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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
INDIAN PRISONERS SMOTHERED
British Probe Into Death OF Sixty-Eour
Natives in India.

London, Nov. 24.-Inquiry into the
suffocation of sixty-four Meplahs
prisoners recently while being trans
ferred in a closed railway wagon in
the Maderas district of India has re-
vealed that the incident created a sen
sation among the natives and provided
the nationalist press with effective
propaganda material.
The Times correspondent says that
examination of the railway wagon
showed that the Ventilating panels had
been recently painted, this practical
ly closing their mesh. The Moplahs
were imprisoned in the car five hours
on their journey from Tierur to Bel
larry. The conductor went to give
them water and found many of them
dead ana the remainder unconscious
Only thirty-six CT the one hundred in
the vehicle survived.
There was evidence of q fierce
struggle for life, the dying prisoners
having bitten one another in their
desperate fight for air. 1t is the gem
eral opinion in Maderas, according to
the correspondent, that the wagon
was unfit for its purpose and that at
any rate it was a mistake to put SO
many prisoners in 1t at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
REED 'FEELER' OUT
Dick Lee Sends Out Letter on
GubernatOrial Candidacy.
Many Newspapers Mentioned in
Support of Parsons Editor.


Clyde NJ. Reed. chairman of the
public utilities commission, now ap-
pears to be out in the race as a full
Pledged candidate for governor. ].
H. (Dick) Lee, prominent Topeka
banker, has spread feelers and as soon
as the straws are gathered and
counted the Reed organizationZin-
Guiding state administration forces
will determine the place, date and
manner of putting out the formal an
nouneements
In letters outlining Reeds probable
strength Lee dwells significantly on
the fact that Reed will be the choice
OF the Kansas City Star, ]. L. Bristow,
William Allen White, Governor. Allen,
Bert Walker and their papers and
publishers.
Entrance of Reed into the COVER
norshiP, fight eliminates r. ]. Hop
kins, attorney general, According to
reports Fred Trigg recently advised
Hopkins that he was net to get into it.
BY Withdrawing Hopkins forces be-
hind Reed will be united and Lee IS
confident the organization will have
a good chance to secure his nominal
ton.
Lees letter fellows:
Dear Sir:
az have been thinking for several days
past that would get to see you and have
time to have few minutes with you Fela-
Il have been putting out a great many
feeleFs over Kansas for Chairman Clyde
NJ. Reed who incidentally is a close person
al friend of mine, as you know and one of
the biggest, DFainiest men of Kansas today
have had 4 visit with several prominent
fellows over the state with reference to
Clyde's candidacy and would like to have
a letter from you as to what you think his
chances would be. l want you to be per
fectly frank because we would not want
him to get in and get all scratched up.
Il want to call attention to the fact that
Clyde M Reed is the one man who made
the fight before the interstate commerce
commission for the reduction of freight
rates which means saving to every farm
er and every livestock man in Kansas. 9th
ers said It could not be done but Clyde NJ
Reed Is not that kind of 9. fellow. He said
1t could be done anu he did it. There has
net been anything to equal this in kansas
in good many years. 1t now looks like
land want you to keep this strictly con
fidenti1O the Star Will be for him, the
LeaYenworth Pest, the Lawrence World
the Emporia Gazette, Bfiscoe's paper at
Salina, Wichita Beacon, Osborn Farmer
and naturally the Parsons Sun. If all of
these papers ara for him, it is a darned big
item in Kansas politics.
1T is not my idea to start any particular
boom in any particular section at this time
Immediately but feel out what they think
about it. If in their Judgment we can win
with Clyde we will have 1t sprung In some
section of the state that will help more
than sPFinging it in large city
u wish yeu would feel out some of the
Ietlows ana let me hear from you just
what they think.
with kind personal regards, I am
II II IEEu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
Devil Dog" Mail Guard
Chan ge the Old Order.
Buns Mast Walk or Take
Chance4j With Showers"
KING OF sqOBOES PROTESTS
Declares Not One in $4,000 Is
Real Bandit.
JOurneymen. Jt 'bIess Have Moth
ing To Be I thankful For.

