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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21

"lt will De several DAYS get before
tie woodwork viii Doe finally com
weted IN that part Of our store iu'
iared hg the collapse 81 tho back ad.
d'tion OF the old buildlns said Mr.
Atkins. OF the Rutkcr Burton store
today "But let me tell YOU the
brick contractor VIM Shearer ocr
tainlv did both a quick and a splor.
cid job"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21

Merchants all report increasing
business, real estate men note many
transfers of city property
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21

Is 500 small shoe can't haye a might
nar tUuli eetfIns stepped ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21

The Juniors of the Christian church
are planning for an entertainment 10
be given At the church Wednesday
evening
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21

Mrs L. f. Leach will entertain the
Thursday Auction Luncheon club at
one o'clock. Thursday
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21
Butterfly Girdles.

BVtterfIy GIrdIes.
The butterfly girdle made Of pus-
sy Willow IN faded rose shades, is
one of the seasons pretty novelties
White beadeyes give the butterfly
that perchcs at the back Of mllady's
wrist line a weary realistic appear
anee
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21
Local Moment

March weather
Rain is promised for tonight
Peach trees are in bloom and the
grass is sprouting fine.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21

The Kimono club will meet with
Mrs Maurice O'Rourk. Friday
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-03-21

The best stunt wins the Leader
Loving Cup at the University stunt
Might Friday. March a. S.l5 y. m.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

serving. he receives pay according
10 the time he works, so much per
hour. When he is made regular
clerk or carrier, his pay is increas-
ed 500 each year until his salary
10 $1,000 a wear. Instead of promot-
ING the substitutes to regular places
in the service, the order long ago
went out that substitutes were not
TO be promoted; they were to be
kent as substitutes. In this way the
law Is eyaded. and the employee, no
matter how efficient he may be,
how deserving or how much entitled
to promotion, is kept down and his
salary never increased. lie Is al
lowed about the same wages ne
would get for his first year as
regular clerk or carrier, but he is
not given a regular place for the
reason that if he should be, his sal
arv would at once begin to advance.
There are tnousdHus " eupo'i'
in the service today who should be
getting $1,000 or $1100 or $1,000 a
wear, who are still only substitutes
with 5000 or 500 year. In this
way the postoffice department rops
the hard working employees OF their
lust dues, and saves to the postal
service the difference between what
they should get and what they are
paid. 1t is said there are about six
ty such substitutes in the Kansas
City office alone, and that by rob-
bling them of their just dues, the
government is saving about $4,000
year on the Kansas City Office
alone. And Postmaster General Bur
Lesson calls that economy
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

house. They will then be distributed
from the Hutchinson postoffice, and
forwarded by mail within this zone
by parcel post. By the way, what be-
came of the bill introduced in con-
gress to make mail order houses pay
taxes to the states where they sell
goods? 1t was the subject of consid-
cradle discussion-then smothered
in committee The money was to
help build good roads in counties
where the goods are sold and so
make the mail order house help on
local taxes. No institution in the
country today has so many favors in
transportation from the government
or is so free of taxes as mai. order
houses-and they are piling up mil
lions in profits.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
TROOPS ATTEMPT
TO CATCH VILLA AGAIN

Chihuahua City, Mexico, Sept s.
Villa refused battle with govern
ment troops under Generals Cava-
EOS and Elizondo and Colonel Car
los Zuazua in the San Andrew dis
trict Sunday and was pursued in the
direction of Santa Clara canyon,
some sixty miles north and west of
Chihuahua City. General Jacinto
Trevino announced today. He added
that fresh troops under General
Marrero had arrived in the state
capital from the south and would
cooperate with the force operating
against the bandit chieftain.
Numerous reports have been cur
rent along the border recently that
Villa has a large cache of NUM-
tons, including twenty machine
guns, somewhere in the Santa Clara
canyon, which is within about fifty
miles of the southernmost American
camp at Ell Vale, Chihuahua.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
SPEAKING OF GOOD ROADS

Dickinson county road boosters
can find some food for thought in
the calculations recently made by
the Hutchinson News. Reno county
spent $4,000 on it's roads last
year, practically the entire sum go
ing into the grading and maintain
ing OF dirt highways. This caused
the News to do some figuring and
here are the results:
'Ninety-one thousand dollars
would pay interest on two million
dollars worth of bonds and that
amount OF bonds would pay for the
construction of $50 miles of per-
manent roads.
zone hundred and fifty miles of
permanent roadway in any county
would insure practically every far
mer a market every day in the year
by abolishing the embargo that bad
winter roads put on his transporta-
tion system when the prices are
attractive. One hundred and fifty
miles of permanent highway would
save a world of time and horse flesh
and wear on wagons and automobiles
and conveyances of every sort.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

