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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
END TRADE Meeting
International Union Session Quits In
til May-Change Place.

Berne. Feb. 1.-THE Interna tional
Trades Union congress. which has been
meeting here simultaneously with the
International Socialist conference, adj
journed after deciding to meet again
in May at a place to be selected later
The last question discussed was a de-
mand by Herr Scheneberger. a Ger
man delegate, whether the French and
English delegates were prepared to
condemn the employment of German
prisoners on forced labor and the
maintenance of the blockade
Leon Jouhaux. a French delegate
and president of the French labor
federation. in reply said that it was
impossible to admit the principle of
forced labor OF forced famine. How
ever, he added. the depOrtations by
the Germans from Belgium and north
ern France and the treatment of Rus
sian prisoners, after the treaty of
BreSt-Litovsk. made it difficult for his
party to intervene with the French
government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
SAILORS ARE HON0RED
Crew OF Mount Vernon Commended
Other Navy Men Is We'll.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE entire
crew of the transport Mount Vernon
h-ve been commended by Secretary
Daniels for gaIlantry displayed when
the ship was torpedoed by an enemy
submarine September last
The conduct of the entire per
sonnet from the time the ship was
struck until she arrived safely in port
was suchsas TO uphold the best tradi-
tons Of the service" according to Of
cIal reports, says Il statement issued
today by the navy department
The secretary also commended VIM
". Allen, machinist's mate, Central
Falls. r l.. of the crew of the sub
marine chaser 1873, who rescued a sur
vivor Of the L. s. 5. c. 209. sunk off
Tire Island by shell fire August 27 last
from the American steamer Felix
Taussig, Elmer s Duryea. boatswain's
mate. Brooklyn, for aiding in the
rescue Of Rear Admiral Gill and other
officers endangered when the L S S.
Mary Alice was sunk in collision with
submarine Ola in Long Island sound
october .. and VIM Dow Racine.
Wis. for jumping TO the rescue of a
comrade aboard the L. S Eesuvius
who had fallen overheard in freezing
weather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
FOR A VOTE IN WEEK

Seattle, Wash. Feb 12-Hurrfed
preparations for 4 political verdict on
Issues RI Used by the five-day general
sympathetic strike here were TODAY
under way by the forces autasouized
thru the industrial clash.
The election of three counciInen
takes place next TUesday-just a week
after the strike was officially called
or With labor today endorsing can
didates on issues raised by the strike
and the incumbents seeking re-elec-
ton on their support of the city's ad-
rninistration action to freak the strike.
the outcome was expected to offer an
opportunity for an expression of senti-
meut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12


New York.-We may take most of
the ideas in dress from Paris. but we
do not adopt her fashions in their en-
tirety- We are far more inclined to
follow the British customs in dress.
This interesting national trait crops
up now in our choice of headdress for
evening gayety in public places. We
swing from bare heads to covered
heads with an almost certain regular
ity. We do not always wear the same
kind of headgear, however, when we
grow tired of going bareheaded to the
Restaurants and the play.
There are practical reasons why we
do not accept the French idea of COW
ering the head at the play. Our thea
tres are not arranged with a semi
circle of Ioges in which the smart
people sit They are arranged in the
English manner of an orchestra. with
proseenium boxes in which no one
wants to sit The French naturally
can keep on their hats in their boxes;
the Am orleans cannot do this when
in the orchestra; it is against the
rules
It is to meet this practical condi-
ton that the American women go
bareheaded to the play. unless they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
CHILDREN CAN'T GO
Not Allowed at LINCOLN Mccting-19
CASES of Flu Today.

Children under I s years of age will
not be permitted to attend the Lincoln
celebration held in the city tonight,
according to DR. H. L. Clark. city
health officer. The ruling is the same
as the one which now applies to thea
ters- Only babies in arms will be al
lowed to enter the buildings with
their parents.
City health inspectors will be on
duty this evening at the doors of the
auditorium to see that the rulings are
enforced.
Nineteen new cases of influenza
were reported at the public health Of
flee today up to 1880 O'Clock There
is still enough influenza in the city to
make it a point of attempting to pro-
tect the children as much as possible
from contracting the disease
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12

commissions never gave them an OPP
portuniIy to state their side OF the
case during the investigation. The
truth is no packer requested at any
time to be heard. IL such a request
had been made the commission surely
would have granted it
However. ~the packers knew they
would be sworn and in that event they
would have to waive immunity from
further prosecution and they did not
desire to do this" MIR. Heney said
when Chairman Hurley Of the COM
mission announced that the investiga-
ton would be along Industrial lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
SENATE NOTES
Items Of Interest From Upper
House OF Legislature.

