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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
Topeka Dealers Unable To Sup
ply the Demand.
Real Famine in Prospect, Many
of Them Say.
COWS ARE ON A STRIKE
Hot Weather and Flies Are
Mostly Responsible.
Cooler Weather May Give Some
Relief, 1t Is Said.

Topeka faces a very serious milk
shortage.
According to authorities on the sub
ject the situation is probably more
been at any time in past history.
The excessively hot weather, in
which cows cease to feed and spend
most of their time lying in the shade.
is responsible for the situation, pro-
ducers agree. The milk supply pro-
duced is thus cut in half. No producer
is handling more than about half as
much milk as he handled one month
ago.
According to P. L. Reed, foreman
OF the Topeka Pure Milk company.
the cows have apparently declared
strike on account of hot weather.
They won't move about feeding in the
pastures with the sun beating down as
1t has for the past few weeks. If there
is shade in the pasture they seek it and
duce less milk. In the hot weather
following the COOL moist spring
weather. flies have increased in great
numbers. and they annoy. disturb and
create nervousness among the ami
mails that has a telling effect on the
amount of milk each COW will produce.
Reed says this situation comes every
year but that it is usually in August.
This year the shortage has occurred
sooner and probably, for that reason,
Will De OF longer OurdtlOn-
Not a Gallon for Sale.
Reed declared this morning that his
firm was unable to furnish gallon of
milk to retailers. They had no sup
ply on hand and were unable to buy
it from any source. The Pure Milk
Co. has often gone as far away from
Topeka as thirty miles to buy milk
but this cannot be done unless train
accomm odations and shipping facili-
ties are of the most speedy efficiency.
They have handled as high as 5000
gallons a day and are now averaging
1000 gallons. This is a sufficient in
dication of the manner in which the
available supply of milk has dwindled.
They have probably, on an average,
retailed about 500 gallons a day in
the city of Topeka.
Altho the VIM. Green & Sons Groc-
cry. Co. have always handled milk,
they are not doing SO now and state
THAI they are unable to obtain a sup
ply They feel that if they are unable
to get it, other retailers must be hav-
Ing the same experience. They do
manage to get small supply each
morning but it lasts only a short time.
Other retailers have tried to buy milk
from them as all the retailers have
been doing for several days. The
Greens have been buying their supply
from the College Hill Dairy which is
now unable to supply the amount de-
manded by the trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
TRUCE AT HAMBURG
Cessation of Hostilities Came After
Hours of Street Fighting.

Basle, June 27.-A truce has been
declared between government troops
and Spartacan forces in Hamburg, a
dispatch from that city reported to-
day. The cessation of hostilities came
after hours of street fighting. Nego-
tiations were still in progress when
the dispatch was filed /:
Spartacans occupied the railway sta
tions and tore up the tracks for miles
in all directions to prevent arrival of
more government troops
Machine Gun Battle in Berlin.
Berlin, June 25.-A brief machine
gun battle took place in the Alexander
Platz early today. 1t could not be as
certained whether there were any cas-
ualties.
Noske's Troops Arrive.
Berlin, June 26.-The German gov
ernment troops ordered to Hamburg
to suppress disorders there reached
the suburbs of the city this morning
The troops ordered the immediate ces-
sation of hostilities, the release of all
prisoners held by the communist in
the city and the delivery of weapons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
ARE RACING HEAT
Sun Ripening Wheat Fast and
Hands Are Short.
Cutting in Progress Today Over
the Entire State.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 27.-Wheat
cutting was n progress today over
practically the entire state of Kansas.
The harvest in southern and eastern
counties has been under way all week.
gradually extending westward and
northward.
Wheat is ripening fast because of
the extremely hot weather. Farmers
continue to keep the wires hot with
calls for help, keeping employment:
bureaus of the state swamped. 1t was
stated today, however, that barring
any radical change in the labor situa-
ton, the entire gigantic 1919 crop will
be saved. No reports of damage to
wheat because Of premature ripening
have been received.
The state labor department an
nounced that harvest hands are in
immediate demand in central and
western counties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
YOUTH is SHOT
AccOmplice, II
Years Old, Will Probably Die.
Was Driving Whisky Car Near
Troy, Kan.-Others Escape.

