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tyEATHER FORECAST for Kusu:
Unsettled tonight and Wcdnesda y ;
cooler Wpdncflay, east and south to
night. '
The Evening Newspaper
of Kansas
HOME EDITION
TOPEKA, KANSAS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1920 TEN PAGES
FOUR .CENTS
I
CHAOS
iGNS
REDS GAINING
FOGE EBERT
TO FIRE NOSKE
"
Other Resignations From Ger
man Cabinet Expected,
Radicals Demand Complete Re
organization Now.
SPARTAGANSHAYE UPPER HAND
Control Practically All Western
Industrial District.
Peace Terms Hamper Ebert in
, Handling Situation.
(By the Associated Tress.)
Continued radical successes in Ger
many are reported in dispatches re
ceived in London. They indicate that
the situation in Germany is still very
chaotic. According to semi-official
dispatches President Ebert has yield
ed to the demands of the radicals and
has accepted the resignation of Gustav
Noske. minister of defense. Other res
ignations are expected in response to
the tnslstance of the extremist social
ists, who are encouraged in their de
mands by the spread of Spartacan
operations in the Westphallan indus
trial districts.
Wsh allied officials in Germany are
quoted as declaring that members of
the Ebert cabinet are alarmed at the
spread of communism in the Ruhr dis
tricts. They claim that the Ebert'gov
ernment is greatly hampered in Its
operations against the Spartacans by
the fact that the radicals hold several
towns which are in the occupied zone
and the government by the terms of
the peace treaty is forbidden from In
vading that zone with its armed forces.
Negotiations between . the govern
ment and leaders of workers were go
ing on in Berlin yesterday, according
to advices Teceived at Coblenz, but the
general strike had not been settled, as
the larger labor element and the In
dependent socialist were demanding
guarantees against militarists and
more concession from the govern
mcnt. Latest reports show that state and j
government troops are concentrating
near Wesel to move against the exten
sive districts now occupied by com
munists,""says a Rotterdam dispatch.
On the other hand the communists are
mobilizing after tbe methods of the
Russians with great speed and'-it-is
Impossible to prophesy the Issue of the
coming battle or when it will be
fought. 1
The communists are hampered by a
lack of food, one report saying they
have supplies for only three days, and
that when this Is consumed It Is an
ticipated they 'will proceed to rob the
country districts.'
Berlin dispatches to Paris bore out
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch re
ceived In London, which said the
Ebert government has ordered the ar
rest of General von Ludendorff for
alleged implication In the von Kapp
insurrection.
The Prussian government has or
dered disciplinary proceedings with
imediate suspension -from office,
asainst August Winning, president of
F.ast Prussia.and three other officials
of the Koenigsberg government. Sim
ilar measures will be taken against
President Paule and other other of
ficial of the province of Schleswig.
Work was resumed in the ship yards
at Hamburg yesterday, according to
dispatches,, received here, and a tele
gram from Kiel says that workmen
there have decided to resume their
posts in the most essential public serv
ices Forty persons have been killed and
sixty-five wounded in fighting be
tween Spartacans and Ebert troops at
Hennlngsdorf, an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Berlin said today.
Another battle is reported to be go
ing: on between Spartacans and troops
of the regular army at Wesel, twenty
two miles northwest, of Essen.. The
regulars, the report says, appear to
have been outflanked by the Sparta
cans. A Lelpslc telegram received here 1
last nignt says that fighting at Halle
and In the neighborhood of that place
continues with undiminished violence,
both the troops and the workers'
forces usinff artillery. Halle has been
completely cut off from the outside-
world.
Copenhagen. March 23. The whole
ves-ern Industrial district of Germany
is held solidly by rad cals and d'saster
Is inevifable 'f the government troops '
try to interfere there, according to in-
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formation received from Berlin th'sjand pushing civilians from the side-. tioiaj measure. -,- - - i Poindexter and Governor Low den
morning by telephone by,, the Ber- walks, it was said. A caucus of the Republicans waa to compete. All had stumped the state,
lirske Tldrnde- The .Social Demo-1 When civilians resented their ac- be held today. Governor Townsend Former Ambassador James W. Ger
rrntwj learns that a eiurely workers' tlons, a general f'ght followed during drafted a special message to the joint ard and J. O. Munroe. Illinois poli-
fc-nvei-nr?ent : on poinr o' formation.
(Continued on Fsge Two.)
Judge Uses Gas
Is Disqualified
In Gas Trial
Dallas, Teac., March 23. Dallas's re
ceivership suit against the Lone Star
Gas company is postponed. After vari
ous pleas fqr delay, defense attorneys
challenged Judge Kimbrough.
"Are you a user of natural gas?"
they asked. .
"I am a subscriber," Judge Kim
brough corrected. Then he forward
ed his disqualification certificate to
Governor Hobby.
The delay is expected to be at least
ten days.
CANT HAVE KILL!
