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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09

Editor The Star.
I am former Canadian and
have also lived in California: have
seen the Jap question In both places.
Or. Hoye from Auburn overlooks
an important fact In saying that
English imperialists are certain to
disregard the Canadian petition for
ending the Anglo.Japanese alliance
and for passage OF law for exclu.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09
LEARN A WORD
EVERY DAY

Today's word II PLEBIscIrE.
It's plcb.l-site. with
accent on the first syllable.
II meana-a vote or decree Of the
people on some measure submitted
Ia them by some person OF body hav.
ing the initiative.
u comes FROM Latin "plebn.
picbis," common people. and ''ucl.
tum." decree.
It's used like this-"Chiie refuses
TO agree TO a piebiscite 20 settle her
territorial disagreement with Peru. .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09

TsEIIs'I IFIV HF0T1
In your paper Of Thursday. June
there appeared an article on The
Calender" In which the writer states
that when II IL January 1 in the
United States Il ~ January IA In
Russia. Serbia. Bulgaria and Greece
and in your issue OF June :. Mr.. J.
Lodyga OF Enumciaw. Wash. con
tradicts this statement. saying that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09

~Be1utv IL an acciders,- sry
psvcAoicGisfs Ard u often results
IN Internal injuries
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09

In the annual spring dyire OF motorists against
trains, no train casualties hare been reported.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09

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corners 50 people rin hare O
chance 20 furn 70 the right
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09
AGeHerE1om,
NR1DGE WANN


The melancholy saddest Of the yearthe
poet thought the world bum a
-Of all the months I've october prune he
never used his bean about the Of
that's the to It's and
not the shady spot. We
long for dear vacation June
tough IN other ways-for Junes the Month OF
Wed Ike bit Of
70 blow,
plan htde pleasure questa letter come SAYS
Your presents Mary's wedding day"
For day by day them
thin, the short
with vision blind 10 future they
when will fill with viii a
And could turn the back
give myself another crack at choosing other ia
make very pIainIm wiser now than thenId grab
the selfsame jane. and hooked D
M~ueae A2aose.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-09
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a ,coman has only to 90 to the drug store.

The girl question is, HAS he got CARP
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Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
Benefit OF ROAD TESTS
Kansas State Engineer to Get Point.
ers From Illinois

ers From Illinois
ASSOCIATED Press]
Topeka, May 2.-Kansas Is to re-
.ceive the benefit Of an experiment
in road building that has been in
progress for more than year to de-.
termine which type Of road construc.
tion is the most practical and lasting.
: The experiment has been undertaken
by the state highway department Of
Illinois and will be completed In the
near future. State Highway Engi.
neer M. w. Watson is planning to go
to Illinois to get complete informa-
ton on the project and the results.
The experiment is ne Of the most
extensive and thorough ever under
taken in road building, according to
Engineer Graham. Under the super
Vision Of the Illinois highway de-
partment, the construction Of strip
of each type of building material was
completed, more than year ago.
Recently the department has opened
the trial highways to traffic test,
which, it is expected, will be COM
pleted in short time. The traffic
load on the highways is being in
creased gradually, until the road
gives way. In the end, the state |
will know which type Of construction |
is the most efficient.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
KILL THREE
IN HOSPITALS
ASSOCIATED Press1

Parsons, May 3.-John Cole, 60
and Richard M. Jones, go, were
killed and w. H. F1esher seriously
injured this morning by D. G. Bur.
gen who suddenly became violently
insane and attacked them with q
steel bar while sleeping. All are
inmates Of the state hospital here.
Doctors do not expect F1esher to
live.
Topeka, May 3.--TwO inmates Of
the state hopsital for insane at Par.
sons killed third inmate and SER
iously wounded about six this morn
ing when an aged inmate seized
stick and began attacking a number
of inmates nearby. A telephone mes
sage to the office Of the state board
Of administration said the attack oc-
Cured in the war Of senile patients,
none of whom was considered dan
gerOuS.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
LITTLE AIRCRAFT BUSINESS
Is Not Flourishing in Kansas Re-
ports Show
(Associated Press]


