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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
A. 0. U.W. OFFICERS
DIR. J. w. Graybill Elected
Grand Master Workman.
Thirty-Fourth Annual COnven-
tion Closes Today.
OFFICERS FOR 1921.

A. o. U. w. OF KANSAS.
Grand master workman-Dr. J. w. Gray
bilI, Newton.
Grand trustees-H. X. Benneson, Clay
Flaherty. Hanover.
Grand foreman-A. j. Van Vranken, Pratt.
Grand everseer-George Sheppard. Hutch
Grand -recorder-E. M.s Forde. Emporia.
Grahd treasurer--Fred L. Bell, wichita.
'6f4hd zsaedfcaIs Isexaminer-Dr. F.sW. Rob-
insen. - =,
For the fourth consecutive time DR..
J. w Graybills of Newton was elected
grand master workman Of the A. Q.
morning session of the thirty-fourth
annual convention today at the city
auditorium. If he completes his pres
ent term of office he will have served
sixteen years in official capacity with
the A. o. U. W. He was formerly
grand medical examiner of the lodge.
Contest in Only One OFFICE.
The office of grand master was the
only one over which there was any
contest. The voting under the Aus
tralian ballot system resulted in 57l
votes for Doctor Graybin, Newton
lodge No. IA: in 1876 votes for c. w
Garrison, Garnett lodge No. 242: and
29 votes for D. w. Naill. Herington
lodge No. 22S. Other officers were
Important action of the committee
on finance was an increase in the per
diem of the members of the grand
lodge to five dollars and an allowance
of pay for one day extra beyond the
time of the session of the grand lodge.
The committee rejected the recon-
mendation that fees for medical ex-
animation be increased from two to
five dollars.
Change i'm Constitution.
On recommendation of the labor
committee the constitution was
changed to grant each lodge of $50
members or less one representative in
the grand lodge and one additional
representative for each $50 additional
members or fraction thereof
Ed Weilep of Galena: j. c. Crider
of Fort Scott: Ed Wheeler of Kansas
City, all past grand master workmen,
were appointed as the committee on
neurology.
This afternoon the final session of
the lodge opened at O'Clock, conclud-
ing the three-day session attended by
nearly five hundred members of the
lodge from all parts of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
TO SHORTEN SENATE DEBATES
No Senator Will BE Allowed to Speak
More Than Once on Question.

No Senator Will Be Allowed to Speak
More Than Once on Question.
The senate this morning decided to
put on cloture rule which will operate
to shorten debate on unimportant
measures Under the new rule, which
was presented in the form of a reso-
luton by Senator Finley. of Neosho
county, no senator will be allowed to
speak more than once on any ques-
ton, and then for only five minutes,
with the exception of the author of
the bill under discussion and the max
er of a motion, each of whom may
make a second speech lasting not
more than three minutes.
The rule failed much of being en-
forced when Senators FrizzelI and
Hegler started indulging in personali-
ties in the discussion of Senator Friz-
zelFs reciprocal demurrage bill. Dis
cussion of the bill was modified to in
clude arraignments ofa the railroads,
the interstate commerce commission,
and nearly everything else connected
with the transportation system of the
country.
The senate recessed at noon, no
nearer an agreement on the bill than
they were when they started it.
The senate passed the free kinder
garten bill, after certain amendments
which will not affect the application
visions of the bill,-free kindergartens
are to be established in the schools of
cities of the first class, where the par
ents or guardians of forty or more
children within the area served by the
school in question. petition for it.
The senate killed a bill which would
have prevented insurance companies
from purchasing securities. stocks or
/ bonds, at less than par, and when list
| ing them as assets. list them at par.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
Woman s Corset
Was No Protection
Wealthy ST. Louis Man Found MUIR
dered in Own Auto-Was Also
Wearing Woman's Hosiery.

ST. Louis. March 9.-Stylishly
dressed and wearing a woman'S corset
and woman's silk stockings. the body
of Frank c. Herbst. president of the
Herbst Store FixtuIe Manufacturing g
company was found murdered in his
automobile late yesterday. Herbst
was shot twice from behind; one bull
let entered below the right shoulder
and another wounded the right arm.
Police were searching for a man
fashionably clothed who was seen to
run from the scene of the shooting
after three shots were heard by
neighbors.
Mrs. Ida Herbst, wife of the slain
man. could throw no light on the
murder.
Herbst weighed 225 pounds. Mem
bers of the family explained that he
wore the corset because of his obesity
and to act as a brace because of an
injury received in his youth. The silk
stockings, it was said. were worT; TO
fasten the corset garters onto to nre-
vent the corset from slipping up.-7
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Packing House Workers See No
Other Alternative.
Charge Packers Would Well
come WalkOut Now.
VAST QUANTITIES MEAT HE'LL
Packing Union Chiefs Resent
Wage Slash Announcement.
But Adjustment of Eight Hour
Day Is Chief Cause.

