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The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
DOLLEY REELECTED PRESIDENT
Kansas FraternaI Congress VIII BE
Held in Lawrence Next Year.

All officers of the Kansas Fraternal
congress were reelected at the busi-
ness session which closed the biennial
convention in the Chamber OF Com
merce at Topeka Monday afternoon,
and the representatives of the various
fraternal insurance organizations pres
ent voted to hold their conferences in
the future, annually, instead of bien-
nially. The 1928 congress will be held
at Lawrence.
]. N. DoIley, of Topeka, was re-
elected president of the conEress: J.
NJ. Kirkpatrick, also of Topeka, was
reelected vice president, and Mrs.
Matte NJ. Ludemann, of Kansas City,
Kan, secretary and treasurer.
The president of the congress will
shortly appoint a committee whose
business it will be to oppose any meas
ure before the coming session of the
state legislature which will mean the
taxation of the reserves of fraternal
insurance societies, which are now
exempt.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
MATHILDE GOES TO LONDON
Also visits Paris Without Max Appear
ing on the Scene.

Paris, Dec. 19.-Aiiss Mathilde Nc
Cormick, 16-year-old granddaughter
of John D. Rockefeller. who is en-
gagged to marry Maj. Max Oser, mid
dleaged Swiss riding master, departed
today for London. When she arrived
here from Switzerland several days
ago. it was reported that she would
spend Christmas in Paris with her
father, Harold F. Mccormick and his
bride, Gamma Walska.
Mathilde's sudden change of plans
which caused her to rush away to
London on the eve of the Christmas
holidays, started a rumor that she is
planning to return to the United
States soon.
Harold Mccormick, Mathilde'S IA
ther, bade her an affectionate fare
well when she left on the noon boat
train. but Gamma Walska Mccormick
was not present
Il can say absolutely nothing" said
Mccormick. ''Mathilde- is pursuing
her own plans with my consent"
Mathilde is II years old. 1t was
understood she would marry Maj.
Oser early in 1928, when she will be
Is years of age.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
WEATHER.


NCOntlnued from rage One.y
but the warm spell does not have suf-
ficient force to reach Kansas. Tenn
peratures at Havre this morning were
higher than those in Kansas and at
Galveston. Tex.
The mercury will drop just below
freezing, 80 degrees, tonight and will
rise to about 40 degrees tomorrow.
The first temperatures above freez-
ing for eight days were recorded in
Topeka, Monday afternoon The high
est temperature in the city in the last
twenty-four hours was 4S degrees at
? o'clock this afternoon and the
lowest was is at o'clock this morn
ing. The highest temperature in KAN
sas was 46 degrees at Goodland and
the lowest was 10 at Topeka The
highest in the United States was 80
degrees at Tampa, Fla. and the low
est was 6 degrees below zero at Havre,
Mont.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was 90
in 1889 and the lowest was degrees
below zero in 1901.
AT , o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at twenty miles an hour
from the southwest.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
NIGHT NEWS SUMMARY

Dublin-The first act passed by an
Irish parliament for one hundred and
twenty-three years went formally thru
the free state senate.
Angora-The Kemalist government
decided to lift the embargo on the de-
parture of the Christians from Ana
tolia.
New York;. P. Morgan & Com
pany notified the German ambassador
it was impossible for the firm to DIS
cuss or consider a loan to Germany
until the reparations questions was
settled.
Paris - Sarah Bernhard was dis
suaded with great difficulty from ap-
pearing in new play, after she had a
fainting attack at the close of the last
rehearsal.
PhiIadeIphia@Th board of trustees
of the University of Pennsylvania ac-
cepted the resignation of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood as head of the insti-
tuition.
Cleveland - A tentative program
looking toward the proposed merger of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers and the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Flremen and Enginemen, was
worked out by joint committee.
Missoula, Mont. = A slight earth
quake shock was felt.
New York-Read Admiral William
S. Sims, u. S. N, retired, said in an
address that the United States. from
a naval standpoint was ham strung
IN the 9dClIlC anu ndlleQ III the AT
lantic.
Reno-Thomas Russell. found guilty
at Elko, New, in connection with the
death of Minnie Johnny, last fall, was
sentenced to die by lethal gas.
Lausanne-M. Tchitcherin, in a de-
bate with Lord Curzon. defined the
league of nations as organized i'm
potence."
Marion - President Harding was
reelected a. director of a lumber COM
pany.
Pittsburgh - The Carnegie Steel
company loaded ten barges with steel
and the barges left for Evansville, st.
Louis and New Orleans in the first
attempt at river shipment of steel on
a large scale.
Washington - President Harding
sent a message of sympathy to the
acting president and the people of
Poland, expressing sorrow for the MUIR
der of Gabriel Naturicz.
Washington - Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, said the progressive group
in congress renCunces its own pro-
gresSism when international affairs
are under consideration.
Columbia, S. C.-Mrs. Richard Reed,
wife of moderator of the Southern
church generally assem-
bly,. died.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
WHEAT 70 Per CENT NORMAL
Kansas Farmers Have SatIIed Total
of 1924, 900 Tnis Year.

