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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19
Wilson's Vein AppaaIs

The President in his own person and
under his own signature addressed to
his fellow citizens his memorable parti-
san appeal asking the country to return
az the election then approaching a
Democratic Congress, on the ground
that vote adverse to his party would
be interpreted as the reputation by the
people OF the U. S. of his policies and
purposes in international affairs. 1.-The
people of the Allied counties with
whom we are associated against Ger
many" he said, ''Would find Il very
difficult to believe that the voters of
their President by electing to Cenorass
majority controlled by those who
are not in fact in symphy with the at
titude and action Of the (Wilson) AID
mlHistration. That is precisely
what the voters of the United States
old on election day. They replied to
his partisan appeal for a vote Of con-
fidence by rendering with extraordin-
airy emphasis vote on his own inter
probation, of lack of confidence. They
returned a Republican majority in the
House They upset the Democratic
majority in the Senate. They repu
dated the policies and purposes foy
which he demanded support in the name
OK patriotic duty. President Wilson
got the decision which he demanded. but
not the sort Of decision he wanted.
Strangely enough, the next appeal
OF the President, following these two
rsbutfs from his own Government and
people when he asked for q certiRca-
ton Of his assumed right to speak to
Europe In their NAME, was addressed
to the Italian nation In the name of
America. The incident is too recent
to require the prompting of memory
concerning it. Speaking directly to
the Italian people, he asked them. sub
stantially, TO repubiste the poll cies and
the purposes Of their own chosen re-
representatives. in the matter Of the set
Element Of AdFiatic boundaries. He
got his answer, too, from the Italian
people in the shape which would inspire
In more sensitive ststesmanship than
ais own lasting reluctance to repeat
such experiments. He soIidifsd Italy
IN support of her Goyernnsat where he
had hoped and expected to break down
that support for the benift Of his own
personally contrived measures.
Now, we are told, he is coming home
with his treaty and his covenant to ea<
deavor to force them through the SEN
ate by means Of personally conducted
campaign that shall go behind the con-
stitutional treaty making power and
appeal directly to the people in whose
name he has been for months and
months assuming TO speak to the for
eign Powers.
The very fact that he finds such :
campaign necessary In the United
States contains the confession that he
has been figuring in Europe, fhrosgh
all the negotiations, as the possessor Of
= madate from home which In fact he
did NOT possess.
But 80 b it, If President Wilson eo9-
cts another test Of his self proclaimed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19
A Hilk and Water snaach

President Wilson's Memorial Day adj
dress was, In one respect, a milk and
water speach.' Having no original
ideas of his own suitable for a memoir
ial address he borrowed the ideas con-
tanned In that classic among memorial
addresses, President Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address, and then proceeded to
dilute them with words of his own. The
result WAS what might nave been ex-
pected, milk and water speach. And
yet this part of his address was the
only part suitable for a memorial ad-
dress. The restwas political and abus-
i've. He took occasion on the most SOL
emn occasions set apart by Americans
for observance to get before the people
his propaganda for the League of Nat
ions, scheme by means of which the
liberties which our soldiers from the
days of 1776 to the present time have
died to maintain, will be surrendered
into alien and unsympathetic control.
One other noted Free-Trader used to
go fishing on Memorial Day, but he
never stopped to taking advantage of
of the occasion to villify and abuse
those who differed from him in matters
OF policy. nor to forward any pet
scheme 80 which he stood committed.
A memorial Day gathering is not q
proper occasion upon which to borrow
and deface another mans lofty Ian
guage, nor to indulge in disseminating
personal or political propaganda.-Ex.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19
Making Nitrosin From Air

The largest experimental plants in
the United States for the manufacture
of fixed nitrogen from the air, with the
exception OF those now being construct
ed for the War Department, is in
operation at the United States Dapart-
nens OF Agriculture's Experiment
Fam, Arlington, Va. At this plant the
nitrogen from the air is combined with
hydrogen TO form ammonia which can
be used in the manufacture of expios-
ives and fertilizer. Experiments now
are being Conducted at this plant by the
Bureau Of soils with veiw to increase
the efficiency Of the process. The War
Department il cooperating In the work
What Is knOWa as the Haber process Of
nitrogen dXation Is being used. This
process involved the production of
enaE2aaia frsn hydrogen and nitrogen.
Th4 two gases are mixed Ia the proper
proportions, put under high pressure,
collected TO intense heat and past over
spaRgT iron, which causes portion Of
tie EnixtaFe g combine 60 form am
mSnia.-Aeii and BFssze.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19
Bacon and Esss for Fighters

