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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
@9AtlgEo IN SIMPLE WAY
swyor Thought He "Had" Witness,
BIT ~ II Turned Out He Was
Decidedly Wrong.

Two men had been arrested in a
Try town for drinking, and the
prosecuting witness was on the stand.
"You say" said the attorney for
the defense, shat you saw the men
in the field drinkingY"
eyes, sir, ! did"
"Was the field fenced?
''Yes, sir"
"Where were you?"
"0n the far side of the fence"
WAS there a board off that you
could see through"
"No, SIR"
"Was there a knothole in the
fence?"
"No, sir"
The attorney braced himself for
the crushing question that he had
ready to launch at the victim whom
he thought he had so adroitly cor.
nered. I-----:, =
Now" he said, banging the table,
will you tell the court how you
could see the two men drinking in q
field surrounded by a fence with no
boards off and never a knothole in
it?" .,sgil1g9g o.2}'s.5 .-' 'e' sss,sssssi i,sS
eyes, sir" said the witness. z
''Well, tell it," commanded the at.
torney, impatiently. ~1-tag vi
cit was a barbed wire fence
Judge. s~.,- =
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
HAVE THEIR OWN METHODS
Soldiers When Marching Almost In
varlabIy Sing Songs, Though They
Do II in Different Ways.

On march singing is regularly en-
couraged by the officers of the Rus
sian army, and the chief singer, who
marches in front of each company,
draws extra pay and enjoys other
privileges. He sings some opening
words, often improvised and "risky,"
just as the chantyman used to do in
British ships, and the company
comes in on the chorus.
1t would be interesting to have a
really scientific examination of the
various national methods of march
ing.
The French sing a good deal on
the march, but their magnificent
marching seems to be due more to a
kind of traditional passion for this
form of achievement.
A battalion will often start off in
the morning grumbling and resent
full under their heavy packs, but be-
fore the end of the march-if it be a
real test of endurance-an exhilara-
ton, an athletic frenzy, as it we're,
will descend upon them, and they
will swing into their new camp lusty,
proud and strong, much finer men
than when they began.
There is no marching in the world
quite like theirs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
VERY LIKELY.

"Our ancestors had very few
boards of health, insanity commits
sions, and so on"
"Perhaps it is just as well. Prob
ably they would have locked up Sir
Isaac Newton, Copernicus and Chris
topher Columbus. Louisville Cou-
rier Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
A Clogged System Needs At
tention.

Are you bilious, dizzy and listless?
DR.. Kings New Life Pills taken at
once seizes upon constipation and
starts the bowels moving naturally
and easily. Moreover it acts with
out gripping. Neglect of a clogged
system often leads to most serious
complications. Poisonous matters
and a body poorly functioning need
immediate attention. If you wish
to wake up tomorrow morning hap
by in mind and entirely satisfied.
start your treatment tonight. 25c.
a bottle. Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
Notice to School Trustees.

The contract that the County Board
# Education has with Fred Jackson,
for coal at the price thev are now
paying. will expire at the end Of this
month. Every trustee should see
that all the coal he needs is hauled by
thst time Z. E FOSTER.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
FAST AND FAR.

Grubbs-Do you find that your
wife can keep secret?
Stubbs-Well, not exactly; but
she can keep it going.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
AT ODDS.

"What is that old sailor fussing
about?"
"0h, he's only an old seadog mix
ing up with a catboat."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
OF Value to Navlqators.

For navigators an instrument has
been invented by which a true course
between points can be found on a
chart and converted into compass
course without computation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
DOING QUITE WELL.

extra! Nineteen more Ameri-
cans killed"
"0Dly nineteen this time. That's
better. l never really lost faith in
Germans good intentions. Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
ALWAYS POPULAR.

She-Green is one of the fayorite
colors at present, isn't it?
He-Yes; especially the '1ong
green"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
RATHER so.

"Men's food decides what kind Of
brains they have"
"Hl1en Jaggers must be living on
a nut diet"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
THE LACK.

He-I am always careful to post
myself.
She-I wish YOU were as careful
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28

The Visitor-How did your IA
Their acquire such skill with a golf
club, Willie!
WILLIE think it was from prac-
ticin' on me with a bedslat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
Children CRY
FOR FLETcHER'S
- a 8 TO RIA
Fierce Mexican Ants.

There are ants in Mexico. colonies
of which will attack a hive of bees
and destroy it in a night.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-28
SPECIAL TO WOMEN

The most economical. cleansing and
germicldal Of all antiseptics is
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
WASHINGTON.

