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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
In STATE SENATE

A demonstration of a mechanical
shot firing device for coal mines, in
connection with the proposed laws
which would make the use of me-
chanical shot firing devices operated
from the surface of the ground COM
pulsory for all coal mines in Kansas,
was held Wednesday night on the
fifth floor of the state house. for the
benefit of the senate and house COM
mittees on mines and mining. Sem
in the senate, is chairman of the sem
ate committee on mines and mining
A box of apples which were distrib-
uted in the state senate Wednesday
afternoon by Senator A. L. Brooke of
Granville were produced in Senator
Brooke's own orchard. Senator
Brooke believes that for the man who
has an orchard in Kansas and devoteS
the same time and attention to it
which is usually given to general
farming, there is a real career in ap-
pie raising.
81 have one fairly large orchard.
I should like to- said Senator Brooke.
He has several other farms which re-
quire great deal of his attention.
Several bills of Importance only to
other localities of the state were con-
sidered and recommended for passage
by the senate, by the committee on
cities of the second class. of which
Senator r. c. Howard is chairman, at
a session Wednesday afternoon.
The bill introduced in the senate by
Senator A. l.. Brooke, of Granville,
early in the session which would pro-
hibit members of the state legislature
from holding appointive state offices
was killed in the committee on state
~ of ai, 90 he 70
cording to a report made by that
committee this morning.
The same committee recommended
for passage a bill by Senator Finley,
providing for the establishment and
maintenance of county hospitals.
The first bill for the designing and
official recognition of a state banner
for Kansas was introduced in the SEN
ate Wednesday by Senator o. O..
Wolf, of Ottawa. Senator VOLTS bill
provides that the banner shall be
white. with a blue border. and have in
the center a blue field bearing the
state flower-the sunflower, in nat
ural colors. in which shall be sketched
the great seal of the state. The de-
sign is that which has been approved
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution, it is understood.
The senators are beginning to hear
from home on the good roads question
now, and most of them favor the car
rying out of a sensible program of
roads.
The clamor IN the cigaret is dying
down very slowly. At each occasion
for the introduction of petitions there
are mandates from the grass roots on
both sides of the question.
Senator Hugh T. Fisher, of Shawnee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
TO FORM BUREAU
Children's Code Commission
Asks Aid for Riddles.
To Properly Care for and Treat
Dependent Children.

Believing that proper treatment can
not be provided for dependent de-
fective and delinquent children of the
state until the causes for their abnor-
NAL condition are known, Governor
Aliens children's code commission
proposes to establish a Kansas child
research bureau at the University of
Kansas.
1.-The state has spent, and spent
well, hundreds of thousands of dollars
in animal husbandry, and the code
commission believes that it is now
time to give some attention to human
husbandry." said Dr. Florence B.
Sherbon of the state board OF health,
secretary of the commission.
The bureau would take all the chill
dren in state institutions and others
referred to it and made careful ply
steal, mental and sociological study.
After determining the causes of their
condition, the bureau would work out
practical methods of prevention and
treatment.
Forty boys less than twelve years
old are now at the Boys Industrial
School at Topeka" said Doctor Sher-
bon. Il am convinced that these
youths are not inherently criminal
and should not be confined in an in
stitution with older boys of criminal
tendencies. 1t would be the purpose
of the bureau to diagnose the cases
of these forty boys and see that they
are placed in the proper Institutions -
The object of the bureau. as stated
by the commission, is ito place at the
service of the people of the state an
authoritative group of specialists who
shall devote their energies toward a
solution of the problems of the child
life of the state, to the end that both
normal and abnormal children shall
be better understood and more intel
Ggently, economically and efficiently
educated, trained and nurtured."
The bureau would be in charge of a
director appointed by the board of ad-
ministration. Altho the bureau would
have it's administrative offices at the
University of Kansas, it would be
privileged to use the staff, equipment
and research students of all state
schools, hospitals and institutions, if
proffered by the RESPECTIVE admins
traOrS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
CHANGE DISTRICTS
Legislature May Place Wyan-
dOtte County in First.
Would Place Anthony and Lit
tie in Same District.
MANY CHANGES PROPOSED
Add Three Counties to Phil
Campbell.
New Act Reduces Representa-
ton to Seven.
MANY CHANGES PROPOSED

