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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-21

Whrls Of fine feathery flakes fill
ed the crisp night which ,foretold the
coming Of white Christmas on the
morrow. The wheels Of the delivery
wagons crunched along with that ring
ing sound that tells the tale of the
Temperature better than the thermo-
meter itself
Under the flaming arc lights OF the
street the snow glistened in the air
and on the coats and hast of the gay,
pushing throngs, laden with bundles
Everywhere seemed to be joy, pros
perity, good will-on the surface,
Struggling into the big store hu.
man tide contended with another hu
man tide struggling to escape With
in the store, aisles We're crowded, a
xvista of faces and furs as far as the
eye could reach The counters over
flowed with goods waiting to be
bought and sent on their mission OF
love. And yet there was no peace
and good viii here 1t was struggle
and chaos and i'll humor and Sitting
air, an inferno Of exhaustion from
/. which the human tide that surged ort
of the doors was glad to escape.
One huge counter was laden with
paper Christmas bells, garlands and
wreaths. There We're bells in the
brightest of red in the brightest of
green, bells in red and green togetn
er, bells OF enormous size that could
be folded up aoG showed INTO an
overcoat pocket, little bells that could
he strung along dancing merrily on a
lcord, bells that betokened the mess
age CT peace on earth--and tonight
IA riot at the counter to get something
that had been put off until the las
minute.
Behind the long counter half doz
en- girls, first floor sales girls, We're
busy selling, answering questions,
handing back change, CRYING out nov
and then shrilly. Check irving hard !
TO be courteous, now and then spurred |
on by the watchful floorwalker who |
with piercing eve seemed to see even
MALI a moments rause in the rush to
sell The time schedule of these |
girls had not been heightened by |
might work but in this store by a re-
duction Of the lunch and supper |
periods It was the glad season when |
even the law does not protect-the
18th to the oath Of December
Tessies fingers we're numb. In the
mad rush, she had cut them here |
and there on the sharp edges OF the
paper, painful cuts that smarted with |
a pain only deadened by her eNhaus
tion. Her feet were swollen with |
long hours of standing She knew |
nothing about the toxin Of fatigue |
about which the doctors and social !
workers study and write But she
could have told them much from her
own experience OF the subtle poison |
that fatigue was injecting into the
glad Christmas season for her
There was no pause for the little /
girl with the dreamy face, sensitive
mouth, and delicate blueyeined
hands.
YES, ma'am. five cents for that
size These are two for five. No,
we're all out of the largest size. The
ten cent size? How many, please?
Five? Fifty cents. Your change? Just
a moment. No, the holly boxes cord
and ribbons are at the next counter
Postal cards across the aisle. Half
dozen bells? Thirty cents, please
All the worldliness OF rich New
York, all the sordldness Of the metro
polls was passing in Kaleidoscope
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-21

OF the young fellow who had spoken
TO her. He was good lookmg better
looking than the fellow Maize had
been dancing with. She sat up with
Ia shudder at herself A week ago
she would have cried even to have
harbored such thoughts moment
but now it seemed different What
did it all amount to, this hopeless
struggle to be decent?
Il don't know whore TlI be noHt
Christmas" she moaned as she look
ed at the ironing board and little tub
which she must use even before SHE
could go to The philanthropie christ
mas dinner almost as an almstaker.
Il don't know where I'll be mex
Christmas but ] Just won't stand ill.,.
no, l won't, | won't,
This is the next Christmas his
coming Christmas Who knows
perhaps if we do our Christmas shop
ping early early in the month and
early in the day, perhaps If We are
a little more considerate OF the gin
behind the counter wen perhaps we
can make Teasie# Christmas more
beafable, make /, seem more worth
While for Teasie % tight along and
keen STRAIGHT make the toxin of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-21

