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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-20
BRITISH 0VERL 00K THE MULE
Guilty Of Injustice, Because Animal
Has Done Much For tho Glory
OF the Empire.

The British. lay themselves open to
the charge of being one Of the back.
ward races by their refusal to rec
ognize the virtues of the American
mule. With the cessation of HOSTILE
ties the government has on its hands
surplus of animals which it is Of
fering for sale, but the director Of re-
mounts complains that people don't
seem inclined to buy" the mules, In
spite of the arguments advanced in
their favor as hardy, economical
beasts.
1t may be because Of their defective
early training that Gen. Birkbeck's
countrymen fail to grasp the oppor-
tunity offered them, observes New
York World. If from youth they had
known the mule as trusted compan-
ion wherever hard labor was to be done
they would never weaken in their
friendship. But merely as a matter
of sentiment they owe him special af-
lection. He has helped lay the solid
foundation of British commerce in all
parts Of the world. With nothing but
MS pare keep as reward, ne mas con-
tributed steadfastly to the wealth and
greatness Of the British empire. Where
would the cotton industry Of Lanca-
shire have been If the mule all these
years had not toiled in the fields of
the south? Can any Englishman lay
his hands on his heart and deny the
eternal debt of gratitude7 But as q
war veteran alone the mule deserves
q place Of his own in the regard Of
the British people. Wherever there
was hard fighting to be found he was
present, and he did not need supplies
Of fuel or military roads to report for
duty.
q 1t will be strange thing IL In the
process of rehabilitation the British
fail to give the army mule q good
Job on discharge from the service.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-20
DESERVES WELL OF MANKIND
Man Who Plants a Tree Performs
Service of Great Importance
r. to His Fellows. e..

Trees are and have been intimately
associated with human life. Ruskin
called them link between earth and
man, wonderful In their. adaptation to
his needs, desires and discipline. II
was In '"The Friendly Trees" that DR..
van Dyke wrote, @"
He tina. plantsth a tree is tn. servant Of
He provided a Kindness for many gem
erations, a-# @.s.. - -.
And faces that he hath never seen shall
, bless him. z.
Probably the most highly priced
tree in the world is an avocado pear
tree in California, which returns an
annual income Of $1,000, and was once
insured for $4,000. As to trees in
general, immediate money returns su-
persede, in most minds, sentiment or
natural beauty. A landscape robbery"
which caused the robbers" no COM
Functions was the cutting of splen-
did yellow poplar which for several
generations had been a landmark
among the Cumberland hills. The for
est monarch yielded over 1000 feet of
flrst-class lumber, valued at $11, 600
There was no one to cry "Woodman,
spare that tree" whose protest count
ed against its destruction. The coun-
tryside has lost natural beauty never
to be restored; the owner has money
In his pocket. As Joyce Kilmer wrote:
only God can make q tree."-De-
troit Free Press. .-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-20
THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS

All the good things in Harold Bell
Wright's novel are concentrated in the
filmatization of "The Shepherd of the
Hills" which will be the attraction at
the Princess Theatre on Tues, Nov.
25th.
This is one of the few stories that
has not been spoiled in the retelling
for the motion picture films. 1t re-
manned for the ex-Kansas City cler-
gyman to find romance in the Ozarks
long before that country had become
a national vacation land as it is now.
The picture opens with the visit of
an old man from the city to the back
woods people to right the wrong his
son, an artist, had done in deserving
girl who posed for the picture which
made that painter famous. The wrong
was partly the fathers who, in his
pride, desired his SON to make a mar
riage befitting the family of a Gull
tured clergyman. Chance leads him
to stop for the night at the cabin of
the father of the girl, who has been
dead for fifteen years, and whose son
is half-witted child of the hills. The
old man becomes shepherd for the
Matthews family, and his kindly in
fluence is felt thruout the region, al
tho the moonshiners resent his pres
ence, believing him to be revenue Of
ficer. The romance of the story CEN
tiers around Sammy" Lane, whose
lively spirits have succeeded in short
ening her name from Samantha. From
infancy she has loved her playmate,
young Matt" yet the appeal of |
wealth and pleasure are drawing her
affections toward another sutton.
She induces the shepherd to teach |
her to become "lady," and in subse-
quent lessons her vision is enlarged
to the beauty of her surroundings and
her home folks. The film story is |
graphically retold under the direction
of its author. - y ~ 5rs -5s' $3.50
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-20

. Bring your printing troubles to
this office-we know how. s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
WEAR GOGGLES NOW
Steel Mill Guards Protect Themselves
Against Pepper Attacks.

