The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 24, 1919

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The Evening Newspaper of Kansas W1 EATHER FORECAST for Kansas: Generally fair tonight and Thurs CF'4 day; bo mow hat warmer Thursday. HOME EDITION TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1919 -TEN PAGES THREE CENTS HOPKINS ANGRY AT OLIGER'S WAR ON HJU. BILL .ttornej- General Takes Up Re tall Secretary's Challenge. .Merry Christmas Fight Orer Anti-Profiteer Measure. SENDS APPEAL TO LEGISLATORS Hopkins Says It Will Be Re sented by Honest Dealers, Oliger Urges Approval of Al len's Restricted Program. Richard J. Hopkins, attorney pen era!, today hunft a sprig of mistletoe on the coat tail of every profit-grabbing merchant in Kansas. Hopkins's Merry Christmas greeting to the prof Heers is an invitation to the Kansas legislature to take a free and generous l;ick by passing the anti-profiteer bill. .Action by the attorney general came tortay -when he received a copy of a special bulletin to Kansas retailers by L. OTJger of Topeka, secretary of the retailers' organization in the state. Hopkins's temperature went several members of the fair-price committee, points above normal when he read to arrange for the meeting. Oliver's urgent appeal to the mer- Presidents of all the women's organ chants to get behind Governor Alien s izations In the city will be asked to plan for a restricted legislative ses- i be present at Monday's meeting or to .siiin and thus kill the anti-profiteer- I send their representatives. A women's ins bill. According to the informa- anti-H. C. L. organization probably Unn which Oliger sent members of his will be perfected and this body will organisation. Governor Alien is -op- get busy distributing economy propa j.osi'ii to "dropping the bars" and per- I ganda to influence the women to buy rnirr ine a wide open session. C onsc uurntly every mtrcha nt is urged to Jinmefiiately write to the governor, endorse his program and insist that consideration of bills be limited to i;insTirs contained in the special sea-, si'-n can.' Ho kins Spreads Appeal. Now Hopkins s doing the very thing Oliver probubly 'never intended to do.i He is sending a copy of the appeal to. every legislative member. He is also 4-herking uo to individual members of the house and senate the responsibility for a wide scope of necessary legisla tion whether the governor wants it or not. "Oliver's appeal should be resented by every honest merchant In Kansas," said Hopkins. "It is on its face an as sumption that every retailer is a profiteer and an open admission of the re; I emergency and nppd of remedial lij-iiition. It would be just as well to appeal to the state at large to pro test against a law prohibiting murder because every res' ent of the state mi,:ht be required to establish an alibi showing he was not guilty of murder. I don't believe the merchants are half as bad as Oliver's appeal nml:es them appear. If they are the I legislature surely cannot pass the antt profiteer law too soon.' Attorney General Hopkins has stood out for an open session of the legisla ture at least a session which wi-u'.d consider all bills of immediate clatc wiile effect. A backfire has been started bv urging that scope of the session be limited to the governor s Immediate program. Ollger's bulletin tiiged that the restricted session plan lie given earnest support in -lew of the fact that the governor may be able to win out with his policy. Oliver's Bulletin." Under the caption 'Merchants, at tention. AUorney general will father some special bills." Oligcr in a special bulletin to members of his organiza tion said The writer had n conference with the nltrrncT general this morning find lie is I .Sue to do liis best to see til; sevcra 1 M r.1 Tf! uti'-h meiimire are presented it means that the incr-linnts of Knnsns win ne nigniy 1niiT -tel. The profiteer! ng bill to ne pre nentp.l bv the nttnruey general will be a in:tMire 'fh:it will involve all the bnslncFs I Chicago, Dec. 24. The women's Jnh-rvMs of the state. Kvn tho the bill is ,war on wasteful buying was concen- ..I on.- it will mean some nig changes m n pi:,,, Hi ran; niran. hi V;:,T"Vu'SlyUrn. Jrpitlninte himinefs. How you ran help to prevent the eatns-,to tmphe: We wifh to appeal to all the mer- limits In the stale, all the secretaries, and I an the organization, involved to get in I tnn.-h with the governor. Henry S.' Allen. an.l ask him to limit the sie. lal senslon to i the onsiileration of Mils outlined only In j lit? ti ll Hoy Tit 111. lit" 1!" II"! HI mti'l III Mropplng .lo n the bars." anil If giveu in. i 'i r i"ii'i""i j .u. ..i J:t. Ilnwovrr, concltlpra bio pressure is ne- inir brought to bear from other noorm ami this inu-t be i-onnteraoteil by the mer- i-hnnrn anil those friendly to the mercantile iiiTrresfs of Kansns. rimiw Art I mraf1 lately. J i?as cot in tom b with th froTproT nt 'ni.T it-t a number of his friends in vour romm unity to write him no! back l!rn up ta m?, program. Ask him tn pro-" tcri tU gMiTnl interests of the Btnte by n-of ill ntr UDiifv"ssry legislation, thereby I smMHzinij thfnps as rumii as possible. IMease (id everything you ran nlong thin Hup for your support Js eertalnlv nee.lei) an 1 YOr H AYE A lH'TY TO l'KRFOKM. l'LICASE ACT IMMEHIATELY, SCHOOL TO REOPEN JAN. 5 School Board Doesn't Wish to Rnoll Hail neW grOUO Of ilt. NiplCS the u. me iiirinuuis. noi nav-! ing tne nean to no anything that would spoil the Christmas good times nf the pupils, have decided not to re open school December 29. but to stick to the date formerly fixed. January 6. The decision was made at an informal conference of members of the board Tuesday. "We would have liked to begin a week earlier," said Supt. A. J. stout, "hut many of the pupils are out of town on vacation trips that they had Wanned in good faitii with the under standing that January 5 would be the fiate of reopening school." Maeterlinck In America. New York. Dec. 24. Maurice Maeter linck, the Belgian poet, arrived here last night on the liner France with his nineteen-year-old wife. He came here r'imariiy to witness tne premier of "The Tilue Bird'' in musical form' at the Metropolitan opera house on Sat urday night. KATES FOR 1920. Aa already announced in this paper December 6, the subscription rates for "the State Journal for 1920 -will be 15 cents per. week by carrier; $6 per year by mail. This is an advance of 2. cents per week or about 10 cents a month. The State Journal trusts that its readers will take this increase with the spirit of co-operation. The white paper situation in this, country is a desperate one. The price for white paper has increased enormously. Many papers will be absolutely unable to live. While the increase seems a smalt one yet in the aggregate it will enable us, we hope, to take care of a part o the increased cost of paper. TO LIMIT BUYING Women Meet Monday to Plan: Lower Cost Drive. Will Boycott Luxuries Wear Old Clothes. and The women of Toneka will fnrmallv haunch their campaign to lower the j afternoon. The order went out by di j H. C. of L. by limiting their buying I rection of Howat, who communicated strictly to necessities at a meeting at w,th his office by telephone. the Chamber of Commerce Monday at I 3 o m w H Ven.nor chair.nnn of i H. Kemper chairman of t ,r ir.jnn t. m i a which i3 behind the movement, today called on Mrs. D. W. Mulvane Mrs.! K. C. Arnold. Mrs. Georse Supple and Mrs. W. A. McCarter. the first three only what they absolutely need, cut ting out luxuries and making their old clothes, until prices forced down. over are ifILL HOLD R. R.'S

"resident Postpones Return to Owners From Jan. 1 to April 1. Congress 'Failure to Tass Legis lation Given as Cause. Washington. Dec. 24. Return of tne railroads to their owners has beenorder for the meeting of the district i:y ri"lue"1 wiison unin April 1 at the earliest, it was generally believed here todayH- seemed, X'ir j ITui v, u 7 -4 il T wo SLhdck.Ja"u!7 113 i imuii nau liisi ymy inienueu 10 qo. t Congress has passed no legislation to regulate and care for the roads when the government relinquishes its control. In addition, with the govern- ment exercising its control of the fuel supply mainly thru the railroads, the president is believed to have aban doned the plans for the return until the present situation clears up. President Wilson is expected to make some pronouncement tonight re garding the railroad situatfcn. Offi cials generally professed not to Know I released from jail yesterday, where just wHat it would be but some of j ne had been sent as the result of them at least, expected that it would charges of contempt of court for al be an announcement of the return of ieged violation of the injunction is the roads to private operation on Jan- I sued by United States District Judge Uill J A. TO BOYCOTT PHONE Chicago Women Push H. C. Drive on Xmas Dinner. L. General Orders to All ttoTZSS? Arc Issued Today. jrated today on the Christmas dinner. i The women's division of the fair conmWn urged housewives to refrain from purchasing turkeys at 5i 60 cents a pound when chickens. ducks and geese could be bought at from 35 to 45 cents. e women were encouraged in their 1 ne 7.omn Jere encouraged in tneir j fiions oy ine arop ot ji cents a dozen j in rgg prices me iirsi wees 01 tne I uill fsuigll. I W ide circulation was given today to general orders tor the campaign. They fnijnw- i1 to market ins.ead of telephoning orders. ask the price before buying. Huy cheaper grades. Don't hesitate to say, 'I can afford it, but I won't pay the price." Don't waste gas cook everything in the oven. Buy in quantity where cheaper. Don't buy in packages if bulk js cheaper. WILL BE WARM XMAS Also Generally Fair, Is Prediction of Meteorologist Horn. 'WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS: ThnrxilHv somewhat warmer Thursday. jne soippera lorerast warns to protect rtft-hniir .hinm.nt. nnrlh on, I nujncnuin; oi decrees;' east and south against a temperature of 30 degrees. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES. 7 o'clock 31 8 o'clock 31 9 o'clock 30 10 o'clock 30 11 o'clock 30 12 o'clock 30 1 o'clock 30 3 o'clock SCI There is practically no chance for a white Christmas. S. D. Flora, state meteorologist, announced today. Kan sas is on the edge of a cloudy belt. Flora said there is a fifty-fifty chance for fair weather here tomorrow. Tem peratures will be moderate. Little change occurred in Kansas weather during the last twenty-four hours, or in the entire Lfnited States. At 7 o'clock this morning the temper ature hero was 31 degrees. Tonight tne low marK will oe about 38, rising to 40 degrees in the afternoon Little variation in temperature will occur. Flora does not predict any measur able precipitation in the next 24 (Continued on Page Two.) HOWAT ORDERS MINERS BACK TO WORK AT ONCE Only Eight Kansas Mines 5ot Working Today. Union Men Ready to End Strike on Word From Chief. i GOVERNMENT WATCHES KOWAT Federal Officials Will See That He Keeps Agreement. Kansas Executive Board Called to Meet on Friday. Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 24. All Kan sas miners striking in protest against the sending to jail of their president, Alexander Howat, were ordered to re- turn to work by district officials this """j" notiiiea nis ornce that the central and other local strikes would cemral ana ?ner local striKes would oe !aKen up by tne district board here rjay. 4T, One thousand miners still were on fir,Ke luUii' in Sli mines not wors- When Alexander Howat, president of the Kansas United Mine Workers, returns from Indianapolis today, the miners involved in the "strike for Howat" will be down in the mines. They were ready to go back the min ute word reached here of Howat's release from the Indianapolis jaik Fifteen hundred miners employed by the Central Coal and Coke com pany on strike since last July, also will have returned to work, or be pre paring to do so. Thousand Not Working. Later reports did not increase the number of idle mines. The idle mines are: Nos. 15-16-18-19 Western; No. 9. Girard Fuel; No. 8, Pittsburg North ern. Approximately 1,000 miners are not working. August Dorchy, district vice-president, and Thomas Harvey, district secretary-treasurer, are in Kansas City today for a meeting of the union offi cials of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas. Thomas Cunningham, traveling auditor, in charge of the union headquarters, was attempting to establish communication with Alexan der Howat, who was expected to be in Kansas City also for the meeting. No executive board has yet been issued. It wa niprtAii -a Hintfh from Tn- dianapolis "last 7ilghtBaid that"Howat -lhad telegraphed a call for the meet- ling of tne executive board. As the board has only six members, it will not be hard to get a meeting of the board on short notice. Court WatqJies Howat; Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. 24. Gov ernment officials in Indianapolis to day awaited developments in the Kan sas coal fields before determining their future course in court action against Alexander Howat, of Pitts burg, Kan., president of District No. 14 of the U. M. w. A. Howat was A B. Anderson asainet furtherance 'of the coal strike. His release and subsequent depar j ture for his home was .effected by 'agreement on his part to co-operate I with international union officials in ending: a strike of 1,000 employes of the Central Coal Coke company, the continuation of which formed the basis for court action against him. It was indicated today that if the local probably nitely. Howat's agreement to use his In fluence in ending the tieup in Kansas came during a session of the federal court yesterday and followed a prom ise by William Green, international secretary-treasurer of the mine work ers, to send a telegram to the Kansas district ordering the men to return to work. This message was sent and for Kansas before leaving tor Kansas wired a meeting of ecutive board of the district on the ex- at which steps will be taken to end tne strike. IN HONOR OF AMERICAN PRESS Seven Thousand Ton Ship Named 1 After Patriotic V. S. Newspapers. Philadelphia, Iec. 24. The 7.82S-J ton cargo carrier American Press, Hog j Island's seventy-sixth -essel which jwas named as a tribute to the loyalty land co-operation of newspapers thru out the nation during the war, was launched today. I Miss Elizabeth C. Stone .of New York, daughter of Melville E. Stoi;e, peneral manager of the Associated Press, was the sponsor. As Miss Stone crashed the gold mesh-covered bottle of champagne against the bow she said, "I christen thee American Press, in honor of the 100 per cent Americanism displayed by the newspapers in the United States ,1, Kt ntArM T.o WANT NEW INCREASES Approximately 35.000 Garment Work ers Demand $5 More Tvr Week. Chicago, Dec 24. Wage increases averaging $5 weekly have been grant ed the approximately 35,060 men's garment workers in Chicago, it be came known today. About $2.50 was added to the production cost of a suit of clothes, employers estimated, altho the union men claimed that the cost to the wearer should not be increased over what it would have been inas much as the increases were figured into prices set last fall for next sum mer's clothes. The increase is retroactive to De cember 15 and the new scale runs un til June, Special sale on ties and shirts. Open this evening. .New Toggery. Adv. shrill PUBLIC THE GOAT Fourteen Per Cent Coal Price Increase Reaches Topeka. j- ctf mm i.- mrr Covers Additional-Wages Re cently Granted Miners. The public will pay the 14 -per cent increase In wages granted tha miners, at least for a time, it was evident to day in the face of advanced retail prices for coal in Topeka. One dealer, who received a-shipment of Osage, said it was invoiced to him at $1 a ton higher than in October, due, he explained, to increased cost of produc tion. But few local dealers have re ceived coal since the strike was set tled. Another dealer declared his in voices read 14 per cent higher on shipments received from the mines since the settlement of the strike than before. The freight and allotted mar gin of profit Is merely added to this price. I There was some speculation as to whether an increase of 14 per cent on ting or a period of alternate freezing retail price or on wholesale prices and thawing would injure it greatly, would be allowed. If. the increase' on, Very little farm work was accom retn il nrinpfi is allowed, the consumer plished during the week. Gathering will pay an added profit to the dealer, For example, the government price on Osage at the mines is 14.85. A 14 per cent increase on this would bring the dealer's cost to 15.53. To this would be added the freight and al lotted profit, making a total of $9.20. But if the increase is allowed on the retail price, the freight and retailers' profit would be first added to the wholesale price, making a total of $8.53, and the 14 per cent advance fig ured on this, which would bring the total cost to the consumer to $9.80, or 60 cents more a ton than the increase figured on the wholesale price would be. Local dealers declare, however, that the advance so far has been merely on the wholesale price and that they are making no more profit than before. The increase on a ton of Osage coal if only the 14 per cent is added to the wholesale price, would be about 65 or 70 cents. On higher priced coal the increase would, of course, be higher. The dealer who claimed Osage had been invoiced to him at 11 a ton high er said he had not observed any ad vance on other kinds of coal other than Burlingame, and Instead looked for Colorado and eastern hard coal be to lower in price. This would be due, he said, to the ability of the operators in (Continued on Page Two.i SAYS HE REFUSED! Accused Husband Denies Moth-er-in-Law's Confession Charge, Says She "Wanted Him to Per form Fatal Operation. Paw Paw, Mich., Dec. 2fl. Joseph Virgo, accused of killing his wife, Maud Tabor, by an illegal operation, continued to maintain his innocence ot the crime today. Virgo has been questioned almost constantly since early Tuesday, when Mrs. Sarah Tabor, hs mother-in-law, declared her daughter's death resulted from the op eration performed by the accused man. Acc -dinp to attorneys. Virgo stuck to his original story that he "was asked to perform an operation by Mrs, Tabor, but refused. "Joe always said he didn't want any brats running around the house," Mrs- Tabor said. Virgo will so to trial in January, according to present plans. ALL IN THE SAME BOAT iiLD WEATHER GENERAL What Out From Cndcr Snow With Its Healtliy Green Color. Cygaratively mild weather as general over Kansas the entire week, but there was art excessive am o wit of cloudiness and fog. Io measurable rain or snowfall was reported any where in the state and the snow cov ering entirely disappeared, except In a a few of the most northern, counties. Wheat came out from under t he snow with its healthy green color, ex cept that in the eastern and especially the southeastern counties, where the snow was light, it has turned brown in many iieids. In the western third and the north-central counties wheat is generally reported to be good to ex- cellent, but a great many counties in the south-central and east-central ppr tions, where the drought at seeding time was severe, report the growing crop as only fair' and in some places as poor. Practically no counties in the eastern half of the state rate the pres ent condition of wheat as excellent. With the continuance of mild temper atures, wheat is in a condition to de velop right along, but severely cold weather without another snow cover- i corn was in progress in some placesUhe a bein and in the western third some -small headway was made in threshing wheat. In the southwestern counties a consid erable amount of grain sorghums was threshed. LLOYD GEORGE Eyen Xorthcliffe Press Praises Premier for Irish Bill. Qomplete Abdication of Stand on Home Rule. London, Dec 24. Some political observers today saw in the unanimous ly laudatory attitude assumed by the Northcliffe press toward Premier Lloyd George's Irish proposal a possi ble rapprochement between the great publisher and the statesman. Both the London Times and Mail, leadinr Northcliffe -publications, were profuse in their praise of the premier's plan. Heretofore- these newspapers have been bitter in their attacks upon the premier, following Lord North- cliff e's break with him during the peace conference. Evening papers yesterday continued the shower of praise which has been heaped upon the premier. Irish Hold Own Fate." Lloyd George's proposal gives the world an example of British states manship,, the Evening Globe declared, while the Westminster Gazette said no -American could condemn it fairly. "The scheme puts Ireland's fate in Irish hands," the Evening Standard asserted, while the unusually hostile Star said the premier clearly had one eye on American opinion. It com pared the taxation powers with those of state legislatures in the United; States justifying the division of Ire- i Tarwater was brought here shortly land by the precedent in the United after the shooting and fatal wound States in the Division of Virginia and 'ins of Robertson in the newspaper of West Virginia. j t ice at Gallatin late yesterday. Talk "If the premier's plan fails to of vengeance upon the accused slayer work," the Star asserted, "we will say I caused authorities to hurry him out of to the American people we've given '-town. the "Irish the same Dowers of self! The cause of the shooting, it was government as possessed by the states of the Union and they've rejected them. It will be difficult to keep up S alleged bootleggers. As a resuit of the strike here last May, was found guilty the anti-British campaign in the: editor's accusations. Tarwater had today of sedition. He was the first -of United States if that happens. No brought suit for 120,000 damages, al-'twelve indicted following the strike, doubt that was part of the calculations leging libel. The case was' continued ,cnarges beinjr basrd on their t cts dur cf that master of strategists Lloyd 'uutil February at the October term of! ing the trouble. Rjnsell'a trial occu George. court. pied twenty-eight days. f?- a 3 BUYING IN CLIMAX Xmas Shoppers Swarm Topeka lietail Stores Today. Public, HoweTer, Cuts Down Giving Due H. C. L. The last big driv of Christmas shoppers began this morning.' Retail establishments were prepared for a record- breaking business. The eleventh-hour shoppers were out in the absolute necessity of completing their Christmas shopping in the few hours left. 5 Business has been exceptionally good this year, retailers said. While in quantity of -goods and amounts of j money taken in they are handling a j record breaking business, many of i them declared the percentage of profit j ia not so large as it has been in other years. From the standpoint of the shop pers, buying is more difficult this year than ever before. Local establish ments seem to be stocked with two classes of merchandise, it is said, articles of a lower gride of quality, at what might be termed low prices, and high class merchandise at extremely nigh prices. Shoppers complain of no middle grou nd. Despite the many complaints against high prices, it seems that shoppers are buying as much as ever, probably more, and ara going in for a much higher grade of merchandise. A num ber of merchants state that they are stocked in various lines with low priced merchandise but that people will not even look at it, picking out the highest priced articles in the line they are inspecting. Discussions in many stores groups indicate, however, that many persons are sanely cutting down the high cost of living by cutting down-the Christ mas list .eliminating all except rela tives and the closest intimate friends. Hundreds of persons who formerly gave Christmas presents to large num bers of their friends are confining their efforts this year to a remem brance card. The supply oi Christmas cards was exhausted practically sev eral days ago. Hundreds of men who have not been in women's stores since last year were running thru them in droves like lost sheep. Many of them were In tow of i Irjena wirp- MURDER IS CHARGE Newspaper Libel Suit Argument Ends Fatally for Editor. City Clerk and Phone Manager of Gallatin, Mo., Held. St. Joseph. Mo., Dec. 2-?. Hugh T. Tamater. city clerk and president of the Home Telephone Co. at Gallatin, Mo., today was in iaJl here rharsrrt with the murder of Wesley L. Robert- son, editor of the Gallatin Democrat. 1 believed, was due to articles published i in the Democrat id its fight against I the Democrat in its fight against EXCEED BILLION IN VALUE FARM PRODUCTS IN '1 9 Greatest Showing In History for Kansas This Year. Total Agricultural and Live Stock, $1,087,000,000. CROPS ALONE AT $746,512,500 This Is Nearly 200 Millions More Than Last Year. Slump of 21 Millions in the Value of Animals. For the first time in the history of Kansas, values of farm products and livestock this year exceeded a billion dollars. Tne grand total of agricul tural and livestock values is $1,087,- 000,000. Farm products alone were this year worth almost an even three- j quarter billion dollars, while numbers and values of all livestock slumped below the record of a year ago. Figures issued today by J. C. Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture, give Kansas farm inter nists the greatest boost in history. Wheat values exceed by more than 100 million dollars any former record for Kansas, altho the bushel yield for the state was second to the high pro duction mark attained in 1914. Secretary Mohler's figures give farm crop values of $746,512,500 as against $592,017,325 last year. Live stock values are given at $320,499,377, or a slump of more than 21 million dollars below 1918 when values of animals tn Kansas was listed at $361,868,765. Two Other Half Billion Crops. Only on two previous occasions 1917-1918 have farm crop values passed the half billion dollar mark. The 1918 record set a new standard when values of $592,017,325 were re ported. In 1917 values of farm crops were givenat $507,473,787. And this year the figures jump to the three quarter billion mark. Last year win ter wheat was valued at 185 million dollars, while In 1917 the value of the year's crop was .but 85 million dol lars This year it reaches a new high value mark, when Mohler's corre spondents estimated the crop to be worth $289,886,360. Practically all live stock has de creased in number and in many ways the year has been unfavorable for farmers. The,- big return in values. tho, indicates a. -generally prosperous condition, in spite of the fact that many stock growers ,'have absorbed losses which were overcome only thru increases in crop values. The Report in petal 1. Mohler's report follows: For the first time la the annals of Kan sas,, tbe value of tne state's fiirm products ana livestock tniK year reacnen, ana in fftt exceeded, the btllloa dollar mark. amounting in the aggregate to $l,0N7,00O, OOtt. This Is Sm.lSi.OOO more than in 191H. the best prior year. The value of field crops Is given aa $T'4.230.it5, or more than lnst year by (122.15u.ft00. while all farm products, exclusive of livestock on band, are valued at $74), 512,500, or more by (irv4.50O,O0O than In 1918. Increased productions of the stnte'H prin cipal crops, except oats, and prices that have ruled high, are responsible, for the reyord-sniashing aggregnie values, altho prices received by the farmers for their products are almost iuvarlnbly lower than last year. For example, the averace value of wheat waa 2 cents less per bushel, corn 13 rents less, kaflr 21 cents lff a, mllo :H cents less, alfalfa (2..V) less ton, and prairie hay more than (.1 less per ton. On the other hand, average yields per acre have been more than twice on nmh for corn, fi bushels more for ontH, ft buhela more for kafir, 5 bushels for milo, fonr tenths of a ton more of alfalfa and nearly a half ton more for prairie hny, while the acre-yield of wheat is less by 1.14 bushels. Wheat Crop &con Lara-eat. This year's wheat crop, tbe second larg est for th state, was worth $2..SMi.40o, r $103,sn.1,4O0 In eicps nf 1.01M, the bst pre ceding yenr, outvaluing the record crop of 1SO.000.UOO bushels in 1014 by (i:w,3ret,.too and representing more tbnn half the total value of all field crops. Wheat alone this year was worth more than all combined farm prodwta in 1U-V n ny year of 1 'ontiiined on Page Tw.i WHO'S THIRD MAN? Anonymou Letter 'From De troit M&j Help Harry w. Scented ote Peclares Third Person Present at Murder. X-os Angeles, Dec. 24. Continuation of efforts of the defence to establish alleged insanity of Harry yw wm expected with tbe resumption today of his trial on charee of havini? mur dered his sweetheart. Freda Lesser. Testimony already introduced much of it thru depositions of resi dents of Indianapolis. Ind., the de fendant's' former home; showed the professed beliefs of many persons that New was of unsound mind. Letters on the trial hav been received from all parts of the United States by Judge Gavin W. Crai. One anonymous letter on scented note paper and apparently written by a woman came from Detroit, Mich. It read: "Dear Sir: Perhaps It would Inter est you to know that there were three persons in the party July 4 that re sulted in Freda Lesser's death. Don't convict an innocent man." This letter was (riven county author ities for investigation because of per- sistent reports that a third party was present or at least witnessea tne shooting of New'i sweetheart. CONVICT STRIKE CHIEF JWlnnlpo Union Chief Found Guilty j Afr Ixng Trial. Winnipeg. Man.. Her. 24. R. B. I Russell, a leading spirit in the general ASKS COURT TO SET ASIDE THE K. L. S. MERGER Attorney General Files Drastic Action Here Today. Alleges Missouri National American InsolTent.' A FUN TO RAISE SALARIES Charge That Merger Was to Benefit Big Officers. Asks For Call National Legisla tive Body in June. Suit to set aside the merger of tha Knights and Ladles of Security with the National American of Missouri was filed late this afternoon in the supreme court by Richard J. Hopkins. attorney general. It Is alleged that the merger of the giant "Topeka fra ternal organization was with an In. solvent organization. The comblna. tion was effected, jt is charged, mere ly to permit increases in salaries to officers of the Knights and Ladles and to evade assembling the legisla tive body of the Security order as re quired under the law. Call Legislative Body. Charges against Knights Ladies organization also assert that evasion of duty is sought in the combination which Hopkins would set aside under a court decree. The supreme court is' asked to direct that the national legislative body of the Knights I -ad I ps of Security be called for next June, and that the court further re fuse to recognize any detail of the merger. It is asserted that all arrange ments connected with the consolida tion scheme were for the pilrpose of benefiting officers in extending their powers, increasing their salaries and to retain control of the society. Other Kfforts Made. The petition is filed by Hopkins as attorney general. Thru this course the state is plaintiff in the suit against the Knights Ladies. The action is filed against the Knights Ladies and not against the Security Benefit asso ciation, the nr, name assumed when the merger was effected several weeks ago. Action today followed various ef forts on the part of the attorney gen eral to block a merger plan of the Knights Ladles of Security with any other society. So Chance for Individual. Last spring Hopkins refused to ap prove a plan which would have re sulted in a merger of the Knights snd Ladies and the Fraternal Aid, a Iii fraternal organization with headquar ters In Lawrence. This action aroused much feeling in ranks of officers of tne Topeka organization. In his petition today Hopkins as serts that the Individual members of the Knights and Ladies have had no voice In the proceedings which re sulted in the amalgamation. He asks that before any merger be completed that a referendum vote be taken. Loea Council Endangered. Suit was hastened this afternoon. It was stated, in order to protect the charter of a local branch of the Knights and Ladle. This organization known as Chapter No. 1, was threat ened with loss of Its charter tonight, according to reports sent to the attor ney general's office. The law under whit-h the merger was effected is declured by Hopkins to be invalid. This position Is taken in view of the fact that no referendum vote is provided. Salaries to $10,000 Yearly. It,ls also stated In the petition that the next regular meeting of the W curlty legislative body would be held In June. 1920. Under the merger. It is charged that efforts are being made to forestall the 19J0 meeting and to set the date ahead at least three years, thus permitting existing officers to re main in control. It Is also charged that salaries of secretary and president of the Secur ity society have been Increased il legally from 18,000 to 18.000 a year, and under the assumed new charter might be Increased to J10.000 a year. This action is asserted to be in strR-t violatlan of the state laws affecting fraternal organizations and their man agement. Salaries of trustees and executive committee members nave been prac tically doubled. It is charged. Former pay was J5 to $10 a day. Now these officers receive (15 a day, the petition recites. The entire proceedings surroundina the mergr is declared to have been for the purpose of violating the will of the individual membership of the so ciety and is tn bad faith. WILL VISIT AMERICA Kins Vk-tor Emmanuel of Italy liana Tour or Weern Continent. London. Dec. 24. An Exchanga Telegraph dispatch from Paris nuotea Rome advices as declaring King Victor Kmmanuel of Italy plans to visit tha United States and South America, es pecially Brazil. Chl'e. Uruguay and Pern unless the political situation pre vents. The dispatch does not say when tha king plans to leave Italy. BOLSHEVIK! ARE VICTORS Cap are 30O Men, l.OOO Horse an IS Cannon Front Mamontoff. London, Tec. 24. The Bolshevik! captured fifteen guns, 1,000 horn's and 300 men after defeating the force of General Mamonlolf ar1 General C'he'.nokoff in the region of Staron iensk, according to a wireless dispatch received front Moscow todiy. The bt patch adds: "More than a thous-ind Cossacka were killed, including General Chelna-koft."

