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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
When Russia Had = Censor.

Mazeppa's revolt against CARBON
was taken so seriously by the govern
ing classes in Russia that until quite
modern times his name was not al
lowed to- be mentioned in print In
1852 a dance known as the 'Mazeppa'
was fashionable in Paris. When a
Russian newspaper had the impru-
dence TO mention this fact Count Schir-
insky. the then minister OF public in
structiOn. severely rated the chief OF
the censorship department for having
sanctioned the publication OF so Objec
tionable an article.-LondOn Globe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Misapprehension.

1.-THE late Sir George Alexander"
said an impresario. '1ived in a $4,000
mansion at Chorley Wood, a village
outside London.
zone day I went by train to visit Sir
George, and, as the train drew into the
little station the guard yelled:
"'ChorIey Wood Choi ley Wood!'
Instantly a head popped out of a
third-class carriage window, and a sur
prised and angry voice exclaimed:
"'Al right, young fellow-that's my
name. Wot's the bloomin' row."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

@EATONTC neutralizes the acids.
that form the painful gases. sweet
ems" the stomach, and gives the gastric
juice a chance TO do its work as It
should.
ITO promote appetite and aid diges-
ton, take EATONIC tahlets-One or
two after each meal They are per
fectly harmless. Eat them Just Ike
candy.
For distress after eating; sour.
%gassy," acid stomach, vertigo, nausea
and belching. and that wretched,
puffed-up. '1umpy" feeling. after over
eating; there Is nothing TO compare
with EATONTC Tablets"
All druggists sell EATONIC - soc
for q large box Watch out for imita-
tons The genuine bears the name
EATONIC on each tablet-guaranteed
to DO all that is claimed; or II your
druggists don't carry EATONIC-se1d
20 Eatonic Remedy Co. Chicago. IL
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
coLoNlsTs HAD LAST LAUGH
Yankee Doodle" Composed by Brit
Ish Officer in RidicuIe, Became
War Song of Free Men.

History tells US the origin OF our
national march-the famous yankee
Doodle" For more than 80 years it
has led us to victory. Few. perhaps.
remember that to an English wit and
musical genius we are indebted for the
old tune. But true it is, although 1T
was composed in a spirit of raillery'
awakened by the sight OF the Yankee
Doodles who came to town" in answer
to General Amherst's appeal To the col
onies for aid.
It was in the summer of 1855 that
the British army was encamped on the
east bank of the Hudson, a little below
Albany.
They were to open campaign against
the French Canadians. and the we'll
disciplined and uniformed troops
awaited the arrival of the volunteers.
In they came, motley crowd, old
men. middle-aged men and young men,
but all with brave hearts beating and
strong arms ready to do battle. Some
were mounted on ponies, others on old
farm horses, taken from the pillow, and
many, with a zeal which knew no ia
igue, hurried in on foot.
Each carried his own outfit and pro-
visions. No two were dressed alike;
there were long coats and short coats.
and no coats at all; there were high
hats and low hats, covering closely
crOppedeheads. or wigs with flowing
curls. In they marched. and the regu-
lar soldiers made merry at their ex-
pense.
Even the officers were not better
hammered, and the surgeon, Doctor.
Shackburg, entertained his friends Eat
mess by playing Yankee Doodle"
which he had composed in derision of
the volunteers.
! Greatly to the amusement of the
British officers, the prOvincials receiv-
ed the tune in good faith, when Doctor
Shackburg gravely assured them that
it was a celebrated air of martial
music" and daily it was heard played
In their camp.
Little did those merry Englishmen
realize that the time would come when
to those ringing notes the same colon
/ lists would march to freedom.
Twenty years later yankee Doodle"
cheered the heroes of Bunker Hill, and
! later still, more than ever endeared to
| American hearts. it was eXultantly
played as Lord CORVALLIS army
marched into Washington's camp at
Yorktown.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
WESTERN CANADA'S
CROPS
Got an Excellent Start. Big
Yields Now Assured.