Although defeated in their attempts
in the House to repass the immigra
tion bill over President Wilson's veto
on account OF the restrictive literacy
test provision. champions Of the meas
ure declared tnat the fight for the pro
posed Legislation would be renewed In
the next Congress.
Cooperation between business and
the government is framing laws for
the benefit of all the people was urged
by President Wilson in an address be-
fore several hundred representative
business men attending the annual
convention Of the Chamber OF Com
merce of the United States. He de.
clared that I'VE must all pool our in.
terests" in order to discover the best
means for handling public problems.
Thomas b. Stearns OF Denver was
one Of twelve men recommended by
the nominating committee for election
ss diitctors Of the Chamber OF Com.
merce Of the United States.
Over strenuous protest from Ma.
jority Leader Underwood the House.
in passing the naval appropriation bill
retained provision for the construction
Of two new dreadnoughts.
With an increase OF s4.4se.300 over
the bill as It passed the House, the
Senate commerce committee reported
the rivers and harbors appropriation
bill, carrying a total OF $ss.G27, $50.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
UNITED STATES RANKS HIGH
Percentage Of uIiteraey Compares
Well With Those Of Other coun-
tries of the World.

In the United States the percentage
of 'illiteracy is ~ for the total popula-
ton lover ten years OF age) and 8 for
the native white population. In Dem
mark, Germany. the Netherlands. Swe-
den, Switzerland and the United King
dom the percentage Of illiteracy is
lower than that for the native white
population Of the United States. Doubt.
less the list should also include Nor
way, although no figures are available
for that country; but in the other EI-
ropean countries the percentage OF
illiteracy is higher than 1t is in the
United States, and usually very much
higher. In Bulgaria It is IS per cent;
in Greece 20. in Hungary 33. in Italy
81, in Portugal 60, in Roumania 81.
in Russia So, in Servia 79, and In Spain
IS. There is less illiteracy in Aus
tralia than in the United States, but in
all Other. non.European countries the
percentage of illiteracy is in general
very high.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
GENERAL

Six indictments were handed down
In the United States District Court at
New YORK In the passport fraud case.
Miss Billie Burke. the actress, who
in private life is Mrs. Florence Zieg.
field. Jr.. is resting easily in New York
after an operation for stomach trou-
BILE.
Train service between Moundsyille
and Parkersburg. W. Va. was resumed
and with tine Ohio river rapidly re-
ceding fears Of serious flood were
dispersed.
The bodies of Mrs. Lizzie Drake. 6s,
Mrs. Irene Spencer. IS. and her daugh.
ter. Gertrude Spencer. IL. were found
In their beds AT their home at Sala-
manca. N. Y. Their beads had been
crushed in with q sledge hammer.
AT the conclusion Of Andrew Carne-
gie's testimony before the federal in
dustrial relations committee In New
York John d. Rockefeller. Sr., en-.
tered the room. and demanded to be
heard as witness. He was placed on
the stand.
Fred A. Hines. G5. OF Los Angeles,
Calf. past imperial potentate OF the
Mystic Shriners OF North America,
died at Scranton. Pa. from q compli
cation OF diseases. Hines held the i'm
perial potentate chair from April 10,
1910, to July 10, 1911.
W.. b. Crump, fifty-five years old,
president OF a bank at wynnewood,
Okla, was sentenced In the Federal
Court to serve year and day In
prison and pay fine OF S2.5o0 for VIC
iation of the Mann act Crump pleaded
guilty to transporting Ollie Cobb.
Seventeen years old. telephone op-
orator. from Wynnewood to Colorado
in 1918.
Evidence that she smoked cigarettes
caused a jury to disagree in Miss
Sophie KIug's $4,000 suit for breach
Of promise against Jehn Wilking at
HObokens N. J.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
FARM LIFE IN COLORADO
GRIT wITH CAPITAL NEEDED Tt
MAKE SUCCESS.
Or. Lery. spessins =, " NJ c. A.
Says Rural Life in State Requires
dioh intesJis<ncs.

W.-tsrE S.Nsv.p@r r-ntsa Sexs Sesste@4
Denssr--The average H.an who fails
10 make good as farmer does 80 be
cause he has too little capital too lit
tie grit or both. in the opinion Of Pres
dent C. A Lory Of the Colorado Agrf
cultural college. who spoke al the u
NJ c. A. on Farm Life in Colorado
He emphasized the point that man
must be intelligent to operate farm
suceessfuisy In Colorado. In the irri-
gated sections many men know so lit
tie about Irrigation that their problem
:oon becomes one OF draining their
and. not irigating II. he said
Three classes Of men in the city
want to go TO the farm he said -One
is the young fellow born on a farm
who has made mistake in trying to
make living in the city. He doubt
iesz should go back Another is the
city boy who thinks he is a farmer He
should look out and should try farm
life about SIX months before definitely
determining to become farmer.
--The third is the young man who
mas married a country girl and is un-
able TO talk her out OF the idea of re
.rrring to the farm. His Job is TO grit
his teeth and try it."
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
WESTERN.

