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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-17

We are 70 consider the shade
known as purple. IL is a color just
" IN repute among the sons and
daughters OF man. Emporers claim
u 1or their~espeCla dye. Good fel-
lows everywhere seek 20 bring their
noses TO the genial hue that follows
the commingling OF the red and
hlus. We say u princes that they
are born TO the purple. and no
doubt they are, for the collie tin8es
u cir faces with the ROYAL tint equal
" with the nub-nosed countenance
OF a woOdchopper's brat. All wom-
en- love it-when Il Is the fashion.
And now purple IS being worn.
You notice II on the streets. OF
course other cOlors are quite stylish
as well-in fact, i saw a lovely thing
the other day in olive green alba
trOss. with a tripie-lapped fOunce
skirt trimmed with insert squares
OF silk, and a draped fichu OF lace
opening over a shirred vest and dOu-
bic pun sleeves with a lace band
holding two gathered frills-but you
see lots OF purple too o. yes. you
do; just take a walk down Twenty
third street any afternoon.
Therefore Maida-the girl with
the big brown eyes and cinnamon
k'fAWAN4 AAHAA Ata GIG Ab'.'- AAhN t"tNA
said to Grace-the girl with the
rhinestoue. brooch and peppermint
pep5n flavor % her speech-'I'm
going 10 have a purple dress-a tai
tornado purple dress-fOr Thanks
giving"
"Of. are you" said Grace, putting
away some ~ gloves into the q
box Well It's me for red. You
see more red on Fifth avenue. And
the men all seem 10 like It."
"I like purple best" said Mazda.
And old SchlegeI has promised to
make Il for IS. It's going 20 be
lovely. I'm going to have a plated
skirt and a blouse coat trimmed
with "A band Of Ealloon under a
white cloth collar with two rows
Of"
"SIy bootsi" said Grace with ar
educated wink.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-17
THE PURPLE DRESS-By O. Henry

for him. He rever pinched the girls
arms when he passed them IA dark
corners or the store, and when ne
told them stories when business was
Gull and the girls g1ggled and said:
"Oh. pshawl" IL wasn't G.. Bernard
they meant at all. Besides being a
gentleman, Mr.. Ramsay was queer
and original in other ways. lie was
health crank, and believed that
IeCple should never eat anything
that was good for them. lie was
violently opposed TO anybody being
comfortable, and coming in out Of
snowstorms. or wearing overshoes,
or taking medicine. or coddling
themselves in any way. Every one
of the ten girls in the store chad
little pork chOp-and fried onion
dreams every night of becoming
Mrs Ramsay. For, next year old
Bachman was going to take him in
for a partner. And each one Of
them knew that if she should catch
him she would knock those cranky
health notions of his sky high be-
fore the wedding cake indigestion
was over.
Mr.. Ramsay was master OF cere-
monies at the dinners. Always they
had two Italians in TO play a violin
and harp and hada little dance in
the store.
And here were two dresses being
conceived TO charm Ramsay-one
purple ard the other red. OF course,
the other eight girls were going to
have dresses too. but they didn't
count Very likely they'd wear
some shirt waist .and-b lack-skirt-af
fairs-nothing as respondent as
purple or red.
Grace had saved her money, too.
/ She was going 10 buy her dress
ready-made. oh, what's the use Of
/ bothering with a tailor - when
you've got a figger it's easy TO get
a fit-the ready-made are intended
| for a perfect gger-except / have to
| have 'em taken in at the waist-the
! average fgger is so large wasted.
The night before Thanksgiving
/ CONTINUED ON PAGE 19D
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-17

fashionable department store, with
escalators and pompadours. II was
almost small lenough TO be called an
emporium: and you could actually
go in there and get waited on and
walk out again. And always at the
Thanksgiving dinIfers Mr.. Ramsay
oh, bother! / should have men
toned Mr.. Ramsay rat OF all. He
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-17

is more important than purple or
green, or even the red cranberry
sauce.
MMr. Ramsay was the head clerk;
and as far as am concerned I am
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-17

when Heller Says 1t. Oak. It's Oak.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-17

CONTINUED ON PAGE 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
WON'T BOTHER THE CLOCK
But 10000 Chicago Workers Will
Save Daylight This Summer jus.
the Same-Wiu Start Hour
Earlier.

