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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
CRACKER PER DAY
Lord Mayor Mac Swiney Eats
Only Communion Wafer.
Probe Hato Mystery of His Fast
Yields Only Mystery.
By WEBB MILLER.

Copyright, 1920. by the United Press)
London, Oct. 15.-Death only can
or will prove definitely whether Ter
ence MacSwiney is fasting his life
away or whether he is taking nourish-
ment in the hope that some turn of
fate will release him from prison with
out making him a laughing stock.
A personal Investigation at Brixton
prison where the lord mayor of Cork
today began his sixty-fourth day of
fasting, yielded the following Informal
ton:
Friends and relatives vehemently
declared that the only sustenance Civ
en- MacSwiney has been thin cracker
each morning in communion. q
Reporters Not Allowed.
Prison officials and attaches of the
home office refused to make comment
declaring it is the policy of the gov
eminent to maintain silence but the
Irish office officials admitted. how
ever. that if the government officials
were able to obtain evidence of feed
ing, they doubtless would be glad to
announce it to the world in the hope
OF belittling the mayors stand.
A heavy police guard halts news
paper men at the gate OF Brixton
prison. I was unable to cajole them
into allowing me a glimpse of the in
terror. At the home office 1 was re-
ceived courteously but with the inn
perturbable statement that nothing
could be said regarding MacSwiney.
Muriel MacSwiney, the lady mayor
ess, talked with me on behalf of the
relatives. She talked impersonally OF
her husbands death as a thing as
sured. There was no sign of worry or
grief: only Indignation that there
should be doubt of her husbands
courage in carrying out his death
strike.
Prison physicians are doing every
thing to keep MacSwiney alive. his
wife said. His room is kept at high
temperature, hot water bottles are
packed about his emaciated body and
he is bathed three times daily, while
careful examinations are made and re-
ports of his condition filed with the
home office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
FOR LOVE, $4,000
Continues from Page opa., ,


emblems were exchanged by the two
at this time, it is charged. Mrs. Wash
burn declares her husband was called
on the telephone by Mrs Davis almost
daily, and that when she answered the
telephone herself the widow refused
to talk.
The wife says she had a warrant
charging her husband with wife deser-
ton issued last April. He was arrest
ed in Mcpherson. Mrs. Davis imme
diately came to Mcpherson and Of
fered to put up a $1,000 bond for the
salesman. it is claimed.
Charges Rusc to Mislcnd Her.
The widow subsequently, sent priv
ate detectives to Mcpherson to attempt
to rmislead Mrs. Washburn. the latter
charges. and make her think that no
uitrawarm friendship between the
salesman and herself existed She also
sent detectives to wichita to obtain
letters and remove other evidences Of
their relations. Mrs Washburn claims.
The wife asserts the actions of Mrs
Davis were purely fer the purpose OF
winning from her the love of her hus-
band. She wants $4,000 damages.
Mrs Washburn filed poverty affi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

Scarcity OF lumber no longer can
be set up as a reason for high prices.
The American Lumberman is author
ity for the statement that lumber
manufacturers in all parts of the coun-
try have on hand ample reserve sup
plies of lumber to meet any immedi-
ate demand no matter how rapidly the
housing situation may develop. Man
ufacturers as a whole have apparent
~ adopted the policy of producing and
putting in pile normal supply of
lumber and when this normal level is
reached production will be curtailed
to prevent undue accumulation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
JUST FOLKS
HY EDGAR A. GUEST.
THE Wall OF THE AFTER-DINNER
E y SPEAKER.

