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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-11
WORLD NEWS SUMMARY
Associated Press Review OF Peace
Table Developments, and of Po-
liticaI and Military Situation.
(By the Associated Press.)

Altho agreement is still lacking on i'm
rportant features OF the allies reply to me
ficialIy expressed after the meeting of the
council of four in Paris Tuesday that a
lively short time. 1t is indicated. else
where. however that there may still be
considerable delay before the treaty is
France is standing out against the i'm
mediate admission of Germany into the
league of nations 1t is because of Ger
manys arrogant attitude" that France
is resisting such action at present. 1t Is
said France would not oppose the admis-
sion Of Germany at later date.
of the treaty have been agreed upon In
principle and that the convention will not
indicate any fixed sum which Germany
that the treaty will be changed less than
has been generally expected In any event
ering generally all the German proposals
and will be followed by reports of commits
sions showing reasons why the allies cam
not grant specific requests made by the
enemy delegation. Karl Renner, the Aus
trian chancellor and head of Austria's
peace mission. has sent letter to the
ness OF the terms Of the treaty presented
to him and his colleagues at st. GERMAN.
The letter declares the Austrian people
to be overwhelmed with despair" and
points out the compleXity of the problem
to be solved in fixing the boundaries of
the new Austrian state. This letter Is to
be considered by the council of four to-
day.
Work on the clauses of the Austrian
treaty which were reserved when the terms
were presented at st. German is apparent
ly at a -standstill.@ pending settlement, Of
the Germans. 1t seems probable, too, that
the treaty with Hungary will not be taken
up until after the German and Austrian
pacts have been gotten out of the way.
Bela Kun. the foreign minister of the
soviet government of Hungary, has ,,tele-
graphed NJ Clemenceau. president of the
90
tilities against Czccho- Slovaki, altho he
blames the latter for causing the'recent
severe fighting along the frontier. A dis
patch from Innsbruck states that BeIa
Kun has accepted an allied invitation to
visit Paris and that he may head the Hun
garian delegation which will explain the
situation in Hungary.
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MUST STOP RIOTS.
Winnipeg Faced With Serious
Situation.
Over Twenty Persons Injured
in Street Fighting Tuesday.

Winnipeg. Man, June 11.-PreVen-
ton of further rioting was the prob
lem before Winnipeg officials today
with twent;- or more injured in street
fighting Yesterday. Mayor Charles F.
Gray issued a proclamation requesting
citizens TO go about their business
peacea bly, and to keep off the streets
as much as possible.
Mayor Gray announced he will go
thru with his program for inaugural
ing street car service tomorrow. Fur
Their trouble is anticipated but the
mayor refused to consider martial
law.
Heavy forces of "mounties" and
foot consta bles patrolled the street to-
day to prevent gatherings such as pre-
cipitated the riot yesterday. An au-
toist attempting to drive thru the
crowd was maltreated and when con-
stables dubbed their way to him there
was general fighting. Nearly 10000
persons collected during the trouble.
The most seriously injured was
Sergt Fred Coppins, a Victoria cross
man and special constable. A score of
arrests resulted from the battle.
All telegraphers returned to work
today. They are the only ones to
leave the strikers as a body.
The city was quiet last night but
there was one display of 'lawless-
ness" Nearly 100 colored and white
men started a series of crap games on
the principal street and near the city
hall Piles of silver and script were
tossed into the rings.
The dice devotees were unmolested.
Special constables had been with
drawn to avoid further trouble. Play
ers said they wanted to show they
couldn't be controlled except by the
regular police force.
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OAKLAND NOTES

49, Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones Telephone $3.50.
"a little boy in Oakland complained the
other day that he had no one to play with.
why don't you play with Dicky?" said
his mother. Well said the little person.
Il played with him this morning. now he's
got q black eye and ! don't think he's well
enough to come out yet"
The Plus Ultra class Of the Oakland
Prcsby church. gave surprise party
Tuesday evening for their teacher. Mr.. K.
l.. Taylor. The party which was given in
honor Of Mr.. Taylor's birthday anniversary
was held at his home, Chester avenue.
The guests Of the evening were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs G. II. Hummell,
AIRS. II. A. Magrath Mrs. r. W. Sterling,
Mrs. Adam KnHuber. Mrs. j. n. Graft, Mrs.
Armine Willsey, Mrs. Frank Collins, Mrs.
Mabel Terril, Mrs. Earl Carrier. Mrs. W.
y. Guy. Mrs Alfred Crouch. Mrs. X. L.
Smith. Mrs. George Carothers. Mrs. Mary
MARKER. Mrs. i. ISaacsOn. Miss Dora Lee,
Miss Sadie Richardson, Miss Florence Lep-
per. Miss Lottie Lyons and Mrs. Grace
Campbell.
90 Mr.. and Mrs. e. II. Hummel. OF Lousi-
nna are visiting Mr.. Hummell's sister. Mrs.
II. T. Taylor. Chester avenue. They are
also visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Hummell.
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WORK ON PEOPLE
That's What League Opponents
Doing, Walsh Charges.
Montana Senator Denies Cove
nant Subverts Constitution.

