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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
ENGINE PLANT HERE
Cushman Manufacturing Firm To Be.
Located in Topeka

After weeks and months OF dlScour-
aging effort, after it was thought that
nearly every expedient had been tried
to land a new manufacturing concern
for Topeka. success has come and it
IS now definitely announced that the
Cushman Engine company is a thing
of fact and not Of fiction, so far as the
city is concerned
According to the announcement, E
b Cushmau, inventor of the engine,
has come to an agreement with the
Piersen Telegraph Trausmitter COM
pany whereby a large portion OF the
transmitter plant Will be Immediately
turned from its present work and be-
gin production OF the E B. Cushman
engines
The coming of the new company
To Topeka IS largely due to the efforts
of George p. McEntire. who as presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
devoted practically the whole of his
time during the last six months of
1918 in a strenuous endeayor to land
the new engine manufacturing COM
pany for Topeka
CUshmaH himself will make his
= home in Topeka. He is to become a
member of the Pierseu Transmitter
company staff. and will have personal
supervision of the manufacture of the
engines The officials of the trans
nitter company have already. begun
to gather a sales force to push the
sale of the engine and it is announced
that as soon as production begins the
sales forces viii begin to function
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
HUN is HEARD AGAIN
Says There Are Limits Beyond Which
/ German Cannot Go.

Copenhagen. Feb. 14.-Philipp
Scheidemann. a member of provision
al German government. attacks
Prince Bismarcks conception of for
eign affairs in an interview with the
Zeitung Am Mittag of Berlin He says
that Bismarck's policy was a failure
almost everywhere. adding: I'VE had
to pay for its mistakes in North
Schleswig and in Alsace and Lorraine
The policy of new Germany" he
continued, must be based not as Bis
marck planned. on opposition to but
in harmony with Austria. not on the
slender pillar of egotistica1 might of q
single federal government but on the
broad democratic basis of the united
will of all the German tribes.
The league of nations has warmest
supporters in Germany. We hope
America will succeed in convincing
other countries that it is'to the inter
est of the entire world that instead of
heap of ruins in the center of Eu-
rope there should be a newly con-
structed social democracy. Not in
Russia but in Germany will the So
ciaIist solution Of the labor question
imposed upon Germany the quicker
will Bolshevism spread World chaos
Is preferable to slow death by torture
The entente may conclude a peace
corresponding to It's interests but for
US there are limits beyond which it is
impossible to go. The moment might,
therefore, arise when We must leave
the conference table, not to take up
arms again-that is impossible-but
to place the responsibility for the ter
rible results of such a peace on the
shoulders of those who think they can
answer to history for it"
The interview concludes with an ex-
preston of deep regret that Germany's
position is almost nowhere appreciated
abroad 1t is admitted that all Ger
mans, even those who formerly doubt
ed American disinterestedness, now
see that America seriously intends to
fight for the policy of reconciliation of
the peoples"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
YOUR SICK CHILD
IS CONSTIPATED!
LOOK AT TONGUE
Hurry, Mother! Remove pOisOnS
from little stomach, liver,
bowels.
Give California Syrup of Figs"
if cross, bilious or
feyerish.

No matter what aiIs your child.
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given
If your little one is OuS-of-sorts,
haIf-sick. isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturalIy-fook, Mothert see IL
tongue is coated This is a sure sign
that it's little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross, irrita BILE, feverish. stomach sour.
breath bad or has stomach-ache, dfar-
rhoea. sore throat. full of cold, give
a teaspoonful of Ca ifornia Syrup of
Figs" and in a few hours all the con-
stipated poison, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of it's little
bowels without gripping. and you have
a well playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" because
it never fails to cleanse the little ones
liver and bowels and sweeteR the
stomach and they dearly love its pleas
ant taste. Full directions for babies
children of ali ages and for growu-ups
printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for bottle of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" then see that
is is made by the california Fig
Syrup Company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
KANSAS RANKING SECOND
Out of 33 States. This Orc Is Next to
Top in Bread Demonstration.

