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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-06
Gotham Architect
Kidded the Brides

Put Dollar Mark on Carved Panel
Above Arch Meath Which Welded
Couples Pass From st. Thomas
Altar.
New York, Aug. 6.-The New York
World today disclosed a standing joke
that it says has been perpetrated for
years by architects of the million dol
lar ST. >Thomas's Episcopal church on
the dozens of fashionable brides who
have gone to the altar thru the ia
nous brides door," since the church
was completed ten years ago.
Carved into the granite capital
over the door, says the newspaper, is
a huge sign slightly conventionalized
but unmistakable. A photograph of
the door, reproduced to bear out the
story, shows a beautiful and finely
chiseled decoration surmounted by
double panel, on one side of which is
carved a conventional true lovers
knot and on the other the Somewhat
similar but strikingly different dol
lar mark
E. Donald Robb, architect. who was
head draughtsman for Cram. Good
hug and Ferguson, designers of the
church, is quoted as having admitted
the dollar mark, saying it was done
in fun" and asserting he could not see
that it was a subject for newspaper
comment, He referred his inquisitor
to Mr.. Goodhue. intimating the design
was his idea. Mr.. Goodhue proved to
be absent from the city.
Mr.. Robb declared architects fire.
quently have hidden satire and humor
in church designs. The Rev. DR.. Err
nest M. Stires, rector of st. Thomas,
said he believed the dollar mark story
was "a Pigment of the imagination"
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WEATHER.
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tContfnued from Page 0ne.)
the central or western part of the state
and very little in the northeast. En-
poria reported only .06 of an inch and
none fell at Manhattan or Wamego,
or at Horton and st. Joe to the north
east. ~
The highest temperature at Topeka
Friday was 95 which occurred at $3.50
o'clock in the afternoon, making it the
hottest day since August l. The tenn
perature fell. to 20 at 6 o'clock this
morning and will not go higher than
IS this afternoon. 1t will drop to 65
tonight and will reach about 80 de-
grees Sunday afternoon.
Anthony, Coldwater, Hutchinson,
Mcpherson and Sedan with tempera-
lures of 104 Friday were the hottest
places in the United States during the
past twenty-four hours as Phoenix,
Arizona, the traditional title holder,
came in with a report of 102. The
coolest spot in Kansas, Friday night
was Goodland with so degrees but at
Havre, Montana, the temperature
dropped to 4S and at Calgary, Canada.
it was 3S-only six degrees above
freezing. The cool weather in the far
northwest will be felt here Sunday and
pleasant day is promised.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded at Topeka on this date was 101
in 1913 and the lowest was Sc in 1887.
At noon today the wind was blow
ing at the rate of fifteen miles an
hour from the northeast.
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OAKLAND NEWS
Notes and personals by Mrs. H. ID.
Wadleigh. Call Blue 1921 or $3.50.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Paddock of Kan
land the guests of Mr.. and Mrs NJ. A.
Moore>at their home in Oakland avenue.
Mrs. j. Mckinney, who underwent an
operation recently at Stormont hospital is
improving and has been brought to her
home in Oakland avenue.
The Sunflower Art club will be enter
tained Tuesday afternoon, August 0, at the
home of Mrs. c. NJ Reaugh in Winfield
Mr. Geo. Newell spent Friday in osa-
watomie, Kan, on business.
Mrs. F. w. Shuler and daughter, Al
gerine and granddaughter, Betty Jane and
son, Aston spent Thursday and Friday in
Oakland the guests of Mr.. and Mrs H
Shuler in Chester avenue. on their way
to their home in Wichita, Kan, from
some time. szNEW
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Magee of Lawrence.
Kan, will spend tie week end in Oakland
visiting relatives
Mrs. Geo. Herscheu and daughter Sarene
and son, William have returned TO their
home in Green street from Norton Kan,
where they spent two weeks the guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Griffith.
Mrs. William Gray, who has been i'll
for some time at her home in Michigan
avenue, is slowly improving.
Mrs. Ralph Bouton. who underwent an
operation recently at Stormont hospital is
improving and will be brought to her home
in Michigan avenue, the first of the week
The Women's Foreign Missionary society
of the Oakland Methodist church will meet
Wednesday afternoon at . 30 at the home
OF Mrs Morgan Washburn in Chester ave
nue.
