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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
PUBLIC UTILITIES
BOARD ENIOINED
District Judge Whitcomb Re-
strains Enforcement of
Natural Gas Rule.
COMMISSION GOES TOO FAR
Jurist Believes Rule Violates Laws
Upon Which 1t Depends for lts
Own VaIidity-Demand for
Low Grade Gas.

Topeka.-Seth G. Ely, the Chautau-
qua county natural gas producer, won
his fight before Judge George H. Whit
comb, of the second division of the
Shawnee county district court to en-
join the Kansas public utilities COM
mission from enforcing the rule that
no natural gas below the standard OF
500 British thermal units per cubic
foot can be sold in Kansas except by
permission of the commission. Judge
Whiecomb issued restraining order
enjoining the utilities commission
from enforcing the rule.
Ely owns $4,000 worth of gas prop
erty in Chautauqua county, Kas., and
his wells produce gas that contains
between 500 and 600 British thermal
units. Ely contended that there is a
demand for low grade gas and that
the rule of the commission was IN
just.
. In his decision granting the injunc-
ton, Judge Whitcomb said:
1.-THE rule under consideration
seems to so violate the requirements
of lawfulness and reasonableness con-
tanned in the laws upon which it de-
ponds for it's own validity and to go
so much farther than regulation here
t0fore made in same or similar fields,
that 1 have reluctantly reached the
conclusion that it cannot be sustained
in the present form"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
FIGHT HOG CHOLERA
Millions Would be Saved the
State if the Disease Were
Stamped out.
PRICE OF SERUM is REDUCED
Agricultural College Makes Reduction
of II Per Cent to Encourage
Use of Remedy.

Even in so wealthy state as Kan
sas million dollars a year is well
worth saving Not one million dollars
but several million could be saved an
nually in the state if hog cholera were
stamped out by proper immunization.
Not only would the proportion of dis
ease among the animals be greatly re-
duced, says DR.. F. S. Schoenleber, pro
lessor of veterinary medicine in the
agricultural college, but the state
would almost double the number of
hogs kept on farms At the present
time many keep only a few hogs or
none because of fear Of cholera.
What may be done in the preEen-
ton of the disease is indicated by the
experience in the Silver Lake district,
eight miles from Topeka, where in
region 5x9 miles every owner of hogs
had them vaccinated- There has been
but one outbreak of cholera there and
this was found in hogs that had been
shipped in and were not treated soon
enough. This outbreak was promptly
stopped.
Similar work is being planned in
Linn county in a region near Waka-
rusa and Carbonate. In the plan
adopted in these places, all the farm
ers agree to have their hogs immun-
lied, leaving the method to the col
lege, agreeing to report all trouble
with the animals, and promising to
notify the college of all increase in
their herds. The college sends a spe-
cialist to vaccinate the animals, pay
ing salary and railroad fare. The
farmers pay for the serum at the rate
of IL cents a cubic centimeter and
also cover the mans expenses while
he is on the ground.
Hogs may be immunized, however,
by any farmer who wishes, and in or
der to increase the use of serum and
thus stamp out the disease. the college
has reduced the price to IA cents a
cubic centimeter, except where it
must be administered by the college
authorities This is a reduction Of
approximately II per cent.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Renzine From Coal.

It is reported from Sweden that q
Stockholm engineer. NJ Vidstrand,
has lately succeeded in perfecting an
electric process by which he extracts
benZine from coal The method is not
as yet made public, and the details
will be awaited with interest.
It is claimed that the cost Of pro-
duction on the electric method viii be
considerably less than for the custom
airy benzine processes. The resulting
product answers all the requirements
for a good fuel for automobile or other
motors.
The inventor has applied for pat
ents in Is different countries, 1t Is said.
and is making efforts to operate the
system on an industrial scale. Where
electric current can be had at a low
rate, for instance, from hydraulic
plants, such a method can be used
TO advantage
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
TO PUT BAN ON CRIME FILMS
Moving Picture Censorship Law Is
Now in Effect and VIII be
Strictly Enforced.

