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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
GRIEF OF MARIA ROSA
But Tears, Cries and Endearing
Terms Applied to County Officials
Fail to Get Freedom.

From basement to roof the peace
full atmosphere of the court house was
disturbed this morning by the loud
lamentations of Maria Rosa, a comely
gypsy woman, when she was arraigned
in the court of topeka on the charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
Maria's protests against returning to
the county were loud, long and fearful
but ineffective. Perhaps no trial ever
held brought a larger crowd onto the
second floor than when Maria passed
down the stairs wailing for liberty.
She called Frank Leech, marshal,
sweet daddy and appealed to Bert
in charge, as dear papa" Wiping
her streaming eyes on her pink scarf
she plead with the officers. between
sobs, not to believe the Mexican who
charged her with taking his money.
But she went back to Jail.
Maria is alleged to have gone to the
home of Leonor Sandobal. 425 East
Curtis street, blind Mexican woman.
and represented that she could re-
store sight Leonor's husband de-
clares he gave her $61 to exercise her
Super-human powers. But the world
remained dark to Leonor and COM
piaint was made to Detective Angus
tin Alba, who swore to a complaint
against the woman in the county at
torneys office.
The woman had disappeared. but
returning to the city Sunday she was
arrested by Alba and placed in the
county Jail. After a night of confine-
ment she was brought to the court of
Topeka this morning. where she
pleaded not guilty TO the charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
Dempsey Sees
Beauty Doc
Daily No u

Los Angeles. Cal. Jan. 19.-when a
prize fighter essays to become hero of
movie film. the reconstruction corps
is called in.
That's what's happened in the case
of Jack Dempsey.
But before going any further 'tis
well TO say Jack. unadorned. isn't
bad looking sort Of a chap. But
cameras do funny things to heavy eye
brows, fighters noses and straight
black hair.
So poor Jack has had;
His hair marcelled.
His nose built UP with putty he
only wears the putty annex while in
front of the camera).
And his eyebrows thinned and
arched.
What's more. all this beauty doctor
stuff hasn't hurt his waIiop a bit. ac-
cording TO Spike Robinson. former
English pugiiist, and Al Kaufman.
once noted heavyweight. They were
two of five men Jack soundly wall
ioped and all but put to sleep when he
rescued" a shrieking heroine re-
Gently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
LIFE AND THRIFT
Ifs Is Insurance Day in
Local Campaign.
Tuesday Is Own-YOur-Own-
Home Period.

Bundles from all Topeka stores and
laundries today carry the proper thrift
literature for the day. Arrangements
have been made in the Santa Fe
offices for placing literature on each
desk every morning this week. 1t will
also be distributed in stores. Efforts
are being made to see that the pamph-
lets get into the hands of all persons
in Topeka and in Shawnee county.
Ror today, Life Insurance day. a
pamphlet has been issued asking a
number of pertinent questions. among
which are: Are you sure that your
wife's monthly income is provided for
as long as she lives? Are you sure
that your family could be kept together
IL you should die Unexpectedly? Are
you sure that you can meet unexpected
and large Doctors bills, that you can
cleaS off e. mortgage on your home,
that Sou are ever. going to have an
estate. that your crciit is good at the
bank, that yous-wiIl have an income
when sixty years old ~
Tuesday is own our Own Home
Day.
Real estate and building and loan
men will assume the burden on the
day The nature of the project comes
within their business
The literature for the day indicates
the desirability of owning your own
home" The building and loan asso-
Citations are willing to try and prove
that it is cheaper for man to let
them help him build a home OF his
own than it is for him to go on paying
rent. 1t is held that primarily the
idea of owning a home is good. be-
sides it may be regarded as an invest
ment.
The same plan as used today will be
in force tomorrow to distribute the
literature proposing the ownyourown-
| home movement.
The speaking schedule for Tuesday
has been arranged as follows:
Berkson Bros, S: 80 a. M, j. L. Hersh
Mrs Newell Abrahams.
Chamber of Commerce, II 80, noon, Chas
Elliott. -
| Santa Fe mill, noon, Earl Akers.
Santa Fe sheds, noon, Stanley Medlicott
Santa Fe machine shop, noon, John
Hersh.
warren NJ. Crosby. a. M. Miss A
Palace Clothing Co., p. m. Charles
strickier business college, 10 a. M, Chas
EIdridge
Dougherty business college. . p. m, Chas
Elliott
Adams Bros. 10 a. m, n. w. Benning
Fire station, II a. M. Earl Akers.
Piersen Transmitter Co. IL 40 a. m.
| l. e Henry.
Y N. c. A, noon. l. F. Henry
| Capper Publications, II AS a. NJ, n. W
Benning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
BAR YANk BONUS
States $40 Monthly Plan IL
legal, Lawyers Claim.
Constitutional Credit Limit Pro.
hibits Bond Issue.
OTHER STATES MORE LIBERAL
Their Laws Permit Big Debts,
Is Assertion.
Referendum May Not Even Be
Possible Here.
OTHER STATES MORE LIBERAL

