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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09

finest picnic grounds within easy driv-
ing distance of Topeka. A concrete
picnic stove has been built on the
grounds, benches have been installed.
and the park has been fully equipped
for the convenience of picnickers.
At the opening picnic this evening
prizes will be awarded to each one
of the first ten cars which arrive at
the picnic grounds after o'clock. 1t
must be after to qualify, too-one
minute before 5 and that car is dis
qualified. The food and the picnic
cold drinks are furnished by the Auto
club. and every motorist in the city is
extended a special invitation to attend.
The evening festivities will include
the regular picnic sports. with prizes
offered to winners in each event.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09
SCOREBOARD FLASHES

Yesterdays hero. Cactus Cravath. The
ancient Outfielder gamely accepted the man
agement OF the Phillies.
Claude Hendrix waded into a home run.
the winning clout for his own game over
the newly managed Phillies.
Rube Benton had first shot at the Car
dinals, crushing them for the Giants, S
to 1.
The Reds gummed their ascent to first
place by breaking even with the Braves,
. to and to :.
The Indians quit fooling and walloped
the Browns to ..
Zach Wheat busted out a homer with a
pal on the paths, fixing things for TO 1
victory for the Dodgers over the Pirates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
july ., 1894.

The Moeser Ice company are just finish
ing five large cold storage rooms In con-
nection with their ice factory on the corner
Of Second and Polk streets. The tempera-
ture will range in the storage rooms from
80 degrees and upwards. The company has
now a large amount Of butter and eggs
stored for Topeka merchants.
Miss Lulu Stevens Of Hiawatha was the
guest Of honor at tea party given yester-
day afternoon by Miss Myrtle Davis, in
Guiding Misses Nellie McClintock, Florence
and Winifred Welcome. Bernice Mcdonald,
Edna Crane. FlOssie Moon and Edna Nc
Clintoek. The following young men join
ed them In the evening: Messrs. Floyd
Mcdonald, Oscar Woolverton. VIII Wads-
worth. Dave Harvey, Fred Kingsley, Frank
and Harry Davis. Clyde Grubbs, Theron
Kelly and Tom Clements.
Miss Bessie Moss has returned from a
visit in Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09
FARMERS TO FIGHT FOR LAND
Court Gives Union Pacific 2OO-FOot
Right of Way In Kansas.

Junction City. Kan, July 9.-Farm-
ers living; along the Union Pacific
right of-way do not intend to stand
the loss involved by court judgments
giving the Union Pacific two hundred
feet OF ground on each side of its
right-of-way. Suits have beel in
Preparation for some time and will be
filed soon by number of Geary
county farmers against the parties
from whom they purchased their
land, asking that they be given judg-
ment to cover the price of the right
of-way land which was included in
the deeds and paid for, but which it
was later decided belonged to the
railroad company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09
sCHLADENfAN TO X. O.?
Baker Coach Considered for HamiI.
toms Job; "PfOg' Allen Also.

Lawrence, July 9.-No appointment
has been made yet to fill the vacancy
at the head of the department of
athletics at the university of Kansas.
caused by the resignation of w. o.
Hamilton several weeks ago.
Several applications for the posi-
ton have been made. The best known
men who are being considered are DR..
Forrest "Pfog' Allen, of Warrensburg
Normal. and Karl A. Schlademan. of
Baker university. Schlademan is con-
sidered one of the strongest coaches in
Kansas, while Allen has about the
same record in Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09
1T TAKES q CENTS
Scent Stamp VIII Not Carry Extra
Heavy Letter.

Many letters, according to r. G.
Caldwell. assistant postmaster. are
mailed with insufficient postage. The
first class postal rate is two cents an
ounce or fraction thereof If letter
weighs over an ounce but not quite
two ounces. four cents postage is re-
quired and a three cent stamp will
not carry 1t, as some persons believe.
Letters mailed in this manner are
presented to the writer's friends with
a zone cent due. collect" incumbrance
and unless this penny is collected the
letter cannot be delivered. When in
doubt about the weight Of letters they
should be weighed at the window.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09
REDUCE GRAIN ESTIMATES
Hot weather R!pcncd Crop Too Early,
Correspondents Report.

