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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
new ALLIED CRISIS
Killing of Italians by Poles
Causes Protest Storm.
Direct Action Against Polish
Rebels Is Demanded.

Rome. May 11.-Another allied
crisis loomed today.
Inflamed by the killing of Italian
soldiers by Polish insurgents in Upper
Silesia, the Roman press voiced a
growing demand that Italy require i'm
mediately satisfa action from the Polish
government.
Addressing Premier Giolitti, the
newspapers demanded that he ignore
the ambassadors council and the al
lied supreme council by going direct
to Warsaw.
Reports here as to the number of
Italians killed in Upper Silesia diff
fered, but the press declared that if
only one man had been shot by the
Poles, it was sufficient grounds for
demanding an accounting.
Speculation began at once as to a
possible alignment in case the Warsaw
government refused to satisfy Italian
demands. There was much criticism
of the French who, according to re-
ports here, only half heartedly CO.
operated with other allied detachments
in attempting to hold back the Polish
advance.
The Silesian situation has had the
attention of the king. One of the first
acts of Count Sforza. foreign minister,
on his return from the supreme coun-
ell session in London, was to seek an
audience with Victor Emmanuel.
Sforza then held a long conference
with Premier GiOlitti
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11

Robert H. Montgomery, Oswego,
grand generalissimo.
Hugh Means. Lawrence, grand cap
tain general.
Ezra 3. Fuller, Fort Leavenworth,
grand senior warden.
Clayton Lehman, Newton, grand
junior warden.
The Rev. Robert NJ. Botting, Dodge
City, grand prelate.
John McCullagh, .Galena. grand
treasurer.
Albert h Wilson, Topeka. grand
recorder.
Philip Eugene Stotler, Kansas City,
grand standard bearer.
Charles Miller, jr., Hays, grand
sword bearer.
william f. Hutchison, Garden City,
grand warder.
Theodore P. Perry, Coffeyville,
grand captain of guard.
In the drill team contests Topeka
won first place in class A. Pittsburg
was second. Wichita third and Hutch
inson fourth. In class B Dodge City
won first honors, Kansas City second.
Ciffeyville third. Great Bend fourth
and Emporia fifth.
Albert K. Wilson of Topeka. re-
elected today as grand recorder of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
DEPORT DRUG ADDICTS
Undesirable Citizens Taken From
City Jail, Loaded Into Trucks
and Hauled to City Limits-Ad-
Vised That Return to Topeka
Means Jail Sentence.

A wholesale deportation of drug ad-
diets and drunks was conducted by the
police this morning. Ten men were
loaded into a truck rented from the
Roy Payne company, hauled to a point
east of TecuInseh and dumped out
with instructions never to return to
Topeka.
Most of the deported men had been
in the city Jail from ten to thirty days.
They were taken into police court
room this morning, where they were
advised that return to Topeka would
mean the Jail again for them. Most
of them seemed pleased to get out of
the bull PEN" They were then load
ed into the truck, in charge of Detec-
tive Clarence Bundy, and sent on their
way.
With the round up of the dope
fiendS there was a marked falling off
in the number of petty crimes COM
mitted in Topeka. Police declare that
practically all the petty thefts are
committed by drug addicts as a means
of getting more dope. Chief Guy
Swallow is bent upon exterminating
f'the undesirables from the town. There
is no statute under which they can be
placed in any institution to be cured,
unless the confinement is voluntary,
and when this is the case the ambition
to be cured lasts only as long as the
dope already in their systems.
The deported men are James w.
Heard, John Simon, John Barnes Tom
McGill, Henry Haines, w. NJ. Wern-
sen. Ollie Wernsen, Eddie Logan, Ar
thur Middleton and George Nc
Cutcheon. All are white except Lo-
gan, who is a negro.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
BOSS IS KILLED
Chief of Chicago "BloOdy Nine
teenth" Victim of Gun Man.
Riddled With Bullets in Front
of His Own Home.

