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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04
BOMBOUTRAGES
IN SPAIN CAUSE
DAMAGE
Internal Machine Explodes IN
Bishops Room While He
Prays In Chapel.

Madrid, Spain, Dec. 4. - Bomb ex-
plosions are reported ia many sections
Of Spain. considerable damage being
done in various cities last evening.
AT midnight an Internal machine exc
uloded on the window sill Of the
palace occupied by the archbishop Of
seville 10 blew a large hole n the
wall. but injured no one, as arch
bishop Almarez was praying in the
palace chapel when the explosion &C
Cured Bombs were thrown at the
house Of q land owner in the village
or Piuospuente, near Granda, and the
building was severely damaged Two
flour mills in this city we're shattered
by explosions last evening, The out
rage being attributed 20 striking balr-
erE-
Reports from Verona state a gen
eral strike has begun there.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04
18th Bank Closes It's
Doors In North Dakota

Bismarck, n. D, Dec CLOSING Of
the Citizens State bank % Antler, in
Bottineau county. due to depleted re-
serves, has been announced By o. E.
Lothus. state bank examiner. This is
the 18th bank 20 close in North la
kota since November IS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04
NAMED DIRECTOR
OF MEXICAN TEL EGRAPH.

Luis G. Zepeda has been appointed
director Of telegraphs in Mexico. 20
succeed Heriberto Frias, according 10
Information received in Juarez. DIFF
flCulties with teieEraphers were
averted by the reinstatement OF the
president and secretary Of the Tele-
graphers' union in positions from
which they had been discharged.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04
1 SANBURN WILL ATTEND
CATTEMENS MEETING

J. n. Sanburn. left FL Paso Friday.
70 attend the convention Of the Cali
fornla Cattlemen's association" con
veniug at salt Lake. City. Utah. De-
cember s and g. ar Sanburn
expects 10 be gone one week
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04
oAsAD EXPECTS NEW TRIAL.

c. D. Casad Of Las Cruces, found
guilty Of uanslaughter. win appeal
the case or try TO get new trial be
fore sentence is pronounced. accord
he was released on bond and went
home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04

] I. d. Simpson, OF Marathon, Tex.
Z relative Of police captain and Mrs. J.
Z D. Thompson, is seriously in at
I local hospital. He was brought TO FL
I Pas0 Friday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04

James Hagen. Joseph Martin. Jess
Sanders. Alvia Seharper and c. W.
FOX were names given BY men ar
rested In various parts OF FL Paso by
police saturday morning and held on
vagrancy charges.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04
Nantucket Lightship
BIown From Station

Boston, Mass. Dec. 4.-Nantucket
Shoals light vessel. one OF the most
important aids TO navigation on the
Atlantic coast was reported missing
from its station today.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04
BAKER AT GLOBE IS KILLED
IN DOUCH-MIXING MACHINE

Globe. Ariz.. Dec. 4.-Whue clean
ing the paddles OF a dough-miNing
machine IN a local bakery, Joe Bles-
sent, a baker. was drawn into the re-
volving paddles and instantly killed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04

G. ". Walker. charged with theft Of
under $50 following alleged shoplift-
ing activities, was arrested Friday
afternoon by detective sergeant
Charles Matthews.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04

p D. Richey. county tax coIlec-
tor. and county judge E 3. McClin-
took, have gone to the Big Bend dis
trlct 70 hunt deer. They viii be gone
a week.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-04
Have You Heard the December Records?

Among the vocal records this month there by Santa Claus which
will bring Joy the des hearts There four dance records which cha
enge your feet keep still and eleven magnificent Red Seals including
beautiful ballad Of youth and sung by John Mccormack Come here
and hear them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

tatoes and pears-show record yields,
while the indicated production of all
crops insures an adequate supply of
well diversified food at low prices.
The price readjustment has been for
the most part orderly and without
serious disturbance. The movement
is growing, however. continues the
bulletin, and there is good reason to
believe that producers will find it i'm
possible to hold out for higher prices
as the federal reserve board has made
it clear that it will not tolerate the
expansion of loans for that purpose.
The people are insisting upon general
reductions in commodity prices and
have been successful IN their efforts to
force sharp concessions.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03
LITTLE BENAY's NOTE BOOK