Several Kansas counties may reduce
their crop estimates as result Of the
intense heat which has prevailed in
this state during the last few weeks.
Reports received by the state board of
agriculture from several counties. in
dictate a slump in original production
estimates.
The hot weather Of late June and
early July ripened the grain too rap
idly. correspondents report. As a re-
suit OF this condition the berry has
shrunk and the bushel yield will in
many cases fall below expectations Of
producers In his June report J. c.
Mchler. secretary of the state board
on agriculture, estimated a yield of
229, 200. 900 bushels of wheat in Kan
sas this year. Later reports have
shown that this prediction may have
been too optimistic, altho conditions at
the time June observations were made,
warranted such a guess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09
Western League.
MISSOURI GOLF MEET OPENS.
Nearly 400 Golfers Expected to Start
in X. c. Tourney.

Kansas City, July 9.-Almost four
hundred golfers are expected to start
in the qualifying rounds of the Mis-
souri, State Golf association tourna-
ment. which is scheduled to begin to-
day at the Mission Hills club.
According to Secretary Bonner Mil
Ter, there are fourteen entries from St.
Louis. the same number from st,
Joseph and also entries from jefferson
City. Springfield, Columbia and other
Missouri cities. Governor Gardner is
an entry.
The second rounds of the woman's
state tournament, set for today, give
promise of being especially close. Miss
Carolyn Lee and Mrs. Herbert c.
Campbell. of Kansas City, and Mrs.
]. A. Corbett of st. Louis are among
the most-feared contenders in the
championship flight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09

E1dorado. Kan, July e.-The body
of Joseph Stewart. a former Eldorado
boy, who was killed in Peabody, has
arrived here for burial. Stewart was
jolted from a wagon load of bricks
which fell upon him. He died a few
minutes later from the injuries sus-
tanned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-09
HAVE NO FAITH IN BURLEsoN.
So Coast Phone Strikers Decline Plan
for Mediation.

San Francisco, July 9.-Telephone
electricians and operators who are on
strike have formally declined Post
master General Burleson's suggestion
for mediation by the wire control
board
I'VE positively refuse any action by
the wire control board. The coast has
no faith in Burleson." said a message
from the coast operators.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

temperature higher than 100 degrees
perature between 80 degrees and 80
degrees f. during the day and so de-
grees and 60 degrees during the night
will give good results. It is not ad-
visable to give the dolls second soak
ing. A good way to prevent drying
out is to wrap them up in a piece Of
wet sacking or put them upright in an
ordinary water bucket and cover them
with. wet cloth. In either case, pro-
vision must be made for draining off
excess moisture. At the end of five
days, with temperatures approximate
ing those recommended, the kernels
should be sprouted sufficiently to show
their fitness for seed.
If any sample has noticeably weak
termination or has more than two
dead kernels, the ear from which the
sample was taken should be discarded.
There may be times, such as the spring
of 1918, when the supply of good seed
corn is extremely limited. In such
seasons, it is well to retain all ears
showing a termination Of go per cent
or more. The poorer terminating
ears will havesto be used if the supply
of seed terminating so per cent or
better is not sufficient. Keep the
poorer seed separate and If it must be
used, plant it thicker than the rest.
When to Use Rag Dolls.
OF course, the testing of the ger
mination Of each ear is some trouble.
However, to obtain a successful corn
crop it is work that must be done by
those who have not retained seed corn
of good termination from previous
crop. The holding over of good seed
corn from a crop that matured thor
oughly makes it possible to continue
the improvement and adaptation OF a
strain without losing seed and is less
troublesome than the making Of sepa-
rate ear termination tests. The use
of the rag doll, therefore, is not recon-
mended as the best practice possible,
but as the most satisfactory way OF
getting suitable homegrown seed
when a supply has not been held over
from good crop and fall freezes have
occurred so early as to injure the ger
minating power Of the crop.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31
Before conaress 20 Years.

