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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26
HEAR FROM iCHAB0DS
Governor Alien Gets Cable From
Washburn Ambulance Orphans.

Members of the Washburn ambu-
lance co ps in France watching
Governor Aliens efforts to secure their
return and today caoled the governor
to assure him of their interest Mem
bers of the ambulance corps have been
listed as casuals and attachsd to vari-
Gus units now in service overseas.
o. Some months ago an order was is
sued to return the Topeka men to
their homes. Later the men were
listed as casuals and attached to other
units. Governor Allen has taken the
matter up with the war department.
Today the following cable reached
Governor Aliens office from Brest,
France:
Communication received. Anxious
ly awaiting results.
"WASHBURN CASUALS."
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SUE A LEGISLATURE?
Zionist Leader Under Fire Threatens
Million Dollar Libel Suit.

Chicago, May 26.-Sessions of the
legislative investigating committee
delvins into affairs of Zion City and
its master, Wilbur Glen Noliva, were
resumed here today.
Two probable features promised
color to the final days of the hearing
One was the unconfirmed report that
Overseer Noliva intends to sue the
Illinois legislature for $1,oOO,0 600 libel,
as wen as each member for $150,00O
The other was the probability of No-
liva's being permitted to state his case
in person. Hitherto, the committee
has held it did not care to hear the
overseer.
The hearing will end tomorrow,
with reports and recommendations
SATURDAY.
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ITALY UP AGAIN
Problem Before Peace Table
After Weeks Suspension.

Paris May 26.-There were indica-
tions today in peace conference circles
that the negotiations for the settle
ment Of the Italian problem were be-
ing resumed after a weeks suspen-
sion. 1t is understood a strong effort
is being made to have the treaty of
London form the basis of the settle
ment.
The credentials of the Austrian
peace delegation at St Germain- En-
Laye have been approved by the Gre
dentials commission of the peace con-
gress and the Austrian delegates have
sent their first note to the allied and
associated powers dealing with the
treaty's terms. The note has to do
with the COrinthian affair
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That Is Wonderful Kansas Rec
ord During Last 20 Years.
Figures Compiled by MOhler AL
most Stagger Imagination.
EQUALS BIGGEST LOAN ISSUE
1,611,594,973 Bushels of Wheat
Raised in State.
Live Stock Produced Worth
S1,777,292,717.

Twenty years returns from the
Kansas farms totalled $5,SS2, SOL l
practically enough money to absorb
the maximum liberty bond issue OF
the nation during the war. That was
the sensational statement today by J.
G. Mohler. secretary of the state board
of agriculture in a twenty year re-
view of Kansas farm activities. His
figures place the value of livestock
and farm products of 1917-1S at more
than a billion dollars.
Wheat produced in Kansas in the
twenty year period totalled 1,611,-
594.973 bushels, an average yield OF
S0,j79,749 bushels year. The state 8
bread crop in the twenty years was
worth S1.413.492, 800. according to
prices which prevailed when the crop
was sold. Last years crop of 93,O0S,-
941 bushels was worth $1S5, 81 ,945.
The new crop, estimated at more than
21S million bushels, will bring Kansas
farmers nearly a half billion dollars
practically the value of all livestock
and farm products in Kansas in 1917
and almost as much as, the combined
values of all farm products for 1899,
1900 and 1901.
States Corn Yield.
Kansas corn yields for the twenty
years total 2.6O1.13S,1S9 bushels, or
an average of 13O.O56.9O9 bushels a
year. Corn values for the twenty
years rivalled the wheat returns and
tOtalled $1,26J,7S1,0 In the same
period the state produced 650,153.131
bushels of oats valued at $25S, ,464,-
$50. An average of four and a half
million bushels of barley was grown
each year. or an aggregate of S9,0OO,-
094 bushels valued at S41,344.357.
Livestock valuations exceeded those
OF either wheat or corn and were
greater than the combined values of
wheat and oats. Mohler's report
shows q livestock valuation in twenty
years of S1.7|s,292,7 III. Tame and
prairie hay was worth more than
half billion dollars.
Only twice in twenty years did the
wheat yield fall below 100000
bushels-1S99 and 1917. Just once
has the crop exceeded 100000. 900
bushels That was in 1914 when the
high water mark was reached and a
crop of 1S0,375,O42 was harvested.
Twenty Years Crops.
Values of Kansas farm products for
each of the twenty years was shown
6 fO1l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26

