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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-11-30

Bring your poultry and eggs to
the Cash Feed Store for the high
est price. 3O7 North Spruce St,
phone 1915. Lackey s. Son. 3dtfwtf
W. H. Broughton received
badly wrenched back this morning
when a team of horses attached to
plow became frightened and ran
away with him at his farm south OF
town. The accident Is not serious
but will keep Mr.. Broughton from
work for several days.
For sale, Buff Rock cockerels
and pullets, prices reasonable. Mllt
Romberger, 2O6 Court st.
d2t30w2tt
For sale, two slightly used cars
one model 81 Buick equipped with
electric lights and generator, one
Dodge car with starter at bargain
also one surrey. E. e. Coulson, ADJ
lene 27dtfwtf
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-11-30

For sale, white ducks, geese and
guineas, also light Brahma cocker
els. Mrs. d. C. Walters. phone 1898.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-11-30
Notice to Hunters

On account Of the injury to stock
no hunting will be allowed on my
farm R. KRENGER.
27d2tw1t'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-11-30

Overland acknowledged the best
automobile buy for the money.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-11-30

Go to Kauffman's to buy your
shoes. oOu
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-11-30

Herman Weber and Homer
Hersh ave brought suit in the dis
trict court against William B. Clark
to quiet title to property in Thomp-
son G. McCoy's addition.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
Specific Terms Not Named.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The absence
of any specific terms for peace in the
German note or in the German chan
cellor's speech was in a measu a
disappointment to those who expected
some concrete expression of a basis
on which negotiations might begin.
Advices from Berlin to the German
embassy indicate, however, that Ger
many's peace terms, in general meas;
ure, propose the restoration of the
status quo before the war, with the
exception of the establishment of in
dependent kingdoms of Poland and
LIthuania.
They are understood to propose the
complete restoration of the occupied
portions of Belgium and France in re-
turn for Germany's captured colonies
and to dispose OF the Balkan situation,
because of its extremely complicated
nature, in the peace conference.
"In the note the four allied (central)
powers propose to enter forthwith on
peace negotiations. The propositions
which they bring for such negotiations
are, according to their firm belief, ap.
propriate for the establishment of a
lasting peace.
THE governments at Vienna, Con.
stantinople and Sofia transmitted
identical notes and also communicat
ed with the holy see and all neutral
powers
'The German peace offer was almost
he sole topic of discussion at the din.
ner to the Cabinet given by President
and Mrs. Wilson.
Eight on" Kaiser Orders Armies.
London.-A Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam says it is announced
officially in Berlin that Emperor VIII.
liam has notified his commanding gen.
erals of Germany's peace offer and has
informed them 1t is still uncertain
whether the offer will be accepted.
Until hat uncertainty is ended, the
message says, they are to fight on.
Germany's nov for peace comes
Just two years and 1873 days after she
declared war on Russia and two years
and 1873 days after England declared
wSr on Germany.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

by unusually large black and white Ma
poleonic canoes. This is worn with a
black velvet skirt. If n woman wants
to adopt it for the house, it will bring
any black skirt into the highllght of
smartness.
The woman who is more interested
in her street clothes than those for
her house, though this is the wrong
idea to take Of apparel, will find in
formation possibly not to her liking in
the last story from Paris that Paquin,
along with many other great design
ers, is lengthening skirts to the ankles
and cutting them only two yards wide
The experts insisted that this was the
new fashion as early as September,
but the Americans have gone on wear
ing full, short skirts, except the few
who realized that they were not be-
coming and who insisted upon the
narrow one that came below the shoe
tops.
Modelled on Old Styles.
All the straws show the tendency
toward 1912 and 1880 in street clothes.
borrowed from the men and not the
women. One of the smartest new blue
cheviots made for the south has a
coat that looks like a daguerreotype,
with it's full peplum, its immense
pockets, it's tightly buttoned waist,
faring revers, and shawl collar that
rises to the hair in back.
The introduction of dull gold and
silver buttons, fiat and large, on these
early nineteenth century street cos
tunes, make the resemblance to the
mems apparel Of other days even more
significant. 1t is now only a step to
the plated shirt, with the starched,
rufied front, the high cambria collar
that stands out from under the chin,
and the necktie of polka dot silk
wrapped twice around the neck and
finished with flowing ends in front.
Copyright, 1916, by the Mcclure Newapa
per Syndicate.)
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