Washington, June 11.-Asserting
that opponents of the league of ma
tons have trumped up many unsup-
portable objections to play upon
popular sensitiveness, Senator Walsh,
Democrat of Montana, defended the
league covenant in the. senate today
against charges that it subverts the
American constitution.
Answering Senators Lodge, Repub-
lican of Massa chusetts, Knox, Repub-
lican of Pennsylvania, and others who
urged constitutional objections, the
Montana senator declared their argu-
ments were founded on theories long
since disproved. He quoted many
precedents to support his position that
the coveLant neither sets aside any
constitutional prerogative nor assumes
any new power in treaty making.
Charges that the league would be
a super-state he declared to be mere
defamation since the organism in
most of the provisions complained of
could only advise or recommend"
tinued, certainly would bind the Uni
ted States to make war in certain in
stances, but added that the same obli-
cation had been assumed by various
treaties made by this government, in
the past.
Pride in constitution.
THE people, said Mr.. Walsh
have an intense pride in and a just
reverence for their national constitu-
ton. If a we'll founded apprehension
that any policy runs counter to the
commands of the organic law can be
excited. it serves often as well as com
plete demonstration to accomplish. its
rejection. 1t results that scarcely a
Measure of great national importance
comes before either branch of con-
gress that is not assailed as being un-
constitutional. II.
I'm an address delivered in the SEN
ate on December Is. last by the senior
senator from Pennsylvania, Senator
Knox, a question which raised by the
following inquiry and comment.
How could the president by nego.
tiatig a treaty and the senate by con.
senting to its ratification, bind thii
country to declare war;? A declara
| ton of war is under the constitution
a prerogative of congress.
THE covenant does undoubtedly
should the treaty be signed, .obligatt
this country to make war. But w,
| have not hesitated heretofore to as
sumo g like obligation.
What is the Monroe doctrine bu
a voluntary obligation assumed by tn,
United States to respect and preserve
| as against external aggression (exter
| nal in this case signifying trans
oceanic) the republics of South ant
| Central America? ?"
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SANTA FE NOTES
Notes and personals from Santa Fe
by Frances Jones' Telephone $3.50


There's a young man in the machine
shops who was recently "out of his time
and is now full fledged machinist The
day he graduated from the apprentice class
to the machinist stage he asked his boss"
for day off. giving as the rea son that he
wished to be married. Now the funny
for him, there's been no chirivari. they
didn't go out of town and the girl to whom
he was supposed to have been married has
no ring. It seems that getting off to be
married. is new excuse and Is replacing
the old worn out ones of getting off be-
cause some one in the family has died or
because your best beau Is leaving for the
army.
The election which was closed last week
has resulted in the following men being
! elected to the safety committee from the
various departments: Locomotive depart
ment Charles Nagle. Holm Daeneke. Hames
Mcdonald. Beno Shaeffer. Charles Oberer
William Il. Quigley. Erie Monroe. Charles
SheetE coach depa -tment. Alex. Hennessey
Dan Taylor. John Eakis. George Lopez and
James Gillard: car department. Ray Dun
ham. E. W. Barker. Charles walrafen, 10
Eaton and Carl Soderstrom.
William Ravens. foreman of the timers
in the coach department. has returned from
st. Louis. Mo-. where he attended meet
ing of the Railway Sheet and Metal Work
ers.
Mrs f. s. Buell. and daughter. Miss Lena
Buell.. of Lawton. Okla. are visiting Mr..
Charles Sheetz-
Miss Adele Sibley has returned to her
work in the car accountants office after
a two weeks vacation. Miss Clara Lake
| of the same department.. has also returned
from a two weeks vacation.
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WEATHER IN KANSAS
Farm Work Greatly Interfered
With by Heavy Rains.

