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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
FOR CITY MARKET
Eighteen Stalls To Be Opened
Near the City Hall.
Mrs. Julia Kiene To Have
Charge for the Season.

The immediate establishment of an
eighteen-st municipal market in
front of the city building was made
certain this morning when the city
commission approved the plans of
Mrs. Julia Kiene. home demonstration
agent of the Shawnee county farm
bureau and chief promoter of the mar
ket.
The market will be operated Tues
day, Thursday and Friday evenings.
The stalls will be rented to the farm
ers of Shawnee county and small
charge will be made for every load
of produce sold. The market will be
established to enable the farmers to
sell their produce direct to the citizens
of Topeka. 1t is planned to operate
the market until about October 1. On
August 1 5 the market will be moved
to the south side of the city hall in
order that it may not interfere with
progra ms to be held in the auditorium
Mrs. Julia Kiene will be appointed
master of the market.
A law establishing a market was
passed in 1914 but the market has not
been operated for several years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
WIRELESS TALK WITH vENUs7
May Not BE Impossible. Is Best Hope
DR.. Abbot Offers.

Washington, June 27.-It may not
be entirely impossible to open wire
less cOmmL nication with worlds other
than our own. says DR.. c. 9. Abbot
assistant secretary OF the Smithsonian
Institution in its annual report for
1920 recently made public: but the
cost would be immense.
If there are any other stars or
planets inha bited by intelligent beings
and communication could be rendered
possible with them. what fund Of
knowledge might be learned from
them
III we could talk freely with intelIi-
gences existing on another world, hav-
ing history. social customs and laws
and religious faiths developed sbso-
lutely independently from those OF this
world, our conversation would not
only be of surpassing interest to
science and the humanities'' Doctor
Abbot says. but what a guide II might
prove to statesmen and socioioglstss's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
Wealthy Texas CattIeman and
Rancher, Was Well known.
He Influenced Bringing of Pure
Bred Stock to Texas.
OIL ADDED TO HIS WEALTH
Indians Seemed To Like Him.
and Decided Him Land.
Town in Texas Oil District Is
Bearing His Name Today.
(By the Associated Press)

Fort Worth, Tex, June 27.-Capt- S.
Burk Burnett. widely known cattle-
man, oil man and rancher, whose
wealth is estimated in the millions.
died at his home here at 1850 o'clock
this morning.
Captain Burk Burnett had been IN
ill health for more than a year. his
condition Monday however. suddenly
took a turn for the worse.
A pioneer resident of Texas. Captain
Burk Burnett carved his fortune from
the wild and woody west. literally
speaking. Born in Bates county, Mis-
souri,, in 1S49, the son of jeremiah
and Nancy Burnett, natives OF Nir-
ginia. Burnett was brought by his
parents to Texas while still a youth
They settled in Denton county. when
Burnett was but years old. He at
tended the public schools of Denton
He Was a LITTER"
In that decade the cattle industry
was occupying the commercial life OF
Texas and it was to this channel that
young Burnett's business attention was
turned
No sooner had he engaged in II
than he realized the necessity for i'm
provement in the breed of stock.
He purchased and imported the first
pure bred bull in Denton county and
began at that early date hfs operations
which have in recent years brought
IlIn naLlOnaA IN 1b ID AdDtAlu
Burnett drove his herds from Benton
to Wichita county and developed his
previous holdings to a total of thirty
thousand acres. His sense of justice
enabled him to make friends with the
Indians, of whom there were many In
Texas, and altho they were at enmffy
with the white man, they turned for
advice and counsel to Captain Bur-
nett
Perceiving the wastefuI misuse Of
Indian lands. Captain Burnett oh
tanned lease on 40. 900 acres to be
used for grazing purposes. This laid
the foundation for the immense for
tune of the man at the time of his
death.
The oil town of Burk Burnett was
named after the cattle man capitalist.
When the name was bestowed upon
the site, it was nothing more than a
small camp but with the discovery OF
oil it swelled into a prosperous COM
munity and retained the name Of the
founder.
Oil Then Increased Wealth.
While the cattle and land holdings
Of Captain Burnett are extensive, so
are his oil interests. His land was
among the first to reveal the presence
of the golden fluid, and with the de-
velopment of the oil industry in Texas,
Captain Burnett's wealth increased.
The deceased was one Of the founders
of the Cattle Raisers' Association OF
Texas and for years was leader Of that
organiza tion.
Likewise Captain Burnett has been
dominant in the industrial develop
ment Of the southwest. He held stock
in several Texas banks and other in
dustrial and commercial concerns.
He was prime mover in the erec-
tion of the Burk burnett building, cor
ner Fourth and Main streets here. and
which was one of the first signs 70
mark the progress of Fort Worth as
an Industrial center Of the southwest
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
I'm A BIC MERCER
Plans Today for Consolidation
of Kansas Empire Interests.
Application for Charter of a
$12,OOO,OOO Corporation Here.