Chicago, May 11.-Tony d'Andrea,
Democratic political boss of the
Bloody Nineteenth" ward. was rid
died with bullets in front of his home
here early today.
Assasslns, concealed in a vacant
apartment on the first floor of the
building occupied by d'Andrea and his
family, fired six shots as Little
Italys'' chieftain a1ighted from a taxi.
Five shots entered his body.
D'Andrea is in the hospital mortaliy
wounded. O'Andrea's wife, Lena, al
ways fearful for her husbands life,
rushed to the street in her night gar
ments.
Lena. I'm dying, dear" gasped the
politician. "They got me-
The attack on the chieftain came as
a climax of months of assassinations
and sluggings in Little Italy" which
gave the name Bloody Nineteenth to
the ward.
Bombings and shootings were every
night occurrences a few months ago
during the campaign of John Powers
and dAndrea, who were running for
the aldermanic job of the Bloody
Ninteenth." Powers won.
Investigation showed the plot to
"get' d'Andrea was well laid. Neigh
bors had heard sounds in the vacant
apartment for several hours. but
thought decorators were preparing the
apartment for another tenant
The gunmen had pulled the front
windows up and the blinds down. Six
shots were fired thru the blinds.
D'Andrea is a lawyer and had just
returned home from his downtown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
MANY TO ATTEND FUNERAL
State House Will Be Closed in Respect
to Late State Printer.


Both the state house and state print
ing plants will close at noon Thursday
in respect to the late Imri Zumwalt of
Bonner Springs. state printer. All
state departments were ordered closed
for a half day by order of the state
state house and printing plant were
placed at half mast.
Governor Allen and other state Of
ficials will attend the funeral in Bon
ner Springs Thursday afternoon. Of
ficialS and employees in the state print
ing plant will also go to Bonner
Springs for the funeral. Topeka daily
newspapers and the Topeka Press club
will send representatives. A special
car will carry the former friends and
car will be attached to Union Pacific
train leaving Topeka at $3.50 o'clock
Thursday morning. The party will re-
turn on an evening train.
Death of the well known newspa-
per man in a Kansas City hospital
Tuesday has occasioned general sor-
row and regret among newspaper
workers and public officials in the
state. He was listed among the clever
and popular country newspaper pub
fishers of the state. His work had re-
ceived much attention and his para
graphs We're widely quoted by the
press of the state. Zumwalt also won
recognition as a poet. One of his
poems-a verse done while he was
telegraph editor of The State Journal
during the war periods given here
with:
THE SACRIFICE.
read the days reports from distant battle
dreamed
saw splendid youth, his face aglow
With hope; his soul at peace with all the
His pulses throbbing with the Joy of life ::
boy at manhood's threshold, full of
promise.
I saw him kiss his mother at the gate
And throw his arms about his fathers neck
And, waving to them, march away to war
saw that tender lad again. in France
Upon field of blood and hurting death,
Amid the maddening roar of bursting
shells.
With mangled dead and dying all around
saw. him charge a stubborn German
Against a storm of lead and crashing steel ::
saw him fall upon the ground. a mangled,
Ltfeless corpse, and trampled in the mud.
And in my dream I thought, "Is this the
For which his mother bore him long ago
In mortal pain, and nursed him at her
And called him tender foolish baby names
And centered in him all her love and hope?
Was it for this that he was fashioned in
The image fair Of Him who made the
world?
Was it for this that he was made a living
Soul and given power to hope and love
And do. and dream the golden dreams Of
This boy who lies upon the field of blood.
a lifeless thing, besmeared with filth and
mud?"
And then my dream grew dark
= and out of darkness
Rose the shadow of a rugged hill.
And on its crest there stood Roman cross.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
New Drop in Cash Wheat EX-
pected Soon.
Flour Price Will Take Tumble
Declare Millers.
BAKERS ANTICIPATE DROP
Kansas City Loaf Bigger
Oklahoma Loaf Cheaper.
Farmers Hold Less Wheat OF
Market This Year.

Chicago. May 1.-THE consumer
will get the advantage of the abun-
dant wheat crop, now in prospect, /ac-
cording to millers and other experts
on the grain situa ation.
When the new wheat starts coming
in, cash wheat is expected to drop
again, and if it does, the drop will
be reflected in flour prices, millers
declared.
Flour now is selling at about 81 a
barrel under the quotations of last
September. when the price first started
downward, and $3.50 below the first
of the year.
Follows Cash Wheat.
"Flour prices change with the. price
of cash wheat John S. Pillsbury of
the great Pillsbury Milling company
of Minneapolis, said.
There probably will not be any
change in the price of flour until the
new crop appears, when cash wheat
should be easier
Extent of the price drop will depend
entirely on how fast the new crop ap-
pears and on the export demand, Plls-
bury explained.
The amount of wheat being carried
over from last year by farmers is
smaller than usual. according to re-
ports reaching both Pillsbury and B.
M. Snow, Chicago grain experts.
Farmers Stocks Low.
Farmers are carrying from so, ,000,-
900 to 75,OO0.000 bushels from last
year" Snow stated. ''This is under
the average"
While the federal crop report, is
sued Monday, showed an increase of
1o.000,000 bushels in the winter
wheat crop over the April report
Snow explained that this was not due
to improvement in the crop. but to the
small amount of winter killed wheat
Oklahoma City Cuts Price.
Oklahoma City, May 11.-Bread
prices were slightly reduced here to-
day. Loaves which formerly sold for
Is cents straight now sell for two for
rs cents.
Kansas City, Mo. May 11.-Bakers
here recently added two ounces OF
bread to the 10-cent loaf without
changing the price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
Will NOT BE RED
American Federation of Labor
Hesitates to Join Europeans.
Convention to Consider Matter
at Denver in June.
BRITISH WORKERS SCORED
Miners, by Property Destruction
Program, Lose Support.
Federation Chief Says Labor
Here Has Little to Learn.
RITISH WORKERS SCORED

