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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08

telligence that the Prince of Wales Is
over the ro1ghest part Of his journey
1t may be presumptuoas to disagree
with the esteemed cable, but we shali
be compelled to do. il. The Prince
hasn't started on the toughest part OF
his journey-he has to get married
first.
The New York Assembly has seated
August ClaessoLs, Socialist member,
after twice expelling him. This seems
to settle the controversy as to whether
IT is an offense to be a Socialist. The
question as to whether it is the mark
of a fathead still is to be adjudicated.
And that will be about the last youH
ever hear of Viscount Lascelles.
About half the people we know ara
''prunes" 1t is reasonable TO assume
that is a fair average for the coun-
try at large. There must be 5O,0OO,-
600 persons who can be classified un-
der that head. They are entitled to n
week, and we express the hope that
we may have fair weather Ter 1t.
once in a while. altho we do not
make a practice of it, it is our priv
lege to chronicle a piece of cheering
intelligence. The New Y DIRK man who
last week lost his saxophone had not
recovered it up to the hour of going
to press.
1t is interesting to note that crime
is being discouraged by authority ev-
erywhere. The New York man who
drowned his baby in the bathtub is
being held by the police and charge
of homicide may be preferred against
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08

No combination OF labor Eroups
says Farm Life. will be able to resist
the necessity of equalizing the costs
of production between agriculture and
manufacture You may have cheap
bread and expensive shoes for a year
or two. but you cannos have them for
ever. 1t will be cheap bread and
cheap shoes. or dear bread and dear
shoes. when the re-adjustment is over.
The logical thing and the best thing
will be to have both bread and shoes
reasonably priced and produced under
conditions that will give farmer and
business man a living wage and a fair
profit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08

1t is proposed to build up a mer-
chant marine by means OF a ship sub
sidy. Then it is planned TO render the
merchant marine comparatively use
less thru prohibitive tariffs and imml-
grafton laws. The plan seems to be
to make the taxpayers foot the ex-
pense Of sailing empty ships back and
forth across the ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08
Dorothy Dix Tails
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
WorId's IIghess Paid Woman Wr4teR.
NIothcr,s sympathY-f.


Among my friends is a woman who
has family of husky, handsome chill
dren, alert and alive in mind and
body. and plentifully endowed with
what New England people call fac
ulty.'' They have had a good high
school education, and in every way
are unusually competent young peo-
pie.
But they have to make their own
way in the world. They have to
work. and their poor foolish mother
weeps great gobs of tears over their
unhappy fate.
Just think that we could not send
my poor Tom to college," she walls,
II cannot keep the tears out of my
eyes when I think of him toiling away
in an office while Joe Doe, around the
corner, who hasn't got half of Toms
intelligence is at Harvard. and has his
own automobile, and lovely room, and
belongs to all the most expensive
clubs, and goes to New York almost
every week end.
And it just breaks my heart to see
my darling Marian starting out so
cheerfully to that dreadful old office
every day, when other girls not half
so pretty and attractive as she is, have
nothing to do but to buy fine clothes.
and go to parties. and don't have to
get up until noon.
And think of my Nettie having to
worry all day teaching in that beastly
my precious little Sammy actually hav-
ing to punch a time clock at seven
o'clock in the morning. Oh, it is cruel.
cruell But my children have one
comfort. They always know that thew
have their mothers sympathy, for L
never fail to tell them every day how
pity them, and how hard feel that
their lot is
Now that woman is one of the ia
natically devoted mothers who would
cheerfully be chopped in pieces If she
thought that her schildren relished
sand deaths before She would volun-
tarily do her children any harm, and
she really thinks that she is giving
them the most precious gift IN the
world when she breaks over their
feet the alabaster box of Z, mothers
love and sympathy.
In reality, however. she is doing
them the greatest wrong that malice
itself could invent, for she is doping
them with her sympathy She IS
paralyzing their energies and their
ambitions. She is inoculating them
with the virus of self pity, than which
there is no deadlier poison in the
world.
No human being who is sorry for
himself ever does anything but sit
down and shed futile tears Nobody
who hates work ever does good work.
Nobody who isn't proud of his job,
and glad that he has got it, ever keeps
it long. Nobody who hasn't joy in the
race, and who doesn't put pep and en-
thusiasm into it ever wins out.
A~ H. ~
l,..,.,.. 1ooa -. a.. xry,,..9. Co..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08

