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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
CAN CUT OFF GREAT BRITAIN
American Inventor Says Submarines
Can Make Complete Blockade of
English Coast.

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb 5.-Simon
Lake, submarine inventor, in discus
sing Germany's program Of harassing
English commerce by submarine at
tacks stated today that this was not
only practical from every standpoint,
but that with submarines Of a cruis-
ing radius of five thousand miles and
submerged bases of supplies which
undoubtedly have been planted
around the island already, Germany
socn will affect a complete blockade
against provisions or arms Of any
KIND.
The success of tie German raids, =
said Lake, may be attributed to the
use of submerged fuel and provision
stations, each one OF which would
supply food and fuel enough for any
one submarine to continue activities
for months.
1T is not necessary to depend On
surface tenders which would be de-
stroyed by the enemy and possibly
leave the submarine helpless. It is
now possible to transfer coal from
one vessel to another at considerable
depths beneath the surface and it is
much simpler to pass liquid from one
vessel to another"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
LABOR MAN FLAYS EMPLOYERS
industrial Board Hears Some Ugly
Statements About Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company.

New York, Feb. 4-John R. Lawson,
executive board member of the United
Mine Workers of America from the
district which includes Colorado, to-
day told the Federal Commission on
Industrial Relations the reason the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and
other operators refused to deal with
organized labor was that they realized
the unions would force them to obey
the mining laws, which, he said, they
had repeatedly violated.
Mr.. Lawson, who was a witness last
week, was recalled to the stand after
Mrs. Mary Petrucci and Mrs. Margaret
Domiskl, the wives of Colorado min
ers, had told the story of Ludlow and
the battle there as they had seen it.
Mrs Petruccis three children we're
smothered to death in a subterranean
chamber, where they had hidden,
when the tent colony was burned.
Mr.. Lawson said the only reason the
operators had granted the miners any
thing was because lney had seen the
handwriting on the wall, placed there
by the unions" AS he testified he
held in his hand copies Of twelve Col
orado mining laws. Each of these, he
said, had been broken many times by
the operators. The operators realized,
he asserted, that the unions would not
only force them to obey the statutes,
but would prevent them from import
ing vast numbers of workers from
Southern Europe, who had never seen
a mine before, and then paying them
what they pleased, working them as
long as they pleased, and keeping
them in poverty for the rest of their
lives.
Jerome D. Greene, secretary Of the
Rockefeller Foundation and formerly
a member Of the personal staff of John
D. Rockefeller, defended the practices
and policies of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation and the aims and ideas Of its
founders.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
BOMB ON CANADIAN BRIDGE
German Officer Tries to Blow Up Rail-
road Structure Spanning ST.
Croix River.

Vanceboro, Me-, Feb. 3.-An at
tempt to destroy the railroad bridge
spanning the ST. Croix River between
Eastern Maine and New Brunswick
was made early yesterday. One Of the
three spans of the structure was dam
aged by dynamite.
Rumors of a German plot spread
rapidly and resulted in an Immediate
investigation by the provincial au-
thorities. Inquiry also was begun on
this side and a man who gave his
name as Werner Van Horn was ar
rested at a hotel. According to the
police, the prisoner said he was a Ger
man reserve officer, but refused to di-
vu1ge his rank. The police say he
admitted that he exploded the dyna-
mite under the bridge and that dyna-
mite cap and plan Of the bridge were
found in his pockets.
Van Horn was removed to the Unit
ed States immigration rooms where
he was closely guarded and officers
notified the United States authorities
at Portland. asking for Instructions
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Earth disturbances continue at
Ayezzano, Italy, the most important
feature being the lowering of the level
of Lake Palermo by sixteen feet. The
subsiding of a subteFranean eruption
drew into the earth an immense vol
ume Of water from the lake
Chronic speeders who appear in
the speeders' court for violation Of
motor car ordinances viii be sent to
the pschOpathic laboratory for test Of
their sanity, according to a plan an
nounced by Joseph 2. Uhlir, Judge OF
the court at Chicago.
"A letter that went down with the
steamship Empress of Ireland in the
St. Lawrence River last June has
just been received by the addressee
10 London The letter had been recov-
cred by divers. The mucilage Of the
envelope was missing and the stamp
was gone, but the letter itself was
legible.
With -four having reached the
war price Of So a barrel. and wheat
having scared to sL65 a busheI. bak-
ers throughout Chicago raised bread
prices to six and twelve cents a loaf
George ". Kirchwey, professor Of
law at Columbia University, testify
ing before the committee on industrial
relations expressed doubt that the
charters OF the Carnegie and Rookie
feller foundations we're constitutional
as they failed 10 define the scope and
purpose OF the institutions
As a result OF recommendations
by Dr. TheobaId Smith OF Harvard
University a serum used in Germany
to combat the foot and mouth disease
among cattle may be used to remedy
the sitUatio1 "A Illinois
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
NEUTRALITY ONLY A SHAM
United States Is Accused of Helping
England by the Kaiser's Off
ciaI Mouthpiece.

