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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
Will SON OPPOSES /
u. S, SHARING IN !
HUN INDEMNITIES
fore Senate Committee.
No Decision Reached Yet as to
Partition of Debt.
OPEN DIPLOMACY USHERED IN
Senate Body Considers Treaty
OPEN DIPLOMACY USHERED IN
Senate Body Considers Treaty
in Public Session.
Breaks Long Established Prece-
dent In Treaty Making.

Washington, July al President
Wilson Is opposed to having the
United States share in any indemnities
paid by Germany. Bernard NJ. Baruch,
member of the economic commis-
sion of the peace conference today
told the senate foreign relations COM
mittee.
Putting into operation the principle
of open covenants of peace openly
arrived at" the committee smashed
prececents and considered the peace
treaty at a session wide open to news
paper men and the public. Heretofore
all treaties have been discussed in
secret.
No final decision has as yet been
reached on whether the United States
will get any of the twenty billion
marks to be paid by Germany by
May l, 1920. under the reparation
clauses to the treaty, Baruch said.
II think this is matter to be de-
termined by the president" Baruch
said.
by the president alone. or by the
president and by congress?" asked
Senator Knox.
well, I'll amend that by saying It's
matter for determination" said
Baruch.
temporarily halted because the large
room chosen for the meeting was so
close to street car tracks that MEM
bers could not hear the witness. The
committee moved, together with a
hundred or more, spectators, to an
other room.
Ono Hundred Years Secrecy Broken.
The real significance of today's
meeting of the committee, in the view
OF many senators. is that 1t sweeps
aside the senate's traditional policy OF
deep secrecy in consideration of trea-
ties. For hundred years treaty de-
liberations, both in committee and
before the full senate, have been jeai-
ously guarded. No European chan
cellory took greater pains to keep its
state secrets than did the senate.
Now without debate. without a dis
senting voice. simply by common con-
sent, this custom has been abandoned.
Open consideration OF the treaty IN
the senate was forecast months ago
by Borah and Johnson. but they
thought they would have to fight for
II.
The reason for the open sessions.
well informed members of the foreign
relations committee said today, is
based on the knowledge that secrecy
creates leaks; that the way to insure
both the opponents and advocates Of
the treaty against distortion of their
views as expressed in committee or
the senate, is to open the doors and
allow the. public to get the views Of
both sides at first hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
2.75 HOSE THE THING NOW
Wonder If Congress VIII Frown on
Them as on Brew of Same
strength"
New York. July s1.--Hslf hose for

New York. July 31.--Half hose for
women are passe.
They're wearing 2.75 hose. An en-
terprising reporter braved the shop
ping district to find out just how pop
ular half hose were. He discovered he
was several days too late.
do the girls wear them much? ?''
echoed one sales girl to his query, re-
garding the new 2.75 hose. My good
ness, yes. Look!"
The reporter blushed and admitted
they did.
whats the excuse for them? %
They're SO nice and cool" gurgling.
''and they-well, they have other. ad-
vantages."
"Er-how are they kept in place %
The sales girl picked up q pair of
shimmery blue silk things. about as
long as a split second. and said:
They turn down the edges like this,
and put a rubber band under the roll.
They're so popular" she added,
that we rather expect a demand for
them even next winter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
WIN WHEAT PLEA
Discounts Are Removed From
Z. S. Grain Tests.
Means Big Saving to Kansas,
J. c. MOhIer Says.

Discounts have been removed from
grain tests below No. wheat, accord
ing to notice received from the United
States Grain Corporation by J. c.
Mohler, secretary of the state board
of agriculture. This action will mean
big saving to farmers who this year
produced low grade grain.
The discount orders will apply to
Nos. 2 and 3 wheat only, the notice;
states. Discounts on No. wheat will
be three cents under No. 1, while No
tests will be seven cents a bushel
under No. 1. Wheat grading below
No. will be bought on inspection
merits by sample.
The new order is vitality important
in this state in view of recent protests
by Governor Allen against the grain
grading discounts of the federal grain
corporation. Under the old rule No
tests were listed at IL cents below
No. l. with an Is cent discount on No.
.. Grains bought by sample were list
ed at 25 cents under the No. l quota
tion of the government guarantee.
At present Nos. 1873 grade wheat
is selling on the open markets at a
premium. In other words the Kansas
farmers are at present marketing their
1919 crop at prices above the guaran-
tee fixed by the goVernment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
ASK TAX EXEMPTION
X. Sc L. of S. Would Be Favored by
State on Topeka Home.

