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The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
HAD A BIC TRADE
Topeka Stores Did an Unusual
ly Heavy Holiday Business.
One Store Reports so Per Cent
Increase Over Last Year.

AS the result of the Santa Fe
bonuses and many others during the
Christmas holidays Topeka stores en-
ioyed the best Christmas shopping in
history, according to statements made
today.
A P. McKown of Pelletier's. stated
this morning that the Christmas
trade exceeded their expectations.
Also that the class of goods pur-
chased was better and that practical
gifts were those most in demand.
ut struck me that 1 had never
seen people imbued with soz much
Christmas spirit said Mr.. McKown.
w. w. Whitney of Warren M.
Crosby also reported the best Christ
mas trade in years. The Santa r
bonus was given by him as the cause
Of the big trade.
We've had the biggest trade by so
per cent that we ever enjoyed at
Christmas time in Topeka" said H.
A. Auerbach of the Palace Clothing
company. Every one seemed to de-
mand practical Christmas gifts"
G. A. HARLAN of the HARLAN Furni-
ture company stated that the trade
was better than in former years and
that the quality of furniture pur-
chased was much better than usual.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
WAREHOUSE BURNS
Merchants Transfer Company Sus-
tains Fire Loss of $1,000.

Fire late Sunday afternoon de-
stroyed the store rooms of the Mer-
chants Transfer and Storage COM
pany, 21S East Sixth avenue. and
about $4,000 worth of print paper be-
longing to the Capper publications.
The loss to the warehouse is estimated
at $4,000. A fire wall separating the
store rooms from a building occupied
by the Atherton Transfer company, to
the west. is all that saved that build
ing from being burned.
The flames shot over to the roof Of
a house to the east owned by B. F.
Golden. Considerable furniture was
damaged by water before the flames
were extinguished. Two families liv-
ing over the Atherton Transfer COM
pany's building were driven out by
smoke. Furniture in the Economy
shoe shop was carried out and placed
on the sidewalk. as for a time it
seemed that the entire block would be
burned The paper owned by the Cap
per publications was covered by in
SuranCe
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
KLINE TO RETIRE
Rock Island Right Agent Will
Give Up Position.

E w. Kline, right-of-way agent for
the Rock Island since the road was
organized, who has had his headquar-
ters at Topeka for more than thirty
wears, will retire from active service
devote his time to private business.
He will be retired on pension by the
company on account of long and
faithful service.
Kline located much of the right
of-way for the Rock Island thru Kan
sas, and in Topeka. When the Rock
Island was the Chicago, Kansas &
Nebraska Railway company, Mr.
Kline was city clerk of Trenton, Mo
Believing in the prospect of the new
railroad, which was then just starting
construction west of the Mississippi
Mr.. Kline resigned his position and
entered the employ of the road in
charge of the town and land accounts
in the office of C. F. Jilson. then
treasurer of the company at Atchison.
The offices were moved to Topeka
in 1887, Mr.. Kline coming here at
that time. He later was appointed to
the management of the Land and
Town companies of the road, and also
to be special right-of-way agent, po-
sition he has held ever since that time.
In 1902 he was appointed president
and secretary of the Land and Town
company and continued his work as
special right-of-way agent. with head
quarters still in Topeka. He has held
the latter position up to this time.
Mr.. KHne's home is at 11SS Col
lege avenue, and he plans to remain
there.
No announcement of the appoint
ment of a successor has been made by
the company.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
CANADIAN CORPS
Spectacular Victory Scored
During Surprise Attack.
Into Enemy Trenches Two Min
utes After Charge.

With the British Armies in France.
madam troops have just accomplished
what the British officers declare
marks a new phase in modern trench
warfare. In a raid, which, however,
was much more than a raid, they sue
ceeded in putting out of action, tenn
porarily. at least, an entire battalion
of German infantry. They took fifty
nine prisoners. including one commits
stoned officer and estimated that they
killed $50 Germans in dugouts which
were blown to atoms after their oc-
cupants refused to surrender. The
Canadian losses were extremely light
The raid" took place at 8 o'clock in
the afternoon on front of 400 yards.
The German prisoners admit they
were taken completely by surprise.
The officer captured said he was con-
vinced that something was about to
happen but believed the attack was
coming on Christmas eve.
The Canadians, mostly stalwart
men from the plains of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, had skillfully
established themselves well forward
so that when the artillery had ceased
the preparatory Ilre tney were IN the
German front line trenches in less
than two minutes.
Pelt Enemy With Grenades.
The officer in command, who was
reporting the raid to brigade head
quarters by telephone said that he had
hardly uttered the words. They're
off," before he had to say, They're
in" CONSERVATION reigned among the
Germans who scrambled for the saps
and dugouts leading to the rear
trenches while the Canadians pelted
them with hand grenades. Caught
unprepared, many Germans in the
front line offered no resistance but
threw up their hands with cries of
''Kamerad." Others were taken as
they fled for the second and third
lines for the Canadians pushed on
quickly on the second trenches.
About twenty dugouts were Destroy
ed by Canadians, several with bombs
captured from the Germans. No at
tempt was made at a counter attack
until the following night when the
Germans bombarded and raided their
own first line or what was left of it
thinking the raiders were still there.
AS matter of fact the Canadians
who carried out the operation were
miles away. They were not part of
the fighting line but on rest and had
gone forward for this particular piece
of work which was planned weeks ago.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
NO WAR VACATION
o Christmas Respite il
Trenches of Europe.
Vigorous Fighting Reported on
All Battle Fronts.

