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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

rinIty episcopal Cnurcp
Broad and Noble Streets.
Rt. Rev Dr. Brooke bishop
Rev. A B Nicholas, rector
Fourth Sunday in Advent.
Holy Communion 1880 a. m.
Sunday school $50 a. m
Vesper Service p. m.
Subject of morning sermon: "The
First Advent of the Christ"
Everybody welcome,
The First SpirtuIist Church OF
Guthrie.
Odd Fellow Hall, Corner OF Harri
son and Broad
Lecture and Message each Sunday
evening at 1880 o'clock Health lee
ture and Message each Tuesday af-
ternoon at 2:3O o'clock
All are cordially invited.
Rev. H. NJ. FRENCH, Pastor.
First Church of Christ Scientists.
116 n. Broad St.
Sunday school at 9;45 a. m
Sunday services at II d. m
Subject: "Is the Universe, Includ-
ing Man, Evolved by Atomic Force2
WEDNESDAY evening services 7.30
.. m.
Reading room in rear OF church
is open every d2y from to p. m.
except Sundays and holidays.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

Father ,Standaert was a visitor tt
Oklahoma City yesterday
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

Charles G. Revelle, State Superin-
tendent Of Insurance. June q issued
another plea for "safe and sanen
celebration on July 4. During the
last four years property valued at $2,-
100000 has been destroyed in Mis-
souri, as result of the promiscuous
use of fireworks and explosives on
the Fourth of July" says. Mr.. Re-
velle's statement. "Where general
displays Of fireworks are provided by
a community for the benefit Of all,
they should be given in the evening,
and then only under the absolute man.
and direction of competent
persons. Householders also should
be on guard and prepare for emer-
gencies. Keep buckets filled with
water, and place them handy for i'm
mediate use. Members of fire de-
partments should be interested and
lend every aid for a safe and sane
celebration. Usually this is one of
the busiest days of the year, and it is
never passed without the loss of
many lives.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25
A Family Picnic

On Wednesday, June II, forty-one
relatives gathered at the home of
John Wright, north of Butler with
we'll filled baskets and engaged in an
old fashioned picnic. This gathering
was in honor of Mrs. R. w. Alexand-
er of Washington, Indiana. Mrs.
Alexander is a sister of r. W. and
j. H. McCann and Mrs. John Wright
This is the first reunion of these
brothers and sisters in thirty years.
This was very enjoyable occasion
and all parted wishing that they
might, in the near future have SIM
liar reunion. Mrs. Alexander will
visit about three weeks before re-
turning to her home. X
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

The code revision commission after
day spent in wrangling over the
form Of proposed amendment to
the state constitution intended to re-
lieve the congestion and expedite the
appellate court business in Missouri,
voted Tuesday night to submit no
amendment by initiative at the next
election. The work Of preparing leg
islative bills for simplifying legal pro-
cedure will 90 on.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25
Virginia. Grand View Pick.Ups.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Smith daugh-
ter of Wichita, Kansas, is visiting
them.
Mr.. McFerrin of Butler came out
Monday to help his son, Bert, cut
wheat.
Several from this vicinity were
SHOPPING in Amoret Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Engelhardt, Miss Clara
Burkhart and Mr.. and Mrs. H, O.
Peters, who have been visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Engelhardt,
returned to their home in Kansas
City one day last week.
Miss Maude Martin is on the sick
list. -
Almost everybody around here is
planning to celebrate the Fourth at
AmOret.
Miss Grace Martin, who is clerking
at Barton's store at Amoret, spent
Sunday with homefolks. -
Misses Olive and Una Judy left
Tuesday for Warrensburg where
they will visit with friends. They
formerly attended the normal there.
Butler visitors from this vicinity
last week were: Mrs. Geo. Lewellen
and children, Mrs. L. L. Judy, Mr..
and Mrs. Bert McFerrin and baby,
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Ayers and
daughter, Florence, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Turner and family, Willie En-
glehardt, Misses Olive and Una Judy.
Little limo McFerrin has been on
the sick list.
Most of the farmers in this vicinity
are getting ready to thresh.
Mrs. Warren Ayers and daughter,
Florence, visited with Mrs. Ayers
mother, Mrs. Morrison, of Butler
Saturday. .
Mrs. Monroe Burke's, brother and
wife of Kansas City are visiting them.
Mrs. VIM. Ayers, who has been on
the sick list for some time, is improv-
ing very rapidly. o.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

