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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-29
Morning Grain Gossip
lFurnished by the Topeka Board Of Trade.l

lEufnlsneu Dy the Topeka boaru OF lraue.s
Chicago, ILL.,. Oct. 29.-The Tribune;
GRAIN: Traders who study the corn
situation closely say the influences govern
nciently pronounced for them to take a
decided stand either way. Pressure of
corn from the country is not heavy, and
those friendly to the market say there
must be heavier arrivals to keep prices
down. On the other hand, their opponents
argue that buying must increase to prevent
a decline. December is regarded as con-
may have trouble. as stocks are light. 1t
is well to remember that No. ) and 4
grades can be delivered on December
trades, and that the corn is so good this
year that the percentage of low grade
may be smaller than usual, dependent upon
the moisture content Commission house
longs showed more disposition to take
and with corn weak prices declined and
closed fractionally lower. Stocks in the
northwest are decreasing. Minneapolis
being off los. 600 in 3 days. Rye traders
are Inclined to be bearish there is not
the demand expected. Seaboard exporters
are not enthusiastic over the situation.
They are buying little and at the same
time reports frorn>> the seaboard say ex-
porters are reselling. N y. cleared $4,000
rye Saturday. Local traders are in the
main against the oats market as 1t has not
acted right for holders for some tirne-~ Tie
movement from the country is below the
average, althe enough for the bulk of the
demand. 1t was said by provision spe-
cialists that the long interest in provisions
was in better shape to respond to any
new influences. The undertoDe seemed
better, there being more call for lard aud
meats.
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SANTA FE NOTES.
Notes and personals from Santa Fe
by Frances Jones. Telephone 1880.

Thomas Scully, Topeka storekeeper is
absent from his desk. Mr.. Scully has
been i'll the past few days.
Mr.. George Frazer. foreman in the black
smith shops has returned to his work after
a vacation of a week which he spent in ST.
Louis.
Mr. and Mrs C. T. Cox and daughter,
Miss Edna Cox expect to leave the latter
part of the. week to spend month in
Phoenix. Ariz.. with their son, Mr.. Harry
Cox. They will also visit other relatives
in Phoenix.
Mr.. John Young, formerly assistant yard
master, Is III at his home, Jefferson street
Miss Alta Blake OF the-freighk auditors
office was removed to the company hos
pital last week after weeks Illness at
her home.
Word has been received here telling of
the death I'm Springfield, ILL.,. of Mrs. Klein
felter, mother of Mr.. Jerry Kleinfelter of
the machine shops. Mr.. Kleinfelter was
called east Inst week by his mothers i'll
ness.
The members of the L. A. OF the B.
Of Z. +. and f; and their families will be
the guests Friday evening of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. A. BOstic. 915 West Sixteenth street
This, with be a hobo or tacky party.
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Wall St. New York, Oct. 29.-STOCKS-
Stee1s shared with motors and oils in the
strong tome ~ the opening of today's stock
market. being savarably influenced by the
quarterly statement of the United States
steel corporation. United States steel rose
only point bat advances in allied stocks.
Republic, Lackawanna and Beth
ehem were more extensive. General mo-
tors. the recent feature. gained four uoints
at the outset, affiliated issues rising one
to two, while lealing equipments advanced
two to three points. Food, shipping and
tobacco shares also participated substan
TALLY in the advance.
The more extensive gains of the early
trading included Crucible and Republic
steels mt ) and 6a4 points respectively
Mexican petroleum Az American sugar
az. Cuban American sugar 14l1 . and
Warrington pump IL. Profit taking caused
the usual reactions Of one to three points.
the setback in several issues exceeding that
range. Trading became dull on the re-
vcrsal but quiekened again when buying
of high priced oils was resumed. Texas
company advanced IL points to n new high
of 80 and steels strengthened again. Call
money opened Q ner cent.
Trading became apathetic at midday.
leaders hesitating probably as q result of
uncertain money conditions. There were
several noteworthy exceptions. however.
Texas company and the sugar group max
ing material additions TO the gains Of the
morning. bethlehem steel and L. s. steels
also reflected steady accumulation.
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AIR FREIGHT. TO CUBA
seap,anc Carries 100000 Worth of
Fountain Pens From New York,

New York. Oct. 29-The Inaugural
ton of an aerial freight service be-
tween New York and Cuba took place
when a seaplane, carrying 100000
worth of fountain pens left Bath
Beach, Brooklyn, for Havana. Stops
will be made en- route at Atlantic City.
Norfolk, Va; Wilmington. n. C..
Charleston. S. c.; Savannah Ga.
Jacksonville, Fla; Miami and Key
West, Fla. At each of these cities
gold fountain pen will be presented to
the mayor and silver one to the pres
ident of the local Rotary club. The
seaplane was piloted by James Farm
ham. and Robert Hewitt, former mill
tary aviators, and carried three pas
sengerS.
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NEED HOMES IN TOPEKA
W. NJ. Simmons Tells of Piersen Com
pany's Loss in Employees.