Bonuses of three and a half million
dollars for Kansas ex-soldiers may be
barred under the state constitution
This assertion was made today by leg
islative lawyers and constitutional au-
thorities who stated the bond issue
plan could not be made effective by
legislative enactment-with possibili-
ties that even a referendum might not
meet the situation.
Under the state constitution the leg
islature is barred from using the credit
of the state beyond the amount of one
million dollars. Even then the most
serious emergency must exist-war,
famine or an epidemic threatening the
state. Several lawyers in the lesisla-
ture also doubt the ability of the
house and senate to refer the bonus
plan to the voters and secure a ratifi-
cation which would meet with court
approval.
While there has been a general
tendency to approve the bonus plan,
many legislative members have doubt
ed the ability of the state, to extend
such relief to the soldiers under exist
ing constitutional provisions. Several
states have granted a bonus to soldiers
and sailors in the world war. But this
action was taken under state constitu-
tions which afforded greater privileges
to the legislature than those granted
in Kansas.
Prohibits Bond Issue.
Sections and of Article. IL of the
| state constitution define the extent to
which the legislature and the voters
may go in exercising the credit of the
state. These sections bar the three
and a half million dollar bonus in the
| Judgment of LAWYERS who have a rec.
ord for accurate Interpretation of con-
stitutional provisions and limitations
While a direct appropriation NIGH
| be made, yet such a course would cal
for payment of the bonus from the
general revenue fund of the state. tt
meet such an appropriation would cal
| for doubling the state tax levy. Undel
bills introduced in the house and sen
ate a bond issue is proposed to pay tn,
service men. Provision was made for
bonus OF $40 a month for the periot
of. service of each man. The expens
| was estimated at S3,500,0e0. r
No provision is made in the bill 70
approval of the bonds by vote of tn,
people. Even tho such a clause wer'
inserted, several of the most able law
yers in the legislature doubt the con
stitutionality of the issue once it wer,
approved.
Asked Guard Allowances.
Governor Allen in a special messag,
to the legislature covering appropria
ton matters asked for a bonus of So
| for each national guardsman sent L
the Pittsburg coal fields during the re
cent strike. No reference was mad,
to the bonus for world war servic'
men. In view of'decisions of the law
yers. there is little probability that tn
bonus bill will be passed at the specia
session or even considered on tn
floor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
JACK THANKS LEGION
Topeka Commander Receives Appre-
ciative Letter From Pershing.


A letter from Gen. John. ]. Persh-
ing, expressing appreciation of his
welcome and reception by the Topeka
post, was received today by E. A. Cum
mings. commander of Capitol post No.
1, American Legion, it was announced
today by John H. Bergen, adjutant.
The letter:
My Dear Mr.. Cummings: I wish to ex-
press to you and to the members of your
post my most appreciatiye thanks for the
welcome and cordial reception extended me
during my brief stay in Topeka. l was
very much pleased to have had this oppor-
tunity of meeting you and of sayiug a few
l am deeply interested in the welfare
and progress of the American Legion, for
we all know that it is an organfza tion
which stands for everything that is good
and fine In American citizenship.
With best wishes for your continued
success, am, cordially yours.
JOHN J. PERSHING.
Since January 5. Bergsn said, the
local post has addet 81 new names
to its roll call. An extensive cam
new members. -...--a
The circus planned for the week of
February 16. is expected to add ma
terially to the roll call. A booth will
be maintained at the auditorium dur
ing the entire week for the purpose
of taking applications for member
ship.
Bergen announced today that one
pool table had been secured for the
Legion quarters.
Members of the Legion are urged
by Bergen to attend the meeting this
evening at s o'clock to make plans for
the big circus. producing manager
from Kansas City will be at the meet
ing to explain details of the project
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19

