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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Following are marriage licenses issued in
the last twenty four hours by Probate
Judge Ralph H. Cav:
Ed F. FORMER, Dover. 80
Goldie A. Long. Dover. ..............1 10
Ralph L. Baxter, Lebo. ...2 6
Lillian V. Shirley. Usage IS
Joe Mitchell Mayetta 80
Angelina Batiste, Mayetta. Observation-Disclosures u
William H. Robinson Helton 2 &c
Merle c. Beeman, Topeka 81
Porter S. Palmer. Oakland. 43
Jessie Pierce, Oakland ...............3l
Wedntne rings lsK gold IA I'M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

The funeral of James Wise Jr. was
held Wednesday afternoon Mt o'clock
from Grace cathedral. Burial in Topeka
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

lords Flowers Satisfy. TN;. gz7-
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

The funeral of Dr. s. E. Gilman. IS. will
be held from the residence, 1918 Boswell
Thursday afternoon at ? o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

The funeral of Ida Brownell 205 Madison
street. was held Wednesday afternoon at
30 o'clock from the Shellabarger's chapel.
Burial in Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

The funeral of Lafayette Ormsbee, 60,
9f4 Golden avenue. will be held Thursday
afternoon at > o'clock from Bomgardner {
chapel burial at Smith Center. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

MRS. E. ]. CLARK. of Topeka, died
February II in Ellsworth, Kan. She was
buried in Waldo, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

DR.. Raymond, chiropodist. Phone
3960-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co.
New York, Feb. IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-18

The funeral of Solomon Nathanson was
held at o'clock Wednesday afternoon
from the home of Eli Ulamperl. GIT Tay-
Tor street. Burial in Topeka cemetery.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
AIM IS TO BE OF SERVICE
Theodore Roosevelt Sums Up Prlncl'
pies Of Legion Before Cleveland
Chamber Of Commerce.

1--WE are service men and service
women. That is u aim-to be OF
service to this country"
With those words Theodore Roose-
Welt. son Of the late ex-President
Roosevelt, summed up his speech on
the aims and principles of the Amer
lean Legion, delivered before the
Chamber of Commerce Of Cleveland,
O. Three things, he declared, were
agreed upon In organizing the Legion.
They we're:
That the Legion should be a purely
service organization with absolutely
no distinction of rank between gen
eral and private, admiral and COB.
That the Legion must be nom
partisan and must concern itself with
policies, not politics.
That there must be no distinction
drawn between branches of service,
between those who served overseas
and those who waited at home.
THE American Legion is going to
be the biggest stabilizing influence In
America, In these disturbed times" he
said. He cited a letter from his IA
Their, written In 1918, In which the for
mer president predicted that the dan
ger In this country lay In the tendency
to swing from extreme to extreme
from r~adicalism to reaction and vice
versa.
To show that the Legion does not
caro for ~nolitics Mr.. Roosevelt pointed
ont that the first national commander,
Colonel Lindsey, was a Democrat
"while l." he said, IAN suspected OF
being a Republican"
'The United States army" he con-
tinued, "was a democratizing infiu-
ence, contrary to the belief Of many"
He told Of many instances in his regi-
ment to show the abolition Of class
distinction In the service.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
IMMIGRANTS ARE
BEING SWINDLED
American Sharpers Throng New
York City to Prey on People
From Old World.
USE SIMPLE SCHEMES
Sell Brooklyn Bridge and Statue Of
Liberty Every Day - Five-cent
Subway Tickets Bring $40 for
Trip to Chicago.