Manhattan. Kan, Feb 14.-kansas
ranks second in bread demonstrations
work among the SO northern and west
ern states competing. the Kansas
bread clubs having given ESQ public
demonstrations during the club year
Just finished Miss Lottie Milan. as
sistant club leader. has just been noti-
fed by the national club director at
Washington, D. c.. that the Kansas
clubs have given this state second
place.
The demonstrations are given by a
team of three, a captain. a first lieu
tenant. and : second lieutenant. Dur
ing the demonstration the captain ex-
plains the processes and the methods
followed. The first lieutenant really
does the work of putting together the
recipe. The second lieutenant is in
charge of materials and utensils, Sits
-four. has all ingredients within easy
reach of the worker at the proper
time, and keeps the utensils washed
and ready and convenient for use
The demonstrations are usually
held in a schoolhouse, or wherever
the community is accustomed to meet,
and in the presence of parents and
visitors Several demonstrations have
been given at state and county fairs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
SPIRITS TO POLITICS
Mrs. Hatfield, Wichita. Hero Fighting
City Manager Plan

From holding audiences and confer
enceS with spirits and the TRANSMIT ting
of MESA ges from the shadow world of
mystery to lobbying among the practi-
cal state legislatures Of more mater
ialistic minds 5 a far-cry-hut Mrs
NJ R. Hatfield, OF Wichita. made the
jump
Representing 1000 petitioners of
Wichita for the repeal of the manager
law now in force in Wichita, she is in
Topeka to do battle for the pet meas
ure- However, it IS her idea to so inn
press the unwor{hine of the present
law as operated in Wichita upon the
members of the legislature that they
will take favorable action upon the
measure
The law was placed in effect two
years ago Then a capable and eff
Gent manager couldn't be found in
Wichita A man was imported from
Kansas City. He was L R. Ash. A
salary of $4,000 a year was bestowed
upon Ash
Mrs. Hatfield designates the city
manager plan as being autocratic. be-
cause it provides absolute control, I'M
American. because he is not elected
by the people. and they are powerless
to remove him. In fact there does not
seem to be any way to fire him with
out passing a state law. So if the leg
iSlature does not act Wichita cannot
fire its manager no matter what he
does. 1t is non-representative in its
commission, for salaries are fixed at
500 per year, SO poor man, a labor
representative, cannot afford to be a
commissioner. provided he should be
elected, it is claimed
The total vote cast for the measure
March 8. 1914 says Mrs Hatfield. was
only 9,024, not half the registered
voters. Mrs. Hatfield says the Rotary
club of Wichita is responsible for the
adoption of the measure Amend
ments have been suggested as a solu-
ton of the difficulty but Mrs Hatfield
and the petitioners she represents say
/ they will be satisfied with nothing
| short of the repeal of the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Bee Adams, negro, was arrested TODAY
on a warrant charging him with having
liquor in his possession
The Rev. r. H. Hobbs addressed meet
ing in the dining room of the Santa Fe
freight department at noon today.
The gymnasium class of the North To-
peka Y. NJ C. A will hold Valentine
party tonight at the Quincy school build
The sophomore class Of the Topeka high
school will give themselves Valentine
party in the high school gymnasium to-
c. G. BIakely < CO. have moved their in
surance and real estate office TO suite L:
MaIvane building. fronting Kansas ave- and
Sixth street--Adv.
Rev O. L wier, pastor of the North
Topeka Baptist church. addressed the San
z Fe telegraph school Bible class at the
New England building this morning.
The women of the Moeseheart legion will
entertain their husbands and Moose broth
ers, who helped TO install the officers of
the chapter. with a Valentine party and
supper in the Moose club rooms tonight
The Rev ]. W. waldron will tell the men
Of the Railroad Y. NJ e. A Of his exper-
fences in the front line trenches in France,
vii be admitted
Rufus Abel a Horton real estate man,
filed suit In the district court today to col
Iect $1,000 which he claims is the commits
sion he was to get for selling one and a
quarter sections of land belonging to E E.
HoRson- The land sold for $4,000
ing at the Topeka high school. has been
called TO her home in Chicago, by the ser
ious illness of her father. Miss Vivian
Horsfield a Washburn student, Is filling
the position during Miss AIexander's alb
sence.
Clyde Chalmers has returned to Topeka
after absence of seventeen months He
was in army Y. VI. e. A work. stationed
at Camp Grant and Camp Funston Mrs.
Chalmers has been living in Manhattan
since last spring Mr. Chalmers is now
employed in the engineering department of
the Santa Fe- They will live at 501 VIII
son avenue.
Two men were arrested by the police
Thursday night when they stepped from
ing liquor. L. Sharp was picked up at the
Santa Fe depot, it is claimed. with six
quarts and Lucas PoIomorez was arrested
at the Union Pacific depot with fourteen
pints- They we're booked fer having liquor
in their possession
Charles E. Baseom, 1900 Harrison street.
has left for st. Louis, where he will attend
Red Cross before returning to Camp
Travis, San Antonio, Texas. to resume his
duties field director of the Red Cross.
| He arrived in Topeka the first of the week
/ from Washington D. C.. where he attended
the national conference of the Red Cross
held there last week
4, The greatest of the seasons productions
| The Trail of the Lonesome Zine" comes
| to the Grand Saturday matinee and night
Seats are sellin- The drama tization of this
widely read novel,~whfch as thousands OF
readers know, is from the pen of John
| Fox. Jr., the author of The Little Shep-
| herd of Kingdom Come is by Eugene
| Walter. the clever dramatist who has writ
| ten such successful plays Paid in
| FUR and The Easiest Way"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
A NEGRO LYNCHING
Mob Takes Black Charged With MUIR
der and Assault.

