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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08
STORES MAY CLOSE EARLY
Many Favor Closing at $50 O'Clock
During July and August.

During July and August.
Early closing of stores during July
and August is the subject of ques-
tionnaire sent to all members of the
Topeka Merchants association this
afternoon by Milton Tabor, secretary.
At a meeting of the members of
the board of directors Tuesday it was
decided to find out whether or not
all the stores favor closing at $3.50
o'clock during the two hot months.
Many of the retail establishments have
followed this custom for several years.
1t is planned to make it as nearly
unanimous as possible this season.
With most of the stores belonging to
the association it is believed that an
understanding, which will prevent
confusion in the minds of the CUSTOM
ers will be reached.
Many of the stores favor closing at
$50 o'clock every day in the week,
while a few would prefer to remain
open later on Saturday evenings. Tt
is pointed out that trade is very light
on Saturday nights during the two
picnic months and that if all stores
will close they will be just as well off
and the employees will be more SO.
The QUESTIONABLE being sent to all
association members is for the pur-
pose of determining the wishes of
majority of the retail merchants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08

really hampering the. growth and
prosperity of Topeka"
The committee charges that the
public is being kept in ignorance cot
the fact that cities are being signed
up every week on the 44-hour basis
and that the employers state organi-
cation is issuing weekly bulletins to its
members that are misleading and cal
culated to hamper an early adjust
ment of the controversy.
''All the affected unions in Topeka
are standing solidly together and are
confident of winning the contest here
as reports form national labor head
quarters are indicative of the fact that
the attempt to institute the open shop
in America has failed completely" Mr..
Bush SAWS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08
RETRIEVE FOR MURDERERs.
Appeal Given AS Reason-Execution
Set for This Month.

Oklahoma City. June S.-william
TAFT and Cleo Cohen, convicted muir
derers, will not be executed at the
state penitentiary this month as the
district court at Lawton decreed. Gov
ernor Robertson last night granted
both men a reprieve, postponing their
executions until July Is. The COVER
nor stated he took this step because
Cohen has announced his intention Of
appealing his sentence to the criminal
court of appeals.
Taite pleaded guilty to the murder
of Russell Sprague. Lawton service
car driver. and Cohen was found guilty
of the same crime by a district court
jury. j.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer' on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds Headache. Neu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08
UTAH COPIES KANSAS LAW.
Cigarets Placed Under Strict Ban b.
State Legislature.


Salt Lake City, June s.-Utah's
anti-cigaret law. passed by the last
legislature became effective yesterday.
simultaneously thel shelves of tobacco
stores today are cleared of cigarets,
while cigaret advertisements disap-
peared from the newspapers.
The law provides against smoking
in public places and prohibits the Civ
ing away, sale, exchange or barter OF
cigarets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08

and later corps surgeon for the First
corps and Fifth corps.
AS a part of the Elks' ritual, J. E.
Morgan will speak on THE History OF
the Flag"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08

ra1gia, rheumatism. Earache. Tooth
ache, Lumbago and for Pain. All
druggists sell Bayer Tablets of Aspirin
in handy tin boxes of IL. and in bot
ties of "a and 100. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08

IT AVE you ever stopped to
= think of the part petroleum
plays in converting raw material
into the fabrics which are used
to make your suit of clothes?
From the wool on sleeps back
to the clothes on your back is a
long journey and petroleum
shortens it at every step.
By machinery fabricated with
petroleum, man may shear from
Us to 200 feeces a day. BY the
old method, SO heeces would be
considered a big days work.
After leaving the sheep, the
wool passes through ten major
processes before it is ready for
the tailor. Each of these require
the use of intricate machinery,
having bearings which run at
speeds varying from $50 to
$4,000 revolutions per minute.
From the clipper TO the last finishing
machine, a diversity of mechanical con-
ditions exist, each of which has been
studied and experimental with, and a
lubricant found which meets exactly
the needs of the machinery.
In solving these lubricating problems,
and manufacturing oils and greases which
enable these machines to perform their
work, the Standard Oil Company (Indi-
anal always has been among the leaders.
It's staff of carefully trained chemists,
.rehners, and lubricating engineers are
constantly at work, devising new and
more efficient means ofreducing friction.
This Company computes its success
not wholly upon its balance sheets, not
wholly upon the number of useful prod
ucts it manufactures, but rather upon
the fact that many of the useful prod
ucts of petroleum are made from ma
terial which otherwise would be wasted.
and are made by processes which were
evolved in the Company's laboratories.
Standard Oil Company
(Lndiana)
80 So. Michisau Ave- ChicaSo N
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08

Some one wants that which you do not A small
both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-08
GOLD MEDALS TO SEVEN
During May Total of 1872 Pounds of
Foodstuffs Were Condemned.


