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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
BACKS TO Wall
Ulster UniOnists Dare Not Pub
Iish Lloyd George Ultimatum.
Prospects of Armed Collisions
in North Ireland Acute.

London, Nov. 16.-'The word 'ulti-
matum' is hardly the right word to
use as applied to the British cabinets
message to Ulster; it would be better
to describe the cabinets message like
reprimand of an angry school mas
ter to a refractory pupil demanding
instant Improvement" it was stated at
Downing street today by a high Off
cial.
The statement was made when fur
ther information was asked concern
ing the note the British cabinet sent
Ulster, demanding that the Ulster rep
proposals for an Irish settlement with
out important change.
Premier James Craig of Ulster
dare not publish the British cabinets
message for fear of an immediate out
break in Ulster" a member of the
reached an absolute deadlock. Ul-
ster is ready to consider either a time
limit for establishment on trial of
dominion rule in South Ireland or to
have two dominion governments, one
being Ulster, functioning concurrently.
But Ulster won't agree to an all Ire
land parliament for the present.
"On the other hand, the Sim Fein-
ers insist on an all ireland parliament
as the first step in any preliminary
settlement" the cabinet member con-
tinued. Meanwhile, thruout Ulster
the situation becomes worse daily and
prospects of an armed collision are
becoming more acute. There is no
use in minimizing the gravity of the
situation.
The Unionist party meeting In
Liverpool tomorrow will not affect
Ulster position in the least. Ulster
does not care what the British tories
think. The only possible result of the
meeting may be the under mining of
the Lloyd George government"
Ulster, with her back against the
wall. was pulling all possible wires to-
day to secure support for the Unionist
stand against Premier Lloyd Georges
proposals for an Irish settlement,
when the National Unionist associa-
ton discusses the situation at Liver
pool tomorrow.
Taking advantage of the temporary
hull in the political situation, Lloyd
George will go to Bournemouth to rest
up today, returning to London Friday
or Saturday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Will CLOSE MINES
Colorado Corporation An.
nOunces Big Cut in Wages.
If Men Walk Out Company Will
just Sit Pat.

Trinidad. Colo, Nov. 16.-Notice of
a wage reduction averaging 80 per
cent was posted today in coal mines
Of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company
in Las Animas and Huerfano counties.
The cut affects approximately $500
men.
In a statement issued by the COM
pany it was declared that no strike
breakers would be imported, and that
if the men quit work, the properties
would be closed until they were ready
to return.
The company has no contract with
the union, but President McLennan of
the United Mine Workers of America
has said that a strike would follow
announcement of a wage cut, the
union leader taking the stand that the
men are operating under the Wilson
bituminous wage commission award
which fixed wages until April 1922.
It is expected a strike will spread to
all parts of the state and state rangers
have been concentrated at strategic
points in readiness to quel disturb
anees.
In a shooting affray between union
and nonunion workers at Oakview,
near here, one man was shot yes
fardar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16

same street. A later decision of the
maps and route committee and the
directors of the association sends the
route over the Upper Silver Lake road,
thru North Topeka, and south on Kan
sGs avenue to Tenth avenue. where
the re ds turns to the east again.
Route Marked to Frisco.
The moto1-ist can now pick up the
Victory Highway signs at the brick
yard bridge corner and follow them
without a break to San Francisco.
In three weeks the signs for the
route thru Topeka will have been fin
ished and swill be in place
Doering and Murphy have set posts
and signs oyer more than 1000 miles
Of route in the past five months. The
1,0o0th post is in Colorado, and the
2.000th post is six miles this side of
Salina-
They will go on with their work to
EInsas City. and expect to have the
job completed to that point by De-
cember 1, when they Will start back
to California with the truck which
they have used on the job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Victory Highway Signs
Guide Motorists From
Topeka to San Francisco
Marking Crew to Complete Work Here This Evening
Posts Have Been Placed All Corners Along Kansas
Avenue and on Each Side of Melan Bridge

