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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
Town IS FLOODED
Wakarusa Under Water After
Storm Last Night.
Considerable Damage to Build
ings and Crops.

The country around wakarusa,
for miles in each direction. was de-
luged under two feet of water today,
when the Wakarusa creek overf1owed
it's banks Its tracks on the main line
of the Santa Fe were washed out and
a large portion Of the wheat crop in
the vicinity scattered along the tracks
All one could see from the town was
water, according to Frank Pratt,
owner of the Wakarusa telephone
company.
When the creek began to rise during
the storm at midnight last night,
warnings were sent out broadcast
telling persons living in the vicinity
of the threatened overflow. Between
midnight and two o'clock this morning
campers along the creek. including
25 women and children, were hurried
to safety at the McFadden farm. which
lies on a high point of ground across
the tracks. The camp was entirely
under water, but the tents and sum-
mer houses were not carried away
The water was up to the first floor
OF nearly every store and home in
Wakarusa this morning according to
Pratt. In the Wakarusa State bank
there were eight inches of water The
Thomas Lumber company was report
ed to be under water. with the lumber
and bundles of shingles floating
around the yard.
Several Narrow Escapes.
No injuries from the flood had been
reported up to noon, altho there were
several narrow escapes. L. D. Stahl
employed by the Thomas Lumber
company, was caught by the water as
he was trying to get down to the yard
from his home and had a hard fight
before he finally reached his place of
business in safety.
Repair crews were busy on the
Santa Fe tracks, but no trains had
gotten thru up to noon, according to
Pratt.
The water in the wakarusa district
was higher than it had ever been in
the history of the town. The Santa
Fe bridge was unable to care for the
huge flow of water that rushed down
upon It and it broke out, submersing &
the tracks. the town and the surround
ing country, Pratt said. The damage
to homes and crops was large.
Creek Rose to 80 Feet.
The Wakarusa creek rose to a new
high level, thirty feet. The water
stood at a depth of five feet in the
streets of the town early today. but
had gone down to two and one-half
feet this afternoon. There were two
feet of water in the depot this morn
ing. Many families were forced to
move to the second floors of their
homes.
Wheat was washed away in shocks
and ballast was torn from the railway
tracks. Two Santa Fe trains. No. Il
eastbound and two going west passed
thru Wakarusa this afternoon. Trains
on the Santa Fe were two hours late
this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
Russian Red Army Recaptures
Former Soviet Capital.
Wilma Now in Danger of Falling
to Invaders.
LITHUAAIANS JOIN THE REDS
Polish Army Falls Back on New
Line of Defenses.
Soviet Army Captures City After
All-Night Battle.

Warsaw, July 13.-The loss of the
city of Minsk by the Poles is an
nounced in todays official com
munique from Polish army headquar-
ters. The Bolsheviki occupied 5he
city after a desperate al-night battle,
the statement says.
London. July 1S.-Minsk has been
captured by Russian Bolshevik forces,
according to an official statement re-
ceived here from Moscow. which says
the soviet troops occupied the town
on the morning of July II.
Minsk is the capital of the Russian
government of the same name and is
situated on a branch of the Beresina
river approximately 250 miles north
east of Warsaw. For some time the
Russian soviet forces have been con
verging on Minsk from the north and
south and the position of the city has
seemed to be serious. The fall of
Minsk Would seem to indicate that
Wilma, about 10 miles to the north
west, is in immediate dangr of cap
ture by the Bolshevik.
To New Defense Line.
Polish troops have retired to a new
line of defense. destroying communi-
cations in their retreat and inflicting
losses on the Bolsheviki. according to
al uAlOlllCldL W1ISl6SS QlSpdlCn lIOul
Warsaw.
The dispatch stated heavy fighting
continued north of Swienciany and
thru Krzywice to the River Plisa. No
serious fighting was reported from
the west front where the Poles are
slowly retreating to previously pre-
pared positions.
A rumor persisted here that the
Bolsheviki do not intend to stop in
their campa ign against the Poles.
Polish Front Crumbling.
A news dispatch from Christiania
declared an official dispatch had been
received there from Moscow that Red
forces had captured Minsk. Molo-
dechno and Swienciany, and that the
Polish front was crumbling.
Lithuanian troops are reported
mobilizing for an attack on the Poles
in accordance with an agreement
signed by 1ithuanians and the Russian
soviet government, according to a
newspaper dispatch from Kovno today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
East Side Under Water
When Shunganunga Rises
Following Nights Rain
Water Washes Against Concrete Bridge FIoors-Steets
Flooded and Motor Cars Stranded-Flood
Is Receding This Afternoon.

