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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
GERMANS RETREAT
ON ENTIRE FRONT
Huns Retiring in Haste on Line
From Ypres in Flanders TO
Reims in the South.
CRISIS OF OFFENSIVE IS NEAR
Teutons Quit the VesIe Front Closely
Pursued by French and Amer
lean Patrols.

Washington, Sept 5.-The Germans
are now giving ground over the en-
tire 150-mile battle front from Ypres
to Reims-
Seemingly the question whether the
Germans win be able to hold, even
relatively, their present line from
Flanders to Champagne is being an
swered in the negative.
The strategy OF General Foch,
which imposed on the Germans the
necessity OF falling back in Flanders,
Artois and Picardy, now likewise is
compelling the enemy to withdraw
from the Vesle river, between Sois-
sons and Reims, northward toward
the Aisne, in order TO avert disaster.
Outf1anked on all defensive works
along the western part of the battle
line, and in greater danger Of a turn
ing movement eastward from the re-
gions of Noyon and scissors, the Ger
man high command at last has been
forced to begin the retrograde move
ment in the Soissons-Reims sector
which the military experts long had
predicted would be necessitated
through the successes Of the British,
French and American armies.
The Hun Withdrawal Is On.
With the American Army on the
Vesle Front, Sept 5.-A German with
drawal from the VesIe has begun.
Combat patrols of Americans and
French are close on their heels to
the west Of Bazoches and eastward
to a point beyond Fismes.
Back to the Aisne.
Smart machine gun resistance is
being encountered. By all indica-
tons the Germans have withdrawn
their main bodies to the north, pos
sibly preparatory to crossing the
Aisne
Light forces of Americans have ad-
vanced their lines some distance
north Of the Vesle.
Yanks Take Four Villages.
Washington, Sept. 5.-American
troops, in close pursuit of the Ger
mans retiring north of the Vesle, have
captured the villages of Bazoches,
Perles, Fismette and Daslieux, taking
prisoners and machine guns, General
Pershfng reported in his communiQue
for today, received tonight at the War
Department
The American forces, General Per
shing said, have reached the general
line of Vauxcere-BIansy-L
Hameau- American aviators also have
successfully bombed the railroad
yards at Longuyon, Domary-DarOu-
court and Contains.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
MORE PAY TO RAILROAD MEN
McAdoo Approves Increase Of IS to 50
Per Cent TO More Than
Million Employees.

Washington, Sept Nearly one
million men, or half the railroad en-
ployes in the United States, share in
additional wage increases approved
today by Director General McAdoO for
track lsborers, Eatchmen, other main
tenance of way employees, clerks, sta
ton agents and other classes OF en-
ployes drawing relatively low pay
The new increases, the second
granted in supplement to the govern
ment's general wage order. viii add
nearly 100 million dollars TO the an
nual railroad payroIls, 1t is said Most
Of the increases range from is TO 30
per cent above present wages
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
DR0UTH CAUSES A
COTTON CROP CUT
Estimated Yields Reduced q
Per Gent According TO the
Government Report.
aVERAGE 145 POUNDS TO ACRE
Figures Indicate That Loss During
August Was Greatest Ever Re
corded for Single Month.

