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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
LIFT BAN MONDAY
DIR. Brown Optimistic, But
Makes No Promises.
Sunshine and Quarantine Cut
New Cases Today.
TOPEKA FLU RECORD

DIR. Earle G. Brown. city health Of
ficer. said today the board of health
hoped to raise the influenza ban Mon
day, but could make no promises TO
that effect.
The epidemic was not SO virulent in
the city today, due perhaps to the
warm, sunshiny weather and the
general quarantine regulations. Thir-
ty-three new cases had been reported
at noon, however, and Brown reaf-
firmed his previous assertions that the
epidemic was by no means over.
One new flu death was reported to-
day. The victim was Louise Rodell,
726 Taylor street Her age was given
as six.
more crowded every day. At present
there are seventy-five patients being
cared for there, according to Health
Commissioner Robert D. McGiffere,
who is in charge at the hospital. Nc
Giffert said more could be squeezed
in"
Close in County.
A closing order has been placed on
the county restricted district by DR.
c. c. Lull, county health officer. The
order follows:
BE it ordered by the Board of Health oi
shawnee county Kansas; % that; -.
public health. and as the result of an in
crensing number Of cases daily of Influenza
! which have been reported 10 the county
health officer and owing to the prevalence
Of the disease in the city Of Topeka. it is
| deemed wise to safeguard the health Of the
! community about the incorporated limits
Of Topeka.
TO accomplish this protection. it is
ordered that in the district adjoining the
incorporated limits of the city of Topeka
and within five miles of said city limits
after twelve O'Clock. noon. February 10th
and churches shall be closed. 1t is further
ordered that all social gatherings, parties
| lodge meetings and public or private gath
this date
3.-Children under the age of sixteer
years shall not be permitted TO leave theil
premises =
4.-This order shall be in effect Init:
rescinded by the county health officer.
c. G. LTLL. NJ. D..
County Health Officer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
TEACHERS DECLARE STRIKE
Lawton, Okla; School Force Send
UItimatum to School Board.

Lawton, OKLA, Feb. 11.-Al teach
ers and principals of the high school
and ward schools will strike" Friday
unless the board of education meets
their demands.
The designations of the teachers
which were recently presented to the
board have been acce 3ted, according to
a statement made by the board yester-
day.
The teachers are asking for a 25 per
cent increase retroactive to January
5 and another 25 per cent increase
next year. The board of education
claims there is no legal way in which
the increase can be warded. The
teachers claim the Boacd failed to take
acton on the matter at the proper
time.
More than 10000 children will be
affected by the walk OUT which is
scheduled for Friday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
One Reason Why
Reporters ':Age'

One OF the reasons why reporters
are either gray haired or bald prema-
turely:
Early this morning. telephone mes
sages to the sheriff, police and. news
paper offices announced that the body
of w. S. Eskridge. missing Topeka
grocer had been found in the river
near the spot where his car was
turned over. Investigation revealed
that the man reporting the finding of
the body had been informed by his
daughter that her husband had been
told by his sister-in-law that neigh
Dor in Oakland had been told by a
Santa Fe detective that he heard the
body had been found
Reporters are constantly running
down rumors of "dastardly crimes
deeds usually developing from the
noise made by a neighbor killing a
wandering cat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
JUST BEAUTIFUL GESTURE
Crown Princes Offer to Surrender
Not Taken Seriously by News
papers of Holland.

Amsterdam. Feb. 11.-Former
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany
sent his telegram to the heads of the
allied governments offering to surren-
der in place of Germans demanded in
allied extra diiion list, almost on the
impulse Of the moment. according TO
an Interview with Major Won Hulrheim.
the former crown princes adjutant,
published in the TELEGRAPH.
The foreign heir to the German
throne" said the major after confirms
ing reports that a telegram had been
sent, took his resolution without
thinking long about The return OF
Baron Won Lersner from Paris and the
serious situation which has arisen in
Berlin in consequence. prompted the
prince TO send his telegram. He hopes
by this to avert serious difficulties for
Germany"
Dutch newspapers describe Will
liam's action as a beautiful gesture"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11

