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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
Prices win Drpp IN . FCw Months
Prominent DEALER Declares
FOREIGN sHIrslExTs THE CAUSE
Ratirs Drop win he Handled, B"t
nc Lower Ps4oes-Chineso
Supply WIN BE mex
haustible

Kansas City, March 3.-There
will be no more extremely high egg
prices so far an the United States
IA concerned. There is not likely
however, to be any considerable
drop in prices for four months. Al
ter that time the consumer may rea-
sonably expect to get eggs for from
20 TO 25 cents a dozen, according
to the season, with prices sometimes
ranging a little higher or little
lower.
This is the opinion Of F. M, Heg-
ri of the firm of Lepman & Heggi'
Chicago, who handle more eggs Tor
cold storage and current use than
any other firm in the world. Their
business last year amounted to more
than $4,OOO.O 900. That meant the
handling OF 100000 cases OF eggs
5000, 900 dozen, or 216,OOo'ooO
eggs.
mo more extreme prices" said
Mr.. Heggi yesterday. "The big buy
ers realize that and are purchasing
futures conservatively. both as q
price and quantity at this meeting
Thus far the buying by storage men
has not been anything like so heavy
as It has been in former years, and
It is likely to be slow for some time
OF course, all of the egg crop VIII
he handled, but it will be handled
at lower prices to the carlot snip
per and to the producer.
1.-THE annual output of eggs II
the United States is about SO,OOo'
900 cases, something less than thir
tv dozen for each person. From II
to ~ per cent of these eggs have
been put into storage.
"In competition with these egg
will now come in eggs from hussis
and Siberia, Austria and China. Al
these great egg producing countries
except China are in the northern
hemisphere and their egg season.
are the same as ours.
The inexhaustible supply o
Chinese eggs is already coming u
the Pacific coast and with the open
ing of the Panama canal they viii
be within easy reach of Kansas City
New York and Chicago. There arr
men here with samples of Chimes
eggs offering them for sale. The!
are a trifle smaller than the Amer
can egg, but not much-they may
run a young smaller to the case o
80 dozen"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
TEACHERS SECRETARY
IN TOPEKA OFFICE

Topeka, March sd. A. Ellis
worth, secretary Of the Kansas State
Teachers association, has opened
temporary headquarters in the Of
fices Of w. D. Ross, state superin-
tendent Of public instruction. a
the state house. From now ON the
teachers are to have q fepfesenta-
tive on the Job for them all the
time. ans a
me paid secretary l. neg ven
ture for the Kansas pedagoguea: Hs
: q iook after the affairs Of the
.te.chers generally, create sentiment
ger lsSisiation desired BY the teach
ara ana the general public intcFmed
"a aaueational affairs ln Kansas
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
MUST TELL HOW CASH
FROM BONDS is USED

Topeka, March 3.-In the future
when an application made by util-
ity to the Kansas public utilities
commission for the issuing OF bonds
is granted, the commission will re-
ouire that the applicant furnish a
report later stating what the pro-
ceeds of the bonds were used for,
and whether applied for the pur-
pose mentioned in the application.
1--WE have made that ruling in a
number of cases recently, said
Commissioner Kinkel, "and in the
future will make it apply to all.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
SLAYER SLAIN
BY.A WITNESS
Man Accused of Murder Killed When
He Goes to Lunch
TWO MEN MET IN A SALOON
Principal Witness Against st. Louis
Gang Man Shoots, Then He
Surrendered to the
Police

st. Louis, Mar. 3.-Wesley (Red)
Simon, placed on trial here for the
murder of Emmett Carroll, was
shot to death at noon, when he went
to lunch, by the principal witness
against him.
Henry Fang, 20 years old, gave
himself up at central police head
quarters and confessed he had kill
ed Simon. He took a revolver from
the right overcoat pocket, put 1t on
the desk and said to sergeant:
II have just had little trouble
with Simon. l had to shoot him.
Trouble was feared at the trial.
for the killing of Carroll had been
ascribed to gang trouble. Work OF
selecting a jury had progressed
while six detectives guarded Simon,
and policemen were scattered about
the courtroom.
After he was searched Fang told
the police that he was in MONEYS
saloon at Thirteenth and Chestnut
streets when Simon approached him
and said, "You d , you II
never testify against me-"
"simon started toward me-" said
Fang, land l construed that as a
threat and fired"
Fang is a bartender and Is known
to the police as lady killer" Sew
eral days ago he attained notoriety
when three young women swallowed
poison because of jealousy regard
ing him. One died. Twice jealous
women threw acid in his face.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
COOK MEALS FOR LABORER
FOR 20 CENTS A DAY

