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V.' f. f toric sot us 3- . 'ST. DICKINSON ,' I COUNTY vni YXXVIII ' .v AMUPCaV KANSAS. THPIUHM MOBMNO. THPHftDAT;. 8HPTHUBKH: ' Wrt 49 CIO II FOR )IT KOW READY NeW Xicultural Pro gram Starts Oper ation :; (Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 7. Prepara tions for advancing more than $1, 000,000,000 In agricultural and live stock credits under recent legisla tion virtually have been completed by the War Finance corporation, of ficials said last night. The corporation probably, will be ready within the next week or bo to act under Its enlarged powers. To expedite the advances execu tive committees are being formed in agricultural and stock raising sec tions of the west and south. They will attend to preliminary details of Applications, making th.e necessary investigations, and determining the adequacy of securities offered. .. Ten or fifteen such committees are be ing formed now and others will be added as the amount of business in the different localities warrants. LEAVE IT TO VERA CRUZ In Matters of Minor Legislation Mexican Stales Are Sovereign (Associated Press) Mexico City, Sept. 7. The fed eral government will not Intervene in an effort to have the Vera Crua legislature modify its law recently passed permitting workmen to share in the profits of any Industry within the state. Secretary of the Interior Calles has made a statement to this effect. , Secretary Calles stated that in such matters the states are sover eign, adding however, that the law is not as drastic as described by its opponents. GERMANY PAYS SOME MORE Payments Through J. P. Morgan & to. loiai ao,vw,vvv r Associated Press) New York, Sept 7. The total of ronnrations money thus far paid by Germany through this center was T.,,t nn to 835.000.000 by the recent deposit of $5,000,000 with J. P. Morgan & Co. for the account of the Bank of England and the Bel gian government. Payments are being made here in acordance with terms prescribed by the Reparations Commission, pri marily because the United States is virtually the only country operating on a gold currency basis and for the equally important reason that "dol lar" or American exchange now is the most valuable and available medium of lnterntlonal remittance. CO-EDS BUILT A HOUSE They Worked Hard But They Did What They Planned (Associate rress) Lansing, Sept. 7. This is the story of the house the co-eds built They shlned shoes in public, at ten cents a shine; they sold lemonade, served lunches, did house work and all manner of things, but they raised a thousand dollars and built the house. M Determination on the part of the co-eds at the Michigan Agricultural College built "The Flower Pot" That Is its- trade name. Literally, it is a "practice house" for senior students in the home economics course. It ranks as one of the two or three campus practice houses in the country. - Clean old papers, this office. 6c a bundle, at MuJCREI Biimiiinniiiiiiiniiimiiiiiiiiiiinniniiinnnnn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiib S aiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiimiiiii"""" iiiiiiimuinw"M""WM"""'E 1! THE CITIZENS BANK II of Abilene "Extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the occa- 3 e e sion. Sir s s In other words, spending must be done with intelligence.' The intelli gent man will also save with care. 1 "The Oldest Established Wig '1 aiVB EM ANIMAL SMQWS PwtiuMMt MwdbMlfi By .:-Ajlma4 Tnlaat .'-..- ' ' London. : Sent-. fcWestni Where the British puUaine&t .sta recently has assumed tAe' appeir nee of the apncch t o-oo. logical garden or animal show, much to the amusement of pasrby and even to.