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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-14

WITNESS: His eNcellenry our Governor John
II. Bartlett. and our seal hereto affixed ~
Concord, this eighteenth day Of November in
the year OF our Lord nineteen hundred and
twenty.
JOHN II. BARTLETT,
Governor
(SeaL) EDWIN c. BEAN.
Secretary Of STATE
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
BUDGET PLAN
REDUCING ALL
NATIONS COST
Expense of Running the
County Now Coming
Down Says Treasurer
[Associated Press ]

Washington, Dec. THE secretary
of the treasury In his annual report
today said government expense is be-
ing reduced. He says:
Expenditures in the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1920, amounted to
almost $4,000, 100000, while for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1921, ordi-
nary expenditures, including sinking
fund and miscellaneous fixed-debt
charges, still ran over IS, 500, 900, 900.
This cash outgo it has been the con-
slant endeavor Of the administration
to reduce, and it now expects to hold
expenditures on the same basis for
the fiscal year 1922 down to $4,000
900, 1000, or thereabouts, a reduction
Of about $1,5OO,O00,O00 below the
year 1921. In some measure this re-
duction reflects the liquidation OF war
liabilities, but to an important extent
it represents a reduction in the cost
of government. From either aspect
it means a reduction in the tax bur-
den. On June 10, 1921, the act to
create q budget system became a law,
and by the end Of the fiscal year
1921 the Bureau Of the Budget was
organized and established. 1t has al
ready proved to be a most effective
arm Of the executive to enforce the
determination to bring about a reduc-
tion In government expenditures"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
STRIKE STARTS
But PACKERS
FILL PLACES
Union Meat Workers
Out of Jobs-No
Disorders
ASSOCIATED Press1

chicago, Dec. 5.-UniOn packing
house workers in livestock centers
outside of Chicago are reported by
union strike leaders to be practically
out on a strike while the company
officials declared their plans were not
seriously affected and in Chicago an
nounced that all plants except a few
independents were working 80 to 80
per cent Of regular forces. The union
strike was voted by the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's
Union in protest over reduction OF
wages that went into effect this
morning.
Cornelius ]. Hayes, president Of
the union said advices from a half
dozen cities indicated that union men
walked out 100 per cent. Plans for
important replacement Of union pack
ing house employees who obey the
strike order were being carried out at
Is packing centers in the Middle
West affected by the walkout. There
were no disorders reported in any Of
the cities.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
WAS DARWIN RI0HT2
A Skull Found In a Cave In Africa
Puts Scientists to Thinking
Associated Press1

lA0oOClateO fToobI
London, Dec. 7.--Scientists say the
Darwinian theory that Africa may
have been the original home Of the
human race received partial c0rro-
boration from the discovery just made
In northern Rhodesia Of f0ssilized
skull which gives new orientation
to the early history Of primitive
man.
The skull, which Is complete save
for the lower Jaw, resembles that OF
the ape man (pithcanthropus erec-
tus) discovered In Java In 1892
which has been regarded as the most
primitive human skull until now. The
Java skull, however, lacked a face.
In this respect, the Rhodesian fossil
reveals a type curiously similar to
what Is known as the Gibraltar skull.
Moreover, a collar bone, a leg bone
and part of a hip bone believed to be-
long to the skull have also been un-
earthed, and these may enable ana
tomists to reconstruct the main parts
of the whole Rhodesian skeleton.
The scene of the discovery was the
Bone Cave" of the Broken Hill
mine, already famous for the beauty
of its stalactites and stalagmites and
for the remarkable fact that the lime
Of which they were originally COM
posed have been largely replaced by
of zinc and lead.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
BRITISH ARE
OFFERING new
IRISH TERMS
All-Ireland Government
Is Included in the
Latest Proposal
rAssocIated d Press