A large number of senator's went to
the Topeka Industrial institute at noon
today to enjoy a barbecue prepared
FOR members of the legislature by the
MOOT OIL Sparks of Galena was in
charge of the delegation Cars were
provided for the members of the Iegis-
! tCre. but some of the senator's were
unable to get seats in them. and not
caring to wax. had to eat their noon
day meals down town.
Senator Paul Kirnbau wants a
branch agricultural college experiment
station established in the southern
part OF the -ate. He has introduced
a bill providing that one be estab-
Hshed FOR district including Chero-
kee. Crawford, Bourbon. Allen.
Neosho. Labette. Montgomery, Wilson.
Greenwood and Elk counties The bill
also provides appropriations amount
ing 70 $1S.100- for 1919 and $500
for 1920
Senator Malone upon request has
introduced 4 bill providing for the
creation of the Office of auditor of
public ACCOUNTS. This officers would
have offices in the state hoaIss and
would have five deputies His duties
would be TO examine the affairs of
county auditors and report any fr-
regular.ties to the county ATTORNEYS
The auditor of accounts would recaiva
$500 , year and actual travelling ex-
penses-
The public utilities comm ttee of the
senate has recommended for pa ssa ge
the Sattarthwaite bill providing for the
granting Of indeterminate franchises
10 gas and electric companies. The
Dill would permit a city TO grant an
lndeIlrftte franchise to a company IN
der the regulations of the public utiIf-
ties comm sSion with tho agr-a-,,ant
that the properties of such a company
could be taken over by the city at anv
time upon the payment of just COM
pensation-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
A SLAP At M'ADOO
Penrose Says L. 5. Handling OF
Rails Very Costly.
Meant Loss to People Equaling
Cost OF the War.

Washington, Feb 12--Goxernment
administration of the railroads and
other government activities during the
war caused dead loss to the Ameri-
can people of a sum equalling the
wars cost. Senator Penrose declared
today in the senate
In a satiricai speech on the revenue
bill conference report, Peurose, slated
to be the next chairman Of the finance
committee. accused the Democrats of
wild extraya gauce with public money
He. denounced irresponsible prof.
ects." coming from both sides of the
capitol. to take money out of the treas
ury and produced bills showing sueh
projects would cast ten billion dollars
II al now pending were appreved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
PACKERS ARE HIT
Hen>y Denounccs Their Testimony
Before the House Committee.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Francis J
Heney, who has been examining pack
ers witnesses before the senate inter
state commerce committee, appeared
today before the house committee and
denounced the testimony given there
by the five leading packers. He de-
commission were virulent and unjus-
titled. ..
IAN example of the unreliabiiity of
the packers testimony" he said. '-is
their statement that the federal trade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
SENATE WILL TALK MORE
Mexico Is To Be the Next Subject for
Their Discussion.

Washington, Feb. 12-Mexico's- at
titude toward the United States and
are to be made the basis of senate de-
bate on this governments Mexican
policy.
Senator Fall, New Mexico, who has
been in the southwest for some
months. is expected soon to return to
Washington to give the senate in
formation he has gathered first hand
concerning Mexico
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12

that there would be no public hearts, -
and that cross examination nj uHt-
nesses would not be allowed. Henry
veeder counsel for Louis Swift. wrote
Mr. Swift that That was Just what We
wanted"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
RAISE BOND TOTAL?
Congressional Investigation on Re-
qucst To Increase Amount.