Topeka.-In the future no scenes Of
drunkenness. no murders, no Nick Car
ter escapades and no robberies will be
The moving picture censorship law is
in effect now and these scenes will be
prohibited. There may be other scenes
which the censors will order taken cut
as the censorship is developed
we are pioneering on this PROPOSE
ton right at the start" said ". d.
Ross, state superintendent and chief
censor. I'VE can hardly make any
definite rules as to what will be per-
mitted or what should be removed
from the moving picture. The Rev.
Festus Foster and Miss Carrie Simp-
son will be the inspectors and I am
going to direct them to prohibit scenes
of debauchery, actual murders and
robberies or other crimes at the start,
and then develop a set Of rules later
by which the movie film exchanges
czn tell what films cannot be shown in
Kansas and they won't need to bother
to submit them.
Kansas is a prohibition state and
few Of her children ever see a drunken
baTroom, even outside the STATE. 1t
doesn't seem proper to me that the
children should be permitted to see
scenes of debauchery in the movies
that they could not see with their own
eyes in Kansas and seldom anywhere
else"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
MISTAKE MADE BY MOTHERS
Effort to Exercise Too Great . Re-
straint on Child Is Deprecated
by Writer.

In the Woman's Home Companion
appears the first OF a series OF articles
on the care Of children entitled Your
Children's Clothes" The author tells
the following story and gives sons
good advice:
"A child's clothing is a factor OF
very great Importance in the develop
ment OF his body and character. Last
summer at tthe seashore a mother
complained to me of her four-year-old
boy. Johnnie cannot keep his clothes
clean for five mfnutes!'
Il watched this little boy at play.
and though I saw the truth OF the
mothers complaint my sympathies
were decidedly with the little boy. be
cause the person at fault was not the
child, but the mother. All that morn
ing the little boy was harassed and
suppressed, as he probably had been
from his earliest childhood, by such
phrases as: Don't, Johnnie, you viii
get your clothes dirty
Here was a child whose develop
ment was stunted and sacrificed for
the sake Of his clothes. He had never
been given a chance to play freely,
to exercise freely, to earn TO do
things by the actual doing Of them
and so. therefore. he naturally had
never gained control over his muscles
He was f1abby and clumsy, he stun
bled over everything, he could hardly
throw a pebble into the water without
falling into IT This child, though ap-
parentIy well and strong. and bright
enough, was practically helpless phys
ically, and by this lack Of muscle Co
ordination his mentality and spirit
were affected"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Does Egg Dance at seventy-Eisht.

Does Egg Dance at SeVenty-Elght.
Albert Pankopf, seventy-eight years
old, bent and white-haired, danced
blindfolded among Is eggs, laid in
two rooms at intervals of a foot, for
several minutes without breaking a
shell. For more than fifty years Pro
fessor Pankopf has been performing
this feat, but at the annual Sehlaeht-
fest Of the Saxonia and General Ger
man Benevolent association he danced
as never before. The years dropped
from him as he danced. When the
music stopped the old man fell into
the arms of a spectator Weak
heart" he gasped. He soon recov-
cred himself and bowed in response
to the cheers.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Rose Tree sIoomed At christmas.

A pretty story Of a rose which
bloomed at Christmas in front Of some
trenches occupied by q German regi-
ment Of guards in France is told in
the Frankfurter Zeitung. The rose
bush was growing in huge hole torn
by a shell in front Of the guards
trenches. The little plant soon be-
came the Jealous care OF every man
Of the company before whose trench
1t grew. To their intense delight, on
Christmas eve the rose tree bloomed.
The company decided to send the rose
to the emperor. The kaiser was de-
lighted and promptly ordered the poet.
Richard Voss, to write q poem about
the incident The poem has now
been printed. and a copy OF it is to
be sent to every guardsman con-
cerned In the affair.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
The Prune Club

why is the bass drummer always
a dyspeptie?" asked the thin boarder,
coming to breakfast
Because the bass drum is tough"
said the giddy blonde typewriter be-
tween bites
Not right" said the thin man
Because beats don't agree with
him." suggested the fat boarder. wip-
Ing his brow with his paper napkin.
All wrong" came from the thin
one. Guess you'll give it up. Be
cause the drum goes against his storo-
ach-"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Familiar CackIe.

