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h ft TUB NORFOLK WKI5KLY N'KWS-IOl'UNAL , FRIDAY , JANUARY .1 , 1912. im mm mmf V * TO BE EXPANDED HARNESS RACING SEASON OF 1912 SHOULD DE BEST EVER. PITTSDURG WANTS THE MEETING Steel City Men May Do Awarded Dates Salem , N. H. , Also In Line. Meeting of the Officials to Do Held In New York , Jan. 9. The Hicv.ariN of the gnmd rlrouli meet In New York Jan J ) Several Im portant matters will come up In the forming of the miijor racing circuit foi the light Imriics.s horse mm.son of 1U1U Two and probably more application * from new clubs will be received. Tln > Columbus matter will be thrashed out and several other Important subjects will be dlHcimsctl. On the whole , the coming mooting will bo ono of unusual Importance. The circuit as made up last ecasou started with a meeting at Indianapolis and was followed by meetings at Kala 11111/00 , Grand KnplilH , Detroit , North Randall , Fort Erie , Goflhen , lleadvlllo , Hartford , Syracuse and Detroit state fair. Columbus was awarded dates being given the week following the Detroit state fair and preceding Lex ington , but as the Columbus iissocla tlon desired to give a two weeks' meet Ing they withdrew from the circuit and gave three weeks of racing Independent pendent of the grand circuit. Lexltig ton , M H usual , gave an Independent meeting early In October. Since last winter , when the steward" met , a great change has come over the trotting horse situation. One of the big deals consummated was the pur chnslng of the controlling Interest In the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breed OB' association by a group of Influeu tlal business men , Including W. B Dlckerman , C. 1C. G. Billings , W. C Brown , II. K. Devereux , A. B. Coxo and others. It Is needless to nay that these horsemen , who are lu the sport simply for the sport there Is In It , will do anything they can HO far as Lexlng ton Is concerned to keep the sport free from criticism and animosity. An application for membership al ready received comes from Pittsburgh and it would not bo surprising wore the Steel City horsemen awarded dates Another application for membership will come , It Is understood , from Rock ingham park. Salem. X. II. This cost ly property was purchased some yeni * ago by horsemen Interested In the run ners. Roeklngham Is one of the llucst plants la the country and situated s > o closely to Boston It would make a vcr.v easy ship from the Roadvllle track. That there will be considerable change In the makeup of the circuit lb assurtd. Indianapolis will not try to glvo another meeting so early In the season , but It would like to secure dates In September or thereabouts. Hartford. Conn. , will come out next season stronger than In several years Of the $100.000 that Is to be expended In Improving Charter Ouk park $40,000 of It will be spent In a new graud stand. A bigger trotting meeting , wltl larger purses , will be given , which will make Hartford a magnet for the ma jority of grand circuit horsemen. SOLD WOLVERTON FOR $5. Qulnn Obtained New York Man gei For Stated Sum In 1907. John F. Mulligan , Inspector of tht Muskogco ( Okla. ) waterworks , once sold Harry Wolvcrton , the newly ap pointed manager of the Now Yorl Americans , for $5. This was aftei Wolvorton signed with the Columbus (0. ( ) team In the Tri-state league foi the season of 1007. Wolverton at that time was not r star , although he was quick to pick < i | tbo game. In the middle of the seasoi Bob Qulnn , manager of the Ecllpsi team , offered Mulligan $5 for Waiver ton , and the offer was accepted , Fron that time on Wolverton rapidly calnee prestige in the baseball world. Butcher Boy * In Baseball. Frank Baker and Joe Jackson an uot the only butcher boys making gooe in the American league. The Whlti Sox have a butcher boy battery ii Joe Beuz and Ralph Kreltz , both o whom swing the cleaver in the off sea son. H-H-HHH-H-H-HH-H-H-H--H--I--H ' * JENNINGS AND DAVIS STILL AT LOGGERHEADS. Hughey Jennings llkea Harry Davis , the new manager of the j Cleveland team , just as Ban Johnson loves Johnny McGraw. There never was any affection between Jennings and Davis , and when the Naps' pilot accus ed Jennings of tipping off the Giants to get Frank Baker In the world's series the breach widened. "There ought to bo some