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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
PAY SAME AS PUBLIC
Fuel Question Comes Up for the Rail
roads of the U. $.

Washington, April RAILROAD adj
ministration officials intimated that
the return to the old system of COM
petitive bidding for railroad coal con-
tracts might be the outcome of the
attempt of mine operators to force
the administration to pay the same
prices for its fuel, as the public. There
was. no denial that the price scale
agreed upon by the operators and the
industrial conference board of the de-
partment of commerce was not accept
able to the administration. Director
General Hines just returned from an
inspection tour on which he consulted
every regional director and federal
manager in the United States, began
consideration of the controversy i'm
mediately but refused to say anything
concerning his plans.
During the war the railroad admin
lStrat1on in many instances purchased
fuel at market prices because of de-
sire to stimulate production but now,
since that necessity has passed, the
contention is made that the railroads
are entitled to reduction formerly
given to the coal operators because of
the immense purchases and the elm
nation of a great part of the market
ing expense in selling to railroad
Railroad administration evidently does
not consider that the presence of it's
| representative on the Industrial con-
ference board binds the administration
to accept its decisions.
1t is held there that authority con-
ferred by President Wilson on the
board extends only to the arranging
of price scales to be accepted by gov
eminent purchasing agencies if
| "agreea BILE" to them. Mr.. Hines con-
suited Chairman Peek and W. NJ. Rit-
ter of the industrial conference board
while in Chicago. Secretary Glass and
other cabinet members will confer to-
day with Mr.. Hines and the board re-
garding recommendations on coal and
also steel products both for the rail-
road and other government agencies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
LEMON JUICE Is
SKIN WHITENER
Cheap homemade beauty To-
ton to remove tan, freckles,
SallOwneSS.

At the cost of a small jar of ordi-
nary cold cream one can prepare
full quarter pint of the most wonfer-
full lemon skin Whitener and COM
plexion beautifier. by squeezing the
Juice of two fresh lemons into II bot
tie containing three ounces of orchard
white. Care should be taken to strain
the juice thru a fine cloth so no
lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is used
to bleach a darkened skin and remove
such blemishes as freckies, sallow-
ness and tan and is the ideal skin
softener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands. 1t is marvellous to whiten
rough, red hands.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02

Mrs. McCarty, of Dodge City, who is
visiting her daughter, Miss Helen Nc
Carly, at Washburn college, will re-
turn to her home tomorrow.
Mrs. L. j. Pettijohn will return
home tomorrow from a visit to friends
in Liberal, Kan. Mr.. and Mrs Petit
john are occupying the j. D. Gardner
home at 1888 Fillmore street
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Dennison left
today for Pfttsburg Landing, Tenn, to
attend a reunion of the survivors of
the battle of Shiloh.
Mrs. George Hereford, of Kansas
CITY, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. N.
" Wood.
Mrs. L. NJ. Powell and her son,
Wendell, returned Saturday night
from Florida, where they have spent
several months. DR.. Powell returned
some time ago.
Mrs. NJ. c. Nelson, of Minneapolis,
Kan, is visiting Mrs. Frank Hobart
for few days.
Mrs. Richard Hayden and her two
children are i'll with influenza at their
home.
Mrs. w. H. Wing, of Holland. Mich,
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Leslie Guild, who is recovering from
a serious attack of influenza.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
U. e. church will meet Thursday after
, noon in the church parlors to tie COM
forters.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. johnson went
to Kansas City today for a few DAYS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02

!. Dotterweich will illustrate her talk
with vocal numbers. Five girls from
Lowman Hill school will illustrate the
folk dances The girls who will dance
are Little Misses Vernita McClelland'
Oueena Caldwell, Ethel Sachs, jeanette
Guy and Ruth Knapp.
The department of literature will
meet in-the assembly room of the Elks'
club at 1880.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Edwards of the
Virginia, announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Pima Irene, and Mr..
Orville Wynn, of Marquette, Kan. The
wedding will take place in the Ed
wards home at Sedan on April %.
Bishop James Wise, of Topeka will go
to Sedan to read the ceremony.
Miss Edwards came to Topeka from
Sedan with her parents a few years
ago and last year was popular
student in Washburn college and a
pledge to the Alpha Phi sorority. Her
father, Mr. Edwards, is president of
the Kansas Life Insurance company
and a wealthy land owner.
Miss Edwards is a very pretty girl
of the blonde type and has been pop
ular in the younger society set here.
She left several weeks ago for the fam
lily home in Sedan.
Mr.. Wynn is a graduate of Kansas
university He has been principal of
the schools at Sedan, but for the past
three years has been in China, and
will leave soon after the marriage for
Manila where he will be in business for
a time. He has frequently visited Miss
Edwards at the Virginia this winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
JOHN w. RIPLEY DEAD
Well Known Topekan Had Eccn Ill
for Several Weeks

