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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
New York Plans for Billy.

New York, Dec. PA tabernacle to
seat twenty thousand persons and pro-
vided with a private bath viii be built
here for Billy Sundays revival meet
ings, which began April l. The struc-
ture will <e the largest ever built in
New York for a public meeting.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
crnde OiI Cnea 70 e1 IN

Tulsa, Ok, Dec. 21.-The Sinclair
Oil and Gas Company advanced the
price Of Mid-Continent crude ten cents
this morning, making the price $1-30.
It is believed the other large purchas-
ing companies viii meet the advance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Boy Kills Enraaed Father.

Bloomington, Ill, Dec. 2O.-John
son, Walter, IA years old, at their home
near Pekin, III, last night The boy
surrendered. He said In denfense Of
his act his father had threatened to
kill the family.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
A IL MiIIion on Deal.

Tulsa, tx, Dec. 1S.-A L Derby
and associates are reported to have
sold their valuable holdings in the
Eldorado field to the Carter Oil Com
pany for IL million dollars, the deal
being closed today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
FamIIv Of Six Die In Fine.

Cheyenne. WyO- Dec 1s.-Roy A
White OF Bayles, Cal, his wife and
four children lost their lives today in
a fire that destroyed the InterOeean
hotel here. The bodies OF Mrs White
and two sons were found in the
ruins
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Joffre TO His New Post

Paris, Dec. 2O.-GeneraI Joffre hand
ed over the command OF the French
armies of the north and northeast yes
terday morning to General Robert
George NiVelle, recently appointed
commanderin-chief of those armies.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Philadelphia Gives for Poles.

Philadelphia, Dee. 1s.-Nearly &c.
600 for the relief OF Poles in the war
zone was subscribed AT a mass meet
ing last night Ignace Jan Paderezsh
was the principal speaker. The meet
ing was held under the auspices OF
the emergency aid and the Polish re-
lief committee.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
German Loss on somme Bio

London, Dec. 2O.-German losses
along the Somme have totaIed $4,000
men, according to French estimates
announced in the House of Commons
this afternoon by Chancellor OF the
Exchequer Bonar Law.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Low Grade oil Up Dime.

Ardmore. Ok, Dec. 26.-The Mag
nolia Petroleum Company today an
nounced q ten cent advance in the
price Of Healdton crude oil The new
price q barrel Is sixty cents.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
The Presiden+ Wed a Year.

Washington, Dec. 1s.-President and
Mrs. Wilson celebrated the first ami
versary OF their marriage today. A
family party viii be entertained at
dinner at the White House tonight.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Rob a Bank of SO .oOO.

Tulsa. Ok Dec 21-The Bank Of
Skiatook was robbed OF more than
$4,000 last night The bandits es
capped. Skiatook Is about ten mzles
from Tulsa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30

Kansas City. Dec. 22.-The 2-month-
old daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Yirde1
NJ. Canterbury died Of suffocation to
day. The parents had covered the
baby's head with blankets in the night
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
WON'T SUPPLY GAS
ATA28-CENT RATE
Henry L. DOherty of New York
Personally Lays His Case
Before Governor.
REPUDIATES ALL AGREEMENTS
The Wichita Company Not Bound BY
Promises Made State Officials
BY Its Manager.

TOpeka.-Henry L. DOherty, of New
York, who few short weeks ago was
to have been the good anger of the
Kansas Natural Gas Company, does
not consider himself bound by any
promises OF agreement his Kansas
agent, A J. Diescher, may have made
the state Of Kansas in regard to end
ing litigation or starting business
with 28-cent rate.
If the state of Kansas does not
guarantee him a much better rate
than % cents, he may-fn spite of the
100000 he has announced he al
ready has spent for options on Kan
sas Natural stock-decide to drop the
proposition entirely, and not take
over the Kansas Natural.
These were two things Doherty left
for state officials to think over, after
a laughing conversation with Cover
nor Capper and Chairman J. L. Bris-
tow and John M. Kinkel of the pub
lie utilities commission. The head of
the Doherty interests sailed into the
state house, under convoy of A. r.
Brown, of st. Joseph, one of his at
torneys. His first official call was
at the governors office.
There Doherty told the governor,
after a prolonged conversation, that
his company could not consider 28-
cent gas at all. and that unless the
state utilities commission guaranteed
him a higher rate he might have to
drop the entire matter.
Then the natural gas magnate went
to the utilities commission, where he
was closeted with Senator Bristow and
Mr.. Kinkel for about an hour. None
of those present would be interviewed
on the conference, except that Bris-
tow admitted Doherty had repudiated
fatty the agreement made by A. j.
Diescher, his Kansas representative.
Doherty made it plain to the commits
sion that he did not intend to hamper
his business ventures by holding to
a promise made by one of his repre-
sentatives.
I'VE do not consider ourselves
bound by any agreement Mr.. Discher
may have made" said Mr.. Doherty
"He was not authorized to make any
agreements as to the rates we would
charge when we took over the prop
erty"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Rob coIorado Bank Of $500.

