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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
CUT SOUTHWEST r. r. RECEIPTS.
Closing of Copper Mines Hit Transport
Lines Heavy Blow.

Chicago, April 20.-Close OF copper
mines in the southwest reduced rail-
road business in that territory 35 per
cent, the United States rail labor board
was told today by A. E. Sweet, vice
president of the Ell Paso & Southwest
ern railroad.
Sweet was one of the southwestern
railroad representatives testifying in
the hearing of the application of rail-
roads for wage reductions
Southwestern railroads were unani-
nous in declaring wages in other in
dustries along their lines and cost of
living had been reduced, Sweet said.
The southeastern railroads were ex-
pected to be heard late today or to-
morrow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
MAY TIE SHIPPING
Operators and Employees Dead.
lock Over Wage Cut.
American Ship Owners Ask 20
to 80 Per Cent Slash.

New York, April 20.-With oper-
ators and employees apparently dead
locked on the question of a wage cut,
the prospect of great shipping strike
May l loomed today.
The American Steamship Owners
association announced that wage re-
duction of 20 to 80 per cent will be
put into effect on that date, when the
present agreement expires. Various
branches of the International Sea-
mans union already have officially
informed the operators they will not
accept the cut and have presented
counter demands. Andrew Fursueth
president of the union, said the other
organizations would take the same
stand.
There are about 10000 marine
workers on both coasts and the Great
Lakes. Seventy thousand of these are
now working
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
Poets Daughter Weds Again
and to the Same Man
Wedding Gown of Burlap and Special Dance Feature
Second Cycle" for Juanita Miller-Her
Hubby Is Flat Broke.

81 will dance a wedding dance in
vented for the OCCASION she said, and
Juanita then told of the red and white
garb of the groom.
"The combination of colors SYM
bolizes the cycle which our marriage
has completed. It is the union of ma
teria1 red and spiritual white.
I'VE will serve roast kid, grape juice
and bread and butter"
Juanita's plans for married life after
the pagan festival were admittedly
rather4vaeu
My husband hasn't a red cent" she
said But we are going to work to-
gether. He is a photographer. But il
that profession faiIs-why, Juan has z
guitar which he plays, and I can sing
We will become troubadours, singinf
for our supper"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

Oakland, Cal, April 20.-Juanita
Miller, daughter of Joaquin Miller,
poet, today sat sewing eucalyptus caps
on her bridal gown of burlap and told
of her wedding plans.
Next Saturday night Juanita,
gowned in the knee-length burlap
bridal robe, will dance a wedding
dance with Juan Miller, her husband,
at what she terms a pagan wedding
festival" The bridegroom will wear a
crimson cloak over white flannels.
Juan and Juanita were actually
married last December, but Janita
found that the cycle of her life dia4
tated that she be wed beneath the lily
light of the full April moon. So that
is why on Saturday there will be
another ceremony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
ORGANIZE AGAINST JAPS
Western Congressman Will Fight for
Absolute Exclusion of Orientals.

Washington, April 20.-An associa-
tion of western congressman to fight
in congress for Japanese exclusion
laws was formed here today
Senator Hiram Johnson was elected
chairman and will name an executive
committee which will frame a pro-
gram of anti-Japanese immigration
legislation. Plans are to force such
program thru this session of congress
The executive committee will be
composed of two representatives from
the following states- California, Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Ari-
iona, New Mexico, Colorado, Okla
homa, Nevada and Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
TO OFFER REWARD FOR SLAYER
Governor Allen Makes Effort to
Locate Murderer of Topeka Boy.

