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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
is CRAFTY GHOST
Hungry SpoOk With Taking
Ways Disturbs Waukeganites.
Foils Efforts of Shot Gun Squad
to Stop ProWlings.

Waukegan. ILL.,, Feb. IA hungry
ghost. with taking ways. at dawn to-
day had fof1ed a shotgun squad at the
home of Mrs. Catherin Milakowich,
after an all night vigil.
At all hours of the night the visitor
has been heard, Mrs. Milakowich in
formed Father Joseph Lauermau.
Hell eat me out of house and home, -
she told him. He can't be my hus-
bands ghost. My husband never had
an appetite like that
During a recent night Mrs. NIilako-
wich heard him in the cellar and
found that two sacks of flour and
fifty pounds of sugar had vanished
and the coal supply had been dimin-
ished.
Daniel, her eldest boy, awoke one
morning to lind that his bed had been
moved across the room. Michael, De-
-zoma, a cigar manufacturer, who lives
in the house, told Of his experiences
with the spook.
Last Friday morning" he said
there was peculiar noise at the
door. struck a match. The door
flew open, the match was blown out
and a hand grabbed me by the neck,
choked me and then hit me on the
nose"
The only night on which the dis
turber has not been heard have been
Monday nights, according to Mrs
Milakowich, SO now the shotgun squad
has been organized to guard the house
six nights a week and await the return
Ofsthe alleged spirit.
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LEGAL POINT DELAYS TRIAL
Argument Over Technicality in Oben.
chain Case SCHEDULED Today.

Los Angeles, Feb. ia technical
legal argument was to open teday's
session of the trial of Madalynne
Obenchain. charged with the murder
of j. Bolton Kennedy. "a '--'-
Defense attorneys raised the point
late yesterday contending the acts of
Arthur Burch, co-defendant subse-
quent to the commission of the muir
der could not be admitted against the
woman. The point developed when
the state sought to introduce thru
Thomas Haley, proprietor of a down
town hotel, testimony as to Burch's
alleged hurried departure the morn
ing following the Staying.
Haley, at Burch's recent trial, which
ended in a disa agreement of the jury,
testified Burch left the hotel. leaving
in his Room newspapers containing
accounts fof the murder and folded on
pages bearing the part of these
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MOHLER IS OPTIMISTIC
Agricultural Secretary Sees Better
Things Coming in Future.


Bright rays of optimism are pierre
ing the gloom that has enshFouded
agriculture" ]. C. Mohler, secretary
of the Kansas state board of agricul-
ture, declared in a statement issued to-
day from his office in Topeka. I'm
provements in markets suggests a
change in the tide. Wheat has gained
rs to IS cents a bushel from the low
prices of the season, last November;
corn has risen 1 5 to 20 cents a bushel
since the beginning of the movement
of the new crop; hogs are returning
good profits at the prices that have
prevailed during the past six months
for pork and corn; sheep have nearly
doubled in value, and the same may
be said of cotton. The beef cattle
market is strengthening, and stock
men are beginning to report profits
on their consignments, while dairy
and poultry products are two COM
modities which maintained high val
ues during the time other prices were
slumping, again proving to be the
standby of agriculture in time of stress.
'In addition, the latest available
information indicates that the Kan
sas farmers have tenaciously held onto
their breeding cattle, in spite of the
demoralized state of the beef-making
industry, and are in position to re-
plenish their herds from this founda-
ton stock.
These facts all inspire confidence
in the future of agriculture. Pro-
ducers are taking new heart, and bust
ing effect of the improving condi-
IfNvna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-16
is BIG BROTHER.
United States Looked Up To by
South America.
But Opportunities There Over
looked Says Emporiap.

