The Lyons Daily News from Lyons, Kansas • 1

Latest Telegraph News by the Associated Press IJnUti The Only Daily Paper In Rice County, Kansas THE BIGGEST LITTL NEWSPAPER IN THE WORNLD. VOLUME 16, NUMBER 55. LYONS, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1921. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. SENIOR CLASS EVENING RECEPTION Numbers Thirty-Six This Year, All Real Boosters For Lyons.

RAILROADS WASTE iir inns UST CLICK OF THE TELEGRAPH GEUirS L10IIEY STILL THE TM SECRETARY HUGHES ABOUT The reception and card party given by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Long, Mr. and Mrs. W.

W. Stahl and Miss Ina Wolf at the home of the former last evening was one of, the largest and most elaborate social functions of the season. The affair was given as complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. John Erehm, of Hutchinson, whose marriage occurred recently and the many guests were glad of the opportunity to welcome the bride, formerly Bertha Dack, cf Lyons, and Mr.

Brenm and to extend congratulations and best wishes. And also in honor of Mrs. Harry Speck who expects to leave soon for Colorado. The spacious rooms were bright with decorations of carnations and COULD SAVE MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS EMPLOYES SAY The senior class of the Lyons high school which will be graduated on Commencement Day, May 18, numbers 36 this year, 19 girls and 17 boys, one of the largest and best balanced classes in the history of the school. Members of this class have been leaders in athletics and other activities of the school and are known as "Lyons boosters" as opposed to the "mail order" classes of the several years just passed.

The class 1921 is succeeding in an effort to purchase commencement invitations, photographs and other things right here at home: TO ANSWER THE LATEST NOTE New York, Aril 27. Warning against a possible future demoralization in the newsprint market, President Williams the American Newspaper Publishers Association told members of that body that newspaper rates should not be allowed to descend. He urged that newspaper publishers are needed in restoring world peace and bringing business conditions back France Looks Forward to Taking They Need Modern Methods of Maintenance and The Ruhr liasin liefore May 1. Ihe class flower of the 1921 is the Paris, April 27. Germany's pro-' carnation, the colors are red and white, sweet peas.

Twelve tables were arranged for cards, where auction bridge was enjoyed by the guests. A delicious two course luncheon was served by the hostesses. Out of town guests inad- and the motto is, sharp, natural, but never flat." And it can truly be said that this class lives up to its to normalcy. Braxton, ApriT 27, Virtually wrecked by storm yesterday this city places the number, of known dead at eight with unverified reports of other deaths which may increase the fatal-ties to twice that number. Twenty-three persons were Injured.

Troops motto. The personnel of the graduates is dition to Mr. and Mrs. Brehm were: Mr. and Mrs.

Ray Hagenmaster, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm McNair and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Shaw.

Chicago, April 27. Railway labor vinions, fighting wage reductions before the railroad labor board, increased their estimate of the alleged waste and inefficiency in railroad management by a quarter billion dollars today in a supplemental exhibit to that filed last week setting forth an alleged waste of one billion dollars. The employes charged a possible savings totaling $1,276,500,000 could be affected by the railroads if they would introduce modern methods in maintenance and operation. WAS SOME HOSS as follows: W. Blanche Cristler, Ida Bobb; Pearl Haas; Pearl arrived early today to take charge.

posals relative to reparations stilt are being considered by Premier Briand and it is probable a decision will not be reached before tonight. Officials are reticent regarding the German offer, but in political circles close to the premier there was a belief that the Ruhr district of Germany would be occupied immediately after May first. Washington, April 27. Word from the allied capitals on the acceptability of the German reparations counter proposal was awaited today by Secretary Hughes before he framed a reply to the latest communication from Berlin. It was assumed that no Ger Anderson; Lyle Westwood; Hal Swisher; Hal Alderman; Herbert Worl NEW FARM MACHINE Atlantic City.

April 27. Kansas la bor was flayed todav by T. Watkins, president; Elmer Rolfs; Mona Nordstrom; Gladys Nordstrom; Roy Russell; Roy Ferguson; Maude Long, Ruby Hinshaw; Gertrude president of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke in an address before the United States chamber of commerce. Link; Audra Smith; Harold Williams; Tillie Altenbaumer: Allie Suttle: Fan We have- two or three soots in the nie Caruthers; Hugh Keesling; Mary country" he said, "where organized la bor has gone to extreme radicalism, S. S.

