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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
Complete Understanding Is
Reached With MexicO-Colby.
Wants Commission of Six to
Decide on Terms.
PROTECT AMERICAN PROPERTY
Pres. Wilson Determined on
Early Settlement of Problem.
Recognition of Obregon Regime
Chief Demand of Mexico.

Washington, Dec. belief that
President Wilson has determined to
settle the Mexican problem before
leaving the White House was strength
ened today.
this governments willingness to recog-
nize Mexico is the letter of Secretary
Colby to Roberto v. PesQueira, Mexi-
can confidential agent, made public
late yesterday.
Colby proposed appointment of COM
missioners by the United States and
Mexico to draw a treaty settling the
issues between the two governments
The United States would demand pro-
especially among oil holdings.
only Treaty Needed Now.
Embodied in the letter to Pesquiera,
Secretary Colby's proposal declared a
complete understanding between him
self and NJ. PesQuiera in their recent
conversations now remained only to be
given in treaty form. 1t was taken to
Mexico City by NJ. Pesquiera when he
auguration of President Obregon
This was disclosed when the secre-
tary's letter was made public here last
night.
eDeclaring his conversations with NJ
Pesquiera had left no reasonable
doubt of the high and enlightened
purposes that actuate the present gov
ernment of Mexico, Secretary Colby
asserted also that the expressions con-
, tanned in NJ. PesquiePs recent letter
urging recognition by the United
States should allay the fears of those
who have acquired land titles" iI
| Mexico
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
Rotary FaUors
The tuberculosis
Christmas Seal

The week of December has been
designated by the board of directors
of National Rotary as Public Health
Week"
Meetings of Rotary clubs in all parts
of Kansas on Thursday. December Q,
will be devoted to public health top
les and especially to the support Of
the Christmas seal sale of the Kansas
State tuberculosis association.
In Topeka the meeting of the Ro-
tary club will be under the direction
of DIR. s. J. Crumbine. secretary of
the state board of health.
The action of National Rotary in
recognizing this week as a time when
the National and State Tuberculosis
associations were in the midst of their
seal sales indicates the general inter-
est in this great work over the coun-
try.
Rotary clubs in the United States
and in Kansas are made up of men
from every line of business. Every
business man is acquainted with the
physical and economical losses thru
the ravages of tuberculosis. He real
ICES that he owes it to his business as
well as to his family and to his COM
munity to support state tuberculosis
clinics and prevention plans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
WAS ON PAY ROLL
MatsOn Resigned in July But
Continued to Draw Pay.
Voucher Approved Today for
$500 in Fees.

Altho Cliff Matson. whose intimacy
with blue sky corporations while in
state service, was apparently dismissed
as an assistant in the attorney gen.,
eral office in July, it appears now that
Matson has been continued on the pay
roll.
In July it was shown that Matson
represented blue sky concerns which
sought permit from the blue sky board
of which his chief was a member. Mat
sons firm in Wichita collected fees as
private counsel for the promotion in
terests, while Matson drew pay from
the state as an officer under oath to
safeguard the public interest. A few
days after records of the blue sky
operations had been made public Rich
ard j. Hopkins, attorney general. an
nounced Matson had resigned.
Today. tho, Hopkins approved a
voucher for fees and expenses sub
mitted by Matson for the period since
he left the department as an office
assistant Fees aggregating $500 are
allowed Matson from state funds for
his services. Hopkins gave approval
of the claims when he signed the
vouchers. In addition to the allowance
for fees as a special assistant, Matson
also collected a number of expense
claims.
Political concern as to the handling
OF the Matson affair is made apparent
by the fact that the vouchers were
held up until after the election.
None of the former assistant attorney
generals claims were presented to the
state or placed on record until the
campaign was out of the way.
In Auditors office.
In the office of Fred w. Knapp,
state auditor. is the voucher which
the attorney general has approved for
payment of Matson. Under date OF
August 81 is a claim for $125. An
other dated September % is for $3.50
A third is dated October 80 and is for
Sl25. A fourth claim is dated No
vember 5 and is for 500.
At the time records were produced
showing Matson's operations as attor-
| ney for blue sky companies while
representing the state legal depart
ment it was shown that Hopkins had
| voted for permits for several com
panies represented by his assistant
Now. less than a month after thf
election. vouchers are presented fol-
payment by the state for Matson's
! legal services.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
CHAS. P. ADAMS FOR MAYOR
Boomlet for Widely Known Topekan
Launched Today.