Emporia, Kan, Feb. 16.-Charac-
teristic Yankee thrift and enterprise
are not in evidence in any efforts of
United States manufacturers and ex-
porters TO capture South American
trade, according to DR.. H. G. Lull OF
the Kansas State Normal school, who
recently returned from a years stay
in Peru, being one of twenty-five
American educators employed by the
Peruvian government to establish a
school system in that country.
Doctor LulI was director of the STU
perior School of Instruction newly
founded teachers college at Lima,
which compares with the normal
schools in the United States. Doctor
Lull declares there are untold oppor-
tunities in the development of trade
with the countries of South AMERICA.
zone of the great mistakes of the
exporters of this country is that they
try to carry on their correspondence
with the business men of South Amer
lea in the English language" said
Doctor Lull. I'VE not only must learn
their language, if we are to carry on
trade with them, but We will have TO
become better acquainted with their
Pile the motion picture industry in
Peru. The only films there are those
made in the United States. OF course
they do not appeal 70 the Peruvian
because he cannot appreciate our GUS
toms and modes of living. As result
motion pictures are of very little in
terest to them"
Doctor Lull points out that a year
spent in that country by an energetic
young American would so acquaint
him with the customs and language
as TO make him eligible to fill good
position in an importing or exporting
firm here. Another salient need, he
points out, is that of credit system.
He continued:
"At present there is no credit sys-
tern between the United States and
any of the Latin-Amerfcan countries.
Our exporters demand money laid
down in the banks for all the goods
shipped them. But other countries
are doing business on a credit basis
with the Latin-Americans and they not
only are succeeding. but they are un-
derselling the American on every cor
1fer. Even Germany, crippled as she
is, is beginning to unload goods there
Doctor LulI asserts that the Aneri-
can is the most popular foreigner
among the Peruvians. They look
upon the United States as big
brother" he said,
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kIIGlilRkldETs,
(AdditIonai late markets Will be
found on another page OF this paper.)

Chicago, Feb. 1G.-WHEAT-Highe
prices here for wheat were reached today
during the first part of the board of trade
session substantial upturn in Liverpool
quotations being a stimulus to buyers.
Unfavorable crop advices from the domes-
tic. winter crop in the southwest tended
Also to lift values Profits taking sales
were in evidence but they failed to exert
more than temporary Influence. Open
ing prices which ranged from &c to 1A4c
higher with May $1.41k to slap, and July
1.24 to $1.2415 were followed by a slight
reaction and then by rise higher than
before.
CORN-Statements purportinG to show
that the domestic disappearance of corn
has been at a rate much greater than is
generally assumed to be the case gave in
dependent strength to the markets for
corn and oats. After opening &c to 12c
higher, May 6sAc to 65%c, corn contin-
ued to advance.
OATS-Oats started as@Mc up. May
42hc to 43c and then sagged a little but
recovered.
PROyISIONS-Provisi were sharply
higher affected by new advance in the
hog market.
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CORWINE At TUSCALOOSA
Topeka Mayor and Lawrence Man Ad-
dress Democtatic Club.

Topeka Mayor and Lawrence Man Ad-
dress Democratic Club.
Leavenworth, Feb. 15.-Henderson
Martin, Lawrence, and Mayor Herbert
Corwine of Topeka will be the prin-
cipal speakers at the banquet of the
Jefferson County Democratic club at
Oskaloosa February II. The county
central committee will elect delegates
to the state convention at Topeka
February % at the same meeting.
Both Martin and Mayor Corwine are
ssible gubernatoriaI nominees.
Martin is an active candidate for en-
dorsement in the state convention
here next week. Mayor Corwine is
rated as a dark horse. In evenA the
convention can't agree in support of
either Martin or Col. Leigh Hunt of
RosedaIe, the Topeka mayor may be
entered as a contender.
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START BATTLE WITH FORD
International Harvester Company
Makes 200 Additions to Force.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-The Information
al Harvester company it became
known today, is putting on a force of
200 men in its tractor plant. This move
was construed in some business circles
Ford, whoI has declared he would put
a tractor on every farm in the United
States.
The plant, which in November, 1920,
was employing 1000 persons with an
output of 100 tractors a day, had been
by January /, 1921, reduced TO 400
employees.
1t is now operating with zoo men.
By March IS, the company. it was
said. expected to have a force of 1000
putting out fifty tractors a day.
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MOVIE ENIGMA
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page One.)
wine and his investigators are much
interested in Taylors financ'al affairs
Thru evidence given by Mrs. J. NJ
Berger, income tax expert, Officials
are convinced that Taylor expected to
considerable amount of oil stock and
cash. And the oil stock and cash are
missing. This gives rise to three the
cries. all of which are being inves-
tigatede
/. That Taylor had an undiscovered
safety deposit box.
2. That he was a victim of a black
mailer who. having received his de-
mands from Taylor, killed him.
8. That Taylor was killed with the
motive of robbery by some one who
knew of the existence of oil stock and
money and who failed to rob the body
in ordeR to direct suspicion otherwise
Everything Under Cover.
District Attorney Woolwines in
vestigation is proceeding almost di-
rectly now under cover" His inves-
tigators are questioning film person
ages and others at their homes by ap-
pointment far from the hall of rec
ords. These reports are reduced to
writing and brought TO the district
attorney, who has them carefully
checked with other statements al
LCe1AS OiA manu. D1 THESE Processes II
is hoped to reduce to certainty all
known facts in the case and eliminate
many false leads which cause con-
fusion, erept into the inquiry.
The elimination process according
to officials. has convinced them that
a man shot Taylor and that the three
most probable. motives are in order
of importance:\ l. Jealousy over a
woman. 2. Revenge for some act in
Taylor's hidden past 3. Blackmail.
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IN ROW over FARE CUT
Six Western Rail Lines Oppose Great
Westerns Reduction...s..