Governor Allen today appealed to
Governor Hyde of Missouri for re-
ward for arrest and conviction Of
murderers of John A Heating of To-
peka. Heating. a popular Topeka
young man and student in Washing
ton university, st. Louis, was Killed
by highwaymen-
The shooting of Keating occurred
while the young man was engaged IN
his employment in filling station
Keating was in charge of the office
when the hold-up occurred and when
he did not throw up his hands
nronnptlv. was shot and killed Gov
ernor Allen has asked Governor Hyde
to exert every influence and power of
the state of Missouri to apprehend
Keatings slayers and to offer a re-
ward for their arrest and conviction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

of a private bank, but that its removal
from Berlin under the conditions
named would bring on collapse of Ger
man currency at home and abroad,
and would promptly result in an ad-
vance of all commodities to fabulous
prices.
President Havenstein declares that
serious consideration of the PROPOSE
ton would be a mere waste Of t..ne
and doubts whether any government
could be found in Germany which
would accede to the ententes demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
CITATION FOR WAR SERVICE
Kansas Telephone Companies Men
toned for Meritorious Work.

toned for Meritorious Work.
The United States Independent Tele-
phone association, of which the Kan
sas association is branch, has been
cited by the United States war depart
ment for meritorious service during
the war. An embossed certificate of
the citation has been received at the
state offices of the Kansas association
in Topeka, and will be framed and
displayed there.
The citation tells of the valuable
services performed by the telephone
association in furnishing technical ex-
perts to the signal corps of the army
during the war, in large numbers, and
also in assisting in maintaining COM
munication at home against great diff
ficulties.
During the war the Kansas and
Missouri associations were combined
into one district, with headquarters al
Kansas City. The association of each
state has received a copy of the cita-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
HUNGARY WANTS NO KING.
Budapest to Demand Anti-Royalist
Guarantees Be Given.

Vienna. April 20. - Guarantees
against a return to the Hun ngarian
throne of former Emperor Charles
are being prepared at Belgrade by
Jugo- -Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia and Ru-
mania, and will be presented to the
Budapest government in a few days.
says the South Slav News agency.
1t is understood the attitude of the
three governments is that as long as
there is danger of a Hapsburg coup,
they will be compelled to maintain IN
tolerablv expensive military establish
mentS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
Kansas Author plans Big Tour.

Hutchinson, Kan, April 20.-Hal
Evarts. writer of animal and pioneer
stories, accompanied by his wife, VIII
spend the summer touring the Cana
dian wiIds, north of the Arctic eircie
much of the time. He says his itin-
erary will cover about 1000 miles. fr-
Guiding a trip down the Mackenzie
river which empties into the Arctic
ocean. The region is said to be be-
yond the outposts of the old Hudson
Bay company. Mr. and Mrs. Evarts
will be the guests of frontier trading
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
WILL SPEAK To ENGINEERS
Prof. L. j. johnson OF Harvard to
Address Topeka Club.

Address Topeka Club.
Professor L. ]. Johnson, head of
the engineering faculty of Harvard
university, will speak tonight at Rice
hall, Washburn college, to the Topeka
Engineers club. A preliminary an
fessor Johnson was to speak at the
Chamber of Commerce tonight. The
address will be open to the general
public.
Professor johnson, who is on his
way to the Pacific coast for the sum-
mer is to be the guest of the Harvard
Alumni association during his stay in
Topeka.
He is addressing an annual meeting
of the graduates of the engineering
division of Kansas university at Law
renee today, and will address the
Harvard Alumni at Topeka Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
TYROL TO "SAVE" AUSTRIA
PIebiscite to Decide Fusion With Ger
many To Be Held in May.

Vienna. April 20.-Tyrolese have
begun their pilgrimage to that
province for the purpose OF taking
mart in the plebiscite to be held there
next month by which the province will
express its sentiment regarding fusion
with Germany.
Those eligible to vote in the plebi-
scite are getting ready to leave their
homes in all parts of the Austrian re-
public and authorities at Innsbruck
have made preparations to entertain
great throngs of visitors.
Governor Schaffl of Tyrol has issued
a statement declaring the province
must again take the front, saving
Austria as she did when she checked
Napoleons eastward sweep in 1907
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
McPherson .sY, Holds Q. S. Record.

