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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
men IN OVERALLS
MARCH TO MEET
men IN UNIFORM
Santa Fe Employees Put punch
in Welcome Today.
Spontaneous Outbreak of En-
thusiasm Spreads.
OFFICES FOLLOWED SHOPS
OFFICES FOLLOWED SHOPS
Then Whole City Broke Loose
in Cheers of Joy.
Big Celebration Today Some
thing Like Armistice.

For patriotism-both vocal and
material-you have to hand it to the
Santa F'e employees and officials in
Topeka.
Proof? Sure. lots of it! This morn
at 10 o'clock $500 Santa Fe shops
employees, every man, woman and
child working in the big yards and
shops at the east entrance to Topeka,
Joined together in a spontaneous out
burst of enthusiasm. They organized
a parade, gathered flags of all sizes
together, marched to Kansas avenue
and set the pace for the enthusiasm
of the day. The man in overalls led
Topeka today in extending a welcome
to the man in the uniform.
The employees in the Santa F'e Of
fices saw things in exactly the same
way. They'll left their papers and their
pencils on their desks and Joined
their brethren from the shops in put
ting on one of the biggest demonstra-
tions ever seen in Topeka.
Made Enthusiasm Contagious.
When the armistice-the false and
the true-was signed the Santa Fe was
Cheers and hurrahs and just noise
rolled from the throats of the Santa
Fe men in a continuous stream, nor
did the noise waver or die or even
show signs of fading as each unit in
the long line of marching troops
passed them by.
Following the appearance of the
Santa Fe men on the streets today, the
clerks in all of the stores found it the
right thing to do-and in a surpris-
ingly short space of time, ribbon
counters, dress goods tables, furniture
departments and all of the thousand
and one departments and sub-depart-
ments in the modern stores were de-
void of clerks. In short the stores
were practically forced to close.
Topeka put on a big day today.
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16O NOV|CES co
over HOT SANDS
OF DESERT HERE
This Big Day for Shriners as
Well as Soldiers.
Mobiles From All Over Valley of
Topeka in City.
INITIATION At AUDITORIUM
Parade This Afternoon With
Band and Trimmings.
Banquet in Masonic Temple at
z O'clock Tonight.
INITIATION AT AUDITORIUM
Parade This Afternoon With
Band and Trimmings.
(List of Noviccs, Page A.


Today was big day in Topeka for
the Ancient Arabic Order of Mobiles of
the Mystric Shrine. One hunderd and
sixty novices were initiated. Never be-
fore in this zone have SO many novices
before has so great a parade been
staged, wherein the trembling victims,
on their way to the torture chambers
kat the auditorium, were exhibited to
the curious public and made to do
stunts entirely new and diverting for
the public and the mobiles. Approx
mately 1900 Shriners are in the city to
attend the ceremonial.
For several days Illustrious Noble
Charles K. Haw of Leavenworth has
been in the city preparing for the
great ceremonial, His trusty sheiks
have ridden over every foot of the
desert, bringing in the wanderers who
would fain come within the lovely
oasis of Abdallah.
Many From LcavcnwOrth.
It was his ambition to have the fifty
piece band from Leayenworth meet
and welcome the 139th infantry at the
depot and march in the parade with
them, but unfortunately the Leaven-
worth delegation could not arrive until
IL o'clock this morning, SO the idea
had to be abandoned. The patrol, the
divan and all the accoutrements and
attaches of Shrinedom in LeavenWorth
were brought over and until the time
of the Ceremonial this afternoon the
patrol teams were busy setting up the
paraphernalia in the auditorium, from
which the public was barred by stall
wart sheik sentinels with cleaning
battleaXes.
1t was hoped that Molah temple, di-
van, band and patrols from St Joseph
could be here. but according to the
last word received they were on the
job welcoming returning soldiers to
their home town.
The band from Leavenworth par
AIDED the streets and serenaded the
town after their arrival, until noon.
All morning mobiles and novices were
arriving at Masonic temple, where
they made use of the library and rec
reation rooms at the invitation of the
Scottish Rite bodies At noon they
participated in a buffet lunch.
Continued on Page Four)
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u. S. PLANES BURN
Fire Damages Two Entries in
Transatlantic Flight.
May Yet Start for slump Off"
Tomorrow NOOn..

