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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
Terrible Conflicts in East aud West Mark Eve of Day
When Christ Was Born and Blood Covers
FurOpe'S Fields of Snow.
RUSSIANS HURL COUNTER ATTACK ONFOE
England Has First Aerial Invasion When German Aircraft
Drops Bombs on DOver-AllieS Make Short
Advance in Belgium.

and were routed. From this repors
it is gathered. that the Germans d.
rected their main attacks against the
Russian front which lies along the
banks of the Bzura, and thence south
ward to the Pilice, but without sue
cess.
Along the rest of the front soutfs
to the Carpathian mountains the
Russians claim similar victories; but
in east Prussia the Germans appar-
emily have turned the scales on their
adversaries and, after having retreat
ed into their own territory, resumed
the offensive and again are back I'D
Mlawa.
England this morning had her first
experience of an aerial attack, when
German aeoroplane, coming from
the Belgian coast, flew over Dover
and dropped bombs in the garden of
St. James rectory. in front of Dover
castle. No damage was done. Two
British aeroplanes Immediately rose
in pursuit, but the German escaped
in the mist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

Considering the rainy weather. the
merchants had good trade Thurs
day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

fit dida;t dt yOd. The merchant
will let SOD swap it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

Odessa's population is estimated Il
exceed 100000.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

The banks and many of the bust
ness houses were closed yesterday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

All mails have been late, the clerks
being overwhelming with work.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

Greece claims population of a.
49, 900.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

Family reunions are the order Of
the day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

Let US hope the snow ordinance
ssm be enforced this time.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

Il wss white Christmas after
Nh
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26
live Fish In Ice.

e. Bile. Ind, Dec. "a. -Caps-
Norman. of the steamer
= plies between here
KY. said Wednes-
<men 90 HebersEs
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-12-26

After your name. ressv
promptly. and not missa num-
Der. The Postal Regulations
require subscriptions VI b
paid in advance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
AUTO HITS FUNERAL;
FIVE POLICEMEN HURT
Two Others Injured in Crash on
Bridge When Returning
From Parade.

Five policemen, a special officer and a
civilian were hurt In an automobile ac-
Cident on the Greensboro Bridge yesterday
police parade. The machine In which
they Were riding struck funeral carriage
and upset Two men, two women and a
child in the carriage We're shaken up.
Patrolmen Joseph Shepard, Charles
O'Connell and John Krauss were seriously
hurt. They we're taken to St. Johns Hos
ptal in Long Island City unconscious.
Patromen Edward Hynes and August
Steigenwald Edward Tammeny. a special
officer, OF "a Hope street, Brooklyn. and
Joseph Murphy a clerk. of 375 Grand
street, Brooklyn, were treated al the hos
pital and then taken home. All OF the
policemen are attached to the l59th
precinct station. at Clymer street and Lee
avenue, Brooklyn.
The seven injured men were riding in
Shepard's car across the Greensboro
Bridge when an automobile ahead swerved
from the trolley tracks in front of them.
Shepard tried to turn quickly to the side
and sent his car into a rear wheel of the
carriage, bringing Ave persons from a
funeral. The automobile turned over.
Shepard, O'Connell and Krauss were
pinned beneath the car and the other men
were sent sprawling into the roadway,
More than 100 Automobiles were on the
bridge at the time and several helped lift
the car of the unconscious policemen.
Nicholas Metro OF 2279 First avenue.
Manhattan, who was driving the carriage,
fell between his horses hut was not hurt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
MUST ASSIGN INCOME
TO ESCAPE BANKRUPTCY
Charles p. Buchanan Has Until
May 20 to Amend His
Petition.

Charles r. Buchanan, art connoisseur
and retired tobacco merchant. cannot get
discharge from bankruptcy unless he
gives up the surplus OF his income Of 49,
600 over and above his actual living ex-
penses This was the decision yesterday Of
Judge Mayer in the Federal court acting
on the recommendation OF the referee In
bankruptcy.
When Buchanan filed his petition last
July he scheduled his liabilities at $40. 900
and his assets at s952. He did not sched-
ule an income OF $4,000 provided from
trust funds created by his father and
mother because until recently such in
comes were exempt
Judge Mayer said that II Buchanans
refusal to make his income available for
the creditors was due to an understanding
Of the law, he may have until May %
to amend his petition. II on or before
that day buchanan shall have failed to
make the proper assignment then an order
may be presented denying the discharge
In bankruptcy.
The creditors assert that buchanan
could live on $1,000 u year.
Buchanan recently applied to the SUI
preme Court to reduce the alimony Of
81, 900 month he IN required to pay his
divorced wife. lie also pleaded that the
Income tax and the high cost OF living
had cut into his income.
At one time buchanan had an income
Of moro than $4,000 a year. He was a
victim IN 1902 OF the sick engineer
scheme" engineered by Larry Summer
field and his associates, and lost 100000
to the members OF the gang In Paris.
buchanan. who lives In the Patterson
Hotel, rs West Forty-seventl street, is
a member OF the New York Yacht Club.
lie has been married three times.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
LEGISLATORS TO WORK TO-DAY.
Couferces Must whip Appropriation
Bills Into shape.

