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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
FARMERS MAKING BIG MONEY
Those Having Hay'and Alfalfa to Sell
Shipping to Market-Price
a Record One.

Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.-With
the greatest demand for alfalfa and
prairie hay in the winter season in
many years, farmers who have held
their hay crop until now are selling
at record prices. The hay crops OF
last summer, on account of the long
continued dry period, were light in
most parts of the country, while in
some sections it was complete fail
ure, and this is responsible for the
present high market.
Nineteen dollars a ton delivered in
Kansas City, or about SIC per ton
f. o. b. their local station is the price
alfalfa growers were paid for their
hay here last week, while those who
have prairie hay to sell got SIG a ton
delivered on the Kansas City market.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Dark Tailored Suits.

The tailor suit is without doubt the
necessity of the moment, and al
though these are now to be seen in
dark shades, a redeeming touch of
color generally relieves the somber eff
feet which they give, while it lies
with the milliner to add the crown
ing of brightness and chic to the
toilette.
The pin striped velveteens are fire.
quently to be seen in tailor costumes,
but velveteen may be considered rath-
er an expensive material for coats
and skirts, as 1t rubs so easily that
1t soon assumes a woe-begone appear
ance-and. surely. nothing looks half
so shabby as a worn and tumbled vel
veteen. For the woman who has
many costumes, of course a frock OF
This kind is a delightful addition to
her wardrobe, although the fact that
cheap, ready-made coars and skirts
are to be obtained in this material
win rather prevent It becoming adopt
"a BY those in quest Of novelty.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
"HONeST FARMER" GETS WISE
Learns to Saturate Butter With Its
Weight in Water-Many
People Complain.

Topeka, Kansas.-The price Of but
ter is about the highest in Kansas 1t
has been for several years and the
COWS are not giving any milk. Some
farmers have been manipulating the
butter so that one pound will make
two and they get sixty cents instead
of thirty cents for the butter.
The state board of health and the
pure food inspectors have received
information of adulterated butter be-
ing sold in various parts of the state.
This watered butter is made by the
use of an emulsion. The prepare
ton is made in the east and cannot
be sold in Kansas. A pound of but
ter a spoonful of this preparation
and a pound of water will make two
pounds of the butter. This butter
cannot be detected except by chem
ical analysis, as the emulsion simply
mixes the butter fat with the water.
At Wichita and several other points
in Kansas complaints of watered
butter have come in and the board OF
health has directed more rigid in
spection of butter brought in from
the country.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
WOODMEN OPPOSE HIGHER RATE
Kansas and Missouri Delegates to
Chicago Voice Protest of
Their Camps.

Chicago, Illinois.-Plans for increas-
ing the rates of the insurance
in the Modern Woodmen of America
were promptly attacked after being
presented to the national convention
here. The dissent came first from the
delegates from Kansas and Missouri,
who objected to the accumulation OF
a large reserve fund by increasing the
rates. Charles Page, of Oberlin,
Kan, said several old men in his
camp told him before he started for
Chicago that if the rates were in
creased they would not pay another
assessment.
The question of insurance rates af-
fects about 125,000,000 Woodmen.
They have now in force insurance to
the amount of $1,S62, 100000. Through
increased rates it is proposed to add
an additional income of $22,OOO,0O0
annually for the benefit Of the older
members by increasing the charges
to younger members.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
FIRST BRIDGE OF ITS KIND
WICHITA WILL TRY OVERHEAD
ARCH CONCRETE.
Ordinary Stone Construction Failed
and City Engineer Designed New
Type Less Expensive.