Shafer, of Sterling has design-id a new kind of ridge "buster" to be sd with a tractor in such a way that it does not have a wheel or sled under It to hold iV on the making it "uch more simple and lighter of draft. r. Shafer expects to build the machos in two, three and four row sections, making them adaptable to almost any tractor. He expects to have the new ridge busters on the market soon and has applied for a patent on his invention. forter; Randolph Leonard; William Jones; Wm.

Monroe; Wilbur Kennedy; Everett Baker: Clarine McClellan: man proposal would be transmitted by Los Angeles, Apr. 26. A tooth of a wild horse, measuring four inches long, one and a half inches thick and having eight rings, indicating the animal's age, is the latest discovery of notably in Kansas under the leader the United States to the allies unless ship of Alexander Howat, whose ac idities are vicious and, as I un-lerftand, are but mildly condemned Theo. Bavington; Oliver Noble; Edith Nicholson; Cecil Blakely; Harriet Taylor; Marvin Cherpital; Viola Metcalf. definite had been obtained that these proposals were regarded as offering a basis for excavators in the lime pits at lor- by the national organization." rance, here.

Other interesting renewing negotiations. S. S. CLASS SOCIAL Philadelphia, April 27. Pennsylvania railroad company has reduced COUNTY MEET PRELIMS quarterly dividends to one per cent, a London, April 27.

The British government has requested its representatives in Berlin to inquire for regarding the new German repar reduction of one-half percent. This is the first time in 22 years that the annual dividend basis of the road has ations offer for the purpose of clear ine ud ambiguity concerning the terms fallen below six per cent. cf years in which payments would be Chicago, April 27. Miss Jeanette made under the offer. The preliminary heats for the Rice county track meet at Sterling will be run off at 10 o'clock Friday morning at the athletic field in that city.

The heats for the races will be in the following- order: 50-yard dash. 100-yard dash. 120-yard high hurdles. 220-yard dash. 220-yard high hurdles.

Guy Miller's Sunday school class pnjoyed a splendid social meeting in the church basement last night, over one hundred members being present. After the business session a short program was given, a vocal solo by Maude Morgan and readings by Margaret Townsley being special features. It being a May Day meeting, the games were in keeping with the idea. The rooms were decorated with blooming plants. Refreshments of banana salad, wafers and cocoa were served.

BIRTHDAY PARTY fny, stenographer, shot her former BASE BALL LEAGUE room mate. Catherine Davis, bookkeeper, while standing on a crowded finds are tusks from the saber-toothed tiger, shark's teeth, side bones of whales and bones of animals of gigantic proportions. An ancient weapon of stone, unearthed with the horse tooth, weighs ten pounds. Its sides are hollow, presumably for the purpose of fastening to it a spliced sapling for a handle. Inquiries from all over the United States testify to the general interest in the relics discovered at Torrance, according to Dr.

C. L. Edwards, scientist, who has the article on exhibition in Los Angeles. "The deposits which we are uncovering are estimated to be at least 1,000,000 years old and all tend to show that at some time animals larger than those found on anv other part of the globe lived in this district," said Dr. Edwards.

"Representatives of the Smithsonian Institution arid other scientific institutions of the country have visited the pits and examined the evidence of a former age, stating them to be of great value in amassing scientific A Rice county baseball league has elevated line platform in the center of the down town section, then ran into been lined up with teams from the a cigar store and shot herself. Both following towns Lyons, Geneseo, The finals will begin at 2 o'clock in are critical. The affair resulted from Chase. Sterling, Alden and Mitchell the afternoon. a quarrel.

An effort will be made to confine the WHITE PLAGUE VICTIMS FOR THE POETS Mrs. Wm. Dobrinski entertained a large party of little folks at her home on East Main street vesterdav to cel There are one hundred and fifty thousand deaths annually in the United States alone from this dreadful games to Thursday afternoons and holidays. Managers and directors of these county teams have been called to meet at the city hall in Lyons, Friday evening, April 29. The base ball committee of the Men's Club and all business men interested are also requested to be present.

ebrate the ninth birthday of her little daughter, Helen. The children spent a merry afternoon playing gamesjon the lawn and at five o'clock refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. New York, April 26. Plans are under way to establish an American shrine for the poets, to be known as the house of poets, it was announced here today. The institution will follow somewhat the lines of the papace of song, in London, and will be the home of the American dean of poets, as the LADIES AID SOCIETY plague.

Rev. 0. A. Deck, of Phoenix, will discuss this subject tonight at the Church of the Nazerene, at 7:30. A special invitation is extended to all.

