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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Street Tho service entrances to the
building, therefore, were placed on the

building, therefore, were placed on the
Maiden Lane side because the lower
street level would permit Of easy &C
cess to the money vaults and tho coal
bunkcrs. Nassau Street is too crowded
to have the main entrance and the dip
from Liberty Street to Maiden Lane is
too prominent to allow a good solution
Of the entrance feature.
The Liberty Street entrance will be
about two stories high and will lead
to n great lobby that will run at right
angles to it. Toward Nassau Street
the lobby, or corridor will open out
into general reception room, as it
will be at this end of the floor that
the executives Of the institution will
have their Offices. This reception space
will be thirty-four. feet wide and
seventy-one feet long and, OF course,
will reach through two floors Of the
building. 1t will De magnificent
room
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Spacious Ground Floor

Off of it toward Nassau Stree; VIII
be nine Offices, the workshops Of the
directors of the bank and their secrc-
taries. Stretching along the Maiden
Lane side Of the floor will be seven
Offices and an immense conference
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

will be on the thirteenth floor. 1t will
be large enough 10 scat 700 diners Mt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

room. At the William Street end of
the first floor about 1,47O square feet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

will be working space TO be used as the
directors see fit. The entire Nassau
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
OPERATORS OUT NEXT
5000 in New England May Help
Phone Workers Out.

Boston, April 10. A strike of
more than S,000scommercial telegraph
operators in New England may be
called early next week. if the strike
of 10000 New England telephone
operators is not settled within a few
days. according to indications today.
William Conroy. chairman of the
executive board of the Boston Com
mercial Telegraphers' union, has tele-
graphed to the international union at
Chicago, asking sanction of the strike
in New England. He asserted that
telegTaphers here are handling ex-
cess business usually carried on the
telephone and that in this work they
are practically acting as strike
breakers.
Mayor Andrew J. Peters, of Boston,
who was in conference with Postmas-
ter General Burleson in Washington
yesterday, met a committee of the
striking telephone workers today and
in this meeting both sides saw a ray
of hope looking to settlement of the
strike
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
MASONS IN MARCH
Rose Croix Service at East Side
Methodist Church.
Rev. Fred Calvin Sutton To
Preach Easter Sermon.

Easter will be fittingly observed to-
morrow by the Scottish Rite Masons
and the Knights Templar, according
to their usual custom. The Rose
Croix services. including a breakfast
at O'Clock will be held at the
Masonic temple by the Scottish Rite
lodge and the knights Templar will
attend the services at the East Side
Methodist church.
Following the Scottish Rite break
fast the Mason of eighteen degrees or
over will retire to the hall and Nathan
B. Thompson will preside the pro-
gram and following an organ prelude
and hymn 1.-The Story of Easter" by
the Scottish Rite quartet, the lights
will be relighted and the ceremony
will be performed by the officers.
Miss Marguerite Gohlke will sing
"Hosanna" and an Easter address will
be delivered by Rev. Clifford e. Rash,
followed by another song by the
quartet.
In the special conclaVe ordered for
Sunday the Knights Templar will re-
pot at the Masonic temple in uniform
parade will be formed and march to
the church Immediately afterwards
and will be led down East Sixth street
by Marshall's band. The sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Fred Calvin SUIT
tom.
After the service the Commandery
will return on Lime to Tenth, on Tenth
to Kansas avenue, down Kansas
avenue to Seventh, and form on Jack
son for review, after which the line
will be dismissed for refreshment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
EASTER A NICE DAY

N(bhttuucu LIOiu rage OHSD
Kansas during the last "a hours was
40 degrees at Utica. The time for
killing frosts is not yet-passed, Flora
says Five times in the thirty-two
years the weather bureau has been
operating here, killing frosts have oc-
CURED after this date, in 1888, 1907,
1909, 1917 and 1918. In western
Kansas they have occurred as late as
May 81.
No precipitation has been reported
in Kansas in the last "a hours Very
little has occurred any place in the
United States.
This morning no freezing temporal
ture was reported from any point on
the weather map. Flora believes that
this is the first time this year freezing
temperatures have not occurred at
some point on the map.
The extremes on record for this
date were S3 in 1908 and SO in 1918
The river is rising again. 1t measured
7.8 feet this afternoon. Water coming
from the Blue river, carrying off rain
that fell in Nebraska, is causing the
rise. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the
wind was blowing at the rate of %
miles an hour from the south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
TELEGRAPHIC TABLOIDS