THE Wall OF THE AETER-DINNER
70 SPEAKER.
Think not that too bitterly complain
l would not walk the easy path thru life
I'm glad to bear my portion of its strife
To know the rugged highways and the rain
The dlsappointments and the clouds of
doubt
Which come at times to test and try me
But. friend O. mine, of you now beseech,
Don't call on me to make little speech.
Let me sit here and eat my evening meal
Without that inward throb of fear and
dread;
Let me be gay while am breaking bread
And know the charm of fellowship is real /;
would enjoy the music ahd the wit
And not be deaf and lost to all of it;
Let him who likes the job get up to preach
Don't call on me to make little speech.
The hermit to his mountain cave refirex
And spends his evenings bitterly alone
Friends never come to make their friend
ship known
Or share the blazes of the wood he fires.
He eats his meal in silence dull and grim,
And yet sometimes l think l envy him
When night comes on he's safely out of
t.ts reach
He's never urged to make a little speech.
Copyright, 1890, by Edgar A. Guest.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

The main issue in this campaign. as
far as Republicans are concerned, is
10 beat the Democrats. That the
League of Nations is considered to be
of minor Importance is evidenced by
the fact that both Taft and Borah are
supporting Harding. Taft favors the
league. Borah is against any sort of
league. while Harding merely opposes
the covenant negotiatedSat Versailles,
even with reservations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

Senator Cummins of Iowa is said to
have the fight of his life on his hands
in this years election. He is being
opposed not only by union labor but
by the farmers, it is said. on account
of his railroad law. 1t is predicted
that he win run 100000 votes behind
Harding. This is hard to understand
in vitw of the fact that Harding voted
for the Cummins bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

davit in which she stated she had
started a suit for separate maintenance
and that she Is now realizing $50 per
month on 1t. in addition to the interest
on $500 worth of liberty bonds, award
ed her by the court in her mainte-
nance action. She is going to school.
she says. taking a business course to
prepare her for her future livelihood.
Mrs. Washburn lives in Knoxville,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
Polish General stands Pat.

Warsaw, Oct. 15.-General Zell-
gouski, heed of the new government
formed at Wilma after its recent occu@
patton by his troops. has sent the old
Lithuanian government at Kovno an
ultimaturn demanding that all the
Lithuanian troops be withdrawn TWEEN
ty kilomefers to the west of the Wilma
Grodno railway. The uitimatum con-
tained 24-hour time limit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
.PoLrrIcAL" ECONOMY.

Bob Timmons of Wichita, one of the
officers of international Rotary. re-
moved a. few bits OF cuticle from the
states hide the other night when he
spoke at the dedication of the swim
school The state wouldn't furnish 4
convenience of \, this kind for the
youngsters, so the Rotary clubs of
Kansas paid the bill. Timmons, in his
speech. pointed to two buildings &C.
cupied by the boys, and said:
THE lads of this institution-this
plant operated by the great state of
Kansas-are living in buildings that
have been condemned as unsafe. If
these buildings were used by a pri-
vate institution as q boarding house
or a hotel the state would step in and
close them in twenty-four hours. But
Kansas houses her small boys in such
places and the legislature demagogues
refuse to make proper appropria-
TONS"
Isn't that condition typical Of legis-
lative economy"
It appears that legislators don't
consider an appropriation for the
Boys Industrial school as a means of
improving conditions there. They
look upon 1t as 'Topeka's share of
the financial pork-barrel. The ways
and means committees barter back
and forth holding down expenditures
SO that some community or some in
stitution will not complain over what
another receives.
II fire should burn one of these
condemned buildings and lives were
lost the state legislature would be
without defense.
Reference to the Boys Industrial
school brings to mind the marvellous
work done out there by Captain Mac
Lean. MacLean has a most unusual
faculty of handling youngsters. His
work in the city schools was an eye
opener to Topeka. Altho he has been
at the head OF the state institution for
only a short time he has whipped into
shape-without the whip-an organi-
zatiof that will make this school a
model in the nation for discipline and
efficiency. The only drawback is that
Captain MacLean will be tempted
away from the meager salary this
state offers and will give some other
institution the benefit of his ability.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

Before our, entry into the Great War
our national debt had stood approx
nately at $1,000. 100000 for several
years and we never seemed to feel
able to pay it off. Now we are paying
that amount annually in interest alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

