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hereby certify that the above and foregoing true ana report of the general funds account the street 1no account pound pen of the town of McCo Arkansas from July 5h 1920 to January 3rd 192l Vo best of my knowledge and belief
 Signed: G. w. BARBER, Treasurer, Town of McCrofS' Arkansas.
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FUNDS PAID OUT-sTREET FUND

Jul17, No673, |. Mitchell moving fence' ---$ 320 JuL24, No612, H. Arno1 street ngntS, 200 Augl No68l " T. Ramsey cuItng WeedS on street, 1000 Aug 16 No.615 Wy Kaney Tor Screet slghUs, 200 Aug 16 No68O Joe & Lewis Candlish cutting weeds 12O Aug.l6 No.619 LesIe Clayton cuCCnlg Weeds' 1.50 Aug.16 No.678 Joe Clayton cutting weeds, 150 Aug.l6 No.683, h. A. brewery mo. street pghts 400 Aug. 16 No.684, Ii. Arnof, street llghts, 200 Aug26 No686 Riggs Bros street hghts to Aug l, 800 Aug.26 No687 Delco Light Products Tor hxtrs 14017 Sep. l, No685 Nelo McQulgg~ cuttlng weeds, 180 Sep. T. No694 Road Improvement District No. 3,
 part gravel streets, --; 100000 Sep14 No708 Guy B. Ramsey hauling light pofes 100
 Total amount paid out $117937 Jan. B. 1921 Balance III street funds account --.NONE
 POUND PEN FUND
 Ju g. Balance last report published, 50
 Funds paid out, ----.-..-NONE Jan. hand in Pound Pen fund account
 WARRANTS OUTSTANDING AND UNPAID
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Jul. 5 Amount overdrawn shown last financial
 statement published Oct. 15 1920 -------.---=-s Jul27, No.671 Gid Capshaw, marshal's June salary JuL27 No.664, w. w. Raney, printing and office rent Aug.11, No682, Dixie Cuvert & Metal, Co.,, balance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-21

Cleveland, O.. Feb. 21.-City and
county officials have failed to date to
upearth one tangible clew to the iden-
tity of the murderer of the two Parma
rural school teachers on lonely road
near the school.
The two teachers were Miss Louise
Wolf, 3S, principal of the high school,
and Miss Mabel Foote, "a. Miss Wolf
was a graduate of Ohio State univer-
sity and had been in charge of Parma
high school for the last two years.
Miss Foote was a graduate of Bald
win Wallace college and, after teach
ing in primary schools for two years.
took up her duties at Parma high
school at the beginning of the Septem-
ber term.
The murder was classed by police
as the most brutal crime committed
in the county within memory of pres
ent officials. The murderer welded
several saplings which he had cut
from thick woods which flank both
sides of Bean road.
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new ATTY Gen.
Harry M. Daugherty VIII Sue
ceed Palmer.
Definite Announcement Is Made
by Harding Today.

