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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
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II. r. Labor Costs Boosted 115
Per Cent by AdamsOn Law.
julius KruttSschnitt Makes
Statement to Senate.
WAGE SLASH NECESSARY
Increase in Business Far Be-
hind Cost of Operation.
Farmers Get Labor at Far
Lower Cost, Is Complaint.

Washington, May 12.-Labor costs
to class l roads were greater by lis
per cent in 1920 than they were in
1917, Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of
clared in statement submitted today
to the senate interstate commerce
committee. During the same period.
he added, gross revenues of the car
riers increa sed less than 54 per cent
Statistics on labor costs were given
by the witness who was cross ques-
toned after his direct testimony of
the past two days by members of the
committee which is inquiring into the
whole railroad question. Since the
Adamson law was enacted, he said,
labor costs have been increased by
government action by s2,229, ,639,957."
The total for 1920, he added, was
$3,69S,216,351. The statement said in
part:
Adamson Law Cause.
1.-THE labor bill to the carriers in
1916 which was before the Adamson
law took effect stood at 81, 1858, ,576, ,394.
"In 1917 when the Adamson law
sation of the employees of the carriers
of class l, amounted to $1,739, ,492, 142,
an increase over 1915 of S279, ,905, ,749.
This was increased by the railroad
administration in 1918 SO that the
labor cost for that year was S2,613,-
1914, 4,331,2O9.
This was further increased by the
railroad administration in 1919 so that
the labor cost for 1919 was $2,843,-
12S,432, or an increase over 1918 OF
1929, 5,0S1, and an increase over
1917 of $1,1O3,O46,29O and over 1916
of S1,374, ,552,038.
This labor cost for 1919 was
further increased by the railroad Ia
Dor board in 1920. SO that the labor
cost for 1920 was $3,098, 216,351, or
an increase over 1919 of $S55,0S7,9 919
The figures given are actual. The in
crease made in 1920, however, was in
force only part of that year"
Wages Must Be Cut.
The first and most necessary ster
in putting the county's railroads back
on their feet is reduction of wages
Julius Kruttschnitt, president of the
board of the Southern Pacific, de-
clared before the senate interstate
commerce committees railroad in
quiry.
Under brisk cross examination by
Senator Townsend, Michigan, and
stuck to his position and amplified it
He defended the increase of freight
rates and said that it would not have
adversely affected railroad business
had it not been general business de-
preston occurred about the same
time.
"You say" said Townsend, THAI
you must have a billion dollars more
to run railroads properly? Where arc
you going to get it?'
There are only two ways" replied
Kruttschnitt. Reduction of expenses
or increase of revenue. The first and
most necessary step is reduction OF
labor costs, particularly of common
labor.
1.-The farmers along our line are
paying S1.75 to 81 a day for this class
of labor. The railroad labor board
forces us to pay much more. The
chief hope We have lies in reduction
of railroad expenses"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
TOWNS IN BATTLE
Virginia and Kentucky Fac
tiOns in Open Wrangle.
One Man KiIIed-OfficerS Are
Hemmed in by Fighters.

Williamson, w. Va, May IA
gun battle on the West Virginia
Kentucky border in the vicinity of
Merrimac and Spriggs adjacent min
ing towns, was reported to Sheriff
Pinson of Mingo county today. One
man is reported killed and reports to
the sheriff indicate that the battle
still is in progress.
A report reaching the sheriffs Of
flee shortly before, noon was to the
effect that Captain J. r. Brockus and
a squad of state police are hemmed
in by firing parties at Merrimack and
that their position is a dangerous one.
Telephone communication W h
Merrimac is interrupted. There is but
one telephone in the town-located in
mining company store. Repeated
efforts to get in touch with the town
have failed. At Sprigg firing between
opposite village factions is reported.
1t is indicated that the town also is
being fired on from the Kentucky
side.
At noon it was stated the firing had
assumed alarming proportions and the
state police force in the vicinity is
thought to be inadequate to cope with
the situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
NURSES ARE HERE CALL IT OPEN SHOP
Union Printers So Interpret
Statement by Employers.
Organizer on Way Here to
Take Hold of Strike.

