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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE

Me and Pubs SimkinS was wawking
to skool, wawking exter slow on &C
count of it being sutch a CRATE dagENve
Tdident feel like wawl1ing there at all,
me saying, C, this is a peetch of a day
all rite. feel that breeze, would you,
lissen to those herds, would you.
Who ever invented skool on day
like this? sed Pubs.
And we kepp on wawking and wish
ing We was wawking some place elts,
and after a vile Pubs sed, Hay, I tell
you lets wat, and I sed, Wat? and he
sed, Lets toss up a cent weather to
cut skool this aftirnoon Or not, If it
comes heds well go and if it comes
tales we wont.
G, all rite, it wont be our fault If
it comes tales, it will jest be a axsi
dent. sed, and Pubs sed, Sure,S we
was willing to go if 1t came beds,
wasent we?
And he took a cent out of his pants
pockit and tossed it up saying, Heds
we go tales we don't, and it came down
heds, me saying, Aw heck, that's a
derty trick, we'll I tell you lets wat,
lets make it the best out of s.
All rite. that's a good ideer, sed
Pubs. And he tossed it up agen and
wat did it come down but beds agen,
Pubs saying, Well, Wen try it jest
once more, Wen give it a chance.
And he tossed it up agen and it
came down heds agen as if that was
all it knew, me saying, Aw good mite,
toss it up jest once more to make it
even number. this will be the last.
WITCH it was, on account of coming
down tales. and me and Pubs quick
started to wawk out to the park, me
saying, Well, it was pure luck, it aint
our fault, and Pubs saying, The cent
did it all rite, nobody cant say it was
ent jest luck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
COLOMBIAN MINISTER is HERE.
DR.. Herrera Worried on His Trip by a
Persistent Sneak Thief

New York. April 27.-Dr. Enrique
Olaya Herrera, newly appointed min
lister to Washington from the Colom-
bian republic, arrived today on the
steamer Sixaola after a trip up the
coast in which a sneak thief kept him
and other passengers on the ship in
constant worry.
The new minister was met at Quar-
antine by a. delegation headed by
Senior Ospin, newly elected president
of the Republic and Consul General
DR.. Jose Marango. DR.. Herrera, who
is a publisher as well as a diplomat,
is the first minister from Colombia
since the new United States treaty
was ratified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
X. U. CLASSES WARRED?
''VandaIs AH", Says Chancellor. Dis
cussing Law-Engineer Fight.

Lawrence, Kansas, April a.
Armed with eggs, stink" bombs, brick
bats and other weapons, 400 engineer
ing students at the University of Kan
sas today launched an offensive on law
students in the law school hero.
As a result of the melee, more than
a score of the combatants were nurs-
ing broken heads and bruised bodies
this afternoon Windows were broken
and all sides of the building were
literally plastered with eggs. Glasses
in both schools were dismissed for
the day.
Glass jealousy among the two fac
tons prompted the near riot, uniVer-
sity authorities stated. Chancellor
Lindley declared students of both
schools. were guilty of vandalism, and
that all would be punished.
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..PITTsBURGH PLUsv AGAIN.

