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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
IS NEAR DEADLOCK
Lenroot Reservation on League
Vote. Clogs Compromise.
Question of Votes Was Left
Until Very Last.
CONFERENCES ARE LAST HOPE
No Compromise End Is Reached
Says Lodge.
Six Votes in League by England
Stumbling Block.

Washington, Jan 2O.-Senate lead
ers participating in the bi-partisa n
conferences for compromise reserva-
tions to the peace treaty reported to-
sion of the conference because of dis
agreement over the foreign relations
committee reservation regarding
equality of voting in the League of
Nations.
Washington. Jan. 20.-Republican n
ard Democratic conferees on treaty
compromise today were approaching
a deadlock. The immediate cause of
1t threatens to be the Lenroot reserva-
ton providing that the United States
shall not be bound by any decision of
the League of Nations in which any
country casts more votes than the
United States. The reservation, which
is included in the Lodge program, is
designed to prevent the British en-
pire having six votes to one for the
United States in the league assembly.
When the conferees reassembled to-
day this question was before, the two
parties 1t was discussed at length in
a two hour meeting yesterday at the
end of which one senator said that
they were caught on a sand bar"
Must Continue Conferences.
The conferees avoided the Lenroot
reservation until yesterday altho they
touched on every other point at pre-
vious sessions. 1t became apparent
early in yesterdays discussion. sena-
tors said, that the differences were
serious and this and not Article X may
be the rock on which the hope of COM
promise will come to grief.
Senator Lodge. in whose office the
meetings are being held. said today
that 'tall the conferees. with the pos
sible exception of one" earnestly de-
sire that the conversations shall con-
tinue. They realize, he said, that ''if
this group cannot agree, no group
can," and that with the failure of the
present effort, all compromise efforts
will fail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

Page learned the milling business
in Scotland. When he came to the
United States, he worked first in a mill
on the Erie canal in New York. As
did many other men of that period,
he came on west, first to Rockford,
H., later to Peoria, and finally, in
1871, to Topeka. He was head miller
at the Shawnee mills for eight years.
Page and Willis Norton bought the
plant, now known as the Inter-Oceari,
in 1879. 1t was operated until 1892.
when Page decided to go into business
for himself and built the Thomas
Page Milling company. The Page or
ganization now includes a plant at
Manhattan. The Topeka plant has d
capacity of HOO barrels day. The
two plants can store more than third
of million bushels of wheat.
Page was also promin ent in banking
circles. He was a director of the
Bank of Topeka and few weeks ago
was reelected president of the Shaw
nee State bank. Since 1901 David G..
Page. his son, has been actively asso-
ciated with the milling business, in
charge of all departments.
Thomas Page is survived by his
widow; one son. David G. Page: two
daughters. Miss Euphenia Page. To-
peka, and Mrs. John Redden, Winni-
peg, Canada.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

bad news for fat men next fall, If the
predictions of visiting designers to the
State Retail Clothiers' convention are
realized.
Fall fashions for men, the last word
in natty turnouts. fought out at a re-
cent battle of experts, indicate a ia
vorable attitude toward the long, lean,
cadaverous type of man as the per-
of chicness. The skinny
MOSQUITO framed Imperfect 36,"
built for speed and not for comfort
IS the "dernier cri' in silhouettes.
Yes, silhouettes-men have those
things, too, you know, ah oui. Some,
a little-others more so, but they have
them just the same. So look out fat
boys, they're going to have to pour
you into your gala attire next fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

No longer will suits cry out from
the mountain tops. According to an
eastern he modiste, it has been de-
eided that frills, lace. ribbon. bright
colors, blazing Innings of passionate
shades of silk, and superfluous but
tons (unless absolutely necessary for
we'll, say safety. are to be elimi-
mated. Shapely plain lines will pre-
dominate.
The male vamp, insidious lounge
lizard, white way moth, he-butterfly,
4sfd cifS Veterans -of<the battle of le
petite pink tea may not be cared for.
Strictly genteel lines, whatever they
are, are going to loom forth in display
windows early next fall. Lines of the
body are to be merely tentatively sug-
gested. Fat men and bow-legged men
are out of luck.
Calculations of the designers are
based on expected change in the
physique of American men During
two years of army life splendid ply
siques were developed in the bodies of
Uncle Sans well fed soldiers. But
due to the H. C. L., thrift, the small
sized meals restaurants serve at high
prices, the inability to obtain the ap-
petizing cocktail. and other assisting
circumstances, these physiques are ex-
pected to evaporate in time to be able
to wear the new fall clothes.
1t is expected also that the simplifi-
cation of the mode will result in in
creased production and perhaps, just
perhaps, now,-prices may come down
n hit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
RELIEF MEET c. OF C. TONIGHT.
Plans for Near East Drive Hero To Be
Completed by General Committee.