St. Joe. June 27.-Near Troy, Kan,
early today, Wesley Jones, a 17-year-
old boy, whose home is at Dewitt,
Neb, was probably fatally shot by
Deputy Hays while Jones was driving
a motor car loaded with bottled whis-
ky. Two men in the car driven by
Jones escaped. Jones was brought to
a St Joe hospital.
The car had been loaded with liquor
here and was trying to run the Kansas
blockade for Nebraska. When COM
manded to halt, the occupants of the
car opened fire on the posse of Off
GERS and shots were returned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
HOPE IN COUNTRY
Nonpartisau Program Running Behind
in North Dakota Election.

Fargo, N. D., June 27-With the
vote of the larger cities apparently
against the seven laws submitted to
the North Dakota voters by the Nom
partisan legislature for a referendum
ballot, interest centered today in the
returns from the rural districts. The
laws passed by the Nonpartisan league
majority in the state legislature last
winter and referred to the electors
yesterday constituted the state indus
trial program of the Nonpartisan
league. Early today the votes from
170 scattered precincts, largely from
towns and cities. showed 1l,191 votes
against the printing bill, which was the
first measure on the ballot, and 5.6S6
votes for the bill. The votes on the
other measures apparently conceded
with that of the printing bill.
Nonpartisan league leaders expect
more favorable vote for their program
when returns from the rural districts
come in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
Love Letters to Other WOman's
Husband in Court.
"HazeL Box 2Ss, Eureka .
Likes "Night Kisses"
Wife SUES FOR A DIVORCE
Appends Affectionate Epistles
to Petition She Files.
Greenwood County Girl Likes
To Tease Samuel Dixon.

Hazel. Box 2S3, Eureka, Kansas"
who writes to the other woman's hus-
band and calls him Sweet Daddie,
Oh!' and who ends her letters "As
Ever My Daddie's Girl" is a thorn in
the side of Mrs. Veneta May Dixon,
or Topeka, who today filed suit for
divorce from Samuel H, Dixon.
Three letters written by the mysterious
Hazel at Eureka are appended to the
divorce petition as exhibits of the
flckle heart the angry wife accuses
her husband as possessing.
In one letter Hazel wrote:
Il was beginning to think, sweet
papa, was not going to get my usual
letter."
Hazel ends this letter rather affec-
uonately. The ending follows:
With all my love to the boy far
away
She Likes to Tease.
When she wrote another letter Ha-
eel evidently was tired of work and
coveted loving and teasing She
writes thusly:
II have nothing to look at but work
each night. And, to think, like to
have someone to fuss with and make
them angry at me so I can laugh at
them. Oh, mean just to tease them.
And, oh, you night kisses.
Wouldn't it be nice to- be a Heaven
on Earth to someone who loves you !?
Dear Sweet Daddy. Oh!'
In another instance the cows and
chickens in Eureka were evidently
palling on Hazel and she yearned for
the presence of the other woman's
husband. The letter on file in the
Shawnee court reads:
"Geel 1 wish you were here this
afternoon for it is so pretty and we
could take a nice stroll. Wouldn't it
be great to go out on the river dam
and slip off and fall? Oh, to be regu-
lar guys or village cutups. Either one
would suit"
Wife Opened Letters.
Opening these letters in December
when love such as is expressed is pos
sible caused considerable jealousy,
Mrs Dixon admits in her petition.
She says her husband began doing
just as he wanted to do without taking
her feelings into consideration. He
has left her and has forced her to, be-
come a waitress, SO she says, and at
present, so far as she knows, he is
selling a common variety of automo-
biles.
They were married at Eureka Aug
ust 80, 1918. The letters. all written
on typewriter. are signed Hazel, Box
2S3, Eureka. Kansas"
Ferry & Doran, attorneys, filed the
petition,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
57,S35 900 BUSHELS IN OKLAHOMA
Quality of Sooner Wheat Is Good
Rains Hinder Harvest.