Manhattan, March I'm spite Oh
present high prices a day laDorer
can be fed abundantly on 20 Genus
worth of food a day A domestic
science class at the Kansas agricui-
tural college planned and cooked
the meals which prove this. AND
the imaginary laborer was not one
of your little men, either, but
Woodworking, sinewy person weigh
ing 1876 pounds who gets down In a
ditch and shovels dirt all day.
"If you could have seen and smell,
ed those meals after the girls go'
them on the table you wouldn't have
believed that they cost SO httle'
said Miss Ida Rigney, the instructor
in charge of the class. las for guam
tity, | know there was as much al
any man would want to cal"
Here is what one girl served foi
breakfast, at cost of seven cents
Rolled oats with skinned milk, Ger
man fried potatoes, liver, graham
bread, butter and coffee with skim
med milk and sugar. For dinner sh'
spent eight cents and had the foi
lowing: Meat pie-the meat wa
taken from the neck Of beek-bak
ed potatoes, baked beans, sausage
apple sauce, bread and oleomargar
Inc.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
FINE FOR A MOTORIST
WHO HAD NO LICENSE

Cottonwood Falls, Feb. 27.-The
first violation of the state law pro-
viding for state licenses and tags
for motor cars occurred when w. A.
Braun, a driver for Council Grove
transfer company, was arrested by
Marshal william Monroe of this city
because he did not have state
number on his machine. Braun was
assessed a fine of $40 and costs for
his failure to provide state license
for the car.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
ELLIS SANE Now, AL1ENIsT SAYS
Testify Cincinnati Merchant Insane
When He Slew Wife

Chicago, March 3.-Physicians
testifying for the lefense in the
trial of w. G. Ellis, the Cincinnati
merchant charged with killing his
wife and attempting to end his own
life in a hotel here last October,
said Ellis was insane when he COM
mitted the crime. DR.. julius Grink-
err of the county hospital staff, said
Ellis was insane when he killed his
wife, but is sane now. Other physi-
clans testified Ellis mind still was
affected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
UPHoLDs THE BLUE SKY LAW
Atchison Judge Denies Motion That
Law Is Unconstitutional

Atchison, March 3.-The consti-
nationality of the Kansas blue sky
law was upheld in decision by
Judge w. A. Jackson in the district
court in the cause of A, G. Lewis OF
Muscotah, Kansas, Lewis, who was
an agent of Don A. MounDay OF
Topeka. was charged with violating
the law through land sales amount
ing to $4,000.
Lewis attorneys sought to Quasf
the indictment on the ground that
the law was unconstitutional. This
is the first test given the blue sky
law. m Ja IA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
PARCEL POST TOO STRONG.
Rumored United States Express 90.
to Quit Business

New, York, March 3.-Because Of
the tremendous inroads made on
it's business by the parcel post, the
United States Express company was
rumored to be preparing to liqui-
date and go out of business. The
report was heard everywhere IN
the financial district and was given
general credence on the New York
stock exchange. According to the
rumor the company is considering
matchmaking with another COM
pany. Executive officers here re-
fuse to deny the rumor, though they
would not go into details.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
MORE COTTON RAISED HERE,
LITTLE TO FOREIGN MARKET

Washington, March S.-Reports
showing that of the $9OO,OOO,OOO
worth of cotton manufactures enter
ing international markets in 1913,
only 7 per cent was bought from
the United States-the producer OF
more than two-thirds of the worlds
raw cotton-caused the department
of commerce to institute a thorough
investigation with view OF en-
larging the foreign trade in this i'm
portant branch of American indus
try"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
COCKTAILS DID NOT
SUSPEND SIMPLIFY

washington, March S.-Inquiry
of Colonel George w. Goethals es-
tablishes that the dispatch dated
Panama on or about February .
last, stating that w. F shipley
chief clerk of the subsistence de-
partment, had been suspended on
grounds of incompetence, were err
roneous.
Colonel Goethals says Mr.. shipleS
was not suspended at that time OF
at any time since. He also speaks
of Mr.. shipley as an entirely com
petent official.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
EFFICIENCY KEYNOTE
OF Y. nj. G. A. CONVENTION

