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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
EPIDEMIC
IS SWEEPING The
ENTIRE COUNTRY
Long List of WaIkOuts Report
ed to g. S. Labor Dept.
Transportation Tied Up by the
COastwise Marine Trouble.
CHICAGO Is STRIKE mad"
Over 200 Fire Department En-
gineers "Resign" There.
$4,000 Workers Already Out
Carmen Vote To Strike.
Long List of WaIkOuts Report
ed to Q. S. Labor Dept.
Transportation Tied Up by the
COastwise Marine Trouble.
CHICAGO IS STRIKE mad"
Over 200 Fire Department En-
gineers "Resign" There.

Washington, July 19.-An epidemic
of strikes appears to be sweeping the
nation, according to reports made to
the labor dep rtment here and unof-
ficial advices received in Washington.
There is no estimate of total number
out. Demands are being made by the
working day, the right of collective
bargaining and the right to organize
shop committees. With seahien on
strike all along the Att; ntic coast.
$4,000 railroad shopmen on sixteen
southeastern roads were threatening
to quit. making demands on the rail-
road administration for more money.
Machinists and fire engineers were
striking in Chicago, and building
tradesmen were being locked out and
carmen were threatening a strike
Boston had street railway -+~''Ie.
List of Strikes Reported.
Following is a list of the strikes re-
ported to the labor department and to
which mediators have been assigned:
.Hegewiseh, Ill, 1,2OO out at the Western
Lebanon, N. H., strike Of machinists and
helpers, Kenrick Davis company, want
shorter hours, higher wages, and shop
Macon, Ga, street car employees.
Argo, ILL.,, employees of Corn Products
Chicago, employees of the Crane company,
also boilermakers, machinists and trades.
Five hundred out at Union Drop Forge
company. (The building trades lockout
has not yet been reported to the labor de-
partment.)
Peoria, Ill, Keystone Wire company. 700
walked out
St. Louis, Bakers' union declared strike
Sapulpa, Okla, motormen and conductors
out
jamestown, N. Y, metal polishers' strike
directed against four companies.
Jackson, Ohio, 200 furniture workers,
affecting three companies.
Centralia, Pa. 500 miners.
Worcester, Mass. 500 leather workers.
st. Louis. telephone operators, linemen
and electricians
Buffalo, N. Y, several hundred linemen,
locksmiths and machinists.
Fort Worth. Tex, 500 boilermakers and
metal workers.
Sharon, Pa, $50 employees of Savage
Arms company against institution of. -iece
work system.)
In addition the labor department
has long list of Threatened strikes"
Continued IN Page Twol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
BALDWIN IS NEXT
State Journals To Be Delivered
There Monday.
Second Airplane Distribution
by This Newspaper.

Baldwin. in Douglas county, will be
the second Kansas city to have the
honor of airP.ane newspaper delivery.
Arrangements were completed today
with Manager Roy Godsey and Lieut..
Thomas Webber, and Monday evening,
July 21, the State Journal will be de-
livered from the presses in Topeka to
subscribers and residents of Baldwin
in less than thirty minutes by the big
Curtiss bipane.
The first attempt at newspaper
cloud delivery was made Friday eve
ming, when The State Journal was
taken from Topeka to Eskridge in
eighteen minutes. This innovation in
up-to-date Journalism was met with
great crowds in Eskridge.
Baldwin is thirty-five miles "as the
plane flies" from Topeka. In less
than thirty minutes from the time The
State Journal is placed in the cockpit
with the two aviators. Webber and
Godsey this newspaper will be in the
hands of subscribers in Baldwin.
other cities in the state near To-
peka will be given deliveries this sum-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
TEN GENERALS ON SHIP
Due in n. Y. Today, Also
Brings 5th Division Units

New York, July 19.-Ten generals
are aboard the transport Aquitania,
due to dock here late today in addi-
ton to units of the Fifth division of
regulars.
Lieutenant General Liggett, Major
General Dickman, Brig. Gen. Dennis
Nolan, Major General Squire, Briga-
der General Reese, Brigadier General
Burt, Brig. Gen. H. o. Smith, Major
General Kennedy, Brigadier General
Barnum and Brigadier General Craig
were reported on the ship.
Benedict Crowell, assistant secre-
tary of war; Sir George Perley, high
commissioner of Canada; DIR. Thomas
A lie Breton, Argentine ambassador
to Washington. and other nota bIes
were also on the Aquitania.
The Panama and II. r. Mallory ar
rived shortly before noon The for
mer had 2.2O6 officers and men
aboard, including portions OF the 914th
pioneer infantry and the 446th motor
truck company. On the Mallory were
2,06S men. mostly casuals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

