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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13
BILLY SAYS
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shouted as he swung the chair, 'the
devil would have to hang crepe on
his door,
Hitting against those that opposed
his campaign, Sunday shouted, God
won't stand for you sitting in your
pew on Sunday. and then knocking
me and this meeting the rest of the
week"
mo Mo-" he roared. "If you think
you can do that, you don't know God
like l do"
Tells of Hardships.
In beginning his sermon, Sunday
told of some the hardships that he
had to endure as a boy
Il had one pair of shoes a year.
he said. land they were filled with
hob nails, so that they would last
for when they wore out l had to go
barefoot, and many's the time l have
gone with bleeding feet in the snow. y
When | was ten years old could
hold my place in the field, binding
grain. That was in the days before
they had these self binders. l used
to milk ten cattle morning and night,
then.
I've known all of the hardship of
life. he said, land my story can be
told in one line from Grey's Elegy
The short and simple annals of the
poor. | am a graduate of the Uni
versitv of Hard Knocks" he ended
to applause.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13

ard purposes. They will be reduced
gradually. but net by such leaps a q
bounds that RI irce*ec
the Government can be reduced. With
the possibility OF the 49,
coming law, not only can there be no
reduction in Government income, but a
very large increase.
This years expenses are lower, too,
because the Government now is COM
pletely out of the railroad business
in the country. except for its super
vision through the agency of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission The
losses due to Government operations
| during and Immediately after the
World War were a tremendous item
which had to be met by the taxpayers.
Also, the loss in the in the Government
| shipping business was enormous. This
loss still exists, but is very much lower
than heretofore.
Outlay for the Army
The army alone will cost almost
| as much for the year 1929 as the nor.
NAL expenses of the Government
the expenses of administration and
constructive work The figure for
this latter business is placed roughly
/ at $450,000,000, while the support of
J the army in all of its branches will
cost about $425, 0OO, 900.
The Navy, due to the agreement be-
tween the powers of the world to limit
the size of naval araments. Will cost
considerably less than the Army, but
still in the neighborhood of third of
a billion dollars. The heavy items of
battleship and other naval construc-
| finn Shnrn from he -
! remains sufficiently heavy to cause a
bit Of thinking.
The income the Government will
| receive from scrapping battleships will
offset to some extent the naval ap-
preparation. Thousands and thou
! sands Of tons of the highest grade
steel and no little amount of brass
viii be retrieved from the ships which
are scrapped, and this metal will bring
In some money. However, the value
or the materials is very low as com.
pared to the cost of building a battle
| ship, and the return on the materials
OF the dlsmantled masters of the sea
may prove very disappointing from
that angle
IL the bonus bill becomes a law
the House already has passed it-Con-
1 gress VIII have TO turn its attention
anew to the question of raising funds.
The members of Congress are faced
with offending the strong factions
of ex-service men by refusing to vote
for bonus payment of some sort, on
the one hand, and the certain antipa-
thy of The public generally against
levying greater taxes on business and
on individuals
There have been so many conflicting
estimates of how much the bonus
would cost the Government that It is
impossible to tell accurately what the
additional drain on Uncle Sans peck.
etbook would amount to. Because of
TINS, it is impossible to lay out the
theory of new taxation legislation
which would prove adequate to meet
ing the additional strain on the Urea
ury. A sales tax has been suggested
repeatedly, but whether such a fax
could be imposed and by itself offset
J the bonus is question which has
ardent supporters on both sides.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13
Returned Missionary
May Locate In CITY

Dr. and Mrs. NJ. L. Henry and son.
of Assault, Egypt, arrived in Richmond
Friday night. DR.. Henry, who is ma
tive of Indiana. having lived near
Spring Grove, has been a medical mis-
sionary in Egypt for % years He is
head of hospital base in Egypt and
is a recognized leader among Amer
lean medical missionaries.
Dr. Henry and his family returned
to America because of the i'll health OF
Mrs. Henry. DIR. Henry is considering
locating in Richmond
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13
WILL give RECITAL
AT REID MEMORIAL

An organ recital will be given at
the Reid Memorial United Presby-
terrain church Sunday afternoon at :
O'Clock. says an announcement. The
public its invited to attend. Visitors
IN the city are especially invited
Mrs. High Foss will preside at the
organ. Nh Foss. baritone will give
several vocal solos. Miss Mary Jones
will give several violin selections.
Reid Memorial church will be open
for inspection by visitors following
the close of the tabernacle meetings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13

