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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
SETTLE JAP ROW
Siberian Railway Discussion
Meets Peaceful Stage.
Japan Sends COnciliatory Note
to- United States.
(Dy the Associated Press.)

Toxic, Nov~-S.-The conciliatory and
dignified nature of Japan's reply to
the American note Of last September,
complaining of lack of cooperation
OF japanese troops in the operation of
the trans-Siberian railway is believed
here to have removed any danger of
serious complications between Japan
and the United States over the rail-
way.
In effect the reply ratified the ar
rangement reached at Vladiyostok by
Roland S. Morris, the United States
arnba dor. and General OF, COM
mander of Japanese forces in eastern
Siberia and commits Japan TO CO.
operation in the future. Under the
circumstances it is considered unlike
ly, here that the United States will fur
Their pursue the matter.
The Chinese consortium question.
however, has come strongly to the
foreground as a problem requiring i'm
mediate and frank negotiations.
The Washington government has
of Japan that the United States is
quite unable to accept Japan's pro-
posal to exclude certain districts OF
eastern inner Mongolia and south
Manchuria from the scope of the con-
sortium. Announcement of an indie
pendent loan to China of $4,000, 00O
by Chicago bank was made stimuli
taneously. The loans secured by a to-
bacco and wine monopclv.
This is taken here as a hint that
unless Japan sees her way clear to
join the consortium on rea sonab bic
terms the United States may adopt the
policy of meeting China's needs with
out awaiting formation by the other
powers of a loan group in which. con-
sidering the financial conditions of the
European nations. Japan would hold a
leading role.
Indications are that Japan's leading
bankers favor unconditional pooling OF
the power for a loan to China, tho
certain powerful business houses have
Joined military circles an backing the
movement excluding stated Mongol-
ian and Manchurian zones It is
likely the negotiations will be left in
the hands of Ambassador Morris at
Toxic to be worked out on the spot
rather than to a formal long distance
exchange of communications. The ex-
pectations are that an accord will be
rea ched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
NEGRO is AT BAY

Magnolia, Ark, Nov S.-Jonas
Jamisou, the negro who yesterday shot
and killed Sheriff B. E. Greer, is sur
rounded in a negro settlement in Big
Creek bottom this morning and Off
GERS are expecting trouble when the
posses close in to arrest him 1t is
said the negroes in the settlement are
armed and will resist
Blood hounds arrived last night
from the state convict farm at Cum
minis to assist in the hunt, but because
of heavy rain last night they may not
be of service. Several hundred men
are in the posses seeking Jamison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
Great MINE FIRE
Largest BituminOus Shaft in
World Threatened.
May Be Month Before Blaze Is
EXtinguished.

BickneH Ind, Nov Sire of mys-
teriolls origin today threatened de-
struction of American mine No. /. near
here, the largest bituminous mine in
the world Momentarily a great ex-
plosion was expected from the gases
which are generating with the heat.
The blaze was discovered last night.
A rescue train was rushed here from
Vincennes but 1t is believed no one was
in the mine when the fire broke out as
the day men had left three hours be-
fore the fire was discovered.
The mine is owned by the American
Mine company of Brazil. Ind. and is
valued at 100000. The daily out
put has been 5000 tons.
a. IN. today. 1t may be month. they
said, before the fire is extinguished
Ordinarily. $50 men are employee
and the mine has a capacity of 5000
tons of coal daily. Only 81 men. in
Guiding bumpers and engineers, were
employed when the fire was discov-
cred, and these were recovered.
The cause of the fire had not been
determined today. The squad of o1y-
gen helmet men entered the. mine as
soon as smoke was seen issuing from
the shaft and found the fire was near
the bottom of the mine and that the
entire working would have to be sealed
over. The shaft probably will have
to remain sealed from two weeks to
two months Altho the employees OF
the mine are on strike. more than 100
gathered about the shaft as soon as
the alarm was sounded and voIuIa-
teered to fight the fire, as evidence,
they said, that they had no connection
with the fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08

