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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-17
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VQshon's Reconstruction Days
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TIMES WERE NEVER harder prospects half bright
they to-day VashonNmry island. A paradox, you
Neutrality-suspicious. looked good the island this
spring
We know of way judge The future but by the past In
1895 settled in Iowa In 1896 burned for fuel aud
went mthcshcd farm joining the village of Planficld
offered at 1886 per II all good land
and highly improved The year small revival in farm
ing. Conditions started to improve In less than 10 years that
same farm sold for $500 per and the who purchased Il
made good investment During that 10 years Iowarom 1898
TO 9o-we saw IN nearly every county the farm shne Sppnn
led with modern two story residences big red barns scrub
hostens and Shorthom succeeded by registered cattle
mortgages paid and bank climbing yearly The
banks all changed from oanng institutions deposit
ts An of natural but apparently wild prosperity followed
1t the Of Iowa history when the polywog
the frog And every community from the shoes of Plymouth Rock
ito the Golden Gate of California must through that period
Polywog Frog sage9
These islands about emerge from the poywog stage
Into the frog cyelopmentand how we're going jump There's
the Prosperity Bee during the day and the sleepy of the frogs
Iby night Mark hNoW is the time to invest in something
Maury island expect to make big money Buy land
buy water frontage buy town lot buy anything that's for sale
land youll double your money if we know what's what
We have through the experimental stage the island
We have fought the north end and the south end We have
got he up" the of the mountain We have argued
for the ferry and we have argued against it, We have tried straw
berries dozen years and them We tried daryng
and quit it, We put brick yard and petered out We have
fitted around from boug bough like English sparrow try
ling this and that and something else And all necessary
part of human and human development But
know few things We know of Stumped land
going pay dividends unless the stumps cleared off, the
land eved and then something foot of the land
We have also learned that whining about what LATE Hamilton
ourselves If the north end wants trade Seattle let
them do it, And if the south end wants to trade in Tacoma bid
them godsped If the north end has paved highway let's all
lit and the south end paved highway let's get and
help get quit being school kids get chip off
shoulders and get busy telling the that two islands is
one big united opportunity for everybody.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
tBr the Associated Press.l

Chicago, April 15.-Chicago tomor-
row will pay its final tribute to Adrian
c. Anson, revered hero of baseball for
half a century, when public funeral
service will be held at a downtown
funeral chapel, with the most promi-
nent men of the city, the Chicago and
Detroit league baseball teams and
various leaders in the sport world at
tending.
Arrangements were completed to-
day by X. NJ. Lands, baseball COM
missioner, and members of the family
of the famous old ball player. who
died in St. Luke's hospital yesterday
after a weeks illness, for the public
services.
It had been planned to hold the
services at 3 o'clock, but they were
put forward to 2 o'clock so as to give
the Detroit and Chicago ball players
an opportunity TO attend. The game
between the White Sox and Detroit
was postponed to $3.50 p. m.
The services tomorrow viii be to
permit the public to pay its final re-
spectS to the man who holds a place
in the hearts of every sports lover.
Burial will be private in Oakwood
cemetery Monday, which would have
been Mr. Anson's SEVENTEEN birthday
had he lived Mr.. Anson's family to-
day asked that it be made known that
he had been in the best of spirits and
health previous to the illness which
proved fatal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
INVITE BIC men
McAdOO and Cox May Visit
Democratic Meeting.
Convention Will Be Held in
Hutchinson May 10.

Kansas Democrats plan to secure
national talent for the big Bourbon
meeting in Hutchinson May 10. Of
ficers of the state central committee
announced today that there was more
than a $3.50 chance to secure William
G. McAdoo, former secretary of the
treasury, for the meeting.
McAdoo is to be in Kansas City for
a speech next month. He has been
urged to arrange his dates to permit
a speech at the Hutchinson meeting.
COrdeu Hull, Chairman of the Demo-
crat national committee, is also ex-
pected to attend the Hutchinson gath
ering. He will likely spend several
days in the state next month and ar
rangements are now being made for a
visit by Hull to Wichita, Salina and
probably Topeka.
James B. Cox former governor of
Ohio and Democrat presidential nomi-
nee two years ago. has been invited
to the Bourbon session. Officers of
the state committee believe Cox may
make a trip to the convention. Dur
ing his campaign in 1920 Cox spoke
in Hutchinson during a two days tour
Of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
NAVY VOTE TODAY
Every Indication That the Sea
Forces VIII Be $4,000.
Five O'clock Is Time Set for
Final Action in House.