I took my shoes to the shoemakers
at luntch time yestidday to see if he
could do enything with them, witch he
sed he could and he gave me aver
tizing tickit for the movies, sayins on
| it. Admit one to one performance al
| the Little Grand, good ony on the
AFTERNOON of the day punched.
Witch the day pntched was yestidday
me thinking, G, I can go after skoo
leeyes out if I don't get kepp aft9l
skool' G, III be so good in skool this
AFTERNOON Miss Kitty. will think In
somebody elts, Ill be so good shell
think I'm sick.
And wen 1 went back to skool sal
up strate as enything. and whenever
Miss kitty looked lords my direck-
ton I started to look as polite as the
| dickens, thinking, G. she wont dasi
keep me in. -r,l.s- s5sz =. % ,v..ss.
Witch after a vile Pubs Simkins set
ting rite in back of me started tf
Whisper, Hay Benny, are YOU coming
out after suppir tonite? $40
Me Jest acting as if thawt j dideni
heer him, on account of not wuntiHf
Miss Kitty to catch me tawking, ape
Pubs whispered, Hay. wat the hecks
the matter, are you def?
Me jest keeping on setting up strats
and looking polite. and Pubs wisperee
fearsed as enything, Hay you bis
pruen, wy don't you answer wen you're
whispered to, you lobsided Sweed?
Me jest looking polite as If I diden1
know a Insult wen herd one. and Miss
Kitty sed, Charles Sinkins, you will
remain after skool for persistent
tawking. and I wunt to congratulate
Benny Potts for sitting there and moi
paying eny attention to You. Benny,
will reward you by letting You stay
and sharpin the drawing pencils.
Me thinking, Heck, gosh shang It
heck. Not wunting to say 1 dideni
wunt to on account of it being sip
posed to be a honor. And by the time
I got GROUND to the Little Grand tbs
people was jest coming out.
| Proving some honors are more
trouble than they're werth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

After all the fuss over Article x in
the peace treaty, it now appears that
we were needlessly alarmed. Lord
Robert Cecil declares positively that it
does not mean what Senator Hiram
Johnson thought it meant. If Lord
Robert only had spoken sooner what
an immense amount of worry he could
have saved a large number of patriotic
citizens, and might have deprived the
big political parties of a campaign is
sue. The league Interpretation" of
Article X, according to Cecil, is that
it does not guarantee territorial integ-
rity to anybody. OF course, Senator
Borah may claim that if we had
joined the league there would have
been a different Interpretation, but he
cannot prove it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03
Questions-Answer

@. with the mighty forests that We have,
why Is there so much talk Of lumber search
A The Department of Agriculture says
that the crux of timber depletlon is the ex-
haustion, or partial exhaustion, ct the
forests that are most available to the bulk
of the population of the country. One half
Of the lumber. remaining in continental
United States is in three states, bordering
on the Pacific ocean.
A. This is kind of humorous verse in
which, with Latin as a base, words OF
other languages are introduced using Latin
infections and constructions. The term
was selected since it implies mixture of
iaeEedients fonpd IN dish Of maesFenj
The name is sometimes applied to verses
which are merely a mixture OF Latin and
the unadulterated vernacular of the writer
This style Of verse has long been known in
q. How many presidents have been mar
president Ar. G..
4. FIVE q our presidents, ,i hare married
presidents married during their tenn of
office, those being Grover Cleveland and
q. You say that U. s. army regulation
s gam Brown belt. Yet note that ali p sss
ing this belt. Please explain M a. r.
a. The War Department says the Off
cial regulation to which you refer does not
affect U. S. army officers with the rank
Of General" Such officers are allowed
the right to prescribe their own uniforms
and those of the members of their imme-
diate staffs. 49, "a
q. what is the meaning of sephardim
A.. jews who ore descendants Of the
former Jews of Spain and Portugal are
eiassed as Sephsrdim. They are darker in
complexion than those native to northern
countries, and usually have more delicate
@. DO battleships carry a supply Of
drinking water. or do they use sea waters
"A. y. A.
= A. The Navy Depa rtment says that
usually battleships use sea water, the wa
ter being distilled for drinking.
question by writing The Topeka State
journal information burefn. Frederic J.
Efaskin, Director. Washington, d. c. This
offer applies strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal. medical.
and financial matters It does not under
take to settle domestic troubles. nor to
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All replies are sent direct to the inGuirer.}
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Since the peak of prices was
reached last July, there has been a de-
crease, according to the National In
dpstrial Conference board, of per
cent in the average cost of living.
This average has been adversely in
fluenced by the sharp increases In
rents, fuel and special commodities
which enter largely into family con-
sumption. The heaviest declines be-
tween July 1 and November 1 last. it
is stated, have been nearly s1k per
cent for fod and 1s% per cent for
clothing. This movement is of much
inportanee and will be progressive
from now on, says bulletin issued by
the National City bank of Chicago, as
retailers are finding that profits must
be sacrificed in order to move large
stoeAs Of merchandise. Furthermore,
four Food crops-corn,- rice. sweet po-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