New York.-"From steerage to sue
cess" briefly sketches the careers Of
many immigrants to America. But it
does not tell the struggles, the hard
ships and wen the ~indignities endured
by many immigrants, including some of
the most successful ones, during the
intervening period between their arriv-
al In America and the time when they
achieve success or suffer failure, as
the case may be.
Every year brings a fresh crop of
stories about successful immigrants,
but it brings also stories about immi-
grants leaving America, disappointed
and discouraged, because, lacking gov
ernmental protection and friendly
guidance. they fell into the hands Of
New York city sharpers who fieeced
them of their savings.
Tricks Are Many.
The tricks of these sharpers, as cata-
logued by persons who have investigat-
ed complaints, range from the outright
sale of the Statue of Liberty and
Brooklyn bridge for an amount equiva-
lent to the entire savings of the imml-
grant to the sale Of subway tickets at
a cost Of from $40 to $50 each, good
for a trip to Chicago"
One artful confidence mar who
waxed wealthy without the necessity
for prolonged honest effort garnered
immigrant dollars through the sale Of
green tickets at 81 to IS apiece enti-
Ting the bearers to admission to the
United States.
More than 1900 immigrants annual
ly file complaints Of exploitation with
the bureau of industries and immigra-
ton Of New York state.
Immigrants Fall Easy Prey.
Newly arrived immigrants, unfamil-
lar with our language, customs and
laws and form Of government. are easy
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
r. L. BLAND,
Post Finance Officer.

Listing among its members a former
United States army nurse who holds
decorations for valor from Great Bril-
tain, France and Belgium, the London
post of the American Legion is active
ly engaged In cementing the friendship
between the two English-speaking
countries. The post, which has ITO
members draws Its personnel from the
American embassy, American consul
ates, the U. S. Shipping Board. Ameri-
can Relief Administration, U. S. Army
Liquidation Commission, Graves Regis
tration Service and from a host Of pro-
LESSONS and businesses. In it are law
yers, chemists. journalists, engineers,
statesmen, Wallets and chauffeurs. all
joining in the activities of the first unit
of the American Legion to be estab-
lished In Europe.
Miss Alice Emerson Findley Is the
woman member Of the post. she
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
GREETING CABLED BY D'OLIER
Legion Commander Recalls Sixth An
niversary Of Great Britaln's En-
trance Into World War.

On the sixth anniversary Of Great
Britain's entrance into the World War
Franklin D'Olier, national commander
Of the American Legion, cabled the
following greeting to Field Marshal
Earl Haig and Admiral Sir David
Beatty:
Honor to the statesmen who had
the courage to assume the responsible
ity of that decision. Honor to the
British millions who, with valor I'M
surpassed and hearts Of oak. executed
that decision on Britain's many fronts.
When we contemplate what would
have been the state Of affairs In the
world today had not Britain acted as
she did and when she did. the trials
and difficulties of the present hour,
however vexatious they may seem now
to be, sink into comparative ~insignif-
canoe.
United States forces have had the
privilege Of service on land and sea
under British high command. The
memories of the associations of those
great days will never perish. They
will perpetuate themselves In our
hearts and thus serve to p~erpetuate
the indlssoluble friendship Of the Brit
ish and American peoples"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
SPEED IN NEWS SENDING
Recent Invention, Called the Teletype'
Delivers so Printed Words
Minute.

The fastest machine yer invented
for transmitting news events is called
the teletype.
While news by ordinary telegraph
In the Morse code came in at the rate
of thirty-fve words q minute. the teie-
type printed the messages at the RATE
of fifty words a minute.
The teletype is a simple, compact
instrument which prints the messages
on a strip of paper one-half inch wide,
similar to the ordinary ticker "tape.
Its inventors assert II will operate
for long periods without adjustment
or attention beyond supplying 1t wiz
paper and Ink. 1t is said to be so SIM
pie II can be operated by any one
with an elementary knowledge of cleo
tricity and mechanics.
Any reasonable number of receiving
stations may receive news by Its use
from one central transmitting station.
These may either be connected all on
one wire or a number of wires radiat-
ing from a central station may he
used.
The same principle Is used In the
teletype as In the simple Morse tele-
graph, only by emitting a series of
clicks the movement of the keys
causes the machine at the other end
of the wire to print proper letters.
Instead Of sending u dots and dash
es. which require skill and training
in transmission, the operator merely
presses a typewriter key and the re-
ceiving machine prints the required
letter.
A small motor. such as is used to
supply power for many modern office
appliances, operates the teletype. The
rolls Of tape" on which the news
Is printed are large enough to re-
ceive from $4,000 to 10000 words be-
fore replacement.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
Uncomfortable Souls.

