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 pecially among a certain class in the United States. as the myth that there are untold millions, most of them belonging, rightfully, to American citizens, lying un- claimed in the possession of the British court of chancery. There isn't any Brit ish court of -chancery, by the bye and hasn't been for quarter of a century or more, but that is a detail.
 Ever since the time when James Rus sell Lowell was American ambassador to England, the representatives of the United States government in this coun- try have been attempting to Kill this fiction, which gives them-to say noth- Ing of the officials in the office Of the paymaster of the supreme court of judi cature who have the custody of what un- claimed funds actually are in chancery- no end of trouble, but all their efforts in this direction, thus far, have been abso- lutely futile. This, of course, is owing partly to the fact that the legend about vast wealth that is supposedly going abeg- ging is bound to take a lot of killing, but 1t is much more largely due to the ceaseless activity of enterprising miss ing heirs' agencies and '.next-of-kin' agents-a few of them in this country, but the vast majority on your side of the Att lantic-who keep on working the un- claimed millions in chancery delusion" for all it is worth, which is. apparently. r con siderable
 One happens to have personal knowl- edge of the deep-rootedness of this Amer ican belief in the existence of vast un- claimed estates in chancery. It was legend in the present writer's own fam fly that an early ancestor, who Is sup posed to have flourished in Wales left ''seven millions,' upon which the Prince of Wales. as the late King Edward was then, was supposed to be living like fighting cock, and one of the first things that did when I got over here was to investigate the matter.
 The result was proof enough to con-
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in 1912, when an application was made to reopen the case. the judge, Mr. Justice Eve, dismissed it absolutely, ruling that the case was closed for all time.
 Generally speaking the official went on, 'the applications from America out number those which we receive from this country by 10 to 1, and in q single year we get upwards of 5000.
 It is easy, too, to see that they all come tom extremely poor people, being nearly always written on cheap paper in un- trained hands. Mostly, too, the writers enclose American stamps for reply, which. of course, are useless to us. Hardly ever is there an inquiry about any sum of less than some millions and almost
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that the party must live up to, role a dis crimminasion of five per sent in the tariff bill favurring our merchant mareen. He tryed to make it ten per sent but couldn't get away with it. He also took hand in passing free tolls bill for American ships through the canal -favuring our merchant mareen, according to four successive dem- mycratic platforms.
 Our merchant mareen which used to loom up like Pikes Peek, in the days of Thomas Jeffersun, but which under re- publicon misrule has dwindled away till it would not favurabully compar with hole in dougnutt, gave three cheers and kidded itself into believing that the much
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On Encouraging Our
 Merchant Marine

ly advertised encorragemlnt WAS sertainy cumming to 1t. It was The merchant mareen has been encouraged. It has been encouraged to go chase itself, or jump off the map, or enny uther pleasant passtime like that 1t can think of "Here we air'' seys the merchant mareen, Eve have cum round to get ourselves encouraged. :" "Turn rite around'' seys Atturney Generi Me Reynolds, land I will encourage you" He then proseeds to do so by kicking aforesed merchant mareen in the pants till it dropped the five per sent discrimminasion that Oscar Underwood handed it. "Well" seys the merchant mareen, maybe we've got this dope all rong, but the platform seys they air going to encourage us, lets try the White House,
 So they apply to the Pressidint. Good morning Mistur Pressidint" seys the mer- chant mareen with it's hat in hand, "we have cum round to get a little of your well-known brand of perfectly good en- corragmint. "Sure" .seys .Pressidint Wilsun in perfect Prinstun English. "Sure l am going to encourage you l will begin by encouraging you to coff up one dollar and twenty sents a ton on all the stuff you carry through the Canal.''
 Of eorse you understand the demmy- lS a good demmycrat, so am l. But I am little mixed as to how they air going 10 encourage our merchant mareen, for we air all against subsidies-if they won't give them free tolls, if they won't allow the five per sent discrimminasion- only thing I see that they encourage the mer- chant mareen to do, is to swallow a job lot of molten led and go jump in the lake and drown itself
 Perhaps this is rite I don't say it an't-that is | don't say so moor than forty or fifty times day. But if it is rong to do enny of theese things for our mer- chant mareen; if 1t is perfectly proper that we should continew to allow forrain ships to carry our goods and build up theere own trade while we air contint to make no progress; then for the love of Mike let's cut out all that bunk in our platforms about encorragmint to our merchant ma reen. Let's don't get reputasion like the republicans got, that of saying one thing and doing just the revurse We sed we would reform the tariff and we did it. We sed we would reform the currensy, and we did it. We sed we would encourage the merchant mareen, and we did 1t. We did it with an axe.
 We air not Rocking our own admin nistrason. Far be 1t rum. We air for Pressidnt Wilsan for renominasion, and we air for him strong. We beleeve that he's one of the gratest men evver in the White House. And he is the frend of the peepul. As an encorrager of our merchant mareen, however, we air frank to say that we can't say that Pressdint Wilsun has maid enny special hit Of corse Tom Pense may be abull to discuvver where he .In Ia. an acheevmint of immense proporsions, that uther folks had been taking for sum thing else all the while
 Ennyhow we air in favur of reform of our platform, and our platform rturs. Yours trooly BILL VINES.
 Washington, D. C..
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"We beleeve in the encorragmint of our merchant mareen. We would return to the good old days when the American flag was in evvery port of the world We deplore that our flag has been driven frum the Sees, by the syndicated merchant mareen of forrain Missions. If the peepul will only put us in offise we will do all in our power to encourage and fostur our merchant mareen.''
 So when the demmycratic party came into power our verry muchly discouraged Merchant Mareen began to set up and take notise. Osker Underwood who has a no sion that he picked up frum sum phase that a party platform is sum kind of chartur
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By CHAS. OGDENS

