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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
BY WALT MARLEY.

If music hath charms to soothe the
savage breast, HAY not poetry soften
the flinty heart of the legislator?
So, perhaps, reason the Kansas dis
| trict court reporters. For when the
Kansas legislature convenes at Topeka
January II it will be presented with
| "A Brief in re More Salaree''-a plea
! for higher wages made in verse! 1t
is probably the first time in history
that any state legislature will have
had SO important a cause brought be-
fore it in such manner.
But few persons-even including
the great army of attorneys, fully
realize what an important cog the
court reporter has become in the adj
ministration of justice. Mans MEM
DRY may fail, the court may err in
its judgment, the witness may per-
lure himself and the juryman may
violate his oath, but if the court re-
porter be absent the whirr of the legal
machinery is stilled; or If his pen
grow tardy or his mental faculties less
keen, the record is marred with mis-
takes from which there is little chance
of redress. The record is there and
lit is invariably recognized by court
and attorney alike as the final author
ity in the dispute.
That bland gentleman, sitting
silently by the witness chair, pen in
hand, must possess both brain and
fingers of the nimblest kind. Tho
half a dozen persons may be talking
at once, as frequently happens. he
must get every word into the record
correctly. A life or a fortune may
hinge upon single mistake. His
education must cover almost the en-
tire range of human endeavor for he
must be ready to assimilate every
technical word and term spoken from
the witness chair instantly and accur-
ately His speed at writing shorthand
must be such as to enable him to take
down correctly every word of con-
versation carried on with as much
rapidity as the human tongue can
acquire, and it must be done in
manner so legible that twenty years
hence he may open the note book anc
transcribe into 'Ionghand" without
hesitancy every word it contains.
They Want More Money.
1t seems incredible that such hu-
man beings really exist-but they do,
and in Kansas they are working at a
salary actually under that paid thou
sands of experts in other lines whose
duties require far less skill. In some
of the large courts three court re-
porters and an equal number of typists
are used in a single trial. One re-
porter takes testimony for a short
time, when he is relieved by a second.
Retiring TO another room, he reads
his notes into a dictaphone, from
whence it is taken, transcribed and
written by typist. In the meantime
the second reporter has been relieved
by a third, and repeats the perform
ance of the first. Thus they go in an
endless circle and such is the speed
acquired that thirty minutes after the
| end of the trial complete transcript
consisting of every word spoken dur
| ing the hearing, is placed in the hands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
Male Candidates
Forgot Too Much
Too Forgetfl

Salina, Kan, Dec. 31.-A tangle
over the late election has suddenly
made things lively in Wallace county
in far western Kansas. W. E. Gilbert
and w. o. Cooper tied in the vote for
sheriff. but in casting lots Cooper won.
Then it was charged Cooper had
failed to file his primary expense ac-
count, which, under the law, would
disqualify him from holding office
two years.
An investigation followed. showing,
it is said. that every male candidate
had neglected to file his expense ac-
count, while the two women candi-
dates and filed theirs.
E. The county attorney has asked the
opinion of the attorney general before
proceeding against all the wallace
county male candidates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

extended to all patriotic Organizations
and the public.
The following comrades have passed
away in the last year: G. D. Ensign.
Co. K, 18th Kan; w. F. Pagan. Co.
H, 18th Kan; Rev. ]. K. Miller, Co.
F, 3Sth Ia. Inf. John Hawkins. Co.
C, saith Ill.,; w D. Meredith, Co. G,
bath Ind. Members of the w. r. c.,
No. "a, are Frances Duree, Amelia Nc
Cormack and Katherine F'linton.
The Rev. ]. w. r. Clardy will make
the address. The usual memorial
service will be given.
VAN SMITH, Adjutant,
Topeka Post, No. II,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
CROSS CONTINENT IN ONE DAY
Army Aviators Plan Aerial Record Fol
Washington's Birthday.

