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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
BIC WHEAT LOSS
Rains, Accompanied by Wind,
Damaging Kansas Crops.
Hail Ruins Hundreds of Acres
Around Lacrosse.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 3.-Rain,
which is still continuing, and in some
instances accompanied by heavy
winds, has caused considerable dam
age to wheat in sections of Kansas,
according to reports here today.
The bulk of damage appears to
have resulted from rain and wind
Sunday night. In Douglas county,
whole fields of wheat were leveled,
reports say.
Hail fell' in sections around La
Crosse, Kan, running hundreds OF
acres of wheat, several farmers losing
practically their entire crop. AS a
result, it is estimated that Rush coun-
tys crop of 100000 bushels will be
considerably reduced.
Reports from Salina say an eight
inch rain fell at Natomia from Satur-
day to Monday, and part of the city
is under water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
A. Mitchell Palmer.
DELEGATES IN CITY
Grand Lodge Degree of Honor
Opens Session Tonight.
Convention To Be Held in the
Memorial Building.

Delegates from all parts of Kansas
were arriving in Topeka this morning
to attend the twentieth session of the
Grand Lodge of the Degree of Honor.
to be held in the assembly room of the
Memorial building, Tenth and jackson
streets The visitors will be enter
tanned by the three local lodges of the
order, Capital No. Z, Charity No. 26
and Excelsior No. 61.
The headquarters of the grand lodge
are at the National hotel. The regis
tration committee is on the first floor
of the Memorial building. Committees
were meeting all trains today to escort
delegates to the Memorial building,
where they are registered. given
badges and assigned to rooms. 1t is
expected that more than 900 delegates
from the various subordinate lodges
of the order will be in the city
Open This Evening.
The convention will be opened at 8
o'clock this evening at the Chamber
of Commerce rooms with a reception
and short program to be given by
the local lodges. The regular sessions
will be held in the assembly room of
the Memorial building tomorrow and
Thursday.
The formal opening tonight will be-
gin with a patriotic tableau and song,
1OllOWeQ Dy an duureSs ol WeISoIiiS
by Mayor H. ]. Corwine, to which
Sister Matte NJ. Ludemann. of Kansas
City, grand chief of honor, will make
a response.
Address of Welcome.
| The address of welcome on behalf
of the Topeka lodges will be made
| by Sister Ella w. Sowle, chief OF
honor of No. 81, with the response by
Sister Georgia Notes.-The. of Winfield
grand recorder. Another patriotic
| tableau and the star Spangled Ban
ner," followed by a recess, will pre-
| cede the opening of the grand lodge
| session.
| The Degree of Honor was formerly
the womcn's auxiliary of the A. o. U
| w, from which it separated few
years ago, and has since become one
| of the leading fraternal orders of th'
! country. The headquarters of thu
! grand lodge are at Winfield.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
SECURING EAST
FOR TERRORISTS
LAST NIGHTS BOMB RECORD.

Washington. ID. C.-Homc of A.
Mitchell Palmer, attorney general.
wrecked by a bomb; unidentified
man killed.
New York-HOmc of Judge
Charles c. Mott, Jr., bombed; spe-
ciaI patrolman killed.
Cleveland. OhiO-Home of Mayor
Harry l.. Davis damaged by bomb.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Rectory of
Catholic church of Our Lady of
Victory, and home of Louis Jag
icIki. jcwclcr, bombed. Two under
arrest.
Pittsburgh-Two bomb explO-
sions. Six houses damaged.
Boston-Homcs of State Repre-
sentative Leland w. Powers in
Ncwtonvillc and Justice Albert +.
Hayden in ROXbury damaged by
bombs.
Paterson, n. 1.-Two family
houses wrecked by bomb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
NOT YET PRACTICABLE
Read Says Atlantic Aerial Commerce
Thing of Future.

London, June Sour flight from
Rockaway to Plymouth has convinced
me that regular commercial transat-
lantic flying is not yet practicable,
Lieutenant Commander Read, skipper
of the American seaplane NC-4, said
in an interview today.
Il do not believe the science of
aviation is sufficiently advanced to
enable an aviator to cross with GER
tainty. The reason is obvious from
the fact that of three American and
two British planes attempting the
flight only one got thru.
Commander Towers. Lieutenant
Commander Bellinger and 1 will pre-
pare a lengthy report, to be presented
to the navy, detailing our experiences.
which is expected to have a bearing
on future aviation, including the COM
mercial aspect"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
Woman's Order Helps Girls Thru Col.
lege-In Session at Lawrence.

