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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13

White City, Kan, Feb. 13. = The
basketball team of the local American
Legion post defeated the Salina BUSH
ness college quintet by a score of IT
to is in a game played Saturday night
on the local court. The game was
holly contested. Shields of Salina,
officiated. The White City girls quin-
tet won from the Salina Business col
lege by a score of 81 to II. Wallace
of White City, and Parish of Salina
Business college, officiated at this
game. The White City American
Legion team has four games scheduled
for the next two weeks. They are;
Legion, VS.. Dunlap at Dunlap, tonight;
Legion VS.. Nickerson Atheletic asso-
citation at White City, Tuesday: Legion
VS.. Raschens quintet of Parsons at
White City, February 20; Irving-Pitt
Mfg. CoANteam of Kansas City, Mo, VS.
Legion White City, February %.
The White City girls will play the
Dunlap girls at Dunlap tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
MARYSVILLE SHOW SUCCESS
Topekan Judge at First Annual PouI-
try Exhibition-PIans for Next Year.

Tope1an Judge at First Annual POul-
try Exhibition-PIans. for Next Year.
Marysville, KAN, Feb. 13.-The
Northern Kansas Poultry association
has just closed its first annual show
here. 1t was the largest and best poul-
try show ever held in this section of
the state.
A total of sos birds were entered.
There We're 147 Barred Plymouth
Rocks. Six hundred and three dollars
worth of prizes were given in addition
to the regular cash prizes. Four sill
yer loving cups were also given and
won by the following exhibitors:
Sweepstakes cup given by the Marys-
vile Chamber of Commerce, won by
Charles J. Cook. Marysville, KAN;
fanciers cup given by Marshall County
Farm bureau. won by L. A. Moore,
Hiawatha, Kan; high school cup
given by c. G. Randel, agricultural
din ector of schools, MarysviRe, Kan,
won by Henry Heyer, Marysville. Kan;
rural and grade cup given by Etta b.
Beavers, county superintendent Mar
shall county, Kansas, won by Raymond
Waugh, Home, Kan.
A T. ModIin of Topeka, Kan, Ii
censed of the American Poultry asso-
citation, was official judge of the show.
The dates have already been selected
for the next show. which well be held
at MarysvilIe December 10, 20, 81 and
%. 1922. A. T. Modlin will again be
the Judge and will be assisted by his
wife, who is also an authority on poul-
try subjects.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
Butte, Mont, Victim Found.
H. w. COLMERY APPOINTED.
Will Succeed G. b. White as U. S.
Commissioners Here.

Harry W. Colmery, attorney and
law partner of Col. John S. Dean, is
expected today to qualify as United
States commissioner at Topeka, an Of
flee to which he was appointed Sat
urday by Judge John c. Pollock.
Colmery will succeed c. B. White,
who resigned January 1, after hold
ing the position here and a similar
one at Fort Scott for nearly twenty
two years. White continues to hold
the position of deputy clerk to Frank
L. Campbell.
With his appointment as commits
sioner, orders were also issued by
Judge Pollock giving Colmery the
right to act in extradition and Chinese
exclusion cases, he being the only
commissioner in Kansas to have that
authority. While such cases are rare
it was considered best to have one
commissioner in the state who could
handle them.
Colmery is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh law school and
was admitted TO the bar in 1916 in
Pennsylvania. He practiced law sue
ceSsfully. for two years in Utah and
came to Topeka in, the latter part of
1919. During the late war he served
as a member of the United States air
forces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
FACE HIS ENEMIES
0kmulgee Judge Returns to Ex-
plain TO Bar Assn.
Declares He VIII Not Resign
From Bench Under Fire.

