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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
HLEAGE OF OUR GOOD ROADS
department, Of Agriculture Gathering
information to Serve as Basis
for Estimating Value.

Tie United States department of az
riculture is now gathering information
which, when complete. should not only
give the total mileage of public roads
ir the United States and their cost,
but should serve as basis for esti-
mating the relative value OF the diff
ferent kinds of highways. Some $4,000
sets o. inquiry blanks have already
been distributed through the state
highway commissions, and some Of
these are now beginning to come back
to the department. Each set consists
of four cards.
OF these the first asks for informa-
tion on the mileage of different classes
of roads in the county to which it is
sent. The mileage does not include,
of course, streets in cities and towns.
The roads are divided into ten classes
as follows: Brick paved, concrete,
macadam with the addition of some
substance such as asphalt, oil, or tar
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
SEED OATS AND SMUT
FUNGUS Disease Causes Serious
Loss to This Crop.
Trouble Is Quite Noticeable After
Plants Begin to Head-Annoyane
May Be Prevented by Use Of
Some Good Solution.

| CBy c. b. HUTCHINSON, Missouri Elk.
pertinent station.)
Loose smut OF oats is fungous di.
sease of the oat plant which causes
serious losses to this crop. This d.
sease is very noticeable after the
plants begin to head, the flowers of
infected plants being almost complete
ly replaced by a mass of fine, black,
dusty spores.
Dat smut may be prevented by soak
ing or sprinkling the seed thoroughly
with some solution which will kill the
spores without injuring the seed. The
most common solution used is forma-
lin and the treatment is made as fol-
lows:
Mix one pint of commercial forma-
lin with 40 to so gallons of water in
barrels or other convenient vessels.
immense the oats in this solution, stir
ring well so that all will be thoroughly
soaked. Pour off the solution, dump
the oats out and stir occasionally until
dry. Another method employed is to
sprinkle the oats with the solution I'M
til they are well soaked, and then
heap them up in pile and cover with
blankets or sacks. Leave them in this
pile for five or six hours, or even over
night, and then spread out to dry. Stir
frequently until thoroughly dried, after
which they may be sacked and set
aside until seeding time. Formalin
may be obtained from any drug store.
Machines for treating oats and
wheat for smut are on the market. In
these the grain is passed through tank
containing the formalin solution and
then dumped out on the floor to dry.
Such machines are not expensive and
are very satisfactory. Formalin is
poisonous, but in this weak solution it
will not injure the hands and is per-
fectly safe to handle. Since the forma-
lin volatilizes rapidly. oats thus treat |
ed that are not needed for seeding |
may, after thorough drying and airing
be safely fed to stock.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

According TO the German official
figures, supplemented to some extent
by foreign reports the Germans, Aus
TRANS and Turks had brought down
not fewer than 1876 hostile aircrafts
up to June %. OF these the largest
number, namely 81, were lost by the
French. The English lost AZ. The
Russians have fewer aeroplanes than
their allies and their losses reached
only 26. The official figures do not
deal with Germany's own losses.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
BEST KIND OF BARLEY
Common Six-Rowed Variety Has
= Been Found Preferable.
Plint Is Shallow Feeder, Its Roots
6rowino Near Surface Of soiI--No
Crop Responds More Quickly
to Good TiIlaqe.
CBy r. A. sroNE.)