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THr TOPFKA' DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1919 FEAR OUTSIDE AID Mexico Does Sot Want Even Philanthropic Invasion. Feminist Council Passes Reso lutions Against Proposed Plan MAGNATES OFFER MILLIONS Charitable Americans Propose to Help Mexican Children. Give the Money to Mexican In stitutions, Says Council. Mexico City. Dec. 24. Resolutions of protest a n a in st projected philan thropia intervention in Mexican affairs by the recently formed Childhood Conservation League of the United State were passed at a meeting1 of the Mexican feminist council today. The leaRuf, which, it is said. "Proposed, with the financial backing of a group of the larfieBt and beat known mag nates of the United States, to spend from two to fou million dollars an nually on charitable propaganda in Mexico." is said to be a far sighted scheme to bring about ultimata inter vention in Mexican affairs. Sipnora TClena Torres, general secre tary of the feminist council, today pave the following statement to the Associated Press. Mexican women hold Mexico itself to be best able to judge its own needs and to find a way to satisfy them in due time. Outside aid. however well meant, is entirely uninvited. N "Those desiring to spend money to relieve temporary strictures in Mexico incident to the. ten-year revolution may find means thru Mexican institutions already organized for that purpose. Above all before seeking external ob jects of charity, those benevolently inclined United States citizens desirous nf relieving suffering had best take care of those 3)00,000 to 6,000,000 children which the 1919 report of the children's bureau at Washington de ci:i res are dying annually in the United .States from hunger and malnu trition, Krar Outside Help. "The Mexican feminist council also holds that aside from the gratuitous nature of the proposed philanthropic intervention there is underlying a more flniter notive than the projected foundation of hospitals, churches, asy lums and schools in every Mexican state as is revealed by the fact that ihoie persons finally supporting the, movement are the sarnie individuals who have agitated 'most insistently for intervention and curtailment of Mexi can liberties. Financiers reading the liFt of patrons of the so-called child hood conservation league are those bankers, oil barons, .philanthropists and notable men who figure most prominently in societies and associa ;ions for the protection of American l ifrhts in Mexico. "Anes C. 1-aut. secretary of the new charitable organisation but better known as a confidential secretary to financial magnates than an organizer of benevolent institutions, was at work purely in the interests of lier employ ers v.-hile making a recent trip thru Mexico. It is frankly stated the league's objects are the establishment within ten or fifteen years of strong holds of sympathy for the United S:ats in the minds of the beneficiaries of this enterprise who wduld be im pregnated with new culture and new patriotism which would train them to acceptance rather than revolt against oss!ble armed intervention in Mexico. "The Mexican feminist council calls upon every Mexican citizen, man and woman, to resist this overt attack upon national seif respect and dignity and to find some means themselves of solving pressing problems of national reconstruction." Hoover Won't Bo Candidate. San Francisco ,Cal.. Dec. 24. Humors that he would be a candidate for the presidency were dismissed by Herbert Hoover when he returned here from the second industrial confer ence at "Washington, called by Presi dent Wilson, "t have no political aspirations said Mr. Hoover. f3 Merry WW Tomorrow Is Christmas Why not call our Tftxi, we'll gladly help you deliver your bundles .ROY TAXICAB 711 PHONE ALWA1S A MAN AT AMERICAN LIVES 4-Zt AMERICAN CIVILIANS I Z3 SOLDIERS AMD SAILORS lit TO WASHINGTON ALONE j Topeka Girl, 8, Makes Long Trip to j Spend Xmas With Parents. That she might spend Christmas with her mother, Dayle Thompson the 8-year-old niece of Capt. and Mrs. John G. Bradley, of Topeka, started alone Tuesday for Washington. D. C. When vain efforts had been made to obtain a traveling companion for Dayle, she decided to gro alone rather than miss seelnp her mother Christ mas morning-. She was accompanied to Kansas City by her aunt, given a letter of identification asking anyone concerned to assist her if need be, and sent on her way. GOT LIQUID LOOT Whisky Robbers Make Get-Away With $20,000 Worth of Booie. Chicago, Dec. 24. Ten disguised whisky robbers used motor trucks' to take awy whisky valued at from $10,000 to $20,000 from the summer home of C. Hackert, broker, at Like Korest, a Chicago suburb, it became known to3ay. A butler who attempted to pre.ve-nt the robbery, was strung up by th thumbs and cut down exhausted hours later when a chauffeur and his wife broke out of a closet in which they had been locked. Will Settle Flume Question, v Rome, Dec, 24. Premier Nitti In formed tha council of ministers yes terday he would leave on Thursday evening for Paris and would return after having obtained a definite set tlement of the Flume and Adriatic question. Christmas ID) Clothing CoTj PAYNE'S BAGGAGE PHONE OCR TELEPHONE PHANTOMS OF THE DESERT RUSH GIN TO CUBANS Are 'ot In Hurry for it. But National Drouth Is Near, i Peoria. 111., Dec. 24. Gin valued at $7,000,000 today was being loaded on a train of twenty-seven cars in readi ness for a start at midnight of a race to get it safely past the three-mile limit toward Havana, Cuba, Isefore the bonds expire January 14. The liquor will be exported thru New .York. Armed men will..accompany the ship ment -to prevent tampering with' it en route. WON'T HELP AT DANCES Junction City Y. Wr. Plans Its Com munity House Program. Junction City. Dec. 24. The T. W. C. A. will make its headquarters at the Junction City community house and co-operata with the board of di rectors in the management of com munity activities there, but will not participate in any way in the handling of dances there. This is the substance of a resolution adopted by the direc tors "and trustees of the T. W. C. A. at a meeting held here today. WILL BE WARM XMAS (Continued from I'age One.) hours. Pair weather still prevails in western Kansas and west to the Pa cific coast. Cloudiness prevails, how ever, from Kansas eaEt to New- York and Washington. Rains and snow flurries have been reported. Extremes for this date were 68 in 1889 and 10 in 1914. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the wind was blowing eight miles an hour from the north east. DAILY WEATHER BirOBI. Furnlsluvl by the weather bureau efflce, Topeka,-Kan.,-for the twenty-four hours emlingr at 7 a. m. Wednesday. Station mgu. Jb"w. tree, win r. 4-J .14, O Cloudy Boston, Mass Calitsry, Alb Chicago, TU Cincinnati, O Concordia, Kan.... Corpus Chrtstl; T. Peuver, Colo les Moines, la.... Dodre City, Kan., TMilutb, Miriu El l'aso, Tex lalvestnn, Tex Havre. Mont Jacksonville, Via.. Kansas City, Mo... Mttle Rock, Ark., l.os Angeles, Cat.. New Orleans, La.. New York, Jf. N. Platte, Neb Oklahoma, Okla...-. rhoenix. Ariz Pittsburgh. Ta.... Portland, Ore St. Joseph. Mo.... 02 SO 32 24 28 0 T 0 0 O 0 0 o o o o 0 o Clear Olondv Cloudy Foggy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Knlr Cloudy Cloudy 54 2tl SO 12

52 .IS 40 SO 32 40 50 ;u 24 :io :ik 28 no" 30 42 4t; S4 68 fa 44 4 40 T Cloudy o ilouay 0 Clear 0 Fair 0 Cloudy O Cloudy T Cloudy O Clear 10 Snow T T 0 o Haln lialn Clea r Clear i St. Louis, Mo St. Paul, Minn I Salt Lake. Utah.. I San Francisco 52' "4 BR 5(1 HO S2 42 4K 12 44 4 It 42 40 St 2 30 1! 0 Fnffcy s. Kte. Marie Sheridan, Wyo.... Spokane, Wash.... Tampa. Fla Toledo. Ohio .10 Clear O t leaf .10. Italn 0 Cloudy .01 .Cloudy 0 Cloudy 0 Cloudy O Cloudy O Cloudy TOPEKA, KAN Washington. D. C. Wichita. Kan Winnipeg. Man... j:iimT a FIND NEW ZINC FIELD Company Being Formed to Exploit Discovery at Woodston. Stockton, Dec. 24. Zlno in paying quantities is being taken from the George Yoxall farm, oh Medicine creek near Woodston. A sample of the zinc and stone was sent to the state mineralogist, who found it to contain zinc to the value of $2 6 to the ton. A company is being formed for the purpose of mining- the zinc. EXCEED BILLION (Continued from Page One?.)' the decadtTendiuK with 1008. and. tb'afvnlue of wheat and corn together tnra a i Kreater than the state s iO-year average for all products. The crops ranking highest In value are wheat, corn, bay, the SiM'ghums, oats and barley. iv The state's corn crop of 1019 as- the sixth smallest in 45 years, but yanked fourth In vaiue, and, was worth more by 11,105.000 than the record Kansas produc tion of S74.000.000 bushels of corn in 1N59. Oats was tenth largest in yield, and thlr In rnlne, while hay was fourth iu yield, and first in value. Kafir Average Better. It Is interesting to note that kafir has again made a better average return per acre than corn, amounting to $22.57. while that of corn is S10.T2. Other aorglnims haTe a good account of themselves also. Sudan grass, first recognized in the beard's sta tistics of 1010. this year produced 'a erop worth 2,R1B,700, frorii 10R.G44 acres, which is more than three times the acreage plant ed in 1910. The kafir average was lexs by 44.1 per cent than In' mis, and In fact be-' cause of the greatly increased area in wheat, all other annual crops were less lu acreage than in the year preceding. lleef battle and swine have decreased in numbers as of March 1, while other live., stock has Increased. Appreciation for the milk cow is shown by a gain of 25,520. AH kinds of livestock are worth less than in 1018 except milk cows and swine, or $21, :j0.000 less In the aggregate than a year ago. The value of animal products sold is higher than ever, amounting to $177,700, OOO, aa ngainst 140,c0f.000, the highest prior value In MIS. Animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter amount to Si:0.417, 000, as against $108,000.(100 In 1018. Increase from poultrv is $3,000,000, and the value of dairy products is greater by $0,231,000 Cost of Production Higher. While gross 'returns from the farms of Kansas iu 1010 have been greater than ever before, it must be remembered -that cost of production has continued to mount and prices for farm products have decreased. Excessive wagts for harvest help, together with a vleld of wheat below the average in quality and acre output rendered the crop unprofitable to many growers, and the effect of this on the agricultural prosperi ty of Kansas is nt once apparent when it; considered that more than half the state's cultivated acreage this year was devoted, to wheat. Moreover, much livestock was mar keted at a loss. Considering these facts, and the long hours of hard labor expended bv the farmers and their families, it is cer tain that the most favored of Kansas's foodstuffs producers have made only decent profits, and it is equally certain that many sustniued actual losses on the year's opera. tun. The yields and values of this year's crops and products are as follows: Winter and spring wheat Corn. Onts l.arley Einmer ("Speltz") Irish and sweet potatoes... Cowpeas. Flax." Broom corn. Millet Sugar beets. Sorghum for syrup Ivaiir. Milo Feterita. Sorghum hay, fnrape end stover....'. Saccharine Horghuui for seed Jerusalem corn. r Silvan grass Atfulfs lame bay (exclusive of alfalfa)...., I raine nay Wool clip rreeae. gutter. Condensed milk Ice Cream manufactured Milk sold, other than for butlpr nnrl cheese Animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter Poultry and eg-ps sold Horticultural products. j..... Honey and beeswax..,..,..;.......,,.,,,.......,........... Wood marketed. total value of all farm products Xumbers anal Value mi Live Stork. Horses Mulea and asses Milk cows Other cattle. Sheep. Swine. Total value ef Hve atock Product of 101 S.- TO MUZZLE PRESS British In Egypt Clamp Lid on x All Newspapers. Warned Hot to Print Articles Stirring Up Riots. Cairo, Dec. 18. Owners and editors of newspapers were today given offi cial warning to refrain from printing matter likely to excite the public. Re oent disorders and attempts at assas sination were largely attributed, the warning stated, to certain newspapers. Announcement is made that in future a newspaper is liable to suspension un der martial law if It prints: References to the political opinions and activities of school boys or other irresponslbles; Political protests addressed to the authorities or to the British mission without tha consent of the censor: Anything calculated to encourage public servants to strike for political reasons: Reports or aspersions, calculated to inflame the populace against the Brit ish or Egyptian governments. Newspaper men assured there is no intention to prevent reasonable criti- cismaana are anvisea to suDimt aouDt ful matter to the censor oefore publi cation. REAL' ESTATE SURVEY Assessments May Be Ordered for 1920 by State Commission. Heal estate assessments may be or dered for 1920 by the state tax com mission. Notices have been sent to all county boards by the state com mission directing that a survey of real estate values be made at this time. Under the state law real estate is now assessed every four years. The statutory provisions would call for an assessment and new farm value classi fication in 1922. However, the state tax- commission is vested with power to direct a special assessment and may issue such an order this winter. High prices secured for Kansas .real estate have attracted much attention and selling prices of land have in many in stances been far above the tax values as secured by assessors in 1918. IN SECOND PLEBISCITE Flume Returns Big Majority In Favor or Italian Flan. Rome, Dec. 24. In consequence of doubts regarding the first plebiscite at Flume, another was taken on Sunday which resulted in 75 per cent of the votes being cast in favor of the Italian government's proposals relative Jo the future occupation of the city, accord ing: to Giornale d'ltalian. Major Giuriati. chief of Captain Ca briele,d'Annunzio"s cabinet, is reported to have resinned. FORD DENIES NEW HIKE Flivver Makers Won't Get $8 Tor Day Minimum. Detroit, Mich.. Dec. 24. E. G. Lie bold, Henry Ford's personal secretary, today denied reports that-the Ford Motor Co. plane-to make any immedi ate increase jn ttie wages' of their em--ployts. His 'deniar followed published statements that a minimum, wage of $jt day was contemplated. LEAD PARISIANS ASTRAY Yanks on Duty In France Lead DouWj Life, tliargf. Paris, Dee. 2. The newspaper Le Petit Bleu said today American soK diers in two years in Paris caused mote French'girls to go astray than would have-otherwise in ten years' normal time. s The boys -who did actual fighting were hot so muct to blame, the news paper said bet-tut e they seldom got to Paris. It was the Vmen behind the lines"; who spoiled-.-Pari girls, the paper believes. PIA TO BE MORE f REE Jfew Plan of Government for East Announced by British King;. London, Dec. 24. King George In a proclamation announces the new measure giving India a larger degree of self government. The proclamation characterises the government bill as a historic act giving representation long desired by the native. It calls for the determination of the people and the officials to work together for the common purpose of making the ntH' plan of government a success. KILLED WHILE COASTING Atchison Boy's Sled Hit Large Rock Skull Was Fractured. Atchison, Dec. 24. A fracture of the skull sustained by Melvin Ina-els, 15 years old. in a coasting- accident Tuesday, proved fatal today. He was a son of Fred Ingels, an Atchison con tractor, and the accident occurred when his sled struck a large rock. An operation was unsuccessful. Value SL-SO.Kxn.IiciO iR!.liV,4l2 3I.04.M71 4.M7.SJ2 12,byJ.oi! M.IM2 T,444.0lrj :oi.xm .".40.1SS 4n-'.K'M) 1.371.1U5 l.CiHl 52tl,44 15.W.043 J.H0ti.4:i8 1 .a-W.'-M'l aft.ll(i,ila 2,44!I.KU .14.310 2.Kl.7nci Cl.W.:i85 :i.4!ll.W 13.742.4.'W 3S3.Mii 14,( 22,t')l.7 1. Ill 5.253 2. (ii,li) .I1,0IB jno.417.flS4 17.IW2.Wi! 4..KI1.II74 S410 ia,ao Hd.lon.lM bns. fW,OK.'.4!7 bus. 41.nT.-l.rWI bus. .1.4S7.7l bun.' 12,SS1.47K bun. l.".04t bus. 4,104.."I7 bo. tin tri.MK bin. C.WS.L'TI 11)1. 13.VII1S tons 119 tons 457.774 (rols. ll.liKN.014 bHS. 4,04l!.-TJl linn. l.nii.noi bus. r..w,.4".l tons 1,81.44.1 bus. 4.sr4 tons 2KS..V.O tons S.27.aiS tona lwi.574 tona l.lutl.4,14 tons 7-'i.:!7a His. u.H4 lbs. r.t.no!.fi72 lbs. 10.1..rti lbs. 2,0G4,H gals. 301,120 Its. T4(l.512,;yjO Value im.354.Jl3 six-ira:! Sx :IH.4.S4 ll"..77.3.!t 3.2t.r'..V.T. 30.U00.548 Number l,0ll.K.'7 241..W 70. 737 2.r"(.71S W7." I,04,o7ti t-"AO,i00,m

TEiECKRAPHIC TABLOIDS New York Almierlndo Porflro broke sH records for offers for cooks $2,000,000. When bis cook was arrested on a cUsop- nerly rbarge he nurriea to court and of fered that sum for her release In time to ook Christmas dinner. The court only Charged khk). Albany. N. T. Attorney Jfinh Conway believes in forcible arcenraents. He broke a finger while emphasizing a point to the Jnry. Orange, Tex. Heary rainfall, causing high water, closed saw; mills and shut down the psper mill. MAY CUT PORK PRICES Four Million Pounds Frozen Meat Offered by Army at 1"H Cents. Chicago, Dec 24. Four million pounds of frozen pork shoulders was placed on sale in Chicago today by the quartermaster's department of the United States army at 17 cents a pound. The wholesale price of the meat today was 22 cents. The meat is to be sold tn carload lots, according to Lieut. Col. J. P. Castleman. The only .restriction is that supplies purchased are not to be resold in big lots nor held. PUBLIC THE GOAT (Contln Kil from rage One.i the east to operate at a lower cost than those in the Osage mines where the beds are shallow and machinery can not always be used. Prices Vp In Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 24. Coal consumers here today received announcements from several fuel companies notifying; them of an increase in the retail price of betweerr-30 and 35 cents a ton on all coal mined since settlement of the recent bituminous miners' strike to make up for the 14 per cent wage in crease the workers gained. "This does not mean no coal will be sold at the government price," one dealer said. The Garfield order is not retroactive on contracts executed be fore it was issued and all contracts containing a clause providing; for the passing along: of any increase in min ing cost. Those who havs no con tracts for coal will get it at the gov ernment price. District Attorney Clyne said that he had been investigating the situation for ten days and if the "scheme is, aa I see It, to see that no coal is ob tainable except thru thos who have contracts," he would "teach thesa gentlemen a lesson' As Influenza is an eiogBernted lorm of Grip, LAXATIVE in larger doses than Is prescribed for or dinary iJrip. A good plnn is not to wait until you are sick, but PREVENT IT by taking LAXATIVE BliOMO QUINIiiE Tablets in time. Adv. TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS Chicago, Doe. 24. CORN Fresh strength developed iu the corn market today baaed largely on contitujel export demand for rye. Bulls urged, too, that under the Edge bill muck wider credits could be eitended to Europe than was generally supposed to be the case. Opinions were also circulated that corn scarcity would, prevent any sus tained big crop movement during the winter. Opening prices which rnnged from 'Ac off to a like advance., with January $IM and May $l.S.T(i to li.5.194, were fol lowed by moderate upturns all arouud. OATS Oats hardened with corn. After opening unchanged to e higher, including May at 83 cents, the market acorcd further galnr. PROVISIONS Higher quotations on hogs gave strength to provisions. Lard led the advance. Chlcaga Grain and frovlalm Market. fThe range of prices on grain futures on Chicago l'.oard of Trade -as reported by Thos. J. Myers, 301 N. E. bldg.t Chicago, Dec. 24. Close- Open Hlga Lw Today Ves. CORN .Tan. May July OATS Mny July POltlv Jnn. May LAKD Jan. Mav RIl'.S Jan. May 1.WK 137H MKVi l.itT4 isnii 1314 i:i2 lX'IVt 13Sa Jiifi 131 1319 i;Vb gS ;70H .17.00 37.10 2S.SC 24.10 18.77 10.20 77 16 79-54 3S.00 37.23 23.70 24.00 2H.45 in. 70 21.10 24.53 .24.10 IS. 19.25 10.00 19.57 IS. SO l.ft7 18.25 l'J.00 Kansas City Grala, Market. (The range of prices on grnla futures tm Kansas City Board of Trade as reported by Thos. J. Myers. 301 N. E. Bldg.) Kansas City, Dec 24. Close- Open High Low leUay .Ves. CORN Jan. ..l.lflti 1.T9T4 138V4 1314 1TO54 Mav ..l.'!4l 14 1.V.T4 1343 1S4U July ..132 132 1311 J3l A3l OATS r May 8314 834 83V 8314 S2 CUieas-o Grain and Provision Market. Chicago. Dec. 24. CORN Close: Decem ber. 1.43; January, S1.351.35 May, S1.53H: July, $1.314 1.32. OATS December. (2Vic: May.(SHc: July, IO"C. 1'OHK-Jnn, 00; LAUD Dec, 23.50; $24.53. 78lV,c. May, $37.25. jan.r f jj.iu; Aiay, RIBS Jan., $18.97; May, $19.50, Kunsas City Grain and Prodoee arket. Kiinsas Citv, Dec. 24 WHEAT-tCnsb M;irket 3c to 10c lower.. No. Uiard, $2.5" 2.W); No. 2, $2.5.3J2.78; No. I red, $2,484 2.51: No. 2, $2.4ft 2.4!t. CORN Mnrket unchanged to 3e lower. No. 2 mixed, $1.44ftiL4; No. 3, S1.4.". 1.44 No whltr-1.4NW1.50; No. X. 1.47iMO; No. 2 yellow, 1.5O('jl.01; No. 3. $1.48.. OATS Market unchanged. No. 2 white. Sfitfsovt; js'o. 2 mixed, tki'!t84c; No 2 red, S5r. RTE 1.OS01.1. KAl'Ilt AND MILO MAIZE $2.752.00. KIIORTS $2.23. It It AN $2,011. 1VJIEAT Receipts 103 cars. 1IUTTER Creamery, le lower; extras, 02c; firsts. GOe; seconds, 00c; packing, un changed. 45c. Ki!S Firsts. 2c lower, HOe: seconds. 4.V. POt'LTRY Hens, lc higher. 21t2tk-; roasters, le higher. 14i22c; nroilers, .'toe. CORN C4oe: December. $1.45': Janu ary, $1.S3; May, $1.3i July, $J.Slr-j. Chleaga ProdBee Market. Chirago, Dec. 24. III'TTEU Market na. sttld. Creamery. 54(!5V-c. EGOS Market firm. Virata. 5Jtlcj or. dlanry flrafs, 5501c; at mark, vases lu clnded. fi4rfi0e. POULTRY Alive, blgher; springs. 87c; fowls 0 2Sc; tnrkeya, 40c. POTATOES Market strong. Northern whites. .$3.2.VH3.35; western Russets, Job- I w 1T-rk rdnee Marhttt. j Now Yff. Dec BVTTKR Market i itently. Cix-amery higher tbaa xuai, 70 EUGf Market firm. Fresh gathered CIEK.seMarfct waak. Stat whole milk, flats, carreiit make, pccUU, Zl2c, Maf1bb; Grali fimlp. Ftmtnht l hy B. C. ChTt!tp?r V Co V Cblaso, He.-. 4. Tribnn!: Vara trad ers were mainly farortnr lower friea last nieht. A few yf the lurjrent ernrtors wbo h;i re beeii bf a rih. hovfrer, ere more friendly Jo the buying side on the breaks It was notifiable that thone mot agyrtfu Rive od the short sMe tfltt fw days bought offers In a .Jbt-ral way. whit-h wan rorrarded 3 indicating nneaklneKs. Ltcrht re-eirts disaprrointrd bear", and t bae prif decline the fa-1 of tiiem was not wa( te ionajs exiected. Traders are talking holiday dullness, which is against I a bull movement. With all the news other than small re ceipts bearish on corn, the strength dis played was. surprising. Cash premiums were lowered at the last. Indications are for a readjaatment in commodity values after the first of the year, and this in the minds of traders who knew It made them timid aboat bnvlng. Sales of 30.000 bushels corn were made t g to store yesterday and will be delivered on December Kales. Iowa offered more oats yesterday to arrive. One lot of one hundred thousand bushels wus offered late tu the day. It was claimed that the movement is to In crease. It has been below normal fn months and has created the belief that the oats are not in the country. Unless there is an enlargement in the movement soon, the visible will be reduced to small proportions- Opening of the new year will see the smallest visible in recent years. While rye prices have advanced sharply on reports of einort bnytng, a very close student of conditions calls attention to the situation whlchTexists now and a year tro. The visible now of I7,a,000 is 7 million in excess of last year, and the latter quantity could be sola tor expon sua sun leave as much as last year. T addition tho exchange -Situation Is much worse than a year" ago.- He links for a bad break in prices as soon as the general Duying in iutures wranea. New York Liberty Bond- Market. New York, Pec. 24. Liberty bonds 11:S0 a. m.: ai'n, 09.10: first 4 a, 8iu; secona 4 1. !,1Z4: Iirst s. iw.-u; seconu 01.34: third 44'8, !)3-30l fourth 44'a, M.2i; Victory 39i's, SS.84; tctory 4 s, w.s. New York Stock Market. Wall St.." New York. Dee.24. STOCKS Led bv shippings, equipments and related industrials, stocks were firm to strong nt Hthe dull opening of today's session. Anerl- n intcrMiiriniiai. American sun nntiu locomotives. Cmclble and Republic steels and Central lveatner were tne cnicr ipniuref. oils and motors showing: little of their usual activity. There was considerable trading In local utilities, especially Manhattan ele vated which gained almost two points. Investment rails hardened with the general list later. Pealinps dwindled steadily after the first half hour denoting ght attendance of brokers and traders In the financial dis trict. Additions to early advances included such diverse Issues as Amerl'-an woolen, American tobacco, securities; Mexican pe troleum. Remington typewriter, California packing and other food shares at gains of 1 to 3 points. I,Htle attention was paid to the usual mnrket developments.- interest centering In the money rttuation -because of recent erratic fluctuations. Call Ini-ns opened at 10 per cent, repeating yester day's initial rate. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago. ree. 2. HOGS Receipts 10.000. Market 10fS"ir,c higher than vesterdav's average. Hulk of snles. $13.40(313.50: top. gl.l.fiO: heavy, M.1.2.r?13 S3; medium, tlS.40 fel1.no pies. $12.2nVH.lrl 23. CATTLE Receipts 3,000. Market firm. Beef steers, medium nnd heaw weight, choice and prime. $1R.S320.00; butcher heifers, $0.50(211.75; veal calves, $15.50(3 MAY A MERRY CHRISTMAS BE j YOURS L JOHN H. CLOTHING CO. 11 7, TOU (?7 STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourself Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON CO. Live Stock Commission Merchants. Stock Yards, Kan. City We Afoo Have Our Own office at Chicago. So. 6t. Joseph, fm. Omalia, Denver. -Sious City, So. St. I'anl. E. Buffalo. V.. St I ilia, r'ert nn inn r.i usu. ttSs j c Essential. Did Yoar Parents Give You a Musical Education? See that your children have musical advantages Buy an AEOLIAN Player Piano It will make yoin family familiar with the finest in the world of music, it will broaden, educate and help the children in every way. Because of the "Jenkins Plan" It Is very easy to own an Aeolian Player and every member ot the family can enjoy It a yoil pay for it. Lowest Prices in the United States. Comforts bio Payments 16.30; feedeTs, !$0.75Q12.25 stockcrs, tAOC 10.25. SHEEP Receipts 8,000. Maraet strong. Lambs. 13.754i 1S5; ewes, medium and good, ta.00alu.50- Kansas City Uti btock Marked Kansas City. Dec. 24. 11006 RecirU Tmx. Mnrket 10c lower. Hulk of Sales, $13.25il3.50 heavy. 13.50; mediums, 13.35 DIRS, U.WIgl-,!.-!. tAilbb iteeeipia .ow. Marser, to 2oc higher. Heavy beef steers, choice and prime, 10.85i5i 19.00; butcher belters. SlVflS 14.00: veal mires. gl-.75W13.SO: feeders. 7.5irl3.O0; atockers. $5 HOfein.lo. Receipts 3,uuu. ainrsec ecu, 25c to higher. Lnmbs. 15.754U7 2S yearling tethers, 12.5t'.t 14 75 ewea, $7..K tl0.50; btee'llng'ewes, i8.00ll.23; feeder lambs, $11.7514.25. Kan pa city UM Stack Marttet. (The following sales were made this morn ing at the Stock Yards, Kansas City and reported over long distance telephone di rect to the State Journal by Clay ltobln sou Co., lira stock commlwioa wer (.hunts. Kansas City, Dee. 21. CATTLE Re ceipts 2,000 bead. Market 156425c higher. HOGS Receipts 7.000 head. Market stea.lv. Bulk of aales, tl3.40ig 15.70; top, ti:tsS. SHEEP Receipts 8,500 bead. Market 23 50c higher. Lambs, 917.25. KILLlNti STEERS. No. VTt. Irice.(No. Wt. 20 1142 11.50 I 7 SCO COWS AND HE1-KIIS. 11..... vso-: .tHiL I- l looo Price. $10.00 1000 7.50 SSU 7.80 l- e21 14 22 3 50 I 1 f7( 8.00 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. t!0 8.75 CALVES. 17.. 11.. 1.. 300 170 n.oo 4. 13.10 I 2. HOGS. 100 200 14 Of) 8. 50 74 SI 00 212 244 270 1S.75 I m 10! 204 lJt.HO 13.10 13.50 70. 13.65 Topeka, Market Report. (Furnished by Chas. Wolff Packing Ca.) Topeka, Kan., Dec. a. BOOH. ..n.xr.i. j a v-nr.n,i 9ii.fsxvi2.sr HEAVY ll.fliHnU.tM EKUIT 11 0O&11.7-, I'ltwS .ir1l (l CHOICE PACKINU STOCKS. 11.0OQ12.S0) Cannot use rongb unfinished noes for packing purposes. Will bare to buy at stock prices. Topeka Hide Market. (Furnished by Topeka Ulde Co., fooi of Jefferson St. Topeka. Kan., Pee. 21. Green salt enred hlas N'o. 1. 27c: No. J, 2fic. Horse bides No. 1, $8.00ai0.00; No. 2, $7.ooQ!naa Topeka Psaltry and Bjss. (ForaUbed bt the Topeka lacking Co. I Topeka, Kan.. IV-. S4. Eprings over 2 lb., 24Hc; old roosters. 13c; young roosters, 21c; broilers. 2 lbs. and nnder. 2Sc: hens. 4 lbs. and over, 2IVii'j under 4 lbs., 2Hic; stags, 21'.,c. HARLIN Kllnna Avo 833 KSnecs Ave. Phone 4208