A slight earth tremor was felt at
Harrisburg. Ill, At l. O'Clock. No dam
age was dcnc.
A call has been issued for the eight
esnth annual convention Of the Amer
lean National Live Stock convention to
be held at San Francisco beginning
March "a.
Fourteen Of fifteen passengers were
injured. some OF them seriously. when
timore 4 Ohio railroad. jumped the
track one mile east Of Bcards.own.
Ill.
Basilio Ramos. Jr.. after hearing
st Brownsville. Tex, before q, Unite.
States commissioner on charges Of re
ditious conspiracy. was bound over tc
the federal grand Jury and In defaul,
OF bond was sent to jail.
General villa, who proclaimed him
self provisional president Of Mexico,
with his three civil secretaries. lef.
Agnas Calientes for the south. The
destination OF the recently-organizes
government Is supposed to be Querei
tAro. railroad center north Of the ma
tional capi.-..
Only one vote was cast against .
bill adopted by the lower house of ths
Oregon Legislature empowering the
industrial welfare commission to per
init women employed In canneries to
work more than nine hours day and
more than fifty-four hours week
when emergepcfea exist
Frank Anido. Italian. shot and killel
;iIs wife while she lay In bed in Des
Moines, Ia, then turned the revolver
on his nine-year-old daughter. Fannie
killing her instantly. and then shot his
son. aged six. fatally wounding him
Anidio then cut his own throat with a
razor and is expected to die.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
sroRT.

Johnny Dundee left New York for
New Orleans. where he is scheduled to
box twenty rounds with Joe Mandos
Feb. II.
Injuries suffered in a basketball
game At Wichita Falls. Tex. caused
the death OF Cortex waggoneF, . high
school student
II cost the University Of Michigan
Athletic Association $4,000, In round
figures. to place a football eleven On
the gT1diron in 1914.
John Powers. former Chicasnan. II
wss announced In Chicago. has pur
chased the holdings OF Tom Stevens
and Henry Berry in the Los Angeles
Pacific Coast League Club.
The American League will open it,
1915 campaign ON "Wednesday, April
Is, with Chicago at st. Louis, Cleve
land at Detroit, New York at Wash
ngton and Boston at Philadelphia
Eugene CORR. official referee Of the
Sporting Club Of London. Eng. has
been agreed upon as referee for the
fight between Jack johnson and Jess
Willard at Juarez. Mex. March 6, ac
cordIng to an announcement made a,
Mexico City by the promoter Of The
fight.
Willie Richie has signed the fina
articles for his fight with Freddi.
Welsh in New York scheduled fo1
March IL. Jim Corbett. Barney Oh
field and other sporting celebritie.
we're present in Los Angeles whel
Ritchie affixed his signature TO thi
agreement.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
sIn Asks 5000 for Teller Statue.

Denyer.-An appropriation of 5000
is asked for bill by Sabin and Finch
er. Republican and Democratic floor
leaders. in the House, for a statue Of
the late Henry n. Teller Of Colorado
to be placed in the national statuary
nall At Washington. D. C.
: Fox introduced a joint memorial to
Congress. urging that body to adopt
the Taylor tof Colorado) resolution,
which establishes ten government min
ing experiment stations in the United
States and Alaska. and also urging
that one of these stations be located
at Silverton, San Juan county. 1t was
referred to the committee on mines
and mining. Staley Of jefferson put in
a protest from sixty-five farmers and
gardeners Of Jefferson county against
the depredations OF pheasants and ask
ing that they be allowed to relieve
themselves by destroying the birds. 1t
was referred to the agricultural COM
mittee.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
Prohibi.ion Measure Passes.

Denver.-Without material change
in the form drawn up by attorneys for
the AntiSaloon league and reported
favorably by the temperance commit
tee. the bill fixing penalties for viola
tions Of the prohibition amendment
was passed on second reading by the
State Senate. AS it can be amended
on third and final reading only by
unanimous consent, there is little like
lihood Of additional changes in the
measure being made by the upper
branch of the Legislature
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
Maize up to $3.50 Per ev.h.I.

