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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-22
Come and help the State Guards
Secretary MeAdoo on War Tsxs..

Secretary McAdoo on War Taxes.
The Ways and Means Committee
of the lower House of Congress is
now considering revenue legislation
Secretary McAdoo favors a fiat war
profits tax of so per cent. In a tele-
gram to Chairman Kitchin he says:
cit is my strong conviction that
the taxation of genuine war profits
is the only way to reach real war
profteering, and that It is at the same
time thoroughly justifable measure
upon economic grounds as well as
certain and indispensable producer OF
a large part Of the required revenue.
''The patriotic producers of Amer
ca should be content II one-fifth Of
their war profits are secured TO them,
especially when we reflect that the
men who are fighting and dying In
France to save the liberties Of those
who stay at home and who make II
possible for them TO continue IN bust
ness are limited by act OF Congress
to 1896 per year for their services
and have TO give their blood IN the
bargain"
For Sale--Bicycle IN good condi-
ton Inquire at Free Press Office.
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Increase ....... $4,000, 900 bushels
OF these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadstuffs in the fiscal year
1917-1S to Allied destinations were ::
Wheat 131, o0o,O bushels and of rye
100000 bushels, total OF 1449OO,-
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1867 were {:
Wheat 135,1eO 900 bushels and rye
100000 bushels. total Of 13T, 400, ooo
bushels. In addition some 10000, OOo
bushels of 1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto. The total shipments TO Allied
countries from our last harvest OF
wheat will be therefore, about III. 0oo,-
600 tashels, or q total of $4,000, 900
bushels OF prime breadstuffs. In ad-
ditiOn~ to this we have shipped some
10000 900 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon Us, and we have received
some imports from ether quarters.
This accomplishment Of our people
Ia this matter stands out even more
clearly If we bear In mind that we had
available in the fiscal year 1867
from net carry-over and as surplus
ever our normal consumption about
zoe, 900, 600 bushels Of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home loaf" Mr..
Hoover said. This last year, however,
ewing to the large failure of the 1917
wheat crep, we had available from net
carry-oYer and production ane imports
only just about our normal ccnsump-
ton. Therefore eur wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap-
preximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
These Hgures, However, do not fully
convey the volume Of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De-
spite the magnificent efrert of our aKri-
cultural population in planting a much
increased acreage in 1877, not only was
there a very large failure in wheat
but also the corn failed to mature prep
erly, and our corn IS our dominant cron.
'I an sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, that all the
nillieas Of our people, agricultural al
well as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel q very
definite Subtraction that in a year Of
universal food shortages in the north.
ern hemisphere all OF those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through int sight of the coming
harvest not only with wealth ana
strength fully maintained, but with
enly temporary periods Of hardship.
"It Is difficult to distinguish between
various sections OF our peeple-ths
hsneS, public eating places, food
trades. urban er agricultural popula-
dons-in assessing credit for these re-
suits, but no one VIII deny the douai.
nsnt part Of the American women"
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coEBEL MAKES NEW APPEAL
Prosperous Counties Must Help Make
Up for Stricken Counties.
Fears For State w. S. S. ouots

Fears For. State w. S. s. Quota
Unless this is Done, Kansas will
fall short at end of year.
While many Kansas counties have
sold more than one-half of their
quota of War Savings Stamps and
q promised to go over the top
with their full quota by the end of
1913, P. W. Goebel, state. director,
expresses deep concern for those
counties that have been hit hard by
the long dry spell Mr. Goebel to-
day issued the following appeal:
''In parts of Kansas the farmers
have again been stricken by the
drought and it now appears it will
be impossible for some of the counties
to bring up their quota OF these Sc
curities. / therefore appeal to the
people of Kansas in counties that
have been affected less seriously
hose which have had fairly good
crops and whose people are prosper
ous-to redouble their energies and
make up for those counties which
will come short. If this is not done
there is danger that Kansas will fall
snort of its quota at the end OF the
year. Kansas cannot afford to fail.
I would urge you to continue to buy
all the stamps you can without regard
to whether your county has or has
not gone over its quato. Let as many
persons as can invest In War Savings
Stamps IN blocks OF $1,000 and $500,
maturity value. By all means buy
all the stamps you can. In this way
Kansas viii sell its quota Our boys
are over there In the trenches Let
everybody here At home get m the
trenches and back them as 1t IS our
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DR.. BROWN
SPECIALIST
WILL BE IN
HAYS, KANSAS.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th AT
WINDSOR HOTEL
and at Ellis, Friday, September 9Th.
For One Day Only
On His Regular Monthly Visits
HOURS: 9 a. m. to SD. m.

