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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22
Prayer Composed by Washington
Entitled 'For Our Country"

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22
Fifteen BbIs. of Flour Donated
by Washburn Highs.
Total Contributions to Near
East Up to 955 Barrels.

The students of Washburn high
school today took the lead among the
$50 schools of the county, outside of
Topeka, when they donated fifteen
barrels of flour-enough to keep fif-
teen starving Armenian orphan chill
dren alive for a year-to the Mercy
Cargo which is to be raised in Topeka
within the next VITO weeks.
In addition to the contribution this
morning, the school appointed a COM
mittee with Mrs. Jesse r. Carpenter
as chairman, and Professor H. ]. Col
burn, Gertrude S. Wheeler, Ruth
Grandon, Inez A. Cornell, and Ruth
E. Butler as members, to continue
the work of collecting flour for the
relief of the starving in the Near East.
The total contributions reported up
to today, amount to 955 barrels of
flour from Topeka sources.
This rain is going to help the cam
paign. in the effect which it will have
on the prospects of the crops in the
state" W. A. Biby, state director, de-
clared today.
Amity Lodge. No 2S1, of the
Knights of Pythias and Columk&a
Council. No. SO, of the Security Bene-
fit association. are the first two fra
ternal orders of the city to offer con-
tributions. Biby expects other fra
ternal orders to take official action as
soon as their regular meetings are
held. and believes that he will have
reported generous contributions from
them.
The employees at the state hospital
responded with a 100 per cent con-
tribution to the call for help. Their
contribution of % barrels is the larg-
est contribution yet reported from any
single group of employees.
On Sunday. February 26, DR.. A. E.
Gregory, pastor of the Central Con-
gregational church. will make a public
appeal from the pulpit for, contribu-
tions to the fund, from members of
his congregation. The church has al
ready made one contribution as an
orga nization.
The list of contributions thus far is
f,ll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22
Mine Head Speaks of "COming
Miners Strike.''
RAIL HEADS JOIN The MINERS
"PrOtective Alliance Formed
by Leaders of Unions.
Illinois Operators Indicate
Willingness to Confer.

Columbus, o.. Feb. 22.-Operators
of the southern Ohio soft coal fields
today notified President John L. Lewis
of the L. NJ. w. A. that they must
decline to be represented at the Cleve-
land meeting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22
"ContrOls Responsible" But
What Broke Them"
Snapped Cable Blamed in Re-
port by Major Patrick.
IDENTIFY 81 OF THE 90 DEAD
Fire Started After Giant Dir
igIble Struck Wires.
Liberty Motors Not RespOn-
sible, Officers Say.

Newport News, Va, Feb. 22.-Louis
H.uard OF Co1dwater, Kan, a stat
sergeant on the airship Roma. was
identified here today as among those
burned 20 death following the wreck
ing Of the giant dirigible yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22
First Rain Since September,
From 1 to 21a Inches.
IN Topeka 2.O5 INCHES FELL
Streets Flooded With DOwnpour
Lasting All Day.
Cold Wave, Beginning Tonight,
VIII Hit the State.
WEATHER FORECAST.

Rain turning TO snow and cOld wave
tonight Temperatures 10 to 20 degrees.
Thursday unsettled and colder with
north wind shifting to northwest gale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22

New York, Feb. 22.-Abraham T.
Hardin. a vice president of the New
York Central. died yesterday He was
a native of South Carolina and en-
tered the railroad business as a
telegrapher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22
Nicola Refuses to Reform Cabinet.
(fy the Associated Press

Rome. Feb. 22.-Enrico de Nicola.
president of the Italian chamber of
deputies today declined the kings in
vitation TO form a new ca binet to sue
ceed the Boncmi ministry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22
MARY POPULAR IN COURT

Douglas Falrbanks's Wife Could
Hardly Crowd Past "Friends" TO
Hear Testimony Against Her in
$1Os,0OO Suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22
ToDAY's TEMPERATURES.


