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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

The executive council of the Amerl-
can Federation of Labor has drawn
IN a bill of rights for submission 10
the parent body. The question that
naturally arises is, has organized Ia
Dor rights not possessed by other citi-
zens of the republic? AS long ago
a. 1903 the supreme court of Penn
svlyania held that: Trades unions
NAV cease to work, for reasons salts
factory to their members; but if they
combine to prevent others from op-
tanning work by threats of strike, or
combine to prevent an employer from
employing others by threats OF
strike. they combine to accomplish an
unlawful purpose-a purpose as I'M
lawful now as it ever was, tho not
punishable by indictment. Such COM
bination is a despotic and tyrannlcal
collation. of the indefeasible right OF
labor to acquire property, which
courts are bound to restrain. 1t is ut
4erlv subversive of the letter and splr-
i; of the declaration of rights. IL
sach combination be in accord with
The law of the trades union, then that
law and the organic law of the peo-
p!e Of a free commonwealth cannot
stand together, One OF the other must
on dawn"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

her to. the beasts who prey on youth
and beauty.
So there is no way in which one can
stop the girl who has started tobogan-
ming down the primrose path. She is
pleasure-mad. She thinks oAly of the
joy of the moment She is ready to
sell her soul for dance, and a drink,
and motor ride. She is too young
to realize what she is doing. She is
too ignorant to count the cost. She is
too foolish, to selfish to care for the
sorrow she is causing, and the disgrace
she may bring on others. She is as
hard as rock, and no appeals to her
heart Or her conscience touch her
Sometimes God, in His mercy, saves
such girl, but there is nothing that
any human agency can do to prevent
the catastrophe. The mother can only
stand by and suffer, and if she is hon
est, say to herself: This is my work
1 am wholly to blame. A little white
soul was given in my keeping and this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
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For the last five years the custom
of those directing railroad affairs has
been to grant to capital and labor all
their demands and hand the bill to
the public. That time is past. The
present railroad controversy, which
is Il very important one and with
direct bearing upon the prosperity of
the nation, must be settled on its mer-
its. The railway executives and the
representatives of the employees may
rest assured that the public will de-
cline to be the goat" in the existing
controversy over wages and working
agreements. No longer are the people
inclined to stand mute in arguments
Of this sort and shoulder increased
costs in order that both sides may get
what they want. The railroad labor
bard and the, interstate commerce
commission should bear this in mind
Already the railroads are getting a
taste of what the public can do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
WAS ONE SERIOUS MEETING
Rotary Club Discusses Reception OF
Visitors at Luncheon

Rotary Club Discusses Reception of
Visitors at Luncheon.
Today's Rotary club meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce differed from
other sessions in that the discussion
v as serious.
The discussion began after the l.o-
tary stomachs were satisfied, and the
Hctary cigars were burninss and Tom
Iillard arose with a proposition to
devote one meeting a month to Wis
itors and the balance of the meetings
a. few minutes it seemed to have unan-
irnous approval, but DR.. Edmund
James Kulp disagreed. He maintained
tllct the Rotary club should always
wee ONE visitors when accompanied
BIZ members. John NJ. Kinkol thought
otherwise, and approved hearriiy the
proposition to discourage visitors ex-
ceDt on the special days. The arSI-
ment ran merrily along. Finally,
President Ralph McEntire called u
halt and recognized a motion from
Doctor Kulp for a tabling of the dis
cuSsion. The motion carried.
The only other business was a dis
cussion over the building of either a
tunnel or a viajuct from one high
school building to the other, to pro-
tect students from the inclemen mt
weather, and also from the dangers of
automobiles. At the present time
students having occasion to go from
one building to another have to cross
Eighth street. The proposition was
referred to the board of directors for
final discussion and will come UP at
the Rotary meeting next Thursday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
TO WRECK ARMIES
BOlsheviki Push Worldwide
Campaign of Propaganda.
Preaching Mutiny to the Sol
diers of All Nations.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The Russian
soviet government has instituted a
world wide system of propaganda de-
signed to wreck the discipline of all
Americas, according to Brig. Gen. d.
E. Nolan head Of army intelligence
division.
In testimony before the senate mill
itary affairs committee. made public
today. Nolan declared that instru-
tions had been issued by the third in
ternationale at Moscow for the radi-
Gals of all countries to seek the de-
straction of military morale and par
ticularly to attack the officer per-
sonnet of the armies in Europe and
the United States.
Nolan said he did not believe the
Bolsheviki had made any Roadway in
the American army, but added the d.
vision commanders were taking steps
to counterfeit any red literature thai
went to American troops.
Are Preaching Mutiny.
The Russian government, according
to Nolan, is following the same plan
in it's attack against foreign armies as
the one which ruined the old Russia n
army-the idea of persuading soldiers
to agitate against their officers ana
form soldier councils to wrest author
ity from the officers.
Nolan said that the Bolsheviki In
their efforts to disinSegrate world
government were working along two
lines. Their other method. he said,
was to support armed attacks along
their frontiers.
Explaining the Bolshevik military
situation. he produced a report from
the American military attache II,
Switzerland.
Three Main Campaigns.
| This report analysed, the Bolshevik
| military campaigns first describing
the Baltic-Black sea line as the mos,
| important Bolshevik frontier area
| with three main concentrations:
LIN the north against Finland and the
gregating thirty thousand men. Opposed
| to them are the forces of Finland, thirty
thousand: Esthonia, 5000 Latvia $4,000
| I'm the center against Poland, five
armies with 100000 men, to which ART
opposed Polish forces numbering $4,000
Sin the south, along the Rumanian
Bessarabian frontier, five Bolshevik armie:
| posed Rumanian forces of 100000.
| Reds Are Concentrating.
The report also stated further Boil.
shevik concentration as follows:
In Asia-Minor and the Caucasus includ
| ing North Persia, $4,000 men.
| Turkestan, 10000 electives
| The trans-Baikal region with the Boil
shevik army of central Siberia NUMBERING
! $4,000 and an army at Krasnoyarsk OF
/ 80, 200.
The report submitted by Nolan esti.
mated the total organized strength OF
the Bolsheviki army at 100000, Of
whom 100000 or 100000 were armed
at this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
TO BUILD new FACTORY
Fred Foster to Start Plant on Wesl
Fourth Street.


