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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17
THE BONUS BILL.

There is pending in the state legis
lature bill with the following title
An act acknowledging the indebt-
-edness of the state of Kansas to
those of its citizens who were en-
gagged in the military service of the
United States during the World War
and were honorably discharged
therefrom and providing for the is
suing of bonds Of the state of Kan
sas to create a fund for the liquida-
ton and payment of the debt so
acknowledged, and providing for
the submission of this act to the
voters of the state of Kansas at the
general election to be held in the
year 1922.
The bill is brief; so is the problem
Shall the people of Kansas be allowed
to determine whether or not they de-
sire to recognize the debt owed former
soldiers, sailors. marines, and nurses
in the manner described in the bill
Shall the voters of the state be al
lowed to say whether or not they de-
sire that s25. 900, 900 in bonds may be
issued to pay that debt?
AS yet no organization has appeared
to sponsor the bill The American Lee
gion is now engaged in conducting a
referendum among it's members. the
result of which will determine the ac-
ton it's legislative committee shall
take. The greater body of ex-service
men who are not members of the state
organization can speak only as indi-
viduals. But if the sentiment of the
ex-service men of ting state is for the
submission of the measure it should
be on the ballots at the next general
election.
Relief measures for the ex-service
men to date have consisted mainly of
provisions for free hunting licenses,
free peddlers' licenses, and free burial
The members of the Kansas 1egisla-
ture would need strong reasons.
stronger than any apparent at this
time. before they refused to allow this
measure to go before the state.
It matters little what the members
of the legislature think of the merits
of a bonus. There is small import in
the argument that neither the state
nor the country is in a position at this
time to stand bond issues for such a
purpose. Conditions existing among
former service men who are disabled
require attention but are not related
to the measure in the legislature.
"Commercialized patriotism" lin
creased taxes" Strained finances"
air are phrases OF defense against a
bonus that are not applicable to this
bill.
Thirteen states of the Union have
enacted bonus legislation. Where the
question has been submitted to the
people it has been approved. 1t is the
people who pay and they should not be
denied the privilege if they desire it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17
Questigns-Answers

Q. What is the feminine form of the
name David" ?-H. B.:
equivalent of David" which is derived
from the Hebrew, meaning beloved"
Q. Are women employed as wireless op-
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because of the baps, scenes and oatmeal
cakes which, with porridge, form the prin-
thet was prevalent in the 18th century:
plant called Chionanthus virginica p
A. The common name for the Chionan-
thus is the fringe tree. while the Chionan-
thus virginia. is known as the snow flower.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
JOHNNY APPLEsEED.

One day, long, long ago, strange
man came out of the east with, a
funny bag over his shoulder, filled
with apple seeds. He was most al
ways barefcoted and he often went
hungry.
But the Indians liked him and were
very good to him. He went from
place to place thruout the middle west
his jco being to plant his apple
seeds. Often his bag of seeds fur
nished his only pillow at night.
The Indians weren't any too friend
ly towards the white folks at that time
but they liked Johnny. 1 am in
he didn't want anything from them
and because they saw he was doing a
good thing in planting his apple seeds.
After a few years. fine apple trees
began to spot the country and nice,
fat, rosy apples poked their bodies
toward the sun and in the face Of
those who came to pick them
Today, on the Lincoln Highway in
Ashland. Ohio, is a monument erected
to the memory of Johnny Appleseed.
Little children were responsible for it
IA large number of them bringing a
stone apiece as their share, as wen as
contributing their pennies for the
monument.
They say that Johnny wasn't any
and he did 1t well.
One doesn't have to do large num-
Der of things to endear him to pos
terity. If he does but one thing better
than it has ever been done before. he
has earned the thanks and gratitude
of thousa nds-perhaps millions,
shall eat my apple with greater
Appieseed-and hope that you will,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17

