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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
BIG WHEAT CROP FOR KANSAS
MohIsr's June IS Report Shows Yield
Will Be Third Largest in the
States History.

The Kansas State Board of Agri-
culture recently issued its June fore
cast of the yield of wheat. The fore
cast is based on conditions existing
June Is, and is made from reports OF
1000 crop correspondents and the Of
ficial assessors returns. The report
says:
The prospects June 10 were that
Kansas will harvest 1854 ,376 bushels
of winter wheat from 1854 ,686 acres
an average acre-yield of 1896 bushels.
: FsIse prospective yield has suffered an
average decrease of from one to two
bushels per acre, with rare exceptions,
throughout the countries having the
larger acreage remaining, due, without
doubt, to recent abnormally high tenn
peratures and lack of moisture. The
continuance of such weather since the
18th probably has further decreased
the prospect. This decrease is largely
Offset, however, by an increase in the
estimate of the area sown, as the of
ficial assessors acreage returns from
78 of the states 105 counties have ex-
ceeded the correspondents estimates
by 31S,570 acres. Practically all OF
this increase occurs in the eastern
third of the state, where the highest
acre-yieIds prevail, and additional in
creases probably will be shown as the
official returns of unheard from coun.
ties are received. For this reason the
June estimate is only 857,446 bushels
under the May estimate. In spite OF
reverses the 1918 crop remains the
third largest in the history of the
state and more than double the output
of a year ago.
The total corn acreage in the state
is 7,064,103 and the condition is 80
per cent. There were 1, 119.9S0 acres
planted to kafir, slightly less than a
year ago.
The condition of both corn and
kafir, in fact of all sorghums, is bet
ter this year than a year ago.
Oats have suffered some from the
hot, dry weather of the last two weeks
but even now the prospects are fol
the largest oats crop Kansas has ever
known. The 2,475,948 acres sown to
oats is the largest the state ever has
had and the estimated yield is Il mil
lion bushels, IL million bushels larger
than ever known in the state.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
CRISIS IN AUSTRIA GROWS
designations of Cabinet Not Accepted
by Emperor CharIes-Strike in
Vienna Becomes General.

Zurich, Switzerland, June 25-The
Austrian troubles are extending, &C
cording to a dispatch from Munich
quoting the Neueste Nachrichten OF
that city. The Vienna Zeit, according
to these advices, states that the strike
has become general
Copenhagen, June 25-Emperor
Karl has refused to accept the desig-
nation Of the Austrian cabinet, accord
ing to a dispatch from Vienna today.
The political crisis is expected TO be
solved by reconstruction Of the min
istTy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
VANDALs WRECK A CHURCH

st. Louis, June 24.-The interior of
the Bammett Place Christian Church
here was found to be totally wrecked
this morning VIXEN the congregation
assembled for the regular Sunday ser
vices. German sympathizers are
thought responsible for the destruc-
ton as the pastor, the Rev W. G..
Johnston, has recently been vigorous
" deneuncing, Hunism and as vigor-
ously UNFOLDING the cause of the Al
lies. Damage to the church, it was
said, exceeds $50,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
Food strikes In GERMANY.

London, June 25.-ExtensiTe strikes
broke out Thursday in Cologne and
MueIheim. on the Rhine. owing TO re-
duction in the bread ration, twenty
thousand persons quitting work in mu-
lition factories, according to dispatch
TO the Daily Mail from The Hague.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
go. Rates to e ID.