Army Aviators Plan Aerial Record For
Washington's Birthday.
Washington, Jan. Army avia-
tors will make double. attempt to fly
across the United States from Florida
to California in single day on Wash
ington's birthday, February %, it was
announced at the war department.
One plane pi1oted by Lieut.. Alexan-
der Pearson will leave Jacksonville,
Fla, for San Diego, Cal, and another
plane, the pilot of which has not yet
been chosen. will leave San Diego for
Jacksonville. Both are expected to
reach their destinations in, less than
"a hours. The distance is 2,079 miles.
The flyers will make stops at Hous-
ton and Ell Paso, Tex. The distances
are: Jacksonville to Houston, 804
miles; Houston to Ell Paso, $50 miles,
and Ell Paso to San Diego. SIS miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

not from the mind of a master? The
local court reporters do not know the
author of the verses-he has chosen
to keep his identity secret. And then
he drops back into lighter vein:
Whereas, in days now styled "of yore"-
To wit: some years before the war,
When dollars were good coin, in truth,
We vet were underpaid, foreooth
And now We raise our lusty boilers
That YOU NAV know our cause is lawful
Wen show our wage Is something awful
Only in extremely rare cases have
women made successful court report
ers, altho they may be excellent short
hand writers and stenographers. The
poet calls the attention OF the legisla-
tors to this fact, and at this juncture
the Muse must have commenced SHIN
mying, for he says:
II YOU have tried, in recent years,
To hire a girl with hidden ears,
Who writes by system Hunt and Peck"
And wears large .freckles on her , neck;
We know that you have come to grief.
But where they still are hanging round,
Their work is strictly on the bum
Their greatest speed is chewing gum.
But If you find cen one of these
To pound your old typewriter keys,
To have her at your call and beck
Yet If this self-same haugty dame
Essays in court to practice,
She gets one-haH the witness name
Then leaves long hiatus.
Only Few Make Good.
Even among the male stenograph-
ers, whose ambition may lie in taking
testimony in the court room. hardly
one in a hundred makes good. The
poet has not overlooked this facts
In all this country, great and famed,
Tho wide its far-flung borders,
To make good court reporters.
Five years or more they study hard.
Perspiring and unur1ng,
Before these persevering folk
To courts may be aspiring.
To be successful and efficient the
reporter must devote his life to his
task. There is a remedy for almost
every failure except a mistake by the
reporter, which is pointed out:
II lawyers fail, or judges err,
The remedy Is always clear:
But il the court reporter 1alls you,
Your greatest obstacle assails you.
All should have justice, you agree;
In that we are in unity,
If Justice we can help you get
Why may not We have Justice, YETI
'Tis the reporters life profession.
His work must be, if properly
Performed, his chief obsession.
Need More Even In Normal Times.
Kansas reporters are sadly under
paid, and even if normal prices return
they will still be getting less than is
their just due according to the mem
bers of the profession. So the legis-
lators are informed:
In Kansas, our great sovereign state,
Whose wealth surpasses many,
Our court reporters are not paid,
AS well as-hardly any.
In old Missouri, sister state,
Whose people say they must be shown,
Reporters get Just twice what we
With present laws may call our own.
In other states, both near and far,
We're objects of compassion,
Because we've not, until this year,
Requested our pro-ration.
Statistics CLEANED from other states
Demonstrate beyond a doubt,
That, even If normal times return,
We'd still be miserably tout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

take this thank for this
GU arranging efficient this coming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
JAP X. U. STUDENT SUICIDE
Break down From Overstudy Thought
To Be Cause of Act.

Lawrence, Kan, Jan. 1.-The body
of S. GAoto, a Japanese student in the
medical school at the University or
kansas was found today by fisher
man on Ahe ice near an island in the
Kansas ria er here. There was bullet
hole in the Japanese students head
A revoIverS with one chamber emptied
Law nearbyA The clothing was burned.
Goto waA seen last at his boarding
house shortly after 8 O'Clock last night.
Officials expI 'essed the belief that he
committed slA' eide following a break
down from owe rstudy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
WANTED S0'N IN FLANDERS.
But Government Red Tape Brought
His Body To ClEnnute.