ages arrived at the Grand. They were
loaded with pies and cakes and fried
chicken and sausages and ever'thin'.
Mr.. Eltinge knew what was in them,
he packed them to his room in the
National, and after the show last
night the troupe was called together,
a spread was laid and Marionne was
invited to her own birthday party.
The gang ate all of Marionne's
mothers good things. 1t was a regu-
lar party. As only the children of
the stage can shave. 1t broke up in
the wee small hours of the morning
and everybody went home wishing
that some one else would have an
other birthday.
The entire Julian Eltinge show as it
stands now sails December 10 from
San Francisco on the steamship Isl
IBERIA" for a years tour of the Orient
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
TEACHERS IN FRAY
Emporia Normal Plays Home
coming Game Here.
Ichabods and -McLaren Men in
Battle of Heavyweights.

Teacher athletes of other years are
watching the 1919 warriors of the
Kansas Normal school battle for foot
ball supremacy with the Washburn
Ichabods on Washburn field this
for the Normaiites and the south
bleachers at Varsity field are filled
with the alumni of the Emporia Nor
NAL
The last sessions of the Kansas State
Teachers association conventions were
held this morning and everything was
set aside for the football game this
afternoon.
EIcvcns Arc Heavy.
It promises to be. one of the hardest
contests on Kansas gridiron this fall.
Up from Emporia comes news that the
Teacher giants have but this week hit
their real stride. They are an aggre-
cation of 175-pound athletes which
are facing the Blue warriors of Wash
burn on equal terms of weight.
The Bearg team has clean record
behind it for the season. With the
exception of the Kansas game which
went to a scoreless tie, the Ichabods
have been returned winner in every
contest. In fact Washburn has handed
defeat to teams which the Normalites
were barely able to tie, and has won
from elevens which the Teachers
could not stop. -
Blue Stirs Enthusiasm.
The Washburn rooters began work
ing up pep for the game Friday morn
ing; fired it anew with a sacrificiaI
burning of the Normal goat on Wash
burn campus Friday evening" and
brought it to full flame with rooters
parade on Kansas avenue today.
The lineup:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08

To Overthrow Government.
The Union of Russian Workers, or
gained by William Szatow, now chief
of police of Petrograd, was for the
revolution which was to overthrow the
American government, it was stated
at the department of justice today.
Arms had been accumulated and were
seized in last nights raid. The 1000
members of the organization were pre-
pared to begin operating their own
government as soon as the United
States government had been destroyed
it was learned. At Newark, n. J., the
federal raiders captured a complete
counterfeiting plant with which the
conspirators, it is charged, planned to
make money for their Bolshevik re-
gime. Bundles of bank notes were all
ready to be put in circulation.
Last nights haul included red flags
guns. revolvers and tons of pamphlets,
it was announced at the department
of justice.
The organization 'fs more radical
than the Bolsheviki," said the depart
ment of Justice.
1T was organized in New York in
1907 by group of eleven men led by
William Szatow, now chief of police of
Petrograd.
1.-The purpose of the society was to
amalgamate all the Russian groups in
the United States into one organiza-
ton"
Roman Mosichok, alleged organizer
of the union at Trenton, n. j., was one
arrested. In his room at 100 Pember-
ton street were found gunpowder, cop
per and brass wire, electrical batteries
and wax paper. it was charged. J
THE union held a convention in De-
troit in 1914 attended by delegates
from all principal cities in the United
States and Canada" the statement
said. THE delegates adopted resolu-
lions which later became a part of the
constitution. and which have not been
substantially changed since"
Had 1000 Members.
The Russian union has sixty locals
with a total of 1000 active members,
all pledged to overthrow the govern
ment officials said.
The last convention of the organiza-
ton. the fifth, was held in New York
on January 10, at which time plans
were made to organize hundreds more
locals and extend the membership.
Propaganda work was being carried
on in every part of the United States
thru newspapers and paid agitators,
according to the justice department.
Concerning~the methods of organiza-
CONTINUED on Page TwO.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08

