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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
BANDIT CHEATS PRISON CELL
Henry Starr Dies-WiH Never Serve
Unscrved Sentence.

Harrison, Ark, Feb. 22.-Henry
Starr, latest king of the southwestern
outlaws, who was MORALLY wounded
last Friday when he attempted to hold
up the Peoples National bank, died
here today at 1925 p. m. No funeral
arrangements as yet have been made.
Grouped about him were his bride
of a year. the aged mother. and the
son. 16, Starts by a former marriage.
A hush had fallen on the little town,
for. altho Starr was shot when he at
tempted to hold up the Peoples Ma
tional bank here Friday, his notorious
escapades had made him a popular
figure and sympathy here was with
him in his last battle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
MAIL ROBBERY LOSS HEAVY
More Than $s25,OOO in Bonds and
Cash Stolen at Toledo.

Toledo. Feb. 22.-Government IN
spectors here working to clear up the
robbery at the Toledo postoffice last
Thursday morning announced today
that the robbers were responsible for
the theft of 100000 in unregistered
government bonds and between $685.
900 and $4,000 in cash. This much,
the inspectors admitted. has been ac-
counted for and the check-up is be-
ing continued.
All of the stolen mail except that
which the authorities have accounted
for has been destroyed, it is under
RfOn6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
NEW YORK SHOVELIS SNOW.
Twenty Thousand Work Turnout Night
Clearing Streets.

New York, Feb. 22.-New York,
after having suffered two days as a
result of one of the most severe snow
storms in years, awoke this morning
to find a second heavy fall in progress.
More than twenty thousand snow
fighters who with improved snow NOV
ing apparatus worked thruout the
night in an effort to clear streets set
in anew when the big flakes began to
fall at O'Clock.
Streets and sidewalks, which became
mushy yesterday under a warm sun,
wer: icy today as a result of a falling
temperature during the night, and the
snow found a firm foundation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
TESTS RADIO AMATEURS
President-EIect VIII Put Inaugural
Message on Air Lines March 4.

Chicago, Feb. 22.-Amateur radio
operators thruout the middle west last
night received a thirty-word message
dictated by President-elect Harding
and sent broadcast from wireless sta
tions.
The message was in the form OF a
test in preparation for the inaugural
message, which will be sent broadcast
the night of March 4. 1t read:
MAY the spirit of Washington be
our guide in all our national aspira-
tions and may the current year mark
the return of tranquility, stability,
confidence and progress for the entire
world. Warren G. Harding"
Half the message was sent from
Hartford, Conn. and the other half
from San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
STOPPED BY STORMS.
WouId-Be Cross Continental I7ye
Forced to Ground by Snow.

San Antonio. Feb. 22.-Lieut. w. D.
Coney, .trans-continental flyer enroute
on one-stop flight from San Diego
to Jacksonville, Fla, via Dallas
piloted his plane thru two fierce
snow storms before reaching Bronte
where he was forced to land, because
of carburetor trouble, according to
telephone advices from Bronte this
evening.
Coney hit one of the storms about
an hour after leaving San Diego. He
flew at an altitude of about 10000
feet, according to the meager advices
After landing about one and a half
miles west of Bronte. he borrowed a
motor cycle and rode into the town
to send telegram to Major Richards
at Dallas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
MOONEY CASE TO GRAND JURY.
Long Promised Investigation Begins in
San Francisco.

San francisco, Feb. %. - The
Thomas Mooney case was officially
before the county grand jury today.
The long promised investigation of
Moneys conviction of murder, a re-
suit of San Francisco preparedness day
dynamiting in 1916, was started at a
grand jury meeting when affidavits
of Richard W. Smith, former San
Francisco policeman, and now of
Seattle, were given attention.
Smiths affidavits were in line with
a statement he recently issued, declar-
ing he had called the attention of the
Mooney prosecution to alleged untrue
testimony and had been ignored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
COMMISSION LEAVES VIENNA.
Members of Allied and Military Con.
troll Finish Their Work.

Vienna, Feb. 21.-Members of the
allied and military control commits
sion left Vienna, today, their work vir-
tually finished. Only a few British
and French officers remained to COM
plete the destruction of several pieces
of rather obsolete artillery.
British officers met with passive re-
sistance in Neustadt, a section of Wen
ma, where the workers lay on the pro-
pellers of airplanes, preventing the
use of axes upon them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
SOCIALISTS WIN IN GERMANY.
Some Districts Slow in Returning Vote
In Election.