: Clay Center, Kan, Jan. 1.-The body
of Lieut.. John PaUS Slade, a Clay Cen
ter boy. who diedt in France during
the war, will arrive in Clay Center to-
day. Funeral services will be held
Sunday after noon at the Baptist
church here.
SHADES parents here, preferred that
the body remain in the acem etery over
seas. But a letter from Washington
informed them that the body was be-
ing brought to the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

If the great war had never been
And all things were as years ago,
The salary paid US here
Would be one thousand bucks too low.
The moral you can draw yourself,
I No need that we outline it
We ask not plumber nor for pelf,
Just our due as you find it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC

Members of Topeka Post, No. II,
and members of Woman's Relief
Corps. No. 81, will hold memorial
services January Q, at $3.50 p. M, in
the East Side NJ. e. church. corner of
Lime and Seventh. An invitation is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01

M. A. Low
w. H. DAVIS
LEE'MONROE
A. D. KENDALL
w. w. BOWMAN
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14
C0R0NER'S JURY HOLDSBIBY
FOR MURDER OF HIS Wife
Seven Witnesses Testify and Doctor Says Biby Struck
His Bride Before He Shot Her-Biby Re
fuses To Testify
Fe.-n.ous intent"

te.-n.Cus intent"
These are the vital words contained
In the verdict of a coroner's jury
which yesterday afternoon made due
iSquiry into the cause of the death of
Mrs. Charlotte Clnk Biby, who died at
12i5 O'Clock Friday. August 12. as
Far husband Frank Btby on the Mon
day before.
The inquest was held at the United
Eavis-Vories chapel under orders of
Deputy Coroner a. r. Davis. and the
jury was composed of j. H Roddy
Ntll ! Orange, r. Fl. Wartenbee, Nick
Mastro Otto Richards and {. w. Pat
rick
Assistant District Attorney l.. E.
examination OF witnesses while q
number of questions were asked by
members Of the Jury
Seven witnesses testified. the first
icing DR.. Middelkamp, who was the
physician called soon after the shoot
irg, and who performed the autopsv.
EIt described the marks and bruises
on tho dead woman's neck and lefc
ear. which ne stated Mrs. Billy told
him on her deathbed, were the results
o. her husband striking her with his
fist before shooting The surgeon de-
both as to point of entrance and exit
and the general course and results.
~ stated that ne was called TO the pa
'Lent at the home of Mrs Trevitich,
f710 East Second street, about iS
o'clock on the day of the shooting.
Mrs Trevitick told the story OF her
little Toy and his playmate reporting
car passing with a man and a woman
in it. and the woman calling for water:
some minutes later the car drove up
to her home and Bihy asked to leave
is wife while he went for a doctor.
!Ic declined 70 use the telephone in
the house. and as no doctor came the
lady Of the house asked Mrs. Biby
= hat doctor sha preferred and she said
Lr Middelkamp, so he was called In
the mean time Mrs. Trevitick and her
darEhtsr-in-law, Mrs Jeanette Trevl-
t.r'; removed the injured woman'S <
clothing and did everything possible
Co relieve her cutferinEs. To these two
women Mrs. Biby stated that her hus-
'.,nd struck her with his fist while
-Hry were in the car and tnat later
stopped the car, got out and weut
rund 10 the other side OF II; shs
flowed, thinking he was going %
drink some more whisky. and then
he shot her.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

Police officer porter told of being
called to the operating room to be
present when Mrs. Biby made a state
rnent there. tThis statement which
is along the lines of those heretofore
recited. but in more detail, written
Gown and signed, was not presented
to the jury but will be held by the dis
trict attorneys office)
Edna Stark. the young woman who
went with Blby to Colorado Springs
told practically the same scory she
gave the officers of the sneriff's office
and added that she mad known Biby
since she was a little girl. She said
Biby continued to deny the shooting
even after the arrest by the FL Paso
county officers and the charge they
placed against him.
Mrs. c. l.. Clark, 71S w. Eleventh
street, stated that she Lad raised Edna
stark since she was very small
ccild at which time her parents died,
ter and said Mamma, Frank has call
ed me on the phone and wants me to
&c with him to Colorado Springs
after Lottie and her things" Mrs,
Clark said she did not want Edna to
80 and said so. but she said she would,
and when Biby a little later called IN
the car. she went with him.
Dewey. Clark, son OF the last witness
testified that he was at home when
Biby came after Edna,
Biby had been brought into the in
quest room by Undersheriff Kenyon
and Deputy Sheriff Delliquadri. who
Kept in close touch with the prisoner
every moment of the inquest. Biby
sat silently and looked directly at the
witnesses as rhey testified. bs; when
Edna stark began telling of the story
he told her to induce her to
go with him to Colorado Springs.
he dropped his head and looked at
the floor. He declined TO make a
statement when called to the chair
II is expected that the district at
toruey will tomorrow file in the dis
trict court a direct information charE-
irg Frank Billy. with murder.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14
M|S-O|RECT|ON
OF MAIL IS BAD
HABIT IN CITY
5000 Pieces Were In Pueblo
Postoffice Yesterday
Say Officials

