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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-14
STRIKERS GIVE
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are such that we feel that we can no
six weeks of trying to cooperate with
different officials we are forced to be-
| lieve. much against our will, that the DIFF,
ferent peace officers of city, county, and
state are working for, and under the di-
rection of the A, T. s.. Fl railroad
limitation linda not Of the strikers
The shop district is full OF armed guards
and strike breakers. many who are ex-
ters who under normal conditions are II
menace to society but armed and clothed
, with the authority of the law are doubly
some of these people openly boast that
they are carrying arms and are aching to
use them the strikers.
These conditions are becoming intoler-
able, and the attempted crime on an eight
year-old child, of one of the shOpmen, by
one of these thugs and the reluctant man
ner in which it was handled by County
Attorney Veale. have convinced us that it
protection from the duly authorized peace
officers.
We know our lives. the honor of our
wives and daughters are in danger, and
we therefore declare that should any more
threats. or attempts at violence. be made
against the strikers, their wives and daugh-
ters, such action will be taken as the oc
casion demands We further declare, that
the people who placed these thugs in po 20;
equally responsible
We ask no special privileges, and want
none. but we do want the law applied to
one and all alike. not as some corporation
minion sees it, but II is guaranteed
every individual citizen. by the constitution
Things have reached a shameful stage
when any unit of society must take
citizens of this town wish to keep the fair
name of Topeka out of the Industrial mud,
let them arise and demand that the d.
rection of the forces of the law, be removed
from the Santa Fe railroad, and placed
back where they belong.
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STRIKE NEAR END?
Continued from Page One.

per, Governor Sproul, w. ]. Richards,
president of the Philadelphia & Read
ing Coal & Iron company. and Will
liam A. Glasgow, jr., counsel for the
U. NJ. w. A.
At this meeting, it became known
today, Senator Pepper read a letter
from President Harding in which the
president declared that further delay
in the resumption of mining would
mean danger of nothing short of ma
tion-wide disaster
Lewis Agrees to Conference.
Cleveland, Aug. 14-The anthracite
conference is scheduled to open in
Philadelphia Wednesday morning,
August 16, and as it is more than
improba bic that Lewis would permit
the luminous negotiations to pro-
coed in Cleveland without his personal
direction, it is assumed he is assured
that some sort of an agreement will
be reached here by Tuesday night at
the latest.
WARMERS invitation asks Lewis
and other representatives. of the
United Mine Workers of America to
meet with anthracite operators for
a friendly discussion of the whole
situation"
In his answer wired to Warmer,
Lewis said: "On behalf of the United
Mine Workers of America, 1 am m ost
pleased to accept the cordial invita-
ton which you have extended. The
broad promise upon which you have
and augers well for success of the
l can assure you the
mel bers of the United Mine Workers
of America will approach the confer
ence in the same broad spirit and
With keen determ nation to effectuate
an adjustment mutually satisfactory
to the public, the operators and the
miners"
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WRIGHT FUNERAL TODAY
Mrs. Xina Wright Was Active in
Welfare Work In Topeka.

Funeral services for Mrs. Xina C.
Wright, sc, who died last Tuesday at
her summer home in Manitou, Colo,
will be held this afternoon at o'clock
from the Bomgardner funeral home.
Mrs Wright was born in Green
Oaks, Mich, in 1856. When she was
three years old she came to Kansas
with her parents and settled in EN-
poria. The family later moved to Ar
kansas City where she received her
grammar school education. She at
tended the Kansas State Normal
school at Emporia.
Mrs Wright was an active member
of many of the women's welfare club
of Topeka.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Geo. Plumb, of Emporia three sons.
Neal Wright, Cowles Wright and Ward
Wright. and one daughter, Miss Ruth
Wright, formerly a teacher in the To-
peka public schools
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CATCH AN AUTO TIRE Thief
Oscar Salyer Charged With Swindling
Several Topeka Companies