Wichita, Kansas.-Bert G. Wells,
city engineer of Wichita, has de-
signed and is building the first
concrete overhead arch bridge ever
constructed in Kansas Bridge en-
gineers assert that such design is
just what is needed through central
and western Kansas and in the prai-
RE sections Of other states, where
conditions make the ordinary concrete
arch bridge too expensive.
The city has constructed drainage
canal through the east part OF the
town to drain the storm water from
some seventy square miles OF land. IL
often is bank full for short time
after a rain, but in dry weather car
ries little water. Ordinary concrete
arches were built at street crossings,
but the bridges did not clear the max
imum flow and caused the canal to
overflow. Mr.. Wells worked for many
months, and finally, after numerous
tests to see if it would stand under
heavy loads, adopted design of over
head arch similar to the ordinary
arched bridge.
The Wells design has clearance OF
thirty-five feet between the abut-
ments. The big beams that stretch
across the channel are twenty-four
inches thick and contain twelve steel
rods, each five-eighths of an inch
thick The reinforcing rods of the
arch itself and of the posts that con-
meet the arch with the beams under
the roadway are all connected with
the rods of the big supporting beams
by heavy plates, so that the re-en-
forcing of the entire bridge is prac-
tically one solid mass of steel rods,
without spices and all bound to-
gether.
An ornamental concrete railing is
laid under the arches. The design is
not patented and may be used any
where.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
JAMES NJ. MEEK IS OUSTED
SUPREME COURT DECLARES HIS
APPOINTMENT ILLEGAL.
Fight Over Wyandotte County Attor-
ney Ended-Mandamus
Writ Refused.

Topeka, Kansas-The Kansas SUI
preme court issued writ of custer
against James M. Meek, county at
torney of Wyandotte county The
court held that one judge of the dis
trict court in that county had no right
to appoint the county attorney; that
the two judges must act concurrently.
The court declined to issue writ
of mandamus against the two judges
of the district court, as requested by
the attorney general. The judges
made showing that they had con-
ferred and discussed the appointment
of a county attorney, but had failed
to agree and Judge Fischer main
tanned that under the law he believed
he had authority to name the county
attorney The court held that the
two judges must act together and one
could not select the official But as
long as they had held conferences
the court would not make an order.
They must get together and name a
county attorney.
when JosepH ldSSdrI reslSneu DIS
county attorney to go to Congress
from the Second district the judges
of the two divisions could not agree
on the division of the political ap-
pointments in Wyandotte county.
Judge Fischer is a Democrat and Judge
Hutchings is a Republican. Hutch
ings wanted to name the county audi
tor or county attorney or let Fischer
name the county attorney and Hutch
ings the auditor and both would agree
on the appointments. But Judge
Fischer would not agree to this ar
rangement and named Meek himself.
The attorney general brought the
mandamus proceedings against Meek.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
REARED CHILDREN OF OTHERS
Lawrence Woman ParaIyzed and in
Poorhouse After Raising
TWenty-one Orphans.

Lawrence, Kansas. - Out at the
Douglas county farm is woman
suffering from a stroke of paralysis
from which she probably will die
within a few days.
In the last forty years Mrs. Caro-
well has reared twenty-one children
and none of them was her own. Child
less, she decided to care for others,
and when she learned of child that
was motherless and needed care she
took it into her home. The majority
of these children Mrs. Carowell took
from the county house and they are
now out in the world caring for them
selves. About five years ago Mrs.
Carowell, poverty stricken and adj
vanced in years, was taken to the
county, home.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
TAKING CARE OF JEWELRY
Should Always Be Cleaned at Regular
IntervaIs-Best Methods Of
Proceeding.

Provide yourself with an old tooth
brush and soft brush such as jewel
ers use bottle of grain alcohol and
a box of jewelers. sawdust. You will
also need a soft cloth, a piece OF
plain chamois thoroughly impregnat-
ed with rouge powder. A few addi-
tional small bits of chamois are also
necessary for polishing Then pro-
vide two dishes of lukewarm suds,
made with fine white soap, and your
outfit is complete.
First work on your plain, bright
gold jewelry or other material, which
requires a high polish. Rub gently
but thoroughly with the rouge cham
OILS until you bring it up to brilliant
polish. Next select the gold articles.
which look most difficult to you, put
them in the suds and scour thorough
ly with the toothbrush. Practically
all the dirt should come off in this
process.
When completed, rinse in second
suds to clean still better. Then dip
III dlCOuOl anu 6lfO a lui IhOl VI uoh
ing. Then dry carefully on a soft
cloth and drop into the sawdust and
rub about until they show a bright
luster. With the jewelers. brush re-
move every particle of sawdust and
give the articles the degree of pol
ish they ought to have, using the soft
brush and the plain chamois for this
purpose. The rouge channels is the
highest polisher, but it can be used
only before an article has been
washed, because 1t leaves rouge pow
der on the jewelry.
All precious stones, except the
pearl, will be beautiful after such a
cleaning, nor will it dim the bril-
liancy of semi-precious stones, or
even of common glass limitations. 1t
will enhance their brilliance.
Silver jewelry that looks black will
come out of this process with a fine
white luster and gold will be returned
to it's original richness. Sterling sill
yer jewelry can also be cleaned with
remarkable ease by boiling in sal soda
water.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Homemade Brooches.