Approximately one-half of extreme
East Topeka was under water this
morning, ranging in depth from an
inch to four feet. as a result Of the
rain last night causing the overflow ot
Shunganunga creek. The sixteen
blocks included between Lime to Lib
eral streets on Sixth avenue and from
Eighth to Fourth inclusive of the in
tervening blocks were under water
The water went down slowly this aft
ernoon.
The city today closed temporarily
the approaches to the Eighth and
Fourth street bridges across the Shun-
ganunga. The. embankmentS have
been softened by the flood.
The creek comes from the south. al
4 most dividing the East side and over
flowed its banks filling the streets to
the brim and in some places entered
the Easements of homes in the vicinity
! of Eighth and Lafayette streets.
The Shunganunga runs under con-
crete bridge a short way east of the
Santa Fe viaduct, and several houses
on the banks of the creek were left
with foundations exposed by the wash
/ ing away of the banks.
Boxes, cans, pieces of wood and
chickens are floating down the stream
/ under the viaduct and hundreds OF
! kids are playing in the streets, Wadin
/ in the water. The houses along Sixth
avenue between Lime and Liberal
| streets have not been touched by the
water. The backwater is up along
the curbing and in some cases covers
! the parkipgs. The creek makes a
semi-circle from the Santa Fe viaduct
around the northern part of East To-
peka, and the water has backed up
from the north and has overflowed
/ from the south completely covering
several blocks.
| Street cars have stopped running on
Sixth street from Lime to Liberal be-
! cause the tracks are covered with
water ranging from two inches to four
feet in depth. Motorists were stranded
| in the water at Lafayette street on
Sixth and a gang of youngsters are
charging two bits to push out the cars.
At IL O'Clock this morning total of
sixteen cars had been stuck" Resi-
dents along the flooded district are not
worried. The water is within a foot
of the Shunganunga viaduct on sixth
street
| The cement viaduct on East Eighth
/ is holding out, but a three or four inch
rise in the water would endanger 1t.
The wooden bridge up stream a mile
has been washed out and is now lying
| up against the cement structure.
| Liberty street is completely. under
water from Sixth to- Third, and Le-
iland street is also under water from
sixth to Fourth. The entire popula-
| ton of the East side was out today
viewing the flooded stream. The dam
age is slight on the East side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
STRANDED ON WATER TANK
Superintendent Summers Held Up
by Flood at Wakarusa Last
Night.

F. E. Summers. superintendent of
the eastern division OF the Santa Fe.
was held prisoner on the water tank
at Wakarusa several hours by the
flood early today. according to reports
reaching here.
Summers. who had come down from
Emporia to supervise repair work on
the flooded tracks. tried to approach
the station from the south. but could
get no further than the water tank.
and when he got there he could not
get back. He sat on the tank several
hours watching the muddy water
swirl around below him, unable to do
any effective work and even to escape
his enforced and undignified prison.
Finally, he made his way to the sta
ton. just in what manner the reports
do not indicate.
He does not entirely agree with
Bryan that a seat on the water tank
is the best place on earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
FIGHT FOR FARMER
Harding and Cox to Battle for
Country Vote.
G. O. P. Leader Wants "Real
Dirt Turner" in Cabinet.
RY RAYMoND cLAPPER.


Marion, O., July ia hot fight
farmer vote has been started by the
Republican nominees stinging retort
to the announcement by Governor Cox
that he favors a real dirt farmer
for secretary of agriculture. 1t was
the first bomb shell Harding has fired
into the Cox camp, and promised to
set off a lively shower of fireworks.
Harding's statement declared that
the Republicans had kept "a, real
farmer in office as secretary of agri-
culture for sixteen years continuously
and appointed a university president
to the post. He referred to Uncle
Jim" Wilson of Iowa. who was secre-
tary of agriculture under Mckinley,
Roosevelt and Taft. and was succeed
ed by David S. Houston. then presi-
dent of Washington university, st.
Louis, recently succeeded by E. T.
Meredith. a publisher.
The high cost of living problem
would have been solved in advance
had the Republican policies in relation
to the department of agriculture been
carried on, Harding said.
Harding expected to work on his
speech all day today, hoping to make
up for time lost yesterday when he
engaged in conference with party
leaders.
There was apparent disappointment
at Harding headquarters over the re-
fusal of Governor Clement to call the
Vermont legislature into special ses-
sion to ratify the woman suffrage
amendment.
II had hoped he would do it," Hard
ing said when the news was brought
to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
Shook Shin1n1y
For the Judge
Tier, Paid $40

