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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27
KNOCKING THE BLIND.

To two soldiers, both blinded in the Areonnc, Senator Harding, the
 ti-league candidate for president E in a speech at Marion, Wednesday declared "there never shall be sub sstitute for the stars and stripes you last beheld."
 This personal touch, the report of lie address says brought momentary huh over the audience and then an avalanche of cheering.
 , The isenator, in effect, told two Blindta soldiers that the promises { th4 United States made to it's fight 6ks when the war broke out would not be fulfilled; he told them thet
 he stars and stripes for which they Msked their lives and lost their night would not risk anything for the E peace of the world; he told them that the United States would do nothing IT prevent wars such as the war that cost them their sight; he told them tfat he and his associates proposed to rob humanity of the benefits for s which their sacrifice was made.
 And this is the way he said it.:
 here never shall be substitute for the stars and stripes you last beheld."
 Of course there never shall be such . substitute for the flag. From any American the blinded veterans of the Algonne could have heard this state- meIlt. But if the blinded soldiers to whom Harding addressed his theat- 1ie remarks hold the same opinions tint we believe majority of the vet ekans hold MT. Harding's mocking insolence will be taken at it's real y1lue.
 < N is possible that the very men to whom Harding spoke would not care n look upon the stars and stripes stain if the stars and strpies are to IT dragged before the world as Sem stor HardinE would have it. It night Aave been we'll if the senator hed ascertained how these two men felt about their sacrifice and the sparit that prompted them to make t. and the debt that the United 6tates owes to the world because of what they gave, before he chose to advertise their sacrifice for his own selfish benefit, and to hold up their raisfortune for the curious gaze of Y multitude that had the temerrity ts cheer the thing he said.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27
NV Wra1gSel's Forces
 Take Large Town

Sebastopol, Crimea, Aug. 26.-South Russia forces commanded by Genera
 Baron Wrangel have captured the i'm portant city of Novorossisk, the Black sea terminus of the railroad lead ing eastward to Ekaterinodar, in the province of Kuban, and have entered the Donetz basin coal district, north of the river Don, according to an ncuncement here. In the latter re- zion the local population is said to be joining General Wrangel's forces
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27

g. PARKER GlLBERT.
 WASHINGTON-S. Parker Gil- bert of New Jersey has taken up his important duties as the new assistant secretary of the treas ury. Gilbert was associated with R. c. Leffingwell, his predecessor, for years..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27

l- 11A1''- s's - ~ 7s e17s~ses6&RV
 NEW YoRK-Miss Estalle E,. dridge Of New York is'ssa real hiker. With her sister. Olive, she Is now walking from New York to San Francisco. The two girls carry camping outfit and ston overnight where they want to. ,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27
Health Advice Conducted Under Direc- ti0n of the U s. Public
 Health Service

Q. How long is whooping cough contagious? Could a severe cold cause whooping cough?
 A. It is not possible to state defi- nitely just how long whooping cough is contagious, though it is we'll known that the disease is, most communi- cable in the earlier stages. Serum treatment has practically no influ- ence on changing the period of com municability.
 Whoopnig cough may begin with what seems to be severe cold, but the disease is always contracted by communication from a previous case
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27
PLANES LEAVE ALASKA.

Rme, Alaska, Aug 26.-ThreeS O. S tlle four planes! in the Upiteds State, S SthE sxpea5fion took. the air on tn, ttxn flightilito Mineola N. Y, a s3O this afternoon. The first let 4 tkeir trip will take them to Ruby lQ miles east Captain St. Clail 4t, cpmmandsr q the expedition
 LII to hop off early tomorrow
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27
RAISE 10000 MINERS.

Chicago, Aug. 26.-Illinois coal op-
 orators and representative of the miners today agree on an increase of $1.5O for the 10000 coal miners in the state. The men asked $2 in- crease but agreed to the compromise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27

step made in preparation for the CO., operation of all Cossack forces, for which General Wrangel will arrange his forthcoming visit to Kuban.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-27

Judging from the way the Repub- slieans are raising money they must have drafted some of the leading xive" directors of wartime fame.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
Hun Explosives
Turned Into Silks
Made to Use Against YankS in
Trenches, Now Being Sold to Amer
lean Women for Gowns.

