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The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-13

More than two million feet Of lum-
ber, which. together with other prop
erty of the Burton Lumber Company,
aggregated approximately $209.oOo,
vas destroyed by fire Tuesday at
Houston, Texas, after $50 o'clock this
morning.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-13

Food and Drug Commissioner R. Fl.
Hoffman, Jr., announced Friday that
inspectors OF his department had
seized $3.50 pounds OF bacon at WhRr-
ton, Texas, alleging that it is unfit
for human consumption.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-13

The state land sale now in progress
at Austin, Tex, promises to be the
largest of recent years Approximate
ly 20G0 sealed bids have been receiv-
ed and these are being opened. No
attempt will be made to list them un-
Ill they have all been opened and
read. However. many of the bids GOV
er the same tract of land.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-13

After Lucius McCarty, discharged
negro soldier, had been trailed by
bloodhounds, caught and identified by
white woman as the one who attack
ed her Saturday night, at Bogalusa,
La. a mob Of more than a thousand
men lynched the negro in daylight,
Sunday, tied his body to an automo-
bile, dragged it through the principal
streets. and burned it in front of the
home of the woman.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-13

In the states answer to the Bassett
Blakely suit over the possession OF
Blue Ridge farm, the sum Of $l,000,00O
damages and, 100000 rental are asked
in a cross bill embraced therein. 1t
is directed against Blake!y and large
number of persons who hold oil leases
on the land 1t is alleged that the
state of Texas has been dispossessed
of its lawful rights by these persons
and the money is demanded in salts
faction.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-13

The value of the mineral product'
of the United States in the last TIVE
wears reached a record breaking tota
in excess of s10,000.0O0 600.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-13

Cholera and dysentery are reported
10 have broken out in Petrograd
Russia.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-13

The war department announced
Tuesday that General Pershlng had
awarded the distinguished service
cross to Lieutenant S. NJ. Hankins.
Quanah. Texas; Privates Graviel Gar
Houston, Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
WHAT OF RUSSIA?
Allied Powers VIII Inquire Into
State of Affairs.
British Are Reported To Be
Back of the Idea.

> Paris, Jan. 1S.-Immediate official
inquiry by the allies into the actual
state of affairs in Russia was predict
ed in certain official circles today. 1t
was limited that such action was dis
cussed at Sundays meeting of the as
Sociatesd representatives
British influence was understood to
be back of the idea for a searching
investigation of the Russian problem.
Such an investigation would be con-
Quoted by an allied commission and
would be pushed as rapidly as possl-
BILE. This commission would report
back directly to the peace conference.
The plan had materialized to a
point where possible members of the
American contingent were being dis
cussed. William Howard Taft and
Elihu Root were among the names
mentioned. II was impossible to learn
what men were being considered for
British membership on the commits
CT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Good Company.


A correspondent writes:
You often hear it said that such
one is good company What is
meant by that expression? Does it
imply that one is intellectual?"s
Not necessarily. Some of the
dreariest company and the greatest
bores in the world are those high
browed individuals who are top
heavy with learning, and who &C
monologuing thru life about the cry
as-dust subject of which they happen
to have made a study. Nobody cafi
imagine passing joyous evening
listening to an abstruse disc curse on
higher mathematics. Nor do we yearn
for undiluted doses of the society OF
those who converse like an unoer-
study q woman's culture club
My definition of good company is
an individual who is an intelligent
talker, and an equally inteilig mt
/, listener. An intelligent taiker is a
person who has observation, thoughts,
Imagination and who possesses the
power to translate these nto word
pictures for us. He, or she, keeps L.
perpetually interested by presenting to
us a never ending supply of new
impressions, ideas and suggestions
that open up fresh vistas OF thoughts
to u.s.
And an intelligent listener is one
who. in the slang Of the day, gets
u.s." One who has the il diligence,
! the comprehension, the background of
I a common experience and common
reading to enable them to understand
what we are saying, and the imagina-
lion to follow US into unknown fields.
They are those who are an inspiration
to talk to, because they always know.
Given an individual who knows how
to talk and how TO listen, and you
hav one who is good company and
he or she must be equally efficient at
either end of the game, for social in
tercourse, to be agreeable, must be
mixed performance. The most en-
tertaining person. on earth soon
Wear1es us if he or she monopolfze
the conversation, while the greatest
spell binder falls silent in the presence
of an audience as unresponsive as
store dummy
I should say that the first qualifi-
| cation OF a person who is good COM
pany is sympathy. The people whom
we enjoy being with are those who
can enter into our moods. who can
weep with us when we weep and re-
]oice with US when we rejoice They
must have the humanity that enables
them to take an interest in our per-
sonal affairs.
! We like to be with those who are
willing to discuss our dressmakers' and
doctors virtues and shortcomings with
us; who take real heart interest in
our new automobile and who are
thrilled over our daughters beaux and
our sons records at college and who
/ evit.ce a real concern in our successes
and disappointments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
EAST SIDE NOTES
Notes and personals from East 81
ny Frances Jones' Teiev.:ane 3550

