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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01

directors. In Montgomery's state
ment last August, he said that DR..
France and himself had been given
large block OF stock by Gillette, fol-
lowing their visit to the Gillette
home, where he asserted that Mrs
Gillette boosted the investment
It is one OF the charges that the
officers gave away large blocks Of
stock and that they also sold their
own holdings instead Of the com-
panys treasury stock. y
Gillette was sued In the superior
court by several investors in the
early months of last year, for money
advanced on improper representa-
tions, they said, and for damages.
1t was found that his home in Vest
moreland place had been sold to a
Nebraska banker for 100000 and
that other property he was supposed
to own stood in the name OF his
wife.
OF those indicted, Gillette and
Batchelder are now at liberty on
$4,000 bonds each, while the two
Montgomerys and Edison France are
under $1,000 bonds. Owing to the
fact that Charles Wellborn is attor-
neys for the Montgomerys. the cases
are not to be heard by Judge Olin
wellborn, his father, but by Judge
Van Fleet.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01

XWYlTHIN a few weeks ume
AM thousands of men and teams
will be engaged in leEeling
of the grounds Of the Pana-
ma Pacific international exposition site
In San Francisco, and It Is estimated
that within six months 10000 men VIII
be employed In the construction OF the
material part of the great exposition at
which the United States Of America
will celebrate the opening of the Pana
ma canal. Responses to invitations to
participate and offers or cooperation
from every part of the world are titod-
ing the exposition management, ana
President 9. G. Moore and his thirty
directors, who represent every impor
tant interest on the coast and $1,000
100000 in invested capital, are working
pight and day to keel, up with the
avalanche of duties that pour liza upon
them.
Responses of foreign countries sur
pass all anticipatious Of the exposition
management. Every civilized nation
on earth. every land within the sweep
Of both shores of the Pacific ocean
and every state in the Union will be
represented by the finest asselnblage
of displays the world has ever seen.
"San Francisco" says President
Moore, "'as hostess for the nation will
entertain the world in 1915 with the
most comprehensive exposition IN his
tory, a jubilee Of nations, a splendid
commemorative celebration, which
shall include not only the finest fea
lures Of all former worlds expositions
in recording the progress of the world.
but yet in maenitif ence. in diversity.
in its distinctive color of the west. OF
tile orient and Of all the countries Dor
dering unon the Pacific oceAn viii
stand alone The nationS Of the world
will see the finest American displays
ever shows at the Pahaina Pacific la
ternational exposition
.'The plans Of the people OF the west
for the Pana ma Pacific international
exposition are being undertaken upon
scale Of world education and inter
est and the exposition is the subject
Of enthusiastic cooperation III every
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
Helned Feed tIre Hungry.

During the cold wave in Kansas
City the newspaper reporters Of the
Journal, Post and Star fed hundreds
of poor at their office in the city
hall. They gathered many loads Of
flour and meat and furnished warm
sleeping places for so to rs suffer
ing ones on the floor every night
A. D. Colby, OF the Journal, a for
mer Reflector reporter, was one OF
the leaders in the relief work and
a resolution of thanks was sent him
by the police commission.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01