The Knight and Ladies of Security
have asked the state tax commission
for tax exemptions on their new home
west of Topeka. Taxes on the pro-
perty when buildings are completed
would amount to several thousand dol
lars a year.
Samuel r Howe, chairman of the
tax commission, has referred the re-
quest for exemption to Judge s. N
Hawkes., assistant attorney general
An opinion in the case probably will
be rendered in a few days.
In their statement to the tax COM
mission officials of the knights and
Ladies of Security state their plan to
erect several buildings on the home
and hospital site. They ask exemp-
tion from taxation by virtue of laws
under which Kansas homes for the
Odd Fellows. Masons and other orders
have been given exemption from tax.
1t is stated by officials of the order
that 90 per cent of the subscriptions
for the support of the home come from
outside of Shawnee county. while 20
per cent of the contributions come
/ from sources outside the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
Kansas Officials Do Not Know
Lorraine Wooster.
No Such OfficehOlder Elected,
1t Is Asserted.
LAWRENCE GAZETTE IN STORY
Douglas County Holds Superin-
tendent's Orders Unofficial.
Trouble Ahead for Guardian of
"PrOf" Morals.

Miss Lorraine E. Wooster. state
superintendent of public instruction.
may be compelled to change her name
to just plain Lizzie E. Wooster. Sew
eral officials in Kansas have ques-
toned the right of the state superin-
tendent to use her new name on Of
ficiaI documents. 1t is also asserted
that any documents or vouchers signed
by Lorraine E. Wooster are illegal
In two statewide campaigns Miss
Wooster sought office as Lizzie E.
Wooster. She was a candidate for the
Republican nomination in 1916 and
finished second in the primaries. She
was nominated in 1918. Both times
she ran as Lizzie E. Wooster. That
name also appeared on the official ball
lot in the November general election.
Officers Near Revolt?
When she took the oath of office,
tho, Miss Wooster said that she was
convinced she should call into use her
honest to goodness name. So she sub
scribed to the oath last January as
Lorraine E. Wooster. Since that time
a number of papers have spoken about
the matter. Now, it is reparted. a
number of county officials are on the
verge of a revolt. In several counties
they refuse to recognize documents
which carry the signature of Lorraine
E. Wooster.
Now the Lawrence Gazette, pub
lished by Charles Finch, has taken up
the matter. "StiIl Lizzie on Records, "
is the heading of a story in the Gazette
which declares there was no Lorraine
E. Wooster elected IN Kansas. In a
news story the Gazette says:
What Gazette Says.
The state of Kansas has no super
intendeat of public instruction by the
name of Lorraine E. Wooster. accord
ing to officials at the Douglas county
court house. The superintendent who
was elected at the polls last fall was
Lizzie E. Wooster, and the verified
ballot from the secretary of states
office says that the candidate fol
superintendent of public instruction
! on the Republican ticket was a Lizzie
E. Wooster.
So it is. Lizzie E. Wooster ran fol
the office and was elected to the of
| flee under the official title of Lizzie
E., and not Lorraine E. Wooster
Since, however, the official has taker
up her duties, the name has beer
| changed to Lorraine E. Wooster.
According to the opinion at the
Douglas county court house there IL
no such official in the state and any
! orders signed by Lorraine E. Wooster
! are unofficial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
WHAT YOU MAY EXPECT
S. d. Flora Says August Is Cooler
and Wetter Than July I'm Kansas.
BY S. d. FLORA
(Meteorolgist in Topeka.

