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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21
OThe fiddle Temple
81 murdcr hyasfl e'5:l e.

SpnrEo put the card in his pocket
and went out again. soon finding Mr.
tr'cdir. who was packing up the last
OF his stock
''Mr Cricdrg" said sparro.
The same. sir answered the phi
ntclisI YOU are"
MIR Spargo OF Tho Waterman.
You called on mo"
Glad To zee YOU MIR SparEo." he
said genially Take a seat. air I'm
an Ia confusion here giving up bust
ness. YOU see think. having read
The Waterman account OF the Mar
bury afrair. and having seen the muir
derrd mans photograph In your col
umnH, that I can give you "a bit Of
information
Material7" asked spargo. tcrsely.
Mr.. Criedir cnuEhcd dirty.
That's Tor you To decide hen
You've heard Il. he said "Wcli. rs
this kept open until yesterday
everything as usual yoa know go
that anybody who WIS passing would
have thought that the business was
going on. | retired last night Yes.
to-day afternoon the man described
as Marbury camc Into my shop lie
was carrying little box SO
what sort 81 box" said SparEo
- queer, old fashioned much worn
leather box" replied Mr. Cricdir
lie vet Il on tho counter and looke cd
at me. Your. "A dealer In rare
stamps hc said. unlocking the box.
lie put his hand under the topmos;
papers and drew out an exceedingly
valuable set Of Colonial stamps. I've
just come from Australia he said.
I promised n friend Of mine out
there TO sell these for him IN Lon.
don. Win YOU buy en-. and how
much VIII sou give for 'ctn7'"
'prompt.' muitcrod Spargo
lie seemed TO me tho sort ~ man
who doesn't waste words agreed
MIR Creidir. We'll. | had To- explain
/ was retiring from business that
very day. and ana not wish 60 enter
into even single deal. NO mat.
ter be Says. I dare say thrr. are
lots 81 men IN your line ~ trade
perhaps sou can recommend 'n. 20
a good firmr I can do better for
you said.
"in give you the address OF a
private buyer and I wrote the name
md address Of tho man | referred 90
on the back Of ono 81 my cards
Whose name and address, asked
SparRo.
MIR. Nicholas Cardl~ston~. ?. pii.
cox building. Middle Temple lAnr. 4"
replied MIR Crie,iir.
Il know SIR Cardlrz'one. re-
marked sparEo 1T was AZ the foot
of his stairs that Matbury was found
murdered
Just po. said Mr. C'.rdlr which
makes me think that 30 was going
10 rcr Mr. Charleston when he was
murdered
sparrn looked fxsdiy ne the retired
stamp dealer.
+What--pss; midni ghiF" he said
II think not muchr'
AN right replied Mr.. cricdir.
"But--how do you account for Mar.
bury bring found dead at the foot of
cardlcsionr'a stairs a few hour
laterT''
II don't account for g." said
spargo. I'm trying to-"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21
Japan to Explain
Attitude in Russia

TOKYO. Jan. 3I.--A policy OF non
interference in Russia has been de-
cided upon By tho cabinet. u was
learned today. when the government
declaration to that effect was rnade
at a meeting Of the diet.
The cabinet has also decided 20
make a frank explanation TO Amer.
lea with regard TO the japanese atti-
tude toward the economic situation
in Russia.
Reports OF Japanese troop move
ments In Siberia and the effect on
the international situation OF the
Bolshcvik successes. have caused the
imperial government to issue the dec.
iaration OF policy. Il was learned In
official quarters today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21
CONTINUED From Yesterday

Continued From Yesterday
Lovely" Rachael smiled My
trio goes fishing today, packing It's
lunch Itself and asking no feminine
assistance. The lunch viii be eaten
uy 10 O'Clock. ana the boy home at
half past ten. thinking u Is almost
shutdown. They only 80 as far as
tho cove. whore the men are work
ing. and we can see the tops OF their
heads from the upstairs porch. so
Mary and I won't feel entirely IN
protected. I'm 10 lunch with Alice.
so my day Is nicely planned
The bright look did not deceive
him. nor the rcassuring tone. But
George Valentines friendship WIS
more easily displayed By deeds than
words. and now. with an affoctionate
pat for her hand. he touched his
starter, and the car ieaped upon its
way. Just four hours later he tele-
rhoned Alice that the wedding license
Of Margaret Rose Clay and Richard
Gardiner had indeed been issued a
week before. and that MaRsic was
which wns to bc sublet AT the iani.
tor a discretion. that Bowman's score.
tary reported the absence 81 Miss
clay from the city, and the unccr.
talnty Of her appearing In any OF
Mr. Bowman's productions that win
ter and that at the hospital con
fident inquiry for "Mr. and Mrs
Gardiner" had resulted IN the dis
Greet reply that the parties" had
left for California. George. with
what was Tor him a rare flash of
ina Rlnation, had casually inquired
as 20 the name Of the clergyman
who had performed the ceremony.
being answered dlspa ssionately that
the person ~ the other end OF the
telephone didn't know"
George. you arc an absolute
wonder said Alico's proud voice.
family echoed from Clark's HIS.
Now. shall you cnble-anybody--
you know who I mcan2'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21
CHATTER "
The Leather box

