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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
nine ARE KILLED
Private Detectives Shot Down
by Enraged Union Men.
Miners Evicted From Homes
Because of Membership.
STATE TROOPS ARE SENT
Mayor Who Interceded for
Miners Among Dead.
MateWan, West Virginia, Scene
of New Labor War.
STATE TROOPS ARE SENT

Matewan. W. Va, May 2O.-With at
nine men dead and many wound
ed, this town was quiet this morning
when the first detachment of state
police arrived to take charge, fol-
lowing last nights battle between
miners and operatives of the Baldwin
Felts Detective agency.
Eviction of the miners from their
homes by the detectives caused the
battle. The dead include six detec-
tives. Mayor Cabell Testeman, a
miner and a union official.
The battle late yesterday came as a
climax to a fight over a new miners
trict several weeks forming the new
union. The Baldwin-Fel Detective
Agency was hired by coal companies
to hunt out the union members.
Evict Union Men.
Former employees of the Stone
Mountain Coal company were re-
ported discharged and evicted from
membership in the union.
The detectives were at the Norfolk
& Western station waiting for a train
when the fighting opened. Reports
varied as to how the fight started.
According to one report here, men
who had been evicted from their
homes opened fire on the detectives
from nearby buildings. The detectives
fled, firing as they ran.
Seven of the detectives were shot
down before the firing ceased, while
three residents of Matewan, includin 8
Mayor Testeman, were reported killed.
Sheriff Blankinship reported to state
officials that the trouble was started
b. shooting of Mayor Testeman by a
detective.
Six Detectives Killed.
The sheriff said the mayor interced-
4 6.
and while talking to Detective Felts he
was Sh, down.
In addition to the mayor and Albert
Felts, the death list, according to mes
sages here, included the following:
Detectives l.. c. Felts. Es 0. Powell
A. J. Booker. ]. W. Ferguson, L. N.
Brown and c. B. Cunningham; Robert
MHIlens. union organizer. and William
Rohera. a miner.
State cohstabulary arrived in the
town early today and took charge of
the situation No further violence
was expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Film Manager
Charges Fine Up
To Advertising
Court Lets A. p. GalIous Off Easy
Birth of a Race" of "Sans Fig
Leaf Fame" Draws Large Crowds.

well, I'll charge this up to adver-
tising.'
That was the remark made by A. P.
Gallous, manager of the "Eve-Birth of
a Race" film being shown at the Isis
theater this week as he paid S5 fine
and $10.95 in court costs to the clerk
of the court of Topeka today for his
admitted failure to put Zig leaves" on
pictures of Eve shown in advertising z
posters in Topeka. Persons who at
tended the Isis theater last night re-
ported that standing room was at a
premium following the reported arrest
of Gallous for placing posters in To-
peka of a n actress taking the part of
the first extra rib in the world minus
the fig leaves" Hence, the man
ayers remark that the small fine and
costs would be assessed against ad-
vertising.
Here's the way il happened" said
Gallous. The board of review deleted
certain views of Eve without fig
leaves in the motion pictures. Pic
lures had been taken of these views
for advertising posters.
The censors also ordered these
posters out of the state. but / failed
to get the order and when the post
ers were received l supervised their
distribution in the city
Hugh Fisher. county attorney. told
Judge Rad NJ. Lee that he was in re-
ceipt of a telephone message from the
board OF review in Kansas City asking
him to request the court to use len
iency in filming Gallous. GaIlous
pleaded guilty and the court imposed
fine of IS and costs on him.
TITS a funny world" said Judge
Lee. as he imposed the fine. 'T re-
member when there were naked pic
lures. said to be art. hanging in the
school rooms in Topeka when I was a
boy / wonder if there aren't some ot
them still there"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Obregon Sends Delegation to
Confer With Ex-Chief.
Reported Carranza Has Offered
to Sign His Resignation.
HEAP HONORS ON GONZALES
Be Temporary Chief Now He
Has Quit Campaign.
Rebel Generals Arrange for
Conference With Gen. villa.

