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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
LIBERTYS ARE UP
Make Strong Recovery From Slump
on New York Market.

Make StFOH& fNSCUNCEy HOhh stump
on New York Market.
New York, May 21.-After a steady
decline in yesterdays erratic market,
all liberty bond issues staged strong
recovery and were up from 80 to 16o
points shortly after the opening today.
Liberty avs were up 80 to 91.1o;
first As up 20 to $500; second As up
20 to $40; first AVS unchanged at
$3.50; second 4 u IS up to 160 to $3.50;
third AVS up 80 to 81; fourth
AVS up 100 to s4.30; victory 8 y s
up As to $40; victory ANS up 50
to $3.50.
Liberty bonds showed a rallying
tendency for the first time since re-
cent liquidation broge the market in
the governments war obligations
Second An IS which touched the lowest
price of any of the issues, led the rally
with a recovery of $50 points while
fourth AVS advanced 236.
The cry of Wall street houses call
ing attention to the attractive yields
offered by war loan investments at
current levels had apparently checked
the fall of bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
LUMBER SLIGHTLY CHEAPER
Market Shows Small Decline
Shingles, Lathe and Pine.

With the exception that the market
on shingles, lathe, fir and common
yellow pine is slightly weaker, there
have been no changes in the prices of
lumber in Topeka, local lumber deal
ers said today.
They predicted. however, that the
market will decline, altho probably not
until the first of the year Builders
need not expect cheaper lumber at the
present time, owing to the high priced
material on hand, it was said.
Reports of declines in the markets
in other sections of the country were
attributed to the fact that lumber gen.
orally has been too high. But de-
cline of $40 per thousand feet at the
present time, it was pointed out, does
not mean so much as a similar decline
two years ago, owing to the very high
markets today.
| A catching up of production with
the demand, it is thought, will lead to
substantial decreases the last OF this
year, provided an increase in freight
rates does not offset the decrease.
The shortage of cars is now an i'm
portant factor in lumber prices, it was
said.
Drop in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo, May 21.-A blow
at the foundation of high rents and
the retail lumber dealers IF Kansas
City when a general decrease in lum-
ber prices of approximately 5 per cent
was announced this week. Common
lumber, including No. 1 and lower.
was reduced So a thousand feet. Fin
| ish'' lumber, including No. 1 and up,
was reduced SIS a thousand feet.
The decreased schedules are in ef-
feet in every yard today. Some deal
ers put the reduced prices into effect
Monday. The decrease is a reflection
of reduced wholesale prices made ten
days ago, cutting down from 81 to IS
a thousand on all grades.
Wholesale prices were brought
down by better production conditions,
the fact that producers have to some
I extent caught up with surplus orders
and that rail tie-ups held lumber in
transit until market centers were
| flooded.
| Lumber Down 10 to 80 Per Cent.
Spokane, May 21.-Reductions OF
from 10 to 80 per cent in lumber
prices made effective February "a last
| by a sales company which controls the
output of a number of northwestern
mills. will be continued until Septem-
ber /, according to announcement to-
day by J. n. Ttate, assistant general
manager of the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
Cardinal Tells
Woner, To Stay
Out of Politics

Baltimore, Md, May 21.-"You are
the queens of the domestic kingdom.
Do not stain your garments with the
soil of the political arena. No man or
woman can rule well over two king
doms,'' Cardinal Gibbons told dele
gates at the Catholic Women's Benev-
olent Legion, in session here, warning
women against being active in poll
tics
''You rule the home. the husband
and the children. and should not at
tempt to dabble in politics.
eff you try to rule over two king
doms you will surely lose both of
them If you leave the home, IL you
divide your time between domestic af-
fairs and political affairs, you will
become the less perfect in your own
sphere"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
PASSIVENESS CAUSES UNREST
Lumber Jack Tells Industrial Relations
Association Radical Ideas Spreading.