The sanitary condition of 135 gro
Gerry and meat markets and restau-
rants inspected during the month of
may was satisfactory for the most
part, according to the report made by
Food Inspector George v Denton.
Gold seals for a grade of 81 per
cent or more were awarded the Dibble
Grocery and Meat Market, the Ches-
terrified cafe. the Dibble Soda and
Luncheonette, the Purity bakery, the
Woodsd cafe, the Y. NJ. C. A. cafeteria
and the Central Park Grocery and
Meat Market.
Scores below the creditable mark
were registered against the Metropoli-
tan lunch. the Steve Proudly restau-
rant, the Metropolitan drink counter,
and a grocery store at 312 East First
street.
During May 1872 pounds of food
stuffs were condemned by the
food inspector. Eighteen complaints
We're made to the city food department
bc foil ON
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
" Washington Sorroms
At NeaUs Of Lanes Death
50 An Outstanding Americana
Harding Fires the Wido,c;
Wilson's Send CondoLence

WASHINGTON, May 18.-Word of
the death of Franklin K. Lane came as
peculiar shock to-day to the nations
capital, for so many years even more
his. home than his chosen place of
residence in California. There were
manifestations Of grief in every de-
partment of the government, from the
President to the messengers in the In
terror Department, who had known so
long the kindly, humorous, but eff
cient public servant
Messages of sympathy went to Mrs.
Lane from the President and Mrs.
Harding, former President Wilson and
scores of others high in national and
diplomatic life. The message from the
President and Mrs. Harding follows:
II have just learned of the death Of
your distinguished husband, and am
wiring to express my very great shock
and my exceedingly deep sorrow over
his untimely passing. He was an out
standing American who rendered most
distinguished service to his country
and found an abiding place in the af-
fcctions OF all who knew him we'll. Mrs
Harding joins me in an expression of
most sympathetic coincidence"
Former President Wilson also sent a
message of coincidence to Mrs. Lane.
Mr.. Wilson did not make public what
he had said to Mrs, Lane Of the man
who stood by him in his Cabinet for
seven years. The blow fell most sharp
ly at the home here of Mrs. Philip c.
Kaufman, his only daughter.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19

having been admitted to the California
bar In 1889, he engaged in legal prac-
tlce and began to give some attention
to politics.
His first public Office was that of
Corporation Counsel of San Francisco
which he filled from 1897 to 1902. In
the latter year he was the Democrat tic
candidate for Governor of California
but 1t was Republican year and he
was not elected. In 1903 he was the
democratic candidate for United States
senator, but was defeated. But in 1905
PRESIDENT Roosevelt appointed him q
member of the Interstate Commerce
commission, in which place he re-
NAMED Tor eight years. He won the
reputation of being constructive
statesman of broad principles and nro.
gresslVe ideas and attracted the fa-
Voraole attention of men of all parties
throughout the nation. Indeed his
Tepute became international. for in 1910
ne was elected member of the perma-
nent International Railway Comm;s-
sion winch was organized at the Inter-
national Railway Conference AT Rerne
switzerland. '-e
appointment to Cabinet
Mt Lane was stir member of the
interstate Commerce Commission wher
IN 1913 ne was made Secretary of tbe
interior in the first Cabinet of presi.
denc wilson. 1t was said that he
Drought to his new duties the high
enclency and the progressive purposes
"hlch had distinguished his commits,
s1onershlp and did so far as circun1-
stances would permit, work for il' tbr
materlal interests of the country CON.
sldered comparable with the best that
had ever been done by his predecessors
II II ne mad any particular hobby it was
that OF conservation of the natural re-
sources Of the nation and in that iirec-
ton he achieved some lasting results
of great value.
At the crisis of President Wilson's
dealings with Mexico in 1916, Secre-
tary Lane was appointed the head OF
the American members of the Interna-
tlonal Joint High Commission to settle
the differences between the TWO coun.
tries and though it could not effect q
complete settlement it did bring about
the signing of the protocol unde,
which the United States troops were
withdrawn from the southern republic
His dealings with the Indian tribe.
were marked with a fine degree OF
benevolence and firmness and ALWAYS
with unwaverlng justice. In conse-
quence he so won the confidence of the
Indians that he was formally invested
with the dignity of chief, his Indiar
namc being Lone Chief.
During Americas participation in the
World War, Secretary Lane was a mem
Der Of the Council Of National Defenc,
and was active in Red Cross affairs
and was chairman of the National In
dustrial Conference. which was con
vened because of conditions created b,
the war.
AS chairman of the Railroad Wag,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19