Plumb will go fully into every phase
of American railroad policy, past and
present. He will answer any question
concerning his bill.
He will also explain the reason for
the deficit for the period of what he
terms so-called government operation
in the last two years. and tell why
railroad ma ayers are fighting his
plan.
Plumb, a speaker of national repu-
tation, u a corporation lawyer and be-
came famous overnight for his compo-
sition of the labor's railroad recon-
struction plan.
DR.. L. !. Kulp, pastor of the First
Methodist church, will preside at the
meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
TELL OF RAIL PLAN
Glen E. Plumb Speaker at City
Auditorium Tomorrow.
VIII Explain in Detail Labor's
Reconstruction Program.

Glen E. Plumb. author of the Plumb
plan of government railroad control
and operation before congress, will exz
plain his solution of the rail problem
at the city auditorium Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock. Plumb's address.
of interest to all taxpayers as we'll as
railway men. will be public. but I'M
der the auspices of the shops fedora
ton and Plumb plan league here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
DEPORT ALIENS
IN BIG RED PLOT
u. S. Will Rid Nation of Foreign
Poison Find Plant to Make
Money For NeW Government
In America.
NO REDS IN TOPEKA

Altho instructions have been re-
ceived by George G. Hannah, chief
of police. from the government
urging him to pick up any Reds"
operating in Topeka, there have
been no arrests, the chief stated
today.
"I don't believe there are any in
existence in this CITY," said the
chief today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
DOUBT "DRY" VALIDITY
Federal Judge Doesn't See Law in War
Time Prohibition Act.

validity of the wartime prohibition
law was expressed here today by Fed
era1 Judge Learned Hand. He voiced
his opinion during argument on mo-
ton to vacate an Injunction to classify
the Eastern hotel as a public nui-
sance" under the Volstead act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
Democrat Leads in Maryland.

Richie. Democratic candidate for gov
ernor. led Harry W. Nice. Republican.
by less than 200 votes. according to
the official md unofficial returns of
last Tuesdays election. when the cleo
ton supervisors of Baltimore resumed
their canvass of the city wards today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
BAD WEATHER COMING
Worst Bunch Since Last Spring.
Flora Forecasts.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Rain tonight and Sunday turning to snow
Sunday, west portion; colder Sunday and
west portion tonight, wind shifting to
strong nOrtherly.
The shippers forecast warns TO protect
36-hour shipments north and west against
a temperature of % degrees, east and
south, 81 degrees.
FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK: Rain
or snow Monday followed by generally
fair. considerably colder for few days:
generally fair second half with return
to normal temperature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
Arrests in Youngstown. o.

Youngstown. o.. Nov s.-Fiftet n
arrests in connection with the nation
wide campaign against Bolshevi; m
were made last night and today 4
East Youngstown. All prisoners were
said to be Russians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08

uuBInB ITom appearances. the
worst bunch of weather that l have
seen since last spring is due to break
here in the next twenty-four hours"
said S. d. Flora, state meteorologist.
this morning.
Bad weather exists all around east
ern Kansas. From Colorado north to
Canada, it was showing this morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08

Denison, Tex.-Only two women in Den
ton county have paid poll taxes this year:
The rest consistently have refused to tell
their ages, required under the law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08
RED ROUNDUP RESULTS
To Overthrow Government.

by a group of eleven men led by
William Szatow. at present the chief
of police of Petrograd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-08

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Rain tonight and Sunday, turning
to snow Sunday in west; colder.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-01
THE FARM
LABOR DEMAND

