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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-03

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-03

GRAIN RECEIPTs
Aug. 3, 1922.

GRAIN RECEIPTS.
FURNISHED by Empire Commission Co., 2Ol
New England Building. Topeka. Kan.l
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
'Defnni- i''ss,in' Gin
s.all aIOlltisp1le.
Court l)ect.ees
hns'n;s Holds Commissioners
Has No Power TO Revoke
License Of 'Thcalcr Show.
ing Questionable PLAY
Pn'''ic Already Protected
Justice Declare, Il,a, Such
so''irol Would Re Dan
Ecrous in an Individual

a long existing general belief. shared
even IN official, circles, that the Com
missioner Of Licenses has the power
to revoke the license of q thcator
wherein an alleged indecent play is
oelng produced was shattered yester-
day by the Appellate Division. which
ruled that the Commissioner had no
such power. The decision Of the Ap
pehate Division on that point vas in
the action brought by A. II. Woods to
RESTRAIN Commissioner Gilchrist from
rovpklns the license Of tho Eltinrc
Thcatcr, where The Virgin" pro
nounced indecent and immoral by CHIEF
Magistrate McAdoo is playing. Tho
Supreme Court denied the motion Of
the producer, upholding the asserted
power of the License Commissioner.
This finding was reversed yesterday
Morality Not Discussed
Without discussing the morality Of
"The Demi-Nirgin.7 which has con-
tinued to run while awaiting the de
cision of the higher court, the findings
q
theatcr license can be revoked only
by a Judge or justice Of court of
record. and "it is a most dangerous
power to vest in a single Individual
liable to misuse and to become oppres-
sive.' Justice Smith, who wrote the
Appellate Division opinion. said that
while the Commissioner of Licenses
VAS given control of the issuance, re-
vocation and suspension of licenses,
mo right of censorship OF any play
was thereby expressly given"
1T is not a license to produce play
which is to be revoked" continued JUS
tice Smith, but license to conduct
theater for any purpose which is to
ne revoked, and such right of revoca
tiOn is claimed to exist, notWiths stand-
ing that the power of revocation was
withheld from the Police Commissioner
and given a justice of the Supreme
Court, for causes assigned, among
which was not the cause for which this
theater license is threatened to be re-
voked by the Commissioner"
Law Protects Public
1t is pointed out by Justice Smith
that Section 1140 of the Penal Code,
fixing a punishment for an obscene or
indecent public exhibition, is "a reason
able safeguard to the pubic from the
presentation of indecent plays If it
should be found inadequate. however"
added the court, 'the Legislature may
provide for censorship of plays, in
which case it is probable that the right
OF censorship would be given to some
public board, and at least some rule
stated for its guidance in making de
examinations after hearings accorded
the parties"
After referring to the State Motion
Picture Commission Justice Smith
said at seems an extra rdinary inter
pretation of this law to hold that power
to censor all other plays is given TO a
single individual whose appointment by
the Mayor is not subject to confrma-
tion by any municipal body. with no
standard given to him to guide his
action, and with no provision either
for hearing before the commissioner
or for hearing to review his deter
mination'
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
Kicked TO Death for sl2 Debt
As Theater Crowd Looks On

Even those nearest to the trio tailed
to hear Holzman's reply. Whatever IT.
was. it failed to satisfy the short man
He punched Holman in the face, fell
ing him Then the short man and the
tall man began kicking him. They
kicked him until his body ceased to
twitch. then shoudered their way
through the crowd, hailed taxica b
and drove east.
Fred lIarz, a postofice clerk who
lives at 257 West 12Sth Street. caught
a glimpse of the motionless body the
two men left behind them Oh the side
walk as he passed in sidecar motor
cycle. uc opened his throttle and
pursued the taXicab.
As il approached LenoX Avenue one
or the passengers rose and looked be-
hind him. At sight Of the speeding
motorcycle, he thrust his right hand
into his hip pocket as though to draw
pistol and lIarz gave up The chase.
Patrolman Quinn, who was at 125th
street and Seventh Avenue when Holz-
man was attacked, did not even catch
sight Of the assailants. When he
came up TO learn tho cause of the
crowd that choked the sidewalk out
side the thcater Holman was dead,
as an ambulance surgeon ascertaned a
few minutes later. The body was
taken to the West 123d Street police
station Later two men said to have
been identified as Holzman's assailanta
were locked up in tina sane station+
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21

