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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
THE PROFITEERs TREMBLE
New York Merchants Are Wondering
Who Will Be Next Victim of
Government Prosecutions.

New York.-Agents Of the depart
ment of justice who recently arrested
Frederic A Gimbel, head of the New
York store Of Gimbel Brothers, one
of the largest department stores in
the country, and two of GimbeFs ex-
ecutives, on charges of profiteering,
limited that the GimbeI case is not the
last-nor by any means the most i'm
portant-of actions now impending
against alleged profiteers.
The flying sQuadron's latest actiTi-
ties in New York have, to say the
least, thrown a serious scare into the
mercantile world here, and the sue
cess of some of the governments pros
ecutions, particularly in central New
York, where firms have been convict
ed in spite of what some attorneys
had called exceedingly flimsy cases TO
work upon, coupled with the declara-
ton by Arnim W. Riley, chief of the
flying squadron, that he was after
some firms who are known to be get
ting 400 per cent profit on certain
merchandise" has many Of the lead
ing dry goods merchants wondering
who is next.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
REACH new PEAK
IN COST OF FOOD
Department of Labor Announces
an Increase of 8 Per Cent
For Last Month.
BIG RISE DURING PAST YEAR
From May. 1919, to May, 1920, the To-
tai Increase Was % Per Cent
Report Says.

Washington.-The food budget of
the average American family attain
ed new high record in May, the de-
partment of labor announced recently
the cost of twenty-five articles of food
used in making up the retail food in
dex having increased 3 per cent Owe:
the total cost in April and per cent
as compared with January. Recent
increases in tn cost Of sugar, flour
and potatoes largely accounts for the
group increases, the Monthly Review
says.
since food forms more than IS per
cent of the total budget of the work
ingman's family" the statement con-
tinues, the cost Of living can scarce
ly be expected to decline nOticeably
so long as food prices continue to ad-
vance"
In comparison with the April fig
ures, today's review shows sugar has
advanced &c per cent. corn meal IA per
cent, flour per cent and potatoes >
per cent.
During the year from May, 1919, to
May, 1920, the greatest increase
per cent-was shown in Springfield,
III. The next largest increase, or 81
per cent, was in Butte and Chicago.
In indianapolis, Peoria, St. Paul ard
Salt Lake City the average family ex-
penditure for the twenty-five fool
articles increased, during the year, 20
per cent; in Cincinnati, Cleveland, De-
troit, Houston, Kansas City, Minneap-
oils, Omaha, St Louis and San Fran
cisco, 19 per cent; in Atlanta, Is per
cent; in Little Rock, Los Angeles, Mil
waukee, Mobile and Portland, Ore, IL
per cent; in Dallas and Fall River,
16 per cent; in Jacksonville, Menches-
ter, New Haven, New York, Provi-
dence, Rochester, Scranton and Seat
tie, 15 per cent; in Birmingham, BOs-
ton, Bridgeport, Philadelphia and Rich
mond, IA per cent; in Buffalo, Column
bus, Louisville, Memphis, New ark,
Pittsburgh and Portland, Me, 13 per
cent; in Denver, II per cent; in
Charleston, New Orleans, Norfolk and
Washington, IL per cent, and in Balti-
more, 10 per cent.
Wholesale prices also advanced dur
ing May, the departments review
shows.
1.-The group of fuel and lighting ma
teriaIs again furnished the most not
able example of price increase" the
statement says, due mainly to the
recent sharp advance in both hard
and soft coal and coke.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
PROTESTS AN ANTI-JAP BILL
Japanese Ownership Would Be Prohib-
tied by the California Measure,
Ambassador Sidehara Says.

Washington. - japan has lodged
what amounts to an informal protest
with the state department against pro-
posed legislation in California provid-
ing for absolute prohibition of owner
ship or lease of land by Japanese, it
was learned recently.
Serious complications may arise
should the proposed~measure be made
law, it was feared in official and
diplomatic circles.
Kijuro Shidehara, the japanese am
bassador here. has brought the pro-
posed California law to the attention
of the state department in informal
conversations with officials lately.
The ambassador has been anxious to
determine whether the state depart
ment is alive to the situation, and his
informal representations have been
construed as a protest a more formal
protest may come from Japan later, it
was believed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
MEXICO is PEACEFUL AGAIN
Only Active Rebel at Present
Elections on August 1.