Salina, Feb. 27.-The keynote OF
the state Y. M. c. A. convention in
Salina was sounded in the opening
address of the convention delivered
by DR.. Frank G. Smith of Kansas
City in convention hall. The subject
of the address was Things Funda-
mental" While the address dealt
with the service of the Y. M. G. A.
of Kansas, the subject was treated
from a broad angle of religious work
and interested all who are interested
in better religious efficiency.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
MAKE INQUIRY INTO A
NEWS LEAK IN SENATE

washington, Feb. 27.-Publicity
given to recent executive proceed
ings in the senate, it developed, has
SO aroused some members Of that
body that a resolution has been in
troduced, and referred to the COM
mittee onsrules directing the COM
mittee on. foreign relations to con-
duct an investigation into the sourc-
es from which the executive infor-
nation is obtained.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
Bar Labor Union Officials

Everett, Wash, March 2.-seven
of the largest lumber mills in Ever
EFT operating under an agreement
shut down to reopen Wednesday un-
der new conditions affecting their
employees. It Is the purpose Of the
mill owners when they resume op-
.erations to bar from their premises
all union officers, organizers, walk
ing delegates or any man wearing a
union button.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
FRICTION OF SMALL
WINDMILL STARTS FIRE

Atchison, March 3,-During the
high wind that blew here a NINA
ture windmill on top of chicken
house belonging to A. L. Locker OF
this city, made so many revolutions
that the friction set 1t on fire, burn
ing the roof to which 1t was fasten-
ed. Locker discovered the fire and
put it out with few bucketfuls of
water.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
AMERICAN LIFE BRINGS
INSANITY TO FOREIGNERS

Washington, March S.-StreSs
and strain of American life quickly
develops latent insanity among i'm
migrants who become burdens to the
state in which they have gone to
live. according to statements before
the senate immigration committee
by medical officers from New York.
Pennsylvania and Maryland. who
urged radical amendment OF the
pending immigration bill.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
PUIMOTOR REEVES
MAN WATCHING EXHIBITION

lola, March S.--Standingn In .
crowd Of more than one hundred
persons watching . demonstration
OF the palmotoF st M0tahs NJ G.
Porter, an old man. fell oter with
an attack Of heart disease-sfA. ].
arenny OF Kansas City, in charge OF
me puImotor. revived Mr. Porter af-
tee applying the machine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
SEEK LOPEZ IN ST. PAUL
Horse Dealer Says Mexican Desper'
ado Attended Horse Sale

st. Paul, Feb. 27.-Police of the
twin cities are searching for a man
believed to be Ralph Lopez, the
Mexican desperate, who escaped
from a guarded mine at Bingham,
Utah, after killing six men. Moses
Zimmerman, a horse dealer who met
Lopez at Denver, Col, told the po-
lice that the bandit appeared at a
horse sale in the Midway district.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
lyon COUNTY WILL
HAVE FARM ADVISOR

Emporia, Feb. 26.-The Lyon
County Farm Bureau, organized
this week at Emporia, needs a farm
assistant, as recommended by the
state agricultural college. The
money for salary for two years has
been guaranteed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05

ottawas March 3.-The corner
stone, Of the Rewaees 900 pOstOffiee
building for Ottawa was laid. The
services were IN charge Of the grand
commandery Of the Masonic lodge
in Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
SUPREME COURT RULES
PRICE FIXING ILLEGAL

washington, March s.-The So
preme court refused to review th'
decision Of the federal courts a
New Fork. holding that the Wal
than watch company could not fi1
the re-sals prices Of watches BY re
tailers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05

10 AK senate 70 vote on suffrage
washington, Feb. 2s.-Senator
IAshharst gave notice he would ask
for the confederation anasa vote en-
TIE woman suffrage amendment IN
shs ssnass o. Friday. February 81.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
pos-.,., R,des Iajurs 80

