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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
New Service Started.

Washington.-Air raid rescue serv
ice is now part of the regular activities
of the American Red Cross in Paris. A
cabbegram received from Major Jane:
HI. Perkins, American Red Cross Com
mis- sioner to Europe, says ambulance'
and rescue parties are on duty night
Iy and through cooperation with the
police respond to all calls. The work
ers are equipped with gas masks ant
helmets.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
Site Of the Confederate Generals Sur
render to Be Turned Over to
Government.

Richmond, Va March 21.--The farm
at Appomattox. Va, where General
Lee surrendered to General Grant, has
been purchased by s. L. Ferguson OF
Richmond, who announced he planned
to have congress make national park
of the ground. The farm contains
about 1000 acres,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
Putnam Wins Air Fight.

Paris, March 21.-David r. Putnam
of Brookline, Mass, descendant OF
Israel Putnam and a member OF the
Lafayette flying squadron, has just
brought down two more German air
planes. Putnam also has been pro-
NOTED to the rank. of sergeant in the
French army. He already has the war
cross with palms.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
PORTUGUESE FOIL ASSAULTS
Raids Attempted by the Enemy Near
Fauqufssart Are Successfully
Repulsed.

London, March 21.-"Raids attempt
ed by the enemy in the neighborhood
of Fauouissart were successfully re-
pulsed by Portuguese troops" says the
official communication. "With the eX-
ception of some artillery activity on
both sides In the Passchendaele sec
tor there is nothing further to re-
.~-..A ~
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
TAP WAR DEPARTMENT WIRES
Senator Owens Demands Action
Against Spies In Washington
Asks information.

washington, March 21.-Charging
that German spies are constantly tap
ping telephone and telegraph wires
used by the war department, Senator
Owens of Oklahoma introduced In the
senate a resolution calling on the de-
parement to furnish information con-
cerning what measures were being
taken to combat 1t. The senate passed
the resolution without debate.
PARK WHERE LEE ENDED WAR
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
49,. .,.hIoan ParochiaI Schools.

Lansing, Mich, March 2.-An
amendment to the state constitution
which If adopted will practically elm,
mate parochial schools in Michigan a4a
was submitted to Secretary Of State
vaughn by representatives OF the
Wayne County Civic assocla''on ~
Detroit.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
cons,story After War.

Rome, March 21.-There VIII be no
consIstory until otter the war; rope
Benedict announced.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
Farmer Attempts Suicide.

Tbnngstown, O.-Alfred Jones, 70
years old, farmer of Newton Falls,
SO., 70 miles west of here, attempted
FstsS ne ilnDiag from an upper
e.a, VI w Oil The ambuN County
3, Ware O. Jones SC
tia polio vas the victim
Il ssiasg se nf swins
6e nd his tarm lost. Hs 'faih
Q attempt at side, sustaining
q a6l injuries. Police say nu
mgrapus Farmers in ny rtheastern Ohio
hayA been duped by the band.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-03-23
u. S. TO INVESTIGATE SIBERIA
Mission Goes to Find Whether Pris-
oners Of War Are Armed, as
Reported.

Petrograd, March 21.-An Americas
mission will visit Siberia to investigate
reports of the arming of prisoners OF
war.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
STATE AGRICULTURAL COL
IEGE

Manhattan, Kansas, May 4th.-
That Kansas will have one of the big
gest wheat crops this year that has
ever been harvested in the state, is
the prediction of DIR. W. M. Jardine,
president of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college.
indications are that there will be
at least 100000 acres of first class
wheat ready to harvest between June
Is and July 15," said Doctor Jardine.
During the same period we will have
100000 acres of corn that ought
to be cultivated at least once; from
100000 to 100000 acres of sor-
NUNS to cultivate, and almost one
million acres of alfalfa to cut and
stack.
kansas will be the first state to
have large amount of wheat to put
on the market. It viii be ESSENTIAL that
we get this crop harvested as quickly
as possible, for wheat will be needed
worse at that time than at any other
period in the year.
Farmers of Kansas are faced with
the biggest job they have ever known,
a JOB they are going to be unable to
handle unless the city folks turn out
in large numbers to help harvest
these crops. At least fifty per cent.
of the man population of our cities
is farm experienced. 1t is from this
group the farmers should be rein
forced, because there will be no time
to fuss with inexperienced help"
Men who have had experience but
are out of practice, pointed out Doc
tor Jardine, will not be able to do a
a hard days work fright of the bat"
but they will have good Judgment
they will know how to run a binder,
a moving machine, or how to drive
a header box and to be generally
all around handy men They will be
much better than the average I. w.
W. that comes into the state to help in
the harvest.
'The question is" said Doctor Jar
dine, care the city men willing to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
Kansas CattIement to Meet

