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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-19
Proposes Tax Program.

ll--o = ;hr taxation program OF ~"
n,,nriIcturcrs. as proposed hy Mr..
i'riohard.
production tax IN industr'e
wh,rh dcrIc:r the stat" oC it's natural
~"s"urrrr
e" Az ,n"-cas" in the excise tax.
.: \ small increase in he direct levy.
Mr. Orchards address before the
House finance committed follows. in
PAY.
We assure YOU Ina, I: is or das!r"
':itt ~" manufacturers should pay .h"iC
rVs' and cruitahl" share :" supper; tie
.uSiiru;inn. 80 IN" s'atO. We have 20
dc IRE - p'ar, n Unjust share Of tho
support Of The $'I;c On am industry or
industries
We believe. however. that every in
du.try In Tho stat" should pay IN III"
STATE N tive way OF taxes, whatever il
COSTS ~" state :" protect n" state "r
Nj. Industry. W. believe. iT addition
& that amnUH'. every industry should
ray :" IA" So" its just and equitable
STAR" towards supporting the govern
MOI and institutions Of the state.
IVY" suggest that attention should be
directed To- ~" question OF p-"uerly pro-
90. .:ur hc &:n'" ny placing a proper
and Jrs. ;9x on those industries which
ire destructive o! tho states natural
resources. We are not concerned as 10
m. name tins TAX 3. given: whether X
- called production. depletion. or
CHER Kind Of tax; and VIC 10 not SuG-
5-r>' his rom a desire 10 either relieve
ourselves from our just share of taxes.
= - rUt upon any Industry moro than
rs Just and equal share for supporting
he state
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-19

E.,rr ">,Gr- .'nr nav" h...n0 49, -
c.i-:urs t., ~" Oil rr'.Ii' Ir. l.'.,s-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29

Gotham Wants Own Gas Wells.
New York, Dec. 29.-The city coun-
Gil has authorized Commissioner
Frank c. Perkins to spend $40, 900 to
sink wells to determine whether ma
turaI gas can be found in paying
quantities within the city limits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
BOTKIN is DEAD
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Continued from Page One.I
widely known and active ministers in
the state.
There was scarcely a campaign dur
ing quarter of a century from 1890
to 1915 when Jerry Botkin wasn't a
prominent and picturesque character.
He was a born fighter, courag eous and
forceful.
Last Big Fight in 1912.
It was in 1912 when Botkin made
his last eventful political fight. That
fight was directed against United
States Senator Arthur Capper. There
isn't a doubt but that Botkin's unique
methods of attack played a big part
in the defeat of Senator Capper for
the governorship that year.
Gov. Henry J. Allen, while publisher
of the Ottawa Herald a number of
years ago, had written singing edi-
torial condemning Capper for the class
of advertising which appeared in his
publications. The Democrat state
committee dug up the editorial when
George H. Hodges was nominated to
run against Capper. 1t was reprinted
by the tens of thousands as the cover
piece of a pamphlet containing photo
graphic plates of Capper ads.
Then jerry Botkin went abroad in
the state with trunks filled with the
anti-Capper literature. He rounded up
ministers and doctors in the smaller
towns of the state. He held meetings
for men only in which he discussed the
Topeka publisher and suggestions con-
tanned in his advertising matter. So
effective was Botkin's crusade that the
advertising matter became a campaign
issue and doubtless caused the chang
ing of thousands of votes.
Named Warden of Penitentiary.
When Hodges won the governor
ship by a mere % votes, he named
Botkin as warden of the state peni-
tertiary to succeed J. K Codding. Bot
kin held the office until 1915 when he
was removed on recommendations of
q commission. Capper in 1914 had de-
feated Governor Hodges for re-elec-
ton and one of. his first acts was to
select a commission to investigate Bot
kin's prison management. The COM
mission wasn't expected to exonerate
the Democrat prison warden and it
didn't disappofnt the Republican gov
ernor in its actions. Many of the
things for which Botkin was criticised
in the report however, were never
changed and his policy was generally
followed when Codding was restored
to management of the prison.
For many months Botkin has been
In i'll health. He saved little worldly
goods. But for almost a generation
he put a stamp on affairs in the state
which will cause his record to live in
state political history many years
He was a brother of J. T. CTom J
Botkin. former secretary of state and
Republican He was also a brother
of the late Judge Theodocious Botkin
who was prominent in county seat
and judicial affairs in southwestern
kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
PLEA FOR CREDIT
German Economic Expert to
Tell Nations Condition.
Will Tell Allies Why Repara-
tiOns Payment Impossible.