New York, May Fire at the naval
air station at Rockaway beach today
damaged the naval seaplanes N.C.-1
and N.C.-4, which were to start tomor-
row morning on the first leg of the
transatlantic flight.
The right wings of NC-1 were COM
pletely destroyed and this plane may
be unable to attempt the ocean cruise.
1t was believed that the N.C.-4 could
be repaired IN time for the jump off.
The blaze, which Commander John
H Towers, in charge of the expedi-
ton, declared was accidental. started
from an electric spark which ignited
gasoline on the NC-1. The flames en-
veloped the wings and spread to those
of the NC-4, which occupied the same
hangar Air station employees extin-
guished the fire after slight damage
had been done to the NC-4
Commander Towers announced the
start for Newfoundland. where the
transatlantic flight is scheduled to be-
gin, would be made tomorrow, wealth
er permitting. with the NC-3. very
likely with the NC4 and possibly with
the NC-1.
AirpIane Oil Ship Grounds.
st. Johns. N F.. May 5.-The
United States naval oil ship grounded
at Trepassey bay today. where it is
awaiting arrival of the American
naval planes which are to fly across
the Atlantic. Fifteen minutes later
stroyer No. 20 broke a propeller blade
on a rock assisting the supply ship.
One of the destroyers put to sea this
morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
"A GOOD PEACE"
Thus CIemenceau Sums Up
Situation to French Editor.
French Cabinet Hears Peace
Terms From Capt. Tardieu.

Paris. May ST have done my
best. 1 think it is a good peace"
This declaration was made to the
editor of the Figaro last night by
Premier Clemenceau. The editor adds
that from the details he has been able
to learn, he is convinced that all
France is weighing well the immense
advantages she will gain from collab
Grafton with Great Britain and the
United States. If it is a good peace.
the editor continued. it is also bet
ter one because it Is an alliance with
the two most powerful nations of the
world.
Referring to the meeting of the
French cabinet yesterday the editor
says that after the peace terms were
read by Capt. Andre Tardieu a speech
was made by Premier Clemenceau,
who outlined the efforts he had to
make, often under most difficult cir
cumstances. to elaborate the text as
it now stands The premier also gave
a complete statement on the negotia-
tions with Italy over Fiume aud on
the latest dispatches exchanged with
the Italian delegations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
IRELAND TO PARIS
Official EnvOys of Irish Repub-
lie VIII Be Admitted.
Assured of Safe Conduct, Frank
Walsh Declares at Dublin.

Dublin, May 5.-Official represen-
tatives of the. Irish republic will be
permitted to go to Paris, Frank P.
Walsh, member of the Irish-American
peace delegation, told the United
Press today.
Colonel House informed us that
safe conduct to Paris will be granted
official Irish delegates" said Walsh.
But first Premier Lloyd George de-
sires to interview u.s."
Walsh and his colleagues, Edward
F. Dunno and Michael Ryan. were
given great ovation yesterday as they
left the cathedral after attending
mass.
They visited Glandalough (twenty-
four miles south of Dublin) in COM
pany with Prof. Edward De Valera
and several Sim Fein, members of
parliament. At night they attended
a reception given by Mrs. John O'Kel-
ley, wife of the Irish republics envoy
IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
BELGIUM VOTES
TO SIGN PEACE.
WILL NOT BREAK
Row Over Financial and Terri
tOriaI Terms SmOOthed Over.
Albert Has Lengthy Session
With His Advisers.
HYMANS 0. KS TREATY TERMS
Foreign Minister Says Belgian
Demands Satisfactorily Met.
Ask Allies Support in NegOtia-
tiOns With Holland.
HYMANS 0. KS TREATY TERMS

Belgium will sign the treaty of
peace in spite of the feeling at Brus-
sells that the financial economical and
territorial aspects of the pact are not
satisfactory.
A meeting of the crown council was
held at Brussels Sunday night, and
after the terms of peace had been out
lined by Paul Hymans, the head of
the Belgian delegation at the peace
conference, it was decided that the
treaty would be signed.
In the meantime. efforts will be
made to impress upon the allies the
seriousness of the situation in Belgium
and to gain support in the conduct OF
negotiations with Holland relative to
navigation on the Scheldt river and
the waterways of eastern Belgium.
Belgium Will Sign.
Brussels. May 5.-The Belgian gov
ernment has decided to sign the treaty
of peace which was discussed at a
crown council held here last night, il
is announced.
The council met at the palace al
eight O'Clock and continued in session
until midnight. Paul Hymans, minis
ter of foreign affairs and head OF the
Belgian delegation at the peace con.
ference speaking for himself, and fol
and NJ. Vandenheuvel who remained
in Paris, completely outlined the stu
alton and gave a review of the peace
terms.
Terms Now Satisfactory.
He expressed the opinion that the
treaty as il now stands gave honorable
and satisfacto terms to Belgium and
recommended that it should be signed
The council unanimously endorsed NJ
Hyman's view but was equally unani-
nous in expressing the opinion thai
the attention of the powers should be
drawn to the financial and economic
situation in Belgium and to the nee
essity that the allies assure Belgium OF
complete support looking to her econ
omic restoration.
The council was further of the opin-
ion that the allies should be asked tc
support the initiation of negotiations
with Holland regarding the settlement
of the question of the freedom of the
Scheldt and the waterways of the East
Belgium.
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BULLETIN.

