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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27
WHEAT HARVEST FINISHED
Thrcshing Making Much Progress
Over Kansas-Corn in Excellent
Condition in Eastern and South
west Portion of State.
BIZ 5. D. FIora, Meteorologist.

Heavy local rains fell in scattered
localities in Kansas this week. but
fully half the state failed to get
j enough moisture to do any appreciable
good, according to reports of 100 cor
respondents of the weather bureau.
Temperatures ranged close to normal
all week, making the weather compare
lively pleasant and yet warm enough
to favor crop growth.
Corn is still making excellent growth
over most of the eastern third of the
state and nearly all the southwest
quarter. From the Kaw valley north
its present condition could scarcely be
improved. tho 1t will soon need more
moisture to develop satisfactorily. Dry
weather prevails in the central por-
ton of the state, however, extending a S
far east as Usage and Coffey counties
and north to the Nebraska line.
Localities in this section report that
unless a soaking rain comes soon the
crop will be seriously injured, as 1t is
now at a standstill and in its most
critical stage. Some of it is already in
roasting ears in the southern counties
and another ten days to two weeks will
see the bulk of it that far along, ex-
cept the extreme northwestern coun-
ties. providing there is sufficient mois-
ture to favor normal development
| Harvest is almost finished in the
northwest section, and threshing has
made fine progress this week, except
| in the limited localities where heavy
rains interfered. AS g. rule, the quail
| ity of wheat is fair TO good. tho in
some places it is poor. Shock thresh-
| ing is almost completed in several
southern counties.
| Grain sorghums are generally doing
well and some are in full head as far
north as Ellis county. The second
crop of alfalfa has mostly been secured
with only slight damage from rainfall
while it was curing. However. the
third crop is starting very slowly. Pas
lures as rule are good in eastern
sections of the state. Prairie hay
making has not started yet to any gem
eral extent
The ground is getting dry for plow-
ing. except in the eastern counties and
western sections that were recently
favored with heavy rains, and this
work will soon be suspended unless
more moisture falls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27

The thirty-sixth anniversary of the
founding of the w. E. Culver hard
ware store is being celebrated by a
two weeks sale beginning this week.
1t will continue until August 4. Each
day will be marked by a special con-
ceSsion to the public in the sale price
of some article of standard goods.
The picture herewith Of the first
location of the firnl-ther Culver &
Bailey, across the street, where the
c. M. Hill wall paper store now stands
was taken in 1885, when the store
was started. At that time the old
Barkley undertaking establishment was
south of this building. What was just
north no one seems to remember. On
the other side was a residence. The
/ H. NJ. Walker drug store. long since
taken over by Fred Walker was two
doors north. The dignified Kansas
avenue of today was lined with negro
shanties between Ninth and Tenth.
Came to Kansas in 1880.
Culver came to Kansas from New
York in 1880 and was for a time a
timer in the Santa Fe shops before
entering business in 1885 with his
brother-in-law. NJ. M. Bailey. He was
an efficient mechanic, always taking
pains that the thing done was done
right. The business into which he
went was built with the same broad
minded elaboration that character
lied the work of his hands.
The first stock was bought in Chi
cago from Hubbard, Spencer, Bartlett
& Company, with whom the firm does
business at the present time. 1t is a
coincidence that Blish, Mize & Sill
man entered the jobbing field at
Atchison the same year the Culver
firm started in the hardware business.
Mize often visited Culver and the deal
ings have been so long and happy that
the price concessions for the anniver-
sary sale have been great.
All Goods Guaranteed.
The policy of the company from its
inception has been to guarantee salts
faction on all goods sold. No matter
how good the price might look. ware
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27
is BUSY SEASON
Furnace Dealers Are Rushed
With Orders From Topekans.
Factories Are Running at Full
Capacity, Marks Says.

