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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Spread out fanshaped over wide
stretch of Mexican country south of
the Rio Grande. United States cavalry,
aided by airmen as scouts, have
combed the mountains for the bandits
who held for ransom two American
aviators-
Members of Peace Conference
would not be surprised if Archduke
Joseph were to leave his post in the
Hungarian government within a few
days. Conference circles expect fur
Their changes in the new Hungarian
government shortly.
Prince FeisaI, son of Hussein Ben
Ali, king of the Bedjas, has embarked
at Beiruth to go to Paris and resume
his place at the head of the Arab dele
CATION He is dissatisfied with the
settlement Of Syrian and Persian ques-
tons, according to the French news
papers.
Moroccan bTigands, under com
mand of Raisuli, are reported to have
ambushed Spanish force accompany.
ing a food convoy between the towns
of Saguedla and Rgaia, killing twelve
soldiers and wOunding a number.
"A 35 to SIS per cent increase in
wages is demanded for 117,0O0 fire
men and hostlers on railroads in the
United States and Canada in q wage
scale adopted before adjournment by
800 general chairmen OF the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen in session at Cleveland, o.
The British government has an
nounced in the House of Commons
that wool supplies in Britain are the
greatest in history and that there is
no reason for the present high prices
Of wooden goods.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
Hello AVIATORS FOR RANSOM
Mexican Bandits Demanded $4,000
as Price OF Their LiVes-Men
Reeross the Border

FL Paso, TeL-In an official state
ment issued at military headquarters
here and signed by Brig Gen James
r. Erwin, district commander, il was
announced that Maj l. a Walton,
Bliss, had received a message from
Lieutenants Paul H. Davis and Har-
old G. Peterson, stating that they had
been captured by Mexicans and were
being held for $4,000 ransom, which
must be paid Immediately, according
to the message.
Replies to messages sent their rela-
tives by Lieutenants Davis and Peter
son have been received at Maria,
Tex. The messages from the aviators
were received at the same time the
demand for the $4,000 ransom for
the release of the aviatOrs was
brought to the border An effort was
being made to get the replies TO the
aEiatOrs in the bandit rendezvous in
Mexico
The messages from the aviators
we're sent TO their relatives at Strath-
more and Berkeley, Cal, and Hutch
insOn, Mimi, as soon as received at
Maria. The text of their messages
was not given out, but it was under
stood the aviators requested their
relatives to urge the payment OF the
ransom. The contents of the replies
also was withheld. but a courier, who
is familiar with the district opposite
the Big Bend, was obtained and an eff
fort made to get the replies to the
aEiatOrS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
OBJECT TO GRADING RULES
Hutchinson Grain Man Says Farmers
Lose at Least IS Cents
BusheI Under Them.

Kansas wheat growers are being
cheated out of at least Is cents a
bushel on much of their wheat by the
grading rules established by the gov
eminent, is the declaration of J. R.
Baker, a prominent Hutchinson grain
man and official of the board OF trade
there.
Pointing to samples of wheat from
two cars, one grading fifty-three
pounds and the other fifty-eight
pounds, Mr.. Baker declared there was
practically no difference in the mill
ing quality or value for flour
There isn't to exceed cents q
bushel difference in the actual milling
value of those two cars, and yet the
government rules make the farmer
growing that fifty-three-pound wheat
take 19 cents a bushel less for it," de-
clared Mr.. Baker.
It's good for the miIlers, he declared,
but is hard on the Kansas wheat
growers, most of whose wheat this
year is of the lighter test.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
GET BOSTON SUGAR STOCKS
Million Pound Hoard - 900
Pounds of Fish Spoiled.

Boston-Federal authorities have
seized Az million pounds of granuIa-
ted sugar at the warehouse of the
Terminal Wharf and Railroad Ware
house Company in the Charleston dis
trict.
Trenton, n. 1.-THE Barnegat Power
and Cold Storage Company and the
Bay State Fish Company of Boston
have been summoned before the state
department of health to show cause
why fifty-seven thousand pounds OF
fish, which has been in storage for
over a year, should not be destroyed
as unfit to eat The fish would begin
to decompose as soon as exposed to
the outer air, officials said.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
MOoNsHINER SHOOTS THREE
A Justice of the Peace Killed and
Two Deputy Sheriffs Wounded
by Nebraska Farmer.

Lincoln, Neb--After wounding and
oyerpowering two armed deputy sher-
ifs during a fight, in which he, too.
was shot. E W. Langley, a farmer OF
Cortland, staggered into a general
store and shot Justice of the Peace
Chris Pfeiffer through the heart
Langley was saved from Iynching by
conservative citizens Langley re-
Gently was arrested by state agents
with los gallons of home made whisky
in his possession
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
JAPS BUYING CHILEAN MINES
Newspapers Claim That Immierations
and Holding in South America
Are Growing Steadily.

