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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
"LIEUT." BALL SKIPS
Man Who Did Recruiting Work Here
Left I.andlady Holding Sack.

Hutchinson, Kan, Aug. 5.-Alden
E. Ball of Topeka, representing him
self to be from the Kansas adjutant
generals department, and who mus
tered into service a battalion of artil-
lery here. has disappeared. leaving his
sword and uniform at hotel, where
his board bill was left unpaid.
Alden E. Ball is the man who at
tempted to reorganize Battery A in
Topeka, and was known here as Lieu
tenant Ball. He was in Topeka for
several weeks but was not able to re-
cruit a battery. He told Topeka citi-
zens he had recently located in To-
peka and was neglecting his business
to recruit the battery.
He has never represented the Kan
sas adjutant general. according to a
statement from that office today. The
adjutant general has no authority in
such affairs until the battery is mus
tered into service. He was not serv-
ing the adjutant general IN Hutchin-
son, it was said today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
NATIONAL CHIEFS
Continued from Page one.l

CONTINUED from rage One.l
that the men violated their contract in
striking.
There was no change in the idleness
situation at the 3s mines affected by
the strike. The men went out a week
ago because the companies deducted
from their pay fines because they did
not work on Saturdays. President
Lewis yesterday wired to the local
unions involved instruction to put the
men back at work Immediately.
He also wired Alexander Howat, the
district president den Juncing him for
his attitude and threatening to take
over the district union affairs. Howat
replied with a vigorous message de-
claring that no consideration would
be given to the insulting message
of the international president.
Having defied all civil powers in
the state, Howat now refuses TO recog
ton. In doing so. Howat called upon
Lewis to do your worst"
Denounced by Lewis as a man de-
void of honor. Howat refused to halt
his mad course" which the interna-
tional president sale was reducing
miners to state of poverty. Instead,
Howat invited Lewis to a contest as to
who is "demagogue" and called the
latter's reprimand a "cowardly insult"
Howat accused Lewis of appearing
more concerned about the welfare of
the operators than the miners.
]. L. Lewis, international president
of the L. NJ. w. A, today said he
would take no further action at pres
ent in regard to the strike situation in
the Kansas coal fields until he had
report from the committee of execu-
tive board members which has been
sent to Kansas to make an investiga-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
IT'S CHIEF SPORT
Democrats Who Joined 6. 0. P.
= at Primary Numbered 1920.
And Challengers Didn't Faint
From OverwOrk.
SHERIFF VOTE THE HEAVIEST
Late Doctor Harding Got Six
Socialist Ballots,
Billiard, "MOist" Candidate for
Congress, POIIed 671. |

shawnee county Democrats who
Joined the Republicans at the primary
eiection to boost a friend or swat an
enemy numbered 1920. At the gem
eral election two years ago the total
democratic strength was 2.293. AT
the primary election Tuesday there
were only S73 Bourbon votes cast, a
difference Of 1920.
politicians. however, are becoming
accustomed to this trick made posi-
Die by the open primary. True. coca
slonally there are challengers but they
didn't draw pay for any hard work
they did as the Democrats poured to
the polls Tuesday and called for Re
publican ballots.
Sheriff Vote Heaviest.
The Republicans did their heaviest
voting on sheriff The total vote on
12.99G.
The only contest in the Democratic
ranks was for nomination for repre-
sentative from the Thirty-fifth dis
tFict. H G. Stephens and J. w. Rus
sell both wanted the job. Russell
Won by 1872 votes, against 121 for
Stephens.
Late Doctor Harding Got Votes.
The Socialists voting in the county
numbered seventeen. AlthO DR.. Eva
Harding, Socialist candidate for United
States senator, died before primary
day her name appeared on the Social
list ballot and she received six votes.
ty on governor and for congress fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
BOOKS ARE OPEN AGAIN
Persons Who Didn't Register for Pri-
mary Can Do So for General.

The registration books opened again
today in the city clerks office for the
November election.
Scores of persons who failed to reg
lister for the primary went to the polls
Tuesday only to find they could not
vote. The new state law requires that
everyone who wishes to vote this year
must register. regardless of how long
he has lived in the same place or
whether or not he has voted at every
general election.
Those who registered before the pri-
mary need not register again to vote
at the general election, even tho they
did not vote at the primary, according
to Miss Alice Peyton, registration
clerk, provided the registrant does not
change residence. In case one moves
from the house where he lived at the
time of registration, it will be neces-
sary to register again in order to vote
in November.
The books will be open from a.
m. to IL o'clock. noon and from 1 p
m. to D. m. until October az.
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$3.s69. 13T.174 s.. sd. a.
CTvIL WAR VETERANS DIES.
Addison SIusser. IS, Had Lived Hero
"A Years.

