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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
Cigarette Caused $500 900 Fire.

Twin Falls, Idaho--Fire supposed
to have been started by a discardea
cigarette. destroyed more than half q
business block here recently. causfps
q loss Of $500, GOO.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

Chancellor Frank Strong made his
farewell address recently to students
of the University OF Kansas as head
Of that institution. Doctor Strong's
resignation, rendered last summer, be-
comes effective at the end of the pres
ent school year.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

Four places of business in Lebo
were robbed the other night. The rob-
Der left town on the early morning
train and was traced to Ottawa, where
he evaded the officers. A part of the
loot consisted Of all the morphine and
cocaine tablets in drug store.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
A stamp Rrinos 100000 Franc.

rare 2-pence stamp Of Mauritius, issue
OF 1sz7, was sold for 1OO, 600 francs
at the sale Of collection in the Hotel
Grouot here recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
The Senate conqratuIates ItaIv.

Washington--The senate has adopt
ed resolution by Senator King of
Utah, extending the senate's congratu-
lations to Italy on the fifth anniver-
sary of that country's entrance into
the world war.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

A spend your vacation at home"
club is being organized in Concordia
to take care of the labor shortage dur
ing harvest. Business men are pledged
to forego their vacations In order to
give that time in the wheat fields.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

The trial Of Rufe King, alleged
triple murderer of Maple Hill, was
continued in the district court at Lyn-
don by Judge Heller until the June
term on strength of representation
made by the defense that Mrs. Lo-
retta Fowler, now an inmate of the
state hospital for the insane at To-
peka, should be a material witness in
the case. Mrs. Fowler cannot become
a witness until she is pronounced as
cured at the state hospital.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
Retirement Bill 2 Law.

WashingtOn--Presi Wilson has
signed the civil service retirement bill
providing for retirement and pension
ing Of government employees.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
AlIeaed slayer Gives up in okIahOms

BartIesviIIe, ok.-Mack Billingslea,
charged with killing J. L. Crow, 2
BartlesvilIe policeman, April %, walk
ed into the sheriffs office at midnight
recently and surrendered Rewards
aggregating $1,000 had been offered
for his arrest.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
Germans 60 Enter soa Par;ey.

Berlin.-The German government
has notified the British charge at Ber-
lin OF its acceptance OF the entente's
invitation to participate at the confer
ence IN Spa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
Nvonen Would Work as Farn ;

Women Would Work as Farm Hands.
Cincinnati.-MOre than dozen
women have applied at the Cincin-
natl city hall for work as farm lahor-
ers following word that farmers in
this section Of the state are confront
ed with a serious shortage of help.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

The Belleville Telescope has moved
its printing establishment into its new
modern home, and with additional
equipment now, has one of the most
modern newspaper plants in Northern
Kansas. Six county papers are pub
ished from the plant.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

George McCarter, q student in the
Emporia high school, was found dead
at his home the other night. A bull
let hole through his head and a re-
vofver nearby indicated that he had
shot himself He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. George McCarter. He was
Il years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

Dublin-One man was killed and
two women wounded in riOting re-
Gently in the streets of Limerick,
where police and soldiers are on duty.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
BIG YEAR IN BANK FAILURES
salina and Hanover Crashes Were the
Largest In the History of
the State.

