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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02
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WOULD SABOTAGE
MILK

New York.-The Sheffield Farms
Company has issued this call to farm
ers to sabotage milk:
"All dairymen are urged not to in
crease their production of milk, and if
possible to decrease it. "
This Showdown" policy is ignored
by those who lecture workers on the
need for greater production.
District Attorney Swami said:
"The fact stands out that there are
100000 quarts of milk ready to
come into this city and somebody is
holding it because that might cause
ia decrease in the price of milk to the
consumer"
Mr. Swami said he had not beer
able to find any violation of the Law
by the company posting its sabotage
notice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02
CO-OPS PROSPER

Witt, Ill-The quarterly report Of
the cooperative society shows $41.64
paid as interest on share capital;
$1O014 in loan capital; $740.12 in re-
serve fund for depreciation; $753,11
net profit put in reserve fund Sales
for the three months totalled $12,-
706.66; resources, SO, ,06757
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02
Nd 8 wa aPHEsRA7 fHUsBA7 NIGHTS JEFFERSON THEATR

% ] ] ';. & ] ':'; THE 9ffz BIG BI5s BIG STREET
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02

and returns savings on the basis of
money spent at the store, rather than
on the amount of stock sold
Shares will be sold at $1l each, $40
Of which is to go into capital stock
and 81 for organization purposes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02
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ANTS UNITING WORKERS

Pocatello, Idaho The opposition Of
the Employers Association to the
trade union movement is driving the
workers into the unions. Men are be
ing organized in groups as a result
of this antagonism.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02

Collinsville, H. The eighth quar-
terly report of the cooperative society
at this place shows that it paid S23.39
on share capital; 1926 on loan capi-
tai and made a net saving Of $83234.
The total sales for the quarter were
$22 ,978 90, and resources are $15,54l.-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02
PAINTERS RAISE WAGES

Cincinnati.-Th Master Painters
Association has signed the new wage
scale of the painters district council.
Rates are advanced from rs cents an
hour to 871z cents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02
CO-OPS. IN WORCESTER

Worcester, Mass The central la
Dor union has indorsed a coop. pro-
ject based on the Rochdale system,
which sells goods at the market price
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02
IA Ea "a
EXPRESS BY AIR PLANE

EAFhES5 B1 AK FIANE
New York.-Express by air plane
between Chicago and this city is pro-
posed by the American Railway Ex-
press Company.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-04-02
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Notice hereby given that pursuance Of
Of the City Of Hamilton passed day March,
there will submitted the qualified of special
to be held said City at the usual and voting
Tuesday the 9th day of April
and $50 F. the question of issuing City
Of the limit prescribed by law Of of
the electors Of the Corporation of
Thousand l5OOoOo Dollars the purpose establishing public
libraries and reading necessary
erecting the buildings hereo furnishing equppng the
Those purpose issuing the bonds as aforesaid
shall have written printed their of
bonds and those voting printed
their ballots the words Against the ssueo OF
18 c. J SMITH
Mayor of the City o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
CIVIL WAR SURE
Carranza Troops Revolt and Go
Over to ObregOn.
Navy SecedeS Federal Govern
ment-SOnora Starts Invasion.

Aqua Prieta, Sonora. April 15.-Gen.
Arnulfo Gomez. commanding federal
troops in the San Luis Potosi district,
has revolted against Carranza and
openly declared for Gen. Alvaro Obre-
gon as presidential candidate, state re-
ports to the headquarters here of the
Sonora state army.
Unconfirmed rumors were circulated
here today that Carranza's hold in
Mexico City is threatened by the pro-
Obregon movement. The rumors hint
ed at an anti-Carranza coup by the
Obregonistas in the federal army.
The commanders and crews of the
gunboats Guerrero and Chipas have
deserted to the Sonora republic and
have been placed at the disposal OF
Gen. P. Elias Gales, commander of
the Sonora forces. according to word
received at military headquarters here.
Troops of the new republic of So
nora have invaded Sinaloa. the adjoin-
ing state to the south. and are march
ing on Culican, the capital of Sinaloa,
according to an official dispatch re-
ceived here today from Gen. Pelias
Gales, communicative chief of the So
nora forces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
JAPS HOLD VLANVOSTOK
Attacks by Russians Cause Says Jap
General-Slavs Deny.

