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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

our balance of trade with Japan
received a jolt in September. In June
last we had worked it up to about
100000 in our favor. In September
it stood s26,00O.o0O against US. We
had $4.OOO,OO0 in our favor in our
trade with China in June: and it was
nearly s6,000,O00 against us in Sep
tember. A favorable trade balance in
our trade with all the world of $685.
100000 in June had dwindled to 15S.-
100000 in September. All this should
L I'd to lower prices of certain articles
in this country. but nothing seems ef-
fective in bringing down living costs.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
IRMA BARToN's STORY.
CHAPTER XCV.

When / told Everett that Irma Bar
ton had spent an hour with me. he
looked pleased.
Trina is big-hearted, generous
woman. am glad you are getting
better acquainted with her. She hasn't
really had square deal in life. But"
E She told me she was going to be
married-to a friend of yours
Yes. Her first marriage was very
unhappy, yet she did not let it make
her sour or unhappy-when with
others
II wish you would tell me about
her.
She married man she adored-
rather. she loved what she thought
the man was.~ They were on the verge
of divorce when the baby came The
love she had given the man she trans
ferred to the child. He traded on
that love. He had her watched, her
most INNOCENT actions misconstrued
threatening always to take the child
If she opposed him. He took the lit
tie girl for a motor ride Irma could
not prevent. Both were brought home
dead
"Oh. how dreadfu1!'
For years 1rma never saw any
| think it was She locked herself
away from everyone. Then because
some one told herr she was doing
wrong-I think it was the Ole clergy
man whose church she sometimes at
tended in the little town tn '. hich she
had hidden herself aWay-for the sake
of her mother and Others she put her
grief away and once more opened her
home AMI took up her oil life-what
was left of it. Her mother died some
years ago. Since then we have all
tried to make UP to Irma as far as we
could, for what she suffered"
'Oh, the poor thing."
Now, Sandra," Everett said gently,
Il have told you this story of Ir-pa' $
for two reasons. One is that 1 want
YOU to like. her. and help her-l mean
it, help her. You are young. You
never have been scared by unmerited
suffering. You can help her to see
the brighter things of life thru Your
young eyes" Then DO you think
would lie to you, Sandra?"
I shock my head.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

A New Jersey manufacturing con-
Germ advertfses that it desires to sub
stitute American for alien labor, and
announces that hereafter it will en-
ploy only men who can speak the Eng
lish language. The spirit of this is
right, but strict adherence to the
rule would be wrong. There are many
good Americans of foreign birth.
There are many men Of foreign birth
who are good Americans in spirit but
who have not m9 stored the English
language. It is well to deny employ
nent to all who give any evidence of
lack of loyalty to American institu
tions, but it is wrong to make hard
and fast rule against employment of
men who arc honest, law-abiding, ,&ru
gal and industrious. and who came to
America by our own invitation, to
make their homes. but who have not
Yet been able to learn the English Ian
euage. American citizenship is the
only rightful test. 1t may be largely
our fault in many cases that foreigners
have not learned our language.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
DOORS.

There is one thing about life, and
that is it never stays bound-unless
YOU choose to have it that way. Folks
hedge themselves into their tight
shells.
While there are a thousand doors
to LET OUT L1FEi And bring it in.
Doors are wonderful. They lead to
SO many things. Out into the stimu-
lating air and sun-out where the
whole world plays.
Every opportunity is a door. Every
decision, everysworked out plan. every
honest purpose, may lead to a great
door-thru which you may pass to a
higher valuation in the world
Most doors have locks. And some
of these locks are very intricate and
difficult to unlock. But the right key
works smoothly and with ease. It is
up to you to own and handle every key
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
ABOUT GRUMBLERs.

ABOUT GRUMBLERS.
l hear men whimper am complain
About the way the world is run
On sunny days they sigh for rain
An when 1t rains they want the SUM-
II We were runnin' things" they say,
Tbere'd be much less o grief an wrong
Wed keep the clouds o. care away
An life would be one round o. song
Yet in the homes where they abide
As lords an masters day by day.
ne women folks ire sorely tried
The children are not always gay;
The grounds often bleak an bare:
The roses struggling by the fence
Don't seem to show the tender care
OF notable intelligence
ve never found a grumbler yet
Whose dealings with his fellow man
Were free from error or regret
OR shaped to any faultless plan.
Within his territory small
An on the round he daily makes.
Where he Is lord an boss of all
/ notice that he makes mistakes
So when I hear such men complain
About the way the Hand Divine
Orders the sunshine an E1e rain
An regulates each tree an vine
] look around an try to see
The kind o. work that he has done
An I'm glad ss I can be
He doesn't have the world to run
Copy right 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

