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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
MEDALS FOR OLDER HEROES
War Department to Recognize Deeds
of VaIor Performed During the
Spanish-American War.

Washington.-The belated award
of the American distinguished service
cross to Major General March, chief
of staff, for services rendered twenty
two years ago in the Philippines, Is
the forerunner Of other rewards for
deeds of long ago, it was said at the
war department recently.
Many acts of gaIlantry in cam
paigns prior to the late war, which
have not been deemed hazardous
enough to entitle their performers to
the congressional medal of honor,
will be remembered by the bestowal
of the lesser decoration which was
created to meet the needs Of the
great war.
Already a number of marine Off
GERS and men have received the ID.
S. c." for services rendered before
the medal was officially authorized,
but March's receipt Of it was the first
indication that the retroactive
awards might take in the deeds OF
vaIor performed in the Spanish wal
period.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
HUNS SUBMIT payment PLAN
Allied Experts Do Not Consider
Figures Submitted Justify Mod
ification of Recent uItimatum.

Spa, Belgium After some hesita-
ton, due to the local question, the
German delegates have produced their
plan showing how Germany would
deal with reparations, but they spec
flied that the decision reached regard
ing coal would modify their proposals.
The allied experts had declared they
did not consider that even the figures
submitted by the Germans would
Justify modification OF the protocol
signed July 8, but admitted the justice
of the Germans experts pleas on two
points, first, relieving Germany of the
obligation Of reporting to the repara-
tiOns commission regarding the dis
tribution OF coal within Germany, and,
second, approving the proposal to in
crease the output by improving the
food and welfare Of the miners and
suggesting that the German and allied
governments discuss means to that
end.
The German reparation plan is in
three parts. It was submitted to the
conference with the understanding
that it must be accepted as a whole.
The plan follows:
Part 1, section /: The German
government considers that the pur-
pose of the present negotiations is TO
make final settlement of its entire
obligations for reparations.
Section 2: The German govern
ment, knowing that it is obliged under
the treaty to pay on May 1, 1921, 12O
million gold marks, considers that If
has already paid not only that sum
but a much higher one, according to
its accounts"
Section sets forth that in provid
ing for the future the German govern
ment would be unable to fulfill its OBJ
legations unless the German budget
can be balanced.
Section 4 provides that the measure
Of Germany's ability to pay, owing tC
| her weakened economic structure, re
quires that she should have necessary
| food, fodder, fertilizers and other raw
materials.
Section names the principles upoI
which the German government consid
ers its payments should be regulated
la by annuities; (b) by annuitie:
to be limited to thirty years.
Various other subsections affirm
that a certain sum should be agreed
upon, after the payment of which
Germany should be completely free
! that such payment should be arranged
| in various amounts; that a schedule
should be worked out; and that i
should not be absolutely regular il
| character, because it is impossible
now accurately to estimate the eco
nomic position of Germany for the
next thirty years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
PLENTY OF WHEAT AVAILABLE
Expect Surplus for Export After Do
mestic Demands Are Supplied
Records for Tobacco and Rice.

Neutrality-suspicious. Of heavy
harvests of the country's principal
farm crops marked the July report Of
the department of agriculture. The
prospective yield in most instances is
larger than the average production for
the five years, 1914191S, while tObac
co and rice production promises to be
the largest on record, tobacco with
112 million pounds more than the pre-
vious largest crop and rice with II
million bushels more than ever pro
duced.
Compared with last years output
this years winter wheat, rye, corn
sweet potato, peach and hay crops
give indications of being smaller.
Larger crops than last year are fore
cast for spring wheat, oats, barley
white potatoes, tobacco. flax, rice and
apples.
Throughout June better weather
conditions increased the prospects OF
the output of every crop. The i'm
provement was reflected in a forecast
Of % million bushels more in the com
bined winter and spring wheat crop
than estimated month ago; million
bushels more oats; million bushels
more barley, and 2 million bushels
more rye.
The spring wheat crop is larger
than last years by 81 million bushels.
but the winter wheat crop is ia mil
lion bushels smaller, although it is
only As million less than the 5-yeaI
average production.
Wheat of last years crop remaining
on farms July 1 was reported as A.
1860 bushels, or more than 5 per
cent of the crop. That added to this
years prospective production makes
available about $50 million bushels of
wheat, which according to officials
will be ample to meet domestic re
Quirements and leave a surplus for ex
ports.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
EMPRESS EUGENE is DEAD
End Comes to Famous Consort of
Napoleon at Madrid-Was "a
Years Old.