London, Dec. 2.-The British pro-
posal for settlement Of the Irish ques-
ton will be considered by the cabinet
of Dali Eireann in Dublin tomorrow.
The new terms offered by the Brit
ish government show some advances
over previous proposals. The terms
are said to concede from the begin
ming the Sim Fein's claim for unity
of Ireland. Ulster must be included
within the scheme from the start anu
must remain In for six months. After
that period and before the end OF q
year Ulster is to be given the option
to withdraw and IL she goes there
must be a boundary commission 70
determine the exact area which Is
fairly entitled to go with her. IL
Ulster left the all-Ireland. government
she would not preserve the fiscal 1ree-
dom that would be left to southern
Ireland. The question Of allegiance
demanded from the Sinn Fein Is the
crux Of the situation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
GERMANY GETS CHINA's TRADE
Cheapness Attracts China's Attention
Instead of War Records
(Associated Press1

London, Dec. THE Germans are
gradually returning to China and
picking up the threads Of their for
mer business; not trading for the
present under their own names but
in partnership with Chinese, says a
report on the commercial situation of
China, by Fl. II. Fox, Commercial
Counselor of the British Legation In
Peking.
There is no doubt the report says,
that the Germans, assisted by the
comparative cheapness of their pro-
ducts, will gradually recover the snare
they held in China's foreign trade be-
fore the war, but the process Will be
slow, as they have lost valuable con
nections; the business organizations
they had so laboriously built up have
been stolen, and they have suffered
a serious loss Of prestige in the eyes
of the Chinese.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
MINERS GOING TO WORK
Refuse to Listen to Howat's Lieuten'
ants Amy Longer

Pittsburg, Dec. 7.-Graduaily tne
Kansas coal miners are going back to
work. They are refusing longer to
follow the orders Of the Howat lieu
tenants to remain In idleness and In
rebellion against the international
organization.
One hundred recruits were added
to the ranks Of the working Monday
and Tuesday, it was announced at
the offices Of the operators associa-
ton.
More than one hundred miners
were reported, working yesterday al
the Jackson Walker II mine.
The restraining order issued by the
circuit court in Jackson county, Mis-
souri,. purporting to enjoin President
John L. Lewis and other international
officials from suspending the deposed
officers Of the Kansas district have
not yet been served. Joke" Flem-
ing, acting deposed president, who
said he would serve the order on the
international officers here, had not
acted in that capacity late yesterday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
LOW PRICES IN FRANCE
Furs Return to Normal Prices After
Three Years of High Prices

Paris, Dec. For the three years
1918, 1919 and 1920 enormous pro-
fits were realized in the French fur
trade but the rise in prices seems to
have passed its highest point this
year.
A Hudson Bay otter cloak which
cost 10000 francs in April, 1920,
can now be bought for 5000. Rab-
bit skins which had reached fancy
prices have returned to the normal,
Of before the war. Astrakhan and
skunks are now only twice their pre-
war prices and blue and white fox
from three to four times.
Siberian sables and Peruvian chin
chillas alone continue to increase In
price, both being rare and much in
demand. A sable cloak which cost
10000 francs in 1914 would cost
today 100000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
KILLED ONE, SHOT SIX
Shooting Started Over Crap Game
Two Arrested

Topeka, Dec. 5.-Miss Jane Simms
Williams, % years old, 2215 Union
avenue, is dead and six other negroes
were shot in gun battle at the
home of Joe Jennings, negro, early
yesterday morning.
Mrs. Williams death and the
wounding Of five of the victims re-
suited from their playing the part OF
innocent bystanders' at gun fight
INDUCED in by o. G. Bryant, 1926
North Madison, and Joe Jennings, ac-
cording to information obtained by
the police.
The fight, according to the police
is said to have started when Bryant
accused Jennings of using loaded dice
in a crap game. The two negroes
drew their guns and started shoot
ing. One Of the first shots struck
an oil lamp and put the room In
darkness.
About twenty negroes were In the
room at the time the shooting start
ed, according to Walter Wilson, one
Of the number. Immediately there
was a stampede at the doors in an at
tempt to get out Of range. Wilson
said there were only two guns used
In the shooting. The wounded were
shot, while trying to get out Of range
of the shooting.
Bryant was apprehended severa
hours after the shooting and Is being
held at the county Jail. Jennings
was arrested on a charge Of running
a gambling house, but was released
on bond.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
TO KEEP WELL
Governor Alien Gives Rules to Have
Good Health
AasOciate ed Preag1