Fine music and fine poultry were
two things Of which little Elias father
was very fond. Recently he bought a
talking machine, and among other
records was one Of a very brilliant
aria by a great coloratura soprano.
The baby listened closely to the runs
Of the bewildering music until the
singer struck some high arpeggios
and triIls at the close, when she ex-
claimed:
Daddy, listen! She's laid an eggI"
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
cUTICURA SOAP BATHS
Followed BY a Little Ointment for
5aby's Tender Skin. Trial Free.

They afford infants and children
great comfort, permit rest and sleep
and point to speedy healment Of &c
zemas, rashes. itehings. chahngs and
other sleep destroying skin troubles.
Nothing better at any price for the
nursery and toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold eveTywhere.-AdT.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
The Dead Vowel

Doctor Barton, warden Of Merton
college, Oxford, was the oddly of his
time, says Tit-Bits.
As he was a man of remarkable
sympathy, people told him everything
that happened. A gentleman, coming
one day into his room, told him that
Doctor Vowel was dead.
What" said he. Vowel dead?
Thank heaven, it Is e. and neither
~ nor 81"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Badly Shaded.

Salesman Cat automobile show
You may have noticed that the auto
mobile is playing a leading part in
the European war.
Deadhead Spectator-Oh, come noWi
You know as well as do that shrap-
mel is responsible for most of the
casualties!-Puck
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

DON'T VISIT THE CALIFORNIA tx
POSITIONS Without supply a Aliens Foot
Ease. the aniseptic powder 60 be shaken into tbs
Shoes. or dissolved IN the foot-bsth The Standard
Remedy for the feet for IS years. X gives instant
relief to tired. aching feet and prevents swollen,
hot feet. One lady writes: ] enjoyed every minute
Foot-Ease In my shoes" Get & TODAY Adv
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
To Pick Out ModeI Town.

Professor William McKeever of the
University of Kansas has announced
the appointment of D. A. Ellsworth
and Miss Lima Bressette Of Topeka
as judges in a state model town con-
test. The judges will start April 20 on
an inspection of the seventy-three sec
ond class cities of the state. The
awards, amounting to a first prize Of
1000 and a second prize of $500, will
be made in May. The prizes are Of
fered by w. R. Stubs of Lawrence,
former governor of Kansas, and
Charles Homer of Kansas City, Kas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
The Generous Man

This paper says the ice cream con-
sumption Of the United States is es-
timated at five quarts per capita an
nually, George" said the sweet young
thing.
Eyes, dear; I guess that's right, -
replied the young man.
well, bless you, George! You must
be giving me some other girls per
capita, then"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
PLAN A NOVEL KANSAS ROAD
Motor Buses to Run on Concrete
Track from Pittsburg to Fort
Scott.

A new scheme in transportation has
been inaugurated by the Auto Trac-
ton Company, a $4,000 company or
g2nized in Joplin, and which proposed
TO build a private road and operate
motor cars between Pittsburg and Fort
Scott, thirty-two miles. The company's
plan is to buy private right-of way,
over which will be built concrete
tracks twelve inches wide. The COM
pany will operate bus and freight
lines and will allow the use of the
tracks for a toll charge by any person
desiring to use them
If the first venture is successful they
plan to continue the line to Kansas
City:
c. E. Cory of Fort Scott, referee in
bankruptcy for Southeast Kansas, is
president of the company and Origi-
nator of the plan. Judge CoTy's plan,
which he has been working upon for
six years, embraces the grading of a
road on which he proposes to con-
struct two tracks, twelve inches wide,
and conceived so as to hold the wheel
of the motor car. Regular passing
places for the cars would be estab-
lished.
X x X
SawIogs Bury chiIdren.-Two chill
dren of ]. F. Rankin living north Of
death recently The children, a boy
of 5, and girl of 8, were playing near
a saw mill and were seated on pile
of timber when a higher pile fell,
burying both under the weight of 1,50O
feet of timber. The fact that the
ground was soft and that several tim
bers became crossed in falling, saved
the lives OF the two, but the little
girls left ear wassevered and the boy
was almost completely scalped. Both
were severely bruised about the body,
but will recover.
Smallpox at Atchison.-Four cases
of smallpox were reported to the
health authorities in Atchison recent
", the first there in several months.
TownsIey Heads Editorial Body
Will Towsnley of the Great Bend Tri-
bune was elected president and Fred
H. LobdeIl of the Kinsley Mercury sec
rotary of the Southwest Kansas Re-
publican Editorial Association in an
nuaI session at Hutchinson.
~
Lawrence Goes Hack.-In a refer
endum vote the residents of Lawrence
voted to allow the pool halls to re-
main open. Five places are affected
by the result The proposition to vote
a $3.50, 900 bond issue for the cOnstruc-
ton OF a municipal water plant was
lost W. ]. Francisco was reelected
mayor.
Loses Woman Professor-Miss MAJ
ion B. White, professor of mathematics
at the K q. has been appointed dean
Of women at the Michigan State Agri-
cultural College.
Defeated High School Ronds.-E. NJ.
Elliott, insurance agent and a former
banker, was elected city commission
er OF finance and revenue at the cleo
ton at Ottawa, and the proposed $780,
900 bond issue for a new high school
building was defeated by a big major
fly.
Skull Crushed by Horses Kick
James DerboFn, 11-yearold son OF q
farmer south Of Atchison, suffered a
crushed skull when he vas kicked by
8 horse. He Is In an Atchison hcspi.
tai It Is believed he cannot recover
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