A person has health and strength
IN just the proportion that the vital
organs perform their functions prop
erly. There is something radically
wrong when one feels tired and dis
couraged, unfit and unwilling for
their daily work. Humanity was
never intended to suffer with head
aches, coated tongue, pain in the back
or stomach, hollow eyes, pimply skin,
yellow complexion, weak nerves and
the many symptoms attending the
half-sick conditions which attack so
many people. They are not sick
enough to go to bed and not really
well enough to be at work, so they
go on trying to keep their place in a
busy work-a-day world where people
in half health stand but little show
All the time some chronic disease is
making deeper and deeper inroads,
until in some cases they are past cur
ing, then they wake up when it is for
kver too late.
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CAPITAL CITY NOTES
by Chas. II. Trapp.l


Topeka, August 19.-Of particu-
lar interest at this time will be the
information furnished thru W. H.
lines, president of the Kansas Auto
mobile Dealers Association, as to the
power rating on which your auto will
have to pay government tax this next
year. When you bought your car you
took lot of pride in the fact that
she would develop go horsepower and
that you could hit her up to ninety
miles when you took notion. It was
another matter when Uncle Sam
took a notion to tax you on that 60
horse power and you wanted to be
sure about it. Tho you are much of
a patriot, still you don't want to pay
more than your share-you'd sooner
give it to the Red Cross, so there is
much solace in Mr.. Ines words.
The horsepower will be rated accord
ing to the National Automobile stan
dard. That standard is reconed in
this way: You take the square of the
cylinder, and multiply by 4, multiply
the answer by the number of cylin-
ders in your car and divide the re-
suit by two and one-half. That's the
horsepower of your car. Example:
The bore is 4 inches, the square of 4
is 4, so you multiply by 4, which
gives you 16, you have 4 cylinders,
multiply again by 4, making 81, di-
vide by 2 II. Do it yourself. That
makes a Buick light six rate 27.3;
Dodge 24.2; an Overland IS PIP;
Hudson six 29.4.
Red Cross nurses in the east are
wearing uniforms with trousers in
stead of skirts and those who think
they know predict that the day of
the skirt, as well as its length, is
limited. And, further, the fact that
the shortage of men makes it neces-
sary, is placing women in the rail
roads galore. At the Santa F'e off
ces here women far out nuaQber the
men. In fact, in some affices there
are no men other than the high off
Gals. And the changing from the
Stronger" to the weaker" sex goes
on increasingly.
At the meeting of the board of d.
rectors of the Leavenworth & Tope-
ka railroad this week the road was
leased to 0. P. Byers at a rental of
nothing for the first year and $4,000
for four succeeding years, but the
stockholders must put $1,000 into i'm
provements Immediately. It will be
remembered that the L. & T. is the
road that was bought by farmers
and merchants along the line at half
its value as junk because of de-
cree Of Judge John C. Pollock to that
effect. While the directors gave the
lease to Byers for ten years he can
throw up the contract at any time.
Every little thing is to be done
to make it as lively as possible for
the Hun and conserve the tempers
and the power of America. The lat
est move is to ''stagger" the COM
mencing and quitting time of work
ers in large cities so that there may
not be an overload on the traffic
companies. Contingent factories will
dismiss their employees at different
periods.
Kansas will have to speed up some
on the W. S. S. or the next Liberty
Loan will catch US mapping. Some of
the counties have gone over but the
few are yet behind their quotas.
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ss,,erson on War