War on the Pittsburgh Plus sys-
tenn is being waged by the Chicago
Tribune. which declares that the
pittsburgh Plus" exaction has exer.
cised a strangle hold upon industry il
the west and south for the past
twenty years. It has also, says the
Tribune. thwarted industry in all 9TH
er sections OF the country except that
relatively small portion almost imme-
diately contiguous to Pittsburgh.
The Iron Trade Review comes to
the defense of the practice in the fol-
lowing:
That Pittsburgh plus-the custom
OF quoting finished steel on a Pitts
burgh basis with freight to destination
added-is a natural method dictated
simply by the basic laws of competi-
ton. is indicated by current develop
ments in the market. For some
months. due to slack demand for steel
and lack of tonnage on books of Chi
cago mills, steel has been sold at prac-
1cally the same price Z. o. b Chica go
mills as at Pittsburgh, a situation die
tated wholly by competitive condi-
tions. Recent heavy buying and other
factors have given Chicago mills full
books for some distance into the fu-
ture and rendered it less essential that
Present quotations yield little or no
profit to mills under high costs now
prevailing.
As a result. announcement has been
made of higher quotations on steel,
plates being quoted at 1.S0c, Chicago,
The Pittsburgh quotation on plates is
1-bOc, Pittsburgh. Freight to Chicago
is SS cents per hundred pounds. which
makes the delivered price of Pitts
burgh-made plates 1.SSc, Chicago
OnlW & cents nnr hundred mound G
above the present Chicago price.
Thus, while the quotation is on a Chi
cago basis, plates are being sold just
below the Pittsburgh plus level.
Just how this situation could be
controlled by governmental authority
Is difficult to see, especially as an
artificial restriction on price at a time
when no profits are being made would
be confiscation of mill property. in eff
rect Unless pittsburgh plus" is an
arbitrary and artificial plan rather
than = natural outgroWth of the pro-
ductive capacity and consuming de-
mand In the two centers, it is diff
cult to imag CINE how a method of con-
troll can be worked out to prevent the
western mill quoting and obtaining
price Rs high as the figure at which
an outside producer can lay material
down
1t must be APPARENT that in adding
to its prices the freight from Pitts
burgh to Chicago. the Chicago man
ufacturer is obtaining something for
nothing. . The Tribune seems to be
actuated by laUdable desire to put
an end to this if a way can be found.
As the Review well says: Just how
this situation could be controlled by
government authority is difficult TO
see" But probably the professional
friends of the people in congress will
be willing to try it if a sufficient num-
Der Of votes is in sight
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Quesfions-AnsDers

Q. What is the national hymn Of Can
ada? G. ]. 7.
\. 'The Maple Leaf Forever" words and
music by Alexander Muir, is the national
hymn of CANADA.
Q. What was the Nashville Convention =?
X. r.
a. The Nashville Convention was a con-
vention of delegates from southern states.
held June 10, 1850. at Nashville, Tenn, to
consider the slavery question and the ne
croachments of northern abolitionists.
Q. What was Nat Turner's Rebellion :?
n. A. r.
A. A negro instruction at Southamp-
ton. Va, in 1881, was known as Nat Tur-
ner's RebelliOn, taking the name of its
leader. a slave. who claimed TO have been
chosen by God to free the colored race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
RIVALS ON SAME PLATFORM.
Morgan and Martin VIII Express
Views at n Legion Meeting.

Strong City, Kan, April 27.-TwO
leading rival candidates for governor
of Kansas will speak from the same
platform in Strong City. July 4. The
Russell Blackburn Post of the Ameri-
can Legion at that place, sent special
invitations to W. Y. Morgan. pub
Usher of the Hutchinson News. and
former lieutenant-governOr and to
Henderson Martin, former vice-gov-
ernor of the Philippine Islands, to
speak for the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties on the afternoon pro-
gram.
invitation and will speak on their own
subjects. Morgan is a native Of Chase
county. and Martin lived for many
years in the adjoining county of Mar
ion. Much state interest is being
manifested in this bipartisan meeting
of the two candidates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
JUST FOLKS
ny EDGAR A. GUEST.


TEMPTATION.
The tempter came and whispered low:
Take this. The world will never know
And if it does, the law is such
Your person it cannot ever touch.
You can be rich and buy all things,
Have every joy which money brings,
And live at ease" The youth said. No.
l viii not buy my fortune So
The rempter smiled. u offer You
That which You neTghbor there Will do
II you decline. From day to day
His coach will pass along the way
And you shall see him living high
With luxuries you cannot buy.
Safely he shall enjoy my lad.
The fortune which you could have had.
IF you can stand each day TO see
Your neighbor dwell in luxury
While YOU in poverty remain,
/ will not trouble you again.
But here is fortune ut your door.
Steal now, and need to steal no more"
He answered: Better years Of grief
Than have to know myself a thief"
What IL the written law must fail
To lock the other man in jail.
He knows the way his fortune came
And all his joy is touched with shame.
Strangers may think he earned his pelf,
But he cannot deceive himself.
The courts may set a rascal free,
But in his heart a thief is be.
Copyright, 1922 by Edgar A. Guest1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
MANY WOULD NAME TEAM
Lively Scramble Is on for Baseball
Season Ticket.

