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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

The Kaw Valley Transmission Co.
OF ST George, with its rural lines,
has been taken over by the Riverside
Light and Power Co. of Abilene. The
company has this week extended its
lines to Brookville, giving it its first
electric service, and will soon be in
Westmoreland and Louisville, in Pot
tawatomie county.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21
Germany Has Brought peace"

The City OF Mexico. Nov. 1S.-The
German paper, FL Democratic, publish
ed an extra stating all German houses
displayed flags because Germany had
given peace 70 the world
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

"Do you believe in long engage
ments?" asked the domestic man OF
his cynical friend.
AYes, indeed" was the reply OF the
confirmed believer IN single blessed
ness. ~the longer the better"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21
ImnossihIe
exposure

Funny, isn't it9"
Hurry up and get it out of your
system"
"a fellow can't get the cream Of the
jokes by Ekinaing over 8 funny pa.
per-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21
PhotearaphIeaIlY speakina.

The PrudeAJust look at that girl
with the low-Decked waist and her
skirt up to her knees. Isn't she a pic
ture now? Isn't she7
The Other-Yep. sort OF a double
exposure
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

Evidently the burglars breaking into
the Wineland hardware store in Belle
vile recently, wanted to be well arm
ed, from the amount of firearms taken
by them. These included seven re-
volvers, two Winchesters, one shot
gun, in a red leather case and four or
five dozen pocket knives, besides 2
large amount of ammunition. A Colt S
six-shooter, carried twenty-five years
ago by Fred Wineland, the proprietor,
while he was a cowboy in the west
and highly priced by him, was among
the booty secured The goods stolen,
it is estimated, would invoice at least
$3.50.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

A telegram from the War Depart
ment advised Mr. and Mrs ". J.
Ateheson. OF Ottawa, that their son,
Earl Atcheson. "a years old, OF the
Eighty-ninth division, was missing "a
action September 1s,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

Mrs. Mary A H. Linley, widow OF
J. A Linley. died suddenly at Atchi-
son the other day. aged 70 years. She
was born in Kentucky and had lived
in Atchison fifty-three years She
was the mother OF Charles LfnIey
cashier Of the First National Bank
there.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

washington. Nov. 1s.@The United
States, with the Allied governments,
today took up the problems OF peaes
and reconstruction
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21
Attire

Attire.
.eWhy do women insist on wear
ing"
"Stop, john" interrupted the wom-
an who is kind but firm. ST won't
hear any criticism of my sex's apparel
until you explain why so many men
wear collars and suspenders in hot
weather.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

discovered aong IN lolo'
M Long before that he had been wOrshiped by Aecs Later
6 bird a king So
SAG Europe in 1914
<SG asc was to have but one in dsh But he speedily multiplied
at feast of the sergeants at arms in london
Turkeys that period We're mentioned in connection with cranes
feast the meantime they were more than plentiful their nome @
n E 10 sen TOT b: SIX 1 dup aI rkaT weighing
about twelve pounds could be bought by good shopper the
much But it must be remembered that six cents IN
the n1ezn
of
vivid
marvellous Puritan ah was
Honduras turkey. -.-
United States
is
bad for his health It Obscu beauty
It believed at that all the turkeys the world have
ut been deScbd the Mexican bird and the lated
The turkey which was h[ n 9 INTO O It may h tee
of their scattered stations in the great
marriage
turkey
generally employed to describe this turkey It is somewhat
This is thought to be the species that the early
pumae
turkey S S 4s asS 1eSs s than 1ns
~itn gold
called the hs sa when its osta is ndmttsay purely
reasons given by those deeply problem
choice In the first 1T stated that
great territory the Aac continent called Turkey the
OF
with
due 10
off,
plentiful that
the wild turkey cooked butter
regarded with favor by the red one to judge the
blowing which uttered
Being thank thee that have obtained the of legs
gain that an turkeys"
Of
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21
The Difference.

where's the pretty young actress
we met last yearT'
''She's starring"
sand what became Of the young fell
low who was so much In love with
herr"
'sRe's incoming"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
GREAT OUTLOOK FOR WHEAT
Prospects for the Crop in Kansas Have
Not Been Equaied for Sew
eraI Years.