Oscar c. Salyer, wanted by the To-
peka police on a charge of having
swindled several Topeka tire compan-
les out of approximately $1,000 worth
of tires, has been apprehended in
. Oklahoma City, according to word
received by the sheriff's office here
this afternoon.
Salyer was in the habit &C purchas-
& ing tires at local tire stores and hav-
ing them charged to the Salyer Bros.
Produce company, of which he claim
&c to be a member. He also passed
se-eral bad checks. il is sa d.
Tire companies gave him, in some
cases. thirty days credit on the tires.
sand 10 per cent discount. because
OF his alleged connections with the
produce company.
He shipped some of the tires to
Oklahoma City, some to Emporia, and
some to other points. then went to the
points where he had sent the tires,
secured them and sold them, it is
claimed.
He will be brought back to Topeka
to answer the charges against him. it
was stated at the office of the sheriff
this afternoon.
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GUARD TO NEWTON
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NCOulluueu from HaRe Oue-D
faction of state officers. No decision
has as yet been reached, however, re-
garding-use of troops at Arkansas City,
where considerable number of men
are employed in Santa Fe shops.
Governor Allen returned at mid
night Sunday from Kansas City. He
Immediately conferred with Adjutant
General Martin regarding strike con-
ditions. Following the conference the
Newton troops were ordered to Her
ington and the Emporia guard unit
was transferred from Newton.
May Patrol Other Towns.
National guardsmen who entrained
Sunday for their annual encampment
at Fort Riley. may be doing patrol
duty in shop centers before the end
of the week. 1t is likely that troops
will be sent to Horton when the. Rock
Island shops at that point are re-
opened. Osawatomie, Goodland, OF
tawa and Ellis are other towns where
troops may be needed.
Adtutant General Martin did not go
to Fort Riley with the guardsmens
Instead he will remain in Topeka TO
direct troop movements to towns at
fected by the strike.
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SAYS CHINA WILL BE UNITED
DIR. Sun Vat Sen to Shanghai to Com
municate With Leaders.

Shanghai, Aug. 14.-Dr. Sun Vat
Sen. deposed president of South China,
arriving today on the liner Empress of
Russia declared that altho he had left
Canton, he is not defeated but comes
here because he will be better able
to communicate with the national
leaders regarding Identification of
China.
My future actions depend upon the
result of a conference with Peking
My assistance is sought by Picking in
bringing about Identification and be-
Ieve we will come to a satisfactory
agreement"
DIR. Suns arrival was delayed forty
eight hours by the terrific typhoon
raging off the Shanghai coast, the
liner being unable to make landing
in the storm.
Sun plunged into a series of con-
ferences with Peping leaders immedi-
ately upon his arrival.
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FRISCO TROUBLES SETTLED

No Necessity for Curtailnient of Serv-
ice on Line in Kansas.
There is no necessity now for cur
tailnent of service on the Frisco in
Kansas. President J. NJ. Kurn of the
road. today telegraphed Clyde NJ.
Reed, chairman of the public utilities
commission, saying that the road S
normal requirement of fifty cars of
coal daily for running its Kansas lines
would be met by the fifty cars al
lowed it under the Industrial courts
priority order and twenty cars to be
hauled in daily from Alabama
The hearing scheduled for today
between the commission and Frisco
officials was called off
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A $4,000 FIRE DAMAGE
Stock Barn of johnson Serum Com
pany Is Burned.

Ninety-two head of hogs, to be used
in the making of serum. were burned
to death at 1880 o'clock Sunday night
by the fire which totally destroyed the
stock barn of the Johnson Serum
company, located at the corner of
Crane and Jefferson streets. The to-
tai damage amounted to $4,000. The
barn was valued at $4,000 and the
hogs at $4,000. Approximately $4,000
of insurance was carried on the prop
erty. A Ford truck was also destroyed
in the blaze.
The origin of the fire is Unknown
but it is thought to have resulted from
spontaneous combustion, according to
DR.. A. Kushman, manager. One of
the employees left the plant five min
utes before the alarm, but did not dis
cover it, says Kushman.
The barn was 100 by 90 feet and
was constructed one year ago for
housing the hogs. Company officials
have not decided whether they will
rebuild the barn or not. 1t was n
frame structure and burned rapidly.
The main plant was not damaged as it
is located 500 feet from the site of the
barn.
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welded SIXTY-SIX YEARS
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Hotch-
kiss, Long Married, Give Out
How to Be Happy Recipe.

