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The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08
LABOR IN POLITICS.

A statement by the executive COM
mittee of the American Federation of
Labor is being sent to the labor unions
of the country calling upon them to
organize for political work, and the
creed as announced is: Support our
friends, defeat our enemies" From
this it would seem that the Fedora
ton of Labor cares nothing for the
man who would be for the best inter
ests of the country, but only for the
man who would give organized labor
everything it demands.
While the federation claims 4,000,-
900 membership. it must be remem-
bered that a very large proportion of
it's members are aliens and cannot
vote as citizens of the United States
and who cannot read or speak the
English language. These alien mem
bers, however. are to be used by the
federation for the purpose OF influence
ing the politics of this country merely
by threatening the public men with
the power of 100000 votes when the
federation cannot possibly show any
thing like so large a number of mem
bers havins-the right of suffrage.
1t is doubtful that the federation
J heads can control even the votes of
| citizens beyond a limited extent At
| tempts of this sort generally have
failed in the past when national is
sues were at stake. Hundreds of thou
sands of members of labor organiza-
tons are men of the highest integrity,
! fza
their responsibility to the nations well
fare to vote untrammeled by the die
tates of labor agitators.
One of the strongest class organiza-
tions that has ever entered the poiiti-
cal field was the Farmers Alliance.
In parts of the country where it was
strongest it succeeded in electing few
men to office in as many asitwo sue
cessiye elections. Then the whole
thing died out.
The Alliance entered politics in 1880
and elected a number of men to con-
gress. In 1892. with the aid of the
Democrats, it carried three states, in
cluding Kansas, on presidential elec-
tors. But the Alliance members OF
congress found themselves powerless
to accomplish any of the things they
were chosen to do and most of them
soon fell into the ways and adopted
the methods of those members affil-
lated with the old parties.
Candidates nominated by the exist
ing parties should not permit them
selves to be stampeded by the threats
OF labor. It is extremely improbasfE
that tscan deliver the goods.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

fact, he was beaten by few votes~and
dropped out of sight again.
1t was along last spring that Mr..
Burgess's present historian, loafing
along Michigan boulevard in Chicago,
met Geddes face to face. Time had
not CONCEALED his simple unaffected
ness There was warmth and sincerity
m his friendly greeting. Adjournment
was taken to a neighboring caravan
sary. where Geddes declined an invi-
tation to have drink and admitted
he had never learned TO smoke. He
said however. quite incidentally that
he was working as a bookkeeper in
a wholesale house, but expected to get
into other work shortly.
Moral: There is no set formula.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08
Dorothy Dix Talks
BY DOROTHY DIX
WORLDS Highest Paid Woman WRftsr.
A Too optimistic Invcntory.-1.

A Too Optimistic Inventory.-1.
II is, Hof course, one of the merciful
dispensations Of Providence that every
old hen thinks that she has Matched
out q swan, and that every mother
believes her own children to q be
models OF beauty, and paragons OF
wit and intelligence.
Otherwise there would be no chill
dren reared. 1t Is only a mothers
blindness to its defects that gives
woman the patience and the love to
worry, and work with a cross, fretful,
sickly, teething baby that doesn't look
as il it were more than three jumps
ahead of it's original monkey ances-
tors. Nobody else could possibly
think it worth rearing, but the blessed
mother delusion sees the beauty of
Lillian Russell or Paul Swan in the
watery eyes, the pudgy nose and the
mouth like a catfish; the mothers
ears hears the voice of Caruso in ev-
cry sQuall, and detects the intellect OF
Woodrow Wilson in the countenance
that has no more expression TO it than
cream cheese.
None of us know whether to laugh
at the qualification of mother love
that we are so often called upon to
witness, or to go down on our knees
in reverence before a love so great
that it rohs an otherwise intelligent
woman of every particle of ability to
see clearly, or form true judgment
where the beloved one is concerned,
for mother love is that which when
| put into the heart of woman robs
/ her of her reason.
! So when some woman descants to
US by the hour about the beauty and
the charms of her daughter, and we
| find the girl homely and awkward
! and unattractive. with no charm OF
mind or person: or when mother
4 -h of W. rr1a rye
histrionic ability. and makes him re-
cite for US and he writhes. and twists.
and sQuirms. and mumbles out some
| hackneSed verses with about as much
expression and elocutionary effect as
IL they were being ground out of a
food chopper;
Or, when mother shows US little
Mary's composition and tells US that
she is sure that Mary is going to be
Ian author because she already dis
plays such genius for writing, and
we can see in Mary's effort nothing
but commonplace childish twaddle, Ill
expressed and badly spelled, why
There are tears very near our smiles,
and we thank God for mothers. which
gives each OF US one person who be-
lieves in our genius and thinks US
/ paragon of beauty, no matter how
much the world may differ with her.
! Comforting. sustaining and soothing
as this mother love is to our vanity.
| however. there is no doubt that the
/ mother obsession which renders 1t inn
possible for a mother to ever see her
children as they really are. and form
a true estimate of their abilities, is
Z one of the main reasons why there
are so many square pegs in round
holes, and why many people are
! unsuccessful in life.
very prominent business man said
not long ago that one of the principal
causes of bankruptcy among mer-
chants was that they made too
optimistic inventory of their assets.
They overra1ued the goods on their
shelves and put a higher price than
they would fetch on their wares.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

