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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
EVENTS OF THE DAY
 FROM STATE CAPITAL
B, WILLIAM L. GoRMLEY

Montgomery, october o.-(Special) )-W. H. Taylor has been named chief of po- lice for the city of Montgomery This was decided Friday evening at con- ference of the board of safety with mem bers of the new city commission Chief Taylor held that position for 14 years until the system Of naming commission CTS for Montgomery was changed by the legislature of 1915
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
Deadlock Over Proposal for Arbitrating Steel
 Strike Brings Recess
Continued rom Page oneo

should be by the week. Vary'ns % the peculiar requirements or lhul.
 nal industries may demand. Overtime sbouId as far as possible, be avoided and one day of rest in seven should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
ATTITUDE EXPLAINED

In explanation of the employers atti tude Magnus w. Alexander. managing director of the national industrial confer ence board. in a statement tonight, said: |:
 The statement of principles which should govern the employment relation in industry presented to the conference to- day was originally prepared by the dele gates appointed by the national industrial conference board and assented to after discussion by the employers group, in ciuding the delegates of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the farmer asso citations. the investment bankers and inc railroad executives.
 This document will become historic because it is the first concerted decla- ration by industrial leaders of those fun damental principles under the operation Of which alone American industry must live and move and have it's being if it
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DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

Settlement of disputes:
 Each settlement should provide ade- ouate means for the discussion of all nuestions and the just and prompt settlement of all disputes, but there should be no improven limitation, or impairment of the exercise by manage ment of it's essential function of Judg- ment and direction.
 Right to associate:
 The association of men, whether em- nloyers, employees, or others, for col lective action, or dealing, confers no authority and involves no right of compulsion over those who do not de- sire to act or deal with them as an association Arbitrary use of such col lective power to coerce or control oth- CTS, without their consent, is an in fringement of personal liberty, and a menace to the institutions of a free
 eople.
 Responsibility of associations:
 Every association, whether of em ployers or employees. must be equally subject to public authority and legal ly answerable for it's own conduct, or hat of it's agents.
 Freedom of contract:
 nized. the fundamental principle of in dividual freedom demands that every person must be free to engage in any lawful occupation, or enter into any lawful contract as an employer or an employe and be secure in the continu- lty and rewards of his efforts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
NEEDED REGULATIONS

Tn pupilc utility service the public in terest and welfare must be the para mount and controlling sidera tion The state should. therefore. impose such reg uiatlons as will assure continuous oper- ation, at the same time providing ade quate means for the prompt hearing and ao)ustment of complaints and disputes.
 strike of government employees is an attempt tq prevent the operation of gov ernment until. the demands of such em- pioyes are granted and cannot be toler ated. The right of government employees to be heard, and to secure just redress should be amply safeguarded.
 Training:
 Practical plans should be inaugurated ln industry and outside of it for the training and upgrading of industrial workers. their proper placement in indus try, the adoption and adaptation of ap premiership systems, the extension of yo- cational education, and such other ad justments of our educational system to the needs Of industry as will prepare the worker for more effective and profit able service to society and himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
THE OPEN SHOP

The open shop:
 The principles of individual liberty require that there should be no interference with the "open shop. " While fair argument and persuasion are permissible. coercive methods aimed at turning the "open shop" into a closed shop or closed nonunion'' shop. should not be tolerated. No en- ployer should be required to deal with men or groups of men who are not his employees, or chosen by and from among. them.
 The right to strike or lockout:
 In the statement of the principle that mould govern as to the right to strike or lockout. sharp distinction should be frawn between the employment relations n the field (a) of the private industry. to) of the public utility service and fc) or government employment, federal. state or municipal.
 In private industry the strike. or the iockout, is to be deplored. but the right to strike or lockout should not be denied as an ultimate resort after all possible means Of adjustment have been exhaust ed Both employers and employees should recognize the seriousness of such action and should be held to high responsi- bility for the same
 The sympathetic strike is indefensible anti-sodal and immoral. The same may be said of the blacklist. the boycott and also Of the Symnafhotin ln,Eo,+
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07
MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

