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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
HEAR WAGE CASE
Injunction Suits Brought by
Two Topeka Companies.
Affects Minimum Wage Scale
for Women Employees.

A hearing on the injunction suit
brought by the Topeka Packing COM
pany and the Topeka Laundry COM
pany to prevent the court of indus
trial relations from putting into effect
the minimum hour and wage scale
for women. was started this morning
before Judge George H. Whitcomb IN
the district court.
Following issuance of the order oy
the Industrial court, a temporary or
der was issued, at the request OF the
two Topeka companies, en1olnlng the
industrial court from enforcing the
order until the case should come on
for final hearing, but requiring that
the companies impound with the clerk
of the district court the difference in
wages paid by the companies ana
those required under the Industrial
court order. Since that time large
number of companies affected by the
order have appeared and been made
parties plaintiff.
On FIve-Day Week Basis.
John w Ripley. secretary-treas-
urer of the Topeka Laundry COM
pany, testified that it was the inten-
ton of his company to put its en-
ployes on the five-hay week basis and
a flat weekly wage. He said this
was calculated to save great de-
probation in machinery, declaring
that machines operated to capacity
at half capacity. He said 1t was also
estimated that the change would save
the company about $4,000 annually
in wages Ripley admitted that I'M
der his proposed plan he would be
paying Unskilled girls who had been
employed three months or less slight
~ above the minimum wage fixed by
the court, but would be paying the
girls employed from three to SIX
22 cents less and girls now
receiving rs cents an hour so cents
less on the week. He said there are
from ten to fifteen girls now drawing
20 cents an hour. three or four draw
ing p cents and about twenty draw
ing 25 cents an hour. He said the
company had planned to pay the I'M
skilled girls 1 or cents more an
hour if the five-day week should be
adopted.
Ralph r. Baer. president of the To-
peka Packing company, testified that
bout twenty persons in his plant
were affected by the order. They are
employed on piece work and some of
them he declared. are not fast enough
to make the minimum wage provided
in the order. He said there are sea-
sons Of the year when it is impossible
for him to give all his employees work
six days a week, owing to slack bust
ness. He said he is now paying 4 q
and So cents for dressing chickens.
reduction of II cent per chicken since
the hearing before the industrial court
March L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
DRUGGISTS PLAN PICNIC

Members of Shawnee County Phar-
maccutical Assn. To Meet Sept. a.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Shawnee County Pharmaceutical
association. held at the Chamber of
Commerce at noon today, a committee
was appointed to arrange for a picnic
for the members of the association and
their families, to be held Friday. Sep
TENDER %. The picnic is to be held
at Edgewater Beach. east of Topeka,
and the members of the Douglas
county association are to be invited as
the guests of the Shawnee county
druggists.
The members of the committee are:
Wayne Townley, Nolan Fitch, N. G.
Edelblute and NJ. r. Diamond.
The next regular meeting of the
druggists is to be held at the Chamber
of Commerce on Wednesday, Septem-
Der 90. at which time the officers of
the association for the coming year
will be elected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
.OURThOUsENCTEs
POLICEGO