The coal miners seem to be in no
hurry to return to work. Apparently
they hope by remaining idle to win
back later, thru a new wage scale. the
money they are losing thru idleness.
It does not always work that way. For
instance. the strike of dockmen at New
York, carried on in the name of the
Longshoremen's union, has ended and
the men have mostly gone back to
work. 1t is estimated that they lost.
in wages alone. the sum of $4,000, 900
during the period while they were
idle. while steamship lines place their
losses at ss5, 900. 600. The workers
loss is permanent, for. as their last
case is no better than the first.-there
is no known way OF repairing the dam
age
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

to the door which you~hope to open.
Doors open into so many different
ways and places. Sometimes one is
thrilled on entering a room where a
great task is to be worked out. And
then. on passing out of such a room.
how full of satisfaction We are, If we
have performed we'll,
Doors bring SO many surprises, too.
Perhaps one whom we have loved and
missed, or have almost forgotten
opened a door the other day and
looked into the face of one whom I
had not seen since my school days.
And I was made SO happy
Doors welcome, inspire lead, be-
cause of the things and happenings,
and people that pass thru them.
Learn to pass thru doorsi Learn to
unlock them, after others have failed
TO do so. Do not be afraid of many
doors
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
LittkDeflt1XHs Z
NotQzz3ooK

Some lady came to see ma this aft
irnoon bringing a kid with her, being
d kid with a little nose with big
glasses on it and ma sed, Benny take
Mrs. Jonsin's little boy up in the set
ting room and play with him
Wich me and the little kid went up.
me saying. Do you wunt to play lotto :?
Wat do I care, sed the kid.
Not sounding very sociable, and 1
sed. Watts your name2
Watts you want to know for? sed the
kid.
jest to find out, I sed.
None of your bizniss. sed the kid.
Not sounding sociable at all. me
thinking, Gosh, G. wiz, whose he think
he is? And I sed. Well. do you wunt
to play lotto or don't you yes or no?
None of your bizniss, sed the kid.
And he jest sat there looking as If
he thawt he was tuff- and after a vile
I pretended to smell my fist. saying
Gosh my fist smells funny, it smells
like cinnamin or sumthing.
Wich the kid dfdent say enything.
I pertended to smell it agen. saying.
Gosh it serteny smells funny. it smells
like some kind of perfume or sum
thing.
Lets smell. sed the kid. And I put
my fist under his nose and wen he
started to smell / jammed his nose so
hard with it that he started to bawll
like some baby. and his mother and
ma came running up stairs. ma saying.
Benny wat have you bin doing to Mrs
Jonsin's little boy?
Nuthing, he tried to smell my fist.
sed. And the kid stopped bs.wlling
a minnit and .sed. He said it snnelt
funny and il dident. and started to
bawll agen. And his mother took him
down stairs with her and I went to
look for my ice skates so as to know
ware they was in case L wunIed them
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
DINNER STORIES

Look here" demanded the hard
eyed man in the rnenagerie tent "are
those your children over there in
front of. that cage?"
only about fourteen of 'em," re-
piled Mr.. Gap Johnson of Rumpus
Ridge, Ark, who was viewing the
wonders.
well, get 'em away from there,
quick! They have been making faces
at the gorilla for twenty minutes and
the poor devil is having one fit right
after another
His pockets were empty, but it was
evident he had seen better days.
Yes" he was saying to a sympa-
thizer, Il was once the cynosure of all
eyes. 1 was the tatooed man in a
circus
And how did you lose your job %
he was asked.
Public has gone dotty on moving
pictures he replied sadly, "and mine
won't bulge"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
Another Silent Buyer.
By ROY K. MoULToN