Senator Johnson's bill to remove
civics, classics, Kansas history and
agriculture from the course of study
in Kansas public schools. ON the the
Dry that ths-course of study is too
crowded. probably will not gain great
favor with the lawmakers or the
school heads. but it is not without
merit. He well says thar the course
of study is too crowded. Serious trou-
BILE. however. would arise over the
question of what to throw oRlt. Prob
ably agriculture could easily be
spared. 1t is doubtful that tine knowI-
edge gained on this subject in our
public schools is of much benefit.
Anybody who desires to gain a knowl-
edge of Kansas history and ciyics can
do so readily without the aid of the
schools. But when the senator at
lacks the classics he strives to elm
mate the most valuable item in the
curriculum. If we are to reduce the
course of study let us begin by cut
ting from it a few years OF the time
now devoted to mathematics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17


pressed, the owner of the paper wa
right about it; he should have fired
the reporter.
II anybody comes into this Offices
and speaks floutsngly of our family
he surely will have a nasty fight on his
hands We guarantee that
The term for which the Chicago
man who, during the war, maintained
three households on an income OF
$1,000 per year was sentenced expires
next week. Firms desiring the serv-
ices of an efficiency expert can get in
touch with him thru the warden of
Joliet prison.
The trouble with the business man
in politics is that he nearly always is
opposed by a candidate who is in
favor of dividing the money and the
property in equitable fashion. And no
business man can win against an OPP
ponene of that sort.
The New York World directs atten-
ton to the fact that Andrew Mello 4.
Mr.. Harding's tentative secretary of
the treasury, is worth s50e.o00.000
There is, of course. no defense or
excuse for the offense- We refer to it
merely to say we'd be. willing to lay
weeks salary at odds Of 5 to that he
didn't mako it by damning this
country and its institutions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17

II the senate has its way, says the
New York World, there is to be an
other federal bureau and more fed
eral agents and inspectors and en-
ployes for the express purpose OF
Stacking the packing industry. The
Worlds view of the purpose of the
legislation is open to question. II
looks much like an effort to provide
another lot of well paid jobs for de-
serving politicians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17
JUST FOLKS
BUILDING rHE-LoNG AGO.
By EDGAR A. GUEST.

IAE-AON0 AOO.
These shall be, and we do not know,
The glad sweet days of the long ago:
When time has silvered the furrowed brow
We shall all return to the joys of now;
When all of the cares are understood
These days shall seem to us, oh SO good.
There's never a man but shall sigh to know
The bright blue skies of his long ago.
And the orchard fields where he used to
play
With the glad companions of yesterday;
oh. the friends of now in the far to-be
Are the ones he'll sigh for and long to see.
Our yesterdays, we shall count them DER
Shall see the children around the door
And the roses nod and the lilncs bloom
And the old arm chair in the sitting rooms
Then many n day shall the wish occur
That we could return to the joys that were.
Oh the friends pass on with a glad good
Cay
And We think that forever with us they'll
stay,
But the summons comes, and the voice is
stilled
And life has a void that cannot be filled;
For out of the joys which today We know
We are building the futures long-ago
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17

When the government has demon
strated its ability to conduct business
better and more efficiently than pri-
waite organizations is time enough to
extend federal control to the packers,
the farmers and the manufacturers.
The system OF federal control of in
dustries is much like placing the in
dividual who has failed in his own
business in charge of a going concern
which belongs to another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17

President Jardine of the State Ag-
ricultural college is quoted as recon-
mending to farmers the adoption OF
an accounting system in order to con-
vince consumers that the agricultur-
lists are not receiving too much for
their products. But who thinks the
farmers are getting more than they
should? If there be such, let them go
out and try farming for while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17

The American Association of
Wholesale Opticians has issued cir
cular advocating the tax on turnover,
and saying in part: THE present
method of taxes penalties thrift-the
proposed plan OF turnover tax of
one per cent puts the load according
to expenditures. A person who spends
$1,000 a month will be paying ten
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17

King George may not be able to Of
fer d solution of the Irish question,
but in his address to parliament he
said truly that the plan now being
tried out will not succeed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17

practicable.
As long as the itching palm and the
bonehead are found In legislative halls,
there are bound to be interested per-
sons who will take advantage of both
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-17
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Copyright. 1920. by the Wheeler cyndicate
Jnc.)
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03
Officials Deny Japan
Demands Bigger Navy
BY GRAFTON WILCOX.

