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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-22
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THE FARMERS SAD FATE.

Ever since drouths, grasshoppers
and tornadoes abandoned Kansas, the
newspapers, farm journals, railroad
folders and. real estate agents have
been telling the world what a great
state we have. Stories of our great
crops produced at enormous profits
have been sent broadcast. Instances
frequently have been cited in which
purchasers Of new land have paid for
it with one or two crops. In fact,
nothing calculated to attract people
to the state, especially farmers. has
been left undone. Always in the lead
in this work has been found the secre-
tary OF the state board of agriculture.
But times have changed apd~the
secretary has changed with them.
Apparently without waiting for the
census returns to come in it has been
decided that Kansas has all the people
she needs and we find Secretary
Mohler herald1ng to the world the
startling announcement that farmers
in this state are losing money. He
seems to have expended much time
and labor in acquiring facts and fig
ures to establish the truth of his state
ments.
But no one should despair. There
may be better days ahead for the poor
farmer. Statements such as that sent
out by Secretary Mchler probably will
reduce the demand tpr farm land and
thereby pring down the price. With q
few dollars an acre Popped off from
the estimated value OF his land the
farmer may yet be able to figure out
a profit.
However it all turns out, the farmer
probably will go on blowing. planting
and harvesting because there is moth.
ing else to do. The livestock produc.
ers also are losing money. The farm
err might OF course follow in the foot
steps of the city men out of luck and
so to selling automobiles or life insur-
ance. but it is probable that he will
just go on raising wheat and losing
money until he goes broke or sells Out
and starts a bank.
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SNAP SHOTS
Ar HOME NEWS

Charles Kessler of Overlook. Kan. is
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Roscoe Graves.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co.. t24 Kansas avenue.-Ady.
BETTER own stock in Pepp's Coal Savings
Plan. and have your next winters goal
paid for. Topeka Coal Co., Elks' building,
Phone 4s2.-Adv.
Miss Mildred Mcintosh, field finance seq
rotary for the Y. w. c.. A, who has visited
In Topeka frequently, is critically i'll with
appendicitis at Kansas City hospital
Robert d. McGiffert, city commissioner
Of health ana public property, is in St
ing OF the National tuberculosis associa-
ton in convention there.
Carl Hanson, 6-year-oid son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Hanson. 227 Monroe street, died
this morning at 4 O'Clock as a result OF
measles, complicated with other Illness.
Funeral arrangements have not been made
Bids were submitted for repairs to the
Aelan. bridge at meeting of the city
commissioners this morning. The CONTRACT
for the bridge work will be let this inter-
O'Clock.
Miss Ellen Brett, who has been training
for \. w. {. A. work three months
home in Ponca city, Okla. She expects
to take motor trip thru New England
with relatives this summer and will prob
ably enter college in September.
Olathe, Kan, has contributed 4 greater
amount to the \. W. Z. A state campaign
fund than has any other city OF its SIZE
In the state, having given $500. The
money will be used In the west central
field quota of the national fund for world
service. Miss Sue Louise Bell, Y. W. 4. A.
financial worker, returned to-day from
Olathe.
W. B. Fox, a minor, was awarded 1862 80
damages against U. Mccormick, proprietor
Of rug ra .ss by a Jury in the first
sued for $1,915 damages which he claims
he sustained in a collision between the
Ford car he was driving and a Vim truck
beionging~to Mccormick. at Twelfth ami
Horne streets last November.
The washburn college dramatic art
classes will give an entertainment consist
ing Of five playlets Tuesday evening, April
q, In ~McVicar chapel Proceeds from the
Lencois and Jeanne Dulong, French girls,
who are attending Washburn. and the ex-
pense of whose education is being paid
by the college.
n. II. Woiff, merchant tailor, has OBJ
tanned contracts to supply the drill team
fit association, with new uniforms. There
are nineteen members OF the team. The
suits will be of blue serge, trimmed in
white and red. Wolff recently contracted
to furnish the Security benefit assoeia-
ton band OF fifty members with. new
uniforms.
The carpentry department of the Kansas
industrial and Educational Institute is
working on the rebuilding of old furniture,
gifts OF Mrs J. q. Wood 81 Clay street.
The school appreciates donations of old
furniture, lumber, old iron salvage or any
old material in any form that would help
give practice in trades at the school. the
cost Of material making 1t almost impossi-
debted TO Mrs. L. II. Mum, SIS Topeka
avenue for valuable maps :
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Congress GUen
Touch of Jazz
By Jeans Girls