Oklahoma City. July 13.-George
Grindell, stellar shimmy shaker at a
vaudeville house here, stood in front
of the theater and shimmied for
female passersby. He spoke to two
young women who exhibited no little
interest in mis- ouivers
Police Sergeant Montgomery ar
rested Grindell a. this juncture.
In police court, Montgomery told
the judge the modern masher' S
methods.
Here's how he did it." Montgomery
explained and standing with arms
outstretched before the Judge. threw
his whole heart and eye muscle into
the business of shimmying
Enough" cried the judge in a
trembling voice, forty dollars"
Grandel shuddered and paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
CROPS GREATLY IMPROVED.
Weeks Weather Favorable-Eastern
Kansas Wheat Cutting Completed.

crop conditions. according to the
weekly report by J. C. Mohler. secre-
tary of the state board of agriculture.
Excellent growing weather was re-
ported from all sections of the state.
Wheat cutting has been practically
completed in the eastern third of the
state. Threshing has started in all
sections. In many communities the
thresher is being used extensively. Ex-
cellent rains were reported from many
counties and farmers are confident
they viii go into midsummer with
strong prospects for a bumper crop
year.
4 In the Kaw valley potato district.
an average yield of 175 bushels in
acre is forecast. The second cutting
Of alfalfa has started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13

and of the government established by
the Russian people.
Delegates led by o. NJ. Thompson
of Minneapolis jumped up on their
chairs and yelled "a home rum"
Denial of assistance financial or
otherwise, to foreign armies invading
these countries.
An embargo on shipments of muni-
tions for use against the Irish and
Russian people.
Instant lifting of the blockade.
No Secret Treaties.
Abolition of secret treaties and
prompt publication of all documents
received by the secretary of state.
Withdrawal from imperialistic en-
terprise uIkon which we have already
embarked, including the jurisdiction
we hold over the Philippines, Cuba
and the Dominican republic.
Democratic control of industry. The
right of labor to take responsibility in
mana cement, but the application of
this principle to be developed in ac-
cordance with the experience of actual
operation.
Public ownership with democratic
control. Of public utilities, transporta-
ton, stockyards, grain elevators. ter
minal warehouses, pipe lines. natural
resources, etc.
Establishment of government own
ed national banks where the granting
be regulated by congress TO safeguard
deposits
Higher taxes on used and unused
land
Increased income taxes on incomes
of more than $4,000 year. with a fur
ther allowance Of $3.50 for each child
under IS.
Stabilize currency so it may not fluc-
tuate carrying the standard of living
down when it decreases.
Increased production by preventing
factories shutting down 10 stimulate
prices.
Labor's bill of rights, including un-
qualified right to strike and deal thru
representatives they choose; maxi
mum standard eight-hour day and A
hour week.
Old age pensions, etc.
The bill of rights is identical 10 that
which was sought of the Republican
/ and Democratic national conventions
by Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation OF Labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
BOLIVIAN REVOLT SUCCEEDS
President and Cabinet Flee Before
OnsIaugh4s of the Rebels.

Santiago, Chile. July 13.-The Bo-
livian government has been over
thrown by revolutionists and the re-
publican leader, Saave ORA, has as
sumed the provincial presidency of the
republic. according to dispatches from
La Paz, the capital, where the govern
meht military forces Joined the revo-
lutionists.
1t was not known whether the rest
Of the country had Joined the uprising.
Troops were reported marching from
many cities to the capital to join the
movement. Several regiments have
left Viacha for La Paz.
Dispatches from Antofagasta said
President Guiterrez-Gerra and his cab
met fled La Paz. It was believed a
counter revolution would be started
immedia tely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
REGISTRATION DAY TOTAL 667.
Books Open Every Night Up to 10
O'Clock Until July 23.

