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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
NO GUARANTEED TIRES ABROAD

In the talk Of foreign invasion by
tiremakers, 1t is to be borne in mind
that standards of selling tires abroad
are vastly different from those in
vogue here. Guarantees are absolute
ly unheard of abroad, and there is not
even sort of understanding when the
tire is bought that 1t is likely to run
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
HOW DINNERS CAME

Legislation in big cities Is respons.
ible for the number of cars equipped
with electric headlight DINNERS. AS
the use Of glaring headlights is be.
coming misdemeanor the manufac-
turers are taking steps to correct the
evil by furnishing the dimming de-
vices.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
CENTER IN NEBRASKA

The length Of the Lincoln highway
to be built from New York to San
francisco is 1855 miles, the half
way mark lying between Lexington
and Cozad, Neb. There will be fully
$50 miles of the Lincoln highway pass
ing through Nebraska.
mark, insures the purchaser of a Cole
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Arthur MCRea'S Widow Files
Suit for Killing of
Husband.
KILLED BY TRAIN DEC. 16.
Claims COlOred Porter Was
Kicked or Pushed From
Car Steps.

Through her attorneys Georgia
McRe7, colored, widow of the late
Arthur McRea, filed suit Thursday
against the Louisvi lie & Nashville
Raj road Company for damages re-
sulting from the killing of McRea,
on the 18th of December, 1918.
The plaintiff says on the day nam
ed, while in discharge of his duties
at the L. & N. station her husband
Arthur McRea, was killed by being
kicked or pushed from the steps of
one of its cars by an employee or
agent of defendant, and prays for
damages in the sum of SIS, 900.
Breathitt, Allensworth & Breathitt
and R. A. Cook represent the plain t.
if and Judge Joe McCarroll and C.
H. Bush, local attorneys for the L. &
NJ, will make the defense.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
NEXT ATTRACTION
At Union Tabernacle Tuesday
Feb. 3.

Rob TT Parker Miles, dramatic lee.
turer who always delights his audi
ences, will appear at the Union Tab
ernacle Tuesday night, this being
one of the Lyceum attractions. Con-
corning Mr.. Miles appearance at
Beloit, the Kansas City Star says:
"Dr. Miles has a wonderful power
of riveting the attention of his audi
ence derived from two sources; one,
the eloquent and, at times, pictures
que language he employs to give ex-
preston to his thoughts. and the 9TH
er the entertaining manner in which
he images the scenes he is depicting
on the mental vision of his hearers,
He can turn from the serious to the
humorous like a flash and depict the
homely and the sublime with equal
facility of language and like felicity
of expression"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
CUMBERLAND
IMPROVEMENT
Regarded As Certain Since
Favorable Report on
Bill.

Washington. D. c.. Jan. 30-Ju-
bilant over the favorable action of
the board of army engineers con-
corning the improvement of the up
per Cumberland, the Tennessee and
Kentucky congressional delegations
are preparing to move on the house
rivers and harbors committee in solid
phalanx to secure at this session of
congress authorization for the ex-
penditure of 81 800. 900 in canalizipg
the waterway.
The favorable recommendation of
the board of engineers makes it prac-
tlcslly certain that congress will
authorize the improvement and that
an appropriation for the initiation Of
the work will be carried in the rivers
and harbors bill now in course Of
preparation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
SALE OF FRANCHISE
VIII Not Be Taken Up By Fiscal
Court Next Week.

Owing to the absence of President
r. E. Cooper, of the Christian-Todd
Telephone Company, and as the Vice.
President did not attend the meet
ing with the Telephone officers, the
Fiscal Courts committee will not
present a franchise to the Fiscal
Court Tuesday, though the matter
will be freely discussed. Both the
committee and telephone company
have drafted franchises, but as the
committee is waiting for a statement
from the company as to it's property
valuation, etc., a franchise will not
be submitted to the court for adop-
ton until the middle of February.
The sale of the franchise will be adj
vertised ten days before the first
Monday in March.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Officer Arrived Thursday and
Took SilaS Butler, Jr.,
To Woodward.
HE WILL PLEAD INNOCENCE.
Did Good Work for Democratic
Victory at Last Fall
Election.

