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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
TO FIGHT WHITE PLAGUE
knights of Columbus at San Francisco
Convention Plan Big Campaign.

knights of Columbus at San Francisco
Convention Plan Big Campaign.
San Francisco. Aug. IA compre-
hensive and sustained attack by 500, 600
men and their families on the white,
plague was launched today at the in
ternationaI convention of the Knights
of Columbus. Under the chairman
ship of DR.. Z. W. Buckley of st. Paul,
supreme physician of the K. of g., the
Knights thruout United States and
Canada will initiate and maintain an
information campaign against tuber-
culosis to be supported by state and
local council aid IL the maintenance
of beds in sanatoriums and the rem
derirg of 7 teriai aid to consumptives
K. of, c. educators from all parts of
the country met today to formulate
final plans for the K. of c. correspon-
dence school system. The knights, It
was announced. plan the largest cor
respondence school in the United
States to augment their free night
system numbering 1872 units and serv-
ing 10000 former service men and
women.
Approximately 10000 delegates and
their families and friends are here to-
day to attend the convention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

altation.,'
President Decorates School Girls.
President Harding's first act upon
landing was to urge the children OF
America to carry on those principles
which brought success to the Pilgrims
in their long struggle against great
odds to found Plymouth colony.
Thirty-five nervously excited school
girls of New Bedford were waiting
upon the dock for the president. who
was to present medals to them for
having made the greatest advances in
the study of the English language in
New Bedford schools
1t was not alone an American trib-
ute that was paid to the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs today. England. whence the Pill
grims fled from prosecutions, paid
her measure of honor. The British
CRUISER Cambrian, lays in the harbor;
Isaac Foote, deputy mayor of Plym-
outh, England, also was here las the
representative of the United Kingdom.
and Captain Bailey. naval attache,
represented the British embassy.
Charles Debeaufort of the Neither
lands legation represented his delega-
tion. the original home of the Pill
grims.
President Harding was not the lone
distinguished American here. for Vice
President Coolidge, Secretarr of War
Weeks. Senator Lodge. Senator FIRE.
linghuysen OF New Jersey. and many
members of congress were present
Governor Cox of Mass chlsettes head
ed the delegation of New England
governors.
Tonight, fhe president will be enter
tanned at dinner at the Pilgrim Inn
and then he will view the Plymouth
pageant where the native citizens OF
Plymouth will re-enact the landing OF
the Pilgrims and the first few months
of hardships which they underwent
At the conclusion of the pageant
the president will again board the
Mayflower and sail for Portland, Me.
whence he will motor to the summer
home of Secretary of War Weeks al
Lancaster. n. H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

penny; while brothers wife Haunted
around in society, and scorned her
humble sister-in-1aw.
To my mind the woman who takes
her husbands money to lavish on her
family, and the man who denies his
dulge the wastefulness OF his people.
are both dishonest. They are not play
ing the game. They are not acting
fairly by each other.
The man who slaves at his business
has certainly a right to- the comforts
and Injuries his labor earns. 1t is
not just to him for his wife to deprive
him of these in order to give to her
family. The woman who is a real
helpmeet to her husband, who saves
and pfnches every nickel, is entitled to
have the rewards of her thrift to do
with as she pleaseI and her husband
has no moral right to give them to
another.
And neither a husband or wife has
upon the other, and thus poison all
the joy of everyday living.
The man and woman whose sense
of duty to their people is stronger
than their sense of duty to the one
they contemplate marrying, should
stay singlel 1t is their privilege to
sacrifice themselves for their fathers,
and mothers. and sisters, and brothers.
but not their privilege to offer up an
innocent man or woman as a victim.
OF course there is the duty that
man and woman eve to their parents
and to their sisters and brothers, but
the higher duty is undoubtedly the OBJ
legation a husband and wife owe to
each other. For the family duty is
one thrust upon US by others. but the
duty to those :. e marry is an obIiga-
ton we assume ourselves. That is a
debt of honor that we must pay TO the
ct IA n-t hing,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
STATE TAXES UP