Seven footsore Kansas City boys, at
the tag end of 18O-mile walk,
limped into Noel, NO., Sunday. Up
ON their arrival the 1914 camp Of
the Kansas City Y. M. c. A. was un.
officially opened. These chaps
passed through Butler Monday, June
Is. They proved to be good soldiers
.cven II they did get In little. late.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

. At special election at Chillicothe,
Mo-, June % to vote on commission
government the measure was defeat
ed by 107 votes, 457being castagainst
the measure and $50 for it,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

The oldest mule in Harrison county
is owned by W. L. Wilson, a farmer
near Bethany. The animal is IS
years old, and is apparently good for
several years yet. Wilson, who, is
now 63 years old, raised the mule
from a colt, and still rides him to
town every week.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

A pale red heifer, which was 8
years old in 1912, and which was
worth $50 at that time, is the basis Of
a lawsuit in Dade county. This is the
third time the case has been tried
and the costs have already amounted
to more than $1,000. The poor little
heifer was converted into sirloin long
AGO. Star.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

The largest private barn in Mis-.
'souri on the farm of David Gray, one
mile north Of Clarence, burned Tues
day afternoon. The barn was filled
with hay, grain and farm implements.
The loss was approximately $12, 600.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

The force in charge of corporation
registration in the office of Secretary
of State Cornelius Roach is receiving,
registering and filing annual returns
for the fiscal year lS13-19f4. Indfcas
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

The statute Of 1911, which forbids
the. use of saccharin in sweeteninq
soda water and other non-alcoholic
drinks, was held to be invalid by the
supreme court recently, because it
,discriminates.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

A. c. Edrington, real estate deal
er of Kansas City, is down for visit
with his mother and brothers in this
county. -~ ..-'
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

All the stores at Marshall, Missouri
close in the mornings for the revival
meetings conducted by Brown Curry,
in which allthe churches have Joined.
The total number Of converts now is
.AH0
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

Miss Fifille Willis, daughter of Mrs.
William Henry Willis of Columbia,
No., is become the bride of former
Congressman Butler Ames of Tews-
bury, Mass, today. She is a grad
uate of Missouri University and is a
member Of the Kappa Kappa Gamma
Sorority. She is a skilled musician
and horsewoman. Miss Willis is a
granddaughter of Col. r. B. Price
and great-granddaughter of Gener-
al Sterling Price of the Confederate
Army. Mr.. Ames is a West Point
graduate and later completed a course
in the Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology. Mr.. Ames is a grand
son of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler of
Massachusetts,. for whom he was
named.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

The State Reading Circle Board,
which is selected by the State Teach.
ers' Association, met June 20 In Jef.
ferson City and selected the reading
circle books for Missouri teachers for
the coming year. The board men,
bers are: W. P. Evans, State Super
intendent Of Schools; George H.
Reaves, high school inspector; p. j.
Mckinley, County Superintendent Of
Schools of st. Charles; John P. Gass
of Sedalia and Prof. C. A. Phillips,
dean of the faculty Of the Warrens-
burg State Normal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25
Missouri News in Brief

Forty convicts have been selected
for experimental work upon the pub
lie roads in Livingston County near
Chillicothe.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

