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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
WILL TRY TO AVERT 4 STRIKE
Every Governmental Agency TO be
Used In Effort to Prevent Walk
out Of RaiIroaders.

Washington, Aug. Awhile the
strike vote of 100000 railroad en-
ployes was being counted in New
York, every agency Of the federal gov
eminent affected by the situation was
preparing today to do all possible to
avert final break between the rail-
roads and the workmen.
A call was issued for a meeting to-
morrow morning of the senate COM
merce committee to decide whether
hearings will be held on Chairman
Newlands' resolution proposing an in
vestigation by the Interstate Com
merce Commission of hours of labor
on railways, and urging the employers
and employees to postpone a settle
ment of their difference until report
can be made. Hours of labor consti-
tutes one of the chief causes Of the
threatened strike.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, which yesterday ap-
pealed to President Wilson for federal
Intervention to prevent a strike, is
urging action on the resolution. The
chamber is considering calling a con-
ference Of representatives of CONNER
cial organizations to impress on Con-
gress the necessity of taking some i'm
mediate step.
The President late today designated
G. W. W. Hanger, assistant commits
sioner of the board of mediation and
Cancellation, as a member of the board.
The law stipuIates that there shall be
three members. but Judge Martin A.
Knapp, chairman, and William L.
Chambers, commissioner, have served
alone because an official of the de-
partment of labor, designated as the
third member when the board was
formed, was not qualified for the
place.
Judge Knapp and Mr. Chambers
asked the President to increase the
membership because the work Of the
board already has become great and
the threatened railroad strike has
added to the necessity of having an
other member.
Administration officials said every.
thing possible would be done to avert
a strike.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
BRUSSELS DEFIEs GERMANY
ReIaians Refuse to Pay Huge Fine
Levied Against City for Patri-
otic Celebration

London, Aug. 5.-The city OF Brus-
sells has refused to pay the fine Of
5,OOO,0 600 francs imposed by the Ger
mans in consequence Of the demon
stration which took place at the Bel
gian capital on July 81, the national
fete day, says a dispatch from The
Hague to the Exchange Telegraph
company. A serious crisis is expected
Acting Burgomaster Lemmonier,
the dispatch adds, has sent a letter
telling Won Kissing, the German gov
ernor Of Belgium, fatty he declines
to pay the fine He says it was i'm
posed on the public because Of its pa
triotic sentiment and, therefore, is IL
legal and inadmissible
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
DEUTSCHLAND DOOGES FOES
German Submarine Merchantmen Be-
IieVed to Have Safely EIuded
Waiting Warships of Allies.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 3.-The German
submarine merchantmen Deutschland
passed quietly out of the Virginia
Capes at $50 o'clock tonight on her
homeward voyage apparently unob-
served by the allied warship patrol
waiting outside the Smile limit.
1t was accompanied to the Capes
only by the tug Thomas F. Timmins,
which had conveyed it down the bay
from Baltimore and by a newspaper
dispatch boat.
Its departure to sea followed an 49,
mile dash through the lower Chesa-
peake Bay. After proceeding slowly
most Of the way down, it increased its
power at $50 and reached the Capes
just after dusk None of the allied
cruisers was visible as it passed
through.
Whether the Deutschland submerged
before reaching the Smile limit is IN
known. The two accompanying boats
only know that she disappeared I'M
harmed, and that, to all appearances,
she had clear field ahead to a point
where she could completely submerge
in safety.
Half an hour after the last light OF
the Deutschland had disappeared, the
Timmins, seemingly satisfied with her
work, turned back and headed up
Chesapeake Bay IN the direction Of
Baltimore.
Part of the day the Deutschland had
remained hidden at a cove up Chesa-
peake Bay.
For several hours before the begin.
ming Of her final dash she lay in Sc
Guided retreat near Tangier Island,
about fifty miles above Cape Henry.
The steamer Somerset and the gov
eminent buoy tender Ivy reported dur
ing the early afternoon that they had
passed her at that point. The press
boat then took a position near the di-
viding point of the Old Point and Cape
Henry channels and awaited the COM
ing of the undersea vessel.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
ROGER EASEMENT HANGED
Put to Death in PentonViIIe
Prison in London.