Springfield, Iii.-California troops pass
ing thru here yesterday "shied" at ham
sandwiches a local committee offered
WHATS wrong?" members inquired. Its
Good Friday" a bashful doughboy ex-
planned.
Lewistown, Ill.-Three times in Jail In
one. day is plenty, declares Red Iuff.
Lack of a chauffeur's license, bootlegging.
and failure to buy an automobile tag
earned the triple trip
Granite City, Ill.-At handling bull"
Mike Donsiak butcher, was a success until
he met toreaders from Tulsa, Okla. The
wrestler, the referee told Mike, would win,
didn't. Experience $2,700."
Chicago-The high cost of speeding has
been tempered with the installment plan
by Judge Stelk of the speeder's court Con-
vieted joy riders can pay 10 per cent down
and 10 per month.
Observation-Disclosures know why FLAT and
apartment" are Synonymous. A $35 estab-
lishment was bid up to $6S in a rush of
home hunters.
Chicago-The servant problem? Gold
Coasters here have solved it. It's Miss
Murphy" not Maggie now. Chicago cops
expect to go in the front way soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
Japan Did Little.
TELLS HER STORY

Continued from Page OneI
she told him, but I'll get it for you!'
you are a - - liar, Lowrey
is said to have exclaimed. Come and
go upstairs with me-"
i Mrs. Anderson said she assured him
she would get the ring for him and
even offered to give him check for
it, but that he grabbed her by the
neck and tried to push her upstairs.
When she resisted, he struck her
with his fist and knocked her down,
she declared. and then jumped on her
with his knees; struck her several
times in the face and seized her by
the hair and bumped her head against
the floor.
HE then stood up and kicked me
three times" she said. Mrs. Ander-
son said she squirmed from him and
that ne entered another room and
seizing a. chair, started toward her.
He caught her again. she said, but she
making her escape. The police were
notified and Lowrey was picked up
later.
Made Threats. She Said.
70 Mrs. Anderson stated that Lowrey
told her he had been watching the
house for a week and could have
! killed her any time; that he threat
ened to Finish her" and that he
would tell anything he wanted to
about her. When she asked him why
he had been watching the house.. she
said, he replied it was to see if she
had any men coming to visit her. Mrs.
Anderson expressed the belief that
Lowrey was infatuated with her and
| insanely Jealous.
Lowreys story was to the effect
that Mrs. Anderson had asked him to
let her wear his ring and that she
would not return it; that he started to
go upstairs after it but that Mrs. An
derson interfered and a scuffle fol-
lowed, in which she bit his thumb.
| She admitted biting his thumb when
he placed his hand over her mouth to
stifle, her screams.
Lowrey said she had told him she
had $40 acres of land coming to her
and offered him half of it if he would
pay her expenses to go and pick it
out. which he says he did. She ad-
mitted she had land coming to her.
but insisted that Lowrey made the
proposal and that she had not found
| any land to suit her. 1t cost con-
siderable money, she said, to make the
trip, but that it was a business
chance" and that Lowrey had made
no kick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
WATCH YOUR LEAKS
Commissioner Stanfield Explains the
Cause of Big Water Bills.