Bills providing for nationwide prohi-
bition by legislation and resolutions
proposing constitutional amendments
for the same purpose have been before
congress almost continually for more
than 40 years. Senator Fl. w. Blair of
New Hampshire proposed the first
amendment in 1876. This provided only
for the prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of spirituous distilled liquors
for beverage purposes. He introduced
a similar measure nine times, chang
ing it in 1886 to include all alcoholic
liquors.
Congressman Hobson of Alabama in
troduced the famous "Hobson resolu-
ton" in the house December 19, 1913.
The amendment was amended many
times by Hobson himself, finally pro-
viding for a division of responsibility
for the enforcement of the law be-
tween state and federal governments.
This was done to secure the support
of certain advocates of estate rights"
The resolution came to vote Decem-
Der %, 1914, but received only 1877
votes, while 25S were necessary for its
adoption.
In 1914 Senator Works of California
introduced bill providing for the pro-
hibition of spirituous liquors, including
wine and beer, but it received little
support from prohibition leaders and
did not come to vote.
May Go to Courts.
There is probability that antiprOhi-
bition forces will attempt to secure an
annulment of the ratification vote in
several states and will attack the le-
gality of the action of congress. In
San Francisco a court order has been
secured restraining Governor Stephens
temporarily from signing the ratifica-
ton of the amendment. 1t has been
stated that similar action may be taken
in other states, including Arkansas,
Colorado, Maine, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
Missouri and Nebraska. In these
states, it is declared, all action taken
by the state legislatures may be sub
mitted to the people under a referen-
dunn.
The Anti-Saloon league contends
that this is impossible, outlining it's
position in the following statement:
article V of the federal Constitu-
ton provides that the legislature or
state convention is the only body
! which can ratify an amendment to the
| Constitution. Congress is given the
power to say which one shall have the
authority. Congress had chosen the
state legislatures as the bodies to rati-
fly the federal prohibition amendment.
A state referendum therefore would be
illegal and void
Attorneys for the liquor interests
claim that there are many points on
which the amendment may be attacked
in the courts and plans have been
made, it is declared, for action along
these lines.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31
MANY GAIN FAME
IN SALOON FIGHT.
Activities of Various Kinds Win
Wide Attention.
FRANCES E. WILLARD LEADER
Known All Over World as Head OF
w. c. T. U.-Picturesque Career
of Carrie Nation Is
Recalled.