War edo catcs the senses, calls into
action the @ii', perfects the physical
constitution, S-ings men into such
swift and clos collision in critical mo-
ments that ma. measures man.-Emer-
son.
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DR.. Brown treats diseases of the
Stomach, Liver, Blood, Skin, Nerves,
Heart, Spleen, Kidneys, Bladder, Sex
ual Diseases, Diseases of Women,
Rheumatism, Diabetes, Catarrh, Bed
of Paralysis, Weak Lungs, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Appendicitis, Gall Stones,
Golfers, Tumors, Cancers, Bilious
ness, Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Emaciation,
Epilepsy, Headaches, SIeeplessness,
Neurasthenia, Obesity, Piurisy, Scro-
fulous Diseases, Diseases of Men.
If you have Kidney or Bladder
troubles bring an ounce bottle of
your urine for analysis.
The doctor furnishes all his own
medicines
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Maybe He WsS

"So the doctor is going to operate
on you tomorrow" Yes said the
6nancier, "and he looks as happy as IL
he were going to cut melon.D.Judge.
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Manhattan, Kansas, Aug 19-Plans
for the selection and appointment of
seed wheat committees in those
counties of Kansas asking for govern
ment help in the purchase of seed
wheat have been completed in q con-
ference of county agents, extension
workers, and representative of the
United States department of agricul-
ture this week at the agricultural
college.
Those plans have been approved
by Loon II. Estabrook, assistant to the
secretary of agriculture and chief of
the Bureau of Crop Estimates, who
has been detailed to represent the
department of agriculture in the max
ing of loans, and whose headquarters
will be at Wichita.
A committee to see that these plans
are put into effect has been named
by E. G. Johnson, director of extern
sion, and chairman of the committee
on organization of the State Council
OF Defense. This committee consists
of A. c. Hartenbower, Superintendent
of Institutes and extension schools;
E E F'rizell, farm labor director for
Kansas; H. n. Vinall of the United
States department of agriculture;
Y. u cunningham or the Kansas
Experiment station; and G. z. Piper,
assistant county agent leader.
Joint meetings of county councils
of defense, farm bureaus, and other
farmers organizations, for the pur-
pose of acquainting all who are in
terested in securing loans will be
held at two o'clock in the afternoon
on the dates given, at the following
places: Jetmore, August 21; Dodge
City, and Norton, August %; CHM
arron, Ness City, Belleville, and Col
by, August %; Santa. Fe, Dighton,
Concordia, and Hoxie, August "a
August &c; Osborne, Stockton, Wa
Keeney, and Meade, August 27; Min
neapolis- and Lincoln, August %.
A representative of Mr. Estabrook
will be present at each of these meet
ings to explain the details of the plan
and local committees will be selected
to supervise the government loans.
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a hoarder is man who is mere A.
terested in getting his bite saan IN Civ.
ing his bit
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fairs of the before and this
who
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CHURCHES
BapEists Notes,

Methodist Notes.
9aE5 A. II. Sunday School
II 3. m. Preaching Service.
$3.50 p. m Wednesday Praper
meeting.
200 p. m Epworth League.
After the Epworth League service
refreshments viii be served.
Union services will be held in the
Church at 8:15 o. m.
The illness OF Miss Pearl Hughes,
the Deaconess, prevented her from
filling the pulpit In the absence of
the pastor, Rev. J. W. Snapp, Prof.
Z; Z. Colyer gave very interesting
address upon science and religion.
Mrs E. c. Flood will read next
Sunday at the morning hour for ser
vice and the chorus will render spec
ial musical numbers.
Miss Hughes leaves today for her
home near Meade, Kansas. Her
mother, Mrs. Butler, who came Mon
day TO visit her viii accompany her.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-22