New York.-The one thing that ap-
peals to the average concern
ing the strong incoming fashion Of the
indoor gown, is that it can be made
from evening gowns that are lot quite
in the present picture. All those who
r interested in the economics Of
dress have preached the loose tea
gown for ones own home after six
O'Clock in the afternoon as a means of
preserving ones other apparel; and
rest assured, this is the reason the
French use 1t, because they have no
class so rich that 1t does not know
thrift.
You know By personal experience
that wearing the skirt belonging to the
tailored suit In the house after the
coat has been removed, is just merely
running the suit and dressing for din
ner, which has become such a univer-
sal custom among nearly all classes of
American life in the last six years, is
too expensive a practice, for it means
that ones evening gown suitable for
someOn else's dinner or a dance is
used. A gracious compromise lies in
the indoor robe.
Lacks Sufficient Warmth.
The fault found with it in recent
years has been that it's fiimsy quality
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

mense imitation ruby to clasp the
front and back together. Over this,
purely for the sake Of riotous color, is
a long, full coat that might be a Doge's
mantle, or ruby red chiffon velvet, the
same on both sides, and bOrdered with
dark gray fur.
Oriental Effect.
Another tea gown is oriental, with
full trousers Of silver net that are
caught in at the ankles, a tunic Of
gauze that is girdled with old silver,
an imitation turquoise, and a long coat
Of kings blue velvet lined with deep
pink satin and trimmed with ermine.
Still another indoor gown that has
been brought owe by the designers is
Of orange yellow chiffon, girdled high
at the waist with gold and pearls, with
a sweeping, imperial cape of yellow
and gold brOeade, ending In a long
train; II is lined with pale blue velvet
and broad bands of black seal hold It
down on the shoulders.
The enthusiastic fashion for wear
ing indoor robes has brought about
the introduction of brilliant blouses
that are worn to all indoor affairs and
which may be cOncocted to put in COM
bination with a separate skirt for con-
slant usage at night in ones own
house. These blOuses hang Imply
from the shoulders, they are usually
made Of chiffon or panne velvet and
always In a gorgeous color. The belt,
which is placed at the normal waist
line, is an extravagant affair Of col
ored crystal or bullion or any other
bit of decoration that recalls the a5c
Of other days.
There has been a dipping into old
Aztec designs for clothes worn in the
street and in the house, but the Ma
pOleOnic era is also productive of much
that is desired.
Typical Of Blouse styles.
One such blouse gives a good idea
of what all the others are. It is of
brilliant green chiffon, dropped over
thin yellow satin, and hangs in loose
folds to the hips, with the immense
cape collar that is low in front and has
It's edges embroidered in black. 1t is
fastened in front with square cut Jet
buttons, and the belt is made of four
loose strands of Jet beads held in place
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
GERMAN PEACE NOTE
TEXT OF MESSAGE WHICH U. s.
WILL PRESENT TO ALLIED
POWERS.
Governments at Vienna, CONSTANT.
nople and Sofia Transmitted Notes
Making Similar Proposals, Which
Were Communicated to Nsu-
trail Powers.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Berlin. Dec. 13.-Following is the
text Of the note addressed by Ger
many and her allies to the hostile gov
ernments:
ITO His Excellency, the Ambassador
of the United States Of America to
the German Empire;
The most terrific war ever expe-
rienced in history has been raging for
the last two years and a half over a
large part of the world-a catastrophe
which thousands Of years Of common
civilization was unable 10 prevent and
which Injuries the most precious
achievements Of humanity.
"Our aims are not to shatter nor
annihilate our adversaries. In spite Of
our consciousness of our military and
economic strength and our readiness
to continue the war (which has been
forced upon us) until the bitter end,
if necessary; at the same time,
prompted by the desire 10 avoid fur
Their bloodshed and make an end to
the atrocities of war, the four allied
powers propose to enter forthwith
into peace negotiations.
"The propositions which they bring
forward for such negotiations and
which have for their object a guaran-
tee of the existence OF the honor and
liberty of evolution for their nations
are, according to their firm belief, an
appropriate basis for the establish
e of a lasting peace.
"The four allied powers have been
obliged to take up arms to defend JUS
tice and the liberty Of national evolu-
ton. The glorious deeds of our armies
have in no way altered their purpose.
that our own rights and justified
claims in no way control the rights
of these nations.
The spiritual and material progress
which were the pride of Europe at
the beginning of the twentieth cen
fury are threatened with ruin. Ger
many and her allies, Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria and Turkey, gave proof of
their unconquerable strength in this
struggle. They gained gigantic advan-
tage over adversaries superior in
number and war material. Our lines
stand mistaken against ever-repeated
attempts made by armies.
THE last attack in the Balkans has
been rapidly and VIGOROUSLY over
come. The most recent vents have
demonstrated that further continuance
of the war will not result in breaking
the resistance of our forces and the
whole situation with regard to Ii
troops justifies our expectation of fur
Their successes.
"If, in spite of this offer of peace
and reconciliation, the struggle should
go on, the for allied powers are re-
solved to continue to a victorious end,
but they disclaim responsibility for
this before humanity and history. The
imperial government, through the
good offices of your excellency, asks
the government of the United States
to bring this communication to the
knowledge of the governments of
France, Great Britain, Russia, Bel
GUM, Japan, Serbia and Rumania.
"HoLLwEG."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
SWAMP-ROOT STOPS
SERIOUS BACKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem 10 be disordered, re-
member it is needless to suffer-go to your
nearest drug store and get q bottle of DIR.
hilmer's Swamp-Root. IL is a physicians
prescription for diseases Of the kidneys
and bladder.
Il has stood the test Of years and has
a reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands Of cases.
This prescription was used by Dr.. Kill
mer in his private practice and was 20
very effective that it has been placed on
sale everywhere. Get a bottle, SOC and
Sl.OO, at your nearest druggist.
However, If you wish first 10 test this
great preparation send ten cents TO Dr..
Kilmer & Co, Bi~nghamton, N. Y, for =
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

