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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
LOCATE MEN WANTED HERE.
Prisoners Facing Various Charges Are
Held for Trial.

Five men wanted in Topeka on
various crimes and who fled to other
cities have been located. Two have
been returned and the other three
are under arrest awaiting the arrival
of men from the sheriff's office to
take them in chage.
p ]. Wickershan, wanted for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
was brought to Topeka this morning
by. Robert Miller. undersheriff, from
Lawrence, where he was arrested.
He pleaded not guilty and was COM
m!tted to the county Jail in default of
bond
Roy Bauman was returned today
from Kansas City, where he was ar
rested on the charge of stealing a
Buick roadster from F. L. Bonebrake
a few nights ago.
Requisition papers were received
from the secretary of the navy by the
sheriff's office for George Reese
wanted on a fraudulent check charge.
Reese is being held at the Great Lakes
naval training station.
z. ]. Drake is being held for the
sheriff at Fort Worth, Tex. He is
wanted on. the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses
Tom Knight, also wanted for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
is confined in a Kansas City hospital
with pneumonia Chances for his re-
received here. He is alleged to have
.. obtained a loan in Topeka by falsely
representing that he was going to buy
an automobile in Kansas City and that
Jess Willard had offered to buy it at
a fancy figure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07

ing the two jobs. The supreme court
today issued an order directing the
state auditor to allow the warrants to
pay Congdon S3,666.64. Congdon was
an an assistant food inspector and
Governor Capper appointed him hotel
commissioner with the idea of saving
the state the salary of the commits
sioner, as the department then had no
funds The food inspectors were to
act as hotel inspectors during their
trips over the state. The plan was
worked out purely as an economy
proposition, to save a double force of
inspectors. When Congdon was dis
missed from the state service. he
brought a suit to collect the salary as
hotel commissioner. The supreme
court held that one who holds two
offices. the duties of which are not
incompatible with each other. is en-
titled to the compensation for both.
The court also held that an agree
ment by which the man agrees to per-
form the duties of two jobs for less
compensation than that fixed by law
is not valid.
No Corporation Common Law.
Common law corporations are held
Illegal in Kansas. under the ruling of
the supreme court today in the suit
fof the Home Lumber company, of
Washington, against the Blue Sky
board. The decision of the court up
nous the contention OIL lI0 Blue ShNo
board that common law corporations.
trust estates, and similar organiza-
lions are not legal in this state under
the corporation laws. There are a
large number of these organizations
seeking admission into Kansas, chiefly
to sell stock. One purpose of a COM
mon law corporation and trust estates
! is to avoid the payment of corporation
taxes and fees. The court held that
these organizations, while not incor-
porated, are subject to the same fees
and penalties as corporations.
Company Must make Good"
The Western Drug Supply company
must make good to the state of Kan
sas under contract to supply drugs
and medicine to state Institutions The
company sought to escape provisions
| of its contract in a suit in the supreme
court alleging unforeseen court action
had prevented carrying out it's share
of the obligation.
In 1917 the state board of admins
| tration entered a written contract to
buy drug supplies of the Western
! Drug Supply company, a Kansas City,
Mo. corporation. In addition to the
! written contracts the drug company
provided a bond. Supplies were sent
to the institutions until late January,
! 1918. Then creditors of the drug COM
pany filed bankruptcy proceedings
against the drug CORPORATION. Its as
sets were sold and no additional drugs
were supplied to the state under the
| 1917 contract.
In its pleading in the supreme court
the drug company asserted it should
not be forced to carry out a contract
which had run counter to court Or
ders. The supreme court, tho, held
! that the contract covered a definite
period for a definite sum and was
made doubly sure by the provision of
a bond. The purchaser of the bank
| rupt stock the court holds. must full
! fill the contract of the company whose
assets were disposed of at a forced
/ sale.
No Utility Police Powers.
municipal corporation has no in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07