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24. 1919 f I Jonei ft Birch, PrinteiT. I j 23 Kansas Avenue. J r Capital Council No. 1 Knights and Ladies of Security wni CHRISTMAS NIGHT 521 Quincy All members invito I. FRANK R. CON W ELL Funeral Home 501 EAST STH ST. Phono 2 P.t. PSione MO K-t rrpnnnl Servlr. Give a C E Street ARTHUR TUCKER, President. MAUD WATSOX, Secretary. L.. M. Penwe!!, President-, rbone 7 To. !I. M. Johnson, Sec'y Trpaa. Phone Sfiis. THE L. M. PENWELL UNDERTAKING CO- Wlfi-.VS-r,li rjui..iy Street. Ilmn 19 !f We wbh Yu au -If i 1 A Merry Christmas i jjfLj ;And may it be your lllll I ill Ik6: good fortune to have 5nfrl lilf fmflh MEADOW GOLD BUTTER MUf ilifwft on your table Christmas V Day and for 365 days pffiSB fM m year ISP' The Beatrice .Creamery Cog KICK". WON" GAMES, Toe AVork Accounted for Many 1919 Grid Victories. Furnished the Thrills in Many Games This Season. BOOT MIGHTIER THAN RUSH This Fall's History Record of Spectacular Goal Kicks. Many Teams Kicked Victory Out of Scoreless or Tie Games. New York, Dec. 24. Only few seconds were left to play. Ohio State rooters were clearing their throats Jo acclaitn their team western conference champions. Ohio was leading Illinois 7 to 6 and the game on which hung the title was as good as cinched. Fletcher, the Illinois star, dropped OFFENSIVE BREATH CALLS FOR CALOMEL TAKE A CALOTAB The Xausealess Calomel Tablet That is Purified from Unpleas ant and Sickening Effects. j Do you even have a bad" taste in your mouth in the morning, heavy breath. coated tongue, headache, nervousness with a let-down feeling? You need calomel, nothing else will cleanse your liver thoroughly. Try Calotabs, the nausealess tablet that is delightful to take and delightful in effect. One tab let at bedtime, with a swallow of, wa ter, that's all. No taste, no griping, no salts, nor nausea. Wake up in the morning feeling like a two-year-old, bright, cheerful, energetic and with a hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat what you please. no danger. Calo tabs are so entirely delightful to take and so pleasant in effect that the man ufacturers have authorized your drug gist to refund the price as a guarantee that you will be delighted with Calo tabs. Sold only In orginal, sealed pack ages, price thirty-five cents. At drug stores everywhere.- Advertisement. tack of the line and before the stands had- awakened to what was happen ing he kicked a field goal and won the game. That perhaps was the most spec tacular drop kick of the season. But it was not the only time the toe was proved mightier than the rush. In the thirty-six major games, the work of educated toes was a prominent fac tor in turning the tide. Clyde King, star tackle of the navy, kicked two goals from placement and beat the army 6 to 0. Big Jim Fitzpatrick, Boston college star, kicked a victory over Yaie ;nd Georgetown. Maloney, Georgetown, booted two field goals and beat the navy. Chic Harley, gridiron master of tne west," beat "Wisconsin with a kick. Zink, Amherst, kicked three feld goals and beat Wesley an 9 to 7. Shiverick. Cornell, beat Williams; Strubingr, Princeton, beat Lafayette; Canapary, Columbus, beat Amh?rst all with drop kicks that turned the tide. Frank Murrey. a substitute of Princeton, kicked the goal that tied 1 Harvard and booted another one that helped the Tigers win from Yale. I Against Princeton, Jim Braden. i Yale fullback, kicked two field goals i and in the Harvard game, his toe j saved the Blue from tbeing blanked, j In the same game, Ralph Horween J helped build the victorious Harvard pile with a drop kick. Bell and Hastings- both kicked field goals in the Penn-Pittsburgh game that ended in a 3 to 3 tie. As Braden saved Yale twice from the ignominy of a shutout, so other skilled foot artists saved other major teams from disaster. AlcQuarry saved the Army from a shutout in the game which Syracuse won 7 to 3 and repeated in the game which Notre Dame won 16 to 3. Syracuse also would have blanked Pittsburgh ifr Hastings had not kicked a goal from placement. Sparks. Michigan, kicked a field goal in the game which Ohio won 13 to 3. Barr. Chicago, kept Wisconsin from giving them a blanking 10 to 3. While they were not vital factors in the victories, kicks from the field figured prominently in other games. KANSAN WANTS BATTLE Wichita Man Offers Denipscy Half Million for Cnrpentier Fight. Los Angeles, Dec. 24. Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey. world's champion heavyweight boxer, an nounced an offer from John Houson, Wichita, Kan., offering $500,000 for a forty-five round fight 'and an inquiry from T. T. Morris, Capron. Okla.. ask iner whether an offer of S450.000 I would be considered. BOXING FOR COLLEGES National Association May Recognize Ring Game as Minor Sport. New York. Dec.; 24. When the Na tional Collegiate Athletic association holds its annual meeting here on De cember 30, one of the subjects to be discussed will be a proposal to intro duce boxing as an intercollegiate mi nor sport.. College physical directors said today that boxing, probably more than any other sport, received a. tre mendous impetus during the war and that there is a general demand amopg students for the adoption of the "man ly art." EXPECT GOTTlNVASION British Chasers of the I 'ill May De range American Champ Program. lkyf York. Dec. 24. The expected invasion of the United States by Brit ish golfers next summer may cause the United States Golf association to move the national open championship further down on the calendar than the position occupied last spring. The as sociation holds its annual meeting here on January 9 to select the courses and dates- for the golf fixtures. ench Featherweight Wins. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 24. Benny Valjger, French featherweight cham pion, easily defeated. Frankie Britt, of New Bedford, Mass., in a spectacular ten-round battle here last night. J-arry Williams Orts Decision. Boston, Dec. 24. Larry Williams of Bridgeport was awarded the decision over Clay Turner, the Indian boxer from Minneapolis, after three rounds of milliner here last night. HOYT STORE IS ROBBED Thieves Made Kscapc in Daylight on Hand Car With Loot. Hoyt. Kan., Dec. 24. Burglars en tered the H. C. Bathurst .store here and worked unmolested while they stole a quantity of merchandise valued at nearly 1500 Tuesday morning. Shortly before the robbery was dis covered two men were seen pumping a hand-car toward Topeka. The lo cal railroad agent had given no one permission to use the car and it is thought the thieves utilized that means of escape. Fifteen pairs of shoes, two bolts of silk, two overcoats, some jewelry, and a number of other articles were taken. The burglars entered the store thru the main door which was reinforced with a Yale lock. A skeleton key was used to unfasten the ordinary lock, and the Yale lock was cut out of the door with a knife. 25 YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA -1 i j -1 1 From frt columns f THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL Drcember 4. 1R94. j There will be no Christmas dinners dis- j tribute! by tbe Associated Charities this year. The office will be open and thus who bring notes from the district visitor j will be supplied from the store of things on hand- The contributions from the school j children are in and make more than a I wagon load. There are now 25 persons sup- j plieil every day at the office. There are 0 children to be fitted out with clothing be- 1 fore srhwl omtuewea. Only 15 have been J completely fitted out. but there is enonjru clothing: to supply many more. The great est trouble is finding shoes to fit the chil dren. -T. M. Mjiitle, resident engineer of the Western tJrand division of the Santa Ke and Colorado Midland railroads, is spend ing: Christinas with his family. j Mrs. Clarence Skinner entertaTnrd at din. ner Friday for her mother. Mix iieurjfe Hackney. The truest p were: Mesdamea I (Gordon. Ueniington. Washburn. I,ari;y, Lawler, Trontman Overholt. Peter Fisher, j La kin and Herbert Hackney. FOR MORE HARD ROAD Atchison County Officials Purchase J Ronj-Makin Machinery. j Atchison. Dec. 24.- Atchison county went into the hard-surfaced road busi- I ness today, when the commissioners j purchased a large rock crusher, a' steam shovel and a big concrete mixer at a cost of 925.000. The commissioners will not let a contract for construction of .hard roads, nine miles of which have been authorized by the state highway com mission and approved by the federal government, but will superintend the work themselves, believing: they will be able to construct a reinforced con crete road for less than $30,000 a mile. Bids on concrete submitted in other counties range from $40,000 to 30,0)0 a mile. WAS KILLED BY FEAR Sal in a Girl Dies Before Operation on Tonsils Was Started. Saliba, Dec. 24. Miss Klla Hall, 17, died at a local hospital Tuesday while being prepared for the removal of her tonsils. Physicians attribute her death to heart failure. Miss Hall was the daughter of tho Rev. George R. Hall, superintendent of this Metho dist district, and was popular among Sa Una's young people. 1eich ami Cowler Matched? New York, Dec. 24. Al Reich and Tom Cowler, heavyweights, have been matched to box eight rounds in Jer sey City on Monday night. Cfowfnrd's Tarty. Well now, those oi na who were fortunate enough to get in on the doln's last evening at the Novelty were a happy lot. At half past five, the crowd was in the seats of thy old Novelty, nofr tbe gang of ducat hold ers, but a gflg of actors, actresses, stage hands, orchestra folks, ushers, door tenders, ticket sellers. bookkeeiers. and nil thoe connected with thp Crawford Interests in Topeka together with representatives f both papers and the wivps and such of the folks employed by the Crawford s. and the honae became pitch black, then the curtain slowly rose on a pretty little stage pictur'1. A long table In the center, filled with goo I things, little tabled around the sides, a huge Christmas tree in tbe center, a big long thin Santa Onus and his bear stand ing attention. Santa jingled bts bells an.l the lights en me up. Roy Crawford's little playlet of "Christmas Cheer" to his em ployes was on. First came, big congenial Hob Mack, and if there Is one thing this hlrd loves to do. that is deliver a speech and Bob, handed the crowd a few laughs, with a little heart Interest sprinkled in for good measure. Then a long list of names were called and each in response to his title came forward and waa given a little present, just a token of remembrance. After that, they were invited u p on thtt stafre, whrc a "catch-ns-catch-ean" turkey and ever'tbhV spread was gobbled up to the keen delight of everyone concerned. I saw Roy send out for more stuff. Then every one got to visiting with every one. and every one bad a helnva good time. This little party was the annual Christ mas dinner which the Crawfords Interests give to the employes of their theaters each year. The different acts playing in town ore always invited, and the affair of last evening was in no way a small affair. I know I jad a good time and 1 know that everyone there had Just the same exper ience. I bone Mr, Crawford will not forget me next year. And I guess that will be about all. V. S. A. Is Christmas Well, we wish you lots and we mean it. Auto Parts CoJ 504 Quincy j PHONE 1648 3:00, 7:45, 9:15 S, BIG FEATURE ACTS HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE Fourth Kptfwxlc Trail of the Octopus Matinee. Sfte -Viehl, 20c and 35c Tax Included Open tonight until 9 Closed all day tomorrow The "Big Store" extends heartiest wishes to every on for A Merry Christmas nd gives the most -sincere "THANK YOU" to the thousands of loyal patrons who have so enthusiasti cally helped to ma'ke this a record-breaking Christ mas season at Pelletier's we want you to know that your patronage is appreciated to the fullest degree. Is Santa Claus real? Here is the opinion of a man whose opinion is well worth while and we pass it along that all our friends may enjoy it with us. Writing straight from his heart in his inimit able way, Leigh Mitchell Hodges ("The Optimist" in the Philadelphia North American) says of the old gentleman, with the sparkling eyes, the ruddy cheeks, the white beard and the smile that won't come off "Yes, I 'believe in bin I believe in him more now than I did when I used vto peek out from under the covers to see him, or to at least catch sight of his shadow. "With me he is not numbered among those joys which were lost with childhood. More than ever n is a reality in my life. More than ever I marvel ench j-ear at the recurring evidences of his existence. "I have never seen him and I've never seen any one who did see him except in the way all of us see him on the street, and in the stores at this time of year. But if I didn't believe in him I couldn't believe in any thing and the fact that nobody ever saw him makes my belief all the stronger. "For nobody eer saw Love, or Faith or Hope. All w e can see of these things is the evidence of their ex istence as it comes to us through the deeds of men and women. "And bless me, if everywhere at Christmas time don't see enough deeds to prove the existence of Santa Claus, well Corrcmencing Friday, an end-of -the-year clearance of Women's Apparel 1 i MM-m wwh jgHnwauuiM ii inn i mmseammamm I WWWMlA II ii NEW ISIS j S TODAT and TONIGHT D. V. GRIFFITH "Scarlet Days" A tmMm of the Olden VMt CRiquitn. like her bandit lover, could fight for those Kbe loved. He had laughed at tbe sheriff many tlms. Now the sheriff could laugh nt htm for a time. PATHE NEWS Evening, tie Matinee, 1 Tax Included Matinee, 15c SHOWS Gf A TVTTrV COMMENCING RAW LP WED., DEC. 24 CHRISTMAS MATINEE NIGHT, DEC. 25 aVERY HOPWOOtTS GALE OF .LAUGHTER rAi DIRECTION oSELVVNtCa THIS IS A ROAD SHOW NOT A MOTION PICTURE Splendid New York Cast Lavish Scenic Investiture Price Nights and Matinee, 50c to $1.50. Seat Sale Tuesday, Dec. 23 Mail Orders Now Mary Miles Minter la "Anne of Green Cables" When Anne ft loose her-wonderful lniaginatlop, she babbled over with Ideas that often got tier in hot water, and then never was a 'moment when she wasn't up to some sort of mis chief, Won't th thlldrem enioy 111 Evening, lc-tSe 3, 7:15, 9 Use Journal Want Ads for Results V