makes it too chilly for all houses, al
though overheating of American rooms
is the rule instead of the incident.
This trouble has been Offset by the
new fashion which calls for a warm
coat as a part of the tea gown. 1t is
a wise procedure first to find out how
these remarkably attractive new
clothes are made and then, If not able
TO buy them at fOuntain-head, to look
Over the evening gowns and gaudy ma
terials that one may possess and see
II one or two such robes cannot be
fashioned.
The appearance of these two gowns
may be divided into two parts, the
medieval and the empire. They
swirl and stink and reveal the figure,
and they glow with color.
Pictorial Gowns for the House.
A few of the most original indoor
gowns worn by individuals have
been imported from a famous studio
in Venice. Importers have searched
Italy for unique creations In fifteenth
century styles, and old Italian pictures
have been copied in richly colored vel
vets, furs and complex motifs Of col
Ored crystals.
The addition of the warm jacket to
the indoor robe is a French concep-
ton because of the eternal chllliness
of their houses, but it has met with
eager approval on this side Of the
water.
One indoor gown is of oxidized gray
net, covered with steel paillettes, and
1t falls in a straight line from Shout
ders well on the floor, where 1t folds
about the feet front and back. There
is a girdle at the hips Of immense
imitation rubies set in a composition
that looks like old silver, with a huge
crystal in front and long frlnges that
hang to the knees. The neck of this
Is cut I'm the difficult renaissance fash
ion, aud on each shoulder is an Inn,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
CANADA AGAIN
A PRIZE WINNER
Highest Premiums Awarded at
Many Exhibitions.

