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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

house. One was cap and ball musket
of Civil war type. Another was a
single barrel shotgun, another a sin
gle shot rifle. The other two were
repeating rifles of large caliber All
were rusty.
The house. altho there were two
old stoves in the kitchen. was un-
/ heated, for there was no fuel on the
premises The only victuals in the
house were a few potatoes in a gunny
boxes, table and two or three rickety
chairs. There were no carpets on the
floors and the rooms were extremely
dirty and in a state of disorder,
The bedroom was a cubby hole of
eight feet square, and the beds con-
sisted of two narrow springs set upon
boxes, over which a COW hide and a
goat skin were spread, together with
a few ragged and filthy quilts.
Claimed To Be Lawyer.
Katchum claimed to be a lawyer. a
carpenter and a musician. His law
books consisted of a copy of the
statutes of 1915 His musical instru-
ments were a rusty piece of a cornet
and another of a baritone honr. An
old accordion was found in a box.
There were several rusty saws about
the place.
On the fly-leaf of an old Bible was
printed: ALBERT Katchum, Alta Visit l,
Kan" In box was found a commits
sion issued to Katchum by Gov. w. j.
Bailey in, 1904, making him a justice
OF the peace of Douglas county. These
are the only clues the police have as to
the identity of the couple, who have
lived in Topeka about three weeks.
Attempts to handcuff katchum
when he was arrested revealed that his
wrists were so big that handouts
would not go on them. He had on two
coats, three vests and several shirts
He declared the reason why he had
not fed the horses was because the
police had been bounding him so
much" He said Kilmaurs King had
been trying to profit off his horses
He seemed to hold a particular grudge
against King, having put up a sign
on the barn reading: Keep Out
This Means King"
The couple will be tried on lunacy
charges Wednesday,
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others since January 1. 1920. The
records in the court of Topeka show
that since January seventy-four
complaints have actually been issued.
Forty-four prosecutions have been
made. The checks on which complaints
have been sworn to in the county at
torney's office. amount in value to
$3,9S9.94
THESE figures in no way show the
total number of worthless checks. In
some cases a man or woman writes
several checks, but is prosecuted only
on one. In more than seventy five
per cent of the cases the victims will
not push the prosecution at all and
hence no warrants are issued.
Hundreds of worthless checks have
come to the attention of the police
during the last year that have never
found their way into the records be-
cause the money has either been made
good or because the victims did not
wish to prosecute.
This wave of illegal check writing
must be stopped" Veale said today.
1t is becoming a menace too great to
be ignored. Writers of worthless
checks have gotten off too easy in the
past and from now on this office in
tends to recommend to the court the
severest punishment on the statute
books. As matter of fact, the Of
tense is very serious. If the check is
LOT more tnan $40, the punishment is
maximum of five years in the peni-
Tertiary. If the check is for less than
$50 the maximum punishment is 500
fine and year in the penitentiary.
"Our attention has been called to
many persons who leave a small
amount of money on deposit in the
bank and then write checks for a
larger amount, claiming they thought
they had funds enough on deposit to
cover the check. I want to say that
these persons had better brush up on
their arithmetic and install new book
keeping systems. for we do not intend
to be easy on them in the future"
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WILL HELP BOYS SCHOOL
Fund To Be Presented at Special Pro-
gra mWedncsday.

To interest the public in better leg
islation for the Boys Industrial school
an entertainment by the boys OF the
school has been arranged Tor neA'
Wednesday evening at the city audi-
forum. Musical numbers. including
the drum and bugle corps, chorus
singing, Quartets and solos, and atm
letic features are included IN the pro-
gram, as follows:
Address and preentation-Dr- Wilbur n
Mason.
Drum and Bugle Corps.
Chorus singing and Christmas carols;
Bows Industrial Schol double quartette.
BOYS Industrial School quartette-"Sarry
Me lack to Old Virginia, Old BLACK
Pole drill with music.
Tumbling Pyramids. -.
Wall scaling conthest between teams from
Shawnee. Wvandotte and SedgWlck couh-
ties and western Kansas.
Boxing Bouts. Battle Royal.
The school has no funds for musical
or gymnasium work. Individuals ana
organizations have been working
quietly for some time. raising SLIP
to be publicly presented to Capt w.
p. MacLean by DIR. Wilbur n. Mason
of the board of administration, at the
wednesday evening entertainment
The concert is open to the public with
no admission charge.
The fund was started when fifty
of the boys of the school gave pro-
gram for Council No. 2, Security Bene-
fit association, and a member OF the
council donated S25 to help toward
organizing an industrial school band.
Mrs. Edith Supple became treasurer
for the fund and has collected the
S27125
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PARTY FOR FOOTBALL team
Entertainment and Banquet Planned
for December IS.

