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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
MAY HOLD INVESTIGATION
Attorney General to Take Action in
Wolff Packing Company Case.

The attorney generals office may
conduct an inquisition regarding dis
charge of employees by the Wolff Pack
ing company. The investigation is a
result of a wage order, by the indus
trial court and a move by the packing
company to test constitutionality of
the labor court law.
Subpoenas will be issued for thirty
eight witnesses. They will include
former employer who claim they were
discharged because of activity in urg-
ing the wage case prosecution, and
officers and present employees of the
company. Under a provision of the
industrial court act discharge of en-
ployes who testify in a case against
an employer is punishable by fine or
Imprisonment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
RAVES MUST COME DOWN,

RATES MUST COME OOWN.
1t has been urged frequently by The
State Journal that in maintaining the
existing high schedules of freight and
passenger rates the railroads were
standing in their own light. This Pc
sition receives endorsement in the
current issue of the wollman Review.
which says:
The sterilization of our railroad
situation will not have been attained
until there has been a revision of
rates. 1t may appear to be the ex-
treme OF hardship to demand that the
transportation systems, which have
been Iaboring under the burden of
high operating costs, Immediately
transfer to the public a substantial
part of the benefits resulting from
lowered wage scales and economies in
stituted by the management. Probably
no such intention is literally implied
by the intimations from Washington
to the effect that1he people must have
relief from the present high rates.
In some respects a demand for
lower freight and passenger rates is
Justified, not only in the interest of
the users of transportation, but also
in the interests of the roads them
selves From the standpoint of the
effect on consumption, transportation
differs in no essential respect from the
wages of labor or the prices of COM
modities. We have seen how high
prices check buying. We have also
condemned the blind and fatuous
sisted on maintaining uneconomic
wage scales, thus cutting down en-
ployment and enormously reducing
the aggregate wage payments to the
laborers themselves.
There is no doubt that present rail-
road rates have had an adverse effect
upon the volume of freight shipments
and the extent of passenger travel.
Attention has been called to the de-
bilitating influence of the increased
rates in the restriction of shipments
and the localizing of traffic, thus re-
ducing the number of long hauls for
the railroads and causing a tendency
toward less efficient localization of
production.
In the passenger department, says
the Review, the railroads have suf-
fered severely. Undoubtedly the bust
ness depression has been a contribut-
ing factor, but the fact remains that
ON many fast trains between our great
cities traffic is very light and the
high cost of transportation and Pull
man accommodations Nhas made the
average person think twice before I'M
dertaking a journey.
The same principle, which applies
to the conduct of general business
holds good in railroading. The price
charged can be so high as to cut down
volume and thus permit overhead
charges to work inevitable disaster.
Railroad gross and railroad net I'M
questionably would show a gain thru
business-like scaling down of rates.
Tariffs should not be reduced to a
point that business would be done at
a loss with a fair volume of traffic.
They should not, however, be so high
as to restrict the volume of transport
tation and thus permit the memorable
overhead to get in its deadly work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

The British coal miners who, by 60
ing on u general strike, tied up most
of the industries in the United King
dom, gradually but surely are working
themselves out of a job. Power sta
tions for street railways, flour mills,
margarine factories. electric lighting
plants, railway locomotives. large no.
tells, ferry~boats, edible oil refineries
reported, are conYerting their plants
into oil burners and many of them
declare that they will not go back to
coal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
Dorothy Dix Talks
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Lest We FORGET.