Francisco. following the contours or
the shore from the harbor out to ana
beyond the Golden Gate The struc
lures will be the largest and costliest
ever erected for worlds exposition.
The two principal locations of the ex-
position will be at Harbor View ana
In Golden Gate park. Hnrbor View
lies as a crescent on San Francisco
bay midway between the ferry bullo
ing, the principal entrance to San
Francisco, and the Golden Gate Colo
en- Gate park fronts the Pacific ocean
one mile below tie famous Clfn House
These two main sites and intermediate
locations will be connected by ma
rlne boulevard that will skirt the
.shoresrof, san Francisco bay and also
by an intermuraI railroad, A trackless
trolley jlEilI run over the boulevard
Harborf'view Is within twenty min
utes' walk OF the Fairmont hotel and
the most extensive apartment house
section of San Francisco.
Al Harbor View will be located o
Yacht harhOr the Midway and nign'
life or the exposition and many con
cassions that lend themselves to night
Illuminati0ns as well as great ouiio
tngs to house such heavy exhibits as
may ~ readily unloaded from ocean
eoiav vessels, such as the structures
70 C0ntain the manufactures ana ma
chjnery exhibits, the Palace OF Liberal
Arts and other industrial features.
Golden Gate park will be the seat o.
the permanent featnres OF the extosl
ZION With an ares Of more IMAM
Thousand acres Golden Gate park, TOT
.ested md created OF sand dunes, rodaS
,ureseNts one of the most nOtaDl'
achievements In landscape EaruenlIfs
An the world The west end OF Colder
Gate park. comprising $40 acres WI
he nfilized for exposition purposes
Around. II great Stadium, aiready puiit
will be erected8a huge conrrete con
sa,,m the largest structure ct Its kline
m America, Capable Of seating ToWot
ucoDle and in architecture like that al
Rome A chain Of lakes at 'difereiI'
levels will he connected by working
model Of the Panama canal.
Lincoln park, Where the Golden care
rounds Out into the Pacific ocean, com
mands panorama OF the faclne
ocean, of Sam Francisco halbor ana oil
fbe hills Of the city. Its area is l3
acres. and its contours rise more than
400 feet above sea level At Lincoln
park will be erected a great comment
Orative statue welcoming ships to The
Golden Gate Tentative plans for st
Francis memorial tower can Tor
structure $40 feet in height, with q
base 900 feet square The top of the
tower viii be almost 1890 feet above
the waters OF the Golden Gate.
From Lincoln park the boulevard
turning south toward Golden Gate
park. viii pass through an area Of 200
acres that have been secured by the
directors for exposition purposes. Here
will be located the foreign buildings.
live stock exhibits. mining, hortirul
ture and agriculture and other dis
plays requiring extensive spaGe
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
ANOTHER SOLOMON MAN
GETS $15 AND COSTS

Solomon is receiving its share OF
entertainment at Hotel de Quinn's
Justice court this week and the
guests have paid Waldorf-Astoria
prices for their short visits. William
Rice OF Solomon today pleaded guilty
to gambling and was fined SIS and
costs by Justice Quinn. This makes
the fourth Solomon man to plead
guilty to that charge this week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
"GINGER' FARRELL PLEADS
GUILTY TO GAMBLING

"Ginger" Farrell, we'll known In
Abilene, and J. P. Sullivan of Solo
mon, were brought to Abilene We'd
nesday by Marshal Beech and were
tried in Justice Quinn's court OF
the charge of gambling. Both mer
pleaded guilty to the charge ant
ware each assessed fine and cost
amounting to $2O.4O, which the!
paids
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01

This Is the season OF the year when
mothers feel very much concerned
over the frequent colds contracted by
their children, and have abundant
reason for 1t as every cold weakens
the lungs, lowers the vitality and
paves the way for the more serious
diseases that so often follow Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is famous
for its cures, and is pleasant and safe
to take. For sale by all dealers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
GRANT GILLETTS CASE MAY
GO OVER UNTIL SPRING
Indicted by Government ON Charge
of Defrauhing Investors.

