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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

CLYDE Lokey, one Of the boys just
returned from training camp at
Camp Meade, Maryland, reported
that he was on the train fourteen
hours before the armistice was sign
ed, awaiting, orders to go to port Of
embarkation. although being glad
that peace was declared, was very
l.sheartened thar he did not soldier
on the other side.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

II o. Claunch passed through Lub-
book this week enroute to Plains,
where he will make his future home.
Mr.. Claunch is moving from Lucy. n.
NJ, on account Of the recent severe
cold weather in that country. he
statese that he lost heavily in the
sheep business.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

J J Reed and daughSer. Mrs. I. r..
Payne. Of Oklahoma City, passed
through Lubbock the first Of the
week. enroute to Plainview. New
Mexico, TO attend the funeral Of their
son and brother. Charles Reed, who
died recently after a short spell Of
Influenza pneumonia.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30
TEXAS SENATE PASSED BILL
PROHIBITING POOL HALLS

Among the bills finally passed in
the Senate today was that by Mr..
Floyd legislating public pool halls
out Of existence after May l There
were only four votes against il on the
final ballot. The bill now goes to
the House
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

+. T Pendley Of Oklahoma City
was in town this week looking for d
ranch proposition near here. Mr.
Pendley stated that he was well ac-
quainted with this country. having
worked cattle here thirty years ago
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

A. l.. Brown and wife Of Brown
field, passed through Lubbock the
first part of the week enroute home.
having just returned from Memphis,
Texas, where they went TO attend the
funeral Of Mr.. Browns sister.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

A. Judd and wife spent the week.
end with Mr. and Mrs. Richards ai
Hale Center, returning home this
Monday
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

= ecr vi be dumping ground
for whole lot OF Germans as soon as
peace terms are definitely decided up
on, and possibly great number Of
other classes Of people, and if our
government heads do not watch out
hey viii cause a lot of trouble along
labor lines especially.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

Elmer Rush. son Of S. S. Rush, Of
this place has just returned from KEEL
ly Field, where he has been training
in the air service. Elmer says he had
the thrilling experience Of two flights
in the air, and expressed regret that
he did not have chances for more.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

A lot of people do not make a sue
cess in life because they have no de-
finite plans. They have no where in
particular to go. hence never do any
thing
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

w.D Boyd Of Plains came through
Lubbock the first Of the week, en-
route home. after attending the fun
eraI Of the late II A. Tandy, at ANA
rillo.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

Alabama is very dry. Even substi-
tutes for booze are barred in the pro-
cisions of the recently adopted bill
egulating the liquor traffic.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

A. r. Crowder passed through our
town this week, moving some stock
that he has in pasture near here, en-.
route TO his home at Snyder,
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

c. II Green Of Denton was anoth-
er Of the visitors to Lubbock last
Monday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

c. d Newman. of Albuquerque, n
NJ. was in town Monday visiting with
acquaintance
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

Bert Iiaafner ~ Rails, was an
other Of the business visitors 10 lub-
book the latter part u the week
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

A L. hurley, of Clovis, NV Mex
leo, was lrannacllns business IN Lub'
hack lsal Saturday,
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

John Hall was in town from Brown
field, the first part Of the week at
tending to business interests
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

L. A. Fridlo Mas another visitor
from Rails Monday transaetinE bani-
meas.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-01-30

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
TO JOIN RED BLOCKADE
Germany viii Cooperate With En-
tente, Says Newspaper.
(By the Associated Press)
Associated Press.)

Berlin. Oct. 1.-THE Kreuz Zei-
tung learns from well informed quar-
ters' that the government will in all
probability agree to join in the block
ade of soviet Russia proposed by the
entente powers
1t is said the government will lay
down certain conditions incident to its
participation and will primarily con-
slider Germany's foreign political in
terests when reaching decision as to
its final attitude.
Special dispatches received from
Koenigsberg report that commercial
and industrial circles there are un =
easy because of the fear that block
ade of the Baltic would prove disas-
trous to East Prussia. That section
has been chiefly dependent upon mari
time traffic for all supplies since the
collapse of railroad service. Only
limited quantities of necessaries such
as foodstuffs. coal and petroleum can
be taken overland at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15

