The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-01
COMES BACK FROM SERVlA
Typhus Fever CompeIs Franklin
County Girl to Give Up Her Red
Cross Work.

Cross Work
Miss Clara TulIoss, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Tulloss, living near
Ottawa, reached home recently, after
serving five months in a Red Cross
camp at Geivgilli, Servia. She be
came i'll in February with typhus
fever. Two doctors Of the unit tc
which she belonged, died from the
disease.
81 feel quite well now" said Miss
Tulloss upon her arrival. I'VE had nc
trouble in getting out although the
Grecian government is very strict on
inspection. Traffic is demoralized
our boat to Pyreus and Brindisi was
dirty craft.
I'm the little Servian village Of
GeivgiIli our Red Cross party was
stationed. This was many miles back
from the actual fighting, but 1900 sol
diers, many with terrible wounds
were there for treatment. Conditions
were bad among the soldiers and dis
ease was prevalent. The Servian bar
racks are at GeivgilIi, which is three
hours ride from Saloniki, Greece, and
ten minutes walk from the Grecian
border. Many soldiers had frozen feet
and amputation was Necessary. In
tramping through the mountain snow
the soldiers suffered greatly.
I'VE knew less of the actual pro
gress of fighting than in the states
Most of our news came by letters and
he
DR.. Ernest Magruder, who died II
Servia from typhus, was the chief o.
the Red Cross unit to which Miss Tul
loss belonged. When she left Salonik
with another nurse and a doctor, Ma
gruder accompanied them to the boat
and expressed great regret that he
too, could not return. He sent mes
IMAGES by them to his family il
Washington.
Bank for Conway-The business
men of the Conway community have
organized and secured enough shares
to insure the establishment of a banl
at Conway 1t is to be capitalized a
$4,000 and has the support of the
farmers in wheat community.
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Atchison Champion Reorganized.-
A stock company composed of Shef
field ingalls,, Wilbur c. Hawk, o. A
Simmons and A. S. and E. P. Ande
rock has been organized to succeed
Anderock Brothers as owners AM
publishers of the Atchison Dali.
| Champion
Kansan Shoots fiimseIf.-Andrev
Bowman, So years old, went into
pawnship at Independence, purchases
a revolver and handed the shop KEEP
er a check When the shopkeepe
turned to get the change, Bowmal
shot himself, dying at once. 1t is no
known whether the shooting was acc
dental. Mr.. Bowman was contracto
and is survived by his wife.
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Kansas Lard to Europe.-Thre
trainloads of lard have been shippe
to the European war zone by the CuG
| ahy Packing Company of Wichita tn
last month. They went by way O
New Orleans The three trains cal
ried about sixty cars and each car wa
loaded with thirty thousand pounds @
lard, making a total OF 1,8OO,OO
| pounds
concordia Newspaper Chanee-Lin
W. Bloom has sold his interest in tn
Daily Blade and Weekly Empire to hi
partner, Ray Green. Mr. Bloom e.
poets to remain in Concordia, wher
he has other interests. He came t
Concordia from a Topeka newspape
in 1909.
Woman Dies at fo2.-Mary Kane
1O2 years old, is dead at Parsons, 70
lowing an illness of two months
Prior to that it had been her boas
that she was never i'll day in he
life.
Russell Reformer Sold. W. Mo
ply has sold the Russell Reformer,
Democratic paper, to Archie L. Ia.
lor, an attorney at Russell Mr.. Ia,
Tor will take personal charge of tn
editorial management of the pape
and will continue to practice law. Ia.
Tor is a former Salina man Morph
is postmaster at Russell.
Greeley Pioneer Dies.-Chris Ba
han, q pioneer settler, is dead {
Greeley. He was 76 years old. q
was treasurer of the Pleasant Vale
school board thirty-five years.