Topeka, Dec. 5.-t.Laarn how to
keep well. Live wisely. Eat sanely
Cultivate the great outdoors. Sleep
soundly in fresh air. Go to a doctor
every year to have thorough over
hauling, so that small faults may be
corrected before they have a chance
to become big ones. This is the way
to have good health"
The foregoing is the concluding
paragraph Of the message issued by
the State Board of Health to the citi-
zens Of Kansas as they observe this
week as Health Week, by proclama
ton of Governor Henry J. Allen.
Nowadays" the message said
typhoid fever is sufficiently rare to
become matter of interest, and the
doctor who has case will take young
physicians to see it in order that they
may have an opportunity to note the
symptoms Of this rare disease"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
big THREE"
PROPOSE TO
MAKE UNION
Britain, Japan and u. S.
to Join in Perma-
- nent Alliance 4
tAssoclated Prsssf

Washington, Dec. IA tentative
proposal for an agreement between
the United States and other powers
to replace the Anglo-Japanes alliance
has been cabled to London and Toxic
as a result of the last meeting Of the
arms conference Of the "big three"
Official confirmation that the sugges-
ton for new international concert
has taken definite form is given by
the British The American delega-
tion is revealing nothing whatever
regarding its attitude toward the pro-
Dosed arrangements.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
TWO STRIKERS SHOT

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. Two
|brothers-Tom and Tracy Macklin,
said by friends to be striking pack
ing house employees, were shot and
seriously wounded Tuesday In a dis
order growing out Of the local packing
house strike Fred Rouse, a negro
who is said to have been responsible
for the shooting of the Macklin broth
ers. was taken to a hospital follow
ing severe beating he received at
the hands of large crowd OF men.
The shooting took place in front OF
thp Armour & Co. plant.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
PACKING men
GROW ANGRY
OVER STRIKE
Unionists Disorderly on
Outside-Packers
Not Worried
rAssociated Press1

Chicago, Dec. THE strike of
union packing house employees in the
larger centers outside of Chicago ap-
peared more serious than was at first
anticipated as the third day Of the
strike began. Disorders have occurred
in several centers in which few men
were injured.
Union leaders insist that the strike
is 100 per cent effective but packers
say production is only slightly at
fected. At Albert Lea, Mimi, engi-
neers, firemen and steam filters at the
Wilson plant walked out in SYM
pathetic strike. An injunction re-
straining strikers from lettering about
the plants was obtained in Fort
Worth. Four hundred national guards
men patroled South st. Paul.
Kansas City, Dec. THE packing
district presented an orderly appear
ance today. Picketing was under
ban by order of Mayor Burton.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
WILL DISCUSS HIGHWAYS
More Than 81, 200, 100000 to Be Used
to Build Roads and Bridges
rAasociafed Press1

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 5.-Fundamen-
tai economics Of highway location,
federal aid legislation, new develop
ments in the construction of modern
type pavements and highways, prac-
tical methods of enforcing regulations
on state highways and the co-ordina-
ton of research work as carried on by
state highway departments, are few
Of the principal subjects to come be-
fore the seventh annual meeting OF
the American Association Of State
Highway Officials, held here Dec
ember 5, 6, and 8.
Highway officials from practically
every state in the union and the Dis
trict of Columbia are expected to be
present at the meeting. These Off
cials will represent states that have
combined total Of more than ST.
900, 100000 for expenditure in road
and bridge construction, according to
announcement by its president, w. S.
Keller of Montgomery, Alabama state
highway commissioner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
SAVED PASSENGER TRAIN
Farmer Tagged Train Like Movie
People De
LAsvocfated Press1

Chanute, Dec. II. L. Stewart
and Homer Reese of this city were
the engine crew on the Santa Fe
passenger train which was saved
from a collision with a runaway loco
motive by r. B. Finnell, farmer liv-
ing near Owasso, Okla. Finnell
tagged the passenger train in the
nick of time. He recently was award
ed $1O0 by F. G. Fox, general man
ager of the Santa Fe. The throttle Of
the engine apparently was open when
it was being steamed up in the Tulsa
round house. When sufficient steam
had generated, the. engine became
A. w. o. L., making its way to the
main line.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
MAKING PRACTICE SCHEDULE
Gunners Will Practice
at Flying Targets
rAssociated Press1