Berlin. Feb. 22.-Reports received
this morning seemed to show that the
districts slow in returning their vote
had made little difference with the
result of the election. Only three dis
tricts were missing, and a tabulation
of the vote showed the parties would
hold seats as follows: Majority So
cialists, 90: Centrists, 70; Democrats
21; Nationalist, 6 :; Peoples Party, 81;
Independent Socialists, "a; Com
munists, 81, and Economic party, A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
OIL STRIKE IN ARGENTINA
Fifteen Thousand Barrel Well Re-
ported In COMMODORE Rivadavia.

Houston. Tex, Feb. 22.-Comple-
ton of fifteen thousand barrel we'll
in Argentina is announced in a cable
gram received by The Oil Weekly here
today from its Buenos Aires represen-
tative. The well is flowing 100 cubic
meters, or better than $50 barrels an
hour. 1t is located on the government
works in Comodoro Rivadavia, in the
southern part of the republic. The
Argentine government is reported
planning to spend forty million pesos
on oil development and tanker con-
struction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
Just Plain Bitro-Phosphate
If Nervous and Run Down

''Neura sthenia is nerve exhaustion" says
DIR. Frederic s. Kolle, author of medical
text books, and is caused by worry, over
work emotional excitement and extesses of
various kinds
To restore to complete health the men
and women whose nervous energy is under
l1ined, n pure organic phosphate known to
A. C. Klingaman & Co. and all leading
druggists as Bitro-Phosphate. must be
taken freely with meals until the nerve and
brain cells are revitalized with this natural
element. 1t is nerve-wrecked peoples one
hope for a happy. useful future.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
Coal Mine Directors in Shooting.

Mascoutah, ILL.,. Feb 22.-Otto
Klinenegnfeuss, 500, wealthy retired
coal operator of Belleville. was proba-
bly, fatally shot and George H. Beatty
was seriously wounded by the latter's
brother, DIR. James Beatty, during a
stockholders meeting of the Beatty
Coal company at Mascoutah today
John Beatty, another brother, declared
his brother acted in self defense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
ANOTHER BIG GUSHER IN.
II 900 Barrel Oil Well Brought In I'm
Rreckcnridsc. Texas. Field.

Breckenridge, Tex, Feb. ga H..
900 barrel gusher was added to the
Breckenridge oil field today when
Walter Perkins well No. on the
Goodwin lease on the outskirts of this
city was brought in from sand at a
depth of 3,400 feet, the flow filling all
storage available and running over
into Con seal-us creek.
The well is the biggest in the field
and is on a lease noted for big pro-
ducers, the initial well on it having
produced an even million dollars
worth Of oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
SEVEN KILLED IN WRECK
Thirty More Reported Hurt When
"Katy' Texas Special Goes in Ditch.

Waco, Tex, Feb. 22-Seven per-
sons were reported killed and thirty
hurt when the Teras special, north
bound on the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas railway, was derailed six miles
north of Waco, according to first re-
ports, which indicated the wreck was
serious. b.
The Texas spaciaI is one of the
Katy's fastest trains, running between
San Antonio and Kansas City.
A special train with doctors and
nurses left here about 2:30 this after
noon for Powers, six miles north of
Waco, the scene OF the wreck.
A report from Elm Mott. two miles
north of Powers. said word has been
received there that the engineer and
fireman of the train had been killed
and that several passengers had lost
their lives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
Local Mention

A. J. Stout, Superintendent of To-
peka schools and r. r. Cook, principal
of the Topeka high school, will leave
this afternoon for Atlantic City, N. j..
to attend a meeting of the National
Education association. In Kansas City
they will join a large group of Kansas
superintendent and principals en-
route to the meeting.
Liberty bonds. Phone Kleinhans.
ADV.
Safety razor blades sharpened better
than new. 25c-35c doz. Culver Hard
ware Co.--Adv.
Fred A. Seaman, principal of the
Seaman high school, will address the
washburn high school students in Mac
Vicar chapel at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning on THE Junior Red Cross and
the High School,
Margaret Bostic, Eye Glasses, ee6
Kansas ADV
DR.. Lyngar. Dentist. SOS Kansas Ave.
Adv
The Washburn high school girls
basketball team will play the Silver
Lake team at 1880 o'clock Wednesday
evening in Thomas gymnasium The
boys team of the Washburn high
school will play the Silver Lake team
following the game with the girls.
Raymond. Chiropodist. Orpheum Bldg
Adv.
List your properly with the Shaw
nee Investment Company. Phone
5o50.-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
Killed Trying to Break Record.

