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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-23

the holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs g. II. Haynes.
Miss Charlotte Waterbury Of Salina
arrived today to visit Mrs. w. n.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Carruth. ir.. and
mas with their relatives In Herington.
Mr.. Harry Coo has gone to Seattle,
WASH. and from there he will 60 to
California for q few weeks.
MI. Roy Forbes, who Is q student in
Western Reserve university. Cleve-
land. Ohio. win 60 to Delaware. Ohio,
for the holidays.
Miss Bertha Rightmire. who IL
teaching In the high school Of Copan.
Mrs w. r. Rfghtmire. Mr.. Claude
Rightmire has arrived from Alberta,
Canada. to visit Mr.. and MrA W. +.
Rightmire.
Miss Lucille Lynch of Rockford. nj.
will arrive Wednesday to visit Mrs. B.
~. Davies. Mrs. Ellen O'Bannon Of
Newark. Ohio, is Mrs. Davies guest
MT. Paul Sweet Of New York city is
visiting his father. Mr.. T. b. Sweet.
mego are making holiday visit to
Mrs. Fischer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E e. Ames.
Mr.. Merle Collins Of Kingfisher will
arrive Wednesday to join Mrs Collins
in q visit to her mother. Mrs. A s.
Andrews.
Mr. w. c. Austin has gone to Cot
tonwO0d Falls, called by the illness of
his father. Mr.. James Austin.
Miss verna Worley. who has been
! teaching In Dodge City. il visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. @. f. woriey.
MIR. and Mrs. e. M. Cockrell will
spend Christmas in Wichita with their
daughters. Mrs. e. g. Robertson and
Mrs Grover Pierpont.
Miss Merle Beeman of the Kansas
Agricultural college. Manhattan, II
visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. o. Coe.
Miss Laura Haynes will visit Mrs.
Grover Pierpont of Wichita during the
holidays. MrA Pierpont. previous to
her marriage on Thanksgiving day,
was Miss Helen Cockrell Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Hill and their
little daughter Of Manhattan, and
today for q holiday visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. N. Hill.
MI. William Quail and his family,
Of 1901 Mulvane street. and Mr.. J. NJ.
Quail and his family Of 1443 Fillmore
street, left Monday night for C1eve-
land. O.. where they will spend tho
holidays with relatives.
Miss ElmA Holmes il spending the
holidays In southern Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. n. Wilton and
their family of St Louis will arrive
Wednesday to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. W. B.
Wilton. 308 West Eighth avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. w +. Cuthbert and
their son, William, Of Manhattan win
spend the holidays with relatives in
Topeka
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Helmig Of Fort
Worth. Texas, will spend Christmas
with Mrs. J. F. Spohn ana other rel
, ativeA.
Mfss I.oufse Helmfr Of Denver vflp
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AT THE THEA7ERS.

