Concordia Blade-Empire from Concordia, Kansas • Page 1

I I. I 1 VOL. XXI. NO. 200.

CONCORDIA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1923. 16 CENTS PER WEEK r3 SOCIETY CAN'T REST EASY YEAR OF RAILWAY PROGRESS BASEBALL FOR EVELYN NESBIT liEAR DEATH Pneumonia May Claim Former' Wife of Harry Thaw FAMILY OF SIX STRANDED HERE ALLIED DEMAND CAUSES TURKS TO LEAVE HALL INCOME BLANKS BEING MAILED TO TAXPAYERS 27 Roads Will Spend Over in 1923 CHICAGO, Jan. 6 Indications of record expenditure by the nation's railroads for new equipment and improvements for the current year were pointed out today by the Railway Age which stated that it had information that 27 roads plan to spend more than $350,000,000. The 1923 budget included New York Central $29,000,000 in addition to $54,000,000 in contracts all ready let; ennsylvania system, Union Pacific Rock Island, $15,000,000.

1923 LICENSES FOR MOTOR CAR TO EXCEED 1922 The force at the county treasurer's office has been busy this re ceiving applications for motor license tags. The work started Tuesday morninz when application No. 1 was Chicago Wants to Know About McCor. mlck-Krenn Marriage Plana CHICAGO, Jan. 6.

Society of Chicago still Is speculating on the possibility of the marriage of Edith Rockefeller McOormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, to Edwin Krenn, young Swiss architect. Chauffeurs employed by Chicago's society leaders and who congregate where Mr. Krenn keeps his small car, set 12 at tho Aaio nf tha Both Mrs. McCormlck and Mr.

Krenn continued today to evade newspapermen. HELLO GIRLS WON'T ANSWER FIRE QUERIES No longer will Concordia's Hello Girls answer queries as to the loca tions of fires, if plana of the city councilmen and Mayor Milliions are carried into effect. Mr. Millirons broached the subject I Family Heads Have $2,500 Exemption on Incomes Under $5,000 WICHITA, Jan. 6 Income tax forms for individuals income last year was between $1,000 and $5,000 are now being mailed to taxpayers by internal revenue collectors.

Filings rniiat be made before March 15. Exemptions remain the same as during 1921, according to information contained In the forms. For married persons whose income' was less than there will be an exemption of $2,500 and an additional $400 for each dependant supported by the taxpayer. Unmarried persons may claim exemption if their income did not exceed, 'f any unmarried person has a dependant whose support is mainly from the activity of the person claiming exemption, $400 per person is allowed, as in the case of married persons. Defining '-Dependants" Dependants, according to the regulation, must be under the age of IS years, or incapable of self support because of some disability, physical or mental.

Form 1040A will be used by all persons making returns if their incomes did not exceed $5,000. internal reven ue collectors say Persons whose in-1 ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 6. Evelyn Nesbit, former wife of Harry K. Thaw, who in 1906 shot and killed Stanford White on the roof of Madison Square Garden, is in a private hospital here, critically ill of pneumonia.

Her phy-scian said her condition was so serious that' no visitors except her 12 year old son, Russell Thaw, are allowed to visit her. MURDER NEGRO OVER GRAVES OF THREE OTHER SUMNER, Jan. 6. Handed over to a mob when it appeared that a racial clash was imminent, an unidentified negro apparently aged CO years was shot to death at Hosewood this morning over three newly made graves containing the bodies of three negroes killed in the battle at Rosewood Thursday night. The negro was taken to the scene of the first outbreak Thursday night and questioned by his captors.

He admitted, it was said, he had been in the barricaded house and had taker, refuge in a swamp when the negroes escaped. ROSEWOOD, Jan. 6. A negro answering the description of Jesse Hunter, search for whom here Thurs day night resulted in a clash between negroes and white men in which 6 were killed, is under arrest, Sheriff Ellas Walker said th(s afternoon. 33 STATE BANKS SINCE MAY 1919 Associated Press muiau.ij game was forfeited to his team.

Coon-night, in connection with discussion ev of Mavett(l brought suit to collect of the use by the public of the tele- the 60 cent share. tne room- developed Tllo court's decision says: that this talk-instrument is often used "The contract was a wager upon When Someone wants a City policeman, results nf the irame Whether nr lint issued to John Mallnry. on a Buh-k of their plight, and the roadster, and has continued steadily mrmbrs nf the family with a good since that day. dinrer and left four! enough for the A total of 140 applications had been, evenlni meal Mr. Sheeiev.