Addison Slusser. age rs, a veteran
or the Civil war and for forty-four
years a resident of Topeka. died Wed
street.
Mr.. Slusser was born in Huron
county, Ohio. April II, 1912. In 1919
he moved with his parents to Illinois
where he lived until the outbreak y,
the Civil war. He enlisted in the
Si1ty-fourth Illinois infantry in 1863
and served until the end of the vvsr
In 1875 he came to Crawford county.
Kansas, and moved to Topeka in 1875.
The following year he married Miss
Anna Brashear
He is survived by his wife and two
sons. E. J. Slusser. of Detroit, and
F. d. Slusser, of Topeka. The funeral
will be held at 10 O'Clock FRIDAY
morning from PenwelIs chapel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
LATE MARKETS


Kansas City, Aug. 5-wHEAT-Cash,
Market ia los higher. No hard, $2+4a
2.49; No. hard, S2.40@2.69: No. 1 red
81. 45@252: No. = red. S2.4Gd25G.
CORN-Market &c to &c higher. No.
mixed. $1.50@ Isl: No. ) mixed, $1.4T6l
Las; No. 2 white. $3.50: No. white, $1.44
No: 2 yellow, S1.52; No. yellow, $1.47Q
LAB.
OATS-Market 1c to &c higher No. .
white, T4e; No. mixed, 6sG70c; No. > red
70d Tic.
RYE-S2O5
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-$2 3od2. so
SHORTS-$2.s71s.
BRAN-$205. -.
wHEAT-Receipts 21s cars
WHEAT-Close: December, $2.36; Mar.
CORN-september, s14O9s; December
81 211s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
TO ENGAGEMENT IN FORCE.
G. A. r. Veterans In Kansas Looking
Forward to Indiana Trip.

Forward to Indiana Trip.
The Kansas department of the G.
A. r. will be present at the annual
encampment in Indianapolis. Septem-
Der 1925, in full force, women-folks
and all, according to announcement
made this afternoon by George That
cher, adjutant general OF the depart
ment.
4There aren't many of US left any
more" said Thatcher, but those of
ius that are sure will be at the jubi-
lee"
The department is waiting for final
announcements from the railroads re-
garding rates. before making definite
arrangements as to which road the Of
fetal trains will be routed over. Six
or eight sleepers probably will be run
from different points in Kansas; one
each from Wichita, Newton. Great
Bend, Fort Scott and Hays City, and
two from Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
BUDGET BUGABoO REMAINS.
commissioners Having Hard Time
Making Tax Levy Go Round. !.

Commissioners Having Hard Time
Making Tax Levy Go Round.
1.-The budget bugaboo still exists at
the city hall.
The commissioners this afternoon
closted themselves in the office of
Mayor H. J. CorWine in an effort to
get together on appropriations for
1921. The requirements for the vari-
Gus departments are far more than
the revenue which the six-mill tax will
yield
The meeting started this morning
and. after working two hours, the
Moved. Little hope was entertained
Of getting matters entirely straight
ened out today. Many departments. it
was said, will have to dispense with
actual necessities in 1921 in order to
make. the small tax go round.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
T.. B. CLINIC TOMORROW.
Health Officer Urges People to Have
Free Examination.


Recommendation that every person
in Topeka who has recently suffered
an attack of influenza. whooping
cough, measles or pneumonia come to
his office and be examined for tuber-
culosis. were made today by DIR. Earle
G. Brown, city health officer. The
clinics are held every Friday after
noon at 3 O'Clock. There is no charge
for examination.
Last month twenty new cases of tu-
berculosis were reported to the city
health department. bringing the total
up to seventy-nine since January /.
Only eighty-six cases were reported all
last year.
The four diseases mentioned, Doctor
Brown asserted, usually are the ones
that weaken the system and invite tu-
berculosis. This disease. when taken
in the early stages, is durable, but If
allowed to run long results in poor
health and eventually in death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
New York Money Market.