Three thousand pieces of mis-directed
mail were in the Pueblo post office
yesterday, and this is a fair daily
average
Thirty thousand pieces of first class
mail enter the local office each day,
and beside the 5000 mis- directed
pieces, there is no street address on
twenty per cent, or one-fifth of the
whole number.
Four men have their time taken up
in supplying and correcting addresses
for the mail handled by twenty other
distributors.
These twenty distributors work their
shifts at four sections of letter boxes.
each section containing so boxes. One
of the so boxes in each section is
labeled Mike" and into that go all
the letters improperly or insufficiently
directed: it is from these boxes that
four men get enough work to do to
keep them busy all the time during
working hours.
The eighty boxes in each of the dis
triputing sections stand UP before the
distributor. or he stands up before
them. and throws the letters into
boxes representing the districts to
which the mail is addressed. This
section of boxes is laid out after the
central or more used section of the
city being in the central and most
convenient portion If the case or box
section, just as the letters most used
are most conveniently located in the
printers case.
The men who do the correcting and
supplying of ADDRESSED are perhaps the
best posted men in the city as to the
names and addresses of people who
receive mail either from the carriers
ga- yraV E.nfr 1ntt tn, . hn
office.
Furthermore these four men have at
their disposal a directory which has
all the city directories yet made
backed off the map; it, is of the card
index sort and contains 5000 names
OF Pueblo people who receive mail.
When a person changes his or her ad-
dress and the office or the cerrier is
so notified, that persons card is taken
out of the case and the proper change
made thereon, then replaced. so that
II Peter Jones has lived in Pueblo for
twenty-five years and began receiving
mail at that time. his card In the in
deN directory says SO. giving the date
his name was first entered, and every
other change in address since that
time with ali the dates of the changes.
This post office directory is kept
right UP to the minute, there being an
average of 100 changes made every
day. OF course this index card direc-
office and the information therein
contained Is not given out.
CaTolessness and ignorance. largely
the former, are the causes OF all the
extra work and expense referred 70
II people who mail letters would use
their heads as well as their hands. the
post office department. and therefore
the tax payers Of tho nation. would be
saved many hundreds of thousands of
dollars each year. for the same condi-
fion in greater or lesser degree obtains
In all the post offices OF the country.
Post Master General Hays official
daily bulletin recently stated that
there are approximately $4,000 mis- d.
rected and insuffi-iently directed
pieces Of first cinss matter IN 'he New
York City post office each day.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14
SCOUTSWILL
CIYEBAND CONCERT ATPARK

Of the members are out of town, so
three or four of the local musicians
who have BOYS in tho band viii assist
in the concert in order to have the
volume brought up to the usual
strength.
Between 10 and 20 boys are preparing
TO enter the band within the next three
months. Eight scouts from Pinion will
take their places in the band as soon
as they can play their parts.
1t is expected to have q memberahip
Of 80 by December Some new music
has arrived which the boys are prepar-
ing for the n Nt cali for their services
This music is very attractive and fully
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14
JUDGE nAKKE wEDs

Denver. AUG l3.-Cornty JudEe NOR
ris c. Bake OF tn. Logan county
court. the younEes. Judge in Colorado.
was married here yesterday to Miss
esther Newell Banks, OF Portland.
Orecon.
Tho ceremony was performed at the
hcme Of the Rev. Robert A. Pollock.
II the First United PRESBYTERIAN
church. Denver Only near relatives
Of the couple were present,
They departed ye--erday for ward.
Colorado. on n honeymoon. Later, II
r. Understood. thew will return to the
Judges home in SterrnE
Mrs. Bakke is n member ~ the
Alphi Phi sorority. Judge Bakke IS \
graduate Of the University Of ChicaE
and he also holds a post graduate de-
gree from Harvard.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14
cur DENVER OIL rn1cr

company today cut two cents from tho
retail price of gasoline at its filling
stations. making the price Il cents.
Other concerns are considering like
action, according to dealers who say n
gasoline war is on.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14
GREATEST EARNINGS
IN FIFTEEN YEARS