Hes a fine chap. No wonder Mrs.
Carter is proud of him. He's her
brothers child His father died just a
little while before he was graduated
from college. I met her coming home
and she told me. She said you and
she had gone to the station to see him
off. Bab.'"
Yes"
Dinner was ready and so no more
was said of Neil But after 1 had
helped mother with the dishes as
usual, I crept off upstairs and sat by
my open window, thinking of Neil,
drea ming dreams that brought
bushes to my cheeks.
1t was foolish to think Neil would
care for me-a simple little country
girl-when he saw SO many girls who
were more accomplished, so much
handsomer and better educated. Yet
1 knew that I should never be as
happy as before he came; never feel
just the same again. I had given him
my love-unasked. But had given it
just the same. 1 should probably
| marry some day. But not for a long,
long time. Not until Neil had become
less a factor in my life than he then
was-rather, in my thoughts. He had
practically gone out of my life.
! Finally went to bed and once more
| cried myself to sleep.
Neil had said he would write. So
| l constantly made excuses to visit the
postoffice, altho father had been in
the habit of bringing the mail when
/ he came home to his meals. I never
| had received a letter from a man.
| Foolish notes or invitations from the
| town boys had occasionally come to
| me thru the mail, but no real letter.
| Day after day as no letter came ]
grew more depressed, more sure that
he had already forgotten me. and thai
should not hear from him. Then
about two weeks after he had gone
home. and the very first day had moi
gone to the postoffice, father brought
me his letter.
| "a letter from New York Bab," he
said. scrutinizing the post mark as he
| handed it to me. tho very well knew
he had done so before reaching home
/ My hand trembled when I took it
and I tucked it under my plate.
would read it when was alone. Anl
altho father teased me, and mothel
looked toward it anxiously. I kept i
unopened until I reached my owl
room.
My first letter from Neil! 1 GOV
cred it with kisses, then read it owe;
and over until I knew it by heart.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07
PRINTED BY REQUEST

The following is printed by request
to explain details:
Victor Plank, president of the
Teamsters' union, asked the State
Journal to publish his communication
last evening, wherein it was denied
ming to repudiate the official paper of
the unions of Topeka, known as the
Kansas Trade Unionist. The comment
was made at the bottom of his let
ter yesterday, which the State Journal
was glad to print, that the State Jour
nails authority for the statement was
j. P. Ferrell. an accredited member of
the Retail Clerks union.
y The State Journal asked President
Lambeth, of the Retail Clerks union,
and Mr.. Harry Nichols, representing
the Teamsters' union, to go with a
State Journal reporter to see Mr.. Fer
rell.
Ferrell repeated he had told the
State Journal reporter that the Retail
Clerks union had ordered the Kansas
Trade Unionists going to the member
ship as body stopped. He said he
had not stated any reason for the ac-
ton.
Ferrell told the State Journal re-
porter Thursday that the clerks, by
unanimous vote. had repudiated the
Unionist, because they did not like
Editor Browns action at the recent
~lIldt he 1ldu NOT en-
dorsed Corwine, the man the Clerks
union, he said, desired as the labor
candidate.
Ferrell stated last evening that the
treasury of the Clerks union was low,
but he had not given that reason the
day before for stopping the papers.
Ferren refused, according to the
union officials. to deny tht he had
furnished any or part of the informa-
ton to the State Journal. He admit
ted he had told the State Journal re-
porter that other union organizations
were going to follow the alleged lead
he said the clerks had taken in re-
gard to the official organ,
President Lambeth of the Retail
Clerks union, says, in a communica-
tion to the State journal, that the de-
pleted treasury of the Clerks union
compelled retrenchment of expenses
and the action taken was on the mo-
tion to rescind the subscriptions taken
for the Unionist as body and to pre-
vent duplicate copies of the paper GO
ing to the same home; that the sense
of the Union was not to repudiate the
paper.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07
IMPORTATION FOR ALL READERS OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

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This Service Bureau is located in the ma
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1t can answer practically any question
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The war forced 50 many changes IN
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Keep in touch with your government
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The State journal pays for this splendid
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ers may take free advantage OF 1t. You are
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Write your request briefly; sign your
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The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07
Self-Winders
BY GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

The scientist chap tells us that every
time we think a thought millions of
brain cells are torn down-but with
the creation of every new thought or
idea, new brain cells are created.
The brain winds itself, and the
working of your mind depends upon
how you mind your brain.
It's a wonderful feeling to go to
your couch, at night, knowing that
your self-machinery has been pro-
PEELED by your own ~ever-enthusiastic
Self-that you are a self-winder.
And what strength a man has who
goes to his work each morning with
the feeling that he is not going to be
called upon to depend upon anybody
to propel his day for him.
Be a self-winder. -
The glory about being self-winder
is this: that it's easier to wind your
own personal machine, than it is to
have anybody else wind it--because
anybody else is almost sure to wind it
too tight, too fast, too SLOW, or too
wrong. somehow.
II you are a self-swinder you can
smile with all inpunity. If somebody
else has done your winding for you,
then you are terribly unsure whether
or not you are going to stay wound.
The work that you do you know is
your own; but the work which some-
body else assists in making you do,
you are never sure of finally owning
as a product of your thought and
initiative
Do your work with gladness but
do 1t with such Zest, such enthusiasm
and such whole earnestness that you
will never be questioned as to whether
you are half wound or unwound-
everybody knowing that you are self
wOundi
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07

