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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-22
Looking Backward In State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.

Mrs. F. N Morrill,, assisted by her
daughter, Mrs. Cornelius l. Baker, of
Hiawatha, entertained % Topeka ladies
yesterday at five o'clock tea The
handsome suite of rooms at the Cope
land which Mrs. Morrill, always oecu-
pies when she is in the city, were, in
festal attire of asparagus fern, palms
and June blossoms The tea was
served from small tables and Il few
pleasant hours enjoyed IN the com
partnership of the first lady of the land
guests were: Mrs. S. z. Kingman, Miss
Lucy Kingman. Mrs. Harry Butter
field, Mrs; S. e: Sheldon, Mrs. j; c.
Mrs. James A. Troutman, Mrs. H. y.
Overhold, Miss Clara Price, Mrs. j. p.
Davis, Mrs. Charles eColburn, Mrs. Il. I.
liam Welcome. Mrs: NJ A. Mclaughlin
of Hiawatha, Mrs NJ. e Hammatt MIS-
Crosby, Mrs. Eugene Ware, Mrs, E. q.
Foster; Mrs A; III, Connolly OF Kansas
Alfred, Mrs. z. l. Bonebrake, Mrs.
b. D. Eastman. Miss Warren, Mrs
]. G. McClintock, Mrs. 7. H; Church,
Mrs. l. N. Baker of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs.
w. A. Johnston. Mrs. A. Latham, Mrs
w A. Morton, Mrs. Burnham, Mrs. r.
II. c. Searle, Mrs: Claiming j Brown,
Mrs D. G. Nellis, Mrs; A T. Daniels,
Mrs. J. X. Hudson. Mrs. A H. Hor-
ton, Mrs ID. Whittemore, Mrs. E.
Il, Merriam, Mrs. W. Littlefield, Mrs
II. H. 0FOSDy, W. NiOSOSs
u. J. Harding, Mrs. S. J Crawford,
Mrs Arthur Capper, Mrs. C. c. Baker,
Mrs A F. Handy and Mrs. A. L. VIII
Iiams.
Mrs. W. n. West gave a reception
yesterday for the young married ladies
to meet her sister, Miss Marguerite
Warren, and Miss Emily Tewksbury.
The house was decorated in palms and
roses in profusion. The receiving
party consisted of the hostess and the
two guests of honor. Assisting through
the rooms were: Mrs. Eugene Quin-
ton, Mrs. Harry Ashby, Mrs Fred
Cole. Mrs, Fred Bonebrake, Miss Mary
Lakin. Miss Hambleton, Miss Sara
HambIeton, Miss Theresa Rossington,
Miss Mary Thompson, Miss Rosamond
Horton, Miss Franc Littlefield, Miss
Ollie OBrien.
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BADDERS ON HIS WAY
He stopped in Topeka Sunday EN-
= Route to Federal Prison.

