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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
CONTRACT TO HUTCHINSON FIRM
Santa Fe Trail in Lyon County To Be
COMPLETED by December 1. 1923.

Emporia, Kan, Dec. 2O.-The new
Santa Fe trail concrete paving in Lyon
county will be completed by Decem-
Der 1, 1928. The trail is twenty-five
miles long in this county. A con-
tract was let late Tuesday afternoon
for the final eight miles of the trail
Stamey- -Mackey Construction Co, of
Hutchinson, submitted the low bid of
$233.025.19 for concrete without ex-
pansion joints. The engineers esti-
mate on the job was 1852, 1858.
Approximately fifty miles of other
hard surfaced roads in Lyon county
have been petitioned and allowed.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
SKATE ON SWIMMING POOL
Water Is Turned in-Skaters Wait for
Hard Freeze

Manhattan. Kan, Dec. 2O.-Eight
hundred thousand gallons of water
have been turned into the big munich
pal swimming pool, and ice skating
will begin as soon as the ice is strong
enough to be safe, according to Mayor
J. @. Barber.
Twenty-one hours We're required to
complete the filling of the pool. The
S0O.00O gallons of water amounted to
5000 tons, according to B. L. Ulrich,
superintendent of the city waIerworks.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the columns Of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
December 90. 1897.

December 20, 1897.
On the front of the recent report of the
state board of agriculture, THE Beef Steer
and His Sister" is a picture of a steer
standing On huge ear of corn OF the
latter Secretary Coburn especially
proud, because he regarded it perfect
sample of Kansas corn with all of the
irregular shaped grains depicted Today,
however, kansan who has spent much of
his life in a corn field, asked Coburn :
why is this corn shriveled? 1t is too
well developed to have come from field
damaged by the hot winds, and not solid
as a good ear ought to be-" Coburn said
he had seen many cuts of an ear of corn,
but none of them suited him, and he
determined to get a photograph. SO he took
an ear from the office He did not think
of it until the photograph was made, bat
the corn had been in the museum part of
the boards rooms ever since the Centennial
exposition at Philadelphia in 1876.
Colonel J. W. F. Hughes won a silver
cup and a silver cake basket at the Wich-
ita poultry show and L. V. Marks won two
prizes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wear went to Kansas
City today to hear Nordica this evening.
Miss Daisy Hayes has returned from
weeks visit in Chicago.
Miss HambIeton and Miss Mamie Ham
bleton will return Wednesday from Mime
apolis, Mimi, where they have been several
weeks.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Miss Daisy Hayes has returned from
weeks visit in Chicago.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-20

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wear went to Kans
City today to hear Nordica this evening.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28
Belated Justice for "Boy Desperadoes"

THREE small boys, seven, eight and
- eleven. now serving five-year prison
terms for alleged burglary of a post
office in West Virginia. SoOn will gain
their liberty and be returned TO their
parents through the interest and inter
vention of Mrs. Warren O.. Harding.
Investigation of their cases by the
Department of Justice, which followed
Mrs. Harding's intervention, disclosed
an unusual chain of circumstances
which led TO the Imprisonment Of these
youthful d~esperadoes." Officials said
they never should have been sentenced.
They already have served about six
months in the national reform school.
The lads are Andy Bergola, seven !;
Frank Boska, eight. n Teddy BOs-
ka, eleven. Their parents live at
WeirtOn, w. Va. They were tried in
the Federal court Of northern West
Virginia before Judge Baker and were
sentenced along with seven other old
er boys, ranging in years up TO fifteen.
each 10 five years at penal servitude.
The chief evidence against the
youngsters. it is shown now, was fur
nished by ~blOodhOunds. The dogs used
by the pOlices of Weirton took up a
scent at the point of the alleged rob
berry and tracked it through the woods
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28
Field Service for Many Army Officers

ice TO the other activities of the army
is 1872, with six additional staff Off
GERS to complete their fOur-year term
of service by early fall and return to
duty with troops.
The reduction in officer personnel in
Washington was made possible as a
result of a study ordered by Secretary
Weeks to determine the extent to
which wal activities had been closed
out sufficiently to permit additional
officers to be spared to stations where
their services could be used to better
advantage"
Every branch of the War department
was included in the reduction Of of
ticers personnel. From the general
staff, 81 officers were listed for imme-
date transfer. l. for transfer after
June 30 and 6 for release later in the
year on expiration of their four-year
term of duty.
The office of the assistant secretary
Of wal will lose 13 officers immediate
ly, due TO closing out OF war claims
the air service, 9 officers; judge advo-
cate generals Office, Is officers; quar-.
termaster generals office, % officers
the chief of ordnance, II officers. and
the adjutant general, II.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28
Sympathy Is, All u. S. Can Give Armenia

