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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Surface Line Employees
OF B. r. T. Ask 8-Hr. Dav
Wage Increase of Between 10
and 25 Per Cent To Be De.
manded in New Agreement

Employees OF the surface lines Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit COMPANY, at a
meeting at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum
last night. voted unanimously in favor
OF demanding an eight-hour day in the
new agreement to be submitted TO the
company officials tomorrow.
Similar action already has been taken
by Local s67, which comprises the ele-
waited and subway employees, and Lo-
cal 979, comprising the shop ard main
tenance workers. Last nights meet
ing was attended By more than 1000
employees.
P. J. Shea, member OF the Interna-
tional Executive Board of the Asso-
cation Of Street and Electric Railway
Employees, said that the demands 70
be presented to the company are now
complete He said the wage increase
TO be asked will be more than 10 per
cent and less than 25 per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
ROBERT BICKET

Robert Bicket. seventy. for forty
years resident in the Whitestone sec
ton Of Queens, died Saturday after ar
operation at Lenox Hill Hospital. For
MANY ears he had conducted jewelry
supply and brokerage business at 202
Broadway under the firm name Of
Thomas Morton & Son.
Mr. Bicket was born in Kilmarnock.
Scotland. the son Of the Chief Magis-
trate there. His father was pioneer
in the Development of gas for CONNER
cial lighting anN heating. Mr.. Bicket
was director IN the Whitestone Saw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
ings and Loan Company and charter !
member of the Whitestone Yacht Club. /
CORPORAL EDWARD J. O'SHEA

requiem mass will be said to-mor-
row morning at the Church Of ST.
Aloysius, l32d Street and Seventh Ave-
nue., for Corporal Edward J. O'Shea.
who died at Cohlenz, Germany, March
5, 1919. At the time OK his death he
was member Of the saith Pioneer In
fantry, A. f. f. His body has just been
brought back to this country. Corporal
O'Shea was formerly member of Com
pany X, list Regiment, N. G. N. Y. He
resided at 416 st. Nicholas Avenue and
was member of the Knights Of CO.
lumbus, members of which will attend
the services
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Newport Ready
For Its Annual
Tennis Matches
Tournament at the Casino
Is Accusing More Inter-
est Than Any Year Since
the World War Began
society viii Fill Boxes
Miss Beatrice Clarke To Be
Welded to G. c. T. Rem
;ngton Late in September

vare interest than IN any year since
q. World War began. is being shown
he tennis tournament to be held at
). Casino. in Newport, beginning Aug
all the members OF the Davis Cup
san viii have returned from Europe
:. .aas time ard will take part in the
~nes and the best players from all
.esr the country Will gather at the
,sort. There VIII DE much entertain
80 while the tournament is on, and
s,ewport WI be gsyer than at any
,me since the season opened.
smouc these who have taken boxes,
~ks-e they viii entertain friends. are
ssvernor and Mrs. r. Livingston
peeekman. Mrs Hamilton Fish Webster,
" and MS Arthur Curtiss James,
hrs George l. Rives, Mr.. and Mrs.
psp, Fi.z Simons, Mrs George D.
Widener Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury.
R;ajr. Mrs. George s. Scott, Mrs. Z.
n Morgan, Mrs. Marsden J. Perry, DR..
md Mrs. Henry Barton JACOBS, Mr.. and
Yrs Oliver Gould Jennings, Mr. and
Wrs. Stuart Duncan. T. Hayward Ferry,
Henry A. c. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Francis A. C.ars. Mr.. and Mrs. T.
soaern Taller. Miss Fanny Johnson,
Irs. Dudley Davis, Mrs. Charles S.
Whitman. Mrs John R. DrexeI, Vincent
Astor. Mrs. William Grosyenor, Mr.. and
Hrs. George Peabody Eustis, Mr.. and
Nrs. Prescott Lawrence, Mrs. Forsyth
Tiekes, Colonel and Mrs. Joseph H
Willard and J. Stewart Cushman.
Mss Beatrice Clarke, daughter of
ar. and Mrs Thomas Shields Clarke,
viii be married TO George c. Thomas
Remington, 81 Fernbrook, Lenox. the
at.er part Of September. The engage
nent was announced last week. Miss
Clarke and her sister, Miss Alma
Clarke, have returned from Lake Forest,
r.. where they we're guests of MIR.
geming-on's mother. Mrs. W Schuyler
Vokma-.
Nr. and Mrs William Sloane OF Mount
Eisco, are guests OF Mrs, Sloane's
mother. Mrs George A. Crocker. at
Southampton L. l.
Elnendorf l. Carr has returned from
tie White Mountains and has joined
bis brother, Rowland S. L. Carr, with
whom he win sail for Bermuda next
week
Nr ard Mrs J. Insley Blair. of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
GEORGE NJ. STELLER