fun when the Naps and Tigers play next season , with Davis leading the Naps , " said a Nap fan to $ Jennings recently. "I don't see why , " replied Hughey. "Davis doesn't rival me as a manager. Ho doesn't know enough baseball for that. Ho must get a reputation before there Is talk of us being rivals. " Good advertising will make ever thing about your store interesting t the patrons of It will mak news of what takes place wlthl your store's walls will turn over price concession to good account , matter of real importance to you store's frloncbj. BTY Plearureu of the Week. Tlio Elks gavu H delightful "bonne- warming" party at their club rooms liiHt night. Tlio club IUIH JiiHt been beautifully refurnished throughout , and ItVJIH on this account that the lolobratlon was bold. Dancing and cards were features of tbo evening. Light refreshments WITO Horvcd. Vo- get's orchestra furnlsbod tbo music Tbo party was a coniloto ] ) BUCCOSS In every way. Tbo coininlttoo having It In charge were : Dr. C. S. I'arkor , am Ersklno , W. F. Hall , F. C. Annum , 1 * . I'arlnli Resides being rcfur- Ishod , tbo club roouiH bavo boon oniowbat remodeled. Tbo card room an boon made larger and a flroplaco istallod. Now billiard and pool tables ave boon placed In tbo billiard room , now piano and piano player of mod- rn t > po ba\e replaced tbo old , and ew nigs and furniture bavo boon In- tailed throughout. Tbo club rooms re very much more beautiful than be- ore and arc decidedly atractlvc. A delightful sleighing party was en- eyed Thursday by a number of Nor- .ilk young people , with Julius John- on as the host. After a trip over tbo nuntry surrounding Norfolk , tbo party iided tbo sleighing at the state bos- Ital , where a delightful dinner was erved , after which u dancing party . as onjo.ved. Among those in the arty were Misses Clara Nappcr , Dor- thy Salter , Mabel Odlorne , Miss Ed- uist of Omaha , Miss Johnson , .Messrs. ) onald Hrldge , Charles Uridgo , Don- Id Mapos , Leonard Rlggert , Warren toeler , Ueryl Heeler , Hex Heeler and alias Johnson. Miss Gladys Weaver entertained a mall company of friends on Thurs- ay , in honor of her guests , Miss Until rievish of Lincoln and Miss Irene Jlwood of Oakdalo. Cards furnished musoment for the afternoon and at o'clock the hostess served a dainty upper. Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Scott will enter- aln a company of 30 friends at a o'clock dinner this evening to cole- rate their twentieth wedding annl- ersary. Uridgu will follow the three oursc dinner. Aboat a dozen friends surprised Mr. nil Mrs. Sherman Wllley last evening , t being their thirty-first wedding an- ivorsary. Oyster stew was served and pleasant evening was enjoyed by all. Personals. Mr. and Mrs C. E. Doughty and aughter Myrtlce returned Wednesday veiling from Marshalltown , la. , There they spent Christmas. Mr. Doughty returned that way from a rip to Winnipeg , Can. Dr. and Mrs. Frank G. Salter and blldren wllll come down from Pierce o spend New Year's day In the home Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Salter. Mis Irene Klwood of Oakdale was \ guest of Miss Gladys Weaver the past week. Miss Elwood returned some on Friday. Miss Katherlne Bremmon of Albion was the gaest of Miss Lellah Scott on Christmas and returned home Thursday. A. P. Stacey of Minneapolis , who lias been visiting at the home of Mr. ant Mrs. O. L. Hyde , left for his homo yes terday. Miss Alpha Kelsey went to Neligl : on Wednesday to spend part of hei vacation with old time friends. Miss Mcllie Bridge went to CouncI Bluffs on Tuesday to enjoy the hell day season with friends. M. C. Wlldo and family of Wlnne teen , spent Christmas at the home o his father , Carl Wilde. Miss Gladys Weaver and her friem Miss Ruth Grlevlsh will return t ( Lincoln on Monday. Lorln Doughty Is here from Bremen Ind. , to spend the holidays with hi parents. Coming Events. Miss Shirley Engle has Issued in vitatlons to a New Year's party fo Monday evening. Nellgh Society. Nellgh , Neb. , Dec. 30. Special t The News : A 12 o'clock luncheon 01 Wednesday was given at the resldenc of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jenkins of thi city by their daughter , Miss Marjorlc In honor of Miss Alice Robbins. Th invited guests present were : Clin and Bessie Robbins , Glen F. Chase Msisses 