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M'ADOO LINES UP
FOR 1920 CAMPAIGN
Cards Announcing Opening Of
His Offices Here Taken as
Opening Gun.
COL. HOUSE TO HELP HIM
Closest Associate Says 1t Seems
Virtually Certain Wilson
Will Not Run.

The reception of a card from William
G. McAdoo yesterday announcing for
mally that he and three associates have
opened law Office in 100 Broadway,
the Equitable Building, was taken by
some OF Mr.. McAdoo's friends to mean
also. the real beginning OF his cam
paign for the Democratic nomination
for President Of the United States.
The former Secretary Of the Treasury
and Director General of Railroads has
been in New York for a considerable
time, after having ridden broncos with
Douglas Fairbanks and practised lariat
tossing with Bill Hart, another client
In the salubrious airs Of California and
1: is understood that he will remain
here to keep In personal direction with
his Presidential boom.
1t is bit early to float anythins
more pretentious than a trial balloon
since full year must elapse before
the great conventions meet. but tn,
indications are that the former hos.
/ Of the treasury and the railroads al
ready is testing the breezes. For thai
reason, so the talk goes. he said fare.
well to his Ave interesting motion pic.
ture clients in California. Mary Pick.
ford. Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chap.
lin, Bill Hart and d. w. Griffith and
came on to New York to start a regular
law shop as a solid gun emplacement
for the opening OF the campaign.
The card received by his friends yes
terday states that William G. McAdoc
with Joseph p. Cotton. George F..Frank
lin and Francis H. McAdoo (Mr. Nc.
Adoo's son) have established an Office
In 100 Broadway. Nothing was said
on this card as to whether a youns
man recommended by Col Edward NJ
House for the capacity OF campaign
publicity adviser to Mr.. McAdoo will bt
chartered in 100 Broadway or neal
MI McAdoo's private offices or whether
he Will speed his type machine else.
where. According to a story passing
among Mr.. McAdoo's acQuaintances
Col. House has recommended a specia
representative who expects to get busy
at once telling the U. 8. A. that William
q. McAdoo Is the stun of which Presi
dents are made-or ought TO be-
The interesting part OF this gossip tc
Mr.. McAdoo's friends was the assertion
| that Col. House made the recommended
ton. They figured that IL this mean,
anything 1t means that President Wilson
Will not be a candidate to succeed him
self. as has been predicted in SO man,
quarters, including Democratic. The,
reasoned that Col. House would not b.
selecting publicity experts for anybod,
IL his friend Woodrow Wilson reall,
intended to go after a third term. The,
concluded also that Col. Houses actor
means that the President has decided
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HAwKER'S PLANE SIGHTED.
Ship Reports Seeing Red Light I'm
Mid-Ocenn.

LONDON, May 23.-The first definite
report indicating that Harry 6. Hawker
and his navigator. Commander Grieves,
went far on their daring fight from
Newfoundland to Ireland before death
overlook them came to-day. The cable
shin Faraday reported that it sighted
moving red light. which appeared to
be on an airplane, early Monday morn
ing
The light was seen at so degrees IS
minutes north latitude. and 80 degrees
north longitude. This is approximately
midway between Newfoundland and ne
British Isles in the exact line of the
course Hawker intended to follow, north
OF the principal Atlantic steamship
lane. The light was seen at the tire
Hawker's plane was due at that longi-
tude
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BROOKLYN NURSE WINS PRIZE
Graduating Exercises Held at Met
rOpolitan Hospital.

Miss Regina Kelly Of Brooklyn won
the $50 prize for the best nursing rec
ord. and 1t was presented to her at the
graduating exercises of the class Of 1919
at the Metropolitan Hospital Thursday.
Bird S. Coler, Commissioner of Chart
ties. announced that with Mayor Hy-
lan's approval work on the construc-
tior of new nurses training school
will begin at once. 1t will be the world 5
largest institution Of this sort, he said
Other speakers were Lieut.-Col. Fred
erick NJ. Dearborn. Miss Elisabeth Mar
bury. Grover Whslen, Mrs. John Pratt,
the Rev. Father Corbett and Miss Agnes
Ward, superintendent of the hospital.
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Fly From Washington to M,neola.

