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With your understanding of this increased cost of operation and our desire to increase the efficiency of our service to the public. the ferry company respectfully submits three propositions for your consideration as follows:
 Proposal No. i. Lone Fisherman Operating on PM Shift.
 Gent or Teddy operating on AM Shift. Fare-Transient traffic-Adults 25c. Fare-Transient traffic-Children 15c. Workmen-20-ride communication tick ets-$2.50. Freight-Local-s250 per ton. Freight-Through-$1.50 per ton.
 ProposaI No. 2. Lone Fishefman-All shifts-barring
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The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26

he had found his ideal only to have
fate laugh in his face.
He dined early and hurried back to
his hammock, which gave a view of
the front door. When it was quite
dark he saw the graceful. slender fig
ure he had unconsciously learned to
admire, emerge from the door and
walk rapidly up the street.
TT may be tonight" he thought as
he followed her. He had purposely
put on q dark suit, while she. much
to his surprise, was in white. She
went along for few blocks and then
struck out for an old pier. Going to
the enc of 1t, she sat down.
Armstrong could see her distinctly
while he himself was in the shadow
of an old sail loft.
This is where she meets her con-
federates." he thought, peering across
the water to see If they were coming
by boat. She sat silent and still for
nearly an hour, then began walking
up and down the pier. She looked
out at sea more as If she were ad-
! miring the beauty of the night than
planning a miserable murder.
Desperately, he decided to tell her.
| He had. done all he could to let her
! slip quietly away. and she still stayed.
He walked toward her She turned a
startled gaze when he came near.
Good evening, Miss Morton" he
said.
Good evening"" she replied.
'I have something important to
| say to you"
! "Yes?"
| you remember the parts of letters
| returned to you?"
Yves"
'I read them"
"Wel?''
Now I know why you are here.
You came secretly. but 1 found you
| out"
"And now I don't care" She
reached her arms out to the stars.
IT have succeeded in my plan and I
am going home"
Succeeded" gasped John.
| Yes; I sent my mystery story to
an editor last week and he accepted
by return mail. 1 am too. too happy!
| knew 1 could never get time to write
at home, 1 have so many Interruptions,
and this place is so quiet I can write
all day long. 1 came with two of my
| friends who are painting. Now that
I am a real author the family won't
dare interrupt me when 1 write"
| ALLOW me to congratulate you,"
cried John.
| you're New Yorker, aren't you %
she asked with seeming irrelevance.
"I am" He was still dazed.
| Maybe you know my cousin, Owen
| Welpton?"
"I do. do! You mean the famous
author?'
Yes. he has been criticising my
| work for me. / wouldn't let any one
else know. and 1 was SO ashamed when
you found those letters. 1 thought ]
| tore everything in bits"
Suddenly he remembered she was
going home.
Let us celebrate your victory to-
morrow by taking a long ride down
the coast. 1 know a place where we
can get a famous shore dinner. Wei
celebrate together, for I. too, have
had something fine come to me-"
Tell me about it,
| 'I will on our drive back
| Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
| paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
FINES TO co up!
Speeders I'm Topeka VIII Have
To Pay Maximum.
Police Chief Harmon Issues a
Warning to All.

