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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11
MRS. NORA HALL NOT GUILTY,
jury at SaIina Frees Alleged White

jury at SaIina Frees Alleged White
Shaver.
After twenty-four hours deliber-
ation the jury in the case of Mrs
Nora Hall of New Cambria, on trial
IN the Saline county court for white
slavery, found her mot guilty.
Mrs. Hall has been charged with
having kept Solomon girl At her
home for immoral purposes. The
girl had testified to the circum-
stances in the affair as had Frank
Nunn of Solomon, the man in the
case, who said that he had paid Mrs.
Hall for her part in the transaction.
When the verdict was read there
was no noticeable change in the ex-
preston on Mrs. Halls face and by
looking at her the result would not
have been learned. She whispered to
her attorney for a minute, then
arose and walked out to where her
husband was standing. She greeted |
him with faint smile and then
took her place at the door and
shook hands with each member OF
The jury that had acquitted her.
While the evidence of the trans
lction regarding the. girl seemed to
'e clear in the case, being corrobor-
ted by the witness for the state,
is thought probable that the wit
esses for the defense, who testified
hat the girl had in the past been
ard to control, compromised this
o some extent. Then there was K
he story of Num- told on the stand 4
his part in the affair and the i'm
ression was gained that he was as
uilty as the woman and all of these =
lings led to the verdict, although y
was said that on the earlier bal =
is that three voted for conviction. W
Mrs. Hall had been in the county "a
ii since early last June when she
as arrested on the charge. 81
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11
CITY SCHOOLS Open
ATTENDANCE WILL PASS THAT
OF 1912.
Domestic Science and Manual Train
ing New High School Courses
several New Teachers
This Year.
trrom Mondays Daily.l

The city schools opened this
morning with an increased attend
ance. At the high school the en-
rollment this noon was 185 with the
expectation that the total count will
be 225. The grade school enroll
ment, which was S84 last year, is
expected to be about 900 this year
when all students have registered.
The count by classes at the high
school is: Post graduates 3, seniors
33, juniors 80, sOphomores SO,
freshmen SO. The high school at
tendance last year was 2OS.
This morning all the classes of
the day were run through in ten
minute periods and arrangements
made. There was no school this
afternoon.
Two new courses have been added
to the high school list this year, do
nestle science and manual training.
Miss Marcia Storey of Manhat-
tan, a graduate OF the Kansas agri-
cultural college, will teach domes-
tic science. Two rooms in the base
ment of the high school were over
hauled this summer and placed in
readiness for the years work. One
room will be used as a storage room.
The other will be used for a labor
atory. The tables are ready for
use. One boy is expected to take
the work in domestic science. Il
Merle Collins, a graduate this
spring from the agricultural college
will teach manual training and ag-
griculture. Eighteen tables have
been fitted up for the work in the
basement of the high school. The z
tools and equipment are not here
and the first work that will be done =
will be drawing and lectures pre- :
Daratory to the work with the ham, :
ner and saw. Thirty-sIx boys have
enrolled for the manual training
work.
This will be Professor steeper's Il
second year as principal Of the high tC
school. Miss Anna Hopkins who has 81
attended the state normal and holds p
he degree of A. B. from the uni- SC
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11
GEORGE w. C. ROHRER IN
CRITICAL CONDITION IN OKLA.

The many friends Of G. w. @.
Rohrer, who lived here for many
years and run the old Gazette, will
be sorry to learn that he is In .
critical condition at his home In
Anadarko, Okla. He has been Ill
for several months from Bright's
disease and his mind is now entirely
gone. 4
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11
roared.

