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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
WHERE THE LEAGUE" RULES.

Under spur of the Nonpartisan
League, an organization which attract
ed national attention because of its
attitude towards the war. the North
Dakota legislature is preparing to in
stall state socialism. starting with the
establishment of a state bank and a
system of terminal elevators and flour
mills. Then it may. go into mining.
The single tax also is part of the pro-
gram. The league is in complete con-
troll of the legislature, so it seems as
if there is nothing to interfere with
the plan.
To carry the program into effect
will require so per cent more revenue
than is now collected This does not
deter the league. 1T plans to obtain
the additional funds by the enactment
of an income tax, under which earned
incomes of $4,000 will be subject to
a 5 per cent tax. while ''unearned" in
comes-those derived from stocks,
bonds, mortgages and the like--will
pay tax e 10 per cent. More than
that, a 3 per cent tax on corporations
is contemplated.
To force idle lands into crops it is
proposed to assess them on a basis of
100 per cent valuation, as against SO
per cent for cropped lands. This the
| league believes will force land out of
the hands of spectators into the
hands of farmers. The single tax idea
| is to be worked out by mpting all
| improvements to agricultural lands
and in cities improvements up to
| $2,500. If the improvements exceed
| $4,000. the owner will pay on the en-
tire property. Then heavy taxes will
be imposed on the railroads, oil line
companies. etc.
| The North Dakota constitution pro-
vides for a referendum, but that will
not deter the Nonpartisan League
With more than two-thirds of the
members of the legislature pledged tc
its program, the bills required to give
force to the. general plan will be
passed with emergency clauses at
| tached. Passed in that form, the
measures cannot be reviewed by the
| public except on petitions carrying 30
/ 600 signatures. The f ct that the state
has only about 100000 voters, indi-
| CdteS nOW ISIuOto IS the possibility
with so earnest an organization as the
league in opposition. of Reputation.
The whole country, says the Buff
falo News, will watch with eager inter
est this adventure in socialism that i.
in prospect in North Dakota It will
naturally have the effect of haltips
private enterprise, under which the re
sources of<the state have been devel
oped, and eventually of routing pri
waite enterprise. The lea que con
siders that it owes nothing to pri
waite enterprise. It urges what amounts
to confiscation in certain directions
Finally, the state will find itsel
thrown upon its own material re
4 sources. Capital will be withdrawn
and all progressive measures of pri
vate interests will cease. 1t is doubt
ed that it will find the Nonpartisar
i League as resourceful to plan and t,
build as it is to destroy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
CONSTITUTIONS AND YEARS.
r From the Hartford (Conn.1 Courant, Janu
ary 1891

[From the Hartford Comm Courant, Janu-
airy. 1891
The Hartford Courant. edited by
that respected New England editor.
Charles Hopkins Clark of national
reputation, says of the position of our
neighboring contemporary. the Kan
sas City Star, under the above cap
ton:
1--WE hesitat e. to ask the excellent
Kansas City Star what it thinks of
old Connecticut. We think SO well of
her ourselves that it would crate to
hear an underestimate. even if it were
due to failure to understand.
However. here is this widely
known paper denouncing its neighbors
in Kansas for having state constitu-
ton that was written about fifty-rine
years ago. Gee, The constitution of
Connecticut was written in 1917 and
adopted in 1913. and we still live un-
der it, The Star says:
THE Kansas constitution, under which
the public business of the state is still
being conducted, was written when Kansas
got Its supplies by OK freight and its mail
by the star route, when it travelled by stage
coach, and its prairies were covered by
buffalo instead of fat beef cattle"
1.-THE constitution under which the
public business of Connecticut is still
being conducted was written when
Kansas and Missouri were not created
as states, and when there was not a
railroad in the United States. If the
| esteemed Kansas City paper under
takes to reflect on this state, we beg
to invite it to get some expert to fig
ure up how much Missouri and Kansas
have benefited by money sent there
from Connecticut. With all our old
time ways we seem able, if not to hold
| our own. at least to lend our own tC
others where it will do the most good.
| The Courant might also have COM
mented on the same lines in reference
| to the venerable constitution of the
| United States. No one talks of a new
constitution for the old U. s. A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

One big automobile manufacturing
concern has undertaken to settle its
labor problem in a new and original
way. The plan is that after present
capital and permanent labor have each
been justly compensated. having due
regard to the cost of each-the cost of
capital and the cost of living-then
the additional profits accruing from
the joint employment of permanent
capital and permanent labor shall be
divided equally among them-fifty
fifty. This profit-sharing is to be
based upon the length of time the en-
ploye has been with the company. A
fair return on the capital invested is
one of the provisions. The distribu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
INVESTIGATE THE RED
Senat., Orders Sweeping Inquiry Into
the BOlshevfki.