Paris, Dec. 29.-Walter Rathenau,
chief economic expert of the German
government, arrived here today from
Berlin to lay Germany's indemnity
case before the interallied repara-
lions commission.
He was accompanied by Doctor
Fischer, chairman of the German war
debt commission. Herr Rathenau will
be questioned by the allied delegates
as to why Germany cannot pay the
January and February indemnity in
stallments.
Herr Rathenau brought a mass OF
data to show just how Germany stands
financially and industrially. If he car
ries out the program he took with him
to London on his recent visits, he will
make another plea to the allies for
foreign credits OF an international loan
for Germany.
Members of the reparations commits
sion said they were determined to get
all the facts about Germany's eco
nomic position. The French were pre-
pared to try to prove that Germany
can pay if she wishes.
The representative of the United
States on the commission is Roland
w. Bowden, who was empowered by
President Harding to act as observer
and report the discussions to Wash
ingtOn,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29

Pittsburgh, Dec. 29.-Weighing the
sweat of a mans brow is the task set
for the United States bureau of mines
station in Pittsburgh, according to A.
-C. Fieldner, station superintendent
and supervising chemist The work
will be undertaken by scales so deli
cately adjusted that their accuracy has
been tested to within approximately
1900 of pound
To obtain material for the test 1t
was said that men lifting weights in
an enclosed chamber were to be sub
jected to various degrees of tempera-
ture, humidity, and air movements
which would then be exactly con-
trolied with scientific instruments uE-
der the constant observation of
physicists and physicians.
Fanciful as the work may seem, il
was pointed out that it has an in
tensely practical purpose. For in
stance, in the Montana copper mines
high temperatures are frequently en-
countered where it must be known at
what temperature the men may work
in safety.
The same problem arises in the steel
mills where the men work in rather
high temperatures with safety. pro-
vided there is fairly rapid movement
of air. If the air movement is not
sufficiently rapid the temperature rap
idly may become dangerous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29

Alexander Norris, farmer living five
miles southeast of Topeka, managed
to get along pretty well with his
matrimonial difficulties until last
August, He passed by the little I'M
pleasantnesses of the married state
and kept looking upward until his
wife organized their eight children
ned series of attacks upon him, &C
cording to his cross petition filed to-
day in the district court.
Mrs. Lulu Norris brought a divorce
suit against her husband November
&c. She alleged that Norris abused
and struck her and the children; that
he frequently threatened to shoot the
whole family and that ne often taunt-
ed her with the declaration that he
had another woman.
When the divorce suit was filed,
Norris made up his mind that all was
off between them and consulted an
attorney of his own. He alleges that
for years Mrs. Norris has nagged and
found fault with him and has humili-
ated him in the presence of their
children. But in August, he AYERS,
she 'inaugurated a system of physi-
suading and procuring the eight chill
dren to aid and abet her.
She then began, he says, at every
opportunity to hurl rocks, clubs and
other missiles at him. The first big
battle of the war, he says. was fought
at their home on November II, with
Dane and Fred Piper as spectators.
Mrs. Norris started the offensive. he
says, by hitting him with a rock as
big as his fist, and followed up the
attack by throwing rocks at him.
When this form of ammunition was
exhausted, he declares, she ordered
one of the children to bring a club.
But without waiting for the bugle to
sound retreat Norris retired from the
field of battle to reorganize his shat
tered forces.
Later, when he went to the house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
Farmer Charges His Wife
Organized Army of Eight
Children Against Him
Cross Petition in District Court States That Mrs. Alex
ander Norris and Her Children Planned a Series of
AttacLs-First Big Battle Started by Throwing Rocks.

