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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-23
BACON CIPHER EASY
'G0-OL-LD' IS CAT
Or. hewboId Tells Problems Met
in TransIating Philosophers
Cryptic Code.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, April 23.-Al-
chemists who for 500 years sought
TO find in Roger Bacon's cipher writ
ings the secret of turning base
metals into gold were the victims
of a hoax, declared William Romaine
Newbold. professor OF intellectual
and moral philosophy at the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, before the
general meeting of the American
Philosophical Society here yesterday.
Bacon. he continued, hid under .
nonsensical jargon of alchemists'
terms marvellous storehouse OF
scientific knowledge. DIR. Newbold
told of his two years labor to de-
cipher the code Bacon used in writ
ing an 100000 word manuscript now
the property of Wilfrid NJ. Voynich.
of New York and London.
DR.. Newbold pointed out that Bacon
was obliged. because OF the age in
which he lived, to devise a cipher
which not only would be difficult to
read. but one which no one would sus-
pect of being a cipher.
BACON's IDEA EXPLAINED.
Bacon conceived the idea of ex-
pressing every letter of a word which
he wanted to write in cipher by a
syllable and building the syllable into
cannot be used in this way because.
first. every word will be represented
in cipher by twice as many letters.
and, second. no words can be used in
cipher except those of an even num-
Der of letters. To meet these diff
culties Bacon lays down the rule that
successive syllables must end and be-
gin with the same letters. doubled
letters being dropped. Thus cat may
be spelled in the Bacon cipher as fol-
lows: 'Go-ol-ld.' Dropping the dou-
BILE letters one gets the word gold
"In reading the cipher you double
every letter except the first and last
and thus discover the syllables which
spell the word. But It is very seldom
possible to find syllables which fulhi
these conditions and yet spell anew
word when arranged in the order OF
the letters of the original word, like
cat For example, cat may also be
spelled 'ar-ak-da,' and the syllables
may be re-arranged into the word
dark but when dark is translated
the word cat will reappear as 'ea.'
the order of the letters being disar-
ranged. These are the principles
Bacon used.
asa COMBINATIONS.
''There are asa possible combina-
tons of the letters of two twSnty-
two-letter alphabets, taken two by
two. Bacon makes every one Of the
asa represent a letter of his alphabet
and with them spells his words in
Latin in the way indicated. He dis
arranges the underlying text as little
as possible, and 1t usually is still
recognizable. but frequently II is dis.
arranged so much that scholars prob
ably never will agree as to how IL
sbOuld he recon g rncfed anch
cases the cipher cannot be read.
"As il is difficult to write when
hnmpered by these rules. Bacon usu-
ally shields himself from suspicion
by writing in the strange jargon used
by alchemists. Few people under
stand it, and so he can write nonsense
in IT without arousing suspicion"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-23
HAYWOOD EXTRACTION
IMPOSSIBLE, SAY EXPERTS

Fxtradition of big Bill" Haywood
from Russia will be impossible, as the
United States has no extradition treaty
with the Soviet government. officials
state here.
officials OF the Department OF JUS
tiee apparently had not been officially
advised of Haywood's reported flight
until they were asked about II.
They admitted II was possible that
Haywood could have been smuggied
out Of the country. Nothing was said
about arv surveillance having been
maintained over Haywood since the
Supreme Court ordered him to prison
state Department officials Rravely
admitted no passport had been Issues
for Haywood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-23
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-23
HOUSES FOE SALE
IN BRENTWOOD.
PRICE. 10000.