( Chicago, Nov. 244-Dr Ben L. Reit-
man. king of traE apps" in an inter-
view today, predicted that Postmaster
General Will Hays shoot to kilP'
mail bandit order wi ii land an army
of buns in the hooAe-gow this win
ter If. indeed, it does, not send many
Df them to the hospital
With contracted brow, DR.. Reitman,
Who himself has ridden the rods" at
Beast 100000 miles. explained with
sympathetic emphasis that if the hobo
ean't ride and won't walk he has got
10 go to Jail and it is the innate sem
sibilities Of the average tramp to take
What the doctor refers to- as the shoe
makers dummy" And if he takes
ehance and flips a freight or rides
Blind baggage. it simply means flow
ers with the devil dogs" on the JOB.
Hobo Hard Hit
Frankly, don't know what the
hobo will do now" Reitman sad
kloomily. Mr. Hays has created a
perplexing problem in the hobo
world.
s In America. tramping on trains is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
RECEIVER NAMED FOR STORE
I. A. Silliman in charge of Affairs OF
Shawnee Cooperative.

I. A. Silliman, 1115 Arch street, was
appointed receiver of the Shawnee
Cooperative store, 1909 East Fourth
avenue, by Judge George Whitcomb
in the district court Wednesday after
noon and will take charge of the store
Friday morning.
The appointment was made shortly
after George Hughes. 1897 Buchanan
street, a stockholder, filed a petition
in the district court declaring that the
ASSOCIATION is insolvent. Its liabilities,
he declared, total $4,000, while the
assets are only about $4,000. The
Chesapeake & Gulf Fisheries com
pany recently obtained a Judgment
against the association for $120.57, it
was stated, and other creditors are
pressing the association closely. The
fisheries company levied an execution
against the store and is threatening to
sell the assets, it is claimed.
Silliman was authorized to issue
81, 200 worth of receivers certificates
in order to pay the Judgment and
some other bills in order that the store
may continue business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24

traditional. 1t isn't done in any other
country but it has been a custom here
for so long I'm afraid it VIII be no
easy matter to stop it.
Thousands of men - absolutely
harmless fellows-are cumming right
now. Most of them are working men
looking for a job, men with season
able occupations. They do hop freights
and ride mail trains. With between
100000 and 100000 men out o.
work in this country, there is more
cumming today than in years.
- Are Not Bandits.
''Itsg not hight to shoot them down.
They've not Bandits. Really, the mail
car bandit is rarity. OF every $4,000
men who ride on trains without pay
ing fare, approximately one is a train
bandit. The hoboes look suspicious,
hanging around water tanks ready to
slip on. or even lying under the mail
bags. but they are harmless. Many of
them are ex-sOldierS.
+Mr. Hays is we'll meaning, know,
but he should amplify his instructions
to the marines not to shoot unless
there is unmistakable evidence OF
attack"
+. Chicago Their Mecca.
Doctor Reitman is president of the
hobo college, has for many years taken
a humanitarian interest in the hobo
He saws that never has the outlook
been worse for the hobo than it is
today. Men are flocking to the cities,
having finished up in the harvest
fields or in small town factories. Chi
cago, with more than forty incoming
railroads is the mecca of hosts of I'M
varnDloved laborers who seat their
wa% on trains" The situation is so
serious, in fact, that the police, the
railroads and a special unemployment
committee are cooperating in plan
10 keep the migratory outsiders away
from the city.
There are 1900 hobo trespassers in
the workhouse right now" said Reit-
man Significantly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
WEATHER.
fContinued from Page onA.l

snow at Topeka, Kansas City and St,
Joseph, Mo.
The highest temperature in Kansas,
wednesday, was so degrees at Good
land and the lowest was "a at Topeka
early this morning. The highest tenn
perature Wednesday in Topeka was
80 degrees at o'clock in the after
noon. The highest in the United
States was "a degrees at Tampa, Fla,
and the lowest was 6 degrees below
zero at Williston. n. D.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was 20
in 1915 and the lowest was 9 in 1893.
At $3.50 o'clock this morning the
wind was blowing at fifteen miles an
hour from the north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
CHINA DELEGATES
lcontlnued from rage

