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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02

island is one keenly interesting to most
persons
THE Island of Regeneration" shown at
the Crystal theater this week with An
tonic Moreno in the lead. is the story Of
girl revolving at the mad, pleasure low
away in a motor boat from a yacht on
which she had gone on a voyage with
rich admirer.
She ends up on an island, finding a man
already there who has lived on the island
since CHILDHOOD victim of shipwreck-
Later they return to civilization. brought
about by persons discovering them on the
island. The girl marries the man. who is
found to be the heir to large southern
estate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02
Jest AS ltWlz
Athe heaytef''
BY HI.

AT THE GRAND we have one of Mary
Roberts Rinehart's best bits of human in
terest stuff, done up in screen style that
suggests that Mrs. Rinehart must have
stood right at the elbow of the director.
When The Empire Builders" appeared in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02
Airship and Passengers Missile.

Tampico, Mexico, Sept. Am
American aviator who left Tampico
yesterday with two passengers is miss
ing with his two companions. 1t was
feared the machine was wrecked in
the mountains. Searching parties
have gone out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02

in the area and to adopt program
to be put on by the churches of the
area for the following year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02
lightning Bolt KiIls Negro.

AAShtAiAhS DOiI AAAAAS ~NCeAO'
Brennan. Tex, Sept. 2.-"Bill'
Harris, negro, was killed when
struck by lightning in cotton field
here yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02

The Chinese as a race are declared TO be
the most honest people in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-02

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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
BROUGHT VENDER TO TIME
Loyal Small Girl Convinced Him
What a Very important Person
Her Daddy Was.

The admiration of four-year-Old
Mary Elizabeth for hers father had
been the cause of much comment in
the family circle. Mary Elizabeth was
simply filled with alteration. which
seems entirely Old-fashiOned
So when the circus came To town
Dad the Magnificent said there could
be Il box party. and added To the
thrill by volunteering 10 escort his
daughter and her little playmateS to
see the wonders of the greatest show.
During the very first part some bright
eye CHANGED 10 discover a balloon ven
der. Immediately there was Il unani-
nous vote that balloons were next in
line. and Mary Elizabeth was dis
patched hastily to bring the vender,
dad, of course, keeping an eye on her
retreating figure.
When she returned with the man
and the whole crowd had been pre-
scented with the brght-cOlored bal
looms dad asked her how she had
made out on the journey.
well" she informed him primly,
'the man started to be very rude. I
told him you wanted him to bring
those balloons up to our seats, and
he said he was busy and couldn't be
bothered. Then I told him that he
better come at once, cause he didn't
know what an important person my
dad is.''-New York Sun.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
Eour Major Crimes in ENGLAND.

in England there are four crimes
punishable by death-setting fire to
the royal dockyards or arsenals, piracy
with violence, treason and murder
Death was in former times, in Eng
land. the ordinary punishment for all
felonfes. blackstone refers TO 16O of
lenses as punishable by death. some Of
them of a nature which appears
trivial For instance, a man who cut
down a tree or unprecedented a Green
witch pensioner generally paid the NE
penalty. Due TO the eNertions OF SIT
Samuel ROmilly, this severe criminal
code gave way towards the end or
the reign of George III 10 more hu-
name conceptions. Since the statute
of 1851 there have remained only the
four crimes punishable by death.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
MOSLEMs ORDERED TO Battle
RELIGIOUS Law Makes Additions In
cumbent at Least Once in
Period of Ten Days

The evidence of ones eyes might
not rate the public bath in Persia as
an important institution, but II IS IN
dispensable; for by religious law 1t is
incumbent upon the devOut MOslem TO
battle al least once in ten days. The
fact that in the cheaper baths there
is a common pool. the water OF which
remains unchanged for months at
time, would seem TO initiate against
the sanitary value of the performance.
but the high temperature TO which the
water is raised no doubt has more
or less valuable steriliZing effect, says
+. l.. Bird in the National Geographic
Magazine.
The street entrances TO the baths
are entertainingly marked by lines OF
vari-cOlOred bath-clOths, groups OF
semi-nude attendants and mural
paintings resembling in spirit and
color the comic section Illustrations OF
American Sunday newspapers. The
fuel employed in heating the baths
dung collected from the streets and
dried in cakes-is but one example OF
the many ingenious economies prac-
ticed by the reSOurceful Persians.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
Decencv and Bedtime