A meeting OF the general commit
tee of the Near East Relief drive will
be held at 1880 o'clock this evening at
the Chamber of Commerce, William
A. Biby, state director, announced to-
day.
The committee is composed of about
15o members from church congrega-
tions of Topeka. Biby was today pre-
pairing a report on the progress of
the work in other cities.
Detailed plans for the local work
will be considered this evening. No
funds have yet been solicited, and will
not be undertaken until teams are
completely organized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
SUFFER BIC CUT
Middle Western Newspapers Hit
by Embargo.
Newsprint Supply Now Reduced
Forty Per Cent.

Washington. Jan. 2o.-American
newspapers in the middle west appar-
emily will be 40 per cent short on their
supply of paper. the state department
announced today.
The shortage comes as the result of
an embargo placed by the Canadian
government on all shipments of news
print paper to the United States. from
the plant of the Fort Frances com
pany. an American controlled concern
in western Ontario
Washington. Jan. 20.-Compiaint
has been made to the state depart
ment by the Fort Frances company,
an American controlled paper mill in
western Ontario that the Canadian
government has placed an embargo on
It's shipments of paper to United States
consumers This, 1t is stated. has re-
suited in many American newspapers
in the middle west being about 40 per
cent short on their paper supply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
SEAT WOOD DELEGATES.
Two Oklahoma Votes for General
Cinched-Kansas Next Says Stanley.

Chicago, Jan. 20.-The two Wood
delegates elected by the district con-
vention in Oklahoma last week were
legally chosen and will be seated by
the credentials committee of the Re-
publican convention in June. accord
ing to Wood eadquarters here.
Wood leaders refused to comment
on a telegram reported to have been
sent General Wood by the leader of
the holtirg convention in Oklahoma.
demanding that James ]. McGraw. ma
Woods campaign leader In that state.
Fred E. Stanley, Republican ma
tional committeeman from Kansas
and leader Of the Wood forces in that
state, said here today a solid delega-
ton instructed for Wood was assured
from Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
CIVIL WAR is THREATENED
Texas Rangers Sent to Quiet Trouble
Over Oil Lands.

Austin, Tex, Jan. 20.-Serious
threats by claimants of oil lands in
dispute between Texas and Oklahoma
that they will take the law in their
own hands, present possibilities of a
civil war along the Texas-Oklahon a,
boundary, said w. A. Keeling. assis-
tant attorney. general. today. and
rangers have been sent to the region
to prevent this threatening disorder.
Both Texas and Oklahoma claimants
threaten to shoot any one who inter
feres with their occupation of the
property, he continued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

Taking the decennial census has
been completed in Topeka and the
blanks sent in to Washington. Ralph
O'Neil. supervisor of the census in
shawnee county, stated today The
county census has not been finished
yet
An increase in Topeka's population
was indicated. O'Neil said. but added
that he was not permitted to give out
figures. O'Neil sad he thought the
enumerators had been successful in
getting a very nearly complete census
this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
AT THOUSAND PER DAY
Flu Epidemic in Chicago Rages I'M
abated-1O,OOO Nurses Needed.

