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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
AHOT FIGHT OVER PACKERS

Washington.-A bitter fight, with
party lines obliterated. is coming in
the Senate over the legislation TO reg
ulate the packing industry, as pro
posed in the Kenyon and Kendrick
bills.
Many Republican senators are pre-
pairing to contest the measures on the
ground that they exceed the peace
powers Of the government under the
constitution. They believe that Con
gress has no constitutional authority
to enact a law to regulate an industry
by means of the licensing system,
which is the fundamental principle Of
both the Kenyon and Kendrick bills
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
BRITISH DIRIGIBLE DEPARTS
The R-s4 Leaves MineoIa, ~. Y, on Re
turn Trip Across Atlantic After
Sailing Over City.

Mineola, n. Y.-The British diTig-
ibIe R-34 left Roosevelt field shortly
before midnight on her return cruise
to Scotland The great ship held ID
leash by 1000 American balloon men.
was released at 11:55 O'Clock and
noated leisureIy up to a height of 200
feet with her motors silent The mo-
tors then began to Whirr and the craft,
nosing upward, headed for New York
Three great searchIights playing on
the ship made her clearly discernible
to the thousands who had gathered
to bid her bon voyage With three en-
gines-port, staTboard and forward
running, and two others in reverse the
RIA glided off toward the south, then
swung in a westerly course, bringing
her nose in the direction Of New York
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
DEMPSEY DEFEATS WILLARD
Former Worlds Champion Was Ter
ribIy Punished by Pile Driver
Blows of the Challenger.

Toledo, O--By virtue of the speed
est and most one-side battles which
ever decided a big fistic event, Jack
Dempsey who may now wish to be
known by his full voting name OF
William Harrison Dempsey, has be-
come the worlds champion heavy
weight boxer.
To all intents and purposes he
whipped the huge Jess Willard, favor
lite in the meager betting, in one round.
Dempsey thought the referee had an
nounced him winner and actually left
the ring. But he was called back and
he butchery continued. for two rounds
more when Jess, sitting in his corner
with bewildered look on his swollen
Countenance, failed to respond to- the
gong for the fourth round.
ut was no use to continue said the
ex-champion. my strength went from
me in the first round"
He sat there, apparently the most
surprised man in the United States at
the moment His right eye was closed
and his right cheek swollen and blue
with bruises. Blood covered his body
and his arms hung so helplessly over
the ropes that it seemed as if a child
might give him further abuse without
arousing his interest.
Dempsey was breathing hard when
the fight ended, but it was from exer-
tion and not from punishment He es-
capped almost unhurt, but he had been
using his arms like trip-hammers on
the anatomy of his opponent for nine
crowded minutes in a sun that sent the
thermometer to 10 degrees, his heart
was still pumping at high pressure and
he appreciated the breathing spell.
In the first few seconds Of the con-
test it looked as if the experts who had
been assigned to keep detailed account
Of all blows struck might come meas
urably close to doing so, but it was
only for fraction Of a moment. After
that the experts did well to count
Jacks blows, let alone take note Of
how each was made. The challenger
knocked the big fellow down five times
in the first round and had him hang
ing over his own shoulders most of
the time, when he was not taking ad-
vantage of the count
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
WOUNDED SOLDIER SUES US.
Iowa Man Asks s22, e5o.4o compensa-
ton from Government Under
the War Insurance Law.

Sioux City, Ia-Leo L. Covey Of
Cherokee, Ia, who was severely
wounded at Chateau Thierry, has filed
suit in the federal court at Sioux City,
Ia, against the United States govern
ment for $22.950.4O compensation IN
der the War Risk Insurance Act, COW
ering damages alleged to have been
guaranteed him at the time of his en-
istment if he was totally disabled.
The case is notable in that it is
said to be the first time in the history
of the United States that suit has ever
been filed against the United States
by an individual. The War Risk Insur-
ance Act provides such suits may be
brought to make satisfactory settle
ment with the government.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

