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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-22

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rooms. 3 baths lot 5OSG@la With Garaie :.
.,ruediate possession. HARRY u. TOWN
SEND 2sn5 Atlantic ave.
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MODERN DWELLING > minutes from 18Th
St. terminal: living room. open fireplace.
dining room Kitchen bedrooms. tiled BATH
attic, hUt.water heat, gas and electric; price
tQ65O; financed. small amount cash. George
I, par1cs 1901 Chestnut ~ Walnut ICsS
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NEW ITRsrY-sEAsH0RE


."-ACRE. ra-m. good dwelling $4,000
wE%-rSEY 9o3 Libe.ty Blds.
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A RARE COMBINATION

to Cl,y Hal on state highway: minutes
walk 10 station. l3.ruom dwelling Of artistic
design, old E0Glsh hall; modern Conven-
!rnC"s; spacious lawn; grand old shade
aOundsNC" OF p,rennia. Eh-ubbery; cay ten
HiS court. garage and stable, stone farmer =
house. 70 ms and bath. .arEe barn. n"ccs'
say nuthuili nRs, variety VI fruit; Eprlng-
wataTed pasture. Very heat SO !. a sacrlhce
4, So OOu. ,Vtl 1l,"te
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NARBI RITZ

NEARING ETIOS--Co.on!sl house
EHraEr: modern appointments; nicely situ-
ate,i Walter 5. Switzerland, Bala. Pa
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". FORREST MAGEE
57-ACRE COUNTRY HOME

ADJOINING r. n TOWN
Stone and frame dwelling. % rooms large
porchcE large and beau,lfuI shady lawn.
city water and electric lIGh' Nrcs within $50
feet: Swiss barn for 10 heal stock. full set
outbuildlugs; fine frontage 81 main highway,
within few minutes YAK graded and high
schools churches stJres train and trolley
deI,otS. ~ rlgr n, large Pa. town, will sell
clear OF lr'..T IrRrcss - on easy terms at
only $40 O11 or CONSIDER clear moderate
priced Pll1 dyg,,ipg IN part nayment.
EDWIN L. STOUT. Perkasle Pa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
BATTLE IN CHINA
Ten Thousand Casualties Re-
ported in FOur-Day Fight.
Yanks, British and Japs Guard
Foreign Property.

London, Sept. 1O.-Ten thousand
casualties have resulted from four
days battle in Hupeh province. China.
between armies representing the
Pekin and South China governments,
said a Central News dispatch from
Shanghai today.
The fighting centers near Ichang,
on the Yangtsekiang river. The north
ern army is being reinforced. The
natives are fleeing, fearing a renewal
OF the engagement.
American, British and japanese
bluejackets are guarding foreign prop
erty along the Yangtsekiang river.
There has been intermittent fight
ing between North and South China
since the new China republic was set
up with the capital at Canton DR..
Sun Vat Sen, first provisional presi-
dent of the Chinese republic, was
elected president of the South Chinese
republic. The southern governments
claim that the Pekin government is
dominated by Japan and does not rep
resent the real interests of China.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
NURSES TO MEET IN TOPEKA
Third Annual Convention VIII Be
Held Next Tuesday.

The third annual meeting of dis
trict No. 1 of the Kansas State Nurses
association will be held in Topeka
Tuesday, September 13, at the Cham
ber of Commerce. District No. l COM
prises the following counties: Atchi-
son, Brown. Doniphan, Jackson, JEFF
ferson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, ShaW-
nee and Wabaunsee.
The general session will open i'm
mediately following a luncheon at IL
o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce,
Talks will be made by DR.. Karl Men
ninger, DR.. Earle G. Brown, DR.. W. NJ.
Mills, DR.. NJ. L. Perry, DR.. W. c. Nc
Donough, Dr. A K. Owen, of Topeka;
DR.. Samuel Murdoch. Sabetha. and
Tom Harley, Lawrence.
The officers are as follows: Mrs
Chas. c. Bailey. president; Miss Flor
ence Bair. first vice president. Miss
Edith z. White. second vice president;
Miss Esther Sullivan, secretary, and
Mrs. Damaris Payton. treasurer. all of
Topeka. The directors are as follows:
Mrs. R. D. Montgomery, Margaret
Mitchner, Nina Rippeth, Margaret
Fitzgibbons. Anna St. Bennett and
Anna Henry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
in MOVIE SCANDAL
Mystery Surrounds Death of
Miss Virginia Rappe.
Became Ill at Gay Party in San
Francisco Hotel.
FATTY ARBUCKLE WAS HOST
Summoned to Give Version of
Frolic in His Room.
Screen Comedian Is Held in
Custody by Police.