Santa Fe sent in Fridav night. Wednesday wa-- agent, said they could remain in the tho bigeest day in this line to date. Nation until 5 o'clock when it closes. 7G annlications having been reeeved on jTen it will bo up to the citv to care that day. This mark will probably them until the father.

wlios- name beaten today by the Saturday Hedges, and who is a railroad track- Altho a number of counties, hoast-jman, can find emnloynieiit. ing fewer motor vehicles than Cloud. The plight of the children especial- have fitted up a separate office un-1 to handle this work, tho motor license come during 1922 amounted to nioreder the direction of an extra deputy work is being done here bv the boy of 18 months. Wilbur, the oldest, ar force at the treasurer's who looks only 5 or 6 vears in- Which reminds us that the county treasurer's office handled over a mil- floor with a rubber bull. Max chewed lion dollars worth of business in on dry bread crusfs.

and new a-u! thn at. a cost of $'300 for salaries. was given a drink of water from a tin applications were issued for Meanwhile the mother was t-y-3328 automobiles. 191 trucks, 12 motor- 'ng to wash the children's faces and cycles and 29 dealers, a total -of ban-Is at a hydrant, but found it too apnlications. 'it is exnected that rold for the youngsters.

Mrs. Hedges TOPE.T.A, Jan. 6. Thirty-three tiUed an exemptln on amoimts up banks, with an aggregate captial of to 500 person actually $1,005,000 have failed in Kansas sine supportg and maintains in one house-May 26, 1919, the day on which tho hold one or more lmljvlaal3 who are Kansas State Bank of Sallna closed cloaeiv connected with him bv blood its doors, according to a report com- rointinnshin kv mai-Hum than will file their statements i upon form 1040-, which will soon be ready. Form 1010A are now in the mails to all individuals who filed sin; ilar reports for 1921.

Bad debts, contributions to charity, losses and deductions for business expenses may be subtracted from the amount on which income is to be paid, instructions sao. The forms explain these exempMnns specifically. Exemptions for Unmarried A man or woman need not to be married to be classed in the returns cd lm rt lif.nao" nml on. adoption" Is entitled "to all the of a married man or woman the returns. Thel.a are two pages of instructions form 1040a, two more pagea tor whlch are tt be maUe(, t0 internal revenue collectors and a third o( tw0 pnges on which duplicate figureg ion the information mailed should be kept by the taxpayer, MEN'S TRAINING CLASS MEETS IN 40-60 PERCENT HELD GAMBLING Supreme Court Declares Same Rule Applies to Any Other Sport TOPEKA, Jan.

6 An agreement the winner of a baseball game or any other sporting contest Is to receive the largest portion of the gate receipts is considered gam bling by the Kansas state supreme court, and Kansas courts cannot be used to collect the money. This was brought out in a decision today in a suit by Charles Oooney, manager of the Mayetta Indian baseball club against Lou Hauck, manager of the Valley Falls club. The winner of a game between th two teams was to take 60 per cent of the receipts. The score was to 4 in Mayetla's favor when a Valley Falls baserunner was called out nml the umpire was chased from the field. The Valley Falls manager retained the entl'ra on the gTOUnd that tne it was forbidden, by the statutes mak ing it a misdemeanor to bet upon the result of any game of skill or chance, whether with dice, cards or other it was against public policy and the courts not lend their aid to its enforcement." TORTURE RACKS USED IN MURDER LOUISIANA MEN Associated Press BASTROP, Jan.

6 Dr. Charles W. Duval and Dr. John A. Lanford, pathologists, in a report submitted at today's session of the opening hearing of masked band depredations in Morehouse Parish, expressed the opinion that the bodies of Watt Daniels and Fletcher Richards were subjected to some "specially constructed devices designed for inflicting punishment.

Hl'SBAND KILLER WILL HANG Reprieve Plea Fails For London Woman and Male Companion LONDON, Jan. 6. (A. P) The British home office Friday declined to grant a reprieve in the cases of Mrs. Edith Thompson and Frederick By-waters, -recently conviced and sentenced to death for the murder of Percy Thompson, the woman's husband.

Consequently, the two will be hanged next Tuesday. BOND FOR MRS. LILLIAN KNOX Habeas Corpus Hearing Frees Ac- cused Killer of Husband SAN AUGUSTINE, Jan. 6. Permanent bond of $3,000 pending the meeting of the grand Jury in March was agreed upon at this morning for Mrs.

