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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
FIRE WRECKS EDISON PLANT
Flames Swept So-caIIed Unburnabie
Buildings, Doing 100000 Dam
age-Many JobIess.

West Orange, n. J., Dec. 11-Fire
destroyed virtually the entire main
plant Of the Edison company here last
night, causing damage estimated at
nearly 100000, with insurance that
it is expected will reduce the loss
to approximately s5,OOO,OOO.
An entire square block of modern
reinforced concrete buildings which
were supposed to be fireproof was
burned out by the flames. The only
building saved in the block was the
laboratory building, containing value
able scientific machinery under the
immediate superintendent of the in
ventor, Thomas A Edison Special eff
forts made to save this structure were
successful.
It is estimated that about 5000 men
and women will be temporarily thrown
out OF work because of the fire In
all about 1000 persons were employed
at the plant, but as the storage bat
terry building across the street from
the main plant was saved, with other
buildings near by, it will be possible
to keep more than half the force en-
ployed.
Four firemen were injured in fight
Ing the blaze and were taken to a
hospital, but are not believed to be
in a critical condition.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
OUR navy SECOND
Admiral Fletcher Puts Only
Britain'S Fleet Above
the American.
DANGEROF WAR NOW REMOTE
There Is No Reason to Compete With
Ensiand-eiVes Some Details of
the Nays Preparations.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE ability
Of the American navy to meet sue
cessfully the war fleets Of any IA
ton in the world except Great Britain
was asserted by Rear Admiral Fetch
er, commandments Of the Atlantic
fleet, before the house naval affairs
committee.
Frankly admitting the oFerwheIm-
ing superiority of Great Britain's sea
force, the admiral said the POSSIBLE
ity Of conflict between the United
States and Great Britain was so re-
mote he did not believe in q naval
policy for this country designed TO
control the oceans as against Eng
land
Admiral Fletcher was under exam
ination all day by the committee, at
the first public hearing on a naval
appropriation bill held in many years.
He was piled with questions about
the condition of the navy, judged by
lessons OF the European war, and in
course OF the day made many refer
ences to Great Britain. Germany, Rus
STA, japan and the Philippines
Representative Roberts Of Nassa-
Fletcher about the actual condition
OF the American submarines and he
finally testified there was only one
now in active first class condition
Others are being overhauled at the
navy yards, undergoing alterations by
contractors, because of defects deYel-
oped after they had been put in com
mission, or for other reasons were not
now really in first class readiness.
About twelve submarines, he said,
were undergoing annual oYerhauling
All the submarines, he added, should
be in full readiness and preparedness
for first class active service, some
time in February, and they viii then
be effective weapons
Representative Williams OF Illinois
asked how many submarines could be
put into active service at once for
hostilities. Admiral Fletcher replied
finally all the submarines could be
ready, If necessary, within two, three
or four weeks, and that 1T Just hap
pened So that so many were being
overhauled or laid up now for altera-
lions.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
RIDDLE ISSUES STATEMENT
State Live Stock Commissioners Says
Quarantine of Wichita Stock
Yards Was a Nj stake.

In a statement just issued, Tay-
Tor Riddle, state live stock sanitary
commissioner, made explanation IN
the nature of an apology for Quaran-
timing the Wichita stock yards recent
~. He did it in justice to the Wichita
market. The quarantine has been
raised on the yards, both by the state
and government.
Mr.. Riddles statement in part fol-
lows:
There are four other diseases
which resemble foot and mouth on
microscopic diagnosis, and unless the
veterinary surgeon is a man Of great
care and experience, a grave error
might easily be made. If any doubt
exists upon the microscopic examina-
ton in discriminating between the
similar diseases, exhaustive tests, the
nature of which are known to expert
enced veterinarians, should be resort
ed to and consulting experts called.
This important measure was omitted,
and the government veterinarian who
made the first microscopic examina-
ton reached his conclusion too has
tily. Had the precautionary measure,
mentioned above, been taken and the
state authorities notified of the sus-
picion that foot and mouth disease
existed in the stock yards, and their
experts, or others Of like standing,
been called in consultation, different
conclusions would have been reached
and no quarantine of any kind would
have been levied.
This statement is not made with a
view Of criticism Of any one or any
department, but for the reason that
like errors may not hereafter be COM
mitted.
''The Wichita Union stock yards are
not infected with the foot and mouth
disease. There is no danger whatever
in shipping to that market"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
WHOLESALER CHARGED

