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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
Federal Railway Wage Board
Dismisses Short Line Cases.
Sixty-Seven Roads Employing
1900 Men Affected.
WANTED STANDARD WAGES
Board Rules Set Regulations
Cannot Be Held.
But Lines Cannot Go Back to
the Old Scale.

Chicago. March 2s.-The United
states railroad labor board today dis
missed appeals for increased wages
filed with it last fall by fifteen rail-
way labor unions against sixty-seven
short lines" thruout the country.
Short lines which accepted for their
men the terms of the ss0o,ooo.o0o
wage award of last July win not be
privileged to 60 back to the old
scale under today's action. however.
the announcement of the board say
ing:
This decision shall not be consid-
cred as affecting any wage increase
now in effect nor any agreement re-
garding wages between any of the car
riers and their employees"
Affects Four Thousand.
This decision affects four thousand
employees who had asked for the
same pay and working conditions as
enjoyed by employees of standard
roads.
The board, in its decision. said that
no set of rules could obtain on the
short lines because of the diversified
nature of the work.
The roads are principally used in
hauling lumber and other supplies
and are situated in practically all
states of the Union.
Agreement Hearing Continues
The railroad unions effort TO get
conference with rail executives On ma
tional agreements, after the roads had
gone back to private control. was de-
scribed by Bert NJ. Jewell, president
of the railway department of the
American Federation of Labor. to the
United States railroad board today.
Jewell read correspondence between
the union chiefs and T. Dewitt Guy
Ter. chairman of the railroad execu-
tives' association; w. w. Atterbury
and E. #. Whittier, rail officials.
The executives took the stand the
national agreements were wiped out
when the railroads reverted to private
control. Jewell said.
The unions insisted the railroads
have unity of operation and financing
and hence workers should have the
right of national organization and
dealing.
Have Right to Confer.
Representatives of the carriers and
the employees are still given the right
| to confer as to wages and working
conditions under the, boards decision.
Among the short lines affected are
the Fort Smith & Western. Fort Smith.
Subiaco & Rock Island. Northeast Ok
lahoma, and St. Louis G. Hannibal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
FOR ''HER Boys
Nine. Schumann-Hein Sings
for War Vets Tonight.
Topeka Legion Gives Smother"
Reception After Concert.

''Her Boys will give Nine. Schu
mann Heink a rousing welcome to To-
peka tonight. That is the plan of
Capital Post No. of the American
Legion. This is in accord with the
general campaign of the Legion thru
out the United States, for the first
concert tour of the great contralto
soloist since the great war. during
which her efforts on the behalf of the
American soldiers endeared her to
them and they to her.
AT the city auditorium tonight none
but veterans of the war will be allowed
seats on the platform with the singer
and Immediately after the concert
Nine. Heink will be hurried
to the Legion hall, 21S West Sixth
street, where a reception in her honor
will be given by the members of the
Topeka post. The hall has been
elaborately decorated for the occasion
with the Shawnee county service flag
as the center of the decoration scheme
Thomas A. Lee, state commander of
the American Legion, with Orie lines.
commander of the Topeka post, will
head the receiving line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28

Chicago. March 2s.-The cold wave
which today was moving eastward
over the Mississippi and Ohio river
valleys caused widespread damage to
some of the fruit RAISING sections of
the middle west. The damage was es-
pec1ally severe in southeastern Mis-
souri, and southern Illinois, where
fruit trees were in bud and winter
wheat without the protecting blanket
of the winter SHOWS.
Freezing temperatures were report
ed from all sections north of the KAN
sas-Oklahoma boundary, thermome-,
ters registering from 80 degrees to as
low as L. degrees above zero.
In Chicago an icy blast out of the
north shifted to the northeast and sent
the government thermometer down to
Il degrees at 10 a. m. In the next
hour, however, there was a rise of 8
degrees. Winter wraps took the place
or the spring garments of Easter and
there were numerous calls for coal
from householders who had relied roo
strongly upon the calendar.
The heavy winds were one of the
saving factors in some fruit sections
While ice formed on trees over night
the wintry blasts dried the trees rap
idly this morning.
Cold Wave Continues.
Kansas City, March 2S.-Early pros
in MISSOURI and Kansas probably were
ruined by cold weather, accompanied
by snow and sieet, yesterday and last
night, according to p. Connor, local
government weather forecaster.
The temperature last night ranged
from 16 to % degrees above zero in
the two states.
Mr.. Connor said he was inclined to
think that peach, apricot. pear and
plum trees suffered serious damage
from the cold. The apple crop prob
ably escaped injury except in the
Ozark region of southwestern Mis-
souri,, where serious damage was done
by a coating of ice. he said.
Cold weather will continue in this
region tonight but will not reac ch the
severity of last night, it was pre-
dicted. Warmer weather was forecast
for tomorrow.
Hard Blow for Illinois.
Springfield. ILL.,. March 2S.-Win-
ter'S dying gasp cost Illinois farmers
and orchardists hundreds of thousands
of dollars. according to estimates of
the United States weather bureau and
the bureau of crop estimates of the
United States department of agricul-
ture today.
Twenty-Five at CoffeyvilIe.
Coffeyville. Kan. March 2s.-A
heavy rain fell here yesterday after
CONTINUED on Page Twol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28