Tho next day the safety deposit
box which Mnrbury had engaged nj
the hank was opened in the prcsencr
Of Detective Rathbury. Spargo, Brc.
ton and various officials Of tho Lon
don safe Dcposl, company.
Tho quaint old leather box was
taken out amid the intense interest
Of all present. and MycrHt was or
dcred 10 open II.
a gasp OF CONSERVATION went up
from the bank officials. while RRih-
bury and spnrgo looked NJ each other
incrcdulouHly.
For tho box was empty
did YOU ever handle e yourself
Mr. Myerut >" asked Rathbury.
Myerst smiled IN a superior fash.
ion
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21
Liggett Defends
Armistice Battle

WASHINGTON. Jan. si.-Lleutcn.
ant General Hunter Ligge;t. before
tho house war department invcsil.
eating committee yesterday declared
1t would have been pnwise to halt all
military operations during the arms.
tice discussions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21
Shantung Decision
Is Again Postponed

TOKYO. Jan. 2i.-tUniied Press
--Japan's decision regarding the re-
turn OF the Shantung peninsula TO
China has been postponed. accord
ing to an Asahi report today.
The diplomatic advisory council.
acting on the advice Of Torkichl
Otata. director OF the political
bureau OF the foreign office. today
decided to postpone for the present
the decision with regard TO the set
fIement OF the Shantung question.
The action OF the japanese gov
eminent apparently means that
nothing has been done In tho way
Of oSening negotiations with China
for the settlement OF the disputed
territory.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21

In England. at the present time,
there are i.SsS.000 more females
than there are males.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21

II you are troubled with
"A bad stomach and you
have been unable 10 md
any relief from the various
remedies you have been
using. 20 say nothing or
tho many doctors you have
eonsuIfs a, and who also
nave been unable 70 help
you. leaving you 10 suffer
untold miseriea day after
dsv until life has act
uaftv become n burden to
yOu-just cut this nd out.
and together with loo 70
cover war tax and postage,
mall TO " and we VIII send
YOU n 81 box Of our won
derful stomach T 2 m q y
called Jo-To. Use this rem
edv 30 days. and n you DO
not say ~ IL the most won
derfuI remedy for stomach
trouble you have ever used.
mail us back the box, and
YOU owe as nothing ON
tho contrary. " you find
this remedy all we claim
ID 10 be and more. send 81.
Jo-To IL absolutely n per-
fectly harmless remedy and
there h. nothing In IL In
any way Of a bit-forfD-
ing drug: just very sim
Die preps that abso-
iuto1y works ike magic on
distressed HtOmachs.
Sold by drug stores
Address:
YELLINGTfAN CHEMICAL
COMPANY
Beiilnghsm. Warrington.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21

lievc that II ever a divorce WIS jus
tiiied In this world. hers was. But to
have you como back at her. TO have
Magsie Clay break in on her. and be-
gin to zap brcezily about divorce. ard
how prevalent II is. and what so
luton Il Il, why, OF course. 1t was
enough 60 break her hearth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
WINS SIS IN FooTRACE.
Football Players Are Introduced tC
Craige, Member of Olympic Team.