Q YMPATHY is all the United States
~ Fan give Armenia. The United
States sincerely hopes that the League
of Nations will be able 10 do some
thing TO relieve the political. economic
and financial condition Of Armenia. I'M
der the terms of the Icy agreement
which apparently has been reached
among the allied ministers TO turn the
country over TO the league for admins
tratiOn.
High administration officials admit
ted that this country is watching de-
velopments in connection with the fate
Of Armenia. with interest. II is known
that Secretary of State Hughes, him
self. has always had a very sympa-
thetic attitude toward Armenia.
The administration has not lost sight
Of the fact that the allies offered the
United States n mandate I'VE Armenia.
but the officials are bearing In mind
that any enterprise by this govern
ment would undoubtedly call for the
use of a considerable body Of troops in
the fight 10 evict the BolSheYists who
are now in control.
There is no lack of sympathy on the
part OF this administration il was as
serted hrt the fact remains that the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

NEARLY a dozen colonies, a score
~ of lieutenant colonies and more
than GO majors are included in a list
of 1914 army officers To be relieved from
duty in Washington before the end of
the present fiscal year and assigned TO
field service issued by the War depart
ment. The others are captains and
l~ieutenantS.
The list also carries the names Of
2S officers who will be detached from
their present duty in the Wal depart
ment as sOOn after the end Of the fis-
cal year as is possible TO permit them
TO attend the service school classes
opening in August and September. The
total number of officers to be thus
transferred from War department serv-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28
United States Is Now the Worlds Banker

enterprises paying dividends OF hun
dreds Of millions of. dollars. and the
volume Of American investment abroad
is increasing daily.
The balance of trade In favor OF the
United States represents a continuous
credit piled up in foreign countries 10
the order Of American manufacturers,
farmers and exporters. That item
alone represents a loan that totals
many millions AT any given time.
The billions more or less permanent
ly invested in foreign countries place
the United States in an advantageous
position TO increase it's export trade.
Foreign purchases flow TO the country
which loans its dollars to build and
operate factories. railroads and indus
tries generally.
American dollars are now building
meat packing plants in South America,
cement factories in China. knitting
mills and machinery TO operate in
Japan, municipal docks in France.
street car lines in Switzerland and
railroads throughout Europe.
Millions are invested each month in
the United States in bonds and other
securities offered for sale by foreign
governments and foreign municipali-
ties. Listed in the New York exchanges
are the bonds Of a dozen foreign cities
and governments.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

\XTASHINGTON-An official publ
w cation Of the federal reserve
board discloses how completely the
United States has taken the place Of
Great Britain as the worlds banker.
the leading investor i'm foreign enter
prises. In addition to the $11, 100000
600 war loans by the United States 10
the allies, private American capital
has advanced $4,000 00. 900 to foreign
borrowers since 1911. With trade
credits taken into account. it is esti-
mated that the world owes us between
S15,0O0,0 600. 600 and S1S,OO0.0 00. 1000.
Time was when the United States
was a debtor nation, with England and
other foreign nations heavy investors
in u enterprises. Now we are a
creditor nation and garnering profits
abroad.
More than $4,000, 100000 of Ameri-
a capital is now invested in foreign
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

TO a settlement of steel workers. There
police gathered up the ten boys and.
on what now is said to have been pure
ly circumstantial evidence, all were
found guilty.
The attorney generals investigation
showed the three youngsters. along
with the seven other alleged 'des-
peradoes," as they were called by the
district attorney, were put through
the third degree and that police Off
GERS at Wierton wrung confessions of
guilt from the boys. They later denied
their gnilt and so pleaded, but appar-
emily were victims of police prejudice,
in a locality where the steel workers
are under the lash of police authori-
ties.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