The soldier whe sent his people the
tunic he had worn in battle and wrote
from the hospital. "You will observe
that there are nine bullet holes in It,
but l vas awfully lucky, only five Of
'em hit me-" has a rival In an Ohio boy
Of nine, whose cheerful acceptance Of
the ~"bludgeonings Of chance" are thus
instanced:
"My life has been a very lucky one,"
he wrote In a composition" "When I
was three years old l fell downstairs
and cut my head. When I was FIVE
years old | was looking at some hens
and a dog bit my leg.
"When I was eight I went with my
brother in a carriage, and the horse
fell and threw us out of the carriage /;
my brother lit on his feet and I lit on
the horses back.
Last year I vas playing and ran
into a wagon and cut my eyebrow. and
II has left a mark.
zone day I went into a slaughter
house in Chicago and a big sheep ran
after me and knocked me down and
broke my arm.
81 have had a very happy life"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
NO INTRODUCTION IS NEEDED
"speak to the Buddy With the But
ton" Slogan Adopted BY
Ohio Post.

.speak to the buddy with the but
ton" is the appeal expressed In a
resolution passed by the Franklin
county council of the American Lee
gion In Ohio. This policy has been
adopted by many other posts. The
resolution follows:
whereas, during our service In the
World Wal we greeted each other
whenever we met and ate, slept, fought
and shot craps together without In
PRODUCTION; and
Whereas, In civilian life, We are
compelled to remain closer to custom /;
Be II resolved. That the members
of the American Legion Of Franklin
county, o., shall in the future regard
the American Legion emblem as an
open introduction between wearers OF
same, thereby creating a more close
knit and friendly organization.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01

Joined the British nursing corps short
ly after wal was declared in 1914, and
served In London, Paris and at the
front. AS an American army nurse she
worked through two Offensives under
heavy shell fire.
The London post received its char
ter from the American Legion on No
vember 25, 1919. Previous to that date
1t had been listed as a unit of the
American Legion of Europe, an organi-
cation which replaced the American
War Veterans association, which was
formed In September, 1919.
l.. E. Anderson Is post commander,
w. II. A. Coleman, post adjutant, and
r. L. Bland, post finance officer. The
work of decorating the $500 American
graves in England and Ireland on Me-
mortal day was directed by Don A.
Smith of the London post.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
KILLS SON FOR BERRY THIEF
Two Farmers Try to Protect Patch
From Raids Unknown to Each
Other.

Concord, N. H.-Oliver g. Dimond.
a farmer Of West Concord district.
was shot and killed late at night by his
father, who mistook him for a berry
thief, according to reports to the po-
lice. Raids upon their berry patch
had aroused the ire Of the Dimonds.
The father said he decided to arm
himself and lie in wait for the raid
ers.
Unknown to the father. the son de-
cided upon the same course, and when
the elder Dimond saw an armed man
emerge from the thicket he said he
fired. Oliver Dimond died soon af-
terward. After investigating the shoot
ing the authorities decided no action
on their part was necessary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
TIRE TREAD DESIGN
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Has Much to Do With Ease of
Steering a Car.
Especially So on Large Machines
Where Contact With Road Surface
Is Broad-Two Styles Of Tires
CompIieates Matters.

The tread design of an automobile
tire may be a matter Of small conse-
quence to the driver of a small car,
but every driver of a heavy car knows
that the tread ~configuration has a
good deal to do with the ease with
which the car may be steered.
On the smaller cars the area OF the
tread that is in contact with the road
surface is so small that an improper
design may cause little trouble. But
when a heavy car settles down on Its
tires, the driver finds himself called
on for the exercise of constant atten-
ton and effort to keep the car from
swerving Off the road, If the tread de-
sign Is improper type.
One point on which all motorists agree
is that the tires on the rear wheels
should be of a good non-skid pattern
and that the front tires should have a
tread design that will keep them UNI
ming ahead In a straight line with a
minimum of steering effort on the part
of the driver.
The ideal tire tread Is n that can
be used with equally good results on
my wheel, either front or back. Given
such a tire n motorist need carry
only one spare, and his car is always
evenly balanced, no matter what tire
changes he makes. But IL one style
tread is used on the front wheels and
another on the rear. the motorist will
usually carry two spares, n OF each
type. Having two types furnishes a
further complication when 1t is de-
sired TO shift partly-worn tires from
the Woodworking rear wheels to the
front wheels, in order TO get a few
thousand miles more wear out of them
before they go to the scrap heap. The
non-skids used on the rear may not
be suited for front wheel purposes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
TAKE RATTLES OUT OF HOOD
Noise May Be SiIeneed by Drilling
Series Of Holes in Band and
Tying With Leather.

