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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
MINERS MAY LEAVE KANSAS
HoWat Says Many Men Are Preparing
to Leave for the Wyoming
Coal Fields.

That a considerable number Of
miners in the Kansas district would
quit their work and prepare to leave
for other fields, as a result of assess
ments made against them by the coal
operators, was the prediction made re-
Gently by Alexander Howatt, the dis
trict president.
The assessment to which the min
ers object is 81 week for every
week in which the miner has observ-
ed the Saturday holiday instituted by
several Of the local unions a few
weeks ago, and alleged by the oper-
ators to be in violation of their con.
tracts.
The reason given by the miners for
the five-day week is that the holiday
permits an accumulation OF cars at
the mines and makes possible stead
Ter work in the forepart of the week
In view Of the unsteady employ.
ment in most OF the mines, Mr.. Howat
characterized the assessment as an
outrage and stated that if the prac-
tice was not stopped another large
body of miners could be expected to
leave for Wyomine, where there is a
demand for some two thousand
miners
George Richardson of the South
western Interstate Coal Operators
Association said:
THE Saturday holiday is a clear
violation of the miners contract and
under the contract the fines are valid
The miners are not being fined for
not working when the car shortage
makes work impossible, but when
there are a sufficient number of cars
on hand and the miners refuse to re
port
The Saturday holiday has been re
ferred to John L. Lewis, international
president OF the United Mine Work
ers by the coal operators, and repre-
sentatives Of the operators and of the
mine workers are now in Indianapolis
where ruling on the situation is ex
pected soon.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
RAILROAD DEFICIT GROWING
The Government viii Be Called On
to Pay ago Million Dollars
in Six Months.

Washfngton.-The government. IN
der its agreement with the railroads,
soon will be called upon to pay them
4sO million dollars to meet deficits
in March, April, May, June. July and
August, Director Parmelee Of the bu-
reau of railway economies, estimated
recently. Parmelee characterized this
estimate as very conservative
cit probably viii be more than 500
million dollars" he said. Mr.. Parme-
lee figured it this way:
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

The reputation of grasshoppers as
destructive insects is well establish
ed in Kansas, but Francis Callahan.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Callahan
of Abilene. has what he claims is the
record hopper" story. Francis de-
lares that grasshOppers consumed his
pay check. He had obtained the
check in town and while cultivating
corn discovered that the check had
become soaked with perspiration. He
laid it on the ground to dry out. An
hour later when he returned to get
his check he found only a few rem
nants and number Of grasshoppers
devouring what was left. As evidence,
Francis produced the tattered rem
nants to his employer and got new
check.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
VILLA GOES BACK
TO PRIVATE LIFE
The Bandit Chief and Followers
Surrender to New Govern
meut of Mexiee,
OUTLAWS GIVEN CONCESSIONS
Chief and 1900 Men to Get Army Pay
for Year and Free Farms From
Nation.

