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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13

Portable in Well-ConstrUcted
House.
Is preferable to build more open, and
consequently less expensive. houses In
the South than in the North The best
site for the poultry house depends prin-
eipaIly on the local conditions The
location should have good water and
air drainage. so that the floor and
yards viii be dry, while the house
should not occupy q low pocket or hol-
low in which cold air settles, and IL
should be situated for convenience In
management and adapted 10 the avail
able land Wherever possible a south
ern or southeastern exposure should
be selected. although this is not essen
tial If there is any good reason for fac
ing the house in q different direction
Poultry can be raised successfully on
any well-drafned soil A light loan
which viii grow good grass is well
adapted for this purpose, while a very
light sandy soil through which the wa
ter teaches freely viii stand more in
tensive poultry conditions, but most OF
the green feed for the fowls kept on
such soil VIII have to be purchased.
a heavy clay or adobe soil Is not as
well adapted TO poultry raising, as
such land does not drain readily, and
it is much more difficult TO keep the
stock healthy. Long stationary houses,
or the intensive system, saves steps,
but il is easier 10 keep the birds healthy
and to reproduce the stock under the
colony system, where the birds are al
lowed free range. Breeding stock. and
especially growing chickens. should
have an abundance of range. while
hens used solely for the production OF
market eggs may be kept on a very
small area with good results. The col
Ony house system neceSSitates placing
the houses, holding about 100 hens,
from 200 to $50 feet apart, so that the
stock will not kill the grass. The col
ony system may be adapted to severe
winter conditions by drawing the col
ony houses together In q convenient
place at the beginning Of winter, thus
reducing the labor during these months.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
Origin of German Empire

On the downfall of Napoleon in 1916 the Ger
man states nearly 40 in number, formed sort
OF union, called the German confederation There
was no central government or executive head, but
Prussia and Austria were the controlling powers.
War between them in 1865 brought about the dis
solution of the German confederation and the
formation of a North German confederation, with
Austria left out and Prussia at the head, she
nnnexing or absorbing several Germanic states.
The Franco-Prussian war OF 1Sz0-71 united the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
COMPLETE PAVING is SOUGHT
Only Nineteen Miles Of Lincoln High
way Remain Unpaved In the
State Of Ohio.

There will be improved In the state
OF Ohio during 1913 many miles OF
the Lincoln highway. The plans for
Improvement are so far advanced that
OF the 234 miles IN the state only
10 miles OF the route viii remain
unpaved after the contracts for the
present year are fulfilled Practically
all of the road completed Is Of brick.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
FAVOR SPREAD OF DISEASES
Damp, Poor VentiIated Quarters En-
courage Such Ailments As
RoUp.

prepared By the United States DEPART
ment OF AgTiculture-t
Cold, damp. poorly lighted and ven
tilated poultry quarters favor the
spread OF such diseases as roup. Such
contagious diseases as these are diff
cult and sometimes impossible to con-
troll unless given attention In the early
stages Whenever preventative meas
ures fail. separate sick birds from the
flock as soon as there is evidence OF
disease, and then consult expert advice
10 effect q cure
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13

