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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-03
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''Woe unto you if Christ should
come to Kansas City,
Billy Sunday, his coat off, his silk
shirt so wet that it clings to his skin,
is standing at the back edge of his
wide platform, as he begins this
shrek of condemnation, and as he ut
tiers it, his voice pitched to its high
est, the cords of his neck protruding,
he rushes toward the front, crying as
he advanced:
'W-o-o-o-o-e unto you if Christ
should come to Kansas City," and it
ended with a tremendous thump upon
the pulpit.
There's No Describing It.
As well try to describe Niagara as
to try to picture Billy Sunday in &C
ton, and he was in action for one full
hour Wednesday night, delivering his
sermon: eff Christ Should Come
His FaVorite Topic.
Billy was on his favorite topic, sing
ing the praises of Jesus, and telling
how much he loves him. 1t was a
beautiful tribute, and a powerful ap-
peal to men to give themselves up to
the sway of Jesus.
Those who say that Billy Sunday is
not an orator ought to have heard him
Wednesday night.
1--WE turn to Jesus Christ as the rose
turns to the sun or the lily lifts her
immaculate lips to be kissed by the
morning dew" he said, and there was
great depth Of tenderness in his
voice.
The Philosophers.
He told of the old philosophers
Socrates, Aritotle, Demosthenes, the
great warriors; the great geniuses, the
founders of great religions, Buddha
Confucius, Mahomet, and others. The
influence of each of them could be
described and imprisoned in a word
like scholastic, disciplinary, didactic
or exemplary. Not one in a million
can give a quotation from Socrates
but any child can quote the words OF
Jesus.
Abides in the Heart.
"Jesus Of Nazareth abides in the
common heart, an inspiring and com
forting friend in every hour of need.
Caesar was great, but his memory
has produced no cathedrals, hospitals
homes for the hayward and wander
ing. His name is not chanted in ca
thedrals nor Hsped by children. You
never knew a child to pray:
'fNow lay me down to sleep, I pra!
Caesar my soul to keep"
No one murmurs the name of Caesa.
as he drifts out on the tide of death
They'd Cruelty Christ Tonight.
He declared that if Christ came t,
Kansas City today there are men her
who would vote to cruelty him, a
they did 1916 years ago.
He declared that the judge on tn
bench needed Christ as much as tn
prisoner on trial; the millionair
needed him as much as the tramp
the merchant as much as the girl be
hind the counter; all needed him.
''If Christ came to Kansas City tc
night, would you be ready?" he thur
dered. Would you tell the brewer
wagon it needn't call? Would 20
call her up and tell her it was all off
Would you tear up some letters
Would you have to dig the Bible GU
from under the rubbish so as to hav
it on the center table? Would yo
pay off some old debts? Would 20
quit lying?"
Jesus Is In Kansas City.
And then he shouted Jesus is i
Kansas City. He has been here sine
this spot was a wilderness and bu
falo roamed here. He has seen ever
street grade, every stone laid, ever
sewer built, every crooked vote cast
he has heard every lie, known ever
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-03
. one Death From Heat in Hin Is.


Peoria, Ill, May 26.-Riehard Lloyd
so, was found dead here today The
coroner pronounced him a victim Of
heat Jake Waoe, labcrer. Was
Frustrated by the heat
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-03
FORT DOUAUMONT
FALLS TOGERMANS
French Fail to Hold Advantage
But InflIet Heavy Damage
on the Attackers.
AUSTRlARS CONTINUE DRIVE
Violent Offensive Against Italians
Keeps Up Southeast of Trent
Rome Admits Retreat.

London, May 25.-Under a rain Of
shot and shell, which inflicted enor-
nous losses, the Germans have again
taken Fort Douaumont, northeast of
Verdun, from the French. As though
to even the score, somewhat, however,
the French in spirited counter attacks
northwest of Verdun recaptured from
the Germans trenches on the southern
outskirts of the village of Cumieres,
which the Germans had occupied in
the late fighting, and also stopped
with their artillery several attempts
by the Germans to debouch from the
village.
|. The fighting around Fort 'Douau-
mont was furious, the Germans
launching attack after attack against
the fort, employing among others,
two fresh divisions of Bayarians. Sew
eral times the attacks were put down
with heavy losses, but finally the Ger
mans succeeded in reoccupying the
point of vantage which they had held
virtually since the commencement of
the Verdun offensive until the French
drove them out several days ago The
French still retain the immediate ap-
proach to the fort
Italians Retreat Across Border.
On the Austro-Italian front the Aus
trians from the Lake Garda region to
the Val Sugana district are keeping
up their violent offensive against the
Italians. Driven across their border
southeast of Trent, the Italians are
endeaYoring to hold a fortified line
from Asiago to Arsiero and the
heights east of the Val D'Assa. Rome
admits that in effecting their retreat
across the border the Italians de
stroyed artillery which it was impos-
sible to withdraw.
Petrograd, May 24-No news has
been yet received from Russian
sources regarding the junction effect
ed between Russian cavalry and Lieu
tenant General Sir George Gorringe's
force below Kut FL Amara, in Mesopo
tamia, and except as a forerunner OF
a real union of the main Russian and
British forces in Mesopotamia, which
is expected in the near future by mil
itary observers, the event is not re
garded here as of especial import
ance.
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TEXARKANA MAN Is
 HEIR TO MILLION ;