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1919 XEo-pt fea tate Journal An Independent Newspaper 11V I'ltAXK P. MACIENNAS VOLUME XLI. .No. 307 Kntered as loond class matter. OWll IA L C1T VPAl'Elt OF TOl'KKjT. Aeortllng to announcement made JJrtvmtM'r a, on account of the enor mous Iiktchw In white paier and scarcity ot Name: HuhncrltlAn Kitten for Year 1910. By uifill In adviineo, nue year Sli.00 Jty m.'ill lit advance, six luontlis. 3-04 I'y in.-til In a'lvnnt'c. tbree mouths.. 1.5d lty ui:iii In uvonee, one mouth... .fit) Kat by Carrier. Olio we-k 15 cents One- limlitli j rents Telephone 3330. Fasnrii of ike: Paul Block, representa tive. No. IWi Miidlsmi avenue, New Vork; Mailers building, t'liliago; Little llliilt., r.ostnu: KresKu buihllug. Detroit; Uxla tll IfT. lluif.ilo. Members: Associated Press, American Newnpainr Publishers'- Asvoclaliou, Audit llureiiu of Circulation. MKMMKK OP THE ASSOCIATED PKCSS. The Associated l'rcs exclusively en titled to the use for pnblication of all news dispatches credited to It or not ottaer vlxc credited In tills puper and also the locul news published herein. INFORMATION FOR ALL READERS OF THK TOI'EK.V STATE JOIRSAL. Kadi reader of The Slate Journal Is offered the unlimited use of the largetit In formation bureau in the world. This ."Service lturenu is located in tbe na tional j-iiplul, where it is lu Immediate touch fcilli all the great resource! of the L'lilted Stiites government. It can answer practically any queatlon you want to aak, but It can't give. ad Wee, nor make exhaustive research. The war forced an many changes In tne doily life of the American people that the services of this Information bureau will be iuvalualilc to all who use It. Keeii 111 touch wttu your government at all times. It can help you in a thouaand ways If your wants are only made kuowa. Tlie State Journal pays for this spteudid service In order that every one of Its read ers may take free advantage of It. You arc welcome to use it as often as you like. Write your request briefly, sign your name and address plainly, rtivloae a 2-cnt alamo for return postage and addresa, the. TUl'KKA ST.'.TK JOURNAL INFORMA TION IlUKKAl'. Frederic J. Ilaskin. Director, Washing ton. 1. c'. An alleged fear that the packers v.uuld sain control of the entire food Supply of the country, with resultant serious injury to the public, ia eaid to be responsible for the government's action in forcing them to relinquish a large part of the business which they have built up. It may be recalled that a few years ago similar alleged fears regarding the railroads brought about legislative and judicial action which wrecked many of the best prop erties in the country and brought the roads to their present deplorable state. For this destruction of trans portation systems the public now is paying and will continue to pay. Prob ably it also will be called upon to pay dearly "for the "dissolution" of the so-called- packers' combine. It ia noted rilo that proposed railroad legislation now contemplates permitting the rail roads to do many things which? pre viously they have been condemned for j liojng. It is not improbable that the time will come when everVbody will be reiidy to welcome the packers back to the control of the stockyards and a resumption of their activities in the handling of food products other than nioai. To prevent a further rising of prices, says the Nation's Etibiness, it is necessary that production be increased and consumption be decreased. In Kurope and in ip United States there never was a greater recklessness in spending tnoney than there has been prevailing since the conclusion of the armistice." The ease with which a larger amount of depreciated money can lie earned has diminished the re spect for money and the eagerness to save. A willingness to subordinate or sacrifice one's wishes and pleasures to the greater advantage of the country, manifested during the years of the war. has ended In the presenteaction of an orjry of brazen self-indulgence at the very moment v hen the war bill ia presented tor payment. The first thing to be done is as a prominent British financier put it '"to deflate our ideas." The world lives in a fool's paradise based upon fictitious wealth, rash promises and mad illusions. The end of the world has been post poned. If it will wait until Senator 3'oimlexter has been, nominated for the presidency wo may all die happy yet. General Wood 'made an enviable record In his administration of the af fairs of Cuba and the Philippines, He made Cuba what she is today, liav- ing proven himself faithful in a few things he is being looked over by the American people with a view to the possibility ot placing him in charge of the larger interests of the country. One thing is certain and that is that a man like Wood, of both experience in public affairs and business ability, is greatly needed in the White House for the next four years. The Demo crats also possess such a man in Wil liam G. McAdoo. It is charged by some that he scrambled the railroads, but it is doubtful that anybody else could have done better than he did In handling the transportation problem In war times. Mr. Ilines is a railroad man but he has been able to show little improvement. Favorable features, says Brad streets, constitute a large majority of the unusually full list of important trade and industrial happenings last w eek. Resumption of coal production, enlarged fuel shipments, removal of all restrictions on light, heat and ship bunkering, reopening or speeding up of closed or partially idle mills, fac tories and furnaces, active buying of tron and steel, augmenting of unfilled orders, further advances in these and other metals, sharp cold weather stim ulating buying of heavy w ear jng.. ap parel, a rally in foreign exchange and the passage of the Edge bill reawak ening export buying of grain and hog products, a slight decline in the Week-J ly 'Kooxl Index notwithstanding this was, due to lower quotations for dairy products, eggs, beef and potatoes;' lowered prices for hides and leather and- to crown all .new high reeordvol ume of holiday trade, are cited as among the outstanding events making for ..unusual activity at this, season 'of the year. THE COMING WAR. It is' reported by cable that the Bol shevik rulers of Russia are preparing to Invade- Poland with a huge army next spring;. A. J. Sack, director of the Russian information) bureau for the United States, holds that "Peace can never come, neither to Europe nor the world, with Russia disintegrated and starved. And unless peace crme and come soon, a new wan will In evitably come, probably more severe and disastrous than the Great War we have Just come thru." If Bolshevism succeed In Russia and the anti-Bolshevist armies fail in their mission, and the Red army, almost half a million strong, be re leased from the Interior Russian fronts, and turn its attention to the "buffer" states, it will turn" into dust those states, including Poland, and might overrun Germany and Austria, where the ground for Bolshevism is sufficiently prepared by the still con tinued economic degradation. It may flow farther In the European direc tion, on the one hand, and In the Asi atic direction, on the ether, and no one can predict where it will stop. The new war iri which Bolshevism plans to take the offensive part, sim ilar to that f German militarism in the last war, may spell a definite cri sis for modern demooratiq civilization in Europe. As Russia's experience has shown. Bolshevism, while possessing an enormous destructive power, does not display, to any degree, construc tive ability, Russia's starvation is due not to the so-called allied blockade, as the Bolsheviki and parlor-Bolsheviki Insist, but to the criminal Inefficiency of the Bolshevist regime and to the civil war they brought upon- Russia in their endeavor to replace the utoc facy of the old regime by a new, and even more tyrannic autocracy. Under normal conditions Russia would be able not only to feed herself, but to feed other countries as well. Everywhere where Bolshevism marches it leaves behind dead cities, destroyed villages, murder and starva tion. Bolshevism has destroyed Rus sia and threatens to destroy the world. Bolshevist overtures for peace repre sent an endeavor, on the one hand, to gain a breathing space, as Lenine once put it, and, on the other, to legalize the centers of their propaganda and their supporters in the countries which Bolshevism 'plans to conquer. Bolshevism and modern democracy can no more stay together than flame and water. If Bolshevism rule Russia, itr wlrl rule EuropV If the' world would destroy Bolshevism, it must de stroy it immediately ire Russia.. THE CONDITION OF SUCCESS. Under the above captiVra the Kan sas City Star contributes to -the world wide discussion of economic condi tions the following: Whether a man is better morally for having all material needs provided for is an old question, but still an open question. It is commonly assumed that advance In material well being fs an advance in all phases of existence. but it Is vitally necessary to remember this belief has never been borne out in fact to the satisfaction of close ob servers of society. In all arguments having to do with the "betterment" of a man's condition, much Is heard of "higher wages, short er hours, good clothes, plenty to eat. up-to-date means of travel and mod ern houses to live in. The common belief prevails that if these matters are properly adjusted, the man will be rising in the world, happy and con tented. But It is a notorious fact that money and culture and-nobility of character do not necessarily go hand in hand. It Is certainly true that every man Should earn a living wage, and it is desirable ttjat people have good clothes, plenty to eat, means of travel and comforta 'ble houses to live in. But something else ia necessary, and this necessity only the individual can supply. .Legis lation, hurnanltarianu-m, organised ef fort, none of these ctt tkgtve a man what he most needs, what alone will assure "success," orwhat a prominent American educator has called, "the durable satisfaction of life." As early as 1S40, the requisite to real well being was pointed out to cer tain groups of laboring men in Boston by W illiam Ellery Channing, in a lec. ture on "The Elevation ot the Labor ing Classes." The principles which Channing laid down to these men are applicable in. every way to all classes of men In the year 1919 or 19n0. "There is but one elevation for a laborer and for all other men. There are not different kinds of dignity for different orders of men. but one and the same to all. The only elevation of a human being consists in the exercise, growth, energy of the higher princi ples and powers of his soul. "A man ma,y be thrust -upward into a conspicuous place by outward acci dents: but b,e rises only in so far as he exerts himself, and expands his best faculties, and ascends by a free effort to a nobler region of those and -ac tion. This elevation is in deed to be aided by an improvement of his outward condition, and in turn- it greatly improves his outward lot; and thus connected, outward good is real and great: but supposing it to exist in separation from inward growth and life, it would be nothing worth, nor would I raise a finger to promote it." While many fingers, and occasion ally a few clubs, are be'ing raised for the promotion of the material exist ence of man, it would be well for all concerned to keep in mind the inward growth and life of which Channing speaks. And the foundation- for. this inward growth ia the consciousness of being of use In the world. The -man or woman who is being of service to the limit of his capacity, no matter what his work or place.has an assured I the? "higher principles and powers of his soul." TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL Information Bureau FREDERIC J. HASIUX, Director. Washington, D. C, aV TOT TWO MILLION FARMKI1 WANT. Washington, D. C. Dec. 21. Two million farmers organized into a na tional association with a headauarters in Washington constitute on of the Interesting new political factors which have grown up since the last time we elected a president. New political organizations, mostly of liberal or radical type, are, becom ing numerous. A Labor Party and a Liberal. Party have been created recently, and have made plans for con ventlons. There is also a more or less political organization of soldiers. Now comes to the fore a national farmers organization which appears to have real strength, and which tells congress very plainly what it wants. Big business is and, always has been.' well, tho inconspicuously, organized for political purposes. Little business lift up a voice of growing volume thru various associations. The only thing we lack is a national association of small-salaried .consumers. A call is hereby-issued for a convention to be held as soon as possible ad wherever the local lunch room proprietors will guarantee the delegates five cent milk and ten cent pie." s Returning to the two million farm ers, they are members of the national board of farm organizations. There are said to be only about seveji million real land-owning farmers in the United States, so you can see that Ihis organization speaks for nearly a third of them all. It was formed back in 1917 when tlie necessities of war time production brought the of ficers of maiy minor farm organiza tions to Washington, where they got to knfcweaeh other and learned to get along with each other a little better tian formerly. For farmers are traditionally poor organizers. One of the few things the farmer has is Independence. He is insulated from contact with his neigh bors by what the poet calls his broad acres. He is not used to making? con cessions to anyone else's point of view because he has never had to do so. e is independent and self-reliant, ani;thVf'8tr 'nK human material which, like most people with those qualities he is also suspicious and opinionated. At least that is the traditional psychosis of the farmer. To some extent, no doubt, it is the actual one. But the- farmers have always had or ganizations, and have always done good work with them. The national grange has had appreciable effects upon legislation, and it has recently opened a national headquarters, too. it has confined its activities mostly to such non-cotroversiai subjects as good road and rural education: This new organization is significant for two reasons. In -the first place it ia an organization of organiza tions most co-operative societies which have been growing in number amazingly during, recent years. That co-operative movement to which peo ple everywhere are turning for relief from the high living cost has really grown much faster In the country than it has in the city. While in the cities a consumers' league or a com munity store has succeeded here and there, the co-operative movement is still an experiment. In the country it is an established fact of life. The farmers, who are supposed to bo in capable of organising, are now organ ized all over the country both for buy in and for selling. The Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Lnlon of America, for example. Is just one of about a dozen organizations which make up the national board. This union has" twenty-five state organiza tions, and several thousand local chapters. The purpose of this asso ciation is to r ?t better prices for pro duce and to buy supplies at' lower prices by communal effort. Other member organizations of the board in clude the National Milk Producers' association, and the Nntional "Dairy union, the Federation of Jewish Farm ers of America and the Corn Belt Meat Producers association. All of these and all of the other organizations back of tlie board are co-operative societies for buying or for sellina- or for both. The hoard represents the gathering up of all thisjone ay Vile they was out taking a co-operative energy into an effort o: national scope. Its first and nrimary purpose is to promote co-operation. To this .end, H hss made its first great political f lht for the Capper-Hersma" hill. This measure is uesignntI to remove from farmers' co-operative organizations the restraints which th Sherman anti trust law places upon all organisations that operate in interstate trade. The Clayton act, amending the Sherman act, specif ically exempted from the operation of the anti-trust law, farm ers organizations which had no capi tal and were not operated for profit. But some of tlioa organizations have an operating capital- They want a clear field to work in Interstate coni meree. The Capper-Hcrsman meas ure will give them this. It will be a bold candidate who refuses to endorse this hill. This board of farm organizations is really a live political organization. It Tf. is the rural equivalent of th Ameri can Federation of Labor. The federa tion has recognized this fact by asking the national board7 to affiliate with it. The two organizations have been flirt ing with each other for some time. The question whether it should affili ate with the labor organization was referred by the hoard to its member organizations. They refrained from acting upon it rather than give labor a direct snub. So th3 affiliation did llie George Matthew Adams !SlS151SlSt515lSlSllSlSSlJal5'l t.oon tojirs on or evkrv- THlXti. In the end,'- wrong kills wrong-. All evi.1 is less good. So that. graded Into infinity, the greatest wrong de velops finally into highest good. Someone recently wrote and asked what there was that -could be counted as a benefit from war. And this is what I would say the LESSON! Down thru the years, there Is a con stant tearing down-J-and building up. Ruins Inter-lace the history of all progress but better things rise from the very embers of these dead scat terings. Do not expect, however to get a true perspective by looking at any thing at close range cnrist crucified. John Brbwn walk !TB t0-i h12 grallows- Garrison being -.-v. i.,.u irm5 or riosion. Lovejoy b;ing shot beside his press not come about. But It ia emphasized that the atmosphere between the two organizations is distinctly friendly. There are few more significant things in American political life to day than thia tentative effort on the part of labor and the farmers to get together. For a long time. It was never thought of. The farmer imagined that he was a capitalist. He could not eee the identity of his in terests with those -of the laboring-men. Now heha3 begun to see. The board of farm organizations has refused to afiliate with the federation of labor because it does not want to adopt such an aggressive political attitude as the labor organization has taken, and not because it does not sympathize with labor. "Most -agrarian movements have come to grief On controversial ques tions," said ah official of the board. "We do not want as yet to express an opinion on any controversial questions which do not concern us directly. We are for the Ca-ppej-Hersman bill be cause we need theaw, We opposed the Lane bill, because we did not be lieve it was sound. We intend to have something to say about the choice of the next secretary of agriculture. We want a strong government control of the packers. But we have no railroad policy, no land policy, no policy with regard to coal and other natural re sources. In a word, we have no polit ical platform. Political power is based on economic power. We are now engaged in federating our eco nomic power." There la vast wisdom in the last two sentences. The political power wTill come later. So in all. probability will the affilia tion with organized labor. The chief difference, between these two groups is really in their attitude toward the land question. Labor is in favor of I land law which will pro vide for the reclamation of arid, cut over and swamp lands by the govern ment, the making of these into equipped farms, and their leasing to individuals, or else their sale under provisions which would prevent spec ?r n?m- an outlet to the land, and so tend to keep wages up, as in the old days when a good homestead was to be had for going west. It would also tend to drain the congested portions of the great- cities, and so remove much of makes or unrest and revolutionary propaganda. But the farmers are afraid of such a land program because they fear it would result in over-production and hence lower ihe price of farm products. s There are some among the agricul tural leaders who do not agree with this view. They point out that if the government created farms it would have to create proper machinery for the disposal of their products. As a matter of fact, all the land coloniza tion schemes have provided for 'mar- keting- systems. In this way, they claim, colonization would promote co operative movement which is proving to be the farmers salvation. And there is really no danger whatever of an overproduction of food. Our ex port market can take care of the sur plus. A' marketing system designed and controlled by the producer rather than the middleman is the thing need ed, they say. V 'i Last nite I had to rite a comper sition for skool illistrating the Kriss mas spirit. Wich I did, sayins to pop, Pop. do you think this cowipersition illustrates the Krissman spirit enuff? .And I, red itout loud, this being it: The 3 Boys and the Dime. Once theer was 3 boys named Ed, Edger and Edwerd respeckfully, and wawk with each other they "saw a lost dime laying in the street and they all made a grab for it and Kdger got it on account of having ttie shortest Hes to stP with and the longest arms to reetch with, saying Herray, I iounn a dime. The heck you did, sed Ed, you picked it up,' meybc. but Iound half of it, dident t see it as soon as you did and maybe sooner? Well how about me? sed Edwerd. Ill bet I saw it the soonest of eny of us, wats you think I got glasses for? And they started to fite a fist fite about it and they all got black ,eyes and bluddy noses and was getting more wen some man came up with a worried ixpression, saying. Did eny of you boys happin to find a dime? Ve5s. he did, sed Ed. and Edvverd. Yes, I did, sed Edijer honestly. And ho gave tb man the dime, and the man sed, ft i a grate plezzure to meet sutctl honest boys ail at the same riimt, iieers iu uunars 10 ulVlue ll among you. Wich they -divided it by getting 3 dollars and 33 sents and a therd of a sents worth of jelly beens. Honesty is .the best policy, sed Ed ger, peece on .earth aood will to men, wimmin and childem. 0 The end. Do you think it illistrates the Kriss mas spirit enuff. pop? I sed. Weil, I sippose it could be -werse, sed pop. Wich it proberly could. PTalKT- xhese are but the suggested pictures of great historical tragedies w hich so evolved "as to whiten the skirts of civilization for all time. To all of us at one time or other, life grates hard and bitter. But it is at such times, above all others, that we should muster, out finest faith to fight on.- Never forget that good comes out of everything. And the quicker you dismiss all revenge and malice from your heart, the sooner will happiness start its warming ways thru the veins and arteries of your, spirit life. For good is-alwaj-s aching to get back home. Worry not at all what has hap pened in the past. NUrhts keep corn- on all the time. But there is al- iwbys a dawn to follow each and every i mgnt no matter now dark' I Good comes out of every thing. Sjfii&Papc. 3 1 1 Evening Story 1 The Helpmeet. BT MON'A COWLES. To most of us there would have been holiday Spirit a-plenty in old St. Paul's church on Christmas eve. The door on the side of the vestryroom opened on the choir robm from whence came the many well-trained voices of the choir rehearsing for the last time the melodious old Christmas carols to be sung before the congre gation in the church the next day and thru the door on the opposite side ot the vestryroom you might have caught delicious aromatic whiffs of pine and spruce, with now and thne the tapping of a hammer that echoed thru the high vaults of the church roof, and if you had looked you would I green festoons and wreaths lying in piles, presently to be draped, rrom pillar to- pillar, around gothic win-( dows and arches-just as they had been decked-for so many years on Christmas eves gone -by In old St. Paul's. It was enough to thrill the heart of any Christmas-loving mortal, but to tlie llev. Bradley Stevens, as he stood in tho vestryroom, donning ample overcoat and absently drawing on his wool-lined gloves, there came hardly a sussrertion of Christmas cheer I In the first place Bradley had no pi ace in parucuiar 10 speno, nrisima day. To be sure he had accepted an invitation the first out of many to have dinner -wlth one of his opalent vestrymen bift what his heart craved was an old-time Christmas. Then he was troubled, as he had been troubled for -months. before. There was St. Paul' nestling down in one of the most congested sections of the thriving old town. It had once been the most artistic neighborhood now it was the section where min gled the iomes of the low-paid work ers of the town in their old-fashioned, cheerless tenements and the market, shops and small factories a wonder ful neighborhood for a progressive in stitutional church, suclt as" Bradley had dreamed about in his college days. Bradley had hoped when he came to St- Paul's that he would be able, to turn, the old buildings to account iri some way. There were rich and in fluential x members among the com municants. They could have seen his plans thru. But his propositions fell upon deaf ears. If those people came to church, if they filled the pews, where then would the old communi cants sit? They would hardly want to rub elbows with those nersona- persons of that sort so often carried germs in their clothing. And then that very day one of the older vestrymen had met Bradley in his vestry room, pie began telling the young clergyman ot the entire satis faction that he was giving as minister. r And then "there is- just one thing. It is such an advantage to .have 'the rectory occupied our. people here are used to the social life that usually centers about the rectory. "So well, you see, Mr. Stevens. I thought you wouldn't mind my telling you that we would be very glad to wel come your better half. Doubtless there -is some young ladyand of course when you are ready to take that step there will be no question about an increased salary." Bradley stood there thinking over w-hat he had said. He could picture to himself Just the sort of "better half that they would lik him to choose a dispenser of afternoon tea at the rec tory, a prim society maiden, no doubt, who could "be depended on to do exact ly the right thing on every occasion. Bradley "wasn't exactly sure that he would be interested in her. He had thought of the old rectory, with its spacious rooms. ajS it might be turned to account for a social cen ter fpr those toilers in the neighbor hood of St Paul's- not --as a place where the- socially elect congregation would sip tea and foregather, at re ceptions. v Braadley turned up the collar of his ulster and pulled down the brim of his soft h.at In a rather more bulldogglsh manner than the old vestryman would have thought suitable for one of Brad ley's calling. Then he blustered out into the biting snow-heavy atmosphere and liorrted past the ancient stone steps of the old graveyard. Suddenly he stopped. Then he re called that the night before, when he had gone to make- final arrangements with the organist for the Christmas music, he had sen that figure crouch ing there by the tombstone In the same spot. And he could see now. s he had seen then, that -the figure" was that of a woman slight .and young a small shawl drawn down over the head and shoulders. She was, crouch ing, but she was Intent. Could it be that the music and the lights Inside had drawn her? Bradley took long paces over the frost-nipped grass and was at her side. "Do you liko the rnusic?" he asked and then two eyes that he soon learned were heaven's own blue were turned upon him. "Sure, I like the music I was just waiti?ig here" "But you needn't wait here." Brad ley told lie'r. "You are welcome to come in--it's -cold here," and before he had thought exactly why, he had led the girl back into the church into the vestry-room. "You can hear the music here better,"- he told her. and as they listened together it seemed for the first time infinitely sweet, full of wondrous memories of other Christ mases. Anna was her name.she told him. and she was the niece of the man that kept the fruit store next to the church they had complained because sometimes he set the baskets of vegetables on the stone coping. She acted as cashier and picked over vegetables, snipped off the outside leaves of blackened lettuce heads so that it could be sold in spite of the fact that it was not' very fresh, and things like that. In return she re ceived 'her board and clothes. "Sure I like music and I'd like to come to your church -but but I was standing there by the tombstone "You shall come to my church," said Bradley, very enthusiastically, thinking that he had never seen such wondrous blue eyes, and a few min utes later when he left her at the church gates his old despondency had vanished. Bradley dined with the opulent ves tryman, as he had promised, but be fore nightfall he had sought out the abode of the fruit and vegetable man with whom Anna -made her home. He had toys of various sorts for the chil dren in the family and a poinsettfa for Anna ne had taken it from tnecnan cel decorations of the church and felt no sacrilege in doing so. "And to think that I would never have known you." he said to Anna as he left the crowded flat that after noon with orrly Anna seeing him to the door. "I would never have known you if you had -not been listening to ihe music there at the church." "Sure I was 'listening to the mOsic but "But that was no ulace for you. You should have come in. The church is yours as much as it is any one's. I m going to show those vestrymen." And SANDRA. THE JEALOUS Bu'JANE ski.f condemnation: i CHAPTER CXXIX. j For once I couldn't sleep because of my own failure to do what was right. Always it had been the other way round; always some one else had been to blame for my discomfort, my unhappy thoughts. "I'm glad I hadn,t time to look for another nurse,'" 1 murmured. "nd I'm awfully sorry 1 forgot our anniver sary. It was lovely iTvEverett to plan all that for me. Perhaps he cares more tor me than I have thought. Surely he must care a little to go to so much trouble and expense to give me pleasure. My pearls are wonderful I am so glad he didn't give me sap phires. I wonder if he is, beginning to understand I dislike them because L.eola always wore them?" andso for hours my thoughts ran on. Stay in bed, dear," Kverett said when he rose-' "It was awfully late when you went to bed, and I have an idea you didn't sleep well. X heard you tossing several times." "How did you come ,to expect a woman to sleep the night she first owns such woiuierful pearls? I do hope ne one steals them," for the first time thoughts of that long-time past robbery of my apphires coming to me. "We will take care they are put where a burglar won't find them. One experience of that kind it enough. Now go to Sleep." He darkened the room, and kissed me good-bye. Tears filled my eyes. He had been so kind, had done so much for me the day before; his voice had been so gentle as he bade me go to "sleep that I could only weep because of the ache it made in my heart. I so wanted him to take me in his arms and make a great big fuss over me this once, if he Tiever did again. Of couse I was glad he was kinder, that he treated me with more consideration, but sometimes I used to think I would rather he would beat me if he only showed me some of that passionate love he had given Leola Men really are stupid where women are concerned'. I have learned that Kverett waa but a sample of all men In that respect. A few words of love, a real Itiss- Instead of the peck on the cheek most men give after a' short period of married life a little cod away went Bradley, filled with his new enthusiasm. So Bradley's, friendship for little blue-eyed Anna ripened into love, and when he told the vestry he had chosen for his better half one of the girls who constituted the toiling class, within the shadow of St. Paul's there was cdn sternation at first, and1 then well, at least-it was picturesque, and Anna looked very devout witTi her blue eyes fixed on Bradley as she sat on Sundays now to listen to him preach. Then the engagement was an nounced, and when Bradley asked from the vestry instead of an Increase in salary' permission to carry out his plans for establishing an institutional church of course they granted it. And even after they were married Anna never finished telling Bradiey what before he-had never let her tell that the day when she crouched there by the church window she hadn't had. a thought concerning tne beautiful music. She was simply trying to see where her gray kitty went when he stolo away at dusk church mice, of course,, it was that lured him. She was trfihg tQ see if she could catch him when he came out. But she did not tell Bradley. Bradley wanted to think that it had been because her starved little soul craved the beauty of the music, the inspiration of old St. Paul's. And Anna, Being a ucuui danirhter of Kve. let nim tmn on (Copyright. W10. t the MrClure Newi- peper. Syndicate.) Questions-r-Answers Q. When will Carter Glass give up hl nost as secretary of Hi Irensury, to take hla seat in the senate on successor to the lute Senator Martin. f Virginia M. O. A. Mr. tiliiss will give up ills olflce as head of the treasury department on Janu ary 1, to assume the duties of seuntor lin mrdlaMr upon the roi onveulng of cougreaa after the I'hrlstmas recess. o. What l Hie new official color of. the field uniforms of the America" Led Cross J V Forest green has been adopted the official celor of the American lied Crow field uniforms, Inatead of light gray. The clianae was 4ich!ed' unon-a year niro. tnt the order wns withheld o thnt the large quantity of I'SUt gray cloth on, hand might bo used up. o Will the Rovr-ruinent redeem a Mil. part of which has been torn off or burned? "'A. The" treasury department says thnt If three-fifths or more of a mutilated Hill Is nreanited it will be redeemed nt Its face value. If more than two-fifths and Irs than three-fifths nre presented, it will he redeemed nt one-Jinlf of the face vaina' Nothing Is paid for pieces of less than "o."' l'lojr ran I prevent the water from freezing In the radiator of my automobile in eold weather? U. W. K. v. One of the simplest and most satis factory aatl-freeze mixtures for automobile radiators is water atnt denatured alcohol. A mixture of one-fourth alcohol and threes fourths water will endure cold to ten de grees below. Cobl resistance may be fur ther Increased by iiicrenaiug the percentage of alcohol, one of the chief advantage in using alcohol Is that It In ne way acta upon the metal of the radiator, as do some other noe-freese mixture Q How mnnr lunguaffra are there In the world, and what fire the principal Euro pean languages? C A. Xj. A. There are about S-ODft different lan guages spoken in the world. The leading languages of Kurope, according to tlie num ber that apeak them are a follows: Kng Huh. wn.uoo.noO: tierman. lin.uo.Ono: Hue aian. lon.OOO.tiOil: French. -O.KlO.CtKI: Spanish, SO.flOO.ono; Italian, 0Q,000,0l); Portuguese. 23.0113.000. 0. How much money was appropriate! in 19IX for the improvement of navy yardi I. W. F. A. Io a bill approved July 1. 191", tea million dollars was appropriated for the Improvement and equipment nary yards. Q. Which state has the largest public debt? M. I. 11. A. The census bureau's report for hnwa that New York hax the larg- St gros liability of any slate, it lielne USA.11. or s per capita debt of KW.AB. Mana ehnsetta has the lirgest per capital debt, which is .'&.6 y. Would It be prorer for me fo em broider a flag on the -corner of handker chiefs wnlch I am to glre for- Christmas presents? Ij. A. It Is not good form to use tbe flag In any form on handkerchiefs, aprons, or other clothe that mar he-soiled. Q. Wh.it tlie highest wjjterfall In the worM? M. ir. A The Grand Falln. Labrador, has that distinction. It Is 2.MIO feet In height. The' Sutherland Fait. New 7,-nland. ranks sec ond, villi a height of l.flo feet. NiagarJ Falls U -jnly 10 feet in height Any reader can get the answer to nny quesltng by writing The- Topeka State Journal Information Bureau, Frederic J. Ilaskia, Klrector. Washington. I. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The Bureau cannot give advh-e on legal, snedh-al. and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to under take exhanstlre research on any puhje-t. Write- your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and addresa and em-loac two-cent -stamp for return postage All tz-plics-are sent direct to the inquirer.) PHELPS dling and fussing over, will .make even the. strongest-minded new woman, a man's devoted slave.- How mUch more wilt it make a young, domes- j tically Inclined woman love him; the; woman to whom he and her home are her all? So I wept scalding tears even tho I had received kindness and beautiful pearls. Miss Pierce came in about eleven o'clock with Junior. I ad wakened and asked for him. She put my beau tiful boy on the bed beside me, and while I played hilariously with him, I thanked her fpr the interest she had taken In the surprise planned for me. "I was so glad to be -of use." she re plied. "No one coujd help being happy. Mr. Graham was so like a boy planning t6 surprise y.ou. He was afraid you would suspect I think you never will realize how pleased we all were when you went driving. It gave us a chance to decorate and -do all there was to do without being fearful you would find out what was going on. 'I thinji it would have broken Mr. Graham's heart if you had." "It was all lovely," I' said as Hetty brought me a tray with a tempting breakfast. "Wasn't it, Hetty?" I asked. "Indeed it was, ma'am." Then tim idly; "Would you let me eee your pearls? Mrs. Gray says .they are so lovely.", "Of course you may see them. They are in the dressing table drawer. The key is in the usual place." "Oh the long drawn sigh ot delight made Marta Tierce and mo both, laugh. "Bring them here, Hetty. I.'U wear them while. I eat my breakfast. I want to get used (o them." She clasped them around my neck. They fell down over my nightdress and both girls gasped with delight. Hetty handed me. a mirror to look at myself, and I joined them in expres sion of enthusiastic admiration of their beauty. They were servants, but for a time we were Just three girls to gether, laughing and chatting until Junior, feeling he had been neglected long enough, olutched the edge of my tray and spilled my ooffee. It had become cold while we admired the pearls, so no damage waa done. (Tomorrow Peace for a time. Moulton Musings BY HOY K. tlOVVTOS. Tbe Ode-Legged Cblckca. We are nnt at all astounded To note tlie current newt- story To the effect that a New Vork man lias ralsetV a one-legged c-lnckeii. Hen snv:mts snil poultry solenlbts Are very much excited, but why? fine-legged ililokens have beea Very common hi our life. Kor nearly a year we had bue Kvcrv Sunday for dinner. At first we were piiszled rteeuuse bnck on tlie rarut Kvery chicken we liail seen Had "two perfectly good legs. After several month It transpired That our maid, yclept Myrtills, ITnd a Toung gentleman friend Who dropid lu every Sunday Juut before dinner was s.rre And camped out In the kitchen. Our butcher informed us v That wrery hlclien he sent i Had two legs. Kvrry chicken Arrived ou cur tMlo wltll ouc It witil n efte ef deduction. fonftiiltius' the lives of Rheriocb and hU pal. Watson. It became very -wimple. The Doughboy's Prnteftt. "irgets my goat." the sohllcr said, "To hear a ucrson snv J That firoaa uliould glee us jobs ahead tt ether men toilay; Why they should tilVK.us anything Is RKira' t'.inn I enn see. For we have KAKN'KIt Jobs when we brine Our vtHintry victory T. Ifenjatnln Faucctt HEART AND BEAUTY PROBLEMS r.T Mns. KLiEABrra Thompson. Dear Mrs Thompson: I am en gaged to a boy v.'orking here, but his home Is m-another state. His mother is aware of. the fact. Should I- cor respond with his mother? I am to be married Christmas and I have never met his mother.- BOB. Your fiance's mother should write to you first. Doubtless she doesn't' realize that you would enjoy a letter from her welcoming you into the fam ily. I would wait, however, until she does write. Dear Mrs. Thompson: When -a young man calls to take a girl for a ride, should she ask him in if she is ready to go, or shonld they start im mediately, if che does ask him 4n, who should suggest going? ANXIOUS. When the young man calls be should be invited in while the girl puts on her wraps. If he comes In. sits down and does not seem to know how to sug gest going, she might say: "Shall J get my wraps so that we can stait?" THE FOOK OLD RK H MAX. I'm nor r-r for th ryvor .1 mail, be has a stak of yellow gold. And be rotilil bur the finest 'I rum that lu tbe toy ahopfl to be Hold And fce 'ohI.J ur a tralo of cars that's ftlnxfKt lfke the rnl thlu Or fill a HUxfciDir full with Mtuff that Santa can't a for, to brine:" -But far a.nut iwis by air h ntnren where they are MeU.ua- t'hrlMinaii toypJ Altho he in i aalirtftnalxe, he has ao little s'.rW or boy Alone about this time of year I'd like to be a tU Hon aire I'd like to chooM the costliest toys and pny their price and oen-r rr. I'd like to for ut a month that I roiiid wander nm-y-f ree And never hare to i-otuU mf purse, but boy tvliate'er I -ha ned to mm Hut still, with all the ffld be ha a. be t a poorer ansa thaif I Hcau? he has no little child to want the thin ffs rhat he ran buy, Xt must be hard at Cbriatutaa thne M r the windows filled with ty. And hare ta iaa them by beeaaiic yen he to little wlrl or boys; Of all th window-. libers here, I think the Mu.det mnt be be Who hn no Utile oti at home to dance uriiHml a -4'hriKtin.ut tre f'Tbe lonely rih nun who r-.uld lny he jnym wwb witi'-n tlie niv are piled And yet must mta this CfarlKtmaa fan ber-auw- he has no little child. Copyright 1019 by Edgar A. Guest. ON SECOND THOUGHT BY JAT E. HOUSE. (From Thllsdelphla Futile Ledger-) A- correspondent who emlle the column "silly" refers to Herbert Hoover as a "little tin god on weals." But until the correspondent caa estab lish hA V. I 9 s juusmvni vj v columnists is superior to" his ability to spell one-syllable words we shall de cline to appear downcast. A writer in the New York Tribune wants to know "Are the Old Guard ot the Republican party prepared to raise hell again?" If failure to regard General iMnmrf xa- desirable candidate the party can pre sent for president is to be construed as wr e-rsi airaio tne Ola Quart am. As a lay Republican we have no marked preference In the matter of presidential candidates. Only three or four of the five or aix Republicans, real and assumed, prominently men tioned in connection with the nomi ntloi would drive us temporarily Into the Democratic party. What we wish to know. is. If we chance to prefer some candidate other than General Wood, will that make us an enemv to the Republican party and a traitor to our country? -J?.'. in1,ications now are that the nw. to be ed. W should like a. ruling on it in ample time t adjust ourself to destiny. The newspapers sav liquor men w'ill continue to fight. The newspapePsar, mistaken. There Isn't any fight 7 It is a. rear-guard action and the guard la out of ammunition. And that brings up a matter of per. sonal conduct upon which we wish to confer with the readers of the column. e chance to be tho possessor of one quaI1. of th8 e,lxlr known as uia crow. It was presented to us sheepman of Cheyenne. Wyo who bad taken us Into his cellar to permit us to contemplate his ample store. We carried It two-thirds of the way across the continent, thereby vio lating many of the "bone-dry" statutes along the route. Possession of "old Crow' Is a violation of the spirit if not the letter of the prohibltoo- law. hnould we personally pour the con. tenia k, A kM,i. i into i n B sewer or can the work ef destruction safely be uou a. ccrvunt to perform? miica.i.eq. an an, struse question pertaining to personal conduct, and we wish the advice of others in the matter. t e areircminded,. in the connection or the case of the Pittsburgh saloon keeper who some years ago traded five quarts of liquor for a Fmgnnard tap estry worth a fortune. Interest in art treasures -has become so keen in re cent years that the saloon-keeping gent, if he Is willing to part with the tapestry, might be able to get his five quarts back. But, In any event, there will be littio disposition during the next two or three years to laugh at the Indians for trading Manhattan Island for a demijohn of rum. From now on. the shrewdness of the Indian is going to be much less frequently impeached. Football has for us no sectional ap peal. School district 39. in which we matriculated and from which we grad uated, had ne football team. Waller Camp showed the same fine neutral ity In his selection of an -"All-American" tram which comprises ten play ers from the east and one from the middle west. Mr. Camp, as do most other men, grows mellower with the years. Theie was a, time when no Middle Western player could "make" his team. We note the approaching production in New York of John Drlnkwater's play, "Abraham Lincoln." with keen Interest, Mr. Drinkwater's play Is the one in which Abraham Lincoln says. "My word!". It may interest you to know that Theda Kara, when she posts a letter, sticks the stamp in the lower right hand corner of the envelope. And then again it may not. Hut, having no gift of humor, we strive to give the column the personal touch. Likely, the Philadelphia court whluh held that "nagging" is not proper ground fur divorce was tight about it. There is little disposition anywhere to soften the blow to the man who can't stand punishment. Altho we are not one of 1 s most ac tive proponents, the forthcoming ap nearance of "Evervwoman" on tlie j screen make It possible for us o say n. gooa wore, ror tne mm arama. i ne "f ilium" "presentation of "Every woman" cannot possibly be as bre aom as was the speaking version of the piece. How da.e we? There are times when we throw discretion to the winds. We once poked fun at J'IJen Hur." Household Hints Mensj Hint. f BREAKFAST. Sliced Bananas Cereal and Cream Grilled Lamb Kidney Bacon Garnish Coffee LUNCHBOX. Potato Omelet Lettuce French Dressing Spiced Pears Cofree DINNER Oyster Cocktail Celery Radishes Beef Tenderloin Mashed Potatoes Buttered Beeta Lettuce Apple Roll Coffee ftood Podding. Apple Pudding, Hteamed or Bake Peel and slice apples into a deep dish: put over them a dough made of one cup of flour, one teaspoon baking powder, one-half spoon salu wet with sweet milk. .Mold lightly and spread on top of apples. Steam or bake. If sour milk Is used, use sod. Instead of baking powder. Kauce: One-half cup butter, one cup sugar, little nutmeg, one and one-half tablespoons flour moistened with cold water. Put batter, sugar and nutmeg In saucepan with a bowl of water. When It bolls adds the flour mixture. Cook entil smooth. Sprinkle more nutmeg on after it la turned into bowl. Serve both hot. Banana Cornstarch Pudding .Take one quaft milk, when near boiling add two tablerpoona cornstarch d!sw rolved in a little cold milk, allow it thicken and add two eggs well beaten with two-thirds cup sugar, stir well land tahe It from fire. When cool 1 Dour it over-bananas, isic or eifthti. jand put In pudding dish

