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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
LOST BRIDE AND TROUssEAU
Double Wedding Spoiled When Other
Man Came Along

Hays, Sept. 29-A double we'd
ding had for weeks been scheduled
for yesterday, at the pretty church at
Pfeiffer, Kan, in which Ray Braun,
Of Victoria, and Rosa Stromel, Of
Pfeiffer, were to have been two OF
the principals. Young Braun, ac-
cording to the custom of his people,
purchased for his bride-to-be an ex-
pensive trousseau. Last Friday night
Miss Stromel eloped with Alex Rupp
of. Hays. Braun is minus not only a
bride, but a $500 trousseau.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
WHY HARD ROADS PAY
Saving In Gasoline 10 50 Per Cent
Say Tests
fAssorlsAaA Dv~..N ..

Saving In Gasoline Is 50 Per Cen
Say Tests
(Associated Press)
Topeka, Sept. 28.-Gasoline con
sumed by motor vehicles on smooth
concrete roads Is approximately 81
per cent less than on earth roads, &C.
cording to data compiled by the Kan.
sas Good Roads association from act.
utl tests.
Using a truck with a two ton load
the miles on gallon Of gasoline
were: Earth road, 5.78 miles; fair
gravel, 7.19; good gravel. 9.39; fair
bituminOus maccadam, 9.4S:. fair
brick. 9.sS; smooth brick 11.44 and
smooth concrete, 11.78.
"The six additional miles which can
be obtained from a gallon OF gaso.
line amounts to saving Of at least
80 per cent in the gasoline BILL"
said W. M. Watson. state highway
engineer. who prepared the figure for
the road association.
"A truck In commercial service will
travel at least 5000 miles a year. At
these figures It would require S85 gal
Ions Of gasoline on an earth road or
435 gallons on a paved road, a saving
Of 430 gallons Of gasoline at its pres !!
ent price Of 20 cents gallon shows
a saving Of $124.70 per truck. An
average touring car would use at least
the gas used by a truck
which would show a saving Of $26 a
,ar. On the assumption that each
will average five hundred
7ehicles per mile per day the roads
would save $4,000 a mile each year
or gasoline alone"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
KANSAS CITY MARKET
CAssociated Pressl

Kansas City, Sept. 29.-Cattle re-
ceipts 1000, beef steers steady,
prime heavy steers $17.65, best price
Of the year. Cows and heifers above
1928, steady to weak.
Hogs
Receipts 1900, soc lower on close,
SIC to $16.35; top $16.4o.
Wheat and Corn
Dec. wheat $2.21, Mar. $2.16;
Sept. corn 81, Dec. e1Hc. May 93&c.
Cash wheat steady to 4c higher. No.
/ hard e2.8s-41, No. 2 S2.31-41, No.
7 red f2.so-zz. No. 2.s2-ss-lo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
CAR PRICES NERVOUS

Detroit, Sept. 29.-The Hudson
Motor Car Company, manufacturers
of the Hudson and Essex cars, Tues
day announced price reduction ON
all models Of the two cars ranging
from 5000 to $3.50. Manufacturers
of the Lexington, Jordan, Pierce Ar
row announce increases; manufac-
turers Of the bort announced that
prices will be guaranteed for the
next thirty days; the General Motors
company, manufacturers Of the
Buick, Chevrolet and other cars, an
nounce that there will be no change
in prices.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
READY TO TRADE WITH RUSSIA
Americans Preparing to Enter New
Foreign Field


Constantinople, Sept. 27.-Ameri-
cans are gradually preparing to avail
themselves Of trade opportunities
which will present themselves as
soon as conditions become more set
tied In Southern Russia and the Cau-
caus.
The Guaranty Trust Company, of
New York, opens its Constantinople
branch, the first American bank in
the Levant, this month. The Amer
lean Foreign Trade Corporation has
sold its shipping department to an
American organization called the
Black Sea Corporation. Il. G. Booth,
Jr. formerly representative Of the
United States Shipping Board in
Constantinople, is head Of the new
corporation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
FOOD PRICES
SLIDING DOWN
DEALERS GROW WEARY or
= HOLDING FOR RAISE
DECLINE is STEADY
Expected to Continue Says the Re-
tail 0rocers Association
All Eatables Are
Affected
(Associated Press)

