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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
STANDS BY WILSON
House Repeats Toll Exemption
Measure by Vote of
247 to 161.
RESULT A NOTABLE VICTORY
Administration Won Out in Spite of
Active Opposition of Leaders
of All Parties.

Washington, d. C.-The most not
able victory of President Wilson's ad-
ministration came with the rollcaI1 on
the bill repeating the Panama Canal
tolls exemption for American vessels.
The house by a vote of 247 to 161
sustained the position of the Presi-
dent.
The opposition of Speaker Champ
Clark to the Wilson administration
proved ineffective.
Administration leaders in the house
expressed surprise at the strong fol-
lowing of Mr. Wilson. Before the roll
was called, Representative Palmer OF
Pennsylvania, who, in the debate, had
been recognized as a Democratic floor
leader, stated that the vote would
show majority of about seVenty-fye
for the bill. The anti-administration
leaders had predicted many assertions
from the Wilson forces. The roll call
showed that there had been no basis
for this prediction.
The announcement of the vote on
the final passage of the bill was fol-
lowed by wild cheering from the fol-
lowers of President. Wilson in the
house and a wave of applause from
the galleries.
The bill now will go to the senate,
where its fate is uncertain. Admins
tration leaders declared that it would
be passed by that body by decisive
majority.
Speaker Clark, closing debate
against the repeal of toll exemption,
| disappointed those who expected him
to attack President Wilson. He dis
claimed any personal issue with the
President, said he believed Mr.. Viii
son was actuated by the highest patr1-
otto motives, and that there was no
break in the Democratic party.
He discIafmed any personal issue
between the President and himself
and added that if the President had
reasons which are not utterly unten-
able and which compel him to make
this request" he had not given them
to the house.
He differed with the Presidents
statement that toll exemption was "a
mistaken economic policy but adj
hitting dispute on that point, pro-
posed that the exemption be suspend
ed two years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
SEAL HUNTERS PERISH IN ICE
Blizzard Traps Steamer New
fOundIand's Men On FIoes.

st. Johns, NewfOundland--Sl1 sixty
four members of the crew Of the New
FoundIand are known TO have per
Ished and thirty-seven were rescued
according to q statement authorized
by J. c. Bennett, colonial secretary
and acting premier. The steamer
Bellaventure accounted for ffty-eight
dead and thirty-hye living. the
Stephano for one dead and two living
and the Florisol for five dead
The freezing gale ragged undated
and for foFty-eight hours the sea
men fought death on the crashing
foes.
The Newfoundland was one Of a
fleet OF fifteen ships, carrying more
than two thousand men, scattered
among the ice foes near Belle Isle
Strait. When the blizzard came the
crews OF the other steamers managed
to regain their vessels, ebut the foes
on which the Newfoundland men
were hunting drifted away from the
main body of ice and at dark not one
had returned. The ships crew num-
bered $50 men, of whom 12O were on
the ice. Capt. Wesley Kean, his Of
1cers, engineers, stOkers and cooks
remained aboard.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
GEORGE W. MARTIN IS DEAD
End Comes to Kansas Pioneer and
Editor at His Daughters Home
in Topeka.

George W. Martin, pioneer OF Kan
sas, for many years secretary of the
Kansas Historical Society, and one of
its founders, died at the home OF his
daughter in Topeka recently. He had
been Ill with paralysis the greater
part of two years. At times he appar-
emily recovered and was at his Office,
then another stroke would keep him
in bed for weeks.
The stroke which caused his death
came Sunday That morning he was
feeling better than usual; he dressed,
ate breakfast and for two hours held
reception to old friends who called
on their way to church. He had been
unconscious nearly all the time since
Sunday and the end had been expect
ed several days.
George Washington Martin was born
III Hollidaysburg, Pa, June 80, 1841,
the son of David and Mary Martin.
The Martins came to Kansas in 1857,
George reaching Lecompton on foot
April 9, and for the next half century
and more was identified intimately
with the history of the state. From
the start he was newspaper man. He
learned the printing trade in Pennsyl-
vania, worked on the LecomptOn Union
and the National Democrat in Lee
compton, and in 1861 established the
Junction City Union, which for five
years was the only newspaper between
Kansas City and Denver.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
APOPUIAR CONTEST
university's Plan for Child Vel
fare Prizes Meets In
slant Approval.
SECOND CLASS TOWNS ENTER
Members of Faculty VIII Score Each
City and Award $1,000 and
$500 Gifts.