Atlanta, Ca. has found s. way 10
kin two birds with one stone. Five
hundred citizens have formed club,
each member Of which will build a
home to be rented at a reasonable fig
ure, thus furnishing jobs to many and
relieving the housing situation at the
same time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08
Buslness signs lately have nearly Iii

business signs lately have nearly all
been of a hopeful nature. so that SEN
tinent thruOut the United States has
taken a distinctly favorable turn.
Looking over the immediate business
foreground. says a bulletin issued by
the Mechanics and Metals National
bank of New York, the most notably
hopeful sign is today to be found in
the improved markets for agricultu-
raj products. The advance here has
lately carried farm prices to the high
est level since the 1921 crops were
harvested, and has measurably re-
laaed the pressure of hard times in
the west. The buying power of more
than fifty million people. it estimates.
is affected by the level OF agricultural
prices. and changes in that buying
power. either downward or upward,
must necessarily find very direct re-
Election in the business volume and
profits of the country. From the be-
ginning OF January to the close of
February the upward trend in the
primary markets added 80 cents to a
bushel of wheat. 20 cents to busheI
OF corn. and 4 cents TO a pound OF
pork. These changes in a period of
eight weeks increased the value of the
products in question roughly 20 per
cent; what this meant can be judged
from a statement that in normal
times a gain OF even 10 per cent in a
period of six months would be nothing
less than startling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08

1t is asserted by the Sioux City
Tribune that our best minds in con-
gress propose a protective" tariff on
sugar, so that the Sugar trust may
raulct American consumers But the
fact is the sugar trust is fighting the
proposed increase in the sugar tariff
harsier than anybody else. The sugar
tariff is designed wholly to benefit the
beet sugar men and the cane planters
OF Louisiana and Texas. The trust
opposes the tariff because it owns inn
meme sugar plantations in Cuba.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08
George Matthew Adams
Daily TGk
THE GREATEST ARTIST IN THE
WORLD.

I sat watching her from the opposite
side OF the car. 1t was a long journey,
so had n fine opportunity to study
the work of the infinitely skilled
artist.
She held a baby in her lap. Be
tween its smiles and tears, the artist
worked-and worked-and worked.
Artists are not artists unless they work
long and hard.
Little reaching toes. Smiles-every
one with a dimpled setting. Soft. silky
hair-like threaded gold A weighing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08

But. Aside From That
MordaciouS Jay,
Mephitic column scribe,
Babbler opinionate,
Discredit to thy tribe
Why penn'st Satire jibe?
Thy facile instrument
Was ne'er glen thee
For purpose trueulent.
Dour Jay E-rratic,
House ill-built on sand,
Writer unsparing,
Stay thy noxious hand;
Lest column crumbling,
L0osened architrave
And falling arch
Crush thee-empirie knave.
IL L q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08

II. L. c. says he can't get his stuff
printed anywhere else. and we are ever
striving to encourage the Hterati
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08
The Whispering Post

The esteemed cable carries the. in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-08

We refer to the matter because all
Of the correspondents insisted it was
a thrilling event.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
BY the Associated Press

