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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
FOOD STORAGE INCREASES

Washington, April 15.-Increase IN
storage holdings Of dairy products,
eggs and frozen and cured meats Of
all classes was shown today in the
department of agriculture's summary
of it's canvass on April 1, comparing
the stocks with those of that date a
year ago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
A NEW SHIP EVERY TEN DAYS
First Boat fer the Government to Be
Launched by Steel Corporation
by May IS.

Hoboken, N. J., April 16.-The first
ship constructed at the governments
request by the United States Steel
Corporation will be launched at New
ark, N. J., by May Is, and the corpor-
atoms two yards at Mobile, Ala, and
Newark will be prepared to turn out a
completed ship every ten days, Ebert
H. Gary, chairman of the corporation,
announced at the annual meeting Of
the stockholders today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Heroic Rescue

Father@Come right out in the back
yard, my son; I'll make you see stars.
Son-Are you going to make an
American flag, father?
Father-What do you mean, you
young raScal2
Son-Why, I'm going TO provide the
stars, while you furnish the stripes.
Father (faIling on his neckl-Where
did you inherit this briiliancy? On
with your coat, son. I must save you
or perish in the attempt.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02

Interior of WeII-EquiPPed Hen House.
30 inches from the floor, depending on
the height Of the building. This gives
space enough under them so that the
hens have room to exercise and is not
too high for the heavier hens to fly up
TO. The roostS should be or inches
above the dropping boards II more
than a single rOOst is used, they should
be on the same level; otherwise all the
hens viii try to crowd upon the high
est roost. a piece Of 2 by 4 or 2 by 3.
laid on edge and with the upper cor
ners rounded of, makes a good roost.
A pole, or even q piece OF board 2 or 3
inches wide, may be used II the roost
is OF light material and fairly long, it
should be supported in the center, as
well as at the ends, to prevent IL from
sagging badly. An allowance OF to
10 inches OF roOst space per fowl, &C
cording to the size OF the birds, should
be made. If more than one roOst is
used, they should be placed about Is
inches apart.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
ERADICATION OF ALL PESTS
First Step Should Be to Clean House
and Then Thoroughly Spray or
Paint interior.

The first step TO eradicate the pests
which live in cracks and crevices in
poultry houses is to clean the house
All litter, nest material and droppings
should be removed. Then spray or
paint thoroughly the entire surface OF
the house and literally food ali cracks
and inside OF nests with a per cent
spray and do the work thoroughly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
PRODUCTION OF MORE DUCKS
Should Be Especially Emphasized at
This Time Of Meat Shortage
They Grow Rapidly.

The production OF ducks especially
should be emphasized at this time Of
meat shortage, because Of the rapidity
with which they grow and the ducks
are what you want for more profit.
more eggs, more meat and more fine
feathers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
DRIVE HeIna CT Rscruita

New York, April 18.-The German
drive in Flanders and Picardy has
greatly stimulated the recruiting OF
British subjects in this country. Last
week established record in the num-
Der, of men enlisting, according to a
statement today by the British and
Canadian recruiting mission.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
susoend Professor Thomas.

Chicago, April 17.-Prof William 1.
Thomas, sociologist, has been sus-
pended from the University Of Chica-
go faculty pending an investigation Of
charges that he had violated the con-
ventionaI moral code in his relations
with Mrs. R n. Granger.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02

Swhat kind Of a housekeeper did
Fiubdub marry? Some say she's Q
poor manager"
Il should consider her an excellent
manager She makes him get the
breakfast and they take their dinner
Cut---LouisviIle Courier-Journal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Arrest Alien Women Soon.

Washington, April 16. = Many Ger
man and Austrian women are under
surveillance by government agents
and will be arrested and interned as
soon as President Wilson signs the
bill which includes women in the class
of enemy aliens.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Remove Frederick the Great

Washington, April 15.-The bronze
statue of Frederick the Great, which
has ornamented the western facade of
the War College Building on the
banks of the Potomac here, was re-
moved in sections today and packed
away for safekeeping.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
courtmartIaIsd for pisIoyal.