4 man was kicked to death by two
others at Seventh Avenue and l26th
Street about o'clock yesterday after
noon while hundreds Of persons emerg-
ing from the Alhambra Theatcr on
the corner crowded TO watch. The
two hailed taxicab and drove
away Their victim was Identified as
Jacob Holman. clothier. OF 50 Ea st
Broadway. whose home was at l67
Sumner Avenue. Brooklyn
The apparent motive for his killing
was as incredible as the act itself.
committed before nightfall, on busy
corner. while a throne Of men and
women watched. Holman, the spec
tators gathered was killed because he
owed Sl2 70 one Of the two men who
attacked him and refused TO pay it.
Holman had occupied d scat IN the
balcony of the theater a the afternoon
performance and came out Of the i26th
Street entrance n few minutcs after :
o'clock He walked west and was about
opposite the stage door whom tho two
men overlook him.
One of the mon Was short and stochy.
The other was tall and broad
shouldered The shorter Of the pair
seized Holman 6 arm, swung him
about and demanded Are you going
to pay me the twelve dollars you owe
me ?"
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
Dry Air Raiders, Machine Guns
Set, Seize Rum Cargo and Cre,o
Squadron of Planes, Aided by Scouts on SubC Chasers
Take Ii 500 Cases of Whisky Aboard
British Ship Off Florida Coast

MIAMI, Fla, Feb 20.-The British
schooner Annabelo was seized late
off Jewish Creek, about forty
miles south of Miami, with cargo of
300 cases of whisky aboard by air
planes Of the prohibition squadron
operating out Of Miami and adjacent
coastal towns, it was learned to day
from officials here.
Tho entire crew OF twonty-onc men
was captured and is nov being held un-
der surveillance, while the conhscatcd
liquor is under guard aboard the
schooner, which is anchored off jewish.
The crew offered no resistance when
the flying machines, with their ma
chine guns pointing at the schooner
from all directions, swooped down on
the vessel.
Eleven airplancs, painted battle
ship gray, gradually made their way
down the coast last week, it became
known here to-day. one of them under
the command Of Captain Rogers, stop
ping at Miami Some Of the others
stopped at st. Augustine, jacksonville,
Charleston and other points.
Advance information was furnished
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
Troops Rushed to Quell
Riot at Pontiac, Il. |.
Cavalry on Way and ArtiIler,
Modified After Textile
Strike Disorders

PROVIDENCE, Feb. 2O.-State cav
airy troops are on their way from this
city to Pontiac, r. l., ten miles south
Of here, to quell riotng Of textile
strike sympathizers there
Following the departure o. troops,
orders were issued mobil2ing Battery
B. 103d Field Artillery. The cavalry
men were ordered into action by Gov
ernor San Souci when telephone mes
sages advised him that armed rioters
had surrounded the office buildings Of
the Pontiac mills, imprisoning officials
ard clerks. Windows were smashed
and telephone wires cut, and the situa
ton, the Governor vas told, was
ominous-
The hfth wceA OF the strike in the
Pawtuxet Valley opened this morning
with near-riots reported from Natick
and Pontiac two Of the mill villages
in the district IN both cases the dis
turbsnce was due to efforts by the mill
owners to move material from their
Plants with outside labor,
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
France Cannot
Pay Sou to L. s.,
Says l4o,.cI,e,,,'
America Has All the Gold
and Customs Barriers
Prevent Paying Debt IN
Goods, His Explanation
Time We Should Know 1t
Problem Now l. How Much
Germany Can Export and
Not Flood French Market

