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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
TRANSPORT SINKS AT PIER
No Loss of Life Although Troops Were
on the America at Hobo
ken, N. J.

Hoboken, N. J., Oct. 16.-Shortly be-
fore the American troop transport
America, formerly the German trans
Atlantic passenger steamship Amer
ika, was about to sail today for Eu-
rope with soldiers and supplies, the
vessel foundered at her pier here
In the early morning dErkness,
while the troops aboard were sleep
ing, the America settled with her keel
in the mud. leaving only three of her
eight decks and parts Of her tunnels
above water
So far as was known up to noon
there was no loss of life Earlier re-
ports were that between thirty and
forty of the crew had persisted after
being trapped in the boiler room
Troops were placed on guard out
side the pier and details regarding the
sinking were denied inquirers- The
cause Of the accident remained a mys-
terry even to Navy Department off
Gals. A theory expressed in some
quarters that water poured into the
holds as a result of uncompleted re-
pairs apparently did not conform with
the fact that the ship was ready to
weigh anchor today for foreign port
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
HAD MADE HOME FOR HERSELF
Come to Think of II, This Little Girl
Had Pretty Much the Right
Idea of Things.

Five years ago an orphanage OF
Indiana placed a nine-year-old little
girl in a home. Always since then
have come glowing reports from the
adopted parents and the superinten-
dent has regarded them so favOrably
that he has made no visits 10 that
home. A few weeks ago the parents
brought the little girl, now fourteen
years old, back to the orphanage so
that she could visit little sister, who
had recently been placed there.
The little girl was happy, but not
nearly so much as were the proud, fOs-
ter parents I'VE wouldn't let her stay
away from US overnight II we didn't
know for sure we'd get her back the
next day" said the father.
One of the home officials cOaxed the
little girl away for a little while and
talked about her new home. ''Oh, I
like it." the little child told her, be
cause they're so good TO me and be-
cause it's my home.
ITS my home because I've made II
that way" the little one finished. "a
home is a place where every one who
shares it tries TO give a little more
back than he takes and I've done that,
so it's mine"-Indianapol News.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
ARE FACING A U-BOAT CRISIS
Sir Eric Geddes Says Submarine De-
fensiVe Is the Weakest Front
of the Allies Now.

New York, Oct 15.-An appeal to
the government of America to expe-
dite the construction OF destroyers
and antisubmarine craft and appli-
ances was made here today by Sir
Eric Geddes, first lord of the British
admiralty, after he has asserted that
the U-boat menace of today is great
er than it ever was"
Speaking at a dinner given by the
Pilgrim Society, Sir Eric said that
within the past few days, he and Vice
Admiral Sir Ludovic Duff of the Brit
ish navy had discussed the naval
situation in all its bearings with Sec
rotary Daniels and Admiral Benson
and that complete unity of view" had
been reached.
ct is with Mr. Daniels full concur
renee that I now make this statement
that there is no greater service than
can be rendered by the civilians of the
United States today charged with that
privilege and duty, than to expedite
the output of destroyers and anti-sub-
marine craft and appliances Of every
description" Sir Eric said.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you ever stopped TO reason why
1t is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop oT
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason Is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfil
the promises OF the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly TO q medicine
a medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as Ike
an endless chain system the remedy Is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, TO those who are IN need OF It.
A prominent druggist says, Take for
example DR.. Rilmer's SEamp-Root, q
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for IN
almost every case II shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy that I know Of
has 50 large = sale"
According 70 sworn statements and
verified testimony Of Thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of Dr..
Kilmer SEanp-Root is due 70 the fact
that so many people claim, II fulfilis al
most every wish IN overcoming kidney
liver and bladder ailments, corrects ur-
mary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism
You may receive q sample bottle OF
S@amp-Root by Parcel Post. Address
Dr. hiimer / Co., Binghamton, n. Y, End
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale
at all drug stores--AdE.
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BIG FOREST FIRE is CHECKED
Burned Area in Northeastern Mime
sofa Scene of BIackened Ruins
-Rescuers Still BaffIed.

