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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17

was severely wounded in France and
is now at Fort Sheridan trying to
learn a new trade so that he can earn
a livelihood again Between occasions
al musical engagements Miss Miller
makes a living for them both as an
elevator operator
Miss Miller. or Mrs. Briefer is well
known here and in Kansas City. She
spent her early life here. When Pres
ident Wilson and Mrs. Wilson came to
Topeka they were guests at the home
Of Senator and Mrs. Arthur Capper
and Miss Miller was engaged to play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17


who is wearing a little red, white and
blue tag. with the letters: IT do not
cut across lawns and parkings." On
the opposite side are the letters IS.
o. S" Ask what that means. and
the youngster will tell you: Save our
sod
The movement started in the Virgil
class Of the Topeka high school. The
members, beginning with themselves.
conceived the idea of accomplishing
some real good with their idea and
put before the board of education the
proposition of Introducing the new
plan into all the grade schools il the
board would buy the tags. This was
agreed to. and a campaign was start
ed that resulted in almost every school
boy and girl in the city enrolling in
the league
The habit Of cutting across lawns
and parkings has ruined the appear
ance of many otherwise beautiful cor
ners in Topeka and the movement
among the school children is much
to their credit 1t is at least to be
hoped that the grown-ups will follow
their lead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17
Topeka Girl Runs Elevator To
Study in Chicago.
0na May Miller Is Well known
Here as .Harpist.
PLAYED FOR PRESIDENT WILSON
Her Husband Soldier Was
Wounded in the War.
Chicago Tribune Tells of Strug-
gle for Arts Sake.

Eight hours day in an elevator
shaft is the price Ona May Miller pays
for vocal instruction and lessons IN
harp playing. So says the Chicago
Tribune in an article recently pub
hshed by that paper.
Miss Miller. who by the way is not
Miss Miller at all any more for she has
a husband. Sergeant Briefer. spends.
the day in a lift at the Young Wo-
mems Christian association building
on Michigan avenue. Sergeant Brisfer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17

trained. and are never permitted to see
daylight. Their lofts are identified by
Il red light and red curtains in the
windows so that a bird returning from
the company Outposts may have no
trouble in locating them The male
pigeon and his mate are always used
on different outposrs. as one will not
leave the other in the event they are
together at the same post.
The birds in each pigeon company
are trained in a certain sector and
never taken from it. When the lines
move up, the men take over another
pigeon section and handle il in the
same manner as the former. In this
manner the time required in training
the pigeons to a new sector and the
chances Of the messengers getting lost
are eliminated.
Hawks Helped Huns
In the st. MihieI sector, Milan said
the birds when released from the com
pany OutpOsts suffered attacks by Ger
man hawks. a large and powerful bird
Of prey which lowered over the for
ests. On such occasions they would
descend into the woods and thus es-
cape their enemies. On one occasion
a bird which came into its loft was
found to have il its breast covered
with pitch. showing It had descended
into che woods when attacked by a
hawk. One Of its wings-was found to
be torn by the hawks talons. On
one occasion, Milan said. a captive
German. a Belgian. an American and
a Frencnnan had charge of loft
captured from the enemy and worked
in perfect harmony
In the case of the German. you
see said Milan, he simply had to
do it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17
HOW TO KEEP HEAL THY
BY DIR. S. j. CRUMBINE.

relating
All Healthy"
K
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17
THEY WANT CLEMENCEAU
Metz Would send Premier to Deputies
Chamber as Delegate.

Paris. May 1.-THE press of Metz
is united in extending an invitation to
NJ Clemenceau to offer himself as a
candidate for the chamber Of depu-
ties for Metz at the impending cleo
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17
STARTED CAMPAIGN IN H. S.
Wear Badges That Urge People
To "SaFe Our Sod"
Many Beautiful Yards MARRIED
by COrner-Cutters.

You have to hand it to the Topeka
youngsters-they are more interested
in the beauty of the city than most
grown-ups. And there's a chance for
the average adult to get some good
pointers from the first child he meets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17
Local News Events of the Past Week
As Depite Ry
SUNDAY.

Collecting books donated to the
soldiers Libraries was the chief event
Of Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17
AS Depicted By Bolrnar
MONDAY.