IN BRENTWOOD.
PRICE. $10,500.
Z rooms and bath. semi detached;
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NEAR PARK RID. AND NEW
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Colonial brick. 9 rooms and bath
porches; owner occupant will give Pos
IN BLOOMINGDALE.
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g rooms. bath. furnace heat; resm
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ON COLUMBIA HEIGHTS.
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A substantial residence. situated on
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PROF. STEVENS,
MASTER MIND OF PSYCHICS, CLAIR

VO1ANT AND PALMISI.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-23

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I,ice. ,l.So-BRIGHrwoo SECTION
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-23
CLAIRVOYANTS
Licensed by the District of Columbi1
PROF. BELMONT

Noted Clairvoyant and Paimist, can read
your life by the lines in your palm. which
usts Of two colleges Of palmistry, and his
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Gives advice on business matters, love,
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be successful In life; removes troubles Of
all nature; brings the separated together;
tells the secret Of having personal infiu-
once with your associates. Prof Bslmont
10 . Psychologist of World Renown. Read
tngs 81. 1915 New York ave. N. W.. next
door "a Masonic Temple
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-23

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REAL ESTATE
OPPORTUNITIES.
$3.50.
PARK VIEW.
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BLOOMlNGDALE.
| Near LIST ana W 81. N; W. Modern brick
dwelling. with garage for two cars. Blk
rooms and bath. Sleeping porch Hot
| water heat, Possession.
| NAHORNEY 4 SULLIVAN.
| $500.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
Kipling Right Declares
Siren From Oklahoma
Men of Every Degree Ran After Rag Bone and Hank of
Hair" Says Woman Who Acted "Lure" for
Victims of Crook Gang.

Chicago. Jan. 1s.-KipIng had the
men sized up right when he wrote a
piece about "A Fool There Was" in
the opinion of Mrs. Cleopatra Hurtz-
mann
The world is full of boobs who will
make their prayer to a rag. a bone and
a. hank of hair, Mrs. Hurtzmann said
today, altho she admitted that a neat
ankle was essential
Mrs Hurtzmann confessed she was
the lure" trapping men so that her
husband and his pals might rob them.
More than fifty men were 'rolled'' in
the last few weeks by their methods,
she said The lure" is not a woman
who is used to the ways and wiles of
the city, but spent most of the %
years of her life in NARROW. Okla.
They Are All the Same.
But they are all the same, and fall
for the same stuff on the main street
of NARROW or on Michigan boulevard"
she said
I've been running away from men
all my life-and it was the easiest
thing in the world to make them fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
ASK SCHOOL AID
Kansas Teachers Will Entertain
State Legislators.
To Lift Kansas Out of Muddled
School Laws.

To Help Lift Kansas Out of the
Muddle of Its Antiquated School
Laws" is the purpose of the banquet
to the members of the Kansas legis-
lature to be given by members of the
Kansas State Teachers association
1 riday evening of this week at the
Chamber of Commerce.
Among the states, territories and
island possessions of the United States.
Kansas ranks twenty-seventh as to it's
school SYSTEM F. L. Pinet. secretary
of the Kansas State Teachers associa-
tion said. in making plain the purpe Sc
Kansas educational standards up a
few notches."
MIST Help Kansas Schools.
The necessity of "lifting Kansas out
of the mud" as urged by good roads
boosters is no more important, accord
ing to Pinet, than, lifting Kansas out
of the ''muddle" of its "antiquated
school laws.
Two hundred leaders in education of
the state already have made reserva-
t1ons for the banquet. Zach educator
will invite the legislator from his dis
tr;ct, assuring an attendance at the
bar luet of at least four hundred. and
probably five hundred.
School leaders will present the prob
lenIs and special neads of, the educa-
tional system of the sta e in addresses
a; the Lanquet. Resp ponses will tie
made by Lieut.. Gov. Chs. r. Huff
man. president of the senate; Senator
J. NJ. Johnson, chairman of :he senate
committee on education; Representa-
tive P. d. Scott, chairman of ne house
committee on education. md Repre-
sentative J. A. McDermott-
The Program of Meeting.
The program of addresses to be
made follows:
Toastmaster-Prof w. Fl. johnson. Uni
yersity of Kansas. Lawrence, chairman of
board of directors of the Kansas State
Teachers association.
"Your Bread and Salt'-Hon. Henry j.
Allen, governor of Kansas.
1.-The Kansas State Teachers Association
President w. A. Lewis. Fort Hays Nor
NAL. retiring president of the Kansas State
Teachers association.
1.-The Schools of kansas: Higher Edu-
cation"-Dr. +. J. Kelly. University Of
Prof. W. II. Carothers. State Normal
School. Emporia; Elementary Education"
-Supt. W. S. Heusner, Salina; Rural
Education"-Prof. Il. l.. Holton. Kansas
State Agricultural College, Manhattan.
Rural School Conditions in Kansas
County Superintendent S. p. Rowland.
Hutchinson.
1.-The Cardinal Needs of the Kansas
Schools'-Prof. d. NJ Bowen, State Manual
Traininf Normal Pittsburg chairman leg
islative committee of the Kansas State
Teachers association.
Greetings From the State Department of
Education'-StateS Superintendent Wooster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
SEE GOOD TINES MANY ARE RUINED
Kansas Bankers Have Bright
Future, Says Wilson.
Farmers Are DispOsing of Crops
and Paying Up.

