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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
M. zERCHER DIES
Well known Topeka StatiOner
for Nineteen Years.
He Was 50 Years of Age and
Came Here in 1898.

NJ. L. Zercher, of Z05 Western ave-
nue.. owner of the Zercher Book &
Stationery Co, died this morning at
st. Francis hospital. He was 81 years
old. Zercher has been in the hospital
for week and died as a result of
complications of diseases.
He had been a resident of Topeka
for twenty-six years. Zercher came
to Topeka in 1898. He was first con-
nected with the Educational Publish
ing company as manager of the de-
pository. In 1900 he established the
Zercher Book & Stationery Co., which
has been operated for the last nine
teen years at it's present location, 521
Kansas avenue.
He was born at Decatur. O., Feb
ruary 3, 1857. The major part of his
education was received at the National
Normal university. of Lebanon, o. In
1885 he married Miss Mary E. Nc
Nulty, of Olathe, Kan. He was a
farmer until 1878. From 1881 to 1886
he was principal of the Gardner
school at Olathe, Kan; the next three
years he was principal of a school al
Lewisburg. From 1889 until 1892 he
held the office of superintendent OF
the schools of Miami county. The fol-
lowing year he came to Topeka.
Besides his widow, Zercher is sur
vived by six children. Clinton. Theo-
dore, Mrs James FerrilI, Mary, Joe
and John.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
PROGRAM At BERRYTON
Annual Farmers Institute Held Today
and Friday.

The annual Berryton Farmers In
stltute will be held at the Grange hall
at Berryton today and Friday. Gov
ernor Allen will speak at the meeting
tonight at 1880.
Fridays program will be given over
to the discussion of the problems
confronting the farmer today. Roy
kiser, professor of animal husbandry
of X. S. A. c. will talk on Hog Feed
ing at X. S. A. CT Frank Blechs,
Shawnee county farm agent will tell
about the Gopher Campaign" j. W.
Bigger will talk on dairying. Miss
Irene Taylor. emergency home demon
stration agent for Shawnee county will
speak on Home Conveniences," and
Mrs. F. a. Keefover will talk on the
community welfare in rural districts.
Mrs. Julian D. Miller. principal of the
Berryton district rural high school
will read a paper on the six and Six
in the Rural High School,
A literary program and a chicken
pie dinner will be included in Fridays
program.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
FEARED THE DEVIL
IN THE CHIMNEY
KILLED CHILDREN

Detroit. Mich, March 1S.-Mrs.
Thomas Formack was under medical
observation today, following her con-
fession to strangling her two children
to death with a towel She was try
ing to end her own life in the same
manner when her husband arrived.
The police said the woman told a
rambling story in which she said she
feared the devil that lived in the
chimney and that ''since the chill
dren were ordained to die, 1 thought it
better to kill Them
William, four, and Francis, two and
a half years old were the victims. At
ter strangling them, she washed the
bodies, dressed them afresh, placed
them side by side in bed and tried to
end her life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
IN Good PROGRAM
Eastern Kansas NJ. E. Confer
ence in Business Meeting.
Ministers Have Been Given Sal.
ary Increases.

With the prosperity of the churches
of the Methodist Episcopal denomina
ton in the eastern district of Kansas
an assured fact, the conference of the
ministers of the district held it's an
nual business meeting this morning.
The second day of the actual con-
ference-the third according to the
program-was begun as usual with a
half hours devotional service led by
Bishop Leonard. At o'clock the
regular business session got under way
and it was expected that all of the
routine business of the conference
would be transacted and out of the
way by noon.
This afternoon the. program is di-
yided into two parts. The first part
beginning promptly at o'clock is the
annual celebration of the anniversary
of the founding of the Woman's For
eign Missionary society. Bishop Leon
ard is to make the principal address
at this meeting.
At 4 o'clock the second conference
devotional lecture of the session will
be delivered by DR.. Charles L. Meade.
pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church of Denver.
This evening at o'clock in the
auditorium of the First Methodist
church DR.. w. r. Wedderspoon, of
st James Methodist Episcopal church
of Chicago. will deliver an address
'Leal to the Tryst.''
Raise in Pay to Ministers.
At the afternoon sessions Wednes-
day it was announced that the day OF
the underpaid Methodist minister in
eastern Kansas is character of his
tory. The reports made Wednesday
showed that in practically every pas
torate in the district the ministers
have been given substantial salary in
creases-some of the charges even GO
! ing SO far as to double former salar
The result is that few of the ministers
attending this conference have the
/ harassed, worried look which char.
acterized them in former years. There
! are no threadbare clothes. and the evi
dence of privation are somehow lack.
I ing.
! At the meeting Wednesday Rev
Bernard Kelly, of Topeka, was placed
| on the retired list. The action wa.
| taken at Kelly's own solicitation, tn,
reason assigned being an injury sus
tained some three months ago. Kel
| ly is one of the most widely knowI
! Methodist ministers of Kansas and i
was with regret that the conferenc.
complied with the veterans wishes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
TROUBLE In DALMATlA
Italians and Jugo-Slavs Are Once
More at Outs.