London, Dec. 25.-Not even Christ
mas cheer stopped wars manning to-
day. Reports from every front dis
closed slight letup in the business or
killing. London itself celebrated, but
with a cheer tinged with sorrow for
loved ones lost and a reconsecration
for the future. London't main man
Hesitation of the Christmas spirit was
furnished in the elabor- tie arrange
ments made to give furloughed Toni
mics a real taste of cheer and home
comforts. There were thousands of
khLki-clad warriors who came over
from France to spend the holiday at
home-or if not at home, in friendly
hands
Snow made real Christmas SUR
roundings on nearly every front 1t
traced a covering of the forces in the
Vosges in the western front. 1t in
terposed a natural obstacle to unlim-
tied fighting on the east. High up in
the Carpathians the Russians and
Germans were locked; and south, in
the dazzling whiteness of the peaks of
the Alps, the Italians and Austrians
still fought each other from trenches
dizzily planted on height and in vail
ley. In Macedonia both sides were
showed in"
Drive Oh Dobrudja.
Dispatches from Rumania and Do
brudja did not detail the weather, but
indicated perhaps the most vigorous
of all warfare of the day in progress.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen has
switched from his drive of the Teu-
tonic troops north from Bucharest, to
take charge of a new and violent Of
fensive directed against the Russians
in Dobrudj...
Here in London, nearly all of
Britain's officials stuck closely at
their desks planning ahead. Christ
mas usually found all of this holiday
vacationing in the past but it was
symbolical of the new order, in
stalled by Premier Lloyd-George, that
personal comfort this year came sec
ond to the nations needs and the Of
ficials, for the most part, were right
on the job. Premier Lloyd George
himself set an example in this regard,
foregoing all pleas of his family to
spend a Christmas at his home in
Wales. He expects to accomplish
some work at his office today. So do
most of the other cabinet officers
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
365-DAY PRESENT
Street Railway Co. Gives Men Short
or Hours and More Pay.

Motormen and conductors on the
Topeka Railway company's cars will
receive a ra Sc and their working
hours will be shortened by two, the
first of the year. The official an
nouncement of the increased pay and
shorter hours viii be made at the an
nual Christmas entertainment given
by the company for the men tonight
Albert Patten. general manager of
the Mckinley lines in Kansas. stated
this morning that the scale of wages
now run from 20 to 23 cents, depend
ing on the length of service. and that
the scale is to be advanced to range
from 21 to 26 cents an hour.
1.-The runs will be changed and re-
vised SO as to cut the working hours
of the men on an average about two
hours a day. They now work about
twelve hours. in three shifts After
the revision of the runs, they will
work about ten hours
Every man not needed to maintain
car service will attend the entertain
ment at $50 o'clock tonight on the
second floor of the company's offices
at Twelfth and Jackson streets, and
will take his wife and children. The
men who are needed on the cars this
evening will be entertained later.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
HOMES DESERTED
BY XMAS JOY IN
HUNTFOR MISSING

Chicago. Dec. 25.-There will be
more than 200 Chicago homes in
which Christmas joy will be darkened
by the unexplained absence of mem
bers of the family. The record of
missing persons in the police depart
ment shows that 23e men. women and
children have been reported as miss
ing in the last two weeks and only a
few of these have returned.
The average number Of persons dis
appearing is about 300 each year ac-
cording to police officials. OF these
the majority are men. The number
about equals the number of unidenti-
fled t.,5~- bodies picked up from the
lake or r1v-r or in out of the way
places.
The youngest missing person on the
records is 10-year-old Bernard Me
Nulty. who disappeared from his par
ents home December II.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
SAD HOME CHRISTMAS
Three Killed. Sixteen Wounded at
Family Reunion by Explosion.