The Utah Agricultural college foot
ball team was returning recently from
a game on an oregon Short Line train,
under their coach, Dick Romney. In
the dining car the conversation turned
to footracing, and a colored waiter re-
marked that the second cook on the
car was pretty fast on his feet
The football players were mildly in
terested and told the waiter that their
coach could do the 100 yards in sec
ondS.
The statement seemed to make little
impression on the colored waiter who
was foolish enough to make up a pool
of SIS and bet it on the colored sec
ond cook of the car, against the coach
of the football team.
The football players covered the bet,
and when the train stopped at Black
foot, Ida, the race was staged. The
colored cook won by a wide margin,
and then the walters let the football
men in on a little secret
= The second cook was Craige, for
merly of the Michigan Aggies, and an
athlete with a reputed record of 81
seconds in the 221-yard dash and
8 3-5 seconds in the 1OO-yard dash.
He was also a member of the Ameri-
can Olympic team in 1912.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
MEXICO BUYS EQUIPMENT.
Railroads There Ask for All Sorts of
Rolling Stock and Material

There would seem to be symptoms
of recovery in the economic situation
in Mexico-at least as regards trans
portation.
The Mexican railways are among
the heavy bidders in the United States
market for railway equipment, and
are asking for practically every form
of rolling stock, as well as for material
for repairing the ravages Of the BAN
d1try of past years, who chose the de-
struction of railway track as one of
their favorite means of combat
In a review of the market demands
for railway equipment of the past
month, it is found that the Mexican
tourist cars, among other stock, the
bid coming from the National rail-
ways of Mexico. Arrangements have
already been made with F'lorian &
Company, Ltd, of New York. for the
construction of several locomotives.
The same company has been COM
missioned to supply the Mexican rail-
way with other large orders of rolling
stock
The American Car & Foundry COM
pany has accepted an order from the
Mexican railways for 100 tank cars,
with a capacity of II 200 gallons each,
and the Mexican lines are also in the
market, it is understood, for sixty mar
row gauge tank cars. with capacity
of 5000 gallons each.
For some time there has been an
exodus of Mexicans who have been
working as track laborers in this
country, and who have been returning
to their native soil. Whether the
movement is the annual migratory
drift to the south, or whether it means
that the Mexicans are going back to
help build up railroads which some
of them may have helped, while men,
bers of bandit bands. to destroy, re-
mains to be seen. Customs officials
on the border believe that the Mexi-
-cans plan to come back, but it is GER
tain that at the present time. there is
more opportunity south of the border
for peaceful and remunerative labor
than there has been for the past Seven
years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18

used more in this age because water
cannot be used in automobiles.
Two Kinds of Cows Milk.
There are two important kinds of
cows milk-Jersey and Holsteinl If
you want to make butter, Jersey milk
is best. If you want to make money
Holstein is best, if you can get some
one to buy all the milk
"A sure way of telling Jersey milk
from Holstein milk is to drop a gold
dollar in the pail. If she gives enough
milk to cover the dollar she is pure
bred Jersey. If she gives the pail full
and you can see the dollar at the bot
tom, she is pure bred Holstein.
New Way to Make Butter.
Butter is product of milk. There
are several ways of separating butter
from cream. The quickest way is to
tie a pail of cream on the back of the
Country club street car. By the time
you reach the avenue. you will have
butter.
Cheese is another product of milk,
Limburger being the most highly per-
fumed."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
WANT BETTER SERVICE
Residents of Gage Park District Ask
for More Street Cars.

The problem of getting better street
car service for the residents of the
Gage Park district was discussed Fri
members of the Gage Park District,
Improvement club.
Under the present system a Stub"
car runs every half hour between Mel
rose and Gage park. The cars on this
side of the junction leave Eighth and
Jackson streets every fifteen minutes.
But it was pointed out that if the cars
on this side happen to be late, the
stub car does not wait. This some
times makes it necessary for passen-
gers who have to transfer to wait from
thirty to forty-five minutes for the
Gage park car, it was said.
1t is commended that the cost of run
ming the three cars straight thru
would be no more than under the
present system, as 15-minute service
was maintained during the summer
with three cars. A case was cited
in which the Pennsylvania railroad
was sued by the widow of a mail clerk
who contracted pneumonia while
working in a cold car and it was to
be ascertained if similar action could
not be brought against the Topeka
railway company by persons catching
cold or disease while being compelled
to wait at Melrose.
A committee was appointed to call
upon Albert Patten, general manager,
and lay the case before him.
Officers of the club elected Friday
night for the ensuing year are: T. J.
Mackay, president; Tom Sheard, vice
president and c. Burning, secretary
treasurer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
LIVING COSTS SLUMP MORE
Fc:ccs Down rs Per Cent in Novem-
Der From October Declines.

