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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

The first strawberries of the season are
on the market. They come from Irupuata
Mexico, and are not good.
A meeting for the women of the Second
ward viii be held tomorrow at the Fifth
Avenue hotel at p. Mrs. Annie l..
Digs will be present.
The Commercial club of Topeka asked
the Missouri and Kansas Telegraph com
pany for free telephone at their rooms
and the company replied by letter that as
the rates were now very low for phones
they could not grant the request.
:. Mr. and Mrs. f. W. Bartel entertained
the following young people at cards last
evening at their home in Hancock street:
Misses Mabel Studevant Edna Warren
Clara Cloud, Lulu MayhalI Mabel Gordon
Nellie Strain and Elsie Hart; Messrs Gus
wallace, Percy Winstead, Arthur Randolph
James Porter, Denton Crotchett. Sam Zfm-
Fred Porter.
w: II. Davis of the firm of Parkhurst &
DAVIS has purchased thu Price home at the
corner of Ninth street and Western ave-
nue. and will move his family there from
the North side about the first of the month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

Suppose syOur income last year was
$4,000. After paying doctor and an
undertaken, how would Mary and the
kids be fixed? Should you die in 1922,
how long, after paying the expense of
sickness, would your savings keep the
little family in decent circumstances?
ga few hundred dollars may look like
large sum, until it is divided by years.
Then the figures tell different story
a struggle to make ends meet
"'DO you want Mary to look for job?
What about the children? How about
their education?
''Really now, have you ever sat down
with a pencil and paper and figured it
all out?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11
A HUMAN DRAMA
DIR. Charles NJ. Sheldon Tells of
Work i'm Topeka.

His Account of "a Protestant
Confessional Is Featured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11
Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

The first strawberries of the season are
on the market. They come from Irupuata,
Mexico, and are not good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

have been second in the number of
victims on the list of the preventable
and communicable diseases. TLbercu-
losis brought about 129 deaths in four
years, as against 239 deaths from in
fluenZa.
In Fight Against TB.
I'm the next five years we should
cut down the tuberculosis death rate
appreciably. In fifteen to twenty five
years it should diminish to a very
small per cent of the present rate
DR.. Brown says.
Diphtheria. whooping cough, and
measles. the latter two regarded as
normal disease of childhood" by the
ignorant. were responsible for a total
of 81 deaths during the four years
twenty-four, eighteen and ten, respec-
lively. MANY times, in quarantining
cases of measles and whooping cough,
we find the argument that oh, it's
inevitable. They might as we'll have
it now IS any other time" DR.. Brown
says The death rate shows the fall
sity of this. All three of them are
communicable and preventable"
Dr. Brown has listed the ten causes
of death which reaped the richest har-
vest during the four-year period.
Organic heart disease. 331
pneumonia, all forms. 800
Nephritis (Bright's disease) ....... 219
APpopIeAy --'--------. II
Tuberculosis, all forms 129
Araerio- sclerosis .................. %
PeritOnitis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sc
Total --...-.....-............ -1,921
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11

If influenza, with its complication of
pneumonia, had not been present in
abnormally large frequency, it would
have been crowded out of its place
among the ten principal causes. DR.
Brown says, and in place of it would
have been substituted premature
births. with a death rate of eighty
four for the period.
Three of the ten leading places in
the death race are held per Sc, by
communicable diseases pneumonia.
influenza and tuberculosis.
There is a very open question as
to how many of the other diseases
which have been the ten best Heuten-
ants of the old man with the scythe,
are preventable," Dr. Brown says.
Heart Disease.
For instance, organic heart disease.
That is complicated and many times
is induced by repeated attacks of ton
silitis, rheumatism, scarlet fever, diph-
iberia and venereal diseases-all of
them preventable. g.
Enteritis results from diarrhoea or
summer complaint, both of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11
ESKIMO PIE IN new YORK

Topeka CONNECTION Is Now All
the Rage on Broadway. Says
Sanford JarreII-DeIicacy Was
Produced by Beatrice Creamery
Company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11
yourself your wife, family Figures dom

and your family. Figures don't lie.
'StiIl, there is solution adequate life
insurance. And men who can face the
facts will secure adequate life insur-
ance.
ITS surely worth while to deny your
self some of the luxuries, if necessary,
to procure protection for Mary and the
youngsters. Life insurance isn't hard
to pay for. Just ask your friend, one of
these real life insurance men, listed be-
low, to point the way to protection.
"Next time man wants to talk to you
about life insurance tell him to sit
down; his counsel is valuable. Call him
up, if you want the facts-if you want
to play square with the wife and
babies"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-11


