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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-11
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
Noon lunch. !cremerie Careterla-Adv.

Noon lunch. !Cremerie CareterIa-Adv-
John Redmond, editor of the Burlington
Republican, was in Topeka for a confer
ence with state health department officials.
E. L. Barrier of the state board o. ad-
ministration, Is spending a rev days IN
Topeka following a weeks trip to num-
Der of state institutions.
Governor Allen returned Wednesday eve
ming from Manhattan where he attended
the opening of the new school term at
the State Agricultural college.
Governor Allen has directed R. J. Hop
kins, attorney general, to prosecute II. H.
Stern of Scott county. who is alleged TO
have assaulted T. c. Siewert with a club.
At a meeting of the executive committee
house Wednesday, it was decided TO hold
the next meeting of the association in To-
peka January q and 2S, 1920.
A bulletin urging Kansans to beware
of colo as a precaution against further
spread Of Influenza, has been issued by
the state board of health. Three cases in
one family have been reported from Atchi
son.
Forty members of the 13Oth field ar
tillery Masonic club were entertained at
lodge No. 225, A. f. & A. NJ, at Masonic
hall. The men were from Missouri, Ne
9on q reandn and the f ee fair the
G. W. Shay. of Garnett, and a former
resident of Topeka, is in the city this week
attending the free fair and renewing old
with his two sons in Garrett since the
death of his wife at st. Joseph recently.
He lived in Topeka % years and is now 40
years old, but as firm a man of half
those years. Since leaving Topeka he has
lived In st. Joseph, Waco, Fort Worth and
Dallas, Texas.
Scenery and other appurtenances in the
big pageant or the fair grounds were at
tached today by the sheriff upon an order
issued by the Shawnee county district
court. The attachment followed the filing
Of n suit in the district court against the
North American Fireworks company,
corporation, and J. Saunders, claimed to
be the owners of the display. TheNsuit was
filed by the international Fireworks com
pany which claims >the defendant company
is indebted to 1t in the sum of $5,703 for
fireworks sold on account. The order of
attachment will in no way affect the ex-
hibitiOns in front of the grandstand at
the fair grounds each night according to
Phil Eastman, secretary. The attachment,
however, will remain in force until further
action is taken by the Shawnee county
district court and the articles attached
cannot be taken out Of the county until
other action is taken.
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FASHION SHOW HERE.
Topeka Merchants Display Septem-
mer 20, so and October 4.

mer ~, 80 and OCTOBER 1.
The date for the fashion show.
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday,
September 1890 and October /, was
set at noon today in a meeting of the
board of directors of the Topeka Mer-
chants association with the display
men of Topeka.
Display windows on Kansas avenue
will be yelled Saturday, Sunday and
Monday.
At o'clock Monday evening the
grand opening will take place. At
that hour the windows will be unveil-
ed and the women and a few men of
Topeka will have an opportunity to
gaze at fashion in its dernier cri. The
lads who have been to France, the
few who have studied French, and
others who have heard expressions or
read it in fashion magazines may gaze
and knowingly comment, Tires chic,
Ne, c'est pas" 1t will be the Ooo-la-la
day of the year.
From p m. until 9 p. m. the
stores will be open in a grand recep-
ton. Stores will close Monday after
noon at o'clock. They will reopen
later in the evening for the reception,
in order that clerks may meet the
hibits and to display the new fall
styles. There will be only the one
night opening.
Special features will be. shown in
many stores. Arrangements have
been made for music and for the dis
play of fashions by professional
models There are many unique plans
contemplated for-the display of mer-
chandise
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Get BOY TO STEAL
Men Induce Floyd Mullinix To
Burglarize Tecumseh P. o.
Lads Finger Prints and Foot
steps Give Officers CleW.
TEMPT HIM WITH OFFER CANDY
Officers Say 13-Year-0Id Youth
Is FeebIe-Minded.
Conditions Under Which Fam
iIy.Lives Are Revolving.
TEMPT HIM With OFFER CANDY

