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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
INDEPENDENCE FOR FILIPINos


That the railroad administration
might learn a lesson from the Philip
pines on the subject of government
operation of railroads andS that the
country at large also might gain valu-
able information on the subject of
highway construction are indicated by
report by Governor General Harri-
son.
The Filipinos have sent a mission
to the United States to seek fulfill
ment of Uncle Sans promise to give
them independence. as soon as sta
BILE government can be established.
The commission points out that Gov
ernor General Harrison and Acting
Governor Yeater, the two highest
American officials in the islands. agree
not only that a stable government
ready in existence.
Here is what Governor Harrison.
who has been for six years governor
general of the islands, says on the sub
| ject:
by temperament. by experience,
| by financial abihty, in every way the
ten million Filipinos are entitled to be
! free from every government except
| of their own choice. They are intelH-
gent enough to decide for themselves.
Il have found the native Filipino
| official to be honest. efficient and as
/ capable of administering executive pu-
sitions as any men L have met any
/ where in the world.
These officials are today govern
| ing one thousand municipalities and
| forty-two provinces. economically. ef-
| ficicntly, and for the good of the en-
! tire people. They have a native con-
gress. including many graduates OF
| Yale, Princeton, Harvard and other
| American universities. Other mem
/ bers are graduates of Santo Tomas
| and other Philippine universities, and
| in education and ability they COM
| pare favorably with any l know.
! '"They have leaders like Speaker
Osmena, of the house of representa-
! tives. and President Quezon, of the
! senate, who would adorn any office
THE Philippines are away ahead
/ of the United States in successful gov
| eminent ownership and operation OF
public utilities.
THE government took hold of the
steam railways and made them pay a
/ profit OF 100000 pesos a year more
! than under private ownership.
1T took hold of the highways and
we have 1000 miles of the best
| IldCdudUllZou TOduS H. the WOTlu. L lit
Manila city govern nent is about tC
take over the street railways and the
gas and electric plants, while the ter
| ritorial government is arranging fol-
ownership and control of the Goa
supply.
The movement for independence i.
I a peaceful one. No territory wa:
| more loyal to Uncle Sam during tht
| war. 1t offered an armed and equip.
ped division to our government, gave
it a submarine destroyer and over.
subscribed liberty loans and Red eros:
funds.
Two million natives speak English
fluently, and there are 100000 Eng
lish speaking children in the publ,
schools.
Il am more than willing to retir,
IL the Filipinos can be granted wha
they Deserve government like tina
of The United States.
There is no present indication tina
Japan covets the Philippines. Tn,
! Japanese do not thrive in the Philip
pine Islands-the climate seems I,
be too tropical for them. There ar,
only 10000 Japanese on the<islands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
KIDS OUT
School Couldn't Keep-Pupils
Dismissed for Parade.
They Helped To Make Noise
and Keep Crowds Alive.

1t wouldn't have done any good to
hold school. anyway, the kids wouldn't
study and many of them would have
played hockey" So when a few who
feared the wrath of their fathers and
mothers and the teachers more than
they desired to see the soldiers,
trooped to schools this morning. they
were told that there would be no
school in the morning.
Ten minutes and every school kid
in town-about $4,000 in all-was
lined up at some advantageous point
waiting for the soldiers to pass up
Kansas avenue. There were no classes
at the high school while the parade
was in progress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

Letus understand once and for all
says the Manufacturers Record, that
we are row on a basis of world wide
financial initiation in part by the issue
of paper money. in Europe and the al
most limitless credit expansion of our
federal reserve bank system. The wise
man is he who recognizes this world
change and understands its relation to
prices, to wages and to the cost of
building operations. Any serious at
tempt for some years to bring down
this worldwide monetary initiation in
order to obtain lower prices would
produce world wide financial and in
dustrial disaster
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

nomenaIly high, these figures are said
to be SO low that they require an ex-
PLANTATION, in view of the season of the
year and the REIMBURSEMENT now go
ing on. The letter says that unem-
ployment figures have been Kept at
comparatively low levels thru war
losses, influenza deaths and the re-
placement of won en- in industry by
demobilized soldiers; also by the fact
that immigration as not brought the
normal increment of labor during the
war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
TO PEACE BASIS
Reorganization of U. s. Mer-
chant Marine Under Way.
Board VIII Reject Foreign Con-
tracts Pending Peace.