Col. Lotha A. Smith and Lieut. Co.
A. C. Downey Of the Army Air Division
flew from Washington to Mlneola yes
terday to keep a business engagement.
They were entertained later at the Bit-
more by John Nee Bowman. The
officers said that they received informa-
ton which made their presence in thu
city imperative at the earliest possible
moment, and as they would have had tv
wait for a train decided to make the trip
by air. They left Washington at Q :25
A. NJ. and arrived at Mineola before
noon.
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the financial returns was due to some
attractive stockings worn by their girl
riders was n matter of discussion among
those fortunate enough to witness the
parade.
The girls mounted on these elephants
were Ann Orr, Ivy Sawyer, the Duncan
sisters, Florence Bruce. Airline Chase
and popular beauties Of the "She's
Good Fellow company. In addition to
selling doughnuts, these girls disposed
OF many tickets for the all star the
atrical performance that is to be given
at the Hippodrome tomorrow night for
the benefit of tho Home Service Fund.
There was n great rush in the after
noon for seats at this show and more
than a score Of boxes were sold at $500
each. The takers were George NJ. Conan,
David Belasco, c. Vernon LIMBO, Charles
Il. Dillingham;, Sam II. Harris, Archie
Selwyn. Mary Miles Minter. Lillian Gish,
Doris Kenyon, Harry p. Hanaford, F.
F. Proctor. F. ziegfeld, Jr., Morris Gest,
Lee Shubert. Col. Henry w. Savage,
Martin Beck. Pat Casey. William Nor
ris, Sam Scribner. Constance and Norma
Talmage, Eugene OBrien. David w.
Griffith. Adolph Zukor. Marcus Loew.
Daniel Frohman, Lewis J. Selznick and
Walter p. Salmon. John McGowan, who
Is promoting the benefit, said last night
that he will auction off the rolling pin
with which the first Salvation Army
doughnut was made in France.
city still 100000 Behind.
With big Bill" Edwards and the
Hip" elephants working, Gen. Wander
bilt announced last night that the days
collection had greatly exceeded those of
either Wednesday or Thursday.
He said, however. that approximately
$4,000 more is needed to make up the
city's quota, and that TO get II large
| donations must be obtained. He is.
sued an appeal to wealthy residents to
send their checks to Charles II. Sabin
treasurer OF the Guaranty Trust Com
pany. at 1874 Broadway. He expressed
the fear that many persons were waiting
in expectation of receiving personal re.
| quests from the workers, and explained
that this policy. common in other drives
| Is not generally applied in the present
one.
Among the large donations received
yesterday were checks from Harry
Payne Whitney for $4,000 and from Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie Mr. and Mrs
Frederick Vanderbilt and Vincent Astoi
for $1,000 each. George W. Perkins ant
George F. Baker, Jr., gave $4,000 each
Henry b. Plank. $500; James Il. Ford
800. and c. Ledyard Blair. $3.50. Mr.
Whitney's check was his second big do
nation to the fund within the week, anC
is the largest personal contribution re
ceived so far excepting one. Mrs VIII
| lam Douglas Sloane contributed a Xix,
amount few days ago
Gen. Vanderbilt believes that tn,
workers must depend practically upoI
the results of to-day and Monday, wher
the drive ends, to make up the required
| 5000, 900 here, as he feels that Sunda.
will be something of an of day as ia,
as big contributions are concerned
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filters MAKE LONG TRIP.
Army Men Reach Capital After
1905 Mile journey.

WAsHINGToN. May 23.-Col. Gerald
c. Brant and Lieut. Howard Brikett to-
day completed a flight from Houston,
Tex, to Washington via Dayton, Ohio,
in an army airplane. their actual flying
time for the 1905 miles being go min
utes. The plane left Houston May II
but was delayed by bad weather.
Col. Brant and Lieut.. Brikett will con-
tinue their flight tomorrow to New
York
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Hallway steward Admits Theft.

=, '%bT"N, May 23.--John j. McGovern
Ne~ Haven. formerly employed as
steward on dining cars OF the New
,oa New Haven and Hartford Rail-
Gu, pleaded guilty in the Federal
CO. Today to an indictment charging
h, spFa'y to defraud the Government
ny Use Of fraudulent meal checks and
-s hned 1000.
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white House Wool to Aid.