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New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Jobbcrs Discuss Dating
Terms With Selling
Agents; Primary Cotton
Markets Slightly Softer

The general textile markets yestnr.
day showed less activity than was gcn-
orally expected With tho closing Of
the wholesalers' convention on Wad'nes-
day. The ono hundred or more whole
sa'ers that attended the convention
appeared TO be lbcrally dispersed
around tho silk and cotton goods mar
Hct, but. according to several reports.
were engaged more IN discussing dis
count and credit terms with The cell
ing agents than in placing large orders
for merchandise.
Some sellers reported fair increases
in tho volume OF business, as rcsul.
Of tAc oohers' visits. but the indI-
ridual orders we're small a"d covered.
30 far as tho bNyers were anle % do
So goods Tor nearby deliveries.
Thclc j. still mucN uncertainty on
the future course of prices in tho
minds OF The iobbers. as we'll AS many
fnancial restrictions that prevent their
entering into large contracts ut pres
cnt. in thc opinion of leading selling
agents Actual money losses among
the Wholesale distributors have been
heavy in the last two years. and AS u
general rule they cannot alfcrd to
'gamblc" on goods at present. The
spirit Of extreme caution IS st'''
strong.
Tho scheduled meeting bctweeH com
mittccs representing the who'capl"rs
and The cotton goods selling agents 20
discuss dating terms Wns postponed a'
th. last minute The wholesalers arc
anxious to have many OF the prc-War
longer dating terms restored.
The primary or gray cotton GOODS
market Yesterday showed slightly moro
activity. with demand scattered on a
wide variety Of fabrics. Quotat'o,n,s
from some of the New Eng land mills
were lower, a possible reaction 20 tn'
announced wage cuts in the Nhodo Isl
and and Connecticut mills. F'rs' manu-
were SAID to be Offering the s'anoa,H az
$40. 3S Inch print clc'ns az o ~
cents a yard. after having held firm
for "a cents most of the week
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Curb Prices Rise
On Steady Buying
I'm Broad Market
Tobacco, Motor and Other
Industrial Shares in De-
mand at Advances; Oils
Register Small Upturns

Demand for industrial stocks broad
aned on the curb market yesterday
and advances were made virtually
throughout the list. Tobacco and
motor shares featured. Oils ruled
firm and scored small gains.
Cleveland Motors advanced more
Than . point and Gardner Motors
worked higher. Philip Morris made a
new high at 9. Glen Alden, Inter
continental Rubber and Inland Steel.
tho last named newly admitted, ranged
nigher. Kirby Petroleum held steady.
Another newcomer to the curb, In
tcrnational Combustion Engineering
Corporation. developed considerable
activity At higher levels. The company
is said to be in strong hands and has
cnflled orders in excess of $4,000 900
on the books of subsidiaries.
Cities Service common recovered
more than four points, Maracaibo 9
points and Standard Oil of Indiana a
fraction.
Magma featured the mining group
which developed considerable activity
South American Platinum and Gold
%Sa1ped
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Country's Wool Stocks
Cut in Half jim Year
Annual Canvass Shows 49,.
1927 LBS, Against 275,-
7O7, ,43l on Dec. 81. 1920

BOSTON, Jan. 20.-The amount Of
wool now in stock throughout the coun-
try as shown by the annual canvass OF
"Ihe Commercial Bulletin" was 113.-
Z12,327 pounds on Dccen Der 81. it was
annoNlced to-day. The figures a year
ago were 275.707.4st.
The Commercial Bulletin" to-mor-
row Will say of the wool market:
The wool industry of the country is
groping blindly forward the limited
stocks Of wool available forcing price )
steadily upward on a moderate demand
from the mills. Meanwhile Congress
is being importuned to hasten the tariff
with all reasonable celcrity. Manufac
turers, naturally, are loath to name
prices on the heavyweight seasons
goods until they have some idea of
what they must base their tariff costs
upon.
"Thc foreign markets are buoyant.
Some contracting has been reported
from Nevada on the sleeps back at
~ to 23 cents. although it is stated
that the growers now are asking any-
whore from % to 80 cents for their
,Wools and matters have come more or
less to an impasse."
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
{Jptu,.n i'm Cotton
Lost Later i'm Day
On Goods Ouilook
Dull Trade i'll Local Market
and Unscttlcmcni Abroad
Factors in Depression;
Net hangc Is Small