Washington, May 5.-Reoreaniza-
ton of the United States shipping
board and emergency fleet corpora
ton fQG peace time work is under way
Chairman Hurley Is hurrying the
readjustments that he may be able to
present to congress a complete pro-
gram for future shipbuilding, DISPOSE
ton OF ships built during the war and
instrumentalities for carrying out the
work.
At least two changes in personnel
in leading board officials are expect
ed In the reorganization work.
1t is understood President Wilson
will support Hurley both in his reor-
ganization work and in the course he
has pursued toward canceling con-
tracts for unbuilt ships.
The policy of refusing to build now
for foreign countries is understood 10
be President Wilson's policy and no
change is expected until after peace is
signed. This course was decided upou
early this year when allied govern
ments expressed a desire for American
shipyards to build 100000 tons of
ships.
Without establishment of a league
of nations. it was the intention of the
president to advocate a tremendous In
crease of this nations building-both
as regards war vessels and merchant
ships. Until it could be established
therefore, just how much shipbuildinR
America was to do, it was decided to
accept no foreign orders.
Lift Ban With Peace.
That the ban on foreign contracts
will be lifted with the ratification of
the peace treaty Is acc pied as certain
by officials here.
In advocating the revised construc-
ton program-which has resulted in
widespread protest by shipbuilders in
both western and eastern yards
Chairman Hurley is actuated by two
cOnaid era tiOns he saws
First, he feels that we should not
continue building ships at high war
costs under peace conditions with
money appropriated for war emer-
ships were not to be delivered untii
1920.
Second, he says. many of the con-
tracts Cancelled were for ships OF n
size and type not commercially and
economically advantageous in time of
peace"
Hurley has ordered complete sur
vey OF the shipping needs--both
freight and passenger-on all the
trade routes. and this report, expected
within the next ten days. will have an
important bearing on changes he will
recommend in the construction pro-
gram for congress.
No Idle Shlpwnrds.
To take the place of contracts nov
| being Cancelled. Hurley plans to let
new contracts later for larger and
faster ships" Under the readjust-
ment program. he says, no such yards
will be left idle and no employees will
be left suddenly without jobs.
Meantime. he has moved. he says.
to end Immediately delays in adjust
ment of shipbuilders' claims growing
tout of cancelled contracts.
| Hurley is anxious to complete his
work of reorganization, get his rec
omme n dations before congress and
clean up the loose ends of his war
work so that he may retire from -his
present post and resume his private
affairs. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
NEIL TELLS Bah 1T is HER
FAULT THAT HE VISITS BLANCHE.
CHAPTER LV.

CHAPTER LN.
sat quietly thinking for some time.
Was 1t possible that Neil had meant
that he would take his men friends
the ones had objected toto Blanche
Orion to be entertained? 1 had not
taken his speech st all seriously
then. Now it seemed portentous. as
if he had already decided in his mind
what he would do. when he made it.
The maid had said they were all
drinking. Neil had not taken as much
at home as he had before father and
mother came. 1 had been so pleased
that it was so. But 1 would far rather
have him drink at home than at some
other woman's house - especially
Blanche Orton's.
OF course I was silly to even con-
meet Neil with such a dinner as that
which the maid had described. Even
at the worst, the men he had brought
home had been common and uncouth
never noisy or drunken. 1 would
tell Neil about it. however. He would
see that even the servants talked if
men brought guests of that type to
their homes. 1t simply strengthened
my position, 1 thought with satisfac-
ton.
Neil remained out that night. 1t is
easier far to say you will put things
from your mind than to do it. All the
long, lonely evening l thought of little
else save what Lorraine had told me.
l bIushed as I decided that I would
call upon Mrs. Lacy the very next day.
Blushed because 1 cared nothing for
Mrs. Lacy. in fact, rather disliked her.
but was using her to learn what I
could of the dinner Blanche orion had
given.
l had not changed my mind about
telling Neil what had heard, but ii
was so late when he came in-after
one o'clock-and he looked so tired
that I hesitated to begin. Then he
| yawned prodigiously and said:
| Please don't say one word to me
| tonight, Bah. 1 am tired almost to
death and want to go right to sleep"
| So 1 kissed him good night, without
saying anything of what Lorraine had
told me.
J But at breakfast I repeated my bit
OF gossip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
WILL NOT THROW OUT LABOR.
Hurley Answers CALIFORNIA; Protest
Against Shipping Plans.