Alleging that he is an habitual drunk
ard and that he has cursed and abused
/ her il a most shameful manner, Mrs.
Mae King, 1925 West Sixth avenue,
today filed a petition in the district
court asking a divorce from DR.. c. A.
King, 1913 Kansas avenue. She charges
that Doctor King left her five months
ago and has since come home only
when drunk. He has also threatened
her with bodily harm, she says, and
spends his time and money with other
women, and on liquor and gambling.
She asks for 5000 a month alimony
and ownership of the household goods.
wilbert johnson, 3S5 Van Buren,
street, today reported to the police
that his bicycle was stolen from the
back porch of his home Tuesday
night.
Judge George whitcomb in the dis
trict court today issued a restraining
order to- prevent H. l. Wylie, 1922
Boswell avenue, former vice president
of the Topeka Coca Cola Bottling
works. from lettering around the fac
tory or interfering with the men at
work. In the petition asking for the
restraining order the company charges
that on August Is the directors dis
pensed with Wylie's services as vice
president but that he refused to quit
On the contrary, the petition asserts,
he continued to work about the place,
armed nlnlSeII q EeNOlNGE anu
threatened to kill the first man who
interfered with him. He also has pos
session of the keys to the plant and
refuses to turn them over, and recent
" took from the company's safe 81
500 in notes, the petition states. Wylie
is minority stockholder in the COM
pany, says the petition.
Mrs. Lue z. Jordan Tuesday after
noon was granted a divorce in the
district court from F. J. Jordan, VIII
she charged with cruelty and aban-
Comment
Harvey Divine. of Rossville. was
sentenced by Judge George Whitcomb
to serve a year in the county Jail
noon to fourth degree forgery on two
counts.
T. E Martin. charged with having
liquor in his possession, was sentenced
by Judge Whitcomb Tuesday after
noon to serve thirty days in the county
Jail and pay a fine of 500 and costs
on each of two counts. He is to stand
committed to Jail until the fine and
costs are paid.
A decision in the case of Esther
Boaz, Is, charged with bigamy, was
reserved until next Friday by Judge
Paul Heinz in the city court Tuesday
afternoon to give Paul Edgar, as
sistant county attorney. time to pro-
duce further authorities to combat the
contention of her attorney, John Ad
dington that the statute of limita-
lions had expired. Leroy Boaz, for
merly of Council Grove, the woman's
first husband. said he married her at
Eldorado in the spring of 1917 and
that when he returned from overseas
he found she had married George
Moore December 81, 1918, at Topeka.
The two men met for the first time in
the court room Tuesday afternoon.
Boaz applied for and received a di-
vorce decree at Council Grove De-
cember 6, 1919. Addington argued to
the court that while Mrs. Boaz was a
b gamist from the date of her second
marriage until the date of her first
husbands divorce. that it had been
more than two years ago and that the
statute of limitations had expired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
ice CAR IN THREE MINUTES
Rush Season Is on for Movement of
California Grapes.

The movement of 1000 carloads of
California grapes by way of the Rock
Island, thru Topeka, to the east, has
commenced. The grapes are coming
thru Topeka at the present time in lots
of seventy-five cars a day, and are
iced here
The process of icing a car of fruit
requires three minutes at the Topeka
icing station. That may mean putting
from 5000 pounds up to half ton
of ice into the bunkers of the car.
The Rock Island ice house in To-
peka will hold fourteen cars. A ''set
in" of fourteen cars requires exactly
forty-two minutes before it is ready to
be pulled out and another batch of
cars pulled in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
FOUR DIVISIONS IN PARADE
Arrangements Being Made for XII
wants Convention Next Week.

The parade of the Kiwanis clubs
of the Kansas-Missouri district
which is to be staged on Friday even
it is certain that one will consist of
the district convention, is to be COM
posed of four divisions. The per-
sonnet of the four divisions has not
yet been completely worked out, but
1t is certain that on evil consist of
visiting Kiwan;s clubs, another of the
floats of Topeka merchants and or
CARNATIONS, and a third of the boys
from the Industrial school.
A band will head each division.
The first division will form on
Kansas avenue, north of Fifth street,
the second will form on the avenue
north of Fourth street, the third di-
vision will form on West Fourth
street, and the fourth on West Fifth
street.
The line Of march will be south
on Kansas avenue to Tenth avenue;
counter march north on Kansas ave-
hue to Seventh street, east on Sew
enth street to the city auditorium,
where a program of stunts by various
organizations is to be staged.
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K. S. A. C. AT FAIR.
Miniature Working Model viii
Show Farm Water System.
FIuctuation of Wheat Prices
Also Graphically Explained.

A miniature working model of a
farm water system will be exhibited
at the Kansas Free fair by the rural
engineering department of the Kan
sas State Agricultural college. The
model will show the path of the water
from the well to the septic tank.
The exhibit consists of a steel
windmill, a pressure tank, a model
cross section of a farm house, show
ing all plumbing, and a septic tank.
The windmill pumps the water into
the pressure tank, part of which is
From here the water is forced up
thru a pipe into the house where it
can be seen passing thru the kitchen
sink and the bathroom fixtures into
the drain pipe and into the septic
tank, shown below the ground level,
at some distance from the house.
Show Price Fluctuations
Why the price of wheat drops dur
ing the threShing season, when a
large part of it is thrown onto the
market will be shown graphically at
the Free fair in another exhibit of
the Kansas State Agricultural college.
The exhibit is contained in a wood
en- case, at the top of which is mod
Ell OF farm, with glass front gran
airy. Below this is a model of a local
elevator and, still lower, a model ter
minal elevator. At the time of the
wheat harvest the farm granary is
shown full and the terminal elevator
relatively empty. Suddenly the wheat
IN the farm granary drops and the
terminal elevator fills UP. This rep
resents the time when the farm price
of wheat usually falls 1t is only
after the mill and the steam ship,
shown at the foot of the case, have
taken off some of the surplus in the
terminal elevator, that the price be-
gins to rise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
SUCCEED and ROBBED IN K. C.
Alfred Cole Is Nursing Bruise on
Back of Head.