August has rather undeserved
reputation for being hot and dry wneh'
as a matter of fact, it is normally
degree cooler than July and has an
average more rain than any other
month of the year except May june
and July.
A good deal on the same principle
that the last mile of race Is the
hardest, August. coming at the close
of summer, seems hottest on account
to heat being worn down and also pc
cause the wind movement Is the least
at this time of the year.
Heated spells and high temperatures
often, occur. There, has been only
once in 80 years that month mas mas
passed without a temperature OF lou
degrees or higher somewhere In Kan
sas. The hottest August day on record
in the state was August 3, 1913, when
the temperature reached ITO degrees
at Minneapolis in Ottawa county AT
Topeka that day the temperature
reached 100 degrees. The warmest
Today period ever recorded at Topeka
occurred in August-from August
to I3 1913, when the temperature
reached or exceeded 100 degrees every
day while night temperature failed TO
fall below rs degrees at any time.
On the other hand some very pleas
ant weather has been experienced in
August, especially the latter part OF
the month, when the cooling effect of
fall generally begins to be felt. IL Is
very seldom the month passes without
a temperature as low as 40 degrees
somewhere in Kansas, the record
being 33 degrees NJ st Francis on
August 26, 1910. The lowest ever re-
corded at Topeka in August was As
degrees in 1918
The rainfall of August is inclined to
come in heavy down pours and to be
ho tint
frequently begins with the ground dry
from lack of sufficient moisture in
July and this produces a droughty
condition not always apparent from a
study of the months total fall. At
Topeka, August rains have totalled
from 1859 inches in 1903 to O.42 inch
in 1894 and this uncertainty as to the
amount from year to year is a condi-
ton that applies to all parts Of the
state.
A wet and comparatively cool Au-
gust is fine for corn, which is usually
in tassel as the month begins and at
the place where rain or the lack of II
has the greatest effect on the yield of
grain. Disaster has overtaken the
Kansas corn crop more often in Au-
gust than at any other time of the
year. On the other hand II y August
heat that hurries up corn so that In
the eastern part of the state it is prac-
tically always made before frost
comes.
A wet August Is fine for corn and
pastures and keeps the grain soTShums
growing fine. but too much rain at this
time of the year Is liable to sprou
wheat in the shock. In 1915 the pros.
pective wheat yield was diminis,Ied
| by IT millions of bushels by a we
August, while in 1917 the corn crop
which was considered ruined by a july
drought, was almost completely re-
vived by August rains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
ROB 2 SOONER BANKS
Bandits Get $4,000 at WheatIand To-
day, $4,000 at BIiIIerton Wednesday.

Bandits Get $4,000 at Wheatland To-
day, $4,000 at BIiIIerton wednesday.
Oklahoma City, July s1.-The bank
of Wheatland was robbed of about
$1,000 by masked bandits at IL
O'Clock this morning.
1t was the second Oklahoma bank
robbery in less than twenty-four
hours. The first occurred at Miller
ton late yesterday.
Two masked men walked into the
Wheatland bank this morning while
Cashier w. K. Hunker was alone, or
dered him into the vault and deliber-
ately stacked $1,000 in cash and
$500 in liberty bonds in two suit
cases. Then they walked to their
automobile a quarter of a mile away
and Joined their waiting companion
and whirled away to the north.
Cashier Hunker's cries brought help
some time later. He was released by
shouting the combination to the men
outside.
Four automobiles loaded with depu-
ties are searching for the bandits car.
Hugo Okla, July 31.-Posses were
securing the hills in the region of Mil
lerton, thirty miles east of Hugo to-
day in search of two bandits who late
yesterday robbed the Millerton bank
of $500 cash.
The robbers held up President H. E.
RObb and Cashier Burrow Powell,
escaping on horses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
CUT ALL WEEDS
City VIII Charge Cost Up to
Property Owners.
Average Expense Is About
SeVenty-FiYe Cents.

The names of about 1900 Topeka
citizens will be placed on the county
tax rolls liable for taxation to pay the
cost of city weed cutting on their pro-
perty, according to a statement made
this morning by Commissioner Robert
D. McGiffert.
McGiffert was working today pre-
pairing the ordinance that will legal
ize arrd arrange for this reimburse
ment to the city funds for the cost of
cutting weeds.
The city has already spent about
5000 this year in cutting weeds. More
than $500 of this amount was paid
out in salaries The rest was used
in incidental expenses such as adver-
tising, postage and the expense of
notifying persons that there were
weeds on their property that needed
cutting.
Expense is Increased.
The expense of cutting weeds has
been higher than usual this year on
account of the increased cost of labor
and the further fact that the long, wet
spring caused an increased rapidity of
growth in weeds.
The average taxation figure is about
rs cents. McGiffert was working in
names beginning with L this morning
and had already placed more than
ESQ names on the ordinance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
IT'S A COMPLICATED CASE
State officials I'm Controversy Over
State Employees Pay.

