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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

Passin' the buck is one of the favor
tie indoor sports at the court house.
according to Douglas Graham. county
clerk
The other day." says Mr.. Graham
i IAN old gentleman excitedly rushed
into our office nd exclaimed, You've
taxed me for a dog and I haven't had
a dog on the place for years. I've been
to, the treaSurer'S office and they sent
me here We told him it was the as
SCISSOR he should see instead of the
county clerk. In a few days he came
back saying that the assessor had sent
him back to the treasurer who in
turn had sent him againto our office.
In rather forceful language he asked
again why he was taxed with a dog.
Finally we hit the nail on the head
when we suggested that perhaps it
was a neighbours dog that was at his
house when the assessor was there
That's it, that's it, he exclaimed
BY golly, bet that burned dog has
been assessed forty times in our
neighborhoodi'
"And to show how little some per-
sons really know about taxes and
such things, a certain Topeka woman
came in the other day loaded for bear.
My taxes are clear out of sightr
quoth She and I'm here to find out
whyp We found her tax-receipt and
brought it out. We asked her if the
valuation listed was correct. She adj
mitted it was. Figuring it up on the
rate-machine the taxes she was as
sessed were correct to a mill.
But the school-tax, there's no
sense in it being so high!'-(The
school-tax that woman wanted to pay
wouldn't have kept up a log school
house and a 80 day school year,
But the personal property!
never turned all that in!" We turned
the sheet over and asked her if that
wasn't her signature. Crestfallen and
dumbfounded she left the office.
Some Values Too High.
Eyes, a. few persons place higher
valuation on their property than it is
actually worth-just to make a show
ing, forgetting that they have to pay
taxes on every dollar of it. And some
are just so honest that they over-es-
innate values just a little to be on the
safe side. But it's the folks that I'M
derestimate and those that don't give
in all their belongings that worry US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
Local Mention

A series of union services of the
churches in the southwest part of To-
turnout the summer. All services will
be held on the Central Park
schoo, grounds. The speaker at the
services Sunday will be the Rev. NJ.
G. Mum of the United Presbyterian
church. His theme will be, "A Pros
porous Man Who Failed" Services
start at 1880 o'clock.
DR. A. T. Gregory. pastor of the
FRS Congregational church, will
81 eak at the Salvation Army head
quarters Sunday night at s O'Clock.
His theme will be ''Monkeying With
Life Doctor Gregory has made sew
eraI talks on this subject .
Miss Lrma Doster, concert violinist.
will be one of the soloists at the IL
clock service on Sunday morning at
the First Unitarian church, 914 To-
peka boulevard, playing "Adag.o,"
from the 7th Concerto, by de Beriot.
Mrs. Rose Giiberg-Nutter, contraltO
soloist, will sing Stevenson's ''Saluta-
ton of the Dawn" with violin obligato.
also Father in Heaven" (Briggs).
Miss Gertrude Huckell will furnish
organ numbers
Twenty minute sermon at 1900
a. m, at First Congregational, THE
Well by the Gate. ADV.
Mr. S. S. Frank and Mr.. ]. S. Frank.
of the Frank Furniture company, left
today for Grand Rapids Mich.s where
they will join a syndicate of buyers
for a trip thru the market centers of
the east
Governor Allen today approved an
application by Governor McKelVie of
Nebraska for return to that state of
Roy Warren and Frank Warren. The
men are under arrest at Smith Center.
The two Warren's are wanted in
Omaha. They are charged with the
stealing of automobile accessories
valued at 1884.
After being in the meat and gro
Gerry business in Topeka for more than
twenty-siX years, Frank Effinger has
sold his store at 1S2S Kansas avenue
to his son-in-law, Homer Buzard of
st. Joseph, Mo. Mr.. Buzard will take
possession of the business July 1, after
which Mr.. and Mrs. Effinger expect
to make an extensive tour of the coun-
try by motor car.
No use to experiment. take your
films to Wolcott's, S25 Kansas avenue,
where they are done right.-Adv.
Mrs. Arch NJ. Catlin, 915 Buchanan
street, is in receipt of a message ad-
vising her that her father. d. J. Stew
art is seriously i'll at his home in
Ill. Mr.. Stewart spent the
winter in Topeka with his daughter
and returned to Rockford only a short
time ago. Mrs. Catlin will not go back
to Illinois at present, but will await
further word as to her fathers condi- !
ton. He is a victim of apoplexy, hay |
ing suffered two or three strokes dur |
ing the past few years and is under |
going another attack
Mrs. L. K. Lewis, 1892 Western !
avenue. was taken to Christ hospital !
Friday night. She sustained a frac- |
.ured hip when she lost her footing l
On the porch steps. Her injury is not 1
serious and she is improving today. /
according to report from the attend !
ng physician.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
PLAN A BOOSTER DAY
For Purpose of Increasing Enrolment
in Topeka Fairgrounds.