MCPHERSON ssY' Holds q. s. Record
Mcpherson, Kan. April 20.-This
county now ranks first in z. NJ. c. A
work in the United States, according
to George B. Hodges, statistician for
the international commission of the
Y. NJ. c. A. He reached this decision
after comparing the work of the past
year of twenty-six of the strongest
counties thruout the United States.
Last year Mcpherson county ranked
third.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
Sim Fein Chief Wins Election.

Belfast. April 19.-Michael Collins.
commander in chief of the Irish re-
publican army, is among the Sim
Fein candidates selected to represent
South Armagh in the northern par
Lament.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
GENERAL USES BROOM

Commander of First Army In
France Volunteers Anonymously
to Help Frisco Leginnaires
Make Club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
COLDER WEATHER ON WAY
Slight Drop in Temperature Is Due in
Kansas Tonight.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES:

TODA4'S 5 RES:
7 o'clock. SSH o'clock .65
o'clock. .59l12 o'clock. 10
9 O'Clock. so 1 o'clock. .....76
10 o'clock. ....63l 2 o'clock. 70
A slight drop in temperature is
ahead, tho there is no severely cold,
or even freezing weather in sight.
The cloudiness is centered over the
eastern half of the state, and to the
west and northwest the skies are clear.
A north wind will come up tonight,
which will lower the temperature in
Kansas slightly, and rain before mid
night is a possibility, tho there is no
rain in sight after that time.
The temperature this afternoon will
go to about 10 or rs degrees, and to-
night will drop to about so degrees.
Thursday afternoon the north wind
will keep the thermometer from regis
tering more than so degrees.
The lowest temperature j the state
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
TODAY IN CONGRESS

In the Senate.
To pass Colombian treaty.
In the House.
Ways and means committee hearing
of southern tariff association repre-
sentatives for tariff on raw materials
and manufactured articles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20

New York-The police activity in enforc-
ing prohibition here has had at least
one resu1t-whiSky has scared from $50 a
case to 800 wholesale.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

Medici gown with a 13-inch waist, for
in the times of the Medici Is inches
was the standard measurement for a
woman's waist. Accordingly the organ
izer of the matinee issued request for
the services Of a woman who could
wear the dress. He received appli-
cants from all parts of the country,
but the majority of those who volun-
teered had waists of at least 1S inches.
MI. Foster was in despair until re-
Gently, when London girl, Miss Kav-
anagh called at his Office. She is eight
cen, tall, well-proportioned and good
looking and her waist is Is inches
in circumference. She declared she
could make it 13 inches easily and so
squeeze into the gown. Mr.. Foster is
not entirely satisfied. "The waist we
wanted" he said to a reporter, "was
the size of the span of my hands
Women's waists are larger than they
used to be. Games have developed
them. It's a cruel truth, but I believe
we shall have to be satisfied with one
of Is inches"
Apparently the wasp-waist woman is
dead
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

years old, and that he had fought in
France throughout the war, having
been thrice wounded and once gassed,
and that he had won the D. S. O.;
that he had been frequently guest at
house parties and shoots at which the
royal family was represented; that he
had been guest of the King and
Queen at Balmoral this summer, and
fact, there isn't much about Lord
Lascelles that the man in the street
doesn't know by this time.
Much Speculation Follows
Engagement Announcement
No sooner was the announcement Of
the engagement published than every
one began to speculate:
When will the marriage take place
Where? Who will be the best man and
the bridesmaids? What will the prin-
cess wear? Where will she get her
trousseau? Where will they live? Will
she still be princess, or will Lascelles
be raised to the peerage, perhaps made
a duke? Will the Prince of Wales be
home FOR the wedding? Who will be
there? What will the presents be
like ?"
Battalions of writer's, in newspapers
and magazines, have been busy ever
since, trying to supply the answers,
complete with photographs and borders
wherein hearts and coronets entwine.
1t is customary for royal engage
ments to be short; and the Princess
Mary's will be no exception to the
rule. The exact date of the wedding
has not been fixed; but it is probable
that it will take place some time in
February.
The place?
Only two possible settings for the
ceremony could be considered. The
one was the Royal Chapel at st. James's
Palace and the other Westminster
Abbey. The latter has been chosen as
more fitting, both as regards size and
associations; although, of course, it is
not large enough to admit more than a
fraction of the people who will be able
to advance claims of one sort or an
other to seats, or even to standing
room.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
His Body Guards Gold Mine
He Sought Throughout Life

