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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23
Sunday School Convention

The Ellis County Sunday School
association met IN Ellis, June 13, IN
convention and elected the following
2fficers:
President -----------F. B. Lee. HAYS
First Vice Pres. Phil Mock. CodeII
'sec. V-Pres- Mrs. Belle Higgins, Hays
y--Treas-- Mrs. T. NJ. Wood. Havs
Elementary Supt. ---------------------------
---------------M Mrs. J. H. Jones, Ellis
Secondary Supt. ---------------------------
---------------------. W. Nicholson, Ellis
Adult Sup.t-Mrs. G. C. Harvey, HAYS
Educational Supt ----------..-----------.
Mrs. J. F. Hull, Ellis
administrative Supt -------------------
------------------------D- c. Guyler, Ellis
The committee on resolutions pre-
5ented the following resolutions:
We, the Sunday School teachers
md officers of Ellis County in con
vention assembled, recognize the need
OF these spiritual gatherings for our
own better development and for the
Sunday School Association for the
better prosecution of our work and
we here highly resolve to renew our
faith IN the efficacy Of the county
uplifting of the Sunday School,
Resolved, That we extend to Broth
er, F E Gates Supt- of Rural De
partment of the KS. Sunday School
Association our best cheer for a
traveller, much away from home to
be IN Gods service. and that we want
him to know that we have appreciat-
ed his efforts
Resolved, That our thanks are due
and are hereby rendered TO the NJ. E.
and TO all those who have given of
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Proclamation

Whereas the 4th day of July, 1917,
will be the anniversary of our In
dependence and birth of our nation.
Therefore, 1, George Philip, Jr.,
Mayor of the City of Hays, do rec
ommend and request that all business
houses in the City of Hays be closed
from 10 O'Clock A. M, for the rest
of the day. That flags be displayed
and we all enter into the spirit of the
occasion to show our loyalty and pa
triotism to this our country.
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and have caused
its corporal seal to be affixed this the
21st day Of June, A. D., 1917.
Attest: Geo. Philip, Jr.,
Pete Holzmeister, Mayor
City Clerk. q. 81
Wanted
A woman to come to the house to
do family washing. Phone 131 B.
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STATE CONFERENCE OF YS.
Young Peoples Branch of the Kansas
w. c. T. u. Hold Conference
Here Next Week, June

21-24.
Many of the most noted women III
Kansas will be guests of our city dur
ing these days
The general officers of the Kansas
w G. T u will speak Friday night.
Saturday night, a grand gold medal
contest will be held, the contestants
coming from all over the state. Also
the cantata, "a Saloonless Nation"
viii be given in costume by $50 of
Hays children and young people.
This will make a very full and de-
iightful program The contest will
be in charge of Miss Mabel Linsay.
State Board contest trainer, who will
give several reading during the con-
ference Miss Linsay is a very ia
Tented young woman
Madame CASTOR Boyd of Newton.
State musical director comes next
Wednesday to give some final drill
ing in the chorus work for the con-
ference. She is know all over our
nation and will delight all her hear
ers in solo work. She has travelled
a great deal both in this country and
abroad.
The Lexington kentucky News
says: Madame CASTOR Boyd cap
tivated the entire audience by her
singing at the Catholic church last
night"
From the Chicago Tribune we get
this: Madame Boyd has just the
voice one would wish to hear chant
ng sacred melodies. its sadness and
earnestness suggesting the pure and
beautiful
Next week we will give the pro
cram more in detail. Remember the
ate and don't miss these inspiration
J meetings. June 21-24 at the NJ. E.
church.
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North and South Road for Great
Rend Town shin

Great Bend, June 18.-Great Bend
township farmers and taxpayers
showed yesterday that they wanted
the Gulf, Plainville and Northern
road by voting bonds for the new
north and south road, which carried
by a majority of 1O5 to 56.
The victory was a great one for
Mr.. Neiswanger, the promoter, who
has done much hard work in the
township, and was more far sweep
ing than he had anticipated. There
was some agitation aginst the bonds,
but for the most part everyone who
voted for them can always be count
ed upon as a safe, sane and progress
sive taxpayer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23
The Kaiser's Secrets

We have begun the publication of
a remarkable series of special articles
revealing the scandal and intrigue of
the German imperial court, and set
ting forth the gigantic conspiracy,
the kaiser and his son, the crown
prince concocted to enslave the
world. The articles were prepared
by William LIE Quex from statements
made to him by Count Won Heltzen-
dorff. Be sure to read "Secrets of
the Hohenzollerns" in the next issue
of the Free Press.
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List cf Common School Graduates
1917.