London, March 13.-Sericus trouble
has again broken out in Dalmatia be-
tween the Italians and Jugo-Slavs, dis
patches to the Exchange Telegraph
company reported today.
Jugo- Slavs compelled the Italian
flagship to haul down it's flag at Treu
Friday. it was said. An Italian de-
stroyer was dispatched to Trau to OBJ
tain an apology and protect Italian
residents. AT Spalato, Jugo-Slavs
clashed with Italian patrols Monday.
Serbian soldiers are said to nave aided
the Slavs. Order was restored by
allied sailocs
During a procession of Italians at
Tgara, Jugo-Slavs are reported to
have attacked the marches dispers-
ing only after Italian troops had in
tervened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
YANKS HOME TODAY
Record of Ships Bearing Soldiers
From Overseas.

New York, March 13.-More than
1000 soldiers arrived here today on
the America from Brest-
The hospital ship Comfort. delayed
by a storm at the Azores, for coal. ar
rived at the same time with 403 sick
ard wounded.
The orga nizations on the America
were the 1O4th field artillery COM
plete, 81 officers and 1,436 men from
New York and Camp Custer; 105th
field artillery, complete, 56 officers
add 1442 men from New York, Camp
Custer and Camp sherman; 1O6th field
artillery, complete, 63 officers and
1,547 men from New York. Camp Gus
ter and Grant; 52nd field artillery,
brigade headquarters, New York, IL
officers and 64 men. Also on board
were Mobile hospital No. 107, 27
casual officers and casual companies
from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York,
New Jersey and scattered sections; the
9Th aero squadron; card aero squad
ron; 155th aero squadron and $40 sick
and wounded.
Brig. Gen. George Wingate. COM
manding the 52nd artillery brigade,
and Brig. Gen. Edward A. Kreger,
were abroad.
Newport News. No., March 13-One
battleship, the Ohio, and the Aerolus.
a United States steamship, arrived
here today, bringing a total of 3,S05
men.
-Four casual companies, four casual
officers, two civilians and the first
anti-aircrafu battery, complete, which
fought at Ferdun and brought down
eleven Hun planes were aboard the
Ohio.
Fourteen casual officers and the
131st field artillery of the Texas Ma
tionaI Guard, complete, made up the
majority of those aboard the Aerolus
Mrs. P. NJ. Stovall, wife of the min
II To Sxn.itzo1.Ia nd a hca I'd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
LOAN OPEN APRIL Fl
Victory Drive for 5-BilIion Minimum
VIII Last Three Weeks.

Washington. March 1.-THE victory
liberty loan campaign will open Mon
day, April 81, and close three weeks
later. Saturday. May 10.
Secretary Glass announced the dates
Wednesday night. together with the
fact that short-term notes, maturing
IN not over five years, would be issued.
instead of longer term bonds. The
amount of no.es TO be Offered was not
disclosed. but it has been generally
understood that the loan would be for
minimum of $4,000. 900 with the
treasury reserving the right to accept
all oversubscriptions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
WOMEN BEGIN FIGHT
Are Before War Labor Board Seeking
to Retain Their Positions.