Last Thursday morning Sheriff
Lou Thomasson arrived here from
Woodward, Okla. He came after
Silas Butler, Jr., a native of this
county and who left here some time
after the November election, in
which he did valiant work for the
Democratic candidates and was large
ly instrumental in rolling up the big
majority of Sheriff Jewell Smith.
He has many friends in the North
eastern part of the county who re-
greet very much that he got into such
serious trouble after leaving home.
Butler was arrested last Monday
by Sheriff Smith and Policeman Nit
chell and placed in Jail to await in
structions from the authorities of
Woodward, the telegram and the
letter following it stating that But
Ter was wanted on the charge of
numbering an old man, who was g
patient in the asylum for the insane
at Woodward. Three other persons
have been arrested on the a m {
charge and have been released, while
a fourth is still at large. From the
time of his arrest to his departure
Butler has maintained his innocenc,
and claims that he will be acquitted
He did not object in the least to go
ing with the Oklahoma officer with
out requisition.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
ALL DANGER
To Foreigners Is Past 1t Now
Appears.

Port Al Prince, Haiti, Jan. 28.-
With the arri,a today of the United
States battleship South Carolina. and
with American and German blue
jackets guarding the legations and
patroling the town, conditions at
Port Au Prince took on a more ord
erly aspect. A committee of public
safety has been organized and it is
believed all danger to foreign resi-
dents is p st
President Oreste is still aboard the
German crusier Vineta and the coun-
try is without a government The
committee of public safety sent a
delegation on board the yacht Nord
Alexis to arrange for the entry into
the capital of Senator Davlimar Theo-
dor, leader of the revolution, who is
at Cape Haitien. Other measures
will be taken to establish a govern
ment as early as possible.
The South Carolina came here
from Guantanamo. She carries a
crew of nearly 900 men, most of
whom can be landed at a moments
notice. The Montana's crews; in
Guiding a company of marines, num-
bers more than 600.
All firing ceased here today and
complete order was maintained. To-
night the streets are guarded by mix
ed patrols of Americans and Ger
mans.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Ernest M. West Passed Away
At Fathers Home Last
Wednesday.
VICTIM OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Had Been On The Road and
Made His Home At Bir-
mingham.

After lingering illness of tuber-
culosis, Ernest M. West, the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. West,
passed into the great beyond last
Wednesday afternoon at half past
three o'clock, at the home of his
parents, East Seventh street.
He was 33 years old and is survived
by his wife, father and mother, three
sisters and two brothers. The re-
mains were laid to rest in Riverside
Cemetery Thursday morning, after
funeral services at the Catholic
church. of which he was a member
for a short time.
Mr.. West formerly conducted a
bicycle and repair shop here but
some time ago he went on the road
as salesman for a typewriter com
pany and was one of his company's
best representatives. Recently he
located in Birmingham, Ala, but hi
had not been in his new home Ions
before he had to abandon it anC
come back to his native town, anC
where, surrounded by mother ant
father, wife, sisters and brothers, h,
received every attention and care
that his condition demanded and love
could suggest.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Many Important Matters Will
Be Before It For
Action.
TO ADOPT PHONE FRANCHISE
Question of Increase of Court
House Enlargement May
Be Up.

When the fiscal court meets in reg
ular monthly session next Tuesday
there will be several matters of i'm
portance to the public to come up.
One will be the telephone franchise
to be offered for sac and the Chris
tian-Todd Telephone Company is the
only prospective bidder when the
sale is made.
Another matter of primary inn
portance, and which should soon be
acted on, is the proposed plan for en-
larging the court house. The great
need of this is plainly Ievident. The
court is composed of intelligent and
progressive men, and if they do not
see proper to act upon the additional
office accommodations Tuesday there
can hardly be any room to doubt
that all the members of the body
will get together on the proposition
before many subsequent meetings
are held. We have good reason t.
say this. We are willing to trust the
entire body and believe that they will
soon, if they have not already done
so, see the absolute necessity of tn,
court house improvements being
made before the year 1914 closes.
Hopkinsville is rapidly increas
ing in popul ion, litigation i
constantly increasing also, and ir
order to keep step in the march o.
progress additional office accommo
dations cannot much longer be de
layed. This is a matter that con
Germs the people of the county anC
city alike. They both will bear the
cost and the fiscal court will not for
get this and will act as their wisdom
dictates.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Editorial Comments.
Y. M. c. A.

