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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
MAC LEAN A SPEAKER
Quincy Junior III. S. Students Got
Diplomas Friday Night.

Capt. w. P. MacLean addressed the
graduating class of Quincy junior high
school Friday night on the subject
of Health, Happiness and True Pa
triotism.' The diplomas were pre-
sented by the principal, c. w. Nor
roy. Elizabeth Bottom, on the piano;
Eva May and Fay Campbell, on the
violin, and Evelyn Myers, vocalist, all
gave individual selections
Diplomas were presented to the fol-
lowing:
Faye Campbell, Rolla Davey, Freda
Hubert, Alice Keesinger. Carol owen,
Mildred Robinson. Oliver Snediker.
Ethel Slaybaugh, Chester Starbird
Helen Stein, Artemus Stripping, Clyde
Wooten. Florence Anderson, Junita
Birdwhistle, Hannah Blaisdell, Lloyd
Blanchard, Elizabeth Baten, Arthur
Burton, William Cardwell, Ruth
Coates. Mildred Crawford, Dorothy
Dearing, Bernice Tanning, Lucille
Fisher. Herbert French. Jr., Minerva
Jarrett. Ralph Henry, Lyme Howard.
Marie johnson. Robert Knoll. Clara
Leonard, Eva May, Theodore Mcclure.
Philip Miller. Evelyn Myers, Thelma
Palmer, Ida Peel, Gladys Piersoll.
Eleanor Sutton, Florence Teter, Nellie
Ward, Mildred White.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
QUICK, THE CENSOR!
Topeka Girl Even Too Willing To
Kiss a Yank for the Movies.

A kissing match between a soldier
Of the 353d infantry and a beautiful
Topeka lassie cost eight Topeka men
just about $40 Memorial day.
The eight men were the men who
are putting up the cash for the NOV
ing pictures of the parade. Big Bing
Barg Bill'' Biby was directing the pic
ture.
Biby spied a certain lassie who had
all the attributes of a Mary Pickford.
Biby also spied an ambitious looking
soldiers. A bit of Biby blarney, a
smile of earnest Willingness from the
soldier, a blushing assent from the
lass.
"Shoot it, boy. shoot as long as it
lasts" Biby spoke to the camera man.
kiss her. boy. kiss her"
These directions to the soldier.
The soldier did twice. Then il was
taken out of his hands The girl
backed off, took one look at him. and
proceeded to evidence an alarming
desire to continue the performance all
day:
her off,
Biby had had enough. He said
afterwards he thought the girl and
the soldier would have been perfectly
willing to take up every bit of the
two thousand feet of film with the
repetitions of the kiss her, boy
performance,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
First Airplane Marriage Cere-
mony in U. S. Today.
Field Officer and In
diana Maid the Principals.
BIRDS OF AIR AS WITNESSES
Courtship a Flying One-Bride-
groom Champion MOtOrcyclist.
Ministers Vie for Honor of Off
ciating-Army Chaplain Wins.

Houston, Tex, May 31.-The first
airpIane marriage ceremony in the
United States, if not in the entire
world. is to be held at Ellington field
this afternoon.
With only the birds of the air as
witnesses and the fleecy clouds as set
ting. Lieut.. Robert Mead of Cumber-
land. Md, and Miss Marjorie DumOnt
of Yorkville, Ind. will be married in
a Handley-Page bombing plane.
A Flying Courtship.
The courtship has been a flying
one" Mead met Miss Dumont two
years ago when he was making a rec
ord for himself as a motorcycle driv-
er. Lieut.. E. W. Kilgore, one of the
first air mail carriers in the country.
will pilot the machine.
Houston ministers of all creeds have
We'd with each other for the honor of
performing the marriage but were
ruled cut in favor of an army man.
Col w. L. Mcintosh. post COM
mander. will give the bride away, and
Lieut.. c. f. Henriques, post adjutant,
will be best man. Mrs. Laura Gray of
Covington. Ky, will be matron of
honor.
Made Record Cycle Trip.
Mead has taken flying courses at
Columbus. O., and at Berkeley and
Sacramento, Cal. He is noted for a
transcontinental motorcycle trip from
Boston TO Los Angeles, which he COM
pleted in fourteen days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
\. Samuel Planning $4,000 Building
Near Tenth and Polk.

