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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
ON into GERMANY
Allies Plan Military and Eco
nomic Coecion May 1.
Germans Unable to Pay IL Bill
lion Marks on Date.

Paris, April 16.-Complete plans for
military and economic coercion of
Germany on May 1 were submitted to
the allies today by Premier BRAND.
The plans, which were drawn up at
a conference last night of BRAND.
President Millerand, Marshals Foch
and Petain, and Minister of Liberated
Regions Locheur, included occupa-
ton of the Ruhr district and possibly
Industrial Westphalia.
Upon Foch's recommendations. IT.
was decided to recall the military
months. The marshal expressed the
belief that 100000 men were "suffi-
cient to keep the Germans in check"
Locheur presented customs
scheme whereby France would obtain
three billion marks annually from the
Ruhr.
Won't Listen To Promises
In submitting the plans to the allies
for approval, BRAND emphasized that
France demands definite guarantees
and is not disposed to listen to further
German promises.
Under the terms of the treaty of
Versailles, twelve billion marks are
due from Germany on May l. But
the German government, with the
time growing short. insists upon talk
ing counter proposals with the United
States as an intermediary.
The German embassy here con-
firmed a report that Berlin contem-
plates another reparations move next
week. This proposition, it is said, is
likely to include:
i. An international loan of thirty
billion marks to Germany. the bulk of
which would be floated in the United
States.
2. An offer to take over completely
the reconstruction of devastated re-
gions, furnishing both materials and
workmen.
Cannot Pay Before May 4.
1t was reiterated that Germany can
not pay anything before May l. An
attache of the embassy said that the
allies "can do what they choose. II
they can't wait" He said there would
be no resistance if the French
marched farther into Germany. but
insisted this maneuyer would be of no
benefit to the allies
France won't get ton of coal from
the Runr district; the workmen would
refuse to mine it," he said.
German officialdom generally was
said to hail the proport of America re-
entering the European council cham
bers. Acting as an unofficial media
tor, they believe the United States
might be able to lead the way out OF
the present tangle, which otherwise lis
hopeless
america as the mutual confidence
| of Germany and the allies an at
tache said.
This official limited that Germany
would throw up her hands and let the
allies try to collect the reparations
any way they saw fit. in case of fail
ure of the next negotiations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
BURTON TO TELL HIS STORY
Former U. S. Senator Appears at To-
peka Auditorium Monday Night.

All the men who claim to have been
''mobbed'' in Barton county recently
will be on the platform of the city
auditorium Monday evening. when j:
r. Burton of Salina, former United
States senator. speaks at Topeka Bur-
ton has promised to tell the story OF
the occurrence. which so far he has
declined to tell the state authorities.
The meeting is under the auspices
of the Topeka Industrial Council.
The men who will appear with Bur-
ton are: C. o. Parsons. vice president
of the Retail Clerks union, Of Min
neapolis, Mimi; Prof. George Wilson
of Yankton, n. D., and ]. o. Stevic of
Topeka.
Parsons is state chairman of the
World War Veterans association for
Minnesota and has invited the MEM
bers of that body to meet him at the
Throop hotel Sunday morning at 10
O'Clock. Parsons arrived in Topeka
tOdaE.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

carrying supplies into the stricken ter
ritory.
Weeks will be required to get the
roads cleared. Telegraph and tele-
phone lines were a jumbIed mass of
wire and poles.
New Reports Increase Toll.
Little Rock. Ark, April ia rap
idly mounting death list, hundreds of
persons injured and property damage
as Yet unestimated. are results of a
tornado that cut d wide swatch across
parts of Miller and Hampstead coun-
ties, Arkansas. and Cass county, Texas,
last night
Reports coming in to Little Rock to-
day from the storm area augmented
rather than diminished the extent of
the damage and because of paralyzed
communication. officials were of the
opinion that several days might elapse
before the full extent of the destruc-
ton is definitely known.
Apparently the heaviest loss of life
and property was caused in the two
Arkansas counties. In the rural sec
tions of upper Miller county. near
Fexarkana, eighteen persons are
known to have been killed and large
number injured. Near Hope in Hemp
stead county press dispatches stated
that from fifteen to twenty persons
were killed and scores injured by the
storm which swept the entire length
(Cortinued on Page ThreeJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
ANOTHER CUT AT SHOPS
Reductions Ordered to Take Effect
Next Tuesday, Says Report.