There were carly advances in the
cotton market yesterday. but they were
attributed chiefly co covering for over
the week end and were followed by
reactions. March contracts sold of
from 17.94c to 1850. and closed at
l1.T7c. or net unchanged. with the gen
eral market closing barely steady. net
3 points higher to Z points lower.
Manchester adv,ces published here before
Tho opening sa d that thorc many
and merchants in Ian
cashrc who still heavily indebted to
banks and that there might be further
failures. Any nervousness created by these
the firm ruling OF the later Liverpool
found little encouragcnent In tho news
from the goods trade
1'hc local mahet for cotton goods was
reported almost at s'andstill. and buyers
generally are said ia b. holding or IL. tho
hope that they viii b. ablo to buy Al
lower prices owing to TIE decline in raw
cotton and rNdDc lions IN mill wages
The vceN end statistics Wcre less. hujlish
aud proha bly, contributed to the afternoon
eciuc.
The absence or southern selling orders
after the first half hour suggested fairly
steady situation. The markets as officially
reported were all unchanged. EXCEPT for al,
adNancc of - points al Mem pllis
lho local market for spot cotton was
EuiHt ana unchanged at IS.o5c for mid
t,nt NO sales were reported
Ihc range cr priccs:
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
NlilIiken Succeeds Waits
Cotton Textile Merchants Hold
Election

=, Gerrish II. Milliken, of Deering. Mil
llken & Co.. yesterday was elected
president of the Association of Cotton
Textile Merchants Of New York. to sue
ceed Ridley Watts. Francis r. Masters
ana and Perry S; Newell were reelected
'feasuier and secretary. respectively.
J.; Worthington Dorsey. of Woodward,
81 "a aidwin & Co.; Elliott NJ. Eldredge. of
H,;,lldreoge ~ 4 Snyder: Lincoln Grant, OF
Meillngton, Sears & Co., and C. Morton
" hltman, of Clarence Whitman & Son.
Inc were elected directors to succeed
S|eorge Nichols. of Minot, Hooper &
Co.; Frederick Rupprecht, of Converse
& Co.; Ridley Watts, OF Ridley Watts
O. Co.: and William A. Taylor. of Tav-
lor, Clapp & Beall.
- ne new executive committee an
pointed Yesterday by the board of d.
rectors consists Of Mr.. Milliken, Elisha
+, r. Cronkhite. Of Smith. Hogg e. Co.;
NJ Mf. Dorsey 5. +. Dribben. of the Cone
Export and Commission Company. and
Francis r. Masters. Of Lawrence & 20
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Busi ess N e VS.
Dry Goods Wholesalers Still
Adhere to Cautious Buving
Competition Corrects
Price Distortion. View

A powerful and natural corrective
manufactured goods prices, as com
pared With the prices Of agriculture
products. is taking the form Of
keen competition. in thc opinion Of
the First National Bank Of Boston.
with insufficient business to go
around" says the bank in its January
Now England letters, 'thc better
equipped concerns arc forcing
volume by closer and closer prices to
the advantage Of The consumer and
~ tho interests Of moro active busi-
nc5s. though OF grave import to
weaker concerns. B"lov-cost quota
lions IN the steel business have OBJ
tanned for nlany months. The va
rious mcrgcrs in that Industry now
beng discussed arc symptomatic. In
the motor lielJ Drastic price re
duc.iohs arc continually being pub
lishcd. Prices FOR certain cotton
goods Specialtics arc being re-
duccd. or in some favora5ly situ-
at"d lines maintained at last years
level. despite the fac, that cotton is
mat"riai'y higher than last var.
All .his spells q gradually incrcas-
ing volume Of trade OH a better
balanced basis. narrower price
fluctuations in raw materials. small
but soundcr profits, and difficult,
highly competitive year for un-
seasoned and poorly equipped COM
nanicsv
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Petition. in Bankruptcy