Dear Roy. T. u, the self-styled
silent buyer in Mondays column.
makes a lot of noise, but l think | can
beat him. Landing in Buffalo some
what grouchy, | approached a push
cart peddler selling postcards without
speaking tand / am neither dumb nor
deaf.) l selected a dozen or more
cards and handed them to the vender
with an inquiring glance. He counted
the cards, fished pencil from his
coat pocket and wrote on a paper bag
in which he afterward placed the
cards, go cents" I paid the bill,
took the cards and walked away Not
a word spoken. H. E. PICK
A librarian reports that when she
reminded one of the young men who
was taking books that he had failed
to return Memory Course" he ex-
planned that he had forgotten it.
One drink of near-beer and the
world isn't yours-by forty rows of ap-
pie trees
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

gar proposition. the coal business, and
every business the government has
tried to manage. If it succeed, the
farmers and stock feeders will pay a
great portion of the loss thru lower
prices. while the tax payers will put up
the balance, just as they are doing
now with the railroads and the meat
buyer will pay more than he does now.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
THE NEW PARTY.


ing presidential election will be nomi-
mated, declares John Fitzpatrick. pres
ident of the Chicago Federation of La
Dor. The plan is a good one. The
proper way for any body of citizens in
this country to alter the established
system of doing things is thru the bal
lot box
The new party, of course. will not
elect a president, nor come anywhere
near it, but it may force the dominant
political party to adopt that which is
good in the new party platform. Pol
iticians always have their ears the
ground and are quick TO adopt any
new idea, neglect of which might en-
danger their chances at coming cleo
tiops.
It will be recalled that thirty years
ago the farmers of the United States
organized a political party and nomi-
mated a candidate for the presidency.
Their candidate carried certain states
and they elected few members of
congress but they never got any far
ther. The result of their action, how
ever, is seen in the fact that almost
everything for which they contended
has since been written into the statute
books.
The program to be followed, as an
nounced by Fitzpatrick. is much the
same as that adopted by the farmers.
1t is to attack the dominant party in
the hope of winning the opposition
party to the ranks of the new party.
When the farmers went into politics
there was a Republican in the White
House, so they courted the Democrats
and with considerable success. The
victories they won were due to Demo-
crat votes. They tried hard to win
over the labor vote, but without much
success, except in the west.
The new labor party now is count
ing on the support OF the farmer or
ganizations but seems doomed to dis
appointment except as regards the
Nonpartisan League. Other farm or
CARNATIONS which have been holding
conventions recently have shown dis
position to frown on the doctrines
which have been adv9 led by the la
Dor union leaders. For instance, they
w nv INT thS SAiVlL bdy anu ing II
pay. Both hit their pocketbooks.
''It Is Wilson's party that has, by its
anarchistic attitude toward union la
Dor and the working classes. forced US
to make up working mans slate un-
der which we hope to,enroll. not only
union men and women, but farmers.
clerks-every working man and wo-
man said ENifznatrieI-
There is ingratitude for you. 1t
was Wilson's party that laid
the foundation for the grip that
organized labor has had on the
throat of the country for months
past, by the passage of t1'n Adamson
law. But this ingratitude is no new
thing. 1t was manifested at the jolls
last year. Did the labor leaders think
that they could get everything for
nothing? If they wished to retain the
good will of Wilson's party they
should have voted differently in 1918
The Republicans have shown little if
any appro -iation =" their help and
there was nothing left for them politi-
cally but to start a little party of their
own. The politics of the country
stands to derive much benefit from the
movement.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

Just a few days after the report that
the town of Nitro, w. Va. built at
cost to the government of s70,O0O,0OO
was sold for S.551, Gee, a town built
for the product'"n of she and where
not single shell was made. Secretary
Baker asked ~~lpross for another ap-
T~opriation of $12.Nr --''-' which
TO enlarge the Mussel Shoals, Ala
Bama. nitrate plant and equip it for
greater production.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

Closing of the breweries and distil-
grain market. In fact corn is much
higher than it has been in the past
when it was used for making whisky
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

The federal trade commission is
putting, forth an effort to take the
meat packing business from a class
of men who built it up and understand
it and place it under the management
Of men who know as little about it as
they did about the railroads. the su-
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

Before the bone-dry law went into
effect in Kansas" says Tim Bolder,
my wife would kiss me occasionally
out of curiosity. After that she kissed
me'only when I came home from KAN
sas City. Now Kansas City is dry and
don't think she'll ever kiss me
again. tKan.) Optimist
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

An attempt to limit debate on the
peaGe treaty so that it may be brought
to decision has been defeated. The
country can now determine for it
self who is holding up the treaty
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

The national W. C. T. U. is plan
ming to carry prohibition to the ends
OF the earth, it is announced Will
they begin in Ohio or Rhode Island?
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

Legislation has provided a way for
settling evs-y form 80 dispute between
individuals. Why can not it devise a
way for adjusting differences between
employers and employees?
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14