Lillian; Knox, pretty as year old widow or Hiram Knox millionaire lumberman, whom sho Is charged with slaying. The fixing of ho bond ends the habeas corpus hear ing before Judge V. H. Stark in tli3 first district court here. Hugh Bruner went to Manhattan this morning where he will use the fio scholarship at K.

A. C. which he won last fall for club work, offered by the agricultural department of the Union Pacuk railroad. Mrs. C.

G. Harvey and baby of Man cheater are in Concordia today visit ing friends. Mrs. M. O.

Metzger arrived today from Los Angeles, to visit her sister, Mrs. J. E. Novak, and other relatives. Miss Corrine Robidoux who has been visiting Miss Clementine Lagui for several days, has returned to her home In Binckleman, Neb.

Last Guard piled by B. V. Curry of the state bank- ing department. Mr. Curry has been appointed recover for nineteen of these defunct institutions by State Bank Commissloner.F.

H. Foster. Mr. Curry's report contains the ditlon of all thirty-three banks at the close of business December 20, 1922. It shows the total deposits of all the jn in aet FINAL Kemalist Leader Accuses AI lie of Inciting Minorities to Revolution Associated Press Jan.

6. The Turkish delegation to the Near East conference left the meeting hall today as a protest against the allied insistence upon the establishment of an Armei; ian national home. According to the Turkish account of the Incident which produced a sensation, in conference circles, Chairman Montagna, of the sub-commission on minorities, read a statement favoring the Armenian home and was followed by Sir Horace Rumbold of England who advocated establishing the home In -Sillcla. Sir Horace also wanted the Turks to give an independent dis-, trict to the Assyro-Chaldoans. Rsa Nir Bey, the Turkish spokesman; declared he understood that allied interest in the Armenians and others was because the allies had incited them to revolt and therefore felt morally bound to help them.

He said he must consider today's allied declarations as not having been made and that it was his duty to leave the meet, ing. He walked out amid the murmurs of -other delegates. Conference circles were seethin-with excitment utter the incident and wondering whether it forecasts further affairs of the sort calculated to disturb If hot disrupt the entire conference. Turn Down Court Proposal Associated Press LAUSANNE, Jan. 6.

Turkey this afternoon formally refused to accept the proposal of the allied powers thai foreign Judges be permitted to sit with' the Turkish Judges in all cases Involving foreigners. They Insist that her Judicial system be free from foreign influence, as in the case of other I sovereign states. Atlle -emnnd Explanation LAUSANNE, Jan. 6. (A.

The chiefs of the allied delegations this afternoon sent a letter to Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation, remonstrating tie attitude adopted by the Turkish delegation which walked out of the conference meeting this morning while the Armenian question was under consideration. The entente delegation asks the Turks for an explanation. DEATH CLAIMS MRS. ADKINSON EARLY SETTLER Mrs. Hannah J.

Adkinson, 85 years old, resident of the Bethel neighborhood since 1878, died at her homo Friday at 12 o'clock after a siege oi bronchial pneumonia. Her husband preceded her in death in 1914. Mrs. Adkinson, endeared to friends and family as "Grandma," 1st survived by seven children: Alpheus and George, of Bethel; Mrs. Lettie Wright, Mrs.

Mary Eakins, Mrs. S. J. Johns and Mrs. Ada Spurlock of Concordia; and Mrs.

May Courtney of Delphos Kan. Services will be held Jan. 7, at. 2 p. and interment will be in the Delphos cemetery, where Mr.

Ad kinson was buried. WIRELESS TO CHLNA SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. Cora -tneroial radio communication between the United States and China is reported to have been established. ARTIST A SUICIDE NEW YORK.

Jan. 6. James Kin-Bella, widely known artist, was found dead In his studio early today. The gaa jet was open. FORECAST WEATHER Tonight and Tomorrow WEATHER FOU THE WEEK: viriHHiNU'iYiN.

Jan. 6. The wea ther outlook for the week beginning Monday: Lower Mississippi Valley-considerable cloudiness; occasional snows in northern part; normal temperatures first half of week, and much colder the latter half. generally -fair tonight and Sunday; rising temperature. Sunrise sunset motor lights 6:51.

Weather one year ago today: maximum temperature 36, minimum 7, mean 22; partly cloudy. Thermometer Readings 700 8, ni. 18 8c00 a. m. 18 9(00 a.

m. 1ft-no a. m. 22 ii -no --24 27 1:00 p. 29 2r00 p.

mp. 32 3:00 p. nip. 36 Highest at 3:00 p. 36 1ft ai o.0v a.