"A joint note has been sent by the
Council of Five at Paris, to the military
attaches Of the United States, Great
Britain, France and Italy at Helsing-
fors instructing them to support the
Finnish government if it decided to
accede to the request of Admiral Kol-
chak to assist him in the campaign.
The formation of a separate Turk
ish government in Asia Minor by Mus
tapha Kamel Pasha and Eassad Pasha
is indicated as a possibility in dis
patches received in Peace Conference
circles from Greek sources.
New clashes between the French
and Italians at Fiume are reported In
advices from that city. The casual
ties, so far reported, number six killed
and twenty wounded. Two French sol
diers are alleged to have maltreated
Italian children.
Australian troops aboard the for
mer German liner Prinz Ludwig at
Plymouth awaiting transportation
home have INDUCED in what seems to
be more or less OF mutiny, according
to the Plymouth correspondent Of the
London Daily News.
The American commission at Paris
has been querying President Wilson
by wireless as to whether or not he
promised to support Lloyd George in
demand for extraditing the former
kaiser and taking him to London for
trial
General Cretien, commander Of the
Allied forces in Bulgaria, has informed
the Bulgarian premier that peace dele
gates from that country viii be called
to Paris soon and that the Bulgarian
government is invited to nominate a
delegation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
URGES REPEAL OF
The BAN ON BEER
Minority Report of House Com
mittee Questions Legality
of the Wartime Act.
CONGRESS- EXCEEDS POWERS
Five House Members Declare Defini.
ton of intoxicating Liquors Not
In the Original Bill.

Washington.-FiYe members Of the
House judiciary committee, in a mi
nority report on the prohibition en-
forcement bill, made public recently,
declared Congress should repeal the
wartime prohibition act, or at least lift
the ban insofar as it relates to the
manufacture and sale of light wines
and and beer.
Chairman Volstead of the judiciary
committee announced that he had
asked for a rule to make the general
enforcement bill in order for immedi-
ate consideration with a view to call
ing it up at once in the House. There
was no assurance, however, that de
bate would begin at once, and the gen
eraI view was that consideration would
go over until Thursday.
Won't Separate the Measured
Mr.. Volstead said that so far as he
was aware there was no intention of
separating the measure so as to put be-
fore the House straight bill for en-
forcement Of the wartime law.
The minority report, signed by Rep
resentatives Igoe, Missouri; Steele,
Pennsylvania; Gard, Ohio, Democrats,
and Dyer, Missouri, and Classon, Wis
consin, Republicans, based its objec-
tons to the enforcement bill reported
by the committee upon three principal
grounds. The power of Congress to
pass the bill was challenged because
in defining intoxicating liquors it went
beyond the original act and was there
fore new legislation.
Says 1t Exceeds Wartime Act.
On the general question Of the war
time act and it's enforcement the mi
nority report held:
THAT the provisions for the enforce
ment of wartime prohibition carry a
definition of intoxicating liquors which
extends the prohibition beyond that of
the original act and to that extent is
new legislation, which Congress has
not the right now to pass under the
war power We belive the original act
should be repeated.
THAT the bill goes beyond the prohi-
billions of the constitutional amend
ment, particularly in defining intOxi-
eating liquors so as to include bever-
ages that are not in fact Intoxicating.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
DENVER CAR CREWS STRIKE
Notice of Reduction of Wages Fol-
lowed by WaIEcout of the Tram
ways Employees.

Denver-Street car service in Den
yer was paralyzed by a strike of twelve
hundred trainmen and shopmen OF the
Denver Tramway Company. The strike
was authorized at a meeting of union
employees and became effective at
o'clock, following announcement OF a
reduction of wages and curtailment OF
service because of rsfusal Of the city
to grant the company right to collect
Scent fares.
A supreme court decision upheld the
right of the city to fix rates An ordi-
nance reducing the fares from six to
five cents was effective recently.
Mayor Bailey would not promise as
sistance to the company. He said the
police only would see that no violence
occurred
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
THE SOLDIER LAND BILLS UP
Congress Is Considering Two Employ.
ment Measures Backed by Depart
ments of Interior and Labor.