Berlin Feb. 4.-"American neutral
ity is now only a thin curtain behind
which jealous, loving service to Eng
land conceals itself. If America re-
spects only brutal power, we, too, viii
play the brutal power"
The Cologne Gazette, which is fire.
quently inspired by the government,
today contains this caustic comment
in an attack upon the neutrality OF
the United States. The attack was
made in the course Of an article deal
ing with foreign press comment upon
the launching Of Admiral Won TiT-
PITTS submarine warfare against Brit
ish merchantmen.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
BROKEN PIPE STOPS A PLANT
Eleven Thousand Men Made Idle
When Steel Works Water Sup
ply Was Cut Of.

South Bethlehem, Pa, Feb. G.
Bursting of a 36-inch water main yes
terday afternoon caused a shutdown
of the entire Bethlehem steel plant.
The great contracts Mr.. Schwab is
filling for war material for European
nations will be held up until the break
is fixed. What caused the break could
not be learned. Rumors were spread
that the water main had been lamp
cred with. Nothing could be learned
on the subject.
Through this broken main flowed
entire water supply for all the ma
chine shops, armor plate and projec-
tile plants, blast and open hearth fur
naces, etc. Fires were Immediately
banked to prevent possible explosions.
Eleven thousand men will be idle IN
til the break is mended.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Gun Without ReeolI.

An officer of the United States navy
has invented a gun that fires six
pound projectile without recoiL This
gun, because Of its absence Of recofl,
is well adapted to use On aeroplanes
or dirigibles.
The gun is most interesting, having
both ends open TO the atmosphere. The
shell has the projectile tied into one
end, and In the other end is a mass OF
bird-shot. The shot is Of sufficient
weight to furnish the required reae-
ton when the projectile is discharged
from the other end OF the gun When
the gun is fred the projectile is
thrown from the muzzIe at high We
Iocity while the shot is discharged
from the breech at low velocity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
~ LoSSEs sURHY PREVHTH
Initiated His Supporters.

A good story is being told by Lord
LoYat, head OF the famous Loyat
scouts, who is TO command the High
land Mounted brigade with the allies
on the continent. A very much rufHed
private was under arrest for some
offense, and Lord Lovat inquired Of
the sergeants as to what his onense
was.
He's a very troublesome fellow.
sir" replied the sergeant Got too
much lip, goes out without leave.
comes back when he likes, and gets
drunk when he Hkes-iust as If he
was an officer Nail and
Empire
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
sunshine and strawberries-

II one needs a sea voyage to re-
store the health, go to England. For
real rest a five hours journey out Of
London to Salcombe, South Devon,
viii bring one to a sunny environ
ment- a correspondent writing from
Salcombe TO The Lancet, says Last
week q am writing November 23)
had on my table peas, French beans,
globe artichOkes, tomatoes and straw
berries fresh from my garden and
grown without any special attention
at all The Strawberries have been
our chief dessert for more than six
weeks now, although the same plants
gave US a splendid crop in June. To
day roses are fOurishing gayly, and
one can scarcely realize the awful
weather experienced north Those
fortunate enough to live in houses
sheltered from the northeast enjoy
warmth and sunshine. Last winter
we found an aloe in full flower and
punches of sub-tropical flowers were
gathered"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Portraiture in italy.