Youngstown, Nov. 6.-Deputy sher-
ifs appeared at the entrance to the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube company
plant today. wearing goggles as a pro-
tection<against recurrence of red pep
per riots" by women which occurred
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Apparently discouraged by the ar
rest of twenty-four women yesterday,
however, the women failed to appear
today.
The Carnegie Steel company today
reported the opening of three more
open hearth furnaces at its Ohio
works and another finishing mill at its
union works, making a total of eleven
out of twelve finishing mills at work
III that plant.
The mills report men returning at
about 500 day, the movement being
largely confined to higher paid work
ers, especially tonnage men. Common
labor. the mills say, is stin holding
out, but the companies declare that
$4,000 men are now at work out OF
$4,000 in the city.
Some of the women rioters who
were arrested were released from the
county Jail today on bond of $500 and
$1,000. More than half of them, how
ever, are still behind the bars, despite
pleadings of their husbands who have
Deen conducting a procession of babies
to the jail to show cause for the re-
lease of the mothers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
Might Organize, but Not With
Labor, Study Asserts.
Topeka Teacher Declares Move
ment Voted Down Here.
ON 4 DIFFERENT PLANE
That's Attitude of Supt. Senter
Ottawa Today.
Little General Sentiment for
Unionism, Pinet Says.

Possibility of a teachers union af-
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor, seems decidedly remote, ac-
cording to school men and women
here today from over the state. There
is little sentiment in favor of union
izing and a decided feeling against it,
they declared.
Il am not in favor of any organiza-
ton of teachers to be affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor"
said Supt. H. P. Study Atchison, this
morning. Il think the achers should
guard against any such movement and
not align with labor organizations. 1
think it will be possible for teachers
to organize for better wages and bet
ter conditions without such affilia-
ton"
Superintendent Study, an authority
on many important school questions
and particularly interested in pen
sioning teachers and in the junior high
school, will address the convention on
the latter topic.
A Topeka high school teacher when
asked as to sentiment of the high
school faculty on unionizing, replied
that there would be no favorable ac-
ton taken by that body in the mat
ter. At a recent meeting Topeka high
school teachers vetoed the PROPOSE
ton, the teacher declared.
Claim Lawrence UnfaVOrabIe.
= Lawrence is equally unfavorable to
the union idea, according to state
ment of a prominent faculty member
there. I'VE are for organization, pos
sibly, but not for a union affiliated
with the American Federation of La
bor." a member of the Lawrence dele
CATION said.
When asked about his feeling to-
ward unionizing and affiliation with
the American Federation of Labor,
superintendent Senter. Ottawa, said:
81 do not think the teachers will
ever be affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor. No quarrel is
waged with the purposes and princi-
ICcn tinued on Page Severn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
need COAL.
Kansas Communities Wire Gov
ernor's 0ffice for Relief.
Eureka Short-Dighton Out
Farmers Cannot Thresh.

Kansas towns are today beginning
to burn the wires with appeals for
coal. The first flood of messages con-
corning fuel shortages in the towns of
the state reached the office of Gov
opened this morning Eureka, appar-
entity the hardest hit of any towns to
report must have coal Immediately or
shut down waterworks and electric
light plants, leaving the town without
fire protection.
L. E. CIogston, city attorney of Eu-
reka, telephoned to Clyde M. Reed,
private secretary to the governor, re-
garding the towns fuel problem. He
said the coal supply at the waterworkS
and light plants had been practically
exhausted. Unless an Immediate de-
livery offs coal is made Eureka will be
without fire projections The problem
was referred to-fuel administration Of
sficials in Chicago with hope that a
few of the 100 cars of coal said to be
. on side tracks at Pittsburg may be sent
to Eureka.
A telegram from J. W. Mowrey,
county attorney of Lane county, stated
that the town of Dighton is without
coal
Lane county is out of coal" Now
rey wired. -Four cars bills to |Digh-
ton confiscated by Santa Fee"
Another telegram was from Hill
City. It stated that the farmers are
feeling the effect of the fuel shortage
There is no coal for the operation of
threshing machines and 100 900 bush
els of grain have been piled on the
ground. The. grain is declared to be
unprotected.
There was no change in the Kansas
mining situation today officials stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
TEACHERS AT PiTTsBURG
Good Attendance at, Southeastern Sec
tion Contention