herent power to enact police regula-
ton. An ordinance which puts power
in certain officers to grant a permit
to build a garage or to refuse such
permit at will is unconstitutional and
void.
That was the opinion of the supreme
court today in the case of Frank Smith
against r R. Hosford, building inspec-
tor at Kansas City, Kan. The case
came on appeal from Wyandotte coun-
ty. Smith brought suit to compel the
issuance of a permit TO build a garage.
He alleged he had complied with re-
quirements, had rendered the legal fee
and that the inspector acting under
orders, directions and instructions
from the mayor and city commission
ers refused the permit The supreme
court held that such ordinance puts
too much authority in certain officers
and permits transgressions on the
rights of citizens and an infringement
upon the constitutional safeguards by
which they are protected. The case
was remanded with orders that the
motion to quash be sustained.
Shawnee Jury Evasive.
In reversing the Shawnee county
district court, division number two.
the supreme court yesterday criticized
gently but firmly a jury that found
for the defendant, a farmer, against
the plaintiff. a grain company. The
NJ w. CardWeU Grain GO. mad con-
tract with Wayne L. Horning, a farm
er of Shawnee county, for 5000 bush
els of wheat at 81 a bushel. The con-
tract was made on July IL, 1916, or
ally, for delivery in so days. The de-
PENDANT claimed that because the
grain company couldn't get cars he
was justified in not delivering the
wheat at Granville, as per oral con-
tract. Incidentally the price of wheat
on the market had advanced consid-
erably in the 80 days following. The
I Jury found for Horning.
THE answer of the jury was evas-
i've" the supreme court held, and,
like many others, simply indicated a
Willingness to find some way if pos
sible in which to defeat the plaintiff s
claim"
The supreme court then reversed
| the lower court and sent the case back
for retrial.
| For Nhite-Berkson Retrial.
! The state supreme court today sent
! the White-Berkson Brothers case
back to the Shawnee county district
court for another hearing. The de-
cision today affirmed action of the
trial court in granting a rehearing of
the case.
| Catherine White brought suit
against Berkson Brothers for personal
! injuries when she fell in the store
building and was badly injured. A
jury awarded judgment in favor of the
plaintiff. But the trial court granted
| a new trial and appeal was taken on
/ behalf of the plaintiff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
FATHER AND son WEEK PLANS.
Special Banquet and Meetings Feb
runry 16 to 22 in Topeka.

Fathers and sons will be given spe-
cial attention during the week of Feb
ruary 16 to %, when banQuets will be
given in their honor and they will be
given recognition from the pulpits of
all churches
Father and Son week will include
program carefully prepared by a COM
mittee to include a banquet for fathers
and sons IN every church in the city
on Friday evening. February 90, a
recreation day. Saturday. February
81, and father-son sermons In the
churches on Sunday, February %. 1t
is planned also to have the United
States health service picture Fit to
Win" shown during this week. AS
ISOLATION Men," a copy of the national
Y. NJ. G. A. publication, will be given
to all fathers and sons.
The committee in charge of the
Patterson week plans is composed
of the Rev. E. J. Gardner, the Rev.
John A. McAfee. the Rev. e. NJ. UNI
bach. the Rev. ]. c. Everett. the Rev
B. H. Hobbs, and the following lay
men: George c. Wheeler. L. c. Hodgei
E. D. Stickerman. l. G. Thorpe and
10 W. HascaiI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
COSTS MORE TO HUNT ACES
Cheapest Decks Sell Mt s5 Cents.
But There Is q Greater Demand
for 81 Variety.

