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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
OFFICIALS ARE DISTURBED OVER
 OIL DECISION Carranza and Advisors De- termined to Confiscate
 Lands.
WILL NOT PROTECT FOREIGN CAPITAL
Official Statement by Chief of Petroleum Depart
 nent.

Washington, Aug. 23 Officials here are somewhat disturbed by an apparent determination on the part of Carranza and advisers in Mexico City to confiscate the oil property of foreigners, including Americans, in spite of the protests lodged with the Mexican government by all the na- tions whose nationals have invest ments in Mexico.
 Carranza's official circles has no notion, it is said, of protecting for eign capital in Mexico This is borne out by the following official statement recently made by Fazquez Schiaffino, chief of the petroleum department of the industry commerce and labor.
 The steps taken by the petroleum bureau have followed a program whose main points may be summa- rized as follows:
 To engage in a work of propagan- da and diffusion of all data relating to the petroleum industry so as to interest national capital and to invite the attention of Mexican industrials, professional men in order that they play an active and independent part in the development of this industry making it in a short time an essen tiaIly and genuinely Mexican indus try.
 This official statement, which 1t is believed here was inspired by Carran- ga, coupled with the advice of LuiZ Cabrera, Secretary of the Treasury, urging the Supreme court to be in no haste in considering the petroleum cases now before it, has aroused great interest in official circles here. The petroleum cases now before the Mex can Supreme court are there on the advice of the American State Depart ment, which asked the Amercan oil companies to conform to all the re- quirements of the Mexican law step by step from the lowest courts to the highest courts in the land.
 The opinion of all classes in Mex ico, as reported in the Mexico City newspapers and transmitted to the state department, is for a prompt and correct settlement of the petro- Ieum question which has been de- i clared to be the key to relations between the United States and Mex l ico.
 Newspapers and citizens according to reports to the state department urge that because of the recognized danger of intervention, Mexico al least protect foreign investments | even if she cannot stop the murder of foreign citizens. Don Carlos Dufco, the eminent Mexican econom- | ist, asserts that foreign capital is ab- ! solutely necessary to development | of Mexico's resources because Mexi-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
KATCHAM MUST
 SUPPORT WIFI E

Charles J. Katcham of 50 Wood avenue, was arraigned in the city court this morning. charged with non-support- The complaint was registered by his wife, Pansy Katcham, of Milford. Katcham was ordered to pay his wife the sum of $11 a week for six months, furnish bond of $20O or spend 30 days in Jail. The husband claimed that his wife had been receiving money from him up to @ short time ago, and also that she was able 10 earn her own living. He appealed from the decis- ion of the city court. Bonds were fixed at $500.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
KOLCHAK GOVT TO FACE CRISIS IN 30 DAYS Ambassador Morris Reports on Conditions In
 Siberia CIVIL GOVERNMENT
 IS NOT ORGANIZED Question of Kolchak's Sue cess Or That of
 Bolsheviki.

Washington, Aug 23-Ambassa- dor Morris, who was sent by the State Department from Tokio to Omsk to report on conditions in Si- beria has advised the government here that the next thirty days prob ably will see d crisis in the affairs of the Kolchak governments He re- ported that Admiral Kolchak has had to devote so much attention to the military campaign against the Bol- shevik that he has been unable to or ganize sufficiently the civil govern ment and administration in Siberia to keep the people contented. Never theless he added, Kolchak is the best man for the task confronting him and that it is a question of his sue cess or the triumph of the Bolsheviki.
 Lack of material aid from the AL lies has been a tremendous handicap for Kolchak, the report states and these has led to friction between the military commanders of the Kolchak forces.
 Military authorities in Paris and here, however, agree that the Bol- sheviki are making their last desper- ate effort against the Kolchak troops and if they fail this time the soviet government in Russia will collapse.
 Recognition of the Kolchak gov ernment, if 1t succeeds in surviving the next 30 days, has been urged by Ambassador Morris it is said. To make this recognition effective 1t is understood the ambassador has urged that this government be ready to as sist in the negotiation of loans for the Siberian government and to des- patch additional arms and ammuni- tion and later food and clothing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
COL. FITZGIBBONS
 DIED YESTERDAY
 AT SUMMER HOME

