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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
GET A CAR OF FLOUR
Striking Cereal Workers Begin Distri-
button Among Purchasers.

Striking Cereal Workers Begin Distri-
button Among Purchasers.
A carload of flour purchased from
union mills in Colorado is being dis
tributed to buyers today by the strik-
ing cereal workers. 1t is now the
claim of the strikers that flour is be-
ginning to be returned to the Topeka
mills from various points where it has
been shipped. due to the agitation
started there by the international
union. When these shipments begin
to be returned with regularity, the
mills will begin to weary of~the situa-
ton. the union men believe.
At the present time. there is no in
dication that a settlement is near. The
strikers appear to have fresh courage
and the operators seem as firm as
ever in their determination not to give
in to the union demands. More flour
will be shipped into Topeka. the strik-
ers say. as rapidly as needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
Senator Capper Believes Market
Break Was Packer Move.
Engineered Decline To Arrest
Kenyon-Kendrick Billsi
THREW DROVERS IN PANIC
Packers Can Afford To Cease
Buying-Stocks Bullying.
Natl Consumers League Issues
Report Similar to Capper's.

Washington, Sept. 2.-virtual pack
er control of five livestock markets
is responsible for heavy losses to pro-
ducers during the last ten days, Sena-
tor Capper, Kansas, said today.
The recent market break was cited
by Capper as a reason why legislation
along the lines proposed in the Ken
yon and Kendrick bills should be en-
acted by congress.
Factor In Market Break?
Capper's statement comes on the
heels of a similar one from the Ma
tional Consumers league.
while there is probably no proof
that the big packers actually con-
trolled the situation, 1 cannot but be-
lieve that they have been a factor"
Capper said.
Il think the market would have
been better off in such an emergency
If the Big Five did not have practical
control They did nothing to brace
up the market, and ! can see no good
reason for a decline to the extent we
have just witnessed.
To Arrest Legislation.
II am naturally disappointed that a
scare of this kind should be thrown
out at a time when it would tend 10
arrest the movement for regulatory
legislation"
1ne NdllOndi consumers league Qe-
clared that the packers, with their
warehouses bulging with food. could
afford to cease buying just as the sem
ate hearings on the Kenyon and Ken
drick bills got under way.
THE farmers of the country are be-
ing made to suffer for the sins of the
packers as in times past" the league
state
This time the penalty has been i'm
posed for a different reason. Just az
hearings were started on the Kenyon
Kendrick bills to regulate the packers
most unprecedented drop in prices
paid for hogs and cattle took place
So last week Washington was flooded
with cattle raisers, farmers, retail
dealers and independent packets 4
beg congress to put a stop to all agi
tation. Meanwhile the packers ware
houses are bulging with enough fooS
to carry their business for the coming
winter and they can afford to ceas,
buying for a while"
| City Slaughter Houses.
| Emphasis was laid on the section
| of the Kenyon bill authorizing con
struction of municipal slaughte
| houses.
/ THE consumers must realize tina
! the packing business cannot b.
| smashed without having an estab
| lished, nationwide cooperative move
ment ready to do the work. nor cal
/ people feed themselves IL the packinI
| business is merely smashed with NJ
! county and city slaughter houses bu
few public markets to take its place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
HOGS INTO COURT
Chicago Fl. G. L. Grand Jury To
Be Sworn in Today.
Spotlight VIII Be Turned on
Records of Big Packers.

Chicago. Sept. 2.-The first big
move by the government against the
high cost of living was to be made
here today when a grand jury was to
be sworn in to consider evidence of
alleged boarding, profiteering and
price initiation against the big five"
packing houses, sugar firms and other
food dealers.
oliver f. Pagean. federal indict-
ment expert, who will assist District
Attorney Clyne in prosecuting the
cases. was due to arrive from Wash
ington during the day.
Among the evidence that will be
submitted to the jury, according to
Clyne. will be the complete records
of the Cudahy Packing company
dating from 1912 TO the present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
.12-HOUR SHIFTS
Policemen Will Work Longer
Hours This Month.
Effort To Be Made To Give
Better Fair Protection.

Topeka police were notified today
that the S-hour working schedule
would be abolished temporarily and
the old 12-hour shift would be re-
sumed.
The return to the old shift is for
the benefit of the public during this
month, il was explained. The circus
and the state fair are expected to
bring many questionable chara cters to
the city and by placing the police on
i2-hour shift, the public will get the
maximum in police protection. It is
understood the S-hour schedule will
be resumed next month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
MERCER OFF FOR u. S.
Noted Belgian PreIate Is Accompanied
by Baron dc Cartier.