Chicago. May 21.-The present in
dustrial unrest is caused, not SO much
by the activeness of the agitator, as
by the passiveness of the employer and
other citizens who call themselves
Americans, Sherman Rogers, New
York. former oregon lumber jack,
told the Industrial Relations associa-
tion of America here today.
Thousands of agitators. many of
them sincere, are donning overalls and
spreading their radical ideas while
working by the side of the laboring
classes" Rogers said.
employers must get in personal
touch with their men and educate
them. A personal contact is needed
between the employer and laborer to
remedy the present unrest" Rogers
declared
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
UP TO CONVENTIONS NOW
House May Pass Bonus Bill But Senate
VIII Defer.

Washington, May 21.-whether a
soldier bonus will be passed at this
session of congress probably will be
decided by the national conventions,
congressional leaders believed today.
Indications were that the house will
pass the bonus bill Saturday or Mon
day and that the senate will take no
action before the conventions.
A hot fight looms, as the admins
tration openly and Republican leaders
of the house privately have expressed
opposition to the bonus while a ma
jority of the members favor passage.
The house rules committee is ex-
pected to grant a special rule today
making the bonus bill in order tomor-
row. The rule would virtually assure
action before adjournment tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
Incomplete Abstract Shows
$42,45O Increase for 1920.
Cattle and Automobiles in
County Placed at S5,955,325.
IN SHAWNEE 2,1O7 CARS
Exclusive of City - Many
Articles Not Listed Yet.
Returns of Topeka in Topeka
Slow Coming In.

An incomplete abstract of the valu-
alton of cattle and automobiles in the
twelve townships in Shawnee county,
not including Topeka, turned over to
the county commissioners today by
Frank C. Bowen, county assessor.
shows an increase of $42,450 for 1920
over the valuation for 1919. The val
uation for 1920 is $5,955.S25 against a
valuation of $5.913,075 on cattle and
automobiles in 1919.
Table Is Incomplete.
That table is incomplete and there
Bowen today. "It was merely turned
in in a hurry so the county commits
sioners could sit as a board of equali-
zation. 1t is not accurate and the
final abstract probably will vary thou
sands and thousands of dollars from
it."
The final abstract of all articles of
personal property in Shawnee county
probably will not be completed for
several weeks. The articles which
make up the estimate turned in today
include horses, mules, asses. cattle,
automobiles and pleasure vehicles.
Gold watches, silver watches, plate
and jewelry. pianofortes, phono-
graphs. bonds, shares of stock. mon
eys, dogs. engines. tools. household
furniture, books, mechanical tools,
poultry, bees, improvements on leased
ground. scales, electric and water me
ters and dozens of other articles listed
in the final abstract are not included.
There is total of 2.107 automobiles
in Shawnee county outside of the city
of Topeka, according to the abstract.
These are valued at $S55,990 by the
township assessors. The average val
uation for each machine under these
figures is $406.
Valuation by Townships.
The 1919 and 1920 valuation on cat
tie. horses, hogs and automobiles by
townships follows, subject to material
changes in the final abstract now be-
ing prepared by Bowen:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21

Little change will occur in weather
conditions during the next "a hours
from that general in Kansas in the
last few days. according to S. D. Flora,
state meteorologist. There is a posi-
bility of widely scattered showers.
Temperatures are apt to mount higher
tomorrow. Corn needs some real hot
weather now, Flora says.
A few scattered showers occurred
in Kansas during the last "a hours.
Those reported today included: Sedan.
IA; ST. Joseph. .02; lola, oil; Fort
Scott, .02 and a trace at Wichita, Kan
sas City, and Topeka.
At o'clock this morning the tenn
perature in Topeka was So degrees.
Tonight is going to be rather warm.
The temperature is scheduled not to
go below 60 degrees. Saturday after
noon it will be around 80 degrees. A
temperature of so degrees also was
{CoutinVed on Page TWoO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
TEXAS REvIVEs SUFFRAGE FIGHT
Legislature Of Lone Star State Conssd-
crs Revoking Its Ratification

Austin, Texas, May 21.-Suffrage
ratification was a live issue in the
Texas legislature again today following
adoption by the house of a resolution
urging the Louisiana legislature to
ratify the constitutional amendment.
Messages from Lieutenant Governor
Johnson and Speaker Thomason urg-
ing ratification were on their way to
Baton Rouge.
A revival of the ratification fight in
Texas was in prospect when Senator
McNeaIus intinated he will offer a
resolution revoking ratification in this
state on grounds that the people of
Texas voted by a large majority
against equal suffrage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
wASHBURN VS.. PIERSENS.
Good Game Promised Tomorrow
Wykoff Blue Pitcher.

