The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-04
CLIPPINGS

far failed.
Ten convicts escaped from the
Western penitentiary in Pittsburgh.
following the recent riot of over
1000 prisoners and the destruction of
stveral prison buildings by fire, en-
failing an estimated loss of S75O,OOO
One prisoner was burned to death.
Many were wounded during the riot
ing.
A Moscow paper reports a wide
spread counter revolutionary organ
ization has been discovered in Odessa.
Officers and soldiers are said to have
been included.
10000
Ambassador Child is reported TO
have informed Italy that the United
States would never participate in the
league of nations.
10000
Italy IS sending warships to Con-
stantinople to reinforce the allied
10000
Ontario province, in Canada, offic-
tally joined the "drys" on July 10,
when the prohibition law which for
bids Importation and transportation
of spirituous and intoxicating bever-
ages containing two and one-half per
cent alcohol into or within the pro-
vince went into effect.
10000
Richard Washburn Child, the new
American Ambassador to Italy, ar
rived in Naples, last week, with his
family, on board the steamer Pres
idente Wilson, from New York.
10000
Beer for medicinal purposes can be
stopped only by quick action in the
senate on the Willis-Campben anti
beer bill.
Frank P. Walsh, counsel for the
American committee on Irish indie
pendence and American adviser to De
Valera, reports that he has been I'M
able TO obtain a wise to his passport
so that he might visit England. The
French authorities have vised his
passport.
10000
Exchange of notifications of the
treaty of Trianon and the signing of
the protocol putting into effect this
pact, formally establishing peace with
Hungary, took place on July &c at the
French foreign Office in Paris.
10000
Myron T. Herrick, ambassador to
France has been given the Vermeil
medal for his services in the develop
ment of postwar works for French
heroes.
10000
Minister of the Interior Drashkov-
les of Jugo-Slavia was shot dead de-
Gently by a young Bosnian commun-
ist. The assassin was arrested.
10000
Charles and Yaytrobe Leaycraft,
two-year-old twins and cousins of the
late Theodore Roosevelt. have been
reported to the police by their
brother, as missing.
10000
While attending prayer meeting,
Rev. DR.. Thomas D. McAfee, pastor
of the Marion, Ohio, Trinity Baptist
church, President Harding's home
church. suffered paralytic stroke.
10000
Morris Hillquit, the American So
cialist, has reached London after be-
ing detained by British officials at
Dover by mistake. Rectification of
the blunder was secured by John E.
Clynes, Labor member of parliament,
drawing the home secretary's person
al attention to the matter.
10000
Financial circles ave estimating
that the expenses of the railroads
throughout the United States would
be reduced shortly $5,OOO,OOO a year
by a ten per cent reduction in salaries
of executive and supervisory officers.
Five large systems have already an
nounced such a reduction and others
are expected to follow suit.
10000
Indictments charging attempted eX-
tortion have been returned against
the Jugo-Slavian consul-general at
New York and two members of his
staff. They are alleged to have
threatened a Hungarian editor.
10000
Pledge of support for Cannon De
Valera and the other feeders in the