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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
ASKS FOR S15, 925 DAMAGES
'Lemus A. johnson Wants TO Recover
for injuries in Auto Accident.

Mrs Emma Shaffer. $40 Western
avenue. was today. made defendant in
a suit filed in the district court by Lee
mus A. johnson, a minor, to collect
s15,925 damages for personal injuries
he received when he was struck by
Mrs. Skaters car at Fourth and Klein
streets February IL. 1921.
johnson was riding a motorcycle.
He claims Mrs Shaffer "cut the cor.
ner' as she was turning off of Fourth
onto Klein street, striking his motor
cycle and knocking him down. His
left leg and knee were, severely in
jured. the petition states. He says he
has been unable to work since the ac-
cident and that his leg will be perma-
nently stiff. Johnson was employed
by Crane & Co.
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]. C. NICHOLS TO SPEAK
WIN Address X. U. Memorial Cam
paign Workers Friday Night.

J. c. Nichols, Kansas university
graduate. who has become noted thru
his development of large building en-.
terprises in Greater Kansas City, will
be the principal speaker at the dinner
for K. U. Memorial campaign work
ers which will be held at sac o'clock
Friday evening at the Elks' club
Nichols took a ;aeding part in the
Kansas City Memorial campaign.
which resulted in $20s.oo0 being
pledged.
The dinner for the seventy-five orr
gained workers who will carry on
the K. q. campaign next week will be
the first important preliminary lead
ing to the general K. U. dinner at
Pelletiers at $50 o'clock Monday eve
ming.
Headquarters for the Shawnee
county Memorial campaign were
lsopened today in the directors room
of the Chamber of Commerce with W.
L. Gardner and John NJ. Porter. cam
paign secretaries in charge. Prerara-
| tory organization work has gone ahead
without serious delay during the dis
ruption of telephone service. altho it
| was necessary for team officers to use
i messengers and automobiles to large
| extent
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are gayly moving in their BELONGINGS
today. For the attitude of the chill
dren kept in this home is not what
might be expected. largely dug to
Mother" Mahaffey
when we leave here we're goin' to
be real mean so we'n get sent back to
Mother Mahaffey." is the way one
small boy spoke about his attitude to-
ward leaving the home.
Cared for 2,2zs Children.
Since the Kansas Children's Home
Society was founded in 1893 more than
2,275 children have been placed in
homes thru its efforts, it was esti-
mated by Miss Helen Shirk. daughter
of d. F. Shirk. superintendent of the
society Shirk has been superinten-
the death of DR.. o. S. Morrow. founder
of the society and its faithful superin-
tendent. A room in the new home
has been furnished in memory of an
other faithful worker for the organi-
zation. tlae Rev. F. E. Sherman of Con-
cordia. Children in the Concordia
district whom Sherman befriended
have contributed to the memorial
ROOM.
Six workers for the society travel
over the state keeping in touch with
children placed by the home, coming
in touch with children needing homes
and securing contributions for the
work. The society has thousands OF
contributors and carries on one of the
most constructive pieces of welfare
work in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
Dorothy Dix FALLS
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Acquiring a Sense of Humor-1.

Acquiring n Sense of HumOr-1.
We are in the way of thinking that
a sense of humor comes by nature, as
Dogberry thought that knowing how
to read and write did, and that one
was no more responsible for not hav-
ing laugh that was hung on a hair
trigger and went off at a touch, than
we are for not being born with a clas-
steal profile and naturally curly hair.
OF course, to arrive on this sad old
earth with a protuberant funnybone,
is to be the darling of the gods, for to
have an intuitive sense of what some
one has called 1.-The sweet absurdity of
things" is to have a magic that takes
the sting out of misfortune, and puts
an extra kick into the cocktail of joy.
Nevertheless, if Fate has denied you
this precious gift, you need not de-
spair. You can acquire a sense of
humor. You can Burbank the smile
of politeness into the rip-roaring laugh
of hilarity.
You don't believe it? You know
too many glum, grouchy people whose
| lips would crack if they tried to laugh.
You know too many Grape hangers
who never read anything but Russian
novels, and the deaths and accidents
| in the newspapers, and who drink
| black tea, and believe that the Judg-
ment Day is at hand. You know too
many literal men and women. upon
whose heads surgical operation
would have to be performed before
you could insert joke into their poor
old beans, and you are convinced that
people have to be born with a sense
of humor, just as they are born with
tenor voices. You can't get that way
yourself.
That is where we have made a mis-
take. That's why there are so many
depressed and depressing. whiny, COM
plainly. stolid, heavy people in the
world. We have believed that if any
one didn't naturally see the funny side
of things, or catch the point of a joke,
that he or she was like the helplessly
| blind or deaf, and all that we could do
was to endure the poor, afflicted crea-
ture with what patience we could.
We never dreamed of such a thing as
| trying to lift the curse from the VIC
tim.
Yet It can be DONE as I am witness.
J before and after the fact. Among my
friends is a superwoman who is wise
as she is witty. and who is equally
| filled with Imagination and hard,
practical, common sense. She married
a widower who had a lovely and intel
ligent little daughter 9 years old,
whose one defect was that she had
absolutely no sense of humor
She was as tone deaf to laughter as
, Trilby was to music Witticisms
made no more dent upon her under
standing than a SNOWFALL would upon
armor plate. When people about her
would roar over a funny story, she
would stare at them in round-eyed
wonder, her keen little mind searching
thru the sea of talk to try to find the
clue to the mystery of what amused
her elders. Humorous exaggeratfon
was simply a lie to her. Everything
was bald. up-and-down literalness to
her.
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Local Mention