Berlin, Dec. 1I.-Factories which
formerly made the stuff to deal death
on the west front. are now turning out
wondrous artificial silk to adorn
womankind and mankind.
The artificial silk industry, already
underway before the war. has been
greatly augmented and is now in a
position to establish a considerable
competition not alone with the real
silk industry, but with the artificial
silk factories of other lands.
German experts are striving now to
overcome the drawbacks attendant
upon the artificial brand, or "Kunst-
seide," as they call it. Dampness has
deteriorating, effect but research
work shows that this disadvantage will
soon be disposed of.
American buyers are manifesting a
strong interest in the new business and
declare that there is a great demand
for this product.
Herr Geheimrat Hagemann, chief of
the artificial silk branch of the gov
ernments economic ministry, told the
United Press:
This silk was made in Germany
even before the war in considerable
quantities. But the demand for 1t has
increased since the war, since the spirit
of all peoples since the war and revo-
lutionary period is for a better life and
this is expressed in one way thru the
universally prevalent desire OF the wo-
mans world for gay colors.
'In addition to the old silk factories
of pre-war times, there are now a
number of former explosive factories
engaged in producing the artificial
product. This is explained by the fact
that both explosives and artificial silk
are derived from cellulose. Among
others, the big explosive factories in
Koeln- Rottweil are being converted
into silk factories. while the explosive
factory at Zehlendorf, near here, along
with numerous other factories are en-
gagged in the same occupation.
This industry is especially impor-
tant for Germany because we do not
need to import the raw materials
therefor. And, despite the fact that in
recent weeks the industry has been
limited by coal shortage, the nation is
producing a considerable quantity of
the raw silk as well as finished pro-
| ducts like neckties, ribbons, cords and
so on. We feel that we are especially
in a position to meet competition since
| we know about dyeing, and the goods
have proven durable and Of manifold
variety"
Ceheimrat indicated his belief that
the pre-war demand for German
"mode-articles' would spring up
again, especially since Germany was in
q position to deliver them on the world
market at low prices.
Recently American experts have
been looking over the field, and it is
believed that they are either preparing
to buy large quantities Of the German
product or else to attempt to acquire
German silk factories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
Ticket Clerks Raise Question of
Public's Honesty.
Their Experience Is Slightly
Hinged with Gloom.
DON'T INVEST OWN Money
est Honesty of Customers
With S. Bill.
Much Fun at Rock Island
With Travellers.

Is the public honest? Maybe some
of its individual components are. but
the ticket selling staff OF the Rock Is
land station is not so sure about the
majority. People yho. like ticket
clerks, deal with the public en- masse.
get little bit cynical and sometimes
their faith in human nature and tbs
deer peepul is a little bit tinged with
the gloom of experience.
Down at the Rock island station.
when time is hanging heavy on their
hands and the need amusement. the
ticket clerks sometimes play little
trick on the public. The man or wo-
man who comes to the window SOME
times finds lying there a railroad guide
or leaflet.
Use Corner of SIS Bill.
Peeping out from under the edge OF
the guide is just the bare corner of a
five dollar bill. Now the bill looks
very much as ii some one had care
lessly left it lying there to bescovered
when the book was laid down on it.
There is apparently. no one interested
| in 1t. The ticket clerks have a way
of seeing things out of the corners OF
their eyes, and they have several times
been treated to the spectacle Of the
five-dollar William being extracted
ness, from under the book. That's the
sort of thing that makes them lose
faith in the honesty of the travelling
public.
Don't Use Own Money.
| Nay, nay. Pauline. The ticket
clerks don't invest their own five dol
lar money. just to prove to themselves
again and again that the public isn't
on the square. Nor do they take it
out of the Rock Island revenues and
charge it to profit and loss.
There's a splinter over the insect.
| of course. The bill always comes
back, because, in the first place, ats
| just the corner of a whole bill, and
| has not negotiable value. The man
or woman who ''salvages'r 1t, to use
an army expression, is invariably dis
| gusted enough to leave it lying there.
and the bait is carefully set aside to
furnish amusement some other time.
Tore Bill in Two.
The ticket clerks came into posses
sion of the fragment of the bill be-
| cause a passenger was in a hurry 10
catch a train. He grabbed up his
| change, in which the bill was included.
! wadded it up. and in the process Of
wadding. treated the bill so roughly
that it was torn in two, and he left
! the severed piece on the counter when
I he left.
But the fun they've had out of 1t
/ at the Rock Island has been worth
the five dollars out of which the hasty
passenger beat himself. the ticket
| clerks say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