George NJ Steller, fifty-two, police
man who was rr down Saturday at
Coney Island by motor car, died
three hours later in the Coney Island
Hospital Of fractured skull He Will
be buried to-day in the Lutheran Gem
ctery. He is survived by his wife, two
sons and two daughters. Steller was
member OF the police force for TWEEN
tv-fOur wears
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
FRANK TAYLOR

ROCHESTER, July 26.-Frank Tay-
lor, seventy-fve, founder and former
president Of the Taylor Instrument
Companies of this city, died here to-
day. He was born in Stoddard. y. H,
and came to Rochester in 1862. work
ing as a shoe clerk. In 1866, with II. F.
Richardson, he began making Their
nom eters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
MRS. ELLEN A. ROBERT

Mrs Ellen A. Robert, WIDOW OF Cnrls-
topher S. Robert, a lifelong resident
of Brooklyn and one Of the oldest
communicates of St Paul's P. f.
Church, died Saturday at Hyde Manor,
Sudbury. VI Her husband was a
nephew of Christopher E. Robert. foun-
der of Robert College at Constanti-
nople She is survived by daughter
and three sons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Going On To-day
DAY

American Museum of Natural History,
admission free.
metropolitan Museum Of Art, admission
Aquarium admission free
Geological Park. admission free.
Van CortIandt Park Museum. adniss on
free
Convention Of the National Association OF
Orgauists College Of the City of New
York i37th Street and Amsterdam Ave
nue., p
America nization conferences led b. Eliza
beth \. Woodward; topic, Standards of
Living Columbia University, Colur-
hia House, 41s West 1l7th Street, at
d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
MISS CAROLINE ROSS ORRICK

GREENWICH, Conn. July Miss
Caroline Ross Orrick. sixsy-nine, Aied
to-day at her country home on Byam
Shore. Miss Orrick was stricken Ill at
her home in New York and was brought
TO her country estate, whore she died
two days later She was native Of
Philadelphia and was wealthy No near
relatives OF the dead woman survive
her. The body Will be crcmated st
Fresh Pond.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
CLARENCE 3. ENSLEY

Clarence B. Ensley. sixty-four, con-
nected with the London 6. Lancashire
Fire Insurance Company Of New Yort.
for thirty-six years. died yesterday
morning at his home, 303 Jefferson
Avenue, Brooklyn He is survived by
his wife ard two daughters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

r. 70 send one kiddie to the country
d inis Is IN memory of brother. who
1aea IN 1918 as a member of the air
lorce IN single combat with four Cor
man aVaitors. hope to make this an
@nhuai subscription. Very truly voura
H. LAURENCE DOWD, M. D,
me Fund needs $4,000 this week to
you help? III
t;o Yesterday 272 children began vaca-
To-day 355 begin theirs
Contributions Acknowledged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
DEATHS