Madrid-The ex-Empress Eugenia
Of France is dead here.
Death occurred shortly before 8
O'Clock a. m. from acute intestinal IN
flamation. She passed away quietly
in the presence only of her lady-in-
waiting. Her nephew. the Duke Of
Alba, at whose residence she died,
was in France, and the other mem
bers Of the family were absent.
Empress Eugenia had long suf-
fered from opthalmia and had been
operated on for cataract. Full i'm
perial honors will be accorded at her
funeral
In a world peopled with ghosts of
former, brighter days, Eugene, con-
sort Of Napoleon III, awaited the full
fillment of a gypscy's prophecy. And
when the full span OF years read
from the palm Of her hand by a
wandering fortune teller was
reached, Eugene died. For she had
passed the Gath milestone of her TO
mantle, tragic life by two months and
the gypsy fortune teller's prophecy
had come true
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
FRENCH POLITICAL TEMPEST
Condition of President DeschaneI
Causes Talk of Creating the Of
flee of Vice President


Paris.-The announcement that the
creation of a Yice-presidency OF
France, in view of President Des-
channels II-health, was being cOnsid-
cred, has created a tempest on
Frances political sea.
Already, with the first hint at such
action only twentyfOur hours old,
there have been brought 70 the front
numerous candidates for the position,
and a vast number Of TumOrs concern
ing NJ. DeschanePs condition have cir
culated through Paris.
The report that the president is
mentally incompetent and gossip OF
similar nature recall in many ways
the similar talk surrounding Presi-
dent Wilson in his illness
Today's newspapers are filled with
editorials arguing that the presidents
real condition should be given out
Some vehemently insist that his i'll
ness is not at all serious and that he
is not only rapidly improving but viii
be able to resume his duties shortly
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
GERMANS REFUSE
ALLIES DEMANDS
Delegates Declare Nations In
ability 10 Furnish 2,O00,-
600 Tons of Coal.
MILITARY CHIEFS SUMMONED
Foch and Wilson To Discuss Plans To
Enforce Treaty ProVisions-Huns
May Resist.

Spa. Belgium.-Is another war with
Germany looming?
Faced by the prospect of another
allied invasion of their territory, the
Germans, undaunted, have refused to
accede to the entente's demands in re-
gard to coal reparations and the con-
ference here has been broken off.
Marshal Foch, the French command
er-in-chief, and Field Marshal Sir
Henry Wilson, chief of the British
general staff, nave been summoned by
the premiers to discuss plans for the
re-occupation of the Ruhr district and
possibly other German territory.
Preparing To Resist?
In the view of some of the Belgian
officials, the Germans are preparing to
resist such an invasion. 1t is pointed
out that the demands Of the allies in
regard to the surrender of war ma
terials have not been carried out, al
though the Germans apparently have
acquiesced. In the meantime, accord
ing to various sources, there has been
increased production Of war materials
in Germany. Newer and larger Yep
pelins have been built, it is known
because the allies included the sur
render of these craft in their. demands
Any defense that the Germans might
make against a new allied invasion
would be predicted upon the belief that
a united front would bring a quick
change Of policy on the part of the
allies, the Germans being confident
that a renewed conflict would meet
with great disapproval on the part OF
the peoples Of the entente countries
A Military Conference At Once.
After the conference was broken of
DR.. Simons, the Germon foreign secre
tary said:
The allies can occupy the Ruhr and
other territories. They may fix any
penalties, as we are not in a position
to resist"
Nevertheless, there seems to be a
feeling on the part of some of the al
lied chieftains that it would be well &c
make plans for enforcement of the
treaty with all regard for the potential
military resistance of Germany.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
new THIRD PARTY
NAMES CANDIDATE
Farley Christensen, a Lawyer
OF Utah, Nominated PresI.
dent at CeIcago.
RADICAL PLATFORM ADOPTED
Majority Report Of Committee Re
eeIves Overwhelming Vots-Many
Threaten To Bolt Convention.

