davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1921-05-06
MANAGER PLAN OKEHED
BY HI CITIES, Why
NOT ACCEPT 1T E. r

same as any large business with a
manager.
The srccess OF this form of gov
eminent largely depends upon the
ability Of the manager.
We thought a manager must be
an engineer. we tried three. then
concluded we would get n practical
man. n that understood city af-
fairs. streets. police. finance. and
active man that could see things to
done. without being told. and hire
our surveying done This we done
and are very much pleased with
our manager now"
Durango. Colo.
March 16. 1921.
Chamber of Commerce.
Casper. wyo-
Gentlemen:
This letter will acknowledge the
receipt OF your inquiry relative TO
the experience OF this city with the
city manager plan
About nve years ago this plan
was adopted by the citizens OF Dur
, 1921-05-06
Large Beet Acreage In.
(Lingie Review

tLlIBlc tScNleWI .a
A big per cen OF Goshen county's
more than $500 acres OF beets has
gon Into the ground the past ten
days ami nnxt week. with conditions
remaining favorable. win SEQ the job
OF planting practically finished.
The moisture has been sufficient up
and down the valley not only to start
the seed that was planted before the
precipitation, but that which has gone
in this week and there is a prospect
at this time that the stand. will be
faily up to the average If not much
better.
The splendidly favoranie conall.oIs
for farming operations and the senti-
ment for better farming have resulted
in better sect beds very generally.
and there is not a doubt that the
farming throughout h season will be
along much more advanced lines than
eve before in this section Of the val.
ley. This. with n favorable growing
season. should result in the biggest
average tonnage in Goshen county
that has ever zen recorded.
, 1921-05-06
The Age of Billions.

What you'd you do If you had a
million dollars?"
"Only a miliion?" ~rejoined Flooding
Pete. st suppose I'd be kichin' the
same as 1 am now because tho boys
with really big money won't divide up
with The little .feiiowis."-Washing-
Star.
, 1921-05-06
Vote on Tariff
Next Wednesday,

WASHINGTON. May s.-The son
ate late today entered into formal
agreement for n maj vote on pass
age OF h emergency tariff bill next
Wednesday. Voting on amendments
TO h measure 10 scheduled under the
agreement to start at noon of thai
day.
, 1921-05-06

service mems periodical. and BY Com
missioner Spry OF the central land Of
Zee. testifylng before the senate irrf-
cation COMMITTEES The project was
Characterised by Mr.. Jones ns h
most workable system of land aid yet
proposed in behalf Of the soldiers
, 1921-05-06
Big Reclamation
Fund Is Okehed

WASHINGTON. May 6.-The Nc
Marry bill. to provide a western lands
reclamation fund of $3.50 00. 900. was
indorsed today as a measure to aid
former service men by Richard S.
Jones. editor of Stars and Stripes. n
, 1921-05-06
25 Per Cent
OF NeU York
Foreign Born

WASHINGTON. May s.-The for
eign born white population Of New
York City vas announced today by
the census bureau as 1.9se.2i6 o. 55.4
per cent OF the total population as
compared with 4o4 per cent in 1910.
, 1921-05-06

nounced today after a conference
with Eugene Myer, Jr., managing d,-
rector. California banks have been
advised. Mr.. Free said. as to condl.
lions upon which aid will be provided.
, 1921-05-06

institutions which finance packing
products for export. Representative
Free. Republican. of California, an
, 1921-05-06
CALIFeKNTA GETS FUNDS.

WASHINGTON. May 6.-The War
Finance corporation has agreed to
make advances to California banking
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OPEN OR CLOSED? ENDS C. N. STRIKE
Washington Officials NettIed
Over Demand for Open Farley.
Visiting Powers Wishes on
Publicity Must Be Asked.

