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Evening star., 1919-08-14
K. SHIDEHERA ENVOY HERE.
Japanese Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs Succeeds Ishii

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. August IA.
X. Shidehera, vice minister of foreign
affairs in the Japanese cabinet, has
been appointed Japanese ambassador
at Washington to succeed Viscount
Jshii. according to cable adyices re-
hceived from Toxic by the Japanese
" merican. a local japanese language
newspaper.
Evening star., 1919-08-14
BANKS MAKE PLANS
AGAINST HO[D-UPS
Yesterdays Affair Inspires
Further Precautions BY
Institutions.

Following the attempted daylight
hold-up Of the Munsey Trust Company
yesterday. added precautionary measures
are being planned by the leading banks
Of Washington. Practically all of the
larger institutions. according to officials
already reswell protected both as to
cages apd vaults. but further steps to
render them more invincible against at
tempted robberies are being taken.
Tellers Being Armed.
c. B. Ratcliffe, vice president of the
Munsey Trust Company here, de-
clared that several new anti-burglar
appliances are being considered and
that teliers are being armed with
automatics. Additional stringent
measures are planned to forestall any
such occurrence as yesterdays, when
John B. Fetzer of Defiance, Ohio,
walked into the bank. asked for
money and fired twice at tellers on
failing to obtain the currency Then he
fired bullet through his jaw.
although we are already well pro-
tected, declared r. n. Harper. presi-
dent of the District National Bank,
I'VE. too, are taking steps to tighten
our protective Gordon.
II know that Washington banks are
already well guarded and that II
there is anything further that can be
added in protective lines. the banks
will be sure to obtain the appliances.
John Poole. president of the Federal
National Bank. declared that his in
stitutiOn was as safely guarded as
possible. "A1l Of our tellers are armed
with automatics, and stationed at
such points as to forestall any con-
certed hold-up."
Fetzer, Recovering, Cannot Talk.
Other bankers declared that their
institutions, although well guarded,
would take whatever additional pro-
tective measures could be devised.
Fetzer is on the road to recovery al
| the Washington Asylum Hospital. He
is unable to talk. on account of the
condition OF his face. :
Although dispatches from his home
picture him as being irresponsible
police are reluctant to accept such a
theory. The only vestige Of a basis
for such a theory, 1t was said, was
the fact that he asked for $50 in
stead Of taking all he could get nj
the Munsey bank.
Fetzer is held on two charges-as-
sault to kill and attempted robbery
! When he recovers sufficiently he will
be subjected to mental tests at the
psychopathic ward of the asylum hos
pital
Evening star., 1919-08-14
COMMITTEE TALKS TREATY;
COMPROMISE PLANS GO ON
Democratic Senators UnoAfcially Confident
of Passage When T.Uenty G. o. P. Votes
Agree on Reservations.

