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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
SEVEN DEAD IN OHIO FIRE
Many Persons Saved Their Lives by
Spectacular Leaps From Apart
ments in Columbus.

Columbus, O., May 7.-Seven known
dead, with a possibility that the num-
Der will reach ten OF twelve, and a
score injured, some probably fatally,
is the toll Of a fire In an apartment
building in the center of the downtown
district here last night. Miraculous
escapes by jumps from the fifth and
sixth stories into life nets and the
tossing Of infants several stories into
nets and arms of fire fighters made it
the most spectacular fire this city has
had for years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

The state public utilities commits
sion has filed suit in the Shawnee
County District Court to enjoin the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com
pany from putting into effect in Kan
sas the increase of rates announced
as operative May l. A J. Mackey,
district manager of the telephone com
pany, said he did not know what
would be the attitude of the company
in regard to the May collections. The
bills, based on the new rates, he said,
have been sent out.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Hail covered the ground to depth
of three inches at Hays the other
night, following a c1oudburst. Some
of the stones were two inches in diam
eter. Four and one-half inches of rain
fell in two hours. Alfalfa was strip
ped and the wheat on the Fort Hays
Experiment Station will have to sprout
again. The storm was purely local
and seems to have centered over Hays.
with Wakeeney and Gorham as the
extreme points The wheat was not
damaged. except in the immediate vi
cinity of Hays.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Pittsburg is preparing to make war
on the rate advance put into effect
by the Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company. Pittsburg has had a quar-
rel with the Bell Company several
years. The Bell has sought to In
crease the rates, but the city has
fought successfully the increase, be-
cause of clause in the franchise Of
the Home Telephone Company, which
provides for forfeiture to the city in
the event of the sale of the Home
plant. The Bell has sought to effect
a merger of the plants and repeatedly
has asked the city to repeal the for
fixture clause of the Home franchise.
The city has held that the forfeiture
clause safeguarded the city against an
increase of rates that would be un-
just. Committees of the chamber OF
commerce and the city commission are
cooperating in planning action to pre-
vent the increase in rates.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Justine Aveline of Gross. believed
until recently that the Kansas bone
dry" law was not effective SO far as
homemade wine was concerned. When
officers visited the Aveline home re-
Gently they discovered a quantity OF
wine which Aveline said he had made
and therefore had right to possess.
At Girard the court ruled otherwise,
and sentenced Aveline to pay a fine of
500 and serve thirty days in the coun-
ty Jail
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
Deny New Trial to Banker.

Fl. Smith, Ark, May 3.-The United
States court of appeals at st. Louis
has refused a new trial to T. ". NJ.
Boone, former president Of the defunct
American National Bank, who was
sentenced to seven years in the peni-
Tertiary at LeavenwOrth, Kas., as a
result OF the bank failure in 1916.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
FzIIIno wan Ini,,-ed Eioh.

Fit Smith, Ark, May Eight per-
sons were injured, when a wall at the
fire ruins Of the Knowles Van and Stor-
age Company's plant collapsed and
buried them. n. 2 Nulkey Of Braden.
Ok. and I'd. Dukes are not expected
to live.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Investigations of the oil and gas pos
sfbi1ities in Kansas will be started by
the state geological survey July l. A
report on the Eldorado field and But
Ter county will be ready for distribu-
ton by the state survey soon.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
Robbers overcame Six Men

Chicago, May six robbers en-
tered a milk dispensing plant early to-
day, overpoWered six drivers and,
blowing open the safe, took $500. Five
Of the milk wagon drivers were locked
in big ice box The sixth was so Sc
verely beaten that he Is in q hospital
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