the hospital Its growth was so uuiet as to Seem
maglcaI- Although more than five million persons
all OF whom, with the possible execution of a few
OF the most militant pacifsts cherish a patriotic
interest in all such Institutions are residing Just
TO the south of it, it attained completion without
the general public being aware of its existence
and was taking care of men who had been across
and been wounded ia battle while most of the
residents of New York continued to regard it as
merely in course of construction.
Every afternoon from two o'clock until four
the high tide of sympathy sets in from the out
side world toward the hospital. It at this
time that armed with letter from the de-
partment I approached the entrance. 1t was nee
esSary to fall in with long procession of women,
most of them burdened with bumpy packages
which contained oranges, apples, bananas, home
made chocolate cakes apple pies, cream puffs and
other articles Of food suitable to the dietary of
invalid and calculated to relieve the tedium
of hospital life.
The wooden city which constitutes the hospital
is set upon hill. Fresh winds sweep over it and
it is flooded with sunshine. Spotless cleanliness
and perfect order prevail from end to end of
at the end of prytng visit might very well sigh
and admit that men even keep house better than
do.
It was due to the initiative of Columbia univer-
sity that this large hospital so soon estab-
lished The university idea was to organize and
thoroughly equip hospital for the use of Amer
lean troops, which hospital construction and all
should be put up in New York and afterward
carried across the The hospital was to
be Differed by physicians from the College of
Physicians and Surgeons. the medical school of
Columbia university
Ground for the hospital broken May 49,
little more than a month after the declaration of
war The first building finished in June.
But when the hospital offered to the govern
ment in July it decided that the project of
transporting the plant, buildings and all to France
was impractical and that the hospital would
a very useful purpose if it remained on
Columbia Oval.
inal plan presented by the university. The
government has since increased the number to
60, but the type of buildings has remained the
same. Each building is long, low rectangle one
story high and with the sides made up so largely
of glass that all the wards resemble sun parlors
The executive building is two stories high but
it, like the Others Is of the simplest possible con-
struction implanted without and upholstered with
in The buildings lined with heavy paper
with the object of making them warmer Other
wise they are as simple the wooden sheds
GERS training camps.
The entire group of buildings is somewhat in
the form of the letter II. the executive building
serving as the cross piece of the h.
On the second floor of this building are the
executive offices of the hospital, simple as the
other parts of the institution. The office Of Ad-
iutant Dean F. Wfnn, fitted out mostly with IN
painted furniture constructed by the enlisted men.
is at one side and next the offices of Col.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
HEAD LICE ON YOUNG CHICKS
Where Pests Are Discovered Head and
Throat Should Sc Well Creased
With Pure Lard.

One great trouble with young chicks
IS head lice, with which they are apt 10
be infested A thorough examination
Of the head and throat OF every chick a
day or two old should be made, and II
any OF them are found TO be infested
give the head and throat Of the whole
brood a thorough greasing with pure
lard, which viii put an end to the
lice
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
COUGHS and Pneumonia.

Coughs and pneumonia from dusty
beds may incidentally be prevented IL
IOuse-jnfeSted beds are oiled Breath
ing dust may cause death from pneu-
monia and certainly renders hogs less
resistant to cholera
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
Point overIooked vvitb Sheen.

One point that many farmers over
look in handling sheep is that they
should have a change or range every
few years. After sheep have ruA on
one pasture for a period they VIII de
better If transferred to new range.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
Chicks.

Every chick Matched is an egg taken
from consumption Every chick lost is
an egg and quantity OF feed used to
no purpose. Every chick raised adds
either eggs or meat to the nations
feod supply.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
settinn Out onhznd

When the orchard is set ont every
tree should be formed so there win be
no crotches; no limbs should be nearer
than eight inches to each other but
should stand ont as near horizontal as
possible to the main body.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13

South German states with those formerly of the
north German confederation and resulted in the
establishment Of a new German empire, with
the king OF Prussia as hereditary head and titu-
lar emperor. William L first of the Hohenzol-
lern line, crowned German emperor at Yer
sailles, France, on January Is, 1871.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
Keep Drinking Vessels Clean.

Placing open drinking vessels on q
shelf a foot or more above the floor
prevents the hens from scratching
coarse litter into them. but does not
keep out fine dust which floats in the
air and settles in the water.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
Turn eeese Inc poIIara

There are many ways OF turning
geese into dollars. to say nothing ok
the pillows and feather beds we an
make from the feathers
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
In Darkest Europe.

First Learned Chinaman-What is this zap
hank read so much about In the papers?
Second, Ditto-Yaphank? It's either one Of
those measly Balkan states or else the latest
province Of Russia.-Purple Cow.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
An Incredible Feat

He proved himself a young man of remark
able erudition'
"Yes7"
He filed out both his QUESTIONABLE and his
income tax blank without Observation-Disclosures
Express.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
safety for the coaI Din.

'9The scarcity OF coal has Hghtened NV cares
IL one respect" remarked Mrs. CrossIots
What is thatT'
81 never have to worry about whether nv hus-
band has locked the basement at night"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13

in q wheeled chair
propelled by a khaki
clad cOmrade.
Less than a year
ago there was moth
ing but vacant ground,
used as an athletic
field by Columbia uni
versify and known as
Columbia Oval, where
[ h e hospital now
stands, says a writer
in the New York
World. Today a wood
en- city occupies this
ground. In part this
city testifies to the
ready patriotism Of
Columbia university
and in part it is a
monument to the eff
cheney of the war de-
partment. A modest
distaste for publicity
is characteristic of
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13

