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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

The serious complaints of coal
shortage in Great Britain, coupled
with the proposition just presented in
parliament for an investigation by a
commission lends interest to figures
compiled by the National City bank
OF New York regarding the worlds
coal production in the last half CEN
fury and relative share Of Great Brit
ain and the United States therein. The
figures show that the coal output of
Great Britain grew from $4,000, 900
tons in 1870 to approximately 255,-
100000 tons in 1918. while the output
of the mines of the United States grew
from 100000 tons in 1870 to 6S5,
GOT. 900 tons in 1918. The British
output in 1918 was double that of
1870. The United States output in
1918 was twenty-three times as much
as in 1870. In all parts of the world
aside from Great Britain and the
United states. the output grew from
10000, 900 in 1870 to 500, 900, 900 tons
in 1918 or about six times as much i'll
1919 as in 1870. The United States,
according 10 the banks figures, pro-
tuced about : per cent of the worlds
output Of coal in 1870, and As per cen;
IN 1918.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31
oil PROSPECTS BRIGHT
w A. kcarncy of Tccumsch sc>s fu-
ture Prosperity in Shawnee.

tuTc E7TOSpSfftt M 1tf-Ae
Shawnee countys oil prospects we're
never brighter than now. in the opin-
ion of w. A. Kearney, of Tecumseh-
Kearney declares he is now a member
of two oil companies that are paying
dividends to their stockholders and
that he is in the business to stay. He
paid an eloquent tribute to the wild
cat without whom he says there
would be no petroleum for the world
Nor is the oil industry the only thing
to which the county may look forward
to. he declares
He points out that consumption has
doubled in the last ten years and will
double again in the next ten; that
ira ctors are here to stay, as are trucks
and automobiles. But above all, he
is enthused over the oil prospects and
that now is the time to accept the OPP
portunity. Agricultural prospects
around Tccumseh, also, he says. were
never brighter.
J. J. Crawford. OF Topeka, is drill
ing u wildcat we'll on promising
structure on the George Neil farm.
near Wakarusa. for the Wapeka Oil
and Gas company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY K MoULToN


4 Little Slice o. Life.
job hunting has become acute
The other day jobless man
Stood by the river and another man
Was drowning. The drowning man
Cried for help.
Where do you work.:
Asked the Jobless One.
Thirty Green ST.. was the. reply
Go ahead and drown said the
He hurried to SO Green street
And said to the proprietor:
YOUR man has just drowned.
l have como for his job.
Hurry up and give it to be-"
The proprietor sal calmly:
You're too late. Young man.
The guy who pushed him i'll
Has got the job"
Another wouId-be assassin has shot
I Trotzky thru the hat. Again we must
observe that poor craftsmanship is
the curse of Russia.
Mr.. Taft will stump the country in
behalf of the league of nations. but so
far as an understanding of the league
is concerned, the country seems TO be
pretty much stumped now.
Once in a While the Printer Makes a
Sensible Mistake.
Charles Smith has returned to his
work in the sawmill after an abscess
of several weeks.-Mercyville Uowa)
Banner
Thirty-onc Battles and Three Buttons:
J. +. Ratteler celebrated his thirty
first birthday last Wednesday.-Me
cyville Gowa) Banner.
Mr.. and Miss Lover: Money should
not be the question in your case
/ Marry and get along some way. For
the man to shirk his obligation would
be cowardly. Instead of sharing the
responsibility he would place it en-
tirely upon the girl. | cannot see how
/ the man can claim that he loves the
| girl and think of anything but mar
riage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

The total OF major amputation
cases in the United States forces to
date is reported to be 1904. of which
2.5OS are arm and leg cases; and of
these approximately 500 are arm am
putations. and LOS are leg amputa-
tons The remaining 726 are hand
feet. and two or more fingers. Not
all Of these men require special train
Ing to enable them to make a living
the federal board for vocational edu-
cation points out; in fact the percent
aee IS smaller than one would imag-
inc y lawyer, doctor. craftsman.
bookkeeper. dentist. stenosrapher, Of
flee man or salesman is not necessa-
rly affected unfavorably in making a
living by reason of having lost a leg;
but the loss of an arm may be very
serious matter. Each case must be
Judged on its own merits. il is pointed
out. as, for instance. that of a profess
sional vioiinist. who. having lost a
finger joint of his left hand, found his
occupation utterly gone and had to
learn TO do something else for living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