Protect all thirty-six hour ship
ments north and west against a tenn
perature Of 10 degrees. East and
south %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-22

Most of the old time Democrats
stood out for the unit rule. The plan
of voting has always been popular in
Democrat conventions and many of
the party leaders wanted a provision
for the policy in today's meeting.
(Cnntinued ON Pnoe TsRoI
Evening star., 1922-02-01
The tragic death Of Lewis Stray

The tragic death Of Lewis Strayer
Of the Pittsburgh Dispatch and
Chauncey Brainerd Of the Brooklyn
Eagle removes two figures from Wash.
ington's newspaper life whose loss will
be widely and deeply deplored. Per-
sonally unostentatious, as befitted men
whose chosen occupation it is to study
events not for purposes Of self-exploita-
ton but for public information, they
were nevertheless known, admired
and beloved by far greater circle OF
friends and readers than they them
selves probably realized. The warm
affection in which they were held by
all with whom duty or friendship
brought them into contact was a re-
ward even more to be valued than the
sincere recognition so freely accorded
their attainments in highly RESPONSE
BILE field Of journalistic service.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
The Kenyon Appointment.

Everything connected with the Ken
yon appointment commends it.
The President, with an important
place to fill, and desirous of filling it
with a man well suited to its duties.
turned to one whom he knew and
about whose qualifications there could
be no question. The felicity Of his
choice was confessed in the Senate's
highly complimentary action in ratify.
ing the appointment Immediately.
The appointee. serving the country
with distinction in one office. had op-
portunity to begin service in another
better to his personal taste. and em-
braced it. Senator Kenyon gives place
to Judge Kenyon; and, so far as the
country is concerned, a fair exchange
is no robbery.
The federal bench. always important,
was never more important than now.
The new times call for new laws, and
the new laws call for interpretations
by men abreast OF the times.
The new member OF the federal ju.
dietary is q forWard-looking man, in
the prime of life. in perfect health,
and should be good for score or more
years in office. His prediction to the
bench is supported by a thorough
equipment for duty there; and he takes
up the duty with the confidence and
good will Of the public. And the in
sight into public questions and gov
ernmental operations he has gained in
politics will be Of advantage to him in
the field to which he has been trans
ferred.
Evening star., 1922-02-01

local annals will recall the burning Of
the steamboat Wawasset on Friday.
August :, 1873. seventy.two pas
sengers were lost by fire or drowning
that is. seventy-two bodies were re-
covered. The loss Of life was probably
greater. Many OF the victims could
never be identified, and it was as
sumed that some bodies were never
found. This tragedy took place near
Chalterton Landing on the Virginia
side Of the Potomac about forty miles
below Washington and about ten miles
this side Of Matthias Point.
Some will recall the arsenal explo-
sion which took place on Friday, June
1S, 1864. The Evening Star, in it's ex-
ira. said:
At ten minutes TO IL o'clock today a
terrible catastrophe occurred at the
arsenal which has cast a gloom over
the whole community and rendered
sad many q heart that was buoyant
a few minutes previous. While one
hundred and eight girls were at work
t-:dges for small arms a quantity Of
fire works which had been placed on
the outside of the building became
1gnited. and piece of fuse flying into
one of the rooms In which were seated
the cartridges on fre and caused an
explosion.
In Congressional cemetery is q
monument built by the people OF
Washington to the victims Of the ex-
plosion. =
Some Of our people well versed in
local history remember reading Of the
gun explosion Of the frigate Princeton
February 20, 1874. President Tyler,
members of his cabinet and their fami-
lies and many other prominent per-
sons to the number Of 400 were invited
by Commodore Stockton to spend a
day on the frigate. A heavy gun was
fired several times for the entertain
ment Of the company. The Princeton
was lying off Broad creek seven miles
below Washington when the gun was
fired for the last time. The breech
from the trunnions back was blown off
and the barrel Of the gun split in two.
Those killed were Abel p. Upshur,
Secretary Of State; Thomas w. Gilmer,
Secretary Of the Navy; Commodore
Kennen Of the Navy, Representatives
Sykes Of New Jersey and Maxey Of
Maryland and a Mr.. Gardiner, an ex-
representative from New York. Those
wounded were William Wilkins, Secre.
tary Of War; Miss Wickliffe, daughter
of the Postmaster General; Senator
Benton, Col. Dade. Judge Phelps.
Commodore Stockton and seventeen
seamen, some Of the latter mortally.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
Enfranohise Them.
rom the New Orleans item