List cf Common School Graduates
1917.
Alice Balls, Ida Barnes, Freddie
Beach, Elsie Belelle, Velma Bird,
Margaret BIender, Anton Bollig, Am
brose Brungardt, August Brungardt,
Bernard Brungardt, Donald CFisleT,
Leo Dreiling, Robert Dreiling, Gla-
dys Garrison, Theodore Geibler, Boan-
vet Goetz, Catherine Herl, Mary
Grabbe, Amelia Grabbe, Lawrence
Croft, Jacob Haas, William Haddock,
Dominic Goetz, William Heronem,
Leo Karlin, Albert Kippes, Joseph
Kippes, Wilfred Kraus, Herman Kuhn,
Rosa Lang, Fedelis Leikam, Victoria
Leiker, Eleanora Linenberger, Otto
Linenberger, Ida Linenberger, Walter
Mcintosh, Ruth Martin, Mabel Moore,
Harry Ostron, Leo Rajewsky, Mary
Rajewsky, Margaret Robban, Benja-
min Rogers, Anton Rohleder, Conrad
RupD. Anna NJ Sander, Sophia ).
Sander, Anna Sauer, Fidelis Schmidt,
AIbertina Schoendaller, Leo Schueler,
Clifford NJ Shuts, Clyde Snapp, Lu-
ellie Solomon, Andrew Staab, Hazel
Strailey, Anna Toepfer, Alfred TOeP-
fer, Katie Unrein, Mary Unrein,
Lieba Won Intel, Albert Weigel,
Clara Welgel, Rose Welgels JaSoD
Weingart, COrene Yohe, Irene 1ohe,
Minnis Zachman, Edgar Heyl John
J. Sander, Frank Sander, Cecile La
mon Anna Kippes Cunnigunda Grab
be, Ottilia Frank, Florence Giebler,
MarceIla Meier, Elizabeth BAIL, Rose
Wolf, Zita Basgall, Zita Bisslng,
Alyda Denning. Mathida Dinges, OF
tiIiia Drees, Eleanor Dreiling. Nico-
demus Dinges John Jacobs, Gustave
Klug FERDINAND Wolf Sophia An
fonia
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A Good Road to Hays

a good road Is being made up the
canyon south of the Saline river,
evading what is known as the Buffum
hill. When this completed and few
good cement cuIverts put IN Saline
township, some more work on this
road in Paradise township viii be
done and when completed viii give
us a dandy road from Coden to Hays
-Codell News.
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FOR SALE.

NEA sec 25 twp. Ia rang 20. In
Pleasant Hill township, about one
half in cultivation. Good well of
water, new pump, wire and posts to
fence 40 acres, some posts set. New
granary will hold 1000 bushels. one
fourth of Spring crop goes with place
Price only $3.50 per acre, will carry
$1,000 four years at six per cent in
terest. For information address
Box SO, Hays, Kansas.
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At the Methodist Church

Mrs. Mitchner the president of
the w. C. T. u, will fill the pulpit
at the Methodist church Sunday
morning. Mrs. Boyd will sing. This
is to be a great hour. 1t will more
than pay you to hear these noble
women.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23

House of three rooms in north part
of Hays. Katie Joslin, Arnold, Nebr.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23

The next meeting of the Hays
Chapter No. 228, Order of the East
ern Star, viii be held on Manday
evening, June 25, at eight O'Clock
A good attendance is requested as
important business is to be transact
ed. Virginia W. Shively,
Worthy Matron
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23

The North Side garage has the
Warner Lenses for all cars. If you
need lenses there is the place to ; buy
them. adv. j9.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23
FOR RENT.