Washburn boosters from the stu
dent body, the faculty, and the people
of Topeka are to stage an all school
part in honor of this years state foot
ball championship team on the night
of December Is. Plans for the party
have just been announced.
The festivities will start with a
o'clock banquet at Pel1etier's tea room,
at which some 400 guests are expect
ed. Judge Henry F. Mason will be
the POSTMASTER, and the menu and
toasts will be devoted to the football
and thirteen letter men from the To-
peka high school will be the guests OF
the boosters at the banquet.
After the dinner special cars will
take the crowd to the gymnasium at
Washburn, where there will be an ALI
school party. A vaudeville program,
half of it to be staged by the students
of the college and half by Topeka
business men, will take up the first
part of the evening and will be fol-
lowed by dancing.
Tickets for the dinner may be OBJ
tanned up TO Monday morning at 500
o'clock by calling Dean Susan p.
Guild, or Gerald Tasker, at the college.
Three committees are working on
the arrangements for the party. The
business men are represented by New
ell Abrams. r. K. Bennett. Delbert
kirkpatrick. Dean Rogers and James
Cowdrey. The faculty is represented
by Prof. w. ]. Morgan. Miss Helen
Estey, Miss Katisue Moore. and Dean
Guild. The student body is represent
ed by Miss Margaret Seaton. Miss
Louise Davis. Howard Jackson. Ed
McIlhenney and Gerald Tasker.
The project of entertaining the foot
ball team started as a Chamber OF
Commerce enterprise, on the sugges-
ton of he. A n
meeting of the entire membership
of the chamber, and has grown to in
cIude the boosters in the city and the
college.
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BEAUTY Contest FOR MEN
Girls of Santa Fc System VIII Not
Have Their Own Way.

There are wild rumors floating
thru the general offices of the Sa nta
Fe to the effect that the girls Of the
system are not to have it all their own
way when it comes to beauty contests.
Miss Florence Towne. in the office
of The Earth" tipped the story off
to a reporter when she said that one
of the young men who works in the
building was planning to horn into the
girls contest. If he could borrow some
clothes and find a photographer who
0s'id take his picture from the right
angle.
..iiliam Coliinson. chief clerk to the
general manager. when interviewed
vas both communicative and enthusi-
astic- He corroborated the report that
the men were to have a beauty con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
GetDr. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
Gnce DR.. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel
DR.. Edwards, practicing physician
for II years and calomel's old-time
enemy, discovered the formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients for
chronic constipation and torpid ivers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but healing, soothing
vegetable laxative
No gripping is the Keynote" of these
little sugar coated, Olive-colored tab
lets. They cause the bowels and liver to
act normally. They never force them
to unnatural action.
Ifyou have a dark brown mouth" =
bad breath-a dull, tired feeIng-sick
headache-torpid iver-constipation,
you'll find quick, sure and pleasant re.
suits from one or two of DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take them every night just
TO keep right. Try them. 15c ard 3oc.
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HEARD IN THE HALLS
of The Topeka High School Ell Ell

