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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
Senate Probe Told of Strong
Arm Methods in South.
Eighty.FiYe Per Cent Black
Vote Is Suppressed"
TERR0RIzED OUT OF GEORGIA
COIOred National Committee
man OF State TeStifies.
Declares Federal Office Holders
Worked Palmer's Campaign.

Chicago. July s.-That s5 per cent
Of the negro vote in Georgia is "out-
rageously suppressed by brutal force"
was the testimony here today before
tho senate committee investigating
campaign expenditures of Henry Lin
coin johnson, negro Republican ma
tional committeeman from Georgia
johnson, called to explain DISPOSE
ton of $500 alleged to have been
sent him by Lowden campaign man
ayers, declared that it was "a struS-
gle for Republican to vote in Geor-
gia.''
In the last three or four years. said
johnson. there has been a great exo-
dus of negroes from Georgia. Every
time the whites burn a victim many
colored people leave the state for more
kindly Shores" he saiG.
Republican Negroes disappear"
In response to a question by Ken
yon as to whether men were lynched
for being Republicans. johnson an
a man voted for Benjamin Harrison
and he hasn't been seen SINCE" John
son said.
johnson testified that the Lowden
expenditures in Georgia amounted to
100000. $1,000 of which, he said, he
contributed from his own pocket II
was all spent. he said. in sending out
circulars, postage stamps and travel
ing.
Wood campaign managers, he de-
clared. spent from 100000 to $50, 900.
Johnson declared Attorney General
Palmer's campaign in Georgia was
worked thru federal job holders.
Moves to st. Louis.
Johnson's -estimony concluded to-
days hearing and the committee viii
| leave tonight for St. Louis, where ar
| investigation into Democratic expen-
ditures will be opened.
I Senator Kenyon announced that to.
days hearing wound up the probe oi
Republican candidates expenditure.
ana that from now on the committed
will concentrate on the Democrats.
| Senator Reed will go to st. Louis
with the committee but expects Z
take no active part in the proceedings
He explained he was attending &c
make a quorum.
Many SubpOcnas Issued.
Subpoenas have been issued fol
twenty prominent Missouri Democrats
according to Kenyon, to appear before
the committee to tell what they know
| OF money spent by Democratic presi-
Dental candidates. Those who have
been subpoenaed include Joseph T
Davis and National Committeeman
Edward F. Goltra, St. Louis.
The investigation, believed to have
been urged by Senator Reed who was
ousted from the Democratic national
convention, will also include an in
Quiry into expenditures by Missouri
delegates to the San Francisco con-
venfiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08

seems to be given such wide publicity,
sounds to me like an attempt of the
Dem ocratic party to save the face of
the south on the suffrage question. at
tempting to explain why the south
hasn't done anything for suffrage
Cites Wyoming as Example
Its unpleasant to have to answer
such statements" Mrs Monroe said.
but Kansas, which all Kansans know
has been bettered by allowing women
to vote, cannot let such a libel on stif-
frage go unchallenged. Women have
forced. thru their new power, impor-
tant state and national legislation such
as pure food laws, child labor laws and
prohibition.
wyoming. the state which was the
first to give women suffrage. has few
er divorces and fewer women prison.
ers than any state in the Union, up
setting Miss Books statement that suf-
frage causes coarseness and cheapness
among women"
Woman OfficerhoIder's Opinion.
The comment of a woman office
CONTINUED OF Page SevenI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
Women Wonder
FMiss Annie Book Is Not
Connected With Book Beer
Californian's Charge That Suffrage Coarsens and
CheaPens Women" Stirs Up Fair Enthusiasts Here
Women Elevated Kansas Polls, Says
Governor in Suffrage Defense.

a mighty defense of woman sur-
frage has sprung up in Topeka as a
result of a statement that suffrage
coarsens and cheapens women" made
public thru the Associated Press by
Miss Annie Book of Los Angeles, Cal.
formerly a suffrage leader. Miss Book
has withdrawn her support from the
suffrage cause and. in a letter to w.
X Anderson, representative in the
lower house Of the Tennessee legisIa-
ture, urges him not to support the rat
ification of the suffrage amendment
If Tennessee ratifies the amendment.
national suffrage for women will be
esta blished.
80 Miss Book says suffrage coars-
ems and cheapens women!" scoffed
Mrs. Lila Day Monroe of Topeka, who
has a national reputation as suf-
frage worker and has been chairman
Of the Kansas woman suffrag ge organ
izatiop That's too silly for words.
Who is this Miss Book? wonder if
she doesn't represent book beer man
ufacturers? Every one knows how
the brewers are against suffrage for
women
"This opinion of Miss Books. which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08