Precipitation for '24 -hours ending and that on many occasions when the the firemen hear it, slide down to the fire engine room on the double-quick and answer the call only to find that someone wishes to converse with the marshal or night watchman. Hereafter, the lawmakers decided, operators will be instructed not to ring this telephone unless there is a fire alarm turned in to the chief operator, who then has a check on where the call originated. "We also want to have the practice calling central to ascertain the locution of fires discontinued," said the mayor. "Every time this happens the switch boards are paralyzed for several minutes, sometimes as long as a quarter of an hour. If someone had dire need of a doctor at such a time he would be powerless to get aid.

So we're going to put a check on the practice," REALTORS HERE ORGANIZE AND HOLD ELECTION At a meeting Friday evening a Con cordia Realtors Association was or ganized which Included in its membership all of the real estate firms of Concordia. The object of the association which is affiliated with a state organization is to promote the sale of real estate and to establish trade practices f. the business. The following were elected officers: W. H.

'L. Pepperell, president. George Layton, vice president. John Swenson, secretary. Robert Misell, treasurer.

In addition to the officers the following and their firms are members: T. D. Troup, James O'Rourke, A. I). Teasley, R.

W. Christie and H. W. hipp. NEW RESERVE BOARD CHIEF Crisslnger, Comptroller of Currency, To succeed Harding WASHINGTON, Jan.

6. D. R. Cris- singer, the present comptroller of currency, will be nominated as governor of the federal reserve board within a few days, according to information in high administration circles today. Mr.

Crissinger will succeed to the place made vacant by retirement of former Gov. W. P. Harding. 3 I'DIf TED FOR FORGERY MUSKOGEE, Okla-, Jan.

6. Indictments were returned by the United States grand jury here today against Earl Knack, former banker of Kiowa, and Wade and Temple Atkins, of Oklahoma City, charging them with forging and selling $45,000 worth of Liberty bonds stolen from the state bank of Bluff City. it was learned today. Miss Jo Davis went to Morganvlle this morning to visit over the week end. Mounting the Father Finds No Work Charities Gives Temporary-Assistance Destitute, without food, shelter of money, their clothes greatly minus in quantity and in a much worn-out state, a family of six arrived in Concordia this morning via Santa Fe railway from Alliance, and Superior, and lacking funds were using the Santa Fs station as a temporary abiding place when discovered by a Blade-Emoire reporter.

The children were hungry, but apparently not unhappy except Martha, a little girl of 6 years, who was crying. The children range in ape from 1 'fc years to 8. One. Leona. 3 yens old, is a cripple, and only able to walk a few stens until poor twitted lit'le lees give way and let he- fall.

And t'-ov wore nil dirty, miserably so. The Associated Charities was notl- IV was pitiful this morning. Besides "'fi two already mentioned, there are two others, a boy of 8 and another stead nf 8. was playing on the station was dressed In threadbare clothing. knitted hat of eray and white, and an assorted varie'y of coats, one unou the other.

Tho boy Wilbur wore shoes of odd sizes. Thefather came in from a trin uptown with word that lie could find no work at all. not even a few odd jobs. He stated he had had a Job in Kackley some weeks ago, b'lt had given it up as the officials there Said that hit house made of eorritrated card- r(d, boJPS packing cases, was unfit to live in and they had no oth er plnce to sty. They had then gone to Alliance, where the father had been promised farm work, but the fob was not open until March and meanwhile they had no mor.ey and no nlaee to stay-.

He In gene to Colorado, found no work, and then returned to Kansas, where donations of money had fnablrd them to come this far seeking employment. The family is In misereble Mr. Hedges etatcs he will work nt anything he can do to support them. The Charities has about all it can do already. The nly answer seems to be work for the head of the family which will enable him to give his children slieltre from he cold and some decent clothes.

WIFE KILLER OF WICHITA MUST SERVE HIS TIME TOPEKA, Jan. 6. The conviction of George Cruse of Wichita in Sedgwick county district court for second degree murder of his wife, Ella, the nicht of Feb. 25. 1021, was1 today by state supreme court.

Cmsa was nlleeed to have choked his wife jto 'death jn thelr home. Evidence at. the trial showed that Cruse posing as nn unmarried man had become encaged to marry a To-peka girl. Kathleen Foley. On the eve of Miss Foley's planned departure for Wichita on summons of the county at torney to appear at an inquiry into the Cruse murder case.