| The school is to be complimented
on the spirit with which it greeted the
campaign conducted by the Junior
| Chamber of Commerce for fund for
the unfortunate Armenians. 1t is esti-
mated that $40 will provide for one
person a year and at least forty-six
Armenians will be supported by the
| high school as the contributions netted
the campaigners almost $3.50.
| On behalf of the school, the writer
| takes occasion to resent anyone CLASH
flying Topeka high school as kids" as
was done not long ago by the morning
paper. The high school has certainly
| demonstrated by this time that her
student body is composed of young
men and young women.
The Hi-Y. Christian organization of
/ the high school which holds it's meet
NJ C. A. was addressed at its last
meeting by c. a. Caster. state director
llof county Y. M. C.. A. work. A very
interesting report was given by the
boys who attended the Christian con-
ference at Hutchinson. DIR. E. ]. Kulp
has been invited to address the next
meeting.
The cast of IAN OF a Sudden
Peggy" the play to be presented by
the members of the graduating senior
class has been selected by Miss Grace
/ Schoonover teacher of dramatics. The
leading parts will be taken by Paul
Long and Mary Flora
1t is seldom that class meetings or
| the freshmen. sophomore, juniors or
| seniors is attended. by such numbers
as last Monday when everyone re-
paired to their respective organiza-
| tons to help prepare some sort OF a
| stunt" for the All-School-Party to be
given Friday night. December Il. Sucn
! a party was held last year and was
| decided success.
| The debate which was given in the
high school assembly hall Friday
morning was received with sucn en-
| trusiasm nv the students that the
DrosDects for a good debating team to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
PROGRAM AT r. r. Y. NJ. c. A.
vocal solos, Artistic Dances and Read
fngs Were Highly Enjoyed.

A most entertaining program was
given at the Railroad Y. NJ c. A.
musicale Friday night at the associa-
ton building. Vocal solos, artistic
dances and readings were on the pro-
gram. Those giving the program num-
bers were: Miss Lillian Medium
vocal solo, accompanied by Miss Harlan
Medium; Miss Julia Mcguire, reading;
Miss Julia Keller and Miss Florence
Horacek. gypsy beggar dance; Miss
Garnett Steirs, vocal solo, accompanied
by Miss Gertrude Hackell; Professor
SHUTS Steel Guitar club. composed of
Mabel Butte. Marie Perry, Helen
Porsch and Mrs. H. Frisby: Miss Gene
We've Shuler. vocal solo, accom- anied
by Miss Hackelk and Miss Mary Brouy-
cite. impersonations. Mrs. Grace
Breiner Bradley. vocal soloist. added
greatly to the program with a group
of solo numbers, accompanied by Mrs
H. H. Tasker.
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vie with that of the Oklahoma City
high school is very good The Okla
homa City high school has an enyiable
reputation, having won eleven out of
Ii1teen debates last year, the boys
team alone winning seven out of eight
The Oklahoma City high school is
about twice the size of our own high
school, having an enrolment of 27OO
students and a faculty of 81 teachers
It's proficiency in debating may be
judged from the fact that it has
twenty debates scheduled for this year
The subject of the debate with the
Topeka high school is a whole book in
itself. Resolved, that the federal
government should enact legislation
providing for compulsory judicial set
Element of industrial disputes in pub
lie service industries, .onstitutionality
conceded
Altho you might call it a "cut and
dried" subject (as far as the United
States is concernedD, Resolved. that
the United States should join the
League of Nations proved to be one
of the most interesting and enthusi-
astic debates ever held by the High
School Forensic club.
Both sides were very sincere and
the REPUTATION work was handled we'll
by both sides, but the ALTERNATIVES
carried the right and strongest line of
argument.
The alternatives were represented
by Marjorie Mum, Inez McQuilkin
and Agnes Fidler. the negatives by
Mary Anderson. Mary Davis and Mary
Flora.
Attic Miss Lucy CASTOR has not as
set approached the high school con-
corning the cigaret problem. the fac
ulty seems to be quite in accord with
her doctrines as several students who
have been on the carpet" will testify.
AS means of promoting interest
and bringing out new material in has
ketban, Coach Barnes is conducting a
tournament between the eight differ
ent classes of the school 1t is the
custom in other high schools and col
leges to have a preseason game with
the high school alumni. Any of the
alumni who are interested might get
in touch with Coach Barnes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
DENY BIC PROFITS
Kansas Coal Operators Declare
Innocence of PrOfiteering.
President of the Association
Answers Court Report.
SAYS MARGIN SMALL ONE
Pity Cents Per Ton Less Would
Have Meant Loss.
Challenge Issued Amy Other In
dustry to Beat Record.

