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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24
yY FRANCES JONES

Nf- and Mrs r. L COfran- Sr-. VIII
entertain informally this evening at
their home, 1853 Topeka boulevard
v~ftI7 a party There will be a Christ
mas tree and a Santa Claus Tor the
children. ~
rae guests viii Include Mr.. and Mrs;
sam BarteII and children. clyde and
Roswell. Mr. and Mrs Paul sherman
ana daughter Pauline, Mr. and Mrs
y c. Ilnfz, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
F-ovrler and little daughter Mary. Mrs.
Gracs Bishop, Mrs I. II. Croxton and
AR. and Mrs. R L. Cofran, Jr.
The L and I club will meet Tues
dav afternoon, December Is, with Mrs
Horace Hall at her home, s24 Tyler
street
The Women's Civic chorus is plan
ming another free concert to be given
rhe latter part Of February. or the
first OF March. at the city auditorium
7-be chorus gave the Days of Yore'
concert last month at the auditorium
~ which hundreds were turned away.
The program this time viii include
snort cantata and other interesting
features.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. 7. Torrens Of Kan
sas CITY gave a Christmas dinner and
party Thursday evening at the Elks
CLUB FOR the nsRsbers Of the Davis
welcome Mortgage company
The table was centered with
Christmas tree with gifts for the
guests. There were places for sixteen
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Mrs. A. ?. Chal1is gave party
Thursday afternoon for little Richard
Stevenson. who celebrated. his ninth
BIRTHDAY anniversary.
The little guests were: Jewell Sui
Ivan. Barbara Swan. Juanita Challls,
aRTary Mcneil John Keitzman, Donald
Cole, Forrest Shorte, Harvey Goodrich
and Richard Stevenson
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The Christmas program OF the Eu-
cid Avenue Methodist sunday school
will be given this evening.
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Mrs. J. P Koontz viii entertain her
bridge club Wednesday afternoon of
next week at her home in Topeka
boulevard.
Announcement has been made of
the narrfag &c OF Miss Mildred Steiner
Of Kansas City and Mr.. Ralph v Har-
per Of Topeka. The marriage took
place Thursday evening at the home
OF DR.. and Mrs. S. s Estey, with Doc
tor Esrey reading the marriage serv-
ice
sfr and Mrs. Harper will make their
home in Topeka The bride IS the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs VI. 3.
SteineY Of Aurora Mo. Mr.. Harper
IS the son Of Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Har-
per OF Salina.
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Tn II. NJ. p. class Of the First Bap-
list church was entertained Wedues-
day -eveuin g-with Il Christmas party
by their teacher, Mrs. Sadie Signore.
The affair was held in the church par
lOrs Effective decorations in keeping
with the holiday season were used. An
interesting program was given. There
were fOrty-five guests
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The marriage Of Miss Elsie \ Rener
and Mr.. George <. North. Jr.. took
place Thursday aftern6Su at 3 o'clock
AT The home OF the Rev. H o. Hotter,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Looking Backward in Society
Columns of The State Journal
December 70, 1900.

Howard Johnston went to Minneapolis,
Kansas. to spend Christmas
Miss Gussie and Bernice Fuller have been
spending 4 few days shopping In Chicago
A number of delightful affairs have been
arranged in honor of Miss Myrtle Davis
whose marriage takes place Thursday eve
ming. Miss Vera Low gives a one o'clock
luncheon Thursday and IN the evening Miss
Edna Crane viii entsrtain ut cards Miss
Mary Thompson is t. give luncheon on
Saturday. and Miss Edna McG.IintOck enter
tains Monday for her. Wednesday evening
VI next week Miss Davis will entertain
the bridal party informally.
The Heffanthus Dancing club will give
its Christmas party Thursday evening Of
this week Ii will be the largest party
ever given by this club
r Mr. and Mrs D II. Forbes viii entertain
at family dinner on Christmas.
Miss Margaret M0orehOuse who il to
spend the Christmas holidays in Topeka
with Miss Hazel Fassler viii not arrive
until Saturday
Miss Dg4lie TiIlford Is up from the Uni
verstry 10 spend the holidays,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