Fred Foster. who formerly operated
a potato chip manufacturing plant at
III West Fourth street, is erecting u
new building for his factory between
Taylor street and Western avenue on
west Fouth street.
roster said the report had been
made by city inspector that his for
mer plant, located in a basement room,
mad been closed because of unsanitary
conditions. He declared that his shop
mad been closed for two days when
the inspector made the visit and that a
load of coal had been put into the
basement after he stopped manufac-
turing. No potato chips were made in
the basement room for two days be-
tore the inspector came, he said.
/ George V. Denton, city food inspec-
tor who suspected the potato chip
shop and ordered its closing, said to-
day that from all appearances the shop
had been operating continuously and
that the products of the shop were be-
ing sold about the city. Denton said
he considered it necessary to issue the
lc1osing order.
Plaster was off the ceiling in the
place." Denton said. Filthy rags and
bugs were in the room and the light
land ventilation were bad, making it
an impossible place for food manu-
featuring"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
Dorothy Dix Talks


A heart-broken mother is helplessly
watching her little daughter take her
first steps on the downward road. The
girl is seventeen and utterly beyond
control. She refuses to go to school.
She declines to work She sleeps half
the day, and dissipates three-fourths
of the night Her companions are
loudy> braZen. jazzy boys and girls, and
when her mother demonstrates with
her for associating with such undesir-
able people. she bangs the door behind
her, and dashes off in an automobile
to Heaven knows where.
The girl will not listen to her moth
er's warming. She is deaf to her
mothers entreaties, and adamant be-
fore her prayers and tears, and SO the
poor woman waves her impotent hands
and asks what shall she do to save her
daughter.
The question comes Just seventeen
years too late. No one can tell a
mother how to control a wayward girl
of seventeen, who has never been
taught to do anything but to crafty
her own desires. who has never beer
disciplined. or had the sense OF duty
bred in her.
The prodigal daughter is a far more
difficult problem to deal with thar
the prodigaI son. because one dare moi
use the stern measures in dealing with
n girl that often one can use effect
lively with a boy.
Sometimes the boy can be stopped
from sowing his wild oats by putting
him in a reform school. but to send
a girl to a reform school. is to make
her the associate of the women of the
streets and to smirch her name for all
times Sometimes it makes man OF
the boy who is idle and lazy, to chuck
him out of the home and tell him thai
he must work or .starve. but to close
the door on "a young girl is to throw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
MAY ABOLISH Blue SKY BOARD
Senate BIN Would Give Work to State
Banking Department..

A bill which will abolish the present
blue sky board of the state and hand
over its duties to the banking board.
if the latter is created, was introduced
in the senate today by the senate COM
mittee on banks and banking.
The bill is dependent, in a measure.
on a previous bill creating a state
banking board of five members and
the bank commissioner. 1t removes
from the provinces of the attorney
general of the state, and the secretary
of state, who are now members of the
blue sky board, the duties which they
bear in that capacity, and puts the
whole task of regulating the sale of
speculative securities under the bank
commissioner and the banking board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
HARDING's INCOME TAX.

