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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
HOUSE REVOKES
WAR TIME LAWS
Members Are Unanimous in Ap.
prevail of Move to Return
to Normal Times.
BILL INCLUDES THE LEVER ACT
Leaders Declare Repeal is First Step
to Carry Out Pledges Made
During Campaign.

Neutrality-suspicious. Of most OF the
wartime laws was voted by the house,
which adopted a resolution by Con-
gresham Volstead for that purpose at
ter two hours of debate. The vote on
adoption of the resolution was unan-
imous, 323 votes being recorded as
favoring it, with none opposed. The
house, before taking the financial vote
accepted an amendment providing for
inclusion of the Lever food control act
among the laws which the resolution
would repeal.
The amendment, which covers all
provisions of the food control act with
the exception of the section relating
to rents in the District of Columbia,
was offered by Representative Bland.
Republican, of Indiana. 1t was car
ried by a vote OF 179 to 1877.
The resolution, which now goes to
the senate, exempts from repeal only
the trading with the enemy act, the
war finance corporation act and its
amendments and measures dealing
with insurance of Libery and Victory
bonds.
The resolution declares "any act Of
congress that by its terms is IN force
during the existence Of a state of war
and limited time thereafter shall be
construed and administered as if the
present war terminated on the date
when this resolution becomes effec-
tive"
The measure, as adopted, is practi-
cally identical with that passed by con-
gress just before the adjournment OF
the last session and vetoed by Presi-
dent Wilson
Republican leaders of the house as
serted that adoption of the resolution
was one of the first steps taken by
the Republican majority to fulfill the
campaign pledge to put the country on
a peace-time basis.
Disposition of the Volstead resolu-
ton clears the way for consideration
of the resolution offered by Repre-
sentative Reavis, Republican of Ne
braska, which would provide for con-
gressional survey of the government
administrative departments. A special
rule limiting debate will be presented
by Chairman Campbell of the rules
committee and action on the floor will
follow a vote on the adoption of the
rules.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
CITY OF CORK SWEPT BY FIRE
Explosives and Flames Level Busi-
ness District of Irish City Fol-
lowing a Riot

Dublin.-The central portion of the
city of Cork has been burned to the
ground and other portions of the city
are ablaze.
The conflagration followed an am
bush of the military at Pillons Cross,
In which four persons were killed and
many wounded.
Three civilians were taken from
their houses and shot dead after the
ambush of the military. Then the
fires started. There were bomb ex-
plosions and firing also was heard.
The populace was panic stricken.
A message received at 6 o'clock
says that the fires at Cork are under
control.
An official report of the conflagra-
ton says that the Cork city hall, the
Carnegie Library, the corn market
and eighteen other buildings had been
destroyed.
A dispatch from Cork says that the
fire hose was cut, rendering useless
efforts Of the firemen. Two acres
soon became a furnace. The front
walls of houses were blown out with
OOnDS. 1H0 great DIOCh DSLhSOA
Maylor street and Fish street still
was burning, the fire eating its way
backwards.
Several blocks of buildings in the
heart of the business district of Cork
were destroyed by fire during the
night, constituting the cOstliest de-
struction of property since reprisals
began in Ireland
Early estimates place the damage at
between 2 million and million
pounds.
1t was reported from Cork the
other day that newly arrived parties
of auxiliary cadets marched through
the streets holding up and searching
pedestrians and firing into the air
following the ambush of auxiliaries
within half a mile of the barracks,
twelve of them being wounded by a
bomb thrown from lory.
The fire extended to ST. Patrick's
street from Cook street to MayIor
street and swept rows of buildings on
both sides of Winthrop street, lead
ing from st. Patrick's street to Old
George street.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Value Of BUMPER
CROPS SHRINK
Decline in Prices Puts the 1920
Yield Five Billions Below
Those of Last Year.
MANY CROPS BREAK RECORDS
Total Value of This Years Harvest
Estimated at $e,14s,51s,oo by
Government Experts