scrupulous as we'll as highly imaginative. Tor not only do they deliberately trade on the credulity of poor people, but they stop at no absurdity to rake in the dol lars.
 Here, for example," added the official. producing a circular. lis an interesting document that apparently is largely cir culated in the United States. It adver- tises. not one, but several different edi- tions lone de luxe) of a work dealing with the Page estate in chancery. Now. though there once was a Page estate over which there was litigation, 1t never was in chancery. and the property has been distributed among the rightful heirs for many years. Moreover. the last time,
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l M ISX1|

II
 Wz erat have always been T Gs&y demmycrat 1 expect to always ! remain demmycrat. I have put so much expression into being demmycrat that to 'sflop' now would serve me little in get ting job under republican adminnistra- sion, if theere is evver anuther such thing. Usuelly when man swells up and boasts of his demmocrasy, it is becawse he is running for offise, or is trying to annex a Fedderel job. I have tryed both, but with indifferint success. In fact I don't think as an optomistick a person as Tom Pennse, who is one of the best annalyzurs of acheevemints at large, could point to eether one of my attempts at creating revvenew frum my demmocrasy as a sue cess. Unless he would cassuelly mension it as a success for the demmycratic party
 So as demmycrat, l want to say in passing that 1 can see no reesun for the demmycratic party to get all mussed up ovver this canal tolls questsion. Denny crats don't seem to agree about it, but that is perfectly consistint, that is one of the verry best things that demmycrats do, fail to agree. The only redeeming lecture about that, that one can see is that the IopuDllCOu pdlty octuS dioO tO udNc formed the same habbit.
 But what I want to point out to Willyum J. Bryan and uther well-known and perfectly good demmycrats, who have been spending all theere time, and our mummy, when not running for offise, or ex- plaining why they wasn't elected at so much per explain, in thinking up perfectly good blanks for the demmycratic platform, is, that according to the way the party seems to be heded, they have few blanks that look like excess baggage to a rank soutsider-so far as offise is consurned- but on electsion days-one of the nobull patryots which goes to make up the dem mycratic party.
 The Republican party stayed in power until it got careless about what 1t sed in its platform. They got to indulging in all kinds of plain and fansy stuff in theere platform slogans, which a lot of fool pee pull took seryously. It was in vain that they tryed to assure the peepul that they was just kidding them, and all that stuff was just pure and undiluted bunk, the peepul rose up and seperated the we'll known G. O. P. rum its meel ticket, and told them to go off and reflect The re publicon party dun so. It is still doing SO. As a reflectur I am stuck on the re publicon party, for they do it well, but it would jar us considerabully if they put us back into the reflecting bizness. The reflecting occupasion of polytisian, or polytical party is about as u1lremunnera- tive job as theere is on the map.
 It maid verry little difference what the demmycratic party put into its plat forms in the sixteen yeers sed party was meerly reflecting. They could indulge themselves in all kinds of theeories and slush that Willyum J. could think up, and they did. In all the platforms frum 1896 up to 1912, the demmycratic party pasient- ly announced to the peepul that if they would only trust them with the Treasury, they would spend the peepul's mummy, ex-
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actly as if it weer theere own; they prom missed to bite leg or two off of predatory weelth; they mensioned free and unlim- mited coinage of silvur"; they suggested that imperialism" was high crime and misdemeenur, and nun of theese things seem to make enny spesial hit with the public. They tryed them all with little effect. Seeing they weer no good, they dropped them out, and stuck to the tariff and one uther thing. The demmycratic party newer swerved from its tariff veews; Willyum J. thought up enuff issues to start Mexican Insurrecsion, but newer was the tariff lost site of. Also in evvery platform will be found sumthing like this
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"Unc1a;ed Millions ; Cha,cey" Like Mag1et Americans

