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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
Germans Starring, Says
Topeka Woman, Just Back
Visit to the FatherEand
She States That Germany Is Ready to Go War With
Russia Against Poland Each Man Must Give
2O3o of Wages to Help National Debt
Eggs, $1.2O Each.

That Germany may go to war with
Russia against the Poles, particularly
if the allies go to the assistance OF Po-
land, is the belief of Mrs. A. A.
Schmidt, 309 West Tenth street, To-
peka, who has just returned from Ger
many, where she spent three months.
The Germans feel that they are
dying slowly from lack of food and
cannot face the winter without fuel.
and driven to desperation. they will
fight" Mrs. Schmidt said today. They
feel that they would rather die fight
ing than die from starvation or cold" +"
Mrs. Schmidt, who was born in Ger
many, and has a brother and nephew
living near Munich. visited in various
parts of the country, in the Rhineland
and in Holland and found the poor liy-
ing conditions and the talk over the
possibility of going to war much the
same everywhere.
"Of course it may be only talk"
Mrs. Schmidt said But l should not
Russia at any time. When left there
the talk was that Germany would be
fighting again in two weeks"
Serious Living Conditions.
Food. clothing and coal are distrib-
uted by the German government to
the people in very scarce ratlons.
Each persons is allowed only three
pounds of bread-black bread made
from poor quality rye-three pounds
of potatoes and half pound of meat
for week. Adults are allowed only
ne-eighth of a quart of milk week
and children one pint
I'm Munich the people go without
meat for two weeks at a time Mrs.
Schmidt said.
Coal Shortage.
Factories in Germany are closing
now because of the shortage of coal
to use in them" she said. Twenty
per cent of every mans wages is taken
for government use to pay the coun-
try's debt" she said. Taxes are de-
Quoted from the mans pay before he
receives it, also any hospital bills ne
may have had"
kindly Toward America.
MANY Germans talked to feel that
Germany has not received fair treat
ment They think they have agreed
to all the fourteen points but have
not been treated according to the rules
laid down in the fourteen points" Mrs.
Schmidt explained. They feel kindly
toward America, however. Their idea
is that America went to war to save
the money she had loaned to the allies.
They think if Americas money had
been loaned to Germany. the Ameri-
cans would have fought with Ger
many.
! "The American soldiers patrollins
/ the Rhine treat the Germans much
better than do the other soldier
guards" Mrs. Schmidt said. There
| are African, English. Belgian and
French guards, as well as American.
American Safe in Germany.
/ "Any American is safe in Germany, y
she said.
How do the Germans feel toward
the ex-kaiser % she was asked
'I heard no sympathy expressed for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
Delegates From Three States at
SaIina Session.
Farmers Determined to Hold
Grain for $3.50 Per BusheI.
MUST HELP ONE ANOTHER
Rich Farmers Must Loan to
Poor 0nes-McAuliffe.
Big Spectators Accused of
Pounding Down Market.

Salina, Kan, Sept. Wheat grow
ers and members of farmers organiza-
tions from Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa and Nebraska were here today
to discuss plans for obtaining what
they termed "a living price" for their
1920 wheat crop.
The meeting was the outcome of a
conference in Kansas City recently by
wheat growers and farm organization
officials at which it was decided a
minimum price of $3.50 a bushel at
the farm was a fair one.
According to the instrumentality in
calling the meeting here, the discus
sions are expected to center about
ways and means of obtaining the CO.
operation of wheat growers generally
in the effort to obtain the price asked.
Thousand Attend Session.
Over one thousand Kansas farmers
are here attending the wheat growers
meeting in Convention hall, and grim
determination to market their own
wheat. The meeting was called to or
der and addressed by Maurice Nc
Auliffe, president of the Kansas Farm
ers union, with a membership of
10000.
McAuliffe declared that this meet
ing was not under the control of any
farm organization, but of all of the
farmers, and that the time had arrived
when wheat, the farmers product
must be taken out of the hands of the
spectators and sold direct to the con-
sumers. He accused the big specula-
tors of being the cause of all Of the
trouble, the small price of wheat and
the high price of foodstuffs from
wheat.
Must Help Each Other.
He ADVOCATED the fortunate farmer
loaning money to the farmer without
means, to hold the wheat or marke
it. He declared that only the farmer
can solve his own problems.
Representative of a dozen farm or
ganizations are in attendance. incIud
\ ing representatives of the Nationa
Wheat Growers with a membership
Of so. 900. The latter organization Il
| trying to get working agreemen
with the new organization. The sever
wheat growing states are holding con
ventions to select three men from
each state, to meet in Kansas City OIL
! September 21, to form a national or
ganization to take the wheat out O.
the hands of the Spectators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07