Washington, April IA bill to
bring all persons charged with viola
ton Of the Espionage Act under the
Jurisdiction of the military court-mar-
tial was introduced today by Sena-
tor Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman
Of the Senate military committee.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Heavy Storm in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, April ia heavy
wind and rain storm at 11:40
o'clock last night did considerable
property damage here and in the sur
rounding country. One woman was
seriously hurt when a chimney crash
ed through the roof of her home.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Car over Bank, Baby Drowned.

Kankakee, ILL.,, April 15-The 7-year-
old son Of Edgar Wilkinson was drown
ed tonight when the motor car driven
by Mrs. Wilkinson skidded over a 10
foot embankment into eighteen feet
of water at the city quarry. Mr. and
Mrs. Wilkinson were rescued.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
In a Wreck, 8 Soldiers Killed.

New York, April 16.-Three soldiers
were killed, ten dangerously injured
and thirty-five slightly injured today
in a wreck on the Long Island Rail-
road near Central Islip, n. Y. All of the
dead and injured are said to be station
ed at Camp Upton at Yaphank, N. Y.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
czernin Joins the Army

Copenhagen, April 17.-Count Ger
min, who resigned as Austrian foreign
minister, has received command Of an
Austrian brigade on the Italian front
It was learned here today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Dirty Fresh Zoos.

A fresh egg that has contracts. dirt
In any form can never be made to ap-
pear quite so attractive as one laid
In g clean nest by q clean hen.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Need No More Army ChapIains.

Washington, April 1S.-The War De
partment has enough chaplains for all
present needs, it was announced to-
day, and no more applications viii be
accepted.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
New Grain Standard July IS.

Washington, April 15.-Secretary
Houston today signed an order making
July Is the date on which the new Of
fetal grain standards for wheat and
shelled corn become effective.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Forty Hun AIrpIanes Burn.

Paris, April 1.-THE material
losses in the fire which destroyed the
aircraft factories at Friedrichshafen
Saturday night were enormous, IN
Guiding forty sQusdions Of airplanss.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Alliance Charter Repeal Up.

Washington, April 16.-Repeal of
the federal charter of the National
German-American Alliance was ap-
proved unanimously today by the Sen
ate judiciary committee
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Nebraska Drx Law unhsId.

Lincoln, Neb., April 15-The Ne
hraska Prohibition Law was upheld in
a decision of the supreme court today,
affirming conviction OF Paul B. Fitch,
an Omaha druggist
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Chaplin bal the June DRAFT.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 16-Charlie
Chaplin, motion picture comedian, has
been drafted and expects his cali in
June, it was announced at his studio
today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02

London, April 1s.-The Turkish and
German forces in Palestine on Wednes-
day opened an offensive, attacking
the British front near the coast, the
war office announces.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02

The poor woman who thinks her hus-
band knows how to cook Is entitled
to lot Of sympathy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Avoid pIseased EowIa

There are those who never breed
fowl that has once been subjected TO
disease, particularly in a malignant
form.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02

Senator Stone, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, died at his
home in Washington recently follow
ing a stroke Of paralysis. He would
have been 20 years old on May next.
Senator Stone was a native of Ken
lucky, but had lived in Missouri near
~ all his life, where he dominated
the Democratic party for the last %
years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Drake University Head Resians.

Des Moines. Ia, April 1S.-Dr. Hill
NJ. Bell. president of Drake University
here for the past sixteen years, has re-
saeause of failing health
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Variety Of Feeds.

Variety is not only the spice OF life,
but In poultry feeds and feeding it Il
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02

The man who viii not trust his feel
Ings is not doing a credit business.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02
Huge German Losses.

