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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-21
MAKE new RECORD.
Hog Island Yards Will Launch
Last Seven Ships.
Future of Big Government Plant
Now Uncertain,

Philadelphia, July 21.-As a climax
to it's many notable achievements since
it was created as a war emergency.
Hog Island today planned to establish
a new worlds ship launching record
Seven 1895 ton steel cargo carriers,
the last on the ways at the big plant
will be sent overheard, according to
the arrangements, within fifty minutes
or less. Officials of the American In
ternational Shipbuilding corporation
claim this is the first time such feat
ever was attempted.
Elaborate preparations were made
for the launchings. The yard was
thrown open to the public and special
trains, trolley cars and excursion
steamers brought passengers from all
sections Of the city and nearby towns.
With the completion of the seven
ships to be launched today and TWEEN
ty-two others now in the wet basin
for QUILTING, the American Interna-
tlonal corporations contract of 1872
vessels, 10 cargo carriers and twelve
troop ships will have been finished.
What the final disposition of the huge
yard, with its fifty shipways and
scores of buildings that during the
than thirty thousand workers, will be,
has not been determined. A number
of suggestions have been offered by
commercial and business organiza-
lions, among them being the purchase
of the plant by the city and its con-
version into a railway and ocean ter
minal.
Since Mrs. woodrow Wilson on Au-
gust Is. 1918, christened the Quist-
conck. the first vessel launched at
Hog Island. the yard has averaged
more than one launching a week and
-
gram it will have contributed an ag-
gregate of 956,750 dead weight tons
to the American merchant marine,
nearly one-tenth of the entire pro-
gram of the United States shipping
board for contract steel ships.
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Morning Grim Gossin.

FURNISHED by B. C. Christopher & Col
Chicago, July 21.-van Duesen Harring-
ton representative says black rust damage
In southeastern South Dakota and south
western Minnesota would not be more than
% per cent. He believes North Dakota
and Montana, with favorable conditions
can make up for any loss of the wheat crop
in Minnesota.
It is claimed by a few of the cash
handlers of wheat at-Chicago that losses
of spring wheat in the northwest TO date
have been offset by larger yields than
were counted on in winter wheat sections.
1t was said the Missouri Pacific road is
sending cars II receives from the east to
load wheat, and the movement is expected
to increase.
Stop order selling Of July corn carried
it to cents under September at one time.
the largest discount SO far. At the same
time brokers with changing orders at 2
cents under were unable to work them.
No: 2 mixed corn was IA to cents over
July.
Crops in parts OF Illinois and other
central western states as well as in North
Dakota have suffered a little damage as
result of grasshoppers- The chinch bug
has also caused some damage in parts of
central western Illinois and Indiana
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tolerance of officials shall have be-
come positive friendship.
while we are thankful for progress
made, we cannot ignore plain facts nor
build false hopes" he said.
Prohibition. partially enforced"
has proved its value, he said.
Suggesting the party should retain
its public ownership plank, Watkins
said lit is better the government
should control railroads than that rail-
roads should control the government.
The Improbable experiment in gov
eminent mana gement of railroads
must not cause US to swerve from our
demands he said.
Craftsmanship VS.. Stupidity.
Returning to the older parties, Wat
kins said he was forced to the conclu-
sion that each is "a marvellous combi-
nation of craftsmanship and stupidity,
patriotism and punk rectitude and rot
tenness such as the world has waited
countless ages to see"
There recently was a "disgraceful
quarrel between the president and
congress- Watkins said. The name
of America has been scandaHzed while
stubbornness paraded as principle and
peanut politics wore the sheepskin of
craftsmanship. The president no
doubt had his convictions. but even a
Republican senator occasionally had
lucid intervals and can be reasoned
with. On both sides too much setting
of political stakes and too little Of con-
structive craftsmanship; too much of
steering for votes instead of steering
by principle.
The president won his second term
by keeping us out OF war: he may lose
everything by keeping us out of peace"
League Support Hollow.
The loud support of the presidents
treaty stand is very hollow sound
ing brass in the ears of those who saw
'watchful waiting degenerate into dis
graceful dawdiing.'" Watkins said.
The temporary chairman said the
country desires a League of Nations,
but that the assumption that only one
man was capable Of framing it savored
of autocracy and couldn't be accepted
meekly by a free people.
Watkins also attacked the Republi-
can party. He asked if there were no
Mexican problems during Republican
administrations and asserted it was
raising a false cry of "Americanism
in the league fight. Both parties have
committed themselves to information
alism on some of their platforms, he
said. He cited the tariff. the money
question and the control of colonies as
questions in which one or the other
party stood for internationalism.
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KANSAS GETS CHEAP SUGAR
Saves $4,000 Because Denver Dealer
Has a Heart