Vladivostok, April 15.-The first day
OF the Japanese military occupation
following eight hours of severe fight
ing, found the population idle with
thousands of persons walking the
streets in silence. watching the Japan
ese patrols, who had been placed in
the streets on which are the govern
ment buildings.
Japanese flags have been removed
from a ajority of the buildings seized
this morning. Japanese guards re-
mained, however. All the Russian
forces in the city have been disarmed.
and many soldiers and sailors have
fled to the hills. Japanese sailors
have occupied Russian naval craft in
the harbor.
General OF commanding the Japan
ese troops, issued a proclamation this
morning. in which he said attacks on
the Japanese made disarming OF the
Russians imperative.
The Russians maintain that they
gave no provocation for the trouble
and that simultaneous attacks and oc-
cupation thruout the city by the Jap
anese proved that the japanese had
executed a well planned military
move The Japanese report their cas-
ualties as two killed and ten wounded
and the Russian losses unknown with
probably fifty killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
GdUi-Curci Has
Tea After Songs

Locomotive engines have to be oiled
ever so often on a long run. Every
body knows this; they have seen the
engine crew alight from the cab and,
from a long spouted can, pour oil on
the mammoth wheels and pistons that
the initiated laymen know. it is won
dered, that a grand opera singer has
to "oil up" her vocal chords between
selections? They do. and strange and
peculiar Continents" are used for the
purpose.
If the audience at Wednesday
nights concert at the auditorium had
been permitted a glance into Madame
Galli-Curci's dressing room they would
have noticed a cup of strong. black tea
Yes, Galli-Curci "oils" her song mus
cles with tea.
Great artists usually are possessed
of strange hobbies. This is one OF
them. Kathleen Howard, writing In
the Saturday Evening Post of a recent
issue, points out some of these pecu-
liarities. She says she. like CALI
Curci, always has tea, but that others
have oyster liquor. One prima donna
gulps the yellow of the egg before
singing; another, the white. A Span
lard, she says, has the yollI of an egg
beaten for about a quarter of an houl
into sherry or port wine. (Where he
obtains the last mentioned article i,
not explained-unfortuna Cock
tails were favorites once, but. alas, nC
more, SO many of the singers now arr
"tea-tOtallers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
Speakers at /. H. e. Meet Tell
of Kindergartens' Work.
Stout Says Children Aren't
"TOys" for Parents.
TODAY is PROPAGANDA DA\
Business Men Take Delegatel
on Motor Ride.
Tea at Bethany College This
Afternoon a Feature.

Delegates to the International Kin
dergarten Union convention, in session
here. were to go on a 10y ride" this
afternoon with some of Topeka's lead
ing business men. The teachers were
to meet at o'clock at the Chamber
of Commerce, where they will be
bundled into cars and taken on a
sightseeing tour of Topeka.
Stout Addresses Convention.
Make the people want kindergar-
tens; make parents know that you as
well as they love children" A. J. Stout,
superintendent of the public schools
teachers in the fourth days session of
the International kindergarten union
at the Orpheum theater this morning.
when parents realize what children
are worth; when they appreciate that
children are not the toys of their
grownup days as dolls were the toys
of their childhood, but realize that
children are the torches to carry for
ward the light of civilization. kinder
gartens will be more easily estab-
lished, he said.
Stout spoke on "The kindergarten
Situation Today" at the morning ses-
sion. I. T. Cammack, superintendent
of schools at Kansas City, Mo. Miss
Julia Wade Abbott. vice president OF
the I. K. u; Miss Louise Goodhue,
W1metC, III. MISS Mary Pennell Kan
sas City. and Mrs Henry Topping, for
twenty five years kindergarten
worker in Japan, were among the
other speakers
Is Important Mission.
The habits formed, the ideals
gained and the attitude toward life OF
children should begin as early as pos
sib1e. Cammack said. The kindergar-
ten teacher has a large part in de-
veloping the child's initiative and
Judgment he said.
Give the children the pleasure and
power of doing things, guide them
with the right principles and you are
starting something in children of ten
der years that will have fruition later
on" Cammack said.
Topeka Propaganda Day.
Today is propaganda day with TIL,
delegates Following the addresses o
| the prominent speakers at the morn
ing meeting. a moving picture film
| loaned by the children's bureau, de
partment of labor, Washington, D. C.
was shown.
| Vincent de Wierzbicki of New York
! representative of the French higf
I commission, will arrive in Topeka Fri
| day to speak on conditions amont
children in France to the meeting o.
! the delegates at the Cozy theater Fri
/ day afternoon. At that time motion
| COntfued on PAGE Five
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
ROBBED JAILER OF HIS KEYS.
Three Prisoners Released from Mis-
souri, Jail by the Hold-ups.

