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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
OUT OF POLITICS
Delegates Want Agricultural
Activities Free From Politics.
10000 Farmers and Stockmen
Represented by Organization.

Delegates to the Kansas state farm
bureau which has been in session in
Topeka this week, want the agricul-
tural activities kept out of politics.
The organization which represents
10000 farmers and stock men,
unanimously adopted resolution OPP
posing the consolidation bill now be-
fore the legislature.
Many Organizations Represented.
conference which protested against
placing the livestock in
terests under political domination in
Guided the State Farm Bureau
Grange, Farmers Union, Equity
Union. Cooperative Grain Dealers
board of agriculture. and representa-
tive of the cooperative elevator as
ISOLATION. The resolution which is
signed by j., L. Boles as chairman,
and r. E. Lawrence as secretary. was
adopted without a dissenting vote.
Following is the short. terse declara-
ton OF representatives to the big
farmer meeting:
Resolved that the representatives
of the Farmer Organizations of Kan
sas met in convention to elect dele
gates to the national marketing conn
mittee, express ourselves as opposed
to the proposed legislation to effect q
cansolidatfon of our various agricul-
tural activities of the state by making
them subservient to political jnfllf-
ences.n
Seven delegates to the convention to
be held in Chicago April 6, when the
plan of cooperative marketing will be
adopted or rejected, we're elected Tues
day by 800 representatives of the
seven great farm organizations of
Kansas in convention here.
Ser timent in favor of the co-opera-
tive plan of marketing grain, which
will give the farmer a bigger share in
the prices paid by the consumer, and
serve in a great measure to eliminate
speculation by boards of trade, ap-
peared to be Unanimous among the
delegates.
The Delegates Elected
: The delegates who will go to Chi
cago are: B. Needham, Lane, master
Kansas Grange; F. Oc>Peterson, Bur
dick, of the Farm bureau; T. NJ. Jones.
Garden City, of the Farmers Equity
Union: r. C. Obrecht, Topeka, of the
Farmers Union; J. B. Brown, Larned,
Farmers Cooperative Grain Dealers
association; H. w. Avery, Wakefield,
Kansas board of agricultural: w. 3.
LOOMS, Williamsburg, delegate-at-
large.
Meetings are being held in all other
grain growing states of the Union and
delegates are being named to attend
the Chicago meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
BEGIN BASEBALL SEASON
Manager of Santa Fe Team Starts
Work on Winning Club.

Preparations for a big baseball sea-
son are being made by Cap" Wells,
manager of the Santa Fe Club, it was
announced today Wells stated that
workmen 3fe now busy fixing up the
grounds and grandstand at Western
League park and that as soon as they
are thru, which probably will be about
April 1, the team will start training.
Several new players are scheduled
to appear on the Santa Fe team this
season. Many local aspirants and
some outside veterans have applied
for tryout and will be given every
chance to land q place on the club.
Lige Wooley, formerly an outfielder
with the Topeka Western League club
under Dick Cooley, will probably be
with the Santa Fe team this year.
Wells is ALSO trying to get Ad Lindsey.
assistant coach at X e., who played
last year with the Beloit<Leaguers. Ed
Seitz and Fletcher Saffe1. the latter a
southpaw, will occupy the pitchers
box again this year.
Wells predicts he has solved the
umpire problem by signing up DUN
my Taylor, former pitcher for the
New York Giants and now athletic
director of the Olathe school for the
deaf, to umpire every game.
The season probably will open
about May 7. The month of May is
already booked up. Saturday. Sun
day and holiday games will be played.
Argentine and the Emporia Poehler
Kings, both of whom showed fight
last season, are booked for a game
teams available will be brought to To-
peka this year. Last year the club
played twenty-five games and lost
five
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
Topekan, Lost for Three Weeks,
Tells Wild Abduction Story.
tied BY A ROPE AT NIGHTFALL
Then, Like Eddie Polo, He
Gnaws Hemp and Escapes.
Modern !EnOch Arden Comes
Back to Grief-Stricken Wife.