Oklahoma City. June 27.-Okla-
homa wheat yield forecast for the
first of June is 57,s35.o0O bushels
from 3.5S6.000 acres. The quality is
good. tho 1t shows some damage by
rust and a tendency to immature
heads, according to the board of agri-
culture.
Harvest of wheat is nearly COM
pleted in the southern part of the
state. Labor is scarce in certain sec
tions. The northwest part of the
state is now crying for several thou
sand workers Immediately. Harvest
has been hindered by excessive rains.
accompanied by winds in some locali-
ties. The crop has flattened in the
fields An invention by a Hobart man
attached to a binder lifts fallen straw,
saving most of the leyeIled grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
PROTECTED SWINDLERS
That Is Governments Charge Against
Prosecuting Attorney and Mayor.


Muncie, June 27.-Horace G. Muir
ply, prosecuting attorney of Delaware
county. and DR.. Rolin H. Bunch, may
or of Muncie, were arrested in connec-
ton with operations by alleged swim
dlers who made their headquarters in
Muncie. The arrests were made on
warrants issued on federal grand jury
indictments. They gave bonds for
$4,000 each
The governments allegation is that
they provided protection from arrests
to the alleged swindlers.
Mayor Bunch denied any connection
with the men recently arrested and
accused by the federal authorities of
having swindled at least thirty-four
wealthy men by means of fake prize
fights and wrestling matches. He as
serted he was the victim of spite
work. 1t had been charged that the
alleged gang obtained more than
100000 in its work. Thirteen men
previously were arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
REJECT TURK CLAIM
VIII Not Restore Territories Undi-
minished to Ottoman Empire.
fRv tha Aasocfated PressO

Paris, Thursday, June 26.-The AT
liediCouncil has replied to the Turkish
memorandum saying that 1t could not
accept the Turkish claim that its ter
ritories be restored undIninished.
A detailed memorandum embody-
ing a plea for the continuance of the
old Turkish empire was submitted to
the council of ten on Tuesday by the
Turkish delegation. The memoran-
dunn set forth that the Turkish gov
ernment was prepared to recognize
the independence of Armenia and to
grant some form of autonomous gov
ernment to Palestine and Arabia,
under Turkish governors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
OH, so, so NEAR!
''I've Decided To Lift Ban on
B." President Cables.
White House Becomes Excited,
but B Was "BulliOn."

Washington, June 27.-Early today
the telegraph instrument at the White
House began to click rapidly.
A cable message was coming from
the president to Secretary Tumulty
'I have decided to lift the ban on
b., was the message the oper-
ator received. With visions of beer
and light wines being saved, the oper-
ator excitedly told an assistant to
call Secretary Tumulty on the tele-
phone.
But after arousing the secretary
the last word of the message was
bullion"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
WELCOME AIR HEROES
Aerial Armada VIII Greet Read and
Returning Atlantic Flyers Today.

New York, June 27.-An armada of
aerial craft was assembled at nearby
aviation fields early today preparatory
to a flight down the bay to welcome
Americas transatlantic airInen who
are returning to Americn aboard the
transport Zeppelin.
In addition to the members of the
crew of the NC-4, headed by Lieut..
Commander Albert C. Read. are Com
mander John H. Towers, commander
of the expedition. and Lieut. Com
mander P. n. L. Bellinger and men,
bers of their crews who were forced
to abandon their attempted transocean
flight at the Azores
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27

There are no indications of any
change in the present kind OF
weather." said F. A. Math, observer.
this morning.
The hot sun will continue to send
down its rays so encouraging to the
corn; SO discouragins. to everything
else. There will be very few clouds to
alleviate the strength of the sun. Math
believes this will continue thru Satur-
day and Sunday at least.
The nation will go dry just as the
hot, dry weather begins in earnest.
The same variety of weather is in
force thruout the entire United States.
Seasonable temperatures are reported
from all weather stations, except in
the Kaw valley. where temperatures
are above normal.
During the last "a hours very little
q Ccr tiI,,,a an, lsn In a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
SLAYER is HANGED
Earl Dear Was Convicted of Murder
ing Chicago Chauffeur.