From the New orleans Item.
Elsewhere on this page appears an
argument BY Theodore w. Eoyes of
Washington In favor Of constitu-
tional amendment to provide repre-
sentation in Congress and the etec-
toral college for the citizens OF the
District Of Columbia. Mr.. Noyes is
publisher Of The Washington Star
and speaks for practically all the
organizations of any Importance in
the District, as well as. its citizens
The people Of our National Capital
are tncontestably entitled to repre-
sentation in Congress. Half mil
lion are now dwelling in Washington.
1t ia not unreasonable to anticipate
that o million Americans will live
there within tho next thirty or forty
years. They are, of course, equal
in intelligence. wealth. character and
responsibility to the other citizens
Of the United States. They should
not bs disfranchised by an accident
We trust Louisiana's senators and
representatives will support the con-
stftutional amendment proposed in
behalf Of the citizens OF the District
Of Coiumbia. All of US have a pro-
prietary interest in washington, and
proper representation In Congress-
viii be but tardy Justice rendered
T. our fellow citizens Of the District.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
WEDNESDAY,,
Necessity Developed Real
Cooperation Among Dairymen

bind himself for at least year to
instruct the person to whom his milk
is delivered to send payment for the
milk to the headquarters of the as
sociatfon.
At the end OF the month. the dealer
vidual farmer renders to the league
a statement of the weight delivered
and sends a check for payment
The entire gross return, figured on
per cent fat basis, Is averaged,
and each farmer gets his pro rata
made.
Under the old. system, some dealers
have been negligent about paying up.
and at times bankruptcy has robbed
the farmer of the money due him
from the dealer. This is all taken
is lax, he is warned to pay promptly.
and If he fails to heed the warning.
the association establishes plant OF
its own to take care of the milk In
that territory.
Should a dealer go bankrupt, the
reserve fund Of the association pays
the farmer the amount due him.
***
The association now has in opera
tion approximately 100 plants. ten OF
them being condensaries. The total In
yestment represented is a little more
than s2,500.O0O.
In the main Office at Utica, N. T.,
Sc, 100000 a month passes through the
hands of the directors before going to
the farmers. The directors. by the
way, according to the rules OF the
association must all be owners of
actual producing dairies.
The league had total member
ship of nearly 10000, of whom $4,000
have taken the further step forward
of joining the cooperative associa-
ton. The balance, says Mr.. Manning,
on April /, must either join, or lose
the benefits they now derive ny nav
ing the association dispose of their
milk without aiding In the burden OF
the venture.
To further aid in the work. the state
farm bureaus, and the grange have
joined in forming the G. F. L. or the
grange-farm bureau-league fedora
ton for the cooperative buying Of
feed and seed.
**
This concern has built plant at
Buffalo at cost Of $1,000,000. re-
placing one which burned down just
after completion last fall. Here ra-
tfons for the dairies will be mixed
and seed handled at cost.
The association has spread so that
six states are represented in the
membership. the six being, New York,
Connecticut, Massachusetts; Vermont,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The prospects for the future seem
very bright to Mr.. Manning. and he
cites the example as proof that CO.
operative buying and selling among
farmers is a feasible plan and one
that will aid in reducing the ultimate
costs and yet give to the farmer q
guarantee against ruin through de-
preston and juggling of markets.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
Agreement on Shantunr.

Agreement on terms for the restora-
ton of Shantung to China is triumph
for neutrality-suspicious. as against cir
cultousness in diplomacy. 1t is
triumph also for patience and deter
mined endeavor beyond the point
where abandonment of the enterprise
might have seemed to be justified.
With the Shantung controversy out
of the. way. and with agreement
reached as to maintenance of the
status quo in Pacific Notifications, a
near and successful conclusion of the
arms and far eastern conference is in
sight. 1t is true that ratification Of the
agreements by the United States Sen.
ate remains to be achieved, but that
may not be as difficult as it seems.
There will be opposition in the Senate,
of course. but public sentiment ap-
parently is overwhelmingly back Of
the conference treaties. and public
sentiment is as potent an influence in
the Senate as it is elsewhere.
The conference is destined to close
without having accomplished all that
was hoped from it by those who were
more optimistic than they were in
formed. But already it has accom-
plished greabdeal more than was be-
lieved possible by those who had un-
derstanding Of the difficulties to be
overcome. An accomplishment bigger
even than the agreements it has ar
rived at is the influence it will have on
the future intercourse of nations
Never again will the public opinion Of
the world support the course of any
government which refuses to take its
grievances into conference and seek
every possible means of peaceful ad-
justment. And. the world having seen
the difficult and menacing problems Of
the Pacific yield to negotiations in the
Washington conference, it will not
readily believe that there can exist
between nations any differences which
would not yield to the same treatment.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
Help the Birds,