ALBANY, May 16.--The Senate and AS
sembly conference committee will be
forced to break the Sabbath IN order TO
finish up their work of going through the
appropriation bills Many of the items In
the appropriation bill, over which Repub-
leans and Democrats disagree, remain to
be thrashed out tomorrow, and few
others will be submitted to Gov. Glynn
on Monday.
The conferees expect to finish by Mon
day noon, 80 the bills can be printed and
ON the desks of members of the Legsla-
ture by Monday night. A full attendance
In both houses Tuesday and Wednesday
wilAbe demanded by the leaders.
The work of the conference committee
was expedited to-day BY the appointment
of substitute committee TO go over the
mass OF items in the State Hospital De-
partment. Much Of this was matter OF
detail. which involved no vital issue,
The conservation commission appropria-
ton was thrashed out tonight and 1t is
said that many jobs were abolished by
agreement. while the salaries of the COM
missoners and others. which had been cut
by the Republicans, were put back where
they were before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
PHONE BETRAYS A WEDDING.
Nurse and student Mt -. Mary's
Hospital Have secret Ceremony.

y wedding kept secret four months
was announced yesterday by the bride
formerly Miss Ielma Ellen Krum. daugh-
ter ot Otis Whetmore krum OF % shelton
avenue, jamaica. who until Tuesday was
nurse In ST. Mary's Hospital.
Until about two weeks ago her hus-
band, David Macarthur, son OF IA manu-
fscturer Of Newark. was "A medical stu
dent at the hospital, but the rules OF
the institution forbid married couples to
be members of the nurses or doctors
stan. 80 Mr. and Mrs David Macarthur
resigned when the secret got out.
They were married on January IL.
They might have retained their connec-
ton with the hospital longer but the
young husband, who left two weeks ago
tclcphoned to his bride so frequently, say
ing h" ar Miss Krum's father, that the
hospital authorities complained to the
real Mr. krum, and the truth became
known.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
BISHOP BRENT WON'T
ACCEPT JERSEY POST
Cables Defamation of Honor
New Election to BE
Held in Fall.

Bishop Charles IT, Brent OF tho Philip
pine Islands declined the bishopric of the
Episcopal diocese of New Jersey in cable
message received yesterday at the Episcopal
Board of Missions, 2Si Fourth avenue.
Bishop Brent was chosen by the diocese
ten days ago at the convention In Trenton.
John w. Wood general secretary OF the
Episcopal Board OF Mlssions said yester-
day 1t was not expected Bishop Brent
would accept the New Jersey bishopric.
Those who elected him were confident
he would not accept said Mr.. Wood,
but New Jersey felt he was the man
who could do most for them"
There will not bc another convention OF
the New Jersey diocese until September
or october, said Mr.. Wood. when a special
one viii convene to elect some one to the
place.
When Bishop Brent received the cleo
ton TO tho New Jersey bishopric he got
40 out Of 30 clerical votes and 81 out Of
- lay votes. The election later was made
unanmOus Bishop Sheldon NJ. Griswold,
now Mt Selma, Neb., was supported for
the place when balloting for a new Bshop
began. but the movement was abandoned
and Bishop Brent was elected on the
fourth ballot. The election was for "A
successor to the late Bishop John Scar
borough.
a cablegram was sent Immediately to
Bishop Brent advising him of his election
and telling him "A letter would follow. His
cablegram declining the blshopric arrived
Yesterday afternoon and the Rev. G. ".
Perkins. who presided at the Trenton
convention, made the announcement.
This is not the first bishopric which
Bishop Brent has declined. In 1906 he
declined election to the bishoprlc of Wash
ington. In 1901 when he was associate
rector OF the parish of st. Stephens in
Boston. he was elected Bishop OF the
Philippines by the General Convention.
His work there has been noteworthy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
WIDOWS LAWYER IS ACCUSED.
Relatives of Mrs. Haag File Charges
Against u. \. Acker.