Mexico City. May 19 Cvia Galveston.
May 20.)-General Pablo Gonzales
probably will be rewarded with the
provisional presidency for his agree
ment TO withdraw his candidacy in the
coming elections, it was reported here
tonight.
Advices to the capital indicated the
situation thruout the country gradual
look for formation of the new govern
ment was considered bright.
Obregon Is Popular.
Obregon was Acclaimed by the peo-
pie when he arrived at Queretaro and
San Luis Potosi, advices said. He did
not carry out his reported plan to pro-
ceed to Tampico.
General Cerrao who has been op-
Grating in Durango and Chihuahua. is
coming to the capital with his five
thousand men, it was reported tonight.
General Gales was expected to arrive
with his contingent some time this
week. All revolutionary leaders
planned to reach the capital by next
Monday when the provisional presi-
dent will be chosen. Even Francisco
Villa was reported to have pledged
himself to work in full harmony with
the revolutionary government.
Senior Ascona, the acting foreign
minister. has notified all Mexican
diplomats in foreign countries of the
overthrow of Carranza and asked
tnem 10 wire recOSnltlOn OF the reNO-
lutionary government.
An unconfirmed report was circu-
lated tonight that Carranza had ad-
vised the provisional government here
he was ready to sign his resignation.
Emissaries were said to have been
sent to confer with him.
To Confer with villa.
Ell Paso, Tex, May 20.-Gen. P.
Elias Gales, revolutionary war min
| lister, today was in Chihuahua City
preparing for a conference with Fran
cisco Villa. bandit chief.
Alfonso Gomez will be Villas ennis
sary, advices said. Gomez and Gales
were expected to establish the status
| of the bandit under the new govern
ment. Before leaving here, Gales de-
clared the only position Villa can oc-
cupy is that of a private citizen and
that he must cease his operations
| Reports that President Carranza had
been captured and ordered TO leave
the country had no confirmation here
tOdaV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
I'm GOD WE TRUST"
Bishop Wise Tells Kansas Bankers
Adherence to Christ's Teachings
Needed Today as Never Before.

Wichita, May 2O-Application OF
the motto carried on our currency.
In God We Trust" to American life
and adherence to the teachings of
fore in the United States to overcome
the present period of unrest, greed
and bitterness, Bishop James Wise of
Topeka today told the bankers OF
Kansas. assembled here for the annual
convention of theh Kansas Bankers
association. He pointed out that such
great men as Washington. Lincoln and
Roosevelt had no apology to make for
their faith in the Almighty and their
recourse 10 Him for divine guidance
in times when the nation was beset
with serious problems.
I'm God We Trust must be the
rallying cry of the new Americanism
as it was of old when the first founda-
tfons of our national life were laid,
said the bishop.
The speaker attacked the divorce
problem of the present age. declaring
it was undermining the greatest of all
American institutions-the home He
said:
Let US rot forget the ideals of civiliza-
tion are first built up in homes and home
life The home is the crqei6le in which
demonstrates that any national tamperine
with the home life Of its people is on the
road to chaos and destruction We car
only stop to suggest the matter to your in
teIligent thinking. No one can question
the serious menace that hangs over us
people in this connection.
we are forgetting that marriage is
holy and sacred thing established noi
primarily by the state, but by God himself
Laxity Of our divorce laws, the ease oi
remarriage after divorce. the advocacy o.
trial marriages, the regarding of the mar
riage vow simply in the light of civi
contract that can be dissolved at will; al
Of these prevalent ideas. with all the hide.
Gus evils that follow in their wake. ars
helping to destroy the life of the nation a
its source and to pollute the stream of life
into muddy and sometimes putrid chan
nels.
LET the bankers Of the state and coun
try. as well as all men who call themselves
true Americans, help restore the homi
ideal in its purity by being themselve.
real home makers for their wives and chill
dren, and we will create a better America
out OF the children that are Jet unborn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
BANKS IN COMBINE
No Lavish Credit for Dealers in
LuxurieS.
Part of Plan to Stop All Ex-
travagant Buying.
TREASURY MAKES APPEAL
Government Will Watch Loans
of Depository Banks.
Texas Concerns Lend Only to
"Productiye" Business.

