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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-09-02
A Difniiied Man.

JEFF Blythe Is the most dignifed
man you ever saw. When his hat
blows of he never takes the. trouble
to chase it, but let's the spectators
do it for him. He won't loaf any
where only in some big national
bank, and actually struts while he is
sitting down.-Liberty Note in the
Rogers, Ark, Democrat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-09-02

poned to later date on account OF
the weather.
Mrs. Eek and two sons left for
their home in Minneapolis on Tues
day after spending about two weeks
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Claus Johnson.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-09-02
Defined

Defined.
Pop, what Is leisure?" asked little
Rollo.
Son. replied senior, ''its the odd
five minutes I get when mother doesn't
remember what she has for me to do"
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-09-02
: ROSS Galley, NJ. D.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Onaoe and Residence over Jacks Drug Store.
Tel.-Rural. 36.
Princeton, MIMI
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-09-02
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

I B. MALLETTE, D. V. NJ.
A' Veterinary Physician and
Surgeon
Office in TOwsend Block. Northwestern, voflc
1888, home 5. Tri7State, Office 800, home.187.
PRINCETON MINNEsoT4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
RIVERS ON TEAR
Kentucky Shows Thirty-FOOt
Rise After DOwnpOur.
Mountain Streams Threaten
Towns; Heavy Rains in Ohio.

Lexington, KY, Dec. 1S.-A thirty
foot rise in the Kentucky river at
Jackson, following heavy rains which
have beIn continuous for the last
thirty-six hours, was reported in a
message received here.
Heaviest Rain in Years.
Louisville, KY, Dec. 1S.-One of the
heaviest rains in years has fallen over
Kentucky within the last So hours,
swelling small streams and flooding
lowlands, but reports indicate result
ing as yet in comparatively little dam
age.
At Louisville the weather bureau
reports a rainfall of 4.19 inches dur
ing the twenty-four hours ended at z
a. m. today
Reports to the weather bureau
from Frankfort show the Kentucky
river rose IT feet in "a hours. The
Ohio river at Madison, Ind, near the
mouth of the Kentucky river, rose S.S
feet.
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Total
In Failing Condition.

''That said stock was of the par
value of one hundred dollars ($10O)
per share and had a reasonable mar
lxet value of one hundred dollars per
share at the time the same was issued;
that said stock was issued by the
said w. w. Mills president of the
Mills Dry Goods company to himself
without consideration, when the said
W. w. Mills well knew that it was the
rule of the said corporation for all
shareholders to pay cash for all stock
issued to them, and at the time when
the corporation was in failing condi-
ton and in need of funds to continue
its business.
plaintiff alleges that the said W.
W. Mills was at the time such certifi-
Gates were issued insolvent and finan-
cialIy irresponsible and that said cor
poration did not then receive and
never has received anything of value
for such stock or any part thereof,
and same was appropriated by W. w.
Mills for his own use and benefit
Plaintiff alleges that said directors
in dereIiction of their duty as direc-
tors of said corporation, and as trus-
tees of the shareholders thereof have
failed, neglected and refused and still
neglect and refuse to require payment
for such stock or to cancel the same
Notwithstanding they have for a long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
GOOD TIMES HERE
|. IN YULETIDE R0MP
Bradstreet's Report Reads Like
Story of Fiction.
Why, EverybOdy's Happy,
EverybOdy's Got Coin!
CHRISTMAS CHEER IN AIR
Even Travelling Statesmen Too
Busy to Go Home.
Jobs Galore; Wages Paid /;
Money in Demand; Murray!

New York, Dec. 1S.-Sure, prosper
itys herei Just look at Bradstreet's
report, today:
Sustained activity in a majority of
lines with prospects of still greater
growth, typify current trade and in
dustrial conditions.
Contrary to precedent, the larger
trades do not display the customary
pre-holiday characteristics that usual
~ prevail when the time for taking of
inventories arrives. True, there has
been a luIl in some sections: but. by
and large, activity is so steadily main
tanned that statesmen are remaining on
the road longer than usual at this
season, and most reports agree that
wholesale as well as jobbing trade is
of large volume.
''In addition:
christmas shopping is in full
swing.
Buying at many centers is the
Regular retail trade in heavy wear
ing apparel is excellent.
Mail order houses are doing a rec
ord business.
Buying for future delivery is good.
Industrial activity is especially
noteworthy.
Labor is well employed at good
wages.
Farmers. except in a few places.
are prosperous.
1.-THE week has witnessed further
advances in prices for cereals
collections are good.
Bank clearings heavily exceed
those of this time in 1913.
Money is in better demand
Railway traffic is heavy.
Recorders for staples are such as
to suggest that stocks had been starved
and a new wave of prosperity has
given so much of an impetus to final
distribution that repeat orders keep
coming in.
Weekly bank clearings s4,62S, OO3,-
900"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
ENGLISH PASS FORD
But Rule That Part of His Equip.
menI Is COntraband of War.