cism or cavil. His words are those
of a special pleader seeking to JUS
tify his own record, and he has quite
naturally omitted mentioning either
the mistakes he has committed or
the things he has left undone. We
find no record here of his vacilla-
tions and shortcomings in relation
to the European war. He does not
attempt to defend his complaisance
toward the labor unions; he is ST.
lent as to his shameful breach OF
faith toward the colored people, his
betrayal of the party on the tariff
principle, his change of front on the
tariff commission, and other issues
There is no hint here of the AFRO
gance with which, without adequate
consultation with party leaders, he
has single-handed changed the his
toric policies of his party. As if he
had had a second thought on the
matter of national defense, he bare
ly touches upon the action of con-
gress in the field of preparedness. "
He has put his best foot forward,
but he cannot expect that the num-
erous plumbers and disappointments
of his administration will be forgot
ten.
when one reads this speech one
cannot but regret all the more that
Mr.. Wilson has not lived up to the
promise of four years ago. Had he
but remained true to the principles
he had SO often avowed, his reelec-
ton would now be a moral certain
ty. Far more than the criticisms
! of his adversaries, Mr.. Wilson's own
I shortcomings and compromises have
today put many thousands of his
former supporters in a qundary as
to whether in voting for Mr. Hughes
they will not, after all, be choosing
the lesser evil From this quandary
the presidents speech, for all its
power, will not release them"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
BACKING GOV. CAPPER.

The Republican party council went
on record as heartily endorsing and
commencing the action of Gov. Cap
per in the gas controversy, condemn
ing exhorbitant fees and demanded
legislation which would make re-
ownership costs reasonable and fair
That such legislation is needed is
evident from the handling of the gas
properties, and the legislature will
doubtless take action that will make
excessive fees impossible in state
cases. 1t is in fact rare that in a
private receivership a district judge
allows excessive fees. The district
judges of Kansas are generally men
who want to do the right thing-the
unjust Judge should be curbed. In
the handling of public utilities which
become bankrupt, there is a consid-
cradle sentiment in favor Of placing
them under the public utilities board
instead of under the courts and the
Republican platform, while not die
tating just what form legislation of
this kind shall take, stands for legis-
lation that in the opinion OF the law
makers will get results.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
Forty Thousand People Present for
Ceremony
GIFT SYMBOLIZES FREEDOM
President Wilson Pays Tribute to
Lincoln-His Life Best Reveals
Democratic Spirit of Ideal
American Citizenship

Hodgenville, KY, Sept. 5.-Presi-
dent Wilson yesterday paid tribute
to the memory of Abraham Lincoln
before the humble log cabin in La
rue county where the Civil war
president was born. A huge crowd Of
10000 people massed under a hot
sun on the hillsides about the cabin,
cheered the president as he spoke
of Lincoln as the embodiment of
democracy.
President Wilson drew a wonder
full word picture of Lincoln in the
conclusion of his address He said:
Il have come here today, not to
utter an eulogy on Lincoln; he
stands in need of none, but to en-
deavor to interpret the meaning of
this gift to the nation of the place
of his birth and origin. Is not this
an altar upon which we may for
ever keep alive the vestal fire Of
upOh a Slll ihO at W llASh
some of the deepest and most sac
red hopes of mankind may from age
to age be rekindled For these
hopes must constantly be rekindled,
and only those who live can rekin-
die them.
1--WE are not worthy to stand here
here unless we ourselves be in deed
and in truth real democrats and
servants OF mankind, ready to give
our very lives for the freedom and
justice and spiritual exaltation of
the great nation which shelters and
nurtures us"
In opening his acceptance speech
the president said:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

A Denver dispatch says that be-
fore the Hughes party left Estes
Park, Colo, William Allen White of
Emporia, who is also spending his
vacation at his cottage there, told
newspaper correspondents with the
campaign party he would support
Mr.. Hughes in the campaign. There
is an understanding in Kansas" Mr..
White said, that a truce is on be-
tween the Progressives and Repub-
licans in this campaign. The Pro-
gressives have refrained from put
ting up any ticket or candidates,
and will for the most part join in
the Hughes campaign"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
HUGHES.

The Republican candidate made
mighty fine impression in his visit
to Abilene. He impresses all as
man who knows what he thinks and
has broad constructive views of gov
In his record as a COVER
nor he was noted for taking a short
cut to the things he found needed
remedy and he went back to the peo-
nile with assurance that they would
support him-and they did. He was
nominated by a unanimous demand
from the people of the nation and his
election is one of the things confident
ly expected. He will make a presi-
dent who will have the courage and
the good sense to handle big affairs
in a big way and make the United
States again respected abroad while
bringing to it an Industrial prepared
ness and an economical administra-
ton that will appeal to the people
He is Just the kind of man needed
today in the white house.
Abilene liked him and the nation
will like him as president.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