Chicago. June 27.-Earl Dear. con-
victed murderer of Rudolph Wolfe,
Chicago chauffeur, was hanged at
500 o'clock today at the Cook county
Jail.
Dear was accompanied to the scaf-
fold by his spiritual adviser, the Rev.
E. L. Williams
He walked gamely between two
guards from the death cell to the
scaffold. but showed slight signs of
weakening as guards were adjusting
the cap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
D. S. C. TO TWO KANSANS
d. F. Lamson, Little River, and
Quincy Seymour, Rantoul. Cited.

Washington. June 27.-The war de-
partment today announced award of
the distinguished service cross by
General Pershing to the following:
Corporal Jos S. Hahn, st. Louis:
Privates Dwight F.. Lamson, Little
River, Kansas; Quincy R. Seymour,
Rantoul, Kansas; Fred Forbis, Holt's
Summit Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
Rotary Head III in h. G.

Adams, of Atlanta, Ga. elected inter-
national president of the Rotary clubs
at their convention in Salt Lake City
last week, is i'll in Kansas City hos
pital, according to an announcement
made today by local Rotarians His
condition is not serious
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
AFTER MOONEY CASE PROBE.
House Committee Votes to Investigate
Labor Officials Activities.

Washington, June 27.-By unani-
nous vote Thursday the house labor
committee recommended adoption by
the house of the resolution of Repre-
sentative Blanton, Democrat. of Texas.
requesting. Secretary Wilson for a re-
port on activities of labor department
officials and employees in the case of
Thomas ]. Mooney, convicted in Cali
fornia in connection with bomb explo-
SinnS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
DEFENDED RED FLAG
Witness Testifies Townley Said 1t W0s
Emblem of the Oppressed.

Jackson, June 27.-James E. Gil
Iespie, banker from saltwater,
Mimi, testifying today at the trial of
A C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert,
Nonpartisan leaders. declared Town
ley, in a political speech at saltwater
on February 19 of this year, defend
ed the red flag and declared At was
the emblem of the oppressed
Townlef and Gilbert are being tried
on charges of conspiracy to commit
disloyalty-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
st. Louis Telephone Service DemoraI-
lieu by Big WaIkout.

St. LOUIS IelepnOne service DemOral-
lieu by Big WaIkout.
ST. Louis. Mo, June 27.-Efforts to
end the strike of telephone switch
board operators and electrical work
ers of the Bell and Kinloch telephone
systems here were to be made today.
James j. Barrett, commissioner of
conciliation of the department of la
Dor is in st. Louis and was scheduled
Tor conference today with union
leaders and company officials
Between five and six hundred girl
operators and three hundred electrical
workers were said to be on strike at
the two telephone companies this
morning. The Kinloch service was
demoralized. o. z. Jennings, local
representative of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
predlcted 1,4o0 employees would be on
strlke today, paralyzing the two tele-
phone companies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
HOUSE STANDS FIRM
Insists ON Army of 3OO,OOO-Senate |
Offers To Compromise.

Washington, June 27.-The house
today, by vote of 22o to o, insisted on
its stand that the average army for
the next fiscal year must be 500, 900
men.
committee, said senate conferees had
agreed to accept the figure of $50, 900
as a compromise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
HOGS SELL FOR $21.85
Heavy Porkers Bring Record Price on
st. Louis Market.

st. Louis. June 27.-Hog price rec
ords were broken this morning when
good heavy hogs sold on the National
City. Ill, livestock market for $21.s5.
The previous high was s2165. The
price today is believed to be the high
est ever quoted on a western market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
SITUATION is GRAVE
Railroad Strike Spreading-Sparta-
cans Believe Their Hour Near.

Berne. June 27-The general sit
uatiou in Germany is becoming stead
ily more serious according to the latest
dispatches. The railroad strike it is
reported is about to extend thruout
the whole country. Spartacans do not
conceal their belief that their hour has
come, in view of the transportation
strike and the poor food supply.
Some reports state that famine ap-
pears imminent. On the other hand,
II is said. a counter rvolution seems
to be brewing in the east and the news
from there is increasingly alarming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27

Lincoln, Neb., June 26.-Governor
McKelvie has tentatively decided to
call the Nebraska legislature in spe-
cial session Monday. July 81. for the
purpose of ratifying the woman suf-
frage amendment to the constitution
Of the United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
WON'T RECOGNIZE TREATY
General Hoffman, Father of Brest-
Litovsk Pact, Will Fight to Last.
(By the Associated Press \

