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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-06
REDUCTIONS MADE IN
RAILWAY SHOP FORCES

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL IrAsEn wisEl
Knoxville, Tenn, March s.
orders laying off 900 Of the 1,500
employees at Southern Railway
shops here have been posted, effec-
tive saturday. Reduction of expen-
diuures was said to be the pur-
pose ...
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-06
ALBUQUERQUE LODGE
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Albuquerque Lodge Loyal order
of Moose at its regular meeting
held March 5 elected the follow
ing officers: Dictator, George r..
Wells; vice dictator, DR.. w. o. dc
Merkel; prelate, c. =, j. Bittner.
treasurer, c. r, Hyre; secretary,
John Lehner; trustees, J. w. Wolf,
F. NJ. McCloskey. T.. r. Benedick.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-06
TWO NEW WORKERS ARE
SENTENCED TO PRISON

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiRsl
Detroit, Mich, March 5.--Grant
Hugh Browne, wealthy New York
sportsman, and Lester Waterbury,
convicted last night of conspiracy
to defraud the government. were
sentenced in a federal court today
to serve respectively two years and
eighteen months in. Leavenworth
prison Soterious Nicholson, an
other defendant, win be sentenced
March 22
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-06
She States It mildly.

While suffering with a severe
attack of the grip and threatened
with pneumonia. Mrs. Annie. II.
Cooley, of MiddIefield. Conn.,, be-
gan using Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and was very much bene-
| fitted by its use. The pains In the
chest soon disappeared. the cong.
became loose, expectoration easy
lend in a short time she was as
| well as ever. Mrs. Cooley sayssshe
Ioannot speak too highly in pra1De Of
this remedy. ''-'' '-''S4 ---- - v
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-06
ESCAPED BANK R0BBER
IS STILL AT LIBERTY
,uY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL ltAsro w,e.I

tHY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEAsEo wlRsl
Los Angeles Calf. March g.
Roy Dickerson charged with aid
ing in the robbery of a bank at
Phoenix, Al4, who escaped from
the city jail here last night by us
ing a crude key on his cell lock,
then climbing up a ventilator shaft
TO the roof and making his way
thence to the ground, was still at
large today.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-06

Cork bearing oaks live to be ! 50
years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15
LitttDeflflYs
NotQ<BooK

Ma was reeding the paper last mite.
and she sed to pop, Willyum. did you
reed about that woman that's bin
asleep for weeks and weeks and the
docktors cant seem to wake her up?
No, 1 dident reed about her. but
she's a lucky woman to sleep throo
the high cost of living, 1 wonder how
she does it? sed pop.
Don't be foolish, Wiilyum, its an
axsident, sed ma.
And this morning / weak up on
account of ma calling me frum down
setairs exter loud, and 1 thawt, G,
I'm going to pertend to be asleep like
that lady, and after it's too late to
go to skoo1 Ill wake up.
And 1 kepp on not ansering, and
ma came running up stairs. saying.
Benny, do you wunt to be late for
skool, watts the matter with you this
morning? Me jest laying there with
my eyes shut like a lady that no.
body cant wake up, and ma shook
me hard as enything, saying. Wake
up, wake up, wake up, my goodniss
sake.
WITCH the more she shook the more
Willyum, will you come up heer a
minnit. Wich pop did, and ma sed,
1 cant seem to wake this boy up, do
you Suppose enything can be the mat
ter with him? And pop shook me
about twice as hard as wat ma did,
saying. Hay, shake leg, shake a leg,
this is no cemetery.
Me jest laying there with my eyes
shut, and ma sed, o goodniss, Will
yum, sumthing must be the matter
with him.
1 think I know watts the matter
with him. sed pop. Me thinking. Gosh,
he thinks 1 got the same thing the
lady had.
II he's not up by the time 1 count
3 sed pop. I'm going to take this
glass of ice wattir and pore it rite
down this neck, 1, e.
WITCH jest then I quick opened my
eyes, saying, Did enybody call me?
Q no, you must of bin dreeming,
Sed pop. Him not having a glass of
wattir at all, and 1 -sed, / must of
bin sleeping like that lady.
Tell that to the marines, sed pop.
Meaning he dident bleeve me, and he
grabbed a hold of my hair and pulled
me up strate and 1 quick got out, of
bed the rest of the way by myself
without waiting for him to help me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15
The Woman Who Loved-and
Earned 4 Modem Story q Home and Business
A Modern Story of
By JANE PHELPS