Sixteen hundred dozen eggs at 81 a
dozen, total 81 900. That's one of the
items that is written on the books of
the Y. NJ. c. A. Cafeteria It's a state
ment for even the steward of a great
hotel to conjured with. Nevertheless
the soldier must have his eggs for
breakfast, and cost is immaterial in
this democratic army, SO eggs are ser
we'd with bacon, bread and butter at
cost approximately 25 cents in United
States money.
These treasured articles are shipped
from Somewhere in France" In great
coffin-like cases, each case containing
$50 dozen. At the present demand it
is believed that another order of 1000
dozen will soon have to be placed to
satisfy the craving of the doughboys
on the Rhine.-Mail and breeze.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19
Ludsndorff on Whe Wen the war.

Gen. Ludendorf has contributed his
opinion to the question of who won the
war The American reserves swung
the decision" the German commander
declares. France and England would
have been beaten in 1913 but for Amer
lea
A good many are of that opinion and
Ludendorff's authority will confirm
them in it. Scarcely anybody disputes
that 1t was the Americans who Swung
the decision" and enabled the allies to
win the war in 1918 But this is quite q
different matter from saying, as Gen.
Ludendorff does, that France and Eng
land would have beaten in 1918 BUT for
American reserves. How many times
the Hun high command formed equally
positive opinions, only to prove mis-
taken little later. They were not as
sure Of winning In the middle of June
last year as the middle of August, 1914.
There were many times during the war
when allied prospects seemed dark In
deed but they bent to the job and the
balanced for time turned in their fav-
or. A remarkable feature Of the war
was these continual fluctuations.
What was it that saved the war to
the allies, so that America could come
in and win? It was the spirit that never
admitted defeat. France and England
were weary and were falling back in
the middle Of last July and might have
lost Paris. All France might have
been lost. Yet France and England
would not have been defeated.
The Huns and their allies never de-
feated France and England and no man
can say that they ever could have de-
feated them, even with America out,
There were resources Of England that
were not fully called on, but in a des-
perate situation great naval victory
might have suddenly changed the bal
ance. Specializing on what might have
been and prophecies Of what would
have been are not profitable or impress
i've, even with the authority of men of
Ludenderf' rank to back them. The
war was won, and America gave the
Hun the finishing stroke. What might
have been with America out is an idle
question.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19

War made Japan rich. Peace treaty
gives her a free hand in China. She is
ambitious for foreign trade Sh e will
be keen competitor of ours because Of
cheap labor and plenty of it. Glasgow,
Scotland business paper says Japan can
undersell the United States and Great
Britain as much as 80 per cent. and still
make a profit, They can do this in al
most every line. With China to draw
upon for raw materials, they will be-
come independent Of US. At present
there are some of our products they
need to import. China's area is three
ffths as large as ours. And yet the
President thinks we can get along with
out Pretection.-Lewisburg (Pa.) Sat
urday News, 5.24.19.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19

General Sherman introduced his fam
Gus opinion thus: 81 confess without
shame that am tired AMI sick OF war
Its glory Is all moonshine. Even sue
cess, the most brilliant, is over dead
and mangled bodies, the anguish an
lamentations Of distant families appeal
ing 70 me for missing sons, fathers and
husbands. Il is only those who have
not heard the shFieks and groans Of the
wounded and lacerated that cry aloud
for more blood, more vengeance, more
Vengeance, moredes eIation. War is hellI'
Norton Champion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19

warrant to speak for American public
sentiment He will go to the country
ask it 70 back him in another adventure
OF entanglement with foreign affairs
such a. no American Executive has
ever dared to propose. In this enter
prise Of destruction and transformation
Of the American system he will place
himself on the wrong side Of the most
TREMENDOUS issue that has stirred Amer
lean hearts since the fathers and foun
ders established Independence by throw
ing off alien control and separating
the republic from foreign politics.
New York Sun, 5.14.16.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19

A returned soldier complains says the
Oakley Graphic, that there is nothing
interesting, no action as it were. He
says life to him is best expressed by
the Versiter who said: Little game of
ping pong; little bit OF candy fudge,
and then take your hat You hold her
little hand in yours as gently as you can;
now isn't that hellufan evening for =
big strong healthy man.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19

Knife Weeders for all Listed Crops
The Weeder Factory, Hill City, Kan.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-19
csppers Not Legal Tender