The wheat outlook, according to the
November crop report issued by Ed
ward c. Paxton, field agent OF the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture, has not been equaled since 1913
and at present is better than that
year. Ideal weather for wheat growth
and development prevailed during Oc-
tober. Cold and snow in the north
western section, the report says,
abated the grasshopper pest. Much
of the acreage destroyed by hoppers
has been resown Seeding is con-
tinuing in the western section.
The average yield of milo, kaffir
and feterita is rated at SO bushels per
acre and the states production at 49,
100000 bushels. The total production
OF grain sorghums forage is estimated
at 4,5O3, 600 tons.
The potato production in Kansas
this year is placed at 4,24O,0OO bush
els as compared with 4,446,0OO last
year. This is an average yield of fif-
ty-three bushels per acre The Kan
sas apple crop was almost strictly
confined to the commercial orchard.
The commercial production is esti-
mated at 35 per cent of a full crop,
or 364, 1000 barrels. The quality is es-
timated at So per cent normal.
Kansas this year produced 100000
gallons Of sorghum to supplement the
sugar shortage. Sugar beets in the
Garden City section have made re-
markable development in the last
month and the condition is rated at
IS per cent at time of harvest. The
sugar output for Kansas bids fair to be
more than double that of 1917.
The 1918 Kansas corn crop, esti-
mated at 49,O45,296 bushels, is only
about one-third of the average Kansas
crop and, with the exception of 1913,
it is the smallest corn crop the state
has produced in the last forty years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21
Locke Ike Il

"Was that a marriage OF convent
enceT'
SIT seems to be. He couldn't afford
an automobile, and she couldn't pay q
chauffeur"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21
The Fruit of IL.

"She's q regular peach
sBut she got a lemon in the matri-
moniaI market"
what a pair l''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

All of His Efforts Go Toward the s48B
Development OF Flavor
of
legs and run so % E t fSt nay we Ee anages when we
hunt of flying they
this tn:
By the Indians e9py his Written in
lowed the turkey tracks until they came upon flock and then partially
o the
Among the Indians children expected to kill turkeys with their
out with such force that being directed at the eye the
y n 6[Tught h him d" WI Children as Young V a 6
were SOMETIMES oo IN n So"
trees Tey s1nt IN e gE S @ @ the same sUot
were in the act Of getting these roots
In Virginia the This built the
ana leading to it was long train Of corn The trap was simple
M logs laid one upon another and having rough rails laid aeG
pen In this trail
the BRIGHT n % e food tn h destruction the turkeys
intelligence when it comes to penning him up
why BENJAMIN
writer describing th SHOOTING the latter half of the nn
@ wing which in the mouth Of expert be made to reproduce per
horsebaG In virginia according to old wter this Was not
Though gaIoDed 1.-THE
they took eht The constant practice of forefathers shooting
half OF the seventeenth bad shot he missed
the huP b 4Pd the practise of Turing the TURKEYS nng
Of the United States department
formerly
speaking not
being subject
likes
of meal including the following
fly U h e Ges t 9uandss d 1ee ps
caEfns and FIVE hundred seeds Of tick refo The domestic u
keys habit of hunting gashoppers and worng tobacco shows that his
turkey
that the mother bird among the Wild turkeys thoroughly the
a
according pOults
powIers
their wild
artificial
greatly prefer tall roostg place
easy OF
In of the
terrible sco of backeads etc and the depreaons of the niebt raider
frequently high Nevertheless
business in a
bread milk
of
happy able
habitat has been oak forest Nothing is more delicious than turkey
which has
Although
Tex whose annual f t INK N Yo naTEets s @ ft nousanG
daughter able
of fashion principally through the
ing of turkey brood
100000
ducers
its turkeys produced only 5000 But the quality
prices other of the
ought to be enough about turkeys to get up pretty good
petite for
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

