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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
Len Small'S Attorneys Demand
Copy of Bond.
New Move Seen in Governors
Battle Against Arrest.

Springfield, Ill, Aug. 11.-Governor
Len Small of Illinois was to spend
part of his $4,000 liberty outside
Springfield late today. The governors s
plans called for his departure from
the capitol late this afternoon. He
intended to go Unto seclusion' at his
home at Kankakee. including the pos
sible postponement of all immediate
engagements. ..-.......
His battery of attorneys. headed
now by Corporation Counsellor
So nsuel A. Ettclson, of Chicago, mean
while laid plans for the next legal
clash with Sangamon county officials
"a habeas corpus proceeding. The
legal aspect of the case devolved into
a battle of wits between opposing
counsel.
Former Congressman James NJ.
Graham, of the governors counsel,
opened his fight by demanding GER
titled copy of the governors bonds
from Sheriff Mester. The request was
refused temporarily by the sheriff
pending a decision from States At
informed the sheriff the statutes did
not compel the sheriff to produce a
copy of the bonds. The intimation
was given that legal steps might be
taken to compel the sheriff to comply.
The copy, it was explained, would
ton. To bring the habeas corpus into
play, both sides admitted the governor
must be surrendered on his bonds"
Possession of a copy of the bonds
would enable his counsel to "surren-
der" the governor to law officers out
side Sangamon county.
1t is this step. reports today con-
firmed, that will be taken next to test
the legality of his arrest. The quest
of legal knowledge by the opposing
attorneys centered on the possibility
of the habeas corpus action outside
Springfield without the use OF a GER
titled copy of the bonds. Opinions or
this phase conflicted.
A report that the habeas corpus
action would be taken before the state
supreme court was discounted by legal
authorities here. 1t was pointed out
that such action would have to be
taken before the court as whole and
it does not meet until next October
The supreme court action would
merely follow a decision adverse tc
the governor from a lower court. AL
indications now point to the proceed.
ing being brought before a Cook
county Judge at Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
LAST STEP
Nations Formally Invited to
Meet for Disarmament.
Notes to Allies viii Be on Ca
bles by Tonight.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE United
States will today despatch to Great
Britain, France, Japan, Italy and
China formal invitations for those ma
tions to participate in a disarmament
conference and a discussion of Far
Eastern policies at Washington on
November IL, Secretary of State
Hughes announced today.
The formal invitations will be put
on the cables this afternoon and
probably will be made public here to-
morrow.
Pick American Delegates.
With the first formal step toward
the conference completed, the atten-
ton of President Harding and his ad-
visers here is turning to the personnel
of the American commission where a
real problem is presented.
President Harding's own suggestion
that the participating nations limit
their delegations to five or six per-
sons already has provided the tongues
of Washington with a basis of specu-
lation concerning the system to be
followed in selecting Americas repre-
sentatives.
1t is considered settled in high
quarters here that President Harding
himself will take no active part in the
deliberations and that Secretary of
State Hughes will act as chairman and
principal spokesman for the American
delegation.
A number of plans already have
been proposed for selecting the dele
gates. The one understood to have
found most favor embraces: A rep
resentative of congress, probably a
senator; a representative of the army;
a representative of the navy; promi-
nent Democrat; a prominent Repub-
lican; perhaps woman.
Pershing Almost Certain.
1t has been suggested that in view
of the fact that the experts and heads
of the army and navy will be on the
ground here, it will be unnecessary to
include their representative on the
commission itself or that the army
and navy representatives be centered
in one man such as General Pershing
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is con-
sidered a likely choice to represent
congress, due principally to his posi-
ton as chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee, and his admitted
knowledge of international affairs.
There is more speculation over the
identity of the Democrat than oveI
any other parsonage. The name OF
toned with frequency
The name of Elihu Root also is be-
ing heard with increasing frequency as
member of the American commits
sion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11

