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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28
COUNTY ATTORNEYS MEET
Fifty Lawyers From Over Kansas At
tend Convention Today.

Discussion Of the parole laws of the
state was feature of the meeting of
nearly fifty county attorneys who are
holding their annual session in the Of
flee of Richard Hopkins, attorney gem
eral, today and Saturday.
The session opened this morning
with a discussion of road legislation
by NJ. w. Watson. state highway engi-
neer, which was followed by a talk by
Representative K. NJ. Geddes, of Ell
Dorado, Kan, chairman of the house
judiciary committee. Geddes' bill,
making more stringent the applica-
ton of the parole system, was reported
upon favorably this morning by the
senate judiciary committee.
Geddes' talk brought out as many
different opinions on the parole and
its use as there were attorneys present.
eral.sources on the present system of
parole. The parole board at the state
penitentiary was referred to as a sob
squad"
II don't believe in sending a man
to a penal institution except as a last
resort, and when he is sent there,
want him to stay" one attorney de-
clared.
The climax of the meeting will
probably come when Warden ]. X
Codding of the state penitentiary ad-
dresses the attorneys Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock
This afternoons program included
the presentation of a paper on the
Life of John Marshall by George
McDermott of Topeka, an address by
Judge John S. Dawson of the state
supreme court. and another by NJ. "
B. Van De Mark of Concordia, senator
from the Thirty-seconf district
The probable course of the attor-
neys will be to form a permanent as
ISOLATION among their numbers, with
faff
of meeting. The project is under dis
cuSSion this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28
CLEAR NEGROES OF CHARGES
Prof. John l.. Harrison and Br. i. L..
Ransom Are Cleared.

Prof. John L. Harrison, principal of
Washington school, was the center of a
struggling mass of delighted negro
humanity this morning as he walked
from the city court room where he
was freed of a charge of committing
a statutory offense against Florence
Bell, 1S-year-old negro girl. Charges
of performing an illegal operation
upon the girl were also dismissed
against DIR. J. L. Ransom.
Harrison was nearly borne to the
floor by women who threw their arms
about his neck and men who fought
to wiring his hand, slap him on the
back and utter words of congratula-
ton.
The charges against the two promi-
nent Topeka negroes We're dismissed
upon the written application of the
Bell girl. the prosecuting witness.
Harrison, according to county officials.
has already paid the Bell girl $1,000
and has agreed to pay her at the rate
of $50 a month until her child be-
comes of are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28

VOU will enjoy a dinner
II time satisfaction that
will be shared by
other members of your
family, if you allow US to
serve you with the best
m e a is ever honestly
weighed out in an effort to
please the public taste and
pocketbook. Let US serve
you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28

Sixth district members of the club
are in Topeka in unusually large num-
bers with the particular purpose of
electing Mrs. Murphy to the presi-
dency of the club. It has often hap
pened that the first vice-president of
the club succeeds to the higher office,
but it is not customary and the can
didacy Of Mrs. Kimball is also strong
ly supported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28
TWO WOMENl4IN
Candidates for Presidency of
Woman's Kansas Day Club.
Business Session Here TomOr-
row Morning at 10.

Two candidates are strong possibil-
tiles for the office of president of
the Woman's Kansas Day club. They
are Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy, of
Goodland, Kan, now first vice-presi-
dent of the club, and Mrs. Matte
Toothaker Kimball, of Manhattan,
secretary of the club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28

Chicago. Jan. 2S-WHEAT-C1ose: Mar,
$1.651@M1G5%; May. 81. 63A @1.G44.
CORN-May, .6113c@61Ac; July, G6ac
Sept. 6SAc
RYE-May. $1.4294 :, July. 81 221H.
PORK-Jan., S22.7O; May, S231O.
LARD--Jan., $500; May, $13.67.
RIBS-Jan., $1197; May, S12.45.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28
New york liberty Bond aIarl,et