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kySzzsl.Rl'.kzET!!.'s!!;'iI',

Chicago, Aug 6,-WHEAT-Wheat start
ed practically unchanged from yesterdays
close but advanced when local traders
bought the strength of higher prices
at Winnipeg, a house with seaboard con-
nections also did some buying. Initial
prices, $11sA to S1.1S% for September,
and 121h to $1.22 for December. The
early buying died down after advances Of
&c to q had been recorded, but prices
held fairly well on reports of hail damage
in Saskatchewan and Regina
Encoura ging export news and week end
evening up steadied the market. The close
was steady with September $11915 to 81. 90
and December $122A to $1.23 the net gains
being around one cent.
CORN-Bearish sentiment prevailed In
corn. A half million bushels stored in Chi
cago were posted retrograding and there
was some selling in consequence Septem-
Der opened at $3.50 to $3.50 and December
at SIC. September sold down to 564sc then
turned up and set December at 56$sc at
the end of the first hour.
Near the close week end treading caused
a rally. The close was uneven with Sep
TENDER net unchanged at 565sc to 56A &c
and December &c lower at 5634c to 56Be
OATS-Trade in oats was light with the
opening unchanged to &c lower. Septem-
Der opened at 363sc to 361kc and sold down
to SEC
PROVISIONS-Prov were generally
higher, with lard leading.
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new NOTE SENT MEXICO
Stipulations for Recognition by U. S.
Acceptable by Oregon.

Mexico City, Aug. 6.-George T.
Summerlin, the United States charge
d affaires here, yesterday delivered
note from Washington to the foreign
office, declared the Excelsior this
morning. The newspaper claimed that
it had learned of the presentation of
the note from an authoritative source.
Mr.. Summerlin could not be reached
last night and confirmation of the
newspapers statement was not avail
able here today.
It was declared by the Excelsior
that the demands of the United States
incident to recognition had not been
changed, but that the new note con-
tanned certain important stipulations
which were acceptable to the Mexican
government.
It was said to have insisted upon a
treaty of amity and commerce, but
that this convention should be nego-
tiated after the present Mexican gov
eminent has been accorded recogni-
ton. Authorities at the foreign office
have refused to make any statement
but there have been expressions in
government circles which have indi-
Gated optirlism over prompt recogni :
ton of the government by the United
States.
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WAGES Their PREY
Kansas "High Jacks" New Type
of Bandit in Southwest.
Operate on Freight Trains
Loaded with Workers.

Kansas City, Aug. e. Bandits
termed thigh jackers." who are maxi
ing business of riding freight trains
in the wheat belt of Kansas and GER
tain parts Of Oklahoma robbing har-
vest hands of their wages, are becom-
ing more bold and are receiving in
creasing attention from local authori-
ties in those states, according to re-
ports reaching here today.
Battle Ex-Sohiers.
"Highjackers' activities. which
have been reported almost daily thru
out the harvest season, reached a eli
max Wednesday night when two of
the robbers attempted to hold up a
party of former soldiers and harvest
hands aboard a freight train running
between Kechi and Furley. Kan. 81.
The former soldiers who had just
been discharged from a Texas army
camp, began shooting and in the ex-
change of shots that followed one
man, said to have been a "high1acker."
was killed and four of the former sol
'diers and harvest hands injured. The
remaining robber escaped after a ter
rifle fight in which he. threw half a
dozen of his opponents from the NOV
ing train.
Kansas Officers Reused.
With the number of complaints from
victims or the ROBBERS growing, OIL
ciais of several smaller Kansas towns
were reported to be investigating mys-
terious murders in their localities on
the theory that the "highjackers" may
have committed them. There have
been five or more unexplained killings
in the Kansas, wheat belt in the last
month, the Victims for the most part
having been supposed harvest hands
SRecial efforts are being made in all
of the wheat belt towns, it was said.
to ascertain whether the "highjack-
err" operations are the work of an or
ganized gang or whether the men are
individual criminals who have left the
city for the harvest fields, knowing
that the workers there are mostly
transients and that majority of them
will carry money.
Ride the Freight Trains.
State officials were said to lean to-
ward the latter etheory. The high
jackers," according to descriptions of
their activities received here, usually
operate in pairs. They go among
groups of harvest hands and pose as
fellow workers and the robberies, in
dividual and group, nearly always
take place aboard freight trains.
Kansas, City police are wondering
whether the harvest field "highjack-
ers" are not of the same type of BAN
dit who operated extensively here and
at other points in the southwest last
winter and spring by robbing gambling
games and holding up whisky runners
making trips into Oklahoma and Tex
as oil fields.