Notes and personals from East Side
py Frances Jones. Teev!.ane s53a
Mrs Robert Mitchell aud son Ralph
have been s,fiousiy Ill at theor home,
Law renee street. with the Influenza.
The Assumption Aid society will give n
card party Thursday evening Mt Assunp-
Mr. and Mrs ]. T. Armstrong Of Barclay
Kan, have changed their Residence to 4Ui
Freeman avenue. Mr.. ana Mrs. Armstrong
have been vicitors ut the home of their son,
Mr.. John Armstrong aud Mrs. Armstrong,
Mrs. Ed Crafty has been I'll at her home.
53s Wilson avenue. since Inst week.
visitor at the h hone Of her brother. Mr.
Arthur Boatright. and Mrs. Bqatright.
Madison street. also her sister. Mrs, George
1, aEs ono ~ s,re Visit hds sY fatser
Aaron Stapels. Fourth aud jefferson
! streets, underwent n serious operation. mt
proving aud has been removed To his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed kerns. Twiss avenue
are the parents of son. born sunday.
Miss Ruth Peterson entertained num-
Der of girl friends at the Orpheum recent
Miss '' Violet Peterson. Miss Mattie Eaton Eaton
Miss Elva Harrison. Miss Betty Teale, Mrs
Roy Peterson. Miss Jessie Smith. Miss
Jose Hcinefelman and Miss Peterson.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Seward
Avenue Methodist church will hive all
day meeting Thursday at the home OF
Mrs. W. i. Ward, Seward avenue.
The people A the Third Presbyterian
church are hoping that the Old saying
Third time is charm will prove to lie
true for they have tried twice to have n
Christmas party and each time soineihin..
has happened and between the flu aud the
church furnace their party has not yet been
given. However. If nothing happens the
party will be held Tuesday evening. pro-
gram will be given and refreshments Viii
DO served.
Lincoln Circle No. 1 Literary and Sew
ing society will meet Tuesday afternoon
In the nail for election Of Officers
Lester Haggarh of the L. x =. Texas
is expected to arrive this week to spend
ten days furlo with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Haggard. Wilson avenue. The
Texas 10 IN the brooklyn navy yards for
repairs. Nr. Haggsrd has been in this
navy about two years
The Mizi,ah society Of the Third Prcsby-
terrain church will meet Wednesday Mt the
home OF Mrs. Sarah IIarkcr, $40 Chandler
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13

The military training camps thru
out the country rapidly are becoming
depopulated and it is high time that
action be taken by congress for their
continued utilization in training the
youth of the land. Some persons say:
Let the schools give this military
training" The answer is that be-
tween the training ages of 10 to 20
only about 10 per cent of all the boys
are in any school. Schools do not
and cannot enforce the required dis
cipline. They comprise so small units
that they would utterly fail as melt
ing-pots and builders of civic life. No
plan will succeed that does not reach
all the boys without distinction or
discrimination; and that means uni
versal obligatory military training.
Nothing else will do. There is no sub
stitute for it. 1t will make the Sissy
boy every inch man and the sassy
boy a gentleman. Such training will
add 25 to SO per cent to the man
power of the country and should in
crease it's efficiency by as much more.
1t will put us in the best possible
condition to meet successfully the in
dustrial, economic and commercial
struggle that is coming and help us
meet our financial obligations and
maintain the first place in the sister
hood Of nations of a regenerated
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
THE WAITING GAME.