Charges against "A lawyer were made in
the Supreme Court yesterday when JUS
tice Blanchard appointed a commission
TO inquire into the sanity Of Mrs. Fred
erlcka Catherine IIaag, So years old of
775 Prospect avenue, The Bronx. The
application for the inquiry was made
by Mrs. Haag's niece, Mrs. Lilliette
Schumacher, of 6S3 Broadway, Bay
onne, y. j.
The petitioner says she visits her aunt
frequently and believes that she has be-
come feeble minded through advancing
years and that she has permitted Edward
A. Acker. "A lawyer of 2S7 Broadway, to
assume entire control over her property.
Stephen Wenzel, a nephew, said that the
lawyer takes meals with his aunt and
chooses her servants.
Lawyer Acker said yesterday that Mrs.
Haas is sane and is fully competent to
care for her property. which was left by
her husband and amounts to about
$40. 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
FEAR RICH woMAN's BoARDERs.
NefGhbors Ask Court to stop Her
She May Take In Girl Outcasts.

ST LOUIS. May 1s.-Action 10 restrain
Mrs.. r. II. ingalls,, leader of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union forces I'm Mis-
souri,, and "A prominent social and charlta
ole worker from conducting a boarding
house In her costly home, was begun in
the Circuit Court to-day.
Mrs. ingalls, refused TO say whether she
IA conducting boarding house or intends
TO turn her fine residence into one.
To the suggestion that fashionable
neighbors fear she intended to give sheI.
ter to women OF the recently abolished
segregated district in whose plight she is
interested, she replied, Those girls might
be my guests later. nut they are not here
now"
woman living in the neighborhood
said that canvass of homes was made re-
Gently and Ave boarders were found I'm the
ingalls, bGne. There is mystery as to the
identity OF the supposed "boarders."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
SARGENT PAINTING STOLEN.
Water Color of Perseus Taken From
Brooklyn Institute of Arts.

A Sargent painting, said to be worth
about 1000, has been stolen from the
museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences at Eastern Parkway and
Washington avenue. The theft was COM
mitted on Saturday, May ?. and was made
known yesterday by the directors of the
institute, who put the matter In the hands
of "A private detective agency,
The picture IL cataloeued as "'Perseus
Holding the Head of Medusa water color,
by j. $. Sargent from the bronze original
by Benvenuto Celllni now in the Logga
del Lanzi at Florence" and was one Of
"A collection OF water colors purchased by
tho directors of the Brooklyn museum
in 1909.
1t is is by IL inches and could have
been carried away easily by any of the
1900 who visited the gallery that day.
The museum has offered a reward for It's
return.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
Fight in Tuesdays Primary Be-
tween Both Factions Of
Democratic Party.

PHILApELpHrA. May 1s.--The first
skirmish in the Pennsylvania triangular
political battle. the issue OF which In the
November election will engage the atten-
ton of the nation, will take place next
Tuesday throughout the State under the
provisions of the new Statewide direct
primary act. This act will then he put
in operation for the first time.
Nominees for United States Senator.
Governor and other state offices will be
decided upon by the Republican. Demo-
cratic and Progressive parties. Chief in
terest centres in the Republican nomina-
ton OF successor to Senator Penrosc.
last OF the powerful old Guard Republi-
can leaders in the Senate. and in the
fractional fight withm the Democratic
party. Senator Penrose il striving for
the continued leadership In the State or
ganization he inherited from Quay. and
his success or failure. more particularly
with respect to the results OF the final
''.'''' y" '"o '"''' u se"er""y co'-
coded, will directly influence the Presi-
''oi' III i'o'
''' "9 ,io urinary "se'i ~ 'oi'-
''' "s"' '"ses a'"ons
'"' "a'''" he'.oc'''s' here' !"
"o'"' reS'u'n' WILSON ana MS Al
"',IIiS''a'io'' are 'ne issueS'
INC WILSON, caho'ua'es are representa-
'Ne.A' M''chei' 'a'ner' caucus chairman
!" 'ne 'ouse anu wilson SPOKESMAN
lot 'hl'eu states senator ana vance L.
Mccormick. former Mayor OF Harrisburg
ana once a star on the Yale football team,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
REPUBLICANS DISCUSS
HEDGES'S PLAN MAY %
Many Outside State Committee
Will Meet at Waldorf
Barnes Outlines Work.

