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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
IT'S ALL JUNK NOW
Even Right of Way Lost in Colorado
Investment

Rights of way purchased by the
defunct Denver, Laramie & North
western Railroad company are the
property Of NJ. S. Radetsky Of Den
yer, who junked the road, and do not
revert to the original owners Of the
land.
This is the decision just handed
down by the Colorado supreme court
In the test cast brought by George
and Lena J%Orgenson In the Adams
county, Colorado, district court.
Dickinson county folks had over
$4,000 invested in the Denver,
Laramie & Northwestern project
which included the road and some
mines 1t was supposed to open. The
whole scheme, which was a promo
ter's game, blew up and hundreds of
investors In Kansas lost all they had
put in. Now ever the right of way
is gone.
Clean old papers, &c a bundle, at
this office. ]
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
KNOCK JOY OUT OF BANDIrR1
Kansas Bankers Give Liberal Re.
wards For Arrest Of Robbers


wards For Arrest OF Robbers
The bank robbing business IN
Kansas Is apparently no longer Q
pink tea affair, as far as cOnse-
quences to the culprits are con-
cerned. The 1921 legislature In
creased the maximum penalty from
twenty-one to fifty years. But that
is not all.
The Kansas Bankers Association
has distributed $780, In rewards
for the apprehension of bank robbers
from August I, 1919, to date. The
same amounts were paid whether
the bandits were taken dead or
alive" Two were killed and four
teen captured and convicted, a total
Of sixteen, involved In eleven differ
ent rObberies. This Is a greater
number Of convictions than In any
like period before.
About eleven hundred KANSAS
banks, and nine Of the larger banks
OF Kansas City, Mo-, pledged an
amount equal to one dollar for each
thousand Of the banks capital to the
reward fund. The fund aggregated
$3S.972.10 Of which a balance of
81. 501.36 remains.
Bank rObberies for which rewards
have been paid were at Baileyville,
Benton, Bartlett, Overland Park,
Merriam, BerrytOn, Harris. Beagle,
NeOshO. Rapids and WOodbine.
Claims are now pending for appre-
hensiOn of the men convicted Of the
Cullison State Bank robbery, Febru-
ary II, and the hOld-up Of the Farm
FRS National Bank Of st. Marys,
8.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
is ATTRACTING REAL HELP
What One Subscriber Wrote About
the Hospital

the Hospital
Many people having property In
terests here but living away from
Abilene are awakening to the real
importance Of the Memorial hospital
and s0me good sized subscriptions
have been reported. The following
quotation is from n such subscrip-
tion:
81 enclose my subscription for
5000, and will give a like amount
later. When the hospital Is finished
! shall want to equip a Dol In men
DRY Of my father and mother, and
pay $50 a year for Its up-keep. By
equipping, I mean furniture, floor
covering and anything that will add
to the comfort Of the patient in the
room. l approve very much Of the
hospital movement In Dickinson
county, and have realized that you
have needed 1t for a long time, Now
that you have made It a memorial
to the brave men who went from
county to the great war,
appeals to me as being one Of the
finest civic enterprises ever project
ed in our county. I hope there will
be no limit to the support accord
ed. / only wish l were able to do
twenty times as much"
Too much stress cannot be made
Of the fact that the project includes
he whole county, and is a memorial
% the participants in the late war,
consisting Of soldiers. sailors, ma
and nurses. Other counties
erected arches, monuments,
md placed inscription on their pub
ic buildings. Dickinson county
will erect this splendid memorial
the participants who represented
his county In the great world con-
lict.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
Ralph Faulkner Wins Honor Il
School Of the Theater