Burglars made a burglar out of
Floyd Mullinix. 10. and said to be half
witted, Wednesday night by inducing
the youth to break into the Tecumseh
store and postoffice. steal a quantity
Of provisions and a few odd dollars in
a cash register and hand to them out
the window. The lad confused to COM
plicity in the burglary today when
questioned oy E. o. Halock. postoffice
inspector. and Bob Miller. undersheriff.
The officials expect to have the two
men who induced thc lad to commit
burglary behind prison walls in the
next twenty-four hours. A good de-
scription of the men and their destina-
ton is known and the sheriff of an
other county is on their trail the
present time.
The lad, who. officers say. has the
mind of a 5-year-old boy, stated that
he was approached by two men about
8 o'clock Wednesday night They
asked him If he wanted candy and
then told him it could be found by go
ing thru a window of the postoffice
and store building. The lad followed
directions, took hrs candy and the few
dollars and groceries the men wanted.
They remained on the outside.
Find Footprints in Dust.
On the window ledge the officers
saw the imprint of boys hand. I'm
derneath the window they saw inn
prints of a lads foot which led them
lives. The boy confessed Immediately.
The Mullinix boys mental condition
and the condition he is living under in
a tent at Tecumseh with his father
and mother and three other children
was revolving to officers. Halock,
the postoffice inspector, stated today
that he would take steps imm ediately
to have the lad sent to a state school
for feeble minded and endeavor to in
fluence county authorities to make a
better disposition of the family, said to
be next to helpless in establishing a
respectable, sanitary home.
Mullinix Family History.
The Mullinix family came into
prominence several months ago when
the mother told a sensational story of
n statutory crime she claimed a negro
boy had committed against her. At
the preliminary hearing in the court
'of Topeka her story was so 1umbled
and Inaccurate that the case was dis
missed by Judge Rad Lee. At that
time the Mullinix family lived on a
farm near Grove which was rented
from the father of the accused negro
boy.
Halock stated that the family was
living in a tent near Tecumseh. There
wasn't a stick Of real furniture in the
tent and q quantity of filthy comforts
were used as covering by the father
and mother and four children. The
mental condition Of all the children
will bear investigation, according to
Halock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-11
AS LARGE HERDS
Cattle Exhibits at Fair Great
est in History.
Royalty of Livestock World Is
To Be Seen,
MANY ARE GRAND CHAMPIONS
Eight States Are Represented
in the Cattle Pavilion.
Beef and Dairy Animals About
Equal in Number.
MANY ARE GRAND CHAMPIONS

Cattle from eight of the big middle
western states fill the stalls in the big
concrete cattle pavilion at the Kansas
Free Fair this week. 1t is the biggest
and best showing of dairy and beef
cattle in the history of the Kansas
Free Fair-or any fair ever held in
Topeka.
Forty-eight of the finest herds of the
Missouri valley are represented at the
show this year. And of all these
forty-eight exhibitors but one is from
! Shawnee county. That one herd is
the Shorthorn herd of Thompson
Brothers, whose cattle farm is near
Dover.
Many Beef Cattle.
There are $40 head of cattle in the
entire show. the division being about
equal in the beef and the dairy divi-
sions. In the beef division there are
four breed classes-Shorthorns, Here
fords, Angus and Galloways. In the
dairy division there are four breed
, classes-Holsteins, Ayrshires, Guern-
seys and Jerseys.
The eight states represented at the
show are Kansas. Missouri. Nebraska,
Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas. Illinois,
and Iowa.
One of the special features of the
show this year is the showing of cattle
which have been repeatedly winners
of grand championships. Every single
grand champion of the eight show
breeds from the Nebraska and the
Iowa state fairs is in the cattle show
at the Kansas Free fair. 1t is altos
gether the biggest collections of grand
champions that has ever graced the
Kansas pavilion.
Judging All Completed.
The judging of the cattle is all COM
! pleted and visitors at the pavilion are
no longer under the necessity of judg-
! ing for themselves-in many cases at
| aphazard-which are the finest ami
mails. The cattle show is in charge
of Prof. A. NJ. Patterson of the depart
ment of animal husbandry of the Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Word has been received in Topeka of
the death of Mrs. Clement Hackney in
Milwaukee. The Hackneys lived in To-
pekka for many years where Mr.. Hackney
was employed by the Santa Fe Mrs Hack
ney was a sister-in-law Of Mrs. Clarence
Skinner of Topeka.
The funeral of J. n. Rankin. who died
Thursday at his home, GIG Horn street.
will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock
from Penwell's chapel Burial in Olathe.
The funeral of H. d. Wood. who died
Monday will be held Friday morning at
o'clock from the Church Of the Assump-
ton Burial in Mt. Calvary cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Charlotte Beck, Nage
"A, wife of c. A. Beck. who died September
Mt her home, 1116 Quincy street. will be
held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
Penwelfs chapel. Burial in Mt. Hope Gem
etery-
The funeral of Thomas Brandon, age 70.
who died September 9, at his home 205
East Euclid. will be held from Penwell' S
chapel Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Burial in Topeka cemetery.
MRS. j. D. PHILLIPS, age &c, died
Thursday morning at local hospital The
funeral will be held Friday afternoon at
O'Clock from the Seabrook church. Burial
in Auburn.
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TRIBUTE TO MITCHELL
Flornlso Offerings From All Over U. S.
to Labor Leaders, Bier.