The foreign delegation which is be-
ing shown over America by the Anti
tained at the Chamber of Commerce
at noon for luncheon. Prominent To-
peka men will address the meeting.
telling what Topeka and Kansas gem
orally thinks of prohibition An ad-
dress of welcome will be made by
Mayor H j.. Corwine and another by
C. B. Merriam, of the Chamber of
Commerce. The visitors will include:
Former Governor Willis, of Ohio;
G. Arthur Holloway. of Denver; Right
Rev Canon Johnston. of the Church
of England: Howard Bertram Master
man, an author from London and pro-
fessor of history at Birmingham uni
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versity; DR.. Robert Hercod. of
Lausanne, Switzerland. secretary of
the International Temperance union.
and Arthur Toor1bs. of Queensland,
secretary of the Strength Empire
movement.
a reception for the delegation will
be given on the platform of the andi-
torium from until $50 o'clock in
the evening, which will be followed
by a great mass meeting which is ex-
pected to draw a large crowd. Gov
ernor Willis will be the principal
speaker 1t is expected that a reso-
luton protesting against President
Wilson's recommendation that the re-
structions on the manufacture of
light beer and wines he removed, will
be passed and sent to each senator
and congressman.
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An average annual return to the
Kansas farmers of s294,141,759 has
been made during each of the twenty
years. This average has been boosted
by the war prices of the last five
years. The big boost came in the
prices received for grain and livestock
in 1917-1S. The average return was
exceeded in eight of the twenty years,
while in twelve of the years the farm
valuations have been below the aver
age. Beginning with the 1909 crops.
the average has been exceeded every
year except 1911 and 1913.
Here are few of MohIers figures
or production and valuation-the big
Eest financial report ever issued in the
state:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26

Cloudy skies, no sunshine, probably
showers today and tomorrow is the
unpleasant forecast predicted by S. D.
Flora, state meteorologist, this morn
ing.
During the last % hours showers
have been general thruout most of the
state. However. the rain was heavi-
est in the southeast portion. Reports
from ceveral towns follow: Cold
water, .S0;' LIBERAL AZ; Dodge City.
.3S: Garden City, so
At o'clock this morning the tenn
perature registered 81 degrees. This
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26
HC-4 STILL STORM BOUND
VIII Not Leave Ponta DcIgada for
Lisbon Today.

London, May 26.-The United
States naval seaplane NC-4 will not
leave Ponta Delgada for Lisbon today,
according to a wireless dispatch re-
ceived here by American naval author
tiles.
Washington. May 26.-Confirming
weather forecasts of yesterday. Ad-
miral Jackson at Ponta Delgada this
morning cabled the navy department
that the naval seaplane NC-4 still was
held at her moorings by unfavorable
flight conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26
MAY BOMB BERLIN
Occupation Army Commanders Coz
slider Program If Huns Break.

Paris, May 26.-The question of
bombing German cities. including Ber-
lin, as part of the military program to
be followed in the event the Germans
refuse to sign the treaty, was under
stood today to have been discussed by
General Robertson of the British army
and General Liggett of the American
army
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26
MRS. DILLON FUNERAL
Dean Kaye VIII Conduct Services at
Residence Tuesday Afternoon.

The funeral of Mrs. John F. Dillon,
who died Sunday at Stormont hospital,
will be held from the residence, 4O4
West Ninth street, Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock. The Rev. ]. P. Deb.
Kaye, dean of Grace cathedral, will
officiate. The body will lie in state at
the residence from IL a. m. to 1 p m
Tuesday.
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LARGEST PLANE WRECKED
Ono Nfan Killed, Several Hurt by 20.
Ton TriDlane

London, May 26.-One man was killed
and several were hurt when a giant
Tarrant triplane, the largest in the
world. was wrecked this morning while
taxing for its first flight near Farnbor-
ough. The machine dug its nose into
the ground and turned over. 1t weighed
twenty tons and was equipped with six
engines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26
Leading Chicago Bunker Dies.

Chicago May 26.-Henry Weston
Mahan, 81. Chicago banker and finan-
cier, was dead here today following a
short illness. He was graduated from
the University of Illinois and was the
organizer of several Chicago banks.
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SHOWERS ARE COMING
Clouds Hang Over kansls-Tucsday
Will Be Warmer,

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS ::
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday: prob
ably local showers east portion, slightly
warmer Tuesday.
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SAVED! !!