distant. From Topeka. they followed
trail across the prairies, passing only
three houses until the Old Santa Fe
trail was reached. then followed the
Santa Fe trail to Council Grove. pass
ing two or three more little log
houses, which were the only evidence
of civilization. When they reached the
settlement in Marion county they
found thirteen log shanties. around
which the town of the future was to
grow.
Case was a member of the Kansas
legislature in 1859. One afternoon
when the House had adjourned a man
came up to him as he was sitting at
his desk and asked:
Nothing to Insure.
rs this Mr.. Case, of Marion county?
Well, my name is Clarkson and 1 am
state agent for the Aetna Insurance
company and / want to make you
our agent for Marion county"
But there is nothing to insure in
Marion county except a few log shan
ties Case replied.
Well. there will be in time" re-
Case protested that he knew moth
ing of the insurance business, upon
which the agent assured him that he
would soon learn" Case declared he
had no time to devote to the business
already having more work that he
could attend to.
We'll. 1 am going to appoint you
anyway" asserted his visitor. Give
it what time you can" Whereupon he
sat down and wrote out the appoint
ment.
In Business So Years.
Soon afterward a Leavenworth COM
pany, the name of which Case has
forgotten, appointed him as its agent.
but soon went out of business. He be-
came the first, and for years the only
insurance agent in Marion county. For
fifty-three years he has been actively
engaged in the business and every day
finds him at his desk. we'll and hearty
In 1887 his son, Rose Case. came
into the business as his partner. In
April, 1917. his son, Alexander H. Case
enlisted in the army, served overseas
was taken prisoner in the Argonne
fight, was seven weeks a prisoner of
the Germans, was afterward honorably
discharged came home and in April
1919. when he was u years old. was
taken into partnership in the firm,
making three generation in the bust
ness In addition, his sister, Corinne
Case, who graduated from the Marion
high school in 1919, is now an efficient
assistant in the office of Case & Son.
Represent Fl Companies.
Twenty-four insurance companies
are represented by the firm. Pre-
miums on the insurance written by
this agency in 1919 amounted to more
than $4,000, and this year they will
amount to more than S63,OOO. This is
the Oldest established agency in the
United States of the Commercial Union
or London and the oldest established
agency in Kansas of the Great Ameri-
can.
Great changes have taken place in
kansas since 1856" Mr.. Case declared.
1t took me seven days to make the
trip from Pennsylvania to Kansas, ard
many times had to recheck my bag
gage. The only railroad in Kansas at
that time was the Kansas Pacific II ON
Kansas City to Topeka. Now one car.
come from New York to Marion in less
than forty-eight hours. with only one
change in cars. In 1866 1 had to
change cars seven times"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
Eyerybody's Sweet Tooth To Be
Satisfied This Year.
Per CENT DROP
Prices Are Lowest Since 1914,
Dealers Say.
Many Are Busy Now Making
Christmas Candies.

