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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

J. H. Mercer, secretary of the Kan
sas Livestock Association, in state
ment issue recently, advises livestock
producers to withhold their cattle
shipment from the market unless the
cattle are well fattened, because Of
present low prices on medium classes.
eff cattle shippers will observe condi-
tons at the markets and hold back ali
cattle that are not well finished there
Is no doubt that the market will ad-
vance from 81 to 81 a hundred in a
few weeks time on the medium
classes Of cattle" said Secretary Mer-
Ger. Cattle of this class are being
unnecessarily sacrificed at the present
prices. l want to urge that every
stockman, whose cattle are not well
finished, hold back his shipments and
finish them, or at least put a part
of his feed in his cattle before sending
them to market. 1t will pay"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
STATE EASY ON MUROERERS
Sixteen Have Been Released This
Year After Serving an Average
OF Only Six Years.

In another twelve years prison au-
thorities figure that penal records
show Kansas will be giving a gold
medal to the man who Is convicted
Of first degree murder instead OF IAst-
ing out a sentence o: punishment upon
him.
Statistics on a classification of
crimes and the average time served
taken at the end of each biennial Pc
Rod for the past ten years offer an
astonishing comparison of the liberty
it cost a man to commit certain acts
against law and decency.
The records ten years ago giving the
table OF crimes show that in $40 thir-
teen men convicted of first degree
murder served before they were re-
leased an average of thirteen years,
ten months and six days each. In 1920
sixteen men who had been convicted
of the same crime were released after
serving a. average of only six years,
two months and twenty-one days each.
At this rate few years more will
put a premium on criminal violations
of the law
There are several classes Of crime
thai have gone completely out of fash
ion during the last decade. Horse
stealing, picking pockets, assault and
battery and shooting to kill are not
listed among the crimes Of 1920.
A comparative table Of crimes and
the average time served in Kansas
penal institutions for the ten years
reVerses many Of the degrees of viola
tions between the two periods.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

The state printing plant, having
grown to be one of the states largest
Industries. is to be placed on budget
basis for the ensuing two years I'M
der plans recently 'inauguraated by
Imri Zumwa1t, state printer. Mr.. Zum-
walt has requested each of the twenty
seven state institutions and each state
department to furnish him an estimate
on the amount of printing it will re-
Quire in the two fiscal years to be
covered by the appropriations fixed
by the next session of the legislature.
The request in each instance is &c
companied by a statement of the
amount of printing used by the insti-
tuition or department in 1919 and 1920.
The budgets returned by the various
departments and institutions of the
state will submitted to the appropria-
tons committee OF the legislature on
which to base their figures and, of
course, will be subject to alteration as
the committees see fit
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
NEW TREATIES TO LEAGUE
Council OF Nations Surprised by Re-
ceIpt of Ten Made by Germany
Since January.

Paris. The German government
somewhat to the surprise Of the coun-
ell of the League Of Nations, has sent
to the league offices in London ten
treatise or diplomatic agreements en-
tered into by Germany with various
powers since January 10, it was learn
ed recently. This step was taken in
consequence Of the circular invitation
sent to all the governments Of the
world. except that Of soviet Russia,
by order of the league council at its
meeting in Rome last March
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
MAKE new STOCK
YARDS PROPOSAL
Boston Bankers Would Organ.
ize Big Syndicate to Take
Over Packers Holdings :
TINE GIVEN FOR OBJECTIONS
Department Of Justice Has Until No
Vember to File Answer-Hear-
ing November is.

