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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

she must be an experienced teacher of
arts and crafts, or of academic and
commercial subjects. ar in case appli-
cants are not able to show graduation
from an institution of recognized
standing. they must show three years
training. including at least 200 hours
training in the type of work they ex-
pect to do in service hospitals. ;Appii-
eants with these qualifications have
been hard to get, but now that eeeuRa-
tionaf therapy is on the road to becom-
ing recognized institution in hos
pitfalls. girls are locking upon it as a
profession. The teachers college of
Columbia university and Milwaukee,
Downer college recognize oecupational
tnerapy as major course, and some
hospital training schools are giving
courses to fit girls for this sort of
work. The public health service be-
heves that eventually the work cure,
WITH competent aides and simple
equipment, will be part of the plan in
every progressive hospital.
One point which is in a way irnnow-
tant is the disposal of the articles
made by Patients. According te the
present arrangement in the public
health hospitals when a patient makes
TWO articles one is claimed by the gov
eminent and the other is his to sell
or to keep. By turning one back to
the hospltal to be sold, the workman
pays for the material given him. The
work cure is not primarily commer-
cal, yet the sale of some of the crafts
work is desirable If only because of the
psychological effect on the patients.
steady market for the hospital work
has not yet been established, tho if is
believed that there is demand for a
good grade of beautiful erafts-werk,
and many of the hand-carved boxes,
woven table runners, and Indian bas-
ketS made in the bOsDita1s are hea,t-
tiful. One connoisseur in Gndian relics
was strongly impressed by the excel
lenee of the Faffia baskets copied by
patients from good Indian designs,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04
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Copy right. 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
JUST FOLKS
BOOKS,
By EDGAR a. GUEST.

BOOKS.
Books are, the land where friendly people
The heppy land where loved ones never
die;
The young stay young, the old continue
Hewe'er neglected in the dust they lie.
Within the pages born OF human thought
we live again the 9aftes men nave toug EN-
And tho we change, our hooks are always
true.
We can, desert these friends for many years
And then return to them and sit awhile
And find the same sweet comfort for our
The same brave, happy friend to make US
smile.
The wise philosopher upon the shelf re-
To prove to us the glory of our pains,
Who owns a few good books need never
Fer he has friends who were not born to
die.
Age does not mar the charm of women
Success is never followed by conceit.
Men do not sour beneath the touch of care
Nor change their natures with one small
What once was lovely lives on lovely stiih
Time hath no power the bloom of youth to
And ali the brave are brave unto the end
Just as they were when first their lives
were penned.
There are two worlds thru which we all
The living world where humans come
and go,
Where every day brings on Its sudden
And what will be no man can surely
know:
And then there Is that wonder land of
books,
A dusty land Of shelves and halls and
hooks,
And there, in spite of time and hurt and
pain,
interchangeable, the friends we've loved. re-
main.
Copyright. 1920, By Edgar 4. euest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04
Questions-Answer