Paris, May Sit was learned this
evening that present plans provide for
handing the peace treaty TO the Ger
(By the Associated Prcss)
Italy's delegation to the peace con-
ference will return to Paris in time
for the ceremony of handing the peace
treaty to the German plenipoten-
tiaries.
This sudden change in the Italian
situation was announced in Paris to-
day. Premier Orlando and Foreign
Minister Sonninio will leave Rome to-
night and will arrive in Paris wednes-
day morning. The Germans will be
given the treaty az Versailles on
Thursday.
AS an indication that former rela-
tions with the conference will be re-
sumed in full. the Italian ambassador
to Great Britain. who is in Paris. has
been delegated to represent Italy at
the meeting today which will formally
launch the league of nations.
Announcement that the Italian dele
gates will return came quickly after it
became known that the council of
three had dispatched a message to
Rome. The nature of this message
has not been disclosed officially.
The "big three" it was learned
from an authoritative source. is con-
SlQerlnS a plan whereby rune WOul0
become a free port under the league
of nations for three years. pending
construction of a Jugo-Slav port.
Paris, May 5.-A secret plenary ses-
sion of the peace conference has been
called to meet at three o'clock tomor-
row afternoon at the French foreign
office.
The session will be held for the pre-
sentation of the peace treaty to the
powers
Credentials of the German peace
delegates have been accepted, it was
announced today
The German ENJOYS are empowered
to represent the entire country. in
Guiding Bavaria, by a law enacted at
Weimar, transferring all of the for
mer kaisers treaty-making rights to
the government The Germans have
also accepted the allies credentials.
including those of the Jugo-Slavs.
Get Ready for Austria.
Immediately after presentation of
the German treaty, the big three"
will begin assembling the articles Of
the Austrian pact, according to au-
| thoritative information.
Preparations for the reception OF
/ the Austrian delegation at St. Ger
main, near Versailles. were begun
| Saturday. Unofficial information has
been received that the Austrians
proba bly, will arrive in st. German a
week from today.
Imminence of peace negotiations
!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
BIC STORM HITS
Near WaterspOut Strikes Craw-
ford Co., Mo-, Last Night.
Search for Possible Dead
Wires Down, No Reports.

Springfield. Mo. May 5.-A terrific
storm, assuming the proportions of a
waterspont, struck in Crawford coun-
ty last night. according to brief re-
ports received at the general offices
of the st. Louis-San Francisco rail-
road here today. The stricken dis
tricts were cut off from communica-
ton and it was not known when first
reports were sent whether any. lives
had been lost.
The worst of the storm is believed
to have struck in the vicinity of Steel
vile and Salem. At Salem the rail-
road tracks were blocked by houses
and other wreckage washed up by the
storm which inundated large areas.
The only reports received here this
forenoon were sent early this morn
ing when men were beginning a search
for possible dead with the aid of lam
terms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
IIWELcoMEl
HIsIA& &NAsNl
|AoME1:
BATTERY AON WAY
Topeka Boys Left Camp Upton
Sunday Night.
18th Infantry Also Is Speeding
Towards Kansas.

Camp Upton, N. Y, May 5.-The
18th infantry (39 officers and 1910
men) and the both field artillery
(27 officers and 1858 men) left here
Sunday night for Camp Funston, Kan
Joint parades are scheduled to be Civ
en- by detachments of each unit at
Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita and
Lawrence, Kan.
A battalion of the 137th has planned
parade at Ottawa, Garnett. Inde-
pendence and Hutchinson, Kan, and
a battalion of the both at Pittsburg.
Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

