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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
TO IGNORE BREAK WANT COLD POT
Goes After Famous
Bergdol Horde.
Bill of Complaints Filed Against
Slacker's Mother.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE govern
ment is going after the famous Berg
doll pot of gold.
The government today filed q
bill of complaint against Mrs. Emma
C. Bergdol1. mother of Grover c.
Bergdon, the notorious Philadelphia
draft evader. who is now a refugee in
Germany.
The action was necessary, according
to Thomas w. Miller. alien property
custodian, because Mrs. Bergdol and
her attorneys have repeatedly refused
to comply with the provisions of the
law covering the property of herself
and her missing SON.
The complaint was filed today In the
federal district court in the eastern
district of Pennsylvania
The governments action sets forth
that Grover BergdoH was determined
to be an enemy and that Mrs. BERG
doll, attorney in fact for her son, so
far has refused to comply with the
demands of the alien property GUS
todian made on May II, 1891.
This demand was that she deliver
to the government all property be-
longing to Grover. including what re-
mains of the famous pot of gold"
which Grover is supposed to have
buried in some unrevealed mountain
retreat to aid him in his escape from
the military authorities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
KANSAS MOVIE MEN


to do so upon his return wednesday.
Pending an expression of opinion oc
some sort from the Topeka patrons, it
is expected that Mr.. Hooper will post
pone or set back the dates for exhibit
ton of the films, at least until after
a verdict in Mr.. Arbuekle's case has
been returned.
All but two Of the Fatty" Arbuckle
pictures have been shown in Topeka.
Practically all of them have been
shown at the Isis theater where The
Travelling Salesman" the last one.
was exhibited. Crazy To Marry" the
only other Arbuekle film released but
not shown here, has not been dated.
There is one other. Gasoline Gus"
which has just been completed but
which has not. at yet, been released
in this territory.
The Kansas exhibitors were among
the first of the country to take action
in barring the films made by Clara
Smith Hamon from their screens.
Taking the stand that any person. "a
principal in a nationwide murder
case, should not be shown to the pub
lie in the role of hero. That this
action will be made the precedent for
that now being considered by tho
convention in Kansas City seems al
most certain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
George MdtthetU Adams
Daily Talk
A TRAGIC OFFICER.

found one of Emerson's uniques
the other day. I was driving thru
the city of Detroit.
At Grand Circus Park where Madi-
son and Woodward avenue come up to
each other, there is a traffic officer
worth going across the country to
meet. As I approached his corner 1
drew up my car to make the turn.
One glance. A smile, 1 should say,
"a karat fine! A man tall, muscular,
and unafraid. And an officer the soul
of courtesy and consideration. A real
public servant
"All right. New York. step on err
I stepped.
I came back to that corner again
and again just to get a little More of
spot where he performed his work
from day to day.
A traffic officer with a highly de-
veloped sense of humor! Rare is it
not?
Contagious, too, I am sure. For
the traffic officers as a whole have
been such gentlemen and SO courte-
GUS as in the city of Detroit And
bear in mind that this is the hub from
which stream more automobiles than
any place in the world. And proba-
bly, the most congested from the
standpoint of number of cars used in
the city. Yet the system of handling
is SO well regulated and the officers
so efficient that there is little con-
fusion and a minimum of irritation.
At golf in the afternoon, / men
toned this particular traffic officer
to my friends and I was not surprised
to hear them make some compliment
tary remarks about him. They all
knew who he was, and each had his
own story to tell of him.
AS I have thought this man over
have id T1oNSalf--harn ie
portant unit in the life of his city
and a very influential citizen How
BIG man may make his job-be it
ever so simple or unattractive
And what a great thing to fill your
job-yourself quite the biggest thing
about it!
That traffic officer at Madison and
Woodward is the WHOLE thing
where he is. MAY he live long and
prosper" as old Rip did once say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
QuesfionS-Anstoer