San Francisco. Aug. 1.-THE body
of Father Patrick E. Heslin, missing
Colma priest who disappeared from
his parish. Holy Angels Catholic
church. the night of August 2. was
found buried at the bottom of sand
cliff near Sa1ada beach on the Pacific
ocean about twenty miles south of
San Francisco.
Father Heslin had been murdered
and there was a bullet hole thru his
heart and thru the head. the latter
shot having torn away part Of the
skull. The body was exhumed at IL
o'clock last night by party consisting
of Chief of Police O'Brien of San
Francisco, Constable S. A. Landini of
Colma, newspaper men and W. A
Hightower, discoverer of the grave.
The party left San Francisco late
last night acting on a tip given by
Hightower that he had discovered the
grave and the body was exhumed by
the tight of a lantern.
Woman Gave First Clue.
William A. Hightower furnished the
clue on which the body was found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11

During the height of the near
cloudburst last evening about $50
o'clock o. F. Engel, S21 Lane street,
looked out and discovered his big
Nash motor car had disappeared from
in front of his house where he had
parked it.
What, auto bandits. in a storm like
this!" reflected Engel. II must call
the police station at once"
But before he did so neighbors in
formed him they had seen a big tour
ing car floating down the street,
backwards, half an hour before.
1t still was raining hard and light
ming flashes revealed a stranded motor
car half a block away, in mid-current.
Water was running like a mill-race
down Lane to Eighth street, from ter
race to terrace. At the corner it
formed a pond more than 100 feet
across and four feet deep where it
swept into the mouth of a storm
sewer.
Altho equipped with a pair of high
rubber boots it was more than half an
hour before Engel was able to nego-
tiate the torrent and reach his
stranded car. After removing a small
tree and considerable drift that had
lodged against the front end of the
car, he drove it to his garage.
1t was apparent that the only reason
the car was not carried farther down
broadside Of water rushing east from
the alley. This pushed the car out to
the middle of the street where it
lodged, the water being shallower
there.
I'm for entering Lane street on the
map as one of the navigable streams
Of Kansas" declared Engel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
TO CLEAN UP CAMP GROUNDS
Attorney General Takes Matter Up
With Kansas Mayors.

Sanitary conditions at public camp
ing parks in Kansas towns need at
tention. according to letter ad-
dressed to mayors of the state by the
attorney general. In many of the
towns, he states, choice parks have
been provided for motorists, but
grounds are not properly kept and
sanitary conditions threaten health of
tourists as well as residents of the
towns
The letter asks for general clean
up of campaign resorts under terms
of the state health laws. Officials
of Topeka and other cities are said to
be due to receive copies of the letter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
PLEADS FOR PEACE
President MilIerand Wants Pre-
miers to Make Up.
Urges Immediate Solution of
Upper Silesian Problem.

Paris, Aug. 11.-President Millerand
of France interviewed IN the Upper
Silesian conversations between Pre-
mier Lloyd George and Premier Bri-
and today to prevent another serious
divergence of views. The president
urged the Importance of a settlement
to save the entente cordiale of Europe.
1t is probable that final ratification
postponed until the next meeting of
the council to allow the allied high
commissioners to return to Upper Si-
lesia to take necessary steps to pre-
vent trouble when the partition is put
into effect. The allied statesmen ex-
pect to discuss the Upper Silesian
question again this evening.
On Friday, the council will take up
the German war trials in the supreme
court at Leipsig. The French are in
censed at the lightness of the sentence
imposed upon the convicted German
commissioner from Leipsig in conse-
quence. This action was taken inde-
pendently without consulting the Brit
ish.
The council unexpectedly took up
the Russian famine situation and de-
cided to send relief into Russia. An
international commission VIII study
the situation and report upon the best
methods of giving quick relief to the
starving masses in the interior of
Russia.
! The council agreed that a commit
tee should be appointed to study the
best means Of bringing about allied CO.
operation in sending relief to famine
stricken districts of Russia, and 1t was
stipulated that the committee should
submit a report before the present
meeting is over.
There appeared to be general
agreement that the forwarding of sup
plies to the suffering provinces of Rus
sia, need not necessarily involve recog-
milton in any form of the soviet gov
ernment, the question being describe d
| by Prime Minister Lloyd George as a
Humanitarian, not a political matter -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
Congressman Are in Hurry For
Their Vacations.
New Bill in Final Stages Due
for Action Monday.
HOUSE LEADERS UNCERTAIN
President Lays Down Heavy
Program for SoIons.
''NOrmaIcy" Now Chief Slogan
of All Party Leaders.