Duluth, Mimi, Oct 15.-Information
reaching here throughout the day
from all parts of fire swept North
eastern Minnesota tended to confirm
early reports that nearly one thousand
persons lost their lives in the forest
fires of Saturday and Sunday in this
section At Moose Lake and vicinity
alone the death list is expected to
reach five hundred Estimates from
other districts add between three hun
dred and four hundred more deaths
There is little danger of the smolder-
ing ruins breaking out afresh if
weather conditions remain as they
have been for the last twelve hours,
in the opinion Of relief workers who
returned tonight from the fire stricken
districts. A light wind is blowing off
Lake Superior and whatever fires are
revived viii be blown back over burn
ed sections.
Reports received from inland dis
tricts tonight bring the total Of towns
and villages totally or partly destroy
ed to tweny-eigh. Shortly before mid
night the total Of known dead had
reached $50, with reports from every
O4SAASl SnOhLAS lndl me hOIh VI
bringing in bodies had just begun In
Duluth two hundred bodies had been
received at the morgues, at Moose
Lake 1913, at Atkins AZ, at Harvey 80,
at Carlton Is, at CloQuet Is, at BreaE-
ator Is, and at Brookston 81.
The towns which tonight are re-
ported totally or partly destroyed in
clude: Cloquet, Moose Lake, Kettle
River, Lawler, Adolph, Munger, Five
Corners, Harvey, Grand Lake, Maple
Grove, Twig, Barnum, Mathew, Atkin-
son, French River, Clifton, Carlton,
Brookston, Breavator, Pike Lake,
Pine Hill, Kalavala, Ronald, Salo,
Split Rock, Automba, McGregor and
Warba.
Moose Lake, Mimi, Oct 15.-The
blackened ruins of Moose Lake are
the headquarters for hundreds Of res
cut workers tonight, who, during the
last twenty-four hours, have found
three hundred bodies in the chsTred
No Mans Land from the shores Of
Moose Lake to Kettle River.
Some of the bodies found in this
district have been taken to Duluth
More than two hundred are in inpro-
vised mOrgues. Many are SO black
ened Identification seems hopeless
Local buildings fashioned into hos
pitfalls are caring for scores OF badly
burned men, women and children.
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canterbury,s Famous Ghost.

OF course, Canterbury cathedral haz
its ghosts. If rumor be true the ghost
of the murdered Thomas A. Beckett is
periodically to be seen engaged in that
last deadly struggle of his with the
four Rliscreant knights at the foot Of
the altar, and groans and other queer
noises are reputed to be heard on the
anniversary of his death. The crime
was committed on December 20, 1170,
and the stains of his blood are be
Heved to be in evidence; no amount
of washing ever having effaced them
Pearson's Weekly.
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GERMANS IN FULL
FLIGHT IN NORTH
Retirement on a Tremendous
Scale From Belgium Has
Been Started by Huns.
MOVE RAPIDLY OUT OF TRAP
British, French and BsIgians Are IN
able to Keep in Contact With
the Fleeing Enemy.

With the Allied Armies in Belgium,
Oct. 1.-THE Germans have started
retreat on a tremendous scale from
Northern Belgium. French cavalry is
approaching Thielt, seven miles from
the banks of the Ghent-Bruges Canal.
The canal itself is only ten miles from
the border OF Holland. So fast is the
enemy retreating that the French,
British and Belgian infantry, at least
in the center Of the battle front, have
lost touch entirely with the enemy.
One Of Greatest Victories Of War.
This undoubtedly is one of the wars
greatest and most vital victories. The
gallant little Belgian army, ably as
sisted by crack French and British
troops, now has driven the despoilers
of its country from a large section,
which the Germans have occupied
since the early days of the war, and
has gained positions of such import
ance that the Germans may have to
abandon the entire coast of Belgium.
Deepen the Lille Salient
Moreover, the sweeping advance Of
the Allied infantry, preceded by a fan
of French cavalry, advancing rapidly,
the important city Of Lille and the
great mining and manufacturing dis
tricts of Tourcoing, ROubaix and
Journal in salient which is growing
deeper every hour, and which the
enemy cannot hope to hold.
Narrow Enemy's Escape Gap.
At the Thielt positions the French
cavalry has begun to come into a
country where the ground and roads
are harder, allowing them to operate
more freely. 1t is through this gap
that the Germans throughout the en-
tire Belgian coast system must go if
they wish to save themselves, proYid-
ing, Of course, the advance continues.
incidentally, every yard of advance
here narrows the enemy's escape gap.
Serbia Nearly Free.
Both in Serbia and Albania the En-
tente troops are Kidding the invaded
districts of the Austro-Hungarian and
German contingents IN Albania being
well to the north Of Durazzo on the
Adriatic sea and in Serbia a consider
able distance beyond Nish, with the
enemy falling back toward the frontier
of Austria-Hungary
In the Palestine theater, the British
cavalry has driven far to the north
and northwest of Damascus, having
reached Tripoli, near the Mediterra-
mean coast, forty-fiYe miles north of
Beirut, and HONS, eighty-five miles
north of Damascus.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