The sixth annual meeting of the
cattlemen of Kansas will be held Fri
day, May 18th at the Kansas State
Agricultural College, Manhattan,
Kansas.
Professor wa. Cochel, head of
the animal husbandry department,
will preside and explain the results
Of the experiments.
The feeding tests are made with
blue-gray steers from the Fort Hays
Experiment Station, Hays, Kansas.
Galloway and Angus cows crossed on
white Shorthorn bulls were used in
producing these blue-grays. An
other crop of blue-grays is to be pro-
duced at the Experiment Station this
year.
The program is particularly a
strong one. Major General Leonard
Wood of Camp Funston, J. P. Cotton,
U. S. Meat Administrator, R. J. Kin
ger, secretary of the Hereford Breed
er's Association, W. H. Pew, profes-
sor of animal husbandry of the Iowa
Agricultural College. Dwight S.
Heard, chairman of the Council of
Defense of Arizona and many other
prominent men interested in live
stock appear on the program.
Western Kansas will have her share
of stoekmen and farmers present at
this big meeting.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
Cutting Out the Cut Worms


Cut worms that are attacking peas,
cabbage, caulifower and other early
plants of the war garden may be era
Dictated with poison bran mash scat
tered near the plants early in the
evening. The entomology depart
ment of the University of Kansas,
which has been using the poison bran
mash for years against cut worms
and grasshOppers gives a recipe for
making the mash in small quantities
as follows:
1 teaspoon Paris green; table
spoons syrup; one-half lemon, 1 pint
water.
The bran mash and Paris green are
mixed thoroughly while dry. The
lemon is run through a food chopper
and thoroughly mixed with the bran
and then the whole is moistened with
the syrup and waiter. Any strong,
cheap syrup will do.
Cut worms feed at night and bur
row beside the plant in the day time
Where there are only few they NAV
be dug out and killed or boards laid
on the ground may be used as traps.
The crawl under the boards to es-
cape the sun.
Where the garden is badly infested
with cut worms, as is some times the
case on sod land or near big grass
plotts, the poison bait may have to be
scattered several times, a. intervals
of week. For large quantities of
the bran mash the University entomo-
ogists use the following recipe:
20 pounds bran; 1 pound Paris
green, to 2 quarts syrup, 8 lemons.
and One-half gallons water.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
Our Monetary Problem La
Largely


The financing of the war is only in
part a monetary problem; in very
large part it is an economic problem
"a problem of conserving the econo-
mic as well as the financial strength
of the Nation and developing our re-
sources and productive power to the
point where they will be able to sus-
tain the great military operations
which are in prospect and all that is
incident to them.
No one should, therefore, consume
goods except to- the extent that their
consumption is necessary to maintain
health and vigor. No one should
draw upon the credit resources of
the country except to finance trans
actions which are essential for a Ma
ton at war. Credit, like goods,
should be saved.
Conservation of credit as regards
nonessential enterprises is necessary
in order to provide, without undue
expansion, the credit required by the
Government and by business essential
to the success of the war and we'll
being of the country.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09

eep by William Allen White, HENRY
Allen and other trvaeled Americans.
That is an excellent rendition of the
pronunciation. 1t would be about
perfect If buried ''r" were attached
to the end of it-eep-r-r-r. The User
where the Huns recently attacked the
Belgians, is eeza ir. Other now fam
liar names are pronounced:
Amiens Noyon-Nwa-
yon; Toul Tool; Lassigny- Lasseen-
zee; Festubert- Festeubair; Locre-
Lockre; lanyard -Angahr; Nancy
Nancee; Montdidier- Monhdeedyeea
La CIytte-La elect; Bailleul-BahI-
yuhl; -Zheevenshy; Niep-
pe-Nee-ep.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
How They Say it in France

