The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-08-25

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sylvania have tentatively agreed to
release Major General Leonard Wood
from his agreement to act as provost
of that institution because of the
generals appointment to be governor
general of the Philippines.
10000
Russian troops were concentrated
on the edge of the famine zone to
prevent the famine stricken hordes
from overrunning western Russia and
spreading desolation in their trail.
The soviet government has decided to
requisition coal and cut down the al
ready meager train schedules.
10000
Strenuous opposition to any at
tempt to establish piece work in rail-
road repair shops was voiced by re-
representatives. of employees on nearly (.
forty railroads before the railroad .
board recently.
The cabinet of Premier Allende-
salazar of Spain has resigned. Con-
ditions in Morocco brought political /
matters in Spain to a critical situa-
ton.
The PREPARATIONS commission an /
nounces that Germany, since the be-
ginning of July, has paid 25O,OO0,OOO |
gold marks to the commission, thus
allowing Germany to redeem five of
the s2O,OOO,OOO notes issued in exc
cution of article five of the schedule /
of payments.
10000
Date amount and rate of any
further offerings of farm loan bonds |
have not as yet been a matter of con-
ference by the farm loan board, Sec
rotary Mellon announced in a formal
statement. No advance in the inter
est rate beyond FIVE per cent is con-
templated.
10000
Bureaucratic red tape which has
hindered the administration of relief
TO disabled soldiers has been slashed. /
Twenty-four hours after taking the
oath of office, Colonel Charles R. |
Forbes, director of the veterans bu- !
reau, started a real drive to accord
disabled former service men the full
est measure of aid and justice that
the law intended they should have.
10000
This years Canadian wheat crop
will exceed last years by more than
25,OO0,0O bushels, but most other
crops show a decrease.
10000
Note from the United States has
been received by the Hungarian gov
eminent communicating the text of
the resolution passed by congress
early in July regarding peace with
Austria and Hungary. The note says
that if Hungary adheres to the prin-
ciples expressed in the resolution,
negotiations for peace can be COM
menced Immediately.
10000
Pope Benedict suffered from the
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Rome. He was ordered by his ply
stefan to take no more exercise than
was necessary. 1870
10000
Milwaukee during July had almost
as many jobs offered as there were
applicants for work, according to
the monthly review of the U. S. gov
eminent employment offices.
10000
Bartenders are not snobbish. Their
national convention defeated move
ment TO substitute the words 'bever-
age dispensers" for "bartenders'' in
the organizations name.
10000
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands,
arbiter in the building crafts wage
disputes, warned painters, structural
iron workers and plasterers that
their wage and working agreements
were unlawful and that they were
'rheaded straight for Jail"
10000
Mary McSwiney, sister of the late
lord maory of Cork, Ireland, has can
celed her tour in the United States
and sailed for Ireland to attend the
coming session of the Irish parlia-
ment, of which she is a member.
10000
Increase in retail food prices are
shown in thirteen of fourteen cities
mentioned by the department of labor
in data covering the period of June
IS TO July Is.