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gF) ii wrato kcte Jt . ' - MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS GREATEST NEWS GATHERING ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD t " ' ABILUNB. KANSAS, THPBSDAY MORNIXU. T1UK8UAY. DKUBMBBK 15, Xi VOI XXXIX - . ----------------a-a-a-a-a--------------np-Wp . - - ' ' . I, , - , , , , . , . ' " - I STATE TROOPS ORDERED OUT TO PRESERVE PEACE Sheriff Calls on Allen to Send the National Guard at Once (Auooiatsd Pnn Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 14. SUte troops are coming to the Kansas coal fields again. Sheriff Milt Gould called on Governor Allen today for aid after finding himself powerless to stop the women rioters around the mines and after seven local unions had called on him " for protection. The sheriff said he was unable to give it without assistance. Two blasts wrecked a steam shovel early today. Topeka, Dec." 14. All National Guard organiatlons in the state, aoout 2,000 men in all, have been ordered to nut themselves In readi ness to entrain for the Pittsburg coal field. Colonel Milton B. McLaln, in charge of the adjutant general's office, said orders would be Issued today sending .five or six companies to tfe? coal field at once " " ' : 1 ' Among the units of the Kansas Ka toinal Guards ordered to prepare themselves for entrainment to the coal fields include the cavalry for merly at Abilene. Columbus, Kan., Dec. 14. Alexan der Howat is angry at the operations of the marching women and said the men desiring to work should not be forcibly prevented. HORSE COMING BACK 3,000 More Used This Year in Chi cago Than Last Associated Press Chicago, Dec. 13. The horse is coming back in the big cities, accord ing to Wirth S. Dunham of Wayne, 111., president of the Horse Associa tion of America. "There has been a tremendous change in public opinion in favor of the horse," Mr. Dunham said. "Chi cago is using 3,000 more than last year. Philadelphia shows an increase of 25 per cent, and in New Yorf also the horse has made gains." There is great need for production of better horses, Mr. Dunham noted. When a woman attempts suicide, she nearly always calls for help. Best for Curing Meats mm, Pi FREE FREE FREE A 25-ft sack CRYSTAL ROCK SALT free to any farmer present ing coupon attached when proper ly signed to BEN KESSINGER, Abilene, Kas. COUPON Void after Feb. 1 Received from Ben Kessinger One 25-tb sack Crystal Rock. Meat Salt Signed One sack to a customer) THE CITIZENS BANK of Abilene . We offer you all that a thoroughly modern Banking institution can offer you in co-operation, safety and service The Oldest Established II -A1-1....-L ! L .L.. I. . I - I AT COAL MES MORE CRIMINALS THAN BEFORE 9,925 More Prisoners in 1920-21 Than Year Before Associated Preaa London, Dec. 13. Lower wages, and a craze for luxurious living are held accountable by English prison governors for many present-day crimes in a report made by them to the Home Office. , Although crime has dwindled con siderably during the past 20 years, the number of prisoners for the year 1020-21 was 40,712, or 0,825 more than in the previous year.. The re port, however, states that "so small an increase in a year in which there has been much unemployment and industrial unrest Is noteworthy." WANTED TO FIGHT FOR U. S. Arctic Adventurer Tried to Enlist About Four Years Too Late 'Associated Press Nome, Alaska. Dec, 18. An Arctic adventurer, B. D. Seaman, sailed into Nome from the frozen north this month, and not knowing that the war I 1.1.1 i ..til . 1. 1 . . ll lu.J I was over, tnea to eniist iu in Ameri can army so he could fight in France. Seaman said he had been three years getting to Nome from the Coro nation Gulf country, which lies far east on Canada's Arctic coast, and during his Journey had received no news from the outside world. He left the gulf, he declared, in October, 1918, when he first heard the United States had entered the war. Seamafl was formerly a member of the then Royal Northwest Mounted Police. GIVES SHIPPING BOARD ASSETS 987 Ships Out of 1,740 Are Tied tip From Running (Associated Press! Washington, Dec. 13. Assets of the United States Shipping Board and Kmergency Fleet Corporation as of last June 30 are given as $3,070, 509,518 iu the report of the board for (lie fiscal year 1921, made public to day. Ships owned and controlled numbered 1,740 on that date and the number tied up was 087, represent ing about 48 per cent of the total tonnage. ' The principal item of