Plans for consolidation of Empire
interests in Kansas into a twelve mil
lion corporation were outlined here
today in an application for a charter
for the Empire Natural Gas company.
The corporation is operating indepen-
dent of the Kansas Natural Gas oom-
pany and the Empire Gas & Fuel COM
pany which already represents millions
of dollars worth of investments in
their Kansas holdings
Robert H Carver, former judge of
the Shawnee county district court,
representing the Empire legal depart
ment, and T. J. Strickler, representing
the engineering department, presented
the application to the attorney gen.
erals office today. Strickler was
formerly engineer for the public util-
tiles commission of this state.
Resources at $2O,OOO,OOO.
Under the Empire program the
Wichita Natural Gas company, the
Wichita Pipe Line company, the Qua
paw Gas company and perhaps the
Marnett Mining company will be con-
solidated in Kansas as the Empire Ma
tural Gas company. The corporations
have resources aggregating nearly 20
million dollars. Their combined capi-
talizations total $12, 100000.
It is the plan of the company to
work out the consolidation program
for Kansas. Oklahoma and Missouri.
Under the program the subsidiary
companies will do business as a single
cooperation. They will operate inde-
pendent of the Kansas Natural and the
Empire Gas & Fuel company. altho
all will have general headquarters in
Bart1esville, Okla, and are under con-
troll of the Doherty interests The
merger is one of the biggest in Kan
sas in recent months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
Custer Suit Against COrwine
Comes to a Quick Trial.
Both Sides Ready for Fight
Wednesday Morning.
JURY WILL NOT HEAR CASE
Judges WhitcOmb and Mcclure
To Occupy Bench.
In Case of Custer City Commits
siOners Elect.

Trial of the custer suit brought by
Richard ]. Hopkins. attorney general.
against Mayor H. ]. Corwine, was set
for 9 O'Clock. Wednesday morning.
July 5, by Judge George H. Whit
comb in the district court this morn
ing. Attorneys on both sides ex-
pressed satisfaction with this date and
expressed a desire to be ready at that
time, but they reserved the privilege
of asking for a postponement in the
event all the necessary witnesses
could not be found on that date.
The trial will be held in the second
division, with Judge Whitcomb and
Judge James A. Mcclure, occupying
the bench Jointly.
The assignment of cases in the Of
flee of w. e. Anderson, clerk of the
district court. was made this morn
ing, two days in advance of the usual
time, in order that it might be deter
mined which judge should hear the
motion to set the custer case for i'm
mediate trial. Ordinarily case is not
tried until from thirty to sixty days
after the petition is, filed. The cases
are assigned to the two divisions by
lot. The number of each case is writ
ten on a separate paper and the num-
berS then drawn, the first case going
to the first division, the next to the
second, and so on. When the draw
ing began today. there were fourteen
number of the custer case was S5.10O.
It went to the second division. After
the date had been set, Judge Whit
comb called upon Judge Mcclure to
occupy the bench with him when the
actual trial begins.
The Trial by Court.
The case will be tried to by the
court and not by jury. a statute having
been passed in 1909 making such mat
ters triable by the court only.
In the event of a vacancy in the
office of mayor, under the commission
form of government such as Topeka
has. the statute provides that the
board of commissioners shall, by a
majority vote of all the members
thereof, elect some suitable person
to fill the unexpired term" While
such cases are unusual in Topeka
legal authorities are of the opinion
that the man appointed to fill a va
cancy in such an office would have
all the powers of a regularly elected
officer.
Under the statutes, when an custer
suit is brought, the court has the
power, at the request of the state
and upon good cause shown, to sus-
pend the accused officer until final
determination of the case. Such ac-
ton in the present case, however. has
not been regarded as necessary and
has not been asked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
LoTT1E NORRIS sPEcIALIzEs.
Industrial Art Teacher at Junior HigT
Takes Course at Emporia.