The house and senate agriculture
committees at q joint session have
undertaken to decide how to go about
getting information upon which to
base legislation designed to relieve
credit and marketing conditions which
wheat. corn and cotton raisers and
feeders of livestock declare are ruin
GUS. If this proposed action become
the farmers hope for relief he may as
well turn his attention elsewhere at
once. He probably will have another
crop on his hands before a congress
sional committee has decided what
to do. Senator Hitchcock's plan to
lend money to the farmers would look
better if he had any chance of getting
DIT thru, which he probably hasn't
The federal reserve banks just now
are engaged in curtailing loans, not
in extending them. s..rs.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03
George Matthew Adams
Daily Tak
TRY NOT TO FALrER.

do not like the phrase, ION flow
cry beds of ease" b ass
1t seems to me that if life Is worth
the living. 1t is worth the striving NEG
essary to make of it some sort of sub
stantial success. a ra- 81
The soil tiller is a hardened man.
His rough hands are touched with toll
as is the canvas of the master with
strong lines of paint
If you would win, you must not fall
ter. 80 r.
Do the difficult thing and be glad of
the chance. The easy job IS tainted
with the smell of failure.
Dare to dare. But in 1t. do not fall
ter. tho the way looks too rough to at
tempt. The big hill looks far more
difficult to climb than it really is.
Try not to falteri
When you feel. like giving up, that
is your cue to take fresh start
Be always mindful. OF your untried
strength. Believe that you can depend
upon yourself in any emergency. And
you cam
Keep doing the thing you do-bet-
ter and better And after a little
time you will do 1t better than it has
ever been done before.
Be very brave. And never falter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03
Dorothy Dix Tails
Children,s. Boob VICE..
sY DOROTHY DIX
worlds highest Paid Woman Wrisss'

OF all the different weeks" we are
called upon to celebrate, none Is more
worthy of observance than childrenis
book week, for there is no other tahs-
man that We can put into the hand OK
the young that will so surely protect
them against the sings and arrows OF
outrag eous fortune. as a book will.
1t is something that adds to the
Joy of life at its most glorious moment.
1t is a comfort that soothes in the
blacklist hour of despair. 1t is a friend
that never fails, and the one sure
refuge from boredom.
No one who has q good book can
ever lack of brilliant society, or of
entertainment, or amusement He has
always a congenial companion to
the same warm welcome, smiling up
to him from the printed page; GER
tain always of getting the old thrill OF
adventure, or the brave words of cheer
that put fresh courage into the faint
J heart or the message -of-wisdom that
directs Alright his falteripg footsteps.
Books are the real fairy tales come
| true, for they have but TO wave their
magic wand, and. presto, all our
dreams come truS- Are you born to
dire poverty. one of those unfortunates
| who must ever listen to the wolf howl
ing at the door? Open a book, and
all the wealth of the world is yours.
You may feast on nightingales' tongues
| ON piateS OF gold in a baronial hall.
You may roll around in : twenty thou
! sand dollar car, and swathe yourself
IN s1iken robes as you step from your
| perfumed bath, while your valet de-
| cides which one OF your forty-seyen
different varieties of suits he will put
on you.
. Are you q, homely, dried-up, shabby
little old maid, who earns her living by
her needle and to whom no breath OF
! romance has ever come? Open a
book, and you become young and
beautiful, a Helen whose face launches
2 thousand ships. Suitors sigh at your
! feet. The very air breathes love and
passion, and you glow, and thrill. and
jtremble at the coming of your lover.
and half swoon with joy as his strong
arms close about you and your heart
finds it's home on his breast
Do you long to travel, and are you
held fast to some particular spot which
you can never hope to leave? Open a
book, and the whole wide world is
yours. You may sail thru tropic seas
and sniff the cherry blossoms of
Japan, and watch the never-ending
procession thru the streets of Pekin,
and the faithful come down to pray at
the Ganges, and roam the boulevards
of Paris, and listen to the bells of st.
| Paul in London.
Books give us all we ask OF life,
and he who has them is RICH tho he
has nothing else, and he who has them
not is poor indeed, no matter what
else he possesses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

Merton. Phelps offered to make over
half his money to me. absolutely, if I
would marry him. 1t made me q lit
tie sick to make him make that offer.
but I did-tho he doesn't know I did.
You know why I. ..diA. don't you.
Hugh? So 1 could refuse, It of course,
and then come and ask you how much
figure you really think money and lug
uries cut with Beth Bedell-you old
siliy!" There were tears in her laugh
ter now.
you chucked all that money-and
came to me? BETH Say, girl, 1 said
you looked like million. You're a
million million yourself = Of pure
gold" -.-s-s 49,, : .
And the tears that trickled thru the
laughter were dried on blue denim
while more blue denim held her tight.
Copyright. 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper syndicate:l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