Judge J. G. Wood Will be chairman
of the entertainment. which will begin
in the auditorium at SIS. The pro-
gram includes an overture by Clarke's
orchestra, music by the 4. o. o. f.
quartet No. 49,. a violin solo by Robert
Service and some clever limitations by
Mrs J. NJ. Catren. The Heighloa
Hawaiian entertainers will also stage
a musical act. The entertainment will
be followed by the anniversary ball.
All the visitors are invited.
1t was voted this afternoon to hold
the next convention of the Grand
Lodge in Hutchinson in October. 1920.
The memorial exercises held this
morning in the Memorial building by
the Rebekah State assembly was one
of the most impressive ceremonies of
the week. The services were in charge
of Past President Sadie V. Holmes.
Miss ISABEL Hutchinson, daughter of
the assembly warden, sang Face to
Face Crossing the Bar" and "One
Sweetly Solemn Thought" Miss Hutch
inson received her musical training at
Lindsborg and is a singer of unusual
ability.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
Have You Written
YourHC Letter?

The State Journal high cost
of living contest closes in two
weeks.
Already many letters have
come to this office from per-
sons who are giving ideas on
economy and thrift.
Several of these letters have
been printed. The suggestions
are read widely and undoubt-
edly have been valuable to the
readers of this newspaper.
The authors of the four best
letters receive cash prizes of
$40, $3.50, SIS and $3.50.
You are entitled to these
prizes. Furthermore, by max
ing known your method of
holding down household ex-
penses, you are aiding others.
This promises to be a rainy,
disagreeable evening. Stay at
home and write tonight!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
MUST TAKE ACTION AT SALT LAKE CITY
Lieut.. Maynard, Air Derby
Leader, Arrives There.
Major Spatz and Capt. Smith
Hop Off at Mineola.

Salt Lake City, Oct. 15.-Lieut. Bel
vim w. Maynard. flying eastward on
the, second lap of the transcontinental
air derby, arrived. at Buena Vista field.
near here at 1884 a. M. mountain
resume his flight eastward after the
required thirty minutes rest.
Lieutenant Maynard delayed his de-
parture from Buena Vista field until
advices were received respecting the
Wyo., the next controls eastward.
(By the United Press.)
Roosevelt Field, Mineola, n. Y, Oct.
Blue Bird" airplane, left Roosevelt
field on his return trip to San Fran
cisco in the transcontinental air race
at 2:2S:1S O'Clock this afternoon.
SRptz is the first flyer to start the
westward half of his round trip.
Capt Lowell H. Smith, flying a De
Haviland blue Bird took the air a
few minutes after Spatz assembled. He
also is on his return flight to San
Francisco.
Wins Close Race.
San Francisco. Oct 15.-Lieutenant
Colonel Reynolds won a race from
Reno to the Preside today by SIS Sec
onds.
The race of two airplanes entered
in the transcontinental derby, carried
Reynolds and Lieutenant Sheridan
over the Nevada mountains to Mather
field and thence to Preside.
Reynolds completed his cross-coun-
try flight at 10:55:55 and Sheridan
landed at 10:56:50.
The men left Reno at a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
ON TRAIL OF RED
Search for Bomb Maker Shifts
to Chicago Today.
Four More Raids Net Twenty
Suspects in Gary.

