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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
A HOLIDAY SPIRIT
Many Union Church Services
Held This Morning.
Sport Lovers Plan Visit to
X. UNI. c. Game.
MUCH TO Be THANKFUL FOR
Much Travel on Highway Be-
tween Here and Lawrence.
Some individuals Spend Day in
$50 Hunting Trip.
MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR

With a gray sky arched overhead,
topeka went about the celebration of
Thanksgiving day in all of the various
ways in which individuals are accus-
tomedSo evince a holiday spirit.
The more pious attended church
services this morning in one of the
union group meetings arranged by the
pastors of the various churches. Per
sons living east of Kansas avenue at
tended services at the First United
Brethren church; those living in the
southwest part of the city went to the
Westminster Presbyterian church;
members of the big Four" churches
attended a meeting at the First Bap-
tist church, and mem bers of North To-
pefza churches had their own union
meeting.
Many Go to Lawrence.
The sport lovers spent the morning
preparing to go to Lawrence, where
the annual football clash between Mis-
souri, and Kansas is to be staged in the
new concrete stadium at the university
More than few of the Topekans who
motored down over the new paved
road made the pilgrimage Immediately
after offering up their thanks in the
churches.
In many homes the celebration of
Thanksgiving day started in con-
tinuation of night-the master and
mistress of the house staying in bed
ons the theory that the day constituted
ans extra Sunday and should be fitting
" begun by a more prolonged sleep
than is possible on ordinary work days.
For those who neither attended
church or planned to attend the foot
bah game, the morning was spent in
reading or pottering about the home
at various odd jobs which are always
on5.tap for such occasions. A few in
divd dduals went hunting with an eye to
providing ducks or rabbits as meat
for. the last day or two of the week
|, Much To Be Thankful For
Those things for which each family
or persons is thankful today are as
varied as the wants of the different
citizens. Some are thankful for re-
lease from quarantine; others are
tlRalilzf that a smallpox epidemic has
not BEet- struck at Tnpeka, Others feel
partsoulariy good over some bit of
personal good fortune. a few are
thankful things are not worse than
they are; nearly everyone is thankful
the potential agent of removing the
burden of arms taxation from the
shoulders of an the peoples of the
world.
In all except the thanksgiving serv-
ices in the churches. the citizens of
Topeka celebrated the day in ways
most widely divergent than those in
which the Pilgrims celebrated the first
one. In those days when America was
but strip of territory along the At
lantic shore, Thanksgiving day marked
the successful gathering of crops
spirit of comfort that the wants of
winter were provided against. and a
hope that for another year ravaging
Indians might be Kept from their pio
neer prey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
BANDITS CAME IN WRONG
Entered Chicago Cignr Store just as
Police Had Raidcd Place.

Chicago, Nov. 24.-Three bandits
who attempted to hold up the cigar
store of Edward Mahoney in West
Madison street, got the surprise OF
their lives.
When the bandits entered with their
command to stick 'em up" the back
room of the cigar store suddenly
erupted Five police detectives who
had been questioning the proprietor
regarding reports of gambling, burst
from the back room and began shoot
ing.
The bandits fled In an automobile
ard the police followed in a com
mandeered taxicab. Edward Miller
and Elmer Lasker, two of the bandits.
were wounded by police bullets and
captured. The third man escaped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
TODAY'S DINNER COSTS LESS
Despite High Price of Birds. Price Is
80 Cents Cheaper.

Chicago, Nov. 24.-Even to the tur-
key and it's trimmings the cost here
of a real Thanksgiving day dinner for
the average family was 39 cents less
this year than last, according to Rus
sell J. Poole, secretary of the city
councils committee on the high cost
of living.
The family dinner cost s6.7O last
year compared with s6.31 for the
same articles today, the decrease in
price being distributed between the
turkey, sweet potatoes. pumpkin pie.
celery. bread and butter. Charita bic
organizations and beneficent persons
have made it possible for almost every
destitute ex-soldier to have a Thanks
giving dinner. Entertainment has
been planned for wounded veterans
in hospitals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
NO Rain OR SNOW IN SIGHT
Partly Cloudy and Higher Tempera'
lures, Is Promise.

