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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-08
THANKFUL FOR
her HEALTH
Before Taking Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound
Mrs. Penkey was Miser-
ably Ill.

Ottawa, Ohio" After the birth Of
my baby ! was troubled with serious
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-08
NOTICE OF RESALE OF REAL ESTATE FOR TAXES
Amount

Amount
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-08

GAS AND ELECTRIC BILLS FOR
OCTOBER ARE DUE AND PAY
ABLE. BILLS MUST BE PAID ON
CIR BEFORE NOVEMBER 10TH IN
ORDER TO GET BENEFIT OF DIS
COUNT. CONSUMERS LIGHT i
POWER COMPANY.-adv. 4-6
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-08

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
Permit Fdgs
But Ban Craps
In Girls School

Chicago, Feb. 2S.-Cigaret smoking
is tolerated at Kemper Hall. fashion
able women's seminary at Kenosha,
wis. but crap shooting" and moon
shining still are taboo.
While Rev Alfred Griffin. rector of
Kemper Hall. today refused to explain
the expelling of four students and two
faculty members. student gossip had
it that the offenders had found new
brew made by putting raisins in cider
and cooking the concoction. The ex-
PEELED students and teachers also were
reported discovered shooting craps
for money"
Reverend Griffins only comment on
the school scandal today was that the
six women had flagrantly violated
rules" He insisted we stand for
righteousness and right living and de-
mand it from all teachers and stu
dents"
The expelled students, according 10
reports about the school include Mamie
l. Dickey. Oklahoma City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
Chief Hanlon Says PulmOtOr
Not Effective in DrOwnings.
Would Have Machine Placed in
Police Departments Hands.

The purchase of a lung motor for
Topeka was advocated today by Fire
Chief Joseph Hanlon, following the
death by drowning of 3-year-old Mar
guerite Simmons in Shunganunga
creek Friday afternoon.
Chief Hanlon said the pulmotor
which was placed in the hands of the
fire department two years ago never
has operated successfully. The lung
motor, he says. is the machine now
used in most cities and is far more de-
pendable than the type Topeka pos
Sesses.
Dr. o. F. Narcotic. county coroner.
who was called to attend the little girl
Friday, said the pulmotor has been of
little help in saving lives in Topeka.
THE city should have a lung mo-
tor" said Chief Hanlon. land in my
opinion the place for it is in the hands
of the police department. Even with
a new machine. they will have trou-
BILE in getting oxygen. We have never
yet been able to get an oxygen tank
that didn't leak. and when we sent
them to Kansas City to be filled they
held us up. It's a bad condition"
1t is estimated that a lung motor
would not cost the city much over
500. Half a dozen of them could
be installed at that price and, If they
saved but one life, they would be well
worth their cost" said Hanlon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
SIDETRACK CARS
Fuel Famine Now Threatens
Entire Atlantic Coast.
Western Coal Strike Kicks Back
on Eastern Miners.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 27.-Fears of
a coal famine were expressed by oper-
ators here today. Because of the in
ability of railroads to provide trans
portation facilities. many mines in the
Pittsburgh district were closed and
others were producing but II per cent
of their normal output.
The situation from a transportation
standpoint is the worst we ever suf-
fered." r. W. Gardiner, president of
the Pittsburgh Coal Producers asso-
citation said.
Thousands of miners are idle. Many
of these. it is said. are seeking en-
ployment in other fields.
Railroad heads could offer no en-
courag cement. They placed the blame
on the weather. Just when they are
beginning to relieve the situation, zero
weather struck again. they said. Snow
storms have tied up traffic.
Another cause advanced is that
western consumers who placed their
orders during the coal strike now re-
fuse to accept the eastern cons.gn-
ments, as they can be supplied by
their local mines. This has caused
hundreds of loaded cars to be side
tracked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
TWins Always
Come to House
In City Suburb