Berlin, June 27.-General Hoffman.
who was a prime mover in the nego-
tiations leading up to the Brest-
Litovsk treaty with Russia. has been
dismissed from his command in the
eastern district. having declared he
would defend the district to the last
man in defiance of the government
orders and never recognize the peace
treaty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27

Newton. June 27.-H. L. Edwards.
so, an old settler here. shot and killed
himself Thursday because of discour-
agement over business and bad health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
DR.. WILKINS GUILTY

Jury Returns Verdict of First Degree
Murder Against Doctor.
Mineola. June 27.-Dr. Walter
Keene wilkins, charged with having
killed his wife, Julia. at their Long
Beach home February 27. was found
guilty of murder in the first degree
by jury in the state supreme court
today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
Foreign Minister Mueller and
Bell Are Delegates.
VIII Sign Great Document at
8 2. NJ. Tomorrow.
ALL EYES TURNED TO GERMANY
Counter Revolutions There Are
Feared by Allies.
Germany May Make Last Ditch
Fight Against Terms.
BULLETIN.

Versailles. June 27.-The German
delegates who will sign the peace
treaty will arrive at o'clock tonight,
Secretary Won Haniel was notified this
morning.
Previous dispatches had indicated
the Germans would reach Paris to-
morrow morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
NO WEATHER CHANGE
The Nation VIII Be Hot When 1t
Goes Dry Monday.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Fair tonight and Saturday; not much
change in temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27

A REFRIGERATOR bed salesman
could do big business In Topeka
these days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27
TRY TO END STRIKE.

Continued on Page SevenJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-27

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
w Fair tonight and Saturday. Not
much change in temperature.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-03
FACTS CONCERNING THE
KNIGHTS AND LADIES
OF SECURITY

The National Council of the knights
and Ladies of Security was organized
on February %, 1892, with eleven
members. From this small beginning
the society has grown to be one of
the largest fraternal beneficiary
organizations doing business in the
/ nited States today.
At the present time the society has
a total beneficiary membership of
over 225,000. The organization is
doing business in twenty-seven states.
The present net assets are nearly two
million dollars. Included in the hold
ings of the society are two of the best
business buildings in the city of
Topeka. These buildings are the Ma
tional Hotel, located on the north
vest corner of Seventh street and
] ansas avenue, and the Security
IIilding, locked on the southwest
corner of the same streets. These
properties are netting the society over
and above all expenses more than SIX
D r cent, annually, on the money in
vested. The order has invested in
first mortgage real estate loans, most
ly in Shawnee county Kansas, over
million and a quarter dollars yield
ing an average of over six per cent per
annum iterest, payable semi-annually.
1t holds Liberty Bonds to the amount
of 5000 600. These mortgages are
exempt from taxation under our Kan
sas laws. They challenge the man
agement of any other fraternal bene-
ficiary society to show a record Of
investment of anything like the same
proportions netting larger returns
than those Of the Knights and Ladies
of Security. The records show that
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-03
UNION GARAGE.

Quality Workmanship and an un-
excelled service at all times. are the
two points upon which the Union,
Garage, located at 1908 South Second
street, is building its reputation with
the automobile owners of the CITY,
The garage was started about five
months ago and is a copartnership
of e. +. Baca and j p. Reed, two
young men who have had much ex-
perience in their line Of work, and who
understand every phase of the repair
game from A to T.
The Union Garage does a general
repair business of every character,
carries a line of automobile oils and
greases, specializing on the Veedol
brand and is an agent for the well
known Diamond tires and tubes. All
goods handled by the garage are rec
commended.
The premises at the above address
embrace more than 1000 square feet
of floor space which gives adequate
room for all work at hand The shop
equipment embraces everything need
ed for handling high-class work and
no job is too large or too small for
it to handle. Both Mr.. Baea and Mr..
Reed were formerly with the Quickel
Auto companys organization, as re-
pair men and gained most valuable
experience while there. They are in
position to give the best of service 20
all automobile troubles, and do so in a
most satisfactory manner.