The above pictures were taken at
Eskridge Thursday evening when the
big Curtiss biplane, with Lieut..
Thomas Webber and Manager Roy
Godsey arrived with copies of the
aerial extra edition of The Topeka
State Journal, the first newspaper in
Kansas to be delivered thru the clouds
The newspapers were only eighteen
minutes enroute and an immense
crowd waited their arrival.
The picture at the upper left shows
reading right to left, Mayor Busenbark
of Eskridge, Morris Milan of the cir
culation department of the State Jour
nal, Lieutenant Webber, Manager God
sey and Editor Ross of Eskridge. This
was taken Immediately after the plane
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
HE'S OFF AGAIN
Dayton Inventor Makes New
Start on Long Flight.
Magnetic Trouble Forced Him
To Turn Back Friday.

Wichita, Kan, July &c. F. Ket-
tering, the Dayton, o., inventor, who
was turned back from a nonstop
flight from Wichita to Mineola, L. l.,
yesterday by a punctured magnetic
coil. left Wichita this morning at $40
o'clock. He will attemptl to fly the
1850 miles without stopping at an
average speed of 125 miles an hour.
arriving in New York for dinner this
evening.
Mr.. Kettering flew to Wichita from
Dayton. $50 miles. without stopping
Wednesday to attend the National
Tractor demonstration. He flies in
a De Haviland fopr plane with How
ard Rhinehardt as pilot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

the enjoyment of the excursion.
1t has been arranged for the trip
to be made thru the most picturesque
section of America. Chamber of Com
merce and other organizations in the
various cities where stops will be
made are planning to entertain the
visitors royalty.
The object of the hour is primarily
to fnaugurate the esta blishment of
government automobile service be-
tween Denver, Rocky Mountain, yell
lowstone and Glacier national parks
Topeka is the only stop between
Chicago and Colorado Springs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

The party will arrive here on the
special train that is carrying them
from New York to the Pacific coast
and back. The auto ride will proba-
bly, take up the larger part of the two
hours the party will spend in Topeka.
They will leave for Colorado Springs
The party left New York Friday and
will return August 19.
The Eagle tour was arranged and
is being managed by H. V. Calten-
born. assistant managing editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle The party left New
York Friday and arrived in Chicago
at 1 o'clock this afternoon. They will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

landed and the State Journals were
being distributed.
In the upper right is Morris Beach
and family. Mr.. Beach is seen look
ing thru his field glasses for the ap-
pearance of the Webber plane in the
horizon. Beach drove several miles
from his farm to get an edition of the
State Journal aerial extra. His happy
family is with him in the wagon.
The picture at the bottom Is a sec
ton of tho Ss motor cars that were
driven from three counties to Eskridge
to witness the State Journal Sky Spe-
cial. These machines were lined up
nearly all day.
The above photographs were taken
by Frank G. Willard, well known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
CHINA MAKES DEFENSE

Peking. July 16.-An expedition for
the defense of the northwestern from
tiers against General Semenoff's al
legged aggression there is, perhaps,
China's most modern effort
Five thousand troops drawn from
contingents trained by the japanese for
the national defense army are being
despatched toward Urga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
Chief drank ON
DUTY is CHARGE
MAYOR IS SILENT.
"LIE," SAYS CHIEF.

Mayor Herbert ]. Corwine
hadn't a word for publication
today relative to the sensa-
tional charges made against
members of his police de-
partment.
Chief of Police George G..
Hannah said:
''It is a frame-up planned
for a long time. l will clear
myself in time. 1t is a bald
face lie that 1 have been
drinking"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

leave there at this evening for To-
peka-
The tour will cover a total distance
Of $3.50 miles, of which 1850 miles
will be covered by rail, 1900 miles by
automobile and zoo miles by boat.
The five national parks where the
party will stop for one to four days
are: Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone,
Glacier. Mount Rainier and the Cana
dian Rockies. Cooperation of the de-
partment of the interior in providing
special guides, side trips and enter
tainments in the parks will add to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
FORD IS RESTING TODAY
Manufacturer Worn Out by GrueIiing
Quizzing on stand.

