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Evening star., 1921-03-16

OF the Shipping Board announced last
night The action was taken. he said,
Notwithstanding refusal of tho board
last month to allocate ships to the
United States Maritime and Develop
ment Company OF Detroit
The boards plan, MIR. Sutter de-
clared. is to build up the shipping
in the gulf ports for the benefit of
the Mississippi valley section. so that
products orig ginating there will have
q more direct route to the foreign
Evening star., 1921-03-16

Parents whose children are abnor
mally small at birth can take heart,
for recent figures show that tiny in
fants frequently grow UP quite robust
and of normal proportions.
Evening star., 1921-03-16
BOOST FOR GULF TRADE.
Shipping Board Will Allocate Bot
toms for Brazil Commerce.

Any obstacles in the way Of fur
ther ALLEGATION OF government ton
mage for operation In the New Or
leans Brazil trade have been re-
moved. former Commissioner Sutter
Evening star., 1921-03-16

The doctors claim4op the estate OF
deceased patient ranks first in
France.
Evening star., 1921-03-16
markets than by way Of Atlansc

The solution Of the American
merchant marine problem" he said
lies in the Mississippi valley. whera
20 per cent of the country's foreipn
commerce originates"
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
Tren1 en- d0us Increase Is
Sho1Ur1 Here in Number of
ARRESTS in Liquor Cases
Other Forms of Crime Gains and Number of Prosecutions
Have Increased Proportionately County Records Set
Forth-Making of Home Brew Is Popular.

crease, it is believed. is the now pop
ular fashion of making home brew,
and more particularly, corn whisky.
When federal prohibition went into
effect, Jamaica ginger. flavoring ex-
tracts and patent medicines took the
place of bootleg whisky in Topeka.
But gradually these have given way
to the better tasting liquid made on
the kitchen stove according to highly
priced recipes. Moreover, a large
number of persons found out that
more money could be made in one
week selling home brew than by work
ing six months at any ordinary occu-
patton. This resulted in extra work
for the sheriff's forces and county at
torney's offices, and a bigger grocery
bill for the state.
Shawnee county was very fortunate
in capturing and convicting law Vio-
lators this year. And it was also
very noticeable that of those sent to
the penitentiary or committed to the
county Jail, the majority of them failed
to stand trial. Moreover, in cases
where trials were held, the county at
torney's office obtained a big per cent
Of convictions.
FOrty-One Sent to Penitent1ary.
Forty-one persons were sent to the
state penitentiary from Shawnee coun-
ty. The former record for one year
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

are handled, there were 1,172 cases
filed, according to the records in the
office of Edwin Jones, clerk. This is
an increase of 1926 cases over 1919
and of forty-seven cases over 1920.
In the district court there were 931
civil cases filed this year as compared
with 853 in 1920 and S24 in 1919. The
district court handles not only law
suits in which the amount involved
exceeds $500, but also appeals from
the court of Topeka of which there
are a large number. The amount of
money involved in lawsuits in this
county during year runs into many
million dollars, it is estimated.
More Would Be Citizens.
The 931 civil actions filed in the
district court this year also include
416 divorce cases. The number of
civil suits filed last year and remain
ing untried today greatly increases
the number of civil actions on the
court dockets- at the beginning of the
new year.
There was an increase of fifty-three
in the number of persons making ap-
plications for naturalization in the dis
trict court this year. In 1919 there
were 175 applications. They dropped
to 100 in 1920 and raised to 153 this
year
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
He DEFENDS THIRTY-FIFTH
Governor Allen Issues Statement in
Reply to Colonel LAMA.

0ONSE1IOE AltCA LSSuCS I
Reply to Colonel LAMA.
Governor Allen issued a statement
in the defense of the Thirty-fifth di-
vision before he left Topeka Friday
night. His statement was in reply to
a declaration by Colonel LAMA to the
effect that everyone blundered" in
the division.
The governor in his statemsnt said
in part:
''The Tbirty-fifth division crossed
the Hindenburg line at a peculiarly
difficult point that had baffled the
French for four years. 1t made all of
the objectives and when it was re-
Iieved its position in the line was
slightly in advance of the position of
any other division in the lineN
"It is true that many mistakes were
made, the chief error in the judgment
of all who were there being that on
the very eve of the battle the COM
mand erin chief of the division re-
lieved both brigade commanders, and
some of the other general officers and
the division was obliged to function
with commanders who had had no
time to study the plan or the terrain.
This was not an error on the part of
the national guard. It was the action
of the regular army officer who COM
manded this national guard division"
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