Los Angeles, CAL, Jan. 22.-sen-
sational disclosures touching on the
methods alleged to have been used
in inducing investors to subscribe TO
stock In the defunct Cleveland OIL
company are expected in the forth
coming trials of the officials OF the
company, under federal indictment
on charges of using the mails to de-
fraud. The first of these cases Is
set to be heard here tomorrow be-
fore Judge Van Fleet, of San Fran
cisco, but the United States District
Attorneys staff yesterday intimated
that the congestion of the district
court calendar will probably make It
necessary to ask continuance.
The case has already had after
maths of an unusual character. Since
the splendid offices of the concern
were raided and its books seized,
December 81, 1910, one of the In
dicted men has died, his friends say
of a broken heart. The mansion OF
Grant Gillette, credited with having
organized the 81, 500 900 corporation,
has passed into other hands. MRS
Gillette, once its popular chatelaine
and a leader OF local society, mas
been covertly intimated by another
OF the indicted men to have been IN
strumental in furthering the aftairs
of the concern through her great So
cial advantages.
The men involved in the coming
trials are Gillette, John Montgomery
\ Jr.. Thomas w. Montgomery, his
son. w. G. Batchelder and Edison
France. DR.. W. A. France, Column
bus millionaire, died there following
the news Of his indictment.
The evidence in the hands or the
United States District Attorney Is
declared to show that the books OF
the concern, carefully examined UNI
der direction Of the postoffice auth
critics by w G. Mushet, prove Mont
gomery and the other directors to
have received large blocks OF stock
for nothing and that Illegal dividends
were issued out OF money received
for stock, the stock Itself was manip-
ulated on the various stock exch anges
throughout the country by means OF
gifts of shares to brokers, and that
Illegal gifts OF bonds were made,
valuable leases were juggled with,
and untrue prospectuses were Isl
sued. On one occasion, the investf-
eating officers say, the stock lost
I 81 points on the exchange In one
day. Wells guaranteed to produce
900 barrels of oil day, the inspec-
tors declare, actually gave no more
| than 30.
When the oil company's headquar-
ters were raided, there was great
excitement in oil circles because the
Cleveland was one of the most heav-
ily advertised companies in the
country. AS soon as the news be-
came public, crowds Of men and wo-
men came forward with assertions
that they had been swindled of enor-
nous sums of money.
When taken into custody Gillette
declared he had disposed Of all his
interests a year previous to Batch
elder and Montgomery, one of the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01

WWYITHIN few weeks rame
AM thousands of men and teams
w will be engaged in leTeling
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01

Do you know that more real dan
ger turks in a common cold than in
any other OF the minor ailments!
The safe way Is to take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy,a thoroughly
reliable preparation, and rid yourself
Of the cold as quickly as possible.
This remedy is for sale By all dealers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
Ii Strikes Him Right.

A correspondent sends in this note
OF approval: "The voice from the
country on game laws is echoed in
South Dickinson and we vote for the
Citizen to represent lis at the legis-
lature even II he does smell of corn
tassel and hay seed, or has alfalfa
leaves in his beard"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01

F. j. Klingbery of South Dickin-
son las been one of the editorial
force OF the census bureau at Wash
ington for two years and has made
a fine record The bureau gave him
an exceedingly complimentary letter,
commencing his work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
DTt liyNSON LAND of 262
ACRES BROUGHT 500, 2O5

Yesterday 362 acres of the Molla-
han estate south of Abilene was
sold to Robert Baker for $36,2Q3,
G. c. Coble, OF Marion and Karl
R,ddie made the deal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
q. n Prouty Heads Bankers.

G. N. Prouty, formerly an Abilene
banker, but now Of Kansas City, is
president OF the Bankers club OF
Kansas city and presided at the
clubs banquet Tuesday evening.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
vHTITV not give your lad
VIII the same training ?

"When was q growing lad. and came
upon many words In my reading that
l aid not understand, my mother. In
stead Of giving me the definition when
applied to her. uniformly sent me 70
the dictionary to learn Il, and In this
way gradually learned many things
besides he meaning Of the individual
word In question among other things,
how 10 use dictionary. and the great
Measure and advantage there might
he In the use of the dictionary.
Afterwards. when went to the village
school, my chief diversion, after les
sons were learned and before they
were recited, was In turning over the
pagcs Of the Unabridged Of those
daya. Now the most modern una-
bridred-thsNEw INTERNATIONAL
gives me pleasure Of the same sort
80 far a my knowledge extends, Il u
AZ present the best Of the one-volume
dictionaries, and quite sufficient for
All ordinary uses. Even those who
posssss the splendid dictionaries In
several volumes will yet ilnd II q great
convenience TO have this, which II 20
eompact, 90 full. and 20 Trustworthy
az 70 leave, In most cases, little TO be
desired. - Albert 8. Cook. Ph.D LL.Ds
Professor Of the English Language and
Literature, Yale Univ. April %. 1911.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-01
STARTING WORK ON THE NATIONS BIG
/. PANAMA EXPOSITION

Every Country on Earth to Be
Represented at the Great
est Worlds Fair In History.
Eighty Million Dollars to Be
Expended on National Cele-
bration.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
FARM BOY IS DETERl0RATING
Labor-Saving Machinery Given as
One Cause by DR.. L. J. Cooke Of
Minnesota University.