- dignified member' of parlia ment who have pot been able to re sist the temptation to stop and look on. It all came about through the de bate in the house of commons of a bill Intended to prevent cruelty to trained animals. Aroused by charges that . trainers universally employ harsh measures in teaching their animals to do tricks on the stage, the trainers themselves have made a combined assault , on the gates of parliament. Some of them have been admitted to give testimony be fore a committee, but none has suc ceeded in lntrbduclng his animals because of a ban placed by the speaker. This prohibition against bringing animals into parliament has resulted in street performances usually at lunch hour when commoners might most readily be attracted to the spot. COLLEGE BOY AS COOK More Ways Than One to Oet Education (Associated Press) Emporia, Sept. 7-Coektng, sweep ing, sweeping, cdrlng for the baby, and the other duties which ordinar ily fall to the lot of a'domestlc in the private home are about to be es sayed by Hodgin Marsh, of Olathe, Kan., an ambitious freshman boy at the College of Emporia. Desiring an education and without the money to eet It. he set out to work his way and secured this Job as a helper in one of Emporia's households. He win tret his room and board for about twenty-five hours work a week. A third of the students in tle Col lege of Emporia will be working to pay part or an or their expenses through college, the college employ ment bureau has estimated. SPAIN WANTS IT IN 1922 - And England Invites . Press Con gross in 1923 (Associated Press) Honolulu, Sept. 7. Spain has ex pressed a desire that the Press Con gress of the world meet in that country in 1922 while England and Holland haxe extended invitations for 1923. Brazil has Invited the conference to meet there in 1924 and it has been suggested - that if this invitation is accepted, a Pan American congress might be formed to hold biennial sessions. Asia has been suggested as the logical meet ing place for the 1928 congress by the officials of the organisation who have declared they hope to bring a far-eastern press congress into being at that session. LENINE WAKING UP Has Discovered That Capitalism Is a Necessity (Associated Press) London, Sept. 7. In the first number of the new Labor Monthly, Premier Lenlne explains the discov ery of the Soviet government of Rus sia that It could get along without capitalism In some form and why it has compromised .on what it calls "state capitalism." "State capitalism," he says, "Is IneomDarably higher economically than our present economic system that is one point and - secondly there is nothlns: in it that is terri ble for the Soviet government, for the Soviet state is a- state whicn guarantees power to the workers and the poor." Clean old papers, Se a bundle, at this office. Francis Bacon. a Bank in Abilene, Kansas' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESSCREATEST,' NEWS " ! . J . . : J - ! M MM ' 11 START TRIAL OF DR. NIXON Great Bend Killing Is Now in Court (Associated Press) Great Bend, Sept. 7. The prelim inary hearing of Doctor W. A. Nixon charged with murder in connection with the killing of Arthur V. lianta, a young attorney, attracted a crowd to the Barton county court house to dav. Hearing on a carge of high way robbery against Nixon was also scheduled for today. NEWS BY CARRIER PIQEONS Will Be Sent From Convention of United Mine Workers (Associated Press) TnrtianaDolIs. Ind.. Sept. 7. Car rier pigeons are to be used for dls- slmenatlng news of the convention of the United Mine Workers of America here starting Sept. 20. Miners In Nokomls, Hi., nave in formed the international headquar ters here of this novel method of keeping men back home informed of convention proceedings, and the of ficials here assert this is the nrst time that such use of the pigeon has been made In this country. "HUMBUG OF THEOLOGIANS" Sabbatarianism So Described By Clergyman (Associated Press) Pnmhrldee. Ensr.. Sept. 7. Sab batarianism had a very materialistic oripfn. according to Canon Uiaze- brook, well known local clerte. He told the Modern unurenmen a Congress here that the multitude wanted to make sure of one day's holiday a week and the church grad ually gave in to outsiae pressure, xie said it was the ingenious humbug of theologians in difficulties. LOTS OF ROOM FOR HIS VOICE Physician Says Caruso Had Big Throat (Associated Press) London, Sept 7. Dr. William Lloyd, throat specialist, who for many years treated Caruso, writes to the Dally Mall that, comparing him with other great singers, he found the following characteristics of the perfect singing machine. "The most striking feature was the great length of the vocal cords, in Caruso was at least half an inch more than in any other great tenor I have examined." SOME ARE TAKEN BACK Santa Fe Employes