In Philadelphia police court a num-
Der of years ago there came up an IN
teresting question that related to the
niokle.
The coin in question had been offered
to street car conductor by q tough
citizen, who inspired by an alcoholic
sense of humOr, inserted il into the toe
Of his boot and profferSi it thus.
A row ensued, which wound up in
court, where the conductor was vindi-
GATED, the judge declaring that he was
under no obligation 20 accept money
offered in this fashion,
What constitutes a lawful tender"
of money is q question that occupies
many pages in the law books.
A man has been known to offer a
buGketful of pennies in payment Of a
debt to creditor with whom he had
quarrel.
Such things, indeed, have often hap
peaed; and In most instances the credi-
tor has felt obliged to except the coin.
But there was no such obligation for
pennies under the law Of the Uuited
States are not legal tender in amounts
above twenty-five cents. If you owe
me one dollar and you offer me one hun
dred pennies it is no payment unless 1
choose to accept them.
How about Rickles? Exactly the same
From the ST. Louis Globe-D Democratic
In his message to Congress President
Wilson tried to hedge a little on the
Democratic policy of opposition to Pro-
lection, but an analysis of his words
will show that he did nothing of the
kind. He advocated legislature that
would Protect American trade "when-
ever our trade is Disseminated against
by foreign nations" This is by no
means the Protective principal. When
Japan sends to the United States goods
manufactured by labor paid only one
fourth Of the wages paid in America,
there is no discrimination against Amer
| ga, for she ssEds the goods
to other nations under exactly the
same conditions and at the same pricer.
The American Protective Tariff policy
is based upon desire to discriminate in
favor of American producers as against
all nations whose laborers work for low
er wages and maintain lower standards
of living .-LewIsburg (Pa.l Saturday
News, 5.3I19
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
E@A The Mystery Maze
V&s& TV W1NNERS-CON1PETrTION
THE Mystery Man worked

THE Mystery Man worked hard Labor Day to
pick out the puzzle winners for August IT, There
thrtythree who sent in correct and only
ten prizes. But wrote both sides Of the
paper or spelled "armado' wrong, made other
minor errors, he is giving twenty prizes of 81
each to the following who sent papers perfect in
every Anna Friedman, 211 Hasey Street. Brooklyn
~ T.. Elizabeth Muir, r. F. D. No. 2, Whippany N j.;
Theodore S. Tompkins, 81 Broad Avenue, Ossning N "
Kathleen Ross, 318 Beverly Road, Brooklyn, N Y;
Margery E. Scarlet, $50 South Fourth Avenue Mount
Vernon N. Y. Thema Ramsay, Post Place, Whtestone
N. Y. Louise Lee Willing Sound Beach, Conn; Bessie
Wilkes, $50 Riverdae Avenue, Yonkers N. Y; Leonard
Price, ~ East 96th Street, New York City; Frank
Reilly 1910 linton Avenue Bronx, N Y Anna Petrin-
kevitch Hillsboro, n H.; Malcolm Langford GA West
157th Street, New York City; Marion Reinhart 637
Jefferson Avenue, Elizabeth, N. j.; Curss Hitchcock,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Three New Puzzles

Ten cash prizes ($2 each) for
the best answers to the three puz-
xles together with 100 words on
my Happiest Day Last Summer"
from children Is years and un-
der. Answers must be received bv
September %, and the results will
be announced in the Children's
Tribune of October IL. An Award
Button will go to each new prize
winner and to those deserving
honorable mention.
THE MYSTERY MAN.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

Fun and Pun in Europe
1. Which European country suggests anger?
2. Which suggests sorrow?
3. Which suggests a cotton material?
a. Which national holiday?
s. Which unpalatable food?
s. Which haste?
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

Woodbury., Conn.,. Billy Tydeman, S56 Mixell Street,
Easton Penn; Katherine Hayden, II Webster Place,
Brooklyn, N. Y; Frederick Abel, 1856 Linden Avenue,
Rrookyn N " Helen Scott, Shoreham, L. l.; Mary Lee
Cohen III Wildwood Avenue, Upper Montclar, N. j.,
and Roderick B. Travis, Brookclife, Chappaqua NJ Y
The puzzlers this week especially enthusiastic
about the story of Sniper the Aviator Dog the
count of the Bide-A-Wee Home for Animals.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

CORRECT ANSWERS
Sports Puzzle
l, Swmn1ing 2, Fishing; 8, Tennis; 4, Skating; S,
Baseball; 6, Rowing
Diamond
1,J; 2, Cap; 3, Japan; q, Pan; 5, N.
Dropped Vowels
!, Armadio; 2, Alligator; 3, Chamois; A, Chpnlunk;
s, Elephant; g. Otter
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
DELIVERY OPENS
FOR ARMY FOOD
Citizens Committee Begins
Distribution Of Four Car
loads Through District.