London, Aug. 4.-"Into thy hands,
o Lord, I commend my spirit. I die
for my country"
With these words on my lips, and
few minutes after he head formally
been admitted into the Roman Cath
Ole faith, Roger Easement, the latest
to die in the cause of Irish freedom,
was hanged in Pentonville prison at
8 o'clock this morning. Nine minutes
later he was pronounced dead.
Two hours before the hanging a
crowd of men and children gathered
before the prison gates. Twenty min
utes before Easement mounted the
scaffold the great prison bell began
to toll.
The toll was greeted with cheers
mingled with some groans. At 8
o'clock the crowd had swollen to such
proportions that it extended two
blocks from the prison front.
At one minute after 9 a single
stroke of the big bell announced that
the trap had been sprung. It was the
signal for a hooking, jeering, yell
from the crowd which suddenly died
away into dead silence as a group Of
about thirty Irish, men and women,
fell to their knees and with bowed
heads remained for some moments si-
1ently praying for the repose OF the
soul of their dead fellow countryman.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
BANDITS GETA BIG PAYROLL
Unmas<ed Men Hold Up Burroughs
Adding Machine Company Mes
senger on Streets Of Detroit

Detroit, Mich, Aug 5[FiTe au-
tomobile bandits, who early this af-
ternoon held up the paymaster and
armed guards of the Burroughs Add
ing Machine Company as scores
looked on and made away with be-
tween $50, 900 and $4,000, after shoot
ing and slightly injuring one man,
late tonight apparently have eluded
pursuers.
Eleven machines filled with officers
tonight were securing the country in
every direction after a fruitless north
westerly chase Of thirty miles Every
road out of the city is being searched,
including those leading to Lansing,
Jackson and Ann Arbor and the De
troit-Monroe and Toledo highway.
Within two minutes after the ban
dit car drew alongside the pay car,
the former was racing away with the
five cash bags. A few minutes after
the bandits dashed away, policemen,
attracted by the excitement, arrived
on the scene and shortly afterward
every available motorcycle policeman
was ordered to join the chase
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Federal soldiers and national
guardsmen along the Rio Grande,
from Fort Ringgold to Brownsville,
particularly those camped in low
lands, were preparing to protect their
camps from inundation by flood
waters Of the Rio Grande.
Hugh Clark, q recruit of the Sec
IN the stockade at Columbus, n. NJ,
for writing and sending to a home
newspaper an article in which he ac-
cused his company officers of neglect
ing the men.
Officials Of the de facto govern
ment of Mexico have been fayorabIy
impressed, according to information
reaching the state department at
Washington, by Acting Secretary
Folks note accepting the suggestion
for q joint international commission
to consider border problems.
Guy Hartman, scout with the Per
shing punitive expedition, indicted In
the Western district OF Arkansas for
violation of internal revenue laws,
viii be taken from Santa Fe to Fort
Smith by the United States marshal.
Confirmation Of the nominations
OF Charles z. LobdeH OF Great Bend,
Kan; George Norris of Philadelphia,
W. s. A Smith OF Sioux City, Ia, and
Herbert Quick Of Berkeley Springs,
w. Va, as members OF the new farm
loan board has been recommended by
the House banking committee.
Permission has been granted by
the Federal Reserve Board to the Ma
tional City Bank OF New York TO open
q branch II Petrograds Russia. and IS
tablish sab-branetes throushoak Rus
s.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
400 DEAD IN FOREST FIRES

Cobalt. Ontario, Aug. ga conser-
atvive estimate tonight places the
number Of dead in the fire-swept area
OF Northern Ontario at four hundred.
A Tecrudescence of the fires and
the destruction of other settlements
is feared. Reports from Boston
Creek state that the fire is burning
on both sides Of the railroad track
and raging fercely to the southwest,
especially between Redwater and
Tomika.
To the west OF Elk Lake a serious
outbreak is feared.
Reports tonight state that Seskin-
ika is on fire and that there is a bad
outbreak In Morisette township north
of Kirkland Lake Cobalt is envel-
oped in a pail OF smoke.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
vERDUN IS AGAIN
A STORM CENTER
New French Offensive in That
Section is Calming More
Territory.
THIAUMOHT WORK CAPTURED
Germans Have Also Lost FIeury, But
Fierce Fighting Continues
Check SIaVs Near koVeI.