given immediate access at his Office to
the Police Department records which
the committee desired to examine.
To Subpoena Police Records
To-day representative of the com
mittee was kept cooling his heels at
the Corporation Counsers office for
three, hours before he could present
his credentials. This attitude of the
Corporation Counsel has not facilitated
the work of the committee. The citys
obstructive tactics will be terminated
without further delay"
The committees plan CT action for
to-day calls for the subpenaing of Ger
tain police records at noon. At the
same time subpenas will be served on
Mr.. O'Brien and Assistant Corporation
Counsel Walter Coghlin. calling for
their appearance before the full com
mittee at o'clock. The city officials
will be asked to produce certain papers,
documents and records. If these are
produced they will be impounded by
the committee. If they are refused both
O'Brien and Coghlin will be held in
contempt and the committee will take
the matter before the Supreme Court.
Elon r. Brown, chief counsel to the
CoHlniCtee, V4Slteo tHe IdIh NOW CLHceS
of the body yesterday and had long
conference with Senator Meyer and AS
sociate Counsel Wallstein Mr. Brown
took occasion to accuse the Corporation
Couasel with impeding the work of the
committee.
"Mr. O'Brien is not contributing to
the investigations" said Mr.. Brown. "He
is impeding it, and this is to be re-
gretted. I hope he will come to an un-
derstanding of what the committee
hopes to accomplish. I am certain that
he will, and that we will be able to pro-
ceed in an orderly manner"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19

ably the most retentive and accurate
memory ever possessed by Suprsfne
Court Justice He dictated his opinions
to a stenographer and had them writ
ten out, and then delivered them from
memory, letter perfect, without 90
much as gIancing at the manuscript.
In like manner he WAS able TO cite
authorities at great Ieneth without re-
ferring TO the books. Physically ne Was
a man of massive stature, fond of walk
ing, swimming and rowing when on ~.
summer vacations in Maine or Capads,
but not much otherwise given to ath-
ietic sports.
Oldest Ever Appointed
He was the oldest man-being sixty
five--ever appointed to the Chief Jsts-
ticeship, the others having been jay,
forty-four; RuSledge. ffty-six; ELS
worth, fifty; Marshall. forty-six:
Taney, fifty-nine; Chase, fifty-six:
Waite, fifty-eight, and Fuller, fifty-five.
His health was superb, however, and
his capacity for work, even after he
had passed threescore and ten, exceed
ed that Of most men in middle life.
In early manhood he became enar-
ored of Miss Virginia Montgomery.
of New York. who was at that time
living with her sister in New Orleans
She did not then reciprocate his az
fection. but married another man, Lin
don Kent, a prominent Louisiana law
yer. Mr.. and Mrs. Kent lived in Wash
ington for many years, until the death
of the former. Then, after an appro-
pirate interval, Justice White renewed
the suit which had beer unsuccessful
many years before. and this time was
accepted. He and Mrs. Kent were mar
ried at st. Francis Xavier's Church in
New York on November 5, 1924.
Justice White received in 1914 from
the University of Notre Dame the
Laetare medal, awarded annually to
the Catholic layman who has during
the year rendered the greatest benefit
to Catholic society, He received the
degree of LII. D. from Georgetown Col
lege, from st. Louis University and
from Harvard, and that of Doctor OF
Canon Law from Trinity He was a
member and chancellor of the board of
regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Lane Is Dead:
" rOte Greed
On DeathI)ed
Continued from pass one>