Washburn college and the Pier
sen company's team of the city league
will clash at Western League park to-
morrow afternoon. The Piersens SO
far are high in the city league and
will be formidable foes for the Icha-
bods. Wykoff will occupy the mound
for Washburn and Wyman will catch.
Gap" Wells. manager of the Santa
Fe club. will umpire.
Washburn fans who wish to witness
the game will be admitted on their
season tickets, Manager Frank Kis-
singer announced today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
Stores Now Pass the Buck

New York, May 21.-The price
cutting movement here today
reached some wholesalers when
managers and buyers of prominent
department stores announced their
establishments would refuse to pur-
chase from fobbers until substan-
tial reductions were made.
The department stores which
claim to offer reductions from IS
to so per cent now demand that
wholesalers make concessions 70
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
This Man Has
Bill of Sale
For His Wife

Effingham. Ill, May 21.-The rec
ords at the court house here show the
registration of a bill of sale where
by 81, 600, 600 is transferred from John
Alfred Fookes to Mrs. Margaret May
Fookes. in consideration for her mar
riage.
Some say Fookes is a war baby
millionaire. c. H. McDermott, Chi-
cago attorney, says he was a clerk in
a store there in 1919
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
CITY Employes Quiz strike.

Chicago. May 21.-Ffve thousand
city employees who struck Monday re-
turned to work today. The teamsters
voted unanimously to return, when the
city council finance committee declared
their demands would not be considered
while they were on strike Other un-
ons followed the teamsterz' lead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
BUILDING MATERIAL IN DROP.
Kansas City Lumber Yards Announce
Big Decline in Their Wares.

Kansas City, Mo. May 21.-De-
creased schedules of retail lumber
prices were in effect in Kansas City
lumber yards today. The decrease is
reflection of reduced wholesale
prices made ten days ago when cuts
of 81 to IS per thousand feet were
made on all grades.
The retail prices on common" Ium-
Der was reduced 50 a Thousand feet
and on finish lumber SIS a thousand
feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
CHOIR TO SING "HOLY CITY"
Fifty Voices viii Be Heard at F1rs
Conversational Sunday.

A choir of fifty voices will sing the
Holy City at the First Congrega-
tional church, corner of Seventh and
Harrison streets, Sunday afternoon.
The music will begin at 4:3o O'Clock
and will be under the direction of
Prof Har1owe Dean of Washburn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
STATE MEET TODAY
Fifteen Colleges Entered at Emporia-
Washburn's Chances Good.

Emporia, Kan, May 21.-Cinder
artists from fifteen Kansas colleges
were assembled here today for the
annual track championship meet.
About 16S athletes have been entered
for the days events
Ottawa, Southwestern and Wash
burn were listed as the favorites, with
Baker and Friends following close be-
hind. Cochrane and Wolgast of OF
tawa are expected to take the dashes,
and Washburn the distance runs.
There is considerable speculation as
to the outcome of the mile run.
Friends is banking on Weaver to take
this event from Rogers, Washburn
record will be set in the mile, and
other state records are also menaced.
The colleges and universities which
will participate in the meet are:
Baker, Bethel, Cooper, Southwestern,
Ottawa, Washburn. Friends, Fair
mount, Bethany, State Normal, Col
lege of Emporia, Pittsburg Manual.
Hays Normal, Mcpherson and Salina
Wesleyan.
Coach Elmer Bearg took ten PICKED
men to Emporia. Some left Thursday
night, the rest this morning. The men
who will compete for the Blue today
are the cream of the Washburn track
team and their past records hold
promise of a high place for washburn
in the meet.
I'VE do not boast that we will take
the meet" said Coach Bearg, but I
believe we have a good chance"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21

Returns of assessors in the city o
Topeka are reported to be so slow il
coming in that even an incomplete
abstract at this time. is impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21
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FORECAST FOR KANSAS.
Partly cloudy and somewhat unsettled
tonight and Saturday; warmer tonight.
CLOUDY AND UNSETTLED.
VIII Probably Mount
Higher Saturday, Says Flora.