'All decent people should be in bed
by one Such is the dictum of an
eminent uplifter. 1t is calculated to
startle even a world familiar with the
intellectual divagatiOns of uplifters.
The quality of decency has often
been debated. 1t does not appear that
Il universal satisfactory definition has
yet been reached. But IL time limit
on decency is something new
BY what magic has one o'clock in
the morning become the witching hour
that divides the sheep from the goats?
Many respectable citizens are not abed
at that hour. Is their responsibility
but cloak for indecency?
1t is hard TO believe that a virtue
can be so accidental. None will deny
that one o'clock is a very good hour to
be abed
1t is quite late enough for those who
have 10 be downtown in the morning.
Still, it is easy TO imagine sufficient
reasons, not discreditable, either, for
being up even later-New York Tri-
bune.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
Old Court Of St James.

The historic background of court
dignity still prevails in Great Britain.
A portion of the old royal palace of
St James. where the ceremonial Ievees
still are held, dates back to Tudor
days, and every American tourist is
familiar with the famous horseguards
stationed before its gates with their
brilliant uniforms. To this court
America has sent as her ministers
and ambassadors statesmen, men of
letters and brilliant lights of the legal
profession. Some of these men have
gone from this position TO the Presi-
dency, while others have rounded out
their years of public service in that
Office.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
APRON WORN AS ORNAMENT
Women of Czecho-Slovakia Don Gar
ment With View of Attracting
Masculine Eyes

IL the villages and country portions
of CZeciVO-SlOyakia the women do not
wear aprons as a badge OF work On
the contrary the CZechO- SlOvakia maid
does not put her apron on when she
enters the hOuse-She donS il only
when she is going out TO capture the
eye of some swain who long has paid
her court. And these aprons usually
are heirlOOms. Green il the favOrite
color. Next in popularity come gold
or yellow, silver, pink, blue, cerise and
flaming rose. Usually the embrOider-
les which display these colors are upon
dark foundations. Some, however, are
white. In both types gay ribbons some
times play part. And often the white
mutton sleeves of the waists are gay
~ embroidered TO complete the radiant
effect the wearer's apron lends us she
strOllS down the street or along the
country lane.
Their skirts are usually black and
always short. Their stockings are for
protection in their walks as well as for
display. Some have small, bright de-
signs knitted into the dull black The
waist-length jackets they wear are
usually quite plain, save for the hand
made lace around the bust and on the
sleeves. The head shawls sound the
varying color note. But it is in the
aprons that the love of color is more
clearly shown.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
Greatest Fiddle Market.

London is the greatest fiddle market
in the world, and il is said that there
are more CremOna ViOlins and VlOlns
of famous makers of Italy, France and
Germany in that city than in any other
in the world. The London auction
sales of viOlins are famous throughout
Europe Entire collections of fine VIC
Inns and other Stringed instruments are
constantly coming under the hammer
through the death of their owners or
through other causes. A violin, al
though made by one of the great mas
tiers and really very valuable, is often
vary hard TO sell at short notice, and
these auction sales offer a convenient
and ever ready market for turning
such an instrument .inrO cash. For this
reason viOlins are sent from all over
Europe TO London TO be sold.
The Violins can be examined at the
auction rooms a certain number of
days before the sale and when the sale
day arrives are knocked down to the
highest bidder for cash.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
KNIFE WEEDERS
New Model 21" Is Now Rea


Twenty-one years ago, Mr.. Clayton
lived on a farm and made his first
knife weeder. It had wooden run
ners, the knives were hard to adjust,
1t was heavy and pulled hard, but it
did good work. Every year that he
stayed on the farm he made a new
model, aiming to decrease the draft,
increase the strength and decrease
the weight, and make all adjustments
simple and easy. Steel runners re-
placed the wooden runners, and from
year to year important improvements
were placed on the machine, mate
rally increasing its efficiency and
value. While on the farm, Mr.. Clay
ton worked up quite aAbusiness max
ing these machines and selling them
TO his neighbors. After he left the
farm he still continued to make a
new model every year, until he has
now perfected his ''New Model 21''
for the coming season. This new
model is mighty fine machine for
Killing weeds and saving moisture in
any listed field, and it would hardly
seem possible that any further i'm
proYements could be made upon it,
The Weeder Factory, Hill City,
Kan" is where this machine is now
made, and any farmer, within driv-
ing distance or the factory, can easily
take his car to Hill City and haul one
home. They are so easily taken apart
that two of the double-row machines
are frequently hauled in a Ford car.
me one-roW machine weighs 50
pounds, the two-row $50 pounds, and
the three-row $50 pounds. The one
row machine sells for $50, the two
row for $50, and the three-row for
$50. These prices are for machines
without eveners, and with 4-foot side
knives. Longer knives can be fur
nlshed as extras, and also eveners, if
desired. Most farmers have all the
eVeners that are necessary for these
machines. All of the older models
VIII be discontinued after this sea-
son. Two-row machines of last years
model may still be had, while they
last, at $500 to $1,000 less than the
above prices.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
DATES FROM PRIMITIVE MAN
mat the Giving of Knives Breaks
Friendship" Is Superstition of
Ancient Days.