Shreveport, La, Feb 14--Will Fort
ner. AZ years old, negro, was lynched
by a mob of citizens at Bossier, near
here, at noon today.
Former had been arrested charged
with numbering T. c. Owens. So, plan
tation overseer. and attempted crimi-
nal assault against Miss Willie Jeter,
Owens's niece.
Mrs Owens. wife of the murdered
man. was also fatally wounded by the
black.
According to the story of Miss letter.
she was sleeping in a. room adjoining
that Of her aunt and uncle, when the
negro crept into the house, killed
Owens and fatally Tounded Mrs
Owens with an ax,-theH came into her
room
The screams of the young woman
frightened the negro, and he fled She
telephoned to Shreveport, and officers
went to Bossier and arrested the black
After Miss Jeter had identified Fort
ner, he was taken from the sheriff
and Iynehed while he screamed his
innocence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
MUST TAKE EXAM
State License of Auto Mechan-
les Favored in Senate.
Seventeen New Measures in Up
per House Today.

Indications are that auto mechanics
will be able to vie with horse doctors
in the mattsr of putting expensive
frames on license certificates Today
the senate labor committee recon-
meuded for passage the Sehoch bill
recurring that every person m Kansas
who works on. repairs or overhauls
motor vehicle be required to pass an
examination and receive state GER
The bill is one of the most drastic
automobile measures that has come
before the senate In addition to re
curing all mechanics TO spend 50
YEAR for q license. it provides that
when a man has had his car fixed he
be given the right to see the books of
the garage where the fixing was done
so as 70 determine whether OF not ne
was overcharged- Also. the measure
requires that all garages install toiiets
for the accommodation OF their Gus
TONERS.
one clause of the bill that gave re-
pair man the right TO file lien on an
automobile he had repaired was rec
commended for removal before ths
passage OF the bill
Senate Does Little.
The senate this morning did little
except receive new bills and remove q
few measures from the heading or
general orders The heavy flow of
new measures that started Thursday
afternoon continued thruouC the
morning and total of seventeen
brand new bills went into the hopper
Most of them were the local measures
the members have been holding IN
their desks for some time but there
were q few Of general interest among
them being q SatterthWaite bill pFoVtd-
ing for the payment of clerks IN the
offices of the county superintendent
Hal
quiring all justices of the peace to
have and use official seals
A bill by Metcalf would regulate
night schools in all places where SUCH
schools are held. and would require
that classes be conducted at>least three
times 4 week Another Metcaf bill
permits the issuance Of township
bonds for aiding railroads and a bill
by Senator Doerr provides for the Gre
alton 81 A division of irrigation by the
state board of agriculture and the ap-
pointmeut Of a comm ssioner of irrl-
cation at a salary of three thousand
dollars 4 year Said commissioner
would have charge of all state lrrlga-
ton plants and would do such other
work as might be required of the state
in onnectTon with all irrigation pro-
Jects-
only, four bills on third reading
were enacted at the morning session
They were house bill I9. by Amos. linz
itfnS the tax levy in cities having a
population of more than 40 0G0; house
. bill I35. by Lamb. authorizing county
commissioners to sell. repair and
otherwise handle county FARMS senate
bill 10. by the judiciary committee
fixing a standard for the publication
of legal notices; and house bill 134,
by Lamb, providing special legisIa-
ton for Dickinson county so that
county buildings may be permitted
milf of a VI
with senator Nixon in the chair, the
senate recommended ten measures for
passage. Practically all n these were
recommended without debate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
GROVES ON FARM LOANS
Negro Farmers Hold Meeting at To
peka Educational Institute.