The upper photograph shows :
table decorated with a fancy
Christmas tableclOth, napkins
and serving plates Below Is q
Santa Claus center piece.
By MRS. MORTON.
Nothing is prettier than the red
and green of the Christmas deco
ratious on the snow-white table
linen There are so many mex
.pensive decv ations to be haG =
paper and cardboard that every
table can boast of come 5rramen-
tttion- Holly trimmed paper comes
IN such pretty patterns that many
women dispense with their men
napery and use the paper table
cloths AMI napkins. These paper
sets are particularly good for the
Informal holiday supper which is so
often a part of the days festivi-
ties. Table cover. napkins, 6oilies
End plates are ali white with
matching design. the three former
being of soft enelv creped paper.
The colors used IN printing all are
fast and SO possess no element Of
danger for fingers or gowns. With
the lunch set on the table IN the
illustration are useC two candle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24
HE DIEP STANDING Up.
South Dakota Man Frozen While Try
ing to Tunnel Thru Snow.

Winner. S. D.. Dec. 24.-Caught in
a blizzard, George Dierrnan. of near
Winner. s D.. 50. q stock man. was
frozen to death while attempting to
burrow mis- way thru a huge snow
drift to escape the storm. it was
learned today.
His body, standing upright with
only his head above the snow, was
found by q neighbor at the entrance
TO a cave in which Dierman had made
his home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

pastor OF the Lowman Memorial
Miss Rener wore a suit of navy sill
vertone, with a black velvet hat and a
corsage of brides roses
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rener enter
tanned at their home, 225 Tyler street
Thursday evening with a family din
ner in honor of their daughters mar
riage The guests included: Mr.. and
Mrs. North, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. George
North. ST., Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ramsey.
Mr.. and Mrs Rener and Miss Frances
Dyer.
Mr.. North and his bride will make
their home in Topeka
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The little ehildren of the Central
Congregational Sunday school are re-
viving their lovely custom Of Christ
mas vespers. which has been prevent
ed by the flu and the coal shortag e
for the past two years At O'Clock
on Christmas day they will give a
short service which embodfeS The
and interspersed with Christmas rnu-
sic. Dean Stearns VIII play Christmas
music while the children are costum-
ing for a playlet concerning other
children for whom the Baby Jesus was
born.
A special interest will center in the
aid afforded by Miss AdeIine Peers
a former teacher in the school, who
was in Bethlehem last year on Christ
cordially invited The treat usually
provided for the little people after the
entertainment will this year be omit
ted-by vote of the children them
selves-and the fund given 40 the Chi
nese children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24
FREE FAIR BOARD TO MEET.
Plans VIII Be Made Wednesday for
Another Successful Fair in 1921

Phil Eastman. secretary of the Kan
sas Free Fair. is losing no time in
starting the ball rolling for another
successful fair in 1921
The board Of directors for the 1921
fair ara called 70 a meeting December
18th at o'clock for the purpose of
organizing and electing officers for
the coming year Letters were mailed
today by Eastman TO the various mem
hers of the board
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24
First Break in walters strike.

St Louis, Dec 24-The first break
fin the strike OF zoe union walters here
came today when IL was announced
z95 voted 10 return to work The men
. went on strike October L il an effort
8 70 enforce tn eclosed shop policy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24
Notes and Personal Mention.

blame" on the poor society Depart
ment.
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Notes and Personal Mention.
Senator c. E. Snyder of Leaven-
worth was & guest recently of Mr.. and
Mrs. George W. Snyder.
DR.. and Mrs. Ralph Johnston and
children of La JHnta, Colo, will be
guests over>Christmas of DR.. and Mrs
J. P Raster
Miss Louise McKown, who has been
attending Monticello university at
Godfrey, Ill, is spending the holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
McKoWn.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moore are
spending Christmas in Oklahoma City.
Mr.. the Blackwell Jr., arrived to-
day from Chicago. where he is attend
ing the university. He will spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24
HORSES HAVE XMAS TREE.
Boston Society Works Out Unique
Idea for Drivers as Well,