If the people OF this country could
or would save all the money which
they are said to lose year in and year
out we would not only be the wealth
lest people in the world but we could
snap our fingers at the high cost OF
living and the tax collector. We were
told that we could save billions OF dol
lars by abolishing liquor, so we ban
ished it, Now it is estimated that We
can save other billions by the eradica-
tion OF tuberculosis. Why not put the
lid on the white plague?
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08
The Woman Who Loved -and
Earned Modem sto.y Of Home and Business
By JANE PHELPS

are you? When you do, you can ask
where / have been and I will answer.
but not before. You can put that in
your pipe and smoke it,"
Don't be vulgar. Robert" I was
furiously angry now. He was not
drunk. SO I couldn't rHdke that an ex-
cuse. 1t was abominable in him to
stay out until almost morning and then
thlk to me as he was doing. 1 would
dot endure it. =
what has come over you?'' I went
on. Tell me where you haye been.
am your wife. and have some rights.
even if l do keep still most of the time
when other women would make a
FUSS
Been playing pool Won too. Shall
get used to the idea. Great little idea.
don't you think? If can't make mon
ey one way, will another"
Robert Meredith. what are you
talking about? Surely you don't mean
what~you say"
Wait and see whether I mean 1t
or not. Married man. no home. Ex-
ample in arithmetic. What's the
answer. Pool room. Man no good
at job. Can't make money. Makes
money in pool room Proves-don't
you see?"
Il SEQ you have been drinking
again." I snapped, 'and that you bet
ter come to bedi Burch & Company
won't have you If you aren't careful
ITO hell with themi' he returned
Don't care if L quit tomorrow
I said no more, because 1 couldn't
I was crying again, but quietly SO Rob-
! ert would not know.
| He stumbled about as he undressed,
then went to bed. But 1 lay awake
until time TO rise. What had come
over my husband2 Naturally quiet and
refined, he had changed so complete
I ly that scarcely recognized him az
/ the same man. Morbid. sullen al
times. then like this-as he had beer
when he came in. profane. ugly.
He had been gambling in some poo
room, drinking. and had declared he
was going to continue doing the same
thing every night. OF course he did
not mean it-he scarcely knew whai
/ he was saying. I excused. But he HAL
! done it He MIGHT do it again.
; tTomorrow-A decision.g
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08
M'ADOO CARRIES A LOAD.

William G. McAdoo, the presidents S
son-in-law, seems to have made a poor
showing in the Michigan presidential
preference primary. Probably he will
do no better elsewhere. He is a man
OF much executive ability, and proved
himself a tower of strength to the ad-
ministration during the war but it will
not be surprising if many persons hold
him responsible for the losses they
have sustained on their purchases of
liberty bonds.
Mr.. Elliott C. McDougal. president
of the Bank of Buffalo, Buffalo, n.
Y, is quoted as saying the methods OF
Secretary McAdoo in his campaign for
placing the second, third and fourth
issues of liberty bonds were positively
dishonest as the citizens were COM
PEELED to buy these bonds or be brand
ed as slackers or traitors.
The people of the country were
urged increasingly to subscribe for
these bonds on the promise that they
could be paid for out of their earnings
and millions of people bought bonds
on these promises far in excess of any
possible savings or even earnings
which they could make for several
years to come. Men and women and
freely, far beyond their resources, be-
cause they accepted in good faith the
promises of the government and OF
the banks. Now they are being told
that the promise of the government in
this respect is worthless and that the
banks cannot carry out what the gov
ernment and what many banks prom
ised and what all banks tacitly prom
ised when begging their depositors tc
take bonds to the utmost extent or
which they could make first pay.
ment.
| Mr. McAdoo promised that the
bonds always would be worth par ol
realize on one of these bonds and mus
sell for approximately 80 cents on tbs
dollar cannot be expected to feel kind
" toward the former secretary OF th'
treasury.
The people took the bonds largel!
from patriotic motives and not fol
profit, but they did not expect to b.
called upon to sustain a loss. Th'
government should provide protection
for it's creditors.
The government needed money ant
McAdoo got it by any method that tn
situation seemed to require, but peopl
are sensitive when their pocketnook
are touched.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