Pittsburg, Kan. Nov. Especial
trains brought thousands of teachers
and school board members of south
eastern Kansas to Pittsburg today to
attend the annual convention of the
Kansas State Teachers association.
southeastern section. The trains be-
gar arriving shortly before noon. Reg
ular trains into Pittsburg last night
and this morning were loaded.
Governor William L. Harding of
Iowa. one of the speakers at the first
general session, scheduled for tonight
in Carney Hall auditorium at the state
municipal training normal. arrived in
Pittsburg early this morning. Gov
ernor Harding spoke at the assem-
bly, of the students at the normal at
20 O'Clock and this afternoon will ad-
dress a meeting of school boards
Capt Paul Perigord, French veteran.
will be another speaker tonight
Twenty-Five round tables are on the
program for 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Free motor car service was provided
by Pittsburg for the teachers More
than 100 business men and others vol
unteered their cars to provide city
transportation for the teachers during
the convention and are themselves
driving the cars.
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1t MustBear Part of III. C. of L.
Conditions in L. s.
That Is Statement of Attorney
General Palmer Today.
PLEA FOR GREATER PRODUCTION
''If Men Work 1919 More Prices
Would Be 2O9e Less"
Widows and Orphans Hardest
Hit by Prices.

Harrisburg, Pa, Nov Ga plea
for greater production as remedy for
high prices was made by Attorney
General Palmer here today in
speech before Pennsylvania mayors,
state officials and fair price commit
teemen called in session by Governor
Sproul.
Palmer laid part of the blame for
high prices on labor. saying:
Il venture the assertion that if men
would work 10 per cent more, prices
would be at least 20 per cent, lower.
IF we can stop this vicious circle
increased wages, increased prices
and increased cost of production
chasing each other around as a dog
chases its tail-and hold the line
steady, prices will drop just as sure as
a gun is iron"
Widows are Hard Hit.
Palmer emphasized that classes of
the population hardest hit by high
prices are widows and orphans living
on income estates and millions of
salaried workers whose income, he
said, always is the last to increase.
High prices" he said, ARE used as
a justification in many instances for
demands for increased wages, yet 1
sometimes doubt if it is a good justi-
flcation, because while there may be
individual instances where it is not
true. still, as whole. taking the coun-
lily AAOlll SGD " sea, the Wages VI ldpOI
have increased more in the last four
or five years than has the cost of
living.
THE man who works for wages
therefore, is not the worst hit and he
will not suffer in any respect If his
wages DO not increase beyond the in
crease in the cost of living. After all,
mans wages are not what he brings
home with him in his pay envelope
at the end of the week, but what Ms
wife brings home in the market basket
at the end of the week in exchange
for his weakly wa on >,
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ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Federal Prisoners Saw Bars in Cell .,t
Ottawa.

]. w. Killifer and James Kennedy,
two federal prisoners held in the
county Jail at Ottawas escaped late
Wednesday night or early Thursday
morning. according to word received
at the United States marshal's office
here today. They were taken to OF
tawa only a few days ago, and were
being held as fugiuves from Wiscon-
sin, it is understood.
The sheriff OF Franklin in report
ing their escape said he visited their
cell at II o'clock Wednesday night and
both men were in bed. Early Thurs
day morning when he again visited the
cell he found all the bars in their cell
window sawed in two and the men had
apparently been gone some time. A
description was sought at the federal
penitentiary at Leavenw orth to be sent
out over the state to sheriffs and police
officers -f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
STRIKE NEAR AN END
Longshoremen Walkout in New York
Probably 81 oxen.

New York. Nov. 6.-The strike of
forty thousand longshoremen which
has tied up port activities here for
several weeks, appeared to have been
broken today. The deciding factor
was the surrender of the "insurgent"
strikers who promised Mayor Hylan
yesterday they would return today at
the old rate of pay. pending a decision
from the national adjustment COM
mission for a hearing.
Steamship owners would not hazard
a guess today as to their approximate
loss Early in the strike officials of
the United States shipping board es-
timated a daily loss of 100000 to
s1,500,000. On this basis the cost
would be between S25,000,000 and
$40 An0 nnn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
DEPARTMENT MEETINGS.
College Department.