Washington, March 13.-Women to-
day began their fight before the war
labor board to retain mems jobs they
have filled during the war.
decision is expected that will out
line women's rights to work in fair
competition with men.
The women's case is in the hands of
Frank P. Walsh, former joint chair
man of the war labor board, and DR..
Anna Howard Shaw, honorary presi-
dent of the National Woman Suffrage
association.
The case is being brought before the
board by the action of the Cleveland
Street Railways in dismissing conduc-
torettes to end a strike of the men.
This was done with the approval of
the board. In similar case at De-
troit. however, the board recommend
ed that the conductorettes be retained
DR.. Laura Prince. president of the
Women's Conductors association. and
Miss Rose Moriarity will testify for the
Cleveland women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
GENERAL MARCH HERE
Chief OF Staff COmplimcnted Topeka
Red Cross Cantecn Workers.

The women of the Wednesday Red
Cross canteen had the honor of en-
tertaining General March for a short
time Wednesday at the canteen hut
in North Topeka as he. with Secretary
Lansing and some of the staff officers
went thru on their way to Funston.
General March was the only one
of the group who got off the tram,
but he vert down the platform to the
hut and chatted with the women until
time for his train to pull out.
He was very much interested in
what the canteen department of the
Red Cross is doing. asked many ques-
tions. and expressed his appreciation
for the part the Red Cross has played
in the war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
FINANCING THE RAILS
Hines and Manufacturers Are Meet
ing to Talk Over Policies.

Washington, March ia score of
locomotives. car and accessory manu-
facturers are here today comforting
with Director General Hines on plans
for financing equipment already COM
pleted or contracted for.
Hines expects to straighten out ex-
isting difficulties with companies as
his first move This must be done be-
fore definite decision can be made
on a scheme to obtain funds for run
ming the roads. The equipment build
ers here today hold contracts. includ-
ing unpaid bills totalling approximate
iy 100000 900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
WILSON TO TALK
President Will Be Heard as to
Stand on League.
Will Tell How People Over
Here Are Feeling.

Washington. March 13.-That Pres
ident Wilson will make public state
rnent soon on the attitude of the
American people toward the league of
nations covenant is the conviction of
his advisers here.
Shortly before departing for France
the president declared he proba bly,
would make such a statement after ne
arrived in Paris or possibly in re-
sponse to greetings at Rrest, wherein
he would attempt to clarity any con-
from attacks on the league in the
United States.
Offset Any Reports.
The president at the time, said such
a statement probably would prove
necessary to offset the effect of re-
ports in events here during his short
| sojourn in Washington.
Secretary Tumulty today denied re-
| ports from Paris that censorship was
tholding up news of those opposing the
| league to prevent it reaching the peace
| conference
| There is absolutely no American n
censorship on this news" Tumulty
said, "and L know of no foreign gov
ernment censorship"
The president. in his statement, is
| expected to declare that the people of
| the United States are back of him in
| the plan to establish a league of ma
ticns and that senators opposing the
| plan are not truly representa- tives of
| the beliefs of their constituents.
| He Has Endorsements.
! The president is known to have
| taken with him many endorsements of
| the covenant from representative men.
At the same time. he is expected to
point out that the Republican party
as a party, has not taken a stand
| against the covenant.
| No information was forthcoming to-
day from officials close to the presi-
| dent as to whether he pla7s to submit
to the peace conference any of the
amendments suggested while he was
in this country.
| At the same time officials had nc
advices as to whether the peace con-
! ference. during the presidents absence
had separated in some measure the
covenant from the formal peace treat
as reported, or as to what action the
president would take If this had beer
done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
SHELLS INTO MEXICO
Nearly Two Million Rounds Sent Into
Country In Two Months Time

Washington, March 13-Between
one and two million rounds of ammu
milton have been shipped into Mexico
in the last two months from the
United States. it was learned here to-
day This has been with the approval
of the war department. it was stated.
These shipments are part of an or
der which has been standing with
American muniuion makers for some
two years. it was explained. Ship
ments are crossing the border from
time to time with the approval of
American authorities. to meet Car
ranza's request for ammunition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
john r. Phillips Dies.