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BUSES OR CARS
Street Railway Tie-Up in Des
Moines Continues.
Receiver Says Cars Cannot
Compete With Jitneys.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 6.-Efforts to
end the tie-up of street car service
here which began when Judge Wade
in the federal court granted the Des
Moines Street Railway company per-
mission to suspend operations, were
and various business organizations
are ehdeavoring to work out a plan
that will permit the street cars to re-
sumo.
r. G. Chambers. receiver for the
street railway company, contends that
the cars could resume service if buses
were denied permission to use car
line streets. He asserts that if this
were ordered, the street railway would
reduce fares from s to cents after
a few months.
Representatives of. the Chamber of
Commerce are said to favor resump-
ton of street car service at a cent
fare with the understanding the bus
competition will be entirely removed
The BUSES, meantime, continue to
operate to a capacity business. But
owners are endeavoring to induce the
city council to guarantee them unin-
terrupted use of the streets for one
year. They declare they will put 100
buses, enough to care for traffic, in
operation Immediately if this conces-
sion is granted.
Marshall, Miller, superintendent of
city streets, said today he favored an
ultimatum to the Harris Trust COM
pany of Chicago, principal bondholder
of the railway company. demanding
that the company resume operations
or remove its tracks from the streets,
Mayor H. B. Barton declared an at
tempt would be made to speed up
foreclosure sale of the street car sys-
tenn in order that new interests may
acquire and operate it.
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TOPEKA FRUIT . FRoDUcE MARREr.
(Furnished BY the s. e. Lux, Jr. Mercan
tile Co.. 125-I35 North Kansas Ave,l

FURNISHED BY the 5. f. Lux, Jr Mercan-
tile Co. 125-i35 North Kansas Ave,)
APPLEs-Califcrpia Gravensttne, per box
BANANAs-Per ID. or; bunch lots, .o65
LEMoNs-Californi 21os to 42O's,.. per
box $S.75G10O0; Lemonettes, per box $500.
CANTALOUPE-Turlo standards. 40
Flats, II 20 Is to crate $3.50; Arkansas
standard, per crate $3.50; Flats, per crate
LTMEs-1oO's, per carton 500.
S60s; per box $60o@!25.
per box $1.s5; box lots and over, per
:, P 6d Grand n, Duke Blue; per sFFaStss:
Giant Blue, per crate $500
INTERNATIONALLY lb. .02.
BEETs-Home grown. per doz. punches.
CABBAGE-Colorado. crate lots, per
h.. ,0425; less than crate lots, per ID. OBJ
CARRoTS-Home grown, per doz.
cAULIFLowER-Per lb. rs
G c33ceMMEfss Pe5 6 69z basket e s175. kaw
PEARS-Bartlett 113's, to 1905, per box
MANGO s-Per u bu basket sf25.
ONIONS-Spauish, per crate SOS, $500;
PoTAfoEsNKSw valley cobbiers. per
LETTUSE-Head "A doz) per crate
PEPPERS-Red hot, per Id. 40. 81 o. .,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. grown, per ID. .O5g
TOMATOES-Home grown, per basket,
30; basket lots, per basket, 50.
TURNIPS-Hone grown bulk. per ID.
.O3.
CIDER.Red Wing. per case of 1-gnllon
bottles 5000.
GINGER ALE-Bsech Nut, per case S3.0S.
GRAPE JUIcE-Welch's and Red Wing,
quarts. IL to the case. Ger case S7;75; pints.
"a to the case. per case $s.15; half gallons.
to the case. per case $50: gallons. to
the case, per case SO 30 plus 1096war tax
HORSER ADISH-Per carton. doz. bot
ties S140; per carton. one-haif gallon
bottle. per gal $3.50,
OYSTER SHELL-Per sack. S1.65.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. assorted, per
doz. 24-16 OF. jars, in case $500: three case
lots, per doz. $3.50; five case lots, per doz.
S2.S5; ten case lots. per doZ S275.
VINEGAR-Pure cider, approximately so
gal. barrel, per gal "a: distilled. colored,
Approximately, so gal. barrel, per gal.
%: distilled white, approximately so gal.
barrek per gal. 20: cider, full quarts. per
doz. S2.35: distilled. full quarts. per doz.
S1.6a
POP CoRN-Japanese huii-less. $50 10.
bags. per ID. 90.