The Aberdeen Daily World of
Aberdeen, Washington, carried the
following item regarding the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. III. Faulkner, former
ly of Abilene:
Out Of four scholarships given at
the Guilbert School of the Theater in
New York City for next year, MI.
Ralph Faulkner, Of this city, was
given a full scholarship, according to
word just received by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Faulkner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
Won a First Prize

r. A. Merrifield Of Burnham's
was awarded the first prize Of SIS
for the best story "The Hardest
Sale / Ever Made in a contest con-
Quoted by the Charlotte News. The
story is printed in the current issue.
Twenty-Five articles were entered
and were judged by the editors Of
three leading furniture magazines.
1t is mighty creditable to the author
and indicates a keen knowledge Of
salesmanshiD.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
COUNTY BONDS SOLD WELL
Higher Basis Than Other Counties
Of State Shown

The county commissioners late
wednesday sold the new issue of
road bonds, 1921, 900, to Dunn h Co.,
wichita, on a basis Of 5h per cent,
at 91A, which Is a most favorable
price and .about $4,000 higher in
proportion to the amount than bonds
OF several other counties have sold
recently, indicating a high standard
OF credit for this county. Eight firms
were bidders, among them n local
nrm, Q. @. Wyandt. The sale of the
bonds means prompt progress on the
road work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
Little One Passed AWAY

Little Harold Wayne, infant son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Burke, passed
away at the home Of his parents
Tuesday evening. He leaves to
mourn his loss, father and mother,
brother and sister and other
friends.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
Card of Thanks

We wish to thank the many kind
friends and neighbors for their low
ing sympathy and beautiful flowers
during the recent illness and death
Of our beloved wife and daughter
VIM. LOCKER and Sons and Mary
Hickman and Family. 1 4
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
FIRE TOOK HEAVY TOLL
In March Property Loss in Kansas
Was $zZz.O0S

Fires took an unusually heavy tOl
in Kansas during March with
property loss Of $727,O9S, according
to the report issued today by l.. T
Hussey, state fire marshal. The larg.
est loss from any one was
$4,000 from thirty-three fires re.
sulting from overheated or defective
chimneys. More than one-half OF
the total loss, $500, 324 from eigh-
ty-three fires was from undetermin-
ed causes.
Lightning. usually one of the prin-
cipal fire causes, resulted in only
eight fires during the month with a
loss of $S,9S5. Other causes with
the losses include: Smoking, 8 fires,
1922; stoves and furnaces 20,
$11,2S9; gasoline, -, $13,S53; ker-
osene, -, $19,590; matches, 13,
$5,947; sparks on roof, "a, $30,109;
other sparks from combustion, %,
$1O,SS5; exposure, ii, $3S,92S; in
c%endiarism, s., $14,590.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
RaiNED 30 INCH MONDAY
Ground Soaked BY Much Needed
Rain

Abilene experienced a healthy
downpour Monday night which start
"a at 9 o'clock in the evening and
continued at intervals until about 2
O'Clock In the morning. There fell
90 inch. The rain stopped long
enough to permit theater- goers to
reach the theatre without getting
wet but a steady downpour greeted
them when they left the theatre.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
Gard of Thanks

We thank our neighbOrs and
friends for the kindness and help
they gave us in the loss of our dear
little baby.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Burke and Children.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
These SIS Suits
they're built up 10 our
quality standards and
primed to a popular price

There is more material worth in goods and workmanship in our $500
clothing than we have observed anywhere else in suits at this price That's
because we're fussy, and insist o n maintaining or quality standards. But
aside from thai, there is another vaue-the value of a spirited appearance
character, smartness. Observation-Disclosures you like &c have it called les
characteristic of our standards quality it's |, these suits at $50 and SIS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12

The Reflector Is always glad to
have news telephoned to the Office
phone 06.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12
Our $50 and SIS Suits

You'll find the very newest ideas in sport modds-bdted effects, yoke
back, box and inverted pleats in new clearinghouse, pencil stripes and novelty
effects In patterns and weavea Palmer models also for business wear Big
variety at $500 and $S000
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12

Clean old papers, &c a bundle, at
this Office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-12

Clean old papers, &c a bundle, at
this office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Lapointe's Trial
for Double Murder
Starts at Dover