The story OF a lifelong search for
lost gold mine and of the death of
the aged discoverer in his hour of
triumph is described in a message
from Innsbruck.
In Salzburg many years ago a man
lay on his death bed. His son, Joseph
Fliesser, was with him, and just be-
fore his fathers death he was told of
a lost gold mine, somewhere in the
Tyrolese Mountains. On the death of
his father Fliesser devoted himself to
a systematic search of the long chain
of the Tyrolese, and so continued for
forty years, until every crag became
familiar to him. Two weeks ago, how
ever, the people of the small village
of Admonti, near the SparafeId range,
were startled by the sudden appearance
among them Of ragged unkempt old
man who cried, II have found gold.'
Fliesser was warned that it was dan
gerous to attempt an ascent at this
time of the year, but he took no notice
and insisted on setting off alone. He
was letting himself over the edge of
q py&cipice down to projecting ledge.
whea. - had located a paying streak
Of gold, when the rope holding him
snapped and the old man fell 1so feet,
breaking his neck. His body now lies
guarding the treasure for which he
gave his life.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Black Cats We're Branded
As Agents of Devil i'm l0Ol

The secret of the black cat in all his
deviltry is now discovered. Cats of
any color were taboo as agents of the
Devil in the year 1901, in the Sevennes
Mountains of France, part of old
Aquitania, where an extra special avrr-
sion to cat influence still exists.
Antiquarians believe that the worlds
present day fear of coal black pussies,
who insist on crossing paths at night,
dates from the Devils Bridge, near
Montpelier, which structure is now
nearing the ten century mark.
The antiquarians. in looking over
this ancient bridge recently, rediscov-
cred nine hundred years Of legend,
which probably explains the origin of
the malign Influence 30 universally at
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

trbuted to the dusky feline-as we'll as
decorations portraying black
cats, witches and the Devil on terms of
amity.
The Sevennes Mountaineers have ac-
cepted the deviltry of the cat since
the Pont du Diable Devils Bridge
was built across the River Herault, by
William, relative Of Charlemagne.
William, crusader and noted warrior,
who had become first a monk and then
the abbot of monastery beside the
River Herault, decided to build bridge
across this swift mountain stream. AS
fast as he put down the foundation
stones OF the arches they were swept
away by the current. He persisted a
long time without success, the legend
says, and then gave up in despair, for
he was convinced that this continual
destruction Of his enterprise was the
work of the Devil. He is supposed to
have convoked mans enemy and made
compact with him, whereby if the
Devil would permit the abbot to COM
plete his bridge, the first animal that
crossed it would belong to His Satanic
Majesty. An unsuspecting tabby was
the first to pass and promptly became
the DEVILS property. Consequently
people considered every cat as the
agent of the Devil and the supersti-
tion became so strong in those days
that it has left a permanent mark on
the following generations. The bridge
was completed in 1901 and mas ever
since been known as the Pont du
Diable
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