1t will be from eighteen months to
two years before il viii become DOS
sible to take out any coal from the
mines in the Lens region which the
Germans damaged to the best of their
ability before they retired from the
city, an inspection of the mining prop
critics has revealed
Final returns from all states show
that 12,966,59 men registered for
military service September II. This
was 1885 in excess Of the estimate
Of 12,77S,F 58 made by experts in the
office OF General CroEder.
The War Department Il pressing
forward as rapidly as it can the aug
mentation of the army and its sup
ply Secretary Baker said, having
been asked IL he had any comment to
make on the German peace note re-
Gently received
The Bulgarian government is pre-
pairing 70 publish documents proving
that the Central Powers failed 10 give
Bulgaria the assistance needed there
by compelling the latter to secure a
separate peace, it has been learned in
Washington.
Secretary Baker has returned from
the Western front with the message
that the Liberty Loan must go over
the top" whatever the result OF peace
proposals This yzs the only com
ment the secretary would make on the
peace oYertures.
The recent sinking OF the steamer
Leinster gave a stunning blow to what
sSer feeling existed in England for a
peace OF reconciliation with Germany.
The affair caused more indignaf
than any submarine exploit since
sinking Of the Lusitania
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MINERS ARE FACING FAMINE

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 17.-Because
four storms damaged the power
schooner Ruby and forced it to return
without reaching the Kushkokwim
river section of Alaska with a cargo
Of supplies, several thousand miners
and prospectors of that section are
threatened with famine before winter
fairly sets in, according to the Ruby's
master, Captain D. s. McAlpine, who
has arrived here.
The Ruby was the only ship sent 10
the KushkOkwim section last sum
Eer, and it is believed to be too late
for another vessel to make the trip
this year. This district suffered a
light famine last year, four white men
and about thirty natives dying OF star
walton before supplies arrived.
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efforts to proceed up the river valleys
and thereby compel the Germans. in
case Of q retreat to Wend their way
obliQuely northeastward instead OF
eastward toward the German border.
Concentrations of artillery are being
made against the American positions
at various places. Gas shells are Lot
being spared by the enemy in mis- eff
forts to hold the Americans in check.
An the counter attacks of the Ger
mans thus far have been withstood by
General Liggett's men, and the Amer
lean artillery is answering the Ger
man guns shot for shot.
Strike Hard in North.
Havre, Oct. 15.-On front Of more
than twelve miles between the Hand
zaeme Canal and the Boulers-Menin
road Belgian and French troops today
captured q number Of towns, large
number of guns and quantities OF ma
teriaIs, according to an official COM
munication issued tonight by the Bel
gian war office.
French Troops Reach Suerres
London, Oct. 15-French troops
have reached Suerre, and are now
believed to be advancing from five to
seven miles beyond Laon, according
to advices here late this afternoon.
The French are approaching the
line Serre-Souche, behind which is the
Hunding line. They are not quite up
to that line in the region of Laon,
end Of the day. The enemy retire
ment was carried out in good order.
Laon Salient Gone.
Washington, Oct 1.-THE German
battle line in France continues to bend
under the attacks Of the Entente Al
lies. But nowhere has it been broken.
The enemy almost everywhere is in
retreat toward new positions. But his
retreat is orderly and the British,
French and Americans are being COM
PEELED to fight their way forward slow
ly in the face of enemy machine gun
detachments acting as rear guards.
Highly important strategic positions
have been wrested from the enemy by
the British and French, while on their
sector of the front the Americans have
further advanced their line on both
sides of the Mouse, obtaining the OBJ
jectives they sought.
The British advance after days Of
hard fighting has brought them at last
to the gates Of Douai, which long has
held back the British from closing in
upon the great bend in the line which
has Lille as its center and which has
been considered by the military ex-
perts as the keystone to the German
defense system through northern Bel
GUM to the sea.
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In Perfect ENGLISH.