Kleptomania has been seized upon by
Carlyle Moore as the subject matter for
his screaming comedy farce. stop
Thief" which Conan and Harris will
offer at the Grand as the Christmas
attraction both matinee and night. In
the play, two people who are obsessed
with morbid desire to take and hide
things, are confused with q real crook
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Christmas dinner Thursday, for the
following guests: Mr.. and Mrs l. q.
Hammond and their son. Wilbur Niece.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. F. Knox. Mr.. ana
Mrs. r. T. Roby. and Mr.. Townsley
Roby Of Kansas City. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Kfllinger and their son. Dana,
Mrs. McElroy. Mr.. James McElroys
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brown. Mrs. Car
oline Finley, Mr.. Frank Finley OF Mich
igan City, Ind, and Mr.. William NC
Elroy Of Hannibal. Mo.
4fssst
The home workers" OF Topeka arc
having an exhibit Of their work under
the auspices OF the Womans Conner
cial club, In the 5Orpheum building In
West Eighth avenue. The display con-
tains lace and embroidery. tinted cal
endars and postcards. decorated china,
and various other products Of women's
handiwork. A number OF prominent
women are acting as hostesses today at
the exhibit. including Mrs. A. \. Rob-
inson. Mrs. George H. Hodges. Mrs
Norman Wear. Miss Meta Robinson.
Brooks Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. barlow viii Give 4
family dinner party Christmas.
Mr.. Harry & Iohn ssv. . nartv IN
niversary of her son, Harry, jr. She
was assisted by Mrs. Whelan. Mrs. Nc
Cleery. Mrs Miller, Mrs. Merriam, and
Mrs. McPhillamay. The guests were:
Helen Harper. John Miller. Muriel Nc
Celery. Dorth Dixon. Ruth Dixon.
Helen Reid. Esther Reid. Sandy Har-
vey. Lyle Boyd. Charles Rouse. Edith
Boyd, Walter Rouse, Billy Chesney,
Catherine Hayes, Clifford Baker. vir-
GINA Neil. Gladys Magill. David Ma
gill, Eldon Booth. Dean Perry. Robert
McC1emons. Naomi McClemons, James
French. Matte Peers. Ralph Mitchell.
Lucille Cherry. Viola Fart. Marie Hunt
er, George Merriam. Catherine Dunn.
Isabel Bannerman, Robert Bannerman,
Gertrude Nelson, Alice Nelson. Francis
Craft. Lois McPhillamay. Jean Louise
st. John. Harry St John. jr.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. w. A. Johnston
left today for Oxford. Ohio, for q short
visit to their daughter, Mrs. 8. J.
Brandenburg. and her family.
DIR. and Mrs. Robert Stewart will go
Mrs. Stewards people. the w. r. Stubbs
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Bronson and Mr..
Olcott Bronson win leave Wednesday
for q trip to California.
Senator and Mrs. Jouett Shouse Of
Kinsley, Kan. were guests Of Cover
nor and Mrs. George H. Hodges for two
days. They stopped on their way to
Kansas City. where they met Senator
Shouse's people from Kentucky. who
will accompany them on their return
to Kinsley. to spend Christmas with
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bozell Of Nor
man. Ok, will make a short holiday
visit to Mrs. Boxel1's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. Heath.
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Scramble on in Time.
New York. Dec. 23.-Forty fisher
men scrambled Off the schooner SEN
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Conservative Improvements on
Santa Fe Railway.
Only Needed Work Will Be
Authorized Now.
MILLIONS FOR DOUBLE TRACK
Albuquerque $2O,OOO,OOO Ru-
NOR Denied by Officials.
Other Items of Interest in the
Traffic World.

A more conservative authority over
tie expenditure of vast sums for i'm
provements on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railway is the new policy of
the road as advanced by general Of
fcers of the road in Topeka. To prove
this theory the road has placed cold
fiat pancake denial on the story from
Albuquerque to the effect that the road
has plans for SIC, 900 in double track
betterments in Arizona and New Mex
ico The company at this time has
many miles of double track in these
two states completed recently at cost
of many millions of dollars.
Extensions of the Coleman-Lubbock
line from Lubbock to Texico, N. M, a
distance of eighty-nine miles, is about
completed, and will add greatly to ia
cilities in handling this years crops
The opening up of this line completes
the new through route between the
Pacific Coast and Gulf of Mexico by
way of Belen and Texico.
According to those who recently have
been in the territory served by the
Santa Fe the outlook is for fair crops,
although rain is badly needed in some
sections in order to pull corn through
in good shape as was promised a few
weeks ago. Unless universal rains are
had before long, it is maintained that
serious damage will be added to that
already done.
Car Ioadings are satisfactory and
those in close touch with the situation
are sanguine in respect to the future
outlook.
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WORK ON RINGLING's LINE.
New Towns Near Rock Island Main
Line as Result.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Aug. 12.-
Governor Cruce drove the first spike
at Ardmore in the construction of
the Oklahoma, New Mexico & Pacific
railroad, the new Ringing line,
which is in course of construction
west from that city. The Kenef1ck
Construction company of Kansas City,
which has the contract for building
the line, has much of the material
already on hand. Ties and steel rails
for 100 miles of road have been
shipped. The old right of way of the
Arkansas & Choctaw has been ac-
quired and the first twenty miles will
be easily and hurriedIy built for the
reason that much of the grading is
already done Two new towns will be
built between Ardmore and the main
line of the Rock Island. The new
road runs much closer to the Carter
and Stephens county oil fields than
any now in operation and Mr.. Ring
ling expects to build a pipe line, prob
ably to one of the new towns, where
the oil can be delivered to the rail-
road. He and his associates have ac-
Quired 10000 acres of land in the oil
fields and will proceed to develop
them as soon as the railroad is ready
to handle the oil.
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the right of way is lined with dead
grass, weeds and shrubbery, easily ig-
nited by sparks. Despite constant in
spection and patrolling by section men,
so many fires were started from en-
CINE sparks that no less than 10
claims for damages from fire were
filed against the road during July
While these claims seldom exceed ST.
600 hte aggregate was over $4,000,
and it is feared that there will be an
equally large number filed during Au-
gust if the drought continues. While
many of these fires may be due to
tramps, yet the road is usually
mulcted, and the only recourse is to
keep the spark arresters OF locomo-
tives in first class condition. Not in
a decade were so many fire claims pre-
scented in a single month as during July
of the DreSent wear,
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high, when PhilIipsburg was in the
midst of a county seat fight with Kir-
win. The money was raised for the
erection of this court house. about $10,-
000 by township, city and private sub
scriptions.
The new court house which has just
been completed is a three story build
ing, with all modern improvements,
marble stairways and halls and tile
office floors. The vaults are steel. The
only woodwork in the building are the
doors and window frames. The court
room is "a by 80 feet.
The new and permanent home of
the officers of Phillips county is 80
feet square with projections 1t was
built of Bedford, Ind, stone. It's total
cost, including furniture and other fix
lures, was $500 The architect was
Reuel A Curtis of Kansas City, Mo,
and the contractor was Cuthbert &
Son, of Topeka. The people of Phil
lips county are we'll pleased with the
new structure and showers of praise
are thrown at Mr.. Cuthbert and his
son for the splendid work and build
ing he has given Phillips county.
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OPENING FAILED
HOmeseekers Fail to Settle on
Former Forest Reserve.
TreeIess Plains and Shifting
Soil Scare Strangers.

