davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
IN MARTIAL RULE
Military Lid Clamped On in
Five Irish Counties.
Thousands Strike as Protest
Workers Parade in Dublin.
PROPERTY WRECKED IN INDIA
Anti-SeditiOn Laws Bring on
Oriental Revolt.
Disturbances at Amritcar, La
hOre, Ahmedabad, Bombay.
PROPERTY WRECKED IN INDIA

Dublin, April 15.-OWing to politi-
cal unrest and disturbances. martial
law has been proclaimed in the coun-
ties of Cork, Limerick, Tipperary,
Kerry and RoScommon.
Thousands of persons have gone on
strike in Limerick as a protest against
establishment of martial law. Thou
sands of workers also paraded the
streets of Dublin in protest.
RevoIts Spread in India.
London, April 15.-The spread of
disturbances in India was referred
tonight in parliament as being the
outcome of what was described as
the passive resistance" movement
against the recent Indian legislation
known as the Rowlett act, intended
to combat seditious conspiracy. The
movement originated with the home
rule element in Bombay and has
taken shape in attacks on officials
and Europeans and on property. The
India officers tonight issued a long
statement describing the general sit
uation. 1t was shown that there have
been disturbances recently at Lahore
and few casualties at Amritcar.
thirty-three miles eastward, where
three bank managers were burned to
oCdIA LAlS lOWh nan, LWO OduhS
destroyed, the telegraph office
wrecked and three Europeans killed.
At Ahmedabad, mob attacked
and burned the telegraph office and
two government buildings. Here also
there were a few casualties.
There have been disorders in which
some persons have been wounded at
Bombay, but the statement says in
most of these places military forces
are now maintaining order.
Banks Are Burned.
Two banks, the town hall and a
warehouse were burned in Amribar.
Five Europeans were killed. Three
of them, bank employees, perished in
the flames. Troops fired into crowds
of rioters, killing nine and wounding
twenty-one. Five casualties occurred
at Lahore. In Kasur a mob attacked
the railway station, killing a British
soldier. Armored trains and an air
plane were employed in restoring or
der. The telegraph office was burned
in Ahmedabad Cavalry and police
charged mob in Bombay, inflicting
some casualties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
LUMBER IS CHEAP
Will Be No Lower in Price in
Next Five Years.
So Says Head of Southern Pine
Association Today.

Chicago, April 15.-Lumber is
cheaper now than it will be for five
years, according to c. F. Keith of
Kansas City, president of the Southern
Pine association.
Keith's statement was made before
the Illinois legislative committee in
vestigating building material prices
here. In answer to questions, Keith
declared Austria and Russia had for
merly supplied all Europe and Asia
with lumber. but that now the United
State and Canada are supplying mar
kets in the old world.
Austrian and Russian forests will
not yield Europe's demands for five
years." said Keith, because conditions
are so unsettled. That. added to the
fact that American forests in the
south are almost depleted will account
for the high prices we must face for
five years.
Lumber quoted at $16.18 per thou
sand feet in April, 1917, sells for
S25.85 now. Keith said. Higher priced
ard less efficient labor is a main cause
for the high prices. he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
Berlin Bankers and Their En-.
ployes Unable To Agree.
Money Getting Scarce in Berlin
as Result of Failure.
HUN RADICALS IN A THREAT
Germans Becoming Independ.
ent With Delay in Paris.
Threaten To $50 BOlsheyik" If
Terms Do Not Suit.

