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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
BAPTISTS TO MEET HERE
Representatives From Various Sections
of State VIII Visit Topeka.


The regular quarterly meeting of the
state convention board of the Baptist
church. will open at $50 O'Clock.
Wednesday morning. at the First Bap-
tist church in Topeka. Some forty
five men will be in Topeka from all
sections of the state, attending the
meeting.
The presiding officer of the conven-
ton is Judge James A. McDermott, a
new member of the state court of in
dustrial relations. The program will
, continue thru the day and evening
In addition to the meeting of the
board there is to be in session a state
conference of Baptist men and women
movement which is occupying the at
tention of the entire organization.
There will be fifty men and women
present to attend the New World con-
ference
= One of the chief speakers at the
latter meeting is to be J. c. Robbins.
secretary of the Baptist Foreign Mis-
sionary society, who is widely travelled
and we'll informed as regards condf-
tfons in foreign lands. and who has
been characterized as lone of the lead
ing statesmen of the foreign missions
of today"
| Robbins is to speak at the First
Baptist church at 1880 o'clock Wed
resday morning and again at o'clock
in the afternoon, to the Baptist women
ard Avenue Baptist church, and again
at the First Baptist church at 8 o'clock
in the evening.
The public is invited to attend the
meetings. especially those at which
{ Robbins is the speaker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
Federal Wage Board Refuses to
Admit New Petitioners.
Cannot Afford to Prolong Rail-
road Case Indefinitely.
bar THE TRAFFIC LEAGUE
Inefficiency Chief Cause of Rail.
road LOss-Lauck.
Union Economist Declares Ma
tiOnal Agreements BIameless.

Chicago. March 29.-The United
States railroad labor board today de-
clined to admit the national industrial
traffic league to the rules case now
before the board.
Hearing of the petitioner would
not be helpful and would not be in the
public interest" said the board.
The decision also argued that to ad-
NIT this organization as a party con-
testant would result in opening the
perhaps prolong the hearing for a
year.
League Held ''Not Party"
1t was held the league was not a
party to the conference" The board
also held the hearing of the said pc
titioner as a witness would not be
helpful and would not be in the public
interest
Another decision directs officials of
the st. Louis and Southwestern Rail-
way to answer a charge of putting in
to effect an unauthorized wage cut
for maintenance of way employees and
railway sEop laborers The hearing
is set for March 81
Inefficiency Is Charged.
Inefficient management is costing
the railroads of the nation a billion
dollars a year, w. Jett Lauck, con-
Sulting labor economist, told the
United States railroad labor board to-
day.
Lauck appeared for rail employees to
show why national shop Agreements
between employers and employees
should not be abrogated as asked by
rail executives.
Lauck said the rail tangle was due
to the inadequacies of management
and not national agreements
If railroad management was
characterized by reasonable efficiency
and had available for its use a proper
amount of credit or capital, labor
costs would have shown a radical de-
cline under national agreements" said
Lauck.
Prevent Human Standards.
He charged that the carriers argu-
ments to have national agreement
abrogated are to prevent the estab-
lishment of human standards in in
dustry.
"We shall demonstrate that the rail-
roads are now consciously and deiib-
erately taking advantage of a tenn
porary industrial depression to destroy
human standards which are sanctioned
by the thought and practice of the
leading industrial nations of the
world" Lauck stated.
Attacking the claim of w. w. After
bury. vice president of the Pennsyi-
vania lines, that national agreement
produce inefficiency and waste, Lauck
declared:
, I'VE will soon submit evidence to
show conclusively that the output of
employees or their productive eff
cheney, has greatly increased as COM
pared with the pre-war period and
that much greater volume of traffic
has been handled by fewer employees
working a fewer number of hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
Scorned "Other. Woman to Tell
HoU StiIlnan Forsook Her