4 Members in the party began tO
scramble out, and as young Smith
hit the ground he grabbed the gun
held by Thomas. The two men crap
pied for a few seconds, then Smith
started to run around behind the
taxicab. Thomas followed and fired.
The load of shot struck Smith in
the right shoulder. The wound is q
bad one hut it will not prove fatal
Only one shot was fired. Nico-
demus had fled in the darkness
while Smith and Thomas were fight
ing for possession of the gun. Mrs.
Spear rushed to the shelter of the
Thomas home, while Mrs. Thomas
seeked shelter behind tree. Hunt
singer started to drive away but was
threatened by Thomas if ne did not
stop. Seeing Mrs. Spear enter the
house, Thomas followed her up and
forced her to leave. Lighting a |
torch, Thomas began a search for
his wife, and when he discovered
her he attacked her with his fists.
After she fell to the ground it is
said that Thomas kicked her sew
sral times. h
Within two hours after the shoot {
ng Thomas, his wife and small son, Il
Ora, left the city on a Union Pacific IL
ast bound train. 1t is said they Il
vent to Kansas City. Mrs. Spear is h
till here but she could not be found t
or an interview. After his injury t
ras dressed, Smith was taken to his %
oom. Nicodemus has not been seen p
oday. Smith is the only unmarried g
ne in the party. The rest are mar II
led and have children. LIT
Since Mr.. Spear left Manhattan IL
'me time ago Mrs. Spear and her
Vo daughters have been staying at ia
8. Porter's until a few days ago, W
hen they moved to the Thomas
,me at All South Fifth street. Mr.. d
pear is now in Chicago.
Thomas was employed in a local
Ike shop and his days work began
1 o'clock in the morning. This A
ade it necessary for him to leave OF
,me about 1890. hs
About 2 o'clock this morning wi
lomas received a telephone mes pr
ge from his son, Ora Thomas, 10 in
ars old. The boy explained that fu
had suddenly taken sick and that st
could not find his mother in the 70
use. vi
Thomas dropped his work and as
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11

is formed in his immature years, .
he said, "and most of these are
spent in the school room"
Practically all Of the 174 teach
ers in the rural schools OF the coun-
ty attended the meetings today. The
association was placed on a perma-
nent footing for year, and officers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11

Cattle shipments to Kansas City
from points west of here continue
to be heavy. Sunday was a heavy
shipping day but the rain last night
probably win check the shipping
somewhat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11

Professor Dewitt G. Croissant of
the English department of the Uni
versity of Kansas was the principal
speaker at the meeting Of the Dick
inson county teachers association,
held today in t1ts rourt house. "The
.'eacber'e = was his Tubject.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11

authorization of two cannon to be-
donated to the city Of Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-09-11
OTTO SMITH SHOT.
ABILENE BOY SHOT AFTER JOY
RIDE.
Was With Married WOman--Irate
Husband Seeks Vengeance
Smiths Wound Bad One
But He VIII Recover.

Manhattan Nationalist: A two
hours Joy ride In a taxi with suit
case filled with beer thrown in,
ended rather disastrously for four
Manhattan people about o'clock
this morning.
AS the taxi, carrying Mrs. Dwight
Thomas, Mts.s Il E. :s'ssaF, ciss
Smith and Roy Nicodemus, and
driven by Ira Huntsinger, rolled
along on South Fifth street at that
hour, it was suddenly held up" by
Dwight Thomas, who held a single
barreled shotgun In his hands.
g. I'll fix you," Thomas
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02

1t is easy to overdo good things
The talk about a safe and sane
Fourth of 9uly' was original and hal
good results. The Fourth of July
was being celebrated in a dangerous
ana particularly senseless manner.
Therefore the safe and sane" talk
did good. Now as each successive
holiday comes about some idiot mis-
taking the natural repetition of an
initiative mind for an idea, has his say
about making il safe and sane" In
this way we have heard about safe
ana fane" Thanksglvings, Christmases
anG New Years. In each case the
meaning is that the day should be
robbed of it's illogical element, and in
each case the day stripped of all that
IS Illogical would be less interesting.
less itself. After all, it is the illogi-
cal things that make the world pie
turesque and life worth living. II
we are sensible on business days, why
not leave the holidays as they are?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02

The year Of 1912 will stand out IN
the annals of disaster through the
sinking of the Titanic with its hun
dreds of prominent men and women
including Francis Doris Millet, the
distinguished painter William T..
stead. the journalist, and others. The
illustrious dead of the year also in
clude King Frederick of Denmark
Alfred Tennyson Dickins, Henry La
bouchere, Homer C. Davenport, the
great cartoonist, An drew Lang, the
English author. Massenet, the dis
t.nguished French composer General
william Booth. founder of the Saliva
ton army, Justin Mccarthy the irish
historian and novelist, Mrs. Margaret
r. Sangster author and editor, Vice.
President Sherman, Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans "Fighting Bob" AMI
last but not least, Whitelaw Reid, edi-
tor and American ambassador to
Great Britain.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02
THE IyDIANAPOLIs VERDICT.