Many Republicans outside the State
committees and the executive committee.
which consists of county charmed. have
notified State Chairman Barnes that they
will attend the open meeting OF those two
committees at the Waldorf on May ~. which
III to deter mine whether or not there shall
be an unofficial State convention of the
marty this summer. Mr. Barnes said yester-
day;
The convention system has lasted from
1881, but in a number of States, and now
in New York. that system has been abol-
ished on the theory that though aiming
to be representative IL has proved itself
to be the contrary and that each member
OF political party should have one vote
for the nomination of his candidates and
not have one vote to elect delegates to con-
fer and, after deliberation. determine
upon those whose nominations appear
TO be most wise.
MIR. Hedges, the Republican candidate
for Governor in 1912. has advocated the
holding OF a State convention to he chosen
under the old ward or town caucus method
for the purpose of making declaration of
party principles and recommending TO the
Republican enrolled voters "A complete set
of State officers and constitutional dele
gates-at-large.
MS euDJbct IL tHp oHc Whi'h VIII NC
debated at the conference to be held at the
Waldorf
Among those who expect to attend the
conference are j. Van Vechten Olcott,
Herbert Parsons, william ID. Guthrie, Henry
W Taft, Charles ID. Norton, Charles ID.
Hilles. Speaker Thaddeus o. Sweet of the
Assembly. Nicholas Murray Butler. james
NJ, Beck. Darwin r. James. Gherardi Davis,
Henry l., Stimson. George W. Wanmaker,
Horace White. Ray Is. Smith. Frederick
A. Goethe, James Il. sheffield. William
Berri. job Hedges. Martin SAKE. william
s. Bennett and Charles A. Scheren.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
SLAYER, HELD 43 YEARS, DIES.
Saved by Insanity From Death Sem
tence-LOng at MatteawaB.

MArTEAwAN, y. Y, May i6-Lawrence
sullivan. who was convicted of murder
forty-three years ago and who has been
in the Matteawan Insane Asylum ever
since 1t was opened, died in that institu-
ton to-day from heart disease and old
age.
sullivan was found guilty of murder
in the first degree In New York county
In 1871 and was sentenced TO death
II was evident, however. that he was
insane and Gov, Hoffman appointed a
commission to pass on the question of
his sanity. Sullivan was adjudged insane
and the Governor commuted the sentence
TO life Imprisonment,
On June 20, 1872, he was sent to the
State prison for insane convicts at Au-
burn and remained there until 1892, when
Matteawan Insane Asylum was opened.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
THREE FALL IN AIRSHIP FERRY.
Rescucrs Get Passengers and Ferry
man In SIM Francisco BAY.

SAN FE,NCIs"o, May l6.-Thc country's
first aerial ferry, which has been started
across san Francisco hay to Oakland car
rying passengers regularly encountered It's
first accident to-day. Silas Christoffer-
son, his aerial ferryboat the Airmad and
man and woman who wcrc riding AS
passengers were spilled into the hay and
towcd ashore.
Christofferson encountered trouble with
his gasulene tank almost Immediately after
starting. He made bad landing on the
waters OF the bay after the fall. but help
arrived almost Immediately and there were
no serious consequences.
The airship service was started two
days ago. with Mayor Rolph as the first
passenger. \ second airship is TO start
A ferry service Tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
HAMLIN FOR RESERVE BOARD.
r.. e. simmons of st. Louis May Also
BE Picked.

wAsHiSGToN, May 1s.-The indca-
tions to-day in Administration circles
were that H. &. Simmons OF ST. Louis
and Charles s Hamin of Boston, As
sistant Secretary of tho Treasury In
charge of Customs will be appointed
members of the Federal Reserve Board
to nll vacancies caused by the declina-
tions OF Harry 4. Wheeler Of Chicago
and Richard Olney of Boston.
The committee banks In each reserve
centre except San Francisco will meet
Monday to sign the certificates for the
organization. In San Francisco the meet
ing will be held OF Wednesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
BOY OF 10 TO DIE FOR MURDER.
David Dunn, who Killed Express
Messenger, Sentenced to Chair.

BATH, n. Y. May l6--David Dunn was
convicted OF murder at Corning to-day and
sentenced 10 die in the chair at Auburn
the week Of July 8.
Dunn, who Is 10 years old. killed Harry
Edwards, an express messenger, In Corn
ing when Dunn tried to rob the Wells
Fargo Office last F"hrnsry. His defence
was insanity.
This is the first conviction of first de-
gree murder in steuben county in more
than eighty years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
CITY COLLEGE MEN FEAST.
Evening session Has Fiftb Appu,,
Dinner at Breslin.