While there has been considerable
number of bank failures in Kansas,
none has reached the proportions OF
the Hanover State Bank and the Kan
sas State Bank at Salina. The Han
over bank failed just recently. The
Kansas State Bank failed a year ago.
Within this year there have been four
bank failures due to the looting Of
bank officials and there also is re-
corded the looting of a building and
loan association at Emporia. None o.
those implicated in the wrecking OF
the banks ever has been punished.
The losses in the bank wrecks eX-
coed a million dollars. The Kansas
State Bank loss will exceed 100000.
The Hanover State Bank will lose di-
rectly $138,000 and the customers will
lose approximately II million dollars.
The Aulne State Bank loss is $S6, $50
and the LaCygne bank loss was $780,
900. The Emporia Building Associa-
ton loss has not been determined def
initely, but was reported to be as high
as $4,000.
The relatives OF Fred Pohlman of
the LaCygne bank put up all the
money needed to make good that loss.
The relatives Of V. o. Johnson are ex-
pected to make good the loss in the
Aulne bank. A. ]. Conklin, who wreck
ed the Emporia building institution,
has disappeared, as have H. ]. Letter
dink, cashier of the Salina bank, and
August Jaedicke, president of the
Hanover bank
The worst failure of a state bank
in recent years in Kansas was that at
Ellinwood, where Edward Bochemohle
absconded, then committed suicide
That bank paid less than half the
amounts due depositors and the fail
ure was one of the causes for the
enactment of the bank deposit guar
anty law to protect the innocent de-
positors
Shortly after the enactment Of the
bank guaranty law came the failure
OF the Abilene State Bank, wrecked by
John A. F1ack. The final losses in
that bank amounted to only $4,000,
due to some fortunate increases in the
values Of the assets.
There have been few national bank
failures in Kansas in recent years.
There were four failures Of national
banks which caused sensations. One
was the wrecking of the Atchison Ma
tiona1. Another was the closing of
the Cross & Martindale bank at EN-
poria. Then came the failure of the
Devlin bank in Topeka. and a few
years later the failure of the Grant
Hornaday bank at Fort Scott.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

New York estates are paying two
thirds of the Inheritance tax receipts
of the Kansas treasury this year,
while Kansas estates are paying in
only about one-fifth of the total taxes
paid, according to a statement by
Fred w. Knapp, state treasurer Dur
ing the present fiscal year estates of
deceased New Workers paid $685.
591.79 in Inheritance taxes; Kansas
estates, S79, 921.53. Total inheritance
tax receipts so far this fiscal year has
been s394,644s9.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

Dubois Heads Preparations Committee.
Paris-The reparations commission
has elected Louis Dubois president
/ Of that body on the proposal OF Sir
John Bradbury, principal British rem
resentative on the commission.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

George W. Trower, a resident of
Jefferson County since 1865, is dead
at his home near Winchester. Mr..
Trower was one of three brothers
who came to Kansas from Indiana.
following the close Of the Civil War
in which all saw service. He was the
father Of eleven children.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

w. NJ Wolfe was found dead in bed
at his room in the McDermott room
ing house at Liberal He had been
suffering from rheumatism. Relatives
live in Mcpherson and Kansas City.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

After sleeping 456 hours, Miss Nor
ma Bogart, 20-year-old daughter of the
Rev. C. o. Bogart, of Oronoco. is
awake and on the road to recovery
Miss Bogart became victim of the
first case Of sleeping sickness in
that part of the state April %. Prior
to losing consciousness she suffered
intense pain.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

Mrs. Frederick a Stubinger, rs, a
pioneer of Leavenworth, is dead. She
was a native of Germany, but had
lived in Leavenworth since 1866.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

F. J. Atwood of Concordia was elect.
ed president of the Kansas State
Bankers Association at Wichita,
Other officers elected are: ]. w
Kuhne, Lawrence, treasurer; W. w.
Bowman. Topeka, secretary.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

Kansas railroads are going to get
nearly seven thousand box cars next
month. In exchange for these the
roads must give up eleven thousand
coal cars to Eastern lines. The in
dustrial court received a telegram the
other day that the interstate COM
merce commission had directed the
Eastern railroads to deliver to the
Burlington. Union Pacific and Rock
Island seVenty-five empty cars each
day for thirty days, beginning May 25.
The Santa Fe will not receive any OF
these cars, as it now has a large num-
Der Of cars on its line. The same is
true of the Missouri Pacific This or
der will bring large number of cars
into the Kansas wheat district to take
up the remaining loads OF 1919 wheat.
The Santa Fe will deliver four thou
sand, the Rock Island three thousand
and other roads four thousand coal
cars to Eastern lines within the next
twenty days.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