@. Is thsre any grain that the Hessian
fly. does not bother? O. T..
A; The Department of Agriculture says
that the Hessian fly does not attack oats at
all. 1t is chiefly injurious to wheat, but
sometimes Injuries barley and rye
Q. Who invented dancing? p. c..
A. Few savage tribes have been diseov-
cred which did not dance. The earliest
civilization of the Egyptians included
dancing and its invention was ascribed by
Q. What actor played in Romeo and
Juliet at Coyent Garden at the same time
Drury Lane theater? l. E.
A. In 1850, Romeo and Juliet was played
at these rival playhouses,. David Garrick
roles at Dr1ry Lane and Stranger Barry
and Mrs. Cfbber at Convent Garden.
9; Hoy did the "minutemen" get the
A. Civilians in Massachusetts and sew
eral other colonies, at the approach of the
precautionary War; pledged themselves to
men,
Q. Just where is the Muscle Shoals
power project located? X. K. p
a. The government project of Muscle
Shoals is the Muscle Shoals dam, known
, as the ", Wilson dam, near Florence. Ala,
1900. Muscle Shoals itself is a rapids on
the Tennessee river and is the end of the
navigation of that river until shove Knox
Vile, where the river is again open to navi-
cation.
fAny reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic ].
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c. This
offer applies strictly to information. The
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lions have been cut; water tanks have
been drained; destructive chemicals
have been introduced into boilers;
emery and similar dusts have been
used to damage equipment; employees
have. been interfered with in their
duties, and so on. The receiver thus
sums up the result:
The present situation, which is a
tragedy to the people dependent upon
this railroad for service, is one which
is beyond the control of the present
management, and the financial loss
traceable and directly due to depreda-
lions and interference has been the
greatest factor in the necessity of dis
continuance of operation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
JUST FOLKS

By EDGAR a. GUEST.

There is a fortune richer far
Than gold and silver treasures are,
And 1t is won by patient strife,
A gentle and a well-lived life;
By courage in the days of stress,
BY helpful ways and cheerfulncss
Ills seldom won by brilliant deeds,
No skiliful clevernes5 it needs;
No cunning tongue or gift of grace
Can lift man TO this lofty place
Once lost the richest purse in vain
Would seek to buy IL back again.
What is this wealth of which I penf
The friendship of your fellowmen.
Behind all outward show you find
The culture of the gentle mind:
Nor caste nor creed can place a ban
Upon a true born gentleman;
Who walks the werld with head erect
MAY Justly claim the worlds respect.
The man too big to cheat or lie,
Who takes but what his purse can buy,
Whose name has come thru every test
A shining symbol of his best
May own but little here of gold,
And seldom may his fame be told,
But he shall have until life ends
The good opinion of his friends.
To be respected for your worth.
Here is the greatest joy Of earth.
To live your life so none can say
That you have walked shameful way.
To come thru sorrows time of tears,
And bitter days and dreary years.
Still brave of soul and clean Of hand,
Fit with the best Of men to stand,
Is victory-nor wealth nor grace
Can make such glory commonplace.
The man who walks in honoFs ways
And owns his neighbors' love and praise
Has more, when life's long tale is told,
Than those whose wealth Is all IN, geld
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. Guest)
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FLOOD TOLL
Continued from Pare One,

Continued from Page ons.l
been drowned and an enormous guam
tity of baled cotton and all growing
crops in these counties have been de-
trop counties alone suffered a prop
erty loss of over 100000. The
BraZos, Colorado and Little Sangua-
briel rivers are over the flood stage.
The latest bulge in the Colorado
river was reported at Wharton, where
it has been rising steadily. Guy
Frazier, a boy, was drowned at Glen
Flora, a short distance from Wharton.
The water has not reached Wharton
proper.
Georgetown, in Williamson county,
reported two dead and five missing
with a property loss of nearly $1,000
900. The little town of Lockhart
spent Saturday night in terror. many
houses being washed away in that vi
entity.
At Hearne; where two forks of the
Brazos meet, seven negroes were re-
ported drowned by flood waters when
they attempted to cross the river in a
river, small cyclone was reported
Sunday which swept away a number
of Mexican farm houses. None of the
occupants were injured.
Santa Fe inspectors Drown.
waco, Tex, sept. 1.-Two SANTA
Fe officials, with headquarters at
Temple, F. w. Leatherberry, division
engineer, and M. Robinson, master
mechanic, are believed to have lost
their lives in Little river, mile south
of Cameron, late yesterday afternoon.
They were in a boat making inspec-
ton of the Santa Fe bridge across the
river, where trestle and embankments
had been washed away when the swift
current dashed their frail craft against
the pillars Of the bridge.
A note book belonging to Engineer
Leatherberry and a broken oar was
found later in the boat, but no trace
of the men Searching parties in mo-
tor boats are out this morning in an
effort to locate Leatherberry and Rob-
inSon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12

he don't give a darn, he cant fool me.
And 1 took out another plum and
ate it and 1 did that with four more
piums, making as mulch noise eating
them as I could to add to the injoy-
ment, Pubs not saying enything to me
and ME not saying enything to him,
and Jest then his mother came home
from some place saying, How do you
do, Benny, see you like plums, plums
are one froot that I simply cant get
Charles to eat, if I put a hole barrel
sof lovely plums in frunt of him he
wouldent toutch one.
Me thinking. Heck, holey Smoaks.
And I put back another one that
was jest going to start to eat, and
wen I got home and ma saw how
meny pluns wasent there she gave me
holey heck and fearse cracks, The
werst part about it being that 1 don't
think plums are mulch good myself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12

To allow the packing interests to
re-engage in the grocery business
would be against the public inter
est" declares the Wholesale Grocers'
association. When did the grocers be-
come so solicitous regarding the pub
lie interest? Since they are the only
persons who have opposed the en-
trance of the packers into the grocery
business, there appears to be ground
for suspicion that they are saying one
word for the public interest and two
for their own interest. The public
doesn't care who sells it groceries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
Dorothy Dix Tails
The Ideal Husband-2.
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Wrate<.