John w. Ripley, whose home is at
First and Western avenue, died early
this morning at a local hospital, after
an illness of several weeks, following
a severe surgical operation. He was
IS years of age, and had been a resi-
dent of Topeka for about half a cen
fury, except for a few years spent in
Boulder, Colo.
He is survived by his widow, three
sons, Rob Roy Ripley, St Louis; Stu
art, who is with the army of occupa-
ton in Germany; John, Topeka, and
two daughters, Miss Barbara Ripley,
general secretary of the Y. w. c. A.
in Topeka, and Margaret, a Junior in
Topeka high school.
Ripley was a thirty-second degree
Mason. The funeral arrangements
have not been completed. The service
will be for the immediate members
of the family only, and friends are re-
quested not to send flowers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
HEAR SOLDIER TALKS
Members of Military Sistcrhood Dc.
eide To Hold Meetings Twice Month

The regular monthly meeting of the
Military Sisterhood was held Tuesday
afternoon at the Y. W. G. A. The
members. who had been requested to
bring candy to be sent to the hospitals
at Riley and Funston, responded gem
erously.
At this meeting it was decided to
meet twice monthly. the extra meet
ing to be the social one of the month
1t will be a 1 o'clock luncheon, fol-
lowed by a short program.
Two interesting talks were given
Tuesday by returned soldiers, Wilbur
Magill. of the 10th engineers. who
told about the battle of the Argonne
and the part played by his unit. and
RAINY Gilberg. of the railway engi-
Salvation army and the good work
it did
when you come out of the
trenches. dirty and tired and hungry.
you don't want anybody to come up
and lecture you" was Gilberg's state
ment. But when a Salvation Army
lassie brings you a cup of cocoa and
a doughnut-well,y you feel like fight
ing for your country then"
Wilbur Magill, in his talk, laid
stress on the stories that have come
back about the boys swearing, and
seemed to want the mothers of the
soldiers to understand the matter in
the right light. 1T is true that when
they were lying in shell holeS with
shells bursting all around, they were
apt to keep up a continual stream of
profanity. 1t was prayer"
Both boys emphasized what the
women of the Military Sisterhood
knew, that the American soldiers
and particularly the Kansas boys.
were the cleanest., finest bunch of
soldiers in the war.
Lieut. Paul Mcfarland. recently re-
turned from overseas. sang two selec-
tions, accompanied by Miss Esther
Thomas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02

pound?' So l did, and through it,
found relief from my suffering and 1
really believe it saved my life. 1t does
not seem as though / can say enough
in praise of this wonderful medicine for
the health it has brought me- Miss
CORA LEE HALL, West Plains, Mo.
Perhaps it may seem an extrava-
CANT statement to say that this great
Mrs. Hall, to whom it has brought
health, appreciate the danger and
suffering they have escaped too well
to doubt it, All who suffer should
try it. Why risk life AMI health
without it?
For special advice write Lydia E.
PinEham Medicine Co LYNN. Mass.
tAdvertIsemeuCI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
MAYETTA WON IN TOURNEY
Defeats Soldier in jackson County
Basketball Tournament.