While the Senate committee on for
eign relations was engaged today in
considering the peace treaty with a
view to it's presentation to the Senate
in some form or another as soon as
possible. the under-surface negotia-
tions between administration demo-
Gratis and republicans for agreement
upon reservations continued. The
hopeful outlook for a compromise.
efforts to reach which were described
in last Mondays Star. have evidence
of Frightening still further.
Assurances reach republicans from
democratic sources considered authen-
tic that when the republicans have
mustered as many as twenty repub-
lican votes in the Senate for REASONABLE
reservations the democrats would join
with them and put the treaty through.
Care was taken to explain that this
intimation did not come from Senator
Hitchcock the Presidents direct rep
resentative in the handling of the
for unreserved ratification. 1t is point
ed out that he has to be. the same as
the President must. to keep the rec
ord straight" But there are other
democrats in the leadership who are
more intent on seeing the treaty rati-
fed than on insistence upon the pride
of authorship. and an unbending atti-
tude of opposition in the face of a
situation which they realize must yield
to compromise.
Democrats Wailing ITO Be Shown
One of the "elder statesmen among
the democrats. who has been in the
Senate twenty years and has been in
turn the under dog" and upper dog
in many a grisly party and legisla-
tive fight. is taking keen interest in
the negotiations in a quiet and un-
obtrusive, but thus far very effectual.
way. IN effort to bring order out of
the desolate and desperate condition
Of chaosSnow existing.
The democratic attitude is described
Evening star., 1919-08-14
FORD'SL|bEL SUIT
GOES TO THE Jury
Judge Charges Papers
Right to Comment No Great
er Than individuals.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich, August II.
The jury. which for. three months
has been hearing testimony and ar
guments In Henry Ford's $1.oo0.000
libel suits. against the Chicago Daily
Tribune, which headed an editorial
Ford Is. an Anarchist" retired at 1855
this morning to consider its verdict
No word was heard from the jury
room for an hour when the alleged
libelous editorial was; sent for. Baihn
Kelley handed it to Juror Fred P.1Goff.
who, 1t was reported. had been chosen
foreman.
Judge James c. Tucker instructed
the jury that "the right Of fair COM
ment" is expected in the case Of Mr..
Ford, because his position as a great
employer Of labor and entry as a
propaeandist into the discussion Of
preparedness question made him a
public character.
The Judge held that newspaper has
no greater privilege in making COM
ment than has an Individual
The Judge instructed that plaintiff 8
charges of pro-Germanism against the
Tribune and a selfish interest in ad-
vocating intervention in Mexico had
not been proven and the jury need not
consider it..
Would Free News Company.
The jury was instructed further to
dismiss the case against the Solomon
News Company, which on a purely
technical charge that 1t distributed in
Michigan EOS copies of the Tribune is
tot 1frHrr "A
alleged libelous editorial headed Ford
Is an Anarchist" was made a CO.
defendant.
Counsel for the PLAINTIFF at the
opening of the case announced that.
as the Solomon Brothers distributed
the paper in ignorance of it's con-
tents, no damages were sought.
The courtroom was crowded while
the judge was charging the jury. The
only one of the principals in the suit
present was Capt. Joseph NJ Patter-
son. one of the publishers of the
Tribune. Mr.. Ford is in the Adj
rondacks on a vacation.
! Cites Two Defenses.
Judge Tucker gave the several def
nitions of the words anarchist" and
anarchy" but instructed that it was
the duty of the jury itself to de-
termine in what sense the newspaper
mean to its readers.
There were two defenses, he con-
tinued. If the jury find that charges
; in the editorial were true. that Mr..
Ford was in fact an anarchist" and
Ignorant idealist," it was a complete
defense. he said. The right of fair
comment" he instructed. was a Sec
ond defense to be considered only
in event that the first defense was
inadequate. In the course of his
charge the court said:
aThe editorial. as it appeared in the
paper and standing by itself without
explanation. is hbelous. or. in legal
terms, libeious per Sc (of itselD.
''The defendant Chicago Tribune
admits the publication and insists
that it was true, and. therefore, justi-
fed: and that even If not true it was
fair comment upon matter of public
interest, either of which defenses is
sufficient II proven
Evening star., 1919-08-14
Measure Carries Teeth"


Washington has been "over select
ed" they claimed. as the place for at
tacking the retailer. 1t was charged
that persons and firms in New York,
Chicago and other large centers buy
Continues on Third Page.S
Evening star., 1919-08-14
LICENSE A WEAPON
|NPR|CESTRUGGLE
Justice Department Hopes to
Reach Pr0fiteerS in
Sugar Markets.
Mr.. PALMER AT HEARING

Through license regulations and the
power of the food administration to
procure the cancellation of licenses
the Department of Justice hopes to
reach some cases of profiteering in
sugar that would be more difficult to
reach through enforcement of the
criminal provisions of the food con-
troll act.
This position of the department was
made plain in a circular sent to fed
eral district attorneys today. calling
attention to the fact that food admin
istration officials had taken the posi-
ton that sugar should not retail for
more than IL cents a pound and that
where it is retailing for more it indi-
Gates that either the wholesaler or the
retailer is making an unreasonable
profit
Evening star., 1919-08-14
Hungarian Cabinet.

BERLIN. August 13.-According to
a Budapest dispatch to the Acht Uhr
Abendblatt. the new Hungarian cab
met is: Premier. NJ. Lovassy; foreign
minister, Count julius Andrassy; min
lister Of war. Stephen Friedrich: min
lister of public welfare. Garame Peidll !;
minister Of agriculture. Stephan
Szabo. and minister Of education, Herr
Huszar.
Evening star., 1919-08-14
No Sugar Price Fixed.