Since suffrage there has been an
alarming increase in immortality. di-
yorce and murder in California.
Woman suffrage has made COW
ards and puppets of men. Il has
coarsened and cheapened women.
Were men to vote on woman suffrage
In California today II would not carry.
"Suffragists asked suffrage that
they might put only good men in Of
flee: now they cIamor for fifty-fifty
show for all offices.
II shall do penance forever for the
part I played in bringing suffrage TO
California.
PLEASE urge your colleagues not to
do what Will bring regret and disas-
ter but 10 stand for that 80 per cent
Of women who do not want suffrage
but are glad to trust all politics and
governmental affairs to their loved
husbands. fathers, sons and brothers.
ITO the south. woman suffrage
would bring more than calamity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
AGAINST "FRONT PORCH" IDEA
VIII Answer Demand That He Ex-
plain His Wet Views.

Chicago. July 8.-Will H. Hays. Re-
publican national chairman, resumed
hearings today with party leaders of
the middle western states. He will
leave tomorrow for Marion, Ohio. with
T. Coleman DUPONT. chairman of the
nomination notification committee. to
confer with Senator Harding. Hear
ings will not be taken up in Chicago
again until the notification cere-
monies at the home of Senator Hard
ing July 22.
" L. H. Stoddard. one OF the leaders
Of the progressives in the 1912 cam
paign. assured party leaders of support
on the part of former followers of
Theodore Roosevelt.
Protests from Ohio leaders against a
front porch campaign" by Senator
Harding will be taken up with the Re
publican nominee by Mr.. Hays, it was
said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
EUer1 JduOr1 D.
CouLdr, t Get
Gas for Boat

Los Angeles. July s.-John D.
Rockefeller. jr., has been forced to
curtail his motor car tour of southern
California, it became known today.
because he cannot buy gas.
Altho he and his father own ore
gas than anyone else in the world, he
ran short yesterday.
He Joined the throng of motorists,
making a tour of the gasoline stations.
After six service stations had turned
him down, Rockefeller sent his car
to the garage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
Politics Coarsens and
Cheapens Women Claims
Los Angeles SuH Chief
In Letter to Member of Tennessee Legislature Urges
feat of Ratification Amendment-Clains Suffrage
Cause of Increase in immortality in California

Knoxville. Tenn. July S.-Miss
Annie Book of Los Angeles. formerly
an equal suffrage leader, in a letter
to W. K. Anderson. representative in
the lower house Of the Tennessee
Legislature, urges him not to support
ratification of the suffrage amend
ment- Suffrage. she says. coarsens
and cheapens women.
She expresses her regret at her for
mer activity in its behalf. saying that
since suffrage has been granted there
has been an alarming increase in i'm
morality. divorce and murder in Cali
fornia.
INC letter says
81 was one of the prominent work
ers who helped to bring suffrage to
California. and ] regret il.
"A year IN politics has taught me
fhat women are intoleraut. radical.
revolutionary and more corrupt in
politics than men. also all this So
called reform leads TO the Socialist CO.
operative commonwealth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
RACE WAR EXCITEMENT DIES
National Guard Ordered to Paris, Tex.
Recalled by Governor.

Paris, Tex. July s.-Orders for ma
tional guard troops to move to Paris
because of feared race trouble were
cancelled yesterday about an hour
after they were issued at Austin. ac-
cording 10 word from the capital. and
this city last night remained under
guard of about ESQ deputies and citi-
zen volunteers.
Following the burning at stake of
two negroes here Tuesday night and
firing on Mayor Crook in the negro
quarter. r. E. Eubank. county attor-
ney, asked Acting Governor Johnson
for troops
Later Eubank and other authorities
telegraphed the state executive that
local authorities could handle the sit
uation and the two cavalry troops
which had been modified at Green
vile were released.
Officials today declared the city
quiet and danger of serious trouble
over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
IN MAZE OF QUESTIONING.
District Attorney Stin at Sea for Clues
in ElweII Murder.