and prosecutions have increased pro-
portionately Fines collected by the
police court poured S15,791 into the
Golfers of the city during the year,
an increase of $9,352 over 1920, and
of 10,097 over 1919. Arrests made
by the police this year totaied 1899,
an increase of 1859 over 1920 and
of 1,191 over 1919. OF this number.
1897 We're made for violations Of the
auto traffic ordinances, which is also
responsible for a considerable per cent
of the increase in fines.
Some Were Not Arrested.
In addition to these arrests which
were actually booked on the police
blotter, there were a large number of
persons taken into custody by the po-
lice who were not placed under arrest.
This was especially true in respect to
automobile law violations. 1t is esti-
mated that an additional thirty per
cent on the arrest figures would be a
conservative figure on the number of
persons investigated by the officers.
But aside from the arrests made by
the police there were a large number
of arrests made by the sheriffs forces
and marshals of the court of Topeka.
The number of criminal cases handled
in the court of Topeka this year to-
tailed 430, an increase of seventy-one
cases over 1920 and eighty-three cases
of w. E. Anderson, clerk of the dis
trict court, show that there were 2S9
criminal prosecutions in the district
court during 1921 as compared with
162 in 1920 and 233 in 1919.
174 Criminal Prosecutions.
All the criminal cases handled in
the district court come thru the court
of Topeka, except liquor cases. Mis-
demeanor cases are disposed of in the
court of Topeka, where fine or sem
tence is imposed, but in the case of a
felony. the defendant is bound over to
the district court for trial On this
basis the figures show that 174 Grim
inal prosecutions by the county during
the year were on felony charges, and
256 on misdemeanor charges.
But the most remarkable feature of
the criminal records for the year is
the big increase in liquor prosecutions.
The police during the year arrested
4sS persons on liquor charges, an in
crease of 254 over 1920 and of us
over 1919. During 1920 only twenty
one liquor cases appeared on the dis
trict court dockets, whereas this year
there were lis cases, an increase OF
500 per cent.
Home Brew Is Popular.
One OF the main causes OF the In
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

from n in 1920 to 126 this
year. Activities of the Topeka
Merchants association in running
down check artists may be large
ly responsible for this increase. There
were SO theft and larceny prosecutions
this year as opposed to n last year.
There were nineteen prosecutions on
charges of assault with intent to kill,
compared with five in 1920, but there
was only one murder in the county
this year. White slavery, crimes
against or involving women, wife and
child desertion and similar offenses
showed a decrease this year.
There were only thirteen embezzIe-
ment charges as compared with thirty
six last year. other offenses prose-
c1ted covered a wide variety of
crimes, mostly of a minor nature.
August the Record Month.
August was the banner month with
the Topeka police. During that month
40 arrests were made and $2,S77 in
fines were collected. Arrests during
each month of the year and the
amount of fines collected, are as fol-
lows:
January. 227. s749.5o; February.
155. S591.25: March, 1853. $645.S5;
April, 1913, s591.75: May, S17. $3.50;
June. 327. S1,571.66; July, 416. s1,6S9;
August, 47O. $2,97T; September, sos.
$1,65S; October. S41, $1.2e2; Novem-
Der. 207, $1.01o; December, 217-
$1,e25.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

A Topeka business man had not
taken a vacation for years. Some
months ago things began to grow
strenuous for him in a business way.
He worried and worked and worked
and worried. He grew irritable and
grouchy both at home and abroad.
HIS general health began to suffer
He felt that he was con the verge of a
nervous collapse" And then a real
jolt was handed to him. His applica-
ton for life insurance was turned
down on account of high blood pres
sure. And then fate handed him an
other wallop. His leg was broken in
an accident. This is serious. 1t means
weeks in bed with splints for company
and then more weeks with a crutch
and stick for best friends. Surely"
he thought, the gods have a pick at
me"
At first he was inclined to rail
against his bad luck but soon his bet
ter judgment came to his relief. He
realized that he was up against it and
that the only thing to be done was to
smile and make the best of things,
which he proceeded to do.
First he renewed a long interrupted
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
BATTLESHIP RUNS ANUCK.
Blown Before Storm Threatens All
English Channel Shipping.

Chebourg, Dec. 81 Cby the A. P)
The British battleship Vengeance,
with but a small crew aboard, was
running adrift before a storm in the
English channel this morning, in dan
ger of collision with other craft or of
piling up on the shore.
The Vengeance, a vessel of 1880
tons, was being towed by tugs on her
way to a ship yard to be dismantled.
The towlines parted in the storm last
night and the crew was unable to gain
control of the big ship Two French
naval tugs sent out to her rescue have
been beaten back by the storm and
other British and French naval craft
are attempting to reach her.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
MUCH PROGRESS IN HEALTH
Secretary of State Board Views New
Year With Hope.