Minneapolis, Minn.-The universal
use of modern farm machinery re-
lieving the farm boy of much Of the
heavy work formerly done by hand
is to blame for his reported physical
inferiority to his city-bred classmate'
says Dr. L. J. Cooke, physical direc'
tor at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Cooke recently declared that the
average city boy physically was
much superior to the country-bred
lad. Here are some of the reasons to
which DR.. Cooke ascribes the coun'
try boys inferiority:
Use of labor-saving machinery On
the farm.
Financial ability of farmers to hire
laborers to perform the heavy WORK.
relieving their sons of the task.
Riding on farm machinery, ploW'
ing. moving and performing other
farm duties, causing the boy to De-
come stoop shouldered.
Lack Of systematic physical cuf
ture.
Absence of athletic rivalry among
young men on the farms.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20

can, an exceptional stellar event near B. C. 8
with which it may be identified.
Johann Kepler. in his peculiar genius (for he
showed that the births of Enoch, Moses, Cyrus,
Caesar. Charlemagne and Luther were preceded
by important astrological events led the way in
calling attention to the astronomical phenomena
that preceded the birth of Christ. He pointed
out that there must have been conjunction of
the planets Jupiter and Saturn at about the
time OF Christ's birth, and even made few pre-
liminary calculations to prove his case. The con-
junction occurred in the sign Pisces from time
immemorial identified with the destines of
Israel. conjunction in that sign always sgni-
fed the rising of mighty master of the
Jewish Such a conjunction of Jupiter and
Saturn occurs once in about 500 years 1t was,
therefore, sufficiently extraordinary In Keplers
eyes to herald the birth OF a Messiah.
Not until 1926 was Kepler's suggestion seri-
ousy considered by astronomers. In that year
Professor Ideler of Berlin. computed the posi-
tons of Jupiter and Saturn and proved that they
were actually in conjunction in Z B. C.. His cal
Culations showed that they at no time over
Tapped to form single star but that they were
separated by a distance equal to the apparent
diameter of the moon. Accordingly, Ideler had
the temerity to suppose that the wise men
the two planets as one star, because they were
miracuously near-sighted In justice to Ideler,
It must be stated that he abandoned his theory
when Encke in 1881, repeated the calculations
and found that the actual distance between Jupi-
ter and Saturn, when nearest each other in B. c.
T. was more than the apparent diameter of the
moon.
Apart from the fact that Jupiter and Saturn
were never sufficiently near each other to be
seen as one body, two planets in conjunction
can hardly be called star. Nor is 1t likely that
experienced Chaldean astrologers would so re-
gard it. Moreover. there other planetary
conjunctions at about the same time. Professor
Stockwell has demonstrated that conjunction
of Venus and Mars occurred May Sth, B. c.
g. about fifty days less than two years before
Herods death Because the mandate for the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
Humanity to Mules.

"In the fifteen years that have been
connected with societies for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals in this
and other cities l never have received
a complaint alleging cruelty to a
mule" said the humane-looking man.
That immunity of mules from harsh
treatment is an interesting question.
Why are they immune? There are
plenty of mules, even in New York
Does anybody beat them? Does any,
body underfeed them? If not, why
not? Does a mule show such a de-
cided ability to take care of himself
that his owner is afraid to abuse him ?
Or do men beat mules and starve them
and escape punishment because the
persons who witness the beating and
starving think it is only mule and
not worth bothering about? What is
the explanation of that phase of the
mule question, anyhow?"-New York
Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
NORA'S BLUE EYES
One of Many RomanCeS of the
Great Receiving Room at
Ellis Island.
BY HAROLD CARTER.