st. Augustine, Feb. 21.-Definite an
nouncement that Harry M Daugherty
has been chosen for the attorney gem
eralship under the coming administra-
ton was made here today by Presi-
dent-elect Harding.
Harry NJ. Daugherty's home is in
Columbus, Ohio. He is a lawyer by
profession and has practised in law
since 1891. He first entered politics
in 1883 when he was elected to the
Ohio state legislature and served five
years. He was chairman of the Re
publican state central committee and
during the recent campaign acted as
Harding's campaign manager. He is
given chief credit for the nomination
of the president-elect at the Chicago
convention last summer.
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George Foss. former congressman
from Illinois, today was under consid-
Grafton by President-elec Harding for
the post of secretary of the navy. A
T. Hert of Kentucky and John Hays
Hammond, who probably would be ac
credited to California, were still in the
running, however
James ]. Davis. Pittsburgh, and T.
V. O'Connor, Buffalo, were in the lead
for the portfolio of secretary of labor.
Herbert Hoover's appointment as
secretary of commerce appeared to be
accepted as certainty by Harding s
advisers.
Friends of Charles G. Dawes, Hi
nois, renewed their activity to get him
the treasury post, but it appeared un-
likely that Harding would reopen ne
gotiations with him.
Harding will finish his inaugural
address this week. He went over
those sections relating to foreign af-
fairs at the conference with Charles
E. Hughes, secretary of state in the
Harding cabinet.
Harding will leave here next Sum
Gay or Monday for an overnight stop
at Marion before going to Washington
to be inaugurated.
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The women taught school in two
portable buildings located across the
street from each other at a country
cross roads. A new high school build
ing, which they both looked forward
with pleasure to occupying next year,
is being erected a short distance away.
The teachers. living in the city, rode
back and forth to work each day on
the street car. This necessitated their
walking about two miles to the car.
Leave School Together.
AS was the case most every day, the
teachers remained after school to cor
rect papers and lay out their next days
work. They left the school houses,
together, about O'Clock. c. ]. Uhinck.
a farmer, living across the road, saw
them Leave
The road leads up and down over
several steep hills 1t is sheltered on
both sides by heavy woods and or
cllards. About a quarter of a mile
along the road, in a low gully and set
ting back zoe feet from the highway
is located little shack built by a real
estate company. 1t was in this shack
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that the murderer hid himself until
the teachers had reached that point
of the road.
The deep foot prints made in the
soft soil tell the story of the murder
almost as plain as an eye witness
might have described it.
From the gully. where the murderer
started his attack, the road leads up
a steep hill for more than 500 feet.
A pathway runs at the top of an en-
bankment, six or seven feet above the
road.
The 600 feet from the gully at the
bottom of the hill to where the bodies
lay at the top were marked by bloody
clubs. a handkerchief here, a wrist
watch farther along. an overshoe
which one of the teachers lost in her
flight, an umbrella, bent and broken.
Two posts in the wire fence which
bordered an orchard, were snapped
off close to the ground, evidently from
the force of bodies thrown against
them. The grass was trampled and
blood splotched.
The teachers fought for their lives
and for each other
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Annual Party Banquet VIII Be
Held Tuesday Night.
Prominent Party Leaders From
Over State to Attend.
j. H. ATWOOD IS SPEAKER
He Is Widely Known as Party
Worker in West.
Miss Nellie Cline Is Only
Woman Speaker.

Prominent Democrats from every
section of the state are expected to at
tend the annual party banquet in To-
peka Tuesday night. While there was
little in the November election re-
turns to bring joy to the hearts of
Kansas Bourbons. the Democrats will
plan big things for the next campaign.
Sohn H Atwood, prominent Kansas
City lawyer and former Kansan. will
be the top line speaker and will fur
nish most of the inspiration.
For many years the Kansas Demo-
Gratis have held their annual banquet
in Topeka Washington's birthday.
During the many lean years and re-
cent years of success. faithful workers
came with regularity to the dinner.
There is confidence in the hearts of
the party faithful that the recent bad
news will not affect attendance-cer-
tainly not the party fighting spirit.
A Prominent Worker.
Atwood was prominent at Demo-
cratic banquets in Kansas in the old
days of twenty yeahs ago. AT that
time he was a Leavenworth lawyer
and ranked at the top among the lead
ers of his party in this state. Later
when he moved to Kansas City, this
state continued to claim him as res
ident. He went thru the early wars
of his party with such leaders as Rob-
ert w Blair. Judge billiard, A. NJ.
Jackson, Hugh p. Farre1ly. the late
John Overmeyer, Bale P. Waggener
and Judge Dale. In the contests of
the late COS Atwood spoke in every
section of the state and was always a
power in the Democrat state and dis
trict conventions of those days.
AT the speakers table with Atwood
Tuesday night will be party orators of
the younger generation-the men and
women who are to carry responsible
ties in the coming campaigns. There
are but four regular speakers on the
program.
Miss Cline to Speak.
Miss Nellie Cline. of Larned first
Democrat woman legislator, will be
the only woman speaker at the din
per. Miss Cline will respond to the
toast THE DemocraticlP Party
Other speakers on the program in
clude E. w. Davis, Liberal, county
attorney of Seward county, and John
R.. Beeching, of Hutchinsons recent
Democratic nominee for congress in
the Seventh district. The banquet
will be held at Masonic temple at $50
O'Clock. 1t is the plan of officers of
the dinner club to begin the speaking
program at 1880.
Preceding the banquet reception
will be held at the Elks' club for wiees
and daughters of visiting Democrats.
Mrs. Theodore Saxon, of Topeka, will
be hostess to the visiting ladies. Visit
ing ladies will be guests of members
of the womens Democrat club of To-
peka from 3 until o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
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Ohio Congressman Pushes I'm
peachment of Lands.
Declares Ball Magnates Try to
Block Justice.
PROBE OF CHARGES STARTS
Accuser Declares Court Busi-
ness Is Being Neglected.
Must Not Hold Two Jobs at
One Time, Says Welty.