In a discussion of prices and produc-
ton, a bulletin issued by the American
Exchange National bank OF New York
says: We spent our money celebrat-
ing the Fourth of July, and now on the
day after the celebration we lack the
car fare to take us to our work. If
we had worked las usual" on the hoIi-
day, the problem confronting US would
have been far less puzzling. But most
of US stopped making the things we
need every day and devoted ourselves
to the production of things needed for
the celebration. That part OF US found
the work remunerative in. the extreme
and is now engaged in demanding
more every day goods with the sur
plus it earned. AS there are less
goods now than there were before the
war and fewer machines for producing
them. the new demand has never been
satisfied. But 1t persists and appar-
emily hopes to attain its desires by Of
fering more and more money. There
is a limit to that sort of thing, ot
course, and in the end the price the
demand is willing to pay will exhaust
its resources-that is, unless its con-
sciousness of new power enables it tc
command more surplus.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

Both Hoover and johnson Jared
badly in the New York primaries.
New York never had much use for
westerners in politics. In the Seven
teenth congress district, the only place
where supporters OF Hoover made a
contest, his two delegates were de-
feated nearly to 1. Hoover's enthu-
siastic supporters in New York select
ed the Seventeenth district to make =
test of their candidates popularity
with Republican voters. They nomi-
mated Hoover delegates in that district
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

The proposed plan to organize
building corporation in this city Is a
little late in arriving but now that 1t Is
here it should receive every encour-
agement and should not be permitted
to lag. Much valuable time has been
lost and the cost of material and labor
has been steadily advancing. During
the last two years, it is reported, Bal
timore has been doing the greatest
amount of building in its history For
a time its contractors and It's mon
eyed interests hesitated about build
ing work at the high prices prevailing,
but later on a number of the leaders
in great building operations came to
the conclusion that it was wise to go
ahead. More than year ago one
man began the construction of 2,4oO
dwellings, planning to spend in the
aggregate about $10.0OO,000. Another
concern has within the last few weeks,
says the Manufacturers Record, per-
fected its plans for a dwelling devel-
oprnent scheme which will also In
volve about s1O.OOO.0O0. The whole
city. continues the Record. is literally
a throbbing center of building actiy-
ity. Dwellings are going up by the
thousand. Apartments. small and great
are under construction by the dozen and
enormous manufacturing plants are
being built. Thus Baltimore is show
ing its faith in the Importance OF
building now without waiting for any
decline in wages or materials.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

The Detroit News has won the Won
derful fight it has put up for weeks
past in behalf of municipal ownership
of railways. The city by majority
Of more than threefifths of the ballots
cast, voted to issue bonds in the sum
of $15,OOO.OOO to build a street car
system, to operate in competition with
the privately owned lines. The mayor
has announced that work will start at
nnce
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08
Ouestions-Answers

@. How many delegates will there be
In the Republican national convention and
how many votes will be required to nom
mate n candidate for president?-W. A. ).
A. There will be 9S4 delegates in the
convention and it will require majority
-493 .votes-to nominate a candidate.
@. What is Giving wage"?-T. +. l..
A On the subject of the living wage the
following declaration is found In the prin-
ciples and policies of the National War
Labor board: THE right of all workers
including common laborers. to living
wage is hereby declared. In fixing wages.
minimum rates of pay shall be established
which will insure the subsistence Of tho
worker and his family in health and rea-
sonable comfort"
O. Is capital punishment used in Ten
nessee "A. j.. s.
A. On January 4, 1910 the Tennessee
legislature restored capital punishment
years before.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08
JUST FOLKS
GOOD TO BE IN THE WORLD.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.


