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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
RAN FROM PoLICE-KnLED.
Ordered to Halt But Was I'm Hurry
to Cover Football Game.

Galesburg, Ill, Act. 23.-Luther
Kron, a senior in Augustana college.
Rock Island, was shot and killed here
early today by Patrolmen Fields and
Goff when he ran from the officers
after being ordered to halt.
The two policemen. in plain clothes.
were patroling a residential district
where several burglaries have taken
place within the past week. Kron is
alleged to have been stopped by the
officers who merely desired to discover
his identity.
Adviees from Augustana college to-
day declared that Kron was the Au-
gustana college correspondent for the
Moline Dispatch and was bound for
Decatur to cover the Millikin-Augus-
tana football game today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23

blooming on both sides and is sprout-
ing new leaves"
"Tush," said S. c. Lloyd of Fergu-
son, ''violets and lilacs are blooming
in my back yard"
E McCabe of Stallings. Ill. is on the
verge of having an October crop of
strawberries.
Cherry trees, pear trees, SNOWMAN
bushes honeysuckle vines and cotton
plant are all in bloom, according to
reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Mternotionaize
Yops Is u. S. Idea

Washington. Oct 23.-The United
States in the international communi-
cations conference. will seek to inter-
nationa1ize the island of Yap in the
Pacific ocean as a cable landing sta
ton. il was learned authorftativeiy to-
dav.
This end is being sought. it was
learned. to prevent an exclusive con-
troll by Japan over cables entering and
branching from Yap. Cables of the
Commercial Pacific Cables company.
an American concern, now enter zap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
AERIAL BRIDGE GAVE WAY.
Workman Fell Twenty-Five Feet t.
Death on Concrete.

Kansas City. Mo, Oct. 23.-Henry
Eoff, 36. power and light company
mechanic. was killed in a 25-foot fall
to a cement floor at the Baltimore
heating plant today.
Fellow workmen said Eoff. who was
engaged in construction work was
walking on a six-inch plank from the
boiler to another when the board
broke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
HUSBAND WORTH 100000.
New York Woman Gets Record yer.
dict of Alienation of Affections.

New York. Oct. 2S.-A sheriff's
jury has awarded 100000 to Mrs.
Leslie Cave Wilson in her action
against Mrs. Bertha Lobit Wilson,
charging alienation of her hu band S
affections. The verdict is said to es-
tablish a new high record in this class
of litigation.
Mrs. Leslie Cave Wilson's father was
Major Cave, a railroad builder of Dali
las, Texas. Mrs. Bertha Lobit Will
son is the daughter of a banker in
Galveston, Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
OIL PROMOTER IN BAD
Seek Extradition of c. j. Skirvin on
Embezzlement Charge.

Governor Allen will hear the appIi-
cation for extradition of Clifford j.
Skirvin November 6. Skirvin is
wanted in Illinois for alleged embezzle-
ment of s175, 900 from the Union Trust
company as a result of an oil deal.
According to information in the
state house. Skirvin is wanted in Iowa
and Pennsylvania for alleged irregular
transactions. All of the trouble re-
suited from Skirvin's promotion of an
oil company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
TOOK PIPE TO KILL HIM

Bakersfield. Cal, Oct. "a
Philip Lefthand, a Digger Indian.
who claimed he was 1913 years old.
is dead. but not of old age. Sparks
from his pipe ignited his clothing
and caused burns to which he sue
cumhed at his tribal home far up
the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Funeral services were held yester-
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Court TO Decide
IF Woman Can Flb

Cleveland. O.. Oct. 23.-The COM
mon pleas court was to decide today
whether a woman has a right to fib
about her age.
Harry Levin brought suit for divorce
against his wife on the ground that
she misrepresented her age to him
when they were married in 1915. She
gave her age as 22 he said. Recently
he discovered his wife was a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
League to Cost saoo, 900 Monthly.

Brussels. Oct. 23.-The sum of
100000 monthly will be required TO
run the League of Nations next year.
according to the budget approved by
the council of the league here today.
This budget will be presented to the
league assembly at its coming sessions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Beverage Company bankrupt.