Governor Allen Refuses Arkan-1
sas' Flea for Extradition.
Xegro Probably Will Go There
for U. S. Trial, Tho.
Got. Brough 'Feels Outraged'
Little1 Rock, March, 23. Gov. C.
H. Brough, when informed by the
Associated Press of the action of
Governor Allen of Kansas in refus
ing to grant the extradition petition
for Robert I,. Hill, leader in the
negro uprising in Phillips county
last October, declared he "felt out
rage." "In passing "on an extradition
case a governor is nofecalled on to
decide the guilt or innocence of
the man indicted." said Governor
Brough, "but merely to decide
whether he had been legally in
dicted. If Governor Allen attempt
ed to decide Hill's innocence or
guilt, he' could not have found him
innocent, in . view of the absolute
proof which was presented by At
torney General John D. Arbuckle
of Arkansas at the hearing."
Gov. Henry J. Allen today refused
to sign extradition papers that would
send Robert. L. Hill, negro, back to
Arkansas to face trial on a first de
gree murder charge In connection with
the race riots at Helena last fall.
Following the governor's refusal to
permit Arkansas (officials to take the
negro. Col. R. Neil Rahn, deputy
United States marshal, placed Hill un
der arrest on a warrant charging him
with impersonating a United States
officer. A hearing was held before
United States Commissioner White on
an application by the Arkansas attor
ney general to have Hill removed to
the Arkansas district of the federal
court for trial.
Hill admitted his Identity "and his
bond was set at $5,000 by Commis
sioner White, but had not been fur
nished by the negro late this after
noon. He probably will be tried in
the federal court at Helena, Ark., ac
cording to federal authorities.
All the South is interested In the
case and -as much influence and sup
port was given by the white people
there to bring about Hill's return, as
northern negroes exerted to keep Hill
from returning to Arkansas. Hill has
been held in the city Jail in Topeka for
several weeks. He fled from Arkan
sas when the riots started in Arkansas.
Until Midnight Last Night.
The problem of the south came
home to Kansas Monday .afternoon
and evening in the extradition hear
ing before Governor Allen in the In
dustrial court room. The hearing con
tinued until a -Tew minutes after mid
night. Not once did the interest of
the few white people present and ,the
hundreds of negroes relax as testimony
in the case was presented to the Kan
sas governor.
Testimony Introduced by John D.
Arbuckle, attorney general for Arkan
sas, showed that in Phillips county,
the scene of the riot, there are 4,000
white people and 26.000 negroes. It
alleged that Hill, by the use of hand
bills and personal solicitation in which
the name of the Lord and weird re
ligious pleadings, were mixed with
pleas for a united negro society, went
thruout the length and breadth of sev
eral counties, organizing a society
known as the "Progressive Farmers'
and Laborers' Household Union of
America." '
The Arkansas attorney general
claimed and showed affidavits to
prove that Hill advised members of
this order to go to the meetings armed.
Hill, on the witness stand, denied this
story and stated he was merely organ
izing the members of his race and col
lecting money so they might start a
co-operative store.
Testimony introduced showing that
negroes in
that country were forced
to purchase their clothing and food
thru plantation "commissaries" owned
' , """" were
thru tb wbltA mnn rtftr net mHIrb '
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a settlement -for a year, when the
white presented a bill for goods pur
chased and gave cedit for cotton sold.
Fisher Afraid To Go To Arkansas.
"It is the. first time in my career as
an attor'nety in which I was involved
in a murder case that I didn't go to
the scene of a crime," said Fisher. 1
"Frankly, I was afraid to go because ;
of the riot spirit which I learned thru j
correspondence exists down there, j
People would write to us and give us I
information that would help Hill and
insist that their names be kept secret
. Ki
" , " : , I for vocational education in the carry-
Testimony introduced disclosed that ; ing out of the vocationaI rehabilita
the negro took a correspondence . tion program will D started by the
course with a St. Louis firnx and ( paid house education committee Monday.
i. , .1 tv.", -Y"-
14 a n'A CM-On ft aiar a r tha fnnnliiunn
He was given a. star at the conclusion
of the course and a diploma. The
star, it is claimed, bore the initials
"U. S." , Hill in letters to negroes
wrote on stationery captioned "Robert
trotittnneA on Pair fwo.i
IRISH CLASH WITH TROOPS
Man and Woman Killed and Several
Hurt In Broil in Dublin Streets.
nnhiin n.r ,,., a j
woman wre killed and several other
. persons injured in a clash between
: soldiers and civilians he: e last night.
A nana ot B0 soldiers were parad-
fnir thnt th. clro.to InfftHnc .rrtwrt'neld responsible lor defeat Ot a na-
I which some of tha soldiers fired into
'the crowd. . .
PRICE CONTROL
ON COAL TO BE
OFF APRIL 1ST
President Wilson Declares the
Leyer Law Inactive Jfow.