Texarakana, Aug. 3.-That TeXar- kama has a real niulti-mllllonalre dawned on a few local citizens yestef- day when the information was gained hat William McGraw, who resides at the home of his daughter, Mrs Roy Weir by the death of his aunt, Mrs. Sarah McGraw of Detroit, Mich, re- ceives one-third of an estate said to be valued at from s15,000,000 to $30,- 100000.
 Several years ago John McGraW, wealthy uncle of the local man, died, leaving an estate valued at several million dollars. In his will it was stipulated that at bis wife's death the estate should be made over in equal division to three heirs, namely-Wil- liam McGraw of TeXarkana, Homer McGraw of Terrell, Tex, and Mary Ford Of Detroit, Mich.
 On July 25 Mrs Sarah McGraW died at the age of 96 years, and in accord ance with the will of her husband, the estate will be divided among the three remaining heirs. According to Nr. McGraw the estate consists of 242 pieces of valuable property in lFolIOIl, Ollc DlGCt tl NlllSll '" "do Nui- ued ill 1900 at S150,000, and which present heirs recently refused $i,5O0- 900 for.
 The estate was valued in 1860 for taxes at $13, ,S71 ,000, and is now esti- mated at about treble that amount. Mir. McGraw also owns large inter- ests in Terrell, Tex, and wifi go there before making trip to Detroit to be present at the final adjustment of the affairs of the estate.
 When asked relative to rumor that he had been approached on the uroiect of building in Texarkana an eisht-story modern hotel. MT. Me Graw admitted that he had tentative ly considered the proposition, and that after his return from Detroit several weeks hence he will again take the matter up With the local citi- zens, and if favorable decision is reached will be glad to make such an inves ment. He stated TeXafkana would continue to be his home, and that much of his new found fortune will be invested locally in Arkansas and Texas.
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EIGHT AUTOS. and Garage, BURNED, at Arkansas City, Ark. Only TWO AUTOS INSURED.
 IS YOURS INSURED!
 Phone No. 9. R. H. M. MILLS 6 SONS
q. 0. P. HYPOCRISY.