Frequent rains fell in nearly all
parts of Kansas this week and were
very heavy in many of the north-cen-
trail counties which left the ground
thoroly soaked, even in the western
portion, interfered seriously with the
cultivation of corn and curing alfalfa
and retarded the development of
wheat. Temperatures were consider
ably below normal until the latter part
of the week, when few days of warm.
sunshiny weather did wonders for the
improvement of crops.
Wheat, which was badly down in
many places came up in a surprising
manner under the influence of warmth
and sunshine the last few days and by
Sunday afternoon there was only a
small per cent lodged, even in the
north-central portion, where this trou
BILE had been worst 1t is all standing
up in the western part of the state
and the amount down in the southern
half is negligible. Heavy rains Sunday
night caused further lodging in the
north central counties. but sunshiny
weather will relieve this. Rust is re-
ported on wheat and also oats from
practically all parts of the state and
smut to some extent in the eastern
half. So far the damage from rust is
largely confined to the leaves and no
great damage to the prospective yield
is reported
w neat harvest mas ALREADY begun
in a. small way in some of the extreme
southern counties east of the central
part of the state and in another week.
with favorable weather, will be gen.
eral in the southeast quarter. The
porth-central and western counties do
not expect harvest before the last
week of this month. The crop is
blooming in the northern and central
counties and half in head in the north
western.
Barley is looking fine in all parts
and it and oats are heading in the
northern and western counties. Oats
harvest will begin inside of two weeks
/ in the southeastern counties.
Corn is generally behind the season
and badly in need of a period of
warmth ard sunshine. Cultivation
has been delayed so much by wet fields
in the eastern half that weeds are get
| ting a start in many places and in
/ some localities the plant is turning
| yellow. Cut worms are bad. especial
| ly in the northwestern counties, where
! a large per cent of the corn has had
| to be replanted, some two or three
| times.
| A great deal of the first crop of al
falfa has been damaged by rains. In
| the western part cutting 1t has just
! begun. Army worms are playing hav-
oc with alfalfa in a great many places
in the central and eastern counties.
| Grain sorghums are mostly planted
| in the eastern part and are being put
in in the western, but their growth Is
slow. Broomcorn planting is about
done in the southwest.
| Potatoes. gardens, truck and pas
lures are fine generally.
San Francisco-John Heever following
! Mrs Ben Collier into her home neglected
to notice Mr.. Collier there. Collier heaved
Heever from the house. Heever heaved a
brick and cop heaved him into Jail.
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TO RAISE IRISH ISSUE
Colonel House VIII Go Before British
Government, 1t Is Said.

Dublin. June IA Paris dispatch
to the Freeman's Journal claims au-
thority for the statement that the
Irish question will probably be raised
in the peace conference.
Col. E. NJ. House, one of the Amer
lean delegates to the reace conference,
1t is stated. will visit England during
the next fortnight and will then, it
Is declared. urge upon the British gov
eminent the necessity of settling the
Irish question. 1t is said he also in
tends to visit Ireland to investigate
conditions and ascertain the sentiment
of the people here
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The Government Compensation
! Guarantee Earned in 1918.
One of Few Roads That Did Not
Have a Deficit.
SIS, 348, SAT NET PROFITS
Gross Earnings for the Year
Were S1s7,65s,222.
Suit May Be Filed To Get More
/ Compensation.