Pittsburg. Kan. Dec 11.-Kansas
coal operators are not profiteers and
have not piled up huge returns from
the industry in the past fifteen
months, Ira Clemens, president Of the
Southwestern Interstate Coal Opera
tors association and probably the
largest operator in the Kansas field,
declared today in a statement in re-
ply to a report of the Kansas court of
industrial relations just made public
at Topeka.
Profits Not Large.
'Tf the operators in Kansas had
sold their product for the past fifteen
months al a price so cents a ton un-
der the price at which they did sell
It, the entire coal industry Of Kansas
would have been run at a loss" Mr..
Clemens declares.
yet the state is given the impress
sion that the operators have made
huge profits, because in the last three
months for which the report was
made the earnings were II Y per cent.
The entire period. as shown by the
courts report, which yields a fair
analysis when submitted to examina-
tion. shows a profit to the operators
of Az per cent. In the last quarter,
which was the best one of the five for
the operators, the report shows the
operators made 46.7 cents a ton.
THE .thirty-eight Kansas coal COM
panies named in the industrial court
report submitted their books to the
courts experts and from these books
the experts discovered that if there
has been profiteering in coal between
the bottom of the mine and the bin of
the consumer, it has not been the
operator who has been doing it. The
report shows that the retail coal deal
ers did not offer very satisfactory an
swers to the courts questions.
THE coal operators challenge any
other industry in the state to show
fairer treatment of the public than the
operators have shown. They are not
profiteers and a fair reading of the
Industrial courts report will show to
any one that thew are not"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
NOAPARTISAh LEAGUE BUSY
Townley Plans to Extend Organization
Work in Eight States.

Fargo, N. D., Dec. 11.-With the
election out of the way and the legis-
lative program largely settled upon,
A. c. Townley. president of the Non
partisan league. will devote most of
his time to organizing in other states
from now on, according to league lead
ers here.
William Lemke. newly elected at
torney general and vice president of
the league, will direct the legislative
work of league members at Bismarck.
it was said.
A state committee has been named
to work with Lemke and other league
leaders in carrying on the work in
North Dakota.
Townley will assist in organizing
Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota.
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska,
Colorado and other states where or
ganization work is under way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
PASS MANY BOGUS CHECKS

1t Is Estimated That More Than
100000 Worth Received This Year.
The velvet glove is to be discarded
in dealing with writers of worthless
checks. according to Tinkham Vea1e.
county attorney. The wave of illegal
check writing has increased to such
an extent during the last year that it
has become a serious menace, accord
ing to officials.
1t is estimated that more than $780,
900 worth of bum" checks were
palmed off on Topeka merchants and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

test, and said that it was to be a sys-
tenn affair. Tom McRae, editor of
the Santa Fe Magazine, in Chicago, is
back of the scheme. Collinson said,
and had started it with the view of
capturing first place himself He
is relying on his curly hair and his
Apollo Belvedere profile" said Col
linson
Collinson also mentioned several of
the local Officers of the road who are
supposed to be candidates for the con-
test. The older men are just as keen
on the project as the young ones Col
linson said, but there are more of the
young ones. and they are barring some
of the elder officials on account of
their age.
/. General Passenger Agent j. NJ. Con-
nell was noncommittal when he was
asked about the scheme. First I've
heard about it, he said.
J. F. farrell. editor of the Earth.
didn't seem to think much of it either.
1t will be, very fatty, up to the
younger clerks in the general offices
to put the scheme across if it goes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
ARREST ONE OF cHEsTER's PALS
Three Now Held in Connection With
Murder of H. C. Girl.

Kansas City, Mo-. Dec 11.-Third
arrest in the murder of Miss Florence
Barton. young society leader. was
made here last night, when a pal of
Dennie Chester's was taken into Gus
tody on the strength of photograph rec
ords of alleged discriminating CONVEX
sations in his rooms.
The man is held for investigation"
But police assert that they have
enough evidence against the man to
send him to trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11
GLEE CLUB Will ENTERTAIN

The meeting of Topeka council No.
2, S. B.. A, Monday evening, at 521
Quincy, will be followed by a social
session for members and friends. The
Santa Fe Glee club VIII entertain,
after which a special orchestra will
furnish music for dancing. All MEM
bers and friends invited.
ADV. MRS. INEZ BROOKS.
Cleveand-Heuceforth A. NJ. Lemay will
keen his flashlight locked up. While ex-
ploring his yard last night. a policeman
arrested him and held him in cell for
three hours. rr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