Further reductions of the forces at
the Santa Fe shops are being reported
almost daily. Reductions have been
ordered which will affect more than
100 men in the painting shops and the
machine shops, and approximately the
it is stated.
The reductions last ordered will
take effect Tuesday. it is stated. Five
days notice, under the agreement be-
tween the shop crafts and the COM
pany, is required.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
SAMUEL GOMpERS IS WE'D
Labor Chief of q. S., Aged II, Takes
Bride, 50. ON Honeymoon.

New York. April 16.-Samuel Com
pers, 71-year-old president and foun-
der of the American Federation of
Labor, was married here today to Mrs.
Gertrude Ainsley Gleaves NeuscheIer,
3S, artist. formerly of GAINESVILLE. Ohio.
Gompers and his wife left New York
at noon on a wedding trip to Toronto.
Canada.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed at the Hotel Woodward by
Judge Robert Wagner of the New
York factory inspection commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
FATHER" is DELAYED

Owing to a delay in the shipments
of material the Saturday evening col
ered full page comic. Bringing Up
Father" was not available for today's
State Journal. Readers of this widely
noted feature may rest assured that
Jiggs and Maggie viii be back again
next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
Attacked Teacher with Auto Pump

Temple, Okla, April 16.-Frank
Alexander. Is. charged with attacking
his school teacher. Lon Keeter, with
an automobile pump, was at liberty
on bond of $4,000 today keeter's
skull was fractured by blows alleged
to have been struck by the youth. The
motive for the attack is unknown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
GALLI-CURCI HERE.

The worlds most famous singer in
concert here next Tuesday night
Tickets now at Jenkins.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
Big Cut In Steel Pipe Prices.

ranging from 81 to s12 ton on prices
of steel pipe were announced here to-
day by the q. S. steel corporation,
thru its subsidiary, the National Tube
corunapv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
Throw open Navy on Lands.

Washington. April 16--Secretary of
the Navy DENLY announced today that
naval oil reserve land In California
will be opened Immediately for drill
ing by private interests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
BASEBALL RESULTS
American Association

American Association
Minnea polis-Kansas City game postponed
wet grounds.
chfeago-st. Louis postponed, snow.
-
American League.
Chicago Detroit game postponed, rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16

You can buy a good raincoat at the
Kansas Army & Navy Salvage Co. at
one-hah price.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
END OF STORM IN SIGHT
Skies Expected to Cellar Tonight
Warmer Weather Promised.

The shippers forecast advises the
protection of thirty-six hour shipments
to the north and west against tempera-
lures of % degrees east and south, 80
degrees.
FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK
Colder, with frost, at the beginning of
the week. Normal temperatures there
after. Fair except for local rains
toward the end of the week.
The temperature in Topeka today
compares with winter temperatures.
The mercury has been steadily drop
ping since late FRIDAY night, standing
at % degrees at 9 o'clock this morn
ing It will hove between rs and 80
degrees all day. never getting above
the freezing point
Tonight the skies are expected to
clear and the temperature will go as
(Continued on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-16
Property Damage Estimated Conservativey at Million
When WhirIwinds Level Crops and Completely
Destroy Entire Villages.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY is UNDER SNOW
From Rocky Mountains to Great Lakes All Communics
tion Lines Are Down and Train Stalled
Spreads Rapidly Eastward.

Prospects for Small Crops and All Fruits Are Ruined
Big Freeze Will Follow Abatement of Storm,
Declares Weather Bureau.
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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
CARRIED SECRET TO GRAVE
Canadian Prospector Refused TO
DiVuIge Location Where Gold
Cropped Out

a man who kept his secret to the
end was the Canadian hunter Gilbert
son. Sixty years ago, when he was
making a canoe trip up the Wapshe
river. the New York Evening Post
states, he struck camp for the night
near what later discoveries indicate
must have been a large body of gold
bearing ore. Without knowing what
this ornamental stone was. he took
home a big piece TO use for a door
weight \ while after this geolo-
gist who was visiting Gilbertson identi-
fed the ore. and a rush to stake
claims along the Wapshe ensued. But
the inviting prospector would never
tell where he made his great find. I'm
later years he became insane and died.
still refusing To reveal the location.
This season a systematic search of
that country IS being made in hope
of red.scovering the Gilbertson lode '
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
common barDerry.