ONDON, April 1S-(Special.)-Of all the hoary and oft-exposed
 myths going. there Is none. ap- parently. that dies so hard, es-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

and visitors to the State Convention,
also the people Of Hays who so gener-
ousiy opened their homes and cared for
them so well We feel that Hays City
and the schools in particular have re-
ceIyed the most generous advertising
that 1t has been the privilege for this
community to receive. The remarks
Of the visitors before they left prove
this, as there was not one small con-
plant, but ali declared Hays Co be the
best town they were ever entertained
in, and the Normal school the best
school they ever saw.
Respectfully Yours,
OSCAR II. STRAMEY,
LOUIS KRAUsE,
JACOB SCHOENDALLER.
JOHN r. CHITTENDEN.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
MORE ABOUT MILK.

We have on our milk list some of
the most particular trade of the city,
people who consider quality as we'll a :
price in buying an article of food, who
know the value of clean milk properly
put up and appreciate what we have
done and are doing to raise the stand
ard of market milk in Hays; yet oc-
casionally we find that some of our
customers do not knowlthe best way to
care for their milk when it is delivered
to them. For their benefit we submit
the following from Government bull
letin on " The Care of Milk in the
Home ''The best way to buy milk is
in bottle. If the milk producer and the
milk dealer have done their duty there
is daily left at the consumar's door a
bottle of clean, cold, unadulterated
milk, By bad treatment in the home
the milk may then become unfit for
food especially for babies. This bad
treatment consists ~ in placing it in
unclean vessels; ~ in exposing it un
necessarily to the air; 60 in failing to
keep it cool up to time of using it az in
ex osing it to flies. milk absorbE i'm
purities, collects bacteria, whenever it
is exposed to the air or placed in I'M
clean vessels The air of even social
ed clean room contains many impuri
ties. Keep milk in the original bottle
till needed for immediate consumption;
do not pour into a bowl or pitcher for
storage, carefully wipe or rinse the
bottle, especially the mouth, before
pouring any milk from it, SO that the
dust or dirt which may have gathered
thereon or on the cap will not get into
the milk. Do not pour back into the
bottle milk which has been exposad to
the air by placing in other vessels.
Keep the bottle covered with q paper
cap as long as milk is in it and when
not actually pouring from it. If the
paper cap has been punctured, cover
the bottle with an inverted tumbler. Re
member that exposure of milk to the
open air invites contamination. As soon
as a milk sbottle is empty rinse it IN
lukewarm water until II appsl clean,
then set IL bottom up to drain Do not
use ltfor any other purpose than for
milk. There is no objection to the Gus
toners washing and sealding the milk
bottle, but it Is unnecessary. as the deal
er will wash it again when il reaches his
plant = Woodbridge Dairy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
PRIMARY.