Omaha, Neb., March 9.-"To strike
or not to strike" was the question
facing Representatives of 400 unions of
packing plant employees meeting here
today.
Union leaders. angered by what they
termed the arbitrary action of the
packers in cutting wages IL u per cent
and abolishing the basic eight hour
day, intimated there was strong pos
sibility of strike being called.
Dennis Lane, secretary of the Anal.
gamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
union, declared that the conference
would probably urge the packers to
submit the proposed wage cut and re-
adjustment in working conditions to
arbitration. The packers oppose this
step because they declared the action
was an economic necessity and had
to be taken at once.
30 Per Cent Unionized.
Union leaders declared that 80 per
cent of the men employed in packing
plants were unionized and would strike
If the call was issued. Some union
representatives declared the large
amount of unemployment now existing
would make it comparatively easy for
the packers to fill the places of the
strikers. Others advanced the claim
that the union might be playing into
the packers hands by striking. They
said the packers might want strike
in order to shut down their plants 1oi
sixty days and dispose of stock bought
on a declining market they now have
on hand, on a rising market.
There was also considerable douo'
among the labor leaders as to whether
public sentiment would be with the
men if a strike was called. They DC
not believe the strike could be won
without the public's good will.
No Other Alternative.
The general attitude of most OF tho
delegates was that there is practically
no alternative for the workmen. ex-
cept a strike and open negotiation n
with the packers afterward.
There is no limit to the minimum
wage scale as proposed by the pack.
ers," said District President j. H
Davis. .The price paid labor at the
time of employment may be any fig
ure that packers may choose to set
Any old employe may be dismissed
and hired again as new employe a.
wages governing new employees.
1.-The packers would relish a strike.
Lane said. I'VE have found they have
stored vast quantities of foodstuffs ant
that they could shut down for a Ions
I time without any real loss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
HE is RELEASED
Driver of st. Marys Robbery
Car Is Cleared.
Bank Receivers All But S3O2 of
Money Stolen.

Fred ]. Lisle, of Junction City, who
drove the automobile in which Jam es
Jones and Frank Smith, negroes, tried
to escape after robbing the Farmers
National bank at st. Marys Tuesday
morning, was released today by coun-
ty authorities after he had been ab-
solved from blame in the statements
made by the negroes to E. c. Brook
ems, county attorney of Pottawatomie
county, and local officers.
Lisle declared the negroes APP
preached him in Junction City and
paid him $35 to- drive them to St.
Marys. Arrived there, he went to buy
some mud chains for his car, he said.
When the negroes entered the car
again with two packages, they ordered
him to drive to Topeka, he declared.
1t was not until after he was halted
by Sheriff Miller on the Silver Lake
road that he suspected that a crime
had been committed. he asserted. The
negroes bore out this story in their
statements.
Another Negro Implicated.
Jones and Smith last night impli-
Gated another negro in the robbery.
A third man, they said, was to have
shown up at st. Marys on the train
about the time the robbery was to
take place, but failed to appear, they
said. One said this negro lived in St.
Marys, the other declared he lives IN
MdnAdIIdf1 Ut LILY. Lie
two men admitted that they drove to
ST. Marys with the intention of hold
ing up the bank in daylight.
Brookens said that the two men will
probably be left in the Shawnee coun-
ty Jail for safe keeping, except during
the times when they will be taken to
Westmoreland for their preliminary
hearings and trial.
No Nitroglycerine in Car.
The small bottle found in the Chev-
rolet sedan and which was thought to
contain nitro-glycerine, contained only
carbolic acid. it was discovered this
morning. One of the negroes said he
used it to treat a corn.
After checking over their loss. Off
cials of the ST. Marys bank advised the
officers that s4.753 had been taken.
Only s4.451 was found in possession
of the negroes. however. In the face
of this statement, the negroes declare
that s623 of the money is their own
and that it was in their possession be-
fore the robbery. Some of the bills
in their pockets, however, had been
issued by st. Marys banks. officers
said.
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Peasant Will Be Crowned, De-
clares Kerensky Chief.
Newest Uprising at ErOnstadt
!. Doomed to Failure.
SIBERIAN REVOLT STARTED
Brother of Former Gar Now
Heads Peasant Uprising.
Moscow Claims Victory Over
Anti-Reds at PetrOgrad.