Commissioner Stanfield Explains the
Cause of Big Water Bills.
According to Commissioner Wilbur
Stanfield occasional calls from persons
claiming lack of water pressure are
continuing. Stanfield stated this morn
ing that he had made a test of
the water pressure in Topeka and
could find nothing wrong with it. The
seventh floor of the Mills building is
the highest point in Topeka to which
water is pumped. With the pressure
gauges in the city building reading sc
pounds, water is easily pumped to the
seventh floor of the large building.
Stanfield says that the trouble usually
lies in the pipe lines in the buildings.
They are either too small or are stop
ped up.
Stanfield stated this morning that
the city water accounts We're altered
on adjustments on an average of about
$4,000 a year, Complaints are entered
by persons receiving bills they feel are
too large. In these cases, says Com
missioner Stanfield. it is Usually found
that there is leakage. Stanfield ex-
planned that the leakage of a stream
OF water even as small as the size of
the lead in a lead pencil would run a
water bill up SIS or Sc.
Stanfield suggests that water con-
sumers should call in a plumber if
they are not satisfied with water pres
sure. He considers the tests he has
made at the Mills building as indi-
cative OF the pressure that should pre-
vail at all other points, provided moth
ing is wrong with the pipe lines. He
also stated that the city did not do
any of the work at houses or buildings
II! IL the way OF repairing leakages, and
that this should be done NOT onI,1 70
save mourning a larger water bill. but
aIso IN cutting down the amount of
wafer necessary to be pumped. one
or two small leakages would make no
particular difference but if it were oc-
curing ar numerous points about the
CITY the total amount of water wasted
would be imagined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
SRRINERS TO CITY
Special c Ceremonial and Parade
Here May 5.
Give Degrees to Largest Glass
in This Jurisdiction.
PATRIOTIC PAGEANT ON AVENUE
Returned Soldiers To Take
Part in Demonstration.
Victory Loan To Be Boosted by
the Jolly MasOns.

The Ancient Arabic Order of No
Piles of the Mystic Shrine, under the
auspices of Abdallah Temple. will hold
torium May 5, and all the officers,
the patrol. the band and a carload
pr two of paraphernalia will be
brought over from Leavenworth. the
home of AbdalIah Temple. to confer
the degrees on the largest class of
hovices ever initiated in one class in
This Jurisdiction.
Arrangements are being perfected to
stage parade that will be unique and
but of the ordinary. The victory lib
srty loan will be given big boost in
this parade, and in the patriotic sec
sion will be marshalled all the re-
burned soldier and sailor Shriners and
sFould-be Shriners, and there will be
y host of them, all in the uniform of
Uncle Sam. Some novel stunts are in
the hands of the committees of To-
peka Abdallah club, and it is their in
with their program of pep" displays.
A Noisy Bunch of MasOns.
Illustrious, Assistant, Chief Rabban
John AZ Steinmeyer, First Ceremonial
Master Samuel L. Courtney, and No
BILE Glenn w. Seeley, imperial council
Representative and chief sand heater,
bre amongs the Topeka members of
AbdalIah on the official staff of Illus
4rious Potentate William ]. Wright,
Dr., and the success of the ceremonial
will not lack for local energy with
4hese mobiles at the helm. All Topeka
IShriners' club members are interested,
and are determined that Topeka shall
+'put it over" so handsomely that all
future ceremonials will be compared
10 it and past ones forgotten for their
hnedioority. ,
You'll hear a good deal about rope
tnnd hot sands and other things May
o." said an enthusiastic Noble after
rhe last meeting, but my guess is
tthat you will hear and see as noisy and
holly a bunch CT Masons as ever got
together in this old burg, and withal,
lhs patriotic a crowd as one could well
Imagine. Shriners are feeling better
Hhan for a long time. They are en-
4husiastic boosters for the victory lib
erty loan, and are wanting to eff
fervesce after a long season of
anxiety due to the war and the pre-
Willing endemic"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
FOR Good OF ALL
Wilhelm May Be Punished on
General Welfare" Basis.
International Court Martial
Proposed for Trial. of Hun.

Paris, April 14.-The plan of the
council of four to have Belgium prose-
cute the former Germa emperor on
the charge of responsibility for the
war is meeting with objections which
are again bringing up the whole sub
ject Cor revision.
Those who have the Il after in hand
divide the question of war RESPONSE
bilities into two distinct classes. The
first class includes military and naval
offenders like General Ludendorff and
Admiral Won Tirpitz. and those accused
of various excuses against the usual
rules of warfare. Second class in
cludes former Emperor William, ex-
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
and others whose offense is chiefly OF
a political nature.
Institute Joint Court.
Concerning the first class, that of
military offenders, it is agreed that
there is no international court mar
tial suitable to undertake such mill
tary trials, but it Is pointed out that
every country has its own system of
court martial for military offenses
committed within its borders. This has
developed the suggestion that these
countries combine their courts martial
and act under a single military proceed
ure, codified from all the separate
military codes. A joint court martial
would thus be constituted capable of
dealing with offenders of the first or
military naval class. Concerning the
political offenders, it is said that a
tribunal is not necessary and would be
ineffective. owing to the. legal immu-
nifty of political offenders
Therefore it is maintained that the
action against Napoleon I. furnishes a
precedent for the determination of the
allied course as general measure OF
policy. In the case of Napoleon there
was no trial but he was confined on
the island of st. Helena. as a general
measure of policy for the tranquility
of Europe. Some such general policy
is designed to reach ex-Emperor Will
liam and other political offenders with
Belgium or another country against
which the political .offenses charged
were chiefly directed acting for the
purpose of securing the extradition of
the Individual as a preliminary to put
ting the general policy into effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
CRISIS OVER LAND