TENTS of this hospital have been members of the
American expeditionary force, and OF those who
have been overseas duty many have returned to
this side because they found unfit for active
service rather than for treatment OF wounds
Nevertheless this country comes more closely
into touch with the actualties of this lit
tie stretch of road where the men sun themselves
on pleasant days than anywhere else on this side
o. the Atlantic.
Sometimes man with leg makes his way
along the road adroity balancing himself on
crutches sometimes it is a sturdy lad with his
arm in sling or his head bound I'D There are
eye cases and men otherwise wounded, and here
and there in the procession soldier comes along
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13
Great Amy Hos
Dital in New York
Already Filling
With The Soldiers
From Battle Front

closest link with the
battlefelds of Europe is the
United States army hospital No.
1, situated at Gun Hill road and
cambridge avenue, the Bronx,
New York. Down the path from
the hospital to the Gun Hill sta
ton of the subway limp wound
ed soldiers who are entitled to
be ranked with veterans of the
west front. They are in the
minority as yet because not more
than three-quarters of the pa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-13

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
The evening world., 1918-04-05
LONG, HARD WAR
BEFORE VICTORY,
GEN. WOOD SAYS
Must Be No German Peace Is
First Caution of Return
ing Commander.

Major Cen. Leonard Wood. u. 8. A.,
opened for the Manufacturing Per-
tuners Association Of the United
states last night the notebook Of his
tour Of observation along the western
front. For the nrst time in any pub
lie detail since his return he spoke
at the twenty-fourth annual banquet
OF the organization at the Hotel Bit
more.
Gen. Wood pictured an enemy
-nldlied In war. trained in arms,
wonderfully we'll led, brave and en-
during" an enemy stu far from ex-
haustion. lie called repeatedly for
-shole-hearted support OF the Govern
msnt, without regard for parties or
for classes IL tho war was TO be won
on the other side and not fought out
on this side later on.
"There must DO no German peace"
be said in conclusion, with another
war following on tho heels OF this,
There must 10 peace based on tho
terms OF decisive Victory. Back the
Government a. the Limit. and winl"
Burton A. Bush was POSTMASTER OF
the banquet. His introduction brought
the 300 men and women present
cheering TO their feet. Gen. Wood
said. In part:
ait is going TO be a hard war, and
10 is wicked to mislead .ou people
The evening world., 1918-04-05
LUMBER DEALERS
ORDERED TO STOP
UNFAIR METHODS
Federal Trade Commission
Ruling Affects Nlnety-seven
Western Concerns.

WASHINGTON. April B.-The Fcd-
oral Trade Commission to-day ordered
ninety -sevcn lumber companies in the
West TO desist from unfair methods
Of competition. Tho order applied
also 10 Luke w. Doycs. . Minneapolis
detective.
Procuring by bad faith or subter-
fuge Of Information intended only for
bona ode customers OF mail order
houses. furnishing 10 Platt d. wIlker
Of Minneapolis publisher of tho
Mississippi Valley LumboTman. OF
name Of persons selling to mail order
ncern 20 enable him 70 interfere
with tho free purchase Of supplies by
those concerns the employment OF
Boyoe 10 obtain the business secrets
Of mail order firms and the following
Of mail order salesmen 20 embarrass
them In their business dealings were
forbidden in the future by the COM
mission
Walker and the Lumbsrman Pub
fishing Company recently signed a
stipulation Of facts in cases against
them and an order was entered re-
curing them to deslst from practices
complained of.
In the cases OF tho Interior Lum-
Der Company of Minneapolis. the
Mayhem and Isabel Lumber Com
pany OF Uvalde, Tex. and the Rob-
ertson Lumber Company OF Grand
Forks. N. D.. the orders arc to cease
and dosist from obtaining unfairly In
formation regarding lumber prices
and quantity which mail order houses
nave prepared for prospective pur-
chasers. Tho oth0r ninety-four Arms
and Boyce were ordered TO abandon
forever the Same practices.
The evening world., 1918-04-05