Washington. Feb. 21.-Direct charge
that baseball magnates appointed
Judge Lands of Chicago as a national
arbitrator of their organizations to de-
feat suits against them was made by
Representative welty, Ohio, today
Welty was before the house judici-
ary committee which opened investi-
cation of the impeachment charges
brought against Landis by the con-
gresham.
Attempted To Block Justice.
'I1is appointment was a plain at
tempt to block justice" said Welty.
"Organized baseball named him in the
hope that the action would stop the
prosecution of the Chicago White Sox
players indicted for gambling and the
$4,000 antitrust suit brought by the
old Federal league against the Ma
tional and American leagues
Several members of the committee
indicated by their questions that they
saw no ground for Welty's charges.
Chairman Vo1stead and Welty clashed
several times, each saying that he had
been insulted by the other. Volstead
at one time told Welty to stop MAX
ing speech and give us some facts"
Would Force Resignation.
Representative Hustled, New York.
however, declared it was ''outra geous'
| for Lands to be receiving a salary of
$4,000 while remaining a federal
| judge, but indicated that he did not
| believe sufficient evidence had been
given for an impeachment.
Il am sympathetic with any move
ment to force Judge Landis to resign
one of the jobs,' said Hustled. But 1
want to find a legal basis for the
charges
Representative Boies, Iowa, inter-
irupted:
I'm my opinion We want to find a
/ legal way to remove this fellow"
| Lands Not Represented.
No one was in the committee to rep
resent Lands. altho Representative
Gallivan. Massachusetts,, ex-Harvfard
baseball player, said he expected te
ldefend baseball If necessary. He add
led that he was representing Landis.
Representative Gard, Ohio, indicated
THAT the only basis for impeachfne ent
| fConffpund nm Pa or
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HOUSE ANSWERS ROLL CALLS
Many Measures Taken Up Today for
Final Passage.

House members spent the entire
morning answering roll calls. 1t was
the most colorless session from the
standpoint of the visitors that the leg
islature has staged this winter.
Calling the roll is one of the impor-
tant features of passing new laws. It
is one of the necessary functions which
must be given attention Saturday the
house stored away a whole flock of
more or less unimportant legislation
when it worked in committee of the
whole. This morning the bills came
up for final passage on third reading
There were but few bulk roll calls
The rolls showed but IS members
voting during most of the morning ac-
tivities. This afternoon the house took
up regular business under general or
ders and after weekend rest was
ready to provide such oratory as might
be needed in passing or blocking pro-
posals for additions to the general stat
utes. There were but two minor com
mittee bills introduced in the house
during the morning
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let GERMANY IN
League Council Asks Berlin to
Send Representative.
Plans to Get United States to
Enter COnclaye.