Chicago. jar. 20.-Influenza in
mild form continued to sweep thru
Chicago today at the rate of 1,100 new
cases every "a hours. All available
trained nurses were being modified
by the health department to help COM
bat the epidemic. AT least 10000
addition nurses would be needed DR..
John Dill Robertson, health commits
sioner announced. The total number
of influenza cases now exceeds 1000
The hospitals are filled.
A campaign also is going on against
pneumonia, which daily has claimed
a greater number OF victims than in
fluenza- During the last 4S hours.
2.279 new cases of influenza were re-
ported, and the deaths numbered IS.
There were 332 new cases of pneu-
monia and 66 deaths.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
FINISH CENSUS HERE
Returns Indicate Growth in Topeka
Population, O'Neil Asserts.
HAVE YOU BEEN OVERLOOKED

E. E. Murphy. supervisor of
census for the First district of Kan
sas, in letter to The State Journal.
today urged any persons whom an
enumerator had failed to call on. to
communicate with Ralph O'Neil,
supervisor of census in Shawnee
county, and he will see that they
are enumerated.
1T might be possible that some
one has not been enumerated and
l am very anxious to secure every
one," Murphy wrote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
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KOLCRAK ARa-Iss IN RETREAT.
Bolshcriki Now Have Hold on Large
Slice Of Siberian Territory.

Paris. Jan. 19.-Bolshevik troops
occupy all of the territory in Siberia,
west Of Krasnoyarsk. from which they
have driven Admiral Kolchak's forces,
according to latest dispatches received
here. The Kolchak units are reported
to be retreating eastward.
The revolutionary socialist govern
ment recently established at Ifkutsk
is said already to be very week. being
strongly comated By General Semen
off. wfo IS supported by the last rem
nants of the Koichak army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
REQUEST 10 JUNCTION HOSPITAL
Wealthy Texan Makes Endowment
as Part of His WILL

Junction City. Jan. 20.-One hun
dred and sixty acres of Texas land
having an assessed valuation of $4,000
is bequeathed to the municipal iospi-
tai of this city by the will of the late
John Pauley, a pioneer Geary county
farmer. who died ten days ago. An
evangelical church near his home at
Aida is given a cash beQuest of ST.
500 and the remainder of the property
including two large Kansas farms is
divided between two daughters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
BIG APPROPRIATION SLASHED.
Rivers and Harbors Bill Out of Com
mittee, But knife Cut Deep.

rivers and harbors bill. carrying S12.-
000. 900. was reported today. Orig
inally the measure authorized expen-
diture of s41.0eO,0eot but this appro-
priation was-cut down because of the
need of government economy.
All new projects were eliminated.
In the bill as reported $5.000.00o is
provided for maintenance of existing
river and hArbor improvements and
$1,000, 900 for completion of projects
previously authorized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
START HEARING FOR SOCIALISTS
New York Assembly Row Is Expected
to End This Week.

Albany, n. Y. Jan. 20.-The hear
ing by the judiciary committee of the
New York assembly to determine the
qualifications for seats of the five sus-
pended Socialist members officially
opened at 11:3o a. m. today
Newton just before the hearing be-
gan intimated unofficially thai he be-
I.eved the hearing would be CON pleted
this week-possibly within three days
unless unforeseen techuicalifies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
was KlIled by Train.

Manhattan. Kan. 20.-News has
been received here of the death OF
Mrs ]. p. Haney. formerly Of Man
haitian. as the result OF an accident at
Lavrenceburg. Ind. January 8. A.
train. on which she was intending to
leave for Indianapolis. struck her suit
case. throwing her against the car and
fracturiiag her skull.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
Postpone AIIled occupatlon.

Berlin, Jan. 20.-Allied proposals
that there be a postponement OF five
days in preparations for the occupa-
tion of upper Silesia, Allenstein.
Marienwerdcr. Memel and Danzig have
been agreed &c by the German gcv-
ernnent- Transport delays nade this
trip necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
PALMER AGAINST GOMPERS.
General Finds Self Opposed
to Union Labor Over Sedition Bill.

Washington, Jan. 20.- Attorney
General Palmer today found himself
in direct conflict with labor on an is
sue which labor leaders consider vital.
He is preparing to insist that con-
gress pass the so-called sedition bills.
in flat opposition to the position taken
by Samuel Gompers and other officials
of the great labor organizations. Com
pers declares these laws would ham
per the right to strike and free speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
FAST TRAIN LEAVES RAILS.
One Killed. Seven Injured Near East
Liverpool, Ohio.

East Liverpool. O., Jan. 20.-One
person was killed and seven injured
at New Waterford. near here today
when Pittsburgh-Chicsgo train No.
1907 en- the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne &
Chica go railroad. left the track The
heavy train. drawn by two iocomo-
tives. was making fast time when one
OF the engines left the rails. taking
with it six cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
Early Manhattan Pioneer Dead.