The British government has rec
ognized the independence of Finland
and the de facto Finnish government,
according to an announcement by Cecil
Harmsworth, parliamentary secretary
for foreign affairs, in the House OF
Commons recently.
The International Harvester Com
pany announced recently that it has
bought the entire business of the Par
lin & Orendorff Company, including
the plant at Canton, H., which is one
Of the largest and oldest plow factories
in the country.
Sir J. Allen, the acting premier, Of
New Zealand, in statement as quoted
by Reuters correspondent, declared
that he viewed developments In the
Pacific with some alarm. It was diff
cult, he said, to discover why Japan
wanted the Marshall Islands, unless
she wished to dominate the Pacific.
The second safe blowing ia forty
eight hours occurred at Oklahoma
City recently when the door of the
Union Dairy Company's safe was
blown through the ceiling. The rob
bers escaped with 500.
-BaEarian Spartacan forces have
blown up a train crowded with repubIi-
can troops near Munich, according to
the Zurich correspondent of the Ex-
change Telegraph Company. Three
hundred bodies, the message adds
have been taken from the vreckage.
The falling OF a ventilating window
and sash, weighing three or four hun
dred pounds from the roof Of St
Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral at
Trenton, N. J., into the crowded audi
forum, killed one woman and injured
more than 3 ecOEe Of others.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
Gets AZ Million AIimonv.

New York, May ga record ali
mony settlement whereby Mrs. Ellen
Ballentine Kendall Of New York and
Bar Harbor, Me-, receives AZ million
dollars in cash and real estate and
100000 year for life has been made
by Lyman B. Kendall, New York
banker.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

A telegram stating that he was at
the Central Hospital and feeling fine
was the first word relatives at June
ton City have received from Ralph
NJ. Johnson, 342d Field Artillery, S9th
Division, in six months. Johnson was
taken from the front to hospital Dc
tober IL, and relatives had been un-
able to obtain any trace of him from
that time until now.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

The D. T. Gemmen farm of $50 acres
at Stanley, ten miles southeast Of
Olathe and twenty miles south of Kan
sas City, sold for So, 500 recently, an
average of $3.50 an acre. There were
four purchasers, the price varying
from $50 to s185 per acre. A quarter
section went to Howard Vanderslice,
president of a Kansas City ice COM
pany, who owns model farm adjoin-
ing it. Mr. Gemmen had owned The
land more than forty years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
AIbanY Prlntern g go

Albany. n. z, Nay s.-Morning edi.
dons OF Albany newspapers appesraS
on the streets here today for the ffrse
tine IN five days, following a unani-
nous vote by striking printers to re-
turn TO work. It vas decided to sub
NIT the differences to arbitration.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

The Topeka Street Railway has filed
an application with the public utilities
commission for permission to increase
its fare to 81 cents. The commission
denied a similar increase a month ago,
but the company, represented by L.
H. Ferry and T. H. Doran, declares
it has been compelled to boost wages
recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

A complete soil survey of Leaven-
worth county, the first in this section
Of the state, will be made this sum-
mer, it was announced by I. N. Chap
man, county agricultural agent, who
has been notified by the bureau of
soils at Washington, D. c., that E. H.
Smiles and L. B. Ptacek, government
soil experts, will be in charge Of the
work. The survey is deemed neces-
sary because near Linwood the termi-
nal moraine, very noticeable by high
gravel ridge, has caused division Of
the soil types.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
Soldier Mileage to Five Cents.

Washington, May War Depart
ment heads were today under orders
of the District Supreme Court to show
cause why discharged soldiers should
not be allowed mileage home at the
rate of cents a mile instead of SIX.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
ExpIode the Iardi. aonh

Chicago, May 5--The bomb which
Federal Judge Lands received We'd
nesday was exploded today by the i'm
pact Of rifle bullet. The explosion.
it was said, would undoubtedly have
killed anyone close TO #.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
The creation of Aozn Dies.

Los Angeles. May 81. Frank
Baum, author of 1.-The Wizard Of or"
and many other plays and books, died
at his home last night after long i'll
ness with heart disease. He is sur
vived by a widow and four children.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Memphis, Tenn, May S.-Mrs- Row
ena Bayliss Lee, widow OF Captain
James Lee, founder OF the Lee line
of steamers which has been operating
on the Mississippi River since before
the Civil War, died last night She
was born at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, April
%, 1910. Her sons now operate the
steamer line.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Cliff Matson, assistant attorney gen
eral, announced recently that the state
would file motion in the United
District Court to have the Wichita
Natural Gas case remanded. Removal
will probably be asked on the ground
that the case involves no federal CUES
ton and is purely state case.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Camp Funston. Kas., May 3.-Four
hundred men have re-enlisted here as
q result of a recruiting campaign un-
der the direction of Major General
Sage, camp eornmandant.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

The Golden Belt Editorial Confer
ence met recently at the Fort Hays
Normal School Methods OF meeting
the increased costs of material and
labor were discussed. The domestic
science department of the Normal
School and the Hays Chamber of Com
merce were hosts at dinner.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

London, May General Pershing,
commander-in-chief OF the American
Expeditionary Force, will arrive in
London May %, 1t is announced. He
will come to England on a destroyer
and will be received by q guard Of
honor
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
DENY Princess Mary win Wed.