Attorney General Palmer said, how
ever, that no price for sugar could
be fixed by the government.
Mr.. Palmer was to appear late to-
day before the Senate agriculture
committee to explain amendments to
the food control act extending anti
profiteering sections to. clothing and
other necessaries and providing penal
ties for violations of the law.
When the committee met today
senator's expressed divided opinions az
to the necessity for the legislation.
IT we amend this bill, said Sem
ator Smith, democrat, of South Caro-
lima, ..it will mean We, Will. include
every article of commerce and put
the commerce Of America in the
hands of the Department of Justice" :"
Senator McNary. republican. Ore
gon, said he believed the bill now is
sufficient to reach any conceivable
case, while Senator Smith, democrat.
Georgia, expressed doubt that Con-
gress had constitutional power to
pass such legislation except as war
measure.
Penalty and Prosecutions.
Chairman Gronna explained that Mr..
Palmer's proposals were designed to
carry out recommendations made by
President Wilson. who had pointed
out that no penalty was provided for
the prosecution of profiteers. Senator
Smith. South Carolina, interrupted to
say that press reports showed profit
eers were being prosecuted.
Amendment of the act SO as to en-
able the government to prosecute
profiteering in shoes was urged by
Senator Ransdell. democrat. Louisi-
ana.
with conditions as they now are
over the country" said Senator john
son. democrat, South Dakota, amend
ments will not hurt this act and 1
favor giving Mr.. Palmer all the pow
ers he asks to see if he can. accom-
plish what we desire to have him
accomplish
ct want as little regulation of the
commerce of this, country as pos
sible," said Senator Page, republican,
Vermont. 81 will oppose any kind Of
regulations We can avoid"
Evening star., 1919-08-14
WEATHER.

Partly cloudy and warmer tonight
and tomorrow.
Temperature for ewenty-four hours
ended pm. today: Highest. 13. at
pm. today; lowest. So. at Z am. today.
Full report on page ..
Evening star., 1919-08-14
Rumanian Reply in Paris.

PARIS. August 1.-THE 'Rumanian
delegation sent to the peace conference
today the text of the answer of the
Rumanian government to the notes sent
by the conference. The supreme council
will meet this afternoon to discuss the
Rumanian reply.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07
QueIque Equipement ct Esprit
Fier SOnt Necessaire.
Topeka ETRE A La PARIS
Changer "Streets" a Rues, Ave-
nues ct BOulevardS.
La Danse en- Mutt Sur la Rue ct
Burlesque Mechanic.
Topeka a la Paris!

Topeka a la Paris!
That IS the theme of this story, a
story actuated because of the intense
curiosity of so many residents of this
city who wish to know how the COM
munity can assume an appearance
truly Partisan.
But if Topeka actually became a
miniature of the most beautiful city
of the world, it would cause reformers
from all over the country to come
here and lament upon our wickeCness,
even tho these reformers derived a
lot of pleasure from the sidewalk
cafes along Rue d'Jackson, and the
promenades at Place de la Campus
Bethany.
The first thing to do, in order to
bring in familiar Partisan touch to
the scenery, would be to order several
car loads of corrugated iron, or tin,
buildings, the natur. of which can
easily be explained by any ex-A. E. F.
man who ever police a Paris leave,
or went to that capital along the
-AWOL route.
An important factor in the change
would be to transform streets into
rues and avenues into boulevards. For
Instance, the main stem should be
Boulevard Kansas. OF course there
many avenues in Paris, such as
Avenue ue Id OpeId' anu lHdsilu uSil
as the Grand is on Jackson, that
famous old street might be named
after the long boulevi rd leading to
the Opera Grande in Paris.
The corner of Tenth and Tier
streets, in the pro sed order If
things, would thus be, Rue d'Dix a
Boulevard de la Tyler" because one
elrk-eyed beauty living in that vi
Unity insists that Tyler should be a
boulevard, just like Topeka avenue.
The accent would be on the last sylla-
bic of Tyler. and should be pro-
nounced "Ty-lair."
Serve on Sidewalks.
But the mere changing of the
names of the streets would not make
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07

Walters should appear in dress suits,
and say Monsieur" and Madame"
to the patron, instead of mister" and
lady" Next comes the most difficult
problem, and that is finding a nom
alcoholic substitute for win rouge"
"cognac" and beer. The first can
tistic standpoint, by serving grape
juice a la Bryan. For cognac, coffee
in little glasses a la Carrie Nation,
might do, or small "cokes." Root
beer would have to suffice for the
"biere" of France, altho perhaps the
Notwithstanding products of the big
breweries would do. These drinks, by
the way, are just as intoxicating as
most brands of French ''biere," which
is the weakest beverage of the re-
public.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07

Topeka a little Pah-ree. Far be 1t
from such. Paris would be Paris,
even if the Champs Elysae were
changed to Third street. Topeka
would still be Topeka II Buchanan
street were changed to Avenue de la
MacLean, and Twelfth street to
Boulevard Sproat. That is the most
minor act in making Topeka a la
Paris.
The next important factor is to in
duce all the cafes and restaurants to
spread awnings out over the side
walks and serve their customers there.
rain or shine in warm weather
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07
SAW SHELL CRADLE
Topekan Tells of Visit to Historic
Palace in France.