Washington, Sept "A disaster IN
paralleled in the history Of the cotton
growing industry in the United States
has befaIlen the American cotton crop
this year as the result OF q severe
1routh in July and August. The gov
ernment's September crop report. is
sued today. forecasting the prospect
i've production this year at II ,137, 600
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bales. 0SSs-
600 bales less than was forecast in
the beginning of the season.
Cotton growers planted this year
the second largest acreage on record
and prospects seemed bright for one
Of the largest crops ever grown
Drouth during July, however, re-
duced the crop by 1916 COO bales, and
dry weather in August caused the
greatest deterioration ever recorded
in a single month. there being a de-
cline of 179 points in the condition
on August % as compared with July %
Worst in the West
The entire cotton belt was affected,
but in Texas and Oklahoma and the.
western part of the region it was
greater than in the East The extent
of the depreciation amounted TO 2.4s2.-
600 bales, reducing the prospective
production to II, 1S7 900 bales. A crop
of that size would be slightly smaller.
than those Of the last three years
In q statement issued with the crop
report, the department of agriculture
said:
The past month was the most dis
astrous in its effect upon the cotton
crop that has been recorded, the de-
cline being 17-9 points. equivalent to.
depreciation of "a per cent in one
month.
Yield 145 Pounds Per Acre
The forecast Of yield per acre, AS
pounds, is smaller than any yield
ever reported
"a large acreage. however, permits
a forecast of total production OF H.
$4,000 bales, which is but slightly
smaller than the last three crops The
depreciation was more or less general
throughout the cotton belt, but greater
in the west CTexas and Oklahoma es-
peciaIly) than in the East The prin-
cipal cause Of the decline is extreme
drouth, but contributory causes are
boil EeeviI, red spider and rust"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
AUGUSTUS FINE SHIP RECORD

Washington, Sept. 5-New records
in American shipbuildThg were made
in August, figures made public yes
terday by the Department Of Com
merce showing that the months out
put in merchant ships including those
built for foreign owners was 295, S49
gross tons. This included eighty
eight seagoing vessels OF 2S3, 0s9 gross
tons.
For the twelve months ending with
August the total output was 1,7S7, 730
gross tons.
Early in August production for this
year passed the country's record OF
1,O34, 296 gross tons, made in 1917,
and the total production for the eight
months this year was /, 414,260 tons.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Reports of the discontinuance of
the teaching of German have come to
W. D. Ross, superintendent of public
instruction, from Oskaloosa, Usage
City and several other Kansas towns.
Resolutions against teaching German
were adopted by the state Council of
Defense. No complaints have reach
ed the state board of the use of Ger
man for several months, with the ex-
ception Of a few regarding parochial
schools.
1.-The present war emergency prac-
tically caused the discontinuancs of
German in schools of the state" said
Superintendent Ross. 1.-The boards of
education have direct jurisdiction
over the course of study and until the
annual report is made to me we are
not in touch with just what has been
done"
Topeka schools, including Wash
burn College, have. discontinued Ger
man classes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Henry H. Sandy OF Covert. little
town in Osborne county, has made
rapid progress since entering the
military service a little more than a
year ago. He enlisted as a private
and his sisters have received word
recently from him that he has been
promoted repeatedly until he is now
a captain in the signal corps. Sandy
was a student at the Fort Hays Nor
NAL school, where he was president
of the Y. NJ. c. A. and an editor of the
school paper,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Friday, September 13, will be cele-
brated in Kansas this year in honor
of Gen. John ]. Pershing's birthday,
If Governor Arthur Capper follows the
inspiration of Joe Jacobs of Abilene.
Jacobs suggests that the Kansas gov
ernor should be the first to proclaim
the esteem due the leader of the
American expeditionary forces over
seas. Should the governor set the
day aside for General Pershing's
praise, it would probably be the first
time Friday, the 18th" received an
ovation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
TO TAKE OVER THE COLLEGES
Government Making Plans to Miiitar-
ize the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
Students VIII Be Paid.

Chicago. Aug. 31.-FederaI partici-
patton in the direction of colleges and
universities in the Middle West during
the war is intended by the govern
ment, it was said here today, stimuli
taneousIy with announcement that all
colleges and universities in the sec
ton would send representatives to
Fort Sheridan for a conference With
army chiefs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
Two Naval Aviators killed

Pensacola, Fla, Aug sL3Two
naval aYiators were killed and third
sustained minor injuries when their
machine made a nose dive into the
bay here last night The dead are:
James Lloyd Churchill, Syracuse, N
Y, and Dewitt Clifford Wilcox, New
ton Center, Mass.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
Two Fishing sehooners Sunk.

St. Johns, Newfoundland. Sept g.
Twenty men from the fishing sehoon-
er Elsie Porter Of Lunenburg, Nova
Scotia, and five from the schooner
Potentste Of La Have. Nova Scotia,
landed here today, reporting that
their vessels we're sunk by a U-boat
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Complaints made to H M Brew
ster attorney general, against orders
purported to have been issued by
Walter P Innes OF Wichita, state food
administrator. may lead to suits filed
under the State Antitrust Law, if
the investigations by the attorney
general continue to develop. AS a
prelude, Brewster and Innes probably
will despute over the fixing of thresh-
ing prices by the administrator. Re
public County threshermen approved
the order, but stwo hundred farmers
voted to disregard the rate and lines
afterward approved the action of the
farmers
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
eompers,s ArrivaI TimeIy.

London, Aug 30.-The arrival in
England Of Samuel Gompers. presi-
dent OF the American Federation OF
Labor, is an event Of considerable
importance, the Morning Post says
The name OF Gompers," it adds, is
one TO conjure with
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
Crews Of Six shius Land.

A Canadian Atlantic Port, Sept. g.
One hundred and fifty-nine men, COM
prising the crews of a Norwegian
steamer and five Newfoundland and
French fishing schooners, recent vic
tins OF a German submarine, have ar
rived here on a trawler.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

While the school children are en-
joying a vacation. the state printer
and his force are about the busiest
persons in Kansas, getting out the
annual grist of school books with
which to entertain" budding Kansans
for the ensuing school year. The
state printer has turned out, in round
numbers, a million textbooks in the
current year. About 100000 of that
number are being shipped now to deal
ers throughout the state. The state
print shop issues Twenty-Five Yarie-
ties of school books besides the writ
ing books. These comprise all the
books used IN the grade schools but
one, and one high school subject The
one exception is biographies, which
are printed outside the state.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
Kansas CITY ssEfunnmerD in Crash.

Chicago, Sept 3.-Nine passengers
In the combination smoker and bag
gage coach Of the Kansas City @Hun-
mer" on the Chicago & Alton Rail
way were injured and two cars OF the
train were wrecked early tonight
when struck by a freight train here.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

The first alien women ever granted
citizenship in the Geary County Dis
trict Court received their naturaliza-
papers the other day before John T.
Dixon, acting judge. They are Red
Cross nurses stationed at Fort Riley
and were not, naturalized under the
emergency provision recently adopted
to permit speedy admittance to citi-
zenship of alien soldiers. The nurses
and their nationality: Sigma Cecilia
Johnson, Sweden; Cornelia Fontain-
Holland; Karen Marie Schou, Den
mark.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
American Bombs On Lonouyon.

With the American Army in Lor-
raine, Sept. 5.-American airmen sue
cessfully bombed Longuyon twice yes
terday. About thirty airpIanes flew
over the German lines last night and
dropped a few bombs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
August War Bin, LIZA million.

Washington, Sept. 4.-Government
war expenditures in August broke all
monthly records by more than 100 mil
lion dollars, amounting to LIZA mil
lion dollars on reports up to today.
Later reports may increase this so
million dollars.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
Overseas Now, 1906. 900 Men.

Washington, Sept. General March
announced today that the total en-
barkation OF American soldiers for al
fronts, including Siberia expedition
had passed the 1900. goo mark Au-
gust 81.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Washington, Sept 5--Arrival Of
Maj. Gen. William s. Graves and his
staff at vladivostok to take command
of all American forces fighting On
the new eastern front, was announced
today by General March.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Amos E Wilson, president Of the
First National Bank of Leavenworth,
well known in state financial circles,
died at his home there recently.
Death was caused by paralysis. Mr..
Wilson was born March 2, 1860, at
Wheelersburg, O., but moved to Solo
mon, Kas., while still boy. In 1888
he settled at Mcpherson, where he
started his career as a banker. Mr..
Wilson was made national bank ex-
aminer in 1886 and held the position
for nine years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
A Wreck Near sIuskooes.

Kuskogee, Ok, Sept 5.-SeveraI
persons are reported to have been In
iured In a wreck Of Midland Valley
passenger train No. 8, eastb0und, at
stone Bluff, tventy-six miles west Of
here, at O'Clock this morning.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

A German school building and a
German church building at Harrington
were destroyed recently by fire sup
posed to be Of incendiary origin.
There has been a strong feeling at
Herington against the teaching Of
German in the school and holding
church services in German. At one
time the people threatened some &C
ton against the institutions, but moth
ing developed. There is no clew as
to who started the fire.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Private Wire Rates Held Too Low.
Washington, Aug. 31--Charges now
made for private telegraph wire ser
vices Of bankers, brokers and indus
trial concerns on the theory Of whole
sale business were declared unreason-
ably low today by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Hearty Endorsement Of the idea Of
girls being educated to run tractors
on the farms during the war times
was given by J. C. Mohler, secretary
of the state board of agriculture. in a
letter addressed to Miss Fay Fitz-
patrick, head of the Jayhawker trac-
tor girls. He assures the girls that
the entire organization Of the state
department of agriculture is back of
the plan and will be glad to do any
thing that is needed to be done to
help" Two large tractor schools OF
Kansas City have offered free instruc-
ton to the members of the organiza-
ton.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Many inquiries are coming to state
draft officials as to who must register
under the regulations of the man-poW-
er bill. The Interpretation of the act
is explained as follows. Cali male
persons who shall have attained their
18th birthday and shall not have at
tanned their 46th birthday, on or be-
fore the day set for registration by
the president, must register. There
are only three exceptions to this well
defined class. These specify persons
who do not have to register, as fol-
lows. Persons who have already
registered. officers and enlisted men
in the United States army, and Off
GERS and enlisted men Of the navy and
marine corps"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
TO VOTE ON 2 AMENDMENTS
Levy for State Schools and Right 70
the Franchise are involved in
the Election.

Kansas voters will vote on two
amendments to the state constitution
at the election next November 5, one
designed to withdraw from aliens who
have taken out their first papers"
the right to vote, the second favoring
q state levy for maintenance of the
states educational institutions.
The present constitutional provision
relative to franchise rights includes,
first, citizens Of the United States,
Second, persons Of foreign birth who
shall have declared their intentions to
become citizens conformably to the
laws OF the United States on the sub
ject of naturalization"
The wording of this portion of the
state constitution (Section 1 OF Ar
ticle s. would be altered by the
amendment to read as follows: CIV
cry citizen of the United States Of
the age of 81 years and upWards-who
shall have resided in Kansas six
months next preceding any election,
and in the township, or ward in which
he or she offers to vote, at least thir-
ty days next preceding such election,
shall be deemed q qualified elector.
The proposed amendment pertain
ing to funds for maintenance of the
state educational institutions is a
move to put these institutions on q
more business-Iike basis and is strong
" advocated by the state board Of adj
ministration of which the state bust
ness manager is the operating official.
Under the present arrangements,
these institutions are provided for by
a biennial appropriation by the state
legislature According to the amend
ment, these funds would be raised by
a tax levy direct, rather than an ap-
preparation by the legislature.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

New York, Sept. 4.-NearIy twenty
five thousand government agents be-
gan today to ferret out draft evaders
in New York City and vicinity, under
the direction of the Department OF
Justice
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
First CHICAGO Mail bv Air.

Chicago, Aug. 3I.-Air mail for Chi
cago viii be delivered for the first
time September 5, in Grant Park,when
a trial run of the Chicago-New York
aerial service VIII be made.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
a Border officIaI Killed.

Brownsville, Tex, Sept 5.-Frsd
Tate, a customs officer, vas shet aad
instantly killed by alleged Mexicaa
zmugglers last night on the main road
two miles north OF Brownsville.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

A fine of $1,000 was assessed
against Fred Burns of Hutchinson, gen.
eraI manager of the Consolidated
Flour Mills Company Of that city, re-
Gently by the federal food administra-
tor for Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Rome, Aug. SO.-A number of Ital-
ian young women and girls have Pc
titiOned the military authorities to es-
tablish schools where they can take
training in aviation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12
Yanks in Siberian Eiohtinn.

vladivostok. Sept 3.-American
troops arrived today and have joined
the Allied forces fighting toward Ha-
barovsk and Irutsk The enemy IS
retrestfng
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Chicago, Sept. Edmund Jones
James. president Of the University of
Illinois, presented mis- resignation to
the board Of trustees at meeting in
Chicago today.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

The new Rock Island schedule calls
for twelve new passenger trains to
stop at Lawrence daily, six East and
six West. According to the decision
Of the federal railway control board.
the passengers taken on at Lawrence
must be for points either east of Kan
sas or west Of Topeka.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

]. F. FARRELL, former publicity direc-
tor for the Santa Fe. who has been
engaged in Red Cross work at New
port News, Va, for the past month,
has now received an appointment up
on the new bureau for suggestions
and complaints in the United States
railroad administration.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Edward Godfrey, a road and small
bridge contractor of Leavenworth
county, hanged himself in the city
Jail at Leavenworth the other morn
ing. Godfrey tried to shoot the
members OF his family.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

The Hague, Aug 3L-Queen WiIhe1-
nina has asked Ionkheer G. L. III. H
Rui5s de Beerenbrouck to form a cab
met
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Mrs. John Walker of Kit Carson,
who is attending a business college in
SaIina, has received word from the
War Department that her husband
had been missing in action since Aug
ust 2. He had been in France for
several months.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Sixty-nine men were enrolled at
Lawrence recently in the machine
gun company for the Fourth Regiment
Of the new Kansas national guard.
The company was mustered into the
service with sixteen more men than
the minimum requirements laid down
by the war department.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Della Rose Jacobs, the 4-year-old
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ja-
cobs, who live east OF Emporia is
dead from burns received when her
clothing caught fire from the flame OF
an oil stove.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

William C. Rote, driver in one of
the mines Of the Central Coal & Coke
Company at Pittsburg. was killed
when be was crushed under a coal
car. He was 80 years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Joe Licktig of Greeley has been no
titled that his son, Philip Licktig, has
been mentioned in general orders by
General Pershing for very gallant con-
duct shown in raid across the Marine
on the night of June II, in which Lick
tig and twenty-five others captured a
large number OF Germans.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Gottlieb Sattler Of Lyon County,
brother of John Sattler, who is intern
ed at Fort Oglethorpe. Ca, as an
enemy alien, was arrested recently by
Chief Deputy United States Marshal
c. c. Jackson Of Topeka.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

While bathing in a pond on the
Mcdowell ranch, southeast of hatfield
Green, recently, Omer Fent. 10 years
old, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Fent, of hatfield, and his cousin, Al
vim North, OF New Mexico, IS years
old. were drowned when they got be-
yond their depth. The boys could not
swim
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Information has been received at
Leavenworth that Capt. Arthur
O'Keefe has been awarded the French
army medal of the Croix de Guerre
for gallantry in action. The details Of
what he did to win this distinguished
honor is not known here yet.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-09-12

Every one OF forty-nine men who IN
derwent physical examination at Atch-
ison for the draft was found fit for
service. The men included those OF
the 1917 registration who had been
advanced from deferred classified
tons
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-06-20
Friday, june 2Sth
tional War Savings

American will be summoned to enlist In the great
e. On that day every loyal American should sign
definite amount in War Savings Stamps each month
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-06-20
very Family a Fighting Family!

wartme of true that will