New York, May 2o.-New York
banks today applied pressure to i'm
porters and merchants dealing in lux
uries and nome .sentials in compli-
ance with the request OF the federal
reserve board that they aid in the de-
flation of credits.
Customers who handle such lines
as jewelry, pleasure automobiles furs.
objects of art cosmetics and the more
xurious articles of wearing apparel
were notified that for the time being
they would be accorded only such
credit accommodations as were abso-
lutely necessary for the conduct of
their business. In financial circles it
was believed this action would effect
a drastic curtailment in the trading
operations of such dealers, which
would necessarily be reflected in their
sales to extravagant consumers.
VIII Combine in Drive.
It is understood the action of the
bankers in renewing pressure to cur
tail luxury sales has been taken inde-
pendently of each other but at a din
ner here tonight rendered by Paul NJ.
Warburg to the executive committee
of the American acceptance council, it
is expected that the bankers will de-
eide upon some cooperative formula
whereby banks thruout the country
may cooperate with the reserve Doard
on the governments deflation plan.
Prominent bankers from many sec
tions of the country are expected to
attend. Henry A Moehlenpan, of the
board; Pierre Jay, chairman OF the
federal reserve bank, and w. H. Por-
ter of ]. P. Morgan & Company are
among those who will be present from
this city.
The federal reserve board recently
sent out a questionnaire to banks and
dealers asking for certain information
on the discount market. With the
answers received from this and its
other cources of information the board
was enabled to visualize the discount
market and it is expected that its find
ings will be impaired to the meeting.
Bankers from other cities who have
been asked to be present include David
c. Willis, chairman of the Cleveland
federal reserve bank: William A. Law,
president of the First National bank
of Philadelphia: P. w. Goebel, presi
(Continned on Page Two.j
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Says Tobacco
To Meet Same
Doom as Rum
local Tobacconist Declares He's Going
to Get Into Some Other Cuisines
sees No Price Drop.
Hard luck. boys.

Better smoke up while you can, Tor
YOU may have to depend on your cellar
for a cigar in the near future, the sam e
as you depend upon ii now for an eye
opener-if you get ii at all. A local
tobacconist predicts that the awful
weed is going the same route as liquor.
I'm going to get into some other
business" he said
The dealer predicted that tobacco
prices will not drop for some time to
come This, he sad, is because it re-
quires at least two years to properly
age tobacco for smoking. The weed
purchased two years ago was high, he
said. and therefore prices will remain
high until that supply is exhausted.
Rushing tobacco onto the market with
out properly aging it is responsible for
some of the poor quality smokes now
on sale, he said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
MRS. CRAWFORD FUNERAL.
Fl. l.. Rhodes Read Seryice-Burial
in Topeka Cemetery Today.

The funeral of Mrs Isabel Craw-
ford. widow of former Governor Sam
uel J. Crawford. was held at two
O'Clock this afternoon at the home of
her daughter-in-law. Mrs. G. NJ. Craw-
ford, 1115 Tyler street. Mrs. Craw-
ford died Wedn~ sday morning after
suffering several days with a stroke of
paralysis.
H. L. Rhodes read the funeral
service. The pallbearers were ". r.
Smith. ]. E. Greist. Harold T. Chase.
Schuyler Nichols. Frank Merriam. f.
a. Thrill and Marco Morrow. Burial
was to be in Topeka cemetery.
Mrs. Crawford. one of the most
prominent women of Topeka and of
the state. is sur we'd by her daughter.
Mrs. Arthur Capper; a brother George
D. Chase of Washington. D. c.. and
two grandchildren. Miss Isabel Craw-
ford and George Marshall Crawford.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
ICE 1900 CARS "MUSKIES"
Will Prepare Cantaloupes in Topeka
for Rest of Trip East.

Eleven thousand cars of cantaloupes
will be iced in Topeka this summer on
their way to Kansas City and Chicago,
according to word received here
The Rock Island, 1t is said, is pre-
pairing to handle the entire number of
Imperial Valley. Cal, ''muskies" that
will be sent east.
There will be 1900 carloads, in 275
trains of forty cars each. They will be
shipped in solid trains. iced at Dalhart,
Texas, and Topeka and distributed at
Kansas City and Chicago.
The icing in Topeka will be done at
the Rock Island plant just west of the
city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