In his lecture at our chautauqua
Adam Bede told the old story of the
Negro preacher VINO declared his IN
tention in his sermon to "oxplain de
onexplainable, to sarch out de on
sarchable and to onscrew de on
scrutable." And now Judge Hughes
has added one to that. He has ter
rified the unterrified, and has got
them buster than bees trying to ex-
plain their acts. Leayenworth
Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

c. S. Finch, of the Lawrence Ga
zette. who has been postmaster,
makes this observation: One Of the
plans employed by Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson to get surplus for
his department was this: 1t is the
rule and the law that when man
enters the service OF the postoffice
department he begins with a sal
airy Of $500 a year. While he is so
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

Beloit Gazette: Do you recall the
noise made by Democrats when the
Republicans took Judge Hughes from
the bench as their candidate for
president? The Democrats in fifty
six out of the sixty-nine counties in
New York have gone on record as
favoring Judge Samuel Seabury of
the court of appeals as their candi-
date for governor of New York this
fall.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
INVESTIGATION OF EFFECT
EIGHT HOUR LAW BEGINS

Washington, Sept. 5.-Senator
Reed of Missouri introduced a reso-
luton to authorize the interstate
commerce commission to investigate
the effect of the eight-hour day on
the cost of operation of railroads
and to report to congress in De-
cember.
The resolution will be called up
for consideration tomorrow.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HURT
WHEN BLEACHERS COLLAPSE

Colorado Springs, Sept. 5.-The
collapse of portion of the bleach
er seats at the Welsh-White light,
weight championship battle yester-
day precipitated 200 spectators to
the ground and injured at least 100,
several seriously.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

OF the three men most in the pub
lie eye at present, Hughes is the
youngest. He was born April IL,
1862, and is little past 54 Wilson
was born Dec. 2S, 1856, and is nearly
so. Roosevelt was born Oct. 2S,
1853, and is nearly So.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
TWO GIRLS DROWNED AS
RESULT OF FOOLISH PRANK

Philadelphia, Sept 5.-Alice Man
ner, II years old, and her sister
Jennie, 8, were drowned yesterday
afternoon when their canoe upset
as the result of the prank of man
in motor boat, who pulled at the
rope attached to the smaller craft
Just for fun"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
WILSON'S AcCEPTANCE sPEEcH

The New York Evening Post, an
independent paper with leanings to-
ward Wilson. devoted a column to
a review Of his acceptance speech.
After eomplimenting him upon the
beautiful language and the large
amount of flowery expression it goes
on to say:
1--WE are far. however. from de-
string to convey the impression that
Mr.. wilson's speech is beyond criti-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

Abilene is making a success OF
the chautauqua and it is a move
ment that will do the town good in
many ways. When a really helpful
institution comes it is a fine thing
to see it win.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

1t is said that President Wilson
gets up at 5 O'Clock every morning.
Before the middle of the campaign
Mr.. Hughes will have him staying up
all night.-Lawrence Gazette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
MAKE THEM HELP.

On Thursday Of last week at Hut
Crimson Postmaster Sam Graybill
sold $4,000 worth Of postage in one
sale. He received a check from a
Chicago mail order concern for that
amount for payment Of postage. Five
carloads Of catalogues are being sent
there by freight by this mail order
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
mo more significant memorial

mo more significant memorial
could have been presented to the
nation than this. 1t expresses so
much of what is singular and note
worthy in the history of the coun-
try; it suggests SO many of the
things that we prize most highly in
our life and in our system of govern
ment."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

William Allen White has announc-
ed his support of Hughes. With
White, Henry Allen and w. r. Stubs
in Kansas, and Roosevelt, Raymond
Robins and Hiram Johnson, all sup
porting Hughes, 1t looks as though
the Republican party is really re-
united. Manhattan Mercury.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07

The Golden Belt road across the
Fort Riley reservation is a good ex-
ample of what Democratic admins
tration can do for the country
Manhattan Mercury.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-09-07
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
PLANKS.
Faithful Officers