Few artists, native or foreign. have
ever grown into closer touch with
American audiences and American
institutions than this remarkable con-
tralto; she has blazed the musical
trail thru many remote and unex-
plored quarters of our country, open
ing the way for other concerts and
awakening an interest in the best of
art. She has succeeded in arousing a
love for classical songs among the
masses, an accomplishment in itself
that entities her to lasting gratitude.
OF her work in this country, her asso-
Citations, her citizenship and the af-
fection, she has received, Schumann-
Heink is indeed proud.
1t is in this country of which she
has been a citizen for many years that
Schumann- Heink has found her great
est success and warmest welcome and
it is in this country that her heart is
This concert tour of Schumann-
Heink has been one continuous ova-
ton for her. Packed houses have lis
tened to her singing and war veteran
everywhere have taken special pains
to show her that her interest in them
during the war was not forgotten. The
St. Louis post passed special resolu-
tions conferring on her the title of
Mother" While the city primary and
the Rotary show at the Grand this
evening combine to prevent a packed
house in Topeka there is every indica-
ton that the audience will be an ex-
ceedingly enthusiastic one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
FRUIT HARD HIT
Whole Middle West in Grip of
Easter Blizzard.
SIeet, Ice and Snow Do Their
Very Worst.
ONLY APPLES HAVE CHANCE
Sunday Freeze Totally Ruins
Chance for 1921 Fruit.
Storm Moves East for New At
tack Tuesday.
TO HIT EAST TUESDAY

Washington, March 2S-High
temperatures still prevailed early
today in eastern states, but cold
wave was marching swiftly east
ward from the Great Lakes region.
due to strike the Atlantic seaboard
tomorrow, the weather bureau said.
The lake region and Mississippi
valley was in the grip of a severe
freeze" the bureau said, and tenn
peratures in New England and mid
die Atlantic states will start down
tonight after rains late in the day.
Local rains and cooler weather in
South Atlantic states was forecast
with cold wave reaching the gulf
states Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
MAY Be END OF FRUIT CROP
Little Hope Held Out for Peaches,
PIums and Pears.

1t will be impossible to state GER
tainly that the fruit which was bloom
ing the day before Easter is dead to-
day, until the warming up process has
showed the complete results. but the
temperature dropped to Is degrees on
Sunday night, and judging from past
performances. that means the end OF
all the fruit which. was in bloom or
starting to bloom-peaches pluns,
apricots and pears. according to State
MeteoroIogist s. d. Flora
Apples, which are later blooming
than, the other fruits named, are prob
ably safe. tho it is not yet certain that
some of the earlier varieties which
had commenced to respond to the
spring temperatures have not been
DANA ged, says Flora.
Freezes as hard as that of Sunday
night have meant determination for
fruit in the past. and the outlook for
the earlier varieties is very dark, In
deed, with the prospect of one or two
more freezes during the early part of
this week, it is said by the weather
man.
The freeze was not confined to
eastern Kansas. or even to Kansas 1t
covered the entire state and extended
also to the east to Missouri. iowa. H.
linois, and into Indiana. according to
reports to the weather bureau.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
KANSAS EXHIBITORS BAR CLARA
Film Showmen's Association Against
Clara Smith Hamon Films.

