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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11

America DISTINGUISHED.
We were welcomed as disinterested
friends. We were resorted to as arbi-
ters In many a difficult matter. 1t was
recognized that our material aid would
be indispensable in the days to come,
when industry and credit would have
to be brought back to their normal
operation again and communities beat
en- to the ground assisted to their feet
once more, and 1t was taken for grant,
ed, l am proud to say, that we would
play the helpful friend in these things
as well In all others without prejudice
or favors. We were generously &C
cepted as the unaffected champions OF
what was right. 1t was a very respon
sible role to play. but l I'm happy to
report that the fine group of Ameri
c&ns who helped with their expert ad
vice In each part of the varied settle
ments sought in every transaction tC
justify the high confidence reposed n
them.
And that confidence. 1t seems to me
is the measure Of our opportunity and
Of our duty In the days to come, II
which the new hope OF the peoples ol
the world Is to be fulfilled or disap
pointed. The fact that America is the
friend OF the nations, whether they bs
rivals or associates, Is no new fact
It Is only the discovery Of 1t by thu
rest OF the world that IL new.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-11

a e OF common counsel which all
were obliged to accept. A common
authority whose decisions would be
recognized as decisions which all must
respect.
And so the most practical, the most
skeptical among them turned more and
more to the league as the authority
through which international action
was to be secured. the authority with
out which. as they had come to see
it, 1t would be difficult to give an as
sured effect either to this treaty or to
any other international understanding
upon which they we're to depend for
the maintenance of peace.
The fact that the covenant OF the
league was the first substantive part
OF the treaty to be worked out and
agreed upon. while all else was In So
luton, helped to make the formulation
OF the rest easier. The conference was,
after all. not to be ephemeral. The
concert OF nations was to continue.
under d definite covenant which had
been agreed upon and which all were
convinced wal workable. They could
70 forward with confidence to make
arrangements intended to be perma-
nent.
The most practical Of the confereea
we're at last the most ready to refer to
the League OF Nations the superintend'
euce OF al interests which did not
",
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
SET A WATER RECORD
Topckans U.cd s14.642 Worth During
Month OF July.

Il Total receipts amounting to s14,642.
MAXI July the biggest month in the
history Of the city water department.
according to Frank Stevens. treasurer.
with this record OF financial
achievement Commissioner Stanffeld
SAYS also that one million less gallons
per day were pumped during the
month than has previously been the
case.
IN the opinion Of the treasurer the
recent increase in rates is largely due
10 the Increase in receipts. altho this
IS not entirely the case. The water
department is now charging on the
old scale that was in force six years
ago. In the last six years the number
OF consumers has increased by 1900
customers
q IN July 1912, receipts for water
sold amounted TO $3.50. For Julv-
l9l9' they amounted to S13.6O4. The
difference between this and the total
receipts. Sl4,642, is made by water
sold sale Of meters, and other miscel-
laneOus recefuts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
JUMP IN BUSINESS
Postal Handles More Messages
Under Reduced Rates.
Local Manager Says This Was
To Be Expected.