New York. Jan. 2S.-Liberty bonds close:
31s's. Of &c: first As. $40: second As 81 10:
first AS $40: second AS. sTeo: third
4It's 9oe6 fourth Az :. S7-22; Victory 33t s.
1886; Victory 4a4's, 97.3i.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28

when the bread is the firm, fine
grained white that comes only
from careful making and the
purest of tested ingredients.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

papers, which are based largely on in- formation given out by the County Solici- tor, Lattimer had come from mass meet ing at Maxine few hours before in which he is alleged to have said in the course of a speech, 'T am SO mad I can't talk; what l want to do is to fight"
 When Lattimer, Mulligan and Nevill met Bivins, they are said to have asked him if he wasn't ashamed of himself for going back to work before the strike was called off,
 'No," Bivins is said to have replied. q am not ashemed of going back to work. My baby died; expenses were heavy; was in debt and had to do it to support my wife and children"
 Then, according to information in the solicitors hands, the men bemeaned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
TYPICAL DIFFERENCES OF
 VAN BITTNER AND OTHERS

At Pratt City, Alabama March 25 1921 he IS reported On Sunday March 27 1921, at Wylam Alabama he IS re- ported have said other things he main thing to- day is to rid the mines and camps ot the who nave come in and taken your and can't get them way try another want every man to apply Tor ms old job at once those who do get back to get busy and see that the working organized hund red per hope that man will be so weak as to tell his wife that he can't find work If you are refused work am not telling you what to do but know what would do Don't expect one to give you any ls' out ahe i anu remember March, 1925 l,..> . 1,d monson (cooredl organizers oi the oeu leader Van Bner reported to have made similar utter ances other things saying The Bible says thou sns not kill but has to do it to defend his home and his iob and it up you to drive the scabs ou THE "RATTLESNAKE"
 AT BLOCTON
 At Bocton Ala March 30, 192 the sworn-to notes of court senographer proved, and Van Bner admts that among other things, he said:
 sSThey may have right to work, but by the eternal gods they any right your jobs It has been
 rey too healthy for scabs around Bocto that has been the trouble with you What would you do with rattle snake if one of them would start crawling into this meet ing now?
 "Mr Bitner: rattesnake did you half as much harm scab did,
 q have said that the scabs should be out But you know what Christ did with those money in the temple at Jerusalem Remember that story? He picked them the seat of their pants and threw them out into the middle of the street That is what Christ did with the money lenders in the temple at Jerusalem guess you allowed to carry out Chrss laws down by Christ. have always felt that you just as safe under Chrss guidance under of these coal operators the of the state would not except even General Steiner IF THIS ISN'T BLASPHEMY, WHAT IS?
 That is what Christ did with these fellows that were not good; these money lenders compared with these scabs who around in these mines There you have Chrss law, Gods law rather laid down through our Saviour as an example go by here in Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
To the People of Alabama

We address concerning critical situation growing out of settled controversy between employers and employees and its present aspect involving something important than the rghs of eiher.
 The coal operators of Alabama through their authorized committee the United Mine Workers America through Mr Van A. Bitner it's international representative and other authorized agents entered into written agreementSbndng themselves to submit their differences to Governor Thomas Kby tribunal of their choosing the decision of the
 Governor to be without appeal and binding and accepted good faith by all parties The decision of this tribunal has been renderedand must be honorably accepted and lied with.
 Van Btner the accredited representative of the union writing made the contract of settlement has ncen diary voencenvng public addresses flagranty advised it's violation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
The Assassination of John Biivins

The following account of the cold blooded assassination of John Bivins, miner, is condensed from reports in the daily papers of Birmingham of Monday, April 4
 Bivins had been a member of the miners union. But when his baby died and he needed money to bury the little one, he returned to work. He was threat ened at the time.
 Late last Saturday afternoon, Bivins was returning to his home from supply store where he had gone to provide for the family in the week to come. It is al- legged that he was intercepted by Dan Lattimer, President of the Palos local, U. M. w. A.; W. T. Mulligan, President of the Bessie local, and w. B. Nevill of Palos.
 According to the reports in the news
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

