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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24

HOT SUNDAY is ON WAY.
Last Night Was Warmest This Year
No Rain in Sight.

Last Night Was Warmest This Year
No Rain in Sight.
Topeka has had no rain for ten days.
the longest dry spell since last Febru-
airy, and there is no chance for q
shower today and only slim chance
for tomorrow, according to S D. Flora.
state meteorologist. No rain has fallen
in the Missouri valley for over twenty
four hours. and Kansas hasn't had a
drop for ninety-six hours A rain is
fast becoming a necessity, according TO
Flora.
A cool breeze from the northeast,
blowing about 10, to IL miles an hour.
kept the temperatures in Topeka
slightly down today. Altho the morn
ing was a scorcher. a few clouds and
the welcome breeze promised COM
Portable evening and night.
The low marx last night was II,
making Friday night the hottest this
year. The temperature Friday went
up to 80 in the afternoon
The thermometer registered 81 al
$50 o'clock this morning
Central Kansas suffered the most
Friday. temperatures ranging as high
U'ontinued on Page Twob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
WANT NO ARBITERS
Illinois Miners Declare Pay
Question Is Eettled.
Operators Agree to Raise But
Quote the Lever Act.

Chicago. Ill. July 23.-with the re-
turn of the delegation, representing
the Illinois Coal Operators association
from Washington today, it was learned
that three government conciliators
have been dispatched to the strike
zones here.
The committee sent to Washington
to ask government aid in the present
coal strike in Illinois were understood
to have opposed reopening the wage
mands Of mine laborers or shift men
for 81 per day increase in pay.
Need No Cancellation.
Miners officials here expressed con-
currence with the statement made by
Harry Fishwich, vice president of the
Illinois miners union at Springfield,
who said, There is no need for con-
ciliation. The operators are agreed
that the day men should get the in
crease and have told them that their
only reason for not paying it was that
the Lever act is still in force"
At the conclusion of the hearing of
the Illinois public utilities commission
on complaints made by the Chicago
real estate board against the present
coal shortage, Examiner John Bow
lum, said miners were steadily leaving
all the larger mines in southern Illi-
nois.
Various estimates placing the num-
to fifty thousand were given. State
ments were made that 80 per cent OF
the mines in the state were closed by
the strike and that Chicago and I'LL
nols were facing a recurrence of the
coal shortage of last winter.
The strikers demand IS a day with
time and one-half for overtime and
double time for Sunday.
Radicals Against Strike.
Springfield. ILL.,, July 24.-John B.
Lennon, of Bloomington, ILL.,. and
William Rogers of Abba. Iowa. two
federal conciliators named to attempt
to settle the trouble in the Illinois coal
field. arrived here today
Hearing will be started Monday.
Harry Fishwick, vice president of the
Illinois miners organization declared
today he expected all of the men to
be back at work by Wednesday. They
will remain at work pending the out
come Of the mediation Fishwick be-
lieves.
This strike. contrary to all previous
strikes in the last few years. finds the
radical leaders among the miners,
notably Freeman Thompson. of
Springfield, on the side of industry.
Mr.. Thompson yesterday declared his
opposition to the strike. 1.-The miners
should return to work and stand by
their contract" he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
"Confess Your sins" Cries
ReuiUaList- Then Farmer
Confesses Mother Murder

Flesherton. Ont. July 24-"Arise
and confess your sins" shouted Rev
G. N Sharpe, evangelist. in appealing
county.
Arnold Love. 21. an industrious and
respected farmer. arose and confessed
to numbering his mother seven years
ago. a crime for which his father was
hanged on circumstantial evidence.
Love told the story of his struggle of
seven years to still the voice of a
guilty conscience.
The murder Of Mrs. Henry Love was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
Sim FEIN Mobiles

Irish Republics Army Gets Orders to
Prepare foC War on Unionists.
London, July 24.-The anxiety of the
British government over the outbreak
of what amounts to civil war between
north and south factions in Ireland
was heightened today by reports that
Sim Fein leaders had ordered the
Irish republican army to hold itself
IN readiness for defense or counter
attacks against the Unionists, whose
mobilization was already under way
1t was learned the cabinet had dis
cussed a plan amounting to dominion
home rule for the south of Ireland
on condition it remains a part of the
British empire Under this plan, the
matter of foreign relations would re-
main in the hands of England.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24

OF the most brutal character. Her
body was found in the cellar of their
farm. her head battered and her
throat cut. Arnold, II years old at
the time. never was suspected.
I was just eating my eakfast,
Love said, describing the murder,
when my mother warned me to avoid
.eeping bad company.
Il grabbed a stick of wood and hit
Ter over the head. I dragged the
sody to the cellar and covered It with
-arth and then went % school"
Love was held BIZ authorities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
WAR WIDOW is SUICIDE
Sister of State Legion Officer Believed
Dcad-Big Oregon Ditch Searched.