for breakfast, Mrs. Norris drove him
out, he says, and when he returned
again a short time later, he was at
tackled with a skillet and forced to
retire ANONYMOUSLY without his break
fast.
The next eight days passed with only
a few minor engagements. But Gen
eral Mrs. Norris hit upon tie idea OF
destroying the enemy's means of trans
portation, according to the petition,
ana going into the garage, drove
spikes into all the tires on his Mitchell
car One of the tires was new, ne
SAYS. To be more certain that the
transportation facilities were crippled
she induced their son, George Norris.
Is, to procure a dynamite cap and
fuse with the intention of blowing up
the car, Norris asserts, but says he dis
covered the plot in time to Illustrate II.
But the next day while he was at
tempting to haul some wheat to mar
ket, Mrs. Norris attacked him with an
axe handle and drove him and the
haulers away. he asserts.
Drove Him From House.
Norris declares that he has a big
house, with many beds, and that whlle
Mrs. Norris and the children occupied
them, he was driven to bunk in the
milk house with only a horse blanket
and a lap robe for covers. He suf-
fered greatly from cold and exposure,
he adds
Having many cows to milk, which
necessitated early rising, the farmer
says he purchased an alarm clock, but
that his wife took possession of it and
hid it away. wrapping it up so that it
could not be heard.
Norris asks that the divorce be
granted to himself, that their prop
erty be divided and that he be given
custody of their two minor children
In her suit, Mrs. Norris also made the
Topeka Pure Milk company and Te-
cumseh township defendants. She
charged that the latter owed money
to Norris for work he had done on
the roads and that the former owed
him a small sum for milk and cream.
She demanded a restraining order to
keep him from collecting the money
or selling any of their property pend
ing the outcome of the suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
MUST LOOK AT DEAD CHIEF
Los Angeles Bandits Accused by Him
of Staying Two Police.

Los Angeles, Dec. 29.-Four bandit
suspects, indicted here for the Staying
of Patrolnren Brett and Chester. will
face the unnerving ordeal of gazing
upon the dead body of Jesse Wendell,
their alleged leader, today, according
to a telegram from Kingman. Ariz,
late yesterday.
Wendell made a dying statement.
The police say it may send two and
possibly. all four of his alleged COM
panions the night Brett and Chester
were slain to the gallows. Wendell
was reported to have said that Will
lard Thompson and Calvin Rowell
were the men who did the shooting.
He denied that he fired at the officers.
Wendell died in a hospital at King
man, Ariz., under dramatic circum-
stances. His last message, feebly
scrubbed on a piece of paper, was a
farewell to his mother. 1t read:
Mother, Blue Jacket, Okla, good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.

Furnished by the weather bureau office,
Topeka, KAN for the twenty-four hours
ending at a. m. Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
MORATORIUM CLOSES BANK
One of Biggest italian Institutions
Hard Hit=HoIds Z. S. Cash.

Rome, Dec 29.-As a result of the
moratorium decree the Banca Italiana
Disconto, one of the biggest in Italy,
failed to open its doors today.
The banl-s are working hard to i'm
prove the financial depression caused
by the liquidation of the Iva Arsaldo
companies.
Large and clamorous crowds gath
cred in front of the bank. They be-
came so threatening that the police
cleared the street. 1t is understood a
large amount of American money is
deposited in the bank.
The capital of the bank is 315,-
600, 900 lire. (The normal value of the
Italian Ira is 19 cents and three mills
in. American money!.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
WEATHER.

Continued From Page One)
There was no rain along the north Pa
cific coast, where it usually falls ev-
cry day at this time in the season.
The storm center was in the east to-
day. 1t was showing in New York
and it was cloudy from Cincinnati
east.
The highest temperature in Kansas
in the last twenty-four hours was 81
degrees at Dodge City and the lowest
was % at Concordia and Topeka. The
highest in the United States was so
degrees at Corpus Christi and the low
est was 6 degrees below zero at Du-
luth.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was SO
in 1889 and the lowest was 5 degrees
below zero in 1887.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at six miles an hour from
the southwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
STATES TO HELP
Attorney General Pushes Drive
Against PrOfiteers.
Two Legal Weapons viii Be
Used in Fight.