PARIS, Feb. 20 BY The Associated
Press) ).-Louis p. Loucheur, former
Minister of liberated Regions, declared
tonight it was his belief that France
never would be able to pay sou Of
her debt to the United States. This
statement was made at Lyons at a
banquet OF the Industrial, Commercial
and Agricultural Associations France
owes the United States $4,000 900 O0o.
Il say plainly declared N Loucheur,
that believe We never will be able
to pay sou to America. say it
because there are Americans here who.
hope, will cable my words across
seas. We never can pay the l5,o00.-
100000 francs we owe America, With
the added interest
america has all the gold. and We
never could pay in goods on account
of the customs barriers raised by the
United States itself"
NJ. Loucheur added that David Llovd
George, the British Prime Minister. had
agreed in principle to cancel Frances s
debt to Great Britain on condition that
the United States annul Great Britain's
debt Of 10000, 100000 francs. Refer
ring to the question Of reparations. VI.
Loucheur said France was determined
to make Germany pay to the utmost.
"But what can Germany pay? ." VI.
Loucheur asked. Germany must ex-
port in order to obtain gold, and the
real problem is to determine how far
Germany can export without flooding
our markets.
81 thought rhc goods which might ne
imported mere to the least detriment to
our commerce were those goods that
might be employed in the devastated
regions. Hence the Weisbaden agree
mont"
The collapse of the exchange rates
and the vagsrics in the values of cur
rencies, in the view Of NJ. Loucheur.
were the basic causes of the econom k
crisis.
"Tbe collapse of exchange has caused
the financial -chaos in the central Euro
pean nations, which is the cause of the
existing economic disorder" the speak
er declared.
Loucheur held that the French gov
ernment ought to buy pounds sterling
and dollars and operate IN the market
Immediately to steady the exchange
rates. Otherwise. he declared France
was heading toward catastrophe. as fail
ures would multiply.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
Mary Garden May Resign
Opera Post, Rumor Hints
" i'll Make Up Her Mind in Two
X ccks. She Tells Phila-
JcIpI,;a Iuuuircrs

PHILADELPHIA. Feb 20. - Mary
Garden. director Of the Chicago Grand
opers Company. viii give up her post
Nth the Chicago organization if q
ll-nor current hero is 10 be believed
hat rumor. which gained headwsy
with her appearance to-day in the Mon
aay morning musicale in the Bellevue
Stratford, has it that she VIII announce
-er resignation in Milwaukee within
>hroo weeks
Sae refused to say whether she would
accept the post that has been offered
Ner conditional or the success of the
endowment being raised for the Chi
ago organization.
Il won't say whether viii take It OF
'eJcct It." shc said.
II ~ two weeks will have my mind
nsao rg- IF | decide to say yes"
Non change my mind. But if I sav
10 no to the board OF directors, nothing
cisiop."
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
''0OoSociety 'Debs and Matrons
hu's Fillmore for q Golden Day
'"Nen 10y Storm al 5:2O A. Nj. and Flood of
Cash Is Tapped to Mid tuberculosis rund.
shrongs Join in Carnival: Tins RIM 10 $40

ne Hotel Biltmoro was given into
we nands of dcbutantcs and society
~" irons yesterday. Most Of IT'S en-
ployees had a holiday while an army
OF amateurs did the work. Three thou
SAND OF then' took over the varied duties
OF the hotel in shifts of four hours
ana upward, more often UPWARD.
The first worker arrived at 400
a m. No ono was astir In the course
OF an hour loo volunteers were on
duty. ~ 40 o'clock there were thou-
sand. Thoy kept on coming all ds,
untii the hotel looked like a vast hos.
pltal filled with nurses At . o'clock
TINS morning the last Of the girls loft.
sleeping hotel. Wilted but cheerful
cred in. e'''''
All day long soft irgrauatin~ voices
naslng IN the lobbics. their quiet insis-
tence in thc restaurants. their dazzling
smiles at every guest, brought in con-
stant stream Of money for the bon,fit.
Of the Society for the Prevention and
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21