Topeka, May 2.-That the aircraft
business in Kansas is not flourish
ing as yet, is shown by reports from
35 Kansas counties received by Ad-
jutant General G. e. Martin, chair
man Of the State Aircraft board, in
answer to inquiries directed to all
county treasurers for record Of the
number Of manufacturers Of aircaft,
dealers, airplanes and pilots.
The first thirty-five counties an
swering the inquiries reported two
manufacturers, two dealers, eleven
airplanes and eight pilots. All Of
these, however, were confined to
three counties-Sedgwick, Lyon
and Douglas. Sedgwick county re-
ported one manufacturer, one deal
er, six planes and six pilots. Lyon
county reported two planes and one
pilot; Douglas county, one manufac-
turer, one dealer, three planes, pi-
lots, dealers or. manufacturers.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
EVENING DRESS IN MORNING
ASSOCIATED Press

lASSOClateu FTeSSJ
Buenos Aires, May 3.-Full dress
clothes in broad daylight are In ac-
cord with the Argentine policy of
diplomatic simplicity" which ta-
boos silk knee breeches for high
civilian functionaries. 1t was noted
when John Wallace Riddle, the new
American ambassador, presented his
credentials to President YrigOyen at
Casa Rosada. Argentine state etl-
quette insists that even at morning
functions the president and his min
listers shall wear full evening dress.
This departure, (which would
shock Washington or any of the Eur
opean capitals, is the only alterna-
tive Argentine statesmen have found
for the cutaway or morning coat
and striped trousers worn at day
light affairs In other countries but
which are practically everyday togs
here.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
CONTEST IN SCHOOL WORK
Cloud County Schools Plan to Pro.
mote School Spirit
tAssocfafeA Presn1

Emporia, May 3.-An interschoo
meet that includes academic tests
a declamatory contest, a music con.
test, and track and field events was
the unique method recently used by
five Cloud county high schools to
create school interest and school spir.
1t. Contestants from Concordia,
Clyde, Glasco, Jamestown and Mil
tonvale high schools were entered in
the meet, which was held at Concor-
dia.
According to Dean A. Worcester
Of the Kansas Normal, who supers
tised the meet, the idea Is something
new and original in this state.
II believe" said Professor Wor-
cester, "that the project has merit.
1t not only stirs up more enthusi-
asm in scholarship work, but 1t
places scholarship on par In public
interest with athletic ability. In
other words, it tends to equalize
brain and brawn."
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
GIVE UP ARMY
IS DEMAND Of
Two Powers
Russia and Germany
Want Complete
Disarmament
ASSOCIATED Pressl

Genoa, May 3.-The disarmament
question bobbed up today In the
plenary session Of the Genoa confer.
ence. Walter Rathenau, German
foreign minister, said the worlds
trade must be doubled before con-
ditiOns are bettered, but this Is i'm
possible while nations are jumping
at each others throats." Foreign
Minister Tchitcherin Of Soviet Rus
sia, declared in a plea for general
disarmament that "only by a policy
Of peace can nations balance their
budgets"
Paris, May 3.-The French gov.
ernment decided to stand by Belgium
in opposition to the terms Of the al
He'd memorandum to Russia on the
private property question, was Off
cially announced after today's cabi-
net meeting attended by Vice Pre-
mier Barthous, head Of the French
to Genoa.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
CHEATED FOR FIRST TIME

San BernardinO, Cal, May g.
Lew Friedman, said to have been
one Of the cleverest dice experts in
the country, is dead by his own
hand-the hand that rolled "seven"
and eleven" for nearly half a mil
lion dollars in the last twenty years.
Friedman cheated for the first
time In his life, his friends say, when
yesterday he beat the spectre Of tu-
berculosis by shooting himself as
fate was shaking the dice. He could
have lived but a few days longer.
Friedman died penniless,
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
STONE AGE STILL GOING
Less Than 100 Years Ago It Ex.
listed In British Columbia
ASSOCIATED Press

[Associated Pressl
Victoria, B. c., May 3-The stone
age which, scientists say, came to
an end in Western Europe about
100 B. c., was carried on for more
than three thousand years later and
In its most characteristic form ex-
listed in British Columbia up until as
late as a century ago n some dis.
tricts, according to findings Of arch
aelogists who have been exploring
some Of the old community sites,
mounds and aboriginal graves along
the coast and the interior of the
province.
The stone age in British Columbia
has for many years been the study
Of scientists Of note who have been
working the field In an effort to build
up the story Of the evolution Of the
prehistoric civilization as exempll-
fed In the tribes who worked out
their existence between the Rocky
and the Pacific. Valuable
have been obtained.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
PLAN STADIUM AT NEBRASKA
ASSOCIATED Pressl