Reports to the state board of health
at noon today indicated a probable
decline in new flu cases. The record
at noon showed 1.94S new cases as
against 2,702 new cases for the same
period week ago today and 3,440-
cases reported to noon Tuesday
State health officials, tho, found lit
tie comfort in the decline in new cases
this morning. There is feeling in
state health circles that many cases
are not reported and that in certain
towns and cities the scope of the dis
ease is purposely minimized in an ef-
fort to prevent disturbance of business
conditions. This situation seems to be
particularly true in Wichita Reports
from that city this morning Showed
only fifteen new flu cases Yet thir-
teen pneumonia cases were reported
and twelve deaths from pneumonia
were recorded. Wichita is hot on the
trail of conventions.
May Force State Ban.
Attempts of various communities to
nislead the public as to true condi-
tionS may force a statewide ban.
There is belief that several cities are
avoiding closing orders thru deception
of the public as to true conditions.
This deception, it is feared, may lead
to greater spread of the disease and
! many deaths because of failure of Of
Gcials and the press to perform its
duty to the public.
Records received at noon today
showed % deaths as against So re-
ported to noon Tuesday. Twelve of
the deaths occurred in the city of
Wichita and eleven in Kansas City.
One death was reported in Topeka. A
total of 5S new pneumonia cases had
been reported.
Crawford county, including the city
of PittSburg, today reported 76 new
flu cases, Coffey county 112, and Cow
| ley county 10s. All other communi-
| ties were below the 100 mark.
| Only Sc of 135 counties and cities
| presumed to make, daily reports, had
recorded new cases at noon. The light
morning report indicated heavy after
| noon returns.
Report From Counties.
| New cases from counties and cities
/ today were as follows:
COUNTIES: Bourbon. 10: Brown, ~
| II: Cloud, 10; Coffey, 112; Cowley. 1OS
| Crawford. 160; Douglas, 25: Ellsworth, 6;
| Cove, Il; Graham, %: Grant, 6: Gray, &c;
| Greeley, %: Greenwood. II; Jefferson, 30;
Jewell, Is; Kearney, 4 Kingman, %; Kio-
: wa, %: Lnbette, 16; Leavenworth 46: Linn
. q: Lyon. 21: Marion 20: Marshall 81; Miami
81; Mitchell. %; Montgomery. 80: Morris
| Il; Nemaha, s.: Neosho. 20; Osborne. 80;
Pawnee. II; Phillips. 13: Reno. Z: Riley
is; Russell: Il; Saline, 4: Sedgwick, 10!
; Sheridan, 80; Smith. "A; Stafford, Is; VII
son. 64.
CITIES Fort Scott, IA; Pittsburg. 16
! Lawrence. so; Leavenworth. %: Coffeyville
/ &c: Hutchinson. s.; Wichita, 10; Topeka, 33
i Kansas City, 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
KANSANS RAID DISTILLERY
Under Cover of Shot Gun Barrage
Raiders Get Ten Barrels Booze.

Pittsburg. Kan, Feb. 11.-John
Mlinarich. owner of the Old Sam
kneck distillery three miles south of
Minden, Mo-, was attending to the
wants of members of his family ill
with the influenza last night. Sud
denly large number of motor cars.
Mlinarich says. appeared in his yard.
surrounding the old distillery build
ing. Men armed with shot guns got
out of the cars and began discharging
the guns-evidently firing a barrage
Il looked out of the window and
saw the cars and the men," Mlinarich
explained in Minden this morning. 81
decided to stay in the house. I saw
the men enter the distillery and roll
out the ten barrels of whisky, all that
had left. They loaded them into the
cars and left, driving west toward
Kansas"
Mlinarich reported the raid to rcve-
nue. officers at Joplin and Kansas City
this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
TOPEKA PIONEER DEAD
Mrs. j. Il. Penny Was Resident of City
More Than Sixty Years.

Mrs. ]. L. Penny, 304 West Eighth
street, for more than sixty years I
resident of Topeka, died at 1:10 o'clock
this morning. She was victim of
pneumonia.
Mrs. Penny was the widow of the
late J. l.. Penny, proprietor of the
Capital City Bottling works. Both
We're we'll known in Topeka. Mrs.
Penny was born in Kingston. Canada,
and came to Topeka in 1860. She is
survived by four daughters, Mrs. G. S.
Murray. Springfield. Mo-: Mrs. ]. B.
Sands. 1866 Topeka boulevard; Mrs-
William Defines, 1915 Adams street;
and Miss Josephine Penny, who lived
at home; one granddaughter. Miss
nary Sands, and three graBdsons,
James, Joseph and Jack Defines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
HAIR TONIC KILLS DRINKER.
Fancy Name on Label Covered Poison
Alcohol Contents, Say Police.