San Francisco, May 5.-Telegrams
from California organizations and
statesmen to the shipping board. pro-
testing the wholesale ship cancellation
contracts on the ground that II would
leave $4,000 men unemployed in the
state within two weeks. brought the
following answer from Chairman Hur-
ley today:
ct fear my statements have been
misinterpreted. We are revising our
program to make a report to congress-
on the status of our shipbuilding pro-
gram, together with statement of
types needed for a well balanced mer-
chant marine. In the report that the
board makes to congress. in connec-
ton with any cancellation, we will
recommend substitution of the con-
tract for o type of vessel that is re-
CURED"
Civic organizations. labor unions.
ETC.. are working with the California
committee on shipbuildinE to prevent
contract cancellations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

Adjustment in general towards a
peace basis is proceeding more rapid
~ than anticipated by the most SAM
guine, says market letter in the mi
tiai issue of Commerce Monthly. q
Journal of commerce and finance pub
lished by the National Bank OF Com
merce in New York. Present tep-
porary eurtailment of production is
described as a pause before the wheels
of industry start for civilian produce
ton. Itsis also asserted that a mis-
leading Impression as to the unem-
ployment situation has been produced
by the prominence given to figures on
the subject. Instead of being phe-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

The travelling Snowman was waxing
eloquent as he described the charac-
teristics of his wild horse from Tar
tary. Ladies' and gents" he said,
this animal is a real terror; if there S
any gent in this comp'ny as fancies his
self RIDER I'll give his S25 for every
minute he sticks on this 'oss. I've rid
'osses all my life, but this 'oss is be-
yond me. I've tried i'm every way.
but e shakes me off in ten seconds"
''Why not get inside him." queried
a humorist.
The Snowman waited until the
laughter had died away
My lad" he said, witheringly, 1--WE
thought of that. But nature has been
unkind to me in the matter of mouth:
it amt big enough. Now, if it 'ad
been yours"
But the humorist did not wait to
hear the logical conclusion of the by
pothesiS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

Good roads are a paying invest
ment. Millions of dollars are lost ev-
cry year thru the spelling of perish
able goods-on the railroads because of
freight delays and complications. In
tercity motor-express over distances OF
a hundred or more miles has already
become a profitable business where
good roads exist. Single large firms
are reported to have saved over $780,
900 yearly by using motor trucks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

Americans are too good financiers
to fall for England's plan to lend S.
900. 900. 900 to Germany. Already the
Huns owe the world more than they
are likely ever to be able to pay. In
creasing the debt would be sending
good money after bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

Postmaster General Burleson has
been pried loose from his hold on the
cable lines. There is 'ess reason for
his retaining control q. the land wires
than there was tor control of the ca
bles. but there may be more in it for
1,urieson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
DINNER STORIES

A colored veteran just back from
the other side when questioned about
an iron cross he was wearing, ex-
planned:
BOSS, it was a extra decoration.
De kaiser hisself sent it to me by a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

This country has grown so enor-
mously and so fast that the railroads
cannot deliver the goods, nor carry
the people as the prosperity OF the
country and present demands require.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

The funeral Of, Carl Swanson. of 2O4 Ola,
street. was held at o'clock Monday after
noon from Penwell's chapel. Burial in To
peka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