A man who kept you keyed ups to
fighting pitch, and who made family
life a Iurid melodrama, that was one
woman's ideal of a husband. There
are plenty of other women whose ideal
man is the cave man. There is some
thing ip strength and brutality that
appeals TO the primitive in them, and
they never really love any man of
whom they are not afraid. They pine
Ito be wooed with a club, and they
make slavish wives to the men who
have nerve enough to snatch them up
by the hair of their heads. so to speak,
and marry them while they are pro-
testing they never will.
Contrarily, there are women whose
ideal of a husband is a nice, soft mush
poultice. These women are bosses by
nature, and they can never be happy
with any man who will not let them
tell him where he gets on, and where
he gets off. Such a woman's idea OF
a good husband is a man who let's his
wife walk in front. and point him to
a seat in a car, and say sit there"
who permits his better nine-tenths to
pick out his clothes, tell him what he
may eat, and how to have his hair
cut
The type of man who calls his wife
mother" may not be romantic or
heroic in appearance, but he finds
himself mighty comfortable and well
taken care of, and you never hear of
the woman going 70 Reno.
Another woman's ideal of a hus-
band is a cash register. All she asks
of a man is for him to be a good
money maker. He may be handsome
or hideous. with the figure of a Greek
god, or runty and bow-legged. It's
all one to her, so long as he comes
across with fine clothes. and jewels,
and the price of a splurge. Her at
lection and her interest in her hus-
band have been bought on the INSTALL
ment plan, and last just as long as
he can keep up the payments.
Most women's ideal of a husband
is a friend, somebody they can chum
with and to whom they can talk
about their souls, and vivisect their
emotions. Somebody who will under
stand them, and be interested in ev-
erything they think, and think what
they think.
This appears to be the most unat-
tainable of all matrimonial dreams
The eases in which husbands and
wives are real friends and compan-
ions who enjoy each others society,
and who never talk out-as we never
do talk out with really congenial
souls-is so rare that they excite uni
yersal comment among their acquaint-
ances. Women perish of envy over a
wife whose husband laughs at her
jokes, and listens to her stories, and
really looks alive and awake in her
company.
All of which, little sister, goes to
show there is no ideal husband, and no
standard among women as to what
constitutes perfection in a husband.
Speaking, by and large, the ideal
husband is the one you didn't marry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12

1t is pointed out by the American
Lunberman" that the railroads are
losing a lot of business by reason. of
lumber manufacturers being unable to
ship low grade stock because the high
freight makes it prohibitive in con-
suming markets. Consequently, lum-
Der manufacturers are being driven
to all sorts of expedients to dispose of
low grade stock. Fer example, it re-
lates, a prominent Louisiana producer
recently distributed hand bills to the
people of his home community stat
ing. lowing to excessive freight rates
which do not permit us to ship certain
grades of hardwood lumber to con-
Stunning points, we offer 100000 fect
Of inch oak lumber for 81 per wagon
load. This lumber is sound and
ranges in width from 4 to IA inches"
On the Pacific coast the fact that
lumbermen are able TO ship to the At
lantic coast much cheaper by water
than by rail is shown by the remark
able gain of 5,s9S per cent in water
shipments for the first six months of
1921 over the corresponding period OF
1920. This condition did not exist be-
fore the large advances in freight
rates became effective.
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POSTPONE HORSE
,Cogtinued from Page ons.I

the NheaGiners are the Flying Valen-
tinos and Fisher Sister Combination.
the members of which troop won at
tention month ago by saving the life
OF Charles McDermitt, telephone line
man at Atlanta, Ga.
Al Sweets Singing band, led by the
famous bandmaster and composer
himself, will furnish music at the night
show. Uniformed in black and white
Hussar costumes with overcape of
French blue, these men make a very
well as they can play. On the pro-
gram is a cornet solo by Al Sweet
such as he has played for Edison
photograph records that Dave carried
his marvellous artistry all over the
world.
A grand pyretechnical display will
close the evenings attractions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12

creamed Goldfish and potatoes, fluffy
biscuit, pickles, pie and coffee, were
worth days of casual social inter
course to Mildred and grave John
Lorimer. He unbent from his dignity
and pared potatoes and hunbly
waited upon her; then, when the meal
was over he delivered the clearing up
into the hands of the well fed, happy
picnickerss while he and Mildred
walked to the point and took a well
earned rest on the cool sands
And that" said Adele tragicaIly,
as she dressed for MEdred's wedding,
lis the way 1 lost John Lorimer!"
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12

