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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
QUICK ACTION ON BILL
Stockyards Measure Thru House Be-
fore Lobbyists Get Here.

Representative Burdick called up
his packing house and stockyards bill
at a time when house members were
not in a friendly frame of mind re
gardipg the smelly industrial inter.
eSts at the mouth of the Kaw. After
a very short session Burdick's bill to
place the stockyards, packing houses
and commission firms under control
of the state livestock department had
passed thru the committee of the
whole and was headed toward the ses
sion laws.
Burdick's bill placed the allied live
stock operations at Kansas City and
department for the fixing of rates.
charges and methods of handling pub
lie business. Order affecting the
stockyards and packing house interests
would be made by an ex-officio board
composed of the governor, livestock
sanitary commissioner, and president
of the state livestock association. The
bin gives to the state control of the
operation of the general stockyards
and packing business and protects
shippers from commission firms which
charge excessive and unreasonable
rates.
So suddenly was Burdick's bill called
up and passed thru the committee that
lobby Interests had no opportunity to
make 2 showing. This morning, tho.
a big delegation of accepted and
trained lobbyists arrived from Kansas
City and Wichita with view of block
ing the bill on final passage or in the
senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
REDS ARE VICTORS
Cavalry Advance Guards Now
Invade Don Basin.
Capture Town on Sea of Azov
in Eastern Advance.

London, Jan. S.-Red cavalry has
occupied the important town of
Taganrog. on the gulf of that name.
an official Bolshevik wireless COM
nunfque from Moscow claimed today.
The SOVIET forces captured enormous
booty, the communique asserted,
claiming more than 1000 prisoners
also were taken in the operations in
the Don basin and around Taganrog.
Military supplies taken included
British heavy artillery, tanks, armored
trains, an aviation base, great stores
Of munitions, 220 guns and other ma
terial, the communique said.
The Bolsheviki now have reached
the coast east and west of Mariupol,
the important seaport on the Sea of
Azov. it was claimed.
A dispatch from Copenhagen today
quoted Maxim Litvinoff, the soviet
representative there, as announcing
that the Bolsheviki capture of Tagan-
rog had completed the separation of
General Denikin's armies. The Boil
sheYik forces now are approaching
Novoeherkassk, an important town in
the province of. the Don Cossacks
about 100 miles northeast of the up
per end of the Gulf of Taganrog,
Litvinoff said.
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Only Ruins Left of Seven Wiz
lagos Now.
Reports Show 5000 Killed and
Equal Number Hurt.
ONE VILLAGE HAS DISAPPEARED
Relief Now Being Prepared for
the Homeless.
Scientists to Investigate Re-
ports of Volcanic Eruptions.

Mexico City. Jan. s. Dispatches
from Vera Cruz today confirmed re-
ports that the villages OF SaItillo, La
Fagua. Ocotlepa, Manzanillo. Plata,
Chicota and Quimixtlan practically
were wiped out in Saturdays Garth
quake.
Only ruins of the villages remain.
the dispatches said. Many other
towns were partly destroyed, 1t was
said, and the danger has not yet
passed because of frequent collapse OF
weakened buildings.
As result of the initial quake, all
houses on one street in Jalapa were
reported destroyed. Eighty per cent
OF the buildings in the city were ruin
ed, it was said.
Foreign Minister Aguilar, who also
has accepted the post of governor of
Vera Cruz, has organized additional
relief expeditions to care for the sick
and homeless and begin work of re-
construction.
Scores of persons have died from
lack OF medical attention, food and
sneiter, according to reports here.
5000 Are Dead.
In addition to the 5000 estimated
dead, three thousand more are esti-
mated injured and in need of medi-
ca! treatment. Property damage pro-
baby will reach millions of dollars.
Dispatches from the stricken area
do not estinnat- the damage nor do
they give accurate lists of dead. Re-
ports of the disappearance of one viii
lage, the total destruction of several
others and the inundation of several
towns by water pouring down noun
tain streams. are not denied by the
dispatches.
Fragmentary advices received here
indicate the toll OF death may exceed
tirst estimates. 1t is said the village
OF Saltillo has been virtually destroyed
and that S5 bodies were recovered
from the ruins on Tuesday. Thirty
bodies have been taken from the
Pescados river at Apazapam. Pueblo
WHO and San Carlos. Dispatches from
special correspondents in the earth
quake zone tell of the pitiabie plight
OF survivors. many of whom lost their
homes and are living in the open in
| hourly fear of renewed shocks.
Relief on Way.
Relief measures are gradually taxi
ing form and a fund has been started
in this city. foreign colonies making
liberal contributions. Military expedi-
supplies contributed by individuals,
municipalities and the government
have been sent into the affected dis
tricts.
Many petitions have been sent the
archbishop OF Mexico to send the ia
nous Virgin de Los Remedies into
the earthquake area from the shrine
at Bartolo Naucalpan. where it is jeal-
ously guarded by Indians. This Vir-
gin has figured in many disasters
during the history of the country. Re-
sentiment is shown in the press OF this
city over reports that the Adjuco
mountains near here were spouting
lava and ashes and that the govern
ment was contemplating moving to a
safer region. A commission has been
appointed by the government to visit
the quake zone and report on the
phenomenon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08