Alfred Cole, city salesman for the
Central-Topeka Paper company. Is
nursing a bruise on the back of his
head as the result of being slugged
and robbed while in Kansas City Sat
urday night.
Mr.. Cole, with two friends, was
leaving Electric Park about IL o'clock
Saturday night when he was slugged
by two men. it was reported today.
After knocking him unconscious, the
assailants loaded him into a motor car
and took him to the outskirts of the
city. where he was left lying along
the road. Upon regaining conscious
ness. Mr.. Cole telephoned his friends,
who took him back into the city. He
returned to Topeka Sunday.
In addition to the loss in money, the
bandits took a fraternity pin contain
ing diamond.
Mr.. Cole is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. A. Cole. 1880 Topeka avenue.
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MANY ATTEND SHRINE PARTY.
Entire Dlvan of AbdaIIah Temple
Was in Attendance.

Many persons enjoyed the annual
outdoor party of the Topeka Shrine
club held Monday afternoon at Gar
field park The report of the enter
tatnment committee of the club shows
thai tickets were issued to 2.39S chill
dren for merry-go-round rides, 225
for the skating rink, 1000 for the fig
ure eight and 500 for the shooting
gallery. The entire divan of Alb
dallah temple was in attendance.
The members of the 'divan are:
Thomas I. Mains. potentate; Samuel
/. Courtney, chief rabban; Asa T.
mark, high priest and prophet; Wal
ter J. Farley, oriental guide and
Charles X Haw. recorder.
Among the persons from out of the
city. who We're in attendance were:
AIR. and Mrs. T. l. Mains. Leaven-
worth; Mr.. and Mrs. c. K. Haw,
Leavenworth; Mr. and Mrs. Asa T.
Hoag, Leavenworth; Mr.. and Mrs.
Wynn Neumark. Lawrence; Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Varnum, Lawrence; John
Topper. Leavenworth; Miss Helen
Topper, Leavenworth; Miss Grace
Buckley. Leavenworth; Senator w. ].
Farley. Farley. Mo-; Clarence Rohr-
bough, Leavenworth; Mark Berlin,
Leavenworth: J. A Bush, Leaven-
worth; Eugene Meyers, Leavenworth;
Captain George Fisher. Leavenworth;
Jack Laster. Leavenworth; George
Lowenheimer, Leavenworth; Arthur
Searcey, Le5venworth; Miss June
Snyder. Leavenworth; John McFar-
land, Leavenworth; T. B. Tarbet,
Leavenworth; Miss Virginia Mains,
Ieavenworth; Don Mains. Leaven-
worth; Mr.. and Mrs George Weeks.
Belvue; Miss Georgia Weeks, Belvue;
Mrs. George B. Anderson, Belvue; Mr..
and Mrs. James Lunger, Mayetta;
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Goodrich. Denver.
Colo: Mr. and Mrs Dave johnson.
Belvue; Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
new DEMOCRATIC PAPER
First Issue of the Democrat News
Appears on Streets Today.

Volume 1, Number 1, of The
Democrat News an eight-page par
tisan paper published at Ill West
Sixth avenue, the headquarters of the
Democrat state committee. appeared
on the streets today. The paper is to
be published every Tuesday, accord
ing to the announcement at the mast
head, at the same location
The paper, which has eight pages
in the first issue, is entirely devoted
to the interests of the Democratic
party in the state of Kansas. The
state and Shawnee county Demo-
cratic tickets are run at the mast
head. The Index Printing & Publish
ing company is given as the publish
ers No editor is named.
An advertisement in the paper
carries the offer of a two years sub
scription and one share of stock in
the company, for the price of $40.
The subscription price is given as
$3.50 per year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
RATIFY PALESTINE MANDATE
Five Thousand Jews in Mass Meet
ing in Washington.