Advising farmers to join local as
soeiations in their counties for the
purpose of getting cheaper money to
buy land and make improvements, J.
G. Groves, the potato king of Wyan-
dotte county, spoke before a meeting of
the Sunflower State Agricultural assoc
citation of Kansas Wednesday evening
at the Topeka Industrial and Educa-
tiona1 institute. The subject of his
talk was Farm Land Banks and the
Organization of the Farm Loan Assoc
ciation.'' He urged a consistent eff
fort in an attempt to get coIored sol
diers returning from France to bor-
row money from land banks and buy
Kansas land.
]. R. Rodgers. of Franklin county.
pictured the necessity of the negro
farmer continuing his efforts for the
production of food crops
A decision was reached, upon the
motion of J. G. Groves. to operate a
farm bureau to be located at the in
dustriaI institute
G. r. Bridgeforth. principal of the
institute, pointed out that the owner
ship of property is the basis of good
citizenship He gave figures fndfeat-
ing that in 1900 negro farmers owned
1,169 farms while in 1910 they only
owned 992- Mrs NJ. G. Bolin and vii
Turner strongly advocated the par.
ticipatiol of colored farmers in ths
prize contests operated by the farm
Journals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
Fifteen new FLU CASES
Daily Report SIumps Under Thurs
days Showing of 40.

Altho Thursdays flu report hiked
up to forty cases, a report of only fif-
teen new cases up to 1850 o'clock to-
day would indicate that the disease
has not definitely started to run into
another widespread epidemic. For
many weeks the average has been
about twenty cases per day.
There has been some complaint
against DIR. H. L. Clark's order pro-
hibiting children froI.- attending the
Schumanu-Heink concert. However.
the city health officer does not intend
10 rescind the order, either on the
concert or on theaters for some time
at least not until there Is a great deal
less influenza among the schSo1 chill
dren OF the city than there is at pres
eut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
SENATE NOTES
Items OF Interest Frum Upper
House OF Legislature.

Apparently the senate IS printing it
self for the final Introduction of bills.
That. at least. is one explanation for
renewed efforts to choke up the hop
per Thursday a total of thirty-three
new measures was tabulated. and, as
usual. Schoch of Shawnee led the list
with five Three of these measures
related to legal questions and were to
fix the compulsory school and permit
the county superintendent to appoint
district truant officers The fifth
measure would forbid the employment
of children under 4 years of age in
any work except Of an agricultural
nature
Senator Nixon of Sumner wants
universal rule fixing the school terms
in Kansas He has put in bill pro-
viding that a school year shall con-
sist of eight months of four weeks of
five days of six hours each
Senator Coleman. believes Kansas
could use a few more free public Ii
braries to advantage He has intro
duced a bill providing that whenever
% per cent of the tax payers of a city
petition for an election to vote on a
library proposition the mayor of such
city shall call an election and if the
voters demand library the city au-
thorities shall make a tax levy to
provide for it.
Senators Montee. MeteaIf and Ander-
son have been appointed by Lieutenant
Governor Huffman to meet with a
house committee to investigate the
governors mansion and make recon-
mendations regarding the disposition
to be made of it,
A brand new state text book COM
mission and a new state board of ed
ucation are provided for in bills that
have been introduced in the senate.
The text book bill was put in by Met
calf upon request. would provide q
commission OF seven members. five of
whom would be appointed by the gov
ernor. The state printer and the state
superintendent would be members.
Senator MiIIigan is fathering the
bill providing for a new state board
of education. It would remove the
present members who represent Kan
sas university, the State Agricultural
college and the Emporia Normal
school The state superintendent, one
superintendent would supplant them.
Both the MilliSan and the Metcalf
I bills are being urged by Miss Wooster
state superintendent
Master Masons of the senate have
been invited by the Scottish Rite bod
Masonic temple tonight Addresses
will be made by Doctor WaIdron and
I George Hoyes. both of whom were
with the Thirty fifth division ir
France
Senator Metcalf has introduced Z
| resolution providing that the governor
appoint three members of the Kansas
National Vicksburg Memorial com
mission to select a suitabI memoria
I 10 be erected in the Kansas circle Al
+ the national park in Mississippi,
Senator Delaney who has been away
I from the senate all this week because
of illness in his family has not yet re-
F.! turned but friends today said he
would be able to be back at his desk
NEXT Monday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
M'GOVERN GETTING WELL
Patrofman Hurt in Street Fight Able
To Sit Up.

