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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

sil learned to rwim nifty feet; SAT
received life saving instructions and
81 passed the Red Cross life saving
test.
Public Health Nursing.
Miss Caroline Robelen In charge of
public health nursing in her report
for the year said In part. during the
school year of 1920-2i. the Bureau OF
Hygiene supervised six school nurses.
employed by the anti-tuberculosis So
ciety to carry on the medical inspec-
ton Of school children In rural Della
ware. outside of the town of New
Castle and the Claymont and Green
Vile communicable work In these
last two districts being done by the
community nurses. who were en-
pioyed and supervised by our bureau
Since October /, 1920, the following
work has been done In the rura
Schools. 1895 children have been ex.
amined by the nurse; 6,467 have beer
examined by a physician assisted by
the nurse. There have been "a oper.
ations for tonsolitis and adenoids
! nfty children have been taken TO ocu.
lists, and ~ to special dispensaNee
There have been 2,03i visits made tc
homes of children needing treatment
Because of the lack of funds. foui
Of the school nurses were released
from service ut the end of May. Tw,
were retained until July to do>follov
up work. This school year. the Child,
Welfare Commission has taken owe
the work in Kent and Sussex coun
tics and Blackbird hundred in New
Castle county.
owing TO the great number Q
children in the rural districts suffer
ing from malnutrition, our Bureau
OF Hygiene decided to demonstrat
the value OF n hot dish at noon. a
a measure towards correcting thi
defect and voted $1,000 for this pur
pose. TO be used in purchasing no
lunch equipment for about twent
schools. Eighteen schools have alread
been equipped and we are considerin
requests from two others"
Referring to first aid work the repor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09


etlsrl ptillc ~ stomach trNItio hieh af.ls
hke 4 tfe.hrsud on the entire avsicra
wilh ihs result that ihs kidurys. hV,r and
ipteplines All become infected MANY ~.
cdrnls whsrt remarkably quick results
have followed The use Of PANT Juice the
nrw herhHl stomach mcdlcinr. are being
cigssd daily hy well-known local people
heuenllN The following statement was
made by Mr. \ Alderman. one of the
l,est-knowr Electrical Conimctors h
Wilmington, residing n No. i407 Scott
street
After lonr period pi suffering am
glad "a say ! am how IN he punk oi con-
ilsAon due g. youi mnryelutn medicine
plaul Juice ! had been d sufferer for
long time with my stomach nnd none of
my organs were working properly. 4
could not digest the hehicsl llnd al food
| was alwnvs consllpatcd my beck neked
constantly and J had bad bilious spells
every little while / was Nory nervous
and depressed and iell weak and al tired
mis had nc ambition or enef1tN 10 Do
~ work. never could get good night
sheep / was told that had malaria.
had tried many Incidence and treat
mrnss without any benefit aud a. 4 last
traort. ! dcoldrd Va nv Plant juice.
lavan % rsi relief from almost the lir~t
sew ds.ee | took aud noW ! am able 70
sni ANYTHING and y agree with mo I
ana not conrlipnted amy morp. sleep hno
- night and have not an ach, or i pain
/ leel ful Of energy aud strength An
Il ny friends have asked me wbal has
a,naxht about the change Ia ms appear
auer, aud tell them Plant Juice 4
annol pfnlsp u enough iof what il has
iuar Ion ins
Plant iulee i sold IA Wilmington ne
THE Miller Drug store 4O4-lDb Market
anss, IN NV Castle by J. Challenger
son. ~ Newport by & ~ White in
Aewarh ID " l. Brown.
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the pupils of Delaware schools during
he roll call of last year. The report
reads:
IA November, 1920, 3s.04s children
We're enrolled In the Junior Red Gross
In Delaware. representing t.040 school
rooms. This large enrolment was due
to the spiendld cooperation received
by the Delaware chapter from the
school STAFF. superintendents. primer
pals and teachers Of the state, upon
whom fell tlsc actual task OF enroll
Ing the schools as school auxilisries
and the children as individual m@r-
bers OF the Junior Red Cross"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