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The first ripe homegrown peaches
in Central Missouri were picked re-
Gently from trees at the home of Col.
N. V. Carroll, secretary Of 2he Sedal-
ia Boosters Club. The fruit is of the
Mayflower variety and is large, we'll
formed and luscious. Colonel Car
roll also held the record for the first
ripe homegrown peaches last year.
DR.. Abraham Flexner Of New York,
representing the General Education
Board, founded by John D. Rockefel-
Ter, met in Baltimore, June 20, to
make arrangements to turn over to
Johns Hospkins Medical School the
gift Of 1,5OO, 900 to be used to estab-
lish the William H. Welch Endow-
ment for Clinical Education and Re-
search. 1t has been decided to give
$3.50, 600 to Washington University of
St. Louis and $500, 600 to Yale Uni
versity.
In a decision by the Springfield
Court of Appeals, the "Germania
Verein, German club which has
been maintained at Rolla,. Phelps
county, for several months since the
adoption of local option regulations
by the county, was practically ousted
of its privilege to dispense liquors.
The Appeals Court by its decision af-
firms the conviction in the circuit
court of Albert Zender and Adalbert
Kolob,, who were arrested for selling
tickets for intoxicating drinks and
the drinks upon presenta.
ton Of the tickets. ~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-25

cations are few corporations will be
penalized for delinquency. More re-
turns have been received up to the
present time than for any correspond
ing day of last year. 1t is expected
that 80 per cent of the corporations
will have made returns by July 1.
The gross receipts from the Corpora
ton Registration Department for the
last fiscal year were $82, ZOO, 600.
About z 900 defunct corporations have
been stricken from the records.
Every corporation whose charter or
license is in force is live entry.
R. A. Long, owner, and j. P.
Tucker, manager Of the Longview
Farm, southwest Of Lees Summit,
returned recently from a visit to some
Of the largest and most widely known
farms in the Eastern States. Among
the places visited were John D. Rock
efeller's, country estate near Tarry-
town, N. Y; the Beaumont Farm at
Salem, Va, and Thomas w. Lawson's
country home near Boston. Mr..
Tucker recently said that for beauty
of landscape and convenience of
equipment Longview would be the
equal Of any Of them when all the i'm
provements that are contemplated
shall have been completed.
Mrs. Louise Norwood Fitch, for
nearly twenty-five years chaperon for
the young women at the University
of Missouri, died at Columbia June
%. Mrs. Fitch was known to hum
dreds of women in the state who have
attended the university within the
last quarter of a century. She was
appointed matron of the university
before the office of adviser to women
was created and continued to hold
the position. She had charge of the
parlors in Academy Hall
and there the women of the univers-
ity came to her for advice. The late
DR.. John B. Wheel of St. Louis, one
lime president of the board of curat-
ors Of the university, was her brother
in-laW. " n 50 ss1'.easa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
SOUP KITCHENS
 OPEN IN PARIS

Paris. Dec. 2s.--Soup and boiled beef distribution has been undertaken on a large scale in Paris to meet the winters demand. Pieces of beef which tn ough wholesome and nutritious, are not advantageous for the feeding. of the soldiers on account of weight and eumbersomeness, are sent by. the army butchers to the soup kitchens for the poor, to be sold at the lowest price that nets actual cost. The soup was sold first at sous a htre and the same price for a half pound of beef, but the soup has now been re- duced to ? sous a, 1itre and, the beef to 4 sous a pound.
 From 10 o'clock in the morning un- til 3 in the afternoon, a long line composed mostly of women and chill dren with their pots, pails and jugs, aWat their turn to be served at the stock yards.
 The soup kitchens have extended all over Parks, and now more than 10, 900 persons, representing as many families. are served daily at an optional cost of 2 cents
 So many come that the enterprise has turned out to be a profitable ven- ture, and the profits, to which the city of Paris added sum of 5000 francs which was generally reserved as an indemnity for summer holiday vaca- ton of the stoclx-yard employees, are to be used to purchase warm clothing for soldiers
 This has taken the idea of charity out of the enterprise and made those who bring their 2 sous or their 4 sous eo-partners in an enterprise Tor the comfort of the men in the trenches
 Up to the present time these poor people have sent more than a thou sand full sets of warm clothing to the soldiers, besides the same number of pipes andsa a. considerable quantity of tobacco.
 At one part of the stock yard a. line. chiefly of old men and invalids wait, ing to pay their penny for pint of OK blood.
 This individual instance of the work at the stock yards is typical of many pathetic cases
 "A litre of bouilIon, please asked bent old woman with a few scat, tered gray hairs, in a tirnid voice to the butcher in charge The butcher scrutinized her and reached for larger lad1e; the Htre he made more than measure and dropped a good chunk of boiled beef with it into her pail. The old lady handed out a cop per ? sou piece The man looked at handed it back saying: ssIt,s no good. it's got a hole in it"e The old laflv looked from the man to the piece dis censolate1y and began to search for the hole, which she was unable to find. Keep it, old lady, penhaps it'II bring you luck Then she 11n7ay- stood, muttered a feeble God bIess you. wiped tear from her eyes and ambled off.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
WOMEN IGNORANT
 THEY ARE WIDOWS