Wichita, March 2s.-Films in which
Clara Smith Hamon appears are bar
red from theaters controlled by the
Kansas Exhibitors association
resolution to refuse to show films
in which she is said to be planning
to picture part of her life history was
among the first action taken by the as
sociation at a meeting here today.
The resolution did not stop with re-
fusing the particular film in question
but also banned any film in which
Clara Smith Hamon shall appear.
The association will elect officers this
afternoon. The convention closes
Tuesday evening.
In the discussion of the resolution
several exhibitors referred to the Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw pictures. and the at
tempt of the Oklahoma girl to ca pital-
ize her unenviable notoriety by means
of films was declared to be in the
same class and not desired by Kan
sas picture theaters.
G. L. Hooper, manager of the Isis
and Orpheum theaters is one of the
directors of the Kansas Exhibitors as
sociatiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
CREEKSIN VICTORY
Important Railway Junction
Taken From Turks.
Losses to Army Invading
Smyrna Reported Light.

Athens. March 2S.-Afiun Kar4his-
sar, an important railway junction
south of Eski-Shehr, has been taken
by Green forces from the Turkish ma
tionalists, says a Smyrna dispatch to
a local newspaper. Many prisoners
and large quantities of war materials
have been captured, the dispatch de-
clared, and the Turks are fleeing
toward Kotayan, fifteen miles north
ward.
An official statement concerning
Saturdays fighting says the army east
of Smyrna occupied line running
thru the villages of Chesne, Chaha bal
and Balmachmid and pursued the
Turks to within approximately four
miles OF Afiun- -Karahissar, where the
attack halted for the night Greek
losses were insignificant the state
ment said.
East of Brussa the Greeks have ad-
vanced as far as the line drawn thru
north of Sughut These towns are
northwest of Eski-Shehr, and the
statement seems to indicate that the
Turks are entrenching before this i'm
portant city.
The Twelfth corps of the Turkish
army has been dispersed. according to
the Greek communicate today. The
war department statement reported
east of Brusa, after Turkish National
that the capture of Afiun Karahissar.
lists were frustrated in an attempted
an Immediate attack while the Turks
were confused, the communique said
with the result that the enemy started
headlong in djsorderly retreat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
TRYST WITH DEAD
Chicago Police Search for
Woman in Mystery.
Visited Body of Dead Man
Under Sidewalk.

Chicago. March 2s.--Police today
were searching for a slender, well
dressed woman who had a nightly
rendezvous with death in a sidewalk
crypt.
Walter Jonas, factory night watch
man, for the last few days had no.
uced a woman slip into an alley.
across a vacant lot and then go under
sidewalk which is elevated ten feet
Early this morning he followed her.
He looked in the sidewalk crypt and
saw a crumpled form.
He thought it was that of the wo-
man and called the police.
Searchlights flashed and the body
of a man was found
The woman had disappeared.
The man was well dressed. His
head rested on a bundle of underwear.
In his right hand he clutched tightly
a rosary. Scars were on his head. IN
his pocket was a scrap of paper with
this written on 1t:
Mrs. Schultz. 1542 Carroll Placer.
Mrs. Schultz was located. She said
she had given the stranger bread and
coffee a few days ago when he begged
for food
He said he was searching for his
two daughters" Mrs Schultz said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
TO NAME new WARDEN SOON
Will Not Be Made Until
Governor Allen Returns.

Appointment of a new warden for
the state penitentiary will not be an
nounced this week. according to state
ments today by state officials. Rec
concentrations regarding a successor
to Warden J. X. Codding will be made
by the state board of administration,
but these recommendations will be
held up until Governor Allen returns
from his northern trip
Several candidates have been an
nounced for the office. R. H Huds-
peth, acting warden, is declared to be
a candidate for the place. He has been
a prison official for a number of years
and is familiar with affairs of the in
stitution. Other candidates include
Bert Williamson, Newton, former
president of the state Anti-Horsethief
association, and J. H. Horey, Kansas
City, Kan. Lacey M. Simpson, of
Canton. former member of the 1egis-
lature from Mcpherson county, has
also been mentioned for the place.
Governor Allen is in Minneapolis
this week. He left Sunday on the
northern trip to interview news print
manufacturers, according to reports in
the state house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
STATE Y into new QUARTERS
Offices at s1S Kansas Avenue Pro-
vide More Room.