backward, turn backward, o Time,
IN thy flight" sang the poet.
But it wouldn't-for him.
Now. Manuel Lewis, negro dish
washer at the Elks club, never even
had desire to peep behind the cur
fains of the past. and when he started
out TO buy "A suit of clothes three weeks
ago, it seemed to him that old GEN
eral Time Ordered: ITO the rear;
fnarch." And he did.
Monday morning this dusky Enoch
Nrden of modern times returned to
Topeka to find that his wife had given
hiin UP for dead and returned to her
fsAzeDts. And thS is how 1t all hap
fened, according TO Manuers own
story:
Three Meeka ago last Monday he
Started out TO visit a tailor and buy a
suit Of clothes. On jackson street he
met two men and a woman who asked
HIM if he knew Charles Bledsoe,
North Topeka negro. He did for both
sledsoe and his wife used to work at
The Elks club.
Would youzbe SO kind as to get in
our car end show us where his house
IS asked one of the men.
With pleasure" said Manuel. And
Hs"ihe Nolan bridge is closed. Wen
haye TO go around" said one of the
men. and he started to drive west.
But instead Of turning east again after
they had crossed the brickyard bridge
west OF Topeka, the man kept on
driving.
They Kept on Going.
Where are We going?" ventured
Manuel
1.-The only answer was IA request bv
Ihe woman that he tic her shoe string.
lte bent TO confply3 and when he
started to raise up, felt the cold blade
Of a razor against his neck. The
next moment he looked into the bust
litss end Of a revolver. After that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
Bipartisan Drive in Congress
Gathers Impetus.
Radical Cut i'm Income Assess
ment Demanded.
FOR BIGGER EXEMPTIONS
Since 1919 Only Cut Has>Been
ON Excess Profits.
Democrats Would Reduce
Normal Tax by Half.

Washington, March 16.-Reduction
of the federal taxes that "the average
man" must pay will be demanded by
bipartisan group in congress when
proposals are submitted for the lower
ing of the rates which affect big in
comes.4
Democratic leaders in the house
have informed the Republicans that
they wilNoppose any reduction of the
taxes the rich must<pay, unless it Is
accompanied by a similar decrease to
the people who earn less than $4,000
annually. The Democrats claim that
in this they will be backedby q large
number of Republicans
Propose Income Tax Cut.
The proposals for tax reductions
submitted thus far<call only for the
elimination of the excess profits levy
and the surtax rates, the latter apply
ing only to incomes above $4,000.
The counter proposals will provide
for reduction of the normal income
tax which at present is per- cent.
Democratic leaders point out that this
was reduced from 6 to per cent in
1919. but that no subsequent decreases
were authorized.
Some of the Democrats favor reduc-
in the tax that affects the average
man from A to per cent while other
believe it should be reduefd only to 8.
Bigger Exemptions Wanted.
p Other suggestions will be that a
greater exemption be allowed, such as
1,5QO for a single man and $4,000
for a married man. Representative
Rodenburg, Illinois, Republican,
claims that the exemption for children
is too low. The average child causes
a greater deduction than 5000 a year
from a mans income, he believes Ex-
empdons of s40Q and $500 will be pro-
posed.
representative Kitchin. North caro-
lima, who expects to be Democratic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
Local Mention

Miss Luella Arthur has succeeded
Miss Maud Kaufholz as an assistant in
the weather bureau office. Miss Kauf-
.holz will go to Cheyenne, Wyo., to live
with her father.
4 Safety razor blades sharpened BET
ter than new, 35c-45c dozen. Culver
Hardware Co.-Adv-
A concert will be given at Winches-
ter, Kan, tonight by the Washburn
boys and girls quartets. The mem
bers of the girls quartet are Miss Mar
garet Bell. Miss Thelrha Johnson, Miss
Beulah &asler and Miss Dorothy
George. The boys quartet is COM
posed OF Clayton Wolfe, Herbert Bent
Hey Dan Gugiey and Luke Hahn They
will be accompanied by Miss Martha
Leland, pianist Miss Mabel Shirk,
reader, will also be on the program.
DR.. Lyngar. Dentist. sos Kansas Ave-
ADV. 5-e
Chicken pox is becoming prevalent
in Topeka with eight cases reported
this week to the city board of health.
List your property with the Shaw
nee Investment Company. Phone
5050.-Adv.
A permit wasissued by the city fire
marshal today to Charles z. Eldridge
to build an addition to his house at
1105 Harrison street.
Cash paid for liberty bonds. John
Kleinhans, S27 Quincy. Phone 2L61-J.
ADV.
The boys industrial school band.
composed Of thirty-six members. will
furnish music at Trinity church to-
night, the occasion being the fourth
Church night" planned by the church.
The band will furnish music during
the supper houry which will begin at
$50 o'clock. DR.. c. 3. Zook will speak
later in the evening on 1.-THE Extend
ing Horizon" and special vocal music
will be given.
Raymond. Chiropodist. orpheum Bldg
Adv
Fourteen men and seven women
registered at the city clerks office
Tuesday night after g o'clock. The
number was the largest registered any
night since the books have been open
after O'Clock.
Art Lamp Shop, Silk Shade makers,
e23 Kansas avenue (upstairs). Jean
Pickens Swanson, designer.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16