-Shrinkage OF values
OF farm crops has placed their total
worth this year at almost billion
dollars less than last year, although
the 1920 harvest was one of the most
abundant in the nations history with
half a dozen crops breaking records.
The important farm crops, which
comprise about go per cent OF the
value of all farm crops, were valued
this year at $9,148,519.OOO by the de-
partment of agriculture in its final
estimates.
Last year these crops were valued
at s14,O87, 995 900. Acreage devoted
to the important crops also decreased,
the total being 351, O62, 400 this year,
as compared with $50, 1912 last
year.
Revise Earlier Estimates.
1.-THE extraordinary character of the
harvests, which have proven to be
among the most abundant in the coun-
try's history, Notwithstanding begin
n1ngs about as unpromising as known,
is emphasized by the December revi-
sion of estimates" the department
said in a statement. The final out
come of the 1920 wheat harvest, win
ter and spring combined, is now esti-
mated at 789, 87S, 900 bushels, compar-
ed with 934,265,OO bushels in 1919,
this being an increase over the earlier
estimates for 1920 Of 80 $780, 900 bush
els. The 1920 acreage abandoned from
winter killing was less than expected.
"The reports of increase over earlier
expectations of winter wheat produc-
ed come from almost every important
winter wheat state, the greatest gain
-13 millions in Kansas, the lead
ing producer OF winter wheat. In that
state the increase was helped by an
area of over 1 million acres Of volun-
teer wheat sproUted from scattered
grain in the autumn of 1919.
Acreage Little Less Than Last Years.
I'm general, it appears that the re-
duction in crop acreage in 1910 below
1919 is less than was thought and re-
ported at the beginning of the crop
season notwithstanding the early IN
favorable conditions for farm work,
efforts of the farmers to fully seed
their fields, assisted by favoring days
that came late in the planting period,
resulted in paintings greater than an
ticipated.''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
MAIL FOR KANSAS STOLEN
Postoffiee Officials Investigating
Probable Robbery in IoWa-Let-
tiers Scattered Along Track.

Des Moines, Ia.-Postal authorities
and police here continued their efforts
to learn more about a considerable
number of registered letters and other
mail, found along the right of way
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad here recently.
A large part of the mail was post
marked in Iowa and addressed to Ne
braska and Kansas City stations.
No report ct a mail robbery had
been received here II to an early hour
Postoffice officials were in touch with
Kansas City.
Some of the letters indicated they
had been opened in haste. A number
of checks and money orders for small
amounts were found in the opened
envelopes. Most of tie letters were
postmarked November 20 and 80.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
TO COMPLETE GUARD UNITS
Boards Ordered to Work Out state
State Troop Organizations by
the War Department.

Washington. = Instructions have
been issued to army corps area com
manders by the war department for
the appointment of boards in each
area for the purpose of completing
the organization of the national guard
and organized reserve. The boards
will consist OF one regular army Off
Ger and not less than two nor more
than four reserve officers, to be NOM
mated by the governors of the states.
The boards viii determine and re-
port upon the location Of units of the
national guard and organized reserve
and the proper designation for all
units OF the guard and reserve, as
well as upon other matters OF organ
ization.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
MUST DlsARM GERMAN UNITS
Disarmament of Hun Defense Organ
izations Requested by the inter.
Allied Military Commission.

Berlin. = The inter-aIlied military
commission has repeated it's demand
for the immediate DISARMAMENT and
disarmirg of German defense organic
atoms and requested immediate infor-
nation as to what measures Germany
intends to take with regard to the
demand
The notification OF the commission
was in reply to note from the Ger.
man government, December 9, with
reference to disbanding the Einwoh-
nerwehr The commission declared
that it did not recognize any ground
for special treatment regarding the
Bavarian and East Prussian Einwoh-
nerWehr.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
TELEGRAPHlC sREVITIEs