Mount Clemens. Mich, July 10
Worn from his strenuous week on the
stand in his million dollar libel suit
against the Chicago Tribune. Henry
Ford planned TO soend today and to-
morrow in undisturbed rest.
He left word at his hotel here that
he will see no one except on urgent
business and expected to take long
ride into the country late today
Tribune attorneys expected to keep
the manufacturer on the stand for sew
eral days yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
DAYLIGHT SAVED
Final Victory for New Time Is
Achieved.
House Knocks Repeal Rider
From Agricultural Bill.

Washington. July 19.-Advocates
Of daylight saving were Jubilant to-
day. By a vote of 2o3 to III the
house yesterday eliminated the day
light saving repeal from the new agri-
cultural appropriation bill. thus insur-
ing that the measure will remain
law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

photographer and artist, of Topeka,
who made a flight over this city re-
Gently and took pictures of Topeka
for The State journal. The pictures
came ont marvelously well when it is
considered that the upper left hand
view was taken shortly after 9 o'clock
in the evening.
Lieutenant Webber, Manager God
sey and Mechanician O'Brien drove
in" from Eskridge this morning. They
alighted on Washburn field at 1880
o'clock. They made a leisurely 80
mile trip in the clouds in less than
IS minutes. They will make flights
from Washburn field this evening.
The next State Journal aerial extra
will go to Baldwin Monday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
KONENKAMP RESIGNS
Quits as Telegraphers Union Head
Denies Was Asked To Leave.

Chicago. July 19.-S. J. Konen-
kamp. president OF Commercial Teleg-
rapher's Union of America today an
nounced his resignation from that Of
flee. The resignation is to be effective
when the union sees fit
Konenkamp said his reasons were
purely personal He denied he had
been requested to leave the office foi-
lowing failure of the recent strike
which he led against the commercial
wire COMPANIES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
A STATE IS WALKING
All Street Railway Lines in Rhode
Island Idle Today.

Providence, July 19.-All street rail-
way lines of the Rhode Island COM
pany which cover virtually the entire
states. were idle today as a result Of
the strike of $500 union carmen which
began at midnight. The company an
nounced that no attempt would be
made to operate cars. The employees
are demanding a raise in wages to rs
cents an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
SHEER CAUSES MURDER
Girl, II, Says She Killed Man Be-
cause of Insult.

Fort Worth, Tex, July 19.-Mildred
Bowles. II. was under arrest here to-
day. charged with shooting and killing
Lowe Wood.
The girl said she was passing
Woods home last night when he
sneered at her. She secured a pistol,
shooting him. John Stewart was ar
rested, charged with being accessory
to the shooting. He is said to have
owned the revolver with which Wood
was killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
TEXAS TOWN FLOODED
Water Several Feet Deep in Gaines
viIIe's Business District.

ville's Business District.
Gainesville. Tex, July 19.-Gaines-
vile lis flooded today and damage es-
timated at over $1,0O0.000 done by the
worst rain in the history of the city.
Ten inches of rain had fallen at
noon and the downpour continued.
Water stood several feet thru the
business district. running huge stocks
of flour in mills and foodstuffs in
wholesale grocery houses.
Employees of the Harvey eating
house in the station are stranded. on
the second floor of the building, but
are not believed in great danger.
1t is feared farmers along the bot
toms may have been drowned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
TO BE FAIR NEXT WEEK
Moderate or Normal Temperature
VIII Prevail, Forecast Says.

Washington, July 19.-Weather pre-
dictions for the week, beginning Mon
day. issued by the weather bureau to-
day are: Lower Missouri valley, gem
orally fair and moderate or normal
emperature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

The forecast for next week calls
for generally fair weather, with mod
crate temperatures.
Unless it rains. Sunday will be a
pleasant day, says S. D. Flora. state
meteorologist However. he does not
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

Arrangements for the entertain
ment of the Brooklyn Eagles National
parks touring party of 125 persons.
which will be in Topeka Sunday. have
been completed by the Chamber of
Commerce. An auto drive over the
city. taking in the governors mansion
and the Country club. will begin upon
the arrival of the party on the Rock
Island at IL o'clock in the morning
Gov. Henry ]. Allen will be among
those to welcome the visitors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
"wILLIE's'' FRAU TO VISIT HIM.