Washington. April e2.-The staid
house office building was given
touch of jazz by six young women sec
retaries who enrolled in Representa-
tive Upshaw's overalls brigade.
Appearing in blue denim trousers,
the bottom of which were rolled well
above their high heeled pumps. the
young women had a large following
as they tripped gaily along the eorri-
DORIS The drabness of the Uniforms
was relieved by m6iti-colored> silk
waists and silk stockings.
It's a horrifying spectacle" cho-
rused a dozen Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution as their sightseeing
trip thru the big office building was
interrupted by the crowds following
the young secretaries.
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THOUGHTS ON TINE.

The more a man has to do with
time. the more he appreciates it's
worth. -
Napoleon planned his battles in
minutes. j. P. Morgan, the elder,
one stated that his time was worth
800 a minute. A man would not feel
very comfortable wasting the time of
such men.
In talking recently with a very sue
cessful business man. he told me of
the loss of a great sale of real estate,
amounting to many thousands of dol
lars in profit, because one man failed
TO appear at the appointed time to
clinch the sale. He told me that men
who would never think of stealing a
mans money, would deliberately and
unthinkingly steal his time.
1 know of another man. who draws
a salary of $4,000 a year. who re-
fuses to see a man who is not on time
for his appointment
There is so much time. apparently.
that many people think that they can
waste it with impunity.
But there is nothing more valuable
in this world than time.
Every minute we grow old. wise OF
weak, great or small. If you lose
money. you may earn IL again-but
time never comes back, and Oil the
money in the world cannot buy a min
ute that has slipped by unused.
And there is so much that you can
do with time. II you cannot do any
thing else with it, you can smile in its
face and make the world trot on with
a lighter burden.
Don't play with time. Take il seri-
ously. Use il 10 its full Make yeur
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QuestionS-.Answers

Q. What is Harry Houdinfs correct
name and is he an American 81. III. V.
A. Houdini was born April 6, 1874, in
Appleton, wis. His name was Harry
Weiss. but has been changed legally to
Q. When was the first English subway
A. 1t was built in London from GeFent
Garden to st. Martins Lane, by the Lon
don county council, in 1862.
g Should onion tops be fed to poultry
A. The tops of onions are eaten in
moderate quantities by all kinds of poul-
about to be used for table purposes, and
from those producing eggs for food, be-
cause the flavor will be Impaired to flesh
Q. How many years has the United
States spent at war?-M. H.
A Between April II, 1875, and Novem-
in some kind of warfare during one hun
q Who is the richest Indian in Amer
A Jackson Barnett Cherokee, has this
q. what countries lead in manufacture
and number of automobiles in use
A An unofficial estimate gives United
States first place, Canada second, and
O.. What race horse was named for a
presidents mother?-T. ].
A. Nancy Hanks. a famous American
Abraham Lincoln. In 1892: tins horse
broke the trotting record Of Sunol: 2:Ost.
by a mile in :O5h This record she low
Q. Has any senator. ever been elected
president7-A. c. e.
A. No president has ever been elected
to that office directly from the United
States senate. President Garfield had been
elected to the senate from Ohio-fn 1880, but
was elected president before taking his
seat as senator. President Benjamin Har-
rison served in the senate from 1881 to 1887.
He was elected president in 1883. Eight
presidents in all have served as senator's
at some time before being elected to the
presidency.
Of paper money for gold during the Civil
war?-L W.
A. In July and August. 1864. one hun
dred dollars in greenbacks were worth only
thirty mine dollars in gold.
Q Where was the first theatrical COM
pany formed in America w. d. c.
A. The first company organized in
America for the presentation of drama was
formed in Philadelphia in 1749 The first
permanent playhouse was builtN there in
1766. A portion of ITS walls still stand.
O. What is the game Of Bagatelle?-H
A. This is a game, some forms of which
are akin to pool. In that IT is played with
balls and cues upon cushion-rimmed ta-
bic.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-22
WITHDRAWS TEACHER BONUS.
Texas Philanfhropist Peeved Because
+. Teachers Joined Labor Federation.