Warsaw, March 9.-The Kronstadt
uprising against the Bolsheviki proba-
bly, will fail, Boris Savinkoff. Keren-
sky's war minister. admitted in an in
terview here today.
Savinkoff predicted. however. that a
peasant uprising in central Russia will
occur this spring and that the workers
will be joined by the Red army, over
throwing the Bolshevists.
A monarchy or a democracy will be
established after the revolt, he said.
with the proba bility that a peasant
czar will be crowned.
Unofficial reports here today said
the Red staff of the Moscow military
district had Joined the rebels and that
the latter had occupied the important
railway junction of Pskoff and Bo-
logic, half way between Petrograd and
Moscow.
Siberians in Revolt.
Zurich. March 9.-The Grand Duke
leading an anti-Bolsheviki offensive in
Siberia and has captured five thousand
prisoners, it was stated here today by
Polish reports.
The grand duke was said to have
assumed command of the forces re-
cruited by General Semnoff. Beside
the prisoners captured in the first
drive. thirty Bolshevik guns were
taken, the report said.
Parts of Kronstadt Aflame.
Helsingfors. March 9.-Parts of
Kronstadt, the island stronghold of
Russian rebels, were reported aflame
today following long bombardment by
soviet guns. The roar of heavy naval
rifles subsided late yesterday after
noon after continuing almost three
days and nights without interruption.
1t was believed the Kronstadt forces
might be running short of ammuni-
ton.
Unconfirmed reports here. however,
indicated further gains for the rebels,
the garrison at Smolensk,s 200 miles
west of Moscow. had hoisted the white
flag and declared for a constituencies
sembly. It was also stated that every
important garrison in the Petrograd
region had Joined the he~revolutionaries
Flame throwers are being used by
soviet forces, according to reports
here. Desperate fighting was said to
be continuing in the region of Petro-
grad.
Moscow was said to have recognized
the seriousness of the situation and to
i have delayed a contemplated move
E1ent of troops into the Caucasus and
Turkestan.
Soviet Claims Control.
Moscow, March 9.-The Petrograd
proletariat will wipe the counter
revo1utionaries off the face of the
earth" the government bulletin de-
clared today. The bulletin said:
The soviets have postponed for ono
day the liquidation of the Kronstadt
uprising. However, this breathing
space is not intended for czarist Off
GERS and their social-revolutionary as
sistants who plan to bring the situa-
ton to bloody issue and then flee to
nj nd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
WILL GU InE LlMl |
Widow of Jake HamOn Hires
Champion Murder Conyict0r.'
"ROpes" O'Brien From Chicago
to Prosecute Clara Smith.
TRIAL STARTS TOMORROW
Are 147 Names on the First
Jury Panel List.
Mrs. HamOn Expects To Be
Star Witness for State.
TRIAL STARTS TOMORROW