The statement that employing print
ers in Topeka will reopen their shops
Monday on a forty-eight hour basis is
Typographical union as meaning that
the employers have declared for an
open shop system in Topeka. In re-
sponse to a telegram from the local
union, one of the organizers of the In
ternational Typographical union will
arrive in Topeka today or tonight TO
take charge of the situation.
Statement Is Issued.
The statement published after con-
ference of employing printers held late
Wednesday afternoon, is as follows:
The Topeka Typographical Union having
signed. with the approval of the Interna-
donal Typographical Union. 4S-hour per
week contracts with daily papers of Topeka
and allowing members of the local union
to work 4S hours without overtime now at
the State Printing plant. we, the book and
job printers of Topeka declare this method
fair, and we furthermore demand Of the
Typographical union that it accord to our
shops the same scale of basic hours and
working conditions that it has accorded to
others above mentioned.
Therefore, be it resolved that a strike OF
the printers having now been in effect nine
working days, that we hereby serve notice
respective plants on n 4S-hour basis on
Monday. May 10th, and invite our former
employees to report at once at our respec-
tive offices.
There is no chance that any of the
union men in Topeka will return to
work under the forty-eight hour plan
Monday. or that union men from other
towns will come here to work" an Of
ficia1 of the union said TODAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
TODAY IN CONGRESS-
In the Senate.

Debate to begin on naval appro-
priation bill.
Education committee continues
earrings on welfare bill.
Finance committee resumes con-
sideration of charges against David
Blair, nominated for internal revenue
commissioner.
interstate commerce committees to
continue railroad inquiry.
In the House.
Judiciary committee begins hearings
on supplemental prohibition enforce
ment legislation.
Bergdoll committee takes testimo ony
of Judge John w. Westcott of New
Jersey and James E. Romig of Phila-
delphia.
House and senate education com
mittees consider department of public
welfare bill.
Census committee considers bill re-
apportioning house membership.
Interstate commerce committee con-
tnues hearings on Kellogg cable bill.
Naval affairs committee considers
bill authorizing construction of air
plane carriers.
Bill to create Alaskan development
board before territories committee.
Patents committee considers reor-
ganization of the patent office
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JAIL IN MUTINY
Texas Penitentiary Made Scene
of Bloody cattle.
One Guard Reported To Be in
Dying Condition.
TWENTY CONVICTS IN ESCAPE
Rushed ArmOry, Seized Guns
and Shot Way to Freedom.
Guards and TRUSTEES at Railway
Gates Were OverpGWered.
TWENTY CONVICTS IN ESCAPE

Huntsville, Tex, May 12.--Six fleeing
convicts have been captured, one seri-
ously wounded and the remainder of
the twenty-five or more who escaped
from the state penitentiary here this
morning are surrounded by posses
four miles east of Huntsville.
1t was believed they will be cap
tured within a few hours as their am
munition is running low.
Well known -prisoners-aH of the
hard variety-are among the fugitives,
prison officials reported.
Huntsville, Tex. May 12-The
twenty-five or thirty convicts who
escaped from the state penitentiary
here shortly before IL o'clock today
were still at large with the exception
of one man at o'clock this afternoon.
One convict surrendered at the prison
two hours after the escape.
More than 200 citizens and officers
were searching for the escaped con-
victs. One group of fugitives encoun-
tered shortly after 1 o'clock by three
citizens. drove off the citizens after a
few shots.
The convicts are believed to be hid
ing in the woods between here and
Phelps Junction, a railroad junction
life termers or longtime men, it was
said at the prison.
Guards Shot Down.
A mutiny in the state penitentiary
at Huntsville, in which 25 to 80 white
convicts escaped after shooting several
guards, was reported by telephone to
local police shortly before noon today.
Sheriff T. A. Binford assembled
deputies to go to Huntsville. Many
of the convicts obtained guns, it was
said. They fled from Huntsville tow
ard Phelps, a railroad junction a few
miles distant from the prison.
One guard, Lee Anders, was re-
ported dying from wounds. T. H.
Arnold. another guard, received a
slight flesh wound.
The convicts obtained revolvers and
shotguns and ammunition from the
armory. A trusty was in charge of
the gate and either was overpowered
or permitted the convicts to enter the
armory.
Every available citizen in Huntsville
was reported armed and searching for
the escaped prisoners. The men were
reported to have fled to the railroad
junction in a body, instead of scatter
ing.
Staged Real Battle.
The men mutinied shortly before 1
o'clock. According to telephone re-
ports, about ten men got into the
armory, obtained guns and recruited
more convicts under heavy fire from
guards. So far as is known, no con-
victs were wounded. About fifty shots
were exchanged.
Escape was made thru the railway
gates, guards and trustees being over
powered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
POLE LOSS HEAVY
Five Hundred Are Killed and
Wounded in Battle.
Rebels in Desperate Attempt to
Take City of KOsel.