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5 tHE "TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1919 REAL XMAS HERE Bi;; Charities to Care for Eery Needy Topeka Kiddie. Salvation Army to Furnish 800 Families With Baskets. SPECIAL CHURCH PROGRAMS i I. Hone- Trees Symbols f Hap piness In Hundreds Homes Jtoyal Turk to Reign Over Din ner Table Tomorrow. t'lirirttinaa eve and all's well! TuniKht will be a nif-rht of rejoicing in TopVka. In hundreds of hornqs and in nearly alt the churches, there wilt Christmas trees. Tomorrow will he a day of feasting, of family reunions "and merriment. In tnaiiy iiiHnsions the royal turk will oc t unv the center of the board and in U a pretentious domiciles -the com- iiion chicken, or perhaps a roast of j iitjik or beef, will serve to annihilate he "pangs of liunfeer-" And. there will i? candy and nuts and fruit and pop corn. toys fey the kiddies and coveted presents for the grown-ups. The charitable organizations of the city are Kiing to see to it, if possibly that there is not one poor family in the city missing out on the Yuletlde joys this season. Tlie Confidential Ex change reports all in readiness for the big1' "explosion." The Solvation Army is on tip-toes awaiting the word to go over t"he top. v At -a large number of the churches tonight there will be Christmas trees or special program., so mo of them of an elaborate nature.. A few of the churches held their programs last Sunday and some will postpone them Hi) til next bUnday. Act Syrian Xmas Story. t th Kirst Baptist church. Ninth 9r,i Jackson streets, a missionary play will be given at 7:30 o'clock. There will be 16 persons in the- cast, from different departments ,of the Sunday chaol. 'nlloving the play there will te a musical and literary entertain ment, aftetr which the congregation will retire to the Sunday school, room fur a social hour, during which' seven young women, dressed in Syrian cos-4 tumes. will act out and tell the Christ mas story. Kach will bear an earthen pitchet and from Jacob's well produce the rf-riehrnent3 to be served during the evening. A program of songs, readings and recitations in'keeping with the season wijl- be given at the Quinton Heights Baptist church. The children have been working hard on this program and it promises to he a good one. A chance to assist the Armenians in a fi nancial way will be given the boys and. girls of the Sunday school.' At the I-'irt Preswteria n church there will be a Chrhstmas tree and a voluntary program of songs, readings it nd recita Ions by the children of the Sunday school, in charge of F. I. Cnniphll. J-ivc-ry Child" Pagcanl. A hrVtntas pageant, "Kvery Child," v !il be s.;ven at the Westminster Pres- PADEREWSK1 RESIGNS BUT PLEAS CAUSE ignace Paderewski. his wife and their son. Worn out by the 'vigorous duties of being; premier of the struggling young republic of Poland, Ignace Paderewski, world famous musician, re cently resided the office that he might return to his home in Switzerland and resume his music When leaders pointed out to him that therewas no one available who ould carry out the plans of the new republic Pad erewski reconsidered nis decision and will remain in office for a time3 at least He is said not to have touched the piano since ha became premier. byteriaii church, by characters chosen from various Sunday school depart-! ments, showing the right of every j child to physical, mental, moral and j spiritual education. Special music will j be rendered, together with songs and recitations by beginners und the pri mary departments. At the Potwin Presbyterian, Fifth; and TV' est streets, then will be mov- ing pictures of the Christmas story I and at St- John's Evangelical Luth- j eran, 200 Van Duren street, a program will bo given. The choir of the First Congrega- i tionai church was to serenade the city I with Christmas carols at 5:30 o'clock: this afternoon, and a cantata entitled! "The Nation's King" will be given at I 7 o'cldck this evening. The North Topeka Baptist church! will also hold its annual Christmas 1 eva entertainment this evening, s 1 Special Christmas services will be held at the Swedish Baptist church Christmas morning at 5:30 a. m. The children's Christmas party will be held in the evening at 7:i0 o'clock. The Swedish Lutheran church will also have a service at 5:30 o'clock and a special car will leave Oakland at a o'clock to bring those attending over to the "West Fide. The children's cele bration will be given at 7 o'clock in the evening. Regular services will he heltl at the Potwin IVesbyterian church and in the evening the choir will render the beautiful Christmas cantata, "Promise and Fulfillment." ''v Elks Santa, to 1.500. Tt is estimate that 1.500 p'oor chil dren of the city will take advantage of the Elks' big Christmas tree at the "Not When t. rnces "Madam," said the grocer "I am clearing out these baking powders cheapened with alum. Will you have a can with my compliments "No thank you, not when I can get Dr. Price's Baking Powder at the reduced price. Haven't you got it?" "Oh, yes," replied the grocer, "it's now made with pure phosphate and is the only kind I am selling." It seems as if women-folks were all baking overtime since the great reduction in the price of IT A name famous for quality for 60 years Not Cheapened With Alum Leaves No Bitter Taste Always Wholesome NEW PRICES: 25c for 12... oz. 15c for 6 oz. 10c for 4 oz. FULL WEIGHT CANS Tlie Price is Right POLAND PREMIERSHIP HIM TO RESUME REINS r KlkV club. Seventh and Jackson streets, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. There will be huge amounts of candy, fruit, nuts, ice cream and cake for every little boy and girl who comes for them and in addition each will receive a pair of warm stockings, a stocking cap and a pair of mittens. The membership of the Elks has been greatly" increased this year and every member has contributed toward mak ing 1.800 little hearts merry on Christ mas morning. Scores of individuals in the city, bavins secured names of needy fami lies thru the confidential exchange. will leave their hom-?s early tomorrow morning with baskets laden with food and "goodies" to torirrg Christmas joy to many a poverty stricken family. Charitable organizations also have prepared to furnish a liberal amount of Christmas treats for the poor. The Salvation Army has undertaken this enterprise on the largest scale. however, and more? than 300 baskets of food will be delivered to the poor tomorrow morning. This is the largest number of basket yet distrib uted In the city by the Salvation Army. Oklnhmna City Twenty thousand dol lars for a, -kiss is far Ih raiu-h, accord ing to girl members of the court house MjUT. during a discussion of the latent "dnmnge" suit. "Twenty cents is about rlghr," said one young thing eyeing a big limousine on the. street. "I'd just love to own that car." St. f-ouis Mrs. Blanche Tabst hasn't had a wink of Bleep in a week. She's been grieving over the Joss of Ferdinand, her ppt polly. Ferdinand drinks coffee with her in the mornings and kisses her good nighty she siid. I Can Get OW SEARCHFOR BILLY Officials Follow Up Sew Clew in Dansey Case. Hunt for Missing Body of Orphan as Well as Boy. Ho mm onto n, N. J.r Dec. 24. Search is being made today of all New Jer sey medical institutions to determine whether the body held in the county morgue as that of Billy Dansey, the "perfect baby' is in reality the body of an unknown child taken surrepti tiously from one of these institutions. The search is being made under di rection of Prosecutor Ga skill as the result of information contained in a letter received by Prosecutor Gas kill. The letter says Billy Dansey had been kidnaped and that the body found in Folson swamp had been taken from the state college of New Jersey by a p'.ysician. "The information contained in the letter may be of no importance," the prosecutor says. "On the other hand, it may be of the greatest Importance." In their home on the outskirts of Hammonton, Mr. and Mrs, Hercules Dansey waited to see whether the promise contained on a post card they received recently that their missing son would be returned safe and alive today would be fulfilled. CAREFUL wiTH LIGHTS! Warnin Issued Today by Hanlon' Relative to Xmas Trees. Fire Chief Joseph Hanlon today Is sued a warning regarding lighting of Christmas trees. "Great care must be used he said. "if candles are placed on trees. I sug gest that they be not used at all. J-.it-tle electric bulbs are better and safer, if people feel that the trees must be lighted. Care must be taken in wiring if this method is used." fchristmas trees, with the tinsel that adorns them, are highly inflammable and serious fires have been known to result from a blaze starting from them. PersorrS playing Santa Claus should exercise care not to get near fire, as their costume also is easily ignited; Hanlon asserted. MARRIAGE LICENSES ,The day before Christmas marked the issuance of more than the ordi nary number of marriage licenses in the office of Probate Judge Ralph H. Gaw, Following are those who are going to give themselves to each other as 1919 Christmas gifts: Kdisnn Remolds. Portland, Ore "0 Milda I. Takeniire. Topeka 27 William Wet tig. North Cedar, an 21 Grace Weber, Valley Fails 22 Adrian W. Ziegelasch, Atrhison over 21 Mabel I. "Wynne, Oranque Kan. .over 21 Harry A. Mentzer. Topeka......; 28 Iaiira Houston. Topeka 27 Ward B. Maurier, Cincinnati 27 Florence Kowe, Topeka 27 William F-. Mitchell, Beatrice. Neb W Mrs. Ira Khrock, Topeka 30 .Tnrrtes Hetberingtnn. Topeka.... 2! Viola C. Iloackev Topeka i... 24 Arthur King.' Topeka 2fi Viola Foetner, Topeka Id t Wedding rings. 1S-K sold, $4 up. Harris-Goar Co., 60S Kansas Ave. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME XEWS Noon lnncb. Cremeiie Cafeteria. Ad. ,-Cooty Bill" for the ex-sdift-.--Adv. case of diphtheria was reported to the city health department today at 113 West Twenty-second street. Another case was released, keeping the total a)t four.- George Ousley, 1134 Tyler street, who was knocked down 'and "injured Saturday by a street car at Twelfth and Tyler streets, was reported today to be recovering, rapid ly in a local hos pital. His condition is no longer seri ous, it was reported. Jlarion Jones, 22, negro, 1163 Lane street, plead guilty to burglary and larceny Tuesday afternoon beore Judpe George H. Whitcomb and was sentenced to ten years in the state re formatory at Hutchinson. The lad stated that he was out of money and could not get credit at any store so he broke into the West" Street grocery, 1150 West street, early Sunday morn ing and carried away $100 worth oT provisions. The police later found the provisions in his home- The merchants on the east side of Kansas, avenue soutn of KiKhth street, are pleased to see a substantial tem porary sidewalk now almost com pleted at the hotel lots on Kansas ave nue and Ninth street. This sidewalk is put in full width, pending the ad judication of the settlement with the local stockholders and the other in terests. This is now In the federal court and.is set for trial next month. It involves the bond of the American Surety company given to protect local stockholders. A window was broken out and the panels in the side of a street car smashed about 10 o'clock this morn ing -rhen a truck rtriven by an em ploye of the Stone Produce company ran into the car as it was standing at the corner of Huntoon and Mulvane streets. It was believed the truck skidded, causing the driver to lose con trol of the wheel for an instant. TCn information would be given at the company's office. Ho war 1 Patten, of the Topeka Railway company, said no one was Injured in the crash. S. J. Cocker, western Kansas farm er, arrested at Dodge Cltv Sundav on a white slave charge preferred against him by Mrs. Ethel Kennedy. 117 West Second street, was brought to Topeka today by Bob Miler. undersheriff. He was arraigned before Jadge Rad M. Lee in the court of Topeka today and pleaded not guilty. Cocker. Miler says, has many friends in western Kansas who are willing to rally to his aid. Mrs. Kennedy claims that she answered an advertisement in a To peka paper in which Cocker asked for a cook for harvest hands. Upon her arrival at Larned, she claims that Cocker attempted to have improper relations with her Park Lane seems doomed to tin popularity from certain souilres. Many -persons living In the vicinity of Central park are opposed to the ordi nance creating thit? new street from the alley now iof?iding the- park on the east and tfcey are airing their ob jections to the city officials. They claim the park is already too small and that.it cannot spare the ten-foot strip of ground necessary in the pro motion or alley to street Those per sons Whose property?" lies along the alley. nte. -it bn'tliei gr6uns .that u,e- :VH i pay .sons pacing it la iioumful, if the ordinance floes pass., wnetner the street ever wilt be paveo. i u ne pand'- stand episode- of lumici ici ,ine wy Know tnat when the people in the Central rark neignnorhnod Ha not want anvth'nor they will make every effort to see that it is not forced upon them. At pres ent the ordinance- providing for the sireet is Detore Citv Attorney Bran- naman ror an opinion as to its'lesalily. HODGiNS BUYS HOME Widely Known Topckan Purchases $34,000 Residence in San Diego, Cal. Richard F. Hodgins. for many vea a wiaeiy Known business man in To peka ana owner of large prooerties over xne city, nas purchased-a sao.onn pome in Ban Elego, Cal., according to word received from the Pacific coast today. Hodgins is in San Diego on aH vacation- this winter. Relatives- in Topeka declare that Hodgins will not make his permanent requeues in iaiuornia. Recently "Dick" Hodgins sold his big cold storage and railway ice hold mgs and also several Shawnee county farms here. He stated at the time that he always intended to make To peka his home. In the last few. months he has purchased many valuable Kan sas avenue properties. TABLES SHOULD GROAN Ielirerriten Work Xight and Day Distributing Xmort Groceries. An extremely busy three days for crocery deliverymen will end tonight when the last of tKe Christmas orders will he rushed -to hundreds of Topeka homes. elirerymen employed by many of the downtown stores have been work ing late at night in an effort to keep up with the avalanche of orders for Christmas dinners. Grocery clerks, probably more than any other class of business employes, have as usual earned any extra remuneration they may pet in the way of a Christmas remembrance from their employers. DEATHS AD FUNERALS The fnnenl of Mr. Id-r Erkkson. -who Jifl gtnnrtav, wn heh Wednifiy after noon nt 2:30 n'olork from the West Side Cbrlntian cburca. Burial-in Topeka cem etery. t-. EDWIN KXIfiHT, KV iliod Tuesday nlfrlit nt the home of his mn. E. C. Knight. l& WPt jStxth street. The tinilr will be taken to NorUmville for burial Thursday mora ine MRS. K. fi. OSBORX, 4R. Atrd TnesnUty nljrht at her home, 1251 Garfield Funeral announcement later. The funeral of John M. FonsMnrier. TS. who died Tiieadav at the borne of F. J. Funk. IftlO" Topeka aTenue. will be held i Frldar morning at v:4j ohe from nom jrrldner'e ehanel. The body will be taken to Feabody. Kan for bur in I. The funeral of John Hermann, who died Tuesday was held Wednesday moraine; from Pea well's ehaneL Do rial la Topeka -f cemetery. The funeral of C. J. Are. who died Tnea dav at hi nome north of TevUmeeh. will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the Bethel cburca. Burial In Bethel ceme tery. GEORGE KOIMiERS, Tl, died Monday at the Lome of Ma alater. Mr. J. W.lardiner, 1124 lirand aTenue. The body waa takes to Nortoavjlle for burial. .ord'i Flowers Satisfy. Adv. v Tel. T Nazi m ova "Eye for Eye' at the Apex tomorrow. Adv. ON HONOR PAROLE Seven Lansing Convicts Spend Xmas at Home. to Sumber Is Smallest Granted for 3fearly Ten Years. Seven Christmas paroles was Mie ex- Utent of Governor Allen's clemency to inmates of the state penitentiary at Lansing;. Holidays paroles announced today were fewer than granted by any Kansas srovernor in nearly ten years. Ail of the paroles are for the holiday season each man permitted to return home on his own recogni zance an I return to Lansing January 15. None of the men whose temporary release was announced today are in cluded In the class of "celebrities" at Lansing; prison. Only one murder convict is to -enjoy a Christmas at home. In recent years -a number of paroles have been granted prison inmates during; the holiday season. Until three years ajro paroles extended for the period of good behavior of the man or woman released. The new plan is to permit a select few from the prison population to return home fqr the holiday season ana to report at tne penitentiary at a certain time. The usual period of freedom has been two weeks. This year, tho, the terni is extended to January 3 5. Peace Officers Protested. At a recent meeting- in Newton the Kansas peace officers took a liberal swat at the free and unrestrained manner of. releasing men from the state penitentiary after serving; short terms for various felonies. Maybe this action had nothing; to do with the restricted list of paroles granted this year. In any event, tho, the num ber establishes a nar minimum for the Christmas season. Last year more than twenty Christmas paroles were granted by Governor Capper. A man or woman at the state peni tentiary ought to have some other reason for getting out than that it is merely Christmas' Governor Allen said several days ago in discussing policies in the granting of holiday permits to prison inmates. Men who were given paroles today have made unusual records in behavior or in service at the prison. All of the cases were investigated personally by Judge C. W. Smith, executive 'clerk, before Governor Allen signed the parolea. Men Given '-Vacation.' Prison inmates given Christmas paroles we.re: Roacoe Wooley, Pawnee county, stat utory crime. Bryan Brlttian. Cowley county, securing property under false pretenses. Harry Seotr. Doniphan county, larceny. Frank Kuss, Crawford county, second depree murder. Thomas Franklin, Atchison county, per jury. O. K. -Harlow, Kingman county, embez zlement. Frank Jackson, Wyandotte county, bur glary. SANTA RUSHED AT P. 0. Postal System Swamprpd by Deluge of ChHstmas Parcels. A Christmas rush rivalling- any In recent years has kept the local post office employes on the jump from morning until night during the fast two weeks. The lobby of the building remains -full of people standing in line waiting to send parcels and buy stamps from the time the windows are thrown open in the morning until they are pulled down at night. The usual warning to do Christmas shipping early was sent out with the usual results. -The last two days have marked the biggest rush. The boys "over there" received most of the at tention last year and as their packages were mailed weeks In advance, the rush of last year compared to that of the present year compares unfavor ably. The government keeps close tab on the Christmas shipping. Records of the number of pounds shipped and re ceived at the Topeka postoffice must be sent to the department at Washin-i' ton. These records will be compiled few days after Christmas'. "Windows will be closed tomorrow but there will be usual deliveries dur ing the day. CLuBS rN JOINT DINNER Get Tojrether Session To Bo Held at Cof C. Monday Xlght. A Joint dinner of the members of the Square Circle club, the Inter Service club, the directors of tire Chamber of Commerce and newspaper men, will be held Monday evening, December 29, at :30 p. m. at the Chamber of Commerce. The clubs will attend this meeting instead of holding their separate week ly dinner meetings. The affair ts to be a sort of get-together session. Plans are being made for about J40 guests. REDS MORE PEACEFUl Deportees on Soviet Ark Get Tnsso of Army Discipline. Kew York. Uec. 24. Peace has reijened on board the United States army transport Buford since she left port here Sunday with 249 "reds" be ing deported to the land of the Bol sheviki. according to United States army officers. A set of rigid army rules Is being enforced. They include standing at attention whenever ah army officer appears: policing quarters by the radi cals: sick, call every morning and cal- isthenlcs on deck under the direction of an enlisted ma a. GOTHAM KIDDIES Ifi RIOT Seven, rhnusajid Xmas Presents, Fourteen Thousand Children and Six Squads of PoUce Mix Manr Are Injured. New -York, Dec. 24. Seven thou sand Christmas presents. Peen thousand invited children. Seven thousand uninvited children. One riot. Six precincts called on to send po lice reserves to restore order. That is the atory of the Christmas festival arranged by the People's Lib erty chorus and the police depart ment. Many children, including several cripples, were knocked down and trample"0 upon In the wild scramble for presents Dolls, candy and other presents were snatched by eager youngsters ooly to He resnatched by others more eaEr. It was give and take mostly take. M0.M0.t&&. w&0. m&Mm wm saaasg $5.00 Will Place This I Beautiful Phonograph Si I in Your Home Christmas I I I This Store Is Open i Mil 4 g This is your opportunity to buy a splendid gift' w; 7 the last minute. jp We Will Deliyer It Christmas Morning. 1 EMAK1ZER-SPIELMAN FURNITURE CO. 1 5g 317-519 Kansas. Avenue '0M'0M SBgfflg mimnM wm$M 'Kellogg's Korn Krisp Corn Say to the Grocery Man No "Just as 'Good" IS so good as (Roasted) N Ask for them For your sake and your children's sake. The best thick corn flake you ever ate or money back. Wax-tite" package goodnesS'preserving At all good, grocers "Kellogg's Korn Krisp Corn Fortnfants.InvalidssndGrowingChildrenl Tfa Original. Food-Drink tot All Agm Merry Christmas is Our Sincere Wish THRIFT WEEK JANUARY 17-24, 1920 FIRST DAY Save First Spend Afterwards-r- Mrs., Make jour husband a Xmas Present of a Systematic Sav ings Account You make the first payment, then see that he keeps it up He may object, but In a year or two he will thank you. SYSTEMATIC SAVINGS ACCOl'XT GET ovn BOOKLET The Capitol Building Loan Association Sl Kansas Avenues Globe Clothing Co. I Morningr This Mahogany '-Machine and 10 Selections

for Only $75 EASY PAYMENTS $5 Down, $5 a Month W- Until 9:00 Tonight 1 Flakesin the Green Packtge' and get them Flakes in the Green Package' ASK FOR Horlick's The Original Avoid Imitations ad Substitutes Rich milk, tnltsd grain extract in Ponder No Cooking Nourishing Digestibla To You and All of Yours. Is the Greetings of the 7 X