Washington, Feb. 4.-For the first
time taking official notice of Bolshe-
vik propaganda in the United States,
the senate today ordered a sweeping
investigation of all Bolsheviki actions.
The investigation is to determine:
l. Who is paying for propaganda for
the overtime wof the United States
government and the substitution of a
soviet government.
2. What steps the government has
taken to combat this propaganda.
5. What laws congress should en-
act to lean cut the Bolsheviki.
The senate laid aside its regular
business to discuss Bolshevism and
when Senator Walsh, Montana, pro-
posed a resolution directing the prop
uganda probers' to continue their in
quiry by going into Bolsheviki activi-
ties, there was not vote against it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
NURSES ENROLL HERE
Graduates Enter Bethany To Prepare
for Public Health Work.

Twelve graduate nurses have en-
rolled at Bethany college for the six
weeks training course offered by the
Kansas State Tuberculosis association
to prepart them for public health
work in Kansas. After the compile
ton of the course they VIII De placed
in different districts in the state to
look after the public health, under the
auspices of the tuberculosis associa-
ton.
Altho none but graduate nurses are
eligible to enroll, it was pointed out
today that many of these nurses are
from Chicago and other cities and the
course is given to familiarize them
with Kansas needs and conditions be-
fore they take up their duties in the
field Most of the students are reg
istered Red Cross nurses with from
one to four years experience. Their
first duty when their course is COM
pleted, it is said, will be to make a
survey of the discharged and wounded
soldiers.
Teachers and senior students of
Bethany are taking advantage of spe-
cial features of the lectures and prac-
tical1y all the public health nurses in
the city are in attendance. 1t is be-
lieved that when this plan is put into
effect that the death rate will be re-
duced owing to the minimizing of the
causes. Miss Miranda Davis, principle
of Bethany college. has arranged for
classes in French and public speaking
| in connection with the other courses.
! The faculty for this special school
is composed of the leading public
health experts in the state. DIR. S. j
Crumb ine, secretary of the state board
of health; DR.. ]. J. Sippy, state cpl
| demiologist; Capt Willard Knowlton
J of the United States public health
service detail; Mrs. Virginia Know
| Kimble, supervisor of nurses for the
| tuberculosis association; and M. Pear
Martin, specialist in nursing with
| the Kansas State Agricultural college
are among the faculty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
ENGLISH WILL HELP
Premier VcnizcIos Believes Greece VIII
Be Given Cyprus Island.


Paris, Feb. 4.-Premier Venizelos of
Greece, who is asking the peace con-
ference for all the Greek islands in
the Mediterranean. said to the Asso-
ciated Press that he felt sure England
would not refuse to give Cyprus to
Greece. The British government, he
said. offered the island to former King
Constantine in order to induce Greece
to enter the war. "How could Eng
land refuse Cyprus to US, who entered
the war willingly without asking any
thing, but trusting entirely to the JUS
tice OF the allies?" the premier asked.
adding that he also had hopes that
Italy will give to Greece the Dode-
canesus islands. of which he said:
They have for all Greeks an i'm
mense moral importance. while they
represent nothing for Italy but a
source of expense. It is true that italy
has right to keep those islands as
Turkey did not fulfill the conditions
of the peace concluded with Italy after
the war IN Tripoli. and this right has
been recognized and confirmed by the
treaty of London written in 1915. The
interest OF Italy, however, in main
tanning friendly relations with Greece
is immensely superior to whatever
those few little islands may represent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

Abstracters claim that the Torrens
land title law has not been success
in. many states where it has been tried
and that it is practically ignored in
Illinois and parts of Colorado. One of
these gentlemen asserts that in Kit
Carson county. Colorado, the Torrens
land act has done anything but put the
abstracters- out of business and that
they are weeks behind in their work
Why then are the abstracters so ener-
getic in their opposition to the pro-
posed law if it will not injure their
huSinesS2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
Is YEARS AGO In TOPEKA
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
February 4, 1894.

William Aprleyard will move his wooden
mill to Topeka and promises to be making
cloth here by the first of June. The 500
600 subscription in stock which Mr.. Apple
yard asked as bonus has been raised, and
he says he will soon commence the con-
struction of building to cost $4,000, In
which his factory will be located.
A charity ball will be given at Hamilton
hall February Z. the proceeds of which
will go to the Associated Charities The
affair is under the supervision of the fol-
lowing young men: Charles MeCabe
Frank Crane. Frank Edison, Herman
c. G. Prescott, viii Taylor. Ted Wear and
Will Trump.
Miss Ruth Park, Mabel Waggener and
Ruth Hetherin -ton of Atchison spent yes
terday with Miss Myra Williams.
The Entire Nous club will give a qane-
ing party at the Union Pacific hotel the
evening of February 16
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
MRS. KOUNS DIsMIsSEs SUIT
Case Against Topeka Railway to Make
Room for Another.