Washington.-Cong is consider
ing two propositions for relief of IN
employment by settlement of returned
soldiers on the land. One has the sup
port Of the Secretary of the Interior,
the other is supported by Secretary
of Labor Wilson,
The two proposals are before Con-
gress in the shape of bills, one spon-
sored by Representative Monden of
Wyoming, backed by Secretary Lane !;
the other introduced by Representa-
tive Kelly Of Pennsylvania, CORE
spending to Secretary Wilson's ideas
and supported by Louis F. Post, assist
ant secretary of labor, as spokesman
for the department
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

County Attorney Frank Balwin and
Sheriff Connie Collins went out on a
-'stilI hunt and came back with the
goods. They found a big copper still
OF 150-quart capacity and four quarts
of home made corn whisky. All were
buried and found on the farm of Frank
Hatke, two miles north Of Hanover
in Washington County Hatke con-
fessed making the whisky and he was
brought to Washington with his appa-
ratus, charged with manufacturing
and having intoxicating liquors in his
possession.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
GERMAN ASSEMBLY
RATIFIES TREATY
Resolution Adopted by LegisIa.
tive Body at Weimar by a
Vote o 208 to lis.
10 Be PROMULGATED At ONCE
Act VIII Become Effective When
Signed BY President Ebert-Eezns
Immediate Lifting of Blockade.

Weimar, via Coblenz-The resolu
ton ratifying the peace treaty was
adopted by the German national as
sembly by a vote of 20S to lis.
The text Of the resolution as intro
duced in the national assembly con
sisted Of two clauses, reading as fol
lows:
The peace treaty between Germany
and the Allied and associated powers
signed on June IS, 1919, and the proto-
col belonging thereto, as well as the
agreement relative to the occupation
Of Rhineland, signed the same day,
are agreed to.
This law comes into force on the
day OF its proclamation"
All Deputies Present.
Most OF the ministers were present
at the meeting OF the national assem-
bly, and there was a full attendance
OF deputies DR.. Hermann Mueller,
foreign minister, introduced the gov
eminent bills, explained that the Tati-
ficatiOn order would bring about the
lifting of the blockade
We are about to enter upon forey-
years march through a desert" he
said 81 can find no other term for
the path of suffering which fulfillment
Of the treaty prescribes for US"
DR.. Peter SPAIN, leader OF the CathO-
lie Center party, said:
We agreed to the treaty under hard
cOmpulsiOn, TO save ourselves from
anarchy and 10 preserve the fatherland
from internal ruin
Herr Kreizig, Socialist; Prof Chuech-
king, Democrat; Dr. Traub, National
party and Herr Kahl, Peoples party.
all violently protested the injustice of
the treaty.
These speeches were greeted with
such turbulent applause and hand
cIapping that the president of the
assembly, Herr Fehrenbach, called at
tention to the fact that hand clapping
was against the rules and threatened
to have the galleries cleared The de
bate, however, proceeded with similar
speeches, by other members and SINH
lar applause.
To Raise Blockade
Paris-The ratification removes
all doubt of the acceptance Of the
terms by Germany
The national assembly by ratifying
! treaty makes it possible for the Allied
and associated powers to raise the
blockade Officials notification was
sent Germany on June 90, that the
blockade would be raised when the
treaty was ratified Placing this con-
ditiOn on the raising Of the blockade
was looked upon in peace conference
| circles as a sure plan for obtaining
| speedy ratification by Germany
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

Notwithstanding the fact the farm
ers are in the midst OF cutting their
wheat they are always willing to stop
and sign a petition for hard surface
road that will benefit them and in
hours time the committee obtaining
signers for a road from seven miles
south of Salina to the Mcpherson
County line got twenty signatures, the
best work that has been done in that
county since the agitation OF hard
roads began.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
BRITISH nRSHIP At MHEOLl
First Lighter-Than-AIr Graft 70 cross
the Atlantic Lands Safely At
Roosevelt Field.