London, Aug. 5.-Verdun, almost
Quiescent during the Anglo-French Of
fensive in the Somme region, has
again become the storm center on the
western battle front. The French
forces have taken the offensive on
the right bank of the Meuse and now
hold the Thiaumont work and the
greater part of the village of Fleury,
according to Paris.
The Thiaumont work, already the
scene of many desperate cOmbats,
was twice in French hands in twelve
hours today. The forces of the Ger
man crown prince fought tenaciousIy,
driving the French from the work
once, but losing it again. German
counter attacks were Of no avail, says
Paris, and the work remained in the
possession Of the French
Took 400 Unwounded Germans.
Fleury, which changed hands yes
terday after the French had succeed
ed in taking it, is almost entirely oc-
cupied by the French. Fierce fight
ing still continues in and around the
village. German unwounded prison
ers taken in the Verdun fighting num-
Der four hundred.
On the Somme front, is Northern
France, there has been little infantry
activity, both the British and French
official communications falling to re-
port any moves on the part Of their
armies. The British report says the
Germans bombarded the section south
west of Pozieres and also the south
ern portion of the Mametz Wood.
Drive SIaVs Back Near koVel.
Desperate counter attacks by the
Germans in the region of the StokhOd
river, east of Kovel, have resulted in
the retirement of the Russian forces
which had seized the village OF Rud-
ka-Miryanskaia. The fact that the
village is only nineteen miles from
KoveI, the Russian objective on this
part of the Volhynian front, prob
ably accounts for the intensity of the
fighting there.
The Russian general, Sakharof's,
troops continue to advance south of
Brody and toward Lemburg. Petro-
grad reports the capture of 1900 Aus
tro-Germans in ''hot attack on the
line of the Sereth and Graberk
rivers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
Name u. s.Mexico Board.

Mexico City, Aug. TT was Off
cially announced at the Mexican for
eign office today that Luis Cabrera,
ygnacio Donillas and Alberto Panic
have been selected as the commits
sioners to negotiate with the United
States commissioners regarding the
questions at issue between Mexico
and the United States. The commits
sion viii be headed by Senior Cabrera
and Juan B. Rogo will act as secretary.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
Heat Rai.ed Paralvsla Toll.

New York, Aug. All previous
mortality records in the epidemic Of
infantile paralysis were broken today.
During the 24-hour period ending at 10
o'clock the plague killed fffty-seven
children in the greater city and 159
new cases were reported
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
Americans Smoke More aPiIls.n

New York Aug. Americans are
smoking more and more cigarettes.
In the first five months OF this year,
according to statistics issued here to-
day, American manufacturers mar
keted 1854 million cigarettes, con1-
pared with $3.50 million in the same
period last year.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
killed 1-n0o In chicano.

Chicago, Aug 5-Four days of last
weeks extreme heat caused nearly
1000 deaths in Chicago. John D. Rob
ertson, city health commissioner, to
day told a physicians conference on
how to save babies from heat
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
Hit BY Bolt on pixies PEAK.

Colorado Springs, Col, Aug. s.
Charles Linneville Of Pueblo, subcon-
tractor on the Pixies Peak Automobile
Highway, was struck by lightning on
the summit Of the peak at 2 o'clock
this afternoon and instantly killed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
srouuhs a. Millions in Cali.

New York, Aug. 2.-The flood of
gold which has been pouring into New
York to pay for war munitions and
other supplies for the Entente Allies
was increased today when the steam
er Rochambeau arrived from Bor.
deaux with 4S million dollars more.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
RAID aritlsh coaat Anain.

London, Aug, 4.-Six German air
ships took part in the raid on the
eastern coast of England this morn
ing, according TO an official announce
ment issued this afternoon, which
says that eighty bombs are reported
to have been dropped.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
ParaIxsia sill unahated.

New York, Aug. 3.-Forty-one chill
dren died and 166 were stricken in
the greater city during the last TWEEN
ty-four hours in the epidemic of in
fantile paralysis. Jersey City report
ed three more deaths and two naH
cases.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
shackIeton Beaten By Ice.