Hot Springs. Ark. March 13.-John
F. Philips. former judge of the United
States court fer the western district Of
Missouri died today at the home of
Col S. w Fordyce near this city. He
was 81 years old Judge Philips
served in the 44th and 45th con-
crosses and at one time was a law
partner of United States Senator Vest
of Missouri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13

st. Louis Mo-. March 13-Pierre
Maupome won the final block of his
three cushion billiard match with
Augie Kieckhefer here last night,
taking the match by a score of $50 to
IA. Maupome's high run was five and
Kieckhefer's six.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
MORE SPRING SKIES
Cloudy Now and Then, But Not of
Unsettled Nature.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday: prob
ably unsettled north portion. slightly cold
extreme northeast portion. The shippers
forecast calls for protection against tenn
perature above freezing for SO hour ship
ments in all directions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13
NOSKE QUITS PLACE
German War Minister Succeeded b.
General Won Lequis, Is Report

Zurich, March 13-War Minister
Noske resigned Tuesday morning. it
was reported in a dispatch received
from Berlin today. General Won Le-
quis is said to have succeeded him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13

Since Wednesday, says S. d. Flora.
state meteorologist, weather conditions
have altered a little and the rain or
snow that was predicted for tonight
td.Ontinued IN IaRe TWol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13

TIE absence CT flu ban doesn't
permit you TO spread that cold!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-13

WEATHER. FORECAST for Kansas:
Cloudy. slightly colder tonight
and Friday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23
SOUTHWEST'S HARVEST ENDS
"Sanest" in History Is Boast-Army
of $4,000 Men Employed
Business Men Help.

Kansas City, Mo.-The southwest's
harvest, characterized as the "sanest"
in history, is over. Higher wages
were paid them ever before, and there
was practically no radical agitation.
An army numbering at times 125,O0O
men, advanced with the harvest from
southern Oklahoma through Kansas
and into Nebraska, earning an aver
age of 60 cents an hour.
Federal officials say about 100 al
legged agitatOrs were arrested on va
grancy charges, but so far there has
not been a single complaint of sa-
botage.
College students and returned sol
diers predominated among the har-
vesters. The response was so large
that it was unnecessary for side-line
harvesters-boy scouts and high school
students-to go into the fields, al
though many business men in small
Kansas towns joined twilight har-
vest gangs.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23

8 "LAON INFORMERS" TO DIE
Three Others Are Condemned to
Death by Default in French
Court.

Paris.-Sentences were delivered in
the case known as the "LaOn inform
ers' after a trial of more than sixty
days.
OF the twenty-eight persons accused,
eight were condemned to death, two of
them being women; three others were
condemned to death by default. Six
were acquitted and the remainder re-
ceived sentences of from one to twenty
years imprisonment.
The charge against the accused was
cOmpatriOts to the German
authorities during the occupation of
Laon. In many cases the hiding
places of French soldiers, who had eS
capped the German advance, were point
ed out, with the result that large
of soldiers were executed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23

Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" as
national property and it is believed
that some day it will be a second
Yellowstone geyser field Steaming
springs, it is said, will eventually take
the place of the present smoking
vents.
Professor Griggs and his party ex-
pect to remain in the Katmai district
until the middle of September. Until
they return nothing probably will be
heard from them as there is no direct
means of communication. Mrs.
Griggs and her children accompanied
the professor to Kodiak, an island
near Katmai, and will remain there
during the summer waiting for him
to return.
Moving pictures of the smoking
mountain and valley afe to be
brought back by the party.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23
WOMAN'S WILL IS UNIQUE
Bars Husbands, Wives and Widows
From Interest or Beneht
in Property.

Middletown, N. Y.-There are some
unusual provisions in the will OF Mrs.
Helen S. Cutting, wife of Robert Full
ton Cutting of Tuxedo Park, which
has been admitted to probate at
Goshen.
The will disposes of an estate esti-
mated at 100000 in personal and
100000 in real estate. While the
sons of the deceased are to have their
shares in the estate paid to them at
a certain time, the daughters are only
given the income from their shares
during their lives. The closing para
graph OF the will reads:
"It is my will and I direct that no
or benefit whatsoever shall
pass hereinunder to any husband,
wife or widow of any child Of mine"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23
NOISE BARS SLEEP
Airplane Factories Are Not Good
heighbors.
France Warns U. S.: DON'T Build
Plants Near Human
Habitation.

