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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-07
CHAPTER &.

Back Of the massed red-brick and
clapboard buildings forming, in Jones'
vile, Conn, the extensive group de-
voted to the. manufacture Of Jones
Pepsin Gum, was the abandoned power
house, wherein were housed the water
wheels which once had furnished force
to drive the factory's machinery. The
streams diminishing flow. the in
creased needs of the business, and the
economy of steam. all had initiated to-
ward Industrial abandonment of the
old building.
Small boys never ffshed there, for
the sluice-Waters were too swift, loaf
ers never idled there, for the watch
men Of the mills were too strict in
s their guardianship; but lovers some
times wandered there, of moonlight
nights; and in the afternoons, when
the academy sessions had ended,
Broadway" really named Jackson
Jones, but nicknamed Broadway" be-
cause of his continual glorificatiOn Of
New York's great thoroughfare, which
he had seen upon occasion, sometimes
went there ito get away from Jones'
Vile" This afternoon he was to teach
two JonesvilIe girl friends new dance
steps which he had learned in New
York city. Later, dancing these with
him at the Odd Fellows ball, they
would confound all other girls in
JonesvilIe.
The girls came promptly. Clara
Spotswood was the daughter of the 10
cal judge, Josie Richards the daughter
OF a recent manager Of the gum fac
tory. Her father was now laid Up with
rheumatism, and Josie was in training
for a bookkeeper's post in the great
enterprise which swallowed most of
Jonesville's youth of either sex, as
soon as they left school.
Now this step. girls" Broadway
said in preface, was invented on
Broadway for use upon Broadway by
Broadway people. Don't mistake it for
a quiet nap. It's not sleep-dance. 1t
was not dreamed out in Jonesville-"
And was everybody dancing it?''
asked Josie.
Every girl I saw" he answered. He
had been telling of ball he had at
tended in New York, but not quite all
he might have told about it. Every
one I saw, but one
And was she dancing old style?"
No; she was being carried to an
ambulance. She had just sprained an
ankle"
''Oh. Jackson, you're too FUNNY"
Thanks for those kind words" He
watched them whirl together for q
moment. No; not quite that way
Clara Don't give Broadway step a
Jonesville twist; you want to give a
Jonesville step Broadway polish
Breath1ess they stopped their eff
forts. "Oh, you and your Broadway!
You're always talking about Broad
way!"
Clara" said Jackson very seriously
have you ever seen Broadway
You know / haven't
We'll, IL you bad. you'd never see
another place you thought worth see
ing"
'Oh. you and your Broadway" Josie
Richards was an extremely pretty girl
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-07
CHAPTER II.

4 should enjoy the supper better"
Broadway said later at the Spotswood
family table. IF everything I chew.
after I've seen uncle. didn't make me
think OK gum. I wish there was a way
OF eating without chewing"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-07
Paw KNOWS Evervthlnn.

Paw Knows Everything.
Willie-Paw, what is a piece de re-
sistance?
Paw-A steak after your mother
gets through frying it, my son.
Maw-You go to bed, Willie.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-07

The Cough Is what hurts. but the tickle =
to blame. Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
stop the tickle-5c at good Druggists
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-07
Overheard.

Katherine has such a taking way"
Il wish she had a way of bringing
back.'-BOston Evening Transcript
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-07

Give a blind beggar a dime and be
may invest in an eye-opener.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
Million Men Fight Desperately
Greatest Battle of the World

Though the armies of defense are
falling back, the situation is not to
lie considered alarming. The enemy
is steadily being drawn farther from
his hase, while the allies are very
near theirs. They are therefore in
a more advantageous position.
News from the eastern theatre of
war is very encouraging. The Rus
slams apparently have shattered the
Austrian army and are bringing up
reinforcements for a conflict with the
German army that has temporarily
halted their progress in East Prussia.
To prevent the capture of Berlin
large force of Germans have been
withdrawn from France"
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07