Larger quarters for the State Y NJ.
c. A. are provided in the rooms for
merly occupied by the Kansas Chill
dren's Home Finding society at 91S
Kansas avenue. The latter organiza-
ton has moved to Tenth and Harri-
son. The State Y. NJ. C. A. has been
located for five years on the sixth
floor of the New England building.
The new location is better for the
Y. NJ c. A. according to A. A. Rem
ington, state secretary, because of its
nearness to the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
and because of lower rent. There are
now four office rooms. while the for
mer location afforded only three.
The five departments operating un-
der the State Y. M. c. A and their sec
retaries are: Educational. Chas. A
Hall; boys work. Grover J. Little. COL
lege. NJ. H. McKean. state-county.
Chas- A. Caster; state executive, A. A
Remington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
COLD WAVE
Warmer Weather Due in Kan
sas Tomorrow, Says Forecast.
Freezing Temperatures Will Be
Recorded Again Tonight.
TEMPERATURES

The backbone of the cold wave is
broken, but there will be more cold
tonight. The freeze will not be so
severe as that of Sunday night. how
ever.
The freezing temperatures occurred
ove- the entire state, and east as far
as Indiana. Sunday and Sunday night.
But this morning the mercury had
risen in the northwest and the tenn
perature at Helena. Mont, was 3S de-
grees. higher than that of Topeka at
the same hour, and indicating, an end
to the severe cold.
Snow in Eastern Kansas.
The snowfall. contrary to the pre-
diction, occurred chiefly in the eastern
portion of the state, and there was no
moisture in the western end of the
state.
At Topeka, the total precipitation
amounted to .06 inch. or less than an
inch of snow. The precipitation at
Wichita was .16 inch: at Kansas City,
.0S inch.
Temperature Dropped to IS.
The mercury touch bottom Sunday
night at Topeka at IS degrees; Wich-
ita, 20 degrees; Concordia, 16 degrees;
Dodge City 6 degrees; Goodland. the
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
Over Sunday All Red Activity
Has Died.
German Police Find RevoIu-
tiOnists Flee Before Them.
IT'S OPERA B0UFFE WAR
Government Leaders, However,
Send in Impressive Reports.
Tell of stalking Mansfield by
StOrm'-NOt Shot Fired.

Halle, Germany, March 2S.-Scat-
tered bands of Communists fled thru
the hill country surrounding Eisleben
today with safety police in pursuit.
Count Poninsky commanded the po-
lice. who were supported by artillery.
Concentration camps of the rioters
were shelled briefly. after which the
police went In to mop up. Usually.
they found the Reds had fled.
Disorders of minor sort cropped up
in several nearby cities. More troops
were brought in. however. and the sit
uation appeared to be clelaring.
Opera Bouffe Conflict.
At Sangerhausen. Communists took
the offensive, charging a. small force
in the railway station there. The riot
ers were repulsed and the soldiers lat
er extended their area.
Several small explosions were re-
ported but no serious damage was
done. - M
The fighting degenerated today into
an opera bouffe conflict. Neverthe-
less, it was an impressive report the
safety police rendered their superiors
after the battle of Mansfield"
I'VE took Mansfield by Storm this
report read. Regular artillery and
cavalry troops occupied the city at
$3.50 p. m. Saturday"
Red opponents of the police and
military simply faded away before the
advancing columns. They dispersed
to their homes or scattered southwark
needless of farmers protests at their
running over freshly plowed fields
Several fields in which wheat was just
beginning to appear were badly tram
pied by the fleeing communists.
Without firing. the military forces
| marched along the road and into
Mansfield.
Revolution Has Died.
| Before their arrival, bombs had
been exploded. Several buildings were
slightly damaged. Similar incidents
| occurred in Halle and Hettstedt.
The military forces halted outside
Mansfield hile the artillery unlim-
screeching across the landscape. Aft.
| er. that warning. the town was quiet
All thru rnid-Germany. the uprising
died away over Sunday. -
Police lines were established but the
officers found nothing TO do. Only G
few venturesonae persons violated thu
police rules.
| Thirty prisoners were picked ur
along the line of march and jailed a.
Halle and Mansfield.
Only Riot in Coblentz Area.
| Coblenz. March 2S.-A communis-
uprising occurred this morning in the
american tridgehead area, at Mont
baur, six miles northeast of Ehren-
| breitstein. A riot call was answered
by the provost marshal and American
military police were dispatched tc
| MOnta baur TO restore order
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
DEATH OF HARRY WARDIN
Topeka JeweIer Dies of Malady That
Battles Physicians.