Berlin. April 15.-The strike of
the bank clerks in Berlin spread to-
day to Chemnitz and Mannheim. All
the big banking institutions in those
cities are reported closed. Negotia-
tions to settle the strike have failed
because the bankers decline to meet
the demands of the employees. The
bankers have sent a delegation to
Weimar to discuss the situation with
the German cabinet. Meanwhile
money is becoming Icarce in Berlin.
Germans Are Bold.
Berlin, April 13.-The Germans are
becoming more and more imbued
with the idea that altho they have lost
the war, they are winning in the peace
conference.
This is largely a development of the
past two months. Two months ago
the Germans were ready to accept any
the people are becoming independent
to the extent of "cockiness."
do not know whether the attitude
here is the natural result of the delays
in Paris and the continued stream of
reports of allied differences which are
widespread in the German press or
whether it is part of an organized plan
on the part of the Germans 1t Is
probably both, for members of the old
regime certainly are making the most
of the situation, endeavoring to edu-
cate the Germans up to the idea they
ought to turn Bolsheviki if the peace
terms are unsatisfactory, and that IL
the allies can hardly agree among
themselves when there are no Ger
mans present, a few German diplo-
mats on the ground could quickly give
the allied peace program a permanent
setback.
Bernstorff Is Delighted.
For instance, Count Won Bernstorff
gets much delight on the way things
are going in Paris. 1 met him on the
street the other day and asked him
what he thought of the situation.
"The situation is all in Paris" he
replied. 1T isn't very diplomatic to
| say this, and 1 suppose / ought not
to tell you-but we've been damned
| fools in the past and have made some
awful blunders. However, we never
| had any thing on Paris'
| Bernstorff was the first man 1 re-
member hearing predict the possibility
| of Germany going Bolshevik' IL the
allies were overharsh according to
German ideas. Then. President Eberi
talked the same way; then the other
cabinet members; then the newspapers
grabbed the idea and opagated Il
widely and now you hear it on every
| hand.
Every waiter will tell you that Ger
many has the peace conference up q
tree and that she will turn to Russia
if her delegates do not like the peace
| terms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
TREATY APRIL rs
Peace Plans Ready for Huns at
That Time-Wilson.
All Important Questions VIII
Be in the Agreement.


Paris. April 5.-President Wilson
yesterday gave, out the following state
ment:
I'm view of the fact that the oues-
tions which must be settled in the
peace with Germany have been
brought so near complete solution that
they can now be quickly put in the
final process of drafting. those who
nave been most constantly in confer
ence about them have decided 60 ad-
wise that the German plenipotentiaries
be invited to meet representatives cf
the associated befl.gerent nations at
Versailles on the twenty-fifth of Aprii.
This does not mean that the many
other questions connected with the
general peace settlement will be in
terrupted or that their consideration.
which has long been under way. wifi
pc retarded. On the contrary IL is ex-
pected that rapid progress will now lie
mace with those questions,N so that
, they may also presently be expected 10
be ready for final settlement. II is
hoped that the questions most directly
affecting Italy, especially the Adriatic
question can now be brought TO a
speedy agreement. The Adriatic ques-
ton will be given for time precedence
over other questions and pressed by
continual study to its final stage
The settlements that belong espe-
ciaily to the treaty with Germany VIII
IN this way be got out OF the way at
the same time that all other settIe-
ments are being brought to a complete
formulation. 1t is realized that tho
this process must be followed. all the
questlons of the present great settle
ment are parts of single whole" a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15

Jay House, altho not born in Kan
sas and not of a Kansas early training
product, is distinctly associated with
Kansas newspaper development and
success. He speaks the Kansas lam
guage, knows the Kansas folk, breathes
the Kansas spirit and has the Kansas
damficare attitude toward everyone
in general.
Houses first newspaper venture in
this state, after he had learned the
printing trade in Illinois and had been
a reporter and writer on Illinois news
papers. was at Florence. For $500 he
| bought weekly Democratic newspa-
per outfit in this Marion county town.
For 500 more he bought the good
will and circulation of a Republican
sheet. He called it the FLORENCE Bull
letin." That was in 1892. From that
time until the present day he has been
a Jayhawker. He ran a daily in Cha
| mute that he bought for $6 and sold
for $10-that is. he had Sc when he
| took charge and sold his interests for
/ $40. He was at the head of the old
Atchison Champion. He has been
/ Identified with many Kansas newspa-
| per interests and his pen name, "Dod
Gaston," is known and quoted in all
| parts of the state.
Jay House sometimes is blamed for
| being cynical in his writings, but he
| is always sincere. His power of ex-
preston seems unlimited. When he
really opens up the aqueducts and
attempts what is known in news
paper circles as HI" or sob
stuff he is, as may be termed again
| a bear" His serious vein of writ
ing is among the finest in Kansas
literature.
! House did not enter politics from
/ the standpoint of the tax-spender
until few years ago, when he rar
for mayor of Topeka.
He was elected to two terms and
could have had third term if he hat
wanted it. 1t was believed then by al
the political wise men of the state tina
House was being groomed for some
thing bigger in q craftsmanship way
In fact he has been mentioned fre
quently for congressman or governor
| But House, looking to the future, hai
broken the horse, by dropping hi
Kansas reins and accepting a position
in another state. He believed that h
could guarantee himself a livelihood
with his typewriter. The politica
outlook was too uncertain.
I House will be missed in Kansas 1
is hoped that he will syndicate his par
Iagraphs-if he intends to continue il
that work-that his admirers and fol
lowers will not be deprived of his clev
erness and wit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
ORDERS ARE HARD
Munich Communist Govern
ment Issues Radical DEGREES.
Even Wives Are "COmmunized"
Plant Managers Elected,
CBy the Associated Press.J }