In the yer dict of that farmer jury
Of indianapolis the spirit of defiant
lawle ssness has received setback,
regard for law is a matter Of dscip-
line and education as are all elements
Of character We have been moving
faster in this country than was good
for us Just as in realms of business
men were being pushed into impor-
tant places more because they got
there" than because they attained thei-
ends soundly or honestly or humanely,
until undertaking era was due and
certain businesses had to be brough,
up short, so in the realms Of organized
labor, certain unions pushed into hi6h
authority men characterized by Teck-
less zeal rather than by scrupulous
ness or humanity or patriotism.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02

Unions have sometimes mistaken
braggadocio for ability and desperation
for power. Just as certain business
interests which forgot there was Il
to time, certain unions are now being
made to think Just as business in
general was in the end the better for
having the fear of God impressed
upon It, unionism VIII be the better
for the purginG now in progress
There is no more connection between
the great and good movement for
workingmens bettcrment AMI the 1T
rocitics of the McNamaras and Franz
there was between Legitimate bust
ness and the practices OF Charles F.
Morse.
The rapid rise of labor organizations
brought into pivotal positions men un
tried and unit, and utterly unable
even to avoid losing their heals in
tHtir sudden eIilIenCc. These mon
were intoxicated by the power which
came to them so suddenly and with
so little preparation and forgot the
existence of everything else except
the END Immediately in view. The
story now brought to light Is gross
and terrible. II is a tale of paid de-
stroyers and dealers of deatn, or
crimes interSpersed by brute de
hauchery, 1t might be chapter out
of the history of the Borgias; only the
Borgias were unacquaintel with dy-
Mantle ana had to poison their victims
one at time,
Now the law, slow. certain and re-
markedly Just. mas ovcrtaken them.
The law is not only the punisher o.
wrongs; it is the educator OF un lis
ciplined power, the purger of good
things gone wrong. All lail to that
farmer jury, And Gol speed the just
ana legitimate cause of labor
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02
STORMS AND EARTHQUAKES }

JANuARY
6. A blizzard ragged in the Misslsslpp,
valley from Kansas to the lakes; ii
persons frozen TO death
49, England blizzard bound, traffic tied
up and telegraph lines wrecked
%. Z deaths In q tornado which swept over
southea stern Missouri.
FEBRUARY
20. 20 lives lost in a windstorm which
swept over Louisiana and Mississippi
q. The middle west struck by a blizzard
which In some places was the worst in
many years
u The Atlantic coast swept by a wind
travelling at the rate of over 90 miles
an hour and often over 100 miles.
Is. A tornado ragged over Texas. Kansas,
Mississippi and Missouri, causing
heavy loss Of life and property.
MARCH
Is. The south Atlantic coast states swept
by a hurricane; many deaths; traffic
paralyzed
g. 1000 square miles inundated by food
In the Mississippi damage estimate
s1o.ooooo; 1000 homeless.
a. Near 100 people killed by cyclone in
Illinois and Indiana
a. Oklahoma swept by a tornado; 81 dead.
ib. Tornadoes swept over Missouri and
Ohio; loss Of lives 30 or more.
"a Nearly the entire city of Guanatuato.
Mexico, destroyed and about 1000 lives
lost as the result Of a cloudburst
90 Regina, the Wheat city Of Sas-
katchewan province almost entirely
ruined by cyclone. 90 to 10 deaths;
property loss estimated at 81 100000
JULY.
Mt e.
go damage
10 The mining towns Of Mazuma and Sew
entroughs. New were nearly wiped
out by cloudburst, many persons
killed
q. a cloudburst caused damage in SOUTH
west Pennsylvania, mines flooded and
wide area inundated; many deaths
AUGUST
3. Snow fell in Pennsylvania
8. An earthquake IN Turkey destroyed
5000 lives Adrianople and Gallipoi
suffered severely
49, A cloudburst centerinG nj Niles, Mich.
caused damage Of sl,00O,co)
%. Typhoon in Chekiang province China
caused loss Of 5000 20 10000 lives
SEPTEMBER
l. A death roll Of 80 and a property loss
OF 100000 resulted from storm and
cloudburst In the Panhandle district Of
pennsylvania. west virginia ana ONO.
killed and q hurt by a cloudburst
which struck a Northwestern passen-
ger train near Green Bay Wis
z. A typhoon In Japan caused a loss OF
s2o000.0O0
OCTOBER.
l6 Loss of $4,000 900 in typhoon in the
Philippines
NOVEMBER
10, Hurricane followed by tidal wave
struck the island OF jamaica: over loo
deaths
lS Earthquake on the Pacific coast: Sc
we're in Mexico with heavy loss Of life.
r. Heavy snowstorms prevailed in the
lake states and the Mississippi valley.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02
THE PARDONING POWER.