"Have a heart" for the birds. This
has been a "spelI of weather" which
has put them on short rations. or on
no rations at all. No charge can truly
be made against the birds that they
are shiftless or that they lack indus
try and enterprise. 1t is admitted that
they are early to bed and early to
rise" They have done the best DOS
sible under the circumstances, but cir
cumstances have been adverse. Each
morning sinct the snow they have had
no breakfast unless it were furnished
by their thoughtful and charitable
friends. They have had no lunch. They.
have had to pass up all thoughts of
afternoon tea. They have gone to roost,
or have retired to some very cheerless
nest, without bite of supper. Their
luck is hard. They have not been able
to get at the seeds of grass and weeds
because of the depth Of snow, and
such breadcrumbs and crusts as have
been passed out to them by their man
friends, woman friends and child
friends have been great help to
them. A soap box or any other kind
of box turned upside down and set
on top of the woodshed, fence post and
even on top of the snow in the back
yard will help. but it would be better
to set the box where crafty and vicious
cats will not intrude. Out in the sub
urbs and in those parts Of the city
where the houses have "lots,' crows,
jays, starlings, cardinals. chickadees
and bluebirds have attended the char
ity spreads. and the juncos and poor
sparrows have been numerous and ap-
preciative.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
Sir Ernest Shaekleton.

When the Norsemen coasted along
some hostile shore the natives called
out to them. whence are ye, and
whom call ye MASTER" The proud
Norsemen, their yellow hair flying,
called back: I'VE are from the round
world, and we call no man master"
OF such was the spirit Of Sir Ernest
Shackleton, intrepid antarctic explorer,
whose life was brought to an untimely
end early this month at South Georgia,
an island Of the unmapped antarctic,
at the comparatively early age Of
forty-eight years. shackleton was not
only a great explorer. a man Of steel
who gloried in hardship and privation,
but he was q great dreamer, a man
with . vision. When death caught
him In harbor 1t took him unaware,
and ended his dreams as well as his
life.
The average man, realizing vaguely
the travail Of far-north and far-south
travels, often wonders what it is that
calls men from the warm fireside, from
home and civilization. to endure such
hardships. Tho answer must be that
some men are>born with the love for
adventure, and they are held to their
self.appointed tasks by the ahility to
dream dreams.
Shaclleton was an admirable ex.
ample Of such q man, one endowed
above others with the spirit Of advsn-
turA - vsll ~ the qualities Of the
Evening star., 1922-02-01
Heroic Firemen.

Again the men Of the District fire
department have met the test. Wash
ington always has had supreme faith
in her firefighters. In the past they
have proved their efficiency and hero
ism many times.
But perhaps never have these quail
ties been more strikingly shown than
during the gigantic efforts put forth
by the score and more fire companies
which attended the Knickerbocker
Theater disaster.
First upon the scene, the firemen
lost no time in turning themselves
from firehghters into rescuers, men
Of mercy, using their training as fire.
men to fight disheartening mass Of
steel which was crushing the lives out
Of hundreds.
All that terrible night and all day
Sunday the firemen were there, hack
ing, saving, pulling out the wounded
and tenderly bearing away the dead.
Without their skilled help. their acute
understanding Of just what to do and
how to do it, the toll Of the catas-
trophe would be higher today.
During the same eventful night
many fires broke out over the city.
and other companies responded, con-
tending with well-nigh impossible
snow. But they got to their fires.
They put the fires out.
Chief Watson and all his men en-
gagged, all the men Of the department,
in fact, are to be congratulated. They
have the grateful thanks of the city.
and. best Of all, the satisfaction of
knowing that in the hour Of need they
were strong.
Evening star., 1922-02-01
Historic Tragedies.

