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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
COSTU. U.P.S15,OOO
Vanishing Bill'' Carlisle May
Be Almost Anywhere.
Kidding Letters Received by
Police of Two Cities.

Denver. Colo, Nov. 22.-"Vanishing
BilI' Carlisle, train robber. left Raw
lings, Wyo., penitentiary a week a go
today in a box of shirts and is still en-
joying freedom. Carlisle, or practical
jol1ers in a number of cities. have sent
kidding" letters and kilograms to
newspapers and the detectives on his
trail. Theories as to his whereabouts
range from his escape to the Pacific
coast to the belief that he is not out
side of Wyoming, scene of his four
train robberies.
NJ. n. Williams, a Union Pacific
railroad official who headed one of
the posses that abandoned the chase
in Wyoming. arrived in Denver and
admitted the authorities are baffled at
Carlisle's disappearance.
He may be in Denver, and again he
may be in Omaha" said Williams.
The Union Pacific has asked the
state of Wyoming to offer a large re-
ward for Carlisle's capture. The rail-
road already has spent $4,000 in the
fruitless chase
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
DEATH CELLS
Twelve Elaine Negroes Now
Await Extreme Penalty.
Officers Take 81 Riot Prisoners
to Arkansas Prison.

Little Rock, Nov. 22.-Heavi1y
shackled. and surrounded by twelve
officers, the twelve Phillips county ne
groes under death sentences for muir
der during the recent negro insurrec-
ton near Elaine, Ark, arrived here
early today and We're Immediately
taken to the state renitentiary. Dur
ing the morning each was searched
and given prison clothes and then
locked in the death cells. next to the
death chamber. Some of the negroes
showed indications of fright while 9TH
ers were sullen and defiant. Sheriff
F. F. Kitchens in charge of the men
said no trouble had been experienced
during the trip here from Helena.
When the sheriff and his officers
left Helena late yesterday they had
ciEhty-seven prisoners Seventy five
of them. with prison sentences rang
ing up to twenty-one years. were left
at the state convict farm at Cummins
when the train reached there early this
morning Virtually all of the seventy
five were insurrectionists convicted on
charges of assault to kill. night riding
or similar charges Six of the con-
demned negroes are under sentence to
die December 81 and the other six
January 2. 1t is considered unlikely
that Governor Brough will heed re-
quests of northern negro orea MIA tions
for clemency. The negroes condemned
to die are Ed Ware, Ed Coleman, Ed
Hicks, Frank Moore. Paul Hall. Albert
Giles Joe Knox. Frank Hicks. Joe
Fox Alfred Banks. Jr., John Martin
and William Wordlow-
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- Reed1 R-
zet t6z,g1o Exercises

ties neglected. Men and women na-
tionaIly recognized as authorities ir
their lines come and address the girls
upon such subjects as "Community
Sanitation; Household Manage
ment"; Business Organization Of
the Household; Correct Posture;
Personal Care"; "Home Care of the
Sick; "Socinl Hygiene"; Child
Welfare: "Swimnling": military
Drill and Setting Up Exercises"
University instructors from all
over the ration, public health off,
cials, military authorities. are in
charge of these courses. which are
handled regularly and system atical-
ly.
Do Women Want 1t:
Although the time for enrolment
was barely three weeks, the lists
were full long before the camp open
ed on August 2. Many who enrolled
for two weeks begged to stay to the
close. One woman of ffty-fivc who
couldn't lace her own boots the first
day now keeps step IN all exercises
with her partner of twenty years.
A doubling Thomas of husband
who came to scoff said: why, Maria.
you look ten years younger"
The board of directors cf the camp
includes: Miss Susanna Cocrcft,
president; Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
NJ. D., general medical director; DR..
Arthur R. Reynolds. vice president.
Chicago; Surgeon General Rupert
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
SNAP SHOTS
AT EOME NEWS