Because a Denver wholesale sugar
dealer had a heart, Kansas has saved
500 on a purchase of sugar for the
six months period ending in January
this year. The firm has sold 500 bags
of sugar TO the state at a rate of 1866
cents a pound. a saving of nearly SO
per cent on current market prices
James A. Kimball. state manager.
closed the deal for the sugar when he
talked recently with the president of
the Great Western Sugar Refining
company of Denver. He appealed for
a minimum price in order that in
mates of state charitable and penal in
stituions might not suffer AS a re-
suit he was promised an adequate sup
ply at bargain counter rates.
The sugar is to be distributed thru
the Poehler Mercantile company or
ganization. Kimball's contract with
the refinery, however, was made di-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-21
OLD REGIME HONORS JOACHIM
Hundreds of Members OF Imperial
Court Attend Funeral of Prince.

Potsdam, Germany, July 20--Hun-
dreds of members OF the old German
imperial regime were present at fu-
neral services for Prince Joachim held
at a little Evangelical church here to-
day.
Among those who stood with bowed
heads were Generals Won Hindenburg,
Ludendorff, Mehrbach and OIdenburg.
Prince and Princess Eitel Friedrich.
Princess August Wilhelm and Albrecht
of Reuss, and Albert of Schleswig rep
resented German royalty.
Scores of Prussian officers, be-
decked in iron crosses and other Ho-
henzollern military insignia. were
present. Princess Marie of Anhalt.
the dead princes divorced wife, was
not at the services. When the cere-
mony was concluded the casket re-
manned in the church under heavy
guard. 1t will be placed in the maui
soleum of Frederick the Great. nearby
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PLAN OPEN DRIVE.
Both Party Committees Are
Meeting in Columbus.
G. o. P. Notification Body Holds
Its Last Conference.

Columbus, o., July 21.-Leaders of
both parties meeting here are fast
completing plans for beginning the
open warfare of the big presidential
battle.
A Democratic campaign committee
will be appointed during the next few
days by Governor Cox and George
White, former Congressman of Mariet-
ia, Ohio, elected chairman of the
Democratic national committee and
campaign manager last night.
The Republican campaign commit
tee will meet here this afternoon to
discuss campaign plans. A meeting of
the committee of notification of Sena-
tor Harding also will be held here.
Governor Cox and White have ten
tatively agreed that his notification
will occur August at his home, near
Dayton. Sentiment on the national
committee was divided as to where
Cox shall open his campaign. He ia
vors the west, but some state leaders
favor concentration in New York, New
Jersey, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
Cox told the committee he will de-
mand daily reports of campaign con-
tributions by both parties. He charged
Republicans were raising a campaign
fund that will "stagger" the nation.
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PICKS Up FORD AND VOTE.
County Candidate Finds Car StoIcr
From Court Reporter.

W. E. Child Anderson. a county
candidate, was driving down Huntoon
street between Tyler and Polk at IL
o'clock Monday night after his daily
chase after votes to make him the Re
publican nominee for clerk of the dis
trict court at the primary election,
August " He was on his way home
from a political meeting at Wanna
maker school house.
In the mouth of the alley between
Tyler and Polk streets he sighted a
deserted Ford machine. 1t looked ia
miliar=to him. He stopped his car.
by gosh" he said to his father,
ISph Anderson, that's the car stolen
from George Kline from the north
side of the state house last night.
Well 1 got one vote tonight--George
Kline will have to vote for me-"
1t proved to be Kline's car. Today,
Kline. who is the court reporter in
Judge James A. McClure's division of
the district court, pledged himself to
vote for (Bnl) Anderson. The car
was stolen early in the afternoon. A
bathing suit and a towel were missing.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

breaks in the price of wheat took place
today chiefly owing TO 4 big increase Of
the estimated Weld of wheat in Kansas
Gain was regarded as more than offset
ting losses by black rust in the north
west Besides. Canada reported rains over
the drought district. Opening prices
December S252 to s254 and March 81
were followed by q setback TO SZ-51 for
December and then by a substantial rally
all around
subsequently. persistent buying on the
part of the principal recent sellers made
prices harder The close was nervous at
nc decline with December S2-J61z and
March sol
CORN-Indicatfons that there would be
no rail strike had a bearfEh effect on corn.
After opening &c to 15kc down including
September at ff.4sSt to S1-491t and Decem-
Der S1-35E to s1-37 the market underwent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-21
BIG CROWD SEES CIRCUS.
SelIs-F1oto Show Spends $4,000 With
Topeka Merchants for Supplies.