The sublime porte is uneasy ow-
ing to the entire lack of news from
the governmental mission headed by
Isset Pasha, minister Of the interior,
which went to Angora to endeavor to
negotiate an agreement with the Turk
ish Naionalists.
Two complete distilling outfits,
one hundred gallons Of mash ready to
be cooked" five gallons of raisin
whisky and three prisoners were cap
tured the other night when a force Of
county officers raided a small bun
galow at LaWton, Ok
American army aviation experts,
headed by Major Burwell, are expect
ed to arrive soon in Dubendorf, four
miles northeast of Zurich, to attend
test Of an airpIane sileneer, invented
by the Swiss engineer, Burger. The
Americans will fly from Coblenz to
Dubendorf, the dispatch adds.
Concentrations Of soviet troops are
occurring in the direction OF wilma, in
consequence of the arrival OF allied
and neutral troops in Wilma, says dis
patch received from that city by the
Lithuanian legation in London
-County-to-county campaign by In
ternaI revenue officers to aid tsxpay-
ers in preparing their income tax re
turns was announced recently by
Commissioners Williams to- begin
shortly after January 1 and continue
until March Is, the final date for I'll
ing statistics Of income for the year
The INST break in the regular
Italian army occurred recently, when
four armored cars started from
Udine. three OF which succeeded in
reaching the palace Of GarbrieIe
D'Annunzi0 In FTEne.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
HEAVY LOSS IN LAKE sTORM
Greatest Damage Caused by Gale,
Which Reached Velocity Of
~ Miles an Hour.

Chicago.-Reports of damage from
Chicago and Lake Michigan points in
dictate that the loss from the storm
which swept over this section recent
ly may run into hundreds OF thou
sands Of dollars.
Wind, which at times attained
velocity Of seventy-four miles an hour,
did the greatest damage
Summer resorts along the eastern
shore Of Lake Michigan, especially at
Holland and Ottawa Beach, suffered
severely.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
CAN'T AFFORD A BONUS NOW
Chairman Of Senate Finance Commit
tee Believes II Would Work
Hardship on Taxpayers.

Neutrality-suspicious. Of q soldier
bonus at present would inflict great
hardship on taxpayers, Senator Nc
CuDber of North Dakota, acting chair
man Of the senate finance committee,
Said recently.
The fight TO have the senate adopt
the bonus act passed by the house
last session was opened before the
senate finance committee by repre-
sentatives Of world war veterans
A decision on the bonus viii be
reached at this session Of congress,
McCumber predicted
I'VE are now providing literally for
the disabled war veterans"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

The special committee appointed by
Governor Allen to remodel the state
workmen's compensation law conven-
ed at Topeka recently and took testi-
W. E. Freeman, president of the State
Federation Of Labor, declined to ac-
cept the governors appointment as a
member of the committee. stating that
ne preferred to give his support to
the proposals for, changes in the law
to be presented to the legislature by
the labor federation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Machinery looking to the immediate
relief Of Mrs. John Osborn, wife of
the Spanish-American veteran i'll in
the Soldiers Home hospital with lep-
rosy, and their two children. have
been set in motion in many quarters.
Representatives of the local Red Cross
were busy making such arrangements
as were necessary to provide the fam
lily with anything needed. Not in
years has the Soldiers Home and Balm
City, where Mrs. Osborn lives, been
so stirred.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
TWO KANSAS ROWS SETTLED
Amrine Wins in Council Grove Dis
pute-supreme Court Decides the
Last County Seat Quarrel.

The Council Grove town row, with
NJ. F. Amrine, editor of the Council
Grove Guard, and Emmett George, ed
itor of the Republic and secretary for
Governor Allen, as leaders, was ended
in the Kansas supreme court recently.
Amrine won the fight when he was
held to be legally entitled to his seat
as a member OF the Council Grove
board of education. The decree UNI
seats J. J. Rhodes, wealthy lumber
man and well known Republican
leader.
Amrine went to France as a z. n.
C. A. worker A letter which he sent
home was construed as resignation.
A special election was held and
Rhodes was declared elected to fill
the vacancy. Then Amrine came home
from France and demanded his job.
The board refused to recognize him.
Mandamus proceedings were filed in
the supreme court and that tribunal
held Amrine's letter was not in itself
sufficient to constitute a resignation
and that he could hold the job.
The supreme court finally settled
the last county seat row in Kansas.
The court upheld the law passed by
the 1920 special session of the legisla-
ture, authorizing the holding of a
special election to move the county
seat of Haskell County from Santa
Fe to Sublett. Ever since the railroad
was built through Haskell County
there has been an active fight on the
question of removing the county seat.
Santa Fe is several miles from the
railroad, while Sublette has the rail
road. The decision of the court is
expected to permit the county seat
to remain peaceably at Sublette in
accordance with the vote of the peo-
pie of the county.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Hugo, Ok-One OF the features Of
the ChoctaE Countrywide sales day
celebration was an airplane carrying
a printing press, which dropped efrcu-
lars over every town and city in the
county The circulars were printed
while the plane was in flight
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