CONTINUED from Page One.l
pally, ratification of their concessions
in the Shantung peninsula and reten-
ton of Kiao Chau which they seized
bitterly opposed to Japan's claims and
it is understood the majority of the
peace delegates are inclined to favor
the Chinese,
Japanese in Threat.
Toxic, April 15.-Declaring Japan
should sscede from the league of ma
tions and that the principles of hui
falsehoods. the Japanese press today
with striking unanimity attacked
Great Britain and demanded a Mon
roe doctrine for the Orient.
The outburst was occasioned by
publication of news from Paris that
the league of nations had rejected the
Japanese amendment providing for the
principle of equality of nations.
All Papers Are Heard.
All the leading papers appeared to-
day with strong editorials regarding
the rejection of the Japanese amend
ment.
The Hochi Shimbun abuses the DEL
egates to the peace conference and
declares the Japanese empire should
take this opportunity to drop from the
league.
The acceptance of the American
the Japanese plea, says the Hochi,
shows that the principles and human
ity underlying the league are mere
falsehoods.
Hechi blames the BritiSh delegates
for not placating Premier Hughes of
Australia. 1.-The real sentiments of
the British are now apparent" it adds.
Nichi Nichi insists that since the
commission recognized the American
doctrine, Japan can properly demand
a Monroe doctrine for the Orient.
Yamato Shimbun fears for the An
glo-Japanese alliance when the vote
of Hughes is so much stronger than
the votes of Saionji and Maxine"
Yamato refers to the question of clos
ing japanese schools in Hawaii. =
What if the authorities ordered the
closing of American schools here?" it
asks.
Japan Did Little.
Yomiuri Shambun admits Japan
contributed little to the winning of the
war and declared it was a mistake to
raise the great question of racial
equality. 1t calls upon the people,
however, to awake and ATTEND to the
solidification of the nations strength
and to determine not to finch in stalk
ing the states fate against great
foe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
SQUIRES Makes CLAIM
Presents Bill for One-Half Excess
Fees Collected.

A bill for 1914 which he claims as
his half of the excess fees collected
by him for that portion of the quarter
between January 1. 1919, and Janu-
airy has been filed with the board of
county commissioners by Ralph
Squires. former register of deeds. Some
time ago Suuires's claim for about
S1.729 was allowed. up until Decem-
Der 81, 1918. He held the office un-
til noon January 10. at which time he
turned it over to Oran Layton.
Squires says the fees collected bv
him during the thirteen days
amounted to $172 and his salary and
clerk hire to s152.52. leaving a bal
ance of $19.4S turned over to the
county treasurer. Souires claims he
is entitled to one-half of the fees I'M
der the laws of 1917. The last Iegis-
lature repealed this law and passed
another making it clear that the one
half of the excess fees collected by the
register of deeds could be used only
for clerk hire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19

Wall St, New York, April 19.-ST0CKS-.
Foreign and domestic news over the holi-
day invited further buying of stocks at the
outset of today's short session, shippings
featuring the spirited movement at gains
of / to 2 points, oils registered similar adj
vances and motors. feathers, tobaccos aud
food speeialtiea averaging / point gains.
Equipments were led by steel foundry and
Harvester, U. S. steel also gaining point.
Rails were the only laggards. the firmness
of Investment shares being offset by mod
crate reactions in secondary issues.
Trading in stocks today was enliVened
by further substantial gains in many
speculative issues, notably shlppings,
equipments, oils, motors and food shares.
Gains of to 4 points accompanied the
active demand for American international,
Atlantic Gulf. Marine preferred. Harvester.
steel foundry. steel springs, piece oil, Stud
ebaker u. S. food products. Wilson IL
Co, hide and leather preferred and inter
national paper. United States steel gained
over a point but coppers were dull and
rails sagged on light offerings. The clos
ing was strong. Sales 100000 shares.
Bonds. including liberty issues, were yari-
able.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
Morning Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Board OF Trade'