The town of Lawrence is so chag-
rined over the report of the census
bureau OF an increase in population
of only 80 or OF per cent in the last
ten years, that second census emu
meration was announced by Mayor
George Kreeck. Mayor Kreeck said
that he had been in communication
with the census bureau ever since the
federal enumeration in Lawrence had
shown many failures by canvassers to
list residents of the town. Because
of laxfty in conducting the enumera-
lions the census bureau has granted
the right of a recount, Mayor Kreeck
said. The count will be conducted by
the city and any increase will be add
ed to the federal report. The federal
census figure of 1886 announced re-
Gently as the population of Lawrence
is lois less than the population re-
port compiled by the county enumer-
ators. The county enumeration Show
ed a population of 1874.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11
L0tins Threaten to
VuitCeneUaSessi0n
By Constance HrexeU

GENEVA. June 10.-"If the English
and German speaking women want to
u the International Alliance we will
get cut and form one of our own" was
the attitude OF the Latin nations for
severa! hours in the suffrage conven-
tlon. The delegations from France,
Italy, Spain and South and Central
America called a meeting 10 discuss
the subject while sectional conferences
were going on Tuesday.
Peevlshness began at the big public
meeting for women members of Parlia-
ment when 1T seemed as if everything
was British or German with the little
scandinavian countries thrown in.
None from the Latin countries spoke
except Justin Godart, the official dele
gate of France. But as the women of
the other nations say, How could we
help it since none of the Latin coun-
tries have woman suffrage?"
The French also have been peeved be-
cause so much English is spoken at the
meetings. German, Scandinavian and
Eastern women are familiar with Eng
lish, while the French speak only their
own language for the most part. Trans
lations are made after each speaker,
but Mrs. Gait presides in English, and
all the TRANSACTIONS, as they must be
done on the spur Of the moment, nee
essarily are briefer than the original
arguments. Hence, the French, Span
iards, Italians and South Americans
felt q little out of it; but at the little
meeting of protest they decided against
breaking away and the rift passed over
pleasantly.
However. a difference in the point
of view came again yesterday in long
discussions Of the future aims Of the
alliance. The women of Great Britain
and the Dominions, with the exception
Of India, which is strongly represented
with a dozen delegates who are pic
turesque in brilliant native costumes,
nave had the vote for months or years.
Women from India are strongly anti
British and 1t has been some surprise
that they are allowed to speak so freely
by the British delegation, which made
most Of the arrangements for the con
vention. This IS certainly an indica-
ton of the British desire for fair play
and is much appreciated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11

what does a boy or a girl Of the ten
ements ret out of a Fresh Air vacation ?
Health and happiness, of course. 1t is
too evident to need argument hat a
child used to the cramping, unhealthful
conditions of tenement life will be
healthier and happier for a vacation
from them. But a Fresh Air vacation
often goes much further than that N
It's results. Read a little slice O. life
from the funds chronicles of 1920
and see il it doesn't.
The following notice appeared in
May, 1920, in the local newspaper at
CASTLE, n. Y:
Miss Madeline Blum has purchased
the former home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther Barnes, corner Main and Beech
wood Avenue. and will open an art ex,
change and employment bureau there
the first OF May. Most people in town
have some articles they would be glad
to tUrn into money, and the exchange
gives every one an opportunity to be-
come a contributing member of this
thrifty enterprise. The national drive
this year, our leaders tell us. is:
"Produce more,
Spend less,
Save.
Invest.
"Her friends wish her to name the
building Madeline Bungalow"
Last summer the people of CASTLE,
n. Y, iavited $50 of the funds pro-
teges 70 spend Fresh Air vacations
nth them. One of the hosts, DR.. Mary
T. Greene, asked the fund to send her
twelve crippled children to be enter
tanned at the CASTLE Sanatorium.
Among the twelve SEN was Madeline
Blum, a girl in age somewhat over the
siXteen-year limit which the fund sets,
but In need of q vacation just the same.
She had been crippled by infantile
paralysis in early childhood. Her de-
formity might have been corrected at
least partialIy. but her family had not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11