Carthage, Mo. April 1.-TWO men,
one of them masked, last night held
up NJ. F. Briggs, county jailer. and
obtaining keys to the cells released
three prisoners One of the men, who
was not masked, the jailer said was
Glenn Harding, recently released from
Jail on bond.
One of the three prisoners released.
Lee Flournoy, was serving a term of
one year in Jail for manslaughter.
Two other charges. that of imperson-
ating an officer and of robbing a Neo-
sha, Mo, home of $1,000 worth of
whisky, were pending against him.
F1ournoy has been married about
four weeks. His wife is being held in
connection with the jail delivery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
THROWS Up GUARD
Hopkins Takes Steps Against
Possible Sympathy Strike.
Attorney General Sending In
structiOns to Co. Officials.

Richard J. Hopkins, attorney gen.
eral of Kansas, is today taking steps
to safe guard the state against pos
sibilities of a sympathy strike to aid
miners in the Pittsburg field in their
fight against operations of the indus
trial court act. Hopkins is sending
instructions to county attorneys out
lining a course to be followed in event
of labor troubles.
Rumors of efforts to arouse sympa-
thy strikes in Kansas have come to
Topeka from Pittsburg. 1t is possible
this report is based on the action of
labor union interests in Crawford
county when they agreed to suspend
work in large number and participate
in today's demonstration at Girard.
So far as Hopkins was able to learn
today. no sympathy strikes had been
ordered.
Leaders in all labor disturbances
Will be prosecuted promptly" Hopkins
asserted. in commenting on his action.
MY instructions to the county attor-
neys are to make arrests at once in
event there is a strike or any effort
to break down operation of the indus
trial court act.
'I do not believe there will be a
sympathy strike. Nevertheless, I
am safeguarding the matter with this
letter. 1t will be sent today to all
county attorneys"
improvements were reported to
Hopkins today by investigators In
probe Strikers have returned to work
in Parsons and other towns. Hopkins
reported. The letter asks that county
attorneys report labor troubles
promptly and make immediate arrest
OF leaders and agitators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
General Pershing May
Ruin Gen. Woods Chances
Virtual of His Candidacy for Presidency
Throws All Party Leaders Into Quandry-May Be
the Ozark Horse" at Both Conventions.

Il feel that no patriotic American
could decline to serve in that high
position if called upon to do so by the
people"
The questions heard in the capital
today were:
to, or is he running as bipartisan,
nonpartisan or independent candi-
date?
What effect will Pershing's entry
have on General Woods chances and
what effect will Woods candidacy
have on Pershing's chances of landing
a nomination?
The answer to the first question was
generally assumed here to be that
Pershing is a Republican and that he
meant the Republican nomination for
president. There were some who
thought however, that the general and
his supporters might have in mind the
possibility that he could get either
nomination as being a national figure
above party.
The answer to the second question
was not SO easy, politicians said. They
credited Pershing, however, with hav-
ing timed his entry so that in his
opening, it would hit Woods chances
hardest.
No matter what party or faction
they belonged to. the politicians who
today discussed the Pershing candi-
dacy. did so with respect. They said
the man who successfully led the A. E
T. in the war undoubtedly would have
a strong popular appeal; they declared
that in spite of stories that Pershing
was not popular with the soldiers, he
could get a big share of the soldier
vote and that there are elements ir
his candidacy which may make him
the dark horse in the race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15