assets of the board as given in "a consolidated balance sheet" is $2403,060,511 for expenditures-on purchases, construc tion and reconditioning "owned ves sels available and in process." Plants and property are listed at $83,808, 037 and construction of an improve ment to housing projects and trans nnrratlon facilities at $17,878,708, making total "capital assets" of $2,- 505.347,258. TWO DEAD MYSTERY Young Huband and Wife Found Mur dered in Their Home Decorah, la., Dec. 14. Charles Van Brooklin, aged 21, and Mrs. Van Brooklin, aged 18, were snot to death in their home near Frankvine, Sunday. The bodies were discover ed late Sunday afternoon by a neighbor. The slayer had used a shotgun. SHERIFF GROWN SINCE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Associated Press Great Bend, Dec. 14. Sheriff Sam Ilill declares he made the discovery that he has been growing some, I when he dug up his old service unl- form used in 98 when he was a mem ber of the 21st Kansas -infantry, iwith a view "perhaps" to encasing himself therein for the regimental reunion at Hutchinson, December 10. "Was only half way in and the uni form was chuck full," remarked the sheriff, who asserted that when a soldier he weighed 135 pounds as compared with a dainty 275 now. Bank in Abilene, Kansas" Made National Chaplain By American Legion at Kansas City The fighting instinct which' won for the Rev. Earl A. Blackman, the newly elected national chaplain of the American Legion, the title of the "Fighting Parson' of the Thirty Fifth" during the World war, has atood him well In hand since he came back to his peace-time vocation as pastor of the First Christian cnurcn at Chanute. Enlightenment gatnea in his war service created new jaeas as to the scope of religious activities. The new planks he inserted in the church's platform created consiaer- able opposition. But thus far the "fighting parson" has won. "We have never had dancing In the church," he said. "The main reason being that we have no suitable room for It. I do not favor the use of the sanctuary In the church for any pur pose other than worship, but believe the church could well have a dancing floor in a building adjacent to the church, or iu the same building; also billiard tables, social" and card rooms if they seemd to be required to meet the social needs. Mr. Blackman's church has a mo tion picture mpchlne, for use in con nection with services. Indications are that his policy is popular. The career g Hie Reyt Mr. Black man has been diversified. He was born In Kendallvllle, Ind., Oct. 2, 1882 Oil a farm and received a com mon school education. He studied steam and machine designing in Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; followed engineering and electrical work ln eluding firing a locomotive; assistant engineer on a steam yacht in New York harbor; chief engineer of an in terurban power house in northern In diana and worked in an automobile factory at Kokomo, Ind. These activ ities overlapped some with farming and going to college where he earned his -own way. While attending the University 01 Kansas he helped pay expenses by evangelistic singing, preaching, run ning a traction engine In the wheat fields, private boxing lessons and sell ing automobiles. Mr. Blackman was ' commissioned first lieutenant and chaplain and was mustered into federal service August 5, 1917. He saw a year's service overseas. After the armistice was signed, Mr. Blackman challenged any chap lain in the, A. E. F. to a boxing bout under auspices of the Y. MC. A. The challenge was accepted by Chaplain Rexroed of the 91st division. All arrangements were made but the bout was stopped by the "G. H. Q." It was overseas that he gained the title of "The Fighting Parson" because of his activities as boxer and nosing referee. Due to the opposition within his church to his policy on amusements, Mr. Blackman once each year has submitted his resignation. Last spring it was rejected for the third time and a raise in salary was voted him. This ho declined to accept, however, stating that he made money in addi tion to his salary by refereeing box ing bouts, His new duties as nation al chaplain will not Interfere with his pastorate. WALKED IN HER SLEEP Mrs. Sarah Lahr Fell Down Stairs on ner iour Mrs. Sarah Lahr fell down a flight of about twenty steps lii her home on East Enterprise street this morn ing about 1 o'clock. Her right wrist was broken and she received Inter nal injuries. It is thought that one of her ribs is broken. Her face and hands were scratched and her body bruised. She Is about 70 years old and runs a rooming house. She has for the last few , mouths been troubled by walking in her sleep. This morning she slipped on a rug at the top of the stairs and fell. She did not know that she was injured until some of the roomers picked her up and she saw her hand was badly swollen. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiihmii ALADDIN'S LAMP 1 a Savings Account Aladdin had only to rub his lamp, and the genii has tened to make his wishes come true. But this was a fairyland story and the man who waits today for wishes to come true lags far behind the man who systematically saves part of his earn ings for future use. This bank offers a good place to start a Savings Account. FART.1ERS' NATIONAL BANK ABILENE, KANSAS STATE WILL COST PEOPLE .1 NIKE f,EU0N Kansas Expense Are Highest in History for Fiscal Year AsaoelftUd Press Topeka. Dec V- Expenditures of the ststtf government for the year ending July 1 mke a grand total of all boards, commissions, executive departments,' pontol, charitable and educational institutions of $9,936, 335.42, State Auditor .Turner an nounced today.. ( MANY COUNTIES OET AID Barton and Rice Lost Their Federal . Aid Cash AssooUted Press Topeka, Dec. 14. Withdrawal of federal road aid from Barton and Rice counties totuling $405,735 and grantal of aid to Crawford, Wyan dottet Finney 'and Browu counties aggregating $511027 was announced yesterday by thejstate Highway Com mission. .j.a ...... , Because of legal obstacles create by a recent decision of the state su preme court, the highway commis sion decided toN'ccall $331,245 from Barton county, so that It may be used in relieving unemployment in counties ready to proceed with tne work. Crawford county is granted $109, 200 to complete surfacing of the mil itary road across that county. Wyandotte county is allotted $55,- 300 for surfacing 4.04 miles on the Fort-to-Fort highway. v mi exeepvL,,. a delightful party Thursday after tion of one mile, llhis highway Is now entirely financed from Kansas City to Topeka, according to M. W. Watson, state highway engineer. Finney county is to receive $90, 000 and Brown county $2,427. The commission ordered that four grade crossings in Jefferson county which have been the scene of sev eral fntal accidents, be eliminated at once. OPERATE ON BANDIT Roy Gardner Has a Sentence ot 75 Years Before Him Phoenix, ArfB., Dec. 14. Roy Gardner, twice convicted mail rob ber, whose trial here on a charge of obblng a mail car at Maicopa, Ariz., resulted in a hung jury Sunday, pleaded guilty Monday to a chargo ot attempting to rob a mail car here and niuiniihliii, Unpninn V Tnilorl I ml. mull 11.1.1(1 Till I"'.. U.uu a. . - - -1 . 11, clerk, in charge of the car. Judge ' 1 '"' presided er William H. Sawtelle immediately sen- l'.v its president, Mrs. Lva 1- llppo. tenced Gardner to twenty-live years' After a successful business meeting in the federal penitentiary at Leav- a soclnl hour was spent, several in en worth, Kan. s.ru.iicn.al select ms were rendered It Is understood the prison author!- the piano. At - the close of the ties will be requested to have an oner-1 11 '""l" '1"' , CT atlon performed on Gardner's skull to by !' hosted. 1 he meeting ad n tho nroonm which the .le- join lied to meet wllh Mrs. (ceil III remove tne pressure wnicn tne ue fense claims caused Gardner to com mit his crimes. Gardner now faces a total of seventy-five years' Imprisonment for sentences Imposed upon him for rob bing the malls. POLICE SAVE LIQUOR Frustrate Robbery of 180,000 Quarts After 5,500 Cases Had done Baltimore, Md., Dec. 14. After 5,- 600 cases of whisky had been talieju from the warehouse of the Canton distilleries, Fourth avenue and Clin ton street and loaded on motor trucks, police of the east district, an swering a riot call, Saturday night frustrated a robbery of 180,000 quarts of liquor. Three trucks carrying 3,300 cases of the liquor had left the warehouse when the nollce arrived and all ronds j aMryland and. nearby states arc being searched for them. GOSSIP OF SOCIETY 4 liiMUlaiiiitsi w T Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Towne, a UUUKUtrr, ohmiiub'i inuun vi 1 .. t. a., a-. TuAmHAM 1 ft Marriage License Otto Gottschalk, Hope Lauretta Vera Fischer, Hope, 10 Amess-Sottong Miss Dixie Aniens and Mr. George Sottong were united In marriage Frl- day morning at 8 o'clock at the, Sacred Heart church at Sallna. Both are well known In Abilene and will make their home here. I The story has drifted back 1,0m from Ohio about the family that was touring to and down In Missouri was told that must not fall to stop at Sand,aay by Pre8S- ., . ... . 