1t is probable that a test suit may
be filed in the supreme court TO test
the nepotism law enacted By the Iegis-
lature last winter. Fred w Knapp,
state auditor, has held that the law
disqualifies employees under civil serv-
ice where employees are shown to be
related to officials or assistants.
=. c. Riley. bond clerk in the office
of l. J. Pettijohn. secretary of state.
is held by. Knapp to be disqualified be-
cause he is a son-in-law of ID. o. Nc
Cray, assistant secretary of state.
Riley. tho. is under civil service 1and
held the appointment before McCray
entered the department. r. J. Hop
kins. attorney general. has held that
Riley is entitled to his pay. In spite
Of this ruling the state auditor threat
ems to hold up Riley's pay check.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
State May Get S12,OOO,OOO for
Roads in Four Years.
Would Mean Federal Favor for
1900 Miles Here.
IN ADDITION TO 8 MILLION
Total of 20 Millions or 1000
Miles of Highways.
Result of Official Conference
Goes to Washington.

Kansas may get an additional twelve
million dollars in federal aid as a
result Of the conference of midwest
ern highway officials in Kansas City
this week. w. c. Markham, secretary
of the Kansas state commission, stated
today that congressional approval of
the conference project would give this
state nearly three million dollars
year for four-year period.
Under the bill which is now being
drafted congress will be asked to ap-
propriate 100 million dollars a year
for four years. The appropriations
would cover the fiscal years of 1921
2223-24. Kansas would receive
slightly less than three million dol
lars a year for the period. This fund
would be in addition to eight million
dollars already apportioned to Kansas
The eight million dollar fund has been
manent highway building projects.
Aid To 1900 Miles.
The new fund would extend federal
aid to nearly 1900 miles of road in
Kansas, Markham belieyes. This aid
would be given under the present
generous apportionment of fifty per
cent to the counties BY use of the
eight million dollar fund the state has
given aid for the building of slightly
less than 500 miles of hard surface
road. The new appropriation would
mean completion in a five year period
of nearly 1000 miles of permanent
highways in Kansas under federal aid.
By use Of the eight million dollar
fund the state highway commission
has extended aid to more than one
third of the counties in Kansas
Roads which have been approved pass
thru thirty-five third class cities
Under the law the federal aid fund is
used for hard surfacing roads thru
third class cities when these roads are
a part of federal aid units
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31

The reported action of the Renner
cabinet. following receipt of the allied
peace terms. is similar to the fall of
the Scheidemann ministry in Germany,
which resigned rather than sign the
peace terms.
Austrian governmental affairs have
recently been in a rather unsettled
state. The peace terms presented by
the allied and associated powers to
the Austrians at st. Germain- -En-Laye
have been stoutly protested against in
official circles in Vienna, the financial
provisions being considered as particu-
larly onorous and predictions being
made that Austria was likely to be
driven into bankruptcy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
TOPEKANS JOIN ARMY
Five Young sIen Enlist in the Lass
Few Days.

Five Topeka young men have Joined
the army in the last few days. Charles
B. Rainey. 1901 West street has en-
listed in the infantry and will be sent
to Siberia for service. II was reported
at the local recruiting station. Lester
y. Workman, 730 Locust street, and
Archie Workman, TIA Chestnut street,
were enlisted in the signal corps and
sent TO the Hawaiian Islands. Ernest
c. Ledford Joined the air service. The
last named three men were members
of the local national guard companies.
Fay y. Larry. 2014 Buchanan, also
enlisted in the signal corps and viii
be sent te Hawaii.
Enlistments for one year are open
in the quartermaster and medical
corps to all men. whether they have
had previous service or not One year
enlisiments in other branches are
open only to previous service men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
B. R. 7. IN A THREAT
Kailrondcrs Hint at Strike UnIess Liv-
ing Conditions Bettered.

washington, July 31.-Wnliam q,
Lee, president Of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, announced to5e+,
that unless the railroad administratio1
1as l taken action by October on the
demand Of the brotherhood that WAGES
OF the trainmen either must be in
creased OF the cost Of living reduced.
the demands would be taken
Mr.. Lee said a resolution contairir0
TINS declaration which had bean
adopted last night by the special Cor,,-
mittee OF sixteen appointed at the re-
cent convention of the trainmen at Co
lumbus. Ohio. would be sent to the
railroad administration. The resol,,-
ton provides that in the absence of
action by October 1 the COMMITTEES
would reconvene to consider "the nee
essity for using the protective features
of the brotherhood"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
WHATs se5,OOO no HINf?
North Dakota Farmer. SwindIcd at
Wichita, Has 10000 Iron Men.