The reduction OF 20 per cent in rates
effective at midnight last night fol-
lowing the release of the wires from
government control resulted in a
noticeable increase in the number of
MESA ges sent thru the Postal Tele-
graph and Cable company here today,
according to Robert Badsky, manager.
1T is only natural that this should
be So" Badsky said. We have cut
out day letters. l think the company
will maintain the lower rate: other
wise they would not have reduced it
now, as the law allows them to main
tain it for about four months yet.
Personally, 1 think the rates on night
letters will be reduced as soon as we
can get things Strengthened out"
President Mackay today sent the
following telegram to Badsky to be
given to the press:
I'm accordance with its promise to
the public. the Postal Telegraph Cable
company at midnight reduced its tele-
graph rates thruout the country 20 per
cent by cutting off the 20 per cent in
crease which Postmaster General
Burleson- put into effect April l (in-
Guiding leased wire rates) and restor-
ing rates to what they were before
Burleson seized the wires In doing
this we wish to state that IL taxes and
expense continue to increase 1t will be
necessary for the company to ask the
INDULGENCE of the public in again adj
vancing telegraph rates for a whole
or a part of this 20 per cent in order
to continue to give fast service. The
present rate on interstate night letter
grams will not be disturbed for the
present We expect to reduce these
rates a little later. The return of the
wires to their owners marks the end
of an epoch of this company's fight
against powerful efforts of the post
master general and our opponents the
Bell Telephone and Western Union
company 1t was fight waged
against heavy odds but we had the
whole hearted support of the public
and the press and for this am deeply
ora tefll -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
STRIKE Near END
Chicago May Again Be Riding
at Midnight Tonight.
Union Head Says Compromise
VIII Be Accepted by Men.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-Surface cars and
elevated trains will probably be run
ming by midnight tonight, thus ending
the strike that has completely para
lyzed Chicago's transportation system
for four days.
Mahon predicted at noon today that
Chicago strikers will vote 5 to l to
return. to work.
Voting was heavy at the thirty five
polling stations. Keen interest was
manifested by the workers who began
a surprise strike here Tuesday morn
ing at the peak of a race war
This was the prediction today by
w. d. Mahon. international president
Of the carmens union, who declared
a majority of the 5000 striking en-
plOyes will vote today to return to
work on a wage scale of 10 to 6 Z cents
an hour. They are now paid IS cents.
Voting on the referendum submit
ted by Mahon began at a. m. today.
Balloting will cease at p. M. Straw
votes taken last night by officials of
the union showed the men in favor
Of the compromise, which was sug-
gested by Governor Lowden, by a two
to one vote =
The strikers demanded a II per
cent wage increase. which would have
been 81 cents an hour. They also
asked an eight hour day and a six
hour Sunday.
Mahon, in a statement addressed to
the employees, urged them to accept
the compromise. which. he said. Of
fered the highest pay received by cleo
trio railway employees anywhere in
America. The life of the carmen's
union was in danger if the men re-
fused the proposals. he said.
Mahon believed the outcome may be
known by p. m. today. In that case,
he said, cars may be running on regu-
lar schedules by midnight
The city today had lost most of
the good humor it had felt during the
first two days of the strike. The pub
lie was visibly tired of going to work
and home again in any sort of way
it could. steam suburban trains and
lorries carried most of the Messengers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
USE BLANKET PERMIT
New Grain Shipment Plan Put into
Effect Today.

The blanket permit system designed
to control congestion in grain ship
ments went into effect today The
system consists of an allotment to
railroad of a definite number of cars
of grain to be accepted at a certain
market within a specified period of
time. Individual permits will be is
sued direct to shippers authorizing the
loading of a given number of cars
within a specified time.
This system inaugurated by the
United States Grain corporation, it is
believed, will eliminate the conges-
ton that prevailed last year. Under
the blanket system, $40 cars of grain
a day are permitted to be accepted at
Kansas City. Topeka is not included
in the list of cities coming under the
restriction. The permits are issued
by the zone control committee
Between so and 100 cars of grain
a day are, being handled in Topeka
thru the Topeka board of trade, Fred
Derby, secretary, said today This
amount is about normal, he said
Derby stated that there is a serious
shortage OF cars to move the grain and
that on this account several elevators
in the state had shut down temporar-
i1N-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
new GIRL PUZZLE
When Is a Divorced Minor Her
Own Boss?
Should She Have Guardian
When She Leaves Husband.
QUESTION PUZZLES A LAWYER
He Filed Suit for Client Thru
Next Best Friend.
Married Woman Can Handle
Affairs at Any Age.
QUESTION PUZZLES A LAWYER
When is a woman her own boss?

