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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
n. H. WOLFF RETURNS HOME
Topeka Tailor Spent Two Months in
Tour of Germany.

N. H. Wolff. veteran Topeka tailor,
returned Monday night from two
months visit with relatives and friends
in Germany. Wolff left Topeka on
June 81 to visit his native land for the
first time in more than forty years.
How did you find things in Ger
many?" Wolff was asked. Excel
lent" he replied. Every factory was
running ten and fifteen hours day
I didn't see an idle man the whoie
time 1 was in Germany, and the only
drunken men 1 saw were party of
French soldiers at Dusseldorf.
How do the Germans like a re-
publican form of government
Some of them like it and some
would like to see a monarchiaI form
of government restored, but nopody
wants the Hohenzollerns. The people
saw they can never forgive the kaiser
for two things, first, his firing Bis
rnarck and second, his desert-ng his
troops and fleeing to Holland when he
saw the war was going against him.
Everybody hates the French sol
diers. They are a rough, boorish lot,
but they like the American soldiers.
Germany bears no malice toward
America for its part in the war. The
American soldiers in Germany are a
fine lot. and everybody thinks so.
81 spent considerable time with
Harry Greene. You know Harry. he
was once a Topeka newspaper man
He is doing Y. NJ. c. A. work with
the American army at Coblenz.
"I visited many places in Germany,
Frankfort Main, Cassel. near
which town I was born, Heidelberg
and Eisanach. I didn't go to Berlin.
AT Cassel I was shown thru one
of TO lSaiser's castles. It was Won
derful. Some of the doors were over
With eoldi At Eisanach is the
Wartburg where Luther was impris-
ored by his friends SO that his enc
mics could not kill him Here he
translated the Bible. I saw the ink
spot on the wall caused by Luther S
throwing an ink bottle at an appari-
ton of the devil which he declared
appeared before him"
Wolff brought back with him a
photograph of himself and Greene
taken while he was visiting the latter
at Coblenz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
FOR PEACE IN ERIN up TO 4S3 CASES
Diphtheria Continues on In
crease in Kansas.
Number of Deaths Being Held
Down, DR.. LerrigO Reports.

While diphtheria continues on the
increase in Kansas, the number OF
deaths is being held down and the
situation is not likely to become more
alarming, DR.. C. H. Lerrigo, of the
state board of health, said today. Es-
pec8ally is this true if those who are
not sfmKaune are guarded with toxin
antitoxin, Doctor Lerrigo said.
With this weeks reports from over
the state showing 493s cases indica-
tions are that the weeks total will run
a great deal higher than that Of last
week.
Twenty years ago." Doctor Lerrigo
said, 81 remember that when a child
became. i'll with diphtheria it was a
hard matter to get the parents to con-
sent to the use of antitoxin because
it was new. The same thing is true
today with the use of toxin antitox.n,
which is used to immunize persons
who are susceptible to the disease. 1t
is comparatively new. and while ev-
erybody now wants antitoxin used
when q child actually has dtphther:a
because they know what it will do,
many persons are unwilling to have
the newer preventive used"
Receive Many Inquiries.
A large number of inquiries are be-
ing received from over the state ask
ing about the use of toxin antitoxin.
this week wrote to Doctor Lerrigo
asking him if the medical profession
really was sure of the results of the
preventive and if she could be guar
anteed that there would be no evil ef-
fects from the use of toxin antitoxin.
Doctor Lerrigo replied to her that this
is sufficiently old to insure safety in
its use and that he felt quite safe in
saying there would be no evil effects
in all the years to come.
However, before the preventive is
used the state board of health author
tiles urge the use of the Sch:ck test to
determine whether a person is i'm
mune.
Only a very small per cent of chill
dren are immune. but as they grow
older they become less liable to the
disease.
II would advise the use of toxin an
titoxin with all children between 6
months of age and IL years of age
Doctor Lerrigo said. "Over years of
age the Schick test should first be
used"
Doctor Lerrigo said that over IL
years of age about 40 per cent of the
population is immune and that I'm
munity increases with age until it be-
comes very large among adults.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
Ten witnesses Called Today in
BOIin Hearing.
Book of CircumstantiaI Evil
dence Is UnfOIded in Court.
HAD MUCH MONEY IN HOUSE
Farm Hand Charged With Set
ting Fire to Ovens Home.
Bodies of Old Couple Were
Found in Burned BuiIdin.

