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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
WILSON VETOES PEACE PLAN
Knox Resolution Sent Back to Con-
sress Without the Presidents AP-
prOVaI-campaisn Issue Now.

WashingtOn--Presi Wilson We
toed the peace resolution the other
day and informed congress he could
not become a party to the peace pro-
gram framed ~ Republican leaders
Of the senate and house, because he
considered it would put an 'inefface-
able stain" on the nations honor
To establish technical peace by such
a method, the president said in his
veto message, would ne to effect "a
complete surrender Of the right OF the
United States so far as ermany is con-
cerned," and to relinquish all the high
purposes which led the nation into
war, and which were embodied in the
rejected treaty of Versailles
The presidents act apparently
brought to a final deadlock efforts Of
the presidents administration and con-
gress to agree on a peace program
Republican leaders conceded they
could not pass the resolution over the
executives veto, though an attempt
will be made in the house, and on both
sides it was predicted that the issues
Of the treaty controversy would have
to be fought out in the political cam
paign, with Democrats and Repub-
hcans blaming each other for the fail
ure to consummate state Of peace.
The president did not indicate
whether he might again submit the
treaty to the senate for ratification,
but he said the resolution raised again
the question of whether the United
States cared to draw apart from the
net -
nations in attaining the ends to which
the treaty was framed.
The veto had been expected and Re
publican leaders made plans TO close
the incident promptly by a record vote
on repassage of the resolution The
message went first TO the house, where
its reading was greeted with cheers by
the Democrats and derisiOn by Repub-
Hcans- Without discussion 1t was
agreed to take a vote at a later period.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
WOMEN HECKLERS
INVADE CONGRESS
irish SYmpathIzers Elected by
Guards After Creating Up
roar in Both Houses.
SHOUT INSULTS FROM FLOOR
One Woman Stood in Main Aisle and
Called Congressman cowards-
Were Not Held.

Washington.-The senate and house
were thrown into an uproar recently
by an outbreak of women sympathiZ-
ers with Irish freedom.
There were evidently two parties to
the demonstration, which started in
the senate during delivery Of speech
by Senator Brandegee, Republican, OF
Connecticut. Later a woman eluded
guards at the house chamber door and,
with friends in the gallery, shouted a
challenge to members to deny their ap-
peal in behalf OF Ireland.
Answering a demand from the floor
that they be thrown out and locked up,
the women defied the entire house to
attempt it, and as guards started af-
ter them they raced around the gal
Iery creating disorder, until they final
ly were subdued and elected Although
the offenders were escorted to the
capitol guard room, no charges were
lodged against them and they were
freed.
Broke in on Brandegee's Speech.
Just after Senator Brandegee had re-
ferred to the ravageS of the Hum"
woman's shriH voice from the gallery
startled senators and attendants alike.
As the woman shouted, why not eject
the English Hun from Ireland?" gallery
guards made a rush in her direction,
while the strident command from vice
president Marshall to put her out"
led instantly to heckling from other
parts of the gallery.
For a moment a whirlwind of Ques-
tions came from the galleries, while
the vice-president shouted sharp, per
emptory orders to the attendants to
remove the women.
Order finally was restored
Invaded the House Also.
Word that the hecklers had invaded
the senate reached the house. before
the women started the second per
Torrance. 1t did not serve, however,
to keep them out, for one young woman
slipped through the cloak room door,
planted herself in the main aisle and
suddenly screamed, "CowardsI"
Instantly her companions in the gal
lery began screaming a yOIley of ques-
lions, all relating to the Irish situation.
For few moments the hecklers seem
ed in control. Speaker Gillet's gavel
kept up on insistent tapping, and there
were shouts of throw them out" with
an answering yell that the job was too
big for all the zs6use.
AS the guards dashed after the gal
lery hecklers, a wild race started
around the benches with everybody
standing until the picket brigade fin
ally was captured and put out
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
TURKS TO DEFEND THRACE
MosIem Leaders Are Removing the
Women and Children - Constan-
tinopIe for Protection.

