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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
CARDINAL MERCER ARRIVES
Noted Belgian PreIate Brings to
America a Message of Gratitude
From His Country.

New York.-Cardinal MERCER, Bel
GUMS gallant churchman, has arrived
here, bringing to America the thanks
of the little country in whose tragic
history he has played so heroic part.
AS the venerable prelate stepped for
the first time on American soil he was
asked for message to the American
people.
"I can only say, thank you,' 3" he re-
piled, his voice quivering with emo
ton. What else is there for me to
say?"
Cardinal Mercier speaks excellent
English with a soft, musical accent.
There is little in the outward form of
the man to tell of the devoted priest
who defied the German invader and
sternly babe him to heed the law of
God if he cared nothing for the laws
of men. Thin, almost to the point Of
emaciation, his tall form bent under
the tremendous burden he bore for
four terrible years, the features Of
his heavily lined face seem to reveal
nothing but gentIeness and kindness.
But the deep set brown eyes look out
from under the strongly marked eye
brows with clear, calm and penetrat-
ing gaze which tell much of the IN
conquerable spirit of the man
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
FEW TOWNS TO TRY new PLAN
Cities in Northern Kansas Protest the
New Natural Gas Rates =
Hearing in October.

The cities south of Kansas City on
the Kansas Natural Gas Company
lines may be operating under the new
system of cate fixing in comparative
~ short time while there will be more
hearings for the Northern cities of the
system. The public utilities commits
sion announced recently it was favor
able to the 3-pOint systsm and directed
the distributing companies which were
willing to try the new plan to file
schedules for the application OF the
new system.
But the distributing companies in
Kansas City. Kas., Topeka, Lawrence,
Leavenworth and Atchison are fight
ing the system and do not desire it to
apply to these cities. The commission
set October as the time for hearing
Kansas City, Lawrence, Atchison and
LeaVenworth, and October 81 for hear
ing the Topeka case. The Topeka
company is making some investiga-
lions and tests which will require forty
to fifty days to complete.
The companies which desire to try
the rate will do SO as a temporary
test and will file schedules to cover
them until it is found whether the
rate is just to the consumers, and the
division of receipts between the dis
tributors and pipe line is proper.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

The Kansas State Bankers Associ-
alton is ready to begin the prosecution
of Ed Adams and Harry Clayton for
the bank robbery of the Baileyville
State Bank. George Hanna, president
of the association, announced that the
association had retained S. NJ. Brew
ster, former attorney general, as
special prosecutor. OF course, Kansas
never may have chance at the two
men, as the Missouri authorities may
determine to prosecute them for the
wounding of the two patrolmen i'll the
street fight in Kansas City. If the
Missouri officers feel that the men
would be given longer terms in prison
under the Missouri statutes, Kansas
is ready to take charge of the prosecu-
ton, not only through the county at
torney of Nemaha County, but also the
attorney general and the special at
torney retained by the Bankers Asso-
citation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
JOHN MITCHELL
DIES IN new YORK
End Comes to Former Head of
the United Mine Workers
in a Hospital.
GAVE LIFE TO LABOR'S CAUSE
Famous Leader Was Regarded Highly
by Roosevelt and Was Shown
Many Marks of Favor.