Bears the
Harness Work.

BiIl-What's your friends bust
ness?
Jin-He's a harness-maker.
well, here's something he may be
able to succeed at This paper says
more than four hundred patents have
been issued by the United States for
devices intended to harness the pow
er of sea waves"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Their Policy.

"The military stations in attacking
hostile aeroplanes follow regular po-
Htical reform course"
'fIn what Way2"
They go cunning for the men
higher up"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
10 Make Sanitary SURVEY.

A complete sanitary survey of Will
son county will be made by the fed
eral government beginning about May
1. DR.. S. ]. Crumbine, secretary Of
the state board of health, was notified
by the federal officials that a force
Of inspectors would be sent to some
county in the state and asked what
county Kansas wanted surveyed. Doc
tor Crumbine picked Wilson county
because it is a typical Kansas com
munity and also it had had consider
able trouble last fall with typhoid
fever. The survey will cost about
$4,000 and will show the exact source
OF all water.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
The Elusive One Point.

Possession is nine points of the
law"
"True, but the lawyers can keep a
poor man fighting for that other tenth
point
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Patched Up.

Friend-Whose make is your ma
chine?
Autoist-The repairer's mostly
Boston Evening Transcript.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

The man who brags about his small
feet is wasting time. He should be
Dragging about his small head.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Bye RemedZ for Red. EFeak- Wstery
Eyes and GrauuiRted Hy6n6E: No SmartinE-
lust Bye comfort Write for Book Of the bye
81 man Free. Murine Bye Remedy Co.. Chicago
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

The man who doesn't know enough
to go in when it rains gets many q
free shower. bath.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
The Fitting One,


What kind OF floral decoration
would you have for this hen party?''
why not try egg-lantine?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Wheat is Fine In Kansas.

The first government weather bu-
reau crop report for Kansas for the
1915 season was issued in Topeka the
other day. 1.-The crop season of 1915
opens under exceptionally favorable
conditions it says. THE ground is
more thoroughly soaked from the
heavy SHOWS of last winter and the
recent rains than for several years"
Wheat is reported to be in fine condi-
ton in nearly every section of the
state Many reports state that it was
never better at this time of the year.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
A MiK-Up.

Il was afraid there would be some
international complications in conse-
Quence Of the stupid blunder our wait
CT made at our luncheon"
What was it,"
He served out the French sauce
with German silver"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
AVOID INDIGESTION

1t Is a sure enemy to
health, strength and hap
piness. 1t robs you of
your appetite, causes con-
sdpation, biliousspellsand
a general rundown condi-
ton. You can help Ma
ture conquer it by the
timely aid of
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

Governor Capper has refused q par
Gle to John Callahan, convicted OF com
plieity in the robbery OF the Milan
State Bank I've years ago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
cartoonist 20 BE Police Chi,

Cartoonist to BE Police Chief.
Mayor-elect J. E. House has an
nounced that he will appoint Harvey
Parsons, a Topeka newspaper man, as
chief of police. House and Parsons
have been cronies for years. House
works on the Capital and Parsons is
cartoonist and special writer on the
State Journal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Deeided Sky Gases.