Washington, June 24.-Ten per cent
increase In express rates was sP-
proved today by the interstate con-
merce commission and viii add about
SO, 900 TO the gross annual reTe-
nues Of the American Railway tx
press Company.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ritchey, Miss
Hazel Thomas and Leon ]. Bates were
drowned in the Neosho river south of
Burlington recently. The Ritcheys
were married on April 6. The bodies
OF the men were recovered the next
morning near where they went in,
but the bodies OF the women were not
recovered until late the next noon
when they were found more than a
mile down stream.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

DR.. w. L Treadway. noted special
ist on mental disease. now connected
with the national public health de-
partment, will come to Lansing and
make an examination of all the prison
ers in the Kansas penitentiary Some
years ago few of them were sub
jected to brain tests and now it is
proposed to have all of them ex-
amined
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Austin, Tex, June 26.-The liquor
business in Texas was abolished at
midnight last night, when the state
wide Prohibition Law became effec-
tive. Saloons closed at $50. not TO
omen again
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Two-thirds of the co1ored men in
Kansas in Glass 1 will be taken in
the call sent out recently by the pro
Vost marshal fer colored men to en-.
train for Camp Funston during the
week of July is. Negroes will go
from Wyandotte County and nearly
$50 from Kansas City; Kas. The four
districts there are divided as follows
First, 100; Second, 81; Third, 10, and
Fourth, II. Wichita will send seventy
men. The one coIored man in Sedg-
wick County in Glass 1 stands small
chance of escaping duty. Topeka will
send ninety-two and Shawnee County
seven.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

With the American Army in France,
June 25.-Mai. Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., has been cited by the general COM
handing the troops for conspicuous
gailantry in action" during the oper-
atoms connected with the capture and
subsequent defense OF Cantigny-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
IRISH PROBLEM IS
A WAR OBSTACLE
David Lloyd George Says Hun
Intrigue is Increasing Diff
ficulties for Allies.
MESSAGES ARE STILL PASSING
Chief Secretary Tells Commons Cen.
sPirators Continue Active in Both
countries-ApPeaI to Carson.

London, June 26--In the House o.
Commons today Premier Lloyd George
urged the need OF settling the Irish
problem because It was increasing the
difficulties not merely OF the British
government but the difficulties Of the
United States government in conduct
ing the war
London. June 26.-Nr. Lloyd George
appealed ID Sir Edward Carson 10
show the same spirit he displayed
two years ago and subsequently in
using his very great abilities and IN
Tivalled influence in Ulster TO Try 10
secure some measure looking TO the
willing assent OF the Irish people to
imperial unity"
The government, he said. stood by
the policy II had proclaimed April 9.
but in the method OF administering It
the government must be advised by
the men IL had entrusted with the ad-
ministration Of Ireland
German Plot in Ireland
Sir Edward Carson. the Ulster lead
CT. said that If the premier believed
he was justified, in order to carry on
the war, In trying TO bride Ireland
into CONSUMPTION, thereby mourning a
grave political risk, breaking a party
truce and shattering the foundations
of the Unionist party, he ought at
least to have determined TO go right
through with this course
Edward Short. chief secretary for
Ireland, said he hoped 10 satisfy the
House that the German plot in Ire
land was a real and imminent danger
to England. He said he was satisfied
that both the clergy and the National
lists had used their influence respec-
lively TO assist in keeping the peace.
Exchanged Messages
Secretary Shortt said the govern
ment had found that Germany was in
touch with ireland and that not only
were messages going to Ireland from
German source, but that they were
going from Irish sources TO Germany
Mr.. Short said the government
knew that in a certain port of Ger
many a large amount Of ammunition
was loaded into a German submarine
and that, moreover. submarines had
been seen in localities where the de-
structiOn Of shipping could not have
been their object
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Thirty-five Topeka girls, attired in
typical flower-girl attire and carry
ing baskets, canvassed the business
district of Topeka selling roses for
the Red Cross. James Hayes con-
trfbuted two wagon loads of roses for
the undertaking. No price was set
and the girls received prices ranging
from cents up to SO per rose.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Washington, June 24--Fffty thou
sand dollars is what the National
Woman's party announced tonight has
been the cost OF campaigning to gain
ten additional votes in the senate for
the federal woman suffrage amend
ment, in the last five years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
Heavy Fighting in the UraI.

Amsterdam, June 27.-Czecho-Slo-
yak troops have entered Kekaterin-
burg on the Asiatic side of the UraIs
in the center of the Ural mining re
gion, according to Moscow telegram
received by way of Berlin. Heavy
Heavy fighting is proceeding there
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
Meat Exports poubIed.

