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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The annual Usage county high
school basketball tournament will be
held March and 4 at Usage City. Ten
boys teams and ten girls teams have
entered. Usage City will be one of
the strongest contenders. 1t is tied
with Scranton for the western Usage
county championship. The prelimi-
nary boys games will be as follows:
Overlook VS.. CarbondaIe; Usage City
VS.. Michigan Valley; Scranton VS..
Lyndon; Burlingame Us. Melvern;
Barclay VS.. Quenemo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

The charges of desertion standing
against Lloyd Allen Wright, Order No.
992, a registrant of the local board for
Marshall county, Kansas, has been set
aside.
Draft records show that this regis
trant was directed to report to the ad-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Interest is increasing in the Craw-
ford county high school tournament.
which will be held at Croweburg,
March 8 and 4. All organizations of
the city are arranging rest rooms and
other conveniences for the visiting
rooters and the members of the teams
participating. A girls tournament will
also be held. Four trophies will be
presented to the winning teams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25

Hoxie high school has been added
to the list of claimants for the west
central Kansas championship. Quin-
ter and Hoxie apparently possess the
strongest claims for the championship.
Hoxfe defeated Jennings by a score
of Is to Z, it won from Cove City by
field by a score of As to 16. 1t lost
one contest to Grainfield by a score
of 81 to 20. Hoxie endeavored to
secure a game with Quinter, but it
claimed q full schedule. according to
r. w. Ellenberger, principal of Hoxie
high school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-25
BASKETBALL NOTES
BY HAROLD HENDERSON.

Thee Coldwater high school five
proved to be too fast for Pratt and
defeated it by a score of % to Is in
a recent contest at Pratt. Pratt will
wind up its schedule Friday night.
when it meets Kingman, which &C.
cupies fourth place in the Arkansas
Valley league, on the home court.
Pratt is now busy making prepara-
tions for the district preliminary tour
nament, which will S be held there
March 10 and IL.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
Give Your Feet a Chance

Do you give due attention your fee They play import part in your daily vocation They either help hinder you this depends largely upon the shoes you Do they your feet? Dr. your crowded against the end shoes? You know there is really necessity of your touching the front end of your shoes than there of your touching the Think this YOU CANNOT FOOL THEY ARE MISTREATED THEY WILL TELL YOU SO Give having trouble with them immet
 right a right width And QUALITY Our built high stn quality comfort your feet chance in pair of perfect fitting
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
SCRAPPINC IRISH
 IN FULL ACCORD
Sim Fein Spring Great Surprise by Accepting Full Peace With the Free State--Ard Fheis
 Adjourned.

Dublin, Feb. 22.-Wdth dramatic audiences, peace agreement. reach ed at the eleventh hours between Free State and Republican leaders, was sprung on Ard Fheis, or national Sim Fein convention, today, and the huge gathering of delegates, impatient that any delay might endanger the treaty with Great Britain, gave unan- imous approval and adjourned for three months. The general feeling was that in preserving intact the party organization something like a miracle had been worked.
 Supporters of the Free State have turnout that the treaty en- ables Ireland to frame for herself a giving all the essentials of freedom, but the Republicans have denied this and have quoted interpre- tations placed upon the treaty in speeches by Prime Minister Lloyd George and other Britih cabinet min- isters
 All the objections to the agreement raised on the floor today after Eamonn de Valera had announced it's terms, emanated from prominent Republi- cans and after MT. de Valera's posi- tive assurances that he had carefully every point and was quite with Arthur Griffith's em- declaration that no election must be forced upon the country dur ing the coming three months
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
THICK SPACING OF COTTON
 INCREASES YIELD OF LINT
By JIM G. FERGUSON, Commissioner of Agriculture.