Q. HAS there been no-hit game pitched
IN a World Series during the last five
se e. During e the last five year. there ba.
not been single no-hit game pitched dur
Ing a worlds series
Mountain s"sJ. II. s. ''eO '"e ''"efeo
A. FuJiyama is called the Sacred Noun
tain because of the many temples upon
i t;, sides which draw to 1t many reverent
g. g Does Does the a9verage person drink more
a. In the United States the average con- n.
sumption OF tan is about a pound per cap
ita annually, the average consumption of
must be. borne in mind, however, that j
pound Of tea provides more cups Of bever-
age than docs pound of coffee.
senger accommodation of a Pullman carr
PUTNAM mhe cae length e sS S fse uiS cuHs t%o
vestibules of 81 feet each. This ear
weighs about 1.15ooOo pounds, ana Is
usually made in ten sections and two
l To- no trees rec Inst IS vel as those made
4. The. Forest Service says that pro-
honey iosgs posts viii i last longer a'sf tSah
Q. When we're the first laws passed ii
this country for the betterment OF roads,
A. The first good roads legislation was
enacted by the Virginia House OF Bur
gesses in 1892: The act provided that each
person should work a certain humber of
days annually on the. rond and that the
parish surveyor should have charge Of
the administration Of the law.
used ?-H. w. Mel.
4. Safety pins can be traced back To the
18th century, i. c., when pins were made
or pone and bent over, shaped like the
modern safety pin. Many Of them have
. neen found II graves, of that period. Since
Ihen, the safety pin has passed thru many
changes and has been made Of various
metals. An average of 100000 gross of
safety pins are now manufactured yearly.
curve. is most OF the weight on the high
rail or the low rail III. s.
A. The Bureau Of Standards saws the
proportion OF weight on the two rails will
depend altogether on the elevation Of the
there Is no super elevation Of the curve
and the train is travelling Mt a compare
lively high rate of speed the centrifugal
force VIII, OF course, put the greater weight
upon. the outside rail. but II is the uni.
versal custom to elevate the outer rails so
weight at the speeds at which trains usual
ly run.
tAny render can get tns answer to any
Journal information bureau. Frederic ].
Haskin, Director. Washington, d. G. This
offer applies strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical
and financial matters. II does not under
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subject Write your question plsiniy and
briefly. Give full name and address md
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
MANY LIVES.

So few of us are able to live even
one life. While there are those who
live q dozen lives all in one!
Each day adds to the greatness of
such lives as that lived by Roosevelt,
Wendell Phillips, Gladstone, Beecher.
Cecil Rhodes and Frances Willard.
To have done with but one life
would have been to kill off such heroic
figures before youth itself had fairly
begun.
Take the single example of Roose-
velt-writer, naturalist, discoverer,
statesman. reformer, scholar, editor
he was ten men all in one. living
score of lives over the course of onei
And all the time human and gentle,
with all the elements so mixed that
the whole world might stand up as one
witness to say that he truly was a
man. ..
1t is unfortunate that we have but
one life--in space-to live. But in this
space we may crowd the activity of
many lives-and splendidly acquit our
selves in long and happy service.
Each of US may live many lives!
Let us not be petty at ALL Let US
carry around with us a goodly supply
of the faith that conquers--and the
love that know no extinction of time
or space.
Let us, however, resolve to live but
one life at a timei
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

The tax amendment to the consti-
tuition apparently has carried, and re-
vision of the tax laws will follow. The
greatest trouble with all tax laws Is
that they are framed to get the money
but with little regard to distributing
the burden on an equitable basis, They
are a reminder of the advice said to
have been given by a certain man to
his son, which was: Get money
honestly if you can-but get money"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

opportunities of Alvin, but we should
think tobacco and confectionery
store, with a barber shop and under
taking parlors in connection and
carrying side lines of millinery. har-
ness and ice cream would do well
there.
Due to the fact that they were unac-
quainted with the deceased, most of
the photographers have suspended
Judgment in the case of the Kansas
man who was sentenced to jail for
thirty days and fined $40 for murder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

Topeka very wisely has turned down
the proposal to aid in a building pro-
gram made by a Kansas City concern.
AS was pointed out in this paper when
the matter first came up there Is avail
able in this city all the money re-
quired and at reasonable rate. by
anybody who desires to build if he can
furnish adequate security. What we
need is houses, not money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

1t is fortunate for the SUCCESS of the
next administration and for the coun-
try as we'll that Senator Harding WIN
enter the White House backed by a
supporting congress. This situation
should make for prompt action on the
policies that shall be put forward by
the executive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

100000. The answer is that the Wig
wan traded Cox for Smith. Probably
the Democrats will not soon permit
the Murphy crowd to dictate another
nomination for the presidency. Muir
ply used Cox to defeat McAdeo and
then threw him down. 1t is the Tam
many way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

Debs appears fairly to have won
titie TO a place in the ''also ran" col
uInn. Since no political consequences
now can follow such course the pres
ident probably will pardon him before
retiring from office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