Lincoln, Neb., May o.-A cam
paign lokoing to the ultimate erec-
ton Of memorial stadium at the
University of Nebraska, to cost
about 100000 and provide seating
space for between 10000 to $4,000
people, is expected to be undertaken
by university alumni during the
company year. The fund will be
raised by subscription and applied
to its erection in sections. The
committee that has the project in
charge desires to have a section to
set 1000 completed for Homecoming
Day, this fall.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
TO CUT DOWN FOOD WASTE
Caterers For Big Hotels Work on
Plans
Associated Press ]

ASSOCIATED Press1
Chicago, May 2.-Chicago chefs
are working upon plans to be pre-
sented to the hotel men of the coun-
tr ythat will cut down expenses, re-
duce waste to a minimum and cater
more to what the public really
wants. The chefs who are members
Of the Loyal Craft Of the Progressive
Culinary Association, an organiza-
tion designed to work for the bet.
terment Of hotel service, are busy
now writing papers on subjects of
vital interest to hotel men and which
may result In radical changes being
made in hotel management. The
papers will be discussed at the Ma
tiOnal Hotel exposition here May 9Th
to 18th.
Anton Negr, Chicago caterer and
president Of the Loyal Craft, will
present some of the problems that
the hotel men face.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
WON'T AFFECT HARDING
chiIdren's Crusade Only a Publicity
Scheme, He Feels


Washington, May 3.-The guant-
let was thrown down yesterday by
the White House to the leaders of
the children's crusade to obtain the
release Of war-law violators from
prison, the declaration being made
that President Harding would in no
wise be Influenced by the picketing
program of the American Civil Lib
ertes union, organizers of the cru
SADIE.
The president was said to regard
the delegation Of children and wo-
men as organized for publicity pur-
poses, but to feel the greatest SYM
pathy for the children whom he
would welcome to the White House
under ordinary circumstances.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
= q & q = . & q Z = Q q z q D q
q KANSAS CITY MARKETS &
- zee & Z q q & & Z q 4 4 q

Kansas City, May 3.--Cattle g.
900, beef steers steady, closing
weak, heavies $S.65, bulk So to
$3.50, calves steady to weak, best
80 to $3.50, other classes steady to
strong, best cows $3.50 to $6.75,
top stockers $S.35, choice feeders
So.
Hogs
Receipts 10000, strong to &c
higher, $9.75 to $10.15, packer top
$1O.15.
Wheat and Corn
Cash wheat, No. 1 hard $1.34 to
$1.54. No. 2 $1.34 to $1.52; No. 1
red $1.34 to $1.35, No. 2 $1.31;
May $1.3OA, July $1.19%. May
corn $3.50, July 60Kc.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
CONDITIONS ARE BETTER

London, May 3.-Trade and in
dustrial conditions in this country
on the whole are, in the opinion Of
experts, steadily improving though
somewhat slowly.
No big revival has materialized,
but there has been a continuous bet
terment Of conditions, a seemingly
healthy growth, that has satisfied
traders more than any sudden "re-
vival' which might have been built
on shifting sands and would have
collapsed, leaving matters worse
than before.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
WILL BUILD SHRINE TEMPLE
Work at Pittsburg to Start Within
Ninety Days

Pittsburg, May 3.-Mirza Temple
shriners will commence the erection
Of $250,O00 mosque within nine
ty days, officers announced yester-
day. The structure, which is to be
300 by ITO feet, will be three stor-
les high. 1t will include an auditor
ium with 5000 seating capacity
and full theatre equipment.
The foundation for the building
fund was afforded by a bequest re-
ceived several years ago from J. N.
Hodges, coal operator. The juris-
diction Of Mira temple includes
eleven southeastern Kansas counties.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
WOOD MAY STAY LONGER
Generals Job In Philippines Won't
Be Completed Within Year

Washington, May 3.-Major Cen
eral Wood, governor general of the
Philippines, may spend an addition
al six months or more in the islands
beyond the year terminating In Aug
ust, which he originally agreed to
serve in accepting the appointment
from President Harding.
Secretary Weeks said General
Woods work in the Philippines was
not as yet completed and indicated
that in his opinion 1t would require
the additional six months for that
officer to fulfill the task assigned to
him.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
CONFERENCE ON EMPLOYMENT
rAssociated Press1

Topeka, May "a conference be-
tween representatives Of the federal
and state employment bureaus in
Kansas is being held here today to
discuss plans for handling the Kan
sas harvest labor rush this summer.
The conference was called by John
G. Crawford, labor commissioner Of
the Industrial court.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
HER GOLD Mine
WAS DEPARTED
five HUBBIES
And Now One Is to Be
Dug Up to See
About It
ASSOCIATED Pressl