The Fail fair season is past and n
retrospect of them shows that Western
Canada is stronger than ever I'm the
matter Of exhibits, and has taken more
than her usual share Of the prize
money. From Western Canada to
Texas is n long look, from Alberta,
saskatchewan and Manitoba to the
southwestern corner of Texas is sew
eral days journey, hut the enterprising
farmers from this new country to the
northwest were wide awake to the
possibilities that waited them mt the
International Dry Farming Congress
held at FL PasO, Texas, a few weeks
ago, to bring To the attention of those
in that far-off corner what the land of
Western Canada could do In the pro-
duction of grains and roots from its
soil. And what did these farmers do?
The first thing was to carry off the
first prize and sweepstakes for wheat.
That was Il %fOregone conclusion, fer 1t
has OwbecOme an established fact that
nowhere else in the world is there
grown wheat Of the high character and
market value Of Western Canadian
wheat. The same may be said of oats,
of barley and of rye. But when it came
to notice that Western Canadn took
first prize for alfalfa, it was then that
more special attention was given to
the products from Western Canada. 1t
showed that In that country there lies
the opportunity for supplementing the
wonderful native grasses, so full of nu-
triton that with the tanned varieties,
among them being alfalfa, the cattle
with no other food were fattened and
fitted for the shambles. Western Can
ada's worth was proved as probably
the greatest mixed farming portion Of
the continent. When the steers from
the Western Canadian prairies reach
the Chicago s%tockyards they bring
the top price and outweigh those from
other places where grass fattening is
the process. But II was not only i'm
grains that Western Canada carried
off the highest honOrs at the FL Paso
exhibition. Potatoes. parsnips, beets.
carrots and r%utabagas also took the
highest honors. In root production
this country is becoming favorably
known.
The question often arises as to mar
kets. There Is always the highest
price awaiting the producer, and as
soon as the Hudson Bay Railway, now
about completed, reaches the Bay,
there will be an additional outlet for
the product Of the farm. The Pacific
coast route, via the Panama canal, will
give another outlet of which full ad-
vantage may be taken. With virgin land
selling at from SO to $40 per acre, and
improved farms mt reasonable prices
and on easy terms, there is no better
opportunity for the man with limited
means and a desire to secure a home
at the least cost i'm n country where
he Il o on become wealthy, as thou
sands of others have done. than i'm
Western Canada. To the man with less
means and who is prepared TO accept
Il farm of 100 acres free, the Domin-
ion Government offers him his choice
in districts that have land of the high
est type, but ut present being from ten
to twenty niles from a railway.
The Peace River Country, now being
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
ONE DEAD IN CHEYENNE FIRE.
Inter Ocean Hotel Was So Old II
Was Most lnflammable.

Inter Ocean Hotel Was So Old II
Was Most lnflammable.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 1S.-One man
is known to be dead, his wife and
three small children are missing, his
9-months-old baby is burned, prob.
ably fatally, and only fifteen guests
of the thirty that we're in the Inter
Ocean hotel Sunday night, when il
was found on fire. had been account.
ed for early Monday morning. The
structure was so old it was most in.
flammable, and the fire that was dis.
covered under the roof spread SO
rapidly that only about half of the
guests are known to have escaped.
Known dead-Roy A. White of Bay.
les, Cal.
Fatally injured - Nine-months-old
child of the Whites.
The elevator pilot remained at his
post as long as he could, and says he
thinks he carried down about fifteen
persons, but in the haste and confu.
sion of the time he cannot give their
names or the number of the rooms
from which they were taken.
L. NJ. Hendrickson of Denver was
overcome and rescued ny firemen
after he had carried Mrs. F E. Taylor.
one of the guests, and her baby from
the hotel and had re-entered the build
ing in search of others.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
Goo. W. Cook Dies at Pueblo.