pie of Kansas on having a
. governor, the door to whose
) private office has never been
! closed since the day of his
. inauguration; who, on every
!. occasion has taken the peo-
) pie of the state into his con-
: fidence; who has never ne
; MED audience to the hum
: blest citizen. His administra-
ton has been an open book,
; and as clean as the pages of
Z his upright life. When COM
8 plants have been made Of
; the conduct of state institu-
tions, he has made the same
; rigid investigation, given
> the same publicity to its re-
suits, and taken the same de-
3 cisive action, whether the Of
. fetal involved was his own
appointee or that of his pre-
decessor. All this has re-
: suited in improving the pub
q lie service, and has justly
inspired the people with con-
; fidence in their chief execu-
3 tive and in the Republican
. party. We record our I'M
; qualified endorsement of
Gov. Arthur Capper's admin
istratiOn and that of all elee-
tive state officers of the
present administration.
> We heartily indorse the
Z splendid services of Senator
: Charles Curtis and of Repre-
4 sentatiyes D. r. Anthony
4 and P. P. Campbell. who
have ably represented Kan
4 sas in congress.
= Equal Suffrage
4 We favor universal suff-
4 rage for women, and pledge
4 the full vote of the Repub-
4 licans in both houses of con-
Z gress from Kansas to the
4 support OF the pending
z amendment to the federal
Z constitution for the enfran-
chisement of women. The
result of woman's suffrage
: in Kansas is a complete vim
: dication of that policy.
Prohibition
The Republican party of
; Kansas is irrevocably COM
mitted to state and national
prohibition, and favors a pro-
hibitory amendment to the
: constitution of the United
States. The test of prohibi-
tion in Kansas covers a per-
iod of thirty-six years, and
the good results are appar-
ent in the educational, moral
and commercial life of the
state.
Hughes and Protection.
We approve the declara-
tion of principles promulgat-
ed in the National Republican
platform at Chicago; we hear
lily indorse the nomination of
, Charles Evans Hughes for
, president, and Charles War
. rem Fairbanks for vice presi-
. dent, and to them pledge our
loyal support.
While indorsing the nation
, al platform, we emphasize
. our adherence to the bene-
) ficent principles of protection,
. which is a fundamental ele-
} ment in the history of the Re-
. publican party, and INSOFAR
, ably connected with the prog
, ress and prosperity of our ma
, tional life. The European
war has created an abnormal
! demand for American pro-
ducts and commodities, avert
, ing to some extent the usual
Democratic hard times; when
the war ends. the protective
and industrial policy of the
Republican party will be nee
essary to national prosperity.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-06-06
MARKET IS QUIET
 AND CHANGE SLIGHT
Opens at Small Decline-ClOse } Points Up to 2 DOwn-Re- newal of Demand Houses With Liverpool Connections.

New York, June 5.-The cotton market was much less active today and fluctuations were comparatively narrow and irregular. October con- tracts sold between 12.74c and 12.81c, closing at 12.76c, and the general list closed steady, net 3 points higher to 2 points lower. There was some scattering liquidation at the start and the market opened at a decline of points higher to 2 points lower. There was some scattering liquidation at the start and the market opened at decline of points to an advance of points, with the tone improving dur ing the progress of the call.
 With the offerings comparatively small, prices worked about to 8 points net higher during the middle of the morning. After the close of the English market the Liverpool buy ing became less active and prices turned somewhat easier under some scattered Wall street and local sell ing. On a set back to within a point or two of Saturdays closing figures, however, there was renewal of de- mand of houses with Liverpool con- nections, as we'll as scattered cover ing and the market steadied up again in the afternoon. July sold as high as 12.6Sc, after having touched 12,59c at the opening, while December ad- vanced from 12.91c to 12.9Sc and January from 13c to 13.06c. Clos ing prices were or 6 points off from the best under realizing, with the late months relatively easy.
 The final figures on the acreage of last year by the Department of Agri- culture indicated an area of 32,107,- 900 acres, compared with the prelim- mary estimate of 31 ,535,000 published last July and a lint yield per acre of 1703 pounds. Latest mail advices estimate the Egyptian acreage for this year at 1,SO0,000 feddans, the largest on record.
 Cotton futures closed steady.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-06-06

formed trysting place for those who are wooing the Speakership and the Presidency of the Senate. Several announced themselves definitely as candidates, and others felt the pulse" of the members gathered here, with- holding their definite announcements until later. Among the candidates for Speaker who have already decid- ed to make the race are Burt Brooks of Pulaski, Lee Cazort of Johnson, Jo Johnson and T. s. Osborne of Se- bastian. Jo Hardage of Clark and
 U. A. Gentry of Hampstead were here and admitted that they are seriously considering making the race. And as for the presidency of the Senate-if the Senator is "hold-over" it is ten to one that he is candidate-all ex- cept Lemuel Kendall, of Madison county. Mir Kendall is president pro tenn of the Senate, and as such cx-
 officio lieutenant governor, but he has never been called upon to act.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-06-06
KILLED STEP SON; PAR
 DONED YESTERDAY BY GOV

Little Rock, June 6.-H. G. Wilson, an aged man, exceeding by five years his allotted three score and ten, shot at his step-son, killing him, also his wife, who stepped between them at the moment. The evidence was that the killing of Wilson's wife was acci- dental, as he had intended only to shoot his step-son. In July, 1912, Wilson was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty-one years in the penitentiary, by the Green circuit court.
 Yesterday pardon was granted to Wilson by Governor Hays on condi- tion that he and his son, now in Pop lar Bluff, Mo, shall leave the state and never return. It is said that the old mans purpose is to go to Cali fornia to spend the remainder of his years amid other scenes.