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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
A RED CROSS REPORT ISSUED
To Date SIS. 45o,727.s5 Has Been Ap-
pFopriated for Relief Work
Criticisms Answered.

Washington, Feb. 5.-What the
American Red Cross has done with
the vast sums Of money entrusted to
it by the people Of the United States
is stated in detail in a report Just is
sued by the national headquarters. To
date, SIS. 450. 727.35 has been appropri-
ated for relief work in this country
and abroad.
For foreign relief s44, s57, 7s5 has
been appropriated as follows: France,
$50, 519, 259- so; Belgium, 1899 ,6S1;
Russia, 1851 ,s40-S7; Roumania, s2,617,-
1876; Italy, $3,146,O16; Serbia, $751;
180-76; Great Britain, 1,7O3 ,642; other
foreign countries, $2,5S6. 800; Ameri-
can soldiers who may be taken pris-
oner, S343,627
The foregoing appropriations are
from the time the United States en-
tered the war until April 80, 1918. For
the United States the Red Cross has
appropriated $2,612, $3.50 and the rea-
son this sum is not larger is because
the government provides nearly every
thing our army and navy needs, and
besides, there is no civilian distress in
this country OF any considerable pro-
portions.
The great variety Of the military and
civilian relief work being done by the
Red Cross is indicated briefly in the
following list: Canteens that afford
food, baths and sleeping quarters for
men at the front; rest stations and
recreation centers for soldiers in tran
sit and at port Of arrival in France;
care of destitute children; furnishing
supplies to 1000 hospitals; teaching
mutilated soldiers new trades; recon
structiOn of villages; bringing togeth-
er families Of soldiers scattered by
the war; farms for convalescent sol
diers; sanitariums for tubercular and
other patients; food, clothing, medi-
cine, and shelter for the homeless and
destitute; and other activities too nu-
merous to mention.
1t is stated by the national war
council that all salaries and admins
trative expenses are paid out OF mem
bership dues, so that every penny
given to the Red Cross war fund has
been spent for relief. This answers
the rumOrs that have been circulated
about the expenses of operation
Out OF 255 executives in the four
teen divisional offices of the Red
Cross in the United States, 50 per
cent are women The policy is to Sc
Iect the most competent person re-
CARELESS Of politics, sex or religion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
NEXT DRAFT FEBRUARY %
The Men Drawn at This Time VIII
Complete First Quota From
VARIOUS States.

Washington, Feb. Provost Mar
shall General Crowder announced to
day that the movement of the last in
crements Of the men selected in the
first draft will begin February % and
continue five days. This Will COM
plete the operation Of the first draft,
as all states viii have furnished their
full quotas.
The movement will bring the
strength Of the national army up to
the $500 men contemplated in the
first draft The numbers Of men
which viii be started to the following
cantonments from the West February
% are:
Camp Funston 1922, Kansas 7OS and
Missouri 1924.
Camp Grant 5000, all from Illinois
Camp Taylor 1924, Illinois 1882 and
Kentucky 1882.
Camp Dodge 1924, Iowa 1884 and
Minnesota $500.
Camp Travis 1858, Oklahoma $3.50
and Texas Ats.
Camp Pike 1000, negro. all from
Arkansas
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
news ITEMS FROM
ALL over KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
TO FIX KANSAS SEED PRICES
State Council of Defense Will Make
an Effort to End Profiteerine-
Spectators Are Busy.

Topeka-The Kansas Council of
Defense at a meeting in Topeka in
structed the agricultural committee to
work out a schedule of reasonable
seed prices for Kansas and publish
the list. The council had hoped it
might be able to go out and purchase
= large quantities OF corn, kafir and
milo seed and sell it to the farmers
at cost. But the funds are not yet
available, and it is known that spec
ulators are gathering up the good
seed in the state, expecting to reap
a harvest on high prices. The council
OF defense is going to try to stop this
profiteering in seed this year by pro-
mitigating a schedule of seed prices
which will allow reasonable profits
but will not be exorbitant- A way
may be found to enforce the prices.
too, in addition to public sentiment
against the profit hogs.
W. NJ Jardine of the agricultural
college was named vice chairman of
the council, and E. E. Frizzel of Lar
ned, federal farm labor administrator;
w. L. Porter of Topeka, in charge Of
the boys working reserve, and W. P.
Innes of Wichita, federal food admin
istrator, were made members of the
council.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