Atlantic Ia. Dec. 25-Three per-
sons were killed, three probably fatal
ly injured and every other one of the
sixteen gathered for a Christmas fam
lily reunion was badly hurt when an
acetylene gas plant at the home of
John Faaborg, wealthy farmer near
here, exploded Sunday. For two hours
neighbors worked to rescue the vic
Tins from the wreckage
Eight physicians set eighteen com
pound fractures among the injured
and performed a number of serious
operations.
Blown Up at Dinner Table.
The dead are: John Nelson. Al:
Ida Faaborg, IA. and Christina Faa-
borg. 8. Officials of the coroner's Of
flee today began an Investigation to
determine the cause of the explosion
The prevailin5 opinion is that gas ie-
nited when the door leading to the
basement was opened and the gas
reached the fire in the kitchen stove
All of the injured were seated at the
dinner table. The explosion com
pletely wrecked the house and the
diners were buried in the wreckage
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
GALLOWS TO ALTAR
Three Times Sentenced to Die He Es-
capes-Now Cupid Gets Him.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec 25.-Albert T
Patrick, now a wealthy oil man here,
three times sentenced to die in Sing
Sing prison on a murder charge, but
who was pardoned after a memorable
fight by his millionaire brother-in-law,
John NJ. Milliken, of st. Loui today
announced his engagement to Miss
Mildred West, daughter of a Tulsa
operator. They will wed in June.
Patrick was tried for the alleged
murder of William Marsh Rice, mil
lionaire founder of Rice institute, of
Houston, Tex, who died in New York
September 10, 1900. While in prison
under sentence of death, Patrick was
married. His wife died soon after his
release.
Albert T Patrick was pardoned by
Governor Dix on November 2S, 1912,
after ten years in prison. When Pat
rick was convicted in March, 1902,
Mrs. Addie M. Francis, to whom he
was engaged, proved her faith in him
by marrying him in the Tombs prison
in that city.
For ten years Mrs. Patrick lived
within sight of the walls of Sing Sing
that she might be near her husband
and comfort him. The day after he
was pardoned they began their long
delayed honeymoon, going first to St
Louis and later to Tulsa. year later
Mrs. Patrick died
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
UP GO SUBSCRIPTIONS
Newspapers Raise Price to Meet High
Cost of Print Paper.

Owensboro, Ky, Dec. 25.-Sub-
scription rates of the Owensboro Mes
senger and of the Owensboro Inquir-
er will be increased, their publishers
announced today, due to advanced
cost of news print paper.
From 10 to 13 Cents Week.
Wheeling, w. Va, Dec 25-The
Wheeling Daily News today an
nounced its subscription rates would
be advanced from 10 cents to 13 cents
a week, January 1.
No Christmas Editions
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 25.-No news
papers will be issued in Omaha today.
This will be the first time the morn
ing papers have missed an issue since
their establishment. In making the
announcement they gave as their rea-
son a desire to conserve the paper
supply in the interests of the press
generally.
Raise Subscription ST a Year.
Birmingham. Ala, Dec 25-The
birmingham News and the Birming-
ham Ledger, both afternoon newspa-
pers, announced today that after Jan
uary 1 their yearly subscription rates
will be raised 81 because of the in
creased cost of print paper. The Bir-
mingham Age-Herald also has in
creased its subscription price
All Altoona Papers Raise Price.
Altoona, Pa, Dec. 25.-The Morning
Tribune, the Morning Times and the
Evening Mirror, all daily newspapers.
announced today that beginning jan
uary l, their price will be 2 cents a
copy.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
FIND MEANEST MAN
The Rock Island Officials Have Lo-
Gated Him in Topeka.

c. E. Bascom. city passenger agent
for the Rock Island, thinks that he
has at last discovered the meanest
man. The man in question recently
swapped grips with the Pullman con-
sductor on a Frisco train into Kansas
City, and brought the trainman's grip
home to Topeka with him before he
noticed the exchange. Then he started
on still hunt for his own grip. He
thought at first that he had swapped
with a Rock Island conductor, then
that he had been given the wrong
baggage at the checkstand in Kansas
City. The Rock Island men here spent
re cents telephoning to Kansas City
before they finally located the real
owner of the grip.
Then the erstwhile passenger assert
ed that the Rock Island was to blame
for the whole trouble, and when his
property was finally located, refused
to pay the telephone charges for find
ing it. And the Rock Island, rather
than fuss with him about it, paid the
charges, but still insists that as the
exchange was made before the pass
,enger even got onto a Rock Island
train, the latter road has been made
the goat
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
FLEE FROM TORREON
Twenty-Eight Foreign Refugees
Reach San Luis Potosi.