Discussing what he denominates a
waiting game" H. F. Gade, vice
president of the Standard Pressed
Steel Co, writes to the Manufacturers
Record as follows:
If present prices are being tempered
with to the effect that slight reduc-
tons are made now in such manner
as to foreshadoW further reductions
later on, we believe business will be
poor for a long time to come. Our
reason for this belief is that as soon
as market begins to decline every
body stays out waiting for rock-bot-
tom prices. But as there always was
and always will be a decided differ
ence of opinion on the part of the
| buyer and the seller as to what con-
| stitutes '-rock-bottom," it follows that
| a waiting game develops.
Unfortunately. this waiting game.
while being a great time-consumer,
| does not consume any goods worth
! mentioning, because while stocks may
Re very low, there is nothing to hinder
| a country from going on from year to
year buying from hand to mouth; in
| fact, if the war had continued the
| United States would have been forced
| to do this, manufacturing being con-
| trolled by the government. without,
| however, suffering real hardship.
! 1t is our opinion that the prime
mover in all business is a buoyant
spirit. also called confidence. Now, as
nothing. kills this prime mover as
| quickly and as efficiently as a senti-
ment in favor of declining prices. we
| firmly believe if it were unanimously
| agreed upon that prices stay right
| !. here they are, and this were car
ried out and in such a manner that
everybody was convinced that it &C
| tually meant what it said. then bust
ness would swing right along like g
| tremendous torrent in an endeavol
| to make up for what was destroyed
and annihilated during four years OF
delirious destruction, but not other.
wise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13

The value of a bushel of wheat.
as food. never varies, but a bushei of
wheat commands more dollars and
cents just now than it did before the
war. The outstanding circulation of
the United States is about $54 a head,
or about S20 above the average OF
pre-war days. The average price OF
commodities is now estimated to be
about 200 per cent, or almost three
times the average price before the
war. The increase in the volume of
currency probably is as much re-
sponsible for high and advancing
prices as any other cause. A lessen
ing of the demand for money and a
retirement of a part of the paper
issue would bring down prices more
quickly than anything else could, but
who wants to see this dons7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13

If the United States shall be able
TO supply Europe with but a fraction
of the reconstruction material which
it is now expected to do 1t need have
no fear for the volume of hts export
business for long time to come. The
demand that is coming from the dew
astated parts of Europe for the mater
ials of reconstruction will insure the
prestige of the United States among
the exporting nations of the world
for the next few years. There are
between twenty-five and thirty thou
sand square miles of territory in
northern France and in Belgium
(which must more or less be COM
pIetely rebuilt This area before the
war was probably more highly devei-
5 oped industrially than any other like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 have re-
Gently become engaged and now L
am not going with any one except my
fiance. A man l used to have as a
friend did not know of my engage
ment and gave me a picture for a
Christmas present. The picture is not
a photograph, it is a very beautiful
print. L told him about my engage
ment and tried to return the picture.
but he asked me to keep it for old
times sake. I consented to do so.
Do you think l did the right thing?
ROSE MARY.
Il was all right to keep the picture
since he requested that you should
do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13

girl, its been such joke! You see,
/ recognized him the first time I saw
him. Why. I've seen his photogra phi
in the papers a dozen times. I guessed
he was just pretending so as to avoid
publicity"
"But-but you. Betty. a stenog-
rapher? What does it mean?" The
dear lady was bewildered.
'Oh. auntie. you don't suppose I
was going to let him do all the fool
ing do you?"
A few moments later in the con-
servatory Fordyce was holding a girls
white hand in the palm of his own.
He pointed to the ring that was on the
third finger.
And was that fooling. too?" he
asked tensely. -
The girl nodded her head. He
slipped the ring off the finger and put
it in his pocket.
Paxton is an ideal place for a honey
moon.
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13

