The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

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| city Jail.
81 won't go into detail, she said
curtly. The mayor knows of thes5
conditions, and says he cannot help
Them
Mr. Guild touched briefly upon the
work of the lobby, or "third house
81 was in the third house recent
ly,'' he observed, land, by the way,
I've worked on a fottball squad, but
have never seen more excellent team
work than is carried on between the
third house and the house proper,
There is no city in the United
States the size of Topeka" he went on
that has q portion like tho East side
no sewers and no water.
81 wonder how many people in town
know of the professional bond givtrs,
concluded Mr.. Guild. Criminals here
in town are often obliged to furnish,
say $500 bond; citizens make a bust
ness of furnishing these bonds. AS
soon as the prisoner is released, he is
rearrested on fictitious charge and
thrown into jail; then the monyS re
turned to the man who gave it.
This said a prominent attorney
in town, after hearing of Mr.. Guild
assertion, lis corrupt practice in cor
rupt cities, but is not done in Topeka"
The Topeka chapter of the Daugh-
ers of the American Revolution had
requested Mr. Guild to SHIN up social
conditions in TOpeka-he responded.
Many of the women, Hospitality in
clined, regret, nevertheless, that he &C
epted their invitation. When the So
ial Survey hub was organized, it wished
the Topeka Federation of Women to
join in it's work. The federation de-
clined, but promised to interest each
proposed survey Mr.. Guild was,
therefore, invited to enlighten the
women of the D. A. r. concerning
municipal conditions in Topeka.
1t is unfortunate that preacher OF
Rev Guilds ability and tendency to
discourse on municipal affairs should
not inform himself thoroughly before
making grave charges against ofnc1als.
Then he would not need to retract
them as in the case of the present
county sheriff.
7. B. Billiard. mayor of Topeka, eX-
pressed his indignation today in speak
ing of the Guild charge, that the white
slave traffic is being carried on at the
city Jail.
cit is a case of SANDER. If anything
is going on around that Jail that is
questionable l would like to know
about it. 1 invite a thorough investi-
cation of conditions 1 don't care who
fhe1y send: they can investigate the po-
lice department and the Jail all they
wish.
"'Some of the ministers in Topeka
have a way of coming out with rHsh
statements without taking the trou-
BILE to investigate conditions. They
take the word of some one else
House Follows Senate Lead.
washington, March by vote
of PA to 95 the house today repassed
over President Tafts veto the Webb
bill prohibiting shipments of intoxi-
eating liquors nito dry states the
senate passed it over the veto last
night and the bill now becomes a law.
Only one other time in the last Is
years has congress overrfden presi-
dent veto. That was when the Rainey
river dam bill was passed over Presi-
dent Roosevelt's disapprovaL
Joe Rivers Enters Matrimonial Ring.
Los Angeles, March Joe Rivers,
the Mexican lightweight pugilist, to-
day married Pauline Slert, a native
Californian of Mexican descent, who
was Joe's schoolmate before he en-
tered fha ring