New cutting alfalfa hay for sale.
c. G. Cochran & Sons.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23

On account of the cantata at the
Saturday night, the three Red
Cross lectures were postponed to
Monday, Thursday and Saturday
night at 7:30. Free at the Library
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EOR SALE

Twelve good residence lets N good
location within four and six blocks
or the business section- Inquire of
the Free Press else Rhsae IL.
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J. F Jordan is back from his
trip to Illinois, Wis, and other east
ern and northern states
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FOR SALE

Ice box 2x4 feet IN good condi-
ton. For information see H. A.
Reemsnyder, Phone 252-
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The County teachers examination
viii be held at the High School IN
Hays, on Friday and Saturday, June
1928, 1917. Louis Christensen,
CO. Supt.
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Notice

On July 3rd, the Ladies of the
Methodist church will hold a food
sale In Geo. S. Grass & Sons Store
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-23

We have several good teams,
work horses, and mules for sale
c. C. Cochran & Sons.
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HAYS IS COMING
INTO ITS OWN

improvements to the Extent of $44S-
500 are Now Actually Under
Progress In Hays or VIII be In
the Course of the Next
Few Weeks This Does
Not Include Those
Finished or Just
Talked About
Idly
Building Up to Needs Only and it is
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A woman to come to the house to
do family washing. Phone 131 B.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01
(To BE coNTINUED.)
CASTE WlELDS AN INFLUENCE
santaIs Prefer Starvation Rather Than
to Eat Food Cooked by the
Brahmins.

Occupation is still preserved among
the Indian natives by Inheritance and
tradition, so that the diversion of la
Dor to industrial pursuits has been
an almost impossible task confronting
the British government, the National
Geographic Magazine observes. The
supply of agricultural labor constantly
outruns the demand, thus keeping the
wage scale extremely low. Caste also
prtv vents people from leaving crowded
districts and going to sparsely inhab-
tied regions, of which there are many.
In time of distress the restrictions
which caste throws about rescue and
relief work would be exasperatng If
they were not so tragic. For example,
In the terrible Orissa famine thousands
of Santals perished, in the midst of
ample supplies furnished by the gov
ernment, before 1t was discovered that
there Is n peculiar tenet of their faith
which forbids them to touch food
cooked by Brahmins. 1t was also dis
covered that skilled weavers would not
go to the ordinary relief work camps
for fear that the hard labor would
cause them to lose the delicacy Of
touch which they value so highly.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01
Hona of Poets.

1t is strange fact that although
Kilmarnock is very prosalc looking
factory town-the most commonplace
in the region-it is the home of nuri-
bers of poets. Perhaps the rhythm of
the shuttles in the great weaving mills
Is productive of poetic measures.
At the Burns monument in AYR you
may see the wedding ring of Jean Ar
mour and the Bible Burns gave to
Highland Mary, and you may walk
across the very field where Burns,
turned up daisy with his plow, and
turned 1t into a lyric.
But to try to recreate a personality
by looking ut books and rings and
even houses, or by following the foot
steps Of the great man, is really
hopeless task. The spirit of Burns
lives rather in the homely wit of the
Ayrshire people, in their ways of liv-
ing and thinking, which are not much
changed since his day. And 1t lives
even more wildly in the Ayrshire
country side, a landscape lyrical and
homel!ke, with its velyety fields and
whispering streams, its "bonnie banks
and braes."
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01

same curious fashion. into the faces Of
the mate and the two sailors who had
arrived with the officers.
In each instance he sighed and passed
on, returning at length to Paulvitch's
side, where he squatted down once
more, thereafter evincing little or no
interest In any Of the other men and
apparently forgetful OF his recent bat
tie with them.
When the party returned aboard the
Marjorie W., Paulvltch was accompa-
MED by the ape, who seemed anxious
to follow him. The captain interposed
no obstacles to the arrangement, and
SO the great anthropoid was tacltly ad-
mltted to membership in the ships
company.
Once aboard he examined each new
face minutely, eyincing the same dis.
appointment in each instance that had
marked his scrutiny Of the others.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

A medicinal preparation like DR.. XII.
mer's Swamp-Root, that has real curative
value almost sells itself Like an endless
chain system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who are in need of it.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root is a physi.
clans prescription. 1t has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
less numbers who have suffered.
The success Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root
is due to the fact that it fulfills almost ev-
cry wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer- Get bottle OF Swamp
Root from any druggist now. Start treat
ment today.
However, il you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01
"Feminalls" Are Worn.