h dozen crowded into her place. grab
bing, unreasonable lnsistent
| In the renewed rush Tessie caugh
| sight of Maize at the post card count
ar The young fellow had edged ~
closer. They We're laughing
something 1t took no woman's In
tuition to guess what sort OF card
they were laughing at
See here, Tessie, If You 80 TO sleeu
over the goods III have You fired
Again it was the floorwalker, not
bad fellow, but mindful OF the store
and its customers. Tessie bit her lp
and said nothing Her feet felt heay.
err than ever Her head swan The
customers were more insistent as the
clock hands advanced Was there no
antitoxin for the poisoned Christmas
Eve?
AT last the hour of closing came
Tessie had been invited to a Christ
mas dinner given by some philan-
thropic people TO working girls The
store had given a CHRISTMAS bonus
)f two dollars and during the time
when she should have been eating
her supper she had run off to pur
chase 81 % net" waist to wear 10
the festal dinner But somehow the
thought Of that dinner now did not
gladden. Tessie She was too worn
out
Tessie dragged herself rather tnqn
walked out on the side street from
the employees entrance At the cu.5
4 young man Wa standing He lifted
MS hat Merry Christmas Kid" he
said 1t was not an unpleasant voice
Tessie did not look twice She hugged
Ter 81 50 waist closer to her thin
'oat. and sped up the street which
took her past a dance hall. Couples
we're going in and coming out lii
there was light and life and hanpi /.
,aas
The crtsn snow cruncbed beside
her. say, kid, yer needn't run away
from mo Come on in and have =
lance
rassta looked nm and drew hack IN
.urrrise The younr man following
,ar vas the follow to whom Nazie
had baan talking So aaiIv at the nos
,ard connter
INST tban tho music started-oEy.
,rvhodv,e doin, il She ronld feel
,er feet fired MS fbev were urged
m NV the strains ON fbo waxed
'loor Maize elided into her line OF
jsion
aHubi She had a date wild dat guy
md stood me off. said she had 10
70 home. sneered the voice at her
,lde come on in, kid. ! got money
and ! don't care how spend it fer a
rood time. Come on.
He took her arm. NOT roughly but
n a erasn that was new and strange
o Tessie. An instant later she had
broken away from him and was act
lally running down the street Slip
ling. sliding. but keeping on dogged-
w. At last, breathless. exhausted
;he reached her home. She crawled
Ipstairs to the narrow hall bedroom
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-21

The owl Drug store takes subscrip-
lions for magazines and papers and
duplicate any subscription combina
lion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-21

HUNGRY
WOLVES
MAN, UNARMED, HOLDS
OFF PACK OF ANIMALS
WITH LIGHTED CIGAR
fBv Associated Press

Duluth Mimi Dec. 2l.--Iohn Berg
man Of Palmer Minn- today told q
an attack by wolves last night Win
only -four cigars as weapons he saa-
cessfully held wolf pack at bay
until assistance came from the camp
where he is employed
lie went to Palmer ON the after
noon train Yesterday and was walk
ing to the camp when the pack be.
ean to close in
Lighting an four cigars be jaabeJ
The lighted ends at the wolves only
long enough TO pun them TO
aeep them glowing. When he finally
.ame within hailing distance OF the
amp he was exhausted. Men ran
out with guns and the wolves fled
The Washington times., 1912-07-04

\ X streets--J. Victor GolIbart to Margaret
y: Conley, part lot 7, square 2s. $40.
243e and 2n I street northwest-J. Victor
Golibart TO George g., John j., Maurice M.
Edmond P., and Charles p. Leonard, lots
and B square %. go.
ter c: and Ruby c. Bishop. lot 1i2, square
Brightwood Park-Edward McAleer ct ux.
TO Theresa NJ Zell, lots So and So. block IL,
c street northwest, between Four and a half
and sixth streets-Regina Alexander TO
Maria +; d: Tangorra, part original lot O.,
saul's Addition-John r. HaisIip ct ux. to
Frank and Alice s. Morrison. lot 26. square
1921, $40.
Columbia Heights-MaggIe NJ. Myers to
a. Henrietta NJ. Humpton, lot Js. block %. so.
30 Grant place northwest-Charles H. Burn
ham to Mercantile Saving Fund Society,
lot IS, square 37b SO.
Tenth street northwest, between NJ and n
streets-John T. Arms ct al, trustees, to
r. Thomas Robinson. part lot s, square 36s,
saul's AddItion-Joseph Andrews to John r.
Haislip; lot 20. square 2920, $40.
w street northwest, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets-Samuel J. Prescott
Company to Mortimer r. Harkins lot 49,
square 234. $40.
Run ct al, trustees. TO Richard J. Earn
shaw, trustee lot 50, block IA, 80. 800.
w street northwest. between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets-Samuel J. Prescott
Company to Tridriam X. Armstrong, lot
153 square 234 SO.
ct vir, William H.. to Lorena NJ. Cooper,
lot 49, block 90 $40.
Mount Pleasant-Ellen e. Reichhardt to
Leon Dzieglelewski. lot 330, square 2SS6, SO
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
ARMYOFF|CERS WIFE
SENT SECRETLY TO
ASYLUM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Edith Chase Held for
Treatment After Telling
of So, $50 Robbery.