New York, March 29.-The name of
the "other woman" in the James A.
Stillman divorce case was expected to-
day to be revealed within a few hours.
Mrs. Stillman came to New York from
Lakewood, N j., late yesterday and
had long conference with her at
torneys with regard to this alleged
other woman" 1t was reported that
she also, visited the woman, who is
residing near New York and who is
said to be ready to testify in her be-
half
This new woman in the case, it was
reported, was very friendly with Still
man before the multi-millionaire
met Mrs. Florence Leeds. Broadway
chorus girl. She had a luxurious,
apartment in New York and coun-s
try place en- Long Island. Money and
expensive gifts were lavished on her.
Motor cars and many servants were
these attentions were directed e1se-
where and she was left virtually pen-
niless. At the present time she is
said to be living in poverty.
The attentions which she enjoyed
were withdrawn. it is .intimated. about
the same time that StiIlman met MRS
Leeds.
| Found Three Unsigned Letters.
Mrs. Stillman's knowledge of the al
leSc0 OlleE WOIlldH Cdlllc LII u HI
anonymous letter. After search of
more than two weeks, she was located.
Mrs. Stillman took a leading part in
directing the search and came to New
York for her conference with lawyers
late yesterday soon after the new wo-
man had been found. Mrs. Stillman's
/ return to Lakewood. N. J., is indefi-
mite, but it is understood that she has
not given up her suite in the hotel
there.
1t developed today that all the affi-
davits and letters in the case may not
be made public by Justice Morschau-
ser when he rules on Mrs. Stillman's S
application for $4,000 monthly ali
mony and $4,000 attorneys fees. The
expectation had been all the docu-
ments would be thrown open to the
public when his decision was handed
| down. He stated today that this
probably would not be done.
Called Her "The Chicken"
| Lawlor, Florence. born in New
York twenty-siX years ago; educated
| Harlem public school; father, James
Lawlor, proprietor of a small venti-
lating and plumbing establishment; ;
| father and mother. both beyond sixty
years of age, live in a tenement house
| far uptown.
I Poppy. alert, pretty, Florence went
/ on the stage in a minor capacity six
or seven years ago. Appeared in the
ICliliHSii ia III iA-AiCSAcio iCNucs 1hC Ven
! tury Girl" in 1916; played the part of
"chicken''-was known as The
Chicken" because of her dynamic
personality.
THE Chicken" according to back
stage gossip, soon acquired gen
tIeman friend: made a small for
| tune in Wall street; retired -
| This was the first part of the year
1917. Then +
| On October 1, 1917. Mrs. Florence
Leeds small. petite, violet-eyed,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
K. OF P. CONVENTION TODAY
William Ladew, Supreme Chancellor
of Order, to Visit Topeka.

This is large day for the Knights
of Pythias-n Topeka, William Ladew.
supreme chancellor of the order, will
arrive in Topeka today at 3:15 O'Clock.
and is to be met at the Rock Island
station by parade in which there will
be representatives of more than thirty
lodges of this and the northeastern
section of the state.
Led by Marshalls band. the knights
of Pythias in uniform, the fire depart
ment, and the candidates for the rank
of page. will parade from the Rock
Island depot south on Kansas avenue.
to Ninth street. along Ninth street to
Quincy street. and down Quincy street
to the city auditorium. where Mayor
Herbert J. Corwine will meet the
Knights with an address of welcome.
This afternoon the rank of page will
be conferred upon the candidates in
troduced by the various lodges taking
part in the celebration, with the su-
preme chancellor directing the work.
/ At $3.50 O'Clock this evening the
Pythian Sisters will serve supper at
the Moose hall. and at o'clock there
will be an address by Chancellor La
dew al the auditorium
The evening meeting will be open to
members Of the order and also to
suspended members. who are being
urged to attend and renew their mem
bership.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
new LAWS COST 1888 EACH
High Cost Per Law in Last Legislature
Due to Small Number.

Due to Small NUMBER.
The 1921 market quotation for
laws in Kansas stands at $383.70 each.
That is the average cost of the SO5
statutes enacted by the recent session
of the legislature. the total cost of the
session being s117,029. In both the
total and the average cost per statute,
a record in the history of Kansas leg
islatures was established, according to
official reports.
High cost per law was due not only
to the fact that the total expense of
the nearly ten weeks session set a
high record for the state, but also to
the fact that the number of laws en-
acted was the smallest in the last
twelve years. This record, of course,
does not take into account the 1000
odd bills introduced which failed to
reach the statute books. The total
cost of s117,029 was $13,579 above the
previous record set by the 1919 ses-
sion. The custom to pay the legisla-
tors, in addition to their wage of So a
day, an additional s3 per day for
postage. telephone and telegraph"
was maintained. each member receiv-
ing $500 for the maximum of fifty
days. AS the session-the actual
working time-was two weeks more
than the allotted fifty days. the law
makers received no compensation for
the last two weeks of their stay in To-
Oh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
I'm new OFFENSIVE
American Commercial Attack in
Far East Expected.
World Shifting of Trade Routes
Now Impending.