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I THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 23. 1919 FIGHT GFJSBITTERf NO, NEVER AGAIN (ierir.an Pacifist Sends Xmas Mes?.aire to AH Nations. 1 MARY POSTER SUCCEEDS BILL Ko Over Award of War 3Iedals it- Carried to Senale. J-3 'etty Christmas Daniels Defends Stand Kef using j f "Why Should We Hate!" Plea of Prof. Shueckintr. M To Be "Rubber Stamp." Washington, Dec. 2 4. The contro WHOLE WORLD HAS SUFFERED -Memory of .Millions of Un burled Dead Pall Oier AIL Calls on All .Mankind to Unite in Abolishing Conflict. Merlin, Dec. 24. "In the memory of all.thnt has happened, let us raise our hands spiritually in the dark of Christmas nisht. in every land toward the starry heavens and swear 'never an in." l'rof. Walter Shuockinp, Germany's Iafllnff pacifist and former member of the German peace delegation. sen1 this Christmas message to the people of I he United States today. "Christmas impends, and the con c lusion of peace," Shueckiu? said, "but Christmas joy is lacking in our hearts. Humanity lias suffered too much. "Many millions of our brothers have entered that dark land from which none return. When the holy evening comes, there "will go thru the world a great sob from the forlorn, aged mothers whose sons are dead. Irif stricken women will lay beneath Christmas trees gifts for little ones who never have seen their fathers. Lonesome girls will rail against a fate which took away their hope for hzp P i n ess in mar r ia ge. Says "Why Sfmuld Wc Hate?" "There fs no home in Germany in which the family circle is tin torn by death. Oh, could one this Christmas evening adorn the graves of the dead! "tn the asres of history, humanity erected pyramids over the vaults of its dead in honor of their memory. But where are the dead 6t this war? T.'nhuried their bodies putrefy over miles of war torn wastes. No flower blooms over their graves. There are no linden trees near them, where the lark in spring may sing its song. "Instead thruout Europe there lurks the spectre of hunger, need and want, grinning at a grieving populace thru door and window. "Will we succeed after all these years of war m again, making the world sound? Can we restore these dwarfed children crippled thru years of undernourishment "This is a Christmas after four ears of war and one year of the armistice. Individual men may not have had so guilt therein as peoples. They did not overcome the power of hate. But now we must battle against thfi world hatred. We must link up what is common in all the world. Doesn't the French, British or Ameri can mother feel the same toward her children as the German mother? When good is common to all of us, why should we hate? lUglit Must Rule. "Lot us unite to forget all we have done wrongfully to one another. "Let us educate our children in the thought that right stands higher than f 1 1 "5. V If fr "U "illl-l P fx $J Bill posterettes at work in Brooklyn. When all the bill posters in Brooklyn went on strike "recently the com panies affected immediately hired women to post the bills. Attired in men's irarb the women went to work. The speed with which they acquired the "science" of pasting the big sheets together amazed pedestrians. might and that right must rule be tween nations. "All wrong done Belgium ana France must be rectified and the wronc that has been written into the Versailles treaty must be made right. "Let its worlc together tor a leasrne of nations, which will refue of peace ii labor. In the memory of happened, let ae raise our nanas spiritually in the dark of this Christ mas night in every land toward the starry heavens and swear nev;rj again.' i MRS. rVHNTYRE BETTER Woman Slashed by Husband Will Kc eov.'r, Physicians Assert. Mrs. Minnie Melntyre, whose hus band attempted to kill her Tuesday by knocking her down with a hammer- and slashing her throat three times and slashing her once in the mouth with a raion" was- reported to be recovering rapidly at Christ hos pital todav. She will completely re cover, it was stated at the hospital. The body of the husband. Earl Me lntyre, who, after his ineffective at tempts to kill his wife, cut his own throat an. I died almost instantly, is at a -local undertaking establishment. It was reported there today that no or ders relative to the disposition of the body had been received. So far -as is known Melntyre has great I only one living relative, a grand be a t mother living at Litchfield. Neb., who community of is seriously 111. ine trageoy occurred 11 that has at Illll jviatuson street. i nere win oe versy over alleged refusal Uy Seer tary Daniels to carry, out the recom mendations of Admiral William Sims j in awarding naval war decorations j will be fought to a finish, it was evi- i dent today. Daniels said today lie was deter mined not to act as a "rubber stamp" in the decoration of the naval men. Sims has support in the stand has taken from many -officers of the i navy department. Sims, who is now president of the naval war college, Newport, probably will be called be fore the naval affairs committee soon. Thoro inquiry was advocated today i by Senator Poindexter, Washington,- member of the naval affairs commit- j tee. j 4$yT "My personal view," said Poindex- j ter. "is that the committee should call Daniels, the board that made the ori ginal recommendations and other per sons who could throw light on the x-i subject." fc'rf Poihdexter said the letter- Senator Page wrote Daniels asking for all the; facts .was the result of suggestions f made to Page by committee members, j ANOTHER NIGHT 0' ME j Seven Homes Burglarized in Topeka Small Amounts Cash Taken. Five homes were burglarized in To peka last night. At the home of Frank-McCay, 509 Topeka avenue, burglars took a. valu able diamond ring and $10 in cash. Members of the family were attending the Kastern Star in North Topeka. When V7 F. Weber, 325 Van Buren street, -returned tiome about 10 o'clock he heard a noise in the rear of the house as he opened the front door. i The burglar was making a. hasty exit as the owner was entering.- The fur niture had been badly disturbed but nothing f value was taKen. entrance i no intiuest, announced. Coroner O- F. Marcotte 1267 To- and the THE BUSINESS EXPANDS The Kansas R?s?ro Takes Over Ad ditional Room. The Kansas Reserve State bank, the Kansas Reserve Investment com pany and the Kansas Reserve Building and Loan association announce today the ta king over of additional space adjoining their present quarters at 824 Kansas avenue. They have leased the rear 65 feet o.,.the adjoining ground floor "a-t 822. Kansas avenue. An arch way is being cut thru and part of the business will be taken care of in this additional space of 25x65 feet. The front portion of this room at 822 Kan sas avenue will be occupied by W. J. .Lewis optometrists was effected thru a window. The home of C. Fox. tteka avenue. waS entered house was. ransacked. Nothing of value was taken. An opened window afforded an entrance to the home of A. B. Mullins, 1215 Jackson street. Sixteen dollars in cash were taken. The home of C. Jones, 517 Monroe street, was entered but nothing in value was taken. EMPTIED DEPOSIT BOXES Oklahoma Bank; Rifled of Liberty Bonds' by Robbers. Blue Jacket. Okla.. Dec. 54 Em ployes of the Blue Jacket State bank, upon entering the building for. work this morning, discovered that-lts vault had been entered during the nfcfht and all deposit boxes rifled. All liberty bonds and other valuables in the boxes were taken, but the big safe within the 1 vault was untouched. Bank officials have not estimated theeaten f their ,egf. customers losses. I 1920 Mbddv We have New 1920 now at our Sales Room the Model Peerless Eight. The Peerless has the mot graceful lines of Eight Cylinder Cars. We invite your inspedtici of this New Model. You will undoubtedly be surprised to see the ad- vanced features, the Peerless has. made. AYS AUT 0 CO. Auburn Beauty Six S26 Kansas Ave. Distributors: Phone 4260. Peerless Eight Res. Phone 3961. p!illl!j!l!il!ll!!lllllllljllllllllllll!illll!IIN O ight Now Is rganizdtion the Time For WO U That Can and Does F to Start Business With An ulfill Your Every Financial Need 9f The Bank Accepts Deposits Loans Money Sells Exchange Transfers Exchange Issues Travelers' Checks Acts as Escrow Agents Advises on Investments The Building Loan Loans Money on City Property Sells Insurance Promotes Interest Paying Accounts Sells Rural Credit Policies Issues Paid Stock The Investment Co. Makes Farm Loans Negotiates Cattle Loans Buys and Sells Liberty and Municipal Bonds -Executes Individual Trusteeships Underwrites Real Estate Bonds Invests for Customers Buys and Sells Real Estate No element of personal service is lacking by this trio to give you just what you may want and need. Try executing ALL of your financial affairs under one roof for one year. You will find it a great satisfaction. Combined Capital Surplus of All $580,000.00 0M0.0. 0M0. M0M7M0M0M0.0. M0M0. M0M0. 1$&T&&. SS&SS&S t$0.0. M0.0. -flfe And we, all of us, extend you heartiest well wishes for your continued prosperity in 1920. May your, yuletide season be most joyous. wMwm. wm'&Mi wmm wmw '&m'&M'&m mmwrnvm wmwm wmwm WMwm, wm&mwm jmuim WM'm mmm &mm Mmwrn '&mw& Res&vves Enlarging our floor space this week to better care for your needs. Mf!!l!!l!!!!!!!!!!!i!!!l!!!l!l!!!lill!i!! liiHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHinnnn

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALWEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 24, 1919- h ft f 'I 'I Giiristmas ,g 2$ At' this season of the year our thoughts turn to those whose friendly patronage has made pos sible bigger and better things for Our Store, and we extend to you a Hearty; Greeting for'; a Merry Christmas. v Bi You Can Select Your 1 p-y Own Christmas iPp gill The New Cafeteria 5 818 Kansas Avciino gg W y Oyster Soup OS fS Salmon Cutlets with Tartar Sauce i j Young Turkey with Oyster Dressing p ud Cranberry Sauce. Young Goose with Baked Apples 5 Toung Chicken with Celery Dressing I E 1 Ha Young Pig with Sweet Potatoes. .prime Rib of Beef-with Brown Sauce WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS And" may 'ever the stars smile, down from above on our friends and homes in the land we r e love. The Shawnee Building Loan Association 115 West Sixth Street. OFFICERS It. V. 4tMthrlp, President A. A. Itndppra, Vii President V. P. Hillhouse, Secretary F. M. lionebrnP. Treasurer It. Hnzen, Attorney DIBECTORf? V. M. Bonebr.tke A. A. Kodirers K M. Xewlmul I. J, loiutKhau II. Uftthrle J,. M. PenweU B. T. Payne .lohn Iiyan W. II. Kastmnn Irwin Suattinger A. H. Purdy Me r-Xmas. REVIVED BY JAZZ Phonograph Awakens Woman Who Slept Eighty Days. Canned Music Only Remedy for Sleeping Sickness. Oxford, X. TvDtc. 24. Drawn back rrom the boarderland of eternity b the haunting strains of a melody she loved, Mrs. Fred Tracey, 49, woke last nigKt from a sleep that had lasted eighty days. A phonograph record roused her where the hunvin voice had failed.- She ls-the mother or ten children. :v Retiring for the night on evening of October. .2, Mrs, Tracey lias never risen from her bed. Efforts to waive here were futile. Her eyes were closed, her sensed apparently paralyzed. She breathed but irregularly. Her pulse ebbed and strengthened with the hours, sometimes seeming to stop. Dr. A. R- Morse, the family physi cian was called, within 24 hours. He recognized -the symptoms of the rare disease. He cttuld not rouse her but fed her thru" a silver tube. She lpst weight qutekfy. A phonograph was placed at he bedside last night and a lilting, jazzy tune with no peculiar tune started. With the firs few bars the patient stirred. Her muscles twitched, her hands opened and closed and she ap peared "o be trying to sit up. The machine played on and presently, in a faint whisper,- he spoke. "What was it? she asked. "What was that?" The spell was broken and con sciousness returned. TELEGRAPftlC TABLOIDS SprinsrfieW 111. More Christmas cheer for Kprinjrfielil husbands. A thief mr loitiel l,4t0 Xmas toKies from Un-nl riprnr mnniifnPtuHnpr shop. Likewise every grift jriveir who passes out cigars will be under sosnlelon. Knnans City Mrs. M'ilHnni Frlzzell left a note for hubby on the front door. "Will be home nn hour late." A thief bent Patrolman Frizzell home. He left; with $,m worth of clothinpr. lnllns. Tex. Sipee Texas ie dry only seven ways, the Anti-Saloou league fiff ures the happy (V) folk will .be Kind to prlve half a million to dry out befuddled Mexico. OsU'ofTO When thrpe ot kind nre drawn and with, three in you hand it's whflt ii poker player would rail n. misdeal. Triplets wer born to her and she already has three. She calls it a full house. Local Mention See TaEimova at thS Apex tomor-row.-r-A3v,

Dr.Lyngar, Dentist, 809 Kansas Ave. Adv. Cash paid for liberty bonds. John Kloinhans 827 Quincy. Phone 2761 J. Adv. Buy your Christmas gifts for ffien from. "The Man Store" The New Toggery, corner ighth and Kansas avenue. Adv. The T. M. C. A. cafeteria will serve Christmas dinner from ncoii util 2 o'clock Thursday.- Adv. Kon-taxabie School Bonds for sale. The Shawnee Investment Co.r. 534 Kansas. Ave. Phone 5050. Adv. Call I55S for Job carpenter work. Door check and lock repairing. Han with Frick, the sign man. Adv. CHfford A. Newman today filed a petition for a divorce from Anna New man. Qross neglect of duty is charged. Newman stated in tff petition that his wife refused to live with him. They were, married December 32, I J. ITKichola, P'red Bowers, and G. C. Sickier, of the secretary's Office oof the Chamber of Commerce, will spend Christmas day in Emporia. Mrs. Sick ier will accompany her husband. TREE AT CITY HALL Municipal Department Gives Gifts to Emplos-es. City officials'and employes, were, fol lowing Commissioner Robert J. Mc Giffert around like a bunch of kittens after it bqwi of milk at the city hall today. Cause: "Likur?" Yes? That is, maybe. Bob had a bottle with a label of that flavoring that housewives no longer use for mince pies and plum pudding at Christmas time. And he got it right in the city hall, eff of a Christmas tree In the public neaun department. At least he had the bottle. That Christmas tree, by the way, i a mystery. During the night it grew right out of a stone covered table in Miss -icoll's laboratory. Nobody knows who planted it, but' many sus pect McGiffert did- and-put the bottle on there .himself. This remarkable tree that grew out of rock- bore gifts" for every employe in McGiffert's department. Here are some of the presents re ceived by officials: V. Ar Wnlvertou, nlurablng inspector, a plUDjrer; Geo. It. Deutmi. restaurant in spector, a ieriseope: Mrs. C C. Bnilcy, supervisor ,of the I'ublie Health Nursing association, a baby doll and a nursing bot tle: Miss Anuetta Kitoll, food inspector, a big metal bug. (Scientific name nwiy be obtained by applying to Miss NicolO; W.fH. Uilflllan-j weight inspector, minia ture scales: Ir. Knrle G. Ilrown. city henlth offuer, a toy gun, (Ioc likes to hunt) Miss Pearl lieckner, special nurse, a- pair of rubber gloves; Miss Francis Jjowe, stenographer to MrGiffert, a puw Mer puff nnd a package of chewing gun: Mrs. Marguerite Jones, telephone oerator, a telephone: lr. W. Hill, veterinarian and dairy -inspector, a cow K. F. A. Ueln iseh, supertnteudent of parks, a buffalo; M. G. Teak and Lige Edwards, dog catch ers, nogs; janitors, -dust pans. r- Miss Nicoll cooked some good eandy, but everybody seemed to be thinking about McGiffert's present. GIVES R. J. SHORT LINE New" Road Into San Diego Alters Western Travel Advantag-e. Thecompletisn of the" San Diego Arlsona railroad from Tuma, Ariz., to San Diego, for which the Pacific city has waited half a century, now gives the Rock Island the most direct route to southern California. Hitherto the Santa Fe was the only connection San Diego had with te east. It is now possible to board a Rock Island train and ride 'straight thru to Los Angeles via Yuma and San Diego. Thru Pullman service between Chi cago and Kansas City and San Diego was inaugurated December 10. r BRIBERY IS CHARGE Three Allescd to Have Tried to Sell Spurious Boce. Chicago, Dec. 24. Three men, two of them dealers in grain alcohol and the other a seller of barberg supplies. today were tinder technical arrest, and the district attorney's office had started an investigation of several high officials -of the-federal internal revenue department. It was charged the men sought to bribe deputy in ternal revenue collectors to perm'.t them to color-and flavor 150 barrels of alcohol ana sell it as whisky. Revenue agents, in four cities $re involved in the investigation, itwas indicated: Jfazimova at ApexS S P. M., con tinuously." Adv. Xev York Liberty Band. Market. Now York. Dec. 24. Prices of liberty bonds at 2:35 p. m. were: "'j's, 99.02; first 4 s. SiiiO; second 4 s,:1.4: first 4W s, va.zz; second 4!i's, il.:s: third Hi's. '.W.50 fourth 414 !1.44; Victory 3's, PS.BO; Victory 4i's, 0S.93. Jiem- Vprk htook Market. Wall St.. New York. Dec. 21. STOCKS With profcRaional and pulHc Interest at low ebb, trading during today's .hesitant session of the stock market was the ligot rt m. several uiontlLa. Sales approximated 050.000 shares. Coppers nnd tobaccos added to the stronger issues of the afternoon. Moderate .shading of prices resulted from call money's rise to 15 per cent but the market rallied iu the fin.il Oealings when the money rate dropped to 10 per tent. The closing was firm. New York Money Market. New York. Dec. 24-MONKV Mercantile paier, t, per cent. Sterling, fio day bills, ;t.77 commercial, 00 day hills on banks, ".77; commercial. CO day bills, 3.70V? de mand, 3.y.i: cables. o.S.'ii. Francs, demand, 10.57; cables, 10.53. Marks, demand -.10; -cables, 2.12. Government .bunds. IrregulaT; i-4ilrod bonds, strong. Time loans, strong 00 days. 00 days nnil months, ttfe bid. Call money, .strong; high. 15; low. 10; ruling rate. 10: closing bid 10: offered at 11; last loan, 10. liaiik acceptances, i. Mnrket. :)l n: K: Bhlg.) :ork, Iec. 2t. Close Today Yes. nsii r.Ki! 5ii saf iv-it, :i2vj -:!2 n ..v.M-r.iVi ".1V3 21 g ZiVbs ffl v 40 Wl .78 .Wi TS-ji TO 110 2s4 New Tork ktm'k (Furnished by T. J. "Silvers Am. licet Sugar Anaconda A. -T. S. 1'.. c Kllltlmore Ohio t'eutral Leather kesapea:kS tz t M. &s St. P., c. K. 1., J. t'olorado Fuel Irou..... (Ireat. Northern, p......... Inspiration Goodrich lSaldwin locomotive Konn. Copper Miami Hethlchcm Steel N. Y. C White Motors. Missouri Pacific Penn. Railroad Studetfaker Southern l'ocific I'nion Pacific V. S. Steel, c....-, 1'tah Copper Wabash v.. General Motors Am..Tobacct Fdy OUVs ."K" 25-i 40 -...lttiw 12OI-'t ,.,.10l-! 7:sVi s ;;.;7(V' ....i:is;4 lOO's m it".-"; s4 rtt a-.-?; 40 102 Vi 122 104 7:i -SWA V1ARRIAGE OF MARCHIONESS, U. S. GIRL, TO EARL HOWE, IS SURPRISE TO SOCIETY V f t TO START PROBE MDAY Wil.son's Coal Wagro Comjmissiou Called Into Session- Owners Ratify Plan. 'r Wa.Bhington, r Dec. "24; President Wilson today issued a call for a. meeting- here Monday of the special com mission appointed to investigate wajres and prices in. the bituminous coal industry. The cpmmissrbn at that time is ex; pected- to lay .plans for its inquiry", whicfe probably will continue several weeks. Terre Haute, Ind"., Dec. C4. Coal mine operators will abide by the basis of settlement, reached in the coal strike by; th government and miners, P. H. JPenna. spokesman for the oper-. aw rcm niMtiAtt ann nit niksl nla ir Ppnna ttrn rpd t h nlan nrt vhirh th& strike was settlet4 was similar to the proposition suRicested -by operator in conference with un-ion leaders, but which was turned down by the miners. BAN IS TIGHTENED All I.kn9r9 for Taking Arina Into Mekico Arc Revoked. Washington, Dec. 24;-The baa on the shipment of arms and munitions to Mexico was tightened .today by an order of Secretary of State Lansing. All outstanding and unused licenses prior to September SO, 119, under which sorre war material could be sent to Mexieo were" ordered revoked, effective January 1, 1320. No specific reason was given for the action, which w-a; taken under the war trade boprd act. Christmas Greetin I TO ALL OF YOU This Yuletidi affords 011 oiM.rimiity t exurrss npain the pletisure' we derive from our bnslnt'SH relations wltli you, iul if 4ldrntp t Ids year yon hiive realised your every enruest (icsiro tueu our wtsaes for you liave ueen rutnuofi 1 -Mern Christmas fcf Let There -'Be' Light! .fe t- It is our privilege to help in mak- a !w? ing the homes in Topeka bright dur- fpjr "Tai" ing the Holiday season as .well as iMtfAl )ikLSJ. during the rest of the year. IMfUM-Xr, sip' We appreciate this privilege and the generous patronage we have re ceived from our thousands of cus tomers. It is our desire to furnish during the year 1920 the same reliable serv ice we were able to furnish during the year 1919. Em The 80S Khnsas Avenue 1 C peka Edi ompany son IMS 808 Kansas Avenue This is to wish you Merry Christmas. Do not forget to plan for your 1920 Christ mas and Tax Club check. USE JOURNAL ADS Marchioness of DufTerin. Society has been surprised by the announcement of Use weddir.g oi "lora. Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, daughter of John H. Davis a New York banker, to Earl Howe, a descendant of the Lord How of American Revolutionary fame. The bridegroom is a member of the royal household, and as such had to have roj-ai permission to marry. State Savings Bank 601 Kansas Ayepue Original home of the Christmas Savings Tax Club mmmmB mm-. 1 iA s!H'3Zi I --"iv With the Spirit cf Christmas We Wish You -Good Cheer Trefrey Motor Go. .and 'Employes

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY -STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 24, 1919 Bv Inin FISHER M UTT AND JEFF Mutt Lands a Job, and He Also Lands on Jeff. Drawn tor tiie lopeWp State Jmiruai Tni.l Murk S Pmt ff BY. MILDRED REED A Christmas wedding of much inter-j est will be that of Jtfiss Florence Edith UoVe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. JLowe, to Mr. Ward Maurler of Cin cinnati, X son of Mrs. C. C. Maurief of this city, which will take place to morrow afternoon at 3:43 o'clock at t lie home of the bride's parents in North Jarkson street. There will be abtfut thirty guests at the wedding, which is to be a sim ply arranged affair. Christmas greens and poinspttias will decorate the home and form a background in the living room for the ceremony. The service will be said by the Rev. O. E. Weir of the North Topeka Baptist church. Preceding the ceremony, Mr. Paul Van Ness wiil sing "All for You." with Mr. Elmer M.sson as accompanist. Little Miss Frances Anderson; who will carry the rings for the double ring ceremony, wearing a dainty white or gandie frock with pink bows, will be the only attendant. The bride will wear her tailored traveling suit of de p green, with hat of Africnn brown velvet and a corsage of Ophelia roses and violets. rr til Miss I-'lorcmx Howe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Itowc, who will ho muri-lcd tomorrow to Mr. Ward Maurler of Cincinnati, O. Mr. Maurier and his bride-will go to F lorida on a wedding journey after which they will make their home in Clncinnnti. Out of town guests at the ceremony will include Mr and Mrs- I. N. Wat son, Mr.and Mrs. R. E. Watson, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Valentine, Mr. Or villo n we, brother of the bride, and Mr. Joseph Wchreider. all of Kansas 'i ly Mrs. Anne Watson, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wjitson and daughter Crliidys of Heading, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Jones of Augusta; Mr. and Mrs. f th4 iv FitRce. I'D U4te-tt lllfll'l frrtAT'i wor A BM' X Got THe JOB AMT x. TOWVGHT I'l-U ftfue tV-T BOOST MY STOCte ..T. VA XV.Z- H6W MK.BGHr J l.K I CC' TTUT, V SCHVJ O. F. Standiford of Salina, and Miss Sallie Morton of Luray, Mo. Miss Rowe is a young woman of attractive personality-, who has spent the greater part of her life in Topeka. She attended Washburn, specializing in vocal work, in which she has had much success locally, being soloist at the First Congregational church and is much in demand for solo work. For several years she has been employed in the office of the Pioneer Mortgage company. Mr. Maurier is a civil engineer en gaged in construction work for the Baltimore Ohio railroad with head quarters jn Cincinnati. H was gradu ated from the local high school and from the state university, where he became a member of the Sisma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He served during the war as first lieutenant in the Sec ond engineers. v The Girls' Friendly society of Grace cathedral played tfanta Claus last night to 125 children, whose names probably would not appear on Santa Claus's list. The well loaded Christ mas tree, arranged in the Guild hall, held a gift for each child, as well as candy, oranges and popcorn balls. Children were taken to the hall and returned to their homes in cars fur nished by Bishop Wise, Mrs. James Kaye, Miss Dorothy Crane, Mr. J. R. Shelton, Mr. G. M. Buchanan, Mr. Arthur Mills. Mr. Walter Austin Smith. Mr. C. M. Buck. Mr. Grant Meade, Mr. J. D. Leopold, Dr. George W. B. Beverly, Mr. M. W. Watson, Mr. rhe WllMills Company f S T 4 SA p 815 Kansas Ave 815 i With Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes to all x f T& Jp! Appreciation fl y5p The Spirit of the Season K fnr prompts us to express to you TO VfKNf our appreciation of the busi- r5p ness entrusted to us during ?$F j- XjA the Past Year. ll 0arWshIs .'ll jt that throughout the coming 'TiTS ye'JjJ year you may receive from JjM others the same courteous I rift "Jwl consideration that you have TJC (ffyiil so generously accorded us. )si SJ A, Merry Xmas W$k and Happy New Year v!S H. A. Perrw. Mr. F. C. Gibbs. Mr. V. A. Wasritonft-, Mr. Ed Kclla-m and Mr. Ivor McFarland. One of the prettiest parties of the holiday season was the informal after noon tea given yesterday afternoon by Miss Isabel Crawford, complimenting Miss Henrietta Allen, who is at home from Miss Spence's school in New York City to spend Christmas. Miss Crawford is in Topeka for the holidays with her mother, Mrs. GeorKe what he wanted. With the judicial, morning at St. Francis hospital to Mrs. critical air of an expert he stood at a Alice Jane Dutton, and has been civen counter 16oking at caniisoles blandly j the name Margaret Jane. Mrs. Dut'.on unconscious that he' was in the wrons was formerly Miss Alice Jane Sullivan, territory. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Oilbert, ot Another young army of men went i vv ichita; Mr. nd Mrs. K. V. Wood wagon. They filed "Here is one in Pekoe "It's only 50.M "Peek.1 Oh-h-h." said the leader. "Fall in army. To the rear, march." The poor men fall for all sorts of to the store, j lK,ti, 0welK who teaches in Canton, am tne.cierK. Kan wiil sp(?n(1 Christmas with Ur o'r- t v.,1 Aire T f Pnwfi PROFS, GET RAISE Washburn Grants 'Instructors $12,000 Xmas Increase. lid m '.o n-r-.4 fantastic ornaments to buy women. school in Washington, D. C. Especial f"eral Tere V'" ""J" guests at the affair were other eirls thlnSs- A RrouP J .P"?"? at home for Christmas vacation. in-!ere wal"' Ti, attend! SA I "S oseuys looking at"? attends the Colons! school in Wash- nZri, hard life ngton: Miss Mary RodKers, Ward llelmont, Nashville, Tenn.; Miss Eva Miller, National Park seminary, Wash ington, IX C: Miss Louise McKown, .lonticello seminary, Godfrey. Ill A holiday affair beinsr anticipated with much pleasure by the younger set is the Varsity club sulscription I dance to be Riven Friday evening at Necessitated by II. C. L. Will Create Deficit in Funds. As Christmas gift to Washburn Miss Vreda Birch. Ferry Hall, Chi- Kellam haU. BecausT of the closing! cago. of Washburn early in December, the j K,a"Bas,Vil'- to le the Christmas gue Miss Mayme Coriroy has gone to Reloit to spend Christmas wii-h rela tives and frienis. Mr. and Mr3. J0hn.ir. Crawford have gone to Wichita to spend Christn as j Mr. r n est J M a lo n e who t'eVds t lnC"afeS arat" the lavT. school of the Catholic uni- lnZ 12,000 were granted to members versify. Washing' on. U. C. and vho j of tne faculty, except those who have has bean the guest of Mi, and Mrs. T. j been employed since the beginning of 12. l.ayden for a few days, has gone the present school year, by President lo Herndon, Kan., to spend Christnas P. I. Womer. This step was taken de- with his parents, senator and Mrs. spite the uericit it wiil make in the Malone.- 1 budget, in the hope of relieving some- Mrs. T. S. Lyon will leave today for j what the extremely acute condition. s guest 1 -nies3 contributors to the college Other interesting guests were Missjusuai sorority and fraternity Christ- oC J? Irene. Mil er, who .s to be married mas pal.ties win not be given this year. I, New ears day to Mr. John Kenneth I f Trw.i n..t -ni ho 1 Davie Kline, and the members of her bridal Jnusuaiiv well attended' by the college i l th,B home f Mr party, al Miss Margaret Stubbs, of j sets. The Varsity club includes mem- mily. Mi's May Owen and Mr. and Mrs. become still more srious. At the pres- d Owen and son Paul are gui-sts cl, "Vi"1""1 C. M. Jackson and Lawrence. Christmas greenery decorated the front rooms of the home where the hostess was assisted in receiving bv her mother. In the dining room, where Mrs. Henry Allen poured tea. jenow daisies were decorations, while pink roses were used in the living room. The guests numbered about thirty five. The Alpha Delta Christmas partv. a time honored custom of the fraternity. Will be ETlven T'rir!n- d-aninn- 4n V. form of a dinner at Pelletier's tea I 'iernl,?rd hy the same young women room. About twenty-five members of witn toys n1 candy. ls tne wlstfol the fraternity are planning to attend, eyefl little Mexicans in the Mexican including both actives and siunini! 'choo!, whose Christinas would, be There will be special music for the rather insignificant wi'.hout the kind occasion. I ness of these girls. They are busy n v girls, too emDloved in a bnRV ilpnait. An attractive and enjoyable Christ- ment of the local railroad offices. 4 Th; bers of the former Helianthus, Tivoli i and Varsity cluos.