A dollar a mile for each mile above
thirty miles an hour plus the maxi
mum fine of S25 for the privilege Of
doing thirty miles an hour is the ulti-
rnatum issued today by Chief Harmon
to ambitious, reckless. law-breaking
motorists who persist In endangering
lives, to say nothing of their own. here
in Topeka.
have agreed that the only way to cope
with speeders who have Increased in
numbers and in recklessness within
the last few months is to crack down
on them to the full extent of the law.
There is one chap in town who
might just as well bring in his $50.
the chief stated this morning. as he is
going to be brought in sooner or later.
Judging from the<wild bursts of speed
he has INDUCED in already on several
occasions.
Young Blood Burns Air.
The speeding is chiefly confined to
young people. says Chief Harmon. al
tho is a certain quota of older speed
merchants who vie with each other in
outdoing the younger fans:
The chief mentioned four motor
cycles running abreast Sunday on
West Sixth street that passed a car
doing forty miles an hour as If it were
standing still. He stated that it would
have been impossible for any one to
have gotten out of their way or for
them to have missed any vehicle com
ing in from one of the intersectinS
streets.
Several times already the mayor and
| the chief have issued warnings. Ar
rests have been made. So far Offend
ers have been let off easily. They
| evidently think II is worth IS to do a
little illegitimate joy riding If they
want to break their own necks that Is
all right If they go out where there Is
no danger of hitting any one else. But
the practice of endangering the liveS
of other persons in the city must and
will be stopped. the authorities say.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
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The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
Men STRIKE
Firemen at Water Plant Want
Helpers in Work.
Request Was Refused-Others
Are Holding Jobs Now.

A young strike is under progress at
the city water plant. The firemen
want helpers According to Commits
sioner Stanfield firemen at the city
light plant are producing 476 indi-
Gated horse power without helpers.
while at the city water plant, where
conditions are even more in favor of
the firemcn on account of new boiler
equipment, they are only producing
220 indicated horse power.
Now in spite of this difference in
efficiency of 476 h. p. against 220 h.
p. the firemen at the city water plant
want helpers to help them get out
their little quota of 220 h. p.
Refused to Give Them Help.
Stanfield says he can not see them
at all. So three of the firemen quit
Saturday in spite of the fact that en-
gineers and firemens unions do not
approve of striking.
1t has been found necessary at the
water plant and other plants in STAN
fields department, to cut down the
force as much as possible without re-
ducing the efficiency of the plant, on
account OF the impossibility of main
tanning the excessive pay rolls that
have been carried for a numbsr of
years.
Other men have taken the places of
the firemen who struck. They will
probably keep the jobs if their work
proves satisfactory
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: % My hair
is black and'very oily. have a loose
white dandruff and my hair is very
thin. Can you give me tonic that
will aid the growth of my hair and yet
remove the oil without teaching it.
p Also, 1 am a grass widow. Is it
proper for me to wear my engage
ment ring? If so, on which hand
should 1 wear it? A READER,
% The following dandruff remedy
for dark-haired people has given sat
isfaction to many: To an ounce of
sulphur add a quart of soft water and
during intervals of several days agi-
tate the mixture repeatedly. After
the sulphur has settled to the bottom
of the receptacle use the clear liquid
saturate the head with it every morn
ing, and in few weeks every trace of
the dandruff will have disappeared.
The hair will become soft and glossy
and there will be no return of the old
trouble. When the dandruff is gone,
the growth of the hair will increase
For the oily conditions, there is lit
tie you can do except to wash the
hair when 1t needs 1t.
CD 1t Is all right to wear the ring
on your right hand.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
FIGHT OVER ESTATE
Caldwell Man Leaves $2s,0O0 to Or
phans' Home and Cents to Relatives.

Caldwell Man Leaves S2S,OOO to Or
phans' Home and o Cents to Relatives
The state orphans home at Atchi-
son will win an estate valued at $2S,-
600 if the Sumner county district court
upholds the will of the late James
Alexander Stevens of Caldwell In a
will prepared some months before his
death. Stevens left one penny each to
four brothers and two sisters. The
remainder of his estate was be-
Queathed to the state institution.
An inventory of the estate was re-
ceived today by Malcolm Gray, sec
retary of the state board of adj -inis-
tration. 1t shows personal property
valued at s3,464.09, two eight acre
tracts in Sumner county worth $12,-
900, a quarter section of Oklahoma
land appraised at $4,000, and a home
in Caldwell valued at $1,O00.f Stew
ens's relatives have brought suit
against the state board in Sumner
county in an effort to set aside the
will.
Not until several weeks ago did the
state board learn of Stevens's beQuest
The case was presented to the attorney
generals office and today an inven-
tory of the estate was secured. In the
meantime the six brothers and sisters
are fighting to gain possession of the
property. Should the will be upheld
by the courts the entire estate will go
to the state orphans home at Atchi.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
A BRIGHT OUTLOOK.