Los Angeles, Dec. Fleet gun
merry officers and air squadron OIL
GERS are cooperating here in working
out naval anti aircraft problems that
promise to furnish gunnery exercises
in December that will startle the
world in their thrill, according to IN
formation which has percolated from
the conferences of the officers. Six
F-5L type naval seaplanes, an air
squadron, recently came here from
San Diego.
Targets hurtling through the air at
sixty miles or more an hour, will fur
nish something spectacular in the
new anti-aircraft exercises. Wheth-
er these targets are to be tOwed as
kite targets by the airplanes, or
whether they are to be released by
airplanes, are points which have not
been made public, but differences are
that the kite target will be used In
order to provide the moving speed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
LEPERs GET OIL CURE
5000 Persons Suffering From Lep-
rosy Are On 0ulion Island
rAssociated Press1

Manila, p. l., Dec. THE extern
sion Of the ethyl-ester treatment to
all lepers In the Philippine Islands Is
the chief problem engaging the at.
tention Of DIR. Victor G. Heiser, chief
Of the Far Eastern section of the
Rockefeller Foundation, who Is max
ing an investigation Of health condi-
tions in the archipelago for that
organization.
DR.. Heiser has endeavored to ascer-
tain the exact quantity Of chaulm0o-
gra oil in the Philippine Islands and
Is also looking into the possibility OF
obtaining a sufficient supply to treat
all of the 5000 persons suffering from
leprosy on Gulion Island, where the
lepers of the Philippine group are
confined.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
FOUR POWERS
SETTLE EAST
THRU TREATY
YapW Will be Handled by
Special Agreement
Say Delegates .
IAssociatsd Pressl

Washington, Dec. THE four
power agreement is being considered
by the United States, Great Britain,
Japan and France, it was learned
from official American sources would
be an agreement for joint consulta-
tion on matters affecting the inter-
ests Of those nations in the Pacific
Islands and not an alliance or techni-
cal entente. The agreement Is In
process of being reduced to treaty
form and IL affected is to be submit
ted to the senate. 1t is said the
agreement has already been given ap-
proval in principle by Great Britain.
The zap question will be dealt with
in a separate treaty.
The Far Eastern committee adopt
ed a resolution providing for the neu-
trality of China in case OF war In
which China is not party. The
Root resolution concerning wireless
installations by foreigners on Chi
nese soil was also adopted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
DOES NOT PAY To ROB TRAINS
LAsgociated PressI

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. Rob
bing government trains is a danger.
Gus and unremunerative occupation,
according to Joe p. Johnston, post
Office inspector here in charge Of the
Kansas City district. Mr.. Johnston
admits that registered mail robber-
les have been in distinct vogue re-
Gently, but he insists that they dc
not really offer the opportunity Il
get rich quick that those who at.
tempt them believe exists.
Rather, says Mr.. johnson. they
offer q remarkable opportunity to gel
killed or sent to prison quick.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
BRUTAL MURDER IN MISSOURI
Tied to Post and Then Burned, Says
Letter From q Friend

/ Ironton, Mo-, Dec. 7.-Sheriff Mar
shall left Tuesday for Doyle, re-
mote hamlet forty miles from here,
to investigate a report that Bud Os-
born, 65, was bound to a bed post In
his home and burned to death, and
that his wife was beaten badly.
The burning and beating are said
to have taken place last Thursday
night, but were not learned Of until
Tuesday, when letter was received
describing the alleged occurrence.
There is no wire communication to
the locality.
The letter, received by William H.
Webb, of Sligo, stated Mrs. Osborn
was in such a condition apparently
from the reported beating that she
could make no statement. The couple
were said to be poor and inoffensive.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
JESS WILLARD SELLS FARM
Ex-Champ and Family Moving to
California to Reside

Lawrence, Dec. Jess Willard,
former heavyweight pugilestic cham
pion. sold his Lawrence home Tues
day, including the furniture and
livestock, to Sherwin F. Kelly, OF
New York. The Willard family will
go to California to make their home.
Mrs. Willard and children left Tues
day and Jess went to look after his
10000 acre oil lease near Eureka,
Kansas.
The sale includes the property "as
is" the fifty-five farm and rhe
furniture and livestock, at a price
said to be $4,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
KILLED WHILE COOKING
Gun Discharges As Husband Took II
From Its Nail