Idea for Drivers as Well.
Boston, Dec 24.-At q Christmas
tree set up in Postoffice square,
draugl1t horses Of the business district
gathered around for gifts today From
the tree they nibbIed apples and sugar
Jumps and from feed bags ate their fiji
of sugared corn on the cob, carrots
and oats.
The Massachusetts Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
which arranged he horses Christmas
tree. provided Also for the drivers
serving sandwiches, doughnuts and
coffee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

Who is not on good terms with the
society department. The other even
ing on arriving home from work. he
found several articles Of clothing
which he had left on the chairs and
the floor, in his room. tackled down.
When he demonstrated with his wife
and asked, What it was all about and
what the idea was" she replied that
she had read in There's a woman in
our town" paragraph that evening of
a woman who did that very thing and
had broken her husband of the habit
Of not picking up his clothing, so she
was trying it out on him Therefore
the man IN our town is t'laying all the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

sticks with red am green shades.
4 bunch CT holly shaped ike a
Christmas tree forms the ceZter
piece and tiny chinreys with Santa
about to climb in with his pack
form the favors at each plaza
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

blame" on the poor society Depart
meQt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

The "Jack Homer" or Favor Pies
will also be popular at Christmas
tables this year. The illustration
shows a Santa and Sled Favor pie,
an easy and inexpensive one to pro-
duce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

The marriage Of Miss Elsie \ Rener
and Mr. George (. North, Jr.. took
pace Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
AZ the home OF the Rev. H. o. Hotter,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

The Christmas program OF the Eu-
cid Avenue Methodist Sunday school
will be given this evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-24

Mrs. A. ?. Chal1is gave a party
Thursday afternoon for little Richard
Stevenson. who celebrated. his ninth
birthday anniversary
The little guests were: JeWeu sui
Ivan. barbara swan. Juanita Cha1Iis.
Mary Mcneil John Keitzman, Donald
Cole, Forrest Shorte, Harvey Goodrich
III Rfchard Sfavenson.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
uncle joe Sets New Record:
Completes "A Years i'm House

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - "Unclc
joe Cannon, war horse of the House
OF Representatives, to-day established
new American record.
With the close of dull House ses-
sion he passed the mark for length Of
service set by Justin Smith Morrill,, Of
Vermont, who as Senator and Repre-
sentative served forty-three years, nine
months and twenty-four days The for
mer Speaker will begin tomorrow
adding new time to his own record,
with the hope of reaching the ripe old
age of 100 and beating Gladstone's
record of ffty-three years in the Brit
ish House of Commons.
"Uncle Joe's" achievement will be
celebrated in the House tomorrow,
with Champ Clark, himself veteran,
who retires March 4, leading the speak
ing ceremonies. Mr.. Cannon also will
speak, and many of the older members
will ask time for few remarks.
Walking about the corridors of the
Capitol to-day, chewing his long black
cigar, Mr. Cannon told friend there
was no use Offering 4 little advice to
younger Representatives because some
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Woman Starts Free Fight
In Court With a Slap
Mrs. Leo Fined $50 for Striking
Female Detective and Two
Men Go to Jail

Mrs. Josephine Winkler, of 1888
Madison Avenue, charged with attempt
ing to steal handbag from a Broad
way department store, was arraigned
yesterday before Magistrate Mancuso
in the women's court and held in $500
bail.
Among those in court were Margaret
Rooney, store detective; James V. Leo,
a professional bondsma /; his wife, and
Edward Winkler, the defendants
husband. After the hearing Mrs. Leo,
indignant at the outcome of the case,
struck the store detective in the face.
A general miX-up resulted, with sew
eral court attendants taking hand in
the affair and getting the worst of it.
Mrs. Leo sent Detective Herman
Levine, Of Inspector Boettlers staff,
spinning to the floor with kick. Be-
fore order was restored, a dozen per-
sons took part in the affair.
The fight stopped proceedings in the
Jefferson Market court below, and at
tendants were sent UP to learn the
cause of the rumpus. When tn. LETT
they took with them Mr. and Mrs. Leo
and Edward Winkler. The two men
were given twenty day Jail sentences
without the alternative of a fine, and
Mrs. Leo was ordered to pay $50 or
60 to Jail for twenty days. She pai.s
the $50,
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Hard Coal Miners
Meet Owners TODAY
To Discuss Wages
Accept Offer of Operators
to Adjust inequalities
and Injustices: Will
Not Drop Any Demands