Washington, Aug. 11.-Republican
leaders in congress oiled the wheels
of legislative machinery today and
cess before the eyes of the lawmakers
with the promise that they could have
it If certain expectations of the ad-
ministration are fulfilled during the
coming week.
Differences Of opinion exist between
senate and house leaders as to the
probable date for the beginning of the
proposed summer vacation. Senate
chieftains insist that the measure
upon which action is demanded by
President Harding before a recess can
be taken. may be disposed of by Au-
gust 20, while house leaders declare
that it is likely to take longer.
NormaIcy Now Slogan.
Despite the fact that the present
extra raordinary session of congress was
called for the express purpose of re-
V1slng the revenue laws and enactine
a new tariff law, neither of the pend
ing bills has reached the stage where
it can be acted upon finally, so the
administration has turned its attention
to other measures, designed to restore
normal conditions
The program which the president
has communicated to congress in
cludes the passage of the taxation bill
by the house and its reference to the
senate finance committee, the passage
by the house of the administration bill
to authorize the war finance corpora.
ton to make advances for the expor-
tation of agricultural products. fina'
action on the bill to provide federal
regulation of grain exchanges and pas
sage of the. resolution extending the
emergency tariff bill for two months.
Rush Revenue Bill.
The revenue bill is expected to go tc
the public printer Friday or Saturday
of this week. If this schedule is ad.
hered to, it can be formally introduced
in the house on Monday and referred
to a Republican caucus on the eve
ming of the same day. Every effort
will be made by the ways and means
committee and the Republican leaders
to jam this bill thru before the enc
of next week, but the senate finance
committee may not be able to get i
until a week later, or on August 27.
Passage of the other measures or
the presidents program may not bt
effected as easily as is hoped for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
San Francisco Priest
Tho Kidnapped, Victim
OF a Religious Fanatic
rawlings of alfntoxcated Foreigner Woman of the
Streets, Furnished Frisco Man With Clue-Advertsng
Sign Was Marker for Grave of Father Heslin Who
Disappeared August 2.

Today he is being held for further
questioning and for investigation.
According to Hightower, he gained
his information from Dolly Mason, "a,
a woman of the night life, who last
Saturday related the rawlings of half
intoxicated foreigner, who boasted
that his revolver had taken human
life.
Dolly. according to Hightower, asked
where the body was buried and the
man replied:
I've a man watching him all the
time-a man who sits and cooks flap
jacks"
Hightower, who is familiar with the
Salada beach region, thru work on a
railroad there some years ago, started
on a lone search. He found, he said,
a large advertising sign bearing the
picture of a miner cooking flapjacks.
Informant Has Vanished.
He explored every inch of the sur
rounding beach and hillside. On a
cliff $50 feet high, he found a con-
cealed bench and there picked up a
cartridge and a black scarf. Fright
ened, he said, he came back to the
city. He endeavored to find Dolly
Mason and was unsuccessful. He
heard she had gone to Portland.
Last night he went to Archbishop
Hannah's residence to tell his story.
A searching party was organized.
Hightower led the party to the
the feeble light of flashlights and a
lantern, digging was started. First a
section of damp broadcloth came to
light. Then a hand and then the face
of the murdered priest. His garb and
possession of the sacred stole about
his neck and holy emblem attached
to his watch chain left no doubt as to
his identity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
NO PELLAGRA EPIDEMIC
State Board of Health Does Not An
ticipate Serious Trouble.