Cincinnati, O.. May 11.-Question of
continued affiliation of the American
Federation of Labor with the Inter
national Federation of Trades unions,
headquarters of which are at Amster-
dam, Holland, will be threshed out at
the American Federation of Labor
convention at Denver next month.
After the executive council of the
federation in session here had dis
cussed the matter. Frank Morrison,
secretary, said it would be handled in
the councils annual report to the con-
Vention.
Americans Against 1t.
The council. it is understood, is
against the affiliation because it is felt
it would commit the American FEEDER
alton of Labor to revolutionary pro-
gram because the European branch
has abrogated the principle of national
trade union autonomy and because
the system of dues would mean a
heavy financial burden on the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
The British miners strike situation
indicates clearly that organized labor
in America has little to learn from the
English trade Union movement" Mat
thew Woll, vice-president of the
American federation, declared in a
statement at the opening of today
session.
The failure of the miners to safe
guard the mines during the strike Mr..
Woll characterized as an unfortunate
error on the part of the Miners
THE collapse of the triple alliance is
not an occasion for surprise" added
the labor leader. sympathetic actions,
of whatever nature, must have for
their continued support strong moral
principles.
The miners by their attitude in
permitting the deterioration of the
mines destroyed the sympathetic bond
essential to large mass movement" !"
Mr. Vol also commented upon a re-
cent report of the federal trade COM
mission on prices, declaring it con
firms the validity of labors contention
that reductions in wages are not
justified"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
IN DIVINE HEALING SERVICE
Rev. p. C. Nelson VIII Conduct Meet.
ings at Swedish Bethel Church.

A man who does not claim to be a
miracle man" or a divine healer" "
but who has been the instrument of
many instantaneous healings of the
sick and afflicted in Wichita, and in
other cities. is the Rev. P. c. Nelson.
now in Topeka to conduct a week S
service for divine healing at the Swed-
ish Bethel church, Sixth and Harrison
streets.
The Rev. Mr.. Nelson arrived in To-
peka at noon today, directly from a
seven weeks healing mission in Wich-
ita. While there he asked divine help
for 1000 persons who were lame,
blind, deaf or otherwise afflicted.
Many hundreds of people came from
all parts of the state to Wichita for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
Allied Commission NegOtiates
With Polish Rebel Chief.
Hostilities in SiIesia Suspended
Says Warsaw Dispatch.
POLAND HOLDS ADVANTAGE
French and Polish Forces En-
gage in Artillery Duel.
Rebel Troops Are Well Armed
But Poorly Disciplined.

London, May lit is reported
that negotiations between the interal-
lied commission in Upper Silesia and
Adelbert Korfanty, leader of the Pol
ish insurgents in that area, resulted
last evening in the suspension of hos
tilities, says a dispatch to the Central
News from Warsaw today.
1t was agreed, according to this re-
port, that the insurgents would oc-
cupy a line of demarcation agreed
upon and remain in the stipulated po-
sitions pending final settlement of the
Upper Silesia question, which is still
pending in allied councils. where it
rested following the taking of the re-
cent plebiscite. The industrial terri
tory which has been largely overrun
by the Poles, therefore. would remain
under Polish occupancy.
French Troops in Battle.
Oppeln, Silesia, May 11.-French
troops engaged in an artillery duel
with insurgent Poles near Groscho-
witz about six miles south of this
city, yesterday. The Poles replied to
the French fire with several small
field pieces. A number of slightly
wounded French Soldiers have been
brought here and other wounded
Frenchmen have been brought in by
motor lorries from other towns in the
disturbed area.
1t is rumored that a German Of
ficer who formerly held a high po-
sition in the army has taken charge
OF German operation in Silesia and
inter-allied officials here fear there
will be serious development in the
next few days unless the Poles indi-
cate their intention to begin a with
drawal.
Are Many Casualties.
In the city there has been arriving
a continuous stream of wounded Ger
man refugees and the situation has
grown mere intense. The German
civilian guards have completed their
orga nization. The officers say they
have sufficient rifles, and will feel
safe if they can secure artillery.
Allied officials arriving here from
Kattowitz report the Poles held them
up and took them to Polish headquar-
ters. There they were examined, their
papers were gone over and eventually
the officials were given passes signed
by the Polish comnlissars which per-
nl&tted them to pass the insurgent
lines. 1t is declared the Poles are
well equipped with artillery and small
arms, but there is lack of discipline
evident in their ranks.
There is some apprehension that the
insurgent forces will get out of hand
and begin plundering Silesian towns
they have taken since the inception
of the revolt in this district.
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TO REVIVE ROAD
Twenty Kansas Cities Join to
Aid X. C. Northwestern.
Volunteer Committee Starts to
Raise Needed Funds.

Kansas City, May 1.-THE execu-
tive committee of the Kansas City
Northwestern Railway association held
the first meeting in Kansas City, Kan,
Friday to perfect the organization. w.
M. Pennington was elected ihairman;
NJ. A. Bender, secretary, and w. T.
Beck of Holton, publicity manager.
The committee is composed of the
following: w. NJ. Pennington, Nc
Louth; Judge M. A. Bender, Holton;
DR.. E. M. Grindle, Secenca; w. M.
Schmidt, Summerfield; DR.. C. c. ,Nes-
selrode, Kansas City, and William
Heynen, Tonganoxie.
To defray the expenses incident to
the work of the committee, a fund will
be raised Immediately under the
supervision of the following:
Beatrice, chamber of commerce;
Summerfield, L. H. Stephens; Seneca,
M. r. Comet: Kelly, w. G. Rucker;
Goff. J. l.. Barnes; Bancroft, B. E.
vile, c. C. Conner; Holton. chamber
of commerce.; Birmingham l. B.
Longenecker; Denison, W. A. Gilli-
land; North Cedar, Frank Gregg; Val-
ley Falls, chamber of commerce; !;
Dunavant, Daniel Goddard; Oskaloosa.
D. P. Davis; McLouth, Joel Dobbs;
Tonganoxie, chamber of commerce; ;
Basehor, Mr.. Petherbridge; Leaven-
worth, chamber of commerce.; Kansas
City, chamber of commerce.
ANO OilS VI Tie makes q
charge for his expenses. Tuesday,
May IT, was decided on as the date
to make the canvass for funds.
AT the meeting at Kansas City Sat
urday, the committee held an inter-
view with Receiver Jay NJ. Lee and
learned the inside facts regarding the
present status of the road. L. S. Cass
will be asked to meet the committee
in a meeting, likely to be held in
Holton in the near future
1t is likely the first point of alta ck
by the new organization will be to ex-
ert pressure on the interstate COM
merce commission to hurry the work
of checking up the affairs of the
Northwestern so the government can
determine whether or not to allow the
road compensation for losses during
the period of government control.
! This work is now in progress and it
is understood is dragging. There is
approximately sS00.000 in debts which
must be satisfied before Judge Hook
will release the road from receiver
ship. How this debt can be met is the
| immediate problem with which the
committee will grapple.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
HE PLAYED WITH FIRE
Charlie ChapIin's Asbestos Under
wear Saved His Life When He
Fell Over His Feet Into Acetylene
Torch.

Los Angeles, May 11.-Charlie
Chaplin, film comedian, realized the
truth of "don't play with a fire" to-
day.
Chaplin was confined to hisa bed
from burns he received while Seting
a scene in Vanity Fair" his 1atest
picture.
To make millions laugh, Chaplain
wobbled into an acetylene torch late
yesterday. His funny feet got twisted
and he fell on the torch.
His clothes caught fire. Quick
action of studio employees saved him
from fatal injury.
Asbestos underwear saved the
upper part of his body from injury.
Chaplin will be back at the studio
in a week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-11
BEGIN BIC DRIVE
Campaign for Greater Church
Attendance Is Started.
CanvasSing Committee of 400
Will Be Chosen Soon.