The speakers bureau Of the state
council OF defense laid plans at con-
ference at the Wichita Club recently
for the holding of twelve patriotic
meetings in Kansas at various CEN
tiers, about the first week in March.
Arran gements are being made to
bring speakers who have been with
Haig, Pershing, JOffre and Diaz on the
battle fronts. The object is to create
greater enthusiasm for the winning of
the war In addition to bringing speak
ers from France and Italy it was
planned to enroll large number of
volunteer speakers from various parts
of Kansas. These speakers will push
such campaigns as the Liberty Loan,
Red Cross, Y. NJ. c. A, Food ConserYa-
ton and other war work. 1t was de-
cided not to make public the names
of the cities chosen until the cities
had agreed to bear the incidental ex-
pense. That will amount to about
800.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
MAY FORCE TROTsKY'S HAND
German Military Party Favors Issuing
UItimatum to Russians on the
kaisers Peace Proposals.

London, Feb. THE negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk have been broken off.
the correspondent at Petrograd of the
Exchange Telegraph Company says
he is informed.
Zurich, Feb. Germany favors is
suance of an ultimatum to the Rus
sian Maximalists, demanding i'm
mediate acceptance of the Teutonic
peace terms, and in case of refusal
will march on Petrograd, was the be-
lief expressed in diplomatic circles
here today.
The German general staff, Imperial
Chancellor Hertling and the German
court are believed to be unanimous
in their determination to force Rus
sia's hand at once.
German troops are said to have been
concentrated at stragetic points on
the eastern front, for the express pdr-
pose Of a quick thrust at the Rus
sian capital in case the armistice is
terminated.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
TWO ACCUSED AT HALIFAX

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Feb 5.-The
explosion which nearly destroyed the
entire city Of Halifax was due TO care
lessness by Pilot MacKay and Captain
Lemodec Of the munitions steamship
Mont Blanc, Judge DTysdale. head OF
the investigating committee, charged
here today. MacKay and LemOdec
were Immediately taken into custody
and charged with manslaughter.
According to the commission the
pilot and master OF the ship violated
rules Of the road and rammed the limo.
Recommendation that MacKay's Il
cense be revoked and Lemodec be pun
ished by the French government also
were included in the findings
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

A new row over the 2-cent passen-
ger farces in Kansas is in prospect.
Some time ago the public utilities
commission turned down the applica-
ton of the railroads for higher rate
and the roads went into the federal
court for an injunction. Judge J. G..
Pollock notified the attorneys that IN
less the government proposed to take
over rate matters that he would try
the case in April. A letter from John
Barton Payne, counsel for the director
general of the railroads, said he be-
Iieved the Kansas rate controversy
should be presented to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This the Kan
sas attorney general and the utilities
commission will not conset to, as the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
already authorized a accent rate in
Kansas for interstate business and the
state officials believe this is too high.
If the Kansas fare case were submit
ted to the interstate body, it is ex-
pected that the higher rates would be
ordered for Kansas business.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Pike Johnson, civilian mechanic
of Bay City, Tex, was instantly killed
at 1870 o'clock the other afternoon,
when an airplane in which he was rid
ing with Cadet Warner of Ellington
Field fell distance Of more than two
hundred feet near Van Week, Tex.
Federal warrants charging conspir-
acy and violation of the espionage act
have been issued against twenty-seven
members of the Industrial Workers Of
the World, who were arrested in
raid on their meeting place in St.
Louis recently.
Three young men dressed in long
gray Overcoats secured from $4,000 to
$4,000 by holding up F. s. McGonigle,
cashier of the Quindaro State Bank in
Kansas City, Kan, several minutes at
ter 8 o'clock the other afternoon. The
robbers made their escape without a
single cleW to their identity
Robert SamueIs, FARMER, is dying
near Rogers. Ark, with shotgun
wound in the chest, self-infIicted. He
had been summoned before tire draft
board, and relatives believe this was
the reason for the act
The last joint OF pipe in the new
$275,0OO water marin connecting Lake
LaWtonka with Camp Doniphan and
Lawton has been put In position and
water turned into the pipeline, there
by giving the camp and city double
their former capacity. The pipe Is
twenty-fOar inches in diameter.
John L. Sullivan, the former heavy
weight champion Of the world, died Of
heart disease recently on his farm at
Abingdon Mass, near Boston. He was
So years old The funeral was held
from his sisters home IN Boston.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
AMERICAN TROOP
SHIP TORPEDOED
British Steamer vuscania, Car
rying 2,l79 Soldiers, Sunk
by Goldman U-B0at.
DEATH LIST MAY REACH 267
Dispatches to War Department State
That 1912 Were saved-6eIone
to Scattered Units.