Washington, June 26.-Kports Of
meat and dairy products for last
month were valued at $111, 635, 600,
compared with SAC. 405, 900 in May,
1917. Last months exports we're
more than double the average for the
past eleven months.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

2. NJ. Briggs, assistant instructor
in German and commandant Of the
Kansas University Cadet Battalion,
has resigned his place in the univer-
sity faculty to become commandant
at Wentworth Military Academy at
Lexington, Mo. Professor Briggs
came to the University of Kansas as
instructor in German in 1916. He
graduated from the University of Ne
braska in 1904.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
Ria % In PareeI Post.

Washington, June $50 many par
eel post packages have been lost IN
the mails that Postmaster General
BuFleson today asked congress for
$500, 600 10 settle claims on them
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

]. w. Terrell, % years old, a mem
Der Of the Butler county state guard,
who says his home is at Stroud, Ok,
was arrested at Eldorado and is being
held on his own statement that he de-
serted from Camp Travis, Tex, seven
months ago. Terrell says he is ready
to fight now and will go to France il
given an opportunity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
- wiIson 60 sneak IuIv 4

Washington, June 26.-President
Wilson viii deliver Fourth Of July
address at Mount Vernon, Va, in con-
nection with q celebration in which
Representatives Of all Allied nations
will participate.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
Sank *. GOO Tons in Mav.

Washington, June 27.-Allied and
neutral shipping sunk by German u
boats during the first twenty-eight
days of May tota1ed 233, 639 gross tons,
according to estimates made by the
Navy Department, Senator Beckham
Of Kentucky announced today in the
Senate.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Under the can just issued from
Washington, Provost Marshal Crowder
has notified the adjutant generals Of
flee that Kansas will send SIS men to
Manhattan for special training in me-
chanical lines and 103 men to Fort
Hays. These men must be at least
graduates Of grammer school They
may enlist prior to July 1 and must
report July Is.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

washington, June 26. Senator
Sutherland Of West Virginia, Repub-
Hcan, is entitled to his seat IN the
United States Senate, the Senats
privileges and elections committee
decided today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Thomas Cole. a Leavenworth soldier
who went to France about year ago,
Is hoae in the last stages Of tuber-
culosis. His mother met him at New
port News, Va, and accompanied him
home. Cole was a soldier in the Span
zsh-Amerfcan war and enlisted last
year. although at the time he was not
very strong.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

New York June 27.@The largest
base hospital IN the world was opened
today by the government at Fox Hills,
Staten Island. for the treatment Of
soldiers. It covers fifteen acres.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
snoNs in suenos Az.

Buenos Aires, June 22.-SnoE fen
for an hour here recently. This is the
first time in the history OF the coun-
try that enough snow has fallen %
make the ground Ehita-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
No New Austrian Cabinet?

London, June 27.-Baron Won Seyd-
Ter, the Austrian premier, announced
Monday that he had declined the in
yitation of Emperor Charles to consti-
tute a new cabinet.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Fire destroyed half a block of
buildings in the business section of
Norton recently. with loss estimated
at nearly $4,000. A grocery, furni-
ture store, confectionery and garage
were burned. The insurance is about
$4,000.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
A Small SunnIx Roat Burns

Washington, June 25--The naval
cargo carrier, Fennimore. burned to
the waters edge at on Atlantic port
this morning. the Navy Department
announced.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11
Civil Appropriations, ~, Million.