London, Dec. 1S.-Announcement
is made by the foreign office
that the steamship Oscar II hav-
ing on board the Ford peace party,
has been permitted to proceed on her
voyage 10 Christi&ria. The foreign
office understands the steamship has
sailed from KirkWaH Into which port
it was taken by the British author
tiles. Guarantees were required that
certain parts of the steamships cargo
must be returned to England.
The captain of the Oscar II has
given a bond to return to England
the part of the cargo in question
which has been declared contraband.
Henry Ford made an urgent request
that the steamship be allowed to pro-
coed. He told the British authorities
he believed he could arrange peace
if permitted to visit neutral countries
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time past known of such wrongful is
sue.
Plaintiff alleges that the Mills Dry
Goods companq on or about the
first day of August. 1915, sold and
transferred to the Mills Stores COM
pany, 4 corpora ton duly organized
and existing under the laws of Iowa
with its office and principal place of
business at Topeka all of its
right, title and interest in and to all
of the said stock of merchandise. fix
lures, accounts and good will, togeth-
er with the lease on the building at
the time occupied by the Mills Dry
Goods company; that at the time of
the sale above mentioned, the said
Mills Dry Goods company was insol-
vent and in falling condition and I'M
der the terms of said sale and in con-
sideration of the said stock g.
the said Mills Stores agreed to assume
certain liabilities of the Mills Dry
Goods company and to transfer to
the stockholders of the Mills Dry
Goods company $S4, 900 worth of pre-
ferred stock in the Mills Stores COM
pany, the said stock to be distributed
pro rata among the shareholders of
the Mills Dry Goods company; that
the said stock is now being held in
escrow by the Prudential Trust COM
pany of Topeka subject to distribution
among the stockholders of the Mills
Dry Goods company by the board of
directors of the latter company.
s'Injury to Stockholders"
plaintiff alleges that if the directors
of the said Mills Dry Goods company
recognize said certificates of stock so
fraudulently issued to the said w. w.
Mills that he and other stockholders
of the corporation will be injured
thereby to the amount of the par val
ue of the stock.
Plaintiff alleges that the directors
of the said Mills Dry Goods company
have threatened and are about to rec
ogniZe the certificates of stock as val
enjoined by an order from this court
they will transfer to w. w. Mills the
pro rata share of the stock so issued
that the stock so issued to the said
W. w. Mills bears to the total amount
issued by the said The Mills Dry
Goods company out of the $s4.300
worth of stock in the Mills Stores
company now held in escrow by the
Prudential Trust company.
Enjoin From Transfer.
wherefore: The plaintiff asks
the court for an order enjoining the
Goods company from recognizing any
sued to the said w. w. Mills and en-
from transferring to w. W. Mills any
stock in the Mills Stores company in
lieu of stock held in the Mills Dry
Goods company, that the board of di-
rectors of the Mills Dry Goods COM
pany be ordered to cancel all the GER
tificates of stock so issued to w. w.
Mills. -
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Athens Expects Germans to
Cross Frontier Next Week.
Allies to Make Determined
Stand North of SaIOniki.
GREEKS AID ANGLO-FREkCH
Central Powers Want Guaran-
tees Against Further Offensive.
Entrenching Work Around Sa-
IOniki Being Pushed.