the wives Of several of the American
diplomatic officials, her daughter. Miss
julia Davis, and her niece, Miss Kath-
crime Watson.
She presented Mrs. winslow. Mrs.
Lane. Mrs. j. F. Martin. Mrs. Emory S,
Lamb and Mrs. Robert F. HYATT as
members of the diplomatic family. and
IN the general circle presented Mrs,
Robert P. Skinner. wife OF the consul
general; Miss R. =. Abernathy, sister
Of the wife OF the military attache:
Colonel O. y. Solbert, Miss Margaret
BALDWIN, sister of Mrs. Lane. wife OF
the second seeretapy by, and Mrs. John c:
Elliott and Miss A. B. Elliott, of Tuxedo
Park, Y. Y.
Mrs. Davis wore a silver brocade
gown with embroidery of crystals and
turquoises. Her daughter, Miss Julia,
wore g gown OF white Chantilly lace;
Miss Alternately, cream lace over ivory
satin with lace trimmings; Miss Bald
win, gold and white brocade with floral
trimmings; Mrs. Elliott. white satin
with an overdress of gold brocade;
Miss Elliott, white lace with a silver
and lace bodice; Mrs. Lane, silver bro
cade end blue tulle; Miss Watson,
white tulle over satin with silver trim
mings; Mrs. Martin, sapphire blue
velvet with silver and rose point lace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11
The Tribune Fresh All Fund
What a Boy or Girl Gets Out Of a Vacation

been able to pay for the treatment
What DR.. Greene did for her eleven
other guests, and what CASTLE did for
the whole one hundred and fifty. can
not be told here-let it suffice to saw
that it was a wonderful proof that
the milk of human kindness still flows.
But DR.. Greene saw possibilities in
Madeline Blum, possibilities both for
physical repair and social enfranchise-
ment. Before the vacation was over
she obtained permission 10 keep the
girl with her during the winter.
Madeline remained. She soon i'm
proved SO physically that she could be
worked in the sanitrium at SIP a
week, board, lodging medical treat
ment thrown in, and every dollar she
earned she promptly deposited in the
bank by command Of DR.. Greene.
What was her future to be? DR..
Greene had that question ever before
her mind. The art exchange idea
suggested itself-the very thing for a
girl with physical restrictions. A
canvas for members privilege Of ex-
hibiting for one year $3.50 Melted
two hundred. The proceeds added to
the nest egg in the bank bought the
Madeline Bungalow. The exchange is
now in operation, collecting ten per
cent on all its sales and charging 81
for use of the employment bureau.
From dependency in q crowded
Brooklyn tenement to independence as
proprietor of the Madeline Bungalow,
CASTLE, n. Y, is not so long q step as
From Canal Boy to President7-but
it is only the first step and, as such,
it will do.
Would you like to take the chance
of bringing such benefit into the life
of a hopeless little lad or lassie of this
great city? Send a contribution to
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund, The
Tribune, New York-it ma do as
much good as the five dollars which
paid Madeline's fare to CASTLE. And
that was all it cost The Tribune Fund
to provide her vacation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11

