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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
Trouble Ahead for stinnx-

Several stingy county commission
ers may soon find themselves in
trouble over the parsimonious way
they are administering the new wild
ow's pension law Complaints are
reaching the state house that commits
sioners are either ignoring the law al
together or are granting such meager
pensions that the women are unable
10 live on them The law says the
pensions shall be sufficient 10 MAN.
tain q widow and her dependent chill
dren under 16 years Of age A maxi
mum of SIS per month is fixed
The commissioners may show
some discretion in the awarding OF
pensions" said an assistant attorney
general the other day, but they must
not make the pension so small that
widow cannot maintain herself and
children. There are two ways to
force commissioners to do their full
duty. One is for the widow to file a
mandamus suit and the other is for
the state TO bring custer proceedings"
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FRESH AIR FOR BABIES.

Keep the baby out Of doors when
ever possible but avoid the sun dur
ing the hot weather. Probably no
other thing wiz do so much 10 insure
a healthy babyhood as this, and the
results viii well repay whatever
trouble is necessary to secure 1t
During the summer, TIE new born
baby may be taken out OF doors the
first week He may gradually become
accustomed to the outside air. Begin
with fifteen minutes the first day and
gradually increase the time until he
is out OF doors most Of the day, when
the weather permits
The outdoor baby must be thorough
" protected from the rays of the sun.
the wind, flies. mosquitoes and other
disease-bearing insects and from stray
cats and dogs a screened porch and
comfortable bed is ideal for the baby
summer and winter
When there is no screened porch
available, a screened crib Is q great
convenience Make a frame four feet
long, three feet wide and two feet high
with hinged lid and cover /. with stout
screen Fasten the legs on II so that
II rests about two feet from the
ground Handles on either end viii
enable the crib TO be moved about TO
convenient places In this crib, the
baby can remain out OF doors under a
tree safe from harm
An ou.-of-door pen is a great safe
guard for the older babies, the creep
eTs and toddlers Take four stakes
three feet long, sharpened at one end.
and set them in the earth in the shape
CT q square about ten feet each way
To each stake, tack two feet wide
chicken fencing, stout screen or ten
his netting Make a floor IN the pen
OF an old clean. washable rug or car
pet or pin a sheet over In this pen
| the baby can amuse himself and his
mother need feel no anxiety about him
If it is not possible 10 provide out
! of-dCOr sleeping places for these older
| babies. the windows and doors OF
their sleeping room should be kept
wide open
Keep them out OF doors in the after
noon and evening until their sleeping
room has cooled
Under all circumstances keep the
baby out Of the hot kitchen in sum-
mer.
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was fought the desperate first battle
OF Ypres, when the Germans suffered
enormous losses in attempts to break
through the line in Flanders and reach
Calais. They succeeded in pushing
back the allies only a little and the
invasion of Silesia by the Cossacks
finally induced them to desist and
send re-enforcements- to Russia
The Germans in September had per-
formed the feat of pushing a salient
into the French lime south of Verdun,
which terminated on the west bank of
the Meuse river at St. Mihiel; while
the French had taken the offensive
with some success in Champagne at
about the same time.
For the most part throughout the
winter the fighting consisted of regu-
lar siege warfare, with heavy artillery
combats and mine and counter-mine.
The flooding of the River Aisne
from winter SHOWS gave the Germans
a chance to entrap the French troops
on the north side of that river in the
vicinity of scissors for a considerable
distance and kill or capture most of
them (January 1D.
Take Offensive in Spring.
With the spring, the French and
English attempted to take the offensive
at several points. Always preparing
the way with tens or hundreds of thou
Stands of shells, they tried joint after
joint of the German armor.
In the Vosges the dominating height
of HartmannsWeilerko was taken
and retaken several times in sanguin-
airy charges and finally remained in the
hands Of the French.
The salient of st. Mihiel was also
subjected to tremendous French pres
sure on both legs" The French sue
ceeded in gaining a little ground, but
the Germans. despite the apparent
weakness of the sharp, wedge they had
driven into the French line, could not
be dislodged and later succeeded in re
gaining some of the territory they had
lost.
The British also reported victories
at Neuve ChapelIe and Hill No. 60, in
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FIGHTING IN SCORE OF
OTHER REGIONS