'Margaret Remington , Rut ! Lytlo , Bessie Lawson , Miriam Wolfe Genovlovo Harper , Ruth and Goldl Peterson and Minerva Aspach. I goes without saying that the head o the household was present and re sponded generously to the toast : Nc braska , and its wonderful resources. A private dancing party was give : Thursday evening at the residence o Mr. and Mrs. J. F , Boyd by thoi daughter , Miss Helen , In honor of ho cousin , Miss Young of Lawrence , Kar A delightful time Is reported by thos in attendance. Light refreshment were served before the departure c the Invited guests to their varlou homes. Those present were : Louis Palmer , Grace Jackson , Lottie Maj bury , Esther Conery , Miriam Wolfi Irene Sellory , Messrs. A. H. Jensor Carl Harris , Will Harris , D. A. Nlj poll , Alexander Wolfe , Ed Best , Mi Wills and Jamea Palmer. Holge Swanson Succumbs. Omaha , Dec. 29. Halgo Swansor owner of the ladles' suit and cloak de partment of the Nebraska Clothing company , died at 0:30 : o'clock last night at Clarkson hospital from In juries received three weeks ago today In an automobile accident near Elk- horn. horn.Mr Mr Swnnson received a fracture of the skull and numerous body bruises and cuts. With him at the time was John A. SwaiiHon , one of the owners of the Klng-Swanson company. J. A. Swanson - son has entirely recovered from the hurts ho sustained. CRAIG WANTS OLYMPIC BERTH Michigan's Great Athlete Has Started Conditioning In His Specialties. tinier be changes his mind It IH practically certain that Ralph Craig of Detroit , one nf the greatest track athletes that Michigan ever has pro- 5. , ' p , * > v Vj * ' * f" . , ' * * > * 'il J ? > > * : * x % lA v : - . . . , . ; , n Vi > v " ' . < - * * i > . .iijAsJi J Photo by American Press Association. RALPH 011AH1 WINN1NO 220 YA11D HUN A1 THK INir.UCOLlihaiATU OAMKS. ducod and considered one of the great est sprinters In the world , will enter the contest for place on the American Olympic track team. When Craig left college last fall it was farthest from bis thoughts that he would be In a position to try for the team. He Is at the present time working hard to get back Into the form ho showed last year when he was a mem ber of the University of Michigan team , and there scorns little doubt that he will be able to "come back. " There Is no doubt that If he does succeed In getting Into shape ho will make the team In a week , as the way he tore down the lane at Cambridge last spring showed that he has the otuff that will be needed to fight for the stars and stripes. At the Intercollegiate games In Cam bridge. Mass. , last spring he equaled the intercollegiate reco * In the century dash and then in tb me afternoon tore In ahead of t' Held In the 22(1 ( yard dash in time that equaled the world's record. Craig never seemed to exert himself and several times in the 220 yard nu ho would seem to slow up at the end and even then he would tear off tin distance in time that would nhow ho was burning up the cinders. He twlci equaled the world's record in erent Rellly Three Sport Man. Jim Rellly , the Yale athlete and pow erful defensive halfback , is a thre < sport man. Football , baseball and bas ketball are his specialties. He Is cap tain of the basketball team. Qotch Going Abroad. Wrestling Clmmplor. Frank Gotct will eail on bis tour of the world abou Jan. 15. Norfolk Grew During the Year. The year 1911 goes down in the his tory of Norfolk as a near recori breaker in the building of buslnes houses and homes involving a finan clal cost of much over half a millloi dollars. There wcro fifty-nino new home : built In the city during the year , mos of them modern houses. The cost o these homes alone was $169,800. Tin thirty other new buildings , with pav ing and telephone construction , cos $372,387. Estimating the $14,100 ai the cost for repairs and Improvements including the remodeling of buildlngi and homes , makes the total cost o the year's construction approxlmatel : $550,287. The two new depots and $27,001 worth of new school buildings arc In eluded In these figures. The nev power house of the Norfolk Electrli Light and Power company , which hai not been included In the statistics nov compiled , will cost $40,000 when com plete , machinery Included. The record for the building of resl donees for the past ten years has beei broken this year , and the steady worl of construction Is not ceasing. Idea weather has given courage to hoim builders , and the building continues Painters report that they have worl for the entire year and into the nex season. In 1909 there were flftj seven now homes built. The yea 1911 has beaten this number by twi homes. Many now homes constructed till year are of the best , and the inn jority were over the $2,500 figure limy cost $ . " .000 , and Dr. C. J. Verges' ow residence , which Is the best built Ills year , cost over $22,000. In 1910 hero were twenty-five new homes reeled ; In 1909. 