Noon lunch. Cremerie Cafeteria.-Ady.
Mrs. .Rufe King, wife of the man ac-
cused of triple murder, in the Shaw
nee county jail. left today for the King
ranch at Good Pasture. Colo. Mrs.
King has remained in Topeka con-
stantly since a few days after her hus-
bands incarceration in Jail.
"The Human Equation" will be the
subject of the Rev. A. L. Gregorys
lecture to the Mems Bible class Sun
day at 10 a. m. at the First Congrega-
tional church. corner Seventh and
Harrison streets. All men are well
come.
The Cooperative club will hold its
regular monthly ladies' night at Pei
letters tea room at $50 o'clock Tues
day evening, November %. DIR. S. T.
MilIard will give a talk and DR.. F. A.
Koester will nystify the Co-ops, with a
sleight- f-hand exhibition.
Commenting on the robbery of six
suits from f. c. Kaths Thursday night,
one business man said today that the
only time the robber could steal suits
from him would be while he was in
bed and that, if that occurred. he
would take an enforced vacation from
the office the next day.
The Wanamaker school on West
Tenth street will give a short musical
entertainment under the supervision
OF Miss Eva Millard Tuesday night to
be followed by an old fashioned pie
supper and a penny carnival. All the
parents of the children and the peo-
pie of the community were invited.
Proceeds will go for funds for the
schools Fairgrounds.
A dog bite on the ankle of Richard
Slaughter, a negro, netted him $50 to-
day when Judge Rad NJ. Lee, in the
court of Topeka, awarded the negro a
judgment for that amount against
David Monroe, a white man, living at
Twenty-third and Monroe streets.
Slaughter sued for $275 but the judge
cut the damages down to $50 and
! costs. It was claimed that the dog
broke away from his chain and bit the
negro on the ankle.
The woman responsible for the
name, kansas Official Council" was
among those in attendance at the con-
vention this year. She is Mrs. Estella
! NJ. Roth of Erie, Neosha county where
! she is district clerk. When o. K
! Swayze sent out a call thru the Kan
sas Official, of which he is editor. for
a name for the federation of county
/ officers associations, Mrs. Roth sem
1 in her suggestion. and won a fountain
pen offered as prize for the best name
peka. and she was very enthusiastic
about the city.
The series of thefts. while throw
| ing somewhat of a scare into the city
is the subject of a good deal of hu
morous comment on the streets
i After he had been arrested fol
speeding and had paid the $25 casl
bond demanded of speeders, c. d
Perkins, principal of the Oakland
high school. congratulated the arrest
ing officer for arresting him. "I wa
OVERRIDING Bit he said. "Your maj
did just right"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
HE KNOCKS FIRST
Police Tell How Pants Burglar
Enters a House.
Learns First If Occupants Are
Sound Sleepers.

If you hear mysterious midnight
knocks at your door-iook outI
That's the pants thief preliminary
steps in robbing a house.
Such WAS information given out to-
day by Chief of Police George G.
Hannah. Residents living near the
homes of several victims of the mys-
terIous pants thief have reported to
the police that they heard knocks at
their door, which they answered.
1t is presumed by the Police that
the pants thief waits to ascertain if
anyone answers his knock. If not,
he works on the theory that they are
sound sleepers and enters the houses.
To-day, the police reported that there
had been no robberies. 1t was learned
that the burglar who relieved f. e.
knths, president of the Kansas Re
serve State bankS OF five suits OF
clothes Thursday night, called the
same night at the home Of C. A.
Wolf, oil Western avenue. The bur-
glar paid no attention to hundreds of
dollars worth of jewelry and took
nothing except a revolver.
The burglar who entered the home
Of c. ID. Skinner, 90l Monroe street,
experienced change of heart after
lie had taken four pairs of trousers.
a coal and other articles of wearing
apparel The next afternoon the ar,i-
cles of clothing and some jewelry TAX
en- were found in a barrel in the rear
OF the house.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