Paris.-With the certainty that avia-
ton is quickly to become one Of the
big industries throughout the entire
world, Paris has little warning for
all Of her sister cities of America and
every other country.
The warning Is this: Enact imme-
| diately, either state, municipal or ma
| tiOnal, legislation prohibiting the cree
ton Of airplane factories anywhere
within hearing distance Of where hui
man beings have to live and sleep.
Otherwise, said human beings won't
l'be able to sleep and will be driven in
no time at all either into their graves
or some far-away sanitarium.
Everyone knows how much rumpus
an airplane makes when it is flying
thousands Of feet overhead. Well,
every airplane motor before it is
mounted has to be tested, and to be
tested it is attached to a huge bench
or platform and run continuously at
top speed, with hundreds of horse
power back of 1t, for at least twenty
four hours and sometimes forty eight
During that period Of time nobody
living within hearable distance can
possibly sleep.
At Suresnes, where motors are test
ed for forty-eight hours, it has been
necessary to close an adjacent school.
At Puteaux the inhabitants declare
they have not slept for months.
At Courbevoie the city council has
resigned as means of protest.
At Clichy the city has bought a large
tract of land for the erection of a mu-
nicipal hospital. Airplane factories
during the war installed themselves in
the vicinity and the medical authori
ties now refuse to let the city build its
hospital in such a notwithstanding To-
cality.
The department Of the Seine has
been forced in the interest of public
health to take measures to stop the
airplane factories and get them moved
into more isolated localities.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23
ALASKA VOLCANOES
ACTIVE THIS YEAR
PARTY OF SCIENTISTS SENT
THERE ARE FORTUNATE IN
HAVING DISPLAYS

JUNEAU Alaska.-Volcanic peaks
in the far southwestern corner of
Alaska are in eruption this summer
evidently for the benefit of party OF
scientists sent by the National Geo
graphic Society to study Mount Kat
mai. the greatest of Alaska's smok-
ing mountains, and its valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes"
Persons who have returned recent
ly from the volcanic country to the
Westward said Shishaldin Peak, on
Unimak Island, in the Aleutian chain,
was in eruption recently. They also
reported it was believed Mount Bav-
loft on the southwestern Alaskan
mainland, also had spouted as the
snow about the summit was coal
black.
When the party of scientists left
Ancorage. Alaska, on their way to
the Katmai country, they said they
believed there was little likelihood of
an eruption this summer and declared
they were certain there was absolute
ly no danger attached to the investi
cation. Katmai's last big elbow off,
was in June, 1912.
The party Of twenty-six scientists
is headed by HrOleSSOT RoOeII ~.
Griggs of the University of Ohio and
some are from Carnegie Institute.
They are planning to make observa-
lions of the botanical, biological and
geological effects of the 1912 erup-
ton.
In 1918 Professor Griggs headed
party of scientists to Katmai and re-
turned with the announcement that
the crater was the largest on the
globe and that near Katmai lay a
great valley whose floor was dotted
with thousands of mouths vomiting
gray vapory gas and smoke. This
valley, Professor Griggs named 'The
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes"
Instead of ten thousand it is said
there are literally millions of smok-
ing vents.
Congress recently set aside 1.-THE
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23

Bloomsbury, Pa.-When George Glib
son of Catawissa brought his sixteen
yeaI-old son Alfred to the county Jail
he did it because he wanted to give the
boy a lesson, but Of the two the father
was suffering the most and when the
steel doors were closed behind the
youth the father burst into tears. The
boy confessed to taking SIS from the
store of H. r. Kearns & Son at Gaia
wissa and was held In default of $500
bail for court.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23
Notice of School Election.

Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, the End day of September. A. D.
1919, the regular annual election will
be held at the High School building in
the City of Moscow, County of Latah,
State of Idaho, to elect two trustees
for Moscow Independent School Dis
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23

trict No. 5, in the county and state
aforesaid.
The polls will be open at l o'clock
P. M. and will close at O'Clock P. Nj.
of the day of election.
Dated at Moscow this 18th day OF
August, 1919
(Signed) L. F. PARSONS,
272-1 Clerk of Board of Trustees
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-23
Notice.

Complaints will be filed against all
owners of dogs, residing within the
City Limits of Moscow, Idaho, who
have not secured licenses by Septem-
Der list, 1919, and will be prose-
cuted according to Ordinance No. 1926.
GRANT ROBBINS,
277-1 Chief of Police.