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Have Him TRAPPED
Ascending Chicago Millionaire
Located in Mexico.
Spurgin, However, Holds All
Pursuers at Bay.
ennnFnnM 10 lnnrnrn IN
.DBREGON IS APPEALED TO
Demand He Be Re-
fused Refuge.
VIII Take Troops to, Get Him
From Stronghold.

Maria, Tex, Aug. 6.-Warren G.
spurgin. absconding president of the
Michigan Avenue Trust company of
Chicago, is surrounded by armed
guards on the hacienda of a friend
in the outskirts of Chihuahua City, acy
cording to reports made to the district
manager of a nationally known de-
tective agency today by his operatives,
who trailed the fleeing financier to his
hiding place in Mexico.
According to the report, the hacien-
da, or ranch is located approximately
500 yards back from one of the Chi
huahua City roads and the armed
guard is maintained both night and
day. The hacienda is practically mac
eessible except from the front. the re-
port saws due to the fact that it is
a very short distance by mountains
covered with dense -undergrowths of
sage brush. mesquite and cactus.
The operatives further add that any
attempts so far made by them to gain
entrance to the estate have met with
determined resistance by the guard,
who have warned them any effort to
trespass will draw their fire
Play waiting Game.
The operatives must play a waiting
game according to the district mana
ger, and await Spurgin's next move, as
they are powerless to bring about his
arrest under the present conditions
existing in Chihuahua City.
''If Spurgin takes into his head to
mbve, the only thing we can do is to
trail him until our efforts, begun in
Mexico City several days ago to have
President Obregon declare him an
undesirable and order him expelled
from the country are successful, the
agency head declared.
\ The expulsion of Spurgin from Mex
ico will unwind considerable red tape
in its functioning, according to the
agency head.
Prevent 'Oiled Palms,
If President Qbregon grants their
request, q special emmissary will be
sent from Mexico City to Chihuahua
City to make an investigation and
take command of the situation. He
will visit the hacienda, accompanied
by federal troops, and place the fl
nancier under federal arrest on a
charge of being an undesirable"
Then to make cure that no palms
are Oiled" he will accompany him
to the United States border two hun
bred miles away, and turn him loose.
Agency operatives will be awaiting his
arrival.
According to the reports received
from operatives, the hacienda on
which Spurgin has found refuge is
owned and occupied by a former bust
ness associate of the defaulting bank
head
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Wall St., New York, Aug. ,6.-STOCKS-
Favorable comments by the mercantile
agencies as to the business outlook failed
to sustain the tagging bull interest in
the market and reactionary tendepcy he
came more pronounced in the second hour.
Dealings were usually contracted because
of the absence Of many traders over the
week end.
the fact that the successive bear drives
against special stocks failed to elicit any
support made the bears confident of their
position. Chemicals, Coppers, Famous
Players, Atlantic Gulf and West Indies
preferred and Retail Stores were depressed
/ to 21a end International Harvester pre-
ferred 81. Railroads were sluggish but
lower Delaware and Hudson and Texas
and Pacific 1 point. Foreign exchange
rates were substantially higher, sterling
gaining cent. The closing was heavy.
Sales approximated 10000 shares
Sales by discouraged holders and opera
tons on the short side of the market were
again effective in depressing prices at the
opening today. Prospects of continued
tight money, the extreme weakness of cop
per metals md predictions Of further divl-
dend cuts weakened speculative confidence
and enabled the bears to undermine the mar
ket United Drug, Baldwin, California
lacking, Cerro de Pasco Copper and Texas
and Pacific yielded 1 to IN. Mexican Pc
troleum, General Electric, Bethlehem Steel,
Chino Copper, Central Leather and Norfolk
and Western gave way u to q. Foreign
exchange rates were steady.
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TO OPEN NEW SONG SHOP.
Music Store at 70S Kansas Avenue
VIII Be ODened Tonight.

Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the new music store at
70S Kansas avenue. Theo. Morse is
in charge of the instrumental depart
ment and has all kinds of wind and
string instruments in stock. Clark
Cranler and Raymond Frager are in
charge of the Song Shop. At present
they are handling the latest popular
sheet music and later on they prob
ably will handle Victrola records.
Miss Mabel Mckee will be pianist for
the Song Shop compaRy.