What would you do if you and your
husband were all married n'eVery-
thing and had settled down to live in
a coZy little house with a new white
sink. a red geranium in the kitchen
window and a nice sleek Tabby cat
to sun herself by the red geranium
and found out that everyone who had
lived in that particular house before
had in some way or other had their
blessings come in pairs. Here let's
whisper it-sh-s -sh-every time a baby
came, right along with it came an
other one, perfect match. sort of a
duplicate shipment, so to speak.
Well, there's a house in a Topeka
suburb that has that distinction. Since
ablished their Lares and Penates
there and when they did get hep to
the fact that it was a double house,
figuratively speaking, they moved.
Now. q little bride and her husband
are living there. They've found out
the crushing news. They can't afford
to move and they probably couldn't
find a place to move to if they could.
They don't know what to do. But
the other day came the final straw
The little bride opened the kitchen
door and there stood the nice sleek
Tabby gently pulling and pushing VI
the back steps. two little fluffy new
ing kittens. Even they came in pairs
How the outcome will be, no one
knows, but the neighbors say the
other day they bought two beds
Hmm. H'mm,-twin beds, maybe
something to that, after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
Tomorrow an UnusuaLDay
But Unfortunate the Baby
Coming Into the World Then
Leap Year Child Has Birthday Only Once Every -Four
Years-Is One of Seven Times February
Has Five Sundays in 200 Years.

Taking statistics as a basis for COM
putation. there will probably be three
extraordinarily distinguished but un-
fortunate citizens added to Topeka's
list of celebrities tomorrow.
Distinguished, because they will
have been born on February 80; extra
ordinarily distinguished because Feb
ruary 29 will have fallen on the fifth
Sunday of the month; unfortunate be-
cause they will have a birthday only
once every four years.
One Hundred in State?
Still clinging to statistics-one's
only friend in working out such a
problem-there will be a total of 100
such new distinctively individual
characters ushered into the world in
Kansas tomorrow. Records of the
state board of health shows there were
37.147 babies born in the state during
1919. Recotds in the city cle-k' S
office show that 1899 babies were
born within the city limits of Topeka
during the same period
The chief handicap to being born
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
CIRCUS RECEIPTS $1,000
Big Legion Show, Closing Tonight, a
Financial Success.

Estimates of receipts at the Ameri-
can Legion circus for the week ending
today were placed at 81 900 by the ex-
ecutive committee of Capitol Post No.
l of the American Legion, under
whose auspices the circus has been
presented here. This represents the
net profit to the local ex-service men
and is to be used in esta ablishing their
free employment bureau for ex-soI-
diers, sailors and marines and to COM
plete the furnishing of their hall and
club rooms Al 210 West Sixth street.
The circus has had an exceptionally
good run. receiving the support of all
civic and commercial organizations
and several fraternal societies. The
fourteen performances end tonight
with the grand closing of the circus,
when the biggest and best show of the
week will be staged. The actors and
performers have volunteered to pre-
sent several side acts not in their reg
ular repertoire and to help make the
closing performance the best of the
week
The estimates OF the net profits to
the Legion made today do not include
tonight's performance, which is eX-
pected to be the biggest OF the week
in point of numbers admitted. The
proceeds of this last show. which ends
the run of the circus here, will help
swell the amount now on the clear
side of the ledger and it is possible an
additional four or five hundred dol
lars may be received for Capitol Post
if the attendance tonight comes up to
expectatiOnS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
SLIGHT SUGAR RELIEF


The near famine in sugar which
prevailed in Topeka this week has
been relieved slightly by the receipt
of a few cars by the wholesalers.
A small amount of light brown, or
C-sugar. has made its appearance on
the local market at a fancy price. Re
ceipt of this variety, which has been
SO scarce. is due to the fact that re-
finers can command a fancy price for
it, merchants say. The shortage of
white sugar has made it necessary to
utilize all available supplies of raw
material for refining.
o. b. Cutler, vice president of the
Poehler Mercantile company, said to-
day the seaboard market on granu-
lated sugar had advanced 81 this
week. He predicts, however, that
within thirty or sixty days there will
be a noticeable decline in the market
and a greater supply available. The
raw market is already declining, he
said.
Cutler gave a reasons for the pres
ent scarcity and high price of sugar
the slowness with which raw material
is coming in from the Hawaiian Is
lands. the fact that the California re-
finers are far behind. the shortage OF
cars. scarcity of labor and lack OF
production. Many persons. he said
are buying far more than they will
need for months to come because OF
the present shortage.
A drop in price. that must come
with a greater supply. it is pointed
out, will tend to discourage this
boarding and be instrumental in still
further increasing the supply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
FOR LUNG MOTOR TO PINCH CHAMP
Jack Dempsey and Manager
Will Await Warrants.
Kearns Cannot Understand
How Charges Can Be Made.

