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the victims until the weight of the
wreckage could be lifted. A call to the
navy yard brought blue jackets and
hydraulic jacks and oxy-hydrogen jets
to burn through the steel beams. The
jacks were lined under the edge of
the fallen balcony and little at a
time its weight was lifted. Rescuers
took their lives in their hands to
creep under and release people there.
As daylight came the task became
easier. Engineer officers from the
army could see what must be done
They traced each twisted beam and
saw where it would be safe to cut and
lwhere steel girder might be drag
ged out of the pile with safety to
those below. Holes were cut through
the wall and with ropes and tackle
the soldiers and sailors heaved away,
slipping and falling in the musny snow
outside.
Meanwhile, all Washington, it
seemed, was heading for the scene
With street cars stopped, every street
was black with strings of people
stumbling over the banked snow. They
ramped from every corner of city
and the soldiers and police held rigid
lines about the theater to keep them
back
Hour by hour through the day the
death toll rose. Less than half of the
total had been recovered when full
day light came, despite hours of la
Dor. Gradually the work was organ
led Some of the men who had
worked all night were relieved by
comrades to sleep and prepare for
another night of it. New police and
| fire crews came in
Real Search Begins.
After the center of the main floor
had been cleared of victims dug out
of the wreckage by main strength, a
more systematic search began and it
was still going on last night without a
halt. The workers, sure that this cen
ter space held no body or injured per-
sons, began turning over the tons of
debris, piling it in that space or
| dragging beams and slabs outside.
During the day electricians came to
string wires and set rows of lamps
In place to aid the work when dark
ness fell. On the street, the glare of
| fires lighted by the soldiers to warm
themselves as they waited TO heave
on a rope threw additional lights on
the mass within the roofless shell
where hundreds labored INCREASINGLY
AS the gas jets came into play,
brilliant spurts of flame lighted the
scene. Showers of sparks rose as the
live heat bit through inches of steel
to free another tangle High on the
walls, sailors and soldiers perched
ON hanging beams or in window led
ges to cut loose the ends of a girder
and let it be dragged away. Outside
the piles of debris rose steadily on
both streets.
The final turning over of The
wreckage was well under way soon
after dark last night. When the
weight of the last section of the gall
lery had been lifted on jacks and
men had crawled beneath to drag out
the last mangIed body, more speed
was possible and the mass that form
ed the bottom of the great shell open
to the sky was moving in steady
orderly course under the keen eyes
of the army engineers. Daylight
today say the last Of it examined and
the toll of death brought by the great
snowfall completed
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LocnZR1e6

W. H. Benson, of Athens, spent
several days of last week in Ameri-
cusc looking after the interests Of his
interest with the Model Bread Co.
Miss Ellinor Tilman leaves New
York City today for St Louis, where
she will be joined by Miss Frances
Hester, who together will spend a
week in the millinery establishments
there.
Mrs. c. r. Winchester has return
led from a business mission to Ala
bama, and reports the coolest wealth
er of the winter in the section she
| visited.
! Fuller Scarborough, who travels
Florida and the southern section of
! Georgia, is in Americas receiving the
cordial welcome of his many friends
/ and is guest of his mother, Mrs. c..
r. Winchester, on College street.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill Kelly motored
| to Macon Sunday where they spent
| the day with Mrs. Kellys parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Mabry and
little daughter, Margaret, of Column
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SIR KNIGHTS, ATTENTION,

BY order of the Eminent Com.
mander of DeMOlay Commander
you are urged to be at the Mason;.
Hall Wednesday night, February =,
at Seven O'clock, Important matter,
to bring before the Commandery
S. L. M'DANIEL, Captain Cen.r,I
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THREE GEORGlANS
INJURED IN THEATER

ATLANTA, Jan. 30-Three VIC
Tins of the Knickerbocker Theater
disaster in Washington have been
identified as Georgians.
Victor Sturgis, one of those killed
was the son of Guy Sturgis, of Au-
gusta, deputy sheriff of Richmond
county; another of the dead was be-
lieved to be G. Sidney Freeman, for
merly of Rome, Ca, while Miss Caro-
line Upshaw, whose leg was amputat-
ed after she was rescued, was an At
lanta woman, the niece of Represent
ative Upshaw, of Georgia. Young
Stugis was student at Georgetown
University and Freeman was men,
Der of the Knickerbocker orchestra.
S66 is prescription for Colds, Fever
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Society
sTEELE-BAILEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Loui Carroll Steele
announce the marriage of their sister,
Miss Mary Anna Steele, to Mr.. tu-
gene Ansley Bailey, of Americas,
Ga, Thursday, January 26, 1922, at
Dallas, Texas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-30

by floating a $4,000 bond issue,
lei Paso, Texas, has become the first
city in America to attempt TO finance
permanent American Legion home
by municipal bonds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-30

Mrs. Ralph Stewart, VINO accompa-
MED Mrs. Charles Mallard to her
home in Columbus, viii be her guest
for some time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-30

bus, were guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. lack Daniel at their home on
Prince street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-30

Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Clements, who
reside near Americas on the Upper
River road, were guests of relatives
for a short time today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-30

S66 is a prescription for Colds, Fever
and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy
remedy we know. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-30

Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Mabry anc
little daughter, Margaret, of Colum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
ASK FOR STAY OF SALE
Attorneys for Piersen Company Would
Delay Sale of Property.

Attorneys for the Piersen Trans
mitter company and it's bondholders
today asked the supreme court for a
stay of sale in the order of the Shaw
nee county district court for sale of
the company's property and assets.
May IL. Unfavorable market condi-
tons at the present time and inability
to secure adequate competitive bidding
in time for the sale were urged as rea-
sons for a stay.
Representatives of creditors urged
that the order of the district court be
carried out. They asserted that large
sums had been advanced by Topeka
banks and other creditors and that
they should not be de denied the right
to their money. 1t was claimed that
the stay was sought mainly to permit
further stock selling and possibly re-
organization action. It was also de-
clared that persons seeking the stay
had failed and refused to provide
funds for necessary expenses during
the proposed delay.
The case was presented by a half
dozen lawyers representing various in
terests. The entire court heard the
case during a special sitting this morn
ing. Following arguments the court
took the case under advisement.
An order for sale of the property of
the Piersen company in Topeka was
made by the Shawnee county district
court some time ago. The property
was ordered sold May IL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
WILL TALK ANAL GAMATION
Officers of Commercial Organizations
Are To Meet.

The recommendation of the cen
tralization committee of the board of
directors of the Topeka Chamber of
Commerce, made to the board today.
is that a. meeting of the officers of
the Chamber, of the Topeka Mer-
chants association. the Topeka Traffic
Bureau, the Credit Clearing associa-
ton and similar, commercial organ
izations, be called to consider the
amalgamation of all the organizations
into one to eliminate Implications and
conflicts between their functions.
1t was left to G. c. Sickler. secretary
of the Chamber, to call the meeting
at the most convenient time for all
concerned. Marco Morrow is chair
man of the committee on centraliza-
ton
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BIRTHS REPORTED

The births of twenty-one babies
nine of them girls and twelve of them
boys, were reported to the city clerk
during the week which ended Satur-
day.
The complete list is as follows:
Theodore Robert Barge and wife, 307
Lime, April 10, boy, Theodore Lyle
May 1, girl. Bette Lee.
Milford Boyd and wife. Silver Lake,
Kan. April IS, boy, Joseph Wesley
Ralph q Barnes and wife, 1911 North
Monroe. April 30. boy, Edmond Clarence.
Clarence r. Davis and wife, 613 Liberty,
April p. girl, Lois Marie.
William J. Liberty and wife, lis North
Chandler, April n, boy, Ralph Donald.
James Leroy Epling and wife. 1407
North Jackson, April p. girl. Betty Jane.
nue.. April 16. boy, Homer La Vern.
Karl Murrow Gibbs and wife. 1872 Lin
coin. April "a. girl, Carlene Joan
Robert Hunt and wife, $50 North Van
Buren,. April IS, boy, Delbert Robert.
Lloyd ID. Murray and wife, 1850 Lincoln,
April 20, boy. Max Lee
Leonard Okerstrom and wife. 1921 East
Sixth, April %. girl, Betty Virginia.
Tenth. April IL. boy, William Robert.
John Renyer and wife, III East Tenth,
April %, girl, Florence Elizabeth.
Harold NJ Smith and wife Seabrook
Kan. April "a, boy. Harold. Jr
John Richard Hatcher and wife, 1921
Central. May ,, girl. Mabel Geraldine.
Abraham H. Coffman and wife, Route "a,
Topeka, Kan: April p, boy
April -, boy.
Raymond Earl Howe and wife, 127 Mon
roe. May l. boy
Emmett c. Shafer and wife, Route 4, To-
peka, Kan, April Il, girl
Cecil l. Woodland and wife, Route I,
Hoyt, Kan. April %. girl
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SPENCER FOR NAT
Appears Before Republican
Senators for GOIdstein.
Defends st. LOuisan's Appoint
ment as Revenue Collector.

Washington, May S.-Senator Spen-
Ger, Republican, Missouri, appeared
today before the Republican members
Of the senate finance committee in
behalf of Nat Goldstein, nominated to
be internal revenue collector at st.
Louis. Mr.. Goldstein's appointment
has met with opposition on the ground
that he accepted $2,5O0 of the presi-
Dental campaign funds of former
Governor Lowden of Illinois.
5 Committee action on the nomina-
ton was deferred after Senator Spen-
Ger had spoken for nearly an hour
urging confirmation
1t was said that Mr.. Spencer re-
viewed at length the testimony of Mr..
Goldstein and others regarding the
campaign expenditures in Missouri,
and praised Mr. Goldstein highly
citing endorsements by St Louis pro-
fessional and business men. Senator
Spencer was said to have pointed out
Mr.. Goldstein had returned the money
received when he vas candidate for
delegate to the Chicago convention.
Numerous questions were asked OF
Senator Spencer by committee mem
bers but it was said there was nothing
further today to indicate probable
action in the case. The Goldstein
nomination later was a subject of dis
cussion on the floor brought about by
Democrat, Mississippi, of an editorial
from, the St Louis Globe Democrat,
condemning the appointment
St. Louis. May S.-Circuit Clerk
Goldstein today stated the law firm of
Spencer & DonneI. of which Sena-
tor Spencer is senior member. is coun-
sci for the circuit clerks office. and
represents him in any legal matters
which involves him in his official ca
pacity.
Senator Spencer today appeared be-
fore Republican members of the SEN
ate finance committee in behalf of
Goldstein's nomination to be internal
revenue collector here.
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BOMGARDNER CASE TO TRIAL
Injunction Suit Brought by Persons
Living Near Undertaking ParIor.

Trial of an injunction suit brought
by persons living in the vicinity of
West Sixth avenue and Topeka boule-
ward against H. W. Bomgardner, I'M
dertaker. was held Saturday before
Judge James Mcclure in the dis
trict court. Judge Mcclure took the
case under advisepent.
The plaintiffs in the case are w. E.
Heatherly, R. c. Rauch, George
Burghart, f. G. Foster and Mrs. r.
c. Werth. They allege that the hold
ing of funerals and the bringing of
bodies to and from the morgue has a
depressing effect upon them; that it
places them in danger of communica-
BILE disease and that the going and
coming of cars at all hours keeps
them awake nights and, on the whole,
imperils the value of their property.
Bomgardner recently removed his
undertaking parlors from Jackson
street to AIS West Sixth avenue and
opened up a funeral home here. He
testified that the funerals are con-
Quoted in a strictly private manner
and that nothing occurs to which the
neighbors should take offense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
CLEMENT OUT OF THE RACE.
Junction City Man VIII Not Be Candf-
date for Supt. of Instruction.

Announcement of his withdrawal
from the race for state superinten-
dent of public instruction has been
made by J. H. Clement. superinten-
dent of the Junction City schools.
Clement was regarded as one of the
strong candidates for the office and is
well known among Kansas educators.
Clement states that he believes he can
be of greater service as an educator
than a politician.
The withdrawal of Clement from
the race likely means that the fight
for the Republican nomination for
state superintendent will be between
Miss Lorraine E. Wooster, present
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, and J. H. Miley of Pittsburg
Miley, who is one of the strongest and
most popular school men in the state.
entered the race several months ago.
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Poem i'm the American Manner.


dunno yer highfaludn' words. but here s
tn way it seems
When I'm peekin' out tn Winder o. my
little House o. Dreams;
I've bin lookin' round this big OF world,
as bizzy as a hive,
An I want e tell We, neighbor mine, 1t s
good t be alive.
I've bin settin' here, a-thinktn' hard, an
say. 1t seems t me
That this big OF world is jest about as
good as it kin be,
With its starvin' little babies, an Its pat
ties, an its strikes,
An its profiteers, an hold-up men-th
dawggone little tykes -
An its hungry men that fought Ter us.
that nobody employs.
An think, why, shucks, we're jest lot
o. gFown-up little boysi"
An l settle back, an light my pipe, an
reach fer Mothers hand,
An l wouldn't swap my peace o mind Ter
nothin in the land;
Fer this world Nv ours, that jest was mace
fer folks like me an you
Is purity good OF place t hve-say, neigh
Dor, amt it true?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
OFFICIALS BACK FROM MEET
Santa Fe Men Return From Claim
Conference at Denver.

