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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
PLUNGERs RAID NORTH SEA
British Shipping Menaced by Whole
FiotilIa of Under-Sea Graft
Flour Ship Sunk.

London, April "A whole flotilla
of German submarines is now menac-
ing North Sea shipping, according to
dispatches brought here yesterday.
While destroyers were sweeping the
English channel for the under-sea
raiders, four ships have been torpe-
doed and sent to the bottom in the
North Sea-
A dispatch prom Rotterdam said
said that Dutch shippers reported
sighting several German submarines,
within a few miles of each other, pa
trolling the North Sea- For the past
week the Germans have confined their
activities almost exclusively to the
FngIish channel and the southwest
coast of England and Wales. Ad-
miralty officials believe the Germans
now plan to brighten English shippers
by delivering simultaneous attacks on
all the coasts of England.
Dispatches from Lisbon yesterday
reported that the British steamer
South Point, reported lost in storm
off Cape Ffnistterre, Spain, was tor
pedoed by the German submarine us
while returning to Philadelphia after
taking a flour cargo to Belgium. The
crew was landed at Lisbon.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
HIGH STANDARD OF WHITING
Professor Pays = Tribute to Newspa-
per English, Which Is on the
Whole Deserved.

i well remember the pleasure with
which. as a young man. I heard my
venerable and practiced professor Of
rhetoric say that he supposed there
was no work known to man more diff
ficult than writing said Prof. George
H Palmer. formerly Of Harvard uni
versity- Up to that time l had sup
posed its seventies peculiar TO my
self He goes on to recount the adj
Tantages which children of today en-
Joy over those Of his own generation.
and hopes that some OF them viii find
the language he has used about the
difficulty Of writing extravagant- Then
he says:
Let me say. too, that since frequen-
cy has more to do with ease of writing
than anything else, count the newspa-
per men lucky because they are writ
ing all the time, and 1 do not think so
meanly of their product as the present
popular disparagement would seem to
require 1t is hasty work, undOubted-
ly, and bears the marks of haste But
in my judgment in no period Of the
English language has there been so
high an average Of sensible, vivacious
and informing sentences written as
appears in our daily press
With both good and evil results.
the distinction between book literature
and speech literature is breaking
down Everybody is writing. appar-
emily in verse and prose; and if the
higher graces of style do not often
appear, neither on the other hand do
the Tuder awkwardness and Obscur-
tiles A certain straightforward Eng
lish is becoming established A whole
nation is learning the use Of its mother
tongue Under such circumstances 1t
is dOubly necessary that anyone who
is conscious Of feebleness in his com
mand of English should promptly and
earnestly begin the cultivation Of it .
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
INDIAN TRIBEsMEN REVOLT

Simla, India, April IA revolt of
ten thousand tribesmen at Tochi has
resulted in a battle with government
troops The tribesmen were repulsed
The following official statement was
issued today:
Ten thousand tribesmen, composed
mainly of Zadraus, collected with
view to attacking Tochi, near the
Miranshah post Government troops
under Brigadier General Vane engaged
the natives at dawn on the 26th, re-
pulsing them completely, killing two
hundred and wounding three hundred.
"A subsequent reconnaissance
showed no trace of the band"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Pat in = Ouandarv-

Pat was at the the railway station,
and he put a penny in machine bear
ing the inscription. Pull the handle
with a jerk.
After Pat had put the penny IN the
slot he began looking all over the
machine
A porter passing at the time asked,
Hello, Pat. won't the machine
Work?''
-Begorra," said Pat. I dunno 1t
says, Pull the handle with a Jerk
But can't find the blessed jerk 10 pun
II with
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
ENGLAND MAY GO DRY SOON
Employers of Labor and the Public
Press Strongly Favor Suppression
of Drink Evil.

London, March 3I-Prohibition, as
drastic as that prevailing in Russia,
today faces the United Kingdom. The
press is filled with discussions of the
letter sent by David Lloyd-George, the
chancellor of the exchequer, to the
Shipowners' Federation The chancel-
lor in his letter said:
We are fighting Germany, Austria
and drink, and so far as l can see, the
greatest of these three deadly foes is
drink" and added that he had a grow
ing conviction that only the severest
method would be of avail in dealing
with the evil
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
SIav Armies are on Offensive
Along the Whole of
Their Front.
CLIMB ICY HILLS TO VICTORY
Almost InsurmountabIe Difficulties
Overcome in carpathian Passes
Artillery Engagements Com
prise Fighting in West.