The circus has come and gone. leav-
ing a host of happy kids behind-ex-
cept the disappointed few that did not
not get to go to see tn clowns 'nele-
plants an gerafs.
A large, crowd of Topekans and peo-
pie from the surrounding country at
tended the two performances of the
Sells-Floto circus Tuesday afternoon
and night and appeared to be well
pleased with the big show" and the
side attractions.
Topeka merchants benefited from
the circus visit to the extent of $4,-
600 for supplies, in addition to the
money spent by the individual per-
formers. Monday night was pay day
and the performers arrived in Topeka
with $4,000.
Cordona, a trapeze performer. SUI
fered bruises when guy rope broke
The performer was able to appear
again in the evening, however
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-21
FEAR RUNAWAY COAL STRIKE
Illinois Field Faces Serious Labor
Crisis, Declares Union Chief.

Chicago, July 21.@The Illinois coal
field faces a serious situation, a COM
mittee from the Illinois Coal Oper-
ators' association, declared today be-
foro leaving for Washington 70 secure
aid in heading off a runaway strike
of shift men in the bituminous field.
Frank Harrington, president Of the
Illinois United Mine Workers, de-
clared today union officials had been
unable to stop the strike.
The men demand a 50 a day in
crease. Operators admit the men are
not getting a living wage, but are
powerless to deviate from the con-
tract, harrington said.
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| "SLICKERS" BUSY AT CIRCUS.
Two Persons Report SOS Stolen by
Pickpoclzets-Others Were Victims.

The "slickers' were among those
present at the Sells-Floto circus per-
Torrance in Topeka Tuesday.
James Crawford, who works in the
the heaviest loser. Pickpockets worked
on him while he was at the fair
grounds and relieved him of $65.
H. H. Choteau. 10 Kansas avenue,
said he felt someone reaching into his
pocket while he was boarding a street
car. He said he turned and grabbed
two negroes, one of whom dropped
Choteau's purse. declaring Choteau
himself had dropped it.
B. F. Allgood, manager of the White
Swan bakery, reported a negro put his
hands in his pockets at the fair
ing $50. Allgood chased the negro
thru the crowd and z. c. Stoll, a spe-
cial policeman, ran to Allgood's as
sistance. The negro was caught and
when searched officers failed to find
the purse. The negro gave his name
as John H. johnson and his home as
Arkansas.
johnson today signed a confession
and pleaded guilty to robbery in the
court of Topeka. Sentence was de-
ferred. Johnson stated in his confess
sion that he came to Topeka from
Mrs "Tootsie" Sutton and Miss
Ruth Clarke, travelling with the Sells
Floto shows. met two young men at
the corner of Eighth and Kansas ave-
i nues. They went to the Baltimore ho-
tel ifNNorth Topeka where the girls
registered. Ths girls went upstairs.
| When they returned they found the
boys had disappeared, taking Mrs. SUIT
toms suitcase with them. The girls
i said their entire worldly belongings
1 were in the suitcase.
/ A. A. woodward, former member
/ OF the police department, was asieeI
\ at his home. PIT East Tenth avenue
when a prowler entered the house and
took 81 out of his pockets.
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Prohibition Party Still Has
Same Mission to Perform.
Keynote of Lincoln Convention
Scores Both Parties.
LEAGUE SUPPORT IS HOLLOW
Marvellous Craftsmanship and
Stupidity, Says A. Watkins.
Too Much Political Stakeset-
ting, Too Little Construction.

Lincoln. Neb.. July 21.-Aaron S.
Watkins. temporary chairman of the
National Prohibition party convention,
today held the Republican and Demo
cratic parties in the scales and de-
clared they struck an exact balance.
Declaring the two old parties had
produced a stone when the demand
was for bread, Watkins criticised both
impartialIy.
Mission Not Ended.
The Prohibition party's mission is
not ended. Watkins declared. Former
liquor selling places are being held in
tact. he said. until Indifference and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-21
REALTORS PLAN AID CAMPAIGN
Discuss Carrying Weekly Page in To-
peka Papers.