The biggest event in the city tomor =
row is the New Toggery's s25, 900 sac
rifice sale.-Adv.
Raymond Chiropodist. Orpheum Bldg-Adv.
Columbia Council No. SO will en-
terrain all members of S. B. A. and
their children Friday evening, June
II, at 521 Quincy street-Adv.
The Order of the Eastern Star will
entertain the members of the Golden
Rule lodge No. 80, A. f. G. A. NJ, at
supper Saturday evening.
The coolest place in town to eat Is
the Y. NJ. c. A. cafeteria--Adv.
Healthy milk-fed broilers delivered
for your Sunday dinner. Phone 5s1S-J.
ADV.
Keep Kool in the Central Y. NJ. C. A.
swimming pool. Summer membership
for three month, $5.00.-Adv.
Razor Blades Resharpened; 25c-35c
per dozen. Tromp Annex.-Adv.
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MEN WHO CARRY ON.

Recently events have tended to
from the brow of the farmer. In the
winter he was deeply pessimistic. But
the spring sun and the warm rains
caused the new crops to appear.
These crops, it has been established
by careful survey. will be raised
and harvested at cost of only 40 per
cent of last years total. All present
indications are for large yield of
grain, which If raised at lower cost
and sold at a fair price will exercise
a profound influence IN restoring nor
NAL business.
The past twelve to fifteen months
have witnessed sweeping price de-
clines in every direction, but nowhere
has deflation been so drastic as for the
products of the soii. Just how the
farmer has borne the brunt of defla-
ton is shSwn by the latest index num-
Der of wholesale prices compiled by
the bureau of labor statistics. This
discloses that farm products are only
Is per cent above the levels of 1913.
On the other hand clothing is Sc per
cent higher; fuel and lighting 80 per
cent; metals, So per cent; building
materials, 1913 per cent; house fur
nishings, 174, per cent. and miscella-
neous articles 81 per cent. All conf
modities are "a per cent higher than
in 1918.
This means that for what the
farmer has to sell he is getting pre-
what he buys he must pay from 80
to TIA per cent more than 1913 prices,
if he purchase at wholesale. But
while the farmer sells at wholesale,
the bulk of his buying is done at re-
tail, which makes the score still
greater against him.
The result is being reflected, says
The Iron Trade Review. by mail order
houses, implement, stove and automo-
bile companies, and in fact all indus
tries. Since the rural population COM
prises nearly one-half of the total of
the country, it constitutes the greatest
single consuming group. Inevitably
anything which affects the ability of
this class to buy will be reflected in
all ramifications of business.
Fortunately" continues the Re-
view, riffs are appearing in the clouds
and this is a good omen for all trade.
Business leaders recognize that one
of the pressing necessities of the mo-
ment is the restoration of parity in
values between manufactured prod
ucts and the agricultural industry.
AS soon as transportation and wage
costs will permit, lower steel ana
other industrial commodity prices are
probable. The trend of all manufac-
tured goods is downward. In the
meantime the recent rise of wheat in
dicates that the common level is TO
be found by some appreciation in val
ues of farm products as well as fur
ther declines in prices of manufac-
tured goods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
ARKANSAS RIVER GOES DOWN
Train Service West of Hutchinson
Being Resumed Today.