Berlin, May 12.-Polish insurgents
suffered heavy losses in an attempt to
take the Upper Silesian city of Kosel
from German irregulars and Italian
soldiers, according to dispatches here
today.
The Poles were said to have lost 500
in killed and wounded.
Fighting Was Severe.
The fighting at Kosel was severe.
Both 'armies" were equipped with
light artillery with which they did
much damage.
Differed by members of the Italian
detachment, the Germans cut great
holes in the insurgent ranks with ac-
curate artillery fire. The Poles were
less successful.
Poles Want Armistice.
Dispatches here said Polish officials
are anxious for an armistice which
would leave the insurgents in posses
sion OF the territory they have seized.
German mine owners, returning
from a trip into Upper Silesia, de-
clared the Poles have secreted ex-
plosives in the mines, threatening to
blow them up If the insurgents are
compelled to retire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
Women of Wilma Combine
Against League of Nations
Commission Ruled They Could Not Take Part Plebscite
To Determine if City Belongs Lithuania Poland
They Bombarded French Chief With Eggs.

Wilma, May 1.-THE Polish women
of Wilma have taken up cudgels against
the League of Nations They shoulder
ed arms last summer and fought Boil
shevik soldiers in defense of the city
and they assert they will fight again
if the league should attempt to send
an international army to police the
disputed territory in event of plebi-
scite.
Wilma, at present. is occupied by
Gen. Lucian Zeligowski and some
10000 Polish soldiers, while repre-
sentatives of Poland and Lithuania,
with the League of Nations as media
tor, have been comforting with the
district, which is called Central Lith-
uania by General Zeligowsh and his
adherents.
Ruled Women Voters Out.
The leagues military commission of
control. which since last fall has been
endeavoring to settle the controversy
between Poland and Lithuania, until
recently made its headquarters in
Wilma. The control commission has
never been popular in Wilma. By a
recent decision which denied women
the right of franchise, should plebi-
scite be held. the commission came
into greater disfavor than ever, espe-
cially among the women.
The commission members contend
that the birth records of Central Lith-
uania are so incomplete that the vot-
ing of women would only complicate
matters.
1t was in consequence of this deci-
sion, and to manifest their disa p
proval, that a crowd of women at
tackled the commissions chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
|. W. W. PRISONERS GO FREE
Court Sets Aside Indictments ON
Which Convictions Were Obtained.

Which Convictions Were Obtained.
st. Paul, Mimi, May 12-The
United States circuit court of appeals
today set aside the first of the four
counts in the indictments on which
twenty-five members of the 1. W. w.
were convicted and sentenced to vary
ing terms in the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan.
Kansas City, May u. = Twenty of
the twenty-seven members of the I.
w. w, convicted in the federal district
court in Kansas City, Kan, in Decem-
Der, 1913, and sentenced to varying
terms in the Leavenworth prison, will
be freed as a result of the decision of
the United States court of appeals in
st. Paul today. the United States dis
trfct attorneys office announced.
The men were indicted for alleged
activities in the wheat fields of Kan
sas and the oil fields in Oklahoma in
the summer of 1917 when. according
to the charges brought by the govern
ment, an effort was made to interfere
with the governments prosecution of
the war by setting fire to wheat fields
and destroying oil wells
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12

Chicago, May 12.-"Were starving
for lack of work, and then they ask
US riddles
That was the comment of the loiter-
ers around West Madison street, Chi
cago's port of jobiess men, today on
Edison's questionable for applicants
for positions.
Since this suff about Edison is be-
ing printed. every boss l hit for a Job,
starts asking me to explain the nature
of the fourth dimension" said Jake
Barnes. who was found standing in
front of a free employment bureau.
Il ask you. what chance have the
boys got who haven't spent all of their
lives studying the dictionary and the
encyclopedia -
1t developed that many employers
have adopted Edison's system and are
compiling lists of questions of their
own to put to applicants. more or less
difficult, to test their mentality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12