Ponca City, Okla, Feb. 11.-John T.
Baker, a mechanic employed by fhe
Marland Refining company, died yes
terday after he is alleged to have pur-
chased and drank a bottle containing
nearly a pint of hair tonic.
The bottle, the contents of which
caused his death. bears the label,
Lilac Lorraine" and on another small
label is a warning that large por-
tion of non-beverage alcohol is con-
tanned in the preparation and that it
is poisonous when taken internally"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
s5,OOO,OOO THEFT FOaED
New York Brokers We're To Be Loot
ed by Messengers Was Plan.

New York. Feb. 11.-Arrest of two
more conspirators in the alleged plot
for theft of s5.00O.000 in securities in
the financial district today marked
continuation of the investigation
started late yesterday when police ar
rested three other alleged sconspira-
tors.
The two arrested today are Rudolph
c. Bunora, %, stock messenger, and
his brother, Herbert. 10.
The elder Bunora is charged with
receiving $4,000 in stolen securities
last May and his brother is charged
with stealing securities valued at
$4,000 from the Crucible Steel COM
pany.
Part has been recovered. police said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
MOCK AIR BATTLE IS FATAL.
Two Planes Crash at 1000 Feet-Both
Pilots Killed.

San Antonio. Tex. Feb. lit was
during a mock battle in the clouds,
zoos feet in the air that Lieutenants
Harry ID. Smith and Harry w. Brokaw
met their death yesterday afternoon in
a collision Of their planes. In the
opinion OF army fliers who witnessed
the crash, Brokaw. who was plotting
n British pursuit plane. underestimated
the speed OF the Fokker machine of
Smith
1t was while Smith was pursuing
Brokaw that the collision took place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
ARE RECOVERING RAPIDLY NOW
-Four Hundred Flu Cases Terminal ted
Daily in st. Louis.

ST Louis, Feb. 11-One hundred
and forty new influenza cases were
reported to the health department to-
day as compared with 165 yesterday
and 757 new cases alweek ago The
health authorities are convinced that
the epidemic has been checked. The
death list numbered 45 for the "A
hours, 81 succumbing to pneumonia
and eighteen to influenza.
Termination of influenza and pneu-
monia cases are now being reported
at the rate of more than 400 a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
MAY APPEAL TO PRESIDENT.
War Department and Shipping Board
in Row Over HOboI1en Docks

Washington, Feb. 11-President
Wilson may be called upon to decide
the controversy between the war de-
.partment and the shipping board as to
which should have use ofethe former
Hamburg American and North Ger
man Lloyd docks at Hoboken now
used by the army transport service.
Chairman Payne of the board an
nounced today that the offer of the
war department to alIot to the board
available space for its ships has been
refused on the ground that the piers
should be permanently assigned to the
board
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
Allied List of Accused Is Turned Over
to German Courts.

Iierlin, Feb. 10.-Eugene Schiller,
minister of justice, today handed to
the attorney general of the supreme
court at Leipsic the list of accused
Germans whose delivery by the allies
is demanded, with instructions that
the attorney general investigate the
allied charges and prosecute where
the evidence warrants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
To Put Embargo on Mex Corn.

Washington, Feb. Ito prevent
the entry of boil worms into this coun-
try in cottonseed mixed with corn i'm
ported from Mexico. the department
of agriculture is considering the pro-
hibition or limitation of corn imports
from that country. 1t was announced
today that hearings would be held here
February II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
FORCED ROBBER TO CALL COP.
Denver Woman Holds Gun on Men
Who Enters Her House.

Denver, Feb. 11.-Roused by a guest
who said robbers were trying to enter
his room, Mrs. Rena Lamborn, pro-
prietress of down town hotel, today
held two alleged burglars at the point
of a revolver and made one of them
telephone the police. = A third man
escaped. Mrs. Lamborn caught bur-
glar in similar fashion while con-
ducting a hotel in Kansas City two
years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
France Removes wheat Restrictions

Paris, Feb. 11.-Farmers are re-
ported to be satisfied with the
governments decision re-esta blishing
freedom in the wheat trade, and it is
believed this action will adjust the
price of oats and wheat which after
next spring will take about the same
place they held before the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
o. S. SUBMARINE is MISSING.
Four of Convoy and Mother Ship Re
ported Safe by Navy.

