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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25
BREAK JUNE RECORDS
Christmas Brides Did-Their Name Is
Legion.

The biggest Christmas rush for mar
rage licenses in the history OIL SnaW-
nee county eliminated this morning
when the last of those intended 1or
use TODAY were issued. For the two
days a total of twenty licenses were Is
sued. Eleven ceremonies all told were
performed by the judge, and he is
scheduled to perform the twelfth TINS
afternoon.
Whether the general prosperity is
to be blamed for the rush, or whether
the faint hearted IaSsfes brought their
courage to the sticking point at the
end of leap year TO propose IS
matter of conjecture. The young men
who visited the chambers of the pro-
bate judge for licenses would not ad-
nit that they had been asked.
In years gone there has always been
a larger demand for licenses for
Christmas than at almost any other
time of the year. December has un-
animously been the favored month for
marriages, despite the old saying that
June is the month for brides But
nothing like the rush yesterday and
today ever has been seen here.
Those who were married by the
judge since yesterday noon included
the following: Wallie A cambridge,
over Il years old, and Minnie Z. Win
tiers, over p years old, both OF Hoyt;
Edward H. Dayton, Il years old, and
Bertha Greene, 8 years old, both of
Rock Creek; Roland Little, 81 years
old, of Burlingame, and Elsie Hep
worth. 10 years old, of Burlingame;
John L. Elliott, % years old, and Les
ia Ramsey, % years old, both of VAL
ley Falls; John Alfrey, 26 years old.
and Anna Smith, % years old, both
of Granville; Hellick Gullikson, %
years old and Carrie Richter. "a
years old, both of Leona; Eugene
Flowers, p years old, and Effie Mich
ael, IS years old, both of Lyndon.
Licenses were issued to others as
follows: AIonzo Solsburg. 81 years
old, Kansas City, Mo-, and Julia Smil-
ey, 20 years old, Topeka; William V.
Shaw, 80 years old, Burlingame, and
Edna Hall, 33 years old, Topeka; Ed
mard McElhiny, over q years old,
and Olive Doolittle. over 81 years old,
both of Topeka; Charles o. Templin,
27 years old, of Delta, Colo, and Yer
ma NJ Jarvis, 25 years old, of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25

John Turnbull and Mr.. Sam Wiley. of
Maple Hill, and Professor w. w. But
Ter, of Hiawatha.
Mr. and Mrs. John NJ. Richards and
daughter, Miss Eleanor. are visiting
Mrs c. A. Sloan, S24 Lincoln street.
They will be here a few days. arriving
from Trenton. Mo-, last night.
Professor and Mrs. g. D. Dams, of
Lawrence. are visiting Miss Charlotte
Leavitt
Mrs. ]. B. Payne. of Los Angeles,
California, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs A. H. Kanuer, SOC Fillmore
Miss Ava Hardcastle. of Enporia, is
visiting Miss Dorothy Porter.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank d. Merriam, MI
and Mrs. l. B. McClintock, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur McCIintock, and Mrs.
Merriam's niece, Glen Frandzen. of
Hutchinson, are spending today in
Kansas City with Mr.. and Mrs Harry
Weaver. Mr.. McCIntock will return
tonight to Denver, and Mrs. McClin-
took will be Mrs. Merriam's guest
short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Maine of Des
NIoines, Ia, are visiting Mrs. Names
parents, Mr. and Mrs. ]. B. Smalley-
Miss Fern Mold, who attends school
in Lexington, KY. is visiting her faith
err. Mr.. ]. P. Mold.
Miss Lucille Lynch came to Topeka
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ. Davies.
Mrs. Nellie McKnaught, of 113 East
Ninth avenue, entertained at Christmas
dinner today in honor of Mrs. Percy
Adds of Kansas City, Mo. Her guests
were: Mrs. Adds, Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Dumenil, Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Brown
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Riley Miss Florence
Brown, Mr.. Ralph McKnaught and
Master Chas. McKnaught.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Wells of Win
nipeg, Can, formerly of Topeka, are
the parents of a daughter, born De-
cember 20.
The Priscilla club will meet Friday
with Mrs. W. NJ. Amos at her home
on West Huntoon street.
Mr.. Chappelle Foote will attend a
dance in Kansas City tonight.
Will Lynch. of Syracuse, is visiting
Cyrus Monroe.
Mr.. Theodore Snattinger of Mime
apolis, Mimi. has arrived to Join Mrs.
Snattinger in a visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell Jones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25
OAKLAND NOTES.
Items for this column may be 'ptsoned
to 1915 or the State Journal office.J