Private Speedy, formerly a New Or
leans citizen, and a late arrival In
France, happened TO walk alongside Of
two French appearing girls and re-
marked TO his pal, in a tone loud
enough TO be heard by the girls :
Aren't those two girls pretty?
could learn TO love them" WhereupOa
the girls turned around and one said In
perfect English: For the love Of Nike
cut il out How do you get that way7"
Speedy retreated In great haste
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Eirst Mahouanv Wood-

It is said that mahogany was first
known to Europeans through the fact
that Sir Walter Raleigh, when at Trim
idad in 1895. used planks Of it to re
pair one of his vessels. The samples
thus carried to England were much
admired, but for over 100 years the
wood was put to no really practical
use.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
Good and Bad Men.

Good men can easily see through
bad men, but bad men can't always
see through good men. Perhaps it's
because there's no goodness in the bad
man that the good man can see
through him. and because there is IN
the good man that the bad man can't
see through him.
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coIIisfon Sank British Shin

New York, Oct. 1.-THE British
freight steamer Port Philip, outbound,
was sunk in a collision with a United
States war vessel of Swinburne
Island in the Lower Bay this forenoon.
The Port Phillips crew OF fifty men
was saved.
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the Head,s

fg A acute attack OF Nasal Catzrrh- Per-
sons who are subject 10 frequent -coldg
n the head will find that the uss OF
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE viii
build I'D the System. cleanse the Blood
and render them less Haol6 70 colds.
Rene ted attacks Of Acute Catarrh nay
lead TO Chronic Catarrh-
EATIsS CATARRH MEDICINE IS tax
en- internally and acts through the Blood
~ fFs Mucous Surfaces Of the System
An DRUGGISTS &c Testimonials free
$1,000 for any case Of cztaTh that
p J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio.
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Rlqoer war Allotment Eund.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE War Risk
Insurance Bureau asked Congress to
day for 134 million dollars additional
to pay family aIlotments and allow
ances OF soldiers during the present
fiscal year. Previous appropriations
have aggregated 141 million dollars.
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wear cauze Masl<s "a worI<

Washington, Oct.17.-Many OF Wash
ington's army of young women war
workers appeared today on crowded
street cars and at their desks with their
faces muffled in gauze shields as pro
lection against influenza, q practice
specifically advocated by some bureau
chiefs
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Tribute to Wise Parent.

1t was the policy of the good old
gentleman to make his children feel
chat home was the happiest place in
the world; and I value this delicious
home-feeling as one of the choicest
gifts a parent can bestow.-Washing
ton Irving.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
Keen General Gorcas in service

Washington, Oct. 16.-Recan to the
active list of Maj. Gen. William c.
Gorgas, former surgeon general OF the
army, who recently was retired for
age, and his assignment TO active
duty In the same rank of the medical
corps was announced today by Score
tary Baker.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-24
A Mere rrEhe

Mother-YOu have been naughty,
Waldo and shall have to punish yOu
for it 1 hope you know what mean
when I say you have been naughty
Little WaldO-Tes. mother. Ny
knowledge OF philosophy tells me that
naughty IS the diminutive OF naught.
Meaning. therefore, that you are about
10 punish me for less than nothing.
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Small SONS chixaIrx.