Registration figures Monday reached
a total of 667 owing to the activities
of the candidates in providing autos to
haul registrants to and from their
homes. There were 362 men and 305
women registered. 1t was expected to
bring 1000 persons to the city hall.
The registration office will be open
from 8 O'Clock in the morning until 10
o clock at night, except Sundays, from
now until the books close July %.
Every one who wishes to vote must
register.
After the primaries. to be held on
August 3. the registration books will
again be open for thirty days to give
those who did not register or who did
not vote at the primary an opportunity
to vote at the general election in Nc
vem ber- A voter who is registered d
now but who does not vote at the pri-
mary, must register again to vote at
the general election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
HE LEFT LIQUID FORTUNE
Seneca, Kan. Girl to Inherit Part De
Munm Estate, Mostly Champagne.

Seneca, Kan, Girl to Inherit Part De
Munm Estate, Mostly Champagne.
Paris, July 13.-Eight million bot
ties of champagne will be among the
items on the lists of commodities to
be placed on sale January %, when
the sequestered property of Baron
Walter De Mumm will be auctioned
off. This property was seized in 1915
subsequent to the baron's resumption
of German citizenship when the war
began.
The number OF bottles in the
baron's cellars in the vicinity of
Rheims where the sale will take
place, was greatly diminished during
the war When General Ludendorff
was making his furious drives tiward
Rheims and Epernay the wine cellars
were used as shelters for the troops
and the men were given almost I ire
less wine with their meals
In addition to the bottled wines
there are 100000 litres of wine in
casks, these being stored in ware
houses. mansions and cottages, as well
as secret hiding places beneath vine
yards in the champagne country.
The Baroness De Mumm was origi-
naliy a Kansas woman. Her daughter
is now at Seneca Kansas. and expects
to inherit large portion of the Baron
De Mumm fortune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
HAVE PARIS BUYING COMPANY.

American Department Stores Adopt
Cooperative Plans to Get Goods.
Paris. July ia new plan for buy
ing abroad for American department
stores has just begun operations here
on large scale. Department stores
in Los Angeles. Minneapolis. san
Francisco. Boston, Pittsburgh, De-
troit, Toledo. Dallas. st. Louis. Cleve-
land and Sacramento have formed a
buying company for doing foreign
shopping in bulk
The design Of the company is to deal
directly with manufacturers and to
cut out all the commissions and
charges OF Intermediates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
CUTS SWIMMING RECORD.
California Boy Takes Nearly Minute
and Half Off Half Mile.

Dallas. Tex, July 13.-Jerry Witt.
Oakland, Cal. and bright prospect for
first honors at the New Orleans meet
next month. lowered the southern rec
ord for the sS0-yard swim by one min
ute and twenty-two seconds here last
night His time was eleven minutes
and fifty-two seconds.
The southern fbcord was held for
merly by c. Ferreday of New Orleans.
Lee Jarvis. local SWIMMER. made the
distance in twelve minutes and five
seconds. also less than the previous
record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
FARMERS ARE GETTING MORE
Prices Paid for Farm Products 20 Per
cent Higher Than 1919

prices" paid farmers for principal
crops decreased about II per cent
during June. said a report issued to-
day by the department of agriculture.
on July /, however. the report add
ed. the index figure of prices paid
farmers Tzs still more than 20 per
cent higher than year ago. az per
cent higher than two years ago ane
1923 per cent higher than ten years
average.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
Coal shipments Given Priority

Washington. July 13.-New emer-
gency orders from the interstate COM
merce commission granting priority
to the shipment of coal to the north
west and New England by operators
having contracts in those sections will
be proposed by the bftuminous coal
operators to the railroad executives
in New York tomorrow as a plan for
Improving the transportation situa-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
Demand Truce Among Irish

London. July 13.-A resolution de-
manding an immediate truce between
the warning factions in Ireland and
withdrawal of the British army was
adopted at a special meeting OF the
trades union congress representing
thousands of British workers at Cen
trail hall. Westminster. today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13

(TOpD north across the Lake
street bridge between Fifth and
Sixth streets at O'Clock this morn
ing. The waters of the Shunga-
nunga washed the bottom OF this
fraiI structure.
(Midd1e) Looking west across the
Shunganunga at the Eighth street
bridge. The water came within two
feet of the bridge floor. In the fore
ground is the old foot bridge which
was swept from its place.
Bottom) east along the
sotfti1 side of the new concrete
bridge, just cast of the Sixth street
Viaduct. Less than three feet of the
% arches remained above water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
LEGACY FOR SPANS QUEEN.
Empress Eugene Also Gave Mansion
to Head of House of Napoleon.