Washington.-F. H. Prince and Com
pany, Boston bankers, would organize
a syndicate to take over the stock
yards holdings of Swift and Company
and Armour and Company under sub
stitute proposal submitted recently to
the District Of Columbia supreme
court by the packing companies.
While offering no specific objection
to the new plan, the department OF
justice announced that it would in
sist upon certain provisions n the de-
cree Of the court approving the plan.
The department was given until No
vem Der by the court to file objec-
tions to the new proposal and Novem-
Der Is vas set as the date for the ar
gument Of the plan. Morris and Com
pany and the Cudahy Packing Com
pany were given until the last named
date to negotiate for admittance TO
the new proposal or for the sale other
wise of their stock yards holdings. It
is understood that Wilson and Com
pany agreed to the new proposal.
To Ask Reservations.
The proposal submitted by Swift
and Company and Armour and Com
pany, F. H. Prince and Company
Yards, Inc, under the laws OF Maine
to take over the stock in the principal
yards held by the packers, while the
other yards not named in the agree
ment would be offered for sale by the
packers to the public.
The common stock of this syndicate
would alone have voting power and it
would be issued or transferred to five
trustees to be named by the District
of Columbia supreme court, which
would supervise the carrying out Of
leases or operating agreements enter
ed into between the United Stock
Yards, Inc, and the Chicago Stock
Yards, Inc, or others to WON would
be given the actual operation Of the
yards.
In its statement commenting on the
proposal, the department of justice
said that it would insist that neither
this nor any other plan be approved by
the court without providing in the de-
cree in substance as follows:
Would Limit Control.
THAT the courts approval OF a plan
shall in no way interfere with the en-
actment OF any legislation by congress
which may deal with the packers and
their operations.
"That the packers dispose of all Sc
curities that they may with the ap-
prevail of the court, take in part pay
ment for their stock yards interest
within a reasonable time to be desig-
mated by the court.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
TELEGRAPHIC BREViTlEs

The British house of commons has
been occupied in passing the emer-
gency bill through all its stages after
the second reading. This bill provides
for all contingencies arising in the
United Kingdom should the miners
strike involve the railway and trans
port workers.
Governor Robertson has granted
the request of Governor Hobby OF
Texas for the extradition OF Hese
Rice, held at Ada, Ok, on a charge OF
being an escaped convict from the
Texas state penitentiary.
The Belgian council of ministers
met in Brussels under the presidency
Of Premier de La Croix, who drafted
the tex of the cabinets resignation.
It will be transmitted by wireless TO
King Albert, who is in E-d-ocean on
the way home from Brazil
"A continuous rain for three days
has done much damage to cotton and
other crops around Guthrie, Ok. All
streams are very high and a number
of bridges were carried away and the
roads washed out Six inches Of rain
fell in three days.
Charges that the United States
shipping board is directly interested in
an DUPLICATION, now before the Mexi-
can department of petroleum, for an
oil acqueduct concession across the
1sthmus Of Tehuantepec, and that its
purpose is to obtain oil for the Amer
lean navy. are published in Mexico
Fourteen persons were killed and
about thirty wounded in a clash be
tween natives and troops and police
at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, fol.
lowing the arrest Of Masalababa, presf
dent Ct the native workers union
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

The Rev. Grin A Chapman, a pio-
neer minister whJ fifty years ago
rode the circuit" over the Kansas
prairies, and who was a member Ct
the guard of honor to the body Of
Abraham Lincoln on its way to the
burial place, died recently at his home
i'll Kansas City. Kan. He was Sc years
old. Mr.. Chapman came to Kansas
from Indiana at the close of the Civil
War and began organizing churches
in the vicinity OF Ottawa. He found
ed the United Brethren Church at that
place, and in 1865 was ordained min
lister Of that church. He had, however,
been preaching for many years pre-
vious to that, having served as chap
lain of company A, 18th Indiana in
fantry, during the Civil War. He es-
tablished fifty churches in the various
counties in Southern Kansas and, with
Bible in his saddle-bag, rode from
place to- place, in winter as well as
summer. On several of these journeys
he crossed into the Indian reservation
and preached there. Ten years ago
he retired from active service in the
ministry. He came to Kansas City
five years ago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

The wheat growers Of Graham and
Saline counties have held meetings
and resolved to hold their crops Of
this year for higher prices, the Ora
ham County farmers wanting $3.50,
while the Saline County farmers de-
mand SO. The refusal to market wheat
will begin October 25. The farmers
are amply able to hold their wheat, it
is sad.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Lennert B. Mellott, a student at Kan
sas University, whose home is in Kan
sas City, Kas., was injured by acid
and flying glass in = chemistry labora-
tory at Lawrence recently. A chemis-
try instructor examined Mellott's eye
and failed to find any glass in it, but
a Kansas City specialist later found
it necessary to remove one eye. He
was not otherwise injured. it was said.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
Woke Cashier to Fob Bank.