Gary, Oct. 15.-Military authorities
and federal agents declared today that
Alexander Ivanoff. radical leader and
chemist formerly employed in the To-
cal steel mills, and alleged maker of
the May day and Chicago postoffice
bombs is not yet under arrest He is
being sought as the result of informa-
ton said to have been given the fed
eral authorities by Anton Gorski, who
is under arrest. Convinced that Ivan
off has fled from Gary the federal
authorities today transferred their
search for the radical leaders here to
Chicago, where dozens of department
of justice investigators are reported to
be following clews.
Take Twenty Prisoners Today.
Federal agents backed by troops
early today made four more raids on
homes of radical leaders here in which
about twenty persons were taken in
custody. Six are being held while the
others were released after being ques-
toned. 1t is said that further evil
tience was obtained in these raids on
the alleged plot for an uprising of
radicals in Gary, altho Col w. S.
Mapes and other officials declined to
discuss the details of the information
obtained. The force of United States
troops on duty here has been cut in
half since yesterday noon by the trans
| fer of about one thousand men to
| Camp Grant, Illinois. The authorize:
| evidently believe that the situation j:
now so well in hand that a larger
force is no longer necessary.
Forty homes. suspected centers O
| revolutionary activities, were raides
| between midnight and dawn by United
| States soldiers under the direction o
army intelligence headquarters.
| Eighteen men were taken into Gus
| tody and held with forty others takei
| in previous raids. An army truck WA;
! called into service to carry away print
ed propaganda.
Today Round Up" Day?
| These raids are merely a start o
] what may be expected. according t
hints from army officers. Report
that today was the day set for tn
| TUontinDed on Page TwO.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
CORN TO DROP FARTHER
December Delivery Near Level of Big
Break Several Weeks Ago.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Further depres-
sion of the corn market is imminent.
members of the Chicago board of
trade today predicted.
December corn today was at its low
est figure in three weeks and within
four cents of the level of several weeks
ago when the big break was precipi
tated by domestic influences. October
and May corn have tagged December
and today were down three to four
cents over last weeks close.
Little outside pressure and eastern
advices of Importation of Argentine
corn were dominating influences in
the slump.
Reports from southwestern markets
and Winnipeg show the bearish influ-
ences have been generally felt Corn
was off at these points at approx
mately the same ratio as that in Chi
cago.
Old corn is being freely offered but
new corn is withheld. Sample val
ues were off three to five cents today
over Tuesdays best, the market gem
orally having an easy tone.
Oats, rye and barley have declined
in sympathy with corn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15

Gompers' serious illness will prevent
his attending sessions of the national
industrial conference today.
Gompers' illness was announced by
members of the labor group which
Gompers has led since the start of
the conference
Announcement of Mr.. Gompers' s
breakdown was made by his secretary
when the National Industrial confer
ence convened today.
He issued the following statement:
Mr.. Gompers returned home from
the Industrial conference last evening
greatly exhausted. and went immedi-
ately to bed. His physician, DR.. Henry
Parker found Mr.. Gompers in a state
of nervous exhaustion with a tempera-
ture of 101. The doctor said that it
would be absolutely necessary for Mr..
Gompers to remain in bed"
Mr.. Goompers's illness results, labor
leaders said, from months of unremit-
ting work at home and abroad in con-
nection with the peace treaty, the in
; ternational labor congress at Amster-
dam and the steel strike.
The veteran labor leader was strick-
en- when he reached his home last
night after delivering an attack in the
industrial conference on the United
States Steel corporation for its refusal
to deal with the steel strike committee.
Gompers was suffering unusual de-
PIeSSIOH yesterday because OF the fact
that it was the anniversary of his
daughters death. His wife suffered a
| paralytic stroke last June and has been
I helpless since. Gompers never fully
( recovered his strength since his acct
! dent several months ago in New York
The cumulative effect of his cares
and his own physical suffering have
made his lieutenants in the labor
movement uneasy concerning him fol
some time.
Those who heard Mr.. Gompers's i'd
dress in the conference yesterday real.
lzed that he was laboring under a ire
mendous nervous strain and the an.
nouncement of his illness did not come
as a surprise to his associates in the
labor group. Frank Morrison secre.
tary of the American Federation OF
Labor, was elected chairman of the
I labor group in the conference TO-DAY
to act for Mr.. Gompers Labor lead.
ers said if Mr.. Gompers's Hines:
proved so serious as to make it i'm.
possible for him to discharge the
duties of president of the federation
Tor any considerable time, the execu.
tive council of the federation would b.
called to elect a temporary successor
1t was said James Duncan, first vict
president of the federation, probabI,
would be designated to act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15