Emporia, Kan. June 27.-81iss Lot
tie Morris who will teach industrial
art in the Topeka junior high school
next year, is specializing in Industrial
art at the Kansas State Normal school
here.
Miss Morris has spent the last year
at the Kansas normal and will receive
her life certificate in July.
In connection with the work Of the
art department in training Miss Nor
ris and others who are specializing in
art. the department has on display a
collection Of oil paintings worth ap-
proxiruately 5000, ana a collection
of textile and wall paper designs. fur
nished by the American Federation of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
LOSES FIGHT FOR LIFE
More Than so Operations Were
Performed on Veteran War
Hero. During Four Years, But
Death Is Mt Last Vict>.r.

Catawissa. Pa. June 27.-Herbert
NIcCarty, IS. a veteran of the 18th
division. lost a four-year fight for life
after undergoing nearly fifty opera
tions to overcome wounds suffered a
few days before the armistice when
his body was riddled by bullets from
a machine gun of a German airplane
TWenty-four of his operations were
major ones and twenty-fOur others
were classed by surgeons as minor
Eighteen machine gun bullets had
been taken from his body, and he car
ried two. embedded near his jugular
vein. to his death. In the operations.
IA ribs had been entirely removed
McCarty had been cited for extreme
bravery. his citation stating he was
dragging bodies of his comrades back
from exposed position when wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
GAS PRICES UP TODAY
One Cent a Gallon More Is Charged
in Topeka.


Wichita, June 27.-Standard Oil
company of Indiana today increased
its price for gasoline at filling stations
here IL cents gallon. The new
price is 25.4 cents.
Sinclair Refining company yester-
day increased its price from 24.3 to
25.3 cents a gallon. other indepen-
dent companies which yesterday met
the Sinclair advance today added one
tenth of a cent. Sinclair was still SELL
ing at 25.3 cents this afternoon.
Sinclair gasoline in Topeka filling
stations advanced. Monday morning
from PA cents 10 25.4 cents. Local
Standard Oil filling stations made an
advance of one cent a gallon at 9
o'clock this morning. This makes the
Standard Oil gasoline sell for 25.4
cents. Independent filling stations in
Topeka have met the advance and are
also selling gasoline for 25.4 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
CIRCUS HERE WEDNESDAY
Al C. Barnes Animal Shows VIII Give
Two Performances.

Hey, Skinney- Push the old alarm
clock up a few notches tonight be-
cause the circus is due to arrive in
Topeka early Wednesday morning and
it's a long way TO the Union Pacific
tracks where it is going to unload.
The Al c. Barnes circus is showing
today at Beatrice. Neb., and accord
ing to Union Pacific advices, will
probably arrive here about o'clock
tomorrow morning. Tomorrow night
the Union Pacific will haul the circus
to Leavenworth where it will show
Thursday.
While advance announcements are
not clear on the subject, it is under
stood that there will be a parade about
noon Regular performances will be
given both afternoon and night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
GOV. ALLEN To PITTSBUR6
Able To Leave His Home After Suf
fering Infected Foot.

Governor Allen is able to leave his
home after having been laid up for
several days because Of an infected
foot He spent a portion of the day
a his home and left late this after
noon for Pittsburg, where he will
speak Wednesday.
The Kansas executive will use the
occasion of the Herrin, Ill. slaughter
of non-union mine workers to drive
home his argument for national in
dustrial court law. He speaks at noon
Wednesday in Pittsburg and in the
evening at Parsons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
CLOSE STORES AT $50 P. M.
Topeka Merchants Association Decides
on JuIy-August Plan

1t was unanimously voted by the
Merchants association board of direc-
tors today noon that the usual custom
of closing stores at $3.50 o'clock dur
ing July and August be adhered to
this year
This applies to the first five days of
the week and is for the purpose of
giving the employees a Shorter work
day during these two hot months.
Saturday hours will be as usual, it was
decided.
For several years all stores repre-
sented in The association membership p
have closed earlier during July and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
A. STUART BALDWIN IS DEAD.
Heart Disease Proves Fatal to Vice
President of Illinois Central.