Whats the use getting married if
you Amt going to have no home?"
.'Why-why-how funny you are.
Mary. You ask such queer ques-
answer ready. I loved Robert dearly.
had been so busy making a living I
had had little time to either think of.
or to devote to young men. Robert
had rather swept me off my feet. My
commonplace, little self had in a way
been transformed into a castle-build-
ing individual. Altho usually practi-
cal. had in this case not reasoned out
my problems: L had simply refused to
see them.
well. I hope it will be all right.
Gerry, you know I do. but I feel sort
of sfraid for you. I amt been in this
big town for five years for nothing.
You get your eye teeth cut mighty
quick here. And it seems to me that
married man what amt got no home
is Just like any other Johnnie, and will
be running around like they do"
"Oh, Mary. do stop. If you keep
on. 4 shall be almost afraid to get
married.
. After Mary left me I was conscious
of curiously mingled emotions. She
was worried. anxious about my mar
riage. While I was so happy because
Robert loved me. and loved him, that
I had scarcely thought of anything
else since 1 had promised to marry
him. Everything else seemed so in
consequential. I had known him only
six months, but 1 was sure that had it
been six years L should have known
him no better. loved him no more de-
votedly.
was proud of Robert. too. He was
tall. well built, altho slender. with
dark brown hair and grey eyes-hon-
est eyes that made you feel he was to
be trusted. So with a shrug l dis
missed Mary's forebodings and went
to bed. But just as soon as l closed
my eyes they came back and also /
recalled what mother had said so long
ago. I was only II then&seven years
ago. Among other things this one
sentence stood out:
Men need something to fight FOR
to arouse the fighting instinct in
them; to goad their ambition"
And / was ambitious for Robert.
Would I kill his ambition If I took
away his incentive?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15
1EuBt
Folks
Up
Ea9arI guest

l promised her roses to wear in her hair
Aad satins and silks for her gown:
promised her freedom from troublesome
care
with never a reason to frown;
But, oh, was young in the glad days Of
And little I knew what the years would
unfold.
promised carriage in which she should
ride
And servants to come at her cali;
/ promised that never her heart should be
tried
And never a tear drop should fall;
But little I knew in the glad days back
The hazards that lay in the pathway Of
men. T.
promised her jewels to wear at her breast,
/ promised her silver aud gold
She should know life at Its fairest and best
With never a bleak day and cold.
But, oh, was young in THAT glad long
And thought 1 could win all those gifts to
bestow.
Now I've learned that at times men and
women must weep
And hearts must grow heavy with care;
Tho my VOWS 1 am earnestly trying to
keep,
There are burdens that still she must
share
But she smiles thru it all, and she says
that she knew
I was promising more than 1 ever could
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest.
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Just remember that. Lincoln and
Grant. in their small twon stores. must
have gotten very discouraged and have
thought that the future looked pretty
dark. Lincoln has made record of
the fact that he knew hardly more
when he had arrived at the age of
twenty. than is known by the ordinary
school boy.
But, step by step. these two men
found their way to fame and glorv.
each having become president of tn
greatest democracy in the world.
If you walk knowingly toward your
goal, one step is as ten in the dark
Step by step plod on. Never be
troubled at being passed by the fleet
one. The distance covered at the end.
the friends you have made, the good
you have accomplished - the total
records what counts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15
Household Hints