When is a woman her own boss?
The new law doesn't give the daugh-
tiers of Eve permission to transact
business and enter into contracts until
she is 81 years of age. At the same
time the law gives a woman under
that age permission to enter into con-
tracts and take charge of any estate
that might be left to her providing she
marries
But should she be divorced before
she is 81 years of age, is she a minor
again?
That is a question puzzling Shawnee
county attorneys. ~
Is a guardian necessary for a di-
vorced wife under 81 years?
J. S. Ensminger. a Topeka attorney,
recently filed a petition for a divorce
for a girl under 81 years of age. He
filed it thru her next friend. Now
he's wondering if he made a mistake
and should have filed it in her name
AMI then after the divorce is granted
whether it will be necessary to APP
point Il guardian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
NO BANK STRIKE
Man Who Got Employees To
Sign Petition Resigns.
Twenty Per Cent Increase De.
manded Denied by Cobb.

Rumors that strike of the en-
ployes of the Bank of Topeka was i'm
pending was denied today by S. E.
Cobb. vice president. He admitted
that a petition signed by several of
the clerks had been presented asking
higher wages, but said that no walkout
was contemplated
1t was rumored that one of the
bank employees enjoying a high posi-
ton had circulated petition among
the employees demanding a 20 per cent
increase in salary, and that they all
signed it. The increase was denied, it
was said. and it was later discovered
that the circulator of the petition had
rendered his resignation, to take eff
feet November 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
TO HIT OTHERS
Knapp After All Blood and
Marriage Jobs.
Voucher for Nephew of District
Judge Held Up.
REASONS ARE GIVEN TODAY
Law Is Plain in Its Language,
Auditor Says.
Section of Statutes Covering
Case Is Cited.
REASONS ARE GIVEN TODAY

The new blood and marriage clause
in the Kansas law will hit a number
OF district court reporters and en-
ployers. Fred w. Knapp, state audi
tor, today held up the voucher OF
Paul b. Bailey a nephew Of Judge W.
]. Stuart. of Hiawatha.
Z In spite Of the fact that Bailey was
: appointed in 19O4-15 years before the
Jaw was enacted. he is held by Knapp
to be disqualified for the office under
the blood and marriage clause. The
attorney generals office. however. has
rendered an opinion that the effect of
the ace does not apply to persons who
were in service when the law was
passed or who are under civil service
regulation. Knapp has urged the
intent Of the legislature.
Knapp Gives Reasons.
Auditor Knapp today give his rea-
Sons for holding up the Bailey vouch-
Ger. In writing to Judge Stuart, the
auditor said in part:
The legislature ~ 1919. Section . Chap
fer /. seemed tu take the view that they
desired 10 make this section applicable 10
all state employees alike and inserted in
The section the words or employed in"
This section now prohibits any person
from being appointed to, or employed in
by blood or marriage to the head Of the
department under whom he Is employed.
The attorney general has rendered an
opinion 10 the effect that this section even
now does not apply to employees who were
in the service at the time the law WIS
passed and who were under classified civil
Ecrvire law. NV Information has always
sbccn that one Of the first things in inter
preting statute Is to arrive nj the intent
Of the legislature in its enactment. In
face Of the history Of this legislation and
the Information which the legislature had
before IL as to how the 1917 law had been
Interpreted. / am forced to disagree with
The Interpretation Of the attorney GENERAL
rs 10 the 1919 law not being applicable to
those employed under classified civil serv-
lee or course in the case Of your reporter
he Is not under classified civil service and
even under the present opinion of the at
torney general. this limitation would apply
10 him. l believe If the legislature had In
tended to exclude any class of emnlOyes
from the provisions Of this act they would
invc SO stated In the section and in view
~ the fact that the amendment which they
made tended to broaden and enlarge the
Fenpe Of employees coming within the pro-
visions Of the section rather than to limit
pr diminish the same, I am holding that
The section applies to all state employees
nlkc. l regret therefore that | am unable
To- approve the salary voucher for your re-
With.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
YOUNG LAD is HELD
Police Say They Believe He stoIc an
AutOmObiuIc