Cotton spaced closely in the drill makes more lint per acre than when spaced the usual distance. This is the assertion of the U. s. Depart ment of Agriculture based on experi- ments extending over period of sev- eral years. It is a well known fact that cotton stalks have two kinds of branches, fruiting branches and vege- tative branches. It is claimed that thick spacing encourages the growth of fruiting branches and retards the vegetative branches. Since fruiting branches mature early while vegeta- tive branches mature late in the sea- son, thick spacing hastens the matur- ity of the bolls and thereby reduces boil weeyil damage.
 The U. S. Department of Agricul- ture reports the following yields for various spacings in the Mississippi delta:
 Plant inches apart IF pounds per plot.
 Plant 12 inches apart 93 pounds per plot.
 Plant Is inches apart 90 pounds per plot.
 Plants 20 inches apart 59 pounds per plot.
 Plants 24 inches apart 57 pounds per plot.
 Plants 2S inches apart 56 pounds per plot.
 Commenting on the average of close spacing the Department in a circular letter states that, ''when plants arc thick in the row all the branches arc fruiting branches and the plant con 5equently produces bolls from bottom to top. More than that it produces them early and natures them tS such an extent that they are practi. cally boll-weevil proof. In other words the widest spacing is the worst system, and any narrowing of the spaces down to three inches is an inn provement"
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
BANDIT IS SPENDING
 FROM THEFT IN 1906
Crisp Bills, Dated l6 Years Ago, are Received From United States
 by Montreal Bank.

Toronto, Feb. 23.-Somewhere in the United States, presumably in or near Southern California, a former outlaw is enjoying the fruits of his banditry, according to Canadian po- lice authorities. They have requested the United States police officials to seek man who is spending the pro eeeds of bank notes and gold stolen in sensational raid on the New Westminster branch of the bank of Montreal, sixteen years ago.
 A parcel of bank notes totalling S11, 500 was recently mailed to the To- cal bank by it's New Orleans agents. The exchange teller in the sterling bank, attracted by the crispness of the bills, despite the early dates they bore, investigated and found their number to correspond with some of those on currency stolen in the raid of 16 years ago. Half of the batch of bills was identified as loot of the old robbery. The bandits escaped with $130,000 in notes and gold.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
MUCH DAMAGE BY
 STORM AT HELENA
Several Buildings Are Wrecked, and Many Trees Are Blown Down Tornado Wrecked Heavener
 Light Plant

Helena, Feb. 3.--Last nights storm created considerable havoc among fiimsy buildings and trees in Helena, and some damage in the surrounding country is reported. The most mo- ticeable damage was done in North Helena, where there are many small houses erected on ''stilts" to raise them above floods caused by heavy rains. Eight of these were blown over, but their inmates were not injured. The roof of the grandstand at the race track was blown several hun dred feet and deposited inside the speed ring.
 In the residence section many shade trees were blown down and others were damaged. A barn belonging to Mrs. w. D. Reeves was blown down, killing blooded COW quartered with in it. Several awnings in the busi- ness district were blown away, and one plate glass window was smashed.
 On Hugh Nelson's farm, a few miles from town, several tenant houses were demolished and the front perth of Mir. Nelson's home was blown away.
 4 mule, which was quartered under a house in North Helena, was killed when the house toppled upon it. The The animal was the property of ne- gro.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
GOVERNOR RUSSELL
 IN A BIC SCRAP
Mississippi Executive and Legisla- ture Lock Horns Over Charges by the FOrmer-Seduction Charges
 Are Involved

Jackson, Miss, Feb. Ex-Governor Russell's message to both bodies of the Mississippi legislature this morn- ing and the subsequent resolution of- fered in the House by Representative Chaney of Warren was the feature of today's legislative session.
 The message called attention to the "very highly pernicious activities of the old line fire insurance compan- ies, which last year used the most reprehensible methods imaginable to escape the penalties of the suits filed against them by the revenue agent for violation of the antitrust law"
 The governor also charged that the suit instituted against him by Miss Frances Birkhead, his former stem ographer, charging him with seduc- tion was instigated as "piece of blackmail by the aforesaid insurance companies"
 He also charged that the insurance companies maintained a lobby in this city "headed by R. l.. McLaurin of Vicksburg and large number of his cohorts who have worked day and night to procure for these companies such legislation as they demand.'
 The retaliatory resolution of Mir. Chaney was laid on the table subject to call, read as follows:
 Whereas considerable time has been taken up by his house in reading misleading and grossly insulting messages from the governor, Lee Nj. Russell:
 Therefore. be if resolved by the House that no further messages be received from the governor during the present sessien of the iegisla- turpr
 A the afternoon session two reso- lutions were introduced in the House asking an investigation of charges and were referred to the judiciary committee. which is considering them tonight
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
Hanr fhe Grnmmarl

When money tAiks we don't care whether t says +You and I" or "Tou and me- 60 long an t connects uA zF.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
COW SETS WORLD RECORD.
Produces 22.l5l.s Pounds of Milk
 s70.63 Fat During Year.