Return to Jobs in Groups Topcka, Sept. 7. The 600 men who received notice September 1 to return to work at the Santa Fe shops are reporting for work in groups, W. D. Devenev. superintendent of the shoos, announced last night The last of those taken back will be on the Job by Friday, be said. Lees than one-third of the number originally laid off were caleld back, Mr. Deveney said. He estimated that 1,800 men were laid off. NEW HOTEL FOR NEODESHA Cost of New Five-Story Structure Is Estimated at $150,000 Neodesha, Sept 7. Plans are be ing made for the construction of a new five-story hotel building by Samuel Orloff and associates of New York. The hotel will have fifty rooms and three Urge store rooms on the rroond floor. The site Is on a corner In the heart of the business district The uri V v va5 v wMuvoi estimated cost of the structure 1 GATHERING WORK FOR ECONOMY Imperative Instructions Go to De- partment neads Waxhington, Sept. 7. Imperative instructions for economy in prepar ing the new government estimates for the next flscai year s appropria tions have been given nil depart ment heads, It was said yesterday at the White House. Director of the Budget Dawes discussed the ten-, tative budget with President Hard ing during the Labor day trip on the Mayflower. Mr. Dawes, upon his return yesterday, resumed con ferences with departmental officials In preparation of the new budget. Piroldnnt Harding was represent ed as Insistent upon greatly pared Mtimatea. One of the principal re ductions, it was said, would come In the war department. SAYS HOME IS SACRED PrAuv-utor Will Not Arrest Officer For Shooting Home Wrecker Kansas City, Mo, pepi. . wv elarine "A man's home Is sacred,' Cameron Orr, rounty prosecutor, yesterday announced he would not file charges against Lcroy Leach man, a policeman who' Monday night shot and seriously wounded Archie E5. Bouton. Bouton. according to Jjeacumau, came to Leaehman's home to return a picture of Mrs. Leachman and in quired if the policeman's wife was ready to go to see an attorney and have her marriage annulled. Leachman said Bouton dareu mm to carry out a threat to shoot. Bou ton will recover. HARDING POINTS 'EM OUT Refers to Achievements of Admin istration to Date Washington, Sept. 7. President Harding, in a letter reviewing ino achievements, to date, of the Re publican administration, particular ly with reference to congress, de clares that "surveying the national situation as a whole it is plain that we are working our way out or a welter of waste and prodigal spend ing at a most impressive rate. The letter, made public yesterday, was written by the president, under date of August 29, to Senator Mc Cormlck, of Illinois, and it is under stood will be used in the campaign in New Mexico, where Senator Bur- sum, appointed to fill out the unex pired term of Secretary oi ine inter ior Fall, is a candidate for election. The letter, It also is understood, is considered by Republican leaders as a reply to attacks on the legislative record of the Republican congress by Chairman White, of the Demo cratic national committee, and other leading Democrats. BARBER FOR THE LADIES She's There to Care For Bobbed HairWill Shave Males New York, Sept .. Teh White Star Line has bowed to the call of bobbed hair. Hereafter, on the Olympic, a wo man barber will be carried to care for the shortened tresses of the wo men passengers and to shorten the locks of those who decide to adopt this mode before they larid at New York. The "lady" liarber will also, on occasion, shave the mere male pass engers. The innovation came after protests from men barbers on the Olympic who were driven to dis traction by their women customers. HARDING'S ON A CRUISE (Associated Press) TTaahlnrtnn. Seot 8. President snd Mrs. Hardlnir with a party of friends leave Washington late to day on the Mayflower for a cruise dwo nthe rotomae and Chesapeake Bay, returning Tuesday. Thm Reflector U always glad to - m have mw telephoned to the office ORGANIZATION IN TOE phi RAGE IN FORESTS lOtiA Civ M 1I0 Frnrif of vfim Ja. a 11 iisii as. mmm m s Flame (Associated rress) McGrath, Minn., Sept. 7. Fires burning In the district near Onamla, Hlllman and Jonsdale are reported under coutrol by the State National Guardsmen