I have just been reading heart
broken letter from little girl who
pours out her troubles to me over
eight pages of the best pink note pa
per.
She says she is lie, and her father
and mother think that she is too
young to haverbeaux and go to parties.
And all the other girls have boy
friends. and good times, and her FAM
lily doesn't see why she is not perfectly
happy to stay at home every evening
and read nice "Glad Anna" books.
Her mother won't even let her have an
intimate girl friend, because she is
afraid that the girl will put notions
into her head.
"Of course know have perfectly
wonderful parents, and that the rea-
son that they are so strict with me is
because they think it is for my good"
the little girl writes, land they give me
lots of pretty clothes. and I have a
fine home that I get awful sick of
staying in, and when there is a real
nice play. that they consider proper
for a young girl to see, or an educa-
tional film, they take me to the the
alter. or the moving pictures. where
sit between mother and father. but
that isn't what ] want.
At want to go places with the girls
and boys, and to laugh and skylark,
and to have a girl friend who will
come and have tea in my room, and
tell me all her secrets, and I tell her
all mine.
ct Just want to do little silly things.
and play around with other girls and
boys, and mother and father are per-
fectly shocked, and won't let me, be-
cause they say that when they were
my age they never thought OF any
thing except of improving their minds,
and listening to their elders"
Then the little girl ends her letter
with this question: "Were the people
of generation ago really and truly so
different from the young people of
today?''
No, my dear. they. were not There
are no such other monumental liars
on earth as parents, and it is a good
thing that snap judgment is not taken
upon them as it was upon Ananias and
Saphira, or else the land would be full
of orphans For when fathers and
mothers begin telling their children
about what model girls and boys they
were. they let go alf hold on veracity
and give rein to their imaginations.
The one thing that never changes Is
human nature Every soul that comes
into the world has practically the same
| desires, and goes thru practically the
same experiences! We all love, and
hate, and laugh and weep. and play
and work, and dance and feast, and
are pleased with foolish trifles, and dc
! all sorts Of silly and ridiculous things
in our youth: and those who tell you
otherwise have no truth in them.
The most conspicuous ornament fl
every home in which there are chill
dren should be a motto so placed thai
every time the parents looked up they
would read it. And this motto SHOULD
say. LEST WE FORGET.
1t would be a perpetual reminder Il
parents, of their own youth. which
they have so long forgotten 1t woulC
give them the key to their children.
condolences, and keep them from max
ing so many plumbers that they nov
make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

Says the Sioux City Tribune: 1.-THE
United States and the Christian world
generally may yet have their con-
science salved. When the British join
forces with the Greeks and start after
the Turks in earnest. Armenia will
have a chance" But the British are
unlikely to pursue the course outlined
above until England has been subject
ed to much stronger pressure than yet
has appeared. In fact. it probably
will be necessary for the United States
France and Italy to take the lead. Il
appears to be the height of absurdits
for this country to go on pouring mon
ey and provisions into Armenia and
then permit all its efforts to save q
people from humiliation to be multi.
fled by the unspeakable Turk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

Senator Cummins of Iowa, chair
man of the senate interstate commerce
committee, has introduced a bill for.
bidding railroads from purchasing
material or supplies from corporations
whose arrangements include officials
of the roads, The passage of this
measure will put the railroads to lot
of unnecessary trouble in finding u
way to evade it. But all corporations
are accustomed to that sort of thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
MAKE RAID ON Big STILL
Deputy Shcriffs Discover Larses'
Home Brew Factory in County.

Deputy Sheriffs Discover Largest
Home Brew Factcry in County.
. The largest still yet discovered IN
shawnee county was found MONDAY
afternoon by Robert Pendleton anu
oscar Perkins, deputy sheriffs. on the
farm of John Reaser, 81, and Melvin
Reaser, %, living eight miles north
west of Topeka ee;.
No one was at home when the OIL
ca+olna grove. It had capacity of
about $50 gallons of mash a day, the
officers said. In a hay stack barrel
containing about forty gallons OF 1resh
mash was found.
theirs home three miles away and his
brother was located in a North Topeka
pool hall They were arrested on
charge of having liquor in their pos
session. They at first denied knowi-
edge of the still, but later admitted 1t
was theirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
Ten Face Federal Indictments.

Philadelphia. June 7.-Indictments
charging ten men with obtaining be-
tween 100000 aSd s75O,00o fraudu-
leftly by selling stock in the Penn
Burk Burnett Oil company of Fort
Worth, Texas. on promises of dividends
yielding "a per cent per year. were
returned by the federal grand Jury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
MAY ASK RETURN OF STRADFORD
E,xtradition Applications Have Not
Reached Governors Office.

Extradition applications for return
of J. B. Stradford to Oklahoma have
not been sent to Governor Aliens Of
flee. Friends of the Tulsa negro gave
the governors office first information
of the trouble when they sent tele-
grams urging that applications for ex-
tradition be denied. -a
= In state house circles there is a be-
lief that Oklahoma may ask for Strad-
for6's return. According to reports
sent to Topeka he may be wanted in
connection with the recent Tulsa race
riots
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
R. |. CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT
Several Members of Divisional Head-
quarters Staff Will Attend.