Secretary of State Board Views New
Year With Hope.
Kansas has made wonderful pro-
gress in stamping out and beating
back preyentable- diseases during the
last fifteen years, according to DR.. S.
J. Crumbine, secretary of the state
board OF health. He views the new
year with a hope that the states
health campaign will continue.
This IS the health-year greeting OF
DR.. Crumbine to Kansas:
There is every reason to hope that
during the next fifteen years there
will be a reduction in the death rate
from preventable diseases.
by that time typhoid fever will
have been almost completely wiped
off the map.
Smallpox could be eliminated
within a year from the entire geo
graphical area of the United States
if everybody would be successfully
vaccinated.
In fifteen years from now tuber-
cent below its already greatly reduced
mortality.
with the knowledge we have con-
sion of diphtheria, it remains to be
seen if intelligent use shall have been
made of such knowledge, that diph-
iberia, like typhoid fever, may be
wiped off the map by the time an
other decade rolls around. This is
entirely possible, and if it is not done,
must stand as an indictment against
every community tolerating its pres
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

On the other hand there are 2s9,-
537 pleasure cars and trucks regis
tered as against 265,55S a year ago.
The registration July l was 2S7, 1893.
Trucks were not segregated until this
season. There are now 21,648 regis
tered in addition to 267,S89 pleasure
cars. A year ago the records showed
265,5 cars of which 5000 were
classed as trucks
The year just ending hasn't been
a pleasant and profitable one for
many dealers. Many of them have
closed shop. A year ago "a firms were
handling motorcycles Now there are
but 81. Twelve months ago there
We're 2,053 dealers cars registered and
the number grew to 2,166 July 1, 1921.
At present there are only Ito deal
ers cars recorded.
New Licenses Issued Soon.
New license tags will be issued for
the calendar year beginning next
week. 1t is believed by state Off
Gals that in the next twelve months
pleasure cars will climb to 100000 and
may reach 100000. Trucks are ex-
pected to increase to $1,000 or $4,000.
Motorcycles have gradually faded
out of the picture. Their outlook for
next year isn't bright with the pub
lication of further drops in prices of
automobiles.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

acquaintance with his wife and fam
ily- And he found that they really
were capital company. Books were
read and re-read out loud. And the
laugh and the joke and the story came
again to the fireside.
The time passed quickly and he is
now at his business again with a slight
limp. And things have worked out
fine. Business difficulties, of which
he could see no solution, have worked
out nicely. The lines and scowI have
left his face, the twinkle has come
back to his eye and he is back on the
job with courage and vigor that has
been lacking for years. The other
day his physician took his blood pres
sure and it is normal
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

bile department In the Office OF I. J.
Pettijohn, secretary of state, has a
lot of figures to show that the motor
cycle business isn't what it used to be.
The state starts a new set-of motor Ii
cense books Monday. Consequently
today's records furnish a lot of first
class comparisons.
When the fiscal year ended July l
there were 3.39S motorcycles regis
tered. Then the owners of sundry
classes Of benzine conveyance bought
short term licenses. Motorcycle per-
mits now total but 2,271-a drop of
1,127 A year ago there were 2,974
motorcycles registered.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
|5SsslzNJTTE D Sss
1cSS

New York, Dec S1-The Willie Jackson
Johnny Dundee record stood the same to-
day after their eleventh meeting of last
ing. the judges decided a draw was fair.
Kid Norfolk an eight round verdict
over Jamaica Kid.
New Orleans. outpointed Bobby Waugh,
Fort Worth in ten rounds.
Young Seibert got a technical knockout
over Hal Kanek, Seattle. in the second.
Battling Stanley punished Bull Mccarthy.
San Francisco. so severely that the bout
was stopped in the third.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

by the increasing
number of civil
actions that are
filed in the county
courts. Lawsuits
during 1921 show
a big in C r e ase
ov er 1920 and
1919.
In the court of
Topeka. w h e r e
only those civil
S u i t s involving
sums under $500
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

was twenty-eight
in 1919. Thirty
persons were sent
to the state re-
for m a t ory at
Hutchinson, being
a heavy increase
over pr e vi ou S
years.
Prosecutions by
t h e county on
charges growing
out of worthless
checks increased
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
HIGH WIND WAS FATAL.
Gale Sixty Miles Per Hour Killed Wo
Grand Island II,I,