St. Louis, Feb. 27s-Forty-eigns
persons were injured. three proDa-
bly, fatally, in two bobsled collisions
here. ~ t rat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-03-05
( New CAplsOl fer Gaia

Z Havana, FEB. t27.-The cuoan
s.nnfs PASSED, 4 bins apprcprtating
I million dollars for the erection o
: Cuban capitol building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

In the course of a year they are called
upon to serve about 275.0O0 patients, at
a maintenance cost of approximately
S1O.OO0.OOO. Within their doors are
found the poorest of the poor and the
richest Of the rich, for the hospitals are
equipped to provide everything that the
sick can need and to eliminate the in
conveniences connected with the care
of the sick at home. Many thousands
of New York's children would be led
to a hospital If they asked to
have an opportunity to see the building
in which they were born. There are
hospitals for care of babies, for the
crippled, for the cancerous, and for the
tuberculous, for those having trouble
with their skin, eyes, nose, ears, throat,
or suffering from some nervous all
ment. OF course, any one injured in
the streets or elsewhere will find shell
ter and care, for in every part of the
city are hospitals equipped with am
balances and operating rooms for the
assistance of those whose misfortune
it is to require it while going about
their business and far from home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
PRIVATE, MUNICIPAL AND SOCIAL
SERVICES.

1t is very difficult TO estimate what
New York pays for its nurses, as be-
tween $500 and 5000 of them are in
hospitals where pa. of the bill is hid
den in the maintenance charges. There
are about 1000 performing what is
called private duty. This means the
private practice of their profession.
They are in great demand and are
practically in constant service, receiv-
ing from $50 to $50 a week. Their
total income in the course of a year
approximates $1,JO0,OOO.
There are two other branches OF
service in which many nurses are en-
gagged. One is municipal and the other
social service. There are 767 nurses
on the staff of the Department OF
Health, one half of them being en-
ployed in the Bureau OF Child Hygiene,
which was organized August 10, 1908.
Their pay is 5000 a year. The field
of the Bureau Of Child Hygiene is the
child from prenatal days to the time
of entering some form OF employment.
Its work illustrates how money con-
serves health. AS soon as birth rec
ord is received from one Of the hun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

erously Of their professional skill and
knowledge where adequate compensa-
ton cannot be obtained than do the
members of any other profession. They
give through the 112 hospitals and the
equal number of dispensaries scattered
through the length and breadth of the
city between Tottenville and Wakefield
and the Hudson River and Springfield
Long Island They constitute one Of
the channels through which Father
Knickerboeker distributes his money in
exchange for health, and despite the
jokes about the cooperation Of the doc
tor and the undertaken there Is little
doubt that here he gets more for his
money in respect to health than
through any avenue except, perhaps,
the nurses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
Rr RI. I. SHERWOOD.

Fw YORK'S money brings the
n best Of everything to its in
y habitants This includes care
Or the sick. Here one is safer, even
IN the crowded regions Of the East
side when aiing, than in a lonesome
house on a mountainside in the coun-
tn Medicinal agencies are just
around the corner at the furthest.
while II may require days TO bring a
physician or a surgeon to the noun
tain home with its ozone-laden atmos-
pierre.
New York City. II the mortality
tables are a proper basis for judgment,
Is one Of the healthiest cities in the
world. Il has money TO spend on
health and il spends it with a lavish
hand. It gets results with as much
certainty or Gorgas did in Havana and
Panama. The death rate is going down
ach year. It is below the rate for the
hst Of the state and lower even than
ID the rural sections where health is
Supposed 10 make its abode. Indeed, it
Is the low rate Of New York City that
rings below fifteen in a thousand the
rate for the whole state. The city's
rate in 1913 was only 1871. Elsewhere
was 161, the rural rate being 1J.l,
and both Of these figures were higher
than in 1912, while New York City's
was lower.
While, Of course, it is impossible to
figure exactly the amount that the
people Of this city eXpend for the sake
q sound bodies. from ascertainable fig
urss ii is at least .7>.521 900 a year, or
about IA for each man. woman and
saild living wi hin its walls.
The system ty means Of which the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
LEADERS AGAINST THE POWERS
OF DISEASE.