Protect all thirty-six hour shipments
north, east and west against tenn
perature Of so degrees. South above
freezing.
Altho the sky will be partly cloudy
today and Friday, no rain or snow is
forecast, according to Meteorologist
Flora. The temperatures will average
about eight degrees higher today than
Wednesday. The weather Friday. will
be almost identical with that of today.
Mild weather is promised for the
kansas-NI Missouri football game at
Lawrence The temperature will not
rise above 40 degrees today, As de-
grees Friday, and will drop to 80 de-
grees tonight.
The only precipitation reported in
Kansas, Wednesday. was q trace of
tContinued on Page Two1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
TO OBSERVE SAFETY WEEK
Special PrOcIamatl tlon ISSUED by GOv-
ernOr Allen for Week Of Dec. 40.

Special Proclamation ISSUED by GOvs
ernOr Allen for Week Of Dec. 40.
Governor Allen has issued a special
safety week proclamation. He asks
Kansans to set aside the week Of De-
cember 4-1O for observance Of ne=
tional safety week. Motor drivers ana
persons engaged in hazardous occupa-
tions are asked to give special atten-
tion to the week.
National highway and transport or
ganizations are behind the safety
week. Their plan. tho. is TO extend IL
into a 50 weeks and II months a year
observance. Special prizes have been
Offered. 70 essays by school children
on How ! can make the Highways
more safe" The week will be OBJ
served in every state in the nation
with special appeals against careless
motor car driving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24

and the Kansas Aggies will tie for
second place and Kansas crawls up
into fourth.
Special trains bearing thousands of
bowling students and alumni arrived
last night and today and innumerable
automobiles swelled the crowd by no
small degree. The new Kansas stadi-
um will be the scene of the game and
$1,000 seats have been completed for
occupancy. These have all been taken
and thousands of temporary stands
have been erected for the surplus
attendance.
Ii0eTn today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
PAPER OUT EARLY TODAY

The third. fourth and fifth editions
'f The State Journal are advanced
teveral hours today that the employees
nay observe a half holiday The car
ier edition was issued from the press
It 12:45 noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
Steam Roller Caught Him

Fort Scott. Kan. Nov. PA
slowly moving steam roller weigh
ing five tons ran down w. S. Crib
BILE. of UniontoWn. passed over his
bddy, crushing the life out in
stantly. Mr.. Gribble, who was past
60 years cd, was deaf and appar-
emily was not aware of the ma
chimes approach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24
FOOTBALL SCORES

End of First Pe-.od.
Colgate. 0; Columbia, I.
Western Reserve. o.; Case. 0.
nd Second Period
Columbia, Il; Colgate, IA; tie.
Western Reserve, o; Case, 0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-24

Immigrants admitted to the United states
during the fiscal year ending June % num-
bered SO5.22S az compared with 43O,OO1
for the previous fiscal year
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10
WOMAN SICK
four YEARS
Was Finally Made Well by
Lydia E Pinkhan's Vege-
table Compound

Steens, Mist was all run down
and nervous with female trouble and
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10
FAIR OF SOUTHERN
MARYLAND SOCIETY
STARTS ON MONDAY
Will Continue Through
Saturday of Next
Week.

UPPER MARLBORO. Nd, SPIT. O.
ARRANGEMENTS are complete for
the annual Southern Maryland
Fair on the grounds of the Southern
Maryland Agricultural Fair Assoc.
citation here. which opens Monday
TO continue through the following
Saturday.
There will be horse racing Sep.
TENDER IL. 10. IA, Is and II. Or
September 16 there win be a pony
race. mule race and other contests
Of speed, and baseball. Other fea.
lures will include q horse show and
agricultural exhibits.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10

Highest, 1854; lowest, e5.e.
Relative humidity-s a. m, 81;
p. m, IS; 8 p. m, 81.
Rainfall g p. m. to s p.m.). o.
Hours of sunshine, so.
Per cent of possible sunshine. 50.
Departures from Normal.
Y Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January /, 1921, 93I.
Excess of temperature since Sep
TENDER 1, 1921, ~.
Accumulated deficiency of precipi-
tation since January 1. 1921, 40.
Excess Of deficiency etaoineaoin
Excess of precipitation since Sep
TENDER l. 1921. "a.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, IL; lowest, 81.
Tide Conditions.
data furnished by the U. s. Coast
and Geodetic Survey
High tide at 1927 a. m. IT. Z in. !;
1853 p. m. 2 IT. 4 in.
Low tide at s:11 a. m. in; s:32
p. M, Q In.
Sun rises at 5:44 a. m. and sets
at 6:55 p. m.
Moon rises at 2:1s p. m
River Conditions.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both very cloudy at Harpers Ferry
yesterday afternoon.
Other Temperatures.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10