Dover. Maine, Mar. ia jury was
selected and nine Of the States sew
enteen witnesses were examined to-
day in the trial of Edward ]. La
pointe, charged with the murder Of
his wife, Gladys NJ. LaPointe and his
mother-in-law. Mrs. Sarah A. Hig-
gins. The trial opened this forenoon
and before adjournment today it was
said that the case would probably
reach the jury by Friday.
Albert Higgins of Sebec, LaoPpite's
father-in-law, testified that LaPointe
came to his home in the afternoon Of
July so, 1920, the date of the alleged
murders and endeavored to persuade
his wife to return to his home. She
refused and LaPointe left, Higgins
said.
DR.. Charles n. Stanhope told OF
viewing the bodies and testified that
death in both cases had been caused
by rifle bullets. A. I. Clapp Of Milo,
to whom LaPointe is said to have
surrendered, told of the defendants
capture. Lewis Livermore asserted
that on the afternoon of the tragedy
he missed his Ss calibre rife and that
LaPointe. when he surrendered, said
he was driven from the farm.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Receivership Not
Being Considered, Says
New Ravens President

Boston, March 11.-No receivership
for the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad is under consideration.
Il. j. Pearson, president, declared in
a statement issued here tonight.
Unauthorized talk Of a receivership
is unfortunate" Mr.. Pearson said.
1--WE hope to. get justice in division of
rates and labor readjustment. We need
just little assistance to turn the cor
ner, and with everybody cooperating
and helpful, prosperity can be restored
to New England. not only for her in
dustries but for her transportation.
Coal and supplies costs are coming
down and more cars will soon be NOV
ing.
The New Haven, after charging off
"a. its bad investments, will have an
appraised valuation for its property
far exceeding its entire indebtdness
and it's entire capital at par"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
U. S. Regulars Not
Allowed to March in
South Boston Parade

Boston, Mar 17.-South Boston,
decked in red, white and blue, in hon.
or of Evacuation Day, the 145th an
niversary of the departure of Brit
ish troops from Boston-and in Green
for st. Patrick, turned out by the
thousands this afternoon to watch its
parade in which federal troops were
mot allowed to participate.
Orders issued by Rear-Admiral
Dunn. commandant of the First Ma
val District. and Brigadier General
Ruckman, commanding the First Ar
my Corps Area, refusing to allow
the troops to march were sustained
at almost the last minute in a tele-
gram from President Harding's sec
rotary to John F. Harrigan, state
president Of the American Associa-
ton TO rthe recognition Of the Irish
republic.
When the telegram was received
parade officials gave orders that no
placards- We're to be carried by any
organization in the line and the pro-
cession. led by several units of the
Massachusetts National Guard there
by became essentially a military
spectacle.
The local bureau of the department
of Justice, Independent of the orders
issued by Admiral Dunn and General
Ruckman, had announced that its
agents would watch the marchers and
report violations of the laws for
wearing the uniform, but hundreds of
former service men, most of them in
khaki, but some in navy blue, par
AIDED nevertheless. Officials said that
the number of veterans increased
greatly overnight after it became
known that the regulars We're not to
march.
Members of the Grand Army of the
Republic and of the Society of For
eign War Veterans, who followed the
National Guardsmen in the line, add
ed to the military aspect of the par
AIDE. No flags of the Irish republic
were carried by military organiza-
lions and in the ranks of the Irish So
cieties the blue, white and orange
was far less conspicuous than the ma :
tional colors.
Governor Cox, Mayor Peters and
members of the City Council review
ed the marchers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
MOTHER OF nine
YECCS' VICTIM
IN BROOKLYN
Chokes to Death When
Gagged in Her
Home
Four Youthful Robbers Easily
Overpower Her and Nurse
Companion-Get Away with
$500 in Jewelry and Money
Police Forced to Calm In
dignant NeighbOrhO0d