Gale Sixty Miles Per Hour Killed Wo-
man at Grand Island, Neb.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. S1.-High winds
in western Nebraska late yesterday
resulted in one death and an unesti-
mated amount of property damage at
Alliance and Grand Island, according
to advices received here.
Mrs. G.. D. Crafford, wife of the
anager of a grain elevator at Gering,
was instantly killed when struck by
the roof of a demolished outbuiIdinG.
The winds reached a velocity of sixty
miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

aYera ges i n d l.
Gates that the to-
tai fire loss for
the year will be
S445, ,O64.01. o f
this amount, the
greatest items are
the losses in the
case of the Rose
Trunk company
fire and the First
Methodist church
" hic h between
them amount to
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

supposedly b e e Il
dry for m a n y
years, there was
a, tremendous in
& r e a S e i n t h e
number of arrests
on liquor charges
in Topeka "a n d
t h e county dur
ing 1921.
Other kinds of
crime is also on
the gain, and the
0np1 bp- of arrest c
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

with new Hen
nerys and high
powered speed
sters. Out in the
rural districts the
demand for trucks
offset the growth
of pleasure cars
as crop prices
skidded and went
to the ditch.
B e TT Cornell,
who presides over
the state autOmo-
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

Two years of national prohibition
have done something to Topeka and
Shawnee county Altho Kansas has
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

Awful accident last night-car
turned a corner.
NO reason for an accident. was it -
Feh- There wasn't any corner.''-
Yale Record
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
BROKEN LEG SAVED HIM

Topeka Business Man on Verge
of Nervous Collapse When Acct
dent Brought About a Much
Needed Rest.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
| MORE LAWSUITS
Big Increase in Litigation in
County During 1921.
In Court of Topeka Alone 1,172
Cases We're Filed.
GAIN Of 325 OVER 1919
In District Court 931 Civil Ac-
tiOns Instituted.
Applications for Naturalization
Also Show Gain.
GAIN OF 325 OVER 1919

Opinions of mankind in Shawnee
county are becoming more and more
varied as the years go by, to judge
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
NeU 'E7enrys" and High
POwered Speedsters Take
Place of Poppops in State
Motorcycle Permits Now Total 2271 Drop of 1127 in
Six Morahs-There Are 2s9,537 Pleasure Cars and
Trucks in Kansas, Increase Over 1920

Motorcycle Mikes sent their pop
pops to the junk heap in 1921 and
purred along the kansas highways
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31
FIRE LOSS HEAVY
Total for Year Estimated $445,-
O64.O1-Exceeds Last Years.
trunk Factory and Methodist
Church Suffer Heaviest.
SPARKS CAUSE MOST BLAzES
Exact Figures Not Available for
Months Pending Adjustment.
FEe Alarms Numbering 646
- Turned in During 1921.
SPARKS CAUSE MOST BLAzES

eight out of the ninety-eight fires in
Topeka during December. the law of
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

100000. The total loss from fire in
Topeka in 1920 was $73, ,322.91.
Up to December 1, there had been
paid out in insurance during the year,
a total of S1O9,O75.SO. This leaves a
loss uncovered, up to the same date,
Of s35, 1895.
The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-31

The officers of the post are: Joe
Nickel, commander; Frank Gilleece.
vice president; Arthur Henry, adju-
tant; Charles Blades, vice adjutant
Leslie Edmouds. sergeant-at-arms ;
Capt. W. P. MacLean, historian; ;
Ralph Diemler, bugler; ". A. Terrin,
cnInI. sareaa Mt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-01
leaps FOR
LIFE FROM
AUTO AFIRE
Flames Dart From Engine
and Envelope Car
on Highway

A. l. Wilson. New Richmond
hotel salesman for the simonds
Manufactures Co. was forced 10
leap from his automobile Monday
when II suddenly became developed
In flames on the highway a mile
and a half north OF Enmonds.
lie reported the incident to 20.
lice wednesday.
Wilson thinks the cArhurctor was
leaking and that there was short
circuit soupwhern Tho flames
darsed without warning from under
the hood and within an instant the
upholstery was afro.
The firu SPREAD so rapidly VII
son didn't have time 10 stop the
engine. He ran 10 nearby creek
and sccopcd up enough water 70
savc the wheels and tircs-
The body was burned.
Wilson spent tho night at Ed.
nncnds returning TO Seattle Tues
day.
Insurance adjustors were attempt
Ing Wednesday to estimate the
damage. Part OF the car can be
salvagci Il Is believed
The automobile vas 1918 model
oldsmobile-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-01

First June bride Of tho season. or
at least the first 20 obtain the legal
authority 20 become one. was Miss
Mae Tcnnison. 20. OF ;is Fourth
ave. n.
Miss Trnnisou. formerly an en-.
pioye at the Hon Marchc. laughed
her way into the county auditors Of
flee shortly after n m. ON her
arm was tho intended bridegroom.
Il. Stewart Brown. -. logger. tall.
robust and handsome.
1--WE arc going somewhere 20 be
happy said Brown.
-And you can just bet wen ind
the place." his rosy.checkrd brisicto-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-01
Drys Get Setback
in Court Ruling