He is manager of a home in Phoenix where people of many different denominations are being treated. Hear what they say of the help they receiev. CHASE POSTOFFICE RAISED JERSEY COWS DYING English mecca of muses in the home of The postoffice at Chase has been from a fourth to a third class the British Poet Laureate. The house to be erected at a cost of perhaps office, according to an annuoncement $100,000, will combine the functions of Sam Temple lost a fine Jersey cow last night. It is said that J.

GT Cook, M. L. Miller and Chas. Monroe also have lost Jersey cows recently with what some say is a form of indigestion and others say resembles club and clearing house for all Amen received by Postmistress Day from Washington. This means that the postmistress will recieve a fixed salary i i .1 cans ever guilty of versification in any form.

The first dean to be nominated for the honor of making his home The ladies aid society of the Presbyterian church met at the home of Mrs. Jas. Bobb yesterday afternoon with a good number present. At the business session the election of officers occurred, at which Mrs. Ed Amole was elected president; Mrs.

W. Truesdell 1st vice-president; Mrs. L. C. Need-ham, 2nd vice-president; Mrs.

Harrison VanAken, secretary; and Mrs. Mel Taylor, treasurer. It was decided to divide the society into divisions for different lines of work. Refreshments of small cakes and coffee were served. insieau vi a vanaoie stipend Dasea on stamp collections.

there is Edwin Markham, author of LITTLE RIVER DELEGATION The school board and several other citizens of Little River came over to consult the county superintendent yesterday relative to school matters. Those who came were Jeff Dunham, A. L. Troyer. C.

C. Shumway, Bert Davenport, Will Burke, W. J. Donnelly and A. C.

Crandall. BIG ROUND-UP TODAY "The Man With the Hoe" and- many POULTRY SPECIALIST HERE books of verse. Leading poets thru out the country already have become Fred C. Old. noultrv snepialist.

xuhn is sent out by the agricultural college, interested the project, Robert Mack ay, acting chairman of the committee win oe in Lyons Wednesday and A motor caravan of red capped Odd Fellows and Rebekahs bound for the Round-Up at Sterling went through Lyons at noon from the north without hesitating. It is presumed they were from Geneseo; Lyons members of the two orders were leaving the square at all hours of the afternoon. said today. Among those who have already taken interest in the idea are AUTOMOBILE NOTICE M. E.

AID SOCIETY Ralph Waldo Trine, Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Zena Gale, Don Marquis. Mrs Corrine Roosevelt Robinson, George M. Judd, Henry Irving Dodge, Blanche inursaay. tie wm go into the country to instruct farmers how to cull poultry and to treat them for vermin.

Members of the golf club say the course is in fine condition now. the greens and tennis court having been rolled with the big 10 ton roller of Amerman Eberhardt. The club is arranging to give the use of; the club flouse to the ladies one afternoon every week. Shoemaker Wagstaff and many ICE CREAM THIEVES others. The ladies of the M.

E. Aid society met in the church parlors yesterday afternoon with a good attendance. At an interesting business session the society decided to accept the proposition of the Swiss Bell Ringers for an entertainment to be given May 19, and also outlined other working plans. Refreshments were served by the committee; LEGION NOTICE There will he a meeting of the With the coming of warm weather boys who make off with ice cream freezers have resumed their work. All the ice cream for the reception to Mrs.

Behm was taken from the back porch of the Fred Long home last evening. LYONS BEAT H. S. American Legion at the club room rriday evening, at clock ior tne purpose of completing plans for the BOYS COMMUNITY CLUB oDservance oi Memorial uay. City and county officials as well as business men and citizens generally are going to be asked to put up "Hush" There will be a meeting of the boys community club Thursday night at the Presbyterian church at 7:30.

The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers and to arrange for the banquet and all boys of the community are incited. REBEKAH NOTICE money in' the very near future. "Hush" money will be put up by at least a part of our citizens in the very near future. Particulars later. Miss Ethel Shaler of Portland, Regular meeting at the hall Thursday evening, April 28, at the usual hour.

We have secured the Rice county agency for Dodge cars and expect to make an agressive campaign for business, carry a full line of parts and operate an efficient service station. If interested call or write, Hodge Motor Sterling, Kansas. Mrs. Frank Bundy has rented the home just east of her residence on E. Lyon street to Mr.

Pettit of McPher-son, a traveling man who has been a vear trying to rent a home here. E. L. Brown who has been occupying the property will move to a residence on South Bell street. Mr.

and Mrs. A. M. Duncan will move 'into the H. Eble home in a week or two and remain until their new home is completed.

P. A. Gant, expert tuner, back in Lyons, one week. Leave orders at Six furniture store, now. 55-3p Miss Maude Archibald who' is teaching school just across the line in Ellsworth county, brought her graduating class to Lyons yesterday.