Items for this column may be 'pE9oned
to 1915 or the State Journal officeJ
Miss Faye Modeland of Horton is visit /
ing Miss Mabel Keats of AFTER avenue
during the holidays.
The annual Christmas Offering for the
poor and needy of Oakland will be taken
to the home of Mrs. Thomas Potter Fri
day afternoon on Oakland avenue and
will be distributed by the committee Sat
urday.
-Ir. and Mrs. Guy Powell of Winfield
avenue are visiting Mrs. PoweIHs parents
in Oklahoma City during the holidays
Miss Anna Brock of Winfield avenue
has gone to Springfield. Mo-, to visit reIa-
tives for an extended time.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Steele and daughter
Marie and H. s. Steele will be guests to-
day at>the James Wright home, 3O5 Win
field avenue.
Miss Ruth Taylor, who is attending
school in Holton, is spending her Christ
mas vacation with her mother, Mrs. Jol:n
TAYLOR and family. of Forest avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Taylor entertained
the following at family dinner today at
their home on Forest avenue: Mr.. and
Mrs. f. NJ. Collins. Mr.. and Mrs Ricn-
ard Taylor. jr., Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Tay-
Tor and daughters Esther and Florence.
Miss Goldie Conoway of Kellam avenue
is spending today with Mr. and Mrs
George Hess of Fillmore street.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Munford and
daughter Martha, Mr.. Munford's mother
Mrs. Martha MUnford. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Davis and children of Winchester
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25

DR.. and Mrs. D. A. Cookinham of
1882 Boswell avenue announce the
engagement of their daughter, Edith,
to Mr. Thomas W. Williamson. The
wedding will take place early in
January.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25

are guests today at the f. A. Curry home
on Winfield avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lingo and daugh-
ter Letha are guests today of Mr.. Lingo >
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lingo of Oasl
land avenue.
avenue entertained at family Dime"
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Huey of Chester
avenue spent the day today with Mrs. NJ
Shehi and family of Winfield avenue
Mr. and Mrs. ]. T. Reaugh are guests
today at the c. NJ. Reaugh home on OAK
Mt and Mrs. Will Norris and Mr. and
Mrs Clark Gresser of Topeka are dinner
guests today at the J. J. Cation home on
Mr. and Mrs NJ E. Hardy of Hankato
are visiting Mrs. Hardy's parents; Nj
and Mrs. Joseph Gordon, and fam1ly, OF
Wabash avenue.
MT. and Mrs Ninemyer of Beloit are
spending the holidays with their dauSn-
ter. Mrs. Charles Magee, and family OF
Mrs. Frank Valentine of Oklahoma
City is visiting her son, Mr. Frank Nalep-
Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Gardner and chill
aren, Mr.. and Mrs. 1. C Gardner ana
daughter Dorothy and Miss Ray GardI-er
are guests today at the Hayden Beldon
nome.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Davis and children
of winchester are visiting Mrs. Davis
mother. Mrs. a. E. Curry, and family Of
" Mss tTisse 4iIeen Peak will entertain the I
F class of the Oakland NJ. E. churc'l
Thursday night at her home on Wabash
Dr., J. L. Heller and Mrs. Heller of Oak
land avenue are spending today WIN
their daughter. Mrs Oscar NeiI' anu
Dwight Huey of Bellview was the guest
yesterday of his aunt, Mrs. j. Ct. Huey'
L. E. Weckman of Plattsburg. No. is
spending the Christmas holidays at the
o. NJ. Keats home on AFTER avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25

Items for this column may be 'phoncd
to 1915 or the State Journal officel
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Skidmore of Highland
Park entertained Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Jones and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Thorn
as Checksfield and Miss LaVerne Chap
lin today.
G. w. James and daughter, Miss Lula
James, entertained the following at din
ner today at their home, 333 Leland street:
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Shaeffer Mr.. and
Mrs. George Bigham, Miss Mona Bigham
Miss Brewster Bigham, Miss SybyI Big
ham, Mrs NJ Kertcher of Kansas City.
Mr. Carroll Shaener. Mr.. w H Chapman
and Mr. Waldron James.
Mrs J. H. Weaver of Shady Glen farm,
Tecumseh, is spending a few days with
her sister, Mrs. Ed Stitt and family, in
st. Joe.
Miss Hazel Silk of Topeka is guest
today of Miss Pauline Shaeffer at her
home in Tecumseh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25