Genoa, April 15.-Financial and eco
nomic experts Of Great Britain. France.
Italy and Belgium gathered today to
continue the discussions begun yester.
day of the condition under which the
rehabilitation of Russia will be under
taken. This afternoon they will be
Joined by the principal delegates of the
four inviting Powers and Soviet Russia.
The discussions were started yester-
day at an informal meeting Of the more
important delegates in the villa of Mr..
Lloyd George, British Prime Minister.
The basis of negotiation is the report
prepared by the allied experts in Lon
don, copies of which were handed to
the Russians earlier in the week.
The Soviet delegates were to have
made their reply to the report today
but this has been postponed indefinitely
and will probably be based on the
agreement reached at the present series
OF conferences. 1t is understood that
the Soviet delegates have expire esed
willingness to acknowledge Russia S
prc-war debts and to cancel their claims
against the Allies if the Allies Will 90
likewise with Russia's war debts.
Yesterdays informal meeting really
marked the Inauguration of a steering
committee. and is in line with efforts
of Mr.. Lloyd George and other leaders
to speed up the work of the conference.
The hub of the conference is by gen.
eral consent the Villa de Albertis. where
Mr.. Lloyd George is living. The local
press in recognizing this has styled the
British Premier the manager Of the
conference
At the private discussions there no
minutes of the proceedings are taken.
The meetings are held without the is
suance Of communiques. and without the
intervention of any one except those
directly concerned in the discussion. Mr..
Lloyd Georges object. he has said him
self, is ito prevent the crysta.liZation
Of the Franco Russian differences"
The British leaders idea seems to be
working out we'll. in some respects at
least. as the cOnferees are meeting there
rather as individuals than as delegates
of their respective nations. and are thus
able to speak more freely than they
otherwise could
One month has been set as the time
limit in which tine diplomats generally
expect it will be known whether the
can achieve its purpose. Mr..
Lloyd George expects to leave April -
and is making every effort to have the
big decisions arranged before then.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
DOYLE EElP[A|NS
ANT|GON|SH GHOST
Says Il Was Spirit Of Mischiev-
Gus Boy Operating Through
Mary Ellen
WOULDN'T DO REAL HARM

New York. April 16.-Mary Ellen
vas not the ghost of Antagonist. in the
opinion Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ex.
pressed here yesterday. The ghost prob
ably was that of some naughty boy,
whom not even death could cure Of his
mischievousness, and who, no longer
having any physical hands or feet Of his
own to carry out his enterprises, made
use Of Mary Ellen's.
was greatly interested in the re-.
ports OF the Antigonish disturbance, v
said Sir Arthur. because 1t Is almost
q duplicate Of the great Amherst mys-
terry OF some years ago. That, too,
was Nova Scotia case,. with myste-
rious fires and other disturbances.
Again all the people there are con.
vinced 1t was spirits and again the psy-
chical research people have gone up and
made great explanation with a great
air OF putting everybody In his place.
Il have no doubt the spiritualistic
explanation is the correct one. Mary
Ellen was the medium. She threw out
some power which was used by some-
thing malevolent outside herself. Yes,
there are malevolent spirits on the other
side. 'Mischievous' would be a bet
ter word. This probably was some mis-
chievous youngstcr. But these spirits
are not allowed to do real harm. One
OF the laws on the other side is that no
individual shall be injured by spirit.
The spirits are quite amenable to rea
son. / ended some disturbances in the
house Of a lady in New Hampshire. I
talked with the spirit and found it was
trouble about some papers. I attended
to the matter and told 1t 30. and said
I should stop annoying that lady, as
that was selfish. asked II 1t would
stop. 1t raped out. ID. W, God WILL
Ing. and the disturbances ceased"
That Hamlin Garland. his friend,
and . fellow student Of psychical prob
!ems, who introduced him at Carnegie
Hall. declared today in an interview
that he was not convinced Conan Doyle
had spoken with the dead seemed not to
trouble him at all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
Little Navy May Win
Congress Fight Today
Continued from Paxe Ono