Kansas cities are paying attention
to the welfare OF their children, as
is attested by the quick response
which they have made in an effort to
win the child welfare prize which
was recently offered by the University
of Kansas.
Every mail is bringing inquiries to
Prof William A McKeeVer, head OF
the child welfare department of the
University Of Kansas, asking for de-
tailed information concerning the con-
test.
The prizes of s., 900 and $500, which
were offered will be awarded one year
from now to the Kansas city of the
second class which shows the great
est advantages for rearing children
in the way of Fairgrounds and gym
nasiums, school and kindergarten
work, including industrial training
and vacation classes; moral and ply
steal safeguards in the way of motion
picture censors and enforcement OF
cigarette laws and pool hall ordi-
nances; mothers clubs, Sunday
schools and religious activities con-
Quoted especially for the welfare OF
the children.
The contest is open to all second
class cities of Kansas and entries can
be made by any organization OF such
a community. The board of educa-
ton, city teachers association, COM
mercial club, federation of women's
clubs, ministerial associations, may all
take up the contest for their town.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
OHIO COAL MINES CLOSED
Fifty Thousand Men Thrown Out of
Work Because of Recently
Passed Law.

Cleveland, O.-With a few excep-
tions every coal mine in Ohio has
been closed down for an indefinite
period. Local coal operators estimate
that $4,000 miners are thrown out OF
employment
At the last session of the Ohio leg
islature a law was passed providing
for loss of coal on run Of the mine
basis instead of the screen payment
plan, which has always prevailed in
this state. This law is the cause Of
the shut down.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
FIALA AND PARTY AT MANAOS
Member of Roosevelt Brazilian Ex-
petition Reaches Coast Safely
Balance Expected Soon.

New York-Antonio FTaIa, who
headed a section Of the exploring
and hunting expedition OF Col. TheO-
dore Roosevelt, has arrived at Man
aos, Brazil FiaIa and his party de-
scended the river Tapajos and recent
advices told OF the laundering OF one
OF their boats at Etaqui Springs,
which resulted in the loss OF their
equipment
No recent news has been received
from Colonel Roosevelt, who is ex-
ploring the Duvieda River. He IS ex-
peeted any time now, however, as he
planned to reach Manaos early In
April
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
LOSES FIGHT FOR FORTUNE
Says New York Court Of
Appeals

New York@The appellate division
OF the state supreme court has de-
cided against Florence Louise Brandt
In her attempt to establish that she
Is the legally adopted daughter OF the
late William Ziegler Miss Brandt
claimed one-half OF the Is million dol
lar estate left by ZIegler, the bulk or
which went to William ZiegIer. Jr-,
and adopted son.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Messenger Shoots Bandit.

Athens, Ga.-An attempt by a ban
dit to rob Seaboard Air Line pas
senger train No. II, sOuthbound, near
Conner, Ga, was frustrated by the ex-
press messenger, r. G. Fletcher. After
a pistol fight with Fletcher the ban
dit jumped from the train a-short
distance from Conner and escaped.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Gasoline Cut in St. Louis.

ST. Louis.-The price of gasoline in
st. Louis has been cut to thirteen
cents a gallon by the Standard Oil
Company This cut is the fifth made
by the Standard Oil Company since
November 4, when it began a fight
against Independents In the st. Louis
field.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Koetters Convicted.

Chicago-John B. Hooters was
found guilty Of numbering Mrs. Emma
Kraft of Cincinnati and his punish
ment fixed at life Imprisonment in a
verdict rendered by a jury here.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Mob Slabs Wife SLAYER.