Governor Blease in Iulged In an ex-
ecutive Christmas spree, the chief out.
ward manifestation Of which was the
pardoning of eighty criminals This
Is the amiable side of the character
Of South Cardinals chief hre- eater
II appears that when he is not lynch
ing some poor. colored suspect, or
damning the Constitution and NY
livered governors of the North, he
can pardon criminals at record rate.
IT is a splendid, big hearted act Of
which the Governor is capable. and
fine for display.
To be sure the State was at some
expense to incarcerate those men, AMI
judges and jurymen and prosecuting
officers were all at some pains to put
them behind bars. But what Is ex-
pense, what is the effort of prosecu-
tors and the opinion Of juries, what
is anything, in comparison with tle
exigencies OF the occasion when the
Governor of South Carolina must
celebrate Christmas? The State had
formally adjudged it better that those
men should be confined, but what is
the State when the Hon. Cole Living.
ston Blease is governor? Blease OF
South Carolina with headlines and
Gourishes of trumpets pardone5
eighty, twenty-five of them "lifers,
and made virtue of 1t.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02

New YORK the
Boston Americans, with Joe Wood in
the box, defeated the New York Ma.
tionals by score of to 8
l6 Boston Red Sox won the final game In
the worlds championship series, de-
feating New York Giants to at
Boston.
q. Willie kolehmainen. the Finnish cham.
pion. made a new record In Marathon
racing by running the distance in
hours % minutes SO Is seconds In New.
ark. N. }
NOVEMBER.
l. Harvard defeated Princeton in the an.
g nuai game at Soldiers field. Cambridge.
l6 to g. Wisconsin defeated Chicago, 30
to IL at Madison
4 Carlisle Indians defeated Army, n to
9, at West Point Pennsylvania won
over Michigan. q to 81. at Philadel.
phis.
Is. The annual football game OF Yale and
Princeton resulted In a tie score Of
to at Princeton. Pennsylvania de-
feated Carlisle Indians. "a to &C. at
Philadeirnia. Wisconsin defeated Min
nesota al football II to 0. at Minneap-
oils Michigan won over Cornell al
Ann Arbor, 20 TO l.
%. Harvard football team defeated Yale,
10 to 0, at New Haven. Chicago won
over Minnesota. I to 0, at Chicago,
"a Ad Wolgnst defeated for the light
weight championship by Willie Richie
in lS rounds at DAILY City. Cal
Pennsylvania won at football over Cor
nell. 7 to 2 at Philadelphia
. Six day bicycle race began in New
York
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02
VERMONT NOTES,

The first annual banquet Of t,
Center Rutland Athletic associate
was held at the Bardwen Tuesdl
evening when covers were laid for b
Secretary c. : Webster has mr.
nounced that the annual meeting
the Vermont state Bankers assoc.
ton will be heli at Rutland, Fe1rl
airy 81
The Rev. Arthur H. Bra ford Wi
has been called TO the Congregation
church Of Rutland. will begin his pai
torate on sunday coming from Srrins
aeld. Mass.
William Silva was sentenced at Cal
lona county court To not more than thr
and not less than two and "a half wears
State prison on statutory charge.
which he pleaded guilty.
After the police had searched two wei
ausuocessful.y to locate MI and Mr.
John Yardl,y Of Rutland, to inform the
of death i'm the latters family
Keene, y. IT,, tho couple walked into II
police station to iuQWr" for new
Newspaper reports and tho police n.
failed to find tHom. although they ha
lived within short distance Of I'll
station.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02
ASSOCIATION MEETINGS