The police believe they have cap
fured youthful automobile thief in
fhe arrest this afternoon by Robert
Miller undersheriff, of Francis Mel
ltnger, IS years old, 129 North Locust
street. So far the boy has denied the
charges placed against him.
II is alleged that Francis stole a car
ut Valley Falls Sunday night. He had
been working on farm IN that vicin-
lily. 1t is known that he ran out of
oil and called at the home of a farmer,
70 whom he gave his name as VIII
Feherly, of Eastman, Kan. The farmer
knew the Feberly family and cues
'uoned the boy closely about members
but was satisfied with the answers.
When about a mile and a half out
OF Rock Creek, It was said. Francis
.ran out Of gasoline and traded an
sinner tube for two gallons of gas at
garage. NJ. T.. Rimbom, sheriff of
JEFFERSON county made inquiries and
discovered that Feberly had not been
out In his car Sunday night The
stolen car was found in the garage
Of "A neighbor of the Mcllinger family
and Francis was arrested today in the
City park.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
HAD REAL FIGHT
Hair Pulling, Screaming and
Scratching INDUCED In.
Passing Train Kept Cops From
Stopping 1t.

regular hair pulling. screaming,
clothes tearing free-for-all fight was
witnessed by 200 interested spectators
in North Topeka this morning in front
of a house at 9O1 North Madison
street. A Union Pacific freight train
which took its time in pulling away
from Kansas avenue prolonged the
fight because of the inability of the
police car to climb over the cars.
Esssie Harvey. "a; her sister. Nellie
Fowler, II; Helen Phillips, 20. and
Bert Hickey, a taxi driver, were the
belligerents. Sergt. Hiram SlJrm, who
arrested all four, stated that Essie
Harvey and Helen Phillips appeared
at the home of Nellie Fowler drunk
and demanded entrance to the house.
Hickey accompanied them. The
younger sister wouldn't let them in and
the row started. When Sturm and
other officers arrived all three girls
had most of their clothes in shreds on
the ground.
The place has been reported time
and again." said Sturm. We've raid
ed it two or three times in answer to
indignant neighbors."
The Harvey girl recently was given
a medical examination and found to
be diseased. She was paroled to an
uncle at Lawrence. The Phillips girl
also was found diseased, Sturm says.
and was sent to Lansing for treatment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
SEE CHILDREN SUNDAY
Henry Hohbcrg VIII Be Allowed To
Spend Two Hours With Them.

Henry Hohberg will be permitted to
spSnd two hours each Sunday after
noon with his children. pending the
trial of a divorce suit instituted by his
wife, Hazel Hohberg. That was the
decision made today by Judge Robert
d. Carver.
A petition for a divorce was filed by
Mrs. Hohberg two days ago in which
she charged cruelty. Hohberg has
considerable property and money. He
lives on Gordon street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
BY FRIEND?
Albert Long Acc. ,cs Walter Wells
With Intimacy With Wife.

Albert Long. 1920 North Quincy
street, who claims he has been double-
crossed by his best friend who worked
with him in a North Topeka mill. to-
day swore to warrant of white slav-
cry against Walter Wells the best
friend. Wells police officers say. has
Z fled.
Tinkham Veale. acting county at
torney, stated that he had a confess
sion from Mrs. Olive Long. the wife.
in which she acknowledged intimacy
with Wells, a returned soldier, while
her husband was working and before
Wells began his shift at the mills.
ID Discovery that his wife was diseased
FIRST aroused the suspicion of Long,
Veale stated today. After several
stormy interviews Mrs. Long admitted
70 the affairs with Wells, the county
attorney stated today. The Longs
have two children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01

Red Cross Ball Blue should be used
in every home. 1t makes clothes
white as snow and never Injuries the
fabric. All good grocers, 0c.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
STEVIC QUITS Mp. LEAGUE
He Served Sixteen Months as Man.
agcr in Kansas.

Following sixteen months in the
service of the national Nonpartisan
League as manager for Kansas, J. o.
Stevic has rendered his resignation to
national headquarters. He will enter
the printing business.
Stevic. as head of the Nonpartisan
League. has aided in organization work
in a number of counties. He was in
charge of the work in Kansas since
early in 1918.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
BLAST KILLS FIVE!