WARRINGTON, June 1.--Federal
laws regulating the liquor traffic
passed before national prohibition
became effective. which are incon-
sistent with the volstcad law, were
repealed by it's passage. the supreme
court today held.
The decision was defeat FOR
the prohibitionists, the first since
prohibition became effective.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-01
Supreme Court
Upholds Injunction

WA5HiNGTON, June 1.-The su.
prerne court today refused to lift
temporarily the Injunction imposed
by a lower court upon the Amei.
can Hardwood Manufacturers aaso.
eiation AZ a result OF tho govern
inent antitrust pzocAAdings against
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-01
BAPTISTS TO
Give PAGEANT

The second days program Of the
Golden Jubilee being held here by the
Columbia River district. Baptist
Women's Foreign and Home Mission.
airy society. opened "Wednesday az 10
q m. In the First Baptist church with
q song service and business meeting.
under the chairmanship Of Mn w.
L. Thompson
Following the afternoon meeting. a
reception was to bc held At D. m.
for the guest Of honor and the ma
tonal and district officers Of the 80
ciety.
A pageant entitled The CAN and
the Answer" is scheduled for Wed.
nesday night. and in addition a his
torica1 sketch Of the society. STORY
Of Fifty Years In Pictures" by Mrs.
T. y. Adams. OF Cleveland. Ohio.
The jubilee opened Tuesday morn.
ing, and win close Thursday night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-01
Bright Sport Skirts, 17.6

Stripes are vying with checks and plaids tx -
larity in the seasons smartest sport skirts
Bright blues, jade, blacks and browns ~ 1a
against white background
The materials are flannel or PruneIla doe4, -
the skirts are made with narrow box plentA
SECOND FLOOR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-01
PEGGY FACES
JOYCE'S GUNS

CHICAGO. June III. Stanley
Joyce. Chicago millionaire. turned
ancther harragc Of scandal on
Peggy JOYCE. his pretty actress
wife. today.
The third mfrlSonalrs husband Of
the charming Pcggy filed an answer
TO the petition OF his wife for divorce.
The luxury OF PegEy as wife
cost Joyce exactly Si.ass.5is-3s. he
said In his petition Joyces side to
tho story charges Pcggy with gross
extravagancc In buying everything
she laid her pretty blue eyes upon
HAD STAGE AUNT"
IS ONE CHARGE
From commonplace money mat
ters. the husband turned to men
He reiterated his charge that
Peggy flfsfcd about with ecirbrtties
on both sides OF the Atlantic
He charges that Peggy and .
stage aunt" named Ida NJ Smart.
whom she associated with In her
amnsous Undertakings. conspired 70
9ethaP u CAUSE him 70 become -
eAspd 10 Peexy Hopkins 1T Colorado
epr1ngs In the TAU of 1919. when she
va sti,i the vie ef Philbrick Hop
Etna.s
Hsrs ass suu.s q Psgxy's G1zas.,
Gnnoss - e1ea1 ~ J0ycee
Had t7sS.ee worth of jsvsaEy.
0pant 471.ooo for clothes n 1S3o.
Perfume h1I1s amountod u 81. eoo
The touch u psggy la the sting
Of death = IN army o0icer. Joycs
said
Ihs efficsr. vhcuo nnme - with.
held. killed himself IN . Tmkizh bath
when he could not pay the debt
Peggy contrscted for him. Joyce
held
Pegsy partcok TO much. Of the
wins Of ths grAps. ths husband a.
legged He aid she appeared drunk
on the streets Of New York with
''one Joe PAM. . restaurant keeper.
and tha1 while riding with Pani -she
was Intoxicated and sax upon hia
hp.-
Joycs e4arysd 0Aaa Ais vtfs spent
much time With zone Barton
French- ana that she visited him In
HE home and -stayed unchapcfoned
with hin until late hours Of che
night
FAST LIE N
GAY RAnxE
The Duo Dc Deusunl swagxered
into Peggy's life IN gay Paris. Joyce
charged He satd she frequently
lunched With him In his apartment
"A certain Prince vlora, an Al
bantam" was another one oe Pegxys
flames. according TO Joyce.
The irate husband ends up tbs p.
htion with this wallop.
The stage career Of said petition.
e. meaning. Of course. PegKy) was
never . financial or artistic success,
and while II may be true she was
paid 500 . week, II must have been
paid by favor rather than worth"