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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
JAIL now CALM
Baltimore Prisoners Start Riot
for Better Food.
Water Cure by Firemen Put
End to $4,000 Revolt.

Baltimore. Nd. Aug. 20.-Sixty
prisoners in the Maryland penitentiary
who expressed their desire for a more
elaborate cuisine by staging an all
night riot went back to their cells to-
day outwardly subdued but inwardly
yearning for table delicacies.
The prisoners succeeded in doing
$40, 900 worth of damage before they
were rounded up by prison guards,
city police and firemen. Shots fired
in the air and Justify welded clubs had
no effect on the rioters. Only when
treated to bath from fire hose did
they call off their revolution
Several hundred prisoners went on
strike" two days ago for a greater
variety of food. All but sixty had re-
turned to work yesterday. These were
confined in special detention build
ing in which the demonstration started
shortly before daybreak. Lights were
extinguished, windows and cots
broken. A continual shouting kept up.
Some of the prisoners broke from
their cells and released the rest
For a time, the prisoners were in
complete control of detention build
ings After they had been subdued by
the water cure they were removed to
cells in the main building. One fire
man was slightly injured from blow
on the head.
Suppression of the riot was cele-
brated by the prison band playing
MARYLAND, Ny Maryland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
BACK PAY SEPT. /
Santa Ee Employees in Topeka
Get Raise Soon.
Retroactive Wages $405,000 in
Three Months Here.

Employees of the Santa Fe in Topeka
will receive their back pay checks for
the month of May September 1, ac-
cording to officials of the railroad.
The back pay will not be disbursed in
lump sum-. but will be paid one
month at time, in the order in which
the amount is figured, it was said.
The increase granted by the rail-
way wage board was retroactive to
May 1 and was to begin actively Au-
the payrolls for May. June and July.
eral offices here paid the increase for
Is. The balance of the employees will
receive the increased amount when
they receive their checks September
l. The shopmen will first feel the
increase in their checks September 10.
The amount of back pay to be dis
bursed by the Santa Fe in Topeka will
amount to approximately $135,00O a
month, or s405,000 for the three
months. The next Topeka payroll.
carrying the increase. will be about
Ss35,0OO. In addition to this. about
$1s5,0OO in back pay will be dis
tributed. The back pay will average
about s25 a month for each employe
for the three months.
The total payroll for the A, T & 5:
F. Railway company this month will
be about $6.15O.oo0. officials said. The
increase will bring the total up to
nearly seven and one-ha1f million dol
lars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
SUFFRAGE CHIEFS
SURE OF VICTORY
Tennessee House AdjOurns I'm
til Monday Morning.
Speaker Walker Fails to Bring
Up Reconsideration.
..u- ,A
CAN'T MUSTER ENOUGH VOTES
Right to Renew Ratification
Fight Open to Others.
Adjournment Was Forced by
Amendment Backers.

Nashville. Aug. 2o.-The lower
house Of the Tennessee legislature met
and adjourned today withiut an eff
fort being made to force reconsidera-
ton of suffrage ratification. The
house will meet again tomorrow
morning.
Speaker Walker did not bring up his
motion for reconsideration altho the
two legislative days in whcih he had
the right to do so expired when the
house adjourned.
Suffra gists regarded this as a tacit
admission that he had not been able
to marshal suf1 icient strength to war
rant an effort to overthrow ratifica-
ton at thus time.
Adjournment Was Forced.
It was explained that the motion to
reconsider could be made by any
member Of the legislature when the
house reconvenes tomorrow. Under
the rules. Walker had the exclusive
r1ght-during the two day period
to move reconsideration. Now the
two days have expired and the right
is no longer exclusively his.
Suffrage leaders forced adjournment
OF the Tennessee house today before
Speaker Walker made any motion to
reconsider the ratification of the fed
cral suffrage amendment Opponents
thus lost their right to offer a motion
to reconsider. but the suffrage forces
planned to make such a Anotion to-
morrow and then to table it, thus
making impossible any further parlia-
mentary tactics to reconsider the
houses original action.
Walkers Time Limit CD.
After the amendment was ratified
a Oh
his vote from nay to aye, in order
that he might be in a position to offer
a motion for reconsideration, but the
time in which he could make his mo-
ton expired today.
AS the house adjourned. hundreds
of suffragists joined in singing. MY
country tits of thee" fairly shouting
the words. Sweet land of liberty"
The air was repeated over and over.
They regarded the victory as won be-
yond question.
Both Sides Tighten Lines.
Anti-suffragists were prepared today
to seek reconsideration of the vote by
which the Tennessee house ratified the
federal suffragist amendment. Speak
er Walker. who changed his vote from
nay to aye so he would be in position
to move reconsideration, said he would
make motion that the house rescind
it's action.
Both suffrage advocates and oppo-
nents. as they frightened their lines for
the final skirmish, expressed confi-
dence in the result. Encouraged by
Wednesdays vote of so to As for rati-
fication suffragfsts predicted they not
only would hold their majority IN line
but would have the added support of
two of the three house members who
were absent.
Suffrage opponents, however. an
nounced that forty-seven members of
the house had signed a pledge to vote
to reconsider the ratification resoIu-
ton. Several other assem- mblymen. they
predicted, would line up with the anti
suffrage forces before the proposed
roll call. thus insuring a majority for
reconsideration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
Be NO COAL STRIKE
President of Miners Union
Sends Message to Wilson.
Differences With Operators Can
Be Settled Locally.