Washington, Dec. 2.-Official de-
mails came yesterday from the high
est American and Japanese sources
that Japan had made a formal de-
mand in the arms conference here for
a naval ratio of l0-10-7 instead of
the 5-5-3 ratio proposed in the Amer
ican delegation.
Admiral Baron Kato, the Japancne
delegate most vitally concerned
with the limitation program, also
denied published reports that he had
laid the 10-l0-7 demand before Sec
retary Hughes and Arthur ]. Bal
four, representing the United States
ard Great Britain.
Z. Admiral Baron Kato went further
and declared that he never received
instructions from Toxic to demand
the l0-l0-7 ratio from the confer
encc.
The Japanese delegate also yolun-
teered the statement that he was
,deliberating the question of ratio in
his mind and would announce his
decision at the proper time and that
he was thinking over the limita-
tion of armament prosposal inde-
pendently of the question of naval
bases and Pacific Notifications.
Talk of deadlock on the naval
ratio is not regarded seriously by
the conference leaders who were
more emphatic than ever TO-DAY OF
final agreement on the S-5-3 basis.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03
Philippines Not Yet
Fit for independence

Washington. Dec. 2.--Despite eS-
traordinary progress IN the past -
years. the Fitpi@o people have a
long road to travel before they VIII
be ready to take over their own
government according to the report
made by Maj. Gen. Leonard WOOD;
governor general Of the islands, and
w. Cameron Forbes, former govern
or general.
Need Of further national improve
mcnt is pointed out by the report
which declares. however, that the adj
mnistra,ive mistakes OF the Filipmos
have not been sufficient 10 counter
balance the steadily rising progress
barometer.
Generally speaking" the report
says, administrative departments OF
the government are top-heaty IN
personnel and cnmeshcd in red tape.
There is a vast amount OF paper
work. The methods Of the admins
,ration are purely automatic. There
is a lack OF supervision and personal
contact"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03

court here against John Lampc, jr.
He sued for $1,000 attorney ices,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03
and Germany and even the United
States will participate.
French Consent Necessary.


The bankers desire to have a def,
mite plan ready which Prime Minis
ter Lloyd George can discuss with
President Harding when he goes to
Washington. 1t will be necessary
to secure French consent and for
this purpose every effort will be
made to induce Premier BRAND 10
consent to meeting with Mr..
Lloyd George early next week.
There was no formal cabinet
meeting yesterday, but there was a
conference attended by nearly all the
members, at which the German sit
uation was cxhaustively discussed.
M. Krassin, the Russian trade en-
voy, has not yet been summoned to
Downing street, but it is expected
that he will so there tomorrow,
after which it is said that the prime
minister will receive Dr. Rathenau
prior to his departure for Berlin.
There has heen remarkable rise
in the value of the mark on the Lon
don market. Yesterday the rate
dropped from 1850 to the pound to
$50 and today it dropped TO 7l0. e
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03
Mrs. Harding Presented
With Fine Saddle Horse

Washington, Dec. President
Harding has been taking horseback
riding as morning exercise of late.
and Washington friend decided TO
arrange facilities for Mrs. Harding
to accompany him. She was pre-
sented with thoroughbred horse
yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03

sengers we're killed in the same &C.
cident.
The actual percentage Of travel in
France shows that the number OF
fatal accidents from commercial air
flying is actually less than those
from railway or automobile travel
ing, forcing the conclusion that at
last flying has become safer than
motoring or travelling by train. +
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03
Moratorium on
Debts of Germany
Rumored in Berlin
Action Reported Assured as
Result of Visit of DR..
Rathcnau to
London.

Berlin, Dec. 2.-Reports are being
spread in Berlin that moratorium
on the payment OF German repara-
tions has been assured as result of
action taken in London, where Or.
Rathenau, former minister of re-
construction, has been carrying on
conversations with British officials
and financial leaders. .'se s
One report says that.a moratorium
OF two years has been secured and
another that it will be for three
years. Also, it is stated, the mora
torium is to begin Immediately Nter
the January reparations payment is
made.
Panicky conditions existed on the
stock exchange yesterday when
marks went up to 1870 for the dollar.
Stocks fell until some were 600 per
cent below their Monday value. As
result many fortunes were wiped
out.
Conferences Continue.
London, Dec. 2.-Dr. Walther
NdtHCudu yCStOIudy SOlltiuuSu ihc
conferences with the British hnan-
ciers and business men. discussing
plans for rehabilitation of Germany
and the eventual payment Of the
debt. 1t is stated that there is every
reason to believe that the British
bankers, do not look with favor on
the moratorium idea, but they are
willing to help Germany by means
OF short loans III paying. the January
and February installments and then
later to work out comprehensive
scheme for restoring German finance
and trade.
All of this however. is conditional
on German home reorganization and
the scrapping Of the mark printing
presses. 1t involves also the reor-
ganization OF Russia, in which it is
hoped that France, Great Britain
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03
LAWYER Gets Fees