Washington, Dec. 18.-Retail prices
of important commodities decreased
2.5 per cent in November. the labor
department announced today.
For the year ending in November,
the average monthly prices of the
same articles showed an increase of l
per cent.
Price cuts during November brought
IL per cent reductions in pork chops
and rice; 9 per cent in cornmeal and
onions; per cent in navy beans; Z
per cent in sugar; per cent in flour
and canned tomatoes; per cent on
round steaks, ham, coffee, and or
anCes; per cent on bacon, potatoes,
cabbage and prunes; per cent on
sirloin steak, rib and chuck roast,
lamb, hens. cheese 4nd bread.
Kansas City. Mo-. Dec. 18,-Whole-
sale egg prices slumped 8 cents here
today to 50 cents a dozen for firsts.
This i. a decline of cents this week.
Today's quotation is 4 cents below
the market this time last year. Mild
weather, with resultant increase lay
ing. was the reason assigned by prod
uce men for the drop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
OREGON VERY ILL
Topekan Confirms the "ClOt on
Brain" Report.
Mexican President Much Inter-
ested in Kansas-Mitchell.

Kansas City. Mo. Dec. 1S.-"Au-
thoritative' information" today was
claimed by the Kansas City Post in a
copyrighted article that the recent
illness of President AIvaro Obregon,
of Mexico. which threatened to delay
his inauguration. was caused by a
blood clot on the BRAIN According
to the Post "a sudden attack may come
at any time. incapacitating him or
causing his death"
The Posts information was de-
scribed as being brought out of Mexico
by an American who attended Obre-
CONS Inauguration. This same infor-
mant. the Post quoted as saying that
a japanese syndicate has secured an
option ON a tract of land in Lower
California" on Magdalena bay
Charles L. Mitchell. of Topeka, who
attended the Inauguration of Obregon.
confirms the above statement. in part.
II talked to Obregon on several oc-
casions." said Mitchell, "and he is one
of the most widely read and informed
men L have ever met. The general
was well up on Kansas affairs.
He, knew more about the. Kansas
industrial court. and its activities, and
about the farm tenantry bill than
do. He seemed in the best of health,
but on the Sunday following the in
auguration he was taken i'll. I didn't
learn the cause"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18

money and possibly lives in industry
and agriculture, the service of the bu-
reau ranges to answering the tele-
phone call of the anxious housewives
their beds in the fall and take in the
house plants. or whether it is safe to
leave them unprotected
Many Clubs Call.
Churches, clubs, organizations of all
sorts, as well as women VINO are plan
ming social events outdoors, get in
touch with the weather bureau before
they set, the dates Tor their little af-
fairs or their big picnics.
I'VE get requests for advice on
whether to set a date ten inmates or
ten days ahead" ALaskowski said
Even in the winter women call up
sometimes and want to know what
sort of a day their next tea party will
have"
frightfully expensive, when it Is con-
rsidered over what a tremendous range
of country the reports are taken. what
large number of observers are
necessary to collect the data. the num-
Der of people required to tabuAte II
and form the forecast. and the task
of distributing it back to the woman
who is giving a party or the bridge
contractor with his structure at
ticklish point. OF course, 1t ought 10
he worth it. considering the money
that it saves.
cost Is Very Small.
But the per capita cost of the
weather bureau to THE people of the
United States is less than two cents a
year. The total appropriation set
aside for it's maintenance is about one
and one-half million dollars.
1.-The secret of the distribution and
I collection of information is co-opera-
ton" said Flora. When We supply
Ia report or a forecast to any party,
ave expect them to pass it on. When
1--WE send a telephone exchange the
/ forecast, they are in duty bound TO
Epass it on free of charge to anyone OF
their subscribers who calls up and
TASKS for it. We send it to the news
[papers, and every daily newspaper IN
1.-the state has some sort of weather
hstory every day.
Special Warnings Sent.
1--WE send special warnings of cold
weather to the railroads and they ad-
wise the towns along their lines of the
| coming of a storm, by wire. The tele-
graph COMPANIES accept messages at
| less than the rate charged for ordl-
nary business. and the postal service,
of course. is free to us, for the distripu-
/ ton of the forecast.
1T is thru this cooperation that we
are able to give the special and the
routine service that we do"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
RECORD OF EVENTS
Kansas Newspaper Collection
Contains $4,000 Volumes.
Total of 624 Publications Re-
ceived by Society.