Brush. COL Dec. 1s--Two men held
up the St0ekme1's National Bank hsrs
Ehea the dcoTs opeed TO-DAY ana g.
eaped n = motor car with 1880.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Mrs. J. E. Thompson Dead.

WITS. q = IHOTHpSON DGdus
Mrs. Julia E. Thompson of Topeka,
mother of Mrs. Harold T. Chase and
Mrs. ]. C. Gafford, died recently in
Los Angeles. Mrs. Thompson was the
daughter of George W. Hamilton, who
came to Kansas from Massachusetts
and settled near Wakarusa.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Kansans Don't Honor Parents.

That the commandment, Honor thy
father and thy mother" is being abro-
gated by young folks in Kansas was
the charge made by DR.. T. C.
Bidd1e, superintendent of Topeka
State Hospitol. Young folks, with
aged and infirm parents who have
"deteriorated mentally" are using the
state to care for them. The number
Of persons who are not really insane.
but are sent to the state hospitals
that their children may get rid of
them" has been increasing rapidly in
the last few years. and Doctor BiddIe
lays the blame directly at the doors
of the sons and daughters.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Nav nisarna

UnnaturaIized foreigners in Kansas
viii not be allowed even to own shot
guns or rifles in Kansas If the legis-
Iature passes the bill proposed by
". C. Tegmeier, state fish and game
warden
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
WOULD CAUSE BIG SHAKE up
The Efficiency Commission of Kansas
Proposes Radical Changes in
the State Government.

Topeka.-A complete revolution in
the administration of Kansas govern
mental affairs has been urged by the
Kansas Efficiency and Economy Com
mission. This commission, composed
of W. P. Lambertson and ]. D. Joseph,
state senators, and E. L. Burton, rep
resentative, was named by the last
legislature and has made a study of
the Kansas departments and institu-
lions during the Intervening two years.
here-is what the commission proposes
to do:
Abolish two utilities commissioners,
man with experts in different utility
lines.
Have single tax commissioner in
stead of three.
Have a commissioner of education
in charge of the business affairs of
all the states educational institutions
instead of a board of three.
Have one commissioner of charities
and corrections instead of two boards
of three members each.
Consolidate all agricultural depart
ments into one big department of ag-
riculture, abolishing present board of
agriculture. horticultural society, live
stock inspection, grain inspection, en-
tomology commission, dairy commits
sioner, forestry commission, irrigation
commissioner, fish and game depart
ment. feeding stuff regulations. high
way engineer, stallion registration and
veterinary deDartment
The commission proposes two boards
to run the affairs of the state. One
would be board of institutional ad-
ministration presided over by the gov
ernor. The commissioners of educa-
ton and charities and corrections
would be the members.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Kansas Railroads Earn More.

Kansas T21lrOaQS increased IQe1r
passenger business $1,600,000 in the
last fiscal year over the year before.
The public utilities commission has
received the annual report Of prac-
tically all the Kansas roads for the
year ending June 80, 1916. The re-
port shows total passenger earnings
of almost 10 million dollars for all
the systems. The strictly Kansas
business of these roads reached the
highest mark ever known, totaling al
most 7 million dollars, an increase Of
100000 over the previous year.
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Carnegie "Cuts" Kansas.
Andrew Carnegie viii build no more
libraries in Kansas. This informa-
ton came in a letter from his secre-
tary to the citizens of Marion Mr..
Carnegie said that Kansas towns do
not keep their word and he is through
with them
+ + r
Governor Capper has issued a requi-
sition on the governor of Missouri for
the return from St Louis OF Capt.
PhIliipo Sambuy, an Italian army Of
ficer. to Bourbon county on the charge
Of assault.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Back Pay to r. F. D. Carriers.