First Baptist church, Thursday, November
6. , p. m. Chairman. Prof. Raymond {.
AddressEProf. Charles EIIwood. Uni
yersity of Missouri.
.Address-..The Significance and Future
Strong, University of Kansas.
Address-What Society Expects of the
College" Supt. NJ. E. Pearson. Kansas City.
Kansas.
Address" American Ideals and the
American College," Prof. W. E. Slaght,
Baker university.
High School Department.
Academic High School Auditorium, Thurs
day, November 6, ? p. m. Chairman
Principal II. Il. Cook. Topeka
Address-"M Minimum Essentials of the
Professional Preparation of High School
Teachers" DR.. f. ]. Kelly, University of
Kansas, Lawrence.
Address-Prof Charles Ellwood. Uni
yersity Of Missouri
Graded School Department.
City Auditorium, Thursday. November 6,
p, m, Chairman, Superintendent c. o.
Smith. Marysville.
Address-"The Salary Problem versus
Our Democracy" Supt A. f. Senter. Otta-
Address-"Ten Points for the Grade
Teacher to Have and to Hold" Supt. NJ. E.
Address-"Are Schoolspayihg Their Debt
to society Miss Theda Gildemeister, State
Normal school, WiEona, MINI.
Primary School Department
First Presbyterian Church. Thursday. No
Xember t. p. m. Chairman, Miss Ruth
b. Scott. Emporia.
Address-"Steps in the Teaching of
Patriotism" Miss Theda Gildemeister. State
Normal School. Winona, Mimi
Address-'Some Problems in the Teach
ing of Reading Mrs Maria A. Stevenson
PaOla.
Address-"The First Development of the
Reasoning Power in Numbers" demonstra-
ton by Mrs. Mary Huron Hale, Sumner
school. Topeka.
Address-Miss Elizabeth johnson. EN-
poria.
Rural School Department.
First Methodist church, Thursday. Novem
Der 6; p, m. chairman, County Super
intendent Anna Speer. Atchison
Address-Dr r. ]. Jewell, University OF
Arkansas.
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Never before in the history of the
ute have SO many subjects of vital
Importance to tutor and pupil been
4iscuSsed- Unionism and to obtain
legislative enactments designed to Sc
-uTe better educational conditions are
he paramount themes around which
le big fights will center.
Since Wednesday morning teachers
ave been arriving in the city from
ores of northeastern Kansas towns
It noon the total enrolment figure
I'D reached 1000 and hundreds more
we're expected tonight and tomorrow.
~ Il Gav long every passenger train en-
terinS Topeka brought its quota of del
s@ates Long lines of waiting automo-
4iles. furnished the Chamber of Com
nerce entertainment committee by cit
isens and business men, met each train
nd conveyed the visitors to their no.
is and lodging houses. Fifty Boy
outs in uniform were on the job to
as guides and carry suitcases.
Plenty of Rooms.
Hundreds of the teachers had their
0ms engaged in advance but hun
reds more confronted G. c. Sickler,
n charge of the room reservation bu-
reau at the Chamber of Commerce
with a request for LODGING. Altho the
rooms close in and the hotel accom-
modatiOns had nearly all been taken
by noon today Siclzler predicted
there would be plenty of room. as hun
lave responded to the call and offered
pare rooms.
The political aspect of the conven-
ion is of greater Importance than any
reviously held. The fight for better
alaries, better class room facilities
better educational laws and the gen
raj uplift of the profession will cen
er around the twenty-seven resolu-
ions to be voted upon at the third
eneral session in the auditorium to-
borrow night
The question of unionizing the more
nan 1000 teachers of the state will
,e a bone of contention among the
profession. In the larger cities il is
laid, many teachers favor the union
cause, while those in the rural dis
tricts are declared opposed to it, Many
teachers are also reported in favor of
an organization but oppose utilization
with the American Federation of La
Dor or the American Federation of
Teachers So far, the union sentiment
appears to be confined. to a few. but
these few are expected to put up a
big, fight for their cause
This resolution to be submitted to-
morrow night if adopted will put the
tutors on record as favoring a union
whose chief method of obtaining their
desired ends is not by strike That
the union will be formed if the reso-
luton passes is regarded almost Ger
tain.
Educators on Commission.
An effort to influence state politics
to the extent of Nsecuring textbook
commission appointment of only per-
sons experienced in educational work
is another feature of the convention
The teachers oppose having officers
of any publishing company on the
commission and in their proposed
resolution has gone so far as 10 an
nounce their endorsement of any
gubernatorial candidate who will
promise to observe their wishes.
Removal of the state and county
superintendent office from politics is
another move for which the teachers
will fight. This move is bitterly op-
posed by Miss Lorraine wooster state
tCOptinued IN Page Two.J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
ROB BANK IN DAYLIGHT
Bandits Take $4,000 From Institution
in Oklahoma.