1t looks as tho the legislature may
extend to Congressman D.. r. An
thonys Jr., and Ed c. Little the privi-
lege OF fighting out the right of SUI
premacy in the Seventh district of
Kansas. Just now it looks as tho
Wyandotte county is to be moved into
the present First district and Shawnee
into the present Fifth district. This
will throw Anthony and Little in the
same district and permit them to set
tle their differences in the 1922 pri-
maries.
Many Proposed Changes.
While the more generally accepted
prOpoSalS make a number of changes,
the readjustment is in reality on u
more equitable basis than the pres
ent distribution. There are fewer than
5000 votes between the smaller and
the larger districts of the state under
the new reapportionment plan. The
Seventh district alone would remain
unchanged and the present First dis
trfct would merely trade Shawnee and
annex Wyandotte.. ...
y 1t looks as tho Congressman James
Strong will secure Shawnee as a por-
ton of his district. He would also
LICK up Pottawatomie and Wabaun-
see out of the present Fourth district
and would contribute Republic, Cloud
and Ottawa counties to the present
Sixth. The Sixth would retain its
present counties and be enlarged only
by the offering from the Fifth.
Add Three Counties to Third.
#Counties of Bourbon and Allen from
the Second and Woodson from the
Fuurth district would be attached to
the present Third. Phil P. Campbelrs
district would then contribute Elk,
Chautauqua and Cowley counties to
the Eighth. Greenwood county would
lie lifted from the Fourth and placed
in the present Eighth. Mcpherson
county would be taken from the pres
emit Eighth and placed in Homer
Hochs district. The remaining coun-
ties of the Fourth and Second would
then form Hochs new district.
Congressman J. n. Tincher of the
present Seventh district is the only
Congressman whose district would be
Iindisturbed under the plan. The new
Teapportionment program is believed
10 give better balance and organiza-
ton to the districts than the present
arrangement. Voting population, rail-
Road facilities and present association
of the counties are also considered in
the shifts While several objections
are probable and there is the ever
present prospect of a fight on any bill
which may come before the legisla-
tire, the new shift has easily the
strongest following.
Ono Must Stay at Home.
X The new act of congress reducing
the Kansas representation to seven
members, means one of the Republic
can congressman must stay at home.
Instead of throwing several OF the
home counties of the present congress-
Ihen together, the plan is to permit
Little and Anthony to fight it out in
what is now Anthony's home district.
The change, tho, loses for Anthony his
STRONGEST cOuntV-Shawnee- Lit
tie comes into the district with the
largest county, but a stranger to the
constituents in the remaining seven
counties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
COULD HAVE SAVED 273 LIVES
But Captain of Wrecked Steamer Re-
fused to Ask for Aid, Says Mate.

Seattle, Jan. 27.-All the 273 lives
lost when the steamship Princess
Sophia went ashore on Vanderbilt
Reef. Alaska, October 24-25, 1918,
could have been saved if the Sophia
commander had given the word, Capt.
+. Harrington, former first mate of
the lighthouse tender Cedar, which
stood by the stricken ship, declared
in testimony in United States court
here today. He was a witness in the
hearing on the application of the
Canadian Pacific railway for a limita-
ton of liability in connection with the
loss of the vessel.
Captain Harrington declared all ar
engagements to rescue passengers on
the Princess Sophia had been made
aboard the Cedar and that the halibut
schooners, King and Winge and the
Elsinor were ready to go to the assist
ance of the stranded ship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
GERMANY TO RECOGNIZE SOVIET
BoIshcvist Representative at Riga
Claims TScichstag VIII Act.

FCopenhagen. Jan. 27.-A Riga dis
1jatch says that Victor Kopp, the So
Wet representative in Germany, ar
rived in Riga today and declared
Germanys recognition of soviet Rus
saa was practically an accomplished
fact,
He said that the German indepen-
dent socialists next week would pre-
sent an Interpolation in the reichstaG
and demand recognition and that the
German government had decided to
.lcu11ieScp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
NURSES POISONED BY SPINACH.
TWO of Nineteen Affected Are Dead
Two in serious Condition.