Mayetta, April 2.-Mayetta won the
basketball championship of Jackson
county in the first tournam emit, just
completed, defeating Soldier % to %.
Soldier had won from Holton in the
first round. All games were close and
the tournament a success.
Mayetta, county championship
team, is a self-made one. 1t has no
chach and no indoor court, yet it
played to the finals in the Washburn
tournament at Topeka. 1t has lost
only two games out of eight None
of these were played on the home
court. 1t mas made a good record for
clean craftsmanship
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02

rlDle cramps every
month SO / was un-
able to do anything.
/ had tried every
doctor in w e s t
Plains, also every
remedy could think
of, without relief.
One day when l was
suffering greatly a
friend was at my
b ous e an d said,
Why don't you try
Lydia E. Pinkham $
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
Looking Backward in State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin LANCE have issued
invitations to the wedding and wedding re-
ceptiOn of their daughter May and Mr..
Carl Woodbury. Nellis. Wednesday evening,
April 10. at their home. 620 Van Buren,
street Miss Emma Barber. of Lawrence,
and Miss Lillian Mcfarland will be brides
maids; Mr.. George Stanley Medlicott and
Mr.. Luther NJ. Nellis,' groOmsmen and
Miss Lucille McAfee and Miss Carlotta
Nellis ribbon girls.
Miss Mabel Hills and Miss Xirgie
Payne entertained their card club Thurs
day afternoon at the home of Miss Hills
on Topeka avenue. Miss Helen Walker
substituted for Miss Ida Bergen. Miss
Edith Thacher' for Miss Fe Waters and
Miss May Lange for Miss Hills.
The club will be entertained in two weeks
by Mrs. Louie 3. Smith and Miss Flor
ence Horn at the home of Miss Horn
On Thursday evening Mr.. Roy Baker,
baritone, entertained number of his
friends at a pleasant musical at his home
on Taylor street. This is the first of a
series Of five song recitals which Mr..
Baker will give before leaving for Chicago
to resume his studies.
The Weaver McClintock bridal party will
spend this evening informally at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Il. McClintock-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
HUMPHREYS is MAYOR
Salt Manufacturer Is Named Official
at HutchinsoR.

Hutchinson, Kan, April &C. H.
Humphreys, a salt manufacturer, was
chosen mayor over Frank Vinient, a
candidate for reelection, yesterday.
w. H. Shears and S. J. Teter were
elected commissioners. Fifty thou
sand dollars in bonds were voted to
build bridges over Cow creek.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
Notes and Personal Mention.


spending the winter in Colorado
Springs, expects TO return to Topeka
soon for d visit to- her home. Her
daughter. Mrs. Dick Porter, is slightly
improved but will remain in Colorado
indefinitely.
Mrs c. F. Foley has returned from
Concordia, where she visited Mrs. Otto
Kiene and DR.. Kiene.
Mrs. Charles Sessions left yesterday
Mrs. G. P. Whiteker has gone to
Chicago, called by the illness of her
daughters husband. Mr.. Ray G. Lam
berson.
Captain and Mrs. Clark Zugg re-
turned Sunday from Chicago where
Mrs. Zugg met Captain Zugg, who has
just returned from France. He will
leave Thursday for Maryland.
Miss A1die Wilkinson. who has been
seriously i'll with influenza at st. Fran
els hospital. is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Skinner have
returned from a trip to California
They were gone several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Campbell were
expected to arrive home today from
New York where they spent four
weeks.
Mrs. Kate Mulvane and her
daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine,
will be home April I.
Miss Eugenta Quinton is spending
| this week with Mrs. Frank Griggs.
Mrs. Luther Burns is recovering
from an attack of local pneumonia.
Mrs. S. B. Norris. of Kansas City.
formerly of Toneka. has returned
home after a visit to the H. r. Whit
| tlesey family
Mrs. C. A. Mcclure and Mrs ]. r.
| Shelton have returned from Lawrence
| where they spent the first of the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
WOMAN SAVED
MUCH SUFFERING
Cytak::ng Friends Adviceend
Lydia E. Fiakham's Veg
etable Compound.

