davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

the price paid for binding twine in
Kansas last year. The state binding
Irvine plant at the penitentiary at
Lansing, furnished It's output to farm
ers at 19 cents per pound.
The binding Irvine robbery is one
OF the impositions on American farm
ers by the Carranza government of
Mexico. All the sisal is grown In
Yucatan. The poems who raise II get
about 3 cents a pound and sisal was
laid down in the United States three
years ago at or cents pound and
binding Irvine sold at 6 to 8 cents
Carranza issued an order that all
sisaI must be sold to the Mexican
government under penalty of I'M
prisonment. Then the price to Amer
lean farmers was raised to the pres
ent price of about 10 cents pound.
The poems get no more, American
banks in the south, principally New
Orleans, finance the handling-and
the farmer pays the bill.
Kansas uses at least 5000, 1000
pounds a year and its farmers con-
tribute to Carranza something over
$2,00O,0OO a year in good crop
season. An investigation in congress
brought out all these facts and they
were turned over to the department
of justice two years ago-and that is
the last heard of IT, So the price this
year will be 23 cents plus freight,
plus the dealers small profit, making
probably nearly % cents to the
farmer
And Carranza is writing letters to
the Kaiser congratulating him on
his success!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
CAN'T WIN WITH JAwBoNEs

Congressman Ed Little saw a lot of
officers in uniforms with spurs work
ing safely at desks in the departments
and proceeded the other day to offer
a few prayerful remarks to congress.
He said:
1.-THE principal business of the
American Army is to win the war.
This war is not going to be won In
Washington, and gentlemen better
get over that idea If they have it at
all. 1t is going to be won on the fir
ing line. AS far as | am concerned,
i would like to see an order made
tomorrow that every man with a uni
form on in Washington be sent to the
front, where they ought to be. This
is not the place for soldiers. | see
vast army of men running around
with pretty uniforms and spurs. They
are needed elsewhere. said nothing
so long as they stuck to uniforms, but
when man gets such a martial spirit
that clerk down in department
has got to wear spurs, / think it is
time to send him to the firing line.
He is entirely too bold and brave a
man to be kept here in Washington.
II do not say this in any unkind
spirit, but this war has become a
tremendous enterprise, and every
man who can shoot ought to be
where he can do so. They should
all be put on the firing line, where
they can shoot. If these fellows are
clerks, let them take off their uni
forms. If they are clerks, let them
quit wearing spurs and running the
ladies' dresses at the hotel dances. If
they are soldiers, for Gods sake send
them to the front, where they can
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
"wITH ABILENE IN IT.

Simeon Strunsky in the New Yorl
Evening Post: you will recall, Sin
bad, that inefficiency with regard tc
. the weather has been one of the
historical defects of the Democratic
party. The farmers have consistent.
ly voted for the Republican party
because it was the only party which
gave them all the rain they wanted.
They voted for the Republican party
and the full rain barrel, whereas a
Democratic administration meant hot
and dry summers and killing frosts
without snow For some time the
Republican machinery did not func-
ton perfectly. Occasionally it used
to rain on election day and then the
Democrats had a chance. But the
late Mark Hanna, / imagine, stop
ped that For the last twenty years.
| If you will recall, election day has
been dry with strong southwest winds
varying to north and much colder
at night"
will the Democratic party never
learn?" | muttered alphabetically
II see no hope" he said frankly
why the Democratic party should
suffer from this extraordinary incap-
acity for climate don't know When
you come to think of 1t, it is the
Democratic party that has given us
virtually all the weather we have.
A Democratic President in 1903 an
nexed Louisiana Territory with Abb
lene in It; and you know what Abb
lehe means. A Democratic Presi-
dent gave us in 1847 all the Mexi-
can territory with Yuma in it and
in the shade. A Democratic
President gave US oregon with Walla
WalIa in 1t. The Democratic party,
like Hertling, could proudly point to
the weather map, If it we're not for
the sad fact that having acquired |
all these isotherms and barOmetric /
pressures 1t has not known how to t
them. Do you suppose that
If we had Republican President we
should have stified several days last
with the thermometer
around 1902"
NO" l said. in order not to bring
the interview to dead stop.
"Or that we should have had a
winter like the present? Why hold
Doctor Garfield responsible? For a
Democrat he did well with IA be-
low zero. But it should never have
been allowed to come to that. And
now we have unseasonably warm
weather A month ago the trains
we're stalled by huge snow drifts.
To-day the train crews are down with
spring fever. Do you call that CO.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
NOT TO BUILD
ROADS NOW
Win The War Before Starting New
Highways.
ONLY FOR MILITARY BENEFIT
Statement of Government Policy Is
Sent to Representative BOrIand
BY Member of Capitol
Issues Committee.

Washington, March 19.-Only in
unusual instances of immediate need
and military and economic advantage
will bond issues for permanent roads
construction be approved by the
Treasury Department during the war.
That is the position taken by Secre-
tary McAdoo, the Federal Reserve
Board and members of the capital is
sues committee that has been passing
on all bond issues of more than $780,
900. 1t was stated in a letter from
Henry C. Flower of Kansas City,
member of the committee, to Rep
resentative Borland, in response to
an inquiry for a definite statement of
policy regarding road building.
Mr.. Borland has urged the neces-
sity of continuing permanent road
improvement and especially the state
ment of a policy so communities
might know what to expect. The
financial heads of the government
take the position that some instances
of permanent road improvement may
have enough immediate military and
economic advantage to justify bonds
being fioated during the war.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
-FOUR YEARS OF WAR?

A war-worn English officer was
asked one day last week how long
the war would last. His reply was
that from a purely military view
point 1t could not end until the Ger
man man-power was reduced below
the strength necessary to hold the
lines and maintain the essential in
-dustries. His opinion was that a
minimum of 100000 men was
necessary for the Central Powers to
hold all fronts and supply the indus
tries; while their actual supply of
men totaled 100000.
This officer has spent his life in
active service, has been through much
of the welter of the western front,
and is of comparatively high rank.
He takes no note of political ques-
lions, or internal troubles, of which
he disclaims any knowledge, and, as
ne says, his deductions are drawn
from purely military premise. AT
least four years of fighting, he says,
may be necessary to reduce the
enemy military machine to impot-
ence.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
EAST IS FIGHTING
$3.50 FOR WHEAT
supporters Confident of Securing
Majority.
1920 AMPLE, POMERENE SAYS
An Increase Would Mean Higher
Bread Prices for Consumers
Already Suffering From
High Prices.
1920 AMPLE, POMERENE SAYS

Washington, March 20.-Opposi-
tion to the proposal to make $3.50
per bushel the government price
guarantee for 1918 wheat opened to-
day in the senate after nearly three
days debate by senators from west
ern agricultural states in favor of the
increase. Action was deferred again
with supporters of the legislation con-
fident of securing majority, but
doubtful about the two-thirds vote
necessary to add it to the pending
agricultural appropriation bill. Sen
ator Pomerene, of Ohio, Democrat,
spoke at length against any increase,
declaring that the. price of 1920
prescribed by President Wilson's re-
cent proclamation was ample" He
said proposals in congress for in
creases had caused wheat boarding
and suffering by the allies, and that
the situation came mostly from
states where the last crop was below
normal
An increase, he added, would mean
higher bread prices for consumers,
already suffering from the high cost !
Of living.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

According to correspondence the
murder OF Paymaster Edgar House
of the Texas Oil Co., and the wound
ing of his associates near Tampico
was direct result from the policy
of the Washington Government which
Notwithstanding American protests,
permitted Carranza to import cart
ridges and send troops into Vera
Cruz oil fields, where are the big
wells supplying the Tampico ex-
ports. Isn't 1t about time to stop
flirting with Carranza, the sympa-
thizer with the kaiser?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
8 Billions for Aircraft.

New York, March 20.-Lack of
funds has prevented the United
States from carrying out an aircraft
program which will gain and main
tain the Allies supremacy in the air,
according to a statement issued by
the Aero Club of America. Recon-
mendation is made that an appro-
priation of billion dollars be made
by Congress for the work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
HUN POLITICAL VICTORY
WILL NOT FEED HUNGRY.

Washington, March 16-Germany s
military and political victories in
Russia will give her little economic
benefit Immediately, in the opinion
of American officials familiar with
the resources of the Slav territory,
altho it is taken for granted Ger
many will make the most of the OPP
portunities. Not more than 10, 900.
coo bushels of grain is believed to be
available in eastern and southern
Russia after the Generalization of
the past year which has curtailed
production and increased waste.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
FIGHT ON NEW DRAFT PLANS
House May Prevent Any Change in
the Procedure.

Washington, March 14.-Vigorous
opposition to Provost Marsh General
Crowder's plan to change the basis
of apportionment of men for the ma
tional army to the number registered
in Glass l instead of population of
states was launched in the House to-
day with the military committee on
the pending resolution for that pur-
pose. A favorable report on the reso-
luton already has passed the Senate,
also has been made, but will not be
brought up in the House until Secre-
tary Baker returns from Europe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
Anti Frost-Dite
Stops All Itching and
Soreness in One night.
All Druggists 25c, soc.
FIND SPY AT WORK
BEHIND AMERICAN LINES

With the American Army in
France, March 1S.-American intel
ligence officers report evidence lead
ing to the conclusion that possibly a
spy may be at work within the Amer
lean lines northwest of Toul. Early
this morning an American sentry saw
flashes of signal light from a win
dow facing in the direction of the
enemy lines. He fred thru the win
dow and dashed into the house, but
failed to find anyones Four hours
earlier important telephone wires
within the American lines we're found
to have been cut.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

Jack Harrison: The biggest royal
arch, thirty-second degree chump on
this earth is the man that cherishes
emnities and resentments, particu-
larly those that grow out of politics,
The sweetest character that has ap-
peared in American politics since the
death of Abraham Lincon was VIII
Ham Mckinley, whose motto was:
Bookkeeping in politics does not
pay"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
THE DANGER OF TEMPoRIzING

|
Col, Henry Watterson, in the
Louisville Courier-Journal, gives his
readers some plain advice about
peace talk He says in part:
The end of the war is to be
wrought not by penwork, however
clever, but by the sword of the Lord
and OF Gideon; the terms" are to
be delivered out of the mouths of
cannon; the lazy sons of peace who
are too good to live and too proud
to fight will have to put on something
more than war + mt and feathers
before they can u trusted in the
final equation to handle results.
Down with tommyrot!
If we equivocate we are lost Free
dom in the United States requires not
only the destruction of autocracy in
Germany but the total humiliation Of
militarism and the military spirit. II
any power is left intact in Germany
to make treaty with any other power,
we are lost. If all government in
Germany be not blotted out even as
the Southern Confederacy in Amer
lean was blotted out, we are lost. We
have fought in vain and all our sac
rifices in blood and treasure will 60
for naught if we make not clean and
sure work of it, We must smite the
Philistine hip and thigh.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
CANADIAN TREASURY TO
BENEFIT BY THE ROADS

Montreal, Quebec, March 16.-
Profits of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way we're hit today by a special order
in council providing that half of the
roads net earnings in excess of per
cent on its common stock be turned
into the Canadian treasury and that
a special income tax be imposed un-
der certain conditions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
100 MILLION DOLLARS IN
CASH FROM WAR SAVINGS

Washington, March 16.-Receipts
at the Treasury today from the war
savings campaign reached the 100
million dollar mark. These figures
represented only the actual cash re-
ceived and not the pledged subscrip-
lions for war savings stamps, which
are estimated in excess of 500 million
dollars, or about one-third Of the
total issue.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
BINDING THYME % CENTS

The federal food administration
thru Herbert Hoover, has announced
that the price of binging Irvine has
been fixed at % cents per pound in
CARROTS to the dealer. plus freight. In
2O,OOO-pound lots the price is to be
20 X cents per pound and in less than
10000 and more than 10, OOO-pound
lots it is 2SA cents per pound.
This is considerable increase over
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
ARCHIE ROOSEVELT GETS
FRENCH CROSS OF WAR.

New York, March 14.-Archibaid
Roosevelt, a son of Theodore Roose-
welt, has been wounded in action with
the American forces in France. A
cablegram was received today at the
colonels office here. Earlier in the
day Colonel Roosevelt received word
that his son had received the French
Cross of War for gallantry in action.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
FIFTY HORSES POISONED
RESULT OF GERMAN PLOT.

Covington, KY, March 16.-Fifty
horses are dead of poisoning in Cow
ington, and many more are expected
to die, out of a government shipment
of 726 horses from Camp Grant,
Rockford, ILL.,, consigned to Newport
News, Va.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
COUNTY CLERK.

hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for County Clerk, subject to
the action of the primary, August
6, 1918.
WILL A MOORE.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

80 Mable is Mable again. Kan
sas City Star. Too bad, when ac-
cording to all rules she ought to be
mabel"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

The clocks go ahead an hour Eas-
ter morning. Don't be late for
church.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
Buckeye "standardr Incubators

Foolproof and fireproof. Guaran-
teed to hatch more chicks and strong
er chicks in the hands of any begin
ner. So simple they can't go wrong
the most successful Matching de-
vice in the world. Made in six sizes.
SIS eggs to 600 eggs. Shown at Hodge
Bros, Abilene, Kans.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21
Under a ruling of the War

Under a ruling of the War
: Department the home adj
: dresses of soldiers killed or
wounded or who die from
other causes in France are
withheld from newspapers.
Families of the soldiers or
those nearest of kin are, how
ever, notified.
Believing that the general
public is vitality interested in
knowing the fate of the Amer
lean boys who are fighting
for our country-believing
that their sacrifices on the
battlefields should be reveal 1
ed in the sunlight of publ (
city, the Reflector will appre- |
ciate the aid of it's readers in 1
identifying Dickinson county 4
boys or relatives of Dickinson I
county people, whose names 1
may appear from time to time 4
in the casualty lists announ-
ced from Washington.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

yards of plaid patterns
different patterns make six yards
special
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

One table (about 800 yards) of light, medium and d
good selection of patterns Different patterns your
wish Saturday only-S yards for
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

Women's black seamless. light weight hose;
dozen in the lot-Saturday Speculative pairs for
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-03-21

bleached heavy Turkish towes-hemmed ends siz
ches easily worth each Saturday Speculative towels fl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
GERMANS MAY TAKE
 UP NATIONAL GAME
Baseball Played By Ameri-
 can Prisoners May Alt tract Hun Natives

Baseball, America's national pas time, may supplant the national games of the allies and even those of the cen tral powers
 The T. NJ. c. A. has introduced base ball in the countries where our boys are fighting and the game made an in stant hit-Francois, Tommy Atkins and others are taking to the game. But the Y. M. c. A. did not stop there.
 American soldiers who are prisoners of war in Germany will not be de- prived of their favorite pastime. At least they will be supplied with base ball material and if they can, arr range matters they will at least be able to play scrub games
 The Y. M. c. A. is shipping baseball bats. gloves, mitts, etc, to Germany. consigned to the prison camps and our national pastime will now get an introduction to new country perhaps even the boche may take a fancy to the sport
 or course, space in the camps may forbid regular games, but the boys will at least be able to play "catch' or bat out a few If not this. they can. play volleyball tennis, pushball quoits and other such games that take up very little space. The Y. M. c. A. is furnishing equipment for those games as we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
AMERICAN LEAGUE
A Frolic Here

St. Louis, September 1.-With Ty Cobb pitching against George Sisler in the last inning of the second game ot la double-header, Detroit and St. Louis closed the baseball season today. De- troit won the first game, to 5, by hit ting Davenport hard, and taking ad- vantage of errors by the local infie,d- |ers.
 St. Louis won the second game, to ?. profiting by Detroit's infieid er- TOTS. After this game was ciinched Cobb exchanged places with Canning fham. Sisler, the first man to face the Detroit star, hit for two bases, but Cobb, with the assistance of his team mates, managed to pull through tile in ming, yielding one run and three hits Scores:
 First game: R. Fl E Detroit ... ,0o1 22o 110-7 1s l St. Louis ....... 900 oil 102-5 12 ,
 Batteries: Dauss and Yelle;, Daven- port, Leifield, Bennett and Severeid.
 Second game: R.H.E. Detroit .......... .002 900 O0o-2 St. Louis .........0 900 40 10s-6 .
 Batteries; Cunningham, Cobb and Spencer; Wright, Sisler and Nunama- ker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES '. CoRBETr

ls NONbEI-I
 summer of 1875 for a game with my 1 Chicago White Stockings, I do not
 know. But do know that on the eve
 of the teams arrival in Chicago the
 three were all set to engineer gigan- tic betting coup for their gambler en,- ployers.
 The day before the Louisville team was due in Chicago for the first game | of the series, telegrams came to tha | field addressed to two of my Chicag 90 players. I receipted for the telegrams The boys to whom they were address, ed were not around at the time so open ed them, figuring if the messages were I important l could send a special mes- senger to the boys with those dis 1 patches.
 Imagine my amazement when read ! the messages-which came from Louis- ville--making a proposition to my players to throw the series to Louis- vile The initials signed to the tele- grams were those of Craver The wording of the telegram convinced me | that my boys weren't actually partners of Craver in the crookedness, but 1 felt convinced that Craver figured my
 two men would surely go into the deal | with him in making it possible for Louisville to win the series. T don't recall the exact wording Of those messages, but they ran something ! like this:
 "There is a small fortune in it for you if Louisville should happen to win forthcoming series with Chicago. I'll 1 see you tomorrow and let you know all | the details.'
 , Probably there would have been a small fortune in it for my players who would have thrown the series to Louis : 1 ville And there would have been an l immense fortune in it for the gamblers ] if Chicago had lost to Louisville theE ! Chicago had gone wild over my tearl
 and figured it absolutely unbeatable 1 by the Louisville team at least. Louis- ville that year had joke Aggregation l and so confident were the Chicago fans l that my team would defeat Louisville