Each of these circles of masonry
and steel is complete defense in it
self, the forts being linked together
with redoubts, bastion and glacis.
which permit cross-fire against ap-
proach from any direction. The mag
nitude of the system is shown by it's
area, which exceeds 400 square miles.
The wall around Paris and the sew
eral detached forts two miles outside
were built by Louis Philippe. They
withstood the siege of 1901, and the
outer forts have since been greatly
strengthened and equipped with mod
ern guns by General Joseph Joffre,
the French generalissimo in the pres
ent war. The third line of forts on
the hills are of modern construction,
equipped with the most powerful guns.
The inner walls about Paris sur
round the city proper. Outside are
the suburbs, extending for many miles.
The outer forts are dotted among the
suburbs and it is this section of outer
Paris that has been cleared of all
buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
PARIS is A CITY
THAT IS ILL AT EASE
(By George Dufresne)
(Staff Correspondent of the Interna-
tional News Service)

wy NColSc Dull co.icD
(Staff Correspondent of the Interna-
tional News Service)
Paris, Sept. Like a lovely wom-
an shorn of her tresse:, Paris stands
alone, city without suburbs. Gone
are the little villages where lived
some of the city's laboring people.
Gone are the houses and barns of the
market gardeners. Gone, too, are
some Of the handsome villas, the coun-
try hcmes of well-to-do Parisians.
The military wreckers today had
finished their work of razing all the
onvirons of Paris and the capital has
a distinctly "bobtailed" look. The sub
urbs were demolished against the
dreaded but deprecated contingency
that the Germans might invest Paris
1t was deemed necessary by the war
office, now in supreme control, that
the country for many miles around
Paris be cleared Of houses, in order
that the forts defending the capital
mighc have uninterrupted range and
also that the enemy might have no
shelter to aid their advance.
The order to raze homes, surren-
dering without compensation the fruits
of their years of toll, was perhaps the
first thing that brought to French
men of the younger generations a
realization of all that war and mar
tial law means. The survivors of
1870 know all about confiscation and
siege and destruction of property, but
younger Parisians perhaps did not full
ly comprehend the situation until they
heard the explosions that tore down
the beautiful and picturesque suburbs
of Paris ard saw homesteads go by
the board
But there was little complaint and
lamentation heard as the result of the
destruction of the suburbs. Save for
the tears of some old women, weep
ing for the loss of the homes and
their "lares and penates," there was
no protest. Throughout her history
France has been military nation and
Frenchmen have for generations been
taught to accept the fortunes of war
1t ia the youth of the country who
are learning new things now. AT first
the war was more or less of frolic
intermixed with bitter denunciations
Of Germany. The gathering of troops
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
There Is a Bright Side
To the Present Outlook

work in the Press from day to day
boosting the valley and it's various
enterprises, and read with pleasure
your efforts to cheer up the ones
who need cheering at this time.
see you nearly always try to offset
the boor conditions with the better
ones and to put alongside the losses
of today the gains of tomorrow.
at would seem to me that the tenn
porary loss in the price of cotton was
in measure offset by the better mar
ket for beef and butter, eggs and milk
products, although possibly the same
property holders do not share in all
the benefits and losses.
'I am thinking also that to live
in such a country as this is and in
such part of it as is our share
that alone is some offset at this time
of strife and turmoil amongst our
friends across the seas. And few there
are Of us who would for one moment
change places with those who are liv-
ing ir these stricken countries, even
with our puny trials and tribulations
here to contend with, which melt to
nothingness in comparison to what
millions of others are at this time suf-
fering.
"Cotton is down, but it will surely
go up, and within few months our
beloved country will smile with pros
perity from end to end. And what a
glorious country it is, when one stops
to consider it all! Yours for faith,
"K. C. WELLS"
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
RUSSIANS ADVANCE
IN EAST PRUSSIA
(By United Press Associations

Pelrograd, Sept. THE Russians
in East Prussia are advancing today
on The Germans Notifications at the
River Dieme, and also are besieging
Konigsberg citadel.
The Russian lines are stretched
through East Prussia, the Russian
province of Plock, Warsaw and Ra-
dom and Austrian Galicia, a distance
of 500 miles. The Gar is pressing
the Austrians hard in Russian Poland,
though they have been reinforced by
the Germans. The Austrians arc
strengthening their positions on the
River San. but the Russians are ad-
vancing steadily, already seizing the
Carpathian passes.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07