Six Western Rail Lines Oppose Great
Westerns Reduction.
Chicago, Feb. 16.-Six western rail-
road lines have announced that they
will oppose introduction OF the diff
ferentiar- system into western terri
tory by the Chicago Great Western
railroad.
The Great Western railroad yester-
day served notice on them of its in
tention to reduce passenger fares be-
tween Chicago and Minneapolis, st.
Paul and Omaha. $3.50.
The roads which will combat giving
the Great Western a "differential" or
handicap because of poor territory.
are the Chicago & Northwestern, Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, 500 Line.
Rock Island, Illinois Central. and Bur-
ington lines.
Executives of the six opposing roads
said the active measures to war on
the ,"differentiar' have not yet been
decided upon. Arrangements of various
roads will confer within a few days as
to what steps are to be taken, it was
said
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PLUNGE TO FROZEN DEATH
Kansas City Greek Claims Two Men
and a Woman Autoists.

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 15.-The
bodies of two men and a woman, all
about forty years old, were found in
the ice of Brush creek near the south
limits of the city.
They had been riding in a Ford
coupe, which, during the night had
swerved from the roadway and had
plunged twenty-five feet into the
creek. Unable to escape from the
partly immersed machine, they had
persisted, either from drowning or
from exposure in the icy waters of
the creek.
The dead persons are: Mrs. Anna
Srac, proprietor~~of lodging house;
Nick Tonick, a Iaborer at the Armour
packing plant here. and Thomas Gov
lovich, also a laborer.
The accident occurred, police stated.
when the driver of the car en-
deavored to cross a street car trestle
over the creek, instead of taking the
road
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Wall ST., New<York, Feb. 16.--STOCKS-
Contrary to general expectations lowering
of the Bank of England discount rate was
Without visible influence upon prices at
the opening of today's stock market. Gains
and losses were evenly distributed with the
exception OF American Locomotive. which
'brok9plA points on the first transaction,
changes were limited to fractions The list
developed a firmer tone within the first
half hour on buying of leading oils and
shippings, especially Mexican Petroleum
and Mercantile Marine preferred and Amer.
lean International.
Call money was plentiful at per cent
the lowest initial rate in several weeks,
regardless of heavy Withdrawals of gov
ornment deposits from local banks. Alter
nate reaction and recoveries occurred in
lending stocks during the morning, motors
and selected specialties being most erratie
American Ice fell Isl points but quickly
recovered. Stakeholder. Chandler and
Pierce Arrow were under pressure as the
result of the reports of further cuts in
the automobile trade. Buying of easoned
rails. especially $. r., A. T. and s. f. and
Reading stabilized prices again at noon.
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= DANES ARE LOCKED OUT.
Nearly All Industries and $50, 900 En-.
pIoyes Arc Affected. ~

Copenhagen, Feb. ia general
lockout was declared yesterday thru
out the whole country. 1t affects
nearly all industries, including the
harbor workers in most of the ports,
but not the seamen. About 10000
employees are involved, and it is con-
sidered the biggest labor struggle in
the history of the country.
The trouble began towards the end
of January when the employers at
tempted to make a 20 per cent cut in
the wages with longer hours. The
unions lack funds and there are al
ready 100000 unemployed in Den
mark and the situation is, therefore,
most serious.
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FIGHT FOR WAGE GUT
Missouri and North Arkansas Rail Of
TfciaIs Before Labor Board.