pany's Loss in Employees.
The future is rosy for Topeka and
holds forth possibilities of such in
dustrial development as will make the
capital city of Kansas a center known
the world around This is the sub
stance of a talk by w. NJ. Simmons,
of the Piersen Manufacturing COM
pany before the Cooperative club at
its regular meeting at the Elks club
The promise was subject to but one
qualification. Topeka in itself must
bear a share of the burden and feel at
least ANTE Of responsibility Day
ton, Ohio; Akron. the rubber city,
and a half dozen other Industrial CEN
ters whose gro lth is reckoned phe
nomenal. were cited by Simmons as
examples of what real enterprise in
city building can do.
1t was in the latter part of the adj
dress that Simmons touched what he
and many othefs-consider the crux
of the industrial expansion situation
in Topeka. 1t is the shortage of
houses-houses of any kind, but just
houses. And in explaining the situa
ton he cited the experience of the
Piersen company in its effort to bring
workneh here from the east and keep
them here.
The Piersen company has already
lost many thousands of dollars thru
this unfortunate house shortage Our
officers go east and~secure skilled
wdrkmen. 1t costs from 500 to $3.50
to move each of these men and his
family to Topeka They remain about
a month for which we pay them a
months wages. At the end of this
time they go back to the home
whence they came, and the company
is out not only their moving expenses
but months salary and we have re-
ceived but little return on our money"
The reason for this. Simmons said.
is that "the workmen had a little
home of. their own back east and were
not content living in Topeka in one
room and that furnished with things
not their own" To drive the building
there was so little building going on
in Topeka today that it was his honest
opinion that at least one hundred per-
sons would drop dead of shock if they
should see load of brick going up
Kansas avenue.
In closing Simmons said that if To :
peka will only lend its moral, physical
the Piersen company would take the
matter into their own hands and erect
hundreds of little homes for the houS-
ing of, their workmen.
In one part of his address Simmons
spoke of the growth of the Piersen
back-room establishment on East
Sixth, street. to a 100000 corpora
ton housed in one of the finest fac-
tory buildings in the west. Piersen
held out great hopes for the future of
the Piersen company and said that all
the success this company obtains in
the commercial world must reflect to
the credit of the capital of Kansas and
tend to Increase her growth as a man.
ufacturing and industrial center.
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EDITOR is ACQUITTED
Jury Finds Robert Lyon Not Guilty of
Numbering Judge.

Richmond. Mo, Oct. 29.-Robert S.
Lyon. Richmond editor, was acquitted
Tuesday night of the killing of Judge
Frank P. Divelbiss, circuit Judge.
Judge Divelbiss died following an en-
counter with Lyon in the Ray county
court house, April 6, 1919 in which
Lyon admitted stabbing the jurist.
The case went to the jury at $40
O'Clock in the afternoon, after four
hours of closing arguments by the
lawyers. Thirty minutes after they
had retired to consider the verdict, the
jurors returned to the court room and
announced they had arrived at a de-
cision.
There was applause when the YER
dict of mot guilty. was announced,
but Judge Hughes promptly stopped
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OAKLAND NOTES.
Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones. Telephone $3.50.

The meeting to have been held at the
school house Tuesday evening for the pur~
pose of stimulating contributions to the
Salvation Army fund has been postponed
indefinitely. A number of the speakers
who were on the Tuesday evening program
were detained at places ont of the city
whore they were holding meetings
MIRA Edith c. Watson and daughter
virginia have Gomez from Alva.. Okla. to
visit Mrs. Watson's parents MI anu MIS-
H. f. Goodsell, After avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Shaffer have changed
their residence from Oakland avenue TO
Winfield avenue.
Miss Fay Smith, one of the Oakland
teachers, was seriously hurt Saturday at
ternoon while In the Emahizer. Spielrnan
Furniture store. A heavy ladder fell strik-
ing Miss Smith. She was unconscious sew
eral hours and was taken to Stormoat hos
pital where she is doing as We'll as posi-
BILE Mrs. French of Topeka is substituting
in Miss Smiths place. Miss Smith had
charge of the fifth grade room.
Prof. $. w. Mc(iarrah spent the week
end in Manhattan with Mrs. McGarrah
who has been visiting there the past two
weeks. They returned to their home Sun
dav.
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KNOXVILLE FACES TIEUP
City's Unions May Go Out in Street
Car Sympathy. Ats