St. Johns Lutheran Church. Prospect
ar nesr sth ave Brooklyn. 81 TUES
Greenwood.
LfCOMFTE-Fran 1 F. beloved husband
or lisa pelis 3stien Lecompte % sundar.
Jn4y 20. a New London. Conn F.arera
tuesdsy evening. $50. 800 West End av
Boston papers please copy.
MACDoNoUGH-sud suddenly. July -. laeo
Adelaide 81 Mscdonough .auae.ai a. -
residence OF her sister. Mrs. :. W
Ter, Livingston. Colum bia COUNTY.
on Wednesday. JUly - ~ , 30 r n
20 meet friends on train leaving Grand
central station, New York city, - SIS
a n old time, for Germantown. \ Y
MATHEWS Entered into res.. on July %
OF Grace Gallup Mathews. Funeral ssrs-
ICES at his late home. I55 Beach.nart
Drive New Rochelle. =. y, On Tresday.
july =, at 30 p n.
Friday. July q, George Henry MeFar-
and. n the s4th year - his aFe he
loved husband OF the late Rosna None
penny and loving father Of Martha Hill
$50. or Tussday. July e. al his
"to home In Cambridge. \. y
.II.LE-0n Saturday. July p. Ellen 4
NeiIaie NEE McGaharenl. beloved VIE
ate residence. sos Castle nm ave, Tues
4ay ,tuly =. az ? 80 a m: thence %
fae Church OF the Holy Family. Uraon-
port
MONTAGNON-On July %. Marion Mon
tagnon, at her residence. % West aed
81. Solemn requiem mass Church OF :.
Gregory the Great. West s0th ~ nea-
AInst erdam ave. 10 &. n. Tlessiar
July -,
MINvtRN-Edna. THE Fr-NEaAr.
CsHU RICH. Broadway. ssth st. Tues,
day. 10 a. n.
RoBFKr-EiIen A.. VIE - m. ~.
CHRISTOPHER Dyer Robert. IN July %. az
sudbury. " Funeral at 2.3o p. M
Jniy ~. from her late residence e51
Hic&s St. BROOKLYN.
RoHRsCHEIDT-Adel TIRE rt-
NERAL CHURCH. Broadway and eetn
s.. Tuesday ?. m
RosS-On sunday. July IS. catharlns A
widow Of Robert r Ross and Gaovh9s~
Of he late John Gsssner. At her Is a..
go West l4eth 81, IN her ssth vear
sunersi services ar her home TUESDAY
that no flowers BE- sent
sPiNDLEK-cisorge peter. beloved h,s
nand Of Elizabeth Robinson spinaler
and son Of George and Bertha Spinaiar
services ~ the residence Of his fatbe-
Sreazs spindier sr 257 St Peors avs.
AZ si5 p. N Funeral Thursday morn
THORN Pleasantville. X. J. Juiv ..
3s2o Ernest Leon Thorn. aged u years
July II, al o'clock. at hts late res7
dence. q Rebecca ave, PleasantsiIia
Interrnenr private
T0BfS-on sunday. July %. the Rev
hichard Bartnstt Tobln, beloved pastor
" the Church OF the Assumption pssLs.
Aill. y y funeral from The Assume
ton recto-y on Wednesday. July 2s a.
1880 a. - -
NALkER-on Saturday rnors4ng. July ..
at the residence OF her son. 4Io PARK
%Te.. HHa Julia Robbins wife OF thA
late Joseph Walker. Funeral prlvate.
WOODWARD-Lester g rnanaga< 90
Globe Werrlickc Co. New YORK S4o,,c.
very suddenly. at Detroit, sficn. Pr
Gay, July 20. Funeral services VIII ba
nefd at his s:ster~in-laW's Mrs R,oh
Seulersllie. Mass, July %, lsae. al q
p 80
WEsT-Jarass TIE FUNERAL f-5t1-t,.-,r
broadway and s5th st. - -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
HARRY R. LIFTCRIELD

Harry R. Liftchield. forty three. Il
commission merchant in Washington
Market, died Saturday of diabetes at
his home, $50 Halsey Street, Brooklyn.
He is survived by his wife, two sons
and a daughter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Z. Eugene Cawley, sixty-seven. cor
nected in an official capacity with the
firm OF Brooks Brothers, Manhattan,
for twenty years, up to the time he
retired. seven years ago, died Sunday
OF heart disease at his home. 1905
Grand Avenue, Asbury Park. y. j. He
is survived By his wife and brother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
DR.. LUDWIG GANGHOFER

BERLIN, July 26.-The death Of
DR.. Ludwig Ganghofer, the author, is
announced. He died OF apoplexy at
Iegernsee. Bavaria. He was born al
kaufsbeuren, Bavaria, in 1855 and was
noted as playwright and novelist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
PARKER W. HARDIN

RICHMOND, Va, July 26-Parker ".
Hardin, seventy-inen, three times At
torney General of Kentucky and nomi-
nee for Governor of that state on the
Democratic ticket in 1896, died here
to-day. The body will be taken to
Frankfort, KY, for burial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
OTTO FISCHER

Otto Fischer. forty, employed at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, died Saturday in
the Polytechnic Hospital. He was a
.nember OF the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. He IS survived by his wife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs Stoddard Hoffman, who
were IN England and France on their
wedding trip, have returned to this
country. They are occupying an apart
ment at 1903 East Eightv-fourth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
MADAME FERRY

PARIS, July 26. Madame Ferry,
widow of Jules Ferry. prominent French
statesman, died here to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Mrs. Henry P. Russell, who was Miss
Ethel NJ. Is. Hartman. mas gone 10
Newport for short stay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Murray Hoffman, who passed severa,
months abroad has returned to this
country and has Joined his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Burial Hoffman
at SOUTHAMPTON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
MARRIED

TEyIEN--UAyIS-M and Mrs. David
Davis announce the marriage OF their
daughter Louise Myriam, 70 Mr.. Maurice
I. Levien. Of Ny and Mrs. James NJ
I-eFien. on sunday July % 1920. az Eo
tel Gotham, by the Rev DR. Silver
GLARKE-LEaiMONS- Eaglewood. y.
J.. on July IS. Carita McCulloh. daugh
ter OF william and Caroline I.emrnons, 10
William Cogsweu Clarke. N. D.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
BIRTHS