Harry Hawkcr, Gritty Australian
Flyer. Safe in Scotland After
Given Up as Lost at Sea. Gricye
Also Safe.
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Volcano of KaIut in Java Bursts
Into Activity.
Central News Dispatch Tells of
Awful Disaster.
ITS DESTRUCTION WIDESPREAD
Twenty Villages in Brenbat
District Buried Under Lava.
Eleven Towns in Vicinity of
Blitar Meet Similar Fate.

Amsterdam, May 26.-The
volcano of Kalut, in Java, has
burst into eruption, wiping out
twenty villages in the district of
Brenbat and eleven in the vicir-
ity of Blitar, and causing deaths
estimated at $4,000, according
to a Central News dispatch re-
ceived here.
The volcano Kalut (keloe) is one
of the fourteen active volcanoes on
the island of Java and is in eastern
Java, south of Surabaya.
For it's size Java has more voIca-
noes than any other country in the
world. kalut's last serious eruption
was on May %, 1901, when 1S1 per-
sons were killed. The volcano of
Galoenggoen became very active in
1872 and ia villages were destroyed
and more than 1000 lives lost Much
of the island was laid waste by erup-
tions and earthquakes in August, 1883,
when the loss of life was estimated at
$4,000
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MORE OF THE 18th IN
314th Engineers Arrive on S. S. Mon
tana Today.

Boston, May 26.--The battleship
Montana docked at noon today with
Al officers and 1905 men of the S14th
engineers. a western organization. All
the troops were taken to Camp Dew
ems. Most of them will be sent to
Camp Grant for discharge
The 314th engineer regiment Is d
part of seth division, made up of
troops from Kansas, Missouri, South
Dakota, Nebras ska. Colorado, New
Mexico and Arizona.
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Settle Panama Car Strike.
Panama, Sunday, May 25.-The
street car strike here was settled to-
day. the employees being granted a
wage increase of four cents an hour,
effective June /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26

HAWKER can now try his no-stop
Hight across the Atlantic the otlIcr
way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-26

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday;
| probably local showers cast portion.
Slightly warmer Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
First Letter.
Ethel Stewart, Age IL, Ceresco, Neb.
Dear R1sv Rees. This is the fir Il

Ethel Stewart, Age IL, Ceresco, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: This is the first
time | have ever written.
Once | thought | would raise
some ducks SO | bought two ducks
and one drake. They layed eggs
for long time then | set them. |
raised six till they were quite large.
Then three died and the other lived
till they were grown.
Then the pigs got out and ate one.
The rest | shut up for a while. Then
my brothers went into the hen house
and when they came out they left the
door open and the ducks got out and
the pigs ate the rest, so | thought
would wait till papa sold the pigs.
Soon he sold them and bought some
more that did not eat ducks or
chickens, so | thought | would try
once more.
| bought some eggs and raised
two and then | was going to feed
them a cat come up and grabbed one
and bit its top bill Off Then | just
had one left. Then one of our neigh
bors said that she would give me
another so | went down and got it.
| raised it and have still got it. She
lays every day now. / have 10 eggs
and will soon set them and hope to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
The Shooting Tube

Don't throw away the worn out
camers hair brushes which you
have used with your water color
box but save them for practice with
shooting tube. This is the way
to fix them for target practice.
Pull the brush part out from the
quill and thrust pin through the
little bunch of hair which is to be
bound first with wire. The shoot
ing tube can be made of twisted
paper rolled into a tube around a
hen holder or a smooth stick and
the ends pasted together.
Place one of the homemade pro-
jectiles point forwar i'll the tube.
then stand opposite a pasteboard
target and blow as hard as you can.
The air entering the tube first
spreads the hairs of the brush and
pushes them against the walls of
the tube. The tube being for the
moment closed, the air you blow in
to it is compressed, and the paint
brush, once released, goes strainght
for the target. into which it fixes
its point
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06

housekeeper as you are, | wouldn't
say a word
And then Lillian, rising, says:
"And if you ever come again do try
and be polite"
Just as Lillian starts to shut the
door behind her. she looks back, and
sees Frances brushing her hand
across her face She hurries back,
and throws her arms around Fran
ces. Then they all said, What silly
girls we are
Then they go out together, and are
friends again.
BY Esther Krewson. Age 10 Elm Creek,
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter, and | wish to join your hive.
l am 10 years old and in the Fourth
grade. My teachers name is Miss
Brown. | have one brother and two
sisters. My brother is II and MY
sisters are ID and TO-
| like to read the stories in The
Bee on Sundays when | have moth
ing else to do.
Well, | must close as it is getting
time for Sunday school and church.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
BY Marie K. ChaHee.