Toledo.-FiEe robbers recently fore
ed the cashier OF the bank at Alvord-
ton, O., to get out of bed. unlock the
safe and turn over to them $500 IN
cash and severa4 thousand in Liberty
bonds The bandits forced their way
into the cashiers home
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Charles Alfred, trouble man for the
Hutchinson telephone company, was
severely burned and shocked when the
wire he was working on in the busi-
ness district became short circuited
with an electric light wire. While IN
critical condition, it is thought he
will recover.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
Move to Stop "Rum Running.

HONS % ONOP EANIII tHNIIFhItIB'
Montreal.-Disconti of liquor
shipments by motor car, which are al
legged to have resulted in extensive
rum running" to other provinces and
to the United States, was decided
upon by Quebec wholesale liquor deal
ers, in conference.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
A New OIL Record for California

New California oil produe-
ton OF $4,000 barrels in September
established a high record for that
state, exceeding the total in June.
1914, Of s.0T2, 900 barrels. The August
output was zoos. go barrels.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
Nails own chIIdren to Eence.

Bisbee, Ariz.-ManueI Garcia, for.
mer municipal president Of the Altar
district, Sonora, was shot by Mexican
soldiers recently following q drunken
spree, in which he nailed his two chill
dren alive to a fence and strangled
his wife to death.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Ro-ne-Reports that Capt. Gabrielle
d'Annurzio was involved in plot in
tended 20 overthrow the Italian gov
eminent have been denied by Captain
DAnnunzio himself
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
DEATH COMES TO
KING OF GREECE
Alexander Succumbs TO Injur-
les Received From Attack
of a Pet Monkey.
CHOICE OF RULER 4 PROBLEM
Much Speculation In European Royal
Circles Regarding the Succession
to the Youthful Monarch.

Athens.-King Alexander of Greece
is dead. His death was due to
wounds received when a pet monkey
attacked him early in Octooer, the
king being badly mutilated.
Throughout last night the heart ac-
ton grew weaker, his general debil-
ity become more pronounced and pull
monary symptoms were intense.
Breathing at times was most diff
cult and alarming, and at noon the
other day it was announced that the
kings condition was hopeless.
The death of King Alexander gives
rise to the question Of succession to
the Greek throne. Former King Con
stantine was reported, according to
Swiss dispatches Of October II, as
intending to take advantage Of the
situation created by his sons grave
illness by returning TO Greece and
claiming the throne.
About the same lime regency was
suggested, and Constantine gave his
opinion of this as follows:
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof, will not think of a regency
yet. My plans are those Of my peO-
pIe''
Chamber May Take Action.
Premier Venizelcs, on Sunday last,
expressed himself as confident that
Prince Paul. Constantine's third son.
would not be prevente from taking
the throne Of his father, as the lat
ter would learn from the coming cleo
tions that there was no prospect for
his return.
Both Prince Arthur of Connaught
, and Prince Charles of Belgium have
been mentioned as possible candi-
dates for the Greek throne. Premier
Venizelos has said that foreign can
didates were not being considered.
It is probable that the old chamber
will be reconvened owing to the kings
death 10 consider what steps are to
be taken before the new chamber
meets.
Succeeded His Father.
Alexander succeeded to the throne
OF Greece in June, 1917, when his
father, King Constantine, abdicated in
response to the demand of France,
Great Britain and Russia, the three
powers which had guaranteed the
constitutional liberties OF the Greek
people. Alexander was the second
son of Constantine and at the time
of his accession was not quite "a
years old. His elder brother, Crown
Prince George, was considered inen-
gibIe for the throne because of al
ieuod nro- GarDoan Svu0a+hiaa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
Booze ThIeves in Bic Haul.