Washington. Feb. 11.-After bat
thing with the sea for nearly a week,
four. of the five American submarines
that have been missing between the
Bermuda Islands and this coast ar
rived at Hampton Roads this morning.
according to a dispatch received by
the navy department.
The submarine still missing is the
N-2. Those that have arrived are the
L-2, L-3. LA and LII
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
FLU PATIENTS DRIVEN OUT.
Blaze Near Provident Association Ell
dangers OrtInan Family

Fire companies were called out at
$40 O'Clock this afternoon to put out
small roof fire at the home of c.
w. Ortman, PA West Fourth street.
The house is directly behind the Provi-
dent association and a crowd gath
cred, thinking that building was afire-
Two members of the family had flu
and they were taken from the smoke
filled house to a hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11

A continuation of spring-like
weather is promised for the next "a
hours by S. D. Flora, state meteorolo
gist. Clear skies. lots of sunshine, ris-
ing temperatures and no chance of
rain or snow are the features of the
weather menu as given out by Flora
this morning.
No precipitation has occurred in
Continued on Page Two.I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11

Rome Schools Close Because of Flu.
Rome, Feb 11.-Schools in this
city have been closed because of an
increase in influenza. There are ninety
deaths on the average every day from
this disease in Rome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11

MORE SPRING-LIKE WEATHER.
Clear Skies and Balmy Temperatures
in Kansas.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSASe
Fair tonight and Thursday; somewhat
warmer Thursday west and north portions.
Shippers forecast warns to protect Sc
hour shipments north and west against a
temperature of so degrees; east and south
against % degrees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-11
COVER FLU CASES
Local Officials Deceive Public,
Health Board Asserts.
Decline in State Reports Today
Leads to Belief.
WICHITA ONE OF OFFENDERS
Southern Kansas City Wants
Conventions Badly.
State Wide and Drastic Ban
May Be Result.
ONE OF OFFENDERS

KANSAS FLU RECORD.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31

gluten bread which is not ~fatteniny,
and sWeetriing for coffee is s.acchar-
me. not sugar.
A good luncheon for the ~omAn
who wants to red-re would he
Sliced cold meat,
Stuffed olives,
Fruit salad.
And all the gluten bread desired.
of course butter Is not included in
any way i'm a course of diet that is To
reduce. for butter Is pure fat.
A woman who weighs 1910 pounds
and who is trying 10 reduce by taking
This scientific diet along with Turkish
baths and exercise, complains that she
feels hungry between meals. Eating
little and often tends 70 fatten. vet
when the system demands food. it is
best 10 give II. An apple eaten be.
tween times viii not hurt.
Copyright,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
BEAVERS DO MUCH MISCHIEF
property Owners in the Adirondack
Are Uneasy Over the Situation
They Have Created.

because the limited intelligence
w immediate purposes. owners Of
property in the Adirondacks are wish
ms tlat the beaver was less indus
trious and seriously wondering what
is 10 be done to stop the increasing
number Of these willing workers from
decreasing the value and beauty of
this famous region. The forest rangerS
Of tie conservation commissions SAYS
a Writer in the Albany Journal, last
summer estimated the undesirable re-
nearly 600 beaver dams, and found
that an area of about S,fSl acres had
bee, Hooded, and something like S11,-
WD worth of good understandable stand
ing timber was being destroyed. Com
siderin@ that the number of beavers,
now estimated at about $1,000 is be
lieved 10 hp increasing about 5000 a
year, the damage bids fair TO become
Il serious problem. Not only do they de
Stro. valuable timber. but they are
S''"'iH 'lihiSiliA tht 'iaid''ti !" tHf
Adirondack scenery along the water
courses and altering the shore line Of
the lakes; yet the region without any
beavers at all would not be the Adj
rOndackS as nature made it II as
those who now go there to enjoy its
beauty like to find it. Time was when
the beavers seemed likely to vanish,
and the state took them under its pro-
lection; now the danger seems to be
that they are so we'll protected that
they will eventually come back" in
numbers ont Of proportion to the
normal population of beavers when
the Adirondacks We're subject TO the
conditions of life i'm Il wild country.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
TITLES
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

