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El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
ISLAND
MAGAZINE WAS
SET OFF, ALLEGED

Washington, d. O.. Aug. l3.~-The
navy league in q statement here to-
day a it has information IL con
silers reliable that a time fuse was
connected with the black powder
magazine at Mare Island Navy Yard
which exploded June 8, killing five and
|ihjuring 81. The leagues informant,
the statement says. fears that vigor-
Gus investigation has been hampered
through influence of powerful labor in.
terests. aoslll5 alt n3f5hEs hi. ayDa
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16

State Bar Examiners
In Session Today

The board Of bar examiners, COM
posed of WI. Lucas, Of Las Vegas,
M. E. Hickey Of Albuquerque, and Ira
Il. Grimsfaw, Of Santa Fe, is meeting
at the capitol. There are ten candi.
dates for licenses to practice law in
this state and they are taking the writ
ten examination. There are ten more
candidates for admission on certifi-
Gates.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
WOMEN L|Es
ALL Night IN WATER
WITH ONLY HEAD OUT
MUCH MYSTERY ABOUT WOMAN
iEN ROUTE TO ALBUQUERQUE
WHO HAS WET EXPERIENCE
AT LAS VEGAS

LAS Vegas, N. M, Aug. I4.-Mrs. M
f. Skies, of Florence, Colo, was
found yesterday in the Arroyo Pecpf
near the Santa Fe railroad bridge Q
short distance above the Castaneda
dairy. Mrs. Skies was lying in the
water Of the river with only her head
out. Sheriff Lorenzo Delgado, was
notified, and he, in company with
County Physician H. J.. Mueller,
drove out to the spot in the sheriff's
car. The men thought at fIrst/that
the woman was dead, but when they
approached her they found that she
was living. They helped her to her
feet and brought her to this city,
where she was taken care of.
According to the . woman's story
she was on her way to- albuquerque
to visit her daughter and got off Of
train No. There to get some coffee.
When she returned to the station
from the restaurant the train had
gone SO she decided to walk after it..
Instead of going towards Albuqner-
que. Mrs. Skies walked out past the
Castaneda dairy. The hands en-
ployed at the dairy said that tb sy
saw Mrs. Skies and that she sat un-
der n of the loading platforms
along the track for sometime.
Later In the afternoon a man came
along that Mrs. Skies said was her
son. The two then proceeded on to-.
gether until they came to the bridge
that crossed the river. The men at.
the dairy then saw her go down to
the river, the mar following. Mrs.
Skies said that she sill ed, and fell
and that she asked her ION Harry
to help her up. The man tried, but
was unable to assist her to her feet.
He dragged her a short distance from
the water and then left.
The woman lay in the ARROYO all
afternoon during the heavy
rain that fell, and the remainder of
the night. The river, swollen by the
rose until she was covered
with the water, with the exception of
her head, which was on a high piece
Of ground. She was still in the
water when found yesterday morning,
but seemed to have suffered no ill
effects from the exposure. She was
aiken to the Central hotel where she
was treated and her clothes dried out.
Sheriff Delgado telegraphed to the
Toman's daughter, Mrs. L. M. Kuhn,
If Albuquerque. Mrs. Skies was
sufficiently recovered to travel yes-
erday afternoon and was sent to-
albuquerque in company of Special
officer C. e. Mccullough.
Who and what the mar was that
Yrs. Skies said was her son is a mys-
cry. The fact that none of her
money or her railroad ticket or bag-l
check was missing from her
shows that the man was not
thief. Mrs. Skies is between 60
nd 70 years of age.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
HORSE STRUCK BY
BOLT OF LIGHTNING

Tucumcari, N. M, Aug. 13.-iN. L.
Grady and wife came near meeting
with a fatal accident while returning
home from Lesbia., When within
about two miles of home they were
overtaken by a thunderstorm and the
rain came down in torrents. During
the storm n of the horses was
struck by a bolt of. lightning and
knocked down. The other horse be,
came frightened and loosened its
tugs from the wagon.
Mrs. Grady was badly frightened
and Mr. Grady had his hands full try
ing to untangle the frightened horse,
care for the one that was down and
look after his wife. During the ex-
'citement the loose horse ran home
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
H. C. off. Causes
Hotel to Close Up