Workers for the national fund found
encouragement yesterday at Washing
ton. where Secretary Tumuty received
cablegram from the President direct
ing that the woolly paciists of the
White House grounds be shorn and the
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ruhAA.kIEN HANSON TOMNE- EnIT0R or

Bro..F Magazine. says; II want to see
Th.s," blossoms at the Geo. NJ CohAn
~ a.. Important as that Of poetry ana
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Big BILL BREAKS HIS
DIET TO SWELL FUND
Edwards Pays Literally for
Salvation Army Dough-
nut and Eats 1t.
REAL ELEPHANTS AID TOO
Fund 100000 Shy and Only
Two Work Days Remaining
for the Campaign.

Five elephants put their combined
bulk behind the Salvation Army Home
Service Fund yesterday at an hour when
Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt was fearing
for the success Of its $13,o00.0o0 drive
and gave 1t a mighty shove. In fact
New York city might be tagging sadly
In the race to make up It's $500. 900
quota but for the efforts Of big Bill
Edwards, Collector Of the Port, and
Lena. Jennie, Roxie and Julie. elephants
of the New York Hippodrome.
Just how much they earned for the
worthy cause Is not known, for work.
crs at the headquarters at $50 Fifth
avenue were still busy counting at a
late hour last night.
The largest Of the five, that is big
Bill" made a commendable sacrifice for
the fund. Several weeks ago Collector
Edwards, In an attempt to acquire a
figure like that OF the late Vernon Cas-
tie. swore by all kinds of solemn oaths
that he would abstain from eating fatty
and saccharine substances.
DouEhnuts Break the Diet.
But when Mrs J. Borden Hartman
called upon the crowd before the Gus
tom House yesterday to buy the dough-
nuts of the Salvation Army workers
many timid ones hung back and It be-
came apparent that some one must
start something and start it quickly.
1t was then that big Bills vow
went all to pieces. He bought the frs,
doughnut. big, fat, brown one, coated
heavily with confectioner's sugar. and
ate II before the assembled multitude.
So impressed was the populace with
this proof of devotion that $4,000 was
raised by the sale Of the edible life
tuoys within the next few minutes. One
contribution of $500 was made by Julius
Stevens Ullman. Byron r. Newton and
George Creel followed Big Bits" exam.
pie, but with less physical sacrifice.
The four other heavyweight boosters
ambled out of their boudoir beneath the
Hippodrome stage and strolled Fifth
avenue bearing lovely collection OF
girls and doughnuts TO the great advan-
tage of the fund.
Whether the elephants earned all the
honors or whether a large percentage OF
The sun., 1919-05-24

Even the wisest Of prone into
regards thinking the great questions of the day We
tend read the papers, listen the views of the
people, cling the IDEAS novel thought fresh
conception subject Of real Importance finds
barriers Of habit and bias break down find
Judgment minds All this makes for stagnaon and shuts
progress What need mental flip the stimulus of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
1880 YEARS OLD
Influenza Traced Back That
Far. Declares X. U. Professor.
Fears Doctors Know Little More
About Disease Than Before.

ottawa, Kan, May 1O.-The ''flu"
epidemic which within the year has
swept around the world is by no
means a new form of disease. 1t has
been traced back $3.50 years, DR..
Ralph II. Major, department of pathol-
ogy of the University of Kansas
school of Medicine, said in an adj
dress before the Kansas Medical So
eiety, which held its fifty-third an
nuaI convention here this week. His
speech in part follows;
~"Taken all in all, the evidence
tends to show that we have not yet
fathomed the cause of this epidemic.
which has focused the attention of
the entire medical world, as perhaps
never before upon any one disease in
such a short period of time. This
eBidemic found the entire world one
vast armed camp and the medical
profession organized with immense
hospitals and well equipped labora-
tories manned by a large number of
physicians, including many of the
most skilled men of the profession.
E"While these men were working in
the hospitals and laboratories to COM
Dat the scourge they were INCREASINGLY
bending every energy to ferret out its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
BEWARE AUTO DEALER WHO
TRADES HIS HEAD OFF"