Topeka's crying need for apartment
houses may be alleviated to certain
extent shortly by the construction on
Polk street just off Tenth avenue of a
$4,000 building with one of the best
equipped living rooms in the city.
The apartment is being planned by A.
Samuel, 522 West Seventh street.
Samuel owns the Delodes apartment
at the corner of Tenth and Polk
streets. The new house will be built
Just south of the Delodes with a west
frontage on Polk street. 1t will be
three stories in height ana will be
larger than the Delodes.
The Delodes cost $4,000 a few
years ago. The new apartment will
cost $40, 900 or more.
1t is rumored that several other
apartments are being planned for the
city to be under construction this sum-
mer. ever was Topeka in greater
need of houses and apartments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
Rest of Winnipeg's Police
Force Is Discharged.
Refused To Break With Labor
Premier Promises Action.

Winnipeg, May 31.-Winnipeg's po-
lice force today consisted of nine men.
One hundred and eighty-nine Off
GERS were automatically discharged
Friday upon refusal to sign an agree
ment with the city severing connection
with labor. The policemen had voted
approval of demands in the general
strike here, but had not voted to go
out themselves. An effort was made to
have mounted police do the patrolling
Returned soldiers asked Premier
Norris to put collective bargaining in
the provincial statutes. He was also
asked to withdraw demands on the
police. He promised some action by
IL o'clock today.
Union Men in March,
A procession of union men and re-
turned soldiers, some of the latter be-
ing in the union ranks, marched thru
the business district of Winnipeg
again, shortly before noon today, and
proceeded to the provincitl parliament
building. The delegation repeated its
demands of yesterday that something
be done right away to end this strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
Kansas Public Service Corpora
tiOns Valuations Reduced.
Assessment Figures Indicate
S1,645,37O Reduction.
OIL HOLDS UP The TOTAL
Pipe Lines and Wire COmpa-
nies Increase S3,1S4,O39.
Santa Fe and Topeka Railway
Show a Large Loss.

Kansas public service corporations
showed a net loss of S1,645,370 in
their assessed valuation this year. ac-
cording to a statement today by
Samuel T. Howe, chairman of the
state tax commission. Railroads,
street railways and express companies
reported s4,S29,409 less valuation
than in 1918. 1t was the oil develop
ment and increased valuation of pipe
line companies which prevented an
even greater loss in values. Pipe line,
telephone and telegraph lines in
creased values s3.1S4,O99.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company showed a loss of
$4,336,616 in its valuation. The 1918
report listed Santa Fe properties in
Kansas at s142,632,S4S, while this
year they dropped to 13S.296,232.
The Kansas City Connecting company
lost S239,602 in valuation, while the
Union Pacific values dropped SEA-
30S. The Kansas City Terminal COM
pany increased its value $606, Jas.
Railroads of the state showed a net
loss in assessed valuations of $4,-
156,S52.
Topeka Railway Loss.
Losses of s622,611 were shown in
returns of street railway and interur-
ban lines. The greatest loss was that
of the Topeka Railway company,
which reduced its assessed valuation
from s1,902,627 in 1918 to 81 1,498, 500
this year or a net loss of $404,31S. The
Atchison property, also owned by the
Illinois Traction company. showed a
loss of S38,2e6, while the Wichita line
boosted its valuation 1854.
Sinclair -Cudahy Pipe Line company
interests increased their property VAL
uations in Kansas s1.254,249 during
the year. The Oklahoma Pipe Line
company added sS16.070. The En-
pire interests reduced their valuation
S62,5S6. Total increases in pipe line
valuations amounted to S2.177,713.
Gain in Telegraph.
Telegraph company increased theiI
valuations from s2.772,652 in 1918 tc
$2,803,777 this year. Telephone COM
panies- showed an increase of $9T5,.
2O1. Their 1918 returns were on q
valuation of 12,372,565, while this
year they amounted to $13,347.766
Express companies decreased valua-
tions, s5o.451. Their 1918 returns
were s150.472. This year they were
but $1O0,021.
Total railroad valuations for 1915
were $500, 0,011.191, while this year they
were reduced to $3S5,S54,S39. Street
railway and interurban companies re-
ported valuations of $15,6OO.916 in
1918 and S14,97S,3O5 this year. Pipe
line valuations of S3S.1S9,075 in 1915
were this year increased to $40,-
366,7SS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
CAPT. COPELAND HOME
Son of E. L. Copeland Saw Service
Overseas With SOth Division

Capt. Harold D. Copeland. of juno
tion City, son of Z. L. Copeland, secre-
tary and treasurer of the Santa F'e
railway. and Mrs. Copeland, has ar
rived at Newport News from overseas
service on the transport Zeppelin. He
is now at Camp Stuart, Va, with his
division, the Eightieth, and after a
divisional review at Richmond, Va.
will probably come west for his dis
charge.
Captain Copeland won a lieutenant's
commission at the first officers train
ing camp at Fort Riley. and was sub
sequently promoted to a captaincy. He
saw active service in France with the
Eightieth division.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
SAYS HE WAS misunderstood
Hawker Disclaims Effort To Depre-
cate Flight of L. S. Airmen.

London May 31.-Harry G. Haw-
ker, in an interview in the Evening
Globe, regarding American press COM
ments on the speech he made at a
luncheon to newspaper men Wednes-
day. said:
The Americans misunderstood my
point. / was not criticising their at
tempt. It is impossible to compare
the two flights. We did not wish to
have battIeships, supplied by the gov
ernment, along the route.
MY remarks were intended for
those who were criticising the gov
eminent for not supplying them.
wish the Americans the very best of
luck. Their flights have been beau
tifully organized jobs from the begin
ming to end.
'T am very sorry indeed that the
American press has misunderstood
me Nothing was further from my
mind than to criticise the Americans"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31

Ballot, second; L. Chevrolet, Fronte-
mace, third; G.. Chevrolet. Frontenac.
fourth; Guyot, Ballot. fifth; L. Wag-
ner, Ballot sixth; Cooper, Stutz, sew
enth; Milton, Dusenberg, eighth;
O'Donnel, Dusenberg. ninth; Wilcox.
Peugeot, tenth. Time 1:O4:439
Average, $3.50.
This is a new track record. Pre-
vious records, S8.S miles an hour,
made by Resta in Peugeot in 1916.
Ralph Mulford. Frontenac, with
drew from the race in thirty ty-seventh
lap, with a broken drive shaft.
De Palma Still Leads.
Tom Milton, Dusenberg, went out of
the race on 49th lap with broken con-
Meeting rod. De Palma was still lead
ing at 125 miles. averaging 92.62
miles an hour.
Louis Wagner's Ballot went off the
track and broke a wheel on the south
turn in the 45th. Neither Wagner nor
his mechanician were injured beyond
few scratches. They are definitely
out of the race. "Howdy" Wilcox, in
Peugeot, gained a lap and passed De
Palma when the latter stopped to take
on gas and water in the 57th lap. VIII
coXs lead was short, however, and De
Palma was pacing the field at the last
of the 59th lap.
Gastron Chevrolet shot into the lead
on the sixtieth lap C15O miles) closely
IolIoWed by DE Palma, Packard Will
cox. Peugeot, third; Cooper, Stutz
tourth; l.. Chevrolet, Frontenac, fifth;
Rene Thomas, sixth. Time, 1:3S:5S:15
Average, 90.93 miles an hour a new
track record. Former record held by
Resta, Peugeot, S9.4 miles an hour.
De Palma's Packard regained the
Lead in the SOth lap GOO miles) when
Gaston Chevrolet was forced to stop
Tor gas. Wilcox. Peugeot. was second;
Gaston Chevrolet, Frontenac, third; L.
chevrolet, Frontenac. fourth; Earl
cooper. Stutz. fifth; Lecocq, Roamer,
sixth; Hearne, Durant. seventh; Alley
bender, eighth; Vail, Hudson, ninth;
Goux, Peugeot, tenth. Time, 2:11:34:7O
Average 91.2O. new track record
FORMER record, Resta Peugeot, S9.1
miles an hour made in 1916.
In Double SomcrsauIt.
In the 63rd lap. Chassagne. who
had relieved Bablot of the Ballot team,
drove into the retaining wall. The
car turned over twice and the me-
chanician, A. Romiguire, was severely
injured about the head
At the hospital it was stated that
small hope is held out for Mollianros's
recovery. His head was crushed
Arthur Klein, Peugeot, left the race
in the I'D lap when a connecting rod
broke. Eddie O'Donnels Deusenberg
was forced to quit in the 67th lap
with broken piston. Clifford Durant
Chevrolet. stopped in the 56th lap
when the steering gear broke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES

The chances for disa agreeable wealth.
er are in the lead for Sunday, accord
ing to the prediction of S. F. Flora
state meteorologist. The day will be
cloudy, weather conditions unsettled
with the possibility of a shower taking
place any time.
During the last "a hours light show
ers have occurred in many parts of
Kansas. No heavy precipitations oc-
Cured, however. The heaviest PA of
an inch was reported from Coldwater
The weather map indicated freezing
temperatures this morning at Salt
Lake City, Utah, and Winnemucca, New.
In Topeka the temperature registered
66 degrees at o'clock this morning
Flora predicts . drop to so degrees for
tonight and nothing higher than rs
degrees for tomorrow afternoon. The
temperature will reach So here this
lEnnfinirnL Do 4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
Union Men in March.
36TH UNITS ARRIVE
Texas-Oklahoma Ammunition Train
Lands at n. Y.