This does not mean that IS per cent
shouldn't man be equally ambitious
to go to Heaven? Why should he be
ambitious to turn his back on God
That's all l am asking.
Seek ye the Lord" In seeking
health, there is no sure way to find it.
You may go to the doctor until your
money is gone, and then you'll be dis
appointed. You may seek life under
the surgeons knife, and you will find
shroud and coffin. You may lose
out
Men have devoted their lives to seek
ing gold, only to find nothing in the
end, and die in squalor and poverty.
! Pleasures! oh, they fit by like but
terflies. Ambitious! oh, they fail and
dissolve like ice in a summer sea. But
the man who seeks God is always sure
| to find a rich reward To find God is
I to find everlasting good. To find for
! tune may be to find sorrows. Those
/ who have no money are not oftentimes
| far from being rich.
Finding God
! To Be Preferred
J A man with a grumbling spirit may
0at d '0l pun ullHel oll VI d Solueu
plate and quaff from handsome cut
glass and all the rich things of the
! world may be his, while another man
may be thankful, feeling that he has
a feast, eating crust of bread 1t is
better to wear clean dress Of home
spun than to have purple raiment filled
/ with smallpox. Be content
Seek We the Lord" You must not
only seek, but you have to call, Seek
We the Lord Call upon Him This
poor man cried and the Lord heard
, him. We can all do that. The noble
man cried, ooh, Lord, come down." anG
He did. The leper cried, Lord, Il
Thou wilt. Thou canst make me clean,
and He did. Bartimaeus cried, "Thor
Son of David, have mercy upon me,
and He did
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13

is not well, for strangers of Gen.
Chang Tso-lin's tattered army are
trying to enter the city's gates by
force. Machine guns We been
fixed upon the famous wall, md
on several occasions were re-
sorted to. Picture No. 1 shows
United States marine guarding
the American Legation. The in
sigma of the Marine Cor can
be readily seen above the door.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13

Extra precautionary measures
are being taken by the foreign le-
cations in PekiE to protect their
interests and citizens from posi-
BILE injury resulting from the up
risings in China. The United
States Government has increased
its force of marines guarding the
A m r C n Legation. Although
latest reports say that Ger. Wei
Pei-fu has control of the city. all
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13

No. Q shows a barricaded street
in Pekin, where American ma
rines are standing by in case
trouble should arise, when they
will step forward to protect the
American citizens and the Lega-
ton. Picture No. 8 shows
refugees who were forced to flee
from the paths of the rposing
armies arriving in the city OF
Pekin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-13

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 13-Al-
though the United States, with the
principal nations of the world. has
agreed to cut down its naval and mil
itary expense very considerably in the
Interests of world peace and inter
national economy, yet of all of the
tremendous amount of money spent by
the American Government, nearly
three-quarters is for purposes of war.
This does not mean that IS per cent
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YOUR SALVATION IS INDIVIDUAL QUESTION,
ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION IS UP TO YOU;
CROWN kWAITSFOLL OVERS OF JESUS CHRIST

The Text-"Let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unriahteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the
Lord, and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our God for he will
abundantly pardon" Isaiah, 55th
chapter, 9TH verse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

The gas had very nearly done its work
for he was staggering from its effects.
In another moment, officers estimated,
he would have fallen off the chair I'M
conscious.
Kemp declared that he originally
married a beautiful woman. whom he
described in glowing terms to the Of
ficers. After her death. he said, he
married his present wife. But the
memory of his first wife haunted him.
he declared, and frequently he had
dreams, in which he talked of her. It
was this, he declared. that led to the
trouble between him and his present
wife.
Mrs. Myrtle G. Kemp filed her di-
vorce petition in the office of w. E.
Anderson, clerk of the district court,
this morning. She charged her hus-
band with extreme cruelty and gross
neglect of duty. They were married
in Kansas City in July. 1920. Officers
said Kemp has about $500 in the bank,
the possession of which he has never
explained. The Kemps live in North
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
CLOSE IN ON RUM
Airplanes May Be Drafted by
Prohibition Officials.
SmuggIers Along Florida Coast
To Be Wiped Out.

Washington. Feb. 2O.-Use of air
planes along the Florida coast in the
war on rum smugglers was understood
today to be under consideration by
prohibition headquarters.
Plans for the use of airplanes
against rum runners were understood
10 be part of a gigantic program being
worked out by prohibition authorities
involving activities in the air, on water
and on land to stem the tide of Illicit
liquor flowing into the country from
West Indian and other islands. Com
missioner Haynes and other high pro-
hibition officials refused to disclose
details of the anti-smuggling cam
paign but it was indicated that extra
ordinary means would be adopted TO
cope with the situation in Florida.
Commissioner Haynes, according to
officials is prepared to utilize all pos
sible machinery available or obtain
able to combat the liquor runners. Of
ficials would not discuss plans for
liquor escadrille in Florida, nor the
possible formation of an anti-alcohol
navy modified with former sub
chasers, but the marshalling of these
forces n the south were understood to
be tenta lively decided upon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
POTWlN HOME IS BURNED
Home of Neil Mcleod Almost Totally
Destroyed by Fire.