Chicago, Jan. 2s. Sixty thousand
Chicago workers will save daylight
this year without performing an OPP
GRAFTON on the clock, it was learned to-
day.\
The packing industries will advance
the opening time one hour earlier dur
ing the spring and summer months if
the plan advocated by Louis f. Swift
is adopted. = ~ =
Neither legislation nor clock set
ting is necessary" Swift said. II be-
lieve a majority of the workers of the
city like TO get away from their labors
while there is time to have some out
door recreation during the summer
months.
Il do not favor action by any local
or state lawmaking body as that
would simply make a double time
standard necessary and that, of course,
is confusing to every one. The
simplest method and the one which 1
believe will appeal to many is to let
the clocks alone and merely begin
work one hour earlier in the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
Santa Fe Clerks
Write DUN Ten
Commandments

Satire is not confined to ancient
Greek literature. Occasionally the
santa Fe offices produce gem in
tended to hold upsto public view, per-
haps more in fun than earnest, the
precision and practices of great cor
Doration. Here is the latest satirioai
composition from an anonymous pen
called THE Ten Commandments, AS
Revised by the Clerks Union" fol-
lowing the mo vacation scare:
Thou shalt not chew gum on the company's
time.
Thou shalt not covet a better job. nor one
with more money, even tho injustice be
done We (for so II is written.
Thou shalt not carry on conversation dur
Ing working hours, even tho We are IN
sore perpleXity-
Thou shalt not lay off in case of death.
"docked."
Thou shalt not let thy job get behind even
tho thou hast more work than one man
can do.
Thou shalt not think evil thoughts about
thy superiors but obey them. for are We
naught but poor clerk, the scum Of the
earth2
Thou shalt not ask for more money, for ye
are not worth 1t.
Thou shalt have no grievances and should
We have any no heed shall be paid to them.
Thou shalt not wash thy hands and thy
face company time, for If thou art
dirty.
Thou shalt not kick If thy check is ten dol
lars short. for is it not a privilege to
work for this company?
Words by President Harrison.
Music by Henry J. Allen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28

article XVI concerning the economic
boycott"
Mandates.
The Lodge reservation on this point
was accepted unanimously. 1t pro-
vides that congress must decide
a mandate.
Domestic Questions
The Lodge reservation, reserving to
the United States the right to decide
what questions are within its domestic
jurisdiction, was accepted with a slight
m modification.
Monroe Doctrine:
The proposed change in this reserv-
alton, tentatively, agreed on, consisted
in striking from the Lodge reserva-
ton, these words: lis to be interpret
ed by the United States alone and
The effect of this simply was to soften
the reservation.
United States League Representatives /:
On this point the conferees proposed
to substitute for the Lodge reservation
shorter provision, regarded as sim
pier and less cumbersome and not
quite so drastic.
Preparations Commission:
The Lodge reservation was accepted.
League Expenses:
The conferees amended the Lodge
i SoSI N1llOh " PlONlQS IIdI lAc OIllOQ
States shall not be obliged for any
league expenses except services and
ordinary office expenses"
Disarmament:
On this point the language of the
Lodge reservation is: IF the United
States shall at any time adopt any
plan for the limitation of ornaments
proposed by the council of the League
of Nations under the provisions of Ar
ticle 8. it reserves the right to increase
such ornaments without the consent
of the council whenever the United
States is threatened with invasion or
engaged in war"
The substitute agreed on by con-
ferees reads:
mo plan for the limitation of arma-
ments proposed by the council of the
sions of Article shall be held as
binding the United States until the
same shall have been accepted by
congress"
Treatment of Alien Nationals.
The Lodge reservation with slight
changes was agreed to.
American Rights.
Lodge reservation agreed to.
Voting Power.
The so-called Lenroot reservation
designed to prevent any other nation
out voting the United States by the
aid of the votes of self governing col
onies was eliminated under tentative
agreement and the following substi-
tuted: Until part one, being the
covenant of the League of Nations,
shall be entitled to cast a number of
votes equal to that which any member
of the league and its self-governing
dominions. colonies. or parts of en-
pire, in the aggregate, shall be en-
titled to cast the United States as
sumed no obligations to be bound Gun
less it shall specifically consent in ad-
vance, by any election, decision. re-
port or finding of the council or as
sembly in which any member of the
league and it's self-governing domin-
ions, colonies or parts of empire in the
aggregate have cast more than one
vote.
1.-THE United States assumes no OBJ
legation to be bound by any decision,
report or finding of the council or as
sembly arising out Of any disputes be-
tween the United States and any MEM
Der of the league if such i-ember. or
any self-governing dominion, colony,
empire or part of empire united with
it politically has voted"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
Rheumatism
A Home Cure Given BY One
Who Had 1t