my Homework now. / recommend
your Vegetable Compound to my
friends and you may use this letter
if you care to do so. Mrs. w. h.
BLAKE, Route /, Steens, Miss.
How many women, overworked,
tired and ailing, keep up the ceaseless
treadmill of their daily duties until
they are afflicted with female troubles
as Mrs. Blake was, and are run down,
weak and nervous. But every such
woman should be convinced by the
many letters like hers which we are
constantly publishing, proving be-
yond question that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound will
overcome such troubles, and write
to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass, IN regard to their
health.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10
BIRTHS.

White.
Early c. and French A. Griffith. boy.
william A. and Ruby @. suter. boy.
George 8. and Viola N. o'Connor. boy.
Raymond d. and Clarice r. Fillins, boy.
Reginald K. and Hortense Bailey, boy.
Percy and Mary A. Rollins. boy.
Frank and Sarah Topelon, girl.
Giuseppe and Maria r. Sansalone. boy.
Dennis ]. and Hannah N. 0'Connell, boy.
Charles N. and 0nie r. Hampton, girl.
Francis 9. and Helen Muliin, boy.
Alexander 8. and Gertrude l. Young, boy.
John r. and Charlotte N. Baines, boy.
Joseph ]. and Frances Crowley, boy.
Russell r. and Marie L. Spafford, boy.
Robert H. and Myrtle Brown, girl.
Charles l and Anita Brown, girl
George II. and Nadine Hutchinson, boy
Leland G. and Mildred r. Talbot, boy.
Jesse c. and Julia Smith. girl
VIM. W. and Edith Cumberland, boy.
Cyril J. and Esther L. Jones, girl.
John +. and Margaret Alcure, boy.
Theodore c. and Charlotte L. Gerber, girl
Marion J. and Alice Wooster, boy.
Jacob R. and Vivian Mcneil. boy.
Colored.
Reubin and Bessie foyer, boy. -
VIM. r. and Clara !. Hall, boy.
james and Elnora Brown, boy.
Henry and Bessie MePerson, boy.
Irwin and Marie Faucette. girl.
Eugene and Cora ordan. girl.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10
DEATHS.

White.
sebastine santini, 20 yrs, Walter Reed
Jeanette q. Burton. 8. 1122 9Th st. NV
Martha v. Coleman, IS, st. Eliz. Hospital
Clara B.. sium,ns, SO, 71S 10Th st, NV
David Milne. 81. 9I5 U st. NV.
George Charahas, 1. 427 It'll ST. sc,
silas L. Jenkins, 81, QUO Mass. ave NV.
VIM. T. Oliver, So. sibley Hospital.
VIM. Keiser, Z, Childrens Hospital.
John Z. Rafferty,. 81. 1922 Ontario at. NV.
Greta v. Carper. 10. Sol ii ST. NV.
Colored.
Mamie g. Mason. Al yrs, 200 BIZ st. sw.
Ella Carter. Al, Freedmens Hospital
Roberta Gamer. 81, 2914 st. NV.
VIVA Hicks. g., lib N. ]. ave. NV.
Annie West, Sc, 921 v st. NV.
Do You Know That
Home economics students at the
Oregon Agricultural College take a
course in household management
which includes taking care Of two
children.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10

my sides panied
me 30 at times
that I could hardly
walk. / suffered
for fouryearswith
it. Then I saw
your advertise
ment inthe papers
and / began tax
ing Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable
Compound. ! feel
stronger and am
|ohla 70 10 pnnof ~
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10
Local Temperaturss.

t ter, Pc moderate variable
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10
Hudson-Duff Wedding.

: LYNCHBURG. Va. Sept. s.--Miss
Eva Pearl Hudson and Claude Brent
Dun, both of Amherst County. were
married Tuesday at the Elon Pres
byterian parsonage, the pastor, the
Rev. Clyde ]. Walsh, officiating.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-09-10
THE WEATHER


For the District
OF Columbia and
Maryland I'm
8 . It'll Q d today;
showers tonight
orr { o m o rr o W
mild temperature,
g entle variable
winds. m o sti y
south.
For Virginia =
CT o v dy today,
showers In west
portion; tomor-
row showers; mild
temperature; m,
winds.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
JOBLESS men ON
AUCTION BLOCK
P Philanthropist Conducts
Sale of Ex-Soldier, Negro
And Boy
NONE WENT AWAY
WITH DESIRED JOB