New York.-John Mitchell, former
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, and one Of the most wide
ly known labor leaders in the United
States, died at o'clock the other
afternoon at the Post Graduate Hos
pitaI-
1t was announced that plans for the
funeral had not been completed, but
that interment would be in Scranton,
Pa
1t was learned that blood transfu-
sion was resorted to in an effort to
save the life Of Mr. Mitchell
When his condition became grave
recently, attending physicians decided,
after a hurried consultation. that a
generous supply of new blood might
avert the approaching crisis. and his
two sons, Robert and James, % and
"a years old, begged for the opportun-
ity to give their blood.
Robert, being the younger, was ac-
cepted, but the patient failed to rally
after the TRANSMISSION. A second trans
fusion was contemplated the other
day, but the condition Of the patient
indicated that it would be useless, and
the plan was abandoned.
Mr.. Mitchell was only 40 years Old
Although he underwent an operation
recently for the removal of gall stones,
his condition had been reported as en-
tirely satisfactory and his death was
wholly unexpected by his friends.
With Mr.. Mitchell, when he died,
were his wife, his son and daughter.
Governor Smith, who had called to in
quire about his condition, arrived only
a few minutes after he had breathed
his last
Served On Many Boards.
Since 1915, Mr.. Mitchell had been
chairman of the New York state indus
trial commission. He also served as
president of the state food commission,
chairman of the federal food board,
president of the New York state coun-
Gil of farms and markets and as a
member of the federal milk commits
sion for the eastern states While his
office was in New York, his home
was in Mount Vernon
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
THE MEN IN
CLASS Al

A sound, healthy man is never a SSek
number. A man can be as vigorous and
able at seventy asNRt twenty. Condition.
not years, puts you IN the discard. A
system weakened By overwork and care
less living brings old age prematurely.
The bodily functions are impaired and
unpleasant symptoms appear. The weak
spot IS generally the kidneys Keep
them clezn and IN proper working con-
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Of the pure, original, imported Haar-
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Money refunded If they do not help you
Remember to ask for the imported
GOLD MEDAL Brand. In three sizes,
sealed packages. ADV.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

After months of delay in repairing
the bridge across the Kaw River at
Eudora, in which time the bridge was
impossible, the commissioners
Douglas and Leavenworth counties
have agreed upon proper division of
expenses for the work done this sum-
mer by order OF the Douglas County
commissioners. The channel of the
river under the bridge which has
shifted repeatedly will be kept in
place by several ietties soon to be con-
structed, according 10 agreement OF
the joint meeting.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
GERMANS SHOOT AMERICAN

Coblenz.-Private Reass Madsen Of
Sacramento, Calf, was shot and killed
by German soldiers in the neutral zone
about a mile from the boundary Of
Coblenz bridgehead.
Madsen and Private Bert Ba1singer
of the Sth Infantry, who had been on
outpost duty, were deer hunting when
they encountered a German patrol Of
thirteen soldiers According to Bal
singer, the Germans began firing with
out asking an explanation as to why
the two Americans were in the neutral
zone.
Ba1singer was taken prisoner by the
Germans and later turned over to the
American provost marshal, Mai. George
COckrell. and brought to Coblenz. Mad.
sen will be buried in the American
CEN etery at Coblenz.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
KANSAS BEAT THE BRICK MEN
Companies Changed Their Attitude
When Highway Commission Turn
ed to Concrete and Asphalt

The State of Kansas has won the
fight with the brick companies and
win have brick to build the roads al
ready contracted for in when tnat ma
teria1 will be used. Harry Jlencke OF
Independence has signed the contract
tn furnish the brick for smile sec
ton of road south of Wichita and the
Coffeyvi1Ie Brick Company announced
that it would sign.
When Richard J. Hopkins, attorney
general. began an investigation of the
operations of an alleged brick trust IN
Kansas the brick manufacturers serV-
ad notice that since they were under a
cloud and suspected of being in a
trust they would decline to furnish any
brick for road making. This did not
include the brick for paving city
streets as the cities are not under the
supervision of the State Highway Com
mission.
There are millions of dollars worth
of brick pavement being planned in
Kansas and the highway commission
announced that no brick pavements
would be allowed under federal aid
unless the companies transacted busl
ness properly, signed up the contracts
and made the deliveries. The highway
commission didn't care what the at
torney general did It's business was
to build roads and if the brick com
panies didn't want to pave any brick
roads, why the state could build con
crete roads and macadam asphalt
asphalt and gravel and several
other kinds Of roads. So all road
petitions were ordered to contain
different kinds of roadway so thai
some choice might be exercised by the
local authorities and the highway com
mission in picking the kind of roads.
The brick manufacturers held off fol
several weeks on the contract allotted
them for the twelve miles of road II
Sedgwick County. No other bricl
work was in prospect and the state
was going ahead on other kinds o
roads Then the brick companies de
cided to furnish the brick and sign th'
contracts.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