Washington. April 15.-The house.
with about IS per cent of its member
ship present, will vote on the size of
the American navy late today.
An unanimous agreement was re-
ported by the leaders to vote at 5
o'clock this afternoon following four
hours general debate, starting at
o'clock.
Soon after the house met TODAY.
Representative Ware, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, introduced an amend
ment to the present $1,000 bill calling
for a navy of $4,000. the size deter
mined upon by the administration
At the same time, Representative
Macarthur. Republican, of Oregon, in
troduced an amendment increasing the
pay provision from $9S,814,016 to
$107,543,239.
There was every indication that big
navy" men would win by a small
margin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
Sport World Pauses To Pay
Tribute toDean, "Pop"Anson
Detroit and White Sox Ball Players Among Those to
Attend Public Memorial Services in Chicago
Easter Sunday.

, Mr.. Anson's own opinion of his
health was expressed when some one
suggested a benefit game for him
What the dickens do I want with
a benefit?' he said in declining. I'm
young and healthy, get plenty to eat
and have at least twenty years Of life
ahead of me-
The Rev R. T. Moran, an old friend
of Mr.. Anson's, will preach the
funeral sermon.
Tributes today from scores of
former associates reflected the in
tegrity of one of the greatest veterans
of baseball. Captain Arson. Pop
Anson many called him, died within
two days of his SEVENTEEN birthday.
He is probably the greatest hero of
the game that he helped to esta blish
many years ago.
Charles A. Comiskey. owner of the
present Chicago Americans and years
ago Captain Anson's rival as a mana
ger and leader, said:
He was the greatest batter that
ever walked up to hit at a ball
have seen them all from his day to
this. played against him and know.
He was an all around sportsman. a
great bowler. a fine billiardist, com
petent golfer, and great man at the
traps. He excelIed at more branches
of sport than any man I ever knew
in baseball. He was ore of the men
who made baseball the national
pastime.''
Captain Anson's death followed a
week of illness and an operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
United States VIII Never Again
Be @Wet," He States.
Sees Reaction Against Present
Regime in Elections.
ANTI-DRY MEN CAN'T WIN
Democrats Can't Win by Fight
ing VOIstead Law.
Has Little to Say About Seen
eraIities" of Governor Cox.
Copyright, 1922. by I. N. 81


Chicago, April 15.-William Jen-
today. declared that liberal victories
the polls this week were not liberal
victories at aII-they were Republi-
can defeats.
THE reaction is so strong that the
Republican members of congress are
likely to suffer whether they are wet
or dry" he asserted.
Pacing the floor in his room in the
University club. the thrice candidate
for the presidency went on quickly;
The political pendulum is not
swinging back towards the wet candi-
dates-and what's more. it won't
THE conscience of America has
triumphed in the adoption of prohibi-
ton. The appetite of America will
not overthrow it,
Bryan's attention had been called 70
the fact that w. Bourke Cochran
Democrat of New York, Cor the lib
eral element in congress. saw in the
defeat in the primaries of Ira c. Cop
ley and Clifford Ireland, both veteran
republican members of congress from
Illinois, the awakening OF the COM
mon sense of America against Vol
steadism and a turning point" in
politics.
No such thing" said Bryan, warm
for the retu. of the saloon.
ITS about time" he declared with
emphasis, for these so-caIled liberals
to take off the mask and describe
themselves by a word that the people
VIII understand. They are the law
less element in this country.
II is not their purpose to repeal
the constitutional amendment. oh,
no. They know it can't be done.
What they do want to do is to con-
troll one branch of congress and thus
to refuse to appropriate the money
necessary to the enforcement of the
Volstead act
This lawless element-these Iib-
erals'-would paralyze the executive
arm of the government and institute
an era of laWiessness in the country.
The issue IS clearly drawn. 1t IS
laWIessness versus the law
Asked if he thought there was any
connection between the present crime
wave and prohibition. he replied:
Only in the sense that prohibition
has less crime. The crime wave isn't
confined to this country alone It's
worldwide. It's an after the war
condition. 1t will take time to get the
world back to an ethical basis"
DO you think. Mr.. Bryan" he was
asked, that there is any chance Of
light wine and beer"
No" he replied. 'T'he vets don't
want that. A saloon selling just wine
and beer would not be as popular as
the old-fashioned saloon that sold
everything and had a iisord eriv house
and gambling hall in connection with
it.
IF beer and wine saloons were
permitted the owners wouldn't obey
the law any more than bootIeyyers do
now"
Asked to comment on Gov. James
NJ. Cox's recent speech before New
ork Democrats, Bryan said he didn't
care to discuss the speech CT ar.y In
dividual especially when he deals ia
generalities''
And now, Mr.. Bryan. what are
your political plans?"
Bryan smiled
Young man" he said. taxing out
his watch, Il think l have said
plenty"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
Irish Songs and Whisky
Played Part in Winning
PHI Coney TopekaLa1Uyer
Widely Known Civil War Veteran Files Reply to Wifes
Answer in Divorce CaseIn Order to Hasten Marriage
She Sent Many Messages Coney Declares.