The popularity of the side frill or
lapel that needs pen to hold 1t in
place has brought about the use Of
many ornamental brooches. One Of
the newest of these is made of gold
braid with colored beads for the cen
ter. And any girl can make such a
brooch. Disks of gold braid sewed to-
gether and conferred with jewels or
beads Of desirable colorings make up
easily. All sorts of shapes are given
them and often pendants are added to
furnished gold buttons. Of passemen-
terie ornaments OF Of beads or jew
els. The brooches have strozg safety
pins sewed on at the back
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Menlnnltls Death In Atohlson.

Atchison, Kansas.-Edmund Has
tings, II years old. died here from
spinal meningitis, following an illness
of four days. ]. H. Willis, superin-
tendent of the Kansas State Soldiers
Home, announced that residents Of
Atchison would not be permitted to
visit the home until the meningitis
scare here is over. 20
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
BRIBE FOR BLACK HAND WITNESS
St. Louis Woman Offered Money to
Drop Prosecution of Husbands
Slayer.

st. Louis, Observation-Disclosures by a
fear that an effort had been made to
implicate her in "black hand" tactics
Mrs. Catherine Camarata, widow Of
Joseph Camarata, who was killed by
Antonio Sansone a year ago, fled to
Father Caesar Spigardi and told him
she had been offered $4,000 bride
to drop the prosecution of her hus-
bands slayer. Sansone's trial was
called early this week and continued
because the headless body of Saliva
tore Leoni, the star witness for the
defense, had been found in an ash
pit.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Standard Leaves Field.

Ottawa, Kansas.-The receiving
station of the Standard Oil company
in the Rantoul field is to be abol-
ished. The equipment, including
pumps and frame buildings, are be-
ing removed and will be taken to
independence. The station has been
there since the field near Rantoul
was first opened about five years ago,
but for over a year the Standard has
not been buying any oil to speak Of
from the Franklin county concern.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
TWO MORE ESCAPE FROM LANSING
Walls During Fog and Slip
Past Guards.

Lansing, Kansas. = William join
er, negro, and e. NJ. jenkins, a
white man, escaped from the peniten-
tiary in a heavy fog. The two con-
victs were in what is known as the
"pen," waiting to go into the coal
mine. Under cover of the fog they
climbed a pipe against the wall and
made their way undecided through
the outer line of guards.
Joiner attempted to escape last
August and was wounded by a guard.
He was sent up from Wyandotte coun-
ty May &c, 1909, to serve five to ten
years for burglary. jenkins was sent
up from Barton county last November
to serve five to ten years for bur-
glary.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
RAIL ROADS BAR TEXAS CITIES
Meningitis Epidemic Causes Order to
Withdraw Sale of Tickets to
Sixteen Places.