San Antonio. Tex, Dec. 25.-Twen-
ty-eight foreign refugees from Tor
reon have arrived in San Luis Potosi
according to a dispatch received by
Philip c. Hanna, United States con-
sui general of Monterey, now sta
toned in San Antonio. The message
was sent by British Vice Consul
O'Hea, who said when the refugees
left Torreon, December 10, they un-
derstood Villa was within fifteen
miles of that city.
The refugees included: w. E
Thomas, Carmin Horns, G. Squire, j.
]. Martin, o. E. Musebach, Doctor
Carr. Doctor King, J. Roquet, L. Nc
Even and wife. Willis Lee and wife,
W. C. Enders. E. l. White, Sam Gra-
ham. P. L. Schulz, J. A Porter and
wife, H. N Boren, G. H. Pound, L. A
Rome. J. Richards, r. Hilker ]. NJ
Draeger, L. c. Alvarez and wife, and
]. NJ. Woodwork and wife
Several foreigners remained in the
city. including the German and
French consuls.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
CELEBRATES HER
1O6TH CHRISTMAS,
HALE AND HEARTY

New York, Dec. 25.-Surrounded
by a large proportion of her score or
more of grand and great-grandchild-
rem from Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Alice Bennett celebrated her
106th Christmas at her home in
Brooklyn today. Mrs. Bennett was los
years old yesterday. After helping
prepare breakfast and reading the pa
per without the use of spectacles, she
walked five blocks to church and
home again at the end of the service.
The home observance lasted until mid
night. Today she helped stuff a pa
pound turkey and according to her de-
scendents, was the life of the Christ
mas party"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
rain. SNOW, Wind!
DisagreeabIe Weather on Road
to Kansas Now.
Tomorrow To Be Unsettled;
Colder Tuesday Night.

Temperatures up to noon today aV-
eraged degrees above normal The
wind is blowing at the rate of Is
miles an hour from the southeast
Today is the first time in nearly two
weeks that temperatures have been
above normal.
A decided change in weather is
scheduled for tomorrow. according to
the weather bureau 1t calls for un-
settled weather with rain tonight,
turning to snow Tuesday; warmer to-
night in the east; much colder Tues
wave Tuesday in the west; strong
southerly winds tonight, shifting
Tuesday. Warning of much danger to
livestock is sent out by the forecaster.
The shippers forecast reads to pro-
tect "a to SO hour shipments north
and west against temperatures of zero;
east and south, 10 to 20. The mer-
curry here tonight probably will not
drop below 32 degrees, but Tuesday
will start tobogganing and by Tues
day night will have dropped to a point
between 10 and 20 degrees.
Kansas today was sandwiched be-
tween warm fall-like weather and a
storm that closely resembles a bliz-
zard. Snow was general thruout the
northern United States this morning
and to the south rain was reported
with moderate temperatures. The
wind this morning was blowing at the
rate of thirty miles an hour from the
southeast. 1t was expected to shift
some time today and probably will
bring some cold weather from the
north. The coolest place in the coun-
try this morning was Helena, Mont,
where the minimum reading was 10
below zero.
The lowest temperature here last
night was rs degrees at o'clock
This is above the normal night tenn
perature for this date. At 10 o'clock
the mercury had climbed to 3S de-
grees. the highest point reached since
December 16. The sky was partly
cloudy and the high wind made the
day seem colder than it really was.
The highest temperature on record
for this date is 81 degrees. established
in 1889. The low record, 1 degree, oc-
CURED in 1914.
Snow Coming This Way.
Denver, Dec. 25.-Predictions of a
cold wave for tomorrow were con-
tanned in the Christmas day report of
the weather bureau here. Snow was
! falling in southern Utah, Arizona and
/ eastern New Mexico and Colorado.
Rain had turned to snow far south as
the Mexican border in Arizona. The
temperature here today was moderate.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
NORTH COUNTRY HAPPY
Prosperity Breaking All Records and
It's a Merry Christmas.

Duluth, Dec. 25.-Prosperity work
for all those able to work and boun-
tiful charity for those who were not
marked Christmas day in the north
country. The vast iron ore mines of
the Minnesota ranges. the output from
which broke all records in the season
just closed the termination of the
rush season of spring on the great
lakes; plants and steel mills pushed
past all previous output: the lumber
cut in the woods employing more
highly paid men than ever before; in
creases in wages affecting practically
every line of endeavor-high salaries
and high prices-all pointed to plen-
tiful money in the hands of the peo-
pie.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
HIGH OLD TIME!
L. S. Boys in Mexico Celebrate in
Varied Fashion.