The popular superstition that II
breaks friendship" 10 give or accept
knife without something of yaIue-
preferably mOney-passing in return,
is a survival from the primitive man.
declares London Answers.
The savage, having progressed from
a club 10 knife or spear as a weapon
soon learned the danger of relIn-
gushing II merely for friendships
sake. His friend, having disarmed
him. was apt TO be his friend no
longer.
80, Tor giving up his knife, even TO
MS friend, he demanded "a recompense.
And he saw that when a friend pre-
scented him with a weapon. that friend
presently came TO regard .hlm-be-
cause of regret for the act or because
OF envy at the added superiority the
gift bestOwed-with suspicion, grow
ing into emnity.
Whereas if he gave a considerat ton
Tor the knife il Was a matter of fair
trade and friendship was likely 10 en-
dure.
All this became so deeply ingrained
IN the mind of the primitive man that
the idea survives today as a popular
superstition.
Popular superstitiOns belong TO folk
lore, and where they have not re-
hgious derivation are mostly survivals
from ancient civilizations or are in
herited from our savage ancestors.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
Salt in the Ocean.

The best-suppOrred modern theory
is that the ocean has been salt from
the very beginning of time. The old
idea has been that the salt in the sea
was not there originally, but was
brought TO it, little by little, through
out the ages, by rivers which washed
it out of the land. In the process of
evaporation the moisture was drawn
up, leaving the salt behind and thus
gradually concentrating it in the
ocean. However, the old idea is dis
credited by the fact that there is q
great similarity between the salts
found in the ocean and those present
in the gaseous matter elected from the
interior Of the earth during a volcanic
eruption, and the great difference be
tween the salt of ocean water and that
Of inland salt lakes formed by the
evaporation of river water.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
No limp in This Retort.

Forty years ago cleric attached
to one of the colleges in Oxford was
noted by a limp. He was accOsted
one day at a railway station by a
prominent politician, who inquired
whether he was chaplain in the col
lege at such a time. The cleric re-
piled that he was. YES" said his in
terrOgatOr. 81 knew you by your
limp" My preaching does not seem
to have impressed you as much as my
lmping," said the clergyman. "Ah,''
said the other, ..but The highest com
pliment one can pay a minister is to
say that he is known by his walk rather
than by his conversation !''-GlasgOw
Herald.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02

postmaster General Win H Havs
SSsretary Of Agriculture. Henry c. Wallace
SSSEet2ry OF Labor. James J. Davis
SeeIStary OF Commerce, Herbert q TJoova-
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
Chlet Justice. Edward D. White.
associate Justice. Joseph MeKenna-
William R Dav
Willis Van Devanter-
Mahlon Pitney.
James C. McRevnol5s
Louis D. Brandeis
John H. Clark.
STATE
Governor. Henry J. Allen
Lieut.. Governor. Chas- s. Huffman
So el AIRY OF State, L J. Pettijohn-
stare Treasurer. E. T. THOMPSON
state Auditor. Norton A Turner
SuPt- Public Inst, L E. Wooster
s attorhey General, R. J. Hopkins
state Printer, ImTi ZunNalf
KANSAS STATE SUPREME COTTRT
Chlet Justice, W. A Johnson
Justice. r. A Burch
Henry F. Mason
Silas W. Porter
JudsOn West
John Marshall
John S. Dawson
Delegates in Congress
SENATORS
Charles Curtis
CONGRESSMAN
1st Dist, D. R. Anthony Jr
2nd Dist, Edward c. Little
sra DIST, Philip P. Campbell
Al, Dist, Homer Hoch.
9th Dist, ]. C. Strong
9Th Dist, Hays B. White.
7th Dist, j. N Tincher.
Sth Dist. R. E Bird
Judge 2Srd District. I T Purcell.
State Senator, 39th Dist, Franz, McIvor
Representative 1OSth Dist, John O'Iougblin
ELLIS COUNTY
County Clerk. Martin A BasgaH.
Treasurer. G. ]. Klug
Sheriff, Frank Loreditsch.
register Of Deeds, Peter J. Romme.
county Attorney. Jacob Nj. Wiesner
20 superintendent. Louis Christensen
Clerk Dist. Court. r. A. Leiker
Probate Judge, John B. Gross
commissioner 1st Dist, Frank Atwood
End Dist, John Jcaobs.
Srd Dist, Christ Won Intel
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
Not Enough Amateurs.