Two classes of people buy furnaces
those with forethought and those
who wait for the premonitory urge of
a cold snap" before they invest in
a heating plant Both classes are
goin to keep furnace men in Topeka
busy from now until December, r. L.
Marks, local agent for the Holland
Furnace company. of Holland, Mich,
says.
This is the busy time of year for
u.s." Marks says. He has three men
busy installing furnaces now and ex-
poets to double the force within the
next three weeks. The people who
look ahead are getting their furnaces
in now. Some of them will wait till
the first cold snap and then they will
remember the shortcomings of the
old heating plant, and will want a new
furnace il. the house right now.
Marks is all for the people who are
getting their plants in now. Il can
give them better terms at present. and
we never are able to supply the de-
mand when the cold weather arrives "
he said. Marks established the To-
peka agency for the Holland company
April 1. He expectst to more than
double the force of men he now has
working before the end of the present
season. Before opening the Topeka
agency he was with the Holland or
ganization at Council Bluffs. Iowa, and
Omaha, Neb.
THE furnace building business il
one that isn't crying about hard
times" Marks says. My company hal
not laid off man. during the period
of depression.
"They have both their factories run
ming at full capacity, and are planning
ito increase their output 80 per cent
this year. The general business done
by the company during April of this
year showed an increase of Is pei
cent over that done in April, 1920, anC
in May they showed an increase of 2!
per cent over the same month of the
preceding year.
The installing force of the Holland
company will be doubled within tn,
next three weeks, and after the frs
of next year, two city statesmen in
stead of one will be kept busy, Mark:
saws
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27

known to be of inferior quality has
never been considered. 1t has always
been a city store. Implements or sup
plies for the farm trade have not been
handled, but rather a stock that caters
to the wants of town people.
Why was a location chosen between
Eighth and Ninth when the business
section was farther down toward the
river? Culver had a firm conviction
that business would go south He put
into buying the ground and later put
ting up the building for the future of
his business. Today there are more
new firms and business houses, and
rental on real estate is higher in that
block than in any other block in the
been comparatively recent, but the
conviction has proved out. With The
State Journal the w. E. Culver
Hardware stands as the only business
that has remained in the block dating
as far back as thirty-sfx years.
The building now occupied was
started in 1895 and completed in 1896.
Many Changes in Hardware Business.
Radical changes have come in the
hardware trade since the early times.
Then it was stoves, tinwork and
heavy hardware. the last mentioned
being the main line. Wooden buckets
and tubs were handled too. and coal
not gas-ranges. Now the contra ctor
makes requisition of a jobber for his
entire order, instead of buying it as
he goes along in the construction, and
consequently the heavy hardware is
the light end of the business of re-
tail store. But today a hardware
store must handle everything in
household wares, electrical appliances
of all kinds, tools, and down to the
latest combination ranges that were
never dreamed Of when the store was
started.
The store is still owned by the Gull
yer family, and run on the same basic
principles that have built it up.
The picture was taken by Culver.
himself, for that was his hobby. 1t
was loaned to The State Journal thru
the courtesy of Mrs. Culver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27
MAHARG ON STAND
States Last Witness Tells of
Throwing 1919 Series.
Was Present at Several Meet
ings When Deal Planned.

Chicago, July 2T.-Judge Hugo
Friend today informed the states at
torneys in the baseball trial that he
would direct the jury to return a YER
dict of not guilty in the cases of
Buck" Weaver and Happy" Felsch,
former White Sox players, and Carl
Fork of st. Louis unless further evil
dence was introduced against these
men.
The judge temporarily overruled the
defense motion to dismiss these cases
when the state urged that the defend
ants might be incrimlnated by fur
Their testimony. The state dropped its
case against Ben and Louis Levi of
Kokomo, Ind. Motions to dismiss the
charges against Joe jackson, David
Zelser OF Des Moines were overruled.
Chicago, July 27.-Billy Maharg of
Philadelphia. pal of Bill Burns and
Abe Attell during the formation and
completion of the alleged conspiracy
for throwing of the 1919 world s
series. today told his story of the re-
ported 100000 sell out of the eight
Chicago players.
Maharg, the states final witness in
the baseball trial. was said by Burns
to have been present at several meet
ings where the alleged game throwing
was planned.
Maharg began his testimony by tell
ing of the meeting he witnessed be-
tween Burns and Eddie Cicotte at the
Ansonia hotel in New York in Sep
TENDER. 1919.
Needed 100000.
Chick Gandil also was there" said
Maharg. Il heard Cicotte say that
if the Sox won the pennant the worlds
series could be thrown for 100000.
Gandil said the players would throw
the games in any order desired.
after Cocotte and Gandil left the
room Burns repeated parts of the con-
Versation 1 had not heard. He asked
me If I could get some one to put up
the 100000.
when I got back to Philadelphia I
went to see a fellow named Rossie
and then I went to New York with
Burns and saw Arnold Rothstein.
Burns told Rothstein the Sox had
agreed to throw the series for $780,
600 and asked Rothstein to put it up
but Rothstein refused.
7 got into Cincinnati the morning
of the first game. Burns told me Abe
Attell got Rothstein to put up the
100000 and that 100000 would be
given the players after each game.
Wired You Twenty Grand"
That night Attell told me the same
thing, explaining that Rothstein had
put up the money because Attell saved
his lie once Later AttelI showed me
a. telegram which read:
Have wired you twenty grand,
waving Identification
1T was signed "A. r.
THE night of the second game I
talked with Bennett, Attell and
Burns"
Maharg then identified David Zeel-
Ger of Des Moines. Ia, a defendant, as
the man he referred to as Bennett
This meeting was in AttelPs room
and Bennett did not want to let the
players have any money then," con-
tinued Maharg. "Attell gave Burns
$4,000 from a great pile of bills, I'M
I d the mattress"
I The witness confirmed Burns's story
4 of a meeting in Chicago of himself,
Attell. Burns and a st. Louis man,
& who was willing to put up $4,000 to
/ have games thrown.
Maharg denied that he was
Peaches Graham, former major
+. league catcher. as the defense has
claimed.
Because my name spells Graham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27