o. T. Wood, United States marshall
has received orders to be at the fed
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth to-
day, to meet George s. Badders, for
mer Topeka merchant who was sem
fenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary. Badders will not be admitted
to the penitentiary except in the COM
paly of a marshal or deputy marshal.
Badders was in Topeka Sunday on
his way to Kansas City where he exc
pected to see Fred Robertson. United
States district attorney, and ask for 80
days in which to get ready to enter the
penitentiary. He has appealed to
President Wilson for a parole or par
don and stated to friends here that he
thought he was entitled to a thirty
DAY stay of execution pending action
on his appeal Through government
sources it is understood that the ex-
tension will not be granted.
More than one hundred letters from
Wichita business and professional
men and fully as many from Topekans.
asking for clemency in Badders's case
are in his possession. Badders de-
clared here that he spent all the
money he possessed defending himself
and tina in addition to that he is
Indebted to his father-in-law to the
amount of $4,000.
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Mr.. Fred Oberer, foreman of the
air department in the shops, and Mrs.
Oberer. spent Sunday in Kansas City
as the guests of Miss Annie Brentnall.
Mr.. Ray Tweedee of the fuel depart
ment is spending his vacation in In
dependence, Kansas.
Mrs. Amos Beeler of Atchison, wife
of Engineer Amos Beeler, spent the
day Saturday in Topeka.
Mr. E. L. Simpson of the store de-
partment and wife have returned from
Kansas City where they spent the
weekend.
Mr.. H. A. French of the store de-
partment spent few days last week
in Detroit, Mich, on company bust
ness.
Mr.. Ralph Swearingen of the ticket
auditing department has returned
from Kansas City. where he attended
the Billy Sunday meetings.
A. L. Thorpe of the store depart
nent has gone east and will spend the
week visiting relatives
c. F. Ludington, chief fuel super
visor, has been called to Milwaukee,
Wis, by the death of his brother.
w. A Duff, receiving clerk of the
store department, spent a few days of
last week in Kansas City.
Miss Ruth Swearingen of the car
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W. E. McVey, Mr.. and Mrs. L. L.
Kiene, Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Rosser,
DR.. and Mrs. Georg Prichard, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. E. Parr, Mr.. and Mrs. n. B.
Burge, -adjutant General and Mrs
Charles I. Martin. Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.
Foster. Mr.. and Mrs w. T. Davis, Mr..
and Mrs George c. Bowman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Coppock, Mrs. A. T. Luz
cas-. Judge w. F. Schoch. Mr.. and Mrs
D. E. Barton.
Mrs. w T. Coolidge will entertain
the Portia club at luncheon Tuesday
at her home in Potwin Place.
I. J. +
The Operalogue THE Three Kings
was given this afternoon at the audi
forum by Hubbard and Claude Got
theft, under the auspices of the To-
peka Federation of Women, through
its music department. In the absence
of the chairman of, the department,
Mrs. Carey ;. Wilson, the arrange
ments for the conc@ts this afternoon
and evening were in charge of the
vice chairman of the department, Mrs.
Frank P. Whitmore.
+ - I.
| Mrs. W. E. F. Kirk and Miss Nellie
Kirk went to Lawrence Saturday to
attend a party given by Mrs. James
Fitzpatrick of that town. The affair
was card party, and was given to
announce the engagement of Miss
/ l..
Mrs. James Fitzpatrick to Mr.. Daniel
| F. Rodgers of Los Angeles, Cal.
The decorations for the party were
in green and white, and the announce
ment was made by the favors which
were little suit cases containing
names of the engaged couple
! Miss Fitzpatrick made her home in
| Topeka and attended school here for
some time, She has a circle of friends
/ III oSkw l.
news of her forthcoming marriage,
| which will take place June A.
+ 4. j.
| They say that a woman from one of
the small towns where she was a regu-
lar Nabob arrived in our village to
make her home. Soon after her ar
rival she declared to someone who
got busy and told it to every other one
she met, that she did not expect to
return any calls until she had looked
| about very carefully and decided Just
which set she thought best to ally
4 herself with. The latest reports have
! it that she is still unattached
+ = =
Mrs. J. Battershil1 gave a party for
| her son Kenneth in celebration of his
twelfth birthday anniversary. The
guests were: Kenneth BattershilI.
Maurice Montgomery, Clifford Shaw,
Marion Scott, Willard Killian Jack
| Roehr, John Dillon, William Pierson
Einar Thornwall, Jack Mercer jr
DeWitte Montgomery Leland Petite,
Howard Lyngar, Sidney Saxon, How
ard Becker, Perry Pitcher, Charles
| Goodrich.
j. i. +
Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Antoinette Clark went to Law
renee Saturday to attend the Pi Beta
Phi luncheon and matinee dance
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Brunt went to
Kansas City for the druggist con-
lvention. Mr. Brunt returned at the
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close of the meeting and Mrs. Brunt
went to Kansas City, Mo-, to visit Mr..
and Mrs F. C. Downey. returning
home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Woodward, Miss
Mabel Ellis and Mr.. Perry Chapman
of Kansas City motored to Topeka to
spend the weekend with relatives.
Dr. Arthur ]. Buff, dentist, third
floor Commerce Bldg--Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H Smith left
Saturday for an extended trip to Cali
fornia, visiting Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and San Diego. On their return
they will stop at the Grand Canyon
Miss Ruth Wood, Miss Alice Ly-
man, Miss Mary. Burnett and Miss
Edith Cornell are planning to spend
few weeks in the early summer at
Ludington. Mich. Miss Ethel Chase.
who is in school at Wells college,
Aurora, N Y, will stop at the camp in
Huntington on her way home from the
east. .t.sste 800 .l.jz.~efs
Miss Ethel Everingham. who, has
| been i'll in Chicago has been taken to
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. ]. Everingham. of Kansas City,
where she will remain during the sum-
mer.. She will return to Topeka in the
I fall.
/ Miss Elsie Lerrigo has left for her
home in Birmingham, England. after
a visit to DR.. and Mrs. c. H. Lerrigo.
Mrs. j. p. Glare has returned from
| New Orleans and other southern
points, where she spent the winter.
Miss Emile Seery will return in
| two weeks from Chicago, where she
has been attending the kindergarten
Training school, and will spend the
summer with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Seery. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
/ L. Baker, who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Seery, have left for Wichita
! Falls, Texas.
Miss Ruth Bauer will return from
Great Bend the last of the week,
where she taught this year in the high
school.
Miss Kate Thomen spent the week
end in Junction City with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. r. o. Thomen.
/ Mrs. Cary j. Wilson has return ed
| from Indianapolis, Ind, where she
/ has been with her mother who under
went serious operations.
+ Mrs. T. E. Minehan will entertain
! the Catholic Ladies' club Tuesday aft
| ernoon at her home, 1915 West Elev-
enth street.
! The Spalding Reading Circle meet
| ing, which was to have been held this
| evening, has been postponed until
! further notice.
| Mrs. j. 7. Vincent and her sister,
| Miss Kate Seller, have returned from
/ Kansas City; where they spent last
week with friends.
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HER LEG Was BROKEN
Five Year Old Girl Was Run Over by
an Automobile.