WE NEED THE PUBLIC UTILITIES, and
w believe they are entitled to fair re-
enumeration for the service rendered.
The court of industrial relations found
that the Telephone Co was entitled 70 and
granted a raise in the rates.
We believe they were right and If they
find that the Street Railway Co. needs
larger fare to enable them to pay the pres
ent wages and make the necessary repairs.
and give what we have at the present
time
THE BEST SERVICE OF ANY CITY IN
THE COUNTRY,
why not give them chance to exist. We
do not want the street tracks torn up;
that's why we never ride in a jitney.
JONES & BIRCH.
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Twice Albert Katchum, 60, and his
mother, "a, stood the police off with
rifles and shotguns when efforts were
made ito take them into custody at
their home, 304 Klein street, accord
ing to the police
A lunacy warrant for Katchum was
sworn out following the discovery by
Kilmaurs King, humane agent, that
four horses were starving to death in
a barn on the Katchum place. Two
of the animals had become so weak
ened from lack of food that they had
roof of the barn to keep them from
falling down. The wire had cut into
the stomach of one of the horses and
his condition was such that Chief
G. C. Hannah ordered him shot The
other three were taken to a local feed
yard. One of them is blind. A third
will have to be shot as a result of his
condition.
Arrests Made Friday.
Katchum and his mother were ar
rested Friday evening. kilmaurs King,
accompanied by police officers, went
to the place Friday afternoon. but
when Katchum leveled a gun at them
they beat a retreat rather than have
bloodshed. Friday afternoon Chief
Hannah, in company with King and
several other officers, went to the
trating with the old couple. But
katchum and his mother came out of
the door and leveled guns and drove
1.-THE officers from the place. The po-
Fiice returned later, however, and found
Katchum away from home. They
found the old woman saving wood
near the porch and managed to cap
ture her. She struggled and swore all
the way to the county Jail.
MY son will surely kill you for
this. He will shoot you," officers
quoted her as saying.
Officers were lying in wait for
Katchum when he returned home
about o'clock. a shotgun over his
shoulder. He was taken after a short
struggle and locked up in the county
Jail. This morning a lunacy COM
plant was made against the woman
also.
Five Guns in House.
The police found five guns in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

All Eagles are requested to attend
the regular meeting Monday evening,
December 1 8. at o'clock. for the cleo
ton of secretaries. ]. B. Billiard, presi-
dent 61S Kansas avenue-Ady
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-11

The debate which was given in the
high school assembly hall Friday
morning was received with such en-
thusiasm by the students that the
nrosnects for q good debating team to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-02-04
Yards Are Being Filled.

The amount of timber being
hauled daily for the Ed. N. Ham
mes company, lath manufacture
ers. IS very encouraging to this
company who are beginning the
placing of machinery in the old
planning mill building and it's ad-
ditions. From the appearance
of the yards right now, there is
40 disputing the fact that the
company will have a good run
when spring opens.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-02-04

Score So Large That No Rec
ord Was Kept of the Offic-
ial Ending But the Dance
Was Good.


Eagle Rivers town team OF
basketball players returned Sat
urdav afternoon from Crandon
where they had played the Gran
don town team the evening be-
fore. How much the score really
was. is unknown, it being claim
ed the scorekeeper could not keep
enough pencils handy to mark
up the tallies made by Crandon.
Some say the score was Ga to
9 or whereabouts. But at that
the local BOYS had a bully time
at the dancing party staged af-
ter the game.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-02-04
Iear-an-Acre-a-Year

"Iy News Offer of $500 to Farmer Clearing
NUMBER OF Acres During 1920, is Being Read
-'Psd' And Have YOU Sent in Your Coupon?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-02-04
Good Reason.

his boy to college for the reason that
the youngster has gotten to be so
smart that a college is the only place
he'll find anybody with brains enough
to give him an argument.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-02-04
Unsigned Communication.

The Villas County News is in
receipt of an unsigned communi-
cation, which it received this
week IF the party will furnish
their name, space will gladly be
given to its publication.