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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
What Every Dramatic Critic Knows.

what Every Dramatic Critic Knows.
No matter how strong the assurance
Of his editor that he may go as far as
he pleases in telling the truth, the dra-
matte critic knows that even the edi-
tor himself is in fear Of the dread sum
mons from the business Office II the
critic has had any experience in the
newspaper business, no longer a pro-
fessiOn, he writes what he pleases, but
with his subcOnsciOus mind tempering
justice with mercy for the enterprises
OF the theatrical advertiser This. Of
course. does not preclude his giving
q critical tone TO what he writes by
finding minor defects and even fay
ing unimpOrtant artists. But woe be
unto him If he launches into any gen
eraI denunciatiOn OF theatrical meth
DDS, or attacks the enterprise Of the ad-
vertiSing manager in q way that im-
perils prOfits.-James S. Metcalfe, in
the Atlantic.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
Botanical Wonder

The oldest botanical work IN the
world Is sculptured on the walls OF q
room IN the great Temple Of Karnak
at ThebeS, Egypt II represents fOrtign
plants brought home by an Egyptian
sovereign, Thothmes III, on his return
from g campaign in Arabia, says the
Family Herald. The sculptures show
not only the plant or tree, but the
leaves. fruit and seed pods separately,
after the fashion OF modern reatdses.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
SOLDIERS HURT INA WRECK
Eighteen Were Injured and Another ie
Missing as Result of DeraiI-
ment in Texas.

Texarkana, Tex, May 22.-One sol
der is missing. eighteen were injured,
A ]. McAllister, engineer, was killed
and several trainmen badly injured
when a northbound St Louis South
western train was derailed by a bro
ken angle bar at Mayton station, just
south OF Garland, Ark, today.
One car, which II is feared con-
tanned the missing soldier, went over
a trestIe into fifteen feet of water.
The engine, baggage car and two
coaches were overturned, but did not
go over the tTestle.
The soldiers on the train belonged
to the 615th Aerial Squadron.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Kansas has invented" a new steer!
It is q distinctive variety in appear
ance, being blue gray in color. 1t is
the intention Of Prof. W. A. Cochel,
head of the animal husbandry depart
ment of the state agricultural college,
who has been supervising the develop
ment of the new steer family, to in
culcate in it the most desirable points
of at least three other families of beef
cattle. He told the Kansas cattlemen
at their convention here that the ex-
pertinent has been successful and that
another crop of the b1ue-grays will be
produced at the Fort Hays experiment
station. The blue-grays are from Gal
1oway and Angus COWS crossed with
white Shorthorns.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
knowledge of Cyclones Grows.

NuOWiSO9C OF SJClOnSS GFoNSs
Within few years modern science
has done much to increase our know1-
edge Of cyclones, and the sailor of to-
day knows not only In what region to
expect them, but ne has also learned
the path in which they move and di-
rection OF the wind. By means OF
'storm cards." which are somewhat
difficult to describe, but the use q
which is comparatively easy, the ma
riner knows how to steer his vessel to
avoid the violence Of gale. and IL he
Is very skillful may even make the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Governor Capper announced recent
~ that he will receive bids on two
pounds of wool clipped frem the sheep
grazing on the White House lawn. The
wool will go to the highest bidder and
the receipts will be given to the Red
Cross. President and Mrs. Wilson had
the sheep sheared this spring and the
clip has been divided equally between
the states. Each state receives about
two pounds and will hold an auction
for the benefit of the Red Cross.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

The urgent requests taat the GRIM
inal prosecution against Eelix Broker
OF Salina, former head IF several ex-
tensiVe financial ENTERPRISES, be dis
missed, were met with the announce
ment at the attorney generals office
that the case will not be dismissed
without trial and that the attorney gen.
eral is considering filing additional
charges which would involve several
men besides Broker. A petition sign
ed by eight directors of the Globe In
surance Company, of which Broker
was the president, asking the dismis-
sal of the embezzlsment charge
against Broker, has been filed with
the attorney general.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Despite the growing popularity OF
farm tractors, they never will supple
ment horses in Kansas, said ]. G. MOh-
Ter, secretary Of the Kansas Board Of
Agriculture. in a report. He urged
farmers to continue raising horses, as
surfing them there was big profit in it.
kansas has in the neighborhood of
10000 farms, 1.O5O,000 horses and s.
900 tractors" says the report, AN av-
erage of about six horses to the farm
and one tractor to every thirty-six
farms
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
Tobacco Ration for Soldiers.