In the spring of 1898 I was attacked
by Muscular and Inflammatory Rheu-
matism. ! suffered as only those who
have it know, for over three years.
tried remedy after remedy, and doctor
after doctor, but such relief as re-
ceived was only temporary. Finally,
found remedy that cured me COM
pletely, and 1t has never returned.
have given 1t to a number who were
terribly afflicted and even bedridden
with Rheumatism, and it effected
cure in every case
want every sufferer from any form
of rheumatic trouble to try this mar
velous healing power. Don't send n
cent: simply mail your name and adj
dress and / will send Ii free 10 try.
After you have used 1t and 1t has
proven itself to be that long-looked- for
means of curing your rheumatism. you
may send the price of it. one dollnr.
but. understand, 1 do not want your
money unless you are perfectly satisfied
to send 1t. Isn't that fair? Why suffer
any longer when positive relief is thus
offered you free?7 Don't delay. Write
today.
Mark II. Jackson, No. 537F Quincy
Bldg. Syracuse, N. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
FINAL ADJOURNMENT TO-DAY.
Recessed Tuesday Night
Mt Aliens REQUEST

The legislature adjourned sine die
this morning. altho the official records
will show that the two houses quit
business Tuesday. Final messages
were received from Governor Allen this
morning relative to the signing of the
last bunch of legislative enactments.
Immediately the two houses adjourned
and the special session was ended.
When the house and senate met
Tuesday afternoon, a message was
sent by Governor Allen to the effect
that he desired the legislature to re-
cess until this morning. Several bills
had not been engrossed in time for
consideration by the state executive.
Among these bills was the Burdick
stock yards and packing house bill.
There was a rumor to the effect that
the governor might exercise his veto
on this bill. But this morning it was
signed.
Five bills were listed in the final
message to the legislature. One of
the bills signed was the Dudley hail
insurance enactment. This bill had
also been doped for slaughter.
Twenty days of actual legislative
session was the record for the special
gathering-not including Sundays.
While the session actually continued
into today. the adjournment resolution
fixed Tuesday as the time for quitting
all work. So the recess session will
be included in Tuesdays record. I'm
mediately following adjournment
Governor Allen left for Hutchinson,
where he will speak tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
j. C. sBUCK" THOMAS DEAD.
Funeral of Topeka Pioneer To Be
Held in Los Angeles,


J. B. Buck" Thomas. rs, formerly
of Topeka. died Jan. IS in Los Angeles,
Cal, according to word received by
his brother, AIonZa S. Thomas.
He was a son of the late Chester
Thomas; brother of Chester Thomas
Jr., former treasurer and sheriff of
Shawnee county; of the late Adolf
phas S. Thomas, of Silver Lake; Alon-
"a S. Thomas, of the Santa, Fe Watch
company; Frank S. Thomas and Mrs.
T. J. Hankla, of Topeka; Mrs. Charles
n. Dix, of Hot Springs, Ark, and Mrs.
Olive A. Robinson. of Chicago.
Thomas was born in Troy. Pa, May
25, 1S45, and came to Kansas in 1858.
In 1873 he married Miss Kitty Rix. a
sister of Charles n. Rix, former To-
peka banker, but for the last thirty
five years president of the First Ma
tionaI bank of Hot Springs.
The firm of H. C. Hawk" Lindsey
and j. B. Buck" Thomas, horse buy
ers was known to all old settlers.
Lindsey and Thomas circulated the
petition that resulted in the postoffice
being located at Fifth and Kansas
avenue.
Thomas went to Flagstaff, Ariz., as
timber agent for the government
under Garfie1d's administration He
went into the sheep raising business
later Under C1eveland's administra-
ton thru raising of the tariff on wool
most of the sheep raisers suffered
heavy financial losses, Thomas among
them.
Thomas had lived in California
many years. Until his retirement, he
was an employe of the Southern Cal
ifornia railroad. Besides his brothers
and sisters, he is survived by his
widow and two daughters, Irene and
Helen. Irene is manager Of the cos
tune department of the Universal
Film company. The funeral will be
held in Los Angeles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
BID FOR DOLLARS
European Debt to e. S. Pounds
Exchange Down.
American Money Now Mt Big
Premium Abroad.