Miss Foley died mysteriously at midnight in her homo in Topeka. A coroner's inquest failed to determine the cause of her death. Cruse is a member of a well known Wichita family. SCOUT COUNCIL MEETS JAN. 3 A meeting of the Cloud County Hoy Scout Conucil will be held at 9:30 a.

m. Monday, Jan. 8, in Scout headquarters at City Hall. Definite plans will bo made nt this time to make availablo the advantages of the Scout program to every boy in Cloud county. SALINt COUNTY PIONEER DIES SALINA, Jan.

6. August Hed-quist, 86, a resident of Saline county for fifty-four years, died yesterday at the farm home of his son, Emil Hedquist, in ths county. Four sors, one daughter, and fifteen grandchildren survive. SANTA FE TRAIN WRECKED PONCA CITY, Jan. 6.

Southbound Santa Fcj passenger train No. 11, Kansas City to Galveston, was derailed four miles north of Orlando, at 7 o'clock this morning. No one was severely injured. All but one of thq coaches left the tracks, but remained upright. At least a quarter-mile of track was torn up.

Cause of the accident has not been determined. WANT BUDDIES RETURNED CHICAGO, Jan. 6 A resolution demanding the removal and return to the United States of the American troops on foreign soil was passed last night by the Cook county association of the American Legion, representing a membership of 15,000. Walter Bell of Bellevillow as in Concordia today visiting Martin Van De Mark, i W. H.

Austin returned laat night from Kuunsas' City, where he hud beta on buaipesa. there will be more than 4,000 applica tions handled this year. GARAGE FLAMES CLAIM 3, FOURTH HURT FATALLY RALEIGH, 7. Jan. 6.

Three per sons were burned to death, anotlie burned severely, a fireman injured i and a number of automobiles destroy ed in 'a fire which consumed a garage here today. The dead are: Mrs. Isaac SImpkins, her small son and a negro nurso. Isaac SImpkins was probably fatally injured when he attempted to re-eiKnr the building and rescue his wife, after having jumped from the second floor window iwith his daughter. Simpkins and his family lived in an apartment over the garage and were trapped by the fire which was started by an ex- ion.

REED'S MOTION VOTED DOWN BY SENATE TODAY WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 The senate voted down today 39 to 22 a motion to send to its foreign relations committee for investigation a resolut'on by Senator iReed, Democrat, Missouri, declaring it the sense of the senate that American troops should be with drawn from Germany. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 Declaring that "trouble may break out any involving American forces on the Rhine, Senator Reed, Democrat of Missouri, today asked the senate to act a once on Lis resolution for re turn of American troops to the United States. RIG JESS HI NTS FIGHT Relieves He'll Get Rout With Demp-sey July TOPEKA, Jan.

6. Jess Willard, former heavyweight boxing champion, stopped off here today on his way from Los Angeles to New York to meet Tex Rickard, promoter, and Jack Reams, manager of Jack Dempsey. He expressed confidence that the New York conference will result in signing papers for a bout with Dempsey next July 4. Willsrd spent the morning at his 000-acre Haw Valley farm east of Topcka. COLLISION KILLS CHEMIST Santa Fe Employe Scalded When En gines Collide ARKANSAS CITY.

Jan. 6. B. Hammers, 40 year-old chemist for the Santa Fe, is dead here as result a collision of two engines tu the rail road yards here last night. He was scalded by escaping steam and lived only a few hours after the accident.

He was in the gangway ofi one of the locomotives testing the oil gauge when the collision occurred. IRISH PEACE IN SIGHT? Free Statsrs and Republicans Will Hold Peace Convention Associated Press! DUBLIN, Jan. 6. A definite move toward peace between tho Irish Republicans and the Free is under it was learned today. A peace convention will be held here tomorrow with 150 delegates from each branch of the Sinn Fein organization in at tendance.

ported Imports for 1922 will show an Increase of -approximately 1400,000,000 overt 1921, laiiBu uaaiiB uu me ul umuuuieu tu l3.OVO.Ol uu inn tal assets, $10,843,283.74. The cash on hand in all the thirty-three receiver ships on December 20 is given as $1,198,906.09. A total of 15,533 guaranty fund certificates to the amount of $3,748,300.71 have been Issued. A total of 520 temporary receivers' cer tificates for $268,385.11 have been issued. It is explained that these temporary certificates are issued pending decision of the supreme court as to whether or not the deposits which they cover are eligible to protection under the state depositors' guaranty fund.