Palace IN FRANCE.
The tortoise shell cradle in which
the mother of Henry " of France
rocked him to sleep in 1853 may still
be seen in the elegant palace at Pau.
says D. D. Dedrick, who has been Wis
iting in Topeka, where he formerly
lived, after serving a year overseas
with the 140th infantry band of the
35th division. Dedrick is better known
to his local friends by the nickname
of "Slim JIM"
1.-The present importance of Pau"
said Dedrick 'is due to its fine cli-
mate, but in former times it was not
ed for the elegant castle built by Gas
ton Phoebus in 1868. On the ground
floor of this beautiful structure is the
old hall of the estates of Bearn, IS
feet long by Sc feet wide, adorned
with a white marble statue of Henry
", and ma gnif1cent Flemish TAPESTRIES
ordered by Francis I. Several of the
upper chambers are adorned with
Flemish, Brussels or Gobelin tapestry,
with tables in Swedish porphyry.
Sevres vases, etc.
THE band took up one hotel,' said
Dedrick For breakfast every morn
ing we had one egg, one cup of cocoa
and one piece of bread. This did
very we'll for a while, but when we
got to climbing mountains we ac-
quired an appetite. only to learn that
each extra egg we ordered cost one
franc"
Probably the most popular English
word among the French children at
Pau was chewing gum," according
to Dedrick. They get very little of
the confectionery, except what is Civ
en- them by the American soldiers.
When one starts to leave a group of
children after talking to them on the
street. says Dedrick, they invariably
say at parting the only English they
know: Goodbye-chewing gum?"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07

Life in Topeka a la Paris will be
free and easy and gay. Music and fes-
tive jollity go hand in hand in Paris.
and will have to be repeated here.
And if Topeka adopts Partisan meth
DDS of living. this will be the oasis
where New Workers and Bostonians
and Palm Beachers will come, not to
quench their thirst. It's true. but to
spend a few weeks in audacious gay
ETY.. and then to return; happy and
tireworn, to the quieter solitudes of
Broadway where they can rest in that
pastoral neighborhood until the next
time, when they will jazz down Boule-
ward Kansas and Rue de Quincy once
more.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07

Having the customers seated at the
sidewalk tables, drinking their grape
juice and idling away the hours, the
next move is to induce all the young
women of Topeka to promenade" up
and down the streets for two or three
hours every afternoon and evening.
To have the truly Partisan effect, the
girls must wear the extreme costumes
that are seen on the boulevards OF
the French capital. and if they con-
sent to do this, the sidewalk tables
would always be we'll filled with the
species male.
Get Few Thousand TaXis.
Having the "promenoir" all ar
ranged for, the next thing is to get
few thousand taXis to ramble over the
rues and avenues regardless of speed.
Traffic regulations and speed limit
laws must necessarily be revoked. The
rights of pedestrians are to be practi-
cally nil. These taXicabs will be driven
furiously all over the city and a pc
destrian's life is never to be safe. This
will add to the zest of living in To-
peka, and make 'em snap out of it
when crossing the rues.
Half of the men must apIear in
uniform, but not all in the same ap-
parel. Some of the boys must wear
Yank doughboy outfits. others will be
Australians. British, Algerian. Serb.
Russian. French, Italian. Belgian,
Montenegran, Portuguese, Spanish, or
a mixture of two or three of the above
named. The Sam Browne belt will be
worn by some, and the turban of the
| Algerian. to be true to life, must be
| literally alive with cooties.
Dance All Night on Streets.
Every night or two, at midnight or
| 2 a. m, the festive residents of To-
peka will appear on the streets in
masquerade costumes, feign drunken
ness. dance all night on the streets,
| and have hilarious old time until the
dull gray shadows of dawn chase them
| to their beds for a little sleep until
| the next time.
To be just like Paris, an elaborate
| subway system must be constructed,
because the Paris subway is believed
| by many to be the best in the world
even better and far more simple than
! the system in New York.
No building in the city will be high
er than three or four floors, and in
the downtown districts the Grecian
| type of architecture must prevail.
| Great residence districts must be re-
moved and pretty parks installed, be-
cause Paris is city of large and beau
| tiful parks. Benches must be placed
| in cozy little corners of each park, so
| that the art of love can be practiced
at all times. 1t is not necessary that
| these benches be placed out of sight,
because Topekans, when they adopt
Partisan methods. will make love in
the open, and fear no ones inquiring
! gaze.
High Kickers the Vogue.
| Burlesque theaters will have to be
established along the boulevards, and
the chorus of each show will be huge.
| elegantly but scantily gowned, and
exceedingly well proportioned. High
kickers will be the vogue. Silk stock
ings will not be worn on the stage but
l-sh-shush-go to Paris and find out
what will adorn the limbs of the. bal
let
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07