The suit begun a few days ago in
the district court in the name of Mrs.
c. W. Kouns against the Topeka Rail-
way company to collect $1,000 for the
loss of furniture in the fire at the
Kouns home. 900 Topeka avenue.
street cars interfered with the work
of the firemen by running over and
cutting the hose was. dismissed at the
request Of the plaintiff. It was said
that the suit was instituted by the
Westchester Fire Insurance company
without Mrs. Kounss knowledge The
insurance company and the Bank of
Topeka. owner of the house, have
cases pending in the district court in
connection with the fire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

New York, Feb. 4.-The war labor
board made an award today in the
case of the st. Joseph Railway, Light
& Power company of St Joseph. Mo.
Wages of motormen and conductors
for the first three months of service
were fixed at 3S cents an hour. for the
next nine months of service 40 cents
an hour and thereafter AZ cents an
hour. Existing working conditions
and differentials paid for special serv-
ice will be continued. The award is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

The funeral Of Ed Hall. age Al, who died
Saturday at bis home, sos West Eighth
street, will be held from Conwell's funeral
home. Eighth and Quincy. Wednesday
morning at $50 O'Clock. Burial in Bur-
nngame.
The funeral Of W. F. Bond. age 90. who
died Friday at his home in Tulsa, Okla.
was held Tuesday afternoon at 2: 80 O'Clock
cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs Emily J. Fountain,
who died Saturday at her home. 40S Lafay-
cite street, was held at 2:30 o'clock Tues
day afternoon from the Second United
Brethren church. Burial in Topeka ceme-
terry.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs Harley
Davis. of 305 Lawrence street died this
morning IN a local hospital. Funeral an
nouncement later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

ton, it is said, will run into hundreds
of thousands of dollars. and will be
retroactive. taking effect from January.
/, 1919. The company has 10000 men
on its payroll and all will be bene-
fitted. 1t is estimated by an official
that the share of no employe will be
less than 500 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued today In
the probate court to;
Bruce z. Gress Richland. %
II. Maudie Murphy. Overlook. 20
William ID. Bond. Dover. %
Marjorie Bergman, Dover. %
Ned Champing. Topeka ....... AZ
Pearl Douglas, Topeka ............,,,., IS
Abraham Mtlgram. Kansas City. KAN. ~
Iertrude Goidstein, Kansas City, No.. 10
John c. Elswick. Ketchikan. Alaska n
Stanley Gladys Spencer. Topeka. . "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

New York. Feb. 4-MONEY-Mercant,l
paper, 5M5A per cent Sterling, 60 dav
banks. 4.T2M commercial. co day btiIs'
4;I2h: demand. 4.I5.75: cables 4.7s.55.
francs demand 8. f5ak cables. 5.451s. Mex
railroad bonds. irregular Time Ioans'
steady; GO days, 30 days and nlonfhs. 566
Call money. firm: high, AZ: low. ruiinr
rate and closing bid 4: offered at az !:
iast loan, ~. Bank aceeptances. a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

Private capital may be little slow
in investing and public works should
readjustment. Practically every city.
county, state and federal project which
was stopped at the outbreak of the
war could advantageously be resumed
now and help keep the wheels of in
dustry revolving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Can a Woman Come Back?-2.

That the woman who has strayed
a-field can come back is amply proven
by the fact that there are thousands
of such women living noble, useful
lives, atoning by their good deeds for
the error of their youth. and they are
loved and respected in the communi-
ties in which they dwell.
Whether a man will be happy with
such a woman If he married her de-
ponds upon the man. and upon how
big minded and generous he is.
Very few men measure up to this
standard and this makes such mar
riages. as a general thing, a disastrous
experiment that brings happiness to
neither party.
For, after all, most of us are the
slaves of convention and lack the
strength of mind to decide things for
ourselves. Convention has taught wo-
men that it is the proper thing for
them to be forgiving and to wipe off
! the slate for the men they marry on
| their wedding day and let them begin
| a fresh account. But convention has
| taught men to be unforgiving to wo-
| men, and to hold up the score of their
| pasts against them.
Therefore. man remembers his
wife's sins against her, no matter how
| far in the past they have been. nor
how she has repented them. nor lived
| them down, and he holds these over
her head, sword of Damocles of
whose falling she lives in perpetual
| dread.
Perhaps, now and then, a man is
| to be found great souled enough to
| really forgive a woman who has had
| a murky past, but such men are as
rare as hens teeth. The average man,
no matter what sort of life he has
lived, nor how wide the field of wild
oats that he has sown. demands that
| his wife shall be like Caesars, above
| reproach. He expects the woman he
marries to accept him as he is. without
question. and to be satisfied and happy
| if he is true to her and lives blame
| less life in the present.
But his jealousy cannot endure the
thought that there have been other
men in her life and other kisses on
her lips. Nor can his pride endure the
suspicion that people gossip of her
behind his back and wonder that he
should have picked her out.
The man who marries a reformed
woman nearly always gets a wife who
| is rigid in her propriety. and who wor-
ships him with a passion of gratitude
| But the woman gets a husband who is
forever suspicious of her, and ashamed
of her in his soul, and who is apt to
reproach her with her past in mo-
ments of anger.
Therefore, such marriages are sell
dom happy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