-Emporia is so worked up over the
repeated visits of a burglar who steals
money from trousers and carries them
away, Marshal John Austin issued a
warning to all persons to keep off the
streets after II o'clock at night. Reck-
less Shooting by housewives and others
who are excited over the burglar scare
endangers passersby, the marshal said.
The burglar engaged in a hand-to-hand
fight with John w. Morgan, a painter,
who hit him with a shovel, but the
thief escaped. About forty homes have
been robbed in the last fortnight.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
Here.s arand-Nen Excuse.

Mrs. Brighton Earle met him at the
door with the usual scOrnfUl expires
sion. Married men please recall
I'D like to know" she said, in meas
ured tones full Of icicles and corrosive
sGblimate. I'D like to know where
are those groceries I sent you for -
Swapping his fingers as one who
Iapses mentis. Earle replied sob
bingly:
DANCED If this b c L thing ISM
getting my gOatI I stopped at tbs
bank and left 'em in the safe deposit
box I"-Richmond Dispatch.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

The interest which the state collects
on the money in the bank deposit
guaranty fund put UP by the Kansas
banks must go to that fund and not
to the states general revenue fund.
This was the ruling of Richard J. Hop
kins, attorney general The state au-
ditor recently directed that the inter
est collected on the II million dollars
of the guaranty fund be paid into the
general revenue fund, thus giving the
state that much additional cash. The
attorney general held that the guar
anty fund is a fund held in trust by
the state to pay the losses of defunct
banks and that all interest should be
added to the fund.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
sounded Like pestruetion.

A large canteen connected with a
certain Industrial enterprise In a coun-
try town mas its kitchen in such close
proximity to the dining room that the
CHATTER OF dishes becomes at times
quite overpoWering-
Father had taken little Robert with
him to lunch. After listening to the
clash and clatter of the careIessly
handled crockery, Robert asked: ia
ther, don't they want TO use the dishes
any longer?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

'In behalf Of the six soldiers who
made up the editorial council OF the
Stars and Stripes. and expressing the
unanimous and often-voiced sentiment
Of all men who, from first to last,
wrote the text and drew the pictures
of that weekly Journal of the American
expeditiOnary forces, I respectfully
urge that the right to use its name as
the title of a publication be reserved
by law as the property of the United
States army. to be used by that army
if and whenever the need of the nation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

appeared and your Vegetable Compound
has made me vel, strong woman %
do all my own housework. cannot
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound too highly TO women
passing through the Change OF Lire. -
Mrs. FRANK HENSON, 1916 s. 0rchsdS
St, Urbans, IL
Women who suffer from nervousnesA
sfheak flashes" bscksche, headaches
and sSthe blues" should try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia Z. Pink
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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
a nestrouer used saiIs-

Ponta Delgada- On account Of
water in its fuel oil supply. the United
States destroyer Maddox ran short Of
fuel a thousand miles from the Azores
and was forced TO resort to the ex-
pedient OF using its awnings for sails.
The Maddox has just arrived at Ponta
Delgada-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
Poet Plans Costly EIiaht.