A boom for mayor was launched at
the Chamber of Commerce today for
Charles P. Adams, publisher of the
Merchants Journal and at the head of
one of Topekas largest printing
houses. The boomlet was fired by
John Kinkel, former state public utili-
ties commissioner: A. D. Gray, assist
ant treasurer of the Santa Fe railway,
and James A. Troutman, former state
senator and widely known Topeka
lawyer.
Altho Adams refuses to recognize
the seriousness of the sentiment in his
behalf today. it is known to have con-
siderable support. Adams has been a
leader in Topeka business and civic
affairs for many years and his quali-
fications for mayor are recognized.
Adams is the third man to be men
toned for the city hall position since
the pot began steaming for the spring
election. Judge Hugh MacFarland and
Charles L. Mitchell have been pushed
to the front by friends
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01

The state department is investigat
ing the reports. officials said, and is
closely watching developments In the
Mexican situation. The plotting
against Obregon was said to have its
inception en- the Mexican border. The
reports to the department were in
complete, and for this reason officials
refused to reveal all the information
they carried.
According to state department ad-
vices, General Lucio Blanco, a former
Carranza general, is leading the effort
to start a movement against Obre-
gon. Blanco recently has distributed
manifestos along the border calling
for an uprising, officials said.
A few days ago Bianco, leading an
expedition of about 100 men went
across the border into the Mexican
state of Tamaulipas. He has not been
heard from since.
General Juan Barragan. former
Carranza chief of staff, and General
Pablo Gonzales, at one time Carran-
za's candidate for the presidency. are
reported en- route to Galveston from
Spain. where they went after the
death of Carranza. Galveston is said
to be the hot bed for the anti-Obre-
gon agitation.
Obregon Is Inaugurated.
San Antonio, Tex. Dec 1.-General
Alvaro Obregon was inaugurated pres
tdent of Mexico at midnight as sched-
uled amid enthusiastic demonstrations,
according to a dispatch received today
by the Evening News from L. C. Owen.
its staff correspondent in Mexico City.
Governors of several states. sinclud-
ing Governor Hobby and Governor
elect Pat M. Neff. of Texas. attended
the ceremonies. Many other promf-
nent Americans were present.
Owens dispatch was cabled via Vera
Cruz and Galveston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
England Fears Renewed Out
break by Sim Fein.
Even Wartime Precautions Are
Exceeded by Police.
GUERRILLA WARFARE is ON
More Black and Tan Raids Are
Reported to Dublin.
Authorities in Big Drive to Con-
fiscate All Arms.

London. Dec. London figura-
lively walked on tiptoe today amidst
'rumors of disaster. Convinced that
Sim Fein plots were about to burst
about them in a series of massacres
and incendarism, officials constructed
defense outrivaling those of war
time.
Unprecedented guards surrounded
all public places. These were aug,
mented by plainclothes men, expert
marksmen and police reserves They
were stretched about all public build
ings and thrown into isolated portions
of the city where it was believed in
cendiarism might be expected.
Reports indicated other cities were
taking similar precautions on a lesser
scale. They had fewer public build
ings about which to erect barricades
and fewer officials to protect.
More Raids Reported.
Dublin, Dec. Guerrilla warfare
with Sim Fein continued in southern
Ireland today with reports of con-
flicts in Cork and Ardee. reaching Of
| ficials here.
Black and tans were reported to
| have raided several houses and to have
killed two men in Ardee. The victims
were said to have been dragged from
their homes in the darkness and their
riddled bodies left nearby.
In Cork there was continued dis
turbances with occasional fires break
ing forth. The fire brigade was per-
n1itted to extinguish these.
An official report today said the
bodies of sixteen black and tan police
were found.
Hold 400 Sim Fein.
Ten days of searching for leaders OF
- n 4fr 11r.x kDZ
400 prisoners, varying from distin-
guished, well clad men to uncouth
peasants. The prisoners were herded
in temporary quarters until newly
planned prison camps are completed
Strict watch is kept. Much literature
seized on the men or in their hotel:
has been taken to Irish offices where
it is being held for further informa
ton on the Irish army.
The labor leader, Arthur Henderson
arrived here late yesterday. The la
bOriteS were given permission to viSi
any part of Ireland.
Dublin was quiet last night excep
for one minor raid which resulted il
the arrest of the editor of "Youn,
Ireland" The papers office wa
searched. The manager of the publ
cation was alleged to be an American
citizen.
Police Confiscate Arms.
Police patrols returning to thei
headquarters carried with them man,
rifles, revolvers and bombs, found il
/. the streets. Apparently these had beel
abandoned in fear of the police. TIL
situation at Macroom, near where six
teen black and tans were murdere'
Sunday, was vague today. Report
reached here that reprisals continues
and that the countryside was terror
. ized. Among the police, there was in
dignation over reports that the dea
, bodies had been desecrated.
Conflicting reports exist as to hoy
the slaughter occurred. One repor
was that the first of two lorries strucl
a mine and that all the men in it wer
instantly killed. Another said that tn
forry ran into a concealed trench Gu
across the road like a bear trap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
HAD FUNDS AFTER CAMPAIGN
Republican Congressional Committee
Reports S30,274 to the Good.