Christmas Lady T'ojntifuls to the children at the Topeka Orphans' Home are a group of young women who have ma le Christnas happy at that institution for several years. They are so modest about the worth--while charity work they are doing that- they prohibit mention of their names. In addition to niking a merry -Christ mas for to niking a mem- -Christ-the little orphans, children cf the tube rcular hospital are also re- Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Allen are mov ing next week to their new home, 900 Fillmore street, formerly the R. W. Coppedge residence. The Allen bun galow, near Fourteenth and Fillmore streets, was recently sold to Mr. Wal ter K. Kohr, a new resident of To peka. Mr. Kohr is associated witn the state 'textbook commission, repre- pledges in Topeka alone and if these were redeemed, at once it would relieve the college to the extent of about 30,000. Topeka must back the col lege to the limit and little help may be expected from outside sources unless this is done, it was said. During the last four years three sal ary increases have been granted to the Washburn faculty. Yet during the time when salaries were probably as nigh as they have ever been, J90U lor senting the Macmillan company of -single and J1.S00 for married teach Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wilkerson will spend Christmas at their former home in Spring Hill, Kan. Mr. Neal W. Anderson will arrive this evening from 'Manhattan to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.' E. Anderson, in Mulvane street ers was the average yearly wage. While the salary increases total about 30 per cent, the cost of living has ad vanced over 100 per cent, ro the pres ent situation of those men and women who should be the highest paid class in the country is wors than ever. In conimo.i with other institutions. Washburn ha1 been endeavoring to I The city library will resume its nor- i Increase the fund for the purpose of mill Vltici nftftr fhriallniie A frr,i.l 1. U ing to announcement made today the Womer will start this week on a trip 1,1(10 uiiJij?r party was given yesterday evening at Pelletier's tea room by State Treasurer Walter I,. Payne and Mrs. Payne. Gay holiday suggestions decorated the large dinner table. Guests were employes of the state treasurer's office, including Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Whitcomb, Mr. and Mrs. K. R Thorn, Miss Kate Clough. Miss Velma i-ora. Miss lluth Pennick. Mr. anil. Mrs. I. D. Payne and son Walter, o r.mporia, xir. s. i-. Moore. Mr. S. J Bndgeman, Mr. V. E. Miner. Mr. E. Hill and Mr. J. C. Cadawalder. H- Dr.' and Mrs. W. C. McDonoutr 816 Tyler street, will entertain with tamuy dinner party tonight at the! nome. mere will be twelve guests. At the meeting of the Mothers" clu at Pelletier's tea room Friday aften noon at 4 o elocK, Mrs. I estus Fo; ter will address the members concer ing child study. Miss Nellie Smi will give a violin solo, with Miss Bei- nice Hemus as accompanist. Miss Hemus will also, give a piano solo. 4 ,y 9(t WRITTKN' BY A MAX. The guys that sneak up to the de partments where they keep the dainty under-things for women they are tne runniest birds of all. Each keeps one eye on the garments shown and lender of the group, a girl' who has many activities, told the society re porter yesterday in most glowins words of how happy she was over donations for the Orphans' Home Christmas tree. She' is oxperiem-ing the real Christmas spirit that so many fail to possess. 9 9 N'otcs and Personal McnUon. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Everincrham of Kansas City will spend Christmas in Topeka as guests of Mrs. Bveringham's parents, Mr. ana Mrs. G. C. Bowman. Cadet' John S. Seybold. who has been attending West Point Militarv academy for the past year and half, will arrive tomorrow to spend the holi days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Seybold. 1111 Polk street. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart and daughter, Martha, will spend Christ mas in Lawrence as guests of Mrs. Stewart's parents, Ex-Uov. and Mrs. W. R. Stubbs. Dr. and Mrs. George B. Wilbur ar rived yesterday from Boston to be the Christmas guests of Mrs. Wilbur's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Paxton. Another guest at the Paxton home is Mr. Hume Jennish, nephew of Mrs. library will open, beginning Decem- ber -6, at 10 a. m. and close at 9 p. m. Jcy and Solve 0ur BT. fWIE READ After a whole day of fighting our way thru the crowded stores and equally crowded streets, jostled, pushed, tread upon and squeezed to a pulp, we arrived home with the few last presents that we forgot to buy until the last day before Christmas tucked safely under, our arms. But he air of expectancy that g-ceeted me when I arrived home t was worth the day. Lucy and t went on the theory that all women love silk underwear. It is so adorably pretty and you can so eas ily please a dozen different tastes spending as much or as little as the occasion requires. And what a variety of pifts we made from the selection a. 1 Paxton. who Is spending a Kick leave of silk under things at Harry Kndr from the navy in this city. Hch's (Outlook). They are especially Mr. and Mrs. P. TV. Dressier, of charmine in sets knickers and vests. the other furtively watches the aisles I Sioux City, la., will spend Christmas or knickers; vests and camisoles. And in deathly fear of being cauirht. They are grapes for the clerks. The pretty lady behind the counter says, "This is very nice. Don't you think so?" and holds up a pink teddy all trimmed with lace and ribbons and things. The he-man out in front takes a gasp ing jook, colors up the back of his neck and face, and wonders more who is behind his back than he con siders the beauty of the garment. There are some, however, who know how to buy the things, know just what they want and hunt around until they rind it. As a usual thing the Door devil is stuck. All the girl clerks com mence to watch him. All the women in that end of the store gather around watching silently at first with an amused look on their faces. Then comments, advice and criticism are given him free, voluntarily. Boy, Howdy it's bad news for the poor bird then. He buys the first thing he sees and dashes out for air. One well meaning chap wished to buy a boudoir cap for some lady. He failed to get over to the clerk just in Topeka with Mrs. Dressler's par-! all at such reasonable prices! There ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Guthrie. A good dinner is not complete with out a good wholesome delkl-us. des sert. There is nothing nicer than good are pink .crepe de chine and wash sat in trimmed with saucy blue bows anu ribbons, embroidered or combined with delicate lace or often the ribbon Pure Milk Co, (Two deliveries a day.) iione 5J. Adv. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hubner.will spend Christmas in Kansas Citv. Mr. and Mrs.- Will J.1 Miller have gon to Columbus, Kan., where they wiil be the Christmas guests of Lieut. Gov, and Mrs. C. S. Huffman. Mrs. Karl Graham of Seattle, Wash., who has been visiting Mrs. Thomas Creary, 1012 Harrison St., has left for her home. She will stop en route in Chicago to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shinn and Mr. and Mrs. Will Main have gone to Kan sas City to spend Christmas. Miss Frances Wheslor, rrincipal of the Ceni.r?.Ha high school, is in the cky to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wheeler, 1134 College avenue. A daughter was born yesterday We wish our many friends and patrons the most Joyous Christmas and a peaceful, prosperous New Year brick ice cream made by the Topeka embroidery and lace are combined in pne article, in some cases we aaaca a dainty gown to match. For the tiny tots we had forgotten we selected some illustrated boks at the Hall Book Store. Even for those that are too small to read the pictures will hold stores -of interest and are ed ucating as well. Petticoat's feave been eliminated from the street costume only and not then if the dress or suit is of trlcolette. The graceful clingy Jersey petticoats with accordion plaited flounces at Warren M. Crosby's give the figure a neat appearance when worn under the most close fitting of. costumes and the new short full skirts require an underskirt. We chose two very charm i in-r ones for gifts. W-e stopped at Boeger s to sf e about my texttone pictures and were asked to wish you all a very merry Christ mas. There are as many kinds of wrist watches 33 there are people bi-t the kind most suitable to the greatest number is the gold or silver watch with a khaki or leather strap at Miss Addis's. They will please the school boy, especially if he is in high school and for the woman who drives her own car or plays golf and for the business man they are a. necessity. The last of the day was the best when from out of the Gathering dusk and hurrying crowds we stopped to see my Christmas picture. Corregglo s Holiness. And learned that the -Su!-j livan Art store with Lucy and I wish j you the best of Christmases. A 1 vert iiwnen 1. 1 IOWA PAPER IS BURNED

Marshalltown. Iowa. Dec. 24. Prac tically its entire plant destroyed by 1 tire, early today, the MarsnaiuowD i Times-Republican ,was prin'ed on Job G? presses in various parts of the city to-liSSl-lav f he. fire was discovered shortly i before midnight. The loss was about tQ 501LDt1S to interview eastern capitalists doin business in Kansas, but help from this source will depend on the re sponse given by Topeka. It is up to the city, in view of what the college means to her, ti render evety as sistance pOFsibl?. JAPS FjMKE KI($ Cbjcct"to Form of Mandate for Ger man Pacific Colonics. Paris, Dec. 24. Japan's representa tive in the supreme council has object ed to the form of the mandates under which the former German colonies in the Pacific would be administered. Timehas been asked to refer the question to the, Tokio government. Meanwhile the council holds the adop Hon of the mandates in abeyance.. UTILITY SUIT FOR MILD WINTER DAYS 9 Km," If r t r 1 "X i This medium weight suit of bro n Telsur is m em and practK-wI out fit for treneral wear. It is a plain tailored model with a rather lone coat which buttons biprh about the throat where it is finished (Pith a scarf collar of the cloth. Small slit pockets and a doulle belt are th only marks of adornment. A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year Is Our Wish (Jhe Parisian. Millinery Dept S0 Kansas Ave. r Christmas Greetings Our biggest asset is the goodwill of our cus tomers and we sincere ly value the business you Iiave given its. May your Christmas be merry and the New Year bigger, better and busier than ever before. PR INTI N G i -V STATI Ol Frv wets. SWTIMK tnmt 72 finnim ll imi iqi j V? ,iii,. X A Last Minute Gift Floweu FLORIST 823 Kansas Avenue Phone 4087 and IT Let's All Smile and Be Happy Wishing you a ierry Christmas and A Happy Ji'cw Year THtl I. S. iaJil7kr. Us -S?'50,000.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1919 9 r TO EE HO HIKES Women's Clothing for Spring Won't Be Cheaper. -Reduced Production bj High Triced Workmen Blamed. Chicago, Dec. 24. Hish grade clothing for women will not be high er in the spring but no early price drop te In prospect, according to M. Tobias, an official of the Chicago Cloak and Suit Manufacturers asso ciation. 'There is no chance for: "a drop in prices," he said, "until labor realizes the necessity for giving the manufac turer a 'fair day's work for a fair day's pay. "At present our output is so un certain that a manufacturer cannot figure the cost of his product in ad vance. Where a workman formerly produced six garments-a day he is now producing three. "Our output this season as com pared with last has decreases 42 per cent while our expenses have in creased. This was the result of the shift from the piece work basU) to the weekly wage system." Materials are hifch and scarce and likely to remain so for some time. Tobias said-. Ordinary workmen are receiving as high as $75, $80 and even $100 a week, he stated. v Women workers are averaging better than $40 a week, he said. rmigm i May A ll Christmas g Merrim en 1 1 Be Yours m m and May the New Year 33 'M be Bright and Happy '0, at 0m mi wm 0m 0m BMUL l H uiatui.a -and SS I Ts i"s 1 r m Tt has heen my pleasure to help In making home3 in Topeka bright this Christmas, and throughout the year. I apprealate your splendid patronage and wish you ail A Merry Christmas CHEAP JACK m7o CTZXU mm Topeka Storage Co. Phone 3556 May all the beft Joys of Christmas be yours and- we wish to thank you for your generous patronage. North Topeka News Item for t..-t rtltimn may be left tit Petro'n druft or telephone Eleanor Kimball. 8331 after 4 o clock. Other hours. S5S0. The postoffice -will be closed all day tomorrow. The Presbyterian Sunday school will hold their Christmas entertain ment tonight at 7:30 at the church. There will be a special program and a tree with Santa Claus. A chimney will accommodate Eanta. The pro gram s binder the direction of Mrs. J. J. King. At the Central Avenue Christian church a "white gift" Christmas .will ge held. Kach member of the Sunday school will bring a gift for the less fortunate one thi evening at the church, and tomorrow they will be distributed. At the North Topeka Baptist church this evening a "white gift" Christmas willalao be held and a special pro gram given. A trio composed of Miss Eleanor Caldwell, Miss Jeannette Emert and Miss Edna Kincaid will be one of the features, .and Miss Clarabel Banta, reader, will also have a chief part in the program. A Christmas treat for the children will be given. The program is under the direction of Mrs. L. E. Andersen and -Miss Kuth Baird. Golden Wedding Anniversary. The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. u. I. Bambridge was celebrated lat evening at the home of their daughter, Mra. J. E. "War- nock, 1213 Polk street. About thirty five guests were present and a mock ceremony was performed by the Rev O. L. Weir, followed- by one of his in teresting talks. Mr. and Mrs. Bainbridge were mar ried December 23. 1869, by an wficle of Mrs. Bainbridge, the Rev. Bypn Stewart, at his home north of North Topeka. Frank Stewart, a son of the Rev. Mr. Stewart, ;Who was a little boy at the time of the marriasre. was nres ent last evening and brought with him a book in which his father hsid kept a record of all marriage ceremonies performed by him. Mr. Stewart pre sented Mr. and Mrs. Bainbridge with the item concerning" them as 'an an niversary present. Another guest present Who had also been a guest at the marriage ot Mr. and Mrs. Bainbridge was Mrs. Jesse Smtth of isorth Topeka Mrs. Warnock read toasts from the only remaining eier of Mrs. Bain bridge, Mrs. Cordelia Dunn, 80 years old, of Harmony, Wash., and from a niece, Mrs. Rosa Ramey, also of Har mony. Wash. A congratulatory --telegram from Roy BainbridKe of Augusta, Kan., was Roy Bainbridge of Augusta, ICan., Mrs. J. E. Paul of Denver, Mrs. Grace Wilson North 'Topeka and Mrs. J. E. Wrarnock are surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Bainbridge. Mr. and Mrs. Bainbridge are 70 and 69 years old. respectively, and have seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. The grapdchildrer are: Sixth and Adams T" i -L BRINGTG !TP FATHRR CROTHESS. COMING HE WIUU iET IN TO JK Y Clarence and Laura May Paul, Dori Bainbridge, Albert Bainbridge, Vir ginia Wilson, Vernon and Harold Warnock. The great grandchild is Bobby Warnock, son of Mr. and Mra. Vernon Warnock. The house was decorated in yellow and white, carrying out the golden anniversary color scheme-, and, Mr. and Mrs. Eatn'bridge stood underneath a large -white wedding bell during the mock ceremony. Notes and Personals. Mis Ruth Jackman entertained her Sunday school -class of the Second Presbyterian church at a party yes terday afternoon at her home, 225 West Gordon street. The class is com posed of boys of from 6 to 8 years of age. A few more days to Christmas shop. Have you seen the gifts A. M. Petro Son are showing7 Adv. Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Faulk of 1334 Jackson street had as Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Lower of Oklahoma City, Okla., Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Neiswender, Miss Rachel Garrett, Mr. Chester Neiswender, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Young and Mr. and Mrs. Everett B. Neiswender. TO ABOLISH PASSPORTS More Freedom for International t'om- niorcjal Travelers Urged bjfcConsula. Chicago, Dec. 24. The pan -American consular association meeting here today .recommended to the "United States and South American govern ment that restriction requiring com mercial travelers and tourists to have passports to visit South America be abolished. The regulation restricts business relations between the coun tries, the consuls said. EAST SIDE NOTES Notes nnd personals from Eat SId by Frances Jones- Telephone 0530. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Mendenhall and two sons will spend the holidays at Lawrence with Mr. Menden hall's mother. First Serpt. and Mrs. A. F. Hoffman, of Camp Fimston. are spndinpr a short time visiting at the W. Cox home. Reno avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have gone to Axtell, Kan., to visit Mr. mid Mrs. Meyers over the holidays. Mrs. Meyers is a sister of Mr. Cox. The Third Christian Sunday school tv-iU have their Christmas exercises this eve ning at the church. Mr. and Mrs. ti. W. Eeffleston. Mr. and Mrs. Keal Hammond will all be dinner puests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs.. M. A. Donlify, 4T2 East Fifth streets Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Robinson, of Konsns City, have come to spend the week with Mr. Robinson's mother, Mrs. J. K. Weaver and family, 028 Monroe street. Mrs. Id. Farrls has been ill for several days at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. McDaniels, East Eighth avenue. Miss Verna Kake, who was injured in an automobile accident last week and who is at a local hospintal, expects to come to the home or her slater. Mrs. A. L. Stone, 435 Leinar street, Thursday. Miss Rake is recoverninff. Mr. and Mrs. A. Edmondson, Elliott nve dhpj will have a?f guests for Christmas dinner Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gettler, Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Tj. P. Young and children, of the Taylor tract: Mr. and Mrs. Elmr Dalstrom, Mr. George Atkin son and Mr. Frank Atkinson. Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Henderson, Tieno ave nue, will spend Christmas with Dr. Hen derson's parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. Hender son, on Konte 27. SANTA FE NOTES. Notes and personnis from Snntn Fa by Frances Jones. Telephone 3531 The safety superintendent of the com pany, Isaiah Hale, has had distributed out over the road a bulletin on which are shown two picturea. la the first, two chll dres are looking at the display of toys ia a store window. They are well dressed, probably the children of an industrious, thoughtful father. The second picture, shows the chidren whose father was proba bly as indnstrius but less thoudbtful. They are dressed in rags and are pnessi: their wistful -ices agninstthe show wiifliow iu which are shown toys and Christmas things that their little hearts long for. The pictures teach their ---own lesson. A few statistics are given showing that on the Santa Fe system, there -were but 44 employes Pilled during the first ten months of the year as compared to 78 and killed during the same ten motfths of 1917 and li18, respectively. -In November, however, there were 12 employes killed, the largest cumber in any. one month since February. The Ladles'- society of the B. of R. T. were entertained Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. J. Addle, 1.117 West .Sev enteenth street. The house was decorated with holly, mistletoe and the various Christmas grens. About sixteen, members of the society were prvseiit and received gifts from an attractively decorated tree. Mr. Ed Camp, of Emporia, wUo spent a short time here visiting Mrs. tfamp and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Cfutner, has returned to his work in Empoira. The body of Mr. Abe Collierj who died Tuesday at-Hiawatha, will be brougnt to Topeka for burial. Mr. Collier was for merly employed at the motive power .build ing but left here severat- ypars ao for Albuqurque in the interests -of his health. Tre Brotherhood of Kail way .Trail! men will give their second annaffl ball Wednes day evening at Steinberg's hall. OAKLAND NOTES. Notes and personals from Oakland by Frances Jones. Telephone K&'.O. Mr. and Mrs. Hnrold Lenner and children have come from Wiehjta to spend Christmas witn xwr. iepper s pa-rents, jur. ana Airs. G. X Lepper. The liev. and Mrs. J. Mackenzie have gone to Effingham. Kan.r to spend Christ ians with their daughters' and farailies. Mrs. J. S. Mitchell who was removed to Christ hospital from" her home at Iowa and Chester avenues several days ago is doing nicely. Mr. Mitchell is staying with his son, Mr. James Mitchell aud family, during Mrs. Mitchell's absence. -1 Llttlf Laura Whi taker. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitaker, 3HO Oakland ave nue, who underwent an operation, stfveral days go for appendicitis at the St. Francis Mrs. John Vandeventer and two Htt!e sons have gone to Jawr.euee to spend the holidays with Mrs. Vandevefcter's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph CampbeH have re turned to-their home from a short-visit to relatives at cojbyr hnn. Mr. II. E. Goodell left Tuesday evening for Bnrdett, Kan., to visit his daughter. Mrs. Browne and. Mr. Frowae and family. Mr. Goodell will also visit in Anthony be fore returning home 1 J L 1 I I II II (Copyright. i i j L. ?r- ?th I f iwVtwe7! I iX?? I Wtouto I f w wife-, l' DV J

AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS ADVERTISING KATES? Tba rat for inserting Want Ads In Ths Topeka tUsta Journal is 1 cent a word each Insertion; minimum 10 ceuti by tha wees ft cents a word minimum AO cents. CLOSING HOUR; Want Ads to be classified properly mast bo in Th titat Journal office, before 12:20 o'clock. Want Ads received after 12:30 tH 1 :15 p. m. will be inserted under the head: "Too LaU to Classify." OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be accompanied with cash or check la fall payment of the same. Note the forego! ug Instructions about counting the words and the rate per word for Tim Topeka ta j Journal. COUNT THE WOUDS of your sd includ ing four words for State Journal address. When address Is used count each "Initial' letter and each number or combination of figures as one word. BEAT. ESTATE TRAltSFERS M. A. Helzel to W. Macferron, pt. ne. J,; ls-n-itf r... 1 W- J. Wilson to K. Stilison, lot 84 s. H 82 Taylor st.. 1,650 I. M. Olney to W. A Loupee, lot, 391 s. V -"HO (Jrand ave.. J. Norton's add. 800 Li. Kratzer to H. Beckr, lot 101 Tyler St 71 2,400 A. B. Sehenck to J. J. Schenck, lots 134 to 144 Mas3. St., Highland Pk.. 300 Mi Butter to J. Dauber, uv. 8- lo-m s.ooo LfSTAAnJTOUXIX LOST A black dog with white tip of tail, and white breast and neck. Answers to name of Toby. Finder please call at 1303 NMonroe and get reward. LOST Pocketbonk containing hunting license to A. Gibson. Coca Cola Bottling Works. Phone 1570.. Reward. FOUND A scientific watchmaker. Wheeler, 118 East 4th st LOST Child's pin with two pictures of children. Phone White 20U1. Reward. FOUND Lady's glove on "West IGth. Phone 211t. WANTED SITUATIONS WANTED Position as wniter by expsr- ienced you ung mnn. ynone mac WANTED Office work, Doctor or dentist. Phone H2 W WANTED FICMALfc HELP PERMANENT POSITIONS .FOU YOUNG LADIES. If you desire permanent positions: de sirable working conditions; promotions; good pay and can furnish satisfactory ref erences apply to instructress. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. 812 Jk8oa Aye. STOCK GIRLS "W'e have permanent positions for .several stock girls; must be at least 16 years old. BERKSON BROS. 705-707 Kansas Ave. WANTED 2 hotel women for west Kansas maid fVr New Mexico hospital; lunch counter pirl3 for New Mexico and Okla lioma. $40 mo., boarli, room and transporta tion; fninlly help; ebamiermaMs i Institu tion help; cooks; waitress for Topeka; housekeeper; dish help. Furman's Employ ment off ire. 106 West 8th. WANTED Waitresses for our bouses n Topeka snd elsewhere, $40 -per month, room and board while learning. Apply tMn;igcr Saqta Fe station. WANTED Experienced cook, two' to fain liv; no Uiundrv or heavy work;, good wages. Phone 12W. 1269 Topeka ave. WANTED Fry cook, disu" washer, two waitresses. Phone 1740. WANTED MALE HELP. WANTED Boy, over sixteen, for good Journal route. Apply Circulation pepartment, State Journal office. Phone 3530. WANTED Farm h:mds; bridge carpenters; moulders: butchers: married farm cou ples; hardwood finishers, SI br. head cooks: fry cooks,; Kitchen help; man Hnd wife, hotel work ijfabinet makers; hoapltai help laborers. Furman's Labor Asency, im West 8th. TOI'EKA Kailwav Hail Exnminationsjnn 17. $1.M0 year. List vacancies free. Write immediately. Franklin Institute, Dept. 132 Y. Rochester, N. Y WANTED A machinists for adjusting power sewing machines. Apply eveniug.M ueld Hotel or McDonald Factory, 4tu and yuincy. WANTED At Washburn college, janitor for ouc Dimmng. Keport at oriice at once. WANTED Tinner. 210 West 10th. STeady job. Apply at WANTED Laborers iu city. 40c h STir. day- Furmr.n'a Iihor Ageucy, 100 W. 8th. WANTED SALESMEN CITY SALESMAN To work in Topeka. selling .our high class Health nnd Accident insurance. Liberal agency contract. All or part time. Call Merchants Life Casualty Co., Room 25, Columbia. i liidg. FOR RENT ROOMS. FRONT fiiousekeeping rooms, private en trance, bath first floor. No children. 715 Van Rtiren. WANTED TO RENT WANTED Light houaekeeping rooms, well heated, two beds. Give weekly rate and fVill particulars in first letter. "References exchanged. Advertiser, P. O. Box S, Min- neaj)olis. Kan. WAITED "TO KENT a farm or small place neat town. Good reference can be glveu. A. O. Crews. Berrytoo. Kan. s WSM I ll-MISi i I I ANKDI S POULTRY WANTED E. C. Wise. 1127 Kansas ave. Phone 11 I HASTY. AUTO eXl'BT 191, Internationa New WANTED TO BUY. JUNK Hlshfst ch price paid for old Junk. We bay oil ears and, sell parts. PhoB 141 and we will call. C. IL Dyal is Sou., 0t N. Kansas ave. Mr. Langley, Mgr. Junk, Rags. Iron. Metals Higher prices paid. Will call for vour junk. Pbone 20G. HXA&- 15KOS. CO., Topeka'g OldOTt Jank Dealers, THE STATE" JOURNAL will pay 5c per copy for issues of November 27. WANTEDJunk, raffs, robber and metals. We buy anything. We will call. Phone 5733. Leon 1! libber Metal Co.. 200 Kan sos ave. W4NTEI1 TO BUY Los Angeles Invest Bient Co. stock. Oive amount and your best cash price. Address D 282, care Jour nal, T)eka. WR pay the highest price for cast-ofj clothiug, shoes, hats and overcoats. lrop us a carU or call Gordon Bros.. Loan Office, 460 Kansas ave. Phone 101)7. WANTED TO BUY roller top desk. Burton Hill. Phone Sfil. FOR RENT FURNISHED ROOMS HOTEL VICTORIA, KUKOPEAN, 118 West Sixth. Phone 026. Strictly mod ern a team-h eated. Pall y, weekly rates. LAFt?E modern room, sleeping porch arTd" kitchen if desired. All furnished for one or two ladles. 813 W. 6th. Phone 176. NICELY furnished bedroom, strictly mod ern. PriTate fatuily. 1017 West th. FURNISHED BOOM and board la private home. Phone FOB KENT One front pnrl.r bed room, close in. Phone Black 4413. FOR RENT Unfurnished room. Bates Capps cafe, 812 Kansas ave. MODERN ROOM for rent. 1101 Western. FOR RENT FARMS FOR RENT 227 acre improved farm, ml. of Emraett, Kan., 60 acres wheat, some alfalfa, 6 room bouse, 3 barns, 4 wells and spring, windmill, wood. 0 horses, 30 bead cattle, new machinery, 100 acres grass, pos session Msrch 1st. Wants to rent farm furnished to reliable party. A. I. Furman Heal Kstafe, 106 W est nth St. FOR RENT Season 1920, one of best hay or "pasture quarters in state. Running water. S. K. T-12-14 Shawnee county, 12 miles-west of Topekfl. Dover road. -Submit offer at once. Call at 601 East 4th Bt f-PhoM 010. FOR RENT GARAGES GARAGE FOR RENT at 101S Garfield. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. JEFFERSON COUNTY telephone exchange for sale or trade for land on terms if de- slred. Address Exchange, care Journal. ENCLOSED FORD truck od. suitable for merchnnt's delivery tr light hauling. Phone .Ti2 J. FOR SALE HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR SALE Perfection Oil Heater. Used about two weeks." In perfect condition. Cost $6.25 rrew; will sell for $4.50. Call 5267 J. 212 WEST 8TH Furniture, davenport, buffalo robes, etc. Phone 3fttl7. GAS RANGE Cheap. 1414 HarHsoTl. MUSICAL IHSTRrfMENTS FOK SALE New mahogany piano and bench, made by the Starr Piano Co., Rich mond, Ind-, at quite a discouut from tu regular price. A bargain for some one. Call A. J. King, 1206 Fillmore, or phone Black 4501. GKAPHA PHONE records,, all latest num bers'obsolutely new, 40c I. M. Ullti, 312 Kansas Avenue. FOR SALE POULTKX WHITE WYANDOTTES and White Leg horns. Blue ribbon stock. Also pigeons. 638 Cnrnnban. Mall addresa A. W. Smith. 1200 East 6th. FOR 8AJL REAL ESTATE Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a happy and prosperous new year we present the following for your consideration: $1,000 Tnre rooms, gas. well, close to shops. 2400 Fve rooms, barn, electric lights, gas, 1 lot, good well. $2,000 'Ght rooms, city water, cistern, gas, sewer connections, 2 lots.. $2,400 Fve room. 3 pieco bath, electrie lights, gas, city water, tJJ 500 Five rooms, 3 piece bath, basement, furnace, garage, close to v Piersen's. $4 000 Si3c r00"- 3 piece bath, basement, furnace, paved street, Washburn r district. v y $4,650 Six rooms strictly modern, 2 lots, garage, Elmhurst neighborhood. $5 000 Five room bungalow, 3 piecer bath, furnace, oak finish and floors, r fireplace, garage, S lots. Potwin neighborhood. 5 500 Two story -h ouse, strictly modern, 2 lots, sleeping porch, Potwin V School. $6 500 Five rooms large living room, up-to-date, built in garage, fireplace, oak finish and floors. Restricted neighborhood. $8 000 stucco bungalow, real home, very attractive,- up-to-the-minute, .six rooms, Washburn College neighborhood. THE SHAWNEE INVESTMENT COMPANY 534 Kansas Ave. Phone 50S0. r HOME SWEET HOME