Excellent prospects for a year of
bumper crops, renewed activity in
practically all lines of industry sub
stantia1 increases in mercantile trade,
revival of pre-war building operations,
resumption of public improvements,
and easement of the labor supply situ-
alton are numbered among the fac
tors making for a prosperous future of
business. in a bulletin issued by the
management of the Federal Reserve
bank at Kansas City.
The banks optimistic view of the
future is based on reports from cities
and communities widely scattered over
the states embraced in the Tenth fed
eral reserve district, which reflect n
cheerfulness on the part of bankers,
merchants, manufacturers, farmers
and wage earners which is in marked
contrast with the spirit that prevailed
during the highly nervous and unset
tied state of affairs in the earlier
months of the readjustment period.
All correspondents regard conditions
at this time as favorable to a contin-
! uance of prosperous times for many
months to come and indicative of such
recovery as to make 1919 a record
year for general business and produc-
tive activity.
Merchants reports, says the bulle-
| tin, are remarkable for their unanim-
ity of expression concerning present
conditions and future prospects OF
thirty-one dealers, wholesale and re-
L tail in he
states. twenty-one report business i'm
proving. eight steady, one fan and
one unsettled. Current sales are the
largest this year and better than at
this time last year. the increase being
reported all the way from 10 per cent
to so per cent. Collections are good,
| according to all reports, and a larger
proportion of cash sales than for some
years is enabling many merchants to
reduce their accounts receivable
Orders for future delivery are re-
| ported heavier in most cases, aItho a
few reports indicate that the volume
of such orders is smaller. Many of the
merchants are reducing their stocks
and are buying conservatively for i'm
mediate trade requirements. thus pur-
suing policy of rapid turnover on ar
uncertain market as insuring fair prof
its and generally satisfactory results.
AS to the outlook the reports agree
that the future is bright. Favorable
tendencies toward better business fol
the immediate future and for months
to come are mentioned as: Brighter
crop prospects; prosperous condition
of the people; freer buying; buying
better quality; removal of war restric.
tions: less need for war economy.
In the mercantile trade no particu.
lar line appears to haze a monopol,
of the Improvement In business con
ditions- Dry goods, mems and wo
mems apparel, shoes and millinery, are
in good demand and the tendency is t.
buy the better quality of goods.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
MY HUSBAND AND M
BY JANE PHELPS

you. They intimated that you were
too highbrow for them. Nothing
against you surely" he smiled, "rath-
er in your favor"
please tell me if there was any,
thinG-if you heard anything 1 should
know. l am sure Lorraine was mis-
! AIKEN, that Mr.. Powers must have lis
tened to some man who is jealous of
Neils success He is very young, and
has gone aEtad of many much older
in business way. l am positively
convinced he has done nothing wrong
at least either Intentionally or know
ingly."
Your faith is-welI. is what might
be expected of you. But 1 am afraid
shall have to hIr' you. 1 am a plain
man, you know, L never learned to
camouflage my words. But even if
1 hurt you shall also help you-if
hurt before it is possible to help, you
know"
I felt myself trembling. growing
faint and weak with apprehension.
What had he found out? What had
| Neil done?
Please tell me everything you
know"
well in the first place. Mr.. Forbes
! does know that some of his schemes
will not stand daylight. Not all of
, them of course. Connor and Tearle
are men absolutely devoid of con-
science. They are the kind who would
take the inst penny a widow or or
phan had and give them a fancy en-
graved certificate for it-and that is
all they would give. No one can have
them as associates and mot have
straight business men afraid of them"
| But 1 thought they put in money
/ ithemselves-into things like Mr..
Scott, and others"
NO. they are promoters pure and
simple. Their job is to get the other
fellows money. Fellows like Scott
and Thompson. another rich man they
| have on the string Both Scott and
| Thompson are fond of women. and
are gamblers. That is why they are
easily duped. The women are pro-
vided, also the game 1t sounds raw as
L tell it. But as 1 told you / cannot
camouflage words. The food is ex-
cellent. as well as the wine. But the
servants in that house must talk. Al
tho Mrs. Orton assured me- they did
not"
What do you think of Mrs. Or
| ton ?" Would he tell me the truth.
what he thought the truth of her con-
nection with Neil?
tTomorraw-A confidential conver-
sation-)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
LOCAL MENTION