In the forefront of the battle against
the powers of disease and the pain
with which they torture mankind stand
the physicians and surgeons. They are
the captains that order the fight, dis
cover the vulnerable points, map out
the campaigns and lead the forces on to
the battle ground. OF this group there
are in New York City approximately
1900. Considering their value to man.
kind and their place in the conflict
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

efforts to supply health for the sick,
has gone a step further and sought to
furnish in addition substitutes for the
health giving qualities Of the country.
1t must be admitted that as a pre-
ventive of illness and as an aid in con-
valescence, country. air has something
in its favor. So Father Knickerbocker
has not been satisfied with hospitals
for the sick, but has undertaken TO
keep the we'll in good health and help
the convalescent on their way back
into that much desired state. Not
only il health considered from the
physical point Of view but also from
the social angle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

In the effort to meet the needs of the
ailing who are not sick enough to go
to a hospital or suffering from a serious
injury, the dispensary has been estab-
lished. There are approximately as
many of these as there are hospitals
and usually. although not always, they
are adjuncts Of those institutions. The
doctors credit in part their compare
lively small earnings TO the wide dis
tribution of the dispensary. The num-
bar. of visits made to these centres Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
NURSES-THE SUPPLEMENTARY
PHYSICIANS.

The nurses are literally supplement
tary physicians. The nurses know that
they may be called upon to do almost
any service that will aid in comforting
stricken humanity. Upon them more
than upon any other group. rest the sue
cess of the three kinds of health work
which have been developed in New York
City. They 60 into the tenement homes
to give prospective mothers advice in
order that the newcomers into this vale
of tears may have a fair start, with
chance of turning some Of the tears
into laughs. AS soon as they learn or
the arrival of the child, provided they
were not present, they repair to the
home Of its parents and give assistance
and instruction in his care. They FOL
low him through infancy and school
life until he secures his working papers
and leaves to engage in the daily STRIFE
for a livelihood. From that time on
they meet the wageworker in the dis
pensary or the hospital, or the sana-
forum, and, in time Of stress, in tie
home, and they follow him through me
convalescent period back to health
again.
No one knows how many nurses
there are in New York City but at
least 5000 are i record in the different
services. In addition there are tran
silent nurses. These are nurses who
have come to New York to try their
luck. AS they are not graduates OF Il
New York hospital, or able to meet the
high requirements of the organization
of registered nurses, they are unre-
corded and out Of the public ken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14

their rewards (outside Of those Cameo
from the knowledge that good piece
Of work has been done and suffering
relieved) are hardly commensurate
While a few have incomes rahshs
from $4,000 to 100000 year. II Is
asserted that most OF them do niue
better than earn living There. are
no millionaires among them "ho'.
fortunes grew out Of the practice OF
their profession. Low as 1t may seem
It is stated by persons in a position ~
knew something of the facts tha' 'ne
average earnings of the physicians Vi
New York are little above sl'oo o
year They probably give more gen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-14
in The course of the previous year.
WORK OF NURSES IN BUREAU OF
CHILD HYGIENE.

The nurses of this bureau also assist
the school physicians and visit the
homes of the children for whom some
form of treatment has been prescribed.
The value of this kind of work is ap-
narent from the summary of some or
the results made by DR.. Baker. director
Of the bureau.
"The first school nurse in the United
states" she said, recently, was APP
pointed in New York City in 1902. Her
value in school treatment of these chill
dren, with the consequent lessening vi
the number of exclusions and decrease
in loss Of school time was demon
strated at once. Since then the field OF
the school nurse has broadened I'M
rnensely. but her usefulness in this
branch of work is as great as ever. In
1903. when there were only eight or Ten
nurses employed, 57,655 children were
excluded from school for contagious
eve and skin diseases; in 1917 only
4716 children were excluded FOR THIS
cause. Not only have the exclusions
decreased, but with the exception OF
pediculosis, every type Of these dis
eases shows a marked reduction IN
cases occurring. In 1908 trachoma was
found in 20 per cent of the children; in
1912 it was found in only 3 per cent"
THE gain in school attendance
alone" according to DR.. Baker, has
more than paid for this part OF the
system of school inspection"
Employed in the Bureau of Infectious
Diseases are 21S nurses, and in the
Bureau of Hospitals there are 1SI. Or
the Health Departments budget OF 3D.
100000, more than 100000 goes n
salaries to the nurses.