Albany, Ore, July 24.-The body
Of Mrs. Dethe Knox. of Wichita,
Kan, was found in an irrigation ditch
near here today. Relatives said she
had been in a despondent mood ever
since the death of her husband during
the war
Mrs. Knox was missing this morn
ing and the authorities started
search for her upon the report of
relatives that her slippers had been
found near the Sanitiam ditch, two
miles south of here.
Wichita, Kan, July 24.-Mrs. Edith
Knox, 26. who is believed to have
drowned herself in a stream near AL
bany. Ore. yesterday, is a sister of
Frank Samuel. state adjutant of the
American Legion of Kansas. Her hus-
band died while in service at Camp
Funston during the influenza epi-
demiC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
Belfast Police Declare Shippers
Are Using Explosive Bullets.
Women Are Wounded When
ArmOred Car Disperses Mob.
DEATH LIST NOW Seventeen
Over $50 Wounded Cared for in
Crowded Hospitals.
Attacks on Monastery and
Nunnery Latest 0utrageS.

Belfast. July 24.-Police today
charged Sim Fein snipers stationed in
windows and on house tops were
using explosive bullets, terribly mutt
lating their victims. Military charged
snipers were firing from the Clonard
monastery.
Two women and two men were
wounded when an armored car fired
on hostile crowds which had gathered
around a convent. The crowds were
dispersed.
Three more persons died in hos
pitfalls here today from injuries re-
ceived in last nights rioting, bringing
the death list in the factional fighting
between Orangemen and Sim Feiners
during the last week to seventeen. It
was believed other deaths occurred in
homes which were not reported. More
/ than $50 have been wounded, many
seriously.
Unionists have posted notices de-
claring they were mobilizing all avail
able forces. Naionalists also were
gathering adherents. 1t was feared
today would develop more serious
fighting.
Sim Fein in Skirts.
Some idea of the bitterness existing
can be gained from the fact that am
balances laden with wounded were
stoned. All hospitals were crowded
to capacity and relief workers erected
tents on the outskirts to care for the
wounded.
Sim Feiners were described garbed
as women attempting to leave the city.
Unionists did not attack the shops
over which a Union Jack flew Many
were beaten into insensibility in rough
and tumble fighting. Troops inter
vened only when shooting started, gem
orally allowing a hand-tohand en-
counter TO proceed.
Million Dollar Damage.
A mob captured a Catholic church
and fired shots from the steeple until
driven out by troops. 1t was estimated
the damage would run close to a mil
lion dollars. Cavalry were patrolling
all streets and further military rein
forcements were arriving hourly.
An attempt to burn a nunnery was
frustrated by military authorities.
loops fired on the crowd, wounding
four persons In many places the
snipers.
Police Wreck Village.
London. July 24.-Kilmolloch, 10
miles south of Limerick, was wrecked
by body of police last night, accord
ing to a Cork dispatch to the Evening
News. Several persons were injured.
The police are reported to have fired
while the citizens were trying to put
out fires which were raging in the
houses.
| Rioting Spreads Over Isle.
| Dromore, County Down, Ireland, July
24.-The situation here assumed an
/ ugly aspect last evening. following the
/ outbreak of disorders Thursday night
in which the house of a prominent
| Sim Feiner was attacked and burned
and shops belonging to nationalist
were attacked and badly damag ged
military reinforcements finally being
sent to the aid of the police. The
more serious development occurred
when a crowd burned the Catholic
club to the ground and badly wrecked
/ the parochial house.
When the police arrived on the
scene of this outrage they were un-
able to disperse the crowd by ordinary
means and used their pistols, one mar
being shot dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
SENATOR CAPPER TO MARION
Kansan to Confer With Harding or
Farm Problems.

Wallace will confer with Senator
Harding next week relative to farm
problems. The two farm publishers
will advise with the Republican presi-
Dental nominee relative to conditions
in the rural communities.
Senator Capper lett Friday evening
for Marion, Ohio. He will return to
Topeka sometime next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24

Washington, July 24.-Franklin D.
Roosevelt Democratic vice presidential
candidate. today formally presented to
President Wilson his resignation as
assistant secretary of the navy. 1t Is
TO take effect on August 3, the day on
which Mr.. Roosevelt will be formally
notified of his nomination at his home
rat Hyde Park. y. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
TOTAL REGISTRATION 1855
Falls Short of War YcarS-SCratch
1000 Before Election.