It is estimated that more than half
of the fruit and vegetables grown in
this country goes to waste. The an
swer is; Build more good roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

The charges on which the late
Governor" Snow has been arrested
indicate that the jail is not where he
belongs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

Mayor Macswiney appears to have
settled the old controversy regarding
the food value of alcohol. but was it
necessary to mix his drinks?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
Donbts Report of SNOW.

s. D. Flora, state meteorological was
inclined to discredit the report in
morning papers that there had been
snow 100 miles west of Smith Center
last night. The temperature in west
ern Kansas was 3S degrees above zero.
and snow at temperature so high is
infrequent, IL possible. Flora says.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15

Copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
WEATHER

lContinued froL Page one.l
peka, 1903 inch; Concordia, .04 inch:
Quenemo, LA inch; Usage City, 1.2l
inch; Reading, 1.04 inch: Republic.
1.35 inch.
Tomorrow is the average date for
the last killing frost. There has been
no killing frost in Topeka thus far
this fall, which is the final feature of
perfect growing weather for this sec
tfou NJ fhe state fhiS YEAR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the wea,ner bureau office.
Topeka, Kan. for the twenty -four hours
ending at q. m. Efiday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-15
International
SundaySchoolLesson
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

For October IT is Jesus Begins His
Ministry. 4:12-25.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04

fort Saturday following the assault
on a warrant charging murder He
was taken>to Harlan that night and
closested for several hours with Off
oials. After they heard His story be
lief was expressed in his innocence.
He was given the freedom Of the
city under his Town reeognizance.
Sunday he went over to the trail
again with officials and 200 citizens.
Monday the grand jury took up the
case and heard WINES and other wit
nesses. Thursday he was dismissed.
Before he left he told officials to let
him know II he was needed at any
time.
In the meantime the detective en-
gagged by the settlement school asked
that WINES be placed in Jail and that
he be allowed to grill him. but Coun-
~ Judge Bailey refused the request
The view was taken that it was not
just TO allow WINES to be given the
third degree"
None Of the negroes who were TAX
en- to Frankfort the day after the
murder was committed apd the day
before the body was discovered was
called before the grand jury.
Among these was one Of the negroes
who had returned unguarded to the
mountain during the dinner hour.
A new spirit Of determination and
cooperation toward running down
the criminal seems in evidence here.
The citizens Of Harlan are anxious
that every resource be exhausted in
the man-hunt. Feeling here. nearly
two months after the crime. still is
high. The mountain folk. pointing
out that such an act is foreign to the
mountains where women have always
been safe. are keenly distressed at the
failure to fasten the crime on the
guilty man.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04
EXPECT TOBACCO
TO REMAIN LOW.
Manufacturers Do Not
Think Prices Will
Soar Again, The
Journal Says.

Recent declines in leaf tobacco in
Kentucky and Eastern North Carolina
prompt the belief among tobacco men
that the peak Of high'priees for leaf
has been passed. says the Wall street
Journal. They do not expect to see
prices again climb to the undreamed
Of levels reached under stimulus Of
war conditions From the standpoint
Of manufacturers this is the most bull
lish development in five years.
There is no Likelihood that declines
IN leaf will make il necessary for
manufacturing companies to take a
loss through depreciating inventories.
Recently manufacturers have broken
away from the practice Of carrying
several years supply Of leaf, The
beginning Of the buying season finds
supplies at low ebb, which affords
an opportunity to replenish depleted
stocks of raw materials al lower
prices. This serves TO reduce work
ing capital requirements. This is the
first time since 1914 that conditions
have drifted in that direction.
In sharp contrast to the decline In
the Southern markets are the ad-
yanees recorded IN Wisconsin and
Connecticut markets Prices there
are 80 per cent above last year.
These grades are used by cigar manu-
faeturers. Cigar manufactures still
face rising costs and further advances
in prices are likely.
No reduction in cigarette prices u
looked for at present. However
prices for these grades Of leaf are
slumping. but tobacco being purchas-
ed will not 20 into manufacture un-
Ill 1921
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04