Irish songs and Irish whisky, as
well as spirit messages from the dead,
played a part in the winning of P. H.
Coney, IA. Topeka lawyer and Civil
war veteran, according to his reply to
his wife's answer filed in his divorce
case in the Shawnee county district
court.
The light that lies in woman's eyes
was not dimmed by the sixty-eight
years Mrs. Mabeue Cochran had
lived. nor were the wiles with which
the feminine sex is supposed to be
endowed severely shattered by those
many long, hard western Kansas win
tiers, Coney alleges in substance.
Spent st. Patrick's Day in Song.
Knowing how ardently he cham
pioned the Irish cause in Ireland's re-
cent struggle for independence, the
widow inordinately praised his public
addresses, he declares, and even wrote
him that she had spent all st. Pat
rick's day singing every Irish song in
her repertoire; and finally, to make
it the end of a perfect day, had drank
Irish whisky and gotten a little bit
drunk
In order to hasten the marriage,
Coney says, Mrs. Cochran sent him
two spirit messages, supposed to have
been received thru her daughter, in
Charleston, W. ", from the late Mrs.
Coney and the late Fennimore P.
Cochran, in which they declared it
would please them to see these two
who been left behind united in we'd
lock- He also asserts that Mrs. Coch-
ran wrote him that she felt like a ship
wrecked person, assuring him that her
former marriage was a failure and
the first time in her life. He received
scores of letters of this nature from
her he declares.
AS to his home. upstairs over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
No Protests Have Been Filed, Says
Miss Wooster.

No difficulty is anticipated by the
state department in enforcing the
anti-tobacco rules recently announced,
according to State superintendent
Lorraine E. Wooster. Superintendent
Wooster has sent copies of the rules
to all county superintendents in the
state and suggested that copies be
sent to each teacher in the county.
Il expect no difficulty in enforcing
the rulings on tobacco" Superintend-
ent Wooster said. II have had no pro-
test from any part of the state. or in
dication that the teachers and school
officials will not enforce the rules"
The regulations promulgated by
superintendent Wooster are the most
stringent issued by the state depart
ment. The rules require that no state
certificate will be issued to tobacco
users, that schools and colleges where
the use of tobacco is tolerated will not
be placed on the accredited list, and
that credits from schools and col
leges where faculty members. or stu
dents use tobacco in any form will not
be accepted for certification-
Superintendent Wooster has sent
copies of the rules to all state super
intendents in the nation and to a num-
Der of schools and colleges. including
all Kansas state schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15

316 Kansas avenue, Coney says she
had visited there many times; that
she knew the situation, the furniture,
the cheap Autographs of Civil war in
cidents on the walls; that she knew
of the dead generals, the long lost
comrades, the certificates of honor
and the badges on display and that
she had consented, before their mar
riage, to live there.
Her own pictures, he AYERS, he
never saw, because they were boxed !;
but declares there were two bare walls
upon which her art works might have
hung, and denies that he ever sug-
gested hanging them in the kitchen.
The antenuptial agreement, by the
terms of which she is barred from any
interest in his property and which
she claims to have signed thru misun-
derstanding, Coney says she read and
studied in her own home, free from
many times that she would gladly
sign it. He asserts, however, that she
bore him no affection; that she lured
him into the marriage to get his prop
erty and that she intended to persuade
MIN to destroy the agreement after
the wedding.
"At the time" says Coney in his
reply, that she was Grating her
meager plunder to leave him and his
home, she wrote him at Warsaw, Mo,
where he was then on a business
trip, a most loving letter. never hint
ing that she was then deserving him;
and that, upon his return home he
found a loving note from her, express
sive of her love for him, without a
word that she had gathered up her
works of art, her rocking chair and
dishes and deserted him and his
home"
Coney reiterates his plea for a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
P 0. TOO CROWDED
Time Is Ripe to Enlarge Build
ing, Rigby Says.
Suggests the C. of C. Get Back
of Recommendation.