Relief OF tuberculosis They took the
motel by storm. 1t was crowded b.
prominent people eager to watch the
girls at work, in addition to tho usual
number of out-oftown guests. A sue
cossion of events. described by the pro
gram committee as "Fiesta and Fan
dangoes, lasted from early morning
until we'll after midnight
frivolng all day and dancing all
night do not compare with the
fatigue Of running holei aud keep
ing every one happy, some of the
tired debutantcs confessed last night.
Their duties embraced the entire work
OF hotel with tho exception of Gle
Vator, kitchen, room and bell boy
service Half dozen girls were posted
at the desk assigning guests to their
rooms. When the FIRST man arrived i'm
me morning and found q volunteer
Clerk smiling at him across the desk
ne was inclined TO be cross and
wonder what it WAS all about. He was
ire trst and last TO frown at any of
inc dchutaAtcs. daintily frockod in
Whltc with pale blue organdio aprons
(Continucd III pase nney
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
Truth-Telling Drug Frees
Negro Murder Suspect
Texas Prisoner Kept Under In.
tluence of Scopalamin for
Week at Own Request

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 2O.-Ed Smith,
negro charged with murder, was re-
leased to-day after having been under
the influence of drug called scopala-
min for week. This drug is said to
have the virtue Of making a person tell
the truth, and the negro had begged
that it be administered to him and that
he be questioned while under its in
.fuencc.
The negro reiterated his innocence
time and again and to-day was con-
fronted BY his accusers. He challenged
them to take the drug and undergo the
same test, but they declined. The
prisoner, who had been in Jail for six
month";. was released.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21

by scouts aboard suD-chascrs which got
the location Of the Annabellc, and Sun
day number of the planes gathered
near jewish and at d signal gathered
simultaneously over the alleged whisky
carrier.
Captain Johnson, who brought the
report here. said that the prohibition
squadron was equipped with a wave
code which no other wireless apparatus
could interpret and thi 5 used exclu-
sively in the sending and receiving OF
official messages. In the stern Of each
arplanc IS Colt Browning machine
gun capable Of firing 400 shots a min
ute, manned by expert gunncrs.
New Attack Against Smugglcrs
WASHINGTON, Feb. Prohibition
headquarters awaited tonight reportq
from Florida Of what was said to be the
first dry law air raid a. sea, with the
inauguration Of land, water and ain
warfare against rum smugglers along
the Southern coast
Commissioner Haynes said he had
not as yet received report from
Miami of the seizure OF the British
schooner Annabellc.
Prohibition headquarters has beer
Continued on page hy.)
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
s Firemen Overcome bv
Fumes at Chemical Blaze
Chaplain Administers Church
Rites While Rescuers Are
Reviving Engine Grew

Seven fremen and Lieutenant vii
liam McAlliator, Of Engine Company &,
were overcome b. fumes early this
morning while fighting two-aler.n fre
in the plant Of the Reading Chemical
Company, at 329 East Forty-scventh
Street
The blaze started on the first floor
in charge of McAllisteY. was the first
to arrive, and the seven members, led
by the lieutenant, entered the burning
building.
Engine Company 2l arrived mo
ment later. The crew also entered the
structure and found the seven 1iremen
and the lieutenant overcome on the
ground floor. The victims were carried
out and an ambulance was summoned
from Reception Hospital
Father Patrick O'Connor, of st. Pat
rc&'s Cathedral, and a chaplain of the
Fire Department. administered the last
rites of the Church to the sufferers. The
ambulance surgeon worked over several
OF the men with pulmotor. The others
were revived with first aid treatment.
All Of them. ii was said, will recover.
Fire which started from an unknown
cause in the cellar of the garage and
repair shop at 203 State Street, Brook
lyn early this morning, DESTROYED ff-
teen automobiles. An adjoining build
ing also was damaged The total loss
was estimated at 100000 Two alarms
were turned in, and tenants living in a
house which adjoined the repair shop
were ordered out.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
New Revolution in Portugal