Auburn, Neb., Dec. 2.-(Special,)
John S. McCarty, democratic poll
tician and attorney of Lincoln, was
awarded $40 by a jury in district
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-03
Jacques Reaches Brussels

Brussels. Dec. 2.-Lieutenant
General Jacques, who recently Wis
tied the United States, returned
home Yesterday.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-11-26
Squibs
of All Kinds

Walter Cox has won around $45,OOO
with his trotters this season.
Double-header football games are
said to be not popular at West Point.
Cagnon, Simmondinger and Riopel
make up the backfield for Holy Cross.
Judge Lands Is the only man IN
baseball who is content to be on the
bench.
u Amateur Athletic Union will hold its
annual convention In Chicago, Novem-
ber 10 to Fl.
Pat Mcdonald, the Olympic weight
thrower, is sergeant Of the New YORK
traffic squad.
Coach Heisman Of Pennsylvania
likes vogelin as, fullback. Vogelin
is a Philadelphia boy.
Jack Weinheimer, star end and cap
tain Of last years New York .. team
has returned to school.
Charley Buell., who won the Holy
Cross game for Harvard with drop
kick, is Harvard's substitute quarter
back.
Captain Aldrich Of Yare, is licking
about forty-five yards at present.
Ouaile kicks goals made In scrim-
mage.
Coach Fishee Of Harvard made a
unusually early start In scrimmage
play and the result showed in his
! nrst games. The men worked like 9
| veteran team and took the hardships
| o. the double-neader lightly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-11-26
CAMBL ING Is STILL SPREADING

ing men and women. shortly were able
to open luxurious gambling houses
At least a dozen such establish
ments operating in Berlin, Hamburg,
Dresden and smaller provincial towns
have been raided and closed by the
police.
Sums as high as 100000 marks
have been found and cOnfiscated ny
the police in gambling houses which
apparently were catering only to the
smaller gamblers. The proprietors
have been held on charges of fraud.
The horse racing season, which has
been unusually successful, offered the
crooked gamblers and promoters a
chance which they promptly took ad-
vantage of, and 1t is known billions of
marks were wagered ons alleged tips.
Some of these promoters became wide
ly known as reliable "informants" and
made so much money for their Glen
| tele that they became popular idols.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-11-26
.cOLLEGIANS STEALING BASES
Thorne Murphy Stole Fourteen Bags
in Sixteen Games for Yale
Other Star Features.

Base stealing is regarded as an art
temporarily lost in the major leagues.
The seasons batting averages for col
lege players would indicate that among
the collegians base stealing is still In
dulged in.
Thorne Murphy, son OF the late
mike Murphy, playing 16 games for
Yale, stole Ia bases. He was not
thrown out in any attempt to steal,
and he was the ranking base runner
Of the college field.
In all the leading eastern colleges
there were 33 men that batted .3Oc
or better, and few games we're de-
cided by long scores. There was
plenty of good pitching
One hundred and nine regulars OF
leading college teams were able TO
gather only p home runs during the
season and no collegian made more
than two four-base hits in 1921.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-11-26

Eastern football men for years have
been confronted by the problem OF
overcoming tight lines of opponents.
Even Harvard. supposed to be one OF
the best teams In the country, FOUND
Princeton's line too much for it last
year and to tie the game, resorted to
clever forward passing. 1t was be-
cause the East has been slow in TAX
ing up the pass-as shown by the
strong antagonism against the play at
every rule meeting-that Harvard sue
seeded so well as it did.
That the East could overcome
strongly trained lines by trick play
and other thrusts indicates. possibly.
a stronger attack than the Middle
West has developed taken season
after season.
Football Intricate in West.
The conference, taking to the for
ward pass as the line Of least resist
ance. developed this highly. 1t went
farther, it developed plays to disguise
the throwing of the ball. In this
way, the development of regular line
piercing or rounding plays and the so
called curtain plays to cover a forward
pass, meant that the usual number OF
tricks taught team ranged from :.
to- 80, writes Fred A. Hayner in the
the Chicago Daily News.
The East, handicapped by the ten
yard rule and the removal OF the
pushing masses, bent to the study Of
line piercing in earnest. until now Il
has evolved system highly dangerous
to a Midwest team where scores arr
frequently held to nothing or to Ont
touchddwns
Should western team breeze dow
there and run up quick big score D!
forward passing or freak running, l