Constantinople.-M leaders in
the vilayet Of Adrianople, in European
Turkey, are sending their families to
this city IL anticipation Of fighting
when the Greeks attempt to occupy
Thrace. Christians, however, are not
permitted to leave their homes in that
region. Just before the conclusion of
the recent Turkish congress in
Adrainople, the presiding officer said
an agreement to defend Thrace had
been reached between the Turks and
Bulgarians.
A mass meeting was held at Rodos-
to, sixty miles northeast of Gallipoli,
May p, the keynote of addresses
made there being: I'VE shall reduce
Thrace to ashes before leaving it to
the Creeks it is said.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
COMMITTEE FILES
REPORT ON MEXICO
Senators Recommend RecOqni-
ton of New. Government
Under Conditions.
WOULD EXTEND FINANCIAL AID
Commission to Adiudicate Damage
Claims and the Repeal of obnox-
ious Laws is Urged.

Washington.-The Fall committee
On Mexican affairs has recommended
to the senate that recognition be ex-
tended to the new Mexican govern
ment as soon as it demonstrates its
ability to MAINTAIN order, pledges itself
to make proper indemnify for the loss
Of American lives and property and re-
peais those of its laws that discrimi-
uate against Americans and aliens in
Mexico.
The committee said, however, that
tun recognition should not be given
until treaty had been entered into,
pTeGicated upon assurances:
1. That provisions OF article 81, of
the constitution of 1917, commonly re-
garded by foreigners as confiscatory,
shall not be enforced against Amer
leans.
2. That the constitutional clause,
providing none except a Mexican citi-
zen may be a minister Of any religious
creed in Mexico and that no periodical
of religious character shall comment
upon any political affairs of the ma
ton, or publish any information re-
garding the acts of the authorities or
private individuals, insofar as they
have to do with public affairs, be in
applicable to Americans.
8. That the provision that no min
lister or religious cooperation may
conduct school for primary instruction
shall not be applicable in the case of
Americans, and
4. That the article under which IN
desirable foreigners may be expelled
be so revised as to give Americans the
right to confer with representatives
of their government.
A Claims Commission Recommended.
The recommendations proposed a
provision in the agreement for the i'm
mediate appointment of claims COM
mission to adjudicate the claims OF
Americans, the commission to be
made up of men chosen by the two
governments, and with the under
standing that its findings be binding,
and be Immediately carried out by the
payment of the damages adjudged.
If it fails to fulfill these conditions,
armed Intervention should follow, the
committee advised. 1t would not make
war upon the Mexican people, but
would serve notice upon them that in
the cause Of humanity I'VE will send
police force consisting of the naval
and military forces of our government
into the republic of Mexico to open
and maintain open a line of communi-
cation between the City of Mexico and
every seaport and every border port
of Mexico.
Would Help Fund Mexico's Debts.
Should the Mexican authorities meet
the proposals set forth, the committee
recommends that the United States fl
nance the Mexican government, en-
abling it to refund its Indebtedness
and build up it's army and institutions.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
PULITZER PRIZES AWARDED
Articles on Last Winters Coal Strike
Bring New York Reporter
Check for $1,000.

New York-Award of the Pulitzer
prize Of $1,000 to John J. Leary, jr-;'
of the New York World, for the best
example of a reporters work in the
last year" was made recently by the
school of journalism at Columbia uni
versity. The work which won the
prize was a series Of articles on the
coal strike last winter.
The $500 Pulitzer prize for the best
editorial written in the year was
awarded to Harvey z. Newbranch Of
the Evening World-HeIald, Omaha,
Neb. The $1,000 prize for the best
original American play written in
1919. went to Eugene O'Neill, author
of Beyond the Horizon"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
CHICAGO is GETTING READY
Crooks Being Sent Out of City by
Police in Order 20 Protect
Convention Visitors.

Chicago &C hic go pickpockets,
CON men, ticket takers and other
"sharpers" were leaving town for q
vacation until after the Elks' conven--
ton, ending July Is. Their departure
was at the earnest solicitation of John
J. Clarity. chief of police, and Chief
OF Detectives Mooney. who marked
out a deadline and sent out a mes
sage" that any known crook who
crossed it during the Republican ma
tiOnal convention Immediately would
be arrested.
Among plans for protecting visitors
to the convention was the detailing of
five hundred additional policemen to
the downtown district and six hun
dred detectives to hotels. theaters
and the Coliseum, where the conven-
ton will be held
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
THE ALLEN-GOMPERS DEBATE
Big Audience Equally Divided in Sup
port of Speakers-No Verdict
at the Meeting.