the kaiser she said. HE is seldom
mentioned in Germany
TO illustrate the food situation, Mrs.
Schmidt told how she had tried to
help an old pauper woman beg for
food.
Il went with the old woman from
farm to farm" she said. I'VE asked
everywhere for just one egg. After
working for the whole day we had
two eggs and a little butter. Eggs
cost about $1.20 each. 1t is hard for
the farmers to give away food for they
do not have enough for themselves
Every so often a government repre-
sentative travels from farm to farm,
checking up how. many hogs, chickens
and cows each farmer has, and direct
ing him to deliver so much of his
meat. eggs, and milk to the govern
ment market. No farmer dares
butcher hogs for his own use.
Took Two Hams Across.
81 took two hams with me to Ger
many-two hams that would last the
average American family not more
than two weeks at the most" she
said. But the two hams lasted my
brother and his family about three
months. They would eat only a very
little ham at a time-not more than
a. bite"
The clothing shortage in Germany
IS alarming. according to Mrs.
Schmidt
Clothing of Paper.
NO one but the very rich can af-
ford to buy cotton or wooden cloth
ing, she said. They are making
clothing from kind of paper fabric
made of smart weeds. They cook and
eat the part of the weeds they do not
use for clothing"
Asked about the civil war in Ger
many and the prospect of another out
break of the revolutionary forces, Mrs.
Schmidt said:
THE German government cannot
defend itself If the Reds attack again.
All the ammunition left at the end of
the war was either given to the allies
or destroyed. Manyuo the men of the
government party feel that they would
rather join Russia in her fighting than
to face Internal war without any pro-
lection"
Mrs. Schmidt is a naturalized Amer
lean and has lived in Topeka for
thirty-six years, coming directly here
from Germany. Her husband, A L.
Schmidt was for many years in the
firm of Schmidt Brothers, Kansas
Packing House Market.
"A beautiful souvenir of her trip is
hanging on the wall of Mrs. Schnidt's
front room. It is an embroidered Chi
nese wall carpet. large enough to COW
er half one side of the wall of the
large room. 1t Is said to have been q
gift of a Chinese king to a German
princess. and is 157 years old. Mrs.
Schmidt found 1t in an obscurs Ger
man attic shop, where she bought II
for almost nothing, so anxious are the
Germans to get money. Genuine gold
threads are used in the embroidery.
Another rare article she brought home
is rich. heavy brocaded satin cover
let in dark red. said to have been used
in the royal palace in the time of the
kaiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
LABOR LOYALTY HERE.

Topeka was wonderfully impressed
Monday with the monster labor dem
onstration on Kansas avenue. The
5000 union men who marched down
the street were typically American
and they heralded the fact with 100
Per Cent American" placards and
American flags. OF course it is only
natural to suppose these men were
Americans. They live in an all-Amer-
lean community and in an all-Ameri-
can state. They represent the spirit
of Americanism in their homes. their
lives and their work.
In contrast the labor parade in Kan
sas City. Kan. should be taken. AL
tho led by the mayor of Kansas City
the unions of that town carried an
INVERTED American flag! Think ot
it, Carrying a flag in such a manner
that it heralded treason-and down a
crowded street in mid-western
American city!
Then there was a placard which
read:
Are we for Howat? You bet, 100 /:
.......
Another sign read:
To He'll With Aliens Industrial !:
Court Law. /:
=.
The Topeka laboring men made
known their disagreement with the in
dustrial court law but only on one or
two p!acards which read more logical
ly and more conservatively their ideas
on the Alien measure.
The Topeka unions carried hun
dreds of American flags-and carried
them proudly with the masts upward
and the stars in the upper corner.
Topeka has reason to be proud of
her laboring men and women. May
they always display loyalty first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
FEAR MORE MOB VIOLENCE.
Brooklyn Street Car Men Prepare to
Fight Strikebreakers.