Berlin, April 15.-The communist
government in Munich, apparently
realizing that its days were numbered,
issued an Saturday a long list of or
ders more radical than its previous de-
crees. One order provided for the
communication of women including
wives" Another order displaced all
managers and directors of Industrial
establishments and gave their places
to the workmen. Reports from Munich
say there is much talk there of the
advisability of moving the communist
government from Munich to Ansbach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
Action May Be
Brought in Supreme Court.
Determine Validity of Perma-
nent Highway Enactment
LITIGATION is THREATENING
Boosters Fear That Number Of
Counties May Bring Delay.
State Auditor To Withhold
Claims of the Commission.

The state of Kansas will file q
friendly action in the supreme court
in a few days to determine the valid
ity of the permanent highway enact-
ment. Action on behalf of the state
Hawkes.. assistant attorney general.
Recently a suit was filed in the Reno
county district court to enjoin the si,-
proval of highway petitions in thai
county The action sought to declare
unconstitutional the law under which
permanent road building is now being
carried on in the state. Judge Prigg
upheld the state law and denied the
writ. Now further litigation is threat
ened and good roads boosters fear that
a final determination of the law may
be delayed a year or two. In the
meantime, there is danger that a num-
Der of counties may delay road work
pending final court decision.
Knapp May Do II.
F. D. Smith of Hutchinson today
presented the matter to Judge Hawkes.
and asked the state to intervene in an
effort to secure an early decision. The
exact procedure has not been deter
mined, altho it is probable Fred w.
Knapp, state auditor, may withhold
state highway commission claims in
order to force mandamus proceedings
and bring the validity of the state law
before the supreme court.
1t is the purpose of the attorney
generals office to bring action before
the end of the present week. The case
will be submitted to the supreme court
in June and decision will be sought
in July-thus blocking the, prospect ef
delays thru technical procedure by
Reno county taxpayers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
NEED MILLION HOMES
Would Stamp Out !. w. Ism sass
Moorhead; Fair Secs Slow Price I,r,n.


Chicago. April 15.-The man who
owns his home is never an I. w. w.
according to J. X. Moorhead Of KAN
sas City, Mo. secretary mana ger of
the Southwestern Lumberman's assoc
citation.
Moorhead today declared erection
OF one million homes in the United
States would eliminate any danger
from Bolshevism.
He advocated a system of state con-
troll by which the worker may be
helped to construct or buy a home.
Building lumber should drop to>pre-
war prices or an equivalent within
four years. according to d. j Fals.
Sterling, Kan, director OF the South
western Lumberman's association.
Moorhead and Fair are attending
the American Lumbermen's congress
here o. y. Allen. secretary of the
west coast division. bla AIMED high wages
for the continued high lumber price.
"As long as labor remains as high
as 1t is now. lumber prices cannot
be. reduced" Allen said. I'VE are
still paying our men what they de-
manded 10 rush fir TO the shfpyards
and spruce to airplane factories"
Officials said the congress will 20
on record as being hack of the cam
paign for construction of one million
American homes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
LUMBER TO GO HIGHER
Tradesmen Think Prices VIII Advance
One-Thir. During Summer.