Barley commonly is classified as
six-rowed, four-rowed and two-rowed
There are bearded, beardless and hull
less varieties under these classified
lions and there are also fall and
spring varieties as in wheat. The
term variety is used by seedsmen,
plant breeders and farmers in a wider
and less rigid sense than that ap.
piled by the botanist. Races of bar
ley, the type of which has been mate.
rally changed by careful selection or
cross breeding for a period of years,
in common practice are designated as
varieties" Where a superior barley
has been developed from single seed
and carried through a course of sew
eral years breeding by selection or
hybridization and selection and a rec
ord kept of the same, 1t is known as a
pedigree barley.
Experiments with tworowed barley
through several years breeding work,
clearly prove that the farmer, gener-
ally speaking, can not get the returns
from this crop that can be secured
with the six-rowed variety. 1t is not
as uniform in breeding as the six
rowed barley. The straw is frail and
lodges easily, thereby injuring the
quality of the grain and reducing the
yield.
Barley is a shallow feeder, its roots
growing near the surface of the soil.
1t does not feed so extensively as oats
or wheat, therefore it requires a well
subdued, mellow, rich soil with fertil-
ity near the surface. No crop responds
more readily to good tillage and the
prudent farmer soon finds that it will
amply repay him to put extra Guilt
walton with disk and fine tooth harrow
upon the land in preparing a good
mellow seed bed. 1t is useless to try
to grow barley upon poor sandy lands
or worn out soils. neither does it do
well on ground that has been newly
cleared, or where the land is in poor
filth or not well drained.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
Neuralgia Pains Stopped.

You don't need to suffer those sg-
onizing nerve pains in the face. head.
arm, shoulders, chest and back, Just
apply few drops of soothing Sloan's
Liniment; lie quietly few minutes.
You will get such relief and COM
fort! Life and the world will look
brighter. Get a bottle to-day. 8
ounces for &c.. at all Druggists.
Penetrates without rubbing AID
vertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
collapsibIe Rack.

high and have four or five good fruit
clusters, pinch or cut of superfuous
foliage and fresh growing sprouts.
When fruit-clusters get heavy see that
they are supported by the cross bars
of the rack. This is the advantage Of
the rack; the fruit has support on all
sides and does not break loose from
the plant stem, as 1t often does when
tied to stakes. When the season is
over the racks can be stored in a
small space ready for another season.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
DON'T TOLERATE RED MITES
Dark, Dirty and Damp Houses Are
Especially Adapted for the Breed
ing Of These Insects.
By r. C. wEATHERsToNE)

have known cases where sitting
hens died while sitting upon the nest,
traceable to no other cause than red
mites, assisted in their propagation by
Nth, which had been allowed to ac-
cumulate in the nesting boxes and the
floor Of the henhouses. Dark, dirty
and damp houses are especially adapt
ed for the breeding of these insects
and offer favorable conditions for
their rapid multiplication.
BY paying a visit to the henhouse
at night and being equipped with a
good light, these pests may be de-
tected. II any are found. get busy,
clean out every part OF the house,
overhaul the nesting boxes, burn up
the nesting material, take down the
roosts and paint them with lice paint
or wash them on with a strong solu-
uon Of disinfsetast
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

A charge by John B. Stanchfield,
chief counsel for Harry X. Thaw,
that the state had in Justice Hen
bricks court an expert "lip-reader"
who was translating for the benefit of
alienists, whispered conversations the
slayer of Stanford White had with
his attorneys and members of his
family, precipitated a request by
Deputy State Attorney General A. L.
Becker that mistrial be declared.
Justice Hendrick refused to grant
the petition. but instructed the jury
that remarks by counsel were not to
be considered.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

Gabriel d'Annunzio, the Italian
poet, who is a Second Lieutenant on
the army reserve list, has been ord.
cred TO join his regiment. DAN
nunzio, is credited with having done
more than any other one man to in
flame the people of Italy for war,
and thereby to bring Italy into the
conflict on the side of the Allies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

An old man named Bates Hunts
man has been arrested at Siam, Ia,
on a charge of numbering two cat
tlemen nearly so years ago, in 1868.
c. P. Huntsman, a nephew of the ac-
cused man, now of Fresno, has gone
to his uncle's help and says that his
father often told him that the James
bows did the killing and forced him
and his brother to bury the bodies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

The Evansville Courier of Sunday
had half-page cartoon picturing
George Gary, Loving Gaines, Col.
John Evans and other notables who
attended the Fort barbecue. By some
oversight Tom Underwood was not
even elected a second vice-president,
though he made a speech that was a
gem.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
Wide Tires to Stay.