Cleveland, May 2.-Acting upon
order Of County Prosecutor Edward
G. Stanton, Coroner Hammond is ,ex-
pected to exhume today the body of
a man buried here to examine 1t for
traces of poison. If the expected re-
suit is found prosecution Of a woman
for a series of murders committed
for $1,000 will follow. The woman
under suspicion is known to have
been married five times an drecently
acquired a sixth husband. Three
husbands, Stanton said, died under
mysterious circumstances.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
DID NOT GO
TO HIS TRIAL
Associated Press1

Okmulgee, May 3.-The arraign-
ment Of Governor J. B. A. Robertson,
Of Oklahoma, on a charge Of accept
ing a bribe for the sanction Of plac-
ing state funds in bank alleged to
have been known to have been In
solvent was set in district court to-
day. At noon his attorneys had
given no indication of an intended
procedure. Robertson remained at
the capital.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
NOT UP TO STATE
Federal Judge Says Industrial Court
Can't Compel

Kansas City, Kan. April 2S.-Men
have the right to quit work when
they please, and. the state Is without
power to inquire into their reasons
for quitting, United States District
Judge John G. Pollock said here In
the course Of hearing In his court,
In which permanent injunction
against the operation of the Kansas
industrial court Is sought by the
United Mine Workers of America.
Judge Pollock's remark was made
during the course of the hearing,
which opened here yesterday, and
was In the form Of a comment on
the contentious Of attorneys.
zone man, or all the men In Kan.
sas, have the right to determine for
themselves under what conditions
they will work." the judge added.
All Of them can quit work II they
want to and the state has no right
o inquire into 1t. No man or body
# men can be compelled to work
lgainst their will"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
PRAISES JUNIOR HIGH
Supt Liston of Neodesha Says II
Keeps Boys in School

lt5cOSlhtcu ETcBbl
Neodesha, May 2.--The Junior
high school as a new unit of the edu-
cational system Is the greatest force
available to keep the boys and girls
Of the seventh, eighth and ninth
grades in school, in the opinion of
v. M. Liston, superintendent Of the
Ne0desha schools. More school pu-
pills drop out of line In these three
grades than any other of the school
system, according to Superintend-
ent iston.
"The Junior high school is valua-
BILE chiefly because 1t arouses the
Of both the school pa.
irons and school administrators and
makes 1t easier for them to accept
the guidance Of rather new but salts
factor1ly demonstrated principles"
Liston said.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
ATTEND RESEARCH COUNCIL

Manhattan, May 3.-Prof. George
A. Dean of the department of en-.
tomology, and Prof. L. e. Call Of the
department of agronomy, Kansas
State Agricultural College, are in
Washington, D. G. attending a meet
ing of the National Research coun-
Gil Professor Dean Is the represen-
tative of the American Association
Of Economic Entomologists on the
National Research Council, and Pro-
fessor Call is here as president Of the
American Association Of Agronomy.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
IN SEVEN DAYS 40 LBS. BUTTER
That Is the Record of Cow In
California
[Associated Press1

IABSOCIHIGU T T6BS1 -
Delavan, Wis, May E3.--4EOfty
pounds; Of butter in seven days is the
production record Just announced for
a California COW by Malcolm H.
Gardner, superintendent of testing
for the Holstein- Friesian Associa-
tiOn Of America. The COW Is Miss
Maggie Ormsby Segis, a registered
Holstein owned by, Fred Hartsook,
Lankershim, Cal. Her milk produc-
tion during the seven days was
644.9 pounds. The test was super
vised by the California Agricultural
College, the California State Asso-
citation and the National Holstein
Association.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
HAMID BEY QUITS POST
Resignation q Protest Against Turk
ish Misrule
(Associated Pressl

Associated PressJ
Adana, Turkey, May 2.-Hamid
Bey, who has been governor Of Gill
cia, the Southern Turkish province,
since its evacuation by the French
troops, has just resigned his post as
a protest against the manner in
which the soldiers of Kemal Pasha
have treated the Christian popula-
ton.
1t has been charged that officers
Of the Turkish Nationalist army and
Turks who have no respect for law
have been rbaming the Armenian
quarters in the cities and towns Of
Cilicia mOlesting women and chill
dren and committing various crimes.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
DISCUSS USE Or WIRELESS
Police Chiefs VIII Meet at San
Francisco
rAssociated Press