New York, Aug. 5-MONEY-Mercantile
paper, per cent. Exchange. firm. Ster-
ling, GO day bills, 3:57; commercial, 60 day
pills on banks, 3.5I commercial. 60 day
Francs, demand, FPS: cables. 40. Reigian
francs. demand. 7.76; cables. IT'S Marks,
change on Montreal. liz per cent discount
Government and railroad bonds. steady.
Time loans, strong; go days, 30 days and 6
months. 9.
Call money, steady; high. 7; low. G: rul-
ing rate, Z; closing bid 6; offered at g.;
last loan, g. Bank acceptances, 6is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
HAD NO TIME TO VOTE.
Six-to-Six Period Not Enough for La
boring Men,

E E. Heidi. supervisor of elections
at Highland Park. may present a Pc
tition TO the Shawnee county commits
sioners asking that the polls remain
open there from in the morning un-
til o'clock in the evening. Highland
Park residents claimed that many
working men were denied vote be-
cause the to rule was enforced
there and they didn't get an opportun-
ity to vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

New York. Aug. 5.-Parley P. Chris
Jensen. presidential nominee of the
Farm-Labor party, today issued
statement denying that the party was
controlled by Industrial Workers of
the World. as charged in Salt Lake
City last night by two party leaders re-
signing from the Utah state organiza-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

Chicago, Aug. 5.-BUTTER-Mnrket un-
changed.
EGGS-Market lower. Receipts 1O140
cases. Firsts, 441S@4513c; ordinary firsts.
41@42c; at mark, cases included, i36I 45c
storage packed extras, 471ac; ditto firsts,
4Tc
POULTRY-Alive. unchanged.
POTATOES-Market weaker. Receipts IS
cars. Eastern. $7OOG7.50 barrel: Missouri
and Kansas Early Ohios, $3.T5G3.S5; Cali
fornia white, S4.00@4.15.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

Kansas City, Aug. 5.-HAY-Alfalfa, SOC
a ton up: other varieties. unchanged.
Alfalfa No. l. S2T 5Od 1900; No. 2, S20.J06
200; No. 3, ST. O0M2O00.
Prairie No. 1, S17.J0Cd 1900; No. ., S1500d
Il 90: No. 3. $1,000 14.50. -..--
Timothy No. 1. s26. 5O0 %. so; No. ., S21. sc
1880; No. 3, S15.506z 29.O0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

at the morning services at the Kansas
avenue Methodist church, both next
Sunday and the following Sunday.
Mr.. Stanley will also speak at the
union service next Sunday, held on the
lawn of the Second Presbyterian
church. corner of Jackson and Gordon
streets.
The executive committee of Blue
Corps No. will meet Friday afternoon
at 1850 o'clock at the home of the
chairman, Mrs. Clouse. 1892 Central
avenue.
VIM. H. Smith, who died July 80.
1920, aged IS years, was born in
Hampshire county. West Virginia, May
10. 1912. He was a Civil war veteran
and was corporal in Company c,
First regiment, West Virginia cavalry.
Following his discharge at the close
OF the war. he Joined his parents. who
had moved to Illinois in 1864. March
s, 1853, he was married to Martha A.
Lewis of Fayette county. Illinois. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith came to Kansas in the
fall of 1858 and celebrated their gold
en- wedding March 8, 1918. Mrs.
Smith died August IL, 1918.
Mr.. Smith is survived by four chill
dren. Mrs. o. A. Rumbaugh, Mrs
Henry Reecer, ]. G. Smith, allsof To-
peka, and Morris Smith of Poke, Neb.;
eleven grandchildren and two broth
ers John w. and Joseph M, of Oska-
loosa, Kan.
Mr.. Smith was member of the
Second Presbyterian church. The fu-
neral services were conducted at the
home of his son Monday afternoon by
the Rev. George r. Jackman. The
burial was in Rochester cemetery.
Notes and Personals.
Mr.. and Mrs Russell Whaley, go
Quincy street. are the parents of a
son, born yesterday afternoon at st.
Francis hospital. Mrs. Whaley, be-
fore her marriage was Miss Pearl
Baer. The baby is a grandchild of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. r. Baer and of Mr..
William Whaley.
About fifteen members of the Chris
tan Endeavor society of the Second
Presbyterian church. spent last even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla
Gordon in the Taylor tract.
The funeral service of Mrs. Stella
Lock, who died July % at Bozeman.
Mont, will be held at Converts
! Chapel, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial will be in Rochester cemetery.
Mrs Lock was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Shaffer of north of town on
| the Kansas avenue road.
! Boston cream pies Saturday spe-
cial. Csc each. Old Home Bakery,
8101z n. Kansas Ave.-Adv.
! Saturday special. Cream puffs, soc
per dozen. Old Home Bakery. $40 n
! N Kansas Ave-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
CUT STATE TAX
fects practically every piece of real
estate in Kansas.
Figures bY CountIes.