What Makes Bakers Pies SO brown
on top? MIX brushed over crust
with small brush will give your
pies the same appearance.
The Crystal Drops on the meringue
of pies? Just before returning to
oven to brown, sprinkle little sugar
over it.
The Edges of their pies, so smooth
and never any juice seeping out +?
After forming first crust in your pie
pan dip the fingers in water and
moisten the edge, then add second
crust and press together with the
palms of the hands. instead of fingers
or fork. until dough falls away from
the edge.
Names and Odd Figures on cake
with icing SO even? Take a piece
of brown paper four inches square.
form into a funnel, clip off the point
into V shape. Fill funnel with
icing and squeeze out over cake. in
any form desired.
To Remove Cake From Pan-If
cake sticks to pan and threatens to
break TO pieces when you take it out
turn the pan upside down and lay on
the bottom of 1t a cloth wrung out of
cold water About five minutes after
the cake can be removed without
crumbling to pieces.
When Making Crust for pies mix up
quite a quantity at a time two or
three days before using; that Is, the
flour. salt and shortening. This will
keep Indefinitely in covered crock
and with only the addition of water
IL is always ready for use. Crust
made In this manner is ever 80 much
nicer. being invariably tender and
flaky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

O. Was Booker T. Washington slave?
M. S. T.
A. He was a slave during the first
seven years of his life. There is very little
information regarding his birth: He was
Virginia. about 1858, and was a plantation
slave until the end of the war. He died
at Tuskegee university, Alabama NoTem-
Q. How many violins did stradivarius
a. 1t is believed that he made about
1000 violins, but of these only about $40
are known to be in existence
O. Hey How many stnts poStofflces are there In
A. The Postoffice Department says there
are about 53,0s4 postoffices in this country.
O. VIII you tell me something of the
tower of Bruges described in Longfellow's
poem, The Pelfry Tower of Bruges r.
feet high. 1t was built in the days OF
the first Count of Flanders, in the ninth
century. 1t was burned in 12s0 and rebuilt
form one of the best chimes in Europe
Q. Where did the Pennsylvania Dutch
come from ?-B. II. G,
syivania came chiefly from the Rhenish
Palatinate, Wurtemperg. Bavaria and Sax
and rba to s
was due to religious persecution. political
conditions and the intoierabie social sys
tenn which prevailed in Germany at that
O. Has the percentage of illiteracy in
this country decreased any since the begin
ming of the present century "A. II. c.
A. In 1900. ten and seyen-tenths of the
population Of the United States could not
read or write. Ten years later this per
centage was -eut down 10 seven and seven
tenths. 1t Is expected that the 1920 census
of tlliterates will show another reduction.
Q. What is the assessed valuation of
property in the state of New York. and
what state has the highest property valua-
ton per capita &c. L T.
A. The last census report, taken In 1915.
placed the assessed valuation of property in
New York at $13,160. 2S7 go, or $1,z5J.65
per ca pita. South Dakota has the highest
per capita property valuation Of any state,
1t being s1,S20.so.
Q. OF the six great races into which tbs,
people of the world are divided. which is
the largest III. V. s.
A The Monaghan race ranks first, num-
close second with 645.OOo0Oo souls. The
other four races are follows: Negro.
100.0a0.000: Semitic 81. 10000. Mayayan,
81, e0e, 600; Red Indian. g. 100000.
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal information bureau, Frederic J..
Haskin. Director. Washington. ID. c. This
offer applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal. medical.
and financial matters. II does not under
take TO settle domestic fronbiess nor To
undertake exhaustive research on any
subject Write your question plainly and
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Dinner Stories

The lady district visitor was trying
to get friendly with little Johnny.
Do you think your mummy would
let me buy you, Johnny ?" she asked.
Buy me what? An airgun ?" asked
Johnny quickly.
mol MOI" laughed the district
visitor. would she let me buy Won
from Der and take you away with
She might" replied Johnny. .But
I'm afraid you haven't got enough
We'll. about how much do Won
think she would ask for you p,
"A thousand pounds!" promp.iv
answered Johnny
oh-but that seems an awful lot
or money!! expostulated the lady.
are you quite sure you're worth as
wen. p.r'aps not.'' admitted
Johnny. but. you see. there's sfx a.
US. and Il mummy sold me it'd break
the set" =
Wen. daughter. hope you learned
something useful at college"
OF course, dad. Wait untfr 7 r,.ts
you some fudge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

Senator Edge of New Jersey has
registered his opposition to the sug-
gestion advanced by some people of
placing an embargo on exports for the
purpose of lowering prices in this
country. The senator declares that
the United States could not exist. far
less profit, by doing business solely
with itself. The senator is not in ac-
cord with those who in years past
have advocated the building of a tariff
wall high enough to prevent trade
with foreign countries. The United
States may not have profited by do
ing business solely with ITSELF" but
certain manufacturers grew rich I'M
der the arrangement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15
CHAPTER w.