and citizen volunteers. Fire fightersh in the Bolana section were holding their own although at one place flames covered a five mile front. BIG CLASSES AT RILEY 110 West Pointers Will Attend Cav airy School at Ft. Riley Junction City, Sept. 7. Stay at home orders issued a short time ago, have been countermanded, Brig. Gen. Mahlin Craig, commandant at Fort Riley, announced yesterday, and the largest class in the history of the cavalry school will report for t lie courses commencing September 15. A total of 110 WeHt Point grad uates of the class of 1921, assigned to the cavalry branch of the army, have been ordered to report for the basic course. In addition sixty troop offices and thirty from national guard organi-J zations will come to Fort Riley for training; also twenty-flve field offi cers to tuke the advanced course. DEAD FROM BOXINO BOUT (Associated Press) Kansas City, Sept. 7-Hade "Tiger" Gaulding, 21, died today at the Kan sas City, Kansas, hospital, from in juries supposed to have been received Monday in a six round boxing bout. The county attorney announced a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Joe Wolff, his opponent. BRITAIN ENDORSES IT (Associated Press) Inverness, Scotland, Sept 7. The British cabinet at Its meeting here to day unanimously approved the reply of the government to the last note of Ramon n DeValcra. The heply was handed to Robert C. Barton, Sinn Fein courier, who started for Dublin at 4 o'clock this aftenoon. PARSONS PAPER IS SOLD (Associated Press) Tarsons, Sept. 8. P. T. Foley an nounced the sale of his paper, the Parsons Daily Republican to D. Murlln, for the past three years managing editor of the Tarsons Sun. Mulin takes possession Sept. 15. FIRST TRAIN RIDE AT 88 Omaha, Neb., Sept. 7. Riding on a train for the first time In his life, Silas Hunt, 88, of Hayes Center, Nb., went to the Nebraska state fair at Lincoln yesterday. At the name time Hunt saw his first air plane. Hunt came to Nebraska six ty years ago, driving an ox team. t KANSAS CITY MARKETS 1 (Associated Pressl Kansas City, Sept 7. Cattle re ceipts 10.500, beef steers steady to 15c lower, top $9.40, grassers $4.00 tj $6.80, yearling heifers $8.75, prac tical top vealers $9.50. Hogs Receipts 5.000, .10c to 40c lower, early; late bids 75c to 90c lower, top $8.75. bulk $7.50 to $8.65. Wheat and Coir Csh wheat No. 1 herd $1.21 to ci vn No. 2 S1.20 to $129; No. 1 red 11.35. No. 2 $134. Sept wheat $1.1W. Dec. $1.23, May $1.29. Sept. corn 42Hc. Dec. 46c, May 51 e. PITTSBURQ A LEADER SMwft BJggetr Banfe CJeasriag For " Flttseursv 8lt--.7- WMl J?U, la- burg Jed the) entirs'UUety-fsr $ltieeC In the tenth tedemii reserve awtnui In July, ranking; third In the entire United Btatee on favomble showins; of bank cleariugs, the-August report of the local clearing, house six banks shows- that bank transac tions for the month were 2fi,18S greater than In July. The lufrost report showing th clearings of last month were $192, -104.65 less than those -of August, 192012.555,250.60 and $2,363v 055 respectively, according to a chamber of commerce bulletin. ABANDON SHRIMP DANCE Picturesque- Custom Replaced! Modern Machinery (Associated Press) New Orleans, Sept 7. Due to the Inroads of modern machinery, ,,rce 0f $1.12 for lire proofcrs and the "shrimp dance," one of the l'$i.io for brick layers against a for tiiresoiie bits of routine that for mif nauriy rttu of $1.25 was fixed years has marked the work on thewan nfrect8 fifty thousand men. shrimn-drylng platforms along the s Louisiana south coast, this year goes into the lumber-room for memories, to join other quaint customs of by gone years.