Fort Summer, NJ NJ, Aug. 14$--Owing
to the high cost of foodstuffs the Pecos
Valley Hotel closed It's dining room
last week. Tom Fitzgibbon locked the
doors of the Santa Fe restaurant for
the same reason. Both establishments
had good patronage but the profit in
that business has been cut to practi.
cally nothing. Three other establish
metts cater to the wants Of the tran
silent travellers.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16

to accept your challenge to debate the
topics discussed by me at the Old
Settlers Picnic the details to be ar
ranged later.
Il, too, prefer to have the discussion
take.place in the community where we
made our addresses.
yours very truly,
~ III. H. ERRETT.n
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
DYNAMITE cAPsBLoWs
FoREFlNGER OFF

Tatum, NJ M; Aug. 13.-1A young
man by the name of Wilcox was in
some way using a nail to pick a. dy,
Mantle cap and the cap exploded
blowing all the flesh off Of his right
forefinger. This occurred on The Joe
Lane ranch. IS miles northwest OF
Tatum. Wilcox was brought to
Tatum and as DIR. Bridges was gone,
he was taken to Warren and DR..
Rumph amputated his finger.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
BRIDGE CARRIED Dur

Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug. 14.-The
heavy rains Sunday in the northern
part of the state swelIed the rivers
to such an extent that a bridge on the
Santa Fe lines four miles east of
Springer was carried away. Traffic was
tied up to such an extent that trains
8, 2, 4 and 5 were greatly behind in
their schedules.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16

Y" "T"T ""0T ".aTTW7IfF W $500
Woman Faints I
And is DrOUned IN Tank
Sad Accident at Gem City; Gallup Negro Pianist
Shot Dead by Spouse; Horse! Attached TO
Wagon, Hit by Lightning; Dynamite Cap Tears
OFF Finger ;.Flivver Smashed by Train

Socorro, N. M, Ang, 1Sr-Masia
Hernandez. only daughter of Tomas
Hernandez, while getting a bucket OF
water from a tank in the yard of her
fathers home, suffered b faiIiting
spell. fell In the tank ana was drown.
ed. aE
Funeral services we're held from
the church of San Miguel and inter-
ment made in the local Catholic cein-
etery.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
BIG RATTLESNAkE
SLAIN INSTREETS
OF TUCUMCARI
PUTS UP GAME FIGHT; TWO Chill
DREN BITTEN BY RATTLERS IN
EAST PART OF STATE

Tucumcari, N. M. Aug. 14.-A large
rattlesnake was found on Main street
near the First National Bank 1t put
UP a game fight but was finally killed
by J. W. Parks. It was about four feet
in length and had five rattles.
The small child of J. H. Law, who
lives near Irma, was bitten by a rat
tlesnake and is in a serious condi-
ton. :
Bitten on Thumb
Kenna, N. M, Aug. 14-Andy Stroud,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Stroud, was
bitten or the right thumb by a rattle
snake. Mr.. Stroud was in Kenna, but
on his return he took Andy to Elida
for medical aid. He is getting along
all right SO far.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
60 KILLED IN WRECK

Petrograd, Aug. 14.--Sixty persons
were killed and 150 injured in a
wreck today on the railroad between
Petrograd and Moscow. Four coaches
WERE crushed to pieces when a pas
senger3 train ran into a freight train
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16
sMTisn DESTROYER SUNK

London, Aug. 14.--A British de-
stroyer has been sunk by a mine in
the North sea, The captain, two or
ficers and 4S lei were saved.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-16

and left Mr.. and Mrs. Grady to wade
the mud two miles home.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-28

there were eight million subscribers.
What it was asked, was it that caused
this tremendous increase in national
interest, this wonderful financial sup
port from every part of the nation
in the prosecution of the war? 1t was
thrift, the habit of saving and invest
ing; habit formed by whole peo-
pie working with one definite end in
view.
Americas first war loan was much
larger than England's first loan and
was subscribed to by a great many
more people. Americas next issue of
Liberty Loan Bonds, which later will
be offered for sale, it is belieed viii be
subscribed for by a greater number
than subscribed to England's last
loan. Thrift and American patriot
ism will accomplish this result-thrift
because the people have been aweken-
ed to its necessity and patriotism be-
cause it has been aroused in a higher
measure by the fact that our soldiers
soon will be fighting on the battle
front in Europe
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-28