The handsome majority accorded
Governor Allen in Tuesdays election
indicates that the people of Kansas
approve his course in the coal strike
and his industrial court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

New York, Connecticut, Indiana and
New Jersey remained true to form.
They all voted the same way, as they
have been doing ever since the close
of the Civil war. Only once have they
been on the losing side ana that was
four years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

Uncle Joe" returns to the house Of
representatives for the twenty-third
time. Heels "a years young. Since
his first entrance into congress he has
been left at home but once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

Among the men to stage a political
comeback this year is Thomas Z. Wat
son of Georgia, who has been elected
to the United States senate. Watson
came into public notice during the
Farmers Alliance movement in the
early nineties. Since the subsistence
of that movement he has been writing
books and publishing a paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

The majority for Smith. Tammany's
candidate for governor of New York,
ly the same as that given Senator
Harding in the same territory-about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

The big vote cast for the water
works bonds shows that Topeka people
know a good thing when they see it.
The department placed its wares on
exhibition; the voters looked and were
satisfied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

1t was suggested in this paper re-
Gently that New York landlords would
find way to beat the 'anti-prefiteer-
ing" rent law. They have. The courts
have declared the law to be unconsti-
fitfiODa1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

President Wilson insisted on calling
Tuesdays election a Solemn referen-
dun" on the League of Nations. II 1t
wore he had his answer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

Probably it will be long time be-
fore the people of this country again
elect the president of a college to the
presidency of the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

to the pressure of his arm which was
drawing her close in the screen of the
twilight. "Of course, you silly old Pes
ter" she said. II had telephoned
about that ad myself
Copyright, 1920, ny the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

The way the Kansas voters swatted
Miss Wooster is not nice way to
treat a lady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

Only four more months OF Burle-
soni
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-04

The policy of the Column is that
people should be permitted to select
their own wseRing posts If hokum
there be hokum and see II we care.
The Washington times., 1920-08-22

There are few policemen. who, when
finding their own lives imperiled, Will
not shoot to kill. But this was not
the case with Detective Sergeant Ar
thur B. Scrivener. who had a running
pistol battle with Thurman Brown.
negro desperate, last Wednesday.
Scrivener had ample opportunity to
kill Brown with his revolver, but he
wanted to capture his man alive, de-
spite the fact that the negro had hred
a half dozen shots at him, two OF them
taking effect.
Il could have shot Brown In the
back" declared Detective ScriVener,
but l did not want to kill him. !
fred my revolver to frighten him. and
then when he did not stop / tried to
ing him by shooting him in the
/g. I never thought of my own life.
1t was Brown I wanted-and l wanted
him alive. l got him."
Brown, who has held up and robbed
at the point of a pistol twenty or
more Washington storekeepers, told
Inspector Clifford l.. Grant, Chief OF
The Washington times., 1920-08-22
FAIL TO CATCH MEN
Who HELD Up BANK
Five Robbers Vanished As II
Earth Swallowed Them,
Say Bay State Police.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Aug. 22.-
The Ave men who held up the Port
land National Bank, OF Portland.
Conn, and escaped in an automobile
with $4,000, have not been apprehend-
ed, police here stated today.
Reports that the men were being
surrounded by patrolmen, State de-
tectives and State policemen. near
here, were without foundation, II was
said. The men have disappeared, jus;
as II the earth had opened up and
swallowed them" the chief of police
declared. Every attempt is being
made to apprehcnd them, but thus far
without success"
The robbery occurred yesterday
morning. A powerful car, bearing a
New York license, drew up in front of
the bank. The small amount taken
by the bandits was all that was on
hand. the bank having met the pay
rolls OF the shops in the vicinity.
Bank employees were locked in the
vault while the robbers. firing n flu
silade OF shots as they departed. made
away in the big automobile.
The Washington times., 1920-08-22
TURN 'GUNMAN JOE
OVER TO MD. LAW
Alleged Chief Of Sandy Spring
Bank Bandits Brought to
Baltimore From PhiIa.