Mrs. L. ]. Fortune and Mrs. J. l..
Cottren are entertaining at Christmas
dinner, their mother, Mrs. Porter
cook. of sulphur Springs, Ark, and
their brother, Jesse Cook, of the chi
cago Medical college, at the home OF
Mrs. Cottren. Mr.. Fortune, who is
employed in the pension department.
mas gone to Washington, d. C., and
Mrs Fortune and their little daugh-
ter, will leave in about two weeks to
ioin him in a permanent residence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25

Trying to stop anything the populace
considers amusement is like mailing cram
berry jelly to the wall.-New York Even
ing Telegram
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25

Miss Helen Sanders has asked
guests for a luncheon Friday at her
home on Washburn campus, in honor
of Miss Barbara Bradley, OF New
Haven. Connecticut, who is making a
holiday visit to Miss Sanders. Miss
Bradley is teaching this winter in the
zoology department of the Wisconsin
university.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-25
EAST SIDE NOTES

Items for this column may be 'phoncd
to 1915 or the State Journal office.J
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-10
MUSS UP A "FRESHIE;;"
BEER NIGHTS" MAY GO.
Harvard Institution, Which lnvari-
ably Means Absorption of a
kcS or Two, in Danger.

CAMBRIDGE. Oct lo,--Having sud
cessfuily dimmed the glory OF the Gold
Coast" and established a French test
for members OF the varsity football
team, Harvard now turns It's attention
to that good Old college institution.
Beer Night"
A few evenings ago a rousing beer
night was held in one OF the college
dormitories and few freshmen got
considerably mussed UP and roughly
handled. J. n. Bixby Of Norwich. N.
Y. a divinity student. has started a
petition which requests the faculty to
do away with beer nights lie has q
hundred names. and 1t viii be- present ed
10 the College Governing Board shortly.
It Is charged that there Is no big
gatherln; OF students at Harvard foy
social purposes uriess a kes or Two OF
beer occupies u prominent place in the
festivities. Temperance drinks, on the
other hand. are unprocurable, so man
must drink beer or 90 thirsty.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-10
$3.50 Handsome
Caracul Skin Fur
Coats at $3.50

Every garment is made from choice
selected and luJtrous skins Of quality
that ID relia lie in every detail. These
coats are 81 inches long, slightly SEMI
fitting. with deep shawl collar. richly
lined with brocade and fancy silks.
Goats OF equal quality sold elsewhere
at prices up to SOS; your choice here.
az $3.50.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-10
BUTLER CONFESSES
FORGING c. P. K|P'S
NAME TO CHECKS
81 Needed Money, and | Got
It," His Excuse for Fool
ing Tradesmen.

Garrett r. Kip's name has been forged
to n number Of checks recently, and
last night his butler, Alfred Tranter,
who has been employed in Mr.. Kip's
home, No. 1871 East sixty-sixth street,
for some time. was arrested.
The arrest was made on complaint of
II. II. Tyson & Son. butchers. at Forty
ninth street and Madison avenue, who
on Tuesday cashed a check for seo made
payable to Tranter and apparently
signed by Mr.. Kip. The check was on
the Bank Of the Metropolis. No. 81
Union Square.
Other complainants against Tranter
are Dove & Seligman, tailors at Fifty
third street and Sixth avenue. and
Richard Weber. butcher at One Hun
dred and Twentieth street and Third
avenue.
1t IL alleged Tranter represented to
the tradesmen with whom Mr. Kip did
business the check represented his
months salary and he had no difficulty
In cashing II, being we'll known In the
stores. When he was searched In the
East Fifty-first street station a check
book belonging to Mrs. Kip and TWO
checks for $50 each. made payable to
the butler and signed with Mr.. kip's
name. we're found. In his pockets also
was a gold cigarette case marked with
NJ Kip's initials. Asked whore he got
this he said:
"I didn't steal II. = Just took II.
..How about these two other checks?'
Tranter was asked.
well, I didn't get them over. DID IT.
hs replied. Then. according to the po-
lice. he admitted having passed other
checks to which his employers name
vas forged. His excuse was:
II needed money and 1 got 1t. That's
about ALL"
Tranter is an Englishman about TWEEN
ty-four years old. He was locked up,
charged with passing forged checks.
The arrest was made at One Hundred
and Ninth street ana Columbus avenue
by Detectives Iauser and Mahoney of
the East Fifty-frst street station.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-05
RtjBBTsH AND GARBAGE