And. in conformity with our custom 81
conceaiipg nothing. we pass the infor-
nation along to you.
1t may. be true. as c. S. A. COM
plains, that the so-called humor IN
this department is involved and .diia-
tory in the matter OF negotiatipg the
distance between the column and It's
readers. But what can we dot we
have always lacked facility in the art
Of hitting the public with a barrel
stave.
The trouble in this country, If we
are to be permitted to diagnose the
case, is that the man who doesn't club
the public with a barrel stave ana
who never pokes his finger in any.
body's eye is considered a "killJoy|
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

and eminent in ecclesiastical councils,
with no place in the general assembly
of the church of the first born" And
one may be among the humblest mem
bers of the church on earth and q
polished pillar of the church eternal
1t is possible to be in the church
here, and missing from the CHURCH
above; but no man can say who Is
who. The day of reaping alone re-
veais that
There may be hypocrites in the
church on. earth; but there are none
in the kingdom of heaven. This para
BILE was told to teach us patience. Its
message is do not be over-anxious
tempts to root them out. lest the good
grain be injured. All in due time the
harvest will be, separated. and the
tares will find the fire and the wheat
the garner" Hypocrites are less the
concern of laborers and of the pass
ers-by than of the Master-Farmer; in
His own time He will make the sep
aration.
Disowned, But Fashionable.
Nowadays it is wholly unpopular to
believe in the devil. All progressive
people disown him and deny his exist
ence- Yet there never was day
when the devil and his works were
more in fashion than at present. The
Notwithstanding vogue of wrong. in in
can. be accounted for only on the same
basis as the presence of the taresf In
the wheatfield: IAN enemy hath done
this" Lo
Popular theology sings only of the
| inherent divinity of humanity, of tbs
God that is in us all. and of the native
goodness and beauty of mortal ma
/ ture. Far be it from US to rejoice II
the defects of our race; but the trutf
J that is written large in every Issue
| of the newspapers. and expounded il
! the statistics of sociologists, is tina
humanity seems at present to be un
dergoing a slump. Human nature i!
a plaift which, left unattended. usual
| Iy reyerts. When given free rein, thu
heart of man becomes a runaway. Dr.
as you please and you please the devil
Our race has never yet lifted itself b!
| its own bootstraps Apart from God
Imam yields to that mysterious malig1
bower which develops the unlpvel.
possibilities of human nature.
! Like the other teachings of Jesus
this one is optimistic. He pictures tn
kingdom as growing, productive
harvest field, despite all alien growth
within its borders. The .granary o
God will eventually be full. Evil will
ultimately be destroyed. In due sea
son there will be the rejoicing OF
| harvest time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

Ever since Senator Harding's cleo
ton to the presidency. every advocate
of high tariff on imports has been
yelling at the top of his voice for an
increase in duties. In such agitation
he is laying a foundation for Re-
publican defeat in 1924. Republican
leaders should not be misled by the
huge majorities rolled up for Harding
and Coolidge. The people readily
change their attitude toward any
party when they think they have suf-
ficient reason to do so. After all isn't
it better to buy some of the products
of foreign countries than it is to con-
tinue TO send them money and provi-
sions to keep them from starving?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

The treasury department Is en-
gagged in a survey of large cities to de-
termine how much is being paid by
the government in rentals, 1t has
been ascertained that in New York
City alone the annual rent bill is ST.
5a6,726. Doubtless there are many sim
liar cases of waste and extravaganza
which it will be up to the new admin
istration to ferret out and correct
Little along this line can be expected
from those now in control of the gov
.ernment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

That Miss CASTOR has a big job on
her hands may be deduced from the
statistics which show that while in
1895, 3,s2s,477,677 cigarets were
smoked in this country, in the fiscal
year ending June 80 the domestic
cpnsumbtion of cigarets was $685.
5A1,sss, or over forty-seveR billion
more than in 1895, an increase OF
over 1900 per cent. That is the rec
ord so far. but tobacco men assert that
il will be increased during the present
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST

FRIENDSHIP.
The rain is sent to bring the flowers to
bloom,
Beyond the clouds which veil the sky
with gray. ..sg-tt.
The deafness and darkness of the day,
There is hint of surnrnertime's perfume
Pink petals soon to Danish all the gloom,
And April followed by the smiling May,
The peoples nodding where the children
play, -
And roses ready for the living room.
Thus, when the tears Of grief are ours to
o shed; IaaA,-. ",
The bitter mourning for our precious dead
There comes the love e. all who truly
care,
Whenever sorrow on a life descends
Into full blossom burst the souls OF
Copyright. 1920, by Edgar a. Guest).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

The purchasing power of the public
Is said to be dwindling rapidly. but
this decline probably is more apparent
than real, While many persons may
have fewer dollars than formerly to
spend, they can buy more for those
theN have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

1t has been asserted that crime in
Chicago is a business. And it might
be added that business is brisk in the
Windy City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

teopyrigbt, 1920. by the wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-03

Wait minute, Hugh Last night