San Antonio. /Tex., April a.
George w. Breckenridge, local phiian-
thropist. whose benefactions to uni
versities and public schools in Texas,
New York and other states have famed
him as a friend of public, education.
has withdrawn an offer of $50, 600 to
a bonus fund for local school teachers
for the reason that the stipulated bal
ance of this fund has not been sub
scribed.
In notifying the school board Of his
action, Mr.. Breckenridge deplored the
action of the local teachers associa-
ton joining the National Federation of
Teachers, a body affiliated with the
American Federation OF Labor. He
takes the position that public service
employees in general and school teach
ers in particular, have no right to
align themselves with any faction of
special interest in the economic and
political life of the community.
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A PARTY.
CHAPTER 50,

CHAPTER IS.
I'm going to give a party, Roberti"
told him at breakfast the next morn
ing. Long after he slept thought of
how 1 could win him back. That was
the way 1 felt. Marion Hovey had
more of hold on him than I did.
must get him away without letting
him know 1 was doing #.
"Hurrah! I'm for that! When will
you have it?"
I'm a day or two. I'll have the
Weeds and Murphys and Mary and
Gardner. and Marion HoVey.'
Marion would be the odd one.
Have her sonne other time"
Il thought perhaps would ask
Jack Tate"
II wouldn't - the place is too
small"
IAN right. just the three couples be-
sides ourselves. We will have two
tables for bridge if we would care to
play"
My heart sang for joy. I didn't
quite. understand his reason, but that
Robert had objected to having Marion
Hovey made me happy. 1 was de-
lighted that I had mentioned her. He
would not think me jealous.
L was trying very hard to make
Robert happy. I had tried always, but
not so consciously. That day at Mar
ion Hovey's had convinced me that
hold him, or win back the lover had
almost, if not quite, lost.
Yet I could see no way to change
our manner of living. Roberts salary.
was so small. over and over 1 turned
things in my mind in the long almost
idle days when we first took Mary's
flat. 1 could loaf. as Gardner called
it, better after a few days absence
from the shop. In fact. sort of in
ertia seemed to creep over me, and I
sat for hours staring out of the win
dow thinking OF the future, how to
make it happy.
We had been in the flat just week
when / gave my party, The first few
days I had noticed no particular
change in Robert. save in his appetite
He went out Immediately after dinner
once that week, and had been with
Marion that second night. Perhaps he
had also gone to her the night he went
out after dinner.
But when l commenced to make
preparations for my party, he seemed
to all at once feel some responsibility.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

The funeral OF Carl Robert Hanson, age
(. who died April - at his residence, 227
Monroe street. Will be held Friday after
noon at O'Clock from the residence.
Burial in Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Graveson, age
81, who died April - at the residence, 800
Branner street, will be held Friday after
noon at O'Clock from Penwelfs chapel.
Burial in Topeka cemetery. o.,
TELLER FISHER. age Il, son of MIL
lard Fisher, formerly of Topeka, died
April 20 in Kansas City, Mo. The funeral
will be held Saturday morning at 10
o'clock from Stonestreet's chapel. Burial
in Sopeka cemetery.
MARTIN A. JOHNSON, age 81, died
Wednesday at his home, 2204 Buchanan
street. He came to Kansas in 1879 from
Kentucky and settled on farm near Au-
burn. Seventeen years ago he moved to
Topeka. He is survived by eight chill
dren-D. Il. and r. p. johnson and Mrs:
S. It. Titus of Topeka; I. B.. W. II. and
A. w. johnson of Kansas City; J. J.
johnson of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. D. W.
Washburn of Los Angeles. Cal. The funeral
will be held Friday morning at IL o'clock
from Penweil's chapel. Burial n Topeka
cemetery.
The funeral of Adeline Craighton. age
&C.. who died Monday night at her home.
229 Hancock street, will be held at 10 30
O'Clock Friday morning from shella-
bargers chapel. Burial in topeka GENE
terry.
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NO STATION NOW
Continual from Page one.J