The secretary of Tho Bessemer
Building and Loan Association. +. p
Hawke, reports that their association
made greater and larger earnings for
the past year than IN any year for
the past fifteen years. This is a good
time to get into this wonderfully sue
Cessful institution.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

up to the standard played by the aver
age city band.
Pueblo should get behind this valuu-
Bile organization of boys in every possi-
Bile way.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-14

The Pueblo Boy Scouts will sive a
band concert at Mineral Palace Park
this afternoon at $50 o'clock. Tho pro-
gram follows:
Overture-"1ron Count King
Wnltz-"wild Flowers ........ Kiefor
A Little Rag-"uncle Jasper" Hazel
Patrol-"Knights of Old" .kiefer
Observation-Disclosures Gill;. Balfc
Valse Oriental-"Moonligh on the
Nile .....................,. King
Popular Song Somewhere n Voice is
Calling Observation-Disclosures. Tate
Narch-"Our Director ....... Bigelow
Tha Scout Band was organized last
November and has q memberrhip Of
thirty scouts. Just at this time some
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-28
Junior Chamber To Have Meeting
 Tomorrow Night

Various activities whsch may be participated in by the local Junior Chamber of Commerce will be dis cussed tomorrow night at the first meeting of the Executive com mittee. A referendum sheet containing 19 topics has been placed in the hands of each member of the organization in order that a vote may be taken as to the subject of greatest importance.
 The following committees have been appointed by President H. J. Stack: Finance committee, c. w. Cyrus, chairman, H. E. Reid, E. c. Gustavson. Social committee, D. c. Root, chairman, Bradford Warner. W. G. Lineburgh, John Calhoun, Paul Green, F. J. Miller Charles Stubbs, c. w. Burrage and R. H. Brown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-28

PERMIT DENIED
 FOR MEETING
Distinguished Masonry Charity.

pr. John Torok, of New York, scheduled to address a meeting of the Hungarian Workers Federation at Rakoczy Hall last night was not allowed to talk, pressure brought to bear upon the police department re- sulting in the denial of a permit for the meeting.
 The action was the result of a dis turbance at a meeting under the aus pices of this society some weeks ago when 1t was necessary to call out po- lice reserves to restore order. On the previous occasion the meeting was addressed by Alexander Binary, whose subject, Long Life to the Revolution" created enthusiasm in some quarters. While dclaring- that there was nothing in the previous address to warrant any arrest, Police Superintendent Patrick J. Flanagan declared last night that it was not considered advisable to permit an other meeting. The claim is that some of the speakers on the program which have been arranged by the Hungarian Workers Federation have been of BolsneviStic tendencies
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-28
SOUND SILENCER ASSURES SLEEP
 IN BOILER SHOP

St Louis.-Imagine a slumberer's paradise where infants could vail, the people upstairs could jump and dance, where roosters could crow at daybreak and the alarm clock jingle forever, and one could sleep peace fully on, immune to all disturbances!
 The whole world will be such a snoozer's heaven when Hiram P. lencer for firearms, completes an in vention on which he said he is now working Maxim, while here recently attending a convention of the Amer ican Radio Relay League, made known that he was working on this boon for wooers of Morpheus.
 No longer will the clink of the milkman's bottles disturb late sleep of chips in he late penny ante'' game next door interfere with those who believe in "early to bed" said Maxim, once his invention is perfected. And to snooze away without even a sound of the grind of Pullman car wheels.
 Is Perfect Sound Screen.
 Maxim refused to give out any of the mechanical details of his proposed sound silencer, but declared in ap- pearance it would somewhat resem- ble an ordinary electric table lamp It will be so simple, he said, that a person would need only attach it tC the electric socket to put it in opera tion- The instrument on a table near the sleeper would then cast an inn pregnable sound screen around the Slum berer.
 Maxim said he obtained his ideas for the noise sifencer largely from his 1 experience in working with radio ap- paratus to silence interference witt wireless communication
 He predicted great Improvements | in wireless communication declaring 1 that the time may soon come when : | person may talk to perhaps a million or so people from his own home ovel 1 a wireless telephone.
 1 He expressed belief that wireless 1 telephony will some day be so perfec | that political delegates will not neet l to travel miles to a party convention | but would be able to nominate Pres identiaI candidates sitting in their ow1
 homes in all parts of the country.