Mrs. Edith Chase, wife OF Nal Ar
thur Wallace Chase, u. S. A., stationed
at the Preside, San Francisco, Cal,
who reported to the police about six
weeks ago that she had been the VIC
tim of a sensational taxicab robbery,
is now In the Washington Asylum Hos
pital for observation as to her mental
condition. Mrs. Chase was formerly a
patient at the Laurel, Md, sanitarium.
The greatest secrecy has been main
tained by the police regarding the case
and the fact that Mrs. Chase has been
in the asylum since June IA just became
known. On that day the police wired
her husband the facts in the case. He
teiegraphed back to notify William Lea,
OF wilmington, Del, a relative of Mrs.
Chase. When notified of Mrs. Chase 8
predicament, Lea wired to notify her
husband. Since then no messages have
been exchanged.
Mrs. Chase was sent to the asylum
from the First precinct station, where
she went TO see Captain Hollinberger.
The officer decided she was in need or
treatment and the necessary steps were
taken TO have her committed.
While a guest at the Raleigh Hotel,
Mrs. Chase complained that she had
been robbed of a 5000 necklace, $50 in
cash and a lot of other jewelry while
cab. Detectives who Investigated the
case discredited the woman's story and
Inspector Boardman, chief of detec-
tives, refused to allow a formal report
OF the robbery to be put into the police
records
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
ADvENTlSy6 HOLD
PATRIOTIC PICNIC
Members O. Publishing House
Gather at Cabin John
Bridge.

Members ct the Review and Herald
Publishing association of the Seventh
Day Adven lists are celebrating lnde-
pendence Cay at Cabin John Bridge.
The band Of the organization started
the exercises with a patriotic selection,
after whitth the assembled members
and guests sang America" Pastor w.
T. Knox. Of the Seventh Day Adventists,
pronounced the invocation. The address
of welcome was delivered by F. M
Wilcox.
A quartet composed of the women OF
the association then sang Kentucky
Babe" s. B. Horton gave a historical
sketch of the Incidents preceding the
signing of the Declaration of lndepend-
ence and j. l. McElhany read the Dec
laration Numerous other speeches
recitations, songs, and musical numbers
were given throughout the afternoon
Following the exercises a program OF
athletic events was carried out by tht
children of the members.
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
CLARENCE NORMENT
IS NEW PURCHASER
OF HOOD BUILDING
Loan of $4,000 Recorded
on the Property At Rate
Of 4 IL Per Cent.

Clarence F. Norment is the new owner
OF the Hood building, at 6O2 F street,
which sold recently at auction for S2O,-
600. 1t was transferred yesterday to
Henry c. Cryer for the same considera-
ton and then to Mr.. Norment for a
nominal consideration. A loan on the
property was recorded in Mr.. Cryer's
name for $4,000 for five years at the low
rate of Az per cent.
Buy Residences.
Olin A. Walter has purchased from
Middaugh & Shannon the new two-s story
dwelling at 9H X street northeas. for
S3,dh. The sale was made through the
office of Shannon & Luchs.
Harry Wardman has sold to George
l.. Myers the new two-story dwelling at
$50 INLAND Terrace northeast for $500.
also through the office of Shannon &
Luchs.
Builder Buys Lots.
Charles w. King ,jr., has purchased
two lots on the north side Of d street,
between Third and Fourth streets
southeast. containing 500 square feet.
for about $1,000 The sale was made
rv Gardiner & Dent.
Mrs, Rose NJ. McDade has purchased
from Francis NJ. Carnlody. builder, the
two-story dwelling at 902 street
northeast for S. go giving ir part pay
mcnt Il lot IS by l0p feet on street
80 Jtheast, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets. The transaction was
made through Gardiner & Dent.
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
CRACKER ACCIDENT
i MARS.CELEBRATION
Small Boy Loses Right Thumb Through Premature Ex
plosion of Cannon Cracker Boy Scouts Hold
Exhibit of Their Accomplishments.