LONDON. Fsb 20 By The Asso-
ciated press).-,A new revolution has
broken out in Portugal, says a dispatch
tot Reuter's fronl Madrid to-day.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21

"FLORIDA SPECIAL" ATLANTIC COAST
LINE De Luxe train now in service tNo
extra fare) Choice OF other thru trains
gives schedules and accommodations as de-
sircd. Once 124s Broadway lacd stl.--Adyt
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21

Salts r TION WITH
ALL NJ T. 4 c II ANDISF
A d V + Il T Is ED IN THE
TRIBUNE Is GUARANTEED
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 20.-Cattle
receipts, 10000; beef steers and fat
she-stOck, mostly steady to strong;
spots high; top sters, $40; other
early sales, 6.40Q7.S5; better
grades COWS. 5.00@5.50; good Texas
heifers held at 6.75; calves, steady
to strong; practical top on vealers,
1000: stoekers and feeders, steady
to higher; choice TAP pound Texas
feeders, $50; heavier native feed
ers largely 6.75Q725; stockers
(early) 5.2507.25; other classes,
steady; bulk Gamers, 2.7503.00:
cutters mostly 3.50@4O0; bulk
bulls. 350Q4.25; many stock calves.
6.50@7O0.
Hog receipts, $4,000; open to
shippers on lighter weights, 10@15
cents higher than Saturdays aver
age; bulk 165 to 100 Founders, 985
@9.95; top, 1000: packers opening
bid steady to strong; closed active,
to 10 cents higher; packer top,
$50: bulk 20O@275 pound weights,
9.5009.S0; bulk of sales, 900@9.9o:
bulk throw-out sows, 7.50Q7.75;
stock pigs up to $50
Sheep receipts, 5000; sheep
steady to strong; ewes, $50; wetE-
ers, $50; lambs generally rs cents
higher; 10 loads, 1900.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
BEEF CATTLE
GAIN 40 CENTS
DURING WEEK
CBy Consolidated Press.)

Z. S. Yards. Chicago, Feb. 90
Supplies were a little larger than
expected in the cattle alleys, while
sheep pens also were well filled,
Notwithstanding the fact that 700 OF
the estimated were received pack
ers from other trading points. Az
erage price of good beef cattle last
week was placed at S755, which
was a gain of 20 cents over the
week before.
Receipts were estimated at 21 600
cattle, $4,000 hogs, q, 900 sheep and
lambs and $500 calves. against 49,
9e7 cattle, 6s,667 hogs. 1873 sheep
and lambs last Monday
CATTLE.
Steer trade was uneven. Some
sales were steady but the market
was not active. Bulk OF steers went
at $7.00QS.Qe with good lots at
$S-75. Two loads of 1,400 pound
steers sold at $S25 early, and
these were steady. The trade show
ed little change after a slow start.
Cows and heifers were about
steady. Gamers at $300Q325
were unchanged while best bologna
bulls we're placed at $400Q4.25.
Bulk of veal calves went to pack
ers at $10o011.00 on a steady
market.
HOGS.
Demand was fairly active from
the start ana values were mostly
10c higher for light hogs. Choice
lots sold well, with 1S0Q190 pound
stuff at $10.50@10.55, while bulk of
good 100000 pound butchers went
at S10.10Q10.40. Les than 1900
hogs were held over from last week
Sorted $50 pound hogs made $1,000
which was the top of the trade for
the day. Some rough packing hogs
sold at SS.75 with good lots at $3.50.
Choice lambs were placed at
$3.50 on "a strong market, but the
trade was uneven for palmer
grades. Packers paid $15.50@15.6O
for good lots, while feeding lambs
were quoted at $13.OOQ13.5O for
good lots. Prime ewes were placed
at SS.00@S.25 and the trade was
steady
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
Bond Market
BY STUART P. WEST
tCopyright. 1022.i