Knoxville, Tenn. Oct. 29.-The pro
posed general strike in Kpoxville in
sympathy with striking street car EN-
ployes. originally set for Friday, APP
parently viii be averted at least day.
Altho several of the local unions al
ready had voted in favor of the pro-
posed walkout, union workers attend
ing u mass meeting last night said the
majority of the unions would 2n9tssbe
able to report on the Referendum be
fore Friday night. ~. -
The meeting adopted resolutions
p1edging the members to remove cleo
trio light meters from their homes by
Saturday, pending adjustment by the
Knoxville Railway & Light company.
of the wage dispute with its en-
ployes. so.
Resolutions also were adopted de
handing recall of Mayor E. w. Neal.
Women present volunteered to carry
petitions for his recall into avery
home in the city.
Federal troops wefe enca mped in
the city parks today and state forces
were modified in their armories.
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LOVE AND BODY COLD
So Deputy Sheriff Aided e. d. Ben
ncr in Procuring Blankets.

ncr IN procuring Blankets.
With access to only one room in his
own home. so he claims, z. d. Benner.
20, and a husband since April /, has
again importuned the court to hasten
the date of hearing on divorce petit
ton filed by his wife and an answer
and crosslpetition filed by him. The
room, Benner states, is cold and he
must learn whether he will get possess
sion of the house at 709 Lincoln street
or make other arrangements for keep
ing himself warm during the winter.
Benner today was given an order
permitting him to visit other parts of
the house occupied by his wife and
his stepzchildren. Bert Larimsr,
deputy sheriff, accompanied him.
Benner, thru Lariner, obtained a Key
to the china closet from Mrs. Benner
and removed certain articles. from
there. Then, Larimer took the key
to the attic, and Benner took several
blankets to his own room. The court
ordered that the attic remain un-
locked so an entrance might be eff
fected by ether Benner, or his wife,
in case of fire.
Judge George III. Whitcomb offered
to hear testimony today but one of the
attorneys was not able to be present
Benner in an answer and cross petit
ton filed recently stated that his wife
grabbed a pillow one night, left the
room and has been living in another
part of the house with her daughters
ever since. Communication between
the two households has been in writ
ing. Benner stated in his cross petit
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DIV tT1DGeS JOKES 16lSPhOHO oOoSs
Mrs f. ]. Fielder of Seattle. Wash. is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Andrew Losh, to-
Thursday evening ut the Third Presby-
terian church. the new minister, the Kew:
+. ]. Ogle, will be installed as pastor OF
1 1he e n proeram e vim be b, given.
The Clematis club will give party sat
urday evening at the home OF Mr.. ana MIS-
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark c. Whelan ana their
children of Albuquerque, N NJ, are visit
ing relatives in T9pe5Ia f nsyyen fse MT
md Mrs C. w. Campbell and of MT;
Wheelan's mother. Mrs; NJ Fl. CuPp, t ~
Margaret Campbell before her marriage
Mr.. and Mrs. w X. Pease who have been
making their home with MI; ana ar MRS the
pnst few weeks will change their residence
the latter part of the week to their former
home at 1896 Lawrence street u,o,,.,,. ,u
at her home, 619 Branner street, but Is no"
recovering. - -.
home at Tecumseh after a visit OF seVerai
weeks to friends at Pomona. Kan:
Miss Anna Johnson, Grattan street re
turned several days ago from OIsourg'
Kan. where she spent week with reia-
Thee Fleur-de-Lis club will entertain
with n Halloween party Thursday evening
Mt the home of Mr.. and Mrs. FRED klu-
more of Highland Park; ..., o,a f,rr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George HntterSon anu iati
ilv are changing their residence from their
farm near Tecumseh which they sold some
time ago 30 their new home on Huntington
avenue The Ladies' Aid society OF tns
Tecumseh Methodist church will serve
lunch at the sale which will be held Tifurs-
day .,-....,.-- ,,o,.s
n surprise party recently for Mr.. Mating
Iey's parents. Mr.. and Mrs Ed Matungl icy
Mrs carl YOeum and daughter Helen OF
Newton Kan. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mating,
ley. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Shaeffer, Mr. and
ell Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren. Mr. and
Mrs George Weaver. Mr.. md Mrs. CLYDE
Lowe and Miss Jean Smith
Mrs n. NJ. Swearingen. East Sixth ave
nue., has gone TO Cincinnati, Ohio to spend
a month with relatives and friends.
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SHIRT TAIL HIS BANK
Alleged Swindler Uses Novel Method
of Hiding His>s'Earnings."