Syracuse, Kan, Aug. 12.-Much
disgust is expressed here over the re-
ports that have been circulated about
the great success of the recent settle
ment of government lands near here.
During the week preceding the open
ing hundreds of people from Arkan-
sas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska,
Colorado, Minnesota and Texas
viewed the land to be opened and re-
turned home disappointed because of
the lack of timber on the lands and
the general bad conditions in west
ern Kansas this year. 1t is stated on
good authority that the government
land office at Dodge City answered
over 5000 inquiries relative to the re-
serve opening. Only about 500 per
sons inspected the land previous to
the opening and of these but 40 ac-
tually took claims
1t is believed here that the failure
of the opening is conclusive proof
that the government made a mistake
in not continuing the land as a for
est reserve and endeavoring to cover
it with timber. On account of the
shifting character of the sand dunes
that cover much of the land most OF
the prospective homeSteaderS who
inspected the land believed it would
be impractical. to improve and cult
new three-year law. The only thing
that will overcome this shifting is
forestation. Leading landowners
here believe that had the government
carried out its policy of forestration
settlers would have gobbled up the
claims with enthusiasm instead of re-
turning to their eastern homes to give
this section of Kansas a black eye.
Now that the government has appar-
emily abandoned its forestration pol
icy it is thought the only way the
claims can be gotten rid of is to Of
fer them to settlement as tree claims,
removing the cultivation and i'm
prOvement requirements of the three
year law and requiring that a certain
number of cottonwood trees be grown
on each claim. 1t is believed pro-
spective homesteaders would under
take to forest the tracts with cotton
woods provided they were re-
quired to live on the claims but for a
nominal period each year. Forestra-
ton would stop sand shifting and
permit cultivation.
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SANITATION IN DINING CARS
Baltimore & Ohio Will Examine En-
Dloyees Who Handle Food.


More than a year ago the Balti-
more & Ohio issued Instructions gov
erning employment for dining car
service and inaugurating the plan OF
conducting examinations of the en-
plovees who handle food, in order to
insure every means of sanitation for
the public. According to the circular
issued at that time, the applicant
must submit to a physicians exami-
nation and be free from all traces of
physical ailment. Special care is given
by the physicians in charge OF the
examinations in order to detect con-
tagious diseases, and any applicant so
afflicted is rejected. The precaution-
arv regulations of the dining car de-
partment go farther and instruct the
dining car officials to practice close
scrutiny as to the appearance of the
men in this branch of service and
their general fitness for handling
food Employees who are crippled or
disffgured in any way, or who have
peculiar formations on the hands,
face or other parts of the body, are
given other work. Cleanliness is an
all important feature of dining car
excellence-quite as important as the
cuisine, and all employees of the de-
partment are required to keep them
selves neat and clearly. At all ter
minal points where dining car crews
remain the men are provided with
baths and quarters for sleeping.
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WIRELESS SPUDs THRIVE.
Resist Drouth and j. C. Mooney Gets
Many Inquiries.