57 : In 1908 , 22 ; In 907 , 9 ; In 1901 ! . 11 ; In 1905 , 35 ; In 901 , 33 , and In 1903 , 11. Builders pro- let that 1912 will see even moro now oshlcnccs than 1911. Every House Is Occupied , The scarcity of suitable residences ias boon noticeable In Norfolk for a lumber of years , and during the past wo years there has been scarcely a \acant house In the city. During last summer at least fifteen families had stored their household goods and took their "turns" on the waiting list for acant houses. It Is estimated that here are about 1,300 residences In Vorfolk , and these luivo been prac- Ically all filled throughout the year \bout 120 now families runio to Nor- oik this year , and about sixty ha\e noved out of town. New families uivo arrived in Norfolk throughout ho year on an a\erago of three In to wo going out. About thrco families i week , taking in the entire year's ivorage , have como to Norfolk. New business enterprises coming to Vorfolk this year have numbered ibout twenty-seven , including a now Igar factory , wholesale fruit house , stock food company , paint factory , au- omobllo garages , restaurants , etc. The improvements made by the city mvo been slightly decreased this year. The completion of the paving was the eaturo of this work. About $7,000 vorth of now sewerage was construct ed and about $2,000 worth of crossings ivero built. A largo retaining wall vas constructed at the river. Among the now buildings recorded 'or the year are : Grant school addi tion , now Lincoln school , no v Union Pacific depot , new Northwestern doD - ) ' . ) , D Roes store building , new Lyric : beater , Y. M. C. A. bu-lddi ; ; , hotel , saloon , barber shop , pool room ( South \orfolk ) , Koyon automoblli g.u'age and Pacific hotel annex , Koycn & ! 3or- roughs' stock food building , G. L. Carlson's building , Josephine Durhuul > state building , Cotton block addition , ivlng-Mllls garage , Evans-Brown him- jer plant , new II. E. Hardy coal sheds , \oehn building , Schelly icehouse , Klug cement factory , Kell cement factory , Norfolk Oil and Chemical Works mllding , Christoph drug storage tiouse , Nebraska Telephone company storage house , Hans paint factory , Cades shoe shining parlor building , Northwestern Icehouse , new electric mworhouso ( under construction ) , Carl Braasch blacksmith shop. Banks Tell of Prosperity. Notwithstanding the fact that "com mon talk" had money "scarce , " the figures of the three local banks do : iway with all thoughts of an "off year , " and 1911 figures show that oans and deposits in the three local mnks were materially larger than those of last year. While the amount of money shipped to smaller banks from local banks in 1910 was larger than 1911 , last year's figure is an average amount , and shows that country towns are doing a ; oed business. The largest amount of money shipped from ono bank In this city in one day In 1911 was $25,000. The three local banks shipped $832- 570 out in 1911 , as compared with $1,158,955 in 1910. These amounts In clude bonds and securities. Loans and discounts were larger In 1911 than they were In 1910 , and the last statement of 1911 for the three local banks shows $1,344,402.88 in loans and discounts , as compared witL $1,189,159.38 In 1910. The total foot ings of these same statements shows $2,055,658.75 In 1911' a great gain ovei $1,920,796.20 in 1910. The year 190 Is considered a record year in monej circles here , but that year was consld ered an exceptionally good year. Postoffice Receipts Grow. Although the fiscal year of the post office docs not end until Juno 30 next Postmaster John R. Hays estimates that this year's receipts will show t large Increase over last year's re celpts. There has been a steadj