Emergency No Longer Exists,
He Declares.
urges miners to speed
Wants Wage Conference to De-
cide Before Date Set.
Fuel Situation To Go Back to
Pre-Ware Status.
(Associated Press Bulletin.)
New York. March 23. The general
scale committee representing the An
thracite coal miners, by a virtually
unanimous vote decided today to re
main at work after April X, pending
negotiations of a new wage agreement,
providing the mine owners agree to
make any wage award retroactive' to
that date.
Washington. March 23. President
Wilson today called miners and oper
ators to a joint conference to revise
wage schedules on the basis recom
mended in the majority report of the
coal commission
At the same time, the president is-
sued an executive order to take effect"
April 1, abolishing all orders relative
to coal prices issued prior to March 1
when the railroads were returned to
their owners. The effect of this or
der is to leave coal distribution and
control of coal exports under govern
ment supervision but to knock out all
price regulations issued under author
ity of the Lever act.
"Emergency" lias Ceased.
The president said there was no
provision of law for fixing new coal
prices for peace time purposes and
that "unless and until some grave
emergency shall arise, which in my
judgment has a relation to the emer
gency purposes of the Lever act, I
would not feel Justified in fixing coal
prices with reference to future condi
tions of production."
The majority report of the commis
sion said the 27 per cent increase ab
sorbed the 14 per cent increase al
lowed when the miners returned to
work and that in dollars It would ap
proximate $300,000,000 a year. . .
- Effective on April 1. .
At the same time the president wrote
the operators and miners transmitting
the majority report of the coal com
mission and informing them that this
report was "the basis upon which the
wage schedule agreements between
themine workers and operators shall
be made." ......
Anril t is the date on which these
agreements normally would become j
effective, and by removing government
control of prices etrective tnat aay tne
president paves the way for increased
coal prices to absorb the average 27
per cent increase recommended in the
majority report. .
Conferees Must Hurry.
Th president wrote the operators y
and miners that it was essential to the
hh woiirB that the agreements be
concluded at the earliest date prac
ticable so that the uncertainty as to
the fuel supply may be ended and that
the consumers may be able to make
contracts for their coal supply.
The president said he assumed that
neither party would raise any question
and that he was sure that no question.
could properly be raised as to the
v,---t.r -.f tho award bv the
majority of the commission, notwlth-
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siauuinH "
unanimom . ,rair,
The executive orier withdrawing,
government control of prices removes
virtually all government control of
coal, placing the fuel administration in
the status that it waa before its au
thority was restored vhen the miners
struck last November 1.
TO GET AIR TIPS FROM BRITISH.
Thirty Enlisted, Men of V. S. Navy
Study for Cross Atlantic Flight.
New York. M-irch 23. Thirty en
listed men of the United States navy
now stationed at the Rockaway naval
lair station will leave within a fewda3r
1 for London to study at an English
dirigible school, preparatory to at
tempting a transatlantic flight with
the K-38, a sister ship of the R-34. it
was announced at naval recruiting
headquarters. '-
The R-38 is slightly larger than the
R-34, which negot'ated the distance
between England and America last
October in 108 hours, and was pur
chased by the United States . from
Great Britain
for $2,500,000.
START
PROBE FOR
SOLDIERS.
Treatment of Wounded by Rchabllita
tion Board Target House Board.
Washington, March 23. An exhaus-
undeTsoldiexs by the fedtrTl board
wounaea soiaiers oy me reaerai ooara
chairman Fess today stated.
' ... ..... .
- A not oi .ui i. v in lie v uiicaorjo were
called today by the committee, the list
having been submitted by the New
York Evening Post, which printed a I
series of articles making twenty-six
charges of mistreatment of the wound -
ea men. . .
DELAWARE RATIFICATION" SURE
to Suffrage JFdes
Opposition'
t. Ammrimmit Annratni In LAxriftlarnre.
1 .
Dover. Del.. March 23. Ratification
of suffrage amendment by the Dela-
ware itsimuni w pimuaur
, surea today as a leiaer ot tne opposi-
uojiucu '"J "'" w
session urging immediate ratification
of suffrage. ,
Women Cop Shortage To
" Greet Chicago April 1st
High Costs Main, Cause
M j '
Six Hundred Patrolmen and Women Declare They Can
not Stay on the Force at. Present Salaries Not
, a Strike Will Just Quit Jobs.
Chicago, March 23. Because they
can't keep up with living: costs," six
hundred Chicago policemen and po
lice women plan a "walkout" April 1
to force an increase in wages.
This isn't going to be a strike," said
Michael O'Connor, president of the
DAltAaM'. --P..!.. .In. ........ - T
on;t get what we want, the boys who
'It's impossible to dress decently on
the salary we receive," said Mrs. Anna
Laucks. police woman. "The cost of
women's clothes has gone up tremen
dously and are too expensive for our
salaries."
The "striking" policemen declare
THREE ARE KILLED WOMEN IN POWER
Kentucky Miners Roused Oyer Feminine Delegates to G. O. P.
Warlike Private Detectives. - ;' Conclave Pnzzle Politicians.
Many Casualties in Battle Start- They Will Hold Balance and
ed by the Agents.
Middlesboro. Ky., March 23. Har
lan county, Kentucky, on the Kentucky-West
Virginia border, was the
scene today of much excitement.
Bands of miners were searching the
county for operatives of a detective
agency who are alleged to have start
ed a fight at Wallins creek Saturday
night with miners, which -resulted in
the killing of three persons and
wounding of several others.
The clash was the outgrowth of 111
feeling said to have existed in the
Harlan county coal fields because of
importation last week bv.a erroun of
detectives by the Kentucky Steam Coal
1 company wnere a strike is on.
i The dead are:
j Bud Taylor, miner; Deputy Sheriff
John Burkes, and James Hall, detec
I tive. The names of the several
wounded could not be ascertained.
An attempt by retective Hall to ar
rest a son of Bud Taylor at a Wallins
creek mining camp precipitated the
battle, it is said. When Hall tried to
take the boy into custody the elder
Taylor interfered. In a duel follow
ing Hall andthe elder '.Taylor were
killed. .:
Other miners and guards rushed to
the soene and a general fight ensued,
during which Deputy Sheriff Burkes
was killed. More ' than a hundred
shots were fired. The fighting stopped
when the detectives retreated.- The
guards later ere sent back' to West
Virginia by the mining company.' ;'
Miners of the county, numbering
several hundred, are reported armed
with rifles and pistols and searchlngi1"1 candidate. .
for any of the guardsmen remaining
in the county. -
COLBY JSJN JOB
New Secretary of State Takes
Oath of Office. ! . .
, Tmrndit-lv FPPS Fnnr Ble
! immediately rates xour Big
International Problems.
Washington. March. 2 3. Bainbridge
Colby took the oath of office t9day as
secretary of state after official notifi
cation of his confirmation by the sen
ate had been received.
The ceremony took place in the of-
fee of the secretary of state, in the
n . , ; nf ITnHa. Can, , a H
presence of Under Secretary Frank L,
: Polk and other officials.
Four big international problems to-
ay confronted Colby. They were:
j Turkey. This government's views
on th,s segment wn, be transmitted
to the alljes within twenty-four hours,
Tne united States will urge that the
Turks be permanently
ejected from
Constantinople.
. Russia. An arrangement is being!
sought with the allies whereby unre
stricted trade with soviet Russia
would be allowed at the risk of the
traders. The allies have yet to answer
America's note on this matter.
3. Adriatic. A reply is due from the
allies to President Wilson's last com
munication wherein he answered their
arguments and reiterated opposition to
their scheme of settlement in that re
gion. 4. Treaty. One of Colby's first big
tasks probably will be negotiations of
"modus vivend" agreements with the
allies and Germany to safeguard
America's rights under the Versailles
W-eaty until it is finally ratified or
finally rejected.
ARMORED CARS FOR JUDGES.
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Drawn Swords Attend
Opening of Court in Dublin.
Dublin, March 23. Armored cars.
police with drawn swords and an in
fantry guard wearing helmets escorted
judges of the assizes court to Galway
to the court house this morning.
One justice in addressing the grand
3ury 8aith?re had been four murders'
4w rKKHM With arm and manv
two robberies wth arms and many
other crimes such as shooting In the
houses since the last assizes. The
Tipperary Urban district council has
adopted resolution condemning the
murder of Thomas Maccurtain. lord
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SOUTH DAKOTA TO POLLS.
, Ba Weather .Threatens to Cut Tote
, In Presidential Primary,
I Pierre, S. D.. March 23. South Da-
kota went to the polls today. Politl-
clans of all parties gathered to see
how the straws fly in the presidential
i Drimarv. Clouds that threatened rain
and slushy roads were expected to
h. hw Acni. Jv. it
est aroused by various candidates who
made the state a battle ground.
Chief Interest centered in the Re-
pnmiean primary wnere Major Gen-
prfl 1 Wood 4XenntnrK Jnhnnnn nrt
.. tician. were named on the Democratic
ballots. .
they will seek work In other lines if
their demands are not met.
; Chicago patrolmen are now receiv
ing an average annual' wage of 91.800
and are asking a yearly increase of
(300. Police women receive an aver
age annual salary of $1,500 and are
asking an increase of 200.
'"Patrolmen make from $3.94 to
$4.93 a day." said O'Connor. "Milk
wagon drivers earn about $60 a week
with their salary and commission."
O'Connor declared the quitting' of
stx hundred policemen will completely
disorganize the police force.
Chicago has thirty-two police wo
men and half, of these threaten to
quit. -
May Pick Candidate.
Chicago, March 23. Women dele
gates to the Republican national con
vention here in June may hold the
balance of power in selecting the Re
publican presidential nominee. Repub
lican women leaders predicted here to
day. "
One hundred women are expected to
be elected to the convention, according
to Mrs. CW. Reinecke, Chicago, sec
retary of the women's section of the
G. O-'P. national committee, and these
women, she said, will be prepared to
fight all the way for equal rights with
men and demand "fifty-fifty" repre
sentation on the national committee.
Delegates already elected to - the
convention total 257. Of these, four
teen are women.
- Expect 100 Women Delegates.
"States which have elected women
delegates, Minnesota, 1; Missouri, 12;
aid Kentucky. 1.-
1; Women delegates from the follow
ing states are claimed-as certain: New
Yprk, 3; South Dakota. 1; New Mex
ico, 1; California. S; and Illinois, 1.
w "Altogether we expected to have at
least loo women delegates at the con
vention," said Mrs. Reinecke. "There
were only nine at the last convention.'
Republican . women-leaders expect
Tnat heir delegates will compose the
meat influential group in the conven
tion.! The point, out that any action
they take in supporting a candidate is
bound to have a moral errect on the
men and may mean that the women
will lead the final rally to the success-
Education Their Chief Aim.
- The women delegates may be select
ed to- place the names Of some candi
dates, in nomination, it was predicted
by Mrs. Reinecke.?
Women are expected- to figure
I prominently in writing the party plat
form, according to Mrs. G. A. Soden.
one of the women members of , the
committee drawing up the platform.
' Particular attention will be given to
the educational plank. Efforts to in
clude a plank -providing for the ap
pointment of at least two -women to
the cabinet are expected to be made.
SUES WALKER D, HINES
Bat Rock Island Mast Pay Damages If
Judgment Granted.
A suit brought by Claude Johnson,
an employe of a Kansas City, Mo.,
mill, to collect $40,000 damages from
Walker D. Hines and the United States
railroad administration for inluries he
is alleged to have sustained when he
was caught between two freight cars
in the Kansas City yards, has been
transferred to the federal court here
from the Wyandotte county district
court.
Hines has been appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson, under special act of con-
Kns, l ugcui lu t;umriii. mill
road companies for - the conduct of
litigation arising under federal control
Under the arrangement the suit will
be continued against Hines, but if
jVhnson recovers Judgment, the money
will be collected from the Rock Island
Railroad Co.. court officials stated.
suesl"co.' for million
Arkansas City Corporation Charged
With Conspiracy by Competitor.
St: Louis. March 2 3. Suit for one
million dollars alleged, - damages
against the Milliken Refining com
pany. Arkansas City. Kan;, ana cnarg -
ing the controlling interests of the -re
fining company witb, . conspiracy to
ruin business credit" of the plaintiff. :
was today filed In the United States
district court here by the Lakeside ;
Petroleum company. Chicago. . j
The Lakeside company asked $500.- :
000 alleged actual damages and the
same amount alleged punitive dam
ages in the suit which was based on
failure to carry out a contract, it waa
declared. ' : j
WANTS PROBE GASOLIXE PRICE, i
Four Increases In Thirty Days Too,
Much for Missouri Congressman.
Washington, March 23. An Investi
gation of the high price of gasoline
was demanded in a resolution intro
duced in the house today by. Represen
tative Dyer, M ssouri.
The probe would be conducted by
the attorney general and would also
go into oil prices. Four increases in '
the price of gasoline' have been made
during the last thirty days. and. huge
profits are being made by the oil in
terests. Dyer charged.' He plana to
ask early action on the resolution.
Morgentnaa Ambassador To Mexico.
Washington, March 23. Henry
Morgenthau. of -New York. former
ambassador to Turkey, waa nominated
today by President Wilson to be am
bassador to Mexico. Ha will suceed.
Henry P. Fletcher, who resigned re-
cently because, he did not agree with
the administration's Mexican policy.
MAINE TO ALLEN
IS INDICATION OF
' FAR EASTERNERS
May Break Precedent and In
struct Delegates for Him.
Kansas Governor Running
Strong Favorite in .Trial.
BAY STATE GETTING INTO LINE
Allen Presidential Boom Grow
ing by' Leapsand Bounds.
Follows Coolidge's Emphatic
Refusal to Accept Honor.
(Special to The State Journal.)
Boston. Mass., March 2 3. Maine
may break precedents and send her
delegates; to the national convention
with instructions to vote for Gov.
Henry J. Allen of Kansas for president.
That was indicated in the northern
eastern-most state in the last week
when Allen meetings held at Bangor j.
been unprecedented in former meet
ings. Since Governor Allen visited Maine
he has been a Strong favorite over all
candidates, including Gen. Leonard
Wood. This, despite the fact that the
Kansas governor declared himself in
favor of the army man. Maine ordi- t
narily sends her twelve delegates to ;
national conventions, uninstructed but
present indications point to the Kan- :
sas governor as the man who will
force the breaking of a precedent.