The enthusiasm shown in the first
week Of the playground work for this
summer, by far surpasses the interest
shown the first week in any other
director, said this morning
Hundreds of children throng the
Fairgrounds whenever they are open.
The swimming pools at Ripley and
thruout the week. The weather has
been ideal for playground work and
if there is more like it during the re-
mainder of the summer the play
ground attendance will pass the goal
of 900, according to Mr.. Ditte-
more
a Booster day will be held next
Wednesday at Lowman Hill play
ground Each child will bring a lemon
and the supervisors will bring sugar
for a barrel of lemonade. All the
parents will be invited. A contest has
been started for more enrollments and
increased attendance. The winners
will be awarded prizes later in the
season.
Altho the Quincy playground has
limited space it has the second largest
enrolment of all the city Fairgrounds.
III children used the grounds on Fri
day. The boys and girls at the Quincy
playground are having a contest for
more enrolment. The side which
loses will give a picnic at Garfield
park for the winners Shower baths
take the place of a swimming pool at
Quincy More than 100 boys and girls
enjoy the showers each afternoon.
A playground ball tournament will
be held at Ripley park next Thursday
afternoon. Teams will be sent from
all the Fairgrounds. Nine games win
be played at the same time during
the first round. The first round games
will be five innings. The semi-final
and final games viii be seven innings
tournaments in other playground
games will be held later in the season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
SPECIAL PROGRAMS PLANNED
Boy Scouts To Be Highly Entertained
in Maple Hill Camp

A special program has been ar
ranged for practically every evening
al the Boy Scout encampment to be
held at Maple Hill in July, according
TO John =. Floyd. Boy Scout executive.
Among the evening programs will be:
Stunt night. vaudeville night. minstrel
shows a mock trial. story telling. bur
ia OF the crouch and the reading of
the unwritten law.
The uuwritten law Is the customs
and rules by which the boys must
govern themselves in camp. A formal
funeral service will be held for the
burial of all grouches.
The tents in the camp will be ar
ranged in the form of a half circle
with the headquarters tent in front. A
pile of stones Will be placed in front Of
the tents for camp fires.
In order 10 instruct the boy scouts
IN civil government, the camp will be
run in the form of a city government.
A camp mayor and various city Off
cials viii be elected as we'll as police
Judge Stump speeches will be one of
the election features It is also plan
ned to issue a daily newspaper.
Fourteen more boys are wanted to
attend the camp as many of the ap-
plicants have failed to meet the re-
quirements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
FIRST CAMP TO CLOSE SUNDAY.
Track Meet Is Big Event at Boys
Camp Today.

The first session or camp Ke Wau
Kee, the Y. NJ. c. A camp near
Berryton. will close at o'clock Sun
day afternoon. Twenty-Five boys at
tended the first camp. A track meet
was held this afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock. l. P. Dittemore, city play
ground director, was in charge of the
meet. At o'clock final swimming
tests were given by Mr.. Dittemore.
Baseball scores from Kansas City will
be received this afternoon by the
camp radio set A concert broadcast
ed from Kansas City was heard Fri
day night
The boys who have scored the high
est number of points Tor general good
work in camp VIII be in charge of the
ceremony when the colors are lowered
Sunday afternoon
The second session will open Mon
day morning. Thirty boys are en-
rolled for the second camp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

church, and this will be the last
service before the summer vacation
period thru July and August. The
church will reopen in September.
Equipment for the Y. w. c. A. camp
at Maple Hill is being assem- bled in Y.
W. c. A office. Enough dishes and
porch chairs to equip the camp were
given to the association by the Topeka
Country club. Cots, mattresses and
pillows for the campers were furnished
by the McEntire Brothers mattress
factory Registrations for the camp
are being received at the Y. w. G. A.
office. Week end registrations are
exceptionally heavy. The week of July
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

Neither Sambo or Rastus could read
the time of day-or anything else
but Sambo had a nice big IngersoIi.
which he exhibited with a great air
of superiority.
What time am ft?" said Rastus.
Sambo hesitated, and then extended
the timepiece, saying: Oar she amir
Rastus looked at it carefully, and
said: Dam, If she ain'tt"-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

violations of the liquor law, was bound
over to the district court for trail after
a preliminary hearing in the city court
Friday.
Burglars Friday night stole two
dresses and a plus coat from the
back porch at the home of Mrs. Oiler,
sol Monroe street, according to a re-
port to the police. One was an i'm
ported velvet dress. it was said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

Is seems to be the most popular with
the girls. Reservations for that week
have nearly all been taken. The camp
opens July 1. Miss Nell Stringfellow
will be in charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
THE ANsWERs