The Pagine d'Arte, Of Milan, Of Oc-
tober 80, commenting on the closing
of the biennial Fine Arts Exhibition N
Venice, says: las in most modern
Italian picture exhibitions there was a
great scarcity Of portraits, and the
question naturally arises as to what
this scarcity may be attributed-to
want or demand? Until thirty years
ago there was an abundance of good
portrait painters in Italy, but since
then they seem to be altogether want
ing. The fact that not a single por-
trait of artistic value exists in Italy
Of either King HumbeTt and Queen
Margherita, of the present King Wit
torio and Queen Elena, nor Of the last
two popes, the only good present
ments of these royalties being by for
eign artists, seems to point to scar
city Of good portrait painters in Italy"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Ii..r IIIn Ia varni.h

A new liver disease caused by q
quick-drying varnishs and TO which
varnishers and polishers may be sub
ject, was discovered at London, Eng
land, by Dr.. Bernard Salisbury and Dr..
Wilcox. the eminent pathOlOgists, In
an autopsy upon workman who had
been employed at the HendOn aircraft
factory
This varnish is composed Of tetro-
chlorether, mentbyIated spirit, benzins
and other ingredients Rats subject
to the vapor, said Dr. Wilcox at the
inquest, became drowsy and develop
ed an extensive liver disease. The
workman's death was due to syncope
from disease Of the liver caused By
the action OF tetrochlorether.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
STATE DEPARTMENT POWDERS
Announcement Puts New Color on
Negotiations In Progress Since
Wars Beginning.

Washington, Feb. 3-Ambassador
Page at London cabled the state de
partment today that the British feet
has been ordered to treat all cargoes
of grain and -four destined for Ger
many or Austria as conditional con-
traband, subject to seizure and cOnfis-
cation.
This step, the ambassador explained,
followed the announcement that the
German government has decreed con-
fscation of all grain and -four to con-
serve the nations food supply
Since the publication of the German
order, the ambassador here, Count Won
Bernsdorff, personally has assured the
American government that no food
stuffs imported from the United States
or other neutral countries will be sub
ject to seizure and press dispatches
have announced the issuance Of a
modifying decree by the German gov
eminent.
Ambassador Page said the British
government has informed him that be
cause the steamship Wilhelmina, now
bound from New York to Hamburg
with grain and other food, sailed be-
fore the issuance of the German de-
cree, an exception will be made in her
case.
The vessel will be seized, it was
said, but she will be released and heT
cargo purchased at invoice price by
the British government. Warning was
given, however, that other shipments
hereafter of like character when des
tined for Germany directly or indi
rectly will be seized as we'll as the
vessels carrying them without com
pensation being paid.
This announcement put an entirely
new complexion on the negotiations
that have been in progress intermit
tently since the beginning of the wal
in regard to the right of neutral
states to ship food supplies to bel
igerent countries.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
RUSSIANS CLAIM
GAINS IN POLAND
BY Crossing Bzura River Czar's
Armies Threaten Won Hin
denburg's Flank.
A new OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT
Anxiety of sIavs to Clear Lower
VistuIa Explained = Indications
Point to Greater Activity by
Allies in West.

London, Feb 6.-Coincident with
the arrival at the front of Emperor
Nicholas, the Russians have assumed
the offensive directly west of Warsaw
and, according to a Russian official
statement, have crossed the Bzura
river and taken some German posi-
tons.
This in the opinion of military ex-
perts will, if the Russians have suf-
ficient forces at their disposal, break
the deadlock which had existed in the
battle in central Poland for so many
weeks. since it threatens the flank Of
General Won Hindenburg's army,
which is engaged in the violent strug-
gle Immediately to the southwest in
an effort to break down the Russian
defensive in the region of Borjimow.
Russians Cross Bzura.
The Russians appear, according to
reports from Petrograd, to have cross
ed the Bzura near it's junction with the
Vistula and, working southwark, to
have taken part of the German posi-
ton near Dakhova, south of Sochac-
Jew, which was the point at which the
Germans made their original attempt
to break the Warsaw line.
This new offensive on the part Of
the Russians explains their anxiety
to clear the right bank of the lower
Vistu1a of the Germans, for having
accomplished this they are free of
threats of an outfanking movement
from that direction.
Artillery engagements and a few
small infantry attacks make up the
sum Of the operations on the Western
front.
Allies Plan Offensive.
There are indications, however, that
the allies are preparing the way for
an offensive movement in the Arras re-
gion, where their artillery has been
very busy, and where they have cap
tured some German trenches. In the
Argonne region, too, the French claim
to have improved their position.
The failure of the Turks in their
preliminary attacks on the Suez canal
gives a good deal of satisfaction to
England, as it is felt that the terri
torial and Australian troops engaged
there have proved their mettle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
lNDlCT MINERS FOR MURDER
Grand jury Brings in True Bill
Against Colorado Union Heads
at WaIsenburg.

