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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
BABY DIES IN FIRE
7-MOnths-OId Child Fatally
Burned at 1918 Grand Ave.
Mrs. James C. Held Was at
NeighbOr's When Blaze Started.
ON BED NEAR AN INCUBATOR
Fire Thought to Have Started
From Hatching Lamps.
Mother Burned Slightly in>At-
tempt to Save Baby.
IN BED NEAR AN INCUBATOR

The seven-m onths-old baby daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James C. Held.
1918 Grand avenue. was burned to
death at noon today when the Held
home caught fire.
The baby's mother was not at the
house when the fire started. She told
the firemen that she had been absent
at the home of a neighbor for ten
minutes or more.
On her return, to find the house in
flames, Mrs. Held rushed to the res
cue of the baby, which, it is believed,
was lying on a bed alongside the in
cubator which is believed to have
started the fire.
In getting the baby from the blaz-
ing house Mrs. Held burned her hands
and arms, but not seriously.
Baby Lived Two Hours.
The baby lived for more than two
hours after it was taken from the
blazing building, but in spite of the
efforts of two physicians, could not
be saved.
1t is assumed that the fire started
from an incubator which was burning
inside the house. The flames had
alarm was answered, and firemen can
not be absolutely certain that the in
cubator was the source.
There was fire in each of the three
rooms of the house which was of frame
construction, when the firemen reach
ed the scene.
All the household goods in the house
were damaged or destroyed, and the
interior of the house itself was badly
charred.
The fire alarm was turned in at
11:5S o'clock this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
Twelve Thousand Persons May
Be Cut on From Aid Now.
Five Hundred Reported Caught
in Mississippi Town.
LOUISIANA AN ISLAND STATE
Six Thousand Forced to Leave
Homes in Two Parishes.
Call Received for Rescue Work
for CIaytOn's MarOOned.

Vicksburg, Miss. April 2s.-Twelvs
thousand persons are reported to
have been cut off in the northern and
eastern sections of Ishaquena county
by backwater from a break in the
Mississippi river leveez.
Five hundred persons are said to
have been caught in the town Of VAL
ley Park by the rising waters. The
entire area in this section covered
by water. which came from a break
higher up the river. comprises a tract
35 miles long and SO miles wide.
Calls for help also have reached
Natchez, it was said. rrom Clayton
and Lake st. John. both in Concordia
Parish, La.
Alexandria, La, April 2S.-Six thou
sand persons forced to leave their
homes in Catahoula and Concordis
parishes, Louisiana, by the flood wa
ters of the Mississippi and other rivers.
were concentrated today in the vicinity
Of Jena, Sicily island and Holloway.
Louisiana, according to the local Red
Cross representative.
Natchez, April 2S.-A call was re-
ceived here for rescue work at Clay
ton, La. and in the vicinity OF Lake
st. John in Concordia parish. where il
is reported several hundred persons
are marooned. Water is reported to
have been 9 feet deep at CLAYTON by
the Tensas trading company of that
place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
Is NEED FOR TECHNICAL MEN.
Prominent Communists Sentenced for
Causing OIdenberger's Suicide.

Moscow. April 2S.-Four prominent
prison terms by the supreme revOlu-
tiOnary tribunal on the curious charge
Of driving a technical expert to sui
eide because he was not of their po-
Htical belief.
Ihelr conviction Is looked upon as
notice to a certain type of commun-
lists that Premier Lenine'S policy of
encouraging technical men, regardless
of party affiliations must be carried
out. V. Krylenko. president of the
tribunal, himself conducted the prose-
cution. The trial revealed that V.
Oldenberger. engineer and director of
the Moscow waterworks, had been
harassed to the point of self -destruc-
ton by the four members of the board
of control
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
MUST CUT RATES
Farmers VIII Fail to Produce
if Not, Wallace Says.
Blighting Effect of Rates Now
in Effect Is Great.