Chicago, Dec 9.-Taking of testi-
mony in the trial Of Joseph Fish, a
reputed millionaire public fire insur-
ance adjuster, was begun here today.
He is charged with burning buildings
in order to obtain the insurance.
Twelve days were required to select q
jury to hear the case.
Fish, according to States Attorney
MacIay Hoyne, is one Of the heads O.
the arson trust For twenty years
the arson ring annually has defrauded
insurance companies out Of millions
Of dollars in Chicago alone, according
to the states attorney.
1t is alleged that he hired David
Korshak, a professional torch" to set
the fires by which he, as an adjuster,
defrauded the insurance companies.
Fish rose from a grocery clerk and is
said to be worth more than a million
dollars
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
FRESH AIR BEST COLD CURE
Throw Cough Medicine Through the
Window, Doctor Wiley Says
In Washington Speech.

Washington, Dec Ito cure =
cold take a bottle of cough medicine.
set it on a table in the patients room,
open all the windows and throw the
bottle through one Of them
DR.. Harvey ". Wiley, former chief
Of the bureau OF chemistry, is the
author Of this prescription, which he
made public for the first time in a
speech here last night.
"Three-fourth OF the children who
die are killed by love-" said the health
expert in condemning '-cOddhng-
Love is the greatest assassin If a
great holocaust should burn down
every home we would get rid OF tubeT-
culosis- If farmers would burn all
barns there would be no tuberculosis
among cows Fresh air, not cough
medicine, is need for colds.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Rumania Nav Enter.

A dispatch from Bucharest says Ru-
mania has definitely decided to enter
the war on the side Of the Allies. This
decision is in accordance with the
wish of the entire country, including
King Ferdinand and all the Rumanian
statesmen, with the exception of the
minister of finance, NJ. Marghiloman-
The question of when Rumania will
make its entry into the conflict is still
being discussed, however, one side de-
string to avoid a winter campaign, but
the military authorities express the
fear that Servia may be defeated soon
if Rumania does lot help at once.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
KEEP WAR FROM THIS SIDE

Washington, Dec. 11.-InformaI con-
ferences were begun here today by the
special commission of the governing
board of the Pan-American Union with
a view to working out plans for the
solution of problems arising from the
operations Of belligerent warships In
North and South American waters.
The commission has before it for
consideration several concrete pro
posals, including one by the Peruvian
minister declaring that his govern
ment believes the time has come for
joint action Of all the American re-
publics to guarantee the inYiolability
Of their commercial routes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
The French Claim Capture of
Two important Points
on Battle Front.
FOUR GERMAN CRUISERS SUNK
Commerce Destroyers Attacked BY
Strong British Squadron in. South
Atlantic After Five Hundred
Mile Running Fight.
Summary Of E0emts.)

The Allies are reported from
Paris and London to be making
slow but steady gains along the
entire battle line in northern
France and In Belgium. This ad-
vance has been proceeding for the
last six days, according to the in
formation. The Allies have cap
tured Roulers, In Belgium, and
Armentieres, in northern France.
Both are stragetic points.
Germans Move Headquarters.
The German divisional headquarters
was removed from RouIers when shells
began to fall in the town after the
British had recaptured Passchendaele,
eleven miles northeast of Ypres
Despite the vigorous attack being
made by the allied forces, reports
indicate that the Germans have
not abandoned their offensive at all
points. Heavy firing is reported along
the coast, with the Germans lombard
ing East Dunkirk, west of Newport,
The allied warships also are reported
to have been able to get back into &C
ton and have shelIed the German po-
sitions.
Heavy Fighting in Alsace.
Heavy fighting is reported in AIsace
In the Argonne the German trenches
are being assailed vigorously by
French artillery and through mining
operations. Ali new positions taken
by the allied troops along the User
have been held and the advantage is
being followed with determination, ac-
cOrding to London reports.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
sweden's Ire Is Rising.