San Francisco. Cal, Sept. 1O.-Ros-
coe (Fatty) Arbuckle. motion picture
actor, is to be held in custody" pend
ing the outcome of the police investi-
cation into the death of Miss Virginia
Rape, following a party in Arbuckle's
roms at the St Francis hotel here,
Acting Captain of Detectives Michael
Griffith announced today.
"Arbuckle will not be arrested"
Griffith said, but he will be detained
by us until the investigation has been
concluded. I have put four detectives
on the case. 1 understand that he is
coming up here voluntarily but he
will be compelled to remain until the
police are finished with him. At pres
ent we are not contemplating any
charge against him.
Before leaving for San Francisco in
an automobile at 2 o'clock this morn
ing with Frank DominQuez, a promi-
nent criminal attorney, Arbuckle made
a statement in connection with the
death of Miss Virginia Rappe in the
northern city.
The film comedian denied any
knowledge of the circumstances at
tending her death other than she sud
denly became i'll while attending a
party of motion picture people in his
apartment after she had taken few
drinks of liquor.
MISS INdppS AdQ O0SII
identified with the Hollywood Film
colony for several years. Her most
distinctive work was done in comedies.
She was known as one of the best
dressed women in motion pictures.
To Tell His Version.
Fatty" Arbuckle, film comedian,
and host at gay party at the st.
Francis hotel here last Monday, was
expected to arrive here today from
7 1T 81 he
events leading up to the sudden illness
which seized Miss Virginia Rappe,
beautiful young movie actress, in the
midst of the party. which resulted in
her death here late yesterday.
According to the hotel management,
Arbuckle, with Fred Fishbeck and L.
Sherman, of Los Angeles, occupied a
suite of rooms. A request came about
noon Monday that phonograph be
sent to the suite. This was complied
with on condition that there be no
dancing. Later, a call came from the
rooms for assistance, stating a woman
in the party had become ILL.,
FATTY" in Pajamas.
Assistant Manager H. J. Boyle re-
sponded and found Miss Rappe lying
on bed lightly clad and unconscious.
Arbuckle was clad in pajamas and a
bath robe, it was stated. explaining
that his friends had called while he
was having breakfast in his room.
Miss Rappe was removed to a hos
pital the next day and several other
physicians called in consultation.
Medical science was of no avail. and
death came late yesterday
Having ascertained that bottles
were in evidence on the occasion of
the party. Coroner T. w. B. Leland
ordered an investigation.
1t is understood the first diagnosis
of physicians was acute alcoholism.
but that later a more serious condi
tion became apparent. According to
Boyle, when he arrived at Arbuckle's
room, there were several women and
two men in the room.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
DISMISS FOR FAIR IROTARIANS TO AID
Members of Club VIII Help in
Educating Washburn Students.
Advantages of Topeka College
Are Presented by Committee.

Twenty-Five members of the Topeka
Rotary club have pledged themselves
to help deserving men get an educa-
ton at Washburn college this year.
For the first time in history Rotary
clubs all over the country are being
called on to extend their educational
assistance in colleges as well as lower
schools. Henry V. Stearns, dean of
the Washburn school of fine arts, was
invited to present the advanta ges of
Washburn to the club at its last meet
ing. Ralph n. McEntire, president of
the Rotary club, announced today that
a group. including twenty-five of the
most substantial business and profess
sional men of Topeka, had responded
already with promises to help good
men in need of funds or work to at
tend the Topeka college.
Rotarians Offer Assistance.
eve look on this merely as a be-
ginning of the help which we expect
to give the school," McEntire said. II
never had the privilege of attending
Washburn myself, but 1 am acquainted
with the advantages of this fine col
lege. The Rotary club intends to do
all in its power to bring the business
men Of Topeka into closer relations
with Washburn.'
Dean Stearns and President P. P.
Woner are both members of the Ro-
tary club. ---..-.--.-.--
The aid which the Rotarians give
will be individual. None of the funds
of the organization are to be used in
this way. The support of education,
however. is a Rotary official function
of which its members are duly proud.
The club has long extended aid thru
its members, to high school boys finan-
ciaily unable to finish their courses.
It's work among boys of limited op-
portunities is a long story, of which
the support given to the Boys Indus
trial school at Topeka is an honorable
chapter.
To Form Faculty Committee.
Special groups in the club will con-
tinue these other activities individuals
in the group which has decided to help
Washburn students in particular will,
of course be free to choose the form
which their assistance will take, and
the students to whom it will be ex-
tended. A faculty committee. probably
to be headed by Dean Stearns, will
likely be appointed to confer and ad-
wise with the Rotarians. The aid is
not to be limited to the students OF
any one department, nor to athletes
exclusively
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
Two Killed and 100000 Dam
age Done in Trinidad.
TOrnadOes and Gales Sweep
Widely Scattered Sections.
THREE KILLED IN SIOUX FALLS
Four South Dakota Towns Suf.
fer in Big Storm.
Rise of Colorado River Threat
ems Texas LOwIands.