Washington, Feb. THE British
steamship Tuscania, with 2,179 Amer
lean officers and soldiers on board, has
been torpedoed and sunk off the north
ern coast of Ireland Survivors to the
number of 1912 have been landed at
two Irish ports, Buncranna and Larne,
leaving 267 unaccounted for.
The dispatch giving the number of
survivors was received by the State
Department tonight from the embassy
in London. The sinking of the Tus-
cania, the first successful attack by
U-boats on American transports
bound for Europe, was announced Of
ficially by the War Department.
Fear All Missing Perished.
No name of survivors or missing
were received and officials fear, al
though hoping for more favorable
news, that all of the missing hare been
lost. Additional particulars are prom
ised as SOON as received the official
statement said.
News of the first disaster to United
States troops on their way to the fight
ing front came in a brief dispatch to
the War Department from London.
First reports had it that LOO surviv-
ors had been landed. 1t was hoped
then that because the survivors had
been landed at two widely separated
ports later dispatches would tell of
further rescues. This hope was borne
out by the dispatch from the London
embassy announcing that 1912 had
been saved.
Mostly National Guardsmen.
The soldiers on board the Tuscania
did not belong to any distinctive unit.
Most of them, however, were from the
Thirty-second Division, Camp MacAr-
thur, Tex, and were included in units
Of the national guard from Wisconsin
and Michigan. Three air squadrons
and some foresters also were on
board.
Nearly every state in the Union was
represented in the troops on board the
Tuscania, although the majority were
Michigan and Wisconsin men.
Conveyed by the British.
The ship was manned by British
crew and had an armed guard of Brit
ish sailors. 1t probably was conveyed
by British destroyers. This is deduced
from the fact that the War Depart
ment was notified first, and not the
Navy. If American destroyers had
made up the convoy, the Navy Depart
ment WOULD have received the first
flash
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
COURT PROTECTS
PACKERS PAPERS
Judge Lands Hats Heney'S
Raid on the Vault of the
Combines Attorney.
CHARGES OF FELONY FILED
governments Counsel Accuse Armour.
Swift, Merris and Others of Con-
sPiraey on War Contracts.


Chicago, Feb. 6.-Judge K N. Ian
dis late today granted a temporary
restraining order TO Henry Veeder,
general counsel for Swift & Co,
against Francis J Heney, attorney for
the Federal Trade Commission, 70
prevent him from seizing further let
tiers and documents in Veeder's vault
after Heney had conducted a sensa-
tional raid this afternoon He was In
search OF further evidence in the in
Testigation of the packing industry
Judge Lands viii hear arguments
tomorrow morning on MI Feeder's
petition to stay further proceedings
under the search warrant, which had
been granted today. Objection also
was made TO the form Of the receipts
given for the papers seized
Proof of FeIonies There7
The affidavit on which the search
warrant was issued at the instance OF
Charles F. Cline, district attorney,
charges among other things that the
documents sought in Yeeder's vault
had been used in the commission OF
certain felonies TO control and fix
prices of meats, vegetables, etc, that
there had been conspiracy in false en-
tries in the books in Veeder's control
and that the Swift, Morris, Armour,
Wilson and Cudahy companies had en-
tered into a combination to submit
combination bids for government con-
tracts.
The FeEonies Charged
The affidavit which was filed by
Hugh McIsaac, Federal Trade Com
mission examiner, charges five felo-
MES on the part of the packers as fol-
lows:
1. The felony of storing foods, linn
iting the supply thereof and affecting
the price in commerce between the
several states-Under the Food Act
3 The felony of willfully making
false entries pertaining to the owner
ship and control of subsidiary corpor-
ations.-Under the Federal Trade Act
8. The felony of wiIlfully making
false entries in diverse accounts. rec
ords and memoranda OF the corpora
ton itself.-Under Federal Trade Act
4 The felony Of wiIlfully falling to
make true and correct entries On &C
counts, records, memoranda and trans
actions.-Under Federal Trade Act
5. The felony Of engaging in a con-
spirzey with Armour & Co and other
packers named to defraud the United
States through and by means of col
1usive bidding under contracts TO fur
nish commodities for the use Of mill
tary and naval forces of the United
States-Under Section 81 OF the Grim
inaI Code
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
USE FRENCH CANNED FRUIT
War Department Has Decided That
Supply There is Ample for the
American Army.