Missouri and North Arkansas Hail Or
TiciaIs Before Labor Board.
Chicago, Feb. 16.-Representatives
of the Missouri & North Arkansas
railroad appeared before the United
States railroad labor board Wednesday
asked the board to authorize 20 per
cent wage cut in this 30O-mile line
which, If conditions justify, will be put
back on it's feet The road has been
i'm the hands of a receiver since 1912
except during a brief period when 1t
was under federal control.
The Spokesman of the road were c.
J. Murray, the receiver, and Festus j.
Wade, president of the Mercantile
Trust company of st. Louis.
An early decision by the board was
asked on the ground that the line
serves exclusively 100000 people and
that farmers want to know the boards
position before they begin planting
crops.
Union representatives entered a
technical defense. declaring that as
the toad is not now in operation, there
is no dispute and that therefore, the
labor board has no jurisdiction in the
matter
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Los Angeles, Feb. 16.--The wish of
DIR. James Martin PEBBLES, physician.
scientist and author that he live until
March %. in order to round out 100
years of life, failed of qualification.
He died at his home here yesterday.
DIR. PEBBLES, who was in the diplo-
matte service in Turkey a long time,
wrote a large number of books, among
which was one entitled How to Live
a Century and GROW Old Gracefully"
! For the last sixty years of his life
he had eaten no meat. He is survived
by sister. Mrs c. C. Beach, of Bat
tie Creek Mich
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"PaRehO" Villa Refuses To Join
Mex. ReVOIutiOnists.
Reformed Bandit Remains 10y
al to Pres. Oregon.
PLOTTERS ARE UNDER ARREST
Feeling Against Government
Grows Stronger Daily.
Concerted Move on Part of
Rebel Bands to Organize.

Mexico City, Feb. 16.-Invitauons to
Francisco Villa or "Pancho," as he
used to be known in the days Of his
outlawry, to join the revolutionary
agitations against the Obregon gov
eminent, have fallen upon deaf ears,
for the former handkerchief now looks
with a stern and disappearing eye
upon anything that opposes law and
order.
Villas loyalty. to the government is
more notable In contrast with the wave
OF ti-gOvernment agitations now
sweeping some quarters. 1t was re-
ported that ''Pancho," to set at rest
any anxiety that may be felt toward
his attitude, viii shortly come to
Mexico City to reaffirm his support
TO the Obregon regime.
Envoy in Federal Tolls.
Genertl Antonio Ruiz, who has been
executed in Chihuahua for plotting
against the peace and dignity of the
state, was delivered to federal author
ties by villa. Ruiz had gone to Villas
ranch at CantillO to seek 'PanchO's"
cooperation in an anti-government
plot The former rebel chieftain de-
clared that his first citizenship duty
was to the state; seized the unsus-
pecting Ruiz and turned him over to
the FEDERAL troops.
Colol.el Jose Pruneda, brother of
the executed rebel leader. Antonio
Z ullEQds HAS OtEn DlOuSnl mere lOE
trial
VIII Accept designations.
President Obregon has issued or
ders that in view of sporadic deser-
lions of army officers to join the mall
contents, ''all designations of generals
and other officers who are dissatisfied
with conditions will be accepted i'm
mediately without question"
Apparently there is a concaGted
move on the part of the revolution
aries in various parts of the country,
but the rebel bands are small and un-
important. 1t Is believed that not one
OF them contain more than 200 men
dozen men. usually 4 of bandit char
acter.
Despite the plots that have been
discovered. there is no abridgement
Of the freedom of the press nor of free
speech.
Government Under Attack.
Anti-governnient papers are sold
freely upon the streets. Newspapers
attacking President Obregon and call
ing the administration "a government
Of assessing are allowed to circulate
without Interference
In fact, the goverpment is showing
marked leniency towards the rebels.
President Oregon, Chief of Cabinet
L. Elias Gales and heads of army in
Mexico City are disposed to lay the.
revolutionary activities to alleged ma
chnatiOns in the United States.
President Obregon accompanied by
General Trevino. chief of the general
stair of the army, left for Vera Cruz
Wednesday evening.
Governor Robertson, of Oklahoma,
and the other thirty-five visiting resi-
dents of Oklahoma in Mexico City
visited Chapultepec castle, but failed
TO meet President Obregon.
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HIS WIFE BAIT IN TRAP
Chicago Officials Believe They'll Cap
ture Fleeing FINANCE WIZARD