With the American Army in France,
May 23.-Tobacco, which heretofore
has been purchased by the soldiers or
issued by the Red Cross and other
agencies, viii be made a part OF the
regular rations on the recommends
ton of General Pershing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
Storm sweeps WISCONSIN.

Madison, Wis, May 23.-Ten per-
sons are known dead today and at
least fifty injured as the result of a
tornado, which swept Richland, Sank,
Dane and Iowa counties in Wisconsin
last night, causing approximately 1
million dollars property damage.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
Hold Another Nonpartisan Man

Fargo, n. D, May 90. W. Brintou
OK st. Paul, general manager OF the
Consumers United Stores Company,
e Nonpartisan League enterprise, was
placed under arrest in Fargo today by
q United States marshal, charged
with violation OF the Espionage Act
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
An American Cargo Ship Sunk.

Washington; May 21-The Amsrf
can cargo steamer J. G. Mccullough
has been sunk by a mine or torpedo
In foreign waters, the Navy Depart
ment today was advised It was re-
ported that all hands we're saved ex-
cept Engineer Doughty.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Twelve K. U. students qualified for
licenses in the commercial radio ser.
vice at examinations held in Kansas
City, Kas., recently. One Of the twelve,
Katherine Oder, a freshman in the
University of Kansas and a Lawrence
girl, is the first woman west Of Gin
cinnati to make the high rating in the
radio service. Six K. U. students re-
ceived a grade Of and the other six
placed in grade 2.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Announcement was made at the
fifty-third annual commencement of
Ottawa University, Baptist school
here, that Miss Mabel Dale, a 17-year.
old girl of Oklahoma, had given $685..
900 to the schools endowment fund.
It will be used for the erection of a
library to be known as the Dale Lii
brary. Miss Dale is a daughter of o.
c. Dale of Yale and a granddaughter
of Judge H. G. Dale of Columbus, Kas.
She is said to receive a very large
income from oil properties in the
Cushing field. Her income last month
was said to be $6S,000
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Between 1900 and 1000 delegates
attended the closing session of the
grand chapter of Kansas, Order of the
Eastern Star, at Topeka. Most Of the
day was taken up in the balloting for
new officers, who are: Miss Matte
Davis, independence, grand matron;
Mrs. Julia Holm, Marysvi1le, associate
grand matron; Mrs. Della Bennett, To-
peka, reelected grand secretary.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Washington. May 21.-Congessional
leaders and Secretary McAdoo failed
today to agree on whether revenue
legislation should be undertaken at
this session Of Congress and a deci-
sion was left TO a future conference.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Argentine High School won the
fourth typewriting contest held by
high schools OF Kansas at Lawrence
by a score of IL. Governor Capper
presented a silver cup to the winners.
Argentine has won thrss of the four
annual contests. Winners on the Ar
gentine team and their records were:
Elizabeth Dey, Argentine, first in the
15-minute contest, averaging 70 words
a minute; Helen Rambo, second, aver
aging So words minute for fifteen
minutes; Halle Davis, Argentine, ad-
vanced class, 100 words a minute;
Helen Rambo, Argentine, beginners
class, SO words a minuts.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
The New Draft BiTI

Washington, May 21.-President VII
son today signed the bill for the reg
istration for army duty Of youths who
have become 81 since June 5 last year
and who become 81 on June 5 hereaf-
ter. Registration win occur June 5.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