Washington, Aug. Standardization
of the Palestine mandate was COM
memorated here last night as a mass
meeting attended by more than 5000
Jews. Former Judge Bernard A.
Rosenblatt, of New York, who has
just returned from Palestine, described
with optimism the prospects of Jews
who have immigrated to that country
from the United States and England.
Messages from President Harding
and former President Wilson were
read. Mr.. Harding reiterated his
sympathy toward the zionist move
ment"
Mr.. Wilson expressed regret that
the state of his present strength
prevented his attending the meeting,
while felicitating those present ION
the realization of your hopes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30

The North Topeka postoffice will
hereafter house all the supplies for
the third and fourth class postoffices
in Kansas These supplies have been
kept in Emporia. Salina and Hutch
inson, but today notice was sent out
that beginning December I the dis
tributing point will be Topeka. and
the North side postoffice will be the
supply headquarters.
A. Shub, proprietor of the Kansas
City shoe shop is moving his business
to his new building at 92S Kansas
avenue.
The formal opening of the new
Irwin building at 927 Kansas avenue
last evening was well attended The
building is a two-story brick and will
be occupied by the Irwin Auto Sup
ply company, Arch Irwin, proprietor.
The second floor has been fitted up for
living rooms Irwin has been in bust
past four years.
The young men of the North Topeka
Baptist church will give a stag
banquet at the new church Thursday
evening at $50 o'clock. All reserva-
tions must be made by Wednesday
evening.
Notes and Personals.
The Rev. r. E. Gordon, Mrs. Gordon and
children, Maurice and Troy, of SO Park
street, who have been visiting relatives in
month, are expected home Thursday. They
are making the trip overland.
The ice cream social and bazaar to be
Second Presbyterian church will be held
on the church lawn If the weather is IA
church. Josephine Beers will be in charge
of the textile bazaar and Ada bearing will
have charge Of the candy and pop corn
Dee Elliot of Kansas City, Mo-, who
while a boy lived for a number of years
at 935 Jackson street. was visiting in North
Mrs s. R. Dexter and children, of s44
tirae " sSTeeI Wne nave Deen v1sltipg neia
Mrs. Mary Peck of Chicago is visiting
DIR. and Mrs. S. E. Smith, 400 West Gordon
The Rev N A Peck and family. of 212
West Gordon street, are visiting relatives
w s. Gentry. superintendent of the
North Topeka postoffice, has returned from
his vacation in southern Kansas and Mis-
The Austin Burke family of Quincy street
motored to Wamego yesterday.
bank, Miss Alice and Miss Nell Skinner of
Shorey have returned from a three weeks
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. N. Austin of
Word has been received by DR.. R. 5.
Plummer, 914 Quincy street. Of the death
home in San Bernardino, Calf, August
81. Mr.. PaschaIl is survived by his widow,
formerly Miss Grace PIummer and two
children. No particulars have been re-
ceived.
About thirty members of the Senior B.
Y. p. Z. of the North Topeka Baptist
church enjoyed strawride to the eome of
Jake and George Bleier, Route 6, last eve
ming, where the time was passed playing
games on the lawn. The G.. Z. society of
the East Indianola Community church was
present and during the evening feast
of watermelons and cantaloupe was en-
joyed. The lawn was decorated with Jap
anese lanterns.
For Sale-Bargain in 5-room house,
Quincy st. Two houses to rent Unique
Loan and Inv. Co. Phone 1121.-Adv.
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TO BUILD $4,000 ADDITION
Topeka Tent & Awning Company
Outgrows Its Quarters.

Excavation work has been started
on an addition to the present plant Of
the Topeka Tent & Awning company,
which is to be 25x135 feet, and to
consist of two stories and basement.
The contract for th@work has been
let to the Senne Construction COM
pany. The building permit calls for
an expenditure of approximately
$4,000.
The new building will be used for
manufacturing purposes, storage, and
will contain some of the private Of
fices of the firm. There will be a
loading platform alongside it to facili-
tate loading and unloading material
and finished products from the indus
trial track at the plant.
The new building will probably be
completed and ready for occupancy by
January 1. according to +. A. Anton,
head of the company.
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of Kiwanis clubs from Kansas and
Missouri, in Topeka.
The Kiwanians plan to end the con-
vention with a dinner and dance in
the Chamber of Commerce building.
and want the entire two floors for the
event They have offered to pay
Steinberg the usual rental for the hail.
and also to engage the dance pavilion
at Garfield park, and to pay his or
chestra so that he may stage a free
dance there for his regular patrons
on the night of the Kiwanis party.
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j. A. SAVAGE WANTS FREEDOM
Says Transcript of Proceedings in u.
S. Court Was Incomplete.