Chicago, Feb. 16.-The police were
awaiting word from Palm Beach, Fla,
today in their search for Leslie Har-
rington, missing head of one of the
three concerns here said to have de-
frauded foreign-bor citizens of mil
lions of dollars.
A woman said by the police to be
Harrington's wife is being kept under
surveillance at Palm Beach. Federal
authorities think that HarringtoRS is
on the way there to join her today.
Harrington, who fled Chicago SSat-
urday morning following the expose
of Raymond J. Bischoff, operations
in which he is said by the police to
have been indebted to the sum of
$4,000. 600, has debts amounting to at
least that figure, according to federal
investigators.
Mrs. Harrington was not told that
she was being watched, it was re-
ported, in the hope that some tele-
gram or letter sent by her to Har-
rington. might be intercepted.
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WON'T ALLOW FREIGHT CUTS
Reductions on Coal TO h. c. Ordered
Cancelled by the !. G. C.

Washington, Feb. 1G.-Proposa's to
reduce freight rates on coal into Kan
sas City from Kansas and Oklahoma
producing fields by 2S5z cents per
ton made by southwestern railroads
were declared unjustified today by
the interstate commerce commission.
The schedules were ordered cancelled
and present rates maintained.
The reductions would constitute
undue prejudice against ST. Joe and
Omaha, the commission said and fur
ther it was declared the commission
now is engaged in consideration of
general rate reductions and pending
that>it was held particular reductions
of the kind here proposed would not
be encouraged"
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HOLD NATIONAL WINE WEEK.
French Industry Hard Hit by the
DrOuth in the U. S.

Paris. Feb. ia National Week
for Wine is the title which has been
given to a convention of representa-
tives of wine growers and sales agents
that will sit in Paris under the presi-
dency of Former Minister of Agricul-
lure ]. H. Ricard. from March Is
to 10.
The closing of the United States
markets has caused a tremendous in
jury to the wine trade in France. The
fact that the Scandinavian states have
also gone dry or on rations of intoxi-
cants and South American vineyards
are daily becoming larger and more
productive. thus restricting imports to
the lowest ebb in years. has awakened
the French ine-growers to their
danger.
Wine stocks have accumulated, al
tho there has been no decrease in the
price of wine to the trade of consumer.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Chicago Feb. 16.-CATTLE-Receip
$4,000. Beef steers, steady to strong: ear
ly top, 5000; bulk beef steers, $T.O06IS. 10 4;
fat she stock calves and stockers and feed
ers, steady; Gamers and cutters, weak to
lower; bulls. strong bulk fat she stock,
$4.35d $50; bulk beef beeves, $4.25M 4.50
bologna, largely $3.T5d4,00.
HOGS-Receipts $1,000. Market fairly
active mostly 15c to 25c higher than yes
terday's average big packers holding back
top, S10.40 ON $50 to $50 Founders; bulk
of sales. S9.90I1030: pigs. mostly 2Jc to
SOC higher; bulk Desirable 100 to 100 pounds
$9.00M925; some stronger weights, $9,50G
1000.
sHEEP-Receipts 10000. Market slow,
steady to strong. sellers mostly asking
higher: fat lambs to. packers early, $10.00M
1925: best not sold, good shorn lambs,
1890; choice handy weight ewes. $685..
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WEATHER.

Continued from Page one.l
est temperature in Kansas was so at
Goodland and the lowest was IL at
Concordia. The highest temperature
in the United States was 7S at Tampa,
and the lowest was % degrees below
zero at Duluth.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded in Topeka on this date was SIS
in 1913 and the lowest was 9 degrees
below zero in 1915.
AT o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at % miles an hour from
the south.
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LIVESTOCK RECEIPTS.

FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co., 201
New England Building. Topeka. ,kan.J
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FEAR EXTRA POWERS.
Senate Takes Up Bill Intended to Re-
Heve Unemployment.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The senate
today took up the bill by Senator Ken
yon, Republican, Iowa, designed to re-
lieve unemployment by pressing public
work during slack times and retarding
it during periods of prosperity as rec
commended by the recent national I'M
employment conference.
Senator Fletcher, Democrat, Florida,
and others said they thought the bill
would confer too great powers on the
president in ordering progress on pub
lie work.