Chicago. Sept. 1O.-Countrywide
thunderstorm disturbances were re-
ported today from the CANADIAN
northwest to the Gulf of Mexico
marked by tornadoes in South Dakota
and Nebraska a disastrous flood at
San Antonio, Texas, and heavy rain
fall over the entire Mississippi valley.
Caribbean Storm Moving North.
New Orleans Sept. 10.-Weather bu-
reau officials announced today that a
tropical disturbance is central in the
Caribbean sea south of Haiti, moving
west-northwest and increasing in in
tensity
Vessels have been warned to exer-
else caution in the Caribbean sea dur
ing next twentyfour hours and in the
western Caribbean, especially Sunday.
Reports reaching here by wireless
to steamship companies said consider
Spain, where two persons were killed
ano more than $780, 600 damage done
in the harbor. Other points reported
severe damage.
Trinidad Is Hit
Port of Spain. Trinidad. Sept. 10
A tropical out storm hof great violence
which struck Trinidad Thursday,
caused two deaths and did damage to
Shipping estimated at $15O,00O.
The damage from the storm. which
was travelling west-northwest. was
principally confined to the harbor. 1t
was the worst storm within the MEM
ory of the oldest inhabitants.
Damage in Iowa.
Des Moines. Ia. Sept. 10.-Consid-
cradle damage is believed to have been
done to corn and property over Iowa
early today during a severe electrical
and windstorm. which was accom-
panied by a heavy rain. At Creston,
5.3S inches of rain fell.
Tornado i'm Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., Sept 1o.-A tornado
struck near Avoca, Neb., last night,
according to information received by
the Missouri Pacific Railroad company
from its telegraph operator at Weep
ling Water. The report gave no de-
(Coutinued on paRe Threel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
Wild over HIM
Charles Chaplin Given Huge
Ovation in London.
Screen Star Weeps as Thou
sands Surge About Him.

London, Sept 10.-A welcome ex-
ceeding anything ever given to royalty
was accorded Charlie Chaplin, the IA
nous American screen com edian when
he arrived in London today from New
York.
The screen star wept at the cor
dlality of the tremendous ovation and
finally had to be rescued from the
immense crowd by a detachment of
police.
Despite the large force of police.
the crowd broke thru the barriers
when Chaplin arrived at waterloo
station.
Then He Wept.
Thousands of men, women and
children surged forward attempting to
embrace the comedian and shake him
by the hand.
Charlie stood in the doorway of the
railway car and smiled at his English
admirers as they surged around him
with shouts and cries of adulation.
Then his emotion overcame him and
he wept
Eventually a dozen policemen res
cued the comedian from the crush.
which rivalled anything ever seen on
the screen.
The comedian will be entertained by
many fashionable families during his
stay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
ABSCONDLNG BANKERS CASH
WINS HIM FRIENDS IN MEXICO
Warren Spurgn Defeats Efforts to Have Him Returned
United States So-Detectives Say They Will
Wait Until His Money Is Exhausted.