St. Louis, Oct. 23.-Following the
filing in federal court of an involun-
tary bankruptcy petition yesterday,
Joseph Griesedieck, president, today
was appointed receiver for the Griese-
deck Beverage company. Petitioning
creditors alleged claims against the
company aggregated $450,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Won't Let Kate o,Hare Speak

Des Moines, Oct. 2S.-Permission to
speak in one of the Des Mo,nes pub
lie school buildings was refused to Mrs.
Kate Richard O'Hare late yesterday.
Mrs. O'Hare was to speak in one of
the buildings October 29. The school
board acted after objections were
made by the Chamber of Commerce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Imports of Ostrich Plumes Larger.

New York, Oct. 23.-Importations
of ostrich plumes into the U. S. which
in pre-war days often exceeded &c.
600, 900 annually and which during the
war dropped to less than S25,00O,
amounted to $2,500.000 during the
past fiscal year. These figures were
made public today by the National
City bank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Blizzard in Western Colorado

Grand Junction, Colo. Oct "a
Western Colorado was swept bv a Sc
we're blizzard and snow storm early
today and train service was demoraI-
lied. The snow is from two to four
inches deep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
ALL FUNDS IN USE
State School Commission VIII Buy No
More Bonds Until january.

More Bonds Until January.
The state school fund commission
must practically suspend purchase of
school bonds until January. An
nouncement of this action was made
today by L. J. Pettijohn. secretary
Of state and a member of the state
school fund commission.
School bond purchases by the state
commission have been heavy during
the last few months. In consequence
there is no money for additional pur-
chases at this time. A number of Of
feriings have been laid aside until
more money is available. The action
will doubtless delay numerous pro-
posed building projects in cities and
school districts. Difficulty has been
encountered in disposing of the bonds
thru agences and on the open market
at this time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Poles Massaere vInn Jcws.

London. oct. 23.-The Riga corre-
spondent of the Post reported today
several hundred Jews have been mas
sacred by Polish troops since General
Zeligowski occupied Wilma. II was also
said train loads OF Lithuanians were
being deportcd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Last Steamer Is Ont of Nomc

Nome, Alaska, Oct 23.-The steamer
Victoria, last vessel to leave Nome be-
fore the freeze-up, sailed today for
Seattle with 512 passengers, 375 of
whom are leaving Alaska for the
winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Fire Causes Loss of $40, 900.

Admission, Ala. Oct. 23.-Loss in last
nights fire which burned the motor
transport repair shops at Camp Nc
Clelland was estimated today at s40,-
600. Origin of the fire was undeter-
mined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Three Hundred Are Casualties.

Toxic, Oct. 23.-Special dispatcht s
from Harbin, Manchuria, today report
800 casualties in killed and injured in
a collision of trains on the Chinese
Eastern railway near Harbin. The vic
tins, the reports add, were Russians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Washburn to Meet Baker
This Afternoon.
Both Teams Contestants for
Conference Championship.

Officials: Weede, Pittsburg Normal. ref
cree: Edmonds. Ottawa, umpire; Holmes
Missouri head Hnesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23

FROST DUE TONIGHT
Ideal Fall Day Is Forecast fol
Tomorrow

; TEMPERATURES.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
AMERICAN MAY
SIT ON JURY TO
TRY EX-KAISER
As Treaty Not Yet Operative
Here. U. S. Did Not Unite
In Demand on Holland.

Washington, Jan. 20.-As the
German peace treaty is not yet op-
erative SO far as America is con-
cerned, the United States, it was
stated officially, has not joined in
the demand upon Holland for the
extradition of the former kaiser,
nor can it do so even if it desired.
As head Of the commission or re-
spons:bil;ties of the peace confer
ence, Secretary Lansing took the
ground that there was no law under
which the former emperor could be
brought to trial and punished. In its
final action upon the treaty, how
ever, the conference designated the
kaiser's acts as in violation OF in
ternational morality and provided
for his indictment and trial by his
accusers. Accepting the view that
this proposes a political and not a
criminal trial, the American COM
missione;s signed the treaty.
Therefore the offiial view is that
while the United States may not
now pai ticipate in the effort to ex-
tradite and try the former kaiser
because of non-action by the sen.
ate upon the treaty, it is possible
that if :he document is finally rati-
fled as it stands, America may nave
a member upon the court which will
conduct the trial as required by the
treaty.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
Material Reductions :
In Clothing Prices
Are Prognosticated