Mineola, N Y.-Great Britain's su-
per-dirigible R-34, the first lighter than
air machine to cross the Atlantic
Ocean, anchored here at Roosevelt
Flying Field at 9:45 a m, after an
aerial voyage of los hours and II
minutes, which covered approximate
" $500 miles.
Passing through dense banks Of
cloud, with the sun and sea visible
only at rare intervals, the R-34 was
forced to cruise 1850 knots to reach
Trinity Bay, n. F, from East For
tune. Scotland, and lose knots from
there to MineoIa.
When the super-dirigibIe arrived
here she had left only enough petrol
to keep her moving ninety minutes
longer. Her crew, almost sleepless
for four and half days, were weary
almost TO the point of exhaustion, but
happy at the successful completion OF
their epOch-making trip. The return
voyage will be started Tuesday at s
a. m.
Haggard, unshaven, their eyes blood
shot from the long vigil and lines of
care bitten deep into their faces, Maj.
G. H. Scott, the commander, and his
officers showed plainly the effects Of
the anxious hours through which they
lived while they were cruising over
the far reaches of Canada and the
Bay of FUndy, beset by fog, heavy
winds and terrific electrical storms
ct seemed as though the atmos-
phere was haunted by five thousand
devils" said Lieut.. Guy Harris, the
meteorological officer.
With the R-34 long overdue at its
destination, petrol supply running low,
and buffeted by strong head winds,
Major Scott decided yesterday, while
over the Bay of Fundy, to send wire
less call to the American Navy De-
partment to be prepared to give as
sistance if it were needed This was
merely a measure of precaution and
did not indicate encouragement
While destroyers and submarine chas-
eTs were racing to her assistance the
R-34 was plugging steadily ahead on
the way to MineOla- Once clear Of the
Bay of Fundy the atmospheric hoo
doc, which had beset the craft from
the time it took the air, was gradually
left in its wake.
The R-34 headed southwest out
across the Atlantic along the cost Of
Maine, her nose pointed for Cape Cod
with the United States destroyed Ban
croft hanging on her tail and in con-
slant wireless communication with
her. The destroyer stuck close in
the wake of the air monster, running
under forced draft, until Cape Cod was
reached and then the dirigible cut
across lots.
All the air voyascrs were in excel
lent physical condition except that
they were very tired. They suffered
no hardships except lack of sleep.
There was plenty Of food and water
and it was not necessary to reduce the
ration Of either, Notwithstanding the
Unexpectedly long voyage.
The men Of the R-34 were greeted by
General Charlton, Lieut. Col. Fred
erick W. Lucas and Mai. Hugh Fuller,
representing the British government,
and by Rear Admiral Clennon and
Major General MenOher, representing
the American Navy and War Depart
ments, as well as by Lieut. l. B.
Clarke, q. S. N, designated to receive
from General Maitland the log of the
trip.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

AS result OF collision between a
Santa Fe freight train and a motor
car at a crossing through a deep cut
five miles west of Mcpherson, Harold
Kinsinger was killed and Walter and
Luke Mobray of Conway are in dan
gerous condition at the hospital there.
The accident occurred at one of the
most dangerous crossings in the
county. They were on their way to
the harvest fields when the accident
occurred
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
Five Children Dead In Fire.

Maysville, Ky.-Four children of
Mr. and Mrs Peter Stamm and a child
by the name of Thompson, whom they
had adopted, were burned to death and
Mr.. and Mrs. Stamm were injured
when fire destroyed their home near
Petersville.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
AustrIan.Treaty Further Delayed.

Paris.-Presentatio of the COM
pleted Peace Treaty to the Austrian
delegates will suffer a few days delay,
as the drafting of the document has
not yet been finished, La Liberte says.
The clauses concerning Italy remain to
be inserted in the treaty.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
A Petty Graft in NAVY

San Francisco.-An investigation
has been ordered by Rear Admiral 7
L jayne, commandant Of the Twelfth
Naval District, Of charges by enlisted
men that money had been paid to petty
officers to secure transfers from Unde-
sfrable assignments.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
ReIoium Honors Marse Henry

consolidating Albert of Bel
GUM has conferred the dignity OF Of
ficer in the Order of the Crown upon
Henry Watterson, widely known jour
nalist, in appreciation Of the devotion
the Louisville man has shown to the
cause of Belgium.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

Telephone companies operating at
Garrett and Ottawa have applied to
the public utilities commission for an
increase in rates amounting to about
25 cents on each class of service. The
parent company is the Kansas Tele-
phone Company and also has ex-
changes at Lawrence and CherryvaIe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
1essos sails for Home.

New York-Dr. Epitacio Pessoa,
president-elect Of Brazil, has sailed
for home on the American dread
nought Idaho after visiting the United
States and Canada
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

Mrs Robert Peet, %, shot and killed
herself at Arkansas City, while her
husband and her stepmother sat on
the porch of their home. The cause
Of the suicide is said to have been de-
spondency on account of i'll health.
She used revolver and shot herself
through the heart. The husband is q
returned soldier.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
Ahusainians - the canitaI.