The wide-tired wagon has come TO
stay. On our common earth roads
and in the field so per cent more
load can be pulled on a wide-tired
wagon than on one with narrow tires;
then. again, the wide tires help in
packing the road, while the marrow
tires make the ruts.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

The annual spelling match at Wi
mona Lake was won by Miss Sadie
Werntz, of Evansville, Ind, with
Miss Alberta Trueblood, of Attica,
Ind, second. Miss Trueblood failed
on "erysipelas, leaving Miss Werntz
winner of first prize.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

In 1911 McDermott won over Ed
wards for lieutenant governor by
$500 votes, but Edwards carried
Louisville by 5000. The same local
organizations are pitted against each
other this year, for different offices,
since Louisville cannot hope to have
two nominees.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

McCracken county has refused to
accept state aid for roads "a feet
wide, because Commissioner Terrell
would not sanction a racing boulev-
ard 40 feet wide on the Hinkleville
road.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
Shortens the Distance.

There is nothing that shortens the
distance between the farm and the
market as much as good roads. It's
the greatest economy the farmers car
have.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

Gardens are better than ever known
before, and are big helpin the high
cost of living.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

Railroad extensions are being built
in south astern Kentucky, giving
employment to hundreds of men.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

Germany might just as well have
sent back the Presidents note un-
opened.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

A crank signing his name "Pearce"
says two ships leaving New Orleans
July s are stocked with bombs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
THURSDAY. JULY Is

The ultimatum is the next move in
order.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
Should Not orumbls.

The dairyman, whose products are
particularly perishable. should be the
last man on earth 10 grumble abou'
nnslnn nnnoH ~ ~ tnDgevsmon4
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

The funeral Of archbishop Quigley
will be held in Chicago Thursday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

We are enabled to give our readers, old
and new, the benefit of this money-sav-
ing club offer, only because of very spe-
cial arrangement with the publishers of
INGALLS, MAGAZINE.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
STARTS WORK ON
NATIONAL DEFENSE

WASHINGTON. Aug. 12-Prellm-
mary work on his plans for strength.
ening the national defenses was be.
gun by President Wilson immediately
after his return today from Cornish,
y. VI. Secretary Daniels gave the
President the outline OF proposals for
improving the navy. and arrange.
ments were made for an early con.
ference with Secretary Garrison re.
garding the army
II was said that the President
would take steps as soon as possible
for securing the material necessary
10 present a complete and compre.
hensive plan to congress in Decem.
Der. lie already has decided that the
defenses Of the nation should ba
strengthened and will determine
upon details after conferences with
the heads Of the war and navy de.
partments and the chairman OF ths
military and naval AFFAIRS committees
q the senate and house Then hs
will take up the question OF provid-
ing the money necessary for the ex.
pected increased expenditures.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
BARNES ATTACKS
THE PROGRESSIVES

ALBANY. y. Y. Aug. l2.-WiTliam
Barnes. Jr.. today warned the con.
sututional convention now in ses-
sion here that IL a stop was not put
TO what he termed 'Socialistic" or
class legislation there would be es.
tablished in this country an auto
cratic state similar to that OF Ger.
many. denying utterly the American
theory of equality"
incidentally the Republican leade-
compared Theodore Roosevelt to Bis
marck and asserted that the Progres.
siye party had inaugurated and was
advocating the identical policy which
had caused the Socialist party in
Germany TO become the largest sin,
gle group I'm the Reichstag
Mr.. Barnes warning and attack
upon the Pregressives was contained
in a speech urging the convention "a
adopt his amendment prohibiting the
legislature from passing minimum
wage. old age pensions or similar
laws
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
CARRANZA REFUSES TO
ENTER PEACE CONFERENCE
SUNK TURK SHIP
British Submarine Sends to Bottom in
Dardanelles Turk 6unboat
and Transport.