Speaking of the high cost of living
in this year Ammo Domfhi 1920-we
weren't but we will-the young bloods
of Topeka and a good many others
have found new reasons to grumble
against the profiteers. the unions. the
government. the failure of the senate
to ratify the peace pact, ct cetera,
ct cetera- They have found that while
the prices on the necessities of life
have doubled in the last few years, the
price expenses of quiet little game"
have more than tripled.
tour of investigation thru the
stores where playing cars are usually
sold has developed the fact that the
very cheapest decks are now priced at
thirty-five cents. Only a few years
ago one could get a cheap deck for
ten cents and in some places playing
cards were given away. The, latter
had advertising on the backs instead
they had the same number of aces and
jacks as the "boughten kind and
were extensively used.
Decks of playing cards. so indispen-
sable to a poker game with the boys
or a game of bridge or "crib" with
the wife. are now sold as high as two
dollars and the two dollar ones are the
same enameled, gilt edged, art back
designed decks that were formerly
passed out for Seventy-five cents each.
w nat Is more. The lWG OoildT CdIuS are
more in demand than the thirty five
cent ones. People are using mere of
them and using the ones they buy a
shorter time than formerly. according
to the dealers who declare that the
demand for chips. crib boards. bridge
scores and the extra paraphernalia is
unusually heavy. especially the de-
mand for poker chips
The hike in price has driven play
ing cards and the gambling aces
series out OF the ten cent stores. 1t is
the war tax that has done it, accord
ing to the local ten cent store man.
ayers. They cannot pay the war tax
and still keep the price of a deck
within the limits they have set for
goods sold over their counters. The
demand for cards during the war by
the soldiers. printers strikes and THE
| wave of popularity for all card games
are given as reasons for the increased
prices by the other dealers who still
carry cards as q part of their stocks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
PRISON FOR LIFE
Supreme Court UphOlds Sem
tence of Husband Slayer.
Woman Fails to Prove "SOcial
EviI' Laws Discriminatory.
TWO SALARIES FOR CONGDON
State Must Pay Him for Work
as Hotel Commissioner.
Common Law Corporations
Held Illegal by Tribunal.

Blanch Hayes must serve a life SEN
tence in the state peuitentiary for kill
ing her husband in Finney county.
The supreme court today affirmed the
decision of Judge Downer of the Fin
mitted the woman's confession as evil
dence in the case. 1t was upon this
confession that the jury found Mrs
Hayes guilty.
Following her arrest on a charge of
killing her husband Mrs. Hayes gave a
confession which was signed and
sworn to before the clerk of the dis
trict court. In the trial of the case
Mrs. Hayes sought to bar the confess
sion from the records asserting 1t had
been given under influence and pres
sure of the prosecuting attorney and
with promises that the penalty inflict-
ed would be reduced to that for sec
ond degree murder. The court held
that the confession had been made
without the use of threats or promises
and was given to the jury for consider
alton. The supreme court in review
ing the case found no evidence of un-
due influence. altho the evidence in
the district court showed Mrs. Hayes
was arrested in Dodge City and taken
10 Garden City before she had an OPP
portunity to consult an attorney.
Topeka Woman to Farm.
failed to convince the supreme court
that there is inequality and injustice
in the laws of the state and must go
to the industrial farm for women. She
was found with intoxicating liquor in
Z her possession. In a brief filed with
the supreme court she alleged the
law authorizing her sentence to be
unconstitutional. She asserted dis
elimination was shown in the commit
ment of men and women. 1t was as
serted that provision was made fol-
fine for men and not for women. She
asserted further that the period OF
commitment for men was definite and
for women indefinite. Both claims
were rejected by the supreme court
and the woman must go to prison.
To Draw Two Salaries.
Leon A. Congdon, former hote
commissioner and assistant chief food
and drug inspector of Kansas, will be
allowed to draw two salaries for hold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
MERCHANTS ARE UNEASY
Topeka Bank Clearings Indicate
Financial Breakers Ahead


Financial Breakers Ahead
Cold, dispassionate figures tell the
story of the uneasiness with which To-
peka merchants have viewed the fin
ancial situation in this country and in
the world at large. January clearings
of local banks indicate that Topeka
merchants have seen financial break
ers ahead. breakers which recently re-
suited in slump in foreign exchange
and crash in the New York money
market.
Bank clearings here slumped at the
rate of a million dollars a week during
January. starting at six million and
going down to three. The total clear
ings for the month, however, were
greater than those for the same month
a year ago. This year January's total
was S1S.212, 166.49, as against $13,-
O21, 058.49 in 1919.
Clearings of local banks for the
week ended February 3. totalled $S.-
499, 973.S7. a decrease Of 1851.
from the clearings for the correspond
ing week last year. Heretofore, this
years clearings have always shown an
increase over last years. The total
clearings for the week ended January
% and were s2.9S7.25s.o6. as against
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
MILLS RUN HALF TIME.
Topeka Institutions Hit by Car Short
age, Officials Claim.