Grand Rapids, Jan. 27.-Two of the
nineteen nurses and attaches at Blod-
sett hospital here suffering from pois
oning traced by physicians to pre-
served spinach remained in a serious
condition today.
Two deaths were reported yesterday.
but physicians believed further fatali-
ties had been averted by use of
serum received from University of Hi
nOiS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
MEXICAN CHIEF is HERO.
Slightly Burned When Saving Youn
Child From Flames

Mexico City, Jan. 27.-President
Obregon of Mexico was slightly
burned late yesterday in saving a
small child from burning to death, it
was learned today.
Obregon, who has only one arm,
rolled the child in the grass and tore
the blazing garments from it. His
hand was scorched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
Start Drive Against deadlock.

T,New York Jan. 27.-Jack Curley
ciamped a toe hold on the deadlock
today and slammed it to the mat. The
furnishing hold favored by Stranger
lewis is SO opposed by fans, Curley
said, that he will not permit. its use
in future matches promoted by him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
SECURITY BENEFIT ASSOCIATION

COLUMBIA COUNCIL No. so.
Entertainment and dance Friday
evening, January 2S, SCI Quincy street.
Members come and bring your friends
ADV. ANNA DEAHI. Sec'y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-27
Brings 800 Dead Yanks Home.

Bordeaux, France, Jan. 27.-The
United States army transport Wheaton
sailed from here today with 400 Amer
lean soldier dead.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19

e." hug So 81, ....l .ancrpd is thar
the re pc: .'ljOSyncraSies in
every 'NnTker ,i,i .iat each worker
does some KIND u! work especially
wei and Other ask lndiferently or
poorly II is hardly worth while for
the mistress 20 attempt to change a
workers natural Hi;iuner of work or
haDiis Some workers plOd slowly for
hours ana they are NOT the kind That
can ever worn quickly for Shorr peri
obs Tie hing to do is to try to find
ou' no" they Work hest and improve
their efficiency along fhai particular
line.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19
HOWARD ASKS JUSTICE
FOR A. B. & A. STRIKERS
Continued from Page y

further, that 20 must have confer
ence over your disputes, and what was
the next step in the NV that | said
you and |, and all of US are paying
taxes to sustain. The next step was
the transportation act of 1920 to pre-
vent this interruption Of commerce of
the Countrywide people have a right
to say something about how they
should be conducted.
Now let's see what we did in the
Transportation act They went the
Ncwland's act one step further on this
proposition. The Transportation Act
section 30l and 312 did what? They
said they would take the last bite
We are going to settle this question
OF interruption of traffic and we are
gong to create a board known as
Cntted States Railroad Labor Board
For what purpose? To hear all dis
putes, settle all disputes, to fix wages
reasonable and just and before you do
that, before you come to that labor
board, you have to give the men 20
days notice, and give the 20 DAYS
notice to your employees and if YOU
don't get together with conference,
then the controversy comes. to the
United States Railroad Labor Board.
then that settles it. There is no Den-
atty except if the railroad corporation
or men do not submit, the men involv-
ed IN the controversy are dashed, bv
pubic sentiment, that makes them
ADMIT they have not a leg to stand
on. With one exception the railroads
of the United States and the. men
themselves have abided in spirit and
letter by the Railroad Labor Board
and it befcll Col. Bugg of the A. B
4 a. Railway to be the first man to
go down in the history Of 9pcn vio-
alton of the law of the land-with one
eXcuse-that excuse was Il haven't
got the money to pay" | got to re.
'rc your wages so per cent of all in.
ascS you have received since Dec
5lst, 1917. The men said, well now
Col Bugg let's see about this thing.
what is the use or me to confer with
you, | cannot pay it and am not 90
ing to pay it-that is all there is tc
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19
oId Enaflsh supergtItlon.