Athens, Dec. 1S-German troops
will cross the Greek frontier before
the end of next week and renew the
assault on the Anglo-FrencR forces,
according to reports circulated here
today. The information is said to have
come from persons close to the Ger
man embassy.
The allies will make their first de-
termined stand about twenty miles
north of Saloniki. Strong works, be-
gun before the Anglo-French retreat
from Serbia, are being completed and
are depended upon to check, If not
entirely stop the Feutonic invasion
Greek authorities are lending every
possible aid to the allies. One high
official of the ministry of railways Wis
tied Saloniki yesterday and conferred
with General Sarrail. Arrangements
speedy communication between Salo-
Mkt and the Anglo-F French front, near
the Greek border.
Want Greek Guarantee.
Berne, Dec. 1S.-The military critic
of the Bund says he has reason to be-
Iieve the central powers have decided
to ask Greece to furnish guarantees
that the allied forces on Greek terri
tory will undertake no further often
sive operations.
Greece, he says, will not be called
upon to bring about the removal of
the forces from Saloniki but will be
expected to see to it that they are re-
stricted to the entrenched camp there.
Failing these guarantees, the critic
adds, the central powers will institute
operations against Saloniki.
Neutral Zone Favored.
Paris, Dec. 18.-(Delayed)- 1.-The
SaIoniki correspondent of the Temps,
writing under date of the 10th con-
corning the fighting along the Serbo-
Greek frontier, says that the situation
is stationary. He continues:
THE French and English troops
have settled north of Saloniki and en-
trenching is being carried on yigor-
ously.
THE Bulgarians continued inactive
at the Serbo-Greek frontier. Their
number is estimated at 100000. 1t is
confirmed that the Greek and Bu1gar-
ian governments are in accord to
create neutral zone a mile and a
quarter wide on each side of the
boundary line so as to avoid incidents
between the pickets of the two
armies"
Austrians Take 1880 Montenegrins.
Berlin, Dec. 18.-Austro-H Hungarian
troops have captured 1880 Monte
negrinS and Serbians in the last five
days fighting on Montenegrin soil, it
is stated in an official statement today
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the official list at the White House
all the ambassador ministers, con-
SresSmen, senators and friends of the
president and Mrs. Gait, who are Gus
tCnsarily Invited to the mansion dur
ing the social season.
The wedding day was marred by a
drenching downpour. The rain began
during the night and promised to con-
tinue all day, although the weather
man promised that by the hour of the
nuptials the skies would be clear. Now
and then the hustle about the grounds
was EXCHANGED by the appearance of
an automobile express wagon, bearing
the last loads of gifts.
At the home of Mrs. Gait there was
the greatest activity. Decorators and
florists were engaged in putting the
finishing touches on the simple but
beautiful surroundings within which
the wedding ceremony will be per-
formed tonight.
Uncle Joe Pays Respects.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon was an early
visitor at the White House today to
pay his respects and congratulate
President Wilson. The president, how
ever, had left for a short call at the
home of his fiancee and Uncle Joe"
left his card.
In the kitchen now and then per-
sonally directed by Mrs. Gait herself,
dainties for the wedding supper were
being prepared. Mrs. Galt's colored
maid, who came to Washington many
years ago when Mrs. Gait was then a
bride for the first time, was moving
around with her usual ease and COM
potency, seeing nothing was left I'M
done in preparation for the big event.
President Wilson will dine at the
White House. He will leave for the
Gait home shortly after 8 o'clock, ac-
companied by his daughter, Miss Mar
garet Wilson, and his cousin, Miss
Helen Woodrow Bones.
Following the wedding, the presi-
dent and his bride will go directly to
the train. The only one accompany
ing the bridegroom on the wedding
trip will be his private stenographer,
Charles Sven.
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Arch SeIwyn, Eds Brother,
Again Hears Expensive News.
Theatrical Man Advised He's to
Give Annual Dinner.
AFFAIR IS ARRANGED FOR HIN
AHHe Has to Do Is to Foot the
Little" Bill. g..
Actors, PIaywrights, NOvelists,
eft al, IN Yuletide FrOlic.