Biyins and suddenly opened fire. The doomed man began to run along the rail road track with bullets flying One took effect in his head another in the breast and still another in the back. He was shot five times in all
 Bivins was 26 years old and is survived by wife and two children.
 Lattimer, Mulligan and Nevill are in jail, charged with the crime.
 Solicitor Joe Tate is quoted as saying:
 s'We have good case and will be able to prove it without hitch. The killing nothing more nor less than cold-bIood- ed murder. Van Bittner says he stands for law and order. If the unions attempt to get these men out bond or if they furnish counsel, they will show where they stand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

bama I like to see men who Christians be Christ ians through and through practical Christians who willing put Christianity into their everyday life Do that here and you won't have trouble getting jobs back You have every Godgven right to do that, my friends
 No will starve my wife and children as long as live; will die first, and any other who has any red fighting blood in his makeup will do the thing We want men of this type who will go home and'say to their wives Mary the governor has rendered rotten decision Boss tells today he is not going give any work to do but going to get it back somehow other. Those the kind of that have made the United Mine Workers of America the great organization that It ls fighting men, who have known when to ouit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05

you won't go to work. You ready to work. Stay in those houses If you have not courage enough stay them let the put up the fight That the thing for you to do
 When "Kilby Is in Help
 "The United Mine Workers of America will be in Ala bama long after Charlie DeBardeleben, Governor Kby Walter Moore and Charlie Oakley in he'll This little two by four that you have here Alabama dered some kind of decision. This is not Governor Dys decision, but Charlie DeBardeleben Frank Nelson Walter Moore and this dirty crowd that has been running Aapama wrote that decision and they told him that they would expose him and show the people of Alabama just what kind of governor they had and Governor Kby ae tne poor weaking that he s decided that he would @ s name to ths decision that the coal operators wrote going to start" ' " e 1Use
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
"A Fence Around
 This Internal State"

We want you to make the mines of Alabama 100 per cent union We are going to give you until March 31, 1922, to do this If you don't do this going build fence around this internal you fellows down here scab and live in slavery all the rest of your ives
 But the Sunday school picnic The strike here in Bocton today These coal operators will know that, too, don't you forget that.
 Judas Iscarot the first scab that lived; scabbed Saviour What did he think of himself? He thought much of himself that he finally went ont and committed suicide. The only reason most of these scabs have not and committed suicide they haven't got gus enough to do it. that is a There IS the comparison so far as real men concerned Stay right here don't allow these operators and these scabs to drive you out of this state Stay right here be- long to your organization here in Alabama build up that the who have been driven this state can come back and work Alabama that the thing for you to do.
 Get Them Back Any Way You Can'
 Your duty to the organization get your jobs back any way you get them These your jobs, don't forget that These scabs have right these Jobs from you than would have to take proper es rom the coal operators These your obs don't forget that See that you get your ob that is the first thing Now they may compel you to sign some sort of yellow dog but 1t won't amount than yellow dog would amount to- If all the who sign these vel low dogs are union men, what the difference? These coaI companies will get to know these yellow dogs don't amount to blame thing. They will throw them away themselves Ii wanted to get back in the mines why would sgn anything they wanted to sign, and would keep paylng my union dues If all of the do that they are not going to discharge anybody, they? alny not, because they want to run these mines They are just buffing along whether you men will quit or not that all they doing They are just going to see whether you will persuade these scabs leave not Every man has different method of persuasion Stay in Those Houses"
 You should persuade these scabs to leave Alabama, my friends and may conscience be your gude The hlng Tor you to do to your union just as i gently as have drawn your relief every week If you are cowardy enough to leave any these coal operators throw you out of the houses live in, will have geI house or your own somewhere. Don't let any of these operators throw of these homes The strike IS oVef they cant say they are throwing out because
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
lncendiary Speeches Followed by Murder and Violence