Kansas jewelers. hold annual meet
ing to discuss the ms and outs OF their
business.
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TUESDAY.

Lively competition among local win
dow trimmerS for best window prize Of
fered by trimmers' con 1ention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-17
WEDNESDAY.

Proprietor OF a local smoke house
gave a party for returned soldiers and
sailors.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
SOLDIERS THREATEN
 TO SINK TRANSPORT
300 Veterans of British Army, kc- cruited in America. Demand to
 Be Put Ashore.

Halifax, March 12.-Threats or o'o troops of the British army who en- listed in the United States, S1 or them American citizens to sink the Ifal'S- port Toloa. unless Immediately 1i- lowed to land and proceed to destln- ations in the United States py rail were reported to the Canadian 'I'- thorities today by Captain JachSoH' commander of the transport.
 The Toloa, after debarklng Canaui- an troops here. sailed for New orh but was ordered back to this port to coal for the return trip to EngIauu hocause of the outbreak of the haTpoI strike in New York. Captain JdchSol' told inc authorities he had no guns aboard and that his ship "aS "' ''0 mercy of the soldiers
 The captain said his orders rom inc British admiralty were to take tho mon 10 Halifax and dlSembark them there. but the military authofl- 4ias at Ottawa refused, 1t is stated, 10 furnish transport4tion of the nten to thoir ho2nns in the United states.
 After consultation with the author ities the only answer Captain Jackson took back to the ship today was that those wno had enough money to pay their transportation and addlhonal money to meet the American lmml- era tion law would be allowed to land Put only a few, it is understood, pos sessed the necessary funds.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
VANGI)ARD OF 26TH IS
 BACK HOME ONCE MORE
187 Men of 10lst Trench Mortar Battery Arrive
 at New York.

New York, March 12.-With 1922 troops the steamship IOWan arrived here today from St. NaZaire. Units included the 1O1st trench mortar bat tery, four officers and 1S3 men of the 26th division-3:he first troops of this New England division to arrive home. These troops are assigned to Camp DeVenS.
 Also on the IoWan were the 314th, G15th, BIO and 10Sth trench mortar batteries; 53rG company transporta tion corps, 5th battery trench artillery, and supply attachments of 657th aero squadron.
 The hospital ship Mercy arrived from Boreaux with 3S1 sick and wounded men, most of them bed ridden.
 Among 32 casual troops on the steamship Chinapa from La Pallice was Co. No. 35 of Massachusetts, one
 officer and 8 men.
 Captain James A. Walsh of Boston, commander of the 101st said his bat
 tery when in the second battle of the Marne was within 700 feet of the Ger
 man lines and that it's slight casual ties, four killed and 25 wounded. not Withssanding participation in the bat ties om Seicheprey, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel and the Argonne were "re-
 markable." He praised his men for their valor.
 The 1O1st trench mortar battery landed in England, October "A, 1917 and reached France four days later. It was in training for three months at the big artillery camp in Coetquidan and wont info action Fehr1la r 27, 1918 in the Chemin des Danes sector of the French front. The unit
 operated throughout the war with the
 26th New England division. French guns were used al first but later the 1 unit was equipped with British six inch mortars and did effective work with those pieces.
 Three men of the battery returned in the ships sick bay but no case is dangerous. They are Corporal
 Harold Tibbetts of Portland, Me, Pri-
 vate Edgar Conlin of Rockland, Me, 1 and Private Kim Stephenson of Bos- 1 ton.
 Corporal John L. Casey, Fairfield. i Conn.,, who returned as casual wore the American Distinguished Service 1 Cross and the French War Cross, awarded for exceptional bravery in carrying messages under heavy fire. l He volunteered to carry a message at l Chate teau-Thierry last July after three 1 men who had preceded him had been l killed on the same mission. Casey who l wen over With the 102nd infantry,
 was wounded in the leg while engaged i in liason duty near Verdun Novem - l Der {.
 The troops on the Jowan were in command of Major Walter E.. Palmer, | of Chicago, who was a1l electrical en- ] gineer attached to the signal corps.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
AEElED
 IN RUSSIA h 
Grand Duke Says BoIshevilki Menace Must Be
 Crushed Now.