The newspaper collection of the
Kansas State Historical Society-now
numbering more than $1,000 bound
volumes, is the largest in the world
according to w. E. Bacon. who is in
charge of the collection. 1t is believed
to be the most complete history ever
preserved of a state. The collection
is contained in the fireproof Memorial
building here.
The Kansas publications received by
the society now number Approximately
624 and include 60 dailies. 4S6 week
lies 1 tri-weekly. s semi-weeklies.. Sc
monthlieS, semi-monthlies, quar-
terlies and occasional. They come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
Local Mention

Liberty bonds for sale can be pur-
chased to net per cent John Klein
hans, S27 Quincy St-Adv.
Art Materials. J. K. Jones Paint Co.
ADV.
Topeka insurance agents and man.
ayers met today noon in the parlor
at the Chamber of Commerce. About
thirty men were present for the dis
cussion on business conditions.
List your property with the Shaw
nee investment Company. Phone
5050.-Adv.
DR.. Lyngar. Dentist, sos Kansas Ave.
ADV.
Raymond. Chiropodist orpheum Bldg
Adv
Mayor Herbert ]. Corwine Is plan
ming to go to Elden, Mo-. for several
days to recuperate from his recent ill
ness
Liberty Bonds - Kleinhans. 2761-J
ADV.
You get apple pie like mother USED
to bake at Central Y. NJ C. A Cafe
teria.-Adv.
Safety razor blades sharpened better
than new. 25c-S5c doz. Culver Hard
ware Co.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18

from all the los counties of the state
and are furnished gratis by the pup
fishers. Less than a half dozen pup
fishers of dailies are not now sending
their papers to the society. according
to Mr.. Bacon.
kansas is the pioneer in collecting
and preserving newspapers on an ex-
tensive scale" said Mr.. Bacon. The
founders of Kansas realized that in
the newspapers would be saved the ac-
counts of the daily life of the state 10
the minutest detail
Started In 1875.
The collection was started by the
Kansas Editorial association in 1879.
The editors of the various papers at
that time contributed as many papers
as they had al rior to 1875. So the col
lection is fairly complete for the en-
tire period of the states existence
since admittance in 1861, and even for
the territorial days.
Not only Kansas but all American
history is represented in the collec-
tons. for the collection contains more
than $4,000 bound volumes of newspa-
pers published outside of Kansas. A
daily is received from New York. chi
cago and ST. Louis. as well as the three
papers published in Kansas CITY, MO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
NeuU Butter Making Method
GiUen by School Student
Quickest Way to Make Butter Is Tie Pail of Cream
Rear of Country Club Street Car, Says Eleven
>Year-OId Girl in Essay

Miss Helen Paul. of Pauline: Wilma
Bole. of Pauline. and Caroline Tevis.
OF Berryton. took first. second and
third prizes. respectively. in the essay
contest conducted during the white
drink of health campaign" in Topeka
a few weeks ago. it was announced by
Mrs. Julia Kiene. emergency home
demonstration agent. The prizes are
So SO and 81. The judges appointed
to pass on the essays are Elizabeth
Colver, Elsie Carter and Fora Reed.
Milk Is White Water?
Helen Taylor, IL years old, of Avon
dale school, wrote an essay on milk
that didn't win prize. but Mrs. KiCA e
thinks it should have. Here it is:
milk is like white water. There
are several different kinds of milk
cows milk, goats milk and mares
milk.
-'Cow's milk is used the most be-
cause goats milk is out of fashion and
is full of buttons CWhat goes around
a-buttin'? goat)
Mares milk is used only In an cpl
demic of whooping cough. Water is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
DID NOT HAVE CARFARE.
Fire at Home of Thomas Whitaker
Left Family Entirely Destitute.

Not enough money for carfare to
get into the city was left Thomas
Whitake after the fire at his home,
Eighth and Gage streets. Friday
morning at $3.50 o'clock. Whitaker
had placed some money on the table
in the living room but in the haste
to get his family from the burning
house, the money. clothes, household
effects and everything the family
possessed was lost.
1--WE lost several thousand dollars
considering the loss of our furniture,
our clothes, and our family silver
some of which belonged to my great
grandmother" Whitaker said today.
Mrs. Whitaker and a two-weeks-old
baby; Mrs. Virginia Whitaker, mother
of Thomas Whitaker; a brother, James
Whitaker, and Mrs. Madge Crew Will
lis, who roomed at the house. were
rescued from the house The young
mother and baby and the mother had
been i'll. The house. which was rented
by Whitaker from a man named
Bailey, was set fire by a defective flue