Nlllon. Mrs. Thomas Y. Cahall. Dcl-
aware city. Mrs. Caroline CLARK,
fira. Charles jackson, Mrs. T. B
iisisel smyrna. Mrs. H. l.. Aglls
Mrs. E. y. Dwight Dover, Miss Anna
n. Hayes, Mra Joseph y. Bryan;
,amden and Myumlng, Mrs. MAY
iandaip Mrs. sarah Cooper Mrs
MARY Juwls. nplmar. Mrs Sarah
i'iAsi Orgcnville. Airs. Henry n
Thompson, Clayton, Mea. W $. Col.
iins and Mrs, N a, Jones ana two
,ciorates from Nov castle and Hoe
hes~ln.
Rarcau Of Hygiene.
Tho report 90 Mfs losaph Bancroft.
dlfettur 80 the bureau 81 lfNRlcne.
showed the snen1id work which this
husy branch &c ihe Delaware chapter
had been tnkhged ln in the past year.
TnrouEh the tWO able hcads of divi-
Funs 81 she bureau, Miss Mary a.
Nnfan, a. ~, Ia charge ~ instruction
and iIfe saving work and Miss Caro-
iiNr liphclvn. IN charge of public health
nursing service she activities ~ the
bureau have been hroadened and cN-
tended during the year. IN comment
Ina on their WORK Mrs bancroft re-
ported "rhe reports cover quite fully
the work of thn bureau. 80 that the di-
RECTOR only d,rires 90 add. that the
AoyAits ard cooperation ~ an those
connected with the work. made thie
record rosalhle and extends 20 each
rnd ~ ~ the personnel. her sincere
appreciation - their assistance"
IL her report ~ The tnarhing cgn-
tf. az tit Delaware avenue. Tor the
year, Miss Moran reported a. follows
puflnx me year AZ classes in home
hygiene nn care of tn sick have beer
unlrf Instruction, representing ata
eiuiNHis 90 ihiH number aso compile.
ted trs course. ana re1civod certificate.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
Plant Juice Was
Cause OF Change
Wilmington Man Tells How
the New Stomach Medicine
Was Only One to Help.

hanging conditions have made an 81
us more of lc-a susceptible 20 stomach
disorders and rs kindred affections
CIVILIZATION has forced people to get rich
iond rendered appciiging hy siimulanis.
e. 1--we IA smoky cities and to rever walk
when thes can ride 80 wonder they are
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
JUDGE GRAY CHOSEN
TO HEAD DELAWARE
RED CROSS CHAPTER

continued from page /
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
A SAFETY COUNCIL
Taxicab Owners Have Plan to
Decrease Accidents.
New Movement introduced by
Roy Payne.

A movement has been started in
Topeka to establish city safety coun-
Gil. Roy Payne, of the Payne Taxi
company, is the originator of the new
plan here.
The council, according to Payne,
will be given power to enact laws that
will decrease the number of accidents
in the city, both to automobiles and
pedestrians; and 1t will also work in
cooperation with the school board
and with the teachers in the city
schools for the prevention of accidents
to children. In short the safety coun-
Gil will be a means of safeguarding
the lives and property of the citizens
of Topeka, and as such will be of un-
told value to the entire civic body.
Payne says. He intends to introduce
the plan here.
Many Councils Formed.
The National Association of Taxi
Cab Owners of America, of which
Payne is a member, is introducing q
safety council in. every city of the
United States and Canada, in which
members of the association are oper-
ating. Fifty-three taxi companies
representing over 5000 taxi cabs in
more than forty cities in the United
States and Canada, are now members
] of the association, according to-J. G..
| Williams of Washington, D. c., secre-
| tary of the organization, who is in
/ Topeka working on the plan. Fifteen
companies were enrolled in the asso-
citation in the last six months, accord
ing to Williams.
] The regular semi-annual convention
| of the association was held last week
| at Chicago. At this convention unani-
| nous approval was given to the plan
. to introduce the safety councils in the
| different cities of the United States.
| Other plans of importance to the taxi
| comDanies and the public were dis
| cusSed and approved An effort is
being made by the association to OBJ
tain a reduction of the personal liza
! bility insurance rates which the cab
| companies must pay in order to as
sure protection to their patrons.
THE present rate of 1850 per year
on $1,000 premium is not justified,
Williams says. our statistics show
that the percentage of accident to our
cabs during one year is not great
enough to justify such a large insur-
| ance rate.
I'VE are making every effort to have
this rate reduced not only in our in
terests. but also in the interests of ou1
customers. who pay the bills. Another
plan of the association is to reques
that the governing body of every city
require that mileage meters be placed
on each taxicab operating in that city
This plan would eliminate the pos
sibility of overcharging the fare b!
am bilious but unscrupulous drivers
The home offices of the National Cal
Owners association are at Washing
citation are: John W. Boobar. Wash
ington. president; L. l. Miles. Louis
Vile, KY, vice president; W. W. Cloud
Baltimore, Nd, second vice president
and J. g. Williams, Washington, secre
ltary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
TEN GOT AWAY
Prisoners Escaped During Fire
at Western Prison.
One Dead, Many Injured-LOss
Is $75O,OOO, Estimate.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 19.-Ten con-
victs were missing today at the west
ern penitentiary following the riot of
over 5000 prisoners yesterday after
noon and the destruction of several
prison buildings by fire. entailing an
estimated loss of $750,00O. One pris-
oner was burned to oeath. A dozen
prisoners and guards were seriously
wounded during the rioting and two
score more received less serious in
juries. The interior of the cell divi-
sions of the prison were badly
wrecked.
Two versions of the cause of the
trouble are current. One is that wo-
men prisoners were denied face pow
der and that the tobacco supply of
the men was limited and cigarets
barred. The other version is that the
prisoners objected to soup three times
DAY. Prison authorities have con-
firmed neither version.
The ten missing convicts are be-
lieved to be hiding about some of the
wrecked buildings or elsewhere around
the institution. Prison authorities are
confident these men did not leave the
prison enclosure
An official statement issued by the
prison officials says eight of. the con-
victs were shot but this does not take
intY account a considerable number
reported to be not seriously injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
As # will Iook when improved .