DR.. Sergius O'Flanahan, stationed at
his post in the great receiving room
at Ellis island, examining immigrants
for trachoma, let his hands fall upon
his apron and gasped. He found him
self staring into sweet face upturned
twinkled with fun and then suddenly
to his and into two blue eyes that
clouded with sorrow.
Mora Mulcahy!" he muttered.
"Glory be! l guess there's nothing
the matter with your eyes, Nora. How
did you get here?"
Whist! You're holding up the line.
Sergius," said Nora. "I'll see you aft
erward at the place they're sending
me to, unless they won't let me go
there"
O'Flanahan was resuming his daily
prosaic task of examining eyes. He
looked into several hundred pairs that
morning, but none of these affected
him in the least like the blue eyes
of Nora Mulcahy, his former sweet
heart.
'Mulcahy?' asked the official to
whom he applied. He turned to his
register That little Irish girl?
They're holding her in the detention
room until her man comes. He was to
have met her They won't let her in
ii he doesn't come"
SO Sergius found her in the deten-
ton room, her eyes pitecusly red, her
face white, her lips trembling. At the
sight of him faint smile came to her
lips, and presently she was twinkling
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
ENGLlSHMAN AS A PROPHET
Sends Sealed Parchment to Historical
Association, to Be Opened
After 100 Years.

New York.-One of the unusual Oh,
ferings at the annual exposition u
the Modern Historical Records assn,
citation here is sealed parchmeI.
sent to the association by Frederic
Harrison, English historian and ecoH
omist. The trustees of the u,
ganization are directed to wa'on
over the envelope and see that II ~, ~
mains unopened for at least Nv
years.
1t is understood that the incloSu.SS
is in the nature of a prophecy oa'''
on a study of present conditions -
Five forms Of permanent recolu.
are being preserved by the assO.'
tion-terra Gotta tablets. pnOn.
graphic records made of indesIu ~
ible clay, Photographic positiVess.., ts
glass, parchments and portrait pu'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20

of good or evil and particularly as HdFplhSels
Of pestance and war. 10 poeuc eastern pep
pie who revered the stars as symbols especially
set in the heavens for the guidance of men,
comets were undoubtedly awesome visitors. The
Chaldeans Persans and Jews were astronomlc-
ally no more enlightened than the medlaeVai
Christians and If at the fall of Constantnople
in 1853 all Christendom was alarmed at the ap-
pearance Of a comet "a comet which we now
know to have been Halley's), it is highly prob
able that the Orient no less impressed by
these sudden visitations. Comprising, as 1t does
nucleus a coma or envelope surrounding the
nucleus and measuring from twenty thousand
to one million miles in diameter, and a long tail
which streams behind the nucleus for sixty TO
a hundred million miles or more comet Is one
of the most mysteriously beautiful celestial ap-
partitions that meets the eye. But whether
or not the Star of Bethlehem really was such an
appartion no one affirm with certainty. An
astronomer can merely state that the idea Is not
untenable and that it is less Objectionable than
the conjunction hypothesis.
Lastly the theory has been proposed that the
Star of Bethlehem was what is called new
star or nova" star which suddenly flares up
in the heavens and fades away again to its
former magnitude after the lapse of weeks or
months. Such new stars are not altogether rare
Ten appeared between B. c. 1874 and the end OF
the fifteenth century. Since the fifteenth cen
fury no less than sixteen have been recorded
In our own time they are discovered with fair
frequency.
Even before the invention Of the telescope
such new stars studied by astronomers.
Apart from the astronomical evidence in favor
of the theory that the Star Of Bethlehem was a
nova POLITICALLY, at least, it seems singulary fit
ting that a matchless Srb blazing forth in sud-
den magnifcence should have marked not only
the birth Of Messiah whose destiny it was to
save mankind by mis- own suffering and to make
this a new world by purging it Of evil, but also
the birth of with embryonic planets
wheeling about 1t in shining clouds of gas and
stellar dust
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
Forty and a eittock.

The novelist, Barrie, has given a
new phrase, a Scottish phrase which
may be adopted into the English lan-
guage. 1t is to take the place of the
awkwardly polite terms of "a woman
Of uncertain age" or ION the wrong
side of forty" or "of years of discre-
ton" His phrase is forty and bit
took" A "bittock" is Scotch for bit
more or a short distance. 1t may
mean five years or twenty years. In
the case of Madame Yale, Lillian Rus
sell or that woman of imperishable
youth, Sarah Bernhard, cit might
mean even more years beyond forty.