Los Angeles Feb. 2S.-'1 have moth
Stacker, and I haven't any idea how an
indictment could be returned against
him. Until further proceedings there
is nothing to say" declared Jack
Kearns, who, with Jack Dempsey.
heavyweight champion, was indicted
on a charge of conspiring to obstruct
the draft law.
Dempsey declared he is willing to
go to San Francisco and face .he
charges against him, but said the au-
thorities would have to come and get
him.
San Francisco. Feb. 2S-Warrants
for the arrest of William Harrison
(Jack) Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion of the world. and Jack Kearns
his manager. were in the hands of the
United States marshal today. An in
dictment charging Dempsey and
Kearns with conspiring to evade the
selective draft law was returned by
the federal grand jury yesterday.
A second indictment returned at the
same time charged that Dempsey
actually evaded the law. When and
where the warrants would be served
had not been announced early today
Dempsey and Kearns were in Los An
geles last night and Kearns was quot
ed as saying they had made no plans
for coming o San Francisco.
Dempsey was charged with having
falsely stated to the draft board that
his wife had lived with him for eigh-
teen months previous to his appear
ance before the board and that his
parents and a widowed sister had
made their home with him for foui
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
FIND JOBS FOR UNEMPLOYED.
State Free Employment Bureau VIII
Open Branch Here Monday.

state free employment bureau. or
ganized under authority granted by
the last legislature, will be opened
Monday morning at the Topeka hotel,
Sixth and jackson streets. it was an
nounced today by H c. Ericsson. who
will be in charge of the local bureau
Festus Foster will be his assistant.
The bureau will attempt to co-ordi-
nate the needs of employer and en-
ploye. 1t will work under John Craw-
ford. state labor commissioner, who is
head of the state organization. and will
cooperate with the federal employ
ment bureau The bureau will keep
in close touch with local firms en-
ploying a large number of people and
with the Chamber of Commerce
1T looks as if there is a big work
to be done" said Ericsson. Accord
ing TO our information, there are many
in the ranks of the unemployed and
many businesses and Industries need
ing workers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28

For more than two weeks the state
bankers have been seeking a date for
the Illinois governor. Not until toGay
was it definitely known thai Lowden
would come to Kansas for the banker
meetings. The fact that he will visit
this state in advance of the Republi-
can national convention will doubtless
tend to centraliZe mucn interest in his
speech here. The Lowden meeting
will be open to the public-the gov
ernor probably speaking in the audi
torium-according to announcement
today by Senator ]. H Anspaugh. sec
retary of the bankers assoc; alton.
Governor Lowden's speech will deal
with national problems. 1t will not.
however, be a strictly partisan speech,
altho many of the issues now con-
fronting the American people will
doubtless be discussed.
Business Man Candidate.
The fact that Governor Lowden is
generally accepted as one of the
the presidency has given interest to
his candidacy, especially among bank
ers and business men concerned with
national policies of the future. Kan
sas has repeatedly heard General
Wood, while Senator Harding, of
Senators johnson. of California, and
Borah. of Idaho, have also spoken
in the state. But Kansas has never
| had an opportunity for close up OBJ
servation of the Illinois state execu-
tive. His coming to Kansas for the
banker meeting is a matter of state
wide interest to both bankers and
| persons concerned with the affairs of
candidates whose names will be pre-
! sented in Chicago next June.
Free Rein Discussion.
In a telegram inviting him to speak
| in Topeka, Governor Lowden was as
sured he would be given free rein in
! discussion of public questions. Two
| hours after the message was sent a
reply was received stating that Gov
ernor Lowden had accepted the invi-
| tation.
| Practically every political dopester
! has during the last few weeks placed
! Governor Lowden in the front rank OF
presidential possibilities. The appar-
ent uncertainty of the Wood move
ment since the first of the year. the
| tremendous growth of Allen sentiment
and the promotion of booms fol-
/ Sproul, Coolidge. Butler. Harding an6
other favorite sons has tended tc
strengthen rather than diminish the
LoWden claim. according 10 the judg-
| ment of the wise observers. The fac
| that Lowden is coming to Kansas il
! advance of the national convention
and that this state will send a free
delegation to Chicago, naturally
arouses interest as to the effect of the
Lowden visit on presidential senu'
ment in this state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
EXPECT CONSTRUCTION BOOM
Now Lines stopped by Control Re
sumctI, says Santa Fe Man.