London. Aug. 5.-Lieut. Sir Ernest
Shackleton has again failed to rescue
the main body of his Antarctic expe-
dition left on Elephant Island, says
the Daily Chronicle, and has returned
to the Falkland Islands.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
To Make the Rich Pay More.

washington, Aug. democrats Of
the senate finance committee tonight
decided to propose an amendment 70
the special revenue bin increasing
the sur-tax On incomes IN excess Of
$1,000. eeo from IL to-1s Fer cent.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19

Walsh to Direct Western Democrats.
New York, Aug. 3.-Thomas j.
Walsh Of Montana, United States SEN
ator, has been selected as manager Of
the western headquarters of the
Democratic national committee in
Chicago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
oil DOWN 10 s1.25 Now.

independence. Kas.. Aug. Am
other reduction of ten cents a barrel
in the price Of crude oil was an
nounced today by the Prairie Oil and
Gas Company. The new price is $1.25.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
KnluIts Of ccIumhue Grow.

Davenport. Ia. Aug. 2-The mem
bership Of the knights of Columbus,
June 80, was S6S.1S5. an increase OF
21.51T over the preceding year. accord.
ing to annual report
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
Nine Drown in Cioudburst

Middlesboro. KY. Aug. Mime
persons were drowned and an enor-
nous property damage was done by 3
cloudburst on Blairs Greek, near
Tazewell, Tenn, last night.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
sunerdueus seiIeItnds.

srWIIlie, I don't want you 70 &c to
that river resort with tie rest Of
the boys"
why not, mar
I'm skeered youT git hurt going
up on one OF them there parechutes."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19

NY dear, wish you would learn TO
make q good cup Of tea It Is not DIFF
fcult TO learn, and It would be a
feather In your cap"
Elf learn. win you buy me that vii
low plumeT
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4 British Steamer Sunk.

London, Aug. 4.-The liner Britain
mic. owned by W. Il. Cocker Line &
Company. has been sunk, it was an
nouncad teeay.
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Patches and God Nature

Good nature is the Oh which lubri-
Gates the machinery Of society and
business. Patience and good nature
zIn get away With any situation IN
Hee
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
Lar.

Snitty (taking his watch from IN
der his pinov)-eQusrter to eight ana
no one has Gene 70 wake ne Jet
shah certainly Be late for class L they
don't cone soea.n
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Shorter Term for oEIzhons Convict
Washington Aug. 3-President VII
son today committed TO two years the
sentence Of five years against C. II.
Hess, who was convicted at Enid, Ok,
March. 1913, Of drawing illegal bills
OF exchange on the First National
bank OF Fairfax, Okla.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19

Twenty-Five Chicago Saloons Cicssd.
Chicago. Aug s-Mayor William
Hale Thompson today revoked the Ii
censes Of twenty-five saloons IN the
first step q = neW campaign 70 -
force the Sunday CLOSING laH
Evening journal., 1916-09-28
CHEMICALS Think They ARE
State BASEBALL CHAMPIONS

Defeating the Chicago team at Bay
Ridge, New York. the baseball team
of the General Chemical Company
Athletic Association. Of Marcus Hook,
received recognition as the champions
OF the southeast and west. The vic
tory brought to each player on the
team silver watch fob, and a silver
loving cup for the team. At the
meet, Walter Vogal, a Delaware man,
won the fat mans race, receiving a
gold penknife.
The team now claims the baseball
championship of the State, and is anx-
ious to meet Brownson. Middletown,
Eden-South Side or any others who
might lay claim to the championship.
The Chemical boys feel that they can
trim the Delaware champion asp:r.
ants.
The athletic association of the
chemical company will be represented
this year in football. quoits, basket
ball and association football.
Communications should be address
ed to William p. Finerty, chairman
of the athletic committee, General
Chemical Company. Marcus Hook, Pa.
Evening journal., 1916-09-28
MACKS BREAK LOSING MARK
IN American LEAGUE

By losing to the Washinetons yes
terday the Athletics rounded out
their Hath defeat and broke the rec
ord for the most number Of games
lost by team for one season in the
American League. The Washington
club previously held that distinction
by losing 113 back in 1904 and all
clubs fought shy OF trying to smash
that record until the Athletics OF
this season hove into the ofing.
Pittsburgh I'm 1890 dropped ia
National League games, but the rec
ord for most number Of reverses suf
fered by major league club in a season
is held by Cleveland in 1893 who
lost 1874 out OF their 154 games
which was the last year Of the
twelve-club circuit in the National
League.
Evening journal., 1916-09-28
TRAP SHOOTING
GENERAL SPORT
CHENErS SUCCESS is Z
DUE TO HIS new SPLITTER