The formal opening will take place
at $50 this evening. The popular
Song Shop orchestra will be there to
introduce some of the Song Shops
latest music. The members of the or
chestra are: Mac" Mills, "Dick" Nc
Kee, Bob" Merrfck," "Tike'' Kear-
ney, and Lauren Barnett
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Sunday morning at the Highland PARK
Methodist Episcopal church, the Rev. +.
Manshardt will preach. In the evening ming;
will have charge of the services
The Rev. and Mrs. j. W. Reed, Miss
Esthes Ree9 o and M B +b to tsSe
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. kerms Of Kansas
City were guests this week Of Mr.. and
Mr. and Mrs. @. w. Berry will motor
to Kansas City to spend the week end
They will be accompanied by their daugh-
ter Ruth who will stop at Lawrence en-
route home to be the guest Of her grand
Mr.. Sidney Eberhart will return the last
of the week from Manhattan to spend the
summer vacation with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Eberhart.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Millican have returned
other points in the east.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schin of Kansas
City spent the week visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Miss Elizabeth Burr who has left for
Pennsylvania was a guest this last week
for short time before leaving OF MI
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Bridgford Of Silver
Lake were recent visitors of Mr.. ana Mrs.
J. L. Fowler. Mr.. Carl Fowler and little
son Junior of Chicago were also guests
of Mr.. Fowlers parents. Mr.. Fowler spent
Tuesday at Silver Lake
Miss Carolyn Vance is a guest this week
of Miss Pansy Dunlap Of Berryton.
| Miss Pearl Holston, who has been at
tending the summer session at the Kan.
returned home. Miss Holston viii teach
next winter.
The Clover Hill Ladies' Aid society viii
have an all day meeting Tuesday with Mrs
J. W Marsh on Virginia avenue.
| Miss Agnes Roger of Valley Falls fl
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Roger.
| Mr. and Mrs p. Z Talley will spenc
| next week at Excelsior Springs, No.
Miss Anna Lamb has gone to Kansas
City to spend a week
Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt Lamb. and children
| Mr.. Warren Lamb OF Pittsburg who weri
I called here by the death Of their uncle
Mr.. J. ". Lamb, have returned home. Mr.
1 and Mrs. J. W. Lamb of Florence and Mr.
/ Walter Lamb of Ell Dorado have also re
| turned home after attending their fathers
| funeral Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Whitcraft. Mr.
J and Mrs. w. EA Beightle, Mrs. Joe Hill
| Mrs. VIII Handcuff Mr.. T. J. Squires Mr.
John Davis have all returned to Holto1
| after attending the funeral Mrs. JOSH
| Ramey and Mr., George Parrot Of Man
haitian Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jackson. Mr.
1 and Mrs. Psssendorf and Miss Mary Pinicl
of Onaga have also returned
| Mrs. L W. James of Washington, D c.
spent Thursday as the guest of Mrs E &
Glunt at her home Ia Maryland avenue.
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WOMAN is HELD
Chicago Divorces Explanation
of Murder Fails to Satisfy.
Had Been on Auto Ride With
Victim of Shooting.

Los Angeles, Aug. 6.-Mrs. NADIA
lynne Obenehain. Chicago divorce,
and one-time prettiest coed Of North
western university, is being held by
the sheriff here today as a material
witness in one of the most startling
and mysterious murders occurring
here in years.
Mrs. Obenchain, who is the divorced
wife of Ralph B. Obenchain, attorney
for the Aetna Life Insurance COM
pany Of Chicago, is said to have been
a passenger in the "chummy road
ster'' of ]. B. Kennedy, wealthy in
surance man, when he was shot to
death last night on the gravelled drive
of his country estate, Beverley Glen,
twelve miles southwest of Los An
geles.
Kennedy was on the way from his
ear to the yeranda of his bungalow, it
is said, when a shot rang out and he
dropped with, a bullet in his brain.
The bullet evidently had been fired
from a clump of shrubbery which
shrouded the drive.
81 am holding Madalynne Oben-
chain" Sheriff c. A. Tatton said.
1--WE shall hold Mrs. Obenchain as a
material witness. She has made a
lengthy detailed statement to us but
we are convinced { at she has Lot yet
told all she knows about this. affair"
Mrs. Obenchain is said to have told
the officials that she had spent the
day on a motor trip with Kennedy. On
the return, she said they stopped at
his house and Kennedy asked her to
wait in the car while he attempted to
arouse the caretal-er. When ne was
half way 20 the house, Mrs. Ob3r chain
is said to have told the officers, she
She denied that she had seen any one
around who could have fired the shot