kansas bankers have a brighter
future to look to, due to the fact that
they are prepared to meet readjust-
ment problems and because the farm
ers of the state have decided that II Is
9 wise thing to dispose of their crops
and not try to hold for higher prof
it's" Walter E. Wilson, state bank
commissioner, said today when he
gave out the statement showing the
condition of the state banks of Kansas
on the call of December 18.
Decrease in Bank Deposits.
While the statement shows that de-
pesits have decreased s21, 900. .000 over
deposits on hand a year ago and re-
discounts have increased $6,000.000,
Wilson said he felt certain the deposit
shrinkage would soon disappear with
the farmers unloading their crops,
and that the jump in rediscounts
merely showed that the bankers had
been taking care of their customers
during the stress period of the last
few months.
The statement shows that the banks
of Kansas have increased their capital
stock 100000 during the last year
and have increased their surplus ST.
100000 while putting 100000 into
their undivided profits funds. They
also have put million dollars into
new buildings during the last year.
Deposits on hand December Is,
1920, were $271.51S,1I3 compared
with $292,720.S41 on November 15,
1919. Loans and discounts in De-
{Contiuued on PaR< Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
LIKE WAR
Soviet Russia Regards French
Attack as Openly Hostile.
Moscow Awaits Explanation of
Black Sea Incident.

London, Jan. 1s.-Russia regards
the ''unprovoked attack of a French
cruiser upon one of her Black Sea
vessels as an act of war and has de-
manded explanations, according to the
MOSCOW correspondent of the Daily
Herald, labor paper.
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, in a
note to France. has protested the at
tack on the soviet vessel, Elpidifor. in
which many of the crew were killed or
wounded and the vessel beached to es-
cape sinking, the correspondent said
TT is the second recent incident of
the sort" he said. But the note
states Russia will wait for Frances
explanation before drawing conclu-
sions."
All Vessels Are Warned.
Paris, Jan. 18.-All ships are or
dered to keep twelve miles away from
the Russian coasts on penalty of be-
ing fired on, according to a wireless
message signed by NJ. Tchitcherin,
BoIshevik foreign minister, made
public today by the French foreign
office.
The warning said ships coming
within that deadline would be in dam
ger from mines and coast artillery
shells. Naval experts here here be-
lieve the object is concealment OF
military preparations, especially off
shore drills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
Million and Half Farmers of q.
s. Now Bankrupt.
But Farm Bureau Head Says,
ssBack to Farm"

Chicago, Jan. 18.-One million, five
hundred thousand American farmers
are bankrupt. An abundant yield was
their financial ruin.
]. R. Howard, president of the
American Farm Bureau federation,
made these statements in an interview
today.
There are six million farmers i'll
the country" said Howard. More than
one in every four is bankrupt. They
are farm tenants who had money
enough to buy an outfit and rent a
faz1n. The decline in the price OF
farm products has been their financial
ruin.
"a near crop failure would have
benefited the. farmer. There would
have been ro surplus with which to
drive down prices
Despite the gloomy outlook, Howard
advises young men. to go back to the
farm.
There are other years ahead and
better conditions await u.s." he said.
Less will be produced this year. How
ard believes. There will be limited
strike on the part of the. farmer" he
Sai.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
BiHin House to Stop
Squirting of Tobacco
Juice II, Church Here
Representative Smith of Elk County Also Would Proven,
Smoking of Cigarets in or About Church
School Buildings.