Manhattan. Kan. Jan. 20.-E. H.
Greeley, a resident of Manhattan since
1863, died suddenly at the home Of
his brother, John Greeley, here Satur-
day night While out walking, Mr..
Greeley stopped at his brotfrer's house
70 rest, and died within twenty min
utes. A son. Fred Greeley. lives at
Peabody. He is survived by his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
FOR INSURANCE AGAINST REDS.
Congress- Asked for S15O,OOO to Keep
Radicals Out of United States.

Washington. Jan. 20.-An addi-
tional appropriation of $4,000 to be
used during the fiscal year of 1920
in keeping alien revolLtionists and
other unoesirables out of the country
was asked of congress today by Secre-
tary of State Lansing
This is in addition to $150,0o0 pre-
viously appropriated. by congress for
the enforcement of the wartime pass
port restrictions to March 4, 1921.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
ELIMINATE LAEoR CLAUSES.
House and Senate Conferecs Consider
- ~tting Gordinn Knot in E%ch Bill.

washington, Jan. 20.-Entire elimi-
nation of the labor provisions of pro-
posed railroad bills is being consid-
cred by the house and senate con-
ferees on the Esch and Cummins
measures, 1t was learned today. This
would knock out the anti-strike clause
of the Cummins bill against which
labor has protested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
Wrapped in Flames, Girls
HurZ SezDes From Burning
Building Into SraolD Drifts
Grand Rapids Furniture Factory Workers Trapped
Follows Exploson-Many Leaping Break Limbs.

broke the force of their fall.
Six girls were injured in jumping
from upper stories of the flaming
building. One boy was hurt. Fears
were. expressed by company officials
that other employees may have been
trapped in the building.
The fire. which started in the floss
room from a hot box. was still raging
at l o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
Italian Wire Strike Off.

London. Jan. 20.-The Italian tele-
graph strike has ended, but all lines
are badly congested because of ac-
cumulated business while the workers
were idle Business will not get back
to normal for many days, the dis
patch added
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
THOMAS PAGE is DEAD
Topeka Miller and Banker a Victim of
Heart Trouble.

Thomas Page. president of the
Thomas Page Milling Co, died at z
o'clock Monday evening at his home,
1000 West Sixth street
He ,hfd been i'll for only a few days
Death was due to heart trouble and
complications. He had been i'll for
more than a week. but did not require
medical attention until Sunday. He
was unconscious Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
LADY AsroR MUST PAY FINE.
Obstructcd London Traffic-'sTwo
Pounds" Police Magistrate Says.

London. Jan. 2O.-Lady Nancy AS
tor, American-born wife of Lord Wal
dorf Astor and the first woman to sit
as a member of the British house OF
commons. was fined two pounds in the
municipal court at Maidenhead yester-
day for obstructing traffic.
Lady Nancy did not appear in court.
Testimony showed that on Christmas
eve she stopped her automobile in a
prohibited zone and failed to produce
a license when one was demanded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
ONLY ONE MAN SAVED.
American Steamer "Macona" Sunk Off
West Coast OF Sweden.

London. Jan. 2o.-Many Chinese
were among the forty-nine members
of the crew of the American steamer
Macona drowned when the ship SINK
in a storm off the west coast OF
Sweden Only one man was saved.
The crew of fifty included thirty
eight Chinese.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
WINTER COMING BACK
Mercury to Drop to 10 Above Tonight,
Meteorolo2ist Flora Forecasts.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday I;
probably snow southwest and south ecu
tral portions much colder tonight temper
ntures 10 to 10 above zero; colder wednes-
day. southeast portion.
The shippers forecast warns to protect
36-hour shipments north and west against
a temperature of zero; east and south,
against is degrees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 90
With their clothes afire, two girls
leaped from the fourth story of the
Stickley Brothers Furniture COM
pany's plant here today when the
building caught fire following an ex-
plosion.
The girls probably saved their lives
by jumping. but sustained broken
arms and legs. Huge piles of snow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