Eagle Pass, Tex-Francisco villa
bandit idol of the Mexican peons and
for years a menace to governments
Of his country throughout Northern
Mexico, is entTained with his men for
Torreon, there to take the first actual
steps looking to his entrance once
more into private Mexican citizenship,
consequence of his negotiations with
the De La Huerta government, con-
cluded at Sabinas.
Advices reaching here from Sa-
binas, which contain this Information,
told also the terms under which the
bandit chieftain agreed, in the words
Of Gen Eugenio Martinez, commander
Of the Torreon military zone and per-
sonal representative Of the De La
Huerta regime, to submission to the
De La Huerta government In recogni-
ton Of its stability and his desire to
retire 10 private life, and abide by
the laws of the government"
To Pay Villa.
Under these terms, advices state,
Villa is to be allowed q years army
pay for all his soldiers and permitted
to 90 with them to Torreon under per
l.
the terms will be effected The band
will number about eighteen hundred,
it is said. At Torreon the men are to
be mustered OUT Of Villas service,
and each allotted q tract OF land on
which to engage in farming. villa,
too, it is said, has been given very
pleasing financial guarantees
Details OF negotiations between the
Mexican government and Villa say
that the conference for surrender, con-
| Quoted on the part of De La Huerta by
! General Martinez, took place all night,
ending at IL o'clock in the morning
1t was interrupted frequently by Sc
we're electrical storm
Brings Recognition Near.
Washington.-Recog Of the
! new Mexican government by the
United States, in the opinion of Mex
lean observers here. has been brought
| measurabIy nearer by the surrender Of
Francisco Villa.
The status Of Villa, as far as the
United States is concerned, however,
is not changed greatly. The bandit
leader is under Indictment, charged
with the killing Of soldiers and civ
iIians at Columbus, n. N, in 1916, and
the placing of himself under the laws
Of his own country may mean tat MS
exradition will be sought. In such
contingency the Mexican government
might be afforded fresh embarrass-
ment.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Charles Sumner Gleed, half owner
Of the Kansas City Journal and d.
rector of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad, is dead at his home
in Topeka. Death followed an illness
Of more than nine months and result
ed from a complication after an at
tack of influenza. With Mr.. Gleed at
the time of his death were his wife
and daughters, Joanna and Grace. An
other daughter. Mrs. Roy Thompson,
completes the surviving family. J.
Willis Gleed, his brother, was at Har-
Dor Beach, Mich, when notified of the
death. Mr.. Gleed was Ga years old.
Mr.. Gleed had been one of Topeka s
most prominent attorneys for thirty
five years. He also was prominent in
connection with the affairs of numer-
Gus railroad, telephone, banking and
manufacturing corporations. His news
paper career began at Lawrence, Kas.,
during the ten years prior to 1873,
when he was employed to look after
the newspaper relations OF the Kan
sas Pacific railway, with headquarters
in Kansas City.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
THE COAL SHORTAGE AGAIN
New England and the Northwest Are
First To Be Hit In Present
Trouble.

Washington-With the coal mines
of Illinois tied up by a strike, a fuel
shortage in the northwest and New
England and the export trade draining
the country of desirable grades, the
nation again faces a fuel crisis which
all the government regulation of the
last three years appears to have been
poWerless to prevent.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Mrs. Mary Moore, 81, shot and dam
gerously wounded an unknown man
at the Moore home at Wichita after
the man, who had asked for food,
caught her by the hair, struck her
and threatened her. After a strug-
gle OF several minutes Mrs. Moore
succeeded in working her way near
q dresser where she kept a pistol.
After obtaining the weapon the tramp
seized it and threw Mrs. Moore to
her knees. She bit him on his right
wrist, forcing him to re1inquish his
hold on the pistol. She fired twice
as he clasped her body, forcing her
head and shoulders back The first
shot went wild. At the second the
man screamed and fled from the
house, leaving a trail of blood from
the kitchen to "a cornfield nearby.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

The 'lure of the harvest field" is
responsible for the closing down Of
construction work on the Fort-to-Fort
highway in DuOglas County. Attract
ed to the harvest fields by the big
wages, so many men quit the road
building forces that work has been
practically suspended, according to A.
c. Lagerwall, resident. engineer. 1t is
expected that the contractors will be
able to go ahead after the harvest
and threshing seasons are over.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

A 19-year-old girl, said by the police
to be Miss Cecil White Of Burkbur-
nett, Tex, who was being held in con-
nectiOn with the killing of Detective
the Wichita Jail recently. The police
matron, upon her return from the fu-
neral of the murdered officer, found
the girl suspended from a clothes
hook by a handkerchief which she had
tied about her neck.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
slew VIC and HImseIf.

Muskogee, Ok--Mose C.. Courtney,
30 years old, shot and killed his wife
in their apartment here early the
other day, following an alleged quar-
rel, and then committed suicide by
taking poison, according to infOrms-
ton obtained by the police.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

A number of local crop reporters
have sent in protests to ]. G. Mohler
secretary OF the state board Of agri
culture, complaining that the July es-
innate Of the Kansas wheat crop, 147
million bushels, wos too low. Mob
1er admitted that the estimate was
very conservative and said in his per
sonal opinion he expected the total
crop to exceed $50 million bushels.
MohIer said prospects were bright for
a record acreage yield of corn. The
wheat yields in Western Kansas coun-
ties are turning out much larger than
predicted, he said. The boards cor
respondent in Graham County writes
that the yield in that county alone
will be 1 million bushels in excess
of the July estimates.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
suspends Preferential on Exports.