New York. July s.-Efforts were
being made by District Attorney
Swami today to clear up apparently
contradictory statements made by
William Pendleton and others ex-
amined in connection with the Staying
Of Joseph B. Elwell, whist expert.
Mrs. PendIeton. Mrs. Oliver W. Bird
and George B. Post were asked to ap-
pear for questioning. They will be
asked regarding Pendleton's move
ments the night of June 10 and the
day of June II. when ElweH was muir
dered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
MAKES GIGANTIC ONIELET.
Eggs Worth S25,O0O Are Broken
Every Week in New YoCk.

New York, July s.-Losses estl-
mated at 1000 a week thru break
age in the handling of eggs in the
New York market alone resulted to-
day in conferences here between Of
ficiaIs of the state and federal bureaus
of markets. railway and express COM
panies and produce merchants in ef-
forts to devise better methods Of
handling eggs.
The egg tbrea king epidemic" is said
to have been in progress for the last
six weeks and officials said if more
careful handling is not enforced an
egg famine may ensue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
RUSSIAN TRADE NOT LARGE.
Removal of Blockade OF Small NC
mcnt Because OF Russ Poverty.

Washington. July s.-Decreasing
production and impaired credits in
soviet Russia. will. officials believe,
make impossible any material increase
in commerce Notwithstanding removal
by the state department of restrictions
on trade
The departments action was taken
independently but followed extensive
exchanges between the United States
Great Britain and France
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08

New York. July s.-Mrs. Alice ].
Cavanaugh, formerly of the mayors
committee on rent profiteering and
known as the rent angel of the
Bronx" today was sentenced to five
/, to ten years in Auburn state prison
for women for defrauding tenants of
$2.19O entrusted to her. pending 1iti-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
ToPEkA BOY rs MISSING.
Roy Towne Left Homo Wednesday on
Girls Bicycle.

The parents of Roy Towne. II, of
1401 MacVicar. street. reported to the
sheriffs office today that he had dis
appeared. He left home headed for
Seabrook about II o'clock Wednesday
morning and has not been heard from
since, they said. Roy was riding q
girls bicycle. He wore gray knee
pants. a blue shirt and no stockings.
He Is about five feet tall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
Expect Wage Award July 20

Washington, July s.-A special
meeting Of the general chairman Of
sixteen railroad labor organizations
has been called for Chicago on. July
Is. so they may consider the wage
award of the railroad labor board
as soon as II is made The award is
expected on or about July 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
EXPECT NEW REvoLTs.
Extreme Radicals in Germany Are
Planning New General Strikes.

London, July s.-A Central News
dispatch from Berlin dated Wednes-
day reports that preparations are pro-
ceeding for a revolution in Bruins
wick
The extreme radicals. it IS declared.
are planning a general strike at the
week end. and a new revolutionary
committee is said to have arranged
for big mass meeting within a day or
two to consider the question of dras-
tic action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
STATE Reward for Murderer.

Governor Allen has offered a $500
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the murderer or Hurderers of
Charles F. Artz. the Rock Island. spe-
cial agent at Wichita, on the night of
June 81. The railroad company is Of
fering reward Of s., 200. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
BUT COURT HAS NO MERCY.
Woman's Attacker Pleaded Guilty and
Received Life Prison Term

Chicago, July s.-Henry Felhofer,
aged 20, was sentenced TO prison for
life when he pleaded guilty to attack
ing woman in her home.
Felhofer pleaded guilty and threw
himself upon the mercy of the court.
asking a suspended sentence Judge
Hugo Pam rejected the plea and in
flicted the maximum sentence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
ST. LOUIS DEDICATEs MEMORIAL.
Harding To Be Speaker at American
Legion Ceremonies July rs.

St Louis, July s.-Fifty thousand
people are expected to be present at
the dedication of the Memorial park
cemetery July rs. at which Senator
Harding, Republican candidate for
president. will speak, according to
members of the women's division Of
the American Legion ceremonies COM
mittee-
1t was definitely announced at a
m Meeting of the women yesterday that
Senator Harding would appear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08
French Want Aid for Poles.