RUBBISH AND GARBAGE
Fortunes have been found and
lost in dust heaps. Lives also are
lost in them every year; despite
modern progress:
Every poorly managed ash
heap Of gafBage-pile is a PoiSoner
III some degree. City folks may
think themselves free from this
trouble because the city takes
away the garbage. But even then
rubbish is often allowed to aE-
etin9dlate in which the germ of
poison turks:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-05
PAINFUL BLUNDER

There was determined look
in her eye as she marched into
the opticians shop.
81 want a pair Of glasses imt1e-
diately;" she said. GOOD, strong
ones"
Good; strong ones ?"
eyes. / was cut in the COIN
try yesterday and I made a very
painful bIundef.'
Indeed! MiStook a stranger
for a ffiehd?"
mo; bumblebee for a black
berry"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-05

probably make her pennies. In
either ease she must return to the
street, the house or the Saloony
and plunge into reckless excuses
to earn the money"
The girl made a pitiful plea
against the fine. She said she did
not have the money and could not
borrow.
$50 I shall have to go to the
Bridewell," she told Judge Tori
son, "and then l never shall be
any good, for the brand of the
Brideweil is a brand that sticks"
Then Police Captain Meagher
did thing for which all honor is
due him. He made a personal
plea to T0rrison and got the fine
suspended, saying he would an
sWer to the court for the gifl.
And Captain Meagher did not
stop there. He went out himself
and got the girl a job-at So a
week, and so she will be able to
live and be decent and keep her
Sotil.
Bit, as will be seen, this will
not in any way be the. fault Of
Big BUSINESS; which first ftined !
Hef and forced her into the street.
--jtOj-O----
RUBBISH AND GARBAGE
H..r.fa- { > IL -. e. &
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-05

Whenever it is possible waste
should be turned to ashes Things
which cannot be burned should
be dried and kept dry: When you ],
apply this, concretelyy it means
burn paper dirty cardboard Of
any sort, rags, straw, exce1siorj
hair, lint carpet sweepings;
feathers, bones and old leather.
For the most part the burning
can be done in a stove or CRATE or :
range, especially if one burns up
things right along. When this is
impossible burn outdoors in a.
deep can.
Ffuit-skinS and pits, potato
skins, pea hu1ls; beet tops, the 7
refuse Of salads; any sort of veg
etable waste in fact, ought to Be
spread. out, thin and dried
through and through before g0-
ing to the dust heap. Never by T
any chance let a dust heap get
wet or greasy.
If the stencil is bad, dfeheh the
whole heap with a strong chloride /,
of lime solution. Covering decay
ed stiff with clean earth is always :
advisable.
- =-eej--=--
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-17

A blast upon the Modern Wood
mems bugle horn is worth 100000
men.
A site has been selected for Pitts
burgh's S250,000 Municipal Tuber-
culosis hospital.
Too many assessments late in life
spoil the insurance for the aged
member. Answer: Pay more while
young
The death rate from tuberculosis
in Paris is over thrice that of Lon
don and twice that of New York or
Berlin.
All that is cheap and glitters is
not sound life insurance. The poor
man should, above all others, bear
this in mind.
Necessity is the mother of the
level premium. 1t compounds inter-
est for the poor man and gives him
safe insurance as cheap as it can be
purchased.
The fire losses of the United
States and Canada for the first five
months of the year 1911, January
May, inclusive, footed $10S,99S,SOO,
and for the same months of 1912,
the losses aggregated S11S,314,300.
A proposition to organize a Coun-
ty Mutual Benefit Insurance Society
in Polk county, Missouri, has been
stilled by the discovery that such in
surance ultimately costs SO per 81 -
600 per year and leaves a few old
members to hold the bag.
The 196th Battalion of the Bronx
Modern Woodmen of America at it's
recent reception at Ebling's Casino
was reviewed by Major Ferdinand
Schussler of the 151st Battalion.
The Bronx Woodmen are confident of
hauling down some of the prizes at
the next Head Camp.
The annual Athenean contest was
held at the Davenport Uowa) high
school May "a. The subject for de-
bate was: " Resolved, That the ini-
tiative and referendum should be
adopted in the state of lava, con-
stitutionality granted" The mega
tive won the unanimous verdict of
the judges.
''Stand-pat" members of the Mod
ern Brotherhood of Amerca, in state
convention at Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
adopted resolutions declaring op-
position to the progressive and sane
legislation of the Denver convention
of 1911, bringing rates up to a safe
standard, and pledging support to
the repeal of these rates. Some
members of the Modern Woodmen
are agitating for the same reason,
but that Society is writing all busi-
ness on the new rates and plans.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-17
HOME BUILDING ADVANTAGES.

