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The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
PACT TO VOTERS
Senators Determined to Make
Pact 1920 Campaign Issue.
Will Try to Put Every Candi-
date on Record.

Washington, Dec. 27.-An organiza-
tion to force the League of Nations
into the 1920 campaign as an issue,
whether the senate ratifies the treaty
or not. has been perfected by senators
who are opposed to any form of treaty
ratification.
Branches of this organization are
already at work in six states. By the
time the presidential prima rieS and
state conventions for selection of dele
gates to the national conventions be-
gin, the organization will be repre-
sented in every state, senators de-
clared.
The movement is nonpartisan, its
hackers declared today. Their pur-
pose, they said, is to put on record by
one means or another all candidates
for office from constable to president
on the League of Nations issue. They
are determined, they said. TO get
something about the league written
into party platforms, state and nation
al They want to put partisan organi-
cations everywhere on record either
for or against the league.
Letters are to be written to candi-
dates; speeches are to be delivered to
keep the league question constantly
before the people and efforts are to be
made to elect as many delegates to the
national conventions of both parties
as can be pledged to work for inclu-
sion of an anti-league plank into the
People Must Vote on 1t.
THE League of Nations issue car
never be settled to anybody's satisfac
, ton until it has been voted on by the
people at large" said Senator Borah
discussing the organization. mo mat
! ter whether the senate ratifies the
| treaty or not, the league cannot be-
come a verify unless the public senti-
ment of this country is behind it. The
| only way to find out whether it is OIL
not, is to make the league the issue ir
a campaign"
| While the ''irreconcilables" are thu:
| organizing to force the league into the
Republican forces in the senate are
working equally hard to keep it out
! To do this they think all that is nee
essary is to ratify the treaty. Sc
strongly do eighteen Republican sena-
| tors feel on this point that they have
served notice on Senator Lodge, theil
/ leader. that unless he brings about G
compromise, other senators will trea
with the Democrats and perhaps vote
/ with them to accomplish ratification
| This is the second time within a weel
! that a virtual ultimatum of this sor
! has been served on Lodge. Behind i
are the groups known as the milo
reservationists and the middle grounC
| senators.
While these senators blame Lodge
| for his inaction with respect to a com
| promise, they also say Senator Hitch
cock acting Democratic leader, want!
treaty action delayed until after tht
Democratic caucus on January Is
when a party leader is to be chosen
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
MAY Sell EN- ALL
Shipping Board Plans Disposal
of 1923 Vessels.
Contracts viii call for Their
Remaining Under e. S. Flag.

Washington. Dec. 27-Sale of all
shipping board passenger liners. both
built and building, will be considered
at a meeting of the board of directors
to be held soon, it was learned today.
Plans for the sale of former Ger
man liners are already going forward.
Board officials today explained that
the sales. if decided upon. would not
cause the Abandonment of any of the
steamer lines esta aS;ished or contem-
plated since the purchase agreement
would include a provision that the
ships would have to be operated un-
der the American flag and indesig-
mated service.
According to figures given out to-
day. the shipping board controls 1928
ships with a. dead weight tonnage of
S,759.123 tons.
Estimated deliveries for this month
are placed at 1877 ships of 199, AZ
dead weight tons: for January. rs
ships of 356.7S6 tons. and for Feb
ruary, 6S ships of 402. .2o3 tons.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Xmas Whisky Is Blamed for Big
Casualty List.
ARRESTS ARE BEING MADE
Manslaughter Charge Placed
Against Sellers of the Stuff.
New York Where 1t Was Made,
Declares Dept. of Justice.
THE CASUALTY LIST