Paris, Feb. 21.-Germany was ad-
mitted today to membership in the
League of Nations technical organi-
zations.
The league council at the opening of
its sitting here invited Germany to
participate in the international tram
sit conference at Barcelona next
month. thereby inaugurating the policy
of admitting her to all technical COM
missions, pending her actual admission
to the league.
Want g. S. in Too.
Germany and the United States
again were leading figures when the
council of the League of Nations re-
convened here today. Neither country
ly concerned means of admitting Ger
many and persuading the United
States to join.
Members of the council indicated
their belief that Germanys obligations
will be determined finally at the Lon
don conference this week. 1t was fully
expected that the premiers now serv-
ing on the allied supreme council will
be relieved from their duties in that
organization and be ready to assume
membership in the league council.
Plans will be discussed, also, for Civ
ing more countries a place on the
league council.
Publicity Rules Discussed.
Today's program included adoption
of publicity rules, probably to result
in daily communique on secret ses-
sions; reformation of the Saar valley
commission and the appointment of a
committee to study proposed amend
ments to the league covenant. Promi-
nent among these amendments are:
Canada's proposal for the elimina-
tion of Article X
Argentina's suggestion that all SOW
ereign states be admitted
Colombia's proposal that all deci-
sions must be reached unanimously
Scandinavia's amendments including
the field of compulsory arbitration.
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was called and gave her a hypoder-
mic"
Both Doctor Van Horn and Doctor
Warriner said they believed the poi
son was strychnine.
Mrs. Foley. Kathleen's mother, said
her daughter did not know Cruise was
married when she started keeping
company with him. The information
came to her thru = a girl friend, she
said. kathleen called up Cruise over
long distance and asked him about it.
Mrs. Foley said, and Cruise came to
Topeka. She said Kathleen told her
afterward the man explained it by
saying the girl thought he was mar
RED because he had refused to talk to
her on the train. Miss Foley's broth
er then made an investigation and
found that Cruise was married but
again the Wichita man explained it
away, the mother said. At last he as
serted that he was married but living
apart from his wife and intended to
get a divorce soon. Mrs. Foley said.
''She Is Dead" Said Telegram.
Mrs. Foley said Kathleen recently
received telegram from Cruise stating,
she is dead. Will see you soon" She
said Kathleen Interpreted this as
meaning that Cruise had obtained his
divorce. Kathleen went uptown, how
ever, and bought a Wichita paper, in
which she read of the death of Mrs.
cruise at Wichita, the mother said.
She declared that Kathleen had in
tended not to have anything more to
do with Cruise, after she learned of his
wife's death. She said Kathleen had
said that she would not let it worry
her and that she was going to discard
him.
Bought Gloves Friday.
Evidence that Miss Foley had plans
for the future was developed when il
was brought in the testimony of hel
, mother this afternoon, that the
/ daughter had purchased a new pair oi
gloves on Friday afternoon. She died
| that evening. 1t was her intention tc
I wear the gloves to Wichita, where she
expected to testify. The gloves had
never been worn.
Mrs. Foley told of a sack of choco-
Continued on Page Six.I
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WOLF HUNT AT PAULINE
Farmers Union Plans to Cover Eight
Miles in Roundup.

ers' Union of Pauline and to which all
who are fond of the sport are invited
to attend, will be held tomorrow. be-
ginning at 10 O'Clock in the morning
The drive will start one mile north
of Pauline and go two miles west, two
miles south and two miles, east to
Topeka avenue and return to the start
ing place, covering a radius of eight
square miles
The roundup will center on the A
c. Engler farm, near Pauline.
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IT'S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF
Chicago Union Men Not United In
Plan to Relieve Unemployment.

Chicago, Feb. 21.-Plans for alIevi-
ating the unemployment situation by
shortening the hours of men now at
work were abandoned today when the
Chicago Federation of Labor failed at
its meeting yesterday to act on the
proposals submitted two weeks ago.
Charges were made by President
John Fitzpatrick that the men with
snug jobs are uninterested in the fate
of their less fortunate companions
when we talk about the open
shop" Fitzpatrick told the delegates at
the weekly meeting, "the delegates
fearing it may interfere with their
Jobs, turn out in force, but when we
assemble to talk of unemployment, it's
self"
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TODAY IN CONGRESS-
In the Senate.

Republican members of senate
finance committee meets on soldier
bonus bill.
Secretary Houston resumes discus
sion of foreign loans before. judiciary
committee
Senate to decide whether il will
take up Winslow bill for partial pay
ment to railroads or the agriculture
appropriation bill.
In the House.
Judiciary nnmittee begins inyesti-
cation of Impeachment charges made
against Judge Landis OF Chicago.
Public buildings committee consid-
ers legislation to provide additional
hospital facilities for soldiers.
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WHAT OUTRAGE IS NEXT?
President FARRELL of Press Club Calls
Meeting 10 Make Mysterious Plans.

President j. f. farrell of the To-
peka Press club announces today an
important meeting of the club at the
rooms in the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday evening, beginning at
O'Clock.
1T seems that the Press club is
planning another public outrage
Apparently only the officers seem to
know anything about it. Reporters
and camera men today were unable to
ascertain the facts.
In addition to the Tuesday night
meeting the club will be entertained
with an athletic contest, plenty to eat
and the usual hunting privileges
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INDICTED DRUGGIST Is SHOT
Wife Also Facing Charges, Fired Shot
Then Surrendered Herself.