Paris, March 12.-Former Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch. who arrived in Paris recently from the Crimea, told the Associated Press to- day that unless armed Allied inter Ventton in Russia began at once the situation would become so hopeless1v desperate that it would take years. perhaps decades. to restore a sem blance of order and bring about peace in eastern Europe The former grand duke, who IS a brother-in-Iaw of the former emperor, continued:
 Il do not ask the Allies to fight for us. We merely ask them to keen order in the territories Wrested from Bolshevism by the governments aI- ready fighting the Soviet.
 "I came here in January in an att tempt to help my country as a private citizen acquainted with conditions in Russia. I thought I would find jus- tice and sympathy at the peace con- ference, but I have been disappointed as I found only personal intrigues, party politics and national egotism visible.
 1T requested President Wilson to receive me but he replied through his secretary that he was too busy with peace conference matters. WndC mat ter can be more momentous to the peace conference than the Russian problem? I asked to be allowed to go to England, but was refused pass port, yet they received Kerensky. dare not request permission to visit America, not wishing to invite a re- buff.''
 Abiding to the proposed Princes Islands conference the grand duke said the proposal was a mistake as it gave the BOlSheViki a strong weapon to wield in Russia over the covering population. The Bolsheviki are claim ing, he added, that the Allied govern ments have recognized them because they feared them
 "On January 25," he continued seven days after the Princes Islands proposal, the BolsheWiki led out my two brothers and two cousins from the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul and shot them without trial They never would have dared to do this unless they had been sure of the moral support afforded by the semi recognition by the peace conference.
 Had President Wilson come out strongly and surely with a repudia- ton of and nOn-recOgnitiOn of the Bolsheviki it would have encouraged the governments warning against them. Boshevism will be the devil in the future League of Nations"
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
CASE GOES TO JURY.
Joseph Ryan of Boston Faces Several
 Serious Charges.

Hartford, March 12.-The case of Joseph Ryan of Boston, one of the five men taken from an automobile on the Connecticut river bridge by the Hartford police on the morning of February l5, under circumstances which led to an investigation, went to the jury in the criminal court this afternoon.
 Ryan was charged with two sep arate OffenseS on the first count of carrying concealed weapons without permission and on the second count of being in possession of burglars tools without lawful excuse. There was an added claim by the state that Ryan was an hahitua criminal
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
WW
 OPEN RHINE l
Also Advises Freedom of k1e4s For Ships of All Nations 
 Times of Peace.

Paris March 12.-Recommend& that the navigation of the Rh1nea Dnened to all nations WlthoHE8M3 Crimination was made in repofIN the peace conference today by commission on the international gin1e of waterways, railways ports. It is suggested the Rhine controlled by q commission slmllaT the Danube commission. The lstale of the kiel canal has been settled 4ngNl ngl the commission on the basis of tnH freedom of use for all nations IoH merchant vessels or WarshlpS Tn tlIhs of peace The canal would contlnue under German ownership and operas ton.
 The question of the fortificahon or the canal is left by the commlssion 10 tho decision of military and naval experts.
 The report of the commission was not favora ble to allowing the Belgian claim that special duties be imposed oh German vessels.
 The report further recommended that a general conference be held within a year to deal with all Ques- lions which pertain to the navigation of international waterways. are re- garded as too intricate or complex to be settled finally within the limited life of the peace conference.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
STRIKE IS DEADL0CKED
Private Boat Owners and Employees
 in New York Show No Signs of Set tIcncnt-LineIS Have Trouble

New York, March 12.-Private boat owners and their employees remained in deadlock today with little prospect of a settlement of the harbor strike that began a week ago. Meanwhile conditions are rapidly becoming seri- ous since the longshoremen refuse to handle work for boatowners against whom the harbor men are striking. A further com mplication is the unsettled labor situation in British ports mak- ing it necessary, it is said, for trans atlantic liners to clear from this side with sufficient coal for a round trip.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
CAPT. GRISWOLD NAMES
 HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER

Captain Alfred H. GrsWold, hero of Seicheprey, who previously an- nounced his candidacy for the tax collectors office, is now beginning to wage a determined campaign to se
 cure the nomination on the republi- can ticket and today appointed Harry c. Jackson as his campaign manager. MT. Jackson is also an ex-service man, having served in the hospital corps of the army and later being admitted to an infantry officers training school,
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
FIX TROLLEY HEARINGS
First Three Days of Next Week to be
 Set Aside.