Washington. Nov. 3.-Government
officials having to deal with the ar
rangements for the armament confer
ence now but ten days away, were
obviously perturbed and nettled today
at the increasing criticism being
voiced in congress and the press
against the secrecy aspect" of the
conference.
Newspaper correspondents who at
tempted to gain a definite indication
of Just how CLOSED" or how open"
the conference is likely to be met with
the official assertion that the press
and public generally would be pleas
antly surprised" by the amount Of
openness in the Forthcoming confer
ence.
No intfmation was given as to the
nature of the surprise" in store.
The American delegation, it was
said by one of it's members, is pre-
pared to urge upon the conference
the maximum amount of publicity
consistent with the efficient working
of the conference"
1t would be obvious to impose, Off
cials stated, for the conference to be
entirely open. Not only are the mem
bers of the American delegation. indi-
vidually and collectively, opposed to
this, but they believe that the visiting
powers would not give their assent to
any such ARRANGEMENT.
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BY HERBERT COREY
in the Kansas City Star

Here's q tip to the staff artist:
Load up with some India ink and
pencils and drawing boards and go
out looking for Ivy May Fuller of Man
haitian, Kan.
Because she is not only a mighty
pretty girl but she is the one who
made the Fighting Parson" of Cha
mute, Kan, the official chaplain of
the American Legion. She ran the
campaign. She pinch-hit for the
chairman of the Kansas delegation.
She rounded up delegates and held
other delegates in line and generally
played good politics. There are plenty
of good politicians in the legion, but
there isn't one of them who can out
polite wv May.
Ivy Took Command.
Ivy May Fuller is no person to get
away from The process of election
had proceeded until the balloting be-
gan for chaplain and there were E. c.
Blackman. the Fighting Parson" of
Chanute. and others in the race. Ivy
took command.
She is, at a guess, 20-odd years old
and her eyes are blue and her hair is
the sort of red that is auburn in the
magazine stories, and she wears one
of the new fashioned blue dresses that
has embroidery broken out on it in
spots and is just short enough to be
perfectly satisfactory and has a neck
that is scalloped out round-also per-
fectly satisfactory-and a delegate S
badge with Ivy May Fuller written on
it and the button of the legion. And
she made up her mind to see that
Blackman was elected.
He is a good sport, this fighting par
son. 1 mean that just the way it is
written and not just the way it sounds.
He was a chaplain with a fighting
bunch over in France and one day he
issued a challenge. He said that he
A E. F. of anywhere near his weight.
Brother, verify, you are on" said
about six other parsons.
Spoiled Blackman'S Fight.
But G. H. Q. was always spelling
the WARRIOR the A. E. F. and G. H. Q.
stopped the parson After the war he
came back to his charge in Chanute
and there each year he offers to re-
sign if his church does not agree with
him that good, clean fighting and good
clean dancing and pool playing and
other good, clean sports are to be COM
The church has always agreed with
him and this year it raised his wages
He believes, as he said to me after
his election that a man can live a
full, clean life and be a better Chris
tian for it. He has always fought for
clean sport. His fight has been a bit
harder since he came back from
France than it was when he only had
| G. H. @. to contend with, but he has
fought on undismayed. That's all
| there is to be said just now about the
Fighting Parson." The story of the
fight is that of Ivy May Fuller.
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rolling here are from towns less than
100 miles from Topeka, tho there are
a few of them who have come long
distances. and for some reason have
not been able to register in advance
and secure the benefit of the reduced
rate"
Six in Registration Booth.
There are six workers in the regis
tration booth at the state house.
One of the Jobs which the registra-
tion people and the information dis
pensers of the Chamber of Commerce
have is explaining to the teachers
about the method of validating their
return tickets. The tickets are to be
validated at the railway office at
which the teachers arrive, at any time
before the holders wish to return to
their homes.
Convention Begins Today.
Actual convention business for the
teachers commences at ? o'clock this
afternoon, with the opening of the de-
Continued on Page SKI
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Beautiful Manhattan Girl
Conducted Legion Fight,
Won For Fighting Parson
Ivy May Fuller ExWar Nurse, Took Command of Things
and Made Kansas Chaplain National Officer
of the Veterans Organization.