Lawrence, Kan, June 3.-The state
convention of the P. E. O.. a women's
secret order, convenes here today for
a two-day session. The local chapter
has made extensive plans for enter
tainment of the visitors, who will
number from IS to 100. Business
houses generally are displaying vases
of daisies in their windows in honor
of the order, the daisy being it's Of
ficial flower.
One of the principal enterprises of
the order is the financing of girls who
desire higher education. Hundreds of
Kansas women have been helped thru
college by the P. E. o. One of the
principal reports to be read will per-
tain to the work of the past year in
this particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
New Rhmcland Presidents Term of
Office To Be Short.

Berlin, June 3-The German gov
ernment has issued an order for the
arrest of Doctor Borden, the president
of the new Rhenish republic, the
Northern German Gazette announces.
The government also, the newspa per
states, has entered protests both at
Paris and Spa, the headquarters of
the armistice commission, against the
behavior of the French authorities in
the occupied area of the Rhineland
Will Reject 1t.
Copenhagen. June 3.-One hundred
Rhenish members of the National as
sembly conferred with Chancellor
Sche- demann yesterday for four hours
and agreed that the German govern
ment should reject the new Rhenish
republic, Berlin dispatch reported to
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
BASEBALL GAMES TO-DAY
National League.

National League.
Philadelphia Mt New York. clear. : 20 p. m.
brooklyn at Boston, clear, two games. Is
and ? III p.
Pittsburgh Mt Chicago. cloudy. p. m.
Cincinnati at st. Louis clo1dy, 80 p. m.
American LraEue.
New York Mt Philadelphia, clear. 3 20 p. m.
Boston at Washington. clear. 3 20 p. IN.
Chicago at Detroit, clear. p. m.
st. Louis at Cleveland, clear: two games.
and p. m.
American Association.
Indianapolis at Milwaukee cfoudy, p. N
Toledo at Kansas City, game postponed; ;
rain
Columbus at St Paul. cloudy. r. m.
Louisville at Minneapolis, cloudy, 3 30 p. n.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
DIR. CLEMINSON RETURNS
Went to Joliet for Murder Of Young
Wife.

Chicago, June 3.-Dr. Haldane
Cleminson who eight years ago went
to Joliet penitentiary after his convic-
ton on the charge of numbering his
young wife. returned to his aged faith
er and mother yesterday. unan-
nounced.
Mrs. Cleminson died in 1909 from
chloroform poisoning. some of the
drug having been found in her stom-
ach. Two years later Doctor Clemin-
son was convicted. largely on circum-
stantial evidence. He recently was
paroled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
YANKS HOME TODAY
Record OF Ships Bearing Soldiers
From Overseas.

New York, June 3.-Five thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight officers
and men from the seth and S0th divi-
sicns, made up of troops from Okla
homa, Texas. western Pennsylvania
Virginia and West Virginia, arrived to-
day on the transport Troy.
Among the troops on board are the
141st infantry. 36th division. less de-
tachments of officers: the 3O5th en-
gineers. S0th division. less detachment
of officers; the 3O5th supply train:
111th supply train and 111th engineer
train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
SET RENKER HEARING
Extradition Gaze Will Come Up Fri
day Before Governor.

The extradition hearing of j. F. w.
Renker. a Topeka promoter. wanted
in Pennsylvania on a charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
will be held before Gov. Henry j. Al
len at O'Clock Friday morning
Hugh Fisher. county attorney, will
represent the state of Pennsylvania
in its fight to get the Topeka business
man before court of justice in that
state Robert Stone will represent
Renker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
WIDESPREAD BOMB
PLOT IN EASTERN
CITIES KILLS TWO
Anarchist Makes Attempt
Against Cabinet Member.
BOmb Skaters House of AttOr-
ney General Palmer.
STUBBING OF TOE SAVES HIM
Anarchist Trips Over Coping
and Is Blown Up.
fragments of His Body PlaS-
tered Over Nearby Houses.
Anarchist Trips Over Coping
and Is Blown Up.
fragments of His Body Plas-
tered Over Nearby Houses.
ROUNDING UP MANY SUSPECTS
Think Plot Originated in Phila-
deIphia-0ne Dead in n. Y.
tempt Made Against CIeve-
land MayOr-BOmb RectOry.