The Kentuckan heartily seconds
the motion of its evening contempt
rary. the New Era, that the Y. M. G.
A. building, now vacant, be at once
occupied by the young men of the city
and dedicated to the uses for which
it was built by popular subscriptions.
IA fve-years contract under which
&he building was completed in return
for the rentals, has expired and the
building has been vacated. 1t is far
from complete, but it is in a condi-
ton to be used at least for reading
rooms and other purposes and the
young men of the city will do the
rest when they understand that the
building is theirs. Under the sub
scription contracts, the dues are paid
for one year and there seems to be
no good reason for longer delay in
carrying out the wishes of those who
paid something like $4,000 to erect
the building. n few years ago some
of the boys of the city started an
active movement to bring about the
completion of the house and pledged
themselves to raise 81 900. A paper
was started and So young men and
boys had subscribed $40 each when
it was learned that the contractmade
by the directors was such that the
house was rented until January l,
1914. This paper with it's subscrip-
tons of $3.50 is in the possession of
the editor of the Kentuckian and
much of the money then pledged is
no doubt still to be had for the ask
ing Let the young men themselves
start something" and show that
there is a popular demand for Y.
M. c. A. in Hopkinsville.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
FORTUNATE
HOPKINSVILLE
This City Has Plenty of Water
While Other Towns are
Suffering.

The rain of yesterday morning,
though not what was hoped for,
was welcomed all over Western
Kentucky.
Coal mines of Western Kentucky
have been spending hundreds of
dollars a day hauling water from
Henderson. Hopkinsville or other
points with which to run their
machinery. This was due to the dry
conditions which have prevailed all
through this section following the
drought of last summer and the lack
of the usual heavy rains and SHOWS
expected during the winter seasons.
In some localities there has been no
rains of real consequence so far as
replenishing the water supply since
last March or April. AS a result
cisterns and wells have given out in
the majority of instances, springs
and water courses are greatly de-
pleted or exhausted entirely and
only mud encrusted basins show
where most Of the ponds formerly
were.
Hopkinsvile as usual has been
more fortunate than its neighbors
in having an inexhaustible supply of
pure water. In addition to the
water company's lake reserve, cover
ing 100 acres. both rivers are full of
water. The dam at Gates Mill keeps
the east fork full and the bridge
dam at Second street has maintained
a depth of from four to eight feet Of
water from Second street to the
water works dam. a mile and a
quarter above. This has given the
l. l.. & N. railroad an unlimited sup
ply up and down its line.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Married Too Young.

]. w. Gum, a farmer near Floyd
Fork, jefferson county, will take
steps to annul the marriage in JEFF
fersonville Wednesday afternoon of
his thirteenyear-old daughter, Anna
Lee Gum and Ernest Ernstine. an
eighteen year old youth. Mr.. Gum
has not hear from his daughter since
she left home Wednesday morning,
NOR has he been able trace the move,
ments of the compile after they left
Jacksonville.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
HOpkinSville Prices Are Bring
ing Burley Figures Sure
Enough.
OVER MILLION POUNDS SOLD.
Demand For Fine Leaf Should
Cause Farmers To Prop
erly Handle.

Sales this week on the loose floors
have run above half a million mark,
as has been the case for some weeks.
1t is thought that the seasons sales
will exceed that of last year by sew
eral million pounds-probably 3d.
100000 pounds in all.
The order this week is not up to
that of last, but prices are firm, a
little above last weeks quotations.
There was a decided improvement in
the quality sold last week on the
loose floors; the highest price on this
market was received by aTodd coun-
ty farmer, being S14.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
POSTOFFICE BILL IS PASSED.
House Provides RecOrd-Brea
ing Total of $3O5, 100000.