A press dispatch from Copenhagen
says that it is stated from Stock
holm that twenty-five floating mines
have been observed on the trade
routes in the Baltic near the Finish
coast. The mines are believed to have
been laid by Germans. Great indig-
nation is expressed in Stockholm, as
in the last few days three Swedish
shipping disasters have occurred at
the cost Of fifty lives.
Kaiser Has Pneumonia.
Kaiser Wilhelm is seriously ILL Mes
sages received from Berlin say the
kaiser is suffering from pneumonia
and that his condition is aggravated
by nervous depression caused by his
extreme exertion in remaining with
his troops in the field almost constant
ly since the war began
Heavy Battle Losses.
Reports from the French war office
state that the losses of the French
army in killed, seriously wounded and
captured up to November 10, were
slightly more than $4,000. OF this
number nearly 100000 have been
killed in battle. Press dispatches
from Berlin say the German official
list of dead, published from time to
time, now amounts to about 100000.
The British list of dead to the middle
of November is reported at 10000; the
Russian list, $4,000.
Austria has put a million and half
men in the field and they have been
fighting constantly and desperately in
both western, eastern and southern
areas. Belgium's little army, origi-
nally about 100000 strong, has swum
in blood almost constantly. Servia
has reported TO Petrograd, London and
Paris the loss of about one-third of her
forces. They were originally about
100000.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

perations have been conducted On a
large scale since the beginning of the
war. The home army, which is COM
manded by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, who
carries a broken wrist as a souvenir Of
the Boer war. has for its special func-
ton the repelling of an invasion This
army consists mainly OF territoriaIs.
of which there are some four hundred
thousand now under arms in tbs
United Kingdom: part of the so-caIled
Kitchener's army undoubtedly would
be employed in case Of need, as vel
as any Canadian and other colonial
troops who might be in the country.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

The Berliner TagbIatt states:
THE pope has appealed to all the bel
ligerent powers with the object Of ar
ranging a three weeks truce for
Christmas. Germany is unopposed to
this in principle"
For. the first time in German his
tory the Iron Cross has been awarded
to a gypsy, who distinguished himself
for bravery in the fighting at Dixmude.
John Mccarthy. a train nagm,n,
dashed over a network Of tracks at
St. Paul, Mimi, to save a girl who
had thrown herself before an ap-
preaching train He was struck by
an engine and decapitated. Alarmed
by his cries, the girl fled, unhurt-
-Four hundred thousand dollars to
equip the newly created aviation di-
vision of the army is urged by Brig.
Gen. George ?. Scriven, chief signal
officer, before the House military COM
mittee.
What Abram Nussbaum is alleged
to have said about Signor CIeofonte
Campanini, director Of the Chicago
Grand Opera Company, may not be
known for several weeks. Campanini
has filed suit for $4,000 against Nuss-
baum, who was bandmaster Of the
opera company, alleging defamation
Of character.
The great Colorado coal strike,
productive OF much bIoodshed and suf-
fering, and enormous losses in the
last eighteen months, has been called
~
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

3 base it is expected that the Germans
will make a strong effort to reach the
Polish capital of Warsaw
Serbs Win Big Victory.
An important Austrian defeat in
Bosnia is now an established fact
The Servians drove wedge into the
center of the Austrian forces, shatter-
ing four army corps, which are now
in flight The mass of prisoners and
captured material is SO great that it
cannot be tabulated.
The Servians are pushing the pur-
suit vigorously and successfully. The
roads in the rear of the Servian army
are blocked with incoming prisoners
who appear satisfied that their ordeal
is over Entire battalions are seen
marching, under guard of handful of
Servians, while many groups Of pris-
oners come in unattended, says a
SerYian official report.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Pursuing the Russians.