San Francisco, Feb. 22.-Capt. w.
F. Lewis, air mail service pilot on the
Reno to Salt Lake leg in the attempt
to establish a record for rapid deliv-
cry between San Francisco and New
York, was killed today at Elko, New;
when his plane fell according to ad-
vices received here. Captain Lewis
was plotting one of the two planes
which left San Francisco at 4:30 a. m.
He took charge of the plane at Reno.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
Travelling Bag Is Stolen.

A black leather grip belonging to
w. e. Staley, of Kansas City. was
stolen from a Union Pacific passenger
train at O'Clock this morning by
someone who left the train at Topeka,
it was reported to the police.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
FIRST WORLD POULTRY CONTEST.
Many Countries To Be Represented at
Hague in September

London. Feb. 22.-The first world
poultry conference is to be held at The
Hague from September 6 to September
IS, next. Many countries will be rep
resented at this congress, which will
be an assembly of delegates from gov
ernments, teaching and experimental
institutions, poultry and other socie-
ties and persons interested in the fu-
ture development of poultry hus-
.ban6ry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
HE FLEW FOR Topeka CROWDS
Daring Aviator in Movie al Grand Did
Stunts at Free Fair.

One of the big features of the
photo-pIay GO Get It." showing at
the Grand, is an unusually thrilling
,airplane stunt accomplished by Dare
devil" Mart Campbell who performed
stunts before crowds at the Free Fair
in Topeka last fall. Campbell is the
man who jumps from one plane to
another and who leaps from an air.
plant to the top of a train-and back
again.
Campbell flew in Topeka with Ar
thur Buff, local pilot. One of his
stunts was a jump from the Buff plane
in a parachute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS
WHEN

WHEN
A nickel will buy soup to fly,
Two doughnuts or a bun,
A street car ride, seat inside,
To see the movie fun;
When it will buy n piece of pie
In this land of the free,
Will we be there: You ask me where
Why back to normally.
Walt DrummOud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-22
Raymond. Chiropodist. Orpheum Bldg
Adv.

List your properly with the Shaw
nee Investment Company. Phone
5o50.-Ady.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
MONETT TESTIMONY
Home Proof, Here, There and
Everywhere.

When you see Doan's Kidney Pill!
recommended in this paper you mus
always find the re-; Nalander a Mo.
nett resident. Is Tie same every.
wherein 3,c'J towns n the U. S
Fifty tho sand pea~ p..Iicly THANK
Doan's. What other '-'dncy remedy
can give this proof of merit, honestly
and truth? Home testimony must be
true or it could not be published here
Read this Monet recommendation
Then insist on having Doan's. You
will know what you are getting:
R. Weis, 904 Bond ST., says:
"Several years ago | used Doan's
Kidney Pills for kidney disorder from
which I suffered a great deal. 1t
began with too free action of my
kidneys and the secretions were high
ly colored. Then my back got to
aching and at times there were sharp
cutting pains. I used q few boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills and they certainly
gave fine results, ridding me COM
pletely of all the trouble"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Dian's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Weis had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

If you want the very best obtain
able anywhere in White Rock hatch.
ing eggs, your choice must eventually
come from my pen Of birds. Pen 1,
headed by Winlay, Jr., full brother
Ito first prize winner at Madison
Square Garden, also at Chicago Ma
,tional. He is from the greatest hen
Pollyanna, mated to 5 real females.
Eggs per setting of is, $1,000. Eggs
from my second pen headed by a
wonderful cockerel with fine head
points. $500 per setting Of is. Emory
e. Smith, Cassville, Mo. 2O0tf
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
NOTABLE THEATRICAL
PRODUCTION AT JOPLIN

The New Joplin Theatre of Joplin
announces the forthcoming engage
ments of the seasons two most notable
theatrical offerings; one the greatest
of musical hits and the other comedy
that has broken the worlds record OF
three years on Broadway. These at
fractions and their dates are George
M. Cohan's "Mary" Monday and Tues
day March 7 and S; and John Golden's
"Lightnin,,' Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, March 10, ID and Is.
Inasmuch as these attractions are
playing to absolute capacity every
where, it is distinctly advisable that
out-of-town patrons secure their seats
by mail at the earliest moment. Or
ders accompanied by self-addressed
stamped envelope and renittances,
payable to- the New Joplin Theatre,
will be filled at once in the order re-
ceived.
The same scale of prices will pre-
vail for both "Mary" and "Lightnin',"
viz; box seats So; lower floor and
first four rows of balcony, $3.50;
next three rows balcony, 81; balance
Of balcony $1.5O. Gallery (not re-,
served) SOC Ten per cent should be
added to these prices to- cover war tax.
The boxoffice sale for "Mary" will
open on Thursday, March and for
'Iightnin, on Thursday March 10.
No phone orders will be accepted or
seats laid aside unless paid for. 05t3
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
RECTAL DISEASES PILES
Knifeless Treatment for Quick and
Permanent Removal of Piles by
Atrophic drying up)
Treatment.