London, May 7.-OfficiaI denial was
made today of a report published by
the Express that Pridcess Mary, only
daughter Of King George and Queen
Mary, is engaged to the Earl Of Dali
keith, of the Grenadier Guards.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
HOG Island Opened to Public.

Philadelphia, May s-No further
reason for secrecy being apparent, the.
great Hog Island shipyzrd was throvz,
open to the general public yesterday
for the first time. Fifty thousand par.
sons visited the vast plant.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
Women In Election Fraud.

Chicago, Nay 5.-The Cook County
grand jury today returned indictments
against nine persons charged with
election frauds in the February mayor
atty primaries. The accused include
three women
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
PhIIosopher ef 4HegD Die.

St Paul, MINI, May 5.-Edvfn E.
Fisher, a local character who had re-
ferred to himself as q philosopher Of
he'll" died at his home recently. He
vas said to be los years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
Fire Damages Bio AIrDIsnes.

New York, May Sire at the "a
val air station at RockaHsy Beach
damaged today the naval seapIanea
n CT and N. ca, which were ia
start tomorrow morning On the fsrzk
leg Of the Transatlantic flight.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
paviaon Haada Red crosa l eanue-

Paris. May Henry P. Dawson
was elected chairman OF the govern
ing board of the league Of Red Cross
societies which was organized here
esterd Y.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Stockholm, May S.-North Sweden
Is experiencing the worst floods in
many ears. The damage is estimated
at nc than 10 million dollars.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

F. K Taylor, former police judge Of
Leavenworth, dropped dead at his
home in Lansing the other day. He
was a veteran of the Civil War and
was Y years old. He came to Kansas
in 1886.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Two Salina filters, Lieut.. Max Short
and Lieut. Leo Kuhn, arrived at Salina
recently by airplane from Ellington
Field, Tex. They left the aviation
field at s o'clock in the morning and
made several stops, including Enid,
Ok, and Wichita. Several thousand
people were gathered at the Country
Club, where a landing was made. Be
fore landing, the boys circled over the
city and gave an exhibition of fancy
flying.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
Nv w. Meet n chIo.,o

Chicago. Nay 6Ied by wfdesv
known radicals from an parts OF tha-
country. the national convention Of the.
L W ". opened hare today for : 10
day session.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Henry WEIGH, well known mine
operator of Galena, is dead. Mr.. WEIGH
recently went to the Mayo Brothers
hospital at Rochester, Mimi, to un-
dergo an operation and died from its
results. At the time of his death he
was a member of the city council.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

William Hood, a Kansas pioneer, is
dead at his home in Junction City. He
was a years old. The funeral was
held at Milford.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Residents of Ellis county have
threatened violence to August Lutti-
ken, national representative of the
Non-Partisan League, according to his
complaint to state authorities. Luttt
ken says attempts have been made to
brighten him out of the country be-
cause he has been soliciting member
ships in the league. He asserts the
organization has been exonerated in the
federal courts and is violating no state
or federal law, and that he should be
permitted to increase the league mem
bership in peace. S. n. Hawkes., as
sistant attorney general, has sent an
inquiry to J. NJ. Weisem, county at
torney of Ellis county, to ascertain the
facts regarding the situation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