walsh's discussion of provisions of the
court bill.
Lacey NJ. Simpson, chairman of the
house ways and means committee, was
in the chair when the senate members
arrived. Simpson introduced Glen
Willetts, who was to present labor
speakers. After a brief talk he in
troduced Frank P. Walsh.
Kansas Pioneer, Says Walsh.
'"This bill again marks Kansas as a
pioneer state" said Walsh in his open
ing statement. 1T again says to the
world that no matter how dangerous
the way vor uncertain the path, Kan
sas is not afraid to face the future.
May I say Kansas is the one state
which more specifically invited a bill
of this kind than any other state un-
der this constitution
Walsh severely criticized agitation
against organized labor by public
speakers and certain of the public
press" He stated that questions raised
in the court bill were fundamental
I'VE oppose every section and every
utterance in this bill except the pur-
pose hoped to be attained thru its pas
sage" Walsh said. EITHER this is a
law favorable to every interest and
person in Kansas or it is to be a law
in conflict and hostility with Kansas
and spells disaster broader than the
Strikes Down Unions.
This bill means striking down of
labor unions as they are known in this
nation today. 1 speak not as an advo-
cate of labor unions-a man who
never belonged to a labor Ifnion-but
in the spirit clear thinking, free
people"
Walsh praised labors war record
He said no full days production of
essentials was ever lost during the war
period thru strike. He admitted there
had been strikes, but urged that pro-
duction standards in essential indus
tries were maintained. Rivalry over
distribution of gain was fundamental
with mankind, he said. as he reviewed
periods of unrest which he asserted
grew out of advancement and develop
ment of mankind
Rivalry today is between producers
and those who would live off produc-
tion without contributing their part"
said Walsh, as labor leaders in the gal
leries applauded. so long as there is
to be liberty in our country there can
be no autocrat. That applies to one
side as we'll as the other. Any coun-
try strong enough to give an army of
twenty million if necessary that truth
and justice shall prevail is strong
enough in itself to adjust any indus
trial problem"
Walsh said he was not afraid of the
Reds in this country. He said Boil
shevism could not succeed in this ma
ton. No soviet can ever be estab-
lished outside the congeSted district,
he told legislators.
Much of the fear" he said, "seems
tContinuPd on Page TWoJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
TO DISCUSS RAIL BILLS
Topeka Traffic Association in Meet
ing Tonight at C. of G.

Members of the Topeka Traffic as
sociation will discuss the Esch and
Cummins bills at dinner this eve
ming at the Chamber of Commerce
The meeting was called by E. H.
Hogueland, secretary of the Topeka
Traffic association. Hogueland will
give detailed account of the effect
of the bill on Kansas shippers If
passed.
It was believed that recommends
tions against the passage of the Cum
minis bill will be passed. while modifi-
cations of the Esch bill will be urged.
Both bills deal with conditions an
ticipated upon the return of the roads
to private ownership.
The Cummins bill provides for the
creation of transportation board in
addition to the interstate commerce
regulations, also a compulsory con-
solidation of competing lines, and the
proviso for a fixed return of per
cent to the owners Slight modifica-
tions are desired in the Esch bill, ac-
cordfng to Hogueland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
Rally to Topeka s Call
For 1OO% Anaericanisna! !