President-elect Harding has in
formed Congressman Longworth OF
Ohio that he does not seek exemption
of his salary as president from the
operations of the income tax law. II
the law remains as it is he will be re-
quired TO pay tax Of $4,000, which
is very substantial reduction from
his compensation of $4,000. Mr.
Wilson was excused from such a taN
inasmuch as he was in the White
House at the time the income tax law
was enacted and, under the constitu-
ton, it could not operate to reduce his
salary while in office.
1t is being urged that it is unfair
that the new president should receive
smaller compensation than did MIR
Wilson, but it may be that Mr.. Hard
ing would have declined to benefit by
the constitutional provision had he
been in the presidents place..
He can afford to pay income tax
as well as many other citizens. He
lives in a tax-free house. He has nc
worries about the upkeep of it. Any
thing that is needed, from a tack to ar
extra floor, is furnished on demand
Furniture and furnishings also are
provided without cost to the president
Even special china and glassware are
provided.
The individual has a servant prob
lem to contend with. The presiden,
has no such problem. Most of the
staff, such as watchmen, gardeners
ushers, laborers, helpers. painters
carpenters, electricians and the other
miscellaneous help is paid by the
treasury department, under well de-
fined congressional appropriations.
The Mayflower, of presidential
and assigned to the president, free OF
all cost and trouble. The average in
dividual, no matter where he goes
may have trouble in getting supplies
Of coal or food; but no matter where
the president wishes to go. either I'm
Gle Sam has a bountiful supply depot
or provision is made in advance tc
meet not only normal needs Dut also
emergencies. And this is true of the
fleet of motor cars.
The cost involved in all these priv
leges is not only for the president.
family; the courtesy is extended te
his guests, altho in some cases certain
items are refunded.
A statistician has figured out thai
| if the private individual of wealth
wanted to- live as the president does
that is, to have the same advantages
it would require net income Of $499,.
900 a year to defray the expenditures
allowing a margin for the income ant
surtax. If income exceed 100000 tht
total would increase by $4,000 or so
1t is generally believed that under
existing circumstances the presiden
of the United States can save from
one-half to two-thirds of his presen
salary merely because it is impossi
BILE for him to spend it within strictl,
household budget limits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

Labors chance for steady work de-
ponds on this country's foreign trade.
according to o. X. Davis, secretary
of the national foreign trade council.
'eFor fifty years or more" said Mr..
Davis, 1.-THE nation has alternated
of hard times. A continuous foreign
trade will operate as a stabilizer. The
opportunity of labor for steady en-
pioyment is dependent upon foreign
trade, as the prosperity or depres-
sion Of this trade has an Influence ID
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
MRS. ROSA BAILEY DEAD.
Had Lived in Topeka for 80 Years
Funeral Saturday.

Mrs. Rosa Bailey, wife of George
agent, died Wednesday night at her
home. 1887 Morris avenue. Mrs.
Bailey had been a resident of Topeka
the last thirty-two years. coming here
with her husband from Indiana. She
is survived by her husband; her
mother, Mrs. Elizabth Thomas of OK
ford, nd; and three brothers: John
M. Thomas, of Chicago; Charles F.
Thomas, of Dallas, Tex, and Earl w.
Thomas, of st. Louis. All three broth
ers are in the insurance business.
Funeral services will be held at 1890
o'clock saturday morning from the
home,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
To SHUT OFF WATER SUPPLY.
Meters Must Be Read at Least Every
Three Months

In some homes in the city. the man
who reads the water meters is seldom
admitted, and the water bill is Is not
paid for several months or for year.
Those who are really not at home or
fictitiQusly are not at home when the
meter man calls. are to be informed
that the city water department will
allow the meter to go unread for three
months and then will shut off the
water supply in such places, accord
ing to Wilbur A. Stanfield. city water
commissioner
Seventy-five letters will be mailed
to water customers whose water met
ers have not been read for long
period of the new system of the COM
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

poor. tawdry rag of femininity is what
have made of it,"
For a mothers responsibility for
her daughter is complete. There isn't
a woman in the world who doesn't
know this, but the fact that women
refuse to face is that a mothers work
must be- dohe with her girls while they
are little. And it takes strength and
courage to wrestle with strong young
wills and conquer them. 1t interferes
too much with bridge. teas. clubs and
matinees, to be always pruning,
shaping, forming the thoughts ami
habits Of children. So the average
mother sidesteps the job. and waits
till her daughters are grown to reason
with them, and it's forever too late.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

ment of Hoover to be secretary of
commerce in the Harding cabinet is a
popular one may be found in the fact
that both Hiram johnson and Boies
Penrose are opposed to him. The
new president is making a fine. start
in the direction of running his own
office in his own way. He could find
no surer way to popular approval
than to continue in the way he has
started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
Dinner Stories