have perfected a knifeless, stitch
less and painless treatment for quick
and permanent removal Of piles. No
hospital bills, no anesthetic, going
about your business as usual.
Testimonies from four states.
Practice limited to orificial work
with positive methods for quick and
permanent relief for all non malignant
anal, rectal and colonic disorders, and
many chronic diseases produced or
maintained BY nervous reflex result
ing from some form Of rectal irri-
tatSon or colonic infection as, auto
intoxication, constipation, rheumatism
eczema, asthma, catarrh, high blood
pressure, diabetes, prostatitis and
,nterine and bladder disorders.
Eleven years Of honorable and ef-
ficient service.
Parties desiring treatment at Mo-
nett office will write for appointment.
DR., JOHN s. SCHREINER
Orificial Specialist
Suites 71S-714, Seventh Floor
Frisco Building
Hours 9-5, Sundays 1912 4. M
Phone 2OSO Joplin, Mo.
A0v.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
PROPERTY FOR SALE.

Ten room house corner Main and
Euclid avenue; 5-room house at 304
Euclid avenue, fine location, east
front, plenty of shade; 3-room house
at 205 Myrtle street; Groom house,
213 Myrtle street; 3-room house, cor.
ner Lincoln avenue and Myrtle street;
Groom house, 210 Myrtle; 4 lots near
Frisco right of way, excellent loading
place and large sheet iron building on
same, suitable for stable or storage.
For particulars see Miss Bertha JEFF
fries or ]. L. Jeffries. 91tf
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
FORDSON TRACTORS
REDUCED IN PRICE

The Ford Motor Company reports
reduction of $165.0O in Fordson
tractors. In a telegram to C. ].
Baughar their authorized agent here
the Company says:
EFFECTIVE Wednesday, January 26,
list price on Fordson tractors will be
$625.00 F. 0. B. Detroit.
"There is no change iii car prices
as they are at the lowest figure pos
sible and now, with rock bottom
reached on Tractor prices, any furth-
er reduction from list price on Ford
cars, trucks and tractors, cannot be
made"
Place your order now on car, truck
or tractor. Cash or terms.
If C. j. BAUGHAR MOTOR co.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
CatarTh Can Be Cured

4 Catarrh is d local disease, greatly
influenced BY constitutional condi-
tions. 1t therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is taken internally and
acts through the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces Of the System. HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE destroys the
foundation y0f the disease. gives the
patient strength by improving the gem
seral health and assists nature In doing
Its work.
All druggists, Circulars. free.
r. J. Cheney q Co. Toledo. Ohio.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
RESOLUTION NO. 1923