Washington. = The interstate COM
merce commission the other day sus-
pended until January 1, 1921, the sec
ton Of the merchant marine act
which permits railroads to give pref
erentiaI rates to exports moving ID
American vessels.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
A Constitution for Every Home.

New York.-The supreme court has
approved the application for charter
by the Constitutional League OF Amer
lea, which has announced its purpose
Of placing q copy Of the Constitution
OF the United States in "an OF the
20 million homes Of America"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Richard ]. Hopkins. attorney gen.
eral, announced recently that he will
not institute proceedings to have the
name Of Congressman Philip P Camp
bell of the third Kansas district taken
off the Republican primary ticket, un-
less new or startling evidence should
develop.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
FsmiTy killed at a Crossing.

Durant. Ok-W. L. Pruitt, his wife
and q small son and daughter were
killed when their motor car was
struck by the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas special passenger train be-
tween Caney and Tulsa, Ok
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Recover Stolen Bonds in Detroit.
Detroit-Bonds valued at $37, 900,
recovered by authorities here, have
been identified as a part of the $780,
600 loot obtained by bandits at Fin
leyVille, Pa.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
< Of G. Give Army s4s7 .sso.

New York.-The Knights of Colum.
bus have given $437. $50 to the war de-
partment to aid in financing the de-
partment's education and recreation
work in camps, W. G. Mckinley, SUI
preme secretary of the organization,
announced recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
Four Killed at a Crossing.

st. Louis.-Four men were killed
when a motor car in which they were
riding was struck by an interurban
car at Mitchell, Ill, nine miles north
east Of here recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Anamoosa, n. D.-Mrs. Emmanuel
J. Kandt was killed and her husband
and two others were injured in a tor
nado that swept through a portion of
McHenry County, ten miles south of
here recently
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Fire Of undetermined origin de-
stroyed five units Of the Camp Pike
hospital at Little Rock, causing a
$4,000 loss The burned units were
the PATIENTS mess, patients kitchen
and three Nunoccupied wards
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
An Armour Fire in CHICAGO,

Chicago. = Twenty firemen we're
overcome recently while fighting
fire that virtually destroyed the beef
house Of Armour & Co., a 5-story
structure covering a block at the
stoekyards. The flames menaced =
million dollars worth OF beef in al
joining storage plants.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
Japs out of Siav Buffer State.

Honolulu. T. H-Japanese troops
and residents viii be withdrawn from
the Siberian buffer state in the near
future, it has been officially an
nounced, according to cable advices
from Toxic. by Nippu Jill
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
Mexican Rebels win Surrender.

The City OF Mexico-Manuel Lar
raga and Leon Martinez, rebel chief
tains, have telephoned the war de-
partment that they are willing to sur
render and retire to private life, a
government press bulletin announces
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
HUGE Prairie Fire IN Mexico.

Eagle Pass, TeX-Many square
miles Of rich pasture and crops are
being destroyed by prairie fires which
have been burning IN Mexico, ten
miles from here, for several days,
and which are spreading rapidly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
Consider BIimp Mail Line.

Washington.-The postoffice depart
ment now has before it a proposal to
carry parcel post from New York To
San Francisco by sblimps, 1t was an
nounced recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
Fire DESTROYS Arkansas Resort

Bentonvilie, Ark.@The Park Springs
hotel here was destroyed by fire this
afternoon, entailing loss of more
than 100000. None of the guests Of
the big resort was endangered.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Salt Lake City, IUtah--B. C. Salman
Of Denver, serving a 5-year sentence
for desertion at Fort DougIes, near
Cor desertion at Fort Douglas, near
here, has been on a hunger strike
more than ten days.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
Roosevelt Hands In Resignation.