New York, Sept. Further vio-
lence in the Brooklyn Traction strike
was feared today. Following the
statement of Receiver Lindley NJ. Gar
rison, head of the system, that he
would not deal with the strikers thru
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees, strike
leaders believed the affair was develp-
ing into an endurance contest.
Until yesterday little effort had been
made to interfere with the running of
cars by strikebreaker Yesterday
afternoon. however, car was at
tackled by strikers near Prospect park
and a riot followed in which one
striker was shot in the hip, many
persons injured by stones, more than
thirty shots fired and thirteen strikers
arrested on a charge of rioting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
SWITCH PROBLEM IS SETTLED
City Grants Rock Island Right 10
Build on Curtis.

The city commissioners today set
tied several weeks of petitioning and
protesting when they passed an ordi-
nance granting the Rcck Island rail-
road the right to build a switch track
from the main line at Curtis and Van
Buren streets. along Curtis and across
Jackson street to the west line of Kan
sas avenue.
Of Curtis street had petitioned the
commissioners for the switch, but
property owners on the north side had
protested, saying it would create a
nuisance. damage property and furnish
no material assistance to the business
houses. The switch will be built be-
tween the parking and the sidewalk
on the south side of the street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
ARRESTS own BOY
Willard Parent Brings Son to
County Attorney Today.
SWears Out Warrant and Pays
the Ten Dollar Fine.
THREW DICE IN A GARAGE
j. F. Taber Conducted His Own
Raid Last Sunday.
Says Army Life Has Aroused
Gambling Spirit.

J. F. Taber, of Willard, drove to To-
peka in motor car today with his
son, Carl, aged IS years, and took the
young man to the office of Tinkham
Veale, assistant county attorney
'I want you to issue a warrant
charging this boy with gambling he
told Veale. I'll swear to the COM
plaint'
Veale followed directions and issued
the warrant. Then father and son
and the somewhat nonplussed Veale
marched up to the third floor of the
court house and walked into the court
of Topeka.
Now my boy" said the father.
what do you want to do-stand trial
or plead guilty and pay a fine?"
The boy studied a moment. Then
he said:
I'll plead guilty"
The judge fined him $40 and costs
which the boy paid. Then father and
son walked out of the court house,
jumped into the car and drove home
to willard
Shot Craps in Garage.
81 am in the garage business at Will
bunch of boys who have been shooting
craps in the garage and other places.
My boy works in the garage. The
gambling became town talk. 1t hurt
my business and injured the reputa-
ton of my family.
It warned the boy time and again
to stop gambling. But he didn't stop.
On Sunday afternoon I saw the boys
go down toward the railroad station.
Il followed. There they were bend
ing over pair Of dice.
Son, you come with me- said.
He did. The other boys scattered
Continuing, Taber said that the
gambling spirit which seems to have
taken hold of the youth of Willard
since the boys returned from the army
was creating much trouble.
Other Parents Aroused.
There are other parents who will
take the same methods to put an end
of this gambling business on the part
of their boys" said Taber.
Taber also swore to a warrant
charging Ray Mansell with gambling.
He is the root of the evil,". said
Taber. "All he does apparently is to
gamble"
The warrant must be served on
ManseI. He didn't accompany Taber
and his son to Topeka.
The warrant issued by Taber, the
father. for his sons arrest follows:
"I, J. F. Taber, do charge Carl Taber
and Ray Mansell bet money upon the
result Of throwing dice; each of the
said Carl Taber ana Ray Mansell then
and there throwing said dice and bet
ting ON the result of the movement Of
the same"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
KING CONSTANTINE is ROUSED
Attempt by Greek Government TO
Have Him Expelled From Retreat.