throng of red blooded loyal Amer
lean Topeka citizens will gather at
the auditorium tonight to enter into
the work of enlarging the 100 Per-
cent American club.
1t is the only club in the United
States. according to DR.. Frank L.
Loveland, president, that has so few
limitations or restrictions on it's mem
bership and yet its one absolute re-
quirement is regarded as greater than
the selective methods of any other
club or organization. The require
ment is Americanism. ES
Decorations intended primarily for
the reception of General Pershing will
be in place In the auditorium. This
will add to the attractiveness of the
hall.
A feature of the evening will be the
organ recital by Dean H. V. Stearnes.
of Washburn college. 1t will be the
first time the wonderful tones of the
big organ have been heard for long
period When contemplating repair
ing the organ, the Kimball company.
which built it, suggested a tuner.
James Day, to put the instrument in
shape. Day has been here for some
time working on the instrument. The
organ has been equipped with a new
blower and a motor. Worn leather
bellows have been replaced. 1t is now
in first class shape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
WAS BURNED AT STAKE
Chain Store Owner Tortured by Rob-
bcrs and Dies From Burns.

Osceola, Ark, Jan. s.-W. E. Han
sci, owner of a chain of plantation
stores, bound to a post. supposedly by
robbers, with his face and clothing
saturated with gasoline, was burned
to death when his store at Holt, near
here, was set afire after it had been
looted last night. Farmers. reused by
q negro who discovered the building
in flames, found Hansel who died
within a few minutes after he was re-
moved from the burning building.
Search thruout the night and early
today by sheriffs deputies and posses
of citizens is said to have failed to
establish definite clue as to the
identity of the men who committed
the crime. Holt, farming settlement
six miles south of this city, is popu-
lated largely by negroes.
Hanse1 came to this section about
two years ago from west Tennessee.
He is said to have formerly been en-
ployed by a contractor engaged in
work at Muscle Shoals, Ala.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
AGREE ON FIUME
British and Italian PremierS
Have Decided City's Fate.
Plan Will Be Checked Up to
Clemenceau Today.

London, Jan. S.-Premier Lloyd
George and Premier Nitti have reached
an agreement for settlement of F'iune,
it was reported today.
The agreement, according to the re-
port, will be submitted to Premier
Clemenceau when the allied leaders
meet with him in Paris today.
British and Italian officials left here
for Paris this morning to resume their
peace discussion with French repre-
sentatives-
Russia and Turkey will be the two
nations to receive first attention of the
allied leaders. it was indicated. Some
London newspapers believed a policy
of peace with Russia, because of the
recent Bolshevist military victories, will
be considered.
In the British party were Premier
Lloyd George, Earl Curzon of Kedles-
ston. secretary Of state for foreign
affairs; Andrew Bonar Law, govern
ment leader in the house of commons;
Lord Birkenhead, the lord chancellor !;
A. J. Balfour, lord president of the
council; e. S. Montagu. secretary of
state for India, and Lord Rtddell.
Premier Nitti and Foreign Minister
Scia1oia will represent Italy. while
Premier Clemenceau and other off
cials will represent France.
- No Meeting Today.
Paris, Jan s.-No meeting of the
supreme council will be held today, it
was announced, because of the illness
of two of the British members. Be-
sides. it was said, Premier Lloyd
George and Premier Nitti could not
sessions today. Twenty-Five members
of the British delegation which will
attend the coming sessions of allied
leaders here arrived last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
COURT WOULD
DOWN LABOR!
WALSH.
Union Leader, In Dramatic Attack On
Allen Bill Declares 1t Has All EUils,
No Virtues Of Compulsory Arbitration.
FEATURES OF WALSH
ATTACK ON COURT BILL