A hood that has a tendency to rat
tie with the vibration Of the motor
may be silenced by drilling n series OF
holes in the band of metal on which
the hood rests and threading a strip
Of leather through the holes. In this
way the hood rests on leather instead
Of metal, so that 1t cannot make a
noise.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01

prey. and many individuals take ad-
vantage of that fact.
New York is not the only state
where immigrants are being exploited.
California, Massachusetts, and Ohio
have also official reports Of frauds
practiced on immigrants. Practically
every otLer state a tell the same
story.
0vercharging for baggage, frauds
perpetrated by so-called private
bankers, the sale of worthless inven-
lions, fake partnerships, the passing
Of Confederate money and counterfeit
coins and outright robbery through
pocket picking and open violence and
force are common throughout the
country.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
JACK PULLS OUT
M|RED MACHINE
II often Happens That Automo-
biIist Gets His Car Into
Deep Mud Hole.
IMPLEMENT VERY EFFECTIVE
In Case Auto Is Not Too Firmly I'M
bedded or Stalled II Can Be
Brought to Solid Ground With
out Much Difficulty.

Sometimes the automobilist accl-
dentally gets his car in such a posi-
ton in a mud hole, over a bank, or In
q similar predicament, that the power
Of the car has no effect in helping IT.
self out. In that case, where the car
Is moi too firmly imbedded or stalled,
the wheel-jack can be brought to the
rescue. A tree or post and some rope
are also required.
Loop Rope Around Tree.
Lash the rope to the necessary Xle
and loop 1t loosely about. the tree or
post. Then carry 1t back TO the car
and lash the remaining end to the
same axle.
Now take the jack and shorten 1t
up ms much as possible and set 1t be-
tween the tree and the ropes, away
from the a
If too much slack occurs, take 1t
up by relying M end of the rope on
the axle.
Block the Wheels.
When in the proper position, extend
the jack as far as 1t will go. If this
has caused the car to move, block the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
Fiattery.

II Is impossible to tell the whole
truth to an average human being and
still to remain on terms of friendship
with him. There Is little friendship
without make-believe. If two men are
close friends, you may take 1t that
they have been pretending to a cor
siderably higher estimate of each 9TH
er than they would set down In a per-
fectly honest diary.
1t Is not necessary that they should
deliberately lie to one another. but
they must discreetly conceal a certain
amount of the criticism that Is going
on all the time behind the bones of
their skulls.
What is said in a spirit Of truth Is
set down to malice. Can n man be
your friend II he steals the crown
from your head2 Can he be our
friend even II he steals a single Jewel
from your crown-especially the paste
Jewel? We have all-the greatest and
the meanest Of us-paste jewels In our
crowns. VIII n true friend point them
out to a world that is already over
much inclined to scott? Or will he
not rather organize a claque that will
pretend to be dazzled by dlamondsa
Man Is not only a realist. He is also
a lover Of romance. He dreams of
what he would be quite as often as he
deplores what he is. He cannot help
being attracted by people who make
his dream appear true. There are
some men who are such intense ego
lists that they can believe In the truth
Of their dreams without any assistance
from other people. Southey agreed
that his "Madoc" was "the best Eng
fish poem since Paradise Lost"
There was no need to tell him so
he knew It already.-New Statesman,
London.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
Her Way,

I was teaching school and as I had
the primary o on the lower floor
was considerably annoyed by the
boisterous way in which the high
school pupils came downstairs. The
teachers held a consultation and I was
appointed to speak to the principal
concerning the matter. As a result. I
stopped him one day on the landing.
Just when I had finished my speech I
lost my balance and went rolling Gown
the steps. When / arose the principal
smilingly said. "fs that the style you
desire the students to usef"-Chicago
Tribune.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01

wheels. II not, compress the jack
again and take up any resulting slack
In the rope.
Repeat this operation as frequently
as necessary. blocking the a each
time so It will not return TO Its old
position. In time IT can be pulled out
to the road again.
Place Jack as low down on tree as
possible so leverage of pulling will
not tend to pull the tree itself.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
When Motor weakens.