Washington. January 2S The
Postoffice appropriation bill. carry
ing a record breaking total of $685..
000.009. was passed here by the
House.
1t includes an amendment which
extends to Postoffice clerks. letter
carriers. rural free delivery carriers.
mounted letter carriers and Post
Office me ssengers. for injuries re-
ceived on duty. full salary for one
year after injury, with an additional
half salary for another year if
necessary. and a $1,000 lump sum
payment in case Of.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Bohumil Michalek. violinist from
Prague, was sued by a widow 20
years his senior for breach of prom.
Use. who followed him to Chicago and
secured a judgment for $4,000 by de-
fault. He is now suing her for $685.
600 for slanderous statements in her
testimony. Evidently Bo had never
profited by the elder Weller's advice
to his son. Samuel.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Considering Next Step.

The Washington Government is
strongly inclined to lift the embargo
on arms and permit the Mexican
ConstitutiOnallsis and Federals to
purchase munitions Of war on an
equal footing as the next step in the
Mexican policy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

= Each female voter who registers
in Illinois is required to give her ex-
act age in years. Women need not
take off their hats in taking the oath.
The matter of smoking in the poll
ing places is left to the discretion OF
the board in each precinct. The
wife of naturalized citizen is her
self naturalized.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
RADTUM HUNTERS
Begin a Rush on the Vacant
Lands in Colorado.

Denver. Colo, January 28.-A
rush has begun for the rsdium land
in Colorado and Southern Utah.
Hundreds of persons are already
hurrying there in order to locate be-
fore the vacant lands are Withdrawn
from entity by the Government.
Grand Junction is the center of ac-
tivity.
IL is expected that by the time the
red tape necessary to the withdrawal
of the lands has been Unraveled there
will be very few claims left. Doz-
ems have been filed on during the
past few days at Grand Junction.
The rush is strongly reminiscent
of the old-time god field rushes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Resolutions adopted by the Tenn
essee Horticultural Society, at the
ninth annual convention h d in
NASHVILLE Wednesday. vigorously
condemn'the McKeller cold storage
bills, now before congress, as ode
trimental to the fruit industry. es-
pecially apples" and a. protest is
made against the passage of the
bills.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Miss Ida Rosenthal and VIM. Ros-
enthal, cousins, of Chicago, went to
Milwaukee and passed the eugenic
wedding test and were licensed to
marry Jan. 81. Being blood rela-
tons they could not wed in Illinois.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

A little 11-year-old daughter of John
Sodusky, bedridden miner at Will
kesbarre, Pa, agreed to marry man
As years old if he wou d care for her
father. A license was procured, but
the authorities stopped the wedding
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Former Legislator.

Collie Shawler, of Hardin county,
member of the legislature in 1900
and father of w. A. Shawler, the
present representative from Hardin.
died a few days ago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Haiti, the negro republic, is in
the throes of another revolution and
successful rebels have caused the
President, Michel Oreste, and his
cabinet to flee from the country to
Jamaica,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

I Mr.. Duffy, of Christian, seems to
be in the thick of every fight that
comes up in the house. John is built
along those lines and seldom picks
the losing side.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Col. Goethals will accept as Cover
nor of Panama and a bill will be
passed increasing the salary from
$4,000 to $4,000 as long as he is
! Governor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

! Edward Shouse, at Winston-Salem,
N. c., ate % raw eggs in less than q
minute, breaking the worlds record
of "a.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Representative Fields ffers free
"trip to " ashington to the best boy
corn grower in his district this year.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Why not pass a bill requiring wo-
men who vote to pay poll tax?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
Old Lady Killed.

Mrs. Polly Holly. aged IS. was
struck by a train at Burns, Tenn,
and instantly killed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Mr.. and Mrs. S. I. Cayce, of Nor
touville, arrived Wednesday on a
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Smith.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
farmer, being Sl4.
QUOTATIONS.
GREEN RIVER POOL.

