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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

The city has been asked to pay
S24.50, the cost of the setting of frac
tured ribs of J.. A. Whitefield, who
stated in a petition to the city COM
missioners that he was injured while
riding in a taxi which struck a pile
of dirt in the street. No red lamp
warned the driver. H. T. Mayo, of the
dirt pile obstruction, and Mayo asks
for $69.75 in another petition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05
Dublin Bank Is Robbed.

Dublin, Oct. 5.-Five armed men
today held up the provincial bank of
Ireland in broad daylight, escaping
with 5000 pounds sterling. The ban
dts went about their work calmly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

A lady who had been giving a party
told her maid to put away all the re-
freshments that were left on the tables
before retiring to bed. The next day,
on, looking, the lady could not find
them and called to her maid:
May, what did you do with those
things I told you to put away last
night?"
Sure. mum, and yez told me to
put 'em away, and I did, mum, and
enjoyed EN-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS,

God never mocks the Soul with an i'm
possible ideal neither should the sonl ever
mock God with an ignoble one.-F. Watson
Those who bring sunshine into the likes
of others cannot Keep it from Themselves
J. NJ Barrie. 80 arr r9z
For we know, not every morrow ~
Can be sad 50 IT -,
So, forgetting all the sorrow ref..
We have had.
Let Us fold away cur fears.
And put by our foolish tears. ft.'
AnAd thru all the coming years s3i n'5b 3
Just be glad. 11itc;.S.4 ?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Four Bandits Get $4,000
Buffalo, n. Y. Oct. 5.-Four bandits
today held up the Depew, n. Y. bank
and esca ped with $4,000 in currency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Cash paid for liberty bonds S27
Quincy. John Kleinhans. Phone
2761J.-Adv. -~.--.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Safety razor blades sharpened better
than new, 25c-35c doz. Culver Hard
ware Co.---Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05
DR.. Lyngar. Dentist. sos Kansas Ave.

Topeka has fourteen cases of scarlet
fever at present, DR.. Earle Brown,
city health officer, announced. includ-
ing one new case reported Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

The funeral of Michael O'Keefe who
died Monday morning will he held 1T 10
O'Clock Wednesday at the Church of the
Holy Name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. S27.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Herein do I exercise myself. to have al
ways conscience void. of offence toward
God.-Act xiv. TO- = 3 ~ Hf.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Be not lenient to your own faults : keep
your pardon for others-From Japanese
Proverbs" .s- -1s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

The funeral of Mss Bertha Hampstead
who died October 1. at Albuquerque. n.
Mex. will be held Wednesday afternoon al
Grace cathetlral. Burial in Topeka GENE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

The smallest act of charity shall stanQ
US in great stead.-AtterDury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Don't look for flaws as you go thrO' lfe,s
And even tho you find them ssfss
Be wise and kind end somewhat blind,
And look for virtues behind them.
-Ella Nrhnalar N-fIcor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05
Local Mention

The Mizpah class of the First Pres
bytcrian church will hold a social at
the home of Mrs. w. E. Monroe, PA
Greenwood avenue, tomorrow after
noon at $3.50 o'clock. The class Off
GERS will act as assistant hostesses.
DR.. H. H. Raymond, Foot Specialist.
Orpheum Bldg. Phone 3960.-Adv.
A marriage license was issued in
Kansas City Monday to Ernest L. Pal
mer, 81 years old. and Doris 1. Penny,
Is years old, both of Topeka.
If you aren't gettirg the garbage
collection service you. want. call 1887
ADV.
Ger, is attending the state convention
of the w. c. T. U. at Manhattan this
week. a delegate from the Topeka
central union.
Auto Tires. 5000 miles. soxs,
smooth. S11.00; non-skid $3.50. j.
K. Jones Paint Co., 115-17 E. 7th st.
ADV.
Val Spar, the long-life varnish. C.
NJ. Hill & Son, S26 Kan-Adv.
Further plans for the annual state
poultry show were made at a meeting
of the Topeka Poultry Breeders as
ISOLATION Monday night at the Cowdry
Motor company. 514-16 Jackson street.
Judges of the show are to be V. o.
Hobbs. Kansas City, Mo-; Fred Crosby,
Greenwood, Mo-; ]. K. Thompson, To-
peka, and Will Caskey, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Kansas City Grain Market.
Orange OF prices on grain futures ON
The Kansas City Boa I'd Of Trade ns reported
by p. c. Christopher 4 Co. $40 New Eng
land Bldg.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