= The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
galway was one of the few American
railroads that earned, in 1918, the
compensation guaranteed by the gov
eminent. Nearly every road in the
country faced a large deficit at the
end Of the fiscal year.
= The annual report of the Santa re
has reached Topeka and brings forth
some interesting figures. me creolt
margin amounts to nearly $3,OOO,eOO.
Gross earnings were s1s7,65S.222, as
compared to 65,529.519 in the pre-
vfous year Railway operating IN
come. the figure which. in theory and
on an average. the government re-
turn to the roads. amounted 10 S44'-
O24.e2s. as compared to s4S,S46.Ioo
in 1917. and to government guarah-
teed income of S42.SS5.3lO.
After paving corporate expenses
and taxes. which are not chargeaole to
the government. the road had remain
ing for dividends S2S.34S.54l.
May Start Litigation.
President Z. p. Ripley indicated in
his report that the government con-
tract had been signed because the
company did not wish to oppose the
government in war time. ana that III
i1ation may be expected to press the
claims of the company for more com
Actual operating results compare as
1918. 1917.
ooperatinS eVn I35T93 O59 lobbyists
Net on. Rcv......$ 81. Sc, 1G3 $ GO.3os,641
1918. 1917.
T9 Tsxes ie.s ... war 7.s12,Ge9 11.0a2,3e1
CncoIlect5ii oI.e,ra San a7.6o5 27.5SO
nv. on. Income. 5 44.024,92s $ 4s,3i6,lO
Corporate income received from the
government was disposed Of as follows
comparfson being made with approprla-
tions out Of operating income In 19lI;
Compensation I'M
,.artroct "Accrued .s42.SS 80 S4S.34G.TOO
Othcr Income ~. 4.31O.9J1 3.S93,52q
--
come '.,...'....... .s47. 10G.2G2 So, 24O, 229
Taxes .......... 3.O9J,39S ..........
Rentals aud other
charges teNclusive
Of equipment and
Joint facility rentsl. I.006,2:9 2'2Ol,tOO
Interest on bonds, in
cluding accrued IN
-tereSt on ADJUST $1,000
meut bonds ....... 1l,OOl5l llS0-'5t'
Mt corporate in
come. (represetiug
nmount available
surplus '..a........ SIS 34s. 49, SIS, Is, 54T
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IN PLOT WITH GERMANY?
Say Allied SOCialist-Labor leaders
Favor Giving Foe Her Colonies.

Geneva, June 1O.--Under a caption,
AN Int, national Plot" the Gazette
of Lausanne states that James Ram
say Macdonald, chairman of the Brit
ish Labor party and Jean Longuet,
French Socialist deputy. on returning
from Italy recently had several long
interviews with DR.. w. S. Solf former
colonial secretary of Germany at Fri
bOurg, Switzerland. The article states
that Doctor Solf made a plea that
German colonies should be returned
to Germany and declares that it fell
on willing ears.
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CLOTHIERs ARE MEETING
Kansas Dealers Confer With Those
From Five Other States

Kansas City, June 11.-Clothing
dealers from six states are here today
for the opening of two-day meeting
of the Midwest Clothers' reconstruct
ton conference. Altho the six states
Missouri. Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Ok
lahoma, and Colora do-have had their
state organization. this is the first of
the interstate meetings. Clothing
styles and prices, and the war taxes
on clothing are to be among the SUBJ
jects to be discussed at the confer
ence.
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San Francisco-John Heeyer following
Mrs. Ben Collier into her home neglected
to notice Mr.. Collier there. Collier heaved
Heever from the house. Heever heaved q
brick and a cop heaved him into Jail.
= 5000 new customers by July 1. ADV
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URGE DEBs-MooNEY RELEASE.
Brotherhood of Firemen and Engi-
necrs, at Denver, Take Action.

Denver June 1.-THE convention
of the brotherhood of locomotive fire
men and enginemen yesterday adopt
ed resolutions urging that Eugene v.
Debs and Thomas ]. Mooney, now in
prison, be freed, 1t was announced to-
day. The conventions sessions are
executive
- 1000 new customers by Iulr 1-"-Adr
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5000 new customers by July 1.-'-Adv.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
Callent Charge of 1O5th Saued
American Line, Says Capt. Frost

would have fanked the American post
tion.
Then came our turn. The battalions
of the 105th, Immediately realizing the
situation, went into action. They took
over the line to the north and east OF
the knoll, and our third battalion and
what was left of the first battalion held
this position throughout the day, re-
pelling repeated German counter-at-
tacks.
at was in the fighting that Captain
Stanley Bulkley fought for eight hours
with bad wound in his head, and that
Captain Walter W. Slayton distin-
guished himself. Both got the British
military cross for their gallantry that
day.
American Line Saved
"The position was consolidated and
held the next day and night, after which
the 105th men were relieved. There
is little doubt in my mind that our
battalions saved the American line from
tremendous casualties and probably
from being entirely turned.
"Our men fought with a wonderful
spirit. The gallantry of the average
American doughboy made the biggest
impression Of the war on me- They
did the impossible every day. It's hard
to imagine men advancing on snug
much as fanking them. That's what
those boys did right through. 1t was
wonderful"
About 1000 members of the 52d
Artillery Brigade went to New York
to-day on liberty passes. About 1000
visitors came to camp.
The men are still telling about their
adventures overseas. According to
Private Edward Wilson, Of Company
II, 106th Infantry, the ferries never
got quite acclimated to- the light one
pound cannon the American doughboys
used against the Boche. Says Wilson:
II captured Fritzie one day and
the first thing he asked was to let
him see the machine guns that fire the
big bullets The Heinie wouldn't be-
lieve me when told him they wero
really cannon"
Private Daniel Merritt, Of the 105th
Machine Gun Battalion, was runner
and his work in keeping communica-
ticns open between the rear and the
front limos was 30 heroic that he got
two citations, ono In Belgium and one
ON the Hindenburg front. But he
won't talk about them.
"They didn't amount to anything"
he declared.
"Honcstl Ths fellow who really
deserved one was George Carr, buddy
OF mine, who was killed. We got. too
near a Boche shell and big chunk
went through, his back. He fell right
on top OF me. got 1t In the leg.
George died later IN hospital.
"Or Corporal Baker, sitting over
there. He deserved one. Hcs carried,
Carr back tosour linSb through the
99nmnedest barragp sdw all tho while
was over thereh
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16
Cerise Arm Bands to Mark
Heroic Runners in Parade
Mid ha'n OF Missiles During Assault on linden
burg Line They Carried Orders; Men of 9th
Explain Why Few Married French Girls