Following the semi-annual meeting
of the Santa F'e system loss and dam
ages committee at Denver. eleven
Santa Fe general officials returned to
Topeka today.
The Topeka officials who attended
the meeting are: r. H Allison and
D. S. Forley, assistant general man
ayers; II. c. Pribble, general claim
agent, and c. D. Hart and E. H. He
mus, his assistants; J. c. Burnett, as
sistant general freight agent: Emmett
Gregg, superintendent of the special
service of the system; w. D. Deveney,
superintendent of shops; 1. c. Hicks,
mechanical superintendent; H. z. Ray,
general store keeper, and F. B. Hunt,
head of the .. S. and d. bureau.
G. w. Lupton, assista~- to the vice
president in charge of traffic, re-
turned with the Topeka officials on
his way to his office in Chicago after
attending the Denver meeting.
The meeting lasted four days and
was called for the purpose of consider
ing means for reducing the number
of claims for damages to freight ship
ments. 1t was thoroly successful, the
Topeka officials report.
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TO WELCOME o. E. S. DELEGATES.
Show Windows to Carry Stenciled
Welcome Signs.

The convention committee of the
Chamber of Commerce started today
the campaign to place a stenciled
welcome, o. E. s" in the show win
dow of every business place on Kansas
avenue. J. Z. Crockett, chairman of
the committee, and Z. n. Sunderland,
assistant secretary of the Chamber,
are making the rounds, securing the
consent of the merchants, while the
actual stenciling is done by Parr &
Parr. commercial decorators, who are
handling the work of decorating the
city auditorium stage for the Eastern
Star convention.
Delegates TO the convention are al
ready beginning to arrive and for that
reason the convention committee is
hurrying to get the welcoming signs
in place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
TO HELP KANSAS CHILDREN
Kansas ChiIdren's Code Commission
To Meet Mt Y. w. G A

The Kansas chiIdren's code com
mission will hold its first session of
the present year at the Y w. c. A.
building Tuesday, at which time meas
ures to be introduced in the next
legislature will be considered, Mrs
Henrietta Mayfield, recently elected
executive SECRETARY of the commission,
announced today.
c. c. Carstens, director of the Chill
dren's Welfare League of America.
will be the principal speaker at the
meeting.
sidered at the meeting are: creating
a court of domestic relations, pro-
viding methods for establishing pater-
nifty, requiring physical examination
of school children and physical ex-
animation for marriage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
FARM WORK IS DELAYED
Number of Counties Reported Heavy
Rains Last Week.

Wet weather in many Kansas coun-
ties during the last week has delayed
farm work Rains ranging from one
to two inches fell in a number of coun-
ties last week. altho the precipitation
was not general.
In his weekly crop report today j.
c. Mohler, secretary of the state board
OF agriculture, pointed out that five to
ten per cent of the corn crop has been
planted Corn planting is now being
rushed in a number of counties i'll
spite of the wet. heavy. soil.
Cool weather has been excellent for
the growth of wheat, alfalfa and pas
lures, Mohler states. Potatoes are
coming up to good stands in eastern
counties. Fruit prospects are far
above normal.
Barton county has reported that 500
acres will be planted to watermelons
this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
M'DANIEL HERE TUESDAY
Worthy Patron of o. e. S. Grand
Chapter ON Way to Topeka.

Worthy Patron of o. e. S. Grand
Chapter ON Way to Topeka.
DR.: Alfred G. MCDANIEL, of San An
tonic, Tex. most worthy grand patron
of the general grand chapter of the
Order of Eastern Star. will arrive in
Topeka Tuesday morning. and will be
in attendance at the annual meeting
of the grand chapter of the Order of
Eastern Star of Kansas to be held
Thursday and Friday at the city audi
torium. Nearly 1900 persons will be
in attendance.
other distinguished visitors, who
will be in attendance at the meeting,
are: Miss Nell Page. of Kenton, Mo-,
grand lecturer of Missouri; Mrs. Bes-
sic S. Hasel, of Springfield, grand
matron of Missouri; Cloice B. Baker,
of st. Louis, grand patron of Missouri,
and Mrs. Zoe NJ. Henthorn, of Buck
ner, Mo. grand representative of Kan
sas in Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
COPS BATTLE WITH BANDITS.
More Than 100 Shots Fired by X. G.
Officers-Robbers Escape.