tor appeared according 60 their
storics IN. doctor was directed by
ncgros az the camp 10 tab. trail
which meets the trail Miss Parsons
TOOK about half WAY between the
railroad and the pike road on the
mountaiusid, They placed the time
~ about I2i5
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04

wander from the trail on any ~ these
trips; and that he had never known
him 20 leave the trail
Following discovery of the body.
sheriff n n Howard went to the
scene Of the crime and after eNamin-
INK the corpse. visited the convict
camp that nigh,
The guards told him all the seven
ty five cunVicts were accounted for
and that only one, Sam Ell.ry. who
drov, Oh, dinner wagon. was near
the scene 81 the crime. the Sheriff
drclares lie examined Ellcry and
his clothing and found no indications
Of h. guilt
The next Sunday the Sheriff and
other officials and about zoo citizens
again visited the camp Then he
learned from the guards that four
other negroes were open to suspicion-
They were James Robinson. who haul
eel water: Houston Holiday dish
washer who was with Ellery on the
water wagon; Allen Porter and Roy
Stubbleheld
The two latter had returned to the
camp at noon with the guards to eat
dinner. and together had gone back
up the mountain TO work. unaccom-
panied by the guards.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04
Nesroe. Left Alone.

When the guards left the noun
tainsldc for dinner twelve or fifteen
convict, were left alone for some
time ~ 'ihe rock" which is located
several hundred yards beyond the
compressor. Four other guards. who
had been in charge Of prisoners a
quarter q mile beyond the rock
went TO this point to get their dinner
and found these negroes unguarded.
they testified, They reached there
before 1880. they said
!, was also testified that Henry
Gray. negro prisoner, went of the
mountain alone 10 the convict camp
about = o'clock.
Jerry Reed. the negro who worked
a, the compressor and who piloted the
doctor back on the trail. walked 20
the camp for dinner and returned to
the mountain He went back before
the guards did. Caldwell. the steam
shovel man. who alse returned before
the guards. said Reed was Mt the CON-
pressor when he passed.
SAss Pvias Rsssablss Ceavies's
J. d. Carter. City Attorney Of Har.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04
MURDER PROBE TO BE RE-.
VIEWED

announced u had exhausted all pos
sible evidence and could not find an
Indictment
A detective employed by the Pine
Mountain settlement School. who
spen, a week on the case. left He
complained that the county author.
tie. would not cooperate with hun
Ne was convinced and indictment
should have been returned.
P.obs Virtually A. End
Thus. within two weeks after IN,
crime the investigation virtually ceas-
ed The Harlan officials however.
were hopeful that the examination o.
the garment would prove human
blood stained Il. thereby strengthen
mr. their theory that convict was
he woman's sssailant In view 81
the fact. however. that Il had not
been established who wore she coat
the afternoon % the crime. IL value
as evidence was open TO question.
The State Board % Health report
ed this week that chemical analysis
showed that Il was not human blood.
The most damaging evidence tend
ing Ia incrmate Or WINES was the
difference en- the time T. supposed to
haye taken him 10 make the trip to
she settlement school and the time
the trip usually requires.
DIR. WINES told the grand jury
County Attorney Forester said. that
he left Dillon between - and 1880
o'clock and arrived at the school
about I o'clock. bu, did not know the
exact time OF his arrival. Testimony
Of witnesses at the school varied from
$3.50 10 4 o'clock II usually requires
two hours TO make the trip on mule
back.
The doctor went out Of his way for
"a distance, but II Is proved that this
would have delayed him only ten or
fifteen minutes at the most. whereas
the difference between the time he
made the trip and the usual length ~
time. according to his own story. as
well "a that Of other witnesses. was
at least an hour and POSSIBLY an hour
and half
Or Winnes testified. according To
the County Attorney tina, he took his
time in making the trip and that was
the only way he himself could ac-
count for the lsngth ~ time il re
CURED Wilson Lewis. Dillon man
who hired mule to Or Winnes. tes-
tilted that the doctor ~, Dillon
about $40.
Teacher Leave, Dillon.
The train reached Dillon at II
o'clock. Miss Parsons and pr. Winncs
went to the little store and postoaice
81 N. n. Lewis. where the doctor sug.
gested To the teacher that she should
not walk over the mountains but al
low him Ia yet mule for her. She
thanked him but said she preferred
20 walk.
lie then told her he would be glad
to pay Tor the mule She again
thanked him and entered the post
Office to send her suitcase by parcel
post She then started Oft down the
railroad. ~ the meantime DR.
WINES had sent word 70 Wilson
Lewis. owner Of the mule. who lived
a short distance away, and as soon
as Lewis appeared with the animal,
WINES started. The last he saw Of
, Miss Parsons the doctor testified.
was when she disappeared from view
down the railroad track.
From Dillon TO the convict camp
Is fifteen or twenty-minute walk.
Guards and men engaged in eonstrue-
tion work at the camp were eating
dinner at the time Miss Parsons walk
ed down the railroad track past the
camp. their testimony shows. They
had not finished eating when the doc
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-11-04