Washington, Feb 12.-Members of
the house ways and means committee
after brief discussion of the request of
Secretary Glass that congress increase
the amount of liberty bonds author
lied but un-issued from. five billion to
approximately ten billion dollars, de-
cided to call the secretary before the
committee for hearing tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
A kANSAN is DROWNED
Mrs Matso-1 of Kechi Leaves Husband
and Three Children

Kechi, Kan, Feb. 1s.-Mrs. l. H.
Matson, wife of a farmer living near
Kecfi. was drowned in a pond this
morning. She had been i'll and de-
sponaent Mr.. Matson and three
young children survive her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12

pies, ana the crown Is transparent.
belong to that large ma jority of sub
urbanites and others who do not wish
TO dress for dinner in the evening and
who go to the theater las they are"
The Restaurant Hat.
We are a nation of diners-out We
see no reason against taking our meals
in great herds. closely grouped to-
sether and feeding according to our
purses. As a nation, we prefer 10 do
this than to dine at home, especially
sin large cities; and to judge from the
mad rush to these places by the thou
sands of visitors in large centers every
week it looks as tho the women in the
small towns and villages enjoy this
eating in public as much as those who
have the opportunity thrust upon them
every night.
Out of this restaurant dining there
has grown a certain form of fashion,
able dressing. 1t was necessary prob
ably. to give the great masses of peo-
pie with money and no particular So
ciaI engagements place to display
their clothes and meet on common
ground. This is the reason that so
many new fashions are launches at
restaurants They are worn by those
who follow fashion faithfully. who
care to exploit new clothes, and who
have nothing in common with that
element of ultra fashionable society
that keeps its good clothes for its own
home.
Dinner at the restaurant is usually
prelude to the play, and just here came
the trouble concerning the large hat
which has been the fashion now for
about two years. 1t was fashionable
at the restaurant and yet II did not
serve for the theater- To cut this
Gordian knot. the cap has been offered
as substitute for the large hat
1t Is Part of the Couture.
Once upon a time, not so long ago.
the Indian turban was the thing to
wear with a low evening gown Today
it is more primitive form Of head
dress which has come into fashion
Il is a cap-Iike affair that sinks into
the couture and gIitters with cut crys-
tails
The first one worn in this country,
last autumn. was of jet. and II was the
oreWning touch to a brilliant gown of
velvet and Jet. 1t had a tiny fringe of
thin Jet beads that hung over the eyes,
as well as the ears and back of the
neck 1t was effective. but fantastic.
The really smart cap which has fol-
lowed it, has dangling ornaments at
the side, in the Oriental fashion. but
tiley do not interfere with the eye
sight. No ocu1ist is needed the next
morning.
The sketch shows a cap Of Jet worn
to the play the other night. She who
adopted it had on a gown of satin and
lace. with decolletage low in front
and half low in back The sleeves
were short. the bodice was of the
satin. and the skirt was draped with
hip scarf of lace caught in front with
medallion of jet. before il dropped
to the hem OF the skirt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
WOOD IS N AT CHICAGO.


Chicago. Feb 12.-Gen- Leonard
Wood today took formal command OF
the central department of the army at
Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12
DRESS
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE-

ed the French Cap for the Restau-
rant and Thcatcr, as Substitute
for the Large Hat.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-12

belong to that large majority of sub
urbanites and others who do not wish
to dress for dinner in the evening and
who go to the theater "as they are"
The mirror., 1919-04-24
The Optirnist

'tJohn," said the farmer to his hired man
who he found sitting down with his back
braced against the wall, care you afraid
the wall will fall DOWN.
"No," said John, 81 was just admiring
the beautiful landscape and scenery here;
you are certainly lucky man to be the
owner of such place; in ten years you
will be a millionaire for every one will
want to own it.
"Thank you,' said the farmer, ''you
are the first optimist that ever worked for
me. l will have a cushion put here for
you to sit on, you may stay right here un-
til night. l will have your dinner sent to
you at the noon hour, here is your first
months pay in advance; keep sitting there
viewing the landscape and prophesying
good things like that and l will do the
rest.
Sometimes it pays to be optimistic.
The mirror., 1919-04-24
An Efficient Scrap of Paper