may rest upon building those porches
for proper treatment of the great
white plague. Contributions to the
Sanatorium Porch Fund may be Of
fering an effective balm to many
heartaches. Who can hold back
from contributing?
Many of these who have beloved
ones in the sanatorium have given
generous sums to start the fund. 9th
ers who have lost their loved ones in
the fight against the disease are also
contributing. Isn't it to be just as
much, or more expected that those
who enjoy health and happiness Of
fer their help to those who have not
such blessings?
Little children at the sanatorium
are not having the fresh air treat
ment they should have. They are
kept in an inside room. 1t is a big
sunny room, but it lacks the fresh
atmosphere it should have. The
building of porches would allow the
children to be outdoors all day.
Contributions to the Sanatoriun
Porch Fund should be made to Mrs
Chas. B. Thomas, Mrs. F. W. Freeman
or Mrs. T. B. Frost. The sympathy
and generosity of Topeka citizens will
be registered in the rapidity with
! which the $4,000 for the porches i.
| accumulated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19

only five or six of the thirty pa
tients at the Topeka tuberculosis
sanatorium can be accommodated on
the porch. the only place where there
is the quantity OF fresh air that is
needed for treatment OF the disease.
Why aren't more of them cared for
outdoors? Because the sanatorium
has only one comparatively small
porch.
The adding of porches to the sana-
torium building probably will mean
the prolonging and saving of lives.
For that reason the sanatorium
porch fund is hereby started.
1t will cost $4,000 to build the
porches needed at the institution.
Upper and lower porches about three
sides of the building, rather than one
porch at the north of the building.
which is all there is at present, are
needed at once. The accompanying
photographs show the institution as it
stands now and the architects draw
ing of the building with the added
porches.
Every person at the sanatorium is
dear to someone. Every patient there
means a heartache to someone, and
! probably several someone's. Whether
4 that heartache is ever to be cured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
HEAR KING CASE IN OCTOBER
Supreme Court Gives Attorneys More
Time to File Briefs.

Rufe Kings appear TO the state su-
preme court Will not be heard until
October. The court has directed
continuance in the case that attorneys
may have more time in which to file
briefs and exhibits.
King is the alleged keeper of the
Maple Hill murder farm. He was
charged with murder OF three men.
whose skeletons were presumed to
have been found hidden In shed at
the rear of Kings former home and
buried near a livery barn which he
formerly owned. When the skeletons
were found two years ago. the grew
some display gave Maple Hill her
greatest sensation.
Mob violence was threatened when
King was returned from Colorado,
where he was arrested. Preliminaries
were transferred to Eskridge and King
was held without bond for trial in the
district court. A change of venue was
secured and King was tried last fall
in the Usage county district court at
Lyndon. He was convicted and SEN
| fenced to life imprisonment.
Notice of an appeal was served.
King was released under $25,000
bond. For a time preceding and fol-
| lowing his trial King was held in the
Shawnee county Jail in Topeka. He
was escorted to and from his trials
under heavy guard, but no effort was
| ever made to take him from the Off
GERS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
Great Railway Builder Dies at
Home in Topeka.
At Age of 20 He Leaves Behind
q Work Well Done.
BUILT ROCK ISLAND HERE
Handled Nearly One-HaIf of
Mileage of Big System.
For Years He Was a Power in
SunfIower Politics.