their enthusiasm until the day Of the
Fourth in the future.
r. L. Johnson was charged by w. w.
Simpson with disorderly conduct, In
that he threw torpedoes at the feet OF
both himself and his son. The amuse-
ment cost Johnson IS.
Business was at a standstill in this
city at noon, practically every merchant
having closed his place and gone either
to the celebration at George Washing
ton Park or else on picnic to some
place down the river. The Dyke, In
every electric car bearing large crowds
loaded down with baskets.
Tonight pyrotechnic displays Will be
the order. Skyrockets, roman candles,
pin wheels, flower pots, and colored fire,
and balloon ascensions will be many,
although of a private nature. Most "
the dealers state that the display Will
be unusually great this year, as their
stock of fireworks was practically OK
hausted before noon.
Many Washingtonians, living on the
outskirts of that city, took advantage
of Alexandria as a market place To-Day,
making large purchases Of fireworks.
Announcement is made that the Mu-
tual Ice Company will In the near fu-
ture inaugurate the work OF erecting n
large refrigerating plant, to be used IN
replenishing the Armour cars. For this
purpose bond issue approximatlng
$50. 900 will be made.
1t is reported that the sale Of tags
by the Boy Scouts, for the purposes OF
defraying expenses of camping, has
been extremely gratifying. But few
residents escaped the boys demands.
A fraternal visit to Washington
Lodge was paid by Alexandria Lodge
of Elks last night.
E. c. Joyce, of the Southern railway
offices at Potomac yards, Is reported as
critically I'll at his home in the Cameron.
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
Realty Transfers

Seventeenth street southeast. between u and
streets-G. Helen Metcalf to Amasa W.
Scott. lot ~. square 1887, SO
Dobbins Addition-Herman r. Howenstein ct
ux. to Susanna NJ. DAILY. lot 1873. square
6o2 + street northwest CHood Building)-
William Z. Edmonston ct al, trustees. to
Henry c. Cryer. part original lots 20 and
q, square ass $40. 600. Henry c. Cryer con-
Veys same property to Clarence +. Nor
ment, SO
HilIbrook-otway B. zantzinger ct ux to
Frank r. Dameron. lots o. IS. sS. square
Grcenvale-Herman f. Gasch ct al. trustees
To Franklin v Killian, lots > and s, 81. 700.
Twenty fourth streets northwest-Charles a.
square 80. SO.
I.anler Heights-George n. Rider ct ux. to
Charles j. Walker, lot IS, SO.
203 Morgan street northwest-Annie Beck TO
John shughrue and Charles Dismer, trus-
tees, lot ll, square b5S. SO.
Petworth-Arthur Carr ct ux. to Maria A.
Overton Qor life) and Winfield S. Overton,
jr. tremainder), lots 81 and 3s. square 1892,
2226 n street northwest-Charles J. Walker
ct ux. to George n. Rider. lot 56, square
lsis East Capitol street-washington Real
Estate Company TO Vincenzo Gerard, lot
81, square 1896. $40.
West Blooming gdale-Herman NJ. Sherline to
Clara A. Anderson, lot 40. block !. SO.
III Fifteenth street southeast-Thomas H.
Martin ct ux. to John A. Richards. lot IS.
square l059 $40.
whttingham-Jerry PannelI ct n. to NJ.
Eliza sbeth Browning, lots 80 and 80, so.
Washington H!ghlands-Charles C. Taylor Il
Charles T. Goods. lots 43 and ~. block IS,
Bloomsbury Park-Charles L. Shank. trustee
to Albert johnson. lot IS, block 10. $40:
SioeR SH%RlGS g. Sd so and Stella F. Stanley lot 100
l2OO Four nd a half street southwest-Johr
in iot 2, square Sis. 81. "''
Twenty-fifth street northwest. between l and
The Washington times., 1912-07-04

A fraterpal visit to Washington
Lodge was paid by Alexandria Lodge
of Elks last night.
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
RETAIL MERCHANTS )
ARE WORRIED OVER
CHAMBERS ACTION
Board of Directors Postpone
Decision on Eligibility of
Members.