The Kansas State Board of Phar-
macy, at meeting to examine appli.
cants for registration as druggists at
Kansas City, was reorganiZed by the
election of Matthias Noll of Atchison,
president, and r. B. Bird, treasurer
Floyd Tilford of Wichita is the new
member OF the board. The fourth
member is F. W. Eastrand. Thirty.
nine applicants took the examination
in Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
u q Ieada Ia siIk Ld-Linn

Washington, May 2O.-The United
States has become the silk manufac-
turing center OF the world as q result
Of the war, which has stimulated the
manufacture OF silk here and I'm the
Far East at the expense Of Europe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Attorney General S. NJ. Brewster has
tiled suit in the Kansas supreme court
to GUST James W. Davis, mayor of
Leavenworth, from office. The date
for hearing Of the petition has been
set by the court for May 25.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

A letter to Gov. Arthur Capper from
the Aero Club of America, which trav-
eled by airplane from New York to
Washington and thence by train to To-
peka, was delivered to the governor
recently. The letter arrived in Tope-
ka forty-eight hours after leaving New
York.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

The H. D. Lee Mercantile Company
announces its Salina overall factory,
employing seventy-five to one hundred
women, will be moved to Kansas City
June Is, and added to the factory
mere. The government has taken all
the product OF the factory.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
The Uniform Won Her Approval.

why, daughter, you never told ne
before that you loved this young
RanF@ ~WeH. mother. didn't know ft
myself until yesterday. / never saw
him with q uniform On before."-Yonk-
srs Statesman
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Governor Capper has asked Judge
R. L King of Marion County to inVes-
tigate and, if necessary, appoint a re-
ceiver for an alleged Stacker farm"
in Banner Township, Dickinson
County, in Judge Kings judicial dis
trict. A county assessor reported one
of the finest farms in Dickinson
County had not been farmed for two
years. The owner declined to farm it
himself or rent it, he Said. Some time
ago Judge W. 1. Stuart Of Brown
County appointed a receiver for a
Stacker farm and ordered the land
titled every year of the war.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
Tornado IL NehraaI,a -.

Norfolk, Eeb, May ga tornado
is reported to have caused one or
more deaths and destruction OF one
church and several buildings At Ne
EEh, Neb., last ntRht
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
Would Draft eovernment cIerks

WouIo uraTt GcVernment CIer(8.
Washington, May 2O.-A bin to re-
quire military service Of all govern
ment clerks OF draft age and their re-
placement by women or men not OF
draft age was introduced today by
Senator Williams Of Mississippi.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
MexIcan snipers KIN = soIdier

McAnen, Tex, Nay 21--Sergt. Her
bert UIrich OF Kawkawlin. Mich. was
killed by q shot from across the Mex
ica1 line near HfdzIgO today -Four
Hexicans we're killed In the return tire.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
Germans Can't Get Ships.

Washington, May pa far-reach-
ing effort by Germany to get ships
with which to gobble up trade after
the war has been uncovered by the
American government.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

W. r. Carter, head OF the Industrial
Institution of Topeka, a negro insti-
tuition, is to resign June 1 at the re-
quest of Governor Capper.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Men called in the selective draft and
members OF the Home Guard organiz-
alton in Kansas are exempt from poIl
tax, S. N. Hawkes., assistant attorney
general ruled recently. The decision
was made in reply to an inquiry from
City Attorney w. o. knight of Gar
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Francis L. Street IS years old, for
thirty-eight years an engineer on the
Frisco Railway in Kansas, died sud-
denly at his home in Neodesha follow
ing a short Illness
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06
10 Renorts q kerensEeY.