The 10th Engineers of the S5th
Division paraded in Topeka at $50
at night, being delayed by the second
section of the train, which was late
in reaching the city. Probably the
largest crowd ever on Topeka streets
greeted the returned soldiers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Mrs. Nancy Gibbs. 20 years old, a
native Of Ireland, and q resident OF
LeavsnwortF county more than fifty
years. died recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Miss Bernice Herring of Stafford
and Albert Zook of Fort Scott, both
students at the Kansas State Agricul-
turaI College, were drowned at 9
o'clock the other morning when the
boat in which they were riding went
over the Rockford dam, six miles north
Of Manhattan. While boat reading
above the dam the couple lost an oar
Efforts to get hold of protruding
tree stump failed. The boat, at the
mercy of the swift undercurrent,
swept over the nine-foot dam into the
water below.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Mrs. Silas Gavin, SO years old, a
resident of Douglas county for fifty
years, is dead at Lawrence.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Pastors Of Pittsburg churches have
started movement to close all the
filling stations, the garages and all the
motor repair shops except one, on
Sundays. The pastors, in resolu-
ton, declared that the employees OF
the places they would close should
be allowed to observe the Sabbath and
under the present system they have
no chance to do so.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
MUST sign TREATY
OR Be BOYCOTTED
Council of Three Plans Com
pIete Isolation of Germany
if Terms are Rejected.
READY FOR FINAL CEREMONY
Protestations Against Treaty by
France and China Are Not Con-
sidered Serious by Powers.

Paris, May THE complete eco
nomic isolation of Germany is being
considered by the council of foreign
ministers of the peace conference as
a measure to be adopted in the event
that Germany refuses to sign the peace
treaty.
The plan for the measure was sub
mitted to the ministers by the SUI
preme economic council.
The final meeting Of the council Of
three before the presentation OF the
peace treaty to the Germans was held
this morning. 1t is understood that
the last details of the treaty presen-
tation ceremony were discussed, as
well as the arrangements for This af-
ternoon's plenary session Of the con-
ference
Digest Public Today.
Also under discussion were the time
and method of making public the d.
gest of the peace treaty, now in its
final stages Of preparation, which will
be cabied all over the world before
tomorrow's ceremony at Versailles.
The peace treaty was presented to
the minor powers at secret plenaTy
session this afternoon, which adj
journed at Sis o'clock. The draft Of
the treaty is considered now as hav-
ing passed the final stage before being
presented to the Germans
The Chinese delegates presented a
brief, formal and dignified protest con-
corning the disposition of Kiao-Chau.
The Portuguese delegates expressed
dissatisfaction regarding the treat
ment accorded Portugal
The protestatfons made by the vari-
Gus delegations are not regarded as
serious, as no definite reservations
were made by the protestants.
Italy was represented at the session
by Signor Crispi The Italian spokes-
man said he desired to make reserva-
tions concerning any provisions in the
treaty not acceptable to Italy.
Foch Says Treaty Won't Do.
Paris, May Marshal Foch in a
speech at the plenary session declared
late today that the security given
France in the peace treaty was made
Quate from a military point of view
and said it was his personal convic-
ton that the treaty should not be
signed.
The marshal emphasized the neces-
sity of France holding the brideheads
along the Rhine and said that occupa-
ton limited to fifteen years was net
sufficient.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Capt E. C. Morgan of Clay Center,
who was graduated from the Uniyer-
sity of Kansas in 1908, has been award
ed the Croix de Guerre and the Dis
tinguished Service Cross. He is a
member of the Beta Theta Pi Fra
ternity He was in the Medical Corps
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mehl OF Leaven.
worth are in receipt Of the French war
medal, the Croix de Guerre, awarded
to their son, First Liuet. Byron H.
Meh1, who was killed in battle July
81, 1918. Accompanying the "cross of
war" the following was sent, signed
by Marshal Petain of the French
army: with the appreciation of the
commander-in-chief of the American
expeditionary forces in France, the
marshal of France, commander-in-
chief of the French armies in the east,
cites in the order of the army corps,
Lieutenant Byron H. Meh1, 18th Regu-
lar Field Artillery. At Very, July
81, 1918, he braveIy and coolly led his
battery under bombardment, and was
killed at the head of his battery"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-15
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
FIX WAGES FOR HARVESTERS
Wheat Growers at Hutchinson Make
1o-Hour Day and SO Cents an
Hour the Basis.