The funeral of Cyrus w. Higginbotham
age 81 who died Sunday at local hospital
Will be held from his home in RossviIIc
Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

The funeral of John q. Raines- n,
Twenty-first and Iowa. was held Monday
afternoon at o'clock from penweII's
chapel. Burial in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

- The FUNERAL Of Albert Green. Of SIC
Center street, was held at = t'cIock Morda =
afternoon from Browns chapel. Burial in
Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05


age 32 who died Sunday at n local hospitnI
Will be held from his home in RossyIIIc
tuesday afternoon at O'Clock. Burial in
Topeka cemetery.
The funeral OF John O. Raines n,
Twenty first and Iowa. was held Monday
afternoon at o'clock from penweII's
chapel. Burial in Topeka cemetery.
The funeral Of, Carl Swanson, of ao4 Clav
street was held at o'clock Monday after
noon from Penwell's chapel. Burial in To-
peka cemetery.
The funeral Of Albert Green. Of SIG
center street, was held at : o'clock Monday
afternoon from Browns chapel Burial in
Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of Stanley PAWS. age "a. of
2o9 west zenith. who died saturday, was
held Monday afternoon at 3 O'Clock from
Shellabargers chapel.
The funeral of Mrs. T. NJ shellaba rppr
VINO died Friday. was held Monday morn,
ing at 10 o'clock from the residence l2o
West Fifth street.
The funeral OF the Rev Samuel r.. Nc
Clure. who died Friday. was held Mon.
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock from the resi-
dence, 126S Western avenue.
The funeral of Henry Reisnerr who died
Saturday at local hospital will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 9 o'clock from the
Mt Hope cemetery. No flowers.
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. sal
Adv
Local Mention.
Dr.. Lyngar. Dentist. 500 Kan. Ave.
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

The funeral of Stanley Davis are "a ~
5Oo West Tenth. who died saturday. wa,
held Monday afternoon at o'clock from
Shellabarger's chapel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

The funeral of Mrs. J. NJ Shellhba rrpr
who died Friday was held Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the residence, ~:
West Fifth street -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

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wants the facts on any subject can SECURE
prompt service by writing The Topeka
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J: HasAn. director, Washington, D. C..
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

me funeral or the Rev Samuel r.. Nc.
Clure. who died Friday. was held Mon.
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the resi-.
dence, 126S Western avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-05

Copyrighted. 1910. by the Wheeler Syndi.
cate. IHc.J
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-28
ONE GOOD THING FROM WAR
Cocone Nut, Hitherto Considered Only
as Nuisance, Has Been Made Arti-
Gle of Commerce.

Before the war the cocone, which
grows freely in the Southern Ameri-
cas-. on large trees of the palm fam
ily, was literally such a hard nut to
crack that its vegetable oil had no
place in commerce, and the tree was
known chiefly as a botheration to
banana planters when they wished to
enlarge their plantations. Eighteen
hundred pounds pressure is required
to crack the cocone nut, and there was
no machinery for doing it. Then gov
ernment experts said that nothing else
in the world would provide such good
carbon for gas masks as the cocone
mt and the United States financed
the creation of machinery for crack
ing il. thus starting a new and i'm
nortant industry. Hereafter it will
be well worth while breaking the shells
for the vegetable oil inside them, val
uable for cooking, lighting, and the
making of nut butter; and the shells,
happily no longer needed for masks,
can he used as fuel or in the manufac-
ture of gas. And so, out of an effort
TO nrevent the expansion of autocracy
by conquest, the Southern Americas
find opportunity to expand by com
merre.-Scientific American.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-28
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
WILL BE NO SMALL STATE
Czecho- SIovakia Could at Once Take
Rank as Eighth World Power,
Asserts Writer.