Capt Charles II. Titus was born at
Dayton, o.. December Is, 1895. He
married Sarah E. Giffey in 1862. He
came to Kansas in 1871 and located
a homestead in Morris county. He
moved to Topeka in 1881. Captain
Titus had a most active career in me-
chanical, railroad. commercial, real
estate and insurance lines. He was
auditor of the city of Cincinnati, o.
He was Justice of the peace in Morris
county. Kansas. and a member of the
legislature from that county 1923.
He was deputy clerk of Shawnee
county and register of the United
was made election commissioner Of
Topeka and held the office until 1918.
Captain Titus had a great military
record. He enlisted in the Union
army April Is, 1S61-just 80 years
ago today. He recruited $50 men for
nine hours. He organized Company c
and was named second lieutenant. He
was appointed conditional lieutenant
by the governor of Ohio in October
1861. to assist in recruiting and or
ganizing the Sixty-third regiment.
He was promoted to captain of Com
pany +. constructed and commanded
Fort Haskins shore battery on the
Ohio river until the position was aban-
ooneQ- he was appointed Judge ad-
vocate OF the first division of the
Army OF the Mississippi by General
Pope while advancing on New Madrid.
Mo. He was appointed volunteer aid
de-camp on the staff OF General Wal
lace. commanding the Union forces
for the defense of Cincinnati, Coving-
ton and Newport. KY. against the raid
of Gen. K Smith. G. s. A. in Septem-
ber. 1852. He was inspector OF forti-
fications and provost marshal OF Cow
ington and Newport. He was com
mander of Fort Mitchell, on the right
of the line of Notifications. He re-
signed in 1852 on account of physical
disa biIities incurred in the service
He is survived by his son, Charles
Titus of Oakland Cal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
FIRST PLANE HERE TAKE FIRM STAND
Governor Allen Gives States
Status i'm Coal Strike.
If Situation Requires, Troops
VIII Be Used for Protection.

Governor Allen believes the states
course in directing the arrest of lead
ers and agitators in the Pittsburg coal
fields will result in breaking the pres
ent strike. The state will continue it's
tnrBanees or necessity of state opera
tioFS of the mines. Arrangements have
been made however, which will en-
able the state to meet any emergency
Il have believed at all times and
still believe that the state may break
up the mine strike by proceeding in
firm and orderly manner against the
officers of the union and the agitators
in the district" Governor Allen said
today. This will no doubt be long,
hard fight. So long as there are
no disturbances by the idle men.
the state will accomplish its pur-
pose by prosecution of the leaders. I
believe the men will gradually return
to work and operation of the indus
trial court law will be upheld.
However, if in the judgment of the
court of industrial relations the mines
threaten production, then. the state
would be justified in again taking over
operation of these properties. If such
a course requires that the men who
go back to work be protected, then it
will be necessary to resort to some
use OIL troops. again, II lnere SnOGlQ
be disturbances in the district, the
state would promptly take steps to
preserve order. All of these things
have been considered. I have talked
over the situation with officers of the
national guard. But have no thought
at this time that service of armed
troops will be needed"
The above is a statement issued by
Governor Allen and approved by him
when submitted by The State Journal
today. 1t is a complete vindication of
the first page news story appearing
in The State Journal Monday of this
week-a story that was characterized
as misleading thru an abominab1e and
petty article appearing in a Topeka
morning newspaper.
The State journal item Monday was
authoritative and true. The same
story was sent out by other newspaper
correspondents over the wires to all
parts of the country. The morning
newspaper made an attempt to dis
credit it thru paltry garbling of an in
terview with Governor Allen.
The State Journal makes every ef-
fort on all news articles to verify facts
before they are printed. No news
paper can survive by misleading and
misinforming its readers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
Woman Takes
Hand IL, HoLdup
Business Here