Declaring it necessary to improve
the roadway portion of Bond street
from the east curb line of Fourth
street, thence east to the West curb
line of Fifth street by constructing
first class Combined Concrete Curb
and Gutter on both sides thereof.
Be it Resolved by the Council of the
City of Monett, Missouri as follows:
Section /. That the Council deems
and declares it to be necessary to i'm
prove both sides of the roadway
portion of Bond street in the City of
Monet from the east curb line of
Fourth street, thence east to- the west
curb line of Fifth street, by excavat-
ing, filling, preparing foundations
therefore, and constructing. thereon
first class combined Concrete Curb
and Gutter on both sides of said Bond
street between the lines aforesaid,
and including the returns on the ex-
tensions into intersecting streets and
alleys, within the above named dis
tance.
Section 2. That said improvement
shall be done in accordance with the
plans, Estimates of cost and the
specifications of the City Engineer,
filed in the office of the City Clerk,
and subject to the inspection of the
public, and general Ordinance No. 463
of said City approved on the 23rd
day of April, 1912, entitled can
Ordinance providing for concrete
combined curb and gutter and de-
filming the manner in which the inn
provement shall be done.
Section 3. The portion of said Bond
street herein named and hereby de-
clared' necessary to be improved, be-
ing less than twelve hundred feet in
length, any one desiring to do so may
appear before the Council at the
Council room in the City Hall, in said
City of Monett, on the 18th day of
March, 1921 at the hour of 2 o'clock
p. M, and be heard on the question of
the necessity of the work and i'm
provement herein deemed and declared
by the Council necessary to be done.
AS provided by Section 1926 of the Re-
vised Statutes of Missouri, for the
year 1919.
Section 4. To pay for said improve
ment special assessment shall be
levied and special tax bills shall be
issued in accordance with Sections
1928 and 1924, of the Revised Statutes
Of the State of Missouri, for the year
1919, against all lots and tracts OF
land abutting on both sides of said
Bond street along the distance inn
proved and improvement, in pro-
portion to the front foot thereof,
charging to the corner lots the cost
Of extensions into intersecting streets
and alleys, and the cost thereof shall
be included in the special assessment
for paying for said Combined Con-
crete curb and gutter and the tax
bills to be issued therefore, also the
cost Of excavating and filling shall
be included in the special assessment
and the tax bills to be issued therefor,
the general revenue fund of the City,
in the opinion of the Council, not being
in condition to warrant an expendi-
sure therefrom for any of such
purposes.
Section s.. This Resolution shall
sake effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval.
Passed and approved this 1st day Of
March, 1921.
S. A. CHAPELL, Mayor.
Attest:
JAMES JOHNSTON. city Clerk
dngky !
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
PROGRAM RIALTo THEATRE

Today.
Allen Dwan's master piece "The
Forbidden Thing with Helen Jerome
Eddy, James Kirkwood and Marcia
Manon.
Thursday.
Shirley Mason in 'Flame of Youth"
also "Son Of Tarzan."
Friday.
Enid Bennett in "The Woman in
The Suitcase" also "Son Of Tarzan."
Saturday.
William 5. Hart in "John Petit
coats"
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

Mrs. Egbert Short, of Denver, Colo,
and Mrs. Walter Wallace, of Hugo,
Okla, who are visiting their mother,
Mrs. ]. O. F. Beasley, went to Peirce
City Tuesday evening, to visit other
relatives.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

Mrs. Emma Lewis, of Glasgow, re-
turned home Monday after visit with
Mrs. Pfanstiehl and other friends.
Mrs. Lewis lived at Monet number
of years ago. Her son, Ed Lewis and
family lived with her on large ranch
near Glasgow. Mrs. Lewis spent the
winter at Eureka Springs.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

r. G. Kruger, Of Montrose, S. Oak,
returned home Wednesday. He had
been here to help settle up his fathers
estate. Mr.. Kruger and his brother
Emil left for South Dakota several
years ago. They have rich farm in
that state and are well pleased with
their location.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

You would like to keep your chill
dren just as they are, but You can't
They are growing so fast you can
scarcely remember them as they were
year of two ago. But photographs
Of the children never grow up. Sec
Rumbaugh, over Ozark Bakery, Phons
523. 31tf
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
CONSIDER THIS

have for trade for Monett resi-
dence property a nice suburban tract
Of 21a acres with large 6 room house
and barn, cherry orchard and other
fruit, both city and well water, fine
shade, good location at Peirce City.
See Vim. Smerdon over Tut & o.
born Store. 7atf
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

Do you know your table will have a
different appearance and the eats will
taste better when served in a new
dinner set. See different patterns at
.Callaway's. 01tf
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

If you wish artificial teeth which
will not loosen while you are using
chem consult DR.. l.. West before hav-
ing yohr natural teeth extracted.
Something new in artificial dentures.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04
LADIES

II you want to look as young &s your
husbands do,
Get massage, shampoo and mani.
cure too.
have an electric dryer. Mrs. J. J.
Peck, 101 Broadway. TAFT
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

Walter Perry has sold his residence,
COG Lincoln avenue, to c. ]. Baughar,
proprietor Of the Ford Agency here.
Mr.. Perry expects to build home in
the near future.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

Miss Eliza Wilhelm, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, sister of George j. G. Wilhelm
of Monett, will leave in q short time
with party Of friends for a sight
seeing tour through Germany.
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

Will have pure Ferris Strain Of
White Leghorn Eggs for sale, after
the Is of February. Also have White
Leghorn Cockerels, Ferris Strain,
$500 Eggs $1.50 for Is, $7.00 per
100. Address Mrs. w. E. Terry,
The Monett times., 1921-03-04

Mrs. J. N. Bailey and little grand
daughter, of Paris, Texas who have
visited the past week with Mrs. John
Bingham, left Wednesday morning
for st. Louis.