Today. just one day less than five
months from the day they left San
Francisco, the signing crew of the Vic
tory Highway association set the last
post marking the route of the highway
from San Francisco to Topeka. The
last of the angle-iron posts which will
carry the Victory Highway signs, will
be set this evening. The signing crew.
consisting of T. J. Doering and Daniel
Murphy, has been working on Kansas
avenue today. They have set posts at
all the corners along the avenue, ana
at each side of the Melan bridge over
the kaw river.
To Make New Signs.
The signs for the route from the
''Brickyard Bridge Corner" west Of
Topeka, thru the city, have not been
put into position. The route thru the
city was changed after the signs had
been manufactured, and new ones will
have to be made for the new route. 1t
was originally intended to have the
route enter Topeka from the west
along Sixth avenue, and leave on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
ANEAR COLD WAVE
Rain Turning to Snow Due in
KS4sas Thursday.
Drop of 80 Degrees Promised by
Tomorrow.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES.


Protect all thirty-siX hour shipments
north and west against temperature
Of 20 degrees. East and south so.
A near cold wave will arrive in To-
peka tonight, according to Meteor
ologist Flora. Altho it will not be
quite a cold wave, it will be a good
Imitation of one, says the weather
man. Colder weather will arrive to-
night, accompanied by snow. A cold
wave settled in Montana and North
Dakota today and it was showing in
the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming.
Cloudy and unsettled weather pre-
vailed over all the western half of the
country today. Moisture is needed
badly in western Kansas.
The temperature will make a drop
of so degrees between this afternoon
and tonight. The temperature will
reach 5 degrees this afternoon. and
will not go above 40 degrees Thurs
day. The temperature will drop to
freezing at midnight and will go to
about % degrees early Thursday
morning.
No rain was reported in Kansas
during the last twenty-four hours. St
Joseph, Mo, received a rain Of .O2 of
an inch.
The highest temperature in Kansas
Tuesday was ~ degrees at GoodIand
and the lowest was 80 at the same
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
TAKE Up CITY PLAN
Sixth May Be Selected as Main
Traffic Way.
Many improvements To Be
Made by Planners.

Suggestions for the major street
system of Topeka will be the first Of
fering toward the eventual Topeka
plan by Harland Bartholomew, ac-
cording to L. D. Tilton, representative
of Bartholomew, who spoke before
the meeting of the city planning board
today.
On this system of the main thoro-
fares of the city will be based addi-
tiOnal phases of the complete city
plan. such as boulevards. parks. and
other improvements, Tilton pointed
out.
But first of all, the city plan should
be concerned with those streets which
are essential to the life of a com
munity," Tilton said. Streets that
are to be the heavy traffic ways of
a city, to carry the stone hauling,
heavy trucEloads of many kinds, the
delivery of footstuffs, ETC., must be
made for city beauty sports"
The presentation of the suggestions
for main thorofares. or the major
street, plan, as Tilton termed it, will
be made early in December. Harland
Bartholomew will come to Topeka
from St. Louis early next month to
confer with the planning commission
concerning the major street plan. NJ.
D. Downs. engineer, has been working
for several weeks on a preliminary
survey of the streets. with intermittent
assistance from Tilton, who arrived
in Topeka this morning.
Main Traffic Way on Sixth.
Sixth avenue undoubtedly will be
designated by the city planners as a
main traffic way, the engineers have
agreed. No other decisions regarding
main thorofares have been made, but
it is thought probable that Eighth ave-
nue. will become a boulevard under the
street plan. Any improvements on
Eighth avenue should be made with
view to the proper use of Eighth
avenue under the city plan, Tilton said
After the major street plan has beer
worked out, and other streets planned
the next step an the city plan will be
zoning, or mapping the city into re-
stricted districts for commercial, resi-
Dental and other uses, Tilton said
A committee of the planning board
was appointed to investigate the ad-
i visibility of passage of an ordinance
pending before the city allowing the
city gas company to place mains 1T
the parkings. Much opposition to the
possible damage to trees from the gas
leakage.
'Topeka's vital interest in its trees
is unusual for a city" Tilton com
mented. "And Topeka may well be
proud of it's trees and may well pre-
serve them. Many progressive cities
are placing all utility mains in the
rear of properties. and that arrange
ment might solve the Topeka gas
main difficulty. 1t is a civic mistak
not IN "a ra for trees -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
MRS. RUTH RELF PRICE DIES
Prominent Topeka Woman Resident
of Kansas Fifty Years.