Windsor, Ontario, June 27.-A. Stu
art Baldwin, 81 years old. of Chicago.
vice president of the Illinois Central
railroad, died suddenly of heart di-
sease while en- route from New York
to Chicago on a Michigan Central
train last night. the crew reported on
arrival here this morning.
Mr.. Baldwin, accompanied by his
wife, and daughter, returned from d
three months visit in Europe. Monday
morning The train had just entered
st. Thomas when Mr.. Baldwin was
stricken. Trainmen summoned a
physician. but the railroad executive
was dead before medical assistance
reached him. The body was taken on
the train TO Chicago where 1t is due
to arrive at S:25 this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
WILL BURY HER WEDNESDAY.
Fings Thruout Illinois Fly at Half
Mast for Mrs. Small.

Kankakee. III, June 27.-FuneraI
services for Mrs. Ida Moore Small
wife of Gov. Len Small, will be held
tomorrow afternoon. The services
will be held in the Small home where
death came to the wife of Illinois
governor. and burial will be in Mound
Grove Gem etery, northwest of the city
Thruout the state. flags are at half
mast today out of respect to Mrs
SmalFs memory. During the funeral
services tomorrow, state offices al
Springfield will suspend activities
Pr5 ctically all business houses of
Kankakee also will close during the
funeral.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
OHIO Miner IS SHOT DOWN
Another Wounded in Firing From
Woods, as Two Go To Work.

Bridgeport, Ohio, June 27.-One
miner was killed and another
wounded this morning when they were
fired upon from the hills while en-
route to work at the strip mine of
the Catherine Coal Mining company at
Uniontown near mere, according to in
formation reaching here.
The victims were in an autom ob.le
when the shooting began.
Three strip mines of the Catherine
company in this region have been
operating since the strike was called
April 1. There have been several
minor disorders in that region within
the past month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
YOUNG BRIDE IN SUICIDE PACT.
Girl of II, with Husband. Met Death
by Poison Route.

St. Louis. Mo, June 27.=CarryInR
out a suicide agreement Mrs. Edna
Slazman. l. years old, died early to-
day after taking poison. and her hus-
band, Gilbert. is in a serious condition
from effect of the poison The cou-
pie was married three weeks ago.
Notes referring to separation ana
arguments were left by the couple bus
il could not be learned whether they
drew up the suicide pact because OF
objections by the girls parents 70 her
marriage at her age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
WILSON DAM GETS CASH
Army Measure For Muscle Shoals
Project Allows $7,5OO,OOO.

Washington, June 27-The senate
concurred in the house amendment
to the army bill authorizing an ap-
preparation of S7.5OO.000 for new
work on the Wilson dam at Muscle
Shoals Ala, effective next October 1.
Chairman Norris of the agriculture
committee led fight to refuse to
accept the house amendment but was
defeated, 50 to 2S. He wanted the
senate to insist on its amendment un-
der which the fund would have be-
come available Immediately after the
president signed the army bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27

More pleasant weather is promised
for Topeka in the next twenty-four
hours, says Meteorologist Flora. The
temperature will not rise above the
90-degree mark and will drop to
about 65 degrees tonight. No real hot
weather is in sight.
The temperature averaged five de-
grees below normal in Topeka in the
last twenty-four hours. This was the
first be1ow-normal temperature since
June 4.
Why go to Colorado? The high
temperature at Denver Monday was
SO degrees and at Salt Lake City,
Utah, "a degrees as compared with SO
degrees in Topeka.
Only three Kansas points received
a rain in the last twenty-four hours:
Concordia. .O6 of an inch; Emporia.
.08 of an inch and Goodland, .12 of
an inch.
The highest temperature in Topeka
(Contfnued on Page TwoJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
GAS RAISE IN KANSAS CITY
Increase of $4,000 n Month To Be
Kept in Trust Fund.

Arba S. Van ValkenbUrgh in federal
court here today granted the Kansas
City Gas company permission to raise
its rates 5 cents per 1 900 cubic feet.
The increase. which will reach $4,000
a. month, is to be kept in a trust
fund until decision is reached in the
dispute between the Kansas City COM
pany and the Kansas Natura Gas
company over the latter company's
proposed price hike of from 35 to 40
cents at the city's gates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
GRAIN BILL OVER
House Passes Capper-Tincher
Substitute Gambling Choke.
Vote of EOS to 76 Taken on the
Measure Late Today.