Lawrence, May 4.-For the Eng
ish speaking tongue about the most
serious result of the Hun drive has
been the changing of the line just
enough IN spots to bring more strange
sounding French names to America
to be pronounced at. Villers-Breton-
mex, near which the Huns the. other
day attacked the American forces in
the first serious engagement of Amer
lean troops on front facing a major
German drive, is one of the trouble
some names newly wide spread in
America. 1t is pronounced Villair-
Brdhtungah, says Prof. Eugene Gal
loo, head of the department of French
at the University of Kansas and a ma
tive of Paris.
1t is often impossible to represent
the exact French pronunciation in
writing in English, says Miss Calico,
Ypres for instance, is pronounced
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
The Liberty Loan and the New,D.D.-,

The Liberty Loan and the Newsp.pe-.
The relation of the newspapers of
The country to the Liberty Loan and
other governmental efforts is ex-
pressed in the telegram of Secre-
tary McAdoo to the editors assem-
bled in New York last week in at
tendance on the meeting of the Amer
lean Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton.
"Wil you be good enough to ex-
press to the members of the Amer
leans Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton, now IN session, my sincere and
warm appreciation of the great ser
vice they have rendered to their
country by their consistent, unselfsh.
and patient support of the successive
Liberty Loans, which have been offer
ed by the Treasury Department.
These loans could not have sue
eeeded without the support of the
newspapers, and 1t gives me great
pleasure to make this acknowledge
ment. An enlightened public opin-
ion is the chief asset of a democracy.
By keeping the people of America in
formed on public events and trans
hitting word of the financial and
other needs of the Government, the
American newspapers have perform
ed public incalculable service to the
nation. know that the service will
De continued and that the newspapers
viii do their full share in assisting
America to win this war for demo-
crazy and justice"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
Our Moner No. Wa.t.d

All Of the money being expended
for war purposes is not going to be
waste. Some of it is going to be
shot away; some of it is going to be
sunk at sea; some of it is going to be
invested IN machinery that will be
useless in time OF peace.
But very great portion of it is
being spent for things that will be as
,aluable when peace comes as now.
though not so imperativeIy needed
then-ships for instance And as for
the immense amount spent in adapt-
ing our manufacturing plants to waf
purposes, 1t is estimated that go Der
cent. OF our war machinery can and
viii be used for other manufacturing
work after the war.
The invisible and intangible fore
IS, the moral forces of the world tbe
soul and conscience of mankind ara
citing on our side.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
Only Four Colder April in Fifty Year.

Only our OoIoef April IN r Itty ears
Only one April in fifty years had
less wind than April, 1918, and only
four Aprils in that time were colder
than the month just past, says the
the monthly weather report of the
United States observatory at the Uni
versity of Kansas. April 1916, was
less windy than April 1918, which had
total of only $50 miles of wind.
That is GALA miles below the April
wind average. The mean tempera-
ture of April, 1918, was 1913, which
is $50 degrees below the average
April. The highest temperature was
eighty. degrees, on the first and low
est was 20 degrees on the tenth The
raifa1 of 3,17 inches was .23 inches
above the average. The last month
ard February, 1918, are the only
months having a usual rainfall since
April, 1917. Three earthquakes
we're recorded by the University seis-
mograph in April.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09

turn out? This work will mean that
they will have 60 sacrifice some of
their own work. We ought to know
right away how many are willing to
take hold.
The only way we can know upon
what to depend is to have every city
man enrolled who is willing to help,
and a statement as to what he can
do. Actions and not words are what
will count in this movement from now
on. The chamber of commerce of
every town and city has before it a
big opportunity in taking hold of
this enrolment"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09

The Rev Douglas Buchanan of
Kansas City, Kansas, says that every
nation must give an account of its
sins-it must pay the price. And he
thinks the kaiser will be a mighty
long time paying his,
A good many editors, writers and
crtoonists, who had discarded the bib
hcal doctrine of etrenal punishment
are coming back to it. They are
finding it mighty handy in picturing
What is to happen to the kaiser.
City employees, at Topeka who are
financially able to do so, were given
the alternative of buying Liberty
Bonds or losing their jobs. The City
Commissioner proceeded on the the
Try that employees should be willing
to pay their share in maintaing the
integrity of their city government
and preserving their national govern
ant.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
How Was the Last War Fund Spent?