Washington, June 3.-Wash-
ington police inspectors early to-
day believed they had identified
the man who was blown to
pieces last night in an effort to
kill Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer with a bomb as an an
archist of Philadelphia. They
also said they were confident the
nationwide plot against the lives
of government officials and
prominent business men had
been laid in that city.
Find Railroad Check.
A blood stained conductors indenti-
fication check found in front of Mr..
Palmer's residence early today showed
that the anarchist arrived in Wash
ington at 1890 o'clock last night from
Philadelphia. He went directly from
the Union station TO the Palmer house
and only a few minutes before the
explosion he was seen alighting from a
street car few blocks away by C. S.
Briggs. of Marion, S. c.
The explosion was believed by Off
anarchist movement for the overthrow
of organized government in the United
States. rumors of which were said to
have been called to the attention of
members of congress and department
officials months ago
Assassin Stubbcd Toe.
Detectives are positive that the
stubbing of the anarchists toe on a
small concrete coping six feet from the
front door of Attorney General Pal
mer's house was solely responsible for
the bomb placer himself being blown
to bits instead of the house and. pos
sibly, its occupants.
The explosion blew out a section ol
the coping and dug hole in the earth
und it. The anarchist apparently
was approaching the doorway from
an angle and in the darkness failed
to notice the low coping. When his
toe met it. he tripped. the detectives
believe. and the Internal machine he
was carrying went off. Parts of the
man were plastered on houses across
the street
Keep Identity Secret.
The police would not reveal the
identity of the man, but they felt con,
dent the facts they had gathered II
their investigation since last midnigh
would lead quickly to the apprehen
sion of his associates. who, they be
lieve also were responsible for th'
May day bomb plot in which many in
fernal machines addressed to govern
ment officials, members of congress
and business men were placed in tn,
Continued IN Page Twol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
JUST MISSED A MILLION
Steal Safe From Army Head
quarters, but Was Empty.

Chicago, June 3.-Thieves who
passed a dozen armed guards. braved
countless dangers. lowered a heavy
safe from the fifth floor of the central
army headquarters here and managed
to keep their theft a secret until yes
terday. just missed getting the cash
pittance of $1,020.00O, it was learned
today.
The huge bulk of silver and paper
had been sent to Camp Grant as SOL
diers' pay just before the thieves ar
rival, it was said. The safe was empty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
POLICE REFUSE TO SIGN
Winnipeg Union VIII Not Promise Not
To Strike.

Winnipeg, June 3.-At a mass meet
ing this morning the policemen's
union unanimously voted not to sign
the modified terms contained in the
ultimatum presented by the police
commission providing that the police
must not participate in a sympathetic
strike. resolution was passed to
support constituted authority at all
times In maintaining law and order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
BIG STRIKE IN PARIS
Between 100000 and 10000 Workers
of Many Classes Out.

Paris, June 3.-Between 200, 900
and 100000 workers were on strike in
the Paris district today, the employers
the latter figure.
The unions affected are the subway.
motor bus, tram car, metal workers.
painters. printers. milliners and store
clerks They demand increased wages
owing to the higher cost of living.
In addition $4,000 coal miners are
on strike in the Lille region.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
PETROGRAD is TAKEN! !
Esthonlan and Finnish Forces Drive
Reds From Their Den.

Copenhagen, June 3.-Esthonian
and Finnish forces have taken Petro-
grad, according to an unconfirmed
telegram from Vardoe received by the
National Tidende.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
BOUGHT CLOTHES FOR GIRL?
That's Charge Wife Makes Against
observation-disclosures AIimony.

Kansas City, Mo, June "a petit
tion for divorce was filed in the cir
cult court here today by Mrs Marie
Schwalbe against Paul Schwalbe, Jew
eler and photographer.
Mrs Schwalbe charges that a young
woman clerk in her husbands employ
has bought her clothes at her hus-
bands direction, the husband. how
ever, paying the bills The plaintiff
asked custody of a 21-months-old
baby girl and $3.50 month alimory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
RICHARD SYRINGE DEAD.
Was Veteran Army Tailor at LeayeI
worth; Born In Germany.