It's good to be in the world Just now.
With the blossoms back on the apple
bongh.
And the birds at home in the friendly trees.
And the sky as blue the summer seas,
For man at the lathe or boy at pillow.
1t is good TO be in the world just now,
1t Is good to be in the world, say.
With the sunbeams warm where the
children play,
With the smell Of the new turned earth
about.
And the tulips AMI hyacinths flashing out.
Surrounded by. beauty / stand and vow,
It is good to be in the world just now.
Forgotten are hatred and greed and lust
And the petty schemings of men unjust
Forgotten the sneers of thousand foes
And the griefs and cares which each mortal
knows.
I say as the breezes caress my brow.
1t is good to be in the world just now.
New blossoms are nodding and smiling
where
All has been barren and bleak and bare.
And the earth which has lived thru IL
days of pain.
Has Weakened to loveliness once again.
So our sorrow shall pass. tho we know not
how
1t is good to be in the world Just now!
Copyright 1920 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

to run in opposition to those selected
in the Republican state convention.
The district was selected by reason of
the cosmopolitan class of electors. The
Hoover enthusiasts were eager to test
the strength of popular sentiment
against that of the machine politi-
clans. The result was one that might
easily have been foreseen by those IA
miliar with New York politics.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

A hospital nurse was examining an
orderly on his practical knowledge OF
first-aid work.
Now, what would you do If a man
collaps ?" she asked.
"GiYe himNs some brandy, miss re-
piled the man.
But suppose you had no brandy %
I'D promise him some. miss
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

She was one of those large stout
women. and she was dancing with one
of those small thin men. At last.
after struggling several times round
the room, she said. Shall we reverse"
Yes" he replied Now you haye
a turn at holding me up
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

An English theater will use a huge
mirror for a drop curtain. This should
save lot of wear and tear on the
neeks OF the audience.
The Topeka state journal., 1920-04-08

The st. Louis Times predicts that
the next president will come from the
middle west. That eliminates Wood,
johnson, Hoover and Edwards. Is the
Times thinking of Allen or Bryan?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
SPENCER DEBUTS
AT DR0ME TONIGHT
Canadian Sprint Star Matched
Against kaiser-Carman in
4O-MiIe Grind

Willie Spencer, the famous Canadian
sprint bicycle rider, who last year
parcelcd out defeats to all the stars here.
will make his 1920 bow at the Point
Breeze Nelodromc tonight He will be
matched against Harry Kaiser, of New
York. in one of the feature races. They
will compete for the two best in three
one mile heats
Spencer is we'll known by bike fol-
lowers here. lie was virtually unbeat-
able in 1910 while showing at Point
Breeze. His most notable triumph was
his victory over Frank Kramer and
Nerri in three Cornered match event.
He meets dangeous foe in Kaiser, who
has been showing well at Newark this
season.
In the other feature event four motor
paced speed demons will test speed and
strength in a forty mile grind. The
riders include three champions and q
near champion. They are Clarence
Carman, rated as the best in the uni
verse and holder of the worlds crown
| George Colombctto, the Italian cham
pion; Elmer Collins. the American 100
kilomrtrr boss. and Percy Lawrence
the California fash.
1t will be Carman's third appearance,
on the local track. In his two Other
races, h" split even, winning the frs
, and losing the second. He was defeated
after n hard race by Leon Vanderstuft
Of Belgium, Thursday night.
In the other events, amateurs vii
battle in two thirds mile handicap ant
a two mile open scratch race.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
Crauath Club Whaling Bali
at POS; Tied for Fourth
Place With Giants

DROOF positive that it's not the hit
i ting or the lack of it that's keeping
the Phils in last place is had in the club
batting averages. The Cravath club Is
tied for fourth place with n clouting
percentage of .265, which is only .015
behind the Cardinals, who are leading,
and .13 ahead of the Pirates, who arc
trailing in this department.
Rogers Hornsby holds on to his lead
in the batting race with mark of $50.
Smith. of New York, Is second: Robert
son. third; and Daubert, fourth.
Two members of the Phillies are
among those in the select 300 division.
They are Cy Williams at .325 and
Casey Stcngel at $40.
Mitchell. the Dodger hurler, is the
only National League pitcher who has
not been defeated this season. He has
won four games. Lee Meadows ranks
second with eight wins and two losses.
Sherdell has four and one, Vaughn, ten
and four; Ruether, twelve and five
Alexander, thirteen and six and Copper,
| eleven and six.
The averages. which includes games
played last Wednesday, follow:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
amateur Sports