New York. May 31.-With 1897
troops, the steamship Louisville ar
rived here from Brest today. Among
the units was Company D, 3 officers
and 113 men, of the IL 1th ammunition
train, 36th division. former National
guard of Texas and Oklahoma, for
Camp Bowie.
The cruiser Pueblo. also from Brest,
carried 1879 troops of the 142d in
fantry, 36th division. Detachments of
officers of Companies G, I, K, L and
NJ, and a detachment of officers and
men of Company F were not with the
regiment. These troops are assigned
mostly to Camps Bowie, Travis, Lee,
Dix, Dodge and Grant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31

climbed approaching ladder dangling below.

Atlantic City. N. J.. May 31-(Spe-
eial to State JournaD Lieut.. Ormer
Lockyear has thrilled theworld with his
daring feats of dropping from one air.
plane $500 feet in the air to the top
of another plane a few feet below.
Just few days ago he overshadowed
this feat by standing on the top wing
of a plane. then jumping up to grasp
a rope ladder suspended from an air
plane above and climbing into the
plane above. All this happened $500
feet above the earth at Atlantic City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
POLICE TO STRIKE AGAIN?
England Is Threatened With Country
Wide Cop Walkout.

London. May 31.-England is
threatened with a country wide police
strike. The metropolitan police of
London are balloting on the question.
The Liverpool men already have voted
in favor of stopping work next Mon
day midnight. The police in some pro-
vincial cities also threaten to strike
over wages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31

Most folk who read about Lock-
years feat called him nut"
Lockyear denies he does the thrill
ers simply to defy death and gain pub
licity for himself. He says he has one
purpose in mind-to boost aviation.
His feats in transferring himself from
one plane to another show, he says,
that fuel and supplies can be trans
ferred in midair without stopping a
plane. This accomplishment will
make nonstop transcontinental flying
possible he points out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
Cummings Gave Indication 1920 Con-
vcntion VIII Be Held There.

Chicago. May 31.-Chicago will be
selected for the national Democrats
convention in 1920, Democrats here
believed today.
In closing the two-day session Of
the national committee. Chairman
Cummings said the Democrats liked
Chicago.
back" he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
IF HUNS REFUSE
French High Command Gets Orders
To Advance so Miles.

Basle. Ny 31.-A dispatch to the
National Zeitung from Mayence today
stated that in case the Germans refuse
to sign the treaty the French high
command has received orders to ad
vance 80 kilometers $50 miles) east
ward from the present zone of occupa-
ton. British troops will occupy the
Ruhr district, the dispatch said. Six
hundred technicians- and engineers al
ready have been summoned to Cologne
to prepare for such move, it was
said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
REVISE THE TREATY!
Unofficial Organ of the Vatican In
Peace Demand.

Rome. May 3O.-The Corriere
D'1talia. unofficial organ of the Vat
tican, referring to the reported op-
position the peace treaty has aroused
in every country, demanded today that
it be revised Immediately "ir the name
of humanity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
MORE or 18th THRU
Two Regiments of Infantry on Way
to Funston Thru Topeka.

Three sections carrying detachments
Of the 354th and 355th infantry, S9th
division, passed thru Topeka today en-
route to Camp Funston, where the
men will be discharged.
The units participated in the Me-
mortal day parade yesterday in St.
Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
Marshall, Mo-, Marshal Exoncrates
Two Suspects of Crime.