Washington, Jan. 20.-Materiai
reductions in clothing prices may
be expected from nationwide adop-
ton by the clothing trades Of sug.
gestions put forward by commits
tee of the National Retail Dry
Goods association, it was stated by
Howard E. Figg, special assistant
attorney general, after he had con.
ferred with representatives Of the
dry goods retailers. ~
The suggestion Of the retailers.
which are understood to apply to
the retail, wholesale and manufaetur.
ing factors, will be made public
Wednesday. One of the retailers
proposals was said to be that the
manufacturer lstand the entire i1-
crease cost due TO any further ad-
vance in wages, the retailers taking
the position that increases incident
to wages cannot longer be passed
on to the public.
Assistant Attorney General Figg
and the members Of the special COM
mittee of the retailers association in
conference lasting throughout the
day went into the question of labor,
middle men. brokers, iobbers. stabil-
iza'ion OF distribution and all other
questions affecting clothing prices,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
BIaMes Excess Profits Tax
For IntoIerabIy High Prices

New York, Jan. 20.-Describing
the excess profits tax as zone of
the foundation stones" of "the pres
ent intoierab!e price structure" Will
liam B. Colver of the federal trade
commission, in an address befors the
Purchasing Agents association of
New York, declared that ''if you
knock the whole thing out, the price
structure would come down two or
three stories at least"
For every dollar that gets into the
public treasury through the excess
profits tax. Commissioner Colve,. es
tinated that between 81 and S. was
taken from the ultimate consumer in
excess prices. Admitting that tcpeal
Of the excess profits tax would re-
suit in a big revenue l,ss to the SOW
ernment, he proposed "reaso;. bic
small direct tax that everybody can
see, evidenced perhans by stamp
on gross sales.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
JUST TO BE IN STYLE
MOVIE PRICES TO SOAR.

Chicago, Jan. 2o.-(By Universal
Service. .)-Everything is going up,
SO why not the admission fee to a
movie? This was the kind of logic
used by Al Lichtman, general man
ager of the distribution agents OF
the Lasky-Famous Players corpora
ton. who are meeting here this
week.
"High-class motion picture shows
will soon raise their admission
prices to Is cents" said Mr.. LIGHT
man. Everything is going up, so
that the prices of hign-class motion
picture houses will also go skyward.
Seventy-fve cents will be the stand
ard price for the best shows and
special productions will demand ST..
Mr.. Lichtman denied that such an
advance will cause decline in at
tendance.
"The public is motion picture
crazy" he said "You can't keep
people away from good shows, no
matter what the prices are"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
STUMBLES UPON
SAW AND IS CUT
INTO TW0PIECES
Jens Peter Madsen Killed
When Operating Machine
With Automobile.

To be cut in two by a buzz saw,
that tore through his body from the
right shoulder to the lower ribs on
the left side, was the fate of Jens
Peter Madsen, 66 years old, yester-
day afternoon. All the vital organs
except the brain were cleaved. Death
followed instantly.
Madsen had been living with his
son, George, on a farm on the line
between Pottawattamie and Mills
counties, Iowa, and was helping
operate a saw near the house. The
power was furnished by a Ford
automobile, in which was sitting
Madsen's little grandson acting as
engineer. The saw had been in op-
Grafton several hours. Madsen was
helping his son carry a log to the
table and as he approached he
stumbled over stick and fell, for
ward on the saw. The grandson
saw the aged man stumble and
stopped the engine, but not until
the pieces of severed body fell on
each side of the saw.
Coroner Cutler was notified and
brought the body to Council Bluffs.
Mr.. Madison formerly lived in Coun-
Gil Bluffs. He is survived by four
sons, George and Charles, living on
the farm, Chris and Peter at Ne
ola, and one daughter. Mrs. May
Machan, Des Moines. Mrs. ]. Jen-
sen, a sister, lived in Council Bluffs
and three brothers reside in Den
mark. v-- .-,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
Acclaim Gov. Edwards
As personal Liberty
Presidential Candidate