San Francisco, May 3.-Use OF
police of wireless telephone and tele-
graph In performance Of their duties
will be one Of the matters discussed
at the 1922 convention Of the Inter.
national Association Of Chiefs of
Police to be held here June 1924.
Chief August vollmer og Berke-
ley, who Is president of the associa-
tion, has arranged program Of
talks and conferences with every
phase Of police work. In addition
to the radio question, the body will
also consider plans for unifying
throughout the nation the work of
criminal detection. The officers will
take up plans Of coping with the
number Of automobile
thefts.
Approximately 5000 delegates are
to attend, according to
Chief Of Police Daniel ]. O'Brien Of
San Francisco, who has charge Of
the local arrangements.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
BARGE LINE WILL RUN
Plan Service From Minneapolis to
the Gulf

Minneapolis, MINI, May B.
Barge line river service from Mime
apolis to the Gulf Of Mexico is as
sured this year, resumption Of traf-
lc by water following many years
of quietude.
At least two, and probably a third
barge line service viii operate with
Minneapolis as its northern termin-
us. One win operate between this
city and Lacrosse. wfs.. and an
other VIII make the trip to New Or
leans.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
LORRAINE MAY
HAVE TO SHOW
THAT SHE CAN
Her Strict Rules for the
Teachers Don't Suit
One Superintendent
Associated Pressl

Topeka. May 3.-State Superin-
tendent Lorraine q. Wooster may
have an opportunity to defend in the
courts her authority to prohibit Kan
sas school teachers from smoking,
playing cards Ond other activities
she opposes, became known here to-
day when the Cimarron superintend-
ent OF schools and the Gray county
attorney conferred with Attorney
General Hopkins and Superintendent
Wooster.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
NEW HOME FOR COURIER
fAaeocIatad Presm1

Waterloo, Ia, May 3.-Purchase
by W. II. Hartman company. pub
Usher Of Waterloo Evening Courier,
Of q modern hreprof building on an
important downtown corner Of this
city, provides the Newspaper with a
home adequate 70 accommodates the
demands which its growth has made.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
FREIGHT RATE
DECREASE IS
BADLY NEEDED.
Farm Conditions De
mand It Says Secre-
tary Wallace
ASSOCIATED Press1

New York, April 29.-Unless
quick reduction Of railroad freight
rates to ''about pre-war levels" or
prices Of agricultural products in
crease sufficient to equal the rate
advance, there will be profound re-
adjustments in agricultural produc-
tion, involving readjustments Of in.
dustries as well, Secretary Wallace
Of the agricultural department de-
clared in an address today before
the New York academy Of political
science.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
GROCER IN THE ICE BOX
But Deaf Man Didn't Know Bandits
Put Him There

Put Him There
Kansas City. May 1.-Two ban
dts entered the grocery store Of ed
Coker, shortly after he opened for
business yesterday morning, held up
the proprietor, clerk and custom
er, obtained $55 and the clerks
overcoat and locked the three in the
icebOx.
After q few minutes an elderly
man, somewhat deaf, entered the
store and stood at the counter wait
ing. ' -
"T'm in the ice box" came Coker's
voice.
"I know it-I'm In no hurry" re-
turned the old man without looking
up.
Again the voice from the ice box.
"Oh, that's all right, go ahead"
said the old man.
After twenty minutes, Coker gain
ed the customers attention to the
plight Of the imprisoned trio and he
released them. The old man wanted
q piece of "twist tobacco"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
TWO TO OPPOSE LITTLE

Rssesll Dyer and Tom Harley Seek
q. o. p. Nomination In Second
Topeka, May 3.-Russsell Dyer,
Of Kansas City, Kan, filed his de-
claration as Republican candidate
for congressman from the second dis
trict with L. J. Pettijohn, secretary
of state, yesterday. Dyer will op.
pose Congressman Ed C. Little, who
is expected to be a candidate for re-
election, and Tom Harley, of Law
renee, who has already announced
his candidacy.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
AUXILIARY WILL BE THERE
ASSOCIATED Press1

Topeka, May 2.-The Kansas de-
partment Of the American Legion
Auxiliary will attend the convention
which was arranged to be held here
May 13 by the Legion, in full force,
according to Miss Emma Hadorn,
state secretary. Action accepting the
invitation Of the Legion to meet at
that time was taken at the state
convention at Salina last weke.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-05-04
EVEN HAD SAME NAMES

Peoria. ILL.,, May 3.-Two babies
born at the same time, at the same
hospital here, i'm adjoining rooms,
and attended by the same doctor
drew the same names, Shirley
Jeanne. unknown to either Of the
mothers.