The final adoption of nationwide
prohibition calls to memory a number
of men and women who have achieved
not only national but worldwide fame
through their connection with the pro-
hibition, or, as it once was known, the
temperance movement.
Some of these persons who nave
been most prominent in the movement
were active so long ago that their
names mean little to those who have
not been closely connected with the
prohibition movement, but others are
well remembered by the present gen
Grafton. Among those who have won
the widest fame at various times
through their activity in this work
may be mentioned Gen. Neal Dow,
who is credited with bringing prohi-
bition to Maine, the first state to be-
come dry; John B. Cough, who be-
came a wOrld-famous temperance
lecturer after having been drink ad-
dict at twenty-five; Frances E. Will
lard, who personifies the w. c. L. u,
and Carrie Nation, the eccentric sa-
loon smasher, who died only short
time ago after a tempestuous career.
Gen. Neal Dow.
Neal Dow was born in Portland,
Me-, of Quaker parentage. He was
twice mayor of Portland and men,
Der of the state legislature. He en-
tered the Civil war as colonel of the
q
wounded and was prisoner in Libby
prison and was made brigadier gen.
eral for gallant service. Yet the coun-
try knows Neal Dow simply as ga
ther of the Maine Law" and as tenn
perance reformer. Maine passed the
law of which he was the author IN
1851 and was the first state to estab-
lish prohibition. General Dow trav-
eled widely in foreign countries work
ing for temperance, and on his nine
tieth birthday memorial meetings
were held in many parts of the world.
He died in 1897.
John B. Cough, who was the first
temperance advocate to attract more
than local fame, was native of Eng
land, where he was born in 1917, but
he came to the United States when he
was twelve years old. He learned the
bookbinding trade, but early became
addicted to liquor and could not hold
a position. He made such a living as
he could by singing in saloons. Later
he made a new start and married, but
when he lost his wife and child he
again took to drink and sank to new
depths.
The turning-poi in his life came
when he was induced by a Massachu-
setts Quaker to sign total abstinence
pledge. He became temperance lee
turer, and after making many tours
in the United States he visited Eng
land, where he conducted two cam
paigns. His fame spread throughout
the English speaking nations and his
books have been translated into many
other languages.
Frances WiIlard's Fame Worldwide.
Frances E. Wizards fame is world
wide. She was born in Churchville,
N. Y, in 1889. A graduate of the
Northwestern Female college at Ev-
anston, ILL.,, in 1859, she taught and
travelled and from 1871 ito 1874 she
was professor of esthetics in North
| western university and dean of the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

Civil war as lieutenant colonel Of the
143d regiment .of Illinois volunteers
and later served two terms as COVER
nor of Kansas. He was Republican,
but his party thought him too warm
friend of the prohibitionists and he
was defeated for reelection in 1So2.
Accepting the Prohibition nomination,
he went into the campaign with all
his vigor and delivered stirring
speeches all over the country, espe-
cially paying attention to New York
state, where the fight between James
G. Blaine and Grover Cleveland had
made things very warm. st. John was
out to beat the Republicans, and he
succeeded, for the Prohibition vote
was large enough to let Cleveland win
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

Carrie Nation broke into the lime
name household word in newspaper
Offices and most American homes. She
was Mrs. David Nation of Medicine
Lodge, Kan, and a member in good
and regular standing of the w. G. Z.
U. 1t is said that her first husband
died of delirium tremens. Anyway,
Carrie Nation had another and more
apparent incentive to use her hatchet
on saloon furniture. And WELD that
hatchet she did; its fame temporarily
eclipsed that of the Father of His
Country.
Carrie Nations Little Hatchet.
Kansas was legally a prohibition
state. AS matter of fact prohibition
was but name and the saloons of the
state We're wide open. The general
plan was to fine saloon $25 a month
for breaking the law; that solved the
license difficulty. In short, prohibition
in Kansas had broken down complete
1y in the ten years it had been nomi-
nally in force and the state. authori-
ties had not the courage either to
modify the law or enforce it. Carrie
Nation took the situation into her own
hands.
Carrie Nation first visited Kiowa
and broke up two saloons with her lit
tie, tatchet. Then she went to Wichi.
ia and broke up two more. She was
put in Jail, kept there for several days
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31
MARKET BUTTER BY MAIL

A farmers wife who was max
ing a good quality Of butter was
securing but little more than
half retail price pound for 1t
when a trial shipment was made
by parcel post to consumer in
a large city. AS the result of
this shipment, a demand was de-
veloped and customers obtained
for the entire product at an ad-
vance in price to the farmers
wife and with a considerable
saving to the customers under
the retail price Of the best
creamery butter.
A number of creameries have
developed an extensive parcel
post business. One which has a
large output markets practical
ly it's entire product direct to
consumers or retail distributors,
except in the flush of production
in spring and early summer.
Another has developed a SUBJ
stantial parcel-post trade by
sending out a weekly price list.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

woman's college, where she developed
the system of seIf-government that has
been widely copied. ....
In 1874 the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union was formed at
Cleveland, O., and Frances Willard
found her life work. She served for
five years as corresponding secretary
and then became president. In 1888
she founded the Worlds W. c. T. u,
which grew to have branches in 5O
countries, and in 1883 she became its
president. She wrote many temper
ance pamphlets and was the author OF
four books In the minds of women
and of most men-the world over
Frances Willard and w. G. T. q. are
synonymous.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