Chicago April 15.-Problems grow
ing out of wartime conditions occu-
pied the session of the national con-
vention of lumbermen today. the sec
ond of their annual meetings, which
will close on Thursday. The Amrri-
can lumber congress, which opened
the gathering of men of the trade yes
terday. will continue until tomorrow.
when the annual convention of the
National Lumber Manufacturers' asso-
citation will convene. The latter bcdy
will be addressed by Walker D. Hines,
director general of railroads; Henry S.
Graves, chief of the United States for
est service, and Burwell s. Cutler,
chief of the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce. Consensus of opin-
ion among the lumbermen is that
prices will advance during the sum-
mer- Charles r. Keith OF Kansas
City. Mo-. chairman of the associa-
tons committee on federal relations,
said he believed the advance in price
would be one-third over present
prices before the end of the fall sea-
son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
HOUSE TO LEAVE
Former Mayor and Newspaper
Writer to East.
For 27 Years He Has Been a
Kansas Editor.

Jay E. House, for the last four years
mayor of Topeka, for the last eighteen
years a newspaper writer on the To-
peka Capital, and one of the most
original and widely quoted paragraph
writer's in the country, will leave To-
peka May 1 to take up newspaper
work in the east. Altho House has not
announced his plans, 1t is known that
he has three most attractive offers
from newspapers of nation wide cir
culation, and, he will probably accept
one of them in a city on the Atlantic
coast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15

There isn't much chance for rain
tonight or tomorrow" S. D. Flora,
state meteorologist, said today, but it
will be cold. The cool weather is just
going to keep on"
The unsettled area that caused the
change in weather here is moving on
eastward and was centered this morn
ing over Illinois. 1t caused rain in IL
linois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri and
Iowa. No rain was reported in Kan
sas during the last twenty-four hours
(Continned on Page TwoI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15

Quotas for the First Kansas district
in the V-loan drive were announced
today by Fred w. Freeman. district.
chairman, as is set forth in the above
table. The First district, it was assert
ed by Freeman. will start its drive i'm
mediately on time.
The eight counties in the district
have been completely organized with
practically the same men in charge as
in the fourth liberty loan. Women
also are represented on the active
working staffs in a larger percentage
than in any of the previous drives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
ALLIED RUSS FRONT QUIET
''Situation Satisfactory" Says First
Advice From Gen. Richardson.

Washington, April 15.-Brig. Gen.
Wilds p. Richardson. the new com
mander of the American forces in
North Russia, has reported the mill
tary situation satisfactory in his first
official dispatch since landing on the
Murmansk coast.
The message sent to General
Pershing and relayed by him today to
the war department was dated April
13, or about two weeks after the mu-
tinous conduct of Company I, 339th
infantry. which refused to go to the
front from Archangel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
WHY SEND HER TO US?
Lillian Scott Troy Deportcd to Amer
lea by England.

London, April 15.-Miss Lillian.
Scott Troy, 81, of San Francisco. has
been deported to the United States for
activities detrimental to the British
and allied cause" the home office an
nounced today.
Miss Troy. who was under surveil-
lance thruout the war. was said to
have been a friend of the notorious
Baron Won Horst. Her activities are
said to have included fermentation of
/ Irish disturbances. She was escorted
to Liverpool by a Scotland Yard de-
T. ctive and placed aboard liner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
YANkS HOME IanlY
Record OF ships Bearing Soldiers
Fron Overseas.
D'fSc"s'

New York, April is 5-Thirty-five Of
ficers and 1.24S men of the 332nd in
fantry. mostly Ohio, arrived today on
the French liner Canopic. The trans
port sailed from Marseilles on March
% and was nearly a week overdue.
The returning troops were met down
the bay this morning by a tug hired
by Youngstown. Ohio, boosters and a
score or more members of a welcome
committee of Ohioans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
TURNED HOSE ON REDS
Pennsylvania Meeting Broken Up by
Citizens, Police and Fire Dept.

Farrell, Pa. April 15.-Scores of
Farrell business men and private citi-
zens, headed by the entire borough
police force, state constabulary, fire
men and the police force of the United
States steel corporation, all armed
with bayonetted rifles and revolvers.
broke up an alleged Bolshevik meeting
here last night
While firearms were numerous, the
meeting was dispersed with line OF
fire hose which was laid into the hall
crowded with foreigners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
HOGS AT $21 IN X. C.

Market in Heart of Producing Coun-
try First To Make New Record.
Kansas City. Mo, April 15.-Heavy
hogs brought sz1 a hundred pounds
here this morning when Brown &
Cant of Jamesport. Mo, disposed of
two carloads at that figure. The KAN
sas City market is first to reach that
record price for hogs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
RAINBOW in CAPITAL
Famous All-States Fighters To Pa
radc in Washington.