Following an illness of several months, Colonel Richard FitzgibbOns. S4, Civil War Veteran, and one of Bridgepor+'s most widely known citizens. Lied yesterday afternoon at his summer home, Fort Trumbull Beach. The Colonel was health of ~ficer of the city for nearly g years and was head water inspector of tho Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. for the past 20 years.
 During his activities in this city as health officer, he instituted many splendid reforms and was very well liked and admired by his many as sociateS and friends. He enlisted in the Sixth Connecticut Volunteers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

and was in the service throughout the Civil War. Ills successive pro- motions finally put him in command of the Ninth Connecticut Volun- teers.
 He was a member of the Elias Howe, Jr., Uost, No. 3. G. A. R., Loyal LegiCn. and the Army and Navy Club of America. The de- ceased is survived by one sister, Mrs Ella Ste:ger, and one niece Miss Anna l.. Steiger. The funeral will be held Monday at o'clock from the summer home. A solemn mass of re- quiem will be celebrated at St. Jos eph's German R. c. church, at 10 o'clock by Rev. Hubert Dahme, pas tor Burial will be at the conven- fence of the family. N
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
JITNEY
 DRIVER FINED

For not completing scheduled run, William Ameksinos. of 154 Nichols street, a jitney driver, was fined s5 by Judge Wilder in the City court this morning. The jitney man was arrest ed yesterday afternoon.
 Frank 10th, of 2,S54 Fairfield ave- nue, another jitneur, was fined S4 in the City court this mornng for "cut- ting in" on a route. 10th was placed under arrest last night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
.R. R. TREATMENTS STRIKE HOLD UP
 FOOD SHIPMENT

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 23-Forty carloads of army supplies bound for troops on the border were held in the local freight yards today on ac- count of the strike of trainmen on the Southern Pacific, Atchison To- peka and Santa Fe and the Los An geIes and Salt Lake railroads.
 The mails suffered some delay but in most instances were cleared with in a few hours of their accustome d time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
WILL BE ABLE TO BID HAPSBURGS
 GOODBYE AGAIN

Paris, Friday, Aug. 22-(By A. P.) T feel certain the Hungarian peo- pie again will be able to bid the Hapsburgs goodbye" said Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Interallied Relief Organization, today after 1t became known that the Supreme Council had sent to Budapest a de- mand for the resi- gnation of Arch duke Joseph, head of the Hungarian government.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

cans have not the capital to put into the extensive enterprises and would
 not invest it if they had it
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
NEW CONTRACT

Wallace Reid has just signed a five year contract with the Famous Play ers- Lasky Corporation. He attached his signature to the document on his return from Los Angeles from an eventful tour of the North and i'm mediately left on a three weeks va cation. Reid joined the Famous Play ers-Lasky Go. six years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
GOVERNOR WANTS COMMISSIONS.
Texas Executive Gives His Policy in
Biennial Message

Austin, Tex. Jan. 1S.--Recommen-
dations for creation of a civil service
commission and public welfare com
mission, institution of a budget sys-
TEN. legislation providing for appoint
!nent of women on managing boards
of state institutions. reformation of
taxation laws, charges in financial
practice and a better system of audit
ing were made in the biennial mes
sage of Governor w P. Hobby to the
state legislature today
The governor called attention to the
report of the investigating committee
of the last legislature and suggests
further investigation into the practica-
bllity of discontinuing many direct
judgeships. He gave an exhaustive
review of the work accomplished by
the various departments and the war
measures enacted by the last legisla-
ture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
MONEY MATTERS
Topeka Banking Institutions
Make a Good Showing.
Practically All Have Held Their
Annual Elections.
THIS CITY A MONEY CENTER
Leading Bankers Are Optimis-
tic About the Future.
One of Most Prosperous Years
i'm History of City.
THIS CITY A MONEY CENTER