West Plains, no. lei was all rua
down in health, had indigestion and ter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
slsaa -

of the Topeka club meetings during
the time she was in Washburn and
fas many friends here. She and Mr..
Seaton were. married a short time be-
fore he entered the service.
-
Four Topeka young women, who
have ukule1e club are going to Camp
Funston tomorrow afternoon to give
entertainments for the soldiers. They
will be gone four days. They will
also be on the program next week at
the fifth annual musical to be Civ en-
at the Walnut Grove NJ. E. chuf CHI.
Those in the club are Miss Lura
Barnes, Miss Arlene Barnes, Miss Els
tey Schwartz and Miss Gertrude
Thompson,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02
THERE'S y MAN IN OUR TOWN

Who is one of the raost talented
musicians in the city and all such local
talent is to be used in the community
circus which the Rota club is to give
soon. When this man was asked to
sing in the circus his indignation was
evident ana he replied in a wrathy
tone, 4 don't sing in circuses.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02

Mrs. c. A. Mcclure and Mrs. John
r; Shelton have returned from Law
renee where they were guests of honor
alta luncheon and tea given Monday
by the wives Of two of the professors
IN the university. Mrs Hopkins was
hostess at the l o'clock luncheon and
Mrs. Johnson had guests for a tea in
the afternoon in compliment to the
Topeka ladies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-02

Mrs. J. d. Gossett, chairman of the
education department of the Woman
club. has arranged an unusually in
teresting program for the meeting to-
MORROW afternoon. Mr.. Albert Vail.
of Chicago Will talk on the subject,
Education for Universal Happiness"
and Miss Margaret Prout will speak
On Music in the Public Schools" and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-05
THE CONVICTION OF DR.. sUNDY.

Regardless of whatever incriminat-
ing evidence that may have been sub
mitted by revengeful white men and
seditious black men against DR.. Bun.
dy, the one fact remains that he
would not have been implicated in the
affair at all except in defense of his
race and if the murderous affair had
not been begun by a mob of brutal
white men.
1t was to be expected that the Ne
gro would get the worst of the whole
issue. He always does even if it is
necessary to employ the traitorous in
stincts too often found in the very
people whom he risked his life to
save.
DR.. Bundy was not alone on trial,
1t was, as we see it, a trial of the en-
tire Negro race and it was to settle
the question as to how far a black
man shall go in defending himself
and his neighbors against the autoc-
racy of the mOb-the American super
legal institution respected by the
white people as much as it is deared
by the black people.
Thus it may as well be regarded as
a settled principle that a black Amer
lean has no wholly sacred rights and
that to him the idea of self-defense
or r~ace-defense is merely a matter Of
%unrequited martyrdOm.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-05
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
BY William H. Dawley, Jr.

BY William H. Dawley, Jr.
Before you sign it, read what you
are signing" was the warning of Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, of Chicago,
of Standard Oil fame, before the Knife
and Fork Club at the Muehlebach Ho-
tel of Kansas City last Saturday night.
In that same week former Supreme
Justice Charles Z. Hughes submitted
seven amendments to make the pro-
posed constitution palatable to self-re-
specting states. Hear, Hear! These
are judges unbiased by anxious politi'
cal futures.
Japan, whose armies have not been
deeimated and are as fit as our own,
has demanded nothing, but she must
have limited something at the Peace
Conference for Australia has sudden
Iy announced with emphasis that I'M
der no circumstances will she consider
any clause on racial equality, and her
Maori Native Australians) have van
ished more completely than our In
dams.
Usually in our courts Of justice the
testimony of almost any kind Of white
man will outweigh that of a score of
the best Negroes, but at Waterloo, Ill,
in the case of DR.. Bundy the testimony
of one Negro nullified that of nine
white men last week. AS a result the
doctor is in prison.
A black hero of No Mans Land,
fictitious or real, fares not so well in
st. Louis. The police lose no time in
making his acquaintance. But even
white people will get into trouble; If
they cast reflections on Il marines.
We guard their valor jealousy. Some
years ago after a successful but hard
fought battle some one Of the press
stated that an officer had to draw his
revolver to make members of the Ne
gro regiment charge. If hat had
been true, how could that officer have
lived to tell it? But no one was ar
rested.
1T came out as l expected; the
boys" said Mr.. Schwab, the steel mag
nate, were sound to the core!" What
boys? The Negroes returning from
France on the steamer with Mr..
Schwab. He said to them because
they had received no pay in five
months, "You know where l am, but
you need not return this money if you
don't want to. One hundred thirty
eight out of one hundred fifty-four
have already paid him. Would a
BoIshevist or an /. w. w. have been
one of the 1873?
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-05
NEB.
BY w. w. Moslev.