The mail order house is constant
ly hammering away on low prices,
saving money for its patrons, etc.
But are the merchants of this town
doing likewise? The campaign of
the mail order houses has convinc-
ed thousands of county people that
they can buy more cheaply by mail
than at home and they get millions
of dollars in orders in return.
To get these orders the mail order
houses have overcome tremendous
bstacles-obstacles that are not in
the way of the home dealer at all.
Yet they have persisted in advertis-
ing, advertising, advertising low
prices and money saving, while the
local dealer has with more or less,
perhaps less, calmness permitted
trade that by all the laws of COM
merce is his, slip from his grasp.
One phase of this situation, if it
were not pathetic, would be lu-
dicrous; the mail order house is
using to get this trade a medium
the local newspaper-that is a
thousand times more effective for the
local dealer if he would but use it.
The mail order house must advertise
catalog; the local dealer can ad-
vertise articles. The buyer by mail
can not see the thing he would buy
for weeks after he has paid his
money; the home buyer sees the item
before he buys it and gets IT as soon
as he pays for it. Moreover-and
this is the most important fact of all
he has an opportunity to compare
different grades of the article he
proposes to buy; all grades look
alike in picture in a catalog.-
East Stroudsburg Press.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-17
RATHER . FEET 8 INCHES LONG
Freddy Westbrook, Aged Z, Brought
Him i'm With Great UnconCern.

Freddy Westbrook, the seven
year-old son of Engineer and Mrs.
A. V. Westbrook, of Port Jervis, had
a snake experience recently over
which his immediate relatives are
still gasping. Freddy has been at
Westcolang Lake, Pike county, Pa,
with his mother. With two young
sters about his own age he went into
the woods nearby and the three
presently returned with a perfectly
good rattlesnake, measuring five feet
nine inches in length and carrying
nine Tattles and a button. The
snake was completely dead and
Freddy explained unconcernedly that
stick and some stones had done
the work.
His mother had the snake skinned
and will have belt made therefrom
while Freddy would just as soon dis
patch enough of the Pike county rep
tiles to have an entire suit of
clothes made for himself If oppor-
tunity offers.-Union.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-17
ENGLAND ASKS CANAL DELAY.
Requests That Legislation Be Held Up
Pending Note.

Washington, July 11.-Great Britain
has taken the step of asking that the
pending bill for the operation of the
Panama canal be held up until the
British ambassador may present to
this government note on the question
1t is rarely that any foreign govern
ment undertakes to forward any mat
ter of international business by a re-
quest that may be regarded as inter
fering with the internal affairs Of the
United States. The gravity of the sit
uation as viewed by Great Britain may
be imagined from the manner and
method taken to bring her attitude on
the operation of the canal to the atten-
ton of this government.
1t is not known just what the COM
munication may be that is to be pre-
sented by the British ambassador. 1t
Is not supposed that there is any in
tention or desire on the part of Great
Britain to delay action by congress on
the canal, but yet the proposal for
diplomatic consideration of the ques-
tions involved implies that there may
be such n protracted discussion of the
use of the canal as to postpone all
legislation on the canal to another ses-
sion
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-17
DETAILS OF GURNEY PLANT
ARRANGED.
Company Now Ready TO Receive
Bids Work on Plant at Engineers
Office in Philadelphia.

All of the details in connection
with the new plant of the Gurney
Electric Elevator Company, to be
erected at Honesdale, Pa, have been
arranged, and the company is now
ready for bids upon the several por-
tions of the work. The plans and
specifications will be on exhibition at
the office of the company at Homes
dale, and at the office of the en-
gineers, Messrs. Day & Zimmerman,
COS Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
on Monday, July 22, and following
days, and the bids are to close at
twelve o'clock noon on Monday, July
30. Bids will be received on Ex-
cavating and Grading, Concrete
Work and Cement Floors, Structural
Steel, Cut Stone, Brick Work, Steel
Sash, Saw Tooth and Monitor Sash,
Carpenter Work, Millwork, Lumber,
'Tar-Rok" Floor, Painting and
Glazing, Roofing and Sheet Metal
Work, Plumbing and Drainage,
Heating System, Steel Vault Doors,
Kinnear Doors, Plastering and
Hardware. 1t is the intention of the
company to push the work through
to a quick completion, and prefer
ence will be given in every instance
to local contractors and those in the
immediate surrounding section.