Ardmore. Okla, March 9.-Jimmie
O'Brien pulled into Ardmore today
wearing red necktie and carrying a
moose under his arm
With him was Mrs. Jake L. Hamon
the woman she claims broke up her
home and killed her husband
m going to do all in my power to
avenge my husbands DEATH said Mrs
Hamon. 'I brought Mr.. O'Brien from
Chicago because he has a reputation
for getting convictions.
Will Go the Limit.
I'm going the limit to get Clara
Smith Hamon fully punished for the
home she wrecked and the life she
took
Mrs. Hamon will be the star witness
for the state when Clara Smith Ha-
mon. charged with Staying Jake L.
Hamon, goes on trial tomorrow.
She stole Jake from me, the mother
of his two children, and sent me into
exile" continued Mrs. Hamon. Then
she shot him down. Before the bars
of justice I'll demand the limit for this
woman"
O:Brien's business in life is to con-
vict those charged with murder. He
came here hired by Mrs. Hamon for
the avowed purpose of getting Clara
Smith Hamon.
Has Hung Many.
O'Brien, former states attorney in
Chicago, earned the name of Ropes
O'Brien because of the skillful way he
slipped the moose around mems necks
during his argument before juries
Jimmie O'Brien always wears a red
necktie at a murder trial-that's the
reason he came into Ardmore with
one on.
When Mrs. Jake Hamon hired
Ropes O'Brien, it meant that she
was going thru with the case-that
she had resolved-"vengeanc is
mine"
Ropes" O'Brien technically has
been hired to represent the estate of
Jake L. Hamon.
O'Brien at the request OF Mrs. Ha-
mon Immediately sought S. P. F'reel-
ing. attorney general of Oklahoma and
chief prosecutor, to see if he can join
the prosecution.
1t will be up to Freezing, whether
O'Brien will take a leading role
Even tho O'Brien is not taken into
the fold of the prosecution, it is un-
derstood, that he as counsel for Mrs.
Hamon will have the right to cross
examine witnesses when the estate
is involved.
Most of the witnesses will involve
147 on First Panel
There are LAT names on the first
jury panel list. 1t will take several
days to get jury, it is believed
The jury that will decide Clara
Smith lannon's fate will be chosen as
follows:
Twelve called to the jury box These
will be examined by both sides and
some jurors disqualified.
When twelve finally
each side has nine peremptory chal-
lenges-that is nine jurors can be ex-
cused by each side without cause
Judge Tom Champion. who will
hear the case. came here from Ken
lucky in 1910. He has been on the
district bench for two years
Champion practiced law with Ollie
James. famous kentucky congressman.
j. B. Champion. the judges twin
brother, is to aid in the defense. Both
are six feet one and weigh 21o pounds.
Both are married and have one boy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
BLOSSOM SEELEY WEEDS AGAIN.
Former Wife OF Rube Marquarf Mar-
rics Her Vaudeville Partner.

Minneapolis. Mimi. March s.-BIos-
som Seeley and BENJAMIN Geisenffeld
obtained a marriage license here to-
day.
Blossom Seeley was divorced from
Rube Marquard. baseball player, last
fail. Geisenfield is "Bennie Fields.''
Miss Seeley's vaudeville partner for
many years
at the home of tfs. Julia Rolan, q.
sister of the groom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
CUT PAY OF 215,OOO
All Employees of PENNSYLVANIA System
To BE Affected by Reduction.

Philadelphia. March e.-Immedia-e
reduction in salaries of 215.000 en-
ployes of the Pennsylvania railroa 1
was announced here today by The
board of directors
The amount of the reductions has
not been determined, II was stated but
they shall bear an equitable relation
ship to the increases in pay since
January I, 1918" All grades from
laborer to officials will be affected by
the reduction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
WILL KEEP YkNKS ON RHINE
New Administration, However, VIII
Not Help in New Drive.

NOT HeIp IN New Drive.
Washington, March 9.-American
troops will be kept on the Rhine until
the flareup between the allies and
Germany over reparations is settled,
according to best information here to-
day
President Harding had planned to
call in the American army in occupa-
ton of Germany at once upon assum-
ing office. but the existing situation.
it is understood, makes this inadvis-
able at present. A withdrawal now
might be resented by the allies.
There is no intention, however. of
permitting the American troops to par
ticipate in the occupation of additional
German territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
KILL ICE PLANT MEASURE
Senate Committee Docs Not Favor
Municipal Plant Bill

The senate committee on public
utilities this morning announced the
death of the third, and probably the
last bill designed to lega1ize the con-
struction and operation of municipal
ice plants in the state. The bill. whic' 1
was introduced by Senator Taylor, Of
Reno county, is understood to have
originated in the office of the state
attorney general, who proposed he
municipai-ice-pIant idea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
FRUIT IS SAVED AGAIN
Only Near-Zero Temperature VIII Kill
Buds, Says o. f. Whitney.