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21

iContinUed on Page TwoD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-21

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas'
Partly cloudy and somewhat un
settled tonight and Saturday; warmer
tonight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-08-19
Jane Rodgers
Plans Musical
Kindergarten

Little children would be taught the
fundamentals of music at the same
time that they learn the rudiments
of other subjects in a musical kim
dergarten" which Miss Jane Rodgers
is contemplating opening next fall
in Shreveport, La. Several of Miss
Rodgers friends have urged her to
start a class and if the parents of
Shreveport show sufficient interest,
she intends to do so.
Miss Rodgers believes that it is
just as important for child to learn
correct sense Of rythm and music
as to learn the other simple principles
which are taught in a kindergarten.
In most kindergartens, the children
are taught control through the use
of their hands. Miss Rodgers would
teach them by developing sense of
rythm and balance in them.
The musical kindergarten plan has
been tried very successfully in other
cities in the United States. Miss
Rodgers made a special study of sew
eral of such classes while she was in
New York last winter, and found
that the children were developing
better there than in the regular kin
dergartens.
Miss Rodgers is a talented musi-
clan, and has studied music at Hardin
College and the University of Mis-
souri,. She will move to Shreveport
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. D.
Rodgers, the latter part of Septem-
ber.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-08-19
Operation OF The
Draft Board Here
Cost U.S.. $5O48.S7
Members of Local Board Received
$3,178.20 in Salaries Report
Shows.

The cost to the federal government
of the selective service draft board
in Audrain County was S5048.87. A
report to the War Department just
issued by the Provost Marshall Cen
eral gives an itemized account of the
expenses Of the local board, of which
f S. Wilson, now secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, was chair
man.
The government paid $3178.2O in
salaries to members of the local
loard To employees OF the board
$1536.91 was paid, and for physical
examinations $l71 was expended by
the government. There were also
miscellaneous expenses amounting to
s212.01.
The Provost Marshal's report also
gives some interesting statistics on
the men inducted from this county.
Out of total of 556 men inducted
into service from Audrain, sgt were
accepted. Of the 556 men, only 543
ever were called. The number of men
inducted from this county was large
in comparison with the inducted
armies from many other counties.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-08-19
Protests Against
I ubercu!ers Who
Are Begging Here

The local Red Cross is protesting
against he frequency of tuberculer
Aeggers in Mexico, and is asking that
people here refrain fror giving aid
% epCh persons. The Red Cross is
fitted to take care of such
eases, according to Miss Burhl Hibbs
executive secretary d,
Last week a man carrying ply
sicians statement that he had tuber-
eulosis, went from house to house
Ii the residence section of the town,
begging for money with which to buy
4 ticket to Colorado. His case was
not reported to the Red Cross until
after he had left town.
"Such persons" Miss Hibbs said
Friday, "are n menace to the public
health.
They go about, spreading the dis
ease and making unnecessary de-
mands on the public. The Red Cross
viii take care Of all worthy cases,
giving them money and treatment, and
preventing the spread Of the disease
through contact"
4 A man, suffering from tuberculosis
is here now under the auspicies Of the
Red Cross. He was stranded in Mex
leo several days ago, and applied i'm
mediately to the Red Cross. Miss
! Hibbs provided lodging for him, and
has taken up with the Division Head
quarteds at st. Louis the matter Of
placing him in an institution.
I'VE can handle all cases in tht
same way" Miss Hibbs said, and We
~want to ask the public to cooperate
with as by sending afflicted beggarS
to our office in the Community
Ropm."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-08-19
R. n. WHITE SON. Props. WHITE, Editor.
GIRL IS
SERIOUSLY HURT
WHEN HIT BY CAR