Washington, May 2s.lnYestigation
by the State Department has failed 70
verify reports that Alexander Keren-
sky. the former premier OF Russia, had
arrived hera,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

That the United States government
has definitely decided to send ESQ men
men Of the national army to the Uni
versity Of Kansas on June Is for
special training In technical branches
is the announcement made at Law
renee by Dean G. C. Shadd OF the
school OF engineering.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

The sum of $4,000 was voted by the
Kansas order of the Eastern Star as
its contribution to the war fund of
Masonic and Eastern Star overseas
service, which was organized in Wash
ington, D. c., recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

cyclone help him on his way. Cyclones
are always accompanied with rain,
generally so violent as to be called q
"cloudburst." When the air is COM
pletely saturated with the moisture and
a "whiri" Is formed, the heated stra-
tun is not carried to a great height.
The upward current being strong. q
vast mass Of partially condensed va
por is accumulated In the upper end
OF the funnel, SO to speak, until It
finally breaks OF its own weight.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

Clarence Leclerc, a salesman for an
auto agency at Wichita, was found
shot to death near Cannonbal1 road,
four miles west of there. He had been
shot three times. A watch and SIS IA
his pockets were not taken.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-06

PrODity Is the chiefest Of an good
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-29

office ! will promise you faithful
and conscientious service. l feel
competent to handle the affairs of
the office and will devote my entire
time and attention to the conduct
thereof.
Thanking you in advance for your
kind and liberal support l beg to
subscribe myself
Faithfully yours
q MELVIN ALLISON.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-29
To Freed New German Armies.

Out of Germany comes the news
that all persons must marry on or
before the age of twenty. years
Germany is to be made vast
breeding pen.
The suggestion is that the war
lords are planning ahead a genera
ton toward the determination eX-
pressed over and over again by
German writer's that world con-
quest will be delayed not defeated
by failure to win this war. The
process Of preparation is to be be-
gun over again. So Germany must
breed soldiers for another trial and
"der tag of succeeding genera
ton.
There can be no assurance of
safety while the militarists exist
as a power in Germany. That is
evident. The colossal scheme OF
empire thru force and piracy has
commanding men for cannon fodder
as other nations breed hogs and
cattle for slaughter is corrobora-
tive of the avowed purpose of Prus-
sian political economists and con-
quest makers.
Any peace with German that
fails to utterly crush Prussiarism
and military dominance Of state
would be simply an armistice where
in Germany might breed armie.
create new ornaments, devise more
cruelties and plan more shameful
campaigns of frightfulness. Ger
many as constituted is no more to
be trusted than a mad dog. The
safe place to write permanent
peace is in the conquered capital
of Germany Marshalltown Times
Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-29
WEBSTER FOR COMMISSIONER.

1t is the right of any Iowan to
seek Office in the state under the
Iowa PRIMARY system, but Charles
Webster, of Waucoma ought in
rights to be the only candidate for
railroad commissioner to succeed
himself. He is filling an unexpired
term by appointment of the COVER
nor, and should be nominated unan-
imously for full term in his own
right.
Webster is made of the proper
qualities for this Office AS a BUSH
ness man for years engaged in the
shipping of lumber, grain and live
stock, he is peculiarly fitted to
know the desires and rights of
shippers, and he has the proper
amount of backbone to enforce the
rights when they are properly pre-
sented. On the other hand, he is
eminently fair minded, and every
demand made must have just and
logical data before he arrives at a
conclusion. While he has sympathy
for the shipper in many of his
contentious, he believes in fairness
to the railroads, and when a propo-
sition is put up to him, it will find
him eager for full information
from both parties.
While geography shorld not
necessarily make any difference in
the administration of office, yet
northern Iowa, and especially nur.h-
eastern Iowa, ought to be and will
be for Webster almost to a MAJ.
His neighbors know him to be
clean. honest, big business man,
and charming comrade in every
way, and in his recently wider &C
quaintance because of his work as
railroad commissioner and fuel ad-
ministrator, he has fulfilled all the
good things and the excellent re
putation his neighbors have said
of him and given him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-29
CONGRATULATES US
People of Winneshiek, Members of
Red Cross Praised for Fine
Spirit