Lewis was not SO curious about where
they were going.
All day. they travelled, and when
night CAME, made their camp near a
hay stack by the roadside. The pris-
oner was now amazed to see the
woman remove her dresses and re-
veal that she" was really man. So
they bound ManuePs hands and feet
with rope, and in the morning started
out again.
After that Lewis began to lose track
of time. Day after day they sped on
ward, and always that cleaning razor
and wicked looking revolver kept him
silent with fear. Every night they
campedN by the roadside, after they
had tied his hands and feet with rope.
They also took his $62 and clothes,
and allowed him but one meal a day.
1altho q box they carried with them
was full of grub. Whenever the gaso-
line tank became low, two of the men
remained in the woods with the pris-
oner while the other went into town
and had it filled.
Just ike Movie Serial.
But Manuefs docility at last threw
his captors off their guard. One night
they went into camp, tied his hands,
but neglected to tie his feet. Lewis
gnawed the ropes until his jaws ached.
but at last released himself from the
ing forms and ran. Almost exhausted.
he arrived. at daybreak, at a railroad
water tank. He waited Until freight
train came by. swung onto IT and rode
into the next town. He found himself
in Rock Island. III.
Here he advised the sheriff of his
capture and abduction. The officers
hurried with him to the scene of the
last camp, but his captors We're gone.
Some Rock Island citizens. sympathiz-
ing with him, took up a collection and
gave him money and. clothes, SO he
could return home.
Lewis said today that he never
learned why he had been abducted.
He was too frightened to ask, he said.
He declared that the men seemed to
have plenty OF money. and one had a
bank roll of unbelievable size.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
INCREASE IN PHONE RATES
Companies in Three Kansas Towns
Are Granted Hike by Court.

Companies in Three Kansas Towns
Are Granted Hike by Court.
The Kansas court of industrial rela-
tons today issued orders increasing
telephone rates in Ottawa, Cherryvale
and Cherokee. Probably these are the
last rate orders to be issued by the
court before re-establishment Of the
public utilities commission. -
The Kansas Telephone company OF
Ottawa is allowed an increase from
$1.75 to s2.25 for individual residence
and from $1.25 to $1.75 for. 4-party
residence phones. Other rates are not
advanced.
The Cherryvale Telephone company
is allowed an increase from $3.50 to
SO for business phones and from $1.75
to SO, for residence phones. The new
rates are temporary and are to remain
in effect foru months.
The Crawford Telephone G. Tefe-
graph company is granted an increase
of rs cents a month in both residence
and business phones.
ALL new rates are effective April l.. :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
IN STATE SENATE

Senator Skidmore has an almost pa
thetic faith in the common peepuL
When the Gray road bill was voted
down. he asked leave to explain his
vote. Senator Skidmore favored the
bill, but according to his explanation.
did not fully understand it
II hope that the people, when
the time comes to vote on this amend
ment, will realize the benefits of the
measure, and comprehend its details,
better than do. On the theory of my
ignorance as to the exact effects of the
measure, and with perfect confidence
in the judgement of the people when II
is presented to them. vote yes.' said
the senator from Cherokee.
That was a good bill and I'm go
ing toNsee that it is introduced on the
first day of the next legislative ses-
sion, if I live" Senator Kyle, OF Dick
inson county said today in discussing
his "oleomargarine bill,'' which was
one of the measures to die a natural
death on the calendar.
Senator Kyle declared that because
there is no state law regulating the
sale of oleomargarine in Kansas, the
state has become a fair field for the
sale of the product from Nebraska
and Missouri. There are federal laws
which are designed to prevent the oleo
manufacturers from fophng the peo-
pie, but they are Inadequate. and are
not enforced, the senator from Dick
inscn county declared. 50
His chief complaint. and the one
which would have been resnedied in
the bill. was against the salesof colored
oleomargarine. for butter. 1T WOULD
not have hindered the safe off the
white oleo, which fools mob body, but
would have prevented the s1nearing Of
cleo on the breakfast cakes of Kansas,
when the innocent consumers thereof
thought they were getting real Cow
butter
One of the senators, who won't per-
nit his name to be used. has a huge
joke on the upper house. The sena-
tor dtssipates little once in a while
along the line of the movies, and
found himself at the Orpheum one
night last week, in company with his
wife. The Santa Fe Glee club was
singing at the Orpheum. it will be
remembered, and one of the members
of the GIee club is a colored man
whose facial expression is so serious
as to be almost woe-begone. Never d
smile creased his features during the
concert, and it got on the senator's
NERVES
That fellow on the end looks Sc
rious enough to be a state SENATOR
said the solon to his wife.
And a man in the seat ahead, who
overheard the remark. but never sus-
pected who the author of it was.
turned half way round and remarked.
'And he'd de a great credit to that
bunch up there. ut that"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
WILL DELAY BEER PERMITS.
=
Ruling by Palmer Checked
to New Officials