sas river is down more than six inches
and all danger of flood in Hutchinson
is past. The Santa Fe and Missouri
Pacific tracks washed out west will
not be repaired in time to run trains
over them today
The Santa Fe is using the Kinsley
cutoff and the Missouri Pacific routes
it's trains via the Rock Island and
Frisco tracks by the way of Medora.
Arkansas City. June 16.-The Ar
kansas river here today was at a
standstill at eight feet above the low
water mark. The river here has been
at a standstill for the past twenty -four
hours
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BIG IRISH RAID NOW ON
Whole Country Covered by Huge Brit
ish Dragnet-5,0 900 Are Arrested.

Belfast, June 16.-One oftthe most
extensive military raids yet attempts
ed in Ulster was under way IN County
Monaghan today. 80
All military units were employed in
a dragnet which practically covered
the county. Airplanes aided the move
ment and cavalry and motorcycle
squads sped over the rough roads, cut
ting off the escape of Sim Fein SYM
pathizers.
More than 5000 persons were cap
tured in the first rush but most of
them were released. A few were held
to be taken to a prison camp where
they could be examined at leisure.
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me in time, sed Sid Hunt. Me think
ing, Aw, heck, and Miss Kitty sed. o
indeed, and now you. Benny. I sup
pose you hav something equally novel
and original to say for yourself?
Yes man, my father slepp SO late
this, no Excuse? and I sed, No mann.
WITCH I hadent, on account of not be-
ing able to think of eny besides those
2, and Miss Kitty sed. Well Jest to
prove that honesty is the best policy
you may go with the rest of the class
this AFTERNOON and Charles and Sidney
will remain one hour.
Proving you cant always tell good
luck from bad luck till its all over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
LET HOBOES RIDE FREE

Cheyenne, June 16.-The train
crews of both U. p. and Colorado
have been instructed to permit
hoboes to ride unmolested in flu
ture.
1t was explained tramps are be-
coming so dangerous that it was
thought better to let them ride and
thus avoid trouble.
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him, but after minute she said: ITS
this way. you see-I get out his ser
mon for him the same as his clean
bands. If / didn't he'd forget and
read the same things SO often the
vestry would have the trouble of CALI
ing a new man."
Salvation by matrimony. Ell. boys"
Mr. Trabue said with a fine fatherly
information. his eyes upon the young
men True doctrine, Go to it, You
won't repent. A good wife Is above
rubies."
Were happy converts. SIR Whit
sett said audaciously. "Since you keep
the best in stock, tell us the price,"
Price? oh. a real man." came the
answer. Now let's feed, other things
can watt
Copyright. 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16

"a thing the people should keep in
mind is that they are still paying for
the great war. and Will continue to do
so for a number of years to come. /"
rays a newspaper paragrapher. There
Is little chance that they will forget it.
. but why is it that somebody always is
srying to take the Joy out OF life?
Why not counsel the people to think
pf something pleasant?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
WICHITA LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Wichita, June 16.-HOGS-Receipts 500
Market sc lower; top, 81 60; bulk of sales
$I.5007.6j.
CATTLE-Receipts 100. Market steady
to weak. Beef steers. s3.50GS00; beef cows
and heifers. S3.50@7 $50; stOckers and fee-.
ers, $2.5066.50: stock cows and heifers.
S200M4I5; bulls, $2.50M4.25; calves, 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16

Financiers and various eastern pub
hcations continue to pirate of the So
called consumers strike. The truth
Is the consumers did not strike; they
simply ran short of a supply of money
sufficient TO allow them to pay the
prices asked by dealers. When the
dealers discovered this they reduced
their prices, buying was resumed and
still continues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16

The people of Japan are urging
their government to join in an inter
national disarmament agreement, just
the same as is being done in this
country and in England. And when
this wish is so universal among the
people of these leading nations" says
the Northwestern of Oshkosh, sit GER
tainly does seem that it should be an
agreement" But the editor forgets
the politicians, the makers of arms
and munitions and the builders of bat
tieships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
HIKE IN TELEPHONE RATES.
Utilities Commission Grants Increase
to Scott City Company.