GEORGE MCKEE, 40. died today at his
home 211 Grafton street. The funeral VIII
be held Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
at the Third Presbyterian church. Burial
in Topeka cemetery
MEDIA CHRISTINA HERGENIADEk,
daughter of MIR. and Mrs Jacob 1iergenia-
der SO Saraou street. died today. The
funeral will be held Wednesday morning AZ
o o'clock at st. Joscphs Catholic church
Burial in Mount Calvary cemetery.
CLAUDE w HARRIS, 10 years, died to-
day at n local hospital Funeral We1nes-
day afternoon at O'Clock at Pleasant Hill
church. Burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
GEORGE ASTON DANA. , years. died
Monday ct the home of his parents. Mr.. ana
Mrs J. A Dam Of 1115 Tenth street
Funeral announcement later. -z.
MRS. LAURA HAWKINS BATES, IS,
died Sunday at Ellsworth, Kan. The body
arrived in Topeka this afternoon. The
funeral will be held "Wednesday morning at
80 oc'Ock ut Shelabargers chapel. Burial
in Hall Day cemetery.
The funeral Of Walter A. Zimmerman, age
23,f 200 Washbqrn avenue, who died Mon
day, VIII be held at o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at Penwell's chapel. Burial IN
Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of Mss Bertha Hampstead.
who died October I. at Albupuerque. n.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

New York Liberty Bond Market.
New York. Oct. 5.-Liberty bonds noon
ia s. 91.90: first As. 5000: second As ~ 90 !:
first 4A's. $40: second 4A-s. 1900: thIrd
4A's, $3.50 fourth 4H's. 500; Victory
ca s, $500; Victory AZ 5. $3.50.
New FORK stork Market.
tFurntshed by Empire Commission 60. 30I
New England iIdg.b
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-05

Val Spar, the long-life Varnish. c
NJ. Hill & Son, S26 Kan ADV.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-27

This is straight from-the- Clearance of
Mems Suits and Overcoats. Prices determined wish
only one idea-moviIng merchandise quickly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-12-27
We've Marked
Them
One-HaIf rice

which means tremendous loss to us, but it great
saving foryou.
Take advantage Of this great offer. You'll not be
able to buy suit or overcoat SO cheapy again soon
If ever.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

of it now? Yes, IL you go down along the
Shrewsbury River. where the natives still
enjoy It. But 1t has had its day, and the
once great beds have been all but abandoned
Instead of the fleets of oyster boats that
used to carry the bivalve to the markets
YOU will see only occasional old oyster
man in a rowboat. raking a small bed for
local consumption.
why? I'll tell you. The Shrewsbury
oyster is brown. 1t Is n big fine favored
succulent oyster. but IL made the mistake
of being born brown while the modern city
fellow demands that his oyster be white.
Serve 1t to him small and hard and lacking
in flavor: but so long as II is white you can
charge him any price you care to ashland
get ii.
Which reminds me of young housewife
who went to honest dealer and told him
she wanted a dozen of his best eggs Being
an honest dealer, he got down a dozen of the
finest. biggest brown eggs that ever was
hatched oh, don't want those she said
i want the eggs you get from the white
chickens. He obliged her, and for twenty
cents more dozen sold her smaller inferior
eggs-but they were beautifully white.
Now. 1t is fact that the brown egg con-
tains a higher percentage of food value than
the white. But that doesn't matter to the
consumer in the city. Although he doesn't
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