Due to several crushing defeats which
they suffered during the early part Of
the baseball season, the Arrow A. A.
has reorganized and has formed first
class team that will bear watching for
the rest of the season. Among those
secured for the new lineup are Hickey,
Of st. Joseph's College Johnny Michel,
star shortstop Of st. Joe Prep team:
Bobby Carol, an ountfielder, and
Buddy Walker, first baseman. Ander-
son and McCarty, the old Corinthian
Clubs battery MCGOWAN, a former
school boy star, Whitecar, an outfelder,
have also been engaged.
Return games are wanted from Mid
vale Steel and Folcroft. Nativity,
Christ Church A. A., Vineland, Wild
willing to offer a fair guarantee by the
newly organized Arrow nine. For
games address George Anderson, Sea
Isle City, N. j.
George Victory's Pennsylvania
Giants will play the strong Hilldale
team of Darby a double header tomor-
row afternoon at Newark. N. J. Men
dez, the fashy Cuban player, has Joined
the ranks of Victory's nine.
| tello 1906 Brown street.
,, Glen Social Ciub;E;Awsyi ar,t class. J.
street and dlenwood avenue.
open. d. mccoy. 1896 North Second street.
Cap KNIGHTS Profs-Away; nrst class. C.
Knight. 1884 South Conestoga street.
the shore today. meetins the % North s0T East st
&. %o59sS Tss indiana Club VIII Ss
American Railway Express--Away; FIRST
| class. Mr.. John Weir, business manager. A.
r. E. Co.. Thirty-third and Arch streets.
stsnton Ss Field Club has four G;,s nard Games
they meet the dlenside Club in PhiladeI-
g ghis Suburban subj ain LeagHs % game: Tomorrow
will travel to the Inoarnation's grounds and
shy sss !as &ss1 a's51S'P GaS on 'ns. i.
own grounds.
KensinEton a. {C.177Away. July & q; m.
Huster Ciub-hway; arst class July s
(two games open. r. Beecher. Dickinson 42ae
ss s,rs:, i71s Ss;, !, -
Franklin Sugar Reanery--Away; tomor-
J row open. Phone Dickinson 1927 between o
and 3 NaSn fqr M % p%1 tho receiving
ship Of the U. s. navy for the champion.
of ths ssrR navy SIs this
4
avenue. The game will start promptly at
p. m. Tho game will be featured by a
; band from one OF the ships playing through
, | out the game.
stIawbridse & Clothier will play the Phil.
adelphia. Baltimore and Wilmington Rail.
road Club at the s. & C.'s grounds at Six.
, ty-third and Walnut streets
ManayunlS Club-Away; first class. Jane,
brennan. 4b45 Baker street, Manayunk.
Elm r. C.-Away: first class (July 1o-lI
open) VIM, HILL 295S North Third street.
al Arcadia b. C.-Away: 1917 years lido q
Livingston. 205l South Opal street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
PILLS RANK HIGHLN CLUB T7ZNG;;
BABE RUTH GAINS .Oz9 IN WEEK
Yank Slugger Contributed
Dozen Hits, Including
4 Homers, In 7 Days

DABE RUTH has been going on high
- In the last week. In seven days
the $125 900 New York slugger has
gained 10 points in the batting aver
ages. The Dustin Babe ranks fourth
in American League clouting with a
mark of .372. To get an idea of what
the Babe has done in the last week,
lamp the following figures:
G. ABB, RH.HR. SB. p. C.
Averages Averages this week.Si 2o7 ss II "a 0 .s72
In other words, Ruth's work during
the seven days consisted of twelve hits,
four of which were homers, and seven
runs out of twenty three times up.
His average for the week Is .522.
George Sissler seems destined to take
Cobb's batting crown. He is hitting
.427. something more than 100 points
ahead of the Georgian. Jackson is
second, with Speaker third.
Connie Mack has three of his ath
letes in the 300 class. They are
Dugan, 326; Myatt, .312, and Strunk,
.3O2. .e
Lefty Williams has won more games
than any other pitcher in the American
League. but is ranked fifth. Ahead Of
him are Snyder, Bagby, Quinn and Col
Inns.
The averages. which include game:
played last Wednesday, follow: