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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
TEXAS fever HERE
Herds in Marion County Affect
ed, 1t Is Reported.
Special Investigators Sent Out
by the State.

Reports of Texas fever in Marion
county herds today reached the
officers of the state livestock depart
ment Special investigators were sent
to Marion county this afternoon. The
state will enforce quarantine regula-
tions against infected herds immedi-
ately.
News that the Texas fever had ap-
peared in Marion county herds was re-
ceived today by J. II. Mercer. state
livestock sanitary commissioner. Sew
eraI herds are said to have been af-
fected by the disease. Representative
A. P. Burdick, a state inspector, was
sent to Marian this afternoon with in
structfons to place guarantees over
all herds where the disease is found.
This action will probably be followed
imme mediately by state inspection of all
stock herds in the county.
State officials are this afternoon
seeking definite information as to the
number of cattle lost and the extent
to which the disease has spread. The
state will take charge Of the Marion
county situation until the present sit
uation is relieved and guarantees are
lifted. No information has been re-
ceived that the disease has spread to
the big herds in Butler. Greenwood.
Chase and other important stock rails
ing counties in the district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
MY God, It's Raining; HeH,'
Flying Terror Victims Cry

gasoline fell on her work table. She
was caught instantly in quickly kill
ing flame. At her side worked Myrtle
Messenger. Myrtle saw the quick
death of her co-worker, tried to put
call thru to the fire department, but
the fire spread toward her, singed her
hair and drove her forth after one
frantic effort to pull Evelyn's body
away from the blaze. Myrtle jumped
thru a window and landed safely.
c. c. Hayford, running from his prl-
Yate Office at the first explosion,
bumped into n man carrying woman
my God, It's Raining Hell,'
MY God. it's raining hell" bun st
from the mans blackened face. The
figure he carried apparently was life
less.
A. w. Hiltabidel and F. I. Cooper,
tellers, thought first of the securities
ciuttering their desks. While black
ened and blazing forms rushed past
them. they carefully collected their
papers, made them safe ami then
climbed thru windows to the street.
One girl leaped at a window, seven
feet above the floor. Her fingers
caught, slipped and she fell back in-o
the path Of liquid fire.
Il don't know just what happened.
dazed victims said hours after the fire.
Several said they thought photogra-
pliers were swapping flashlights for
their monthly magazine.
Thought 1t Work of ''Reds."
I'VE thought of the reds right
Off" said Walter De Crosse, bookkeep-
er. They're razing a building near
here and my thought was that reds
were among the workmen. Then
saw the man fall thru the roof and
land in front of the vault. Then the
boatlike body of the ship came thru.
There was q sizzle like that of a
giant frying pan.
After that girls began running
| round with their waists almost burned
off and with their clothing still burn
ing. 1 made for the door. grabbed
one of the girls as 1 went and tried
to beat out the flames in her clothing.
I tried to get back later but there was
no hope for the remaining until fire
men had the fire under control"
Among those who watched the last
cruise of the ''Wingfoot" from loop
| buildings was H. o. McLain.
CT The machine came came down. nose
still roaring as 1t struck the skylight
and disappeared into the building
Luck Saved Bank President.
J. ], Mitchell. president of the bank
had left the place shortly before the
accident. For half an hour he had
! been sitting just where the motors
landed.
At the morgues later in the even
ing there were four unidentified
bodies. Identities were esta blished
when co-w0rkers- recalled the clothing
left in the cloak room, One girl
hlackenad and twisted by fire had
| been stripped of all clothing. but one
! dainty white oxford. One of the girls
who had been saved recognized the
oxford as that of Evelyn Meyers, the
pretty telephone operator.
James Carpenter. who died in g
hospital, made one last request, take
| off my Shoes" he asked. They were
| all the clothing he wore. He died a:
nurses tried to pry the charred leather
! from his feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22

Chicago, July 22.-Nine employees of
the Illinois Trust and Savings bank,
and three other persons were dead to-
day, victims of the flying terror.
Two clerks, bending over their ledg-
ers yesterday in the daily rush to
close their books. thought of nothing
but their prosaic daily labors. Mes
senger boys rushed back and forth
with books and papers. There was
the subdued hum of high pressure
work.
Shadow Across Skyllght.
A shadow floated across the big
skylight. two floors aboye-a smoke
ing light and a detonation to shatter
walls. A shapeless mass hurtled thru
the glass and fell flatly to the marble
floor. 1t was a mans body. Heavy
machinery followed, and, binding
white flames began to lick marble
pillars and the twisted steel beams of
the monster which had turned quiet
counting room into a burning inferno
Men and women workers in the gal
lery surrounding the bank interior and
on the main floor, looked up at the
crash. Screams arose Immediately
and as the flames leaped up or flowed
along the floor in rivulets of gasoline,
Mysteries broke loose. Frightened
screams of women rose above the
! shouts of men. A terrific rush for the
two main exits followed Gallery
workers leaped for the windows.
Women Leaped to Street.
1t was a long jump to the street but
women took it. Only one girl paused
momentarily to clasp her skirts tightly
about her ankles as she leaped. Some
of the 10000 spectators attempted to
catch the jumpers but succeeded only
in breaking their falls. Strangely only
few were injured in those leaps.
Inside few remained, too terror
stricken to move or slow to realize the
danger. Some dived to the big vault
and swung it's door as far shut as they
safely could. Men slid under their
desks to escape the spraying liquid
fire. The flames caught them and
drove them out thru other rivers of
fire. Within a moment while marble
pillars were biackened, marble floors
were jammed and there were blood
prints where scared bodies rubbed
walls and doorways.
Pinned Under Burning Mass.
Those who died in the bank were
pinned by the heavy motors or frame
work of the "Wingfoot" Firemen,
called when the dirigible first burst
| into flame. rushed into the building at
once to drag back those fallen on the
edge of the blaze. Some of the res
cued were so Drowned or bIackened
by the fire that they could not be
recognized Three occupants of the
airship were killed.
1t was a matter of minutes from the
time the shadow floated across the
light until the quiet bank building had
been turned into a furnace and men
and women had perished. Chemicals
quieted the flames shortly and the
bodies under the wreckage were taken
out.
The girls were partially identified.
Their hats were those remaining in the
cloak room unclaimed ~
Killed at Switchboard
Evelyn Meyers was one of the first
| to die. She was completing a call at
| her switchboard when a cylinder OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
G.. A. r. Row Will Be Settled in
Organization.
Theodore Gardner Issues State
ment on 1t Today.

There is not so much as a chance
of legal action in the G. A. r. row.
Theodore Gardner. department COM
mander, announced today that he
would not go into court to secure de-
partment records. Neither will he
approve payment of expense vouchers
of a committee which recently tnvestl-
The trouble in G. A r. circles
started when w. W. Smith, retiring
department commander. appointed a
committee to visit the Dodge City in
stitution. Approval of this course was
given at the Wichita encampment.
When Gardner succeeded Smith to the
job, the retiring officers are said to
have refused to turn over the books
unless expensive vouchers were paid.
Gardner contemplated legal action.
mo immediate legal action wifi be
taken to secure funds and records of
the Kansas department" Gardner told
the State Journal today. Gardner's s
decision followed a conference with
friends and attorneys. He said the
matter would be checked up to the
membership of the state G.. A. r. at
the 1920 encampment. In the mean.
time Smith and D. L. Sweeney. as
sistant adjutant, may retain the books
and funds of the department. Gardner
will seek to conduct the affairs of the
department by use of current receipts
In his statement today Gardner de-
clared the Dodge City trip was made
without authority and that no funds
were available for payment Of ex-
penses of the investigating committee.
The probe of the Dodge City institu-
ton was one of the numerous inves-
LEGATIONS which have been made In
recent years by old soldiers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
0. K. The TREATY mo COURT ACTION
Great Britain Places Approval
on Paris Pact.
Commons Passes Bill Recon-.
mending Ratification.

London, July 22.-Great Britain to-
day had placed it's approval on the
peace treaty with Germany.
The bill recommending ratification
was passed last night by the house of
commons on it's third reading by a
vote of 1913 to A.
An attempt to defeat the treaty on
the basis of the Irish question, in
jected by Joseph Devlin, Nationalist
from Belfast, was voted down by the
house. Devlin prposed the treaty be
rejected because of Premier Lloyd
Georges Irish policy.
Replying to Devlin's demand for a
plebiscite in Ireland, the premier de-
clared he had despaired of any settle
ment Of the Irish question until the
Irish people agreed among themselves.
He said the government had tried al
ready to supply the principle of self
convention, but that the Nationalist
were divided. The premier declared
that ulster. moreover. did not want
self-determiration."
Not a Nation, He Says.
Lloyd George pointed out that Ire
land was not one nation in race. relig-
ion, temperament or anything consti-
tuting the essentials of a nation.
Sir Donald MacLean. opening the
treaty OeDate- urged the lIlal OIL lhe
ex-kaiser in a neutral country.
What right have we to assume tina
any neutral country desires to be the
scene of the trial?" the premier asked
The allies had confidence. he said
that whoever was put on trial in Great
Britain would receive trial equal tC
the higest traditions of the British
nation"
The bill for the ratification OF the
Anglo-French treaty. which also wa.
up for consideration, was passed or
ding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
PASS BOOZE BILL
House Finally Adopts PrOhibi-
tiOn Enforcement Measure.
Put Teeth in Dry Legislation by
2S7 to 100 Vote.
BILL TOO DRASTIC TO STAND?
Vets Say 1t Invites Presiden-
tiaI Veto as 1t Is.
Desperate Effort of IgOe To
Modify Provisions Fails:
BILL TOO DRASTIC TO STAND?

Washington, July 22.-The prohibi-
ton enforcement bill described by
members opposing it as drastic enough
to invite a presidential veto finally
was passed today by the house.
The vote was taken after a mo-
ton by Representative Igoe, Democrat,
Missouri, to recommit the bill. and
substitute a much more liberal one.
had been defeated 255 to 1876. Nearly
every member of the house was in
attendance and there was so much
noise during the roll call that Repub-
lican Leader Mondell was recorded as
supporting the Igoe motion. He was
permitted to change his vote.
The vote on the passage of the bill
was 2s7 to 100 with three members
voting present.
Now Goes to Senate
The measure now goes to the senate
but house managers of the measure do
not expect it will be accepted there
as a whole. The house bill will be
substituted for the measure now being
framed by the senate judiciary cem-
mittee but senate leaders were doubt
full whether the bill could be brought
before the senate until the German
peace treaty had been disposed of, in
volving a delay of many weeks.
Text of Measure.
The prohibition enforcement bill, as
| it passed the house provides:
After January &c 1920: Every person
! permitted under the law to have liquor IN
his possession, shall report the quantity
and kind to the commissioner of internal
revenue. CThis applies to chemists, ply
after After Feb. l. 1920: The possession oi
any liquor, other than as authorized by
| the law, shall be prima facie evidence that
it is being kept for sale or otherwise in
violation of the law. 1t will not be re
| quired, however. to report and it will not
| be Illegal to have in ones possession
| liquor in n private dwelling while the sam'
| is occupied and used by the possessor a'
| his private dwelling, and the liquor II
| used for personal consumption by th'
owner, his family or his guests"
Intoxicating liquors is defined as
/ beverage containing more than one-hal
per cent of alcohol.
! No person shall manufacture, sell, bar
ter, give away, transport, import. export
deliver. furnish or receive any intoxicat
ing liquors
! Liquor for npn-beverage purposes am
| wine for Sacramental use may be solt
| cohol, medicinal preparations uncludinl
patent medicines unfit for beverage pur
| poses) toilet articles. flavoring extract
and vinegar are exempted.
! Registered physicians are asked to issu
prescriptions under strict regulations 70
| use of liquor in cases where 1t may b
| considered necessary as n medicine.
| Sale, manufacture or distribution o
compounds intended for use in unlawful
manufacture of liquor is prohibited to
| gether with sale publication Of receipts
for home manufacture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
SHOE PRICES WILL DROP
When the Cows Come Home OF Ty
Cobb Fans, This May Happen.

st. Louis, July 22.-Shoe prices Will
topple!
When Europe hits her stride.
When Arge ntina resumes leather
trade relations.
Or when general conditions become
normal
John Roberts, one of the largest
shoemakers in the country, said today
that these are the only hopes he en-
tertains for footwear to come out OF
the luxury class.
Prices will not rise SO or "a higher
than present. as recently predicted,
Roberts believes. He did forecast an
advance.
THE amount of hide being used on
the other side while the take off in
this country is as great as ever" is a
cause for price awaiting. he explained.
Prospects for Argentina furnishing
he world an increase in leather are
Frightening, he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
Give ANSELL JOB
Central Figure of Army Row To
Help Probe War Department.
Retained as Adviser to Commit
tee Investigating Expenditures.

Washington. July 22.-Lieut. Col.
Samuel T. .AnselI. former acting judge
advocate general of the army, whose
resignation was accepted yesterday by
Secretary Baker has been retained az
counsel for a special house war in
vestigation committee.
Representative johnson OF South
Dakota. the committee chairman, an
nounced today that Colonel Ansell
would be the Legal adviser OF the COM
mittee in its inquiry into war depart
ment expenditures abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
T. R. TO COME BY AIR
Webber Offers To Bring
Him to Fair in Plane.

Topeka may furnish air transporta-
tion for her guest of honor September
s. Lieutenant Weber has offered to
make the trip to Emporia TO get Lieut..
Col. Theodore Roosevelt. jr.. on that
date and bring him to Topeka In the
big Curtiss biplane.
Colonel Roosevelt is to be the guest
OF honor and the speaker of the day
at the first days session of the Ameri-
can Legion at the peol ; pavilion in
the Free fair grounds Monday, Sep
tember s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
TO DRIVE ON REDS
General d'Esperey Is Preparing
To Move ON Budapest.
Has Allied Army of 10000
Troops for Attack.

Vienna, July 12.-(delayed)-G
eral Franchet d'Esperey, commander
of the allied forces in the near east.
announces that he is preparing an ad-
vance upon Budapest, the Hungarian
capital, with 10000 troops.
The army is made up of French col
onials. Rumanians. Jugo-slavs, Ital-
ians and Hungarians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
HOLD BELA KUN PRISONER?

Copenhagen. July 22.-Bela Kun.
deposed head of the Hungarian soviet
government. is held in isolation. ac-
cording to unconfirmed reports 10
Vienna newspapers. II was said that
members of the soviet directorate al
Budapest who had assumed command
were negotiating with the allies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
CHECK WHEAT DISEASES
Flag Smut and "Take All" VIII Not
Become Widespread.

Washington, July 2.-Indications
are that the two dreaded foreign foes
of wheat, flag smut and take ALL -
will not become widespread in the
United States. The United States de-
partment of agriculture announced
today that the two states where these
diseases appeared, Indiana and Illi-
nois, had taken steps VIII ch would
prevent the spread of the disease
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
ODAY'S TEMPERATUREs.

Why go to the lakes and NOUN
tains2
Last night in Kansas was the cool
est in the United States. At Manhat-
tan, Garden City and Hays City the
thermometer went down to 81 degrees.
In Topeka the low mark was 62 at
o'clock this morning. This is the
lowest in IS days Or since June Z.
Altho we are due for warmer tenn
peratures the mercury will not climb
to more than SIS this afternoon is
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
THIRD DIVISION ORDERED HOME
Only Ono Division, the First, Now
Left OH Rhine.

washington. July 22-The Third
division mas received its order to re-
turn home. the war department was
advised officially. This leaves only
one division. the First. comprising the
American forces on the Rhine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
FIRE DESTROYING TOWN
Business Section of Marion, Ky, Is
Burned-Wiped Out IL Years Ago.

LOUISVILLE, KY. July 22.-The busi-
ness section of Marion. KY. was wiped
out by fire which started early this
morning. Damage estimated at $780,
900 was done by $3.50 o'clock. At that
time the whole town was threatened
with destruction. Evansville, Ind, was
called on, for aid.
The town was destroyed by fire
twelve years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22
DON'T GO TO COLORADO!
Kansas Last Night Was Coolest Spot
in the United States.

WEATHER FoSECAST FOR KANSAS: !:
Fair tonight and Wednesday. Warmer
west and north. Thursday probably fair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22

E4TEATaER TO REC AS1 for Kai;sns:
Fair tonight md Wednesday;
warmer west and north. Thursday
probably fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22

THE saIaricd man these days often
feels like lemon that is being
squeezed nt both ends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22

CONTINUED on Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-22

Washington, July 22.-Heavy rein
forcements have been ordered from
Camp Meade to assist the police and
military provost guard in Washington
to prevent a repetition of the race riots
of the past three nights.
While refusing to give the number
of troops ordered here, Secretary
Baker said the number was "substan-
tial."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-01-29
NAUSEALESS CALOpEL
GOOD FOR THE FLU
Doctors and Druggists
Claim Calotabs, the Nau-
sealess Calomel, Is Best
Laxative for Colds ,
Grippe and Influenza.

At the first sign of colr, is the
time to take a Calotab, the perfected
nausealess calomel that has all the
liver benefits left in and the sting
taken out. Doctors say that there is
nothing like it to put your liver right
and keep your system in condition
to resist and avoid colds, Influenza
and pneumonia.
The best insurance against infu-
enZa and pneumonia is good active
liver and your physician or druggist
will tell you that Calotabs is the most
thorough and effective, as well as the
safest and most agreeable remedy for
this purpose.
One Calotab at bed time with a
swallow of water-that's all. No
salts, no nausea, nor the slightest
interference with your eating, pleas
ure, or work. Next morning you
awake feeling fine with a hearty ap-
petite for breakfast Your cold has
vanished and you are ready for work
or play. Calotabs are sold by drug
gists everywhere II sealed packages,
price thirty-five cents. Your money
handed right back If you are not de-
lighted.-(adv.)
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-01-29
GERMANY AND THE LEAGUE.
BernstOrff Says Political Situation
Has Reached Stability.

Berlin, JAM 23.-The foreign flee
is greatly Interested in press dis
patches from Paris today saying that
Germany and Russia are only to be
admitted to the league of nations
when their political situation has
reached stability.
Count Won Bcrnstorff today inform
ed the correspondent that foreign Off
cials and other high personagcs are
unanimously Of the opinion that this
situation if it has not already been
attained, would be completely solved
with the meeting of the assembly.
"It is true that there is much eco
nomic disorganization in Germany TO-
day." said Count Won Bernstorff, "but
the ordcrliness of the elections last
Sunday affords evidence of stability
in political conditions which is high
ly gratifying to us. 1t is too early to
say that communism or Bolshevism is
quite killed, but undoubtedly the de-
termined measures taken against it
by the provisional government have
rendered it practically powerless.
"Signifcant in this connection is
the fact that the new Democratic
party which l joined at it's foundation
secured no less than seventy-seven
seats, thus holding the balance of
power between the Socialists and the
more conservative parties, preventing
purely Socialist, government.