Although the largest acreage on
record was planted in 1918 by Amer
lean farmers, the great crops Of the
year were harvested under difficult
ties not aprreciably greater than
those in normal times, says the an
nual report Of the Secretary Of Ag-
riculture.
""The Department Of Agriculture
continued throughout the year to
to give earnest attention to the secur-
ing and mobilization Of an adequate
supply Of farm labor" the report
states. at maintained It's represent
tatives, stationed in eSch state in the
spring of 1917, and perfected its own
organization, enlisting the more ac-
tive cooperation Of the county
agents and other extension workers.
ut more fully coordinated its ac+
tivities with the Department Of La
Dor, representative of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture having been deR-
ignated member Of theSWar Labor
Policies Board which was created BY
the President. It has also aided the
War Department in connection with
the classification Of agricultural reg
istrants. Special efforts were made
beginning early in the year, to inn
press upon the residents Of urban
communities the necessity Of aiding
farmers in the planting and harvest.
ing of their crops.
"The response to appeals along this
line was generous. In Kansas. for
example, where the situation was es.
pecially difficult, the reports indi-
cate chat more than $4,000 workers
were supplied to farmers to assist II
the wheat harvest The potato crop
in two counties in Texas was saved
through the aid Of the business men
! the local communities, and in lii
nois $4,000 workers were registered
for harvest work"
Many other examples could be
cited, the Secretary says.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-01
Belgium to Maintain
Gaunt Ruins Ypres
AS a War Memorial

LONDON, Jan. 31.-The decision
of the Belgium government to main
tain Ypres, the scene Of several bat
ties between the British and Germans,
in its present condition as a perman-
ent memorial is endorsed heartily by
British press and public opinion.
"Ypres will be a memorial" says
the Westminster Gazette, ''in which
future generations may learn the
horrors Of war. There is nothing
more impressive than the sight of the
stricken city with the skeletons of its
once wonderful buildings rising gaunt
into the sky. In sense there are
few things mere beautiful "
"Ypres will stand for centuries as
reminder that civilization itself
connot be overthrown and as a monu-
ment to genration sacrificed in its
s
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-01
S4,OOO,OOO.OO
For Good Roads

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 81.
Judge Madison, president Of the
Dixie Highway association and Rich
ard Hardy, president Of the Dixie
Portland Cement company, left here
today for Nashville to present to gov
ernor Roberts plan for issuing $4,-
100000 worth of state bonds this
year on a similar basis as good roads
bonds in the amount Of 100000, 900
have been issued in Illinois to cover
the building Of permanent highways
to every county seat in the state.
They will advocate, it is said, roads Of
the type that will outlast the bond is-
sue.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-01
WORKERS BUSY ON
PLANS FOR VICTORY
LOAN NEXT SPRING
aLees Finish the Job" win be Appeal
70 subscribers and Volunteers in
Last Bond Campaign.

Atlanta Forces are being lined up
throughout the country to put over
Americas firth war loan--the last the
public will be called upon to absorb
the early part Of April
The decision Of the Treasury De-
partment TO designate the new bond
Issue as the Victory Liberty Loan, +"
seems to be meeting with general
favor. The name carries the thought
Of the victory Of America and her al
lies on the batuefelds Of France for
the cause Of freedom and democracy.
The amount of the loan will be de-
termined by the needs Of the Treas
ury Department when the issue is au-
thorized. II Is believed, however, 1t
will be about six Billion Dollars--the
same as the Fourth Liberty Loan, The
interest rate Of the. securities has not
been decided but assurances have
been given that 1t will be attractive
from the investory's point Of view.
Lets finish the job" is the appeal
made by officials Of the War Loan
organization to purchasers of bonds
Of the previous issues and to work
ers The county organizations are be-
ing reassembled for the last great
effort.
In a statement just made public,
Governor Joseph A. McCord, of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,
chairman of the Sixth District War
Loan Organization, emphasizes the
need Of another loan.
1T was not alone the achievement
Of our soldiers in breaking the Hin
denburg line that made Germany beg
for an armistice though would not
rob the fighters of any of the glory,
no said 1t was the gigantic scale Of
preparation in America, behind the
army; our huge production Of arms,
ammunition and ships; our greater
army in training behind the firing
line, that convinced Germany Il was
useless to fight any longer"
BY going into it as we did, vast
sum was spent, but it brought saw
ing in the lives of thousands of our
young men. Critics have charged the
Government with extravaganza, in
handling war contracts. It was this
determination to win at any cost
that brought the Hun to his knees.
It was economy, not only in lives but
in money we would have been com.
PEELED to spend had the war lasted
another year or two years longer"
The obligations now outstanding for
this enormous production Of material
must be met. That is the reason it
is necessary to raise more money
through bonds even though the arms.
tice has been signed American sold
iers still aresin Europe and until they
have been brought back and the bills
paid, the public's duty to the Govern
ment will not be fulfilled--the Job will
not be finished M
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-01
United States
Disappoints Huns
The Germans Realize That
Wilson WiIl Not Be Their
Protector.