Chicago=Parley P. Christensen
Salt Lake City lawyer, was nominated
as the presidential candidate for the
new Farmer-Labor party by its con-
vention at 2:3O o'clock IN the morning
Christensen, a member Of the COM
mittee of forty-eight, was chosen on
the second ballot, over Dudley Field
Malone of New York, by a vote OF
1925 to 1746.
The new ''Farmer-Labor' party has
been baptized, but its future as read
by the political soothsayers, is doubt
full In fact, instead of a fusion OF
all the elements Of dissatisfaction, it
promises to have only a following OF
the more radical labor groups.
Labor Group Dominant
The labor group was dominant when
the new fusion party adopted a plat
form in preparation for nomination OF
candidates at the session.
a minority report from the platform
committee was sponsored by three OF
the five representatives of the CON-
mittee of forty-eight, but was defeated
by vote Of slightly less than three to
one. The majority report was signed
| by the five labor members Of the COM
mittee on resolutions and two Of the
forty-eight party's Representatives. 1t
was adopted by majority which on
motion was made unanimous.
OBJECTIONS from the ranks of the
| new party began when it was shown
| that the minority report would be
overwhelmingly defeated. James Fer
guson, former governor of Texas. was
the first to openly pull out Of the
meeting. He was followed by dele
gates from other states, none of whom
was identified with the labor party.
"Boss Control" Charged
A near-stampede developed when an
attempt was made to forestall intro
duction of the majority platform re-
port by submission to the convention
OF a report that was reputed to be &C
| ceptable to Senator Robert NJ. La Fol-
| lette. The Senator's friends launched
| the attack with a declaration that the
/ convention was "bOss-ridden and
! cIique-controlled," and that the sen
ator's own platform ideas had been
buried in secret meeting
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
AIM ANOTHER SWAT ATH. C.L.
National Sales Agencies for Grain
and Live Stock May be Formed
by Farmers.

Chicago, In.-Plans for farmers
national selling agencies for grain
and livestock, with a view toward
curbing speculation and market fluc-
tuations, will be considered at a meet
ing in Chicago July % and 29. it was
announced recently by J. w. Cover
dale, secretary of the American Farm
Bureau Federation Invitations have
been sent to farm organizations,
grain dealers and livestock shippers
associations, the bureau of markets
and marketing divisions of state ag-
ricLltural departments and of agri-
Gu. ural colleges.
IF uniform plans Of cooperative
marketing result from this conference
and are generally adopted by farm
ers, a material reduction in the cost
of living, together with a stabiliza-
ton of prices, should snsue,' a state
ment by the federation said.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
FATAL TRIP OVER NIAGARA

Niagara Falls, N Y-Charles G.
Stephens of Bristol, England, was
killed recently when he went over
the Horseshoe Falls in a barrel. The
cask in which he made the trip.
though built of stout Russian oak
slaves and bound with steel hoops,
was smashed like an eggshell on the
jagged rocks at the base of the cat
aract. Pieces of the barrel were
picked up near the bank on the Can
adam side, but Stephens body has
not been recovered. River men say
that it may not come up for week
or ten days.
Stephens was So years old and has
a wife and eleven children IN Bristol
where he was a barber. He served
three years in France with the Brit.
ish army. He had planned to make
a lecture tour of England if his TRIP
was successful.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
A new CRISIS AT
SPA CONFERENCE
Allies Demand 1000, 900 Tons
of Coal Monthly From
the Germans.
ISSUE ANOTHER ULTlMATUM
Tense Situation Created Following
Prolonged Discussion Between the
Hun and Allied Delegates.