During the balloting she announced
the vote of Kansas, standing on a
chair, just like the regular chairmen
do. Why did I say regular There
are no more regular chairmen than
she. She saw to it that runners were
sent out to the other delegations to
Igather in votes She caught one bird
who announced the vote of his state
he being the last delegate of that state
on the floor-and said to him:
All, Ivy, Ivy. it wasn't just a sport
ing thing to do. Or was it? Maybe all
things are fair in politics. But what
is one lone, lorn, abandoned delegate
to do when a pretty girl gets him by
the lapel of his coat and smiles at him
in that bewildering way and asks him
why he won't help her? Darn it, what
could any delegate do? And when de-
fection threatened in other state dele
CATERS it was Ivy who sent runners
thru the wire to tell the men in
the advanced posts to hold on because
he was coming. She had her eyes on
the whole field, and she handled the
Reverend Mr.. Blackman's candidacy
like a reaping hook.
She Almost Lost.
For all that, an accident almost cost
her the victory when it was within her
grasp. A misguided man from Iowa
not, unfortunately, a delegate-dis-
covered that the Iowa delegation had
gone to get dinner and got upon a
chair and announced the vote of Iowa
for Blackman, as bold as brass. Black
man and Ivy May Fuller and all the
other Blackmanites were innocent of
intent to deceive, but that made no
difference:
IT demand" said a delegate from
Illinois, in a most unpleasant why, 81
demand to know who this handy little
voter is
And as NO one could tell him. lea st
of all could the unfortunate non-dele-
gate tell him, but stood there pale
and chewing nervously, while the eyes
, of what delegates were left in the hall
were turned on him. Then he was
asked would he go out quietly or
should the sergeant-at-arms use force
and he did. But it turned the tide
which had been running toward
Blackman and it began to run the
that foolishness, In the end Black
man was elected by acclamation, and
the only other candidate remaining in
the race came over and shook hands
and wished him the best of luck.
Every one hurried up and shook
hands with Ivy May. So did I. After
that we shook hands with the fight
! ing parson.'
EDITORS Note-Corey spelled her
name Fullerton" but we know Ivy
and as he said just lots of nice things
about her and as we had a chance to
correct the spelling. it's all right. Ivy at
one time won a beauty contest at a
movie ball in Kansas City in which
beautiful women from seven states were
contestants. She has appeared inSeyeral
motion pictures. During the war she was
a nurse at hospital in Washington and
was pitcher for q baseball nine made up
of nurses that played and beat n team
made up of patients from overseas.l
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Only wait for Orders.
WICHITA TO COPY BERLIN.
Plan Limit for Height of All Buildings
in the peerless Princess

Wichita. Kan, Nov. 3.-Following
the example set by Berlin and other
European cities. the Wichita city plan
ming committee has recommended that
a, limit be set to the number of stories
in office buildings constructed here
after.s Twelve stories has been sug-
gested as the maximum ''skycraper."
This is a part of the zoning plan
now under consideration by the COM
mittee. Another suggestion of the
committee is that no fertilizer. SOAP
factory or other industry which gives
off an offensive odor shall be erected
except in the extreme northern part of
the city where fertilizer plants are now
located.
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ST. ntcnd,nt c. o. Smith Marys-
VIE, vice president OF the Kansas
State Teachers association. who will
preside at the frs general session of
the convention in Topeka tonight.
cards will attend the Topeka conven-
tion, and how many will attend the
other sections.
Between 200 and 800 teachers who
did not register in advance. had been
enrolled at the booth in the state
house at noon today, and there was
still throng waiting there for en-
rollment.
Registration Up to Last Years Record.
F. L. Pinet, secretary Of the asso-
ciation, pointed out the fact that
whereas the first general session of
the convention in 1920 was held on
Thursday morning. this year the first
general session is being held in the
evening. so that the registration at
noon today corresponds approximately
with the registration of Wednesday
evening of last years convention.
"RcSistratiOn is much easier this
year than it has been in past years,
because of the tremendous number of
people who registered by mail. in ad-
varce They were compelled to do
this in order to secure the benefit of
the reduced railroad fare" Miss
Asenath Coutts. in charge OF the en-
rollment booth at the state house, said
this morning.
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ALLEN HAYS CASE TO JURY
Motor Corporation President Charged
With SAL of Mortgaged Property.

The trial of Alien Hays former
president of the Hays Motor corpora
tion, charged with selling mortgaged
property. ended when the case went
to the jury late this afternoon
The state finished it's rebuttal about
1O:15 o'clock this morning and each
side was given one hour and twenty
minutes for arguments. Col. Clad
Hamilton assisted Tinkham VeaIe,
county attorney in prosecuting Hays
Hays is being tried on the specific
charge of disposing of Stutz road
ster which he had mortgaged to the
Kaw Valley National bank in North
Topeka. Evidence of other similar
transactions was also introduced. Hays
contended that the bank was aware
that he was selling cars which he had
mortgaged to it and that no objec-
ton was made.
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Two Border Counties Become
Irish 'Upper Silesia."
SPLIT ON RELIGIOUS LINES
PIebiScite Forecast Indicates
PrOtestants in Minority.
Sim Fein Certain to Win Ter
ritOry From UniOnists.