The official Kansas pluraIities of
candidates in the November election
were announced recently by the state
canvassing board. Harding won by
183,S04, Curtis by 1868 and Allen
by 104,974. The majority in favor of
the farm tenantry amendment was
q, $40, and in favor of the good roads
amendment, 91,342. The tax amend
ment lost by 1921.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
lower Waaes Ia South.

Atlanta-Wage reduction Of from
is TO 40 per cent for common labor
ers, carpenters, painters. plasterers.
brickIayers and cement finishers, ef-
fective January I, we're announced
the other night by thirty-two contrae-
tors and builders.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Kansas coal operators are not prof
iteers and have not piled up huge re.
turns from the industry in the past
fifteen months, Ira Clemens, presi
dent of the Southwestern Interstate
Coal Operators Association, and prob
ably the largest operator in the Kan
sas field, said in statement in reply
to a report Of the Kansas court of
industrial relations, made public at
Topeka.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
stIII Another War Leoms.

yienna.-TroubIe between Rumania
and soviet Russia is forecast in re-
ports from Ukrainia received here
These advices declare that Rumania
is adopting measures indicative OF
imminence of war" with Russia over
the possession of Bessarabia-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Martial law has been proclaimed
by Dublin Castle over the city and
county Of Cork, the city and county
of Limerick and the counties Of Tip
perary and Kerry. The law viii be
extended If found necessary.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

A decision in the Wyandotte County
district court which gave Mrs. IRA
Flanagan judgment for $50, 600
against the NJ, K. & T. railroad, was
reversed and the case remanded for
re-trial by a decision handed down
by the Kansas supreme court the
other day. The plaintiffs husband,
Martin w. Flanagan. %, switch fore
man, was killed while working in the
Katy" yards at RosedaIe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
PREPARES to Receive kina Albert.

Madrid = Elaborate arrangements
are being made for the coming visit
to Spain early in February of Albert,
king Of the Belgians, and Queen Eliz-
abeth The king and queen viii be
accompanied on their visit by their
children
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
caruso Rurst Blood vesseI.

New York.-Enrico Caruso, tenor,
burst a blood vessel In his throat
while singing at the Academy Of Mu-
sic recently. The performance was
stopped The accident is not eonsid-
cred serious.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Forty out Of Tulsa Jail.

Tulsa. ok-Forty prisoners, serving
from fifteen 70 ninety days in the city
Jail. escaped shortly after midniEhs
the other morning, Chief OF POLE
Gustafson said A master cell Loo
and the bars covering a rear windoe
had been sawed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

More than $1,000 was raised in Clay
Center by voluntary tag contributions
as that city's contribution to the starv-
ing children Of the old world, under
the appeal made by the Literary Di-
gest. An effort will also be made to
secure carload of corn in Clay
County.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Judae Olives New Punishment.

Santa Barbara, CaL-Sentenced by
Judge c. E. George to write six Sec
tons OF the motor vehicle act of Cali
fornia in Ionghand, H B. Bleakney,
arrested here for speeding, turned in
a manuscript to the court which in
Guided twenty-three pages.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
MaII pestroxed m ExploaIon.

Deshler, GA large quantity Of
mail was destroyed and two United
States mail clerks severely burned,
when an explosion set fire to a mail
car on Baltimore & Ohio train No. Is,
Chicago to Baltimore.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Senator Mccormick TO Rome.

Rome-Count Sforza, Italian for
eign minister, has been informed that
Senator Medin Mccormick wiz arrive
IN Rome, December q. to continue
conversations on Italian matters
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Show Valuable Works of Art.