Maria, Tex, Sept. 10.-Stolen money
has thwarted all efforts made to have
Warren c. Spurgin, absconding head
of the Michigan Avenue Trust COM
pany bank of Chicago, now residing
in the outskirts of Chihuahua City,
Mexico, returned to United States soil,
according to the district head of a
national detective agency, who has
been directing the chase for the cap
ture and arrest of the fleeing finan-
cier. Thru various agencies in Mexico
City. the detective agency has been
endeavoring to have President Obre-
gon declare Spurgin an undesirable"
and order his expulsion from the re-
public. By the monetary cultivation
of influential men in the state of Chi
huahua., Spurgin has succeeded in foil
ing the agency's moves, according to
the detective head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
MORE DIPHTHERIA CASES
City Health officer Issues Warming
to Topekans-

Diphtheria cases are still develop
ing in Topeka. Six new cases Friday
and six more cases today put crimp
in the optimistic spirits of DR.. Earle
G. Brown, city health officer. The
cases are all confined to the north and
east sections of Topeka. Today's
cases were all north of Sixth avenue
and east of Kansas avenue.
Were not seriously alarmed about
the epidemic to date" said Doctor
Brown. Unless the cases begin to
fall off we shall have need TO become
alarmed If every one will watch
himself or herself the danger will be
over. Every one should call on or see
a doctor when sore throa. or other
symptoms develop"
-Four diphtheria cases were released
Friday. and four were to be released
today
Thirty cases of diphtheria six
Of scarlet fever and three of typhoid
are listed in the city health depart
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
Roaring Motor Cars and Fast
Horses Will Entertain KanSans.
Total of 22O Horses Entered for
First Four Days.
$40, 900 STAKES AND PURSES
Many of Last Years Winners
Will Compete on Tracks.
Popular Kansas Derby Will Be
Run on Monday.

Nearly every man. woman and child
likes racing.
And be the appetttes- of Kansas Free
or the roaring motor car. it will be
amply satisfied next week.
With $4,000 offered in stakes and
purses for the horse racers, and s4,5OO
for the dirt track and speedway kings,
no one need enter the grandstand any
day next week with the expectation of
seeing a tame contest.
Total of 22O Horses Entered.
A total of 220 horses have been en-
tered for the first four days, which
assures one of the largest fields of
starters ever seen on the quarter
stretch in Topeka And among them
will be some from the fastest stables
within reasonable reach. Many of last
years winners will be here to com
pete with those making this circuit
for the first time.
The Kansas Derby, looked forward
to so eagerly by Kansas race fans,
will be run Monday. The 2:20 trot for
the bankers stake of $1,000 is also on
the card for this day and will be the
feature event of the afternoon. An
other important event will be the
2:14 pace for S40O and added money.
The three-year-old trot and two run
ming races, one of four furlongs and
the other of six furlongs, will fill out
the card and promise an afternoon of
exciting sport.
Races Begin at 2 O'Clock.
The horse races will begin at 2
O'Clock every afternoon the first four
days of the week. The last two days
the auto races will be held. Crowded
speedways have driven many speed
way kings back to their first love
the dirt track-and this promises -ome
real excitement Friday and Saturday.
Johnny Raimey, wealthy Tennessee
landowner. and light car champion of
the world, is the latest entrant for the
big auto races which are to be held on
Friday and Saturday, September 16
and I, the last two days of the Kan
sas Free Fair.
Raimey for the past two years has
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
JITHEY CASES UP TUESDAY
In Meantime Operators Take Their
Own Chances, Says Mayor.


The jitney operators, whose licenses
expire tonight, can take a chance and
run their cars on thru Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday without licenses if
they wish. according to Mayor Cor
wine-but the chances are their own.
The jitney trouble will be definitely
and finally decided at a meeting of
the city commission Tuesday afternoon
and it is entirely probable that a
higher rate of license fee will be estab-
lished. At the present time only thir-
teen new licenses have been granted
to jitney drivers for the coming sea-
son. George T. MattingIy. license in
spector, was stopped by the city COM
missioners from issuing more licenses
after that number had been issued.
II don't care to discuss the jitney
situation" Mayor Corwine said this
afternoon. Whether or not they will
be disturbed for operating during the
period of time between tonight and
Tuesday, I don't know. However,
when the time comes for the issuance
of licenses again, 1 am sure we Will
not put a limit upon the number We
issue"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
UP TO Dali EIREANN
Disposal of British Offer Checked to
Sim Fem Parliament