In score of regions there has
been fighting which would have held
worldwide attention were it not for
the mighty battle lines ir France and
Poland
Servia's own war was a greater trial
to her than either of the two preced-
ing Balkan struggles. Assisted by
Montenegro, the little Slavic nation
twice threw the hosts of Franz Josef
beyond her borders and inflicted
losses of about $4,000 men, but she
suffered severely herself.
The Austrians invaded Serbia. in
great force about August Is and pene-
trated to the Jadar river, where a
great fve-day battle ended in the
rout Of the Teutons.
The Austrians returned soon in
stronger force than ever They
reached Valjevo, where on November
II the Serbians met a defeat.
With their supply of artillery am
munition exhausted, the Serbians now
had to retreat The Austrians, be-
Heving them crushed, withdrew six
army corps for re-enforcements
against the victorious Russians in Ga
licia.
Shells and English tars with naval
guns reached the Serbians, and on
December they turned on the Aus
TRANS and cut them to pieces.
The entry of Turkey into the war
was marked by a brave, but fooIhardy
attempt to invade Egypt. Great Brit
aims Indian and colonial troops threw
the invaders back with heavy losses
British and japanese troops invest
ed the fortified German port of Using
tau, China. and after a siege Of a few
weeks the defenders gave I'D the hope
less struggle
A section of the Boer population of
South Africa revo1ted The revolt
was put down by a Boer, Premier
Botha. He then invaded German
Southwest africa, and after a long
campaign in the waterless deserts
captured the greatly outnumbered
Germans July 81.
After taking three-quarters of year
to arm herself to the teeth, Italy at
tackled Austria this spring The effect
of the entry OF Italy upon the arena
has not yet been marked
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FIRST YEAR OF War
IN The WEST