Kansas farmers seeded 1924, 900
acres to wheat this fall and the pres
ent condition is 73 per cent of nor
NAL, according to the report of Ed
ward c. Paxton, statistician for the
United States bureau of crop esti-
mates. The acreage equals that of last
year. The December condition a year
ago was 60 per cent of normal and
the 10-year average is S4 per cent.
A slight increase in acreage in the
western half of the state was offset
by a decrease in the eastern half,
where farmers are showing a tend
ency to get back to corn. Conditions
in the eastern third run as high as 80
per cent, in the central third rs per
cent and in the western third 55 per
cent.
AS a whole, the condition is very
promising. On a similar acreage last
year only 9.741,0OO acres were left for
harvest and yielded an average of 1875
bushels per acre, or 122, 900 BUSH
els.
The condition of winter wheat in
the United States averages 1875 at
present, compared with 76 per cent
last year and 10-year average of S7.9.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
More Rigid Enforcement of
Liquor Laws Is Planned.
Closer Cooperation From State
and Federal Agents.
FINES AND JAIL SENTENCES
Optimism Follows Conference
at White House Monday.
Allen Tells the Other Execu-
tiyes to Keep on Trying.

Washington, Dec. 19.-General en-
couragement as to the prospects of
meeting present prohibition enforce
ment problems by closer cooperation
between federal and state authorities
and an earnest appeal for reverence
of the law, was felt today by admins
tration officials as result of Presi-
dent Harding's conference on the sub
ject with state governors.
Among the fourteen state executives
who discussed the subject at a White
House luncheon conference yesterday
it appeared that the way to improve
ment in the enforcement situation
was in more rigid execution of en-
forcement statutes.
More severe fines and prison SEN
tences for violations, it was said to
have been held would assist prohibi-
tion officials in their. work, while
more careful selection of prohibition
personnel and education of the pub
lie to the necessity of law reverence
were among other 'infOrmaP' sug-
gestionS made.
keep on Trying''-AIIen.
keep on trying was the prohibi-
tion enforcement advice Henry ].
Allen, governor of the oldest prohibi-
ton state of the union-Kansas-
brought to the White House prohibi-
ton conference.
There isn't a thing that the federal
government is going thru now that
Kansas did not experience in its long
fight to get prohibition said the Kan
sas governor. Every argument now
being raised that the law can't be en-
forced was made in the Kansas fight
made and exploded. The Kansas law
will shortly be forty-three years old.
OF that period, it took about twenty
five years of fighting in the open to
bring enforcement. The minority
party declared it was violation of per-
sonal liberty, and that sumptuary leg
islation broke down respect for law
Year after year the issue figured in
the elections, but gradually the oppo-
sition wore down and the prohibition
law became regarded as every other
law.
THE only advice I have to give the
government now is to keep everlast-
ingly at it; keep its shirt on, and don't
get excited or discouraged. There is
a temporary wave, felt even in Kan
sas, of young folks thinking it smart
to have liquor and violate the law,
but that is only a temporary and pass
ing phase. There won't be any sud
den acceptance of prohibition en-
forcement, but it will come slowly.
but surely, to the nation, as it did to
Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
DENIES A WOMAN TOOK PART
Eva Lewis, Queen of Jones' Gang, Says
Professionals STAGED HoIduD.