The low temperature Tuesday night
did not injure any kind of fruit, ac-
cording to O. F. Whitney. secretary of
the State Horticultural society, today.
Whitney declared that it would take
temperature close to zero to kill the
fruit in-this locality at the present
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09

considering throwing a Gordon along
the west side of the American area in
oroer TO carry out their plans in re-
gard to customs collections
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-09
SPRING WEATHER RETURNS
Sunshine, Accompanied by Rise. in
Temperature, Is Prediction.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES:


protection of thirty -six-hour shipments
to the north and west against tempera-
lures of 2S degrees; east and south, -
degrees.
The backbone of the cold spe1l'
has been broken. The temperatures
will again rise today and Thursday,
there will be sunshine. and end of the
rain and snow, and a balny south
breeze. for Thursday.
In the northwest the temperatures
this morning wore far above those in
Topeka. AT Helena. Mont, where the
stood at IL degrees above
zero Tuesday morning, it stood at SO
degrees this morning. and was not be-
low freezing Tuesday night. The ris-
ing temperature in the northwest will
be felt in Kansas within the next
twenty-four hours.
The highest temperature in Topeka
Tuesday, was A degrees at 4:30
Continued on Page TwOO
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-04-22

NEW YORK, April 22.-Solo-
mon Wexler, formerly Of New Or
leans, and q partner in the New York
banking firm Of J. s. Bsche and Co.,
died at his home here tonight. He was
born in Matches, Miss, and became
connected with southern banking
interests. He was one of the leaders
in the formation Of. the federal re-
serve banking system. (, - sisi
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-04-22
CARD OF THANKS.

In the great sorrow that has 50
suddenly been visited upon us we are
overcome with gratitude to the mnny
kind friends who came So pro-lpsiy
to our aid, with comfqr and SYM
pathy and tender Off sonal serv-
ice. Words are inaS9d6 to express
people Of this tenn al parish fer
kindness shown us in d + affl: :.ion
Their tender ministrati( ks will ever
be affectionateiy rehe bered, and
from the bottom Of o} hearts we
thank them.
MRS. ~ H.. CLAM :.
w. HOWARD CLARK
GRAYSON ]. CLARK
KATIE CLARK BRIGHAM.
st. Joseph. La, April 20, 1921.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-04-22

~ Mound, La, April 8, 1921.
TpThe vieksburg Herald;
You Gan tell all those folks that
are fond Of eating pecans that they
had better have their teeth put in
good order, for there Is going to be
large crop Of these delicious nuts
this year, and prices are going to be
much lower than they have been for
several years. Some people were
afraid that the two lighk frosts had
damaged the pecan crop but it has
not injured them in the least. Very
few people understand the blooms
on the pecan. Many people think
that the tassels or catskins, which
abound on the trees, form the nuts.
This is an erroneous idea. These
tassels furnish the pollen that fecun-
dates the true bloom that appears
at the end Of the new growth. The
tassel is the male bloom, but does
not bear the fruit. The female bloom
appears at the end Of the new
growth, and is polinated by the po--
len from the catskins. After the
tassels fertilize the female blooms
they drop off, and serve no other
purpose. The male bloom appears
on last years growth, but does n<S
form the nuts. The female blooms
appear at the end Of this years
growth and bear the nuts which
you and / are 30 fond Of eating. The
botanists call the male bloom the
pistilate, and the female bloom the
staminate. So many r.sEie who
do not understand botany viii tell
you that she pecan is formed from
blooms that were made last year.
This Is false. TIE tasscl or male
bloom appears on last years wood.
and that is how some people get
confused.
Moneymaker is bearing mere
heavily rhan any other Kind. 1t al
ways does. 4 great many very c'e-
CANT people are Fond X estins Mon
ey maker, among the number being
Thomas "A. Edison, Mr.. Crenshsy,
the general manager Of the Stand
sxd Oil Co, Of Indiana, with offices
at Chicago, and Prof. Charles KEN
per, man Of large education and
elegant tastes.
So tell your readers that they had
better have their teeth put in first
class shape, for there WIN be the
greatest abundance Of pecans to
chew on next fall and winter. Otner
crops ara also very promising. !
never knew the land TO be in - fine
q shape - at present
Very truly,
s SAM h. JAMES.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-04-22
PROGRAM ST. JOSEPH PICTURE
SHOW.
Tuesdax. April 18Th.

Tuesday, April z6th. >--
Geo. Walsh in Dynamite "Allen, -
with Paramount Magazine.
Friday, April 18th.
y, William Russell in 1.-THE Lincoln
Highwayman," with first episode Of
Che new serial "Phantomas."
The serial "Bride ia" has been
cancelled and no further episodes will
be shown here.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-04-22
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN TEN.
SAS ON SUNDAY, APRIL z4th.
IL A. N. and 7:45 p. N.

St. Joseph-Rev. N. ]. NcLain,
Presbyterian. :. .-. - -.
Newellton-Rev. R. F. Harrell, Metho-
dist. s. -
Sunday School at 10 am.