Mrs. Ruth Relf Price. 90 years old,
for more than fifty years a resident of
Kansas, died today at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Charles McClintock, 721
Monroe street. She had been in ex-
cellent health despite the fact that she
was nearing the century mark. Sun
day she attended church services and
her death today came suddenly and
quietly.
For many years Mrs. Price was
well known person in church and well
fare work in Kansas. She held a wide
acquaintance in the state and during
3S years she was a resident of Atchi-
son, knew intimately many of the men
who in earlier days were prominent
in the affairs of the state. With her
peka in 1908. Her husband died
few months after they moved to this
city.
Mrs. Price was born in Cranbrook.
Kent England, in 1925. She was
daughter of Charles Ref, game war
den on the famous Glastonbury estate.
She was married in 1S47 to John Price
at Goudhunot church, Kent. They
came to America in 1850 and lived in
New Y ork ten years before moving to
Kansas. Atchison was their home
from 1870 to 1908 when they moved
to Topeka.
In spite Of her years, Mrs. Price re-
tained the earnest interest in church
matters which had been displayed in
earlier life. She attended services at
Grace Cathedral, Sunday.
Mrs. Price was the mother of nine
children-five sons and four daugh-
ters. Seven children survive her
They are: Mrs. Charles McCIntock,
Mrs. J. c. McClintock and Miss Jane
Price, Topeka; Mrs. S. r. Stevenson,
Atchison; c. J. Price, Burnett, Texas;
Jesse Price, Barring. Mo; and Mrs.
George Merritt, San Luis Obispo,
Calf
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
ELLIS MARSHAL is KILLED
Peace Disturb-r Allowed None to Aid
Dying Officer.

saIina. Kan. Nov 1s-=Andrew
Miller, so. city marshal at Ellis. Kan,
was dead here today as the result of a
shooting affray last night when he at
tempted to arrest Thomas Greenwood
of that city, on a charge of disturbing &
the peace
over the PROSTATE form of the mar
shal for more than thirty minutes and
allowed no one to render assistance.
A mob gathered and Greenwood was
finally placed under arrest
He was placed in a motor car and
hurried to Hays City, for safe keeping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Philippine Senate Backs Down Before
New Z. S. Governor.

New L. S. Governor.
Manila, Nov. I6.-Differences be-
tween Governor General Leonard
Wood and the Philippine senate were
cleared up today when the senate con-
firmed all of Woods important ap-
pOintmentS.
The senate at a caucus last Wednes-
day had decided to remain firm in its
refusal to confirm a number of ap-
pointmentS by Wood. Senators
charged he had not consulted them
regarding the appointments, a right
they claimed under the Jones law
The senator's also declared other
persons in the Philippines were bet
ter fitted for the positions than those
named by Wood.
Naval officials said today that if
Ford desires to show his proposals are
IN earnest. undoubtedly the bureau of
supplies would be happy to receive
offers from him Immediately for seven
obsolete battleships which are now tied
up Ein various navy yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Gotham 5 Prize Feet
Wear High Heels
and Pointed Toes

New York. Nov. IA pair of per-
feet feet, dainty, pink, eXquisitely
arched insteps and comfortable in 4 Y
B, has been discovered in New York
and is on exhibition at the health
show.
Miss Elizabeth Doyle, a nurse. They
were discovered by a physician who
dared her to show them to Reuben H.
Cross. registrar of the first pediatric
institute.
OF hundreds of feet the registrar ex-
amined. he decided Miss Doyle's were
entitled to the prize to be awarded
at the foot clinic booth of the expo
sition next Saturday.
Miss Doyle had on high heels,
pointed toes, and thin soles when the
award was made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
TO OPEN new ROAD
Work Being Rushed on Topeka
tO-Eawrence Highway.
VIII Be Made Available for
Turkey Day Motorists.