The Chapter Records-those
treasured testimonials so eloquent
of the spirit of service which
awakened in our land in April,
1917-tells us that the Winneshiek
County Chapter was organized in
May one year ago. The patriotic
people of Winneshiek County heard
the cry for help and, banded to-
gether as followers Of the cross,
they went to the rescue--one month
before General Pershing and his
boys sailed away to a blackened
and saddened land, to a battle field
| for us.
The great work that is being &C.
comrlished by the Winneshiek
County Chapter is doing much to
legalize our right to be known as
truly great people, as worth
fighting for" as the boys in blue
and khaki think we are as big"
as the young private said we were,
as he stood on the platform of a
train, going back to camp after
short furlough. 1t was about six
O'Clock in the evening and quite
dark. Downtown Chicago-its
thousands of Office windows alight-
was a fistful of glowing jewels
piled high and shining against the
black background of night sky. The
young soldier looked and swore a
reverent oath.
"They can't beat that, he said
simply and without explanation.
mot that and all that's back of it,
Isn't it big! That's what were
fighting for, That down there and
everything that's behind it. New
York, Duluth, New Orleans, Chey-
enc, San Francisco, the Rockies,
the prairies-phew! all the peo-
pie in all those places! You know,
when l get over across, no matter
what kind of a jam l may get in
to, some time, badly hit or struck,
alone in the dark, when things are
coming pretty thick, if ! can Just
hold the feel of all that in back of
me, l think I'll manage to holdup |
fine"
And he will. Just west from the
Chicago that this boy looked out !
on lies your Winneshiek County |
and your Winneshiek County Chap |,
ter of the American Red Cross; |
your Chapter, which has gathered |
together 1893 people, old and
young, the weak, the strong, all
with one heart purposes-to be
worth fighting for" to keep the
feeling of Winneshiek County, of
home, back Of the boys when he
finds himself in jam.
And when the boys of Winneshiek
come marching home! In the joy
of the home coming, deep in the
heart warming cheering will sound
a note of great community pride
while the boys were lover there,
5000 miles from home, you never
once forgot them.
We congratulate you for your
fine spirit and hope for your Chap
ter new year of successful Red
Cross work.
Sincerely yours,
LEWIS N, WIGGINS.
Associate Manager,
Central Division.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-29
Consider the Youngsters.

Have you got any youngsters
And don't they, like every other
kidlet, get away from the home yard
once il a while and run a little
loose on the street. Or maybe once
in while your wife sends 'em to
the store to get some bread And
they have to cross the street to get
there, says the Burlington Gazette
Well, how would you like to come
home some night and find that some
careless automobiles had run your
child down? Not pleasant
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-29
THE SHOE BILL.
You Can Still Buy Il $500 or Sl.0O
Shoe, But 4 is u Different
Article Than What You
Used to Get.

At present prices of shoe leather,
the footwear bill has become one
of the heaviest Of the family char
ge5. The man who has four or live
children, all to be shod at perhaps
an average of $500 per pair, has
some burden in this item 1t is
hard to get live children, particular
ly boys, to take any care of their
shoes, They will wear their newest
pair out into the wet and dirt and
mud, thereby drying and cracking
the leather.
There was decided fall in price
of hides this spring, owing to the in
creased amounts Of cattle being
raised. This may be a temporary
fiuctuation. If it continues, shoes
can not be kept at their present
prices. Shoe manufacturing is one
branch of industry that has never
been controlled by any trust.
There are SO many different
grades of leather, and they shade
into each other so gradually, that
you can't establish any uniform
price lists. So you can feel sure
that when a lower cost of leather
warrants lower prices, the SHARP
competition prevailing in this field
will bring down the price of shoes.
You can still buy shoe for 500
or $500 but it is a different article
from what you formerly got. The
leather is cut from the poorest por-
lions of the animals skin, and ii
will quickly crack and go to pieces.
No kind of shoe will wear unless
it is cut from those portions of the
back and sides of the hides that
are firmly knit together with a fine
texture. 1t is so easy to dress up
the poorer materials by blackings
and gums that fill up the coarse
pores, that, most people can not
safely trust their own judgment in
buying shoes. The best way is
to buy some standard make from a
reputable dealer. Advertised goods
can best be depended upon because
no dealer advertises a line unless he
has thoroughly tried 1t out.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-05-29
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