MISUNDERSTANDING D. Roosevelt,
Democratic vice-presidentiaI candidate,
has formally presented to President
Wilson. his resignation as assistant
secretary Of the navy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

The second crop of alfalfa, now be
ing harvested. is light compared with
the first crop. which was the best
crop in years. Grasshoppers are said
to be largely responsible for the light
crop, some fields having been com.
pletely devoured. The hoppers have
also attacked corn in some localities
especially along small streams.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
Sues CHICAGO Mayor for Taxes.

Chicago.-Cook county has filed suit
against William Hale Thompson,
mayor Of Chicago, to collect $z46.05 in
unpaid personal taxes for the years
1915 and 1916.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05
Japan Boosts Tsxes for War.

Tokio-The house Of peers has
adopted the income tax bill. providing
for increased taxes. This vii permit
army and naval extensions.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Frederick Jan1cke, a pioneer Kan.
sas farmer, died recently at his home
south of Junction City. He was 76
years old.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

]. W. Matthews. So, a prominent
Geary County farmer. died the other
evening at his home east of Junction
City after months Illness. A wife
and three children survive him.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Mrs Charlotte Richardson Cutter
Harvey, widow OF the late John n.
Harvey, early-day governor of Kan
sas, died at her home near Ogden,
Kas.. recently She was IS years old.
81 e~:dea there since 1859.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

The Kansas Industrial court an
nounced two wage increases recently
under complaints filed by labor IN
ions. One was to the trainmen and
shopmen of the Topeka street railway
and the other to the trackmen of the
Joplin and Pittsburg interurban rail
way.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Two children in the Henry Caps
family at Caldwell are dead from be
ing poisoned. it is believed, By canned
fruit
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Finney County has let the contract
for the last link in the Improvement
Of the old Santa Fe Trial entirely
across the county. The contract for
ten miles of the road went to NJ. R.
Amerman of Wichita, whose bid.
$525, 4O1.70, includes the concrete
pavement, sixteen feet wide, the grad
ing and all culverts.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

Officials have been searching the
waters of Santiam ditch, two miles
south of Albany, Ore, following the
disappearance OF Mrs Edith Knox of
Wichita, Kas., from the home of rela-
lives. The young woman's slippers
were found on the banks OF the
stream Her relatives said she had
been depressed over the death of her
husband
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

William Allen White is now resting
up, under direction of his physician,
at Estes Park Colo. His condition is
not considered serious, according to
word received at Emporia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-20
Information Sought Relative To
Men Who Lost Lives In World War

304th Field Signal Battalion. His moth
er wants information from his form
er comrades as TO the details of his
death. Address Mrs. r. A. krengel,
412 Eveshane Avenue. Govans, Nd.
PAUL F. HAuSER, pvt. Co. f, Inf.
His wife, Mrs. Lydia Hauser, Of Mel
bourne. Iowa. was officially notified
that her husband died OF wounds, Aug
ust s. 1918, but has been unable 10
get information about the circum-
stances Of his death. Hopes former
buddes will write her about her hus-
bands last moments.
PERRY ]. BATES. CPL, 13sth Inf.
His brother. W. 5. Bates. athletic di-
rector, Southwestern College, Win
field Kansas. desires particulars Of
death. Corporal Bates was killed in a
raii in the Vosges July 10, 1918.
FRED o. KENT, sgt, Co. X, 7th
Inf, reported killed in action, October
IL. 1918. His sister. Miss Hazel NJ.
Kent, 5012 North Eleventh street.
Philadelphia, would like to hear from
anyone who can give details of the
engagement in which her brother
met his death.
EDDIE HERMAN, cpl. Co. d 5sth
Inf. was wounded in right shoulder,
Aug. G, 1918 has not been heard OF
or from since. His sister. Miss Clara
Herman. Wahepton, n. D., asks facts.
MANUEL n. LOPES, Co. 3, 18th
Inf, reported missing in action, July,
1918. That was the last his father
and mother heard. Recently a friend
reported seeing him enter New York
theatre. accompanied by woman.
The friend called a policeman but he
refused to act because the friend
was not a relative. The woman hur-
ried the man into q taxicab. The
friend believed Lopes is suffering
from a nervous disease such as as
phasia because he did not answer
when addressed by his name. Infor-
nation sought by the parents. Free
man street. Provincetown, Mass.
JOHN w. SMITH. First Machine
Gun Battalion, First Division, report.
ed wounded July 10, 1913, at scissors,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-20