Speaking recently in London, Lord
de Walden expressed some views
anent the musical amateur. He held
that the sad thing about the amateur
was that there was not enough of him,
that he should be 50 per cent of the
population and il did not matter how
badly he played. The worse he played
the more modest he was likely to be-
From bad amateurs was drawn the
audience who listened To good pro-
fessiOnals. The ordinary taste of the
amateur was just as likely TO be good
as bad. il depended upon what he was
first offered. Cultured taste was real
ly the only bad taste in England and
he would rather trust the ordinary
croSSing-sw for an appreciation
of music than the gentleman who had
come from n public school. Lord de
Walden also insisted that it was OBJ
viOus that the English were must
cal as that the French were not, and
claimed that larger audiences of anna
teurs would result if all concerts in
England did not take place practical
~ in one plot in the west end of
London where there were 1000 times
too many concerts for the ground on
which they were given.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
REPARTEE WITHOUT A STING
Celebrated Retorts That Have Been
Considered as the Very Best
of Their Kind.

II was Sir Francis Burnand who
made the celebrated retort about
Punch. Some one said 10 him:
Punch is not what il used TO be-"
Burnand brilliantly replied: 1T never
was But repartee is a gift that be-
longs 10 no special class. 1t is said
that the one amusement of Burton,
the author of THE Anatomy of Mel
anchOly." was TO sit and listen Ia the
witty encounters of Oxford bargees.
Cardinal Bourne once talked with an
American. who boosted that the Mis-
sissippi was a finer river than the
Thames. He descanted on its super
i0rity,, saying that an English river
was only - a sickIy stream" To this
the cardinal very cleverly replied:
but your river is confined 10 its bed,
isn't it," Rev. e. H. SpIrgeon was
never at loss for a witty rejOinder.
Among his many gifts was ii faculty
for recognizing people, and remem-
berins their names. If he ever made
mistake, he would rectify il felici-
tOusly. Thus, Il gentleman who had
been at the annual college supper was
present again the following year. Mr..
SpurgeOn Saluted him with Glad to
see you. Mr.. Partridge" The gentle
man was surprised to find himself
recognized at all. bur. recovering him
self, replied: My name is Partridge,
sir.' "Ah. YES" was the instant re-
ply; al wont make game of you any
mOre."-London Mail.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
when Water Was a Mystery.

Tin TO 1871 water meant either MOTH
ING at all or else a great mystery to
the scientists. In that year Henry
C,avendish, teacher of chemistry, dis
covered that it really consisted OF
number of gases that had been chlued
into liquid form.
IT remained for the French savant
Iavoisier to bring about, in 1888 the
accommodation of water into oxygen
and hydrogen, and seven years iater
two other Britons improved on TINS
method. They were Nicholson ana
Carlisle. who succeeded in separating
the two elements by means OF tne
voltaic battery.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
Dream Lore

To see a lamb fOretells a successful
termination Of your enterprise. To
lover it denotes a sweet tempered lady
and a happy marriage. To shear
lamb, YOU will receive punishment
from an enemy. To feed one or take
it to the slaughter pen denotes dis
tress. To see them grazing in pasture
is a sign of happiness and comfort.
To see them slaughtered, death to
your ambition.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-02
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
National, State and Count,
1921

president, Warren c. Harding.
wee President, Calvin Coolidge
Seeretary of State. Charles 3. Hughes
Secretary Of Treasury, Andrew w. Mellon.
Secretary OF War. John W. Weeks.
Secretary of the Navy, Edwin DENLY.
secretary Of Interior. Albert B. Fall
Attorney General, Harrv NJ Daugbe-tz
Evening journal., 1921-08-23
ELECTRIC PLANT Is
TIED UP BY RAT