The big campaign for a greater
church attendance in Topeka opened
today with headquarters at the Cen
trail Y. NJ. C. A. The decision to open
the campaign today was made at a
meeting of the executive committee at
the Chamber of Commerce on We'd
nesday. The campaign will continue
for five weeks.
A meeting of special finance COM
mittee will be held at the y. M. c. A.
this afternoon at 5 o'clock to de-
termine means of raising the needed
$4,000. The special committee is
composed of DR.. E. J. Kulp, DR.. S. s.
Estey, DIR. r. A. Scheu, G.. c. Sickler,
and Earl Williams The necessary
funds will be pro-rated among the
churches, according to the financial
standing of the churches, rather than
the size of the church membership
roll.
A canvassing committee probably to
be composed OF four hundred persons
will be appointed soon, Roscoe G. Ell
lis announced today. Ellis was au-
thorized to open the campaign today
less than two weeks from the day he
presented his plan for the campaign
to the Ministerial union. The execu-
tive committee, composed of pastors
and members of civic organizations. in
meeting at the Chamber of Commerce
on Thursday. authorized Ellis to pro-
ceed with the campaign, backed by
the committee.
The four hundred members for the
canvassing committee will be chosen
from the various churches, Ellis said
and probably will be announced in the
churches next Sunday.
To Hold Mass Meeting.
mass meeting to initiate the cam
paign with as much enthusiasm as
can be aroused will be held at the
city auditorium at an early date, Ellis
said. At that meeting George w.
Barnes, well known choir leader of
Salina, will direct the mass singing
Barnes will be choir leader at Grace
Cathedral after September 1.
An Awakening Here.
Topeka is showing an awakening
of the public conscience" thru the
under way in the city particularly
thru the church attendance campaign
being promoted jointly by the minis
terial union and the business men of
the city, according to DR.. Edmund j.
Kulp, pastor of the First Methodist
church, in speaking before the execu-
tive committee meeting of the cam
paign at the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday.
1.-The influence of the new planning
movement, the Ross Crane lectures,
the re-organized Chamber of Com
merce and all these new indications
of a civic awakening show that the
citizens feel they should take a more
responsible interest in the things they
owe their city, chief among which is
their duty to the churches of their
CITY," DR.. Kulp said.
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addition to his position as grand re-
corder of the Grand Commandery he
is grand secretary of the Grand
Lodge. Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons of Kansas; grand secretary of
the Grand Chapter. Royal Arch Ma
sons of Kansas and grand recorder OF
the Grand Council Royal and Select
Masters of Kansas. His offices are To-
Gated in the beautiful Masonic library
and office building at the corner or
Eighth and Harrison streets.
Arthur J. Carruth of the Herington
commandery was appointed to the
grand captaincy of the guard eight
years ago He has been advanced
each year until today. when he was
given the highest position in Kansas
commandery.
He came to Kansas in 1896, locat-
ing at Herington. Until this year.
when he retired from business and
moved to Topeka to make his home.
he has been member of the Kansas
bar and in the retail jewelry business.
He lives at the University club.
The following named persons are
members of Topeka Commanders
class A team:
George w. Porter. captain; Elmer F.
Strain. lieutenant; William Nelson,
lieutenant; Homer W. Bomgardner.
file closer; Nathan b. Thompson, file
closer; Horace w. Oxnard, guide:
George w. BANTER. guide; George w
McClelland, quartermaster: Ralph ID.
Cotton, p. Allen Lowe. Edwin o.
Schoonover, Charles DarneIl. Jesse
Davies. George A. Clark, Ernest L. Jes-
ter A. Buell.. Sidney S. James. Paul v
Stolpe. Floyd E. Young. Carl r. Matt
miller, Willard A. Mattmiler. Sherman
L. Bourassa, George A. Williams.
Floyd A. Baker, David L. George, Wa
liam III. StoIpe, Roy CIeavinger. Fred
c. Oberer, David c. Rosen. Harry NJ.
Washburn, Levett H. Tiffey. William
H. Rawie and Clarence Mauney.
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Today S Games

National League.
st. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
American League.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
Boston mt Chicago.
New York at Detroit
Washburn at Cleveland.
American Association.
Columbus at Kansas City.
Toledo at Milwaukee.
Louisville at Minneapolis.
Indianapolis at St. Paul.
Western League.
st. Joseph at Oklahoma City.
Omaha Mt Tulsa.
pes Moines Mt Wichita.
Sioux City at Joplin.