ITO see ourselves as others see US
would, as the poet suggests, cause US
to think things over
Perhaps" replied Miss Cayenne.
But it doesn't seem to make much
of an impression on some of the mo-
ton picture stars"
Statistics show that only $500, 600
persons paid incomes taxes this year.
Which proves conclusively that an
overwhelming ma jority of our no.
100000 citizens are happy, contented
and have comparatively nothing to
worry about.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
Cards of Thanks

We desire to take this method of
expressing our thanks and apprecia-
ton to all those who assisted us dur
ing the sickness. death and burial of
our husband and father. Also for the
beautiful floral offerings.
MRS. EFFIE CAIN,
J. ". CAIN,
N. o. CAIN,
w. E. CAIN.
ADV
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness and SYM
pathy at the death of our husband and
father.
MRS. GUST JASPERSON.
MRS OTTO LARSON,
MRS. JOHN WETTERLCND,
- MRS. HARRY HAMMER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
Questions-AnsUer

Harvesting volcanic power ~. c. r.
A. The Italians have not as vet succeed
Of their volcanoes. At Lardereiio IN rus
cany, however, where the country is of
volcanic formation, this power is being
illuminate the streets by night. The work
was originated by Prince Ginon Cont. The
central plant is capable of 10000 H. P.
Q. How much has the birth rate of the
world been reduced by the world war;
T. II. n.
A A committee of college professors of
the war. have estimated that the world
has lost 2000O,0O0 in probable births as u
result of the conflict.
q. Did Washington wish the city of
Washington named for himself?-L. S. q.
A. General Washington advocated the
name THE Federal City
Common place IF. B. P. 'n'
fellow e w W Rilea Y! wa. IG aiso
that 1t may be applied to Edgar Guest.
O.; How long has glass been known
A. Glass was known to the Ancient
Egyptians at a very early date. The tombs
Of the fourth and fifth dynasties. about
1900 b. C., show glass blowers at WORK.
Phoenicia, Assyria, Babylonia, Persia,
China, India, Greece and Rome.
ANY reader can get tho answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
FAVOR WORKMEN'S BILL
Senate Committee Decides to Recon-
mend Act for Passage.

AT a meeting of the senate commit
tee on labor. held this afternoon, the
committee decided to recommend for
passage, with some slight amend
ments, the administration bill on
workmen's compensation. The bill,
as amended, gives the appellate right,
from a decision of the industrial court
to the district court in the county in
which the source of the suit arose.
Another amendment provides that
the dependents of workmen killed in
industry do not have to be citizens of
the United States in order to draw
compensation in sum exceeding
$3.50. The present law fixes the value
Of an alien 1aborer to his family at
$3.50, and the administration bill car
ries the same clause. With the amend
ments which were attached in the
committee, however, residence, and
not citizenship, is all that is necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

No sooner had the senate passed the
farmers emergency relief tariff -
with its amendment covering sugar
than sugar prices went up, while corn
and wheat continue to hover around
the low mark. This leads the Sioux
City Tribune to ask: Are congress
men really fooling farmers, or just
Themselves"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

Wall St, New York, Feb. 24.-STOCkS-
Further Industrial readjustment divided
suspensions and lack of public interest
gave the shorts another free hand in the
stock market today for the extreme losses
ranging from 1 to points. Sales approx
mated $4,000 shares.
Rails finally gave way under increased
pressure in the last hour when the general
list recorded the lowest levels or the day.
The closing was heavy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

Among the many solutions OF the
labor problem offered from time to
time is that of profit-sharing. No
body seems to have thought of loss
sharing as a way out. Under plan
of the latter sort the railroads would
find themselves in much better con-
dition than they are today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
NO MORE HOSPITAL GROUND
Senate Ways and Means Committee
Kills Ridgway Measure.

The senate ways and means COM
mittee today reported as killed the
Ridgway bill which provided for the
purchase of additional ground for the
state university hospital and clinical
school at Rosedale. Kan.
The same committee killed the Nc
Ivor bill which permitted insurance
companies, which have paid illegal
taxes, to recover from the state by
suit. and set aside.a sum of money for
meeting such suits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24
-FOUR TONS OF COAL STOLEN.
Charles Little Company Reports Loss
To Police Today

Four tons of coal were stolen early
this morning from the Charles Little
Coal company, 1414 Monroe street, ac-
cording to a report to the police
Officers arrested George Andrews
and Alfred Graves, negroes, in con-
nection with the theft The coal was
said to have been hauled away in a
wagon. Detectives said one man con-
fessed to making three trips. Some of
the coal was found at one house and
some at another, police said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-24

raising or depressing wages" Blu.
foreign trade could not long exist in
the face of such legislation as is en-
bodied in the Fordney emergency tar
if measure. No people will continue
to buy from us unless we buy from
them and to maintain an exchange OF
commodities there must be a square
deal -