The second dinner and meeting of
the Rock Island club will be held at
the Chamber of Commerce at $50
O'Clock tonight. In addition to the
local staff, there will be several mem
bers of the divisional headquarters
staff at the dinner, who are here for
the divisional staff conference, and
will remain over for the dinner c. B.
Pratt, division superintendent, is one
of the men who will be present.
w. c. Cartilage, claim agent for the
road at Topeka, is the chairman of the
committee on arrangements. L. b.
Strain, division freight agent, Will be
the POSTMASTER tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
TO MOVE PLANT AUGUST |.

Curtis. Towle & Paine Company Buy
Property ut Crane and jackson.
The Curtis, Towle & Paine company
will move from its present location,
SIS Van Buren, street, to Crane and
jackson streets about August 1, ac-
cording to r. S. Murray, manager, to-
day. Expiration of the lease on the
present building is given as the cause
OF the move.
The lots at Crane and Jackson
streets were purchased by the COM
pany about two and one-half years
ago, and two warehouses are now
located there. There will probably
be additional buildings erected next
spring, it was stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
THREE EXECUTED.
Ono an Englishman Convicted OF
Numbering Magistrate.

Dublin, June Three men were
executed at Mount Joy prison today.
Patrick Maher-were Irishmen, the
other one, Consta BILE Mitchell, was an
Englishman.
Maher and Foley were convicted of
numbering a constable at Knocklong.
Mitchell was found guilty of murder
ing Magistrate Dixon at Dunlavin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
G. OF C. FORUM TO MEET
Plans for New City Jail To Be Dis
cussed "Wednesday,

cussed Wednesday.
The second meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce forum, which comprises
the entire membership will be held
Wednesday noon at the Chamber OF
Commerce.
A varied program has been arranged
by Guy G. Sickler. secretary, and E. L.
Copeland, chairman of the forum.
Browns Saxaphone Six from a local
theater will entertain at the begin
ming of the program with several num-
bers. The topic for discussion will be
The New City Jail" DIR. Charles NJ.
Sheldon. Judge Rad NJ. Lee and Chief
of Police Guy Swallow will lead in
the discussion F C. Beck will preside
at the meeting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

The funeral of Mrs. Harry Mcmahon, age
2S, was held at 10 o'clock this morning
from Penwell's chapel. Burial in Topeka
cemetery.
MRS HENRIETTA SEARCIE died at
her home, 800 West Railroad street, Monday
morning. The funeral will be held We'd
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Second Baptist church, at Laurent street
and Topeka avenue. in charge of Patterson
Ten. Members of other temples are in
vited to attend. Burial Will be in Topeka
cemetery.
The body of Mrs Bessie Buckner Austin,
Is years old, who died Sunday in Kansas
City, arrived in Topeka Monday evening.
Mrs. Austin formerly lived in Topeka. The
funeral will be held Thursday afternoon
Mt 80 o'clock at the Calvary Baptist
church, in charge of Myra Chapter No. 5.
of the Order of the Eastern Star. Burial
will be In Mount Auburn cemetery.
The funeral of John p. Lane, who died
Saturday. will be held Thursday after
noon Mt 2:30 o'clock from Lanes chapel,
in charge of Excelsior Lodge, No 3,
knights of Pythias. Burial will be in
Mount Auburn cemetery.
Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. s27.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
WICHITA LIYEsToCK MARKET.