Greensboro is happy over hearing
therumbling of heavy loaded wagons
on its streets caused by the sale of
10, 100000 pounds of tobacco sold by
the Green River Equity pool. The
contracts call for price of from $40
to Sc for leaf and Tugs, SO for good
trash and 81 for green.
MILLION POUNDS SOLD.
At-Shelbyville last week the sales
aggregated 1917 pounds on the
loose leaf market, making the total
sales for the season 5, 1903, O91 pounds.
The offerings Of hurley were largely
of lower grades and but an average
of $40 AZ was reached. The market
closed at from 81 to 81 so advance
for the week. One crop of 5000
pounds brought SIT; another 5000
crop brought the same figure; 2, 400
pounds brought $l6; another lot of
6,7OO pounds brought SIS; three
other crops of like size brought $l4.
LOCAL MARKET.
On the local market there was a
general advance on all grades.
Below is Inspector Abernathy's
weekly report for week erding Jan.
80. 1914:
Un'od stock Jan. 90. 1914, 900 Hhds.
Receipts for week. 900. % Hhds.
Receipts for year.......... 1l2 Hhds.
Sales for week ........ 0 Hhds.
Sales for year ......... II Hhds.
LOOSE FLOORS
Sa'es for week. ."......6 19, 5l5 Lbs.
Sa'es for season. .... 3899. $50 Lbs.
Market higher on tobacco showing
good order.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31

Sac for season. 800. $780, $50 Lbs.
Market higher on tobacco showing
good order.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-31
WATCH THE DATE

After your name. rene
romptly. and not'miss a mum
Der. The Postal regulations
required subscriptions to be
paid in advance.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-16

prove himself the gamest man had
ever known. Both were boys-Cor-
bett %, and Choynski 2O-and they
tore into each other like wildcats.
Joe had lost his gloves at pre-
vious two-round go, with Corbett,
stopped by the sheriff, and this day
appeared with only skin-tight gloves.
Out there on the tide, with their
friends and without interference,
they fought it out-twenty-seven
rounds-the great barge battle.
Goodwin was ''sick" all right when
our man was whipped
But wouldn't have missed this,
said Nat, ''for the biggest matinee
crowd in the world
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-16

our man was whipped.
But l wouldn't have missed this"
said Nat, ''for the biggest matinee
crowd in the world"
=, -O-O-
MRS. PALMER AGAIN JoLTED
Mrs. Potter Palmer is a bunk
shooter who ought not to be allowed
to get away with it, according to Mrs.
Joseph T. Bowen, president of the
Juvenile Protective Assn and we'll
known club woman and social
worker.
Mrs. Bowen in a letter to H. N.
Higginbotham suggests that the peo-
pie of Chicago should act toward Mrs.
Palmer just as the city government
does toward a pickpocket or anybody
else who refuses to give back money
that belongs to other persons.
Mrs. Bowen advises legal pres
sure, . if necessary.
Her letter to Higginbotham was
made public Sunday. 81 had not ex-
pected it was to be made public or
would have written it in a more dig
nified STYLE" said Mrs. Bowen. ct
was intended as a letter to an old
friend congratulating him on good
fight he had made for a just cause.
''The money now in the keeping
of Mrs. Palmer is clearly trust fund.
1t was planned for the benefit of the
women and children of the city and
should be spent for building or
some other purpose for the good of
women and children. Certainly, it IS
not right nor ever intended that the
fund shall lie idle in the bank vaults
of Mrs. Palmer.
!, "An accounting of the fund should
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-16
MILITANT SUFFS BURN TRAIN
MUTILATE CHURCH WINDOW

London, March 16.-The reign of
terror instituted by the militant suf-
fragets following recent arrest of
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst was di-
rected toward the railroads yester-
day and six passenger cars standing
on siding near Birmingham were
burned, while three others we're bad
ly damaged.
1t is feared that the famous Burne-
Jones window in Birmingham Cathe-
dral is permanently marTed as a re-
suit of militant suffragets painting
across it ''Votes for. Women" The
floors, pews and pulpit of the cathe-
dral were disfgured.