Washington, March 16.-The draft
ing of regulations to carry out the
opinion of former Attorney General
Palmer with respect to the prescrib-
ing of beer and wines for medical pur-
poses, will be left to the new commits
sioner of internal revenue, Commits
sioner Williams, who soon will retire,
said today.
Altho the legal staff of the publica-
ton buNehu is engaged in drafting the
regulations, they will not be formally
completed until a new commissioner
has been named. Mr.. Williams said
frankly that heNdid not desire to pass
on the regulations because of the pos
sibility of embarrassing his successor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
JOHNSON ETEUD REOPENED.
White Sox MoguI Forbids III yer t.
Assist in an Exhibition Game.

Waxahachie, Tex, March 16.-What
was regarded as a reopening of the
here today when a telegram was re-
ceived from Chicago White Sox moguls
forbidding Ray Schalk catching for
the Cleveland Yannigans in an exhibit
ton game between the ,Yannigans and
Indian regulars today at Hubbard City,
Tex. Iris Speakers home town.
Steve O'Neff was to have gone be-
hind the plate for the regulars.
Schalk was in Hubbard City ready to
play, and would Nave caught Stanley
Coveleskie, world series hero.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16

Wall St, New York, March 1G.-STOCKs
The stock market almost as whole was
higher and more expansive today, leaders
of the popular groups gaining to almost >
points. Sales approximated 10000 shares.
Oils. shipnings, steels and rails were at
maximum quotations Of the session later,
tho buying was partly checked by another
drive against Atlantic Gulf. The closing
was strong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
CHESTER rs BOUND OVER.
Accused Slayer of Kansas City Girl
Goes Into Court on Clutches.

Kansas City March 16.-Densel
Chester was arraigned today in the
criminal court here on charge of
first degree murder in connection with
the killing of Miss Florence Barton.
society girl, who was shot to death on
a country road last fall while motor
ing with her fiance.
Chester pleadedfnot guilty. ana was
remanded ITO jail without bond. His
trial was set for May next. Chester
appeared in court on crutches. The
hearing was brief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
LIVE WIRES PLAN SHOW.
School Days. Will Be Played b,
Chamber of Commences Club.

!. The Topeka Chamber of Commerce.
assisted by the Live Wire club, will
stage a show entitled, School Days.
at the Chamber of Commerce parlors,
THE evening of April Is. Ladies will
be invited to attend, and every effort
will be made to make the evening as
big a success as the last show at which
time the Live Wires entertained the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
BELIEVE PARSONS MAN SLAIN
Body Found in Kansas City Shows Big
Cash on Head. AS

Kansas City, Kan. March 16.-The
body of a man believed to be Charles
Bishoff, of Parsons, Kan, was found
today by police in Indian creek, near
the Union Pacific bridge.
The man suffered two-inch CASH
on his forehead. A bank book bore
the name of Charles Bishoff. 1t had
been issued by the Parsons, Kan.
Commercial bank o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
win Boost the Chicken Crop.

Junction City. March 16.-GirlsN re-
siding in or within twenty miles of
Junction City are being encouraged to
raise chickens thru an offer of thu
Chamber of Commerce to furnish them
with settings of eggs of approved
strain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES
New York Money Market.