The publishers of the average small
city dailies or the weekly newspapers
have not been making a fortune out
of their business If they have not
done this under normal conditions
how can they expect to break even
under present cOnditions2
There Is just one of two things go
ing to happen. Either the papers are
going TO earn at least less money than
they did previously or the publishers
are going to raise prices to meet the
raise both IN material and in labor.
The public accept the raise IN gro
ceTies, IN dry goods, in fuel, in fact
IN everything, they buy, and they ac-
the merchant does not apologize for
asking the increase. And the public
viii accept a rise in the price of a
newspaper, or the merchant viii ac-
cept q raise IN the price OF advertis-
ing space in just the same way If the
publishers asks for It on the ground
that II. his due, and not simply be
cause he cannot live without it
Too many newspaper publishers go
20 their public with 2 plea for sup
port instead of going to them with
something to sell that IS worth the
price that IS asked for II The pub
Usher cannot afford to beg, any more
than the grOceTynlan can afford to
beg He must make a saleable pro-
duct and sell it at a profit And the
great majority of the newspapers are
saleable products They viii sell at
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-28
First published July :. 1910
ECNI A-nEICE


In the District Court of Ellis County. Kan
The Citizens Lumber and Supply Company.
a corporation. Plaintiff.
VS.
Joseph E Wilson. II living his unknoz-a.
heirs executors, admins traitors. devisees.
trustees and assigns. If he be dead
Jane 5 Wilson IF living. her unknown heirs.
executors. administrators devisees tras-
tees and assigns. IF she be dead
" J Nell. If living. his unknown heirs. ex-
ecutOrs. administrators. deEisees-, trustees
and assigns II he be dead.
The Western Farm Mortgage Company. II
existing, its successors. trustees OF as
signs. If not existing and. J. h Simmin-
ger. Defendants.
To the above named defendants and each
Of you
You viii take notice that The Citizens
Lumber and Supply Company "a corpOra-
non-) the above named plaintiff, did On the
5th day of July. 1917, file its petition in the
above named court against each Of you
and that you must answer said petition. on
or before the 25th day Of August, 1917. OF
said petition VIII be taken as true. and judy
ment viii be rendered in said action against
you. quieting the title in said plaintiff 70
lots. twe1ty-one (21D. twenty-three (2SD
twenty-five f25)- and tEenty-seven. (27l.
IN block enc Cd J z Wilson'S Addition TO
Hays City Kansas. and forever barring each
and everyone of you from ali right, title
property. claim demand IN or 10 said real
estate or any part thereof
Attest Chss- W Reede-
F B Miller, Clerk Atty for Plaintiff
IL 81 By J C Feverabend. Deputy
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First published Saturday June so. 1912
LEGAL NOTICE
In the District Court of Ellis County. Kan
Charles W Reeder. Plaintiff.
Joseph E Wilson. # living. the unknown
heirs. executors, adninistrzto devisees.
trustees. and assigns. If he be dead.
Jane s Wilson Il living. the unknown.
heirs, executors. administrators devisees.
trustees and assigns If she be dead.
" = Nell If living. the unknown heirs. ex-
ecutors. administrations. deTisees. trustees
and assigns II he be dead.
Daniel Hutchison. # living, the unknown
heirs. executors. administrators. devisees,
trustees and assigns. IF he be dead.
The Western Land Mortgage Company II
existing its successors, trustees or As
signs and
J H SimminEer. Defendants
To the above named defendants and each of
you You viii take notice, that Charles W
Reeder. the above named plaintiff did on
the 9th. day Of June. 1917, file his petition
IN the above named court. against each Of
you
And that you must answer said petition
on or before the 18th day OF August 1917
or said petition VIII be taken as true and
judgment will be rendered In said action
against you. quietinE the title IN said plain
TIM 70 lots eight nine. ten eleven. twelve.
thirteen fifteen seventeen and nineteen IN
block one. IN = Z Wilson's Addition 10
Hays City. Kansas, and forever barring each
and every one Of you. from all right. title.
real estate any part thereof
Attest F. B. Miller. Piaintifi
Seal Clerk
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Insuring Our Fighting Men