Thursday night, it is claimed, he
entered the bakery thru an unused
door by means of his key. An old
stairs. now obsolete. leads from the
cloak room to the basement in the
front part of the building. Behind a
box under these stairs Padgett spent
the days and at nights came out to
vegaie himself and attempt to break
into the safe
He'll said he had noticed that things
were several times disarranged; that
the key to the cloak room disappeared
one night and that the combination to
the safe had been tampered with.
This caused him to suspect, he said,
that some one was hiding in the build
ing A pocketbook containing Sc was
also stolen from the coat pocket of
one of the girl employees while it was
hanging in the cloak room.
Sunday morning He'll began a
search OF the basement. accompanied
by his two boys. Half way down the
stairs, with lighted candles, one of the
boys suddenly declared he saw some
thing behind a box under the stair
case. An investigation revealed a man.
and the man revealed himself as Pad
gett.
It was stated by the police that he
would be turned over to the state and
prosecuted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19

Colder and cloudy weather with
good chances for snow tomorrow are
forecast by S. D. Flora, state mete-
oroIogist. While no severe weather is
anticipated Flora predicts. quite a de-
parture from the pleasant weather
that has prevailed for more than a
week.
No rain or snow was reported in
Kansas in the last "a hours Light
SHOWS were reported, however from
Missouri east to Washington. D. C.
Snow was also reported from Mime
sofa. Wisconsin and Montana.
The temperature this morning at
Prince Albert, Canada, was rs degrees
below zero 1t was degrees below
f(.outfnued m PAGE TWo1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
Weather Man
Only Efeer,
Per Cent off

St Louis. Mo. Jan. 1s.-The wealth
er man is right IS per cent of the time
in all things and in some things is
right 100 per cent OF the time. ac-
cording to w. J. Humphreys. physicist
of the Weather Bureau at Washing
ton. who attended the convention of
the American Association for the Ad-
vancemeut Of Science held here re-
Gently
In forecasting the approach Of big
storms. cold waves and floods the
weather man is always right, Hum
phreys said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
PEACE TERMS FIXED
Ukrainians About to Cease Hostilities
Against the Bolsheviki.

Warsaw, Jan. 19.-Terms for con-
cluding peace with the Bolsheviki
have been fixed by the Ukrainian
government, according to Lemborg
newspapers They decline recognition
of the independence of the Ukrainia
peoples republic, exchange of products
between Ukraine and Russia, complete
neutrality of Ukraine and the with
drawal of all soviet forces from the
territory of that republic and recogni-
ton of the Ukranian government with
M. Magopa as premier.
In exchange the communist party
will enjoy full exercise of it's right in
Ukraine, on condition that ii will not
attempt to monopoiize power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
WILL STAY IN KANSAS
Blue Blood Bull Sold TO Minneapolis
May Not Move Home.

Beauty Girl Segis de Kol will continue
to reside in Kansas.
The prince is a $4,000 Holstein
bull and is now the property Of the
Lyon County Purebred Holstein
Fresian association. He will be pas
tured on a Lyon county farm.
The bull was purchased recently by
Senator J. w. Hackney, St Paul.
Mimi, from. W. w. Finney. of En-
poria. The association bought the
bull from Hackney at his purchase
price. Another bull. valued at $500,
figured in the latter transaction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
COPS GOT OVERFLOW
Million and Half Worth of Booze
Crowded Off Ship for Cuba.

New York. Jan 1s.-More than
$3,0O0,0o0 worth of whisky and
spirituous liquors have been confis-
Gated by the internal revenue officers
here since the eighteenth amendm ent
went into effect Saturday.
Half of the liquor seized was on
two barges in East river which were
loading a steamship for Cuba Twice
as much liquor was sent TO the ship
as she could carry and the surplus.
valued at a million and a half, fell
into governmental hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
CUBA HIT BY FLU
Over Thousand Cases Are Now Re-
ported in Havana.