Fire was discovered at the Thomas luIn-
her yard this morning at q o'clock IN
seme 1s amour. M to not more
than Il few hundred dollars
thief broke into the Graham clothing
store Saturday night by breaking thru the
skyiight and climbing down a pillar TO
the floor He made his exit , IN the s ssms
and trousers: all of which he wore He
left a pair OF mismated shoes and rain
coat much the worse for wear
Notes and Personals.
Fred voiland will make a talk on his
experiences in Y. NJ. c. A. work In France
tomorrow evening. following the regular
meeting of Helena chapter No. 20 o. +. :.
The Agoga clss and the W. w. g.
of the North Topeka baptist church will
meet this evening at the church to practice
Easter music.
L. p. Fraser. formerly with the Graham
clothing company. has taken position
c. u. Hamii and family, formerly of
North Topeka. who have been living In
k;I Sc city haze aye returned to r0peka snH
Hamii is employed by the Raw Milling
company.
Mrs. L. 2. Antrim entertained at n fam
ily dinner yesterday at her home. 11d9
Kansas avenue, in honor of the birthday
Antrim's birthday being the Goth and
Mr. BOASTS on the Goth. Both honor guests
are no. g years old Those present we're, Mr.;
Harveyville. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Boast. Miss
Hazel Boast. Misses Pearl Antrim. Pansy
Antrim, Beatrice Antrim aud Mr.. Asa An
trim.
III. l.. Sherburne of 1919 Jackson street
has received letter from Capt. e. e.
Rhodes. medical officer, now on duty at
base hospital at Nantes, France. Capt,
Rhodes formerly lived In North Topeka
and is a son of the late Mr.. and Mrs e. II.
Rhodes. of Quincy street. He Is also n
nephew of Mrs. l.. A. Ryder and cousin
of Major Charles Ryder, of the regula r
army. now in France.
Amity lodge, X. OF r will confer the
rank of page on two candidates this even
ing at the hall. 900 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31
TO WASHBURN HEROES
President Womer and Dean McEach-
ron in Tribute to Men Who Died.

There is no need for eulogy; no
need for regret. we merely express our
sense of loss. which must be in every
human heart when those we love are
gone" 1t was the statement with
which Dean McEachron paid the high
est tribute to the eighteen Washburn
men who died in the great war.
The statement was made at the me-
mortal ser ices held in honor of the
dead at Washburn chapel Sunday
morning. DR.. p. p. Womer delivered
the memorial address. The eighteen
men for whom the services were held
are:
Lieut.. Victor X. D. Slakely.
Carl L. Brown.
Harry Clarke.
Victor Clayton.
Lieut.. Col. Leroy Clarence Cole.
Crosby Deacon.
Orville Glenn Eytchison.
Lieut.. Glenn Haughey.
Walter Clinton Janney.
Louis Larrick.
Lieut.. William Leland.
Fred Marcy.
Fred Norris.
Harold Olson.
William Potter.
Harry Hamilton Renick.
Carl Carpenter Searle.
Lieut. Guy Austin TuH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31
WASHBURN HOBO DAY
Student Council Offers Reward for
Best Tramp Impcrsonation

Hobo day will take place at Wash
burn college on April !. according to
a decision reached by the student
council, it was announced this morn
ing.
The student council has offered
prize for the "hoboest of the hobos"
who are expected to make their ap-
pearance on the college green on that
morning. Hobo day at Washburn has
been an annual affair at that institu-
ton for about five years. The idea
has grown to the place where II can
now assume the role of one of the
regular traditions of the school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31
Is YEARS AGO In TOPEKA
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
March 81. IS9a.