London, April 3.-The Russians now
are on the offensive along the whole
of their front, from the Baltic sea to
the Rumanian border and in the eau
casus, and according to a Stockholm
dispatch they have concentrated an
enormous number of soldiers on the
coast of Finland to prevent any at
tempt by the Germans to land there.
ALI the Russian advances, according
to Petrograd advfces, are proceeding
with success. The Russian official re-
port issued tonight makes the claim
that the Germans in north Poland are
being pushed back to the East Prus-
sian border, and that in the Carpa
thians, between the Lupkow and
Uzsok passes, the Russians have cap
tured still another strongly fortified
ridge.
Scale Icy Hills.
The Russians overcame in doing so
almost insurmountable difficulties
such as the scaling of steep ice-cov-
cred hills and penetrating clevesly ar
ranged barbed wire and timber OBJ
structions.
The Russians also have taken the Of
fensive against the German forces in
the region of Koziouwka, near the
Uzsok pass, which long has been
launching attacks against the Russian
position. In that district a large num-
Der of prisoners is reported to have
been captured.
Against these reports of Russian
success the Austrians make the claim
that they have repulsed all the Rus
sian attacks in the Beskid range of
mountains farther east.
Little Doing in West.
On the western front the battles are
of a scattered nature Beyond artil-
1ery engagements the only fighting
that has taken place is in the forest of
LIE Pretre, west of Ponth-a-Mousson,
where the French are trying to reach
the roads leading from st. MihieI to
Metz, and to the south of PerOnne,
where the French also are on the Of
fensive.
Anti-War Feeling Grows.
Rome, via Paris, April 3.-Advices
received here from the Austrian from
tier describe the internal situation in
the dual monarchy as increasingly
grave. Opposition to a continuance of
the war is said to be growing stronger
among the classes which are suffering
most from the scarcity of food. Vio-
lent anti-war demonstrations are re-
ported to have occurred in several
cities, especially Vienna, where
crowd attempted to stone the windows
of the war office but was charged by
the police and troops.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
VIII Boost Good Roads.

Independence, Kan, April 2-The
good roads convention to be held here,
under the auspices of the Ozark Trails
Association, is being talked of already
as one of the big events of the pres
ent year, especially among good roads
men of the Southwest
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10

Seattle, April -Four persons were
drowned in the DuWaimsh River last
night when a motor car belonging to
Mrs. Morgan J. Clarke ran OF a bridge
ten miles south of here. Mrs. Clarke
and her japanese chauffeur were the
only persons saved.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
French Arrest Woman sDv.

Paris. April Marie Louise
Wefsch, said to have been associated
with Ensign Ullmo, who was sen
fenced to life Imprisonment in 1908
for selling French naval plans to
foreign government, has been arrest
ed on a charge of espionage.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Take 8 Million Risk on Jewels.

Boston, March S1.-A Boston insur-
ance firm. it was learned today, viii
insure the famous Mclean jewels for
8 million dollars The fortune in jew
els belongs TO Mrs. Edward B. Mclean
of Washington. Included in the array
of gems is the famouse Hope diamond.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Opium .sIeuths" Took SLIGO.

Chicago. April Six men entered
Coon Ming Yin's merchandise store
last night, said they were federal po-
lice and demanded to see if there was
any opium in the safe. They walked
out with s1.70O and jewelry valued at
several hundred more
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Aauiia SURVIVORS picked In

London, March 31.-Two passengers
and fifteen members of the crew OF
the steamer Aguila, torpedoed of the
coast of Wales early yesterday, were
picked up today in an open boat after
having been given up as lost.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Coz SMift Iusfice

Saginaw, Mich, April 3.-Robert
Smith of Cleveland was sentenced to
life Imprisonment yesterday for the
murder Wednesday of Mrs. Grace
Steinhauser of this city, to whom he
was to have been married last night.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10

Baltimore, April Twenty-Five per
cent of the master minds of American
science" are trained at Johns Hopkins
university. according to Charles
KeyeS, mining engineer. of Des
Moines, Ia, writing in the alumn&
magazine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Lost s1a.ooo on Eake Race.