At least 126 persons dead and
14S blind or seriously i'll is the toll
of wood alcohol poisoning since
prohibition went into eff. Il, ac-
cording to statistics gathered from
various cities today.
The total was swelled by 81
deaths in the last two days from
poisoned whisky in four New Eng
land cities. The casualties by cities
are:
New York. So dead; 100 blind.
Chicopee. Mass, 35 dead; seri-
ously i'll.
Hartford, Conn. 1s dead; seri-
ously i'll.
Holyoke. Mass. dead; 7 seri-
ously ill.
Chicago. dead; 6 i'll.
Newark, N. J., dead.
4 Springfield, Mass, 8 dead, i'll.
Cleveland, dead: Is ill.
Syracuse, N. Y, 2 dead.
Emporium, Pa, dead.
Richmond, Va, l dead.
The deaths in New York. Syra-
cuse and Richmond cover the en-
tire period of prohibition Those
in the other cities occurred in the
last few days.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Former "A. c. Man Shot Dead in Front
of His Home.

Los Angeles. Dec. 2T.-Police were
unable to offer a solution today for
the mysterious murder of Albert Nor
wood, wealthy oil stock broker. who
was shot and killed in front of his
home late yesterday.
Christmas night, Norwoods home
and garage were robbed His auto
mobile and jewelry worth $4,000 were
taken.
Last night he left his home to place
another automobile in the garage. Two
shots were heard and Mrs. Norwood
rushed to the door to see her husband
fall dead.
''Oh. Bert, they got you" she cried
and since has been hystericaL
Police were attempting to find out
who Norwood's enemies were. Nor
wood formerly lived in Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

A body blow was dealt King H. c. L.
Frisay night, when the county fair
price committee fixed maximum prices
on 1OS articles of grocery necessities.
Kemper's committee met with 100
grocers at the Chamber of Commerce.
The knockout" came in the "5sth
round when the fair price organiZa- =
tion decreed that no grocer could sell
fresh eggs for over so cents a dozen
and storage for 40. Mrs. Hens pro-
ducts have been bringing all the way
from 65 TO SO cents in Topeka, ac-
cording to Kemper.
Price fixing on other articles was
not so much 4 sweeping reduction as a
stabilization. AS Kemper put it today,
We are not trying to work hard
ship on the merchants, but we do see
no reason why one grocer should sell
for a much higher price the same
goods for which his competitor is ask
ing a lower figure"
Go After Wholesalers
With retail dealers temporarily
disposed Of. the fair price committee
will now get after the wholesaler.
Flour, potatoes and soaps are among
the article that will feel the stroke
Of the knife next, according to KEN
per. Questionnaires which were sent
to the jobbers have been returned and
a meeting of all the wholesale mer-
chants in Topeka will be called by
Kemper for next week, probably on
Tuesday. A list similar to the one
submitted to the retail grocers last
night will he placed before them at
the meeting.
Flour, according to Kemper, is one
of the most difficult necessities to
regulate. When the wheat market
goes up. he said. the flour men ad-
vance their produce. but when the
market drops he asserts they do not
also reduce their price.
kemper is urging upon the miller
that he deliver his product direct to
the retailer, thus eliminating a heavy
niddleman expense. At present, he
pays the jobber a commission of 40
cents a barrel and 10 cents for dray-
age and allows 10 cents a barrel cash
discount, making a total of 60 cents
that could be saved to the consumer
by eliminating the jobber faction.
Women Plan Boycott.
The next phase of the offensive
against high prices will be launched
by the women of the city at their
meeting at the Chamber of Commerce
Monday at p. m. AT this meeting
the women will perfect an organiza-
tion to work thru the women's clubs
of the city in a drive to induce women
10 buy only what they absolutely need
and thus to compel the merchants
manufacturers. wholesalers and re-
tailers-to bring down their prices
The women will be urged to watch
the corners closer and to refuse tC
buy from one merchant when they
can get the same goods for lower
prices further down the street.
The conference between the fail
night was marked by harmony. The
Doo TxrO 4
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES
There is a chance for cloudin