Havana. Jan. 1s.-Many cases of in
fluenZa have been reported in this city, /,
but no authoritative statistics are
available. A newspaper report states
that 1000 cases have been found here.
Kingston. Jamaica, Jan. 19.-All
ships arriving here from Cuban ports
must be detained in quarantine for a
period of three days, according TO a
ruling of health authorities, because
of influenza in Cuba
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
LOCKOUT DECLARED
Swedish Factories Agree to Disagree
With $50, 900 Employees.

Stockholm, Jan. 17-Efforts to
mediate between employers and work
ers in Sweden have failed, and a lock-
out, to begin January 26, was declared
today. AS a result $4,000 men in en-
gineering shops. iron works and other
plants will be thrown out of employ
ment. A government commission will
begin work Monday in the interest of
conciliation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
CHARGES LEGI0N"KEPT'
Veterans Organization Creature of a.
o. P.,~ Declares Labor Union Chief.

Chicago, Jan. 19.-The American
Legion Is the political creature OF
the Republican party John Fitzpat-
alton of Labor. charged at a meeting
sof the labor organization yesterday.
The members Of the legion are not
real soldiers he declared. Real
working men who fought in the war
should join the world War veterans
or the Private Soldiers and Sailors
Legion"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19

Chicago. Jan. 1e.-Goy. Frank o.
Lowden will leave Chicago tonight on
a speaking tour thru the northwest.
His first stop will be at Minnea polls.
He will confer with Nebraska Repub-
hcans at Omaha on wednesday and
spend Thursday in Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
.REHEARING is REFUSED
Supreme Court Decides Prisoner al
Leavenworth Prison Must Hang.

Washington, jan 19.-The supreme
court today refused to grant a rehear-
ing in the case of Robert L. Stroud
under death sentence, for killing a
guard In the Leavenworth federal pen
iten.iary. Stroud's sentence was re-
Gently affirmed by the supreme court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
MERCURY TO DROP
Snow Also on Weather Menu Offered
by S. ID. Flora.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Increasing cloudiness followed by snow late
tonight or Tuesday: colder tonight; much
colder Tuesday and Tuesday night.
The shippers foreca st warns to protect SO
hour shipments north against a tempera-
ture of 10 degrees: east and west against
temperature of e5 degrees; south against
30 degrees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
MADE RICH DRUG HAUL.

$3.50. 900 Worth of Cocaine, Etc.
Minneapolis, Mimi. Jan. 19.-Five
men broke into the plant of the Stan
dard Medical company early today and
escaped with cocaine. morphine and
heroine estimated to be worth $3.50. 900.
They bound the watchman and carried
away the loot in sacks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
Two Killed in Explosion.

Gary. Ind. Jan. 1.-two men were
killed and two others seriously in
1ured early today in an explosion in
the plant of the Interstate Steel mill
at East Chicago, Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19
General strike for Italy.

Paris. JAN 19.-The Italian railway
unions have voted by a big majority
to call a general strike today. a dis
patch from Milan to newspapers here
declared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19

San Francisco-A benevolent jury acquit-
ted John Gillis, tried for assault. deliber-
ating Just long enough to pass the hat and
get S25 to give the defendant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-19

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Increasing cioudiness, followed
By snow late tonight or Tuesday;
colder tonight and Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-27
FRIDAY, AUGUST 81, 1920.
ANOTHER MUNICIPAL PLUM.