Topeka, Kansas. - On account oil
the outbreak of cerebro-spinal menin'
gifts in Texas, the Kansas railroads
will not sell tickets from Kansas to
certain places in that state. Two
towns the railroads refuse to recog'
nize on their lines are Jewett and
Grosbeck, Tex, as the towns will not
allow trains to STOP. Sixteen other
towns are mentioned in the order.
The agents will sell tickets to these
towns only on the agreement that
the passenger is not promised an en-.
trance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
SURVEYORS IN MURDER TRIAL
st. Joseph Engineers to Determine
What County Crime Was Com
mitted In.

st. Joseph, Missouri ques-
ton as to whether William R. Likins,
the young Buchanan county farmer
who was murdered by chicken thieves
last Thursday, was killed in Buchanan
county or Andrews county, has arisen
and engineers are surveying the
county line. The hearing of William
Steffens and EnO Stoner, the St
Joseph ex-convicts arrested for the
crime, has been deferred until the
engineers report.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
HEAVY CURRENT FAILS TO KILL
Telephone Lineman at Hannibal
Receives $500 Volts and
Will Recover.

Hannibal, Missouri.-Charles Arm
Armstrong, Bell telephone cable
helper, is in hospital here recov,
ering from an electric shock that sent
1900 volts through his body. Arm
strong touched an electric light cable
while on a pole and fell unconscious
across the wire. Fellow workmen
rescued him and lowered him to the
ground with a rope. Armstrong for.
merly lived at independence.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
MlII Debate Commission Eom.

Ottawa, Kansas.-Four Kansas col
leges will debate in the next few
months on the merits of the commits
sion form of government. Ottawa
University, College of Emporia,
Friends College of Wichita and South
western College of Winfield are the
colleges. The first contest will be
held at Wichita between Southwest
ern and Friends on March %, the
second at Emporia in April between
Emporia and Friends, the last at OF
tawa between Ottawa and Emporia,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Lineman look 10000 Volts.

Wichita, Kansas.-William Toles,
an employee of the Kansas Gas and
Electric company in this city, is alive
after 30,0O0-volt current of electric.
ity had passed through his body at
Valley Center. Aside from burns on
his hand and foot he is not severely
injured.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
cravens Is Guilty.

Guthrie, Oklahoma.-Charles Maust,
the former Missouri state convict, is
Ben Cravens, the former Oklahoma
outlaw. and he is guilty of the muir
der Of Alvin Bateman at Red Rock,
Ok, March IS, 1901. That is the yer.
dict OF the jury to which the case
was given at noon. The penalty is
life Imprisonment at hard labor.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Wichita Balks on Gas Bills.

Wichita, Kansas.-The city COM
mission is demanding that the gas
bills for January be reduced because
of a lack of results from the gas
used Mayor Minnick has served
notice that unless the gas company
makes this reduction all consumers
will be advised not to pay any gas
bills next month.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
M.nInoitIs Fatal A Muskooee.

Muskogee. Oklahoma-H3gh Brew
er died here and post mortem ex
animation showed spinal meningitis
the first case in Muskogee. Brewer
became I'll several days ago. A guar
antine was Immediately established
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Ecuador Revolution Ended.

Washington, D. C.-Articles OF
peace, bringing to an end the revolu.
ton in Ecuador, have been signed by
the leaders of the federal troops and
the revolutionists at GuayaQuil, it was
officially reported to the State De
ment from the American consul there.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Towns Founder a Pauper.

Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.-D. w.
Mercer of hatfield Green, almost 81
years old, has just been given a home
at the county farm. Mr.. Mercer was
the founder of Matfield Green nearly
half a century ago.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Raise Defense Fund for House

Topeka, Kansas.-A defense fund
is being gathered by the friends Of
]. e. House. the newspaper writer,
under bond for failure to give testi-
mony relative to alleged violations
of the prohibitory law.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
safe blowers, Home DESTROYED.

Coffeyville, Kansas.-A gas explo'
sion from leaky pipe in four-room
brick house in South Coffeyville de-
stroyed the building. The house was
formerly a rendezvous for q gang
of safe blowers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Poison After Arrest.

lola, Kansas.-Crazed with the dis.
grace of his arrest on charge OF
theft, Charles Wood, young man
of whom little is known in this com.
munity, took strychnine in his cell in
the county Jail. Physicians believe he
will recover.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
rrlnned on a Tombstone.

Wichita, Kansas. = Irving Del
amater, an expert accountant, is in
a hospital here suffering from intu-
Hes received in falling over tomb
stone at Clay Center, Kan. He has
several broken ribs.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
In Memorx of John RunYan.