New York, April 2S.-Unless there
is a quick reduction in railroad
freight rates to about pre-war lev
els the prices of agricultural
products increase sufficiently to equal
the rate advance, there will be PRO
found readjustmentS," in agricultural
production, involving readjustm ents
in industry as well. Secretary Wallace
of the agricultural department de-
clared in an address To-Day before the
New York Academy of Political
Science. The "bEgl1ting effect" upon
agriculture, of the present increased
level of freight rates, the secretary
said, "can hardly be comprehended.
Favors Foreign Trade.
What he regarded as the probable
effects If present freight rates con-
tinued for any length. of time" were
summarized by Secretary Wallace as
follows:
First. to favor the farmers of
South Arp erica and Australia at the
expense OF our own farmers and all
the more SO beca use of the substantial
decrease in ocean rates.
Second. to keep prices on farm
products in the large surplus produc-
ing states at figures lower than are
justified by the investment in land
and equipment and cost of produc-
ton.
Third. prolorg the period of dis
satisfaction among farmers and en-
courage advocates of economic fall
lacies of all sorts
Promotes Sectional Spirit.
Fourth, improve the position of
eastern truck and fruit growers but
add considerably to the cost of milk
and dairy products because of the
advanced prices of hay and coarse
grains necessarily shipped in from
the west
Fifth, gradually shift industrial en-
terprise westward, nearer the surplus
food producing territory.
Sixth, promote sectional rather
than national spirit and make more
and more difficult national policies
with respect to international affairs"
1t Taxes the Farmer
Present freight rates impose a tax
on the farmer of the surplus produc-
ing states, Mr.. Wallace said. which
must inevitably reduce shipments of
coarse grains and hay to the east and
already is causing the fruit and truck
growers of the far west and southwest
to turn to water transportation ara
the wheat growers of the west to use
the shorter haul to water for export
grains.
He cited figures showing that wheat
exports passing thru gulf ports had
increased from "a per cent of the total
in 1913 to SO per cent in 1921
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
EDITORS OF S. w. MEETING.
Hutchinson Is Entertaining Southwest
Kansas Republican Editors.

Hutchinson. Kan, April 2s.-Edi-
tors of southwest Kansas, who are
members of the Southwest Kansas
Republican Editorial association. are
meeting here today in annual conven-
ton. Enrolment of delegates was the
order of business this morning.
The program of the meeting will be
opened at 1870 this afternoon when
Roy F. Bailey. of the Salina Journal
and president of the Kansas Editorial
association, will talk on the benefits
OF being a member of the state asso-
citation. Other speakers this afternoon
will include: Charles Townsley, of
the Great Bend Tribune; J. Byron
Cain, of the Belle Plaine News, who
will speak in newspaper work in Ha-
waii, and Fred Lobdeu, Pawnee Rock
Herald and deputy state fire marshal.
A sightseeing tour of Hutchinson,
arranged by the Hutchinson Gazette,
and banquet, given by the Hutchin-
son News. will close the program of
the meeting.
Officers of the association are: L.
L. Robinson, Lacrosse Republican,
president; Mrs. Ruth Lyon, Sterling
Bulletin, vice president; A. E. Duvall,
Hutchinson, treasurer, and Earl Pick
ertt, Nickerson Argosy, secretary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
EVIDENCE IN BLIZZARD CASE.
Morning Sees Opening of Trial OF Al
legged Mine March Leader.

Charlestown, w. Va. April IS
Taking of evidence in the trial Of VII
liam Blizzard. official of the United
Mine Workers of America, accused OF
treason against the state of West Vir-
ginia, as an outcome of the miners
march to the Logan county border
last summer, started this morning.
Among the early witnesses was
Major Tom B. Davis, provost marshal
of the Mingo county martha law zone.
who testified to conditions which gave
rise to the proclamation of martial
law by Governor Morgan. 1t was an
ticipated that Colonel william Z. Eu-
banks, commander of the Logan
forces, who fought the miners at the
Boone border line. and Captain J. A.
Brokus, a state police official, would
testify early in the states case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
STUDENTS HOLD ELECTION
Ballot Today on Student Officers and
Honor System.

Honor System.
Washburn college students are ball
loting this afternoon on the election
of several student officers. The bal
loting will continue until o'clock.
All members of the student body are
entitled to vote.
The officers to be elected are: Pres
ident, vice president and treasurer of
the student council; editor and man
ager of the WashbUrn Review; editor
associate editor and manager. of the
'Kaw," the college year book, and
president and cheer leader of the
Rooters' club
Four of the candidates hive no op-
position in their places. They are:
Fred Zimmerman, Garden City, for
editor of the Washburn Review; Ar
thur Brewster, of Topeka, football and
basket ball star, for manager of the
''Kaw;" Miss Katherine Kelley, of To-
peka, for associate eCitor of the
'Kaw." and Albert Cole. of Topeka
for cheer leader in the Rooters club.
The chief contest is for the election
of the president of the Students Coun-
Gil. In the contest four candidates
are prominent. They are: Reuben
Forney, Edward McIIheney, Homer
Dodge and Howard Myers
The election this afternoon will also
determine whether the honor system
for examinations shall be put into
force in the school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
MOVE ON PEKIN IS STRONG.
General Chang Tso-Lin Meets With
Only Minor Skirmishes.