growth In postofflco receipts for manj years past. The month of Decembei this year shows a largo gain over an ; previous December in the postofflco'i history. Freight Shows Increase. Freight receipts at the throe rail roads of the city show a great In crease over the year 1910 and ever ; other year except during the yea when the sugar factory was in its big gest run. A freight transfer has beei moved to Norfolk this year , and tin amount of freight handled here hai greatly increased. The freight recelpti do not include the transfer buslnesa and the local receipts continue t < show a big increase. More Coal and Lumber. All kinds of coal sales were in creased over the sales of 1911. Whili some dealers report a substantial in crease in sales of all kinds of coal ono dealer reports that soft coa dragged slightly during the warn weather In November. Lumber sales were heavy , and UK > building of many business and dwell ing houses Increased the sales mucl over those of 1910. Insurance Business Increases. With the largo number of nev dwelling houses in 1911 , the Insur nnco business has been good and Ii slightly increased over 1910. Thesi dwelling houses featured in the in crease of the insurance business , am the stock business was practically tin same as in 1910. Furniture Business Better. New families and moro dwelllm houses boosted the furniture buslnes In 1911. Over the year of 1910 , Apr ! May and July show up big sales Ii furniture , with July about the heavl est month. Household goods wen heavy sellers In the furniture line showing the effects of furnishing nev homes. The solo of clothing for the yea 1911 has hit the top mark. The busi ness In this line throughout the year has been steady , with October , No- \ umber anil December the heavy months of the year. Hardware Increases. Hardware sales In 1911 were slight ly Increased over 1910 , but the In crease was not so heavy as In the pre ceding year. Better Dry Goods Stocks. With a finer line of dry goods than over before displayed In Norfolk , that year's sales show a fair Increase over 1910. More Drugs Sold , Business In drug stores shows an Increase In 1910 over 1)11 ! ) , as did 1910 over 1909. Ono druggist's books show over $3,000 Increase In 1911 over 1910 , while others also report fair Increases. Better Jewelry Sales. Jewelry business increased in 1911 over 1910. Diamond sales have been fair , while watches ha\o taken a spurt over last year Moro Musical Instruments. Notwithstanding the fact that coun try trade has been light In the mu sical line during the Christmas rush , all kinds of musical Instruments have weld moro freely locally , and that line of business on the year's average is Increased substantially over 1910. More Automobiles Bought. With several new automobllo deal ers reckoned In the new business en terprises of the city in 1911 , addi tional taxlcabs and the Inauguration of automobile deliveries , the automir- bllo trade tontinued to increase in 1911 over 1910 , as did the latter year over 1909. Shoe Business Increases. Thos hoe business has shown a sub stantial Increase. A Fair Wheat Yield. All kinds of grain crops around Nor folk were fairly good. Sufficient rain , which this territory enjoys regularly , was a great benefit Tbo recent snow s a forerunner of a good crop in 1912 mil will bring out the winter wheat n good shape. Wheat in 1911 is considered about 75 per cent of a full crop , and the rain Is just as good as that In 1910. Moro wheat was bought in 1911 than n 1910. The highest price paid for wheat in 1911 was $1 and the low irlco was 80 cents. The Corn Crop. Eighty per cent of last year's crop s considered a fair estimate of 1911 corn. In Norfolk the high price reached for corn was GO cents , and the lowest was HO cents. Outside of Norfolk corn reached as low as 45 cents during the year. The recent icavy snow will make conditions good 'or spring work. Oats Crop Short. A fair quality of oats was harvested in 1911 , and it is estimated that the crop was about 40 per cent of that In 1910. Oats sold as high as 45 cents nnd as low as 32. 203 Babies Born. Further Increases In Norfolk's pop- ilatlon were made. There were 208 babies born in 1911. As usual for a lumber of years past , there have been more boys than girls ; 108 boys were born in 1911 and 100 girls. The month of August was a busy one for the stork , in fact the busiest month of the year. April and December were the light months , while In 1909 April was the heaviest month. 