Santiago, Chile.-Newspapers call
attention to the extensive purchases
Of mining properties by Japanese in
Chile. 1t is said that more than mil
lion dollars is invested in copper and
iron properties along the Northern
Railway. Recently Japanese have
taken options on coal acreage sur
rounding the naval port of Talcahua-
no, just north of Conception The
newspapers add the number of jap
anese coming here is growing steadily
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
PRICES OF FOOD
ARE EASING OFF
Government Campaign on High
Cost of Living Beginning
to Bear Fruit.
PALMER FEELS ENCOURAGED
Threat of Criminal Proceedings Against
Hoardin0 and Profiteers Seems
to Have Good Effect.

shington.-Attorney General Pal
mer said recently there was evidence
that the government campaign to re
duce the cost of living already was
bearing fruit A prominent vegetable
packer Of Maryland wrote Mr.. Palmer
that prices in many lines were begin
ming to ease off. as it became evident
that the department Of justice meant
business in announcing that criminal
prosecutions against hoarders and
profiteers would be instituted where
ever the laws were violated.
I'VE want to make clear, however"
the attorney general said, that moth
ing we can do can change the immuta-
bic economic laws on which prices de-
pend. If we can increase the supply
by great production and lessen demand
by greater saving on the part of the
people, then the cost Of living should
come down We can help that along
by forcing hoarders to put on the mar
ket food held out for an advance in
prices and further by holding up the
public scorn by prosecuting, If congress
gives us the criminal amendment to
the food control law, those who are
guilty of trying to exact a greater prof
it than is reasonable and just We are
going to make the market-that is the
law Of supply and acknowledgements
normally instead Of artificiaIly."
Hoarded VS.. Stored Food.
The attorney general and Judge
Ames, his assistant, drew distinctions,
which they said the public should rec
ognize, between boarded food and
stored food The former is held out OF
the market in greater quantities than
required for the owners business, for
the purpose Of forcing up the market
The latter is surplus being husbanded
from the harvest TO the lean season
Not all stored food is boarded, by
any means" Mr. Palmer said, "and we
are going to be very careful not to do
anybody an injustice or TO jeopardiZe
the winter supply by forcing on the
market the surplus Of the summer sea-
son. We have libelled great quantities
of food which we believe to be boarded
and its disposition after the cases set
tied by the courts will depend on the
nature Of the commodities and the
place of storage"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

The big packing companies have re-
duced the prices at which they are
selling many, lines of meats but the
retailers are not following the market
ON its downward path This was the
assertion made recently by L. A Mid
daugh, representing Swift and Com
pany on a visit to the special food
probe committee named by Governor
Allen. Mr.. Middaugh came to Topeka
to tell the committee and the attorney
general that the packers were ready
to turn over their books and furnish
any information desired by the State
of Kansas 1t was during the discus
sion of meat prices that Mr.. Middaugh
said a good many retailers had not
followed the market in the retail
prices Of meats. He was asked to
furnish the state with actual price
quotations on different cuts of meats
and different meats on August IL and
on several previous dates. These viii
be used to compare with the retail
prices quoted by the retailers in To
peka and other parts of the state
where the food probe is now under
way.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Declaring liquor thefts in Atchison
must stop, Charles T. Gundy, county
attorney, has issued an open letter to
the sheriff of Atchison County and the
chief of police The letter was the
result of an alleged refusal OF the
police to search for a burglar who
stole thirty-six quarts of whisky from
the home of a wealthy Atchison man
recently, when the loser of the liquor
reported the theft County Attorney
Gundy takes the ground that burglary
is burglary, no matter whether or not
q man has right to have liquor in
his cellar in Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

The strike of the telephone opera
tors at Sabetha ended when the twelve
girls returned to work Under the
increase of wages, the girls will re-
ceive from So to $3.50 per week
Kansas and Missouri cattlemen have
left Kansas City on an inspection trip
to Eastern markets. Methods used by
the large distributing centers in dis
posing Of cattle will be studied. The
itinerary includes Chicago, Boston,
New York and Philadelphia. ]. H
Mercer, state live stock sanitary COM
missioner, will head the Kansas dele
CATION. The cattIemen desire to avoid
shipping to overstocked markets, it
was stated.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Joseph Ogen, a laborer of Sabetha,
shot and killed his wife the other
morning, then ended his own life with
the revolver. The tragedy, witnessed
by their 9-year-old daughter, was due
to domestic differences.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
Burlington is now facing a h

Burlington is now facing a house
shortage. Paving of the streets is
bringing number of new families to
the town, who will require houses.
Beside these there are a number of
families who have high school student
children who want to come in for the
term If suitable quarters can be OBJ
tanned. Houses long vacant are being
fixed up for occupancy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
odessa Drives out soviet.