Santa Fe. N M3Twenty masked
men took Adolfe PaddiIIa, charged
with numbering his wife. from "a San
Ia Fe county jail to the nearest cor
ner and inflicted many wounds with
knives. He probably viii die.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
katy General MANAGER Dead.

Chicago-William O'Herin, assist
ant general manager of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railroad is dead.
Mr.. O'Herin was injured near Sedalia,
Mo-, in 1908 while directing the work
Of rescuing passengers OF a wrecked
train.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Doo Caused a Raby's Death.

Comanche. Tex;-Dragged by his
pet dog into = large pot OF boiling
water, George Roderick, years old,
was fatally sealded here The child
was driving the dog with a rope when
the accident occurred.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
NEW GAS WELL BROUGHT IN
DriIIers Near Arkansas City Report
Flow of Nearly 100000
Feet a Day.

A gas we'll of unusual proportions
has just been drilled in on the Stall
hacker farm, southwest of Arkansas
City in Sumner county, at depth OF
1920 feet. The gas we'll is as good
as most Oklahoma wells, according to
the drillers, and the flow of gas is
worth saving. The flow is estimated
at 800 to 600 pounds rock pressure
and will measure ~ million to 2 mil
lion feet a day. Oil sand has also
been found in several wells in this
locality and the field west of here
bids fair to become a second Cushing
pool.
Diphtheria in Prison.-Officials at
the United States penitentiary at
Leavenworth are facing an epidemic
of diphtheria which has broken out
among the inmates of the institution.
So far thirteen prisoners have con-
tracted the disease, and in order to
stamp it out DR.. A. F. Yohe, prison
physician, is segregating all who show
symptoms.
Dangerous Crossing to Go.-The Al
ia Vista railroad crossing, the most
dangerous in that part of the coun-
try, is to be replaced in the spring by
an overhead viaduct, according to
word received there from the Rock
Island authorities. Operations will
begin May 1.
Woman Pioneer Dies.-Mrs. Mary
Hannah ~TulI, SO, is dead at her home
in Atchison. She came to Atchison
in 1859 and had been a resident of
the state ever since. She was born
in Platte county, Missouri, only a few
miles from Atchison
Sumner Wheat is Fine.-The condi-
ton of the wheel cop in Sumner
county is the best ever reported at
this time of year. In 1901 Sumner
county was the banner wheat county
of the world. the production that year
being 100000 bushels. The acreage
this year is much greater, and the out
look is promising for another record
crop.
X
Fist Blow kiIIs.-Jay NJ. Brew died
in a hospital at Wichita after his
brother-in1aw, Samuel Crawford, had
struck him in the face with his fist,
following a quarrel over some prop
erty. Crawford was arrested.
x
Farmer Ends Life.-John Schmidt,
Bohemian farmer, living south of
Oxford. committed suicide at his home
by shooting. Continued i'll health and
financial reverses are supposed to
have prompted the act.
Two New Postmasters.-Presid
Wilson has nominated Charles r. Ha-
ven to be postmaster at Wellington
and John NJ. Winter to be postmaster
at Manhattan.
X x x
Opens War on FIies.-A swat the
fly" campaign began in Atchison
when the sanitation committee of the
Atchison Women,s Civic Club sent out
letters asking merchants dealing in
foedstuffs to cooperate with the club
in exterminating the fly.
Solomon Wins Solomon
High School, by defeating Norton
County High School, won the debat.
ing championship of the Fifth and
Sixth districts at Solomon. Mini.
mum wage legislation for Kansas was
debated
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Varied Murder-suicide plan.

Moline, nl.-EmiIie AhIberg, 3
young laboring man, shot a hole
through his sweetheart's picture
which was hanging IN his room and
then shot and killed himself. They
had quarreIed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Plant a Million Pine Trees.

Minneapolis, Minn.-The planting OF
forestation work by the state OF
Minnesota on a large scale, has begun
in Itasca and Crow Wing counties.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
sues Sunday for SANDER.