Waupaca. Mls, Feb. 70. Daisy Aggie 0rmsby, the third. Holsfein heifer owned by John Erickson. has 1nst completed B yearly record that makes her the worlds champion but ter protucinR senior gsariine. fhr hnnpaea county a farm agent an- nouuced in t66 days che Hais1eir produced 22,ibi 1-1o pounds of min and e7eeS poan6s 1f tst.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
ANOTHER SOVIET SCHEME
Government Insurance to Offset
 Thefts on State-owned Railroads.

Mocow, Feb. 24.-In an effort to offset thieving on railways the gov- ernment has issued an edict requiring that all cargoes must be insured {. The government will write this insur- ance itself and part of the profits will be used to increase the ages of rail- way employees, who are badly under paid and suffering great hardship un- der the changed economic regime.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
CRISIS IS BLooDLEss.
Republican Guard Is 0verthrown a
 Lisbon: Government Returns.

Lisbon. Feb. 23.-The political crisis has ended without bloodshed. 1t apparently has resulted in the overthrow of the Republican guard which had been carrying out partisan propaganda ever since the assassin ation of Premier Sid0nio paes in De- esasber. 1918. The government will return to the capital and the cham Der of deputies meet today.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
TROTZKY ANXIOUS TO
 CLEAN OUT PRISONS
Soviet Minister Says Russia Will Empty Jails if Foreigners Will
 Take Captives Away.

Moscow. Feb. 23.-"We shall glad ly turn over all the people in our prisons to foreigners if they will take them away" said Leon TrotzlSy, so- yiet war minister, in an interview with foreign correspondents who asked if he knew that prisoners were starving and dying of disease in so- viet jails.
 "As for fleeing prisoners, we haven't peace yet on our frontiers. Petlura, the Ukrainian leader, is sit ting against us, and there are others.
 Anyway, in or out of prison, peo- pie are dying of hunger. Our fam inc on the Volga was partly caused thru the region being ruined by Kol- chak and the Czeehs financed by for eign powers" 7"
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
It Was a Soaking Rain.

Washington's birthday, 1922, will be remembered in Mena for the sud den. but needed downpour of rain that started shortly after 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening and gave the city a thoro soaking. The official rainfall was recorded as one inch, the heaviest of the year.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
CLAY'S SHOE SHOP
Bring us your Shoe Repair Work. Our prices are right. consistent with good workmanship. Mail orders given Prompt Attention.
DIES AT AGE OF ios.
Kentucky Pioneers Life Is Spen,
 Within Two Miles Area.

Smiths Grove, Ky, Feb. 24.-John C. Franklin, one of Kentucky's pion- eers, and a man who lived in the same vicinity-within two miles of his birthplace-dgring the ios years of his life, died here yesterday. 4 fam fly of s5 grandchildren. I7 great grandchildren, and one great-greaf- grandchild. three sons. over 70 yoars of age and four other children more than be years old. survive him.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
OLD-TIMERS IN OZARK TOWNSHIP IN 1884.
Rv Lae Cnnnerl

I will give a few names of the old settlers of Ozark township as haven't heard any of their names in the old- times pick-ups. It is about 12 miles from Cross mountain to the Sevier county line, 12 miles from the Okla l. q line to the Howard line. l can gl you practically all the names of the citizens who lived in Ozark town ship in 1884. Nashville, Howard coun- ty, was our market then. Here they
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
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rsks IAxATEvE PROMO oliIklrI .s4< stlssa fisf Coush and hra5s iaf A -1zs
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA.
Fifty-Mile Gale Puts Heavener Light
 Plant Out of Commission.