eat the shell. he insists that II be white
Consequently the white egg is in so much
greater demand that IL commands a CON
siderably higher prce-and again the dear
public fools itself while IL complains of the
ever increasing cost of living.
There's another example-celery. Give
EN- any tough old stalk so long as il is white
and they'll pay you quarter for 1t without
a murmur But I'll tell you. some OF the
finest tenderest crispest celery I've ever
eaten was grown right here in upper New
.Jersey-and IL was green. Yes. sir. green:
but you couldn't sell such stun in a city
shop. where they're out for white goods.
Take corn, too. That's got to be white
II it's to go on the table of a city epicure
OF course the man born Of the country
knows that the very sweetest tenderest
iuiciest table corn is the golden bantam. But
sell that to the cityite? Not on your life
It's yellow, and he'd think you were trying
to feed him horse corn. He knows what NE
wants in the way of corn and no matter
how dry ii may be from long residence on
the stand of the green grocer it's all right II
it's white.
"For the same reason, ! suppose the city
ite demands white bread. His aesthetic vision
cannot tolerate the sight OF whole wheat
bread which is vastly more nutritious. It
looks dirty. | suppose, so TO please his eye
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
telling phonograph record
being heard Scotland Above Hugh Robin
of Keyport NJ. J., and his Harold.

where it was again turned into the air and
transmitted to Catalina Island.
Radio stations. to obtain long distance
results, step up their power and practic-
ally drive ii through the resisting atmos-
pheric conditions Of the air. The stronger
the power the greater distance obtained.
But Mr.. Robinson believes that small power
can be made to transmit messages for long
distances. The invention of the vacuum
tube amplifer, a war product, has made this
possible. BY picking up the feeble trans
mission at a distance and magnifying its
power many times. it can be transmitted
on to another station. where 1t goes through
the same process and on. In this way
the great cost of high h-power outfits are OBJ
liberated and the results are more salts
factory Instead of the heavy pounding
necessary to force the transmission through
the air. It is carried lightly onward. receiv-
ing it's increased energy by the use of the
vacuum tube amplifers located at distances
with radius Of sixty miles separating them
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

Directly over his head hangs the horn of
a phonograph. or such it appears but this
horn is attached to a radiophone receiver
and when receiving a message throws the
voice of the sender out in the room where
all listeners can hear clearly and distinctly
what is being said Sitting at the set one
recent Sunday Mr.. Robinson tuned up and
picked up song from the air which the big
horn threw out in great volume. Later he
picked up Mr.. Bondeaux of 924 East 169th
street, New York city. and caught a faint
signal from Somervile. Mass. converse
ton was heard between KQG and 2XF.
which is the steamship Gloucester and the
Western Electric station at Cliffwood n. j..
in which they were planning to connect up
the radophone from the ship and talk
overland on the ordinary telephone to
point on shore. This has been done before
with much success. steamship in the At
lantic talked to the mainland by radio
phone, where il was connected up with land
phone and transmitted to San Francisco.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
Demand for White Food Puts Up Cost of Living

the city bread eater makes his stomach
suffer And he will take his cornmeal white
also. thank you, despite the superiority of
the yellow.
'"Then the city fellow has his notions about
the size and color Of other things he eats.
Take apples There never was. nor never
will be. "A finer, sweeter, juicier apple than
the russet IL is understood and rusty
brown but It is there with the flavor. Sell
IL on tho city stands? Never. Your apple
eater there is willing to pay 10 cents apiece
for fine large polished red skin that con-
tains a mess Of dry, mealy substance that
he considers an apple.
"TIe will do the same for a pear. That
must be large and yellow. with a blush on
one side Il doesn't matter so much what's
inside But try to offer him as a substitute
tie little seckel pear. Would he buy IT.
Not much
"And there arc many of these finer things
going TO waste by the Wholesale right at
the gates Of the cities. Some one will say
why not give the public an opportunity to
buy? What's the use? II has been tried
The dealers naturally are in business to
make money and they are trying to give
the buying public what IL wants. And so
long as that public insists on eating white
goods and is willing to pay the price for
selected stock. that's what It is going to GET
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
New York Beavers
Damage Forests
TEw YORK STATE beaver fur. which
\ has been out of the market for more