Chicago. Feb. 2S.-A railroad con-
struction boom was forecast by rail-
road officials here today. This boom.
one official said, lis bound to come"
AS soon as roads are returned to
private ownership.
The railroads will have to build
many new lines" L. c. Rice, assistant
TO the chief engineer of the santa Fe'
said.
Before the war. the Santa Fe was
constructing at least 100 to $50
miles Of new track a year. During
the time the government was in con-
troll. the Santa Fe constructed about
fiftv miles of new track, Rice said.
J. c. Holt, chief engineer of the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul rail-
way. corroborated Rice's statement.
"A railroad boom is sure to come, =
Holt said. How soon 1t Will start l
cannot say. We will have to see now
large n easury we have when the
government turns back the railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
Sen. Hitchcock Declares Move
by L. S. Is every Near"
Situation to Climax by Feelers
Sent Out by Lenine.
EUROPE READY TO FOLLOW
Played on American Fears of
BOlSheyism Too Long.
Now See Danger of Pact Be-
tween Reds and Huns.

Washington, Feb. 2s.-Recognition
of soviet Russia by the United States
in the near future was predicted to-
day by senate leaders.
Senator Hitchcock, administration
spokesman, declared resumption of
relations with Russia is very near"
Senator Borah, Idaho, Republican,
predicted recognition of Russia by the
allies within ten days and action by
the United States soon afterward.
AL sides declared the situation is
rapidly being brought to a climax by
the feelers which the soviet govern
ment is now throwing out.
A resolution directing the president
to extend friendly recognition to Rus
sia at once is pending in the senate
foreign relations committee, but mem
bers doubted if any action will be
taken at once. They prefer to give
the administration a free hand. Sena-
tor France, author of the resolution,
declared. however. that he would
press for hearing at the earliest pos
sible date.
Europe on the Verge.
Il believe that the European ma
tlons will recognize the soviet govern
1nent very soon" France said. Euro
pean statesmen played on our emo
tons and used them to further their
own purposes when they feared Boil
shcvism. Now that they see Russia
is out 10 form Il coalition with Ger
many and realize she offers tremen-
dous opportunities for trade, they
want to find a way to capture these
markets.
1T was a blunder for the allies to
lose Russia. If the new Russian gov
ernment had acknowledged RESPONSE
bility for the bonds held by France
there never would have been such
anti -Bolsheviki feeling in Europe.
That was the big mistake the Bolshe-
visits made and 1 think they should
make this debt good.
Europe with something to gain
from soviet Russia, now views the
situation from a different attitude.
The temper of the senate has also
changed somewhat on this question.
The free people OF the United states
should welcome the people Of Russia
as creators of another republiC.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
NEAR EAST SUNDAY COLLECTION
Championship Banner to School Max
ing Best Showing.