Guards who went back TO the camp
for dinner said they met Ellcry aud
HOLIDAY ON the dinner wagon be-
tween the point where the trail
crosses the mountain and the com
pressor The wagon containing both
men returned To the camp before the
guards went back to the mountains.
they testified The wagon made the
trip around the pike.
The guards. on their way back TO
the camp. also saw Robinson eating
his lunch at the water barrels beside
"a branch. The trail which the NO
man crossed Is In plain view from
where Robinson was. evidence show
ed.
Robinson claimed that he hauled
water over to the place on the pike
where the men were at work and
then took part IN a crap game. II
was near Robinson's bunk that the
hloodstained Goa. Was found. Robin
son denied wearing il, !, developed
the coat belonged TO the cook. who
testified that some Of the negroes
had borrowed it and that the blood
was due to handling beef few
days before, The tag number on the
coat proved II belonged to the cook.
Superintendent Green Of the camp
testified and a negro named Brad
shaw had il on the mountain Tues
day. Bradshaw was one of the neg
roos who were returned To Frankfort
the day before the body was found.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-14
BLACK SHALE ABOUNDS
IN KENTUCKY, IS REPORT

According to reports of State Geol-
ogist w. r. Jlson, black shale crop:
out in SO counties in Kentucky, Madi-
son county being among them. The
report, which is not yet completed
will give results of laboratory tests
of samples from each county. Black
shale is the last resort for the worlds
supply of lubricants and is being
sought out and experiment with as
the worlds oil fields are one by one
exhausted. Destructive distillation is
the process by which the oil is ex-
tracted from the shale Such opera
lions are under way in Scotlasd and
Germany and are being experimental
with in the United States in Utah
and Colorado. Shale yields from one
half to three-quarters of a barrel Of
oil to the ton and operations on :
large scale with scientific economy
are necessary for a profit. The distil-
late is the basis for benzine, naphtha,
gasoline, kerosene, paraffine, perol.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-14
RABBITS A MENACE
SAY Melon RAISERS

The increase in rabbits is creating
app: ehension upon the
part of melon producers, who report
the bunnies are devouring the water
melon vines with impunity. The law
admitting of killing rabbits will be
hailed with delight upon the part of
many, who are earerly awaiting the
arrival of November Is. They claim
there will be crusade such as has
not been recorded for years in this
county, as a result of the damage
wrought to vines and small shrubbery
by the rabbits, which have been a
pest. 1t is asserted by farmers that
there were few rabbits killed last
winter and this is given as one of the
chief reasons for the abundance this
year. Some of the farmers who have
had their farms well provided with
signs prohibiting hunting have re-
moved the trespassing signs and are
anxious for the humiliation of the