Topeka's mills are hard hit, by the
shortage of cars. which the railroads
are rushing to the wheat sections to
pick up grain which, 1T is claimed, is
lying on the ground.
The Ismert- Hincke mill is only run
ming half time. but so far has not had
to lay off any men. John 1smert,
manager OF the mill. said today that
he hoped for early relief and that the
mill would be able to tide over the
shortage without laying off any men.
Now the mill is run at night and the
day shifts are kept busy at odd Jobs.
All of the mills storehouses are full.
according to Ismert, and the company
has been unable to get any cars since
Monday.
The Inter Ocean mills report the
same condition and say they will have
to cut down to half time II the short
age is not remedied. The Kaw Mill
ing company says it is faced with the
same situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07

Utterly absurd" is the way Mrs.
Charlton Morgan characterizeS the
tale, and she says it with not a little
of the heat which flames up when the
old fire of rebel days is rekindled by
what seems to be insult added to in
jury. Mrs. Morgan is the widow of
Capt. Charlton Morgan, the brother of
General Morgan, and one of his fol-
lowers in his many campaigns. She
lives just a short distance from the
old Morgan home.
An excerpt from the article re-
ferred to is given below:
The Mystery" Article.
There are the alleged mysteries OBJ
securing the fates of two figures of the
Confederate raider, John Hunt Nor
gan. General Morgan, after
escaping from the Ohio penitentiary at
Columbus. is supposed to have been
shot to death in a garden at Greenville,
Tenn. But those with taste for mys
terry have preferred to believe other
wise. They contend that he feigned
death, was assisted to escape by mem
bers of a secret order, that he was
kept in hiding till after the end of the
county, Kan, there assuming the name
of DR.. John NJ. Cole and there
marrying. Later, he is alleged to have
| taken his family to Oklahoma. where
he died in 1899. Four years ago a
reunion of Civil war veterans held at
Guthrie, Okla. was addressed by Mrs
L. F. Larue, who confirmed the story,
saying that she was the daughter of
General Morgan by the wife whom he
| married following his escape into Kan
sas."
In his History of Morgan's Cav
airy" Gen. Basil Duke, who died a
| few years ago in New York, says,
after telling of the surprise attack and
| the killing of General Morgan at
| Greenville. Tenn, His fate. however,
! is still involved in mystery" and from
| this statement may have grown up the
| untrue stories. But General Duke re-
| ferred only to means by which his
| commander met his death, whether he
was shot during the attack or was
| killed, after he had surrendered, by
his captors who are characterized by
him as 'truffianly'' lot.
Colonel Morgan Save Brother Dead.
| Col. Richard c. Morgan, brother of
| the general. who died at his home
| here in Lexington about a year ago.
| saw his brother dead. Other COM
rades did the same. This proves the
| alleged mystery without basis
| General Morgan was married at the
F.. time of his death and was survived
by his wife and daughter, Miss John
ME Morgan. who lived for many years
in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Both of them
are now dead.
The accompanying picture shows
General Morgan and his wife about
the time of their marriage. which took
place in the interval between his
escape from the Ohio penitentiary and
his death at Greenville.
She was Miss Matte Ready of Muir
freesboro before her marriage, the
daughter of ex-Congressman Ready, &
noted beauty, as the picture shows.
Would Not Have Hidden.
His supporters point out that Gen
eral- Morgan was not of the type who
would have hidden away if he es-
capped He would have been bacl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
Raider Morgan Didn't Escape to
Kansas, Relatives Assert.
Newspaper Reyives Old Story of
@Dr. John Nj. Cole"
SCENE IN MARION COUNTY
Oklahoma Woman Claims She's
Daughter of Confederate.
Soldier Brother Saw Leader
Dead, Claim.

