The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-07-24
ASKS FOR AT FEDERAL PROBE
Governor Capper Wants Government
to Investigate Conditions in the
Kansas Coal Fields.

Joseph H Holmes, chief of the bu-
reaU of mines at Washington, has
been asked by Governor Capper to in
vestigate Immediately coal mining con-
ditions in southeastern Kansas. The
governor wired Chief Holmes as fol-
lows:
Complaint has been made to me by
representatives of the coal miners of
southeastern Kansas that mining con-
ditions there are bad; that the clos
ing down of mines has deprived more
than 5000 men of employment. The
situation is serious. I will appreciate
1t if you or representative of your
bureau will come Immediately and
make a thorough investigation with a
view to determining if anything can
be done to relieve the situation"
The miners out of work are becom-
ing restless. They asked the cover
nor several days ago to make a thor
ough investigation. He decided that
both miners and operators, however,
would have more confidence in a re-
port made by the federal bureau of
mines.
Some mines have closed down for
the summer, and the operators Of 9TH
ers are getting out strip coal with
steam shovels, so there are more idle
miners than ever
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Rural Leaders SchooI.-A ten days
course in special instruction for rural
leaders opened at the state agricul-
tural college recently, with a lecture
by ]. NJ. Gillette, professor of sociol-
ogy at the University of North Dako-
ia. One hundred persons are enrolled
in the course which is the fifth the col
lege has conducted in connection with
its summer school.
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Free Aged Woman convict@The-
resa Rath, SO years old, convicted
in Usage City Of the murder of her
sonin-law, has been released from the
state prison under the provisions of
the new ''Truskett Bill"
x x x
Catch Wichita BootIeggers.-As the
result of months spotting by a pri-
vate detective, sent to Wichita by
Attorney General Brewster, twenty
bootleggers were rounded up for
maintaining nuisances and selling
liquor.
Drowned in Strip Pit.-Rex Rose,
Is years old, was drowned in a strip
pit near Pittsburg. He went bathing
in the pond with a cousin. He was I'M
able to swim and stepped into a deep
hole
x
Explosion Injuries chemist.-H. 0.
Underwater, instructor in chemistry
at Kansas University, was injured re-
Gently by the explosion of liquid am
monia. Lichtenwalter's face was fill
ed with particles of flying glass and
it is believed his sight may be az
fected
Minneapolis Soy Drowned.-Don-
aid Fitch, Is years old. son Of A. w.
T. Finch, was drowned in the Solo
mon river at minneapolis the other
afternoon. The body was found after
a four-hour search
x x x
Wichita Girl Drowned.-Edith Hi
barger, Is years old, was drowned in
the Arkansas river at the municipal
bathing beach at Wichita the other
day She was under water about five
minutes before foC- companions
missed her
x x
Baby Died of Food Poisoninu,-HeI
en- Burdette, the three-year-oId daueb-
ter of James Quinn, a Saiina business
man, died the other day from the eff
feet of eating cherries which caused
ptomaine poisoning, followed by in
fantiIe palalysis.
x
Fails from Second Story.-Whfle
playing in the country near Concordia
little Frances Kirk, fell from the sec
ond story window of the house on a
concrete walk and is in a serious con-
dition, suffering from conclusion of
the brain. She is the three-year-old
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kirk.
Killed by Cows kiek.-Arthur Cuff
fey, a ranch hand employed near
Hoyt, died recently from the effect of
injuries he received when he attempt
ed to milk stubborn COW. The COW
kicked him. breaking his back.