Nrav.- york Dec 1S.-Arch A Sell
WIN. better known to Broadway as Al,
the abbreviation of his middle name
Alovsius. who is head of the theatrical
firm of Selwyn & Co, whenever ms
brother Edgar goes out to luncheon'
has been advised that he VIII give ms
annual dinner. to which all Broadway
Is always invited, at the HUDSON
theater tomorrow night
This extensive news was broken TO
Mr.. SeIwyn by Roi cooper Megrue, =
Pincus Hayes. Douglas FAN banks
RAYMOND Hitchcock, James FORBES
Irwin :. Cobb. Charles Belmont Davis,
Miss Margaret Mayo. Miss Margaret
Ellington. George Dorm, Crosby Cage
Miss NIadge Kennedy, Miss Mary PICK
ford William Courtenay. Charles Han
son Towne, Seumas O'SulliVan, FRANK
C-rovvninshield and many, many others
who cha sed him all over Gotham just
10 let him know it.
Everything Is Arranged.
They told him that they had ar
ranged an affair which. for costliness
and elaborate splendor will so far out
shine anything he has ever done, that
he will have cause to be proud OF tnen
efforts Mr.. SelwyH also learned that
he will pay for the taXicabs that were
used in chasing him All Mr.. SelWyn
has to do is make a mental note OF the
time and place the dinner is to be held
and pay the bills as they are pre-
scented. Even the slightest detall Is
attended to for him. Last years at
fair set Mr.. Selwyn back 81, $50, so TINS
perennial host confessed with Il touch
of bitterness while weeping in his
oyster patty between dances that
night.
Fire. But Time to Confer.
As n fire was under way out near
KaIe Durllin's farm last night and
chief Selwyn had only begun to get
his uniform out of his locker in the
fire house he found himself unable to
. give more than five or six minutes to
rhe fornaIities of discussing the Of
fetal notification
- MAY 1 offer n suggestion, Mr..
chairman the fire chief hollered
lover the telephone from Rowayton to
Broadway. Chairman Megrue' con-
ferred briefly with the committee and
then hoIlered to Mr.. Selwyin that any
SUGGESTION he had to make concerning
his party would be received and placed
an file by the committee and consid-
cred for whatever .he committee
Thought it worth
Il merely wish to say before going
! to-the fire" thereupOn said the chief,
4that7I think this years party you say
{ nl7 giving should have as its chief
guests the cast of Under Fire mas
5nuch as that's the company now at
the Hudson.
the author Chairman Megrue Car
ried-''
The committee. AFTER carefully
counting the seats ana measuring the
standing room spaces in the Hudson
theater last night, decided dhat it will
be possible to get at least 1000 of Mr..
$elwyns friends to the party
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Wall St, New York, Dee. 1S.-STOCKS-
The overnight developments were helpful
to the moderate Improvement recorded by
today's early market initial quotations
showing gains ia most quarters of the
stock list. Trading was light. however.
United States Steel being the only issue
to show more than ordinary animation.
Representative issues were neglected
while war shares and kindred descriptions
were / to points higher.
Greater gains were made by Texas Com
uany. Virginia Coal, Iron and Coke and
United States Industrial Alcohol
Prices shaded secondary offerings.
Trading in stocks today was of a minor
and superficial character. dealings being
light and price changes for the most part
circumscribed. The short interest again
was disposed to cover outstanding con
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-18
LAWMAKERS GO HOME
Congressman and Senators Desert
Washington Haunts Until After
the Christmas Holidays.

Washington, Dec. 1s.-The capitol
building, for the past two weeks the
scene of congressional activity. today
practically was deserted.
Virtually all the members of con-
gress following adjournment last
night for the holidays were homeward
bound, not to return until the reopen
ing of the national legislature on
Jan. 4.
One of the final acts was the
passage by the senate of the house
joint resolution extending the emer-
gency revenue law until Dec. 81, 1916
President Wilson shortly afterwards
affixed his signature to the measure
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President Closely Guarded.


D. m and leave soon afterward for
Mrs Calls home for the wedding GER
emory.
President Closely Guarded.
Arrangements for guarding, the
house during the ceremonies included
a diversion of all traffic from the
street and a heavy guard of police
men and secret service agents about
the premises
Although details of the wedding
trip had not been disclosed. it became
known that the couple will leave for
the south shortly after the ceremony.
The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rec
tor Of St Margaret's Protestant Epis-
eopal church, will perform the we'd
ding ceremony.
New First Lady.
at $40 o'clock tonight the land
Hin have a new first lady-Mrs- Edith
Boiling Galt-WilsOn.
But the momentous event failed to
move the president from his custom
arv routine work. He was about the
executive offices early, clearing up the
unfinished ends of government bust
ness preparatory TO leaving it for two
weeks Aside from the conference
5lanned with Secretary of State Lans-
Ing to take up the answer to Austria s
Ancona note, the president expected
10 see no one today. No engagements
were made
The only matter standing in the way
of an uninterrupted wedding trip was
the threatened crisis with Austria.
Should any emergency arise while the
president is away, requiring an imme-
date conference with Secretary Lans-
ing. arrangements already have been
made for a swift trip by the secretary
10 the presidents honeymoon retreat.
White House Astir Early.
About the White House today there
was a noticeable stir. The servants
moved with alacrity furnishing up the
Interior as if to welcome irlmediat ely
etfle new mistress. At the executive Of
noes the wedding announcements were
being prepared for the mails. They
We're to go to every one appearing on
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WHERE'S RETREAT?