125 Deaths Recorded. There were 125 deaths in Norfolk In 1911 , Including the deaths at the state hospital. Of these 74 were male and 51 female. April and Januarj were heavy months for fatalities. In these months eighteen deaths occur red. In 1910 there were but 121 deaths and only 193 births. Sues Armour for $40,000. Madison , Neb. , Dec. 29. Special tc The News : Smith Arbuckle has com menced action In the district cour of Madison county against Armour & Co. to recover damages In the sum o $40,000 for Injuries which he alleges that he sustained Nov. 21 , 1911 , al Memphis , Neb. , while employed in the defendant's ice house at that place The plaintiff sets forth In his petltlor that ho was operating a block tackle on the second floor of the Ice house which was In an unsafe condition and unknown to him ; that the floor col lapsed and fell a distance of thlrty-twe feet whereby he sustained Injuries producing raralyses of the lowei parts of his body making him a per manent paralytic and wholly Inca pacltatlng him for any kind of labor II. F. Harrington of O'Neill Is coun sel for the plaintiff. Action Is brough In this county as the defendant has storage premises at Norfolk agains which attachments will Issue. FATES KIND TO NORFOLK. No Murders , No Big Fires , No Drown Ings to Mar the Year. The fates have dealt kindly witl Norfolk during the year just closed There have been no murders , no blp fires , no drownlngs , no railroad fatal Hies. There have been a number o violent deaths In territory trlbutarj to Norfolk , the most serious of whlcl was the Leonard hotel catastrophe a Nlobrara , in which seven people lost their lives. Columbus Boys Good Athletes. Physical Director J. B. Anderson o the Columbus Y. M. C. A. , with his team of athletes , demonstrated in the Auditorium last night to a very smal crowd the great benefits derived froir the gymnasium of a Y. M. C. A. insti tutlon. The entertainment hero was given under the auspices of the Nor folk high school boys , and the smal audience was a surprise to these In charge. The boy scouts took part in the parade on Norfolk avenue Thurs day afternoon to advertise the enter talnment. There was not an adlo moment fron the start to the end of the entertain ment. The tumbling mode a "hit,1 vhllo the wrestling between the sixty nil eighty-pound Y. M. C A. chain- Ions , and the three-round blindfolded io\lng matih were Interesting fea- uroH of the evening. The march drill i > sixteen bo > H , and the pyramid ulldlug were well oxocuted. Distance ml high diving , combination Indian bib and dumb bell drills tumbling ml the torch Indian club swinging by ) lrector Anderson were among the ithor feats performed. In every act of their drill the young- tors showed good training and afford- d a great opportunity to determine vhut really can bo accomplished In in Institution such as a Y. M. C. A. Among the Columbus boys who took tart In the entertainment were J. 1 la- gel , J. Colto , Jake Green , Harold ireon , II. Rush , L. IlU-r , Karl Colton , \rlhur T Fleming , Clarence Newman , tlchard Newman , Charles Dickey , talph Hrown , Charles Leavoy , Allan \Veaver \ , Eail llabcock , Ward Drake , ( ay Kathburn. MHH | Gwendolln Whlto of Omaha sang throe \ory beautiful soprano HOes - os during the evening. Miss White Is gllted with a charming \olce , and she ias become emphatically a favorite imong Norfolk music lovers. 1 lei- solos were greeted with pronounced ipplauHc. Not One Horse Has Been Stolen. Sixteen .suboidlnato organl/.atioiiH sent 117 delegates to lepiesent them it the state convention of the No- itaska Live Stock OWIIIMS Piotectlvo ishoclatlon , held in the Not folk Com- uercial club rooms Wednesday after- loon. Further growth in the organi sation was loported. The following officers weio elected for the ensuing year : Chief pros- ! lent , llerbeit Rhodes , Ctolghtun ; hiof vice president , W. H. Gilder- sleeve \Va\no chief . , \ ; .secretary-tieas- irer , H. E. Mason , Meadow Grove ; : hiof captain , J. R. Stucker , Stanton ; hiof auditor , O. W. Evans , Norfolk. The chief association has now tliii- ty-four subordinate organizations In the state with a membership of 1,700. Not