Four Kansas counties have sold
War Savings Stamps in excess of
their quota of $40 for each inhabi-
tant and have several hundred thou
sand dollars of pledges from citizens
who are to purchase stamps before
the end of the year. The four "top"
counties in War Savings Stamp sales
are:
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-22

Cloud and Linn counties are only
slightly below the $40 mark in cash
sales of stamps, while At other coun-
ties have sold from $685. per capita
down to $10.06 per capito, leaving 81
counties with cash sales less than one
half their quota of $40 per capita.
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Presbyterian Items

TFeSbyterlan Items
Gerrit Snyder. Pastor.
1000 a. m. Sunday School.
No morning preaching service.
z: p. m. Y. P. S. G.. E.
Union Services at the PRESBYTERIAN
church, Sunday evening at 8 o. m.
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OUR SAVED FOOD
FED The ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes PreSi-
dent America Conserved 14I,-
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT Due TO WOMEN
Meat and Fat Shipments increased By
e44 COO, COO Pounds-

Conservation measures applied By
the American people enabled The Unit
ed States to ship TO the Allied peop8es
and to our Own forces overseas 49,
600, 900 bushels Of wheat and S44, 60O,-
600 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued in all at 81, 400, 0OO, 900.
This was accomplished in the face OF q
serious food shortage in this coUntxA
bespeaking the wholeheartednea8 ana
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad
Food Administrator Hoover, in let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the pilinR
up Of the millions Of bushels of wheat
during 1918 AMI the shipment Of
meat during 1917-1S.
The total value Of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to 81. 400. 100000, all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are ali based on Official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June so. 1918
The shipments OF meats and fats
Qncluding meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils. etc., TO Allied des-
tiHatiOns were as follows:
Fiscal year 1867 ., 1855, 800 900 lbs.
Fiscal year 1917-1S. ,.3.O11, 1OO, 900 lbs
Increase ..........- S44,G00.0o0 lbs
Our slaughterable animals at the be-
ginning Of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly IA hogs; they
were probably less The increase IN
shipments is due to conservation and
the extra weight Of animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect Of these efforts began
to bear their best results In the last
half Of the fiscal year, when the ex-
ports to the Allies were 2,133, 1O0, 900
pounds, as against 1926, SOC, 900 pounds
In the same period Of the year be-Ore.
This compares with an average Of
S91 600, 900 pounds Of total exports for
the same half years in the three-year
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms Of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1867. .259, 9Oo. 600 bushels
Fiscal year 1918. $40, 500, 900 bushels
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For Sale--Bicycle IN good condi-
ton Inquire at Free Press Office.
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QUENTIN ROOSEVELT DEAD
Youngest Son Of Former President Is
Killed in Battle With German
Airmen, Report Says.

Paris, July 1S-Leut Quentin
Roosevelt has been killed IN an air
fight, the semi-official Havas News
Agency announces. His machine fell
into the enemy lines
1t was not in flames when II fell
Philip Roosevelt, Quentin's cousin
witnessed the air battle in the vicin-
ity of Chateau Thierry, in which Quen-
tin was engaged and saw the machine
fall, but did not know until later that
the airplane was that of his cousin.
lie Journal says today.
Lieutenant Roosevelt was last seen
in combat on Sunday morning with
two enemy airpIanes about ten miles
inside the German lines in the Chateau
Thierry sector. He started out with a
patrol Of thirteen American machines
They encountered seven Germans and
were chasing them back when two Of
them turned on Lieutenant Roosevelt
Reports of the fight state that the
Germans appeared to be shooting at
the lieutenant from the rear, the three
machines being close together Then
one of the machines was seen tum-
bling through the clouds and patrol
which went In search of Lieutenant
Roosevelt returned without a trace OF
him. He appeared to be fighting up
to the last moment
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WILSON GIVEN WIRE CONTROL
Senate Passes Measure Permitting
President to Take Over All Lines
Press Not Exempted