The Knickerbocker Theater tragedy
is that of greatest magnitude ever suf-
fered by Washington. It Is great and
sad enough to bring to nearly all the
people Of this city deep and poignant
sadness. There have been other catas.
trophies in, or close to, Washington
that have profoundly moved our peo-
pie. These were not 50 costly in life
as was the horror of Saturday. but the
population and urban area Of Wash.
ington were nothing like 50 large and
the depression was perhaps as pro-
found as now.
Tho thoughts Of many Washing.
tonians win go back to the night OF
the Terra Gotta wreck and the day
Of the collapse Of the floors Of the
Ford's Theater building.
Older citizens or those wen read in
Evening star., 1922-02-01
FARMERS cooperative asso-
citation which really CO.
operates, in which the farm


n operates. in which the farm
ers turn the entire proceeds
from their products into a general
pool to be divided pro rata among
the members and in which the men,
bers share equally in the losses or
profits, was described by Albert J.
Manning. secretary of the Dairymen's
League Cooperative Association. Inc.
OF Utica. N. Y, who attended the
agricultural conference here last
week.
The cooperative association Is the
outgrowth of the original dairymen's
league formed back in 1916. when the
farmers supplying milk In the terri
finally arose into definite action in
their protest against the prices being
paid them by the dealers. The sys-
tenn up until that time, Mr.. Man
ming said. was oppressive to the
farmer. He said that the dealers
maximum price which they could OBJ
tain, retail. and then. after deducting
their. share, gave the farmer what
was left.
This led to the first great milk
strike in 1916. when the farmers
to sell at loss. An agreement was
reached and for some time thereafter
the price was set from the other point
Of view. The farmer, through the
league. estimated the price necessary
to yield a fair profit and the dealer
al ha ir,S
the necessary advance.
The big problem of the surplus milk.
however, was left unsettled. During
the war period it was not so press
ing, for the demand for condensed
milk was SO great that 1t could hardly
be filled and milk was worth even
more to the condensaries than 1t was
at fluid prices. With the sudden stag
nation in the market which became
evident in 1920, the manufacturers
were up against a hard proposition,
finding that the surplus that nor
mally developed through the summer
was not moving as it should, and a
few days before October l, 1920,
notice was served on the farmers that
milk companies desired no milk until
their stocks were reduced.
This put the problem larry pelore
the league and the pooling plan was
the outcome. 1t was plan so all
embracing, so visionary and, to some
people, so Impractical that its adop-
ton would have been doubtful ex-
cepting for the very grave emergency
that practically forced it into being.
The results. says Mr.. Manning. have
warranted the action taken by the di-
rectors of the league in putting the
plan into effect.
Briefly. the plan requires that each
of the signers of the contract shall
Evening star., 1922-02-01

A great exposition will be opened
at Rio de Janeiro on September Of
this year. in honor Of the Tooth ami
versary of Brazilian independence. A
commission appointed by the Presi-
dent will sail from New York shortly
to take up with Brazilian officials the
problems incident to American pa.-
ticlpation. Congress already has
voted an appropriation of a million
dollars to insure that this country
will be fifty represented
There are great possibilities for the
promotion of both friendly feeling
and commercial interests in such an
undertaking. The United States will
do well to take an active part in
making the exposition as a whole
successful and her own share note
worthy. There have been plenty of
attempts open and disguised to under
mine both the friendly and the busi-
ness hold of the United States in
South America. The exposition offers
an excellent opportunity to defeat
such schemes.-Asbury Park IN. J.)
Press independent).
Evening star., 1922-02-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Faces Forward!

Faces Forward!
We've got to keep iourneying on to-
ward the morrow,
Though storm gather darkly to
hinder the way.
We've got to push on through the deep
drifts of sorrow
And wait for the sunshine to bright
en- the day.
Life brings US no joy that remains all
securely,
Nor grief that can conquer a brave,
trusting heart.
Mid all Of our doubling. one thing we
know surely
We've got to keep onward, each do
ing his part.
Evening star., 1922-02-01

dreamer. He saw in his mihd sreat
stretches Of uncharted country. He
wanted to see them. He pushed on.
So he went on this last exploration,
his little vessel, the Quest, being COM
pletely equipped with wireless and a
seaplane. and other modern inventions
to lessen difficulties as much as pos
sible and make success more sure.
Then death overlook him. and sent
him on the great exploration. The
world is a better place, as well as a
larger one. because Of Ernest Shackle.
ton.
Evening star., 1922-02-01

Lord Bryce favored an endowed
newspaper, on lines, of course, apart
from considerations Of profit. There
have been a number Of more or less
endowed newspapers, although they
have not regarded It as necessary to
parade the fact.