Chicago.-Three burglars backed a
truck up to the Peter Van Shaak & Son
drug store here early the other day
and hauled away thirty barrels and
300 cases Of whisky and a large guam
tity OF cocaine The loot was valued
at 100000.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
General Booth Here From EnaIan

New York--Gen. William BtamwelI
Booth. head OF the Salvation Army
In England, and Viscount Astor have
arrived here on the steamer Mauret-
ania, which also brought million
pounds Of English gold
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
Free chicaeoan Who Shot Landlord.

TTEc OE5ICasOaII " 10 oIfOI Ed-9IoFoTu.
Chicago. = Frederick ". Sextro.
wealthy coal dealer. who killed his
landlord, the Rev. Frederick G. Ruff,
was released Sextro said he mis-
took the wealthy minister for a rob
Der when he confronted him in the
dark hallway Of an apartment.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
eet $1,000 in HoId-up Of stere.

Chicago.-Chicago police were noti-
fled tbs other night that four motor
car bandits had held up the dry goods
store of Andrew Piecin in North Chi
cago and escaped with $4,000. They
were reported to have headed towards
Chicago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Washington--Recr for the
United States army in Germany will
be resumed November 1 with two
hundred men needed for infantry
units overseas, the war department
SAYS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Sam Patterson, Sc years old, shot
and dangerously wounded Joseph. Kox,
30. at Coffeyville recently, it is al
legged, because Kox supplanted Patter.
son IN the affections of his wife. Since
August 4 Kox has been living with
Mrs. Patterson. When Patterson re-
turnt from a journey he found his
place taken. Paterson is being held
by the police
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
Re.oian Balloon Won Race.

New York-Officials OF the Aero
Club Of America have conceded that
the Gordon Bennett international
trophy for tree balloons had been won
by the Belgian entry.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
JAP soldiers killed by Bandits.

Tokio-Fourteen japanese soldiers
were killed and nine were wounded
in a recent fight with bandits at Chem
Tao, Manchuria, in which the outlaws
we're routed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
suspends New Lumber Rate.

WasI ington- = Proposed increases
ranging from 21k cents to cents per
one hundred pounds on lumber and
other forest products, from Missouri
River crossings to destinations in the
northwest, have been suspended by
the interstate commerce commission
Until February p.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
cnoohi 1oId Of sIaxInu eIrI

Bologna. Italy--AIdo Derossi, a feI-
low prisoner Of Alfredo Cocchi, on
trial here charged with the murder OF
Ruth Cruger in New York CITY in
1917, testified at a recent session Of
the court that Cocehi told him that
he had killed Miss Oruger after having
mistreated her.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
CHICAGO Police Kin SLAYER.

Chicago.-Patrol sergt. Edward Mar
pool was killed recently by an uni
Identified bandit, who later met death
after fighting four pitched battles with
police.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Benjamin F. Flenniken, ~ years old.
deputy United States marshal for Kan
sas during the Roosevelt and Taft ad-
ministrations. died at his home in To-
peka recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

For the first time in years wheat
fields in Saline County are being pas
tured in October. Joseph Irving, a
farmer near Salina, said he began pas
turing his fields a week ago. This
indicates the condition of the growing
crop in this vicinity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Because Of the prank OF a small bow,
who shot hole with an air rifle into
the cable of the Southwestern Ball
Telephone Company in the south part
Of Eldoradc the first of the week, more
than 200 phones in that part of town
were out order. The rain soon cut
its way into the cable and knocked
the phones out.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Believes Ship Board Finances Sound-
Washington--Belief that the ftna1-
ciaI condition Of the shipping board
was sound was expressed by Chairman
Benson, commenting on reports that
II was running behind.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Germans on = Pilgrimage TO Rome
London@The first German pilgrim
age to visit Rome since the outbreak
Of the war IN 1914 arrived the other
day. according to a Rome dispatch TO
the Exchange Telegraph Company IL
was headed by Monsignor Schultz,
archbishop OF Cologne.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

W. G. W. Laurance, travelling sales
man, arrested on a charge OF bigamy,
was held Ia $1,000 bail at Pratt. He
is said to have a wife at Howard, and
has been living in Pratt with a woman
known as Mary Brown Laurance. He
has several children there The pre-
liminary hearing was set fer Novem-
Der
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
Church Not Against TRAINING.