NVItlUVcU 'TUH Euke Oub
Conference had rated navies by their
capital ships. not by personnel or by
auxiliary ships. and Mr.. Kelley did no,
touch the capital ships. But it proba-
bly, appeared to the country that Mr..
Kelley was setting himself up as
naval authority equal to the Interna.
tiOnal Conference. And even the fresh.
water congressman began to hear from,
their constituents against overriding
the wisdom of Hughes. Lord Balfour.
Baron Kate and other great men.
Then there was the Hughes letter 70,
the big navy. Wasn't Mr.. Hughes the
greatest possible authority on what the
Conference had ruled? TO be sure. Mr..
Hughes wrote that he did not know
anything about it, but he was wlllns
to take the Judgment of the naval ey-
perts as to how many men were ncccs-
sary to maintain t.c sacred ratio of
5-5-3. Thus it was the navy. not the
Conference. which confronted Mr..
Kelley. The very navy that he had put
1t all over in the committee hearings,
the navy itself. appearing as Mr.,
Hughes and various Others besides.
What the Conference did was fix
maximum Of naval power. But expert
ence shows that when you fix a maxi
mum 1t bids to become minimum also.
Mr.. Kelley forgot this principle. lie
may win today. But later he will be
beaten when the Senate gets a chance
at appropriations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
SAAR GROUP ASKS
POPE TO INTERVENE

Genoa. April 15.-(By A. P.)-The
Saar Valley deputation today presented
to the Economic Conference and to
Archbishop Signori, of Genoa. for
transmission to Pope Pms. it's state
ment concerning the situation of 80.
600 Germans in the >aar Valley under
French occupation.
According to the statement, the
Treaty Of Versailles provided that the
Saar Valley should be administered by
the League of Nations, that laws should
be enforced in the German language
and that no military occupation should
be allowed Instead. the commission
says. the Saar IS under the regime Of
"implacable French autocracy." and is
occupied by 5000 French soldiers while
French officials accomplish their work
of Standardization in order to prepare
for the plebiscite fifteen years after the
signing of the Versailles Treaty.
The statement asks for intervention
by the Pope concerning religious
questions. charging that France tried
to take the Saar Valley from the jurls-
diction of the German bishOpric Of
Treves and join it to the French bish-
opric of Metz.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
EXPECTS v
RECORD CROWDS

SpectaI Dispatch to Evening Public Ledger
Atlantic City, April 15.-Excitement
is reigning around the railroad ter
minals of the resort. In quick success.
sion crowded trains are following each
other into the city. Regular trains at
times are divided into sections. extra
trains for the day are sandwiched In
between, and all trains which are not In
sections have been heightened by several
extra coaches.
In the stations there are reception
delegations to greet the newcomers:
Shouts, smiles and laughter rule. 1t
"Trayei from Philadelphia is % per
cent in excess for the week over the
same days last year." reports one Of
the officials Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. "From New York the Easter
travel will beat last years mark BY lo
per cent" said the same railroad au.
thority. Over the Reading the report
is sending greater host for the famous
Boardwalk Easter pageant tomorrow
than It had in the review last year.
Seemingly unending professions OF
visitors are flowing from the railroad
stations backward. There seems to be
enough of them to more than fill every
available space in the beach and ave-
nue. hotels without regard to the num-
ber who dpe already in them. Hotel
men estimate that the crowd tomorrow
will be third larger than last year.
News comes today that there is every
indication for fair skies tomorrow and
a rise in the temperature. Fine weather
will bring happiness to every one and
the prediction is especially joyous in
formation to the maids and matrons.
And the hotel staffs hint that man
will be in the minority in the parade
tomorrow. In other years, they say, 1t
appeared as If there were as many
Jacks as Jills for the occasion. This
year, It is predicted. will see no.
ticeablc shortage Of escorts. But that
will not affect the beauty or the inter-
est in the Easter pageant.
There will be more plumage passing in
review to be admired and criticized.
Atlantic City supplies the environ.
ment for the Easter carnival Of hats and
gowns. Some one else looks after the
Investments in the dressing of it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
SOLDIERS BONUS is
ISSUE OF PEOPLE