year she skidded 5adly-a valuation
drop from $129.722.73s to s11S.ss6,-
141. But last year with her high val
uation she paid but $1S1,612 state
taxes. This year upon her decreased
valuation she pays $254,55S for state
government.
Reno county is the fifth and last
county in the list with valuations in
excess of one hundred Millions. This
year her valuation is sos, 342,970.
Last year it was sos. 9OO.956. But
last year with her high valuation the
county paid only s152.461 in state
taxes. This year her levy for the same
purpose is $235.442.
Stanton Has Smallest Assessment.
Stanton has the smallest state tax
assessment. Last year the county paid
Nod a valuation dE. sS.425.o72 This
year the cpunty's valuation slipped
down to $3,30S,1Sz. but her levy
slipped until it will be necessary to
raise 1894.
Governor Allen declared today. how
ever, that the state should not express
alarm because of the increase in state
taxes. He pointed out that the S.
4S1,43S was only about one-tenth of
the total direct taxes paid for state
and local government.
The governor also declared that the
taxes to be collected for state purposes
this year we're less than one-fourth of
the amount the state will pay the fed :
erai government during the year. He
asserted that last year the government
collected in income, excess profits.
amusement, luxury. soft drink and
other taxes. a total of 80 millions in
Kansas. This year. he asserted the
amount would exceed 3S Daillions.
Certify Levy to County Clerks.
Members of the state tax commits
sion today certified the state levy to
all county clerks. The levy will be
used-together with city, school dis
trict, township and special taxes-in
making UP the general tax Ievies for
the counties. cities and townships
when the county commissioners meet
this month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PARE

Pop was smoaking and thinking and
ma was Introducing Embroidery and
was wishing 1 was CRATE moving
picture acter, and / sed, Hay pop, hay
ma, watts this a imitation of?
And 1 started to wawk all GROUND
the room picking up everything and
putting it down agen with hardly eny
Impression on my face and saying, Let
me see, let me see. let me see.
1t looks to me like a imitation of a
can opener looking for a. soft can. sed
pop.
No sir. its a imitation of ma hunt
ing for something and forgetting wat
she's hunting for, sed.
Being jest the way ma does, and pop
started to laff like enything, saying,
Ha, ha ha, that's rich, that is. the boy
would make a, CRATE movie acter, that's
one on you, mother.
Nuthing of the kind, IL it was sutch
a good imitation wy dident you CESS
wat it was Supposed to be, and besides
imitation is the SincereSt form of fiat
terry, so wat do I care, sed ma.
Ha ha ha. it Is to laff. sed pop, and
I sed, Well hay pop, hay ma, watts this
Supposed to be imitation of? And L
started to wawk Ground with my eyes
closed and making fearseN faces and
waving my hands GROUND, saying,
Confownd 1t, blast it all, confownd it.
Offhand I should say it was a. ini-
tation of a soft she'll grab being pulled
out of its native -elemAht, sed pep and
sed. No sir, its you feeling for the
toWel with soap in your eyes.
Ree hee hee, well I've seen good fmi-
tations before. but that one wins the
gold medal, hees hee. soft shell crab,
that's the time you called yourself a
good one, Wiliyum, soft shell crab, hee
hee, sed ma.
All rite. all rite. can see the hunor
of the situation without having it tx
planned to me, sed pop. Benny, get to
bed, you'd stay up all mite if nobody
sent you to bed. L Suppose.
L rrrn,a1d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

While the city planning board is
arranging for a more slightly and
beautiful Topeka it should not over
look the unsightly telephone poles all
over the city. The telephone CON-
pany should be required to place its
wires underground. This is an i'm
provement that might be started at
once. since it would require no expen-
diture by the city treasury. The rates
which the company is charging it's pa
irons here should enable it to stand
the expense of burying its wires with
out suffering any great financial
hardship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

The request that the war finance
corporation give aid to farmers was
coupled with the request for $780,
600, 900 for the railroads, says the
Sioux City tribune, because it was
realized the railroad loan could not
be passed without the votes of the
agricultural bloc in the senate. Eu-
gene Meyer. manager of the corpora
ton, however. said that no great
amount of money would be required
for the farmers. If the farmers can
be given lower transportation rates as
their share of the deal probably they
will be satisfied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
SISTER KILLED BY BROTHER
Twelve Ycar-OId Played With Rifle
Mother Used for Protection.

Harper, Kan. Aug. Lloyd Wein-
heiner, IL years old, shot and killed
his 4-year-old sister, Martha, at their
home three and one-haIf miles south
west of here. about O'Clock Sunday
afternoon. The shooting was acciden-
tai. according to the mother.
The children. Who were left alone
in the house. found the loaded rifle
and started to play.
Lloyd. not knowing the rifle was
loaded, pointed it at his sister and
pl1lled the trigger. The bullet pierced
her breast. Earl Wienheimer. the ia
Their. is in western Kansas and could
not be located.
The mother loaded he rifle as
safety measure against providers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
WOES OF A TRACTION COMPANY.