Paris, Dec. 28.-Instances of French women who have been wid- ows since early in the war and are still ignorant of their husbands fate are often coming to light
 It is not only that the authorities have been slow in communicating mo- tice of casualties, but that friends and relatives who have heard of deaths at the front have eyaded the responsibility of breaking the news hoping that identifi cations of the dead have been mistaken and that the missing one may turn up, eventually.
 A case which came to the writer s notice is probably typical of many. A young woman who was accustomed to dine with her brother, a newspaper man, at a resta urant largely patroniz- ed by men of that profession, has ap- peared nightly at the restaurant alone ever since her brother was called to join his regiment, and inquired if his co-workers had heard anything of him. A wounded coTnrade who re- turned to Paris they learned that the girls brother was killed more than two months ago, but none of the men had the heart to break the news to the sister.
 There are also thousands among the 6,O00,00O school children of France, most of whose fathers are in the army, who have failed to learn the true answer to their repeated queries during the holiday season :-''why doesn't papa come home''
 The answer probably cannot be given in a majority of cases until the publication of the full lists of losses, which, however, has not yet been de- cided upon by the French govern ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
MONTE CARLO LOSES
 MUCH OF PRESTIGE

Nice. Dec. 2s.-Life at Monte Carlo, with the Casino closed, con tInued to be very quiet, but the Inter- national Sporting Club is open with tables where some risk their money at baccara- This so-caIled "circle prive" stops playing at eight o'clock at night, so middle aged gamblers are able to spend a good long night in. bed after the strain of the day. Tn the scarcity of gold gambling goes on with counters instead of coins One gets, them at the entrance against notes; when leaving counters are again exchanged for notes. Extreme difficulty in handling paper caused this important change The aspect of the gambling halls is the same, the sound is different that is all
 The operetta season has been can celed, but the opera season will start as usual in the second half of Janu- ary. Theatrical pleasures are of rath- CT serious sort, being confined to cles- sical concerts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
LIQUOR DEALERS
 DISLIKE NEW TAX

London, Dec 2s.-The Licensed Victuallers' Defense League repre- sentfng some 25,000 liquor license holders has passed resolutions charg- ing unfair treatment by the govern rnent because of increased taxes and shortened hours for the public bars.
 The liquor trade, said the chairman of the meeting is always the heaviest sufferer in time of emergency when the government needs money badly. But such emergencies gave the ene- mics of the trade a chance to inflict injury upon it. They had added heavily to the tax on beer, shortened the hours of business and in many places forbade the right of entry to. soldiers. The economic result of this policy would be to reduce salaries and dismiss employees besides driving the smaller places out of business.
 The resolution declared it to be an unfair and inconsistent policy to al- low the army to have canteens while the men were denied entry to the bars.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
SAIL MORS TO DIVIDE
 LARGE PRIZE MONEY

London Dec. 28.lThe men of the warships which captured the German barques Goldbek and Perkeo will have about nineteen thousand pounds or $95,OOO to divide among them from the sale of these vessels which were recently put up at auction. The Perkeo went to a Norwegian bidder at $61sO00. The Goldbek passed to another Norwegian firm at the price of sS64,500
 The sale of the Perkeo aroused in terest because she is the largest sail ing vessel afloat. She can load nearly 5000 tons of cargo. She was launch Clyde in 1901, and was first known as the Brilliant. Shortly before the outbreak of the war she was sold to the t.Ps' line of clippers of Hamburg, and Captain Nissen was placed in command
 Captain Nissen was skipper of the famous five-masted barque Preussen, which was wrecked in storm off Dover three years ago, when the of fieers and crew acted with such gal 1antry that the Kaiser sent a con gratulatory telegram.
 The Perkeo was despatched by her new German owners to New YouIx on her first trip, but was intercepted off Dover on August 5, by H. M S. Zulu. Captain Nissen, in sight of the spot where his old charge. the Preussen left her bones, endeavored to escape by hoisting the Union Jack But he ran up the true coIors when sh # pierced her foresaiI.s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
GROSS-COUNTRlES
 IN ARMY. CAMPS