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 21.-S. Diggs
Nolen, local druggist, indicted last
week in connection with the sale of
several hundred thousand dollars
worth of stolen liberty bonds, was shot
and seriously wounded by his wife,
Mrs. Ethel w. Nolen, today.
Mrs. Nolen surrendered following
the shooting. declaring Nolen was
drunk and attacked her.
Mrs. Nolen also is under an :ndict-
ment in connection with the bond theft
case, it being charged she attempted
to bribe an officer who attempted to
Mace her under arrest.
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DEMOCRATIC EDITORS HERE
About IS Kansas Newspaper Men Will
Be in Topeka Tuesday.

A meeting of the Democratic Edi-
torial association of Kansas will be
held at the Throop hotel at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, at which about
seventy-five editors of Democratic
newspapers of Kansas will attend.
This is the annual meeting of the
Bourbon editors. who will be here in
attendance at the annual party BAN
quet- tomorrow night
The chief speakers at the meeting
will be George Harmon of Valley Falls
and W. r. Seder of Wichita
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Offices and Shops Shut Down for
Washington Birthday Observance.

The general offices. the shops and
other departments of the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe railway will be
closed all day tomorrow in observance
of Washington's birthday, according to
an order posted to the employees today.
Mayor Corwine said today that
Tuesday would be a holiday for city
hall employees. The usual commits
sion meeting would be held, however,
he said.
The public schools will have the en-
tire day of Washington's birthday for
a holiday, it was ANNOUNCED at Super
intendent Stouts office.
No stores have announced any in
tention of observing the holiday by
closing.
The court house will be closed all
day tomorrow to commemorate Wash
|ingtonS birthday.
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SAY OFFICERS INVOLVED.
Jap Papers Declare sentry Who Shot
American VIII BE Convicted

Toxic. Feb. 21.-Conviction OF
Toshigiro Ogasawara, the japanese
sentry who shot and killed Lieutenant
Langdon of the United States cruiser
Albany at yIadivostok late in Decem-
Der. is forecast by number of news
papers here, Including the usually weIl
Informed Jill Shimpo.
They declare not only will the sentry
be found guilty, but that several high
officers will become involved In the
case.
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OPEN REGISTRATION BOOKS
Topekans Not Voting in November
Must Register Before March 1S.

Books are open for registration of
voters for the spring election, Miss
Eta Covell, city clerk, announced to-
day. Anyone who has not registered
must do so before March IS.
Those who did not vote in Novem-
ber must register before they are ell
gible to cast a vote this spring, Miss
CoveIl emphasized. All who have
changed residence since the last cleo
.tion must re-register. Foreign-born
persons must produce naturalization
papers before they may register.
All candidates must file their candi-
dacy papers with the city clerk before
March IS.
ing employment as election judges and
clerks should get in touch with the
Committeeman of their precinct.
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a new offensive by the Turkish ma
tionalists against the Greeks on the
Smyrna front is expected. says Con-
stantinople dispatch to the Evening
News today. The nationalists are
concentrating in great strength along
the front, the dispatch adds.
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Fletcher to State Department Job.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Henry p.
Fletcher. former American ambassa-
dor to Mexico, is to be under secre-
tary of state in the Harding admins
tration
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TOSCANINI

Worlds greatest conductor. Thursday
night; 100 men, Plenty of good seats
at Jenkins.-Ady.
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ToDAY's TEMPERATURES

o'clock ..27l11 o'clock. 80
o'clock .....27f12 O'Clock .... .43
o'clock .....33 1 O'Clock. -. .4s
10 O'Clock. -. ..34 2 o'clock -. .4S
The temperatures Tuesday will be
forced down by a chilly wind, but
there is no really cold weather in sight
for Kansas. There were some low
marks set in the northwest this morn
ing, but the cold is not coming this
way, at least for the present.
Today the temperature is degrees
above normal for this season of the
year in Topeka. In Montana, there
was touch of zero weather this morn
ing. which is normal for this season.
The highest temperature in To-
peka Sunday was AZ degrees at 8
lContinued ON Pape Two q
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MORE NEAR SPRING WEATHER
Partly Cloudy and Slightly Colder, Is
the Prediction

The shippers forecast advises the
protection of thirty-six hour shipments
to the north and west against tempera-
lures of 80 degrees; east and south
above freezing.