BOSTON. Sept e.-Jobless men
were placed on the auction block on
Boston Comman yesterday. Stripped
to the waist. after the custom OF
the old slave auction they declared
their willingness to work by stand
ing before a crowd OF thousands,
Offering their services to the highest
bidder.
"Shorn lambs OF unemployment" :"
their auctioneer. Urban Ledoux,
called them. Ledoux. a philanthropic
worker who recently opened the
Church OF the Unemployed" at 81
Howard street, in the West End,
led a group OF so to the Common
TO bring home. he said, TO the peo-
pie of Boston their stories of human
misery, just as william Lloyd Car
rison pleaded for the slaves on the
same spot seventy years ago. It
was to prove that his charges we're
not parasitic fioaters, but instead
good citizens out OF a job, that he
put them on the block he explained.
Ledoux's efforts 20 get work for his
men were not rewarded. OF the three
who stood up for bids none went
away to a job. although from the
crowd came pledges OF help to tide
them over a week or two while they
sought employment. Their leader
said. however, that he consic cred he
had succeeded in bringing their
plight and the honesty OF their pur-
pose TO public attention and he an
nounced that the auction was to be
a daily event, to be continued at
least for the remainder Of the
month.
Ledoux and his men. box lunches
In hand, came to the Common from
the West End headquarters. where
he had fed hundreds in the last
week. While they munched their
sandwiches he called for volunteers
to stand at auction prepared to work
for week for the highest bidders
Eight men stepped out, two Of them
World War veterans. most OF them In
clothing that was frayed and shoes
well down at the heels Each was
asked how long he had been out OF
work and without food and shelter
Ate Twice a Week.
One man had not worked for 9
year. Another had eaten only twic,
a week in six months OF unemploy
ment
James Ferris. 25 years OF age. az
outstanding man who said ne ha,
served four years in the army. wa
called TO the block on the steps o
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
Uncle Ted's Bedtime Stories
Peace With American Independence

you just bet your life we are at
peace with Germany, and not only
that but we are also at peace with
out having been tied up with the
world club and a thousand other
things that would have happened TO
us II We had agreed TO the treaty
drawn up in Paris"
Jack was at II again, this time
tickled TO death over the fact that
the peace treaty has been signed
with Germany without the United
states becoming a part OF the world
club.
Yes, Jack" spoke up Uncle Ted.
1--WE are at peace with Germany. The
treaty. which gives the contents Of
the act Of Congress OF July ?, 1921,
declaring the war to be at an end,
has been signed. We are not a
member OF the world club, which
would have destroyed American in
dependence gained through years OF
effort. Our country has not fallen
to pieces because Of this. even
though some would have us think
so.
when Congress convenes Sep
tember 21. the Senate will undoubt-
edly raufy the treaty at once and
then President Harding will prob
ably issue a proclamation. What
else could we do, kiddies and re-
main true TO the traditions Of our
country. which count more than
everything else in the world? BY
this treaty we gain all the good
points Of the Versailles treaty. but
we are not bound by those parts
which would have forced us into
alliances with nearly every country
on the globe.
There is as much difference be-
tween the treaty President Wilson
signed at Paris and the one just
signed by our representative in Ber-
lin as there Is between the meetings
OF the world club and the arm
Evening journal., 1921-09-09

the Parkman Memorial bandstand.
He stripped to the waist and while
Ledoux directed, went through the
army calisthenics TO show the ex-
tent OF his muscular development
Bids were called for.
This is one OF the men that you
used during the war. What VIII
you do with him now7 How much
will you bid for this mans services
for a week in order that he may
have food and shelter?" the auction
Ger asked. Bids were made, but
when they were called those who
had made them had slipped away.
Ferris was then declared 10 be with
out a bidder.
A dog was brought TO the block.
He was knocked down for 80 with
the condition, accepted by the sue
cessful bidder, that he be returned
to the "Church Of the Unemployed
as its mascot.
Joseph Mitchell, a burly negio,
was then called. His shoes were
without soles and his clothing was
ragged. Replying to Leboux's ques-
tions, he said he had been without
food for days at a time In the six
months he had been out or a Jop.
There was no bid for his services
and the auctioneer called on the
crowd TO pledge him food and shell
ter for a week. Mrs. Annie Jackson,
of the Charlestown district. respond
ed and went the auctioneer one bet
ter by saying she would be respon-
sible for Mitchelrs sustenance and
shelter for a second week II neces-
sary. John Farley, of Dorchester
wearing a @. A. r. button. added a
dollar. Another man promised a
suit Of clothes. and a second man
passed Ledoux a 50 bill TO buy some
beans for the boys"
william Davis. a boy OF IS years
out OF a job for a year. was offered
to the crowd as one willing TO work
He said he had kept himself going
for time on $500 that he had
saved, bit had reached the end OF
his rope and was In hunger yester-
day. He was promised a home for
a week by Mrs. ]. II, Granninger
and the man who promised the
clothing to Mitchell gave 50 &c
Davis.
With no bids for the three men sci
up. Ledoux suspended his auction
announcing that It would be re.
peated today.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09
Would Shut Down Gas Work.