Williams mother is a little over
weight. She had been to school with
him that day, and coming home a
small boy said to William: your
mother is fat" William looked at
him in surprise and said: mo, she
isn't; she's just comfortable
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Five Otranto Victims Die.

Belfast, Oct. 16-Five American sol
diers, T. G. McMauon, J. H. Cavesien,
J. CIenton, E. KnowIton and J. Mar
shall, all artillery men, have died OF
pneumonia contracted at the time the
transport Otranto was wrecked. They
were buried yesterday.
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choIera in RerIin spreads.

Basel, Switzerland, Oct 12--ChoI-
era is slowly spreading in Berlin, not
withstanding the preventive measures
taken, a Berlin dispatch says today
Seventeen cases were reported Oe-
tober s, and fifteen deaths occurred
from the disease
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cufIeura ReautY poeter

For cleansing and identifying the
skin, hands and hair, CuticUra Scan
and Ointment afford the most effective
preparations For free samples ad-
dress, "Cuticura, Dept. <, Boston, At
druggists and by mail. Soap ., ONT
ment . and 5O-Adv.
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Must Safeouard Ballot

There is no part of government
which cannot better suffer derange-
ment than the ballot. If you strike the
ballot with disease. it is heart dis
ease.-Henry Ward Beeches.
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Insurrection snreads in uI,raine-

Stockholm, Oct. 17.-Insurrection is
spreading in the Ukraine and recently
extended throughout the entire gov
eminent of POdoIia, according to dis
patches received by the Politiken-
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To Commission Few LAWYERS.

Washington, Oct 16.-Selection Of
lawyers to be commissioned for the
judge advocate generals department
through application has proved to be
impractical and has been abandoned.
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u. s. Chaser Goes Down.

Washington, Oct 14.-An American
submarine chaser, designated as the
PIG, sank in foreign waters October
9 after an explosion, with the death Of
one enlisted man, and the injury Of
one officer and eight men. One man
also is reported missing.
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Man She Sava It-

Probably conscious superiority is
never more emphatically expressed in
speech than when one neighbor wom-
an says to another. you know how
men are.'-Ohio State Journal.
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Givee civ A. CsIIe-,

Minneapolis, Oct. 1.-THE entire art
collection of Thomas B. Walker, val
ued at several million dollars, was to-
day presented to the city OF Mime
apOlis by NJ. walker.
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London, Oct. 16.-Prince MaximiI-
ian, the new German chancellor. has
resigned according to an unofficial
report from Berlin to The Hague, the
London Dolly Mail said today.
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airs Dauohter INFLUENCE Victim

Falls Daughter Influenza Victim.
FL Paso, Tex, Oct. 14.-Mrs. Carrie
Everhart, daughter of United States
Senator Fall of New Mexico, died last
night Of influenza at Alamogordo, New
Mexico.
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The DIfference

Flat head is quite as bad in politics
as fiat foot is in military life. Not
only that, but so per cent of the fiat
foot cases are curable.-Houston Post.
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Cody. Wyo., Oct. 17-Mrs. Irma Cody
Carlow, daughter of the late Col. ".
F. Cody CBuffalO BID died here last
night following sn attack OF influenza
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4 tiny bottle Of Freezone costs but .
few cents at any drug store, but Is SUI
heient TO remove every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and the
calluses, without soreness or irritation.
Freezone Is the sensational discov-
cry OF Cincinnati genius. 1t is won
derful.-Adv.
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Pedantry consists in the use Of
words unsuitable to the time, place
and company-Co Ieridge.
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MoIly-Were you much upset By the
bank failure7
chOIIy-Yes. lost my balance.
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Chicago VIII give medals to nozk
EEccessful war gardeners.
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LIFT OFF C0RNS!
Drop Freezone on a touchy
corn, then lift that corn
of with fingers

Doesn't hurt a Bit Drop a little
Freezene on an aching corn. instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you LIT
1t right out. les. magici No humbuEg
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Americans in

Probably the greatest resistance of
all is faced by the Americans on both
sides of the Mouse river. Vicious
counter attacks are being delivered at
the men from the United States, the
fierceness of the assaults indicating
that fresh forces have been brought
into the fray to halt their do or die