Thomas A HcNcal of Medicine Lodge. is
in the city today and announces that he
expects to come to Topeka to live and to
tnblish a weekly paper to be called The
Topeka Breeze" The paper is to be pOliti-
cal, somewhat independent. but with Re
publican leanings. and to be breezy aud
ON the humorous order-something like
Texas Siftings."
Miss Ida Montgomery of Carbonate is
spending few days with her sister. Mrs.
N. L. Whitfield Miss Kate MontgC merry
will come up Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs ! +. Myers will give a din
ner saturday evening for Mr.. and Mrs. U.
l.. Gpdegraff.
The annual reception of the Topeka club
last night filled their club house with light.
revelry auu music. The reception commit
tee was composed of Mrs. T J. Kellam.
Mrs. Chas. Holiday, Mrs. Nellie Scott. Mrs.
Harold Chase. Mrs. Frank Holiday and
Mrs. A. II. Thompson. The ladies on the
refreShment committee were Mrs. /. T.
Dillon, Mrs. W. A. l.. Thompson a11 Mrs.
Eugene Quintou
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Murphy. Mrs. Red
den aud her daughter Lee. went to Ell
dorado Thursday to attend the funeral of
the late Dr. Redden's mother The remains
were brought to this city for burial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31
WILL WARN MOTORISTS
Drive Slow Signs Near All Topeka
City Schools

A petition was filed with the city
commissioners this morning by A J.
Stout. superintendent of schools. ask
ing that signs warning motorists to
drive slowly be placed on streets run
ming past city school buildings. The
petition was granted at once.
Following a few accidents in school
districts and one in particular at the
Potwin school, the people living in the
vicinity of the Potwin school insti-
gated the movement seeking the in
stallation of the signs. The movement
was taken up by the other schools and
resulted in a combined effort being
made to gain their installation. The
signs will be placed in position al soon
as they can be constructed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

Italy has declared that she will
withdraw her delegates from the peace
council. and have nothing further to
do with the league of nations unless
Fiume lie assigned to her at the time
final peace is concluded. Japan in
sists that the race question shall be
settled in her favor in framing the
league. and that hereafter the yellow
race shall Toe received on an equal
footing with the white. England is
sues what amounts to an ultima tum
that no proposition for international
disarmament can he considered by her
that does not recognize the supremacy
Of the seas. France says that AIsace
and Lorraine belong to her as well as
the coal regions of the Saar Valley.
and 1t is not ina Eined for a moment
that she would consent to any treaty
that did not make those concessions to
her. But the United States is asking
for nothing except a league of nations
and there are strong indications that
She may not get even that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

II the settler on the Kansas prai-
ries fifty years ago had been told that
time would come when prairie hay
would sell for $40 ton. he would
have regarded the prediction'as one of
the widest of dreams. While such a
situation never was expected. never
the-less it is here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

Wall ST.. New York March :i1.-STOCkS
Trading in stocks today was restricted by
reason of the conflicting character of for
eign advices but gains were in excess OF
losses Sales approximated 10000 shares.
There was an active demand for leather
at substantial gains in the later dealings
other stocks also showing a better trend.
The closing was firm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

When the railroads were taken over
by the administration practically all
railroad advertising was discontinued
rs "A needless expense. Now the
southern district traffic committee has
circularized the southern press with
an inquiry as to its Willingness to
print. gratis. certain announcements
the railroad administration proposes
To make from time to time concerning
rates. rules and regulations. Mis-
s.ss;ppi paper indicates the attitude of
its contemporaries by saying that
now the war is over there is no reason
why the government should be asking
for free space. If We should ask the
railroad administration for passes
from here To New Orleans. it would
laugh with scorn." 1t says IF the
government pays for rails and cross
lies why not Tor advertising
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

Budapest. Sunday. March s0.-One
hundred and fifty persons were exc
cuted by the new communist regime
in Budapest for plotting during the
political turmoil here last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31
North Side Neu,s

items for this o.uiLn may he left at
. letro's drug Store OF Telephone Eleanor
KiiubaIl. 335l after p. ~. Other hours
500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31
New York Liberty Bond Market.

close: ::Iz-s. 1-0G: first a. 94-5s: sestgd
"a. ac;-56: first as. 9i-5s: second avs.
9s-JG, third 454's, 9A16: fourth 4i4's, 23.s2 :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-31

Fire was discovered at the Thomas lum-
her yard this morning at o'clock in
among some timbers in shed. The
image resulting will amount to not more
than u few hundred dollars
Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
P0PULACE SICK
 OF B0LSHEvIKS
 DRIVE THEM OUT

London, Aug. 1S-The Bolsheviki have been driven from Odessa, the most important port on the Black Sea by the populace of the city, &C., cording to reports received by the British War Office.
 It is reported also that the soviet forces are evacuating Kiev and the en- tire Ukraine.
 Odessa was the last important city along the Black Sea held by the Bol- sheviki. The reported loss of the city and the evacuation of Kiev and the Ukraine, if correct, takes from Bo1- sheki control the most important agricultural territory of European Russia. Since its evacuation by the Allies Odessa. has been held by the Soviet, except for a brief period when rebels gained control.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
HAWANAhS GOT
 CHRISTIANITY THROUGH SCHOOL
Royalty Attended Glasses and Studied Religion
 Faithfully.
ORDERED EVERYONE
 TAKE UP EDUCATION
Heather Nation Won Over to Christianity In Half
 Century.