Distribution of the four carloads of
army food in the District through the
citizens committee of fifteen began
yesterday.
Distribution yesterday was confined
to community Centers. no orders OF
government departments having yet
been filled.
Preparations for the sale of some of
the army food to employees of the Dis
trict government were completed yes
terday. Work on orders will be re-
sumed today. with the aim of COM
pleting the filing of orders today or
tomorrow. District employees should
apply to Corbin Birch. room Is, Dis
trict Building.
The Government Printing Office to-
day will start distribution of a car
load OF food under direction of Will
lam R. Love and P. H. Gallagher.
Distribution will begin at noon in the
receiving room.
The assortment of food ordered by
the office includes canned meats and
veg getablesr CYaporated fruits, TaiSins,
prunes, rice and syrup
A similar assortment has been or
dered by the Washington Steel and
Ordnance Company. under the direc-
ton of Edward A. Lycette. This car
load is expected to reacn the steel
plant today or tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
CHARGESLABOR
is MADE COAT
Rep. Carss Says Blame for
High Cost of Living Is
Unjustly Laid.

Representative Carss yesterday
introduced. at the request of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal En-
ployes, q resolution whose advo-
Gates believe will etrectually dis
pose Of what they term the vicious
fsllacy" that labor costs represent
the chief item in the increased cost
Of living.
lust what does the labor cost
amount to on the principal items
in the cost Of living?"
The answer to that question"
says Representative Carss. will put
US in better position to deal effect
lively with the problem of the high
cost of living. because it will help
the people to protect themselves
against the profteers. At present
almost anybody's statement about
the cost OF labor can get by. be-
cause the subject has not been
studied. But there's something
more than labor costs behind the
fact that prices always rise before
wages rise, and always rise far
higher in proportion to wages. We
must go after the real cause, and
not unthinkingly charge it all up
to labor"
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
JAIL PROF|TEER,
SW0PE ADVISES
Representative at Trinity
Forum Blames Exports
For High Prices.

Representative King Swope. SOL
dier-Congressman, made his first ap-
pearance before a Washington au-
dience as one of the three principal
speakers at Trinity Forum last
night Other speakers were Com
missioner Louis BrOwnlow, E. c.
Morse. first assistant director of
sales, War Department. and mem
bers of the forum.
Representative Swops emphatical-
Iy declared himself upon the Ques-
ton of profiteering. advocating
sending the prohteer to Jail and
eliminating his opportunities to
profteer. He stated his belief that
one Of the chief reasons for the pre-
vailing high prices was the fact
that enormous quantities of food are
being shipped out Of the country.
Feed America first" he said, be
fore we attempt to feed the world"
Commissioner BrOwnlow gave
concise explanation OF the Mapes-
Ball antiprofiteering bill. drafted by
the District Commissioners and now
ready for presentation to the Con-
gress.
The only way to stop profiteer-
ing is to give someone the definite
power to stop It," he said, explain
ing the recommendation for the ap-
pointment of a fair price admins
traitor for the District.
During the intermssion between
speakers various members of the
Forum were given an opportunity to
speak, among them being David Ec-
cles, a farmer. of Landover. Md, and
Salvatore Sickl3, of Washington.
Attorney General Palmer; Governor
Harding. of the Federal Reserve
Board, and several Senators will
speak tonight The subject will con-
tinue to be the high cost of living.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
a. CROCERS TO
TESTIFY TODAY
Retailers From All Over
City Will Be Questioned
In Food Inquiry.