Ethelyn Byars, years of age, was
seriously injured internally Tuesday
morning when she was struck by a
Chevrolet touring car. driven by
Vincent Dicus. The little girl
with her mother, Mrs. Clarence By
ars, and baby brother, had started to
cross Washington street on the west
side of the square, walking toward
the courthouse yard. The car struck
the little girl, and threw her several
feet.
She was taken to the Audrain
County Hospital Immediately after
the accident. DR.. R. S Williams, her
physician, said that the child was SER
iously injured internally, but that he
had not been able to ascertain the ex-
tent of her injuries.
According to spectators, the driver
Of the Chevrolet had just turned his
car around in the middle of the block.
The city traffic ordinances forbid
turning around except at corners.
Ethelyn Byars is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Byars who
live 10 miles southeast of Mexico.
She had come to Mexico with her
parents to see the Barnes circus.
Her father was at the hitch-lot un-
harnessing his team of horses when
the accident occurred
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-08-19
F, A1~A. z1'H
Mcmillan Is Only
School In County
ToTeach Farming

Mcmillan High School will be the
only high school in Audrain County
to offer a course in vocational agri-
culture during the coming school
year. Attempts of the Vandalia and
Laddonia schools to introduce the
course failed. Vandalia could not
secure enough students to insure gov
ernment aid, and Laddonia could not
raise money enough locally.
A. Gorrell instructor in vocational
agriculture at Mcmillan has just re-
turned from Columbia where he took
a special course of training in the
University of Missouri. His course
here during the coming year will be
divided into two divisions: Animal
Husbandry and Plant Production.
The students who took the course
last year, still are working on the
subject. Vocational agriculture lis
year-round subject and requires its
students to go to school twelve
months in the year. During the win
ter, the students learn theory; dur
ing the summer they put the theory
into practice. Gorrell said Saturday
that his students had personally dir
ected the raising of sixty-seven acres
of corn and three acres of potatoes.
Charts showing the treatment of the
crops will be turned in at the begin
ming of school.
Berry Azdell, one of the students
in Vocational Agriculture, last year,
has been experimenting in the care
Of fruit trees this summer, and has
met with marked success, Gorrell
said.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-08-19
MARRIED CIRCUS DAY

One circus day romance was re-
corded Tuesday when Bryan Hide
brand Of Martiasburg and Miss Mel
lie Lewis of St. Louis were married
The wedding ceremony was perform
ed by Judge f. A. Shannon in the
probate court room Of the courthouse.
Mrs. Hildebrand is the daughter of
Mr.and Mrs. William Lewis of Wells
vile, where she also formerly lived.
For the past few years she has held
a responsible position with the Mis-
s.uri State Life Insurance Company
IN St. Louis. In additiont to being very
capable young business woman, she is
unusually attractive and pretty, and
is immensely popular in the Wells
willie neighborhood,
Hildebrand, who is the son of MIR.
and Mrs. Martin Hildebrand, comes
from one of the most prominent fam
lilies in this country. He has engaged
very successfully in farming, but in
tends to give us that occupation soon,
and move to st. Louis to make his
home.
At present Mr.. and Mrs. Hide
brand are visiting Mr., and Mrs. Mar
tin Hildebrand near Martinsburg
The Ledger joins in wishing them
much happiness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-08-19
R.C.Nurse Finds
Country Students
Are Underweight

The Audrain County Red Gross
chapter has started campaign 10
improve health conditions in rural
schools throughout the county. Miss
Corrine Markley, public health nurse.
will visit every school in the county,
and examine the students, making
recommendations for needed improve
ments.
The greatest need at present, &C.
cording to Miss Markley Is a hot
lunch at noon for the children. Cold
lunches lack nourishment, and as o
result of eating them, many rural
school children are under weight. An
examination in one rural school this
week revealed that twenty-four out
of twenty-six students were undsr
weight.
In contrast to this percentage,
there were only forty-six out Of 1856
students in the Laddonia public
schools last year who were under
weight. Miss Markley says that hot
lunches will do much to decrease the
underweight percentage.
1t is not necessary, Miss Markley
Dointad nI1+ fnr oil thu luroh - -
hot. If the children can eat one hot
dish everey day at lunch, that will
be sufficient. Accordingly, the Red
Cross is organizing Junior Red Cross
chapters in the schools, and these or
ganizations will have as one of their
first duties the purchasing Of oil
stoves for their schools.