London, Jan. 2S.-Foreign exchange
was demoralized today under the lead
of New York which slumped to $50
to the pound. representing a decline
OF about IS per cent from the normal.
Paris cheques at At francs to the
pound. and Belgian at 40, francs con-
tributed to the Generalization while
business with Italy was almost i'm
possible.
The. reasons for the decline of the
New York rate were the same as those
previously held responsible-the huge
accumulation of the debt of Europe
to America with the additional factor
that recently France and Belgium
have been buying dollars thru Lon
don. Lombard street does not con-
slider the decline unusual in view of
this debt which will reach a big figure
by the time of the resumption of the
payment of interest on the American
loans, and 1t would not be surprising
to see the rate go below $3.50 espe-
cially If the demand for dollars con-
Iinues.
So hurtfu1 to business are these con-
ditions that it is considered in the
street that the whole European finan-
cial position has reached a serious
stage and that unless something is
done the result will be chaos Nothing
can be CLEANED in official quarters re-
garding any action to remedy the
economic position and while some peo-
pie believe it will be best to let mat
tiers adjust themselves in the natural
way, others advocate official action. A
prominent member of one bank de-
scribed the situation thus:
Financial Europe at present is a
sick man. The patient needs slim
ulant. The question is as to when the
stimulant is going to be applied"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
CENSUS OVER FRIDAY
Topeka LISTS to Leavenworth Follow.
ing Enumerators' Meeting.

The census enumeration in Topeka
will probably be finished by Friday,
this week, according to Ralph T.
O'Neil. census inspector.
O'Neil has called a meeting of the
enumerators for Friday afternoon at
O'Clock at the federal building. The
work will be checked up at that time.
If the enumerators have not finished
by Friday. work will continue until it
is done, O'Neil point2 out.
After the completion of the census
enumeration. the lists will be sent in
to the office at Leavenworth. Ar
engagements will be made. however. to
provide opportunity for persons
missed in the enumeration to see that
their names are counted. Details by
which persons missed in the census
may be included will probably be an
nounced the latter part OF this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
PLEADS FOR NATIONAL GUARD.
Rose Urges Business Men to Encour-
age Enlistment of Employees.

Declaring that the. forces of dis
order were more highly organized in
the United States than were the forces
of order Col. John B. Rose, of the
spirited talk at the Chamber of Com
merce at noon today, appealing to
Topeka business men TO get behind a
movement for the reorganization OF
strengthening the force for order
Colonel Rose asserted that business
men must come to realize that they
have a definite duty toward the state
and the government Part of this
duty is to insure protection to it, to
their homes. families and business, he
declared.
Relations between labor and the
employer of labor must be brought
closer together if a clash of arms is
to be avoided in the future, Rose de-
cldred. He pointed out that there was
a certain spirit of lawlessness in every
community. He cited recent dis
turbances at Omaha and Boston as
examples of the sudden uprisings.
Rose mentioned the fact that for
forty years, until recently, there had
always been a battery of artillery in
Topeka He appealed to Topeka men
for a continuation of the time-honored
battery, and asked Topeka business
men to place the stamp of approval on
mem bershfp in the national guard by
endorsing it and approving of their
employees joining the organization.
In closing his talk agreement cards
reading as follows were passed out
among the business men:
Adjutant General. Topeka, KAN:
We agree to permit, and to urge, an
eligible men in our employ to joln the
| National Guard of Kansas
We agree to permit those IN our employ
/ who do enlist in the National Guard
to attend the regular drills. held at night.
and the yearly camp of Instruction heid by
! order of the war department, without
] charge against their vacation allowance
/ time. and without deduction from their
! salaries or pay it being understood that
such employees are exempt from jury duty
on account of their. enlistment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
LOOKING TO COURT
Kansas Miners Breaking Away
From Alex. HOwat.
Attorney General Returns to
File Union Complaint.