Okmulgee. Okla. Feb. 13.-With
the return to Okmulgee today of Su-
perior Judge H. r. Christopher inter-
est in the situation growing out of the
discharge by the judge last Thursday
of a g-and jury investigating affairs
of the defunet Commerce bank CEN
tered upon the judges announced in
tention TO appear before the Okmui
gee County Bar association to state
his side of the controversy and upon
the next steps to be taken for further
grand jury investigation of local
banking conditions.
Judge Christopher made known his
intention of appearing before the Bar
association following a conference in
Guthrie yesterday with z. j. Dick,
chairman of a resolutions committee
appointed at a mass meeting Thurs
day to protest against the discharge
OF the jury. At the same time. the
judge. who has been staying in COyle,
Okla, with members of the family
since they left the city in their motor
car Thursday evening made it known
that he would not resign his office at
the present time
1t has been his contention that he
dismissed the jury because he diseov-
cred that it had been drawn by him
in a manner different than he later
interpreted the law to provide.
BEYOND a statement issued Thurs
day night UNFOLDING Judge Christie
pher in diseharging the grand jury
and attacking the personnel of the
body nothing had been heard from
Governor Robertson in connection
with the affair. The governor is with
a trade party which is making a tour
of Mexico and is not expected back
for two weeks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
INSPECT GUARD OFFICERS.
Board in Session in To-
peka Almost Daily.

The annual inspection of Kansas
National Guard officers for perma-
nent commissions is now in progress.
The examining board is in session in
Topeka almost daily and will meet in
Hutchinson February 20-21-22.
Under war department orders each
officer must undergo final, thoro
examination to prove his fitness for
a commission. This must be taken
within one year after a temporary
commission is granted. The examina-
ton is both physical and technical.
The latter requires considerable ad-
vance preparation.
The examiners are:
For the infantry-Maj. James M.
Lockett, Maj. Joseph H. Dunkel, Maj.
Seth A. Hammel.
For the artillery-Maj. Joseph H.
Dunkel Maj. Seth A. Hammel, Capt.
Samuel G. Fairchild.
For the cavalry-Lt. Col. George
r. SomervilIe, Maj. NJ. r. Mclean,
assistant adjutant general; Maj. Seth
A. Han4meI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
THIRD NAY DIE
Bodies of Texas Couple Found
at Home.
Four-Year-OId Only Witness to
the Staying.

Waco, Tex, Feb. 13.-The bodies of
W. II. Barker and his wife, Mrs. Lou
M Barker, were found early Sunday
morning at Concord, seven miles from
Waco. Barker had been shot in the
head. Mrs. Barker's head had been
slashed open with an ak.
Homer Turk, 13-year-old son of J..
L. Turk, a neighbor, who had gone to
the Barker home early the night be-
fore to play dominoes, will probably
die While still alive early this morn
ing, his skull had been horribly
crushed.
A-4-year-old daughter of the Bark
ers, Willie Lou, witnessed the tragedy.
In an account remarkable for accuracy
of detail in one so young, she told Of
fieers her father was shot and two
men then came to the house and asked
said her mother handed them some
thing whereupon they hit her. She
said the men looked like negroes but
talked like Mexicans."
A neighbor heard a shot about 10
o'clock Saturday night-a and it is
thought this was the firing of the gun
with which Barker was killed.
Mrs. Barker's body was found by
the father of young Turk when he
came to the Barker home to ascertain
why his son had not returned home.
She held a 81 bill tightly clasped in
her hand. The boy was lying on the
floor in the bedroom in a pool of
blood, unconscious
1t had been generally understood
the Bankers usually kept a large
amount of money in their home and
robbery is believed to have been the
aim of the assassins.
Barker was rs years old, his wife
35. Mrs. Barker has a brother in
Wichita, Kan. and relatives in Nc
Lehman county and Wichita Falls, Tex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
TWO HORSES Die IN FIRE
Stock Barn in North Topeka Is To-
tally Destroyed.

A stock barn at the corner of Jack
son and West Curtis streets, in North
Topeka. was totally destroyed by fire
Saturday night at O'Clock. Two
horses were burned to death in the
barn. The barn was owned by B. P.
Sparks and H. B. McDaniels, now in
San Antonio, Tex. 1t is said that an
accurate estimate of the loss cannot
be made until they reach Topeka,
where they are expected within forty
eight hours.
A carload of horses was shipped
from the barn Saturday, but the car
was not large enough to accommodate
the two which were left in the stable
The building was established as a
horse trading depot during the war,
and covered. nearly half a block. When
the structure burned, nearby houses
were endangered. some of the roofs
were scorched, and the roof of the
home of B. T. Massey, 607 North Jack
son street, caught fire. The house was
considerably damaged before the fire
was extiH guished.
No cause has as yet been assigned
for the fire. 1t has been reported that
sparks from a passing switch engine
afforded the source. This has ont
been confirmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
He 5 Kept ALiOe
So He Can Hang

Chicago Murderer Tries to Lock His
Jaws in Hunger Strike and Cheat
the GalIows.
Chicago, Feb. $50 that he may
be hanged in the county Jail next FRI
day, Harvey w. Church, SHOW off
murderer" is being forcibly kept alive
by the state.
The state has decreed that Church,
who has locked his jaws in a hunger
strike, must literally live to die
Today, the condemned man was
forcibly fed with saline solutions by
the Jail physician.
Church. termed the hermit of the
JAIL because he has grown a heavy
beard and shaggy whiskers. has been
On a hunger strike for thirty days.
HIS eyes are CLASSY and sunken, his
cheeks greenish yellow. He acts
like a wild animal when attempts are
made to feed him.
The Jail authorities are making ar
rangements to carry him to the gall
lows if necessary.
Church was convicted of killing,
hacking and burying Bernard J.
Daugherty and Carl Asmus. automo-
bile statesmen, to gain possession of an
auto.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
TO MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS.
Committee From Engineers Club Will
Arrange the Dates

Regular meetings and dinners of
the Topeka Engineers club will be
held every 5wo weeks in the future, it
was determined at a business-m eeting
of the organization held at the Cham
Der of Commerce. A committee was
appointed to arrange for the dates and
places of the meetings.
Members of the club will furnish
programs for the meetings. and it is
not intended to import speakers.
The club also voted unanimously
to appoint a committee of Topeka en-
gineers to assist the city planning
board in any way possible.
The date of the first dinner and
meeting has not yet been decided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13

The description furnished the
Los Angeles police b. Mrs
Douglas MacLean of the man
she saw leaving the home of
William Desmond Taylor the
night the movie director was
murdered so far is tLs only
tangible clew to the murderer
and has at least given the police
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
VETERANS OF 353RD TO MEET
Company "F"' to Hold Reunion in
SaIina-Had 500 Members.

Salina. Kan, Feb. 13.-Veterans of
company F" 353rd infantry, will
meet here for their third annual re-
union on February "a and %.
The men who served in THIS outfit,
organized a society to perpetuate the
memory of their service after they
We're discharged and have held re
unions each year since the war. This
is expected to be one of the best re-
unions yet held.
About five hundred men. mostly
from Kansas, were members of this
company at one time or another dur
ing the war They trained at Camp
Funston. being a part of the seth di-
vision, and served overseas in two of
the most important battles of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
SAVE ON SCHOOL BOOKS
Nearly Five Million Have Been Pub
lished by State of Kansas.

Nearly five million school books
have been published by the state since
state publication of textbooks began
in 1914 In that time a saving of a
million dollars to parents of school
children has been made in the cost of
school books, according to an estimate
by B. p. Walker state printer.
Nearly a half million books are now
in process of publication in the state
printing plant. During the year
total of 100000 books will be printed.
The record 10 date is 4.799.377, Walker
states. A saving of 10 to 40 cents has
been made to the parent on each book
printed. according to the state print
eris claim. There will be no increase
in the cost of books published by the
state this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13

Arkansas City. Feb. 3.-The Tempe
nature reached thirteen degrees above
zero here last night. Today fair and
ternnera tire rising
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
NORMAL BREAKS ITS RECORD
Enrolment at Pittsburg Shows In
cr-a sc of 500 Students Over 1920.

Pittsburg, Kan, Feb. 13.-Enroll-
ment records at the State Manual
Training Normal again have been
broken. The total following the en-
trance of new students for the second
semester has reached lab students
in residence.
President w. A. Brandenburg an
nounces that this is an increase of
more than 500 over the enrolment a
year ago. The greater part of the in
crease is in the collegiate and voca-
tional training departments.
More than 1900 persons are en-
rolled in the extension and correspon-
dence COURSES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
EXPERTS TELL OF FoRD PLAN
Committee on Contract to Hear Testi-
mony of Federal Authorities.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Experts from
the department of agriculture were on
hand today among other prospective
witnesses at the hearing before the
military committee into the offer of
Henry Ford to purchase from the gov
eminent the power and nitrate plant
at Muscle Shoals, Ala, to develop for
the committee the governments views
as to the potential production of fer
tilizer at Muscle Shoals.
Chairman Kahn announced when
the session convened, that examina-
ton of w B. Mayo, chief engineer for
Mr.. Ford, would be postponed until
later in the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
TAKE PRISONER FROM OFFICER
Negro Sheriff Believed Innocent Shot
to Death by Texans.

