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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
TWO CASES JOIN
''Peggy" Joyce Named in Still
man Divorce Suit.
Guest at One of Bankers Wild
Parties is Charge.

New York, June 24.-The name of
Peggy Hopkins Joyce will be brought
into the Stillman divorce case when
hearings are resumed in Poughkeepsie
next week, it was learned today.
The show girl, who is now being
sued for divorce in Chicago by her
third millionaire husband, will be de-
scribed as a guest of Mrs. Florence
Lawler Leeds in some of the gay
parties" aboard James A. Stillman's s
yacht, the Modesty, it was said.
No attempt will be made, it was
said, to connect Peggy's name directly
with that of Stillman. The witness,
who is expected to furnish this testi-
mony is Frank Murphy; former stew
ard on the Modesty.
Reports were circulated today that
Stillman is suffering from a nervous
breakdown and might not be able to
appear for cross examination next
week. These rumors could not be
confirmed.
Mrs. Stillman's attorneys are re-
ported to have discovered a new wit
mesa former nurse of Mrs. Leeds
who is expected to testify regarding
the parties on the Modesty and Incl
dents at the Love Nest in Florida.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
TO TEST GASOLINE
State Oil Inspectors Make Cru
sade on Filling Stations.
Nine Topeka OH Dealers Visited
BY Deputies.

The state oil inspection department
today descended heavily on the To-
peka filling stations. The crusade is
to be made statewide. H. H. Motter,
state oil inspector, today asserted he
had issued instructions to deputies
and to inspectors to test gasoline sold
at all stations. Where the grade of
gas is misrepresented dealers will be
instructed to close their pumps or
bring quality of product to standards
advertised.
Investigate Nine Stations.
Nine Topeka filling stations were
investigated today. At each station
tests were made as to the quality of
gasoline. Where claims were made by
owners or agents that high test gaso-
line was sold, special tests were made
as to quality of supplies. Three of
the nine stations showed that the high
test and low test gas were the same,
altho there was a difference of more
than four cents in price.
Under the state law the department
has but limited authority in the pun
ishment of dealers who fail to sell
gasoline of the test advertised. Mot
ter, tho, will attempt to enforce order
to close pumps where high test gaso-
line has been advertised and low test
gas sold.
I'm some cases. said Motter,
neither the dealer nor his patrons
knows anything about the actual test.
In consequence the state department
will make tests of all gasoline sam
pies brought to the office and will try
to enforce a statewide regulation to
give the consumer the quality of gas
oline he paws for"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
LET'S GO.

Topeka needs a new hotel of the
modern type. Everybody admits that.
That a new hotel can be operated
at profit on the necessary invest
ment is the consensus of opinion of all
hotel men who have looked into tho
situation here.
That a modern hotel will bring
thousands of persons to the city who
would not otherwise come-and thou
sands of dollars with them-is undis-
puted.
And that is the proposition in nut
shell. We need the hotel; the town is
crying for it; it will pay for itself di-
rectly and pay for itself again in in
direct benefits; and the preferred
stockholders have a guaranteed return
equal to per cent on their invest
ment.
What are we waiting for?
Let's go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
MUST PAY ROADS
Bankers Tell Harding q. s.
Should Pay Now.
Harding, Hoover and Mellon
Farley Until 1 a. m.

washington, June Prompt
paymentaof the governments debt to
the railroads, resulting from federal
operation, is necessary to revive the
nations transportation system. and
general business, according to the
views given President Harding by
western bankers, it was learned today.
The bankers met Harding and Sec
retaries Mellon and Hoover at the
White House last night. Their con-
ference lasted five hours.
The bankers. it was said, will meet
with railroad heads shortly in an ef-
fort to agree upon a plan to revive
the nations carriers from bankruptcy.
Almost every angle of the business
situation was gone over during the
five hour session which began when
the bankers sat down in the great
state dining room at o'clock last
night.
Among the topics discussed were:
Prospects of collecting the money
loaned the allies during the war.
Methods of putting the railroads on
their feet without government help.
Easier money for the farmer.
Financing of the cotton growers.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
and Secretary of Commerce Hoover
were present and spoke.
President Harding also outlined to
the bankers some of the problems he
is facing and the difficulty that
stands in the way of their solution.
The bankers were called upon to
speak freely and many offered sugges-
tions which will be of a great help to
the government, Secretary Mellon
said later.
Charles G. Dawes, Chicago banker,
who became director of the budget
this week, was among the guests.
Others were: Richard S. Hawes, vice
president First National bank, ST
Louis; ]. G. Lonsdale, president of the
National Bank of Commerce, st.
Louis; John T. Scott, president of the
First National bank, Houston, Tex
Festus J. Wade, president of the Mer-
camille Trust company, St. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24