State Board OF dcAlIn DOCS NOJ All
ticipate Serious Trouble.
State board of health officials do
not anticipate serious trouble in this
state from pellagra in spite of several
recent reports of the disease in this
state and one death in Franklin coun-
ty. DIR. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of
the state board of health. asserted to-
day that there is no justification for
& general condition in Kansas which
would result in a considerable number
of pellagra cases.
Records of the state board show
three new pellagra cases were report
ed last week. One new case was re-
ported in June, one in May and one in
April. F. c. Tomberlin of Franklin
county was reported to have died
from the disease this week.
There is no reason for pellagra IN
Kansas" said Doctor Crumbine. This
disease is due 10 under-nourishment
and it is possible for almost every per-
son in Kansas to get proper nourish-
ment. Many persons do not realize
the importance of eating a correct diet
and adhere to old notions in this re-
gard. Fresh vegetables, fruits and
milk are essentials.
I'VE usually have one or more
deaths in Kansas every year from pei
lagra. But I do not believe there is
anything to worry about here. The
cause of disease and death is usually
due. more to the taste and desire of
individuals for certain foods than be-
cause of inability to secure proper
food"
1t has been reported that the buff
falo gnat, found in Kansas. is respon-
s;hle for spread of pellagra. Doctor
Crumbine said this theory was not
thoroly established.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
CONSIDER BUILDING PLANS
Conference of Methodist Church VIII
Be Held Tonight.

The quarterly conference of the
Methodist church. called by DR.. c. B.
Zook, superintendent of the district,
will be held tonight at the high school
auditorium. The conference will in
clude the official boards of the Metho-
dist churches of the city. At the con-
ference it is probable that means of
rebuilding the First Methodist church
will be considered.
DR.. Edmund ]. Kulp, pastor of the
First Methodist church. returned to
the city Wednesday night from Colo
rado. He is encouraged by the gener-
Gus offers of many persons to give
financial aid in the rebuilding of the
church. Both members of his church
and of other churches have offered
their aid.
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tional. His decision permitted the
case to be taken Immediately upon ap-
peal 70 the United States supreme
court. where it was reversed and the
law held valid. This was during the
fight of the railroads against the eight
hour law He was appointed a federal
judge in 1899 by President Mckinley.
Judge Hook was for many years one
of the foremost lawyers in the state.
From 1873 to 1S99-the period Of his
private practice in LeayenWorth-he
was associated in partnership with
such prominent attorneys as the late
Senator Lucien Baker and John H.
Atwood, now of Kansas City. Judge
Hook had spent practically his entire
life in Kansas. had graduated from
the Leavenworth high school and first
studied law in his home town.
Appointed by President Mckinley.
Largely due to the efforts of Sena-
tor Baker and Cyrus Leland-chen Pc
publican political boss in kansas
Judge Hook was appointed ny Presi-
dent Mckinley as United States dis
trict Judge for the district OF Kansas.
This appointment came to Judge Hook
in 1899. In 1903 there was a. vacancy
in the office of the circuit judgeship
for the Eighth judicial circuit. There
were a number of candidates for the
appointment, but Judge Hook was ele-
waited to the office by President RocSe- =
welt. Judge John c. Pollock-then as
sociate justice of the Kansas supreme
chosen by President Roose-
welt as Judge HOOK S successor as dis
trict judge.
In the last 25 years Judge Hook had
taken but little interest in politics and
had not participated actively in either
state or national campaigns. During
his twenty years of active private
practice in Leavenworth, Judge Hook
however. had been a prominent char
acter in state affairs. He was identi-
fled with the Leland organization in
the state and helped to build the ma
chine which was responsible for the
election of his law partner. Lucier
Baker, to the United States senate in
1895.
Following the Mckinley election ir
1896 and the return of Kansas to the
Republican fold under Mort Albaugh's
leadership as state chairman in 1898
Hook won his reward by appointment
, to the federal judgeship. He remained
in government judicial service unit
his death.
Judge Hook was a native of Penn
sylvania. He was born in 1857 a;
Waynesburg. He was married il
1882 to Louise Dickson of Leaven-
worth.
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May Accuse DiscOverer

San Francisco, Aug. ia
search today of the room occupied
by W. A. Hightower, a baker, who
last night led the police to the
grave of the Rev. Patrick Heslin,
missing priest. revealed a rifle,
pieces of bloody burlap and clip
pings from local newspapers show
ing the amount of the reward CT
fered for the priests return.
The police said they would con-
front Hightower at once with their
findings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
JUDGE HOOK DIES
Was For Many Years One of
Foremost Lawyers in State.
Pleura-PneumOnia Fatal to
Prominent KanSan.
TO JUDGESHIP IN 1899
His Most Famous Decision Was
in AdamsOn Law,
Appointed as Federal Judge by
President Mckinley.
TO JUDGESHIP IN 1899