New York-Charging that EFange-
list Billy Sunday called him q fool
whose brain was on the melt at
WiIkes-Barre, Charles H. Bell filed
suit here for $4,000 In the supreme
court
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
kiIIa Taft Double

st. Lou1s-John Crowley, house
man, ex-President Taft's double. is
dead from injuries received when
Blocked down by motor car The
other night.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Irish Patriot Dies.

Dublin, IreIand.-Timothy Daniel
Sullivan, Irish patriot and author OF
God Save Ireland" is dead. He was
81 years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Solomon Wins Debate.-Solomon
High School, by defeating Norton
County High School, won the debat-
ing championship of the Fifth and
Sixth districts at Solomon. Mini
mum wage legislation for Kansas was
debated
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Veteran Dies.-Isaac Anderson, a
retired farmer. 81 years of age and
a veteran of the Mexican and Civil
wars, is dead at Salina He had lived
in Ottawa County and Saline County
thirty years He left a widow, two
sons and a daughter.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Two New Postmasters.-Pres
Wilson has nominated Charles r. Ha-
ven to be postmaster at Wellington
and John NJ Winter to be postmaster
at Manhattan
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Opens War on FIies.-A swat the
fly campaign began in Atchison
when the sanitation committee of the
Atchison Women's Civic Club sent out
letters asking merchants dealing in
foedstuffs to cooperate with the club
in discriminating the fly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Fist Blow kiIIs.-Jay NJ Brew died
in a hospital at Wichita after his
brother-in1aw, Samuel Crawford, had
struck him in the face with his fist,
following a quarrel over some prop
erty. Crawford was arrested.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Farmer Ends Life.-John Schmidt,
a Bohemian farmer, living south of
Oxford. committed suicide at his home
by shooting. Continued i'll health and
financial reverses are supposed to
have prompted the act.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Shoots Robber.@Tom Vance, night
Waterman. discovered robh. - in The
act of robbing the J. W. PauIen mer-
camille store at Fredonia and arrested
them. after shooting one of the men
in the back The wounded man is
only slightly injured
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Pittsbureers sect Toeether."-six
hundred men-four hundred of them
farmers-attended get together
luncheon, given by the Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce the other day.
The affair was the first of a number
the chamber plans to obtain members
of the chamber from the country.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Ottawa Judge Dies.-Joseph Paxton
Kerr, police Judge and at one time
one of the foremost landowners and
business men of Franklin County
died recently at Ottawa of pneumonia.
He was an agriculturalist, railroad
contractor and scholar. He was born
in Mercer County. Pennsylvania, in
1880,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-09-11
Act No. 262
House Bill No. s13. BY Mr.. Generelly
AM Atm

House Bill No. 6l3. BY Mr.. Generelly
AN ACT.
Authorizing the Board of Directors Of
the Public Schools of the Parish of
orleans to issue Two Million Dollars
o. PONDS Tor the purpose of acuuir-
ing school sites, constructing school
buildings and their appurtenances in
the City of New Orleans; to provide
the terms and conditions under which
SAID bonds shall be issued and sold.
ana the security for the payment of
the principal andst interest thereof: TO
define the duties OF the Board of
LIQUIDATION, City Debt. in connection
with the issuance and sale Of said
ponds, the payment Of the principal
anu interest thereon. and the retire
and obligations Of the City of New
orleans in connection with the re-
endorsement OF the Board of Direc-
tors OF the Public Schools for the
farlsh or Orleans by certain annual
payments; and to define the method
ana manner In which the proceeds OF
sald bonds shall be employed and
disbursed. 'eN "'''
Sectlon l. Be 1t enacted by the Gem
erai Assembly of the State of Louis.
ANA tWo-thfrds of all the members
ti'h! 10 each house concurring That
s y TO ratification Of the people OF
the state of Louisiana, by an amen
ment to the Constitution Of the State,
hereinafter submitted to them. the
BOARD OF Directors of the Public Schools
Tor the Parish Of Orleans, of the State
d louisiana. is hereby authorized and
empowered to issue bonds not to ex-
seeo TWO million dollars ($2.0oO, o00)
Ia,k a'n our 10 be dated January I.
sentl per annum interest. payable
the principal Of which
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-09-11
the Standard to
Al !: !. Others Are Compared.