Hartford March 12.-The special commission inquiring into trolley af- fairs announced today that it will hold hearings next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. and at the last mentioned time the general public will be gladly welcomed to give any infor- mation il may have or any suggestions it may have to offer as to trolley problems.
 The hearings thus far have been public but the witnesses have been various persons identified with trolley companies invited to give views on various aspects of trolley difficulties,
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
9O2,GOO MEN IN BRITISH ARMY
This is Total of Officers and Men in Armies of OcCupatiOn-191.3OO Prisoners Being Fed.

London, March 11.--The govern ment announced in the house of com- mons today that the total strength of effective and ineffective British troops in the armies of occupation i'll all theaterS of the war amounts to 9O2,000 men, including officers. The strength of the British army in France Belgium and Germany, in cluding dominion troops on February E, was 1,324,106 It was stated that 1e7.O00 German prisoners arc being fed bv the British commissarE de- partm ent.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
PRESIDENT NEAR FRANCT
Expects to Arrive at Brest Tomo|
 -Goes to Paris Friday.

On board the U. s. s. George N ington, March 12, (by wireless tt Associated Press) w hopes to reach Brest in time to Thursday evening for Paris, aft brief reception at the port. president today took up active parations for his peace confeI Iabors and exchanged wireless sages with memb bers of the Ame| delegation in Paris.
 The president plans to reach Friday morning. He hopes a ary session of the peace confe| will be held within a week aftd arrival in order to clear up sorI the important questions hell abeyance during his absence.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
NAMED BY PRESIDENT.

Washington, March 12.-Nartin A. Morrison of Indiana and George R. Wales of Vermont were appointed to- day to the civil service commission by President Wilson succeeding John A. McIlhenny and Hermon w. Craven. whose resignations were sent to the White House some time ago.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12

final voice of the people has made IseIf heard.
 Fl Mills a Slap at QuigIey.
 Should the 21 mill tax be voted, it is thought that it will be, it vR be taken as a direct slap at the Qu6 ley regime and a repudiation of t6 present administration. Mayor QuH ley himself is credited with haVA said, in one of his public utteranA in behalf of the 20 mill tax rate tS vote for the 21 mill rate would repudiation of the present city "A ernment. However, should the votH today repudiate their administratiB the repudiation will not be final, will it have any material bearing the future unless all assertions of 25 mill advocates are groundless. the 25 mill tax adherents have staM and restated that the city cannotE run on a 21 mill tax this year M if the 21 mill budget is adopted tK8 is no doubt that before the fiscal zM ends the city will have to go into @ open money market and borrow fiji lB8 to carry on the city affairs. T8 should these assertions prove IS during the course of the next fl R year, the opinion of the voters to MA would be shown to have been i'll s vised and the judgment of the M ministration would have been pro a beyond all shadow of Q doubt to 8 been correct, and it would M strengthened that much.
 Polls Open Till 8 P. Nj.
 While the voting has been q paratively light all day, and no rush to vote was noticed during noon hour, it is expected that s the polls will be open until o'c this evening that a much heavier will be cast by the time the close than the early morning afternoon figures would indicate,
 Voting in the Wards.
 In the second ward only about had voted at 2 o'clock and this garded as very light. Officials expressed the opinion that maj of those voting were in favor of 25 mill tax rate. The fifth ward ported approximately 280 votes at o'clock. while the sixth ward ported about $40 votes. InasEpuc these two wards are considered S stronghold of the Taxpayers ass tion it is evident that the 25 mil rate is receiving a severe conde1 ton there. The third ward is co @ cred a "solid administration and at 2 o'clock 315 out of 450 V had registered their choice. Tn 8 fourth ward the voting fell off and only 219 out of HOO had V In the first ward the voting was wise light and only about 300 cast their ballots at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12