The following petitions in bankruptcy
rsre filed yesterday in the United states
pistrist Court:
ISRAEL sILLER--1nvoluntary Waists
LEWIS FEATHER DYEING CO, INC
Voluntary. FEATHER dyeing, 40 University
place Liabilities. s7,s75. assets s%'a0s
TUEREsE Voluntary. Gowns.
"a West 57th at. Liabllitice sl0.A22, as
sets. ss2S.
Max Weiss s-~voluntarv. s2s Eas. 10Th
st. embroidery. s57 Broadway. Liabilities
LOUIS A. MiTMick TnToluntar.. t,ss,1i,,...
$ 00o assets. $4,000
Receivers in Bankruptcy
The following receivers in banN.pptcy
were appointed yesterday in the United
,;tatos District Court:
Herman II. Eggers for chi'ds 4, Joseph.
expor'ers. 90 Wall st. With p bono %
$40 900
Jesse X. Enrich for Israel s'll.r. wais7s
and v'omcn's underwear. 500 Broadway.
''itb bond Of $4,000
waiter +. Trudden for Max ki.nne' 4.
Co. manufacturers Of trousers. 3t2 Lafay-
et'e st., With bond OF 81 900.
MAY Hcich for the Umpire outdttina Co.
general merchandise. 20 Last Broadway.
with q. bond Of $4,000
Alien u. Emil for The Wear Well. Cos
tnm" CO. Inc dresses, - west 25fh at.
With bond OF $1,000
Dorothy Kenyon for Annette Efros Co,
manufacturers Of gowns. 1zz Wcst aeth 8.
win bord OF $1,000.
RUN Lc~insin FOR Lopis \. Mi'a'ch.
woIDc,'n costumes ana dress"s. - West
50th g.. vita bond Of $3.50.
Schedules in Bankruptcy
The following schedules IN bannruotc.
we're Hicd yesterday in the United States
RrcnY MleG. co.-Mcn'e and boys
clothing, 5s4 Broadway. Liabilities si37
2ot; asset'. 575. 900.
IARRy sCJNEIDERMAN Clothing
@of Vest S4th ct. Liabilities. ss,oss. as
sets. 81 655
GAHRlI,L KfRsCHNER Leather goods
"a Eat 1890 r.. Bronx. LA bi!jtieg.
s2.'1o: asssts. 3 SIS.
MGLEOSE WOOLEN cO.-Johber- 80
Fourth ~ LIABILITIES. sto'.7s2, ~sssis.
1900
sit'EEf, THADlNG cOEppRtTlcs.-
Je"clry - Hsri Ho" LA ab!iiies. ,t.52l
..ss"ie ilO1S
i.EVINL & i-RIEDMAH Il east s2d ct.
IiahllIliz9. go. E35 aeAeta. 5000.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Foreign Bonds
Imperial Oil Continues
Search for New Supplies
Fort Norman Operations to Re.
quirc Long Time for Dcvel-
opment; Other Items
Special Dispatch to The Tribun,


MONTREAL, Quebec. Jan. 20.-At the
annual meeting of the Imperial Oil
Company c. o. Stillman, president,
dwelt on the desirability of securing
a domestic source Of crude oil, owing
to the handicap Of the importation of
foreign crude. High freight rates and
depreciation of Canadian exchange had
proved great handicap in recent
years.
Vice President Victor Ross. report
ing for the production department of
the West. said the we'll at pouce Coup
had a flow OF 100000 feet daily of
gas, but no use WAS being made of it,
owing to its rcmoteness from civiliza-
tion. Drilling was continuing on this
we'll in the hope of finding Oil. The
company had abandoned operations at
four Wells in the West, but was work
ing at fourteen other points outside of
Fort Norman, some Of them being re-
garded as fairly promising. 1t was not
expected anything further would be
heard of Fort Norman operations until
spring. and it might be years before
results of commercial value were
found
The new Three Rivers newsprint mill
OF the international Paper Company
will be started in February. Initial
production will be 100 tons a day. and
if the market warrants it the plant
will be doubled, output being at the
rate of 10000 tons year.
A loan to meet the $4,000 000 cost of
the sewers will be issued by the City
of Montreal. Tho security of the city
special realty tax to meet combined
interest and sinking fund charges
amounting to $4,000 annually, will be
authorized This tax is estimated to
be between , and 10 cents or the slOo
Plans Of the sewers are practically
complete and tho work will commence
as soon AS pOsSibic
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Commercial Credit

Credit grantors in textile and ail1eo 1eo
lines arc fighting pressure from sales
managers to "loosen up b't. A'Ihougn
most buyers are conservative at pres
cnt. a few arc showing some Signs or
pacing pH'' larger orders than the credit
men feel are safe under existing con
ditions. Relations between the cred't
and sales departments IN many OF one
present. but the credit men are de-
termined to hold to conservative poll
cies.
ately active yesterday. Prime paper
discounted at 4a4 and 5 per cent.
The market for bankers acceptances
is not M as broad as it was a few weeks
ago. The American Acceptance Coun,
eli yesterday reported an eighth of l
per cent advance in the selling ra,c.
ceptanccs eligible for purchase by FED
eral Reserve banks were:
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Bonds

on"1,', on"1" IN bs 3oX 40 3on "a
WV" '" ! Ns LIT %. f1r NJ. 7lt. III.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
" aterway Report Referred