Paris, Feb. IAN agreement has
been concluded between the French
and American governments by which
the canned fruits and vegetables re-
CURED by the American expeditionary
forces will be supplied by France.
This action was taken after joint
investigation by experts of the United
States army purchasing board and
French authorities showed that the
normal fruit and vegetable crop of
france was sufficient to supply both
armies as well as all domestic needs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

The state board of administration
has granted leave of absence to Pro-
fessor H. L. Kent, principal OF the
school of agriculture at the Agricul-
turaI College, so that he can become
state director of the federal vocational
educational fund. Professor Kent
has been appointed state director by
the state board of education. This
fund was created by the Lever-Hughes
bill and provides for federal aid in Vo-
catiOnal training. The government
will give a sum of money equal to
that appropriated by the state to teach
trades to young men and women. 1t
is understood that department will
be established at the big colleges
whereby young men within draft age
will be able to learn trades that viii
be useful to them in the army.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

Mrs. John McNally, widow of West
Virginia captain in the Union Army
in the Civil War, is dead at Platts-
burg at the age of rs. Mrs. McNally
rode in the war with her young hus-
band Mounted on her own horse she
went from one campaign to another,
staying near her husbands command
all of the time. She visited many of
the big battle fields after the strug-
Cling troops had left them. With her
husband she came to Pittsburg in
1881, Captain McNally becoming SUI
perintendent of one Of the first coal
mines in that field
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

Daily loss of production of coal from
steam shovel mines in the Pittsburg
district because of labor troubles has
reached fifteen hundred tons, accord
ing to estimates made at Pittsburg.
The Hubert Mine was closed when
the operators refused to accede to
demands made by shot firers for a
premium. The Packard-McWilliam
mine had been closed a week because
of a controversy over the employment
Of a cranesman Those two mines
have a combined output of six hun
dred tons a day. The Smith-Scott
mines, with a production of nine hun
dred tons daily, have been idle a
month.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
PRAGUE war Plant Wrecked

Zurich, Feb. 5.-Many lives were
lost In the explosion OF a munitions
depot at Prague, according to dis
patches received here today. Central
Powers newspapers aIlege q plot An
reports Of the explosion received here
have been m1tilated by the censors.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
Franz sioeI comma West.

New York, Feb. 5.-FTanz Sigel,
president Of the Friends of German
Democracy" organized in America to
help the German people establish a
real democracy in Germany, VIII start
on a speaking tour of the United
States about the middle Of the month.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

Hopkins Accepts Government Post.
Washington, Feb. DIR. Ernest NJ.
Hopkins, President of Dartmouth Col
lege, today sent to the War Depart
ment his acceptance of the position as
supervisor Of industrial relations in
the office of Major General GoethaIs.
acting Quartermaster general.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

Last year Ishmael Dunbar of To
peka and his brother-in-law, George
T. Durkin, of Gillespie, ILL.,, went hunt
ing near Scranton. They killed some
game and shipped it to Kansas City
as rabbits" A few days ago the fed
eral grand jury indicted them for mis-
branding the shipment The district
attorney claims the shipment con-
tanned possums instead Of rabbits.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
Sunk with pa Persons.