Rev. A. w. Talbot returned from
the Annual Conference last week, hav-
ing been r~eappointed to serve the NJ.
e. Church here for another year. -.
II. Nelson died at the hospital last
Tuesday at 4 p. m. after a lingering
illness. The deceased is survived by
five children, the oldest son in the
United States Army, the wife dying
some weeks ago. Nelson had lived in
Lincoln many years and was well
known. The funeral was held in the
A. NJ. E. Church last Friday at $3.50
p. m. Rev. j. S. Payne preached; the
seem of the services were sad; many
friends were in attendance. Eugene
Brown, who formerly was a resident
of Lincoln a number of years ago, died
at his home in Kansas City, Mo-, last
Thursday. The body was brought here
last Friday for burial, being accom-
panied by his wife. The deceased is
survived by a sister, Mrs. Lewis, of
this city, and other relatives. The
funeral was held in Browns parlor
Saturday at 2:30 p. m. Rev. o. J
Burckhardt preached. Former COM
rades of the deceased acted as pail
bearers. Many old friends attended to
show last respects. Mrs. Kate Graves
returned home Sunday after an ex-
tended visit with relatives in Ken
lucky. Mrs. Alma Wiley returned
home from st. Joseph, Mo-, Sunday,
being accompanied by her brother,
Walter Young, lately from overseas,
on a visit. Walter Mickleroy has ar
rived from overseas, also William Bur
den Misses Burdens entertained last
Friday night in honor of their broth
err, William, and other returned sol
diers. Rev. f. NJ. Cohron of st. Jo-
seph, Mo, preached for Mt. Zion Bap-
fist Church last Sunday and several
nights this week and left for home
Thursday Lieut.. William n. Johnson
and Mrs. Johnson are visiting their
parents in the city. Lieut.. Johnson
lately arrived from overseas and is
home on a furlough. He's looking we'll
and feeling fine Prof. Hosmer of Tus-
kegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala, is in
the Institution. Mrs. Laura Johnson
entertained last Friday night in hon
or OF her son, Lieut.. William n. John
son and wife. A large ]concourse Of
friends responded to invitation. Mr..
William A. Johnson was POSTMASTER
and a short program was rendered. q.
The y. A. a. c. p. held a meeting at
the A. NJ. e. Church Sunday after
noon. Rev. Weatherly of the Unitari-
an Church Cwhite) addressed the
meeting. Prof. Hosmer of Tuskegee
Institute, Ala, then made a few re-
marks. Lebanon Lodge raised about
five candidates in the Mysteries of
Masonry last Tuesday night, after
which an elaborate spread was en-
joyed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-05

Clune's big new cinema production,
The Eyes of the World which will
be shown at Loves theatre. April Il
and Is, is one OF the truly great film
achievements of the times.
The Eyes of the World is in nine
sections, consuming about two hours
in its showing. 1t cost a large for
tune, and there is reason to believe
tht claim that it was in process of
making for nearly eight months.
That a very large public is await
ing the Clune production is made GER
tain by the fact that Harold Bell
Wright's celebrated story of modern
life in California has had a sale OF
over 100000 copies. AS a picture
it is replete with the stuff of which
thrilling motion pictures are com
posed. Among it's well remembered
incidents are the escape of the convict
and his ~wanderings in the San Ber-
nardino mountains, the kidnapping of
Sybil Andres, the flight of the girl
into the hills and the search of the
forest ranges for her, the tragic death
of Taine at the banquet table, and
the fight of the lovers on the high
mountain cliff, which results in the
death of one of the pair.
The big scene" in the Clune pro-
duction is this combat of the lovers.
The scene was filmed on one of the
~loftiest cliffs in all California, and is
so realistic that you hold your breath.
All in all it is a most extraordinary
picture and worth both your time and
money to see it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-05
HELP WANTED.

South Side Employment Agency has
positions now open as follows:
Chamber maids, Sc to $40 per week.
General homework, 81 to $12 per
week.
Laundry work by the day, $3.50 per
day.
Cleaning and busting by the day,
$3.50 per day.
Office, 91S East 21st Street.
Bell Phone Grand 1904; Home
Phone Delaware $50.