like improvements. But in such work
we can offer collateral security"
THE rapidity with which new sta
tons will be erected and other i'm 4
provements installed depended. he de-
clared. upon the, attitude taken by the
national govrnment toward the rail-
roads plans.
Just what do you think of the gov
ernment's attitude at this timer he
was asked.
Right now 1 can't say as there has
been little action taken. 1t is too soon
after the return of the railroads to
private ownership" he said. "Appar-
emily it is sympathetic. We have APP
plication for increased rates before the
government at this time"
The labor situation was discussed
possibly four seconds. 1t took Mr.
Gray that long to state that he didn't
wish to talk on ii.
That" he said, lis a very. very
serious question and one l don't de-
sire to discuss"
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THREE LOSE THEIR JOBS.
Political Differences Cause for Re-
oval From Oklahoma Commission.

Oklahoma City, April 22.-Three
members of the state corporation COM
mission were today summarily removed
from that body.
The members were o. r. Thraves,
attorney for the commission; H. l.
Claiborne, chief clerk of the oil and
gas department. and ]. E. Scott, COM
mission secretary
1t is rumored that the dismissal was
the result of political differences. a1tho
Commissioner -Echols refused to be
gu oted on this.
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ON PROFFTEERING CHARGES.
Cudahy Manager Alleged to Have
Roasted Meat Prices

New, York, April 22.-The fourth ar
rest in a few days of Brooklyn Brook
Ign managers of big packing houses for
alleged profiteering came Wednesday
when Oliver H. Saunders, manager OF
the Cudahy Packing company, was
taken into custody.
1t was alleged he sold at 81 cents a
pouRd of meat similar to that which
few days before he had sold at 20
cents. He was held in $500 bail for
examination May 5.
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keep the other up all my life-even
for you"
She found herself caught in bears
hug.
'Charita, darling, that's why I
brought you. It's I that's the fake"
She looked up into the boys face.
Henry she said softly, my name is
really Charity"
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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minutes burst with the worth that you
are able to put into-them. Time be-
longs to anybody and everybody
The two freest things in the world
are time and air. You could not
travel an inch without either.
Then make the most of them!
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Lords Flowers Satisfy Tel. s.7
Adv


Wall St, Me- York, April 2.-ST6CKS--
Stocks were heavy to weak in the early
period of today's active session but recov-
cred generally later. Easy money and
steady buying OF STANDARD Issues caused
mated 10000 shares
Yesterdays l.eakest features made add
tionaI recoveries in the last hour General
Motors extending its rally to over 70 points.
The closing KaG firm.
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WILL DEPoRT Won KAPP.
Swedish Government However, VIII
Not Deliver RcvoIatfonist to Germany.

Stockholm, April 22.-The govern
ment has ordered deportation Of DR..
Wolfgang Won Kapp, leader of the
German insurrection. on the ground
that he entered Sweden under a
forged passport.
Won xapp will be under police 50
pervision until the details of his de-
portation have been decided He will
not be extradited to Germany. it was
understood.
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enlarged rather than cut down. The
impossibility OF taking care of the
great increase in every way is the
greatest problem that hampers the
railways today. The difficulty is the
problem of financing Improvements
needed to take care of the growth
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Ice Housc ColIapses-Three

Chicago. April 22.-Three men were
dead today and four seriously injured
house which was being wrecked yes
terdaS AT Antioch, Ill.
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Killed by Bursting Emery wheel.