Denver, March 31-Refusing to be a
''piker" and complain to the police,
c. T. Swanson, wealthy rancher> OF
st. Hilaire, swallowed his $4,000 loss
on fake horse race and left for his
home
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Kino Gives to Venice Poor.

Rome, April 3.-King Victor En-
manuel has sent to Premier Salandra
$4,000 to aid the unemployed in the
Venetian provinces. The premier i'm
mediately sent $4,000 to the mayor of
Venice.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Shin Sank in Collision.

London, April 1.-The steamer
South Atlantic, bound from Glasgow
for New York, collided with an IN
known vessel OF Arran last night AMI
sank, according to dispatches received
here today. It's crew was saved.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
) SNOW Storm SWEET Dixie.

Washington, April Another win
try storm swept the Southeastern
states last night and early today,
bringing snow over the Carolinas,
Tennessee and North Georgia and gen
eraI rains further south
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10

Washington, April 2--That Secre-
tary McAdoo. recently operated on for
appendicitis, has suffered a serious
relapse, was reported persistentIy yes
terday. The official account was that
he was improving.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Gus Drunken Lieutenant.

Washington, April president
Wilson has confirmed the sentence Of
dismissal imposed by general court
martial at Naco, ATiz., upon Second
Lieutenant John P Markoe, Tenth
caHalrY
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
j. J. Hin Sees Early Peace.

New York, April 3.-James J. Hill.
the railroad magnate, declared his be-
lief yesterday that the war would end
by October i, thus agreeing with ia
cob Schiff. the international banker.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
AIIies Ruv c. Here

Appleton. Wis, March 31.-A local
motor car concern announced today
that it had received an order from the
European Allies for 4 million dol
lars, worth of machines.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
cruiser Rams = PIunaer.

Paris. April LA statement indicat-
ing that German submarine may
have been sunk by q French cruiser
was given out today By the ministry Of
marine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
Five Killed in Powder Min.

Alton, Ill, April Five men were
killed and a sixth missing as the re-
suit Of an explosion OF the Equitable
Powder Company, five miles fran
here this morning.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10

In 25 years. 543,ss1 persons have
been killed in India by snakebite. II ?
report may be believed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-10
The Natural senuencs

How was the dog show2"
a bowling success" - Baltimore
American
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-04

that is more thar a little suggestive of
the pull-back Of the eighties. The
front of the skirt hangs in gathered
folds. but the material has been
caught up at either side, below the
hips, and Drawn back under a straight
back panel which forms a sort of
train. Skirt, train, and draped bodice
are of taffeta striped in Roman effect
with delicate shades Of rose pink,
and this color-ever so dain:y-is re-
lieved and offset by the pointed lace
overskirt, the bolero of pearl beads
and the dark line OF fur at the edge
Of the bodice. Pale lavender silk
stockings are accompanied by very
smart dancing slippers of patent
leather n this modish footwear
with the extremely modern hairdress-
ing, completes a costume that is pc
culiarly fresh, chic and up-to-date.
Striped silks are much the thing
in new evening gowns and the stripes
may run across, as in this Roman
striped costume, or up and down-or
obliquely-aS the creator Of the gown
fancies. A rarely beautiful dinner
gown for half mourning wear has a
skirt of black and white striped faillr
silk, and the half inch stripes are
cleverly knife pleated to bring the
black outside n the white inside, so
that the stitched down pleats at the
hip give a black yoke effect to the
striped skirt. Above his stitched
pleating is n wide black satin girdle
and above that u soft, draped bodice
OF black chantilly lace over white
satin, with long transparent sleeves
OF the chantilly ending in wrist-brace-
lets of black velvet ribbon frilled with
black tulle. But-this is the feature
of the goWn-above the black satin
girdle, under the lace Of the bod
ice, sections of the black and white
striped faille rise in an irregular line
forming a series Of alternate squares
and points, each picot edged. This
carrying OF the skirt material upward
gives the gown long. becoming lines
yet tho lace Of the bodice keeps the
striped sections underneath from be-
ing too obvious.
Very smart dance frocks for young
girls have short skirts hat escape
the floor by six or even eight inches
and are bounced all the way to the
waistline with cream lace. Above the
waist line is a gay little coat-bodiee
of pastel colored satin or crepe me,
teor with ends that cross in surplict
effect toward the back and effect 4
butterfly sashbow. The debutante':
dancing frock is very short indeed
and even older woinen now unhesi,
tatingly reveal their ankles under the
skirt Of the evening gown.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-04