Contains all evil features of compulsory
arbitration and none of good features.
Strikes at rights of all producers.
Unconstitutional in its general provisions.
Provisions for board with administrative
powers more vicious than original plan 1or
creation of court
Provides iron band around state against
labor.
Wipes organized labor from the map.
Provisions of bill give power to board
far too great to be vested in any body or
men.
Gives to governor full power Of selection
and removes right of selection from voters
thru direct election.
Jokers in bill would permit return to
Industrial atrocities of 4 generation ago.
permitting employers to operate in chosen
sea sons and under favorable marketing
onditions-throwing labor out OF employ
ment during dull months.
Power vested in two members OF board
to give TO or take from industries millions
of dollars in profits every year. orders
by board in case of Kansas packers esu-
mated at eighty million dollars year.
Human rights and all constitutional
guarantees of freedom Of labor destroyed
by terms of bill. Enactment means en-
slavement of producers.
Bitter criticism for steel operators. No
discussion of phases of coal strike.
America is free from dangers of Soviet
government, ravages of Bolshevism or l. w.
W., so long as ensavement is not enforced
on the man who tolls with his muscles
No principle of the bill can be endorsed
by lovers of a free government Aims of
bill approved but all features of the enact
ment severely criticised a. un-American
and unconstitutional
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
TO SUE BIC five
Push Packer Dissolution Plan
Thru Courts.
VIII Be Charged With ViOlat-
ing Antitrust Law.

Washington, Jan. s.-Attorney Gem
eral Palmer plans to file antitrust
action against the big five packers
Monday or Tuesday, it was learned to-
day at the department of justice.
This will be Palmer's first step in
carrying the dissolution agreement un-
der which the packers are to dissolve
their connections with hundreds OF
subsidiary concerns.
Palmer's suit will be filed in federal
courts, but officials today refused to
say in what city it will be filed
The suit will charge the packers
with violation of the antitrust laws
and ask an injunction against their
participation in the ownership and
management of their subsidiary COM
panies. Under the plan agreed to by
the packers, they will file formal
answer and accede to the request for
an Injunction without dispute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
SECOND ARK is READY
Army Transport Fitzpatrick Prepares
for Big Cargo OF Reds.

New York, Jan. 8.-Despite the fact
that official announcement that de-
portation warrant for Ludwig C. A. K.
Martens, "Bolshevist ambassador" to
the United States, had been issued by
federal authorities was made public
only yesterday, it became known here
today that such a warrant was issued
with the original output of three thou
sand or more documents last Friday.
Isaac Shorr, attorney for more than
100 Russian radicals, said late yester-
day that the army transport Kilpat-
rick, now at a Brooklyn pier, will
leave "very soon" for soviet Russia
with most of those now on Ellis Is
land. Government officials said they
had no information. Alleged radicals
continued yesterday and early today to
arrive here for deportation hearings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
NEW AIR MAIL ROUTE.
Planes Cast Off With Cargoes for
Omaha Today.

Chicago. Jan. s.-AerlaI mail serv-
ice between Chicago and Omaha was
officially opened early today with a
plane here and one at Omaha pre-
pared to take off with cargoes of
postal freight
The first dressed meat shipments
ever sent by airplane thru the postof-
flee department were contained in the
mailsacks placed in the planes The
plane starting from here, piIoted by
W. J. Smith, carried ten pounds Of
sweetbreads to be served at a banquet
tonight in Omaha for General Perish
ing A dressed pig consigned to Major
Reed Iandis. in care of the first west
ern aeronautical show. which opened
here today, was part of the freight Of
the Chicago-bound plane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
FEAR THE WORD "STRIKE"
New York Suggests .tStoppage of
Work in Sympathy for Unseated
Socialist Assemblymen.

New York, Jan. S.-SeveraI prom
inent trade union leaders, in New
York have suggested a "stoppage of
work" in protest against the action of
the lower house of the New York leg
islature in suspending five Socialist
members. Abraham Beckerman,
member of the committee appointed
by the Socialists here to investigate
the affair, said today.
The committee of eight, appointed
by the Socialists here. now has the
matter under consideration, Becker
man stated. intimating that negotia-
tions may be under way with the CEN
tral labor council to arrange the
"stoppage of work" demonstration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08