Contest subscriptions are to be taken
for the Near East relief fund in all To-
peka Sunday schools tomorrow. The
Sunday school making the biggest
showing will receive a championship
, banner.
The contest grew out of a challenge
issued by the Salvation Army Sunday
school, the smallest in Topeka, to the
school of the First Methodist church.
the largest in the city. Interest in
the contest method of raising money
for the relief fund Influenced other
Sunday schools to invite themselves
into the contest.
The Sunday school of the First
Christian church is already organized
to make the most creditable showing
at the collection Sunday morning. ac
cording to r. c. Ellis He believes
other Sunday schools should be ad-
vised that his organization is prepar-
ing TO make every effort to boost the
fund.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28

on February % is that of being cheat
ed out of three-fourths of the birth
days to which one is rightfully en-
titled in this land of democratic gov
ernment and constitutional preroga-
tives. So sad a circumstance is 1t that
sometimes ones friends and relatives
take pity on one and celebrate on Feb
ruary %. But this is unusual. The
leap year baby comes into the world
with the cloud of misfortune hanging
over its head SO far as it respects the
receipt of birthday presents.
Seven Times in 200 Years.
If there are any living Topeka citi-
zens who were born on the fifth Sun
day of February they are either 40
years old, IS years old or 96 years old
today. They were born in 1880. 1852
or 1924.
Meteorological statistics show that
the last time February had five Sun
days was in 1880. February has had,
or will have. five Sundays only seven
times during a period of 200 years; for
example: 1884. 1924. 1852, 1880. 1920,
1948 and 1876.
Truly, this is something to worry
about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
DEATH IN MOTOR
Army Air Service Accepts New
Airplane Engine.
Shoots Pound Shells Rapidly
While Running.

New York, Feb. 28.-Acceptance by
the army air service of an airplane
motor which while driving a plane in
flight automatically shoots in rapid
succession shells one and one-half in
ches in diameter, weighing pound.
was announced here today by the
Manufacturers Aircraft association
The afrplane cannon, which is of
Wright-Hispano design, was built to
pierce armored airplanes tanks, sub
marines and dirigibles. The motor is
modification of those used in the
war. Unlike the airplane machine
guns, which shoot thru the propeller
blades, the airplane cannon IS ar
ranged inside the propeller shaft and
shoots thru the hub of the propeller
Two machine guns are attached to and
synchronized with the motor for use
in cases where the heavier shots would
he unnecessary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28

It's a chilly. cloudy forecast that
d. Flora, state meteorologist, make 5
today for Sunday. A temperature of
Is degrees may be expected tonight in
Topeka, he said a cold wave in Mon
tana is headed for Kansas on north
wind. 1t was > below zero this morn
ing at Havre. Mont.
No precipitation occurred in Kansas
in the last twenty-four hours. Rain
was repo.ted in Oklahoma City. Snow
fell this morning from Chicago east
to Pittsburgh, also at Denver and Salt
Lake City.
The temperature in Topeka was 25
degrees at o'clock this morning.
Four above zero WIS reported from
Boston. Flora stated that weather
conditions were unsettled this morn
ing from Washington, D. c, to San
Francisco, Cal.
Extremes on record for tn s date
were 10 in 1895 and below zero in
1890. At 8 o'clock this afternoon the
wind was blowing 10 miles an hour
from the northwest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
CAN REGISTER MONDAY
Books Open at City Hall-"Sign Ur
or Don't Vote"

The registration books in the office
Of the city clerk will be opened Mon
day Everyone who desires to vote at
the coming primaries. whether they
have voted at every general election
previously or not, must register this
spring, under the terms of the new
state law 1t will also be necessary for
them TO establish their American citi-
zenship to the satisfaction of the regis
tration authorities.
Prospects are that the registration
this year will be the heaviest in the
history of Topeka. The combined at
traction of the county and presiden-
tial elections next fall. it is thought,
viii bring the vo,ers out in force. II
is evident women VIII take an unusual
interest in pOlitics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
TO BE THRIFT STAMP WEEK.
Children of Nation VIII Be Urged to
Save Next Week.

Next week will be Thrift Stamp
Week, to be observed nationally as a
means of impressing the children of
the country with the wisdom of saw
ing at least a few pennies each week
OF month and investing them in gov
ernment securities. Phil Eastman.
state publicity agent, and Charles S.
Elliott, county chairman of the thrift
stamp activities, have been notified
of the new thrift stamp drive.
Principals and teachers in both city
and country schools will be asked TO
urge every child to buy at least one
thrift stamp during the week.
Churches and Sunday schools will CO.
operate in interesting children in the
movement.