stretched across sticks OF carved tot
tOise shell. The fringe of deep, Will
uncurled ostrich falls at one side \
the fan only and makes a handsom,
fluffy tassel when the sticks are close
together. Along the top of the fa|
edging the ostrich fringe is a line
:iny roses made OF gold tissue an
mousseline in rose and violet shat
ings, such a fan is indeed a deligh|
ful trinket for milady and adds nj
a little TO the %splendor OF her evenid
costume.
Black gau2e fans with sticks Of an
Der have the monogram of their pol
SCISSOR done in rhinestones across Cd
corner. Such a fan will cost the d
voted swain who tucks It among II
stems OF n floral offering about thir|
iollars-eXclusive OF the price he pal
for the long-stemmed roses that al
company 1t. For half a hundred id
lars a recalcitrant husband whoI
conscience smites him, may pick up
peace Offering In the shape of a 81
green gauze fan %sprinkled with moo
stones and rhinestones and havt1
sticks of mother O. pearl.
Behealh the big owl feathcr u
with tortoise shell sticks is a dain|
little affair of carved ivory tipp{
with pheasant feathers, the end
each quill turned back to show Il
reverse side. On the ivory sticks
charming design, hand-painted
Vatican colors gracefully flls Il
space.
The balloon fan 10 the latest acql
sltion of the debutante. Over the Il
portion of the carved bone sticks q
balloon shaped ovals of white gau
which cover the sticks. at back q
front of the fan, to within q Il
inches of their point of c~onvergen@
on the zeppelin-like top are delics
gauze spangles and the spangles for
a graceful border pattern around Il
edge,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-04

ored chiffon make the satin skirt fade
away to a pink ON under the upper
part Of the lace tunic. At the edge
this tunic is bordered with appliqued
gold and orange roses and leaves. The
train, Of salmon pink satin, is gath
cred in, under a band of the gold and
orange roses. The draped bodice of
lace, creamy, rather than pure white
like the lace tunic-veils an upper
bodice OF flesh-tinted net and a sash
Of shimmering pale turquoise. shot
with silver. At the bustline. the tulle
and lace folds OF the bodice are drawn
together under a flaming orange and
pink flower. Tho combination of
orange, salmon pink and turquoise
would be crude enough, badly man.
aged, but in this gown with Its veil
ings of tulle, lace and chiffon and its
subtle gradations Of shade, the color
scheme Is both and delecta-
BILE.
The Schumacher For Slender Figures.
The fat-chested effect produced by
a wide cuirass or stomacher of bead
~encrusted embroidery is suitable for
young figures only. The severity of
line which such n bodice gives would
be most trying to an older woman and
would certainly suggest fairness and
angularity of figure rather than un-
developed immaturity, which is the eff
feet aimed at. 1t is to be hoped no
woman with a heavy or fully devel-
oped figure would be rash enough to
attempt this cuirass-bodice which
would be fatal on any but a slip of
a girl. The cuirass-gown in the pic
ture, made for n debutante Of this
season. has a short dancing skirt Of
Jade green net bordered with silver
tissue. This Is draped over white
satin, and the jade green tone shows
through a gathered overdress of white
hlet lace of beautiful design. This
lace appears again in the bodice and
In a scarf which forms little sleeves
and then hangs down the back in a
pointed cape, half yelling a Vatican
train of jade satin and silver tissue.
The train is very short but gives a
stately air to the gown. II may be
looped up by a clever device for dane
ing. Shoulder straps of pale green
velvet support the cuirass bodice
which is of jade green faille embroid-
cred with silver. crystal beads and
shell pink silk. A mother OF pearl
couture comb. trimmed with silver
fligree tracery and small jade cabu-
chons is thrust into the hair.
The Pull-Back Appears Again.
A striking gown of Roman striped
taffeta, for theatre and restaurant
wear, shows a drapery arrangement
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-04
TIE C09z@ZxYo% -
STZA HIS TN