lContlnued from rage one.I
varieus delegations" which heard his
statament opposing material reduction
in the French army.
: Nay Convert Warships.
American officials are giving some
lfhsaght to the possibility of salvaging
as. Aau- cembatant naval or as com
mersisl craft the three new battle
ships new afloat but which would not
be completed under Secretary Hughes
naval limitation and reduction plans.
They are hopeful that, in fixing the
methods of Swapping, the conferees
VIII not makeRn arbitrary rule that
would require the ships to be sunk OF
otherwise totally destroyed.
1t is possible, shipbuilding experts
asserted today. that the Colorado,
Washington and West Virginia could be
converted into serVieeable intermedi
ate liners for commercial use purely.
The method in which battleships are
put together, it is said, would make
this a mechanical possibility without
pfehibitive cost. Or 1t might be pos
sible. it. was suggested, to turn one
or more of the trio into repair or sup
ply ships for the fleets, tho the cost
of operation might prevent this ex-
peaients
Naval Program Stands.
After almost two weeks of delibera-
uOnS tine American naval reduction
and limitation program stands about
where it was at the beginning with
the only formal statement as to coun-
ter proposals being the announcement
of Admiral Baron Kato for Japan that
he would seek a slightly higher gem
eral tonnage in capital ships and an
equal tonnage in certain purely de-
fensive craft. Informal glimpses
from many sides have Indicated that
the Japanese desire to retain the bat
tleship Mutsu and another capital
craft, making a "10-10-7" ratio in
stead of Secretary Hughes proposed
"5-5-3."
It is also pretty we'll established that
defensive ships referred to by Baron
cato were monitors, altho it has been
indicated since that Japan might also
seek equal tonnage in airplane car
riers. The conference came to the
Thanksgiving recess, however, with
every sign that the American group
was standing firm in its original posi-
lion for the "5-5-3r ratio, and exclu-
sion of the Mutsu from the japanese
retained fleet
Officials close to the inner circle
of.the discussions plainly indicate their
belief that ultimately Japan will ac
cept this program.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
KANSAS JACKS CoNNOIssEURs.
Rabbits at Hays Experimental Farm
Want Only the Best.

Hays, Kan, Nov. 24.-Jack rabbits
of western Kansas apparently are con-
noisseurs of farm produce and seem
to appreciate the fact that the state
experimental farm at Fort Hays aims
to excel in its agricultural product.
They annually make a raid on its
soy-bean crop to such an extent that
it Is necessary to fence them out; and
their appetite for wheat, alfalfa and
other green crops at this time of year
proves quite injurious to the crops, the
state farm officials report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
kIIAiRkIETS

WEEKLY REPORT, KANSAS CITY LIVE
STOCK MARKET.
United States Department Of Agriculture,
Bureau Of Markets and Crop Estimates,
9G4 Livestock Exchange, Kansas City, Mo.
Telephones: Bell, Main 1877; Home, Har-
risen 1915.
CATTLE-KILLING GRADES.
Receipts so far this week total 2J,sO0,
against $4,000 for the first three DAYS last
week and $500 for like period one year
ago. More or less fluctuAtion was noted
in the trade in beef cattle for this period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24

tMarket quotations by premium fouItry
Products Co, 20 North Kansas avenue,
Topeka. kanl
Topeka, Kan, Nov. q
The poultry market 10 weak with further
declines in price expected. Heavy receipts
OF the past week have created large sur
plus at all points.
The egg market is steady with moderate
receipts There is no change in local prices
at this time,
Prices as follows: Hens, lbs, and oyer,
zoe per lb,: hens, under lbs. lie per 10 :
cox, &c per lb. broilers, ia to lbs, 1Sc
per lb.; springs, . to I lbs. lie per ID :
springs. 4 lbs, lie per H.; staggy
young ROSTERS. lie per ID; Leghorn and
black broilers and springs. &c per Id. less.
EEgs-On a graded basis, extra nrsts,
5Sc per doz.; ordinary firsts, SOC per dog I;
seconds and checks, Joe per uoz., case in
cluded; without case, lie per doz. less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
TOPEKA POULTRY MARKET.

FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Co,
corner Laurent aud Madison SITS, Topeka.
EansaS.l
Hens lbs and over zoe; under lbs,
14c; old roustcrs, 9c springs and bruilers,
ib lie: shaggy yaHrg r0nst"rs l'c;
geese, per lb, 12c; ducks under SO lbs,
BE: over 49, lbs, l'W; Ne. 1 hea.s lar
KEYS. IL lbs. ana over ;,0c; hen turkeys, :
lbs and over, soc; old tom turkeys. 2ic
per lib. No turkeys, DC per Id. less; Gull
turkeys not wanted; young Guineas. 4Oc
each old guineas, SOC each.
Eggs-S1fOO case, delivered, including
new t.DSps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
SUGAR BEErs AT DODGE CITY
Carload OF Tubers shipped by Irr1ga
ton Farmers.