London, July 13.-The late Empress
Eugene bequeathed her mansion and
her estate at Marlborough. England,
to Prince Victor Napoleon and his
wife. formerly Princess Clementine Of
Belgium, according to a Madrid dis
patch to the Daily Mail. She also left
a considerable sum to Queen Victoria
of Spain, who was her god-daughter.
the newspaper says.
Prince Victor is head Of the NaPo-
leon family. and makes his home in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
Pop Pop Cop to Stop spooning

Top Pop" Cop 70 Stop SpOOnfng-
Kansas City. Kan. July 13.-Sheriff
Wright. 1r.. of Wyandotte county has
been granted a motor cycle TO patrol
county roads outside city limits to see
that speeding and spooning laws are
observed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
Tulsa Gets Pittsburgh Player.

Tulsa. Okla. July 13.-Sale Of
Shortstop Jimmy (Cotton) Tierney, by
the Tulsa club to the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates was announced by Manager Alb
bott. Tierney will report at the close
of the Western league season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
AMERICAN OFFICER SLAIN
Washington Has No Confirmation of
Dispatch From Trieste.

Trieste, July IAN American Of
ficer is reported to have been killed
in the recent street fighting between
Croats and Italians during a JugO-
Slav nationalist demonstration at Spa
lato. Dalmatia.
Washington, July 13.-No report Of
the killing of an American officer dur
ing street fighting in Trieste or the
participation by American naval
forces in recent disturbances there mas
been received at the navy departm ept.
The cruiser Olympic and several
United States destroyers are stationed
in the Adriatic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
BEST Rain IN YEAR
Topeka Received Nearly Three
Inches Last Night.
DOwnpOur Flooded East Side
and Doomed River.
TRAIN SERVICE WAS HARD HIT
Santa Fe and Rock Island
Washed Cut Near Here.
Rain of Untold Value to Corn
and Other Crops.
TRAIN SERVICE WAS HARD HIT

FORECAST FOR KANSAS
Generally fair tonight and Wednes.
day preceded by thnnder=howers ex-
treme e0et portion this afternoon az
tonight; continued warm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13
&c. 0. P. HATES JESUS"

Party Takes Its Orders From Wall
Street, Says Pastor In Prayer at
"4S" Convention Delegates
Cheer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-13

WEATHER FORECAST for kansas:
w Generally fair tonight and Wedncs-
day, preceded by thunder showers in
the extreme east portion this after
noon and tonight; continued warm.
The patriot., 1920-03-05
How seheoner Got Nan,a.

How dtd the name "gchoonoz oxiss
mate? II was als0nt the yeaf a11g -
at Gloucester thc frsa 6aanal II lla
schooner typs xals launched. iIs.',,
tion persists that enthusiastic 81 ilis
speed made on her trial trip i key u.
claimed. "See h0w she sehoonsi n
schooner let her l'e r. aEree6 ths hullsl-
er, hearing TIE raiaaEk 9lan II I Dr..
able st1xy the word'schcDn Ia anss -
New Ensland meant a Sat tone tn
skip along the watex.
The patriot., 1920-03-05
Pullen's Comedians Pre-
sent NUNS The Word.
March s, at 81 2. NJ.
IsaGrande Theatre

Mum s The Word. = the laugh
able musical comedy, which
plays at the Ia Grande Theatre,
Monday night, March 8th. oilers
to tie theatre goers of Glenmora
two Of the best charms ofnature,
music and laughter. Music. the
gift from heaven, which lifts us
from our earthly troubles and
tran plants US to realms Of Joy
while laughter, the force that at
tracts she good. dispels eli gloom
and unites in friendship.
Nuns 5 Tie Word" is d mu-
sfcal farce comedy with i full
cast ef leading artists chorus
of buautifni, and youthful girls,
ID georges costumes, Introduc.
ing clever songs and novel dance
numbers, while the comedy IS
u the clever and capable hands
Of Messrs. Chhs. Gregory John
ME Ryan and @. Il Begge.
This charming musical com.
edy bill win prove as attractive
for Glenmora audience aa il has
tOcriiical spectators in 1other
cities. one Of the features being
their concert orpestra which
viii render some 81 the latest
and most popnlar classic over
Tires
mission: Adults eI.I0I
Children .s5l
Including war tax There viii
be no pictures
Curtain rises promp j at 8 e N.