LONDON, Aug 12. s:31 p. m.-The
Turkish gunboat Berk-ISalvet and an
empty transport have been torpedoed
In the Dardanelles by a British sub
marine. IL was officially announced to-
night. The announcement says:
The vice admiral in the Dardan-
elles reports that one OF the British
submarines operating in these waters
morning OF the eighth of August at
the entrance to the sea OF Marmora.
"A Turkish gunboat. the Berk-I-
Salvet and an empty transport also
have been torpedoed in the Dardan-
elles by one OF the British submarines.
In connection with the above. n
a Turkish official communication dat.
ed the 9th of August. IL was reported
that the Turkish battleship Kheyr ed
Dinbarbarossa had been torpedoed by
an enemy submarine. The Kheyr- Ed
Dinbarbarossa was n former German
battleship purchased by Turkey in
1910" -.,-
The Turkish Berk-I-Salvet was built
at the Krupp works in 1907. She was
262 feet long. % feet beam and 8 feet
deep. She displaced 763 tons. She
was fitted with two IL inch guns. six
6-pounders. two i-pounders and three
torpedo tubes She had a complement:
OF l05 men. Her speed was % knots.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
BRITISH OFFICIAL
SURE OF VICTORY

PARIS. Aug. 12.-Albert Thomas.
under-secretary Of war in charge OF
munitions. tells the Petit Parisien
that Frances efforts 10 produce muni-
tions are different In method but
equal In results to those OF England
which he recently visited. The news
paper quotes him as follows:
We have an army which az the
present moment Is armed 80 a. to
Withstand any shock. an army. which.
on the other hand. is capable OF max.
ing a strong offensive lts morale o.
good that is 10 say the army is pre-
pared 10 remain az 10 is II necessary.
Every day our strength grows.
both in England and France Not
withstanding the formidable resources
~ the disposal Of Germany. 10 is
not possible that the resources OF the
sllies will not assure them when
the time is ripe. complete victory.
What we have what England has
and will have all the resources that
she can create will assure us supre-
macy. 7 am convinced of this be-
cause ! know. Every day ] repeat to
my friends my conviction that we
shall b. victorious"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13

COAL RATES
REDU CED
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION HANDS DOWN
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Holds Railroads Guilty of Giving
Preferential Treatment TO
Allied Coal Companies.

WASHINGTON. Aug. le-Sweepins
reductions in the anthracite freight
rates OF railroads handling so per
cent OF the country's anthracite pro-
duction were ordered today by the in.
terstate commerce commission IN a
decision which held the carriers guilty
Of giving Illegal preferential treat.
ment to allied coal companies. In ad.
dition 10 prescribing genaralIy lower
rates regarded as reasonable. tbs
commission required the roads TO es.
tablish through routes and publish
joint through rates TO be paid by all
shippers.
Commissioner Harlan. the only
member dissenting from the majority
contendcd that while modification OF
many or the present coal rates was
Justified, tOday's action was inconsist.
ent in view OF the recent authorize.
ton OF a horizontal Increase of five
per cent in rates for practically all
other traffic.
The decision follows a long and
comprehensive Investigation of the
rates and practices governing the
transportation OF coal from the
Pennsylvania anthracite fields. As
summed up by the commission the
decision held:
That the rates on anthracite coal,
prepared general domestic sizes) and
pea and smaller sizes. in carloads,
applicable from producing districts in
the Wyoming. Lehigh. and SchuyiklIl
regions in Pennsylvania to tidevater
ports and certain eastern interior
points are unreasonable. and the
rates on anthracite coal. prepared
and pea sizes, from said districts to
other interior points are unnaason-
able, and reasonable rates fixed for
the future.
Extended Advantages.
That the respondents by means OF
trackage arrangements and the free
transportation to junction points in
the mining regions of coal exchanged
by their allied coal companies. have
extended the advantages OF interline
transportation TO their coal companies
10 the prejudice of other coal shippers
10 whom interline transportation 1T
joint rates has been denied Respon.
dents required TO establish through
rates and publish joint through rates
applicable thereto.
(coneuusd on Page Eight.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE BREWER
SUCCUMBS TO A LENGTHY
ILLNESS.
Death Came at s:52 Last Night
and Was Learned With Regret
Prominent in Life of City.