New York.-The relations of cap
itaI and labor, the right to strike and
its legitimacy as regards the effect
on the public; the Kansas industrial
court law and its significance to the
future Of the working man were dis
cussed from all angles in a remark
able debate in Carnegie hall between
Samuel GOmpers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Governor Henry ]. Allen of Kansas.
Governor Aliens main contention
was that the government has the right
to protect the public against strikes
when its welfare is imperiled, while
Mr.. Gompers held to the argument
that no law can prevent a man from
stopping work, if by doing so, he may
benefit himself and his family. Mr..
GOmpers labeled the Kansas indus
trial court law the "un-American slave
law" and Governor Allen declared he
had taken away from Mr.. Gompers
his divine right to order man to quit
work.
The oratory Of the debaters was
punctuated with the frequent cheers
and boos by adherents of each side
and occasional questions shouted from
the floor and the balconies.
In support OF the right to strike,
Mr. Gompers declared that the coal
miners strike took boys out Of the
mines; that the textile workers strike
brought children out of the mills and
put them in the school rooms, while
the strike in the needle trades broke
up the sweat shops when laws had
failed
Governor Aliens industrial com
mandment was you shall not con-
spire to shut down the industry nee
essary to the welfare of the people"
When the general public says we
have had enough of this" he said,
cts over
Who controls the divine right to
quit work. Governor Allen asked He
was answered with cheers and boos
The debate called for no decision,
the committees in charge having pur-
posely divided the house equally be-
tween supporters of each speaker.
Mr.. GOmpers, in championing Ia
boris privilege to strike, electrified his
partisans when he said with evident
emotion that the working man who
wouldn't try to benefit his condition
was "a paltroOn to himself and So
ciety."
Governor Allen scored a point with
his friends with the assertion that
if there is to be a government of JUS
tice there can't be any part greater
than the whole.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
POST ARRAIGNED BY PALMER
Attorney General Tells House Com
mittee That Assistant Secretary
OF Labor Made Own Laws.

hington.-Charging that Louis
F. Post, assistant secretary OF labor,
had a perverted sympathy" for the
criminal anarchist, Attorney General
Palmer told a house committee re-
Gently that in dealing with attempts
Of the government to rid the country
Of dangerous aliens, Mr.. Post had en-
ployed "self-Willed and autocratic sub
stitution Of his own mistaken person
al viewpoint for the obligations of the
public law"
Mr.. Palmer was testifying before
the rules committee which is fnYesti-
eating the official conduct OF Mr. Post
in deportation proceedings.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

Happenings of More or Less
interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
TRUCKS GUT RAIL ROAD VALUE
Motor Competition Also Affects Troll
ley and Other Lines, Chairman of
Tax Commission Says.

Four Kansas street car lines have
been sent to junk heap in the last
year and the railroads, interurban
lines, pipe lines and other utilities
except power transmission lines show
an increase of only II million dollars
in valuation for the year. This was
the announcement of s. T. Howe,
chairman of the state tax commission,
which has just about completed its
annual assessments of the utilities
properties.
The street car lines of Fort Scott,
Parsons, lola and Strong City have all
been abandoned and all the interur-
ban lines show large losses in values.
This may be attributed almost en-
tireIy to motor transportation for
passengers and freight and the tax
commission expects even larger losses
IN the next few years and that the
railroads will show losses in many in
stances.
The Missouri Pacific alone shows a
loss of $2,273,17S in valuation this
year and other roads show some de-
creases, while a few of the larger
AOGOO ouOW oOl1O It'll CASE ACA a y
seven pipe lines which show losses
in value aggregating $1,861,470. The
actual total increase in value of all
the railroads, interurban, street rail-
ways and pipe lines is $521,703 The
valuation of these properties will be
approximately $45S,211. 1876 The big
power transmission lines which were
assessed by the commission for the
first time this year will make the to-
tai assessed value Of utilities, except
telegraph and telephone, $476289, $50,
with some small additions The COM
mittee will not complete the telephone
and telegraph assessments for some
time
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
TELEeRAPHIc BRIEFS