~
Washington, June 25.-In an hour
and twenty minutes the Sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill, carrying about p
800 million dollars. was passed today
by the Senate.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Soren P. Rasmussen, at one time
leader of the Emporia orchestra, and
for many years prominent teacher of
violin in that town, is dead He was
born In Denmark in 1852.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

The employment Of girl apprentices
In certain departments of the big
Santa Fe shops at Topeka, at work
formerly done by young men, has
proven sufficiently successful to war
intendent of shops, NJ. J. Drury, that
he is pleased with their work and that
the force OF thirty girls Will be aug
mented from time to time.
CARRIED in oVeralIs, their hair done
up" and nearly completely covered by
jaunty caps. the girls are working
alongside men in the tool depart
ments, in the balcony and in the up
holstering department of the shops. In
fact, their garb being similar to that
worn by the men, the girl workers are
not easily distinguished from their
masculine co-workers. A restroom
they are at liberty to retire to it at
times without being locked in pay.
They are learning fast, and they
have been on the job only a short
time" said Superintendent DruEy.
when they have become familiar
with their work they will be paid the
same as the men,"
The call to colors has depleted seri-
ously the working force of the Santa
Fe's shops here, the largest on the en-
tire system. Also a large number OF
the roads expert workmen have gone
to the shipyards, and the immediate
prospect, Superintendent Drury says,
is that it is up to the railroads to train
women for the jobs of skilled work
men.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Judge G. 8. Hoss. 81 years old, a
former law partner of Senator Stone,
died at Cherryvale the other day.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Florence Walters Of Pittsburg. IT
years old. was drowned in Spring
river, fifteen miles southwest OF Pitts
burg, recently. She was a member Of
a swimming party and got into water
beyond her depth. She could not
swim.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

An order prohibiting the speaking
Of German over the telephone has
caused considerable hard feeling and
resentment at Aulne, eight miles
northeast of Peabody. J. T. NolI,
secretary Of the Aulne Telephone Com
pany, who issued the order, says.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

Mrs. NJ. D. Steele, who had lived
near Greeley since 1853, is dead. She
was go years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-11

the roads expert WOrkmen have gone
to the shipyards, and the immediate
prospect, Superintendent Drury says,
is that it is up to the railroads to train
women for the jobs of skilled work
men.
Receivership proceedings were start
ed recently by the state against the
Anchor Life Insurance Company of
Kansas City and the Farmers Life of
Denver John L. Hunt, assistant at
| torney general, asks that a receiver
be appointed for the Kansas City COM
pany and the Kansas assets of the
| Denver company. The state charges
| the Farmers Life now is insolvent and
unable to protect policy holders of the
| Kansas City company, which became
insolvent an re-insured with the Den
yer Company in 1914. Assets in the
shape of registered policies are on
deposit with the state, which will pro-
tect the Kansas policy holders. About
| 100000 in Kansas policies now are
held by the Denver corporation. either
directly or through the fe-insuring Of
the Kansas City company.
/ n CIOhu VI HOn H1SAIOQ GN1CA.
OILS at his home in Eureka recently and
compelled him to subscribe to the Red
Cross fund. Nichols, who is wealthy,
is a follower of Pastor Russelrs
teachings and had failed to subscribe
to the Red Cross or buy Liberty
bonds. When the crowd gathered at
his home and asked him to give 500
to the Red Cross and buy a $1,000
Liberty Bond, he refused, but after q
coat of yellow paint had been applied
to his motor car and he had been
placed in the car to be driven on the
main street of the town he relented
and made out a check payable to the
Red Cross Society.
A service flag for all the native sons
of Kansas now in war service is to
be hung in the rotunda of the State
House. 1t will have between sixteen
| thousand and seventeen thousand
stars. The flag will be eighteen by
thirty-six feet, the size of the largest
American flag used for garrisons. The
exact number of stars will not be
known until after the draft call Of
next week and the reports are re-
|
the service at that time. The flag is
being painted by George Stone, a To-
peka artist.
Worrying over the crop condition
and threatened tubercular trouble
caused '"Tobe" Helm, 40 years old, a
farmer ten miles from Sa1ina, to take
his life with a butcher knife on which
he put a razor edge. His body was
found under a hedge fence.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schumacher, one Of
the earliest settlers of Atchison, 1oca-
ting there in 1859, died at her home
south of town recently. Her husband
died several years ago.
George Eiggleman of Ogden was
killed recently at Army City when
the truck he was driving was hit by
an eastbound Union Pacific troop
train. Eiggleman was "a years old,
unmarried and had lived at Ogden for
several years. He was accompanied
by Ray Sommers, 80 years old, of Wa
mego, who was seriously injured and
who is not expected to recover. Som
mers is being cared for at the base
hospital at Fort Riley. He has a
wife, daughter and parents living
at Wamego. The men on the truck
had been watching the crossing of a
slow moving westbound freight train
and did not see the approaching troop
train.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03
MY WORST WAR A.
SAYS NOSE IN
TYPICAL NOTE
Well Known Figure in Past
Legislative Sessions Writes
from France (.