James McGovern, the patro1man
who was injured in a street fight
staged last Sunday between soldiers
and mem bers of the police force on
Kansas avenue, was reported greatly
improved this morning He was able
to sit up little during the day for the
first time since he was taken home, it
was said.
Sergt- James Miller, whose arrest on
a charge of drunkenness precipitated
the fight and who has been confined
in the county jail since Sunday. was
taken to Funston Thursday night by
an armed guard He was fined $50
by Judge Paul Heinz but was unsuc-
cesstul in his efforts to raise the
money He will be tried by court
martial at Camp Funston on a charge
of drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct il is said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
Amoskeag Apron
Check Bingham
PIC q ward

Some uptown stores ask
SIC, others 35c a yard for this
same quality, which, by the
way, is the most popular brand
on the market. Note the saw
ing to you by doing your trad
ing in the Low RENT DIS
TRICT.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
TAKING THE WOUNDED OFF
III Canadians Are Removed From
Boat at Portland, Me.

Portland, Me, FEB. 1.-THE re-
movaI of III wounded Canadian SOL
diers from the hospital ship AraQuaya,
which arrived here late yesterday, was
progressing rapidly today The men,
many of them helpless, were placed
on board hospital trains made up OF
specially built cars equipped with cots
and in charge of nurses and doctors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
TO BOOST ONION PRICES
10000 Bags Found ON Pier in New
York In Rotting Condition.

New York, Feb 14.-Discovery that
10, zoe 109-pound bags of onions had
been held on a New York pier two
weeks led Commissioner of Markets
Dag to investigate what is believed to
be an attempt confluence the price of
the onion market. Part of the onions
are in a rotting condition Officials
have been unable to determine their
ownership.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
COUNTY BOURBONS MEET
Hold Annual Banquet Tonight at the
Elks Club

The annual meeting and banquet of
the Shawnee County Democratic clubs
will be held at the E,1xs club this eve
ming at O'Clock. Every association
Of Democrats in the city is expected
TO have as full a representation at the
meeting as is possible
A number of prominent local Demo
Gratis will be called upon for short
after dinner speeches, and plans will
be made looking to a united effort of
the party in the spring primaries and
the-eIection-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
NATIONALIZE THE RAILS
Labor Party in England Is Now Work
ing to That End.

London Feb. 14.-Labor party lead
ers, 1t was learned today. are demand
ing nationa liza ton of British railways
II this is not effected, the railway
workers will insist on joint control
with their employers In case this
demand also is refused, there is danger
of a nationwide railway strike, it was
said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
SEE LITTLE HUN HUNGER
In Cities There Is No Starvine-Worse
in the Country,

Berlin, Feb 14--Members of the
American mission talking with Ger
man officials here today, said they
could not find any evidence of starva-
ton or want in the cities, tho the rural
population in some districts doubtless
was suffering. The Americans de-
clared, however. that the greed for
pleasure in the larger cities is enor-
nous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
Csc Cheviot Shirtings
PIC ward

Lay in a goodly supply at
this low price. The saving is
worth while The patterns
are all desirable-plain colors
and neat stripes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
A Sale of Bed Spreads
at 1929

Included in the lot are some
very choice qualities. You can
make a very satisfactory Sc
lection and when you see these
you viii agree with US that
they are worth from S1-00 to-
S1-50 more than our sale price