The public utilities commission to-
day granted the Scott City Telephone
company increases in rates amount
ing to $3.50 a month on individual
residence phones, SLIPS a month on
ur-party residence phones and 81 a
month on business phones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16

Many have wondered why this
country agreed to make a gift of $685.
OOO, 600 to Colombia. An explanation
may lie in the statement that, the
extent to which a number of large
American oil companies have secured
oil acreage in Colombia and other
South American countries, is surpris-
ing, and it is the feeling among those
best informed that Colombia will soon
take its place as one of the great oil
producing areas in the world. The
oil deposits in Colombia are both ex-
tensive and of high quality. They are
found in formations which show a
greater resemblance to american oil
fields than to the oil areas developed
in Mexico, where the steady encroach-
ments of salt water have, and are. les
SEEMING the output of some of the NEST
important oil developments. One
American company, with extremely
large holdings in Colombia. believes
that Colombia is the natural future
oil reserve for the United States, and
that the production and distribution
of oil Sfrom Colombia has many ad-
vantages over other oil developments.
Colombia is nearer to the refineries
of the Atlantic seaboard than the
Mexico fields, is closer to the markets
in Europe, as well as to the refineries
on the Pacific coast and to the ORR
entail market. Colombia is, therefore,
a strategic center for the production
and distribution of OIL" One may be
excused, however, for asking why the
oil people did not pay the SIS. ZOO. 900
instead of raiding the treasury. But
since they were able to get away with
it perhaps that is sufficient answer
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NEW YORK MONEY MARKEr.

New York. June 16.-MONEY-Mercant iie
paper, 61a&GAc, exchange heavy. Sterling
20 day bills and commercial GO day bills
3.I1A; demand, 3.76h; cables, 3T7A
Francs, demand, sos; cables, $40. Bel
CLAN francs, demand, 791, cables, 7.93
Marks, demand, 1.42; cables, LAB. Greece
demand, GLIB. Sweden. demand. 22.30. Nor
way demand, 14.2S. Argentine, demand
500. Brazilian, demand, 1881. Montreal
10% discount.
Government and railroads, easy. Time
loans. steady; 90 days, 90 days, and 4
months, 61c per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
TOPEKA CASH GRAIN MARKET.
Furnished. by the Derby Grain Co., $50
New England Building)

Topeka, Kan. June 16.
WHEAT--No hard. $L4O@1.5l; No. 2
hard, $1.40M1.50; No. 3 hard. s1.40@l47 !;
white, 57lkG5sc: No. : yellow. 5SSlc; No No. 8
yellow, 551sc; No. mixed. 561ac; No. )
mixed, 55a@56c.
OATS-No. 2 red, SEC.
KAFIR-No. 2 white, SLIT; No. 3 white,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
TOPEKA BANK CLEARINGS
Total This Week Was $2,SS9,424.71-
Decrease From Last Week

/ Topeka's bank clearings this week
totaled $2.SS9.424.71. according to an
announcement today by Theodore
Mueller, manager of the local bank
clearing house. The total for this week
a year ago was $3,037,135.S8 and for
last week was $2.265. 1855.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
KANSAS CITY HAY MARKET.

Kansas City. juno 16.-HAY-Market I'M
Alfalfa, choice, $21 0o@2 90; No. /. $500
620.5O; standard, S15.0GQ17.50; No. 9, $1,000
@14.50; No. 3, S650d 1000
Prairie-No: l, $135e@14.50; No. 2. $500
1900; No. 3, $5.5O@e.00
Timothy-No. 1, S1s-5o@2o-0o; standard,
s17.O0@1s.0: No. 2, $14.00@16.50; No. 5,
$11.00M13 1850.
Ciover-Mixed light, S1e.00@170o; No. 1,
$14.00@l550: No. 2. $9.0o@ 1880.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
The Chauffeur Language.

The Chauffeur Language.
"Officer gave signal to go and I was
about three feet back of him and he
stopped all at once, gave no signal,
and the bumper hit the back of his
fender and license tag and bent rim"
From the memoirs of a Philadelphia
driver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.