Topeka, Dec. 5.-Mrs. Arthur Q.
Engier, 80 years Of age, was instant
ly killed yesterday at 1890 o'clock
By the accidental discharge Of shot
gun as she was preparing Sunday
dinner at her home. Eve and a half
miles south Of Topeka on the Buriin
game road.
The gun was discharged as her
husband took IL from the nail on
which it was hanging on the wall OF
the cellar way which opened from the
kitchen. It was only about eight feet
nom where Mrs. Engier was stand
ing.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
ARRESTED 3 BOOTLEGGERS
Solicited Business From the Wrong
Men in Hotel

Garden City, Dec. 7.-Sherlf Rich-
ardson and assistants Monday made
a fruitful liquor haul when they ar
rested three men who had just arrived
from Pueblo.
The men brought two bags and two
suitcases and set up business in a
local hotel. It was not long until they
solicited business from the wrong
man and the officers heard about 1t.
All three were arrested in the hotel
and about fifty quarts Of whisky
confiscated.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
WOMAN FARMER MAKES LIVING
Has 80 Acres, Some Stock, Makes
Profit of $585.46 in Year
rAssociated Press1

saltwater, Okla, Dec. 7.-That a
living can be made on the farm, even
in years Of low prices, has been
shown by Mrs. Laura Leatherwood, a
widow of the Starr community, Adalr
county.
Mrs. Leatherwood has a 3O-acre
farm, six cows, a cream separator
and $50 chickens. Her income this
wear has been $s06.45. She has
bought concentrated feeds to the ex-
tent Of 1921, leaving a net proht OF
$5S5.45. The record doesn't INCLUDE
the vegetables, milk, butter and meat
she nrod,1ced and used herself.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
81 900, 900 CEMENT ROAD
IN FINNEY COUNTY
rASsociated Press1

county's 100000 cement road pro-
ject now is completed with the ex-
ception Of about five miles. 1t ex-
tends 27 miles across the county,
border to border The final stretch OF
the newly constructed road was
opened for traffic December l with
county celebration. The plan now
is to have a real celebration on COM
pletion of the entire project, next
July 4. The highway is 10 feet wide,
nearly all of monolithic cement. 1t
cost the county approximately $4O,-
900 q mile.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
NEW INTERNATIONAL DISEASES
Plague, Yeilow Fever and Cholera
Adopted as Natioaai Diseases
fAsnoofated ProHs1

Paris, Dec. 5.-The international
Sanitary Congress representing more
than 40 nations has adopted the sug-
gestion of the United States Public
Health Service that plague, yellow
fever and cholera be included among
the so-ealled international notihable
diseases.
The suggestion was incorporated In
a special provision Of new interna-
'tIonal sanltsry convention drawn up
By the congress which has just ad-
Journed in Paris. 1t was decided that
smallpox and influenza epidemics
should also be a matter OF diplomatic
notification. whenever they occur IN
the various countries.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
CANADA WANTS RECIPROCITY
Election Shows That Our Neighbor
Is Friendly
rA.socVatAd Preas1

Ottawa, Ontario, Dec Although
returns from yesterdays general elec-
ton are still incomplete 1t is appar-
ent that for the first time in ten
years Canada has elected parliament
with a majority favoring reciprocity
with the United States. In the new
house of commons w, L. Mackenzie
Liberal leader, will have clear ma
jority over ali parties,' thus becoming
prime minister.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
ARE HORSES DECREASING?
United States Has Over 100000
Horses IL, 100000 on Farms
[Associated Press1

Chicago, Dec. Data compiled
by the Horse Association Of America
indicates that there are more than
100000 horses and mules in the
United States, seventeen millions of
which are on farms and more than
100000 in cities, according to the
annual report Of Wayne DinsmOre,
secretary of the association made here
before the annual meeting of the asso-
citation recently.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-08
ULSTER KEEPING QUIET
rAssnciatAd PraSsl

Belfast, Dec. Sir James Craig
Ulster premier, told the Ulster parlia-
ment he did not think it expedient to
make any statement with regard to
details of the new Irish proposals, as
there were antiquities here and there
in the document.