London.-The BOlsheviki have been
driven from Odessa by the populace
of the city, according to reports re-
ceived by the British war office. It
is reported also that the Soviet forces
are evacuating Kiev and the entire
Ukraine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
a Bio sweet Potato CROP.

Washington. is leading
again this year in the production of
sweet potatoes, and her crop promises
to be more than million bushels
larger than last years with q total
OF 19, 920, 900 bushels as forecast by
the Department Of Agriculture.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
soiler RIast kiIIs Three Rovs.

Greenfield, III. = Three 7-year-oId
boys were killed, three others were
badly burned and ten other persons
sustained injuries when a boiler for
a mine pump exploded on the farm OF
Norman Mayberry, five miles north
east OF here recentIy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Topeka women in the governor
food probe canvass of the stores Sc
cured prices on q list of commodities
There is a wide variation in quota
tions. One popular brand of shorten
ing was quoted at s1.17, $1.30 and
$3.50 for 3-pound cans. Mrs. D. w.
Mulvane, who helped in the food in
vestigation with sales slips of her own
purchases, found some prices quoted
by grocer and the price she actually
paid, not identical. For a can of clean
ser, which was quoted to the investi-
gator at ten cents, she paid the same
grocer thirteen cents.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
kiII.d bv Gasoline Explosion.

Miami, Ok-A- u. Noble, chief en-
gineer at the Gotham plant Of the
T. B. Gasoline Company, was killed
by an explosion Of gasoline in the &C
cumuIator tank near the plant, seven
miles northeast Of Nowata-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
Steel striksrn in blot.

Butler, Pa-MOre than a score Of
persons were injured, several severe
". in a riot between strikers Of the
Standard Steel Car Company's plant
and non-union employees A troop Of
state police which has been guarding
the works was rushed to the scene
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

The postoffice and store where the
office is located, at Valencia, west of
Topeka, was robbed the other night,
the second time in ten days. The
latest raid netted 25 cents from the
safe of the merchant and $11.38 in
postOffice funds. Stamps and money
orders were not mo1ested. The rob-
bers entered through a loosely board.
ed up hole in a window, which was
broken the night of August by
thieves, who secured but a few cents
in change from the postoffice depart
ment.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
Have a5o- GOO stIII IN service.

washington. = Approximately $780,
600 emergency soldiers remained to
be discharged August Is. the War De
partment said Sailings from Europe
in the first ten days Of this month
totaled $4,000, and it IS expected rs
GOO more viii have embarked BY Sep
TENDER L
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Providence, R. IF. Warner Kar-
ling of Kansas City was reelected
commander-in-ehief of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars at the twentieth annual
national encampment here.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
- Hornets, Are Home.

New York.-Twelve submarine chas-
ers-the sea hornets of the American
Navy-which participated in the mem
orable Italian-British naval attack
upon the Austrian naval base at Duraz-
20, October 2, 1918, are anchored in
North River
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Hickory Grove District, near Parker,
has voted $4,000 bonds to build a new
school house. There are thirty-one
voters in the district. They plan one
of the best country school houses in
Linn County.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Utrecht, HolIand.-Former Emperor
William, who has been living at Amer
ongen since his arrival in Holland, has
purchased the estate and house OF
Doom at the village of Doom, near
Utrecht, according to the DagbIad.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Fifty thousand dollars damage re-
suited from wind and hail storm that
swept from Southwest Clay County,
southeast to West Geary and across
Dickinson the other night. Twenty
barns and silos and the Mayfield
church were destroyed Wheat stacks
were scattered and corn fields laid
flat. In Chapman streets were filled
with broken trees
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
ARMY po~rn to 90, &c.

Washington.-Disc from the
army now total 3.zOS.75S, the War
Department announced recently, leaT-
ing net strength On August Il TO
SOC. 69e officers and men. Of whom
JOG .sSS still we're in Europe
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Charles H. McDuff, a resident of
Atchison County fifty-seven years, is
dead. He came to Atchison from Mis-
souri, when he was Is years old. His
widow and two sons survive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
London.-Sr Robert

London. Sir Robert Stevenson
Horne, minister OF labor, announced
that the government hopes at the next
session Of Parliament to introduce a
bill providing for unemployment in
surance on a contributory basis
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Discharged soldiers and marines
who have permitted their war risk in
surance policies to lapse may be rein
stated within eighteen months after
discharge upon payment OF dues for
the current month, and one extra
month, according to a statement issued
by ]. W. Johnson, agent of the war
risk bureau. who has opened an office
in Topeka.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

New Membership in the
American Legion has now passed the
$50, 600 mark, it was announced the
other day Charters have been issued
to 1888 local posts
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
TuIsa ticket AGENT = svieide

Tulsa, OIL P Washington, tic
ket agent for the Frisco railroad here
shot and killed himself IN a local
park Worry over financial troubles
is believed to have beea responsible
for his action He was 20 years old
and left a widow
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
Air co.'s Seized Gold Hoard.