into believing that II Is going to DO
an easy war. 1t Is going TO be n war
that is going TO try your very souls,
that will mako you realize what war
Is as our allies have learned to re-
olize. They know what this war IL.
They want US. they want us as
quickly as WI can 20 to them. II Is
men and not words they want, and
guns and the munitions OF war. II
we are going 10 be effective we must
be efficient. The maintenance OF lnef-
ficlency In regard TO anything con-
neeted with the war Is treason 10
our allies and to tho cause. And Il
means that our men are going TO lie
In tho heaps OF tho unnecessary dead
In numbers which could be- avoided
and will be avoided IL we conduct
THIS wal with the efficiency OF which
We are capable.
I'VE are not going over 10 win the
war single handed-don't talk about
That We are going e to help the
men who have been holding this tre-
mendous force successfully for four
years TO help win the war.
The burden upon us In going 20
be IA heavy one.. We are equal 20 il II
we put our best into II. and we must
put In II everything we have. not
only OF men n OF money and ma
terial. but everything OF spiritual In
huence and moral character-every-
thing that we have got. Every man,
every woman. every child has some
thing to do. We can all serve somo-
how or In some way.
"Thls Is not a var for the SNUG
trlfler or tho SNUG politician or the
SNUG profiteer. We n do as wei
as any men on earth, but We must
DO ready; and the preparation must
be serious preparation. Men who are
going TO die have tho right TO the
highest degree OF efficiency In the
way OF everything that pertains &C
their armament, their equipment and
their protection.
"Our men v q there nrc n good lot
They are entitled to the best we car
give them. They are going over the
top: many OF them are not going e
como back, and they are going FOR
you. You ask what you can do al
home? You can back up the Red
Cross; II is doing splendid work every.
where. You can support, and support
cordially. the Y. Nj. G, A..
you cal look out too for the fam
flies the soldiers have left behind, and
see that they are humanity and de-
Gently cared for. You ask what you
can DO. Good God! there is something
for every one of US"
The evening world., 1918-04-05
VALUATION To Be FIXED
ON TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
Commerce Commission Orders In
quiry to Assist 1t in Passing
on Rates.

WASHINGTON. April 5.-The Inter
state Commerce Commission to-day
ordered an investigation OF the physi-
chi valuation OF forty-five telegraph
and cable companies property and Of
their financial condition. similar to
the valuation proceedings OF railroads
under way for several years.
The inquiry Is understood to be un-
dortaken principally to assist the
Commission in passing on rate ques-
lions. and includes the Postal Tele-
graph Company and n number OF its
subsidiaries. the Commercial Gable
company Of New York, the Maekay
Telegraph and Cable Company, with
several subsidiaries; the New York.
philadelphia and Norfolk, New Eng
land. the Kansas. American District.
the Lehigh. and Chicago. Milwaukee
and lake Superior Telegraph Compa-
nles. The Western Union is not in
cluded.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
Safe Home Treatment
for Objectionable Hairs
(Boudoir Secrets)

The electric needle is not required
for the removal of hair or fuEE, for
with the use of plain delatone the
most stubborn growth can he quickly
banished. A paste is made with water
and a little of the powder. then spread
over the hairy surface. In about 2
minutes IL is rubbed of and the skin
washed. This simple treatment not
only move the hair, but leaves the
skin free from blemish. BE sure you
get genuine delatone.-Advt.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
THEFT IN CHURCH CHARGED.
Girls Purse with s55 stolen while
AttendIng ServIce.

while Miss Margaret Cook NJ No. 23o
West 105th Street was attending eve
ming devotions last Tuesday at the Holy
dam Avenue. she snw a man take her
pocketbook containing SIS. Not want
Ing to create a disturbance In church.
she said nothing then, but later gave a
description OF the thief to Mgr. Curry,
the pastor. He reported the theft 20
Police Commissioned Enright. Detective
Amsterdam Avenue arrested an elderly
man who said no was william Black
stock, and his address as No. 1888 Eas,
7Sd Street Ho was Identified this morn
ing by Miss Cook.
Blackstock denied the theft. A saw
ings bank book. II Is said. showed nc
mIade a deposit Of S55 on Wednesday.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
EXCLUSIVE CARLTON CLUB
OPEN TO u, S. OFFICERS
Gibraltar Of London Clubdom"
Invites 20 American Fighters to
Become Honorary Members.

LONDON. April "a committee OF
the exclusive Carlton club has asked
Ambassador Page to nominate twenty
officers OF tho American Army and
Navy for election as honorary members.
Known as tho Gibraltar Of London
clubdoR. the Carlton has maintained
Its eKclusiveness and conservatism In
the face OF everything. No member Is
permitted TO Introduce a guest. no mat
ter what his nationality or rank. Many
prominent men have been rejected for
membership. The clubs present action
is taken as a high compliment 20 the
American ArmY md NaVv.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
GEM DEALERS PROSECUTED.
Eighteen in Paris Accused OF Sell
ing 20 Germans.