Paris. Sept cardinal Mercier
left here today for Brest, en- route to
America. He will sail for New York
on the Agamemnon tomorrow.
The Cardinal will be accompanied
by the Belgian ambassa dor to the
United States, Baron Emil De Cartier
De Marchienne.
Paris, Sept. cardinal Mercier,
primate OF Belgium, who leaves today
for the United States, has been en-
trusted with a delicate mission in that
country by the Holy See according to
the journal. The newspaper says the
cardinal will lay before President VIII
son his views concerning the League
Of Nations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
DROP MURDER THEORY
Police Think Tnlotson Either Killed
Himself or WnfuIIy Disappeared.

st. Joseph. Mo, Sept. 2.-Absenee
of signs of violence have led police to
abandon the theory of foul play in the
disappearance here Saturday of Will
liam L. Tillotson. Denver broker No
trace of the missing man had been
uncovered early today, other than his
torn clothing found on the river bank.
Chief OF Detectives Johnson an
nounced that a line of investigation 10
he followed today may prove either
suicide or wilful disappearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
PLAN WORLDS SERIES
National BaFebaII Commission 4
Meeting at Chicago Today.

chairman; John Heydier. president OF
the National league. and Ban b. john
son, head OF the American-the three
composing the National commission
met here today, presumably to make
preliminary arrangements for the
worlds series
None Of the members would outline
the business TO come before the body.
Announcement might be made OF pro-
ceedings later in the day, Hermann
said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
FORD INTO MEXICO
VIII Build Big Tractor Plant There
Despite Political Unrest.

Washington, Sept 2.-Henry Ford
is going ahead with plans to build a
big tractor plant in northern Mexico,
despite political disturbances there, he
recently assured an American banker
at Chihuahua City in a letter a copy
OF which was received here today.
Many Mexican mechanics are now
employed in the Ford plant at Dear
born. Mich. and these workers are
being trained for the Mexican plant.
the letter declared. No information is
given as to the city in which the plant
will be built.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
TO ASK ST AN HOUR
Rail Kcymcn Want Wages Equallzed
Scale Now 4S to IS Cents.

st. Louis. Sept. 2.-Revision Of
working Regulations affecting railroad
telegraphers and equalization Of wage
rates were scheduled for consideration
today at the conference of general
chairmen of the order of Railroad
Telegraphers here.
z. ]. Manion.' president of the or
der. said the wage scale to be adopted
probably would be a demand for ap-
proximately 81 an hour. The present
scale>is from As to IS cents an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
II MILLION BALES OF COTTON
That Is Govcrnmcnt's Forecast OF Crop
Aug. 25 Condition 01.4.

Washington, Sept "A cotton
crop of IL 1,230, 900 bales this year was
the forecast today by the department
of agriculture. which based its estima-
ton on condition of the crop August
IS, which is announced as 61.4 per
cent normal
The condition OF the crop by states
on August Is was: Texas. 81; Arkan-
sas. e5; Tennessee, So; Missouri. IS:
Oklahoma IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
WITH PERSRING At HEAD
First Division VIII Parade Down Fifth
Ayenuc With Full Equipment.

New York Sept General PERISH
ing and the First division with fun war
equipment will parade down Fifth
avenue, September 10 according to
official announcement.
Details are being worked out by
Mai. Gen. E. F. McGlachlin. The
Eighteenth infantry may wear the
'fourragere." A telegram from-Bnast
told of the citation of thai unit by the
French government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
KAROLYI A. SLAYER?
Count TIsza's Brother-in-Law Charges
Former Hungarian Premier.

Berlin, Sept. 1.-Baron Radvenszky,
brother-in-law of former Hungarian
premier. Count Stephen Tisza. has
filed charges with the police at Buda-
pest against Count Michael Karolyi
also a former premier, alleging that
Count Karolyi agitated for the murder
of Count Tisza and participated in the
crime, according to a Budapest dis
patch to the Tages Zeitung.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
HEART SMASHER OUT
clyde Larkin Escapes From the
Hutchinson Rcformatory.

Clyde Iarl<in, soda fountain clerk
and winner of the hearts and pocket
books of Topeka girls. has escaped
from the state reformatory at Hutch
fnson. according to word received by
the Topeka police. Larkin was SEN
fenced to not less than ten years for
cashinE a check at the Palace Cloth
ing company for $1O.75 and signing
the name of c. A. LockhaIt to the
check.
A topeka girl offered tn make the
check good Larkin was taken to the
reformatory about a month ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
MASSACRE ITALIANSI
Albanian CIansmen Force Troops To
Withdraw to Fortified Cities.

Belgrade. Sept 2. Numbers of
Italian soldiers have been massacred
in severe attacks by Albanian clans
men. according to the Politika of tI1ia
city. The remainder OF the Italian
troops retired toward Durazzo and
other strong points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
D. S. C. TO A KANSAN
AIva Kane of StnIwelI Receives Award
From Pershing.