-' - Machinery hereafter will "chuck" the sun dried shrimps. To the tourists who have veutured down, into the wilderness of lowly ing marshes, where the Bhrlmp plat forms gather In the cargoes of the trawlers, the "shrimp dance1 has even been a colorful memory. GOT DRESSED FOR FIGHT Burglar Waited on Youth, The "Shot It Out" With Him Wichita, Sept. 3. Harry Pray. 17, said he saw a burglar in hb back yard when he arrived home last night. Fearing he would be at a disadvantage In a "brush" wear ing his palm beach suit, he went to his room, donned a dark suit wnne Ha aix'nmilinilHilnor burclar Waited. nn,l then shot it out with htm. The , - was the neighborhood's repose. HELD UP ANOTHER TRAIN (Associated Press) Texarkana, Sept T. Arrests are expected late today In connection with the holding up of the Kansas Sitv Southern northbound train No. 2 last night and the looting of the mall car, seven miles south of this dtv. Officers claims to bate inror oiation which they conslderTOTffi1 cient to warrant arrests id event they can locate a quartette of veil known young men. Vr TOWN IS ON FIRE cAasoclated Press) Rhinelunder, Wis., Sept. 7-Buhdy, a mill town In Lincoln county, was on fire early today. A small mill and several other buildings and several million feet of lumber was burning. The town is without fire protection. COTTON TOOK A JUMP (Associated Press) New Orleans, Sept. 7. The most sensational exhibition of strength in the history of cotton trading was given on the New Orleans Exchange tAdnv when all months in iuture market opened $10 a bale over yes terilav's close. The advance was In sympathy with one of the widest advances ever scored In the Liverpool market but back of the Liverpool rise was fear of consequences from the short crop of this season. Clean old papers, 5e bundle, at tbl' office. Vb Help You With Your Accounting We furnish you with check books containing check ' stubs. Learn to use them. Keep track of your bank ac count on these stubs. It is as simple as the simplest problem in addition and subtraction. By keeping the stubs right up to the minute you can avoid the embar rassment of overdrawing your account. It is always a good idea to know where you stand and not merely guess. The Abilene LAMEST CIRCULATION ' . INIWbV'.V-. COUNTY, WM WAGE , jiRADE HXEl) Cfucago GeU Arbitra tion Decision from Larvdu (Assoatated Press) Chlcaot Sept. 7. Building trades workers were given slight decreases and new working rules were set up In the arbitration decision Judge Hindis handed down today. The ae- I alaUM An A M (...A turrit aIbIam an.naff fht-ftgrn tcrritnrv ta all rontrnrllnir firms and according to contractors and union men, opened the way of a renewal of millions of dollars worth) of construction. A top JAPS SENT MONEY HOME Associated Press) lleuoiulis, T. II., Sept. 7. Japan ese residents of the Honolulu post effiee district returned fl-,011,-D3&.8& to Japan during the last fis cal year by International postal money orders, the annual report of the postmaster here revealed when it was made public, recently. This sum is an increase of $341, 281.89 over the amount sent to Japan in the previous fiscal year and Is the largest sum ever sent to Japan In one year with the excep tion of the 1017 flscai period when $1,108,038.80, were dispatched. The 1910 remittance decreased be cause of the sugar plantation strike In which many Japanese participat ed. The total that year being only 1770,056.94. WILL ADD AIRPLANE SERVICE (Associated Press) Sydney, New South Wales, Sept. 7. The Australian postal depart ment Intends to install wireless and airplane mall service to the now In accessible-portions or central, nonn west and northern Austrlla and to the other Islands controlled by the commonwealth Just as soon as it is possible to obtain material from overseas, postal officials. have an nounced. -DOMINOES FOR 28 YEARS Four Men, One 94, Have Played Every Day (Associated Press) Rlverhead, N. Y., Sept. 7. Four men In this town have been playing dominoes every day for 28 years and they say It will take at least ten more years to determine which pair of them excels In the game. Georgo W. Cooper, who is 94 years old and never felt more chip per, Is the senior of the quartet. He always opposes Zophar M. Wood hull, 84 years old. They select their partners from two compara tive youngsters, Howard Sanford 72, and Klsworth Benjamin, 69. MEXICO HONORS HER HEROES (Associated Press! Mexico City, Sept. 7. Exercises similar tto those held by the United States, Great Britain and France for an "unknown soldier" will take place In Mexico City this month when a monument to an "anony mous Insurgent" will be unveiled as one of the feature of the centen nial celebration. National Bank 3f ainrnmnnuinrainunnnnuniuinuiirniuniuHHiiuHiHiiiniiiiimuinunn s fjitmiirmnnnumminnnninniniimmiimmnmmHiiuinnrmiHiinnnnrnniic 1150,000. phone 93.