Checks for back pay" amounting
to $4,000 have been issued to rural
mail carriers in Kansas from the To-
peka postoffice, some of them amount
ing to 500 and ranging down to So.
The division is a result of the increase
in salaries granted the rural carriers
this year, which were dated back to
1914, and included 1915.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
To Lower Kansas Irvine Cost.

]. K. Codding. warden of the state
penitentiary, has purchased three hun
dred bales of new sisaI and will ex-
pertinent to see if the price of binding
Irvine cannot be reduced in Kansas
this year. The new sisal comes from
the Bahamas. 1t is shorter fiber
than the Mexican sisal, is not so hard
and does not run so smooth. 1t is
something like the Manila sisaI, used
for rope making. but it is slightly
harder It is cheaper than the Next
can product, which is now under gov
eminent control. The price Of the
Mexican sisal is more than ten cents
q pound
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Organize Kansas for Peace.

Organize Kansas for Peace.
The Kansos branch of the League
to Enforce Peace was organized here
the other day following an address
by ex-President Taft. The delegates
raised $2,280 to carry on the leagues
propaganda IN Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Topekans Eating Rabbits.

Topeka families have found new
substitute they are using to evade the
highs prices now being demanded for
packing house meats. They are TAX
ing advantage of the unusual abund-
ance of rabbits, according to local
dealers, and are buying them to take
the place of beef and pork.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Fear Effects Of Petitions.

The attorneys for c. N Hunt, held
to be the rightful mayor of Arkansas
City by an order of the Kansas Su-
preme Court, have asked the court to
strike from the files of the court the
petitions signed by 1,49S voters of that
city. The petitions ask the court to
reverse its decision giving the place
to Hunt and urge that c. S. Gibson,
who has held the office and was GUST
ed by the court, be retained as mayor.
It is asserted that if the court receives
this petition it will set a bad prece-
dent among litigants.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
pace OF DeeI ana PORK.
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No Boycott Meeting.
,r. S. J. Crumbine, president

DR.. S. J. Crumbine, president of the
Civic Central committee, who has re-
Gently returned to Topeka, announced
that he would not call meeting of
the committee-the general council of
all the clubs of the city-to further
consider a boycott on high priced
foodstuffs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30
Germany's offer a Trap.

THE Imperial German Chancellor
Bethmann-Holweg did not use a single
phrase indicating he was prepared to
accept the only terms upon which
peace is the absolute elimination of
Prussian miIitarism.
"Anyone who wantonly prolongs this
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30

Seventy-five poor children of To
peka will undergo operations for ade-
noids and throat trouble free of
charge in the Christmas holidays, it
was announced recently by the To-
peka Public Health Nursing Associa-
ton.
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More than eight hundred entries
were received for the annual show of
the Kansas State Poultry Federation,
which was held in Pittsburg recently.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-30
NICK CULLOP IS
FIND OF SEASON
Yankee Southpaw Upsets Dope
Of Experts Who Said Elk.
Fed Wouldn't Make Good.
MAY WIN YANKS THE RAG

New York. July 9,-Back in April
an expert" eased this inside or OUT
side tip--"'Nick' Cullop will be a
merry Joke in the American league.
He didn't have much in the Federal
and hasn't one chance in ten ol
weathcring major league batting
But for some quaint reason the
Chilhowic Grag- Jorgensen, instead
OF being a failure himself, has
switched the guflaw on six OF the best
hitting clubs in the Johnson circuit,
and apparently is destined to become
the pitching sensation OF the season,
Twirling with all the briliauce fore
cast by his performance in the Fed
eral league, the Virginian has lodged
the harpoon in the White Sox three
times. and the Indians, Athletics,
Browns, Tigers and Senators once
each, The only club OF which he
hasn't taken the measure is the Red
Sox.
In sport the test is in victorious
achievement. mic" Cullop has done
trifle more than any other in.
dividual on the Yankee roster thus
far to keep the club up in the race,
and it is safe to say that if Dono-
vans men scale the laurelled crest
in October it will be due largely to
Cullop's handiwork.
IF Cullop maintains the same pace
he set in recent games" remarked
Bill Donovan, there doesn't ap-
pear to be any reason why he
shouldn't be the seasons pitching
star. Neither Alexander nor John
son is going as we'll as last year, be-
cause they are being overworked and
there is an opportunity for a new star
to flash across the horizon. II
ought to be Cullop, for he has every
thing a great pitcher ought to pos
sess. He has one of the finest curves
in the league, and mixes his delivery
with skill Any pitcher who can
turn back the hard hitting White
Sox three times and limit them to
a small number of hits on each &C.
casion deserves a wreath of laurel"
The Yanks showed in the first set
to with the Sox why they are the
most feared club in the American
league at present. The victory was
due almost entirely to the superb
pitching of Cullop, but Donovan's
men also hit at opportune moments,
and displayed the dash and speed that
carried them through seven victories
out of eight on their last trip. And
they are fighting harder than ever
to lead the promenade.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-30