Never in the history Of Western
Canada did the seed enter the ground
under more favorable conditions. The
weather during the month of April
was perfect for seeding operations,
and from early morning until late at
night the seeders were at work. and
every acre that could be proftably
s0wn was placed under requisition.
Farmers entered heart and soul into
the campaign of greater production.
There was the time and the opportu-
nifty for careful preparation, and as
consequence with favorable weather
from now on there will be a vastly in
creased yield. They realized it was
duty they owed to humanity to produce
all that they could on the land, not
only this year but next as well. In
addition to the patriotic aspect, they
are aware that the more they produce
the greater will be their own return
IN dollars and cents.
In many districts wheat seeding was
completed by the LIST of May, after
which date oats and barley on larger
acreages than usual were planted.
AS has been said, favorable weather
NOAAAIlOAS EOSS1DlS CACS1lSnI
seed-bed preparation, and the seed has
gone into the ground in unusually good
shape. The available moisture in the
soil has been added to by rains, which
have not been so heavy, however as to
Interfere long with the work in the
fields. The grain is terminating read
lily, and on many fields the young green
blades Of the cereal are already show
ing.
An optimistic feeling prevails among
farmers that Western Canada will reap
a record harvest. If the season from
now on is as favorable as it has begun,
these hopes should be realized. Mr.
J. D. McGregor of the Federal Food
Board, who is also an old and success
ful farmer in Western Canada, assert
ed few days ago at Calgary that crop
conditions throughout the Prairie
Provinces were excellent. speaking
generally" he said, "the crops have
never gone into the ground in better
shape than this year, and with an
even break of luck as far as the wealth
er is concerned, there should be an
enormous crop" His present duties in
connection with the Food Control
Board, taking him in ali parts of the
West. Mr., McGregor has exceptional
opportunities of observing conditions
all over the CONTEMPORARIES
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

pound nv husband wanted me 20 Try IL
/ took il fora week and felt little bet-
ter. kept itup for three months, and
/ feel fine and can eat anything now
without distress or Nervousness Mrs.
J. WoRTHLnyE, 2Sz2 North Taylor St.
Philadelphia Pa
The majority OF mothers nowadays
oYerdo, there are 50 many oema1d8
upon their time and strength; the result
Is invariably q weakened rundown
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, iTitabihty and depression-and
soon more serious ailments develop.
1t is at such periods IN life that Lydia =.
Pinkhsm's Vegetable Compound viii
restore q normal heaithy condition, g
g did 70 Mrs. Worthiine.
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No Wonder He Left.

According to the camp pastor at
Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash
ington, camp record blanks have been
found insufficient to accommodate the
address of an Australian who came
indirectly from Spokane, Wash. Jones
was the unassuming name of the in
diyidual, but he hailed originally from
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES erayrn drO-
acknowledgements of the parish OF
NaimigOmshira, near FestiniOg, An
gleseroy, South Wales. When he
joined the army he held a residence
at Waenarlwgdd, Swansea road, Gov
erton, South Wales.-Methodist Cen
tenary Bulletin.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Had Not Studied German.

A twelve-year-Old boy attending an
Indianapolis school has established a
reputation for patriotism. Recently
he started home so full OF American
ism and the trenches that he began
to yell ''Hoch der kaiser" People lis
tened and wondered why the yOungster
was giving forth such an utterance.
Just before he reached the gate a man
stopped him and asked him why he
was cheering for the kaiser. The boy
denied it. THAT means hang the kai-
SER" the boy said. The man put him
right and that night the boy went
over the same route yelling Hang the
kaiser, hang the kaiser"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

The first meeting OF the war board
appointed by the state welfare COM
mission to handle complaints arising
from war conditions has resulted in
an open letter to the women workers
OF Kansas, which in substance said
that 'Wage-earning women and
minors must be assured proper hours.
adequate remuneration and wholesale
conditions.
"AI women workers must be pro
tected against the bad effects Of over
work and unWholesome conditions
not merely as workers whose eff
cheney is needed in the war, but as
citizens upon whose well-being the fu-
ture Of the country largely depends.
AIt win be our purpose to see that
existing legal standards be Tigidly
maintained and where these stan
dards do not justly meet the demands
OF the women workers as above set
out, We purpose fairly and impartial
iy to raise the standards.
''The exigencies of war have
created a tendency on the part of en-
ployers to ignore the rulings of the
industrial welfare commission and to
appeal to the commission for a sus-
pension Of these rulings during the
war. We believe such disposition is
unwarranted and detrimental to the
best interests of the women and in
terferes with the maximum produc-
ton of war supplies"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
nenosit of Mineral saIt