The basis of optimism is in taking
broad survey of things, for when
one sees broadly he must see some
bright things in life. Pessimis comes
simply from narrowing ones vision
down to the present annoyances Of
the day, which we all experience.
Just at this time one needs to take
a broad survey, for the shifting Of
conditions by the European war has
brought mixture of good and evil,
and one should weigh the one against
the other.
There are few American indus
tries which have suffered greatly
from the war, among these being cot
ton, and if all industries were in the
same class the country could not car
ry :ho burden without great priva-
ton. But the majority of industries
are favorably affected by the war.
The great grain areas, the livestock
and manufacturing industries are en-
joying the greatest period of eXpan-
sion and profit they have ever known.
while in our own southern California
the citrus fruit growers are just now
closing season which has brought
them fifty millions of dollars.
The high seas are being reopened
to traffic, and merchandise is begin
ming to move. The Americans who
ordinarily spend $3OO,OOO,OOO year in
European travel are this year being
diverted to the coast.
Because of the war, the balance of
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
AUSTRIAN FORCES
IN A BAD WAY
(Rv Irnited Press Assnciatinn

(By United Press Associations
Vienna, via Rome, Sept. 7.-Gener-
ais Won Aufenbergs and Denkles, COM
mand;ng the Austrian forces fighting
General Rousky's are numerically al
most overwhelmed by the Russian COM
mand today in Lubin province, Rus
sian Poland, between Hrubieszow and
the Galician frontier. Rousky has
sought to crush the Austrians before
German reinforcements arrive. The
Austrians are outnumbered four or
five to one. Van Auftenberg is re-
ported hard pressed, but confident of
holding his position until reinforced.
The flower of the Austrian army is in
his command.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07

their departure amid the waving of
flags and ringing of cheers seemed
like holiday occasion. Then came
the shortage of money. That carried
to the consciousness of the people
that they were up against a serious
situation.
And then came martial law. Its
rigid provisions convinced even the
most buoyant and volatile that war
was real, that in its dire effects it
touched the whole people, women and
children as we'll as fighting men.
The uneasiness of the Parisians has
been increased of late by the perform
ances of German aviators who have
flown over the city and dropped
tombs. True, the missiles have done
little damage, only a few persons be-
ing wounded and scattering buildings
damaged. Most of the bombs have
failed to explode. But the fact that
death and destruction threatens them
out of the very air naturally makes
the people nervous and anxious.
The Notifications of Paris and their
ability to resist a siege are receiving
careful attention these days while the
oity's detailed defenses are surround
ed with secrecy by the military au-
thorities, yet their general character
and formidable strength are well
known These Notifications consist Of
three distinct circles, sweeping around
the city; first, the solid wall of ma
sonry, Is feet high, extending for
twenty-five miles around the old Sec
tion of Paris; second, the system of
seventeen detached forts, arranged at
intervals, two miles beyond the wall,
and making circuit of the city thir.
ty-four miles long, and, third, an
outer girdle of forts, seventy-five
miles long, on the heights command
ing the valley of the Seine.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
BRITISH IN BELGIUM
BARRED FROM ALLIES
(By Bernard Belancourt)
(By International News Service)

(By International News Service)
Antwerp, Sept 1.-THE German ar
my which took Termonde after gal
liant defense by the garrison, which
was onutnumbered more than three to
Cne, has moved northward, Occupying
Lokeren. AS result of the Occu-
pancy of Lokeren, railroad conmunica-
ton between this city and Ghent by
way CT st. Nicholas is interrupted
The German forces have reached a
point only IS miles from Antwerp on
the southwest, and it lies between this
city and Ostend, where the British
army landed
The English troops brought in ;.t
Ostend are the first to be sent here
direct to help the Belgians and it Is
believed to have been the intention of
the British war office to send them
eastward for junction with the Be-
gian army at Antwerp.
1t is learned that another English
force has been landed on the north
ern French coast. It's numerical
strength is unknown.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
Is Stalking Everything.
(By United Press Associations
(BV Ed l.. Keen)

London, Sept. Germany is stalk
ing everything. on a mighty battle
today. A solid phalanx $50 miles long
is being hurled against the allies, driv-
ing southwark of Nanteuil General
Won Kluk's force, constituting the ex-
treme right wing, and General Won
Heeringen's left. Five armies be-
tween are striking desperately for the
same spot.
Experts declare the Kaiser's plan is
to annihilate the allies mobile forces;
then to divide his own force, leaving
half to besiege Paris and the other
half tc meet the Russians in the east.
The war office is feverishly prepar-
ing to hurry fresh troops to the
scene.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07

