Abilene Daily Chronicle from Abilene, Kansas • Page 1

A Daily 13 JJ sJI TRONIC ESTABLISHED 1886 ABILENE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1920. P. W. HEATH, Publisher 1 1 1 ll A i em i I DRY LAW -STANDSIPARSHING TO QUIT PUBLIC INTERESTED JUDGE TELLS HOW HEW COURT COMES TO US. WILL LEAVE ARMY FOR "SOME-- THING MORE ACTIVE.

REPORTAULNEBANK CASHIER FILES A PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY. List Assets at Liabilities at $168,033 Many Bankers hold Sack His Hobby. Topeka, June 8. V. 0.

Johnson, former cashier of the Aulne State bank, now. charged with embezzle-inent, filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy yesterday. lie declared ALMOST the only compliment, certainly the highest, which the man of business will pay to service rendered is that if is That means everything. THIS BANK renders to all its clients large and small, a service which is faithful, efficient, obliging and reliable. THAT IS why our banking service is termed by our customers "satisfactory." SI jniiiaf 'fonyqfr Tells Baker He Will Help Reorganize Army and Then Retire, Within A Pew Months, Subject to Call in any Crisis.

Washington, June 8. General Pershing will retire from active service within a few months. He announced his intention in a letter to Secretary The commander of the American expeditionary forces declared he could give up his military duties without impairment of the service and "thus be free to engage in something more active." The general did not indicate, the nature of his future activities. General Pershing assured Secretary Baker that he would remain in the service until work involved in carrying out the army reorganization act was completed. He gave the added assurance that in any future crisis, he would be at the call of the nation.

The General's Letter. The general's letter to Secretary Baker was made public by Colonel J. G. Quekemeyer, his aid. it follows: Is "Dear Mr.

Secretary: Referring to our conversation of a few days ago wish to say that it has long been my desire to return to civil life. '(Throughout any military career I have been very much occupied and the assignments falling to my lot during recent years have been more or less important. ''It now appears that my duties are not likely to be of a character that require more than a portion of my time. Under the circumstances I feel that after the completion of the work; contemplated by the army reorganize ation act, I would relinquish military duty without detriment to the service, and thus be free to engage in something more active. "Therefore, unless a situation develops justifying my remaining, I contemplate taking the step within the next few months.

'''Should the "necessity arise in a time of crisis orotherwise, 1 assure you, Mr. Secretary, that shall stand ready to serve my country in the future as I have in the past. With great respect and high esteem. "I remain very sincerely, "Jonh J. Pershing." Decision of General Pershing came as a surprise in military and non-military official circles in Washington.

The prospective future detail of the A. E. F. commander had never been announced, but several times he has been mentioned in connection with the office of chief of staff. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of Labor and Capital Must Bow To Will of the PeopleJudge Huggins Tells Students Court Is Com-, oion Law.

Manhattan, June 8. ''Whether labor is subject to adjudication and is therefore impressed with the public interest that is the one fundamental argument between Brother Allen and Brother Goiupers," Judge W. L. Hig-gins, author of the bill creating the Kansas court of industrial relations and senior judge of the court, said in an address before the summer ses sion students of the Kansas State Agricultural college here yesterday. He gave the first talk of the citiizen-ship course designed by Dean Edwin L.

Holton to show what Kansas is doingto make democracy safe "The court of industrial relations has done only two new things," Judge Huggins stated. "The first was to declare that the manufacturers of tood, clothing and luel as well as certain other manufacturers already established as such, is impressed with the public interest. The second was to declare that labor as well as capital is impressed with the public interest and imposed with public duties." Judge Huggins explained that the court was an outgrowth of the common lay of the Anglo-Saxon people, "the law that springs from the needs of the people." ''The common law," he added, "has grawn with, and not in advnnce, of society. ''People east of the Mississippi river seem to think that this court is some long horned, wild eyed critter that had to be lassoued to be caught. That's just what it is The court is simply the natural result of the Anglo-Saxon common law, arising in the needs of the public necessity.

"Certain industries in the past have been considered as impressed with the public interest. Certainly it is not far from the public interest to declare the manufacture of clothing, food and fuel the essentials of life in this class." While the Golden Rule would be a fine thing for civilization of today, Judge Huggins declared that the time for that had not come. An appeal of pledge all state representatives and state senators to support the law creating the court was made by Judge Huggins, who said that organized labor was doing all in its power to pledge candidates to the legislature to repeal the law. 1 CROSSING CRASH KILLS FIVE. Many Others Injured Near Grand Rapids, Reports Say.