The first month and a half of the
western campaign was made up OF
startling, swift moves. On September
IL, after the defeat on the Marine, the
Germans took up defensive positions
along the Aisne river. The ten and
half months since then have seen a
long deadlock
The battle line of the Aisne and the
Disc quickly extended northeast to the
sea. Fighting has been continuous,
with tremendous losses. The general
situation has remained unchanged,
gains of few miles for one side at
one point Offset by minor gains for
the enemy in other sectors.
At the beginning of August the
kaiser took possession of the little
state of Luxembourg and demanded
passage through Belgium to the Fran
co-Belgian frontier.
Permission to pass denied, Won
Einem attacked Liege august A.,
while other German armies passed
around the city and swept over the
level Belgian roads at terrific rate.
The little Belgian army yielded Brus-
sells and fell back to Antwerp and
Client.
First Big Engagement.
Not until the Germans had almost
reached the French border did the
first important engagement take place
This is generally known as the battle
of Mons-Charleroi (about August 20
28), but at the same time there was
severe fighting along the whole line
through Thionville in Lorraine and
along the Vosges in upper Alsace,
which the French had invaded with
temporary success.
This battle resulted in defeat for the
French and English.
While obtaining some successes in
counter-attacks on the advancing Ger
mans at Peronne and at Guise, the
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May Sherman submarine sinks the
LuSitanIa, more than LILO lost Rus
SLAMS I'm full retreat from Carpa-
thians.
May 9@Germans capture LIbau Baltic
May I2-Freneh capture Ceremony.
May 14-AmericaR first submarine note
made public.
May. 24-ItaIy declares war on Aus
May 2e-ItaIians invade Austria.
May 2S-Italians take GrOdnO. Russians
check Germans at SienaSa.
May 31-FirSt German note on subma-
rfne reaches Washington. Zeppeiins
drop bombs in London.
June 3-Przemysl falls to AustrO-Ger-
mans
june IO-Germans capture StanIsIau.
June 11-Second u =. submarine note
TO Germany made public. Italians
take MOnfaIcOne.
June 19-AustrO-Germans occupy Tor
June 22-French take MetzeraI.
juno 23-Freneh announce occupation
OF the "Labyrinth." north of Arras.
June 24-AustrO-Germansc capture Lem
berg.
June 2S-Austrfans cross the Dnfester
at HaIicz.
june 29-HaIicz falls.
July 2-RussIans defeat German at
tempt to land at Windau.
July S-RussO-German naval battle OF
Cortland.
July italians take ToImino.
July 5-BerHn announces gains I'm the
ArSOnne forest.
July 1S-Germans take Przasnysx. so
miles north of Warsaw.
July 1o-Germans advance at many
points in Russia. taking Windau. Tu-
KUN. Blonde and Gr0bec.
July ZO-Russians report sinking of SO
Turkish sailing vessels German
guns reach outer forts of Warsaw
and damage the LubIin-ChOlm rail-
way.
July 21-Third L. s. submarine note
goes to Germany.
July 2-Turkisk-German expedition
landed In TrfpOIf.
July 24-German take two forts near
Warsaw.
July 26-RussIans repuIse Austrians in
GaIieia.
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French were obliged to fall back rap
idly to the line of the River Marine.
On the left the French had with
drawn to below Paris and the western
most German army, under Won Kluck,
followed.
The garrison of Paris was put in
thousands of motor cars and hurled on
Won Kluck's g1ank. The latter was not
taken entirely unawares and met the
attack strongly, but at the same time
the army of General Foch attacked the
German army on Won Kluck's left and
drove it back.
Driven Back From Paris.
The Germans had begun the battle
with five armies in line. The with
drawal of the two farthest west now
caused the retreat of the third, fourth
and fifth in that order, each in turn
finding its flank exposed by the with
drawal of the troops on its right. At
the same time the movement on the
east end of the German line was ac-
celebrated by a strong attack from the
French fortified zone of Verdun.
The German retreat was as orderly
as that of the French and English had
mirable defensive position. 1t ran
just north of the Aisne river, on
series of bluffs, then just north of
Chalons and through the wooded,
rough regions of the Argonne and the
Woevre, joining hands here with the
troops besieging Verdun. The allies
have tried this line in vain ever since
Both combatants now tried to turn
the west flank. Enormous bodies of
cavalry. On the part of the French
Flanders. On the part of the French
there was largely the desire to link up
with the Belgians, now being attacked
in Antwerp. The mighty siege guns
of the Germans made short work Of
the Belgian seaport, however, and it
fell on October 9. The remnants of
the Belgian army retreated along the
sea coast and the Germans IN a final
rush reached Ostend October 15).
Line Extended to the Sea.
The battle line Of the Aisne was now
extended to the sea, the Germans hold
ing the important French city of Lille,
while the allies kept Ypres in Belgium
and, partly by flooding the lowlands,
held the position of the User river and
canal.
From October 16 to November 10
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that they must be wary OF airship
guns Since then they have not ven
tured to fly so low
London Reached at Last
The first raid on the English coast
was made January 1e on Yarmouth
and other Norfolk towns, with less
than q score of deaths.
With the spring came what prom
fsed to be the beginning Of the great
raids On London The night OF April
10 Zeppelins few within about twenty
miles Of that city and dropped bombs
in the region of some war supply man
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informed They have sent out squad
rons Of aeropIanes, as. many as 20 at
a time, against various points in
side the German lines, and assert that
great damage was done
The Zeppelin raids have been few.
and the destruction wrought far less
than that done by the aeropIane.
Their first exploit was the lombard
ment Of Antwerp. October SC1hen
two or three dropped many bombs and
fired guns at various buildings. This
was probably the most destructive Of
their raids. Tor It was then learned
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ing the strategy of surprise in war.
Only on the Russian front, where
the German air corps has been supe-
rior, has it been possible to carry out
great surprise tactics.
The aeroplane has also been invalu-
able in the trench warfare In hunting
out the positions Of men and guns
Destructive raids have been made
also. Points of concentration behind
the lines Of the enemy, railroad sta
tons, trains. supply and ammunition
depots, and airship hangers have been
the target Of bombs that have wrought
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overwhelming victory there EnOr-
nous captures of Russians were made
and the fortress of Gradno was at
tackled farther west, from Ossowetz
to Pultusk The Germans retreated
to Mlawa and then tried to flank the
Russians at Przasnysz, which city
they took But the Russians again
fanked the thanking party, as they had
done at LODI and won an important
success February 22-2S).
In March and April, the Russians
pressed through the western Carpa-
THAN passes and entered Hungary.
Just when their future seemed bright
est, the Germans broke the Russian
line in West Galicia and let through
enormous forces.
Pressing westward irresistibly, they
took the Russian Carpathian armies in
the rear. The latter tried to retreat,
but vast numbers were captured
Przemysl, which had succumbed to
the Russian besiegers March p, fell
again into the hands Of the Austro-
Germans.
Great German Maneuver.
From Przemysl Won Mackensen
drove east through Mosciska and
Grodek and captured Lemberg. the
Galician capital Then he turned
north and marched upon the Warsaw
Ivangorod -Brest Litovsk triangle
from the south
At the same time the Russians IN
southern Galicia, putting up desper-
ate resistance, were driven by Won
Linsingen first to the line OF the
Dniester and then across the Gnila-
Lipa to the line of the Zlota-Lipa
Reaching the vicinity of Krasnik
in their drive to Warsaw from the
south, the Austrians sustained a Sc
we're check in the scene of their tri-
umph of the previous summer. Held
on this line the Germans attacked hot
~ from the north and took the town
OF Przasnysz July 14)-
The Germans now begin the grand
est maneuver ever seen in the history
Of human warfare.
From the Windau river IN the Ba.-
tic provinces all the way along the
border OF East Prussia and in z gigan-
tic sweep through the vicinity of Ra-
dom, west of the Vistula, and a line
south of the Lublin-Cholm railway
they delivered smashing blows and
have reached the very gates OF War
saw.
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much destruction. of which the pub
lie has never been informed. Ger
man raiders have gone over Paris.
have attacked the headquarters OF
General Jeffre, have tried to reach the
king of Belgium and President Poin-
care when they were together, and
have frequently bombarded Dunkirk
and other British concentration points
They have also dropped missiles on
ships at sea.
Allied flyers in the west, however,
have perform stbe most spectacle
lar feats, 80 - as the public has been
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-14
AER0PLANES A REVELATION;
DIRIGIBLES DO LITTLE