There is a chance for cloudiness to-
morrow, also a possibility of some
sunshine. but it will be chillier than
today. is the prediction S. D. Flora.
state meteorologist, made today.
There is little chance of rain or snow.
At o'clock this morning the tenn
erature was SS degrees. Flora pre-
dicted a temperature of "A for this
afternoon. He expects 80 degrees to-
night. rising to about 30 degrees Sun
day afternoon. No low temperatures
were reported this morning from any
part OF the United States. Helena.
Mont, reported A degrees The low
est temperature recorded on the
weather map was below zero at
Winnipeg.
1t was cloudy this morning over the
entire state of Kansas. From Kansas
west to the coast fair weather pre-
vailed. No precipitation was reported
in the last "a hours in this state or in
neighboring states
Extremes for this date were 66 in
1889 and 3 below zero in 1887. AT
Continued on Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
JOBBER NEXT ON
LIST OF Topeka
PRICE CRUSADE
"Fair'' Retail Quotations Set by
Kemper Commission.
Eggs Reduced From 65 and So
Cents to 40 and so.
AFTER FLOUR MANIPULATORS
Dealers Fail to Follow Market
Downward, Kemper Asserts.
WOmen's Drive To Be Launched
at c. of C. Monday.
AFTER FLOUR MAAIPULATOR;
KEMPERISMS ON PRICES

The fair price committee urges
every housekeeper to save the list
OF fair food prices published in the
State Journal and consult it regu-
larry. (This list may be found in
another column of this issue of the
State JouTnal)
We want a report of sales where
the charge is above the maximum.
The cooperation of all is neces-
sary for the success of the plan.
If a young man was willing to
cross the seas to fight for US, re-
ceiving only $50 a month. we GER
tainly ought TO be willing to put in
one year selling goods at a small
profit.
I; is as much a patriotic duty to
help kill the high cost of living now
as 1t was TO kill the Hun during the
war--W. H. Kemper. chairman of
the county fair price committee.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 27-Fifty-
seven deaths from drinking wood al
cohol whisky were recorded up to
noon today of residents of Chicopee,
Holyoke, Springfield. and Hartford,
who drank the poisoned liquor Christ
mas. The list of victims so far shows:
Chicopee, 35 dead, Z ill; Holyoke, 6
dead. ill; Hartford, 13 dead, i'll,
and Springfield. Mass. 3 dead. 5 i'll.
Eleven additional deaths of Chico
pee men occurred last night and today.
Twenty-one persons in Chicopee and
Holyoke are in hospitals or at home
dangerously ill from the same cause
and probably will die.
The state began to move swiftly
today to bring to justice the persons
alleged TO have been responsible.
Alexander Perry, proprietor of the
American House. Chicopee Falls
where much of the booze was said to
have been drunk. surrendered to the
authorities at Chicopee.
Perry was ct once arraigned in
police court on the charge of man.
slaughter. connected with the death
of Joseph Kina, one of the victims
Charles Perry. brother of Alexander
Perry, and William Baker, both bar
tenders at the American House. were
arraigned for manslaughter, connected
with the killing of Michael Dednarz
Additional charges of illegal LIQUOR
selling were preferred against the. bar
tenders.
The defendants were held in $4,000
bail on the manslaughter charge and
800 on the Illegal sale charge and
following their pleas of not guilty, the
cases were continued to January 8.
1t is likely that if the circumstances
| should warrant it that a special ses-
sion of the grand jury will be called
mi NJ hA xrrHC HC,I0 af Fol rr-fl
be thoroly investigated.
Twelve Ill in Denver.
! Denver, Colo, Dec. 27.-Twelve per.
| sons are confined in Denver hospital.
suffering from poisoning from drink
| ing liquor which had as its base wood
| alcohol. The majority of the patients
are going blind from the effects oil
! the poison.
| Chicago, Dec. 27-Coroner Hoff,
man said there have been twenty
seven deaths in Chicago from bringing
wood alcohol as a beverage since
! July 1.
| St Paul, Mimi, Dec. 27-Thret
deaths caused by wood alcohol have
been reported in Minnesota recently
i Statistics for December have not beer
received from a number of cities
! New York. Dec. 27.-FederaI agents
/ health authorities and police in man,
CiliSS III the east were slHreQ into ac
ton today against traffic in whisk,
made from wood alcohol following tn,
wave of death and blindness from
/ this cause in Massa chusetts and Con
necticut. The death list of victims o
Christmas cheer in these states to
tailed fifty dead and twenty-thre'
seriously ill early today. Officials de
clared it probable that unreportet
cases by the score exists from coast t.
| coast.
! general warning has been issuet
here by agencies cooperating in tn
fight. telling the public of the DANCE
| lContinHed IN Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
NO ANTIDOTE FOR IT
Wood Alcohol Poisoning Can Be
Treated Only With the Stomach
Pump.