A Primer School for Royalty where kings and queens learned the abc's of their own language (except that there was no or in their alpha bet) was one - of the curiosities of early missionary days in the islands then known as the Sandwich Islands but now the Territory of Hawaii.
 It was due to the fact that royalty attended the school and was con verted to the new faith that the spread of Christianity among the Hawaiians was so speedy and thorough. Until this day Hawaii is the one great example of practically an entire heather nation won to Chris r:anity in half a century. The Ha- waiians, for the most part, have re- mained Christians and they are well educated, law-ab!ding, industrious citizens of the United States. Due % that fact the extension of it's Ha- waiian activities by the Episcopal Church through its Nation-Wid Campaign to increase it's work at home and abroad, will chiefly con cern the Japanese. Chinese and Ko- reans now in the islands. The Jap anese are three times as numerous as the native ''Kanakas."
 The Hawaiians had no written Ian Euage and the first task of the mis- sionar!ess after learning to- speak the native language, was to reduce it to writing. For this purpose only twelve letters were used-fve vowels, a, e, 1, and u, and seven consonants, h, k, l. m. n, D and W. The vowels were given the sounds of these letters as used in Italian and. as a rule. each letter has only one sound. Every syllable ends with a vowel.
 Without the harsh consonants of European and Asiatic languages. the Hawaiian tongue is soft and musi- cal. as are the voices of the ma lives.
 When the missionaries established d their first school to teach the Ha- waiians to write and read their own language, the natives were very eager to learn those arts. The kings and the chiefs, however. insisted that they must be taught first. The school was therefore opened for royal scholars. The king and other mem bers of the royal family and many chiefs. ranging in age from the strip ling to the old man and woman (for a woman could be a chief in Hawaii) Were the first pupils. They proved very apt.
 At the end of the four months the king could read and write his own tongue fairly well and was so anxious to have his people learn the same accomplishments that he issued a proclamation ordering every person in the kingdom to attend the mission schools. Rapid progress was made and at the end of six years schools l. z the kingdom with 400 teachers. most ly natives. and 25.0OO pupils. The natives were so fascinated that they forsook their sports to devote them selves with more intensity to iearn- ing.
 The missionaries gave the Ha- waiians literature. translating the Bible, school books and other books into the native tongue.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
WALES RECEIVES GREAT WELCOME
 FROM HALIFAX

Halifax. N. S., Aug. 1s-Welcomed by a royal salute from the citadel, the Prince of Wales, who arrived here yesterday from St. John. N. B., de- parked from the battle cruiser Re- nown this morning to be formally re- ceived by a guard of honor from the Royal Canadian garrison artillery. Addresses from the government of the province and from the city of Halifax, were presented to the Prince at exer- cises in the provincial building. He made brief replies of acceptance. and then with his official party began a tour of the gayly decorated city. He was loudly cheered- After visiting the section devastated by the great ex- plosion in 1917 the Prince called at the military hospitals and later in spected organizations of British vet erans, the cadets and boy scouts.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
WANTS TO GET HER SISTER OUT OF SANITARIUM Claims Husband Kidnapped Mrs. Meader and Kept
 Her Confined. PATIENT FOUND
 INSECTS IN MILK Declares She Got Along Finely With Inmates of
 Institution.