Spa-The allies have served an III
timatum upon the German delegation
to the conference here that the Ger
mans must agree to deliver to the
allies million tons of coal monthly.
Otherwise, the Germans were in
formed, the allies will take measures
to enforce the terms Of the Versailles
treaty.
Thus, the negotiations with the Ger
mans have reached another tense
point. The spirit of Cancellation
adopted by both sides has prevented
break thus far, but the allies found
it necessary to issue this ultimatum
for carrying out the treaty, which
would entitle them to greater
amount of coal than now is demanded
Offered 100000 Tons.
The question Of coal was the sub
ject of controversy during a 3-hOur
session Of Premier Millerand. Premier
Lloyd George, Count Sforza, the Ital-
ian foreign minister; Viscount Chinda,
Japanese minister to Great Britain;
Premier BeIacroix OF Belgium, Kon-
stantin Fehrenbach, the German
chancellor, and DR.. Walter Simons,
the German foreign minister.
The allies began by insisting upon
a monthly delivery OF 100000 tons
The Germans offered 100000 tons
and the allies reduced their demand
to million.
Dr. Simons represented that coal
being the very foundation of the in
dustrial life of Germany, every ton
that Germany sent to the allies meant
that much less production. He said:
"My contention is in European il
terests as much as in the interest OF
Germany, because our payments TO
you are conditioned upon our indus
trial production You want our
money. We want you to have it, but
how can we pay large sums If you
take away large quantities Of coal?''
Must Have Answer At Once.
The German foreign minister offer
ed to increase the deliveries of coal
from 100000 tons to 100000 tons
within six months, and to 100000
tons within year. This could only be
done, he said, if the allies made bet
ter food conditions possible for the
miners and contributed raw materials
to build houses for more miners.
The premiers, after prolonged dis
cussion with the Germans in a calm,
tusiness-like manner, in o m d
Chancellor Fehrenbach and DR.. ST.
mons that the allies must have their
final answer at once.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
NORTHWEST HIT BY STORM
Towns in Washington and Idaho suf-
fer Heavy Damage From the
Wind and Rain

Spokane, Wash - Violent wind
storm, accompanied by a cloudburst,
wrecked buildings and did damage to
grain which will run into hundreds
of thousands OF dollars all over the
Palouse district OF Southeastern
Washington at O'Clock the other
night.
Pullman, Winona, Wawawai and q
half dozen other towns in Washington
reported farmhouses unroofed and
barns demolished The Washington
State college farm at Pullman suf-
fered damage to buildings and crops
estimated at $4,000.
At Lewiston, Idaho, heavy rain and
lightning put the power plant out OF
commission.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22

Happenings of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
AUGUST JAEDIGKE IS CAUGHT
The State Bank Department Hears
Fugitive Banker Had Been Ar
rested at Shreveport, La.

August Jaedicke, president Of the
Hanover State Bank, who disappear
ed a month ago, leaving bank short
age aggregating $4,000 and personal
shortages which will bring the total
to more than II million dollars, was
arrested recently at Shreveport, La.
The state bank commissioner re-
ceived a telegram from ]. E. Butter
field, special agent for the Western
Union Telegraph Company, who iden-
titled Jaedicke and helped make the
arrest. Jaedicke is to be returned
to Kansas at once. Ever since he
disappeared detectives have been on
his trail. There have been numer-
Gus reports of his being seen. One
day he was seen" in two towns
thousand miles apart.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has been particularly anx-
ious TO get hold of the bank presi-
dent He acted as the agent for the
company in transmitting money and
it is asserted that he got away with
close to $4,000 of the company's
funds
The bank shortages are small COM
pared to the other shortages. Jae-
dicke as the agent for numerous mort
gage companies transacted big loan
business and a big insurance bust
ness He was often paid money to
settle mortgages and pay insurance
premiums and the money never was
paid over. He was given money with
which to buy Liberty Bonds and
never bought the bonds. 1t is not
known definitely even now how great
the loss in the bank really is.
The capture of Jaedicke concludes
a nationwide search of seven weeks.
He left Hanover, hatless and coat
less, in his motor car upon being in
formed that his bank had been or
dered closed the morning of May II
and drove to Beatrice, Neb., where
he left his car and took a train. Elk
animation of the banks accounts re-
veaIed a shortage of $4,000, the
banking department reports
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
OBJECT TO COAL CAR RULING