Joseph Thomas, better known to
the police as "Gunman joe" said to
have been the leader of the gang of
desperadoes who killed Francis NJ.
Hallowell and stole more than
800, 900 in cash and securities from
the First National Bank of Sandy
Spring, Montgomery county. Md, has
finally been turned over to the Mary
| land authorities
After a legal battle in the Phila-
delphia courts, Thomas yesterday was
delivered to Detective Peter b. Brad
ley, OF Baltimore, and taken to the
Monumental city, where he was
locked up in Jail. With the arrest Of
Thomas, the Maryland authorities
now have four men who have been
identified as members OF the bandit
gang that looted the bank and killed
Hallowell.
States Attorney Thomas l.. Daw-
son. OF Montgomery county. today
said the alleged bandits would be
arraigned before Judge A. c. Peter
in the circuit court OF Montgomery
county, at Rockville, Md, on Tues
day.
Ii has been intimated that counsel
for the men will ask for a change OF
venue, declaring the prisoners cannot
get a fair trial at Rockville because
OF prejudice against them among the
citizens
The Washington times., 1920-08-22

attorney gave the information which
for some reason, the former finance
king" wished 40 hide
Ponzi. declared nc mad no partners
then he told that he paid 1bO.OeO plus
a counsel fee OF 5000. TO Joseph
Daniels, the alleged partner, who sued
for 81, 900. 900 few weeks ago.
Assistant Attorney General Edwin
IL. Abbott. jr.. tipteod toward Attor-
ney Dodge. who conducted the eh-
animation.
''sit down. you get on my nerves.
was PonLis peTemptory command. IL
startled everyone in the room.
Some" not all, was his answer
when asked II he had turned over all
Of his assets.
A moment later he denied that he
had any assets concealed.
Ponzls records were in bad shape.
but revealed that he had transacted
business with between $4,000 and
80. 600 persons.
While the bankruptcy hearing was
going on, Rinaldo Bosselli. a former
Ponzi agent. was arraigned on a
charge OF grand larceny and held In
bonds OF 5000 for later hearing.
The bankruptcy hearing will be
continued Tuesday, when further
search for hidden assets will be made.
II Is likely that Mrs. Ponzi Will be
called to testify.
The Washington times., 1920-08-22

as AZ may be dded by the construc-
ton which IL may require, 80 must IL
be tried out.
Even IL the bill proves TO be far less
effective than some expect II mas uls-
tInctly advanced the cause OF water
power development. IL has settled 80
far as legislation can settle many
matters OF dispute that have hereto,
fore effectually blocked Congressional
action.
Although the Federal Water Power
Commission Is composed OF the Secre-
taries OF War Interior, and Agficul'
ture, as ex-officio members, the real
work of the commission is done by q
executive personnel, consisting or U
q Merrill OF the Interior Department
as executive secretary, and Col. Lewis
w. Kelly, recently assigned from the
War Department. as legal adviser.
The commission has a vast response
bility. 1t is they who determine In
the first instance at least, not only
the extent OF their power. but the
scope OF operation OF the act. IL Is
they who In effect select the licensee
and determine in large measure upon
the terms OF the license.
MUST FIX LEGAL TANGLEs.
Among the many problems to be
worked out at the conference VIII be
legal questions which are apt to arise
touching the validity of the terms OF
the license. State rights under the
act, Jurisdiction as to the amount and
character OF the securities to be is
sued by corporations engaged In the
activity and the rates, charges and
methods OF administration or the
power companies CNder Federai su-
pervision. In fact. there is so much
to be done that II Is not unlikely that
the power interests may md IL neces-
sary to maintain offices here in order
to keep in contact with Federal water
Power Commissions
Water power experts point out that
about one-third of all our transporta-
tion Is taken up in hauling the coai
that we now use. and that the water
power act is designed TO supply the
remedy by supplementing. ana IN
many activities superseding. our coal
power by hydro-electric energy
III this bill works, declared
Samuel r. Ansell. former legal ad-
wiser of the War Department on navi-
gable water. 1.-The result will be OF
immeasurable beneft to the nation
Our industries will expand and multi
ply. our railroads be freed for our
, better service, the navigation or our
rivers improved and our agriculture
stimulated through cheap fertilizers,
the nitrates Of which will be drawn
from the air through hydro-electric
methods.
It will also open up out-of-the-way
localities and our listed supply OF
coal can be conserved and put to bet
ter use,'" he added.
The Washington times., 1920-08-22