HAzLETON, Pa, Dec. 2S.-Accept-
ing the offer Of the operators to nd
just inequalities and injustices within
the present wage agreement, the gen.
eral scale committee of the Anthracite
Mine Workers to-day instructed it's
subcommittee "to meet with repre-
sentatives of the operators and en-
deavor to work out basis of settle
ment that will bring general satisfac-
None of the demands Of the hard
coal miners for additional wage in
creases would be dropped, Thomas
Kennedy, chairman of the committee,
announced, adding that All attempt
would be made again to have the
operators consider them as part Of
the existing inequalities"
The operators will be asked by the
committee, it was learned. to see
that all miners in the field get the II
per cent increase recently granted in
the commissions award. Charges
have been made by representatives Of
the miners that thousands of miners
in the three anthracite districts never
have received the full increase.
The action of the committee, which
convened here to receive the reply of
the operators rejecting their demands
for additional wage increases of ap-
proximately 13 per cent and Sc mini
mum day labor rate, was unanimous.
Chairman Kennedy announced that,
in accordance with the committees in
struction, the subcommittee would
confer wit the operators at Philadel-
phia tomorrow when the board of con-
ciliation meets, and begin negotiations
Cor the adj yastment of Inequalities and
in,ustices."
The miners will ask the operators
for a fuller interp citation of thcir
tatement that IF t ere be individual
cases of inequality they stand read
t. agree aron constructive remcd.
"Wc concede nothing and have nj
cropped any of our demands" assert,
Chairman Kennedy. "We interpret t.
operators reply as leaving the W
@pen for the consideration of furt =
wage increases an inequalities
He declared ther: would be no ston-
page and work and that no threat O.
utinl tum would be ascd ag inst ",
operators, no matter what the final ou
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29

New Haven
Suit Settled
(contlnusd from pase ons)

the light of subsequent events, it would
be difficult to justify on business
basis.
Correspondence fled in the court
shows how the settlement was effected.
There is letter from R. V. Lindabury.
counsel for the defendants to Arthur
Berenson. 1t follows:
Dear Sir: l have submitted your
suggestions looking to a settlement OF
the above cause to my clients and as
soclates and they have given them care
full consideration.
You allege in your bill of complaint
extravagant and wasteful expenditures
coupled with violation of the Sher-
man antitrust act. But we understand
you to disclaim any intention to charge
the defendants or their testators with
any fraud, or with having profted or
attempted to profit by any of the acts
OF which you complain. 1t is only
upon this understanding that we are
aoie to consider your suggestions at all.
we nave expected to establish on
the trial of the cause that the acts
complained Of were undertaken and
carried through in good faith for the
benetlt of the New Haven Company as
the directors saw it, and that they were
dohe openly and were known to and
acqulesced in by all of the stockholders
a the time; that when these acts were
later attacked they were approved and
ratlfied by an overwhelming vote of
the stockholders; that they did not vio
late the Sherman antitrust act or anv
other act, state or Federal, and that
the losses which later overlook the
New Haven Company were due to en-
tirely different causes.
we entertain no doubts that we
should be able to maintain these de-
lenses in the courts. Nevertheless
me defendants are weary. of the litiga-
ton and are disposed to buy their
peace If it can be purchased at
seasonable price and without dishonor.
your disclaimer relieves them on the
atter point, and they have authorized
rs TO offer the sum of S2,500,00O in
.uii settlement and discharge of all
aims of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Company, and of
me compliments and other stock
olders therein, based upon or growing
Ut of TIE matters set forth in your
OIL OF complaint or any of them
Inc closing paragraph mentions de-
tails IN the closure of the case if the
ofter be acceptable. The letter is
dated December 20, 1920.
mat letter was answered December
20 by counsel for the complainants.
IL accepted the amount offered in set
tlement.
The compromise was considered and
approved by Judge Hough in his cham
oers and the order Of discontinuance
was filed yesterday afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29