Fond du Lac. Wis, May 20.--The
Rev. @. c. Gerlach. pastor of the
Lutheran church at Rosendale. a near
by village. did not "act UP before
three old maids in the village post
office"
Neither did he eat his ice cream
lying on his stomach at church
social.
Nor fit about the countryside in his
new flivver with Miss Agnes Garnsee.
the village telephone operator.
Frank Gruett. president OF the
Rosendale Telephone company. all
legged that he did in letters he penned
about the pastor.
The Rev. Mr.. Geriach sued for S1o.-
600 on slander charge and a jury
today awarded him $4,000.
1T is very gratifying" said the Rev.
Mr.. Gerlach. The notoriety has s>>-.
painful But $4,000, Three years SAL
airy. Virtue is it's own reward, is II
not7"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
HOWAT IN APPEAL
Mine Union Officials Garry Case
to Supreme Court.
Want Contempt Orders and
Findings Set Aside.

Attorneys for Alexander Howat and
officers of District No. IA, L. NJ. W.
of A, late this afternoon filed in the
supreme court an appeal from the
contempt proceedings brought in the
district court of Crawford county
when they refused to appear to testify
before the industrial court.
The attorneys for the mine workers
officials are Phil Gallery, John T.
Clarkson and Byron Coons. They ask
that all the orders, findings and pro-
ceedings brought against them in the
Crawford county court be set aside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Marrying TOo
Underage Girls
Is Not Bigan1y

Chicago. May 2O.-MarryinE two
Young girls under age does not con-
Sutute olgamy, It was decided by a
jury in Judge Pam's court Yesterday.
ana Anton Barlow was found not
guilty OF the bigamy charge He mar
rled Freda Newman. aged Is, and
later married Charlotte Lazarus. aged
. The jury held that his marriage
70 MISS Newman was not legal. as she
vas unaer age, and hence his second
marriage was not bigamous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Negro Is Made N. e. Bishop.

Des Moines. Ia, May 20.-The Meth
odist general conference elected the
Rev. NJ. W. Clair. negro. Washington
D. c.. a bishop on the eleventh ballot
cast last night, the vote announced
today showed. The election of Dr.
Clair completes the number of new
bishops recommended by the general
conference
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
PROCLAIMS MEMORIAL DAY.
Governor Calls on Kansas Communities
tn Observe Day. MAY 81

Governor Allen today issued a
proclamation declaring Monday, May
ii. Memorial Day Communities are
asked to observe customary memorial
ceremonials on either Sunday or Mon
day.
In the cities and larger towns of the
state. public ceremonies probably Will
be held Monday. The state house will
be closed for the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
FORCE LLOYD GEORGE OUT?
III Health May Cause British Premier
to Leave Spa Conclave.

London. May 20.-Premier Lloyd
George may be forced to retire after
the Spa conference because of i'll
health. it was reported here today.
The prime minister was in bad
health during the recent Hythe con-
ference, it was learned, and was near
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
MINERS GO BACK TO JOBS
Agreement on Scale With Operators To
Be Reached This Week.

Kansas City. Mo, May 20.-The
agreement between miners and oper-
ators of Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma
and Arkansas, to be in effect for the
next two years, today was expected to
be completed by the joint conference
here by the end of this week. The
agreement will affect about $4,000
coal miners.
The interstate agreement. contain
ing general terms applicable to the
four states, had been practically COM
pleted today.
Kansas miners, who were idle the
first two days of this week, have re-
turned to work pending a final report
by the joint committee on explosives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Wand Vinegar Rates Decreased.

An application for decreases IN
freight rates on vinegar from Wichita
to Kansas points has been presented
10 the court of industrial relations. The
case was filed by the Wichita interests
in order that Kansas City rates may be
met.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
speciaI session Wisconsin LegIslature

Madison, Wis. May 2O.-A special
session of the Wisconsin state legis-
iature was called for today by Gov
ernor Phillip, for May %. The call
provides for the taking up of legisla-
tion against rent profiteers and pro-
viding fo= university appropriations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Pleads Guilty to Bond Plot.

New York. May 20.-Joe Giuck. al
legged "ge-between." and his brother.
Irving Gluck, today pleaded guilty to
indictments in connection with the
$1,000, 900 bond theft plot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
FREE ALLEGED EMBEzzLER
Arthur Owen Must Provide $4,000
Bond, Supreme Court Orders.