Colonel Henry sehnulbaeh,
one Of the widest known figures
In the financial world Of West
Virginia, and a man who has done
much for the building up Of the
City Of Wheeling. died last night
at s:52 o'clock at his country
home near Roney's Point. Death
was due 20 ? general breakdown
from which Mr.. sehmulbaeh had
been suffering for the past year.
Mr.. Sehmulbach's death was
not unexpected. At various times
during the past three or four days.
he has suffered faintinq spells and
each time II was feared he would
not again regain consciousness.
His general condition yesterday
was encouraging until a few min
uaes before his death, when he
seemed 20 sink gradually into
eternity.
The news Of Mr.. SchnuIbaeh's
death spread quickly throughout
the city, where he is known both
80 a great financial faure and
prominent business man. Ex.
pressions Of regreat could be
heard on every side. His friends
numbered among both the rank
and file Of the eity's citizens
whom he has been instrumental
IN helping.
since the announcement a few
weeks ago that his death WA
expected keen interest has been
taken In any report Of his eondi-
ton. His physician has been be-
sieged with calls asking the con.
dition Of the patient.
He had ever maintained a
strong constitution, and was
lContinnsh ON Pa rtuhtN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
ARMENIAN EXODUS
Is NOW EXPLAINED

PETROGRAD. Aug. 10. 4.3O a m.
via Explanation az the re
rewal of wholesale exodus OF Ar.
menians from their country into
TransCaucasia is found in an ac.
count Of military operations on the
Caucasus front since July o.
After the Russians penetrated ia
Mush fs3 miles south OF Erzoruml
and Llian. HALL Uoy. commander Of
the Turkish forces ln the Caucasus.
reorRanizod HE army. bringing he
strength NO 90 10000 Including elk
divisions OF infantry. one OF cavalry
end large body of Kurds General
Eudenitch. The Russian commander.
thus faced the alternatives OF blr.
fiedly attempting 90 concentrate his
forces in The fact of q strong Turk.
ish army or tO retreat and thus OK.
pose a large Armenian population of
Turkish and Kurdish revenge
The account tells of eubsenuont
Russian successes and adds that the
Turkish losses in the three weeks
campaign are estimated at from I5..
600 To- 10000 men. besides q large
quantity ~ provisions and ammuni.
lions The Russians are continuing
the pursuit eouihward
Russian military authorities a..
clare the roinf0rccmcnts now being
sent 10 HALL Bay are recruits who
have had little training
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
w VA. NATL BANKS
SHOW BIC RESERVE.

WASHINGTON. Aug i1-On thu
recommendation of Con- rrcssman
Needy Dr U w. Uuu has been ap.
pointed q member OF the pension
board at Wheeling. W Va.
The abstract of The condition ~
the National banks OF West Virginia
az the close OF business on June 2g,
as reported 10 the comptroller Of the
currency shows the reserve held ~
02 per cent. loans and discounts
f51ao2. .P22 sold in coin. stOf7.1fg:
lawful money reserve, t7.360.919. do
posits. f57,SfO,560.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
HAITI NOT READY
FOR RECOGNITION

WASHINGTON. Aug o.. - Reor
sanitation by the United states OF
The government in Haiti 10 be- SET no
by President Dartiue Nave. elected
today by the national assembly. will
not BE- considered until the new cx
ecutive has demonstrated nis ability
TO- guarantee the maintenance Of
peace. the security Of life and pre-
pcrty and adjustment Of OUTSTANDING
foreign indebtedness fn the mean
time the American naval forces un
der rear Admiral Caporton will re-
main in control Of the situation on
the island
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-13
SIX K. OF P'S. ARE
KILLED In WRECK

COLUMBUS. o.. Aug. 12.-Six lives
was the toll taken in a wreck early. to
day when a heavy freight train on the
Baltimore q Ohio Southwestern rail.
road crashed into a special train carry.
ing members OF the Knights OF
Pythias lodge Of Mount Sterling. Ohio,
who were returning from an outing at
Cedar Point More than a score were
injured, some so seriously that they
may not recover.
The accident occurred AT Orient.
fourteen miles south OF Columbus dur
ing a rain storm. The passenger train
had stopped to take on water when
the freight train rumbling along
through the mist struck 10. smashing
the crowded wooden coach In the rear
into small fragments