The Rev. J. T. Crawford. general
secretary of the Kansas Baptist con-
vention-'sThere should first be a thorO
investigation of the situation and then
the responsible ones should be given
a fair opportunity TO defend them
selves 1 would not favor drastic pun
ishment for any OF them"
y. W Benning. general secretary
Of the Central Y. NJ c. A.-"Let the
guilty ones be punished to the full ex-
tent OF the law"
L p. Dittemore. city playground dl-
-ector-'@The persons who were re-
spousible for the shootings should be
sentenced TO life Imprisonment but
should not be put to death"
Dave Wallace. candidate for county
superintendent OF $ h o o I S. Send
them TO Russia and make them stay
there for five years.
Frank Pinet, secretary of the Kan
sas State Teachers association
Every good citizen deplores such an
affair but I do not thing that retalia-
ton thru punishment will solve indus
trial evils
W B COlInson.'sThey should find
out who the leaders were and hang
them OF course. if they are all an
archists. the hanging can be more ex-
tensive.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
VIEWS and INTERVIEWS
Pertinent Question and Answers
Given and Gathered Today ny
State journal Reporters.
TODAY,S QUESTION

What punishment il any ,-ouId you
personally like to see melted out tC
those responsible for the shootings a.
Herrfn, Ill, in the mine WARP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

Auction saw a fellow hold thir-
teen trumps last night and only take
one trick
BridEe-HoW Gomez
Well he trumped his partners ace
on the first trick"
yeah 80
and his partner shot him.
Hamilton Royal GabOon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
Domestic Economy
Is Easily Learned

You can take a free lesson every day, sim
ply by reading the advertising columns of
The Journal.
No matter how we'll you run your home
or your business-it can be done better and
more economically The advertisements teach
efficiency in buying. They show you the
cheapest and best markets.
They help make homework lighter by tell
ing about the newest conveniences and labor
saving devices. The merchant or business
man can get a good line on thousand and
one things that will help him materially.
No home and no business can progress by
standing still The advertisements help you
keep up with the bandwagon.
If you want real lesson in economy
read the advertisements in
The Topeka State Journal
The Evening Newspaper of Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

Dodge City. June 24.-The Rev.
Dcuald Stewart spent some time at
Dodge City kan. some months ago,
and while there collected $3.50 from
the Rev. George McDougal, pastor OF
the Presbyterian church. his host
H, was raising money for some Eu-
ropean relief and during that time
Il ,ked TO the Rotary and other clubs,
h said.
Some funds were raised and given
To lin. also at Spearville he visited
the Rev. Mr. Winters. who had been
his classmate at some eastern theolog-
icai school and who had known him
as Robert Allan MacLaren Brown.
Brown or Stewart obtained S1CO
from the Rev. Mr.. Winters also.
An effort is to be made to bring
him to Dodge City for trial for OBJ
tanning money on false pretenses-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
DODGE CITY WAS FLEECED?
Charge That He Worked There
for European Relief"
Several Pastors Knew Him by
Name of Brown, However.

Los Angeles. June 24-Charges
continue 10 multiply against Donald
Duncan Stewart former clergyman,
and vice crusader. arrested here for
bigamy. grand larceny and conspiracy
in Boston.
The police received yesterday from
John McCarr. chief inspector of police
at Boston. q message stating officers
from that city had started for Los
Angeles to take Stewart there for
trial
With him will go one of his alleged
bigamous wives. Mrs. Ethel Turner
Qsbaldeston Stewart. accused of con-
spiracy.
Life Is Short-Why Worry?
Telegraphic advices received yester-
day said Stewart was wanted in In
dianapoiis for forgery. in Grand Haven.
Mich. for g1and larceny and in Dodge
City, Kan. for fraud.
Life is too short to worry" said
Stewart in the city Jail I've done
what I've done. and that's the end to
II. Some things I admit; some 1
don't. I don't feel hilarious over any
thing and at the same time 1 am not
going TO shed tears over something I
cannot help now"
Mrs Osbaldeston said little except
to express concern for Stewart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

NEW YORK LIBERTY BOND MARKET.
New York. June 24.-Liberty bonds close /:
3ls's. 100 10. first 44t's. 10O-26 second AZ g.
100 OS; third AVS. 1O014: fourth Al s.
1o0O2: Victory "a. 5. 1OO.54.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24

Bigamy, Grand Larceny and
Conspiracy Not All Yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-24
He Was "BrOwn" Then.