New York state and, in consequence
the nation. The Prohibitionists polled
the surprisingly large vote of 15O,626.
That the Republicans credited them
with giving victory to the Democrats
was proved by the fact that in more
than a hundred cities st. John was
burned in effigy.
The Prohibition convention of 1896
split the party over woman suffrage
and money. The "free silver minor
ity formed Liberal party, with Bent
ley of Nebraska and Southgate OF
Illinois as its standard-bearers. They
polled about $4,000 votes.
The feature of the Prohibition cam
paign of 1900 was tsE of the eoun.
try by the candidatesS6d corps OF
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to a popular vote before notifying con-
gress of the ratification are being cir
culated.
eve are confident the vote in ma
jority of these % states will be
against the action of the Jegisla-
lures, and when the votes are counted
the drys will find they have a mere
handful of states left on the list"
Another prominent attorney, who for
name to be used, declared, however,
the 'wets" face a losing battle in at
tempting to defeat the amendment in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

states, most of which have ratified the
amendment through their legislatures.
This clause, said Mr.. Mayer, was
put into the constitutions of these
states through the efforts of the same
persons now seeking to make the coun-
try dry. He predicted that it might
act as a boomerang.
"Petitions are being circulated in
these states" said Mr.. Mayer, ''to have
the ratification put to a vote of all the
people. In several of these states, if
not in a majority of them, the popular
vote probably would be against the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

A fight also will be made in the
United States Supreme court upon the
constitutionality of the amendment
and the methods by which the
states ratified it.
"Injunction proceedings already have
been started" Mr.. Mayer said. "The
California Wine Growers assOc1a-
ton has filed a petition asking for
an injunction restraining the secretary
of state of California from certifying
the ratification to congress.
"In the referendum states petitions
asking that the question be submitted
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

proposal to do away with all forms of
intoxicants.
"Wlth these states eliminated from
the ranks of those lined up behind the
federal amendment the necessary num-
Der for ratification of the amendment.
will be found far short"
In addition to forcing the issue by
a referendum vote, injunction proceed
ings will be started in every state in
which the amendment has been ratf-
fed, seeking to restrain the secretary
of state from certifying the ratifica-
tion to congress.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

the United States Supreme court. He
said:
"The tendency of the highest court
in the land is to keep abreast of the
times. Proof of this is given in the
women's ten-hour law, which was ar
gued before the court by Justice
Brandeis before he became member
of the court.
"Justice Brandeis pointed out that
the ten-hour law was an evolution of
the times; that it was a measure de-.
sired by the masses for their protec-
ton, The court sustained him."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31
WILL FIGHT NEW AMENDMENT
Counsel for DistiIIers Maps Out Plan
of Campaign He Says Is to
Be Followed.

Following the ''dry" victory the dis
filters, who have formed biIlion-doI-
iar pool and retained Levy Mayer as
counsel, mapped out campaign to de-
feat the federal amendment.
According to Mr.. Mayer, the fight
Ill be made by means of the refer
clause in the Constitution of %
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31
7y21eG5EEsMl>%ERAL,
5EARM>1N0TEES

Principal losses of manure value are
due to evaporation, teaching, and fer
mentation.
T.
Is your soil clover sick? If so, ap-
ply lime and phosphorus. They're
sure cura that quite little farm land
needs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-01-31

The up-to-date farm equipment In
cludes a manure spreader.
Don't ask a new farm hand to go up
on your poorly-f1oored scaffold and
pitch down hay.
Bees do best in winter if the tenn
perature in the hive stands at 81 de-
grees Fahrenheit.
Dodder is parasite, that is, lit has
no root, but obtains its food from the
plant ON which it grows,