Pekin, April 28.-GeneraI Chang
Tso-Lin continues to move up troops
to the Pehin area.
Traffic on the Pekin- -AIukden rail-
road has been reduced to one train
daily. due to the shortage of cars as
a result of the heavy troop movements
of the Manchurian war lord.
Aside from reports of minor skir-
mishes in which one soldier was
killed, no news of developments along
the line drawn by the forces of Chang
Tso-Lin and WI Pei Flu south of here
have been received.
Maintenance of peace and order
within the city was promised today
by the commander of the Pekin gem
darmerie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
TWO HIGHWAY PROJECTS
Plans Made for Construction of Fifty
Eight Miles of Hard Surface Road.


Two big highway projects are to be
put thru Immediately on the Kansas
City Ozark route, according to an
nouncement by NJ. w. Watson, state
highway engineer. hmm ediate plans
are for construction of fifty-ei eight miles
of hard surface road on the route in
Crawford and Miami counties with
completion this year of work thru
Linn county.
Crawford county commissioners will
let contracts today for twenty-nine
miles of paving. Linn county is push
ing work begun last summer, and ex-
poets to build a 100 foot trestle
across the Marias des Cygnes bottoms
Twenty-nine miles of connecting road
will be built thru Miami county this
year. Approval for the project has
already been sought from the state
highway commission.
Much of the road from Kansas City
to the Miami county line is now oiled,
and portions of it will be hard sur
faced. The Joplin -Pittsburg road is
already surfaced. A rock road ex-
tends thru Bourbon county and con-
tracts this year viii assure practically
paved roads into the Ozark district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
EVIDENCE AGAINST CONNETTE?
Newspaper Man May Yet Be Impli-
Gated in Taylor Killing.

San Francisco, April 2S.-Police
here announced today they had re-
ceived from the sheriff of Hi1o, T. H.
a cable asserting that Honore c. Com
nette. now held in Jail at Los Angeles
as material witness in the William
Desmond Taylor murder mystery, ad-
mitted that he killed a man" This
alleged admission was said to have
been made in a statement to the Hilo
sheriff. Connette, a newspaper man,
was arrested here this week on his
arrival from Honolulu. Los Angeles
detectives awaited him.
The cable received by the local po-
lice and forwarded to the Los Angeles
authorities, states: Important evil
dence in my possession concerning
Connette. Signed statements availa-
BILE wherein Connette stated he killed
man short time ago in defense of
honor. He also gave graphic descrip
ton of Taylor's room at time of kill
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
OUT OF WORK-KILLS SELF.
mo Relatives-What's the Use ?"-
Unidentified Man Writes.

lola. Kan. April 2S.-''Sick. Out of
work. No money. No relatives. So
what's the use"
That note, in excellent penmanship
and signed Nobody" was found be-
side a mortally wounded man found
dying in a box car today by c. A.
Magness, station agent. at Moody. a
small railway junction west of lola.
Near the body was a 80 caliber re-
volver- A bullet thru the right temple
appeared to have been from this
weapon. The man can live only few
hours, physicians said. The victim
S well dressed and apparently a man
OF refinement. 25 to 80 years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
GOOD CHANCE FOR SUNSHINE
70 More Rain Due Before Saturday,
Says MeteoroIogist Flora.

Semipleasant weather viii OCCUR IN
Topeka tonight and Saturday. says
MeteoroIogist Flora. No more rain
will fall in Topeka before Saturday,
says the weatherA nan. There is
possibility ofsa sunshine.
Topeka narrowly escaped freeze
last night. The temperature dropped
to the 38 degree mark. The cloudi-
ness checked the frost
temperature of 46 degrees oc-
Cured in Topeka at 3:15 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. This tempera-
ture was % degrees below normal.
The rain reached every part of
Kansas during the last twenty-four
hours. Topeka received a rain of 10
of an inch. The heaviest rains in the
f(Iontinued ON PaRe TNo.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
RAIL BOARD CLOSES SHOPS.
Decision on Earning Out" Contracts
Must Be Awaited by Katy.