The Germans declare they are pur-
suing the Russians to the south and
southeast Of LODI. Several American
correspondents were with the Rus
sian army when the battle of LODI
broke, but nothing has been heard
from them for several days. Evident
ly they are under the hand of strict
censorship.
British military experts say that
three-quarters of the best material of
the German army has been held in the
western theater of war throughout the
campaign and that the troops opposed
to the Russians consist principally Of
second line organizations.
But the great battle for the posses
sion of Poland continues. The front
extends along three hundred miles and
victory, over part of it at least, ap-
pears to have fallen to the Germans,
while the Russians are pressing upon
Cracow in the south.
Importance OF Capture.
For weeks military critics have
called Lodz "the vital point of the
Polish campaign" To The Germans
it meant everything, according to
Major Moraht, a German war expert.
To prevent an invasion by the Rus
SLAMS the kaiser's troops had to check
their enemy at the city and their cam
paign in doing so undoubtedly brought
out the greatest generalship the war
has seen.
LODI long has been an objective
point Of the German army. It has
grown in recent years from an insig-
nificant place to be one Of the most
populous cities in the Russian Empire.
In 1910 its population numbered 49,
Goa and with this important place as
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Heavy Fighting in Alsace.
British Win at Sea.

The British have retaliated for the
recent German naval victory in the
southern Pacific by sinking four Of
the German warships which sank the
Monmouth and the Good Hope The
German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneise-
nau and Leipzig were destroyed east
Of the Falkland islands, in the south
Atlantic, in a battle December 8.
Two other German cruisers, the
Nurnberg and Dresden, escaped They
were pursued five hundred miles. The
Nurnberg was finally sunk The Dres-
den, badly crippled, got into the
Straits of Magellan. The British
squadron was composed of nine bat
tleships, some of them the largest and
newest in the navy. This avenging
fleet was about twice the strength of
the German group.
Two Golfers were. captured. At the
same time a squadron of British and
Japanese warships sank three German
merchantmen on the coast of Terra
del Fuego. Announcement of these
sea activities have just been made h.
the British admiralty.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

The Scottish Prince left Santos on
October 81. She received wireless re-
ports that the Karlsruhe was watch
ing for her and altered her course,
steaming more than LOO miles out
of her way, almost to the west coast
Of Africa Nothing unusual was sight
ed, however, and she completed her
voyage in safety.
At variods ports of Brazil and Ar
gentina, between the Amazon and
Plata rivers, officers of the ship said,
they counted eighty-seven German and
Austrian steamships interned because
of the war.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
SHIPPERS FEAR GERMAN
CRUISER KARLSRUHE

New York.-The wilIao' -the-YisF
movements Of the German cruiser
Karlsruhe in South American and
West Indian waters and the belief that
German secret agents are keeping
her informed of movements of mer-
chant vessels, is working havoc with
shipping along the South American
coast, according to officers Of the
steamship Scottish Prince. which has
just arrived here from Santos.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Italian rroops to Africa.

Eight battalions of Italian troops
have been ordered to Libya to rein
force the troops there, and, according
to the announcement, ito be ready for
any emergency" Libya is the Italian
name for Tripon and Cyrenaica, the
part of Africa over which it has con-
troll TripoH is in Northern Africa,
directly opposite Italy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
ENGLAND IS PREPARING
FOR AGERMAN INVASION

London.-Notwithst the con-
illusions formed by the imperial COM
mittee of defense some years ago that
an invasion Of England would be an
impossibility while the British feet re-
mains In being, invasion by Germans
is now considered distinct possibility.
Both the government and the inhab-
itants of the sea coast counties are
preparing actively to meet a landing
Of hostile troops. The military pre-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Russia Honors sienkiewicz.

Petrograd, Dec. 12-Henry K Sien-
kiewicz, author of Quo Vadis,' and
holder of the 1905 Nobel Prize for
Literature, today was elected honor
airy member of the Russian Academy
of Sciences.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Wants Troops in Colorado.