Hughes, Roosevelt ct al can find no better reason to urge for Republican support than that the navy and army are not as efficient as they should be, and though the Republicans were ill control fof many, many years, the G.. O. P. shouters and writers find that whatever deterioration has taken place has occurred in the last two years. There isn't a high school boy who does not know that if the army and navy are in as bad shape as the Re publicans declare that the inefficiency must have existed previous to two years ago.
 The truth is: The Republicans are trying to make a campaign without single issue. The Democrats have proved their capacity for management of the country's affairs for the bene- fit of the people, and the "big busi- ness" interests controlling the Repu5- 'lican party-and which waXed fat under Republican rule-are anxious to get their hands back into the peoples pocket.
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Easement went to his death like 2 brave man," said Father McCarrell "Just before the black cap was ad- justed he stood forward boldly ano said in clear distinct voice: Into thy hands, O Lord, l commend ny spirit Then, still standing at his full height, he added: Jesus, receive my soul.' The trap was sprung one min ute after o'clock"
 Easement arose about half past , this morning. From then until [ o'clock, when Father McCarrell ar rived, he spent the time reading the instructions of the church for assist ing at mass and the taking of the first communion.
 Talks of Immortality. After mass he ate little bread and butter and drank a glass of water. He had very little to say to the priest, only making a few remarks about immortality of the soul. He appeared, said Father McCarrell, like man who had slept soundly-his nerves were completely calm.
 A ccroner's jury found that the sen tence had been carried out in accord ance with the law and in humane manner. Gavin Duffey, Easements solicitor, who appeared in behalf of relatives, identified the body. Reply ing to questions by the coroner, s. lcitor Duffey said that Easements health at times was very bad. He made plea that the body be handed over to relatives which, the authorities he said, ad refused. The coroner de- clared he had no power to interfere. whereupon Duffey protested, saying 1t was "a monstrous act of indecency that the authorities. should refuse this request"
 Hoped for Reprieve.
 According to one news agency, Easement had high hopes of being reprieved until the eve of his eNecu- ton. He did not hide the fact that he expected his many powerful friends would obtain for him a free pardon, because, many of them exercised no little influence in political as welt as in literary circles.
 "There was no sign of a reprieve last night" this account says, "the condemned man became very morose and hardly spoke at all. He did, how ever, inquire about the Zeppelin raids
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James Whitcomb Riley made com- fortable living from the distant time when he stopped sign-painting until the close of fairly long life. He was generous to his friends and his com munity. One of his benefactions was a gift of property worth $75,00O to the city of Indianapolis. He left an estate valued at S200,000.
 He did all this with his poetry. And yet the tradition prevails that ''poetry doesn't pay" It certainly paid Riley.
 The fact is, that it depends on the poet. There is good market in America for poetry, and it is getting better all the time. There are fortunes awaiting poets who have the divine gift, and who can speak to the heart of the nation.
 sAnd Riley's experience proves that honor, as we'll as money, will be lav- ished son the true poet. The American public is as quick to praise as it is to purchase. Indeed, there is probably a better field for poetry in America today than anywhere else in the world
 -the chance of wider influence, fuller appreciation and greater reward.
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came convert to Roman Catholicism
 recently. On June 29 he was registered
 as a member of the Roman Catholic 1 church, and since that time Fathers
 McCarrell and McCarey of Edengrove
 ministering to him. He received his first and only communion at 7 o'clock this morning when he assisted at mass
 in his cell. One of his attendants said that his overpowering love for God and Ireland was most striking. Ac-
 cording to this attendant, the last words of the condemned man, apart from his prayers, were:
 "l die for my country"
 Father McCarrell said that he found Easement to be beautiful character, and that he never instructed anyone in his religion who showed himself a quicker or more promising learner. Ireland Embittered. The morning papers mostly deal in the briefest and most matter of fact way with the execution of Easement.
 The only editorial reference is in the Daily News, which says:
 "We cannot but reaffirm our con- viction that the government exhibited
 grave unwisdom in eXacting the death penalty. No grave results could have followed a communication of the sen- tence. The hanging gives the disaf- fected section of Ireland another mar tyr, embitters feeling throughout the island, alienates a large and import ant body of American opinion and enables Germany to play off the death of Easement against the death of Fryatt."
 Father James McCarrell, who at
 tended Easement during the hanging. told representative of the Associated Press that the condemned man met his death courageously.
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Cattle from the Mexican border, sent to safety in the north, in many cases have passed through the regions which were free range few short years ago, but are changed now to farming regions and even crossed the international line to the prairie pastures of Canada. The frontier of the cattlenan today has been driven back far north of the Canadian Pa cite main line to the northern parts of the western provinces. Two en- tire trainloads of feeders" from Texas passed Portal, one gateway, in day. A general exodus from the ,oicinity Of the Rio Grande is on.
 Some of the cattle will fatten on tie grasses of northern Alberta and
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SHIPPING BILL PROGRESSES.
 This important measure which will authorize the United States govern ment to acquire merchant marine n the quickest possible time, is now en- toying the fright of way" in the sen ate.
 It is very certain that the bill will pass the esnate by an overwhelming vote because the Democrats are solid ly behind it, and they have majority of 16 in the senate, and those few Re- publican senators from the great farming states of the Middle West, will "seal their political doom' if they vote against this bill, which will bring so much prosperity to the agricultural and manufacturing industries of the United States.
 While our foreign trade is already enormous, we could add to it by more than five hundred million dollars of exports per year. With large mer- chant marine to carry our goods to foreign countries, there will be no hitch in the great prosperity which we are enjoying, when the war ends.
 The war has been on now for two years, and our sale of ammunition abroad has not quite reached half billion dollars for the two years. When it is recalled Germany and Austria can get no goods from the United States during the war, it will be seen that there will be an immense demand for American products in Germany and Austria as soon as the war is over For these two countries alone buy more than five hundred million dol lars worth year, which is twice the value of the ammunition that we have sold on account of the war, so that when our sales of ammunition shall cease, our peace trade will more than double what we have lost by the end ing of the war.
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THAT MELLOW PERIL"

Uncle Sam is going to spend on his navy next year $315,O00,000, most of it for new construction. The mikado is going to spend ,$25 5,O00,00O for new ships-a little more than the cost of one of our eight new capital fighting ships planned for next year. And Japans navy is much smaller than ours now.
 Uncle Sam is going to spend $780, OOO,OOO on his army, about $100,000,- 900 of it for expansion. The mikado is going to spend $3,366,4SO for army expansion.
 And yet there are jingoes in this country who keep right on shrieking about the "Yellow Peril"
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New York City, in it's efforts to eradicate infantile paralysis, has killed 72,OO0 cats. If all that the scientists say about the criminal germ carrying propensites of cats are true, the rest of the country would do we'll to kill about 4O,OOO,OOO more of them. A city is plainly no place for cat. (And according to the Audubon societies, interested in preserving the birds, neither is the country.)
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
One Hundred Years Ago.