Motor corps, and had agreed to trans
fer a bunch of nurses from one of the
city hospitals out to the one at camp.
We had two breakdowns, and l was
truth. 1 paid the fine, and told moth
ing, of course. Dad jumped at the
conclusion that was doing the wrong
thing, and 1 let him think SO. If he's
such an obstinate old duffer as that,
let him go as far as he likes. I'm old
enough to go by myself, and he'll find
out So"
"Oh. but why don't you tell him %
Margaret begged. you're just as OBJ
stinate as he is.''
Neither heard the outer door of the
office open and close, nor did they see
the tall figure in the shadow by the
railing, his cheeks red from the wind,
his eyes exactly like Jacks as he saw
them.
wen have to hurry with the let
ters,' she added, dropping her glance
before the sudden intent look in his.
Are there many?"
Il didn't come down here to dictate
letters. 1 just wanted to see you alone
before 1 left for good. You're the
only one around here that's believed in
me. 1 know I was pretty wild when
Dad first took me in, and it was you
who helped me, Margaret, no one else
at all I'm not asking you to marry
me now, HOT even De eHRdSed IL YOu
don't want to. But say I've got first
chance, won't you?"
More than that" she whispered,
with a little sldelong smile at him.
only 1 don't want you to so. 1t real
ly was your fault. Jack, for not ex-
planning, and he needs you here Paul
and Mr.. Vail both stall around and
nobody pays any attention to business
unless you're in your office. They
know Mr.. Purcell is too busy to no.
tice."
"Oh. he is. is he?' came a sharp,
crusty voice in the doorway. and both
stared guiltily a t the senior member
There's nothing Mr.. Purcell doesn't
notice around here. And the princi-
pal thing he seems to- have overlooked
| is this" He paused and frowned al
them, then added brusquely, kiss her
| you young idiot, don't he obstinate like
your father. Certainly you're not GO
| ing away from here under any cir
| cumstances, is he, Margaret"
And Margaret, hardly believing heI
own ears, found herself the one to set
! tie Juniors destiny.
| Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE 3
FLOWERS.
BY LEE PAPE

FLOWERS.
Flowers are grown up seeds, ony
nobody wouldent think it to look at
the seeds and then look at the flow
ers. Seeds look more alike than wat
flowers do, proving that the unix-
pected always happens. If you saw
2 diffrent kinds of seeds in sum-
hody's hand you would say, All, look
at the 2 seeds. But if you saw the
same persin holding diffrent kind of
flowers you would say, All, look at
the rose and the kersanthemum
One of the most Enjoyable things
about flowers is their SMELL Even
one flower by itself causes a happy
Impression if you smell it harI enuff,
vile a hole buntch together smells
without being smelled at. This proves
in union there is strength. The other
most Enjoyable thing about flowers is
their looks. You can meyer tell how
a flower is going to smell by Its looks.
and a persin is libel to start smelling
one with a hopeful Impression and
stop with no Impression at all.
The rose is one of the best looking
flowers and it also has one of the
best smells. This proves it never
rains but wat it psres.
Meny people wear a wite corona
ton in their button hole on Sundeys
to distinguish it frum the other days
of the week.
The cabbidge is shape sumthing
like flower, but if you sent a ger]
a bunch of cabbidges she would ask
you wat you wunted the next time
you rang her frunt door bell This
proves all is not gold that glitters.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07
THE AMENDMENTS.

The senate this morning agreed to
submit to the voters of Kansas. at the
next general election, as the three
amendments to the constitut- IN. one
on aid to highways; one on reform of
taxation, including reclassification;
and the third one on farm tenantry.
Some time ago, the house adopted
as the three amendments it desired
submitted, one providing for state aid
for public highways; another for re-
form in taxa ton, classification; and
third, an amendment to permit six
amendments instead of only three. to
be submitted at any one general cleo
ton.
Thus. two of the three amendments
are assured, both of which were
strongly advocated by Governor AL
len.
The third amendment will now be
either one covering farm tenantry or
the amendment permitting six instead
of three amendments to be submitted
at one time.
There is likely to be a spirited de-
bate over this.
ticaIly secured two of his amendments,
the third one in which he is intensely
interested and yet one which even he
would probably not put first. is the
! farm tenantry, near to his heart.
There are good and sufficient rea-
sons advocated by the friends of either
one as to this third amendment. If
| however, the amendment to- permit
six amendments to be submitted al
one time is agreed on in the confer
ence comm Zee and adopted. it is
! likely to setOa at rest for all time
any further effort to obtain a
constitutional convention, for il
| the constitution be amended pro-
viding for submission of six amend
ments at one time. in additioa
! to the two already practically pro-
vided for, about all the reforms need
ed in our noble instrument, the Kan
sas State Constitution, can be
promptly and quickly provided for ir
the regular way, without the enor-
nous expense of convention, without
the pulling and hauling, lobbying
trading and jockeying that a consti-
/ tutional convention would mean.
If Governor Allen secures two out
of the three, he may not be without
satisfaction.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07