More than hundred members OF tho
faculty and student body Of the Evening
Session Of city College We're present M
their NTH annual dinner. at the Hotel
Breslin. last night
The sneakers Included acting President
q the College Adolph Werner and Fred-
rrlIH - BeIlamN' Lee kohnS, Charles T..
Lydecker and Charles II. futile, membors
OF the board of trustees. Prof frederick
u. Robinson was POSTMASTER and profs
Duggan and Turner made addresses on
nehalf of the faculty
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
WOMAN ABLAzE IN WINDOW.
Mrs. Lillian walsh Found Dying in
West Forty-seventh street Room.

A woman In flames at a fourth floor
window OF 257 West Forty-seventh street
caught the view OF dozens OF persons in
the street at o'clock last night
Employees Of a livery stable on the ;ir,,
floor Of tho place ran up and found hcr
on the floor, her clothing still burning
The fire was put out and she was taken
to Polytechnic Hospital. where she will die
She was Mrs. Lillian Walsh. 81 year,
old. Her clothing had caught fire from a
gas stove on which she was making te,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
THIRD LEG DIGS FOR CHICK
So Freak Gets More Food aud Ont
grows Hest of brood.

TArRrrowS, N. Y, May 1s.-Fred T.
Blunden. treasurer of the local buiIdinr
and loan association. Is exhibiting a
freak chicken which was Matched WIN
three legs. The third leg has Ave toes
while the two other legs have four toe,
each.
Blunden SCI hen with fifteen eggs.
nine of which Matched out. The freak
chick IL the healthiest OF the lot. The
third leg enables It to scratch up moro
food and worms than the other chick.
and II is growing much faster
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
Longworth Indorsed for Conur.,

CINCINNATI. May 16.--Nicholas Long.
worth. formerly member Of Congress,
was Endorsed for the nomination for Con.
grfss again to-day by the Republican al
visory committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
A.MtTCAELI PALMER
REGULAR DEMOCRATIC
ItCkET
PrOgressives' Future status in
the State viii Be Deter
mined by Voters.

party are not In the main the party
workers the men who get out the vote.
Therefore those who have returned are
largely unorganized except as common
feelings hind voters to voters.
As TO the Republican Guhernatorial
nomination there is virtually no contest
and the Penrose organizations slated
candidate. Or. Martin O. Brumbaugh.
Superintendent Of Schools of Philadelphia.
will he the nominee. Or. Brumbaugh was
sent by President Mckinley 10 reorganize
the school system OF Porto Rico when the
island came into the possess on " the
United States after the Spanish American
war.
Assuming that Senator Pcnrosc will he
nominated. the interest In the Progress
sive situation is transferred from the pri-
mary to the November election. The
slated Progressive candidates are Gif-
ford Pinchot, former Chief Forester of the
United States and associate OF Col.
Roosevelt. for United states Senator, and
William Draper Lewis dean Of tho law
school of the University OF Pennsylvania.
for Governor. Dean Lewis was one Of
tpl iNNOENNtAN du' 'F'Ao ~ ~ '''- 49,
No Opposition 10 PInchot.
Pinchot liz unopposed. Lewis II or
posed ny Judge Charles " Brumm OF
Pottsville. However. william Finn, who
IN the national Bull Moose campaign was
spoken of as Roosevelt's strong arm
man" has declared for Lewis, and 1t is
considered therefore that the question is
settled. As the figures given indicate. the
Progressive candidates are negligible
quantities and will remain so unless Col.
REALISTICALLY fiery campaign against Sena-
tor Penrose.
u is whispered that the Colonel may
not come here. Only his coming could
revivify the Progressive party in this
state Therefore n IL believed that the
primary will project rs the principal con-
tenders In the November ELECTION A.
Mitchell Palmer and Boies Penrose as
rivals for the United States Senatorship.
The issues would then he on the one
side the Wilson policies and the Dcmoc-
racy and on the other protection and
Republicanism Finally the fate of the
Progressives. as also in large measure
the question whether or not President
Wilson would succeed himself, would be
determined.
The primaries will result In tho aomi-
nation of candidates for the state House
OF Representatives, for one-haf or the
state Senate and for thirty-siN Congress
men Also Judges for one vacancy on
each Of the supreme and superior Court
benches will he nominated on aon-
partisan ballot. This will be the seconl
trial Of the bipartisan ballot for judi
cial nomination.