CAMP MERRITT, N. j., March a.
The orders directing the operations on
the assault Of the Hindenburg line on
September 90 were conveyed in the
height of action from battalion and
brigade headquarters to company COM
manders by members of the Runners
Platoons of the 9th Division. When
other means Of communication had
been closed these heroic runners sped
back and forth on their important
missions.
The thousands who will pay homage
to the members of the 9th Division
on March 25 will have no difficulty In
singing out the runners. They carry
no rifles, and on the right arm of each
is cerise band, concerning which an
Australian officer said, after the Hin
denburg action: eff had one of those
I'd take 1t home and frame it,"
Each regiment has its platoon of
runners attached to the headquarters
company, according to Sergeant Ar
chic c. Challis, of the runners Of the
S'A~
108th Infantry.
THE runners travelled in pairs, each
man with a copy of the same code
message" he said to-ds.y. "They went
by different routesHthrough that stag
gering barrage onVehe principle that
one Of the two might. pc broken up.
MILITARY police ercept all who
pass from headquarters to the lines
except the runners. The brassard
guarantees the unchallenged right of
way to its wearer. For forty-eight
hours the runners swept back and
forth in the Hindenburg line fight,
suffering losses, but seldom failing to
bring through the information. There
was no time to sleep or eat for them.
The excitement and their remarkable
stamina-they are selected for that
held them on their feet"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-16

CAMP MILLS, New York, March Is
During the fight at the famous knoll
on the Hindenburg line September 60
1918, the 105th Infantry of O'Ryan's
division probably prevented the left
flank Of the American forces from
being turned by the Germans and the
loss of gains already made on that sec
tion of the line, Captain John W. Frost
operations officer of the 105th, said to.
day.
The doughboys fought like tigers
Captain Frost said. The regiment had
been decimated by former casualties
and every officer in the outfit, except
Captain Frost and Captain Lewis H
Gibbes, the adjutant, both Of whom
Colonel James M. Andrews had to hold
to help him in conducting the opera
tions, led battaliofs and companies in
the actual fighting.
They included the regiment gas Off
Ger, the intelligence officer the officer
commanding the headquarters COM
pany and others who normally would
have been kept at battalion and regi-
mental headquarters. Here is Captain
Frost's story:
Andrews Outlines Tactics
"At p. m. on the afternoon of Sep
tember 20 Colonel Andrews conferred
with his battalion and special unit COM
manders in huge dugout and detailed
every one OF US, excepting Captain
Gibbes and me, to command platoons
and companies. The colonel told ma
the work cut out for the regiment.
Briefly, the programme was this:
"The 10Th and 10sth were In adv.r..
under barrage the next morning and
take certain detectives. after which cx.
Dloitation troops consisting Of Aus
tTalians and our men were to take over
the lines and exploit the break in tho
Hindenburg defence.
"Ths line went forward under a bar
rags which started at $40 o'clock the
next morning. u was tho heaviest
barrsge tho British artillery eyer had
laid down. Tho Bocho barragc was ter
rife, too.
"Whsn tho limo approached tho knoll
II encountered heavy smoke screen
and Immediately It's left was dscimated
by terrific anfilading fire from the
Bochs on this heights OF Vendhuila, The
Germans undoubtedly had counted on
this fire To break up any attempt at
further advance, Tho advancing limo
At this point was 10 badly torn that tho
Germans by counter-Attacking probably