Alexander Howats iron rule is be-
ing broken in the Pittsburg coal fields,
according to word which Richard ].
Hopkins. attorney general. today
brought to Topeka. Union mine
workers IN the field are breaking away
from the Howat leadership. Hopkins
stated, and with the exception of radi-
Gals in the mining camps will look to
the court Of industrial relations instead
OF to Howat and strikes for future
relief.
Following his return from the Craw-
ford county fields, Hopkins today ar
ranged to file the first complaint be-
fore the new labor court. And this
complaint will be filed for union mine
workers whose leaders recently told
the legislature the new court could not
function. II is upon the attitude of
the mine workers themselves and
sentiment as expressed in Pittsburg
which led Hopkins to believe that
Howat is slipping.
'Howat in Pittsburg and in the min
ing camps isn't regarded as seriously
as he is in Topeka" Hopkins stated
today He isn't rated as the ferocious
chieftain by people in his own district.
His statements don't carry the same
weight rs they do when they are read
OulSlue the mining camps. But the
greatest evidence that Howat is losing
his grip is in the attitude of the men
who formerly looked TO him TO direct
,their couI Sc and refused to act without
his advice and counsel. Now these
men are looking to the new court of
industrial relations, for relief"
No Protest Strike.
Men summoned before him in Pitts
burg denied they had gone on a strike
eacrsf CT frF1 of In
'dustrial court. No arrests were made.
Instead the state is now preparing to
file a petition on behalf of the mine
workers.
Workers in the Kansas Coal COM
pany mine No. l appeared before
continued operation of the mine
which is owned by the Jackson
Walker interests. Operators assert
the mine cannot be handled profitably
and made to absorb wage increases.
The union miners, tho, have a diff
will next week ask the court to in
Vestigate conditions and to make find
ings and issue orders. 1t will prob
ably be the first case before the new
tribunal.
Investigation is also to start imme-
diately into a strike in the r. H. & B.
mine which is still in effect. This is
the strike which was ordered when
union miners protested against en-
Iployment of ]. H. Guffey, who worked
for the state during the recent gen.
eral strike. If this strike is found to
be in violation of provisions Of the
new act prosecutions will be launched.
There is a general tendency to give
the court q chance in spite of the
Howat action" said Hopkins "and ex-
cept in the case of a few radicals
Howats following is apparently leav-
4 ing him"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
FLETCHER HAS RESIGNED.
to Mexico Quits State
Department After Eighteen Years,

Washington. Jan. 2s.-Official an
nouncement that Henry P. Fletcher,
United States ambassador to Mexico,
has resigned was made today by Secre-
tary Of State Lansing.
Fletcher has sent his resignation to
President Wilson with a request that it
be acted on as soon as possible
Fletcher is now in New York and it
is not known whether he has any
plans for the future. His resignation
ends eighteen years in the diplomatic
service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28

One is dazzied in more ways than
one by the new millinery displays in
the show windows. The brilliant
eolors which always predominant in
the spring are dazzling in them
tha newest and most fashionable hats
are made Of the shiniest kind Of
straw and trimmed with the -hiniest
ribbons and flowers. Cellophane is
the name Of the newest millinery
feature. It is q beautiful shiny.
elfrnmering almost transparent sub
stance. in many cases like unto a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28

butterfly wing, truly one Of the pref
test innovations the millinery WORT
has known in many a year.
The sizes and shapes show greai
variety this season. the one COM
mandment seeming TO be that ther4
be no angles. Soft draping ami
smooth rolling brims are much III
evidence, and Egyptian and Chinese
colorings are given preference. Hero
are two smart little suit hat which
are very appealing especially for
shiny Visca straw made on the Off,
the-face lines which are SO popular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

r. HARRY FIGG, formerly of Topeka, a
brother of Charles Figg, of 11s0 Boswell
avenue, died Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
The body will probably be brought to To-
peka for burial. Funeral announcement
later.
The funeral of Mrs. william S. Middleton
was held Wednesday morning Mt 10 o'clock
from PenwelTs chapel Burial in Topeka
cemetery.
The funeral of Joe Etzel was held We'd
nesdny morning at o'clock from the st.
Joseph Catholic church. Burial IN Mt
Calvary cemetery.
Lords Flowers Satisfy. Tel. s27-
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-28

second degree will be put on. Re-
freshments will be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Blackheart and
sons, Clyde and Glen. of Zeandale, are
the guests of friends and relatives.
Mrs. W. A. Guffey of Hoyt was
taken to St. Francis hospital yesterday
to undergo a surgical operation.
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