Washington, June 27.-The new
Capper-Tincher ''anti-gra.n gambling"
bill designed to prevent manipulation
of grain prices by regulating trading
in futures, was passed by the house
this afternoon. The vote was 2OS
to rs.
The first Capper-Tincher act was
declared unconstitutional by the
United States supreme court, but the
new measure is declared by its spon-
sors to meet the objections raised by
the court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
PRICE OF WHEAT Is FACTOR.
Americans Care More About That
Than International Affairs-Taft.

London. June 27.-''AIany Ameri-
cans are more concerned with the
price of wheat than they are with in
ternationaI affairs said former Pres
ident william H. Taft, now chief JUS
ticS of the American supreme court.
in an address before the English
Speaking union today
Chief Justice Taft said the people
of the United States must be educated
to the value of arbitration between the
various nations of the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
Dynamite Used in West Virginia.

Grafton. w. Va, June 27.-The coal
tipple at the Luella mine of the H. NJ.
Crawford Coal company was de-
stroyed and the tipple at the Victor
mine of the Radcliffe Summerville z
Coal company at Arden. w. Va, was
damaged early today by explosions of
dynamite. Threats have been re-
ceived by officials of the companies,
they said. when they continued to
operate the mines after the strike was
He'd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
OSTEOPATHs TO THE PULPIT.
Los Angeles Turns Over Church Serv-
ices to Visiting Healers.

Los Angeles, Calf, June 27.-Visit-
inp osteopathic specialists will occupy
pulpits of Los Angeles churches. Sun
day, July 2, according to an announce
nlent of the American Osteopathic as
sociation-
= The following day the annual inter
national osteopathic convention. to
close July Z, will open under the
auspices of the association with an
address by Governor Stephens of CAL
ifornia Smallpox. mental and nerv-
Gus diseases dentistry and public
health will be among the subjects
treated at the sessions. DR.. Samuel
side. Dr. c. D. Swope OF Washington.
d. c.. is chairman OF the program
committee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
"OId Grow" Is Arrested

Columbia. No, June 27.-Is any
quart safe2
A careless motorist smacked in
to a lamp post on Broadway today
and broke it off A quart Of old
Crow. hidden in the base Of the
post, rolled to the pavement intact
But, tough luck, the police have II
now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27

Omaha. June 27.-It required the
efforts OF the entire fire department
TO check blaze early today in the
plant of the Bandcn Supply company.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
Nicholas Longworth's Mother Die

Cincinnati, June 27.-Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, II years old. mother Of
Congressman Longworth and Countess
de Chambrun of Paris. died here to
day. following an illness of several
weeks. due to an attack of pneumonia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
MARS ~EASY TO REACH"

Paris. June 27.-The French
Academy of Science today offered
a prize of 100000 francs for the
first communication with any
planet except Mars Mars is too
easy" explains the announcement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
rs KILLED IN WRECK
Railway Crash just Outside Berlin
Also Hurts 30 More.

Berlin, June 27.-Twenty-six per-
sons were killed and numbers of 9TH
way accident just outside Berlin to-
day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
BOY TRIES RESCUE. DIES
Bodies of ard 11-Ycar-OId Children
Taken From sand Pit.

Fremont. Neb.. June 27.-The bodies
of Harold Howard. II, and his brother
John. .. were recovered from sand
pit lake near here today.
Harold lost his life trying TO rescue
the younger boy when swimming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
TO HANDLE THE CRIME?

Washington. June 27.-Twenty-
five new federal judgeships are
created by a bill agreed upon to-
dly by the senate and house con-
ferees who have been wrangling
over II for several weeks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-27
''Why Don't You Tell About
Other Towns?" Is Query.
Citizens Say They Aren't Alone
To Blame for SIayings.
IS UNION AGAINST OWNERS
And Nothing Wrong Is Seen in
Killing NOn-Union Miners?
It's a Pretty Town, Says A. p,
Bat It's Not Safe-Yet.

Springfield. Ill. June Give
have no reports of a possible attack
upon the twelve wounded men in the
Herrin hospital Adjutant General
CarlIz Black declared today when in
formed of reports coming from Herrin
that the men were in danger.
General Black said the only intima-
ton he had of a repetition of the mine
massacres in southern Illinois was the
newspaper account of the alleged
murder plot in the morning papers.