Colonel Chardigny, and spattered his
French uniform with eggs, some OF
which were not exactly fresh. A few
days after this incident, the commits
sion removed it's headquarters from
Wilma to kovno, which is the seat of
government of the republic of Lith-
uania.
Eight of the women were arrested
by the local police authorities, but no
date has been set for the trial.
Petition Sent to League.
A petition signed by thousands of
Wilma women has been sent to the
League of Nations asking for the re-
moval of Colonel Chardigny as head
of the military commission of control
The Lithuanians contend for the
Wilma district on the grounds that
Wilma was the capital of the ancient
state of Lithuania. They claim it also
under terms of a treaty of peace with
the soviets signed in Moscow last sum-
mer.
The Wilma Poles contend that the
majority of the population of the Wilma
district is Polish, and that as less than
per cent of the population of about
100000 are Lithuanians, the state of
Lithuania has no just claim to the
land under dispute.
Vilna's streets are daily filled with
Zeligowski soldiers, all of whom wear
the Polish uniform. Many of the Off
GERS have adopted the Zeligowski
Central Lithuania insignia which is
worn on the collar together with the
Polish white eagle. The Polish colors
are to be seen everywhere in the busi-
ness section of Wilma on holidays, and
there are pictures of Joseph Pilsudski,
POland'S chief of state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
Two Hundred Expected at the
Triple Conference in Topeka.
Board of Directors in Session
This Afternoon.

Nurses who are delegates to the
tenth annual meeting of the Kansas
State Nurses association, the eighth
annual meeting of the Kansas Organ
ization for Public Health Nursing, and
the second annual meeting of the
private duty nurses section, began
registering today at the National hotel.
for the three-d day convention which
will open officially at the city auditor
ium tonight. Two hundred nurses are
expected to attend the triple meeting,
Board of Directors to Meet.
The board of directors of the Kan
sas State Nurses association will hold
a meeting at the National hotel at
2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Mem
bers of the board of directors are:
Mrs. A. r. O'Keefe, Wichita; Sister
Mary Helen, Salina, Kan; Miss Ethel
L. Hastings, Kansas City, Kan; Miss
Grace Scott, Rosedale, Kan; Miss
Mary Alice Collins, Winfield, Kan.
and Sister Catherine Voth, Newton
Kan.
The advisory council of the state
association will hold a meeting at 80
hotel.
Governor Allen to Speak.
Governor Allen will give an address
of welcome to the nurses at the audi
torium tonight. Preceding the COVER
nor's address Dean Henry V. Stearns
will give a pipe organ recital and in
vocation will be given. by BishoI
James Wise. Miss Ethel Hastings viii
give the response to the address OF
welcome The principal addresses o1
the evening will be given by Miss
Sarah E. Parson of Boston, Mass, DR.
w. E. McVey of Topeka, and DR.. F
L. Loveland of Topeka.
Other meetings during the three
day convention will be held at Repre-
sentative hall at the state house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
TO BLOCK TREATY
Chinese Seek to Block Anglo
Jap Pact Renewal.
Wants Support of Public Opin-
ion Here in United States.

New York, May 12.-China is seek
ing the support of public opinion in
the United States and the British do
minions to prevent the renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese treaty, Bertram Lenox
simpson, adviser to the president of
China and statistician to the Chinese
government, declared in a statement
made public here today.
Mr.. Simpson, who recently arrived
from Canada, where he discussed the
treaty question with Premier Meighen
and other Canadian officials, said he
had been commissioned by the Chi
nese government as its official spokes-
man in regard to the treaty. He was
instructed, he added, to use his dis
cretion in seeking to create public sem
timent against the treaty's renewal on
the gro7'nd that it tended to give
moral support to Japan for further
encroachments on China.
China has been confidentially in
formed, Mr.. Simpson declared, that
the phrase regional understanding"
in article 81 of the covenant of the
League of Nations was selected by
the purpose of later contending that
the AngIo-Japanese treaty was such a
regional understanding" with respect
to China. If this article remains in
the covenant, it means that "the un-
destanding" of Japan and England
becomes the acknowledged law of the
Orient.
Mr.. Simpson declared that China
has sent a special delegate to Paris
and Geneva to protest against the in
clusion of such a clause in the re-
vised covenant.
Mr. Simpson said he was not max
ing an appeal to the people at large
for the Chinese policy. His fnstruc-
tions were to present China's case to
officials of the British colonies. he
added. and to Secretary Hguhes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
new WARDEN KANSAS MAN
Head of Federal Prison Is Graduate
of Kansas University.