Notice is hereby given that Pri-
mary caucuz Of the Citizens Party of
the City of Hays. Kansas, will be held
on Thursday evening, March II. 1914,
at 7:3O O'Clock sharp. for placing in
OF candidate tor City
Councilman for each ward, to serve
two years. Lady voters are invited to
attend.
1st Ward, C W. MiIler's office.
2nd Ward, City Hall.
3rd Ward. Court room Of Court house.
By order of Committee,
1st Ward, n. J. BELL,
End Ward, PHILIP JACOB,
3rd Ward, P. V. GoTTsCHALK.
Approved: ]. J. DREILNG, Sec.
FRED SCHWALLER,
City Chairman.
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Fishing by MoenIIaht.

On the Ningpo river, in China, moon.
light fishing is carried on to a large
extent. For this purpose a long, mar
row, fiat boat, provided on one side
with a board sloping down into the
water, and painted bright white, is
used. On the other side OF this craft
is a net stretched vertically on stan
chions. The fish, attracted by the
white board, jump upon it, and thence
into the boat, the net preventing them
from falling into the water on the 9th.
er side.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
Published first time Mar. z, IA
Serial No. 03289)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior,
U. S Land Office at Topeka, Kansas,
March 2, 1914. =
Notice is hereby given that Aaron
G. Berry of Hays, Kansas, who. on
August 13, 1912, made homestead Orig
inal O3289 Serial, No. O32e9, for North
east Quarter, Section q, Township II
South, Range IL West, 9Th Prin. Mer-
idian, has filed notice Of intention to
make final S-year (Act June 6. 1912
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Hon Clerk
Of the District Court of Ellis County,
Kansas. at HAYS, Kansas. on the 18th
day Of April, 1914. Claimant names
as Witnesses:
Roscoe Clements. OF Hays, Kansas, R.
F. D.; Clarence OfdWay, of Havs, Kan
sas, r. F. D.; Charles Lawrence, of
Hays, Kansas, r. F. D.; George McIn.
tosh, Of Hays, Kansas, r, F. D.
Geo. W. Fisher
REGISTER.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

Will TownsIey of the Great Bend
Tribune argues thus: If the progress
giVes are fighting for principle and can't
go back in the Republican party. why
fight the republican leaders who are
progressive? If an attack is necessary
on certain men of power Why not fight
democrats and republican reactionaries
without regard to party name? If it is
matter Of progressiveism Why not in
vite all progressiVes into the organize
ton. At present the whole fight of the
progr essives seems to be against the
republicans.
Sunday papers announce the death
Of Judge SteveJ. Osborne, at his home
in Coffeyville, Kansas, at the age of 81.
He was one Of the old timers of the
State and at one time was Judge of
this district, and lived at WsKeeney.
Later he movsd to SaIina where he
was elected to the State Legislature
from that county. Subsequently he
moved to Cofeyville, where his son
lives.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
THE FARMERS
UNION MEETING
The Largest and Most Enthusi-
astic Meeting Ever Held in
the Ssate
500 DELEGATES PRESENT
After Very Interesting and Profitable
Meeting, Lasting Three Days, The
Delegates Departed for Their
Homes Well Pleased.
Homes Well Pleased.

Homes Well Pleased.
The Delegates to the State Conven-
ton began to arrive in Hays on the
18th. Between 400 and 500 arrived on
the So'clock train and were taken
care of in the Hotels and rooming hous-
es. The restaurants soon found hey
were to have q busy three DAYS Of it,
Tor inside Of half an hour after the
train arrived every eating honse in
town was doing a rushing business.
The 1913 tram unloaded large dele
cation from the west, who were soon
assigned to the rooms in private homes
and the delegates and visitors who
arrived on the later trains were taken
care OF at the Normal Gymnasium and
other places which the Committee had
provided. Provision had been made to
take care of from 1000 to 1900 people.
which figure the State President had
said were sure to be here. The East
ern half of the State was we'll repre-
sented, several counties sending as
many as twenty delegates. Philips
County also had large delegation here.
Among the distinguished delegates were
three State Senators. Senator Paulev,
OF Marshal County; Senator Gray and
Senator John Tumble OF Mitchell Coun-
tY. There was also present q large
number Of Representatives, showing
the Union is favored with men who
stand high in their respective commun-
tiles.
The G. A. R. Hall had been engaged
Tor meeting the night of the 18th,
and it was soon crowded to its full ca
pacity, to give the delegates an oppor-
tunity to get better acquainted with
each other. Also three addresses were
made by the Senators and discussions
were entered into very lively by some
OF the delegates, The overflow were
sent to the Gymnasium to witness the
E. U. and Normal basket ball game.
These men were well pleased and en-
ioyed the game.
wednesday morning through some
nlscaiculation the parade was slow in
getting into line but after the Normal
band got up town they were soon IN
der way; almost 1000 members in two
lines three deep, with the Marshal.
Frank Schoendaller, and his two assist
ants busy keeping the men in line, It
was very evident that the Auditorium
would be full small to accommodate
such q large crowd, which goes to
show again that Hays must have a
much larger hall for such meetings.
A great many of our local members
were asked-to refrain from going into
the hall until after we found room for
ali the visitors.
The State President requested John
Il. Chittenden to call the meeting to
order, as Local County Delegate, and
introduce the Mayor of the City, Mr..
b. W. Chittenden who made a short
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NOTICE