II the engine develops a weakness
on a hill consider the conditions nee
essary to produce power-ignitiOn. car
buretion, compression. fabrication and
cooling. By going over each n of
the above in turn you will probably
find the trouble and save a trip to the
repair shop.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
VIII construct Club House.

Pangburn post. No. q, Of Mt. Ster'
ling, KY Is offering former service
men Of Montgomery county an oppor-
tunity to invest In the construction OF
a memorial club house in Mt. Sterling
any moneys they may receive by way
of adjusted compensation from the
government. II is asserted that rent
ais and fees will make the stock a
substantial investment.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
ARRANGING TOOLS IN GARAGE
Splendid Idea to Give Device a Num-
Der and Place in Corresponding
Number In Rack.

An admirable idea in the arrange
nent Of tools in the home garage is
to give each tool a number, which is
painted on II. The same number is
PAINTED on the walls or racks in the
place where the tool belongs. In this
way ii is a simple matter to return
each tool TO its proper place. so that
it is ready when 1t is next needed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
First Post to Buy AirpIane.

The first post to buy and operate an
airplane is the Ironwood (Mich.) post
No. 8. This post is playing in luck
anyway, because the towns War Re
lief association transferred to its &C
count the sum of $4,000. One quar-
ter of 1t was used for clubrooms, one
quarter for the airplane and $4,000
was put into Victory bonds.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
WAR RELIEF COMMITTEE BUSY
New York Organization Opens Houses
for Accommodation Of Disabled
Men Undergoing Training.

Ex-soldiers and sailors are not for
gotten by the Stage Women's Wal Re-
lief committee which has just opened
two new houses at 3S-40 West Forty
eight street, New York city, where dis
abled veterans undergoing vocational
training may live with all the COM
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
The Lure Of Fame.

"what makes you keep to your ne
farious trade after so many promises
to reformf"
"weIl," answered Bill the Burg, 81
never had no education much; an at
the same time I'm jes' as anxious as
anybody fur a little intellectual recog-
milton. / keep thinkin' that IL I stick
at Il a while longer maybe I'll be
wrote up In all the papers as a mas
ter mind "-washington Star.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
Classified.

say, Bill, you didn't know that I
was an e~lectricianf" boosted Jack. Il
missed my calling"
"How's that?"
~why last night, owe at James the
electric light fuse burnt out. Guess
who fixed II. Me-I-myself."
~Huh"@a final shot from Bill
You're no electrician-you're just an
idiot"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
Scared to Death.

Fear kills more than the knife. An
autopsy revealed that David Carey Of
London, Eng. who died of anxiety be-
cause a doctor told him he had heart
disease, had a healthier heart than
most men and might have lived for 80
years
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
lust Like the Old Home.

Mr.. Scrapleigh-Can you give my
daughter a home such as she has been
accustomed tor
The Suitor-well, I've got a bull ter
rier and a fighting cat and a parrot
and IL that won't do II I know where
I can get a chimpanzee.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
Killed Former Sweetheart at Church.

Wichita, Kan.-Theodore Osweiler
shot and killed Miss Carrie Cunning
ham. a former sweetheart. as she was
entering the door of st. Mary's cathe-
dral to attend mass. Osweiler then at
tempted suicide. but his pistol missed
fire. He is under arrest.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01
e.nroduced Nioht Trench Warfare.

victory post Of Chicago. H. staged
an exhibition of trench warfare as 1t
Is fought at night during Its second an
nual carnival and war spectacle. Ex-
bjbition drills for which prizes were
Offered with regular army officers as
Judges were a part of the program.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-01

and has baniShed
them all by that
simple a
Anything be-
comes a curative
agent IL a man be-
lieves In 1t hard
enough" said the
star board r.
Jasper e S
says he was tor
mented with rheu-
matism for t e n
years, and tried
ryt G of
which We read In
the almanacS. and