OF Hiding HIS Earnings
Fort Scott, Oct. 29.-The mystery of
what became of the money which
Sergeant Bailey. a man in a uni
form, secured from ex-service men
who wished to obtain one of the gov
eminent automobiles which he claim
ed to be selling to ex-service men.
was solved when Sheriff Clarence NJ.
Armour stripped Bailey to the skin,
and found Sass in bills concealed in
the tail of the bogus soldiers shirt.
The thoro search was made when a
careful investigation had failed to dis
close evidence that Bailey had an &C
complete. When arrested. Bailey was
searched only specifically, and but
go cents was found. A search for a
stranger acting suspiciously, was
started. Evidence at last pointed to
Bailey as the sole culprit.
1t is believed now there were but
two victims, each of whom paid Bailey
$3.50, the price for which he had said
each of fifteen cars would be sold
There were fully 100 applicants for
cars, and the evening after the sale
was announced, ex-service men were
lined up at the recruiting station.
They spent ,the night there. and most
of the, next morning. Every one of
them was anxious to turn over his
$3.50 to Bailey, in the hope of secur-
ing a car.
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LOST IN DISASTER, Fl
Known Dead in Lake Shipwreck at 16
=. u. S. Probes Sinking

Muskegon. Oct. 29.-Twenty-one
persons were officially unaccounted
for early today and sixteen were
known to have lost their lives in, the
sinking yesterday of the Crosby line
lake steamer City of Muskegon, which
was driven into the pier by the gale
.she had battled across Lake Michigan
from Milwaukee, and pounded to
pieces by the heavy sea. Coroner
James Balbirnie and Crosby line Of
ficials stated they believed all the
missing had persisted.
Fourteen of the victims have been
Identified.
A federal Investigation is under way
to determine the cause of the sinking
of thes- ship. Capt. Robert Reed,
United States steamboat inspector sta
toned here, is conducting inyesti-
cation into the disaster. upon orders
from his department. in Washington.
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CLOUDY, WARMER, RAIN
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page One.)
the last twenty-four hours Topeka
has received 03 of an inch, Kansas
City .01 and Wichita OF.
The lowest temperature in Topeka
during the night was 80 at 2 o'clock
this morning. The low mark tonight
aWill not be below 80 and so or SIS will
be the limit again tomorrow afternoon.
Temperatures in northwestern Kan
sas were below freezing this morning
and the lowest temperature in the
country was 16 above zero at Willis
ton. n. D. Rain has fallen generally
over MISSOURI, Arkansas and Okla
homa and south to Louisiana and
Texas The roads in Missouri are in
bad condition. owing to three days of
rain.
The extremes in temperature on
record for this date are 50 in 1915 and
20 in 1913. At 3 o'clock this after
noon the wind was blowing five miles
an hour from the southeast
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IS A LOVE MATCH
Grand Duchess Charlotte of
Luxemborg To Wed Nov. s.
Accepts Prince Who Served in
Austrian Army.

ess Charlotte of Gutenberg and
Prince Felix fof Bourbon-Parraa will
be married here on November by
Bishop Micotra, papaI nuncio
Prince Felix was born AT Schwar-
Eau, September IS, 1923. Unlike his
brothers, Sixtus and, Xavier, who
served in the Belgium army, he en-
tered the Austrian service altho he
declared at the beginning of the hos
tilities he would refuse to fight against
the French.
Owing to Prince Felix's war service,
rage to Grand Duchess Charlotte, but
the latter declared it was a love
match, and that she would wed no
other. The people of Luxemborg sub
sequently acquiesced in this view
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Kansas CITY Live stock Market.

Kansas City, Oct. =9.-HOGS-Receipts
Hulk of sales. $f35o0i14Oo: heavies, $l3.5a
01i.00; mediums, S15.I5dI4.O0; lights,
81. 250514O0: pigs, sfe 50014.Oo.
CATTLE-Receipta 1000 Market steady
to weak. Choice heavy steers, $1,000 1885 /;
medium, 81. 0o615.T5: common, 50. 5Jdl11 IS :
choice lights. $I30oM1S.15; common, IS, %
$i5Omi1.T5: canners, s5.e0m8 so. calves,
Sl2.5O6l16.T5;l feeders, $s.00Q1S50: stock
ers $5.15M975.
orally steady. Lambs, SIS. 00G 1885; culls,
$SOOG12. %. yenrliug wethers, $9.50@1O.65;
ewes $1,000 80: euils. SS.0065.75; breed
M1a2l
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GLOVER TO THE COAST
Topeka Railway Auditor To Be Sue
cecdcd by w. ID. Cole of Illinois.

