The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-14
(By P. Caspar Harvey

folks to help win the war A few, a
very few of the more prominent ones
can be named.
According to c. G. Cochran Ellis
county has purchased almost S672,-
900 of Liberty Bonds of the four
loans. It has taken S156,O0O in War
Saving Stamps.
Ellis county has sent to war about
six hundred men. According to the
draft books of the local board the
number is $50, but this does not take
into consideration the men who en-
listed at the first of the war before
the draft law was passed or of the
men who enlisted whose ages were
not under draft laws. From consul
tation with several people the best
estimate of those men for this county
is somewhat less than two hundred.
This makes approximately 600 men
which Ellis county sent to whip the
Germans, How many of that number
will return is yet problematicaI. JUL
ius Johnson, Dewey Baughman and
Thomas Sack have died IN France.
Others have died in camps in this
country it IS reported. According to
Alex Weltz it will be some months
after peace is declared before this
county can tell how many men it sent
or how many men it lost
The food conserved in this county
at the behest of Mr.. Hoover is hard
to estimate. That it was considerable
is apparent, but how definate is an
other question. According to the
county food administrator, John S.
Bird, the amount conserved would
represent about $175,OOO. This means
he says, that Ellis county folks have
done without that much food during
the war, releasing that amount for
the soldiers abroad.
The Hays Chapter of the American
Red Gross was organized May "a,
1917 with Mrs. George Philip, Jr.,
President, Mrs. W. A. Lewis, vice
president, Mrs. H. B. Neiswanger,
secretary; and Rev. Gerrit Snyder,
Treasurer. From that date to Novem-
Der 1, 1913 the chapter collected
from various sources the total of
S11, 1876. 1t sent Al boxes of made
garments to the division headquar-
ters and two thousand pounds of
clothing to Belgian suffers.
This community is proud of this
splendid record from our Red Cross.
A group of men whose names are
recorded in Ellis county history in
connection with the war, is the local
draft board-Alex Weltz, Geo. H.
Brown, DR.. J. H. Middlekauff. DR..
Geo. B. Snyder was also a member of
it before DR.. Middlekauff. All hail to
these faithful servants of America.
The parade of Monday was partly
the result of their labors and we must
not forget their patriotic services.
The parade ended in front of the
mill and the speaking was from its
platform. R. S. Maxwell, newly re-
elected president of the Hays Cham
Der of Commerce, presided. The first
speaker was Senator James Malone,
state senator for this district, who is
a member of the Students Army
Training Corps at the Normal School.
In eloquently rounded sentences he
bespoke the sentiments of the sol
diers stationed here paying especial
tribute to Captain Delaney and Presi-
dent Lewis. Father Lewis of the
Catholic College was called upon
next. He spoke of the hand of God in
affairs and pointed out that the prin-
ciples of Christianity were again
triumphant against tyranny. The last
speaker was President Lewis of the
Normal School. His remarks were di-
rected toward the future and to the
great work the American soldiers
will have to do in policing the world
and experimenting the work of re-
storation IN France and Belgium. He
predicted that the men lined up in
front of him would have to be sent
across to help in that work of recon
struction.
The last feature of the impromptu
4 pIOSIdlH was I0S OUQClaI burning OF
the efigy of the Kaiser. This part of
the program was in charge of Alex
Schueler, John J. Staab, F. ]. Stein,
and Joe Pelzen. Pete Felten drove the
hearse. The efigy, dripping kerosene
and hideous with its yellow streak OF
wet paint was raised above the crowd
and the torch applied.
This ended the program and every
| one began his own personal celebra-
ton. The stores remained closed the
remainder of the day.
| The celebration may have ended
but the rejoicing had only begun
The Hays that went to war on April g.
1917 will never come back. The Hays
that saw of the first big draft con-
tingent on September 20, 1917, viii
never come back. It's new spirit II
a new community.
A few of the saner heads IN the
celebration Monday could not heir
shaking their heads and at least think
ing up several "Don'ts" Although nc