IF YOU would make of your Char.
would see your business grow steadi-
ly and surely, if You woulu know the
really vital, almost ~pricpless secret
back of all success since the world
began, all through the minutes, hours
DAYS of your life
Mind the ~trities,
There exists i'm New York City =
store for men that. because of it's 40
peal to particular tastes and styl as
has built up a naine for Glass ia 1t.
line. Recently. because Of this r-pE
tatiOn. u young man. new TO the city.
went tlita their establishment and
ordered half IL dozen of their >l,ir $.
Iu, salesman represented the goods TO
tie the best of their kind and war
ranted' them TO be aS represented
one Of the shirts proved defective.
The young man sought an adjustment.
lie received for his trouble n bundle
If cold excuses. The store SEM AWAY
I dissatisfied etlstompr-tle worst adj
o~ertisement in The world.
Mind the ~trifles.
There exists in Chicago another
5ind Of store that is known whpr-
we merchandising is known. II is
The greatest store of its kind i'm the
world. Here is one If the reasons for
IFS marvellous success. In this store
q clerk Is not allowed TO dispute with
4 customer. II there Is dissatisfaction.
and II appears reasonable to the clerk.
m immediate adjustment is made wen
though II may mean a loss TO the con
Germ. Trities-yes. trifes-hut the
attention TO them paveS the way to
wealth. influence and power.
Mind the trifes!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
LIFTING Oneself Aloft.

An interesting scientific problem is
involved in building a steel mast 300
feet in height. The erection of high
powered. long-diStance wireless tele-
graph stations shaS led to many inter
esting experiments in such construc-
ton. Tc build such a mast on the
ground and then raise it to a per-
pendirular position would involve al
immense mou ct work. A common
plan is to construct the mast of a
series Of hollow cylinders about TWEEN.
~ feet i'm length. A steel rod is fast
ened inside a cylinder from which Is
suspended a platform on which the
workmen stand to fasten the cylinders
together. When a joint is completed
the rod is raised about twenty feet
and the platform pulled upward to
the desired height. A single mast
may consist of as many as fifty such
cylinders. When the last one Is pl,
III position the workmen find them
selves swinging some 800 feet In air.
Boys Life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
Safety First

Don't allow children to touch the
lighted tree.
Don't remove presents from the tree
while 1t ID lighted.
Don't leave anything highly inflam.
mable near the tree.
Don't set the tree up haphazardly.
Be sure 1t is securely fastened SO 1t
will not tip over easily.
Don't blow n candle out. The flame
might be carried against a dry branch
and sci fire to the whole tree.
Don't fasten any tinsel ornament
near any lights on the tree. If one
should ignite the blaze would spread
all w the tree.
Don't forget to fasten the candles
securely to the tree If candles are
used. Also avoid placing them un-
der another branch.
Always have a wet sponge cOnven.
lent to the tree. A candle often burns
up too quickly. and the sponge could
be used to eXtinguish it,
Don't Ieave the tree until You are
sure the lights are all extinguished,
and eve trust the work of extin-
gushing the lights to children.
Don't light the tree after 1t has
stood In u warm room for three or
four days. 1t becomes SO dry it will
burn almost as quickly as powder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
NUMBERS IN EAST AND WEST
Difference Of Opinion as to Whether
Odd or Even Figures Are
Lucky or Unlucky.

We are pleased to term thirteen All
unltFcky number. observes London An
SWers, but in Japan the unlucky num-
Der j. four. and in Hurmah even num-
ber> are all considered less lucky than
odd ones.
Our lucky numbers. or what are
generally considered So hy Suppr>ti-
tiouS folk. ave three and seven. If
YOU ask the reason YOU are told that
God is Three in One. and that Cod
made holy the seventh day.
As for sever this number is sup
posed to be lucky either by itself or
In its mnltiples. As an old writer
says, n boy sheds his teeth at 7 years
old: at II he becomes a Youth: AT p
a man: while he reaches his grand
climacteric at nine times THAT is 60.
The figure three is extraordinarily
prominent in the Bible. Noah had
three sons. and Job three friends.
There We're three patriarchS. Daniels
three companions We're thrown into
the fiery furnace. and he himself was
three days in the lions den.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-31
Destroyed the illusion.

Into the restaurant she came with
the air Of a princess. a truly regal fig
IRE. clad in brown from top to toe and
looking as If she had just visited a
Partisan modiste and a beauty parlor
"a perfectly groOmed. handsome WON.
an. There was an air Of refinement
about her. She looked expensively
turned out in the simple. deceptive
way.
She seated herself at a table and
there were little EXPLANATIONS of adj
miration from other diners near. A
waitress approached; every one
hushed to listen to the beautiful crea.
ture speak.
j. In a high-pitched. East side voice
she ordered: Bring me Il onion
omlette." 1t was brought. and she
played it golishly speaking. with her
knife.-New York Evening Post.