area of Europe. What was Russia n
Poland is another section, tho not
SO large in area and less highly in
dustrial, which must be reconstructed.
Dwellings and factories must be built.
which means structural materials of
all kinds. The factories that will be
erected must be equipped. which
means machinery, tools and mill sup
plies generally. Hundreds of miles of
railways must be rebuilt from road
bed to rolling stock, and the more
important highways must be reop-
ened
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
The fight for this life of tn

The fight for the life of the public
utilities commission haA begun. The
recent attempt of that body to med
die in the federal management of
the railroads has been followed close
ly by an expression of approval from
the members of the state board of
agriculture. The p. L. C. is about
the most useless drain on the public
treasury in the state and should be
abolished by the legislature without
hesitation. It has d0Ds little, if any
good and has been productive of i'm
mense harm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13

President Wilson has displayed wis
dom and careful consideration for the
country's best interests in appointing
Walker D. Hines to succeed William
G. McAdoo as director general of rail-
roads. Probably no man in the United
States is better qualified for the posi-
ton. Besides. he is thoroly familiar
with the situation by reason of the
fact that he has been Mr.. McAdoo's
assistant in the management of the
transportation lines. He is a railroad
man with a record for fairness and
broad mindedness. The Appointment
cannot be charged to politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
THE NEW GOVERNOR.

Henry J. Allen, today inaugurated
governor of Kansas, could not have
entered the office at a more oppor-
of important and lasting service to the
state. Conditions resulting from the
war make necessary a strong and
guiding hand in the direction of pub
lie affairs.
The new governor brings to the ex-
ecutive office, an intimate knowledge
of the states requirements by reason
of many years spent in close touch
with Kansas people and their inter-
ests. He is in a position to do much
for the welfare. progress and future
glory of the commonwealth. The huge
ma ority which he received at the
polls is indicative of the confidence
which the people repose in him.
Being absent from the country dur
ing the campaign, Governor Allen was
not called upon to make any prom
ises or outline any policy. His fellow
citizens took him on trust They still
have feeling that they will not be
disappointed.
Mr.. Aliens election to the highest
office in the state is one more added
to the many examples of what an
industrious and ambitious young man
can accomplish under a democratic
government. He has attained his high
position without other aid than his
own energy and determination to sue
ceed He was compelled to work to
pay his way thru school.
An incident in the early newspaper
career of the governor illustrates the
character of the man. In his eager
ness to obtain a scoop for the Salina
Journal, when he was a reporter for
that paper, he secreted himself at a
point of vantage and obtained inside
information regarding the proceedings
of a meeting of the State Farmers AL
lance. He was discovered and COM
mittee was appointed to take action
on the matter, with a strong proba-
bility that it would decide to lynch
him.
Learning what was in store for him,
Mr.. Allen approached the chairman
and begged that in case the committee
decided to hang him that it fex him
know in time for him to write the
story for his paper. This action ap-
peaIed so strongly to the chairman
of the committee, himself a newspa-
per man. that it was decided to let
the young reporter off with a lecture
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON

The Little Son.
I wonder If anybody ever tried
10 fathom a fathers love
For his little son,
And ever tried TO explain
The tears that would rush to his eyes
When he takes the little fellow
II his b for th T Sods back
But which are very real!
Thousands have analysed
That wonder of the ages
And have written immortal Zines
Around and about it.
But the love of father
Has seldmon been sung.
There is a pathetic contrast
Between the big fellow
And the little one
Who is to carry his name,
His pride and his hopes
Into the uncertain future.
The big fellow who
Has made the sanguinary struggle,
And the little fellow
Who faces it all unknowingly-
The big one knowing he can
Go only so far along
The perilous path of life,
Clasping the little hand in his.
Did ever n father
Take his little son in his arms
without that thought
Without that wistful feeling
OF insecurity in behalf
OF the little bundle of humanity
He has brought into the world!
Can any one explain
The queer feeling in his throat
And the mist which comes
Before his eyes as he strains
The fodder to his breast?
Ees-any father can.
Some day some one Will tell
The truth about the fathers love
The love that is too proud to weep.
Again the cry of substitution. Uncle
Joe Cannon says the president want
has victory without peace.
An Illinois man has a federal re-
serve bank bill calling for SIS on one
side and SO on the other. In that
case the only fair thing to do is to
May we not express our deep graft
fication over the fact that Gov. Al
Smiths dog Caesar" has arrived safe
ly at Albany and has been duly in
auguratcd into the kennel de luxe
back of the executive mansion? I,
took 1S1 columns of newspaper print
and ninety-seven half-tone pictures tc
get Caesar" there in due style, but
he is there and Ex-Governor Whit
mans dog, if he had one, is now
being kicked around Now that
Caesar" has been safely indicted into
office, let the administration proceed
The arrival and Inauguration of the
genial al seems to have been only ar
incident in the triumphal entry OF
Caesar Thus we render unto
Caesar that which is Caesars"
The~American Defense society warns
| against the spread Of Bolshevism If
this country and seems in doubt as t
what to apply in order to prevent it
We would suggest the application OF
soap and water.
There may be some philosophy III
| denying passports to Bolsheviks who
want to leave this country for Europe
More light, please.
| As soon as Uncle Hen Ford's new
weekly journal finds a Iong-felt want
that needs filling it will proceed tc
fill it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
BERGER GETS WARLIKE
Says He VIII Go to Congress Despite
His Conviction.

Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. 13.--Nictor
l.. Berger. consressman-elect from
Wisconsin, today had reiterated that
he will serve in congress despite con-
viction on charges of violating the
espionage act.
At a meeting of protest here yester-
day, Berger, attacking Capitalism"
and the espionage act. said:
THE verdict of guilty against my
comrades and myself could not have
been returned in any other civilized
country in the world-with the posi-
BILE exception of Japan"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-13
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

FAYE MADELINE MILLS. age 10.
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. /: =. Mills; Of
Mrs. II: A.. Shepard; 1900 North Quincy
Lived n Jn.sha The fTneral r wi, be i nelh
noon at 2 30 O'Clock. Burial In Topeka
cemetery.
GEORGE W ALLEN. age 81. 116I High
street. died Saturday TT 10 o'cloek. He
is survived by his wife and a daughter
services which will be held fram Pen
wells chapel Wednesday, aftern4n at .
o'clock Burial in topeka ceme$ry.
CORA n. SWORDS. age II. died January
II at 11T5 Clay street. The body viii be
shipped to Long Point, Illinois. for burial
JOHN sMEDIcK died January IL a
private funeral will lie held from Penw Ell =
chapel at o'clock Tuesday afternoon. No
flowers.
The funeral NJ Mrs. Little Stoner, age
~. who died Friday morning =. her heinr.
fG North Kansas avenue. vas held Mon
day afternoon n o'clorb from the h
cemetery
who ed Thursday evening a Der hane.
.sIs Taylor street. was held Monday after
noon st O'Clock from renweil's chapel
Burial in Topeka eemetery-
CHARLIE H. BAILEY died Saturday at
his heTne. es West Eighth street. The
body will be taken to Bedford, Ia. for
burial
COL. T. T. TRt-E. age "a. died Sunday
at hi. home. ZOO MulvaBe street The
fHnera: Will be held at the resisioare Tues
day eFeniBe. The body will be taken to
Perry fer burial.
The funeral Of Mrs Mary Woirerton who
died r.sIav In Io-a1 hospital. WIS beI.i
a
home Of her daughter. Mrs Charles A.
Brown. 9s Bueaaaau street. The body
will be taken TO OyeFbrook- Kansas. for
burial
Lords Flowers Satisfy Tel. s27.-
Adv.