Oklahoma City, May III. E.
Dyche, announced today by Attorney
General Daugherty at Washington as
the new warden of the federal prison
at Atlanta, Ga, effective June 80. is
a product of Missouri and Kansas,
altho he has been active in Oklahoma
since 1901.
Mr.. Dyche was born in Missouri in
1855 and was graduated from the
University of Kansas in 1892. For
seven years he was city superintend-
ent of schools at Horton, Kansas,
coming to Lawton in 1901 when the
Comanche country was opened
Under Frank FrantZ, Mr. Dyche
served as the last territorial auditor
and superintendent of the old Indian
territory. In 1919-19z0 he managed
the campaign of the late Jake l. Ha-
mon for Republican national COM
mitteeman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY.
Kansas Celebrates 101st Anniversary
of Florence Nightingale.

In accordance with proclamation
issued by Governor Allen. today. the
1O1st anniversary of Florence Night
ingaIe is being observed in Kansas as
National Hospital Day. Many hos
pitfalls of the state held open house
for inspection by the public.
Hospitals in Topeka today are hold
ing open house on National Hospital
Day" and inviting visitors to inspect
their every department.
The 101st anniversary of the birth
of Florence Nightingale is to be cele-
brated tonight at the opening session
of the Kansas State Nursing aSsocia-
ton convention in the city auditorium.
cago-General George Bell. commander
Of the Thirty-yhird division in France. stop
ped at hotel here. Two OF his former or
derlies were clerks behind the desk. Re
QUESTION me sleeping quarters and have
my equipment sent up" he commanded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
TO ELECT C. OF C. OFFICERS
First Meeting of New Board of Direc-
tors VIII Be Held Friday.

The officers for the coming year in
the Chamber of Commerce are to be
elected at the first meeting of the new
board of directors Friday at noon.
The first task confronting the new
directorate is the choosing of the Of
ficers, and the meeting has been called
strictly for that purpose.
Friday evening the first of the
forum meetings will be held. Forum
meetings will be held each two weeks
in the future. City Planning" is to
be the main topic of discussion.
Students from the advanced classes
in political science at Washburn have
been invited to attend the forum
meeting Friday night. and to present
their views on the needs of Topeka.
Music is to be furnished by the
WaShhurn Cleo club
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Nc rain IS over. and eastern kan

The rain is over. and eastern Kan
sas has started to dry out again.
Only one rain was reported in the
state Wednesday night, Alliance hav-
ing .04 inch. The Kaw river has con-
tinued to fall since Wednesday and is
down to almost the normal stage at
Wamego. The reading at Topeka was
9.01 feet at : o'clock this afternoon.
The temperatures in Topeka are
slated to be the highest today that
they have been in the past two weeks.
The thermome eter will register so de-
grees here this afternoon. A north
wind will drop the temperature to SO
degrees tonight. Friday the ther-
mometer will again mark rs degrees.
There was no freezing weather re-
ported in the United States Wednes-
day night. Temperatures of SO de-
grees reported in Montana and Wash
ington were the lowest in the United
CONTINUED on Page TwoO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-12
BANDITS FEARED NO COP
Took $1,000 From Bank Messenger
Despite His Uniformed Guard.

Chicago, May ia uniformed po-
liceman assigned to escort a messenger
for the State Commercial and Savings
bank failed to daunt five bandits. They
held up the policeman and the mes
senger and escaped with approximate
ly $1,000, after first forcing the police
man to walk away a block, threaten
ing to shoot him if he turned around.
The bank messenger was rs years
old. When he and the policeman
reached a corner. they noticed five
men with ladders and buckets appar-
emily getting ready to wash windows.
AS the messenger approached one
of the window washers" suddenly hit
him with file and another knocked
the policeman down with a bucket
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Shin Pork to England.

Six carloads of pork left Topeka to-
day for Liverpool, England from the
Charles Wolff company's plant. The
pork will shipped via Montreal, where
it will be loaded on a White star
steamer. Each car carries an aver
age of 166 carcasses of hogs.