The government is getting ready to
offer the returned soldiers work in
the building Of roads. W. C. Mark
ham, secretary OF the Kansas High
way Commission, received a telegram
recently from the Department OF Ag-
ricultuTe asking for an estimate on
the number Of men Kansas could use
in road construction next year The
Department of Agriculture is planning
TO offer work to men returning from
France and wishes a detailed state
ment OF the amount OF work to be
started in Kansas at the close Of the
war.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

The influenza plague exacted a toll
CT five in one household at Mineral,
within five days The first 20 be
stricken we're the infant twins Of Mr..
and Mrs. Gabriel Sofia Mrs. Sofia
and her 2-year-o1d daughter became III
and died shortly after being removed
to hospital at Pittsburg- Jerry Bond,
an uncle. who lived with the Sofia
family, was the fifth member OF the
household to die from the disease.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

Ralph Franklin, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
". D. Franklin. OF Horton. has bean
commissioned IN enzi<n in the aavE.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-21

ENOR DON brilliant before
discovered Mexico, 1913.
when his religious honorable
bird of honor banquet of SO
introduced
81 Europe in 1541
the which eces
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05
OMAHA TO BOOST
MISSOURI RIVER
AT WATER MEET

Omaha will send a delegation to the
convention of the Mississippi Valley
Waterways association at St. Louis,
May IA and IS. R. B. Howell, J.
Stewart White and Commissioned R.
H. Manley, of the Chamber of Com
merce, will comprise the delegation.
Mr.. Manley expects to 60 to Wash
ington and will stop at St. Louis on
his return trip.
Considerable interest attaches to
this convention, because of the con-
tract the government has just let for
"a steel barges and six power boats
for use on the upper Mississippi river.
This is direct result of the conven-
tion of the association last year, when
an effort was made to get the govern
ment to increase the use of the west
ern waterways.
The Omaha delegation now has
hopes of som. action looking to
greater use of the Missouri river.
While Omaha has a few boats plying
between Omaha and Decatur with
success, an effort will be made to
have the government show more in
terest in the use of the Missouri as
a means Of transportation to relieve
the congestion on the railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

An unique idea of turning trash
into cash" is being materialized by
workers at the Omaha Red Cross sal
wage department., 1909 Harney street.
Many have heard of the work done
by the volunteers and contributed
generously toward making the idea a
success.
The purpose of the salvage depart
ment, affiliated closely with other
branches of the Red Cross, is to make
use of trash, such as books, old
clothes, bric-a-brac, furniture, lamps
and junk, toward the end of raising
funds to carry on its war activities.
Anything from fish hooks to books
on occult psychology is acceptable
at the salvage headquarters,
Much of the goods will be sold out
right to junk dealers, while the better
donations are to 60 at popular auc-
ton.
The complete law and medical H.
brary of the former J. E. Boyd home
was given to the salvage department
to be used in the interest of the Red
Cross. Mrs. Charles Hayward fur
nished a truckload of household fur
niture toward the cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

Since the idea of making use of
undesirable ornaments was originated
six months ago and approved by
Washington officials of the Red Cross,
salvage branches have been opened
in every large city in the United
States.
Frank Burkley, prominent Omahan,
was made director of the local sal
wage department, and has spared
much time to lead the work toward
success.
Mrs. Frank Adams. president OF
the department, spends most of her
time at headquarters, attending to
the management of the place.
A corps of automobile drivers un
der Captain Mrs. Allan Farmer. is
always available to collect donated
goods in any part of the city.
Miss Margaret Riley, secretary and
salesmanager, has become adept in
the trade of dealing with junk buy
ers. Twelve assistant workers change
time in working daily at the salvage
headquarters.
Much work to be done? Indeed.
Each day, truckload after truckload
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

of magazines, junk, furniture. clothes,
undesirable trinkets and \ancient,
dilapidated bric-a-brac are brought to
the headquarters to be assorted and
resold.
Since last January, when the Omaha
branch was started, no less than $50
has been realized daily from the sale
of donated articles.
Miss Margaret Riley is accorded
with distinctive cleverness for selling
anything from blown-out electric light
fuse to an antique graphophone.
So far, five used victrolas, donated
by Thomas Nickel, have been sold.
and a promise that as fast as the ma
chimes are sold, more will be given,
was offered by Mr.. Nickel.
Nearly 100 ladies' sample hats were
given the salvage department by The
lie Chart company, milliners, and al
ready many have been chosen by or
sold to shrewd shoppers. However.
some choice hats are left for the auc-
ton sale.
During the past week the motor
car drivers have been busy going
about the city, making up large col
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