That 1918 was one of the most pros
porous years ever enjoyed by the fl
nancial institutions of Topeka, despite
the enormous war demands, is shown
by the reports made to stockholders
by the twelve leading banks and trust
companies of the city. Practically
every financial institution of Topeka
has held it's annual meeting of stock
holders and it's election of directors
and officers, and the officers are prac-
tically unanimous in their assertion
that the new year has started out with
every indication of being a good one.
Statements made to their stockhold-
ers by the twelve leading banks and
trust companies, based on their condi-
ton at the close of business December
81, 1918. give Topeka financial
prestige she has never before enjoyed
and assume a stability of business in
terests that cannot fail to produce
bigger things here in the way of COM
mercial activities.
-- Tho twelve banks from which the
figures given below were procured by
the Topeka State Journal show that
with a total capital and surplus of
approximately two and a half million
dollars deposits on January l amount
ed to almost twenty million dollars
And there is not a bank on the list
that has not given its stockholders
good return on their investment
during the last year.
Bankers Optimistic.
S. E Cobb, president of the Bank
of Topeka, states that 1918 was the
most prosperous year his Institution
ever enjoyed, and J. r. Burrow. pres
ident of the Central National bank.
asserts that Topeka has never had the
financial future that now lies before
her. He asserts that in his long and
wide experience as a banker he has
never known conditions to have been
better than they were during the last
year, war handicaps considered, or
opportunities greater for financial in
stitutons run along sound business
lines than they are at present.
Mr.. Burrow lays particular stress
upon the splendid showing made by
Topeka and Shawnee county in the
liberty loan drives, and asserts that
If it had not been for these drives the
deposits of the Topeka banks would
have been much larger. as fully 80
per cent of the liberty loan subscrip-
ton money came out of the banks in
the city and county.
In not a single loan drive did Shaw
nee county fail to go over her quota
and in the third loan campaign To-
tContinued on Page TwoJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
KANSAS MEN COME HOME.
Wounded Men Receive D.s-
charges From Fort sill Hospital.

Lawton. Okla. Jan. 1s.-seyenteen
wounded and injured soldiers received
their discharges this week from base
hospital at Fort sill. Among the men
discharged are heroes of the Beiieau
wood. Chateau Thierry and the Ar
gonne fighting. Among those dis
charged:
Charles Boiling. Company a. Seventh
infantry, Meade, Kan.
Terrell e. Coffelt. Company +. 18th
infantry. Marion, Kan.
John p. Meyers. Company L. i40th
infantry, Parsons, Kan.
G. ID Loyett. Company A, Thirty
ninth infantry. Salina. Kan.
George yoltz. Company Z. Thir-
teenth infantry. Arkansas City. Kan.
Herman Langis. Company y. l37th
Machine gun battalion. Burlington.
Kan
r. l. Pearce, Company ID. 1zsth Ma
chine gun battalion. carterviIie. Mo.
George l. Bell. Company @, Thir-
tieth infantry, Goff, Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
TERMS GIVEN TO HUN
Official Announcement of Armisticc
Extension Is Made Now.