Kansas City, No. May s.-More
than 100 shots were fired in a pitched
gun battle between police detectives
and four unmasked bandits at noon
today. when the detectives attempted
TO intercept the robbers escape, fol-
lowing a daylight holdup. The battle
caused pedestrians in the downtown
section to scurry for shelter from the
fusilIade of bullets.
The bandits had held up the Gree
man Brothers grocery, securing $490
from the cash register. They escaped
under a rain of bullets from detectives
riot guns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
Standing of the Teams.
2OO-MILE TRIP BY AIRPLANE
DIR. and Mrs. Frank A. Brewster Re
turn to Beaver City, Nebr.

DR.. and Mrs. Frank A. Brewster, of
Beaver City, Nebr.. started their re-
turn trip, by airplane, to their home,
at 1 o'clock this afternoon. They took
the city.
DR.. and Mrs. Brewster flew the zoe
miles from Beaver City to Topeka,
Saturday, in two hours, and spent
Sunday with their friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert S. Hendricks, S12 Blu
chanan street.
The plane is one which DIR. Brew
ster uses in his regular practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
FEAR A NEGRO UPRISING.
Texas Rangers Rushed to Fairfield
County by Governor Neff.

Austin, Texas, May S.-Governor
Neff today ordered two attachments
of state rangers to be sent Immediately
to Fairfield county, seat of Freestone
county, to prevent an uprising of ne
groes which Sheriff William Mayo of
Freestone county said was imminent.
The sheriff, in a message this morn
ing, said the negroes of the county are
threatening to avenge the death of the
three negroes who were burned to
death at Kirvin Saturday morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
BOGUS CHECKS ON HONEYMOON.
So E. A. Morris, 2S, Is Arrested and
Sentenced to Jail

Arkansas City, May Sc. A. Nor
ris, Is. a few days ago eloped from
Eldorado with Mrs. Margaret Solars,
%. They came to Arkansas City.
Norris was arrested for passing
bogus checks today, pleaded guilty in
justice court, and was sentenced to
sixty days in the county Jail. Mrs.
Solars returned to EIdorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
MOTORCYCLES STRIKES DODGE
Walter Powers, 116S High Street. Suf-
fers Several Painful Bruises.

Walter Powers, 116S High street,
was painfully bruised Sunday when
the motorcycle he was riding struck a
Dodge touring car driven by w. J.
Dryden. 1929 Polk street. The acct
dent occurred at Sixteenth and Polk
streets Bryden's car was turned al
most around by the force of the col
hsion, it was said Powers injuries
were said not to be serious
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
10000 HOMELESS BY FLOODS.
No Provisions To Aid 10000 Isolated
From Red Cross Workers.
(By the Associated Press


New Orleans, May S.-Approxi-
mately seventy thousand men WOm-
en- and children are homeless in Miss
issippi and Louisiana as the result of
the Mississippi river flood and of this
number forty thousand are being fed,
sheltered and clothed by the Red
Cross and other organizations it was
officially announced today by various
relief bodies.
No provisions have been made to
aid the 10000 persons who have not
reached the refugee camps, it was
added
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
ROBBED FoRD-sIx MONTHS.
S25 Fine Also Assessed Against Hutch
inson Studebaker owner.

Hutchinson. Kan, May Six
months in Jail and $25 fine is the pen
atty for ''robbing a Ford"
]. H. Taylor, of Hutchinson, was
given this sentence and fine this
morning in the justice court of Ter
ence township for siphoning eight
gallons of gasoline from the Ford into
the Taylor Studebaker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-08
MORSE FAMILY IN TROUBLE.
Bench Warrants Out For Charles and
His Three Sons.

New York, May S.-Bench warrants
we're issued today for Charles W.
Morse and his three sons. Erwin A,
Benjamin w. and Harry. F. because
they failed to appear to plead on in
dictments brought in federal court
charging them with the use of the
mails to defraud investors in stock of
the United States Steamship company.