FfenCh Want Aid Tor Poles.
London, July S.-A French delega-
ton has arrived at Bucharest to urge
the Rumanians to give possible aid to
the retreating Polish army, according
to a dispatch here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-08

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Friday; slightly
warmer extreme north portion tonight.
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New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
GROUPS of Bedouins like
this 5ostle the Ameri-
can sightseer IN Palestine

speak Arabic, English, French.
Turkish and Yiddish. Some, not
content with these, also speak Ger
man, Spanish, Russian and Italian.
If, as in accordance with a Talmudic
saying, the air Of Palestine makes
men wise, that Of Jerusalem must.
IN addition. possess the special quail
tiles Of making men linguists. Be-
fore the war French was very popu-
lar; it was the language of both the
business and the intellectual ele-
ments. But it is now being rapidlv
displaced by English.
This Is not the only change
brought on by Allenby's conquest
of the city David built. The entry
of the British into Jerusalem, par
ticularly since the arrival Of Sir
HerbertSamuel as High Commission
er of Palestine, approaches in sig
nificance and farreaching conse-
quence the return of Ezra and Ne
hemiah. The High Commissioner. II
can be stated with authority, con-
ceives his mission as of equal i'm
portance. And, though the tasks
ahead Of the High Commissioner are
many, the achievements already
credited to King Georges govern
ment also are numerous.
With the help Of the American
Zionist medical unit the city has
been practically rid Of its malaria
breeding mosquitoes. The streets. at
least in the New City, are for the
flrst time in their history actually
clean, for the city now boasts a
white wing' department: and
water sprinklers can be seen going
through the Jaffa Road, which is the
main thoroughfare, the Broadway of
Jerusalem. No beggars, as in so
many Oriental and European cities,
lnfest the streets-a blessing the
full significance Of which can be ap-
preciated only by those who have
been through Italy and Egypt; and
traffic "cops' are stationed at all the
important crossings. The city is ex-
ceedingly we'll policed. Many time,
after midnight, I had occasion to
walk alone for considerable dis
tances; not once was ever mo-
Tested. felt as safe as I would be
on Times Square during a slow,
summer Sunday afternoon with all
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
r EAUTIFUL qUomem Of
A' this type n1Uy be seen
occasionally IN Palestine

the people whose names they bear.
On the contrary, various folk live
there, and the names mean little.
One Objectionable feature is that
the sections have made the New City
an aggregation of houses, rather
, than a city-they are absolutely
planless. There are virtually no
streets and no street signs. The
lanes and roads run up and down
and every which way. Unless you
are personally conducted to home
in one of these quarters it is next to
impossible to find it. It is hoped
that much Of this will be remedied
by the City Planning Commission re-
Gently appointed by the government.
The most interesting section is
the Old City. There are the histori
cal places. The Church of the
Holy Sepulchre, the Via Dolorosa,
the Mosque Of Omar, the Temple
Wailing Wall and the many other
sacred places with which are linked
up the worlds three great religions
are all in the old city.
1t is, therefore, to be hoped that
the modernization of Jerusalem will
not extend to the Old City, but that
it will be preserved in its present
state and conserved as great world
museum, the heritage of all the civ
ilized peoples of the earth. That, at.
any rate. Is the desire Of some of
the prominent Zionist leaders who
were then In the Holy City and with
whom I discussed the subject.
In its present condition the Old
City is a very unsanitary place, prac-
tlcally uninhabitable. The streets,
paved with rough and uneven cob.
bles, are narrow, almost impossible
to all vehicular traffic. Neighbors
living on opposite sides of street
exchange presents by extending
them on broom handle, or the
like. The houses are more like huts
than city dwellings,. Often the low
er floors Of the larger buildings are
two to four stories below the street
level; this makes some of the roofs
on level with the street. The
bazaars are in dark, unlighted alley
ways. in most cases completely shut
off from air and sunlight. The
thoroughfares, in general, give the
appearance of arcades, or long cor
ridors, rather than streets. The
sewerage system is Of very primi-
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
THE main street Of Beth-
x lehen1 leading from the
Church Of the Nativity Ga it
looks tO-ddy
and give the appearance Of one city

and give the appearance Of one city
on top Of another.
While in that section had an In
teresting experience. No sooner had
entered the court Of block Of these
cavelike dwellings, when from below
l heard a woman's voice calling in
perfect EGglish, Are YOU an Amer
lcan!' When I replied in the affirm
ative she told me, II was certain Of
that" Somehow, an American gets
spotted immediately; for one thing,
his ever~present kodak gives him
away When I engaged the woman
IN conVe - I learned that she
spoke five U. languages. The
nun1ber cf lang ees the Jer se'c-n
Jews speak, espes " the young, is
lothing short Of emarkable. 1t is
.-ot uncommon to find young men and
young women who, besides Hebrew.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
To Have Electricity