A ten-room frame house at 204
Greenwood avenue, owned and occu-
pied by Neil Mcleod, was practically
totally destroyed by fire between IL
o clock this morning and noon. The
cause of the fire was given as sparks
falling upon the roof from the CHM
ney.
Both building and contents are a
total loss. There was $4,000 insurance
carried on the building. none on con-
tents.
There was difficulty in securing
adequate pressure when the fire ap-
paratug first arrived at the scene of
the cOnfla grafton. Pressure on all but
one line, however, was good, Fire
Marshal Hanlon stated this afternoon.
~ pumping engine was hooked onto
a dead end and we couldn't get any
pressure from it." the marshal stated
Pressure charts in the office of the
fire marshal and of the city water
commissioner. Wilbur Stanfield said
showed pressure of 80 to 80 pounds
from II o'clock until 1 o'clock this
afternoon. That should mean us
pounds out in Potwin. which is on an
incoming line" Stanfield said.
At d;45 o'clock this morning a roof
fire, caused by sparks from the Chin
ney OF the house at 1435 College ave-
nue. caused slight damage. The house
is occupied by Mrs. Ida Green.
Another roof fire occurred during
the morning. with slight damage, at
1913 North Central street, the house
occupied by T. H. Seal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
Sued For DiUorce He
Decides to Leave This
World by Gas Route
Richard Kemp, Who Talked in Sleep of His First Wife,
Saved From Suicide When Police Matron Smells Gas
He Is With Other Prisoners Now.

Declaring that talking in his sleep
about his first wife had caused the
trouble between him and his present
wife, which led to her filing a divorce
suit in the district court today. Rich
ard Kemp, 35. attempted to commit
suicide by inhaling gas in his cell in
the city Jail this morning.
Kemp had been arrested for inyes-
tigation as the result of trying to get
police officer to assist him in
hoId-up, police said. He was arrested
by Patrolman Pete Schoenfeldt. The
patrolman asserted that Kemp, whom
he had known for some time. pro-
posed to him that they combine in the
robbery.
Kemp was incarcerated by himself
in the upstairs cell of the jail. Short
ly after deputy sheriffs had served
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
DEMOS FAVOR UNIT RULE
Frank Curry elected Chairman of
Shawnee County Delegation.

Frank Curry Elected Chairman of
Shawnee County Delegation.
The unit rule" which provides
that where a majority OF the delegates
are in favor of a certain man for an
office that the entire delegation shall
vote for him, was rejected by Shaw
nee county Democrats. Shawnee
county's delegation to the Democratic
state convention in Topeka February
% will be one in which each of the
members will exercise his own discre-
ton in voting for candidates for state
offices. it was declared.
The central committee placed four
of the alternates in the places of four
delegates elected at a recent meeting,
but who will be unable to attend the
state. convention for various reasons.
Four new alternates were elected to
fill the places left vacant.
The alternates substituted for the
delegates are as follows: George S.
Allen for C. o. Hovatter; ]. NJ. Quail
for Mrs. c. A Kline; A. L. Mcintyre
for Judge c. F. Foley; Roger Murphy
for H. P. Miller. New alternates elect
ed are: D. B. Fink, Mrs. E. D. Glynn,
Mrs. L. M. Evan and j. J. McCon-
vile.
Frank Curry was elected chairman
and W. H. Kemper secretary of the
Shawnee county delegation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

upon him the summons in his wife's
divorce case, Kemp stepped upon a
chair and turning on an abandoned
gas jet. placed his mouth over the
opening. The gas in the room became
so strong that Mrs B. NJ. Webb. po-
lice matron, whose office is behind
the cell. detected the odor and called
w. c. Kiely, docket clerk in the. de-
tectives' office.
Kiely rushed across the room and
threw open the cell door. Kemp inn
mediately turned off the gas, stepped
off the chair and sat down. He was
removed from the cell and after a
brief questioning by officers, locked
up with the rest of the prisoners in
the bull pen" downstairs.
What have I got to live for?" he
moaned as he was taken from the cell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
OPEN new TOPEKA PLANT
Luncheon and Program Given at To-
peka Steam Boiler Works.

There were some $50 guests at the
opening ceremonies at the new addi-
ton to the plant of the Topeka Steam
Boiler. Works, at the foot of Jeffer-
son street, Saturday night.
Luncheon was served, and following
the addresses and entertainment pro-
gram, the crowd danced until mid
night. The speakers included Mayor
Herbert J. Corwine, in an address of
welcome. and Justice John S. Dawson
of the Kansas state supreme court.
One of the most appreciated num-
bers on the program was the music
furnished by the quartet of the Modoc
club. which was recalled again and
again. Ray Harshbarger presented
several sleight of hand acts, which
won approval from the audience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
PLAN TO WIDEN WEST EIGHTH
County Commissioners TO Cooperate
With City Planning Board.