Wall St, June 16.-STOCKS-In its es-
sential features today's stock market dupli.
Gated its course Of the previous day. oil
and an unusually array of industriais and
specialties registered further losses Of two
to IL points
Mexican Petroleum further decline 70 los
in the final hour occasioned additional re-
action in other oils, also equipments, mo-
tors and specialties. The close was weak.
Sales approximated $4,000 shares.
NEW YORK LIBERTY BOND MARKET.
New York, June 16-Iiberty bonds close
315's, Ss.3S; first As, $3.50; second IS, 1904 I:
first 4N's, $3.50; second AVS, S672: third
AVS, $50; fourth AIS, $500; Victory
avs, 9S.3S; Victory 4Z's, oS.3S.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
New York, June 16-COTTON-Spot,
quiet; middling Ills.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.
New Orleans. June 16-COTTON-Spot,
steady, 25 lower; middling, Hoo
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The professors will have to try again.
A. r. w has opened a trench whet
is needed is an excavation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-16

But the point we make an the con-
nection is that the job is too big for
one frail woman. Looking after all
of the children in this country is no
sinecure. Miss Stewart should have
an assistant.
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New Orleans. June 16.-COTTON-Spo
steady, o5 lower; middling, Hoo
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for the sum OF $3,5UU Year, runs
a news item, Miss Stewart will try to
do for the youth of the country of
both sexes between legal working age
and twenty-one what their mothers
and fathers really ought to do for
them" Having no children of our
own. we~readily can believe that Miss
Stewart, who, assumedly also is child
less, can be trusted better to look after
the children than their fathers and
mothers.
Evening star., 1921-07-22
BACKS CLEANUP PLANS.
Legion Gives Its Support to Wal
Risk Bureau,

Support of the cleanup" campaign
about to lie inaugurated by the bureau
OF war risk insurance was voted at
last nights meeting of the District of
Columbia DcpaI Itment of the American
Legion. 1t was decided to lend every
POSSIBLE aid to make the campaign a
complete success.
Vice Commander A. S. Imirie pre-
sided in the absence from the city of
Department Commander James A.
Drain. He said that the plan seemed
the greatest ever attempted to clear
up ali service mems claims and that
the legion in the District should make
every effort to bring the plan to sue
cessful fruition.
The executive committee voted to
assist in every way possible, and Com
mander Imirie appointed a committee.
composed of Maj. George =. Ahern.
Lieut.. Paul Foote and N. K. Martin
dale, to confer with the war. risk bu-
reau officials and the representatives
Of the american Red Cross as to the
methods to be employed during the
campaign.
Every post in the District will be
called upon to make canvass. not
only of its own members. but also OF
every service man known, so that the
"clean-up' will have every possible
! claimant ready to clear up when il
starts operating.
Evening star., 1921-07-22


learned the printers trade and got
his first job as a printer on the To-
peka Daily Capital. of which he is
in New York as reporter and in
Washington as press gallery cor
respondent. He has owned and de-
veloped several other newspapers.
Representative Dan r. Anthony OF
Kansas is a lawyer. but has been en-
iife. haseo In newspaper WORK al "'s
Representative Edward c. Little of
Kansas. besides being a soldier. law
yer. diplomat and legislator. has de-
voted much time to newspaper and
magazine writing. Representative
Homer Hoch. Kansas. is an editor as
we'll as lawyer. Representative
Riley ]. Wilson. Louisiana. was an
editor for six years. Representative
Ira c. Copley, Illinois. Is owner and
publisher of several large newspa-
pers Representative Robert +. Luce.
Massachusetts. is veteran copy
reader and established a newspaper
clipping bureau. Representative Ben
jamin X. Focht. Pennsylvania, has
been editor and owner of paper in
Lewisburg since he was eighteen
years old. Senator Carter Glass. Vfr-
ginia. owns the morning and after
noon daily newspapers in his home
oeraphy says he was educated in
private and public schools and in the
newspaper business.
Among other members of Congress
who own or have owned, punished
and edited newspapers are:
son, Minnesota; Representative Will
liam c. Atkeson, Missouri: Repre-
sentative Carl w. Riddick. Montana;
Senator Hitchcock. Nebraska; Repre-
Evening star., 1921-07-22
FIVE YEARS FOR SOLDIER.
War Record Fails to Save Man Who
Stole Motor Car

strong plea of his military record
and wounds received in France failed
to save Milton Il. Wisner. young
white man. from a sentence of five
years in the penitentiary today. At
tcrney S. d. Truitt told Chief Justice
Mccoy that the accused had Joined
the Canadian forces and served with
them in France before the United
States entered the war He was
wounded at Chateau Thierry. the
court was informed.
The chief justice pointed out that
WiSner and two companions had
broken into three garages before find
ing a car to suit them and had de-
liberatcly taken the car. AS the. two
other young men had received terms
of five years each. he could not see
his way clear to make a difference
in favcr of Wisner. as much as he
might be inclined because of his mil
itary service