1.11 .. eAl springs out near aouvuv, " o the tourists thought eagerly of the coming treat They started late from Kansas City but spurred by the thought of a luxurious resort hotel at Sand Springs ptisueu mrougn me dust and heat, counting on stopping, George F. Morehouse, of Topeka, over a day at least at the longed for 'secretary of the club, announces that resting place. Late at night they hur- manuscripts may be mailed to him ricd through Abilene and at last 'utu January 10. reached Sand Springs. They laugh year the short story prize about It yet. went to a literary partnership, an editor and his wife, and the award Queer Wedding This for the best poetlcul production went The announcement of tne Si"f ge.to professor of journalism Secre of Miss Sue Caruiody, club editor of tnry MorehoUse believes sbme one the Topeka Capital, and Mrs. H. Lee hhould try to boat the Journalists this Jones, also of Topeka will bd recslv- year. ed with Interest In Sallna, where the ! . . brltfe is Known 10 tne ciuu wuuicu the city, having retorted to Fifth District meeting of the Federation held here in October .-Sulina Union. xxr c . w.in- Kansas Women Entertained Mrg j R Wilson was the hostess noon, given at her home, 1510 Fort Stockton drive, In honor of Mrs. J. j M. Glelssuer of Abilene, Kan., and Mrs. T. E. Dewey of Topeka, former- ly of Abilene. Those present, beside the fionnr, guests, were Mrs. Ursula Davidson, Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. V. Carpen- ter, Mrs. Althea Anderson, Mrs. O. McClellan and Miss Dora Fisher, all former residents of Abilene; Mrs. II. C. Ise of Lawrence, Kan.; Mrs. F. . Barnard, 'Mrs. I. K. Lamb, Mrs. H. J W. Hall. Mrs. C. H. Earle, Mrs. Nor-1 ton Langford, Mrs. F. K. Liiuiley and Mrs. Sidney Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Glelssuer and Mrs. Dewey and son are visitors in the city. ,Snu Diego, Calif., Union. Mrs. Agnes Whltehalr delightfully entertained the members of the Gold- t'l Belt Social club Thursday niter- Whileluiir Thursday, December lu. A full attendance-desired as it will be elect 'on of officers in the club, Chairmen Appointed .Mrs. J. It. Krcgar, president of the Fifth District of Kansas Federa tion of Women's Clubs has appointed the following committee chairmen : History Mrs. May Belleville Brown, Snllnn. Art Mrs, J. R. Johntz, Abilene. Scholarship Loan Mrs. J. V. Scott, Ilerington. dvics Miss Alice Stratton, Clay Center. Conservation Mrs. I'M Armold, Chapman. Civil Service Mrs. John V. Hep ler, Washington. Education Mrs. Grace Snyder, Salina. Home Economies Mrs. V. V. Akin, Zeandale. Industrial and Soclnl Conditions Mrs. George Thatcher, Waterville. Legislation Mrs. Mattie T. Kim ball, Manhattan. Music Mrs. J. Abbic Clarke no gan, Junction City. Library and Library Extension Mrs. J. T. Willard, Manhattan, Public Health and Social Hygiene Mrg. K. B. Albaugh, Concordia. Americanization Mrs. Julia E. Kuster, Enterprise. Club Extension Mrs. Raymond Green, Concordia. Auditor Mrs. William Rumold. 1 Parliamentarian Mrs. J. D. Rld- dell, Sallna. Plan a Holiday Party The entertainment committee ofl the Country club is planning a big holiday party for all the clnb mem-' bers at the club house Christmas week. It promises to be one or the largest of the club's social affairs." Mrs. C. G. Relber of Junction City announces the engagement and ap proaching marriage of her elder daughter, Helen, to Mr. Herbert H. Brunsworth of Carlton, Mo., which will take place Saturday, December 17. The Beibers formerly resided at Abilene. DIED OF LOCK-JAW Rutty Nail In Foot Fatal to Miss At I frads O'Msckt I Great Bend, Dec. 10. Miss Alfreds O'Macht, 19, of near Albert, this county, died of lock-jaw while being brought to a local hospital for treat ment Friday. Several days ago while walking in the yard at her home the girl stepped on s rusty nau. Lockjaw developed Thursday. FOUND HIS STOLEN DOG Q- "unt2 f1Del -Al Hair Gone From Tail "Queen," the English setter owned by Marshal Henry rJugle that has . ' .t . t montn. 