President Wilson's plea for an
American mandate over Armenia has
been rejected in the senate by a vote
Of more than two to one. Thirteen
Democrats cast their votes with the
united Republican membership on the
final roll call
Mr.. and Mrs William Howard
Taft have announced the engagement
Of their daughter. Helen, to Frederick
Johnson Manning. Mr.. Manning is "a
instructor in history at Yale univer-
sity- He was a member of the class
of 1916.
Pope Benedict has addressed to
the entire world an episcopal letter
on Christian reconciliation and peace.
The pontiff remarks that, despite the
end Of the war, iII-feeling exists. He
begs that all Christians forget these ILL
feelings with the view to mutual IN
derstanding-
-Sisal, estimated at 81, 900. 900, was
consumed in a fire of unknown origin
at pier No. Al, Galveston Wharf Com
pany. The warehouse in which the
sisal was stored, also burned at an
estimated loss OF 100000.
The motor cars OF King Alexander
of Greece and Count Allan de Ker-
gariou coIlided in the forest Of Fon-
tainbleau at Paris. The king escaped
injury, but the count was injured Sc
yerely and several persons in the car
with him also were injured.
The Lackawanna Journal appeared
the other afternoon at Buffalo. n. z,
printed on brown wrapping paper with
this headline across the front page:
This paper cost us 141z cents &
pound cents more than the meat
me- 4se. 70 sseR "a Il"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
CORN BORER is SPREADING
The European Insect Has Now Been
Found in New York, Pemsyiva-
mia and New England.

Washington. = Quarantine against
the European corn borer, covering an
infested area in western New York,
has been extended to include Dunkirk
township, said an announcement by
the department Of agriculture. Dam
age thus far in the New York area
has been very slight. Small parts OF
New Hampshire, Mass, and Pennsyl-
vania also are under quarantine in
these areas. particularly Massachu-
sets. It was said the insects are
proving more destructive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
DEFEATED VILLAS BANDITS
After = T~o-Hour Battle With De Fac
TO Government Troops, Out
law Force Fled.

Ell Paso.-The chihuahua state
troops under Gen. Ignacio EnriQuez
cIashed with forces Of Francisco Villa,
the bandit, according to a telegram
received here recently by Luis Monies
de Oca, commercial agent for the de
facto- government of Mexico.
The Villistas fought for two hours,
it was said, when they fled, with the
state forces in close pursuit Where
the fight occurred was not disclosed,
but it was believed to have taken
place south of PaTraL General En-
riquez had been attempting to halt
the flight OF Villa and his followers
toward the mountains Of Durango.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

The decision of the United States
circuit court in New York, assessing
a fine of $1,000 against Weeds Inc,
cIothiers, for profiteering, is looked
upon by Ed T. Hackney, fair price
commissioner of Kansas, as "practic-
ally settling the coDstitutionality of
the ever act" Consequently he has
authorized fair price commissions of
the various counties to conduct a
search for profiteers in Kansas and
has set forth the following program
on profits: COMMITTEES should not
in any case permit a margin Of profit
to exceed 331a per cent of the cost
price of staple dry goods and cloth
ing costing the merchant less than
$50; shoes and hats of all kinds cost
ing the merchant less than So These
margins to be the maximum and
where conditions Will permit a fair
profit on less margins it should be
placed in effect"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

August Jaedicke, the missing presi-
dent of the Hanover State bank, has
returned his motor car to Hanover.
When he left the bank hurriedly a
week ago, he drove to Lincoln, Neb.,
and then left his car taking garage
company's claim check for it. That
check afterwards was mailed, presum-
ably by Jaedicke to the assistant
cashier Of the bank, and the car, an
Essex sedan, is now in possession of
the Bank.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

Kansans who visit San Diego, Cal,
this summer will have the opportun-
ity Of hearing a Kansan play the
large organ in the open air auditor
ium at Cabrillo Park. Daniel A.
Hirschler, dean of the school of mu-
sic at the College of Emporia, will
go to San Diego for summers en-
gagement as the park organist. The
organ Mr.. Hirschler will play is one
of the largest on the Pacific Coast.
1t was installed for the San Diego
Exposition in 1915 Dean Hirschler
is one of the most prominent mu-
sicians in Kansas He has made the
College of Emporia famous for its
music festivals, and through his eff
forts Emporia has heard several of
the best symphony orchestras, solo
lists and Organists in the United
States.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
Chickens PECK I. Fatal.