is still the mystery of mysteries. The
president issued what Secretary Tu-
nudity termed an 'ultimatum'' that no
photograph should be taken of the
ceremony or of those who have the
good fortune to attend as guests. Mrs
Gait has made a special request that
her mother and relatives have no per-
sonal photographs taken.
This much is known: A transfer
company has been given the order to
take Mrs. Galt's trunks away from
her home. The list calls for two hat
trunks, three steamer trunks and five
wardrobe trunks. Some of these are
to go to the White House, but the ex-
pressmen cannot be cajoled into tell
ing the destination of the others, if
they know.
Episcopal Ceremony to Be Used.
1t is definitely stated that the Epis-
copal ceremony will be read and it is
understood that DIR. Herbert Scott
Smith, of st. Margaret's church, will
officiate. The hour of the wedding
is O'Clock.
A list of wedding guests. verified by
member of the family. is as follows:
Mrs. William Es Boiling, Mrs. Galt's
mother; Miss Bertha Boiling, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Wilmer Boiling, Julian
B. Boiling, John Randolph Boiling,
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthews Maury, of An
niston, Ala; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Will
son, of Baltimore; Miss Alice Wilson,
Miss Gertrude Gordon, Mrs. Anne
Howe, Mrs. Perrin Cothran, Baby JOS
ephine Cethran, Colonel Charles
Brown, Mrs. Reginald Kendall, Secre-
tary and Mrs. Joseph Tumulty, Mary
Tumulty, Mr.. and Mrs. Rolfe E. Boil
ling, of Panama; DR.. William Boiling,
DR.. Cary Grayson, Miss Helen Wood
row Bones, and, of course, Miss Mar
garet Wilson and the presidents two
married daughters. Mrs. William G.
McAdoo and Mrs. Frances Bowes
SaYre.
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LAST Minute news
Would Investigate Philippines.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-A resolution
providing for investigation of the Phil
ippine government and conditions in
the archipelago by a special house
committee was introduced by
Representative Miller, of Minnesota,
who recently visited the islands. The
resolution says that Competent au-
thority,' has asserted that Spanish
American war veterans in the Philip
pine civil service have been removed
without cause, that there have been
gross abuses of the civil service rules
and that the Philippine government is
demoralized and incompetent,
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PAY TITANIC CLAIMS
White Star Line Agrees to Pay $664,-
900 in Settlement of All De-
mands Following Disaster.

New York, Dec, 1S.-The White Star
line has agreed to pay $664,0O0 in set
Element of all claims arising from the
sinking of the Titanic on April Is,
1912. when more than 1900 persons
were drowned, attorneys for the line
have announced.
OF the amount. approximately $780,
600 will be distributed among Ameri-
can claimants. $4,000 to British
claimants and $4,000 will be re-
quired for interest and expenses in
connection with the numerous suits.
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ALASKAN ROAD FUND
Deficiency Appropriation Bill for ST.
100000 Urged by Secretary Is
Presented to Congress.

Washington, Dec. 1s.-A deficiency
appropriation of 100000, which
Secretary Lane Gays is needed at the
earliest possible moment to enable
the continuance of construction of the
Alaskan railroad was asked of con-
gress by Secretary McAdoo.
The house today adopted the SEN
ate resolution to permit the govern
ment exhibits at the Panama Pacific
exposition to be removed to the San
Diego fair.
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New York, Dec. 1S.-Mercantile paper,
3@3Ac; Sterling, siXty-day bills 4.67.J0
demand, Az; cables, 4.72.S5. Francs, de
mand, SSH cables, 5.S3R. Marks, de-
mand, 76ss; cables, 761a. Guilders, de-
mand, 43A; cables 435s. Lires, demand,
6.57; cables, CSC. Rubles, demand, BIZ /;
cables BPS. Bar silvers, 54A.
Mexican dollars, AZ. Government
bonds steady. Railroad bonds irregular.
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Calgary, Alberta, Dec. 1S.-The Big
Rogers Pass tunnel of the Canadian
Pacific will be near completion next
Monday when boring operations will
be concluded it was announced today.
The tunnel, five miles long, passes
through the dome of the great Selkirk
range, and is said to be the largest
tunnel on the continent and one of the
largest in the world.
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German Patrol Boat wrecked

London, Dec. 1S.-The German pa
troll boat BUM has been wrecked on
the islend of Langeland in the Baltic
sea, according to a dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph company from Cop
enhagen The bodies of several Ger
man officers were found on the shore,
the dispatch adds.