Washington. Sept 2.-The waE de-
partment announced today that Gen
eral Pershing had awarded the dis
tinguished service cross to Mechanic
Benjamin E. Foust. Columbia, Mo-; /;
Privates AIva Kane StiliyeiI Kan,
and Charles F. Kearns, Drumwright
Okla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
CABLE DOWN IN HURRY
British Ship Lays New Line to Brazil
in 81 Days.

Rio Janeiro, Sept. 2.--The British
cable ship Colonia arrived here Mon
day, after having completed the lay
ing of a new cable from England by
way of Ascension, st Vincent, and
Fayal. The steamer laid 1850 nauti-
cal miles of cable in thirty-one days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
BOLSHEvIKl IN TRAP
Surrounded on Lithuanian Front, They
Are Seeking Peace.

Copenhagen. Sept. z.-The Lithua MIA
legation announces that the BoIshe-
Wiki have been surrounded on the
-1Lthnania front. They are offering TO
make peacs-sEith the Lithuanfans,
whose advance continues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
TO VOTE ON TREATY
French Chamber OF Deputies Expected
To Take Action Saturday.

Paris. Sept. 2.-It is expected in
official circles that the chamber of
deputies win vote on the peace treaty
Saturday. according to Marcel Hutin,
of the Echo de Paris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
rODAY's TEMPERATURES

The cool, pleasant summer-resort
brand of weather is going to continue
for several days longer at least, says
S. D. Flora, state meteorologist. There
are going to be some clouds in Kansas.
Still there is not much chance for
rain. Scattered showers may occur in
widely separated parts of the state.
No rain fell in Kansas during the
last "a hours. In that time very little
rain fell in the entire United States.
fContinned on Page TWol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
MEETS WITH CABINET
President Discusses Domestic Issues
With Advisers Before Start of Trip.

Washington. Sept. q President
Wilson met his cabinet today for the
last time before going on his 10000
mile speech making tour of the coun-
try in the interest of the peace treaty
Labor problems, the adminlstra-
tions plan for the coming conference
between capital and labor and other
domestic questions likely to arise dur
ing the presidents absence were up
for discussion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
HAROLD ROBINSON WON
Made Y. VI. c. A Race. Five Miles. II
Is Minutes.

Is Minutes.
A bicycle race under the auspices Of
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. Monday after
noon was won by Harold Robinson.
who made the course from the Y. NJ.
c. A. building to Gage park by way
of Washburn college in fifteen min
utes. The distance is five miles. The
prize consisted of a gold watch and
gold medal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02
MORE FALL WEATHER
Pleasant Goodness Will Continue for
Few Days, Flora Says.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Partly cloudy tonight and wednesday; not
much change In temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas;
Partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday; not much change in tenn
perature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-02

RIG KANSAS FREE FAIR A. To-
peka, September to 1s.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23

the movements of a frightened SER
pent. In the silence how loudly the
pencil seemed to hiss in it's swift lines
and loops.
My aunt exclaimed "Mercyl % as she
looked at the Sheet for while [ knew
not then, the strange device upon
the paper, [ knew, by and by, that
it was a gibbet. Beneath it were the
words: Money thirst shall burn like
a fire in him.
She rose and smiled as she looked
into my face. / saw a kind, gentle
glow in her eyes that treasured me.
She clapped her hands with joy. She
examined my palm and grew serious
and stood looking thoughtfully at the
setting sun.
see, now, her dark figure stand
ing against the sunlight as it stood
that day with Amos in it's shadow.
What singular eloquence in her pose
and gestures and in her silence! 1
remember how it bound our tongues
that silence of hers
The woman turned with a kindly
smile and Shutdown in the grass again
and took the sheet of paper and
resting it on a yellow-covered book be-
gan to write these words:
81 see the longing of the helper.
One, two, three, four great perils
shall strike at him. He shall not
be afraid. God shall fill his heart
with laughter. L hear guns, [ hear
many voices. His name is in them.
He shall be strong. The powers of
darkness shall fear him, he shall be
a lawmaker and the friend of God and
of many people, and great men shall
bow to his judgment and he shall"
She began shaking her head
thoughtfully and did not finish the
sentence, and by and by the notion
came to me that some unpleasant WIS.,
ion must have halted her pencil.
Aunt Deel brought some luncheon
wrapped in paper and the old woman
took 1t and went away. My aunt fold
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love it's pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, Mother! If coated, give
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When the little system is full Of
cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, d.
arrh@a, indigestion, ,colic-remember
a good "inside cleansing" should al
ways be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for
bottle of California Syrup of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and grown-ups printed
on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits
sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the
genuine, made by California Fig
Syrup Company."-Adv.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23