Washington.-State highway COM
missioners and representatives OF
building material industries were wit
nesses before the interstate com
merce commission, which is holding
hearings to determine if there is any
necessity for modification Of its re-
cent order requiring preferential
handling OF coal shipments by rail
roads east Of the Mississippi.
Representatives Of the business in
terests declared their industries faced
ruination unless the orders were mod
flied The highway commissioners
urged the necessity Of providing cars
for shipment of road building mate
rial, which they said is needed now
in repair work and for completing
outstanding contracts
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22

The Rev. Juett N. Mcdonald,
Pittsburg, Presbyterian pastor, charg-
ed with defrauding three men in
mining deal. was bound over for trial
in district court at Pittsburg after a
preliminary hearing. His bond was
left at $4,000 and it was said he would
supply the surety. Mcdonald was
ousted from his pastorate by the Neo-
sho presbytery. Three men, two of
them members of the Presbyterian
Church, allege that Mcdonald obtain
ed money from them under misrepre-
sentation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
POLES DRIVEN FROM MINsK
After Desperate All Night Battle Rus
sian BoisheVist Forces Occupy
City, Says Moscow Report.

London.-Minsk has been captured
by Russian bolshevist forces. accord
ing to an official statement received
here from Moscow, which says the
soviet troops occupied the town the
morning Of July II. The Commun-
ique also announces the capture Of
the town OF Osventslany, ninety-five
miles south Of Dvinsk and fifty miles
northeast Of wilma.
Warsaw.-The loss of the city Of
Minsk by the Poles is announced in
recent official communique from Pol
ish army headquarters. The Bolshe-
Wiki occupied the city after a desper-
ate all night battle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
TELEeRAPHIc BRIEFS

Governor Robertson Of Oklahoma
has revoked the pardon granted by
Lieut.. Gov. Tom c. Waldrep of Shaw
nee TO Martin NJ. Fulkerson, Alvs
banker, convicted Of embezzlement
Waldrep granted the pardon while act
ing governor in Robertson's absence.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
vice-presidential nominee, was given
a noisy and affectionate greeting by
his townspeople Of Hyde Parke, N. Y
upon his arrival from San Francisco
Democrats and Republicans alike,
joined in the welcome.
j. T. Brown, assistant federal pro-
hibition commissioner of Oklahoma,
working under ]. F. Kraemer, has
been indicted by the federal grand
jury, on a charge Of using the author
ity OF his office to take property Away
from a prisoner.
Anarchy reigns in Chiapas state
as a result Of the activities of Rafael
Cal Y Mayor, Felipe Pfneda, J. Ruiz
and Tiburcio Fernandez, who are try
ing to form an independent republic,
the war minister, Gen. P. Elias Gales.
stated the other day
DIR. Israel FFiedlander, professor
of Biblical literature at the Jewish
Theological seminary in New York
and Bernard Cantor, also OF New
York, have been identified as the
men killed on July near Yarmolince,
IN the Ukraine, by three men wear
ing bolsheVik uniforms.
II the Poles consent to retire
within the natural frontiers of Poland
the allies win give them ali possible
assistance in the event OF their being
attacked by the Bolsheviki, it was an
nouneed at Spa recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-22
RENEW ANGLO-JAP ALLIANCE
tons Has Been Prolonged
Year, League Is Notified.

London, Eng-Grcat Britain and
Japan have notified the League Of
Nations that they have prolonged
their treaty alliance for a year, &C
cording to the Dolly Mail, at the same
time pointing out that the terms of
the treaty are in accord with the prin-
ciples of the league.
The reason for prolongation of the
treaty, according to the Mail, is that
Great Britain has not Lad an oppor-
tunity to consult with the dominions
regarding a revision Of the treaty,
which is necessitated by the eIimi-
nation of German influence in the
far East.