C11AE LEN w.
Say. Gerry, did you see madame's
brother sizing us up?" Mary asked me
the next day. Mr.. Eeets. the brother
of the proprietor or manager of the
store often came in to talk things
over with his sister. 1t was his money
that ran the business, we all knew.
and in consequence we were a little
in awe of him. Il didn't know if he
was going to ask one of us to marry
him. or if he was going to fire US. He
never stopped looking at us. 1 guess
it was that red hair of yours caught
him"
Nonsense. Mary You are far bet
ter looking than / am 1 replied and
with truth Mary Ryan was a typical
Irish beauty. and was also very strik-
ing because of her height. and the way
shop had nicknamed her "Queenie"
because OF her regal way of holding
herself. 1 was just ordinary size, with
nothing to distinguish me from thou
sands of other quiet looking girls but
my masses of red hair. which madame
had counted an asset because 1T set
off her hats, especially black hats
which were really becoming to me.
'.Oh, if being big and awkward and
thin as a shad, is being good looking,
I'd take the prize at a country fair
along with the other big animals. But
Ia rather look the rear iady, IKE you
do, and let the other fellow have the
prizes I like quality, and / am only
quantity"
laughed until almost cried. Mary
was always amusing; no one could be
blue when she was around.
Haven't you ever, heard about the
girl who was tall and divinely fair,
Mary? You are very pretty. and
believe you know it. Then you look
so stylish in everything you put on;
while 1 never look smart. 1 am too
Short
"AIl nice things are done up in
small bundles, dearie. And I'll bet a
nickel that Robert of yours tells you
So" Then, more soberly: Honest.
Gerry. are you going to stay on at the
shop?"
Honest, Mary"
'Where will you live ~
.'Why. we'll board of course
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

The competent man got his service
working like a clock. The incompe-
tent man produced only tangle. The
incompetent major was sent overseas
with his service was kept at home and
transferred to the work of the man
who had failed. He burned midnight
oil to the end of the war in getting
the machine to working properly.
So the war over the question of-who
won the war goes merriiy on.
The whole question of rank is but
temporary, for all officers with the
exception of the few men who have
been especially promoted go back to
their pre-war status on June 80, next
The present law provides for the
maintenance of 18.06 officers. Res
ignations have reduced that staff to
1900. OF this 1900 between nine
and ten thousand are regular army
men. Between seven and eight thou
sand are officers who came into the
service for the emergency.
These officers are still holding their
emergency ranks. They were all to
have been dropped the first of last
November but it was found that they
were the experts. the detail men. in
much of that complicated organizat ton
which had grown up SO rapidly. 1t
would virtually scrap many of the de-
tail organizations to discharge these
men. So they have been retained at
their emergency ranks. Most of them
their army pay outside. There was a
plan for blanket reduction of all
such officers, but the final decision
was that it was unnecessary. These
experts are being discharged as rapid
ly as their services can be dispensed
with, and unless there is some legisla-
ton providing for their retention all
will go on June 30,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15
PASSING OF THE STRIKE.