the railroad officials had hoped and
expected that it would do, President
Storey said today.
freight loadings have shown a
slight increase from week to week, but
they are not UP to last years figures" I"
he declared.
Hope for the unemployed shopmen
In Topeka was indicated when Presi-
dent Storey said that the first job
which the roads would start when
they get financial foothold again
would be the car repair work
YOU understand" he said, "that
our retrenchment has not gone to the
extent Of stopping freight car repair
Wofk yetr tho we have practically
stopped everything else.
May Be Shortage of Cars.
I'VE may be short of grain cars
when this years harvest Commences
to move We have moved more grain
already this year than we moved las
year, and grain cars are not plentiful
along the lines now.
{, Because of the fact that there has
Deen continued grain movement. the
1921 harvest is not going to mean as
years" p9e
Stanley H. johnson, of Chicago. vice
president and general traffic manager
OF the Rock Island, in Topeka today to
attend the conference with Governor
Allen, declared that the shipping
situation is not showing any material
Improvement.
Look for Better Times.
But, after July 1, with the coming
of the harvest" johnson said today,
I'VE look for better times in the freight
department"
= Freight business is dull not only in
grain movement, but in general freight
movement, johnson said.
johnson said that if there had been
any renewed activity looking toward
the establishment of the long talked
of shops at Topeka by the Rock Is
land, he would have heard of it, and
there had been no talk of such a
movement. to his knowledge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
POSTCARD IS CLUE
Mother of Member of One Van
ished Crew Gets Word.
Declares Writing Is Really That
of Her Son.

Washington, June 24.-A clue
which may reveal the fate of at least
one of the twenty vanishing ships
was being followed by government in
vestigators today.
A colored postcard mailed from
Paris to the mother of a member
of one of the vessels that disappeared
in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras con-
stitutes the bit of evidence. The
mother says that the writing on the
postcard is that of her son.
Investigators today refused to re-
veal the name of the man supposed
to have sent the postcard and asked
that the name of the vanished vessel
be withheld for the time at least.
Officials point out that the postcard
may have been mailed by some one
other than the missing sailor and
signed with his name. They probably
will ask the Paris officials to aid in
their Investigation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
KANSAS soLoNs oBJECT.
Ask Weeks to Withdraw Promotio,
Nomination for Peck.

Washington. June 24.-Recommen.
dations that the nomination of Maj.
Robert c. Peck to be lieutenant colo
mel be Withdrawn If charges filed
against him are found true. were made
to Secretary Weeks today by Senators
Curtis and Capper of Kansas.
Major Peck has been charged with
making disparaging statements cons
corning the services of the Kansas Ma
tiona1 Guard in France. His nomina-
ton was held in the senate military
committee at the request of Senator
Capper. The charges will be thoroly
Investigated, Secretary Weeks told the
senators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
WILL FACE CHARGE
Kansas City Woman Denies Ex-
istence of Supposed Husband.
Claims TOpekan, Her First,
Died Natural Death.