Heavener, Ok, Feb. 24.--A young tornado passed thru this section this afternoon, headed southeast and blowing 90 miles an hour. It was fol- lowed by heavy rain with severe cleo trical disturbances. City lights are out of commission as a result.
The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02

might often be maintained by a sys- tenn of cooperative home-making. Men are almost universally fond of the homely life, and many remember even the roomy kitchen of their youth with loving thoughts. The home cook ing, too, is delightful, they hate the store and bakery cooking, when it gets to be the accustomed thing, tho good Tn an emergency and an aid to the family table. When the family is small, the breakfast table may be spread in the kitchen--not the kitch- enette, and the simple hot breakfast will be as much enjoyed as if in the family dining room. The nearness to the store saves steps, and work is thus lessened.
 Cooperation in the Morning Duties.
 Where there are little children to be dressed and cared for I know of several men who take pride in getting the breakfast, while the mother at tends to the children. l remember when 1 was just married we used to buy our coffee berries green and brown them in the oven, then grind the coffee ourselves. Often the grind ing of the coffee was the signal fer awakening some guest or indolent member of the family. What has be- come of all the coffee mills once seen in our kitchens? They have gone the way of many things once deemed in |dispensible.
 The task of getting breakfast is much easier than formerly. Fruit is more plentiful, and the many kinds of good breakfast foods are very help ful. Eggs, too, when not prohibitive in price, are easily cooked. l see but one objection to the man getting the breakfast, viz, he gets so very high an estimate of his ability as cook that sometimes he is very overbear- ing!
 The teaching of household econ omics in the schools is an ally to the help problem, and is of inestimable value in training girls for their life work. Cooking, bed making, the care of babies, etc, are being taught IT some schools. The old provert Many hands make light work" is es- pecially true of home making. Worthy Guests, the Chief Ornaments
 of Home.
 Some more famous writer than l. said this: "Our hearts sometimes become so burdened with our house. hold cares we are apt to forget our social duties" l do not so much refer to larger parties, or expensive enter taining, as to showing hospitality in smaller ways-remembering those who have no home ties, caring for those who come among us as preach CTS or lecturers on topics helpful to society. Ruskin said in his address to the women of England: Remember to care for those who else are home less" It is a great blessing, espe- cially to the children of the home, to have often within it, worthy guests. The right kind of guests will enjoy and appreciate cordial hospitality if simply given. The well trained chil- dren of good home furnish the chief enjoyment often, to normal people of culture and refinement, and such should often be brought to the home as models for the children. There is no more lovely place on earth than a refined Christian home. and such a one IS as often found in humble sur roundings as in the homes of wealth.
 Cooperative home making enlists the best efforts of all members of the home, the unselfish work of each for all that the highest ideal may be reached.
 Amelia c. Watson.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-17
LIGHTNING FLASH
STUNS AUTO DRIVER

Stunned by a flash of lightning
while driving his new Overland tour
ing car, Stanley Wisnewski, 1913 Hi
nois avenue, could not avoid wrecklng
his car and endangering the lives OF
himself and six other passengers in
the machine, yesterday afternoon, in
front of the II. f. Thompson farm
near the Ivy Way Gardens, at Mar
settles yesterday The car ran to the
edge of the road, and turned over
striking against a telephone post
which kept it from going down the
slight embankment.
Mr. Wisnewski, his wife. another
man and woman and three children
were all thrown out, but all escaped
without injuries.
The auto was badly damaged. The
top was ruined, the windshield brok
en-, the steering wheel broken, the
tenders bent and it was damaged in
other ways. 1t had been delivered to
the owner just week ago.
The accident occurred at a o'clock,
as Mr.. and Mrs. Wisnewski and their
friends were returning to Ottawa al
ter trip up the Ivy Way. A big flash
of lightning came near the car. AS
far as could be learned, it did not
strike anything in that vicinity, but
the driver was completely stunned by
the fash, so that he temporarily lost
consciousness. Before any of the oc-
cupants of the auto had time to realize
what had happened, the car ran onto
the shoulder of the road, and overturn.
ed
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-17
APPELLATE COURT FLAG
DROPPED FOR JUDGE