Two years ago Larry Cheney was
supposed to be through as big league
pitcher He has just won his twenty
first game of the season for the Dodgers.
The answer is the spitball
III never knew how TO pitch until
came 10 Brooklyn" said Cheney. Until
| perfected the splitter my whole idea
was to throw the ball past the bats. 1
found that the boys at the plate nit
them back at you faster than you can
throw them up, il you stick to that
method OF pitching
"The spitball is a funny ball.
maintain that to be effective with il
a pitcher must be a bit Wild. When
can locate the plate with 1t all
the time I notice that the boys hit
me pretty hard. When / am bit
wild and walk a man now and then
they can't touch me.
81 wish | had had the splitter work
ing when | was with the Cuos and knew
as much about pitching as / do now. I'd
have hung up record or two myself.
A good. husky fellow breaking in young
with good splitter ought to set any
league on fire.
q took it up pretty late. Still It's
done a lot for me. l'm afraid l might
not be in the big league today if !
hadn't mastered It."
Evening journal., 1916-09-28
Y. NJ. c. A. TRACK MEET.

The Y. NJ. c. A. track and field
meet. to be held on Saturday pro-
viding the day is favored with good
weather, is expected to be one of the
greatest OF its kind ever staged in
Wilmington. Many athletes of promi-
nence have been entered, and rec
ords are expected to topple when
these men get together. The meet
will be held at the p, 3. and w.
athletic field, Third and Church
streets. beginning at 2.30 o'clock.
This meet will mean much to the
men Of the local association II is
bringing out athletes who in the past
years have had no opportunity to
show what they can do. AS result
of the inactivity much good material
has been left undeveloped. The can
didates have been practicing hard
and some Of the new men will make
the more experienced go some to
take the honors.
Topkis. Sayers. Cloud, Groetzinger,
Lindgren and Sidwell have been
showing up well OF late and promise
some surprises when the starter
fires the gun Saturday.
The entries from the Chester Y.
NJ c. A. continue to come in and they
have sent word that they intend 10
take home the bulk of the medals.
Tonight is the last night for the
local team to practice. and the field
will be open for its use from to
$50 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1916-09-28
BROwNsON VS.. COYsHOHOCKEN.

Manager Hance is fast rounding his
Brownson football team into condi-
tion for its opening game of the sea-
son with the Conshohocken, Pa,
eleven. on the latter's grounds, on
Saturday. The Pennsylvania team
has one OF the fastest elevens in
that State, and last season did not
meet defeat and was scored on by
only one team.
II is uncertain what Brownson
players will be selected to start the
initial battle, as there are quite a
number that have shown up we'll in
practice. The team will be picked
from the following men: Ferguson,
Ryan, McVey, Hoffecker and Har-
desty, half-backs; Smith and Gray,
full-backs; Buckley and Kelly. quar-
ter-backs; Lutz, O'Connor, Swift,
Gibbons. Donohue. ends; KTejci, Col
Inns. Joyce, tackles; Holland, Coch-
ran. Ssnso. Zabrielski. guards; Ply
stak and Reeder. center. All the
above men are to report for signal
practice tonight at 7S0 O'Clock on
the clubs lawn.
The team, accompanied by crowd
OF rooters, will leave the p, B. g. w
station on the 1888 train Saturday.
Players are to meet at the station at
l o'clock.
Evening journal., 1916-09-28
SHOOT AT SALISBURY.

SALISBURY, Md, Sept. 2s-Thc
Salisbury Gun Club held the largest
tournament in its history on the fair
grounds yesterday Many crack shots
from the Peninsula and from other
States were present. Handsome prizes
were awarded to the four classes, the
highest taking the choice in the prize
distribution. Lester German carried oil
the honors for 100 clay birds. with +. J..
Barrett second and II. l.. Worthington
third. Ludlum, of Ocean City, carried
off the honors in the handicap event OF
30 targets, breaking 20 out OF 30. The
shooters faced heavy wind during the
match and misses occurred when birds
should have been killed.