This is the. worst war I've ever
been in writes Corporal Nose ROs-
enzweig. chauffeur headquarters gar
are, First Army Corps, d. d., American
Expeditionary Force, in a letter to
James Dinnie at Grand Forks Nose,
prominent in past legislative assem-
blies, once upon a time drove ears for
Mr. Dinnie. but now he drives them
over the rmoads Of France, to and
from the battle front and from city to
city, iNpending upon the business or
the whims OF the officer who gives
him orders.
1t may be the worst war Nose ever
was in. but Nose is not worrying. In
fact Nose is having a great time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03
CAPITOL PARK
CLOSED NIGHTS
Romantic Lovers No Longer
May Roam State House
, -. Grounds. i.~

Romantic lovers who have been
wont to stroll o'nights beneath the
trees of the state house park, there to
bay their signs at the moon and to
stare upon the stars and ponder the
whyness of the wherefore and the
e. thusness of the such may do so no
longer. The state board of control in
session yesterday formally banned the
use of the capitol grounds for this or
any other purpose between the hours
of 8 p. IN. and a m, which they do
say are most propitious to the worship
OF Venus and Cupid and their fellow
immOrtals.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03

Judging from the letters he writes.
A Cervantes of Dumas might have
woven adventures and romances out
of the threads Nose has strung, but
as things stand ip this twentieth
century Of slang, Moses songs will
have to be sung by mere. newspaper
man.
The while Nose has been driving
officers cars. he has been having a
glorious time seeing France" and
being entertained by the mobility and
the elite, From St. Afghan France,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03

comes a letter from Nose in which
he tells of meeting ambassadors and
counts OF all accounts. Here are eA
cerpts from it: .Fa w
81 have been sitting on the world
for the last 90 days travelling around
France and have seen about all OF
it, l waY in Lyons the 18th of July
when they dedicated the Pont Du
Wilson bridge. The soldiers that
marched over that bridge were the
first American soldiers in Lyons and
| was one of them, only / rode +,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

| TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
The following resolution was pre-
sented to the board and passed,
October 2: .- .~
"RESOLVED: That the Capitol
Park be and the same is hereby
closed to the general public, from
! 500 clock p. M, of each and
every day, and will remain so clos
ed until 700 o'clock a. NJ. Of each
succeeding day. That this order
shall be in full force and effect
unit further notice." .'a X
| BOARD OF CONTROL OF
STATE INSTITUTIONS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03

channel and reports indicate she was
struck by torpedo while conveying
another vessel.
Apparently there We're no eye wit
nesses to the sinking The navy re-
port says an explosion was felt about
S:45 p. m. and later quantities, of
wreckage was found.
Pa, s#t, ---BuY W. s. S. ..
Tribune Want Ads Bring Results.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03
PUBLIC PLACES ORDERED
CLOSED IN PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, Oct. 3.--Schools,, thea
ters, churches and all places of public
assembly were today ordered closed
indefinitely after the receipt OF re-
ports showing the rapid spread Of
Spanish Influenza SasI
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03
U S. SHIP TAMPA is
COST.OFF BRITISH COAST.

Washington. Oct. 3.-'The u S. ship
Tampa former coast guard cutter in
the naval service was lost off the Eng
lish coast September 26, with all on
board while on convoy duty. Ten Of
ficers lost their lives.
A navy department statement. says
the ship was sunk nigh in he Brisol
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-03

| The confession of the
] temptress--the heart
swelling Joy Of love tri-
umphant. =