. Cheer Allen and His Court.
-fSenator Hale, scheduled for the key
note speech at the Bangor meeting,
was held in Washington on business.
Congressman Hersey, who substituted
for the -senator, appeared strongly
anti-Wood ,and favored Allen thruout
his address. When he spoke of Allen
and Kansas he seemed to reach right
down into the hearts of his audience
and cheer after cheer greeted the name
of the governor of Kansas and men
tion of his industrial court as the first
institution created "that gave the ma
jority an opportunity to be fully rep
resented in a controversy between la
bor and capital.
In Massachusetts, also, the Allen
boom is growing by leans and bounds.
Several Republican publications have
openly declared for the Kansas gov
ernor. Wood, Low den and Hoover are
all coming in for. a scoring and are
even "being: ridiculed here in Massa
chusetts. The Alien movement follows
the most emphatic declaration by. Gov
ernor' Coolidge that he will not under
any consideration accept the honor.
' KNIGHT 26 MEN,
Is Past Commander's Day of Knights
Templar In Topeka.
Twenty-six men today went thru the
ceremony of being knighted as
Knights . Templar in Topeka Com-
J T
minders Dav. The Com man aery be-
Ban work at 8:30 o'clock this morn
ing at the Masonic temple. Work was
to. continue all day.
Charles J. Webb, of Chicago, past
grand commander, was expected o at
tend the ceremonies.
At 6:30 o'clock this evening dinner
will bo served in the Scottish Rite
banquet hall to the knight and their
ladies. Elmer F. Strain, past com
mander, will act as toastmaster.
The committee in charge of today's
arrangements included: Nathan B.
Thompson, William Nelson, and Henry
Kepfield, all past commanders.
The class receiving the degree of
knighthood was as follows: Thomas
iXavis, Oskaloosa; J. A. Ramsey, Doni
phan: D. Grayson. Oskaloosa; C. L.
Dockhorrr. Oskaloosa; Lee O. Gay and
J. W. Trousdale. Oskaloosa; C. L.
Parker. A7 L Scott. G. W. Lyon. D. W.
Studdard, A. A. Kay. O. Miller, H.
Hawkins. R. M. Slaybaugh, L. L. Van
Tassel, E M. Brown. R. A. Vardy. T.
E. Westbrook. F. O. Blecha. A. A.
Sand, E. . A. Peters. E. P- Hutchings,
Ceorge L. Maltby, George A. Williams,
I. C. Conrath, and Walter L. Payne,
all of Topeka. . ,
.' Homer W. Bomgardner Is eminent
commander of Topeka Commandery;
George L. McClelland la recorder.
WOULD HIKE THEIR RATE&i
Mystic -Workers of World Propose ea wU, De ',!rolted. Tne cathedral will
Per Cent Increase In Insurance Cost, 'accommodate 2,000, and the seat
Chicago. March 23. Insurance rate ing jcapacity. has been increased by in
of the Mystic Workers of the World atallation of 300 extra chairs.
wiU be increased sixty-six per cent if No admission la asked of those at-
a proposal Introduced at a special aes-
sion of the supreme lodge here today
, . adoDted
The advance would afreet members
of the fraternal Insurance order thru-
out the United States.
Under the proposed advance rates patients will be allowed to register on
would be increased so that a man 35 Thursday or Friday mornings, begin
years old would pay $24 a year pre- , ning at o'clock.
lum on $1,000. This is more rhan I
double the present premiums.'' - POLICEMAN IS ASSA8SIXATED.
Officers w:ll be elected at today s
session to fill vacancies. '
,.,, f-K ii t, ,, Independence. Kan., March 23. Pa
New York, March 23. Two young;. ,
women who described themselves ai
Miss Mildred Baker, of Kansas City,
and Mrs. Mildred Braier, of Baltl -
more, were arrested today and neid
as suspects in connection with the rob
bery of William T. Blair's drug store
In Brooklyn Sunday night when two
men and two heavily veiled women
held up Blair at the point of revolvera
The wfimen denied knowleage of the
robbery.
Maintenance Union Chief Quits.
Detroit. March ,23. Allan
Barker, grand president of the United
Bnraenuraa oi aaraieiuuice oi nj
Employes and Railway Shop Labor-
era, announced today that he had re -
signed that office. The resignation,
he said, waa accepted by the grand
lodge officer last Saturday: -
Has His Corn Planted Already.
Cottonwood Fa 11k Kan March S3
l f it
x nomas Mercer has nis corn ell tn
the first- to finish planting in Chase
1 county. s ."
Off
UNSETTLED AND COOLER.
HlgU Winds and No Rain Are Dam
aging In Kansas.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
I'Dsettled tonight and Wednesday: cooler
Wednesday, east and south portions to
night. Shippers' forecast predicts temperatures
above freezing in all directions.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES:
7 o'clock 57111 o'clock 61
8 o'clock R712 o'clock 4
9 -o'clock 571 1 o'clock 67
10 o'clock 58 2 o'clock 63
Unsettled cloudy weather is to pre
vail in Kansas in the next 24 hours ac
cording to B. R. Laskowski. local ob
server. Light shawers are probable.