Denver, Dec. 19.-Wearing the same
inscrutable smile that characterized
reer, Eva Lewis, alias Eva DeMorris,
queen of the notorious Dale James
gang, declared today that no woman
was connected with the daring $780,
600 robbery of federal reserve bank
truck here yesterday.
Woman is ever the pawn of man"
she said. She acts on impulse and
without premediatiOn, SO it is hardly
probable that a woman was implicated
in this deliberate affair."
The pretty 24-year-oId girl was re-
Gently released from the Colorado state
penitentiary for her connection with
activities of the gang that terrorized
Colorado Springs and Denver for two
days in September, 1918, when two
officers were shot and killed, several
others were wounded and at least a
dozen holdupS staged Police search
ing for her yesterday after the crime
of yesterday, found Miss Lewis with
her mother on the outskirts of this
city.
Every gang works differently, so
how should L know how this one did
it?'' she told police.
''I read about it in the papers and
only know the circumstances from
that
do they move money often in front
of the mint? If they do, of course,
some one could have watched and
studied their movements.
This is certain. tho, a woman al
ways acts on impulse so 1 do not think
one would be connected with this
successful robbery. A woman is al
ways the pawn of q man in such a
case and is eternally dragged in until
she pays. pays, pays
81 could hardly be able to say any
thing about the inside workings of
this gang that robbed the federal
truck. but TO my mind it was com
mitted by professionals who had pre-
viously made every possible plan for
protection against the rifles of the
numerous guards in the building"
Miss Lewis declared she was not in
touch with any under world activi-
ties and was leading a quiet. simple
life in the home of her mother here.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
K. W. KING TAKES UP FIGHT
More Protests Received Against Stag
ing Bull Fight in Wichita.

The Foster Humane society has
taken up the fight against the
''rumored bull fight" at an exposition
in Wichita, next month, thru its agent,
Kilmaurs w. King. The society has
sent a letter to Attorney General
Richard J. Hopkins asking that the
department investigate this matter or
instruct the county attorney of Sedg-
wick county as to his duties.
King is in receipt of a letter from
John G. Ross, secretary of the Mime
sofa Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty, protesting against the hold
ing of the fight. King stated that
four bulls were fatally injured at the
Mayetta fair this fall and efforts to
get the attorney generals office to
invest. gate the affair were of no avail.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
S. A. IN APPEAL FOR FUNDS
Plans Are Made to Provide Dinners
for $50 Families.

If $50 unfortunate Topeka families
are provided with Christmas dinners
by the Salvation Army Topekans must
contribute cash at a faster rate than
they have SO far, according to Ensign
V. J. Huffman. The Salvation Army
plans to provide $50 Topeka families
with basket Christmas dinners at an
approximate cost OF $1,000. Only a
third of this sum has been raised and
only five days remain to receive con-
tributions.
Monday proved to be a good day for
the stations of the organization on
Kansas av n e. Contributions
amounted to S110. However, it was
the first day IN the drive that no do
nations were received thru the maj.
If adequate funds are provided the
Salvation Army will distribute the $50
basket Christmas dinners at 1880
o'clock Saturday morning. A few of
the families on the list will call for
their baskets.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
KIwANIANs ENTERTAIN BOYS.
Chicken Dinner for Youngsters Served
at Chamber of Commerce.

Topeka Kiwanians played daddy
to more than 100 Topeka youngsters
between the ages of and IA years at
the weekly dinner of the club at the
Chamber of Commerce Monday night
There was chicken for dinner, and
then a program of short talks to the
bows by r. D. Palmer. William Irwin.
w =. Biby, T d. Williams, county
Drobation officer, and the Rev. John
A McAfee.
Ruoe Hooper and three members
Of his company from the Orpheum
furnished a program. ana there was
a boxfng exhibition between William
and Junior Busey. two boy guests OF
the club who are winning consider
able attention as masters or the pad
1Ied glove The entertainment was in
charge of oscar Carlson. chairman of
the entertainment committee of the
r1tIh-
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
WANTED TO ROB BAGGAGE CAR
Tvvo Youths Admit Wrecking Bur-
Iington Train Near st. Joe.

St Joseph. Mo-, Dec 19- - Alva
Merton Clark OF Easton. Mo, and
William Kramer. no address. both 10
years old, were arrested Monday and
confessed, according to the local po-
lice. to wrecking Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy passenger train No 8 east
of Saxton. last Tuesday night. The
train was derailed when a rail was
removed and seven coaches and the
engine left the track Only two or
three persons were slightly injured.
The BOYS planned to rush in after
the deraflrnent and rob the mail car,
police said. They expected the engi-
neer. fireman and trainmen in the
mail and baggage car would be killed
or badly hurt and that they would
meet with little or no opposition, the
alleged confession said When this
failed to materialize. they ran away,
\. liking TO St. Joseph. where they
had been since.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19

daughter of the late A. j. Ranney,
formerly of North Topeka. and Mr..
Douglas E. Vroom, of New York. The
marriage took place in Los Angeles
where the bride has boen living for
the last year. The Rainey home in
North Topeka was at 30S West Cor
don street. A. J. Ranney was con-
nected with the Parkhurst-'Davis Mer-
camille company in Topeka, and
founded the Ranney-Davis Mercantile
Co. at Arkansas City. Mrs. Vroom is
a sister-in-law of Mrs. Walter Ranney,
formerly Miss Elizabet Meade, of To-
nPE3.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
DECEMBER "a PEACE SUNDAY
Settle Disputes Other Than by War, Is
Church Demand.