London, Feb. Two hundred and
twenty-fOur persons perished when the
armed boarding ship LOuvain was tor
pedoed and sunk In the eastern Medf-
terranean On January q, the admiralty
announced tonight
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
No Allied War Chief

London, Feb. 6-Andrew Bonar Law,
government spokesman in the House
Of Commons, today announced that
generalissimo would not be appointed
as a result OF the recent conference Of
premiers and generals at Versailles.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
To Guard Soldiers Rtohts.

Washington, Feb. THE Senate to-
day passed the Moratorium Bill, &c
protect the civil rights Of soldiers and
sailors during their period Of service
There we're no dissenting votes. The
House has already passed the meas
ule. which now goes to conference
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
france to LEVY LAKES.

Paris, Feb. Louis KIotz, minister
of finance, announced today that ad-
ditionaI taxes amounting to Y million
dollars must be levied in order to
meet war expenses in 1918.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

Wild beef may prove expensive to
Atchison and the members of a posse
who killed a wild COW that terrorized
Atchison county farmers. Edward Le-
land, owner of the COW, now claims
that he never gave his permission to
kill the COW, and according to a state
ment made by him, he will bring suit
for damages against the city of Atch-
ison and the members of the posse.
The COW was shot and butchered and
the meat given to the Atchison poor
through the police department
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

S. o. Fisher, % years old, a school
teacher of Waubaunsee County, was
operated on at a hospital in Topeka
to remove physical defect that has
kept him out Of the army. When
America declared war Fisher tried to
enlist in the national guard, regular
army and the navy, but was turned
down by each examiner because Of
his physical condition. Then he en-
rolled under the Draft Law and was
turned down by the examiners on the
first call and has been turned down
on the scond call. He came to Topeka
today to ask the district appeal board
to certify him for service, but was
turned down again. He stood on a
street corner for half an hour, then
suddenly hailed a passing jitney and
went to a hospital.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
Orders Ten conerets shi5a.

Washington. Feb 4.-COntracts for
ten s,500-ton concrete ships were let
today by the shipping board TO the
Ferro-C Concrete Shipbuilding Corpora
ton Of Redondo Beach. Cal The first
vessel TO be delivered within months
and the other nine within q year.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
Tumultx for the Senate

Washington, Feb. 6.-Secretary Tu-
multy returned to the capital today
after visit to New Jersey. where the
possibility Of his becoming a Demo
cratic candidate for senator is being
discussed among political leaders.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
U-Roat Toll, 44,12o Britons.

London. Feb. German U-boats,
according to a reply given by Andrew
Bonar Law, government leader in the
House OF Commons, today, have done
to death 14,120 non-combatant British
men, women and children since the
world war began
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
To Mobilize Accountants.

Washington. Feb. Mobilization
Of all certified accountants who come
within the draft law has been ordered
50 as 20 supply vacancies IN the army
business organization.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
Fired at an Army Balloon.

Macon, Ga, Feb. An army bal
loon from the training school near
here was fired upon today during a
flight near Eastman, Ga. Its tackline
was struck, but the crew escaped in.
jury. The authorities arrested Glen
Clements, As years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

Following a recommendation by
Fred Robertson, United States dis
trict attorney, the executive commit
tee of the state council of defense is
considering the plan for the organic
alton of vigilance committees. In
formation would be gathered by the
committee members concerning unpa-
triotic movements and efforts to OBJ
struct or retard war work of the gov
eminent.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

Municipal pride will be maintained by
Doctor Crumbine's reply as to the
authority of the city to permit hogs
within the city limits is received fur
Their action on the petition will be
taken.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21

Mrs. Mary Kerr, 90 years old, one
OF the oldest women in Saline county,
died at the home of her daughter in
that county recently. Mrs Kerr was
in good health until the other day,
when she fell asleep and remained
comatose until she died. Two daugh-
tiers survive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
The WsIdorf-Asto-fa Sold

New York, Feb 1T. Coleman Du-
pont has bought the Hotel Waldorf
Astoria, it was announced tonight BY
George c BoIdt, the former owner.
It was stated the sale OF the hotel In
voIFed % million dollars.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-21
tie MiIk for chiIdren.

Chicago, Feb 5.-MiIk was being
rationed out to children here today.
Only IS per cent Of the normal sup
ply has been received, due to the
formers boycott