Bristow, Okla, April 22.-C. E.
Roundtree was killed. when an emery
wheel burst, driving parts of saw he
was sharpening into his body.
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The proposal to substitute a tax on
sales for the excess profits tax as a
revenue raiser has made so much
progress in popular favor that the
Hearst papers have come out
against it,
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Chicago Grain and Provision Nal

Chicago, April 22-CORN-CIose: May
s1-G6lt a. $685.; July. st5sa4 @159; Septem-
oATs~May. 94Ge4ssc; July, 41sds4ssc;
September. 1914 @T3Hc.
PORK-May, 1855; July, $500.
LARD-May, $19.05; July, 5000; Sept
secs.
RIBS May. s17.s2d1Is5; July. sis.57;
September, 1920.
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New York Liberty Bond Market.

New York, April Puberty bonds close
31a's 81. 40; first as, $500: second As, $50;
first as, $40: second AIS, $500; third
41.'s 91do; fourth AS, 5000; Victory
3A's, 963O; Victory AXIS. $3.50.
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Local Mention

We can still take a limited number
in Pepp's Coal Savings Plan. Topeka
Coal Co., Elks' Building. Phone 1872
DR.. Lyngar. Dentist. sos Kansas Ave.
ADV.
Cash paid for liberty bonds. John
Kleinhans. s27 Quincy. Phone 2761-J.
ADV.
Safety razor blades sharpened better
than new, 25c-35c doz. Culver Hard
ware Co.-Adv.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Day porter to work in manu-
featuring plant. Steady position to right
party. Inquire Hall Litho. Co.
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FURNISHED by T. Myers. Columbian Bldg
New York, April y
Arizona republican., 1920-04-01

which had kept us so long in Mexico; indirectly all our recent woes were due to that delay.
 All of us looked to Jordan Spence for an opinion since he was pbysi- elan of renown.
 Miss Lorimer was <hypnotized; l conclude from the evidence you have The venerable Vanilla was probably one of the grandest hypnotists of this or any other time. It's a pity the old woman is dead. I would like to study her methods" he added
 -She was sure some expert" put in my husband. At one time she had most of the Lorimer tribe under her control"
 I flushed guiltily although it wasn't clear why I should feel like a crim inal because the old woman had hyp- notized me. I flushed just hecause Bob had spoken in a particular way he has. That blush was the first dis agreeable little shock I had since our reunion I wished that I could stop blushing for nothing at all as I had done thousand times since my mar riage. Bob certainly had an unfor- tunate influence upon me. I was glad to hear Spence speak again:
 "You cannot prove anything about spiritualism by anything in hypnotism. without uOuDl, hypnotism to deceive individuals as we'll as crowds. Of course we all ad- init that hynotism exists as fact. The word is from the Greek. It means sleep The practice was known to ancient conjurors. It is employed to- day by reliable physicians in curing hysteria- sometimes in working moral reform, in nervous diseases"
 Like shells shock interrupted Bob.
 'sBut it hasn't a thing to do with the
Arizona republican., 1920-04-01

Spence continued People think it has because an individual in q hyp- notic sleep reacts easily to the power of suggestion Dame Camilla put Miss Lorimer to sleep and kept her asleep in a manner truly scientific. I guess witches have been burned at the stake just because they possessed similar power
 Donna Camilla said that Chrys' soul had left her body and it would get lost if Chrys was wakened before her soul came back" I said, just to make Spence talk a little longer on the sub ject
 ''That is an ancient belief and a primitive one. Today, certain natives of Australia believe that when they are asleep their other selves visit strange places and that they often talk with the dead. Plainly, that is a sav- ages interpretation of a dream.
 And so we go round and round in a circle. Hypnotism is not a mani festation of the occult, neither is a dream said Chrys. But lots of per sons confuse both with spiritism. If the latter could be only separated and be made to stand alone. perhaps you cynics would grow tolerant" she re- marked a bit grossly.
 Later in the day when Bob and I were alone together, I said:
 "Chrys is so mystical and such a firm believer in spiritiSm. Jordan Spence is so opposed to it. What kind of a marriage will theirs turn out to be, do you think ?'
 Bob whistled but did not reply.
 Gro be continued.)