The City of Mexico-Reports of re-
volts in various parts of the country
were officially denied in a statement
issued at the foreign office informa-
ton bureau, which said that, with the
exception of the Villa movement in
chihuahua, the country was peaceful.
Present military movements" the
statement continues, ARE following
pre-conceived plans of the war de-
partment, regarding garrisons The
governors of Tamaulipas and Coahuila,
as well as others, are now on their
way to Mexico City for the purpose
of comforting with Provisional Presi-
dent De Ia Huerta Governors Of
northern and southern states and
Lower California will arrive here soon
with the same object.
A call for national elections, issued
by the secretary of the interior, fixes
the date for the congressional cleo
tions Sunday, August 1, while a new
president will be chosen Sunday, Sep
TENDER 5.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
M'AOOO is NOT 4 CANDIDATE
Former Secretary of Treasury Refuses
to Permit Name to Go Before
Democratic Convention.

New York.-William G. McAdoo.
who has been considered by party
leaders as one of the principal can
didates for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination, announced recently
he could not permit his name to go
before the San Francisco convention.
This decision he said, "is irrevoc-
able as the path of duty seems to me
clear and unmistakable.
His decision, announced in a tele-
gram to Jouett Shouse, Democratic
delegate-at-large from Kansas, who had
telegraphed Mr.. McAdoO that senti-
ment throughout the country was rap
idly crystalizing in his favor, that
his friends would like to have him per
nit his name to be presented to the
convention, and that they were GER
tain he could be nominated and cleo
ted.
Mr.. McAdoo's telegram follows:
Your telegram of 18th requires an
explicit and immediate answer. l am
profoundly grateful to you and my
other generous friends, who, with such
spontaneity and unselfishness, have,
without my solicitation, advocated my
nomination. To cause them disap-
pointment distresses me deeply, but
1 am unable to reconsider the posi-
ton I have consistently maintained,
namely, that 1 would not seek the
nomination for the presidency. I can
not, therefore permit my name to go
before the convention; that decision
is irrevocable,. as the path of duty
seems to me clear and unmistakable.
''The considerations which com
PEELED me to resign as secretary of the
treasury and director-general of rail-
ways after the armistice in 1918 in
large measure still prevail. l must
have a reasonable opportunity to re-
habilitate my private affairs and to
make that provision for my family
which in time of peace is at once the
sacred duty and the cherished desire
of every right-thinking man. Having
been out of office less than eighteen
months have not yet been able to &C.
complish these objects. Moreover a
presidential campaign imposes upon
the candidate unavoidable expenses
which l am unable to assume, and
which 1 do not want my friends to
assume"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
CHICAGO NEGROES BURN FLAG
Whites and Blacks Engage in Race
Riot Following Incident Two
White Men Killed.

Chicago.-Rioting which is believed
to have started over attempts by ne
groes and sailors to avenge an alleged
insult to the American flag by mem
bers Of a society advocating the re-
turn Of negroes to Africa, resulted in
the death or two white men, one a
sailor, the wounding, probably fatal
", OF a negro policeman, and injuries
to several other persons
Investigations conducted by the
police brought forth evidence which
they said pointed 10 an organized at
tempt on the part OF the negro organ
ization, known as the Back to Abys-
synia movement" to precipitate trou-
bic. while other reports were that the
riot was started by group OF sailors.
who jeered and hooted at a parade be-
ing held by the negroes.
Eye witnesses to the affair give
many versions Of the start, but the one
which received the most credence
from the police was that the Abys-
sinians were holding a parade prepare
tory to a meeting and that trouble be-
tween them and sailors over the al
4C6C0 AASA1N " LAC nag No0EG0 NAC
shooting.
1t was said that, as the parade dis
banded, several of the Abyssinians
gathered about the flag, set fire to Il
and then opened fire on it with re-
volvers. Several sailors and negroes
are said to have rushed from nearby
pool halls and demonstrated with the
Abyssinians. Joseph P. Owens, a ne
gro policeman. attempted to arrest one
OF them and was shot through the
back.
Whether Owens fired first is not
known, but volley Of shots followed
his attempt to arrest the negro and
r. L. Rose, sailor of company, 18th
regiment, Great Lakes Training sta,
ton, was shot through the heart 10
seph Hoyt, cigar dealer, who rushed
from his store when he heard the
shots, was shot through the head, dy-
ing. Ovens condition is critical.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
LIGHTNING CARRIED BY RAIL
Police Chief of cIearfieId, Pa, Re
ceiVes Painful Shock While Seek
ing Shelter From Storm.