Washington. Aug. 2o.-John l.
Lewis. president of the U. NJ. w. A.
telegraphed President Wilson today
that danger of strike this winter by
soft coal miners in the central COM
petitive field was believed to have
been averted as a result of the con-
ference of the operators and miners
at Cleveland.
Mr.. Lewis said that while the con-
ference of the scale committees had
adjourned. he felt certain that differ
ences now existing could be ''barmon-
lied by agreement to be consummated
in the several states" The full text
of the message, however. was not
made public.
Another message from the opera
tors group said the two sides were
"hopelessly deadlocked" because the
presidents proposal to form a COM
mission to settle the controversy had
been rejected by representatives of
the miners.
No specific request that the presi-
dent take further action was made in
the MESA ge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
CHESNEY IS DEAD
Former Topeka Brilliant Law
yer Dies in R0sedale.
Chesney Park Here Was Named
in His Honor.

Judge z. E. Chesney. formerly of
Iopeka, and reputed to have been one
or the most brilliant lawyers in the
state, died Tuesday night at his home
In Rosedale, Kan, according to word
received here. He was 70 years old.
Judge Chesney came to Topeka
about 1874 and practiced law here in
the district, state supreme and fed
eral courts until about 1900. He also
had a large practice outside the city,
He had offices in Topeka at 323 Kan
sas avenue. at which time he was as
soclated with ]. NJ. Sanders under the
firm name of Chesney & Sanders.
Later he changed his offices to s33
Kansas avenue and again to 625 Kan
sas avenue. He lived at 1915 Lincoln
street for many years. Chesney park,
purchased by the city in 1875, was
named in his honor.
A brother, A. F. Chesney, was ius-
tice of the peace here for several
years. a notary public and at one time
was assistant postmaster. He had Of
hces at sos Kansas avenue and later
at 523 Kansas avenue.
Judge Chesney was born at Abing-
don, Ill, in 1S41 and early entered the
practice of law. He studied with
Judge Shoup, one of the most eminent
attorneys in the state. He is said to
have known Abraham Lincoln and
when young man heard the famous
Lincoln-Douglas debate He lived in
Rosedale after leaving Topeka about
1903.
He is survived by his widow, six
children and a brother and sister.
Burial will be at Bushnell Ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
HIGH WATER DELAYS TRAINS
Rock Island and Union Pacific in
DownpOur Belt.

The heavy rains thruout the state
this morning resulted I'M impaired
service for the Union Pacific and Rock
Island railroads today. Three Rock
Island and two Union Pacific trains
were delayed. The Santa Fe reported
that no trouble had been experienced
Mo. T. Rock Island. due in Topeka
at o'clock this afternoon, was re-
ported ten hours late at Bloom, in
Ford county. Bloom is located be-
tween Bluff and Rattlesnake creeks.
the former emptying into the Cimar-
ron and the latter into the Arkansas
No. rs, due here at 4:25 p. m. was
reported one hour late at Prairie View,
northwest of Phillipsburg in Phillips
county. Water running down from
the hills north of the town had formed
lakes on the low ground, it was said.
No 40 was reported two and one-half
hours late at this point also.
On the Union Pacific the high water
in the vicinity of Junction City. where
eight and one-half inches of rain fell,
held up Nos. 102 and 160- No. 1o2,
due in Topeka at 1925 this morning
did not arrive until 1910. This is the
train from Denver. No. los, which
starts from Junction City and is due
in here at 1888, was delayed about 40
minutes at Fort Riley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
MORE STATE rain
Another SOaker Thruout Kan
sas Last Night.
In Topeka 2.1O Inches in the
Last 36 Hours.
TODAY's TEMPERATURES:

Reports coming into the local
weather bureau this morning indi-
Gated rain in every. part of the state.
Even the dry belt between Garden City
and Wichita was treated with a soak
ing.
The precipitation in Topeka this
morning was 10 of an inch. ac-
cording to S. D. Flora. state meteor
ologist. making a total of 2.10 inches
in the last thirty-six hours.
The heaviest rainfall in the state
this morning was 6.9S inches at An
thony. At Manhattan, 4.06 inches fell.
Reports from other parts of the state
were: Dodge City, 1 inch; Goodland,
1.04s Herington, 1.29; Lawrence. so;
Hutchinson. .54; WamegO. .79; Wichi-
ia, -98: Macksville, l; Chapman. %;
Fort Riley, 2-05; Emmett, 1.42 and
Mcfarland. two inches.
The stage of the Kansas river at
Camp Funston was eleven feet this
morning and rapidly rising. This lis
about half bank full. The rise, ac-
cording to Flora, will reach Topeka
tonight. The stage here this morning
was As and the rise will probably
amount to five or six feet There is
no danger. In many sections of the
date are 102 in 1913 and 81 in 1890.
(TonffDued ou pace Two \
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
JUNCTION CITY IS FLOODED
Eight and Half Inch Rain Docs
Thousands of Dollars Damage.

Junction City, Kan, Aug. 90
Damage estimated at thousands of
dollars was done by an eight and one
half inch rain which fell here last
night.
One section of the city was flooded.
Water was standing several feet deep
in many houses in this section this
morning Several narrow escapes are
reported when water. flooded base
ment apartments The police worked
all night getting people out.
Dozens of small bridges were washed
out and several motor ear parties
were stranded.
Hutchinson, Kan. Aug. 20.-Hutch-
inson and this portion of the state
had a rainfall of .65 of an inch today,
beginning before daybreak
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
MOhIer Places Kansas Yield at
127,9OO,OOO Bushels Today.
Recent Rains Gave Big Impetus
to Crop, Report Says.
MARKET CONDITIONS ARE BAD
Only 20 Per Cent of Wheat Has
Been Sold.
July Estimate of 127 Million
Bushel Yield Stands,

With the Kansas corn acreage more
than a million bushels below the
planting of 1919. the state this fall
will produce the largest corn crop
since 1914. That was the estimate to-
day of ]. c. Mohler. secretary of the
state board of agriculture, when he
forecast corn crop of 127.900.000
bushels. This is an average OF 240s
bushels for the 5.137,2I9 acres now
growing.
While the corn acreaee is far below
the five year average for the state, ex-
cellent weather conditions have i'm
proved harvest prospects and 1900
correspondents estimate the greatest
yield In six years. In nine northern
counties east from Norton to Brown.
the average yield is 2S.1 bushels an
acre. Each of these counties planted
more than 100000 acres. They lie in
the banner corn growing district of the
state
No Change in Wheat Guess.
No changes in wheat yield estimates
were made by Secretary Mohler. He
stands on his July forecast of a 147,-
600. 900 bushel crop.
Threshing conditions in the south
ern counties are far advanced. For
the state at large Mohler estimates
that 40 per cent of the yield is now
harvested.
Only 20 per cent of the grain has
gone to market. This is 3 per cent
pSAO" eiiS ACSoAu VI idsl yea "Hen . .
per cent had been sold by the middle
of August. Slow markets in local grain
centers and inadequate transportation
facilities have held up movement OF
grain.
Rain Did Great Help.
Many small growers and renters
have been hard hit by existing coRdi-
| tions. reports show. Persons unable
to provide funds for protection OF
grain have been forced to sell to deal
ers who are now buying on wide mar
gins. Thousands OF bushels of grain
are now stored in the open. Much OF
i this grain may be damaged or lost
/ thru unfavorable weather.
Dry weather conditions reported
several days ago have been largely
overcome thru rains of this week. In
! - =.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
COAL MEN WON'T PROFITEER
Refuse More Than $3.50 Per Ton
Bad Business, They Say.