Residents of the new rural high
school district north of the city are
planning to obtain the erection of
bridge across Soldier creek This is
another of those bridges that nobody
will cross until he gets to it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
MAN THOUGHT INSANE
PASSES BAD CHECKS

Special 20 The News Times
LAPORTE, Ind. Sept. 4.-Harry
Plumback. son OF Charles Plum
back. OF this city. was taken into
custody today on a warrant issued
by William Pelz charging him with
the passing OF a worthless check
for $3.50 The check was drawn
on a bank at Atlanta. Ga. Plum
back recently figured in sensa-
tional attempt at suicide al Gary.
Ind, where he was found locked in
his room. He had been without
food for four days in an evident at
tempt 10 end his life by starving
himself 10 death.
Plumback has had a checkered
career He has made several at
tempts AT suicide. has figured as
defendant in three divorce cases
heard in the Laporte circuit court
has passed any number of worthless
checks. only the paying OF which
saved him from criminal prosecu-
ton in the courts II is believed he
is insane and il is likely a commits
sion will be appointed TO determine
his mental status
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
100000 POUNDS OF
MEAT OFFERED FOR SALE

WASHINGTON. Sept Z. - Five
million pounds of frozen meats. now
in cold storage in New York and
Chicago, was offered by the war de-
partment today TO municipalities
for resale. The offer will remain in
effect until Sept. rs. at which time
the other methods of marketing
such portion OF the stock as re-
mains will be resorted 10
The meats in storage include
about 100000 pounds Of frozen
poultry at New York and more than
1 100000 pounds in the Chicago
zone. This will be sold at 80 cents
per pound. Quantities OF frozen NUT
ton and pork shoulders and loins
also will be offered at from 16 TO 81
cents. Since these products can
only he transported in refrigerator
cars. no order for less than a car
load lot will be accepted.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
TESTIFIES OF WARTIME
SPRUCE PRODUCTION

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. Bryce
p Disque. head Of the spruce pro-
duction division OF the war depart
ment during the war with the rank
OF brigadier general, testified Wed
nesday that he had no secret agree
ment with Samuel Gompers. presi-
dent OF the American Federation of
Labor. regarding introduction OF the
eight hour day into logging camps
and lumber mills OF the northwest.
as had been charged. His testimony
was before the congressional sub
committee investigating war time
airplane spruce production.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
NEwsBOY DIES OF WOUND.

TERRE HACTE Ind Sept A.
Randel Newt by. 10 years old. died in
hospital Wednesday night from a
an hour earlier at his home The
police were searching for Tony De-
ross. who IS said TO have been in the
room with Newly AZ the time of the
shooting. Members OF the house
hold. who told the police that the
shooting was accidental. said that
DerOss ran from the house and dis
appeared In the railway yards i'm
medlately following the shooting.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
Oklahoma Well
Yields 4 Hard
Kicking Brandy

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, Sept 4.
Federal agents Wednesday SOU yht
10 penetrate the mystery about what
Is said 10 be the richest we'll in all
Oklahoma
investigators had been unable 10
learn either the location OF the well
or the name OF its owner, though
more than $4,000 worth OF its pro-
duction had been sold.
Finding no market for his peach
crop. the story goes. a farmer dump
ed his peaches In an old well, added
ferment and closed the top. Now
the pump yields a delicious hard
kicking brandy that sells for SO a
gallon.
Revenue men-and others-want
to find the we'll
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
ARDMORE, IND.