Venice-It is estimated that the cost
Of the proposed flight OF Gabrielle
DAnnunzio, the poet-aFistor, from
Rome to Toxic, wiz be 5 million
francs. D'Annunzio is working hard
daily to complete to the smallest de
tail his plans for the long journey
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18


262 ships
completion projected will add
116389
authentic
available department.
will find the chief the world with following
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

of the department of agriculture. This
provision is made because of the sur
plus of bulls in some of the department
of agriculture's buffalo herds, particu-
larry the one in the Wichita National
Forest and Game Preserve, in Okla
homa, and because the department is
nearing the realization of the first
stage in the preservation of the spe-
cies-tEe acquisition Of at least 1000
head of buffalo by the government.
There are approximately 1000
buffalo in North America Canada has
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

CLOSELY pESSS0u Dy AAANC - -o-a -
its place as third naval power in the
world, is now second only to Great
Britain and is pushing to completion
a building program that win make the
American navy q formidable con-
tender for first naval honors.
A little more than two years ago,
the figures show. Germany, then sec
ond naval power. boosted more than
100 more ships of all classes than the
United States, with a total tonnage
exceeding that of the American navy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Con" Hoffman, who, for the last
four years. has been engaged in Y M.
C. A. welfare work in the Allied pris-
on camps in Germany, will return to
Kansas University this fall as secre-
tary of the university, according to an
announcement by the board of direc-
tors. Since Mr.. Hoffman left Law
renee in 1915 he has been engaged
in prison work, and during the last
two years of the war his headquarters
were in Berlin. After the entrance
of the United States into the war,
Hoffman was the only American Y.
NJ. c. A worker allowed to remain in
Germany
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
Diee in RarracLs Sire

jefferson Barracks, Mo-One man
burned to death and six soldiers were
injured severely when fire broke out
at the barracks here at midnight the
other night
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
AIwaYs the VieNpoint.

You made me pay considerably
more for this article than it is worth"
do you really think so7"
Il do. Don't you call that prohteer-
mgr
Not when I manage it. When I do
anything like that I refer to it As
'saIesmanship'
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18


in
rejected This
Of
Anerica
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in
approximately 1000 of the n
the department OF agriculture The largest herd
Of
90 bisons
of at Geological D C
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

James B. WEIGH, for % years head
of food and coal firm at Leaven-
worth, is dead. He was AT years old
and was born and reared in Leaven-
worth A brother and two sisters
survive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

The condition of Justice John Mar
shall of the Kansas Supreme Court.
who was operated on two weeks ago,
was given as very low by hospital
authorities recently. He had been IN
conscious for two days.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Edward J. King Of Illinois Il am one
Of the few Americans who know the
story Of the Bremen" Mr.. King said
in the eloakroom Of the house. 81
learned it by chance while crossing the
Atlantic
Il was seated in the cabin Of Lieu
tenant Commander Stockbridge, and ]
incidentally asked, BY the way, what
became Of the great sister ship Of the
Deutschland Lieutenant Commander
Stockbridge replied: I can tell you
what was told me by q Lieutenant
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

18Q N 8CGG O.
grippe which lasted
al winter and LETT
ne IN = weakness
condition. 1felt -
tines that ] would
nevHbeE euag3in.
I read Of Lydia &
Pinkham's Y ge
table COMPOUND
and what It did for
women sin 3
through the Change
ofLfe, sol toldmy
doctor ] would Try
It Isoon began 70
gain IN strength
and the annoying
III"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Jacksonville, Fla = Two negroes
charged with murder were taken from
the city jail here the other night and
lynehed- A mob OF fifty men stormed
the 5an
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

The three men believed at first to
be the Baileyville bank robbers, who
were surrounded in the woods nasr
Hiawatha and captured by a posse. are
being held in jail in the belief they
will be sought for recent bank rob
berries. The motor car they abandon
ed when they took to cornfieId and
woods belonged to Harry Larson.
Loomfs, Neb reward OF $3.50 will
be paid for the car and the capture
of the men. Two of the men gave the
names of Allen Lee and R. B. Ryan
Of Billings, Mont
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