Clearfield, Pa.-As the result Of an
experience with lightning, Chief OF
Police McHenry is eating his meals
from the mantel. Caught in a sudden
rainstorm while near a Pennsylvania
railroad siding the chief ran for shell
ter under a boxcar. Shielded from
the downpoud, he sat on rail and
waited for the storm to pass. A light
ming bolt struck telephone wire sew
eral hundred yards distant, commune
Gated to the rail, and large ball of
fire shot down the track. McHenry
was thrown unconscious into "a field
beside the car. The cool rain falling
on his face revived him and he made
his way home His trousers were
singed, but aside from the necessity
of spending his time on his feet, Chief
McHenry is little worse for his ex-
perience.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
TEEeRAPHIc BRIEFS

C. T. Burns, Muskogee attorney,
and S. E. Edwards, and Howard Banks,
Muskogee negroes, were convicted by
a federal court jury at Muskogee, Ok,
on a charge of using the mails to de-
fraud in Connection with a livestock
scheme. They defrauded negroes out
of $4,000, it was declared.
The American Anarchist Federated
Commune soviet has issued a call to
workers to refuse to participate in the
coming election and to rise in rebel
lion and overturn the government, ac-
cording to the department Of Justice
approximately seven thousand Gee
cho-Slovak soldiers arrived at Victoria,
3. c., recently from Siberia on the
steamers Protesilaus and NJ. S. Dollar.
Later the vessels proceeded to Van
couVer, where the soldiers will be
placed on trains for the Atlantic coast,
on their way home.
With armed bands battling for
control of Londonderry, Ireland, and
the entire city in the grip of alwless
elements, state of civil war exists
that may be ended by the proclama-
of martial law-and perhaps not then
While the question OF German rep
arations was the ostensibIe reason Tor
the hurrfedly arranged meeting at
Hythe, England, of the French and
British premiers, the Associated Press
is authortaitively informed that the
Turkish situation thrust itself into the
forefront Of their discussions.
The 1913 American wheat crop
was produced at an average cost to
the grower OF $215 a bushel. the de-
partment Of agriculture announced in
making public its recent cost Of prod
uction survey.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
Woman's Precious Gift

The one which she should most zeal
ously guard Is her health, but she often
neglects to do so In season until some
ailment peculiar to her sex has fastened
itself upon her. When so affected
women may rely upon Lydia E Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, a remedy
that has been wonderfully successful N
restoring health to suffering women
If you have the slightest doubt that
Lydia Z. Pnkham's Vegetable Com
pound VIII help you, write to Lydia E
Pinkhsm Medicine Co. (conhdentiaD
Lynn, Mass, for advice. Your letter
viii be opened, read and answered by a
woman, and held IA strict confidence.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
coIor 10 SHOW penominations-

The treasury department at Wash
IngtOn is now working on a PROPOSE
ton to mark bills OF various denOmi-
nations with a standardized cOlOred
seal, so that anyone can recognize
notes OF different denominations at a
glance The plan, suggested by Phil
adelphia druggist, is to have a col
ored seal in one corner Of the bill, for
instance, a green seal for a one, pink
seal for a two. blue seal for a five,
and so on. Treasury officials, how
ever, dislike the idea Of using different
dyes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
TO MAKE PAPER OF ALFALFA
Manufacturer Says That Even Corn
stalks and Grass Could Be Used,
II Found Necessary.

Pittsburgh. = Alfalfa. mixed with
certain organic chemicals, will pro-
duce a serviceable grade of news
print paper, according to K. J. Clark
of Boston, representative of a paper
manufacturing concern, who address
ed a meeting OF the Pittsburgh Adver-
Using Club here. Speaking of the
newsprint shortage, Mr. Clark said
that alfalfa will be the most likely
substitute for wood pulp, because Of
the great supply, but he added that
cornstaIks and grass could be used if
necessary.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
JUSTIFIES ACTS OF LEGION
H. T. q. Kelley of Barton County Tells
Governor Why Former Soldiers
Oppose Non-PartisaBs.