JANUARY.
met in annual convention at Ind.ad
apolis.
MARCH.
g. The American Academy of Politica
Social Science met in Philadelphia
MAY.
L Colonial Danes met in Washington.
T. United Confederate Veterans met 3
Macon Ga
n. Sons of tho American Revolution m,
in Boston.
rs. General Federation of Woman's Clut
met at San Francisco.
JULY.
8. 5Oth annual convention OF the Natior
al Education association met at CHI
cago.
L. The International Typographical III
ion met at Cleveland. o.
SEPTEMBER
Q. The Spanish-American War Veteran
We're In session at Atlantic City, n
TO- The American Bankers associate
met in Detroit.
The national encampment of the G. !
R. met at Los Angeles, Cal
60 American road congress met at Altar
tic City
OCTOBER
/ International conservation congr<
met at Indianapolis.
10. The w. c. T. U. me; in Portland, Or,
NOVEMBER.
II. American Federation OF Labor met q
Rochester Y
10 The Daughters OF the Confederacy /
annual session in Washington.
u. National Woman Suffrage associate
met IN Philadelphia
DECEMBER
q The governors met in annual confe'
ence at Richmond.
q. The American Association For Labc
Legislation met In Boston.
30. The American Association For the 4
vancanent Of Science met in Clevt
land
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running the 1900 meter race in min
utes SO Is seconds ut New York.

running the 1900 meter race In min,
utes So Is seconds at New York
JUNE
2. James Duncan made a new record
with tho discus--i45 feet g1t inches.
kiviat ran 1900 meter race in min
utes 10 As seconds In New York city,
beating his own record made May a.
g. Tagslle won the English Derby at Ep
som.
8. Mark g. Wright cleared IS feet Nv
Oswald Klrkby defeated Jerome D
Travers at Atlantic City for the New
Jersey golf championship.
4. Harvard won varsity eight rowing race
from Yale at New London
30 American marksmen won the inter.
national shooting competition at the
Olympic games In Stockholm: grant
aggregate score of t,6SS
Cornell won all three boat racing EVENT.
al Poughkeepsle-varsit cared race
miles. time 10 minutes q rs seconds,
varsity I cared race. miles. time IL
minutes "a Id seconds: freshman .
cared race. 2 miles. time 9 minutes
81 2-5 seconds
l. Miss May Sutton won the clay court
tennis championship of the United
States by defeating Miss Mary Brown
at Pittsburgh.
a. Jack johnson defeated Jim Flynn in
the 9Th round for the heavyweight
championship at East Las Vegas,
N NJ.
Ad Wolgast declared winner In a II
round contest for the lightweight
championship. defeating Joe Rivers a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02

II. The war game ended at Newtow
Conn
"a. President Taft signed the Panama C
nal bill regulating the canal tolls.
sEpTEMprR
i3 Gen. Count Marosuke Nogi. the Jap
nese hero of Port Arthur, and his Wi
killed themselves at Tokyo because
the death Of the emperor.
a. The 60th anniversary OF the meetii
of IA governors on the 18th of Septet
ber 1862. at Altoona, Pa. was Gel
brated in that city.
30. The Pulitzer school of Journalism
Columbia university opened In Ne
York
OCTOBER.
1. Trial Of the dynamite plotters at l.
Angeles Oct. /. 1910. was begun In /
dianapolis
a. Col Theodore Roosevelt was shot
Milwaukee by would be assae-
named John Schrank
l6 The city of Vera Cruz Mexico, arc
in rebellion against President Made
Gen Felix Diaz. nephew of EXPIRE
cent Diaz, was az the head of the i
surrection
q. Vera Cruz. Mexico. recaptured fro
the insurgents by federal forces.
Is. Lieut. Charles Becker Of tho NJ
York police found guilty of the MI
der of Herman Rosenthal on July
in New York city
90. The French balloon Picarde won t
James Gordon Bennett cup by a fig
of l.36l miles "a worlds record fro
Stuttgart, Germany, nearly to Mosco
Russia