A woman" entered the holdup busi-
ness in Topeka Wednesday night.
Oran Barnes, 213 East Fourth
street, reported to the police this
morning that he was held-up and
robbed by a negro man and a negro
woman" at o'clock last night on
Branner street between Fourth and
Fifth streets. The man. he said. held
a revolver pressed against him while
the woman went thru his pockets,
extracting four SO bills.
Barnes described the man as tall
and the woman as short in stature.
The police today were inclined to be-
lieve that the person dressed in wo-
mems clothes last night was a man
and that they are the two who staged
four holdups in Topeka since Sunday
night.
Description Of the victims early in
the week of the hold-up men tally
in the build and general description
with the two who staged last night s
holdup. excepting for the petticoats
on the short one.
The police this afternoon arrested Lou
Kirkpatrick and Elizabeth King. negroes,
as suspects In the recent hold-ups. Kirk
patrick. the police say. is a dope nend
while the woman has the general specifica-
tions of the small man or woman who has
been aiding In. the week Of highway rob-
officers found the couple at the home
Of Oscar Gay, negro. 1O6 Madison street
They reported at headquarters that Gay at
Officers went in, anyway, and found them
Gay has been arrested on various charges
sessra s.ntaD times the Rsliee eoSysa s1y toward mi.
couple when the police learned they were
endeayorine to dispose Of a quantity Of
ss and 'eT eoTd se goas
tion Of where they obtained the goods, sc-
cording to the police
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
KINGS BOND RAISED
Alleged Murderer Will Go to Esk
ridge, IL Bail Approved.

The full amount of Rufe King
bond, s25. 900, has been raised by his
brothers and sisters in Wabaunsee
county and the sureties will be sub
mitted to the clerk of the district
court of that county for approval
either late today or Friday, according
to statement today by John j.
Schenck, one of the attorneys for the
alleged triple murderer.
king will go to Eskridge and work
for his brother on a farm near there
until his trial opens at Lyndon. May
Is, providing the Wabaunsee county
clerk approves the bond" said Schenck
today.
Several weeks ago Judge r. c. Hizer
of the Wabaunsee- Osag ge-Pottawatomie
judicial district reduced Kings bond
from $4,000 70 $4,000. Since that
time his brothers and sisters living in
Wabaunsee county have combed the
neighborhood for persons willing to go
on Kings bond and today Schenck
announced that they had succeeded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15

The mercury climbed to 79 degrees
at o'clock this afternoon, This is
the highest temperature recorded in
Topeka since october 25, 1919.
1t will be cloudy Friday. There is a
chance for scattered sshowers, few and
far between, according to the forecast
of S. D. Flora, state meteorologist.
The temperature in Topeka went no
lower than "a degrees, 10 degrees
above normal during the night. We'd
nesday afternoon the temperature
reached S4 degrees at Liberal.
A low pressure area of Kansas,
causing a south wind, is moving east.
Its departure will cause a change CT
the wind to the northwest. 1t will be
cooler tom morrow morning Flora pre-
diets As degrees rising to 60 degrees
in the afternoon.
The only rain reported in Kansas
CONTINUED on Page TwoJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
CAPT. TITUS DEAD
He Was Election Commissioner
of Topeka for Eight Years.
Fifty-Nine Years Ago Today
He Enlisted in Union Army.

Topeka today lost another of her
grand old men,
Capt. c. H. Titus. for eight years
city election commissioner, also former
register of the United States land Of
flee here, died at $50 O'Clock this
morning at st. Francis hospital. He
was "a years of age. Heart failure
was the cause of his death.
All Topeka knew Captain Titus
Captain Titus knew all Topeka. AS
election commissioner he became ac-
Quainted with thousands of persons
thru the registration books. He knew
every street, every voting precinct and
every public officer in Topeka and
Shawnee county for years. He was a
thoro gentleman, and a loyal citizen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
OUTLINES RED CROSS WORK.

George r. Laird. formerly of To-
peka, a graduate of Washburn college
twenty-three years ago and now field
representative of the American Red
Cross, Washington. D. c., spoke briefly
at the Chamber of Commerce at noon
today outlining the peace time pro-
gram of the Red Cross.
Features of the program, he said,
are education of the public along lines
of prevention of disease. treatment of
and assistance for sick persons, and
the fight against tuberculosis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-15
TRACE HIGH LIVING COSTS.
Kansas Industrial Court Up for Con.
sideration by Economy Experts.

Chicago. April 15.-Reports on the
industrial and labor situation in the
United States and the result of an in
vestigation by a staff of economists
and engineers tracing the rise in liv-
ing cost since 1914. along with figures
on wage earnings. were prepared for
presentation to the national industrial
conference board which met here to-
day.
dustrial relations, the Whitley commit
tees of Great Britain and other simi-
lar commissions or boards established
or proposed. were before the board for
review and discussion.