London, Sept. 10.-Eamonn de
Valera may protest against the British
cabinets condition that the Sim Fein
enter the proposed peace conference
on the basis of a limited allegiance to
the British crown, it was learned from
an authoritative source today.
The republican cabinet at Dublin
has put responsibility for acceptance
or rejection OF the British offer up to
Dali Eireann, which will meet in Sc
cret session on Wednesday.
If the British offer is accepted, and
II is generally believed here that it will
he. de Valera will nominate the Irish
pIenipotentiaries, but Arthur Grif-
fifth, founder of the Sim Fe1n, may
head the delegation instead OF de
Valera.
Optimistic news came from Ulster.
The police at Belfast have persuaded
the Sim Feiners and Orangemen in
that district to agree to a truce and
discontinue rioting. pending the out
come of the latest peace developments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10

LThe weeks program of the Kan
sas Free Fair will be found on pages
10 and H.
The greatest Free Fair in the his
tory OF the middle west will open in
Topeka Monday morning.
With its gates crumbling in the dis
card; an institution free to all; its
pavilions and buildings crowded to
capacity with exhibits of farm and
factory, school and laboratory, the
seventh annual Kansas Free Fair will
be the most notable agricultural, in
dustrial. educational and scientific ex-
position ever held in the state.
Many Visitors Are Here.
Already a large number of visitors
are arriving in the city to be in readi-
ness for the opening Monday morning
The Chamber of Commerce has issued
a call asking that everyone having an
available room report it in order that
sufficient accommodations, may be had
for everyone. A large list of rooms is
ready at the Chamber of Commerce
and it is expected that it will take
every one of them to supply the de-
mand.
Roads leading to Topeka are re-
ported to be in good condition and
by Monday noon hundreds of families
will be arriving to spend the week. or
at least a few days, at the Free Fair.
All railroads in the state have ar
ranged to allow a special rate of fare
and one-haIf for round trip tickets
from all parts of Kansas and have
arranged special train service to ac-
commodate the crowds.
Monday Is Topeka Day.
Monday will be Topeka Day. All
stores and banks and factories which
can conveniently do so will close at
noon to allow their employees to attend
the Free Fair.
Monday will be feature day at the
exhibition. In addition to the large
horse racing program, which will in
clude the Kansas Derby and the 2:2O
trot for the bankers stake of $1,000,
Mart Campbell, the intrepid California
aviator, will stage his aerial circus and
risk life and limb for the amusement
of the spectators. Travelling ninety
miles an hour a mile from the ground
this human fly walks about on the
wings of his airplane, hanging from
the landing gears, performs several
other seemingly impossible stunts and
furnishes a thrilling climax by max
ing a parachute drop in front of the
grandstand.
Big Program in Evening
In the Peoples pavilion the Ameri-
can Legion and the womans auxiliary
will give an ella aborate program in the
evening. There will be a concert by
MarshalIs. the Grand Old Band" on
CONTINUED on Page, ThreeJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10

Following receipt of a code mes
sage from Mexico City today the
agency announced that no further eff
fort would be made to get the banker
back to the United States as long as
his money lasted.
'"The oiling of dry palms has made
many friends for Spurgin in Chihua-
hua," said the district manager. 'and
despite our efforts at Mexico City,
the banker with his stolen wealth has
won. His friends will stick as long
as the money lasts, but we are good
walters"
Code reports from agency operatives
who have shadowed Spurgin since he
was located near the Mexican city
have contained word of the wild night
life led by the former head of the
trust company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-10
Santa Fe Takes Up Agricultural
and Industrial Development.
Headquarters VIII Be Estab-
Iished in General Offices Here.
F. P. CRUICE is MANAGER
To Pay Particular Attention to
Work in New Communities.
New Head of Work Has Been
With Railroad % Years.

The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company has created the de-
partment of agricultural and indus
trial development, and has appointed
F. P. Cruice, of Phoenix, Ariz., to be
manager, with headquarters at the
company's general office building in
Topeka.
This announcement was received
here today in a telegram from Ed
ward Chambers of Chicago, vice presi-
dent in charge of traffic. The crea-
ton of this department means that
the Santa Fe is about to engage in the
further development of the agricul-
tural and industrial resources of its
territory on an extensive scale, and
larger than ever before.
A Pioneer in This Work.
The Santa Fe was a pioneer in this
kind of work for many years but when
the war came on and the government
took over the railroads, this line of
activity was suspended. The an
nouncement by Vice President Cham
bers is notice that this important work
is about to be resumed.