Former German Crown Princess Ex-
pected at Wierengen Soon.
The Hague, July 19.-It is reported
here that the former German crown
princess is expected to arrive at
Wierengen from Germany shortly to
visit her husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
ROB KANSAS BANK

Five Bandits Loot BARTLETT Institution
of $4,000.
Chetopa, Kan. July 19.-It is re-
ported here that the State Bank of
Bartlett, eight miles west of here, was
held up and robbed of $4,000 in lib
erty bonds and $4,000 in cash by five
men just before noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
SHOWERS ARE LIKELY

Sunday Will Be a Pleasant Day,
Maybe, Flora Says.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Unsettled with local thunder showers to-
night or Sunday; not much change in
temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19
Take Characters Homo.

Stories OF erasures on the police
blotter. OF taking officers home drunk
in the police car. of refusing to place
serious charges against well known
police characters. OF taking these
crooks home in the police car. of mys-
terious release of prisoners by the
chief were among the interesting items
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-19

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas;
Unsettled with showers tonight or
Sunday; not much change In tempe
ature.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09
THE PAPER FAMINE

The American public is so busily
engaged in a consideration of its
own hardships-the high cost of liv-
ing and the problems incidental to
IT, that it has small time and has
taken but little cognizance of the
paper famine now threatening the
country. The public is more con-
cerned with the sugar shortage than
the paper one, yet were the daily
daily paper to suddenly stop being
delivered at the public's door every
day, a howl as great as that accom-
panying the sugar famine would go
up.
Six, seven and eight cents per
pound is now being paid by the
press of the country for paper that
formerly cost two to three cents Der
pound This shortage is every
wnere; it is not alone the country
and small town papers which feel
1t; the great city publications are in
the same hole, and up against the
same problem. Every effort is being
made by the press to conserve the
supply; whenever possible the size is
oelng cut down. The Chicago Trib-
une is advocating a conservation in
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09
WHY is
ILL HEALTH?
Many Causes For Rundown
Condition
One of the Most Common is Ane-
mia General Bloodlessness)

I'LL health is a relative term.
Some individuals are terribly and
seriously ill, and need the services of
the best doctor obtainable.
Others are not SO seriously af-
fected
If your ill health is a result of
weak, watery blood Gan exceedingly
common condition) you can recog-
nize it by the following signs or
symptoms:
Poor color or real paleness.
q" Tired-outness" or general
weakness.
3+Frequent headaches.
4-Loss of appetite.
5-Lack of spirits and ambition.
6-Loss of bodily strength.
The best remedy is one that will
overcome the cause-Anemia or
Bloodlessness. Guides" Pepto-Man-
gan for this purpose. 1t supplies
the weak, watery blood with the
very elements it needs to put new
life into the vital fluid (the BLOODY
which carries the good one gets from
ones food to all parts of the rundown
body, the fountain and foundation
of health and life. Try Pepto- Man
gan if you are rundown" 1t can
not harm you-it will certainly
help you unless you have some deep
seated chronic disease requiring the
physicians care. Be sure the name
Guides" is on the package. With
out Guides" it is not Pepto- Man
gan. For sale at all druggists.
(adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09
SPLENDID COUGH MEDICINE

LAS I feel that every family
should know what a splendid medi-
cine Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is, I am only too pleased to relate
my experience and only wish that I
had known of its merits years ago."
writes Mrs. Clay Fry, Ferguson Sta
ton, Mo. Il give it to my children
when they show the slightest symp-
toms of being croupy, and when 1
have cough or cold on the lungs
very few doses will relieve me. and
by taking it for a few days l soon
get rid of the cold"
(dec-ady)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09
CANTRnL GIVES OUT hurley
CROP FIGURES.