New York, March 16-MONEY-Prime
irregular. Sterling, 60 day bills and COM
mercial 90 day bills on banks. 5s5% com
mercial, 60 day bills, 3 Ssh; demand. 3-s9Ts =;
bles 697. Belgian francs. demand, 7-2T /:
cables. 729. Marks. demand, I59; cables,
Montreal. 12% per cent discount Govern
ment and railroad bonds firm Time loans
steady; GO days. 30 days and 6 months, Ga
al per cent. r4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16

leader. IL his health. permits. 5s1t&p-
ming to hold q series OF co0erences
between now and the meeting of the
special session of congress to frame
the position which the minority will
take on final legislation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16
ED. ADAMS TO TRIAL.
Recaptured Bandit Who Escaped First
Captors, Faces Jury.

Captors, Faces Jury.
Pratt, kan, March 16.-J. w. Wal
lace, alias Edward c. Adams. who es-
capped from Missouri officials while
being taken to the Missouri peniteH-s
tiary from Kansas City several months
ago, went on trial here to-day on
charges of robbery.
The jury was in the box at opening
of courHwhen the state outlined its.
case against wallace. Testimony was
then started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16

New York. March Market
unsettled. Creamery, higher than extras,
451z "a 46c.
ira firsts. 311zG32c
CHEESE-AIarket irregular State whole
milk, flats, held specials, 2SQ29Isc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16

Cash paid for liberty bonds. John
S27 Quincy. Phone 2I61J.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16

permit wasissued by the city fire
marshal today to Charles E Eldridge
to build an addition to his house at
1105 Harrison street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-16

MAIL ORDERS
Out-oftown rural customers invited to take ad-
vantage of our mail We the postage place.
any time
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-24
In First Cost and After Cost, the
Worlds Greatest Motor Car Value

The Cadillac has always stood, and stands now, the world over,
in a class al. its own.
In Europe England especially no other American car Is evet
mentioned, or even considered, In comparison with the
Cadillac.
And in America, you know the overwhelming preference in
which 1t is held by owner and non-owner alike.
And yet, strangely enough, those cars which strive for COM
parison with the Cadillac have always been, and are now,
higher In price.
So there Is a double sense greater and a lesser sense in
which the Cadillac is clearly the most notable motor car value
In the world today.
The greater value of the Cadillac on which Its reputation
rests-is its superior performance, and that immunity from
the need of constant tinkerine, adjustment, oyerhauline and
repair which renders 1t unique among motor cars In economy.
This Is the true yalue-test beside which the lower first price
the Cadillac owner enjoys is of little or no consequence.
Nevertheless 1t Is pleasant for the Cadillac owner TO know
that in first cost, as well as after cost, he enjoys the greatest
motor car value In the world today.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-24
Tiny Ship and Baby Plane to
Disclose Secrets of Antarctic;
Shackieton'S to Start South in August

was c~reanvlng another Antarctic OK
pcditlon.
"iii nnance ~ Rowctt volunteered
and did.
Tho Quest was obtained and nttad
~ and the crew" OF Hfientieta nionf-
~ explorers Who arr ~shackicton vet-
rams. enrolled. Everyone aboard
VIII have . special Job The zoolqeist
and biologist viii study bird. animal
and marine life on Islands touched
and IN the sea. The g~coioGist will
study tho structure OF islands.
ITO my mind. an island always has
a fascination Sir Ernest said In an
Interview with the United Prcea.
There - something compact and per-
aonai about II. no matter how desc
late u may bo.
Some OF tho isianda We are going
90 visit. and the others we shall try
~ locate, Will have their history writ
ten oniy on the rocks and their hfo
displayed only In tho scanty plant
and animal existence. We may md
IA connection between some OF those
Islands and the ARE. continent. We
may come on purely indigenous forms
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-24

scf iife. not TO be found anywhere else
In the world. One such discovery
nay throw light on tho building OF
the world and the changes that have
passed over H."
" expedition will circumnavigatc
the globe near the South Pole. Loay-
Ing London. II viii make FOR the SAL
varee. near Madeira, and then TO ~.
paufa Rocks. a ntfic known Island
on the equator. This frat real stop
viii be at South Trinidad. to explore
a pctrined forest. aud there will be
another at Tristan dH Cunha. tho f.
land In the south Atlantic which re-
ceiyrs lis mai once In lhrrc years.
There viii be a stop at Cough Is
hand. where four distinctly new typer
Of birds have been found. and on
Cough island the submerged plateau
will be explored TO dctcrmsn q pos-
sibIc continental connection between
America and Africa.
From Capctown. the expedition
will 20 into the Antarctic. s~xpiorinE
waters which have felt no ship for 20
yearsI The Quesf viii bfowee aroHnd