border were completed; in Indiana y
counties. in Michigan five counties :;
i'm Illinois three counties; in Wiscon-
sin four: in Iowa II. in the northwest
portion Of the state; in Minnesota
the equivalent Of - counties in the
southwest portion of the state; in
Nebraska the equivalent of 16 in the
eastern part Of the state; in South
Dakota nine along the eastern border !;
in North Dakota ten in the eastern
portion of the state.
Many Bushes Removed.
In the entire campaign of three field
seasons a total of 5444OOO bushes
have been found and 100000 re
moved. Included with these. in so far
rs estimates were furnished are hun
dreds of thousands of bushes removed
from commercial nurseries during the
early part of the campaign. The
larger numbers were about 100000 for
Minnesota. 100000 for Iowa. 300 900
for Wisconsin. and 10000 for Ohio.
OF the 1.214 600 remaining bushes
about 100000 are Seeding bushes
less than 19 inches in height in a
single area in southern Wisconsin.
The worz for the field season of 1927
is TO continue the farm-to-farm sur
vey In as many counties as possible
adjacent TO those already completed.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14

tinct style of their own, great mems
tailoring houses have gone into the
manufacture of coats for women, us
ing the same fabrics as are used in
mems coats. sticking TO mannish lines
and ignoring ornament. These coats
have made a success, especially with
people who like simple designs and
are appreciative| of fIe lines and
workmanship or the intangible ele-
ment of good style.
Fabric fur, which is the name given
TO those pushes that initiate natural
fur, has come in for much attention
on the part OF famous designers, and
they have used 1t in very handsome
coats and in suits also. Natural or
pelt fur furnishes the collar or col
lar and cuffs on many of these rich
wraps. The majority of coats are
those made OF fashionable cOatings like
those shown In the picture above, and
designers use both natural and fabric
furs fin accessories and finishing as
Raay be gathered from the illustra-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14

brilliant black with simple trimming
of small Jet cabochouns set close to-
gether about the crown and extending
to the brim edge. IT is destined TO
see the light of day and the lights of
night, but will not make its appear
ance before noon.
Panne velvet, plain velvet, hatter's
plush, duvetyn and satin cire, with
beavers and some felts, tell the
story of the materials used for day
time hats. Panne velvet with braid
decoration is gracefully draped on
the hat at the top of the group pic
tured, and next to 1t is II soft hat of
plain brown velvet trimmed with
bronze coQue feathers. The smart
hat at the left Is a piece of clever
draping In duvetyn In a soft pleas
ant shade. and at the bottom an m
tricate shape Is covered with plain vel
vet and trimmed with small rings.
The all-feather turban should be
reckoned with among hats suited TO
all-day dresses or costume suits. These
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14

ton. In the coat of brown bolivia
cloth at the left fur fabric that
looks just like lambskin furnishes the
long shawl collar extended in a fac
ing to the hem, and the wide straight
cuffs.
The dressy coat at the right in dark
blue normandie cloth Is cut in cores,
and each gore ornamented with a de-
sign cut from beige silk and en-
broidered. The scarf-collar and deep
cuffs are of natural squirrel.
This season is outdoing all its
forerunners In the inexhaustible
variety of hats with which attempts
are made to suit every face and
every pocketbook. Hats represent
the best effort of everybody CON-
cerned In their making, from the frame
manufacturer TO the most talented of
designers and trimmers, and they are
adorably becoming and interesting.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
DISCOVER NEW BLACKBERRY
Species Nearly Four Times Larger
Than Garden Variety Has Been
Found in Colombia.