:, London. Dec. S2s.-In every army training camp in England cross coun- try running is a part of the work of Hitting the new soldiers for service It has developed a number of we'll known athletes, among them G. w Hutson, now numbered among the missing, who is ranked as the great est distance runner of the present day in England
 / The private eross-country clubs. which have been very popular sports organizations in England for many years, have contributed in some cases as high as 75 per cent. of their mem bership to the army since the begin ming of. the war. AS a result, all of the autumn fixtures have been can ceiIed, but their place is to be taken by district competitions between yarf- ous new-arny units
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

ANOTHER BOAT FOR NEW YORK-As will be seen by an adver- flsernent, on and after January End, 1885, the famous North River boat, Rip Van Wrinkle, win be put on this route, taking the place of the Stam- winter cut In two,l and refitted for the spring campaign. The propeller Bowman is also to be withdrawn for the purpose Of having new boilers put in her The fare by the Rip Van Wrinkle will be 75 cents, berths in- cluded
 THE FAIRFIELD HOUSEASleighs ing parties find the Fairfield House an excellent station for warming up and replenishing the supply ofS.swood and water The gentfernanIy pro- prietor is one of the few who ssknow. how to keep hotel.''
 YALE COLLEGE JUNIOR AP- POINTNf.ENTS-In the Junior ap- pointmeuts, Yale college, class of 1866, we notice the names of Fred erick N. Hudson and Edward F Hincks, Bridgeport boys. The for n1er is the son of the late Dr Jud-. son, and is a yonng man of ability and education, who will certainly make his mark.'' He is assigned a philosophical oraf1on, and young Hinclzs dispute
 we hear that large sIeighing parties were at the City Hotel and also at the American, formerly the York House. last evening. Good places. both, for gatherings of that sort The best of fare they always furnish, and plenty or 1t. Co to it, while you are young
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
DEERFIELD & GREENFIELD

{ A large number of invitations have been sent out for the Greenfield club New Years reception which is to take place in the club house on New Years eve.. MT. and Mrs. Simon c. Bradley have charge of the meeting.
 Mrs. Frank Monroe of Brooklyn, has recently visited friends here.
 MT. and Mrs. Harold R. Hull enter tafned at their home recently, Mrs. Wesley Burr, the Misses Grace and Bessie Burr.
 Mises Olive and Clara Hull spent Thursday out of town.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry s. Edwards of StratfieId spent Christmas with the latter's mother, Mrs. S. H. wfsner
 Miss Minnie O. Sherwood and Erwin P. Edwards of Easton, were in town recently.
 MT and Mrs. Emerson Ayers of East NorWalk have been guests recently of MT. and Mrs. William Wilson. %<
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
ENDOWMENT FOR
 NASHUA HOSPITAL
 IN FALLEN ESTATE

When the Wilbur Memorial hospital is completed in Nashua, N. H., there will be a room and beds for poor peo- pie, an endowment from the late Judge of Probate Edward F. Ha1len. The judge died at St. Joseph,s hospital at Nashua and before his death made provision for the free beds in the in stitution of which his old friend and schooEnate. Dr. Augustus Shea, will have charge. The hospital is now in process of construction Judge Hal len was for 1T years a member of the board of education and resolutions of regret at his death will be adopted when the board meets this evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-28
AUSTRIAN TROOPS TRAIN

Cairo, Egypt, Via London, Dec. 2s The Austrian troops who are now arriving here in large numbers are to be given training quarters in a large encampment near the Pyramids One of the members of the latest Austra,- Han contingent is a cousin of Ca ptain von Muller, commander of the Ger man cruiser Ernden.