Have Him Expelled From Retreat.
Geneva, Sept. 7.-Official request
for the expulsion of former King Con-
stantine from Switzerland has not yet
been received from Athens by the
Swiss government, according to in
formation received from Berne. Re
ports that such request had been for
warded to Berne were received late
last week.
Constantine. who is staying at Lu-
cerne, denounces the attempt by the
present Greek government to have him
expelled from Switzerland in q tele-
gram to the Associated Press.
LAS told you when had the pleas
ure of seeing you," the king wired, Il
had nothing to do with the murderous
assault upon Premier Venizelos in
Paris on August 2. If the Greek gov
ernment should demand my expulsion
from Switzerland, it will not be the
first intrigue against me, nor the first
attack upon my dignity. My enemies
now spread false rumors without pro-
ducing any evidence against me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
SHOWERS STILL ON MAP.
Area of Low Pressure Threatens Kan
sas With Rains.
FORECAST FOR KANsA,

The forecast tells it all for Kansas
More rain will arrive tonight and to-
morrow. and practically one-half of
the state has received rain in the last
"a hours. An area of low pressure
that has prevailed in the southwest of
the United States for the last several
days, is still in effect, and as long as
it remains Kansas is in for a good
sprinkling every few hours.
The following heavy rains fell over
the state in the last "a hours. An
thony, .28; Coldwater. .62; Liberal,
134;; Macksville, "A, and Sedan, 54.
The high mark today may be rs, and
the low temperature for tonight Will
be around so or 65. Tomorrow will
be a replica of today. Labor day, as
far as weather was concerned, was the
coolest Labor day for some years. The
high mark was 73 at $3.50 p. M; and
ICnntinr1ed On PaCe Trrn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
CLOSE BRIDGE WEDNESDAY.
City to Make Another Attempt to
Complete Repairs.

MeIan bridge, across the Kaw river
on Kansas avenue, will be closed again
at o'clock tomorrow morning to re-
sumo the repair work if the weather
permits, W. S. Hancock. street COM
missioner. said today.
1t was originally planned to close
the bridge this morning but the action
was postponed for two reasons: First,
the threatening weather and second,
to allow wholesale merchants to load
and unload cars which have stood
since Saturday afternoon.
If the weather permits 1t is prob
able that the resurfacing OF the bridge
floor can be accomplished by Wednes-
day evening so the bridge can be
opened to traffic again Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
TO FREE HIM IT,
Lloyd George Ready to Bargain
for Cork Mayors Life.
Premier Wants Guarantees of
No More Killings.

London, Sept 7-As Lord Mayor
MacSwiney lay in a comatose condi-
ton in Brixton prison on the twenty
sixth day of his hunger strike. Irish
sympathizers awaited official con-
firmation Of the report that Premier
Lloyd George had proposed terms for
his release.
The Iiege correspondent of the
Daily Mail reported the premier en-
route from Lucerne to London, said
he would be willing to release Mac
Swiney if guarantees were given that
murders of policemen in Ireland by
Sim Feiners would cease
The latest word from the lord
mayors bedside was that he was very
low
London newspapers gave consid-
erabIe editorial space TO comment on
the MacSwiney case today, differing
widely in their attitude.
The Post declared it did not believe
MacSwiney's death would make the
situation in Ireland worse.
The Daily News insisted that the
majority of the British people desire
the lord mayors release. and asserted
that the callous plea that MacSwiney
is committing suicide recoiis upon its
authors" concluding that every civil
lized government is absolutely respon-
sible for the lives of men in it's
custody"
Prison Doctor Threatened.
Dublin, Sept. THE acting medical
officer at Cork prison, it is officially
announced, received today a letter
signed "One of the first brigade of the
Irish Republican army ordering him
to leave the Jail forthwith. and the
country within twenty-four hours. as
his professional attendance on the
hunger strikers gives a tinge of legal
ity to the slow murder perpetrated
upon them
In the accompanying statement
from Dublin castle. the government
emphasizes its sole responsibility, and
says that the doctor had recommended
the release of the prisoners on medical
grounds, which the government could
not accept and that the doctors re-
sponsibility was confined solely to
medical measures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
johnson Wins in Pratt Bout.

c. E. johnson, southwestern light
heavyweight wrestling champion de-
feated Dutch" Mantel, Pacific coast
niddleweight champion, in two falls
at the American Legion wrestling bout
here last night. Johnson got the first
fall in thirty minutes by a hammer
lock and the second in. twenty one
minutes by a body scissors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
BASEBALL GAMES TODAY