league dudes can't slaughter all over
the lot. Manager Moore thought he
had one when he secured Yves Bakers
John Henry on q contract, but said
Baker skedaddled out of town last
Sunday when a temptation in the
form of ten bucks and expenses to
fling one game was hurled in his d.
rection. According to Samuel Moore
the Deweys will stick around until
the curtain drops, but they will flirt
with teams of their own caliber.
Six Teams Finish.
According to the dope the Greater
Omaha league will finish the season
with six teams. 1t Is too late to add
another aggregation. The magnates
will gather tomorrow night and de-
eide how to arrange the forfeited
games so that all concerned will be
satisfied. There are only two games
booked in this league today, one at
Luxus park, between the Burgess
Nash and Luxus, and the other at Ar
mour park between the Armours and
Te-Be-Ces.
The big squabble in Class B So
ciety will be jerked off at Thirty
second and Dewey avenue about three
strikes and half when the Hollys
and the Murphy Did Its lock horns.
At the present writing the Murphys
are roosting on perch one and if they
put this argument on ice they will be
the champs of the City league, but if
they fall down the Hollys will have
another grab at their scalp because
they will be knotted for roost one.
Intense rivalry exists between these
two contingents, so game worth
risking little yellowish brown tinge
to YOUR cornnlexinn il lnoked for
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-30
Strong Card Offered
At the Kalamazoo
Grand Circuit Races

Kalamazoo, Mich, July 2o.-What
promises to be the strongest card
ever offered at Recreation park will
be presented for the Grand Circuit
harness race meeting, which will be
held here from July 81 to August s.
Seventeen events will be run off.
Announcement that Grand Rapids
has sold its meeting to Pittsburgh,
probably will help Kalamazoo. There
will be no division of west Michigan
crowds, it is expected. The list of
entries is unprecedented. Seven early
closing purses attracted ia horses.
The ten regular classes, which closed
July Is, brought in about the same
number.
The leading events Of the meeting
are the Paper Mills purse of $4,000
for 2:08 trotters and the Celery City
tree-for-all pace, with a purse worth
$4,000. The former race will be run
August on the four-heat plan.
Twenty horses are eligible.
The free-for-all is to be raced Au-
gust !. Two out of three heats will
decide it.
Breeders are particularly interested
in two sweepstakes for colts. One 4
an open event. The other is for s.
year-old trotters in the 2:lS class.
The weeks program follows:
MONDAY, JULY a.
21b pace, three In 1--WE, $1,000
ZOO trot, three In Ave, 81 900
2'l2 trot, Hickman hotel purse, three In
five, $4,000.
TUESDAY, AUGUST /.
all pace. throe In five, 81, O0e
Free-for-all pace, two In three, 81, 1000,
Columbia hotel sweepstakes for 3-year~
old trotters two heats, $500.
Recreation park sweepstakes for 1-veav-
old 2ls trotters. two heats, $500.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST q.
2l3 trot, three in five, $1,000.
2:0S trot, the Paper Mills purse, $1,000
1908 pace, three In five, $1,000.
THURSDAY, AUGUST ..
2;1s trot, three In five, $1,000.
2:o6 pace, Burdick hotel purse, three I'm
five. $1,000
2:2o trot. three In five, $1,000.
FRIDAY, AUGUST l.
2:0S pace. three In five $1,000
2:ia pace. three In five, $1,000.
Ans trot. the Devereaux system. thrss
heats, $4,000 N
a;Os trot, two in three, $1,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-30
Some Inside Stuff On Those
Speeding Yanks from Gotham