Washington, March 29.-An Ameri-
can commercial offensive in the Far
East probably will be the major move
ment in an impending world shifting
of ocean trade routes, it was learned
today.
The objective of the Far East often
sive, if it is undertaken, will be the
upbuilding of a transpacific trade to
offset losses in Europe and South
America and avert a slump that, with
out new outlets for American produc-
tivity might affect every agricultural
and manufacturing industry.
This program will include:
I. Establishment of new steamship
lines at San Francisco, Portland, Seat
tie and all the west coast and Puget
Sound ports, together with develop
ment of port industries and placing of
new manufacturing industries thruout
the coast country.
2. The same development at New
Orleans. Galveston. and Gulf and
South Atlantic ports for new lines to
the Far East thru the Panama canal
3. New lines and increases of ex-
listing services from Boston, New
York, Baltimore and North Atlantic
ports from transpacific trade via
the canal.
4. Campaigns to induce heavy
American investment in railroad
building and industrial development
in China; investments in Japan, the
Straights settlements and Australia
government and private interest CO.
operation in making Manila what Glib
raltar and Hong Kong are to British
trade; great industrial investments In
Siberia as soon as peace conditions
permit.
These involve a careful program of
comm ercial diplomacy with Japan, it
was said here, and make our japanese
relations of vital bearing to the indus
trial DEVELOPMENT of this country.
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WOULD USE SALvE
British Offer to Sell Mesopo
tamia Oil to U. S.
Believe q. S. Complaint on
"CIosed Door" Unjust.

London, March 29.-Great Britain
has offered to sell American interests
a substantial portion of the disputed
Mesopotamian oil fields, cit was
learned from an authoritative source
today
This fact developed simultaneously
with the information that the British
government has prepared white
paper presenting its side of the con-
troversy to date intending to publish
it as soon as the United States grants
permission to make public the text of
the British answer of February % to
the American oil note of November
26. The proposals to substitute dol
lars for diplomacy in settling the Pc
troleum dispute had this condition at
tached:
The British want the United States
to recede from the position that Great
Britain is maintaining a CLOSED
door, policy in Mesopotamia.
Sale Offer Not Favored.
The United States was informed
that the sale offer has been presented
unofficially several times but that the
whole proposition was presented to
two prominent Americans very recent
ly, the British spokesman being an oil
man qualified to handle such an i'm
portant matter. The gist of the con-
versation was reported to have been as
follows:
The British spokesman-"It is an
absurdity for America to declare Bri-
tain has closed the door to Mesopo-
tamia. British concessions in this ter
ritory were obtained by recognized
legal methods. We are willing to
share the properties with American
companies. But we insist on selling
our property and not having it con-
fiscated''
: One of the Americans-"Then the
British argument rests entirely on
whether Britain's Mesopotamian con-
, cessions are valid?'
The British spokesman-"If Ameri-
can corporations want to operate in
Mesopotamia, let them make a reg
ular business offer for part of our
holdings. We will consider it favor
ably If it is reasona ble-'
Right to Buy Not Wanted.
| New York, March 29.-"Arerican
, oil interests do not want the right 10
| buy il to the Mesopotamian oil fields
but they do want the right to &C nduct
explorations there and develop that
field the same as in any other inde-
pendent country" an official of big
Am srican petroleum concern declared
| today when informed of the British
/ offer to sell concessions In Mesopo-
| tamia.
| He said the reported offer had not
yet been officially conveyed to Ameri-
I can oil interests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
Sister of Late Lord Mayor of Cork
Talks at Chamber of Commerce.