it is that dealers
highest bidder. ~ " ' e w. " ~
New o sash conditions SINGERS every year.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-09-11

lnaaa ns Payable in forty 40
1s6O, oo0, .s OF fifty thocsan,
Of Jan,., each. payable on the
TO and '" Try IN each of the vs
b tv au including 1855, res u "
hereinafter set forth, respect
h.. ss rsr bonds shall be mass ~
school R ana shall be styled
Parish nohds; City Of New Orr.
,rs 1ala bonds shall ne Of =.
sxcent ~. It one thousand d,
az - that at the option
of hi, h Js indicated in and {
OF five hundred do ~ .he oel 4
70 .uch bidder II successful ,H
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-09-11
Act No. 200

House Bill No. 1853. BY Mr.. Generelly.
AN ACT
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-27
CANTR|L CITIZENS
FAVOR J.W. ROWLEY
FORTY NAMES ATTACHED TO
PETITION SHOW SENTIMENT
TOWARDS EDITOR.

Cantril, Jan. 26.-To John w. Row
ley, Keosauqua, Iowa:
The forty names attached to the fol
lowing statement, were procured IN
about forty minutes. They are tax
payers and members of different politi
cal parties. We send this to you to
show the sentiment that prevails here
rs to your candidacy for governor.
... E. H. Rider. ~
We, citizens of Cantril and vicinity
heartily endorse John w. Rowley's
position in the capitol grounds extern
sion matter and sincerely thank the
people of Wapello county for their en-
dorsement of his candidacy:
e. H. Rider, J. S. Gretchen, w. c.
Creath, John Saar, Jr, w. H. Delaney,
J. H DeFord A. earns. D. McLane
John Work, T. H. Jennings, George
Hatch, S. r. Casady, F. Abernathy, n.
Mellott, w. H. Harryman, A. A. Work,
r. w. Linn, j. J. Tolbert, w. M. Evans,
John w. Creath, w. w. Wellborn, c.
G. Norris, A. S. Short, F. A. Smith,
w. NJ Summers, G. B. Creath, W. j.
Nrkhart, Thomas Brooks, A. J. Wells,
G. L. Norris, j. B. Thompson, Alfred
Pierce, W. H. Smith, J. M. Silver,
Cantril Savings bank by A. L. Silver,
cashier; VIM Teter, Walter Miller. A.
"A. Cassidy, G. L. Noe, w. H. Shotten.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-27

meetings: 49,,
congress of the United States or Amer
lea:
Whereas. thousands of miners in the
conner regions of Michigan, as well as
IN other parts of the United States,
have been for months engaged in a
terrific industrial struggle with the
wine owner; and
Whereas. in this struggle the work
ers have encountered atrocity and out
rage. have seen their members MUIR
dered their property destroyed, their
homes ravaged, their children killed;
the editors and publishers of their
napers arrested, thrown into jail and
refused release on bail; their leaders
shot. violently assaulted, dragged
through the streets of the city and
driven out of the state; and
Whereas, in all the copper region all
semblance of right and justice is sus-
nended and a reign of violence and
Terrorism prevails, while labor and in
dustry are paralyzed; and
Whereas, these events demonstrate
conclusively the utter incapacity OF
the present ullue o"Aoio " opoAo.0
the mines of these regions, either IN
Justice to labor or in safety to the COM
munities, or in harmony with the well
fare of the people of this nation
Therefore, be it -
Resolved, that the undersigned here
by demand Of the congress or the
United States to take steps as follows:
First: That a thorough COMPRESSION
al investigation of the whole strike sit
uation be made Immediately, and the
findings be published at the earliest
possible moment;
Second: That the government take
immediate steps to acquire possession
of the copper mines, and operate them
under union conditions. \.'f
Passed by local union No. 152, U. M.
W. of A., President VIM. Moses, Sec
rotary NJ. w. Jones.