lection of German stems. The vari-
coiored mugs will meet certain de-
struction at the auction sale when
some patriotic individual will bid to
throw the first rock at the group.
Salvage departments in other cities
have been doing an increasing busi-
ness, One city was honored by hand
ing over a monthly average OF 81 900
to the Red Cross, which was realized
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

pleased with the efforts of the
salvage workers, and has shown
a keen interest in the Turning
Trash -Into-Cash" idea.
The salvage department telephone
Douglas 8l23) is in need of any sort
of article, whether it be junk or of
use. A telephone call to headquar-
ters will bring an automobile any
where in the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

from the sale of salvaged goods.
The local department has been en-
gagged in salvage work for four months
and the task is increasing day by day.
More than $500, which resulted from
the sale of junk and other goods dur
ing the month of March, has been
turned over to the Red Cross.
Gould Deitz. chairman Of the local
Red Cross committee. is highly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06

thus got a long start, which we only
now are catching up with We now
know that the enemy did use tanks In
large numbers on May 81, but we 10
not yet know whether he produced any
new types. The German tank Of which
we have particulars is said to be slower
and heavier than our own, and II a new
type was used It probably did not affect
the fighting after the first rush. In all
other respects the Germans seem to have
repeated exactly their methods of March
81. We hear again of comparatively
short but very intense bombardment
carried out chiefly by heavy artillery
brought up at the last moment. Of the
extensive use Of gas Shells of attacking
troops being skilfully brought up so as
to escape observation. and of infantry
assaults in dense mass.
The German methods are often de-
scribed as wooden. and there Is a gen.
eral belief that the enemy works out
his attacks in great detail and adheres
rigidly to his original plan, whatever
may happen. This Is contrary to the
German teaching before the war and Is
not borne out by recent events. be-
lieve the attack Of May 81 to have been
repetition on a larger and more, for.
midable scale of the attack In Flanders.
of April Q, and that. as In the case Of
the Flanders battle. what happened has
been that the enemy skillfully developed
and initial success which was more COM
plete than he anticipated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06
E1TON PAPERS BACK "PEACE OFFENSIVE"-

see how things were done. The next
dav the captain heard that headquar-
ters was planning to send little party
into the German lines to get prisoners,
and he thought II would be a good
chance to go over the top. So he
asked permission to Join.
Joins Raidine Party
There we're nine men and a lieutenan mt
besides the American captain. After
they got into No Mans Land the liaison
did not work properly and the party
found themselves somewhat uncomfort-
ably between the fire of the Boche and
their own trench mortars.
The next day the captain was talk
ing to a group in a support trench He
stepped away to another point and al
most Immediately thereafter the Ger
mans put down a salvo on the exact
spot where he had been standing. killing
three and wounding several others of
the party. The whole post was wiped
out
That night the captain slept at first
aid dressing station near the front
trenches.
About o'clock the next morning
there was a cry. the boche Is In the
trenches :"
The captain went down to see what
was going on. They had one wounded
German officer and were trying to save
his life in the hope of getting infor-
nation from him, The boche had sent
raidins party over for prisoners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06

fore the battlefront cannot at once
be extended northward unless the Ger
mans began to get ready for the at
tack there some time ago, and this we
know nothing.
1t is true the enemy did. during the
present battle, extend the front of his
attack from SoisSons to Noyon. and that
he made considerable progress, particu-
larly on the southern part of this por-
ton of the front. The French lines OF
defense here were, however, to a great
extent turned by the Germans advance
to Scissors, and this made 1t possible
to improvise an attack upon them.
While our Allies have maintained
their hold upon Carlepoint wood. mme-
diately south of the Disc. their lines
between that river and Montdidier have
not been affected ny the enemy's re-
cent advance. The Prime Minister has
told us that the enemy, before the
offensive of March 81, kept both our
selves and the French under a threat Of
attack. It is probable that in order to
make these threats more real the Ger
mans made definite preparations for an
attack on various parts of the French
front. and that the Chemin des Danes
lines were one of these parts.
This would explain the very short
notice of the attack of May 81. which
the Allies appear to have had. IN fact
it is likely that the Crown Princes re-
serves were already up before the Allied
reserves began to move. The enemy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06
13 Germans Repulsed
by Cuspidor Bombing