It may be that the savage lighting
reported at Hangard-En-Santerr
south Of Albert and on the center Of
the line facing Amiens, may mark the
beginning of new attempt to sweep
westward toward Amiens- So far the
fighting has brought the Germans only
losses in men and ground Further
south near Montdidier there has been
intense artillery firing, but the Ger
mans have not attempted infantry
operations in this important sector.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-02

Next thing to having thing Is know.
ing where 10 get It.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25

serving, at that time with the French
flyers.
Details concerning his deeds are
contained in the appended letter to
his mother.
Escadrille Spad.
Secteur Postal 240,
G. c. %.
Dear Mother:
Just knocked down a Boche, and
since the "drachen" l brought down
several weeks ago, counts as one
Boche also, l now have two to my
credit, which should make Dad stick
out his chest little further. Truly, |
could not be blamed for swelling up
myself a little after all the fuss the
officers and my commander, Lieuten-
ant Madon made over me. To hear
them praise me, one would think L
had brought down Kaiser Bill him.
self. OF course, the fact that the pa
troll followed him so well had some
thing to do with his being so pleased,
for he said it was the best patrol he
had ever led, and he has led a lot.
There were four of us. you see and
the flying formation consisted of a
diamond shape with my commander
in the lead, two lieutenants on each
side with ours truly completing the
diamond in the rear. To keep in
these respective positions requires not
only keen judgment of speed and
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
ARE FACING
DISASTER AS ALLIES
GAIN IN MACEDONIA
SHAFFER TELLS HOW
HE DOWNED BOCHE
Dauphn Flyer in Latest Letter Home GiUes Thrilling De-
tails of Battle in Air in Which Enemy Machine Was
Sent Crashing to the Earth

How, after the other three meIu-
bers of his squadron had failed in
their efforts, he was gratified TO see
a big Boche plane go dashing to
Garth after he had seen his urerring
aim send each smoking bullet home,
is told in Il letter written by Walter
Shaffer, the Dauphin youth serving
with French flying squadron, to his
mother. A second palm, probably,
will be added to his Croix de Guerre.
which he has just been awarded. fer
this feat, he writes. Bare notice Of
the performance and his subsequent
citation, was received last week, but
relatives have just received details
concerning the deeds.
The machine which fell victim 20
the red-hot bullets of Shaffer. who is
sergeant in the French army, was
a two-seated' affair. Since the per-
formance, he has been made an
adjutant in recognition of his wo.k.
This Is the second time that he has
sent German flyer and his ma
cnlne to earth. An observation la
loon was. mis- other victim. This was
brought down while he was flying
with Lieutenant David f. Putnam,
the American flyer who was recent
ly killed. Putnam was a descendant
of General LIZ" Putnam and was
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
MRS. BRUMBAUGH
CALLSON PEOPLE
TOAD BELGIANS
Great Pile of Clothing Col
lcctcd by Red Cross Is
Growing

The campaign for clothing to be
sent across the seas to the starving
and freezing refugees of Belgium and
France, is meeting with hearty re-
sponSe from the people of Harris
burg. Gladly and cheerfully the ap-
peal is being met by the patriots of
the city, and thousands of garments
are piled in motley array in the
three rooms donated through the
courtesy of Samuel Friedman and
the United Cigar Stores Company, to
the campaign.
There is a tale of sacrifice on the
lips of almost every contributor. II
am giving all my boys clothes, eX-
cept one suit for each" said a we'll
known Red Cross worker and Off =
cial who came into the rooms this
morning. Il am saving one suit for
each of the three boys just to try
on when they return!"
The city is behind the campaign.
This was evidenced this morning
when motortruck after motortruck
drew up to the Fourth and Market
streets rooms and hundreds of gar
ments were unloaded by the willing
and untiring volunteers. Men with
overcoats and suits hanging on their
arms, women with bundles of cloth
ing, and even little children with
their mites, came thronging into the
rooms. A corps of women is kept
busy all through the day, asserting
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
DEFENDANT WHO PLEADS
GUILTY ARGUES CASE SO
JURY FINDS HIM INNOCENT