c. S. Glover, auditor in Kansas for
the Mckinley syndicate since 1910,
will leave the latter part of next week
to become connected with the Calf<
fornia Packing corporation in Frisco,
it was announced today.
Glover will be succeeded by w. D.
Cole. formerly auditor for the jack
sonville. Fla. railway and light com
pany. Cole was in Topeka today
Glover's offices were in the Topeka
street railway building. Twelfth and
Jackson street. His work in Kansas
included that of the Topeka and
Wichita companies of the Mckinley
interests
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SHOOTING VICTIM DIES
Arkansas Judge Was Mistaken for
Burglar by Brotncr-in-Law.

. Little Rock. oct 29.-Judge Paul
Littley of Fort Smith. Ark, who was
shot by mis- brother-in-law, Guy Will
liams, Saturday night when mistaken
for burglar, died on board a train
early today while en- route to a ST
Louis hospital for treatment. The
body will be returned to FIT. Smith
from Springfield, Mo, today and
burial will probably be at Greenwood.
Ark
Little had been circuit judge at Fort
Smith for three years and prior to his
election as judge, ne was prosecht
ing attorney for four years. Before
dying he issued a statement exonerat-
ing his brother-in-law from blame
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"OUAs' '''0
Fire companies were called out
Tuesday evening to extinguish a fire
in street car on the Shorey line at
Morse and Jackson streets. The fire
caught from the stove. Little damage
resulted. Another run Was made this
morning at $40 to the railroad coal
sheds on Quincy street, where fire
started in slack coal. This loss was
also trifling. -
The roll call for Topeka's annual
Red Cross membership drive among
the residence districts will begin next
Monday Mrs. c. NJ. Morrow is vice
chairman of the First ward and pre-
cinct captains are: First, Mrs. D. L.
Button; Second. Miss Olive Fisher;
Third. Mrs. ]. NJ. Hanlon; Fourth,
Mrs. Minnie Maze.
Notes and Personals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thomas and
little daughter of Arizona are the
guests of Mr.. Thomas's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Thomas, S23 Jackson
street.
R. $. Smith, Chilncothe. Mo, is
the guest of his niece. Mrs. P. n.
Tracy, and family, 1243 Polk street
South Mr.. Smith is en- route to his
home after spending the summer with
his son in Montana.
The Woman's Missionary society,"
Second Presbyterian. church, met yes
terday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
George r. Jackman, in West Gordon
street.
Mrs William Grant and little son,
william, Jr., left Monday for their
home in Ottumwa, Iowa, The little
boy suffered a broken leg when a
motorcycle fell over on him at the
fairgrounds on Tuesday of fair week.
Since that time he has been in the nos
initial. and While not completely re-
covered, was able to be taken home
The masquerade social which was to
have been given Friday evening by the
Ladies' Aid of the Second Presbyterian
church. was Indefinitely postponed.
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Chicago. Oct. 29-H0GS-Receipfs Is 600.
Market 20625c higher. Bulk of sales.
$13. 5001400; top, S14.15; heavy, $1a4O6I
400; medium. $13.50d14 15; light, S13.2J0I
Il. 10: pigs, $12.506l 1850.
CATTLE-Receipts $4,000 Market firm.
Choice heavy steers, $16.T5@1950: Iaedinm,
ST.. 1901 80: common, $3.50 1850: choice
lights, $14.00M1e25: common, S7.250r13.55
butcher heifers, $675d1450; cows, $6.5O@
1890: Gamers, S5.2516.50: calves. $17.006n
1890; feeders, 5000 1900; stockers, $4,000
le25.
SHEEP-Receipts $4,000 Market firm.
Lambs, $12356I 1850; eulls. $S.50@12 90
choice ewes, $6T5GS.25; eulls. S3.00@6.50
BREEDING, $6.T5@12.50.
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Secretary Baker Pins Medal on King
Pershing Witnesses Ceremony.

Washington, Oct. 29.-King Albert
was the central figure, late Tuesday,
in a ceremony more picturesque than
his visit to the capitol. 1t was enacted
in the drawing room of the home of
Breckenridge Long, where he is
guest, when Secretary. of War Baker
pinned upon his breast, by direction
of President Wilson, the American dis
tinguished service medal.
General Pershing was there to greet
the leader of Belgium's armies. With
him were General March, General
Jacques, General Wright, Admiral
Long and Prince Leopold.
Albert wore no decoration upon his
lieutenant generals uniform until that
of America was pinned there and the
only ribbon on Pershing's tunic de-
noted the War Cross of Belgium.