While attempting to cross in front
of a motor car Sunday morning, little
Helen Marie Jennings, year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan NJ.
Jennings. 523 Topeka avenue, was run
down and seriously injured. Her right
leg was broken near the hip and she
suffered numerous cuts and bruises.
No internal injuries have been discov-
cred, according. to DR.. c. R. Silver
thorne, attending physician.
The accident occurred near the cor
ner of Sixth and Topeka avenues
while the little girl was on her way to
Sunday school at the First Methodist
church She ran behind one car and
around a crowd of people, it is said
when she stepped in front of the car
belonging to George Higgfnbotham OF
Rossville. Several other persons also
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mol Soap. These are not at all expen-
sive. With the Resinol Soap and warm
water battle the affected parts thor
oughly, until they are free from crusts
and the skin is softened. Dry very
gently, spread on thin layer of the
Resinol Ointment, and cover with a
light banda ge-if necessary to pro-
.tect the clothing. This should be done
twice a day. Usually the distressing
itching and burning stop with the first
treatment, and the skin soon becomes
clear and healthy again. Sample free,
Dept. 30-R. Resinol. Baltimore, Md
Adv.
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FOR WEST POINT
lola and Lawrence Boys Won High
Grades in Examination.

Marc Brownfield. lola; Leonard c.
Decker and Frank DunkleI Law
renee. won the high grades in the ex-
animation for the competitive tests
for. West Point appointments. They
were assigned by Charles T. Martin,
adjutant general. to take the exami-
nations at Fort Leavenworth June s.
Decker finished the examination in
the adjutant generals office with the
highest grade accorded any of the
candidates for a place in the West
Point scholarship competition. The
names of the three. successful men
have been certified to the war de-
partment- Their alternates will be
the three next high in the eXamina-
ton. They are: Leonard H. .Bixby,
Manhattan; George Woodward, Law
renee, and Harry A. Smith, Horton.
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SEEK $4,000 ISLANDER
Miners Union Official Declares S2O,-
900 Bride Story Is False.

Kansas City, May 22.-Owing to a
crowded docket the trial of the $780,
600 SANDER suit brought by Alexander
Howat, president of the Kansas dis
trict of the United Mine Workers of
America against Charles S. Keith of
Kansas City. former president, and
other officers of the Southwestern In
terstate Coal Operators association,
was postponed until tomorrow.
Kansas City, May 22-TriaI of the
$50 700 SANDER suit brought by Alex
ander Howat, president of the Kansas
district of the United Mine Workers of
America against Charles s. Keith of
Kansas CITY, former president, and
other officers of the Southwest Inter
state Coal Operators association is set
for opening in the circuit court here
today. The case which attracted wide
attention among labor unions and
mine operators throughout the coun-
try is an outgrowth of the miners two
year wage contract formulated in
1914.
Howat charges Mr. Keith and the
other defendants circulated false and
malicious statements. that Howat had
been paid sums aggregating about
$4,000 in 1910 and 1912 so the oper-
ators might obtain favorable clauses
in wage contracts.
Mr.. Keith testified in affidavits
taken last December that he had Civ
en- s11,250 at one time and $4,000 at
another to Joseph H Hazen, one of
the defendants, a coal operator of
Mulberry, Kan, to be paid by him to
Howat and Fred Holt, secretary-treas-
urer of the Okla homa district
Ira NJ. Fleming and Edward E.
Riley of Kansas City, and w. J. Jen-
kins of St Louis, in addition to their
coal companies and the operators as
ISOLATION are named as defendants
with Mr.. Keith and Mr.. Hazen.
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FARMERs BUILD WAREHOUSE
Cooperative Union of Russell County
to Have New Headquarters.

