The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-14
A BIG SAVING ON LIQUOR
Drink Bill to Buy q Car for
Each 10 Persons.

Kansas has saved enough on her
liquor bill in the last four years to
more than equal the amount her citi-
zeTs have invested in automobiles at
the present time, according to state
ments issued in the last few days
from state departments.
Professor Frank w Blackmar of
the state university, has fled a report
with the governor which shows the
liquor bill for Kansas is approx
imately $4,000, 900 a year less than
the average for the same number of
persons anywhere else in the United
States. Curtis w. Myers, in charge of
the motor vehicle registration license
department, estimates that there is
approximately s105,00O,O 900 invested in
motor cars and trucks in Kansas
today.
Gaiena Veteran Dead.-William H.
Coons, IS years old, is dead at Galena.
Mr.. Coons was the first rural route
mail carrier in Galena. He was a
member of the Soldiers and Sailors
Historical and Benevolent Society of
Washington, D. c.
Arrest for Wilson SIurs.-Mayor
Bentley of Wichita has given orders
to the chief of police to arrest any
person who voices malicious criticism
of President Wilson or the policy he
has pursued in reference to the Ger
man controversy.
x x
Raise a Guard Unit. = Recruiting
for separate company of the Kansas
National Guard has commenced at
Ottawa. Ottawa does not have a
company now, although about twenty
five men there are members of Gar
nett and Independence companies.
X X x
Hutchinson Swept by Gale. "A
heavy gale swept Hutchinson and vi
cinity the other day, hating with a
light shower. Several persons re-
ceived minor cuts from falling glass
from broken windows.
Farmer Found Dead. = Leaning
against his cornorib John J. Martin, a
rich farmer, was found dead the other
night near Augusta. A bloodclot on
the brain had killed him.
Girl Spurns FIag.-Anna Folkland
of the fourth grade in the Irving
school at Wichita, was suspended re-
Gently by the principal, Mrs. Helen
Eckstein, because she refused to
salute the Stars and Stripes and give
the oath Of allegiance, as is the rule
She is Is years old and says THE flag
does not stand for all that is in the
oath The father, G. w FolkIand,
she stated, had taught her the flag
did not stand for justice and she was
following his instructions. The girl
said she would give up her education
in the public schools rather than be
a hypocrite. The father has been a
Socialist, he acknowledges.
x x x
PatroIman Accidentally Shot-R. E.
Fowler, patrolman, was accidentally
shot by J. H Dufriend at Salina. The
men had been cleaning their revolvers
and Dufriend was experimenting with
Fowler's gun. Fowler will recover.
x x 4
Stock Breeder Dies.-B. F. Leach.
widely known rancher and breeder Of
pedigreed cattle, died recently at his
home near Fowler. He was 81 years
old. Mr.. Leach's ranch has been for
years. one of Meade county's show
places.
x x K
Gas Wrecked Home.-A two-story
frame residence of Thomas BowIes
was wrecked by gas explosion at
Garnett. His daughter, Mrs Homer
inghouse, who was living in the house.
smelled gas and struck a match She
was burned, but not dangerously.
x X X
Orphans Observation-Disclosures
children in the state orphans home
at Atchison were vaccinated recently
as preventative measure. Mrs.
Anna Mosher of Topeka, who visited
the home has since been stricken with
smallpox.
x x x
Killed by Live Wire.-Horace Co
berry, aged So, a farmer, who lived
seven miles northwest Of Hutchinson,
was killed recently by accidentally
touching high power electric trans
mission line. He is survived by his
wife and one son.