Chicago, Aug. 14.-The much
sought for recipe. of how to be happy,
tho married. was made public today.
1t says:
Never quarrel.
band.
Be sure you love the girl-or fellow.
Exercise fifteen minutes every
morning upon waking. Then take a
bath.
This is the recipe of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Hotchkiss. who today cele-
brated their Goth wedding anniver-
sary, both of them closely approaching
the century mark-and happy.
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PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM FARM
One Member of Trio Would Have
Been Paroled Next Month.

jefferson City, Aug. 14.-Three
prisoners, one serving ninety-two
years for murder, escaped from the
prison farm near Algoa last night,
penitentiary officials learned today.
Harry Harmon, 55, convicted of
murder in Greene county nineteen and
a half years ago, a trusty who would
have been paroled next month,
escaped, it was said at the prison. The
other two, it was stated, were John
Brakebill, 25, serving six years from
Howell county for assault, burglary
and larceny, and Harry Brown, negro,
serving five years from Kansas City,
for burglary and larceny.
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CHILD DIES IN MOTHERS ARMS
Betty Jane Wesley Found Dead Early
This Morning.

Betty Jane Wesley, three-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Wes-
ley, 302 East Eighth avenue, was
found dead in her mothers arms at 4
o'clock this morning. The mother did
not know of the child's death until
she awoke this morning. DR.. H. L.
Clark, coroner, who was summoned,
was unable to ascertain the cause of
death.
The parents reported that the baby
had been slightly ill for the last three
or four days. On Sunday afternoon
she was taken for ride in the coun-
try. She showed no signs of serious
illness on returning home and the par
ents felt no great concern about the
child's health.
The body will be taken to Ontario,
Kan, for burial.
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MAY GET AIR SERVICE
Mai. Gen. Herman Approves Plan for
Unit in Topeka.

The approval of the general officer
commanding the Seventh corps dis
trict, Mai. Gen. F. J. Herman, Omaha,
Neb., has been granted to the forma-
ton of a reserve unit of the air serv-
Ice in Topeka.
The project of installing a unit of
the air service at Topeka has been
furthered by E. N. Sunderland, assis-
tant secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, to whom r. lice of the ap-
prOVal of the general commanding
this area has been forwarded.
The matter now goes directly to the
war department at Washington for
final decision.
In case the war department ap-
proves the organization of the unit
there will be sent to Topeka several
ships, pilots and mechanics, and the
unit will consist of one pursuit group
and one observation group
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DEMPSEY TO MEET BRENNAN
Bout for Labor Day Cinched by Sign
ing of Articles Today.

Chicago, Aug. 14.-The Dempsey
Brennan heavyweight championship
match scheduled to take place in
Michigan City on Labor day. was Of
ficially clinched here when the fight
ers and their managers met at a hotel
and signed articles late this afternoon.
Forfeits were posted of $4,000 each.
Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons put up
100000 to guarantee the show.
After the articles were signed
Dempsey and his manager left for
Michigan City, where he will begin
training
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Bombs Enter In.

/
Chicago, Aug. 14.-New knots in
railroad transportation of the far
west; bombing of passenger train
: loaded with excursionisrs, at Granton
railroad bridge at Ash Grove, Mo- and
/ destruction by fire of the Wichita
| Falls & Northwestern railway shops
at Wichita Falls, Tex, marked the
early hours of the rail strikes seventh
week, while rail heads and strike lead
ers were deadlocked over President
Harding's proposals for peace.
New York Hears Rumble.
The walkout of Santa Fe train
| crews, who left their trains stranded
in the deserts of California, Arizona,
and New Mexico, spread to other west
ern lines and as the railroad paralysis
crept on to new centers, maintenance
of way men in the New York district
petition their national leaders for a
strike order.
Santa Fe officials, manning the
stranded trains at Needles, Calf,
moved marooned passengers out of the
desert, but 10 trains on the system
were still tied up when more crews
quit.
One thousand Santa Fe passengers
stranded at Albuquerque appealed to
| President Harding for relief and fed
eral inquiry into the tie-up was
| ordered by Joseph Burke, U. S. dis
| trict attorney at Los Angeles, follow
General Daugherty.
At the same time Gov. Thomas E.
Campbell, of Arizona, ordered an in
vestigation of conditions among
marooned passengers at Seligman, fol-
lowing reports of suffering.
Big Four Trouble Spreads.
The walkout of big four, trans
portation brotherhood men, who based
their action on the presence of soldiers
and armed guards at former trouble
centers, and upon alleged defective
railroad equipment, spread rapidly
over the Southern Pacific system.
Crews left their trains at Sacramento,
and RosevilIe, Calf, and other points
and the Southern Pacific added new
embargoes on perishable freight in
Guiding live stock on the Ogden and
Portland routes.
Suffering among marooned passen-
gers, especially women, children and
the aged and infirm. was growing in
tense, according to reports from some
of the halted trains.
Kansas Is a Center. p
"Big four" brotherhood men at
Memphis deferred action regarding Il
suspension of work because of alleged
crippled rolling stock
Members of the big four at Par
sons, Kan, decided to continue. work
with rail heads at st. LOUIS today.
Bombs were thrown into the South
ern Pacific yards at Roseville, Calf,
early today.
Troops patrolIed the Santa Fesshops
at Newton. Kan, where several dep
uties and shop wor;- rs were beaten
by crowd Saturday night. J
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AN M. p. DIVISION TIED Up
Firemen on Western Kansas Run
Claim Equipment Unsafe