While here they had a picture of the class taken and visited the mills. A marriage license was issued yesterday to Rev. Henry Claytor, 29, and Pearl Elizabeth Smith, 30 colored, both of Ellsworth. J. Folck and Wm.

Jennings of Little River were over on business at the court house today. Mr. and Mrs. C. M.

Sledd and Miss Ethel Hubbard motored to Hutchinson today. Joe Jones of the Vogue Hat shoD is not able to be at work today. Mrs. Dave Stratton is moving from Lyons to Oklahoma City to join Mr. Stratton.

who has charge of the branch house of the Sledd Mercantile Co. in that city. Rev. Ormand Sheldon, of Chase, has been called to Medicine Lodge as pastor of the Christian church and he and Mrs. Sheldon are moving there this week.

W. B. Adair went to Little River yesterday to meet B. F. Myers and they will work with the farmers in organizing clubs in that vicinity.

Fred Boldt and sisters, Misses Amanda, Ida and Elsie of Bushton were shopping in Lyons Monday. Chas. Harts sold an Edison to Lem Golden of Little River, who purchased it as a gift to his mother, Mrs. Wm. Golden.

John Williams, who has been visiting with relatives and friends in this vicinity for the past week, returned to his home in Kansas City, yesterday. Peter Toews filed his application for second naturalization papers with the district clerk yesterday. All aliens have been released from the ban against them during the war and now have the privilege of becoming citizens of the United States. C. W.

Shepherd of near Saxman was transacting business at the court house Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Evans of north of town motored to Sterling on business Tuesday afternoon; C. A.

Green, internal revenue collector, went to Little River today. John Edgar of Sterling was a Lyons visitor Tuesday. Please return Ml empty milk bottles to Workman Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs.

Glenn Evans and children of north of town, accompanied by Lillian and Jim Evans, motored to Manchester, this mornino. Frank Bundy drove the Crawford Miller hearse to Ellinwood this The high school ball team played valiantly yesterday afternoon, but went down to defeat at the hands of the Lyons city team by a score of 5 to 0. Claflin will be here tomorrow for a try with the locals and then they will hot have things so easy. Mr. and Mrs.

J. C. Foster have returned from a visit to California and will spend a week or two in Lyons with their son, Raymond, and family and the family of Chas. Foster before going home to Stockton. Beryl Proffitt, of Chase, was trading in Lyons this morning.

KANSAS CITY MARKETS LIVESTOCK Kansas City, April 27. Cattle receipts 5,300. Beef steers steady to 15 higher. Heavy steers for export $7.60 to- $7.75. Top yearlings $8.80.

Ton vealers $9.00. Hogs, receipts market 10 to 15 higher; bulk $7.40 to pigs $3.75. GRAIN MARKET -Cash wheat No. 1 hard $1.34 to $1.40 No. 2 hard $1.32 to No.

1 red 1.31; No. 2 red $1.30. Wheat in Lyons $1.10. Grain f'ires. closing: wheat: May M.1714; July 55; Pert 53.

Mrs. Pete Toews, Mrs. Wright, Mrs J. M. Caruthers and Mrs.

J. D. Crump motored to Sterling yesterday to visit with friends. Mrs. Paul Jones left this morning for Parsons, Kansas, as delegate to the state federation from the Woman's club of Lyons.

Lyons people are going to be aslced to put up "Hush" money soou. The P. E. 0. Society will meet with Miss Ina Wolf Thursday afternoon.

When the fire whistle blows it's too late to get a policy. Phone 317 today. The PuHiam Investment Co. formerly of Lawrence, Kansas, is expected to arrive this evening to be the euest of Mrs. Sam insworth and family for several days.

Mrs. Ainsworth and Miss Shaler were college friends ai K. U. Work of running the concrete base on the Grand avenue paving was commenced this morning. The NEWS prints sal bills.

Mrs.Mary Gardner Bales of Nebraska is the guest of her mother, Mr3. Vic Sullinger. If you desire the Hutchinson News delivered to your home or business, phone Re id Ernst. Phone 217. Miss Christine Balsemier of Ellin-wood called at the office of the county superintendent yesterday.

Dr. J. S. McBride went to Wichita yesterday to attend the State Medical Association in session there. Mr.

and Mrs. Geo. McCabe, made a business trip to Hutchinson yesterday. Don't lose sleep because your property is not insured. Phone 317.

The PuSiam Investment Co. THE WEATHER For Kansas: Fair tonight and Thursday. Somewhat cooler east portion tonight. Frost tonight..