M. A. Low. age 79, railroad builder,
widely known attorney. political
power. and a man with practical and
1271 Fillmore street, at z:30 o'clock
this morning. His death followed sew
eral months of suffering and was not
unexpected. At his bedside were Mrs.
Low, his daughter, Mrs. Vera NJ. Reid
of Topeka, and his nephew, George s.
Hovey. of Kansas City.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day afternoon at 1880 o'clock from
the home.
NJ. A. Low always has been a lead
ing factor in the upbuilding of Topeka
and Kansas. His interests for years
have been closely identified with his
residence in this city and state. As a
pioneer in the extension of the Rock
Island lines to Kansas and the south
west, he was instrumental in a vas
growth in this section of the country
He Was Born In Maine.
NJ, A. Low was born at Guilford
Me-, August 1. 1912. He attended
school at Auburn. Me-. and completed
the law course at Ann Arbor, Mich
He received the degree of Doctor o
Laws from Bethany college. in 1901
He later engaged in the practice o
law at Trenton and Gallatin, Mo. H.
was interested in the publication of ;
newspaper at Hamilton, Mo-. tn
Hamilton News"
He entered the service of the Rocl
Island railroad in 1874. as division
solicitor at Trenton, Mo, in charge o.
construction and litigation in Missouri
and Iowa.
A Railroad Builder.
In 1885 he became president of thu
st. Joseph & Iowa Railway company
and constructed that road from Alta
mont, Neb., to st. Joseph. Mo-, whe1
it became a part of the Rock IslanC
system.
| When the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific system proposed to extend it
lines west of the Mississippi river. Mr.
Low moved to Atchison. Kan. abou
the year 1876, and organized the Chi
cago, Kansas & Nebraska Railwa-
company obtaining charters in Kan
sas, Nebraska ard Colorado. Tha
was the company which constructs
the lines in these states as well as il
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
which were afterward decided to tn
| (Continued on PAGE Four
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19

For many years the late NJ. A Low
was one of the men to be reckoned
with in Kansas politics. Yet Low
was an extreme opposite of the type
of men who have blossomed and
flourished in seasons of stirring news
paper interviews and impassioned
oratory. He never drifted from his
moorings on wave of hysteria and
reform. He never ran to epigrams.
Neither was he conspicuous in con-
vention crowds or active in hotel
lobby milling. Yet after nearly forty
years of political activity his strength
held while more spectacular men in
the game had flourished and fallen
and been forgotten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19

Low came to Kansas in the early
SOS to do a big thing for the Rock
Island system. He succeeded SO well
that his responsibilities grew. In con-
sequence, his power in politics de-
veloped as his business activities be-
came broader and more important
During the late Sos the COS, and into
the convention days of 1900 to 1906
the last state convention-his
power was always felt. His sound,
conservative judgment was sought in
every battle. Seldom did the veterans
of other days-Liggett, Crum, Leland,
Simpson, Albaugh, Long, Burton,
Smith and others-go into a fight
without first discussing campaign
plans with Low.
Mapped Out His Battles.
Quiet, slow spoken, ultra conserva-
tive, Low never rushed to battle until
he had mapped out every detail. His
word was sparinely given. But once
given it was regarded as bond in po-
litical circles.
There are few men of the Low type
in Kansas politics today. The pri-
mary calls for a leadershi' set with
glittering promises and spangled with
high sounding, soul stirring words and
phrases. In this game Low didn't
compete. Yet long after the primary
came, Lows counsel was sought and
his advice carefully followed. Pos
sibly the only Kansan in the genera
ton who has really succeeded in pol
itics and retained his reticence is D.
w Mulvane, Republican national
committeeman. His constant refusal
to break into the public prints and to
scatter his promises is the nearest ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
TURNS ON her PAL FIVE ARE DROWNED
"Petticoat Rallies" Says She
Was Tool of Ralph Davis.
Thousands of Dollars Worth of
Loot Being Identified.