Work on the plan of Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo, for life and
indemnity insurance to the soldiers
md sailors of the United States is
progressing. The advisory commit
tee of ten prominent insurance men
and other committees and tn Sec
'etary are working out the details and
4 bill will ultimately be drafted and
presented to Congress for action. The
export of the various committees and
the Secretry's action furnish a tan
gible working basis for the legisla-
lion.
The insuring of our soldiers and
sailors will be only a new application
Of well known principle Employ
ees' insurance especially to those en-
gagged in hazardous employment have
| ong been recognized as a wise and
profitable policy in private business,
and has been successfully operated
for years. In fact through the Unit
I'd States Employees Compensation
Commission civilian employees of
he Government are now insured
against incidents occurring in the
course of their employment.
The wisdom and justice of a great
Government applying the principle to
is citizens who for their country's
sake engage in the extra-haZardous
! employment of war are apparent to
Ill. Our soldiers and sailors in de-
tense of their country are daily haz-
riding their lives and safety and they
| certainly deserve the same protection
md their dependents deserve the
same protection that great business
corporations give their employees and
the United States gives certain of its
! employees.
Secretary McAddoo before the con-
ference of insurance men outlined his
views as follows Ut seems to me
that we ought not, as we send our
men into this war, say to them that
they must be dependent upon future
legislation for the granting of COM
| pensations which have heretofore, IN
der our policy, taken the form of
pensions. Our brave men should not
De left IN uncertainty or doubt as to
what Is going to be done for them in
case of either death or total or partial
! disability. A man who goes out to
| fight for the United States is entitled
Co know in advance what a Just gov
eminent is going to do for him"
One of the great uses of the pro-
ceds of the Liberty Loan Bonds is to
protect our fighting men, to supply
them with everything that viii make
them powerful, effective and as safe
as may be. That those who meet with
disability IN the course of their duty
should be given compensation and
Ehat the dependents of those who die
Tor their country should be given
compensation is exactly In line with
and really a part Of this use Of the
proceeds o4 the Libesty Loaa Boads.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-28
Beware of Corn Plaster Peddlers


Word Is being sent out TO beware
Of corn plaster peddleTs that are said
70 be travelling about through the
country selling their wares 1t Is
said that agents of the German gov
eminent are peddling corn plasters,
court plaster, lead pencils, cheap
clothing and trinkets through the
country that are coated with leprosy
germs IN the hopes Of spreading a
terrible disease II this country with
the hope Of aiding the Kaiser IN that
way. At Henderson, Iowa, q peddler
came along selling innocent looking
court plaster. he was arrested on
suspicion and when searched was
found to have $1,000 in currency on
him This increased the suspicion
Of the authorities and q sample OF
this court plaster was sent to Council
Bluffs for chemical analysis. It was
found to be coated with culture OF
leprosy germs, capable of spreading
throughout the country the most
ioathsOme disease. The peddler was q
German, scarcely able to speak the
English language and appeared to be
Indifferent TO his fate. The country
seems to full Of peddlers at this
time, and strange to say the great
majority of them seem tObe foreigners
Of some description. People here
aoOuts are urged to be very careful
II their dealings with these indIvid-
IA -OsWecO fndeDendent
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month Following the cablegram, q
week later, his mother, Mrs Emma J.
Potter received a letter from him
written from a hospital in Brighton,
England, whence he had been con-
veyed on the Red Cross trains. In
MS interesting letter he says In part
nave received many presents from
the British and Canadian Red Cross
societies. 1t seems ike a strange sue
eesslon Of wonderful dreams while on
the trip from the front line TO where
l now am,-the beautiful, snowy bill
Iowy white bedding, electric lights,
KIND, cheerful nurses. doctors and at
tendants- Dear mother, It Is worth
getting wounded to go through these
experiences after my hard, bitter life
IN the trenches IN France ''-Larned
/ ChrOnoscope
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bility are placed upon it. You only
have to study the life of former
sheriff, Davis, of this county, to be
profoundl- impressed with the teach
ing of the above statement
any man who is not straight has
placed a terrible handicap upon him
self when he plays the tug of war
with society.
Old Russia in her new democratic
life is acting very foolishly. There is
one lesson in democracy she has not
learned-there must be fly wheels as
well as cOg-wheels in every social or
ganization. People who interpret
democracy to mean eve will do as
we please" regardless of the other
fellows are not democrats but are old
fashioned autocrats working under a
new name. Democracy as modernly
interpreted means the Golden Rule"
1t means people working together IN
der their chosen leaders for the bene-
fit of all: it means to keep the few
from exploiting the many. Democracy
truly teaches equal rights, but in or
der to get them, it must be accom-
plished by placing in leadership the
most deserving
Just as soon as you commence to
repeat your old stock of knowledge,
just as soon as you repeat the stock
phrases of the ages and act as though
they are original, you may know you
are out Of the running, and the best
thing for you is to arrange to take a
rest. You must not expect buyers to
purchase dilapidated, obsolete and
worn out service. We judge your abil-
ity not from the color of your hair
gray or black, but from your fresh
ness of suggestion and ability to &C
complish.
It is most amusing to read the reg
istered excuses some people have
made to escape the draft. ga de-
pendent father" is a very common
one. It is reported three brothers
have made this excuse. 81 am the
only support of an aged father" Now
! this dependent father is worth at
| least $4,000. Three sons saying to
the United States ''please excuse me
from military service because dad is
so poor" is laughable. It also has its
serious side, to think that there
lives under the flag, any that will
| take such an attitude when our ma
| tional life is threatened by foreign
blood crazed nation is most pitiful.
Oh the shame of it!
I was witnessing a comparatively
J young man walking down the street
] a few days ago. If he had been an
automobile we would have said cdr
/ ty spark plugs, poor ignition, the car
| buretor flooded, and a few screws
! worked loose" He had been using
mighty poor grade of fuel He need
! ed a careful inspection. The law of
the state said any man found in such
q state, should be arrested, taken be-
fore the court and tried for wrong
doing because of his mental and
physical actions, he had used most
likely q fuel secured from Missouri
well if you take an inventory of these
men you will find they are becoming
obsolete and soon they will be classed
as social waste.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-28