Chicago, Sept. 27.-A general
reduction in food prices has already
set in and a steady decline may be
expected to continue, Geo. Wester-
field, president Of the Retail Gro
GERS Association, de Jared. Pota-
toes, bread, coffee, sugar, fruit,
canned goods are affected. The un-
willingness Of banks to loan money
except at high rates Of interest is
the reason, he said. Dealers must
unload their stocks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
BREAK SAFE AND GET $z,145
Wichita Ice Company Loses Cash and
Liberty Bonds

Wichita, Sept. 29.-Cash and lib
erty bonds amounting to $2,145 were
stolen from the safe of local ice
company yesterday morning by bur-
glars who knocked the dial from the
safe and battered the combination to
pieces. An additional $1,000 in
checks, also in the safe, was care
fully sorted out by the yeggs and left
upon a table in the ice company's Of
fee, undisturbed.
Thieves broke into q local drug
store the night before and took $685.
in cash.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
BIRTH RATE INCREASES
And Of 1000 Babies Only 81 Died
In U. S. In 1919

Hnu VI AsVVV DdDfc8 Only 81 Dtc<
In u. S. In 1919
tAssociated Press)
New York, Sept. 29.-America'
baby crop in 1919 was a new record
says the American Child Hygiene
Association.
An annual preliminary report on
vital statistics by that organization
covering data from 269 cities with an
aggregate population of 31,OOO,OOO
shows the infant mortality rate de-
clined to the encouraging figure of
81 deaths per 1000 babies" a saw
ing Of nearly 10000 babies over the
1913 rate and 1000 fewer deaths
than in 1917.
In the cities covered by the report
100000 births were recorded. while
in the entire country 1t is estimated
there are 2,500,000 newcomers an
nually. All Of the cities included
have populations Of 10000 or more.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
SCHOOLS SPENT eH MILLION

(Associated Pres

Topeka, Septs 29.-Total expendi-.
lures by the two largest state schools
the University Of Kansas, Law
renee, and the Kansas State Agricul-
tural College, Manhattan-for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1920,
were slightly more than two and one
half million dollars, according to q
report just compiled by Fred w.
Knapp, state auditor.
To be exact, total vouchers drawn
by the state for these institutions
amounted to $2,522, 800 14A This fig- !.
ure does not include approximately
$35, 900 to maintain the four expert
ment stations Of the agricultural col
lege, nor funds received by the agrf-
cultural college from the federal gov
ernment.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
GIRL SENT BY EXPRESS
First Human Package Is Received at
Eld0rad0
ASSOCIATED Press ]

(Associated Press)
EldoradO, Sept. 29.-The first hui
man package ever handled by the To-
cal express office arrived here recent
ly after a trip from Swissvale, Pa,
1t was 11-year- Willamette Raj
son and she was delivered safely to
her parents Mr.. and Mrs J. ]. Raj
son OF this city. Although William
eta traveed in a pullman on a regu-
lar railroad ticket. she was "billed
through" by the express company,
her aunt in Swissdale being the con-
signor and the girls father here the
She was identified by
large card stating she was being sent
by express and giving the point of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
WELCOME REV. B. S. KELLY
Returns From Trip Through Europe
With Bishop Liliis
(AssOCiAtod Press

LeavenwOrth, Sept. 29.-The Rev.
B. 8. Kelly, rector of the Cathedral
Of the Immaculate Conception here,
was given big reception upon his
return from a three months tour of
Europe. His travelling companion
was Bishop T. r. Lillis of the Kan
sas City archdiocese. Included in
the welcoming program was the ring
ing Of the cathedral chimes. Father
Kelly vir"-A both 9a5l;n and Cork
before returning to America. Their
itinerary included visit at the Vat
ical and numerous noted cathedrals
In France and Italy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
POCKET STILL .sIE LATEST
Parior Size Was Captured By OFF,
GERS In Ashville
(AaaOciafad PpaaaN