American people undoubtedly would
not stand for the necessary outlay OF
men and money which would be In
volved in any attempt TO assist the Ar
menians in their struggle for establish
ment as a free and independent nation
The nation takes no cogniZance OF
the boundary lines drawn by an Amer
lean commission at the instance Of for
mer President Woodrow Wilson, IL was
stated at the State department.
So far as this administration is con-
cerned there is no record OF the So
called MOrgenthau commission. named
by former President Wilson for the
purpose of laying out The boundaries
OF Armenia.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28
Force Of Habit.

lawyer who was defending a we'll
known b~ootlegger. could you look In
the mans eye and believe for one mo-
ment hat he would violate the law
of his country by selling contraband
liquor?"
Hold on n minute" whispered his
client, tugging at his coat tails.
whats the matterr'
Don't tell them to look ut me.
Seven of those jurors are regular rus
toners OF mine. One OF them might
forget where he is and tip me a wink"
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

\ German jury apparently was not
so far of when II declared a suicide
who never smoked, drank, bet or was
-extravagant 10 be of unSound mind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

A train recently arrived in Moscow
~ days late. which also helps TO Illus
trate the advantage of the soviet sys-
ten OF running a railway.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Russia's abolition Of money was in
terestIng while it lasted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

This country fought n war 10 get
It's liberty from England. but it still
mcekly takes its styles from the Au-
teuil racetrack. France.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Mel who sought TO get rich quickly
have decided that il is best to take
ones time. That is what the broker
cannot take when he Skips out.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Uncle SAM IS dissatisfied with tie
amount ~ income tax ne collected
this year. Uncle sam j. almost ~
bard a. : .sfv as are those b. per.
sol. ifie~.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Still. all the fashions. follies and
foibles of women have not so far
cooled the fervor or enthusiasm OF
the opposite sex for her.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

The old-fashioned widow who spoke
Of her late husband now has a daugh-
ter WHO speaks Of her latest husband.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Al present the radio set is more
considered than the social set, but
soon the onion sets will be claiming
the suburbanite's close attention.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

days who knows 10 whom his daughter
Is engaged.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

The trouble with buying a home to
suit the pOcketbook is that Ii seldom
would suit ones taste.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

The investor who withholds his bank
savings from get-rich-schemes knows
when he is well off.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

After a man has been bitten in a
bucket shop he can see h wickedneSS
of gambling. But learning hy expert
ence costs such a lot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Since one cannot have spring lamb
every day, the luxuriant mint crop
Is an annoyance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

If Mr.. Gandhi's idea was to get him
self into Jail, his success probably has
been more than he hoped for.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

But wouldn't the payment of the
German debt i'm dyes make u chemi-
cal industry feel pretty blue?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Look before YOU drink 1t may he
your laft ivuk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

When mes arteries begin To harden
the only pleasure left is that Of scold-
ing about ile way that the young peo-
pie dress.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Too many supporting the govern
ment expect IL TO support them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

The telephone operator has her
opinion of the guy who has invented
an instrument which enables anybody
10 overhear a wire conversation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

that an unbreakable monograph
record has been produced.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Some folks dance as though every
bone in their body had gone to their
head.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Reindeer for Michigan have arrived
from Europe. Looks like Christmas
shopping that is early enough.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

II "A girl knows hat she has a good
figure she isn't likely To care what
people say about her disposition.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Lightning stands >sixth among the
major causes of fires, fools being al
ways first.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Courage is the same the world over.
A British hero was carried TO his we'd
ding i'm an ambulance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Probably more propaganda Will be
sent broadcast by radio than will be
consumed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

a fine way TO teach a small boy TO
fight is 10 make him wear n red tie 70
school.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Exasperating as il may be to discard
costly w~ardrObes. all the Paris fashion
plates show long skirts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Wouldn't II be awful II married life
was "a bad rs they say II ISL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

There are some men who think that
all things come TO him who waits. That
is the reason for many failures.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

You've got to cut down on mashed
potatoes If you want TO cut down on
your vest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Science has conquered smallpox.
yellow fever. flood and drouth. Why
can't it obliterate cancer and jazz?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

There i patience OF n monument.
smiling m grief. and then there is
Gen. Baron Wrangel. waiting for a
chance 10 swat the Russian reds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Gloom and pesslmism are a comb
nation IN restraint of trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

There are other things more inter
esting than dollars In this world IL we
but look around for them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Brevity is the sou of wit also the
chief attraction In bathing suits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