Defendants on trial at this ses-
SION of Criminal Court who are
financially unable to employ legal
counsel 20 prepare and present "a
defense have less chance than ever
before to get free legal advice. With
three session. of court all going at
one time trials are disposed ofquick-
ly and attorneys are usually kept
busy, ami the only ones to be found
in court are those who have been
engaged by defendants.
One of the reasons is that the
lawyers who at times are not busy
and who ordinarily would "sit in"
at the Criminal Court sessions for
experience, all have been put into
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
Bv Associated Press

. BY .4SSocidted LrcSs
ST. Paul, Sept 25.-Archbishop
John Ireland. of the st. Paul do
cese. of the Roman Catholic Church,
died at S.55 o'clock this morning after
long Illness of heart disease and
stomach trouble. He was so years
old.
John Ireland, Archbishop of st
Paul, held such g keen and active in
terest in general. affairs in the Uni
ted States during the past half cen
tury that he was noted as a pub
licist, as well as for his religious
zeal. He was one of the most dis
tinguished of the Roman Catholic
churchmen of America. There were
few fields of intellectual, political or
spiritual endeavor in which he failed
to take a positive stand, making him
self at times the center of contro-
Versy. ....
Was Carpenters Son
Born in 1888 in ireland, a carpen-
ter's son, he was carried with his
parents in the tide of Irish immigra-
tion to America while he was a child.
Altar service at Burlington, VT, and
a jolting trip west on a prairie
schooner were among his boyhood
memories, bringing him finally to st.
Paul, Mimi, in 1852. when Indians
in gay blankets stalked the streets
of that frontier town. One evening,
the missionary Cretin, first Bishop of
St. Paul, while watching from his
window some boys of his parish at
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
VICTORY FLOUR
IS FINDING FAVOR
WITH GOOD COOKS
No Need to Purchase Substi-
tutes With the New
Milling
MEANS SAVING OF WHEAT
Little Darker Than Regular
Flour, GrocerS
Say

Victory flour is finding a ready
sale in Harrisburg, and some of the
retail grocers of the city are well
supplied with the new mixture. it
was learned to-day.
Victory flour conforms to the lat
est food administration regulations
designed to conserve wheat. 1t is
eighty per cent. wheat flour, and
twenty per cent. substitute. When
compared in. appearance with ordi-
nary wheat flour, its difference of
ingredients hardly can be noticed.
1t is sold without substitutes.
a favorite receipt of millers for
Victory flour is 80 pounds of wheat
flour, two pounds of rice flour, eight
pounds of barley flour, and ten
pounds of corn flour. The mixture
is little darker than ordinary wheat
flour.
The regulations of the food ad-
ministration forbid the sale of Vic
tory flour at prices exceeding those
charged for wheat flour. At presenf
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
BY associated Press

In the encircling of St. Quen-
tin and in driving the German
and Bulgarians northward III
Macedonia the allied armies are
making further progress against
increased enemy resistance.
Northwest of St. Quentin the
British have followed up the al
lied success OF yesterday in
which the British and French
made further gains toward the
town from the west, and are
pushing forward in the direction
of the northwestern suburbs
Heavy fighting is taking place in
the regions of Gricourt, less than
three miles north-northwest, and
Selency, two and one-half miles
northwest. The British are ad-
vancing despite counterattacks
by the Germans, who were re-
pulsed with severe losses.
French Artillery Active
On the French sector to the
south only the artillery has been
active. Between the Ailette and
the Aisne the French have re-
pulsed German attacks i'll the
important territory about NOISY
farm at the western end of the
Chemin dcs Danes.
While the events along the
Picardy front in France lack the
sensational elements which at
tend the fighting in Macedonia
and Palestine, they are, never
theless of great importance. St.
Quentin apparently is almost
within the grasp OF the French
and British.
Bulgarians Split Apart
Apparently the allies in Mace
donia have completed the split
ting apart of the German-Bul-
garian forces east and west of
the Nardar. The Serbians are
pressing northwestward along
the river toward Neles which the
enemy apparently will not be
able ia hold, as other allied forces
are marching northward in that
direction from Prilep.
Standing on the heights along
the Bulgarian frontier east of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
Won HERTLING IN
PEACE VAIL SAYS
WILSON IGNORES
German Imperial Chancellor Now
Finds He Agreed With Four
Points in y. S. Program