Only 1855 persons are qualified to
vote at the August primaries. The
registration for the primaries which
closed at 10 o'clock last night fell
short of the 10000 goal by nearly 500.
The total was even less than 1918,
when many Topeka men were over
seas, and was 5000 under the 1914
registration, the largest on record.
The city clerk attributed the light
registration to lack of interest in poll
tics and the fact that aliens cannot
vote.
The total registration was divided as
follows: Men. 11.222; women. 1868.
It is expected about 1000 names
will be scratched before August 3 to
correct the books. The total now in
cludes many persons who have reg
istered more than once because OF
changes of address and many who
were found to live outside the city
limits after they had registered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
Five Killed hv Tornadn.

Winnipeg. Man, July 24.-Ffve lives
were lost in tornado which tore thru
the Alameda. Saskatoon district late
yesterday. according to mesger reports
here today. Seven dwelling houses
were reduced to spIinters, much farm
property was damaged and communi-
cation lines demoralized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
KANSAS CITY BANDIT KILLED.
Six Caught by Police While Making
Big Haul.

Kansas City. No. July 24.-One
italian bandit was killed in gun bat
tie when police early today surprised
seven we'll dressed Italians robbing
the Midland Transfer company.
Six of the thieves escaped. The
robbers had $500 worth of loot load
ed on a truck when discovered. The
booty consisted of shoes and tobacco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
Buried To Neck
To Restore Life
Would Cure Children Struck by
Bolt of Lightning.

New York. July 4.-Sine-year-o1d
Jennie Stahurski and her two-year-
old brother were killed BY bolt OF
lightning at Bay Side.
The county medical examiners
found both bodies buried to their
necks in the backyard of the home.
Relatives and friends quoted be-
lief that a person struck by lightning
could be restored by earth currents.
They protested vigorously when the
examiner ordered the bodies removed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24

Chicago. July 24-Jack johnson,
former worlds heavyweight champion,
will be refused bail and sent to the
county jail when he arrives in Chicago
tomorrow in custody Of a United States
marshal from Los Angeles. District At
torney Clyne announced today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
radicals to EIlis Island.

New York, July -Sixty-three al
legged radical aliens. rounded up by de-
partment of justice agents in Chicago,
Kansas City and other points were
taken to Ellis Island today pending de-
portation proceedings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
Escaped ConvIcts Recaptured.

Fulton. Mo-, July 24.-Ralph Divers
and Edward Fitzgerald, two convicts
who escaped yesterday from the CAL
loway county Jail were captured to-
day near Jefferson City, Mo. They
were trailed by blood hounds brought
here from Springfield, Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
Jap Cabinet Concerned Over China.

Jap Cabinet Concerned Over China.
Toxic, July PA conference of
interested parties at Toxic to discuss
conditions in China may become
necessary, according to a statement by
ViscouDt Uchida, foreign minister to
the house of peers, made in reply to
an Interpolation concerning Japan's
Chinese policy. He said, however,
that the time for such a conference
had not arrived as vet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
PoehIers WIN Another.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan. July "a
The Poehler Kings of Topeka. de-
feated the locals here s to Friday.
Alba, for the visitors, allowed but
three hits. Batteries: Alba and E.
Price; A. Calhoun and Bumgardner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24

Poles are preparing decisive blow
at the advancing enemy.
Owing to the report that the Boil
sheviki are approaching East Prussia.
the German minister. Herr Obern-
dorff. has given assurances to the for
eign office of Germany's continued
neutrality in the war between Poland
and soviet Russia.
Past Polish Boundary.
The Bolsheviki thrust in the direc-
ton of Sokoloka. west of Grodno, has
carried them past the Polish boundary
line set by the council of ambassadors
Along the railroad in this region.
the Poles are reported to be fighting
to stem the momentum of the south
westerly drive which is bringing the
Reds toward Poland's c. pisal but in
many places the tired Poles are COM
PEELED to withdraw without much re-
sistance, in the face of overwhelming
numbers of fresh Bolsheviki troops.
Bolsheviki reserve divisions assembled
by General Brussiloff weeks prior to
the launching of the offensive. are
daily being thrown in all along the
northern front.
1t Is Ragged Line.
They are making headway against
the scattered Polish lines in the open
country where both sides necessarily
have thin lines at many places owing
TO the length of the front attacked or
defended. 1t is not warfare like that
in France where virtually every inch
was protected.
Many spurts and gains are made
by the Reds in drives with divisions
or detachments between poorly de-
Tended troops or thru a gap between
Withdrawing or maneuvering troops
with their flanks unprotected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24

Give Population Two Kansas Towns.
Washington, July 24.-Clay Center
and Mcpherson, Kan, were named in
the 1920 census report issued today.
According to the figures given Clay
Center now has a population of 3,715
and Mcpherson 4,595
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
CARRIED TO REGISTRATION
Mrs. o. B. Martin Determined to
Have Opportunity to Vote
Other Interesting Incidents.