ing twirlers of the league before long.
Two years ago Frank Baker, RUDE
Oldring and Bob Shawkey were big
factors in the winning of the Ameri-
can league pennant by the Athletics.
Now this same trio of FASTENERS
are striving to duplicate the trick
for the Yankees.
The Yankees have not finished a
season in the first division since 1910,
when they landed second place. Since
1908, the year in which the Ameri-
can league invaded New York, the
team has never won a pennant and
only four times. has it finished in the
first division. In 1908 and 1912 it
finished in the cellar.
Nick Cullop. the Yanks' star HEAVIER
and leading pitcher of the American
league, was formerly with the Cleve-
land Indians. Last year he worked
for the Kansas City Federal league
team and finished the season in a
tie with Eddie Plank for third place
in the leagues pitching records. Both
pitchers won twenty-one games and
lost eleven.
The Yanks have been the prize
pippins of the season In the matter
Of disabled players. Few teams could
stand the gait with such players as
Frank Baker, Frank Gilhooley. Fritz
Maisel, Nick Cullop, Ray Caldwell
and Hughey High out of the game at
the same time on account of in
juries.
Before tackling the Job Of manager
Smiling Bill" Donovan had a great
reputation as pitcher. He started
in the big show for many years, first
as a member of the Brooklyn Su-
perbas and later with the Detroit
Tigers. Bills first managerial ex-
perience was gained at Providence,
where his fine showing as a pilot
won for him his present berth as
boss Of the Yanks.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-30
Kick Johnson Now
Leads the League

Johnson, Lincoln, has taken the bat
ting lead in the Western, records of
which include Tuesdays games.
Shields, Denver, is ahead in stolen
with "a; Litschi, Wichita, in sacri-
flee hits with 26; Dyer, Denver, in
home runs with 10; Kelliher, Denver,
in total bases with 178 and in runs
scored with u, and Denver in club
batting with .294.
Leading batters: Johnson, Lincoln,
.34o; Cakes, Denver, .347; Gilmore,
Sioux City, .346; Butcher, Denver,
.34l; Livingston, Sioux City, .34l ;
Kelliher. Denver, $3.50; Carlisle, Lin
coin, 1928; Connolly, Sioux City, .323;
R. Miller, Omaha, 1928; Lobert, Lin
coin, .315,
Leading pitchers for fifteen games !:
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-30

The Yankees have registered
twelve shut-out victories up to the
present time.
In club batting the Donovanites
have been holding down third place
and in club fielding have stood
fourth.
Philadelphia and Washington have
been the easiest picking for the
Yanks so far this season, the New
Workers having won eleven games
from each.
Mullen is the only member Of the
Donovan crew who has been able to
stick with the 800 class Of hitters.
But lack of 800 swatters has not
prevented the team from winning
games.
Pitcher Ray Caldwell, who started
to hang up healthy batting average
earlier in the season, has suffered a
big slump in stick work. Pitching
for a top line team doesn't give a
HEAVIER much time in which to train
his batting eye.
While Lee Magee is hitting under
$50, against .327 in the Federal
league last season, the brilliant
gardener is leading the Yanks in
base-stealing and otherwise putting
up flashy game.
Germany" Schaefer comes
through for a share of credit for the
Yanks' dash. He is in a class by
himself when it comes to maxim
a bit O fun" for the boys.
Being shifted from the down-trod-
den Athletics to the .hustling Yanks
seems to have given RUDE Oldring a
new lease of life. The former Mack
man started FASTING for New York
at top speed.
Pitcher Bob Shawkey, another
former Mack pupil, is improving
steadily in his work for the Dono-
van crew and present indications are
that he will be up among the lead
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-30
Champs Will Step
Around New York If
New Law is Passed

New York, July 2o.-If the pro-
posed plan to lift the ban on decisions
whenever a championship is con-
cerned goes through New York will
see very few champions in action in
the future. That would not be an
unmixed evil, however, Allowing
champions to stall through ten
rounds to no decision is distinctly
harmful to the game in general.
Whenever a champion is engaged
he never neglects to charge as much
for his services as though he were
really defending his title, when, as a
matter OF fact, he merely defends his
chin from knockout wallop, which
is a considerably different PROPOSE
ton. 1t is more or less OF a swindle,
for since he does less real fighting
than the contenders the champion
gains the money under false pre-
lenses.
The practical exclusion of Jess Will
lard would be the only serious effect
the proposed edict would have. Kill
bane practically is barred as it, is,
while Ertle and Williams are OF lit.
tie importance. Freddie Welsh, of
course, would betake himself else
where, ,|r -aa.HH.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-30
Third CoveIeskie Brother
Out of Game for Season

Left Fielder Coveleskie Of the
Muskegon Central league team NAV
not play again this season. Recently
he wrenched the tendons Of his Len
'Coveleskie, a brother Of Harry and
Stanley, who pitch for Detroit and
Cleveland, respectively. has been Z
star Of the Muskegon team.