0 has beeu located. The dog was loaned to three men about three months ago I who took her for a prairie chicken hunt near Kinsley. The men stopped at a store In Kinsley to get something :to eat and tied the dog to the car. When they returned the dog was gone, uarus were issueu 10 of the state ana a reward ot ao wm offered. Mr. Bngle received word this morning from the marshal of Kinsley saying the dog was found and that all the hair on the tip of the tall was gone, meaning that she had been hunted a great deal, une nas oeen in stolen aU the time she was gone. She ,9 valued at r,00 Bnd wu, arrive to- " $200 FOR BEST POEM rash nrlioa of $200 are offered by thn Kansas Authors' club. $100 for (,the bC8t noem of the year written by Kansan. and $id0 for the best 1021 ghort gtory Dy a foment of this state, - 4 FTTPD5 TO CANTA CLAUS LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS , .j I Dear Santa Ciaus: I want a little I .., wh, .nd - -crew driver. Bluest. Your little friend Dwlght llear Sauta Ciaug: please bring me n utt,e dol doll carrmge and a coat, (ai)(j nllJ cap f()r my ,iolI. Dorothy Blaesl. Deat, ganta: Since I have been a poo(1 boVi pieage bring mo a knife, 8,C(J a balli norse on wheels, a lot of camiy. t would like to have a ,.uam on my knife. Your friend FranPg nines!. r..ar Santa: Mease bring me a if ttlc stove and a set of dishes with lots of popcorn and candy.- -Dorothy Lahr. Dear Santa Clans; Mease will you send me sonic of your toys. I want a pocket knife, a watch ami a Christ mas tree for our house. John Lahr. Dear .Santa: Mease bring me a dully, some pans, a toy high chair, a picture book and some candy. Wlluia Lahr. Dear Santa Clans: I would like to have a kulfe, a sled, a watch, a B-B gun and an aeroplane for Christmas. Your friend Robert Reynold Coffen I'crgcr. KANSAS CITY MARKETS Associated lrean Kansas Cily, Dee. 14. Cattle 7, 000, beet steers 2.rc higher, top $8.25, bulk $0.2.r to $7.50, cows and heifers strong, $3.B0 to $4.23, best grades $4.50 to $5, few heifers $7.75. 8,000, We to 15c higher, top $0.85, bulk $0.55 to $0,SQ. Christmas Money BY joining our CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB now you will soive your Christmas finan cial problem for next year. Small weekly deposits that you will never miss can be made to amount to as much . as $250 by Christmas, 1922. Anyone may join and everyone is welcome. Interest at 3 if payments are . made regularly, or in advance. ABILENE I1ATI0IIAL BANK - . ... FOUR POWERS SIGN TREATY FOR PACIFIC Fight on Ratification by Senate Threatened ' by LaFolIette Associated Press Washington, Dec. 13. Represen tatives of the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan affixed their signatures formally to the new four power treaty, which now requires only the ratification by the bodies authorized by the laws of the four powers concerned to take such action. It Is expected President Harding will transmit the treaty to the senate very shortly. Senator LaFolIette an nounced today he would do aU In his power" to preyept ratification, ... . ,. The treaty contains a reservation by America that It Is not considered to bind any nation In questions 01 domestic policy nor as regards the policy of the United States toward the mandated islands in the Pacific. A written agreement has been drawn stating that the treaty is not bind ing on this country until a separate' treaty between Japan and the United States settltlng the Tap controversy la signed. MARK BATTLEFIELD "Here the invade? Was Driven Back, 1918," Say Boundary Stones Paris, Dec. 14. Among the cere monies to celebrate Armistice Day In France was the Inauguration of the first of the commemorative boundary stones which the Touring Club of France Is going to place at the points on all roads of France where they cross the line of the battlefront of 1018. These stones are In the form of a four-sided truncated pyramid with a pollu's helmet on top, crowned with laurels. On the sides aro grenades from which more laurels spring, and the principal side, facing the road bears the inscription, in French, "Here the invader was driven back, 1018." This first commemorative stone was Inaugurated at Chauteau-Thlerry, by a representative of the Minister of War, in the presence of the mili tary attaches of all Allied countries. ROADS WOULD TRY GENERAL DROP IN RATES Reed of Kansas Is Op posed to Plan to Sus pend Gov't Order tAaaoclatod Press Washington, Dec. 14 Speaking for nil the railroads iu the country, Al fred Thorn asked the Interstate com merce commission to suspend for six months the order for a rnte reduc tion on grain and hay In the west and allow the railroads to try a gen eral 10 per cent reduction on farm products. Clyde Reed of Kansas op- posed the request. , i DJ(5) annnrawmmiittrraH