Everybody's sweet tooth should be
satisfied this Christmas.
Home made candy is off the forbid
den list, with sugar at 10 cents a
pound, and "ready-made" candy Is
gradually growing cheaper. A sweet
time Christmas will not be expensive.
Local candy dealers nearly all agree
that candy has had to come off OF its
high perch and come within the reach
of the average pocketbook. Just as
the price of candy went up when sugar
SCARED in price, so candy's pride must
take fall with the drop in the sugar
market.
Drop in Candy Prices.
Candy we make is being cut down
and 10 cents on the pound" W. T.
Brown, manager of the candy depart
ment of the Poehler Mercantile COM
pany, said today THE hard candies
so popular at Christmas time that we
make are being sold at wholesale for
as low as &c and 20 cents q pound.
wholesale.
"Of course one should not expect
that candy should come down as much
in price of a pound as does sugar, for
candy is not pure sugar." Brown said
Nuts, chocolate, cocoanut and other
heavy ingredients are to be considered
in the weight of a pound of candy.
A delightful decrease in candy prices
is announced by the George Reklites
company.
"Our candies are all rs to so pei
cent cheaper" Reklites said. Candies
that were $3.50 a pound are so cent.
now, and We have some candies at so
SO and 40 cents a-pound that have not
been sold at such a price since 1914
A drop in candy prices is announced
by the Hindman Grocery. with a prom.
Use of a greater drop by January 1
| Boxed candies sold at Hindman's fol-
$1.25 are now being offered for s1.0(
and a noticeable decrease is founC
| in what is called ''pan" goods, or ths
kind of candy that comes in tin con.
| tanners.
Bigger Drop Later.
! That it is not an easy matter fol
| candy to be cheaper even tho sugar
| is cheaper, is the opinion of Mrs. w. o
Ribgy of the Rigby Candy store. Wher
best of materials are put into candy
and labor remains high the decrease ii
j candy price is small, especially whei
| candy dealers purchased sugar at higl
| prices She said that a decided de
| crease in candy prices might com,
| later.
For the first time since "ante-bel
lum days. mother and the girls-anC
often the boys-are spending evening
in the kitchen making Christina
candy. For several years the makini
| of Christmas candy has been only
memory Of the good old days." bu
with sugar at 10 cents. father says
GO to it; you probably can saw,
money over the ready made candy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

who get their letters across to Saint
Nicholas this year, Mr.. Rickenbacher
believes. So far there has been no
trouble in getting toy orders filled.
and the array of tot-tickling apparatus
which will be on sale in Topeka this
year is larger than it has been for
several years past, even as the demand
IS going to be greater.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

who get their letters across to Saint
Nicholas this year, Mr.. Rickenbacher
believes. So far there has been no
trouble in getting toy orders filled.
and the array of tot-tickling apparatus
which will be on sale in Topeka this
year is larger than it has been for
several years past, even as the demand
is going to be greater.
Toy Trade Starts.
Trade in toys for Christmas has al
ready started. Indications are that
the money which was buying shells
and rifles two or three years ago, and
-possibly-booze, last year, is going
to be used in the purchase of toys this
year. With the increased variety on
show. and the ample supply. this
should be a banner year for the kid
dies.
And, strange to relate, prices on
practically all lines of toys are said
to be fairly reasonable this year. They
are not only lower than they were
to be rejecting the general decrease
even more than the staple lines of
necessities"
Data From New York.
The data gathered in Topeka are
backed by a statement from Harry
c. Ives of New York City, president
of the Toy Manufacturers Associa-
ton of the United States.
There will be plenty of American
made toys of endless variety for
American children this Christmas"
says Ives.
"Our own compilation of figures
based upon monthly reports from our
members and the statistics of the
United States department of COM
American production of toys of all
kinds, from the simplest dolls to the
most elaborate mechanical playthings,
is not only sufficient to supply the
needs of our children but also that we
have been able to export this year
more than 100000 worth of dolls,
toys and playthings.
Big Production This Year.
"The American production of toys
for 1920 is, conservatively, $4,000
900. OF that total SIS, 100000 repre-
sents the production of dolls.
Government figures compiled by
the department of commerce show
that the exports of American toys in
1914-the last normal pre-war year
were $685. 100 while the same COM
piIation shows that for the ten months
ending September 1, 1920, the exports
of American toys to forty-seven coun-
tries was $3,1O2,530. The American
export is very steady as indicated by
the fact that for the ten months in
question the highest monthly figures
were $496,275 and the lowest $229, 576
with a monthly average of S31O,253.
1.-The fact that we are able to supply
the home market and still export
S3,oOO,O00 in toys is, to my mind at
least, pretty clear evidence of the fact
that, as said at the beginning of this
interview, there will be plenty or
American toys this Christmas for
American children"
will the price of American toys be
higher this Christmas than during the
1918 holidays?" Mr.. Ives was asked.
THE price of toys of Am erican
manufacture will be lower this Christ
mas than they were in 1914 when the
purchasing power of the dollar is con-
sidered altho in dollars and cents they
will cost more. Despite an increase in
materials, labor and general overhead
ranging from sos to 800 per cent in
the toy industry. the price of toys has
advanced less in proportion than the
staple product of other American in
f71IStrieS''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
SCRIPTURE
Acts 11:25-34.