More than twenty members of the
Topeka real estate board met after
luncheon at the Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday. Discussion conferred
chiefly around the possibility of estab-
fishing a weekly real estate page,
carrying advertising and real estate
news, in each Of the Topeka papers.
Carroll B. Merriam offered a room
in the reconstructed Central National
Bank building to be used as a tenn
porary headquarters for Topeka Real
tors. The room is to be known as
THE Lounge" and will be used as a
directors room by the board of the
Central Trust company. The Realtors
accepted Merriam's offer
Completion of plans for the Real
tor page was postponed for further
consideration. The Realtors are plan
ming an advertising campaign along
metropolitan lines.
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MONTH WAS LONG ENOUGH.
Mrs. Margaret Holmes Says Husband
Cursed Her Soon After Marriage.

Mrs. Margaret D. Holmes, bride of
month, has filed suit in the dis
trict court for divorce from Clarence
Holmes, whom she charges with ex-
IRENE cruelty and gross neglect.
Soon after their marriage, she says,
he began cursing her without cause.
About July Is. she asserts. he aban-
doned her with the statement that he
would, not support her longer. She
says he makes Sis a month and asks
that she be granted suitable alimony
A short time ago Mrs. Holiness
mother, Mrs. Tillie Dennis. filed suit
in the district court for divorce from
Hyrum Dennis.
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WILL NOT ANSWER FREEMAN.
Governor Allen to Ignore LabOr's
QUESTIONABLE to Candidates.

answer the QUESTIONABLE sent to can
didatas by w. E. Freeman, president
of the state Federation of Labor. The
governor stated today he had not seen
a copy of the inquiry altho it was said
to have reached his office early last
week.
In a personal platform George w
Snow, of Oakland, has adopted the
planks and policies outlined by Free
man. Snow is a candidate for the Re
publican gubernatorial nomination and
Will oppose Governor Allen in the
August primaries
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AIDS GOOD ROADS PROJECTS.
c. of C. Appropriates $500 for Filming
Kansas Scenes

The good roads committee of the
Chamber of Commerce met in joint
session with members of the Kansas
Good Roads association Tuesday noon
at the Chamber of Commerce, for the
purpose of discussing how best to help
in the project of eventually securing
good roads in the state.
The Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee voted to appropriate $500 to
the Kansas Good Roads association
to aid them in making motion pictures
of various road scenes in Kansas for
advertising the good roads project.
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Baseball Attendance Record Broken.

New York, July 21.-Attendance
records were made during the Yankee
White Sox series that ended yesterday.
In four days the tuFnstiles registered
$4,000 customers. Saturday $4,000
were in the big yard. 1t makes a rec
ord for a pennapt season and comes
close to the best four day mark for a
worlds series.
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KANSAS BANKER is CAUGHT.
d. w. Stallard, Ness City, Is Charged
With EmbezzIement.

Kansas City. Mo-, July 21.-Another
alleged Kansas bank embezzler mas
been unprecedented. D. W. Stallard, %,
accused of embezzling $29,500 of the
Ness City, Kan. National bank, was
arrested here at general delivery
window in, the postoffice after a six
months search. Cattle speculation
with bank funds is the charge against
Stallard. For a number of years Stall
lard was q national banker in Ness
CITY
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BASEBALL GAMES TODAY
national League.

National League.
New York at Cincinnati, clear. p. IN.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. clear. 30 p m.
philadelphia at Chicago, clear. 3 p.
Boston at St Louis, clear. 3 IS p. m
American League
Cleveland at New York. cloudy. 3 30 p. m.
st. Louis at Philadelphia, clear. ; 80 p. II.
Chicago at Boston, clear, , .15 y. m.
Only games scheduled.
American Association.
Columbus at Milwaukee. clear, , y. m
Louisville at ST. Paul. clear. two games. .
and 4 D. N
India ma polls at MiBneaTf6iis. clear. D. IN.
Toledo NJ. Kansas City, clear, two games
ard p. IN.
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wants Harding to Plead for Debs.

Denver, July 21.-Parley P. Chris
Jensen. Farmer-Labor party candidate
for president, today telegraphed to
Senator Harding, Republican nominee,
and Governor. Cox, Democratic candi-
date. suggesting that all join in de-
mand upon President Wilson to i'm
mediately release Eugene V. Debs
from prison.
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SECOND BODY NOW FOUND.
Still Seven Miners Unaccounted for in
Pittsburgh Coal Shaft.