Horace, Kan, Aug. 14.-Missouri
Pacific railroad locomotive firemen
working between here and Pueblo,
Colo. went on strike early this morn
ing because they allege the equipment
was not in safe condition.
Twenty-Five men are affected.
AS result, all the Missouri Pa
cific traffic on this division is tied up.
Conferences between division Off
Gals of the railroad and representa-
tives of the firemen are to be held in
Pueblo this afternoon in an effort to
end the tieup.
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend our thanks and
appreciation for the many beautiful
floral offerings received in our late
bereavement.
Mrs. J. 2. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
Smith Matthias Smith. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas winburn. Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs A.
]. Peterson, P. Peterson, Z. NJ. Smith.
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STRIKE SITUATION QUIET TODAY
Company of National Guard Arrives
in Newton from Harrington.


Newton, Kan. Aug. 14.-The strike
situation was quiet here today fol-
lowing disorders Saturday night,
which subsidized Immediately when
Newton national guard troops APP
Leared on the scene. Company c.
from Emporia arrived from Harrington
this morning, exchanging places with
company + of Newton.
Representatives of the attorney gem
eraI office, here today said warrants
for several arrests would be issued.
Leaders of the strikers ana others
emphasize the assertion that very few
actual strikers took part in the dis
turbance in which ten or twelve depu-
ties and strikebreakers are now re-
ported to have been beaten. the main
body consisting of strike sympathizers.
including some women.
Must Check i'm Revolvers.
Emporia, Kan, Aug. 14.-Follow-
ing the disturbance at Newton Satur-
day night. when several deputies were
beaten by a mob, Eli Raymond, head
of the railroad guards at Emporia, is
sued an order compelling guards to
check in their revolvers when leaving
the railroad property. Guards carry
ing arms on the streets of Emporfa
have caused much unrest among the
strikers. Sheriff Charles Gibson has
asked Attorney General Hopkins for
an opinion on 4 question OF guards
authority off the railroad right of way,
but no ruling has been received.
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ST. MARYS RACES NEXT WEEK
Eighteenth Annual Event Will BE
Hold August % to "a.

The eighteenth annual st. Marys
horse races will be held August %,
% and "a. An added feature to the
races this year will be auto polo
matches which will be played daily.
A publicity committee from st.
Marys composed of Gus Erbacher, DR..
Morris Urbansky, DR.. J. J. Helm, Sid
Urbansky, James Mclean, Omer Du-
maris and L. F. Miller, was in Topeka
today Three thousand persons are
expected daily at the races this year,
according to Miller.
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WILD man GIVES BATTLE
Goes AmucIz, Kills Three and Danger.
ousIy Wounds Two More.

Idabel, Okla, Aug. 14.-Three men
including Sheriff S. w. A. (Bud) Fell
ker, of McCurtain county, are dead,
two others may not recover from
wounds received last night at Wright
City, thirty miles northwest of here,
when Clayton Thompson ran amuck,
after suddenly becoming mentally de-
ranged, and fired promiscously at
pedestrians with a revolver.
The dead are: Sheriff Felker: John
Anderson, 38, and Clifford Prult, IS.
Dangerously wounded: Cleveland
Christian. Mountainview, and Clay
ton Thompson, of Wright CITY
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RUTH BACK IN LINEUP SOON.
Out of Hospital and May Play Tomor
LOW or "Wednesday.