New York. Sept 1.-THE body of
John Mitchell, formerly president of
the United Mine Workers of America
and chairman of the New York state
Industrial commission, who died here
Tuesday was taken to Scranton, Pa,
in a special car today over the Lacka-
wanna railroad. where the funeral Will
be held tomorrow. Mrs. Mitchell,
widow of the labor leader, her two
sons, Miss E. C. Korris, for twenty
years his secretary, and a delegation
of prominent officials accompany the
body.
Thousands of men and women in
terested in the man whom Roosevelt
characterized as re-eminent in the
field of union labor" paid silent trib-
ute to his memory at a Broadway fu-
neral church. where the body lay in
state last night and today. Floral
offerings were sent by notable per-
sons from all over the United States.
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TO LECTURE AT FAIR
j. c. Ketcham, National Lecturer, VIII
Address Farmers Tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be red letter day
for farmers at the Free Fair. J. c.
Ketcham, national lecturer of the Ma
tional Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,
will speak at the Peoples Pavilion at
IL o'clock insthe morning.
Ketcham travels extensively to
speak at meetings thruout the United
States and is declared to be a forceful
and eloquent orator. He has the in
terest of the farmer at heart, is init
mately acquainted with rural needs
and. conditions and has a message of
vital importance for all who will hear.
He has been in Kansas about two
weeks. lecturing at various points over
the state. Admission will be free and
tend will be accorded a rare treat.
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ALLEN so TODAY
Kansas Governor Celebrates
His Birthday Anniversary.
Newspaper Men Shower Him
With kilograms. -.

This is Governor Aliens fiftieth
birthday anniversary. He celebrated
the occasion as the invited host to
state house newspaper men after they
had given him a fake telegram shower
from a dozen men and women promi-
nent in state politics.
The fact that the day marked the
fiftieth anniversary of the governors
birth did not become generally known
in the state house until late this morn
ing Then +. E. McDougall, state
house custodian, presented the gov
ernor with a large bouquet and several
genuine kilograms and birthday re-
membranes reached the office. Just
before noon. tho. the newspaper gang
gave the governor a party after their
own notion.
Many Want His Job.
Clyde NJ. Reed. private secretary to
the governor, presented the state
executive with a whole flock of tele-
grams which the news writers had
carefully prepared. They carried con-
gratulations from a number of Kan
sans who will welcome a chance to
succeed Governor Allen in the next
election. Messages were also pre-
sented from some Kansans who love
the governor or not quite so dearly.
A message from r. J. Hopkins Of
fered to swing the support of the brick
and cement interests and the bankers
for the governor for vice president If
he would support Hopkins as his sue
cessor for governor. One from w. Y.
Morgan told of his service over seas
and urged Governor Allen to run for
the vice presidency. Another was
signed c. s. Huffman and asked equal
endorsement with Morgan for gov
ernor.
One From Woodrow"
One signed woodrow purported
to come from the presidents special.
1t advised the governor not to trifle
with a job in Washington until he had
talked with him and learned some
thing of the national capital pitfalls.
Another telegram was signed Lii
Ian Mitchner" and pledged the gov
ernor the support IL her ten thou
sand" \ 1t also asked that Penny and
Barrierso of the board of administration
be Hnedsup in her behalf as superin-
tendent of the girls industrial school.
other wires were signed Senator Ar
thur Capper. Pete Foley, Sam Ami
don, W. r. Stubbs. Then the news
paper men concluded the shower with
an acceptance of the governors invi-
tation to lunch. With hesitate house
reporters, Governor Allen invited
Clyde NJ. Reed. his private secretary
H H Motter, Republican state chair
man, and Fred TTigg of Kansas City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-11
WICHITA ICE TRUST
Attorney General Has Manufacturers
Here for an Investigation.