But possibly the greatest boon
to come to Jerusalem, and. for that
matter, t. Palestine in general, VII
be the hydro electric plant the Zion
lists are planning TO build along the
Jordan River. The plans already
have been drawn by the British and
Zionist engineers. American Jews
it is expected, will supply the funds
The whole life of the land, partic'
ularly OF its capital city, will Dc
quickened-for Palestine has no
coal, no petroleum and no timber
all essential to the development o.
industry and commerce. Moss
homes to-day use straw with whiea
TO make fire. The weather. classes
use charcoal. With the exception
of the government buildings, hospf
tails and hotels-all those buildings
that have their own private electro
generating plants-all burn kero.
sene lamps. The entire welfare o.
the Holy Land depends upon fns
project, which when completed VIZ
be able to supply the whole country
with light. heat and power.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

plan for the Jerusalem University
on Mount Scopus, as well as gen.
eral plan for the New City. Accord
ing to DR.. Geddes, a considerable
portion of that part Of the Old City,
particularly its streets, lies buried
beneath anywhere from fifteen feet
to twenty feet of rubbish. This seems
quite evident, even to the unframed
observer, when visiting the Sect.
of the Old City near the ColGel
Ga+e, W ; .~e Duildiags arc two 10
four -tc--'- Glow the street level
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

tive kind. AS already stated. it IS
the plan Of the Zionist leaders that
the entire Old City be closed for all
dwelling and business purposes, the
present owners to be compensated
for their property, and that ii be
kept only as a museum.
An original idea in connection
with the Old City is that put forth
by Professor Patrick Geddes, the
famous town planner, who is in
Jerusalem at the invitation Of the
Zionist organization to lay out the
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
the automobiles detoured to another
part of the city.
Courts Reorganized d

Then, too, they have reorganized
the law courts. The corruption that
existed in the courts under Turkey
is proverbial. No matter what the
case, the one who paid the bigger
'baksheesh" got the verdict. The
situation was so bad that, having
failed to get justice for years, the
Jews organized their own arbitration
courts. "Mishpat Hashalom" they
were called. These courts, though
lacking police power to enforce
their decisions, functioned for ten
years. Not once in all that time was
there ever case appealed to the
Turkish courts. Even the Arabs and
Christians frequently brought their
disputes before it. But with the in.
stitution Of the new order Of things
under Colonel Bentwich the courts
have assumed an entirely different
role.
And this, was told by British
and Zionist officials, was only the
beginning of the innovations to be
introduced. Already one section
naturally, in the New City-is build.
ing a sewerage system. An Amer-
can engineer is in charge. The tele-
phone, too, is gradually being in
stalled. At present, besides the
government buildings, the Zionist
Commission and its branches, only
a few banks and commission mer-
chants are equipped with telephone
service. Telephone subscribers viii
pay sl2 per year for full service,
this being cheaper than the cost in
New York.
The land registers are shortly 10
be opened, affording the long-await-
ed opportunity of buying and sell
ing real property. Buildings of every
kind-homes, shops and factory
are an urgent necessity in Jeruss-
lem. The New York home shortage
problem in It's acutest stage was
trifling as compared with that ex-
lstlng in Jerusalem. For it should
be borne in mind that throughout
the six years of war no building
construction of any kind went on.
This explains the great interest dis
played by all sections of the popu-
lation in the opening of the land
registers.
In connection with this phase Of
the city's development an important
announcement was made during my
stay at Jerusalem. This was the
high Commissioners appointment OF
a commission on land credit banks.
In view Of the fact that at present
there are no banking institutions
extending loans on mortgages, and
thus assisting the building industry,
this appointment was considered Of
great Importance.