JOhnsOns there were 2,138 with the
first name John and 2,O62 answering
to William. Of the Smiths, 3,412 were
Johns and 1925 Williams, with 1900
Of them using the battling title Of ''E.
Smith,"
Twenty-three men In the service
carry the famous name of Robert E.
Lee" who have no middle name, using
merely the initial sc" OF George
Washingtons" there are 123, and there
are six with the modest name of "Gen-
eraI Washington" Al John Quincy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Capt. Roy stockweIl. one of the first
Lawrence men to serve abroad in the
war, has returned to his home at
Lawrence after three years in service
Captain Stockwen received the croix
de guerre while volunteer ambulance
driver in the French army. Later he
transferred to the American army and
served in all the engagements OF the
Second Division.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

A. L. Coover, SO years old, pros
porous pioneer farmer, was killed on
3 railroad crossing near his home
northeast of Erie when his team was
struck by a Missouri, Kansas & Texas
passenger train.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Baker University opened recently its
sixty-second year with the prospect of
having one Of the most successful
years in its history. The administra-
ton anticipates an enrolment of not
less than five hundred students.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
No Danger Now of Extinction of American Bison

n
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

British
night cused in the direction Of the Ke canal At daylight the British
emer
land Lieutenant Langley explained mot so
andfw
the he Wort ank.
the
he d 0
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Red Cross Ban Blue should be used
in every home. It makes clothes white
as snow and never INJURIES the fabric
An good grocers, &c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
u S. Army Lists Emphasize whats in Name7"

HE bureau Of risk insurance has compiled statement showing that
5000 Williams
5000 5000
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

NJ. E. Brown. 90 years old, was found
dead in the city park at Junction City
He had been employed as clothing
salesman on the zone at Camp Funs-
ton and lived in that city His rsIa-
tives live at Leayenworth. Death was
due TO heart disease.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Answering fool according to his
own folly but adds TO the fOolishness
OF the world
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&, WAS HINGIONE 81
n, SDFIIGHI9 =
Rapid Rise of United States as Naval Power

w
intelligence The United States
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HAD TO GIVE up
Was Almost Frantic With the Pain and
Suffering Of Kidney Complaint.
Deans Made Her Well

Mrs Lydia Shuster, 1888 Margaret
St., Frankford, Pa, says: "a cold start
TO ache and got sore and lame. Ny
joints and ankles became swollen and
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Preliminary hearing of Felix Broe-
ker has been postponed to September
az. Broker is charged. with H. D.
Lefferdink, in defrauding the Kansas
State Bank. This is the second post
ponement of this hearing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

After Judge W. C. Harris of the dis
trict court at Emporia had sentenced
Hubert Shipman. an ex-sailor, who
pleaded guilty to rape and burglary,
a mob Of men from Miller, where the
crime took place, made an unsuccess-
full attempt to lynch the prisoner. The
crowd, which had listened restlessly
while the Judge passed sentence, rush
ed for the prisoner when the sheriff
started to take him away. Under
Sheriff Charles Gibson closed the
court house door in the mob's face
while Sheriff Tom Owens ran with the
prisoner to the county Jail An hour
later Sheriff Owens took Shipman on
a Santa Fe train to Topeka. Shipman
confessed to an attack on a woman
and was sentenced to g maximum Of
thirty-one years in the state peniten-
tiary
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
Small Comfort.

Everything he wants viii come 10 the
man who waits until he doesn't want
anything
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A Mean Remark

A Mean Remark
Il hear he got his wife out Of de-
partment store" He must have pro-
posed on remnant day"
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Mystery of German Submarine Bremen Cleared UE

EXPLANATION of the mysterious
london
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18
No Civilian Successor to "Stars and Stripes

Ross
"A
/ says
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

Adams his
Wellington
in the
Localities SO
Domingo, Tomas ar
The
Van N. D.
Horn, Statesb Ga
".
Ky
D. c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-09-18

When Jon hear a man say that he
Il tired OF the world it's a safe bet
that the world IS tired OF him.
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WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
Need Help 10 Pas: the Crisis Safe.
NProOf hat Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Can BE Relied Upon.

Urbana, m-'Dming Change Of Lifs,
In addition to It's annoying symptoms,