With the congestion gradually be-
coming more serious, W. o. Rigby
postmaster, says the need for more
room at the Topeka postoffice is not
only greater than ever but he believes
the time is ripe for the Chamber OF
Commerce to get busy and use its in
fluence at Washington in landing an
addition to the building.
Following recommendations which
he and inspectors, who came to To-
peka to make an investigation, made
to the postoffice department some
time ago, Postmaster Rigby is in re-
ceipt of a letter from A. S. Dennison,
welfare director of the department,
stating he has forwarded to the su-
perVising architect of the treasury an
abstract regarding the sanitary and
working conditions at the Topeka
postoffice, and asking that the com
with a view towards correcting and
improving them. He also asked Rigby
to keep him informed as to any prog
ress being made.
Not Enough Room.
With their report that the working
and that the basement was not a
suitable place for regular work, Post
master Rigby and the inspectors rec
omm ended to the welfare department
the construction of fifty-foot addi-
ton to the north side of the building
extending the entire length from Kan
sas avenue east to the alley. or a dis
tance of $50 feet. In order to make
such an addition, the land adjoining
the building would have to be con-
demned.
1.-The room is needed chiefly for
loading and unloading mail, but all
of our departments are badly crowded
and it would permit a general spread
ing out" said Postmaster Rigby to-
day. Furthermore, I believe the
l.
nary efforts have been successful and
I believe it will come if our repre-
sentatives at Washington can be in
duced to start the ball rolling toward
an appropriation. I think the Cham
ber of Commerce should take up the
matter at once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
Ledge at Roof of Cave
Is GiOen as the Cause
OF Death of Three BOYS
Support at Mouth of Tunnel on Ward Creek Was Re-
moved, Says Boys in Auburndale Neghborhood-
of Youths Were Afraid Enter Cave Following Rains.

The digging of a ledge at the roof
of the entrance Of the cave on Ward S
creek, one-fOurth Of a mile east of the
Rock Island icing station. where three
youths lost their lives Thursday. is
thought TO be the cause of the mouth
of the cave falling in. The ledge was
built on that day. The digging of the
ledge removed much of the support
at the mouth of the cave. The top of
the cave had been cracked for a week
and one-half and was very unsteady.
NeighbOrhOod boys were afraid to en-
ter the cave following the rains and
many of them considered it as unsafe.
The other two caves, which were
only a few feet away, were filled in
Friday afternoon.
The cave which caved in Thursday.
causing three boys to lose their lives,
was nine feet high and ten feet in
length. The entrance was three feet
wide. Just inside the entrance it was
divided into two parts. each branch
extending back about eight feet.
Two Other Caves in vicinity.
The second cave was built on a
similar plan and the dimensions were
slightly smaller. The third cave was
much smaller and the boys could enter
it only by crawling with care. The
inside of the cave was composed prin-
cipally of tunnel built in the shape
of a square.
Torrance. Ralph and Glenn O'Neal,
of 263 Stevens street who were often
in the vicinity of the cave, but who
seldom entered it, believe that the
cave was constructed the first part of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
ANNOUNCE ROTARY CAST
Widely Known Topekans Will Sing in
''FolIies of 1922" Next Week.