An old Sussex tEugD cnre for
whooping cough is; Borrow a donkey.
place the patient on its back with his
or her face towards its tail and lead
Il TO certain spot fixed on in your
own mind three times running for three
succeeding days
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19

With reference ro The recent divorce
suit in which the wife told the Judge
she married her husband so that she
'ould enjoy his haih,uh, correspond
ent waggishly remarks that the bus.
band seems 10 have kept her in hot
water all right.--BoStou Transcript.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19
THE CHEAP LABOR CUES

-
THE CHEAP LABOR CUES
TION-ln regard to cheap farm
labor the Progressive Farmer
has had a great deal to say in the
past that is of considerable inter
est to industrial working men
and employers 81 industrial
workers. Labor is the law of
life. Cheap labor is the law of
cheap life-cheap living for all
classes. Read what Clarence Poe
has to say in the following clip
ping concerning cheapening ne
gro labor on Southern farms.
The labor unions have tried
for the last few decades to REM
edy a parallel situation in indus
try and to raise not only the
standards of living of white
workers but of other workers
with whose Lowest living wage"
white labor must compete.
Cheapness in farm or factory can
work only cheapness in business
house and home.
The Progressive Farmer says:
Out in California today the
whole state is aroused because of
the presence of Japanese farm
crs. These Japanese farmers
have lower living standards than
American white farmers, and
therefore work more cheaply
than the white farmer can do.
Thrcfore they beat down prices
for the white farmer. Conse-
quently, California is demanding
that the Japanese be kept out of
that state-just as California
long ago got Congress to keep
out the Chinese. And for the
same reason.
The white farmer Of the South,
however, cannot exclude" the
Negroes. We can't adopt Cali
fornia's remedy The black man
is already here. What, then, can
we do to protect ourselves from
competition with his lower civil
ization and lower living stand
ards?
My own belief and want
you to consider it very seriously
is that we must first of all try
to raise The Negroes living stan
dards And | also believe that
this can'bc done only through
education don't mean Greek
and Latin and college studies. |
do mean a thorough training in
reading, writing. arithmetic. and
the common school subjects. to-
gether with more direct efforts.
to improve his living conditions.
Here in the South today we
have millions OF Negroes, most
oi them shockmgly Ignorant.
Millions OF them live in cabins,
dress in shabby clothes, eat poor
food, Md because they do this,
this beats down wages both for
themSehes>and for white people.
1t beats down the price Of cotton
apd tobacco both Tor themselves
and for white people Many Of
the Negroes keep their children
in the fields instead of in the
school and their wives in the
field instead of in the home.
This causes a great production
of theaply made cotton and so
beats down the price.
And because prices are low,
white women and school child
rem often feel that they, too.
must quit school or home and
work in the fields in order to
make enough more crops to-
make tip for the lowneSs OF the
price. Then this brings about
still further overproduction and
consequently still lower prices,
aud SO whites and blacks suffer
together
Suppose now that the Negroes
were required To attend school.
The cotton crop would be large
~ cut, but the price would go
up correspondingly. And this
would benefit both white and
black farmers. Suppose the Ne
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19
Quaint Form of Oath.

Reginald Farrant who has heen ap-
Eointed Stipendarv of Douglas and
Castletowu, Isle of Man. was recently
sworn in the quaint form which has
prevailed in the island for centuries.
He swore 10 do Justice between party
and party "as indiffcrently as the her
rings backbone doth lie In the midst
of the fish,"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19
Make the Producer Paw