London, Nov. 2-Sir James Craig.
the Ulster premier. has accepted the
governments invitation, dispatched
yesterday to come to London and con-
suit it as to listers attitude toward
the proposals regarding the Ulster
boundary and other questions involved
in the Irish settlement plan.
Sir James, it is stated, is coming to
London to discuss specific plans sub
mitted to the government by the Sim
Fein of such a character that the gov
ernment thinks them feasible if Ulster
agrees to them.
These plans do not, however, en-
body any agreement definitely
reached between the government and
the Sim Fein. The Ulster premier
has said throughout that he would not
intervene until such an agreement was
reached but has now consented to dis
cuss' the provisional proposals.
Upper SiIcsia of Ireland.
The Ulster counties of Tyrone and
Fermanagh, where it is proposed to
hold a plebiscite to determine their
future status, promise to become the
Upper Silesia of Ireland.
Altho high hopes of an Irish settle
ment has been aroused by the Brit
ish cabinets unanimous note to the
uniOniSt government at Ulster approx
ing accepting of the Sim Fein's pro-
posal of a plebiscite in the two coun-
ties, it was admitted today that OBJ
stacles may still develop.
Despite the pacific efforts of Sir
Edward Carson, former leader of the
Ulster unionists, and Premier Lloyd
George, the question rose today
whether Sir James Craig, unionist
premier of Ulster, could overcome the
ODDOSffiOn of the nOiOniSt adip
hards' to the proposed compromise
basis on the detachment of the two
counties in question from Ulster prov
ince.
Split on Religious Lines.
It was suggested that the plebiscite
in Tyrone and Fermanagh counties
be based upon the official census fig
ures of 1911. These figures showed
that Tyrone had 79,015 Roman Cath
olic residents and $3.50 non-Catholic
residents. Fermanagh had 34,070
Roman Catholic residents and 27,096
non-Catholic residents.
The administration of Ulster prov
ince comedies a Catholic majority in
both countries, which would give the
Sim Fein preponderance of strength.
Premier Lloyd George is understood
to have promised increased executive
power to the Ulster parliament if the
two counties are relinquished but
unionist leaders at Belfast claim that
the counties are required to offset the
radical labor vote in the northern in
duStriaI SectiO0
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Employees Texas r. r. Have
Until Friday to Resume Work.
Ready To Go Back ON Jobs
Only Await Orders.