Dodge City, Kan. Nov. 24.-What
was said to be the frs carload of
sugar beets ever shipped from this
point was recently consigned to the
Garden City refinery by two farmers,
]. NJ. Fisher and j. M. Hplpieu.
They installed irrigation plants on
their farms near here and found they
could grow beets, said to be as fine
as those produced in the beet farms in
the Garden City ditch country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
A. o. U. W., ATTENTION

Members of Upchureh Lodge. No
244. and families ara cordially in
vited to attend our monthly social
dance, Friday evening, November as,
at 521 Quincy st.
W. L. RHODES, NJ. W.
H-G. THOMPSON, Recorder.
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
Lloyd George to o. 5. by Xmas.

London, Nov, 24-Premier Lloyd
George hopes to go to Washington TO
participate in the armament confer
enee before Christmas, the Evening
Standard said it learned 'autheFita-
lively today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
I. O. 0. f. NOTICE.

Members of Excelsior Lodge No ego
are requested to be at the hall, 11s W,
6th street, Friday night, Nov. 25th.
Election Of officers. Visitors cordially
invited.
H. r. JONES. n. G.
+. A. WAGNER, Sec.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS, BETTY FINLAY, age 50, died this
morning in local hospital. Funeral an
neuneements later.
Weird has been received in Topeka of the
death of Mrs. George w. kiersey, who's
Friday at the state soldiers home at Fort
Dodge, Kan. She was formerly a residen.
OF Nerth Topeka.
Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. 22sl.-
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24

to IS 90 and culls at $500 to $3.50
FEEDING LAMBS.
Feeding lambs ere around 25e higher ana
buyers have been unable to fill all orders
at the advance. Most desirable oI1erlngs
lots carrying short fat ends, purchased
by dealers at IS - to SS.4G.
NJ Y GRIFFIN. Representative.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24

Joe Clark Knocked Out.
Beaumont, Tex, Nov. 24.-Joe CLARK, New
Orleans. was knocked out in the third
round Of a scheduled ten-round bout here
last night by Jack Dalton of Dallas. The
men are bantams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
roo LATE 10 CLASSIFY

LOST-BFiHdle Bull Terrier pup, white on
mouth, breast and feet. Answers to name
Of Buster. COS Fillmore. Phone Blue $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
KANSAS WEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the weather bureau office,
Topeka Kan, for the twenty-four hours
ending at a. m. Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
TOPEKA oULTRY AND EGGS.

Mn rket quotations by premium Poultry
Products Co, 210 North Kansas avenue.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-17
WASHINGTON IN PRIVATE LIFE
Gladly Gave Up High Estate for the
Moro Tranquil Pleasures Of
Mount Vernon.

Returning to Mount Vernon afte,
the surrender of CORVALLIS. George
washington wrote to Lafayette.
Il have become a private citizen on
the banks OF the Potomac in the
shadow of my WI vine and my own
fig tree, free from the hustle of
camp, and the busy scenes of public
life. am solacing myself with those
tranquil enJoyments, of which the SOL
der, who is ever in pursuit of fame
the statesman. whose watchful DAYS
and sleepless nights are spent in devils
ing schemes to promote the welfare of
his own, perhaps the ruin of other
countries, as If the globe was INSULT
Client for US all. and the %courtier. who
is always watching the countenance OF
his prince In the hopes of catching a
gracious smile-can have very little
conception. | have not only retired
from all public employment, but am
retiring within myself, and shall be
able to view the solitary walk. and
tread the paths of private life. with
heartfelt satisfaction. Envious of
lone. I am determined to be pleased
with all. and this, my dear friend, be-
ing the order of my march. | VIII move
gently down the stream of life"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-17
Continued Next Week.
Ancestral Home in
English County of
Hero of Two Worlds"