Attack by Walsh today was the
dominant measure before the special
session. Labor. fighting with its back
to the wall for defeat of the bill,
brought its heavy artillery to Topeka
today and trained its guns on the law
makers themselves. J. I. Shepard,
Fort Scott lawyer; Phil Gallery, a
Pittsburg lawyer and representatives
of various unions are to follow Walsh
in the fight to defeat the measure.
Big Employers Would Profit.
Legislators were told that the real
interests to profit from the passage
of the bill were the big employers. He
asserted that in the case of the pack
erS in Kansas, a majority of the board
or court might make an order which
would mean $4,000, 900 a year to the
packing interests. Every feature of
the bill is honey-coated, but contains
provisions which strike at every right
OF labor, Walsh told the lawmakers.
Walsh came to Topeka as the rep
tesentatives of the railroad brother
hoods.
While the steel operators were Sc
verely assailed in the Walsh speech.
only the most passing reference was
made to the coal strike. The attack
on the bill was general. After speak
Ing more than 80 minutes, Walsh had
not concluded his remarks when the
noon recess was taken. This afternoon
he was due for a cross examination by
friends of the bill Walsh's speech
was extemporaneous. He was given a
warm reception when introduced. Sew
eral times he was interrupted by ap-
plause from labor leaders in the gall
leries. There was no evidence of
demonstration from legislators. They
were attentive but at no time re-
Bponsive.
Allen Not There.
Governor Allen was invited to at
Tend the hearing for labor leaders. He
was unable to leave his office and de-
clined the invitation. House members
held back debate on the new court
bill more than an hour. The pro-
eeeded with the regular order of busi-
ness and handled more than twenty
bills sent to the hopper. Then they
passed the stockyards bill on third
reading.
The crowd In the galleries and lob
bies was the largest since a memora-
BILE night during the session of 1911.
when the house adopted the equal
suffrage resolution. Keen interest was
displayed from every source. Many
women were in the crowd. Large dele
cations of labor representatives were
present and a large number of promi-
nent lawyers came to Topeka to hear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
PROTEST
Urge Congress to Return State
Commission Powers.
Say Transportation Board"
Would Eliminate Competition.

Chicago, Jan. SIN q memorial to
congress made public here today. the
National Shippers conference demand
ed immediate restoration of their
powers to state and federal courts and
commissions over the railroads.
The memorial was addressed pri-
marily to the joint committee consid-
ering Senator CUMMINGS bill for the
termination of federal control. The
shippers representing nearly all lines
of business except the packers. op-
posed the proposal to create a. trans
portation board. arguing that it would
be confusing to give the new board
powers which have been vested in the
interstate commerce commission.
A permanent guarantee of returns
for the roads was attacked as Social
istic and apt to result in loss of eff
cheney and initiative by the roads. On
propriate for the government any sur
plus earnings was disapproved. 1t
would mean penalization of efficiency,
the shippers said.
Must Prevent Strikes.
The provisions for compulsory con-
solidation of roads into rate making
groups was called theoretical, vision
airy, impractical, unwise and wholly
unjustified." Pooling of earnings
would destroy competition, the ship
pers said.
The organization asked for just
legislation which will prevent railway
strikes. No recommendations were
made. It was suggested the interstate
commerce commission be authorized
to investigate rail and waterways to
determine possibilities for extension
and unification.
Officers of the shippers conference
are S. H. Cowan, Fort Worth. Tex.
president; ]. G. Balfour. Canton. O..
vice president; j. A Roman, Chicago.
secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-08
OUT OF DEBT NOW
Rawlins County Taxpayers Pay High
est Levy in History Extra Early.

Atwood. Kan, Jan. s.-For the first
time in the history of the county,
Rawlins county is free from debt. ac-
cording to the report made today by
Mrs. S. f. Hacker, treasurer. The last
of the county's bonded Indebtedness
was paid off this week when Mrs.
Hacker redeemed 5000 worth of
securities still outstanding.
Eighty per cent OF the 1920 tax levy
for the county has already been paid
into the county treasurer, and s21, 900
of the amount has already been ap-
propriated out to the various school
districts in the county. The levy this
year is an unusually high one. and the
total amount of the 1920 tax is
s230,S15.19. Despite this fact and the
fact that the mo rebate" law is now
in effect, the taxpayers are paying
their assessments earlier than ever be-
fore. according to the treasurer's re-
port