Chicago. Dec. 27.-Four men were
dead and six others in a serious con-
dition here today as the result of wood
alcohol Christmas celebrations.
DIR. John Dill Robertson, health
commissioner. considered the situation
alarming enough to issue a special
statement on the symptoms of wood
alcohol poisoning and curative meas
ures possible:
Symptoms: Great excitabilfty; Sc
we're stomach pains; kidneys affected; !;
blindness usual. ..
What to do: Use stomach pump or
emetic at once to remove poison from
stomach. There is no antidote and If
poison once enters system little can be
done.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
HORSES FOR CAVALRY
War Department Approves Kansas
Request for 80 Mounts.

the new Kansas cavalry. according to
information received by Charles /.
Martin, adjutant general, from war
departm ent officials. Horses will be
sent to cavalry organizations in Clay
Center, Abilene. lola and Coffeyville.
For the present. at least thirty two
horses will be sent to officers of the
cavalry units. The number of mounts
may later be increased. Federal in
spectors recently recommended the
granting of mounts to Kansas cavalry
forces and approval has been given by
the war department
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
CLOUDY AND CHILLY
Chance, However, for Sunshine To-
morrow, Flora Asserts.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Fair tonight and Sunday. slightly colder
Sunday and west and north portions to-
night.
Shippers forecast warns to protect sc
hour shipments north and west against a
temperature of % degrees. east and south
against a temperature of 70 degrees
FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK: Gen
orally fair; normal temperatures.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
VIRGO DENIES CHARGE
Says Only Expert Could Have Caused
Death of Trunk Victim.

Paw Paw. Mich, Dec, Eff an IL
legal operation was responsible for the
death of Maud Tabor-Virgo, univer-
sity graduate and linguist, ''it was per-
formed by a third person and not by
the woman's husband, Joseph C.
Virgo. South Bend real estate dealer,
held here on a charge of murder his
attorneys said today.
Attorney w. J. Baynard, chief coun-
sci for the defense. today was quoted
as saying. 'toply a skilled physician
could have performed the operation
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
ARE TURNING EN- OVER
Former German Liners to British
Hands This Afternoon.

New York. Dec. 27.-First of the
seven German ships transferred to
the British ministry of shipping to
be taken over here today was the
Cap Finisterre, which will go to the
White Star line. a skeleton crew of
British sailors went aboard the vessel
at noon. Similar crews were to take
over the remaining six ships during
the afternoon.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
WOOD FOR PRESIDENT
Voters Want His Name Placed on Re-
publican Primary Ballot

Lincoln. Neb.. Dec PA voters
petition asking that the name of Gen.
Leonard Wood be placed on the Re-
publican ballot for the primaries next
April 20. when the voters will express
their preference for presidential nom
inees. was filed with the secretary of
state here today.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Miss Anna
Adams Gordon. head of the ". C.
T. u, today possessed a passport
for Cuba and Europe Forty 9TH
ers applied for passports to Cuba
but with evidence of z differept
purpose in mind. Miss Gordon had
no comment on whether the Cuban
trip is to plan a temperance cam
paign in that oasis.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
BIRTH INSANITY CAUSE
Harry New Brooded Too Much Over
Parentage, Declares Murder Defense.