The county commissioners today
started to advertise the proposed con-
demnation of territory along the West
Eighth street road from the city limits
to the Gage park front preparatory
to approving a petition filed with them
by the city planning board asking
that the road be w.dened to 100 feet
Members of the planning board, to-
gether with Mayor H. ]. Corwine and
Robert McGiffert, park commissioner
went before the county board this
morning and presented the petition,
The commissioners will advertise their
intentions for two weeks, it was ex-
planned, when a hearing will be held
preparatory to ordering property con-
demned for the purpose of widening
the road.
Action has already been taken by
the city toward widening West Eighth
avenue from Horne street to Summit
street, which is the city limits on the
west. West Eighth street along these
seven blocks is only sixty feet wide.
Forty feet along the south side will
be condemned in oeder that the street
may be Widened to 100 feet prepara-
tory to building the boulevard to Gage
park.
Beyond the city limits the city was
powerless to take any action and it
was for this reason that the petition
asking the widening of the West
Eighth street road was filed with the
county commissioners. The road from
the city limits to the Gage park front,
like that part of Eighth avenue from
Horne street to the city limits, is only
sixty feet wide.
The final action of the commits
sioners in condemning the property
along the route in the country will as
sure the construction of the boulevard
to the park, it was explained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
HEALTH CONDITIONS IMPROVE
Big Slump in Number of Cases of
Communicable Disease.

There was a distinct slump in the
number of cases of communicable dis
ease reported to the city health de-
partment during the week which
ended Saturday, according to Dr..
Earle G. Brown, city health officer.
Pneumonia stepped into first place
on the list last week, with fifteen
cases. There were four cases of scar
let fever, four cases of tuberculosis,
two cases of diphtheria. six cases of
a total of thirty-one cases
during the week.
Chickenpox. which has been leading
as a rule since the diphtheria cpl
demic. showed a big decrease last
week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

lines will draw up in Lands pasture
for the final roundup. Topeka hunt
ers will meet at the home of Col. A. NJ.
Harvey, four miles south of Berryton,
to make the start at 1 o'clock. This
will be the north line which the farm
ers of that section are counting on
Colonel Harvey and his Topeka friends
to bring up strong. The north line
will extend a mile and a half east and
a mile and a half west of the Harvey
home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

We find that the majority of proper
~ owners are under insured. Place
your insurance with the Shawnee In
surance Co. Phone 5O5O-5S4 Kansas
avenue.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
WOLF HUNT NEAR BERRYToN.
Col. a. NJ. Harvey and His Friends
to Form North Line.

Topeka nimrods will have an OPP
portunity to get into action next
Wednesday, February %, when big
wolf hunt will be staged south of
Berryton. A stretch of territory three
miles square will be covered and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

KIJRTz H. KELLAM-''There Is
one advantage to paper napkins
they can be placed in the left chest
pocket of your coat and indicate ev-
cry evidence of a freshly inened dec
crative handkerchief"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

W. A. BIBY-"L egislation should
provide something ia which to deposit
the napkins after they are used What
IS this napkin uprising anyway
laundry propaganda?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
TWO INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Ford Car Turned Over East of Dc
Soto, Kan.

Two persons were injured when a
Ford car belonging to Martin Penne-
kamps 100 Clay street, turned over
three miles east Of De Soto Sunday
afternoon. The accident was caused
by the front wheel coming off, it was
said. Pennekamp suffered a severe
cut above his eye; Roy Brintnall. 1920
Monroe street, received a bad cut on
his hand. Verne Kanatzer and Robert
S Schwartz, who were also in the car,
were uninjured.
COMPLETE AUTOMOBILE
PROTECTION
TRAP & MEADE
INSURANCE SERVICE. Phone 81
ADV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
pertinent Question and Answers
Given and Gathered Today by
State journal Reporters.
THE ANSWERS.
TODAY,s QUESTION.

Do you favor legislation to abolish
the use of paper napkins?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

ED L. MOON, secretary of Topeka
lodge No. SPA. L. o. o. M.-"Paper
beats nothing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

TOM ARMSTRONG, deputy United
States nlarshal-'Y and the paper
towel, too"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

S. NJ. LEWIS-"I am afraid that It
is too deep a thought for me. 1t is
all right if 1 can eat pie with a knife" "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

JOHN FREE. clerk in the district
attorneys Officials long as the
napkins are clean let the kind be de-
termined by the publiC.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20

Chester Woodward
DIR. Chas. S. Huffman
Chas. F. Bolton
Eli G. Foster
James r. Plumb
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-20
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Wilder S. Metcalf, President
Charles A. Moore, Vice President
VIII w. Mcbride, Second Vice President
B. R. Bays, Secretary Treasurer
DR.. Henry B. Hogeboom, Medical Director
Otis S. Allen, Attorney