Kansas City. Mo-. June 24.-Mrs.
Matte Carter, also known as Mrse
Matte Mcpherson, today faced a
charge of first degree murder in con-
nection with the mysterious and ia
tai shooting of Jack Mcpherson,
whom police said she claimed was her
common law husband.
Police, who are searching for two
other men whom they allege were
Mrs. McPherson's second and third
husbands, refused to accept the wo-
mans story that Mcpherson was shot
thru a window by a burglar as she
and Mcpherson were preparing to re-
tire in partially unfurnished cottage
in Mount washington.
Windows of the house were sealed
and no broken window glass wasfound,
it was declared. Mcpherson was shot
twice at close range in the abdomen.
Mrs. Mcpherson was fully dressed and
carried handbag when she ran to
neighbor's and said her husband had
been shot.
Mrs. Carter, or Mcpherson, today
denied the existence of Ernest Evans.
whom police charged was one of her
husbands. She said that John Car
ter, unheard of, according to police,
after the couple started to the races at
New Orleans several years ago, was in
South America but she could not say
where. She asserted that Claude
Crockett, another husband. died from
natural causes in Topeka. Kan, police
said.
When arraigned today before JUS
tice of the Peace Pollock, Mrs. Carter
entered a plea of not guilty, and was
held without bond. Her trial was set
for July 2.
Detectives today claimed to have
found bruises on McPherson's body
and other evidence OF a struggle be-
fore he was shot to death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
Baby Whale Angered When
Man Tries To Carue Steak
Young Leviathan Caught in Narrows of New York. Pro
vides Reporters With 'WhaIe of Story

New York, June 24.-This is
whale of a story:
Thar she blowsi" cried George
Rand, watchman at the Midland beach
pier, Staten Island, as he saw an hon
est-to-gosh-whale spouting q few
yards off shore in New York harbor
today-five miles from the Woolworth
building.
Summoning reinforcements in the
person of White Lane, restaurant
keeper. Rand boarded his motorboat
and putt-putted out to do battle.
Shot Gun Failed.
Rand let the whale, which had
stranded in shallow water, have sew
eral broadsides from his shotgun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
FORUM To MEET MONDAY
City Planning Expert on Program of
Special Session.


There will be a special meeting of
the Forum committee of the Chamber
of Commerce at noon Monday, June
27. when VIII F. McDermott, city
planning expert and pubhcist, of Chi
cago, will speak.
Further than musical entertainment
the address on city planning by Nc
Dermott will take up the entire pro-
gram.
McDermott is a brother of George
T. McDermott, president of the To-
peka Chamber OF Commerce. A writer
Ton the staff of the Chicago Daily
News. he was assigned by his paper to
spend year studying and inyestigat-
ing the problems and possibilities Of
city planning and city coming.
In company with a committee rep
resenting the aldermen of Chicago, he
made a tour of a month among the
cities of the eastern portion of the
United States and Canada.
z. L. Copeland, chairman of the
Forum committee, will preside at the
meeting.
All members of the city planning
board and all other citizens interested
in the welfare of Topeka are urged to
be at the Chamber of Commerce Mon
day noon, Robert Pierce, president of
the planning board. said today.
McDermot. visited Topeka last week
and gave a forcible talk on city plan
ming to members OF the planning board
in special meeting They requested
that he make the return visit to the
city,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24

The only effect was a sleepy grunt,
according to Rand.
Then Lane got busy with a butcher
knife and carved several choice
steaks off the whales back.
Whale Got Mad.
This is said to have put the critter
in a temper and it snapped several
times at the boat. Remembering
Jonah's fate, the amateur whalers
putt-putted back to shore and added
four workmen to their crew Heaving
a hawser over the whales starboard
flipper, they towed 1t to the beach.
At last accounts, the animal was
pretty near ruined but doing as well
as could be expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
Is New American Duchess.

Paris, June 24.-Gladys Marie Dea-
con of Boston this morning became
the Duchess OF Marlborough, the sec
ond American girl to assume the title.
The civil ceremony, which lasted
three minutes. took place in the Brit
ish consulate and was performed by
II. @. McKaie, the British consul.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
WANTS PROBE NAVY SOVIET" !"
La Toilette Asks Congressional Inves-
tigation of Morale Boards"

Washington, June PA congress
sional investigation of the system of
navy discipline was asked in a resolu-
ton introduced by Senator La Toilette,
Wisconsin. today.
The resolution follows removal of
Capt. Clark D. Stearns from the COM
mand of the battleship Michigan,
where he allowed committee of the
men help decide on the discipline
aboard the vessel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
dine and talk TONIGHT
Merchants Association and Stool
Selling Teams Will Meet.