At a meeting this week two unusual
careers were described to the mem
bers by the two women who had at
tanned proficiency in them. They
we're a fungi expert and a universal
aunt.
The fungi expert, Miss Wakefield,
is in charge of the Theological De
partment at Kew Gardens, depart
ment concerning ITSELF with fungi.
Miss Wakefield had a university train
ing in science followed by speciliza-
tion at one of the research stations
and fungi we're studied scientifically
because of their relation to plant dis
eases. (In 1915 England lost 10 per
cent of her wheat crop through yellow
rust.) Miss Wakefield has examined
and named fungi from all over the
world. She has discovered that rub
Der diseases occurring in the East are
the same as those known in the West
Indies; hitherto they have always been
believed to be different.
The universal aunt Is member of
an organization which undertakes to
do almost anything reasonable being
could wish to have done. Their activi-
ties include choosing cretonnes, ar
ranging bridge fours, collecting and
organizing for bazaars and telling
stories at children's parties. This
member mentioned that her last job
had been chosing and dispatching
Christmas presents for sixty children
in Basutoland. So far there have been
only two things which she refused tc
do. One was arranging a marriage
and the other providing dancing
partner.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

translated into shorthand. The ex-
pertinent was not, however, an unqual
fled success.
An African gentleman, J. L. DUDE,
who is a schoolmaster in Natal, spoke
IN Zulu, and the staff of the depart
ment took down the sounds in phonetic
script and then endeavored to tran
scribe them as they had written them.
Three of the four persons engaged had
never before heard Zulu spoken To
an outsider the sound resembled moth
ing so much as saw forcing its way
through stubborn piece of wood,
though it was a trifie more liquid.
Although Professor Jones, conduct
Mr. DUDE, on the whole, was pleased
with the effect. An Englishman who
owns a farm in South Africa was pres
ent, and he said: 81 shut my eyes and
as I heard you reading out the dicta-
tion it was just like leaning on the
fence of ones homestead and hearing
the boys making their first attempt to
read Zulu"
The professor could not make out
how the sounds were produced. "They
aren't lateral at ALL" he said. I'VE
shall have to take Mr.. DUDE to the
rhoonetics laboratory and use our ap-
paratus to put US on the right line oi
discovery"
Mr.. Lloyd James, head OF the de
partment, has been studying the Zull
languages for some time. He says tina
the University College is extending. it,
analyses Of the languages of all part,
of the world. and that the research
will some day be invaluable to British
commercial enterprise. Hitherto Ger
many has been the only other plac
where this has been done, and ther
it has been carried on rather badly
and mainly with the object Of assisting
commercial men to open up = ney
trade. But now the British are beat
ing tbs Germans in languages.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-11

upon the arm Of the King and attended
By her bridesmaids, she will have come
from palace overf1owing with gifts.
Possibly the one which will make the
greatest appeal to her, apart from the
one bestowed by her prospective hus-
band, will be that subscribed for by
the Marys ofa the United Kingdom
the vast concourse of women and girls
who bear the same name as the prin-
cess, and who are combining to make
her presentation, as they did her
mother, Queen Mary, upon her corcra-
tion. Inasmuch as sixty-eight cut of
every 1000 inhabitants of the British
Isles bear the name Of Mary, the
magnitude of this gift may easily be
imagined.
There will be other gifts, too, which
will have come from the common peo-
pie, and which will be placed along
side the jewels, the gold and silver
plate and ornaments, the treasures in
ivory and in jade, the rare and costly
silks and laces and brocades, the paint
ings and the other presents of royalty
and wealth. In many cities and towns
shilling funds are being commenced,
I so that with the small tributes of a
great number Of people offerings may
be made to the princess. The rcmem
brances of many of those who were
associated with the princess in her war
work will vie with the wonderful
Clanricarde jewels, which Viscount
Lascelles inherited along with his for
tune.
Princess Mary's wedding dress will
be part of trousseau which will have
been entirely created by British work
ers. The material for the gown itself
will be especially woven, possibly-as
was that for Queen Mary's coronation
robe-at Spitalhelds. Orders for the
rest of the trousseau will be distributed
in England, Scotland and Ireland, so
that the greatest possible number of
people will have a share in their ex-
ecution; for hand in hand with the
plans for the royal wedding there is
everywhere the ugly shadow of trade.
depression and unemployment. 1t has
been settled that part OF the princess
clothes will be provided by the Officers
Families Industries, an organization