May 1 climb up to your knee, Mr..
Browne?"
Eyes, of course, dear" smiled the
young man who wanted to make hit
with the family. Want to pull my
hair-eh?''
mo; I want to see if I can find
that word
Word? What word?'' asked the
puzzled visitor.
st heard our Kate say this morning
that If ever a man had the word
idiot written all over his face it was
you"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
TUESDAY TO BE

Continued froLi Faye Ons.I
will be the girls milking contest in
the livestock pavilion at 4 O'Clock. in
the afternoon. Several city as well as
country girls have entered the contest
and it is going to be"a question
whether the city mAids7 can carry
away the honors that rightfully belong
to their rural cousins
A big program for the children will
be given under the direction of Capt
w. p. MacLean. Many contests will
be held in which prizes totaling $50
will be distributed. to the winners Of
first, second and third places There
will be a band concert and Jubilee
singing by the Boys Industrial school
band and giee club and the Industrial
school cadets will also give an exhibit
ton of diving. tumbling, gymnastics
and pyramid building.
Che Che To Be There.
Che Che, the "pied piper" of health.
will tell in his comica1 way what chill
dren should eat and do to enjoy per-
feet health. His teachings are long
remembered, for Cho Che sets the
children bowling with delight at his
very appearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12

There long has been popular i'm
preston that there is little fight in the
Chinese. But the dispatches carry
the announcement that 10000 OF them
have been killed in battle between
the armies of opposing factions. If
China ever become a nation of trained
soldiers, it will be time for other cour-
tries of the world to be on their guard.
The nation includes a population run
ming into hundreds of millions. If it
be about to become a fighting nation,
President Harding's disarmament con-
ference is coming none too soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
LATIN AMERICAN MEET CALLED.
Secretary Mellon to Discuss InteFna-
tional Exchange Situation.

Washington. Sept. 12.-Secretary
Mellon. as chairman of the inter
American high commission. has ad-
dressed a call to the ministers of fl
nance of all the Latin-American coun-
tries for a series of meeting here and
in other capitals to discuss the inter-
national exchange situation.
The meetings are to be held stimuli
taneously beginning December 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
Che Cho To Be There.


London. Sept. 12.-Three men were
killed and several others wounded in
an explosion upon the former German
submarine Deutschland, at Berken-
head Saturday. The submarine was
being dismantled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
Dinner Stories

"Gentlemen"-it came from the lips
of an attorney pleading a case recently
before the supreme court of Idaho.
In front of him sat the judges. clothed
with their judicial dignity, listening
intently to the case.
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tCcpyright. 1920. by The wheeler indicate.
Ipc-S
New-York tribune., 1921-03-03
Commended for Stand
On Prices, Says Gary
Has Received Numerous Letters.
Few of Which Complain
of Policy. He Adds

Ebert II. Gary, chairman OF the
United States Steel Corporation, de-
clared yesterday that he had received
large numbers Of letters from various
interests and from different view
points, commenting the stand taken
by the corporation in the last few
weeks relative to conditions in the
iron and steel industry and toward
business generally. very few in
number, he said, have questioned the
companys action or lack of action.
Judge Gary again placed himself on
record as being in favor of further
reduction in the high cost of living. He
said that he had great confidence in
the looming Administration. Refer
ring to previous statements by him
that some adjustments will have to be
made in the iron and steel industry,
Judge Gary said:
There has been no change Of dis
position in regard to these matters.
nor concerning things have said since
some Of which seem to have been mis-
understood. Certainly | have been
misquoted.
Unfortunately few business men
Of prominence have lost their heads,
to use common expression, and in
consequence ORDERLY business progress
has been temporarily interrupted.
"Speaking for myself and associates,
undoubtedly we are sometimes wrong
in judgment. We may make mistakes.
but, taking everything into careful
and deliberate onsideration, we intend
and shall endeavor to treat every one
and every interest justly, including
our workmen, our share holders. our
customers, our competitors and the
general public, OF which we are thank
full and proud to be part
Up TO date S1.710 employees of the
United States Steel Corporation have
subscribed for 255.30s shares of COM
mon stock under the subscription plan
for 1921. Last year 66,477 employees
subscribed for l67 ,407 shares The
price at which the stock was offered
this year was $8l 8 share.