The state is today investigating
charges of an ice trust in Wichita. Ice
manufacturers, as well as Mayor
Clapp, were before RI j. Hopkins, at
torney general, who is conducting an
ice inquisition.
This afternoon Hopkins stated that
there was evidence to indicate that a
combination or agreement might be in
existence in Wichita. He said he had
not completed his investigation and
would make no final statement at this
time as to the course he expects to
pursue.
If action is brought against Wichita
ice manufa cturers under the anti
trust law, it has been minated that
situations in other Kansas towns may
be investigated.
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START THE WORLD RIGHT
II Treaty Is, Important, Let 1t Be
Square Deal, Says Harding.

Washington, Sept. IL Declaring
his intention to vote for amendments
to the peace treaty. Senator Harding,
Republican, of Ohio, told the senate
today that every day of discussion,
presidential utterance included and
every hour of study combined to per-
suade him that 1.-The League of &a-
tions venture in the form in which
the covenant has been negotiated, is
one of peril to the republic"
To accept it unaltered he argued
would be a betrayal of America
Il can never vote to rAtify without
safeguarding" said the senator, land I
mean to vote for the amendments pro-
posed by the committee. If the presi-
dent is correct in declaring the pro-
posed reservations will send the treaty
back, then amendments will not I'M
duly delay. If the world is to start all
over again, it ought to start with the
square deal. The treaty has not writ
ten it. The square deal was reserved
for informal promises"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-11
SILKSTOCKNG EVIDENCE
Women on Trial for Numbering Kan
san Tell of Hose Tests.

Olathe. Kan, Sept. 11.-Twelve
juror-farmers hearing evidence in the
trial of Mrs. Blanche Brown. Mrs.
Margaret Love and Emmett L. Thorn
as on charges of numbering Herbert
G. Woodruff. today were considering
two pairs Of silken hose in addition to
a pair Of the same textile presented
yesterday.
The hose examined yesterday were
those worn by Mrs. Love on the night
of the murder. The two pairs intro
duced today were those worn by Miss
Ruby Montbrian of Kansas City. She
testified that on two occasions. at the
request OF attorneys for the defense.
she removed her slippers and ran a
half mile circuit from the spot where
Mrs. Love and Thomas were said TO
have been sitting. to a neighboring
farm house. TraYersing a stubble
field failed to wear holes in the hose.
1t was believed a crushing blow had
been dealt the defense with introduce
ton of the hose yesterday.
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GOES TO VALLEY FALLS
Santa Fe Team Will Play Away From
Home Sunday.

The local Santa Fe Baseball club
will play the Valley Falls team on the
Valley Falls diamond Sunday after
noon. Indications are that the battle
will be fierce one and a number of
Santa Fe employees will attend. Valley
Falls is said to be assembling picked
team of players with the hope of
checking the winning streak that has
favored the local team since its or
garization.
With Vogel to do the back stop
ping for Simpson, johnson or SeitZ;
with Wallace, c. Wells and Peterson
on the infield and Griffin and Deech
on the outside, the locals have no fears
of losing the cup. however.
Glazing. x. Jones Paint Co.-Adv.
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Do 1T ALL OVER AGAIN
Technically Prevents PershIng From
Ecmg Full General Now.

washington. Sept. 1.-THE job of
making General Pershing a full gen
eral for life will have to be done over
again. according to Chairman Kahn of
the house military affairs committee
today.
1.-THE president nominated General
Pershing to be q general of the regu-
lar army whereas the bill authorizing
his rank provides that he shall be a
general of all the armies of the United
states" Kahn said There is no such
office as that to which General PERISH
ing has been nominated, confirmed
and commissioned"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-11
KILLING In A MINE
Four Killed by Unknown Masked MeE
in Colorado.