Houston, Tex. Nov s.-The six
hundred striking members of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the
train and yard force of the Interna-
tional & Great Northern railroad,
under the terms of Federal Judge ]. c.
Hutchesons order to James L. Baker,
receiver for the road to take back the
men.
Brotherhood leaders were confer
ring here today as to whether the
men would be authorized" to return
to work. Judge Hutcheson's order
provided that all the strikers be al
lowed to return to work on probation
for a month. Only the four local
chairmen who led the strike, are ex-
cepted. They may return also II they
can obtain consent from the road Of
ficials. If at the end of a month, the
strikers give evidence of good faith,
their seniority rights will he restored
and a new contract with the railroad
may be negotiated.
There seemed to be no doubt here
today but that the terms of Judge
with. 1t was considered on both sides
that the strike was at an end and that
tomorrow would see a return to nor
NAL in the handling of freight on the
l. & G. N, which has been moving
irregularly since the strike was called
twelve days ago.
Only Wait for Orders.
Fort Worth, Tex, Oct. 3.-Striking
International & Great Northern train
men here said today they would re-
turn to work as soon as official orders
are given by their chairmen, follow
ing yesterdays federal court decision
in Houston, instructing the receiver to
put them back.
No orders of any kind had been re
ceived here today and non-union crews
were opera ting the switch engines and
freight trains.
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daFk. marx, now the merchants DaEk-
For the teachers are coming to town,
Some wearing rags
But tOting big bags
To carry home velvet gowns.
With characteristic foresight, the
sidewalks on the state house grounds
have been torn up in preparation for
their resurfacing during the teachers
the exterior ornaments of the home OF
the state government which greets the
pedagogues when they arrive at the
grounds for registration.
There has been established in the
rotunda of the state house, where the
registration is proceeding, a table for
the registration OF Washburn gradu-
ates among the visiting teachers.
Large numbers of old grads are being
listed there, and tickets are being
sold for the Washburn alumni ban
quet. The banquet is to be held at
o oclOck Friday evening at the Chamber
OF Commerce.
Around the first floor of the state
house there are being arranged large
number of commercial exhibits of
school supplies and equipment for the
convention. The exhibits include
school books, maps, furniture and
motion picture machines and projec-
tors for school use. y
Teachers were waiting on the steps
of the state house to go in and regis
ter when. the custodians of the build
ing arrived to open the doors this
morning.
Dean Henry V Stearns, of Wash
burn college. will give thirty minute
organ recital in the city auditorium
preceding each of the general sessions.
The recitals will start thirty minutes
before the scheduled start of the vari-
GUS programs, and teachers wishing to
hear them will appear at the audi
torium thirty minutes before the
schedule time.
The shopkeepers on West Eighth
avenue will hold open houses for the
visiting teachers from 1880 to $50
o'clock every evening of the conven-
ton. Sullivan's Art shop. the What
Not shop and Mrs. Lords flower room
have made special arrangements for
| the occasion. The Jordan Electric
company will have an open house and
the stores clerical staff will receive
the guests. The office of the Topeka
Laundry company is being remodeled
| this week and will be unable to open
| for the occa sion. The windows of the
Peterson Gift shop will be decorated.
| At least one department store rec
ogniZed the advent of the Kansas
teachers this morning by stationing
! two door boys in red "pill-box'' caps
at it's front entrance. They were
needed. A steady stream of teachers
was entering and leaving the building.
| All the visiting teachers are invited
| to attend the banquet at the Seaman
rural high school at o'clock tonight.
! Following the banquet a program will
| be presented. Transportation has
/ been arranged for those who want to
! attend. Two street cars, witn trailers
VIII leave Eighth and Kansas avenue
! at 4:30 O'Clock this afternoon and
(Continued m page Eix.t
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Italian DueiStS
Fired Z8 Rounds;
No One Was Hurt

Rome. Nov. S.-Count Pietro Rus
conf and Lieutenant AltobeH. both of
this city, recently engaged in a duei
that is believed to have set the record
for small gun practice.
They faced each other on the field
of honor and began hostilities which
continued until they had exchanged
seventy eight rounds. neither one hav-
ing suffered serious damage.
At last their seconds and the sur
geons in attendance interfered and
stopped the fusillades- The two men
before retiring declared themselves
reconciled.
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MAY BE PRIEST SLAYER.
Man Who Vanished from Lead, s. D
After Crime Held in Nebraska.

Lead, S. d, Nov "A man answer
ing the description of Andio Riolando.
wanted in connection with the mys-
terious murder of Father Arthur B.
Belknap, who was lured to a lonely
road and shot to death on October rs,
has been arrested at Sidney, Neb.. ac-
cording to a telegram received here
today by Sheriff John Lutey.
Riolandof disappeared the morning
of the Staying. Thru the process of
elimination of possible c1ews, the
police became convinced that Rio
lando killed the priest.
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National Organization to Boost Aerial
Traffic To Be Formed.

Omaha, Nov. 3.-Formation Of
national organization to secure legis-
lation to aid aviation in the United
States is the object OF a national air
congress called for today at the in-
stance of members Of the Aero club
Of Omaha.
Sessions are expected to continue
until Saturday by which time officials
in charge hope a permanent organiza-
ton will be formed. Benedict Crowell.
former assistant secretary Of war. has
been selected as chairman of the
opening session. Delegates from vari-
Gus states are expected to take part
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EVERY EFFORT
BEING MADE TO
HANDLE CROWD
Exact Enrolment for COnven-
tiOn Not Known.
Pinet Estimates That $4,000
Certificates Were Used.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS HEAVY
Merchants Decorate Stores in
Honor of Teachers.
First General Session at City
Auditorium Tonight.
Pinet Estimates That $4,000
Certificates Were Used.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS HEAVY
Merchants Decorate Stores in
Honor of Teachers.
First General Session at City
Auditorium Tonight.

It will never be definitely known
exactly how many Kansas teachers
attended the Topeka section of the
annual convention.
There were sent out to teachers in
all parts Of the state, I6, 600 advance
registration certificates. It is known
that more than 5000 of these were
used Eut there is no method of as
Containing how many of the teachers
Who received the advance registration