Assessed valuations of Kansas coun-
ties and state taxes to be paid by each
county under the new 1920 state levy
follow:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

Wall St., New York, Aug. 5.-STOCKS-
Liquidation of low priced industriaIs
caused a resumption of bear attacks against
n wide variety of specialties. Sales ap-
proximated 100000 shares
Violent declines occurred in n number of
stocks in the final hour. including ship
pings and feathers. The close was weak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

New York. Aug. 5.-Liberty bonds close
315's, 909S; first As. $3.50; second As "a 81 !;
first AIS. 1886; second AIS. 1854: third
AIS, $50; fourth Az s.. $3.50; Victory
3A's, $3.50; Victory AIS, $50.
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North Topeka News

Items for this column may be left Mt
PetFo's drug store. or telephone Eleanor
klmbalI, 1881 after O'Clock. Other
hours, $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

Sew York Ldhertx Bond Marked.

New Orleans, Aug 5-COTTON-Spot
Iuiet, 10 points down; middling, 800.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

New York Cotton Market.
New York, Aug 5.-COTTON-Spot
quiet; middhng, $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

The executive committee of Blue
Corps No. will meet Friday afternoon
at 1850 o'clock at the home of the
chairman, Mrs. Clouse, 1892 Central
avenue.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-06
CANADA PUTS UP
IMMIGRATION BARS
New Order Raises the Money Re-
quirement from $50 to $3.50 for
Skilled and Unskilled Labor

Ottawa, Dec. 6.-The Canadian
government has passed an order in
council intending to restrict immigra-
ton of mechanics, artisans and labor
ers by increasing the individual f.
nancial entrance requirements from
$50 to $3.50. This was done in order
to alleviate the condition of unem-
ployment now prevailing in the do
minion.
The order becomes effective along
the international boundary on Dec.
Is and at ocean ports on Jan. 1.
The new order does not affect tour
lists, commercial travellers or return
ing Canadians. 1t states that "a con-
siderable amount of unemployment
prevails in parts of Canada and that
the prospects for employment are not
likely to improve during the next few
months"
Paragraphs 1 to of the former
order in council applicable to mechan.
| les, artisans and laborers have beer
suspended and four others Substitut
led. The first provision says:
"No immigrant of the mechanic
artisan or laborer classes, whether
skilled or unskilled, shall be allowed
to land in Canada unless he possesses
in his own right, money to tn,
amount of $3.50, and, in addition
transportation to his destination il
Canada"
1t is provided in the second para
graph that if an immigrant of tn
classes mentioned in accompanied b,
his family, he must possess, in addi
tion to transportation for his famil,
to their destination, a further sum o
$l25 for every member 18 years oil
or over, and $50 for each child fiv
years old and under 18 years.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-06
CIRCUS DAY
The RhOda Royal Grandest and Best
Shows Coming Soon

The RhOda Royal Grandest and Best
Shows Coming Soon
The all-absorbing topic of the day
seems to be "are you going to the
circus?" No amusement. whether
tented or otherwise, has ever caused
the preliminary enthusiasm that the
Rhoda Royal shows have by the an
nouncemnt that they would appear in
Ocala Tuesday, December 14th.
In view of the fact that this Won
derful geologic, etnologic, equine and
Ihippodrome exhibition is the superior
OF all similar enterprises, employing
as it does. more cars to transport it
more people to conduct its various
departments. more horses. wagons
larger tents, and the greatest mum.
Der Of performers ever amassed un.
der one management, it is not sur.
prising that it is today the worlds
representative show.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-06
PLANS PREPARED
FOR DEPOT PLAZA
City Engineers Drawings VIII be
Sumitted to Board of Trade
Thursday Night