Telluride, Colo, Sept 11.-Four
miners were shot and killed and a
fifth was shot and badly wounded in
the Tomboy mine near here early to-
day day by two unidentified masked
men, who escaped. Four men and a
woman, whose names had not been
ascertained at an early hour this aft
ernoon, are under arrest
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New York. Sept. 11.-Final prices on lib
erty bonds: 3j4's. 99.9S; first As, 94s4 !;
second As. 93.OS; first AIS. $3.50; second
AIS. $3.50; third AIS, $3.50.
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The evening world., 1919-02-25
COMB sage TEA IN
HAIR TO DARKEN IT
It's Grandmother's Recipe to
Keep Her Locks Dark,
Glossy, Beautiful.

The old-time mixture Of Sage Tea
and Sulphur for darkening gray,
streaked and faded hair is grand
mothers recipe, and folks are again
using Il to keep their hair a good,
even color. which is quite sensible. as
we a.s living In an age when youth
full appearance is Of the greatest ad-
vantage.
Nowadays, though, we don't have
the troublesome task of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home.
All drug stores sell the ready-to- use
product, improved by the addition Of
other ingredients, called "Wyeth's
Sage end Sulphur Compound" II Is
very popular because nobody can dis
cover II has been applied. Simply
moisten your comb or a soft brush
with IL and draw this through your
hair, taking one small strand at a
time; by morning the gray hair disap-
pears, but what delights the ladies
with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Com
pound Is that, besides beautifully
darkening the hair after a few appli-
cations, u also produces that soft
lustre and appearance of abundance
which are so attractive.-Advt.
The evening world., 1919-02-25

her Independence. representation In the
pcace conference ard membership In
th" league OF Nations
Tho despatch would indicate thsi De
Ndiera Is in a position to appear be-
fore the Peace Conference His where
nboutS since he escaped from an Eng.
Hsn prison has been - mystery.
O'Ccnlligh h q member of the Dublin
Corporation and was elected to Parlil.
ment on the Sim Fcin ticket lie WIS
q member Of the delegation to present
the freedom Of the city to President VII.
SON
O'Coa.hsh was married last year to
Miss Mary Ryan. professor Of modern
languages at the National University.
The evening world., 1919-02-25

Paris" says Premier Chin Nun-hsun to-
day. The whole Cnincse nation wishes
10 thank tho United states. through The
Associated Prcrd."
Describing the newly organized Chi
nese League Of Nations Society. jhe Pre-
mcr said It's object was to arouse the
lntcrNt Of tho people IN the league and
give all possible assistance to the chi
noFc delegates at Paris. Several wcks
ago he said, ihe Chinese Government
despatched . cableRram to President
Wilson setting forth the readiness Of
China TO pdrticuatc In the league. and
now he expects the Chinese Parliament
to telegraph an expression OF its sup
port TO the organization
The evening world., 1919-02-25
ASKS FOR Date TO HEAR
DELEGATION FROM IRELAND
Sean O'Calligh, Representing Pro-
viSional Government, Makes
Request 10 Clemencean.

PARIS. Feb. 25,-Scan o'Cealllgh
(John o'Kelly) representing the Sro-
visional Irish Government here. a Dub
lin business man, has written to Pre-
nier Cenenceau p~.Uesting that a
date be fixed for the pcAee conference
to receive Prof. Edward - Valera.
Count Plunkett and Arthur Griffith.
whom the Irish Assembly designated to
present Irish claims. II is understood
that Ireland win demand recognition OF