Grand Rapids, June were killed and many injured at Andrews Crossing, ten miles west of here on the Holland interurban line, late yesterday afternoon, according to advices reaching the sheriff here. Ice cream delivered to all parts of the city. The Cozy, Phone 79. assets amounting to $63,518, and liabilities totaling $168,033. Of the latter amount, $21,090 is represented as partially secured, but the security consists largely of such doughful values as stock in the Aulne State bank, liberty bonds belonging to customers of the bank, and other p'apen bound up in the affairs of the institution, the petition points out.

Of the unsecured obligations, the largest single item is a demand note payable to the Aulne State bank for understood to represent ap proximately the shortage' in John son accounts. Another jdemand note to the same institution amounts to $2,000. Many Bankers Hold Sack. A large number of western banking-houses are listed among Johnson's unsecured creditors. Among them are the Union Stock Yards National bank, of Wichita, for IK: the National Bank of Com-j merce, Kansas City, for $13,000 the Fidelity National Bank Trust Kansas City, for $25,000.

The petition shows that Johnson owned stock in the Aulne bank with a par value of $7,200. lie lists this stock among his assets, but does not assign it any value. He apparently was not a man of extravagant tastes, in the ordinary meaning of the term. His only automobile is a Rco, valued at $00. He assigns the value of $300 to all the clothing owned by himself and members of his family.

He apparently owned no jewels. Roseoe King, Johnson's attorney, told officials of the United, States district court that Johnson's one hobby was his stock farm, nhere he had lavished thousands of dollars in ill kinds of improvements, including a pavilion where he held sales of his blooded livestock. Livestock constitutes the most important feature of Johnson's wealth, amounting to MONEY TO RAILROADS Immediate Aid to Be Given for Buying Rolling Stocks. Washington, June 8. Immediate appropriation of $125,000,000 of government funds for the use of the railroads to purchase new rolling stocks was announced yesterday by the interstate commerce committee.

The money will be advanced out of the revolving fund provided in the transportation act. Appropriations for additions and betterments to promote the movement Of cars was fixed at appropriations to maturing obligations were fixed at and appropriation for loans to carriers at $12,000,000. A SWEEPING DECISION AGAIN ST WETS IN SUPREME COURT Prom Amendment to Volstead Enforcement Laws, Government Is Upheld. Washington, June 8. The United States supreme court yesterday upheld constitutional prohibition.

In a sweeping decision, the court declared that the prohibition amendment to the constitution is valid and held that the Volstead act enforcing it is constitutional. The court's opinion on the main issues involved was ananimous. As sociate Justices McKenna and Clark, However, dissented in part. Premlssion to file motions asking ior renearing ot the cases was given oy the court at the request of the at torneys in the various prohibition cases. Must Be Enforced in All States.

The court's action means that the Volstead law prohibiting the sale of any beverage containing one-half of 1 per cent or more of alcohol must be enforced in every state of the Union regardless of weather the state has ratified the amendment. The court dismissed petitions filed by the state of Rhode Island to have federal officials enjoined from enforcing prohibition in that state, and also the injunction proceedings brought by the state of New Jersey to prevent enforcement of prohibition, within that state. Dissolved Manitowoc Injunctions. Injunctions restraining prohibition officials from interfering with the Manitowoc Products Company, a Wisconsin corporation, in the manufacture of beer containing more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol were dissolved by the court. The court upheld federal court de crees dismissing proceedings brought to enjoin the prohibition amendment from being enforced against Christian Feigenspan, a brewer of Newark, N.

J. St. Louis Brewers Lose, Too. Federal court decrees denying similar injunctions sought by the St- Louis Brewing Association likewise were-affirmed. Federal court decrees dismissing injunction proceedings instituted by the Kentuckey Distilleries and Warehouse Company of Louisville, to enjoin enforcement by the court.

Injunctions sought by George C. Demp-scy, a wholesale liquor dealer, to restrain enforcement of the enforcement act against him also were denied by -the court. I Cut This OntIt Is Worth Money Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c to Foley 2835 Sheffield Chicago, 111., Writing your name and address clearly. You' will receive i return a trial package cont'' Foley's Honey and Tar Cdy for coughs, colds and croup jj'oley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Usa the Chronicle Want hi.

war1 First I with cast. Pathe" Jesse Reid is a with ric Also FOR If Mi tin '1 i i I 1" il i i 'I1' MEXICO MAY DEPORT SLACKER New Government Considers Plan to Return Draft Evaders Here. The City of Mexico, June 8 The proposition looking to the deportation back to the United States of the large number of draft slackers, has been put up to the Mexican authorities, who are giving the matter serious consideration. These slackers, who fled the United States in the war to escape servije against Germany, number probably several thousand. Some of them are now prominent in anti-American activities in Mexico, while one of them, Linn A.