A revival of real winter weather was
forecast today by s. D.. Flora, state
meteorofogist- Flora hinted of tenn
perature around the 10 above zero
mark "wednesday morning. Rain or
snow is not anticipated in the northern
half of the state. The southern half,
however. will probably get snow in
the next twenty-four hours.
Zero and below temperatures were
reported in the northwest today. A
Wind was blowing from that country
M.onfinmed ON I,aee Two.i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
FINISH WAR COURT LISTS.
1premc Council Makes Final Deci-
-. R-oooaun AZ Trials

sion on Procedure at Trials.
Paris, jan 20.-The supreme coun-
Gil today adopted a final list of Ger
man war guilty whose surrender for
trial by allied tribunals will be de-
manded.
The council adopted Lord Birken-
heads recommendations concerning
procedure in the trials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20
SKINNY MEN TO Be VAMPS

Fall Clothing Built for Speed and
Small Sized MeaIs-F'at and
Bow-Legged Males Out of Luck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-20

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
" Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday; probably snow ss nth and
southwest; colder tonight with tenn
peratures 10 to is above zero; colder
Wednesday southeast
The state herald., 1920-05-25
renee Before the Shrine of Eternal Memories

On Decoration Day we honor the
memory Of those who made the su-
preme sacriiice. Their ulory lives
eternal.
The state herald., 1920-05-25
uN.AMER1cAN IpEA

The day Of the "closed shop IS
about over. Not because the public
is against the workman, but be-
cause the people are beginning to see
that the "closed shop" is against cv-
cry principle of our American con-
stitution.
The real aim of the "closed shop
agitators was to force every man to
belong to designated organization
before he could get a Job and to
prevent every man who did not be
long to such an organization from
getting a job. Every American has
a right to belong to any labor union
he sees fit. Also to such political
party as he wishes or the church OF
his faith, but when it comes to get
ting job he should not be required
to pay tribute to any organization
unless he desires. whether labor, po-
litical. or religions. before he is al
lowed to do a days work or earn
days pay.
The "closed shop was the real
point at issue in the Boston police
strike, the steel strike, the coal
strike, the shipyard strikes, the
switchmen's strike, and numerous
other strikes although this fact was
hidden from the public under a cant
outage of various demands.
This autocracy in America is
sbout ended and any American will
soon have a right to work where and
when he plenses.
The state herald., 1920-05-25
MECHANISM is TRACTOR AID
Particularly Applicable Where Rear
Axle is Driven From Motor
Mounted at Front.

The Scientific American In illustrat-
Ing and describing driving mechan-
ism for tractors, the invention of L. NJ.
Yaggy Of Bowman. n. D., says:
This invention is applicable to trac-
tors generally and more particularly
TO tractor in which the rear axle is
driven from a motor mounted on the
tractor at the front. A specific object
is TO provide drive means In which
ratchet mechanism in driving connec-
tion with the driven axle is actuated
The state herald., 1920-05-25

short hours, lowered labor efficicn-
cy and with the people trying to buy
more goods than there are in eXis-
tence, and seeking in desperation to
mike credit take the place of cap
ital in production, there is great
pressure on the banks Tor accomo-
dations. They have been doing their
hest to stem the tide and hold this
nation on an even keel. The rise
in bank rates represents an effort to
cheek the further initiation of credit
The age old law of work or starVe
will eventually bring the world up
with a sharp Jerk.
The state herald., 1920-05-25
ABOUT UNDER INSURANCE AND
CREDITS

Insurance is the greatest basis for
credit and insurance funds are ihe
greatest resource in time of loss for
rebuilding homes or starting up q
business that has been burned out
When values of building and mer-
chandise and when values OF land
and all kinds Of property have gone
mp from fifty to two hundred per
cept few people have increased in
surance.
As a result when fires take place
there is capital destroyed and the
basis of credit wiped ont that will
take two dollars TO replace one that
is destroyed and under-insurance is
the rule.
All insurance, even upon human
life, Is being readiusted ON highed
scale Of values, Just rs wages and
salaries have gone up, and Just as
the cost of living and the value Of
human life has advanced.
The merchant or the property
owner who has his property insured
on the prewar basis, and who is us
ing nl his credit in enlarging his
stock or erecting new buildings,
would be cut right in two by fire
on the old basis of values, and take
his insurance money in dollars on
fifty cent purchasing power.