During the past week representa-
tives OF the great power interests
from Bangor TO Los Angeles, and
from Birmingham TO Seattle. have
been meeting with the new Federal
Water Power Commission for the pur-
pose OF outlining the policies and
regulations under which this great
public resource Is to be developed by
private enterprise. The problems
with which they are confronted are
so numerous and OF such vital i'm
portance to the public generally, that
the conference will last another week
and maybe longer.
The question which Is uppermost In
the minds OF the waterpower men,
whose investments will total millions
OF dollars. is "Will the waterpower
bill be a success?" and win the bill
work." They don't know.
or course power Will be developed
at some fsvorite sites by a few com
panies fortunately drcumstanced
whatever the bill may provide, but
the question OF the utmost impor-
tance is whether the bill will aid or
induce the development OF power that
ought to reasonably be expected to
be developed
ONCE sCOFFED. NOW PRAISE.
Distinguished engineers and expert
enced power men have declared, until
recently. that the incorporation OF
such provisions as are now found In
the present bill would Kill all hope OF
operating under IL, but many OF them
have adjusted themselves to the inev-
liable and are now praising the mer-
its of the legislation.
As long ago as 1890. Congress, un-
der the guise OF protecting the navi-
gability of our rivers and the owner
ship of our public lands. prohibited
under penalty the activity necessary
for power development unless IL
should be specially authorized in each
individual case by Congress itself.
Thus Congress efrectually locked the
door to water-power development.
which until now 1t has never opened.
As a further difficulty, water-power
development became the pet hobby OF
the untra-conservationis In Congress
to whom conservation meant non-use
and by whom intelligent active inter
est was frequently mistaken for dis
honest purposes.
On the one side were those who
wished to be granted the Federal
rights to develop water power free OF
all public control or restraint, and on
the other were those who opposed the
granting of licenses upon terms that
would make development possible lest
this so-called last great resource OF
the people" be bartered away TO
grafters.
Some feel that the bill which has
passed at last is rather an incongru-
Gus mingling OF opposite views, which
can hardly contribute to its work
ability. Others take . more optimis-
tic view. As the bill is written or
The Washington times., 1920-08-22

make Il hot for some OF YOU"
These were among the scores OF un-
zszgi rsg2iss ~ Wkaa % 2nefiaenf
and left the stand without revealing
whether he had any concealed assets
Federal Auditor Edward l.. Pride
made the real substantial contribution
TO the record during the day.
The liabilities OF Ponzi. according 10
Pride. will reach 100000. His total
business" was about x1o.oOO,O0O. The
business" according TO Pride. con
sisted OF the issuance OF notes and
the payment of them on maturity
with the proceeds OF new Issues"
Big money. IL seems, was handled
as N IL came from fountain thai
was to now forever and ever.
Daniel IL. Coakley got a fee OF S25,
900 for his services to the ex-wizarc
of International exchange and former
Assistant District Attorney Daniel v
McIsaac was to have received like
fee.
These facts came out during an in.
terrogation OF Ponzi.
Under questioning he evsded and
denied. He didn't know" and didn't
remember" Finally the scent warm
ed up. and Attorney McIsaac volun'
teered:
Mr.. CoaSley was paid $4,000 by
me. was to get 325. 900 also"
Ponzi was plainly annoyed when tho