The Kansas Supreme Court rem
dered opinions the other day in sixty
suits heard by the court month ago.
Several important cases were in the
list. including the unfolding of the
corporation franchise tax and that the
utilities commission had complete
charge OF rate fixing for telephone
comDanieS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Law Makes Railway Expense.

That the state and government laws
and regulations have added many
thousands Of dollars to the expense OF
railroad operation in addition to the
higher cost of materials and supplies
and wages of employees was the testi-
mOny of A T. Hamilton, efficiency SUI
perintendent for the st. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad, before the public
utilities commission here He was urg-
ing the higher passenger fare be grant
ed in Kansas
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Prison irvine Plant Rusb..

I EItoDIi wiz Ic1ItA FtUsEIs7-.
Arrangements have been made to
run the prison twine plant thirteen
hours day until wheat harvest The
plant has been running eight hours
q day.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

Earn More Under 2-cent Rate.
The Kansas railroads have in
creased their passenger revenues more
than one million dollars in the last
two years under the 2-cent passenger
fare, say the rate clerks of the public
utilities commission who have been
digging figures from the official re-
ports of the roads
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Kansas Roads Are christened.

Kansas Roads Are Christened.
Three Kansas roads were registered
recently with the secretary of state,
the first under the new law providing
for the state copyright of highway as
sociations, emblems and colors. The
roads registered were: White Way,
running from Kansas City and Atchf-
son to Denver. The Golden Belt, from
Kansas City to Denver The Old
Santa Fe Trail, part of the National
Old Trails Highway, from Kansas City
to Pueblo.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

OUUTSS TOT FNafIsde DOCtOIss
Kansas physicians will have an Op-
portunity to attend a summer school
free of cost and brush up in their pro-
fession. Dr. Crumbine, dean of Kan
sas University Medical college and
secretary of the state board of health,
has arranged for a two weeks course
from April 10 to May L The first
weeks course will be conducted at
the university and will deal with pub
lie health The second weeks course
will be held at the Rosedale Medical
college and will be devoted chiefly to
clinical demonstrations.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Chester Long Wins Will Suit.

OIISSICI ESIIs ~ IIIs VT SUII'
The Kansas Supreme Court recent
ly held that Chester I. Long, former
United States senator, had not used
undue influence over Henry Wisneg,
wealthy Barton county landowner.
The court held that Wisner's will
must stand and his children receive
only a minor part of his estate.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

Skull Crushed by Horses Kick
James DerboFn, 11-year-old son OF 3
farmer south OF Atchison, suffered a
crushed skull when he vas kicked by
3 horse. He Is In an Atchison hcspi-
tai It IS believed he cannot recover.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
Returns with Fortune.

Fourteen years ago Roscoe Will
liams left his home in Topeka, declar-
ing to his parents that he would not
return until he was rich. He went to
Alaska. Recently he returned worth
a fortune, it is said. He made his
money in mining.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

March Weather in Kansas
Summarized reports from 122 wealth
er bureau stations show that March
was the cloudiest month ever known
in Kansas Mean temperature was 33
degrees, 10 degrees below the March
normal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

1t viii help you bring back
the appetite, aid diges-
ton and promote health
In a general way. For
over 90 years it has en-
ioyed public confidence.
TrH Today. AYeid Substitutes
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24
To Danish Policewomen.

Topeka is to lose its two police
women soon after the new mayor
takes office. Police work is not a
woman's job" declared Jay House,
mayor-elect. THE two policewomen
will not be retained under my admin
istration."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-24

MeNeaI On School Book Board.
Governor Capper recently an
nounced the appointment OF T. A. Nc
Neal OF Topeka and the reappointment
of Cora Wellhouse Billiard of Tonga
noxie as members OF the state school
text book commission. McNeaI is for
mer state printer