In the village of Sulgrave. Eng, in
the heart of the Northamptonshire
lanes. is still to be seen the manor
GUS in which, until 1906. there lived
the family of Laurence Washington.
whose great-great-grandson finding
his way to Virginia in 1857. was to
become the great-grandfather Of
George Washington. the first President
of the United States. Carved in the
corner of the stone Intel of this manor
house is to be seer the Washington
Stars and Stripes.
1t was this great descendants stroke
for liberty that drew from the Eng
lish statesman, Chatham, the whole
hearted declaration eff | were an
American as | am an Englishman.
while a foreign troop was landed in
my country, ! never would lay down
my ~arms-never, never, never" Chat
ham did not stand alone; with him
being Pitt and S~helburne, all of whom
saw that the threatened liberties Of
England could be saved In Washing
tons birthday.
Washington won for himself the IT,
tie of THE Hero of Two Worlds"
as a result of the victory Of the Brit
fsh democrats who fought for more
liberty under the rule of the king,
effective by Washington's sue
cesses. The title was bestowed upon
him by Thomas Carlyle, who also nick
named him "Scipio Americans" and
Cromwell-Grandison," the latter title
being given him because, like Crom-
well. he fought to crush the pretense
Of a king.
The house, in Northamptonshire,
england, was built before the domes-
ley survey, and came into the posses
'ion of The Washington family in 1864.
n 1914 the mansion, home of the an
of George Washington was
Fought by the British Peace Centenary
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-17

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Glasgow, Montana,
February 2, 1921.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-17

thought you said, II ne died, we'd ge
money
But, my God. I didn't want you t,
kill him." moaned Mrs. Curtis.
II didn't" said Reggie.
"But you tried" thrust In Tonnibel
"And you've told my cousins, chr
he asked hopelessly.
"No, / didn't" denied Tony. -
'spose mebbe I would have. but ]
didn't know you belonged here.
knew you used to steal with my
daddy and do all sorts Of wicked
things"
Mrs. Curtis cried out again.
"But I didn't know you'd try to kill
a poor sick man." Tony went on, "and
then send your ma to get money Of
him"
you'll tell him, / know you will,
no longer able to restrain herself.
Tonnibel thought quickly. Cousin
Paul Pendlehaven lived in the house
with an enemy who had tried to take
his life. This same enemy had tried
destroy her, toe
you said he was going awayT' she
questioned Mrs. Curtis presently.
Didn't your
If l get money" put In Reggie,
drearily, Il Will"
Doctor Paul wants to see you,
na'am," said Tonnibel, her dark gray
eyes fixed on the woman, land If he
she pointed at Reginald. ''and
stays a long time, I'll keep mum.
Seer"
Completely overlooking Katherine,
Tony ran out of the room. The mex
she didn't look up when she
heard Doctor John tell Doctor Paul
hat Reginald had left Ithaca. When
The peeped at Doctor Paul, he smiled
It her.
v
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-17

cried, pointing a finger toward thu
bringing boy.
Mrs. Curtis nodded.
Eyes, he's my son." she answered.
Tony drew a long breath, letting II
hiss out through her teeth.
IF he's your son, ma'am," she said
falteringly, 'then you got a murderer
for a son. He tried-he tried to
poison Doctor Paul"
Mrs. Curtis got up slowly, a cold
rage rising in her pale eyes. Kath-
crime came forward to her mothers
side, but Reginald remained silent.
"You lie" snarled Mrs. Curtis.
II don't lie," cried Tony, hoarseIy.
IL don't lie, either. Look at him, and
see if he amt guilty. He did put
poison in Doctor Phil's medicine. and
/ pushed him off the window. But /
didn't know he vas your son."
BY forcing her eyes around, the
mother caught sight of her boy.
Reggie" she screamed, "for Gods
love, don't look that way. Why don't
you tell the huzzy she lies Tell her
you'll 60 to your cousins and let them
know of her accusations. III go my
self"
She darted across the room, but
Reginald's husky voice called her
back.
Don't do that" he walled. Don't
do 1t, mater! What she says Is true,
] did exactly that thing. Il tried to
kill Cousin Paul"
Mrs. Curtis sank down with a
groan. and Katherine uttered a cry.
81 thought you wanted me to, ma
Ter" went on the boy. YEARLY. 81
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-17

1t is further ORDERED, That a
copy of this order be published at
least once a week for four successive
weeks, in the Wolf Point Herald, a
newspaper printed and published in
said county.
Dated this 25th day of January,
1921.
C. E. CONFER.
Jan. 27-Feb. II Judge.