Cushing, Okla. Nov 6-The Okla
homa State bank, located on the most
prominent corner of the city, was
robbed of from $4,000 to s12, 600
about Sis this morning
The two robbers entered thru the
rear door left open by Cashier r. R.
Sears for the ice man. The men were
masked and covered the cashier with
a revolver as he came out of the
vault. Sears was locked in, the vault.
The robbers took the money and es-
capped.
The cashier was in the vault about
fifteen minutes before being re-
leased. Several thousand dollars in
liberty bonds Were untouched.
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EXPLOSION KILLS TWO
Blasting Powder Biowup in Illinois
Town.

Belleville, Ill, Nov 6.-Two men
were killed today in an explosion at
the Atlas Powder company's plant at
Signal Hill. Ill, seven miles west of
here. The explosion rocked build
ings in Belleville and East st. Louis.
Large stocks of blasting powder are
said to have been stored at the plant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
BOLSHEWSTS IN VICTORY
Capture Isl;am and Take 1900 Pris-
oners in Engagements.

London. Nov. ga Russian Boil
sheviki communication received here
reports the capture of Isham (seyenty-
five miles north of Petropavloysk .
with loo prisoners. The communique
also claims the capture of 1000 pris-
Ioners at Ust Eusuluk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
SMOKER STARTED FIRE
Blaze at National HeraIds Arrival of
State Teachers

an early morning smoke in bed about
8 o'clock at the National hotel. and
went to sleep again, he set the bed on
fire, providing a scare to celebrate the
arrival of the teachers. =
The fire was in a room on the fifth
floor. The mattress and bed clothes
were burned Firemen stopped the
blaze with chemicals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-11-06
FACE TOWARD THE EAST
All Chicago VIII Pay Respect at IL
O'Clock on Morning of Arnaistice
Day.

Chicago, fSov. Elm the celebration
of armistice day, November II, all
Chicagoans at II o'clock win stop for
one minutes and face toward the east.
according to plans announced for the
celebration today. School children
will commemorate the day with exer-
cises and army cannon in a city park
will fire salutes.
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Four Departmental Meetings
Launch State Convention.
EllwOOd, Jewell, GiIdemeister
and Wilson Speakers.
GENERAL CONCLAVE TONIGHT
General Politics" OyershadOw
in Three-Day Program.
May Condemn Publishing Off
eials on Book Commission.

United for a single purpose-the in
auguration of new era in Kansas
educational circles-an army of school
teachers is in Topeka today to attend
the fifty-sixth annual convention Or
the Kansas State Teachers association.
The three-daY program opened at 2
O'Clock this afternoon.
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Today S
Program for Teachers
FIRST GENERAL SESSION.

City Auditorium, Thursday. November 6,
p. m. President ]. O. Hall, presiding.
Invocation. DR.. S, S. Estey, First Presby-
terrain church.
Music by Topeka schools.
Greetings to the Kansas State Teachers
AssOciatiOn-Gover Henry J. Allen
Address-Prof. Shaler Mathews, Uni
versity of Chicago.
Music-(To be announced)
Address-"The Teachers Part in Recon-
struction," State Superintendent Richard
Wilson Of Oklahoma.
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PLOT in CHICAGO
Squads of Policemen Rushed to
Federal Building.
Discover Plan To Blow Up
80 = Government Structure.

Chicago. Nov. 6.-Squads of police
men were rushed to the federal build
ing this afternoon when an alleged
plot to blow up the structure was said
to have been discovered.
The doors of the building were or
dered locked and no one was permit
ted to enter.
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SECOND PEACE MEET
Great Britain VIII Propose Another
- Conference at London.

London, Nov. 6.-Great Britain soon
will submit to the peace control
in Paris a proposal for holding a sec
ond peace conference" in London to
settle the Turkish situation. accord
ing to the belief expressed in Ameri-
can circles today