POTTsvILLE. Pa. Aug. 30.-The
big roundhouse. at the s1,000,000
classification yards of the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railway, at st.
Clair. was held up from all work for
two hours yesterday by a rat.
Two automatic switches In the
powerhouse and the other in the ma
chine shop. both on the same line as
the turntable. were alternately blown
out OF commission without any ap-
parent irregularity being discovered
on the wires. The turntable was in
vestigated and a rat. which had VEN
tured too close to the electrical con-
tact points. was discovered to be the
cause of the trouble.
The rat was burned to a crisp. but
enough OF its carcass remained to
prevent the currents from being util-
lied. When the rat was removed,
the machinery again worked.
Evening journal., 1921-08-23
COAL SHORTAGE.

TTNiERE probably will be a coal shortage next winter
IL accompanied by high prices and much distress When
that situation is upon must remember that we are
passing through aftermath of the Democratic admins
tration that ended on March 4, last.
The dsgraceful proceedings that featured the coal bust
ness in winter OF i9i9I92O stn fresh in most peo
ples minds
nationwide coal strike began November 4, 1919
Frenzed efforts were by the administration TO stave
on the calamity and reckless compromise offers were
made
Three weeks after strike started the Secretary OF
Labor notorlousy sympathy with the miners, tried TO
get the operators 10 agree 10 wage Increase OF 81 per
cent. It rejected summarly.
Dr. Garfield the former Fuel Administrator, was caeu
into The muddle by Tumulty, acting President during
the ncapacty Of the executive, and given authority
to affect a settlement
DR. Garfield made an intensive study the whole situa-
tion and prepared scheme settlement by which the
miners were TO receive al increase OF "a per cent
Everybody approved the award except the miners VINO
laughed at II and continued their demands.
Thereupon Tumuty Attorney-Genera Palmer and a
few others held secret conferences and evolved
plan by which the miners 10 get p cent more
wages.
Dr. GARFIELD resigned disgust and refused To
clated with the coal controversy.
The agreement signed by miners and operators on
March 90 1920, to run for two years
Prices jumped upwards, and the willingness OF the
public TO buy fuel showed marked falling Off.
Since that time there has been general deaton prac-
tcaly every other Industry in the country the rail-
road workers dnay being compelled to yield the ex-
orbant schedules created by the Federal admins
tration.
In the coal industry alone the levels Of compensa-
ton have been maintained entirely the agree
mens entered into by Tumuy. ct al and fastened upon
the country until next April
The miners have shown disposition to accept lower
and have preferred to idle while the market
for coal has dvlndled to almost nothing due TO the high
prices made because Of the huge labor
production.
that coal agreement and consign It to a place in the
museum Of governmental curosltes OF the last admins
tration.
Evening journal., 1921-08-23

Home grown peaches are now plen-
tiful at low price, sugar is cheap.
and housewives are putting up peach
lam as never before. Best Of all, the
new Certo Process has revolution
lied the making of peach jam, be-
cause, unlike the old method, 1t uses
ripe peaches and actually preserves
real peach flavor. The taste Of
peach jam made with Certo is abso-
lutely different from any peach jam
made by the old method, because its
flavor is practically the same as fresh
peaches.
With the Certo Process full-ripe
peaches are used-not unripe peach
es so necessary to the old method.
The Certo Process retains all the
rich flavor OF this ripe fruit because
Il REQUIRES only one minutes boiling
not the 80 or more minutes requir-
ed by the old method, which de-
stroyed the flavor and made Il diff
hcuit to distinguish as peach With
Certo the result is far superior
fruitv flavor and two-thirds more
lam from the same amount of fruit
because no juice is boiled away. II
also banishes all guesswork or worry
as perfect results are certain.
The Certo Process for making
peach jam is very simple. Crush ripe
/ peaches or slice very fine; measure
level cups g lbs.) Of crushed
fruit into large preserving kettle
Then add Ga heaping cups (Sh
ibs.) Of sugar and mix well. Brini