The more or less mysterious cast for
the Rotary Follies of 1922" to be
given at the Grand Monday and Tues
day evening was announced by the Of
ficers of the local club today. 1t in
cludes some of the best voices in the
city. The show is a musical melody
with a plot, also a comedy. The
scenery was made for the perform
ance at considerable cost. The cos
tunes also are original.
The cast follows:
Jack Summers-Owner of the Boat....
Patrick o'Brien-Captain. Frank Edison
Maggie-His Wife. =. Mrs. Nelson Benning
Daphne-Their Daughter.
..:............. Mrs. Henry Dotterweich
Sambo-The Cook Roy Bone
Tillie-The Maid. Miss Helen Malmstrom
Bud-The Cabin Boy Ralph Mcdaniel
Scrub Woman. ....-......... Francis Ripley
First Mate. ..................H Harold Rankin
Larboard Watch. Nelson Benning
Sailors.
Harold Lowe Leo Becker
Geo Greenwood Horace Bowman
Irwin Vincent Maurice Edison
Bill Neiswanger Ted Ross
Guests.
Marion Bartel Garnett Trimmer
Mabel Rauch Ethelwyn Gulick
Helen Diehl Ruth Isaacson
Peggy Lovewen Ruth Lerrigo
Nina Bliss Eleanor Allen
Vivian Shields Dorothy Sands
Marjorie Hodge Sam Lyman
Edith Herington Stanley Copeland
Bernice Curry Charles Allen
Pearl Trimmer Dwight Olander
Ruth Siebold Lloyd Becker
Ruby Wick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
UNUSUAL EASTER WEATHER
ScIhi- Pleasant Day Is Scheduled
for Tomorrow, First Time Since
1919-Hcavy SHOWS Occurred
During Last Two Easter Sundays.

Tomorrow promises to be an excep-
tional Easter Sunday and somewhat
pleasant weather is promised, accord
ing TO 5. D. Flora. state meteOrologist.
Easter Sunday has a reputation for
bad weather. Last year on Easter
day. March 27. snow measuring 20 of
an inch fell.
In 1920. when Easter day occurred
on April 4. snow fell from 1880
o'clock in the morning until 3 o'clock
in the afternoon On Easter day.
April 20, 1919. cloudiness prevailed.
In 1918. on Easter day. March 81, a
strong wind accompanied by clOudi-
ness. ruined a promising day.
on Easter day. April s, 1917. the
sky was clear. but the mercury did
not rise far above the freezing mark.
Another chilly and cloudy Easter day
occurred on April 23- 1916 1t was
preceded by a partly cloudy Easter
day on April 1. 1915
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
WINS IT
High School Musicians Take
HOnOrs in EmpOria.
Awarded State Championship
Two Years in Succession.

The Topeka high school musicians
entered in the Ninth Annual AIl-State
musical contest at Emporia. won first
honorS for their schools Friday night.
The championship cup was awarded
to the Topeka high school for scoring
thirty-two points. LeavenWorth scored
twenty-eight points. winning second
place Kansas City, Kan, was third
with sixteen points.
Topeka won three first places and
one second. The orchestra contest, in
which Topeka took second place was
won by Emporia. The band contest
was won by Chapman, which had the
smallest band entered
Topeka this year established the
record of being the first high school
ever to win the state championship
two years in succession.
There were nearly /, 500 Kansas high
school pupils entered in the contest
Topeka led in chorus singing as well
as in individual events.
Topeka's girl glee clubs won first
place; boys glee club won first place;
mixed chorus won first place; or
chestra won second place; first place
IN piano contest went to a Topeka
contestant, as did second place in the
bass solo contest
Members of the musical organiza-
1ons entered in the contest are:
Girls GIee Club.
First sopranos-Miss CASTOR Washburn
Adamson, Miss Irene Early, Miss Ruth
Carswell, Miss Ivan Baxter, Miss Geraldine
Scott, Miss Helen HcAdams
Second sopranos-Miss Lucille Martin
MISS Marjorie Martin, Miss Dorothy Stark,
Miss Iris Baxter, Miss Norma McGrew,
Miss Irene Austin, Miss Anna Louise Cas-
Ter, Miss Mildred Sanders
Altos-Miss Marjorie Johnson Miss Ruth
Sehell, Miss Ruth Jackman. Miss Goldie
Wicksten. Miss Lois Gish, Miss Grace
Steves, Miss Margaret Morse.
Boys GIee Club.
First tenors-Leon Bader Leon King
Harold Culbertson. Louis Keller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
Most Encouraging

The section of the Gospel of Mark printed The State
Journal this completes this book the
Five weeks The State Journal decided to make trial of
the publication of the New Testament serial form printed
in the Weymouth tex-a modern of the original
translation.
The trial has been highly satisfactory The response
the city, the the country has been beyond
expectations. Letters The State Journal from
every the parts
letters of and commendaon letters appre
citation and congratuation.
Newspaper comments have been most fatterng Several
thruout the United States followed the
State Journal and today publishing the Weymouth text of
the New Testament
1t with feeling of pride and stimulation and
that The State Journal completes the Book Mark launches
week into the Book Luke The
by Luke" will begin in the Saturday April
The State Journal wishes thank
written words of encouragement and commendation.