1t is fair question is fairly answered in the
detailed and iteized reports that have been published
the newspapers of every and city of the land
4ounever saw it? Then ask at the nearest Red Cross
Chapter write for the Red Cross you know
where your money went.
They say that Red Cross supplies have way of
ing through on time.
Italy surely has found not wanting in promptness
when her great trial came.
And Roumania they said no allied nation could get
through to help her dire need
But the Red Cross found way.
Its not always cheap Vay-"Needs must costs
money But did you give that money be saved-or to
save lives? Are you willing pay five dollars or fifty
to bring something of comfort racked tortured
mortal who but for you would surely die?
And of one thing you may be sure. Not one penny of
that Hundred Million has for anything but War Re
lief.
In the Red Cross there is no high salared bureau
extravagant administration expense All of the
higher officials and nneenths of the workers are unpaid
volunteers
The of raising and collecting the last War Fund
about Onehaf per cent. than covered bv the
banking interest O the money.
Your Red Cross needs another hundred million TO
Tighten just little of the awful load of misery oyer
there Your share IS all that you give-and then
little more.
VIII you hold up your end?
Contributed to the Red Cross by
FARMERS STATE BANK
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09

was considered part of good farm
Management to force the farm, in so
far as possible, to furnish all Of the
fruits, vegetables, meat, butter and
IS for he family. With agricultural
opertlons on large nd more extern
slve scale there has been a tendency
to neglect the production of fruits
and vegetables for the family"
As corn planting will be well along
by the time this is read, it is we'll to
consider whether the remaining land
for spring crops in Western Kansas
should not be planted TO sorghums.
The feeding value of silage from
corn, kafir, and, the sweet sorghums
IS so near the same, that yield per
acre IS the chief point to consider
? Average yields for the dozen most
important grains and forage sor-
ghums tested at the Fort Hays Ex-
pertinent Station from 1914 to 1917
inclusive, ranged from to II tons
per acre. Corn under the same condi-
lions averaged tons per acre.
Two acres of Red Amber Sorghum
or Pink Kafir have yielded as much
silage as five acres of corn during
the past four years at Hays. The
Experiment Station, raised IT'S acres
of Red Amber, 215 acres of pink
kafir and $50 acres of corn in 1917.
After a summer drouth which ser
iously and permanently injured the
corn August rains brought on Wig
orous growth of all the sorghums Six
silos holding $50 tons were filed and
several hundred tons of dry feed put
up from these sorghum crops Silage
and straw formed the cheapest ration
for wintering cows in the past win
ters' feeding experiments.
Farmers still needing seed of eth
er grain Or forage sorghums or Su-
dan grass can buy tested seed from
the y. S. Department of Agricultural
Reserve, addressing orders or inquir-
les to H. n. Vinall, S15 East End
Street, Wichita, Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09

For County Attorney
I am a candidate for the nomina-
ton on the Republican ticket for the
Office of County Attorney of Ellis
County. Harry L. Pestana-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
Political Announcements

For Register of Deeds
l hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the Office of Register of
Deeds subject to the decision of the
Republican primaries
Leona NJ. Jantzen.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-09
For Probate Jude

For Probate Judge
At the solicitation of numerous
friends l hereby announce myself a
candidate for the Office of Probate
Judge subject to the primary election
IN August, 1918
F. E. McLain.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-04

SHRAP-NEL
,As4xt&%+%++%++S%I%&<4.
Forecast for January.