Berlin to recent Ger
man newspapers, policemen using air
planes have frustrated an attempt to
smuggle 20 million marks from Der
lin to Switzerland.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
Canadian Wheat to Be 50 25

Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Cana
dian wheat board has decided to fix
$2.25 as the minimum price for the
1919 wheat crop, it was learned from
an unofficial source here.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

The German government has re
iected the demand Of the Allies for
the recall of Gen Won Der Goitz, CON-
mander-in-chief of German forces IN
the Baltic provinces.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Eldorado's postoffice has been put
in the first-class by the Postoffice De-
partment and Postmaster T. P. Man.
MON Of that city has been reappointed
for four more years, according to Mr..
Mannion
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
To Go On Market.

1t was made clear, though, that all
food proved to be boarded wouldn't be
placed on the market United States
marshaIs probably will administer its
disposition, but whether sales will be
made direct to the public or through
retailers under a guarantee of fair
prices, has not been decided.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Mrs. Pete Stimat and her 4-year-oId
child were shot by her husband at
their home in Dunkirk the other night
Mrs. Stimat died soon after reaching
a hospital at Pittsburg. The child
will recover. The shooting was acct
dental, Stimat said.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28
STATE Eair Train an WrecI,

Upton, Mo--SeTen persons we're
injured when a Missouri Pacific mail
train and local State Fair passen-
gen train coIlided in a dense fog near
here recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Returns from a special election held
in Miller recently show that the prop
osition to establish a rural school dis
trict carried by vote of 149 to g.
Twenty thousand dollars in bonds was
voted to erect school building at
Miller.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Ten prominent men of Pratt were
startled recently from a poker game
by a holdup man, who robbed them of
$3.50. After the robbery the men
caught the robber and he is in jail,
while the gamblers face a heavy fine
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Will Zimmerman, IS years old, a
Tecluse living in a shack on a small
island in the Arkansas River near
Hutchinson, is believed to have ap-
piled the torch to his humble home
and then persisted in it. The charred
ruins of the shack were found by S.
N. Miller, a farmer living near the
island, who told the coroner there
were human bones IN the ruins. A
note pinned to tree read: ''AIl my
personal property to Walter Black
we'll" Blackwell was a neighbor and
Zimmerman's only known friend
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Maurice Nelson, a young Atchison
County farmer, was burned, probably
fatally, while fighting a fire in a
wheat field. The wind blew his shirt
tail into the fire and his body was
burned before other fire fighters could
eXtinguish the blaze
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Five robberies of cellars containing
supplies of liquor for private use haye
occurred at Atchison in the last few
nights which netted the burglars
scores of quarts of whisky. Twenty
six quarts were taken from one cellar.
The owner of the twenty-six quarts is
a business man, who reported the mat
ter to the police Fred o. Snyder,
chief of police, however, declined to
investigate the case on the theory the
man had no legal right to possession
of the liquor,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

The election of Harold G. Ingham
as acting director of the extension
division of the University of Kansas
was announced recently. Ingham was
formerly secretary of the division but
resigned his position several weeks
ago. He had taken a place at the
University of Florida.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Experimental drilling by electric
power which the Empire Gas and Fuel
Company has been testing on the
Stokes No. q in the northwest corner
of the town of Oil Hill, Butler County.
has been proven success.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Frank Ratley; a young farmer living
four miles north OF Uda1I, was instant
Iy killed by lightning the other night
while at Work in hay field
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Lieut.. Col Walter F. Fry, camp san
itary inspector at Camp Funston, has
been appointed public health commits
sipner for Junction City and Geary
County. effective on his return to civil
life September 1. The civil sanitary
zone established by the United States
Public Health Service two years ago
and discontinued month ago is to
be revived so far as the city and
county are concerned
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-28

Mrs. Ruth Miller, 81 years old, is
dead at Ottawa. She had lived. in
Franklin County forty-five years.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-22
SOUTH WOULD PAY
NEGROES FARE
BACK TO DIXIE
Plenty of Work, Good Wages,
and Better Conditions Await
COI0red Workers.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Aug % -
Tlenty OF farm and mill work. bet
ter wages than ever before paid. and
improved living conditions await
southern negroes who have gone to
the north and who now are said to
be clamorinE % return 20 the south
according to employers here
Southern farmers and plantation
owners want the southern negroes
back If there were some method
Of getting iu touch with them il is
declared the expense Of their return
to Dixie would be- willingly borne.
This viii hold especially true for
the next Few weeks. because there
is need Of negroes who know how TO
take care Of the cotton crop
Don't Want Northern Negroes.
But these employers say they do
not want northern born and reared