Denver.-Gen. Geo. w. Cook, for.
mer congressman-at-large from Colo.
RADIO, a state builder and organizer Of
the famous Cooks Veteran Drum
Corps here, died in the state asylum
at Pueblo, He was 65 years old and
had lived in Denver since 1881. He
was born in Bedford, Ind, Nov. 10,
1851, the son of Lieut.. Samuel Cook
of the Union army, and Agnes Dodson
Cook, daughter Of an ensign in the
United States navy.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

opened for settlement and reached BY
railway affords excellent opportunity
to the homesteader. TO secure infor-
nation MS to Western Canadian lands
write the Canadian Government ngent,
whose name appears elsewhere In this
Observation-Disclosures.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is a serious matter with house
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut OUT
the high priced neat dishes and serve
your family more SINNERS MaearoEI
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
licious and most nutritious Of all foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling
how to prepare 1t in n hundred different
ways. It's free to every wOman.-Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
KAISER INTENDS
NO WAR LET-UP
FEARING PEACE PROSPECTS RE-
MOTE, PREPARE TO CONTINUE
CONFLICT ON GREAT SCALE.
ROUMANIANSMAKEGAIN
REPORT THAT REVOLUTIONARY
OUTBREAKS IN PORTUGAL
HAVE BEEN oUELLEo.
western Newspaper Union New, Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Berlin, Dec. ia military official
who is frankly and keenly hopeful
that some way may be found to end
,.e war, though he is none too Opt.
mistic at present, called together rep
resentatives Of the neutral press to in
Quire as to the probable effect of the
German peace note in neutral cOun-
tries. He laid great stress on this
point and particularly whether there
would be any tendency to construe the
German note as a sign Of weakness.
Discussing the possibility that all
peace propositions may be rejected at
present this officer declared Germany
was aware the the French and British
would make another herculean effort
in the west next spring-an effort for
which Germany would be fully pre-
pared. He expressed the opinion that
Il could not have any result other than
continued slaughter, and that 1t would
have no more prospects of success
than the Somme offensive.
Infantry fighting was resumed Sat,
urday on the east bank of the Meuse,
in the Verdun sector. During the pre-
vious night the German troops had un-
dertaken no counter attack to regain
the ground they lost as the result Of
the stroke inflicted by the French on
Friday. Details concerning the French
drive indicated the capture of 5000
Germans and about eighty guns. Four
French divisions participated in the
attack and the French war office in,
Inmates that they were opposed by
five German divisions.
The Teutonic armies in Rumania
continue to gain. A statement by the
German war office that the Buzeu riv-
er sector has been forced may mean
that the Teutons actually have crossed
that river, along which it had been ex-
pected the Rumanians would make
their next stand.
In the vicinity of Ypres and Wyts-
chaete, German troops delivered an as
sault southeast of Zillebeke, penetrat'
ing the second British line.
A further advance of the British
army on the Tigris front in Mesopo-
tamia within three-quarters of a mile
of that river, opposite Kut-eLAmara, is
recorded.
Revolutionary outbreaks in Portugal
accompanied by mutiny of some troops
have been quelled.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
WHEAT PRICES SOAR.
Rapidly Of Trading Not Exceeded
Since Opening of War.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-Some vaulting of
prices took place Saturday on a gigan-
tic scale in the wheat market here.
An upward jump of 1Ohc a bushel
came as a violent contrast to Fridays
setback of 10 1-Sc. During the rise, the
rapidity Of trading and the accompa-
nying excitement were at a pitch not
surpassed since the beginning OF the
European war.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

$50 the lawyers got about all Of the
estate. Did Edith get a%nythlngG"
"Oh, yes; she got one of the law
yers."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

For administering medicine to n
horse an inventor has patented a hOl-
low, perforated bit with a funnel at
one end.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
ALWAYS Attractive.

81 have some attractive stock to
sell"
yep, l suppose so. Anyhow, I've
never seen Il stock certificate that
wasn't a beautiful thing to look at"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

Women in London who are employed
to make trousers receive only four
cents n pair.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue:
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-22
ECONOMY IN USE
OF INDOOR GOWN
Many Reasons Why New Fashion
Has Net With Such Gen.
eraI Approval.
NOW WORN WITH WARM COAT

Addition Of Extra Garment Removes
Practically Last Argument Against
lt-DesIaners Have Exhausted
Their Ingenuity In Devlsina Ef-
feets That Will please.