y has been out of the market for more
than a quarter of a century, will
figure in the fur buyers reports this winter
as the result of trapping which will be done
by the employees of the Conservation Com
mission TO save some of the most important
Adirondack regions from further devastation
by these busy little animals.
This temperance of the New York beaver
in the market recalls the early Colonial days,
when beaver skins of the staple
products of the infant colony of New York.
and even passed for currency. Indeed SO
important was ii that the beaver was incor-
porated in the seal Of the city of New York,
and Albany, then a far flung outpost Of
civilization was christened "Beaverwyck'-
beaver village.
The beaver however, failed utterly 10 meet
the demands of commerce and became ex-
tinct in the State to be returned in 1905
when a few were liberated by the Forest
Fish and Game Commission in the neighbor-
hood OF Fulton Chain and Big Moose Lake
Since that time, under rigorous protection
they have increased so rapidly that some
are found in all parts of the Adirondacks
while all through the heart Of the lake re-
gion they have become an absolute pest.
Lakes with small. narrow outlets have
been damned. the water raised few feet
about the wooded shore lines, and every tree
around the margins killed, until the shores
of the lakes look as IL they had been swept
by forest fires.
For several years the Conservation Com
mission has issued permits for tearing out
dams and houses The almost invariable ex-
perience however, has been that when a
dam is torn out one day the break will be
stopped the following night. and in very
few nights thereafter the dam viii be
sound as ever. Moreover, the destruction OF
a beaver dam with axes shovels, picks and
grub hoes has been found to be no light
matter Branches, sticks. mud and debris
arc so tightly and ineXtricably assembled
that the description Of the structure the
FIRST reinforced concrete is more apt than
hguratiye.
ON many streams the beaver have built
succession OF dams. the backwater Of one
so checking the flow of the stream that the
danger Of the dam pulling out in a flood has
been eliminated without the necessity OF
such extensive foundation work as that
practised by human engineers. Navigation
OF such streams by canoes or guide boats
Is thus sometimes improved because Of
deeper water. but often impeded by the
dams
Fishing, which at first seemed better i'm
these beaver ponds. because the trout had
more opportunity to grow to large size. is
now said by many of the more observant
Adirondack guides to be actually falling OF.
because the fish cannot reach the head
watcrs of the streams for spawning.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

THAT the possibilities of edifying
wv amusement are that may be en-
joyed by amateur owners OF
radio outfits is being demonstrated in
more than one quiet home on fhe Atlantic
seaboard and perhaps deeper into this vast
America. This is the story of I6-year-
old boy whose father constructed an out
fit for his use. 1t is no plaything. this
radio outfit. as will be comprehended
when one reads how sitting in his quiet
home in. Keyport. N. j., the boy can
over the world. When such wonders of
science are daily being revealed is it not
strange that some persons still seek the
superhuman where they are or have been
stopped up to the present by an i'm
passe?
If the reader is a radiophone student
and in his listening in" to the world con-
versations hears the number sQR he may
know that he is in communication with
either Harold Robinson. the boy in ques-
tioD. or his father, Hugh Robinson. sit
ting at their transmitter in the laboratory
at r3 Walnut street, in Keyport. 1t is
tiny place. and the outfit is far from be-
ing mechanically perfect, in one sense,
while in another it has various devices
that are the inventions of the elder
Robinson.
Through the use of this small powered
outft-it is but fifty pounds-by the ap-
pHcaton of the vacuum tube amplifer
and under certain atmospheric conditions
marvellous and almost incredible results
have been attained. Distance, even by
light instrument, has been annihilated.
and what may still be attained no one can
estimate. As proof of what has been
done by amateurs it is only necessary to
read the adjoined correspondence. which
opens an interesting field to everybody
desirous of realizing in what a wonderful
world they live now.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
Means of Vacuum Tube War Invention Phonogaph Record
Of Harry Lauder Song Put on the Transmitter in
Keyport; N. J., Is Picked Up in Scotland

engineer and when flying was in IT'S in
fancy took up aviation as a profession.
He has made over 900 exhibition flights in
this country and abroad. When Glenn HI.
Curtiss decided that he would build a hydro
aeroplane it was Mr.. Robinson who shaped
and constructed the pontoon, type which
is still in use with very few improvements
made upon 1t in the past ten years. He
assisted Mr. Curtiss in instructing Lieuts.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

son took up automobile racing and later
motor boat racing, and is at present en-
ployed at the Aero Marine Corporations
plant at Keyport. where. as he says. he is
everything from superintendent to
sweeper"
Mr.. Robinson installed the radio plant at
his home in order to interest his son, Harold
who is 16. in electricity, and he says that he
feels we'll paid for the time and patience
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