All the posts OF the American Leg
ion, as well as the general public, are
being appealed to by the Legion post
in Penn Yan. Pa, for information
regarding the death Of a buddy. This
man was John D. Weinman former
private in Company l. 3llth Infantry,
He died somewhere in France more
than two years ago but according to
his family, neither the Graves Regis
tration Bureau nor the Red Cross can
tell how he died or where he is
buried.
His parents learned that he was
wounded and taken to Base Hospital
No. 4s, where he recovered. Later. he
was assigned to E-9 unit where ne
contracted measles. 1t was reported he
died in Base Hospital No. so. His
parents were told Weinman's body
was buried at Mesves, Nievre. How
ever. no government agency has been
able to verify this or any of the
incidents connected with his death.
Now, after two years, the adjutant
of the Johnson, Costello post in Penn
Van, Pa, Is trying to get informa-
tion to comfort the dead soldiers
parents. BY arrangement with the
American Legion Weekly The Ard.
moreite. presents the facts Of this case
in the hope a reader may be able
to give the desired information
rhe following are other cases of
missing men about whom our readers
may be able to supply information:
w. A. BRINKLE. ord. sgt. 305th
Mobile repair shop, Eighteenth Divis-
ion Last heard from May 10, 1919, at
Brest. Efforts TO locate him through
war department and Red Cross have
failed Information wanted by his
mother, Mrs. 3. d. Brindle, 1l09 West
26th street, Erie, Pa.
HARVEY McCLINTOCK, Jr., II
years old at time of his enlistment,
July, 1918. in field artillery, regular
army. Parents never have heard from
him since. Information sought by
father, Harvey McClintock, Moran,
Texas.
EDGAR R. KRENGEL, cp'., Co, c,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-20

sioners and the contract will be let
to the lowest and best bidder who
Will undertake to construct said I'M
provements and furnish said materials
in accordance with such plans, plats.
profles, estimates and specifications of
the City Engineer.
No bid will be considered that does
not contemplate the completion of the
entire Improvements and the payment
OF all incidental expenses, attached
TO the City Engineers estimate: and
That compensation shall be made
in Street improvement Bonds at par,
issued and secured as provided by law,
any property owner may pay cash
for his assessment and the city re-
serves the right to pay part cash and
part in bonds for such Improvements,
and also the right to sell said bonds
and pay all in cash for such improve
ments; and
That the form Of the contract the
City will require is now on file in
the office Of the City Clerk, and open
for inspection to all parties, and the
form of the bid required by the City
can be had on application TO the City
Attorney; and
That the City reserves the right to
reject any and al bids and re-adver-
tise for bids for such improvements,
If the successful bidder fails to exc
| cute his contract and file his said
bonds within ten days after the let
ting of the contract and forfeit the
certified check accompanying said bid
to the Improvement District, and re-
advertise for bids for such improve
| ments.
Said notice shall be published in ten
consecutive issues Of the Daily Ard
| moreite, a newspaper Of general cir
| culation in the city Of Ardmore, Ok
lahoma, as provided by the City Chart.
er and by law, and said notice shall
| also state the date, the day and the
hour when the Board of Commission.
ers shall consider such bids and the
hour when the bids shall be filed
shall be at five o'clock in the after
noon on the date after the last pub
lication of the notice in the Daily
Ardmoreite and the date on which
same shall be considered shall be at
the hour Of o'clock p. m at the Ses-
sion Chambers of the Board of Com.
missioners at the first regular meet
ing after the last publication of said
| notice as herein provided
Passed by the Board of Commission
ers and approved by the Mayor on
| af
| (Seal) w. +. FREEMAN, Mayor
Attest: L. NJ. THURSTON. City Clerk
published in Daily Ardmoreite
Sept. II, 49, 20, 2l. 22. 20. "a, &c, 81,
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