council of Churches of Christ in
America today issued d request to
100000 congregations in the United
States to observe December "a as
world peace Sunday" to demand
that the governments of the world
find ways to settle their disputes other
than by war. Christians in twenty
seven countries will observe world
Leace SUNDAY, it was added.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19


CBy the Associated PressJ
Dublin, Dec. 19.-Four railway men
and three laborers were executed here
this morning for interfering with
trains in County Kildare.
The seven men executed were cap
tured November 13 by free state
troops in a house the location of which
is unknown. With them a quantity of
stolen goods, rifles and ammunition
was found.
The men were tried by military
committee and sentenced to death
on the charge of train wrecking.
The sentence was carried out at $3.50
o'clock this morning. The men eX-
ecuted are reported to have been
members of the republican army.
The executed men were:
Stephen White. Joseph Johnston,
Patrick Mangan. Patrick Nolan, Bryan
Moore. James O'Connor and Patrick
Bagnell.
Allowed TO See Relatives.
Rev. Father Donnelly attended the
executions and prayed with the men
before they met death The con-
demned men had been allowed to
communicate with relatives
A girl had been arrested along with
the seven men. a pistol was found
in her possession. However. the Free
State government has adopted a lem
lent attitude towards women offend
ers.
Train wrecking. the tearing up OF
railway tracks and the blowing up of
bridges has been practiced on a large
scale by republican sympathizers in
Ireland since the irregulars began
their operations This has badly dis |
organized the railway system and hurt
trade. dispatches frequently telling of
communication between Dublin and
Belfast or between other important
points in South ireland being cut off
>by this reason.
Under Blanket Measure
Today's drastic. action aimed at the
interference with train operation was
under the blanket measure passed by
the Dali last fall giving authority to
suppress disorder. Previous execu-
tiors have been in connection with
the use or possession of arms. except
that the last infliction of capital pun
ishment on December 8, when Rory
O'Connor. Liam Mellowes, and two
other republican leaders were exc
cuted. was officially announced as in
reprisal for the assassination of Sean
Hales. the deputy shot the day pre-
vfous-
Today's executions make a. total of
10 by the free state in a little more
than month.
Heavy Firing in Cork
Cork. Dec. 19. - There was heavy
firing for two hours during last night
in the northern suburbs of Cork, the
republicans using machine guns. One
civilian was severely wounded.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
d. o. McCRAY IS IMPROVING.
Condition of Secretary of State Is Still
Regarded oS Critical

Continued improvement in the con-
dition of d. o. McCray, secretary of
state, was reported this afternoon
from Christ's hospital, where the state
official recently underwent a major
operation.
McCrays weakness following the
operation caused him to rally slowly.
His condition is still regarded as
critical, altho improvement the last
thirty-six hours has added to hope for
his recovery.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
WILL EDUCATE BY RADIO
Commissioner of Education Plans to
Broadcast Messages.

. Washington, Dec. 19.-John ].
Tigert, commissioner of education,
announced today that Thursday his
bureau would st..rt a egular schedule
of educational MESA ges by radio. The
MESA ges will be broadcast Mondays
and Thursdays between GAS and Z
p. m, eastern time, on a wave length
of 430 meters thru NOF, the Ana
costa naval tatiUn.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
SNOW GIVES SECRET AWAY.
Federal Agents Find 1t Easier &c
Track sIMOOnshiners'

Tacoma, Dec. 19.-Heavy snow
that has covered the wooded section
of Grays Harbor country has resulted
in the arrest of a number of alleged
moonshiners, the capture of a dozen
stills and the confiscation of hundreds
of gallons of liquor and mash, accord
ing to announcement at prohibition
headquarters here today.
Federal agents and deputy sheriffs
in several instances were able to fol-
low tracks thru the snow to the Ioca-
ton of stills which had been impossi-
BILE to locate before.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
STATE WANTS MORE MONEY
appropriations of $4,000, 900 Asked
for Schools and Institutions

for Schools and Institutions
After cutting a million and a half
dollars off the building budget for
state schools and institutions, the
board of administration has added
enough extras in the form of increased
salaries and maintenance funds to
bring the grand total $500. 600 above
the 1921 appropriation. State institu
tions wants approximately S13.OOO,OO0
for the next biennum. Two years ago
they asked S12.50O.0OO.
The state board is asking 81. 500, 600
for new buildings for state institutions.
Two years ago building requests to-
tailed S3.O0O.0GO. The state univer-
sity wants S55O.OOO which includes
100000 for completion of the Rose
dale medical hospital.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
Iient Hintnn or For Camoclm.