The first ''slobber bill'' of the legis-
lative session came to the house to-
day. 1t is a proposed enactment to
prevent splitting tobacco juice on the
church pews and in the school house
ink wells. A safety zone is also con-
structed around all churches and
schools with a prohibition against use
of tobacco in any form on such en-
closed or unenclosed property.
Representative Smith of Elk county
brought the bill to Topeka Maybe,
tho, it was written under the emotional
strain of the flood of anti-pil petitions.
Anyway the new member from Elk
wants a law that will make the dis
trict school house and the rural meet
in house in the near Flint Hills dis
trict a decent place to go.
In the good old days splitting at
crack in the wall of the school room
was a keen indoor sport Then there
were the real devilish ones who car
ried pocket full of grapevine cheroots
and showed off something scandalous
when teacher wasn't looking. More
recently the fad gave way to deposit
ing chewing gum in teachers chair or
practicing the shimmie in the cloak
room.'
Most of the churchgoers in the
paved street towns quit smoking in
church shortly after the Civil war.
Only occasionally does the state well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
TODAY IS BUDGET DAY
Thrift Week Speakers Devote Time
to Making Budgets of Expendi-
lures For 1921. Much Interest
Shown In Plan.

If those who listen to Thrift week
speakers today take advice they will
all be making budgets of their ex-
penditures for 1921, for today was de-
voted to the spreading of the budget
idea by Chas. S. Elliott, assisted by
a corps of other speakers at various
places in, the city
interest in the budget plan was re-
markable," Elliott said. after making a
noon day speech making tour on the
subject of budget making. =" We dis
tr1outed a great many books for bud
get making. Women were as inter
ested as men in the plan"
speakers for the day included C. P
Adams, Chamber of Commerce: J. L.
Hersh, fire station, Pelletiers. Santa
Fe freight office, Wolff Packing COM
pany; Miss Ruth Seybold, Strickler's:
Miss Daisy Mcfarland, Miss Stella
Barngrover. Daugherty's: Carl Peter
son, Mutual laundry; Earl Akers and
h f. Songer, Santa Fe; Miss Daisy
Mcfarland, Mrs. ]. Newell Abrahams
Z. Z. Elliott. Y. w. c. A., Berkson
Bros, and Beatrice Creamery; c. H.
Buck. Capper Publishing company /;
z E. Eldridge, r. L. Bone, Curtis,
Towle & Paine company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-18
.RADIUM RAY WOMAN ESCAPES
Mrs. Sarah Van Orsdcl Runs Away
From State Hospital.

Mrs. Sarah Van Orsdel Topeka's
"radium ray woman" has escaped
from the state hospital.
Mrs. Van Orsdel came to town Sat-
urday afternoon with an attendant to
have some dental work done. The
dentist being busy when they arrived,
Crosby Brothers store to do some
shopping. While the attendant was
looking at some goods, Mrs. Van Ors-
del mingled with the crowd and es-
capped from the store.
Mrs. Van Orsdel was committed to
the state hospital several months ago
after she was found insane in the
probate court. She is the woman who
caused a near sensation with her as
sertions that a prominent Topeka
business man was in the habit of
throwing radium rays upon her, which
she said caused her great physical and
mental pain. Even in California,
where she went for a visit, she was
not safe from them, she declared.
DR.. NJ. L. Perry. superintendent of
the state hospital. said today the
woman had improved considerably
since she was committed to the in
stitution. She tried to commit suicide
at one time in her rooms in the Ma
komis apartments, but succeeded only
in badly burning her face and neck
with sulphuric acid, which she had
poured over it.
Before she left Topeka Saturday, she
is said to have collected rent from a
tenant at the Nakomis apartments.