Did Topeka welcome her heroes to-
day?
Did she?
just leave it to the 10000 Topekans
and the 10000 out of town Kansans
who puffed out their chests and lined
Kansas avenue for fifteen blocks this
morning.
or. if you wish. leave it to the 1000
Yanks who marched between these
yelling, screaming masses. Let one of
hem tell his story:
"There never was state like Kansas
nor n town like Topeka. Never did the
Kansas sunshine blaze brightly.
Never did a Jayhhwker face look so
happily welcome. Never did we under
20 such a sensation as when we started
over the MeIan bridge-talk about go
ing over the top'-boy, boy. the Melan
bridge is better than all the sand bags
in France for pure unadulterated
thrills. We are just as happy to be
are pleased to see us. Don't think the
pleasure is all yours. don't think this
has been\R great day for you alone
IT is the tfSy of days for us. Atlantic
ocean and Frauce-bah, Give me the
Xiv river and Kansas!
one of the biggest military parades
in the history of Topeka or of Kansas
moved down Kansas avenue from the
Union Pacific depot to Tenth avenue
at 1890 O'Clock this morning.
More than two thousand men were
in the line, every one of them wearing
on his left sleeve the two gold stripes
which denote service overseas of
twelve months. Many of the men
wore wound stripes on the right
sleeve.
Led by the 139th infantry-To-
peka's own-band, Lieut.. Theodore
Morse welding the baton, !. .943 dough-
bovs. members of the 139th infantry,
marched down Kansas avenue. These
men are veterans of the greatest war
the world has ever known. They are
the men who accomplished the great
est single feat of the war The dough-
boys of the 1S9th infantry. together
with their comrades in the other in
fantry regiments OF the famous 35th
division, are the ones who pierced the
Hun lines the first day of the ArConne
fight They are the men who ad-
Vanced to take positions which the
French and the British had been un-
able to penetrate in nearly four years
OF war.
Three units of this famous regi-
ment=which was formerly two regi-
ments of national guard, one from
Kansas and one from Missouri-are
from Topeka. The regimental band
is a Topeka unit. The headquarters
company is Topeka unit. The sup
ply company is a Topeka unit. These
men were mobilized in August. 1917,
at Ripley park in Topeka. were sent
to Camp DOniphan the latter part of
September of the same year, embark
ed for France in April, 1918. fought
and broke the Boche at st. Mihiel and
in the Argonne, and on the day thy
armistice was signed were waiting in
the jump off trenches before Verdun
for the zero hour to come the morn
ing of November II.
Paid the Same Price.
Following the 10th infantry in the
parade cane the 345 men of the 10th
field signal battalion. These men are
veterans of the same caliber. They
fought the same fights. paid the same
(Continued ON Page Two)
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YANKS IN Topeka TODAY
More Than 5000 Men of 35th in
Parade Here.
WELCOME NOTES

Over on the state house grounds a
Topeka girl wore a big piece of card
board on her hat with the word 'Wel-
come" printed on it. Take it off,
kiddo," said a soldier. Your face
spells it, anyway
"All this ard then to have to go
back to camp, it sure is tough" was
a remark heard from the lips of a
soldier who was surrounded by
bevy of pretty girls who fairly made a
fellows mouth water.
Nurses from local hospital took
time to march up Kansas avenue with
the soldiers.
1t was no time for the courts or for
the machinery at the city hall. No
one would have worked, anyway. Both
the city hall and court house were
closed.
That aeroplane swinging "dizziIy"
around under the arch at Eighth
street and Kansas avenue hit the
funny bone of many of the boys.
Each man spying it had to grin and
point it out to his companion.
The roofs of buildings on Kansas
avenue were filled by school children
and others who were in that class
years ago, yet. who today felt just as
young as any school kid in Topeka.
The Red Cross had one of its busiest
days. Breakfast of ham sandwiches,
hard boiled eggs and coffee was serv-
ed to the boys in the morning. Cof-
fee and sandwiches and cakes and
ice cream were on the menu when
they returned from the parade.
Just how fast crowd can dfsap-
pear was shown today after the boys
had turned on Ninth street on their
march to the state house grounds. In
five minutes the streets, which had
| been jammed, were as quiet and free
from people as those in Potwin on
Sunday evening.
Each day as the soldiers come in the
/ crowds turning out to welcome them
| increase in size sand in enthusiasm
I The celebration this morning is a fore
cast of what will happen when the
| Battery and the other Topeka units
return home
At the state house the guards
around the roped area held people out
for a while. But the fence sprung
leaks at many points and the inrush
of persons seeking their relative al
most obliterated the soldiers as a unit.
There is just one thing 1 want"
said cocky, little man from the sig
nal corps to his friend. Name it and
you can have it," was the reply "a
coca-cola with lots of coke and ice.
Talk about booze, say booze isn't in 1t
with fine large, cool drink of coke.
There were times in France when 1
would have given half my next pay
check for chance to step up to the
! hometown coca-cola bar"
The troops were preparing to leave
! the state house grounds. Bugles were
sounding assembly. A soldier was
/ hurryinS to get to his company. A
girls voice eXcitedly o-lled a nick
! name. The soldier wheeled at the IA
/ millar name. Evidently they were
/ from the same town. Hometown
talk slapped out in quick. excited SEN
/ tences Where is Bin?" the pretty
/ one asked. 4 want to kiss him and
can't find him and now they are all
/ going away" Il don't hnow where
Bill went. His mother is here. Kiss
me instead" She did.
/ (Continued on Page Two)
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BEAT OFF RED GUNBOATS
Allied Guns Along Dvina River Re
pulse Big Attack