Maranhao.. Brazil. Dec 1S--Lieut-
Walter Hinton and his fellow aviators
left for Camocin, today in their sea-
r1lane Samaio Correia II. with which
they are flying from New York to Rio
Janeiro. Camocim. coast town,
Is 400 miles east of here.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
HERE'S A NEW FLY 10 SWAT.
OrchardIsts Want Quarantine Against
Pest From Mediterranean.

Washington. Dec. 1e.-Orchardists
of California and Florida urged at a
hearing today before the federal hor-
ticultural board that a more stringent
and effective inspection and quaran-
tine service be inaugurated immedi-
ately against the Mediterranean fruit
fly.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19

The Sinclair OIL company yesterday
received a permit from the city fire
the corner of Railroad street and Kan
sas avenue. The station will cost
$1,000 and work has been begun. The
site was formerly occupied by the u.
Z. pharmacy. The brick building that
housed the drug store has been torn
down. 1t was one of the oldest build
ings of North Topeka, having been
built in 1859.
An unhusked cocoanut is on exhibi-
tion at the Kaw Valley National bank.
1t was sent Miss NJ. l.. Doering, ticket
agent for the Union Pacific, from the
Chamber of Commerce and the city of
West Palm Beach, Fla. The nut
bears no resemblance to the cocoanut
on sale at the stores, but on shaking
it, the milk is heard gurgling within.
Miss Doering lately returned from at
tending a ticket agents convention
held in the south.
Installation of officers of Helena
this evening at the hall, 911 Kansas
avenue. Several candidates will be
initiated also At O'Clock banquet
will be served.
matron, will install the following
officers: Mrs. Frank McCay, worthy
matron; Frank c. McCay, worthy
patron; Mrs. Hester Adams, associate
matron; Mrs. Lyria Saville, secretary;
Mrs. Matte Sherbourne, treasurer;
Mrs. Cora Havens, conductress; Mrs.
Gertrude Constable, associate cOnduc-
tress; Mrs. Susan B. Moncreiff, chap
lain; Mrs. Dora McCune, marshal;
Eleanor Caldwell, organist; Dora c.
Claudy, Ada; Mrs. Flora Kidd. Ruth;
Mrs. Mabel Estes, Esther; Mrs. Cora
Mauney, Martha; Mrs. Adelaide Hod-
gins, Electa; Mrs. Laura Rake, warder,
and Elmer Crask. sentinel.
Notes and Personals.
The Forsurg family has moved from
I'll West First street to the North
side and will live at 1921 Van Buren
street.
The open meeting of Indian Greek
grange that was to have been held
this evening at the hall north OF town
has been postponed.
Park KimbalI, of FL Reno, Okla. is
here for a short visit to his sisters,
Miss Martha and Miss Eleanor KIM
ball, 215 West Gordon street, and Mrs
w. 7. Brown, PIG East Eighth.
s. R. Dexter, undertaken. S2S Kan
sas avenue.-Adv
Miss Margaret Conwel has arrived
from Boulder. Colo, where she is at
tending college, to spend the Christ
mas holidays with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. r. ConweIl, 1929 Quincy
street
The women's Missionary society Of
the East Indianola church will meet
w euHSSuay dLlS1u NUN a. NHS -
Mrs. Glen Woolpert, Route 5. Mrs
May L. Slickenger, state secretary of
the W. B. NJ L, will be present and
Hemstitching. Marie Bobb. 1915
North Topeka avenue.-Adv.
make an address,
Mrs. F. H Pribble, s42 Quincy
street, has returned home after a two !
visit to her brother in wash |
ngton state, and her son, Frank Prib- |
bic, in Arizona. Mrs. Pribble was ac- !
home from Arizona by her |
son, who returned yesterday
Announcement has been made in /
Remember We burn cargon and do |
all kinds of automobile repairing. J. !
e Ward Motor Car Shop. PA West l
Gordon. Phone 5561.-Adv-
he Arkansas City papers of the mar
rage Of Miss Mabel Ranney, youngest
The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-19
DAILY wEATHBR REPORT.

Furnished by the United States weather
bureau office Topeka. Kan. for the "A
hours ending at a. m. Tuesday.