give the authorities conclusive proof
of the possibilities.
The "age limit" is from twenty
years up. There are grandmothers
here. a mother of ten children. and
a crowd of young beauties that would
tempt the most law-abiding i'm
presario or musical comedy producer
TO kidnapping.
They come from twenty-five states
in the Union. They are home max
ers, professional women, teachers,
society buds and blossoms, clerks,
students, industrial Workers. per-
feet democracy with big 3D."
Discipline of Regular Hours.
The discipline of regular hours,
regulated exercise, wholesome food
and new ideas in turning the tired,
tagging gait into a military quick
step. and the tagged brain into an
effective high-powered machine.
Powder puffs and lip sticks have be-
come non-essentiafs
And fun? Just ask 'em! Between
mess and taps comes enough fun to
make any woman know she is not old
at sixty. The "tents" take turns in
entertaining the battalion. With no
scenery but the wood and the water,
no costumes but their. khaki uni
forms. no props" ani no make up,
each night show is put on to which
the millionaire residents of Lake
Geneva beg comps"
Nor ere the educational possibili-
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
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plenty of sand" Their hearts were
in the right place-most of 'em-but
they didn't beat the right way. So
our medics patched them up where
they could, and they were sent to
camp. They drilled. they dug ditches
the giltied youths peeled potatoes,
the bank clerks learned to cook, and
erstwhile knights of the road and of
the street corners were taught clean-
liness and industry. They all learn
ed to keep step and to shoot straight;
they ate t.eans and hard tack, and
the rockies th?t went into the hopper
came out MEN-men that turned the
tide Of war and materially affected
certain formalities recently con-
clrded in Paris.
The government realized that in
order to release its men for war,
women must be found to take their
places. They came at the natiol-
wide call sent out. But it was not
long before long hours, crowded
Quarters and the nervous tension Of
rush werk began to tell on Dhysiques
which, like those of the men, had
been ovcrcstim6ted.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
TOPOGRAPHIC TABL0IDS

Chiuago-Pity the poor ticket fscalper.
The Chicago city council is considering an
ordinance providing a $500 license fee for
ticket brokers'
San Francisco-Eighteen year-old Eleanor
Babroff obtained n license last week to
marry farmer. She decided he was too
slow and got another license to marry
shipyard worker.
New York-James White was arrested
for trying to sell barrel of whiskey
for $500 1t contained two quarts of the
real stuff; the rest was rainwater.
New York=Albert johnson. gentleman
of color was arrested for "obstruetlng
traffic" He stopped his coal chariot in
busy street to pick up fo' bits In
crap ghme. Fined 81.
cleveland. Otis dangerous to take
drink. let alone jugfuI these days Joseph
Davis rot two bullets when he was dis
covered taking a jug Of whisky from
James Duffy's cellar
Marion. Ifl--It looked like butter and
smelt lise butter. but even with butter AZ
20 cents q pound no one would taste ":
Anyway one hundred and fifty pounds OF
1t was stopping Up a sewer here,
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
WO0DMEH HERE MONDAY
hundreds of Kansans to Topeka To
Issuc Compia.nt.

Hundreds of Kansans to Topeka To
Issue Complaint.
Hundreds of Kansas Woodmen of
the World will be in Topeka Monday
attending q mass meeting in the old
K. 2. hall, Sixth and Quincy streets
called to protest against an alleged
eliminate of old persons from the
order commanded by the grand coun-
Gil of the Woodmen. The mass meet
ing is expected to pass resolutions de-
manding a referendum on the pro-
posed measure on the grounds that
the grand council cannot take such
action without submitting the plan to
a vote Of the members.
Similar mass meetings called for
the same purpose will be held Monday
in the states of Missouri, Texas, Okla
homa, Indiana and Nebraska. More
than 1000 persons are said to be
members of the fraternal insurance
society in Kansas.
1t is alleged by the members of the
Woodmen of the World that the grand
council put thru oppressive legisla-
ton at the last meeting of the grand
council. 1t is charged that the rates
of the society were arbitrarily raised
for members between the ages of so
and So and that the rates ordered for
members TO years of age or older had
been made prohibitive. 1t is claimed
that this excessive rate makes the
face of the policy decrease in value
according to the number of years a
member may live after passing age 60.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
SHOOK CALLS TEACHERS
President Missouri Valley Association
Plans Annual Convention.