Lexington, Ky, Feb. An eastern
newspaper in its magazine section
recently had a long article which it
called Great Mysteries of the World, =
and in it is revived the old story that
Gen. John Morgan was not killed dur
ing the Civil war. but that he escaped,
fled to Kansas and there married and
lived many years under an assumed
name.
Mysteries of this kind may be re-
told for the entertainment of the
multitude. but they find no credence
in Lexington, the home of General
Morgan, the noted Confederate raider.
and of his family, the place where he
is buried, and where his memory is
venerated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
MOTORS 10 ENLARGE
Automobile Concern to Take Building
at 1OI3-fO15 Kansas Avenue.

The Mccormick Motors company
closed a five-year lease Friday fog the
building at 1013-1015 Kansas avenue.
According to NJ. F. Hauserman, mana
ger, it will be remodeled, enlarged and
equip in the most efficient way
for holding their business. When
completed il will be SO by $50 feet
with two stories and a basement. NJ.
T. Hauser1nan and W. T. Mccormick,
of Kansas City, own the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
$50, 900 Loss in Nebraska Town.

Table Rock, Neb.. Feb. Fire al
most wiped out the business district
of Table Rock yesterday when five
stores, a picture theater and a pool
hall were destroyed. Assistance came
from Humboldt, eight miles distant,
but the blaze was not under control
until the loss, partially insured, was
between 100000 and $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
VILLA BANDITS LOOT TOWNS.
Occupied Suburbs of Torreon for Siz
Hours-Abduct American.

Ell Paso. Tex. Feb. Villa rebels
recently occupied Gomez Palacio and
Laredo, suburbs of Torreon, and held
them for six hours, iooting stores and
homes and releasing fifty-seven pris-
oners in the jails, according to unof-
ficial reports received here.
1t was after this raid that the reb-
els were said to have captured JOS
eph E. Askew, an American. who is
said to be held by Francisco Villa for
$4,000 ransom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
WOOD BEFORE KANSAS BANKERS
General to Be Speaker at Convention
In Wichita.

Gen.sLeonard Wood will be the prin-
cipa1 speaker at a convention of the
Kansas Bankers association to be held
May 20 at Wichita. it was announced
today by, J. R. Burrow, president
Twelve hundred Kansas banks will be
represented at the convention, Bur
row says. Nearly all the Topeka banks
are members of this association and
will have representatives at the con-
yentiou
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
WEAVER TO ALLEN-HAYEs.
state journal EmpIoye viii SCH
Motor Cars

> Ray Weaver OF the advertising DID,
partment of the State journal has I'd
signed his position to become a saleI-
man for the Allen-Hayes Motor corh-
pany. He has been an employe of tie
state Journal for several years, fbr
about two years in the advertising de-
partment and prior to that time in
the composing room. In May. 1919.
he returned from overseas where he
served with an army medical unit for
six months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07

again to reorganize his scattered
troopers and carry on the war with
the same daring which at all times
characterized him. At no time did
the DIR. John NJ. Cole ever com
municate with General Morgan's
brothers or other relatives here nor
has any communication ever been re-
ceived by any one in Lexington from
the Mrs. Larue who is alleged to claim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
Fire Destroys Big Wooden stock.

Chicago. Feb. Fifty thousa nd
dollars worth of woolens were de-
stroyed when fire broke out in the
warehouse of the National Wooden
company here early today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07

Bicknell. Ind, Feb. Failing tim
bers and stats crushed two men to
death. fatally injured another and Sc
verefy hurt three others in American
mine No. l. A collision of motors in
the mine last night tore out the shaft
props
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
The Topekan Who
Makes Millions
Laugh and Think,

Joe Mitchell Chapple has written
the following article concerning To-
peka's well known artist. Albert 7.
Reid. in the National Magazine:
There is something that always
fascinated me in the work of a car
toonist. He has to see things differ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
Waterman rights Bandits-Killed.

Chicago. Feb. Thomas O'DonneI,
So. a Waterman. was Killed in fight
with five bandits here today. O'Don-
mel discovered the gang attempting to
open the safe of the Western Cloth
company. The thieves escaped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07

| $2,162.3s6-SS for the same week
year ago.
i These figures were given out today
by Theo. c. Mueller. of the Kansas
State Reserve bank, new manager of
| the local clearing house
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Of the system. One Hundred Dollars re-
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