The fair price for the car was s4O0.
and the really good dealer bid only
moderately on the car. But of course
the man took the $1,000 offer and put
up $4,000 in cash for a $4,000 ma
chine This is. the car listed at $4,000.
but the material in it and the big sell
ing discount would have made it dear
at $2S00.
In this case, the dealer was content
to make $500 only for the sake of get
ting one of his cars out on the road
He knew he would realize $500 on the
old machine and would save 5000 out
of his commission. He accepted this
much instead of the S1,400, he would
have made had he got his full 20 per
cent.
The idea is clear. isn't it? It was a
car new to the New York market To
get dealer the factory put the dis
count high. To take care of this the
list price was made high, too. Sub
tract from the price to the dealer
$2,100-a further discount for the fac
tory's necessary profit and you get an
idea of how much real value there is
in such an automobile. If you esti-
mate that the factory makes 25 per
cent gross ahead of the dealers 20 per
cent, that leaves the car material, etc,
figuring out about $1,000. And Incl
dentally, if the new owner were to
throw the car on the market for a
quick sale today. he would get about
1920 for it from a regulation second
hand dealer. Such dealers know the
conditions of manufacture and sale of
cars. They subtract the likely dis
are getting just about cost for your
car from them.
TOPEKA MOTOR TRADES ASSN
S. w. WARNER, Secretary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
TRUCK HIT HER CAR
Auto Accident on Topeka Avenue Fri
day Afternoon-No One Hurt.

Topeka avenue had another accident
Friday afternoon when truck
mashed in the right rear end of a
new Overland touring car driven by
Mrs. Charles ]. Skinner, of 5l2 Har-
rison street Mrs. Skinner was drlv-
ing east on Eleventh street and was
crossing Topeka avenue. She speed
ed up to dodge a truck coming from
the north and just escaped when an
other truck driving up Topeka ave
nue. from the south crashed into her
machine
No one was hurt and the cars were
not seriously damaged. Mrs. Hazlett,
who was riding with Mrs Skinner,
was baby bumped on the head.
Complete Automobile Insurance
The Clarence B. Jordan Insurance
Service, phone S7.-.Adv.
Los AngeIes-Even the chickens are
helping fight the high cost of living A
baby chick with four drumsticks was
born here today.
New York-Twenty minutes after grad
uating from police school, Patrolman Ten
nant was en- route to the hospital. He
saw q shadow and shot himself in the leg
Liberty Bonds bough; and SOLD
Shawnee Investment Co. 534 Kan av.
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
CRAWFORDS FOR OIL
Topekans To Try for Riches on New
Mexico Ranch

Ell Paso. May I'm. the belief that
oil exists in the regions of Ell Paso,
the Mesilla Valley Oil Co has been
organized with capital of 100000
to drill on the l.. NJ. Crawford ranch
in New Mexico. situated about IL miles
northwest of Ell PasO. The announce
ment was made by c. P Crawford, son
of L. NJ. Crawford, owner, of the Craw-
ford theater, and E. +. Maxwell, trus-
tees. The company will be organized
on the common law corporation plan
with so per cent of the shares invested
IN the public
The tract of land, according to c. P.
Crawford, consists of $3.50 acres, for
which his father paid 100000 several
years ago and which he AYERS is TODAY
worth S350.000. because of improve
ments. This land will be leased on the
usual oil royalty basis, and in addition
fifth interest in it will be given by
Mr.. Crawford to the share holders of
the oil company, in the event that oil
is not found.
L. NJ Crawford lives in Topeka and
is well known theatrical magnate
E. F. Maxwell formerly was manag ger
of the Crawford's Novelty theater
here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

cause and to find some means of cut
ting down the enormous toll it was
exacting. And yet, in spite of this
vast amount of labor the published
reports of their observations, reveal
such a conflicting mass of evidence
and such a wide divergence of opin-
ion, that many observers not usually
inclined to pessimism. shake their
heads and say that we have come
from this epidemic knowing but little
more of it than we did when it ap-
peared
THE disease we today describe as
influenza, is of very ancient origin.
The first great outbreak in North
America occurred in 1880, this was
followed by others in 1927, 1929,
1857, 1881, 1911. 1886, 1874, 1889,
and finally the last and present cpl
demic in 19lS-19''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
HE KEPT HIS PROMISE.
And Little Newsie Now Is Doorkecpcr
for Uruguay President.
Correspondence Associated Press)