Wichita. June 7.-HOGS-Receipts 500
Market, Sc higher; top, $3.50; bulk, $7.72@
1.50.
CATTLE-Receipts, 400. Market steady
and heifers, S3.O0@6.75; stockers and feed
ers. S3OO07.0G; stock cows and heifers.
50. 5O@ $50; bulls, $2.00@4.50; calves, $30oQ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
Local Mention

Forty thousand Chinese relief
stamps have been received in Topeka,
according to Miss Louise Hersey, gem
eral secretary of the Y. w. c. A., who
is a leader in the relief drive in To-
peka. Many of the stamps have been
distributed to boys and girls of the
city. Additional stamps will be dis
tributed in Sunday schools on Sunday,
June IL. Before the end of the cam
paign, Miss Hersey said, $4,000 more
stamps probably will have been dis
tributed.
Raymond Chiropodist, orpheum Bldg.-Adv.
A meeting of a committee composed
of representatives of the American
Legion. the w. R. C. and the Elks'
club to arrange for a Flag Day cele-
bration, will be held at the Elks' club
tonight. The committee members are
Mrs. E. r. Supple, Orie lines, w. R.
Falkiner. P. Flowers, Joe Nickel and
R. D. McGiffert
w. A. Stanfield, city water commits
sioner, has gone to Cleveland, Ohio, to
spend several days on business.
Razor Blades Resharpened;. 25c- 35c
per dozen. Tromp Annex-Adv.
A gasoline explosion at the Scott
Weighing Machine company, AS Jack
son street. caused an alarm to the
fire department at 1915 o'clock this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
NEW YORK. sToCK MARKET..

Wall St.. New York. June 7.-STOCKS-
shorts covered extensively in the last hour,
leaders recovering to points. The rally
in foreign exchange The closing was ir-
regular Sales Appropriated 100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
STATE TO SUE FOR 81, 16O
This Amount Is Said To BE Due From
Stracham Estate.

The state, thru the attorney gem
erals office. will bring suit to collect
$3.50 alleged to be due the state from
the estate of the late James Stracham
OF Abilene. The suit will be filed in
the Dickinson county district court
The suit will be filed against
Stracham's heirs in Dickinson county.
Stracnam's estate is valued by the
state tax commission at $43,50O,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

There seems little reason for doubt
that the railroads soon will be work
ing approximately as many men as
they had before the 1ay-off and in
some Instances. perhaps. better men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
SEW YoRK LIBERTY bond MARKET

New York, June Liberty bonds close
31s's, $500; first As. $40; second IS, $500
AIS, 600; fourth AIS, $40; Victor,
3%'s, $3.50; Victory ANS, $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
DISCUSS STATE IRRIGATION
Dispute Between Kansas and Colorado
Before Topeka Conferences.

Before Topeka Conferences.
issues in the irrigation disputes be-
tween Kansas and Colorado Will be
discussed Wednesday at conference
in the state house. Plans for the con-
ference were announced today from
the office of the attorney general.
Delphe Carpenter, commissioner TOT
the state of Colorado, will represent
that state, Several persons Interested
in irrigation projects in the Arkansas
river valley are expected to attend the
conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. EDITH NASH, age 81, wife of x.
+. Naslr of 215 West Laurent street, died
Monday morning in a local hospital. Fun
eral announcements later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

|. RANGE OF STOCKS.
FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co.. a11
New England Bldg)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans, June 7-COTTON-Spot
steady. ID higher; middling, 11.Ss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. s27.-
| Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-07

Razor Blades Resharpened;. 25c-35t
per dozen. Tromp Annex.-Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
Met with South Sid. rarmers.

The committee from the Holly
Commercial Club appointed for the
purpose OF trying to interest
sufficient number of the dairymen
on the south side In the selling Of
milk and thereby establish milk
route which will mean receiving
station at this point. met at the
Enterprise school house on Tuesday
evening and talked the proposition
over with few of the farmers Tho
distance from town is causing n
number of those interested to lock
tlDon the proposition with doubt
the practice of separating the milk
and selling the butterfat seemne
TO be the one that now Interests
them the most. However is thooght
sufficient number will be inter
asted In giving the route 30 day
trial and the committee feel there
will be no question of the patrons
seeing the benefits to he derived
from this source.
Besides the committee which is
composed of A. 4. Morich |. n.
Swafford and Ed Dolberg, w. s.
Partridge. w. s. Thayer. Joe Boetto
George Shell and R. f. Wood OF
Holly and Messrs. Reynolds and
Reed Of Lamar, were present at the
meeting,
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
MS. B. Goodman Dead.