Drawings which the city engineer
has made for the proposed opening of
North Main street and the beautifica-
tion of the union station plaza will
be submitted to the Marion County
Board of Trade at it's regular meeting
Thursday night at o'clock. The lay
out of the proposed improvements
was made at the instance of Council
man A. T. Thomas at the request of
the Board of Trade committee, and
as soon as aprpvoed will be submitted
to the railroads. AS it happens the
city council meets prior to the Board
of Trade and the plans will be sub
mitted to the council tomorrow night
for approval.
The proposed plans for the open
I ing of Main street and the improve
ment of the union station plaza pro-
vide for garden plots of equal size on
either side of the street where it goes
through the block which the city has
just purchased for the purpose of
making the opening. This attractive
feature of the plans is the result of
the efforts made recently by the Ocala
Woman's Club At the request of the
Woman's Club the council agreed not
to sell the strips of property on either
side of Main street at this point. but
to retain them for parkways. The
! Woman's Club has agreed to see to it
that the parkways are properly laid
out and planted with shrubs Sand
flowers.
In the center of the union station
plaza the engineers drawings call fol
two garden plots, somewhat triangu.
lar in shape, with gracefully curved
4 corners. They are in reality one
large triangular shaped plot, with the
base of the triangle near the station
and the apex near Magnolia street
cut into an extension of the drivewa!
lof Main street. Around the two plot:
will be the driveways leading to ant
from the station, and wide enough t.
prevent congestion of traffic. 1t il
proposed that the two garden plots b.
included within concrete curbing
{ filled in with good soil, and planted il
J grass, flowers, shrubs and palms.
At Thursday nights meeting tn,
Board of Trade will be asked to de
eide whether Ocala shall entertain
the National Editorial Association Ol
. its tour of Florida in March next
: The State Press Association is plan
ming for 500 editors from all over tn
, United States. The cities and town
entertaining the editors are beini
D asked to bear their prorata share o
a the cost of the trip based on the
y lentgh of time spent in each place.
: The board of governors of tn
!. Board of Trade held lengthy meet
t ing last Thursday night to conside
the finances of the organization. 4
: report will be made on this matter. ;
f The white way committee will hay
e a report to make.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-12-06
OBREGON RECEIVED
MANY CALLERS
MexieO's New President Besieged by
Office Seekers and Jog
Hunters Galore
ASSOCIATED Press,

Mexico City, Dec. 6.-In a tiny,
rudely-furnished Office on the second
floor of building undergoing repairs
General Alvaro Obregon, as presi-
dent-elect, has received daily hun
dreds of men and women who came
here to plead their cause with him be-
fore his inauguration. Most of them
were Office seekers and claimants for
political favor and they spent long
hours waiting to tell General Obregon
in what particular way they helped
him in his ascendency and why they
should be rewarded. Their numbers
were so great that the president-elect
was at his Office seven hours a day,
seven days week and most of that
timew as consumed in patient hear
ing cf claims.
Following an arduous campaign
which eliminated in his overwhelming
election last September, General OBJ
Iregon came to Mexico City and es-
ltablished headquarters in the Office on
Avenida Madero where his candidacy
was conducted. The Office. small al
best, was divided by cloth partition
into private sanctum for the gen
eral and compact working quarters
for his several secretaries
Outside there were several ante.
chambers which, from $3.50 o'clock in
the morning when the president-eleci
Iarrived for work. until o'clock al
night, with a couple of hours allowed
for lunch. were crowded with people
There were numerous doors to
pass before the inner chamber is en-.
tered and at each stood two guards
who questioned closely all comers
Those with apparent legitimate reas-
ons for their presence were allowed
to proceed; the others were turned
back to join the ever-present throngs
in the corridors.
General Obregon has been quoted
as saying that one of the contributing
J elements to Mexico's unrest has beer
the popular belief that successful
} political candidate must reward every
one of his supporters. He has de-
scribed the system as pernicious be-
cause, in the event that such rewards
are not forthcoming, the erstwhile
supporter becomes an enemy and
sows the seeds of dissension and trou.
BILE. 1t is his wish, it is said, to abol-
ish the practice; to allow the repub.
: llic's president absolute freedom in the
choice of his servants at least to the
extent that failure to reward substan.
tally every man who was his booster
does not mean possible revolution
But the hundreds who gathered out.
side his Office daily apparently knew
nothing of this policy or if they die
they held on in the hope that excep
: tions would d-be made, because thei1
: numbers never diminished despite thu
: seven hours of conferences which th'
president-elect held every day. Some
: of them apparently have no other oc
; cupation. By way of diversion, Gen
|. eral Obregon provided a band whicl
: gave daily concerts in the courtyard