Arthur Owen, held on an embezzle-
ment charge in the Clark comfy Jail
at Ashland, today was released on writ
of habeas corpus from the supreme
court. Owen must provide $4,000
bond, the court ordered.
Charges against Owen are for en-
bezzlement alleged to have resulted
from the giving of a note for $4,000
to the Sitka State bank. Owens home
is in LaVerne, Okla.
w. W. Harvey. representative from
Clark county, presented the applica-
ton for a writ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

1t will be partly cloudy and cooler.
with slight chances for rain in and
around Topeka tonight: Friday will
probably be fair and warmer, accord
ing to S. d. Flora, state meteorologist.
few scattered showers were re-
ported in Kansas in the last twenty
four hours. A three-inch local down
pour occurred at Fort Scott. Other
reportes indicate: lola, IA; Phillips
burg, .86; st. Joseph, 10; and Topeka,
a trace. The same condition of prob
ability of scattered showers is to pre-
vail during the next twentyfour
hours.
The temperature in Topeka was SO
degrees at s o'clock this morning, 3
degrees above normal. Flora pre-
ffNnn tfn mad IN PaUn fryrn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20
Pastor No Cutup
Declares Jury

Awards Him 5000 Damages and He's
DeIighted-Thrce Years Salary in
Lump-says "Virtue Is Its Own
Reward"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Partls cloudy weather, probably
with local thunder showers tonight;
Friday probably fair, partly warmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-20

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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-02-20

Jimmy This was the last word she spoke, and
it my name she spoke. looked at her, and,
God in heaven, l saw that there great
hole in her head. and l realized that it she
l had shot and not a bandit.
II pounded the floor of my home with my
shoe and my brother. who lived on the floor be-
low with his wife. hurried upstairs in accordance
with the signal we had arranged in of dam
ger He what had happened and ran for the
doctor When the doctor came my wife
dead"
Investigation by the authorities uncovered these
facts
For several months Sapienza had been receiving
black hand letters demanding $1,000 under pen
atty If he refused of having his son, the eldest
of three children. kidnapped and killed. More than
six weeks before Mrs. Sapienza shot the
manufacturer had taken one of these letters to
Chief of Police a. S. Green of Irvington, and had
begged that detectives be assigned catch the
who, he said, were threatening his sons life.
Chief of Police Green detailed two of his men
to follow SapienZa, but when they arrived at the
place where the money to have been paid
they found no one there to meet the manu-
facturer. The chief of police of Newark also sent
men watch for the writers of the letters, but
they did not find them.
Nevertheless. additional letters continued to ar
rive the last being received by Sapienza a few
days before the shooting. In addition to the
usual signature this mssve was gruesomely dec
GRATED with what seemed to be the blood spots.
as a vivid reminder of the fate in store for young
Sapienza unless the father desisted from his eff
forts to catch the criminals and paid over the
money demanded by them.
Residents in the vicinity of $50 Colt street
where snpienza lived, agreed that he and his
wife had always lived affectionately together
The manufacturer, the neighbors said. had never
been with any other woman
Chief of Police Green of IrvIngton asserted
that Sapienza had always had excellent repu-
tation 81 don't want to prejudice the case" said
the chief but can't help but be inclined to be-
lieve his story
The prosecutor of Newark (of which Iryington
is suDurb) thereupon established precedent
in murder cases in his jurisdiction by moving
for the release of Sapienza on $4,000 bail and
the manufacturer left in company with
Louis A. Fast. his lawyer.
Mr. Fast said "if the case went to tralu-
which he then seemed to think it would not-he
would defend his client by citing cases in which
1t had been proved that the defendants had taken
life or committed other acts of violence, when
asleep. Although few such have found their
way into the courts there several on record
This Sapienza tragedy is fascinatngly interest
ing to all of because 1t touches so CLOSELY on
experiences in connection with the
World of Dreams Most of us dream We dream
of flying; Of falling; of appearing in public scan
tily clad These dreams and others appear to be
to all of Then there are our own
individual habitual dreams-of child loved scenes
of relatives and friends of personal experiences
Most of us have or have had our own individual
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-02-20

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