freight traffic will be of great value
in his new position. Mr.. Nicholas has
a beautiful suburban home in a ten
acre tract in the Rochester road.
An error was made last evening in
this column in stating that Messrs.
Zefferjohn and Shockley had pur-
chased ground on the corner of Madi-
son and Gordon streets. The state
ment should have read: F. N. Zef-
ferjohn and Mrs. Mary Marker.
Work on the building, in which
grocery store will be opened, will be
begun Monday.
Notes ana Personals.
Mrs c. NJ. Cooper. 1914 Monroe
street, is visiting friends in Wamego-
Victor council No. 4, S. B. A., will
have basket supper at Gage park
Thursday evening. After supper the
members will drive to Security Benefit
association home to view the new
buildings.
Miss Edith Hofer of Quincy street
has been brought home from Stormont
hospital where she underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
L. P. Fraser OF the Graham Cloth
ing company is taking his vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Nelson. 1905
Central avenue. have returned from a
visit to Mrs. Nelson's brother in St
Joe Mrs. Nelson's niece, Louise Lie
bold, returned with them for
months visit.
Mrs. NJ. Davy and daughter Helen
In Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs d. NJ. Dibble and fam
lily have returned from a ten days
vacation at Bean lake.
John Beuchner of the Dibble Gro
Gerry company will begin his vacation
Saturday evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
Beuchner and children will spend a
on Mill creek, later going to Kansas
City to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Chaffee, of she
Union Pacific hotel, went to Kansas
+ City Sunday morning on the o'clock
train, returning later in the day with
a five-passenger Willis-knight sedan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chaffee spent an hour at
Lawrence on the return trip and took
dinner at the Eldridge house, the old
1 hosiery that figured SO prominently
in the early days of Lawrence.
| Peter jackson, of Pasadena, Cal,
and Bob Jackson. of Elmont, recently
retired from the navy, have gone to
Iowa to visit relatives for several
weeks
A party of North side people
motored to the rifles" on Soldier
creek, back of the Industrial school,
last evening and enjoyed a picnic sup
per. Those who made up the crowd
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ripley and daugh-
ter, Marie, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Ward
and son, Bobby. Mrs. Warboys, Miss
Hazel Hotchkiss, Miss Nellie Ward and
Mr.. Duncan.
Mr. Fred O. Morns, of North Quincy
street. states that if you save a dollar
and put it to work for you in a saw
ings account, it will soon earn another
dollar to work for you, and soon there
will be two of you working for you.
You double yourself as q producer.
You have helped yourself and your
community. You have lived, achieved,
Iand are independent The Midwest
Building and Loan Association would
be pleased to have you deposit your
dollars with them, as they especially
feature Safety, Liberal Income Yield,
land Cashability.-Adv.
| Come and bring your lunch to the
basket supper of Victor council No. 4.
S. B. A, Thursday night at Gage park.
ADV.
No moving picture at Seaman Rural High
school this week No eurrent-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27