Allow .us to assist you in buying a home. Our files are open for your inspection. We know we can help you' to locate somewhere in the city, and we know we can be of financial assistance. Let's, talk it over. We wish you a Merry Christmas. V The Kansas Reserve Investment Co. y ED. J1. GROTE, Mgr. Real Estate Dept. 824 Kansas Ave DRAWN FOR THE FOR SALE AUTOMOBILES. V AUTOMOBILES PAY WHILE YOU RIDE WHY YOU SHOULD BUY NOW! Used Cars do not sell so well during the winter months, and we are going to make the price attractive so t)iese cars will move. These same cars will sell for at least 15 of 20 more in the spring than we are asking for them now. Don't wait until spring to buy or you will pay more money when everybody wants to buy. AH standard makes.. Come look them over. NASH TOURING OLDS 8 ROADSTER CHANDLER TOURING DODGE ROADSTER BUICK COUPE To parties that can give satisfactory references, very liberal terms can be arranged. Cash, Liberty Bonds, or a smaller car accepted as first payment. NEAL MOTORS CO. Distributors NASH PASSENGER CARS AND TRUCKS HESSE TRAILERS 1024-1026 Kansas Avenue Phone 2775.. Ask for Mr. Whiteman for appointment after closing hours FOR SALE--MTSCELLANEOUS. CALL CENTRAL MILLS FOR Colorado Mine Run OR Rock Springs, Wyoming LUMP COAL Phones 6 and 7 FOR SALE Perfection Oil Heater. Used about two weeks. In perfect condition. Cost $6.25 new; will sell for $4.50. Call 5267 J. POPCORN Queen's" Golden .popcorn, lSe per pound, delivered. Call 2103 K.-1. FOR BALE Jouathan apples In cold stor. age, t per box. Inquire Wm. M. Romick. Valencia, R. N. 23. l'bone tbroua Dover. jf WANTED Watch repairing-. Main springs ioc; cleaiifd 7.jc. All work guaranteed. Armstrong Jewelry Co., 4fl) Kansas ave. FOR SALE Brown reed aby boggy, wooden wheel, $10. Phone lteB 2103. 1U8 3 HAST ADTO EXPRESS. FOR SALE REAL, ESTATE STATE JOURNAL BY FOR SALE) AUTOMOBILES. BUUCK TOURING CHANDLER TOURING STEPHEN TOURING OAKLAND TOURING FORD TOURING r FOR SALE AITOMOBILKS BARGAINS IN USED TRUCKS J S'A TON KErrBLIC 1 li-XON RKITHL10 1 FOUD PEL1VKUJT CAR All In first elass mechanical condition, guaranteed. REHKOPF BROS. 212-11 VI'. fith. Thont 004. TTn L7C Tubes and Auto Supnlies X lr Rargains every day. satisfac tion guaranteed. We buy your old tires and will pay s good price fur them. W-ESTERN TIRE RUBBER CO. 214 Kansas Ave. Phone 1"!S. Topeka LIMOUSINE AUTOMOBILE Condition nnd equipment excellent: veTy attractive price: seea daytimes beglnlng Mond.fy. 404 W. 0tu. FOU SALK-Ford delivery car. completely overhauled, equal to new car. Can be seen at the' Ford garage, -Ford Sales Service Station or apply at 712Veit12tb. FOR SALE-Cheap if taken "at once, Bris coe Chummy. Price $.175. Pbone Black 4J.'tC. FORD touring, IMS model, will sell cheap or trade for stock. Address '"Touring, care Journal.. FOR SALE PET STOCK COLLIE TlTrS. now two weeks' old, SfS Carnahan, east u fith street. Mall ad- dre. s A. W. ijmlth. 1200 Kast 0th. GUARANTEED canary singers. But one for Christmas. Thnne 4'.m W or mViO W. FOR SALE Two coin Uo'gs. "1018 West 22nd Kt. SCOTCH COLLIE .purples. Jeo. Pratt, K. R. Me. 2. Phone K-2. FOR SALE- REAL STATE GENUINE SACRIFICE B a moved to Californln, nrlU sell my fortnpr homp,. SO0 Wst street, Topeta-, one of tltp best built and best located homes iu the city, for much less than it would .-ot tt buHd the bouw now. Yon have to pro tliru the place to appreciate H. T. H. WrMpeji, Orange Drive, Los Angelea. California. v t Have Cash Customers FOU FATIMS AND CITY PROPEUTIT List yoftr property with IT. P. Klchqrds. 4n New KngltiTid Bi.1r.. Topen. ivsa. Fhone a. 71. FOR SAJUR CITT PROIFRTT 1131 MONROE Five room cottnpe. water, araa ami eleetricity. one Int. Write F- C Pprr. KurliafirHme. Konfe 5. SOH SAl.K SUBURBAN KI'lirRKAN. v.pll ImWnveil 5 aerea rln to c.'lr and pavement. Will sell right or imoe rnr resuien-e. l'none THUEE ACHES For sale sere ebtcSei ranch, clone in. Rnrgaiu for quick sale. Phone owner. 23.TT K-l LKtiAL (First pnbUlied In The Topeka Stt journal, Weilnestla;-, lKc. 24, 19(9. Case No. r.2021. SHERIFF'S KALE. Is tbe LMstri'-t Court -of Hhawnee County, State of Kansai. Helen Mllem, a, mino.-. by Carrte Witt, her guardian and next friend. I'laiutiff, rt. -Sauford D. Peters. t al.. TWenvianis. By Tirtue of an order of sale issued to me, out of-said LMstrlct Court, in the a bore en titled arflori, I will, on fc'atnrdav, the 24th day of January. A. I. v&t. at 10 o'clock a. mr (tt aid dfiy. at the east froi-f door of tlH Court floose In the City rf Topeka. i't tbe County tt ffitawnee. in th Ktate of Kaneas. offr at public saleV snd sell to the bis-best bidder, for cash Id band, the followtDgdescribed real estate, to-wlt: GEORGE M'MANUS LEGAL Lot sumoer eighty and the north half of lot number eighty-two (821 on Taylor street in tne tty or lopeKa, ymg ano sic uated in the County of Shawnee iu the State of Kanaa-s. The nboyedescribed ts dlrectetl by said order of sale to be sokl, and will be sold for not less than two-thirds of the ap praised valuation, which appraised valua tion is $1,400.00. HIGH LAklMER, Sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas. W. E. Atcnlson, Attorney.,' k t IFlfst Published in "The Toiwka Stati Journal Wednesday, lec. 24, 1819.J NOTICE OF HHARl.Nd APPLICATION FOIl PAH DON OK PAHOLE. Notice Is hereby frlTii th I). W. Strat ton, who was convicted in the nistrlct Court of Shawnee County on the Mh day iuue. H1S nd who was sentem'ed to Im prisonment Is tbe state penitentiary for a term of not less tban 5 to 7 years for tha crime of Arson 3rd Iearee has filed in the offline- of the tlovernor of the State of Ksnsns his application for pardon or parole, 'tis may seem fit-, and that such, appll'-atlon will be for hearing; and de termination before the Governor at To pekii. on the l'-th day of liamfory, 10- at 10 o'clock, .when anil where -any person may appear and show cause, if any he has, why such application should or should not, granted and an nnwjiditlonal pardon, or a parole, be granted said 1 s W. Strat ton. t. W. STBATTON. Petitioner. fFirat pTlheSris' The Ttipekn Stati Journal, Wednesday. lec. 1", lain. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Luclla Aodersou, Plalutiff, vs. Left Anderson. Tefendant. No. .-SIO. ri'BLICATIO.N NOTICE. State of Kanxas to the above named Iefend snd Lee Anderson: Greeting;: Vou are hereby notified that yon bava been aued by the plaintiff Lnelln Anderson, who has filetl a petition In the District Court of Shawnee County. Kansas, asklnic for a divorce trom you, and you must answer this petition on or before the first day of Tehruary,-1920, or tha petition will be taken as true and a Judgment granting the plain tiff an absolute divorce w(ll be rendered accordingly. CI.YHB P. COWrtlLL. Attorney for Plaintiff. Attest: MARY E. CHATIN. Clerk District Court. Seal. By Mh Brewer. Ipntyy First published In The Topeka- Jitale journal, Wednesday, Dec 10. 1913. J State ofKanwaa, Shawnee County. s. In the Matter of the Estate of l.rt I. Rreeuoughv lata of Shawnee County, Kan sas. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice Is hereby given that on the 0th day of December, A. D. 1SU9. the uudcr aUrned was, by the Probate Court of Sluiw nee County, Kansas, duly appointed Admin istrator of the estate of leorce 1. Greenough, lnte of ihawnce County, de censoil. All parties Interested rn said esta'e will take notice and govern themselves ac cordingly. LYDEP1S CHE NC ht. Ad mini s t ra t o rtj First published in The Topeka SMte Journal, Wednesday, lec. 17, 1919.1 In the Trobate Court of Shawnee County, Kaunas. In the Mntter of the Estafe of Charlotte Abbott Hpod. Ieceased. NOTK'K OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. All creditors and all others Interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified thas on the 21st flay of January. 1920, I shall apolv to the Probate Court slttlnf at the Wrt Il"use In the City of Topeka) Shawnee County. Kansas, for a full antt final settlement of said estate and for an o?or af the Court finding and adjudging who are the heirs of Charlotte Abbott Hnp. good, deceased You are fnrther notified that my lalm for eomnensition as Administrator and for nttorney fees and other expenses necessary incurred -in the administration of said estate has rieen filed' and, as ordered by the court, will be heard on tbe said 21st day of sJnnary. v.rjo. nf iu o ciock i MINN! K -K. HI Admtnlstrstrtr. HONE- MONEY TO LOAN ON ALL KINDS Or" PEHSONAL PKOPERTi'. Horses, cattle, pianos, diamonds, house bold. goods, libraries, typewriters, autos, carriages, machinery, nnd to salaried peo ple. V. S. Thomas, 51 Kansas avenue. Tel. 2!W. MONEY TO "LOAN ON FAIIMS. FARM ,MORTOA; Tltl ST COMPANT, Topeks. Kansas. SERVTCFS OFFEnKD, RADIATORS. "Radiators --paired. All -work guar anteed. 414 Jackson. Phone 4"08g. MKN AND WOMEN'S stilts, coats aril furs, repaired and fnned. Mutual T,aun dry. Branch office, 927 Kansas ave. Phone 2.14S. ANYONE desfring wooil sawed kindly call at 211r!rnnncr. Phone 21 Blue. PIANO TCNINO by A. J. -King. JB.Wf Work Kiiaranteed. I'hone Bla-k 4301. MK'DICAt rAMPFR BOOK of symptoms FKEB Ir. McLsughlln Method Boom 15 230 Went l!th St. Hrs. p. m. Ks. Clt v.Ue MACHINE SHOPS LAWN MOWERS sharpened, factory ma chine prwss. Howard Machine Shops. Phone ri77. FENIMORE MOVING CALL PHONE 441. IR KAKCE. L. W. WILSON Fire, tornado, plate. -lasa, insnrnn?t.- Phone KW. 2rt t:o!nmlfal B'.-lg. PICTURE t HAM IMC. FHAMINtl. regllfling. mat making, mount lug done by Snllivsn Art Store. V-1I:4 V 8. TYPKWKITKKS. Aix"sT.VNDA!:D MAKES. Sales Or r-nt Ttepafrs by factory trained tne-hanlca. We lead: others. follow. CUAXK COM PANY. ro years fir business. GKMEKftalvo. IT. V,: lIOMIlAUDNEIt. phene 140. J HKLTMTPEN W ELLL'ndertakingDr SOO-DOS-OIO Quincy street, eiepboue 1H2, L

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k A 1 1 10 ''"HE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY -EVENING. DECEMBER 24. 1919 kv.. f t i u Greetings "Just as Far as Jthe Jl This publication ought to go riation wide to mett and greet the customers of the Santa Fe Watch Co. They are scattered across the face of the whole earth. The famous Santa Fe Special Watch has be come truly famous and has made Topeka, Kansas, and the Santa Fe Watch Company, household words. The "Santa Fe Special" has been the pioneer for Santa Fe diamonds and jewelry in every state in the Union, and thruout the civilized countries of the world. And now we want to thank our friends in Topeka because here the inspiration for world wide business was received and developed thru the splen did patronage and encourage ment of Topeka folks. Our Gift Store and splendid system of low prices and easy payments is at your service. Come in and let us supply the gifts for the friend who was overlooked or the new friend that remembered you, unexpectedly. Store Open Tomorrow Morning iff ii Sii If h On this Holiday occasion we extend to you and yours our most sincere wishes and thank you for your liberal' patronage in helping keep the new store new. (kite COT Kn-i??i 1 1 4s 41 If fP rtfl Sim OSTON SHOE STORI 514 KANSAS AVE. FARM WAGES HIGHER Increased 31 Per ?ent Over Last Year, Pax ton Estimates. Wages paid in Kansas In 1919 showed an increase of 31 per cent over the year before, and 153 per cent over 1313, according to an estimate re leased by Edward C. Paxton, of the United States bureau' of crop esti mates. The greatest increase has been In harvest labor, which has jumped from $2.14 a day and board in 1913 to $5.42 in 1919. Wagfes for other ordinary la bor have risen from an average of $1 53 in 1913 to $3,71 in 1919. Where hired by the month, the wages of farm laborers have increased from an aver age of $24 in 1913 to $49.50 this year. "These estimates." the report nsserts. "probably do not reflect the actual Increase in rnst f farm labor ns it en tern into cost of production since 1013. due to the fact f that number of hours of labor have been disregarded. It is safe to Bay tbat the average farm hand In 1013 worked two hours per day longer than in 1011. The length of the work day did not become in- I volvpd in farm labor until after it bail been a strike issue in the industrial world. It I is also possibly true tbat the harvest labor; used In lftJl was really Ipss experienced and efficient than that supplied in 1913. "The price of farm labor a recent years has shown n trend to approximate the prices prevailing ia the industrial market. I'.ecause of the relative conditions under which farm labor and city labor are per formed it is even conceivable that the time may soon come when farm labor will act ually command a premium. Obviously such increases in wages must be charged into the cost of production and covered by the prices of farm products. Altho labor price enters so largely into the cost of pro duction, it is not to be Inferred that the cost of such production finally determines the price of farm products, out of which labor must be paid. The price received by the producer of farm crops is largely de termined bv the supply, the demand re maining fairly constant. This supply, ns U reaches ihe consumer may be controlled from both ends primarily, at its source, by regulating production thru carefully thought out and broadly applied production proprams; and, finally, thru a compre hensive marketing program that will regu late the movement of farm products into commercial channels. Patiently, until such comprehensive production and marketing programs are formulated and carried out thru co-onlinated farmer organizations, so that supply and hence price of products can be controlled, it behooves the individ ual farmer to plan and carry out a program of his own that will bring the greatest efficiency, and thus cut his overhead ex pense to the minimum. Historically, it is of Interest to com pare farm wages now with those paid in 1S9H, ,when the financial condition of the country wis at very low ebb. In 1893 the Kansas farmer hired labor by the month fr an average of $10.2" with- board, and $24 without hoard. Today he pays three times ns much. In 1K93 harvest hands commanded $1.13 and board, or $1.44 and found their own. Last summer the harvest hands were paid 4.71 times as much. In t hose "good ol d times in 1893 Kansas farmers were hiring day labor thruout the year, for ordinary farm work, for the macrnfflcent sum of 85 cents and board, or for $1.10 when the hand found his own meals and lodgincr. Ordinary farm hands have been receivinc 4.37 times as much during the past year." SHE RESEftTTED ARREST Husband Had Wire in Jail, So She Applies for Divorce. Ottawa, Dec. 24. Because her husband, Ezra Barnhart. well-to-do farmer of Franklin countv. had her arrested and put in jail, pending an insanity nearmg. as a result of which she was freed, Mrs. Anna Barnhart was srranted a divorce from her hus band by Judge C. A. Smart In district court here yeBterday. The divorce suit was filed by'Mrs. Barnhart several weeks ago, after she was freed of the insanity charge brought by the husband. In order to so into sensational charges. Judge Smart first '-conducted an executive session of court. Disregarding these i charges, the court granted the divorce, he said, because of the husband's ac tion in having Mrs. Barnhart arrested and placed in jail. LABOR CONSIDERS BILL -pi.HPIIH.J,- For High Class Mechanical Work For Reboring of Cylinders Aufo and Truck Work a Specialty Machinists Electric Co. 108 WEST EIGHTH ST. PHONE 634 1 1 For Particular Welding Jobs For Mechanical Electrical Work 11 SECRETARY TUCKER Of K. C. Auto Association Gains Twenty-five Pounds. Like New Man Since Taking Five Bottles of Tanlac." "I cannot recommend Tanlac too highly, for it has not only made a new man of me but several members of my family ha-e taken it with the best results," said C. M. Tucker, of 3821 Blooklyn street, Kansas City, Mo., the well known and popular sec retary of the Kansas City Automobile association, recently. Continuing he said: "Although I was In an awful con dition when I began taking Tanlac and have only taken five bottles in all, I have gained twenty-five pounds in weight and feel better than I have in years. "For some time past he went on. "I have had the worst sort of stomach trouble and my appetite was so poor I just had to force down every mouth ful I ate. and the little I managed to eat in this way, even if nothing more than a small piece of toast, would cause me intense misery. It would lie heavy on my stomach and gas would form and-1 would bloat something dreadful. I also suffered with con stipation so bad I had to be taking some sort of laxative nearly all the time, and woifld have such dizzy spells at times it was all I could do to keep from falling. Finally my nerves got in such bad condition 'I could get but little sleep and the little I did manage to get did not seem to do me any good, as I would always get up feeling tired and worn out. I lost considerable weight and became so weak and run down I was not able to work, and had about come to the conclusion 1 would have to give up entirely. "I had tried any number of dif ferent medicines, but none of them did me any good. I had been reading so much about the good Tanlac was doing others and as some of the state ments were from people whose condl tibns were described as similar to mine I decided to try it. and I had not taken a whole bottle when I began to get better. My appetite improved wonderfully and my nerves began to get in better condition, I continued taking It and continued to improve, until now I am entirely over all my troubles. I can eat anything I want without suffering from any bad after effects, and can sleep all night long as peacefully as a child and get up feeling fine, I am never troubled with constipation and never become dizzy any more. As I said several members of my family have taken Tanlac and hi every Instance It has proved itself to be a remarkable med icine and has given entire satisfaction. I keep it in my house all-the time as a family medicine and never expect W be without It again, and 1 never miss an opportunity to tell others what a great medicine it is." Tanlac Is sold in Topeka by Tullv McFarland Drug Co., 835 Kansas ave nue and 729 Kansas avenue. Adv. A. C. Klinuaman Co. and Klingaman Hoover, Druggists. Governor Pleased With Attitude of Kansas Leaders. Heads of Kansas labor organizations went over provisions "of Governor Al len's proposed new Industrial court bill In a three hours" conference be hind closed doors. They left the- con ference without formally accepting or rejecting the bill. Several members quietly stated they might not oppose the bill it drastic provisions were re moved. Governor Allen declared'' he was pleased with the attitude shown by labor leaders. Included in the conference were representatives of the railroad broth erhoods, as well as state and district officials of the stats federation of la bor. Men in the meeting were pro vided with copies of the bill and will analyze its provisions in advance of the opening of the special session Jan uary 5. Attending the conference were: W. E. Freeman, ..president of the state federation of labor; John Fleming, Jr., and G. E. Blakely, members of state federation executive committee; C. G. Mee, representing the engineers; Ed Kafferty for the brakemen; Glen Wil letts for the firemen; J. S. Walsh, rail road conductors; Ed T. Draper and Charles Harvey of the mine workers" legislative committee. Members of the railroad workmen's legislative committee also attended the confer ence. MARTIN GIVES VIEWS Adjutant General Doesn't Believe Uni versal Training Will Puss. Congress will not pass a -universal military training law at the present session of congress, according to Charles I. Martin, adjutant general. It is Martin's belief, tho, that a new defense act will be enacted and laws passed which will bring about a closer relationship between the regular army and the national guards. Martin spent a week in Washington on national guard business and gath ered a first hand' view of the military attitude of congress and federal de partment heads. The Kansan antici pates several changes in national guard enactments, especially amend ments which will be of assistance m increasing guard strength In smaller towns and cities. He predicts con Kress will draft a new national de fense act almost without consultation with staff officials. EVANS TO ENTER RACE Mitchell Representative WUTKun for State Senator Next Year. It Is probable that John A. Evans, for two terms state representative from Mitchell county, will be a. candi date for state senator from the Mtteh- ell-Jewell county district next year. He will probably enter the raw to succeed Senator J. S. Hart of Jewell county, appointed by Governor Allen as state grain inspector. Evans is one of the strong members of the Sixth district delegation in the house. He made his first appearance in the-session of 1917 and during, the 1919 session held -a number of impor tant committee assignments as well as being rated as one of the effective workers and organizers in the lower legislative body. SAILORS ARE RELEASED Demand by United States Causes Mexican JaU to Open. Mexico City. Dec. 23. The two American sailors arrested at Mazatlan on charges of assault, which resulted in a demand. from the United States for their release, have been given their liberty, it was officially announced today. r An investigation of the affair Is con tinuing, however, it was said. Accord ing to one report the 6ailors were 1 armed when they came ashore. Other reports said they were intoxicated. A complaint to the American state department is being prepared that United States warships off Tampico are disturbing that region with their target practice, it was learned tonight. CATTLEMEN ASS'N ELECTS A. I. Johnson Now Heads Kansas Shorthorn Raisers. Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 24. At a meet ing of the Eastern Kansas Shorthorn Breeders' association, held here, it was decided to hold the spring sale in Ot tawa, March 25. Officers were elected as follows:- A. I. Johnson, Lane, president; A. I Harris, Osage City, vice president; F. J. Robbins, Ottawa, secretary treasurer and sales manager. Direct tors are: A. E. Murdock, Johnson county; C. S. Nevius, Miama; Albert Ham, Linn; Henry Sobbla, Anderson; R. H. Lister, W. C. Kule, E. E. Vick ers. H. F. Cornell, Franklin; E. H. (Purvis, Douglas; H. H. Holmes, Shaw inee; H. H Churchill, R. B. Barrett. Osage C. H. White, Coffey; Joseph J. CAPT. A. M. FULLERHUBT War Veteran Knocked Down When Some One Shoved Revolving Door. Capt. Andrew M. Fuller, 1200 West Sixth avenue, was badly hurt Tuesday when some one behind him shoved a revolving door at the Topeka postof fice as he was passing thru. Captain Fuller was knocked to the floor. His advanced age, coupled with an opera tion performed during the summer, made the accident serious. At one time he was assistant postmaster and later was superintendent of the North Topeka station. WANTED DOUBLE WAGES Atchison Emergency Strip Mine Tied Vp by New Strike, Atchison. Dec. 24. Miners in At chison's municipal coal mine quit work Tuesday when the city declined to give them $12 a ton for mining coal from a 12-inch vein south of town. The city offered $7 and had been pay ing $6. The mine was opened in No vember when the general strike of miners precipitated the coal shortage, and for several days the meager amount mined was the only supply the town received. GET GAS AND OIL TOO Greenwood County WeU Taps New Bed of Deep Sand.. El Dorado, Dec 2i. The Emerald Oil Co., on the No. 1 Teter, in section 21-23-9, in Greenwood county, is re ported to have encountered a good showing of oil at 2,500 feet. The strike was coupled with a heavy flow of gas that sprayed oil from the top of the hole. The well is being drilled in now. This will be the second completion in the Teter pool. It is a mile south of the original. Teter well, completed by the Empire Gas and Fuel Co. in section 10. The Sinclair Oil and Gas Co. appar ently has encountered a deep sand in its No. 2 Holden in section 8-23-4. The company got a hole full of water in this well, where it should have struck the first pay, and determined to make a deeper test. After drilling for sev eral weeks, a good show was encoun tered at 2,801 feet, the oil coming to the top thru 2,500 feet of water in the hole. Thocompany is now under reaming to run the five-inch casing. shut off the water and test out the pos sibilities of this lower structure. A deep pay sand in the north Butler field will greatly increase the value of holdings there. Oil men are intensely interested in the report and will watch further developmenflosely. The Mid-Kansas-in land on the No. 10 Bisagno, in section 36-26-5. is re ported to be running the six-inch cas ing to 2,300 feet. GOT A FUZZY HAT And City Father Saves $21 by Refus ing to Buy of "Prontocr." Commissioner W. S. Hancock likes fuzzy hats. Buoyed up by the Tuletide spirit, Hancock decided to "blow himself to one." Seeing a nice light colored one with lots of fuzz on It an a window, the commissioner entered the store found the price of the hat, a beaver. was $24 and "blew" out. Down the street he saw another bewhiskered lid beckoning from a window. No use. he thought, but the appeal of that fuzz was too strong. He entered and found the hat was $3, marked down from So. This hat wasn't beaver but It boasted fuzz, and now Hancock proudly displays it to his friends. fondly stroking the whiskers, happy in the knowledge that he has his heart's desire and is $21 to the good. BE IN JAIL FOR XMAS Mills of Justice Ground Swiftly for 1 Dorado Youth. El Dorado, Dec. 24. The wheels of justice of Butler county moved rap idly for Ray James. James is said to have stolen a mo tor car belonging to the Magnolia Pe troleum Co., of Augusta, last Wednes day. He was caught-with the machine near Emporia about twelve hours later. He was then returned to Augusta, where he was arraigned before a jus tice of the peace Friday and brought here late Saturday afternoon. He was taken before Judge Ayres, of the dis trict court, where he entered a plea of guilty, and was sentenced to the state reformatory for a period of from one to five years. He will be taken to the prison in time for Christmas dinner. James is 19 years old. Of all the days of the year, there is one that brings forth more genuine love ouc 01 tne great neart 01 numaniiy than any other day. f That day is Christmas Day! Cf The marvelous message that was delivered to us one thousand, nine hundred and twenty years ago was to teach us that we must treat others as we would have them treat us; that to gain things we must give things; that we are judged by our works and not by words; that right is greater than might; that truth is more effective -than falsehood; that character and wisdom are greater riches than money, i This Christmas Day of 1919, we're all going to sit by our firesides and shower love and good cheer upon those who are dear to us; we'll pass around gifts; we'll smile and laugh; we'll see and think and live the bright side of things. We are sincerely thankful for all the good things that have come to us during the year about to close thankful beyond measure for the friendships we have retained and new ones made. We extend to everyone our wishes for A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS DAY M' wishes its friends and patrons Mi IT 6 I! it w -1 .if