with note OF the fact that general
anasthetic could not be applied on ac-
count of the patients heart, which
chad been cutting up some didoes.'
The statement continues:
"For two days l had knowledge that
this operation was to take place at
this time and my nerves had not been
just as good as they should have been.
Those men who sleep twelve hours
perfectly before being electrocuted
have evidently led more tranquil lives
than / have, or have less concern as
to the future. All, now / was to know
had been wondering, wondering. Often
had said to myself that ! should
summon to my mind when this
moment came, some words that would
be somewhat q synthesis of my
philosophy. Socrates said to those
who stood by after he had drunk the
hemlock, No evil can befaN goo
man, whether he be alive or dead l
don't know how far from that we have
gone in these 2,400 years.
81 Accept His Greed
"The apothegm. however, was not
apposite. to me. because it involved a
declaration that I was a good man,
and ! don't know any one who has the
right to so appreciate himself. And
I had come to the conclusion that per-
haps the best ststement of my creed
could be fitted into the werds 4 accept,
which to me meant that if in the law of
nature my individual spirit was to go
back into the great ocean of spirits my
one duty was to conform. Lead Kind
ly Light was all the gospel l had.
accepted"
Born in Prince Edward Island
Journalist, lawyer, diplomat, political
leader, Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner and Secretary of the Interior,
Franklin Knight Lane might we'll have
been a candidate for the highest place
in the government of the United States
had it not been for the fact of his alien
birth. For he was born near Char
lottetown, Prince Edward Island, on
July Is, 1854, the son of a prominent
practicing physician.
In his childhood the family removed
to California and with that state he
was ever after identified He was edu-
Gated at the University of California,
class OF 1886, and then engaged in
newspaper work. He came to New York
for a time as the correspondent of
various Western papers and later be-
came editor and part owner of the
Tacoma (Wash.) Daily News. Then,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Italian Coalitionists
Elect Zoo to Chamber

ROME, May IS (By The Associated
Press 1.-THE latest returns from the
parliamentary elections held last Sun
day show that up to the present the
Coalitionists, who are supporting Pre-
mier Giolitti, have won 266 seats in
the Chamber of Deputies, the Socialists
III, the Communists Is. the Repub-
licans 8, the Catholics 102, the follow
ers of former Premier Nitti is, the
Slavs and the Germans 4.
The casualties as a result of the
elections are reported to be sixty-three
persons killed and more than two hun
dred wounded. Disorders after the
elections were graver than those on
Election Day, especially in Milan,
where q number of the Royal Guard
were killed. Other casualties included
five persons killed in the province OF
Bari and two in the province of Flor
ence, one person in Leghorn and one
IN Novara. In the last named place
! many persons were injured as labor
| headquarters was burned.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Chief Justice
White Dies In
Early Morning, 2,
tcontinusd from page ous)