Lively Scramble Is on for Baseball
Season Ticket.
The Topeka ball club will have a
name.
The announcement made in The
State journal Wednesday evening that
Manager Cooley was offering a season
ticket good for all games played here
this year to the person offering the
best name for the team. had resulted
in nearly thirty suggestions reaching
the sport desk up to o'clock this
afternoon,
The name Senators appears to be
the most popular suggestion so far but
the list runs from something digni-
fled down to "Cooties" and one person
even suggests that the team be known
as the Pups" At Ieast half OF the
suggestions have been made by women
and the feminine idea is shown in the
suggestion that tho "F'roiics'' or
DAISIES would be n proper label for
the team.
Suggestions will be received up until
noon Monday when the Topeka sport
writers will get together and announce
the decision. Suggestions may be sent
to the sporting editors of either To-
peka paper. In the event that the
name decided upon is submitted by
more than one persons the one who
suggested the name first will be given
the season ticket. The sport writer's
will note on each proposal the exact
time it was received There is no
limit to the number OF suggestions one
person may make. The bars are down
and the more the merrier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
WHICH ONE HAD RED HARP
Human Skeleton Uncarthcd in Minnie
snfn Mnv BE One of Trpn Men

DToorehea6. Mimi, April 27.-Work-
men excavating a dwelling here late
yesterday unearthed a human skele-
ton complete except for the hands and
feet and believed to be that of a no
torious gambler who was killed in a
gun fight near the spot fifty years
ago following a card game.
The skeleton is thought to be that
of either Shumway or Shang, notort-
Gus gunner. who were killed here in
the early days. Authorities are in
vestigating the finding and they are
attempting to identify the body A
small cluster of red hair, still clinging
to the skull, is the only means by
which Identification might be made,
it was said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27

General Pershing's unsupported
assertion that the United States could
have prevented the European war
probably will be accepted with reser-
vations by his fellow citizens. The
truth is that Germany had been
primed for an explosion for years and
it was certain to come sooner or later.
However. nobody suspected that 1t
was near at hand until the fuse had
already been ignited. Germany's de-
termination to start a fight was evil
denced by the fact that she seized
upon so slender a pretext to do, so.
II We had possessed an army of
100000 men and had warned her to
keep the peace she would have paid
no attention to US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27


The annual canvass for member
ships and subscriptions which,is being
promoted by the Central Y. NJ. c. A.
this week is being heartily supported
by the citizens of Topeka. as it de-
serves to be.
The annual gross budget of the Y.
NJ c. A is about $4,000 and of this
amount rs per cent is obtained from
membership fees. dues. and the cafe
terra. This leaves $4,000 to be raised
among the public spirited citizens of
Topeka.
This year the association is under
taking two important projects.
Twelve hundred dollars of the budget
to be obtained in the campaign goes
to help the work of the Y. NJ. c. A
among the negro boys and young men.
One thousand dollars of the amount
asked for in the canvass is to be used
in the Improvement of a permanent
camp for the boys of Topeka. This
makes the total Of the amount asked
in the campaign, ten thousand dol
lars.
Should the Y. NJ. c. A. confine its
work to running a dormitory and a
cafeteria and conducting gymnasium
classes, it is pointed out, it would be
But the work among
the boys would necessarily be neg
1ected. Juvenile laws and institutions
of correction may be necessary but
the Y. NJ. c. a. is striving to help the
boys build character that Will keep
them from going wrong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
NEARLY READY FOR EDITORS.
Lawrence Plans Golf Play as Big
Feature of Entertainment.

Lawrence, Kan, April 27.-Ar-
engagements are being completed to
entertain the visitingG1elegates of the
Kansas Editorial association, which
will be at the University of Kansas.
May and 6. Two hundred and fifty
editors and several of the wives are
expected to attend and will be accom-
modated in the fraternity. sorority
and other organization houses.
The semi-annual golf tournament
for the editorial championship of the
state will be held at the local Country
club during the convention. it was
announced by Alfred G. Hill, secretary
of the K. U. Alumni association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
SUIT AGAINST CARNIVAL co.
C. w. Parker Asks $4,000 Damages
From Mighty Doris Shows.