Paris. Jan. 1S.-Marshal Foch, Ad-
miral Browning and the German ar
mistice commissioners signed an
agreement for a renewal of the armi-
stice between the allies and Germany
Thursday. The armistice is extended
for one month and the extension will
be renewed thereafter until the con-
clusion of peace. subject to the ap-
prova1 of the allied governments. The
principal terms of the renewal are
substantially as have been reported.
In addition there is clause by
which the allied command reserves
the right to occupy that part of the
StrasbOurg defenses comprised by the
forts of the eastern bank of the Rhine
and strip of territory from three to
six miles beyond
Other clauses provide for the sub
stitution for supplementary railroad
material. fixed at 500 locomotives and
1900 cars by the protocol of Decem-
ber II, by large quantities of indus
trial and agricultural implements and
give control of Russian prisoners in
Germany to allied and associated dele
gates for repatriation. German head
quarters at Berlin will act in collab-
ora tion with the allied and associated
relief organizations in this phase of
the work
The naval clauses provide that all
SuDnla TiGeS must be turned over. in
Guiding all submarine cruisers. mine
layers. sweepers, salvage ships and
floating docks for submarines. They
also stipulate that the building Of all
submarines must cease and those on
the stocks must be dismantled or de-
stroyed under allied supervision.
Germany undertakes to turn over
all allied ships still detained in Ger
man ports The clause providing that
Germany shall place her mercantile
marine at the disposal of the allies in
return for food supplies. says that the
agreement in no way affects the final
disposal of those ships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
|CUT YANK FORCE
KEPT FOR GUARD
IN EUROPE NOW
March Announces That Mini
mum Strength viii Stay.
Far Less Than 80 Divisions of
Original Plans.
PERSHING HAS TOLD F0CH
1,2S1.O00 Troops Have Been Or.
dered Discharged Already.
Additional Troops Are Named
for Convoy Home.
PERsHING HAS TOLD FOCH
Additional Troops Are Named
for Convoy Home.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-American
forces in France and in the occupied
territory of Germany are to be reduced
TO the minimum strength Consistent
with our national obligations" Gem
eral March said today He added that
General Foch had been informed of
this policy by General Pershing.
What strength is to be maintained
is under discussion now by American
military officials and the allied mill
tary leaders. No report has been re-
ceived indicating the number of divi-
sions to be supplied by the United
States. but General March was posi-
tive that it would be far less than the
thirty divisions given in unofficial re-
ports as the probable American mill
tary contribution. The American
force for the occupied zone was fixed
by international agreement at the time
the armistice was signed, General
March said Marshal Foch undoubtedly
would refuse to permit a reduction of
his total strength to a point where IL
would be inadequate to handle any
possible disturbance.
All at Home Out.
mobilization of all army units In
the United States has been ordered.
General March announced, with the
tAStptiOu VI lHe regular uIllNS
needed for camp guard purposes and
various detachments necessary to con-
tinue the rehabilitation process. The
total now listed for rehabilitation is
1,177,000.
Troops actually returned from
France for rehabilitation, now num-
ber 104. 900. This gives grand total
ordered discharged of J,2SI,o0O, OF
which 768.626 men and 1888 officers
have been discharged to date. The
rate os discharge again is nearing the
maximum capacity of 1000 men per
camp per day after an interruption
by the holidays.
Some Units Excepted.
In addition to the regular regi-
ments the exceptions from the blanket
demobiliza ton order include the cav
airy on the southern border, coast ar
tillery troops in the coast defeEses. de-
tachments at ports and the medical
personnel This last force now num-
bers $4,000, but General March said
it would be reduced gradually as. the
number of men it had to care for was
reduced.
Men TO Como Home.
Assignment to early convoy home
from France of units comprising ESQ
officers and $500 men was announced
today by the war department. The
units include the 11th engineers com
plete. 372nd infantry. medical detach-
ment and second battalion: 37ist in
fantry, 18th and 18th engineers and
third evacuation ambulance company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
Urges Reorganization of Kan
sas Educational System.
Demands Square Deal for the
Teacher of Little Schools,
S. A. 7. C. UNDER DISCUSSION
Kelly Says Student Soldiers
Didn't Get Fair Trial.
DecrieS Some Ideas of Military
Training, However.