washington, Dec. 1.-The national
Republican congressional committee
came thru the campaign with bal
ance of S3S,653, it reported today to
the clerk of the house of representa-
tives.
The committee had available a total
campaign fund of $75S,544, the report
showed, starting the campaign with
balance of $39,274 and receiving in
contributions $719,274.
Local Republican leaders in COM
menting on the above paragraph call
attention to the fact that the national
congressional committee and the ma
tional Republican committee are two
distinct organizations. That while
the congressional committee was able
to show a balance following the cam
paign this year. the national Repub-
lican organization came out with a
deficit of nearly a million and a half
dollars.
Appeals are now being addressed to
the members of the party by Chair
man Will Hays for contributions to
make up the deficit of the general
treasury Whether or not the con-
gressional committee will use its ball
ance in helping the parent organiza-
tion is undecided, according to the
local authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
Wanted Whisky
Got Near Beer
And Killed TlUo

Passaic, y. j., Dec. 1.-Two men
were killed and one seriously wounded
in saloon today after the barkeeper
mad served near beer to a patron who
asked for whisky.
A patron, who had been refused
whisky. returned fifteen minutes later
brandishing revolver and demanding
that he be served.
Efforts to quiet him were followed
by the shooting in which two patrons
were killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
Topeka Railway Applies to In
dustriaI Court Today.
Request Follows Additional
Hike of Employees Wages.
DEFICIT OF $4,000 A YEAR
"COmpany Can't Improve and
Obtain Credit''-Patten.
Cash Fare 10 Cents and Tickets
Three for 25 Cents.

Ten cent street car fare in Topeka
loomed up today when the Topeka
Railway company. thru Albert NJ. Pat
ten, manager, filed a petition with the
court of industrial relations asking for
the following rates here:
Gash 1ares. .-'.',.:.. -. ag cents
Ilcket. .--.--S Tor 20 centS
The present fare is:
CaSn 1areS. . cents
Tickets. ......-2 Tor 10 cents
Tickets. ..24 . for $3.50
The request for the increased rate
follows closely on the heels of the
order issued Tuesday by the industrial
court granting to the trainmen of the
Topeka Railway company an increase
in wages effective December 1.
The wage increase follows:
cents per hour 1st 6-mos. men
2 cents per hour End 6-mos. men
L cent per hour 3rd 6-mos. men
The new wage increase raises the
minimum pay from AZ cents to As
cents an hour. The maximum pay of
SIS cents an hour remains.
Manager Patten figures that the g.
cent fare placed in effect August 16
senger due to the sale of the 7.5-cent
tickets. The new fare would produce
8.5 cents per passenger
This increase would place us on a
financial basis similar to our condi-
ton late in 1919 and early in 1920"
Patten stated this afternoon. This
is nothing to be proud of but it would
keep US struggling on the surface"
Deficit $4,000 a Year.
Manager Patten shows that under
the present arrangement the net de-
ficit over interest and depreciation
would amount to more than $4,000 a
year. Already a deficit of $12,740 has
been shown for the months of August,
lSeptember a d October since the g.
cent fare and 80 per cent wage in
crease went into effect
| AS a comparison between the months
of August. September and october IN
1919 and 1920, the following table OF
net earnings, excluding depreciation, is
I interesting:
| August 1919. $11 ,499
August 1920.- .-...-$ 1,5O2
! September 1919... ....... s,Osi
| September 1920. ,246
| October 1919. 9,O92
October 1920. 4.S52
This shows that the increased fares
/ in August, 1920, were not able to off
set the increased cost of operation-ir
| fact there was a net loss in the three
months of $23,072. This period in
cluded the big state fair earnings
! the largest of the year.
Needs 100000 Earnings.
! The company requires net earnings
of 100000 annually to provide fol
depreciation and the return on its ta1
value of s1,5O0,000 to which it is en-
titled under the law.
Under the present fare Manager
Patten figures that it will be impossi
BILE to procure net earnings of more
j than $4,000 annually.
This is simply a business PROPOSE
ton in which our patrons are equal!
interested" Patten said this afternoon
I'VE must have earning power to giv'
service. without it the company ha
no credit and cannot continue to fur
nish sufficient service and finance i'm
OrOvementS''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
TO HEAR COPPER ORATORY
Newspapers Spur New York Cops to
Stump in Own Defense.