Sedalia, Mo, April 28.-The Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railway car
shops in this city. reopened last Mon
day by the A. S. Hecker company, of
Cleveland. o., for operation under
piece work compensation plan. were
closed down again today. awaiting a
decision from the United States rail-
road labor board in a dispute relative
to farming out" shop work.
Under normal conditions the shop
force here numbered seven hundred
and fifty. Former shop men, mem
bers of various crafts, refused to re-
turn to work under the plan. and dur
ing the week only a small number of
men had accepted employment there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
WASHINGTON L. VS.. MISSOURI.
Valley Conference Baseball Leaders to
Play Minus Two Stars.

st. Louis, Apr1 2S-Washington
university. leader in the Missouri VAL
ley conference pennant chase. was
sch eduIed today for a two-game series
with Missouri university here, this sea-
sons last "at home" contests for the
local team. which will probably be
minus Bill Fries and Ray Linnemeyer,
two stars declared ineligible for play
ing with a non-conference team dur
ing the valley season.
Manager Davis. however, is hope
full that the two will be reinstated on
the grounds that they were ignorant
of this valley restriction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
BURST CAUSES $3.50, 900 FIRE.
Miners Who Struck Believed Con-
nectcd With Hugo Explosion.

Drumheller, Alberta, April Is
Damage estimated at $25O,OOO was
done by an explosion that DESTROYED
the power plant of Drumheller & Com
pany, and the power plant and tipple
OF the Callie mine here last night
Miners here have been on strike for
several weeks and owners said that
threats that the plant would be de-
stroyed had been received.
Fire which followed the exDIosjon
was checked within 100 feet of a cache
containing tons of high explosives.
w. NJ. Walker, manager of the Cal
lie mine, has appealed to the attorney
general for mounted police. He fears
trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
TRACEY TO MEET BRENNAN.
He May Also Be Matched With Louis
Firpo OF South America.

New York. April est was re-
ported here today that the first bout
Jim Tracey. the Australian heavy
weight champion, touted as Dempsey's
successor, will engage in here will be
with Bin Brennan. Tracey and Bren-
nan are expected to sign articles for a
bout in Madison Square Garden on
May 16
Tracey may also be matched with
Louis Firpo. South American heavy
weight champion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
WON'T ACT ON COURTTNG.
Sunday School Convention Says That
Subject Is Too Delicate.

Parsons, April 2S.-The sectional
convention of the state Sunday school
convention will close tonight without
the delegates taking any action on the
suggestion of DR. William A. Nc
Keever of the Presbyterian board of
temperance that every Sunday school
should be a counting parlor.
Convention officials said today the
topic was too delicate and that the
recommend would not be passed
on to Sunday school teachers. The
final session of the convention will
be held tonight. The next district
convention will be held in Salina.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
TRACK MEET NEARLY CIRCUS
More. Than Two Thousand Athletes
Assemble at Penn u. Relays.

Philadelphia. April 2S.-More than
two thousand athletes, representing
as schools from United States and
Canada. were here today for the an
nual relay carnival OF the University
of Pennsylvania.
No less than twenty intercollegiate
and A. A. u. champions were entered
in the thirty-six events on the two
days program. Thirty-four events
were on the program. They were 50
well filled that it was necessary to run
them in heats and Franklin field ap-
peared like three-ring circus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
A 100 MILLION RUBLE NOTE.
Moscow Government Announces Issue
of Large Denomination Bills.

Moscow. April 27-while private
brokers are offering more than four
million paper rubles to the. dollar and
food prices are soaring proportion
ately, the government has announced
a new, issue of money in probably the
largest denominations in the world.
The notes will be in fifty million and
one hundred million rubles and will
be redeemable in 1924.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
KNOWN DEATHS NOW ARE 9.
Missing List in FIT Worth CIoudburst
Stands at 33 Today.

Fort Worth, Texas, April 21.-With
two more bodies recovered late yester
day and last night at Mansfield, south
of town. the known death toll in the
cloudburst of Monday night has now
been raised to nine.
OF these five bodies have been re-
covered. The missing list early this
morning stood at SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
IT'S DIFFERENT IN KANSAS.
Intoxicating Liquor Not Found So
Frequently as in Oklahoma.