Newark, N. J., Jan. 20-America
would have been the first nation to
ratify The treaty of peace had a DEM
ocratic house and senate been elect
ed in 1918, Homer S. Cummings,
chairman of the democratic nat;ona,
committee, declared in an address
at Governor Edwards inaugural
dinner.
Governor Edwards was acclaimed
as the personal liberty" candidate
for president in eulogy of his ca
reer, pronounced by A. Harry
Moore, city commissioner of Jersey
City, and the new presidential boom
was greeted with enthusiastic ap-
plause. 1t was announced that the
governo, friends have already en-
tered his name in the Nebraska pri-
maries and that moves had been
made TO enter his name in the Penn
sylvania and Virginia primaries
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
PERSHING SAYS
NOT CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENCY
1000 Former Soldiers and Sail
ors and School Children Honor
Officer at Seattle.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 20.-Children
in Seattle were dismissed from
school so they could see General
Pershing as he was driven through
the streets. rf D..
General Pershing let it be known
he does not want to talk about poll
tics while on the tour of the country.
Everybody should know where
l stand" he said. ~ am not can
didate for president" 4 ...-
Four thousand former soldiers
and sailors were present at a box
ing smoker that General Pershing
attended here Monday night.
Just before the fights started a
former service man, in the ring,
asked the men if they wanted Jack
Dempsey to represent America
against Georges Carpenter for the
worlds heavy weight championship.
The crowd yelled its disapproval and
in the next breath shouted that
Bob" Martin, heavyweight cham
pion of the American expeditionary
forces, should meet. the French
champion.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
COULD CHARM SNAKES
BUT NOT HUSBAND.

Los Angeles, Jan. 20.-lndita
charmed snakes for years by anoint-
ing herself witli-> fiery water and
looking them in the eye, but she has
failed TO charm her recent husband,
Capt. Harry R. Zi,nmer.
She admits her failure in bill for
separate maintenance filed against
the army man, some 20 years her
senior.
1T was a cat-and-dog existence
every day OF the six months of our
married life" says Indita.
"My advice to young women>is to
leave the old men with young ideas
alope.'
Indita is a Hopi Indian princess,
snake charmer and dancer.
Captain Zimmer shows bruise on
his check where he says his young
wife hit him.
Captain Zimmer was commari'ng
officer of signal corps in the Elil-
ippines during the Spanish-American
war. He is an inventor and. his
bride SAYS, is wealthy.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
Appoint Eastern Manager
Of Gen. Wood Campaidn

New York, Jan. 20.-Represe. "a
tive Norman J. Gould of Seneca
Falls, N. Y. has accepted appoint
ment as eastern manager of the
Leonard Wood national campaign
committee. it was announced here
by Col. William c. Proctor, national
chairman. The national committee
now includes, it was stated. Colonel
Proctor chairman; J. ]. McGraw of
Oklahoma, vice chairman;, Cover
nors Allen of Kansas, Burnquist OF
Minnesota. Shoup of~Coiorado and
Norbeck of South Dakota and form-
er Governor Stokes and Senator
Runyon Of New Jersey.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
THIEVES ESCAPE
after CHASE BY
POLICE IN AUTO
Had Stripped Stolen Car o1
Tires and Accessories and
Abandoned It in
Council Bluffs.

After being chased at high Speed
from the Douglas street bridge to a
point on Grace street between Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets, two
men who had stripped an abandoned
stolen car in Council Bluffs few
moments earlier wrecked their own
machine and were obliged to escape
on foot, leaving their car and loot
to the police.
E. L. Lotz, 5Ol5 Cunning. street,
reported to police last night that his
new Chandler coupe had been. stolen
from in frcnt of the St. Joseph hos
pital.
Stolen Car Abandoned. r
:, An hour later Council Bluffs po-
lice notified Captain Vanous at the
central police station that this ma
chine had been abandoned on the
Lake Manawa road, south of the
Bluffs. They said that two men
had been seen stripping the car OF
its tires and accessories and that
they were ION their way toward the
bridge to Omaha.
Chauffeur Haley and Officer
Buglewicz were sent to the Douglas
street bridge Immediately in the
high-powered police emergency car.
They met a machine, occupied by
two men, at the approach to the
bridge. When ordered to stop, the
driver of the car put on speed and
tried to run away.
Speed Recklessly. ,..
The police gave chase and the two
machines speeded reckiessly through
the streets until the first car ran into
fence on Grace street, near Six
teentli, and was practically demol-
ished. The two men jumped from
the wrecked car and escaped before
the police could stop their car and
return to the scene.
The wrecked car was found to
contain the stolen tires and other
accessories from the Lott machine,
which loot was brought to Central
police station for safekeeping.
Unless ! the wrecked car also
proves to be stolen machine, po-
lice believe that the identity of the
thieves can be ascertained by trac-
ing the license numbers.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
Red Troops In Siberia Are
In Control of Much Territory