Ernest L. Tustin, director of public
works in Philadelphia, before the
American Bar association convention in
St. Louis today advocates the estab-
Iishment of a municipal legal aid bu-
reau. It's purpose would be to enable
the poor to obtain justice and the for
eigner to be relieved from imposition,
to establish place where the weak,
helpless and ignorant would have their
wrongs righted 4lr. Tustin declares
that legal aid should be made munich
pal function, rather than connected
with the administration of our courts
The purpose sounds good but can it
be successfully maintained that provid-
ing legal aid for poor or ignorant citi-
zens is a municipal funetion2 The ma
ton and states and municipalities
maintain courts open to all for admin
istration of justice and that would
seem to be all the public should fur
nish to the people. 1t is true that rep
resentation in court is generally hedged
about with rules and regulations max
ing the employment of an attorney nee
esary to a hearing before these judicial
bodies. These rules and regulations
may be necessary to secure justice, but
the layman hardly thinks so. Most men
believe they can state their claims be-
fore court in a way to secure intelli-
gent decision upon the merits of the
case but they cannot know or observe
all the rules adopted for the conduct
Of court business. It would seem as
easy for q judge to restrain a claimant
from unfair methods as it is to restrain
the sharp attorney who attempts to ig-
more the rules.
1t would seem that some method of
reducing the expense of litigation to
everybody might be more advantageous
than creating another municipal office
to be held by some administration ia
vorite. No attorney could be secured
for such a position unless a salary suf-
ficient for a living were granted because
no attorney could serve the public and
continue service to clients who might
oppose his work as public agent. To
create another position with a good sal
airy would be more of a political plum
than a public benefit Again most peo-
pie need no encouragement to enter lit
igation and probably less litigation
would he more beneficial than nub1icIv
supported litigants.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-27
Today $ Events

Seventy-five years ago today Texas
adopted its first state constitution.
Five years ago today the wife and
three daughters of General Pershing per-
ished in fire at the Preside. in San
Francisco.
Provincetown, Mass, where the Pill
grim Fathers first set foot three centuries
ago, is to begin its celebration of the ter
centenary today.
Democrats of Minnesota are to meet
in state convention at Minneapolis today
to nominate candidate and adopt a plat
form for the coming state election.
Crown Prince Carol of Roumania, on
his way home from visit to the Fan
East, is to sail from New York fo1
Europe today on the steamship Aqui.
tania.
James NJ. Cox, Democratic nominee
for President, is scheduled to address a
meeting at New Haven tonight under the
auspices of the Democratic state commit
tee of Connecticut.
Oil associations throughout the United
States have arranged for memorials to
day in memory of Colonel Drake, who &C
years ago today, drilled the first oil vel
in America. near Titusville, Pa.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-27
In the Days News.

Lord Desborough, who is coming to
Canada to preside at the congress of the
chambers of commerce of the empire, to
be held at Toronto next month, is one of
the most popular figures in British pub
lie life. He has long been a member of
parliament and has served on numerous
important government commissions. But
it is as true sportsman and athlete
that he is best known to the public From
the time he was at Harrow, and played
with the eleven in 1873, athletics have at
traeted him. At Oxford he was presi.
dent of the university athletic and boat
ing clubs. After leaving the university
he INDUCED in the pastime of Alpine
climbing, and later visited the Himalayas
He swarm across Niagara on two occa
sions, and completed variety of achieve
ments by carrying off the punting cham.
pionships for three years. He is also
well remembered as chief director of the
Olympic games held in London in 1908.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-27
THE VOICE OF THE RAVEN.

DIR. III. Chaplain of Kings College,
Cambridge, England, predicts a world
wide industrial and commercial slump
that will affect the United States more
seriously than England. He asserts
the trouble will begin in the field of
finance when some international obi
cation cannot be met or some 1interna-
tional credit cannot be renewed. Then
it viii spread to industry and give a
bad spell of unemployment comparable
to the period century ago. Ey2The eff
fects will be worse than then because
of the high standard of living to which
the people have become accustomed.
The greater danger to the United
States, he says, comes as the result of
its recently becoming a creditor nation
and its tariff laws which do not en-
courage taking of goods its debtors
can offer.
This may sound like the croaking of
a raven or like a Daniel at a feast but
the warning should not be ignored.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-27

Woman suffrage gives the daugh-
tiers of New England the chance to take
a unique revenge should they so choose,
on the conservatism of the section, the
most reluctant, save the South, to give
woman the ballot, says the New York
Evening Mail, and further states that
the number of females in New Eng
land exceeds the number of males by
many thousand. The Mail makes the
guess that if a ballot contest We're
launched the first feminine objective
would be the seating of skirted gov
ernors in ''those hardshell common
wealths, Connecticut and Vermont.
The trouble would be in these two
above mentioned hardshell" countries
that the male vote is still in preponder-
ance and it is safe to say that the
women in Vermont at least, will be
perfectly satisfied to see a man con-
tinue to occupy the governor S chair
provided he proves himself worthy of
the Office.