Walsenburg, Col, Feb. 3.-John
Burke and Charles Haines, president
and secretary, respectively of the To-
cal union of the United Mine Work
ers of America, we're arrested last
night on indictments returned by the
grand jury OF Hur, Huerfano County,
which has been investigating the re-
cent Colorado coal miners strike.
They were charged with murder.
Court officials refused to reveal de-
tails of the accusations or the names
of other defendants, with the excep-
ton of William T. Hickey and Eli NJ.
Gross, officers of the Colorado State
Federation of Labor, arrested in Den
yer last night.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
NINE BURN WHILE ASLEEP
Gas Explosion Destroys Frame Bunk
house in Which Foreigners Lived
at Mayburg, Pa.

Warren, Pa, Feb. 4-Nine men
were burned to death at Mayburg,
three miles south of here, today when
the two-story frame clubhouse of the
Tionesta Valley Chemical Company
burned down as the result of the ex-
plosion of a gas stove Six others
were injured, two of them fatally. All
were foreigners employed in cutting
wood and extracting certain chemi-
Gals. Just year ago today two men,
a woman and baby lost their lives in
a similar explosion and fire at May
burg.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
"wATCHFUL WAITING" AGAIN

Washington, February Ger
many's declaration of a naval block
ade of great Britain is regarded here
as one Of the most serious develop
ments of the war.
Until a specific case Of destruction
of an American ship in the new war
zone develops it was regarded as most
unlikely that any protest would be
made by the United States although
further inquiries as to the exact
boundaries Of the prohibited water are
expected to be made.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Tried to Burn Filipino City.

Manila, Feb. 6.-Private dispatches
from Cebu report that patrols of the
constabulary last night prevented the
execution of what was rumored to be
a plan to burn the city and start an
insurTection. One small fire broke
out, but there was no disorder Ru-
mors were current in Manila that an
insurrectionary movement by the Fill
Pine population was imminent here
but apparently there was no basis for
them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Failed to Pass Alien Bill.

Washington, Feb. 5.-An attempt to
pass the immigration bill prescribing
a literacy test for the admission OF
aliens over President Wilson's veto
failed in the house today, the affirma-
tive vote lacking five of the necessary
two-th;rds Of $50 members present
261 voted to override the veto, 1856
voted to sustain the president and two
answered present
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
nrxs win in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 6.-Statewide
prohibition was assured today when
opposition to the measure collapsed
in the senate. The house bill was
passed by the senate with an amend
ment that it become effective January
/, 1915.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Earth Shocks in ENGLAND.

London, Feb. 3.-Earth shocks oe-
CURED last night in districts of York
shire. One minor was killed and
many had narrow escapes, owing to
the shaking down of coal in the pits.
In some cases the pits were rendered
unavoidable by the fall of coal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Villa PrnoIaims Himself.

FL Paso, Tex, Feb. 4-Francisco
Villa has proclaimed himself in charge
Of the presidency of Mexico This was
announced in a telegram from General
Villa received tonight by his agents
here. Villa appointed three ministers
to take charge of the civil government
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
QUAKE in soutbern Illinois

Harrisburg, Ill. Feb 6-Severe
earth termors continuing for four
minutes at midnight shook this part
of Southern Illinois. No great dam
age resulted from the quake, but
dwellings throughout this region were
rocked and small damage occurred.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Test spsedera for santtx.