- Ashville, N. G., Sept. 29.-A pock-
ct still is the latest device captured
by federal prohibition officers.
Agents working out Of the local Of
fee recently captured such a minia-
ture still near Saluda. The whole
outfit was so small the officers put 1T
in their pockets and brought It to
the city for exhibition purposes. The
officers called it parlor still. It is
Of about one table glass capacity and
an article for home
1t was said by officers
that the still was complete to the
detail.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
OVERLAND DOWN TOO
Necessary to Develop Healthy Busi-
ness, Says John N. WM1ys

New York. Sept. 29.-The WHY'S
Overland Co. today announced a sub
stantial reduction in the price of It's
motor cars-the Overland touring
and roadster from $1,525 to 1896.
The coupe from $1.525 to $1,425.
an dthe sedan from $1,875 to $1,475.
The Willys-Knight touring and
roadster are reduced from $4,000 to
$2,195, the coupe from $2,950 to
$2,S45, and the sedan from $3,O50 to
$2,046. These prices to be effective
ut once.
John N. Willys today made the fol-
lowing statement: 1--WE could not pos
sibly have taken this action unless
we felt thoroughly justified In antic-
lpating reduced costs Of materials,
against which conditions our COM
Danies have made provision.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
FIGURE NEW VOTING STRENGTH
Census Bureau Estimates 26,SO0, 900
Women viii Vote

Washington, Sept. 29.-Figures
compiled by the census bureau and
other government departments indi-
cate that the number of women in
the United States over 21 years OF
age is 2S,035,000 of whom approx
Simately 26,500,000 are eligible to
vote In the November election. This
estimate makes liberal allowance
for alien women, American women
married to aliens and others ineligi-
BILE.
Exact figures are not available on
the number Of women over Fl but
barred from voting through various
reasons,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
ALLIES RESPOND TO AUSTRIA
Associated Press)

Vienna, Sept. 29.-Austria' prom
ise to amend her treaty with the Rus
sian soviets so as to conform with
the peace treaty with the Allies has
evoked from British and French rep
resentatives the announcement that
their governments would release cred
its for the return Of Austrian war
prisoners, which were held up re-
Gently.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
INDIAN WAR VETERANS MEET
(Aaa0Ciafad praaaA

wichita, Sept. 24-The National
Indian War Veterans will meet in
convention here October 4-16. All
comrades and their wives, the Tex
as Rangers and all those who settled
in the west in the early days have
been invited. Delegations Of In
dams are expected from the Chey-
enne, Kiowa, Comanche, Sioux and
Arapho tribes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
SOD HOUSES RETURNING
Farmers In Western Kansas Find
Them Practical


Santa Fe, Sept. 29-The sod house
is not entirely extinct in western
Kansas. In fact. farmers declare,
there Is a fair promise of its return
to the pioneer popularity due to the
high cost Of building materials. As
a result of the high costs, a number
Of farmers in this vicinity are erect
ing sod sheds in which to house their
cattle this winter. The prospect is
that more than the ordinary number
Of cattle will be wintered here be-
cause Of the enormous forage crops
raised this year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
DRYS JUMP ONTO cox
Charge He Intends to Nuflify Eight
eenth Amendment u Elected

Washington, Sept. 28.-That the
first official act Of Governor Cox, If
elected President, will be to remove
the prohibition commissioner with a
view to nullifying the eighteenth
amendment was charged yesterday
by officials Of the Anti-Saloon
League.
In replying to the statement Of Cox
that the Anti-Saloon League is an an
mex to the Republican party, Wayne
B. Wheeler, general counsel for the
league, said II = not partisan 20 give
Information to the voter about can
dIdalez.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
BABE RUTH BRINGS HIS
TOTAL To FIFTY-THREE

Philadelphia Sept. 29-Babe Ruth
the Yankee star hitter registered his
fifty-third home run by hitting the
ball over the right field fence in al
most the exact spot where he hit
the bali in the first inning In the
game with Philadelphia yesterday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
MARTIN HEADS
THIRTY-FFTH
KANSAS ADJUTANT GENERAL IS
PAID HONOR
AT ST. JOE NEXT
WIN Meet There In Honor Of Gallant
Action Of Colonel MacDon-
aid at Argonne
Battle
(Associated Press)

Topeka, Sept. 2S.-Chas. I. Mar
tin, Adjutant General of Kansas, was
chosen president Of the 35th Division.
Veterans association and st. Joseph,
Mo-, was selected for next years
meeting place in honor Of Col. Clay
Macdonald Of that city who though
63 years told led his troops In active
in Argonne after his son was,
killed in the same battle.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
PREPARE FOR WHEAT SHOW
Temple Of Ceres Has Been Completed
In Wichita
ASSOCIATED Pressl

Wichita, Sept. 29,-The Temple OF
Ceres, GOODIES Of agriculture, has been
completed here for the International
Wheat show, October 4 to 16. The
entire building is Of pure white and
is said to be an exact reproduction
of the Parthenon at Athens.
The temple, which is a building
within building, has been erected
on the second floor Of the main ex-
position building and is thirty four
by sixty y-five feet in dimensions. Two
carloads of Florida moss were used
in decorating the beams Of the build
ing
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
ABILENE LEADS
COUNTY CENSUS
HERlN0TON 1905 WITH ABILENE
+,89S SAYS REPORT
25,777 IN DICKINSON
Reports From Census Bureau For
Other Towns-Solomon
Heads Third Class
Cities

N1hSSVCiutcU T TtbBD
washington, Sept. 24.-The CEN
sus bureau today gave out the popu-
lation Of the towns Of Dickinson
county. Abilene is given 1895; Her.
ington 4,O65, Solomon 1,O71, Enter
prise 975, Chapman 953, Hope $50,
Manchester 263, Woodbine 31s.
The population of Dickinson coun.
ty as whole is given as 25,777, an
increase in ten years Of 1,416, or SO
per cent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
cox TO IGNORE DRYS
Won't Reply to Prohibition Request
to State His Stand

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Sept. -.24.-
Governor Cox, Democratic presiden-
tial candidate, will ignore proposals
from the Prohibition party for re-
tirement of Aaron s. Watkins, presi-
Dental candidate Of the Prohibition
party, from the race If the governor
will pledge. himself to certain meas
ures regarding the Volstead law.
Governor Cox made this announce
ment upon his arrival here last night.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
SHIPPERS WANT WIRELESS
Danish Owners Would Erect Their
Own Stations
(Assocfated Press)

Copenhagen, Sept 29.-A combine
formed by leading Danish ship own
ers has applied to the government
for a concession enabling them to
erect their own wireless stations and
to take over all private wireless bus
iness in Denmark. The plan, It n
understood, Is viewed with approval
in government quarters.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
UNION MEN HAD ADVANTAGE
(ARsOCiated praanl

Blkerfeld, Germany, Sept. 29-The
compositors Of the Bergisch- Maer-
kische Zeitung here refused to put
an editorial in type in which the ed
itor, under the caption "Sabotaging
the Constitution" criticised the
methods adopted by the Printers
Union.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
REPUBLIC HOLDS WHEAT
Farmers There Agree With Others to
Wait For So a Bushel

Belleville, Sept. 29.-The wheat
growers Of Republic county met in
the court house in Belleville last night
to discuss the wheat price PROPOSE
ton. 1t was the unanimous decision
of the large crowd In attendance to
store their grain and hold It for the
SO per bushel price agreed upon at
the state meetings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
MRS. BERdDOLL GUILTY
Convicted Of Conspiracy to Aid Sons
to Evade Draft

Philadelphia, Sept. 29.-Mrs.
Emma Bergdoll and her four CO. de-
PENDANTS were found guilty last night
Of conspiracy to aid two Of her sons,
Grover and Erwin, to evade the draft.
The verdict was returned before
Judge Dickinson in the United States
district court.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
OLD CONFEDERATE SWINDLE
,Associated Press)

London, Sept. 29-The old swindle
Of passing currency notes Of the Con.
federate States of America which has
been worked in England for years,
Is fiourishing again. Reports Of the
victimization Of shop-keepers at
ports have been reaching the Ameri-
can embassy here in increasing num-
bers recently.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
HARDING Was
NEAR DANGER
His Car Went on Track But No One
Was Injured
ASSOCIATED Press)

Millwood, w. Va, Sept. 29.-Sen-
ator Harding's train narrowly es-
capped serious wreck this morning
when the trucks Of the Harding car
broke down derailing the car. No
one was injured although the Sena-
tor and Mrs. Harding were shaken
up.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
All, MORE PERPETUAL NOTION
Galena Man Newest Inventor Of elm
possible Mechanical Device"

Galena, Sept. 29.-Charles Will
liam Daring, who during the last
three weeks has served as stock mar
shal in Galena, claims to be the in
ventor Of peretual motion machine,
Daring, in a statement this week,
while discussing the machine, which
is a series Of pumps that operate
without power, said he has worked
for twenty years perfecting the ma
chine,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
OPEN SCHOOLS FOR JEWS

Prague, Czecho- -Slovakia, Sept. 20.
The first of a series of Czech
schools exclusively for Jews win be
opened this fall, It Is announced by
the Department Of Education.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
3 q 3 q q q Q & Q q q & Q
THE DOWNWARD TREND q

{ Tobcsyan time askiA 10 herr ,
9 tho winters not arrived; the
2 coaster is the proHteer Of prices
= high deprived. For Ford just
. soaped the sharp decline and 1
2 cranked up Lizzie car and other 1
= prices fell in line and slipping 1
z downward are. Though Lizzie's
= tin and rather small her num-
2 bers legion be and when she
: started prices all just followed
J Lizzie, see. They hit the hill
: and down they slid to pre- war {
level low. And thus Of prices {
high we're rid; they're coasting &
minus sn0w.-J. A. A. &
: & & & & q & & & 4 & & q 8 & &
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30

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neetor regularly phone os before 9
p n md sfs<s 9 q. =.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-30
SUGAR STILL SLIDING,

New York, Sept. l2S.-The sugar
marekt was weak yesterday morning.
Three leading reflners reduced their
prices half cent pound to IA cents
for fine granulated.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1920-07-29

good" asI understood It, and on June
1st he again called me to his cham
bers and this time signed my state
ment for May without comment.
Then he asked, How long have you
been probation officer?" answer
ed, Either two and half or three
and half years, I think" He said,
well, don't think it is good thing
for one fellow to serve too long
You have been probation officer now
longer than anybody else I've had
I've made several changes oven in
New Madrid county since appoint
ed you here. made a change over
there this last trip. l think I'll
make a change. You seem to think
too much of Mrs. Smiht, anyway"
said, Judge, it Just happens that
Mrs, Smiths paper stands for the
same thing do. a general cleanup"
BY that time he had a little paper in
his hand and had 1t laid before me,
and running his finger along blank
line at the bottom, he said, Sign
your name right there" and picked
up pen and stuck it in the ink and
handed it to me. l read his paper
and said, Judge, this is resigna-
ton, isn't it?" He said, Yes"
was not surprised in the least. He
had given me ample warning of the
error of my way and had given me
time to repent | knew what he
meant all the time. l refused his
pen, took my own pen from my pock-
ct and signed my name where he de-
manded
1t was not my voluntary act. He
| fired me outright for being man
and refusing to be tool l am not
glad to get rid of the Juvenile work
for it is very great and important
work, and Pemiscot County is an I'M
portant field for this kind of work
but am glad to get rid of the atmos-
phere in which I was compelled to
do my work as probation officer.
Trusting l have answered your
letter fully in every particuler, beg
to remain, as ever,
Yours very truly,
M. o. MORRIS