A British newspaper. discussing
President Wilson's opposition to ter
ritorial annexations, filings the Philip
pines in our faces. The British should
not forget that we bought and paid
for the Philippines as we did. Alaska
and the Virgin islands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
For Winter PRACTICE.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. Fifteen bat
tleships, composing the United battle
ship feet, left today for Guantanamo,
Cuba, for winter practice. Accom-
panying the fleet were several attend
ant vessels. A large fleet of destroy
ers, undergoing repairs in the navy
yard, will leave later in the week for
Guantanamo. The vessels are assem-
bled in Hampton Roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
DINNER STORIES

Under the dim lights the ultra
modern lovers sat in silence.
Those sweet words, old as the stars
but always new, had been spoken, and
the answer had been Yes
But now the ordeal was about to
come.
BE brave, dear heart he said.
BE braver' And bravely she passed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
Wedding rings, 18-K gold, - up.
HarrissGoar Co.. 1924 e. 6th.-Ady,


Wall st, New York, Feb. 4-STOCKe-
Short interest In speciaities was again
driven to cover today, but extreme rains
of 1 to 5 points in speculative stocks were
nma,terially reduced on realizing for profits.
Investment rails became active later az
substantial gains. but yielded when Indus
trials and the general list experienced an
other moderate reaction. The closing was
irregular e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

He was a great bore and was talking
to a crowd about the coming election.
Said he: Jones is q man; is capa-
BILE. honest. fearless and conscientious
He once saved me from drowning"
do you really want to see Jones
eiected?" said a solemn-faced old man.
st do, indeed sId do anything to
see him elected. :"
''Then never let anybody know that
he saved YOU life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
SETTLE LAND DISPUTES
Conflict Between Czccho-SIoyaks and
Poles Fixed Up Temporarily.

Paris, Feb. 4.-The conflict between
the Poles and Czecho-Slovaks over
disputed territory has been temporar-
lily settled by the peace delegates un-
der the principles. to be Incorporated
in the league OF nations, according to
Official announcement today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
Mayer Goes to Browns

st. Louis, Feb. 4.-Catcher Walter
Mayer of the Boston Red Sox today
was purchased by the st. Louis
Browns. Business Manager Quinn an
nounced. The Red Sox tried for Dave
Davenport. but the Browns refused TO
part with the tall hurler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
TAKE UP FOOD PROFTTEERING.
Federal Grand Jury Begins Sitting to
Look Into High Prices

Chicago, Feb. 4-The federal grand
jury beginning a sitting here today
was to take up food profiteering. it
was announced by the district attor-
ney's office. Whether an understand
ing by milk producers on a price of
$3.50 per hundred pounds was a for
NAL price fixing agreement was to be
taken up, together with an investiga-
ton of delay by retailers in following
wholesale drops In dairy products
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
SIM FEM LEADER ESCAPES.
Edward De Valera Is Out of Prison
Saws EXCHANGE. Tele1rapI,

London. Feb. Edward De Va
lera. Sim Fem leader, has escaped
from prison the Exchange Telegraph
company declared today. De Valera
was arrested several months ago for
alleged revolutionary activities. He
was elected to the British parlia ment
from Clare while in prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

will labor's mighty forces form a
new party? ?" inquiries the Literary Di-
gest. Sure they viii! but they will not
vote the ticket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

Marshal Foch's strategy and the tactics
of his generals wrestefi in three weeks from
months to obtain at a cost of 100000 to
100000 men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
Local Mention.

Safety razor blades sharpened bet
ter than new, 25c-35c doz. Erunt-
Martin.-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04
A st. Joe Labor order.

Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. s27.-
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-04

into the library to face his stern
parent.
Mrs. Duflicker," she ventured with
quaking heart, 81 have come to ask
you for your sons hand in marriage"
Colby the stern parent spoke:
\ Young lady, are you able to sup
port my son in the style to which he
is accustomed ?"
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