John A. Savage, serving a five
year sentence in the federal peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth on the charge
of using the mails to defraud, today
filed suit in the United States dis
trict court for a writ OF habeas cor
pus to obtain his release.
Savage, who was sentenced from
Colorado. May 1, 1919, charges the
transcript in the proceedings sent to
the United States circuit court of
appeals were incomplete. When SEN
fenced, Savage applied for a writ of
error, but the circuit court affirmed
the judgment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-30
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

MRS. PHOEBE ANN WINES age 70.
died early this morning at the Methodist
Home for the Aged. The funeral will be
held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the
home The body will be taken to Min
neapolis, Kan, for burial
MRS. CARRIE EMERSON WRIGHT.
age 81, died Tuesday at her home. 715
Tyler street She had been a resident of
by a daughter. Miss Wilma Wright, Of To-
peka: four sisters, Mrs. J. B. Snedeker,
Astoria, ILL.,: Mrs. Henry Shaffer, Mon
mouth, ILL.,; Mrs. William Kingland, Can
ton, Ill, and Mrs. Minnie Boyd, Canton,
Ill; brother. f. r. Boyd, Monmouth. Ill,
and an aunt Mrs. F. +. Ewing. Topeka.
The body will be taken to Astoria, III, for
burial.
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SUPPLY OFFICE FOR KANSAS
TcpciSa Postoffice To Handle Sup
plies for All of State.

w. o. Risby. postmaster. today re-
ceived official notice that the Topeka
postoffice has been designated the
supply office for all third and fourth
class postoffices in Kansas, starting
December /
The supplies will be housed in the
North Topeka building. Heretofore
these supplies have been distributed
from Hutchinson, Emporia and Salina-
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DROWNED IN BEAN LAKE.
eugene A. jaeger, st. Joe, Was First
Injured While Diving

St Joe, Mo, Aug. 3O.-Eugene A.
JAEGER, a young ST. Joe garage man, "a
years old was drowned in Bean Lake,
twenty miles south of here. last night.
while bathing with party of pic
nickers. jaeger was injured in diving
and drowned before assistance reached
him.
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MoRGAN's SPEAKING DATES.

Republican Nominee for Governor
Returns to Home in Hutchinson.
Four speaking dates for W. Y. Nor
gan, Republican nominee for COVER
nor. We're announced today. They in
clude: Friday afternoon. Lebo; Friday
night. Ottawa; Monday, Labor Day,
Chapman: Tuesday, Granville
Morgan returned to his home in
Hutchinson today following the Re-
publican party council activities.
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LODGE NO. 40 I.O.O.F.

All Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and
their friends are invited to attend a
musical program followed by a six
reel picture entitled "a Good Bad
Wife" Wednesday evening at Odd
Fellows Temple. Penwe1 Hall
w. E. BACON, Noble Grand.
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North Topeka

Items for this column may be left
at Petro's drug store or telephone
Eleanor KimbalI, 1881, before 10 o'clock
OF after 2 Other hours $500
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LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE.
Woman Was Rendered Unconscious
by Bolt Near Arkansas City.

here last night measured OF inch. 1t
will help prepare the ground for plow-
ing. A farm woman north of the city
was rendered unconscious by a bolt
of lightning which set fire to the
house. The woman was slightly hurt
and little damage done by the flames.
Showers at lola.
lola. Kan, Aug. 30.-Showers here
early today lowered the temperature
and furnished temporary relief to
whitening vegetation. Further rainfall
will be necessary to effectively benefit
late crops.
One-Fourth Inch at Ottawa.
Ottawa, Aug. 30.-A fall of rs inch
of rain here early this morning was
the first in several weeks, not suffi-
cient to benefit crops.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued in the pro-
bate court during the last twenty-four
hours to the following:
Marshall P. Wilder Kansas City.c7
Prudence Stanley, Topeka.
Robert Louis Hay, Eskridge. 81
Bessie Nina Buck, Eskridge.
John J. T. Gideon, Della ..........21
Clara Winowiecki, Della Observation-Disclosures
George Cotton, Burlingame.
Helen Copp, Burlingame.
Diamond Engagement Rings, $50 to
$500. Easy terms Harris-Goar Co
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COUNTY TEACHERS TO MEET.
First Meeting of Fail VIII Be Held
Here Saturday.

The Shawnee County Teachers as
ISOLATION will hold its first fall meet
ing at o'clock Saturday afternoon
in the rooms of the Court of Topeka
in the court house.
The annual election of officers will
be held. D. H. Wallace. new county
superintendent, will give an outline
of his work for the coming year.