(By United Press Associations)
PARIS, SEPT. IAN OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE WAR
OFFICE TODAY SAYS THE. GER
MAN ADVANCE FROM THE EAST
IS CHECKED.
THE STATEMENT FOLLOWS:
"THE GERMAN ADVANCE ON
PARIS FROM THE EAST WAS
STOPPED YESTERDAY AFTER A
FIERCE BATTLE. THE FRENCH
AND ENGLISH COMPELLED THE
GERMANS TO ABANDON COU-
LOMMERS, LIE FERTE- -GAUCHER,
AND TO RETREAT FURTHER
EAST"
COULOMMERS IS so MILES
So MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS
AND LIE FERTE-GAUCHER AZ
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS.
OVER A MILLION TROOPS ARE
REPORTED TO HAVE PARTICI-
PATED IN THE FIGHTING. BE-
FORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS
MADE WORD WAS RECEIVED
THAI THE ALLIES HAD CARRIED
OUT A DOUBLE FLANKING
MOVEMENT, GENERAL JOFFRE
MOVING AGAINST THE GER
MANS RIGHT WING AND SIR
JOHN FRENCH AGAINST THE
LEFT. fal
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07

trade has been turned in our favor to
the tune of hundreds of millions Of
dollars, and within year of war the
American manufacturers will have
doubled their consumption of cot
ton.
The world knows that every great
war brings depression in the price
Of cotton, just as it has done this
year, and it equally knows that so
soon as the war ends the surplus of
stock in the world having been ex-
hausted, any everybody turning to the
consumption of cotton in preference
to the more expensive articles, the
price of cotton scars skyward 1t al
ways has been so and it will be this
time.
The area of great prosperity is
spreading over the country today from
the few localities where it was first
manifest, and as money becomes plen-
tiful spectators will buy up the cot
ton crop to hold against the great
rise sure to come when the war ends.
This journal does not aim at any
Misrepresentation, but it does believe
in the great era of prosperity that lies
just ahead, and the following letter
from a gentleman long prominent in
the industrial affairs of Southern Cal
ifornia, including this valley, shows
that there are others who agree with
the Press:
"Redlands, Sept. 5-Editor Press
Dear Sir: am glad to note your good
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07

IN France are at least 2,5OO,00O.
Through the general staff states
that Emperor William is now in the
vicinity of Nancy, he was reported on
Wednesday evening in Brussels, where
he conferred with General Won Lutte
witz, military governor of that city.
The war office announced today that
there has been little change in the
east, the Germans continuing to hold
back the Russian attacks without dif-
ficulty, while other forces are coop
Grating with the Austrians to good ad
vantage.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
$500. 900 GERMANS
FIGHTING IN FRANCE

Berlin, via Amsterdam, Sept. T.
The armies that Germany has sent to
fight the allies in the west numbered
2,026,000 men, according to figures
furnished by railroads officials in the
Department of Cologne. These are
exclusive of the number at various
strongholds such as Metz and Strass-
burg, and it is probable, therefore, that
the forces now confronting the allies
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
HEAVY Fighting.
(By United Press Associations

(By United Press ASSoclatlonS)
Paris, Sept. 7.-Governor Calliena
today published the following from
Bordeaux:
"The French and British have en-
gagged in a general action northeast
of Paris. The battle lines extend from
Nantowil to Verdun, via Vitry, Le-
farnccis, Department of the Marine,
nineteen miles southwest of Chalons,
at the commencement of the Rhine
Marnc canal. The French and Brit
ish compelled the Germans to retire
from the region of Coulommiers, De-
partment Seine ct. Marne, on the
Grand Morn river, after two days Of
fighting. The entire allies line was
;naction. The combat was extremely
vigorous"
The French are massed at the Kais-
er's right wing, ready to entrap many
German cavalry. Aviators discovered
the danger and the German command
ers suddenly changed their plans. AS
result it is believed the German
right wing will remain stationary
pending the outcome of the fighting
on the Meuse. The Germans have
crossed the Meuse at Stenay and are
opposed by 100000. The French line
has been extended from Rethel to
Verdun and the latter surrounded.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
Contest of Strategy.
lBY F. P. Merrickl