The Missouri Valley Teachers asso-
citation, comprising the commercial
teachers of Kansas. Missouri, Ne
brasha and Oklahoma, will hold its
annual convention in Kansas City.
Mo-, Friday and Saturday following
Thanksgiving, November 1928. A
large attendance is expected this year,
owing to the many vital business prob
lens of the day to be discussed and
the several speakers of national repu-
tation on the program. One of the
principal speakers is Glen Swiggett,
director of vocational training, United
States Bureau of Educations, Wash
ington, d. c.
Mr.. Swiggett says: Training for
business must become an essential
part of our national program of pre-
paredness. The demand of business
for this training is universal Our
country is now calling for trained
business experts. The demand is far
in excess of the supply of this trained
Service, particularly for foreign trade
Various bureaus of the federal gov
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

Some day I'm going to murde- the
bugler.
Some day they're going to find him
dead;
I'll nmputate his reveile-e-e
And step upon it heavile-e-e
And spend-the rest O. my life in
bed"
E'IESE are the strains waited upon
1 the air of an early summer
morning-not in lusty tenors and
throaty harytones, but in charming
sopranos! Il is the chant of one
hundred healthy American nymphs
as they tumble and roll out of two
Scope army tents into the sunshine OF
dawn. Never potential assassins so
hl:the and gay in their conspiracy!
Never confessed loafers so nimblci
The time-6:30 of a crisp morning.
The place-The experimental camp
Of the United States Training Corps
at Lake Geneva. Wis, set like a blue
opal in Preen enamel.
The girls-one hundred Of EN-
big girls, little girls. fat-no. breathe
not the word-plump girls, slender
girls. old girls-(one owns to sixtyl
young girls, but none under
twenty!
Battalion! 'Ten-shun', sings out
a SLIM goddess who faces the ranks
clad in the most professional swim
ming trunks. Then fer five minutes
the Gyrations through which the
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
"a

Then, as war measure" the war
department set about patching up.
as best it might, this PARK of its
war machine. Susanna Cocroft, na-
tionally known for her work to better
the health of women. was ordered to
report for duty. She came, she saw,
she-prescribed: regular physical
exercise in the open air." They took
it in daily doses, as directed. on the
White House lot.
The arnaistice was signed and most
of the women went home. Then said
thinker: "If it is necessary in war
to care for our women workers, why
is it not worthwhile in peace to see
that the women Of America-the
mothers of the race-ore strong, eff
ficient, healthy. happy"
u. S. Training Corps for Women.
And so the United States Training
Corps for Women was organized,
with the approval, cooperation and
support of national military and
health officials. The camp at Lake
Geneva was the first; it was con-
Quoted as an xperimeat-just to
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

lines of girls are drilled make them
look Ike human piRwheels and feel
like worlds cham pions in everything.
Hands on hips! High knee rails
ing! Walk to the water! And the
whole hundred. youngest to the old
est, hop off I'd tumble into the
sparkling blue water for q Ave
minute dip.
Bugle again - tents - uniforms:
Fall I'M" is tie snappy command of
the dainty "lieutes,h and off they
march IN double Guick-with little
urging necessary-to "mess."
What Is 1t All About7
When war and the draft taught "
that Amerie an manhood was but 81;
per cent eff cient, we woke from OR
long cheris he'd national pipe dream
of physical superiority. In the par
lance of the day. 1--WE learned few
things that made US sit up and take
noticel"
What was the matter with the
other "a per, cent of the yo.sng men
Of the nation? Well, they were
soft; hey had no ''yind," though
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
PROTEST FUEL ORDER
Stocllmen and Packers Unite for High
er Priority Rank.