Experts employed in the department
Of biological studies of Mexico have
reported that after careful investiga-
ton of the lands reclaimed by the
drainage of Lake Texcoco, in the vi
cinity OF Mexico City, there have been
rendered available some 100000 OF
tons of mineral salts, including com
mon salt. caustic soda, bicarbonate OF
soda. etc, for all OF which there is a
large demand in the republic In varf-
Gus industries.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
FIND POTASH IN coLoRARo
Richest Vein Ever Discovered In
United States Uncovered by
Trapper.

Longmont, Colo.-What biologists
say is the richest vein of potash ever
uncovered in the United States has
just been found in the foothills a few
miles from this city. The strata was
discovered by a trapper. 1t crops out
OF a rocky fault in the hills, is four
feet thick ar the surface and can be
traced for almost half a mile. The
depth Of the vein has not ben deter
mined. An assay shows the substance
to run 95-1OO Of one per cent potash.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
A MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED
Negro confesses to Killing Mrs. H. o.
Wick and Two Children at
Parsons in November.

John H. Winfield, q negro car
cleaner OF Parsons, has confessed he
murdered Mrs. h. o. Wick and her
two children and attempted to kill
the third child, November Is, 1917.
Following the confession the negro
was removed from the Jail in Oswego
to the state prison at Lansing as a
precaution to any possible attempt at
mob violence.
The sudden clearing OF the mystery
OF the Wick murders came almost as
suddenly as when the slayer entered
the Wick home and killed the mother
and her two little children
The revelation Of the crime is due
the fact Parsons has been terrorized
by a prowIer Two weeks ago a ne
and the police with neighbors gave
chase The negro escaped, but
dropped two revolvers, which later
proved the key to the mystery of the
Wick murders.
The revolvers were turned over to
R. C. Lee, chief special agent for the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad.
The railroad detective was of the
opinion the prowler was the murderer.
The serial number on the reyolvers
and the make of them proved start
ing place for the railroad detective.
In the course of his investigation Lee
traced the revolvers from the factory
to mail order house in Kansas City
and from them he obtained Winfield S
name as the purchaser.
Lee arrested Winfield and confront
ed him with the Wick murders. The
negro at first protested his innocence
but later was broken down by the de-
tective and admitted Staying the Wick
family. In addition, he admitted he
was the proWler.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
IS LATEST FAD WITH GIRLS
Sweetheart Monument at Camp Dew
ems Is Rising by Leaps and
Bounds.

Camp Devens, Aass.-The sweet
heart monument" at this cantonment
is rising by leaps and bounds. Every
girl who has a sweetheart among the
troops here is supposed TO add Rock
OF Love" tc the monument. As the
girls pass the cantOnment they select
a good-sized stone and carry if to the
monument site. where they heave Il
onto the pile. 1t is expected that be
fore the war ends e tremendous monu-
ment Of Love" Will be raised here.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
That siIverx Kind.

Marjorie went over next door to call
on the new neighbors who had just
moved in. When she returned she
said, 'Oh, mother, there is a little girl
named Mary and her grandmother go
ing to live next door to u.s."
Did the little girl tell you 1t was
her grandmother she was asked.
mo, she didn't tell me, but 1 know
it is because she had grandmother
hair"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Palestlne 3 Small ceuntry.