m With the submitting the strike
 o tue governor of the State the was officially aea o by Van Bttner and the union representa- o ne z1d day of February 1921 From this date until me of the making of these ncendary speeches peace ana quet prevailed the district Immediately fol- the making of these speeches volance was renewed
 en the 25th day of March, 1921 Greene boist;no engneer was fouy assassnated,-k from ambush his pooy peng ndded with buets-smal shot and buckshot
 n the 2Sth day of March, 1921 working niners e,iihg rom ner work was fired from ambush and Jonn Dawson was killed and Whitfield seriously wounded
 On the 18th day of March, 1921 house occunied bv dyamited. ~ - w isn'' on the 28th day of March 1921 occupied by work ing miners at Adamsonvlle shot into.
 on the "a day of April 1921 immediately following meet ing o striking miners which ncendary speeches were made MT John vlns working miner while travelling to his home after a days work fired upon and killed
 Union miners officials of the the union have been apprehended by county officers for the sion of the last two crimes. "
 Tn the AgeHerald of Monday April 4th 1921 Jos R. Tate Tn reference to the muder of Bivins says:
 Van Either he stands for law order If the union attempts to get these if they fur nish counsel they will show where they stand"
 We await the action of the this challenge of ta solicitor. - M Reasonable must know that these murders and law violations caused by these ncendarv speeches Quiet and before these speeches and crime immediately following them show the to be the cause the latter the effect - "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-05
Alabama No Place for Them

Van A. Bner and the other have followed his example in making ncendiary speeches must leave the state and they and others like them call the organization they affiliated unions whose being injured and other organizers preaching the doctrine violence the withdrawal from the Van Btner like him who by these actions labor inuring its If they do outraged lawful public sentiment must and will the challenge that been laid down to laws and ton itself.
 Yours respectfully,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-26
DAMIAN HEDNI
FAVORITE POET
OF THE SUSSIANS
Name Means Poor" But Laurie
ate of the Kremlin Is Rich
In Worldly Goods

Moscow, Nov. 26.-Demian Hedni,
the poet laureate of the Kremlin, is
far more of popular favorite than
Robert Bridges, the British poet lau-
reate.
| Demian is his family name and
Hedni means The Poor" But he is
for from being poor in the generally
accepted sense. He has a good apart
ment at the Kremlin, travels on
special cars and enjoys great distinc-
ton.
/ He was well known as poet before
the revolution but rides Pegasus so
skillfully under orders and is so sue
cessful as a writer Of propaganda
verse and so good an orator that he
has been very useful to Trotzky and
other leaders. He frequently travels
about with prominent Bolshevist
chieftains and has found much favor
with the Red army, to which he reads
| his political verses.
Demian is robust, typical Russian
! of 40, who has great physical strength
and personality and is not compelled
to rely on eccentricities of dress or
manner to attract attention.
The revolution brought out large
crop of new poets and near-poets,
who cast aside all the traditions of
old Russian verse-Makers and an
nounced that art would throw off its
shackles. They Immediately scrap
ped Pushkin and the other old favor
ties of the Russian public. They went
in for vers libre. But the public
failed to follow. 1t chung to Pushkin.
The imaginist poets have their own
cafe They call it THE Stall of Pc
gasus." Long-haired bards with low
necked shirts and SOULFUL eyes read
their poetry there But foreigners
who don't understand Russian make
up a majority of the audiences. Cher
chenvitch and Yesenyin are probably
the best known of this group. There
is also a group of proletarian poets
headed by Alexandreffsky.
But on the whole rhymeless,
iihythmless poetry hasn't been a great
success and the average man insists
upon having jingles. He may be a
Communist or a Bolshevist in politics
but in literature he clings to old
writer's and in are to old painters.
NeTeScHdSlH anu IteplH Stiil Hoiu
their own in the art galleries in spite
of struggling artists who have tried
to convince the public that it must
abandon everything old in order to
live up fully to the new freedom.
| Gorky and Chekoff have not been
driven from the theater by the flood of
propaganda plays which have been Of
tered. The failure of the new regime
to produce any especially notable
novels, poems, operas or plays is at.
tributed by the Bolshevist leaders to
sabotage on the part of workers in
various artistic lines.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-26
LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM SATURDAY NOVEMBER g. 1921