/ have For Sale:
/ bay mare 8 years old
/ bay horse g years old.
l black horse IL years old.
1 good two horse wagon.
2 new moving machines.
/ low wheeled wagon with hay rack
/ sulky pIow.
1 harrow.
1 sod cutter.
1 hay rake.
1 Goodwill to rake hay.
1 grind stone
2 hogs, weight about 125 pounds.
ISAAC ZHeLER, Hays, Kansas.
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address and welcomed the visitors to
the City. The Auditorium from this
on was crowded every meeting, at no
time was there any standing room to
spare. Principle W. A. Lewis made
the main address IN the evening and
from the remarks Of the visitors he
treated his subject thoroughly and very
much to his audiences liking. The
next for that evening was Mr. A. D.
Docking Of Manhattan who is the State
Organizer for the Grange. Mr. Dock
ing spoke on Cooperation and gave
very spirited talk and explained the
methods OF cooperative association
and showed what good work they are
doing in Europe.
The Thursday meetings were entered
into by the delegates and many lively
discussions were had during the day to
the great benefit of all farmers pres
cot. During the afternoon an invita-
ton to the Hays City band to play
few pieces on the stage in the evening
and che boys responded with hearty
good will. Their selections brought
a hearty encore from the body of the
house and many favorable remarks
from the visitors.
FRIDAY was occupied by the reports
OF special committees and In the after
noon visit to the Experiment Station.
Election of officers for the ensuing year
was takeh up. Mr.. McAuliff's name
was the first one placed, then q Mr.
Turner OF Jewell County and John R.
Chittenden's name was placed before
the members by Mr.. Dreiling OF More
land. Mr.. McAulif was declared elect
ed by large majority Mr.. McAuiiff
has bsen the President for a number
of years. The other officers followed
in quick order and at six o'clock the
State Convention closed the most sue
cesefnl meeting it ever had.
Mr.. Shively announced from the stage
that the Normal Faculty and some of
the students would be glad to put on q
musical program in the evening for
the entertainment of the visitors while
they were waiting for their trains At
eight O'Clock the hall was again crowd
ed and one Of the most entertaining
programs ever put on the stage at the
Normal was commenced. It would be
too lengthy TO name every individual
who took part but all did well and were
well encored, especially well did Mr..
Van Cleave and his students perform
their athletic stunts that brought the
audience to their feet with much shout
ing and laughter. And the surprise of
the evening Was when Mr.. ShiveIy an
nounced that hot coffee and doughuuts
would be served by the ladies of the
Domestic Art Department to which
certain sections were invited at once
the remainder still enjoying the pro-
gram. After those being served and
returned or went to their train another
section took their places, the large
majority leaving on the 1924 train de-
claring they had spent the best three
days in Hays and had received the
kindest and royaIist good time, and that
the old SAYING of the West that the
''latch string always hangs out, was
surely and truly exemplified by the
citizens Of Hays and the people at the
Normal School.
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This from a Missouri paper: A man
can't sell his house and lot without his
wife's consent, but he must pay her
bills whatever they are. If he deserts
her, she can jug him; il she deserts
him he has to take bis medicine. II
he hits her she can muIct hin, if she
jiIts him, he gets the laugh. If he
whips her, he gets the whipping post;
if she hits him with a skillet the world
concludes he deserves it. And still
the women want their rights.