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-The repcr-
submitted to Congress by the Inte.na-
tional Joint Commission on the pro-
posed st. Lawrence waterway was re-
ferred BY Speaker Gillett to-day to the
House Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, Of which Representative Winslov.
OF massachusetts,, is chairman. This
settlement Of controversy which had
arisen over reference of the report was
declared satisfactory by supporters Of
the waterway proposal.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Failures Drop This Week

a conslderab1e reduction In the num-
Der OF commercial failures was re-
ported this week by r. G. Dun & Co
and bradstreet's. Dun's places the mum
Der this week at 639. compared to 7io
last week. Bradstreet's report ses
compared to III last week. A wear 400
lhe number Of failures was in the
1he Pacific Coast this week showed
an an increase IN failures. according to
declines. '''s' {"
The percentage of failures showing
liabilities of $4,000 or more in each in,
stance, reported to Dun's, was slightlv
heavier this week. eS's
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Purchasing Agents Offer Aid

The cooperation OF the Furchaslng
AGENTS. Association Of New York. com
posed Of 400 members representing
leading manufacturing and commercial
houses here and affiliated with the
National Association of Purchasing
Agents. which has membership Of
5000, in establishing central pur-
chasing commission for the State of
New York. has been extended to Gov
crnor Miller. In resolution passed
by the organization here it was pointed
out that economies have been effected
through the medium Of trained pur-
chasing agents by the standardizing of
supplies, efficient purchasing meth DDS
and taking advantage Of favorable
market conditions.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Wage Cutting in Cotton Mills
May Spread to Bay State

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. Ian %
The general wage cutting in Rhode ISL
and cotton mills, announced late ves-
terday, has not yet brought action in
Ne" Bedford. Fall River or other Mas
sachusetts centers. No conference or
manufacturers in New Bedford to con.
sider the wage question has been held
ana for the moment none is scheduled
But MIL men here are satisfied that tho
movement started in Connecticut fol-
lowed by the more significant general
reductlon in Rhode Island, will sprea d
to Massachusetts. o'N
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Satisfied Judgments
In NeH Inr, County

The e-s; mama s tis4t % 80
.hs second thas ef -hA craGito.. r
'rhe1 jud gnler' was Giel
Metropolitan home Builders
American Stoss %. Dec u.
i5cnry Y Alton { Co-F post:
AprN 20. .........-........
Nsnnken. habei II M='.neee;
voi.. John Leonard. Wy ?
scott. j. ct. Ma J ~ z
Johnston; Ma: s. tszi....-
Ia Tcisor.e janne=-i Odyns.>.
MAY %. 1921 ....-....-.....
Sa rne-Salne: Nsy %. .s2f.-
dill- Pster and E-col- Mobile
Peop.". etc; May :. is2. GA
cateo1 -....-.-
Jones. International a.osor
Standard oi. Co o. \ y-E
Schuval: Dec ,. s2i.........
l Shipping Board. Emergency
Fleet Corp ct ai-P Duties:
Nov %. 1921 .......--..
kaufman. Henry D-L1d.w! 1t
Mandel. David ct AIN Leibo-
witz At al; Aug 10. 1921 ..-.
Kaufman. Chas Nil Goldman
& Co: Sov 90. 19I6
Rockwood. Nash ct All Payne;
July 80 1921
Ma testic silk Mills. fnc-Ru.lara
Trading Co. Ltd: Aug Il. 1920
Same-SaIne: Aug IL. .s20.
same-Same: Aug - is2c
Bank O. U ST c Weiss: May
Sternfeid. Simon L-W Soro-
schek. Jan 3. 1915.
Rogers. Howard J ct al-C S
Rich. Sept %. 1914
Mead. Edward-A G F.tzgeraid:
Dec 20. 1920.
Cushman & .Dennison Mfg Co
plymouth Trading Co. Apr p.
-
Hass. Morris Menes bernstein and
Sedy Bernste.n-N Scracner:
Aug s. 1921
Bronx County
Mack. Leonard 81 { Fellemsa
May u. i9i.
Siseias, 1homas-S ZocharoT:
Dec J. 1921
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Lanston Acquires Barrett Adder

TIE Lanston Monotype MACHINE Com
p,any, of Philadelphia, has purchased
the patents, business and other assets
of the Barrett Adding Machine Com
pany. The Lanston organization will
enter the adding machine field and
manufacture and distribute the Barrett
adder.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Chinese Strike MAY DELAY Silks

Deliveries Of Canton raw silk to this
country may be delayed, according to
cable received yesterday by the Silk
Association of America from the For
eign Silk Association in Canton. re-
porting a strike of the Chinese sea
men, which has affected river, coastal
and partly Pacific shipping at that
port ~