Russell, Kan, May 22.-The Farm
ers' Union of Russell is building a new
warehouse 30x70 feet. just east of the
Farmers elevator, on the railroad
right of way. This building is being
constructed out of white rock and
will be an elegant building when
finished. The wall is now four or five
feet above the floor. There is a cellar
under the entire building.
The Farmers Cooperative company
has secured a 99-year lease on the
ground.
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were il the machine. that ran over
the child.
b She was taken I st. Francis hospi-
tai in Higginbotham's car. $50
The parents of the girl were not
notified of her injury until shortly be-
fore noon. While the child was being
treated at the hospital her mother was
attending services at the First Meth
DIST church
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with eczema, ring
worm, raSheS and
similar itching, burn
ing skin troubles.
At any reliable
druggists get a jar
of Resinol Ointment
and a cake of Resi-
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accounting offices has returned from
Kansas City, where she spent the
weekend.
Mr.. c. N. Stitt of the freight audit
ing department and wife will leave
today for visit with relatives and
friends in Texas and California.
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EAST SIDE

Notes and personals from East Side.
by Frances Jones, I'll Grattan street,
telephone between s and 10 a. m, $3.50;
other hours, 4751 K-2.
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F THAT statesman praises his country
very highly Yes. and he's not back
ward in his enthusiasm for himself"
louisville Courier-Journal.
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OAKLAND

Notes and personals from Oakland,
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street.
telephone between and 10 a. M. $3.50:
other hours, 4751 K-2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-22
How to Heal
Skin Diseases

A Baltimore doctor suggests this
simple, but reliable and inexpensive,
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SANTA FE

Notes and personals from Santa Fe,
by Frances Jones, 211 Grattan street.
telephone between and 10 a. m, $3.50:
other hours. 4751 K-2.
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costume. photographed during bathing

Miss Victoria Wolf
girls parade
Knees show but elbows taboo the mandate the
Art bathing
defyng
tunes at this parade by Miss Victoria Wolf
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Antoinette Clark went to Law
renee Saturday to attend the Pi Beta
Phi luncheon and matinee dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Brunt went to
Kansas City for the druggist con-
vention. Mr.. Brunt returned at the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
POETRY.
Four-Footed Little Friends.
By Jake H. Harrison

By Jake H. Harrison The world is full of little friends, Four-footed though they be, And I would have the whole of them Quite unafraid of me; I long to have them love me well, An easy thing, I find, If 1 will love them in return,
 And always treat them kind. I know some rabbits in the woods That I my friends have made, And when they see me passing by Are not one bit afraid; They watch me as I walk along, While they, in bunny fun, Will frisk about my woodland path, Or rabbit races run. And then there are some squirrels, too. That live among the trees Along that winding woodland path Which I by slow degrees Have taught that would be their
 friend;
 And how they chatter loud Whenever I go by their home, And seem to be quite proud! long to have them all to live In kindly brotherhood,- The men who tend the teeming fields And creatures of the wood; Their source of life must be the same, God made them all we know Four footed friends would all be tame If men would kindness show.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
 BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT
you would muster up for baseball

you would muster up for baseball or basketball. {
 Where there is a will there is a way" says the old maxim; but where 'T can't is there Is a bar. T can't" is loafer, and I think he is the fa- ther of Slackness. Hard Luck and Mis- cry; and what brood of three ever caused more trouble in the world?
 T can't" has driven more persons to low wages and want, to the poor house and sorrow, to jail and regret, than any other enemy that ever harassed the mind of childhood.
 T can'' and 'I w1Il' bring with them Success and Joy. There is noth- ing retarding about them. They carry in their hearts the resolution for suc- cess and the song that cheers; they will lead you in the way of progress and teach you that doing little things well is the only way to master great things. -. ,..s
 T can't'' is a bad thought habit, and it blfghts life just as the frost is now blighting the flowers and the trees.
 Beware of him! He can make you discouraged and sad and worthless And if you are not wide awake he will spoil you without your being aware of his bad character or that he is your enemy.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
An Apple Tree.