New York, March 17-Mrs. Henri
eta De Felicio, mother OF nine chill
dren, was strangled to death, and
Mrs. Rosa Menditto, a nurse, was
gagged and bound by four hold up
men who entered their home in
Brooklyn late today and demanded
| money and jewelry.
In trusting up the women, the
robbers thrust a towel into Mrs. De
Felicio's mouth. To keep it in place.
they passed q rope around her face,
One coil slipped down around her
throat and was pulled so tight that
it strangled her.
Mrs. Menditto, who was thrown
onto cot in a room adjoining that
in which the two women were sit
ting, rolled herself to the floor after
the robbers had fed with $4,000 in
jewelry and money. Loosening her
gag by pushing her face along the
floor she staggered to her feet
pushed up the window with her head
and called for the police.
The woman's screams were heard
, by policeman and also her husband
Louis Menditto, who was on his way
home from work. News of the hold
up and murder spreading rapidly
. throughout the neighborhood, caused
such Indignation that police reserves
had to be called to handle the crowds
which quickly gathered.
Mrs. Menditto tainted when her
| husband entered the house. Fhen she
was revived, she told the story OF
the hold-up to a squad of detectives
! who had arrived on the double quick
She said that the bandits had not
allowed her or her companion time
to make a reply to their demands
, but had at once seized them. She
! said they had put up struggle, but
soon We're subdued and their money
/ and jewelry taken from them.
She said all the bandits had ap-
/ peared less than Is years old. None
| of them was masked. Detectives
! said they had obtained a good de-
scription of them from Mrs. Mendit-
! to and also finger prints.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Arson Threat in
Anonymous Letter
to EastpOrt Gamer

Eastport, Me-, Mar. 17-Andrew
Clark of L. D. Clark of San has re-
ceived warning by mail that unless
hL pays the fishermen SIS Il h'gsheaa
for herring and keeps his sardine fac
tory, one of the largest on the coast,
in operation the entire season begin
ming April 10, the factory and his res
idence will be burned. The price last
season dropped to IS after starting at
SO.
The letter was posted at Lambert
VILE, a small fishing settlement six
miles down the harbor on Deer Is
land. N. B., but the writer In the A.
nal paragraph denico that he lied
there.
In the busy season the Clark facto-
ry, employing about 400 men and
women. handles 125 hogsheads Of her.
ring daily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
RAILROAD TO
PIERCE HEART
OF MAINE WOODS

Bangor, Me-, March 1.-THE heart
of the dense forests above Moosehead
lake is to be penetrated by a railroad,
the Great Northern Paper Co. having
started work at Seboomook, which will
be the southern terminus of the road,
on a standard guage track that will
traverse heavily wooded timberlands
between Seboomook and St John pond,
is miles north. The road is being
built to facilitate the getting out of
lumber in the st. John river head wa
tiers which ordinarily would be f1oated
into the st. John waters. In addition
to the main line there will be numer-
out branches of from one to three
miles in length and it is understood
that eventually the main limo will be
extended through to the Canadian
border, although only the main line
and branches will be completed at
present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Gotham Irish in
Three Hour Parade
in Honor st. Patrick

New York, Mar. 17-Turning their
annual st. Patrick's day celebration
INTO mammoth demonstration OF
1ealty for the republic of Ireland"
and bitterness toward England,
thousands Of New York's Irish
marched up Fifth avenue today in a
parade that lasted more than three
hours. They were watched by tens
OF thousands packing the sidewalks
and windows along more than 20
blocks of the avenue, and overflow
ing into Central Park and the side
streets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
|R. I. POstmistress
Held at Boston on
Charge EmbezZlement

Boston, March 17.-Miss Marian L..
Lang, who was postmistress at Fort
Greble, r. l., until she disappeared last
May. was arrested here today charged
with embezzling s1753 Of postal funds.
She pleaded not guilty and was COM
mitted to the East Cambridge jail,
lacking $4,000 bonds.
Pestoffice inspectors who have fol-
lowed the young woman's trail through
various New England cities. for sever
al months said that when they in
vestigated the Fort Greble postoffice
last May they found trouble with the
safe. The postmistress volunteered p
have it opened next morning and they
left. Ove- night she disappeared and
when the safe was opened 1t was
found to be- empty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
Coast Submarine.
Runs on Reef
off Westerly. r. ].