H T. B. Kelley of Barton County,
the member of the American Legion
who. before the recent disturbances
which resulted in appeal to the state
for protection. warned George Klein
that officials of the Non-Partisan
League could not speak in Ellinwood,
appeared before Governor Allen in an
swer to a summons by the state de-
partment conducting the probe Of the
affair.
Contrary to the attitude taken by
the league members who participated,
Kelley is not working under cover"
He is willing to tell the world. Kel-
ley's story comedies with other re-
ports of the disturbances. Asked why
the American Legion is so bitter
against the league, Kelley said:
I'VE boys who went over to France
learned to be Americans first. Prac-
tically every one of the leaders Of this
non-partisan movement got into trou-
BILE with the government while we
were scrapping for the country's
rights. These fellows knitted US in the
back and most of the organizers have
been arrested for some kind Of pro-
German activities. They are not good
citizens and we don't propose, now
that we are home, to let them run
this country"
Governor Allen will go to Great
Bend, June 81, on invitation of the
American Legion to talk on liberty
and law
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
LONDONDERRY IS
KEPT IN TERROR
Irish City the Scene of Constant
Fighting Between Faction
Extremists.
STREETS SWEPT BY GUN FIRE
Shippers Stationed on House Tops Stay
Many, While Police Force Is
Virtually Besieged.

Londonderry. = Five Sim Feiners
were killed by machine gun fire en-
ployed to cover the removal of several
Protestants from Barrack street, &C
cOrdiRg to military statement.
Scenes defying description have
been enacted here. Many streets were
swept by murderous fire continuous
ly for sixteen hours. One man was
killed and ten wounded in one section.
Several bodies are reported lying in
Bishop street. Among the wounded
was young girl, and those who suf-
fered light injuries cannot be esti-
mated.
Shipping on Large Scale.
Shipping was INDUCED in on a large
scale and there was indiscriminate fir
ing of rifles and revolvers throughout
the city. The principle conflict took
place in Bishop street, where, there was
a large concentration of Sim Feiners
in the neighborhood of st. Columbia
Catholic college and Nazareth home
Sand bags were thrown up from which
a strong fire was directed at the I'm
ionists in Barrack street. There was
a vigorous change Of fire and many
casualties on both sides.
Trouble also had broken out on an
extensive scale in the region of Long
Tower street and Bishops Gate, where
there were fierce, prolonged exchanges
Sim Feiners on roofs SHIPPED isolated
Unionists. The soldiers and police
were unable to intervene effectively.
Police Virtually Besieged.
The police in Bishop street barracks,
within the battle zone, were virtual
~ besieged. Many passers-by were
wounded and some were reported kill
ed, but it is absolutely impossible to
get correct details.
A confectioner named McKenna was
killed on Henrietta street A priest
was summoned and, while he admins
tered the last rites, firing was sus-
pended
Among the casualties on Bishop
street was an elderly man named
Whiteside, who was accompanied by
his son and daughter All of them
were shot
During the night there was savage
fighting in the water side district; the
rival factions were entrenched in
Cross street and Bond street, both Of
which were barricaded.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
NEW RAIL STRIKE SPREADS
Yards at Baltimore Tied Up and
Freight Embargo DecIared-No
Warning Was Given.

MISUNDERSTANDING was hit by
the new railroad strike the other day,
and it is claimed by the strikers that
every freight yard in or around Balti-
more practically is paralyzed with
about seven hundred yardmen absent
from their work. Even the strikers
do not say that 100 per cent of the
yardmen are absent, however.
Up to a late hour the yardmen had
walked out, while all the road crews
still were working and railroad COM
panies we're able to maintain full pas
senger service.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
CIVIL WAR IN IRELAND NOW

COMMUNICATIVE persons were
killed, ten others severely wounded,
several of them probably fatally, and
about one hundred others received
minor injuries during a period Of des-
perate rioting in this city recently.
The fighting was accompanied by sew
eral attempts at incendiarism. one of
which resulted in the burning of
large store.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01

Difficulties over obtaining hospital
site in Rosedale for the 100000 state
hospital have been settled and archi-
tect's plans will be made at once, Gov
ernor Allen announced, following a
conference with State Architect Gem
BILE. The 1919 legislature appropria-
ted money for the building, to be used
in connection with the medical school
of the University of Kansas at Rose
dale.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
ItaIians in RattIe in Atlanta.