Talks at Chamber of Commerce.
Recognition of the independence of
the Irish is the thing which the Irish
ask first of America, Mary MacSwiney.
sister of the late Lord Mayor of Cork,
told the members of the Topeka
Chamber of Commerce at luncheon
today, in a short address which she
made before leaving at 1 O'Clock for
Kansas City. where she is to speak
twice this evening.
Money for the relief of the war
sufferers in Ireland is the next thing
which the Irish ask of Americans, Miss
MacSwiney said.
THE British owe America five bill
lion dollars and say that they cannot
even pay you the interest on it, but
they spend exactly the amount of the
interest in the persecution of the Irish
people
Miss MacSwiney declared that the
Irishmen who are potting the British
tommies and the BLACK and Tan
consta bulary from behind hedges and
walls. are ''the bravest soldiers that
ever fought the battle of a small ma
ton against a great empire"
She touched lightly on the suffer
ings which are being undergone by
the Irish at the present time. and
spent most of her time on other phases
of the subject. She charged that the
food supplies which are produced ir
ireland. however. are being taken tc
England and diverted to the profit oi
the English lords.
The famous Irishwoman was clad ir
deep mourning In spite of the usual
chatter and confusion which annoy the
speaker at a Chamber of Commerce
luncheon, she was able to make her
self very well understood thruout hei
address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
Greek Armies Push NatiOnalists
Still Farther Back.
Capture Big Supply Munitions
at ESki.Shehr.
MANY PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Greek Premier Declares Allies
Must Now Aid Hellenes.
Claims Treaty of Sevres Has
Been Upheld.

Athens, March 2S.-Turkish nation
alist troops suffered heavily in the
fighting which preceded the capture
of -Afium- -Karahissar by the Greeks.
SAYS an official statement issued here
The Turks fiercely resisted the ad-
vance of the Greeks and made several
counter attacks but the Greeks. using
the bayonet. succeeded in driving the
defenders from the city.
Afium-KarahiSSar was occupied at
8 Monday afternoon and the Greeks
captured many prisoners and large
quantities of raw material. it is said.
Saved Sevres Pact.
Declaration that the Greek dele
gates at the Near Eastern conference
in London had saved the Sevres
treaty from falling into ruin" and
that their effort had been directed to-
ward the last word being given Hell
lenic Arms" was made here yester-
day b. Premier Kalogeropoulos on his
return from London.
Greek guns are now having their
day." he. continued. "and they will be
heard more and more. We will be
able to secure the necessary financial
support from allied sources to carry
on the war. am sure the continue
ton of the struggle will bring victory
to Greece"
Turks Rush Reinforcements.
Constantinople. March 29.-Large
Turkish forces at present in Armenia
have been recalled by the Turkish
Nationalist government at Angora for
the purpose of opposing the Greek of
fensive. Martial law has been declared
in Angora, and general mobilization
has been ordered The Greeks have
again advanced and are declared tc
have secured the south entrance to
Karakoi Pass, the key to Eski-Shehr
Greeks Take Eskf-Shehr.
London, March 29.-Greek- troops
have occupied the city of Esl1i-Shehr
capturing many prisoners and a large
quantity of war materials, says g
Central News dispatch from Athens.
Eski-shehr was one of the most i'm
portant objectives of the Greek often.
sive in Asia Minor. which began last
week. 1t is the junction point between
the mainland of tie Bagdad railwa.
and the road running enthusiastically
! toward Konia. The capture Of thi:
city by the Greeks unites the armies
operating east of Smyrna and Brussa
and opens the way for an advance or
Angora, 140 miles to the east
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
CONVICTED IN 19 MINUTES
Ardmore, Okla. Man Admitted sIav.
Ing Suspicious Husband,

Ardmore. Okla. March 29.-Nevt
Asncraft, automobile mechanic, who
las. hight pleaded guilty in district
court here to the murder of Charles
Dixon of Ardrnore, and who was sem
fenced to life Imprisonment, was to
be taken to the state penitentiary at
McAlester today. Ashcraft's trial
lasted but nineteen minutes.
DIXON was killed the night of March
Is on a lonely road near here. Ass1-
craft said he killed Dixon by first
telling him with his bare fists and
then running over him with an auto
mobile. because Dixon had accused
him of having improper relations with
his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
Nelu Workers
Fall for Otun
Con Gam es