sept Is.
Ardmore Community Center will
meet al the Ardmore schooIhouse
Friday evening. Sept 3. at o'clock
AIR Bird, county agricultural agent.
will speak.
William Grouse and family at
tended a family reunion at Butler.
Ind, Sunday Mrs VI. l. Franks.
Of Denver Colo. sister Of Mrs.
Grouse. returned with them for a
weeks visit
Mrs. Arthur a. Heine. OF Kanka-
kee, Ind. spent a week with Mrs.
Lesson.
Miss Lena Esken OF South Bend.
Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. ReineboId and
family attended the Maurer family
reunion on Labor day held at Pot
tawatomie park.
Mr.. Hoffer and family. Of South
Bend. have moved into Mr.. Las
sans house on Nasturtium I'd
Fred Ruffner and J. Hartman
and family. Of Chicago. were week
fiIN NAf1Ae VI AfAA o. A<Et1bii anu MIS-.
Moore.
Mrs. Arthur Johnson. Of Chicago.
ill. visited p few days with Mr. and
Mrs Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". r Tidle- and
Mrs. Ruby scott and children. Of
Valparaiso. we're weekend guests
OF Mr. and Mrs. Reinebold.
MIR. and Mrs Sam Bourbon and
daughter and Meredith Moore. OF
Detroit Mich. are visiting Mr. and
Mrs A II Moore
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward. OF South
Bend visited Sunday with her
daughter. Mrs Barnum
Bessie Relneboid has returned
from a two weeks visit in Valpa-
raise and Chicago.
Alva Logan and family have
leased the house recently vacated
by Mr. Matteson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson spent La
Dor day in South Bend
Mrs. r. r. Renebold spent Tues
day in South Bend with her daugh-
ter Mrs Ziebarth
Mr. and Mrs e +. Galeener at
tended the Frame reunion at Pot
tawatomie park Monday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
EXCESS BAGGAGE
REPORT IS FALSE
Commercial Travellers and
Business Men Complain
to Administration.
BY LOUIS LUDLOW.

Nsws-Times Washington Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. Il c.. Sept. e.
In some unaccountable way the re-
port has become widely circulated
throughout the country that the rail-
road administration is about TO aboI-
ish the regulation which permits
passengers 10 have transported free
of charge baggage TO the amount Of
so pounds and that it viii be neces-
sary. after the change becomes eff
fective. for travellers to pay for the
transDor alton Of baggage. regard
less Of what n weighs
To Affect Statesmen.
The report has caused consterna-
ton among commercial travelling
men. who carry large sample cases
and trunks. and business concerns
have Joined In the bonn bardment OF
letters ana kilograms demanding
that the proposed change be revok
ed The Cincinnati Business Mems
club was one OF the large business
organizations that sent in vigorous
protests
Attention Is rallied 10 the fact
that every jobber in Ohio. as well
as the rest OF the United States IS
sitally interested In this matter. '
wrote the vice president of this club
20 Sen. Pomerene.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
ATTY. GEN. PALMER SUED.

NEW YORK, Sept. ATTY. Gen
Palmer and Alien Property CustO-
dian Garvan were named as de
PENDANTS IN four libel suits flied in
federal court here today by Julius
Forstman and the Forstmann &
Huffman Co. Of Passaic. y. j Dam
ages agregating sS5O.OOO are de-
manded. The suits are based on
articles written by Mr.. Palmer for
the Saturday Evening Post and
Munsey's Magazine. and by Mr..
Garvan for the New York Tribune
The three publications also are
made defendants.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
TEMPORARY EMBARGO
ON WHEAT SHIPMENTS

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Sept "A
temporary embargo on wheat ship
ments 20 Kansas City was declared
Wednesday TO relieve congestion on
the tracks.
Elevators here. it is said. contain
about twelve and half million
bushels of wheat, more than half Of
the property OF the United States
Grain corporation. and several thou
sand carloads are on the tracks.
The embargo, according 20 grain
rnen. will last several days
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-04
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Taken from Files Of Indiana Title
& Loan Co.
The Kosciuszko Building & Loan
Fund association TO Ferdinand Po-
lonka and Hattie PolOnka. husband
and wife. 81: lot 314. Clement Stu
debaker Summit Place 2nd addition
I'm the city Of South Bend
George NJ. Lucas. single, 81 al. TO
Anton Chodzinski and Agnes Chod-
zinski, husband wife. $3.50 lot u.
block :, William 5. Wallis addition
TO the town now city of South Bend.
Emmit a Smith and Clara r.
Smith. husband and wife, TO Solo
mon II. Thornton, $500; lot 10, Z.
A Smith addition 10 city Of Misha-
waka. Ind.
Franciszek Zienlinsk and Mary
anna Zielinski. husband and wife. TO
Jozef W1lkowski and Antonina
Walkowski husband and wife. 81.
part Of large lot or block in
Kuntsman & Meyers addition to
South Bend
Phillip Minch. widower, TO George
NJ Munich, 81; lot and east 1-2 of
lot s in block Sc. Lawrence & Bat
tells addition 10 town now city OF
Mishawaka.
Henry Werman and Elsie Wer-
man, husband and wife. to Martin
Murphy and Elizabeth Murphy
husband and wife, 81: lot p. or
chard Heights LIST addition to city
of South Bend