The number of stockholders in the thirty-three tianks is 744 and iM these stockholders have paid $136,118 67 in double liability, the report shows. It is estimated that the assets in the failed banks will pay on a aver age of at least per cent of the claims filed against them, thus reduc ing to that extent tho amount which the guaranty fund ultimately has to i pay, according to Mr. Curry TOWN TALK Seen in a day: Ford cotpe going down Main Street minus a driver Two Concordia youths "vowing" to settle the "girl" question 'with naked fists on the Main 'drag." Man with hat evidently sold by the yard Five men pestering prominent bulldog and then fleeing for their lives A change in the city "white iwing" department personnel. Ray Baber, son of Mrs. R.

Baber of Concordia and of the late Rev. Baber, whe has been attending the University of Wisconsin, has won his doctor's degree, according to word reaching Concordia friends. He has also been appointed head of tho department of economics at the University of Michigan, where a vacancy was caused recently. Mr. Baber has taught in several schools, among others a university in Canton, China.

The Woman's Community Club is organizing a Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Plans are well under war and this de partment will soon commence its work For many years It has seemed neces sary to start something of this kind. especially for the care of horses wnicn are mistreated on the paved hills in Concordia during the winter months, club members say. D. C. McCall will assist M.

P. Chninplin in the office of the clerk of the court during the coining court term. Mr. MiC'all will receive $50 for his work, according to an order made bv the county commissioners. Mr.

Chanivilin says that he does not expect to find a deputy necpssary in his of fice pnd will not ask for ona, and that he hopes whan he has been in the office and becomes familiar with the work that he will not require any help even in court time. CALDWELL Lawrence Kolarik, 7 years old, probably the youngest poultry enthusiast whose birds prizes at the recent Wellington poul try show. His birds took five firsts anu" two secc-Dd I Men taking part in the work of the class in training for boy leadership will meet at the high school gymnasium, Monday, Jan. 8, at 7:3 p. m.

for the final session of the 6-meeting scries. The nature of the program, it is announced, will be in the nature of an indoor troop meeting, and will no doubt be very instructive and interesting. Dr. Stephens wil lead in a discussion of "Physical Welfare for Boys." New games wil be Introduced, says the Scout executive, and tho men will re ceive instruction in first aid bandag- There have been more than 50 men enrolled in this work since its inception. POSTPONE riUMPPPVES DERATE Wilcox Talkers Argue on Horses vs, Tractors on Fnrms The absence of several of the de baters last night caused the postponement of the regular question to be argued, "Resolved, that the Philippine Islands Should Have Their Immediate by the Wilcox Debat ing Team, until a later date.

The affirmative won in an extern poraneous debate. "Resolved, that the Tractor Is More Economical and Ef ficient on the Farm Than Horses." Four new debaters were placed in the field last night. Members of the af firmative were Ralph Ball, Vern Gates and Roland Christie, and- for the neg atlve, Mose liudrcau, Ray Atkinson and P. J. Paulsen.

Following the debate Miss Mildred Kinkead sang several solos as a part of the literary program- Miss Kin kead has an unusually pretty voice and her numbers were enjoyed. The next meeting of the debating society will be Friday night, Jan. 19. IECE.HHER A ItltY MONTH Precipitation HeiriKtered Here "Trace'' by Weather Station If Kansas were judged of Its climate by the December weather report from Concordia, it would, indeed, be classed among the driest of the dry. The only snow or rainfall registered at Concordia during the.

past month of December was according to 'records, made by the Concordia station. Normal precipitation for the month of December is .48 inches. What we lost in rainfall, however, we gained in fine weather. The month was warmer than the average Decern her by 1.7 degrees daily. ecords show.

There were 10 absolutely clear lays out of thp 31, 12 classed as part ''Site M0M0; i 0. 1 1 i i Wa. photo -r- 1 ly cloudy, and but 9 cloudy days. The highest wind was on the 26th, IMS IMPORTS GREATER when for five minutes it blew from WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.

The direc-the north at a rate of 32 miles per tor of the bureau of commerce re- the replacing of English (entries by soldiers of the Irish Free Stafc narked tb end of English military representation in Ireland. Here li lost English sentry going off duty In Phoenix Park, Dublin. A kith gmi, uUmKixmmsJiMMMS -i Atmospnene Moiitnro Temp- Wet Bulb Hri. Ha. 7:00 5th 2ft 19 00 7:00 m.

18 17 02 J2.31 m. 89 26 77 hour. The average hourly velocity was 8.1 miles, and the total movement wa miles,.