Altho she is helpless from the knees
down-unable to walk a step-Mrs
o. B. Martin. S25 jefferson street,
mother of Tom Martin, city electrical
inspector, was determined to vote for
president this year. Altho she had
been confined to her bed. with no one
being permitted to see her. since her
return recently from Washington, D.
c., Mrs. Martin had her two sons carry
her to an automobile and take her to
the city hall last night, the last day
Of registration. When she arrived
there she could not be- taken up to
the city clerks office eon the third
floor. so Miss Alice Peyton, registra-
ton clerk. came down to the automo-
bile and registered her.
Has Never Voted for President.
Mrs Martin has never voted for a
living in the District of Columbia for
eight yearssince woman was granted
suffrage. Mr. Martin was connected
with the bureau of finance there. He
is retired now and has moved back to
Topeka.
There is another interesting feature
in Mrs. Martins registration She Is
an ardent Republican. while her hus-
band is an equally confirmed Demo-
! crat- According to Mrs Martin. her
Democrat husband slipped out" the
| other day and registered and she was
determined the Democratic party was
not going to profit. so she went to
register herself
"And it did her more good than the
leading specialists in the east have
been able to do her son. Tom. said
today.
She Wanted to Vote.
A woman called At the city clerks
office last night and registered. Then
she inquired of the office staff:
Now where are the voting booths
want to vote"
why. you do not vote until Aug
ust' replied one of the clerks.
Il don't vote now" the woman
questioned further. Then what do
\ do with these 7''-and she pulled forth
candidates cards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Generally fair tonight and Sunday;
somewhat cooler extreme east portion
tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-24
Moscow Soviet Radios Accep-
tance of Polish Proposal
BOIshevik Forces Are Already
Past Boundary of Poland.
ARMIES NEAR EXHAUSTION
Republics Troops Fight to Stem
the Tide.
Lines Are Ragged, Thin and
Full of Holes.

Paris, July PA wireless message
from Moscow today. says the Havas
Agency. announces that the Russian
soviet army is falling back. on the or
der of the soviet commander.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-28
Book Gossip
Birds in Town and Village"

wv n. HUDSON'S latest book,
w "Birds in>Town and Village"
which E. P. Dutton & Co.
published month or so ago, is prac-
tically a new book, although few re-
viewers are referring to it as if it
were a republication Of an old volume.
Mr.. Hudson did publish, some twenty
or more years ago in England, volume
bearing similar title, and from that
he has taken q few chapters for this
work. But of the twenty-five chapters
Of birds in Town and Village" six are
entirely new and eleven have been re-
written, revised and much new matter
has been added, making them practi-
cally fresh work, while only FIVE are re-
printed in their original form. And as
the book has not been published before
in this country, it's entire contents are
new to American readers, who will find
it as charming in every way as they
have his other books.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-28
books, will bs one Of tho spring publ
cations Of E. P. Dutton D c..


Katharine Lee Bates's appealing -
count Of her dog "Sigurd, Our Golden
Collie" has gone into It's second sdi-
ton, proving that the book. which p.
P. Dutton 4 Co. published about mid
winter. is AZ much admired by general
readers as it is by dog specialists. Sew
eral Of these have expressed themselves
enthusiastically about the work, among
them Albert Payson Terhuns, suthor
Of Lad: A Dog" and proprietor Of the
famous Sunnybank Kennels, where he
breeds some Of the finest coliies In che
country. Mr.. Terhune has named
promising young collie Sunnybsnk
Sigurd in honor Of Miss Bates's dog
friend and the hero Of her book, and dc
has written this appreciation Of the
volume, which he calls "a delights
Miss Bates knows collies - do 1sv
professional breeders and perhaps thIe~
living writer's. Whether or not she
knows their arbitrary show points, she
knows what ID far more worth while
their brain, their semi-hur,an per-
sonalities, the Iovable and eceeutrac
charm which Is theirs. She has writ
ten dog biography which merits 70 the
full that sadly abused adjective great
The infinitely appealing pen picture
of her golden collie Is e portrait that
must live"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-28

crowell. Published By The -Four Seas
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Poems In which the author IL largely
Influenced by the contemplation of the
varied beauties of nature.
MEPHISTOPHELEs PUFFETH TIE SUN
OUT AND OTHER POEMS.-By Lucille
Vernon. Published by tho Stratford
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Verse occasionally characterized by
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Fiction
THE ELDERS PEOPLE. BY Harriet
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Stories of New England life.
HIS MAJEsTYs wELL-BELOvEp. BY
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This new novel by a popular author
is based upon the life of Thomas Bet
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Garrick.
THE GIRL FROM FOUR CORNERS. BY
Rebecca n Porter Published by Henry
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