Husband Swallows her Silver Spoons
Philadelphia, Pa, July 2S.-FOr
several weeks Mrs. Joseph Quinlan
had been nlystified by the disappear
ance of numerous articles from her
household She changed servants half
q dozen times but the articles, such as
silver spoons and pieces of HOUSEHOLD
hardware, continued to be missed. Re
Gently herhusband became Ill and was
sent 20 the Philadelphia hospital, and
there the surgeons cut open his stO-
mach and removed the following ar
ticles:
Thirty-four silver teaspoons
One alcohol cigar lighter and chain
One paddock
Twelve screen door hooks
One glass medicine GrOpper-
Six 10-penny nails
Eh5rty-sIx carpet Eacks-
Thirteen metal buttons
Six safety pins
Forty pieces printers type
Thirty-two coins
Four souvenir medals
Nineteen screws tassorted sizes-D
Two hundred and fOrty-seven pebbles
DisOrdered nerves were responsible
1fr. Quinlan confessed he was unable to
overcome his appetite when tempted,
for instance, by a nice nickleplated
screen door hOOk.-Ex-
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The Natinn,s P-zar

by Josiar Gilbert Holland)
God give Us men! A time like this de-
mands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith
and ready hands.
Hen whom the lust Of office does not
kill;
Men whom the spoils of offiie can not
buy;
Men who possess opinions and a viii /;
Men who have honor and who viii not
lie;
Men who can stand before a dema-
gogue
And scorn his treacherous batteries
without Winking.
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live
above the fog
IN public duty and in private think
ing.
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Published IN Free Press JULY IS 1917
ORDIA Anrr-E No


An ordinance making levy OF taxes for
general revenue and other purposes for the
City of Hays. Ellis County. Kansas, for the
year 1917
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council
men OF the City of Hays, Kansas
Section / That the sum OF twelve and
sIx-tenths (I2-6) the dollar be and the
same Is hereby levied all real, personal
and mixed property IN the City of Hays Ell
lis County. Kansas, for the year 1917. for
the following purposes and appOrtiOned and
divided follows. tO-wit:
For General Revenue two and fve-teuths
cd mills on the dollar
For opening, widening and grading streets
and alleys, building bridges. eulverts sew
ers and crossings one and fve-tenths 1-5)
mills the dollar;
For interest on bonded indebtedness two
and five tenths (2-5) mills on the dollar:
For q sinking fund two CD mills on the
dollar:
For library fund four-tenths C4) mill
on the dollar;
For lighting street two CD mills on the
dollar:
For park contingent two-tenths CD mill
On the dollar:
For water fund one and fve-tenths tI5D
mills on the dollar
Section 2 The valuation of the property
upon which the foregoing taxes are levied
and assessed IS. in all cases, taken from the
assessment rolls of the present year in the
sas; and it shall be the duty of the City
Clerk, Immediately upon the passage and
publication of this ordinance, to trans NIT .
duly certified copy of the same to the Coun-
said taxes so levied and assessed to be plac-
ed on the tax rolls of said Ellis County to be
collected according to law
Section 3. This ordinance shall take eff
feet and be IN force from and after its pas
sage, approval and publication
Passed and approved July p. 1917
Attest; Geo Philip, yr-.
Peter H0lzmeIster Mayor
IL 81 City Clerk