Kansas stockmen today lined up be-
hind the demands of the packers for
amendment to the fuel restriction or
der which places the packing houses
in the sixth rank of essentials j. H
Mercer, state livestock sanitary COM
missioner. presented the problem to a
number of stockmen of the state
Wires received in Topeka today
from Thomas f. Wilson of the Wilson
Packing company declared the indus
try would be paralyzed if priorities
were not granted in distribution of the
limited fuel supply. Conditions are
growing serious, the wires stated.
An order denying an adequate fuel
supply to the packing companies
would affect the food supplies of the
country as we'll as the stock raising
interests" Mercer said today. SHOULD
an adequate supply be withheld for
any length of time, the livestock mar
kets of the country would be demoral-
lied"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
Local Mention

Don't miss the big entertainment
given by the Church Of Divine Truth
at the odd Fellows hall Tuesday eve
ming. November %. Refreshments
Everyone Welcome. Admission CSC
Adv.
He that overcometh shall inherit
all things: and / will be His God and
he shall be my SON." (Rev.) Christian
Science unfolds the science of God by
which we may overcome the carnal
and reach our God given dominion and
power. Do we have ears but hear not :?
Eyes but see not? Now are we the
sons Of Cod q John 3:1) A free
lecture will be given on the subject of
Christian Science Sunday. November
%, 5 p. M, Grand opera house. Come
and listen--Adv.
Owing to the Illness of c. L. Till
son, we wish to close up all outstand-
ing accounts by December TO Is,
1919. in order to bring books up to
date.-A. r. Jester, Tillson store
Adv.
Graphaphone records. all latest
numbers. absolutely new. 45c. I. NJ.
Blitz, 512 Kansas Avenue--Adv.
DR.. Lyngar, Dentist, 500 Kansas Ave.
ADV.
Liberty Bonds bought and soid.
Shawnee Investment Co.. 554 Kan. sv.
Cash paid for liberty bonds. John
KIeinhans S27 Quincy. Phone 1851 j.
ADV.
DR. O. L. Erickson. 6lO Mills Dldg.-Adv
Safety razor blades si:arpened her
ter than new, 25c-S5c dog. Brunt-
Martin.--Adv.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

ernment have stated repeatedly thru
the press in recent monthS that there
is not only great need for trained men
in such executive branches as state,
treasury. commerce. etc. This demand
will increase
Other speakers of national reputa-
ton are: J. o. McIinsey of the Chi
cago university, subject. Bookkeeping;
r. c. McColgan, Des Moincs, Ia, sub
ject Commercialism in the High
School; Chas. G. Reigner, Baltimore,
Nd. Stenography.
The association has almost doubled
it's membership since the election of
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

Blue. U. 6. Health Service, Washing.
ton. D. &c; the Rt. Rev. Samuel Fal.
lows, Chicago: Mrs. Frederick w,
Upham. Chicago. Among those
serving on the advisory board area
+. H. Crowder. former U. s. Provost
Marshal General; General Leonard
Wood: Hon. .Iuliusl Kahn, chairman.
Military Affairs Committee, U. S.
House OF Representatives; Philander
P. Claxton, u. S. Commissioner OF
ucation. and Mrs. Robert Lansing,
Washington.
Headquarters in Chicago.
The headquarters Of the corps is az
624 South Michigan Avenue, Chi
cago, where information concerning
more camps is being sent out to
women all over the United States.
Applications for another camp for
next summer practically duplicate
the plan of The experimental camp.
The plan of the United States Train
ing Corps is for great chain of
camps, east, west, north and south,
according to the season, which shall
be operated upon this model plan.
Already applications have been made
for camps in Wisconsin, Illinois,
North Caroline and Colorado.
A month of Life! What is /.
worth? To be ALIVE from head to
foot-stored sunshine. health. happi-
ness, steady nerves and ar active
brain to carry on throughout tbs
year.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
RECALL YE OLD DAYS
Old Settlers Association at Chamber
OF Commerce Dec. 3.