A species Of blackberry, nearly four
times larger than our garden variety.
has been discovered in Colombia by
American scientists and is being ex-
perimented with by the Department Of
Agriculture with view TO distribu-
ton to farmers of this country.
The giant berry was discovered by
DR.. Frank II. Chapman of the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History, In the
remote forests of Colombia. 1t was
brought here by Wilson Popenoe, agri-
cultural explorer of the Agricultural
department and named the Colombia
berry. after the country of its origin.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
ERADICATION OF
BARBERRY PLANT
Campaign Begun as Control
Measure Against Loss of
Grain by Black Stem Rust.
BUSHES THRIVE EVERYWHERE
Plants Spread to Woodland, Pastures
Stream Banks and Fence Rows
by Distribution Of Seeds by
Different Birds.
prepared By the United States Department
OF Agricultural

prepared By the United States Department
OF Agriculture-)
The job of eradicating the common
barberry has proved to be a much
more extensive one than was antici-
pated by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture at the outset of
the campaign in April. 1913. This
campaign was begun as a control
measure against the enormous losses
Of grain from black-stem rust. In
years of moderate rust epidemics. the
reduction in the yield of wheat alone
mas amounted to 5OO00.0O0 bushels.
while in 1916, the year Of q very Sc
we're epidemic. there was reduction
in Weld of 1SO00O,00 bushels in the
United States alone
Bushes Grow Everywhere.
In the grain-grOwing districts Of the
upper Mississippi valley, where the
campaign has been carried on, it was
supposed that barberry bushes existed
chiefly as ornamental plants In the
towns and cities This was disproved
during the first year of the campaign
by the finding of lie, 430 bushes on
I jos rural properties. About 10000
of these We're scattered widely over
1S7 properties, showing that all cOun-
try bushes are not confined to the
farmsteads. hut had been spread to
woodland, pastures, stream banks, and
fence rows by the distribution of seeds
by birds
With these facts in mind. the cam
paign was more vigorously pushed in
1919. AS soon as the survey of most
cities and villages was completed, a
f0rm-to-farm survey Of certain definite
areas was begun. The results in 1919
were as follows. 33S.O goo bushes We're
found ON f4lO0 city properties, while
10000 bushes were found on 1900
farms. OF these last. 1.GSO0O0 bushes
were ones that had escaped from cul-
tivation on 1900 properties.
During the calendar year 1920 eff
forts were concentrated upon the farm
tO-farm survey. A resuTvey of cities
and villages in the counties surveyed
was carried on at the same time. In
Ohio seven counties along the western
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
SHELTER TURKEYS IN WINTER
Good Plan to Keep Fowls in Same
House They Are Expected to Use
in Laying Season.

1t is a good plan TO house the tur-
KEYS during the winter months where
they are expected to lay during the
laying season. A straw barn makes a
very desirable shelter for turkeys dur
ing the winter season and. being little
used i'm the spring and early summer.
makes a very suitable place for the
turkeys to lay and brood In. A little
forethought may prevent the turkey
hen from stealing her nest away in
the spring.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
BIG VALUE OF COVER CROPS
Especially Valuable to Small Garden
ers and Trucksters Who Cannot
Obtain Manure.

Cover crops are of especial value TO
small gardeners and trucksters, who
often find 1t both difficult and expen-
sive to obtain stable manure. They
add the humus which is so necessary
to maintain a good physical condition
of the soil. Wherever there is vacant
place in the garden few seeds OF rye.
vetch, clover, etc., rpay be sown and
raked in. If a suitable rotation OF
crops is followed all parts of the gar
den may be covered with a green ma
nure crop once every two or three
years.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14