The Shawnee County Engineering
association at a recent meeting ap-
pointed the following engineers for the
South Topeka drainage board: Capt.
R. A Finney, Lieut.. James Irons and
Capt Luther Tillotson. The same
men have also been selected by Lyon
county to do a job of ten miles of road
work to be run thru Emporia
Cali 1858 for Job Carpenter Work.
Door check and lock repairing. Han
son & Hanson. 5O9 Kansas avenue
with Frick the Sign Man.-Adv.
Liberty Bonds bougn: and sold
Shawnee Investment Co.. 534 Kan. av.
Liberty Bonds bought and sold John
Kleinhans, s22 w. 9Th Phone 27e1-J.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26

was setting on Mary Watkinses
frunt steps tawking to her and lissen
ing to her tawking to me, and some
red heddcd kid in a red swetter was
setting agenst the side of the fire plug
down at the corner with his hands in
his pockits, and Mary Watkins sed,
Benny wat would you do if sumbody
insulted me?
Id beet them with both fists till
they ipologized that's wat Id do,
sed, and Mary Watkins sed, Well do
you see that red boy setting agenst
| the fire plug?
Yes. wy? 1 sed, and Mary Watkins
sed, He insulted me yestidday, he
stuck out his tung in the most insult
| ing way ever saw.
! funny, 1 sed, and Mary Watkins sed.
| No he wasent. neither. he delibritly
| insulted me and you're jest setting heer
and not doing thing about it.
You jest watch me. L sed. And I
got up and started to wawk down to
| the fire plug feeling uncomfortable
! inside, thinking. Maybe he'll get up
and wawk away before 1 get there.
| Wich he dident, and 1 went down
and stood rite in frunt of him trying
to look tuff. him saying, Well. watts
you think you're giving a imitation of &?
iyou got to him, and 1 sed, That girl
! says you stuck your tung out at her
yestidday. you dident, did you? Think
! ing maybe it would be a kind ack to
give him a chance to lie out of it if
| he wunted to. ny he didn't Wunt to,
saying, Sure 1 did wat of it?
Ill mock you off of that fire plug
in a minnit. 1 thawt. saying, l CESS
you think you're so strong you could
leeve me hit you all my mite and you
| wouldn't even feel it, don't you?
Sure 1 do, go ahed and hit me all
your mite If you wunt to- sed the kid.
And he stuck out his chest and ]
ackted as if 1 was hitting him all my
mite and ony hit him about half my
mite, him saying, Aw heck, I dident
even feel it, you couldent hurt a one
legged flee.
And he got up off of the side of the
fire plug and wawked erround the
corner looking discrepancies, and ]
went back to Mary Watkinses frunt
| steps, her saying. o. Benny, L saw you
hitting him-my goodniss but you're
brave, 1 hope you dident hert him
! mutch.
o, 1 CESS he'll get over 1t. nobody
aint going to insult you vile I'm
erround, 1 sed. And I sat down agen
and crossed my legs like a champeen.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26

Director General Hines estimates
that he will need $1,000. 900, 600 out
side Of railroad earnings to carry him
thru TO the end of the year. A stop
loss" order from the president in Paris
would be- welcomed by the taxpayers.
II the government would hand back
the roads to their owners and pay
them what it owes them it may be that
they could get along despite the heavy
increase in expenses with which they
have been bu1dened. A more busi-
nesslike administration, the elimina-
tion OK useless employees and the res
toration of lost morale would go a
long way toward curtailing expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
ASKS HIS ARREST
Returned Soldier Says He Found
Father Beating Mother.
John Smith Tells Why He
Changed Name in Army.