Those who talk of foreign red tape and
of how we Americans cut it are invited by
June Richardson Lucas to consider the
British hospital telegram, which serves al
so as passport, railroad and steamer ticket,
and hospital permit. She writes in The
Modern Hospital Chicago, December):
Englishmen can hurry with skill and
an efficiency that takes even an Americana s
breath away. When it comes to their
fighting men they break all speed records.
Thousands of men have died in the mud of
Flanders-thousands have been wounded
and sent home-but thousands have had to
lie in those Halls of Glory the base hos
pitals behind the lines, and suffer-beyond
the conception Of any man-before the tide
turns back toward life, or slips out in the
gray dawn of Flanders, never to flow back.
And the British fought to save those suffer-
ing men just as stubbornly as they fought
to beat the enemy beyond the heavy cannon
aiding few kilometers away. =. After
the doctors rounds, he sends a telegram
asking her to come to such-and-such base
hospital to see Private. That very even
ing, perhaps in Devon, where the sun sinks
low, small boy comes running and puff
ing up the lane waving the precious paper;
the door under the thatch stands open.
She is there, waiting as the women are
waiting the world over to-day and the mes
sage says, Come That is all she needs
The mirror., 1919-04-24
Telescope in California is
Largest in the World

Another largest thing of its kind in the
world, the great telescope that has been
II years in the making, has been set up at
the top Of Mount Wilson in California. Its
mirror required glass disk 100 inches in
diameter, 13 inches thick and 41a tons in
weight. The dome that protects it and
the machinery that enables it to follow the
stars demanded the building of new road
and the construction of special kind of
motortruck to get them up the mountain.
Altho this latest astronomical apparatus
weighs 400 tons, it moves without vibra-
tion or sound by finger pressure on but
ton. But what would perhaps even more
astonish, for instance, the ancient Chal-
deans is that it will do its work chiefly by
taking photographs.
Christian Science Monitor.
The mirror., 1919-04-24
Worth While to Forget It

If you see tall fellow ahead of the crowd,
A leader of men, marching fearless and
proud,
And you know of tale whose mere telling
aloud
Would cause his proud head to be mourn
fully bowed,
It's pretty good plan to forget it.
If you know of skeleton hidden away
In closet, and guarded, and kept from the
day
In the dark, and whose showing, whose
sudden display,
Would cause grief and sorrow and lifelong
dismay,
It's pretty good plan to forget it.
If you know of a thing that will darken the
Joy
OF man or woman, girl or boy,
That will wipe out smile, or the least way
annoy,
Or lightness of heart and good spirits de-
stroy,
It's pretty good plan to forget it.
The De Witt Clintonian
The mirror., 1919-04-24
Numerous Rubber Plants

There are nearly two hundred different
kinds of plants which carry rubber, and
they are still under investigation by botan-
lists. While the plants are found for the
most part in the arid portions of the Great
Basin country of eastern California and
Nevada, rubber producing shrub has been
located as far north as Washington and
Idaho and as far east as Colorado and south
to the southern boundary.
Whether or not these plants will ever be
brought under cultivation is a question
which can only be answered after many
years Of study and experimentation.-Ex.
The mirror., 1919-04-24
Motion Picture Show

Our silver sheet was again graced with
the jovial countenance of "Smiling BilI''
Parsons, Wednesday, April 16, in two two
reel Goldwyn comedies that were really
funny.
The first one, entitled "BilIy's Baby"
shows the comedian at work in an up-to-
date newspaper Office and also as an exhibi-
tor at a prize baby show. Being in need of
the price of an engagement ring he resorts
to kidnapping in order to obtain the funds.
The scenes were good and contained just
enough plot to hold them together and
keep the audience hilariously amused.
Even better than the first was the second
comedy, entitled "Billy's Predicament.
Billy is possessed of head resembling a
billiard ball, but takes the cue and invests
in wig in order to win a little girl with
whom he falls in love in telephone con-
versation. She is opposed to naked domes.
The denouement results in an exposure, but
the fair damsel says she loves every hair on
his bald pate, and all ends we'll.
The Ford Weekly of one reel showing
the salmon industry from the net to the can
was very instructive and ppreciated.-G.W.
Following is the orchestral program:
March-Pride of the Regiment Myers
Selection-Follies of -Hirsch
Waltz-Some Day I'll Make You Glad
Fox Trot-Ralny Day Blues Warshauer
Valse Lento-My Paradise Zamecnik
Novellett-The Blue Flag Bond
Oriental Novelty-Pahjamah- Henry
Popular ne-Step-How va Gonna Keep
EN- Down on the Farm-s- Donaldson
Slow Waltz-A Little Birch Canoe and
IOu----------------- NOOeItS
Intermezzo-Arabian Nights -Hewett
Fox Trot-I Amt Got Weary Yet
March-Khaki Bills of the U. S. A,
R. ]. Reichkitzer, Director.
The mirror., 1919-04-24
Paris Craze for English
Nurses