Doubt today confronts the Retail
merchants Association as to its future
course Following the action of the board
or directors Of the Chamber of Com
merce last night when the question of
permitting the association to elect to
membership non-members of the Cham
Der was postponed for further consid-
Grafton.
Fully expecting the directors to con-
cur In the report of its special commit
tee opposing the proposition of the mer-
chants, and so settle the matter, the
members of the association are disap-
pointed that action was again deferred.
For the past three months the as
sociation has been holding UP it's plans
Tor increasing its membership awaiting
the action of the Chamber upon the
amendment proposing to permit the
merchants to take in a certain number
OF members who should not be men,
Sa Sers' too, of the Chamber proper. 1t
was argued by the retail men they
could largely increase their member
ship, If this amendment were adopted.
BUT up to the present time they have
been unable to obtain definite action,
ana SO the merchants plans remain at
M. A: Leese told the directors last
night that If they would act upon the
amendment at once the merchants
would know what course to pursue. He
old not indicate what would be done
II the Chamber refused the merchants
request, but 1t Is known that separate
organization Is openly threatened
While there has been much sentiment
IN favor of separate organization for
the merchants, this action has not at all
been finally determined upon in case
the. chamber turns down the associa-
lions request for an amendment. Since
a separate organization was threatened,
following the adverse report of the spe-
Clal chamber committee this week more
tnan one prominent member of the Re-
tail Merchants Association has let 1t
be known that II the association leaves
the chamber they will leave the asso-
ciAdon. This puts the association in a
dilemma out of which no way has yet
been discovered.
M. A. Leese. A D. Prince, and Chaplin
Brown advocated the adoption of the
amendment to the constitution permit
ting the mercants to increase their mem
pership, but John Dolph, r. G. Handy.
and George Y. Worthington opposed II.
On account of the small attendance at
the meeting of the directors, President
James F. oyster counseled postpone
ment, and this was agreed to. The dis
cussion over the merchants proposnition
took up most of the evening.
Major Richard Sylvester appeared be-
fore the board and requested he be sent
as a delegate to invite the next meeting
of the International Association of Po-
lice Chiefs to meet in Washington mex,
May. This was done, and $3.50 appro.
priated to pay his expenses to Toronto
where the association meets this month
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
CONNECTICUTS 4TH
FEATURED BY HURTS
Boys With Revolvers Suffer In
Series Of Accidents In
State.

I NEW HAVEN. Conn. July A ser
les of accidents and one fatality marked
the ushering in of the Fourth in Con-
necticut. In this city two boys were
injured by blank cartridge revolvers
which prematurely exploded. Edward
Basket, ten, held his gun to his face
while showing how it worked and acci-
dentally pulled the trigger. His face
and eyes were filled with powder. Will
lam Barnes. fifteen, held the business
end of his revolver in the palm of his
wad went through the palm.
Arturo Ninno, twenty-four, went In
bathing in Mill river and being unable
to swim, drowned when he stepped in
TO deem water
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
Find Baby Near Dead
Wandering In Woods

COUDERAY, Wis. July 4.-Crawling
on the ground. calling for water ana
nearly dead from thirst, hunger, anG
exhaustion, Ray Argetsinger, aged
three. has been found in the timber near
Devils lake, in the Couderay Indian
reservation.
The baby disappeared Sunday noon,
four miles from where he was found,
and during the time had been wander
ing in the woods without food. Blood
hounds from Ashland were unable to
pick up the trail, and yesterday two
were ordered from Decatur, Ill. Two
Chippewa Indian trailers. however, led
the searching posses to the boy before
the dogs arrived.
The Washington times., 1912-07-04

Five young men were arraigned in
police court today as a result of a pre-
mature celebration Of the Fourth. Of
ficer Roberts testified that the crowd
had been firing crackers in the vicinity
of the police station. It was shown
that these were the small squibs alone,
and no fine was imposed.
Justice Cation exhorted them to quell
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
Mcintyre In Line for
Gen. Edwards Job

Col. Frank Mcintyre will probably be
the next chief Of the Bureau of Insular
Affairs in the War Department, succeed
ing Brigadier General Edwards. recently
nominated by the President to be brig
adler general in the lire Of the army.
Colonel Mcintyre Is now assistant chief
OF this bureau, and has long been recog-
nized as the logical successor Of Gen.
eral Edwards. 1t Is expected that the
President will send his name to the
Senate in a few days.
The Washington times., 1912-07-04
Lord CurZon Presides at
Universities Congress

LONDON. July 4-Lord Curzon OF
Kedleston, chancellor OF the University
Of oxford. presided at the sessions of
this. the second. day Of the Congress
Of the Universities Of the Empire.
During the day the congress discussed
the relation of universities to technical
and professional education, the inter-
change OF university teachers, and the
problem of the universities in the east
in regard to their influence on character
and moral ideals.