Ell Valle, San Bueno. Ventura, Chi
huahua, Mex, Dec. 25-By wireless to
Columbus, n. NJ. Dec. 25.-There was
a Fourth of July tinge to the Christ
mas celebration at this camp, which
is the extreme southern point of the
American expeditions line. Nearly
$500 worth of fireworks, set off
Christmas eve, consoled the 1000 SOL
diers in camp for their inability to
hang up stockings and brought some
thing akin to alarm to the residents of
Ell Vale and the MeXicans inha biting
the fringe of adobe huts that surround
the camp.
Christmas day itself is full to over
flowing with amusements. They va
ried from Christmas carols which the
Fifth cavalry band played at the
headquarters of each organization i'm
mediately after reveil1e. to bountiful
spread at noon and a bull fight in the
afternoon.
Have Football Game.
The morning was given over to
sports. A football team chosen from
the cavalry and artillery in camp
played a closely contested game with
an eleven from the infantry and en-
gineers, the victors receiving a prize
of S25 donated by Col w. H. Allaire
camp commander: there were three
horse and two mule races, the latter
for enlisted men; and those who pre-
ferred more unusual sports were per-
mitted to attend a bull fight and a
cooking main arranged by Mexican
promoters.
Red Cross presents and others re-
ceived by the men from the states
were distributed at the special noon
dinner for which antelope, turkey,
chicken and wild duck had been Sc
cured.
A holiday moving picture program
and band concert brought the celebra-
ton to a close. Truck train drivers
and guards who arrived in camp yes
terday were guests of the command
at the dinner and amusements.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
CHRISTMAS PACKAGE CORD
BECOMES A SUICIDE MOOSE

Duluth. Dec 25.-With a cord
taken from another mans Christ
mas package, Gust Nelson, aged 55
hanged himself last night in the
lobby of a hotel here, while five
men stood by waiting for the po-
lice to arrive. Nelson is said to
have been respondent because he
was alone on Christmas eve and
without funds
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
AVERT FUEL FAMINE
Busy Christmas for Coal Drivers i'm
Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 25.-So that families
here could gather around blazing
hearths today. thousands of coal driv-
ers have worked ceaselessly today for
thirty-six hours delivering many tons
of coal released by the railroads fol-
lowing weeks of congestion in the
freight yards here. The movement
was just in tim to avert a coal famine
and serious suffering
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
SPENDS CHRISTMAS IN BED
Entrance to County Hospital Christ
mas Present to veteran. SO.

Denver, Colo, Dec. 25.-Charles
Thompson, SO, veteran of the Mexican
and Civil wars. today is spending his
first Christmas in bed with the county
hospital here. His friends believed 1t
would be better for him to rest this
winter, so they obtained his admission
into the hospital.
Thompson was born in Madison
county. New York, in 1920. He is the
grandson of Nehemiah Thompson. one
of the first men to ring the Liberty
bell.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-25
REMEMBER RIPLEY
Santa Fe Employees Send Greet
ings to Road President.
The Message Signed by Ten
Veterans in the Shops.

The following Christmas greeting
this morning was telegraphed by
Santa Fe shop employees in Topeka to
President Ripley:
Topeka. Kansas. Dec. %.
Il. T. Ripley, President A. T. & s. F. Rail-
way. Santa Barbara. Calf
The employees of the Santa Fe shops in
Iopeka take this opportunity of express
ing TO you their appreciation Of the extra
remuneration for service. granted in time
Tor Christmas. which makes the holiday an
especially joyous occasion for them and
their families. While no additional COM
pensation was expected. they were not sur
prlsed when your announcement was made.
for they have learned that you hold the in
and can be relied upon to do all in your
power for their material advancement. They
hope that the fulfillment of the plan gave
YOU as much happiness as it did them.
and dear to YOU Merry Christmas and a
happy New Year
JAMES DEBAR.
WILLIAM DIN.
JAMES CLARK.
OWEN CALLAHAN,
PETER JOHNSON.
JOHN LOWRIE,
JOHN PLATH
FRANK GIBLER,
ED BAILEY,
WALTER B. COPELAND.
Committee.
The SignerS of the message are from
the ten departments of the shops, and
every one has been in the service of
the Santa Fe thirty years or longer.
A greeting also was sent by clerks
in the general offices, and it is likely
that shop al office employees gener-
ally over the system will voice similar
expressions.