DIRINGER-To Mr. and Mrs Charles
Diringer (ne4 AIollie Kaplan) OF 1904
st AIMS ave. Kew Gardens, a daugh-
ter. Il. Jewish Hospital, July "a.
PRINCE-Mr and Mrs. william Prince
1915 Lexington ave. announce the birth
Of a son st the Leno1 HiI Hospital
July 20, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Army Filters at Saskatoon

SASKATOON, Sask, July 2s.-Four
United States army aviators, in fight
from Mlneola, N. Y, to Nome, Alaska
arrived here at 1880 p. m. to-day.
The Tribune is read by wide-awake and
ambitious employees. Telephone your
Help Want Ad TO Beekman 3OO0.-Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Rivington Pyne
are guests Of Mrs. Robert Winthrop
in LenoX.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Mrs. Adrian Iselin has gone to Bar
Harbor. Me, from New Rochelle. Mr..
lse'in will join her there early next
month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Lord and Lady Camoys, who are due
to arrive in New York this week. will!
go TO Newport to visit Lady Camovs's
mother, Mrs. W. Watts Sherman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Birth, Engagement Marriage Death Memoran Notice.
be tphoned The Tribune time midnight for
in the DAYS Telephone Bcckman 5000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Mrs. J. Stevens Ulman and her
daughter, Miss Audrey Ulman, will re-
turn to Southampton at the end of the
week from Northeast Harbor. Me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Nr and Mrs J. Insley Blair, of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Elmendorf L. Carr has returned from
Ire White Mountains and has joined
bis brother, Rowland S. L. Carr, with
whom he viii sail for Bermuda next
Teek.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Tuxedo Park, have taken possession of
their cottage in Main Street, Southamp-
ton. l.. l.. for the remainder of the
summer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Nr. and Mrs William Sloane OF Mount
Eisco, are guests OF Mrs, Sloane's
mother. Mrs. George A. Crocker, at
Southampton5 L. l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

MONTAGNoN-On July %. Marion Non
tagnon, at her residence % West a2d
81. Solemn requiem mass Church OF :.
Gregory the Great. West 9Oth ~ nea-
Arlist erdam ave. 10 &. m. T1esda.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

Total, July %. 1920. ........ $s6.l52.75
or money order, should be sent to The
Tribune Fresh Air Fund, The Tribune,
New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27

St Johns Lutheran Church. Prospect
sNe. 2esr sth ave. Brooklyn o. Tues
ca. july - at ?. -. ln1errlen,
, 1920-06-29

The Colonial Council held a meeting yes
terday attended by the Governor. The
budget was the chief subject of discus
sion, and resolution, spoken of before
the meeting, to have the law prohibiting
the sale of beer and light wines in St.
Croix repealed, was introduced, but re-
called. The meeting terminated about
three o'clock.
The Red Glove came to an end at the
theatre last night and its admirers were
very much infatuated with the captivat-
ing conclusion. 1t is hoped the manage
ment of the theatre will find it possible
to secure a not less attractive serial in the
near future, One of Pathe's specialties is
sure to take.
We congratulate Bandsman, Mr.. ia
cob Williams, and wife, to whom a baby
girl was born last night.
The General Superintendent at St.
Thomas of the West India and Panama
Telegraph Co., Ltd. Mr.. M. Petit, paid a
visit to the St. Croix station last Saturday
and it was our pleasure to have an inter
view with him. In speaking of the re-
verses the company is experiencing and
as a result of which the service is more
or less affected, the superintendent tells
us that this is largely due to the delay in
repairing the company's cable-vesseI.
Henry Homes" which is at present in
, 1920-06-29

ing.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-12-18
T H E ro1LnR
PAGE II