Wheat growers from thirty-five
Western Kansas counties formed the
Wheat Belt Harvest Labor Conference
recently at Hutchinson and agreed
that the harvest work day should con
sist Of ten hours. The wage was fixed
at fifty cents an hour with extra pay
for overtime. This wage applies TO
shockers, bargemen, pitchers and help
ers around stacks, drivers of headers
and binders. Men with teams will
receive 20 cents an hour Stackers
will be paid sixty cents an hour Over
time work shall be paid for on the
basis of regular pay.
The resolutions adopted provide that
farmers in each county should meet
with threshermen and determine
prices; that any wheat raiser who vio-
1ates the wage fixed by the association
by paying more shall in the future not
be considered by the association in
the employment of harvest help; that
the association holds Congress should
repeal the Daylight Saving Law; that
the Railroad Administration should
grant reduced fare to harvest help.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-01-18


Chteje vsak dostati danemu
slibu, otazal Sc policejniho re
ditele, co Sc behem posledni
DOLBY stalo Sc eil-Couchant.
"Byla propustena ma svobo
du pred dvema tydny," znela
odpoved'.
"Skutecne? Wy jste il necha
Ii jiti?"
"Ano; byla zatcena pouze
pro nepatrny prestupek a ten
jsme j prominuli "a to re nam
vydala toho sveho hrmotneho
milovnika. Co sc one vrazdy
tyce, jest patrno, re nemohla
pri nj miti zadneho dcasten-
stvi. Bude predvolana pouze
co svedkyne. Pokladali jsme
"a zbytecne, ziviti j zde ma u
traty statu - name zde mno
hem vzacnejsi hosty."
"a vite, co Sc nj stale cd
te dolby, co propustena byla ma
svobodu?" tazal sc Vibert.
"Ano,s my il vdbec, nespusti
Ii oci a chcete-li il navstivi-
IT," pravil riditel, nahlizeje do
adresare propustenych provi-
nilcu, "zije nyni v Rue 'Trois
Freres, roh Rue Saint Laza-
re-"
A oleil-Couchant nyni sku-
tecne vedla vesely, bezstarost
ny zivot. Nezila sice v prepy-
chu, ale mela pekny, vslm po-
hodlim opatreny byt "a CO
nejhlavnejsiho, veskery naby-
tex v bytu jejim byl poctive
koupen zaplacen.
Nynejsi jeji milovnik dove
dl il potrebnymi vecmi zaopa
trovati jinym zpusobem, nezli
to mival We zvyku ciniti Lang
lade.
Vse udalo Sc, jak nasleduje :
Kdyz Soleil-Couchant octla
Sc Ia sVobode, ohlizela sc roz-
pacite kolem, 'nevedouc, kan
Sc V prvni chvili obratit. A ma
hoda tomu chtela, re tekave,
svudne zraky jeji zavadily o
mladeho, vytahleho muze, -
cizince - ktery bez ostychu
rySavou krasku oslovil. Byl to
mlady Anglican, S vybledlym
vlasem, dlouhyma nohama, sill
havym zrakem a pihovityma
tvarema. Jako vsichni Angli-
cane, byl oden die nejnovejsi
mody.
"Ah, MISS" pravil k Stepha
ii, "jak jste krasnOu."
Soleil-Couchant vycenila na
neho sve bile, ridke zuby, "a
smala Sc a pravila:
"Jsem-li ia krasnou, jste "a
to Wy hodne osklivy."
"All right" odvetil Angli
can, "ale jsem synem lords
&. a muj duchod obnasi pc
set liber sterlinku rocne."
"Mnoho-li je to ma francOuz
skych penezlch?" otazala st
Stephanie, ktera Sc hhned po
Gala o nehezkeho lOrda Zajl
matt.
"Vice nez stotislc franku.
"Ze ano? Oh, pax jste hot'
Wy krasavec. A Cim mohu po
slouziti?"
"Slysel jsem o vas, o vasen
dobrodruznem zivote - o. V;
! sem krasnem vlasu a umlni
jsem 81 uciniti vam navrh: -
Chtela byste Sc mnou ziti?"
'"Tak nahle? A nebojite s.
mne? O, zajiste ne. Vzdyt' zit
ipo vasem boku, bylo touho'
meho zivota - snila jsem
vas drive, nezli jsem spatril
vasi spanilou tvaf, nezli va
zvonivy hlas 0 me ucho zava
dill"
"No, pax tedy bude doho'
mutt mezi nami lehke."
"Nic lehciho ma svete," cd
vetila Soleil-Couchant, cal
Ifeknete mi drive, jak jste S