two members be willing to sell the
same amount to a dealer, if he can pay
for it,"
Hulsart said the contracts were one
sided and that the manufacturer
couldn't enforce payment, but later
admitted never having seen any such
contract.
Prices Altered Simultaneously
John r. Morrin. president of the
Atlas Portland Cement Company, with
plants at Hudson, n. Y, and in Mis-
souri,, Alabama and Pennsylvania, with
an annual output Of about 10000 600
barrels, admitted that various COM
panles had changed prices to the same
level within a period OF about forty
eight hours
He insisted that prices were uniform
IN Portland cement because it is a
ment formula.
Nh Morrin. in defending the con-
tract requirement of all cement manu-
iacturers that dealers be permitted no
more c<Aent than they can use on the
JoO' SAID the cement makers didn't in
tend to let the purchaser have the
product for speculation purposes"
Explaining the card and report sys-
tenn he said its purpose was twofold-
=" .Se SdSil manufacturer know II
dealer was trying 10 duplicate specific
contracts with more than one manu-
facturer, and thereby get more cement
than needed on any Particular job
and also to inform each member con-
Germ OF other prices, which proved
check on statesmen who might try to
excuse failure to get contracts by saw
ing the purchaser had been offered a
better price by another firm. Mr..
lntermver characterized the last ex-
PLANTATION as "original and fantastic,
indeed
Don't you think that this method
OF doing out cement to dealers re-
stricts trade %
business"
You arrosate to yourselves the right
10 dictate to dealer how he shall
dispose OF the product he purchases
from you. Would you think it proper
for shoes"
NO. That is not good analogy"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
Erring Wife Admits She
Caused Husband to Slay
Denver Woman Begs To Ee
Allowed to Pay for
Mans Crime

DENVER, Dec. 28.-Mrs Rose Monroe,
whose husband shot and killed Albert
Shook, furn .ture upho sterer and ex-
service man, in Shocks room at a
hotel here last night, told the police
to-day that s4e was. to blame for the
crime. She insisted that she be pun
ished. rather than her husband, who
had xii ed to avengc his honor
Mrs. Monroe, who with her husband
is being held at the city Jail told tie
police of a friendship with Shook be-
ginning with their meeting in a res
taurant where she had obtained en-
ployment as cashier in order to earn
money of her own. She had felt she
needed more money than her husband
could give her, she said. and so she
went to work despite HIS protests. she
admitting deceiving her husband after
she had met Shook, but she insisted
the crime had brought realization
that her husband was the only man
for whom she really cared.
Mrs. Monroe told tie police that
Snock had been wounded twenty-one
times in action in France.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29

body else always was thinking up smart
things and attributing them to him.
The remark, charged to Mr.. Cannon,
that they put spurs on the heels of
army officers to keep their feet from
slipping off the desk was never uttered
by him.
"But what's the use 2" he asked.
Counting his victory in the recent
landslide, Mr.. Cannon has been elected
to Congress twenty-three times. He is
now ending the forty-fourth year Of
service. First elected in 1872, he has
just kept coming to Congress ever
since, with the exception of two bad
Novembers, when his people failed to
return him. On May II next he will
be eighty-fve years old Few of his
friends remember that he was born
at Guilford, N. C. He served eight
years as Speaker and has been doing
committee work so long he has for
gotten when he started.
"Mr. Gladstone served fifty-three
years in the British House of Com
mons, and with good election luck
hope to beat that" the former Speaker
said. II have had four years Of ab-
sence I didn't ask for, and hope to
reach the fifty-three, but then you
never can tell"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-29
An Investment
Message

You no doubt have seen the
Thrift and Investment Cam
paign letters written by Mr..
William C. Freeman for Henry
l.. Doherty & Company.