A complete reorganization of the
pupnc schooI system of the state by
placing all educational institutions
from the rural district school to the
university under the administration of
single board-a state board of
regents of education-was new
scheme advocated by Ed T. Hackney.
former president of the state board of
administration and chairman of the
educational efficiency commission of
the state council of defense in an ad-
dress today before the annual meeting
OF the council of administration of
the Kansas State Teachers association.
Mr. Hackney outlined his plan be-
fore the board of education group of
the council. The proposed board of
regents of education, he said. should
consist of from three to five mem
bers, including the state superintend-
ent of public instruction, as chair
man.
The council of administration ended
its two day session today at noon. The
forenoon was given over to meetings
or various groups of educators, and
Hackney was a speaker before the
meeting of members of boards of edu-
cation at the Y. NJ. C. A
Give "LittIc Teacher" Dues.
1--WE should treat the teacher in the
little white schoolhouse who worked
on a dozen pupils" he said, las a
manager just as we treat the chanSel-
lor of the university who works on
5000 students as a manager, and these
managers should be the executives and
should have wide authority within their
plants. But over all the plants there
should be a board of regents which
would occupy the place of board of
directors of an overhead corporation"
Mr. Hackney's plan provides that
the state board of regents take over
the duties now performed by the state
board of education. the state school
book commission and that portion of
the duties of the state board of ad-
ministration dealing with the state
educational institutions. He would re-
tain the present business management
feature.
Mr.. Hackney pointed to what he
termed serious consequences that
have arisen from the separation of
the several branches of the public
schools, due, he stated, to lack of CO.
ordination and cooperation.
The S. A. T. c. plan tried by the
colleges this fall was a subject that
came in for a good deal of discussion
at the various meetings. Two ad-
dresses on the lessons of the S. A. T.
C. were planned for the program.
Hackney said:
college education is essential for
leadership. Military discipline is in
compatible with the highest type of
college education and the attitude of
mind developed under military disci
pline is perhaps the best expressed
by the men themselves in three little
CONTINUED on Page Two.b
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
more TROOPS IN
Loyal Soldiers Occupy Whole
Center of Berlin
Heavy Artillery Is Placed
Ready for Quick Action.
tBy the Associated Press.J

Berlin, Jan 16 (delayed) More
loyal troops entered Berlin and occu-
pied the whole center of the city, as
we'll as the north and northwest sec
tions. Heavy artillery has been placed
in Doenhoff-PlatZ and Spittel- Markt
Field guns stand at various points in
the closely guarded district including
Unter den Linden, and armored autos
and tanks have been prepared for in
stant use. All the streets in the sec
tions named are under guard and it
is impossible to pass without identifi-
cation and without satisfying them
that one is unarmed. Systematic
search for Spartacans continues. Es-
pecially strong forces have been post
ed in sections most exposed to Boil
sheyist snipers in recent days and citi-
zens are warned to keep indoors at
night. Hanover dispatches report a
clash between authorities of the ma
jority Socialist movement and tha
Spartacan and independent Socialis.
government in Brunswick. The SOL
diers' and workmen's council. which in
connection with the Brunswick State
government has been using all means
protect Germany's eastern border.
cave notice that any troops passing
thra Brunswick railway stations
would be disarmed- The Hanover
council ;hereupon sent strong forces
which occupied a railroad station in
-fuf1SH lex terfllDfE-
An Act of Provoc=.tion.
The Brunswick council protested.
czying that this act was "Provocation
10 bring bloodshed and battle to the
free states of Brunswick"
The Hanover council replied that
all Brunswick troops belong to the
Tenth army corps of Hanover
Former Spartacan War Minister
Schreiner. of Stuttgart is reported un-
der arrest with fifteen other Sparta
cans The Spartacan coup at Stutt-
gart - said to have cost seven lives.
The executive committee of the CEN
tral soldiers and workmen's council
has telegraphed to councils at MutG-
heinz -Ruhr. Hamburg and other
places. requesting that the councils
order their own immediate reconstruct
ton by new election carried on by the
proportional system The central COM
mittee says that conditions at a num-
Der of places require this action.