I am a tree-a nice little apple tree standing near a good farmers house, and I have many nice red apples on me, too.
 where I came from.
 Well, my mother was a large tree which stood in a pasture. This tree had a few apples on it. but no one ever picked them.
 One day two hunters came along with their guns, and as they were tired, they sat their guns up against the tree and rested themselves in the shade.
 As they were sitting there, the wind began to blow and off fell two ap- nles
 Ono hunter said: Guess I'll taste of one," and gave the other to his com paniOn.
 The last one ate his and decided to have one to eat on his way home.
 He knocked off five apples and I was one of them. He put us into his pock- cts and the two ate all but me, as they walked toward home.
 He forgot I was in ms pocket. but when he got home he thought of me and gave me to his little daughter.
 She ate me and threw the seeds away. One of the seeds happened to fall into some loose dirt near the house
 The next spring I came up through the ground. Each year I grew taller and taller.
 The hunter went rO a different place and a good old farmer moved into the house and he picks the apples off from me every year.
 Probably many of the Wide-Awakes have eaten apples the same way, and maybe some of them will come up like me, also.
 ERNEST T. HATTIN, Age IA.
 NIarnsEA1d
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

and butter, pie, ice cream cake and lemonade. There was only one fish.
 In the afternoon we played games a little while. When it was cooler we went on the pond in boats frogging.
 For supper we had roast corn. cake, grape juice and watermelon. It was just dark when I got back to my un- cle's.
 I went fishing when I was at my uncle's a number of times. | caught a number of fish. oss& = g
 I went to a frog fry while I was there. We had frogs legs, roast corn, bacon. bread. butter and oat meal era csers.
 I had a very nice time at my un- cIe's.
 When we got home my brother and I made a play tent. We played that there were Indians and wild animals all around us. Some of our playmates came and played with JUS.
 School began October 2. was very glad to go back to school.
 AI.FREDA WALKER, Age 12.
 Mansfield Center.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
The Soldier and the eander.

h. 1872 there was a soldier whose name was Warren Abbot. One day he and another soldier were granted a furlough. They started for a walk in the country. As they passed by a farmers house they saw a flock of geese. The gander started after them and they began to run.
 The farmer saw them running and said, What broye soldiers" If you will run from a gander, what would you do if the British were after you.
 The soldier said to the other sol- dier. "I will get that gander yet"
 Next day ne started. He took a fsh-pole with him. He put a fish, hook on it and then strung some corp and tied it on the hook.
 When he got to the farmers house the ganGar started after him again.
 The farmer saw him again and said, What a brave soldier The soldier then threw the corn on the ground
 The gander swallowed it. The sol dier dragged him a little ways from the farmer. Then he sook him under his arm and took him to the front and cooked him for his supper.
 MARGUERITE HARRIS, Age 15.
 CIrOtOn
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
What to Do in a Thunder Storm


 Dear Uncle Jed: As it would do some of our Wide AWakes much good to know what to do in case of thun- der storm, I am writing a few precau- tionS. ta
 There are many people, when they hear the noise of the thunder hide in some kind of a dark room, and they are laughed at by the others who, just to show their bravery, expose them selves to the lightning, which is more dangerous than the roll of the thunder. The thunder is only an echo caused by the discharge of electricity between two clouds.
 There are three kinds of lightning sheet lightning, forlzed lightning and ball lightning. The latter is very dan gerous, and it is very good for us to know what to do in case we should have a hard thunder and lightning storm.
 The first thing to do is to keep away from any kind of metal, as this is a very good conductor of electricity. have often heard it said that the safest part of the house when it is lightning is the center of the room, and also it is a good idea to stand on a very thick rug, as this. does not con duct electricity.
 As the lightning is liable to strike any tall object, it would be very un- wise to stand under a tree, etc. We should also never stand near pools or any puddles of water, as water is a very good conductor of electricity. MOI-LIE PALEY, Age 14. Colchester