Special Gable to Evening Public
Ledger
Copyright, 1918. bv NeU York Times Co.
Mexico City, June 6.
Thirteen drunken Germans re.
Gently attacked the American Club
here, rushing an outpost held by
siX.foot Georgia negro.
The Germans advanced singing
German songs, to the second line
Of trenches, the Americans hold
ing the stairway, being forced to
fall back for re-enforcements in
the shape Of British, hastily gath.
,red from the cafe, who rushed to
their support. When heavy artil-
lery was brought into play, the
projectiles consisting of eight.inch
iron cuspidors, the Germans fed in
retreat, leaving three prisoners in
the hands of the police. The allies
returned TO the bar and continued
celebrating King Georges birthday.
When court-martialed, the negro
porter said that if he had had a
razor. he alone would have
whipped all the Germans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06
FORM MORE RY. UNITS
FOR WORK IN FRANCE
Five New Regiments and
Nineteen Battalions Are
Being Completed
Washington, June 6.

Warrington, June 6.
Five new regiments and nineteen bat
talions of railway engineers to augment
those already In France are being COM
pleted under Director of Military Rail.
ways S. NJ. FELTON,. When organized
$4,000 American railway men will be on
construction and operation In France.
Already the task accomplished rs tire.
mendous.
One hundred and sixty million dollars
has been spent for supplies and equip
ment. including 1877 engines. 2o,s3C
freight cars, $4,000 tons Of steel rails
construction Of docks and terminal ia.
ciities
The nine original regiments selecte ed
from chief railway cities have been in
France since August last, helping the
French and building up our own lines
there. The Chicago regiment. originally
listed as the Third, has been dubbed the
Lucky Thirteenth" having been
changed to the Thirteenth on Friday
July 10. landing in England on Angus,
l3, en- route to France and getting as its
first engine No. 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06
NEW SLAV ARMY
GAINS STRENGTH
Soviet Envoy to Switzer.
land Optimistic About
Future
ILLS BEING REMEDIED
BY JULIUS WEST
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1918, by New York Times Co.

Berne. June s.
have Just had an interview with the
councillor of the newly arrived Soviet
legation. NJ. Sgiovsky, and 1t Is the first
one accorded up to the present to rep
resentative of any foreign paper. The
Bolshevik diplomat spoke. on the whole,
optmistically of the general drift OF
events in Russia during the last few
months.
'One of the most promising things,
he said, rs the steady growth of the
new Red army. It's discipline already is
better than that Of the old one. Its
members so far have been recruited
from town and factory workers. who
have not grown stale, like the peasant
soldiers after three years of active
service.
I'VE shall, nevertheless. take meas.
ures to provide for military training ir
villages and towns and all necessary
steps toward raising the fighting capac.
ity OF our new army. which already Is
by no means negligible.
Our greatest dificulty has been the
breakdown of the transport service. This
was the principal cause Of our inability
to resist the German advance after we
had broken of negotiations at Brest.
Litovsk. With our other communica
tions in the state as they were last
February resistance would have beer
quite impossible. Since then, however
the situation has improved for two rea
sons.
Our army has now been completed,
remobilized, which means that the train,
are no longer overcrowded by soldiers
returning from the front or travelling fol
various reasons to and from the front
In the second place, a number Of NUM-
ton works have been converted for tn,
task of repairing rolling stock.
The new, disciplined Red army, too
will not allow joyriding on the part o.
its members The chief difficulties o.
the Government are all bound UP will
the transport problem. Once we hav,
solved that, everything will be mucl
simpler"
What about the situation as regards
the revolution in general?" asked
In Germany. although discomfort II