Fourteen Washington retail grocers
will be heard by the Senate sub-com-
mittee investigating the high cost Of
living in the District, this afternoon.
These Crocers. who. the members OF
the subcommittee believe, will give
vital testimony. are from all four
sections of the city.
n. F. Beck. of the Beck Bakery.
Georgetown. is the only person sched-
uled to appear at the hearing today
other than the retail grOcers. The
grOCers are: Simon BlumberC. Isaac
Kushmer, L. Hoddes, David A Mil
Ter, J. w. Dixon, F. G. Lindsay. c.
G. Bonamy. George COrnwell. Harry
Galfand, w. L. Palmer. w. Z. Hop
kfns. W. B. Grove. R. H. Hafiin and
Joseph J. BisChOIl.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
HOLDS RUM THIEVES
SHOULD BE THANKED

How Is the valuation Of booze to
be determined in a dry town where
the sale OF 10y water is prohibited by
law?'
This interesting point was raised In
the Police Court yesterday by a col
ored lawyer who represented Ogle
Jackson and Daniel Anderson, charg-
ed with stealing five cases OF whisky,
valued at $3.50 from the home Of
Robert Clay.
las whisky is a prohibited article
here" the attorney said, by what
rule OF business arithmetic can a val
uation be placed on 1t, unless 1t is
the bootleg price? Instead of being
prosecuted. these men should be COM
mended for having taken the unlaw-
ful stuff"
Jackson faced the additional charge
OF stealing one case OF whisky and
a robe from the automobile OF Frank
Beach, 1915 Sixth street northwest.
Judge Hardison held both men in
$500 bonds each for the grand jury,
an additional bond in the same sum
being required for Jackson.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
CHAMBER APPROVES
STREET CAR MERGER

Merger of the w. r. and E and
the Capital Traction Company was
strongly urged in resolution
adopted by the board of directors of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce last night.
According to the report of the
public utilities committee Of the
chamber. unless fares are increased
on the W. r. and E. the company
will probably fall into the hands of
receivers and both common and pre-
ferred stock would likely become
worthless. and a great loss to many
Washington citizens would result.
A chamber committee will be ap-
pointed by President Harper to draw
bill for presentation to Congress.
proposing the merger of the two
lines
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
Rail Executives Urge
Roads Early Return

Return OF the railroads to private
operation was strongly urged before
the House Interstate Commerce Com
mission yesterday by Alfred 2. Thom
counsel for the Association of Rail-
way Executives.
Thorn recommended creation of A
Federal transportation board, as rec
commended by the Chamber of Com
merce, to have charge Of the trans
portation needs Of the nation.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
Wounded 13O Times, p
Operations, Soldier Lives
Private Wallace H. Smith Finds That Stab
Leads Ex-Speaker to Allege Wall
That Affects Him.

That is the record Of Private Wal
lace H. Smith. [. S. A. ~ years
old. who, before the war lived at
f17 Orleans place northwest. now
at Fort McHenry Hospital in Bal
tlmore.
Private Smith has been at Fort
McHenry since October. Since his
arrival the surgeons have operated
upon him twenty-five times and
there still are nine pieces of shrap-
mel in his body.
Except for his leg being in a
brace. the youthful warrior appar-
emily seems to be well and expects
to be able soon to leave for his
home. He can dance play basket
ball and engages in nearly eveIy
sport.
The stab wound through the lnng
was received Nhen he mistook a
German, soldier for a friend This
wound gives him more trouble than
all the rest combined serving to
make him a tTif1e short-winded
On June IS. 1918, Smith, a mem
ber of Company l. Ninth Infantry.
of the Second Division. was ad-
vancing with his comrades with the
French at Chateau -Thierry The at
taCkinE forces were forced to re-
treat by heavy reinforCements sent
to the Germans. Smith and thirty
five other men were cut of from
their own company by a barrage
laid down by the enemy.
While in this preCarious position,
a shrapnel shell burst in the rear
of the men. wiping out the entire
group. fragments of the shell en-
tering nearly every part of Smiths
anatomy.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
Asks Amnesty for Service Men.

General amnesty for all service men
convicted by courts martial during
the war is provided in a bill intro
duced yesterday by Representative
Bacharach, New Jersey.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-22
PROMINENT METHODIST
CHURCHMAN is DEAD

The Rev. John S. Bowers, DID,, for
mer president of the Methodist Prot
sstant Conference OF Washington. died
Wednesday near New Freedom, Pa,
from apOpleXy.
DR.. Bowers was so years OF age,
and for the past twenty-six years had
been connected with churches in Bal
ttmore, Md. He was formerly presi-
dent Of the Conference in that city.
He retired two years ago, his last
charge being that of pastor Of ALI
mutt Memorial Protestant Church in
Baltimore.
Surviving DR.. Bowers are his widow
and three sons-DanieI Bowers. Dr..
Cole Bowers. L. S. A, and Frank
BOwers-and his mother. Mrs. Daniel
Bowers: a brother, Thomas D. Bow
ers. and one sister-Mrs. J. Aldridge.
Funeral services viii be held tOmor-
row at New Freedom.