In the air the dirigible has been a
great disappointment. the aeropIane a
revelation.
When the days of secrecy are past
and interested ones are permitted to
dig into the records of the aeroplanes,
many tales of surprising interest will
be found and much information. too,
for those who study the art of war.
Most notable has been the achieve
ment of the aeroplane in overthrow
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FIGHTING ON The SEA

At the end of the first year
of war not a German fighting
craft, except submarines, is
known to be at large outside
the Baltic sea- The Austrian
warships are confined to the up
per Adriatic and the Turkish
feet to the Sea of Marmora
and adjacent straits. The mer-
chant marine of the central
European powers has disap-
peared utterly from the ocean
highways. Sixty million dol
lars worth of German shipping
lies idle in the docks of New
York, while several times as
much is bottled up elsewhere.
At the same time the German
submarines have inflicted enor-
nous losses of allied shipping.
While both sides have prob
ably concealed many losses,
the following is a fairly accu-
date summary of the number
of craft which have been de-
stroyed:
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New Fine Arts Dean.

Prof. Harold L. Butler. for eleven
years head OF the department Of voice
at Syracuse University. has been aD-
pointed dean OF the School of Fine
Arts Of the University Of Kansas
Professor Butter IS a graduate OF Colt
schalk Lyric school, Chicago. and CON-
pIeted his musical training in New
York City. Paris and Milan
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wateh Lost 1s Years Acc FOUND.

watch that was lost in 1902 by
Dr.. John Crabb. who was then county
clerk OF Smith county. was found Just
over the line in Nebraska n the field
OF A. L. Whftmore Mr. Whitmore
turned up the timeDiece while ploT-
ing corn. II started TO run upon be-
ing wound. Even the crystal was not
broken
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Train Hits Auto.

John Sira was thrown fifty feet and
his automobile demolished when the
engine went dead on d railroad cross
ing near Whitewater the other day
and the machine was struck SRA was
seriousIv injured
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ufactories. causing slight damage.
After two other scares the big craft
did reach London on the night Of
May 81 It is known they were near
the Wooiwich arsenal and unofficial
reports have 1t that they set great
docks afire-
After this raid the British censors
determined that no nszs OF the local.
ties and details Of this or subsequent
air expeditions woIIld be given out
on the ground that they did not wish
to give information 70 the Germans
that might aid in future ventures
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Two Dead From Lightning.