The defense in the case of James
Bolin made request late this after
noon that the jury be permitted to
visit the farm of Charles Owens in or
der to understand the lay of the land
and the surroundings more thoroly.
The state made no objections. The
visit will probably be made at the
close of the testimony.
Calling ten witnesses to the stand
before noon, the state this morning
began in earnest the unfolding of the
book of circumstantial evidence by
which 1t expects to convict James Bo-
lin, farm hand of firing the house
near Berryton in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Owens lost their lives the
night of February 20, 1921.
Dean Yingling and Floyd Breeding,
youths living near Berryton, told how
they noticed the fire while they were
standing in front of the Havercott
store and how they walked down the
railroad tracks to the scene of the
blaze. They had been watching the
house burn some time before they no.
ticed the body of Owens lying on the
kitchen floor, they said. The heat was
SO great that they were unable to en-
ter the house at the time.
j. A. Sauers Testifies.
J. A. Sauers, a farmer living near
Berryton, testified that Bolin patched
in a small house about quarter of a
mile from him. He did bridge work
summer, he said, and spent the winter
trapping. He stated that on Febru-
ary IT, the Thursday before the Sun
day when the fire occurred. he pur-
chased some corn, coal and other
property from Bolin. the latter telling
him he was going to Kansas City to
look for work. He paid the farm
hand &QS fnT fhn hn coid
c. H. Jenkins, Berryton farmer
who said he had known Bolin six or
seven years, testified that he brought
Bolin to Topeka that Thursday at the
latter's request and left him at the
American Room:ng House on East
Of the place, said Bolin came to the
rooming house ten days before the
fire, bringing his luggage, and en-
gagged room for a week, but occupied
it only one night. which was toward
the end of that week.
Jenkins said the Wednesday.follow
ing the fire, which was the day of the
Owens funeral, Bolin again appeared
at his house and asked for "a little
bread" and also received some cof-
fee, stating that he had landed a job
with the Leavenworth & Topeka Rail-
road company near Leavenworth. The
next morning, Jenkins said, Bolin
came to his house and asked for a
loan of $40. which he gave him Boiin
had worked for him at various times,
he said, on cross examination; had
borrowed money before and paid it
back.
Rented Room on Fourth Avenue.
Tony Click. proprietor of restaur-
ant and rooming house at 223 East
Fourth avenue. SAID Bolin came to his
house the Saturday before the fire and
rented a room. He ate supper there
Sunday evening he said, and had it
charged, stating that he was broke but
would have some money in a few days.
CONTINUED on Page Fourl
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State Conference Friday to Discuss
Important Problems.


A mass meeting of stockmen will
be held at Emporia Friday, October
IA. The executive committee of the
Kansas Livestock association will meet
at 10 o'clock in open session, and the
whole day will be devoted to problems
now affecting the livestock industry.
Everyone is invited to attend the
meetings.
]. H. Mercer. secretary of the Kan
sas Livestock association, stated that
the cattle industry is at stake. 'Nev-
er in my life have I seen such finan-
cial distress among catt1emen. 1
know a score of old men who have
been the builders of Kansas, who are
now financially ruined. Their savings
of a lifetime have been swept away
on account of the terrific slump in
cattle prices. Cattlemen everywhere
are discouraged and unable to con-
tiuue in business. The prosperity of
Kansas depends upon the livestock in
dustry. It should be of concern to ev-
eryone wnen this industry languishes." !"
The Emporia meeting will be given
over to earnest discussion of plans for
relief. The board of examiners Of the
War Finance corporation will meet
with the stockmen and explain in de-
tail what they have to offer.
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British and Irish Delegates
Meeting in London.
Hope to End Emnity Which Has
Lasted 700 Years.