Kansas City, May SIC. Z. Mad
dox. city marshal of Marshall, Mo.
declared that Sylvester Koel and Jack
Divichi. who are being held as sus-
poets in the Lafayette county officials
murder case, were not the men i'm
plicated when confronted by them to-
day. The men who committed the
crime, Marshal Maddox said. were
held in custody nine hours by him
before they were turned over to Sher-
iff Talbot and his deputies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
SUNDAY A CLOUDY DAY
Showers and Cooler Predicted for East
Portion of Kansas

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Fair and cooler tonight, generally fair west
portion Sunday, probably showers east
portion, cooler east and south portions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Fair and cooler tonight; generally
fair Sunday, probably showers cast
portion; cooler east and south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31

I IKE all relegated actors, Vii
seems to think he can come bacl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31

,Continmed on Page Two!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-31
NEW APARTMENT HERE

Continued on Page TwOD
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-16
RaiIWay
LSAma&ed At
Big Oil Boom
President Of E.P. & S.W.
Says Business In East
Is Unsettled.

you newspaper men certainly work
fast. I take my hat off TO you. The
engine has just been uncoupIed from
may car and here am held up for an
interview" said W NJ Schumacher.
president Of the E. P & S. W railway.
who arrived in FL Paso Tuesday af-
ternoon and viii remain here and in
the southwestern part OF the state for
two weeks. Il am sorry that I have
not a front page story for YOU Fire
ahead and all the questions that I can
answer. that is all the questions that
I feel I should answer. I viii answer.
so help me Woodrow Wilson"
e. Mr.. Schumacher has been in the
state Of Texas two days and already
he has the "oil fever He has been
through the eastern part of the state
AS he said. Just TO see what all this
talk was about
sI have never seen anything like it.
Tt has the gold rushes Of the old days
stalked TO the tim Why there has
been nothing like it since the frontier
days. 1t IS like a fairy tale How on
earth have they managed TO get up
all those wells I'm so short a timet No.
haven't invested deeply. Any way.
that is a question that you haven't any
business asking
.I have just been through the entire
east and business conditions there are
not good. There is hope that the price
Of steel viii be so adjusted as to re-
lieve the tension continued the
Southwestern's president Yet with
all the dullness in business travel Is
very spirited. especially among the
women Why. Wen ] have not given
II much thought. but 7 believe that
great proportion OF the women that
are travelling today are those who
have been released from war duties in
Europe. from Red Cross Y. ~ C. A.
and other organizations that were so
energetic during the war, the nurses
and the women that served so faith
fully fin an the hospital work in Eng
land. France and Belgium I deduce
this from the fact that the greater
number Of the women travellers that
saw were talking war work or some
kind.
Government ownership There IS
no such thing. No one wants that, you
know. I believe the correct term is
control" laughed Mr.. Schumacher.
The vital question IS. what VIII con-
gress do about the railroads. Natural
" the hope Is placed on congress
sincerely trust that congressman VIII
not get into the habit formed recently
BY most Of the cabinet members. Of
dashinE across TO France If they do.
well Washington will have TO be
transplanted TO Paris. Sort OF II
Mahomet viii not go to the mountain
then the mountain will have TO come
to 3Iahomet sort OF thing"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-16
TRANCE SEEKS
AWINE MARKET
viii Sell to Germany the
Champagne That Went
to United States.

Paris. France. April 16 Correspond
ence Of the Associated Press)--
American prohibition upset Frances
wine trade. The American market for
wines closed, the French exporters Of
champagnes and other wines seek an
other market. This viii be found in
Germany. according to Lucien Fon-
taine Of the Paris chamber Of COM
merce-
IF there is not sufficient market
in Germany, We can go TO Holland,
Denmark. Austria and the Balkans"
said NJ FOntaine. I'VE can find the
market for the suppressed American
tation of wine is not going to be such
a hard problem 10 solve AT this time.
for we have not been producing nearly
as much wine during the war as We
were before it.
What are Americans going to doc"
asked NJ Fontaine Of the correspond
emit You know that all these SOL
diers viii miss the French wine in
America Do you not think that
Americans viii notice the situation
worse than the French2 Perhaps all
these soldiers had better stay here.
ehe''
Prohibition Of the importation into
America Of alcoholic beverages VIII
deprive France Of commerce which
reached in 1916 more than 100000
Before the war, the business was
valued annually at more than $1,000
O0O
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-16
'Rickey," Small Wait
OF Ell Paso Streets,
Has Found Good Home

Hickey" the little Mexican boy who
was picked up last month by the po-
lice. and taken in charge by the Asso-
ciated Charities. has been adopted into
a good home. Hickey is the little tot
that didn't know any name but
hickey Mother was a strange word
to him. and at the mention Of father
tears would start He could give no in
formation about himself and was per
fectly happy to be at the day nursery
His wardrobe was a scant affair when
he was found Hickey. however, Ike
another little boy. famous in fiction,
Sentimental Tommy" had a way with
him A good home is now his. and le-
gal adoption viii make for the tot an
other name to 90 with hickey