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for
to seek Saul:
And when he had found him, he brought
him unto Antioch. And il came to pass,
that a whole year they assembled them
selves with the church, and taught much
people. And the disciples were called
Christians first in Antioch.
And in these days came prophets from
Jerusalem unto Antioch.
And there. stood up one Of them named
Agabus, and signified by the spirit that
there should be great dearth turnout all
the world: which came TO pass in the days
Of Claudius Caesar
Then the disciples. every man according
to has ability, determined to send relief unto
the brethren which dweIt in Judea:
Which also they did, and sent it TO the
elders by the hands Of Barnabas and saul.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
FORECAST.

few months of tribulation was all that
st. OHM promoters could put up with.
and it went to pieces. some going via
foot conveyance, and the townsite
went back to the farm. The Atchison
Champion correspondent saw the rise
and fall of the st. John Town Co.
The Chapman brothers, w. E. and
Ed, are residents of Topeka Il there
was g. buggy or carriage in Decatur
county in those early pioneer days the
Champion team didn't see one. They
were hauled from st. John to Oberlin
in q wagon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
A PIONEER FIRM
Three Generations Engaged In
Insurance Business.
Founder of Kansas Agency Is
SO Years Old.
ALEX E. CASE & SON OF MARION
Established in 1859 When
Marion Was inst Starting.
Head Of Company Came to Kan
sas in 1866.
ALEX E. CASE 6 SON OF MARION

Another insurance company in Kan
sas in which three generations are ac-
lively engaged has been found. It is
the firm of Alex. Z. Case & Son, of
Marion. Alexander r. Case, founder
of the agency, is now past 50 years old,
having come to Marion fifty-four years
ago, where he established the bust
ness in 1869, when Marion was little
more than q small collection of log
shanties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

Die when I may. want 1t said of me
by those who knew me best that always
plucked a thistle and planted a flower
when l thought a flower would grow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
no mpet-Bafley.t
A man has only as much religion as he
can command in the time of trouble
Andrew Fuller.
For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.
-Faber.
One man pins me TO the wall, while
with another 1 walk among the stars
Emerson
Beloved, let US love one another: for
love is of God; and every one that loTeth
is begotton Of God, and knoweth Cod
1 John Al.
Let me but find it in my heart to say,
When vagrant wishes beckon me astray.
This is my work, my blessing, not my
doom:
OF all who live. I am the one by whom
This work can best be done in the right
way"
Henry Van Dyke.
Die when I may. want 1t said OF me
by those who knew me best that always
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

One man pins me to the wall, while
Emerson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
Came to Kansas in 1865.

Case came to Kansas in April. 1856,
lived two months in Topeka and then.
with two others. took a prairie
schooner trip to Marion, 112 miles
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-06
Police News


John Pasterszak. of 1913 Pulaski
avenue. riding a bicycle on New
Brunswick avenue nea New Street
yesterday, was hit by an auto owned
and driven by Ben Zartz, of Nights
town. The front wheel of the BIZ
cycle was 6amaged. Motorcycle Of
icer Seibot-I reported the accident.
John Kobi of Maurer, was arrest
ed by Patrolman Reager yesterday
on a drunk and d~isorderly charge,
He was fined $40 by Recorder Pick
ersgill this morning.
Patrolman Nolan reported a con-
crete mixer and couple of wheel
barrows in front OF 12S Rector
street without danger lights.
John Byvocco, sixty-one years old
with no home was picked up by
Patrolnnan Underhill last night in a
backyard on Fayette street. The
man was taken to DIR. Fithian's Of
flee and then to the hospital. He
will be discharged from the hospital
today.