BERLIN, Jan. S1.--President VIII.
sons speech Of Saturday last before
the peace congress contains the fell
lowing sentence as transmitted to
Berlin and here translated from the
German:
1.-THE United States would have a
feeling that it could not take part in
guaranteeing these European adjust.
ments unless this guaranty included
the permanent surveillance of the
world Of peace by the associated ma.
tions of the world"
This sentence, together with the
reported decision Of the supreme
council at Tuesdays session that the
German colonies must not be given
back to Germany, has disquieted
some German circles. The Boursen
Zeitung for instance says;
''If President Wilson is correctly
reported, he confesses openly that he
too, like Premiers Clemenceau and
Lloyd George, does not desire Ger.
many in tn future community Of ma.
tions as an quail among equals, but
as a nation watched by by overseers
The President cannot won
der if the people of Germany gradu-
ally begin to form the opinion that
the hopes they placed in him are to
be disappointed"
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-01
SPECTATORS TRY
TO GRAB LIBERTY
BONDS AT BARGAIN
People Urged Not to Sell Government
Securities at Sacrifice or Exchange
Them For Questionable Paper.

Atlanta. Reports are reaching the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta that
many owners Of Liberty Bonds are
selling them at prices lower than
their market value.
Investigations show that shrewd
spectators are active in trying to
induce people to part with their Gov
eminent SECURITIES. Many Of them
are Offering to take Liberty Bonds in
exchange for some other so-called
security which promises a higher
rate of interest than Liberty Bonds.
It is pointed out by Treasury Of
ficials that Liberty Bonds are worth
every dollar paid for them. One EVIL
dence Of their value is the eagerness
OF the SPECTATOR to get possession of
them. He knows what they are worth.
Their Liberty Bond owner does not
know the value Of the stock or
i"hond" he liz offered in exchange for
his Government security.
Liberty Bonds have back of them
the entire resources OF the United
States which makes them worth their
face value. The person who exchang-
es them for some other kind OF paper
risks losing the money invested In
his bond as well as the interest.
Other people are selling their bonds
because they feel that "the wars
over" and they are no longer oblig-
ated to hold them. Although fighting
has ceased, the war will not be over
until the peace treaty is signed and
our soldiers are home. A Liberty Bond
Is & certificate Of service and the per
son who sells them at a sacrifice is
deserving the cause. He is rejecting
on his own judgment and patriotism
and surrsndering an investment that
never VIII sail to pay returns
It is recognized that there are times
when investors are compelled to seek
relief from financial distress. Often
their FIRST impulse Is to dispose OF their
Liberty Bonds.
In such cases the bank is the place
to 90. 6alhs viii lend money on LIB
erty Bonds. The borrower is helped
out OF his difficulty and dees not lose
possession Of his Government bond.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-01
New pIeurIsy Treatment.

Doctor Aud tells In the British
Medical Journal of a chill and fever
resembling malaria which he brought
on by administering a platinum COM
pound, and which upon subsiding left
the patient In q markedly improved
condition. He tried the treatment in
cases Of pleurisy with good reRilt. It
is especially adapted to sluggish cases
Of localized infection with low fever.