Los Angeles, Dec. 27.-Mrs. Lillia n
Burger, mother OF Harry S. New, Jr.,
will not testify regarding her alleged
relations with United States Senator
New. It was announced today An
interruption in the trial of young New
on charges of numbering his sweet
heart, -Frieda Lesser. came today thru
illness of an attorney for the defense.
Dispositions introduced by the de-
fense yesterday were intended by the
defense to indicate Senator New was
the defendan nt,s father Brooding over
his unsanctioned birth had caused the
defendants mind to snap, they said.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

Paris, Dec. 27.-Marshal Foch has
Informed the Republican COMMITTEES
of Finisterre that he will decline the
offer of a candidacy to the senate
which was recently offered him. ac-
cording to the Matin.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
MRS. IDA OFT INDICTED
Charged With Numbering Husband,
Starts Habeas Corpus Proceedings.

Dallas, Tex. Dec 27--Mrs. Ida OFT,
% years old. was indicted by the Dali
las county grand jury today charged
with murder of her husband whom
she shot to death on a downtown
street last Tuesday while scores of
persons looked on. Habeas corpus
proceedings were instituted in her be-
half
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Died at Age of 12s Years.

Parkersburg. w. Va. Dec. 81
William Peyton. a negro. one of the
oldest men in the United States, died
yesterday at Little Hooking. Ohio.
near Parkersburg. at the age of 12S
years.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

w. H. KEMPER, Chairman.
c. D. SKINNER, Secretary.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Fair tonight and Sunday; slightly
colder Sunday and In east and north
tonight.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-27
Foch Declines Senatorship.

WontiDued on Page Two.i
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ID Denver Col.,. June 19.-Resolu-
tons declaring Postmaster-General
BurlesonE a despot OF the worst
type and calling upon J. President
Wilson to, remove him from office
were adopted by the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly. -
The assembly voted requests to
of all labor organizations to
have their telephones removed, after
declaring the Mountain States Tele-
phone and Telegraph company and
other wire concerns under federal
control unfair to organized labor. =
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American Federation Unani-
mousely Passes Resolution
>',..''tn 49, to That Effect. 4s
DELEGATESSREFUSE TO .
T. ENDORSE BIG STRIKE
Also Refuse to Endorse the
Russian = Soviet, Debate
Most Bitter. Z -,

Atlantic City, N. j., June ia
resolution asking President Wilson
Immediately Ito remove Postmaster
General Burieson from office was
adopted unanimously yesterday by
the American Federation Of, Labor
in convention here. .,> III u, -: !
Delegates adopted resolution re-
fu31ng to Endorse the general strike
called foKYuiy as protest against
thee imprisonment of Thomas y.
MoDney,aand censuring the Mooney
defense committee for it's alleged ef-
forts to disrupt the American Fedora
tion Of Labor The resolution, how
ever, directed the executive council
of the. American Federation of Labor
to exert every effort to bring about
new trial for Mooney through rec
ognized processes. Refusal to in.
dorse the proposed STRIFE was based
on the assertion of labor leaders that
such action would prove prejudicial
to MONEYS interests. ::
Refuse to 1ndorse Soviet.
Amid general uproar, delegates
yesterday refused to indorse recogni-
tion of soviet Russia, although urg-
ing recognition by the United States
of the existing Irish republic D. h
Discussion Of Bolshevism deve1-
oped when the resolutions committee
reported resolution asking with
drawal from Russia Of American soil
diers, but refused to report others de-
manding recognition Of soviet Rus
STA and lifting of the blockade of
Russian ports. The committee re-
fused to indorse recognition of the
''soviet or any other form of govern
ment in Russia until the people Of
that country, by constituent or other
form Of national assembly, shall have
established truly democratic form
of government" y. p ~,
- Debate Bitter. . ~ !
The debate was, said by veteran la
bor leaders to have been the most
bitter they had ever heard. It fol-
lowed rejection by the convention
over the strenuous protest of the
radical group, of a proposal to