William 2. Foster has resigned his
place as an officer of the union of
steel workers. The strike which he
directed has ended officially and his
labors and influence are at an end
No great strike has'been successful
since the war began; and probably
never again will a great strike be sue
cessful in this country. The strike as
an industrial weapon has been tried
and has been found wanting. It is
breeder of violence, an Indictment to
revolution. and it has no place in mod
ern society. The country at large has
come to regard the strike as 'has-
been" 1t passed into the industrial
discard because it failed to do aught
that could be of benefit to the work
ers
State inspection and regulation of
Industries have established an effec-
tive barrier against inhuman working
conditions; the social revolution has
given an added dignity to labor; the
future belongs indisputably to the
workers; and the apostles of idleness
are as much out of place in the new
order as king in a republic.
The strike was a curse to industry.
1t was born of n protest against low
wages and unsatisfactory working con-
ditions. 1t has cost the workmen
themselves billions of dollars in wages
and has brought untold misery to the
homes pf the poor. ButNit has passed.
There may be sporadic strikes in the
future. but they will be only the waves
that are slow in subsiding after a
Storm The way to prevent their re-
currence is to make certain that the
wages and the working conditions of
| those who toll are not permitted to
relapse to degree that would give to
any strike even semblance of justifi-
cation.
An incentive to labor is the surest
; cure for idleness. The walking dele
gate will pass with the disuse of his
! favorite weapon; and for the workers
| themselves it will be a good radiance.
The strike is dead Friends of the
deceased will please refrain. from
sending flowers.
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flee, where he was clandestine1y adj
mitted by Daniel.
How do you like this one?" asked
Tom when they were alone. He slipped
a delicate little band of ornamental
platinum set abIaze with pure blue
white diamond upon her finger. II
flashed in a thousand hues the bril-
liant glory of the sunlight siantine
thru the magic window where he had
first seen her.
The door behind them stealthiI,
opened and the round face of Daniel
beamed at the lovers.
SAY" comically whispered young
Wade as they wheeled around at him
Here's where you kids ride on the
band wagon! Sis told me to rake up
a. bunch from the office and bring
them down for a lark next Saturday
night. You know Sis!" he addressed
Maybelle Understandings.
Certainly; did she tell you to in
vite me?" she asked.
Eyes. she did. She said to tell you
my what?" cried the girl.
This guy here that answered my
ad," commented Daniel complacently.
THE ad, mean, that 1 put on a card
in your window when you were out.
What does the crazy kid mean?'
MaybelIe asked Tom. The young man
seemed to see a new light breaking in
the eastern part of his memory.
"Why, he means, ! guess, the print
ed sign in your window which first
attracted my attention there and made
me dream of you nights"
Explain demanded the girl.
Read it yourself" blatted Daniel,
taking from his pocket q worn but
neatly folded sheet of paper. May
belle was astounded to see printed in
large letters:
HELLO, ROMEO, WHEN AND
WHERE CAN WE MEET?'
"Of course I knew you didn't do 1t, =
Tom lied to the girl. But I'm glad
somebody started things our way
Copyright, 1920 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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STEP BY STEP.

Everything that you do and think
is a product of the simplest begin
ninss. The profoundest thinker who
ever lived. first had to learn his let
tiers.
The runner soon tires. He who takes
up his journey step by step, however.
goes very DISCRIMINATING strength
as he gains in distance.
Step by step do We learn and grow.
This is very restless age. but the
great men and women. or in works
that spell a better world in which to
live. So that more than at-any other
period in the history of the world. is
there a demand for steady, efficient
work, accomplished steadily-step by
step.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-15

In the face of vastly increased bust
ness in this country and consequent
need of additional transportation ia
ciiitfes. it appears that railroad mile
age shows an actual decline. Sum
ming mp the situation with respect to
recent railroad development, the Rail-
way Age says sit appears that during
the last three years there has been an
actual decrease in the mileage of rail-
ways operated in the United States"
The total mileage of new lines built
in the United States is set at CSC. "the
smallest figure which has ever been
recorded by this paper" This figure.
it continues. does not represent a net
Increase in mileage, for in the year
$50 miles of main line railroad were
abandoned for operation. If the rail-
roads shall not be permitted to make
necessary extensions. who will make
them? To make extensions they must
have money. To get money their
earning power must be increased be-
fore they can even borrow it. In
framing his bill Senator Cummins ap-
pears to have lost sight of this fact.
1t is doubtful that the interests of the
public would be best served by limit
ing earnings of the roads to 51a per
cent