 Early in the war the British sz[ the two German cables from Emten to America by way of the Azores and also the cable between Monrovia, the Liberian capital, and Brazil. They took one one end of one of the Ger man-American cables to Halifax, thereby securing another transatlan- tic line for themselves. The other cable they gave to the French govern ment, which so far has made no at- tempt to utilize it, probably because of the scarcity of submarine cable materal and of cable laying ships.
 American Claims Differ.
 The British claim that these cables are prizes of war They do not intend to allow their return to Germany or to regard them as subjects to disposi- tion by the peace conference. The American delegates, however, con- tend the cables were unlawfully cut and unlaWfully reconnected, because the United States was not at war when this was done and had an in- terest in them as being one of the termini. Nor, they claim, was there proper warrant for cutting the cable between Liberia and Brazil, as both these countries were then neutral.
 There never has been any decision regarding the title to cables outside of territorial waters in time of war and the Americans are now extremely anxious that no precedent should be established that might place Ameri- can business at the mercy of foreigners or prevent free communication be- tween the United States and Central Europe after the conclusion of peace.
 Pacific Cables Taken Also
 In addition to the transatlantic ca bles, several German cables in the Pacific were seized by the British as prizes of war. One runs from the land of Yap, one of the Caroline group. to Singapore, connecting with the Dutch and British cables. Anoth- CT conects ths cable with the island of Celebes. Possession of these, it Is held, insures business control of a fair proportion of Australian Polynesia, which is regarded as properly within the field of American commercial ef- fort.
 The possibility of these cables pass ing in some degree under the control of Japanalone in case the latter is made the mandatory of the captured Pacific islands is also re-r rded with dsfavor by the American representa- tiVes unless some plan to prevent any possible discrimination is adopted.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
TELEPHONES VERY COMMON
One Out of Every Two Families in Country Had Phone in 1917, Census Bureau Asserts.

Washington, March 12.--One out of every two families in the United States had a telephone in 1917 and during the year the total calls made averaged 200 for every man, woman and child in the country. These fig ures are included in d preliminary report on tho telephone industry of the country made today by Director Rogers of the census bureau.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
ANOTHER BIG ROBBERY
S26,00O in Currency stolen From
 Vaults Of New York Banking House
 Some Time Monday Night

New York, March 12.--Theft of $26,O00 in currency from the vaults of the Cosmopolitan bank, a Bronx institution, was made known here to- day by the police. The robbery oc- cured some time on Monday night after the bank had closed and was not discovered until yesterday. The money had been placed in the vault by the cashier.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
CONSPIRACY CHARGE FAILS
Government Fails to Prove Leather Manufacturers Tried to Defraud War Department in Contracts.

New York. March 12.-The govern ment's case against Leo and Morris ROsenWa sser. leather manufacturers. who have been on trial for three weeks charged with conspiracy to dcfraud the government in army con- tra cts, was dismissed today by Fed eral Judge Garvin, who said that the prosecution had not proved a conspir- acy
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
DALMATIANS DEMANDING
 COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE

Trieste, March Il, CHavas )-The independence of Dalmatia, especially the city of Spalato, was demanded at a demonstration held here today. Resolutions were adopted declaring Trieste will not consider the redemp- don of Italia Irridenta complete if the sister cities do not regain their liberty,
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
TO GET 83 SHIPS
This Number of German Ships Intern- ed in Chilean Ports Arc to be Given to U. s.

Buenos Aires, March PA Accordmg to a dispatch to the NaCion from San tiago the United States will have turned over to it S3 German ships in termed in Chilean ports by virtue of the decision reached by the supreme war council in Paris. The Chileans, adds the dispatch, believe this decision will ultimately benefit Chile, it being the opinion there that the United States will assign many of the vessels to the Chilean trades. It is added the United States will send crews to navi- gate them.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-12
HARTFORD PEOPLE DISCUSS
 SALOONS SUCCESSORS.

Hartford, March 12.---One hundred of the leading citizens of Hartford have been asked to attend a confer ence at which the problem of a, sub stitute for the saloon after prohibit tion goes into effect will be discussed. Former Mayor Frank A. Hasarty is at the head of the movement