The flag on the Appellate court
building in Ottawa few at half mast
today, due to the death of Judge Di-
bell in Joliet, veteran jurist of the
tribunal.
j. Fl. Savage, of Joliet personal
friend of Judge Dibbell phoned the
Free Trader-Journal this afternoon
stating that Judge Dibbell's funeral
would occur tomorrow at o'clock in
Joliet. Arrangements will be made
by the Joliet attorneys to entertain
all out of town lawyers who attend
the funeral service tomorrow, while
they are in Joliet, and to furnish con
veyances for them to attend service
at the cemetery.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-17
GLENN SHULER WEEDS
BENTON HARBOR GIRL

Announcements of the wedding OF
Glenn Shuler, well known former
Ottawa resident, and Miss Irene Pc.
tiers, popular Benton Harbor, Mich
girl which occurred on July 6, in
Benton Harbor, were received in OF.
tawa today. Mr.. Shuler and his bride
are expected to arrive in this city to.
night for a visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. B. Shuler on Jackson,
and other Ottawa residents.
The wedding was very quiet, and
only the members of the brides fam
ilv present. Rev. G. W. Chessman,
former preacher of the Ottawa Bap-
fist church, who is now pastor of the
Benton Harbor Baptist church officiat-
ed. Immediately after the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs Shuler left for Chicago
where they spent short honeymoon,
after which they returned to Benton
Harbor, where they will reside.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Eugene H. Peters, promin-
ent residents of Benton Harbor She
was educated in the public schools
in that city, and graduated from. a
college only last spring
The groom resided in ottawa all
of his life until year ago last spring,
when he moved to Benton Harbor,
where he is now engaged in the bak-
cry business. He was educated in
the Ottawa township high school and
for number of years was employed
in the Office of the j. f. Porter Co.
and later in the office of the John
son Piano Co, in this city. During
the war he served in the United
States army
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-17
RUM GRAFT EXPOSE
MAY CAUSE ARREST
Of 50 CH|CAGOANS
POLITICIANS AND Ex-BOOZE
SLEUTHS TANGLED IN ExTEN.
slvE INQUIRY CONDUCTED BY
GOVERNMENT AIDS.

Y Chicago, July 17--Indctment of at
least fifty members OF the $4,000 900
booze ring-the most gigantic con.
spiracy TO defeat the prohibition laws
vet uncovered In Chicago-will be
asked OF the special federal grand
jury today.
lahore than $50 witnesses; many OF
them victims of extortion practiced
by former officials, will testify. There
are said to be a score OF afiidayits
IN the hands of the district attorneys
Office, Indicating the brides paid for
protection by brewers. dstillers and
others aggregated millions.
The first two indictments to be
askel will be directed against.
Harry Mayer, former collector OF
internal revenue in the Chicago dis
uict.
Benjamin Mitchell, ex.member of
the Illinois Legislature and nationally
known politician
Several former assistant United
States district attorneys and the
heads Of at least three important gov.
eminent departments are said also to
. be involved
Mayer and Mitchell were arrested
Saturday afternoon on charges of con
spiracy to extort money from saloon,
keepers and are now out on bail. They
were arraigned before United States
Commissioner Louis Mason
Evidence against members of the
ring, which is said to include many
Ia,
ers and distillers, was gathered dur.
ing six months investigation con.
Quoted by Special Internal Revenue
Intelligence Agent Patrick r. Roche
under Col. Arthur G.. Earnshaw.
Two police officials, attached to
stations in the loop district, are said
to be involved. In a statement to the
federal gents, wealthy brewer is
said to have admitted he had been
forced to pay IS on each barrel OF
real beer delivered by his brewery
A millionaire foundry owner prob
ably will be arrested on a federal
grand jury hearing, according to fed.
eral officials.
He is said to have used political
influence to have licenses of drug
gists, which were revoked, returned
on payment of money to federal ex-
ecutives. His share of the collections
is believed to have been approx
mately $4,000.
Shipments of whisky by the car
load lot, and they have been a matter
of almost daily occurrence, have been
traced directly to agents of the 3d.
coo 600 booze ring
The boldness with which this Or
ganization operated is indicated by
the fact, according TO the government,
that in one day five carloads OF whis-
ky were received on forged permits in
an outlying railroad yard and the city
flooded with the booze the same day.
1t was reported in the Federal
Building yesterday that several of the
alleged members of the gang have ap.
preached District Attorney Charles f.
Clyne with offers to testify for the
government in return for immunity.