Hamburg.-The price of maize has
risen here to $3.50 bushel wholesale.
Germany's supply heretofore came
chiefly from the United States. Argen-
tina and Russia, all of which are now
inaccessible. Moreover. the govern
ment has not fixed maximum price,
as in the case of wheat and rye. The
price of maize. thus left to natural
forces, has risen to almost double the
price of wheat before the government
appropriated the latter. Oats are now
>I04 bushel wholesale.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS or EVENTS At
NOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. o oIN Q Q, ACHIEVE
MEnTs. surFERiNcs. HOPES
AND FEARS or MANKIND.
ves;s-1 Sersrapsr uH-sa T<-s s<rvis
ABOUT THE WAR.

A defeat for French troops in Moroe-
co a. the hands Of the insurgents Is
reported In a dispatch from Madrid
In the rnids, OF the SHOWS OF the Car
pathians the tro armies are still con
tending for the passes which lead into
Hungary.
I, is Officially announced that Lieu
tenant Colonel Kemp and his force OF
Boer rebels have surrendered TO the
British forces
The Austrtans admit the loss Of Tar
nov. Gaiicia, an important center. pos
session Of which by the Russians In
sures the main line Of communication
In western GaIicia.
The army estimates to which Pariia-
ment will devote the first part Of the
session give the number OF effective
men ia the army. exclusive OF those
serving in India. as 3.0t'6,ceo.
At Paris President Po.ncare signed
decree opening q credit of 00!ov1. 800
francs lssGG0S,901J to meet the most
urgent needs OF persons whose prop
erty has been destroyed AZ result OF
the war.
Russian ayiators Feb. successfallJ
dropped bombs on the mobilized re-
serves and trains Of the Germans al
Rava, Zarzeeze and Boguszyce. about
fifty miles southwest Of Warsaw. ac-
cording to an official announcement is-
sued At Petrograd.
Coincident with the arrival at the
front Of Emperor Nicholas the Rus
slams have assumed the offensive d.
rectly west Of Waraw and. according
to Russian official statement. have
crossed the Bzura river and taken
some German positions.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
.sTA.TEcAPrTAL
NEWS
ssessssa Se- E2p-r C-saz S-~s >~s-sis-
SWEEPING CUT IN SALARIES
Drastic Move cestempi.sed Affects
Nearly All Of State Departments

Nearly All Of State oepsrtrnenss-
Denyer-S Sharp reductions OF sal
aries of those enpioyss of the s,a1e.
in every department. whose annual
compensation is rot fixed by the con
stitufion. is forecast by the tnirotuc-
tion in .he Senate. by the finance com
mittee, Of bin fixing new schedule
of salaries. The committee estimates
that the saving. IL the bill should be
enacted. would be about 100000
year In part. il is skeleton bill.
so prepared that various changes In
salaries may be made as il is consid-
cred
Among the positions the bill will
seek to take out of the classified
service and place in the hands OF the
governor. or elective officers and ap-
pofntive boards. are those OF oil In
spector and two deputy oil inspectors.
boiler inspector and two deputy boiler
inspectors, printing commissioner, all
legislative employees. secretary OF the
state. board of equalization and state
auditing board. three inspectors and a
clerk in the bureau of mines. the gov
ernor's clerk and stenographer, one
stenosrapher. = chief clerk. cashier.
chief clerk OF the fiat tax depart
ment. chief index clerk and at least
two recording clerks in the secretary
of states department
Others affected will be public ex-
aminer. a bookkeeper, an assistant
bookkeeper and at least two stenog-
raphers in the state auditors depart
ment; a stenograpber and book
keeper and accountant in the state
treasurer's department: one stenog-
rapher in the attorney generals office.
and perhaps all four now employed by
him: one stenographer in the office
of the superintendent of public in
struction: five division engineers. one
chief photographer and six deputy
photographers under the state engi-
neer: the game and fish commissioner.
and clerk and stenographer. two
wardens and not more than eight spe-
cial wardens. a superintendent Of
hatcheries and six assistant superin-
tendents of hatcheries in the fish and
game department
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
FOREIGN.