1
Federal Judge Wade has ordered
suspended ali servicel on the Des
Moines street. railway lines because of
the inability of the receiver to pay
running expenses.
Suspension OF service by the street
railway company is said to be the di-
rect result of the inability of the COM
pany to operate under five-cent fare
franchise without jitney competition
and under an eight-cent fare with
unrestricted jitney competition. The
| five-cent franchise was granted the
company on January 1. 1916, and the
company never was able to earn
either common or preferred dividends
on its stock.
The company operates ninety-two
miles of tracks in Des Moines and
gives interurban and power service
between Des Moines. Colfax. Perry,
woodward and other surrounding
towns as well as transporting much Of
Des Moines's coal supply.
High costs of operation caused the
company in the summer of 1919 to
0NoAAAA~ ~ NAAC PCOPAC a 0CN CAl-CCiL ldIS
proposal. which was defeated. Short
ly thereafter the company was
thrown into the hands of a receiver
Last August, Judge Wade allowed a
six-cent fare and more recently the
service was cut As per cent and an
eight-cent fare granted.
When the eight-cent fare went into
Of se - ia.
permitted jitney buses to take the
streets under a five-cent fare and So
ltcit short haul business in competI-
ton with the street railway. In the
winter months, when the streets be-
came impossible from snow, the
buses waited until the street railway
sweepers had cleared their tracks and
then followed the street railway
in soliciting business.
Meantime finances of the company
gradually became worse, the line be-
ing run at a loss OF $4,000 during
June. A. w. Harris of Chicago and
others interested in the line, it is re-
ported, advanced more than $780,
900 personally to keep it running, al
tho they were not required to do so
under the terms of their franchise Ut
under any personal obligation to the
company. In an endeavor to meet |
franchise obligations designed to cost |
81, 500. 900 the company during its life !
time spent $500. 900, but on account |
OF increased prices was able to do only
so per cent of the work named in the |
Intermittent efforts have been made |
during the last two months to induce /
the city council to rule the buses off |
the streets and fix a fare which it
was thought would permit the rail-
way to operate successfully, but moth
ms was done.
1t seems evident from the expert |
ence of Des Moines that something
must be done to protect street rail-
ways from the competition of auto
mobiles or the time will come when
the people of many citi will be com
PEELED to walk The whole system
started wrong. Street railways usu-
ally have been granted franchises
without compensation to the city. thus
any claim they may set
up for protection. 1t might afford /
relief If they would pay for the use Of
such streets as they occupy and then
we're granted exclusive use of those /
streets in carrying passengers for
nire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

King George has denied utterins
words put into his mouth by a news
paper article. But it was good talk
and the king might better have let 1t
ride. 1t would have been no discredit
TO the monarch to have it go out to
the world that he was insisting on a
cessation Of blood letting in ireland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
NEW COLORADO OIL CONCERN.
Million Dollar Company viii Go Into
the Refining Business

the Refining Business.
Eldorado. Kan, Aug. 1.-Eldorado
has landed another 81, 900, 900 corpora
ton.
1t is known as the Red Ball Refining
company. 1t will maintain offices at
Eldorado and wichita. The affairs of
the company. however, will be largely
directed from the Eldorado office.
The company has purchased the as
sets of the Fidelity Refining company,
including the fully equipped refinery
south of town
. The new corporation will continue
he building of additional stations as
rapidly as possible. SO as to absorb the
entire output of its plant here The
company has closed a deal for the
Diilenbeck lot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

Commenting on the settlement of
the Chicago building strike by Judge
Lands, the Oshkosh Northwestern
says: Always when Lands takes
hold of a knotty and difficult prob
lem. a solution is found that smoothes
away all the trouble" When those
lined were indited. perhaps the editor
was remembering how the judge
solved the Standard Oil problem by
timing the organization s29 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
NEW CRISIS IN PORTUGAL.

London, Aug. 1.-The Portuguese
legation anxiousIy awaited word from
Lisbon today regarding the new po-
litical crisis in the Portuguese capital.
According to advices to the Daily
Mail from the Spanish Portuguese
frontier, the Lisbon garrison was sud
denly called out to picket the streets.
while cannon were planted to sweep
the public square. The cabinet met to
discuss the situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

The year which has just closed was
the best the Panama canal has yet
had. Receipts from tolls. $12.2So,-
900. however, lacked $4.2oo,ooO of
meeting the government expenditures
for the canal. Yet there are persons
in high places who would permit
American ships to PASS free. thus add
Ing to the burden of the taxpayer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

Leaders in congress are reported to,
be oppos ns n sales tax on the ground
that the country is not ready for it.
tlemen are afraid their constituents
might vote them out of office at the
next election. The country always is
ready for anything that is right and a
public benefit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
INVESTIGATE ice WEIGHTS
Attorney General Orders Probe in
Kansas Cities.