New York, Dec. New York's
police department, at present subject
to attacks by several newspapers which
almost daily print lists of the city
lengthy roster of crimes, plans to com
bat its critics with copper" tongued
oratory.
Nine police captains today were
ordered to make speeches on the work
of the force at all club meetings and
public soirees in their districts
pamphlet of rready made talks"
will be issued each captain, who will
also carry on his oratorical excursions
a copy of the police commissioners re-
port
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
FUNSTON TROOPS TO HAWAII.
Eighth Field Artillery With New Guns
For Island Service.

Junction City. Dec. 1.-The Eighth
field artillery, 400 men. commanded
by Col Brook Payne, has been or
dered from Camp Funston TO the Ha-
waiian islands for service, it was an
nounced today.
Three-inch guns will be taken in
stead of the six-inch pieces with which
the regiment is now equipped. The
regiment. which is part of the Seventh
division. will start for the Pacific coast
as soon as the new equipment arrives.
it is said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
SLAYER of ,fadero Is suicide.

San Antonio, Tex. Dec. Fran
cisco Cardenas. chief of rurales under
President Madero, who was banished
from Mexico by Huerta for alleged re-
sponsibility for Madero's death, COM
mitted suicide last night at Guatemala
City, according to a cablegram received
here today. Cardenas was in com
mand of a body of rurales that fired
the shots that killed Madero and Pine
Suarez, the vice president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
BAR PENNILESS GERMANS
New Mexican Regime TO Prevent Col
nnizafinn Schemes in Renuhlif,

San Antonio. Tex, Dec. 1.-Penni-
less Germans will be barred from
colonizing in Mexico by the new gov
ernment, according to word received
here.
The question was brought up by
German colonization in Chiapas, where
fifty families seeking to esta blish a
colony. were found to be destitute
Action to restrict such emigration will
be taken Immediately. it was said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
ASK TO ISSUE MORE STOCK.
Kansas City Power & Light Co. Wants
EOnr Million Dollar Issne

The Kansas City Power & Light
company of Kansas City, Mo, today
asked the Kansas Industrial relations
court for approval of a stock issue of
four million dollars. The stock viii
be sold to retire outstanding obliga-
tions. A portion of the company's
property is in Kansas Preferred
stock will be sold to care for the out
standing debts. the petition states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
COAL GAS KILLS FIVE.
Entire Family Is Asphyxiatcd While in
Their SIumbers.

Monroe, Wis, Dec. IA family of
five-Harry Butts 23, wife and two
children. aged and Is months-and
otto Pohl, brother of Mrs. Butts, were
found asphyxiated in their home here
last night.
Escaping coal gas from a furnace
is believed to have caused the deaths.
The family moved here last Wednes-
day from a farm near the Illinois line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
Even Price On Nails Drops.