Mother. may we play carpenter
the way we do in kindergarten a
little 4-year-old asked one morn
ing.
Certainly, boys" was mother $
reply. And soon Robert and two OF
his friends were hunting down eel
lar for small pieces of wood to make
a table. They had made tables of
paper and cardboard. so why not of
wood? OF course mother had to
help them hammer the nails in
tight. but the boys found the wood
and fitted the pieces together.
Then mother sang and acted with
them the kindergarten Carpenter
song:
Busy is the carpenter;
At his work he stands.
Oh the wonders he can do
With his skilful hands!
Saving now, the long, long boards
Shorter soon he makes:
And the rough is quickly smoothed
While the plane he takes.
Emile Poulsson
1t was a delightful morning for
the boys and for mother also. and
the dinner hour came all too soon.
From that time on the carpenter
shop grew in that family, keeping
the boys busily and happily occu-
pied for hours at a stretch. They
soon came to realize that the house
they lived in was the work Of men
who toiled busily every day and
they became much interested in a
new house which was being built III
the neighborhood and which they
visited as often as possible. Then
too. the boys irnaginations were
wonderfully developed, for they
were really carpenters. They would
leave their work and go home for
the noon meal. or bring their lunch
con in boxes to eat during the pre-
tended noon hour. And at night
they would shut up shop, put away
all tools carefully and 60 home to
their families:
Whatever the boys played in kin
dergarten they repeated at home,
and always with added spirit for
mother and sister were there to
Join them and sometimes father
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
Mother and Riddles Plav the
kindergarten Games All
Over Again at Home

also. The blacksmith was another
tavorite trade song:
The blacksmith strong. a man is he
Who never tries to shirk;
/ He rolls his sleevs and bares his arm,
And then he goes to work
/ First he'll light the fire,
Then. blow. blow, blow.
. 10 make the flames go higher,
He'll blow, blow. blow.
King -klang. king klang!
| The hammer will go and go:
He works with all his might
Until he gets things right
King kians, king klang, kling-klanA.
hilng, kians king -kians. kling-klans.
kiing-klang, king!
W II. Neidlinger.
The action OF these games is easy
to imaine and the children delight
in IT. I've seen little Italian boys in
kindergarten work so hard over an
imaginary forge and anvil that their
hands became red from exertion.
There are other kindergarten games
of similar nature such as the
miner, the shoemaker and the fire
man.
Really representing the carpenter,
blacksmith or other character is the
best part OF any game. 1t is acting"
and the mother who can enter into
the spirit Of these simple games with
her children will no onl afford
them much amusement, but find
keen enjoyment herself.
1t seems to me the importance Of
the trade games cannot be empha-
sized enough. Froebel said 100
years ago. What the child initiates
he begins to understand" and how
important that he should feel the
honor we owe to them through
whose labor we are blessed with
food, clothing and shelter! By de-
visjng a series of simple games in
which the child initiates the activity
of various workmen, Froebel showed
how it was possible to guide the
play interest of the child in such a
way as to implant in him the first
realization of the gratitude that is
due to labor.
If the mother also possesses and
fosters such understanding and re-
spect, the influence and good that
will result are sure to have far
reaching effects upon the child and
the community.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
My Pet Col,

BY Raymon Hoaglan, Age 9, Fremont,
Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter to the Busy Bee page. |
want to tell you about my pet colt.
He is almost year old; he was so
mischievous when he was small we
called him clown. When | go to
feed him he runs after ME, for ne
wants the grain. He likes to go out
in the pasture and play; he likes to
go out in the pasture late at night.
When he comes in ! shut him up.
This is a true story.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
Jokes
A Manly Man.