MY stomach has cen so filled
with gas for the last, three years that
1 felt I could pretty nearly supply
our town. 1 also had frequent pains
in right side in region OF the appen-
dix. Doctors didn't help much. One
day my neighbor told me about
what Mayr's Wonderful Remedy had
done for him and got a bottle OF
our druggist. can say that il will
do all and more than you claim for
IT," It is a simple, harmless prepa-
ration that removes the catarrhal
mucus from the intestinal tract and
allays the Inflammation which causes
practically all stomach, liver and in
testinal ailments, including appendi-
citis. One dose will convince or
money refunded. G. NJ. Eckerd and
druggists everywhere.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09

aments conference which has been
called by President Harding TO meet
in Washington TO discuss some OF
the most important problems in the
history OF the world. We have
gained through the Berlin treaty all
that we won in the war. but have
lost none OF our independence. The
world club idea is that super-gov-
ernment may be created to Judge
world problems. and that each mem
Der Of the club shall bow to its de-
cisions. The idea has been proven
impossible OF realization.
The idea OF the armaments con-
ference is practical. The six lead
ing nations OF the world will get
together and try to reach mutual
agreements regarding future scales
OF armaments. internauonals prob
lens in the Pacific. and such other
controversies as new prevent COM
plete understanding among them.
President Harding believes that the
practical way to stop future wars is
to settle peacefully the disputes that
bring them about. and to limit the
size OF armies and navies. on the
theory that unrestrained competi-
tion In armaments is bound TO bring
about war sooner or later.
Now don't think that stoppine
war is the only purposes in holding
an armament conference. Anoth-
er purpose is to relieve the people
Of the world Of the immense burden
OF maintaining armies and navies
II we maintained an army OF 150.-
600 men. that means not only thai
150. 900 men are taken out OF pro
ductive employment and the rest OF
the people-those who work al
farming and manufacturing and
keeping stores and practicing law
must work that much harder e
support the soldiers.
you mustn't think that an
! condemning the men who go into
Evening journal., 1921-09-09

the army and navy as parasites.
Far from Il. / have the greatest
respect for the man who is willing
to go into training and hold himself
ready to be the first to go TO the
front in case OF war.
''The point is just this-under
present conditions. each nation must
be constantly ready to meet an
enemy nation. and the extent OF our
preparedness must depend largely
upon the size OF the armies and
navies Of other nations. II would
be folly for us to cut down our army
and navy unless other nations did
the same. II We permitted our
selves to become weak. with all the
wealth we prossess. we would tempt
other nations to impose upon us or
even attack us.
what President Harding hopes
TO accomplish at the armament con-
ference Is to induce all the leading
nations to settle some international
questions that are now in doubt and
then agree upon a plan by which
all the nations will limit their arm
ament so that there will be an end
to competition in maintaining armies
and navies.
II am not at all sure that the ma
tions can get together on an agree
ment. but IL Is we'll worth trying.
We thought We had made great
progress in civilized warfare through
some agreements that had been
made In conferences at The Hague
many years ago, but when the war
with Germany broke out. we found
that the agreements were not kept
at all.
II we can get all the leading ma
lions actually TO reduce their armies
and navies on a fair basis. we will
not only reduce the probability OF
war but lift from the people some
OF the load Of maintaining an arm,
and a navy.
Il hope you viii an watch tn,
reports OF the conference called q
discuss a reduction OF armament.
Evening journal., 1921-09-09

Watch the Want Ads for positions
as clerks, bookkeepers and account
ants