Altho little precipitation occurred In
Kansas in the last 24 hours. Concordia
and Dodge City reported .82 of an Inch
of rain. Rain was also reported from
Wyoming. Montana. Utah, Nevada,
Colorado. California. Snow occurred
in Montana.
The high pressure area that pro
duced the nice weather In Kansas Sat
urday and Sunday is controlling
weather in the east today. No pre
cipitation has occurred in the east.
No low temperatures occurred in the
United States. The temperatujre in
Topeka was 67 degrees at 7 o'clock
this morning. An average tempera
ture of 50 dgrees was reported this
morning on a line between North caro
Una and Minnesota.
Extreme high winds' during the
continued drouth are still damaging
wheat crops, especially in southern
and western Kansas, Laskowski says.
Estimates as to the amount of damage
can not be given yet. He says one or
two good rains in Kansas would do
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FAITH IN HEALER
Many Sick and Infirm TYill
Flock to Topeka Thursday.
Dean Kaye Astounded at Con
fidence in Hlckson's Power.
Hobbling along by the use of canes,
leaning on the arms of the able
bodied, riding in limousines, in
wheeled chairs and on stretchers, the
sick and Infirm, bent and crippled,
deaf and blind, old and young, will go
to Grace cathedral Thursday and Fri
day of this week for treatment by
James Moore Hickson, layman of the
Episcopal church of England, who
will give spiritual healing to those suf
ferers; Hundreds of Topeka invalids and af
flicted have applied for treatment and
a great number of appeals, for Mr.
Mickson's help have come from all
over Kansas. Imploring requests to
experience the healing power come
from the aged, the middle aged, young
people and from the fathers and
mothers of sick and crippled children,
in the form of letters to Dean J. P.
deB. Kaye, rector of Grace cathedral,
who is in charge of registration for
the healing mission.
"The faith expressed in the letters
of those who. ask treatment is Indeed
an Inspiration," Dean Kaye said to-
such deep faith as some of the lettirs
, ...r - ,
Altho some of the writers uo
not feel that they may expect to be
cured, they feel that they will receive
great spiritual benefit from coming o
Mr. Hickson for treatment. They feel
that if they can only get to him they
cannot help but be improved, both
physically and spiritually.
"Those suffering from all kinds of
ills paralysis. cancer, tuberculosis
wnd other troubles of the more hope
less nature the deformed, blind, deaf
and crippled are among those .who
have written to me not to fail to ar
range for them to see Mr. Hickson,"
Dean Kaye said. "One woman. 60
years old, who has suffered from
rheumatism, cancer and heart trouble
for twenty-seven years is coming with
hope that Mr. Hickson will be able to
help her." v .
Will Be Half Hour Late.
Because of the hour of arrival of
his train Mr. Hickson will not be'able
to open his healing mission until 10:30
o'clock Thursday morning, instead of
at 10 as previously announced.
' Registration will be completed tO'
morrow. When the exact number of
persons to be treated Is known ficats
will be reserved for them in the
cathedral. An effort will be made to
care for all in need of help, and, if the
number of patients is as great as is
tending, the healing m'ssion and there
are no denominational requirements.
Klcn and- poor, black and white ll
are
welcome to attend. All Topeka
patients must be registered before :30
o'clock tomorrow night. Out of town
Shot From Dark Alley While Going on
Duty Dies Unconscfctos.
., -k i.i. e,..)i.u .ul. i.
l'1' lh,lf ?u?fif .11 by
' 1 "j" .7i'w I'
1 He died Monday morning without r-
gaining consciousness. McKinley re
cently came here from the Texas state
prison-, where he was a guard. It is
thought the- assassin was a former
prisoner there who held a grudge for
some fancied wrong. r
McKinney was going to his work
about midnight Sunday night walking
along one of the principal streets of
the city. He passed a dark alleyway
and had gone half a dozen ateos when
the Bhot nrtg out. McKlnney fell, shot
thru the neck. Several persona near
; the scene of the shooting beard ttoe
; shot and some of them say they saw
two men running. However. they
failed to "get a good look at the men
iand a description of the murderers is
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' W-xtarhi. Ten Pat fh.lnnntl. a.
"" " stomping round la toe
. t . . . , .
rime When be w brought bre for a new
leg. Pat la a paoper, wooden-legged.
LABOR ADOPTS A
PLATFORM FOR
. NEXT CAMPAIGN
Kansas Federation Also Decides
Against Third Party.
Ten Articles of Faith favored
at Emporia Today.
ELECTION DAYS TO BE HOLIDAYS
)
Labor to Use All Influence in
Backing Candidates.
Propose Dally Newspapers in
Five Kansas Cities.