Paris, Jan. 2O.-Bolshevik troops
occupy all of the territory o. ST.
IBERIA west of Kransoyarsk, from
which they have >driven Admira.
Kolchak's forces, according 10 lat
est dispatches received here. The
Kolchak units are retreating east
ward. The revolutionary socialist
government recently established at
Irkutsk is said already to be very
weak. being strongly combatted by
General Semcnoff, who is supported
by the last remnants of the kol-
chak army.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
Wholesale Assassinations
Planned for Next May Day or
Fourth Of July Nipped in
Raids on Extremists. ~
"HONOR LIST" INCLUDED
PROMINENT PERSONAGES
Police Believe Bombs Were to
Have Been Sent by Express
Or Hurled by Fanatics
Among Plotters.

New York, Jan. 20.-A plot for
wholesale assasinations by the dis
turbution of bombs next May day
or Fourth of July is believed by the
police to have been frustrated by
the arrest in two raids Monday of
Is extremists, said to be members
of the Union of Russian Workers.
Public officials. prominent citizens,
agents of the Department of Justice
and police were to be included in the
"honor list" of proposed victims. it
is asserted. The police think the
bombs were to have been sent by
express or hurled by fanatics.
This information was forthcoming
following the preliminary investi ga
ton of papers seized in the raids.
Materials for use in the manufacture
of bombs, including those of the
pipe variety, was found.
The plotters' plans were only in
the preliminary Stages, it was said.
Fifty-two radicals taken in raids
here and Passiac and Trenton, N. J..
were released from Ellis island on
bail. According to Miss Rose Weiss,
an attorney for 81 Of the prisoners,
a Bail fund of $150.000 in Liberty
bonds IS now available and from
row on about 80 day will be re-
leased.
27 Held for Deportation.
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 20.-Federal
officials announce that u alleged
radicals, arrested in raids here, are
to be held for deportation.
Three hundred and sixteen were
arrested in the raids which were di-
rected against members,of the Union
of Russian Workers, and other al
legged radical organizations. Many
were released after examination by
Department of Justice officials.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
EATING VEGETABLES
MADE HIM MUSCULAR.

New York, Jan. 20.-Prince Paul
Troubetskoy. Russian sculptor,
whose studio is at Hollywood, Cal,
and who came here fairly radiating
strength, declared that eating vege-
tables instead of meat had trans
formed him from a sickly young
man to "one OF Americas strongest
men," BY way of proving his
strength the prince bent quarter
two ways with his teeth, smashed
some walnuts with a blow of his
fist and raised above his head some
weights which an ordinary man
could not bulge from the floor.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
Want Train Dispatchers'
Head on Committee

Spokane, Wash, Jan. 20.-A re-
quest that J. G. Luhrsen, president
of the American Train Dispatchers'
association, with headquarters here,
became a member of the committee
of 81 on policies and platform au-
thorized at the last meeting Of the
republican national, committee was
recommended at the office of the as
sociation.
The request came in telegram
from Will H. Hays, republican ma
tional chairman.
In the absence of Mr.. 1uhrsSi
who is at the national capital, at
taches Of his Office expressed the
beiief that he would accept the ao-
Ipointneut
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
WHAT DOLLAR WOULD BE
IF METHUSELAH SAVED 1T.

Lincoln, Jan. 20.-In connection
with the saving which the code bill
is making to the state, Governor
Mckelvie called attention of the
newspapermen to the following fig
ures
"Iou no doubt recall the case OF
Methuselah, who lived to be 900
years old, If his father had given
him 81 when he was q and he had
kept that dollar out at 6 per cent
interest, when he died he would have
lett fortune of better than $302,-
100000 100000, ,0O0,0OOOOO / have
checked this figure by 1ogarithms,
assuming that money at 6 per cent
doubles every II years, so | am
quite sure it is, approximately cor
rect"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21

was the son of London portrai,
painter and received classical edu-
cation in the boys schools of Lon
don and Oxford and later travelled
on the continent.
He located in New York at the
age of l9 and the following year he
moved to Carroll, Ia, where he en-
gagged in the banking business. He
was associated later with G. w.
Wattles in the establishment and
operation OF banks in Nebraska, at
Sargent, Rushvi1le and O'Nei11.
Made Enviable Reputation.
During the panic of 1898 Mr..
Thomas moved from O'Neill to
Omaha, where he had been ap-
pointed receiver of the American
Savings bank and of the Midland
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