New Castle, Pa. April 15.-Received
by Il huge delegation of hackers from
various towns in Lawrence County.
Clifford Pinchot. candidate for Gov
crnOr. stopped over here for short
time this morning on his way to Erie.
He gave short talk in which he took
stand against organized politics and
gave his view on several campaign
issues.
Mr.. Pinchot stated the State bill for
soldiers bonus was matter to be
decided by the people. and that he
would favor such a proposition, il voted
for by the people, and State finances
permitted it. lie took stand in favor
of permanent forest preserves for
hunters and fishermen. and also for
conservation Of forests.
~ am out to beat V. l.. & E.-Vare,
Leslie and Eyre-the organization in.
tent on taking possession of PennsSl-
vania. They have met in a room and
tried to agree on the method of con-
trolling the state. instead Of leaving 1t
up to the Republican voters. am
opposed to such methods, and favor the
people controlling the State.
II am not for or against any candi-
date except that ! am for Pinchot for
"'N ho' ulH iHuVp'iNtIt anu nOt
seeking to build IN q political organiza-
ti0n. There has been a lot of pressure
brought to bear in an attempt to secure
promises from me in all kinds of things,
but ! have nOt-nOr will I--make any
promises other than those made to the
people from Il public platform.
''lf elected Governor ! intend to
gather about me the best brains and
workers in the State TO straighten out
our financial and other complicated con-
dltions. will not sign any appr0pria.
tion bill, If elected Governor. Sunless 1t
falls inside the estimated revenues of
the State. favor the purchase of forest
lands by the State that there may be q
permanent preserve TO the hunters and
fishermen of the State and the con-
servation of our forests for the benefit
OF coming generations. The State
service mems bonus must go to the
people and will favor the payment Of
the same, when approved by the vote Of
the people whenever the State finances
will permit it,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
'PAR[EY ISSPEEDED
BY LLOYD GEORGE
British Prime Minister Becomes
Virtual Manager of
Genoa Conference
DIRECTS PRIVATE MEETINGS
Building Bridge to Russia,
Lloyd George Declares

Genoa. April 15.--(By A. PD-
Mr.. Lloyd George summed up this
afternoon what appears to be the
general view of the progress of the
Russian negotiations at the Eco.
nomic Conference. employing one of
the similcs he so frequently uses.
1--WE are building bridge across
the stream" he said. 1--WE have
driven some of the piles. we are now
in the deepest part of the current.
and are driving them into the mud at
the bottom. Although the bridge is
not yet above water, the piles are
firmly fixed. and we are still ham.
mering at them"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
Vision Appears and Fades

las ! went out in the hall n BLUSH
haze appeared in the door ana seemed
to take q darker form as looked at 1t.
1T was the form of man-yet not
human. ] was stunned for a moment
and was about to speak when it faded
through the door and disappeared.
Mrs. Williams paused for breath.
II went out on the lawn and looked
around. but could SEE no trace of the
thing
DO you think it will return?'
II imagine it will, she replied. "Du,
we are all going 10 SIT up tonight and
try to capture it.
The Williams home is an old farm
house and was built many years ago. II
stands at an isolated spot. 1t is a
roony structure of the old style, with
ample windows and high ceilings.
Arthur Silver, brother of Mrs. Will
liams, said he heard the noises. bur did
not see the ghost. Wilson Jones, II
boarder,' also heard the noises.
Police to Take Hand
Mrs. Williams notified the chief of
police of White City, who has prom
sed his aid in capturing the spirit If 1t
should call tonight,
No one in the Williams house was
more frightened than Desdcmona, the
family cat. Her terrified ''mcows"
were heard amid the general bedlam.
And that she must have seen the
visitor il evident. She was found in
the cellar. her hair standing on end and
eyes staring like flaming balls. Her
back went into hump when any one
approached her after the ghost had de-
parted. ........