Days when Kansas was young and
the men whose heads are gray and
eyes dim were building Topeka and
dreaming of the city they are living
in today will be recalled at the Cham
Der of Commerce December 5. when
the Old Settlers association will hold
its annual meeting.
A dinner at the club rooms will open
the program. That will be followed
by "reminiscences by Freeman Sardou,
who came to Topeka in 1854, by Mrs.
J. NJ. Meade, born in Topeka in 1850.
by Josiah Jordan, who came to To
peka in 1855. by George Neale II, by
p. l. Bonebrale. Henry McAfee, Joe
Waters. Tom McNeal and James A.
Troutman.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
Alta Vista Defeats Alma.

Alta Vista, Now 22.-Alta Vista
high school football team won from
Alma high school here Friday after
noon by a score of Al to 0. The first
touchdown of the game was made
when Sing1er of Alta Vista ran the
length of the field for a counter on
the first kickoff.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
DEATHS AND FUNERALS


died Friday Mt her home 1892 Clay street,
viii be held Monday afternoon at = o'clock
from the First Baptist church. Burial in
Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of William Norton Bassett.
who died Wednesday was held Saturday
afternoon at O'Clock from BOmgardner's
chapel Burial in Topeka cemetery.
The funeral of Edward C. McBronm 81
who died Friday ut the home of his daugh-
ter Mrs. +. G. Connolly. ri Edgewood.
was held saturday afternoon at O'Clock
in Springdale, Kan.
Word has been received Of the death of
Mrs. LcnOre Dostcr Cook in Pasadena
tnlif. She was a daughter of Judge AMI
Mrs. Frank Dostcr formerly Of Topeka.
MRS. HELEN LOUISE CROSBY POR-
TER. %, G;cd November 20 at colorado
Springs. The funeral will he held Monday
nrtfrhoon ut 3 O'Clock from the Crosby
Apme Mt OOl Harrison street Burial In
Topeka cemetery.
MATILDA AGNES WILLIAMS Ia. died
saturday morning ut - local hospital. The
funeral viii be held Monday at . O'Clock
from the Church OF tho Assumption. The
body VIII lie in state Sunday afternoon
from =. M until T.. IN. at I;rennan's s
chapel. burial in Mt. Calvary cemetery.
tVrd's F1"wers satisfy. Tel. s27-
Auv.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
400 BOYS TO meet HERE
Christian Conference To Convene in
Topeka November 90.

The Shawnee County Older Boys
Christian conference will convene in
Topeka Friday evening, November 90.
at ESQ o'clock. Four hundred boys
are expected to register.
A banquet will give the conference a
good sendoff. IT'S will be held at the
Chamber of CO .merce. with Hugh
McVey acting as loastmaster. The con-
ference will last three days and will
consist of speeches, round table talks,
song services, athletic entertainment
and a trip thru the Santa Fe shops.
The local "Y'' boys and the Boy
Scouts will entertain the visitors and
show them about the city.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22

S. J. Shook of the Topeka Business
college, as president, two years ago.
He is now serving his second term as
president of the association.
Mr. Shock is appealing to all of the
teachers within range of the Missouri
Valley association, that owing to the
reconstruction period now at hand
they should make every effort. even
eacrifico 70 attend the convention.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
ADV.
For half an hour father had been

For half an hour father had been
1ecturing son on the evil of late nights
and late arisings in the morning.
You will never amount to any
thing" said he, s'unless you turn over
a new leaf. Remember it's the early
bird that catches the worm.@
"Yes." said the other. but how
about the worm? What did he get for
turning out so early?'
MY boy" came the answer, that
foolish worm hadn't been to bed. He
was on his way home"