The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
BOUGHT IN BY BONDHOLDERs
Property of the United Kansas Port
land Cement Company Sold BY
Receivers at lola.


The property of the United Kans,
sas Portland Cement Company, with
mills at Neodesha, independence and
lola, originally valued at $500, 900,
was sold by Charles F. Scott at re-
ceiVers' sale at lola recently to Dan
F. Servey of lola for $199,950 It is
understood that Mr.. Servey represents
the bondholders' committee.
The sale of the property is subject
to confirmation of Federal Judge Pol
lock April 90 Any objections must
be made by that date. Judge ]. E.
Goodrich, Roscoe c. Clark, W. D.
Pratt Of Kansas City, Mo-, and NJ. L.
Alden of the Kansas side were there
to represent their various interests.
1t is the prevailing opinion that at
least one of the plants will be oper-
ated by the purchasers, the Leigh
Hunt Engineering Company and asso-
ciates, whom Mr.. Servey with George
E. Nicholson represented. w. D.
Pratt of Kansas City retired from the
bidding at $4,000 and L. L. North
rup at $199,9OO. The Hunt Engineer
ing Company is declared to be dis
tinct from either of these interests.
The Great Western Portland Cement
plant at Mildred, owned principally by
Kansas City capitalists, will resume
operations within week after a shut
down lasting several months. Mil
dred is ten miles northeast of lola.
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Banker Candidate for Governor
John E. Wagner, president of the Kan
sas State Bankers Association and
president of the First State bank of
Larned, has announced that he would
be a candidate for governor of Kan
sas. He will go before the primaries
in August and ask for the Democratic
nomination.
No Writ for Stuckey-A writ of
habeas corpus was denied w. NJ.
Stuckey, former minister at Will
liamsburg, in the district court at
Leavenworth recently. Stuckey is
serving a sentence in the state prison
for abduction.
Farmers Wife Burned to Death
Mrs. Henry Adams, "a years old, wife
of farmer near Anthony, was burned
to death recently by the explosion
of kerosene, with which she was
starting fire. Her husband ran to
her assistance and carried her out of
the house He suffered painful burns,
but will recover.
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FIashIieht Tore Up Scholar ex-
plosion tore up one of the rooms in
the high school building at Pratt when
a chemistry student exploded some
flashlight powder in taking an interior
photograph. Three large windows
The student erred" in making the
powder.
Garfield ScnoeImate Dead. N.
Sortore, schoolmate of the late Pres
ident James A. Garfield at Hiram Col
lege in Ohio, is dead at Ottawa He
was IS years old.
lola Gets q Signal Corps.-The sig
nal corps allotted to Kansas and
which will be equipped and supplied
by the government will be located in
lola
To Whistle at Big Fair.-James
Butin, junior in Kansas University,
has signed a contract to whistle at the
Panama-Paci1c Exposition in San
Francisco. Butin has filed whistling
engagements on lyceum and chautau-
qua circuits He viii spend three
weeks at the fair. His home is at
Fredonia.
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OIathe Opens Rest Room-A pub
lie rest room. with the city and John
son county sharing jointly in the ex-
pense of about $1,000, is the latest
public improvement at Olathe.
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Bank Robber Gets Fl Years.-James
Burton, also known as Jess Billings,
pleaded guilty in district court at
Yates Center to robbing the State Ex-
change Bank there, February 10, and
was sentenced to twenty-one years in
the state penitentiary.
Entire Family at Golden Wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. ". J. Wiley celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary with
family reunion at their home in En-
poria recently. A dinner was served
at which all their children and grand.
children were present