Edward TIiden. well knoxn packer
and banker. died a. Chicago after q
brief attack OF quinsy.
Twenty persons xsre killed and
r.zHy injured by the explosion o. a
boiler in furniture factory al. La
Gg.rda. near Madrid
The allied associations OF the res
Grant and hotel keepers os Berlin
have decided hence,orpzrd 10 ehsrge
for AN bread served at meals
The gumaaiza government has
placed orders IN Italy for large guam
titles OF ammunition. delivery 10 b
made during tie rroarh Of April
yiscoun, NorthIaass. soa OF the Earl
Of Rznfuriy. descendant cs William
Penn. the fouaIer OF Pennsyisaniz,
died from ~oan4s sustained al Ia
BAxzee
Tveaty-fIve Newfoundland naval re-
servfstz persisted when the British aux
iIiary cruiser yiknor sas wrecked Off
the English coast. according TO adyices
received at ST. Johns, " r.
German admiralty officers assert
there Is no longer any possibility Of
doubt that British battle cruiser was
sunk in the naval battle In the North
Sea on Jan "a during which the Ger
man cruiser Blnecher vent down
Pope Benedict has turned over for
the use Of the children made orphans
In the recent earthquake the papal
palace OF Castle Gandolfo. thirtees
miles southeast of Rome en- Lake Al.
bzno. The refuge VIII be under the
patronage OF Queen Helena
The German admiralty at Berlin is
sued a new warning to neutral ship
ping. Vessels approaching continental
ports were advised to take the track
north Of Scotland Into the North Sea
to avoid being sunk by mistake by
Go rman submarines off the northern
and western coasts Of France.
Parfs.-officiai statistics give the
number Of applications for govern
ment aid as 2.IlG,060. of which 2G1..
COO were refused. AT present dafly al.
Io~ances are paid to .s57 600 persons.
the average per family being francs
10 cen;imes ff2 centsJ. The daily out,
lay Is ;.so0.oo0 francs t$7s0.0oo).
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
Thou..nd Bill. Flood Assembly

for the Legislative mills to grind is
1902 bills, of which 2s5 were intro
duced on the last day. The commit
tee have weeks Of work ahead OF them
in eliminating the worthless and grad
ing those having modicum, or more.
of merit. Two years ago 740 bills
were introduced In the House and 545
in the Senate. total of 1.2s5. This
year they divided 626 in the House
and 466 in the Senate.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
10 Pay 1s14 Beet PRICED.

Denver.-The same contract prices
Tor beets that we're paid during the
season OF 1914 will be offered the
armers for the season Of 1915. accord
ing to the decision Of the board Of di-
rectors OF the Great Western Sugar
.ompany. The new contract provides
that the beets may be sliced at the
option of the grower. in which case
they are to be paid an additional IS
cents ton on the quantity SO treated.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
woman Asleep Cuts Own Hair

Boulder. - The mysterious disap-
pearance of the beautiful hair OF 5irs.
Elizabeth ChampIain. an attractive
soung mstron from Philadelphia, who
5 spending the winter here, and
whose tresses were clipped from her
mead while she vas sleeping in her
room few days ago. was solved
The hair was found in suitcase un-
der her bed. and because OF dream
which she recalls having had that
night, Mrs. champlain believes that
she cut off her hair herself as she
slept.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
Canadian Concern Denied License.

Denver. = The Denver Fair and
Racing Association has been refused
a permit to hold a meet at Overland
park in 1915. The state racing com
mission. at its last meeting. decided
that If Denver gave racing program
this year it would be under the aus
pices Of Denver or Colorado people.
The refusal of license to the aasoci.
alton came as a result of internal
quarrels among the directors, stock.
ton which gave q successful meet
last summer.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
sta.e Funds Distributed.

Denver.-About 100000 of state
money has been distributed. Auditor
Mulnix issued vouchers for the distrf-
button Of $4,000 to'the various. coun-
ties of the state as the semiannual
apportionment OF the public school in
come fund made according to popula-
ton. He also issued vouchers for
funds due to the state insane asylum
and other state institutions.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
state Charities Board Spent $685.

Denver.-More than 100000 was ex,
pended for philanthropic work by pri-
vate charitable institutions during the
fiscal year beginning June 80. 1913,
and ending June 80. 1914, according to
the annual report of the State Board
of Charities and Corrections. Most
OF this amount was raised and spent in
Denver. During the preceding fiscal
year $55s.715.52 was spent by the pri-
vate charities.
The Ordway new era., 1915-02-12
penvsrite wants to Return Home.

Dsnvsrits wants to Return Home.
Fort Coliins--Adolph PeIl. brother
Of Fred .Peil Of this city, wants to
come TO Fort Collins. but the Cana
dian authorities won't let him be-
cause he is German. Adolph lived
IN Denver and went to Canada two
years ago. Two months ago he wrote
ais brother for money to return. Fred
lis trying to get the United States au-
thorities interested.