SpriuEfield, Ills, Aug. 2O.-Coal
operators in central Illinois are today
refusing to sell coal at seven dollars
ton. Offers OF this amount which is
three and a half dollars more than is
asked here are coming in a steady
stream, the operators said, from the
north.
Demand for the output is greater
than can be supplied but the operators
declare they are rejecting all exces-
sive offers as bad business" and sell
ing coal at $3.50 a ton.
Because of the urgent demand. the
operators this morning were hopeful
of steady work on the part of the min
-r., as ordered by President Earring
ton yesterday. Reports indicate that
all but seven or eight mines in this
district are v orkinE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
McGRAw JOINS HIS TEAM.
VIII Return to New York to Answer
Questions In SIav1n Case.

New York, Aug. 2o.-Despite- orders
of his physicians. John ]. McGraw,
manager of the New York Giants. has
left for Chicago to join his team. 1t
was announced by W. J. Fallon, Nc
Graw's attorney. today.
Fallon told the district attorneys
office here McGraw would return
within few days to answer questions
in connection with injuries sustained
by John c. SIavin, actor. who was
found with a fractured skull in front
Of the Giant managers apartment
August s.
SIavin was reported today to be
showing considerable improvement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
CONSUMERS MAY PICKET
Stuff Methods Expected by II. G. L.
Fighters Mt Washington Now.

Washington. Aug. 20.-The con-
sumers' picket line may be the next
step in the effort TO send retail prices
downward.
Proposals that such a movement be
organized have reached the depart-
nent of justice in letters from citizens.
il was learned today. Under the pro-
posals, consumers carrying signs and
banners with the wholesale price of
commodities printed on them would
be formed into lines to picket estaD-
lishments where retail prices have
not been marked down.
Statistics issued by the department.
of labor show that while wholesale
prices dropped in July as compared
with June. the level Of retail prices fol
the two months was practically the
same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
Last Bottle
of Evidence
Is Biovn Up

An affidavit by Annette Nicol1. for
mer city bacterio1ogist. is the only
evidence in the hands of the county
attorney to prove that James Scott.
Twenty-fifth and Adams street. had
a quantity of home brew at his
place several weeks ago.
All the remainder of the evidence
has blown up" The home brew
contained too much yeast in it and the
dozen, or more. bottles in the sheriff s
office has blown up. one after the
other. The last explosion occurred
this morning.
Hugh Fisher county attorney, how
ever, had the contents of four of the
bottles analyzed and an affidavit by
Miss Nicoll states that the 'beer" con-
tanned two and one-half per cent in
alcohol.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
CUBAN SUGAR IN DECLINE
Lower Prices to Z. S. Consumers Due,
Declare the Rcfiners.

New York. Aug. 20--BoweR sugar
prices in the near future were seen
today as a result of the decline of
wholesale price of the raw Cuban pro-
duct which was quoted at II cents in
the open market.
Local feIiners have bought $4,000
bags of cupan sugar which was due to
arrive here shortly at IL cents and
1000 pounds additional were said to
have been purchased by operators at
the sa me price.
There were other sugar offerings.
including I-orto Rico at about IL cents
and full duty sugar at 10 4 sccnts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
CAR SITUATION IMPROVED
w. H Turner Brings Good Corn Re.
port From S. +. Atchison Division.

There Is a noticea BILE Improvement
in the car situation on the Atchison
division OF the Santa Fe, according 70
W. H. Turner. divieipnal freight agent.
who was in the cit~ Thursday. Bust
ness is being taken care Of better this
year than at the same time last year.
he said
A bumper corn crop is due in the
counties northeast Of Topeka, Turner
asserted. The rain Thursday morning
will make the late corn, he said Ears
are well developed and the stalks so.
high a man on horseback cannot see
over them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
MAIL ROBBERS NEAR HERE?
Deputy Sheriff Warned to Look Out
for St. Louis Bandits.

Four men alleged to have been i'm
plicated in the mail sack robbery near
ST. Louis. were on a train bound for
Topeka this afternoon, according TO a
telegram received from Lawrence by
Deputy Sheriff Oscar Carlson.
Police officers were on the lookout
at every depot to catch the alleged
robbers. The theft occurred Thurs
day. the men getting four sacks of
registered mail. supposed to have con-
tanned about $4,000. They obtained
the sacks by holding up a train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
CHARGED HE STOLE BAIL.
Police Court Clerk First Reported
$4,000 Taken From Safe.