Chicago, Feb. 3.-Chronic speeders
who appear in the speeders' court for
violation of motor car ordinances viii
be sent to the psychopatic laboratory
for test Of their sanity, according to a
plan announced yesterday by Joseph
z. UhIir, judge Of the court.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Bread TO s Cent? in chicaao.

Chicago, Feb. with flour having
reached the war price" yesterday of
So a barrel, and wheat having scared
to $1.65 a busheI, bakers throughout
Chicago today raised bread prices to
6 and IL cents a loaf.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
One Woman Runs in Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 5.-Barbara H
Schmidt, a Republican, who aspires to
become an alderwoman, is the only
woman candidate in Chicago. She has
four men opponents.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Plan ID MiiIion Mar.eet.

Chicago. Feb. 5.-Plans for a whole
sale fruit and produce terminal and
market to cost twenty million dollars
we're announced today. It IS hoped
to down delivery expenses and spoil
age about $4,000 a dag.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
schools Gave HosnitaI Cars

Washington, Feb. 4.@The seven
teen motor ambulances given by Harv-
ard and Yale students have been
turned over to the American Red
Cross and viii be shipped to Europe
at once.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
y. 8. 70 Proseeute HON.

Vanceboro, Ne, Feb. 5-Wener
Won Horn, who attempted to blow up
the International bridge over the St
Croix river was arrested today on a
state warrant charging him with in
juring buildings in Yanceboro.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
A Son Of Won KIuek KiIIed.

Berlin, Feb. 3.-The oldest son of
General Won KIuck, a naval Iieuten-
ant, was killed in an artillery battle
near Lake Middelkerke. January 20
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
IIlinois Roads AZ Raise.

Springfield, Ill, Feb. Fourteen
railroad presidents today presented to
Governor Dunno and members of the
utilities commission arguments why
the passenger rates of Illinois should
be raised from 2 to 21k cents.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Letter Saved FROM Wreck.

London, Feb. "A letter that went
down with the steamship Empress Of
Ireland in the st. lawrence river last
June was received by the addfessee
ssre today. The letter had been re-
covered by divers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
New Move On servia.

Geneva, via Paris, Feb. 6.-Hostili-
ties against Servia have been resumed
by the Austrians, according to reports
received here from sources which US
uaIly have been we'll informed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
New York Passed sur Bill.

Albany, n Y. Feb. 5-The woman
suffrage resolution passed by the leg
isIature IN 1913 was adopted In the
senate. The voters EiH new vote On
a constitutional amendment permit
ting Womsn to vote.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Bombs on zeooeIjn Rase.

London, Feb. 6-AIlies' aviators
: bombarded Zeeburgge. German sub
marine and Zeppelin base, according
TO Rotterdam adVices today. The ex-
tent Of the damage Is not known
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13
Quake Lowered = Lake

Rome, Feb. S.-Earth disturbances
continue at Ayezzano, the most i'm
portant feature being the lowering Of
the level Of Lake Palermo by sixteen
feet
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13

Beautiful, clear white clothes delights
the laundress who uses Red Cross Ban
Blue. An grocers- Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13

A conservative estimate Of the corn
stalk production Of this country Is
10000, 600 tons.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13

Nothing equals Deans Mentholated Couch
and throat troEbles-5c at ali Druggists
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pidn,t Think Il PrettY.

Bell-she led him a pretty dance,
you know.
Beulah-oh. it Ezsn't the tango.
khea1
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Important 80 Aoshera
Quite Different.

She-They say good actors never
eat Is that so?
Actor-Qufte so. They dine.
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Some Smoke.

Bacon see King Albert OF Bel.
GUM has bought a million cigars for
his soldiers.
Egbert-That looks as If 1t was go
ing to take some time for the smoke
OF battle to clear away.
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A POTATO KING

eff were farmer boy, OF boy With
out capital, and wanted an early cOmpe-
tency, I'd start right out growing POtz-
toes" said Henry Schroeder, the Potato
king Of the Red River Valley, whose story
N the John A Szlzer Seed Co.'S CatsloE1s
reads stranger than = romance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-13

Argentina is shipping grapes to Eng
Land