THE WASH ROOM TRAGEDY.
They found him in the wash room Of the
w Pullman sleeping car.
Some thought that he had fallen and been
staggered by the jar;
Some fancied he had tainted. and some
guessed he'd had stroke ~
1st<> at last the victim spoke: M
II was shaving! 1 was shaving! oh, can't
remember more.
l WAS shaving, busy shaving, when l SEEM
II ed to hit the floor"
It was early in the morning and the train
When the gentleman decided that he'd
scrape his cheeks and chin;
So, regardless of mis- neighbor who might
want to wash his face,
He proceeded very calmly to make use of
all the space.
can't tell just what happened, for the
room was very small,
And n lot Of us were waiting, when We
heard the stranger fall.
On the leather cushions near him stood his
open travelling case
And his personal possessions occupied each
bit of space.
From the hooks his clothing dang1ed-he'd
monopolized them all:
There were shaving soap and powder and
some stuff we couldn't call
Quite enough to stock drug store, on
the wash stand strewn about,
Which is why the wise oae chuckled when
they found him fastened out.
No one seems to know the story, no one
seems to care to tell.
We found him cold and silent in the wash
room where he fell,
There are some who think he tainted, some
who think he had stroke,
But the wise ones sit and chuckle, and they
treat it as a joke,
For they know that someone landed, with a
wallop swift and straight,
On the hog within the washroom who too
oft had tempted fate.
Copyright 1919, by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-07
John Miller Served in Civil
War but Cannot Vote.
He Renounced His Allegiance
to Mother Country Then.
new SUFFRAGE LAW CAUSE
Holds That Foreign Born Vet
Grams Must Petition.
Impossible for Him To Act Now
District Court Is Closed.

Temporarily. John Miller. of 5o4
Leland street, is man without a.
country. He is an alien. but does not
belong to any Sother country. He
simply has no country. 1t is because
he failed to petition at the district
court to enable him to register to
vote.
For thirty-six years John Miller
has lived in, or near Topeka. Each
time an election was held he went
to the polls and cast his vote. He
enjoyed all the privileges of bona
zen. then. Lincoln's proclamation
comforting citizenship on aliens who
served in the Union army during the
Civil war made him a citizen. But
the suffrage law passed last fall
changed all that.
1865 in the First regiment of New
York cavalry. A1tho born in Hessen,
a province of Germany. he was an
alien volunteer to help preserve the
Union. his adopted country. for he
had denied his allegiance TO his
| mother country and his name had
been wiped off the list of those owing
allegiance. He entered the service a
private in Company Il, First regi-
ment, New York cavalry. He received
his discharge December 81, 1853, at
Charlestown. Va. He re-enlisted. It
was in the same company and regi-
| ment; but this time he ore two
stripes on his sleeve. He was a
| corporal. His second and final dis
charge was granted AZ Alexandria, Va,
June 81. 1855.
Could Not Register Today.
But toG-y he was not permitted to
| register at the city clerks office. 1t
| was not case of discrimination ;
| simply compliance with a United
| States law.
Attorney General Richard ]. Hop
| kins has rendered an opinion on the
naturalization law of the United
/ States. His Interpretation of the law
follows: "A foreign born veteran of
the Civil war must petition to become
a citizen. If he has been honorably
discharged prior to 1900, he does not
need to file his first papers, but must
prove a residence of one year. good
moral character. and this, together
with his honorable discharge, is suf-
ficient to allow the court to make the
order, but all aliens must petition the
court before they can become citizens
of this country"
But Miller applied too late. The
court is closed thirty days preceding
an election, and it closed In February.
miller VIII be without country until
about next November, when the next
/ session OF the court is held. His petit
tions must be taken to the district
| court.
Registered Aliens May Vote.
In this election aliens already regis
| tered may vote Should they lose
their vote by moving or failing ia
vote, or by any member of their fami-
lies doing any of these things they
VIII have to register again and it will
be discovered that they are not enti-
tied to vote. OF course If they have
already completed their papers thru
, the courts. tho. they may retain the
| voting privilege by registering