1S16-Russell Sage, eminent New York financier, whose immense fortune is being devoted by his widow to philanthropy, born in Onedia county, N. Y. Died at Lawrence, L. l., July p, 1906. Seventy-five Years Ago. 1S41-Congress appropriated S50,00O for the construction of Fort Wayne. near Detroit.
 Fifty Years Ago. 1S66-The Diet at Augsburg recog- nized the dissolution of the Ger manic Confederation.
 Twenty five Years Ago. fS91-The twenty-fifth annual na- tional encampment of the Grand army of the republic opened in Detroit,
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Saskatchewan, where as yet the horde of homeseekers has only row begun to blow the virgin prairie. The cattlemen from necessity have begun to use the millions of acres of lush graSS"s which still are untouch,' ed by the shoe of a blow, the value of which is placed by Canadian Pa cific officials at many millions of dcl- lars every year;
 In the northern states the rapid colonization of the ranges has left little territory open for the scwbay who once was king there. This has made serious prc5le.n, for i: was imperative for the Texas cst4ls to be removed from the zone where hungry bandits can make foxaatoe laAss.
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and asked if any German airships had reached London. Soon afterward he became resigned to his fate and after he had done considerable amount of writing he retired to rest and slept soundly.
 "When aroused this morning Case ment showed considerable nervous ness, but he was quite collected and thanked the warders for the many lit tie kindnesses they had shown him while he occupied the death cell.'
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It is almost incredible that medicine fakers should have put on the market nostrums protesting to prevent and cure infantile paralysis. But the de- partment of agriculture has found it necessary to issue a warning against men who have tried in this very way to turn parents fears to their own profit.
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The German submarines of the lat est type mount guns which fire a 10O- pound projectile, and these can be housed so that the deck resumes its normal appearance, and presents no obstacle to high speed.
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CLOUDEsTJns KILLS
 EIGHT TENNEsSs:s sEEANS

Tazewell, Tenn, Aug. 3.--Eight per sons are known to be dead and 30 CT more arc "oported missing as a result O. g cloudburst on Barren creek in Claiborne county, last night. The property loss is heavy.
 Tho eXpanso of the territory de- luged by the torrential rain extended about 8 mile in width and six miles in length from the headwat9rs of Big Barren creek due west to the Chnch river Intermediary streams are swollen, thus adding to the devasta- tion wrought by the flood.
 An unconfirmed report states that about 20 miles oi the Middleshorougn branch of the Southern railway IS under water and that one CT more railroad trestles north of Liherty Hill were carried away by the water.
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If the expenditure of France on the war continues to the end of 1916 on the same scale as during the last nine months, the total since the commence ment of the war will have been $12,- 00,0O0,00O, in addition to nearly $4oo, 100000 advanced to allied coun- tries.
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One Year Ago In the War.

August 1, 19l5-British reply to American protest against blockade made public; Germans made their final assault on Warsaw's outer forts; part of lvangorod fortress captured by Austro-Germans; French repulsed assau ts in Argonnc region; German note on the Frye insisted sinking of ship was legal and accepted commission plan to name damages.
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There are 2,450,OO0 automobiles in the United States. According to d political statistician, one voter out of every six now owns an auto. And nobody has started yet to organize the automobile vote!
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Sound travels much farther through the water than in the air. A bell which could be heard five miles on land would, if submerged in the sea, be heard fifty or sixty miles.
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A good many American citizens seem to think that the Mexican prob lem would be satisfactorily settled If every Mexican were working for some American
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Still, Brownsville, Tex, has the gulf breeze at night, which cools though it may not uncook one.
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Neither are the man eating sharks obeying the sea laws of the nations.
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Mexico ought to reform before somebody takes real wallop at it.
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The Graphic gladly publishes free of charge notices for churches, socie- tics, fraternal organizations and clubs when the events are not intended as money-makers. If there is attempt at profit taking, notices of the events are advertisements, and will be charged for accordingly.
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BASEMENT DIES ON GALL0WS AS
 IRISH MARTYR

Continued from page one.)
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SHIPPING BILL PROGRESSES

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WORTH REMEMBERING.

Public instruction should be the first object of government.
 Napoleon I.
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When the attention of The Graphic is called to any mis-statement Of facts, or to any error concerning any man or thing, correction will cheer- fully be made.
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