Texarkana, Tex, Feb. 13.-P. Nor
man, a negro, who had been arrested
at Ashdown, Ark, and was being
brought to Texarkana, was taken from
officers and shot to death, his dead
body being found three miles north
west of this city Sunday.
No arrests have been made but it
has been ascertained that an automo-
bile party crossed the Red river bridge
shortly behind the officers with their
prisoner. They are believed to have
come from Ashdown. Officers think
the lynching party had suspected
that Norman was the man who had
held UP and killed G. w. Sanders, a
storekeeper at Eyleau, Thursday night.
The district attorney claims Norman
could not have been guilty of this
crime, but was wanted in connection
with a gun play a a farm house near
TeXarkana recently when Sheriff Jor-
dan with threatened with firearms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
TO ABOLISH H. S. BASEBALL.
Coach Barnes Says 1t Was Not Ffnan'
ciaI Success Last Year.

Altho no definite announcement has
been made that baseball would be
abolished at Topeka high school, 1t
probably will be, according to j. E. r.
Barnes, coach. Topeka had a team
during the 1921 season, but it was a
financial failure. 1t could secure no
games with large schools and did not
have a representative schedule.
Baseball seems to be losing favor
with the majority of high schools and
COLLEGES in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
ANOTHER BODY is FOUND.
Death List of Richmond, Va, Fire
Now Brought to Nine.

Richmond, Feb. 1.-THE death list
resulting from the destruction of the
Lexington hotel here by fire Tuesday
was increased today with the recovery
of another body which brought the
known dead to nine with six of the
hotels guests still missing.
Bodies most recently removed from
the ruins were found on or near beds,
giving rise to the police belief that
the victims were ocercome by smoke
and burned to death in their beds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
Believe Maps Near NormaIcy.

Pittsburg. Kan. Feb. 13.-One indi-
cation of a return to normally is ap-
parent at the State Manual Training
Normal. New wall maps, the first
satisfactory ones since the former
kaiser undertook his gigantic and dis
astrous task of map making, have
been hung in the Normal class rooms
Literally, the world again is back on
the map.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13

wichita, Kan, Feb. 13.-Embryo
typists in a business college here are
learning Their vocation with the aid of
music. a photograph has been in
stalled and snappy records are played.
A. distinct rhythm is now audible in
the click of typewriter keys The be-
ginners write 20 single time, the ad-
vanced pupils to double time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
Medicine Proves Fatal to CbiIdren

Centralia, Wash, Feb 11-Ffve
children of Mr. and Mrs Ed Rhodes,
of Claber, Wash, near here, died to-
day within an hour after their mother
had given them doses of what was
purported to be EPSON salts, which
she had purchased at a general store
of Claber, according to a report to
Lewis county authorities. The cor
oner is investigating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
start Religions Drive at X. ..

Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 13.-Plans for
an intensive campaign for religious
thought and action among students OF
the University of Kansas have been
formulated by a council of religious
workers. composed of representatives
from the various churches of the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
COOPERATIVE BILL Is PASSED.
Capper-Volstead Act Accepted-Sen-
ate Changes Accepted by House.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Capper-
Volstead bill, authorizing the organi-
cation of cooperative agencies of
farmers for lie marketing of agrieul-
tural products, was finally passed by
the house today
Senate changes in the original house
bill were accepted by vote of 276
to g, the measure now going to the
White House for President Harding's
signature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13

Chicago. Feb. 1fA-Executives of
the American committee for Russian
famine relief today wired President
Harding a request for an opportunity
TO meet and to refute 1.-THE charges
said to have been made against them
by Secretary of Commerce Hoover in
3 report % President Harding, in
which he stated that more than 200
such relief Organizations operating in
this country are frankly communistic"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
Springer Was High Man.