Following a sudden attack of illness
which occurred at noon Sunday,
Harry Wardin, jeweler, died at mid
night Sunday night. of some naiady
which physicians were unable to de-
termine. Wardin, who was 80 years
old. was unconscious from short
time after his first attack of illness.
Wardin had been student at
Washburn college and also at Colum-
bia university In New York City. He
was a member of the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity in New York and had been
in the jewelry business with his father.
c. E. Wardin. and his brother. Lloyd
Wardin, for several years at 727 Kan
Sas avenue.
Death occurred at the Wardin home
at 1131 Western avenue.
Wardin is survived by his father
brother. his widow and two children,
Mary and Charles.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been completed, but will be announced
later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
SaDiors of City
Nearly Wrecked
Their Olu,, Liues

Chicago. March 2s.-John Henry
Ratston. rescue worker. was to leave
Chicago for Sparta, Tenn. with his
wife and daughter, Minnie. Is.
I'VE came to Chicago to save the
wicked city from sin," said Ralston.
but the city nearly wrecked our lives
and home"
This followed the attempted kid
naping of the daughter. Minnie. last
night. Ora Miller. one OF Ralstop's
converts" who testified he was for
meriy safe cracker. Is in Jail charged
with the deed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
RED PROPAGANDA CAUSE
Revolutionary Activity Reason for U
S. Refusal of Trade Pact.

Washington, March 2S.-Revolu-
tionary activities carried on from Mos
COW by Russian soviet authorities
were big factor in this government S
refusal of trade relations, ii was
learned today
This government has knowledge
that the soviets are among those to
spread Bolshevism in the western
hemisphere as we'll as in Europe and
Asia.
These circumstances are what Sec
retary of State Hughes referred to
when he said in his communication to
the soviet government yesterday that
the United States would be glad to
have convincing evidence of change
of policy by the Russian government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
VOTING is SLOW
TOpekans Show Indifference
About Primary Election.
Election Today Sets New Rec
ord for Lack of Interest.
POLLS CLOSE At I O'CLOCK
Less Than One Thousand Had
Voted at Noon.
Eager Candidates Almost as
Numerous as Voters.
ELECTION BULLETINS

Following the custom of many
years, The State Journal this even
ing will post election bulletins for
the benefit of Topekans who are
interested in the results of the city
primary today.
Reporters in motor cars will
leave The State Journal office at
7:15 O'Clock this evening, and from
that time until midnight the count
will be posted on The State Journal
bulletin windows.
In addition to the bulletins, G. o.
Ansel, auctioneer, will announce
precinct count from a second story
window.
Owing to the short ballot. the re-
suit of the primary should be
known before midnight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
ENGH RESIGNS FROM COURT
Chief Accountant to Leave Court of
Industrial Relations.

G. A. Engh. chief accountant for the
court of industrial relations. today an
nounced his resignation. He will leave
the labor court April 1.
Engh has been with the Industrial
court during the last year He was in
a measure involved in the row which
broke out among the court judges las
summer and when the public utilities
commission was recreated. was re-
tanned by the industrial court. Engh
has not announced his plans for the
future. further than to make public
his resignation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-28
FEAR COMMUNE PLOTS.
Connecticut Workers Being Urged to
Seize Idle Plants and Form Soviet.

Hartford. Conn. March 2s.-Poiice
guards in the manufacturing districts
were increased today following an
nouncement by the officers that they
have evidence OF a plotted communist
revolt.
Pamphlets discovered today called
on the workers to show their power
by Selling idle factories and establish
ing a soviet government. Police said
evidence showed statewide action had
been piofted