New York. March 29.-In the Hall
of Gullibles, that long corridor of i'm
naturalization for men who have
bought the Eiffel tower, Brooklyn
bridge and traffic rights to the At
lantic ocean, room was being made
today for Gregory Pantasi, res
taurateur.
Gregory complained to the police
that he had paid $1,000 for a Large
section" of the Grand Central terminal
and that when he went home to get
an additional $500 needed for COM
pletion of the deal, the owner" dis
appeared.
Followed the arrest of young ma n
who gave the name of christopher
Nicholas. accused by Pantasi of being
his adviser. The owner. described as
a tall. handsome man who smoked
cork tipped cigarets. is the object Of a
police search.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
Joy Breaks More
Hearts Than Grief

London. March 2e.-Actua, broken
heart is physiological possibility. ae-
cording to DR.. J. Strickland Goodall.
an eminent heart specialist, in lee
ture here He said rupture of the
heart fibres might result from emo
ton. more often from JOY than grief.
THE ordinary. everyday emotions Of
life produce more wear and tear on
the heart than work." he added. The
heart is protected from overstrain In
a variety of ways. Painting. with the
subsequent rest Of the heart il one o.
these"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29

The end of. the chilly weather is in
sight, and March has resumed its
lamblike attitude. The temperatures
in the northwest are higher than those
in Kansas this morning, by several de-
grees. indicating that there is no more
cold weather in sight for the next few
days.
No precipitation has been recorded
in Kansas during the past twenty-four
hours. and very little in other portions
of the country. Frost was reported
all over Kansas Monday night, rang
ing heavy in all other sections. The
frost also was reported from Ohio,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29
HE MAY SOUND OUT HARDING
Ex-Premier Rene Viviani of France
en- Route to Washington.

New York. March 29.-Rene Vivi-
ami, ex-premier of France. will leave
here today for Washington without
having disclosed the object of his mis-
sion further than stating that he comes
to nav the respect of France to Presi-
dent Harding.
While speculation generally credits
him with coming to sound out the
Harding administration on how much
of the Versailles treaty the United
States is willing to accept, there is also
a report that he seeks American aid
in ayerting a rumored national finan-
cial crisis that threatens to engulf
France in bankruptcy.
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three terms and was the only one of
the commission who had served more
than one term.
WaSsons race was surprising. con-
sidering that in the election two years
ago, Wasson was high man. He led
the ticket in the last election with
McGiffert a close second, Hancock
third and Stanfield fourth Wasson
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received the hint that "Mr. Leeds" was
Leeds of the secret service'-an i'm
portant government official. Natural
Iy they were not curious about his
movements and the apparent incon-
sistencies of these movements.
Mrs. Sophia Erickson Bartkoff,
maid; Fred Ivens. superintendent: Pat
rick Coffey. chauffeur, and others
have identified James A. Stillman as
Leeds of the secret service
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took a $500 apartment at No. GA
East Eighty-sixth street. Her only in
innate man friend was James A. Still
man, positively identified by attend
ants and servants as the Frank
Leeds, or "Franklyn Harold Leeds"
who dropped in on his beautiful
young wife" three or four times. a
week.
Leeds of Secret Service"
These wereswar days and attendants
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mary. BY noon Tuesday less than
1000 votes had been cast and the vot-
ing did not increase largely until late
afternoon. when the polling places
were really busy for the first time dur
ing the day.
Stevens Leads by 136 Votes.
Greater than the surprise of Por-
Yer lead over Mayor Corwine was the
lead of Frank L. Stevens over w, II.
Wasson in the nomination for finance
commissioner. Wasson. whom it was
generally conceded was firmly en-
trenched in his place on the city COM
mission, received 1895 votes and his
opponent. 1881. Wasson has held the
position as finance commissioner for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-29

BY all predictions Corwine was slat-
I'd 10 lead in the primary by several
hundred votes and the lead of Porter
was a decided surprise to dopesters.
Vote Lightcst in History.
In what was probably the lightest
city primary vote ever cast with the
total vote officially counted by IL
o'clock. the final report on the total
vote as recorded by Miss Eta Covell,
city clerk, was 1906. The registra-
tion books showed that 1888 persons
might have voted in Tuesdays pri
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VenizeIos Goes to Japan.

Athens, March 29.-Former Presi-
dent Venizelos is going to japan to be
the guest of the Mikado. who asked
him to arbitrate difficulties pending
between Japan and the United States,
says a London dispatch to the news
paper Patris.