The management of the Mighty
Doris Shows" the carnival company
now showing in Topeka in connection
with the Pageant of Progress. was
made defendant in a $4,000 damage
suit filed in the federal court here to-
day by c. w. Parker, of Leavenw orth
Kan, manufacturer of amusement
devices.
Parker charges that the Doris shows
are infringing on his patent on certain
improvements for the ''merry-go-
round" or carousal If the court ac-
cedes to Parker's request for a tenn
porary injunction the carousaI now in
operation here may be closed.
Parker recites that he has spent
many thousands of dollars in perfect
ing and advertising certain improve
ments for the carousal and that the
Doris shows are infringing upon his
patents by using the improvements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27

A special dispatch from Washing
ton 10 a Detroit newspaper says:
Henry Ford has never seen the book
entitled The Truth About Henry
Ford nor did he authorize its publ
cation. consequently he feels no re
sponsibility for its circulation or state
ments it may contain" The book was
written by Sarah Bushnell. and con-
tanned the direct statement that Mr.
Ford had refunded all his war profits
TO the government, amounting to
S29.oOo,000. The author stated in her
preface to the book that she wished
TO acknowledge gratitude to Mrs.
Henry Ford from whom she had re-
ceived most of her data. She per
sonaliy helped me to secure accurate
and authentic information" saws the
preface Mr.. Ford. it may be noted.
does not deny the making OF the re-
fund; he simply says that he did not
authorize the statement. The records
OF the treasury department after be-
ing thoroly searched, it Is reported,
fat to show that any such refund was
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STRIKE VOTE IN KATY SHOPS.
Want To Find Out Attitude OF
EARNING OUT of Piece-Work.

: Sedalia. Mo, April 27.-Leaders OF
shop crafts on the Missouri, Kansas
e. Texas railway today announced Il
strike vote was being taken over that
system to ascertain the attitude of the
shop men on operation of shops by a
contracting firm, and against the
piece-work system and nine-hour day
recently effective at the Sedalia shops.
The shops here are now operate ed
by A. S. Hecker & Company, contract
ors of Cleveland, o. The count of the
strike vote will be next Monday at
Parsons. Last night members of the
local crafts, whose members were for
voted unanimously in favor of a strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
CHARLES W. MORSE INDICTED

New York, April 27.-Charles W.
Morse. New York financier. his three
sons and seventeen other defendants
today were indicted by the federal
grand jury on a-charge OF using the
mails to defraud in the sale of stocks
in steamship companies.
In addition to Mr.. Morse and his
sons-Edwin A., Benjamin W. and
Harry F.-There were indicted prom
inent stock brokers, lawyers. shipping
and publicity men, including Martin
T. GilIen, formerly a high official Of
the United States shipping board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27

The Russian delegates to the Genoa
conference are out for cash on the
plea that they need it for the recon-
big loan they will agree to almost
anything. If they should obtain any
money as the result of the conference
probably it would disappear in the
pockets of the soviet leaders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
MANY AT SANTA FE DINNER
Members of Club Heard President
storey in Heart TO Heart Talk


storey in Heart TO Heart Talk.
A heart 70 heart talk on the rail-
road problems of the day, especially
those having a direct bearing upon
the future of the Santa Fe. was dellV-
cred by President w. b. Storey before
the second annual meeting or the
Santa Fe Dinner club at Pelletier
tea room Wednesday night.
Mr.. Storey discussed the financial
conditions of the railroads of the
country at considerable length. gave
an exclamation of some of the legisla-
tion and other influences which have
entered into the establishment OF rail-
road valuations. earnings and rates
during the past few years, touched
upon the labor question, and told how
some of the difficulties are being met
by the Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe Dinner club is COM
posed of executives and employees
holding supervisory positions ana 70
persons. including a number from OUT
of town, attended the meeting and
banquet last night. An elaborate
menu featured by roast guinea and
surrounded by numerous trimmings,
was a popular feature
A G. JobeS, of Kansas City, a mem
Der of the board of directors; and
Fred Harvey. president of the Harvey
House system, greeted the president
after invocation had been offered by
the Reverend Bernard Kelly. Howell
Jones, also a director, gave an inter-
esting prologue of the Santa FEES ac-
compilshments and growth under the
administrations of its five presidents.
c. K Holiday, G. c. Nickerson, w B.
Strong. E. p. Ripley and Mr.. Storey
w. B. Collinson. president of the
club and the Santa FEES most versa
tile POSTMASTER. displayed unusual wit
and cleverness in the presentation and
conduct of the program last evening.
and musical numbers were furnished
NV he nd T11n hfsT
and the Washburn Glee club. The
latter sang a California song in honor
of President Storey, who is a CaIifor-
MAN, and the dining room was dec
GRATED with California potted plants,
kumquat branches and small oranges
The ceremonies closed with the
singing of America" led by R L.
Stevenson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
EIGHT WOMEN ARE ARRESTED
They melted Riot in Mine Trouble
Near Uniontown, Charge.