London, Oct. 1.-THE first session
of the momentous Irish peace confer
ence to settle the quarrel of seven CEN
turies between England ana Ireland
LASTED nearly two hours.
The Irish delegates and the British
enYoys left Premier Lloyd Georges
official residence at 10 Downing street
just before o'clock. They were smil-
ing and apparently satisfied. The
police had difficulty in clearing away
the crowd for the Sim Feiners' motor
cars. The Irish got a big ovation.
The second session of the confer
ence was summoned for 4 o'clock.
brief communique was issued, but IL
merely contained a list of the dele
gates present together with the time
of the second meeting.
AS the conference got under way
it was learned from source close TO
Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary
for Ireland, that difficulties are antici-
pated early in the meeting.
The government, it was said, would
not agree to a supreme parliament for
Ireland in which Ulster would lose
equal standing with South Ireland,
such as was granted by the home rule
(partition act).
Furthermore, it was reported Brit
ish officialdom considers the outlook
darkened by the manifesto issued in
Dublin by Eamonn de Valera last
June. De Valera had declared peace
could only be secured if Ireland's free
dom were guaranteed.
It is learned that the war office, an
ticipating a demand by the Sim Fein
for the liberation of the Irish prison
ers in detention camps, has reported
to Downing street, ruling against such
action.
It was pointed out that the liberat-
ing of the Irish prisoners would free
3, 900 officers of the Irish republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
Topeka City Planners
Begin ActiDe Work Here
Firm of Landscape Architects and Engineers Confers
With Civic Authorities Project of Making Survey of
Streets of City-Good Foundation Laid for City Plan,
Experts Say.

Work on Topeka's city plan has be-
gun. The concrete beginning on what
is the greatest civic step Topeka has
ever taken is made with the arrival in
Topeka today of tw5 representatives of
the Harland Bartholomew city plan
ming firm of st. Louis. The 'represen-
tat;ves are L. D. Tilton and NJ. d.
Downs, landscape architects and engi-
neers, who are conferring with civic
authorities on the project of making
survey of the streets of Topeka.
The detailed surv ~ of the streets OF
the city is the basic step in forming
a city pan. Downs will remain in
Topeka for several weeks and will
have. headquarters in the city hall.
Tilton will be in Topeka for several
days. The city planners held a con-
ference in the office of Park Commits
sioner Robert D. McGiffert this morn
ing and went before the city commits
sion meeting following the conference.
Want Support OF City.
THE support of the city as whole
for the city plan is the first thing we
want" Tilton said. Without your
complete support and interest your
city plan cannot succeed. With that
support and interest you are going to
give something of immeasurable value
to your city"
The preliminary survey OF streets
will entail a consideration of their
width, their traffic conditions, the
parking conditions. street railways, the
headway between cars and vehicles
and other points.
Topeka is indeed a splendid foun-
dation for the city PLAN" Tiiton said.
But there are a great many things
to be done here and to be outlined so
as to provide for the best development
Of your city. For instance, your out
lying tracts of land, plated by indi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
Family Is So Large
Negro Couple Ran
Out of New Names

Savannah, Oct. ia NJ. Burgess,
negro employed by the Atlantic
Coast Line railway, probably has the
largest family in Georgia. He is the
father of thirty-two children and has
had three wives.
Twenty-six of the children are Iiv-
ing. The negro has been blessed with
seven sets of twins and two sets of
triplets. When the last set of twins
were born. Burgess and his wife had
run out of names for them and they
went nameless, until they selected
their own names when they entered
public school.
Burgess SHE'D at selecting names
when he found that among his
progeny he had been doubling up"
having two ''Willies' and two "Sallies"
in his flock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
German Cabinet Decides to Re-
fuse Silesia Split.
Decision Comes After FeVerish
All Night Session.
LEAGUE VERDICT NOT MADE
Action Taken Indicates Berlin
Knows Geneva Stand.
Will Inform England Wirth
Cabinet Depends on Issue.

Berlin, Oct. live stand or fall
by undivided Upper Silesia."
With this solemn pledge. q dozen
grave faced German statesmen-mem-
bers of the German government
shook hands and then left the chan
cellory building early today after q
conference that had lasted nearly all
night.
The conference dealt with the re-
ported decision of the League of Ma
tons to reject Germany's claims in
Upper Silesia. 1t was admitted by the
ministers that they could not tell
whether they would still be members
( the republics cabinet, twenty-four
hours hence.
May Know League Decision.
The extraordinary ministerial coun-
Gil came as the climax to a series of
feverish undercurrent developments
revolving aobtu the Upper Silesian
situation.
1t had been reported from Geneva
that the League of Nations. decision
on the rival German-Polish claims in
Upper Silesia would not be handed
down until Thursday, but the activity
on the part of the German government
led to the belief that the decision is
already officially known here.
President Ebert presided at the cab
met meeting which was convened inn
mediately after the return to the city
of Chancellor Wirth. The object of
the conference was to agree upon a
clear-cut ministerial program.
Wirth Cabinet in Danger.
Herr st. Hamer German ambassa-
dor to England, was instructed to i'm
press upon the British government
the position of Germany, which might
be summed up as follows:
UNLESS Upper Silesia is saved for
Germany, the Wirth cabinet must
throw up it's hands and resign in q
cloud of ignominy, having failed to
rescue for the nation the one thing
upon which Germans had pinned their
hopes to enable them to pay the stag
them -
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viduaI real estate dealers, are not
many of them uniformly laid out.
When they are eventually taken into
the city the streets of their new tracts
will never conform to the streets of
the main part of the city. Each real
estate dealer who plats his tract may
not think of adjoining tracts and of
the layout of the city proper, but will
consider developing that one tract. The
result does not work benefit in any
practical or beautiful way. It simply
makes the city larger. Some of the
outlying streets are sixty feet wide,
some are sixty-seven, some are seven
ty-one. and others are 130. What kind
OF conformity will that make when
they are all brought together with the
growth of the city?''
Preliminary Arrangements Made.
The coming of the two representa-
tiveS of the Bartholomew firm has fol-
lowed closely the signing of the city
planning contract recently by the city
officials. All preliminary arrange
ments have been made and the work
on the plan will be done steadily until
it's completion. Bartholomew will
make frequent visits to the city to
supervise the work. Contrary to gen.
eral expectation, the city plan is a
work of perhaps a year or two, and
not matter of weeks. The city plan
ner must know the location and char
acter of every lot, piece and parcel of
ground in the city and much other
detailed information before the draw
ing of the plan can be undertaken.
Engin eers, architects and artists will
work toward its completion.
Downs has been engaged for the
past month in working on city plan
ming in Wichita. Tilton is supervisor
of city planning in Wichita, Madison,
Wis, and other cities. and will have
charge of the Topeka work.
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HOUSE TO SPEAK TONIGHT
Former Mayor of Topeka Will Be
Guest of Press Club.

Members of the Topeka Press club
tonight will learn of the City of
Brotherly Love, of newspaper life in
the east, and of the pleasures of tour
ing thru West Virginia Mountains and
of the quality of Ring Lardner's golf
Jay House, formerly "Mr. Mayor OF
Topeka" and now star columnist on
the Philadelphia Public Ledger and
writer for the Saturday Evening Post,
will be the clubs guest of honor and
will tell of the interesting things he
has found in the state that William
Penn founded and that Boise Penrose
has been running for number of
years.
At the business meeting of the club
following the House address the Fry
ing Pan" committees will report the
progress being made in their work on
the coming Press club show.
There also will be the usual table
attractions to lure the hungry and
hard up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
BABE RUTH OUT OF IT
Has Been Playing on His Nerve Last
Two Games


New York, Oct. 11-"Babe" Ruth.
king of swat" whose infected arm
has caused him much pain during the
past two games of the worlds series,
announced today that he would NOT
play in any more games this year, on
advice of his doctors.
Ruth has been playing on his
nerves, Manager Huggins said today.
He explained that the home run mon
arch suffered great pain in yesterdays S
game. not only because of the abscess
on his left arm, but also from the
strained ligament in his leg, which
had to be treated between innings.
Ruth was unable to straighten out his
arm, holding it as if in sling. and he
limped slightly.
Ruth mas proven his value to the
Yanks in a dozen different ways since
the series started. His presence in
the lineup lends morale to the Hug
men. of course, but the things he does
means more.
His trick of crossing up the Giants
in the fifth game by bunting when
everybody in the park expected him to
swing madly at the ball was just one
of his baseball stunts" and thanks to
it, the Yanks are leading the Giants
three games to two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
ENDS "AFFAIR" OWN WAY
Threatened by Wife With Divorce, X.
G. Man Kills Other Woman and Salt.

Kansas City. Oct. 11.-Miss Hazel
Masten, who was shot by H. II. Slick,
shoe salesman. in a beauty parior
today, died in a local hospital this af-
ternoon Slick killed himself after
shooting the young woman.
While his wife sat outside in
motor car, Slick entered a beauty par
lor today shot Miss Masten, pretty
manicurist, and then turned the
weapon upon himself.
The sordid tragedy was the climax
of a love affair between Slick and the
rnanIcurist. When his wife threatened
to secure a divorce. Slick said hs
would "end" his affair with the girl.
He left a note stating that the only
way to end it, was the course he took.
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BANK ROBBERIES TODAY
Bandits Get S3s. 900 in Texas and
Minncsota-AH Escape With No
Casualties.