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canvassing. Proposition better than average.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

Sell Your Patent to progressive manufac-
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Bros. 1918 s. 18th St. M~anitowoc. Wis.
The New York herald., 1922-06-11

for l had nothing more to tell but my
girl of noble birth and influential family,
he told me. He was a Colonel In the
Cars army, head Of Guards regiment
at st. Petersburg and prince In his own
right. His wife would be princess. The
nuptials were being planned when he
lost his heart to maiden of the middle
class, Sophie by name. Disregarding the
power OF his betrothed's family he broke
his pledge and married Sophie, raising
her to the rank of princess.
But he was to hold his own position
only a short while longer. His affianced's
relatives belonged to the military clique,
as did most of the nobility before the
revolution. He was dispatched to the
Caucasus. His plea to remain with his
young wife or to have her follow him
availed nothing. He went quietly. hoping
that obedience would gain him permis-
sion to Join his bride when their baby
would be born. But he was ordered even
further into the mountainous parts Of
vast Russia and was practically denied
communication with the princess, his
wife, for their letters were intercepted.
THAT was fourteen years ago." the
Colonel continued. II was sent from post
to post and effectively guarded so that
escape was impossible. Nor did I know
where to seek Sophie-and the years may
have brought her other loyalties-tha.
doubt almost drove me to madness.
"Then the war and the revolution
came. l was routed from the country
together with the rest Of the nobility.
have sought, in Paris, in Berlin, in
Vienna, in all the capitals where the
exiled mobiles find a sort OF haven, but
could not find Sophie. I was disheart.
ened, 50 came here to live in prayer
and solitude, as you see. have become
reeonciled-my heart Is almost closed to
the hope your story holds for me-" he
said quietly II am 55 years old now.
and"
But I persuaded him to go to Constan-
tinople with me. needed dragoman,
The New York herald., 1922-06-11

/ said and who could be my guide better
than he? At last he assented. Both OF
us wanted to clear up the mystery Was
the Princess?
Back in the Muscovite again / watched
Sophie, waitress and hostess in one. She
recognized me and walked over to join
me-then stopped. She looked as though
she were seeing a miracle. / walked up
to her; she was still as though in
trance The single syllable YES" from
my lips sent her hurrying to the table to
my dragoman.
Serge" she said, and was silent.
Later the Colonel and the Princess told
me that their story is no unusua, one.
With variations, 1t is similar to that of
the surviving exiled Russian nobility.
The Princess is still at the Muscovite and
the Colonel earns some coppers as an in
terpreter and guide They wish to go to
Paris They hope, some day. to return
to st. Petersburg-yes, st. Petersburg,
for they are royalists through heritage
and habit
Reunion with their son would be moth
ing short of miraculous. 1t might also.
BE- infelicitous, for when the Princess fed
the boy was at school. which institution
was taken over by the State, so that by
training and education he will be out of
sympathy with the royalistic hopes and
the traditional philosophy of his parents.
The New York herald., 1922-06-11

to live. Some of them find employment
at the Muscovite-for instance THE
Princess.
While / wonder about the Princess
am distracted by the sight of dancing
couple--a dark skinned man and white
woman. But in Constantinople, where
there is a congregation Of all races, this
II neither a rare nor displeasing occur
renee. Closer observation reveals that
the man Is an Algerian or a Hindu, who
can converse with you in French as well
as In his native tongue.
Gayety increases with the passage of
midnight. Everywhere there Is Scotch
and soda. A few tables have champagne,
which sells at eight American dollars a
bottle. Every one seems to be dancing,
drinking and smoking at once-all except
the Mohammedans, whose Koran DEGREES
abstinence from hard liquor. They sip a
sweet sirup and thick, Turkish coffee.
find that have stayed until in the
morning. SO has the Princess. Now she
is leaving. She has been invited to dine
sufficiently and can wait again the four
teen hours before her evening appear
ance at the Muscovite to be some patrons
companion. A little Rumanian girl has
sung her last song in her native tongue
and picked from the floor enough small
change to pay for her lodging for another
day.
too left the restaurant and took cab
to the quay, where the ship sailing for
Palestine lay anchored. 1 regretted leav.
ing the Princess and the mystery of her
behind-and yet, was not carrying the
mystery along with me?
Our ship docked at Haifa, a port 115
miles by rail north Of Jerusalem, the