ITY folks are largely to blame them
selves for the high prices they pay
for food. i don't know whether
you'd call It a degenerate taste. but. city con-
sumers generally want their foods white. and
they want them fiawess--so they pay high
prices for fine appearance and inferior quail
ity"
The speaker was a country buyer for a
big produce syndicate. and was skimming
the cream of farm production from the ex-
ceedngly fertile county of Monmouth. New
Jersey. incidentally he was quoting prices
to the producer that would have made tho
cityite want to go out and lynch his corner
grocer as the greedest of piratical profteers
And for that reason and the fact that he
was playing fast and loose with trade se-
crets he made 1t imperative that his name
was not to be mixed UP In any newspaper
narrative.
~ said city folks want their food white
he resumed well. take. for example, the
Shrewsbury oyster. Twenty years or more
ago the Shrewsbury, that filed your river
here in Monmouth county. was famous II
you're an old timer you will recall that II
ranked 'em all on the bills of fare at the
leading restaurants and hotels. Ever hear
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
Amateur Enthusiasts of Radiophone
Have an Honor Code of Their Owr

Amateur enthusiasts have a code which
Is strictly observed by all. and while many
of them have never met personally, they
are aerialy acquainted and know the per-
sonal characteristics of each others speech
and their peculiarities in operating. Mr..
Robinson can tell by the manner in which
the call is made whether 1t is any Of his
acquaintances one with whom he has
never talked over the phone before. While
listening in he will often receive a strange
note and Immediately tune up calling in the
end to ascertain the senders number and
call and often a new radio acquaintance
is formed and something new is learned
from another experimenter They are very
liberal with their ideas and exchange them
freely Like aviation, ii is the comradeship
of the air and one which portrays beauti-
full spirit, the spirit of cooperation.
The OF the radiophone in connection
with aviation is OF the utmost Importance
and it's future in commerce is assured When
the radiophone has been developed to such
an extent that every home contains a set
plugged-in on the lighting circuit it will be
to the amateurs to whom the public will be
indebted, for 1t is the experimenters who are
developing this wonderful means of COM
munication.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
can Amateurs Radiophone Bridges the Atlantic

1t is such efficiency that will place the
radio telephone in general use, and VIII
render each home a telephone exchange.
With such system the telephone exchange
is unnecessary, and the operator can reach
any station that listens in
It will be remembered that the vacuum
tube amplifier is used on the radio plotting
cable recently placed in Ambrose Channel
and demonstrated by the navy in a very
successful manner In this instance the
magnetic waves as picked up from the
cable are increased 400 times by the use
of two stage vacuum tube amphhers MI
Robinson believes that much depends upon
the experiments carried on by amateurs In
that they are compelled to operate at small
cost and with small power. Thus anything
that they discover will of necessity be OF
great help in keeping the cost of the system
at a reasonable figure.
Harold Robinson, who is sixteen, is the
real owner of the outfit which recently
communicated with Scotland In that his
father constructed it for his use. But his
father is like boy when he gets his fingers
on the keys and his eyes glow with en-
thusiasm. He talks long and willingly on
the subject and cannot fail to appre-
ciate the Importance of the radiophone when
listening to his interesting conversation.
Harold being of mechanical turn of
mind, like his father, has constructed his
own car. using the chassis OF cheap car
to which he has added a racing body and
equipped it with self-starter and an airplane
carbureter. When one hears this car roar
along the streets of Keyport one would
believe that it is of at least ninety horse
power but upon raising the hood one finds
a motor inside which seems lost in the
enormous space, being so small that 1t re-
sembles sewing machine. However, 1t Is
probably the first flvver that has ever been
successfully disguised.
When the fleet was in the North River
Mr. Robinson entertained the radio men OF
the fleet with graphophone concerts, and
now it Is a common occurrence for radio
men, when arriving in the river, to call up
2QR and request the latest song hits. Key
port Is quite a radio centre, having some
twenty-five amateur stations, and Mr.. Rob
nson says there is chance to get lone
some with so many friends standing by for
conversation.
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

Robinson Keyport J, showing radio
whence received Scotland At the right
is Hug a