| WASHINGTON, December g.
Congressman j. G.. Cantrill
has given out the following inter
view relative to the stocks of Bur
ley tobacco in the hands Of manu-
3acturers and dealers:
AS the market on Burley tobacco
Will shortly open in Kentucky, a
statement Of the stocks of Burley in
the hands of dealers and manufac-
turers will be of interest to the to-
bacco growers and to the tobacco
trade generally.
"The Cantriil Tobacco Census
Law has~been in operation now for
eight years and reports made under
this law show that during the past
eight years the manufacturers Of
Burley tobacco have been consum-
ing this type as fast as the Burley
growers could produce it. The fol-
lowing figures issued by the Govern
ment under the Cantrill Tobacco
Law will bear out this statement:
I'm 1912 when the law first went
into effect there were in the hands
Of the dealers and manufacturers,
in round number 215,O0O,OO0
pounds of Burley tobacco on Octo-
Der LIST, and the following amounts
on October LIST for the various years,
were in the hands of the dealers and
manufacturers for the years given.
and the figures given in round
numbers:
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09

the supply by cutting down in size,
and many other great dailies are
following suit.
A New York paper recently came
out with the statement that it was
forced to omit about forty columns
OF advertising, with corresponding
loss of in the neighborhood of $5,-
600. There is no telling where this
famine will stop, and meanwhile a
patient press is continuing to serve
its clients with the situation becom-
ing more acute every day.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09

| 'It is we'll known that the crop
of tobacco grown in the year 1913
was an unusually large crop of Bur-
ley tobacco, and yet on October 1,
| 1919, the stocks in the hands of the
dealers and manufacturers are prac-
| tically the same as the average
| amount during the past eight years.
! It is also we'll known to everyone
conversant with conditions in the
| Burley tobacco District that the crop
grown this year is an unusually
short crop of tobacco, and applying
the law of supply and demand, there
is every reason to believe that there
will be an unusual demand for the
the crop of tobacco which will go
on to the market very shortly, and
there is every reason why, owing to
the scarcity of Burley tobacco and
the stocks in the hands of the man
ufacturers and dealers, the crop
which is to be sold this winter Of
Burnley tobacco should bring high
er price than ever in the history of
the tobacco market. The figures
given above are indisputable in es-
tablishing the fact that during the
past eight years the manufacturers
and dealers have been using our
Burley tobacco just as fast as the
growers could produce it. All of the
other tobacco markets in the United
States have been higher this year
than ever before in the history of
those markets on other types of to-
bacco, and with the small amount in
the hands of manufacturers and
dealers as shown by the Cantrill
Tobacco Census Law and the ex-
tremely short crop which was grown
during the past season, would make
it appear from every reasonable |
standpoint that the price of tobacco |
this year on the Burley type should |
break all previous records"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09
HOW BIG NEW YORK GROCERY
FIRM KEEPS DOWN RATS

Vroome & Co., Butter and Cheese
Merchants, New York City, says:
1--WE keep RAT-SNAP in our cellar
all the. time. 1t keeps down rats.
We buy it by the gross, would not
be without it," Farmers use RAT
SNAP because rats pass up allifood
for. RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, Csc, soc
s1.O0. Sold and guaranteed by The
Farmers Supply Co., Paris, KY.
(dec-adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09
DOG IN LIMEIIGHT AS PRO.
DUCER OF REVENUE.

Mans best friend, the humble
dog, has sprung into the limelight
as a revenue producer, for during
eight months of this year $751;
S64.80 was collected in dog taxes.
When the assessment rolls were
made out county assessors reported
1928 dogs for taxation, but fig
ures in the Department of Agricul-
ture show that up to November
licenses were paid on 217,764 dogs.
During the same months 1901 were
and 8,452 killed.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09
Friendship Shows Worth.

I often f1nd< myself going back to
Darwin's/ saying about the duration
of a mans friendship being one Of
the best measures Of his worth.-Anne
Thackeray Richie.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09

If a student is expelled from one
German university he is expelled au-
tomatically from all.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09

The Yun-nan railroad in China is
chiefly notable for the number or
DAYS it does not operate.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09

Self-reliance must not be inter-
preted as meaning that man must
absolutely rely upon himsely only.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-09

You will find the management OF,
any successful institution taking
council with their employees, fol-
lowing their advice and profiting
by their reports of conditions