one horse belonging to a member > f this association was stolen during the year. The association was organized in Norfolk in 190G with forty members. On Jan. 1 , 1910. there wore fifteen ocal organizations with n member ship of 700. Two sections of the by laws of the association wcio amended during Wednesday's meeting here. One was that of changing the repiesentatlon fiom one man for every ton to ono nan for every twenty and the other undo it possible for the chief orga- ilzation to pay the transportation ex- lenses of delegates to the conven tions. Heretofore the local organiza- ions and in some cases the delegates liemselves paid these expenses. G.L. Carlson , last year's chief andi- or , delivered an Intel esting address ini ithe convention on "Does Edu cational System Pay ? " Mr. Carlson's uldress touched on topics of interest in general farm work and he showed liy comparison the producing power of those who were educated and those who were not. How Kemp Won Sinclair's Wife. Point Pleasant , N. J. , Dec. 29. Harry Kemp , the Kansas poet who la living with Mrs. Upton Sinclair a mile west of West Point Pleasant In a bungalow for which ho pays $10 n month furnished , told the story of hie romance with the wlfo of the radical author. Upton Sinclair Is still Harry Kemp'f friend , but Kemp now has few gooc words to say about Sinclair since the latter , "as ho says In his suit for dl vorco which the judge would not gran made mo out as a conventional hem < breaker. " Kemp is anything but con ventlonal. "I want to tell this complete ston of the romance of Meta and myself , ' ho said. "It will show us In the trui light and disprove the nasty state mcnts Upton has been making. I hop < this will end the whole affair. I don' want anything to do with reporter ! after this is published , and I am mak ing this statement only because m ; friends tell mo it will end the pub Hclty and clear Meta and mo. " Found Their Home Unhappy. Kemp says that when ho arrived li Arden to visit the Slnclalrs ho fount their homo unhappy. Upton wantec a divorce , he says , and by his con stant nagging was driving his wifi nearly Insane. Upton showed lltth concern as to the friendship betweei Mrs. Sinclair and Harry Kemp , tin latter says. When Harry Kemp went to Ardei last summer he had never had assocla tlon with women. Ho was 28 yean old and never had spoken more thai perfunctorily to any woman. "Do you think you were led lnt < this affair ? " ho was asked. "No. " Kemp pounded the arm of his chair "If anybody is to blame It Is Uptor and me , " ho went on. "Ho drove Mete to do what the conventional work perhaps says was wrong. I loved hoi and she loved me. There was no love between her and her husband. We don't believe In conventionalities. We believe that as long as wo do not interfere terfero with anybody else's happiness wo have a right to bo left alone. " Amusing Sketch of Sinclair. Kemp drew an amusing sketch ol Upton Sinclair and his "soul states. ' "You first must know something ol Upton , " ho said. "Ho is a queer mixture turo of good and bad. Ho Is a radical when It suits his ends to bo a radical and ho Is n conservative when con servatlvo Ideas will Justify whatevei course he wants to pursue. He has no sense of humor , and ho Is always raving about genius. "Ho magnifies everything , and wor rles himself into what he calls a 'sou state. ' When ho was In Jail down In Arden ho thought It was the worsl thing ho ever had been In , and he wont and had a big 'soul stato' over It sa > lng It was vvorso than Hlburlan pilsuiiH , and all that. "I went down to Arden last July upon I'ptim'H Invitation. I never had had any coiTonpoiidoiieo with Mrs. Bin- clalr ; wo never had been moro than formally friendly Made Her Live In Tent. "When I got there I found ( ho Sin clair home broken up I'pion ' had told Meta he wanted a divorce , and ho had driven her nearly wild , lie would In sist on her doing over > thing ho did made her diet and llvo In a tent. Ho showed her no nffectlon.Vhonovor Mho would want him to carry In u bucket of coal ho would do It , but would > ell that was a flno oenipiUIon for a genius. "Upton , you Know , preached frco love. In his 'Love I'llgrlmago' ho put forth bin Ideas. "Meta was unhappy , and Upton was HO excited about bis genius that no- hod v would have much to do with him. Meta