Topekans who have motor cars and
crave to see the Kansas Missouri foot
ball game at Lawrence Thanksgiving
Day. have good news in store for them.
Several miles of the concrete paw
ing on the Victory Highway between
Topeka and Lawrence has recently
been completed, and some of it will be
thrown open, for traffic on the day
before THANKSGIVING %
SO that it may be used in making
the Turkey day game.
To Make Two Detours.
Two miles of concrete have been
finished-on the other side of the paved
stretch which was opened this sum-
mer. and the grade has already been
made on the other side of the new
pavement. The graded road is better
than the detour to the north which is
in use at the present time.
There is also another stretch of
about two miles of concrete which will
be available between the .Kanawaka
store ond Lawrence. Two detours will
have to be made, but NJ. W. Watson,
state highway engineer, says that with
the opening of the new concrete, the
graded road. and the detours as they
have been planned, the road to Law
renee will be much better than the one
now in use.
Watson said that the new road
would not be opened until the last
possible moment before Thanksgiving,
so that it may season thoroly. The
new detours which will be used, will
be marked before the old detour is
abandoned.
To Make New Map.
'At the end of this season there will
remain only about three and a half
miles of road between Topeka and
Lawrence which is not paved" Wat
son said today.
Before Thanksgiving there will be
published in The State Journal a map
of the Victory Highway between To-
peka and Lawrence, with the new de-
tours and the paved stretches, marked
for the benefit of Topekans who are
planning to drive down for the game
Fire Destroys 100000 in Furs.
Chicago, Nov, 16. Fire which
started in the Herman Reel Fur COM
pany early today caused damage esti-
mated at 100000. completely destroy
ing the fur company's stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Henry Ford Offers to Purchase
Worlds Junked Navies.
Would Use Materials to Build
Farm Machinery.
SINKING MEANS HUGE WASTE
Also Promises to Solve Worlds
Unemployment Problem.
But Wants to See All NaYies
Junked-NOt just Part.
BY ALLAN L. BENSON.

Staff Correspondent of the international
News Service.
Copyright, 1921, by the international
News Service.)
Detroit. Nov. 16.-Henry- Ford to-
day authorized me to make the fol-
lowing sensational announcement up
on his behalf:
Il will buy the navies of the world
at junk prices" he said. land then
turn them into agricultural machinery
and automobiles II the United States
and the other powers will agree to
disarm on the sea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Prominent BeIoit Woman Dies.

Beloit, Kan, Nov. 16.-Mrs. Ruth
Heiman. formerly Miss Ruth AMMAN,
died Tuesday afternoon at her home
near here. She was one of the best
known ladies in Beloit, having been
active in womens club work and civic
affairs. She was member of one of
the oldest and most prominent families
here. Her twin babies died a few
days ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Hughes Program Too Small.

Hughes Program Too Small.
Mr.. Ford's announcement came as
suddenly as did the world-famed an
nouncement of Secretary Hughes with
regard to the limitation of seapoWer.
We were at his tractor plant at Dear
born, talking of many things. In the
course OF the conversation 1 asked
him what he thought of the Hughes
proposal. He said it was all right, ex-
cept that it did not go far enough.
He expressed the opinion that there
should be complete disarmament on
the sea. Then he authorized the an
nouncement to buy all of the war
ships af1oat.
ITO buy those ships" he continued,
would be only to get some of my raw
materials for a while from a new
source. 1 am spending great sums all
the while to get ore out of the ground
and make it into steel and [ might as
well buy the metal in those warships
as to buy metal anywhere else.
Don't Want Ships Sunk.
al wish you would make it plain
that I stand ready to buy, at junk
prices, any and every Warship that
the United States and other powers
many think of sinking. Please ask
them not to sink a ship. I understand
that some of the captured German
ships were sent to the bottom. It is
crime to sink metal like that. The
world mas need OF It. So, please state
that even tho the powers should be
willing only partly to disarm on the
sea that I will buy whatever ships they
may agree to Withdraw from their
navies.
But they ought to scrap the whole
lot. There is no reason why a war
ship should be left upon all the oceans
in the world. If these diplomats mean
business. they will accept my PROPOSE
ton and disarm. The diplomats say
they want naval force only as a pro-
lection. Each one denies that he
wants for purposes of aggression even
the remnant that the Hughes plan
leaves each nation. Well if that is
the case. why should not all the gov
ernments sell their ships to me? I'll
promise not to use them to fight any
body with. I'll melt them up and
make them into things that will make
life better instead of worse. Put the
American fleet into my hands and
Japan never need be afraid of it
(COntiuued on mage sixl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Convicts May Not Get Turkey