WashiIgton--The United Lutheran
Church convention has refused its ap-
prevail to q committee resolution op-
posing military training in public
schools.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
A Mexican Paymsster. Robbed.

Fl Paso. Tex-Aaj. Fernando Ara
gon, Mexican army paymaster. was
robbed OF $4,000 in gold the ether
night in Jsurez. Mex.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Every one of the twelve business
houses and the postoffice of Muscotah
was robbed the other night. The loot
taken. however; aggregated only about
800, including small change left IN
the cash registers and a small amount
of merchandise,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

Kansas City is the home of 1872 stu
dents at Kansas University, according
to statistics announced by the resgis-
trar. Two hundred students from Wy
andotte County, Kansas, are enrolled,
and more than It's are from Kansas
City, Kas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

A distinguished service cross for ex-
traordinary heroism in action Septem-
Der %, 1918, has oeen awarded to VII
liam r. Meyers of Lawrence, it was
announced there recently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04
The slshop Of Altoona Dead.

4 ne Bishop OF PNiIOOua OSdos
Altoona, Pa.-The Ri. Rev. z. A
Garvey, bishop of the Altoona diocese
OF the Roman Catholic Church, Is
dead here. Bishop Garvey suffered a
collapse in 1917.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-11-04

julius Sets, who had been a whole
sale to'.acco dealer in Atchison TWEEN
ty-fi ears. died there recently. He
was SO years cid.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-11
aThe Romance of a Thirty Pound Cupid

time she was busy with statistics, find ing average weights. the greatest and the smallest. The run was low when she bade her companions-in-labor good night, and hastened down the street to- wards home
 At the corner crossing she hesitated, the clamor of bells warning her that the fire engines were approaching. A sec ond later she gazed in horror at a tiny, toddling figure that was wandering aim lessly into the middle of the street Somehow, in spite of her half-view of the very dirty infant, she recognized the baby at once
 Billy" she screamed, waving to the child Come here-comel
 Billy grinned; it was the same beati- fc, comradely srnile-but he continued onward. Ella glanced wildly up the street. The heavy chemical was charg- ing down upon the child She hesitated no longer. Darting across the pave
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-11
And So the Plum Jelly Was Grand

aftNnoon, from o'clock, just after the Dorchers rose from lunch, till 5:A, when it was time to start supper prep ar9tions. Her heart had ached at that old bent figure, patiently working on the back porch.
 Msr. Horty was not a malicious gossip either. Her voice was disapprovingly stern as she in turn told of being over to the Dorchers one morning when the old woman was bending over hot cook stove making currant jelly, while Mrs. Dorcher in the living room was reading late magazine.
 These were only two items. But it was not long until there were many others. Working! Workingl It came to be that sharp eyes made sure that the little, bent old woman was always woring-in the kitchen, in the garden at the back, in the living room, fussing, picking up threads, papers. sweeping and dusting.
 'Well, she certainly earns her keep I" indignantly exclaimed Mrs. Hone, a small, sweet woman, who lived directly across from the Dorchers. And the sub urb indignantly agreed with Mrs. Hone.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-11
s@p WoHer Help Was Needed for the Sick

when she seems soft CT Eght-n1inded
 "Of course, I, wasn't going to say to her that | thought it as likely as not that she had the trouble that her Aunt Kate died of. I don't think that would be right, but I did tell her some of the particulars of her Aunt Rates case Me Gssa was away at school at the time, and I don't suppose ever did know what that poor woman went through; but thought she might as well hear the story, and it would give her hint that maybe she was in for the same thing
 "It does beat all how many folks are having surgical operations. It beats me how they can afford it The subject be- ing up, I was naturally reminded of them, and l remembered to tell Me issa of the perfectly awful time Fine line Rogers had when she was operated on for appendicitis. The operation was all right, they got the appendix, but she came near dying from the anesthetic. Her heart just about stopped, and they worked over her for fifteen minutes be- fore she came to.
 '1 warned Melissa that if she had to be operated on to be sure that her heart