We are told the Czecho-Sloyak state
will be a small one, and as a result its
existence will be precarious, assum-
ing the world shall remain in any
thing like its present condition of in
ternational disorganization, Charles
Pergler writes in Asia Magazine. In
the first place, as modern states go, the
new state will not be a small one, hav-
ing a population of about 12,000,0OO,
and the area of the new state will be
about $4,000 English square miles.
When we recollect that Belgium has
11,3T3 square miles, it is seen at q
glance that the new state can hardly
be classed as SMALL. Moreover, the
belief in the necessity of large states
rife in certain circles of economic and
political theorists. and largely based
upon certain teachings of Karl Marx
is one of the superstitions that period
ically appear, in order to be abandoned
upon a sober second thought.
The theory that small states and ma
tions cannot succeed is not horne out
by history. Even prior to the wal
there were, in Europe q states, ant
the great majority of these were
small. There were only six of the so
called great powers Russia, Germany
Austria Hungary, England. France ant
Italy. Portugal, Denmark, Switzer
land, Bulgaria, Belgium, Norway. Ser
bia, Greece, Holland, Sweden, Monte
negro and Turkey are all, or were
smaller than the state we are attempt
ing to describe The latter will holt
in Europe the eighth place, only Eng
land, Poland, France, Italy, Spain ant
Russia being larger.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-28
LABOR DRIVEN TO ITS LIMIT
Hardest of Hard Work Demanded oi
Boatmen in the Early Days
of the Country.

The high moral courage of the mis-
sionarles who strove to convert the
Indians of the Canadian Northwest is
well illustrated by the life Of Father
Lacombe, who dared to rebuSe Chief
Factor Rowan of the Hudson Bay
company for heartlessness toward the
company's men. Katherine Hughes
describes the incident in her biography
of Father Lacombe. The factor and
the priest were journeying to Edmon-
ton in a keel boat, towed by COM
pany of cordeliers.
OF the boatman's toll Father La
combe has written: Imagine. if you
please, after resting a few hours on
the bare earth, to hear at 3 o'clock the
cry. Leve! Lever Et puis, hurrah =
to pull and pull on the lines drawing
the heavy boat up against the current
walking in the mud, the rccks, th4
swamp, along cliffs. and sometimes in
water to their armpits-and this under
a burning sun or beating min from
early morning until darkness fell about
o'clock. Without having seen it one
can form no idea of the hardships
the cruel fatigues, of these boatmen.'
Youths Companion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-28

Their heads were still bending over
Estrada's rough work bench when the
japanese cook announced that dinner
was waiting in the adjoining car.
MacLean and Bodefeldt and several
young engineers joined them.
1t had been outwardly a wasted day.
Rickard had lounged, socially and
physically. But before he turned in
that night he had learned the names
and dispositions of his force, and
some of their prejudices. Nothing, he
summed up, could be guessed from the
gentleness of the Mexican's manner
Wooster's antagonism was open anG
snappish. Silent was to be watched
and Hardin had already shown his
hand.
The river, as he thought of it, ap.
peared the least formidable of his ops
ponents. He was imaging it as a high
spirited horse, maddened by the fun.
bling of it's wOuld-be captors. His task
it was to lasso the proud stallion, lead
| it in bridled to the sterile land. Nc
wonder Hardin was sore; his moose
had slipped on one time too many
Hardin's luck
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-28
CHAPTER VII
a Garden in a Desert.

His dwelling leaped into sight as
Hardin turned the corner of the street
There was but one street running
through the twin towns, flanked by the
bitches of running water. The rest
were bitches of running water edged
by footpaths. Scowling. he passed un-
der the overhanging bird cages of the
Desert hotel without greeting for the
loungers, whose chairs we're drawn up
against the shade of the brick walls.
The momentum slackened as Hardin
neared the place he called his home.
An inner tenderness diluted the sneer
that disfgured his face. He could see
Innes as she moved around in the lit
tie fenced-in strip that surrounded her
desert tent. She insisted on calling it
a garden, in spite Of his raillery.
"Gerty's in bed, ]. suppose" thought
Tom. He had q sudden vivid picture
of her accusing martyrdom. His mouth
hardened again. Innes, STOPPING over
a rose, passed out. of his vision.