Correspondence Associated Press)
Montevideo, March Gone of the
first acts of DIR. Baltasar Brum on
assuming the presidency of Uruguay
was to substitute little street urchin
for the brightly uniformed military
guard that had been sent to his resi-
dence, in keeping with a custom of
long standing. The boy used to sell
lottery tickets and newspapers to DR..
Brum al the Central railway station.
Three years ago he told DR.. Brum,
when you get to be president, I want
to he your door keeper"
DIR. Brum smiled at the prophecy
and said if such a thing ever happened
to him he would not forget the re-
quest. Just before his Inauguration,
DR.. Brum sent for the boy and kept
his promise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

country engineering manufacturing
standpoint finished truck every mine minutes"
Being built assembled entirely by the Harvester organization
there exercised the greatest and thorough inspection the
building of trucks The repeat orders testify than
thing thoroughly satisfactory the truck
owner well prompt efficient
of supplying repairs
Such service baced by product that mechanically perfect
INTERNATIONAL MOTOR TRUCK safe saying
dollar dollar there value for the money
INTERNATIONAL truck than any other hauling unit the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
HIS LEG WAS BROKEN
William Brizendine Badly Injured il
Auto-POppop Accident

Just as he drove his motorcycle onto
Quincy street from the alley on the
north of the Y. M. C. A. building, Will
liam Brizendine, a carpenter, who
lives at 7S4 Liberty street, was struck
by motor car coming down Quincy
street Friday afternoon shortly after
3 O'Clock and very painfully injured.
Brizendine was hurled from the ma
chine by the terrific force of the i'm
pact and sustained the fracture of
several ribs and a broken leg. He was
taken Immediately to Stormont hos
pital. The names of the persons in the
car were not learned. The occupants
of the car did what they could to assist
the in iured man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

Complete Automobile Insurance
The Clarence B. Jordan Insurance
Seryice phone 37.-AdV 1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
BALK ON CHICAGO
War Veterans Didn't Like City's Ad-
ministration-PicI MINNEAPOLIS

st. Louis, May 1O-The American
Legion will meet in Minneapolis, No
vember 1912. Minneapolis won the
honor of entertaining the world war
veterans after a hard fight yesterday
with Chicago. The Illinois metropolis
made dramatic effort to land the
prize but was counted out when var
ious soldier orators attacked it's city
administration.
Resolution to be considered today
included demand that Ireland shall
have self-determination. Another called
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

Liberty Bonds bougn; and SOLD
Shawnee Investment Co. 534 KAN aV
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

NOT AN ORPHANIn the rapid growth of business many
and INFESTED ideas being embodied in the building of
trucks AS purchaser should therefore look the
that selling the The International Company
has never built machine that capable and willing
supply repairs There Orphans
family We especially repairs service that
we have at 422-426 Jackson Street.
BACK OF THE INTERNATIONAL-Eve International
that sold is back by eighty continuous manufacturing
and practical machinery development The
home of the INTERNATIONAL equipped plants
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for rigid supervision of history texts in
American schools.
Prohibition of light wines and beers
was protested and in others demands
were made that Bolshevistic and L.
w. W. Journals be suppressed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-15

cares a little for me. that there is
hope Tor me-
But I cannot say anything def
nlte. OF course- she interrupted
But you did just now he re-
minded her. "At least when I asked
II there was any hope for me you
7 know 7 did" she admitted con-
lusedly. But perhaps should not
nave done so-for 2 really cannot
know just how Milly feels ONLY I
am sure that she likes you very.
very much. And when YOU smoke
u seemed as II girl-as r. q Girl
she stopped. her face scarlet
She sIisunderSfnnIs.
she held her breath in aEony lest
she had betrayed to this man what
sne must hide at all costs.
But Arthur Bruce only smiled q
Understand he said, that you fear
70 say anything plainly about 11il-
y FEELINGS lest it would seem like
a breach Of confidence. or an act OF
disloyalty 10 her. Wen. dear. I viii
not ask you another thing except to
beg you to tell me once more than a
slri VINO loved a man would be VIII
lnz 10 wait Tor Uneven 81 his bust
ness was IN the condition IN which
Dads and mine isr
know she would be willing 10
Wait-lt she loved the man." Honora
said graveiy-
Then she shivered- The sun Is get
2 ing low. she remarked. Don't YOU
think we would best hurry 20 town7'
Go BE Continucd.)