Pittsburgh. Pa, Dec. 1.-Shipments
of untitled orders of steel wire and
nails, effective today will be at a re-
duction of approximately so cent per
hundred pounds The new prices an
nounced by the Pittsburgh Steel COM
pany are 1918 a keg for wire nails
and 1925 hundred pounds for plain
wire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
WILL SELL BLACKSTONE HOTEL
North American Hotel Company Gets
$S0O,O0O for Omaha Property.
diSnafcb received from Orna he

North American Hotel Company Gets
$S00,00O for Omaha Property
dispatch received from Omaha
says:
The Blackstone hotel in Omaha,
owned by the North American Hotel
company and the Bankers Realty In
vestment company, is to be sold for
$500, 900. according to announcement
to creditors of the two latter COM
panies at a bankruptcy hearing be-
fore B. H. Dunnam, referee.
The proceeds of the sale, attorneys
assured the referee, will go to pay
creditors of the two companies allied
in a gigantic stock selling and hotel
building company. 1t was predicted
by attorneys that creditors will receive
claims.
The stockholders. widows, farmers,
and working men, will receive little or
nothing for their stock. The attor-
ney stated the meeting was the first
of a series promised to straighten out
the affairs of the Bankers Realty.
In addition to nearly fifty women
and working men who are stockhold-
ers, attorneys representing fully 500
stockholders from Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska were in court Attorney A.
c. Munger declared the assets of the
Bankers Realty company had shrunk
during the last year from more than
81, 900, 600 to less than S15e, 600. Both
companies have thousands of stock
holders in Kansas, Iowa and Nebras-
ka- Hotels had been planned for To-
peka and Ottawa, Kan, Sioux City,
Ia. and number of other points
-F alr t. -,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
BURGLARS TAKE REGISTERS.
Drug Store of n. A. Fitch On Kansas
Avenue Is Entered Tuesday.

Burglars who entered the drug store
of Nolan A Fitch at Seventeenth ana
Kansas avenue early Tuesday morning
carried the cash registers outside and
rifled them The registers contained
no money. however
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
GRANT A TELEPHONE HIKE.
Court Allows Increase at
Tcscott and St. George.

Rate increases in telephone tolls at
Tescott and st. George were approved
today by the court of industrial rela
tions. A schedule filed with the court
some time ago was approved by the
court in formal orders issued today.
The Industrial court also received
petition today from the United Water,
Gas & Electric company, asking for
increased power rates for the city of
Hutchinson. No date has been fixed
for hearing of the power rate case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01

Another wave of burgla rizing seems
to have hit Topeka: are you protected
In case tney -isit your home? We
write burglar insurance. Topeka
Mortgage & Inv Co.. Glenn W. Pratt.
Phone 1096.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
Former Carranza Generals Try
to Discredit New Mex Chief.
Conspiracy Uncovered Planned
to Overthrow Pres. ObregOn.
new PRESIDENT INAUGURATED
Many Prominent Americans at
Mexico City Ceremony.
Whole Program Was Carried
Thru on Schedule at Midnight.

Washington. Dec. 1-Coincident
with the inauguration of President
Alvaro Obregon of Mexico, it was said
at the state-department today that
reports have been received of a con-
spiracy against the new government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
Lead Drops Another Half Cent.

New York, Dec. 1.-The American
smelling and refining company today
reduced the price of lead from cents
to 5.5 cents per pound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01

E. a. Austin of Topeka is now in
Omaha representing the Prudential
Trust company and the Topeka stock
holders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-01
FAIR AND WARMER THURSDAY
Chances for Sunshine Are About $3.50
Is Prediction.
ToDAY's TEMPERATURES.

IN1 suHSIIIlIt WIl1CII IIUUUtU IOpehd
at noon today saved the city from ap-
started to be the eleventh successive
day without sunshine and not since
1918 has there been a longer period.
In 1913 there were twelve consecutive
days of cloudiness, during the latter
part of November and the early part
Of December.
November, as a month, has been the
cloudiest on record.
The shippers forecast for the COM
ing thirty-six hours advises the pro-
lection of shipments to the north and
;Coutinred on Page Twol
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Tenth Street News Stand
Tenth Street and Virginia Avenue.
East Side News Company
Market Street, First Ward.

just the best interests Of patrons
valuable should make Of them every