Chicago. April 19.-The. Tribune; GRAIN
As traders on both sides of the grain
market have been unable to get very far
in either direction of late. there is feel
ing among some who have been peaflsh
that the markets are not ready for n break
The improved prospects for peace, the
necessity of feeding Russia. and the ad,
vance in cotton, coupled with an lmproveu
feeling in many lines of the mercantile
trade and the unfavorable weather and
late seeding in some sections has great
deal to do with creating more optimism.
Farmers have plenty of money and are not
disposed to sell grain freely at present IL
is claimed by some OF the cash handlers
that they have cold about all the corn they
are likely to sell until after corn planting
They do not look for any heavy movement,
except possibly for a few days at a time
and some predict better eastern demand
One of the largest local cash handlers
reported THAT corn is being sent from IN
dustries in Illinois to those In Iowa; as
farmers in the latter state are not seillng
freely. An Omaha message said that with
in Is DAYS corn will be moving from east
Of the Mississippi river INTO r MeDras IA
attitude of many local traders who nave
been working for a break In corn ana
n condition to respond to the bearish con-
dftion. There has been much bearishness in
n fhe eTs al Buyee Support has developer
on all breaks and caused rallies. Oats are
gaining friends as they are regarded too
b Sw aag as the w pIee bought OF
by cash houses. who were free sellers the
two previous days. Weather conditions ere
a big factor. 1t is said that oats held for
the wheat export company are being or
dered shipped to seaboard. All the wheat.
rye and barley held by the grain corpora
ton has been sold and Is being moved out
to the Atlantic and Gulf ports ms fast as
cars can be supplied. This announcement
was made by an official of the corporation
Thursday All available ears have been
ordered loaded at oh,~- interior grain
dealers in some Sections are finding that
the corn they have on hand waiting for
cars Is gettina ont Of condition. One rea-
son for the limited purchases to arrive of
late has been the inability of dealers to
ship freely. and under present weather
conditions thew do not want to take In
more grain. The corn products company
has stopped buying corn here for its est
ern plant, which is to be run on imported
grain
Herald Examiner: GRAIN-BuIls in
corn are doing very little at the moment.
but hiding their time for a decided move
ment when conditions are more favorable
They may be disappointed in their cam
pafgn. but they control the future mar
kefs at Chicago aud know surrounding
conditions better than any one else. th-re
is a poEsibilitr of their succeeding in the
~rm~sign they have han under way for
months
Chicago live Stock Market
Chieago ArriI MISUNDERSTANDING 900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19

Market steady. Bulk of sales $50. 25@ 20.50 /;
heavy, $20356I20.55; medium. $50 POO 1880;
$1G 756I1S.15.
CATTLE-Receipts 1000. compared with
a week ago. Prime steers, steady to 25c
higher; others mostly J0c to Toe higher;
cows and heifers, 50d75c higher; medium
grades showing most advance; Gamers 25c
to soc up; best fat bulls. mostly 25c higher;
bblougas, steady; In between butchers,
slow; stockers and medium weight feeders,
25c TO 40c higher; others steady, 25cs high
err; calves, 81 to $1.50 lower.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 compared with
week ago; fat lambs. 40c to SOC higher;
yearlings, 25c higher; aged wethers, steady
to lower: ewes, fully steady; narrow trade
in feeders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-19
NO FLIGHT FOR TODAY

Weather Conditions at st. John Bet
ter, but Not Good Enough.
st. John, April A9.-Weather condi-
tons were slightly improved here this
morning, but it was considered inn
probable that either Harry Hawker,
the Australian pilot of the Sopwith
plane. or Capt. Frederick Raynham,
the Briton who is to guide the Mar
tinside machine, would attempt a start
today on their proposed transatlantic
flight