Mrs. Ogden Bellows, the Nebras-
ka suffrage leader, referred FIRE,
quently in Denver address to man
ly men.
An anti-suffragist tried to heckle
her.
What do you mean, madam" he
sneered, "by that expression, a
manly man?".
"A manly man, young fellow"
said Mrs. Bellows SIS the kind who
doesn't stay and stay just because
he knows the girl isn't strong
enough to throw him out" st.
Louis Globe
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06

This little girl with the smile and
dancing eyes is Patricia Bush. She
is the 4-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Martin w. Bush of Oma-
ha. AS yet her four years nave
been given to nothing but play and
happiness and all the things that
belong to every little 4-year-old girl.
But she loves to dance and when
ever her father, who is one of Oma-
has best known pianists, goes TO the
piano little Patricia dances and
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
raise some. But if don't | think
| will not try any more.
Hoping this is acceptable, l re-
main your little friend.
My Rabbits.
By Edwin Lee Rush. Age '.

By EdWIn Lee RUSH, Age =.
Dear Busy Bees: | have eight
babies, two of them are white and
the others are brown. We are rails
ing carrots for them. They eat
dandeloins like we eat ice cream.
| take them out on the lawn and
let them eat dandelions and grass.
| like to take care of them. My pets
wait for dandeions and carrots and
they are tame.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
A New Bee.

Dorothy johnson. Age u, Abbott. Neb.
This is my first letter to your page.
We have taken this paper for long
time. and l think the Busy Bees
stories are very interesting.
| have an uncle who just came
back from France. He was in the
127th field artillery. There were
quite few Omaha boys in his regi-
ment.
And I have an aunt, who is in
France. She is a Red Cross nurse
and has been in France about year.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
A Transparent Mystery.

An Englishman returned from IN
dia bringing native boy with him
as a servant. The boy knew moth
ing about ice and one winter morn
ing he came running to his master
with a large piece from bucket in
the yard.
Look master" he said, what a
large piece of glass | have found"
His employer said it looked very
wet and jokingly told him to put it
on the back of the stove to dry He
did so, and presently came back with
the partly melted ice in his hand
Master, it's the queerest glass /
ever saw. The more | dry it the
wetter it gets. Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06

small cliff near a spring. We had
eggs and coffee for dinner. After
putting out the fire we passed on
to high bluff called Lone Oak or
Indian Lookout, and at the top
of it is tree about Ia feet high.
After staying there for a while we
came home tired, but happy.
P. 81 hope Mr.. Wastebasket
don't get this.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06

whlsks around to her hearts con-
tent. She has had no lessons-either
in music or dancing-for both her
father and mother want her child
hood to be natural and want to keep
her a little girl.
But people wonder if, when she
grows tired of fairies and dolls. and
sandpiles and such, she will not find
that she, too, wants to tell her
fairy stories by beautiful music as
her father does.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
An Accident.

BY Nelson Fisher. Age .. Peru. Neb
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter to you, am in the fourth
grade. My teachers name is Miss
Burley. February ! cut my eye
with a knife. DR.. Reed. who is the
doctor in Peru, took me to Omaha
as quick as she could. We went
to Dr. Clifford. He had me go out
to the hospital for two weeks and
two days. They treated my eye
with hot water. After the two
weeks and two days I went down
to DR.. Gifford's office. He said I
could 60 home if | stayed in bed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06

We went back in about two weeks.
Then we came home for eight
weeks more. Then we went back
again. He said he would operate
on it in six months. My letter is
getting long, SO l will stop. | hope
the waste basket has run away.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
From the Chestnut Tree.

"Ah lef' ma chicken coop do open
las night an ma chickens all went
out"
Don't worry, Nose, they'll come
home"
OATS jest de trouble. Dey done
went home"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06

To illustrate the scarcity OF leather
in Germany, a servant girl at kes-
selheim, on the Mosele, was held
up at the point of gun by Ger
man and made to take off her shoes
and give them to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-06
First Letter.

BY Ruby Johnson. Avoca. Neb.
This is the first time l have writ
ten to the Busy Bees page. Last
week l saw picture OF Inez Lean
in the paper. l know her sister.
Her sister is my teacher. We are
going to have Red Cross sale soon.
We will sell quilts and things like
that.
l am in the sixth grade and am II
years old. My best friend is Juanita
Fleming.
The name of our school is Pine
school. We have a. pupils in our
school.
| read the children's page and like
it very much.
have two banties and an old
bull dog. His name is Bull. We
have 10 little chicks. | have doll;
her name is Alice.
Your constant reader,
RUBY JOHNSON.