Washington--Thef flag of Abyssinia,
one OF the worlds oldest governments,
with a history dating back TO the days
OF the Queen OF Sheba, was unfurled
in washington the other day on the
arrival Of a delegation from that ma
ton
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
- - kiIIed In Action.

Washington.- Recent army casualty
lists contained the following names Of
men killed in action Corp. Thomas
R Mason. Ada, Ok; George Love,
Coed. Neb.; James r. Love, Junction
City, Kas., and William Roberts, Hum
h0Idf Kas
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
Turn Down Haywood sonds

Chicago-For the forty-seccnd time
In two months William D. Haywood.
/ ". ". leader, disappointed This
time, like the other forty-one, it was
because Charles + C1yne, United
States district attorney. refused to
approve bonds offered for the leaders
release from prison.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

After going through campaigns in
the Vosges and the Argonne without a
scratch, and then spending seven
weeks in a German prison camp with
out serious effects on his health, Paul
Ward, formerly of the 10th Infantry,
is in a hospital art Concordia with a
broken leg, the result of his first civ
ilian Job.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

A movement is on foot to establish
country club near Cottonwood Falls,
capitalized with shares to serve as
membership fees for the first year. a
club house, a golf course and fields
for outdoor sports are planned.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

Mrs. Rebecca Shellinger Haines,
who moved to Kansas from Indiana
in 1870, is dead at Manhattan. Had
she lived two more months she would
have been go years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

Three persons were seriously injur-
ed at Wellington when an airp1ane,
making an exhibition flight, raked an
automobile in which four persons were
seated. The injured are Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Livingston and Leona Jones,
the 9-yeaT-old daughter OF B. Jones, all
of Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. Livingston
will recover. The little girl suffered
fractured skull and her condition is
critical
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
Huns Ready to Ratify.

Basic, Switzerland. A dispatch
from Weimar says that a bill has been
introduced in the German National AS
sembly providing for ratification OF
the peace treaty.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

Searching parties dynamited huge
drifts in the Smoky Hill River near
Junction City, in an effort to locate
the body of the Rev. B. Williams, II
years old, a colored preacher who has
been missing for several weeks. A
hat, thought to belong to Williams,
was found near the drifts.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
A Missouri FIxer klIIed.

Lawton, Ok.-Lieut. G. c. Hutchin-
son of Chillicothe, No, was killed at
Pauls Valley recently when his air
plane crashed to earth. He had been
detailed from Post Field, LaWton, to
fly at a soldiers Homecoming celebra-
ton
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
aeY' Secretary KILLED in Plane crash

Prague.-James Ceary, a secretary
Of the American Y n G A, was killed
and an Italian aviator injured, when
their machine fell here The pilot was
doing circus tricks with the airplane
and Ceary operating moving picture
machine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

The first of the new wheat marketed
in Emporia is far below the standard
set by last years crop. Four wagon
loads of new grain sold at an Emporia
mill recently graded below No. and
one load met the No. 2 test. Much
Of last years wheat graded No. l.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
HnId 20 saiIora 20 Rfot

Chicago-Two hundred sailors are
held for investigation at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station follow
ing an attempt to rescue four COM
rades arrested in Waukegan-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
Seize locations in Petronrad-

Helsingford.-It is reported that all
foreign embassies, legations and con-
sulates in PetrOgrad have been oecu-
pied by Bolshevist troops. The ar
chiTes also have been seized
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17

Charles Dewitt took half a load of
the new wheat to Jamestown, where
Clifford Bros. paid him a premium of
20 cents a bushel for the first new
wheat harvested in Cloud County. 1t
tested fifty-seven pounds, has an IN
usually good color, and brought S2.1O.
including the premium.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
Fire Killed Three Children.

ChehaIIis, Wash.-Three children
named Fuller, the eldest Of whom Was
Is, were burned TO death twenty-five
miles east Of here the other night
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-07-17
Sentence Miss Reeds SLAYER

Redwood City, CaL-Dr. Ephriam
Northcott was given an indeterminate
sentence Of from ten years to life
Imprisonment for the murder of Miss
Insz Reed.