washington, Dec. 29.-The govern
ment's nation wide drive against prof
iteering and food law violators gath
cred momentum today.
Launched by Attorney General
Daugherty with an appeal to all states
attorneys general for closer co-opeIa-
ton with federal prosecutors. it was
indicated today that the movement
forecasts a fight to the finish for
lower prices.
Use Two Legal Weapons.
The government, it was said, will
use two legal weapons against prof
iteers. There are antitrust laws in
each state and the interstate COM
merce regulations. Enforcement of
the state laws by state authorities
will be augmented, it was learned au-
thoritatively by department of justice
agents in every state.
The government was baked in its
original profiteering drive, it was
pointed out by the weakness Of the
Lever act, which was declared uncon-
stitutional. The state "profiteering
laws" on the other hand, have repeat
edly been upheld in the courts.
1t was learned that the depart
ment of justice has probed state laws
very thoroly and the decision that
antitrust laws could be used thru
out the country in prosecuting prof
iteers induced the attorney general to
launch his drive.
Kansas VIII Help.
The procedure in every state, where
state authorities welcome assistance,
will be similar to that followed in the
building trade probe in Chicago. Fed
oral agents will gather evidence and
work up cases and then lay them
before state authorities for prosecu-
tion.
The state laws in Illinois, Massa-
chusetts, Kansas, Wisconsin and in
every agricultural state turnout the
south ana west, it was learned. are
looked upon as particularly strong
in their application. to profiteers. In
industrial states, notably New York
and Pennsylvania, food and fuel laws
would be invoked rather than anti
trust legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
SUE STANDARD FOR 1900, 900.
Land Title Litigation in Louisiana
Involves Property Worth $4,000, 600

Shreveport, La, Dec 29.-The
Standard Oil company is made de-
PENDANT IN a suit involving title to
land valued at approximately $1,000
600 in the Homer field filed by the
Consolidated Progressive Oil corpora
ton.
other suits are said to be filed
against other oil companies. The
suits are to settle title to lands ag-
gregating in value $S0,ooe.ooe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-29
WEIGH SWEAT OF BROW

DelicateIy Adjusted Scales VIII
Be Used to Determine Working
Conditions for Men in Steel
Mills.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-14
"YANKS" GOT THEIR COFFEE
Sergeant's Personal Kick" to King
George Brought About the De-
sired Change in Rations.

Sergeant Guyon of "B" troop, Amer
lean forces i'm Germany, has the dis
tinction of having his ration changed
by direct orders from King George
When the American army polo team
from COhlenZ was i'm England recent
ly. GuyOn had charge of the ponies ut
AlderShOt. The king visiteC the field
and was attracted by the ponies
blankets bearing the letters "A. F.
G." He approached 10 inGpect them
and addressed Guyon.
We'll. how are you getting along
I'm England?'
The British Tommes nearby stand
ing rigidly M attention were petrified
by GuyOn's reply: "Oh. pretty well.
king hut say this tea we have for
breakfast is tierce-can't you Tx il
up 81 We can have Coffee"
The king laughed and addressing
one of his aides said: See TO il that
these men have coffee hereafter"
And the Americans had coffee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-14
IT'S Better to Have Loved and Lost

repaired. You will thus be spared en-
barrassment." he whispered after the
girls had been seated Miss ALA
baughs chum removed the slipper and
he performed the errand.
And ever since she has been long
ing to meet him." said Miss Allabaugh.
1T was love at first sight with her
She is a junior at Northwestern uni
versity and was formerly head of her
class. She has worried so she can
no longer concentrate. She is losing
weight and / fear for her health.
They communicate, she tells me-
by mind messages. She says the cos
mic courtship has now reached the
point where he has asked her TO marry
him. She has consented. And there
is the impasse. They seem able to
communicate everything TO each other
save their names and addresses.
1--WE visited a clairvoyant in Evans
ton. She said that his initials were
NJ. j.. that he lived in Chicago; that
he was unmarried. The trouble was
that both subServed their innate i'm
pulse to the demands of etiquette. He
was in the foyer of the theater as we
passed out. They both looked at each
other. hut didn't speak. My chum
whispered TO me: oh, If he would
only say something"
Anyway, NJ. j., where art thou?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-14
Elopers Married. Arrested and Forgiven

nENVER, COLO.-Eloped, married
~ arrested, forgiven. In these four
words can be told the romance of the
youthful Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Love
lace. "A wild midnight auto ride from
Cheyenne by Mr.. and Mrs. John W.
Stamy. parents OF the young girl,
brought blessing and forgiveness TO
the youthful pair who spent night Of
fear i'm the city Jail.
Marjorie is a good girl. though she
will not he fifteen until next month"
said her father a few minutes after
he had told Chief Of Police Armstrong
that he would prefer no charges
against the young husband. 81 was
not in favor of her marriage so
young, but now that | find her mar
ried and apparently quite happy. b
shall let her decide"
Without moments hesitation
Marjorie said: Il am going with NAL
colm," and then she turned To the
small group that had gathered around
them. and with a sparkle in her eye
questioned: "Do you blame meT
Malcolm is a young civil engineer.
graduate of the University OF CincIn-
natl. and the possessor Of a $250-a-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-14
Rookie" Can Now Show His $4,000 Cash

nES MONIES, IA.-SiX weeks ago
- two men appeared at Hills retreat
in Des MoineS. One displayed n star
and a commitment paper for lunatic.
The other held a stack Of bank checks
a foot high. Another crazy fish for
you, DOCTOR" said the officer to the
guard.
"Fish, eh?" snickered the patient
with the checks. "Say, young man.
have a checking account Of $1,000
600. / want to buy the state Of Iowa.
How much?"
The guards named the newcomer
"Morganfeler." In a few days he be-
came acquainted with an inmate called
Rookie"
"Say, Rookie" said MOrganfeller.
Il got some dough, l have. Look.
Checks. Certified checks. Worth ST.
100000. Don't you wish you wuz rich,
Rocker"
Listen, Morg," said Rookie. II got
cash. Twenty thousand in cash-bet-
ter than all your checks. I'll show
you some day"
Three weeks ago the same sheriff
appeared at the entrance with another
patient. The newest arrival wore a
paper hat, fashioned after the style of
Napoleon. He carried br0OmStick.
Soon NAP" was riding his broomstick
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-14
FASHIONS IN BRIEF

Some smart Paris frocks have mar
row bands at the hem.
Beautiful bead chains are shown in
garish mixture OF colors.
Some evening gowns feature the
long, full skirt and square decolle-
tage
Although slippers of various COL
ored Kid are considered smart. the
demand is still for black hose.
Afternoon frocks are almost inyarr-
ably Of some soft material such as
charmeuse or duvetyn, following the
straight. long-waisted silhouette.
Ringtail oposSum and kolinsky sour.
re! are being used as border trim
mings on suits and on coats for dav.
time wear
Beads. silk, wool. spangles. rhine
stones and gold and silver thread
are used alone or I'm combination
whether the design be large or small
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-14

NHICAGO.-Who has lost $780, 900 in
~ United States treasury notes-ten
of $4,000 and ten of $1,000? Why
have they never been claimed? The
public got its first glimpse of the mys-
terry when Charles c. Jaeger, an ex-
pressman of Gary, Ind, and two other
Gary men fell out over the spOils.
Jaeger declared that Herman Faber,
owner of a clothing store, and Benja-
min Laub, justice of the peace, took
part of the certificates and failed TO
pay him. Faber. he said, got $4,000
"by force of violence" from Mrs. Jag
ger Laub, Jaeger declared, got S10,-
600. Fabre and Laub admit they re-
ceived the certificates, but declare
they paid Jaeger the amount agreed
upon.
Jaeger declares that he advertised
the finding of the certificates in Chi
cago and Boston newspapers. Files of
the newspapers show that bonds"
were advertised for a week in Octo-
Der. Jaeger says both the police and
the secret service are familiar with
the case. The police admit they
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-14
NEW SHADE FOR MILLINERY
"Dandelion Yellow" Is Color Featured
In Spring Headgear; Travelling
Hats of Heavy Silk.

Touching upon what will be worn.
it is announced that a new shade
called "dandelion yellow" featured in
spring millinery, as are pastels. Peach
apricot and lavender are among the
popular hues for winter resort wear.
Luster satin with hair braid and straw
and linen crash will also have their
day.
Travelling hats of heavy silk are
close fitting brims or turban shaped
with trimming of ostrich showers and
wings. Garden hats are chiefly OF
light-cOlOred transparent hair-braid
ribbon and flower-trimmed, large and
dropping in shape. Sports wear will
favor close fitting silk brushes and the
banded straw sailor will undoubtedly
be chosen by many women.
a taking sports novelty is the silk
and-wOol sock for women. designed To
be worn with the heavy London
brogue. 1t has the regular golf turn
over below the knee, the colored band
on this roll will match the band
on the dashing sports hat for golf
hiking or boating.