Arthur Springer was high man at
the Topeka Gun club shoot held Sun
day afternoon at the clubs range
north of the city. Other scores made
were: w. Bryan, 4e; F. Hastings, as;
]. Shelter, 45; w. Smith, AZ; I. J.
Henry. Al; C. Lichenstein, 40; w. Fer
guson, 81, and J. Dunn, "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
ATTENTION.
Members of Security Benefit
Association.

Topeka Council No. 20, will present
special moving pictures of educational
features, Tuesday evening, February
IA, Odd Fellows Temple, Penwell hall.
Every member should take advantage
of this opportunity to see this splendid
picture. Admission by password only.
C. B. HYPES. president.
EDITH E. SUPPLE, Secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13

a probable time of the crime on
which to base their investiga-
tion. Douglas MacLean, famous
on the screen, and Mrs. MacLean
live next door to the Taylor
home. Betty Francisco, movie
actress, has refused to substan-
tate the story of Claire Wind
sor that Taylor. at hotel on one
occasion, threatened the life of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
English Teachers to Meet at X. L.

Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 13.-Cioser
cooperation between high schools and
colleges will be one of the principal
topics for discussion at the annual
meeting of the state association of
college English teachers at the Uni
versity of Kansas some time this
spring Previous meetings have been
held at Topeka. Emperia and Man
haitian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13

st. Francis, Kan, Feb. 1S.-Daily
truck freighting has been started be-
tween this town. the county seat of
Cheyenne county, in the northwest
corner of Kansas, and Denver 1t is a
link in overland freight service which
its owners intend ultimately to extend
from Kansas City to Denver. they say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
.kIl4S1RkldETs
additional late markets VIII be
found on another page of this paper.)
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.

Chicago. Feb. 3-RUTTER-Market IN
changed. Extras, 3G036lAe firsts, 31el3jc :;
seconds, 2ST30c; standards, 3aAc
EGGS-Market unchanged Firsts. 36Gt
361kc; ordinary firsts, 31M32c; miscel-
laneous. 340T35c.
POULTR1-Alive, higher; fowls, .~25c :;
springs, 25c; BOOSTERS, 1sc.
POTATO ES-Market firm Receipts &c
cars. Wisconsin sacked. round whites, s1-oD
62.00 cwt.; ditto bulk, 81 05N2-15 cwt. ;
Mfchigan sacked, round white, 1850 200;
Minnesota ditto, S1.70611.90 cwt.: Colorado
sacked Brown Afeauties, 81 106I2 20; Idaho
sacked, Russets, $2.35 cwt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13

Topeka. Kan. Feb. -
Hens. lbs, and over. 19c; under : lbs,
lac; old ROSTERS. lOc; springs and broil-
ers, h., lie; STACEY young BOOSTERS, lie
Capons, z lbs. and over. PIC; q to lbs
pc; under lbs, pc: slibs. 1sc; geese
under IL lbs, per ID. 1Uc over IL lbs. luc.
ducks under 3% lbs. lie: over 35A lbs. lie
No. heavy turkeys. u lbs and over. SOC.
hen turkeys. lbs. ana over. S0ci old tom
lb. less; Gull turkeys, not wanted; Young
guineas. SOC each; old guineas 25c each
Eggs-$S-1O case, delivered, including
new cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-13
-Four Operations
Fail To Get Pin

w OIllu NAuSb
Trip to Surgeon Following Mishap
While Playing With Dollies.
Philadelphia, Feb. 13.-Ten-year-
old Louisa Offenstein of Wichita,
Kan, upon whom four operations
have been performed in an effort to
remove a pin lodged in her lungs, will
undergo another within a few days
After the fourth attempt to extract
the pin by surgeons in her home city
had proven unsuccessful. she was
brought to the jefferson hospital here
by her mother. DR.. Chevalier Jack
son, professor of laryngeology at the
Jefferson medical college. expects to
operate on the child the last of this
week.
The girl swallowed the pin while
playing with dolls. Mrs George Of
fenstein, her mother, said she stood
the journey from Kansas well.