(By International News Service)
Paris, Sept. with seven armies
-four German, two French and one
British-stretched out over a ragged
battle line, fighting is believed to be
now in progress east of Paris, on
field which gives the allies the ad-
vantage in strength of position. So
far as it is possible to Judge from
an official statement issued at the
war office tonight, the battle line
stretches through or near Melin- Cha
teau, Thiery, Grand Pre- and in a
southeasterly direction. Not until this
conflict ends decisively will it be
known whether the streategy of the
allies commanders or that of the Ger
man general staff is superior. The
war office statement says:
"The allied armies have again come
into contact on our left wing, under
good conditions, with the right wing
of the enemy on the banks of the
Grand NORM. Around Paris the en-
gagement began Saturday between
the allied army and the flank of the
advance guard of the Germans. They
have advanced to the River Ouro
without great resistance, but the stu
alton of the allied armies appears
good, as a whole.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
Great Amy Destroyed.

By International News Service)
Paris, Sept. An announcement
issued at Bordeaux and telegraphed
here is as follows:
"Twelve Austrian army corps of
100000 men have been annihilated be-
fore Lemberg. Another Austrian ar
my operating on the front of Kras-
nosedmopolo has lost heavily and been
routed.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
THREE SLAV ARMIES
MARCH ON HUNGARY
(By Francis L. Murray
(By International News Service)


Petrograd, Sept. 1.-Two Russian
armies are marching to invade Hun
gary from the east and north, while
& third is forcing back the combined
Austrian and German forces that are
trying to avert the march on Posen,
than straight to Berlin according to
a general staff announcement today.
Two Austrian corps fortified their po
sitions in the hills about Grodef, but
were compelled to retreat after bonn
hardnent, and fell back upon Przomysi
after suffering heavy losses.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
Tom Hind Investigating
Volcano Lake Level

1t is learned that Tom Hind, the
eminent engineer, is at work in the
Volcano Lake district making a care
full study of the situation there for
w. D. Doran, representative of the
Southern. Pacific Company in the Cal
ifornia Development Company. The
idea is to ascertain Just what is neces-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
(By United Press Associations)

Paris, Sept. IA war office tele-
cram from Bordeaux announces that
the allies have turned the German
flank. simultaneously the British
broke through the German lines, i'm
periling the Kaiser's right wing and
forcing a withdrawal from Lille and
vicinity to strengthen the right wing,
II is believed the Germans have ceased
the direct march on Paris, learning
that the allies contemplated general
engagement west of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
LIKE THE OPENING
OF GATES OF HE'LL
(By International News service)

(By international News SerVice)
Petrograd, Sept. 7.-"Like the OPEN
ing Of the gates of hell" is the graphic
description given by wounded Rus
sian officer of the German artillery
fire in the reverse which the Russian
forces suffered in East Prussia. Sev.
eral trains Of wounded men have ar
rived here and the soldiers stories
show that the Russians suffered se-
verely, though they claim the reverse
was not a rout.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
tBy United Press Associations,

Bordeaux, Sept. THE French are
celebrating as a victory the Ger
mans failure to attack Paris. The
newspapers fairly gloated, but the war
office believes the Kaiser is only
awaiting the Strengthening of the
right wing. General Won Buelow is
trying to reach it from Rheims.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
Squirting Them On.
(By Herbert Temple)
(By International News Sci

(By International News Service)
London, Sept. THE official an
nouncement is made at Berlin that
Emperor William has joined at the
front the army of the crown prince,
operating around Nancy. This is TAX
en- to mean that Germany has drawn
back the mailed fist for decisive
blow to try to humble the allies. The
Kaiser evidently has gone to the the
atre of war to urge with his voice
and presence the German soldiery on
to victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07
New Pope Against War.

(By international News Service)
Rome, Sept.s7.-The Pope today re-
ceived in audience members of the
diplomatic corps accredited to the Vat
lean. Among the diplomats were
several with whom the new Pope,
while serving as aide to Cardinal
Rampolla, then secretary of state.
formed a lasting friendship. Today's
reception is regarded as the opening
of campaign which Pope Benedicto
XIV will wage to bring to an end the
war now sweeping Europe.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-07

sary for the protection Of the valley
from the flood of next June.
Undoubtedly the result of Mr..
Kinds report will in llasGonaeasu
govern the attitude of the directors
Of the Irrigation District, who are con-
sidering levying special tax for the
construction of protective works be-
fore the next flood.