long strived to attain. Furthermore,
when one standard unit is widely
used it becomes universally known
and parts for it or the complete unit
may be found in almost any automo-
bile supply shop or even in rural
grocery stores and blacksmith shops.
These facts are daily becoming
more widely known and understood
and the assembled car (so-called) is
rapidly forging to the front. There
is really no such thing as an assem-
bed car because absolutely no car
manufacturer makes all his car. The
factory which makes more cars than
all the others combined does not make
its own wheels, wheel bearings, spark
plugs. electrical wiring and any num-
Der of other parts. Other factories
which make large percentage of
their cars do not make their own
plugs, carburetors, starting systems
ignition and gasoline feed systems
etc. Then, too. all the factories lei
out contracts for the making of va
rious parts for their cars, to other
factories which specialize in that kind
of work. So after all you see that
when the term assembled car is used
it applies to all of them, to one as
much as to another.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-26
ASSEMBLED OR 90?
(By E. H. Beasley, Beasley,s Auto

(By E. H. Beasley, Beasley,s Auto
Supply Shop
For number of years the idea pre-
vailed that so-called assembled car.
that is, the car composed of units
made by various manufacturers and
only put together by the manufacturer
of the car, was inferior to those made
all in one factory with each unit
specially designed for that particular
car But that idea has gradually be-
come obsolete and is now so much so
that it is rarely ever presented, and
well it might be for it was absolutely
false For seeing car purchasers are
realizing more and more that the re-
verse is true and that the fact that u
car is assembled is really a point in
its favor.
This is an age of speculation and
everybody will agree that man or a
factory which makes only one thing
and makes it in large quantities can
turn out better product at less cost
! than one which makes only a few.
First it is better because of concen
tration and specialization with eX-
perts trying all the time to improve
]
quantity production and standardized
ton of equipment and machinery. For
! instance the Borg and Beck clutch is
used by probably three fifths of the
American car manufacturers today.
Doesn't it stand to reason that when
they make only that one item they
can make it better and cheaper than
can the car manufacturer who would
make only enough for his own use?
The same thing applies to other
units of the car, the motor, ignition
system, carburetor, axles, transmits
sion, etc. Each of these various
units of the car are today made by
specialists in each line.
Another advantage the assembled
car has over the manufactured one is
in the wider distribution of its parts
and the comparative ease of obtaining
them. For instance, in almost any
town where automobiles are sold
there will be found one or more deal
ers handling car assembled from
standard units and what one will not
have another will. These parts which
each one will carry in stock will not
only fit the car which the dealer sells
but will fit any car using standard
units just as well. On the other hand
the dealer who handles a manufac-
tured car is the only one in the town
who carries parts for it because his
factory is the only one making them
Thus does the assembled car tend to
standardiZe parts, an ideal which the
Society of Automobile Engineers has
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-26
FRENCH SEEKING
NATIONAL FUEL
FOR AUTOMOBILES
Experiments With Denatured AL,
cohol and Benzol Giving
Rather Promising Results

Paris, Nov. ga national fuel"
for automobiles and internal combus
ton engines, that will make France
less dependent upon other countries
for gasoline. is being sought by gov
eminent and private laboratories.
Many tests with denatured alcohol
and benzol added in small quantities
to gasoline have given good results.
A week of competition with various
formulate will be held at Beziers in
February, 1922. Private interests
have contributed 100000 francs to the
fund for these tests. Another fund of
4 like amount has been made avail
able by parliament for laboratory and
road tests under the supervision of a
parliamentary commission.
Alcohol is available in France from
sugar beets principally but it is
planned to develop other sources of
supply.
So far it has not been found that
there is any great economy in using
alcohol but it is believed that, with
increased use, the alcohol industry
might produce at lower prices. The
principal advantage sought in the ma
| tional fuel, however, is independence
of foreign oil supplies. During the
war there were at times dangerous
shortages of fuel for airplanes and
automobiles.
One of the problems to be solved
is the effect of any new mixture on
engines and their fabrication Another
/ difficulty is the necessity of some re.
designing in motor construction to
get easy starting and the greatest eff
! ficiency.