At the general election last Nay
all officers of the Rebekah assembly
were elected except warden. Nomi-
nations for this office included Edna
E. Walsh of Independence; Grace
Gage, Mimi polls; Iness NJ, Elliott,
Medicine Lodge; Zelpha b. DIX,
Hutchinson;4 Callie Hagln. Newto /;
Mary ]. Williams, Kansas City; Sada
Waugh, Mankato. and Enola Gardner.
Wichita. Balloting on the candidates
for this Office was one of the events
of the afternoon.
$500 Persons Here.
The third day of the I. o. o. F. con-
vention opened in Topeka today with
an attendance approximating $500
persons. Housing facilities are taxed
to the limit and a large number of
homes have hospita bly, opened their
doors to the visitors.
A business meeting of thei depart
ment council in the Odd Fellows hall
at 1T West Sixth street at 1880 o'clock
was the first thing on the program
this morning. At 9 o'clock there were
simultaneous meetings of the Grand
lodge in the auditorium and the Re-
bekah assembly in the Memorial
building.
After the business session. the Re
bekahs held an open session in the
Memorial building at 1890 O'Clock.
Mayor H. ]. Corwine made an ad-
dress of welcome, to which Grace A.
Rich. of Wichita, president of the as
sembly, responded. Music was fur
nished by Miss Enid Peck. Miss Myrna
Orner and the Horacek family. Mrs
Mary E Orner of Topeka presided.
Tuesday night, in the 1. o. o. F
temple, the decoration Of Chivalry was
publicly conferred upon three ladies
tContinued on Page Twc-i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
BIG WAGE INCREASES
Average Scale Up From "a to 112 Per
Cent in Months.

Boston, Oct. 15.-Average wages of
men in eight leading industries, as
measured by average hourly earnings.
increased all the way from "a per cent
to 112 per cent during the period from
September, 1918, to March. 1919. &C
cording to a report issued by the ma
tional industrial conference board
Increases in weekly earnings of men
ranged from 81 per cent to ITO per
cent. Percentage increases in earn
ing of female workers were similar in
the respective industries, with, how
ever, somewhat wider range.
The eight industries included were
metal, cotton, wool, silk. boot and
shoe, paper, rubber and chemical
manufacturing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
SHOE PRICES DROPPING
Consumer Will Notice Decrease Next
April, Manufacturer Declares.

New York, Oct. 15.-Footwear
prices are due for tuTnble-in fact
they have dropped 20 per cent since
the middle of August, and are going
to take still another drop after Christ
mas, J. Frank McEIwain, president of
the National Boot and Shoe Manufac
turers' association, said in an address
before the Middle States Shoe Whole
saIers' association last night.
Mr. McElwain said the consumer
should notice these declines beginning
next April, as the shoe now being
manufactured, will not be marketed
until that time He said a falling off
in the demand from Europe partly was
responsible for the reduction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
WOULD COLLECT DEBT
Government Searching for Means To
Get $500. 600, 900 From Rail Lines.

Washington. Oct. 15.-Means of col
lecting the $500, 900, 900 owed to the
United States government by the rail-
roads are being considered by the
senate interstate commerce commit
tee drafting the railroad reorganiza-
ton bill, Chairman Cummins stated
today. Railroads claim that none of
the compensation paid to them by the
government should be deducted in
payment for this debt, it was stated.
The committee today reported the
Watson amendment. previously agreed
to. which would give the interstate
commerce commission authority to
suspend state rates in conflict with in
terstate rates pending hearings. A de
cision on revision of labor provisions
looking toward prevention of strikes is
expected shortly, he said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
DISABLED, YES, THEI. W. W.
Soldier on F'urIo From Hospital Be
ing Held To See If Man He Hit
VIII Recover.

St. Louis, Oct. 15.-Henry Henson,
disabled soldier, disabled Elmer Hoist,
I. w. w.
Henson, a Texan, came here yester-
day on furlo from the reconstruction
hospital at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. He
is being detained by the police today
pending assurance of hospital authqri-
ties that Hoist will recover. Hoist is
suffering a broken jaw, cash where
Henson struck him and another gash
where he struck the sidewalk.
Hoist is said to have berated the
United States and its soldiers when he
SAW Henson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
BABIES As "SUGAR BAIT?
Women Even Borrow En- To Get
Pound of Sweetening in Bos-
ton. 1t Is Said.