Uniontown, Pa, April 27.-Eight
women were arrested and number
of state policemen and deputy sheriffs
were hurt in a riot at Tower Fill mine
number 2, of the Tower Hill Coke and
Coal company, nine miles southwest of
here in the Fayette coke region today.
The women were brought to Jail here
and will be given a hearing tomorrow.
The mine was closed by the coal strike
several weeks ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
ssTH TO FORT DIES MONIES, IA.
July 10 TO August 20 Is Time Set for
Encamnmenf of ReserNc.

Omaha, April 27.-The encamp-
ment of the Eighty-ninth division of
reserve officers and enlisted men will
be held at Fort Des Moines, near Des
Moines. Ia, July Is to August 20, it
is announced in a bulletin issued by
Maj. F. T. But, Of army headquarters,
here today.
Plans are being made for 1000 re-
serve officers and 1000 enlisted men
today TO attend. They will be re-
cruited from Nebraska, South Dakota
and Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27

made. Probably the explanation of
the circumstances lies in the fact that
Mr.. Ford might have made $29. p
600 but did not do so. Failure to take
advantage OF his opportunity may
have been regarded by the author as
equivalent to handing it back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
MANY DOGS ATTEND X. Z.
'Pf'' Is Joined by Newcomer at Class
rooms of Jayhawkers.

Lawrence. Kan, April 27.-The ca
nine enrolment at the University of
Kansas is increasing. "Pi," the first
and foremost of his family. who has
frequented X. L. classrooms for a
number of years, recently has been
joined by a newcomer, an Airedale.
The new student" is reported to be
usurping some of the attention which
formerly has gone to his elder
brother
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27

A local society reporter in describ-
ing a wedding notes that a feature
was the singing OF "A Song OF Thanks
giving" Whether this was done at
the suggestion of the bride. the bride
groom or both docs not appear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
ARRESTS IN BIG MAIL THEFT.
Three Held and $75, 900 in Securities
Recovered, of So, SOC, 900 Lost.

New York, April 27.-Louis and
Jack Wolfe and Jacob B. Price were
arrested by postoffice inspectors today
in connection with the s2,500,000 mail
truck robbery perpetrated in lower
Broadway on October "a, 1921.
Stolen securities valued at 5000
recovered
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Memorial for Confederate Veterans.

Atlanta, Ga, April 27.-Tributes to
the memories of the men who fought
in the southern armies in the Civil
war. were paid in the observance yes
terday of confederate memorial day
in four states in the south, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27

Fall River, Kan, April 27--Mrs-
Mary Washburn, IS. died this morn
ing at the home of her daughter. Mrs.
o. w. Romig. Mrs. Washburn was
born in New Hampshire. A good part
of her life was spent in Wisconsin. but
since the death of her husband TWEEN
ty years ago she has been living with
her daughter. Mrs. Romig-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
MUSIC CONTEST Is STARTED.
High Schools From Three States Arc
Represented at Pittsburg.

Pittsburg. Kan. April 27.-High
school musicians of three states came
to Pittsburg today for the interstate
contest which begins this afternoon as
a feature of the spring festival at the
state manual training normal.
Fifty-one entries have been made
in the solo contests which are sched-
uled to begin at / o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27
Vote on Proposed Wage Cut.

Cleveland, April 27.-Union motor
men and conductors Of the Cleveland
Railway company night shift are vot-
ing this morning on the company's
proposal to cut wages cents an hour.
effective May !. The day crews voted
unanimously last night to reject the
proposal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-27

A campaign having for its object
prohibition of the manufacture and
sale of pistols has been inaugurated
by the Chicago Tribune. The news
PAPERS contention is that the pistol is
Intended for man killing and for no
ether purpose. The position seems to
be well taken.