Many kinds of advertising methods
for the Cadmean chautsuqua enter
tainment to be held at Garfield park
August 40, were discussed at the
meeting of the North Topeka Civic
club last evening, and the distribution
of window cards. auto stickers and
other advertising matter was under
taken by members present. Among
those who volunteered to card ada
cent country roads were Roy Boast,
c. H. Peebler, F. o. Morns, C. M Nor
row, Mrs. Charles Suit and Mrs. c. M.
Morrow.
c. Fenton, of the Cadmean chau-
tauqua management. declared himself
well pleased with the results of the
work done by the different commit
tees But we are not thru" he en-
phasized. I'VE have just begun, But
we are we'll started, and that is the
hardest part. What we want now is
to get the people acquainted with the
fact that there is going to be a chau-
tauqua at Garfield park next month;
that it is going to be one of the Dig
gestt hings Topeka has ever had in
the way of an entertainment. To do
this" he added, I'VE must interest the
people of Topeka end vicinity. Every
person owning an auto should be fur
nished with a sticker advertising the
tributed and more will be. but we can
not reach every one by this method.
and so we ask all auto owners to call
for stickers at the headquarters of the
chautauqua, 912 North Kansas avenue,
or phone the secretary, Miss Myrtle
McGrew, and the stickers will be fur
nished. Also we want window stickers
in every business house in Topeka, and
in the stores of the nearby towns. We
don't want them lying behind coun-
tiers, but want them put in the vim
dows where they will be SEEM
A meeting of the advertising and
publicity chairmen met this morning
at Austin Snediker's and perfected
plans for more extensive publicity
work.
The Forbes Milling company, which
has a capacity for grinding several
hundred barrels of flour daily, in adj
dition to it's corn mill. is unusually
busy at present grinding flour for
other mills of North Topeka which
have heavy export orders for Liver
pool, Eng. and Glasgow. Scotland.
The Union Pacific railroad, which
has been retrenching, is now increas-
ing its section forces and the yards
have undergone a cleaning up in the
past week.
r. NJ. Cole. master mechanic for
the Union Pacific railroad, has re-
turned from a business trip to Kan
sas City.
]. r. Johnston, superintendent of
the Page Milling company, left last
evening for Manhattan, Junction City,
and Wakefield, in connection with
business FOR the company.
George Frost, formerly marshal of
the city court, later city detective, is
now connected with the E. r. Hayes
commission house.
w. H. Nicholas. who was cashier
and assistant agent for the Santa Fe
at Santa Fe, N. M, for many years,
and agent for the Rock Island at
North Topeka and Topeka, being
afterward promoted to travelling
auditor for the Rock Island, has
taken the position of traffic manager
for the Kaw Milling company. Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27

Nicholas long experience in railroad
freight traffic will be of great value
in his new position. Mr.. Nicholas has
a beautiful suburban home in a ten
acre tract in the Rochester road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27
TO PROTECT CoMPLAINANTS.
Wood-Forbes Mission to Take Hand
in Philippine Prosecutions.

Manila, July 26.-Reports reaching
the Wood-Forbes investigating mis-
sion that persons who made COM
plants to the mission regarding con-
duct of government in the Philip
pines are being prosecuted by insular
authorities on trumpet up charges
caused Major General Wood and
Commissioner Forbes to issue a state
ment here today saying that they will
use all OF their power and influence
to protect such persons.
One of the objects of the investiga-
ton, the statement said, is to ascer-
tain. whether freedom of speech. is
abridged in the islands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27
Daredevil of the Air

Mart Campbell, who thrilled Free Fair
crowds last year with his sensational wing
walking and acrObatic stunts aero
plane speeding 90 miles hour, will per-
form his hair-raising stunts on Monday.
the opening day of the Fair. and finish
with a sensational parachute leap from
the speeding plane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27

w. H. Nicholas. who was cashier
and assistant agent for the Santa Fe
at Santa Fe, N. M, for many years,
and agent for the Rock Island at
North Topeka and Topeka, being
afterward promoted to travelling
auditor for the Rock Island, has
taken the position of traffic manager
for the Kaw Milling company. Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27

backwards lots of persons think that
is my real name" he said. MY name
is Billy Maharg.t I was raised on a
farm and fas a prize fighter from
1897 to 1907"
president of the American league, sent
him to Texas to persuade Burns to
testify.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27
THEFT LOSS $4,000 ANNUALLY.