1t did not AXE the Chinese women
long to adopt the new Idea and In
twinklirg the fan dexterously and coy
~ welded, replaced the uncomforta-
bic mask.
one may pay almost anything fol
a fan; and like the tennis racket, thu
fan depends for its efficient work mo-
so much upon its own value AZ thu
adroitness of its user. A hundred dol
lar feather fan, swayed by inexper
hands will be nothing but a fam
might be a paper palmleaf affair fol
all the meaning Il conveys; wherea|
a ffteen-cent Japanese fan with paint
ed wood sticks can express a hundred
things In a moment by lever manip
ulation.
An eagle quill fan with feather
longer at one side than the other an(
genuine ivory stlcks--like the hand
some eagle fan pictured-costs aboul
a hundred dollars, Very coQuett!sh
in company with this fan. Is the Golf
fure ornament Of black gauze AMI
rhinostones which by its shape AMI
poise. suggests something OF the free
dom of a wild birds pinion.
Another expensive fan-if you re,
gard q hundred dollars as quite a tid|
price for a fans the big fan Of owl
feathers in brown speckled wit
( white. with sticks OF carved tortois|
shell. This is a very distinguished fa|
indeed and Is not suitable for a youn|
girl. II should be carried by a matro|
and should accompany n very hand
some costume designed for opera q
reception wear.
A hundred dollars or t~hereaboud
will also purchase an ostrich fringe|
fan like another model ILLUSTRATED
This beautiful fan is Of black gau7|
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-04

ia OW that Victorian styles are re-
turning the fan is certain to re
sumo its reign as an implement
- of coquetry. The modern maid
knows absolutely nothing about the
~coauetry OF the fan or OF its deadly
efficiency as a weapon Of Irritation.
She hutters it briskly between dances
when a fox trot has flushed
her face and perhaps plays a bit with
it when absorbed in conversation: but
of its capabilities in the way of ex-
pressing emotion its tricks OF de
mureness, Of lnaidenly shyness, of
temper, Of surprise, Of ~haughtiness
and of naughtiness we'll known to her
grandmamma away back in the six
ties. she Is entirely ignorant.
The Victorian young female who
could swoon as easily as she could
warble a sentimental ballad, was per-
fectly versed in all the code of fan
Irritation; and the modern belle Will
sadly neglect her opportunities If,
with her new mid-Nictor.an frocks
and hats, she does not avail herself OF
~fan-coquetry also. A fan, II you
please, can express a blush as OBJ
viously-even more obviously than q
rosy cheek. and the dimples beside a
pretty mouth are all the more fasc!-
mating when temporarily hidden from
view by a fan which points attention
to their allurcment. a rapidly nut
tering fan expresses agitation-if tut-
tered high in the air beside the face,
the agitation is clearly produced 10y
evaporation; II the fan is fiuttered
against the breast. what could Il eN-
press other than agitation of the
heart? \ lazily moving fan may eX-
press deep consideration, or graceful
boredom. The early Victorian maid
ever expressed SORROW by the culver
of her fan. And what can display a
gem-set bracelet or n flashing diamond
ring Ike a moving fan in the hand?
The beaux and bellies OF the frivo-
lous French cour; In the days of the
Louis understood a fan LANGUAGE
which was full of hidden meanings.
The fan was even used 10 convey sig
nails in card games. But the history
of milady's fan goes much larthe'
back thar that. In the days of Pho-
roah fans were used by royalty-theN
were az indisputably patrlcian and
a%ristocratlc as diamond %coronets and
six cylinder motor cars are nowadays.
The very first fan was used, SO the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-04
FACTS ABOUT

n WEAK solution OF oxalic acid ap-
~ plied very carefully to ink stains
on carpets will remove them. In
case this treatment changes the color
or the carpet. II may be restored with
the use OF ammonia water.
When sweeping thick carpets always
follow the weave OF the pile. Then the
carpet Will wear much longer and look
better.
Carpets should be lifted from the
moor at least nee each year and thor
oughly cleaned. The dirt, which col
iects beneath the carpet, grinds and
cuts the threads. Wait until the floor
Is thoroughly dry before relaying a
carpet, else the tacks are apt to rust
and injure it.
stair carpets should be heavily pad
ded II ono deS&ee~ sh-~~ - wear well.