Seneca, Kan, Aug. III. c.
Mooney, the topless potato grower of
Oneida, is receiving many inquiries in
regard to the new potato which grows
entirely underground. A. NJ. Seabrook
of the Seabrook Seed farm of Bridge
ton, N. J., recently read an account in
an Associated Press dispatch in the
Philadelphian which led him to write
to Mr.. Mooney concerning the latter's
discovery. Mr.. Mooney has been in
correspondence with Luther Burbank
of California and the horticultural de-
partment at Washington. d. G. Both
authorities state that they have never
heard of topless potato prior to that
time. Mr.. Mooney says the tubers are
resisting the drouth well. He is will
ing to make affidavit certifying the
product to be as he has represented, a
VineleSS potato.
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pie of the towns along the route, and
if they are favorable to the 3-cent fare
permission will be granted. This was
agreed upon at a recent meeting be-
tween L. H. Maxey, assistant freight
and passenger agent for the Midland
Valley; Henderson Martin, chairman
of the public utilities commission, and
r. H. FaXon of the Wichita Business
Mems association. The Midland Valley
is permitted to charge cents a mile
along its entire route through Okla
homa, being exempted from the 2-cent
rate by an order of the state corpora
ton commission on the ground that at
= cents a mile not a reasonable profit
could be made.
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new COURT HOUSE
Phillips County Structure Cost
100000 With All Equipment.
Modern i'm Every Respect
Built by Topeka Contractors.

Phillipsburg, Kan, Aug. 12.-AH that
remains to finish the new Phillips coun-
ty court house is the furniture and
placing it in position. On or before
September /, the county officers will
move into the new structure. This
magnificent structure will cost the tax
payers of Phillips county $4,000. The
funds were raised with l mill tax
levy each year for three years.
Phillips county has had three county
buildings since its organization in 1872
The first court house was a frame
building of three rooms, which cost
less than 81 900. The second building
was built in 1881, of brick, two stories
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FARMERS WANT ELECTRICITY
Harvey County Men Make Contract
for Juice

Newton, Kan, Aug. IA company
OF farmers southwest of this city has
concluded arrangements with the
Kansas Gas & Electric company for
an extension of a circuit from the
high tension wires which supply cur
rent for the A. V. I. interurban rail-
road. Twelve farmers will have their
houses and barns wired and each has
paced orders for motors which will
be used to replace gasoline engines
and windmills now in use. Aside from
the free delivery of mail, telephone,
fnterurban service, automobiles and
individual waterworks on the farms in
this section there is not the least
doubt but what hundreds of farm
homes will be wired for electricity
during the next year.
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Storing Wheat Straw.

st. John, Kan, Aug. 12.-Farmers
and cattlemen of Stafford county are
beginning to store wheat straw in
their hay mows in anticipation of one
of the worst hay and forage shortages
this winter the county has known for
many years. Several carloads of hay
are being shipped in to the various
railroad points in the county daily
from other counties of the state where
hay is more plentiful.
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DANGER FROM ENGINE SPARKS.
Alton Takes PrecautiOn to Prevent
Fires Along Right of Way.

The Chicago & Alton has issued i'm
perative orders to all engineers to
carefully note all instances of sparks
escaping from the stack or live Goals
dropping from the ash pans of their
locomotives and make prompt report.
so that front end MEETINGS can be ex-
amined and repaired if found defective,
and alterations made to ash pans. AS
q result of the unprecedented drought,
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ANOTHER KANSAS Scent LINE.
Motor Car Service On Midland Valley
IDOn Condition.

Guthrie, Okla. Aug. 1.-THE Mid
land Valley Railroad company, operat-
ing across Oklahoma from Fort Smith.
Ark, to Wichita, Kan, has agreed 20
put on motor car service between
Wichita and Arkansas City. Kan, on
condition that the public utilities COM
mission of Kansas will permit the COM
pany to charge cents a mile, passen-
ger rate, on such cars. The commits
sion has put the matter up to the peo-
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drouth has been severe and crops are
very poor in consequence, the farmers
90 not feel that they have come to a
pass that requires aid from the state.
BANKERS and business men do not re-
gard the situation as nearly so severe
as the senator would make It appear
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MAKE MURDER CHARGES.
Two Men Will Be Held for Death of
Dean Warren.