Minneapolis, Oct. 1.-Two automo-
bile bandits held up Fred Gustafson,
messenger for the Liberty State bank,
shortly before noon today and escaped
with S35.00O in cash. checks and
drafts. The holdup occurred while the
messenger was taking the money from
the Liberty State bank, which is on
town bank
Gilmer, Tex, Oct. IA badit en-
tered the Ashland State bank at Ash
land near here at o'clock today.
forced Cashier Simmons into and
locked the vault and escaped with
$4,000. Officers from Gilmer have
gone in pursuit.
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hurler for McGraw's crew was pulled
and Barnes sent in before the inning
was ended. This is the second time in
the series that the Yanks have
found" Toney.
In the second inning the Giants
came back and evened the score. They
got four hits off Harper, knocking
him out Of the box. Higgins sent Boo
Shawkey in to replace him. Meusel
and Snyder electrified the crowd by
slamming out home runs. Meusel
scored Kelly ahead of him as he trot-
ted into the plate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-11
GIANTS 8 YANKS 5
Nationals Win in Widest Game
of World Series.
Four Pitchers Required to Com
pIete the Nine Innings.
SENSATIONAL BATTING FEATURE
Three Home Runs Made in
SIugging Affair Today.
Meusel, Snyder and Fewster
(Ruth's SUBJ Hit 4-Baggers.

Polo Grounds, New York, Oct. IL
Victory perched high on the bats of
the Giants this afternoon, when the
Yankee pitching caved in and en-
quilted the American Ieaguers in an
to defeat.
Over $4,000 people saw the Giants
even the world series, which now
stands: Giants 8; Yankees 3.
Barnes's pitching cast a mystical
spell over the Yankees, ten of whom
were erased at the plate by strizeouts-
With the Giants batting first as the
Visitors" the Yankees started their
slugging early in today's game, scor-
ng three runs and as many hits off
Toney in the first inning. The big
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The second killing frost of the sea-
son will occur in Topeka tonight, ac-
cording to Meteorologist Flora. All
vegetation that was not killed by the
first one will be killed by the frost to-
night. The mercury will remain low
at night and will rise considerably in
the day time. No rain is in sight. The
sky was reported clear this morning
from St. Louis west to San Francisco
and from Oklahoma City north to the
Canadian border. The temperature
will drop to 80 degrees tonight and
will reach so Wednesday.
The mercury made a drop of 80 de-
grees here between the hours of $40
O'Clock Monday afternoon and $50
o'clock this morning.
No precipitation was reported in
Kansas or adjoining states during the
past twenty-four hours.
Phoenix, Ariz., continued to be the
hottest city in the country with tenn
lContinued on Page Tw0S
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ConcordIa Wants To Be Division Point.

Concordia, Kan. Oct. 11.-Hopes
that this town is to be made division
point on the Missouri Pacific railroad
are looking up. NJ. ?. officials recent
ly made arrangements with the Santa
Fe to use the latters round house for
sheItering the NJ. P. engines. Tho
Santa Fe is not using the round house,
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The LINEUP TODAY

the players took the field. The out
field stands were jammed but there
were some bare spots in the upper sec
ton of the grand stand.
Just before the game the band
played the Star Spangled Banner and
the usual crowd stood with bare heads
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START IRISH DRIVE IN I. S.
Sim Fein Want to Sell S2O,OOO,0 900
More Bonds Here

New York, Oct. 11.-Harry Boland,
special envoy in the United States of
the Sim Fein, announced that a
drive" will be opened in this country
on November IS, to sell $50, 900. 600
bonds of the Irish republic"
Mr.. Boland said the bond project
will go forward irrespective of the de-
velopments in the Irish peace confer
eTca - T-o-7S0n
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CoffeyviIIe Santa Fe Builder Dead.

CoffeyvilIe. Kan. Oct 11.-Henry P.
Jacoby, who came to Coffeyville fifty
years ago. when engaged in the build
ing of the L. l.. & G. railroad, now the
Santa Fe, died here today. aged rs.