Nearly all the events In the history
Of Israel that are recorded In the Old
Testament happened within e territory
no bigger than the state OF Connect
cut, whose area is $500 square miles,
and into hardly any other country has
there been crowded from the days OF
Abraham till our own so much history
that Is to say, so many events that
have been recorded In the annals Of
mankind
Nor Is It only that Palestine Is really
3 small country. The traYeles eva
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

Al Bennett, "a years old, and Bert
Coleman, 81 years old, both Of Wich-
tia, were injured when q motor car
In which they were riding, driven and
owned by Nose Richmond, also q
Wichita man, collided with a motor
truck in Kansas City. Bennett suf-
fered a fractured hip and Coleman a
possible fracture OF the left leg. They
were removed TO the General hospital.
Richmond was uninjured- He is be-
ing held at police headquarters.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Dandruff and I+ehino.

To restore dry, falling hair and get rid
OF dandruff. rub Cuticura Ointment
into scalp. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
<, Boston" At druggists and by mail
Soap %, Ointment % and 50.-Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Health Coma Eirst

The human body is kept in health by
simple living. which after all is q test
Of fitness for success. Without health
there can be no success. for gain Of
fame or gold will not profit man who
barriers away his health. The wealth
Of the world some day will be judged
by the health and happiness OF man
kind.-Elmer Lee. n. D., in Health
Culture.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

John Taylor Bates, a pioneer Metho-
dist minister in Western Kansas, Is
dead in Salina. He was 70 years old.
In 1850 he crossed the plains for
Pixies Peak in an OK wagon and in the
Civil war he enlisted in the 14Sth I'LL
nois Volunteers, and served until the
end. He retired from the ministry in
1910. The widow and a son and a
daughter survive. The son, the Rev.
]. W. Bates, lives in Kansas City.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

J. B. Anderson, a Salina business
man, has received word Of the death
of his son, Wesley Anderson, 20 years
old, cadet at the Brooklyn navy
yard, OF pneumonia. In January last
year young Anderson and two school
mates, Edward Hardy and Daniel
Lockard, enlisted in the navy at Sa-
lima and were sent to the Great Lakes.
Lockard died year ago at the Great
Lakes. Hardy died at home shortly
afterwards and Anderson was the last
Of the trio.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
PRESIDENT ASKS
PEOPLE TO SAVE
Requested to Buy Only Things
Necessary to Health
and Efficiency.
THRIFT PLEDGE ALSO ASKED
All Citizens Must Be Economically
Adjusted to War Conditions II
Nation Is 90 Play Its
Part in Conflict

Washington, D. C.-To save mate
rails and labor for necessary war pur-
poses, President Wilson appealed to
Americans ito buy only those things
which are essential to the individual
health and efficiency" and to vOlun-
teer on or before June %, National
Thrift day, to invest Systematically in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, or
other government securities.
'SThis war is one of nations-not OF
armies said the president, land all
Of our 100000 people must be
economically and industriaIly adjusted
TO war conditions if this nation is to
play its full part In the conflict.
Pledge Is Sought.
'sThe problem before US is not pri-
marily a financial problem, but rather
a problem OF increased production Of
war essentials and the saving Of the
materials and the labor necessary for
the support and equipment Of our
army and navy. ThoughtleSs expendi-
ture of money for nOnessentials uses
up the labor Of men, the products Of
the farm, mines, and factories, and
Overburdens transportation. all Of
which must be used to the utmost and
at their best for war purposes.
1.-The great results which we seek
can be obtained only by the participa-
ton of young and old in a national
thrift movement. 1 therefore urge
that our people everywhere pledge
themselves, as suggested by the secre-
tary Of the treasury, to the practice OF
thrift; to serve the government to
their utmost in increasing production
in all fields necessary TO the winning
OF the war; to conserve food and fuel
and useful materials of every kind; to
devote their labor only to the most
necessary tasks. and to buy only those
things which are essential to individ-
ual health and efficiency.
"Buy More U. S. Securities"
1.-The securities issued by the treas
ury department are, so many Of them,
within the reach Of every one that the
door OF opportunity in this matter is
wide open TO all OF US.
ST appeal to all who now own either
Liberty bonds or War Savings stamps
to continue to practice economy and
thrift and to appeal to all who do not
own government securities to do like
wise and purchase them to the extent
Of their means. The man who buys
government securities transfers the
purchasing power Of his money TO the
United States government until aftel
this war, and to that same degree does
not buy In competition with the gov
eminent.
81 earnestly appeal TO every man
woman and child TO pledge themselves
on or before June % to save constant
ly and to buy as regularly as possible
the securities OF the government.
1.-THE 2Sth of June ends this special
period OF enlistment in the great vol
unteer army Of production and saving
here at home. May there be none uR
enlisted On that day."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

