The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-24
GEESE START BIG FARM ROW
Unchecked cackIing of Flock Followed
by Arrest, Damage and SANDER
Suits at Ottawa.

AAO OcOAAAAAS VI $500 pAOS4p4IcIlCu
two farmers near Ottawa into a heap
Of difficulties, the latest chapter Of
which was the granting of $500 dam
ages to Carl E. Rorschach from c. A
DiVen. The two farmers are neigh
bors north of Ottawa. Rorschach was
arrested charged with stealing the
Diven geese, which bothered him The
case was dismissed, but Rorschach
sued Diven for $1,065 damages. Part
Of the damages has been awarded.
But that doesn't end the difficulty
Mrs. Diven has sued Rorchach for 81
600, alleging that he threatened her.
To which Mr.. Rorschach has counter
ed with a claim of $4,000 alleging
defamation of his character by Mrs.
Diven.
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Injured on Way to Deathbed.-While
Mrs Allie Bright, whose home is nine
miles west Of independence, was has
tening there to be at the bedside Of
her dying mother a passing motorcy-
Gle frightened her team and it ran
away. Mrs Bright was thrown out.
Her left side was injured, three ribs
being broken and her head bruised.
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Live Wire Kills Lineman.-Fortyi
four hundred volts Of electricity pass
ed through the body Of James lived
del at the top of a 50-foot pole at HoI-
Iiday, the other afternoon and he fell
dead to the ground. He was working
as a lineman for the electrical signal
department of the Santa Fe.
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Big Barn Burma large barn on
the William Martin farm, seven miles
west Of Anthony, burned the other
night with seven head of horses and
several hundred bushels of wheat
Flour Mill Burns.-The Pearl mills
at Mcpherson burned the other
night, together with about fifteen hun
dred bushels of new wheat, two car
loads Of flour and large quantity of
bran and feed.
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Pioneer Dies.-R. J. Meyer, who
served in the Civil war with the Sew
enth Iowa cavalry and located in
Cherokee county soon after the close
of the war, is dead at the age of n.
Dies In Bed.-Mrs. Annie c. Wis
burg, 81, one Of the earliest settlers
of Allen county, was found dead in
bed at her home southeast of Savons-
burg the other day.
Killed by Live Wire-Joseph Stager,
a Iineman for the Central Power plant,
was instantly killed at Downs by
live wire. He was % years old and
left a widow and two children.
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To Join Red cross.-Dr. o. NJ.
Owensby, a surgeon of Pittsburg, will
leave within ten days for Europe to
become a Red Cross surgeon.
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No Sunday shows.-The theater
men Of Pittsburg have lost another
round IN their fight to keep open on
Sunday. Judge A ]. Curran in the
district court refused TO dissolve the
| Injunction which he granted to the op-
ponents OF Sunday shows several
weeks ago.
| HaS Big Corn IIeIo.-EuWaEd Put
nam, a farmer near Salina, who is
gathering his corn, reports he is get
ting IS bushels to the acre. The land
is light bottom soil and the weather
condition last summer were ideal.
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Civil War Veteran Dies.-Captain
". H H. Macarthur, aged IS, is dead at
! the home Of his daughter, Mrs. Frank
Chambers at Winfield. Captain Nc
Arthur was a native OF Ohio. At the
breaking out Of the Civil war he en-
listed with the Thirty{frst Ohio IN
fantry.
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Charged With Murder-George Al
len, 50 years old, was arrested on a
charge OF murder in the first degree
on the finding Of q coroners jury for
the murder OF z H Tucker, near
| Meade