John Smith, upon his return home
today, didn't find the peace he had
fought for SO valiantly. Instead, he
told officials in the county attorneys
office that he found his father beating.
his mother and he asked fer the issut
ance of a warrant charging his father,
John Schmidt, with assault and bat
terry. Theewa rrant was issued.
According to Smiths story, his
mother has a black eye and other
bruises on her person as a result of
the beating. The family lives at EN-
NETT and Pennsylvania.
why asked Tinkham Neu1e, as
sistant county attorney, "is your name
Smith while your fathers name is
Schmidt ?"
Schmidt was awfully unpopular
name to go into the army with" the
young man replied. so l changed 1t
to Smith,
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
MIR. FREDERICK AGAIN AROUSES
BARBARA'S DISTRUST.
CHAPTER LXXIu.

/ hurried down to greet my guest.
I thought 1 detected a look of some
thing very near pity in his eyes, a
halting in his speech and manner un-
usual to him. 1 wanted to ask:
what do you know Did you go to
Blanche Orton's?" Instead of which
/ used the trite greeting of society:
Good morning, MIR. Frederick. This
is SO good of you to give me so much
of your time / know you are a busy
man, and seldom in New York" offer
ing my hand.
1T is a great pleasure to be allowed
to see you-the greatest L have" he
replied as he released my hand.
For a moment we both seemed
tongue-tied. Then with his usual
straightforward almost brusque man
ner, he said:
Il dined with Mr.. Forbes last
nigfF-at Mrs. Orton's. Scott was
there, and Others"
"Yes-what others? Any one I
know" I asked eagerly when she
paused for a moment.
That 1 do not know. Some of
them l hope you do not claim al ac-
quaintances. 1t was quite a large
party. And
Were there any other women there
besides Mrs. Orton?" Something in
his manner had aroused my suspi-
cions
Yes, two others. Very charming
women. very beautifully dressed. but
not your sort at all-not Mr.. Forbes 6
sort eithsr. You have no reason to
be distressed upon that score. They
were invited. 1 imagine. to help en-
tertain Thompson and Lane, perhaps
Scott, altho he paid them very little
attention. Then there were ConEor
and Tearle."
"Connor-Tearle-do / know them ?
Their names sound familiar
Il don't think you have met them
in fact 1 am sure from something
that was said that you have not. You
may have heard your husband men
ton them"
DO you mind telling me what was
said to lead YOU to think 1 did not
know thsm?" He flushed before hs
answered:
Il do mind, yet think I will tel
The Topeka state journal., 1919-05-26
OFFICIALS OPEN BANK
Auditor Knapp and Treasurer Paync
in SaIina Institution.

Two state officials-Walter L.
Payne, state treasurer. and Fred w.
Knapp, state auditor-are among the
incorporators of a new state bank at
Salina. The new institution, incor-
porated as the Reserve State bank of
Salina, was granted a chatter today by
the state charter board. The bank is
capitalized for 100000 and will start
business at once.
Plans for the organization of the
new bank have been under way for
some time. The charter application
was filed last week in the office of l..
j. Pettijohn, secretary of state. Action
was taken today when the board ap-
proved the application.
incorporates of the new bank in
clude: Fred w. Knapp, BeIoit; Wal
ter L. Payne, Burlingame; Martin
Ahestedt, G. A. Spencer Cleve D. Mil
Ter and Clarence J. Johnson, Salina
1t is stated that the entire capital
stock issue has BEEN subscribed and
arrangements have been completed
for opening the new bank Immediate
ly. Auditor Knapp is in Salina today
looking after details surrounding, the
opening of the new institution.