Mrs OSbalueston SAID little eXcepl
b express concern for Stewart.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-10
THE DARK ACES

Historians have given to that period Of chaos
which followed the downfall OF the Roman empire
the ApelIation OF the Dark Ages
For nine centuries when fuedalisn came into ex-
istence to have its day the affairs of and
then to perish under the growth Of a national
spirit. men were presumably ruled only by the
savage impulses, with force the only arbiter Of
human affairs
Savage men. these were if you pass over the
matter lightly and so savage that their standards
&C business ethics must boyish.
Take these rules which were given to the men
Of that time their conduct OF barter and trade.
when avarce which the ancient word for
profteering was described in these terms:
To sell thing dear. to buy cheap.
To lie and forswear TO get a higher price.
To have varying weights and measures.
To buy on the greater and 10 sell on the less.
To top" a measure Of ale with froth
To make thing seem heavier than It is.
To sell cloth in a dim light
To sell subject TO receiving higher price at a
later date.
To lend money and set than its value back
in goods
Employing agent 20 do this
To inherit wealth acquired
Borrowing at low rate OF interest and lending
a higher
Selling at a higher price because the buyer has
great need cannot wait.
Buying in time OF plenty when wishing for time
OF scarcity.
Better Business Bureaus OF these days are at
tempting to elevate the standards OF retail trade
Government layers. equipped with a half million
dollars are sent on mission ferreting out those
who defrauded The government in time OF danger.
Great conventions debate seriously methods OF hon
esty in advertising.
What would you add TO these rules Of the Dark
Ases guide for any Of these modern activities?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-10

public policy. harmful the honor and dignity
OF the senate. and dangerous to the perpetuity Of
free government. such excessive expenditures are
hereby severely condemned and disapproved"
That abb has been turned into indictment
and IN every state but which has passed upon
the denomination Of republicans who voted for
Newberry, the verdict OF the republican voters has
been against corruption
Enough senators have been nominated in nor
aly republican states II they be elected, 10 throw
Sewberry from the senate.
That Is the final punishment which this group
q political senators invited when they Noted 70 be-
snirch the honor OF their own once.
That IS the reason why the people IN Michigan
who viii shortly nominate senator. have chance
q redeem the honor OF their own state and get
line with the thought and conscience OF the
ton by refusing 10 again honor Senator Townsend
His opponent. a member OF congress. Is telling
the people of our neghbor. that the only sal
vation OF the party IN his state is 20 repUdate the
charge that they are venal and corruptibe and he
routs TO the activities OF Townsend in saving his
colleague as full and ample reason for his retire
ment.
The Michigan primary OF the republican party,
in the state which gave birth, will show how far
the members OF that party in step with the
new ideals Of that party. ideals which demand
honesty and deceney in elections the first fun
damental OF good government.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-10
LET CONGRESS ACT

On many Of the md-western lines, trains are
cancelled or abandoned because OF the lack OF
repairs to engines IN five states. the militia is
modified to prevent violence. Federal courts are
preparing issue injunctions and the regular
will be called upon to that there is no Interior
ence with the carrying Of L. S mails
This IS the warlike and military spectacle which
oonfronts the country at the beginning of a week
which under any sane system of industry should
show its greatest activity.
For this is the logical season OF great production,
with farm PRODUCTS ready for market, with new
buyers ready for goods from eastern factories.
with the world needing and waiting for the pro-
ducts OF this great country.
To endeavor to fasten the entire blame on either
to the railroad controversy is useless and
hopeless task
To say that It is inevitable part of an inc
vitable and unending struggle between capital and
labor is 10 confess entire failure OF pres
ent system.
But there is no mistake as TO who is suffering
most from this condition and who will pay the
biggest penalty
y is not the owners of these roads the strik-
ers, the other millions OF workers all over this
country whose jobs will be threatened by the
failure of transportation.
When 81 trains calcelled single line
in a single day it means products of thous
ands OF workers that day will not be able to
reach a market.
When armies are modified for the purpose Of
patrollng shops 1t means that the wages of these
armies comes from the wages OF other men and
that the country will soon be in the condition
that existed in Europe before the war when every
laborer carried soldier upon his back.
It Is humilating to think that this country has
not gone beyond the stage that reached very
early in industry when labor resolved them
selves into bitter battle between strikers and
rloyers with the public interesting itself only to
the extent Of furnishing soldiers prevent violence
while the war OF endurance continued.
What should be recognized is that the strike Of
workers in these days is not strike against en-
ployers but against every other worker
What must be borne home to employers is that
their wars are not against their employees but
against the owners Of all other industries well.
This is no time for industrial 1t is no
time to attempt to settle economic problems by
federal injunctions printed, as was issued in
Ohio the other day, three foreign languages by
order of a federal judge.
1t IS inconceiveable that any number OF workers
will quit their jobs without Nor is It think
able that owners Of interests will jeOpardize
them by creating commercial chaos unless they be-
lieve something very vital is at stake.
Possibly a quick but thorough investigation Of
the situation by congressman elected by all the peo
rle and answerable TO ali the people. might end
:he intolerable situation.
For there is no in America for Industrial
warfare. The fate OF all industries is az stake.
Those trains must run a all hazards-and the
best men to run them are those who have been
trained for the Jobs. There must be some way to
accomplish this.