Los Angeles. Aug 2e.-Clyde G.
Johnston, police court clerk, who
reported Tuesday that the safe IN the
court room had been broken open and
$4,000 in bail money taken, was ar
rested today on charge of embezzle-
ment and lodged in the Los Angeles
county jail.
Bail was fixed at s2o.Ooo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
PRINCE VIEWS STOCK YARDS.
Rumanian Royalty Becomes One of
Chicago's Rubber Necks"

Chicago. Aug. 2O.-Crown Prince
Carl of Rumania. elected to spend his
sightseeing trip here today after the
fashion of Chicago's usual out of town
visitors
The prince was to spend most of
the day in ChicagO's stockyards where
he will be shown how hogs. cattle and
sheep are killed and prepared for
market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
HALF INDIANA MINES IDLE.
Car Shortage Chief Cause-Cannc4
ship Fuel Mined.

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 2O.-Half
of the Indiana coal field was idle to-
day thru unauthorized strikes OF mln-
erS and because of car shortages.
Nearly 100 mines were reported
down.. half of which were forced to
suspend because of their inability to
move the coal already mined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
In ~Adam and Eve- Parties.

Ponca City, Okla. Aug. 2o.=Mo-
torists who use the roads along the
Arkansas and Salt Fork rivers have
complained TO city authorities that
Adam and Eve" parties are so
many and so prominent at the river
that some official action should be
taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
BALLOON HITS LIVE WIRE.
Cadet of Army School Narrowly Es-
capes Horrible Death.

Lancaster. Calf, Aug. 2O.-Kenneth
L. Frazier, Is. of Centralia. Ill. cadet
in the United States army balloon
school at Arcadia. narrowly escaped
death here today when the army bal
loon he was plotting exploded.
1t came in contact with high tension
electric power wires. Frazier was Sc
verely burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
Find Missing Man Pouches.

ST. Louis. Aug 2e.-The remaining
four pouches of five stolen by two
men who robbed mail car on the
Missouri Pacific here Wednesday
night were found in the Mississippi
river this morning in the vicinity
where the bandits left the train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
FELL FROM WINDow-DIEs.
Burlington Doctor Became Delirious
and Fail Was Result
Burllngten. Kan. Aug.

Burlington. Kan, Aug. 2O.-As the
result of a fall from a second story
window Wednesday night while de-
lirious. DR.. A. X. Berry died at his
home here today His left leg and
right arm were broken in the fall
Doctor Berry was one of the lead
ing physicians of this county and ac-
tive in public affairs for years He
had been ilf several months.
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Dislike Foreman-Mincrs Strike.

Hazelton. Pa. Aug. 2e.-Twelys
hundred miners Of the Cranberry cole
Hery Of the Cranberry Creek company
struck today. demanding the discharge
of a foreman who is alleged 10 Be
abusive. A second strike occurred at
Houeybrook coIliery Of the Lehigh a
Wilkesbarre Coal company, affecting
zoo men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
JITNEYS hike FARES, TOO
Go to Seven Cents When Street Car
/ Rate Increased.

The jitney bus operators in Topeka
are profiting by the recent increase in
fares granted the Topeka Railway
company They are now charging
cents for single fare, twelve tickets
for IS cents.
When the street ca- company began
collecting cents. the jitneys also
raised to s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
new HUN CRISIS EXPECTED
Germans in Upper SiIesia Greatly In
censed at Entente Over Tlebiscite.

London, Aug. 2O.-The anti-entente
riots in Kattowitz. in the Plebiscite
area, are likely to create a new
Franco German crisis. in the opinion
of the Berlin Vorwa erts.
The German population thruout Up
per Silisia was said to be greatly ex-
cited and outbreaks in nearby towns
were feared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
PROBE "HARD TIMES PLOT"
Gov. Cox to Investigate Cause fer Big
Industrial Shutdown.

Toledo, o., Aug. ADMINISTRATIONS
OF the laying off of large numbers of
men by several industrial concerns are
being made by personal representa-
tives OF Governor Cox, it was learned
today as the Democratic presidential
candidate was returning from a vigor-
Gus stump invasion of South Bend.
Cox stated that he has ordered a
survey made of the reasons for closing
down mills of the American Woolen
company. Recently reports have been
received by the governor. as he indi-
rectly charged in his speech at South
Bend last night, that certain inter-
ests'' were endeavoring to create hard
times in the hope the dissatisfa ction
caused may be used against the Demo-
cratic party.
Cox also believed a movement is un-
derway to keep living costs up until
after the election