Archangel, May 2.-Allied forces
succeeded yesterday in repulsing the
first attack by Bolshevik gunboats on
the Dvina.
The enemy fleet attempted to ap-
proach the positions held by Ameri-
can, British and Russian forces on the
right bank of the river. but failed.
the allies having guns mounted which
covered all parts of the channel
The Bolsheviki flotilla on the. Dvina
again attacked the allied positions near
the junction of the Viga on Friday but
were driven off by the guns of the
allied land batteries which outranged
the weapons of the enemy.
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ut looks like we are going TO nave
A little bunch of disagreeabIe weather"
said S. D. Flora, state meteorologlst,
this morning. 1T will be cloudy to-
night and tomorrow. Rains are in
dicated, altho they are not expected TO
be very heavy
In the last "a hours northeast Kan
sas has been well soaked. rain of
90 of an inch was reported from
Horton. There is an era of low pres
sure in the west. 1t was moving this
way this morning and until it has
lCntinued on Page Two)
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HOT AFTER SLAYER
Believe Capture Pretty School Teach
cr's Murderer Matter of Hours

Latrobe, Pa, May 5.-The arrest of
the person who murdered Miss Emma
Austray, pretty 19-year-old school
teacher. whose body was found hidden
under a shed on an abandoned farm
near here Saturday, was believed to-
day to be but matter of hours.
The murder has aroused the coun-
tryside. Hundreds of farmers and citi-
zens were gathered about the police
station here today awaiting the arrest
of the girls slayer. Lynching was
threatened should the murderer be
caught
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WAR CHIEF KILLED
General Stefanik, Czech Mill
tary Minister, Plane Victim.
Two Italian Officers Also Killed
in Fall.

Copenhagen, May 5.-Gen. Milan
Stefanik. Czecho- -Slovak minister of
war. was killed near Wajnor. Hungary,
Sunday when the airplane in which
he was travelling crashed to the
ground, a dispatch from Pressburg
says.
Two Italian officers who were with
him also were killed.
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MOOSE IN BIG MEET
Five Hundred Assemble at Arkansas
City-f,OOO More Expected.

Arkansas City, Kan, May 5.-The
fifth annual bi-state convention of the
Loyal Order of Moose, comprising
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Ne
braska, opened here this morning with
500 delegates in attendance and 1900
more expected tonight and tomorrow.
The convention will last three days.
Tulsa, Pfttsburg and Ponca City are
rivals for the next annual meeting
Election of officers is scheduled for
Wednesday.
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KANSAS HEROES
milne OF MARCH
IN topeka TODAY
One of Greatest Military DEM
OnstratiOns in History.
Thousands From Over State for
Welcome Home.
HEROES ALL ARE THESE LADS
DOughbOys of Caliber That Won
War for Democracy.
Sanitary Train Parade on Ave-
nue. This Afternoon.
Thousands From Over State for
Welcome Home.
TROOPS THIS AFTERNOON

The trains bearing the 10th
sanitary train, the 10th supply
train and the evacuation hospital
No. l of the 44Ist began to arrive
in Topeka at 2:30 o'clock this aft
ernOon.
Late this afternoon these units
appeared on Kansas avenue in pa
rade. They made fine appear
ance. The crowds were smaller
than greeted the 18Th and RADIO,
due to lack of sufficient notice.
This was the second soldier pa
rade of the day.
These units include many To-
pekans and KanSanS.
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NOT HALF SUBSCRIBED!
Tenth District Loan Total Is s9f,6I9,-
75O-kansas Lends.

Kansas City, May 5.-Total subscrip-
tions in the tenth federal reserve dis
trict to the victory loan at noon today
were as follows
Colorado. S13,192.350; Kansas. $751;
2745OO; Missouri (19 counties). sl9.-
571,40O: Nebraska. $14.6Ss.700: New
Mexico. 1896, 700; Oklahoma. S19.197,-
$50: Wyoming. $1.329.650.
The total. ,s91, ,619.750. is A per cent
of the districts quota of $195. 900.