New York-The valuable art col
lection bequeathed the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art by the late William
K Vanderbilt was placed on exhibi-
ton recently for the first time.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

J. G. Trindle, motor car dealer of
Liberal, is receiving a special wire
from S. D. Flora, weather observer
of Topeka, each night at O'Clock,
while he is putting cement covering
on the roof Of his Lew garage build
ing. The roof is made OF steel Iath,
covered with plastering, over which is
a sheet of cement The success of the
work depends on the weather.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

London.-The allies have sent q
note to the German government re-
questing a detailed accounting for the
sums paid to the Hohenzollern family
since thu abdication OF the ex-kaiser.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

William E. True, 80, giving Kansas
City as his home, and Ernest Wenzel,
farmer boy, 81, of Skiddy, were lodged
in jail at Abilene and confessed rob-
bling the Woodbine State Bank True
stole a Ford coupe in Junction City,
picked up Wenze1 and managed the
robbery. Entering the bank when the
cashier, Milton Gulger, was alone,
they struck him down and put him
in the vault. They took $3.50 and
started east in their car. The cashier
escaped from the vault and gave the
alarm. A party followed the robbers,
who left their car near Skiddy, and
fled through the woods. A dozen men
from White City; including two bank
ers, came and the men, surrounded,
were captured.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Five Down with = LIahter.

Bridgeport, Conn Five members
OF the crew Of the steam lighter Cal
vim Hopkins, New York are missing
and are believed by their comrades
to have drowned
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Prominent Baptist Minister Dead.

PhUadelphia.@The Rev. A tucson
Rowland, so years old, for many yeaE
prominently identified with organize
lions IN the Baptist Church, died AZ
his home here recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Cut California Farm WAGES.

Fresno, CaI-Reductions Of wages
for farm labor of from Is to so cents
a day we're put into effect By the Val
ley Fruit Growers Association, 3
large farmers organization.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Vote Fund for Jewish War Sufferers.
New York-The sum Of $3,1z5, 600.
q budget adopted at q recent confer
ence OF Jewish relief workers in vi
emma, was voted here recently for Jew
ish war relief IN Europe by the Joint
distribution committee OF the Ameri-
can fund for war sufferers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

One man. was killed and another
probably fataIIy burned in an explo-
sion at the plant Of the Atlas Powder
Company, three miles south Of Pitts
burg. recently. The explosion broke
plate glass and residence windows in
Pittsburg to the extent Of many thu.
sands OF dollars. The entire city was
shaken by the explosion
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

r. II. Spencer, SO. many years police
judge at Fredonia. who was stricken
with apoplexy the other evening, is
dead. The Judge has resided there
fifty years, taught school and served
two terms as county superintendent.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Frank Orr and Warren Drake from
near Buffalo. sixteen miles north of
Fredonia, were caught on a Santa Fe
crossing by train. Orr was killed
and Drake brought to Fredonia in a
semi-concious condition. The men
were 40 years old and left families.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
r,...Ifts, crandchIId e q.

New York-The twelfth grand
welt, a girl, was born here recently
TO Mrs. Richard Derby. younger
daughter Of the former president
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Mrs. C. H Ellsworth, a resident of
Atchison County forty-eight years, is
dead in a hospital at Los Angeles,
Cal, where she was visiting her daugh-
ter. Death followed amputation Of
one of ''or limbs on account of gan
creme. She was 70 years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Violate Law by Playing Cards.
Wilmington, Del.-Thirteen men
were arrested for playing cards, a
violation of the Sunday blue laws.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23
Rail Strike in Norway Enss.

Christina Norway.-The railway
mems strike has ended in a czpitula-
ton OF the strikers, who we're given
none Of their demands Traffic e
being resumed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

His feet shackled and clad only in
his underwear, F. Reed. 80 years old,
an alleged mail rober, escaped from
a Pullman on Santa Fe train at
Hutchinson, recently. Two deputy
United States marshals were in charge
OF the prisoner
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-23

Work has been begun on the exca-
walton and building of culverts on the
upper Silver Lake road between To-
peka and K1ro. It is planned to have
the road hard-surfaced by next spring.