National League.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia. two games,
cloudy. 80 and $40 ,. m
New York At Boston, two games, rain. 30
and $3.50 y. IN.
Chicago At Pitisburrh. clear. 3 p m
No others.
American League.
Philadelphia at New York, cloudy. 3:3o
p.
Detroit at Chicago. cloudy. p. m.
Boston at Washington, two games, cloudy,
20 and 3:30 p. m
No others.
American Association.
Toledo at indianapolis, two games. . and .
p m
Louisville at Columbus, clear, p. m.
No others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
Took SO Cops
To QueH Camel

indianapolis. Sept. Fifty Indian
apolis police officers on special duty
at the Indiana state fair were called
upon today to quell- camel which ap-
parently had not had its drink during
the last eight days.
1t wandered from its own show
grounds into a soft drink booth and
drank ten gallons of red lemonade
before the police officers and the
camel trainer could get it out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
KENTUCKY MINERS ON STRIKE.
DIggcrs Want Ten Cents More Per
Ton, Day Men S1.O5 More.

Evansville, Ind. Sept. 7.-Striking
miners in the northwestern Kentucky
coal mining district will present de-
mands for increased wages at a meet
ing of the wage scale committee at
Central City. KY, tomorrow. it was
announced today.
More than 5000 miners were strik-
ing today, completely tying up coal
mining in northwestern Kentucky.
The diggers asked 10 cents a ton more
and the day men are asking an ad-
vance Of s1.05 a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
JOHNSON IN GENERAL CHARGE.
Topeka Insurance Man Receives New
Kansas Authority.

Joseph W. johnson, of Topeka.
manager of the Kansas department of
the Integrity Mutual Casualty COM
pany, has been given additional de-
partments in his work which provides
him with complete supervision in the
state He will have headquarters in
the Mulvane building. and will have
general charge of the companies bust
ness in the state.
johnson merly was connected
with the Massa chusetts Mutual Life
Insurance company as cashier in I'll -
Office of II. o .Garvey. In November.
1919. he took up his work with the
Integrity Mutual and opened offices in
the Mulvane building. He has been in
the insurance business for seven year..
Clarence Benson, in the Kansas City
office, will continue to supervise the
claim work IN the Kansas territory 1t
is intended to establish a claim office
at Topeka in the near future. it was
said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
BEGIN s-HoUR SCHEDULE TO-DAY
Santa Fe Unions Resume Plan to Aid
in Hauling Crops.

Santa F'e Unions Resume Plan to Aid
in Hauling Crops.
Workmen in the Santa Fe locomo-
tive and car repair shops went to work
at Z this morning, returning to the g.
hour basis in accordance with instruc-
tons posted by brotherhood officers.
Several weeks ago these depart
ments adopted a 9-hour schedule in
order to facilitate the repairing of box
cars and engines for moving western
crops When two union men were dis
charged for their first offenses and the
company refused to reinstate them.
the men went back to the S-hour
schedule as a retaliation.
The unions today resumed the s.
hour day. NJ. ]. Drury, superintend-
ent of the shops. stated today that the
reinstatement of the two discharged
men is still pending
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
seeds of War in League-T r..

Kansas City. Mo, Sept. THE
seeds of war are in the League of
told Republicans here Labor Day
opening their campaign. He further
described the covenant as death
trap"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
Fire Loss at memphis s1oo, 600.

Memphis. Sept. 7.@Fire of undeter-
mined origin early today damaged the
plant of the James & Graham Wagon
company here to the extent of from
100000 to s150,000, according to
early estimates by officials of the COM
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
SUE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
Department of Justice Plans Actor
Under Antitrust Laws

Under ANTITRUST Laws.
Washington, Sept THE depart
ment today considered starting anti
trust suits against farm implement
dealers and manufacturers and re-
opening of the governments suit
against the International Harvester
company.
Both steps were recommended In a
report by the federal trade commits
sion. which charges that implement
dealers and manufacturers combined
into associations by concerted action
advanced prices faster than warranted
by advancing costs. ---
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07

Rome. Sept. Very marked earth
quake shocks were reported this morn
ing from points in Tuscany. CASUAL
ties had resulted, the reports stated,
and the authorities have sent aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-07
RIVIERA FEELS EARTHQUAKE.
CASUALTIES Are Reported From Tus.
cany in Italy.

Nice, France, Sept. IA heavy
earthquake shock was felt along the
Italian coast at $50 o'clock this morn
ing It was only slight along the Ri
viera, but was felt in every town on
this part of the coast. Reports from
Rome last night stated that a shock
was felt in Milan and Genoa yester-
day afternoon.