One of the packing houses in the
stock yards In Chicago has persuaded
its women employees to wear what 1t
calls ''feminalls," another form Of over
alls. The women at first objected, but
as 40 much machinery with belts and
other. cOntrivances that are likely to
catch in the dresses Of women are
used, the managers persuaded Ave
women to try 1t, and 1t was then easy
for the rest to don the feminalls. In
this particular place 1000 women are
employed, about three times as many
rs last year, and much of the work
they do was formerly done by men. y
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01
The Son Of Iarzan
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
cwynhty yFA M

them--he, too, was firing of the blight
ing sameness of existence upon the
ship.
The island was heavily timbered.
Dense jungle ran down almost to the
beach. The scientists were far inland,
prosecuting their search for the valu-
able commodity that native rumor
upon the mainland had led them to be-
lieve might be found here in market
able quantity.
The ships company ished, hunted
and explored. Paulvitch shuflled up
and down the beach or lay In the shade
of the great trees that skirted it.
One day, as the men were gathered
Mt little distance, inspecting the body
of panther that had fallen to the gun
of one of them who had been hunting
inland, Paulvitch lay sleeping beneath
his tree. He was awakened by the
touch of n hand upon his shoulder.
With start he sat up to see huge
nnthropold ape squatting at his side,
inspecting him intently.
The Russian was thoroughly fright
ShSu' iiS SiuhCSu lONuIu Tie
they were a couple of hundred yards
away.
Again the ape plucked at his shoul-
ders, jabbering plaintively. Paulvitch
saw no menace in the inquiring gaze
or in the attitude Of the beast. lie got
slowly to his feet. The ape rose ut his
| side.
Half doubled, the man shufIled eau
tiously away toward the sailors. The
ape moved with him, taking one of his
arms. They had come almost to the
little knot of men before they were
seen, and by this time Paulvitch had
become assured that the beast meant
him no harm. The animal evidently
was accustomed to the association of
human beings.
1t occurred to the Russian that the
ape represented considerable and GER
tain money value, and before they
reached the sailors he had decided that
he should be the one to profit by 1t.
When the men looked up and saw
the oddly paired couple shuffling to
ward them they were filed with amaze
ment and started on run toward the
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01
FOREWORD.

Those strange original stories
"Tarzan Of the Apes" and
"The Return Of arzan" cap
tured the delighted fancy of
millions of readers. Although
they were full Of thrills, "The
Son Of Tarzan holds the read
er' sinterest with wonderful te-
nacityandyields nothingtothem
in the line Of breathless adven-
ture. In this wonderful / arzan
story you will meet Tarzan
himself, who is John Clayton,
Lord Greystoke; Lady Grey
stoke, his wife; Alexis Paul
witch, friend Of the murderer
Rokof; Akut, the gray ape,
and many others, not the least
Of whom is Jack Clayton, the
son Of Tarzan.
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two. The ape showed no sign of fear.
Instead, he grasped each sailor by the
shoulder and peered long and earnestly
into his face. Having inspected them
all, he returned to Paulvitch's side, dis
appointment written strongly upon his
countenance and in his carriage.
The men were delighted with him.
They gathered about, asking Paulvitch
many questions and examining his COM
panion. The Russian told them that
the ape was his. Nothing further would
he offer, but kept harping continually
upon the same theme: "The ape is
mine. The ape is mine."
Tlring of Paulvitch, one of the men
essayed a pleasantly. Circling about
behind the ape, he prodded the anthro-
poid In the back with pin.
Like flash the beast wheeled upon
It's tormentor, and In the brief instant
of turning the placid, friendly animal
was metamorphosed to frenzied de-
mon of rage.
The broad grin that had sat upon the
sailors face as he perpetrated his little
joke froze to an expression Of terror.
He attempted to dodge the long arms
that reached for him. but, falling, drew
long knife that hung at his belt.
The ape tore the weapon from the
mans grasp with a single wrench and
flung 1t to one side; then his yellow
fangs were buried In the sailors shoul-
der.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01
A TYpeMrltlna tn.

Having occasion to measure cir
conference that figured out to tenths
Of an inch, and not having rule
marked to these divisions, says j.
Claude Crews In the Popular Science
Monthly, l tried the following means
of overcoming the difficulty. Going to
typewriter, 1 made row of periods,
with each tenth enc comma to show
fuAinches.
This gave me rule marked In
tenths, also one that could be bent
around shafting, collars. etc. As near
ly all typewriters make ten spaces to
an inch. 1t Is an easy matter to ac-
complish what seems to be difficult
lob,
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cHAPTE |.
Paulvitch and an Ape.