New York, Aug. 14.-Babe Ruths
absence from the baseball diamond
because of an abscess on his right leg.
caused by a slide, will be short lived,
his physicians announced today. This
home run king was ordered to the
hospital Friday for treatment and was
dismissed last night. He was told
to rest for several days. His wife said
that Babe expected to be in the yam
KEGS lineup again tomorrow or We'd
neSdaV
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TROOPS CAMP AT FORT RILEY.
Guard Forces Cut Attendance ut An
nuaI X. N. G. Encampment.

Junction City. Kan, Aug. IA
Kansas National Guard units from
Lawrence, Atchison. Topeka and
Wichita, who reached Fort Riley Sun
day, began the active work of their
two weeks annual encampment on
the military reservation this morning
Because some of the companies are on
guard duty at railroad centers the
number of men in camp this year is
only five hundred, guard officers said.
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PoIsoN-NoT CASTOR OIL
Mother Uses Wrong Bottle and g.
Ycar-OId Is Dead.

Manhattan, Aug. 1.-THE three
year-old child of the Rev. and Mrs.
Sapp of LeonardviI1e, 20 miles north
west of here, died today from swal-
lowing carbolic acid. According to a
report to the coroner the child's moth
er administered the dose, supposing it
was castor oil. The Rev. Mr.. Sapp is
pastor of the Methodist church at
Leonardville.
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ATTACK r. I. SHOPS AT PRATT
Dozen Shots Fired Saturday Night
Guard Officers Investigate.

Pratt, Kan, Aug. 14.TKansas ma
vestigating an allie shooting es-
capade at the Lock Island shops here
Saturday night, when an unidentified
man is said to have fired a dozen
shots toward the shops from an auto
mobile No one was hurt.
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AID GIVEN THE ORIENT LINE
Is Granted Increase in Joint Rates
From Connecting Roads.

Washington. Aug. 14.-Transconti-
mental and other railroads connecting
with the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
line were ordered today to increase
that railroads proportion of joint
freight rates by amounts ranging from
5 to so per cent.
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BREAKS BACK IN FALL

Saiina, Aug. 14.-Bert Myers, 40.
fell from a tree while picking wild
grapes yesterday, and broke his
back He is completely paralyzed-
He has a wife and two children
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GRAND PROMENADE CALL OUT.
Forty and Eight to Hold First Session
at E.Idorado Soon.

Parsons. Kan, Aug. 1.-THE Forty
and Eight will hold its first grand
promenade in Kansas at Eldorado,
September II, IL and 13. The official
call was issued today by E. E. Barker,
grand correspondent This is a serv-
ice mems organization growing rapidly
in Kansas. There are thirteen vol
lures in the state.
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Russian Destroyer Is SUNK.

London. Aug. IA Central News
dispatch from Helsingfors reported the
sinking of a Russian destroyer. No
details were gseR.
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Members of DR.. H. A. Alexander's
team will be guests at a dinner given
by losing teams, r. D. Palmer, Y. M.
c. A. physical director said today. A
new noon volley ball league will prob
ably be started within the next three
weeks.
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Insure with the Shawnee Invest
ment Company, tablished in 1892
ZIG West 9Th, phone 505O.-Adv
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WASHINGTON NOW

Continued from Page one)
hood at winston. Ariz., today notified
the Santa Fe officials that they now
are out on strike. This strike has not
been authorized by national head
quarters
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voLLEY BALL TEAM STANDING
Members of DIR. AIexander's Team VIII
Be Guests at Dinner.

The final standing of the noon vol
ley ball league at Y. NJ. c. A. is:
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LATE MARKETS

NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.
New Orleans. Aug 14@COTTON-Spot
quiet. g lower; middlinE. 2050.
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CONEYS in COURT
Divorce Case Promises to Drag
Thru Two Days.

Old Soldier and Wife Full of
Household Grievances.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARI

New York. Aug. 14-COTTON-Spot
quiet; middiinE. 1850