Brest. April 15.-The entire Rain
bow division will parade in Washing
ton it was announced here today.
Embarkation of the division for
home is progressing. The 149th field
artillery was loading its equipment to-
day. The Leviathan, which arrived
here with Secretary Baker yesterday.
will sail for New York with part of
the Rainbow division Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
THREE PERSONS DEAD
Man Shoots Wife and Little Son
Then Turns Gun on Self.

Hinsdale. ILL.,, April Is. After
shooting to death his wife and s.
year-old son and probably fatally
wounding his 3-year-old daughter
William j. Marwitz, 35 former post
office clerk, today shot himself thru
the head, dying instantly.
The shooting occurred at the Mar
witz home. There were said to have
been no witnesses to the tragedy ex-
cept the little girl, who.is in a dying
condition with a bullet in her head
Both children were taken to a hos
pital where the boy died within a
few minutes.
Police were unable to learn mo-
tive for the shooting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
BAKER is IN PARIS
Secretary of War Delayed at Brest by
a Stormy Landing.

Paris, April 15.-Secretary Baker
arrived here from Brest at 9 o'clock
this morning.
High seas prevented the secretary
from landing for three hours at Brest
yesterday afternoon. He finally went
ashore about Z O'Clock. He was met
on the dock by General Pershing. The
latter's son. Warren, accompanied the
secretary ashore. 1t was the first time
the general had seen his son in two
wears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
AIR ..HERo" AN IMPosTER.
Captain" Chapman Lionized by Chi
cago Society for Deeds.

Chicago, Aprial 15.-Capt. S. c.
Chapman, after being lionized by So
ciety here for weeks as a hero of the
air. was being held as an imposter by
army authorities today following MS
confession yesterday to intelligence Of
ficers that he had never flown a plane
or won a decoration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
LOOT A U. S. SHIP
Vessel With Food for Poland
Pillaged at Hamburg.
Report Comes From Warsaw
via Zurich to Paris.

Paris, April 15.-An American
steamship laden with food for Poland
was pillaged at Hamburg by the Ger
mans, according to a dispatch from
Warsaw received in Zurich and trans
mitted to the Echo de Paris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
PEACE TERMS TO
BE TOLD ON 18TH
OF APRIL TO HUN
German Delegates May Have
To Refer Treaty Back.
Probable Time for Signing Pact
May Be About May 1.
CALL ENJOYS To VERSAILLES
Big Four Takes Up ItaIy's
Claim to the Adriatic.
Interest in Attitude of Japan on
Race Question.
Probable Time for Signing Pact
May Be About May 1.
CALL ENJOYS TO VERSAILLES

Versailles, April 15.-The prelimt-
nary peace conferences will be held
on the first floor of the Trianon pal
ace, it was learned today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15

St Paul. Mimi, April 15.-Buds
stopped budding and trees stopped
leafing temporarily today while cen
trail Minnesota witnessed a sticky
snow storm. Nearly an inch of snow
had fallen by o'clock in the Twin
Cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
WILSON WILL RETURN

He VIII Sail for U. 5. On April 27 oe
2S- Colonel House To Act.
Paris. April 15-President Wilson
intends to sail for the United States
April z7 or IS, after being present
at the opening meeting Of the peace
congress at Versailles. the Echo de
Paris says today. After his depart
ure CoL E VI. House will act for
him. the newspaper adds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15

The famous palace at Versailles and
below the grand conference room
where the treaty may be signed.
The treaty of peace will be sign
ed at Versailles and will be known
in history as the treaty of YER
sailles. Thus time brings YER
sailles her compensation. The for
mer capital of the Bourbon kings
that was the scene Of Frances
deepest humiliation in 1871 viii be
the scene of her greatest triumph.
The meeting will be little more
than a pageant, the terms of peace
having been fixed at the Paris con-
ference before the Germans are
even called in. Only when all is
ready for the formal signing viii
the representatives of the nations
proceed to Versailles for the inn
pressive final act of the great
world drama.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-15
COLD WILL HANG ON
Flora Says There Will Be Frost in
Kahsas Again Tomorrow.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday;
colder extreme east portion tonight; frost
tomorrow.