ed the sheets and put them in her
trunk and we thought no more of
them until-but we shall know soon
what reminded US of the prophet
woman.
The autumn passed swiftly. I went
to the village one Saturday with I'm
Gle Peabody in high hope of seeing
the Dunkelbergs, but at their door
we learned that they had gone up
the river on a picnic. What a blow
it was to me! Tears flowed down
my cheeks and I chung to my uncle's
hand and walked back to the main
street of the village. A squad of small
boys jeered and stuck out their
tongues at me. 1t was pity for my
sorrows, no doubt, that led Uncle Pea
body to take me to the tavern for
dinner, where they were assuaged by
cakes and jellies and chicken pie.
AT Christmas I got a picture-book
and forty raisins and three sticks of
candy with red stripes on them and a
jew's-harp. That was the Christmas
we went down to Aunt LiZa's to
spend the day and helped myself to
two pieces of cake when the plate
was passed and cried because they all
laughed at my greediness. 1t was the
day when Aunt Lizas boy, Truman.
got a silver watch and chain and her
daughter Mary a gold ring, and when
all the relatives were invited to come
and be convinced, once and for all,
of Uncle Roswell's prosperity, and
be filed with envy and reconciled
with jelly and preserves and roast
turkey with sage dressing and mince
and chicken pie. What an amount of
preparation we had made for the jour-
ney, and how long we had talked about
it!
In the spring my uncle hired man
to work for us-a noisy, brawny,
sharp-featured fellow with keen gray
eyes, of the name of Dug Draper.
Aunt Deel hated him. 1 feared him
but regarded him with great hope
because he had funny way of wink
ing at me with one eye across the
table and, further. because he could
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23
(TO BE CONTINUED)
New Waternroofinn Oil.

A French oil for waterproofing
leather, cloth, paper and other mate
rails is mixture of eight parts of
amyl acetate and four of castor oil,
with one part of sulphur chloride
stirred into it. Though this form a
jelly, giving off hydrochloric acid, it
liquefies after being kept tightly COW
cred a few days, and, the acid being
then neutralized with barium carbon
ate, gives a colorless solution on filter
ing. To make varnish, nitrocellulose
is dissolved in the liquid after the adj
dition of alcohol or benZine.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23
CHAPTER III.
| Meet the Silent Woman and Silas
WriQht Jr.

Wright, Jr.
Amos Grimshaw was there in our
dooryard the day that the old ragged
woman came along and told our for
tunes-she was called Rovin' Kate,
and was said to have the gift of sec
ond sight" whatever that may be. 1t
was bright autumn day and the
leaves lay deep in the edge of the
woodlands. She spoke never a word
but stood pointing at her palm and
then at Amos and at me.
Aunt Deel nodded and said:
"Ayes, Kate-tell their fortunes if
we've anything to say-ayes! !"
She brought two sheets of paper and
the old woman sat down upon the
grass and began to write with lit
tie stub of a pencil. have now those
fateful sheets of paper covered by
the scrawls of old Kate. l remember
how she shook her head and sighed
and sat beating her forehead with
the knuckles of her bony hands after
she had looked at the palm of Amos.
Swiftly the point of her pencil ran
over and up and down the sheet like
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23
Weekly Health Talks
a Word About the
Kidneys
BY DOCTOR WATSON.

People are easily frightened when they
lungs or heart, and well they may be; but
few people understand the dangers of dis
eased kidneys These organs have a duty
of vital Importance to perform, and if they
are diseased, there is no telling how or
where the symptoms may appear. The
kidneys are filters, and when they are
healthy they remove the poisons from the
blood and purify it. When the kidneys
are diseased, the poisons are spread every
where, and one of these poisons is uric
acid. The uric acid is carried all through
the system and deposited in various places
in the form Of urate salts-in the feet.
ankles, wrists and back-often forming
bags under the eyes. Sometimes the result
ing trouble is called rheumatism, lumbago.
sciatica and baekache. Finally, come stone
in the bladder, diabetes and Bright's dis
case.
DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo, N Y, in recent
years, discovered that a certain combina-
ton of remedies would dissolve uric acid
(urate salts in the system. He found this
combination to be harmless, so that he
made it up in tablets, of double strength,
and called them Anuric Tablets. They
dissolve uric acid in the human system as
hot coffee dissolves sugar. If you have
uric acid troubles. don't delay in taking
Anuric Tablets, which can be secured in
the drug stores. You can write DR.. Pierce
+oo and bo will toll WOW what fo oat apd
how to live SO that more uric acid will not
form in your system. DIR. Pierce will not
charge for this advice