and I begun to read poetry ami lake walks together Meta and 1 wore having a grand time. Wo weio con genial. "lly and by I began to notlco that 1'ptiiii was becoming soil of funny , and 1 went to him ami said : " 'Upton , am 1 pajing too much at tention to Mot a ? ' " 'No , ' ho Halil , 'go ahead , anil If you can , juako her happy. ' "Well , I thought perhaps I ought to go , but I leinonibered the doctrines i that I'pton has preached and how he bad treated Mela and- and I loved her. So 1 remained. "Then Upton came to mo and want ed me to pioiiilne that I would play square. Ho didn't know. " Changed Attitude Too Late. The poet's voice sank. "Ho came too late. Hut I thought he would llvo up to | IH ! preachings. But Upton , who had been a radical , then began to take the advantages of the conventional himband , just an If bo had loved his wife and as If I had de liberately alienated her affections ! " Kemp said Mrs. Sinclair then went to New York to the homo of her mother. He followed her In a few dn > and lived also at her mother's house. Ho continued : "Tho next thing wo knew Upton J came in on us suddenly ono evening Wo talked a while , and then he went away. The next morning Upton call ed up and was all excited. " 'The reporters are coming ! ' ho said. 'They've found out I'm going to sue for divorce. You'd better get away. ' " 1 talked to him over the telephone. " 'Well , Upton , ' I said , 'you've done a nice trick. ' " 'I can't belli it , ' ho said , 'the re porters found out about it from some body else. ' "I found out , " Kemp continued , "that ho told the reporters himself. " Wandered Through Jersey Towns. Kemp said Mrs. Sinclair borrowed $100 , and , with some money lie had , they started out wandering through several New Jersey towns in search of a place to stay until they found the cottage in which they are now living. Ho said Sinclair had como to see him at a nearby town , but that ho had made him ( Kemp ) so angry he made him go back to New York. Kemp has a weekly allowance of $7.50 from a Chicago man who Is in terested In his work. Ho Is making a little money from the sale of poems Mrfl. Sinclair asked the reporter to deny her "don't give a damn about marriage" interview. "For the sake of my friends , I wish you would deny It , " she said. "I had made up my mind to give no Inter views , because tfiey distressed my mother. She doesn't see things the way I do , you know , and she feels as bad over this as she would if I had murdered somebody. Awful Night on Train. Snowbound between Columbus and Norfolk , the Union Pacific passenger train duo Into Norfolk at 9:20 : Friday night did not reach the city until 5:45 : o'clock Saturday morning. It took four hours to go from Columbus to Hum phrey , a distance of twenty-five miles. The snow was heavy and n terrific wind from the north pounded it into the cuts , drifting it badly. When the train had almost reached Humphrey it found further progress impossible , so the engine was cut off from the caret and sent on to Humphrey to telegraph back to Columbus for another engine. Passengers on the train suffered from the cold. "It was the worst night I over spent , " said W. H. King of Columbus. "The cars were as cold as an icebox , and there was no way to keep warm. It was Impossible to sleep. When one's feet got so cold that ho could stand It no longer ho getup up and walked around to get them warm. " It was 10 degrees below zero in Nor folk when the train reached this city at 5:45. : The train left Columbus nt 10 o'clock. It Is fifty miles from Co lumbus to Norfolk. Below Zero In Omaha. Omaha , Dec. 30 The mercury dropped - ped below zero early today for the first time this season. At 8 o'clock the record was 3 degrees below zero with the tendency still downward. HALIFAX HOTEL DESTROYED. Halifax , N. S. , Dec. 30. Fire start ing from a defective flue in the King Edward hotel hero last night destroyed that structure , which was a wooden five-story building ; the warehouse of the paper company , nnd four tenement houses. The total loss is estimated at $200.000. The 150 guests In the King Edward hotel were gotten out without harm. Two hundred sailors from the Cana dian cruiser Niobe , nnd a detail of troops from the garrison , assisted the combined fire departments of Halifax and Dartmouth in fighting the flames. \