Leavenworth. Kan, June 3.-Rich-
ard Syringe, a veteran army tailor,
died at his home here today after a
lingering illness. He had been en-
gagged for years in the tailoring of
uniforms for officers of the army. He
was SO years old.
He was born in Schleswig- Holstein
in 1850 and settled in Leavenworth in
1881.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
LOOT A KANSAS BANK
Roberts Tunnel Into Ar1na Vault
Get Thousands in Liberty Bonds.

Pittsburg Kan, June 3.-Robbers
State bank at Arma, Kan, last night
and obtained several thousand dollars
in liberty bonds and other securities it
was reported to the officers here this
morning.
Forty thousand dollars in bonds are
said to have been stolen from the
bank.
There are no clues, according to
officials.
The robbery was similar to that of
the Buhler, Kan, bank several months
ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
1. C. c. TO REGAIN POWER
Senate Committee Votes To Let 1
Make Rates Again.

Washington. June 3.-The senate in
terstate commerce committee by
unanimous vote today ordered favor
ably reported a bill by Chairman
Cummins, restoring at once the rate
making powers of the interstate COM
merce commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

An area of low pressure forming
over Kansas during the night. said S.
D. Flora, state meteorologist. this
morning, knocked in the head the ex-
pectation of nice weather for today.
At the time the forecast was made
Monday there was no indication of the
continuation of the bad weather
The weather will become more set
tied tomorrow. Flora SAYS Sunshine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
B. r. T. REFLECT OFFICERS
W. G. Ice of Cleveland Again Heads
Trainmen's Order.

Columbus, O., June 3.-W G. Lee.
Cleveland. was reelected president of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men at it's triennial convention here.
He had no opposition.
T. r. Dodge, Cleveland, assistant
president; the eight vice presidents;
A. E. King, Cleveland. grand secre-
tary-treasurer, and D. L. Cease, Cleve-
land. editor and manager of The
Trainmen, the brotherhood publica-
ton, also were reelected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
ACROSS L. S.-ONE STOP

Army Aviators Will Start Record
COast-to-Coast Flight Soon.
Washington, June 3.-New York
San Francisco airplane flight. with
but one stop-North Platte, Neb.-
will be started within the next few
days, the war department announced
today.
Capt Roy n. Francis and Lieut.. Ed
mund A. Clune will be pilots. They
will fly a Martin bomber, with twin
liberty motors, aggregating 500 horse
power.
The route passes over thirteen
states. The first leg totals SOP miles.
The second leg from North Platte to
San Francisco will be 1.24S miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
'YANKS ARE LEAVING
Moscow Dispatch Says L. 5. Troops
Are Quitting Archangcl.

London, June "A Bolshevik Off
cial wireless from Moscow today stat
ed that American troops are with
drawing from Archangel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
SAYS WEIMAR WILL REJECT
Peace Terms, Unless Modified, Can't
Be Adopted-Ebcrt.

Berlin, June 2-President Ebert
thru the press. predicted today that
the national assembly at Weimar will
reject the peace terms unless they are
modified.
The government has ordered sup
preston of military circular asking
the German people if they are ready
for armed resistance against the peace
conditions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
BANDITS ARE FOILED
Detectives Open Fire-Robbers Drop
$25,OOO and Escape.

Chicago. June 3.-Theft of a $25. 900
payroll, being delivered to the Royal
Tailoring company's offices here to-
day, was foiled when four railroad de-
tectives opened fire on the bandits.
who rode in a large touring car. The
men dropped the money and escaped
into the railroad yards after one had
been wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
VANCOUVER ON STRIKE
Call General Walkout in Sympathy
With Winnipeg Strikers.

Vancouver. B. c.. June "a gen
eral strike of organized labor in Van
couver in sympathy with the Winni-
peg strike, effective at II a. m. today.
was called last night at a mass meet
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
LAND $4,000 AN ACRE!
Five Acres of 1t Brought That-In
Texas Oil Field.

Dallas, Texas. June 3.-Five acres
of Texas land sold for $4,000 an
acre here today. Eastern apitalists
paid L. r. Munger. of Dallas. $3.50. 900
for five acres in the Burkburnett oil
f9o1d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
KING GEORGE IS 81
Salutcs Fired in England To Honor
Rulers Birthday.