FARIS, April b,-Elghteen Partisan
dealers in diamonds arc Under prose-
cution on charges OF trading with the
enemy. Important quantities OF precious
stones, II Is said, have been sold by
Paris dealers through Swiss agents to
Germans. tho latter explaining their ex-
%tensive purchases Of the gems as being
due TO tho fact that they were easier
to hid from the tax gathererS than
other property.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
Creel watchman's slayer Claim,
Self-Defenae.

WASHINGTON. April b.-c1aiming
self-defenss, William Clements. negro
janitor at the Committee on Public In
formation. was under arrest here to-day
charged with killing James w. King.
committee night Waterman. Clements
surrendered and confessed. according to
the police. hat he shot King in self
defense after an argument.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
FlREBUG BURNS CANNERY.
100000 Loss at Osborne Plant Near
Rochester.

ROCHESTER,. N. Y, April S.--I1re
early to-day destroyed tho five build
ings OF tho W. II. Osborne Company
canning plant at Honeoye Falls. twenty
miles from this city, involving a loss OF
500, 600. II the buildings were stored
$50. 900 worth OF seed peas and $4,000
worth OF seed corn.
United States Marshal John d. Lynn
was notified by village officials that
they believed an i~ncendlary was re-
sponsible for the fire. He will order
An investigation.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
PACIFIC STEAMER SUNK.
No Loss of Life IA Wreck Of the
Tees.

A BRITISH COLUMBIA PORT. April
5.-wrecking and relief steamers left
here to-day for the scene OF yesterdays
wreck Of the Canadian Pacific Railway
steamer Tees, which was reported late
last night to have been sunk, without
loss Of life. near Vancouver Island. The
vessel struck Va rock and sank shortly
afterward. the reports said.
The steamer. a steel passenger ship OF
s79 tons. operated for years between
British Columbia and Southeastern
Alaska ports.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
ANTI-SNEEzE CAMPAIGN ON.
GprEas Also Urges Protection oi
others From Coughs.

WASHINGTON. April "a publicity
campaign TO protect the soldiers and
the general public against spread Of
respiratory diseases caused by promis.
cuous coughing, ~sneezing and splitting
was announced to-day by Surgeon Gem
eral GorRas. A series OF slogans urging
people to use handkerchief during the
processes OF coughing. Bneezing and
splitting will be published in newspapers
and by mans OF other advertising me-
dlums.
The evening world., 1918-04-05

Young Richard Mansfield. whose
death from spinal meningitis was re-
ported yesterday from the aviation
training camp at San Antonio. Tex.
was a son OF tho late Richard Mans
Held, the actor. and was himself pos
sessed OF much dramatic talent. lie
had appeared In many amateur per-
~formances, and recently made his
seml-professional debut at tho Pitt
Theatre, Pittsburgh, in Tho Man
Who Stayed Mt Home" His last APP
p~earance on the stage was in THE
Drawing OF the Sword" in connec
ton with the Red Cross pageant.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
NEGRO SOLDIERS EXECUTED.
Two at Camp Logan Pay Penalty
fer Guards Murder.

HOUSTON. Tex. April 5.-Privates
John II. Mann and Walter Matthews
(colored) were executed at Camp Jo-
gan this morning for the murder Of
Private Ralph NJ. Foley. Company q.
i30th Infantry. The killing Occurred
Feb. l3 when the negroes escaped from
The evening world., 1918-04-05
Twenty-three West virginia High
schools Drop German.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. April g.
Tho German language. Al a course OF
study. has been dropped by twenty
three West Virginia high schools In the
last year. according to tho annual re-
ports Of principals received by the State
Department OF Schools.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
FUND FOR ToLSTOpS WIDOW
BOishevtki Grant Countess 10000
RubIcs u Year.

LONDON. April 6.-Ths Bolshevlk
Government. according TO a Reuter- de-
spatch from Petrograd, has voted n
yearly grant OF 10000 rubles 10 Countess
Tolstoi. widow OF Count Leo Tolstoii
for the maintenance OF the family estat
at Yasnaya pllana.