London, England.-A memorial win
dow for John Bunyan has just been
unveiled in Westminster Abbey, 224
years after his death. The window
illustrates scenes from Pilgrims
Progress"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
crazy Nan started SHOOTING.

Winchester, Kansas. = A straIi-
ger dropped OF the train here. bought
a revolver and fed through the town
shooting. After his refusal to halt
he was shot in the right leg and I'm
ally captured
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
stubbs for Roosevelt.

Chicago, Illinois.-Governors stubbs
of Kansas and Hadley of Missouri
Joined Governor Osborn Of Michigan
and Ex-Governor Fort OF New Jersey
here In accepting memberships In
the Roosevelt national committee.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
90 Her $1,000 NeckIace,

st. Joseph. Missouri. = Mrs. Sam
uel I. Motter. wife of an attorney
here, lost pearl necklace valued at
$4,000 while shopping. The necklace
contained seventeen pearls and a dia-
mond.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02
Farmer a Suicide.

Marysville, Kansas.-Charles Moser,
80 years old, committed suicide at his
home one mile northeast of this city
by shooting. Temporary insanity
caused by years illness is supposed
to be the cause for his deed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-02-02

This Durbar cap is copied from the
ones worn by the Indian princes. 1t
is of dull red velvet interlaced with
jeweled gold ribbon and has a gold
motif in front, holding a white os-
prey.
The Washington times., 1912-05-22
SUBURBS CITIZENS
URGE IMPROVEMENT
IN TROLLEYSERVCE
Messrs. Baines, Carr, Pow.
ell, and Lancaster Before
Railway Commission.

Thomas Baines, Arthur Carr, and G..
II. Powell, of Cleveland Park, and c. c,
Lancaster and other Tenleytown resi-
dents took the witness stand this aft
ernoon at o'clock before the District
Electric Railway Commission to give
evidence and opinions why through
service should be instituted by the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany over the Wisconsin avenue line
and then downtown to some point near
the Union Station. Following this tes-
timony for the plaintiffs. the street rail-
way company was expected to put in
evidence.
When testimony is all submitted the
record Will be certified by the District
Electric Commission to the Interstate
Commerce Commission and briefs filed
with the latter body. II is possible that
oral argument also will be made to the
Interstate Commission.
A hearing on the same theme was
conducted last Wednesday afternoon,
and many residents Of Tenleytown and
Cleveland Park complained Of delays in
transferring at the Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin avenues or at o street, where
cars always arrived crowded, they
averred, SO that the suburban residents
were forced to be stranphangers.
The Washington times., 1912-05-22
ORDER OF PROPHETS
READY FOR SESSION
Seventeenth Ceremonial Will Be
Held This Evening at Odd
Fellows Hall.

There will be something doing to-
night at Odd Fellows Hall, 423 Seventh
street northwest, when Kallipolis Grot-
to, no. 10, Mystic Order of Yelled
Prophets Of the Enchanted Realm gath
er at the seventeenth grand ceremonial
session. "One hundred candidates or
bust has been the slogan OF the local
grotto for the meeting tonight. and
there will be almost that many to
"make the journey across the hot
sands"
For the occasion fifty members OF the
SaInis Grotto, of Richmond, and some
from Brooklyn, y. Y, and Jersey City
win attend. They will arrive this even
Ing at o'clock, and viii be met at the
Union Station by committee headed
by Pete Lsttnec and Pete Pullman.
Luncheon will be held uptown. and the
visitors then will go to the hall to see
the initiation of the strangers" A new
degree team will work tonight, and will
put the candidates through some new
Ptunts. Samuel S. Shrere is captain of
team Of twenty men, which will tide
the SUBJECTS over the river Styx.
Raymond B. DiCKey, monarch, will
preside. After the strangers" are ini-
tiated the local and Richmond srotto
will discuss the coming convention in
Columbus 1t is the intention OF the
local members and the Richmonders 10
fnVe special train to Columbus, and
this feature will be discussed following
the initiation exercises.