Leavenworth, Kan, Nov. 10
Tha nksgiving day may not mean the
usual turkey dinner for inmates of the
federal penitentiary here. The big in
crease in population has outgrown
the fund set aside annually for this
part of the Thanksgiving spread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16

CT $4,000. 600 to the shippers in the
western portion Of the United States.
and that Kansas would be the greatest
beneficiary from that saving
Add to Surplus.
I'm that case" Reed said. ut was
shown from the records of the inter-
state commerce commission that IN
addition to paying interest and dIvi-
dends in 1920 the western railroads
had added S1I2.000.000 to their cor
porate surplus: s45.OO0.0O0 to the
equipment depreciation reserve, aftef
charging off equipment that had beer
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
Will ELECT TODAY
Officers To Be Selected by
Farmers Union.
Opening Meeting Tonight in
Representative Hall. :

At o'clock this afternoon. as a
special order of the day, the national
convention of the Farmers Union viii
elect national officers.
The work of the convention, ac-
cording to Charles S. Barrett. nation
al president. and A. c. Davis, national
secretary treasurer. is proceeding ia
vorably, and adjournment will prob
ably come Friday afternoon or eve
ming.
The dope" on the election of Off
GERS is that most of the present Off
GERS will be retained.
Most of the morning session today
was devoted to the reports of commit
tees and officers and to their discus
sion by the delegates. The reports
are being heard and discussed in ex-
ecutive session.
There will be further reports this
afternoon, preliminary to the election
of the national officers. On the re-
ports mentioned will depend some of
the policies and stands of the organ
ization in the future.
Open Meeting Tonight.
There will be another open meeting
of the Farmers Union at Representa-
tives' hall tonight, with speaking and
entertainment features. The boys
from the State Boys Industrial school
north Of Topeka are to appear with
several new athletic stunts in their
ItpSTtOAfet Aol liAE eHltf AdlilIIeuL Ol
the farmers.
A thOro discussion OF the transpor-
tat.on problems of the United States
as related to agriculture, was the fea-
ture of the meeting Tuesday night,
when Clyde n. Reed, chairman Of the
state public utilities commission. was
the principal speaker.
Reed charged that the railroads
have not been sincere or truthful in
their claims of the higher freight
/ rates.
He told the farmers that the recent
decision in the western grain rates
case before the interstate commerce
commission would result in a saving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16

"You may tell those gentlemen in
Washington that I mean business.
They may think that I could not fl
nance such an undertaking but you
may tell them that can. You may
assure them that with acetylene
torches and electricity I can cut those
warships to pieces and make useful
thin eys. o11+ Of them -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16
=. r. NIcmorIaI for Panana canal

Panama. Nov. ia monument to
Theodore Roosevelt is to be erected
on Anccn Hill overlooking the canal
in whose construction he took such
a great part. The idea. which was
originated by J. H. Grieser, Canal zone
swimming director, has been ap-
proved by the authorities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-16

Protect all thirty-six hour shipments
north and west against a temperature
Of 20 degrees. East and south so.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-20
NATIONAL HOME

Officer of the day, Capt. Hugh
Doyle.
Francis e. Salisbury, late Co. d, 81
Me. Inf, has been granted discharge
from the Home.
The returns from passes Wednes-
day were William Hurley from Chel-
sea and Charles w. Colson from
Machiasport.
The returns from furloughs We'd
nesday were Frank Johnson from
West Appleton; Edward Quincy from
Augusta and James E. Dolan from
Et ston.
The funeral Of the, late Frank c.
Adams was held from the Home
chapel at 1890 A. NJ, Wednesday
Rev. F. l.. Phalen officiating.
The remains Of. the late James w.
Johnson have been sent to Cornish
for burial.
Robert d. Wills, Of Bangor, was
Wednesday the guest Of his friend.
Sumner A. Glazier, a clerk in the
treasurer's office, and adjutant of the
local Legion Post.
A large number of veterans and
employees went Wednesday to Angus
Ia to attend the American Legion
minstrels and dance.
The Whist club will met with Mrs.
Hayden this (Thursday) afternoon.