Let's sec, they buy coal for their
y ines, they buy ,;eel they buy
lumber for their :rcsties and build
ings. Are they saying to these peo-
pie that are selling the coal. 81 will
have to pay you so per cent decrease
prices advanced since Dec. 3lst, 1917?
Did they say to the steel trust that 7
cannot pay you exhorbitant prices on
steel will have to pay so per cent
OF the increases since Dec. 31st, 1917?
NO they don't say that, they paw the
prices. What is the history of the
world trom the Macedonian War
down to the present day, the man that
suffers the worst has been the pro
Queer and the labor They want to
start with them and let them carry
the burden. Every body else to grad
ually debate. They have called ON
these m%n to suffer loss that no
oth>r railroad in Georgia has asked
,i1cir men TO suffer
Understand me. am the last human
beng or this earth to criticize the
court |. don't even want anything as
an 'nS'nuation to be construed by any
one III this audience that am crit
cling the court; but my friend MIR
Golf did not so Jar enough. The no
sitian Col Bugg took. The Birming-
ham Trust & Savings Company had a
note for ninety thousand dollars not
due Col Buce admitted on the stand
on cross examination by my firm that
he himself, after ne had found out fhe
Railroad Labor Board had called him
to Chicago to give an account OF his
defance Of the law of the land tina,
The now had TO go there. So he goes
TO birmingham in his private car. He
goes up to the bank and says, Il have
note due, sue me now. put me IN
the hands OF a Receiver. do It quick.
right now" What happened? "Wcli.
o. Eugg who are you going to make
Rcecivcr?" He says make me Re
ce.For h. ne receive" What happ-
enct2 lie had TO resign as President
Just two days, because he hid 70 quail
Siy and he admitted on the tand that
he, himself. had himself appointed re-
ccircr and he, himself, did what, the
laws Of the land said he could not do
Alright now they say things are in an
awfol predicamcnt.
Whom was a member OF the Ma
tional House Of Representatives,. when
we were struggling along with war
period. about blowing Germany off |
the map, it was said The Govern
ment is making a complete failure Of
the operation OF the railroads The /
Govefnmnt may have made failure |
bat has not done anything compared
with the situation of today. They
don't know whether they are going
east or going west They have thrown
up their hands and the Congress of
the United States is about in hum
or and the people are about in the
hnmor TO pass some National Legis-
laton and l predict that before water
melons set ripe, that Congress will
pass some laws that will give the peo-
pie OF this nation effective transpor-
taton system and ihc uon that o..
crate them lair and living wage
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19
The Rights of Labor

Gentlemen, let me tell YOU some
thing, these men, zoo Of .hcm. own
homes in your town. they have been
operating that railroad for 20 loqq
years and Col Bugg on the stand
after raising his hand on the Hoiy
Bible stated that these men had been
as loyal and efficient as any Ste al
railroad men that ever walked. 7
said that they are living within the
law, not a word Of discomfort, not an
act OF violence, not one and not one
will be committed. by the type Of men
that | represents but will say tn S
TO the people OF Fitzgerald and will
say il 70 the people from one end Of
the A. B. & \. to the other. that not
until the legal right of these men is
recognized by the management OF the
A. B. & A. will efficient service be
given to the patrons Of the road or
viii that road earn a single dollar A
man has got to move his heart in his
work, he has got TO whistle as he
goes to his work, he has got to have
con,cntmen in his breast and tbs
great war that cost die blood of I'm
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19

Private management has be
come Sc incompetent and Incl
ficient that it is impossible to
give any kind of reasonable ser
vice. MIR. Harding and his cab
met will find a great obstacle in
the way of the only solution VIII
be the managers, Superintend-
ents, General Freight and Pass
cnger Agents, etc together with
the armies of satellites surround
ing them. This is the crowd who
receives big salaries, rides in Dri-
Nate cars with unlimited cxpuse
accounts gives very little to the
road III the wav OF service.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19

groes could read and write intel
Then they would know
where they could make the most
wages and they would not stay
crowded together in sections
where wages are away below the
average for this country. This
would also raise the average
level Of wages in the Southland
this would at the same time raise
the average price OF cotton and
other Southern farm products.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19
LoST!

LosT-open face, si]yers CASE, watch
on S. Main or E. Central. Return for
reward to J. L. WEI LYMAN, 500 E.
Central Ave. eid21p
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19

LOST-Go1d fountain pen with mi
tials D. ]. T. lost on West Palm be-
tween Main St. and High School
Finder please return I'd Leader office e..
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19
Ancient Garae Of Hon. Scotch

All mere mems games must rive
pF'oe OF place rs regards antiquity
10 those PLAYED nv children Hon
scotch for instance IS At least . non
years old Some of he singing games
are OF NorS" origin while tipcat was
PLAYED aeon rear~ 400
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-04-19

AUToIsTs-We will drain your.
old oil and wash your \motor Free
at O. w. FLETCHERS GARAGE,
30l and 303 S. Grant street If.