Mrs. B Goodman, who for the
1ast three weeks has been serious
" i'll, passed away Wednesday even
ing at Z o'clock, at the Lamar hos
oital, where an operation for cancer
of the stomach was performed last
week, One daughter. Miss Alma
Goodman OF Chicago was with her
ut the time of her death. The re
mains will not be brought home
but will be shipped to some point
n the east where other relatives
live.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
Edgman Will Manag. Bali Team.

The directors of the local base
ball association have selected s. N
Edgman as manager of the Holly
baseball team this season. Mr.. Ede-
man will successfully pilot the 10.
cal team over the rough tempestu'
Gus sea Of amateur sport.
At q meeting Of the directors
held this morning, the decision was
made not to move the ball grounds
as had been planned last year. The
present property will be improved
and made more desirable for pa
irons OF the games.
Another decision made was to
lower the admission price this year
to 25 cents for adults with no
charge under 10 years OF age.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
Clean Up April 4 to II.

AT a meeting held by the joint
committees appointed by the Com
mercial Club and Civic Club held
last evening, the date for the Clean
Up week for this year was set for
April 4th to 18th. The committees
are working out the plans which
will be announced in detail next
week.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
Lumber Decline, Forty Per dent

The prices OF lumber OF various
kinds are following the general ton
dency of decline which ts hcsng
noted among other commodities
The approximate reduction 's from
forty to fifty per cent on common
lumber. Most of the common lnm.
Der sold in La Junta comes from the
Pacific coast and freight costs com
prise from forty-five to fiftr-e gh'
per cent Of the selling price Of the
lumber
Fir dimension stuff. which a year
ago brought from SIS to $40 ner thou
sand feet. is now sold at $4s to $50
Siding. flooring and finish lumber.
which sold year ago for $40 to $50
now sells for $50 to 500 Lsth sold
for s25 per thousand and now can
be purchased at from so to $12
Shingles are now $50 that once
brought 50 per Thousand.
The reduction along other lines OF
material used in building operation
ia not as greet as it is in lumber
The reduction in the price Of paint
is only fifty cents per gallon or In
some instances seventy five cents
per gallon The price Of building
hardware has declined only about
fifteen rer cent while nails are quot
ed as high as they ever were.
Taken all the way through how.
ever. the decline in prices will be
great enough 20 that msnv who
have been compelled to hold Of on
building operations because OF the
lack of sufficient money. will be en-
abled to go ahead and erect the
homes that are still badly needed
in La Junta. and the coming season
will very likely witness an increase
in building operations.-La Junta
Tribune.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
Onions Going 70 Waste

Olathe. Colo. March % Thousand
of sacks OF onions are being dump
ed in this vicinity by the growers
and commission houses. due to the
fact that the price offered for them
would not justify the sacking and
shipment.
1t is estimated that at least six.
twfive cars OF onions will be dump
ed this year in the Olathe district
Geo. Reshaw a local dealer. reports
he will dump at least 1000 sacks.
Despite the fact that so many
oniins are being dumped. the far
mers will plant record acreage of
onions this year. Farmers desir
ing onions for seed can purchase
them at little cost and. therefore
this will be q good onion year.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
METHODIST CHURCH

Easter Sunday program by the
Sunday School children at 9:45. A
rood program is being arranged
md everyone is invited to attend.
Tvangelistic services -. II A. NJ.
Tvangelistic services ....3 P. NJ.
Tpworth League $50 P. NJ
Tvangelistic services .7:D P. NJ
Everybody welcome.
Fl. LUCAS, Minister
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
Visited Lamar Chapter

Mrs. John Duncan. Grand Electa
of the Grand Chapter o. E. S. of the
State OF Colorado. visited Lamar
Chapter No. ll2 on Wednesday even
ing. AS remembrance and apprec-
iation OF her visit the Lamar Chap
ter presented Mrs. Duncan with q
beautiful bouquet of red roses.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-03-24
Piano Recital Was Success

The piano recital given by Miss
Alice Adkins. assisted by a mems
1ouble quartette. was one of the
most successful occasions of the
season. Miss Adkins under the in
struction Of Mrs. Harry d. Steele
has proven very apt pupil and
has become very proficient in her
performance on the piano.
The recital was given at the high
school auditorium last Friday even
ing, every seat in the large auditor
ium being filled.
Miss Mae Bueker is planning an
exended trip to the state of Cali
fornia in the near future.