gases which are almost as dangerous
as the poisonous mustard gases used
during the recent war. In this in
stance. one of the farm worllmen
entered a 50-foot silo which had been
half filled the previous day. Some
time elapsed and when he did not
come out, another of the hands as
cended into the silO. Neither re-
appeared. though the other workers
shouted to them repeatedly to come
down.
Fearing an accident, the farm owner
finally climbed into the silo. He also
was Immediately overcome by the
poisonous fumes and only the fact
that others followed him, forced open
the extra silo doors and carried him
into the open air saved his life. The
two other men were suffocated inn
mediately.
Each year, a number of accidents OF
this kind occur, due largely to care
lessness and ignorance of the proper
methods of eradicating the dangerous
gases. The preventive measures are
simple and efficient and, where they
are followed, there is no danger.
No workman should ever enter a
partly filled silo, after the ensiled
corn has had an opportunity TO de-
velop poisonous carbon monOxide
gases overnight, until the machine
blower has been started. The fresh
air dilutes and scatterS the obnoxious
gases 10 the extent that they are
rendered harmless. After the blower
has been operated for two minutes,
it Is perfectly safe for the workmen
to enter. Another precaution which
should be practiced religiously is not
to wedge The silo doors into place I'M
til they are needed to prevent the
waste of the ensiled corn. Many
farmers follow the practice of plac-
ing most of the doors before any great
amount of corn is cut and deposited
in the silO. This prevents free cir
culation of air through the silo which,
in turn, operates to favor the accumu-
lation of carbon monOxide and other
deadly silO gases.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
STYLES IN WINTER COATS
AND HATS FOR AUTUMN

Furthermore purchasers are getting
more for their money than for many
seasons, prices having declined since
last year. in fact seem somewhat lower
than they should be. considering the
amount of hand work that is lavished
ON this years millinery.
Hats for street wear are medium in
size. those for afternoon and evening
larger, and still growing. The an-day
frock or suit calls for an all-day hat.
and four out of five of the models
shown here will come under this class,
the exception being the wide-brimmed
pattern of hatter's plush with veil Of
lace falling from its under brim. This
mid-winter nights dream is all In
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14

recOmmended Lydia z PInkham' s Veg
ets4ble Compound and have found great
relief since usiog it. My back is much
better and / can sleep well. / keep
house and have the care of five children
SO my work is very trying and lam very
thankful have found the Compound
such a help. / recommend it to my
lends and If you wish to use this letter
I am very glad to help any woman suf-
fering as I was until | used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. MAUDE E. TAYLOR, 8 st. James
Place, Roxbury, Mass.
Backache is one OF the most common
symptoms Of displacementor derange-
ment of the female system. No woman
should make the mistake Of trying to
overcome it by heroic endurance, but
profit by Mrs. Taylor 'sexperience and try
1ydiaE. Pinkhan egetableCompou
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
PARTLY FILLED SIL0
Is DANGEROUS PLACE
Turn Machine Blower on Before
Attempting to Enter.
Number of Accidents Occur Each Year
Owing to CareIessness and Ignor-
ance of Methods of Removing
Deadly Gases.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agricuiture)
Turn the machine blower on and
leave ii on for at least two minutes
before anyone is permitted TO enter
a partly filled silo. Unless this rule
is followed, the result is likely to be
dead men, says the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Annually fatalities occur among
farmers and their helpers as a result
of the workmen entering half-filled
silos after the deadly carbon mOnoxide
gases have had a chance TO accumu-
late directly above the freshly en-
SLED corn. a few days ago two Illi-
nOis farmers were killed and another
was rendered seriously sick by silo
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
THE ever-varying panorama of

TvHE ever-varying panorama of the
K modes brings TO us our winter
coats In several weIl-defined
styles, and these range all the way
from severely plain, finely tailored,
mannish affairs, 10 ornate garments
lavishly decorated. All of them are
quite equal TO discharging their mis-
sion OF keeping US warm; they are
ample, soft, and often luxurious with
fur trimmings and accessories. Be
sides this bodily comfort their be-
cOmingness warns the heart for there
is a coat for every type Of woman
and for any sort of occasion.
In answer 10 demand for service
able coats. in chic models with a dis
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
Black and White Waist

In spite OF the wide variety Of 9TH
er color combinations the effective
contrast of black and white main
tains its place in the forefront Of the
biouses, both of the tuck-tn and
notwithstanding variety. One tuck
I'm number OF white crepe de chine
emphasizes this maybe effect by hem
stitching In black, and narrow bands
OF black crepe de chine on the collar,
extending down the front and bor-
dering the cuffs on the long sleeves.
In a georgette model the blouse prop
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-14
A Dav Of Rest

Funny thing about Jackson; he
never motors his wife out to the
country any more on Sundays"
There's a reason. He claims it's
bad enough TO have TO lug home stuff
from the city on week days without
having the wife pick Hp produce bar
gains along the country roads on sun
DAYS. New York Sun.