New York, Feb. 20.-The recent
cumulative effect on foreign gov
eminent external loans by the
steady improvement in British and
French exchange, Joined TO the in
huence of another sharp advance
in sterling and francs today, caus-
ed heavy buying in the bond mar
ket of all the United Kingdom and
French issues. The demand for
these bonds was the outstanding
feature of the bond market. Unit
ed Kingdom 5 II per cent securities
those Of 1922, 1929 and 1887
established record high prices and
the French 71zs and SIS, rejecting
the rise Of francs across the Scent
level, for the first time since early
in 1919, rose sharply to fresh tops.
New high quotations were made
also by Belgians IS, Japanese first
and second AVS and Mexican 512s,
while the other members Of this
group either worked fractioually
higher or maintained the prices
reached at the close of last week.
With this pronounced strength in
foreign bonds. Liberty issues also
gained ground. 1t was quite ap-
parent that in addition to the bet
ter. exchange position, the failure
of bonus advocates to initiate leg
islation which would be detr1ment-
al to the investment market, was
assisting the whole list.
Next in Importance were the ex-
tremely large transactions in tie
Missouri, Kansas and Texas bonds
and almost equally heavy dealings
in Frisco incomes and Missouri Pa
ci1lc IS. The rise in the Katy ad-
justments to a new high developed
on the news broad under the or
ganization earned enough to pay
the interest on all bonds under the
plan, with a surplus equivalent TO
Z per cent on the $24, 500, 600 pre-
ferred stock of the new company.
Frisco incomes reached n new high,
so did the Missouri Pacific general
As. above g.. Other rail bonds
were strong, especially the low
prived issues, Minneapolis and st.
Louis consolidated and refunding
IS both gained over a point and
Seaboard Airline Is nearly a point.
Industrial maturities were more
irregular than the rails. Cuban
Cane Sugar rs advanced a point,
while American Sugar 6s were at
new low when they fell to 97is.
Realty 5s also were down. Marine
6s made a fresh top and the Gen
eral Electric 314s went up point.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20
DruGoods Market
BY STUART p. WEST
Copyright, 1Sz2.J

New York, Feb. 20.-The improT-
ed volume of trading shown last
week was again in evidence when
the drygoods market reopened to-
day. Curtailment of production in
some of the New England mills has
had some effect but prices in gen
eral followed the levels establish
ed on Friday and Saturday. There
was some demand for print cloths
of the narrower constructions and
a fair volume of business was done
in southern 3819 inch 64x60s and
39-inch 6Sx72c, Bag makers were
in search of bargains in sheetings
and picked up some odd lots. Fine
yarn goods were inactive.
The silk market failed to throw
off the lethargy which has followed
the uncertain condition of the orr
entail markets. Trading seemed to
be confined largely to odd lots for
filling in purposes. Some business
was done in finished goods the
,crepes being best in demand.
WOOL.
Boston, Feb. 20.-The wool mar
ket opened the week with prices
firmly maintained but with no
marked activity. There was no
selling pressure. however, as hold
ers seemed confident that they can
dispose of their supplies Trading
in the west is reported to be of
small volume The withdrawal
from sale of suitings and overcoat-
ings by department No. 8 of the
American Wooden company had a
firming effect upon the situation as
It was understood that this depart
ment covers the production of 80
miles up to Oct. l. The pulled
wool showed some movement at
current quotations which range
around S1.10 clean for A A wool in
cases where the staple is long
enough for delaine purposes. 9th
er pulled woods range from 45 to
so for C supers TO 90G95 for fine
A supers-