Kansas City. Mo-, Aug. ia tele-
gram received today announced the
death of Federal Judge william c.
Hook of pleura- a-pneumonia at his sum-
mer home at Plum Lake, Wisconsin.
His home was in Leavenworth, Kan.
Judge Hook was federal circuit
judge of the Eighth district and was
one of the most widely known federal
judges in the country. His most IA
nous decision was that in which he
held the eight-hour law unconstitu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
Prehistoric Giant
May Be an Idol
Discovered by Coal Miner in Tonnes
see, Horned and Winged Man Now
Object of Much Conjecture.


Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 11.-Further
information as to the petrified body of
gigantic proportions found near Helen
wood, in Scott county. Tenn, was re-
ceived here today. Cruise Sexton, of
Helenwood, found the Devil. as he
calls it, on July 20, last, while pros
pecting for coal. The formation was
five feet under ground. 1t weighs
something like five hundred pounds.
The freak is described as having a
head of abnormal size adorned by
horns resem bling those of a ruminant.
Its mouth is of unusual size with
twenty-four prominent front teeth.
The arms are of unusual length, with
enormous hands. A chain resembling
an ordinary trace chain encircles the
neck.
Long wings Of brownish color reach
from the shoulders almost to the
ankles Imprint of the left hand is
plainly visible on the chest. Sexton
believes the object may be an image
of an old tribe of Indians or cliff
dwellers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
NO MORE Rain IN SIGHT
Clear Skies Prevail Over Central and
Western Kansas Today.
ToDAY's TEMPERATURES.

"The rain is over" said S. D. Flora,
of the local weather bureau, today.
"at least for the time being. Clear
skies prevail over the central and
western Kansas today"
With a heavy rain in the east cen
tral portion of the state Wednesday
night, Flora says this section could
well divide with the central and west
ern portions of the state. The Kaw
valley has too much rain, he said,
while the western part, especially. is
needing moisture.
Topeka came in for the heaviest
rain Wednesday night. The total
rainfall during the twenty-four hour
period, from midnight Tuesday to mid
night Wednesday was 4.92 inches. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
odd Fellows in National Meet.

Cleveland, Aug. IA three days
convention of Representatives of the
Odd Fellows Of the United States and
Canada began here today. Business
sessions will be held all of today. to-
morrow and Saturday morning. Satur-
day afternoon will be devoted to social
programs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
AUTO IS WASHED AWAY

Near-Cloudburst OH Lane Street
Moves Touring Car Half Block in
Mid-Current. o. F. Engel Favors
Entering Street on Map as One
of Navigable Streams of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
C1aims Her Hubby Cot Rough.

Oklahoma City. Aug. 11.-Charges
that her husband, Ruel Hux, had bound
her, locked her in a wardrobe and
thrown her out of a window. were
made by Lucille Hux. in her petition
for divorce on file here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11
Ono Man Is Burned to Death.

Montreal, Aug. 11.-One man was
burned to death and 700 people were
made homeless by fire which de-
stroyed Aylmer today.
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Last Confederate Congressman Dies.

Ocala, Fla. Aug. 11.-Col. John
Marshall Martin, believed to be the
last surviving member of the congress
of the confederate states of America.
died at his home here last night after
an illness of several months
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The bank of Shunganunga creek be-
ing high at that point, Fourth street
from the creek to Klein street was a
lake during the night
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10. Stevic reports that the force
of the high water tore away a portion
of the foundation of his home, 1913
Central Park avenue, and then
promptly filled his basement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-11

The taxfcab comps nies did the big
gest business in years Wednesday
afternoon and evening. During the
hours when the stores were closing
and business and office help going
home the demand for taxis was espe-
cially heavy. Even as late as 9 o'clock
it was in many cases necessary to wait
from 30 to As minutes for cab.
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