Wichita, July 31.-John Kozojed,
a 50-year-old North Dakota farmer,
two confidence men in a fake copper
deal here. Wichita detectives esti-
mated that 100000 has been obtained
in Wichita by swindlers in the last
year Kozojed was kept here six
weeks by the alleged swindlers. who
were named ]. H. Johnson and F. r.
schemes.
The loss worried Kozojed little,
since he admitted he was worth $780,
600. His chief worry was about what
his wife would say when he returned
home.
His money was taken on a bogus
board Of trade deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
MANY CHILDREN WORK
Ninety Given Permits by City During
the Last Month.

During the summer months there is
always an increase in the numbers of
children going to work. DR.. Earle G.
Brown, city health officer, has been
busy in the last few days issuing per-
mits for these children to go to work.
Ninety children secured permits last
month. This month so have obtained
permits. According to the regulations
of the state labor commission children
must either have birth certificates or
permits from health departments tes-
tifying as to their apparent age, be-
before being permitted to take jobs.
The youngest age at which children
may go to work is IA years and then
only under certain regulations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
WRITER'S UNION THERE
Reporters on Five st. Louis Papers To
Organize Today.

St Louis. July 81. - Committees
were preparing details this morning
for the organization of a news writer's
union of practically all editorial en-
ployes of the five English dailies in st.
Louis
A minimum wage scale and ad-
justment of working conditions will
be sought by the organization. accord
ing to those pushing the move. They
expect to present their suggestion to
publishers this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
RETURN WIRES TONIGHT
Government Control Ends-BurIcson
To Make Report Nov. 4.

Washington, July 31.-At midnight
all government controlled telegraph
and telephone systems go back to
private ownership.
Postmaster General Burleson last
night issued an order making effec-
tive legislation to return the system
at midnight on the last day OF July.
Burleson will make a report on the
government control of the wire system
TO congress by November 1, 1919, he
said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31

The morning paper in its lately ac-
uuired shout from the housetops
method of delivering and deciphering
news appears under the usual banner
today with the declaration that com
mittee from the milIers' union had to
be tanned and curbed in order to prevent
it from descending with violence upon
the publisher of The State Journal
last evening Nothing is more ridicu-
Ious. From the impression gained by
reading the morning papers lurid
story it would seem that the members
of the millers' union in Topeka were
blood thirsty, man-eating individuals
who, but for the pleas of their lead
ers, would have swarmed up Kansas
avenue, teeth glistening, eyes William
SHarted, fists quivering with anxiety.
and entering the office of the evening
paper publisher would have torn him
asunder. AS matter of fact COM
mittee of quiet, earnest and even tenn
pered men called upon the publisher
of The State Journal. talked over the
interview with David Page in the
paper last evening. decided that the
Page charge that Kansas City brewers
instigated the millers' strike would be
answered. and left in peace and salts
faction. The morning paper also
teased its eagle and screamed over an
insinuation that The State Journal had
termed the strikers as "riff-raff.' -
Facts and the reading of last evening s
paper show that David Page in speak
ing of the alleged arrival of brewers
from Kansas City referred to these
supposed instigators as 'riff-raff'
and did not mean the employees in
Topeka
The State Journal realizes that per-
sons who read the mill strike story
last evening consider only the source
of the story in the morning paper
The kiss Capper. Jar the Journal
policy seems to be carried out. splen-
didly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-31
CANCEL STRIKE ORDER
National WaIkout of Railroad shop
Workers Averted-Hincs Gives In?

Washington. July 31.-Representa-
tives of the six railroad shop unions.
who are in conference here with rail-
road administration. telegraphed to
shop employees over the country today
not to strike pending final settlement
of their demands. The workmen were
informed that the railroad administra-
ton has consented to enter into a ma
tional agreement with the unions
covering rules and working conditions.