Washington, July 15--Power to
take over the Nations telegraph, tele-
phones radio and cable lines now
rests in the hands Of President VII
son.
Climaxing a week of stormy debate,
the Senate tonight adopted unamend-
ed and by a vote of IS to 16 the reso-
luton authorizing the President TO as
sumo control of communication lines
whenever he deems it necessary.
Under the resolution the President
has power TO merge competing tele-
phone services in cities, thus doing
away with dual service
With adoption of the wire control
measure, it was confidently predicted
by congressional leaders that the
President would lose no time in TAX
ing over the lines Millions of miles
of wire. thousands of men and mil
lions of dollars are involved in the
proposed action.
The resolution viii be signed by
presiding officers Of the Senate and
House and transmitted to the Presi-
dent Monday During debate on the
resolution it was said the government
would take over only trunk lines and
connecting systems, leaving TO their
own arrangements the thousands Of
rural and small independent systems
throughout the country
The House had previously adopted
the measure and the resolution now
goes to the President for his sigma
ture. Here is the Senate vote:
Merging of competing lines in near
" one thousand cities and towns will
be one OF President Wilson's first
uses of power granted him in the wire
control resolution, congressional lead
ers were informed today PhiladeI-
phia and Cleveland are two of the
largest cities where the order will go
into effect at an early date, it is said.
A double telephone system is one
of the national extraTagances which
must give way under war time con-
ditions calling for strictest economy
on part of business throughout the
country, administration leaders feel.
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ALLIES HOLD THURMAN COAST
vance of Americans and British
Along the White Sea.

London, July 16.-American and
British troops have occupied the
whole of the Thurman coast, in North
ern Russia, says dispatch from Mos
COW to the Central News Agency by
way of Amsterdam.
After capturing KEN, a railroad sta
ton on the White sea coast, the dis
patch adds, the American and British
forces advanced toward Toroki, the
Russian Bolsheviki authorities having
withdrawn to Nirok
The commanders of the Entente
Allied forces have issued an appeal
to the population on the Thurman
coast, requesting help against Ger
many and Finland. 1t is declared the
Thurman coast is Russian territory IN
der the protection of the Entente
powers.
Meanwhile. the Germans are max
ing a desperate attempt to secure the
control of the Thurman coast. They
need the harbors for submarine bases
now that Zeebrugge has been closed
and Ostend rendered of little value,
while the British mine fields make
it ever more difficult for their sub
marines to reach the Atlantic.
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WANTS AREPORT ON RUSSIA
Senator Hitchcock FaVors the cres-
ton of an American Commission
to Sift Reports.

Washington, July 17.-Appointment
Of an American commission to make
a thorough investigation of actual con-
ditions in Russia was urged strongly
on President Wilson today in a let
ter from Senator Hitchcock of Ne
braska, chairman of the Senate for
eign relations committee
The American commission was pro-
posed by Senator Hitchcock because
of what he said are conflicting reports
regarding military, economic, pOliti-
cal and social conditions in Russia
Views of many Russians and also
Americans returning from Russia
were cited to the President as evil
dence of the wide disparity of opinion
existing A strong commission Of
Americans Of sound judgment and dis
erection, Senator Hitchcock advised
the President, would be of value to
this country in determining its future
course.
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BASEBALL A NONEssENTIAL

Boston, July 15-Baseball was class
ed as a nonproductive occupation by
the Brighton local draft board today
in deciding a test case brought by
John Park Henry, catcher for the Bos-
ton National League baseball team,
against Provost Marshal General Crow
der's work or fight" rules.
The board found that the amount Of
relief from war strain furnished by
the game was oVerestimated by the
registrant in his affidavit, and that
basebaIPs financial contribution to the
war was no larger materially than the
voluntary sacrifices OF many millions
Of citizens
The majority OF the board. in dis
putting Henry's claim that baseball is
necessary as affording needed recre-
alton and in contributing to the con-
duct of the war by taxes, the pur-
chase OF Liberty Bonds and other con-
tributions, says: