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remain Europe and human nature is
going to remain human nature after
Mr.. Wilson goes home. and II fs
essential to recognise now what he
has done and what he has, failed to
do. and why he has succeeded and
why he has failed
He has been a symbol Of enormous
value in Europe. but he has not given
the world a new system of laws or
new machinery of international re1a-
ttons. He came to Europe to express
certain principles. His coming awak-
ened sentimental emotion. and the
influence of this emotion was ana
remains powerful in Paris. He could
have had his way in many great
things in addition II he had had q
way. but he has not had one.
Copyright, 1919, by the. Mcclure Newspaper
Grrdi fn 4
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Complete Liberty of Transit
on Equal Conditions Is
Proposed to Commission

PARIS. February 10 (by the AS
sociated Press) The commission on
ports, waterways and railways Of the
peace conference met today, with DIR.
Silvio Crespi of italy in the chair.
England, supported by America. pro.
posed the proclamation of the princi-
pie of complete liberty of transit to
every country on equal conditions to
all. This proposition was opposed by
Albert Claveille, for France, and
Lambros A. Coromflas, for Greece,
who pointed out that England and
America occupied special situations
that made the question of CONNER
cial land transit insignificant for
them.
The commission appointed two sub
committees, one to study the QueS-
ton of the control of ports, water
ways and railways and the other
the question of liberty Of transit. The
first commission has approved of the
principle that no country may charge
duties on goods passing through Its
ports or over its railways or water
ways other than the freight rates
paid on goods destined for the coun-
try itself. Neither may they levy on
such goods customs or local taxes.
Protest From Belgians.
Belgian delegates protested against
allowing freight destined for German
ports to pass through their territory
exempt OF duty, thus expeditine the
prosperity of Germany. They claimed
also that such measures should be
taken as would make navigation of
the Sche1t river free for Belgium. The
Czechoslovaks and Poles insisted on
having ports of their own, the former
on the Adriatic and the latter on the
Baltic. NJ. Coromilas proposed to give
them. respectively, at Trieste and Dam
zig the. same privileges that Greece
granted to Serbia at Saioniki. where
Serbia has part of the port and en-
joys territorial rights. The Czecho-
'slopaks and Poles consider this propo-
sition an insufficient guarantee and
definite decision was postponed.
{ The commission agreed that navi-
CATION of the Rhine and Danube
should be free to all countries border
ing on them or through which those
rivers pass The Rhine passes or bor-
ders Switzerland. Germany, France
and Holland and the Danube holds the
same relation to Germany. Austria,
: Bohemia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria
and: Rumhffa, =
Two Important - features Of the
American and British labor program
sion on international labor legislation
and will form a part of the whole
project of international regulation OF
labor. which will be submitted to the
fun peace conference. These are the
prohibition Of child labor under six
teen years of age and the uniformity
of seamen's wages.
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Interchurch Committee Elects.

YONKERS, N. Y, February IL
Cyrus H. Mccormick Of Chicago has
been elected chairman of the interde-
nominational committee of 100 in
charge of the interchurch movement
in North America. Fred B. Smith OF
Rocbester and F. w. Aver Of Ph4lA-
delphia. were elected vice chairfnsff,
NJ H.7Gfliss OF. New York recesdinE
'SsSretxfy. .Df:. yohns r. Mott cheHmen
and S. Carl Taylor chief executive and
general secretary.
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over 1900 YANKEES
IN TODAYS ARRIVALS
-
Leviathan Brings 9,295-1,64S
Come on Italian Steamer.
Others Returning. .

NEW YORK, February 11.-The
American transport Leviathan. carry
ing s,2s5 troops, passed the Ambrose
channel lightship this afternoon and
will arrive here late today. Among
the civilian passengers is Edward n.
Hurley, chairman of the United States
Shipping Board. who had been abroad
to confer with American and allied
officials on the food and shipping sit
uations.
Bringing home 1,s4S troops, the
steamship Due dAbruzzi arrived here
today from Marseille. The complete
personnel-49 officers and 1872 men
of the 46th Regiment, Coast Artillery
Corps, returned, together with a de-
tachment of the 164th Field Hospital:
part of Casual Company No. IS. con-
sisting of 1S Utah troops, and more
than $50 casuals.
The steamship Matapan arrived
with detachment Base Hospital No. 2,
comprising 8 officers and Ill nurses,
and several casual officers and civil
ians.
The steamship Pasadena arrived
from bordeaux Win Oetachment OF
Casual Company No. 25, comprising
/ officer and 20 men of New York.
There also were 5 casual officers on
board.
The freight transport Arakan ar
rived here yesterday from Bordeaux
with thirteen casual officers, six enlisted
men Of etachment Casual Company
No. II of New York. and two civilians.
The United States eoruiser North
Carolina and the French liner France
docked here Sunday, debarking 6,170
officers and men of the American ex-
peditionary force.
Arrivals at Newport News.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. February
II. - With 5000 overseas troops.
nurses and civilians aboard, the
transport Rijndam docked here Sun
day and discharged passengers. No
complete organizations were aboard.
all of the fighting men being listed
as casuals or sick and wounded.
The majority of the troops are from
Virginia and Georgia, but nearly
every state is represented.
Seven days overdue, the transport Co
rontes reached port yesterday from Bor-
beaux with fhirty-seven casual ovefyeaa
troops aboard. two Officers ana thirty
Ave men. Practically al q the men are
PcunsylvsntapA - ---A------
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Ok Women Each Fined s..

Twenty-Five women were sentenced to
nav nye-dollar fines or to serve five
DAYS in Jail by Judge Hardison in the
United states branch Of the Police
Court yesterday. on charges growing
out of a demonstration Sunday after
roon in front Of the White House. Ten
other women were discharged.
Evening star., 1919-02-11

&P. Coates, thread manufactur-
era al Pawtucket, r. l.. announce the
plant there will be operated on a
sehedule Of fortysss.nss s.inS hSurs I. = week,
+ Ssfsrissf6ft. 8. C. Will De used "a
dsbarkstion port for returning sentii-
ern soldiers, but no transports are
expected before March l.
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If Senate Had Ratified

It will be seen. then. that in all the
great problems II was Impossible for
the Paris conference to reach clear
cut decisions. Had Mr.. Wilson brought
a program ratified in advance by the
Senate and Endorsed by the people
OF the United States. he might have
imposed a very considerable portion
of it upon the nations of Europe.
When he was unable to bring such
program il became clear that no
other force could impose such organi-
Zation upon the nations here repre-
sented, and that the league Of ma
tions was inevitably bound to re-
minded nations. destitute Of power to
enforce its decisions and condemned
to rely upon moral influence.
Now this will seem to many Ameri-
cans very small harvest for very
as to how many of the worlds found
the fact is that the nations now in
conference in Paris are themselves in
their association and cooperation be-
coming day by day more and more of
an effective league of nations. The
fact is that many of the aspirations
for league of nations are being ex-
pressed in the method and In the
spirit of the Paris conference. The
perfect machine which was to be a
world police force will not spring
fully armed from the Paris confer
ence, but out Of deliberations, de-
cisions and joint agreements a very
useful organization for the preserva-
tion of world peace seems likely to
emerge. =,
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Exercised Profound influence.

What 1 am trying to make clear is
chat President Wilson by coming to
Europe exercised a profound influence
upon the course of the Paris confer
result of careful formula upon a
definite program or a matured and
considered policy
The league of nations is not Mr..
wilson's creation. In a large sense it
is no ones creation, but the result of
the conference itself.
When Mr. Wilson goes home the dis
eussion Of. the league of nations will
probably have been complhted, with
all the larger questions referred to the
appropriate private committees, whose
reports may be heard and acted upon,
and may not
So far Mr.. Wilson has committed
the United States to nothing, since he
was unable in the nature of things to
commit his country. AS a consequence
he has been compelled in, the last
analysis to abandon any possible pur-
pose to exercise coercion, and he has
refrained SO far from any appeal to
the sentiments or emotions OF the
masses of people over here. with. the
result that the peace conference has
worked in harmony and real league
Of nations has developed consistently.
1t is very hard to make clear the
precise difference between what Mr..
Wilson was expected to do and what
he has done. The American people as
a whole accepted the fourteen points.
which were in themselves only a con-
fused mixture of sentiment unrelated
truths and unapplied aspirations, az a
rather complete formula Of program
for league of nations.
Confronted by the facts of the Euro
pean situation. Mr.. Wilson and those
associated with him saw very quickly
how different the world Of fact was
from what they had imagined at a
distance of 5000 miles.
They found the old difficulties con-
fronting them Of being powerless be-
cause they had no specified remedies
for diseases all mankind had suffered
from ana mated. In way they found
themselves merely denunciators of
disease and not physicians with heal.
in
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o. s. Leadership Broke Down.

The fourteen points took ALL the,
character of incantation rather. than
medically approved treatment, and IN
a very real sense American leadership
broke down at critical moment,
since Americans offered no remedy.
If Mr.. Wilson had been able to pull
out OF his pocket constitution for a
league of nations following hf,
triumphals progress through France,
Britain and Italy, ii seems to be the
common judgment here that ne might
have persuaded the Paris conference
to accept it. But in point of fact all
he could say was:
You see your people desire the
same things which I desire; namely,
a world peace and guarantee
against future war"
Beyond this he could hardly go BE.
yond this he has not gone, except to
receive and to adopt one contribution
after another, coming mainly from
the British. designed to cover state
ments made by him in the past as in
the case OF the German colonies.
He could. IL he had wanted. have on
posed annexation of these colonies nv
the European conquerors of German
He could not, IL he had wanted, have
persuaded the y:ctors TO return them to
Germany. and he was not prepared on
behalf of the United States either to
accept for his country alone or for his
country in association with others. re-
sponBibility for administration and
control of these colonies.
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Tells Of Shooting Of DR.. Wong.

Between twenty and thirty min
utes later DR.. Wong arrived at the
house and in a few minutes came
downstairs to the basement and
greeted Wan, who was sitting at a
table just directly in front Of the
door, with the expression Hello.
Wan; did you come back? At this
moment Wan states Wu fired at DR..
Wong striking him in the breast. DR..
Wong then turned and staggered up
the stairs, followed by WI, and the
next thing Wan claims to have heard
was a violent scuffle on the floor Just
above in which he heard overturning
Of chairs and the breaking of glass
accompanied by one or more shots.
WAN states that in very few min
utes Wu returned to the basement
and they both then discussed the
matter OF obtaining money on the
check. Wan says he was very much
incensed after the shooting Of DR..
Wong, his friend. WI then wanted
Wan to take the check to the bank and
get the FIVE thousand dollars. Wu had
loaned Wan eighty dollars. and it was
suggested by WI to Wan that by his
CWan) taking the check to the bank it
would provide Wan opportunity to repay
the loan and that WI would never re-
veal who cashed the check.
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Sure That Confession Is True.

The police are fully satisfied that
Vans statement Of the affair, made
yesterday. tells the story of the con-
spiracy to rob the mission of $4,000
and OF the killing OF the three Chi
nese. 1t was some time before
Christmas when the plot to get the
money was suggested by Ben Sen
Wa, according to Vans confession.
"Wan's confession seems plausible, I"
said Inspector Grant HE was in the
kitchen Of the murder house when he
made It, and he explained in detail
every move that was made the night
of January 29,. when the three men
were shot to DEATH"
1t was January "a that Wan came to
from WI, having refused to Come
when sent for about Christmas. He re-
mAined at the ,nission as . guest of
W. sxins TIE fsilowinx MondAy
and Hsis thought he had returned to
New York. but Wp~Snew differently.
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Shoots WI Following Quarrel.

IVAN and WI then had an intense
quarrel over the check, and Wan
states that at convenient oppor-
tunity while WI was not looking he
picked the revolver OF the kitchen ta-
BILE, where Wu had laid it upon his re-
turn from upstairs, broke the barrel
OF the gun and saw there were no
loaded shells in 1t, and reloaded the
gun with two shells while WI was
not looking.
After quarreling for some time Wan
states WV walked into the furnace
room, and he shot at him and hit him
in the back OF the head, Wu partly
rolling over as he fell. Wan states he
then stopped down, stuck the gun
close to Wu's body and shot him a sec
ond time. After he shot wu he placed
the gun on . chair near the place
where Wu fell. Wan then went up
stairs and saw DR.. Wong's body at the
foot Of the steps and cried because DR..
Wong was dead. He then went out
and states he got on q street car.
"He completely exonerates his
brother Van from any completely in
the crime"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

The following was handed to the
Free Press by Mrs. Geo. Philip, ST.:
Mr.. and Mrs. George Macdonald an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Jane Annie Brown to Mr.. George
Alexander Anderson, Saturday, the
twenty-e eighth of June, at Noel, Mis-
souri,. Miss Macdonald's sister was
the first child born in the Victory col
ony, named Victoria. She was pre-
sented with cow by Mr.. Grant, the
founder of the colony.
Two wheat harvesters and thresher
was unloaded here Tuesday for Louis
Kraus. The express on the machines
was S4OO.
A special came in Monday morning
with seven cars of harvest hands.
Quite number got off at Hays; the
balance went farther west.
With the exception of a "small
guard" the court house employees
and officers, are out harvesting.
Fred Miller and wife are in Kansas
City
County Attorney J. NJ. Wiesner
Sundayed with his wife south of
Bunkerhill, where she is helping her
people with the harvest.
Mrs. VIM. Dorney, her daughter,
Genevieve, and Elsie Grass, are visit
ing in Salina. Miss Cecilia Dorney
drove them down in a car July 4th.
The Free Press has been asked re-
Gently. "what about the Anthony &
Northern railroad? Is it ever coming
to Hays?" On inquiring we find that
nothing can be done until the admin
istration turns the railroads back to
the owners. Before the war there
was a great cry by certain class of
politicians for government owner
ship of public utilities, especially rail-
roads. 1t has now been tried and has
proven an utter failure. It takes
special training along certain lines to
successfully operate railroads and our
Uncle Sam is not onto the job. The
sooner the owners get back onto the
job the better the public will be salts
fed. There is too much red tape in
government affairs of any nature.
The Hays Business Girls Club has
been divorced from the Chamber of
Commerce and is now an institution.
of itself. The membership fee is
$1.25. President Lewis has recently
given them the privilege of using the
Coliseum swimming pool twice week
with Miss Ellis as instructor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
DIED

In Chicago, July 5th, 1919, Mrs.
VIM. H. Bay, age 80 years.
Mrs Bay was a pioneer residence
of Hays. She was a woman possess
ed Of many Christian virtues, and
bore with patience and wonderful
fortitude the poverty and hardships
incident to the pioneer days Of West
ern Kansas, due to drouth, hot winds,
grasshOppers, and failure Of crops.
1t is pleasure to those who knew her
best, TO know that the last fifteen
years Of her life were made comfort
able and happy by the devotion and
care Of her daughter, DR.. Sadie Bay
Adair, one of the most prominent and
successful physicians OF Chicago. The
body was taken TO Bunea Vista, for
interment- God rest her soul. XXX
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
THE SALVATION ARMY

The Cross of Christ, the army lass,
On ev'ry land and sea;
The drum beat, aye, the heart beats,
they
Are calling you and me.
The love, the toll, the sacrifice
Their jewels, rich and rare,
Are shining bright in souls of men
And far off Mansions fair. =
Salvation army, blessed band,
Service, your constant aim,
Seeking only to help, relieve;
You ask it in His Name
On redeemed fields of stricken
France;
They braved the shot and shell;
They're ever on the "iring ine,"
Our gallants knew them we'll
Hats OFF,, the Army's marching by;
Their drums ne'er sound retreat,
The Master calls, they hear the Voice,
There hosts of Right we greet.
They reviled Him in days of old;
You bore the burden too,
You trod the path. Gethsemane,
A victors crown for you.
Then give and give and give again;
They serve all human need;
The wide, wide, world, their battle
field,
Humanity, their creed.
Copyright, 1919 by Ignatius 1.
Murphy.) Author of Behold the Flag.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
US. ARMY RECRUITING STATION
ELLIS, KANSAS
EnEstnents For One Year

By telegraphic instructions from
Washington, DC, dated July 2, 1919,
enlistments Of applicants for a period
of one year in quartermaster CORPS
and medical department regardless of
whether or not they have had previous
military service, previous orders in
conflict with foregoing are hereby re-
voked, enlistments for special purpose
such as oversea duty remain three
years Signed, P. c. Harris, General
Chief or staff.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

President Wilson can see some use
fulness now in a Protective Tariff for
infant industries" provided he has
the designation Of the industries that
are to be classed. But the people of
this coutry viii hardly concede that
either he or his partisans in Congress
are the best judges of what industries
need Protection, how long they need
it or how high an import duty they
need IN order to guard against de-
structive competition. We cannot
forget that he advocated removal
of all economic barriers" so far as
possible; as part Of the Pease Treaty.
.Lewisburgh (Pa.) Saturday News,
6. IA. 19.
An amber-colored alien can con-
struct the most ornate japanese pot
terry and live 1uxuriantly working
II hours a day for 25cents. But If
an American pottery worker were
content to exc ont an existence on
such low scale, he would deserve
to be canned. Free Trade says in
vite these rice-nibbIing fatalists to
compete with our sturdy American
pottery workers. Don't overlook
that fact, Mr.. Voter.-Economist.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

The Hays Opera House photoplays
are gaining in favor with the theatre
going public each week. Large cleo
trio fans have been installed which
adds greatly TO the comfort Of the
audiences that nightly attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Mcleod of Sa-
lima, Kansas, were visiting with the
d. P. Sims family this week. Mr..
Mcleod is engaged in the real estate
business at Salina with the Connually
Realty Co.
R. G. Acres and S. W. Krenkel,
agents of the Topeka Capital, are
here this week, looking after the in
terest of. that popular daily, in Hays.
Mr. Acres is the son of Ex-State
Treasurer Acres.
The farmers are paying all sorts of
prices for help this year. Eighty
cents per hour seems to be the rul-
ing price, but some are offering 90
cents and $1.OO, and one farmer took
out four men last week and guaran-
teed them $3.50 for twelve days work,
which is $1.50 per hour.
Banker E. o. Humes was up from
Bunkerhill Monday.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
Thresher Men Attention

Have 200 acres of bound wheat on
Burns farm, y miles south of Walk
er, which we would like to get thresh-
ed right away. See P. J. Deane or
A. F. Cochran at Citizens State Bank,
Hays.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10
F. H. N. CataIoss Arrive

The Fort Hays Normal has begun
sending out its new catalogs. Be
cause of the increased number of stu
dents the new courses made necessary
are announced for the first time in
this catalog. The new work in dra-
maties and public speaking with
James Start and the courses in the
new department of commerce with E.
J. Montague are announced for the
first time. To obtain a catalog it is
only necessary to write to the Fort
Hays Normal asking for one.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Have so acres of bound wheat IN
the city limits Of Hays which we
would like to get threshed right away.
See Azel F. Cochran, Citizens State
Bank, Hays.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-10

Lawrence Oldham made a business
trip TO Salina, Monday.
eve have several good teams of
horses, mares, and mules for sale.
c. G. Cochran & Sons. -
J. E. Brummit is the boss artist at
the Bemis auto-tire repair shop.
Horses for sale Inquire of Peter
johnson.
R. S. Maxwell is helping in the
harvest fields
The thermometer registered 10 In
the shade at Hays this Thursday. Gee
whizl how hot ''we mortals bep'
Get your Betting and Threshers'
supplies and automobile accessories
at the Northside Garage.