early in 1891 to succeed James b
Eustis as United States Senator from
Louisiana. He took his seat on March
4, 1891, and quickly became command
ing figure in the Senate. But his
career there was cut short in less than
three years. when. on February 1e,
1894, President Cleveland appointed
him an Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
The message announcing his appoint
ment reached the Senate Chamber at 8
o'clock in the afternoon. Ten minutes
later his colleague Senator, Caffery
interrupted a speech which Senator
Daniels was. making about Hawaii to
ask for an executive session. The
spectators were expelled, the doors
were closed, and not many minutes
later they were reopened and the an
nouncement was made that the new
Justice had been confirmed without the
formaliEy of referring his name to a
COMMITTEES.
Mr.. White had at this time an en-
viable reputation in both state and ma
ton. In Louisiana he had heen the
leader of the anti-lottery and reform
party. and had done much as a sugar
planter to promote the economic well
fare Of the state. In the United States
Senate he was an aggressive and ef-
fective opponent Of the anti-option
garded as savoring of demagogy, and
was one of the most resolute champions
of honest money and the gold standard
against the fat money and free silver
agitators. His appointment to the
bench ended memorable struggle, dur
ing which the Senate rejected two
names which the President had sent in,
those of Wheeler H. Peckham and
William B. Hornblower, both of New
York.
Made Chief by Taft
1t was regarded as breach of GUS
tom to fail to appoint a New York man
to the bench. An equally notable vari-
alton from precedent occurred nearly
seventeen years later when, on De-
cember IL, 1910, President Taft ap-
pointed him to be Chief Justice. There
were those who strongly disapproved
thus filing the chief place by promo
tion from among the associates, but the
wisdom of the act was abundantIy vim
dicated by it's results. 1t was, more
over, the first time that President had
ever chosen Chief Justice from the
opposing political party, but there were
few who ventured to criticize this choice
on that ground
The fact that the civil law, instead
Of the common law, constitutes the
basis of the Louisiana system of iuris-
prudence made Justice White particu-
larly at home in all the questions
which came before the court He was
indeed regarded by many as the great
est civil law authority who ever sat
upon that bench. AS an Associate Jus
tice he showed himself strongly pos
aessed Of Federalist conceptions of the
government. He was on the side of the
government in all of the so-called in
sular cases, involving the Philippines
and other outlying territories, but he
was against the government, and rem
dered dissenting minority opinion, in
the famous Northern Securities case.
Justice White was noted for prob
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19
Liner CarllerOnia
Day Overdue and
Position Unknown
Cunard Offices Worried at
Silence of Big Passenger
Boat on Maiden Voyage
From Glasgow TO Halifax

The Anchor liner Cameronia, which
is on her maiden voyage, is already
one day overdue at Halifax and not q
single wireless message has been re-
ceived from her since she sailed from
Queenstown, it was learned yesterday
from Cunard officials.
The Cameronia is one of the largest
ships afloat, has large passenger list
and carries crew of between 800 and
400 men. Cunard officials were anx-
iously awaiting word from her yes,
terday.
1t is customary for all ocean liners
to wireless their positions daily. Gu
nard Line officials said last night that
the electrical disturbances noticeable
here Saturday and Sunday might have
put the Cameronia's wireless out OF
commission. They were unable to ex-
plain, however, why no word had been
received earlier in the week
The Cameronia is one of the fleet OF
thirteen ships operated as subsidiaries
Of the Cunard Line and sailed from
Glasgow. Her wireless plant, it is re-
ported, was in perfect working condi-
tion when she reached Queenstown
seven days ago. The Cameronia. i!
heeplAS III the ISRuldE idHe Oh SCeam-
ship travel, would have to pass the
northern ice regions, where icebergs
have been reported by other ships dur
ing the last week.
When all cabins are filled the Came
ronia carries a passenger list of 1900
She is described from Liverpool as hav-
ing sailed with Large passenger list"
the exact number not being given. She
has a displacement of $4,000 tons, is
57l feet long over all, with 70-foot
beam and 42-foot depth. she has
never been in this country. Early this
morning it was reported from Halifax
that no word had been received from
her. 1t was reported yesterday from
the same port that no message had
been received from her since she sailed
from Queenstown.
Cuaard officials said last night that
while much anxiety had been expressed,
it was expected the liner would reach
Halifax some time to-day.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-19

Administration. He was recognized
while leaving the executive offices by
two women whom he had met several
years ago. They shook hands with him
and said that while they had not seen
him for years they were kept informed
Of his activities through the news
papers.
"There is nothing like having path
way TO the front page the veteran
statesman replied.
Mr.. Depew told the newspaper men
that he had the washington habit"
and that he felt it imperative to visit
here every year after once having lived
in the capital, at is nice to be as old
as | am" he went on. "No one is jeal-
GUS of me, ] DONE envy the people in
Office, and, all in all, the world seems a
good place in which to live"
Asked If he would ''reminisce" d bit
with Uncle Joe Cannon, Mr. Depew re-
piled; II suppose so, though he's only
a kid" He referred feelingly to the
late Cardinal Gibbons, whom he held in
the highest esteem. "FTis Eminenee
was but three months younger than
l." said Mr.. Depew, "and many a time
we joked concerning my seniority"