Rome.-Italian arditi and Alpini
have clashed with the insurgents near
Drasciovitza, according to an Avlona
dispatch. The government troops are
reported to have lost one hundred
killed and wounded, while the rebel
losses are believed to be greater.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
seized Bio Store Of opiates.

New York.-Cocaine, morphine and
heroin worth 4 million dollars, and
two revolvers, a sword and club were
confiscated by the police in raids on
two dwellings in Brooklyn, where
three men, Giovanni Maruo, his son,
Louis, and son-in-law, Giuseppe Gan
garassa. were arrested.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01

Governor Allen announced that the
report OF the committee appointed to
investigate the administration of the
Kansas banking department by Wal
ter E. Wilson, bank commissioner,
would be made soon. The three mem
bers of the investigating committee
checked several matters up to the gov
ernor to learn whether he desired GER
tain phases gone into.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
BIC booze Theft in chicaao.

Chicago-Robbers stole $50 cases
and thirty-eight barrels of whisky, es-
timated to be worth $3.50, 900, from a
liquor stOrehOuse here recently. They
bound the night Waterman and put
him in the cellar. After three hours
confinement, he worked himself loose.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
canture Bic Moonshine sill.

Henryetta. Ok.-The biggest moon
shine stin in this section was cap
tured the other morning by Deputy
Don Storment in an old abandoned
coal mine, one and half miles east
of this city. A white man and negro
were arrested.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
Tribute TO EinancIer-

"King Solomon was the wisest man
Of his day." remarked Mr.. Dustin
Stax
He was also the richest"
"True. In my opinion that is one
of the things that prove he was the
WiseSt''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
pIans 4 chiIdren,s shoe Royeott.

East Orange, n. IA barefoot
children" movement was started here
by Charles R Steele. a New York in
surance broker, who hopes to help
bring down the price OF shoes. DR..
Edwin c. Broome, superintendent OF
schools, said he favored the plan.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
Darius Brown Heads Moose.

Mooseheart, hilarious A Brown,
formerly mayor of Kansas City, unan-
imously was elected supreme dictator
of the Loyal Order o. Moose at the
annual convention of the lodge here
Mr.. Brown now is executive head of
the lodge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01

Richard J. Hopkins, attorney geneE.
al, has begun an Investigation of the
recent assault upon Non-Partisan
League organizers at Ellinwood Gov
ernor Allen was asked by the league
officials to proceed against those lar
tieipating in the assault and he di-
reeted the attorney general to find out
about it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
Mrs. Harding Approves Picture.

Chicago.-Mrs. Warren G. Harding
has personally approved the picture
of Senator Harding which viii be sed
by the Republican national committee
In the coming campaign
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01

Prof. A. H. Bigelow. principal of the
Hiawatha high school since 1918, has
been officially notified by the state
board of control to report for duty as
superintendent of the Hutchinson re-
formatory. July 1. It is reported that
Prof. C. H. Morgan, manual training
teacher and athletic director OF Hia-
watha schools, may become Bigelow's
assistant.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01

Application for state charter for
the Kansas Federation of Musicians
has been filed by w. ]. Hardman of
Kansas City, Kas., president Its pur-
pose is to set wage scale for must
clans in bands and orchestras. The
attorney general is investigating the
law to see if the charter can be
granted. Workers in essential indus
tries are given the right to incorporate
by the Kansas industrial court law,
but the act does not list music as an
essential industry.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01

Fearing mob violence, county Off
GERS took Emery Machmer to the Jail
at Hiawatha, Kas., thirty miles away.
Machmer, 81 years old, shot and killed
his 19-year-old wife at her fathers
farm near Troy. After the murder.
Machmer fled and was captured later
by posse who found the youth hid
ing in hay stack.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01
Perkins leaves seeretarx $4,000.

Perkins Leaves Secretary $4,000.
New York.-The sum of $5O, 600 and
an annuity of $4,000 were left Miss
Mary Kihm, for twenty-seven years
secretary to George W. Perkins, by
the will of the financier. The bulk
Of the estate was left to Mrs. Perkins
and the two children.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-01

Organizers and sympathizers of the
Non-Partisan League will not be toll
Grated in Liberal, as was evidenced
whom Cecil Mason, who has been oper-
ating as an organizer for the league,
was escorted out of town by members
Of the American Legion post.