Vocation es-
tablsh entirely new standard Of beauty for
the phonograph. The beautiful Period STYLES,
though inexpensive, are the most unusual and
artistic monographs ever displayed
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

had waited - the means by which, in
time, music in all its many beautiful
forms might be enjoyed by all.
Slowly these possibilities have been re-
vealed. The little mechanical novelty
almost toy-rose to higher uses The
TALKING MACHINE became aMUsIC MACHINE.
Today the phonograph has developed to
Its ultimate goal. In the Aeolian- Vocation
and new Vocation Record, phonograph
perfection has been achieved. No longer
machine Of any kfud, the phonograph
takes its new position as a true MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT. You-music lover-cannot
know all the possibilities of the phono-
graph, until you hear a Vocation Record
played upon the Aeolian Vocation
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

MECHANICAL PERFECTION-Th Auto
matte Stop on the Vocation is an example of the
perfection in mechanical detail characterizing
this instrument. Simple, direct and absolutely
dependable, this device is the most satisfactory
of its kind yet invented.
ind The Nee
UNIVERSAL TONE ARM This great
feature of the Vocation, is nota bic tribute to
the skill and resource of the Aeolian staff. It
provides the means by which ege1y make at
record can be played upon the Yocalion. With
the record situation it is today-wth so
many different manufacturers making records
this is the only syay that all the great artists
can be heard. Moreover, so well has this fea-
ture been designed that each make of record is
played efoetlY as intended, thus producing
from each the lest results of which it is capable.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

he American Defence Society will tender
dinner TINS evening at the Waldorf -Astori;,
u James NJ. Beck. who viii speak on the
problems Of the peace conference.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

Rev. Or. Wilii m r. Manning, of Trinity
Vill hold brief Roosevelt memorial service
a. Tn" home Of Mrs John H. Hammond. .
rist N!nety-hrst Street. this afternoon at :
O'clock.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

Nbout iorty "utomobiics votc dos,royod j.,
!. hrr which burned two garages ut Nut.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

Arthur Elliot Sprou viii speak on "Russi.
n Saw IT," Tomorrow evening nt the M.
tlonal Arts Club. Mr.. Sproul was in Kuesin
when the revolution started '"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

John Forrest. an amiablc vagabond arrested
io' bcRGin8. tried to convince Mayistrotc
Heynold' ~, IN hroohlyn that it was his first
offence. The police proved forty-thrcc for
mer convictions against him. and Gyn ,,;n
l.tes later John on his way to serve 81,
months on his forty-four,h
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

The Knights of Columbus arc distributing
thousands OF miniature books, each contain
ing story by famoun author. to troons
on returning transports. Each book has about
thirty-iive pages. two inches by one and a
half.