Lawrence, Kan, Aug. 12.@Charges
or murder are to be preferred today as
a result of the killing of Dean Warren
mere saturday night in a pistol duel
Names are being withheld by the sher-
III, but it is understood two persons
are to be charged with the crime
me coroner's jury failed to fix re-
sponsibility for the crime at the in
quest Monday, but it is understood
sufficient evidence has been obtained
to warrant prosecutions
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EVANGELICAL CONVENTION ENDS
Young Peoples Alliance and Other
Societies Elect Officers.

Emporia, Kan, Aug. 1.-THE an
nual convention of the Young Peoples
Alliance and the Women'S Missionary
society of the Evangelical churches of
Kansas closed a weeks session here
last night. Officers were elected as
follows:
o. F. Hanne, ST. Joseph, Mo. presi-
dent; the Rev. A. E. Butler, Severance,
vice president; Miss Fannie o. Hum
feld,- Kansas City, recording secretary;
Miss Christine StoIl, Holton, CORE
spending secretary.
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MAYOR WOULD SAVE TREES.
st. Johns Mayor Asks Citizens to Irri-
gate and Prevent Loss.

st. John, Kan. Aug. 12.-Mayor
Scott has appealed to the citizens of
St John to irrigate in order to save
the trees of the city from dying Trees
are rapidly showing the effects of the
long drouth and it is believed that I'M
less rain comes soon they will die I'M
less watered literally.
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Bridgennan Injured.

Great Ben. Kan. Aug. Paul
Donovan, a bridge worker, suffered
broken shoulder here when a pole used
fer hosting cement into the Golfer
dams in the construction of the new
Arkansas river bridge here fell Other
laborerS received minor injuries.
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Satanic Don't Need Help.

Satanic. Aug. 1.-THE proposal
of Senator Mcmillan to call a special
session of the legislature for the pur-
pose of making loans to western KAN
this section of the state. While the
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ALFALFA HOGS GROW BIG.
Chase County Man Marketed Five That
Weighed One and Third Tons.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan Aup 10
Charles Ward, a well known farmer
OF this place and a successful hog
raiser, has marketed five hogs which
weighed one and a third tons. Mr..
ward is breeder of Duroc-Jersey
nogs- OF the five hogs, one weighed
655 pounds; another SIS; a third. ASS.
while the combined weight of two 9TH
ers was $50 pounds. The check he re-
celVed for the last two hogs he turned
over TO an implement dealer for a
new lumber wagon, receiving in a>N
change not only the wagon but S14
cash besides. On the Ward farm
plenty of alfalfa pastures on which the
hogs may range at will is probably one
OF the secrets of their successful and
healthy growth
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Fitch's place was locked and barred.
Coleman kicked open the door. But
the searchlights in the hands of the
officers failed to disclose a drop.
TOO late cOnfided Larkin to the
Topeka men. Everything is back in
Missouri now
The Telephone Beat Them.
The officers looked sorrowfully at
a half dozen additional warrants
which they had hoped to serve. But
the free use of the telephone had
beaten them. There was nothing
doing.
Down at the court house men were
unloading a half dozen dray loads of
liquor and bar room fixtures as evil
dence of the raid The attorney gem
erals force said goodnight to the
sheriff and his men, and the To-
pekans started for Kansas City on a
Missouri Pacific train.
You know" said Coleman, as the
train left the Leavenworth yards,
I'm bet the drays are over in Dry
dale right now getting a brand new
supply"
And the men who participated in
the raid were inclined to believe that
Coleman was right. A S.
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CHICKENS DIE IN EDWARDS.
May Be From Eating Poisoned Hop
perS-Will Examine Viscera.

pers-WilI Examine Viscera.
Kinsley, Kan, Aug. 12.-Large
numbers of chickens have died over
Edwards county since the commence
ment of the grasshopper campaign a
few days ago. 1t has not been proven
positively that the losses were caused
by the Paris green, as chickens die
frequently from gorging on unpoison-
ed hoppers. Several of the dead bodies
have been sent east for an analysis of
the Viscera to determine if they con-
tain Paris green.
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NO oFFTCEsEE,KERs THERE.
Postoffices at Roanoke and Fletcher
Will Be Discontinued.

Syracuse, Kan, Aug. 12.-Because
no one at Roanoke or Fletcher, two
small towns near here, would accept
the misunderstanding the postoffices
will be discontinued in the near flu
ture.
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what makes you think he is for
eign nObleman?" Il overheard him say he
owed everything to his wife.''-Judge.