= 5000 new customers by July ADV
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07
WILSON TO SUFFRAGIsTS
President Cables Congratulations Over
Passage of Suffrage Bill.

Washington, June President
Wilson, thru the White House. sent
to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, presi-
dent of the National American Wo-
man Suffrage association. the follow
ing message:
Il join with you and ali friends of
the suffrage cause in rejoicing over
the adoption of the suffrage amend
ment by the congress. Please accept
and convey to your association my
warmest congratulations"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07

5000 new customers by July /. .-"-Adv
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07
''The Turn in the Road"
Tells Beautiful Story of
Human Love, Devotion and
Sacrifice, and the Glory of
Love.

The Turn in the Road" a Brentwood
Film Corporation production, released
through Exhibitors Mutual. is a beautiful
story beautifully told. The theme is one
that is as old as the world and as universal
as man. carrying message of love, pathos
and human emotion that makes the pro-
duction one of absorbing human interest.
Paul Perry son of a money mad father,
married the lovely daughter of minister of
the orthodox religion When his wife died
in child birth Paul lost faith in the God to
whom the will of man should meekly bow"
as he had been taught, and became a wan
derer.
He went in quest of the true God, but
sank to the depths of degradation in his
search. After many years of unavailing
search he returned to his old home to learn
from the lips of his own child the truths the
world could not teach him.
Into the story is woven the elf-sacrifice
and unfaiiing love of a grl-his dead wifes
sster-who had devoted her life to the care
of his little boy and taught him that "God
is love-"
Little Bob his son. by his childlike faith.
melted the money-hardened heart of old
Perry. incidentally saving his life from
gang of workmen who had been driven to
desperation by his iron-fsted domination.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07
AT THE
THEATERS

1t may have been fine for the women of
the country to take the positions held by
the men while they served in the great war
and helped make the world safe to live in.
but it is all wrong for them to keep these
positions when their heroes come back
home,
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07
What You'll See
in s'The Turn in
the Road"

A Child Playing with
Wasps.
A Realistic Storm with
Death on Watch.
A Bride of a Year
Telling Her Hus-
band the Secret.
A Money-Mad Tvrant
at the Mercy of. His
Victims.
Little Ben Alexander
and His Gang of
Educated Pups.
How a Child Saved a
Capt. a Ii S t from
Death at the Hands
of Desperate Strik-
ers.
How a Shyster Law
yer Hires a "Con-
genial" Secretary.
A Dance-Hall in the
Slums of Chicago.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07

This is story of Soldier who, when he came
home, found the men in the kitchen and the
women in the trousers.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-06-07
Press Comments
on ''The Turn in
the Road"

Thepicture through
out is crowded with
big thoughts on the
great human questions
of the day. 1t pulls
t h e heart-strings.-
Los Angeles Record.
A most compelling
story a clever
admixture of drama,
melodrama and comedy
with a cast of excep-
tional strength and
good photography
Los Angeles Times.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-12

berry Jam is jamming You've been a
dear, Leila, bu, there isn't the slight
est use OF your staying with me. And
as Tor learning my way, you know It
already, From what you say. | can
see it is only question OF different
measurement. So run along and en-
Joy your ride. lswas going to have
a cold pickup d'ner. so It doesn't
matter what time you get back. Stay
as long as Won like"
"Oh,>we1l stop at some little rcstau-
rant for dinner" Dicky said easily,
with his usual disregard for the cost
OF any outing | made swift. dis
mayed, mental calculation of the prob
able cost Of the evening and travelled
III Japid retrospect over several IN
dications | had recently noticed OF
Dickys attitude toward money. and
though, again OF the cxtrayagaft car.
! wondered YEARLY how | could best
cope with this alarming ,euycncy Of
my husband TO live beyond o6r meats