Huge Amount SiIverware and Linen
Stolen From n. Y. Hotels.
New York. July 27.-New Yorks
large hotels average losses of more
than $4,000 each, annually, in thefts
of silverware and linens. H. F. Shaul,
manager of the Plaza said today. Mr..
ShauPs statement was made in con-
nection with the arrest of Ramiro
Vasquez, a hotel employee in whose
home was found a quantity of silver
ware and linens bearing the hotel
stamp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27
NAVY SURGEON A SUICIDE.
Domestic Affairs Led Capt. G. A. Lung
to Take Life. Belief

Providence. R. L, July 27-The
body of Capt. G. A. Lung, a surgeon
in the United States navy. assigned to
the naval war college at Newport, with
bullet from a.45 caliber revolver in
the head. was found near Pepasquash,
Bristol. R. /, by the keeper of his
estate. Domestic affairs are given by
friends as a probable reason for his
act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27

George Frost. formerly marshal Of
the city court. later city detective, is
now connected with the E. r. Hayes
commission house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-27
North Topeka News

Items for this column may be left mt
Petro's drug store, or telephone Eleanor
KimbalI, 1881 after O'Clock. Other
hours. $3.50.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11
NeW York Bankers and
North Dakota Bonds

better understood if a little Of recent
North Dakota history is given first.
Here follows ar col Of the rise
OF the Nonpartisan League, and the
split between Attorney General LANCER
and the Townley-Lemke element.
There is a full account of the Scan
dinavian American Bank affair and
the statements made by Mr.. LANCER
regarding t:lis affair as we'll as MT.
tnson's statements regarding the Bank
OF North Dakota are given at some
length. These are omitted here for
lack of space. and because they are
already familiar to North Dakotans.
The bank bulletin hen continues:
An Erroneous Plan.
The plan of making the State of
North Dakota q self-contained unit
financially was fundamentally erron-
eous. A well-balanced bank is one
that serves so many different kinds of
business that all are not calling upon
it for help at the same time. A bank,
a source Of wealth in itself; it is q
reservoir and clearing house for the
community that it serves. The whole
theory of banking is based upon the
assumption that normally about as
many people will be wanting to put
money into 'aJbank as to draw money
out. Some lines of business and some
localities will need credit at certain
seasons while in other lines n other
places the demand will fall most heay-
lily at other seasons The service OF
a banking system is to make idle
funds available where they are want
ed. A single bank with an office in
one town accomplishes this in a de-
gree, a bank which serves a larger
area of territory and a greater variety
bg business accomplishes it in a larger
degree, while banks that have Gus.
toners in many lines of business, and
in all parts of the country and in fore.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11

aged. People are not quite sur what
the policies Of the present State au-
thorities might be II they should be
retained in power. 1t has been pointed
out that the sinking fund in which Is
to be annually accumulated the sums
for the payment Of the principal as 1t
falls due is to be in the custody Of
the Bank of North Dakota, and that
the bank has power to lend it to the
departments of state that are conduct
ing State industries. Naturally people
ask, what kind of a sinking fund Is
that? Where will it be sunken when
it is needed, and what provision will
there be fore its replacement?
Then there is sometimes a natural
indisposition TO do business even
though, the security offered in itself
unobjectionable. When a smooth
salesman gets the signature Of a
change for a patent right or a block
of doubtful stock and offers the note
at a neighboring bank at a tempting
discount, it is a doubtful purchase
even though the name is above Ques-
ton. Bankers associations through
out the country have passed resolu-
tons urging that such purchases be
not made.
We do not attack the government
Of North Dakota or ven the officials
who at present are managing it. We
make no statements concerning then
upon our own responsibility. Thu
quotations given above are in the Ian
guage of the mar who was twice elect
ed Attorney-Ge General of North Dakots
by the voters of the Nonpartisar
league and of the present Chief Just
ice Of the Supreme Court. also sup
ported by the League, and since there
is an interest in knowing why NORTH
Dakota bonds have not sold readily
their statements are offered explana
ton.