people are intoxicated with the idea
that America must bring the bless
lngs of modern liberal kultur CD to
the enslaved peoples of central
Europe. while at the same time they
are rejoicing at the many millions
of dollars which the war armaments
are causing to flow into the pockets
of the business men.
Theory and practice are two diff
ferent things. The old proverb of
the mote in another's eye and the
beam in ones own finds constant il
lustration in the Vaccinations of the
Entente. They never are tired of
condemning our march into Bel
gium, but they pass over the op-
preston of Greece. the interference
with that country's internal affairs
and the enforced abdication of it's
king as if they were matters of
course. They say they are fighting
to protect oppressed nations, but
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
Army Needs $4,000
Nurses by Next July;
$4,000 Ready For Duty

Atlantic City, n. j., Sept. 25.-Act-
ing Secretary of War Crowell, in a
letter read to-day before the con-
vention of the American Hospital
Association, said the army probably
would need at least $4,000 nurses bv
next July In order to obtain them
without seriously crippling the civil
hospitals, he said, Secretary Baker
has approved a plan to supplemc MT
the supply of graduate nurses with
pupils or the army school of nurs-
ing, which plan is now being nut
into effect by the surgeon general
Up to the present, Mr.. CrowelI add
ed, the government has withdrawn
from civil hospitals only about 16.-
600 nurses. while $4,000 have been
graduated from training schools
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
DOUBLE LAST
SUBSCRIPTIONS IS
LOAN MOTTO
City Optimistically Faces
Hard Task in MARSHALL
ing Dollars
CAN'T STOP EN-

American officers I'm France and
ON other European fronts have the
time of their lives, as they put
1t, to stop Americans from going
too far In their assaults on the
Huns.
"Come back here: Where you
going" the American officers
shout continually. "You're going
too fast and too fart"
"Lct me say to the people of
HarrisburE," snid Andrew =. Pat
terson this morning, "that no one
In going to shout Come back
here' or You're going too farv
In the Fourth Liberty Loan. Peo-
pie cnn go as far as they like"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
Great Demand For Fuel
Briquettes Made in City

new size of briquette coal to be
burned in open CRATES has been
evolved by it's experts. the Gamble
Briquette Company announced to-
day. This, it is explained, will be
burned in basket CRATES. The new
coal burns easily and makes a beau
tiful flame. it is said.
Because of the great scarcity of
coal the briquettes manufactured
by the Harrisburg firm are in great
demand. Many offers have come
from all sections of the country for
the entire output of the manufac-
tory, these offers coming from
Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the New
England states. 1t has been decid-
ed by the company officials that no
coal will be sent from Harrisburg
until this city's needs are fully sup
piled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25
Brazil Is at War With
Austria; Vienna LegatlSr
Closed; Minister Departs

Washington, Sept. 25.-A state OF
war now exists between Brazil and
Austria, though so far there ha
been no formal declaration of this
fact from either side. Informatic1 4
has reached Washington to the effect
that by instructions from his govern
ment, the Brazilian minister at
Vienna has closed his legation and
departed for Brazil. and it is under
stood that the Austrian minister at
Rio De Janeiro is returning to his
country shortly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-25

service by the legal advisory boards
of. the city ond county draft districts
and are Kept busy aiding registrants
MI oh their draft questionnaires in
the city council chamber.
Hence, many defendants have gone
through trials without legal counsel.
In those cases the defendants exam
med and cross examined witnesses
and 1t wasn't always that they were
convicted. One defendant, without
counsel, entered plea of guiItv: nut
his story before the court and prov
ed he wasn't guilty and then the
Judge ordered him to be tried. The
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