The Topeka Merchants association
and the teams which will engage in
the sale of stock in the new Topeka
Hotel company will dine together at
the Chamber of Commerce tonight.
The Merchants association billboard
project, the why's and wherefores, and
the results which are anticipated will
be fully explained at the dinner to-
night.
The billboard speeches viii be fin
ished and out of the way in time for
the members of the stock selling teams
to get, down to business on their final
plans for the start of the campaign
Tuesday of next week by 7:45 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
COOL WEATHER FOR KANSAS
Sulf Storm FIarebacl1 Cools State and
Brings Rain.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES.

The flare back" from the Gulf
storm of Thursday is lowering over
Kansas today, and will keep the tenn
perature down, as well as supplying
general rains. The Gulf storm, mov-
ing inland, is crossing the state today.
and will probably be clear of Kansas
tonight. 1t is producing only rain,
having left the wind feature at the
Gulf. If it is past the state by Satur-
day morning, the prospects are that
Kansas will have a clear, cool, SUM
mer resort Saturday.
The temperature in Topeka this aft
ernoon will not go above rs degrees,
lContinued ON Page Two.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24
Kansas wheat tests High.

Wichita, Kan, June 24.-The first
wheat of the season marketed here
brought s1.3S. Kansas City basis. on
the Wichita board of trade The grain
was grown near Coldwater and tested
as No. 1, 60 pounds to the bushel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24

W. j. Baumgartner. organization
secretary for the K. U. Memorial, left
today for Hutchinson, where the next
K. U. campaign will be carried on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-24

tcontinued on Page Two.l
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-14
PRIESTS TO START
Nd MOYEIN WEST
DR.. Cavanaugh and Rev. Nc.
CHM Depart for Kansas
City to Open Drive.

Rev. John McGinn, Q. &. @. sec
Rotary OF the general committee IL
charge Of the expansion movemen,
at Notre Dame university. and Rev
Dr.. John Cavanaugh. c. s. c.. form
er president Of the university and
now a professor Of English az the
school left Tuesday morning fol
Kansas City where they viii assist
in the formal opening OF the enlarge
ment drive IN that section.
The drive viii be opened at din
ner similar TO the one given BY Rev
Dr. Burns at the Oliver hotel last
May when the parent movement was
Instituted The affair will be at
tended by a gathering representing
the alumni and friends OF Notrs
Dame in the Missouri district. and
has been arranged IN accordance
with the general plan OF the cam
paign as outlined by the genera,
committee.
Rev. MCGinn, as secretary OF the
general committee, IS probably IN
more accurate touch with the actua
conditions and progress OF the casn-
paign than any other person. while
Rev CavanauEh. a former president
Of the school and consequently wei
acquainted with its history, aspira.
lions and needs. will be a valuable
aid 20 the fathers Of the expansion
movement. DR.. Cavanaugh Is one
OF the ablest orators IN the country
and his return 10 Notre Dame at this
time is regarded as a happy circum-
stance by friends OF the school
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-14
RiVer Park

A reunion OF the Schafer family
was held Sunday at the home OF Mrs.
Louisa Siefert. near Granger, Ind.
Forty members were present from
South Bend and River Park. A chick
en- dinner was served. The tables
were attractively decorated with au-
tumn flowers. The afternoon was
music and various social diversions.
The annual flower and vegeta BILE
show Of the River Park school was
held Monday.
The Epworth League OF the NJ. F..
church Will present a pageant. The
Living Cross" at the NJ. +. church
next Sunday evening.
Mrs. Samuel Dixon entertained the
members Of the r. p. f. club and a
few friends at an all-day meeting
Saturday at her summer home north
west of South Bend. A chicken din
ner was served. Covers were laid for
26. The afternoon was spent socially
and in needlework. The next meet
ing Will be at the home Of Mrs. Has
LANCER oct. Z.
Mrs. Earl Berry, n. Eleventh st +,
entertained a a family dinner sun
day. The guests included Mr. and
Mrs. Ruben Schroyer, Of Three Riv-
ers Mich; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Schroyer and daughter. Miss Leora
Schroyer, Of Kalamazoo, Mich, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Bassett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Kelly. Smith
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-14
TWO SCOUT TROOPS
TOPURCHASE TREES