Wichita, Kan, April 2s.-Intoxicat-
ing liquor is manufactured or used
in not more than one home in hum
dred. in Kansas, the original prohibit
ton state, H. H. Motter, federal inter-
nal revenue collector for Kansas, de-
clared here today.
Mr.. Motter, who Is cooperating
with other officials in enforcement Of
the Volstead act, denied that any such
condition exists in Kansas as in Okla
homa where. Governor Robertson re-
Gently asserted, nearly every home
has its own hootch-''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
PRICE IS SUED FOR BONDS
Former AtcIlison County Treasurer
One Defendant in Recovery Suit.

Atchison, Kan, April 2s.-John NJ.
Price. former county treasurer. and
the Brown-Crumner Investment com
pany. of Wichita, are named defend
ants in a civil suit filed by the county
conimissi ioners today to recover $14.-
4O1.S1, alleged to have been retained
by them in the sale of $4,000 men,
orial hall bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
Ewing Heads KimsIcy schools.

Kinsley. Kan, April 2s.-Prof. r.
z. Ewing. who has been for several
years at the head of the Chase county
high school at Cottonwood Falls, has
been elected superintendent Of the
Kinsley schools. He succeeds Prof.
d. A. Baugher. who retires after
twenty-one years head of the Kfns-
ley schools. The Kinsley school board
has decided not to cut wages for the
coming year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
CRISIS IN NEWiSPRINT PARLEY.
Laborers to Reply Today Giving Re-
suit Conference on New Contracts

New York. April 2s.-A crisis in
negotiations to avert a general strike
in the newsprint- paper industry of
the United States and Canada will be
reached today when labor delegates
will reply to the manufacturers de-
n.and that unskilled labor be left out
of any contract for an international
wage scale.
Altho the mill mems demand left
room for a one word answer, yes" or
mo" it was predicted that the labor
men would seek to split the issue by
offering counter proposals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
oPPENsTEN TO POLICE BOARD.
Republican Succeeds B. A. Parsons.
Resigned, at Kansas City.

Kansas City. April 2S-Louis Op-
penstein, Republican, has been ap-
pointed member of the board of police
com uissioners, TO succeed B A Par
sons. resigned, it was announced to-
day.
Dir. OppenStein was a member of
the board of election commissioners
here. and will be succeeded in that ca
pacity by Albert I. Beach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
HowAT STARTS HIS YEAR"
May BE Longer Before He Gets Out
of Jail at Girard, However.

Girard, Kan. April 2s.-AIexander
Howat, deposed leader of the Kansas
coal miners. joined his rebel" leu
tenants in the county Jail here today
and officially began his sentence of a
year in Jail for violation of the Kansas
Industrial laws.
Under another sentence for con-
tempt of court he will continue to re-
main in jail after serving the twelve
months sentence until ne agrees to
recognize the Industrial courts man
dates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
RADIO CAUSES FLOODS?
Alleged Expert Says '.Agitated
Air" Is Cause of Big Floods Re
ported From any Sections.

Osceola. Mo, April 2s.="Agitated
air" is the cause Of the floods reported
from many sections or the country.
The radio craze is TO blame. says
Delbert Neal. who today directed an
appeal to all broadcasting stations to
cut out tickling the air"
i am a radio expert and know my
eggs" Neal Declared. Let's discon-
tlnue radio services for a while and let
the country dry up some"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
LAKE ERIE LINE IS SOLD.
Van Swearingen and Other Cleveland
Men Purchase from n. Y. Central.

Cleveland, O.. April go. p. Van
Swearingen and other Cleveland CAPT
talists have purchased the Lake Erie
& Western railroad. The road will be
operated i'm connection with the Glover
Leaf and Nickle Plate. altho its sep
arate identity will be maintained, said
an announcement given out by Mr..
Van Swearingen here this morning.
The Lake Erie & Western railroad
which has heretofore been a New York
Central subsidiary, extends from a
lake terminal at Sandusky, o., to IN
dianapoIiS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-28
Elevator Nearly Kills Auto Mechani,

Hutchinson. Kan. April 2S.-Arthur
Crane. mechanic for a local automO-
bile company, was crushed in an ele-
vator Wednesday afternoon and prob
ably fatally injured. He was leaning
over the shaft talking to me below
when the cage coming from above
ca ught him, crushing his chest.