Thousand Pounds of Dynamite Ex-
pEodc in New Jersey Plant.
Landing, n. d., Aug. Five per-
sons were killed by the explosion of
900 pounds of dynamite in a pack
ing" house of the Atlas Powder Co
near here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
MUSKOGEE ON FOOT AGAIN
Street Cars at SfandsdH-CIaim Com
pany Didn't Fulfill Contract.

Muskogee, Okla. Aug. street
car service which was resumed July
II, following a strike lasting seven
weeks was again discontinued this
morning when the carmen declared a
new strike. Failure of the company
vided in a contract formulated recent
ly by an arbitration board is given as
the reason. The company officials
declare the contract has been fulfilled.
No effort is being made to run the
cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
WANTS A DADDY DOG

Child Calls Up Public Health Depart
mcnt To Get One.
The telephone rang in the public
health department at the city hall.
Say, 1 want a dog" the high pitch
ed voice of a child came over the wire.
''All right son. What kind OF a
dog do you want"
well want a father dog" said the
child.
ANY particular kind ?"
wait a minute. Yes that's it.
want a father dog. One with spots
on him"
No father dogs with spots on them
were ready for immediate delivery so
the lad is still unsupplied. Has any
one an extra father dog with spots on
il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
Tirc Destroys Block; Loss $3.50 600.

Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 1.-The Pad
dock hotel block was totally destroyed
by fire early this morning. The loss
was estimated at $25O.OO0. The guests
escaped from the burning building
without injury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-01
The Good samaritan's Reward.

Chicago, Aug Auto owners have
been picking up pedestrians during the
car strike. Samuel Goodman picked
up three men and when he reached
their destination they relieved him of
$50 and three rings.
Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19
.FIRELESS COOKER AS
ICE BOX IN SUMMER
Construction on Same Principle
as Refrigerator.
When Used to Keep Food Cool It
Must Be Chilled to Desired Tenn
perature Convenient to
Make Many Cold Drinks.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
The fireless cooker can be used to
keep food cold as well as hot, because
heat cannot pass in to warm the con-
tents any more than 1t can pass out
and cool them. In this respect it
works very much like a refrigerator.
In fact, both the cooking box and the
ice box are constructed on the same
principle-supplying constant-tem-
perature chamber with non-conducting
walls. Well-constructed ice boxes are
made with some insulating material or
dead air space between the inner and
outer walls. and the covers and doors
close in such way as to prevent heat
passing in or out. OF course, the more
often the doors are opened, the more
heat passes in and the more quickly
the Ice melts and the temperature
rises. Fortunately this is less serious
than the loss of heat when a fireless
cooker is opened.
When the cooker is used to keep
food cool 1t must be chilled to the de-
sired temperature before it is put in.
The more nearly heat-proof the walls
the longer the material keeps its orig
lnal temperature. Ice cream put in a
well-made fireless cooker ought to re-
main firm as long as II 1t were packed
n salt and ice in an ordinary freezer.
Many cooks prefer to pack such half
frozen desserts rs mousse or parfait in
Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19

a fireless cooker rather than in freez-
er because there is less danger of them
becoming too cold and hard. 1t is
often convenient to make cold drinks.
like lemonade or fruit punch. some
hours before they are used. BY chill
ing them and placing In the cooker
they can he kept cool without ice.
Sometimes little ice is put into the
box with the food to make it cooler.
Just as hot soapstones or bricks are
put in to make it hotter. Because
there is less space to keep cool. much
less ice needed than in the chamber
of an icebOx. The ice in the cooker
melts slowly and so keeps the tempera-
ture down much longer than II it were
used in an open pitcher.
Simple directions for making fire.
less cooker may be had by writing the
United States department of agricul-
ture for Bulletin No. I'll, "Home-Mad
Fireless Cookers and Their Use"