Lightning killed two men and In
tured two others working in wheat
field near Melvern. IN Usage county
the other night The dead are Robert
Sturgeon. 8 years old. and William
Bair, 80 years old
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aned Wonan nies

Mrs. Francisco Klieber, 70 years
old, is dead near Ottawa She was
well known IN that vicinity
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OF tart August and suIte In the Of the French
g. o. his tie " thu naps shows the
prep
now linz the coast Light
it BY OcfObe the
sic WAS compile the % sea
Of The G great drive fntOth
ST.
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Healthy Babies
Happy Mothers
In Kansas
IN Kansas

oyD.Lydia A. D<vzss... s.at Board Of HsaAA,
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Entente Allies.
Brit Rus
ish French sian
Battleships 10 2 :
Cruisers .12 1 2
Submarines =. 4 3 ..
Auxil cruisers 3 =. 1
Gunboats, de-
stroyers, and
torpedo boats 4 s 2
Total japanese and Italian
losses, seven vessels of all
classes.
Teutonic Allies.
Ger Aus
many tria
Battleships ....... L
Cruisers .-........18 2
Submarines ...9 1
Auxiliary cruisers III
Gunboats, destroyers,
and torpedo boats 30 L
Total Turkish losses Of yes
sells OF all classes, four.
Total tonnage en-
tente allies ........S76,77O
Total tonnage,
Teutonic allies .224,746 :
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WHAT The WAR COST

Only approximately accurate :
tables of the killed, wounded /:
and missing in the first year OF .
the war are possible, because :
France and Russia and Austria :
Hungary do not give out their
figures, while Germany has
changed her policy recently to
; one of secrecy. Great Britain
still tells her losses from .
; month to month.
The following estimates are .
believed to give a fairly cor
. rect idea of the casualties:
Teutonic Allies.
Germany ..-.23 300, 600
Austria-Hungary .....1,eOO,OOO :
Turkey ....----..-... 100000 .
Total .........4.4sO,OOO
Entente Allies.
. France Recommendation .
Russia (including pris-
; oners, 1,175,0OO) 1880, 600 :
. Great Britain $500. 100000 .
Belgium ......... 26O,00
Servia ......-.. 100000
Japan .--. 1,21O
Italy (no reports of
losses ..-.......... $4,000
. Portugal lighting in
colonies) ..... Cminor)
. Montenegro ..... 10000
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
Sewing Boxes That
VIII Please the Girls

THE shops are full of pretty Gre
h tonne-covered articles for a girl s
room, and SO simple are most of these
TO make that any girl who works care
fully can easily duplicate them for ac-
ceptable Christmas gifts for her young
friends. First OF all, there is a sew
ing box The proportions may be what
ever you wish. II you don't find a
box OF the right size at home you can
probably get it at the grocery store.
The sewing box in Fig. l has legs
made Of strips inches wide, inch
thick, and from II to 20 inches long.
according to the height that you want
to have the box. Fourteen or Is inches
Is right if you wish to use the box as
bench to sit on.
The cover of the sewing box should
be wide enough and long enough to
project Il of an inch over the sides
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all around. Therefore you must use
the cover boards from q larger BOX
Nail pair Of wooden strips across
them to hold them together Gig. g.
These strips can be placed upon the
under side of the boards in such e
position that they will keep the COW
er from slipping from side to side,
and from end to end, when it is placed
upon the sewing box. By making the
cover to lift off, you win save your
SELF the trouble of putting on hinges.
Perhaps you can buy a large enough
remnant III cretonne for your sewing
box. The care with which you put Oh
this covering material will determine
whether or not the box viii be q sue
cess. AS q grocery box is more or less
rough. and its boards are uneven, 1t
is best to cover the wood with some
other cloth, first, for a foundation for
the cretonne. Stretch the cretonne
over each surface neatly, and use gimp
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centerpiece and twelve doilies to
match and is made in a conventional
lied chrysanthemum design. The
doilies are small replicas of. the GEN.
terpiece.
A large circle is cut from the mus
lin for the centerpiece and a few
French knots, of dark yellow embroid-
cry silk, are worked in the center to
represent the stamens. Three rows OF
petals are outlined on the centerpiece
with white paint and the tiny gilt
cord is sewed with yellow silk thread
along the outline of each petal The
petals are crowded little at one side
to allow three light green leaves to
be painted in. A little white paint is
brushed in at the point of each petal
and the muslin about the edge trimmed
away from them
The doilies are made in the same
way but on smaller scale.