THEY DID NOT FORGET ALLEN
Call Governor a "Rainbow
Chaser" and "Self-Lauder."
Indicate Possibility of Repeti
tion of a Coal Strlie Here, j
By Staff Correspondent.)
Emporia. Kan., March 23. Organ
ized labor today declined to form a
"third party" and adopted Compere
plan in politics of ?pttin k.vi
dldates in eitherof the luitin.
who favored its policies. A platform
presenter to the 300 delegatea at the
State Federation of Ltbnr mmi..
day waa unanimously adopted. Planka
in mis platform include:
m,i. . -fir5 1? Primary ballot wl.l.
ESi . cn,lldate name an fbe iirlmarr
ballot without bis political affllUtio
A state income tax Iit
A teTll5i?0 of ,he federal income tax law
whiob will permit an inpctlon bv labor.
turns3'011' conrerned of income tax re-
,nT'1R,OB of t!le 'n'PecHon laws.
pofc".. ' 'abor ror d,r'
Jjke .U. p!"",!b,, for poor man to go
to the state legislature by Wreaxlug igu
UOve pay from 3 to $ld a day
Free Bcbool text bnoka.
Stronger laws governing prompt ahlo-tm,-n1P"'1"h,ble
mrt"' -llmlnatloa of
indemng1110 -"Pratloa in buying
Opposition to all federal laws pro'ridinr
for nnlrersal military tralnlnr. pvlo,n'
I..n2l.n7l f"r '"J"' wUh "ority t
lf,,h.( ,.HH..for mo?":'Il owneralilp of all
plkatl Including. markets and Ice
Election' Daya HoMdaja,
Following the adoption ef this plat
rorm labor begao laying. a foundation
so they can realise the actual adop
tion of such laws. They unanimously
adopted c resolution which will make
election days In Kansas a holiday for
all labor to give the laboring man an
opportunity to use his Influence with
friends and relatives on that day
Discussion ot the establishment of
five dally labor newspapers in Kansas
was discussed. Under the plan pro
posed these papers would be placed at
.ptka' Karisa City. Kan.. Pittsburg.
Wichita and Salina.
The delegates were Instructed o re
turn to their homes, line up legislative
and other candidates on the labor
platform and govern their votes ac
cording to the attitude of these candi
dates on labor's views.
Didn't Forget Allen.
Not for a minute did thev forget
their grievance against Gov. Henry J
Allen. Long resolutions were adop-rd
scoring Allen and the industrial court
Among things said about Governor
Allen In resolutions adopted waa the
following: ,
. "Wh.,;'!, Oo"n"'r A,,?n ' man with
vacillating, egotlatlrai mind, a rainbow
cbaaor ana an egotistical aelf-laurter at
heart who onnoun.-ra himself aa the fore,
runner of all political prophets sod prnjs
to litinaelf alone."
In another place in the resolution
if reads:
"Ttierefore. be it resolved hy tbla eon
rentloa of farmers and laborers. tut we
pllgo ourselves to defeat In the coming
election those who favor the retrnUoa of
tbe salif -Industrial court."
Thruout lh. m i- i. .
jdenced labor was making a strong
kj w iuwue me warmer in their
plans. There were a few farmers rei
resenting rural organization present
and several representatives of the
Nonpartisan' League Bt tfte meeting
But the real leaders In the farmers'
organizations were" not In Emporia.
Talk of Coal Strike,
Eay talk of a general strike of all
union men in Kansas simmered down
today to the prediction. that there waa
a strong possibility a repetition of last
winter's coal strike woujd be staged by
miners in southeastern Kansas in the
late fall In defiance of Governor Al
len's alleged threat to put them in Jail.
The. plan, as reported, would be for
uuiici. vuiiiinufl worKinc until
jthe public really needed coal for the
kiiu viiuuren ana men to arop
picks and shovels and give the Kansaa
governor an opportunity to put 15.0'
of the southeastern Kansas miners in
Jails.
With the platform adopted and
resolutions passed there waa Just one
feature left unrealized to make the
firs", real political meeting of organ
ized labor in Kansas complete. That
was an address by Alexander Howat.
Late today laboring men were mim
ing trains back to their homes In the
hope that Howat would p:t in an
appearance.
'Candidate, Against Allen.'
The most recent plan discussed of
defeating Allen Is to select a candidate
to run against bvm in the primaries and
throw all of organized labor's strength
and influence behind this candidate.
Failure to make any dent In the Re
publican vote for Allen at the pri
maries, labor probably will spell a flon
to the Democratic, candidate for
governor.
Every onion in Kansas will be nr.
MMiMfl fn. til nnlitlMl
with the defeat of Allen aa the pri-
inary twjrci mq in selection OI canal-
dates for state legislators with labor
tendencies' as the 'next object.. Every
legislative candidate known tn favor
th- .industrial court will .receive the
full benefit of a fight against him by
organized 4 bor, it ta said.
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