Chicago.-When a chicken pecked
4-year-old Alger Horack under the eye,
it cut a nerve which f1exed the boys
lips in q continual smile. The boy
was made i'll, but the smile convinced
his parents he was comfortable He
died later Of lockjaw.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
Favors Nitrate PLANT Plan.

Washington.-By unanimous vote
the senate agriculture committee cr-
dered favorable report on the Wads-
worth bill authorizing the acquisition
and operation by the war department
Of the nitrate fixstion plants at Shelf
field and Muscle Shoals, Ala
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

Frank Bean is dead and Lewis
Roberts is near death as the result of
powder smoke encountered in digging
well near Emporia. Bean entered
the well too soon after the powder
charge was fired and died instantly.
Roberts was suffocated in trying to
save Bean. Roberts wife saved her
husband by lowering and raising the
well bucket, which kept the air in
circulation until neighbors brought
both men out.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
For MISSING Mate. $4,000.

Toronto-The reward of $4,000 Of
fered for information Of Ambrose
Small, millionaire theater owner, sho
disappeared mysteriously December 2,
1919, has been increased by his wife
to $4,000. it was announced recently
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

While confederates switched off the
lights at the penitentiary the other
night, three convicts scaled the prison
wall and escaped. Those who gained
their liberty are Louis Meyers, sem
fenced in Marion county to serve a
twenty-five-year term for second de-
gree murder; George Tignor, SEN
fenced in Greenwood county to serve
ten years for burglary and grand lar
ceny, and Otis More, Barber county,
serving a twenty-one year sentence
for robbery.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
Collars to cest Les.

New York-Cheaper collars were
promised recently when representa-
tives Of one Of the largest collar man
ufacturing corporations OF Troy. N.
announced that wholesale prices had
been cut to enable retailers through
out the country TO sell its produce at
25 cents each.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
A Eather and Son DROWNED.

Stowe, Mass.-Dr. Walter Kirkpat-
rick. former world war veteran Of
Hutchinson. Kas., and his S-year-old
son, Philip, we're drowned in Lake
Boone here when their canoe over
turned.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
A Chemist Held for Bio Theft.

Nashville, Tenn.-H. B. Crone, chief
chemist of the Old Hickory powder
plant here has been arrested on a
federal warrant in connection with
thefts of platinum from the plant,
which officials say may run into the
hundreds OF thousands of dollars.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
Flood Hits Nebrsska Town.

Sioux City, LA dozen homes at
Homer, Neb., were swept away re-
Gently by flood waters from Omaha
Greek, following 2 heavy rain All
residents Of The town we're forced to
flee to higher ground
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10


ashington--Petition asking that
the Texas Panhandle be removed
from the central mountain time zone
and placed IN the standard central
time zone we're dismissed the other
day by the interstate commerce com
mission.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

enhagen.-Russian journals state
that people have been deserving Petro-
grad in large crowds for some time
One hundred and fifty persons daily
have left town.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

Washington.-By a vote of s to 9
he senate agricultur committee has
ordered a favorable report on the Nc
Nary bill, proEidin. for an export en-
barge or suga-.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
Huns Make Artillery Report.

Paris.-Germany has submitted q
statement to the allied control com
mission. declaring that twenty-three
thousand pieces OF German artillery
remain TO be destroyed and that
eight hundred have already been
broken up according to the Echo De
Paris.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10

BENJAMIN F. Workman, Is years old.
arrested in connection with the as
sault upon Sylvia Brown, 14-year-old
white girl OF Mulberry, by Albert
Evans, negro, who was Iynched by a
mob at Mulberry April 19, was sen
fenced to the state penitentiary at
Lansing for term not to exceed ten
years by Judge A J. Curran of the dis
trict court.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-10
Two Die In ST. PAUL HoteI Ere

st. Paul, MInn.@Two persons we're
burned to death and two others dan
gerousiy injured when fire DESTROYED
the. Burlington hotel here recently.