The attorney generals office has di-
rected county attorneys to investigate
ice weights in the various towns. A
numbert of complsi4ts have recently
come to the state department. regard
ing short weights by ice men.
Last week the attorney generals
office investigated the Topeka Ice
company. Following an inquisition 1t
announced there was no cause for ac-
ton here under the anti-trust law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

The law limiting immigration to
this country, up to this time, it is re-
ported, has failed to limit. Not so
many persons from any country have
applied for admission as are entitled
to come in. Here is presented an
other case of being scared before we
are hurt,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

The Wolff Packing company seems
to be up against much the same con-
dition as the street railway. 1t ap-
pears that a large part of its earnings
is absorbed by the parent company"
It might try the plan of the telephone
company. which raised the rates to
local patrons when it wanted money
to use in eriarging its plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

The reason criticism of woman's
dress falls on deaf ears during the
typical Kansas summer, is probably
because there is only enough to be
seen, and not enough to be heard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

In declaring that there is no king
in Illinois," Judge Smith of that state
seems TO have overlooked william
Hale Thompson, mayor OF Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

If Carl Wanderer be not insane
now, probably ne will be by the time
the alienists complete their examina
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01

(cepyright. 1920. by The wheeler Cyndicass
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-01
Mus1c Is Essential
Still ARother Shipment
%VIC'TOR RECORDS
KZ~f Ar~r-SUor%

we been waiting for is not iisted--comc in and
ask for 1T.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-02-25
SOUR STOMACH a. J. E.
y = =. ... y. INDIGESTION
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Reconstructed by Tennessee 3
Grocer for Troubles Re- ~
!. -. iuIGng from Torpid q 1s.
VA Liver. 49, &

EAST Nashville. Tenn The sffie
isncx Ct mediordis RlsCk-Drausht, tho
genuine, herb. liver medicine, Is.
vouched for by Mr.. W. N. Parsons. \
grocer Of this city. 1T Is without
doubt the best liver medicine ana |
don't believe 4 could get albng without
itiiI take 4 for sour stomach, head.
ache, bad liver. indigestion, and ali
other troubles that are the result o.
= torpid liver. s'lfN An11 81
II have known ana usedIt for years.
ard can and do highly recommend Il
20 every one "a won't 80 ia, bed With,
out It In the house. II win do all h
claims to do. I can't say enough for
r."
Many Other men and women through.
out the country shatb found Blaek.
Drapghs Just as Mr. Parsons describes.
valuable IN regulating the Liver to
It's normal functions. and IN cleansing
the bowels Of impurities 27ie 9a' &
-Thedtords Blaclt.D laueht liver meai.
cine is the original ind only genuine.
Accept no limitations or substitutes.
Always ask for Thedford's. ga
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-02-25
4IETgs coz,

The chief of the MORALS branch
Of the war service said a few
days ago, that Lets .go' was
the one slogan that seemed to
stir the soldiers to action bet
ter than any other. : .trsi
This phrase is interesting for
the very simplicity of it. 1t sGg-
gests that many of the big re-
suits Of life are not achieved by
any argument. If the chief of
morale had talked for an hour
to a group Of soldiers about the
duty of making an assault on
Some fortified position, they
might not have felt any more
like doing il. They might real
Use more keenly1 than at the
start the awful peril of the
thing, and the gruesome chanc-
es they were taking. ao29s saI
'Bnt when some one jumps up
and says 'IeFs3 go,S2 the thrill
Of Consent and comradeship runs
mH# N.-
through the men like an cleo.
tric Shock. The psychology Of
it is the tremendous power Of
example. People feel they can
do what other people do. They
do not like to hang back where
others show courage. One strong
man exemplifying patriotism
and heroism by his acts, counts
more than long orations about
duty and the logic Of the situa.
ton. s1i o15is bsfq
So 1t is in all the proceedings
Of daily life. You may argue
until you are hoarse, and You
may not be able to inspire any
active interest in some measures
for the benefit Of the communi.
'ty But If some wide awake fel,
low gets up and leads the way,
people are ashamed to show un-
Willingness to follow. They dis
IKE to admit that they have
less public spirit than other PEG,
pie have, and they are willing
to go as far as other people win
lead them. It is a great force
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-02-25
Don't You Forget II.

Bear in mind that Chamber.
lain's Tablets not only move the
bowels but improve the appetite
and strengthen the digestion.
They contain no pepsin or other
digestive ferment but strength.
en- the stomach and enable it to
perform its functions naturally,
ADV.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-02-25
To The DysD6pticy

Would you not like to feel
that your stomach troubles are
over, that you can eat any kind
Of food that you crayeg Consid-
er then the fact that Chamber
.lain's Tablets have cured others
why not you. There are many
who have been restored to
health by taking these tablets
and can now eat any kind of
food that they crave. ID efrAdv.
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