Washington, Dee. 12.-President
Wilson has received a telegram from
Governor Ammons Of Colorado saying
he did not believe it advisable to
Withdraw all the federal troops from
the strike districts at this time.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
No Peace Prize This Year.

London, Dec. lot is officially an
nounced that the parliamentary Nobel
committee has resolved not to sit this
year for the distribution Of the peace
prize, says a Reuter- Telegram Com
pany's dispatch from Christianias Nor
Eaz
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
stoeking Cuba with Hogs.

Fort Worth, Tex. Dec. IA local
commission firm is buying hogs for
the president OF Cuba They win be
used for stocking and breeding pr
poses. This is the second shipment Of
Texss hogs to Cuba.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
reath for British Traitor

London, Dec. 10.-NichoIas AhIers,
formerly German consul In Sunder-
land borough, was today convicted by
the Durham assizes OF high treason
and sentenced to death
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Chicago Crooks Eager to TEL.

Chicago, Dec. e.-Seyeral detec-
tfves, States Attorney Hoyne an
nounced today, have agreed to turn
states evidence and tell what they
know of alleged graft IN the Chicago
police department in return for prom
ises OF immunity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Suspend Increase Of Oklahoma Rate
washington, Dec. 12--Increased
freight rates, ranging from ; to 90
per cent on fresh meats, packing
house products and other articles IN
peddler cars from Oklahoma to other
states. were suspended today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19
Names an Oklahoma Marshal.

Washington, Dec. IG.-President
Wilson today nominated John A. Fain
Of Lawton, Ok, for United States
marshal for che Western district Of
Oklahoma.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Pony Killed Under a chiId.-CIara
Johnson, the 12-year-old daughter of
Hiram Johnson, escaped injury at
Belleville when a motor car struck
and killed the Shetland pony she was
riding. Henry Childs, a farmer, was
driving the car The child was thrown
to the radiator of the machine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Motor Injuries Farmer. Donald
Shore, a wealthy farmer living near
Dalton, was struck by a motor car
while walking home from Wellington
and severely injured. He carried a
sachel filed with several thousand dol
lars worth of securities when the ma
chine hit him and his papers were
scattered. They all were found and
returned to him.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Wichita Prosecutor Quits.-A. Mills
Ebright, who was appointed a special
assistant attorney general for Wichita
to prosecute joint keepers two weeks
ago, has rendered his resignation to
Attorney. General Dawson to take ef-
feet Immediately
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Pioneer Doctor Dies.-Dr. L. B. S.
Orwell, one of the pioneer physicians
of Southeast Kansas, is dead at In
dependence. He was 81 years old.
Doctor Orwell was Latin scholar of
much ability.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Big Flour Order.-H. NJ. Beckett,
cashier of the First National Bank at
Olathe, who is chairman of the John
son County Belgian relief committee,
placed an order with the HadIey Mill
ing Company of Olathe for $500
worth of flour, which was shipped at
1C o'clock the next morning.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Woman Struck by Train. = Mrs.
Frank Norton, wife of a farmer living
four miles west of Council Grove, was
struck by a Missouri Pacific train and
injured severely. Mrs. Norton was re-
turning from a neighbours in a rig
when her team became frightened at
the engines headlight and ran in front
of the train.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Gets 1o-Year Sentence-Oren Simp-
son, once a prominent real estate man
of Fort Scott, found guilty of forging
notes to the amount of $500 in the
district court, was sentenced by Judge
Hulett to ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
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lola People LiberaI.-A check for
$1,457, Allen County's contribution to
the Belgian relief fund, has been for
warded to relief headquarters at To
peka-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

Manhattan Editor Dies.-Ned w.
Kimball, editor and owner of the Man
haitian Mercury, is dead of typhoid
fever and pneumonia. Mr. KimbalI
was 80 years old. He is survived by
his wife and a son.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-19

4
Church Money Comes Easy-A com
mittee appointed ten days ago to raise
$4,000 to pay a debt on the Swedish
Mission cAurch at Sa1ina, reports
1000 in excess of the required
amount. The church was built four
years ago at a cost Of $4,000.