London, June 3.-King George cele-
brated his fifty-fourth birthday today
Artillery salutes were fired at noon
in London. Windsor and in garrison
and dock yards towns at home and
abroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
MORE RAIN PROBABLE
Wednesday Will Be Partly Cloudy and
Somewhat Warmer

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Unsettled tonight. probably showers east
portion, Wednesday partly cloudy, some
what warmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
BUZZARDS OF WORLD
Thus Docs Returning Irish Delegate
Designate Paris Peace Body.

Designate Paris Peace Body.
New York, June 3.-Declaring that
the "buzzards of the world are gath
cred at Paris" Michael J. Ryan of
Philadelphia, returned delegate of the
Irish, race in America" to the peace
conference last night sounded a call
to the millions of Irishmen in the
country to educate our fellow Ameri-
cans to the danger" in the United
States binding herself to England in
the league of nations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

KANSAS wheat growers who know
how to pray are about ready to
ask for sunshine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03

WEATHER FORE Asst for Kansas:
Unsettled tonight, probably show
ers east portion. Wednesday, part1I
cloudy; some what warmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
KANSAS P. E. O. MEET

lContinuei on Page Two)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
In the Days News

Cardinal MERCER. who is in New
York in a tour of the United States
and Canada, is the heroic Belgian
prelate who defied the German in
vaders and continued to exhort his
people to resistance even after he
had been barred from his church
and imprisoned by order of the
German military governor. Be
fore the war he was known as an
eminent philosopher in the church,
whose learning and teachings had
added greatly to the reputation of
the famous old university of Lou
vain. Today he is regarded by all
the world as the foremost citizen
of the realm next to his king. His
eminence who is now nearing his
69th year was born in Belgium. He
was ordained to the priesthood in
1875 and from that time up to 1906,
when he was chosen archbishop of
Malines, he was professor of phil
osophy at the University of Lou
vain. In 1907 he was elevated to
the cardinalate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
Today's Events

Dalhousie university, at Halifax,
today begins a celebration of the
centennial Of its founding.
The itinerary of the prince Of
Wales tour of western Canada
provides for a visit today at Sask-
atoon, Saskatchewan.
Secretary of War Daniels, aboard
the dreadnought New York. has &C
cepted an invitation to pay a visit
today to Victoria, B. c.
Today's program of the Knights
Templar triennial conclave in Phil
adeIphia will be featured with a
historic, industrial and patriotic
war pageant.
Problems of vital Importance to
the lumber trade are to be discuss
ed by the National Retail Lumber
Dealers association, meeting in
annual session today at Detroit.
Resplendent with the pomp and
panoply of old Spain, and impress
sive with the simple grandeur of
the red men, the Fiesta of Santa
Fe," a three-day celebration de-
picting in pageantry the past, pres
ent and future of New Mexico, be-
gins at Santa Fe today.
Whether the lessons learned by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
CLEARS MINDS
OF PEOPLE ON
TREATY POINTS

Continued from Page One)
effect Mr.. Wilson by virtue of his
high office gets attention and pub
licity which critics of the league
do not get. He is driving home the
impression that he is aiming to Sc
cure world peace and the people
hereabOuts need but to be reminded
of the horrors of the recent war to
shudder at the prospect of more
conflict in a disturbed world. Per-
haps the most effective question
which the president. after admit
ting that the covenant of the
League of Nations is an experiment
asks of his audiences is this: eff
you knew that the covenant made
the chance of war less probable by
only 10 per cent. wouldn't it be
worth trying?" And his audiences
shout an affirmative answer. 10
Mr. Wilson had held the covenant
up as an absolute guarantee
against war he would not have
been persuasive hereabouts. but he
simply contends that whereas the
old order has produced the most
terrible war in history the League
of Nations may succeed in making
yElr violently improbable.
= With the analysis of the league
and the many phases of the treaty,
the people in this region are not
familiar and seem to care less.
They are impressed by the general
principles and purposes. And when
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-11
AUCTION SALE
OF u Acre Farm on Big Island
Friday, Sept. 10, 1919

at 2:30 p. m. at the farm. Good 5
room house, good barn and all good
Outbuildings, good well. This is one
Of the best farms on Big Island,
close to the school and on good
gravel road
Terms. $1,000 down on day of
sale, half of purchase price left on
farm three years at per cent in
terest. Possession will be on or be-
fore March 1st, 1920.
A. ". NICE. Owner.
JOHN KILCOIN, Auctioneer.