The Bois de Boulogne (writes special
correspondent of the Manchester Guardian)
is a lovely scene. Besides United States
soldiers riding and French soldiers walking,
and members of the Polish Legion with
their square, Aoppy caps, one sees there
numbers of children-French children, of
course, but more than half of them had
English nurses, and were speaking English
to them. 1t is very noticeable, this fashion
for English trained nurses. The children's
clothes are modelled much more on the
lines of English children's clothes bright
colored cloth coats and little beaver hats.
-Ex.
The mirror., 1919-04-24
Anglers Poison

Biologists have proved, by laboratory
tests, that anger is poison in the
blood; that person who loses his temper
is actually selfpoisoned. Take few drops
of blood from a man in violent rage they
tell US; drop them on the tongue of a
guinea pig, and it will probably make the
little beast sick. Yet we hear people brag,
81 gave him good going over," 81 got
good and mad," as if one Dragged of de-
Iiberately contracting dangerous case of
blood poisoning.-Ex.
The mirror., 1919-04-24
N R R 0 R ET 7 ES

Vacations are coming early this year,
several of the officers having lett to enjoy
theirs.
1t will soon be time for Dan, cell hall
BIS expert sidewalk inspector, to get the
ground in shape alongside the cell hall en-
tryway for his horticultural experiments.
Last year he raised some tomatoes; wonder
what it will be this Year,
old job press No. in the printorium
has been rejuvenated by having new set of
works installed in its inwards. 1t will now
be possible for the front Office force to hear
the scratching of the pens on their books,
and for the the twine shop crew to hear the
roar of their own machinery when No. l is
stamping out balling tags.
1T is nothing unusual for it to snow
during the month of April in Minnesota,
but the peculiarity of the snow storm of
last Tuesday and Wednesday, April Is
and Is, was that it happened to be the
greatest snow storm we have had in this
vicinity since the winter of 19I7-18.
Mass was held in the chapel Sunday
morning.
The ceiling of the main corridor re-
ceived coat of paint last week.
Miss Elizabeth Katherine Erlitz and
Albert E. Ranum, were united in marriage
Wednesday, April 9, 1919. The wedding
took place at the home of the BRIDES
brother, Rudolph Erlitz, in St. Paul, Rev.
A. c. Ernst of Saltwater performing the
wedding ceremony. Miss Erlitz was on the
clerical force of the Hemp and 'rwine de-
partment, and we extend to her the best
wishes of her many friends at this in
stitution.
"A moving picture show Immediately
after breakfast followed by several hours in
the yard was the holiday observance of Good
Friday at this institution. 1t was delight
full spring morning, with just enough tang
in the air to make the inmates feel like a
lot of prancing colts, and when the whistle
blew for dinner their appetites were sharp
ened to such keen edge that the good
''eats'' disappeared faster than the walters
could pass them. The picture show, "Day
Dreams,'' five-reeI Goldwyn production,
starring Madge Kennedy, is real good
play, set into scenes that are delight to
the eye and beyond adverse criticism. But
the entire piece is spoiled by some of the
poorest acting it has ever been our privilege
to witness on the auditorium screen. Es-
pecially is this true in the fifth act. The
stimulation of Mortified amazement and utter
astonishment in the denouement scene, by
even Madge Kennedy herself, is so ab-
solutely ridiculous that the audience
breathed a sigh ofrelief when the amateurish
exhibition came to an end. The orchestra
played number of good selections that re-
ceived generous applause. B
The mirror., 1919-04-24

that telegram is passport, railroad-ticket,
bus-fare, Channel crossing, entrance TO the
war zone, space on troop-train, pass into
that long, low building where her love lies
bleeding. Yes, it's wonderful highway
the British build from the aching ward in
Flanders to the cottage in Devonshire. Just
q telegram-no bewildering officials, hours
Of waiting outside important doors-just a
telegram; and the next evening, at sunset,
she is sitting by her man in Flanders as he
sleeps for the first time because the tide has
turned. Just thin bit of blue paper-just
a telegram.