Kansas City, Mo, July 19.-Mrs.
Henrietta Davis. pretty "petticoat raf-
fles," under arrest here. has turned on
her "paI,' Ralph Milton Davis. held in
St. Louis for series of hotel thefts.
including the robbery of jewels and
clothing from Naomi Childers, motion
picture actress.
Today, convinced that Davis in
tended to let her shift for herself, the
girl with anger flashing from her
eyes, confessed that she had been a
tool for Davis in his operations.
81 am not Mrs. Davis" she said
MY name is Henrietta Widerbacher.
He has a real wife. I merely was his
tocI 1 helped him in his big ones"
Thousands of dollars worth of loot
found in the woman's trunks is being
identified. Davis and the woman
worked" the big hotels of dozen
midwest cities, and collection OF
room keys and pass keys found with
the loot, would gain them access to
almost any room, police state.
Denies Committing Robberies.
Jewelry valued at more than s2,500
has been identified which was taken
from a Des Moines hotel. the property
of NJ H. Thomas, of Dallas, Texas.
Today, Charles I. Grove, Chicago oil
broker, revealed to police hehe thai
he was robbed of several hundred dol
lars in jewelry in a hotel last year By
the same pair, he believes.
Miss Widenbacher, however, denies
that she actually committed any OF tne
robberies. She was the 'fixer, she
said, and the "spotter" while Davis
did the work. flashing a fake secre
service badge and pair of handcuff'
and posing as government agent, L
surprised while in a room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
Campers Near CedarvaIe Caught
in CIOudburst.
Victims Lived in BartIesviIIe,
Okla, Is Belief.

Independence, Kan, July 1s.-Five
Oklahoma campers were drowned
near Cedarvale, Kan, last night when
cloudburst waters swept down Cedar
creek, according to advices received
here today. Three bodies have been
recovered, but the names of the VIC
Tins, who are believed to have lived
near Bartlesville, so far have not been
learned.
The bodies recovered this morning
were those of a man about SIS years
old, a woman about 40, and a boy 5
or 6 years old. The party was en-
route home from the Sumner county
wheat fields. They made a camp for
the night near the creek.
All fled for a nearby railroad bridge
when the roar of the water was heard.
but the flood caught them before
they could reach safety. The Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe. and the
Missouri Pacific tracks were washed
out for a thousand feet or more.
Twenty-Five Santa Fe box cars were
washed from the tracks.
The dead are:
Mrs. william NJ. Wood and her two
children. Henry, aged 5, and Robert
aged 2, and Mrs. Woods parents. Mr.
and Mrs. John Pennil, aged "a and
~. reSDectiYely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
Null LVANE TO WASHINGTON
Republican National Committeeman
for Kansas Will Return to Capital.

for Kansas Will Return TO capital.
After a week at his home in Topeka
d. w. Mulvane, Republican national
committeeman for Kansas, will return
late today to Washington for the re-
mainder of the heated season The
Kansas committeeman summer vaca-
ton assignment this year has been the
direction of national headquarters in
Washington in the absence of Chair
man Adams.
Following Adams's election in June
as successor to Will H. Hays. the new
national committeeman was called
away from the scene of political activ-
ity to fight a bad case of hay fever.
Adams asked Mulvane to keep shop
during his absence. Until ten days
ago the Kansan was at the helm in
national headquarters. Then he took
a short vacation to return to Topeka
and devote some time to personal
business matters. Late this afternoon
direction of affairs at headquarters.
He will remain in service as acting
chairman of the national committee
until some time in September.
Mrs. Mulvane will be in Washing gtoE
with her. husband during the remain
der of the summer. She has been in
Atlantic City during his short stay in
Kansas.
During his visit in Topeka, Mulvane
has received several score of candi-
dates for postmaster and federal ap-
pointment. Observance of the civil
service rule. tho. has removed much
of the politics from the postoffice con-
tests-and iucid dentally afforded vel
come relief to the national committee
man and members of the congressional
delegation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-19
Nd BATHING SUIT LAW
Topeka City Officials Unable to Dis
cover Censorship Act.

Effort. to discover a bathing suit
censorship law in the city of Topeka's
statutes has been unavailing. city Of
ficials report Demand that the femi-
nine bathing suits at the municipal
pool i'll Cage park be elongated by
official edict prompted the search for
authority in the ordinances.
The Eearest approach to such au-
thority vas an ordinance passed in
1878. It forbade anyone to bathe n
the Kansas river or Shunganunga
creek within the city limits. unless
modestly apparelled in bathing suit
Hence, it is pointed out, the city now
river or creek-where bathers seldom
are seen-but is powerless to declare
that only those modestly apparellec
shall frequent the municipal lake.