HOC, CI0 InoCnOQ we pelloVe III lOT OIeT Couiltilc
the Russian Revolution is Great Fact. And the
masses of the world are looking towards it for
light and encouragement. Hemmed in by enemies,
vlfied by the reptile press of all lands lied about
nisrepresented and abused; fought with the
arms ammunition and money Of the great capital
istic powers; prey to starvation and want;
Soviet Russia still stands heroically working at
her mighty task of creating Workers Republic,
an Industrial! Commonwealth. For, it must be re-
membered the Bolsheviks have never said that
the present government Of Russia is the ideal
one, the final one In everything Lenin and his
friends have written, they have stated that the
Dictatorship of the Proletariat is but temporary
affair which shall continue until the transference
of the means of production and distribution, from
the control of the capitalist to that of the work.
ers, shall have been completed
Shall we then join in this chorus of abuse;
shall we swell the yelping of the bourgeois press!
Personally, I can only say that I think the atti-
tude of our organization towards the struggling
revolution Of Russia should be that of whole
hearted encouragement and fraternity. And |, for
one, shall not let the appeal of the "Comrade
Emigrant Doctor" and his fair wife, from an I'M
known place, change my present viewpoint. shah
need far more proof than the appeals Of few of
our Anarchists friends, before believe that. as
this article remarks, 1--WE fail to see the difference
between the Lenin-Trotzky regime in Russia and
the Wilson Palmer r-Burleson regime in America"
In fact / think nothing would more delight the
enemies of the workers movement anywhere than
to read such remark in our organ. And that is
why have written this article.
do not want to suffer the shame of having
our official organ quoted by capitalist opponents
of Soviet Russia in support of their attacks. do
not want to see our magazine quoted to the mill
liant workers of this country, when they refuse TO
support the bandt-war against Russia, by refrain
ing from shipping munitions to the agents of the
White Terror.
do not want the l. W. w. to be identified in
any way with, nor to give any aid to, the dirty
trickery Of the agents of international capitalism
And refuse to criticize the actions of the Soviet
Government in their counter-revolutionarv steps
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-12-18

movement OF a NUMBER Oh men Influenced Dy CIlc
Anarchist doctrines of European Syndicalism,
who wished to foist upon us such purely ideal,
abstract things as, "local autonomy" "decentral-
ization" We have found that those who draw
their revolutionary inspiration from the Bakunist
doctrines are blind and deaf to the iron facts of
Industrial development and the history of class
struggles.
The l. W. w. was founded by men who had
studied and understood the great labors of Karl
Marx And it is upon the discoveries of that gen.
ius that our theory was built up. Not that we
are MARKHAM dogmatists, but we insist upon the
spirit of MARKHAM teaching: we insist upon the
foundation Of our ideas upon the rock bottom
Of ECONOMIC FACT, and not upon high-sound
ing "libertalian" theory.
/ believe that it was absolutely necessary for
the Soviet Government to confine certain can
archist' and "Anarcho-Syndicalist" idealistic
noise-makers. believe it because know it has
been absolutely necessary in the /. w. W. to re-
press the dsrupting activities of similar types
The writer of the article calls for democracy
in Russia. He joins there with the critics of the
bourgeois press, who howl about the lack of de-
mocracy in Soviet Russia 1t is well to have de-
mocracy if you can afford it. But, in the period
of ftransition, when the government of the work
ers of Russia-and nc one can dispute that the
Soviet Government is supported by the majority
Of the Russian workers. is engaged in fighting
desperate capitalist class within, and ring of
captalstic powers without, can we. expect it to
act without regard to facts, according to the
dictates Of some pink-dreamed abstract concep-
tion Of democracy? Even as it is, there is more
democracy in Russia than in any other country
in the world If the Soviet government only rep
resents seventy per cent Of the population, and
has thirty per cent opposed to it. it comes nearer
to being popular government than any that has
existed in the worlds history. In the rest of the
worlds countries, the governments represent
about ten per cent, and ignore ninety per cent!
Whether we like it or not the eyes of the workers
of the world are directed towards the great ex-
pertinent of the Russian Soviet Republic Whether
II square with our preconceived theories of how
rev0l,lti0ns should he made or whether il be or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-21
w. C. Markham Delivers Ad-
dress to Leavenworth C. of C.
Urges Adoption of Highway
Amendment November 2.
ONLY STATE WITHOUT LAW
Pioneers of Kansas Never
Dreamed of Coming Necessity.
Took Two Days to Make Law
rence-Topeka Trip.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 21.-When
Kansas pioneers framed the states
constitution more than half a century
ago they did not provide for state aid
in construction of highways because
no one then dreamed how important
public roads would become with the
advent of automobiles and trucks. said
W. c. Markham. secretary of the state
highway commission, speaking before
the Chamber of Commerce here today,
advocating adoption of the good roads
amendment.
1.-THE free state people who con-
trolled the Wyandotte convention
which framed the state constitution
were from the east" said Mr.. Mark
ham. I'm many of these states during
these years, 1S54-59, the state govern
ments were being used to finance all
sorts of wildcat plants for canal build
ing, establishing of banks and. kindred
paternalizing schemes. To safeguard
the situation in Kansas this constitu-
tional convention determined to fore
stall any such movements here and
therefore passed the.article which shut
out the state from taking upon herself
| the responsibility of any general pub
lie improvement.
1.-The men came to this convention