Gale, formerly of New York, is now a' leader 60 the bolshevist element in Mexico. In a talk with General Obregon the New York Times correspondent suggested that deportation tof slackers might do much to win the friendship of Americans, particularly the American Legion. General Obregon received the suggestion iu a most friendly spirit, but did not commit himself to the course he may pursue in the event of his election to the presidency. NEW YORK IS RUTH CRAZY. The Home Run Hitter is the City's Big Hero.

New York, June 8. New York 's "Babe Ruth He's the latest fad of a town that goes the limit hero idolatry. His name and his feats are getting places in big print over the world's news in New York papers. The "Babe" is being interviewed and the "sob sisters" are pulling yarns out of "Babe." Under the bright lights of Broadway they are talking, not of Ida Clair Lenore Ulrioh, Fay Bainter and the others whose fame is glared to the niarht skies, but of the new monder of Gotham Babe Ruth, king of the sockers. Down in the canyons of commerce on the lower island, in society and around the hotels the question is.

'What did Babe Ruth do today?" In the stock exchange the baseball tickers draw almost as many eyes as the, tape with the latest quotations. Visitors in town, usually stumped for something to do, ask the hotel clerks how to while away the afternoon. "Have you seen Babe Ruth!" is the first suggestion. With the season just about one- fourth gone, the Babe has player to more people than the Yanks drew in the whole season of 1917. PORVXNT THAT COLD 1 IT VLX CZYZLOr SSSIOUSLY UUXULDUnTS CAMPHOR PILLS TATXCE2 AT ONCX Ujm i i ill) mfli a fctftfa a all pm.

Mm SO full st 3 imbn. In three days this week he has hit four home runs for close to ninety thousand Twice he has packed the huge Polo grounds tighter than they have ever been before The purchase of Ruth for $150,000 deemed last winter the prize bit of folly by venturesome speculators, has turned out to be the shrewdest bit of business pulled in the history of baseball. ONE KILLED IN PLANE CRASH. A. H.

Waite, Kansas City, Pilot, Also Injured in Pall. Burlington, June 8. Lloyd Lewis, 22 years old, a traveling salesman, was killed and Albert II. Waite of Kansas City, was injured here when the Canadian Curtis airplane in which they were flying fell from an altitude of about one thousand feet. Waite, the owner and pilot of the machine, had taken several passengers for fights, when his machine, Chester II.

England, also of Kansas City, asked Lewis if he cared to fly. 'Sure' replied Lewis. "I may as well be killed this afternoon as at any other time." They had been flying nearly ten minutes when the plane was seen to go into a tail spin. They fell about live hundred feet before Waite brought the plane out of the spin, but it immediately went into another spin in the opposite direction, from which the pilot was unable to ertricate it. The machine fell partly through a clump of trees, the motor crushed Lewis 's body as it struck the earth.

COUGHLIN BABY IS FOUND? Dallas Police Hold White Child Believed to be kidnapped Infant. Dallas, June 8. Police today expressed the belief that a white baby, discovered concealed in the home of a negress Saturday, is Blakc-ly Coughlin, who- was stolen from his home, in Norristown, last Wednesday. The child answers a telegraphic description of the missing Norristown infant, they deft-, nite identification awaits the arrival, of a photograph, mailed from the Pennsylvania city yesterday. The negress is being detained, having niade conflicting statements as to how she gained possession of the child.

The baby which ia in the local baby camp, is golden-haired about 14 months old, and well developed. It is recovering rapidly from weakness, as the' result of recent lack of Philadelphia, Juno 8. Parents ot little Blakeley Coughlin, 13 months old, who -was kidnatoped from his home in Norristown, mear" her last Wednesday, have telfcgraphed a description of their baby to-- police in Dallas, in answer to a message from authorities there, saying they believed they had located the missing child. For Sale. As I am going to leav Abilene, my residence at 1315 N.

Buckeye Ave. is now for sale. Mrs. Dorcas C. Mitch- TO-NIGHT Leonce Priest presents "LIFTING SHADOWS" Emmy Wehlen and an all star This is a heart play of a woman's undying past.

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