''I was kidnapped, judge" declared Laura p. W. Meader of New York in the Common Pleas Court this morning when she appeared to ask that she be released from Blyth- wood sanitarium, Greenwich, where she was confined at the request of her husband.
 "I was walking along Riverside drive" continued Mrs. Meader, when my husband left me to get a taxi When he returned he told me he was taking me to the house of a friend and then for a ride in the country but we rode to Greenwich
 Mrs. Meader claimed she was de- tained in the sanitarium against her will. She said she found insects in the milk served to her that the food was not good that she had but one change of clothing when she was first sent there and that she was forced to take sleeping potions at night.
 The patient denied she is violent and declared she got along well with other inmates of the sanitarium. Why, the lady across the hall calls me My Lady of the Flowers and call her My Lady of the News papers, she said. Mrs. Meader als,. mentioned that she called another inmate My Parisian Model"
 Mrs. Meader was brought into court in habeas corpus proceedings brought by Emma P. W. Hubbard of New oYrk. sister of the patient. The sister wants Mrs. Meader released. She said to Judge Walsh. '1 have lots of money. I can take care of her.
 God will punish everybody who is wioked,' she continued, glaring at Mrs. Meader's husband, who was in the court room.
 Dr. John F. Hartman of the sani- tarium said Mrs. Meader was com mitted to the institution by the Green wich Probate court last June. He said she voluntarily signed c card stating she was willing to remain in the sanitarium. It is claimed by her husband that Mrs. Meader's mental condition is such that it would be dangerous to allow here to leave the sanitarium.
 The hearing was resumed this after noon.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
STARTS
 CAMP AICN ON
 ALIEN SLACKERS

With the broad hint that the dis erect and provident alien stacker will make his ship reservations early the American Legion Weekly" official organ of the National Association of the Veterans of 1918, announces in its current issue a vigorous campaign to bring about the wholesale depor- tation of those non-citizens who avoided service in the war. It says:
 ''The state organization of the American Legion in oregon has com piled a list of all alien slackers, giv- ing their names to the press for pub lication, and Is making their existence uncomfortable generally. Foreigners who cancelled their first papers at the outbreak of the war are included in the list of alien slackers.
 The attention of men who em- ploy alien slackers and who deal with them is being brought by the legion's local members to these undesirables. Similar action throughout the coun- try may be looked for shortly
 Americans are credited with the characteristic of forgetting quickly but the men who were in service are not going to forget the alien stacker. either now or later. They are very mucn Tn earnest Tn tnelr oppoSlton to entertaining those individuals longer in America. The issue will not be neglected or laid aside"
 New Workers who served In the navy during thep eriod of the war arep tanning the organization of an exclusively naval post of the Ameri- can Legion. A call was sent out from the legion headquarters. 14o Nassau street yesterday, for a meet ing Thursday evening at the Navy Club 5O9 Fifth avenue. All men who served in the navy. either afioat, or ashore, are invited. About 1s,0OO New Workers arc eligible.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
LABOR SURPLUS
 ANTICIPATED BY
 FACTORY MOVING

Out of the labor difficulties of tho past weeks, two features seemed to stand prominent today and both .-~ of utmost importance to the entire city. First, it was conceded that the labor unrest is on the wane, and the prospect of settled conditions for a considerable time seem bright. Sec ond, 1t was admitted by General Manager George 8 Hawley, of the Bridgeport Manufacturers Association. that industries of the city could not absorb the labor surplus created by the Graphophone closing and there is a period of unemployment ahead for a considerable number of york; er4 if the fActoxy leaves the city. /
Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
SHOPMEN HAVE ALL RETURNED
 IN THIS STATE
Freight Embargo on New Haven Further Lifted To
 day By Officials.

New Haven. Conn.,, Aug. 1S-Me- chanical department employees of the New York. New Haven X Hartford railroad here, in Bridgeport and at other shops of the road in Connectl- cut cities. returned to work today af- ter a strike of two weeks. It is not believed that any refused to return. The operating officials directed f GIT energies to restoring the train move ments to normal
 With complete restoration of su- burban and sleeping car service and partial restoration of through trains, dining and chair cars, passenger ser vice on the N. Y, N. H. H. R. R. returned today to virtually a normal basis. All passenger trains are be- ing restored as fast as possible, of ficials said, and they should be in regular operation within two or three days.
 The freight embargo on the New Haven and Central New England rail- road was further lifted today.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-22
WE'LL CHOSEN WORDS.

Years ago a former United States Senator from one of our Western states was foreman of a gang of lumberjacks, mostly Swedes. One day he had three or four with him on a raft
 You better gat some one to talk Ole's plaise." one of the men address ed him
 Whats the matter with Ole7"
 ''Hae yost went under the raft and 1 taak hA.a,A zAx Aaza4zk hsalk"