~NYhat I want to know is what you
do with all those logs and branches
after you get them to the pond? p said
Happy Jack Squirrel to Paddy the
Beaver.
what do you do with the nuts you
gather in the fall ?" asked Paddy.
Put them away for use in winter"
replied Happy Jack promptly.
That's what / do with the logs and
branches" said Paddy.
Happy Jack stared ali about with
the funniest look on his face. Paddy
grinned. He understood just what was
puzziing Happy Jack. "You are won
dering where / have a storehouse big
enough to hold them said he. My
pond is my storehouse- | take the logs
and branches out near my house where
the water Is deep and make a food pile
there. | start it by sinking some of the
sticks in the mud at the bottom and
then keep adding logs and branches,
using those already in place to hold
down those I add, SO hat they Will not
float on the surface. They soon be-
come soaked with water and then can
not float"
Some folks have a silly idea that
Paddy sucks the air out of his logs
and so makes them stay down." in
t~errupted Old Mother Nature. He does
nothing Of the kind. He couldn't if
he, wanted TO. Such an idea never has
entered bis head. 60 on. Paddy
I'm the late fall cut enough trees
TO keep me in food all winter Paddy
resumed. when my pond is covered
with ice | have nothing to worry about.
Ny food is all below the ice. When !
am hNngry | swim out under the ice,
get a stick, take IT back into my house
aad then eat the bark. The bare stick
| take outside to use when needed in
repairing my house or dam. So, you
see. nothing II wasted"
How did you come to make this
fine pond" asked Old Mother Nature.
ON, | just happened to como cx-
plorlng Up the Laughing Brook and
found there was plenty Of food here
and a good place for a pond" replied
Paddy. IL decided ] would like to live
bere. Mrs. Paddy agreed with me.
Down where nay dam is the Laughing
Brook vas shallow, just the place for
n dam So ne built the dam and here
we are"
Tell W why you wanted a pond and
ho~ you built the dam commanded
Old Mother Nature
why, we had 70 have a pond Il we
were To stay here" replied Paddy, az
u everybody must understand that
"The Laughing Brook wasn't deep or
by enough for W TO live here safely.
Had it been We would have dug our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11
Lafayette College
G Civil Rights
Chair Through Gift
Income From 100000
Stock Given by F. nj. Kir-
by for Purpose; Ablest
Man 10 Occupy the Post

EAsTON, Pa. June 1o.-The income
from the gift to Lafayette College by
Fred Morgan Kirby, of Wilkes-Barre,
OF 500 600 COMMON stock of the F. w.
Woolworth Company is to be used to
endow a chair of civil rights. Members
of the board of trustees said to-day
that one of the ablest men in the
country would be invited to take the
new post. The deed of gift, which was
signed by Mr.. Kirby and John H. Nc
Cracker, president OF the college, ex-
planning the use to which the gift was
to be put, said in part:
"The professorship shall be known
and designated as the Fred MorgaA
Kirby Professorship of Civil Rights
The principal of the fund shall
forever be held intact and the income
only Of said fund used for the purposes
Of said pro~fessorship.
THE instruction to be given by the
holder of the professorship shall al
ways include lectures on the Anglo
Saxon ideals Of the true principles OF
constitutional freedom. including the
right of man to own property and do
with it as he will; the right to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness;
and incidentally the right to sell his
labor as he chooses, and to enjoy the
fruits thereof without molestations or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11
Economy Gowns Feature First
British Court Since the War

LONDON, June 1o.-Many members
Of the American diplomatic circle at
tended the first Court since the begin
ming OF the war, ut Buckingham Palace
tonight. The function was the sea-
sons most brilliant social event, and a
record number Of debutantes cour.esied
to their majesties.
The affair inaugurated q new era in
Court fashions, gowns Of satins and
b%rocades. with tightly draped bodices,
narrow skirts and snakelike trains, re-
placing the more elaborate l-ong-trained
and ~befeathered costumes Of previous
years. The innovation was decreed by
Queen Mary in the interest of economy,
but no marked curtailment of the ira
ditional splendors Of the toilets was
noted. and there was quite a general
substitution of diamonds and jewels
for feather headdresses and other ac-
customed adornments.
The American Ambassador, John w.
Davis, was attended by thirteen mem
bers of the American Diplomatic force.
He presented l.. Lanier Winslow and
Arthur Bliss Lane. secretaries. and
Major Robert F. Hyatt, military at
tache. Mrs. Davis was attended by