FofcCdSl Iui SsHAaiys
First 10 seventh The cigar S;J-e>
vill look lonesome AMI the vy"rR ,rk-
Cd barkeeps will manage 20 -v' =
few hours Of beauty slecp tc-crr the
loophound9 tear NJ their >rr iel
resolution
Ith 10 18Th Oien season Tor ...4E
Tho expense account thsr y1u started
10 keep in that sweet lit'lo diary toa
got 70. MAS viii come TO an Lntno.-
Is end Hhen YOU discover that yout
spent the week after next pay.
II 10 si-The Chri4iua- savings
clubs viii bust Up Vhsn The winter
clearance sales begin. The grand ole
wafer wagon win skid and turn turtle
somewhere On Court street.
Towards the END of the month a
blizzard will sweep from coast 10
ccast or ris1 versa some dqy ahon
Harold Sander ,'rcD - 'talr 2i'c
esrmer" The u"Rst a9,f, vii say
something about the >cno-ha plan
sometime during IaualrF and we VII!
have another pome. So cheer up. The
grounding viii see his sha3o0 bur
fhsts another mouth entirely
This pomc is a partnership slai-
some OF il VAS written b! J. J.. Ar#
Evvy oI the Chicago Tribune s'aF
quite few. years age. and the Erca,
or par has been added and improve
upon b. our on n fair hand We dout
bclievc Mac would ever recognize It n
its present form but the idea Na3 bis
spd We always rcndcr unto Caesar
The things that are hisn.
Hymn Of Hate, or Dee TO Laundry
had some pink vajammicS.
Some rltUrlstic hose.
Some tasts Trim and lrtcksy Ties
And other spify clothes;
But Ms | wore then on nc
Oerdarh my elotbeses sreAed,
sent them 10 laundry
II | had ONLY kneNeH.
rodar got my bundle.
When | san il grew III.
Al. get FROM thai LAUNDRY
'as button and a bill
tIAorus.i
Oh aAun. no. con. the lsundarcc,
Is fearful place,
Twill bring gray hairs into your mead
and wrinkles In your face.
on shun ny son. the laundsrcc, tn.
evil omcncJ bold.
A laundry Ia a place you send youf
clothes 10 be destroyed
had some snappy collars
The bes, wot could DO had
For fifteen cents Il thought looked
Just Ike an ALTON al
They iiftcd closely in tho front.
And they were tail and neat;
Them collars propped ny head So
high
! couldn't see my feet.
sent Them to the laundsrcc
flrcr collars will set blaeN
TO A laundarcc sent en-
Alas and yct siack.
got my laundsfce today
And raised some awful bo.ers,
They sent me back the button-holes-
~
4 OJ noble shirts | once had three,
Each ncar.silk. yes. and new:
4 tuturistlc symphony
In opalescont hue.
They made a rainbow fade away.
They made the sunset pale,
When think OF them noble shirts
cannot help but wall
But oh. one shirt grew darktu!
And a laundry grabbed it curses!
TODAY ! sol three buttons back -
I don't know where the shirt is.
(ChCrus
Ga Sbun. my son, the laund4ree. mat
elilomcned bold:
A laundry Is a place you send your
clothes to he destroyed.
Oh ehsslly grim end gAoulieh IL that
e}ll.omcncd bold;
Tho lanndarcc-,hat place you send
your clothes 10 be destroyed
.H.--------.
SPANISH DUST GERMAN
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-04
Utica and Vicinity

VI Yin White attended m" dance
..}yn by lh" KNIGHTS Of Columbus N
.hctr han in Ottawa Now Years toE
Mr. Tho Farrell o th.',p. Is
yis.tins with relative IN t'.ca To-
, week.
Mr.. John llalmiton and children.
OF Joliet. drr >htn- a. lc hoW
OF her fa her, toJcr, tvudron IN
Utica. for q tow days
Mis- Elton Wa,!rgu Is visiting .th
relatives in ottawa Tor week
John Lally has eUn- to Chicago to
accept position lnefc.
Tho GumU'o clue gave ih',r first
laucc in IN Nyt'c Norsor hal. on
Thursday night herman orchestra
ufn,>h,d Tho music. y good ,imc
vas ned bg all Hho attended.
Albert Juliet q French Office. has
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-04
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sin.
certify Should Con.
vince Others.

Christopher. III. 49," For four y"srs |
suffered from irregularities. weakness.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-04

b'r homo in Utica after lisi'u" with
her ~ss'eF, Mrs. Jaa, Downs. n ohef.
neli tot few day.
Mrs., John Giulin and 'lr.c children
returned 10 heir home IN Magnolia
Thursday. alter visiting With her
brother, " J. Maloncy and Other
relatives, tor tess dal.
w. \ Norrisscl Has surprised by
3 nuuaor Of bis friends ~ his homo
on Church stree, N,o Years night.
EuShrr Ra played and taneias WAS
INDUCED IN. 1t the conclusion Of the
evenings cnicrtliumen. q lunch was
served.
Mrs. lobu shocdy vas ploasanhl
surprised by thirty cf he friends at
bor home New Year. eve. Procrc
size cuchre pss played. \ delicious
lmch was served Sctoral vocal S.,
lcc'icns we're rendered.
Charles Bray attended the dance II
Peru Turn hall New Years eve.
Mrs. John NcCahc Was taken to
s. Mays hospital in Ia Sale for
treatn9ut Nedae sda!. = st-,&.s .a'
Miss Mildred Morrsaey entertain.
Cd tecuiy .dre OF her friends at Der
home Wednesday night Various
gaines were played Rctreshmcni
we're served.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-04

u don Z kappol~ hi'lp have IA.
errors tnr you nov YOU havr your
nsw car
No. ind,e We never been spls
70 sst far enough up one 10 be In my
danger