Westerly, r. L., March 1.-THE sub
marine Ne, coastal type boat,
struck the Watch Hill reef while ma
neuvering off here today and ran upon
the rocks high and dry. Coast
guards who went cut to her reported
that Lieutenant Claude Farmer and
his crew of Is men would remain
aboard.
The seas were fairly heavy in Block
Island Sound, but the weather was
clear. Except to say that the subma-
rine must have run in too close with
out knowing it, the Wach Hill coast
guards could give no explanation OF
the accident. The No as she lay
stranded on the reef, was within
sight of the wreck of the steamship
Onondaga which broke its back on
the rocks three years ago. ~.
The submarine was operating out
of the base at New London and had
been engaged in practice stunts in
the sound.
Efforts to drag the N-2 from the
rocks failed at full tide when her
companion submarine, the M, and
the oil steamer Polarine. tugged at
hawsers made fast to her. The N-2
rolled over slightly on her side, but
did not move Stewards. Another at
tempt will be made before dawn to-
morrow at the next high water.
Some of the N-2's crew were taken
off and landed at the Watch Hill
coast guard station this evening. Life
savers will stand by the submarine
all night. The T, A. Scott Company,
of New London, has been asked to
send tugboats to help move the sub
marine into deep water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18
END OF BOOZE
Wholesalers
DUE ON MAY Is
Given Until That Date
to Dispose of Stock
on Hand
Kramer Ruling Provides Way
for Druggists to Obtain
Liquor for Prescriptions
Lifts Ban on Withdrawals
from Bonded Warehouses

Washington, Mar. 1.-THE whole
sale liquor establishment, brother of
the bar, will be put to death May 10
under sentence pronounced today by
Prohibition Commissioners Kramer.
Although an opinion rendered by
Attorney General Palmer last De-
cember said the wholesaler had no
legal right to continue in business,
internal revenue and prohibition off :
Gals decided to grant some time in
which he could unload stocks with
out too heavy monetary loss. But
Mr.. Kramer's announcement today
made it clear that there would be
no further extension of time and
that execution of the sentence would
be carried out. .,..-..--..s.7.---,. -s-,~
Mr.. Kramer, however, opened u
way for the retail druggist to obtain
supplies for prescriptions, remov-
ing the ban on Withdrawals from
bonded warehouses. For several
months such warehouse doors have
been closed. The order today makes
it possible for the retail druggist to
transact business direct with the
bonded warehouses. Wholesale
druggists will be taken care of later,
Mr.. Kramer indicated, by granting
them similar privileges.
Dealings between retail druggists
and other purchasers and the bond
ed warehouses later will be limited
by regulations which officials de-
clared would be drastic enough to
astisfy the most ardent dry advo-
cate. They must be based, however,
it was added, on Mr.. Palmer's opin-
ION. 1t is planned to put them into
effect about the time the wholesale
houses go. out of business.
So far as the Wholesaler is con-
cerned, Mr.. Kramer said, his one
task now is to get rid of the stocks
on hand. He will not be allowed to
increase his present holdings, but
there are no strings tied to him in
selling to druggists, either wholesale
or retail, before May 10. Officials
announced no figures concerning
the amount of liquor held by the
wholesalers but said they believed
the stocks largely would be disposed
of before the doors are closed fin
ally.
Prohibition officials declined to
comment on the statement IN Phlia-
delphia today of former Attorney
General Palmer who said his recent
ruling that physicians may prescribe
beer might mean that beer could be
sold over soda fountain counters.
Regulations carrying out Mr.. Palm
ers' opinion, handed down the day
before he retired from office will be
left to the next commissioner OF IN
ternal revenue. said Commissioner
Williams and added, that therefore,
the full effect of the opinion couio
not be determined.