South Bend scouts are planning TO
do their bit in esta blishing a chain
OF trees along the Lincoln highway
"a a memorial 20 those who fell In
the world war. Two troops, The First
Methodist and Indiana Avenue
Christian church. havs each voted
TO pay for planting a tree along the
route, and the scout plans contem-
plate a section Of trees along the
highway which viii be planted by
the various troops.
A new ruling promulgated by the
scout council provides that every ap-
plicant for second class first class or
merit badge promotions must appear
before the board OF review 10 get the
final approval OF that board. The
judgment OF the board will be final,
and the court OF honor. IN the future
Will present certificates Of promotion
TO successful scouts. The first meet
ing Of the board OF review viii be
held at scout headquarters Friday
night. The court OF honor viii sit
Sept 30
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-14

s.. have returned from a weeks visit
with Mrs. Kellys brother, Louis
Young. and family. at Detroit Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Russell OF
Racine, Mich, are visiting relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Houenbeck
and son Richard and Mrs. Hollen-
beck's mother, Mrs. Patience Brewer,
who have been located at Stanford,
S. D.. the last three years, arrived
here Saturday. They are guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Borden. They
expect TO locate IN River Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Potts, Of Three
Rivers, Mich. spent Sunday with
River Park friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Vandenburg
and son, Seth, and daughter Betty
May, returned Saturday evening from
a three months automobile trip 70
Stanford and Black Hills, S. d. They
were accompanied by John Brewer.
who has lived several years IN the
Northwest.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l. Bonner, OF
Anderson, Ind. have returned home
after visiting friends here.
Mrs. Z. J Bickel. Sixteenth St, is
recovering from a Slight indisposi-
ton.
Miss leila Smith is rapidly recov-
ering from an operation at St. Joseph
hOe pital.
mr.. and Mrs. J.. Bussert and son,
De Won Bussert, Sixteenth ST., spent
the weekend at Rochester, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Schroyer has
returned to Kalamazoo after visiting
relatives and friends here.
The regular meeting OF the River
Park Independent club scheduled for
this week has been postponed on ac-
count of the fair.
The jolly Social club Will meet on
Wednesday with Mrs. Fred Smith.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-14
Tom "ShO Didn1 t
Turn Dozen Dat
LickahP
NickersOn Causes Plymouth
Youth to Go to Jail
Poor Judge of Gun"

And IS this the gun Craig used
to threaten you with?"
1 dunno. II done look lots
biggah dan dat"
The above question and answer
furnished the climax TO an amusing
scene in city court Tuesday morn
ing when James craig, giving MS
residence as Plymouth. was ar
rAgned before Judge George W
Omacht charged with unlawful pos
session Of liquor. carrying concealed
weapons and by Thomas Nickerson,
colorcc, with drawing a deadly wea-
pom. Craig pleaded guilty to the
first two charges but declared he
could not remember threatening
anyone with his revolver.
Nickerson. 215 Kentucky St. who
gains a livelihood hauling ashes, as
he told the court, was acc0sted on
The street by Craig Monday after
noon who directed him 10 find u
shed in a nearby alley where he
coud safely hide a gallon jug in
which. according TO Nickerson,
there was some powerful lickah. "
did both OF you enter the shed 90
he was asked.
Vas, sab. He got hoI nah arm
and all follahed him" was Nicker-
sons lacOnic reply.
Then what did he do?"
ale want nah 10 take a drink,
sab. told him all didn't want any
his lickah; dat ali didn't drink. Den
he pulls out his gun and gives me
anudder invite. An sho' didn't turn
him down dat timel"
Requested tC identify the gun
Craig was alleged TO have had in his
possession when arrested. Nicker-
son shook his head. II dunno
nothin bout guns" he said. with a
violent shake of his head and the
whites Of his eyes showing.
Craig told OF having come to
South Bend IN a truck driven by d
man whom he got acquainted with
Monday morning in Plymouth.
Asked TO tell where he obtained
the gallon jug of moOnshine whisky
and a 32-calibre revolver found on
him when arrested, Craig insisted