Pittsburgh, July 21.-The body of
another victim of Mondays explosion
in a coal mine at Renton, Is miles
from here, was recovered early today
by one of the five mine rescue teams
which are exploring the wrecked mine.
One body was brought out yester-
day. The rescuers worked all last
night and continued their search for
the bodies of seven men who have not
been accounted for
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WEATHER
,continusd from Page one.l

CONTINUED from Page One.l
tho the temperatures are not of the
summer resort variety, they are good
for this time of the year in Kansas.
The highest temperatures in the state
yesterday were SO at Phillipsburg and
Scott City.
No rain has fallen in the state In
the last "a hours. At O'Clock
this afternoon the wind was blowing 6
miles an hour from the south. Ex
tremes for this date were 1914 in 1901
and 81 in 1902.
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OLE HANSON TELLS STORY.
Seattle Mayor on Stand at Trial of Ac-
cused Communists.

Chicago, July 21.-Intimacies of the
Seattle strike in 1919 and the attempt
to overthrow the city governm ent
were to be related today by Ole Han
son, former mayor of Seattle, testify
ing against twenty alleged members of
the Communist labor party on trial
here.
Hanson testifying yesterday, said he
attended a mass meeting of agitators
in Seattle when the use of bullets in
overthrowing the city administration
was advocated
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YANK SHOOTERS IN ANTWERP.
Pistol and Shotgun Team Prepares for
Olympic Matches.

Antwerp, July 21.-American trap
shooters have arrived at Antwerp
fresh from victory in the international
match at Hendon, England, and are
confident of winning both team and
individual events in the Olympic clay
pigeon shooting.
The American running stag and pis-
toll shooting teams have also arrived,
and with the rifle team, which is now
training at the Coblenz army range,
complete the American representation
to take part in the shooting events.
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Kansas City. July q.
Kansas city Grnin Market.

Kansas City, July 21-wHEAT-Cash:
Market unchanged to &c lower. No. hard.
81. 7e@2s 81; No 2 hard, S2.72@2S3: No.
red, $2I1@2-T3; No. ? red, S2.706272
CORN-Market unchanged to Sc lower
No; mixed, $1.44; No. 5 mixed. S1.406
l4l No. white, $1.60; No 3 white, 81. 500
$1.44.
oATs-Market 1c to 21kc lower. No. 2
white, 9ohc; No. mixed, 7667Tc; No. =
RYE-$2 2sd2so.
KAFIR AND MILO MAIzE-s2 1902 %.
SHORTS-$2S0 672. 90.
BRAN-$2 S06n235.
WHEAT-Rsceipts 1877 cars.
WHEAT-Cloze: December, $2.56S /;
March, $3.50.
., CoRN-september, s1.4sA; December,
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Alaska Bound Flyers ON Their Way.

Erie, Pa. July 21.-Thelt flyers
of the army squadron of four flying
from Nfineola, n. Y, to Alaska,
weatherbound since Thursday got
away in rapid succession between S:45
and a. m. daylight saving time) to-
day for Grand Rapids The other
flyer left yesterday and arrived at
Grand Rapids last night
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MEN AGE-sHY TOO.
Kick and Balk When Registering
Wind Up by Saying 'Over 81"

Eldorado, Kan. July 21.-Eldorado
men who are registering for the pri-
mary and general elections, are re-
fusing to give their exact age to he
city clerk They are kicking when
asked how old they are, and reply
with the statement that they are "21
and over" 1t was stated today by
the city registration clerk that more
men are baking this year than women
Only 2.10O voters have registered so
FAR. 1t is thought that about 5000
are eligible
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New York. July 21.-BUTTER-Mark et
steady. Creamery higher than extras, 571s
d5ac
EGGs-Market firm. Fresh gathered ex-
ira firsts, 5065 SIC
CHEESE-Market unsettled. State whole
milk, flats, current make, white and color
ed specials. PRAISE.
PoULTRY-Alive and dressed, steady j;
unchanged.
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Chicago Grain and provision Market

Chicago, July -wHEAT-Close: De-
eember. $2.561z; March, 1921.
C0RN-uly, SL5l%; September, S1.52H /;
oATS-Jply, Ole: September, 76N@77c;
RYE-July, $2.26I1 September s$1.92
PORk-July, $26.65; September, $2SI5.
October, 1919.
RIBs-July. s1s-25; September, $1os5.