The Marjorie W.s long boat was
floating down the broad Ugambi with
ebb tide and current. Her crew were
lazily enjoying this respite from the
arduous labor Of rowing upstream.
Three miles below them lay the Mar
jorie herself, quite ready to sail SO
soon as they should have clambered
aboard and swung the long boat to Its
davits.
Presently the attention of every man
was drawn from his dreaming or his
gossiping to the northern bank of the
river. There, screaming at them in
cracked falsetto, and with skinny arms
outstretched, stood strange appari-
tion of q man.
"Wot in thunder?" CALCULATED one of
the crew. q.
"A white man !" muttered the mate;
and then: Man the oars, boys, and
we'll just pull over an see what he
wants."
When they came close to the shore
they saw an emaciated creature with
scant white locks, tangled and matted.
The thin, bent body was naked save
for lOin cloth. Tears We're rolling
down the sunken, pockmarked cheeks.
The man jabbered ut them in strange
tongue.
"Rooshun," hazarded the mate.
"Savvy Engllsh?" he called to the
man.
The scarecrow did, and in that tongue,
brokenly and haltingly, as though it
had been many years since he had used
1t, he begged them to take him with
them away from this awful country.
once on board the Marjorie w. the
stranger told his rescuers a pitiful tale
of privation, hardships and torture, ex.
tending over period of ten years.
How he happened to have come to
Africa he did not tell them leaving
them to assume that he had forgotten
the incidents of his life prior to the
frightful ordeals that had wrecked him
mentally and physically. His name, he
said, was Alexis Paulvitch.
A few scruggly, yellow-white locks
had supplanted the thick dark hair that
had once covered his head. His limbs
were bent and twisted he walked with
n shuffllng, unsteady gait, his body
doubled forward. His teeth were gone
knocked out by his savage masters.
Even his mentality was but sorry
lnuckery of what 1t once had been.
They took him aboard the Marjorie
W., and there they fed and nursed him
He gained little in strength, but his
appearance never altered for the bet
ter-a human derelict, battered and
wrecked, they had found him; a human
derelict, battered and wrecked, he
would remain until death claimed him
Alexis Paulvitch could easily have
passed for eighty.
The Marjorie w. had been chartered
by n syndicate of wealthy manufac.
turers, equipped with laboratory and
staff of scientists and sent out tC
search for some natural product which
the manufacturers who footed the bills
had been importing from South Amer
lea at an enormous cost. What the
product was none on board the Mar
jorie w. knew except the scientists
-. nor Is it of any moment to us, Other
than that 1t led the ship to a certain
island off the coast of Africa after
Alexis Paulvitch had been taker
aboard.
The ship lay at anchor off the coas
for several weeks. The monotony OF
life aboard her became trying for the
crew. They went often ashore, ant
nhGlly Pauly.tch asked to accompany
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Score One for My Lady Nicotine.

The new German gas is the most
fearful instrument the war has yet
produced, by the testimony Of those
who have experienced it. The senses
give no warning of 1t. The gassed
man does not know he Is victim until
he reels and falls.
1--WE have to tie 'em down In the
ambplances," said. a driver. "They
suffer and scream! My God! Their
eyes go, you know. Then all their
mucous membranes. / guess most Of
'em die. That's what l hear"
The new gas clings to the ground
for days, according to report. 1t has
been felt at Is kilometers behind the
lines. Oddly enough, tobacco gives
the only alarm. The man who Is
smoking feels the gas in time to get
on his mask or run away. while the
nonsmoker falls on his face uncon.
sclous.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01
Musk Like Radium.

Musk has certain radioactive prop
critics that cause the odor of the per-
fume to be carried through the air in
very extraordinary way. The radio
active property of musk affects very
strangely the natives who carry 1t to
market. If package of musk is held
close to the body for any length Of
time 1t produces sores that are de-
scribed as being similar in character
to those caused by pure radium.
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Easily Arranued.

"But why are you so agitated and
distressed2 Surely you have been
kissed before"
"Yes," replied the beautiful girl, with
tears In her eyes, "but 1t was done by
some member of my family"
"Oh, well I'm quite willing to be.
come member Of your family"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-11-01

Never Judge a mans good or bad
qualities by what his neighbors say
about him.