Boston. Oct. 15.-"Oh, Mrs. Jones,
please lend me your baby for a few
minutes. I want to get pound of
sugar.
Retail dealers here whose supply of
sugar is practically exhausted, sus-
peQ that babies are being used as
sugar bait" Many grocers display
ing the mo sugar" sign are capitulat-
ing to the smiles of cherubs whose
mothers must have "sweetening for
the baby's food"
There was practically no sugar in
greater Boston today. 1t was reported
that molasses which usually sells at
rs cents a gallon is now bringing 95
cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
President VIII Not Sanction In
dustrial Meet Adjournment.
Feels That Steel Strike Row
Shouldn't Endanger Success.

Wilson will not sanction adjournment
of the national industrial conference
here until it has exhausted every pos
sible means of finding a solution of
the present Industrial situation, White
House officials said today.
Despite his illness, the president was
understood to have been informed of
the tense situation in the conference
resulting from the controversy over
labors proposal for arbitration of the
steel strike. He was said to feel that
this should not endanger the ultimate
success of the conference
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
FOday's Russian Developments
Look Bad for BOlsheviki.
Forces of Denikine, Yudenitch
and KOIchak Menace.
SAY PETROGRAD WILL FALL
COssacks Capture Important
Rail Center Near Moscow.
Poles Attack GermanO-R Russians
Riga in Flames.
(By the Associated Press.)

Today's developments from Russia
are of an extremely discouraging
character for the Bolsheviki regime
General Denikine, whose forces are
advancing on a front of about $50
miles thru central Russia, has in the
center, captured Orel, only 23S miles
from Moscow and the most important
railroad center south of the capital
The northwestern army of General
Yudenitch. also operating on a broad
front. is reported to have smashed
thru the Bolsheviki lines west and
southwest of Petrograd and to be
within thirty to seventy-five miles of
Petrograd all along the front. Mean
while Kolchaks Siberian armies are
improving their advantage along the
.Tobol river and now are within few
miles of the boundaries of European
Russia, from which they were driven
by the recent successful Bolsheviki
offensive
Poles in New Advance.
Riga is apparently held firmly for
the time being by the Let's who with
Esthonlan assistance checked the sue
cessful onslaught of Colonel Avaloff-
Bcrmondt and his German auxiliaries
and have for four days been able to
prevent them crossing the Duna into
the main part of Riga. The town. to
which the Lettish government has re-
turned. is reported Attire in several
places.
Held up in front at Riga, Colonel
Avaloff- Bermondt finds his rear seri
ously menaced by a new advance of
the Poles. who have struck westward
from Wilma to Kovno and now threat
en- the communications of the German
troops with German.
Continuous Line of Offcnsc.
With the exception of the gap be-
tween the Volga and the Siberian
frontier. a fairly continuous line of
offense is esta blished against the Boil
sheviki reaching from the Gulf of
Finland sixty miles beyond Petrograd
due south to Dvinsk, thence barely
seventy-five miles from Chernigof.
just captured by General Denikine.
lContinned on Page TwoD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
BAPTISTS TO WICHITA
Thousand Delegates Expected To At
tend Three-Day Meet There.

Wichita Oct. 15.-One thousand
delegates are expected in Wichita this
week for the three-day convention of
Kansas Baptists at the First Baptist
church in this city. No convention
was held last year because of the war,
and this year considerable reorgani-
zatiou of the method of control of the
Baptist churches over the country is
to be worked out. so that this years
convention is probably the most i'm
portant one the denomination ever
has held in Kansas.
Total Baptist membership in the
state is around $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-15
OUT OF AIR RACE
Plane No. 25 Damaged Landing in Fog
Grew Uninjured.

Omaha, Oct. 15.-Lieut. ]. G. Will
liams and ]. L. Hit. plotting plane No.
25 in the transcontinenta air derby
were forced to make a landing near
Pacific Junction. Iowa, shortly before
noon today by the dense fog and in eff
fecting a landing damaged their plane
to such an extent that they will be I'M
able to continue in the race, according
to a telephone message received by
Lieut.. H. r. Wells. control officer at
Ak Sar Ben field here. Neither of the
men was injured.