That future officers and non-com-
missioned officers of the United States
army are to receive their training at
the state university is the announce
ment of the war department to the
university authorities. According to
this announcement, every school in
the country which has an enrolment
of 100 or more students Is years old,
will be made an Officers institute"
Students of these colleges who wish
to qualify for commissions, will en-
list in the army and will be allowed
to remain in school until they are p
years old before they are called into
the service. The plan of the war de-
partment is for the individual to serve
his country by going to college and
attending military science work at
the same time. Because the men are
worth more to their country with a
college training than without, they
will be allowed to remain in the col
lege until cal1ed-Which is to be not
earlier than the age of 81 years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

George Hegener of Chicago, a car
penter, was killed by a fall of forty
five feet while working on an Atchi-
son elevator. His right lung was
pierced and there was q fracture at
the base Of the brain. He was IS years
old and was employed by the BurreI
Construction Company.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Easy System.

81 am in favor of government own
ership for everything"
"Why2"
sThen all you'll have to do II service
isn't up to the mark Will be to write to
your congressman about It"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

stantly feels as ne moves about that
it is a small country. From the heights
3 few miles north OF Jerusalem he
sees. looking nothward, a far-oR sun
NIT carrying snow for eight months In
the year. It Is HermOn, nearly 10000
feet high-HeFmon, whose fountains
feed the rivers OF Damascus.-Na-
tional Geographic Magazine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

efckly most O. WS
time / went % Q
doctor and he said
] had nervous mdi-
ges6on, which adj
0ed TO my weak
condition kept ne
worrying most OF
the time and he
said If ! could not
stop that, I could
not get wei. I
heard somuchzboue
LydiaE. Pinkham's
"---&.Ar g.
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The universaI Exeuse.

'How did you come to put anything
so compromising as that down in black
and white7'
II didn't Ny mOtherin-law wrote
1t in my letter when I wasn't look
ing"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

Internment of D. E. Stokely, a Civil
War veteran. has been asked at Bur-
Hngame Following alleged disloya1
utterances, Stokely was forced by a
special committee recently to pledge
$40 to the Red Cross. When an eff
fort was made to collect it, it is said,
he abused the committee, the Red
Cross and the government. He was
arrested for disturbing the peace.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
Commercial Comment.

sThe old master who painted that
picture got no such price as yea paid
well" replied Lfr. Cumrox. ~it just
goes to show what hrst-eiass modern
craftsmanship means to any line Of
business"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

Robert A. Davis, a druggist, SO years
old, committed suicide at Garrett by
poison. Mr.. Davis operated drug
stores in Garrett and in Oklahoma
City, Ok, for many years, and about
three weeks ago returned TO Garrett
to reside. He had been in Ill health
for some time and left letters to his
daughter, Mrs. Ethelyn Crittenden Of
Kasson, Mimi, and William Davis, a
brother, saying he was lust worn
out and tired OF living"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
His Habit

THAT barber is a surly old fellow.
Often he won't speak to me when I
meet him on the street"
That's only the force OF habit
Hes so used to cutting old aeQuaint-
ances."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

A picture Of the kaiser brought
$500 for the Red Cross at big sale
at Olathe recently. The picture, the
work OF q local artist, was used as a
target and shots with an air rifle cost
81 each. Not much is left OF the pic
ture now.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20

Hale Harlan, Riley county attorney,
left recently for Dallas, Tex, having
been called into the aviation corps Of
the army. He enlisted some time ago.
His law partner, a. F. Johnson, was
sworn In as the deputy attorney and
will have charge Of the office during
Mr.. Harlan's absence.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-06-20
We Think So

She-Oh, for the days when knights
were bold.
He-What's the matter-ain't men
bold enough these days?-Florida
Times Union.